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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
HOUSE Of DAVID
PLEA IS DENIED
Court Refuses to Drop Case
Against Benjamin Pur.
neII's Colony.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. JOSEPH. Mich, July 10
Judge Louis II. Fead yesterday
denied a motion by Attorney William
j. Barnard. chief defense counsel, to
dismiss the States suit to dissolve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19

Few people now living know that
Uncle Toms Cabin" was written Tor
children.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
Is Years Ago Today

A family from Wallace street, the
heart of the smallpox district, OBJ
tanned permission yesterday to move
to Barnett street and did so. When
the Barnett street neighbors learned
where the new residents came from
they We're very indignant. 1t was
reported that they were planning
to burn the house down, and Chief
Rawlings has delegated a special Of
ficcr to watch the place.
VI. G. Levitt has purchased the
house on East Main street belong
ing to the Charles Smith estate
through the agency of Higgins l.
Sloan.
Porter & Dyson have made the
class pins for the graduation and
kindergarten classes of the Normal
school and are to make the class
pins Tor the High school class of 'O5.
Have your pistols and revolvers
repaired at +. c. Moner's.-advt.
The Tabs will decorate the graves
OF deceased members tomorrow aft
ernoon. The drum corps will fur
nish music and Rev. Father Winters
and President Halloran will speak
in the new Catholic cemetery.
A unique feature will be presented
at the Y. NJ. G. A. this Sunday and
on following Sundays. Various min
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
A MOB AT BAY

Tampa continues to acquire edu-
cation at the expense of precious
lives. The city's authorities are hold
ing up the ideal of law and order
with firm hand, and such persons
as are killed in the process are vic
TINS of their own folly. The slayer
who has admitted killing five per-
sons cannot possibly escape punish
ment properly administered through
the majesty Of law. The mob which
seeks to inflict summary vengeance,
is putting itself In the way of bull
lets, bayorets and the force Of en-
battled legal procedure.
1t is time that the southern states
had an example of how mob rule
should be met. Tampa is furnishing
a wholesome lesson. If the mob fl
nally overpowers the soldiers guard
ing the jail-something which does
not seem likely--it will not be be-
cause of a lack of effort being made
to maintain the dignity of the order
ly court procedure. Perhaps the man
who has caused all this trouble is
not worth the shedding of additional
blood, but the principle at stake is
one meriting every resource of the
authorities and must be maintained
at any cost.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
NEEDS OF JUNIOR HIGH

or lack OF space in the public
schools there seems to be no end.
The increase of school pupils in New
Britain during the past ten years
has been 537 each year. of which
so per cent attended the public
schools and 20 per cent the
parochial schools. This steady an
nual increase would fill new school
building every year.
Conditions at the Central Junior
High school, made public by the
superintendent OF schools, means
that accommodations In this de-
partment OF the city school system
need radical improvement. Possible
failure to provide adequate accom-
modations for 200 junior high pu-
pills the coming season is an outlook
that Is not particularly encouraging.
It may mean the construction OF
another junior high school building
at an early date. The city has been
expanding a pretty penny upon new
school buildings, and has a pretty
penny yet to spend before conditions
are as they should be.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
WHEN EXTRA CARE is NEEDED

To read OF the death OF a lad.
killed by the wheels Of a truck, en-
lists poignant sorrow and sympathy
throughout the community. There
are some streets which by their ma
ture are likely to yield such fatall-
ties. and Hartford avenue is one.
Scores of children are constantly
playing along the sidewalks, ana 1t
would appear to be the quintessence
of reason for truck and automobile
drivers to take these facts into ac-
count when driving along the thor
oughfare. Against the hazards OF
child darling into the street In front
of an approaching car there is no
defense except slow driving. good
brakes and eternal watchfulness.
What amounts to reckless driving on
one street does not come under the
same category on another. 1t is one
of our mistakes to regard all streets
as the same. There are some streets
in every we'll populated city along
which IS miles an hour Is poor
Judgment. Children are thoughtless
and where there are many of them
the same conditions do not prevail
as on streets where they are few in
number.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
NOW THE BLACK HILLS
BECOME FAMOUS

