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New Britain herald., 1928-09-26
S|LvERNAIL HOME
 ENTERED BY YOUTH Haul uort Than $MO, But Thief 0YerlOoks Much
 CAFETERIA WORKING WELL
Pupils Now Take Nom Recess In Two Shifts-LAA;al N1wlers Defeat League Leaders - Cosmopolitan League Opcns-Bricfs.

More than $:UO in jewelry and money was stolen from the home of MT. and Mrs. Frank silvernail yes terday afternoon by q youth equipped with master key. but the thief appears to have been fright ened away before he had completed ransacking the house, which is To- cated off Whiting street.
 When Mir. Silvernail returned home from work last night he found that two rooms had been gone through and . number of vaiua ble articles stolen. Among them were a diamond ring valued at 3lS5. a wed- ding ring. and ladies' white gold watch. all the property of Mrs. Sll- sernail About Sl4 in cash was also taken. including some s in small change whfh was contained in | barrel bank" The intruder left untouched a valuable heavy gold bracelet which was in the same box with the other articles. so 1t is be- lieved he was frightened and de- parted hurriedly.
 A passerby reported to the au- thorities that he had seen a young man leaving the Silvernail home during the afternoon. AS he did not know who lived there. however. he thought nothing of it at the time. He was able 10 give the police d good description of the fellow. One suspect was questioned last night but released.
 The police of New Britain and Bristol were notified. In New Brit ain the authorities said that a youth answering to the same description had made a number of similar breaks there during the course Of the day. and it Is thought that the same person made them and the one here. In each case the burglar used key to let himself in through the back door.
 School Cafeteria a S,,crcss
 The cafeteria which was started at the high school with the beginning of the one-session plan this fall has proved itself a successful experiment. the school department believes. Mrs. Viola Peters of Park street has been secured as cook and is giving great satisfaction. A number Of stu dents are earning their own meals by acting as counter attendants dur ing the noon hour, and the cafe ter'a has a student cashier.
 The rush Of all the senior and junior high school pupils for lunch- con at the same time overtaxed the facilities of the cafeteria. and a new plan has been devised. The pupils now cat in two shifts One group observes the regular schedule. fin- ishing the fourth period at l2 o'clock and having its luncheon re- cess from then until 1::3o o'clock. The other section is released from classes at the end of the third period at l1:30 o'clock and eats from then until noon. It then has belated fourth period. at the end of which both groups start of together again on the fifth period. This division has been successful, and the cafeteria can now accommodate the full en- rollment.
 During the present week the | senior class is selling sandwiches to aid in filling its class treasury.
 Voters May Learn How
 Tomorrow will be the last day for new voters to. be shown the manner 1 in. which the voting machines to be used in Mondays election are op-
New Britain herald., 1928-09-26


 This league, it is expected, will eventually consist of eight teams, but all may not be ready to start at once. A plan has been worked out by which teams entering late will be given an average percentage and can then ge on as if.they had been play Ing during the whole season.
 Chimney Fire The fire department responded to an alarm just before noon today and made q run to Trumbull avenue for chimney fire in the house owned by the King estate and occupied by George Jackson. There was no dam- age.
 Called to Springfield Mrs. Edwin Booth of Mountain
New Britain herald., 1928-09-26
MRS. MARY BOWERS
 DIES AT AGE OF 75 Eld Berlin Resident Heart At. -..... .hd Victim
 WELL KNOWN RESIDENT
Bridgeport Man Arrested Following Ancilcnt-firc Discovered At sil- yer Fox Farm - Grange Carnival Opcns Tomorrow Evening.

