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New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
TEN FIREnEN HURT AS FIRE. DESTROYS
 LEDAlLY'S HOME
Undergraduate ors,a pl,n Bs'
 atsd Bidol to kasp Up Hil Csnt1lJ Record
DAMAGE 10 PRINTING
 COMPANY ABOUT $9Qo,ooo

Walls q slAs Budding Collapses-
 Other ssaess From Expossso-
 Thrco Adjaceat s6uctuFes Par
 aally wrccked-Airaculoas Ez-
 cape Fton Death Recalled.
 New Haven. Jan. s N-Tsn fire- men wers injured. six seriously enough to require hospital treatment in a fire which gutted the two and half story brick building housing the printing plant of the Van Dyck Printing Company here at 5 o'clock this morning. The blaxs destroyed tho Van Dyck building where the Yale News h publlshed and caused extensive damage to several struc- lures.
 Collapse of one of the walls of the building injured nine of the men while one suffered from expo sure.
 Those injured were:
 Captain Eugene J. Mulligan, truck company l. right leg broken at tho ankle. Removed to his home after cast applied at New Haven hospital.
 Captain c. W. Jackson. engine company 12. bruised about shoul- derA
 William Cleary. hoseman. at Grace hospital with oossibls fracture of knee-cap.
 James J. McKeon. hoseman. pos sible fracture of right elbow. at Grace hospital. Clifford Barrows. hoseman. lacera. tions and bruises, returned to duty.
 Cyril Charboneau, hossman, seri- ously abrasions hips and legs, Grace hospital.
 Joseph Quinn. back injuries, re- turned to duty. James McGill. hoseman. exposurs chest and arms from cold and water. Grace hospital. Hugh Dacey, laddsrman and Har- old Porter. tillerman. bruises and abrasions about body, treated and returned to duty. Only one wall of the two and . half brick structure housing the Van Dyck Printing establishment was left standing after every fire company in tho city had fought the stubborn blaze for nearly three hours.
 Three adjoining buildings were partially damaged by fro and water.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
SIX MEN ARRESTED IN MEXICAN PLOT Arms Said to Be Smus6lM From
 United States
 REVOLUTION ATTEMPT FAILS Attempt to Overthrow Govcsnnnenea h Qucroatro and Guanajuto Re- ported Uncovcrcd-Allcgod Con- sptratoEs Seized.
REVOLUTION ATTEMpT FAILS

Mexico City. Jan. : N-A revolu- tionary plot in the states of Querea- tro and Guanajuato. for which arms were said to have been smugsled from the United States, has been discovered. Six alleged ringleaders were arrested and cited to the at- torney general for trial.
 Tho attempt at revolution was to have been made January l in Quer. eatro and 0uanajuato in combina- ton with rebel groups operating b the state Of Jalisee. Dosaansnes bieased Juan DeagArdo Lxha. cas of thuss arrested, charssd, sccerdine to the government. that the conspiracy was directed by Alfred Robles Domin- gues at present in exile in the Unit. ed States.
 The arrests were made by Jose Mascorro. head of the Mexican se- cret service. and . group of opera. tives who went to Gueretaro. There they captured Andrea's Guerrero Navarro. Gregorio Leon Torres, Jose Arreguin Rodriguez Tranquilino Iaasques Rodriguex and Luna, ell of whom pleaded guilty.
 At Ciudad Juares on the United States border. Ricardo Rangel was captured. He was engaged in snug giing arms and ammunition furnish ed by parties unknown to the gov. ernment in the United States. Those arrested declared that they had been engaged for several months in various towns in Quere- taro and Guanajuato in recruiting men for the uprising and were awaiting the arrival of arms and ammunition.
 Afoee Arrests Due More arrests are expected. The police have been furnished with the names of individuals implicated in the conspiracy.
 Mascorro said the movement had been completely crushed with the capture of the principal ringleaders. The military commandants of Quere- tero. Guanajuato and Jalisco have taken measures to prevent disorder in accordance with details of the plot as furnished them by the police.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
Tl4 Nahvdt Gik GulB & iM Rorc6 SpsPasoa
 Of Diving 0pa,dss
AIR:PURFYlNG LIE
 NOT ON lIrPkfED SHIP
lnvostigAt0Fs Study Coarse OR Psov- incet0Wn-Atteuapt 10 Vlsua1ise Befnre Piaciysg Blane of Accident On Any Individual or Gsoap of lndysau.,s.

