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New Britain herald., 1927-09-30
Sfasonic Outine

It IS expected that several Mason. from this city will attend the outing or the Fifth Masonic District which IS 10 be held at Cherry Park in Avon tomorrow. As in previous years, a sports program will be participated in by the men of the district, and events have also been planned for the women. A lunch will be served.
 Funeral of Rev. W. B. Wes. The funeral of the Rev. William D. west, former pastor of the Pros- pect M. E. church of this city who died Tuesday at Foxboro, Mass.. was heid this afternoon at Westbury, L. l.
 Plans For New School
 It Is expected that the plans for the new school building to be erected in Forestville. will be completed by Architect W. F. Brooks of Hartford, in about one week. The new build ing. which has been authorized by the district to take care Of the growing needs in that section, will be of brick and will contain s class rooms and an assembly hall. The cost will be about s7s,00o To Receive Tax Lists
 The board of assessors will be in session next month for the purpose Of receiving tax lists on real and personal property. These are the declarations of taxpayers as 10 the value of their property upon which the tax Is levied and from which the grand list Is made up. Those who do not file their lists will be subject to 10 per cent addition to the grand list.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30
"PAT AND MIKE" JOKES
 NOT FOR INTELLIGENT
Believes Boston Instructor In Ora. tory-They Should Never h.
 troduce SpeecheA She SayA

uuuuce speoCheA She S4yA
 New York. Sept. 30 tP-"Pat and Mike" and other fictitious characters who have peopled the opening rs- marks of countless public speakers are out of date and out of style, in the opinion of Mrs. Katherine Eegle- ston Holmes. a Boston instructor in oratory. ... Tt is an insult to the intelligence of an audience to start a speech with q funny story" Mrs. Holmes said at the School of Politics of tho Nation Ial Women's Republican club.
 Chauncey Depew, who has made uncounted speeches and started them off with innumerabls jokes in his time. did not entirely agree with Mrs. Holmes when interviewed on the subject, although he admitted there is something in what she said"
 Governor Smith apparently does not see eye-to-eye with those who would banish the two Irishmen" | and their like.
 He started off his address to the i democratic state convention in AL
 bany yesterday with fellow demo- crats and friends" and interspersed his remarks with other quips as he 1 proceeded.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30
FEARS ANOTHER WAR.

London, Sept. 90 P'-Dr Anne Besant, well known theosophist. re- turned to London to celebrate her S0th birthday tomorrow, haunted by a fear of another European war. The nations are embittered,' she told interviews, and unless 1t is forestalled war Is bound to come. l am very afraid for Europe AL though an octogenarian, she is in vigorous health. T am marvelously we'll" she said, but then I am a vegetarian, a non smoker and a tee tOtaller."
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30

thian Sisters will be held next Monday evening at s o'clock at Community hall.
 The new heating system at Com mtnity hall is being installed, most of the radiators having already been placed. They are attached to the side walls by brackets. three on each side. It is hoped to have them set up and ready by the next meeting.
 The library will be open for a short time this evening.
 The gas committee has discon- tinued its activities until next spring, it being understood that there is no possibility of securing the service until that time. It is not thought that Cromwell will gain the service this fall but will have to wait until spring,
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30
BARGE SINKS OFF CAPE MAY

Lewes, Del, Sept 30 tR - The barge Bear Ridge, from Newport News, Va. for Pawtucket, R. l.. with 1.45O tons of bituminous coal, sank off Hereford Inlet. N. J.. carly today Captain Aaron Hough and the four members of his crew aban- doned the barge in life boat and landed at Ludlam beach near Cape May.
 The cause of the sinking of the Bear Ridge has not been determined.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30

