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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
CHECK HIGH TREND
OF BUILDING WAGE
Construction Cut and Public
Sentiment Get Credit
for Ending Raises.

Building labor is adopting a more
conciliatory attitude and it appears
that the upward tendency in wages
has been definitely checked in the
opinion of A. w. Dickson, executive
secretary of the National Association
of Building Trades Employers.
Mr.. Dickson. writing in the April
issue of the American Builder-Econ-
omist, published by the American
Bond and Mortgage Co, states that
there may be a few minor upward
adjustments made later this year. but.
in the main, the wage level of 1925
will he maintained throughout 1927"
''The demand for the five-day week, !"
he said, (which the building trades
led their employers to believe would
be the major issue this year, seems
to have been abandoned for the time
being at least.
Contractors are of the opinion that
the Nationwide opposition to the
short week movement crystallized in
the Pittsburgh conference of the Ma
tional Association of Building Trades
Employers last year played no small
part in the abandonment of the effort
to put the 40-hour week into effect
In the construction industry this year.
There are two major reasons why
contractors do not anticipate anv gen
eral wage increase this year: First
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
CITIES INVITE REALTORS.
Delegates Asked to Stop Over on
Way to Seattle.

Realtors from all sections Of the
United States and Canada who will
be on their way to Seattle. Wash.
in mid-August via the s or 10 special
trains already planned for taking del
egates there to the annual convention
Of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards are already being
urgently invited by their fellow
realtors in cities along the route to
See America First" by the way
The Los Angeles Realty Board, for
example. has appointed a committee
of 35, with Mason Case as chairman,
to arrange entertainment for realtors
using the Los Angeles gateway in
going to the coming annual con-
vention Of the National Association
Of Real Estate Boards. to be held at
Seattle August 1913. inclusive.
The Great Falls, Mont, Real Estate
Board and the Great Falls Chamber
of Commerce, in behalf of Great Falls
generally. have united in inviting
realtors from the South and East to
break their Journey either coming or
going by a days stopover at Great
Falls, which lies in a direct line be-
tween Yellowstone and Glacier Ma
tional Parks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
Get Distant Posts.

Lieut.. Col. John B. Murphy. Coast
Artillery Corps. and Maj. William w.
Hicks, Coast Artillery Corps, both at
the Army War College, Washington
Barracks, have been ordered to dis
tant stations. the first-named to Fort
Winfield Scott, Calf, and the latter
To Manila 2
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

LiQuer has ben cold in private aorces sy yemen whose husbands were unaware Of the fact. the po- lice have found. Jealous of the fine clothes of other women. and pos sessed of the innate desire of wo- man kind to be ''as good as the next" these wives who could not get along on their husbands earn ings have been known to buy alco- hol from bootleggers in ,gallon lots and manufacture "hooch" while the head of tho family worked in the factory and knew nothing of the use to which his home was being put. until the police dropped in. On the other hand, the court rec ords are filled with cases in which the exact opposite has been true. Many men have shamelessly hidden behind the skirts of their women folks, feeling reasonably certain that the judge would not sentence the women to jail for the first of fense.
 Excuses Endless
 Liquor law violators have told the police they were in the business for profit alone: for money with which to educate their children, to buy real estate. to support cripples, to pay for operations, to buy auto and for many other pur- poses. They have resorted to every conceivable ruse to cover their tracks and to deceive the police by the liquor in false par titions hiding places in cellars. attics, beneath floors, in walls and hundreds of other places. Through their resourcefulness. they have made the task of the police charged with enforcement of this particular law, one requiring greater ability to carry on battle of wits than is required probably in any other branch of police activity.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

amusement wore permitted on Sum- day. nor was work done. In fact, 70 careful were the settlers in this re- spect that they left their work Saturday in tho afternoon or at sunset and made whatever prepara- tons they could for attending church the next day. They shined tAetr boots. pressed their clothes, prepared fhAir luncheA and did everything possible 60 that they might not desecrate tho Sabbath by any labor.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
Tramps Originated It

