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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-24
fierce FIGHTING
NOW IS GOING ON
Chinese Central Cont. Fate
Hangs in Balance

London. May - (UP)-A major
engagement that may 90 far to-
wards determining control OF the
Chinese central government. de-
veloped along a semi-circular front
below Peking today.
The forces of Chang Tso-Lir, the
monarch OF the Nanchurian prov
ince who has been in control OF the
Picking government, opposed the
thrush OF two southern armies.
One of the southern armies was
commanded by General Chang Kai
Shek while the other was under
command of General Feng Yu
Hsiang. the so-called "Christian
general" who long has sought re-
turn to the northern capital at
Picking.
Only the most meager OF news
reached London but there were tn
dications this struggle for control
was assuming great proportions.
Fighting was reported bitter and
heavy. The front extended around
from Nankou Pass, through Paot-
ing-Fu to Tsangchow. Especially
Picking Hankow river. which al
most evenly divides the new north
south front.
The two forces were variously es-
timated at between 40o.0 and
45o. 900 men.
There were indications that
Chang-who sought peace nnsuc-
cessfully-had sent out his armies
10 protect the northern country that
he had controlled. Previously he
a war council at Picking and this
present battle along the semi-cir
cnlar front may have been a result
of that war conference.
Generals Chang Kai Shek and
Feng Yu Hsiang have been driving
relentlessly on towards Picking for
several months. They swept through
the province Of Shantung recently
and overwhelmed the armies pro-
tecting that territory. The south
ern attack temporarily was halted
at Tsinan during an engagement
with the japanese during which the
nationalist losses were reported
great.
Since then the southern armies
have continued their steady ad-
vance northward. skirting about the
japanese occupied city OF Tsinan,
crossing the Yellow river and ad-
vancing 10 the present front.
There was no estimate today Of
the casualties and no reliable re-
ports OF the success of either the
northern or southern drive.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-24
LIST FOUR OUTRAGES

Managua. Nicaragua. May "a up
The intelligence department Of
Nueva sSegovia has listed four "out-
RACES against peaceful. defenseless
Nicaraguans. bent only upon earning
an honest living" and attributes
them to followers Of General Angus
tino SANDING.
Because her husband was suspect
ed Of giving information OF rebel ac-
tivities one woman was alleged to
have been whipped.
For undetermined reasons, three
Zelaya brothers were said TO have
suffered at the hands OF Pedro Al
tamirano. described as high rank
ing chieftain In the SANDING forces.
One had his ears cut off, another
was shot In the head and the third
was carried off In the jungle and his
fate not learned.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-24
TO Ely TO AUSTRALIA

Los Angeles. May - (UP)-An
attempt to span the distance between
California and Australia in three
flights will be started from Mills
Field. Oakland. Cal. on June ].
Captain Charles r. Kingsford- Smith
announced today.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-24
ENGINEER Is DEAD

Worcester. Mass. May "a opp
Harold W. Horne SIS. state division
engineer of the Metropolitan water
project, was found dead in the
woods near the Princeton road yes
terday. with bullet in his head.
Horne, who had been In i'll
health, committed suicide, In the
opinion OF Medical Examiner Fred
crick H. Baker. after an examina-
ton of the body. A revolver was
found a few feet away.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-05-24

While the population OF England
and Wales has more than doubled
in the past 90 days. the death rate
has been cut In half.
Evening star., 1928-10-22
Honor to a Great Man.

