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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-08-01
HOLD OUT FOR DRYS

The Ohio State Sunday School conven-
ton at its meeting in Van Vert, June %,
adopted a resolution opposing any party
or candidate that would nullify or weaken
the Federal Prohibition laws. The reso-
luton declared that this Convention go
on record in no uncertain terms against
any party or candidate that would
weaken, nullify or change the Eighteenth
Amendment to our national constitution,
including the Volstead act"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-08-01
CREW FOUND GUILTY

The captain, engineer and six members
of the crew of the former submarine
chaser Tonawanda, who were arrested
in the lower New York bay on May rs
when the vessel was seized by the Coast
Guard with a cargo of $500 cases Of
whisk aboard, pleaded guilty June % in
the Federal Court in Brooklyn to a
charge Of possession of liquor. The court
imposed fines ranging from $500 in the
case of the captain to $3.50 each for the
members of the crew.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-08-01
GEORGIA METHODISTS

Methodists of Georgia are urged to vote
for Herbert Hoover regardless of their
party affiliations in an editorial in the
last two issues of the Wesleyan c CHRISTIAN
Advocate, official organ of the North and
South Georgia conference of the NJ. e
Church, South, published at Atlanta.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-08-01
HENRY S. DULANEY
Death Calls Churchnan Who Fear
1essly Worked for Cause of
National Prohibition

Mr.. Henry S. DuLaney, Treasurer OF
the Headquarters Committee of the Anti
Saloon League of Maryland prominent
churchman, philanthropist, and advocate
of Christian principles, died on Sunday.
July 8, at his home in the city of Balti-
more
Mr. DuLaney was born January Is, 1849.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-08-01

A Michigan man was sent to prison for
one year for driving his automobile while
intoxicated. He will have time to sober up.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
MAPLE HILL NEWS

The Womans club of Maple Hill has arranged for rummage sale Tuesday, October in the Newing- ton Congregational chapel.
 On Wednesday, October 10. the club will commence it's season with cafeteria luncheon in the Newing- ton Congregational chapel at l o'clock. ..
 Miss Gladys Rau of Robbins ave nue and Miss Elizabeth Sherman of New Britain will leave Saturday for Detroit, Michigan, where they will he guests of Miss Rau's brother, Irving Rau. for two weeks.
 Miss Agnes Hitchcock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hitchcock of SeQuin street, returned to Boston Wednesday to resume her studies at Boston University.
 Robert Lienhard, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Lienhard of Golf street, has returned home from Brooklyn whore he spent the summer.
 Miss Ruth Allen Latham, daugh-
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
Turk Shoe Checkers
 To Lose Their Jobs

Constantinople. Sept. 2l R-Two hundred and fifty more Turks are soon 10 be added to the crowded ranks of the jobless in the once tiourishing queen city of the Bryan tines.
 They are the mosque attendants charged with checking the shoes Of the faithful ,and more recently hats as well. since the fez became taboo. It is an ancient tradition that wor- shippers must enter Moslem places of worship barefoot so as not to track the unsanctified dust of the streets.
 With KemaIs order that shoes henceforth be kept on and that pews replace prayer-rugs, there eventual ly will be no more checking of headgear or footgear at the mosque doors.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
INDIAN CORN HAS
 PLAYED bIG PART
Nah Anaicaa History rracad
 lM Ysln

New York. Sept. 21.-How entrie eras sf histsrtc civilization rose anA fell h Nesth America. according as IAdlan corn was available. was deacsibed for the International Con- erees q Americapists here by Yer nen c. Allison. of Linden. N. J.
 'sIhteresting ruins of former civilizations" he said, ''are widely scattered over the Americas. The two most striking aspects of these ancient remains are:
 "l-They are largely located in districts which are today probably incapable of supporting the popula- ton density which produced them.
 ..-They are based upon village life dependent upon maize. or ln- dian corn.
 "A logical deduction is that the rise and decline of these civilizations is intimately correlated with the rise and decline of conditions favor ing the propagation of the maize plant"
 This maize history of North America began at 5000 to 1000 years before Christ, when, Mr. Alli- son, said, there is evidence that cul- tivation of the wild prototype of maize" started. The place where this cultivation began was some where in southeastern Mexico or in Central America.
 Three maize-built civilizations were traced. the Mayan in Yucatan, the Indian in the American south west, and the Mound Builders of the Mississippi valley. The agricultural implements of these early peoples were such. said Mr. Allison, that they could cultivate maize only under restricted conditions
 Changes in climate, then, occur ring thousands or hundreds of years apart, made the maize cultivation too difficult, and forced the men who had built it up to scatter in search of food.
 Mir. Allison set 1920 B. c. as one period when maize civilization prob ably began to crumble in Central America. That was a period when the moisture fall over most of the world decreased. to remain com pAratively scanty until between 400 and 800 A. D.
 Tho Mississippi valley Mound Builders Mir. Allison believes, had a comparatively dry period in which they were able to cultivate maize on community scale. but a period Of increased moisture forced them to scatter
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21