Tfamps Originated It
 This idea first originated with the tramps who found that they could get places in shorter time and with less chance of injury If they bum med" their way on the highway rather than take . chance on blind baggage"
 As time vent on tho college and high school boy adopted this means as . way of getting to games when the team was pl&ying in another town. This plan was 90 successful that the boys used 1t as means Of going home during vacation periods and during the summer when they were spending . portion of the re- cess period in distant resort. When the high school and many times tho working boy who was without . car wanted to spend the weekend at . shore resort he usually chose this method of getting there.
 Sometimes . young man who h well fixed financially piclks this way of spending . vacation. He has the opportunity of travelling in all kinds of cars and no expense to himself. The boy regards 1t as | way of spending . vacation. Last summer the section through tho Mohawk trail was thickly populated with college boys who were asking for rides to the upper part of New Eng land where they would have . per iod of rest until the September grind begins.
 Auto Assn. Disapproves
 Automobile associations have re- peatedly warned autoists not to pick up ride bummers'' and used as the foundation of the warning the news- paper stories of men who offered a person g ride and were later held up or assaulted and robbed. Ono auto- ist said he disregards this warning for in his travels as . salesman he has never encountered such an ex- perience and that it was his person. al opinion that tho person who came home with that story was just after losing his weeks pay in . poker game, and-well. he had to have some excuse when questioned by his better half.
 Those who have experience at the game declared that . person travel- ling alone has . better chance of picking up ride than to travel In twos and threes. They explain that the person who picks up ! road 1 rider" is usually travelling alone and is anxious to talk to somebody.
 Boys find 1t . wonderful way to l meet different people and dnd out the types that make up the world. 1 There is the person who gives out ] as facts the things he would like to 1 do. He talks of his prowess as | salesman. a fighter. or of | social | lion.
 Then there is the speedy driver, the slow driver and tho green driv- CT. There is the driver who is con- stantly reminding the guest that he always carries . gun in case his does not measure up to his expectations.
 Even By Nighttime
 According to one driver who has to make trips through the western section of this city. Plain vile and southington. the increase
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
NOW YOU
 
 ASK ONE
SOME BIBLE QUESTIONS

The answers to today's list of questions can all be found in the Bible. They can also be found on another page of this paper. in case your Bible isn't handy.
 l. Give chapter and verse for this quotation: And the Lord God planted garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed?"
 2. How old was Adam at his death?
 3. Where is the giving of the ten commandments described?
 1. How did Elijah reward the widow of Zarephath for the hospi- tality she gave him?
 5. Who was Benhadad?
 6. Who were the three friends of Job who came to mourn with him in his affliction?
 I. Where did Paul and Barnabas encounter the false prophet Bar jesus?
 8. Which New Testament chap ter is known as the Hove chapter?
 3. Give chapter and verse for this quotation: ''Now faith is the substance of things hoped for. the evidence of things not seen."
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

in tho number of girls hooking ridss hos beea very noticeable In the past year. especially lin the latter two places. He said they do not con- fins their activities to tho daylight for on many occasions he has seen them .''doing their stu0'' at night.
 It has reached the point, he said. where married women with children
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

are asling foe . ride on the curha along tho highway.
 From present indications 1t ap- pears that tho United 9tatee b be- coming . nation of ride bunamers"- and although laws in several states forbid the practice 1t continues and increAseo,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
HOOKING RIDES.
 POPULAR CUSTOM
Not Only Boys, But Also Flap
 perS Ask: ''GOin' DoWn?'
Coin down ?"

Coin down?"
 How often does an autoist hear this as he glides over the paved sur face. Sometimes it is from boys who are making their way from the city to the "Ol' Swimmin' Hole" in the outskirts: sometimes 1t is from older boys who are out of work and are out to get an afternoon of pleas ure in other cars: and sometimes 1t is the flapper type of a young girl who is going on a shopping trip to the city and is hooking ride to her destination.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

Miss Margaret D. Breen Is well fitted for her position as art teach- CT at the Washington school. She has taken special art courses at Hartford Art school and Yale Schoh of Fine Arts. She attended Notre Dame academy and was graduated after taking four year high school course. She then entered New Britain State Normal school and also took a course at Colum- bia University.
 Miss Rreen hega1 her duties here in 1913 and has '9lDsn the city the benefit of all her teaching effort since that time.
 She was born in New Britain and resides at 16 Sheffield street.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
FLAGS SHORT LIVED