The first issue of the PlainviIle News will appear on Friday of this week. It will contain full news Of Plainville, Southineton, Plantsvtlls, forestville, East Bristol. Farming ton, and UnionIlle. The first CODY is free. Ask your newsletter or newsboy for it.-advt.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30

field; Illinois, mine lockouts or strikes
have forced some 5000 men out of
work, of whom 225 were Negroes; and
in Florida work ordinarily done by
Negroes is being taken from them and
given to whites, and wages have been
cut. In Milwaukee the retirement of
colored walters has been forced BY
patrons of large hotel.
Organized Labor
Here and there were incidents
showing relationship with organized
labor. In Baltimore, the Young
Workers Labor Party has been espe-
cially active-two colored speakers ap-
pearing at its open forum.
One half of the brick-masons Of
Lexington, Kentucky, who received a
raise from s1.25 to s15O per hour were
Negroes.
In Philadelphia. through the Arm
strong Association there, the co-opera-
ton or colored employees was sought
and secured in recent labor dispute
between the Manufacturers Associa-
ton and the labor forces of that city.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30
UTAH HINDU GRANTED CHEM
ISTRY HONORS AT PURDUE

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Bal Dew
Kaura, brilliant Hindu student at the
University OF Utah, has recently been
granted an assistantship in chemistry
at Purdue University for the years
1929.
Born in Sringobindpur, Punjab, In
dia, Kaura was educated in the public
schools Of his native country He
came to the United States in 1922 and
in 1925 graduated from the University
of Utah School Of Mines with the de-
gree Of bachelor of science in chemical
engineering. He received his M s.
degree in 1926. Besides being a joint
author with DR.. Walter ID. Bonner Of
number OF scientific papers in the
Journal Of the American Chemical So
ciety, Kuara has held School OF
Mines fellowship at the University for
the past year He will take up his
duties at Purdue University in Sep
tember
The broad ax., 1927-04-30
SERGEANT L. RAFFERTY,

If you wish to come in contact with
an officer of the law, one who is
what you might call true, then we
present to you Sergeant L. Rafferty,.
now holding the fort in Chief Deputy
Alcock's Office He is a wide-awake
and efficient policeman and one who
has weathered the storm through
many years of service on the city's
police force. During the terrible time
of the race riots in 1919 he stood like
stone wall between the contending
sides OF both white and black, ever
upholding the majesty Of the law. This
and other commendable acts of brav-
cry and fair play upon his part forces
us to allot him place in the role of
being one Of Chicago's finest officers.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30

to some Of his high police officers and
he spoke in part as follows:
stop kicking in doors Of homes,
soda parlors, and pool rooms. Go
after the criminals" the chief told the
captains who were assembled at the
Des PLANES station for their first
meeting under the new administration
Policeman's Job Defined
"You are not to condone any no
torious or fragrant gambling, vice, or
bootlegging, Of course, but these
things should be secondary. If man
wants TO have a good time, that's his
business so long as he doesn't violate
the law or interfere with the rights
Of others. The policeman's job is to
catch thieves and thugs and that is
what want you to concentrate on
first in managing your districts"
During the campaign, Mayor
Thompson seldom failed TO draw a
roar Of applause when he larnbasted
The broad ax., 1927-04-30
SHERIFF IS GIVEN MEDAL FOR
SAVING NEGRO FROM MOB
Kentucky Governor Presents Trophy
on Behalf of Interracial
Commission

Frankfort, Ky.-Sheriff p r. Brown
of Graves County, who in 1926 saved
a Negro from mob violence at May
by the Southern Interracial Commis-
sion Governor Fields has announced.
The award was the first of its kind to
be made in Kentucky, and Governor
Fields, in sending the medal to Brown
in behalf of the Commission, con-
graduated him upon the splendid
service" he had rendered his state and
nation.
The handsome bronze medal bears
a heroic figure with drawn sword
standing in front of a temple of JUS
tice, surrounded by the legend an
Defense of Law and Civilization" The
award was passed upon by a commits
sion composed of Hon Hugh M. Dor
sey, former Governor of Georgia, Gov.
John w. Martin, of Florida, the late
Governor Henry L. Whitfield of Mis-
sissippi Mrs. J. H. Mccoy Of Ala
bama, George B. Dealey, editor of the
Dallas News, and Marshall Ballard,
editor of the New Orleans Item.
When on June Fl Of 1926, mob
gathered about the Mayheld jail to
get Willie Busby, Negro, charged
with attacking a white girl, Brown
gathered up his deputies and drove
seventy-hve miles at night through
two rivers to carry the Negro to safety.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30
EIGHT GIRLS ARRESTED IN
RAID ON INDECENT
REVUE