clone and anticyclone" and in the northern hemisphere invariably TO- tates in . right to left direction counter-clockwise. It occurs in the southeastern sector Of the low pres sure area which produces the nor nal cycronic wind currents. Here the tornado appears in advance of the squall line which marks the change from the equatorial winds of that low area to the polar winds of the high pressure area, which blow in an opposite or conflicting di- rection. The whirling motion al- ways originates at or near cloud level.
 Waterspouts, on thu other hand, develop without regard to high and low pressure conditions in clear, partly cloudy or stormy weather. While some apparently are started by the action of a tornadic wind column reaching down from cloud leveu. majority perhaps originate at the surface. where small vol tune of air warmer than that sur- rounding it begins to expand and rise, rotating under favorable con- ditions either to right or left. like dust whirls. As it rises contact with the cooler air above and the physical action of the expansion and rotation cause condensation of the vapor 1t contains. That condensed vapor is the water" of the waterspouts, al- though in especially violent mani- festations of the phenomenon salt water from the sea has been known to rise into the cloud which usually topS the narrow whirling column of air.
 The spouts, occurring singly, in series or in groups, range from a few feet to a mile in heights. vary widely in velocity and moisture and travel for the short periods of their duration-a few minutes to an hour with the wind current prevailing at their upper or lower point of origin. Some appear stationary. while others travel at a high rate of speed in the majority of instances exceeding 15 or 20 miles an hour.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
WATERSP0UTS EVER THREAT IN OCEAN
No Seasoa Of Year Is Free From
 This Menace

Washington. Sept. sl LP - For citizens of the central and south eastern sections of the United States the tornado season has usually pass cd the spring and early summer peak and is tapering off at this time of year. For the mariner, however, the waterspout season never ends.
 These two phenomena are ire quently confused, the spout being regarded as merely 8 tornado at sea. Willis Edwin Hurd of the ma rine division of the United States weather bureau. who has complet- ed an exhaustive study of the Wa terspout. has found, however, that they are often distinctly different
 While waterspouts resemble tor nadoes in most phases of outward appearance and in many other char acteristics. he says, they are more nearly like the dust whirlls. con- country. in origin and behavior.
 "A tornado" he explains, lis usu- ally much larger and more destruc- tive and has a longer path than a waterspout in a corresponding state of development. 1t also, as rule, is longer-lived. Regardless of its greater energy, however, the tor nado is much more to be considered as a fear-provokipg spectacle than the waterspout even at its worst, since the former invades the sta tionary haunts of men. However formidable the latter may seem to be in it's threatenings and roarings, its terrific speedings and plowings through the water, yet is a spectacle more beautiful and awesome than of fear. since rarely does its path take it into places where, it becomes a positive threat of disaster to yes- sels."
 The true tornado, as described by Dr. W. J. Humphreys, meteoro- logical physicist of the weather mureau, is "a joint product of cy-
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, sEprEnBER a 1921

they have ens stags aheve anothef. and the equivalent of . refuso 1ump at the bettom. He describes the wassior ant sf enS species WAich hes . shield-shaped head that the warrior uses to close the small hole into the tree whom the nest within is occupied. On the head
 are minute growths resembling those Un the bark of tho tree. = that 1t is- dtdieuit to discover tho opening to the nest. The tfse V known aS Cordia alliodore.
 Profsssor Wheeler seys 1t might b. expected that the ants would act as guardians to protect the trss againat parasites but that this ap- parently is not the case. for there are 2ll known species of insects which feed on this tree without molestation from the ants.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
FREE HOUSING flR
 ANTS IN TROPICS
Peculiar Cali6s Als lhahad by Insects

