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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-03

In fifth place we find John Blue,
who, after a poor start of 1871 and
1893, came back with games of 223,
224 and 222 for total of 1,048,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-03

Rock with games Of 1870, 1911. 252,
IT'S and 226 reached 1904 which
landed him in sixth place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-03

Lee Carman, with LOIS, was ninth.
e. Kraft, Ft. Wayne, with LOIS
reached tenth,
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
25 Fears Ago Today

The building committee Of the reorganized. II consists of the pas tor, Rev. S. c. Ohman, and ten members of the church,
 The annual Young Peoples re- ception will be held at the Y. NJ. C. 4. tomorrow, and all indications point toward its being successful event There will be inspection of the work of the educational classes, gymnasium exercises. presentation of the Hart cash prizes to successful night students in the Sunday school, and an address on Problems of Young People, by Rev. Frank Dixon of Hartford. W. H. Latham is chairman of the association com mittec, which will be assisted by groups from the various churches, including Ed Connelley and r. s. Caldwell from the Baptist; F. T. Skinner from Trinity NJ. E.: T. w. Timbrell from the South: Rev. ]. F. Klingberg from the Swedish Bap- list; A. r. Eichstaedt from the German Baptist: Louis Lehr and Max J. Unkelhach from the German Lutheran. and Oscar Moberg and Frank Wallin from the Swedish Lutheran.
 With the coming of spring atten- ton has been drawn again to the deplorablc condition Of the 100- yard stretch of the road between here and Hartford lying in the town of farminston. This spells the
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
MEXICAN BANDITS

A just appraisal of the bandit in- dustry in Mexico must take into &C., count the wide expanse of terrain in which they can operate. The mountains and vast table lands ot that country offer shelter and hid ing places for these plunder bands such as exist in scarcely any other modern state. Next to starting a local revolution. the easiest thing to do In these hinterlands O. civiliza- ton IS to plot raid.
 The last episode Of the kind was one of the worst in Mexico's ban dit history. It proves beyond B doubt that the typical Mexican bandit 1. the lowest form c. human life. The locking up of innocent men. women and children In the coaches of railroad train and then setting them afire. was not the product of thieves, hold-up men or common robbers. It was the product Of deviltry far worse than this-a |, collective mental complex that de
 notes fiendish delight in torture.
 The Gales government Is said to
 have troops chasing the bandits to 1 their lair. The Gales government ! always Is active for spell after ! such an outrage has occurred. What 1 the Gales government needs more
 than anything else in it's internal at- 1 fairs is a large e-scale campaign
 against these bandits before they | have the opportunity to hold up
 trains or rob, pllage and kill law 1 abiding citizens.
 Once upon a time the American government was confronted with a 1 similar problem in the wild west, " 1 although the James Boys type of ] bandits never for q moment de- ! scendcd 90 low as Mexican bandits 1 in their lust to slay the innocent. The American government went after the outlaws in a manner that | has made the once wild west" safer , than the streets Of Chicago. Per haps the Mexican government could
 do the same thing if the right effort
 were made.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
Observation On The Weather

Washington, April 22.--Forecast for southern New England; Partly cloudy and colder tonight, preceded by rain this afternoon and possibly tonight on the east coast. Satur- day fair. Fresh to strong west and northwest winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy and colder tonight, heavy frost if weather clears Satur- day fair, slowly rising tcmpcra- ture, strong northwest winds this afternoon. diminishing tonight.
 Conditions: The disturbance that was central over Indiana yesterday morning advanced northeastward 10 the lower St. Lawrence valley with q secondary off the Jersey coast. It produced lower tempera- turcs and showers and thunder storms at number Of places In the middle Atlantic and New England states and from the Middle Atlantic states westward over the lake region and southTcstW2r1 over the Ohio valley 10 the lower Mississippi val ley. Rainy conditions in the flood districts have ceased and colder weather with heavy 10 killing frosts were reported southward 10 Okla homa and freezing temperatures from the upper lake region west ward to Montana.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity cloudy weather followed by fair and colder.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
WIDENING THE BRIDGE