Thomas A. Edison received a medal
from the Nation on Saturday night, a
medal of gold struck by Congress, pre-
sented by the Secretary of the Treas
ury and accompanied by highly
eulogistic message from the President
of the United States. But one of the
remarkable things about this occasion is
that no one will regard it in the light
of a reward to Mr.. Edison, while the
recognition that it implies seems rela-
lively inadequate, despite the fact that
the ceremony was unique and rare in
the life OF a republic. The reason for
this is contained in the thought ex-
pressed by Mr.. Mellon. Mr. Edison, the
Secretary said, is one of the few men
in the history of the world who have
changed the course of the lives not only
of his eotemporaries but of succeeding
generations. BY his own hands this
venerable man of science has set him.
self on a pedestal and stands among
the immortals. Any effort to honor him
or to praise him falls short of the mark
in the light of his own accomplish
mentS.
Few individuals have changed the
course of the lives of men. Fewer still
have lived, as Mr.. Edison has lived, to
watch the effect of changes he wrought.
And the rewards that have come to
him lie in the circumstances that have
permitted him thus to take an active
part in pushing back the frontiers of
science, of blazing new trails and at
the same time to watch the world fol-
low his new paths and within the space
of few years forget that they are new.
One thinks of Edison as a worker Of
miracles. But there have been so many
cf these miracles that If he has not
been signalc>l out before for great
honors it is because he has suffered the
fate of being taken for granted. He IS
regarded more as symbol than as q
man. He says that the gold medal pre-
sented to him by his country viii be a
source Of pride and veneration to him
and to his family, and that it will be
preserved in his home among his
choicest possessions. But long after this
medal has been forgotten the name OF
Edison will live in the world as one OF
the few who have made. and not fol-
lowed, the course of destiny.
Evening star., 1928-10-22

times as much as the first computation,
is only two per cent of the lowest esti-
mate of the Armour fortune before the
war.
Without reference to Mr.. Armour's
misfortunes, which were, as stated, due
to causes in no wise rejecting upon his
integrity or his capacity, it may be
urged that this case illustrates the un-
certainty of wealth. This uncertainty,
however, is not with regard to stability
but to volume. 1t is probably impossible
to place an exact valuation upon any
estate in the million dollar class"
Such an estate usually consists of wide
range of holdings, investments in many
enterprises. securities of all kinds. stocks
and bonds of corporations, mortgages
and real estate itself. There is no fixed
value for any of these elements. An
appraisal of today may be materially
changed by an appraisal of tomorrow,
according as the market shifts. The
wider and more variegated the invest
ments and holdings the more difficult
becomes even approximate appraisal. In
the case Of real property, as compared
with personally. values are almost wholly
a matter of estimate and Judgment.
Mortgage notes, though fixed in terms,
may have their doubtful quality as to
assurance of liquidation and of suf-
f1ciency Of value behind them.
In every large estate appraisal such
as that just made in the case of the
Armour property there are numerous
references to securities that have no
value, or at best are of questionable
value. These are the bad investments
that are so common in the business
world. These are the "cats and dogs"
as they are known in brokerage terms.
for which there is no market and from
which no dividends are returned. They
represent mistakes of Judgment on the
part Of investors or perhaps gestures
of generosity in days of affluence. These
securities fill up the strong boxes,
melancholy souvenirs of wrong i'm
pulses, false calculations or moments of
weakness.
Evening star., 1928-10-22
Severity for Bandits
Urged as Preventive

From the Salina Journal.
Nothing could better illustrate the
point the Journal has consistently at
tempted to make in regard to bank
robbers, bandits and major thieves than
the incident of the shooting of farmer
at Parry Sound, Ontario.
Bandits must be dealt with severely.
They show no mercy to the innocent.
Why should mercy be shown to them
when guilty?
They have one big advantage under
the law. The law concerns itself only
with what they have done. But So
ciety must consider what they are likely
to do, and to this end must, at least,
use the law against them as far as it
will go.
In the Parry Sound, Ontario, case
these bandits, after looting a train, stole
an automobile and ran into a ditch.
They aroused a farmer in the middle of
the night. This farmer, supposing they
were tourists in trouble, went to con-
siderable inconvenience to help them.
He hitched up his team and went to
the place to get the car out of the
ditch. Some pursuers appeared at this
moment. The bandits killed the farmer.
He had done nothing. Uninten-
tionally, he was their friend. But what
does friendship, or kindly deed, or any
thing good amount to with a bandit?
Had no one appeared the farmers life
probably would have been spared be-
cause 1t would have been a waste of
time and nothing gained for the bandits
to have shot him. But he happened.
through some unfortunate circum-
stances, to get in their way and his
life was forfeited
That is the point that should be re-
membered. These bandits are mur.
derers at heart.
Evening star., 1928-10-22
Man Survives Shock
Of 5000 Horsepower