Ithaca, N. Y.. Sept. 31 Oe-One of natures mysteries. ., tropical tree which grows with natural cavities h its heart that ants inhabit. is de- scribed in . paper before the Fourth International Congress of Entomol- ogy here by Prot. William Morton Wheeleh. Busy Institute. Harvard university. MT. Wheeler does not at- tempt to unravel the botanical -mys- tery involved, but tells how tho ants live.
 Within the tree cavities thstr small communities are built ea the plan of human hAbitations in that
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21

preeent day. Where t . . cass of two young msn enanaorod of the same siri, they subject themselves to tho ~mohatanah." . love test of . savagely cruel nature.
 The rivals hail down blows on one another's backs either with . whip or stick. the weapon having been agreed upon by them in advance. The one who beaAs up the longest under the punishment takes home the bride and receives the title of 'Achu-el- Ranat" t"Brother of the Daughteu"). Although these con- tests have been prohibited by the police, they continue to be held In secret.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
Planes Making Re9ular
 -Triue Over MAot Blaic

Washington. Sept. II CD-Resular passenger flights over Neat Blanc. Europs's highest mountain. are now being made by airplspes of . French company, H. H. Kelly. United States trade commissioner at Paris, in forms the departmsnt of commerce.
 The. Aights art made in . tYo- passenger cabin monoplane of 3s0 horsepower. For 2 ride lasting an hour and half at m average slti- tude of 14,0o0 feet, the fare is about eis. For ave-mihuts trips over leaser peaks the fare is 4S.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
STUDENTS SET EXAMPLE

Columbina, Mo, Sept 21 (uP)- A student mouth critic said in . school publication here that neck ing on the screen was terrible. The actors could have learned much from the technique of the audi ence."
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21
Egyptian Swains Must
 Stand Rough Treatment

Khartoum. Egypt. Sept. e1 LA--A quaintly wild custom for the cap- ture of young maids hearts has sur- vived in the Sudan down to the
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21

Mrs. Everett Hine and infant ron of Frederick street returned home yesterday from the Hartford hos pitai.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21

Mrs Brown and son, Leroy. of Frederick street have returned from visit with relatives in Colchester.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21

Clarence Nordstrom, son of Mrs. Matilda Nordstrom of Robbins ave- nue, left this week to commence his senior year at Wesleyan.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21

Sten Flygt. son of MT. and Mrs. Flygt of Walnut street entered the freshman class at Wesleyan this week.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-21

ter of Mr and Mrs. J. H. Latham of Theodore street, resumed her stud ies at Sea Pines. on Cape Cod this week.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

Looking across the Plaza del
Congresso in Buenos Aires. A
great bronze condor ornaments
the ballustrade in the fore
ground.
Evening star., 1928-11-24
SIX SHIPPING BOARD
VESSELS ARE SOLD
Three Acquired for South Atlantic
British Trade, Others Go to
Gulf and Pacific.

BY the Associated Press
The Shipping Board yesterday placed
six of its steamships in the hands of
American private merchant marine op-
orators.
Three of the vessels were sold to r.
d. M. Stracham of Savannah, Ca. for
use in the South Atlantic United King
dom and northern European trade and
three others went to Gulf and Pacific
Coast interests.
The sale brought $293,6I4, but it was
stipulated by the board that the pur-
chaSerS invest more than $500 900 for
Improvements on the vessels before they
are placed in service.
The steel refrigerator cargo ships
Ice King and MuScatine and the steel
cargo vessel Eastern Sword, which were
purchased by Stracham for $53,214, have
been tied up in New York for several
years. They will operate out of Tampa
and Jacksonville Fla; Savannah, Ga.
and Charleston, S. c.. and Wilmington.
N. c., to London and other European
ports. and will be used primarily for
the transportation of perishable fruit
from Florida, although they also will
carry cotton, grain and general cargo.
The State Shipping Co. of Portland,
Greg, which recently acquired the
Oregon Oriental Line, bought the cargo
vessel West Hartland for Si20. 400 cash
and the cargo vessel West Harts for
$4,000 on terms. These ships, which
are now tied up on the West coast. viii
be included in the Oregon Oriental
Line feet.
The steel cargo vessel Mashito. tied
up at Orange, Tex, was purchased by
Lykes Bros. & Co. for S25 900 cash
The ship will be placed in the Gulf
West Indian trade,
Evening star., 1928-11-24
u. S. GAIN AS POWER
IN BUSINESS IS TOLD
David Lawrence Sees Govern.
mental Agencies as Co-ordi-
mating Factor.