Mrs. Mary E. Bowers. aged 75 of Eaat Berlin. widow of Edson w Bowers, passed away suddenly thiI morning following a heart attack Mrs. Bowers was a lifelong residen pf East Berlin and was a member of the Berlin Congregational church She was we'll known in East Berlin especially among the older residents and her death will be mourned b, many.
 She is survived by one son, Arthur E. Bowers; one brother. Deput, Judge E. w. Mildrum. vice president of the Berlin Savings bank. and 2 prominent figure in the insurance world: two sisters, Misses Carrie and Hattie MiIdrum and four grandchil- dren. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home. Rev. Samuel A. Fiske of the Berlin Congregational church will officiate. Burial will be in Will COX cemetery. East Berlin.
 Fire at Fox Farn,
 A small fire broke out in the ccil- ing of the office building at the Sil- yer Fox farm in Berlin about 1:15 o'clock this morning. The Dodge chemical of the Pratt street fire sta ton in Meriden was summoned.
 William Hendley. night watchman at the farm, noticed smoke coming through the cracks in the ceiling of the first floor and called the Mrri- den fire department. The Watchman and John D. Donat. superintendent of the farm. who was also called to the farm, had extinguished most of the sparks that were charring away the floor beams before the arrival of the firemen.
 The fire was situated under the frc place in the main office of the building on the second floor. For the past few days there has been a wood fire in the main office. Ii is thought that the wood below the fireplace had been smoldering for several hours before being discov- cred.
 Chufch Supper
 The first church supper of the sea- son will be held in the church par lors of the Kensington Congrega- tionai church. on Friday evening at e:30 o'clock. The general public Is invited to attend. Ben
 Attend Meeting
 Judge D. A. Markham of Hartford. county health officer, and Dr. K. NJ. Griswoid. health officer of Berlin. left this morning for Burlington. Vt. where they will attend the meeting of the New England Public Health association. They will return the latter part of the week via the White Mountains.
 The trip is being made by auto mobile with George kanupka at the wheel. Quite a number of the health officers in Connecticut are expected to he present.
 Arrested Following Accident
 Charged with driving while his h. censc was under suspension. Cyril Schubel of Bridgeport was arrested yesterday morning by the state po- lice following an accident on the Berlin turnpike near the Merider line. ! A truck driven by Schubel and owned by the Bridgeport Motor
New Britain herald., 1928-09-26
Charter ll0,S. HarAf0Hfl
5s6 a3o 5t4-16e2 Play Bristol Seconds

The Plain,ille High school foot ball team was scheduled to meet the Bristol High Seconds this afternoon in Bristol. Last year similar game was arranged. but Bristol used sev- en of it's regular first string men Even so Plail,ville held the Bell City team to a one touchdown. and 1t hopes to make another fine show ing this afternoon. even if the home team repeats its trick of 1927.
 Daughter Born
 A daughter was born last night to Mir. and Mrs. Ulrich Cote of Broad street.
 League Opens
 The Cosmopolitan league opened at Hart's alleys last night with a match between the Rockies and the Hart & Cooley entry. The New Brit ain factory men won the first game, but the Rockies captured the sec ond and third and won the pinfall to win three points against their oppo. nents' one. A. Gnazzo and Kailer- man were high men for their re- spective teams. The scores:
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New Britain herald., 1928-09-26

View left for Springfield. Mass. to- day to visit her mother, Mrs. George Linton, who is confined in the hospital there with two fractur- ed ribs caused by falling downstairs. Mrs. Linton is 94 years old.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-26

GaEase for rent. 10 Strong Court -advt.
 Five-room tenement to rent: new house, all improvements. Apply 1sS Broad street-advt.
 For Ecnt-Cottage, Camp St.; also four-roonl tenement. Apply cc Church St.--advt.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-26

Miss Marjorie F. Mueller. daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. Carl S. Mueller. has entered Barnard college in New York city.
 The Women's Aid society of the Berlin Congregational church viii present two one act plays at the town hall on October II at s o'clock.
Evening star., 1928-05-26

man and machine. and with the newly
invented Handley-Page wing slot,
science has gone far in providing safety
factors for the modern plane. even If
Il has not yet built successful hell
copter When straight up and down fiy-
ing is accomplished. and there is no
reason TO doubt that some day 1t viii
be. the greatest danger in aviation will
have been removed Landing and as
cending in present day machines are
the most perilous features of aviation,
and will continue TO be until the verti~
cal flying ship is perfected.
The parachute, however, has saved
the lives of many aviatorS, and has
come to be an invaluable adjunct to the
equipment OF . flyer. No more vivid
demonstration Of this fact could have
been given than when few months
ago. near this city, Lieut.. Barnett
Talbot OF the Navy landed safely after
abandoning his blazing machine four
thousand feet in the air. And now.
with two successful demonstrations, the
plane parachute seems destined 10 take
its place with its smaller edition as "a
machine saver and a life saver Con~
pied with the wing slot, which prevents
spinning, the aviator should certainly
f7nd flying almost as safe as sitting in
the old armchair
Evening star., 1928-05-26
Mayor Waller. Houseeleanlng