Washington. Jan. s N1The three men taken out of the submarine s. have been identified by finger print experts of the bureau of navi- sation as Lieut.. Commander R. K. Jones. Lieut.. Joseph Mckinley and Chief MachinistS Mate Aaron Albert Hodges.
 Jones, the commander of the ves- eel. lived 1t Halethorpe, Maryland. but his parents live at Hennessey. Okla.
 McGinley's home WAS in Norris town. Pa, and Hodges lived at Riv- erside. Cal.
 The navy department has sent of- hcial death notices to the next of kin of each.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
LINDBERGH HOPS M FOR MANAGUA AT II:36
Hero Ace Flying on Fifth v Lap of Central Ameri-
 can Tour

Tegucigalpa. Jan. s R1-Col. Chaa. A Lindbergh hoped on from Tegu- cigalpa to Managua Nicaragua at 11:36, a. m.. central standard time.
 The hopon marked the beginning of the fifth lap of Col. Lindbergh's . tour of Central America, carrying him into troubled Nicaragua where rebels have clashed with American marines.
 The projected route of Col. Lind berGh was planned to carry him lirst south to Leon and then southwest to Managua. taking him from 20 to 30 miles away from the scene of the Nicaragua disorders near the Hon. duran boundary line in the state of Bueva Sesovia.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05

Boston, Jan. : ONeThe navy's in- vestigation of the S-4 disaster. which opened yesterday 1t Boston navy yard. was resumed at . o'clock this morning. Lieut.. Frank L. Worden. commander of the submarine S-s. sister ship of the s-4 who was ex- amined at length yesterday aa to the construction and operation of g-type vessels, continued his testimony.
 Studying the probable positions of tho submarine and the coast guard destroyer Paulding. which rammed and sank the S-4 of Provincetown Dec. 1T. Lieut.. Worden said 1t was indicated that one of the buoys marking the measured mile course
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New Britain herald., 1928-01-05

Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Jan. 5 Oe -Hondurans regretted today that ''the marvel child" had to leave them.
 To the people. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh has become "El nino pro- digio" (the marvel chiid) and his
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
Weather Stops Diving

Provincetown, Mass, Jan. s N- A <6-mile northwest wind kicked up the sea and forced the salvage fleet at the scene of the sub- marine s. disaster to suspend all diving operations for today. Weather indications were that the diving could not be resumed until late to- morrow or Saturday.
 The unfavorable weather set in early last night, soon after the bod les of three of the S-4s crew were recovered by divers. Plans were mado to begin the operations today at daylight and the salvage fleet re- mained at anchor during the night near the scene of the disaster. Div ers working in relays of three. two inside the submarine and the third remaining outside to assist them. were to have been sent down If the weather permets,. -
 At daylight However. offieess on the Falcon. flagship of the salvage fleet, decided that weather condi- tons rendered further operations impossible for today and tho fleet steamed into Provincetown harbor and anchored.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
FEELING THE PULSE or BUSINESS.

fhan one sense) every business, large or
small, and every individual. directly or
indirectly. Every one knows, in a gen.
cral way. that taxes are hieh-much
higher than before the war. Few real
'ze, however, that the total taxes levied
in 1927 amounted to nearly 5000 for
each person gainfully employed in the
United States. The estimate of COM
petent exparts is that one-eighth Of the
yearly incdaDe of all our people is de-
voted to paving taxes. State and local
/ taxes have doubled Federal eXpendi-
lures again are increasing. The national
debt, largely incurred for war purposes.
is nearly $4,000 100000.
Only comparatively few years ago
q manufacturer of national prominence
called attention to the fact that his
business paid % kinds Of taxes, excuses.
licenses and the like. Every time ..le
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Brought in Close Contact.
The Story the Week Has Told