II is 10 be hoped that the project 10 widen the Black Rock bridge will become a reality. So far 1t has only been a theory A year or 90 ago we let fly q few words condemning the present condition Of the bridge and its approaches and the city and the railroad made an effort at investigation. The only result was q report }hat the bridge very evident ly needed widening, but that it would have to be delayed. To ap- poase the popular wrath. however. the flooring Of the decrepit struc- ture was repaired. so that the army O, autoists crossing 1t daily would need 10 have no misgivings about landing upon the railroad tracks be- low.
 The story that City Engineer Joseph D. Williams vas in Hart ford comforting with authorities regarding the source o, the money was piquant- He no doubt found that the rules appertaining to bridge construction is down in the statute books. Anyway, the fact that the city engineer was away on such mission must indicate that the Weld administration is behind the project. IL ia 10 be hoped the mayor, regardless Of how hesitant the rail- road management may be, will show tho spirit to go through with it.
 The bridge and tts approaches are disgraceful Furthermore, they are a distinciively bad advertisement for the ely. as thousands Of autos from other parts Of Connecticu' cross f and their occupants cannot help romarkins upon the poor ap. pearance Of this structure, which is situated rpon the main entry and outlet in New Britain to the west.
 Now that the subject ia on the tapis, go through with the bridge improvement by all means. Every city administration likes tc achieve" things, here is q chanc, for the Weld administration 10 b, known az the one which cleaned u1 the Black Rock bridge.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
THE PARKING MANIA

How to park car when there is no space for one remains one Of the city's major problems. The oscillations os the average driver are vastly increased by the annual campaign of the police 10 rid the city 0: cars which do not conform to the rules and regulations about parking. IL Is getting so that after an autost spends half an hour try ing to find a vacant acreage upon which 10 plant his huld of machin- ory, he Is denied the privilege Of remaining there longer than the law alows-w hich Is the time writ ten In flaming letters on the sign boards attached 10 nearby poles.
 The tr,al in police court the other day brought out a few words about the need O. providing an unob- s'ructed rassaeeway for fire trucks .n case these rcd devIl wagons are called out on business. That's some thing. he 1t said. that the autoist who parks his contraption SO as to ohstruct rapid movement rarely considers In fact. it is sometimes doubtful whether a sudden dash" CT the fire equipment through Main street would find that thoroughfare entirely devoid of obstruction. At times when the Connecticut com pauys cars and busses are neatly parked alongside the Center tri- angle. and a lIne-sometimes a double llne-of busses are parked along the First church curbng, and 6 stream Of automobiles are near ly jost!ing each other in the rush 10 get away from tho vicinity-at such an suspicious occasion. we'll say, any Of Chief Noblc's rapid ratucrs would have a wonderful experience trying 70 worm their way through tbe mess. We sometimes wonder what IS in the chiefs mind when he happens 10 note the rush. hour mix ID at the Cenier. And by the way, as spring springs on. the mix-up Is getting worse daily.
 Half of this miserable melee al the Center would be avoided f there vore no street car and bus parking privileges in the vicinity. The city allows it because l. has al- ways been the custom 10 use city
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
900 SUGGESTED ANTHEMS SPURNED
Music Critics Not Satisfied With Offerings

Chicago, April 22 R,-The "star Spangled Banner" will continue to wave. for time at least, as the &C., ccpted national anthem. Another in the long series o. attempts to estah- fish a rival American hymn has end. cd in temporary failure.
 Spurred by cash prizes totallinS fifteen hundred dollars. 961 com- rosers prepared musical settings for Katherine Lee Bates America, the Beautiful" in the National Federa- ton of Music Clubs competition for a new national song. Four music ex- perts last night announced thelr agreement that none of the settings was fully adequate to Inc inspiring text"
 Since it wa. written in 1903. America, the Beautifui' has been the inspiration Of countess com- posers who have accepta1 1t as tho poem best adapted as rival to lhe Star spangled Banner It has been widely published in school books and has been eung to many tunes. not only in the United States but in Australia, Canada and Mexico. with the names of those countries subsl' tuted for America
 Manuscripts in the federation competition came from parts or the United States and from Alaska. Hawaii, India, England and France. They were judged by Dr. Frank pamrosch, New York: Frederick $. Converse of Boston, Felix BuroWskt Hn, Chicago. and Dean Peter K. Lut- kin of Northwestern University. Tho judges were under an injunction not to select musical setting unless 1t was great enough ito sweep people off their feet"
 Many of the manuscript impress ed the judges by reason of fine mu- sical workmanship. yet no one 1m- pressed them as reaching the high standard set.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
TIE WOMAN IN IT