Mayor Jimmy Walker OF Greater
Kew YORK has started housecieaning
silrred py The disclosure Of payroll
grating IN the stfeet-cIesning Depart
nent ~ ne city, following Z sewer
scandal II Greensboro and trouble
growing out of the misbehzyiof u q
number of city msgshsis. ne called the
heads oi tne municipal departments To-
ge,EaeF yesterday and told them In plain
terms init hs would hold them 70 =
strict accountability for ths reform Of
conditions he Jold the th,Ity-seYen
commissioners ard heads of bureaus
thss any one u them VINO failed 10
oTiye our tne gfafters big % little couio
no Longer remain with the city ADMIN
aslt4tl3u. The mayor rnsn isld Dawn d
rigae of administration which may have
impressed some of his hearers AZ novel
ooclrins Tnr primary object Of the de-
xagtmsnl heaGs. hs said, Is not 80 much
~ detect grsit - N prevent u
II IL urged IN behalf III Mayor Walker
sild nls communicative assistants thsl
tne graft tnEt nsA been disclosed isGeiy
or0iARflt " jignt Dot by Dfscisl meant
oilt Nv accident and confession is 3
"f0ldoyet" from the Hylan somiDjstIs~
ton. II the pfinciple which he ennpci-
stko yestetosy mas prevailed from the
beginning If MS iTFm H. nas failed 10
Do effective for IL would srsm thst thf
sglfesu chiefs of Ofester Rev York hsys
neither detected nor prevented the pil-
feFina of public funds on rather large
Eaae
TINS D0lAecLeSning IN Greater ne"
Y0rk may have iA political repefeasv
Naoag. TIE disclosures Bsye come 81 =
kather awkasld Time on The EVE Of lAs
pena9clsLc national convention. "a
Evening star., 1928-05-26

which IL is expected the governor of
the State is to be nominated for the
presidency. His longtime association
with Tammany, OF which he is sachem
and has throughout his political career
been faithful and influential member
is certain 10 become a subject OF dis
cussion in the course OF the campaign
While there is nothing in Gov. Smiths
career to warrant the implication that
he has in any way proflted by the
Strstagems and Spolls that are III the
public mind associated with the name
of Tammany, 1t is recognized that his
Identification with that organization is
nevertheless somewhat OF handicap.
Mayor Walker took the chair al City
Hall in New York in January. 1925, a
little less than two and half years ago
he has done some houSecleaning in that
time, but evidently not enough. II
would have been much better for the
purposes of a national campaign II he
had started his crusade for municipal
purity TWO years ago
Evening star., 1928-05-26
Plane Parachufeg

For the second time since The para
chute became recognized ss . life saver
Tor human beings. 3 huge umbrella hsa
brought q plane safely 10 earth Two
yeafh ago the first teat WAS made when
e daring pilot released tbs controls al
a snip, cut on hls motor and ysnksd
open f1ity~io0t chute on tOp OF his
pisns. Tue other day 81 Tracy. Calf.
second successful experiment WAS
conducted before representative
gsthering Of sifmen, and again Inc idea
proved tts worth by bringing the snip
with as humsn cargo safely 10 earth
Witn DsrschuLes practical f0r both
Evening star., 1928-05-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEW ELL.