New York.-Eight colored actresses
were arrested in a raid on the Lafay-
cite Theatre Thursday where they
were appearing in Leonard Harper's
Kentucky Club" revue. They were
booked at the l35th street station on a
charge of participating in an immoral
and indecent act. All were released
on temporary balls of $500 each.
Those taken in the raid were Peggy
Burnett, Frances Hubbard, Bertha
Young, Mary Duval, Mabel Savoy,
Mable Nichols, Mary Saunders, and
Azalyn Lynch.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30

the police for flaming mattresses and
frisking pantries for pints" and for
interfering with the privacy Of citi-
zens. If elected, he declared, he
would call off the police from the
snooping business and put them back
on the streets TO drive out the crooks"
Political observers, arguing that the
vast majority of Chicagoans want
their beer delivered to the back door
safely more than they want a sanity
reputation for the city, asserted that
this was Mr.. Thompson's most effec-
tive vote-getting plank.
Transmits Mayors Pledges
Chief Hughes transmitted Mayor
Thompson's campaign pledges on
crooks almost verbatim.
"If you know where there's Grim
inal hiding, go in and get him if you
have to shoot the place to pieces" he
The broad ax., 1927-04-30

Hon. Michael Hughes, the wide
awake chief of the police department,
continues to shake up the police force
in ali parts Of this city The changes
being made for the good of the order.
Chief Hughes IN his great drive
against the criminals means business,
and he will hold every captain strictly
responsible for the amount Of crime
and gambling in his district. He has
let it Be known to the whole world.
Stop Raiding Homes
Pay roll roberies have got to stop.
We are going to clean up the gang
sters Thugs, gunmen, holdup men,
and bad characters of every sort are
to Be driven cut Of the city. Ny or
ders are to stop raiding private homes
and business houses and concentrate
on knocking out crime"
Chief Hughes Reads the Riot Act to
His Commanding Officers
Wednesday Chief Hughes lectured
The broad ax., 1927-04-30

NO PERSON, WHITE OR COLORED,
SHOULD BE SHOWN ANY FAVOR
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO VIO-
LATING THE LAWS OF THIS CITY.
THE SHEEP AND COATS MUST
BEDIVIDED RIGHT NOW IN ORDER
TO PREVENT CHICAGO FROM BE-
COMING THE WTCKEDEST AND
MOST CRIMINAL CITY ON EARTH.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30

up because they had flask Of home
brew.
"You should sort out your prison
ers. When you have man with a
bad record who can't explain what his
business is or where he lives, keep him
locked up for investigation, but those
who can establish their identities as
good citizens should be released and
sent home"
Chief Hughes expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the enthusiastic
reaction Of the captains to the state
ment Of his policies. Despite the griev-
ances caused by recent transfers, he
asserted, the morale Of the force as a
whole was never SO high as it is now.
Chief Hughes merciless drive against
the criminals has started many of them
on the dead run.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30
WHITE MOTHER SLAYER OF
TWO TOTS coNFESSES LOVE
OF NEGRO AS CAUSE OF
CRIME

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Professing
ardent love for her Negro lover and
freely admitting the desire to get rid
of her family in-erder to be with him.
Mrs. lila Peterson, (white), confessed
before the district court here recently
that she put the strychnine in the food
served hers family on the night of
March 8, that resulted in the death Of
her baby boy, Kenneth, and her foster
baby daughter, Margaret Bateman
Only the fact that she put an overdose
Of the strychnine. purchased by Wyn-
don in Los Angeles, in the fatal meal
prevented the rest Of her family from
suffering the same fate as that of the.
babies. The bitter taste made them
shun the food.
Negro Pleads Guilty
Ben Wyndon, colored Pullman por-
ter of Los Angeles, implicated through
his affections for Mrs Peterson, plead
ed guilty to a statutory charge and
was sentenced to an indeterminate
term in the state penitentiary.
Mrs. Wyndon remained loyal to her
husband and stood by him to the end
Colored Society Shocked
The love-nest OF Wyndon and Mrs.
Peterson is stated to have been at the
home of Mrs. Punch Leonard Jackson,
252 Center street, revelation which
shocked local colored society circles,
as the Jacksons are great social lead
ers and church members.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30
IMPROVING