The Black Hills of South Dakota
now is the most advertised district
in America. Not that the sovereign
state of South Dakota executed an
advertising contract with a horde
of publications at so much an inch
or so much a line. Not at all.
Simply because the President of the
United States is to spend his vaca-
ton there. Every publication in the
United States has or will print
descriptions OF the Black Hills;
every newspaper has or will write
one or several editorials about them.
The sum total OF advertising will
mount into the millions of dollars
if figured at regular space rates.
But it is sort Of advertising that
does not necessarily bring the same
results as ads regarding more utili
tartan products. The distribution is
poor: people read about the place,
but few from any distance are like
iy TO wenl their way to that distant
mecca of hills. mountains, lakes,
unlimited fishing facilities, and sum-
mer climate. It's a great district,
undoubtedly. one of which We have
not heard enough in the past; hut
it is in the midst of the wide spaces,
with a territory around II larger
than all New England, where civili-
cation has Jagged except for near
by fields Of ripening grain-at such
seasons OF the year when it happens
to ripen. The remainder of the year
it is covered with snow and is as
hard TO get around in as bog the
size OF the state Of Maine.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02

4. The record was made by
Charley II. Meyers driving . Chan
der Special In II minutes - ana
rs seconds.
Q. Do the elements Of which the
moon is composed Of make 1t shine ?
A. Tho moon Is composed OF
exactly the same elements a. the
earth. The most generally accepted
theory about tho moon. Is that 1t
was once part of the earth. and as
the gaseous mass that was once the
earth was spinning. portion. now
the moon. broke away from the
main mass. The moon shines by
reflected light Of the sun.
Q. How did the navel orange
originate?
A. So far as any human agency
was concerned, the navel orange
merely happened. That is to say,
the varieties Of orange having the
characteristic in question are the
product Of nature without interior
ence or without the aid Of man.
@. How old 10 Mary Pickford?
A. Thirty-four years.
Q. What is the correct Celtic
spelling of the name Aileen?
A. Either Eileen" or Aiieen".
It is the same as the English Helen
and means light.
@. Why are brides advised to
wear something blue" when they
wed?
A. The idea is borrowed from the
ancient 1sraelites. They were bid
den to put upon the borders of their
fringed garments ribband OF blue
blue being the color of purity,
love and fidelity.
O. Is it too late for a veteran
Of the world war to make applica-
ton for renewal OF government in
surance?
A. July 2, 1927 is the last date
for renewal.
@. What Is the value OF Con-
federate one hundred dollar bill,
issue OF 1864?
A. A bill OF this date with the
bust Of Mrs. Davis on 1t Is worth
only cents.
@. If foreign-bo child Of a
naturalized American citizen is I'M
married and Is under IS years of
age and is living in Europe. will he
be admitted to the United States
outside Of the quota?
A. The father may file with the
commissioner general Of immigra-
ton. U. s. department Of labor. a
petition for non-quota visa for the
child.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
BINGHAM IN CHINA
AT WRONG TINE

Senator Bingham. without the ex-
ercise of much intellect. could have
chosen a better place in which to
do his sightseeing than In China
at the present time. The senator
AYERS his trip to China has been
taken with the view of gaining in
formation about that country's diff
ficulties "at first hand" that he
is there with an open mind"
No doubt he expects the Senate to
listen with marked attention" when
he makes a report of his findings
during the next Congress. Perhaps
he is OF the opinion the American
policy toward China will be greatly
influenced by what he has to report
Suppose. instead OF merely being
robbed, the senator from Connecti-
cut had been manned or slain by
bandits. Or. not abiding to the
worst that could happen. suppose
he were kidnapped. Such an eventu-
ality would have been good for
columns of publicity on all the front
pages through the U. s. A. Bing-
ham would have become famous
overnight. and in such out of the
way places as Arizona, instead of
the query, who Is this Bingham,
anyway" every cowboy on the
ranches would know about him as
1.-The senator who got in wrong over
in China" Some daring spirits try
to fly across the Atlantic-and one
Of them has succeeded-and WOO
fame in that fashion: but Bingham
had just as good a plan-he would
go to China. Let the bandits do
their best and the fame of Bingham
would be assured
II Bingham just simply must trav-
ell in foreign parts. he might have
gone to Ireland. where there is no
fighting at present. By going to
China he was not only endangering
himself, but was endangering the
peace Of the entire U. S. A.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
"EVH' IN NEW HAVEN

