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Evening star., 1928-04-10
An Early Lesson

/ made a wager long ago: sorrel
horse used 10 know had most astouno-
ing speed; a stranger came 10 town
one day: he had q tall and gangling
bay he said was fast. indeed. The
village sports fixed up a race. and IL
was sad 10 see me chase, and run
myself In debt: / borrowed kopecks
everywhere and soaked my hat and un-
eerwear for money could bet. knew
the strangers horse must lose, and so
sold by Sunday shoes. and all my
shirts but one: / knew that I'd be
sitting tight with fifty kinds of coin
IN sigi1t when that Big. race was run.
The race was run upon day; the
victor vas the gansltng bay. the gorrel
showed UP bad: the smiling stranger
left the town with everything not bolted
down. and ali the coin We had. Ny
goods and chattels all were gone; the
clothes / cherished were in pawn. and
j vas deep in debt: and as the sheriff
seized my cow ! filed large and solemn
vow--I ne'er again would bet. And
often since the tempter came and
where could win a pile: but recall
that dismal fGke that left me busted
and rebuke the tempter with mis- guile.
When / behold the heaTtsick Jays
who've kept on betting all their days,
and who are paupera now. bless that
stranger and his nag, who took my
r1bIes In a bag. and also got my COW.
II had won the coin bet. no doubt
I would be betting yet, II could raise
o dime: but / received q lesson stern
and 50 I take the coin ] earn and put
a down in lime WALT MASON.
Copyright I92s1
Evening star., 1928-04-10
idea Merchant" Puzzles.

An American wfa calls himself an
Idea merchant" has proved something
OF a mystery in England. At Thtrsk.
which has been the chief scene OF his
odd operations. he Is known as the Fly
ing Dutchman. but introduces himself
as Mr.. Atherly." At night he dashes
about the country in high-powered
car. He lodges in a luxuriously fur
nished little caravan which parks At
the side of the road The idea mer-
chant" says he has a scheme for erect
ing garage signs outside villages and
towns. Another scheme Is 70 place
lighted advertising signs on automo-
biIes Also he promises protection for
the public from the police at a modest
stipened per year Americans pronounce
him publicity agent.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONEsEsCoofys Go, Make Good

After be,stG
ReFOSeD An lhrSe-
NgI Mint me RcN
HeAeY cRAer, eooe1
,cLtnDeD TO A Coz,
AID nANh eATeReD
TAG OLD FlAAAcieRs
Ha1s, De eTeaulkD 70
sell Hltt ore eF Dr.
k,Lo WATTS etscTec
BeLrS Top MS soor'
Ms eeceprIoh tiAS
As Warn A. WsoNus .
Or a Not DNT W
AuGosT!..
Evening star., 1928-04-10
BY THORNTON
", BURGESS