Manchurian question. told Marshal
Chang Hsueh-Liang super-tuchun of
M5nchuria. the other day that Toxic
would act sternly 10 protect her inter-
ests should he strike agreement with
Marking providing for the hosting Of
The Nationalist FLAG at Mukten and the
transfer TO Marking Of control of the
foreign relations of Manchuria, Rumor
adds that Chang replied that popular
opinion was forcing him 10 such step.
and that ne hoped Japan would not
by acting high handedly, challcngo
world sentiment
1t would seem that the "Manchurian
Peace Preservation Commission" body
which represents the federal union Of
the three provinces of Manchuria, has
been urgent with Chang to defy Japan.
On the other hand, a report asserts
that the japanese premier has declared
that Japan will not necessarily oppose
an agreement between Marking and
Muk6en, provided. Japan's rights and
interests in Manchuria are not endan-
gered. protection Of these being the only
point"
No Change Seen.
The present indication is that Chang
Hsueh-Liang has decided to make no
change, for the present at least. IN tho
relations between Manchuria and the
Marking government Such decision
may have been due quite as much to
doubt Of the stability of the Nation
alist government as to pressure from
Toxic
The readers will note that ! am OBJ
serving extreme caution in discussion
Of developments in regard to the Man
churian question. The japanese govern
ment is in curiously embarrassing sit
uation respecting that question; a Situ-
alton calling for wisdom above Solo
mons.
Representatives of the British and
Chinese Nationalist governments have
signed agreement providing for a settle
ment regarding the Marking incident
of March. 1927. which follows the
lines of the Sino-American settlement
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regarding the same incident included
last year At the same time the
British representative pledged his gov
eminent to enter into negotiations with
TIE Marking government with view
10 treaty revision. Rulnor has 1t that
he Marking government is about IN
cOtain a credit of approximately the
equivalent of 100000 in London.
Denied Guilt.
1t will be recalled that the Marking
government disavowed guilt in respect
Of The outrages Of March. 1927, but
agreed TO pay the damages TO Ameri-
cans that might be found by mixed
commission
The secretariat of the League of Ma
tions has in effect recognized the Ma
tionalist government of China in signi-
flying acceptance of the appointment
by the latter of Alfred SIC, Chinese
Minister at Washington, to head the
Chinese delegation TO the September
meeting of the League Assembly.
History repeats itself. Nationalist
troops out of hand have been rifling
the tombs Of the Manchu dynasty near
Peking violating the collins. stealing
the pearls. the Jade and the gold orna-
'ncnts therein.
IN a period Of similar disorder in the
third century A. D. the Han tombs
wee violated a fact lamented by
Chang Tsai in a famous poem When. -
sings Chang, the dynasty was falling
tumut and disorder arose. thieves and
robbers roamed like wild beasts. They
have gone into vaults and opened the
secret doors; jeweled scabbards were
twisted and defaced: the stones that
were set in them. thieves have carried
away" etc, etc.
The reader is reminded that our re-
Gently concluded treaty with China af-
fects only the tariff provisions of the
Sno-American treaty of 1908, the
term Of which treaty is 1894.
propose 10 wait for little more
illumination upon the new develop
ments involving inner Mongolia and
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own or work for busineSs--bg and
little.
The fact is that the business fluctua-
tons caused by wise or unwlse legtsla-
ton are even more important to small
business enterprises to the millions of
men and women who work for salaries
or wages. and to the millions Of farm
ers who must find in the cities mar
ket for the products Of the soil. than To
the big industrial corporations with
vast resources and ample reserves Tor
time OF stress.
Brought in Close Contact.
None of these elements in our ma
tional life can afford to be indiff srent
to the affairs of Government, because
every one of them is brought into con-
tact with government either of city,
county, State or Nation.
Taxes, for example, touch lin more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
Cork Will Restore
Manager for City

