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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
Jupiter Pluvius' April Fool Prank
Dampens Wits Of Practical Jokers

But somehow, the dreay, rainy
weather and the overhung sky rather
took the zest out Of April Fool jokes
this year. Desultory attempts would
be made by chaps with their heads
together scheming. but that unfath.
enable something that needs bright
ness and sunshine as a complement
to give zip and pep to an April Fool
joke was missing.
A general survey Of practical joking
centers showed that the supply of
jokes this year were a trifie moldy
from storage for year and lacking
both in quality and quantity when
compared to the foolish pranks OF
former years.
It seems that rainy April Fool days
don't produce the caliber of jokes that
bright and sunshfny days are wont
to bring forth. Ingenuity Is damp
ened. ardor Is drenched and the re.
suit Is fioppy,. fiaccid sort of q hoax
that falls before 1t starts.
So 1t appears that Jupiter Pinvius,
the weather god in charge OF the
Olympian sprinkling can and celestial
clouds, today overruled practical
jokers In general, by the simple ex.
pedient OF providing weather In which
no jokes can long survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01

AS usual, proud fathers, shortly
after arising this morning, anxiously
examined the seats of their trousers
for rips, and then laughed heartily
with Young Hopeful, who had in
formed them of the damage in all the
innocence of his 4, or years.
AS usual, happy wives looked fear
fully to their silken hosiery for the
dreaded run in the stock" which seri-
Gus minded hubby had discovered.
And laughed with him.
AS usual. the Zoo hung up its tele-
phone and failed to answer calls for
Mr.. Lyon, Mr.. Fox, Mr.. Cam(pb)elQ),
Mr. Wolf(e) and other residents.
AS usual, Will Schoenberger, in
charge OF bodies at the District
Morgue. patiently whiled his time
away informing impatient folks on the
telephone that he really didn't want
them there at all, at all, and that he
didn't think they really wanted him
to want them.
As usual. the telephone operator at
st. Elizabeth's Hospital was deluged
with messages from folks who had
been told they were wanted there.
In fact, all the old stand-bys for
April Fools day were called into
play again TODAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
JOHN ]. M'CL0Y HEADS
REORGANIZED ROAD
New Yorker President Of Tempo.
rary Incorporation Of St. Paul
Under New Management.

by tHo AhSOCidteu FTebs.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April 1.-Co.
incident with the filing of articles of
Incorporation of the reorganized Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad,
now known as the Chicago. Milwau-
kee, st Paul & Pacific Railroad, an
nouncement was made Of the selection
of John j. McCloy OF New York as
president OF the temporary organiza.
ton.
Other temporary officers named, it
was announced at the close of the
meeting in the secretary's office here,
are: Vice presidents. William o.
Douglas of New York, r. G. Gilbert
Bundy OF Milwaukee. now tax agent
for the road: secretary. Gordon e.
Youngman of New York; treasurer,
Frederick n. Edwards OF New York,
apd assistant secretaries, Rodger M.
Trump of Milwaukee and Alfred Nc.
Cormack Of New York.
What may happen when the per.
manent organization is perfected is
problematical, but it was reported
here that the presidency may go to
Harry e. Byram. former president of
the Milwaukee and one of the receiv.
ers appointed by the Federal courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
Costello Post Minstrels Take Cheer
To Unhappy Inmates of District Jail

Strains Of music and singing. laugh.
ter and smiles and forgetfulness shat
tered dreary routine Of prison Life
for more than 500 inmates of 10
District Jail when the minstrel troupe
of Costello Post of the American
Legion played to capacity audience
i'm the rotunda of the big, brown.
barred building at 200 Nineteenth
street southeast.
Down In the we'll Of the rotunda
was the stage. From the tiers at the
north, south and west a sea of pallid
faces looked down on the performers
In the rotunda were grouped the
luckier ones, the TRUSTEES" And the
show went on.
Albert Stern, whose business in life
is to send guilty men to Jail. during
the course Of his duties as assistant
district attorney. sang blackface
songs and drew applause from some
Of the same men who scowled at him
not long ago as they were marched
to Jail from the courthouse. Tommy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01