! Boomer the NiShthawk, who were look
| ing on, didn't realize what had hap
pened, One instant there below them
was Prlckly Porky perfectly quiet, ard
| to one side Old Man Coyote just start
| inc To reach out and slip a paw under
| Prickly Porky. The next instant there
was a sharp yell OF pain, and Old Man
| Coyote actually fell over backward,
! Then hS began to paw at his face ana
to rub his face on the ground. When
| he held his head still long enough.
| Robbv Coon saw that In one side Of his
face were two or three of Prickly Porky'S
| little spears, Yes, sir, there they were
sticking right In the side OF Old Man
Coyotes face.
Bobby Coon stared down as II he had
never seen Prickly Porky's little spears
before. How under the sun did those
GET there?" he muttered, Did Prickly
Porky shoot them at Old Man CoyoteP"
what silly ideal" exclaimed Boomer
the Nichthawk "Of course, he didn't!
Didn't you see him slap Old Man
CoyoteG It's lucky thing that OLD
Man Coyote wasn't any nearer. II ne
had received good full slap ne WOULD
be in trouble now"
what are you talking about" de-
manded Bobby Coon How could ne
sian Old Man Coyote without taking
his head out from under that old logP
And he didn't do that, for I've kept
watch"
Boomer chuckled. You were watch
ine the wrong end. Bobby" said he,
"He did his slapping with his tall.
prickly Porky may be slow moving, but
there Is nothing slow about the way
he flips that tail around. There, look
at that
Just as Boomer spoke Prickly Porky
fiipped his tail from one side to the
other, He had heard some leaves rustic
and thought that Old Man Coyote
u,iSht be near enough to be struck
But he wasn't, In fact. he was sneak
inS of in hurry. stopping once in q
while to rub his face on the ground
He was trying to rub those little spears
out.
Hes gone. Prickly Porkyl" cried
Bobby Coon.
Prickly Porky backed out. THAT"
said Prickly Porky, lis what shows you
what a tail worth having is like. That
IS what I call useful tail. It Is
fighting tail Come down here, Bobby,
and let me slap you with II"
mo. thank you, Prickly Porky,' cried
Bobby Coon hurriedly. I'm satisfied
to take your word for It,"
5Copvrixht 1881
Evening star., 1928-04-10
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

got I'D kind of late this morning on
account Of falling asleep agen about Z
times vile I was being called tnsted OF
ony once or twice as usual, and was
DELAYED eating brekfist on account OF
making a lake of milk in the middle OF
nv oatmeel and eating all around 1t
irving to see how close could eat 70
it without breaking the dam, and by the
time found my cap it was about 10
more ninnits. ma saying, Wen. you
run all the way you may be on time,
my goodniss declare never saw
sutch boy.
Meening me. and ! started TO run 70
skool all my mite, ony wen ] got haf
waye un the block the strap around my
books came loose and my books went
all over the payment taking me exter
long vile to pick them up agen on ac-
count OF me picking them up. with my
ewes shut to see II 1t would be mulch
harder that way. wfch IL was,
Me thinking, @, now / han 10 run
even harder TO make up all that lost
time
Wich started to, ony I had to stop
agen I'D at the corner on account OF
Maud jonsons kid sister Dottie being
up there skipping rope and counting
to see how meny she could jump WITH
out missing. and wen I got there she
was counting 81. SO, So. being lot al
reddy for q kid her size. ., I.had to
stop 10 find out how nleny she was
going to do, and she got up to rs and
kepp on going. me thinking, Heck
darn 1t, Just because I'm In a hurry she
has to 20 and brake record.
And sed, Hay, hurry up and miss,
win you?
Wich Jest then she did, and she got
mad as enything on account OF saying ]
made her miss, and she started TO try
to hit me with the rope and I lost q lot
of more time trying to see how neer
could Ieeve the rope come TO hitting
me and still dodge It, and then asked
some man wat time 1t was and ne sed
minutes pass o. so stopped about 4
more times on account of different In.
tristing things and me thinking as long
as I was late alreddy mite as well be
RELY late.
Wich I was.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
Man, 80, Uppercuts Thief.

When q pickpoeket recently took Sir
Waiter Runciman, s0-year-oid ship
owner. as fairly easy game" and tried
10 steal his watch In quiet street near
the London Stock Exchange. the thiei
received an uppercut that sent him
reeling.. With . chuckle Sir Walter de-
scribed the incident. "He thought he
had more right 10 my watch than had
Did call the poiice7 No need for that.
/ administered summary justice and
tried 10 knock him out with n right
uppercut to the jaw, . useful blow !
learned nj sea. got fifst shot al my
marl--0ti the chin. Did he look sur
prised7 He did, and ran. There must
have been some force behind the blow,
because my right knnckle burst, and
my hand wak covered with blood"
Evening star., 1928-04-10
A Tail Worth Having.
some tails Anneaf without excuse,
While other tails are put to use.
--prickly rorky

Bobby Coon was holding his breath.
He didn't realize it, but he was So was
Boomer the Nishthawk. Down below
them on the ground was Prickly Porly
with his head thrust under q log. where
he couldn't see anything. They Sus-
pected that he thought he was hidden.
Just because his head was hidden. OF
eaurse he really was in plain sight.
And creeping toward him a step at a
time, SO as not to make the least teeny.
weeny bit Of noise, was Old Man Coyote,
Old Man Coyote was trying to steal up
where he could slip under Prickly Porky
Evening star., 1928-04-10
College Hnmor.