Chicago-A flag last about month when flown atop q Chicago skyscraper. The Chicago Tribune reckons the annual upkeep of a flag at $544.2s, $110.60 for rope, $325.6S for flags and $10S for la- bor.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29
TAXPAYERS
 0F SEWARD |S ASKED

The adjourned council meeting from a week ago was in session last evening for the purpose of hear ing the report of the City Attorney relative to the status of the lots on the proposed site of the new school and on the occupation tax of the S. L. & P Go.
 Attorney Fucker stated there were yet three lots which have not yet been acquired due to various matters which will undoubtedly be arranged satisfactorily in the near future
 The request of Mr. Ayres that the lot he purchased last week from the city be traded for another was grant, ed. 4
 It was regularly moved and second ed that the City Attorney be instruct ed to supply the City Council with an opinion on ways and means regard ing proper protection for tax payers from indebtedness by the s. L. & F. Co.,, and that he present his report at the next regular meeting of the council which takes place next Mon- day night
 It was reported the cemetery will be surveyed this summer by govern ment engineers. The application was granted last year.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29
MORE O|v CHINA
(Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
 boats at Ranking: Mrs. c. s. Keen and children, Philadelphia; Mrs. Ar thur J. Bowen, Kewanee, Ill.,; Mrs. Charles s. Bibbs, Rangsley Mo-; Mrs. Alexander Small and child, San Jose, Calif; Mrs. J. H. Reisner and chil- dren Marlboro, N. "; Mrs. J. Hor- ton Daniels, Minneapolis; Mrs. Wal ter c. Lowder and child, Wilcox, Ariz,; Mrs. H. D. hanson, Shanghai; Mrs. J. Losing Buck and children, La Grangeville, N. r.; Mrs. Allan C.. Hutchinson and children, Shanghai; Miss Mary N. Mills and probably Miss Esther Pederson, both of the university staff in Ranking.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29
INCREASE IN P|Cs IN
 DEPOT WORRIES AGENT

PITTSBURGH, March 29 P)- Pigs is pigs" to Joe Mccullough, railroad freight agent at Minerva, Pa.
 A consignment of 12 pigs number ed 17 when they reached Joe Much perturbed, he had his clerk, Cliff Elliman verify the count. The con- signee refused the shipment on the grounds the excess pigs did not be- long to him.
 Joe called on officials here for help. Before they could solve the problem Elliman reported there were 20 pigs. Joe then took it upon him. self to change the bill of lading to read "12 pigs plus natural increase, total 2O' and induced the consignee to except them.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29
"WHOPPER" WRESTLING WIND

The wind "she" blew last night and today "she" blew some more but as far as could be ascertained this morning, with the exception of few signs blown down, one awning ripp, ed, a couple of windows caved ln and numerous clothes lines blown down, no material damage occurred.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29
CONSIDER NEW
 BILL MOVIE MORALS

ROME, March 29. (P)-The Italian Chamber of Deputies is considerat- ing bills calling for drastic censor ship to guarantee moral and political purity of motion pictures, stage paintings, newspapers and literature.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29

The halibut schooner Electra, Capt. Andrew Olsen, newest of halibut fishing boats arrived in port last evening for slight repairs.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29
NOTICE

Just received on last boat, a ship ment of Women's and Children's new Spring Coats, direct from the Eastern markets. Urbach.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29
MAsoNs NOTICE

Special meeting Wednesday, March 3Oth, 8 D. m. Work First Degree.
 J. H. Flickinger, Sec.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29

You read it in The Gateway first.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-29

Seward Weekly Gateway F pages.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
FIREMEN, WITH PULMOTOR, FIGHTING
 TO KEEP CHICAGO MAN FROM DYING
Patient, III With Pneumonia, Sustained More Than 50
 Hours in New Scientific Battle Against Death