From the Morgantown wv. va) New Do
minion.
Talk about being shockedl Norman
Douglas Ellis of Toronto holds the rec
ord. He had an electric current shot
through him equivalent to 5000 horse
power. The interception of that cur
rent by Ellis body wrecked the power
plant he worked in, cut of the electric
supply of % towns and left the victim
suspended in mid-air one leg twisted
around a wooden ladder and one foot
welded to an iron pipe by the nails in
the sole. That foot and the mans face
were terribly burned. He was scalped.
Moreover, he was dead. There was no
doubt about 1t.
The hydroelectric men, however, as
is their usual practice, ignored the doc
tors verdict and worked over Ellis by
artificial respiration. A man is never
dead, they say, until rigor mortis-death
Sttf1neSs-sets in. In q few. hours he
was breathing. In a few days he was
conscious again, with a terrible head
ache. And he lived.
But that headache meant something.
His skull had been burned inside as
well as outside. Eventually necrosis of
the bone set in and all the skull except
the forehead had to be removed. The
doctors grated skin over the bare brain
and fitted over 1t rigid cap of green
Vakelite.
Ellis is probably the only man living
the only man who ever lived-with an
artificial skull. He wears a wig over
the bakelite. He is back on the Job
in the power plant again, doing a mans
work, as clipper as ever, and driving
his own car.
A wonderful triumph of science, this!
A demonstration, too, that for strange,
new perils created by mans new me-
chanical devices. man can find strange,
rev remedies. A wonderful demonstra-
tion. also, of how tough the human
system really is. The soft, delicate brain
stuff stands more than copper and iron.
Evening star., 1928-10-22

and shattered windows and other In
juries inflicted by recklessly operated
machines. But the fines should always,
II the law permits, be accompanied by
imprisonment terms In serious cases.
In short. the courts should make reck-
less driving and the damaging of prop
erty so costly in terms of fines and
imprisonment that the rule breakers
will moderate their speeds and acquire
a greater respect for the rules.
There is but little consolation to the
owner of smashed car in the refiec-
ton that the person who hit it and
inflicted damages upon it is languishing
in jail or is paying fine, so long as
he has no compensation for his own
losses. If the fine imposed were to take
the form Of a compensation for injuries,
there would be measure of justice
which would be highly appreciated by
a now helpless public. And If the i'm
position of such penalties were accom-
panied by forfeitures or suspensions of
driving licenses there would be good
riddance of bad rubbish in the streets.
Evening star., 1928-10-22
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today.

On 25-mile front the British have
been engaged along the western bank
OF the Scheldt River, winning ground
at many points, notably south of
Tournai and also southeast and before
Valenciennes. All these gains were
made in spite of increased German re-
sistance. In Northern Belgium
the forces under King Albert have
reached the Lys Canal on the whole
OF their front and have crossed it at
several points. French take ], 100
more prisoners in thrust on the Lys.
President Wilson consults Allied
Supreme War Council regarding Ger
many's note and delays his reply to
Berlin. Inhabitants of Rruges
credit the tone of the Presidents note
with having Influenced the Germans to
leave Bruges without destroying It's
works of art and other treasures.
Army officials in Washington think the
time is ripe for another stroke by
Marshal Foch. The shortening of the
allied line releases forces which could
back up an attack by Pershing's
forces One thousand two hun
dred and nineteen names on casualty
list today. One hundred and forty
killed in action, 207 dead from disease
and wounds, 735 wounded and lis miss
x{tR. fa.saf fsss t,s.s
Evening star., 1928-10-22
Fines and Damages.

A Police Court judge has just handled
a traffic case growing out of collision
between two vehicles in a manner to
afford a suggestion that may work for
wholesome reform in the streets. OF
the two drivers involved in the col
lision one was held to be blameworthy
and three separate offenses were
charged against him. The court i'm
posed fines amounting to $35 on these
three charges, but suspended them on
condition that the driver pay for the
damages to the other car. 1t does not
appear whether these damages totaled
a smaller or a larger sum than the
fines. 1t would be in order to suggest
that if the fines imposed in such case
were heavier than the damages the de-
tendant would be very apt to elect to
pay the latter rather than the former
So il might be in effect a means Of
establishing compulsory insurance
system to graduate the fines for traffic
offenses where the property of others
has been injured according to the
amount Of damages inflicted BY sc
doing the court would put premium
upon paying for smashed nders
twisted bumpers ant. bent axles. yackec
Evening star., 1928-10-22
Elevator Regulations.