Cork City is to have It's civic govern
ment restored, with lord mayor and
corporation, suspended for the last few
years, during which the city has been
ruled by government offlciai The
new corporation viii be very unlike the
old II will consist Of Is members in
stead of Al and IL will work through q
city manager, The managers powers
viii be large He can make contracts
prepare the annual estimates and re-
move officials even the town clerk, The
present government commissioner will
De the FIRST manager This Is Ireland's
first experiment In running a city with
q manager acting In conjunction with
an elected body. The plan In said In
have worked successfully In several
American cities as well as In Germany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

the mornings with me occasions
great damage to my work, as
well by his impure French as
the length Of his details"
have always remembered
business call on Admiral Samuel
MCGOWAN. who had charge of all
the purchases fer the Navy dur.
ing the war. There was one
chair in his office, and in that
chair he sat. Those who came
to sell him goods stood up or, IL
the matter involved more ex-
tended negotiation. the admiral
ranu for an attendant, who
brought in q chair and removed
II promptly when the business
was done,
Most OF us, BEING sellers, can.
not operate that way, and we
should not care to IL we could,
for life is more than business.
But sometimes wonder how
much progress would be made II
we let each other alone in the
mornings, contning our visits to
the afternoons. Or IL one week
a month were National Stay at
Home week. when everybody
just sat tight.
II 10 the untimsliness OF visits
that slow up the wheels and
1lves good men high blood pres
sure. Job had "A succession Of
troubles. His crops were de
stroyed, his wife was a fool, his
house burned down, and he
broke out with boiis, But worst
of al were the three anuu via
itors who came to comfort him
when the only comfort he needed
was to be left alone. They were
the final straw.
tann
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

~ HIS is a campaign year"
The American citizen. charged
with the duty Of selecting a
4 President and other public Of
fcisls to guide the Nations des-
TIMES for another four years. will hear
much of business as paramount
issue in the fervid phrases Of the po-
htical hustings.
To deny that business has an in
terest in politics would be more than
foolish ii would be false, Business is
always interested in politics-not that
Il may loot. but that it may live' And
the kind Of business that is interested
in politics is--every kind
Business is interested in poltics-oig
business and little business! So are all
the millions of our people who either
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

Bridge, England, the United States
track and field team beat the British
commonwealth of nations team. vim
ming 4 out OF Ia events.
Our team won the i00-yard relay ths
l-mile relay. the 4s0-yard shuttle hurdle
on grass. the Shotput, the high Jump.
the pole vault, the broad Jump and
the hammer throw.
The British team won the four -mile
relay, the two~mile relay, the Steepie
chase relay, the three~mile team race
the iavelin throw and the medley
mile relay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
BRITISH EMPIRE LEADS
IN TRADE WITH THE i. S.
Opportunities in Philippines Revealed.
How Commercial Currents Run
10 Other Countries.

Note. THIS article IS the second
b. NJ. Scott 0ts'iHsr5 the foreign
trade conditions ar 2hc Jnttnd
States Recently Kf, Scott dts
caSSe6 foreign trUSs ~ us general
aspect This o't'cts takes Rp ~
oiU;6tol phases q American oUer-
secs trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
BIZ WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT.

- MPHASTS laid by Gov. Gen.
Simpson on the economic de-
velopnent Of the Philippines as
L. The keynote Of his policy draws
attention C the extent Of trade
between the United States and the is
lands as we'll rs with cur territorial pos
sessions. The total for 1927 was no less
than s64s 906 $50. divided as follows
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S688.oO6,550

When the size Of the Philippines is
considered in relation to the areas CT
the other places excepting Alaska the
economic possibilities Of the islands be-
come apparent and indicate why Gov.
Gen. Stinsou advises the Filipnos 10
concentrate upon industry. The ratings
come in this order.
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think ! shall ever retire
from business ia because
- don't want TO become
visitor.
y II
The visitor is the IoveIiest fel.
low in the world when you meet
him on the golf links or at home,
but his advent into the office is
like a plague OF t7-year locusts.
He lust happened to be in
tho neiahborhood" and thought
he would drop in. He hasn't
seen you for lond time and
just wondered how you were
getting along" SO he sits and
talks while you fidaet in your
chair and try not to look at the
pile Of unfinished work on your
desk.
The biographies Of hard work
era are full of sad compliant
about him. Robert Boyle printed
an advertisement in the news
papers at the suggestion OF his
physician, desiring "to be ex-
eused from receiving visits
tunless upon occasions very ex-
traordinary) two days in the
week, namely. on the forenoons
OF tuesdays and Fridays (both
foreign post days. and on Wed.
nesdays and Saturdays in the
afternoons, that he may have
some time, both TO recruit his
spirits, to arrange his papers and
to take some care of his affairs
in ireland, which are very much
dlsorelered."
Montesauieu, when engaged on
his masterpiece. wrote TO
friend. "The favor which your
friend, Mr., Hsin, does me TO pass
trcpvrI
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company paid out 500 in wages it paid
more than sl3 in taxes.
It is the duty, therefore, of business.
as we'll as of individuals, to be interested
In politics" and, above all. to inquire
into the necessity and efficiency of Gov
eminent activities, from the building
of county roads to the building of battle
cruisers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