Chicago, May 6 R-Firemen fought pneumonia today in another effort of science to keep tagging lungs functioning after hope through accepted medical methods had all but been abandoned.
 Harry Thompson. 52 years old, who has been seriously ill with pneumonia since Tuesday, is being kept alive, according to Dr. John J. Hessert, his physician, by the ad- ministration of oxygen. Pulmotor Squad No. of the Chicago fire de- partment has been working in re- lays for more than 50 hours.
 Dr. Hessert said Thompson would have died Tuesday but for the ac- ton of the firemen. Now he is hope ful that life may be prolonged until the lungs heal sufficiently to take Up their work again, in which case he said Thompson would recover.
 On the hour and the half hour the tiremen place an inhalator over Thompson's face. For 10 minutes he inhales pure oxygen. Then for 20 minutes he is allowed 10 breathe naturally.
 Dr. Hessert said one of Thomp- sons lungs is so conycsted that without artificial aid he could not get enough air to sustain life.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
MISSING MESSENGER IN NEW YORK HAS RETURNED
Says He Was Kidnapped and Rob. bed Of Securities Valued at
 $fOO,O00.

New York. May (UP)-Jules Bates x Company. brokers, was brought to police headquarters to- day to explain his disappearance yes- terday with s100.000 worth of ne- eotiable certificates belonging to his employers.
 German appeared at the West chester police station early today and told a story of being kidnapped by two bandits in the heart of the financial district at noon yesterday, robbed of the certificates and thrown out of a car in secluded spot in Westchester. bound and gagged.
 The bank messenger s2id he was not mistreated by his captors. who even gave him coffee and cake.
 He told long story of being com- pclled to lie down in the car being triven around town for several hours, taken to a room with but 8 window in it and held there for sev- eral hours and finally being driven to the outskirts of the city and leav- ing him in a woods. He said he struggled to free himself and finally succeeded about midnight. He made his way to the nearest road, hailed a taxi cab and directed the chauffeur to drive him to the nearest police station, where he told ri, story.
 Berman is married and lives with his wife and two children in the Bronx. He worked on q part time basis at 60 cents an hour.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
INCORPORATE CHURCH
 IN SACRED HEART ZONE
Articles of Association Filed by Group Oppos-
 ing Fr. Bojnowski

Legal papers organizing the As sociation of the Holy Trinity, Inc, have been filed at the office of the secretary of state and the town clerks office by Attorney L. J.. Colon on behalf of a group of resi- dents of the northwestern section of the city who have complained to Rt. Rev. John J. Milan. bishop of Hart ford diocese, against conditions III the Sacred Heart church.
 Their application for sanction to a movement begun for the purpose of raising funds and building a new church has been before Bishop Milan for several months, but has not been acted upon.
 Two meetings have been held. The first was presided over by B. A. Grysbowski. former alderman of the firth ward, and the second. presided over by Walenty Doborowolski was in the form of protest against the failure of the committee appointed at the first meeting to present a re- port. Doborowolskis name is the first to appear on the list of 52 sub scribers.
 The articles of association declare the purpose to be: "For the promo ton, establishment and building of church for the members of the said association"
 The subscribers are.
 Wincenty Labienic, Wladyslaw Burasiewislli, Andrzeij Rogala, Stan islaw Symolon, Felix Grochowski, Anton Ulinsh. Jacob Zapatka, Noko- dem Milewslli. Peter Kostrzewski, Ignasi Samorajczyk. w. Jachowicz. Paul Labienic, Franciszak Jasinsky. Anna Miastrowski. Anna Piorkowski. Boleslaw Kragiel. kazimera Podhaj- ski. Zofa Jiedzinski, Leon Grynie- wicz, Ralzic Waselewska. Salmon Kalntoski. Feliz Zielinski Saturnin Ramon, J. Niewierczynski. Josef Chedzienslli. Leon Chozanowsky, Genowefa Szymanowska. Maciej Cochon, Jan Pacyna. Sylvester Rosz- ko. Jan Szymszko, John Labienic. Josef Nashilly. Francizek Zakrewski. Walenty Piorkowski Karal Dem bowski. John Harwylik, Maciej Kaminski. Anna Zapatka, .Albin Szumski, Thomas Otulak. Adeline Juchniewicz, Zofija Juchniewicz, Louis Kristopik. Boleslaw Kragiel. j. Janicki. W. Dzaniw, Peter J. Pajew- | ski, and Blasej Bojik.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
AUTOPSY IS BLAMED
Driver of Car Which Ran Into Truck in Madison, Killing Wom- an, Is Held At Fault.