Ihe Federal Government as a CO.
orolnatlng factor between business and
ltS markets and sources of raw mate
rlals was described at the City Club
forum yesterday by David Lawrence.
washington newspaper man.
The Central Government by assum-
ing duties which the individual States
are incompetent or unwilling to handle
is gradually gaining power, Mr.. Law
renee declared, but this has resulted in
business men developing greater, rather
tnan less, faith in the governmental
agencies. particularly the Department
of Commerce.
The most significant trend in mod
ern business" the speaker said. sis a
1enoency toward greater efficiency with
less overhead expense and smaller
margins OF profit with a greater volume
OF production A competent govern
ment is able to greatly facilitate prop-
reSs toward these ends"
touching upon world peace. Mr.
Lawrence said the United States NAV
nave to demonstrate that it can buiId
2 Digger navy than any other nation
before any definite assurance of lasting
peace can be secured. Peace, however
ne SAID, Is OF increasingly greater i'm
portance to this Nation and must he
secured. -'-O'" VIC
Mr.. Lawrence praised President Cool
loge's Armistice day address as a timely
and frank statement of this countrv;s
position toward its neighbors.
ne predicted highly efficient govern
ment under Mr.. Hoover, expressing the
oellef that the President-elect will tske
70 the White House a non-partiSan n
mlnd and the methods of economic
sncIency he has so ably demonstrated
/ In the Department of Commerce
Evening star., 1928-11-24
HISTORY OF MAIL
SERVICE RELATED
R. S. Regar Tells Round
Table of Communication in
Time of Cyrus.

The first postal service recorded ir
history, although it was not known un-
der that name, was probably in the form
OF the messenger relay service founded
by Cyrus, King of Persia about the
year $50 BIC, Robert S. Regar, Third
Assistant Postmaster General, told the
washington Round Table at its lunch
con in the University Club yesterday.
The Romans, under Augustus also
had a fine system for conveying mes
sageS, while China in the year 1890
AID. had 100000 horses and men to
carry communications, or MAIL Mr..
Regar continued.
These and other interesting facts of
history were cited by the speaker as a
preliminary to tracing briefly the de-
velopment OF the postal service in this
country.
The American post Office was esta5-
lished about the time early settlers
came over to this country, although at
that time 1t probably was not more than
mere receptacle in a coffee house" 4"
Mr.. Regar said, adding that Benjamin
Franklin was really the father of the
American post Office"
He related how Franklin was deputy
postmaster general for the British, but
was dismissed after having been ac-
cused OF making public certain COM
munications written by persons telling
Of the rebellious American colonies.
In the early days it took six weeks
for letter to be carried from New
York to Boston, and deliveries were
made only twice month. Mr.. Regar
asserted Franklin, he added. estab-
lished weekly deliveries between New
York and Boston. Also in those DAYS
1t cost 20 cents to send one-page
letter from New York to Philadelphia,
he said
The speaker then pictured the strik-
ing contrast in the service of that time
as compared with that of the present
day, with 2-cent postage rates and a
person being able to send letter across
the continent by air mail in 90 hours.
The first stamp used for prepaid
postage was In 1847, he said, while last
year $4,000 100000 stamps were sold
One hundred million of the Valley
Forge 2-cent stamps have been sold, he
said.
He told of how the stamp containing
the picture of George Washington pray
ing at Valley Forge has been criticized
by many persons who claim Washing
ton did not pray.
Mr.. Regar also related unusual in.
quiries received by the Post Office De-
partment, naming one made by lady
who wanted to know 'if it would be ali
right to send kisses by mail" by ar
imprint which was to be made In the
envelope. She was informed, he con.
tinued. that she could send as MANY as
she wanted to, SO far as the Post Office
Department was concerned.
Evening star., 1928-11-24
GROUP HEAD
VISITS COOLIDGE
William Fortune, President
of American Society, Calls
at White House.