I work monstrous roses, stems half an
| inch thick, superinposed on diamond
grids inches from point to point, sits
child.
! A child but what child
Perhaps IL wears old she has dark
olive skin. brown eyes, rounded features.
She peers over the rail nonchalantly,
then resumes her interrupted task OF
! putting on her clothes. She might as
we'll be dressing In the street
The amount of clothing she had on
when first seen might not have salts
/ fed the law. but 1t was quite enough
| from the standpoint of the little lady.
She made haste, however, to don the
remainder Of her garments, but not tC }
much haste She was of the leisurely
/ Mediterranean temperament which de-
mands time.
She might have been Venetian in
the glorious days OF the republic, when
the dread Council Of Ten sent its spies
everywhere to learn the secrets Of every
one
The city street might have been a
canal she might have been a princess.
The pedestrian might have been in a
gondoia.
The mental benefits OF sideWard gaz-
I v.
1t keeps the onlooker interested in his
day and generation.
What a shame. 1t would seem to take
ones turn at going through the world
and yet to deliberately cut out of ones
sight the thousand and one interesting
things which happen ON the SidelineS.
1t was because nc was sideways
I locker that Stephen Crane wrote in his
Red Badge of Courage" one of the
greatest war stories ever penned.
/ Orthodox war correspondents sent
home pen pictures OF the conflict. but
Crane didn't even have to go To be able
to feel the sentiments Of the man under
! arms He was not the soldier looking
straight ahead but the man that is In
every soldier, despite military rules and
regulations.
/ He saw the commanding officer out
OF the corner OF his eye.
4
Sidelights along the blazing road Of
glory of this world often are more beau
tiful, more interesting yes. even more
divine than the chief luminary.
They offer their beauties TO the row.
ing soul of man, the investigating spirit
of humanity, which has gone into de-
violss fields and come out of them bear
ing the blossoms of knowledge
Man was penalized In the beginning
for eating the fruit of the tree of knowl-
edge His children specialized, there
fore. IN pIucking the blossoms before
they had fruited
The fruits of mans wisdom are his
own, and he has not abused them The
grand secrets OF nature. wrested from
the granite ribbed earth: the far
spreading radio impulses--these are but
r..t nf Artu ff St1Ny ftT,l{ Inc
ours because some men insisted on look
ing to the side rather than pursuing a
straight course through the universe.
II we are to be worthy descendants OF
these men, We can only be so by retain
ing, in some degree at least, their pal
pitatInR interest in the life around us
That is what they did they did not miss
thing
They looked aside as they went along
and saw child on balcony hence a
great painting a curious stirring in two
elements. hence radio broadcasting; q
blade OF grass by the wayside and so
God
Evening star., 1928-05-26
A Matter of Decency

One OF the most pathetic angles Of
the unique case in New Jersey in which
FIVE dying women are suing q radium
company for the injuries which are
sending them 10 their graves Is that
one or all OF them may die before Their
case Ia heard Attorneys for the con- -
pany in the interest OF their client, o.
course are placing every conceiysbl /.
legal technicslity In the way OF trial
and in this maneuver they are sided py
me crowded court docket. The women
who nave been affected by radiun
through the painting Of luminous watch
cials are in a pitifui state II is hardly
possible that they will survive the Sum
mer.
Physicians nave testified that The
women are irreyocsbiy doomed. There
IL no cure. Faced with certain death.
they have, however. shown unusual
foTtitnds, and have won nation wide
sympathy for tneir plight. Ia theae
circumstances IL would sppear that ths
least the rsdium company could do
would De 10 provide Gecenty for these
women until their life span is finihhed
This, il would seem should he done
regardless Of the c0lnpsnys responsible
Ity for their injuries.
Evening star., 1928-05-26
Lessons Drawn From Stormy
Career of Big BiIl'' Haywood

holds that "it Is clearly shown that Tor
real happiness there is no substitute for
the love OF ones country and the conf
denCe of its people.
He did dodge prison term In the
United States. states the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. yet in Russia he had
to take things as he found them. and to
Haywood's temperament that must have
been as CALLING as Federal prison.
Here. even behind the bars. ne would
have been sustained by radical SYM
pathy with his martyrdom. In Russia
he could not expect American radicals
10 deplore his fate"
''He became man without country.
and the United States was the better OF
for his absence" declares the Bangor
Daily Commercial. which quotes state
ments that "the Soviet leaders had
little use for him" and that lin later
years Haywood Is understood TO have
desired to return to the United States"
The Charlotte News concludes. Mos
COW Is a mighty poor place in which To
live And as place TO die In
IL has its disadvantages. II is cold.
dreagy place. There Is nothing there
TO help prepare one for the other world,
Haywood made the mistake Of trying to
remake the United States TO suit his
notions. IL was too big lob So Mos
cow got him He made q poor trade,
living and dying
Evening star., 1928-05-26
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years 4go To-day.