New Haven, May 6-Howard F.. Dudley of Guilford, driver of ma chine which hit the rear end of a parked truck in the East River sec tion of Madison on night of April 2S. causing death of Mrs. Benjamin Hendricks of this city. is held crim- inally responsible for the death by Coroner Eli Mix. Miss Margaret O'Keefe also of this city was seri- ously hurt.
 The coroner finds that Dudley was aware that the road in that sec ton was under repairs. requiring careful driving! that just prior to collision he was driving at high rate of speed and that he was hand ling the car in reckless manner. The collision was due, the coroner says to Dudley's lack of complete control of the car.
 The truck belonged to Christie's transfer company of Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
'M0RE AIR' IS PLEA OF
 LONG PARALYZED YOUTH
And Friends of Walter BoOthc Con- tinuc Their Pumping For
 Artificial Respiration.

Roanoke. Va, May 6 UP)- More air." was the plea today of Walter l.. Boothe. IS year old farm boy who has lain Is days in a hos pital here with collapsed lungs.
 More air"-and friends who have pumped his arms continuously fore ing breath into his body, increased the tempo of their monotonous mo- tion.'
 Doctors who have twice vainly tried operations to restore Walters breathing powers. shook their heads at the new development. They hesitated to say it presaged an early end for sturdy hearted youth who lies paralyzed from neck to waist, but they did say the lad has been growing weaker for the last three days.
 Meanwhile. almost paradoxically in view of his diminishing strength. Walters appetite seemed to increase. He ate more by way of mouth. and concentrated food injections were decreased accordingly.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
.S|XTY.TW0 CHICAGO
 CROOKS ARE OUS7ED
Chief of Detectives Reads Riot Act in Positive
 Manner

Chicago, May 6 P-Three score and two known crooks, hoodlums, strong arm men and racketeers have been ordered to leave Chicago at once. and to stay away.
 Chief of Detectives William O'Con- nor read the riot act to the 62 pris- oners last night, calling them from their cells one by one and. employ ing the argot the prisoners best un- derstood.
 Take it from me-" the chief said, you fellows are in for an awful cleaning. We have made up our minds that you cant do business in Chicago-and that means you cant.
 Just so there is no misunder- standing, I'll tell you how we're go- ing to proceed against you. We're going to throw you in jail every time we see you. and keep throwing you in everlastingly. If We haven't got anything on you we'll charge you with vagrancy. and if we can't make that stick we'll give you the run , around so that it will keep you poor AAA'A''o AeA" ySic anu SelllllS out Oil writs of habeas corpus.
 When anybody is going to be taken for a ride from now on 1t will be the police who do the talk ing. And we'd be glad If you were to try to run away from a pinch sometime. for if you do some police man is going to get a raise in pay for ridding this town of you for all time"
 Some of the prisoners protested, but most of them told the chief they were "wise' to his meaning. Included among those arrested yes- terday as 'Go-get-'em" Michael Hughes, chief of police drove ahead in his campaign to "rid Chicago of known criminals in 90 days" was George Druggan. brother of Ter rible Terry" the playboy of the county jail. Druggan, Albert Long and Albert Roso were arrested after revolver fight with police and were charged with vagrancy and carrying concealed weapons. They were freed on bonds.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-06
OCEAN FLIER MISSING.
 SEARCH IS TAKEN UP
Saint Roman Has Not Yet Reached Brazil - Re-
 ported Off Coast

Dakar, West Africa. May 6.-tP) Some anxiety is felt for the safety of the French aviator Captain Saint Roman who left St. Louis, Senegal, at 6;So o'clock yesterday morning for an attempted transatlantic flight to Pcrnambuco, Brazil.
 Vessels in the South Atlantic have been asked to search for the plane.
 The distance from St. Louis to Pernambuco is about 1875 miles and would be covered in a plane of the type used by Captain Saint Roman in from IS to 20 hours, de- pending on the headwinds encount- cred and the degree of variation from the course.
 Paris, May 6.-P-One of the organizers of Captain Saint Roman 5 flight to South American was ad- vised this afternoon that the avia- tors flew over the island of Fernan- do do Noronha, 200 miles off the
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