Murray and spot" Harvey, dough-
boy minstrels, produced songs that
made the tiers delude themselves into
the belief that they were meZzanine,
balcony, second balcony and gallery
at a show house.
One of the men sent note down to
Kin Carroll. >terlocutor. PLAY Sem
per Fidelis," read the note. 1t was
signed IAN ex-marine." The Marine
number was rendered.
For two hours the screens separat-
ing the prisoners from the rotunda
remained pressed with sorrow-stricken
faces, while the show went on.
The arrangements for. the show
had been made by Maj. w. l..
Peake, superintendent of the Jail,
member of Costello Post. Among the
feature performances in the prodtic.
ton were Sunny Bear, Charles
Plunkett, r: a Regain, Barney Buck,
Sergt. Henry Loveless, Paul Burthe,
DR.. William Alderman and Jack
Lynch. Charles Hesse Is manager of
the trOl1De
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
Citizens COUNCIL
SINGS SWAN SONG
Retiring Members Told Glib
son Group Plans Fiscal
Relations Hearings.

With a new Citizens Advisory
Council to be elected tomorrow night
by the Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations. the old council met last
night and sang its Swan song"
The spirit of joiiification permeated
the final session. and while no bust
ness was transacted, George c. Hav-
enner revealed that the Gibson sub.
committee of the House District COM
mittee has planned to hold a series
OF public hearings on the question OF
fiscal relations between the Federal
aad District governments in an effort
reach an understanding as to what
ssould be the basis of the Govern
D ants financial contribution to the
u penses .of the municipality.
q Stull Makes Report.
william s. Torbert, a former men,
Der OF the council, and Henry K
Bush-Brown, both representing the
federation. Mr.. Havenner said, had
called on Representative Gibson and
asked him to have his subcommittee
study the question.
A financial report was made by
Harry ~. Stull. retiring recorder. 1t
showed that the first council. under
the Craftsmanship of Jesse G. Suter,
had spent $l61.75, while the second,
headed by James @. Yaden. spent S12
The council voted to have a COM
mittee Of its members draft resolu-
tons thanking Engineer Commits
sioner J. Franklin Bell, it's founder,
for mis- interest in the body, and wish
ing him success at his new post Com
missioner Bell viii retire in June.
Candidates Completing Canvass.
Candidates for the council are as
siduously completing their canvass
for votes. A mass OF campaign litera-
ture concerning the various nominees
has been distributed among the dele.
gates to the federation.
The federation will elect six men,
bers OF the council at its meeting TO-
morrow night from a field of Ii cam
didates. The Federation of Civic AS
sociations will ballot tonight for its
two representatives on the council
There are four candidates on it's tic.
ket, including DR.. George r. Richard
son and George 7. Beason, who are
seeking reelection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
SAYS CANADIAN FIRM
SENT RUM TO u. S.
Former Manager Reports Big Per
Cent Of Distiller's Business Was
With This Country.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TORONTO, Ontario, April about
go per cent Of the business of Joseph
f. Seagram & Sons. Ltd, Waterloo
distillers. consisted Of exporting liquor
to the United States, Cuba, the Ba-
hamas and Mexico. William Carthew,
treasurer and manager Of the COM
pany until six months ago, testified
before the customs commission here
yesterday.
Some Of the orders from the United
States. he said, came by mail from 3.
A. Rose and l. A. Yarrow Of Detroit.
He revealed that from 1920 until six
months ago the company declared no
dividends, but the shareholders, four
members of the Seagram family, had
borrowed" some $860,000. Asked If
the purpose was to avoid income tax
he replied, THAT Is not for
me to say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01

The will of Ralph Jenkins. who died
February 8. was filed today for pro-
bate. lie leaves $1,000 to the endow-
ment fund of St Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church and provides an an
nuity of $4,000 for his son, Ralph b.
Jenkins. The remaining estate is de-
eised TO the widow, Mrs. Maria B. Jen.
kins, during her life and at death
goes TO the son. The widow and the
FEDERAL National Bank are named as
executors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
Socrates Death
Sentence Appealed
To Grecian Court
By the Associated Press.