The first airplaneS to be furnished
to the American Army from the United
States have arrived In France and are
now in use IN a training camp The
news is enthusiastically received be-
cause they are regarded AS the fore
runners Of All enormous equipment,
A German officer, recently
captured, is amazed when allowed to
see some Of the tremendous war prcpa-
rationS America Is making along the
western front He says the German
people even up to now have been led
10 believe that their u~hoats have pre-
vented all but a very small number of
Americans from reaching France and
that the American statements that
hundreds OF thousands of soldiers have
reached France are all lies, He says
that II the facts we're known II would
mean real trouble for the German
leaders Ihe American tied
Cross second drive for slo0 100000 Is
already oversubscrihed more than Sl3,~
900 900 American patrols in
the Lorraine sector win skirmiSheS with
German patrols armed with machine
guns and force their withdrawal
The enemy gunfre has increased con-
sIderably In violence since yesterday
morning and Is rather widespread
Huge masses OF troops are held ready
to assault the allied lines while the
battle-tired British and French soldiers
rest IN the rear awaiting orders that
may come any moment TO hold back
another German onruSh.
Evening star., 1928-05-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. 4sKIN.

This is a special department devoted
to the handling of inquiries. You have
at your disposal an extensive organiZA-
ton in Washington to serve you in any
capacity that relates TO information.
Write your question, your name and
your address clearly, and inclose a
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Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, d. G.
O. What is the biggest airship IN
the world and what are its dimensions?
M S.
A. At the present time the British
transocean passenger carrying dirigiDlp,
the R-l00 is the largest airship ever
constructed She is 709 feet long, 1873
feet in diameter, and weighs, fully
loaded, l66 tons. Her length is only
so feet less than that Of the Maure-
tania Her width Is 33 feet greater
than that of the Leviathan or Majestic.
O. Has Alaska been Of sufficient
value to the United States TO justify
its purChaSe?-S. II.
A Alaska was sold to the United
States in 1867 for S7.200,000 by Russia.
It. is estimated that this territory mas
Yielded since that time 81, 1913 900, 900
in fish furs, gold and other precious
products over the original investment.
@ What is the population Of Aus
tralia?-N. S. M
A. According to the census OF April.
1921. the population Of the common
wealth of Australia was 5495,734.
@ Where is Fort McHenry?-M.
E. 6.
A. This old fort is on MILESTONE
Point, the southern extremity Of Balti-
more, Nd
q What is milk sugar?-C. T.
A. II Is sugar obtained from the milk
of mammalia. Such sugar does not fer
ment. 1t is usually marketed as fine.
white powder that looks like cOnfec-
ii, ners sugar. and is used in modifying
milk for babies, in the preparation OF
drugs, and in many other ways.
q What inscription does the Liberty
Bell bear?-N. E. B.
A. This famous bell was cast in 1852.
1t bore the motto Proclaim liberty
throughout the land unto all the inhabi-
tants thereof" II was afterward recast
at Philadelphia with the same inscrip-
ton
@ What is meant by the expression
Labor of Hercules 1T. s.
A The phrase refers to one Of the II
almost impossible tasks required OF Her
Evening star., 1928-05-26
Mary's Conjeclural Lamb
Cause of Controversy

From the Cleveland Piaiu Dealer,
Last week the good people nt Great
Britain Joined IN celebrating the eighty
eighth birthday Anniversary Of the
MARY" who Is part heroine of the
beautiful poem beginning MARY had "A
little lamb +" 1he lady In question In
now Mrs Mary Hughes. All England
says she Ii the MARY" and there ia no
bashtul denial from Nara. Hughes. ENG
land also says that the lovely poem was
written by one Jane hurl, who later
became The wife af an American eth
n0logist and lived all her days in
London
only thus very indirectly ana by the
bond of holy matl tlimony does the United
States come Ia fof any credit IN re
Mary aud her lamb,
Henry Ford has documents which
purport 10 prove that the poem was not
written by the British Miss Burr, hut
by certain American, John koulatone,
who lived III sterling, Masa,, and that
the Mary wheae lamb trailed her to
school was Yankee lass by the uame
nf Mary Sawyer. This IN not all There
are thoae who helleve iNat Mafy and her
lamb resided IN NeWnfrt NJ. H. and