Correspondence ~ The star,
GRANVILLE, Ohio.~~At 4 am the
wileis Phi Delta Theta Fraternity arose
and bfeaktasted then discovered that
some pFastieal joker had sci every alarm
clock Ia the house ahsad the night be-
fore.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
Oldest Money.

Correspondence ot The star.
WORCESTER. Mass.--Joseph Travers
claims the Oldest currency printed in
the United 6tates~-an 90 bin made In
i776 by Hall A. Sellers OF Philadelphia
Evening star., 1928-04-10

A Western department store has a
playground on the roof where mothers
car leave their children With attend
ants
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
Wom,an's Relief Corps
 Inducts Its Officers

At the installation exercises of Stanley Women's Relief corps held last evening the following officers were inducted into office: President. Mrs. Mae A. Gibney; senior vice. president, Mrs. Jennie Newcomb; junior president, Mrs. Mary Reeve: secretary, Mrs. Lillia Weir: treasurer. Mrs. Margaret Turnbull: chaplain. Mrs. Adele w. Taylor: conductor. Mrs. Alice Rehm; as- sistant conductor. Mrs. Agnes Lem OK; guard. Mrs. Margaret Lawrence; assistant guard. Mrs. Sadie Olson: patriotic instructor, Mrs. Margaret Chapman: press correspondent, Mrs. Father F. Litch: color bearer. No. 1. Mrs. Grace Ryan; color bearer No. 2, Mrs. Alta Mason: color bearer No. 3, Mrs. Henrietta Tabor; color bearer No. 1, Mrs. Lydia Scott: mu- sician, Mrs. Agnes Valentine.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06

At Court of Probate holden at New Britain. within and for the District of Berlin. in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut on the 5th day of January. A. D. 1928.
 Present. Bernard r. Gaffney. Judge. Estate of Willis P. Corbln, late of New Britain in said district deceased. Upon the petition of Harry H. Corhin of said New Britain. praying that as Adminis- trator he may be authorized and ems powered to compromise and settle a certain doubtful and disputed claim for sum in dollars as per application on file more fully appears. it is
 ordered-that said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in New Britain, in said district, on the 10th day of January, A. D. 1928. at 9 o'clock ln the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon. by publishing this order in some newspaper published in said New Britain having a circulation in said District, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign-post in the town of New Britain. in said District, and return make.
 BERNARD Y. GAFFNEY. Judge
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
|0NLY BIG OFFER
 COULD LURE COBB
ly in No Hurry to Get Back
 on Diamond

Washington, Jan. 6 P-1t will take an unusual offer" to lure Ty Cobb back to a players uniform.
 Here to adjust some income tax matters, Cobb grew reminiscent or his 23 years of big league baseball and indicated clearly that it would take a big bankroll to make him change his mind about playing again.
 I have been in harness long enough" he said. T have worked hard and I am ready to quit base ball actively. Being 8 10-year man, I have received my unconditional re- lease as all the clubs have passed waivers on me"
 "The fact that Connie Mack still carries me on the reserve list of the Athletics is due to some oversight, . he said.
 There have been reports that the Philadelphia manager might ask Cobb to play with his 1928 team and also that the New York Giants would throw out lines for him.
 Cobb said he had received no di- rect offer from the Giants. He add ed he had three offers to play again, but refused to name the makers.
 The veteran outtielder also let it be known that he was considering buying a club of his own some day, but said he never would manage a club again.
 Being a manager is lot of grief" he said. You never know when some one is going to chop your feet out from under you"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
Dr. Charles McMillan
 Faces Murder Charge