ATHENS. April 1.-The death
sentence passed against Socrates
in 399 B. c. has been appealed to
the Supreme Court.
M. Paradopoulos has undertaken
to act as the philosophers attor-
ney. He declares it was by mis-
carriage of justice that Socrates
was convicted Of impiety and cor
rupting the young and obliged to
drink the fatal hemlock. He urges
reconsideration Of the death ver-
dict passed by the judges Of the
Athenian democracy against their
better judgment"
THE honor Of Greece requires
revision Of the judgment and jul
dicial declaration of Socrates inno-
cence," says Socrates attorney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
COMMITTEE FORMED
ON LATIN AMERICA
Senators, Educators and Editors in
Group Favoring Change
in u. S. Policies.

Formation of the National Citizens
| committee on relations with Latin
America. including among its mem
mers several Senators, educators and
editors, seeking non-interference by
I the United States in Latin America,
was announced yesterday by John F..
Moors of Boston, its president. Sena-
tor Norris of Nebraska, was named
the committees honorary president,
and Mercer G.. Johnston of Baltimore,
secretary.
In statement, Mr.. Moors said the
committee, "a voluntary non-sec-
tartan, non-partisan organization" be-
lieved that ''our present Latin Ameri-
can policy, as manifested in Nicara-
qua, Mexico and elsewhere, Is in vio-
lation of every sound American ira
dition."
1.-THE continuation of this policy
will cause the loss of Latin American
markets vital to the prosperity of
legitimate American business" the
statement added. "It will inevitably
arouse the hostility of millions of peo-
pie in Mexico, Central and South
America and the West Indies, who
should be our friends. It will cause
us to forfeit the. respect of the world
and seriously impair our own self-re-
spect."
Members of the committee, as an
nounced by Mr.. Moors, includes Sen
ators Walsh of Massachusetts,, Wheel
err of Montana, Frazier of North Da-
kota and La Toilette Of Wisconsin,
Representative Moore Of Virginia, for
mer Assistant Secretary of Agricul-
ture Carl Vrooman, William Allen
White, editor of the Emporia, Kans.,
Gazette; Oswald Garrison Willard, edi-
tor of the Nation; Herbert Croly, edi-
tor Of the New Republic; President
William A. Nelson of Smith College,
President II. NJ MacCracken of Vas
sar, President Mary Woolley of Mount
Holyoke, Prof. Irving Fisher Of Yale,
Prof. Bliss Perry and William E.
Hooking of Harvard, and Judges Jul
liam Mack Of Chicago and George w.
Anderson of Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
APPEALS. ESTATE CLAIM,
Woman's Suit for era btree Fortune
Goes to Higher Court.

TUCSON, Ariz.. April ! R.-The
tight Of Carlotta Cockburn to share in
the 100000 estate of Lolita Crab
tree. Boston actress. who left her for.
tune to charity. will be taken to the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts,, John
Il. Wright, chief counsel for Mrs.
Cockburn. said here yesterday.
Judge Prest of the Suffolk Probate
Court yesterday ruled that Mrs. Cock
burn was not an heir and had no right
to contest the will of the actress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
Khan Heads Libel Suit Goes Over

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April l Cp.-
Trial of Frederick I. Thompson, for.
mer publisher of the Birmingham
Age.Herald: c. NJ. Stanley. former as.
sociate> editor, and r. w. Kinney,
city editor, on the charge of libel pre-.
ferred by James Esdale, grand dragon
Of the Ku Klux Khan OF Alabama, was
indefinitely postponed yesterday to
give both sides more time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
ECONOMIC PACT SIGNED.
Trench-German Treaty to Become
Effective June 80.

PARIS. April (F).--A provisional
economic treaty between France and
Germany was signed here yesterday
after extended negotiations. 1t forms
the basis of final treaty, which is
expected To become effective before
June 80.
Foreign Minister BRAND and Minis
ter of Commerce Bokanowski signed
the treaty for France. Ambassador
Won Hoesch signed for Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
REV. WILLIAM RIGGE DIES.

OMAHA, Nebr., April 1 tR.-Rev.
William Rigge, S. j.. 20. last member
of the original Creighton University
faculty and internationally known for
his research work In astronomy. died
last night.
He was born in Cincinnati in 1857.
He was the author Of many articles
d books on scientific themes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
O. KS CHURCH PRIVILEGE
Bill Gives Canadian Baptists Right
to Ban Opposing Delegates.