The tragic death of Blackburn Ester
line of the Department Of Justice IN an
elevator shaft in that building points
again to the necessity Of rigid enforce
,nent Of the provisions of the District
Code which prohibit the construction
of an elevator door so that it can be
opened from outside of the shaft. Mr.
Esterline, at his desk until after dark
had fallen, rang the bell for the car to
descend from the fifth floor Of the
building. Evidently impatient to reach
the street level, he pushed back the ele-
vator door and peered down the shaft,
only to be struck and instantly killed
q few seconds later when the elevator
descended from above.
In sense the accident to Mr.. Ester
line was freak one, and except for the
fact that the car was descending at the
precise moment he looked into the
shaft, it would not have happened. The
point of the matter Is, however, that in
many buildings in the city, with anti
quated elevator equipment, or even with
some of the new apparatus. the regula-
tions governing the operation are en-
fonced with laxity, If at all. Doors fire.
quently are not tightly shut or the
latticelike arrangement to protect the
occupants inside the elevator is only
closed far enough to enable the car to
run.
An accident of the type which befell
Mr.. Esterline, If the regulations were
rigidly enforced, not only by the Dis
trict authorities, but by the operators
themselves, would be physically impos-
sible. Doors tightly shut or so con.
structed as to prevent them from being
opened from the outside, even if thu
latch did not click, would eliminate
completely the chance of future trag.
edies. The Esterline death should point
the way to reform in all buildings o.
the National Capital.
Evening star., 1928-10-22
Record of Motor Fatalities
Brings Demand for Remedies

1--WE are not cutting down the auto
death rate. Fatal accidents this year
show an increase of nearly per cent
over last year," states the Erie
Dispatch Herald, with the argument:
"Our national habit of refusing to face
unpleasant facts is having woeful re-
suits. The automobile Is magnificent
invention. 1t has widened our hori-
IONS, increased our freedom of move
ment, and dealt body blow to provin-
ciaiiSm. But, at the same time, the
automobile is an extremely deadly
weapon when put in the hands of the
incompetent, the careless or the selfish.
The increasing motorization of the
country calls for a number of things
1t calls for larger and more capable
traffic squads, uniform traffic laws and
signals. strict, countrywide drivers
license laws. sitter sentences for traffic
code violations. But, most of all, it
calls for new attitude on the part
of every individual driver in the coun-
try"
THE late Phineas T. Barnum said.
away back in the horse-and-bugg
age" recalls the Fort Worth Record
Telegram, that certain type of indi-
Vidual Is born at the rate of one a
minute. When the horse began to fade
from the picture. mass productionists
OF note adopted the Barnum figures for
the speed of their supply. Now we have
highway statistics which appear to be
making prodigious efforts to reach a
one-a-minute class. During the past
year there was one person either killed
or injured every % minutes on the
streets and highways of the Nation
Such figures as are available for 1928
indicate that the rate has Speeded UP
to one every 90 ninutes-maybe less.
By 1888 We will be keeping step with
the procession and reach rate Of one
a minute"
"Yet we go calmly about our driving"
exclaims the Waterloo Tribune, "realiz-
ing the probability Of accidents of a
fatal nature, but taking our chances.
1t might be supposed that the record
would have influence on us. But It
doesn't. Statistics are read bv most Of
us. Too bad we admit Then step
on the gas. 1t is just like the fire
hazard. Once year--one week year
we have statistics showing how dan
gerous to life and property fire is. We
remark on the danger and then forget
about it. Eight thousand people are
marked for death in automobile acci-
tcIttS uuIItlS tllTC6 DlOIlIlS.
Any one Of us may be included in the
list Yet We give the possibility no
thourht''
Taking up the question Of grade
crossings. the Columbus Evening Dis
patch states that while these acci-
dents constitute only a small part of
the annual automobile toll 1t seems
strange that, in view of the spectac-
ular nature Of the menace. more has
not been done to eliminate them. Most
crossings on main highways" con-
tinues the Dispatch. have warning
signals consisting. usually. Of flashing
lights or ringing bells, vet the killings
go on, indicating no small degree of
blame on the part Of drivers.
Nearlv every grade-crossing accident.
Investigations show, could have been
prevented at the cost only Of a few
moments spent in approaching eau
tiously and stopping"
Evening star., 1928-10-22
Big Fortunes.