Los Angeles. Jan. 6 (CP)-Dr. Charles McMillan, accused sack murderer Of Mrs. Amelia Appleby. wealthy widow of a Chicago inven- TOT. faced arraignment on a murder indictment today.
 Dr. McMillan continued to deny any connection with the crime, al- though the doctor last night ad- mitted that he and Mrs. Appleby engaged in scene" in Yellowstone Park last summer.
 The admission was regarded as another link in the chain of circum- stantial evidence which implicated him in the staying of the wealthy widow whose body, sewed in a sack, was found on the highway near San Fernando last week.
 In confessing the Yellowstone &C., ton, which witnesses said was an attempt to choke Mrs Appleby. Dr. McMillan said he merely held his hand over her mouth to keep her from talking so much.
 She wasn't hurt" he said. "and We. fixed it up and got away from lhere the next day"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
'2,OO0,000 PALACE
 AWAITS COOLIDGE
xalsoa il Sdos Contrast
 With Northampton Home

Havana. Jan. ( (UP}-A. two mil lion dollar palace k being made here. today. to receive . man who seven short years ago lived in one half of 2 thirty-five dollar . month duplex frame dwelling in North ampton, MasA
 When President Coolidge comes here to open the sixth Pan-American conference on Janudry le, for the two nights he will sepnd in this capital. he will be the house guest of President Gerardo Machado of Cuba at the presidential palace.
 A corps of workmen. engaged in completely re-decorating and re-fur- nishing the suite of five rooms on the third floor of President Macha- dos palatial residence overlooking the park one square away from Ha- vana's famous ''prado." will finish their work this week. By Monday oil will be in readiness for President and Mrs. Coolidge and the presidents White House phyaician.
 The suite now being prepared for the executives use consists of . re, ception room, an office. and three bedrooms.
 Other members of the party, h- office workeres aldetaoinIe-wtfir cluding the presidents secretary, of flee workers and United States se- cret service men will find lodgings in another section of the palace. That the president may at all times be in direct contact with Washington dur ing his stay here, arrangements are being made to install a special tele- phone service between the presi- dents suite and the White House.
 English speaking servants and
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
NAVY ID PRESERVE
 ANNALS OF S.4
(Continued from First Page)

Hurry. We have no light"
 Finally. at midnight, the six tap ped: "The air is very bad"
 The Falcon officers. surprised. asked: Have you tried removing gag from compartment salvage air line?"
 And the answer came despairing- ly; Salvage air line is flooded"
 Late the second night came the second great disappointment. Storms had prevented sending down oxygen tubes. and the submarine S-S wished to advise the six they might obtain air by opening the torpedoes in the compartment. So the S-S tapped: How many torpedoes on board and where stored?"
 For five minutes the S-S waited for a reply, but there was none. The men of the S-s took this silence as proof the torpedoes' air was not available. Then, with an optimism they did not feel they sent, for al- most the last time, the words: There is hope"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
0l KING TOWED ADOPTED DAUGHTER;
 CEREMONY TAKES PLACE THIS MONTH

New York, Jan. R - The ro- nenos of .. 61 year old multt-mil- lionairs oil masnate and his 3S year old ward was disclosed today with announcement that they would mar " within a month.
 E. w. Marland. president of the Marland Oil Go. and one of the wealthiest oil men in the southwest. adopted his fiancee Lydia Miller Roberts. when she was 16 years old. At the same time he and his wife adopted her brother. George. three ears younger. His wife died in tune, 1926.
 It was the devotion of his foster laughter in the months following the leath of his wife. said MT. Marland. hat convinced him that he wanted Ter for his wife.
 Word of the approaching marriage however. came as surprise to the young woman's mother, Mrs. George F. Roberts. Of Philadelphia She refused to discuss details of the adoption of her son and daughter and said she knew nothing of the wedding plans.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06