The charge made by clergyman
in New Haven that it is an evil and
lawless city, scarcely without peer
in this respect anywhere, may be
overdrawn; but it in all probability
there is some fire where there is so
much smoke.
One point brought up needs little
further proof to substantiate 1t.
That had to do with the evil in
fluence Of the road houses around
New Haven. AS all readers Of the
newspapers know, remarkable list
OF automobile fatalities have re-
suited around New Haven in which
parties who had been enjoying
themselves" at these road houses
ventured TO drive their juggernauts
upon The public highways late at
night. Not being able to see straight
they have been running into fences,
humping into trucks and automo-
biles and otherwise making a dire
menace Of themselves. OF course, a
goodly list Of such persons have
been killed.
Road house proprietors who do
rot take their responsibilities suf-
ficiently TO heart to prevent such re-
suits OF their service to the public
have little to complain about when
an attemp, is made to regulate them
into closer observance OF law and
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
What permanent good did the

What permanent good did the
Presidents summer sojourn do to
Swampscott, Mass? We pause for an
answer. To the best OF our knowl-
edge Swampscott is about where it
was before the President called. and
the nearby city Of Lynn with its
up-and-do!ng Chamber of Com
merce is in about the same general
condition now as before-except
that the city has a mayor who Is
intent upon bringing to it more free
advertising than the proximity of
the President several years ago
brought
The same holds good for Paul
Smith. n. Y. In the vicinity of which
President Coolidge ''vacationed"
last year. The region got into the
public eye last summer. numerous
automobile tourists headed that way
in order to see what it was like"
and perchance get a view of the
President in overalls. But where is
its renown this year? All winter 1t
has been slumbering peacefully; and
the somnolence no doubt will con-
tlnue this summer, as in summers
prior to 1925.
The Black Hills, no doubt. need
the advertising, and it may be of a
more permanent value than if given
to districts which are already better
known. The Black Hills, and a
large number of other districts of
that type in the far west, possess
attractions which American citizens,
particularly the automobile tourists,
can become interested In with vast
advantage to themselves. This is a
vast and beautiful country-it has
black hills, blue hills, yellow hills,
brown hills, red hills, and some are
mixtures OF rainbow hues. The more
We see Of them the better we like
them. Those who 'see" the country
out Of geogra phies don't see much
Of 1t.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02

listers will be given an opportunity
to state their UNCONVENTIONAL con-
victions. Rev. DIR. J. w. Cooper will
speak on why l Am Congrega-
tionalist," Rev. John II. Strong on
why l am Baptist" Rev. NJ. 9.
Anderson on why l am Member
OF the Peoples Church of Christ OF
New Britain" Rev. II. 1. Bodley on
why l am an Episcopalian," and
Rev. r. T. McNicholl on why I
am a Methodist"
New Britain high scored S 1-9
points in the Middletown interschol-
astic meet, Hartford winning with
40 %. Coholan was third in the
22O-yard dash, Alling was third in
the SSo-yard run and tied for Sec
ond in the pole vault, and Cryne was
second in the shot put and hammer
throw.
II. C. Brown of New Britain was
elected vice-president of the Con-
necticut branch of the United Ma
tional association of post office
clerks at the convention held yester-
day in New Haven.
Ashe pitched Landers, Frary &
Clark to a 1912 victory over North
& Judd in a factory league game
yesterday afternoon. Hoar was the
losing pitcher.
What has become of the long pipe
that the German used to smoke? If
there are any in existence in New
Britain their owners must smoke
them in private. A few years ago
it was no uncommon sight to see a
German walking down the street
and smoking a pipe which extended
almost down to his knees. Appar-
emily there are no new residents
coming over from Germany and
those who have been here have be-
come accustomed to the shorter
stem and smaller bowl, with an oc-
casional cigar.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02

Dear Mr.. Judell: Dick Moffat my
frat brother. II reported to have sat
down by accident on the lap OF .
girl while riding in a street car. IT'S
said he got quite bawling out from
her. Cheer him up with = liner
lex.
Sigma M.
Dear Sig: Twas the girls own
fault for not giving him her seat.
Anyhow. here's the limerick
There was young fellow named
Moffatt
Whose manners were something to
scott at;
This boorish young chap
Sat on a girls lap
And she told him where to get Oft
at!
Dear Editor: live in Savannah,
Georgia, and I think 1t Is about time
somebody wrote limerick about
that town. How about it?
Florence Ryder
Dear Miss Ryder: Nothing hard
about that. Read this
There was a young miss Of Savannah
Who choked on q piece Of banana;
with that mouth" said Doc
Graybill,
"She ought to be able
To swallow a parlor piano."
Copyright. 1927, Reproduction
Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
Dissertations
On The Weather