Mrs. Matte Fly. 22 E. And street,
who has been quite i'll for several
weeks. is improving and hopes to be
able to 60 out again.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30

Mr.. and Mrs. David M Manson
have removed from 1888 S. Michigan
boulevard to 54Ol S. Michigan bouIe-
ward, where they will be pleased to
meet their many friends.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30
Hon. Michael Hughes General Superintendent of Police of Chicago
Shook Up the Police Force From Aore Aft
Process and for the Good the Order He Has Transferred Many Police
Officials and Patromen Around the Various Stations

CHIEF HUGHES SHOULD BE FUR
NSFIED AT LEAST WITH ONE
THOUSAND EXTRA POLICE WHO
SHOULD BE ARMED TO THE
TEETH AND INSTRUCTED TO
SHOOT TO KILL THE UNDESTR-
ABLE AND LAW-BREAKING ELE-
MENTS WHICH HAVE INFESTED
THIS CITY FOR MANY YEARS
PAST.
The broad ax., 1927-04-30
URBAN LEAGUE REPORTS ON
INDUSTRY FOR MARCH

Bulletin No. IS Of the Industrial
Relations Department of the National
Urban League summarizes employ
ment conditions as follows:
General Conditions
Employment improved somewhat
during March, the advance coming
late in the month. The iron and steel
plants, in which a large proportion Of
Negroes are employed. showed inn
provement in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Prolonged unemployment periods in
the West were eased and the month
closed with brighter prospects for
April
Conditions Among Negroes
Reports from our associates in scat
tered parts of the United States tell
Of unemployment and curtailment in
working hours almost without excep-
ton. This caused general restless
ness with the result that workers
moved back and forth among cities
within easy reach Of each other Bal
timore and Columbus, usually fruitful
cities for Negro workers, and among
the last to feel the depression, report
ed large numbers out Of work.
Specific reasons were given for the
shortage Of work among Negroes in
certain cities. For instance, in Spring
The broad ax., 1927-04-30

ordered. But if 1 catch any police
man entering home or place Of busi-
ness for any other purpose, I'll strip
him of his star. That is one thing l
will not tolerate"
Wholesale arrests of citizens round
ed up in raids on soft drink parlors
and at card parties only clog up the
courts to no purpose, and make the
public hate the police because they
are tyrants, not protectors, the chief
said.
''It isn't how many people you ar
rest that counts, but the kind you ar
rest" he added. "I'd rather have one
crook in jail than a hundred good
citizens"
"Sort Out the Prisoners"
There have been entirely too many
honest, hard working men and women
dragged into police stations and locked
The broad ax., 1927-04-30

One Of best and most popular Municipal Court J!dse %
Chicago President of the Fort Dearborn Afnieuc SluD
who is holding two sessions Of his court daily M or0e 80
assist the Judges in cleaning the civil doSsfs q -
courts He holds session each day at the reAn S
and the other at the South Clark Street Court
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September 20, 1927.

September 20, 1927.
Chief of Police,
Richmond, Va,
U. S. A. T..
Dear Sir:
have been informed that my two
brothers are living in your city whose
names are Charlie H. and Glen G.
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1t was reported to ME that
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Medicine. The occupation of Glen,
have not heard. They may be pass
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DEATHS REPORTED 4

The following is list of deaths
of colored persons reported to the
richmond bureau of Health. from
November : ) to November ~, lSz
with date ct death:
Susan Boiling, age 6S, $40 ST. James
St November 10.
Charles 6ryce. so; 1722 Wlnoer
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John virgins. 55; 1713 E. Grace
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Gilbert Jones. As; 217-C w. Char'
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Inez Yates. 20 days; Petersburg
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Harvey Nrikerson, %; ia S. 2nd
St; November II.
Robert Brooks. IS; King and queen
County. November II.
Thomas Jones, 40; 103 w. z1st St.
November II.
BENJAMIN Christmas, 40; 1fO4 ldle-
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Maria Hopkins, 10; 1913 w. Leigh
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John Taylor. "A; 1908 N. 18th ST.;
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Harriet Lewis. 81; 1913 W. Moore
St. November IS.
Fila johnson. SO; 1913 W. Moore
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rthomas Knight, 81; Ala Lady Mile
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