OTTAWA, April Gp.--The private
bills committee of the House of Com
mons yesterday approved a bill which
would give the convention of the
Canadian Baptist Churches of Ontario
and Quebec the right, by three-fifths
vote, to exclude delegates from any
church mot in harmony and co-opera-
ton with the work and objects OF said
convention" Rev. DIR. T. 4. Shields,
Toronto fundamentalist and minority
leader of the churches of the two
provinces, led the opposition to the
bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
Augusta County Levy Set.
,ecial Dispatch 10 The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va, April 1.-The
Augusta County board OF supervisors.
in special session here yesterday,
adopted the levy and budget for the
fscal year 1929. In each or the six
districts and inWaynesboro residents
win pay less lakes, due to the opera
tion OF Gov. Byrd's segregation plan.
About Res go Will be raised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
Boats Reach Basic;
World Faces Loss
Of Swiss Navy Joke

BASLE, Switzerland, April l.
April Fools day finds the world
in danger of losing its joke about
the Swiss Navy.
Ships sail from Switzerland to
the sea since the Rhine has been
opened for navigation as far as
Basic, and the Swiss mercantile
marine will be prominent feature
of the Swiss industries fair which
opens here Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-01
TORNADO HITS TOWN.
Many Buildings Wrecked in Nor
wood, Mo.

NORWOOD. Mo-, April R.-A
tornado hit Norwood at o'clock yes.
terday afternoon. wrecked many build.
ings and unroofed many homes. No
one was injured.
The tornado cut path 300 feet wide
and uprooted hundreds OF trees in its
path.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
A FIRE PANIC

Tragedy enacted in a theater in Montreal, resulting in a large num- Der of children being squeezed and mauled to death during a panic fol- 1 lowing an alarm of fire, was one of those distressingly unnecessary sacri- fices of life which it is easier to moralize about following the event than to eradicate or make impossible in the future.
 To avoid such a stampede merely requires self-control; children as a rule conspicuously lack this quality; and so do quite a number of grown ups.
 In the Montreal disaster an ob- serving boy, seeing small jet of flame in the projectors booth, yelled an alarm; in a moment a thousand tots were struggling to rush from the place. There appear to have been only four exits and one of them be- came blocked with bodies of victims. The same general story has been told before. Stringent laws have been passd In most states regulating the number of exits and other safety re- quirements in connection with thea ters. Most managers take pride in more than meeting the safety de- mands of the law.
 It needs to be learned early, of course, that an alarm of fire should never be spread in a public place. Even when there is fire, to allay the consequent agitation. rather than stimulating it. should be the prime requisite. It has happened time and again that orchestras in such emergencies, by striking up a lively air, have been able to prevent q panic. Possibly, if something of the kind had been done in Montreal no panic would have eventuated.
 It is particularly distressing thing to realize that so many inno- cents unnecessarily met death. It is vivid warning that safety in public places depends as much upon the people themselves as upon the safe ty regulations.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
City Items

A son was born to MT. and Mrs. Samuel Kirschnit of 162 Hartford avenue at the New Britain General hospital yesterday.
 The annual meeting of the First Ecclesiastical society will be held this evening in the First Consrega- tional church.
 Troop 2, Boy Scouts of the South Congregational church will meet this evening.
 The Friendship league of St. Johns German Lutheran church will meet tomorrow evening.
 Boy Scouts of the First Baptist church will meet this evening.
 The Woman's Home Missionary society of Trinity Methodist church, will meet this afternoon at o'clock. At G:30 o'clock the society will join the Mothers Jewels for a family supper
 Members of Harmony lodge. A. F. and A. M., will form a Fellowcraft club this evening. Stanley Women's Relief corps will hold it's regular meeting Wednesday afternoon at o'clock. At 2:3C o'clock members of Stanley Post and Stanley corps will hold a joint installation of officers for the con- ing year. All officers of the corps are requc tied to wear white.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
FRANK l.. STANTON