This Is q hot stuff age. A trial without woman in it gets no pro- lonced attention.
 Just al time when the Ford Sapiro libel suit in Detroit was threatening 10 die an unattended death among small headlines on the inside pages due to 1t producing nothing but prosaic facts and count ing-room figures, along comes q sudden jolt and it got back on page one with slam.
 And all because woman-lovely woman-put il there.
 Also q newspaper which wasn't above quoting her-a juror-in the form of an interview.
 Who ever heard of juror giving an interview to T newspaper during the progress os trial? some mere man might have done so some time or other during the dim corridors of the past. but it is strictly against the rules.
 The woman iuror-|he only one on the fury--she did +. She had something important to say and said it regardless.
 A newspaper. eager 10 sf1rile the world. gave her the opportunity. Both are 10 blame for the mistrial, the one as much as tho other. r. looks as f both will go scott free
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22

in the United States? What was the first one to run west of Chicago?
 A. The first locomotive in the United States was the "Stonebrdge Lion" brought from England for the Delaware and Hudson Company in 1929. The first American built To- oomotive was the Best Friend" Of Charleston. built for the Charleston and Hamburg railroad in 1S3o. The Pioneer" was the first locomotive 10 run west Of Chicago and was bought second hand and delivered to the Galena and Chicago Union railroad at Chicago October 10, 1S4S.
 Q. What was the 70 Grab Me Act?
 A. The opponents or the En- bargo Act ot 1907, spelling the name backwards. called 1t "The 0 Grab Me Act alluding to the inequality with which 1t bore on the different sections of the country. favoring the agricultural interests of the South at the expense of the shipping and commercial interests Of New Eng land.
 q. Who was n,cknamed the "veto mayor"o
 \. Grover Cleveland. The name was bestowed upon him while mayor Of Buffalo. New York. because of his fearless use Of the veto while holding that office.
 c. How does the City Manager form oF government opnratoo
 A. The plan was first adopted in Dayton. Ohio. in 1914. Under it a commission of five members, elected by the people, controls all the leg,s- iative and administrative work of the city except the schools. By ma iority vote the commission enacts the ordinances. fixes the tax rate and votes appropriations. The actual administration Of the various departments is delegated by the commission 10 the city manager who Is appointed by it and who holds office subject to its pleasure The city manager attends all meet ings Of the commission and gives advice. but he has no right to vote He appoints all the other city officials. subject to the civil service regulations. and assigns them 10 particular tasks. He makes up the municipal budget and supervises the work of the various departments. Many cities have adopted this form
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22

infant in her arms. Execution !s too good for her; l ask for life !m- prisonment."
 This monster O. a woman, how ever. one who did one Of the most aendish acts O. modern crime. has escaped with considerably less than life Imprisonment: namely, ten years q prison.
 There Is a double standard in Jurisprudence as the jurles apply IL: One standard Tor 8 man and anoth- CT for woman.
 If man had committed such q hendish crime in New Jersey against his offspring he would have been executed,
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22

pleasure of . drive over the fine macadam which has been laid over the rest of the distance. A local man who drove over the road Sat- urday afternoon counted nine auto- mobiles and two teams between the town limits Of New Britain and Hartford. The automobiles were hit- ting 1t up at a pace, too. which may have accounted for the irrelative proportion of teams and mobiles. The interesting question arises whether there Is limit to the speed which the machines arc permitted 10 make over a country highway.
 Two leagues are rivalling each other for favor this summer. Tho City baseball league has four teams and may take in tho Hartford Tabs and Meriden Dublins to ensure fast ball of an inter-city character. Tho Factory league will be organized tonight, although two factory teams are in the other circuit.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
THE FILM MURDER