IN other words, ne sold the empire
ASA 134 743 more goods than We
bought, giving III favorable balance
IF trade of the 10 divisions Of the
empire listed ne sold more y than
Ne bought from ~ q them-Cahada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

Inasmuch as a large part Of Alaska
Is too trigld for agricultural develop
r1ent and has limited resources IN other
WAYS its area loses significance. In the
Philippines. on the other hand, enough
unused agricultural land remains TO
lift its trade far above the present total
for all the territories cited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
Grave Problem Of the Day.

Probably the greatest and gravest
problem which today confronts the ma
tons of the world is a distinctly bust
fully and profitably employed England
China. France. Italy, India. GERMANY
all have that problem We have such
problem. though much less acute. in
our agricultural areas, in the textile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

! Great Britain. Australia, British
/ Africa. New Zealand, British West In
1 dies, KoneEong. Irish Free State, Ber-
nluca, British Guiana. Oceania, Gibral-
! tar. Malta. while We bought more from
than We sold to of thenl-Britisn
Maleys. India. Ceylon, Newfoundland
British Honduras and Alden.
Incidentally the British Empire COM
pr3Ses 13,ST0,S26 miles, or almost one
fourth Of the land area Of the world
and its population is 447.366. 967. or
almost onefourth Of the population OF
the world, Moreover. countries over
which this empire has a mandate. such
as tyaQ and Palestine. and in which it
has q predominant influence such as
Egypt, must be considered in COM
putting The value Of British trade.
Another way 81 illustrating the large
par. British Empire trade PLAYS in the
commerce Of the United States is the
following comparison:
Totel United States exports. 30. St.set sos, rs
TO British Empire 49,. 50 089. 97s 90
ManifeStly almost half Of all the
goods we sold last year was sold to the
British Empire.
Total United States imports t4.l8A37s1s9
More than one-thrd Of all the goods
Nc bought abroad last year was pur-
chased from the British Empire The
largest single item in our sales 70 the
empire was cotton and the largest item
in our purchases from the empire was
rubber. Malaga ana Ceylon sold us
1894 436.0o9 worth Of rubber and the
British Empire bought in excess of
$3.50 100000 worth Of our cotton. But
virtually every other commodity in for
eign ccr1merce is exchanged by the two
countries. India sold US $4,000 900
worth Of burlaps. Canada sold us
$50 100000 worth of paper, or paper
base stocks. in which $4,000. 900 worth
was for our daily and weekly newSpa-
pers, We bought s2s. 100000 worth Of
wool, hides and skins in Australia and
New Zealand Malaya sold us S640oo,-
ono worth Of tin, And so on through
the list Of empire units.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
BY HENRY W. BUM,

- HE following is a brief summary
1 Of ths mcst important news OF
l the world for the seven days
1 ended August 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

What pert the British Empire PLAYS
10 the foreign commerce Ct the United
States Is shown IN The following table
q the constituent members % the en-
pire. the figures including both exports
and imports from and into the United
States u 1927:
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Canada Gees Ahead

naother country IN volume Of trade
with the United States Great Britain.
however. still holds by slight margin
the rating Of best customer 81 the
United states. because Britain bought
$40 .OSe 09s worth II goods from rs
last wear against Canada's purchases
Of $685. ,S7s 0s0
our trade with the empire was d.
y;ded as follows
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During the 30 years Of American
control Of the Philippines the greater
stability and other improvements have
resulted in nearly doubling the popula-
ton. immigration also being factor
Nevertheless. though the Filipinos have
marvellous natural resources. thousands
Of natives nov emigYate 10 the United
states. HawsD or elsewhere. Mere IN
tenglve development q the islands as
Coy Ger. Stin1son proposes should tend
70 provide opportunities 70 keep them
Fl hnn1e