MT. Marland said formal an. nouncement of the engagement was made . month ago in Ponca City, Okla. where he resides. and that the wedding would take place at the brides Philadelphia home.
 Born in Pittsburgh. where he practiced law when he was 21. MT. Marland soon turned his attention to oil and went to Oklahoma, where he developed extensive interests in the vicinity of Ponca City. From a one building plant one of his ventures developed to a business values two years ago at $S5,000.000.
 Two years ago he commissioned 12 sculptors to submit models for a statue in honor of "The Pioneer Woman" to be erected on . bluff overlooking Ponca City. The design chosen. that of Bryant Baker of New York. depicted a sun-bonneted woman, Bible under her arm. ac- companied by her son. When com- pleted 1t is to be from 80 to 50 feet in height. and is expected to be visi- ble for miles.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
Gunpowder Factories
 Wrecked by Explosion

Troy, N. Y.. Jan. 6 @-With a roar that broke hundreds of win dows in nearby buildings, two wheel mills of the Hercules Powder com pany at Valley Falls. near here, ex- ploded at 10:06 this morning caus- ing a loss estimated at $4,000. A spark caused by a belt slipping when the power was turned on is believed responsible. No one was injured as the machinery Is largely automatic and no one was near at the time. Both buildings were rag ed and the machinery in one plant destroyed.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
BULLET SNIASHES WINDOW

John Siedzik of 19 Nash street to Captain Kelly at po- lice headquarters that his father had narrow escape from being struck by a bullet as he sat in his home about 1O:15 this forenoon. The lead pellet crashed through a window and struck a flower pot. otherwise it wolud probably have struck MT. Siedzik. The complainant turned over the flattened pellet to the po- tice
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06

valets. engaged especially for the oc- casion will minister to the wants of the party. With the exception of providing buckwheat cakes and sau- sage for the executive's breakfast. everything is being done by Cuban officials to make President Coolidge feel e much at home hare as he ts at tho western end of Pennsylvania avenue in Washington.
 Elaborate preparations arc like- wise being made for the presidents protection with . special corps of Cuban secret service operators de- tailed for the task. association.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06

Prescription service at The Fair. Prompt reliable and economfcal.- advt.
 Benjamin Waskiewicz has taken . lease on a store at 69 Broad street. owned by Mary Wisk, and will con- duct a meat market and sausage fac- tory on the premises. The rental is ,$540 for the first year, $500 for the second and third years and t720 q year for the remaining two.
 New EVENING GLASSES fin Stenography and Typewriting will start Tuesday, January l7th. Moody Secretarial School.-adv.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
Advertisement

Abandonment of the Building Line On the South Side Of Orange Street, From Present Westerly End Easterly About s6.4 Feet to the Easteriy Property Line of the Fafnir Bearing Co. Clerks Office City of New Britain. Conn.,, Jan. 6, 1928 To whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that the Board of Compensation and Assess ment of the City of New Britain has made the following appraisement and award of damages and assess ment of special benefits or bettcr- ments caused by the abandonment of the building line on the south side of Orange Street from present westerly end easterly about 364 feet to the easterly property line of the Fafnir Bearing Co. viz:
 Orange Street North Side: Damages Benefits Stevens romaszeski $o5.00 Stevens Tomaszeski 5000 South Side: Fafnir Bearing Co. 2.5.oo Jos and Valeria
 Ruthowslli .. 75.0a John Lubienic ... 5000 Soc. of the Children
 of Mary of the Im-
 maculate Concep-
 ton, Inc. .... c50n
 $225.00 $co5.00 Accepted. adopted, certified from record and published twice by or der of the Common Council. Attest:
 ALFRED l.. THOMPSON.
 City Clerk.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
NOTICE.