When little over a year ago ]. Og-
den Armour, once one of the richest
men in America, died in London the
fact was noted that he had suffered an
almost overwhelming reversal of for
tune, and that he had died compara-
lively penniless. His wealth had been
computed at from $100, 0,00o, 900 to $l75,-
100000, but owing to misfortunes which
were not due to his own fault, and in
consequence Of his efforts to redeem for
others losses involved in the failure of
some of his enterprises. chiefly in conse-
quence of the war, it was figured that
his estate would net only about 5000, 900.
This, in contrast to what he had owned
in his days of prosperity, was mere
pittance. Now it is stated that as a re-
suit of a thorough inventory of the es-
tate. which has just been approved by a
probate court in Chicago. the net value
is placed at $4,000. 900. which. while ten
Evening star., 1928-10-22
The Culnrit.

From the Baltimore Evening SUM-
With head bowed down and detected
eye he sits waiting for the inevitable
exposure. He had tried, tried so hard to
do the right thing. But there is some
thing lacking in his character. He feels
that the situation in which he finds
himself Is due to an innate weakness.
Rapidly there pass in his mind recol-
lections Of his childhood. youth and
early manhood, and now in each period
that weakness has brought upon him
some distressing circumstances.
He recalls things he has read about
the brain. How this lobe reflects one
quality and that lobe another. Perhaps
there Is where the trouble lies. An un-
developed lobe. Should he plead insan-
ity?
His wife. She had warned him so
often of his weakness and how he should
guard against it. Ought he TO tell her?
Or should he leave her to discover it
for herself? The telephone stands at
his elbow. He reflects that a toll charge
costs 10 cents. No use making matters
worse.
Suddenly his hand goes to his pocket
and he feels there the telltale evidence.
If he could only put 1t back before the
loss is discoveredl But 1t Is too late.
They will have found out by now. He
shudders and a pang of shame and re-
morse clutches his heart. He slumpS
down in his seat and gazes at the wall.
His children, what will they think of
him when the awful truth is out, when
Mother breaks the news to them? And
she, will she forgive? Forgive perhaps,
but not forget.
The telephone rings. He starts, then
covers. Bracing himself and with
trembling hand he removes the receiver
and lifts 1t to his ear. "Hello!" A
sharp, staccato note. His wife. She
knows.
Has he robbed bank, pilfered Jew
nia9 No, only forsetfulness. He has
gone to the office MA the keys of the
motor car In his POCKET.
Evening star., 1928-10-22
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

A business friend of mine came into
my library this Summer and found me
immersed in the preparation of
book.
Whats the subject?" he asked.
/ told him that one of the major
sections of the book dealt with a study
of where this machine civilization of
ours Is going.
Well" he said, you literary fellows
can go ahead worrying about where
machine civilization is headed, but
business in it,"
There was hint in his tone that a
concern with the underlying tendencies
of our machine civilization and a con-
Germ with day-to-day business In our
machine civilization are two distinct
jobs that may well be farmed out to
two distinct men-the first to the social
observer, the second to the business
man.
l want. in the name of good business,
to dispute that contention.
Where is this machine civilization of
ours going?
Thrust abruptly into the after-dinner
discussion of the average board of direc-
tors, this question might run the risk
Of being dismissed as an interesting
but impractical speculation that might
we'll be lkL to the clustered professor
and the occasional high-brow business
man who prefers sociology to golf.
1t may well be, however, that finding
an accurate answer to this question will
prove to be of greater practical impor-
tance to the American business man
than determining the trend of produc-
ton costs or devising the techniques of
advertising campaigns.
Great businesses are not built in
vacuums: they grow fat or frail ac-
cording to the thinness or fertility of
the social soil in which they are planted.
The. great paradox of modern busi-
ness is this: Modern business is both
making and being made by the kind of
civilization in which it is being car
ried on.
The business man is at one and the
same time profit-maker and civiliza-
ton maker.
In both capacities he must under
stand his civilization, unless he wants
to run the risk of becoming an unwit-
ting contributor both to a bad busi-
ness and bad civilization. Our ma
chine civilization is the current in which
our machine industries are floating.
Men may organize very happy and
efficient group on board ship, and it
may all go on the rocks if the current
is leading that way. A bad current can
wreck a good ship.
(copSright, Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate. }