Frank L. Stanton was one of those heartfelt, soulful poets who touch- ed the heart rather than the intel lect. With right he was designated the poet laureate of Georgia; he was one of her finest products in any field.
 Of the thousands of poems he wrote during a busy lifetime, his Mighty Lax a Rose" set to imper- ishable melody by New England's s own Ethelbert Nevin, will go down to posterity as thing of everlasting beauty. What a beautiful theme the comparison of a new born babe with the velvety softness of a rose, and all done in the affecting language of proud southern man. my.
 A poet does not need to be great to be good, or to reach the hearts of mankind. This one poem has been sung by millions, bringing many a tear to the eyes of tender hearted women. Its appeal will never die.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
EMPLOYED CHILDREN

Figures never lie, runs the adase; but unfortunately that does not ap- ply to statistics.
 We have no doubt that when a minister of this city made state- ments based upon statistics regard ing alleged child labor in New Brit ain he quoted those which have been broadcast by the press'' respecting New England as whole, and which no one until now has had occasion to doubt. .....
 The census taken by the secretary of the Manufacturers Association of Hartford county manifestly do not conform with the previous statistics, which originated in the Children's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor. The percentage increases shown for various cities of Connecti- cut, GSSOI uiiS to tiilo Soiipliettioii, were published in the Herald last December 10.
 These figures stated that the num- Der of New Britain children between the ages of 14 and 16 years who left school during 1925 to go to work made a total of 37.4 per cent greater than the number for the previous year. Manifestly the percentages do not apply to conditions this year. It was stated that the increase for Connecticut as whole was an in- crease of only 26.9 per cent.
 The report stated that in 1925 the total Of children between these ages who were granted employment certificates for the first time In this city totalled 4S7 children, as com- pared with S4S children the previous year.
 Now comes the Manufacturers Association with a census of this city showing that only 53 children between those ages are employed in the industrial establishments here This does not apply to 1925, but it can be safely assumed that the diff ference between the two years was slight. It is of course gratifying to discover that the reported increase in work permits does not mean a large employment of children in the factories.
 Both sides to the controversy may be right. Children between 14 and 16 can be at work in considerable num- bers, but not necessarily in manu- featuring plants. Some may be en- ployed in seasonal industries, as in the tobacco industry of Hartford county. There are a multitude of other establishments in which they may find employment, and perhaps of less fatiguing and hazardous nature than in manufacturing plants.
 No harm has resulted from the discussion, which has at least re- suited in clarifying a situation re- garding which there may have been erroneous assumptions.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
NEW HAVEN EAGER FOR TROLLEY CONTROL,

One would think, judging by the trend of the times, that no concern would be eager to be the owner and operator of street car systems. The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, however is in a class by itself in this respect. It dearly loves to operate street car systems, with their attendant losses, or at least insignificant profits.
 The railroad is wasting no time in getting possession of the Springfield and Worcester street car lines. The preliminary legal phases of the sobbling up process have been car ricd out in every detail, and as soon as the railroad corporation gets a
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10

+''-Compensation for alleged occupational diseases will be a live topic at the present session of the General Assembly. Both the states manufacturers and the Federation of Labor agree upon some points re- garding amending the law. and that at least is beginning. The two sides have been discussing the subject like gentlemen, but disagree upon some of the vital matters at issue, particularly the need for eliminating the liberal court decisions which have been made in connection with the law in favor of a change which would not rely upon the courts for any more of their ultra-liberal in- terpretations. Both sides will be heard in committee and the show down upon the floor of the Assembly will nv doubt prove extremely in teresting,
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
P|NCH0T REFUSES
 ID CERTIFY YARE
Declines to Send Usual Note
 to President

1 Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 10 R =
 Transmitting the returns of the No
 vember .ction for senator from
 Pennsylvania to the president of the
 United States senate, Governor Pin
 ehot, has refused to certify that
 William 8. Ware, has been "duly
 chosen by the qualified electors of
 the commonwealth"
 Instead the governor departed from the customary form of such
 certificate and informed Vice-Presi-
 dent Dawes that MT. Ware appears to have beer chosen" as senator. The governor said that he could
 not certify MT. Ware had been duly
 chosen" reiterating his belief that
 his nomination was partly bought and partly stolen" and that frauds
 committed in his interest had tainted both the primary and the general | election"
 MT. Pinchot asserted that he wofd- ed the ce tifcate of election. re- auired by law, so that he could sign l it without distorting the truth" in view of his conviction that the cleo tion returns do not in fact correct | ly represent the will of the voters"
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