Word has been brought 10 the office that there is much general public interest" In the troubles that Paul Kelly. film actor, Is having with the law, said troubles center ing In the fact that Ray Raymond, q musical comedian actor" lies dead after a fgh. with Kelly over Mrs. Raymond. the woman known in the films as Dorothy Mackaye.
 Our informant probably is cor rect. The eternal triangle usually is interesting no matter what happens; when fate decrees that somebody is 10 i.e on account Of it, and another is to be charged with murder, there is something In all Of us that whe's a desire 10 know as much as pos- sible about the gruelling details of the tragic love making,
 The Hollywood film product from the beginning has specialized in the cross currents Of love, the eternal triangle Of loving. hate, jealousy and revenge. No film Is complete with variants of these primal emo tious. The actors and actresses of the colony, in fact. deal In these clements in such wholesale way before the camera that some of us have had difficulty in figuring out how they could take such things seriously.
 Now that we find this Kelly chap charged with murder following a love brawl In the colony 1t Is clear ly evident that there is not a great deal of difference between what they customarily depict on the films and what they practice in real life. 1 It Is usually difficult to under stand the mental processes Of a i film actor. An ordinary sinner, dis ! covered paying attentions 10 2 mans wife. would sink away ashamed of himsel, and would try i 10 avoid the uronged husband. This actor Kelly had a reverse notion. The story goes he notified the hus- band he would call and settle it." | the call resulting in a rough and tumble fist fight which ended ir death. Had the woman in the case been a bachelor maid one could more easily understand the actions of the two men, who in that case | would have been the common or dinary garden variety of rivals in love; 1t has been nothing uncom-
 mon, in the history Of the human
 race, to find two males Of the
 species fighting over the love of {
 woman. But to fight over the favor
 Of a married woman, with one 0,
 the disputants being the husband 0,
 the girl. Is something quite unique
 We do not wish to pre- judge tn,
 case: but it looks at this time tha
 the services Of Will Hays, screeI
 czar will not be needed 10 ba
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
THE DEVIL IN THE CHEESE,
N SHOTt STOry THE GREATEST OF MYSTERY Y THRILERS! By Jake Falstaff

Moonlight fell into the patio of the Van Loan apartments. Gazing from his bathroom window, Edgar Dalton paid no attention to the moonshine. He was looking at a window directly across the court.
 Every evening at r. M., the window was illuminated by the turning on of an electric light A beautiful woman walked across the room whick this light revealed, looked out of the window and drew the shade.
 Every evening at 9 ?. M., Edgar Dalton was at his bathroom window Some time she would forget to pull down that shade.
 And one night it happened,,!
 With the calm of a general before la great victory Edgar took q pair of binoculars out of his medicine chest and applied them to his hand Everything that went on in the room across the court was visible 10 him.
 The beautiful lady undressed B little boy of five. put him to bed kissed him. turned out the light and disappeared through the door.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22

Of punishment.
 Sapiros counsel was squarely right when he doubted whether Ford could be fairly tried in city where 100000 Of his employees and their families, numbering 50o,000. make up large slice of the popula- ton. To get an unprejudiced jury In that city for another trial will be harder than finding the proverbial needle in the historic haystack.
 The second trial should be held elsewhere.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

 question of fact or information by
 writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington
 Bureau. 1922 New York avenue. ! Washington, D. C.. enclosing two | cents In stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions
 will receive a personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answered. All letters are confdential.-Edit c. Where and when did Walter
 Johnson pitch his first major l league game? Who won? ! A. He pitched his first game at Washington. D. C.. August ?, 1907 against Detroit. Detroit won by a 10 2 score.
 Q. What are the five smallest | countries in the world? 4. Monaco, San Marino. Leich- tenste!n, Andorra and the Free City of Danzig.
 Nt " HIGH Sldlt llttS l!lS 4dl StSL number of Irish? 4. New York ranks first: Mas sachusetts second. Q. What Is the Shepherd -Towner Bill?
 4. A federal law passed Novem- Der 23, 1921. providing for the ap- propriation 0, sl,500,000 year to aid the states in the protection of maternity and infancy. The funds are distributed among the states in proportion to populatino: but no state may receive any part of the fund unless 1t appropriates an amount equal 10 It's share. The United States Childrens Bureau ts charged with the administration of the act.
 c. How many wives did Solomon have?
 4. Seven hundred wives. and three hundred concubines (1 Kings 1i:3).
 2. Where and when was Billie Dove, the motion picture actress, , born?
 A. In New York City. May II, 1900.
 c. What was the full name of President Hayes?
 A. Rutherford Richard Hayes. c. How did the nickname Iron Horse" for a locomotive originate? A. Sitting Bull. the great Indian
 ~rir sr,D tc.I Horse. The following is from a conversation between Sitting Bull and Colonel William F. Cody,
 known as Buffalo Bill: The white man has taken most Of our land. In 1868 he built through the Indians land a road on which
 ran Iron Horses that ate wood and breathed fire and smoke ." Q. Who wrote the poem con- taining the lines. Tt Is not raining
 rain to me. it's raining daffodils"? A. The lines are from Robert Loveman's April Rain". The verse reads as follows:
 "It is not raining rain 10 me, It's raining daffodils; Tn every dimpled drop sec. Wild flowers on distant hills" The poom appeared in Harpers Magazine Tn Mey 1901. It has been
 enormously attributed to Swana Rama. who copied 1t in the "Thun- l dering Dawn" Q. Is 1t proper to say that a 1 house burns up" or burns down"
 A. Burns down" is the usual ex- prcssion.
 q. Is 1t true that scorpion can
 sting itself to death? A. Experiments have shown
 that the scorpions poison has nc
 effect upon itself | c. What is the meaning of the
 expression Ringing the changes? l A. To operate chimes of bells SC
 as 10 produce variety Of tunefu l combinations; 10 repeat something
 with every possible variety o' | language and illustration. As ar | English slang expression 1t means l to palm off bad coin for good as ir giving change. Q. Is there any time limit fol
 using a postage stamp?
 A. They are good until used. c. What was the first locomotive
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
SN EASY VERDICT TOR
 4 MOTHER