NOTICE. The New Britain Lumber Co.
 vS.
 Clifford Johnson Et As. Please Take Notice. that by Order of the Court of Common Pleas. i'll Hartford County, the AUCTION SALE to take place at Maple Hill on Saturday, January Eth, 1928. at ? o'clock in the afternoon. is hereby postponed until Saturday, January oSth. 1928. at o'clock in the after noon, on account of the death of Clifford Johnson and others. Dated at New Britain, Conn.,, this 5th day of January. 1928.
 FRED TWINKLE. Receiver Appointed by the Court.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
SPEAKS ON EUROPEAN TRIP

The Friendship club held its regular monthly meeting at the Y. w. c. A. last evening. After the regular business was transacted, the members of the club and several guests, enjoyed a talk given by Miss Clara Washburn who spoke of her experiences the past summer. in Europe. Miss Washburn visited the progressive schools of Ireland, Eng land, France, Switzerland and Ger many.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06

E The club will meet again on Thursday. February ?. when Miss Rachel Colby of the Visiting Nufses' association of this city. will speak. Following her talk the club mem- bers will spend the evening making dressings for the Visiting Nurses
 City Items :.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
AUTHOR CRITICALLY ILL

Dorchester. Jan. 6. = UP) - Thomas Hardy, English author. i'll here. was reported still in a very critical condition today. 4 bulletin at his residence said there had been l'ttle improvement during the past 24 hours.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
HEAVY LOSSES SEEN

New York, Jan. 6. (F1 - Losses of s37,O00 in securities by three Wall street brokerage houses have been reported to police. They were c. A. Seligman, s5,oOo: Moore & Schley s12,0OO, and L. F. Rothschild & Co.,, $20,0O0.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
AUTOMOTTVE
Auto and Truck AgeucSas

CADILLAC AND LA SALLE CARS Sales x Service. LASH MOTORS. INC. "A Reliable Concern" 4ll West Main St. Tel 3o00 BUICK MOTOR CARs-Sales and Service Capitol Buick Co.,, 1s3 Arch Street. Telephone 2607 CHEVROLET SALES | SERvICE-Pat. terson Chevrolet. Inc. ss Arch Street. Telephone c11. DODGE BROTHERS Sales and Service. s. { r. Motor Sales Corp, l1s9 Stan ley Street. Telephone 73I.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
Special Notice

The Indianola council. No. ls. VII hold whist at Ns. E. NcGaFthsa PIP Belden street, Friday evsntng- advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-24
VA. H0RSENEN
ORGANIZE

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 24.-The
hoard of Virginia Horsebreeders As
scciatiOn have laid plans for the
work of that organization during the
ensuing year and adopted a eonsti-
tuition. The association was organ
lied here on April under the aus.
pices OF the Virginia State Chamber
If Commerce.
Present at the meeting were:
Westmoreland Davis of L.eesburg
former governor of Virginia, who il
president of the association and
chairman of the board of directors;
w. j. Carter, OF Richmond. secre-
tary: w. b. Caldwell. Appomattox;
William Dupont, ir.. Boyce; Admiral
Cary r. Grayson. Washington. D. G;
Kenneth l.. Gilpin, Boyce; A. B. Han.
cock. Paris, KY: w. T. Holiday.
Rapidan: Mrs. Fay ingalls,. Hot
Springs: DIR. j. p. Jones, CharIoates.
vile: William Sharpe Kilmer, New
Market; Fl. NJ Lutt.eIl. DeIaplane:
Edward B. Mclean. AsFburne and
Washington, d. c.: W. w. Osborne
GordonvIlIe: C. 7. Ryan. Oak Ridge;
DR.. A. G. Randolph, Remount Sta
tion, Front Royal; d. G. Sands. Mid.
d!eburg: Capt. p. NJ Walker. Boyce:
Heller G. Willis, Ora lge: Thomas G..
Herring Bridgewater.