William Fortune of Indianapolis, who
it is announced today, has been elected
president Of the American Peace So
ciety, succeeding Senator-elect Theo-
dore E. Burton, called upon President
Coolidge at noon as the first oflcial
act upon taking Office.
Mr.. Fortune headed committee of
the board of directors of the American
Peace Society, which visited the White
House.
The American Peace Society. over
which Mr. Fortune begins admins
tration today, is just 100 years old this
year, and it antedates any other ma
tional organization with similar aims.
1t has headquarters in the Capital and
publishes the Advocate of Peace.
Worked With New.
The new president began his career
as newspaper reporter with Harry S.
New, now Postmaster General. In his
home State he has been a leader in
undertakings for public benefit and
extended his activities to organizations
with a national scope, notably the
American Red Cross and the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States.
Announcing the election of Mr.. For
tune, DR.. Arthur Deerin Call. for many
years secretary of the society, said:
THE American Peace Society en-
deavors to confine its energies to poll
icies of constructive and forward ma
ture. While the society does not be-
lieve in provocative armament, it does
not advocate that the Government of
the United States should disarm as an
example to the rest of the world.
Disarmament Views.
ut is working for disarmament on
an equitable and reasonable basis and
it believes that the Surest way to dis
armament is to begin by diSarming
policies. In its advocacy of the preser-
vation of our Government and our in
Stitutions it advocates adequate ma
tional defense.
These are times when the world
should make great strides forward for
perpetual peace. The American Peace
Society looks forward to renewed and
vigorous effort toward achieving this
purpose under its new president"
Evening star., 1928-11-24
50 NATIONS ACCEPT
PARLEY INVITATION
Fl Other Countries Yet to
Reply to Air Confer
enCe Here.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Thirty nations have responded to the
invitation of the American Government
to send delegates to the international
civil aeroEautics conference which will
be held here in December.
In announcing the group of coun-
tries today, the State Department dis
closed that 81 other nations have not
yet replied to the invitation. The con-
ference has been called to commence
rate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
first airplane flight of the Wright
brothers at Kitty Hawk, N. c.
The 80 countries which have named
delegations are Austria, Australia, Bel
gium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica
Cuba, CZechoSlovakia, Denmark, Fin
land, France. Germany, Great Britain
Guatemala, Hungary, Irish Free State
Italy, India, Mexico, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Panama, Persia, Po-
land, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
Venezuela.
A number of leading figures in the
aviation world have been selected as
delegates, including Otto Merkel, di-
rector of the DeutSche Lufthansa; Wing
Condr. j. L. Gordon, D. F. c., Ca
madam war pilot and director of Ca
madam civil government aercnautics
Brig. Gen. Lord Thomson, former Brit
iSh secretary of state for air, and Gen
ITALIA Balbo, italian undersecretary o1
state for aeronauticS.
Evening star., 1928-11-24
REPAIRS ORDERED
FOR WESTERN MARKET
$9,lOO Contract Marks Climax ~
Long Conflict for Pres.
ervation.

The District Commissioners at their
seml-weekly board meeting vesterd.r =
awarded a contract to Henry b Davis
70 70 put new roof on Western Market
The price to be paid is So, 100, '' ~ y
This action marked the climax ~ .
long night by citizens and dealers in the
market to save it from being closed
the District Commissioners had planned
70 aoanoon the market July l of this
year, and with that in view incb,daS
no items for its upkeep in the appro-
priation act for the current fiscal wear
When this became known, a storm of
protest arose among the dealers located
at the market and the citizens thew
served. So. effective was this nrotest
that the Commissioners successfulIv OH
tained appropriations for bringing the
market into first-claSs repair and con-
Clnulng its activities. The present con-
tract is one of a series to be let for
the repair of the various parts of the
market.
Evening star., 1928-11-24
CONGESTION GAINS
IN PATENT OFFICE
3,168 More Applications Re.
corded Than in Any
Previous Year.

Congestion at the Patent Office has
resulted this year from an increase of
3.168 applications for patents over that
of any previous year, Thomas E. Rob-
ertson, commissioner of patents, stated
today.
A total of 1881 applications we're
presented in the last fiscal year, Mr..
Robertson said, representing an increase
of 11.000 over the number for 1925,
the previous peak year.
Because of insufficient personnel to
handle the business, cases awaiting of
fetal action have risen to 1O6,575-the
largest number ever recorded, and an
increase of approximately $4,000 over
last year. Mr.. Robertson said
In contrast to the situation prevail
ing in the patent divisions of the serv-
ice, the report shows that the trade
mark and design divisions are able to
keep their work current, acting on new
cases within 80 days. The Patent Of
flee. he stated. is physically in better
shape than ever before, with adequate