"A monster unworthy of the narls ot rroih-r.' was the way the pypJseI'o- condemned Mre. Chris tina ktasI., tho New Jersey woman ~ho kin.d her l5-year-oi1 daueh- ter as the girl lay with a neH- born
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
LtUDER'S UNCLE DEAD.

Worcester Mass, April 22 P- John Maclonnan. 64, an uncle of Sir Harry Lauder, dropped G"ad yester- day morning. He was suffering from heart and kidney trouble. His death occurred singularly enough while his distinguished nephew Is in the city
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
SfarV's Irish Rose.

Two of my neighbours little chill dren were out playing on the lawn near window where I was reading, and I overheard this conversation pertaining 10 some roses nearby. "Ain't them purity roses?" pointed Johnny.
 Haven't you been told never 10 say 'ain't?" scolded Mary. Its un- sanitary"
 Robert F. Metcalf.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22

Those who make up the lists of presidential possibilities are chari- Ia ahle fellows, anyway.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22

property in this manner at that spot; but times are not what they used to be. AS the conditions are developed, the system is the qulntessence Of foo.ishness.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
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Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York.
NCo RnCnrnv11pnf-

We Recommend Spring fever? When it gets you.
 Folks. Let's try THE FUN SHOP Tonic:
 Jokes. One bottle of that mirth will cure The hardest case. you may be sure.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
N.-A>. lnht nurNAu of Circulation

ias A. ,. c. 's national organizahoh rr.,h tunt,ass n.rUapsrs and aAyer- ,'.e-s with . strictly honeE inelys's oi circulation. Gu. circulation rs.is.ics are s..ed upon th!s audit. Thts 'nsures pro- ..s.lon ayA,nr fraud In newspaper dis, ,.-Ebp.lon rsures to both national and local atyert.Nrs
New Britain herald., 1927-04-22
MARBLES

GAS 1t reached THE FUN SHOP Joke Factory)--
 Bob Crushing in): '1've just com- posed a new song for you"
 Grace (eagerly): "Oh, Bob, What Is it?'
 Bob: '1'm sorry Made You Cry-But Your Face is Much Clean CT Now"
 B. W. A.
 (And as other FUN SHOP con- tributors handled i)--
 WORDS AND MUS GIIC)
 Ross: When good fellows get to- gether they usually like to sing Sweet Adcline."
 Mrs Ross: What key do they sing that in"
 Ross; Tn whis-key. generally" -Estellc Lefrentz. HE'D GET FEM Curtis: T went to a song recital last night and Huber sang very ap- pealingly." Brooks: What did he sing?" Curtis; "lf l Had the Wings of n Bird" Brooks: You ought 10 have him stop at my boarding house for a i Sunday dinner and he'd get 'em." B. G. Rattermon. Copyright. 1927. Reproduction Forbidden)