Washington, June 2.-Forecast
for Southern New England: Fair
tonight. Friday increasing cloudi-
ness. Not much change in tenn
perature. Gentle variable winds.
Forecast for Eastern New York:
Fair tonight, rising temperature in
central and north portions: Friday
increasing cloudiness followed by
rain in afternoon or at night;
moderate east winds increasing on
Friday.
Conditions: Pressure remains
high over the lake region. and east
ward to the Atlantic coast. Show
ers were reported generally in the
Mississippi valley from Iowa to
Arkansas and from South Carolina
westward to Oklahoma and Kansas,
also over the Dakotas. eastern Mon
tana and the Canadian northwest.
The southwestern disturbance CEN
tiers over Texas and secondary
center overspreads the great basin.
Temperatures remain cool over
northern districts. Heavy frosts
were reported from Vermont and
New Hampshire.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
fair weather with warm sunny days
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answ to any
question OF fact or information BY
writing to the Question Editor.
New Britain Herald. Warrington
Bureau. 1922 New York avenue.
Washington, D. c.. enclosing two
cents 70 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. I'm
signed requests cannot be answ cred.
All letters are con6dential.-Editor.
Q. Does it injure platinum
ring set with diamond to dip it
in water several times a day?
A. No.
Q. What is a nautical knot?
A. 1t is nautical mile, varying
in length in different countries, and
according to American reckoning it
is 6,0So.2 feet.
Q. How is parachute jumping
done from an airplane?
\. The jumper stands either at
the outer edge of an airplane wing
and pulls the rip cord of the para
chute allowing it to pull him from
the plane or, he jumps into space
and counts five before pulling the
rip cord which releases the para
chute from the pack, that is
strapped to him. He must be sure
to fall far enough SO that the para
chute will not become entangled in
the ship. Some aviators let them
selves fall several hundred feet be-
fore releasing their parachutes.
@. What city in the United States
leads in milling flour?
a. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
@. What Is Green Sunday?
A. The term is used to designate
the second Sunday after Easter. 1t
is observed in the Armenian church.
/ @. Where is Monaco?
A. 1t is an Independent princi-
pality eight miles square under the
protection of the French govern
ment since 1860 and is the smallest
sovereign state of Europe. Monte
Carlo is the capital.
@. What does the term DIVA"
signify?
A. 1t is an Italian word for a
female operate singer of celebrity;
a prima donna.
Q. What is the worlds record for
the 100 yard dash?
A. Charles W. Paddock holds the
| record at 9.5 seconds.
@. Do snakes have teeth?
A. Yes.
@. What is the best way to keep
peony blooms?
A. When cut in tight buds and
close wrapped in paraffn paper
| some varieties Of peonies can be
kept for month and will open
when brought into a warm room.
| @. What Is the record climb Of
Pixies Peak in an automobile?
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
deceney-the latter a. much as the
former.
SMALLER PAPER MONEY

One novelty follows another out
OF Washington. After having seen
various colors and shapes of two
cent stamps circulating the past
year. special stamps which COM
memorated this or that historic In
cident, we now are to be treated to
a more permanent change. one at
fecting our pocketbooks. and also
affecting the annual outgo OF the
government itself.
In this age Of theoretical economy,
whatever saves the government
money will meet with the approval
of citizens who pay the taxes. AS
a reduction In the size OF bank
notes will enable the government
to save" 100000 a year in the
production of greenbacks and other
types OF paper currency. we are for
it.
Our paper currency Is to be re-
duced in size one and one-third
inches in length and three-quarters
OF an inch in width. This will be
quite change; but the bank tellers,
whose Job 1t Is to handle and count
bank notes with the rapidity and
accuracy OF automatic machinery,
will not be put to much inconven-
ience-at least, the Inconvenience
will not last longer than three
| months. BY that time all the larger
sized bank notes are expected to
wear out and go back to the govern
ment. Be 1t explained that the av-
erage life Of a bank note Is only
three months: surprising, isn't 1t
but that is what the government
statistics prove.
Smaller paper currency should be
boon rather than an inconvenience.
Perhaps smaller bills will be lost
| more easily; but they won't be spent
any quicker-indeed, II they stick
no longer than at present not much
will be seen Of the average paper
currency OF large denomination.
Whatever their size. they go with
the speed Of Lindbergh crossing the
Atlantic.
Come on with the smaller bank
notes-and more of them.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02

The big news in Kansas is that
cigarets are now permitted to be
sold and smoked. This does not
mean that cigarets were not smoked
during the last 20 years; it means
that it was against the law to smoke
them.
The late Kansas legislature re-
pealed the law because it was self
evident that nobody was paying any
attention to it. and the business of
bootlegging cigarets was ore of the
states most profitable enterprises
The net result to the consumers OF
the pellets during 20 years was that
an ordinary Is cent package cost
% cents and was handed to Gus
toners IN a more furtive manner
than would have been the case had
there been no such law.
The war gave an enormous impe-
tus to the smoking of cigarets;
they were sent to the boys overseas
by the ton. The biggest monetary
gain obtained out of the conf let, II
fact, was attained by the cigaret
manufacturer. No concerns have
prospered so enormously since that
time; even many women, it appears
have taken up the habit. Naturally
Kansas had to unbend from he,
former adamantine attitude. 1t is
now possible to smoke a cigaret in
Kansas without theoretically-only
theoretically-going to Jail.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
Burglars Fail in Effort
To Rob Tufts College

Medford, Mass. June . R>-Burg-
lars failed in an attempt to rob the
Bursar's safe at Tufts college some
time last night. A ianitor this morn
ing discovered a window had been
forced at the administrative build
ings. Ballou Hall. in the middle of
the campus. and that the combina-
ton of the safe had been knocked
Of.
Due to the special construction of
the safe, this preliminary attack on
the strong box had the effect of
tightening rather than weakening
the defenses and the burglars ADAM
doned their attempt. Bursar i. +.
Shepard said they would have been
poorly rewarded for their efforts in
any case since no large amount of
money is kept at the college at this
time of the year.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
FISHY STUFF
1917 L . Z
BY Manila /. Schaefar

ps Nal Tia -. ScIldeleF
The boys in the Shorevile grocery
store We're telling fish stories, and
Uncle Rufus had the floor.
yes. stree" he finished, that
We're some fish. I always wished ]
could have got my picture taken
with that critter"
Well snorted Lem Oatstack.
why didn't you?"
Because" said Uncle Rufus
calmly, IF they'd have got all the
fish in the photograph. Id have
been so small in the picture l
couldn't have been seen with the
naked eye"
There was a silence, and then 81
Wheatbeard cleared his throat.
THAT weren't no big fish" he
grunted. II caught a fish SO big that
we used fish of the size you caught
for baton ships anchor instead
Of hook, and we had to use n
steam crane instead of a reel! I tell
you that fish would have fed the
city of Rome for seven hundred
Fridays. never saw such fish"
"Of course you didn't, you big
liar" said old Grandpap Pip. But
boys. if you want to hear about it,
I'll tell you the story of the biggest
fish l ever knew anything about
One summer I went fishing. !
didn't cotch any, but|you know how
it is. so I told the butcher up there
in the woods to send my wife som:
nice fish and tell her I'd cotched
'em. The derned fule sent her seven
cans OF salmon."
"Purty good" cackled 81 Wheat.
beard, but what about the big fish
you was goin' to tell us about ?"
1.-The big fish," sighed grandpa
was me-"
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
Beires Forced Down
Soon After Start

Rio Janeiro, June R-Major
sarmento Beires, Portuguese AVA
tor, who left Rio Janeiro yesterday
morning on the first lap Of his r.
turn flight to Portugal, was forced
by darkness to come down at Ilhoea
$50 miles short Of his destination.
Bahia, says an announcement OF the
National Telegraphs. He is quoted
as saying that he would take oft
from Ilhoes. about $50 miles up the
Brazilian coast from Rio Janeiro.
for Port Natal,
New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
WHY WE NEVER MARRIED

Julia
Oh, Julia's homemade cherry pie
And Julia's little trick
OF baby talk were much alike
Both Of EN- made me sick!!
Curt Leavens
Andrew
l acted like a nasty brat
And Andrew made it plain
That he would simply slap my face
II I did it again.
I DID-and to my dying day
l swear that ], will rue 1t,
The big sap said he'd slap my face
Then didn't do it'll!
Elizabeth r. Vickermond
Lisbeth
Lisbeth knew the latest steps
And strutted them for fair;
The club put on a Charleston night.
And Lisbeth and I were THERE.
l asked her If she thought she'd win,
The world heard Lisbeth holler;
BOY, will win? You bet I will
Just bet your Black Bottom dol
lar"
Sidney Halman