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SENATOR CURTIS DAUGHTERS
HAVE FRIENDLY BEAUTY TEST

Written exclusively for The Star and the
North American Newspaper Alliance.
TOPEKA, Kans, October 1.-TWO
handsome women are among the
staunchest followers of Senator Charles
Curtis, Republican nominee for Vice
President, and they happen to be the
Senator's daughters
This Is by way of introducing Mrs.
Permelia George of Fort sill, OKLA, and
Mrs. Leona Knight Of Providence, r. l.,
about whom, in Topeka, friendly con-
troversy has been in progress for some
time.
which is the more beautiful--Per
melia or Leona?"
That is the argument, and it never
has been decided. Senator Curtis has a
pardonable little smile of pride when
ever the debate comes up.
Mrs. Knight was a member of the
Rhode Island delegation to the national
convention, and when she arose to sec
ond the nomination OF her father there
was a stir.
"a beautiful woman" the delegates
voted.
Close Race for Prize.
Mrs. Georges partisanS. and there are
many here in Topeka, are equally en-
phatic in their views. Apparently, it's a
nip-and-tuck race for the family beauty
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one Republican. An overwhelming ma
jority of these Democrats are enthu-
siaStically behind Gov. Smith.
Mr. Kennedy's association with the
faction that from all surface appear
anceS was trying hard to demorallze
the Democratic organization in Balti-
more did not appeal to his followers IN
this ward. When the advisory COM
mtttee moved to Quash the rebellion IN
its own ranks 1t selected Mr.. Kennedy
to be vice chairman of the city cam
paign committee because they knew he
would be safe"
He is now the active head of the cam
paign in the city and has been putting
on campaign for more than week
not exceeded for its efficiency at any
previous time
Gilbert A. Daley, another leader with
the anti-Ritchie faction, also has
thrown in his lot with the Smith cam
paign group until after the November
election. William I. Norris Is still an
other member of this faction who has
decided to forget factional differences
until after election day,
Howard w Jackson, leader Of the
group, to all appearances also is going
along. but he lacks enthusiasm. Al
though he processes to be with the
party heartily he was unable or I'M
willing to control Mortimer w. West
treasurer of the city committee. when
the latter made an outburSt over the
moving of the city headquarters from
one to another floor of local hotel.
But Mr.. Jackson has only personal
following. He controls no wards. AS
long as he does not openly bolt the
ticket he can do little harm. Mr.
Vests influence is negligible and
Charles E. Bichy, the titular city chair
man. can control only two or three
precincts.
The elimination of this discord in
the party in Baltimore is important be-
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vote to Hoover doubtless has been
helped greatly by an unequivocal an
nouncement for Hoover by State Sena-
tor Max G. Leslie. who controls the
very wet strip" district of the city.
Decided OBJECTIONS in some sections of
the city are expected however.
The Republican campaign probably
is at its weakest in Luzerne County,
one of the principal coal counties, which
contains the cities of Wilkes Barre,
Hazleton, Nanticoke and Pittston. In
those cities the Republican lead has
been whitfield down to a 5-to-4 lead in
registration, indicating tremendous
Democratic gains The four cities
combined show less than 5000 Repub-
lican lead and Nanticoke and Pittston
actually show Democratic majorities in
registration. With large wet. foreign,
Catholic vote in populous sections of
the county outside the cities, the result
remains doubtful
The Luzerne situation is largely du-
plicated in other anthracite counties.
WALTER D. ROOS.
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MARYLAND DEMOCRATS BETTER
POSITION BY BRIDGING RIFFS
Smith Holds Advantage Fol-
lowing Peace Within
Ranks of Party.
Registration Shows Huge
Gain-31, 605 Women on
List in Baltimore.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. October l3.-Demo-
cratic prospects in Maryland during the
last week have continued to improve
until 1t now can be said that Gov
Alfred E. Smith holds a slight ad-
vantage In the State. That is the way
things appear on the surface and none
can gauge what has been called sleep
ing sentiment"
The most notable improvement in the
situation from a Democratic viewpoint
is in Baltimore, where factional differ
ences threatened for time to disrupt
the party organization. The bitterness
is not yet all gone, even temporarily, but
the sting has been taken out of it for
this campaign.
Every leader in the minority faction,
that was apparently seeking to disrupt
the campaign because of hostility to
Gov Ritchie, who had any considerable
bloc of votes to deliver is working
squarely and hard for the Smith-Rob-
inSon-Bruce ticket.
Kennedy Given Post.
State Senator Ambrose Kennedy prob
ably was the bulwark of strength In the
Jackson Bichy Norris faction. He is the
leader of the tenth ward, which has a
Democratic afflliation of four to every
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Four youngsters call Senator Curtis
grandpa" Mrs. George has two chill
dren, daughter, Arm, nine years DID,
and Charles Curtis George s.
Charles. 8, and Constance, 5. are the
children of Mrs. Knight
When 10000 people gathered to see
Senator Curtis notified of his nomina-
ton the Topeka men said, Its a proud
day for Charley"
"And his children. too" added the
Topeka women.
(Copyright 1923 by North America. News
paper Alliance
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prize. Besides two handsome daughters
Senator Curtis has q son, Henry King
Curtis of Chicago.
The three children were born In North
Topeka, near the log cabin in which
their father was born in 1850.
The home life Of Senator Curtis has
been ideal. In 1884 he married Miss An
ME E. Baird, also of North Topeka, who
was a charming hostess. She is not liv-
ing now. All Topeka knew the Curtis
family, called Senator Curtis Charley,
called Mrs. Curtis Annie, and there is
hardly matron in Topeka but can tell,
offhand, the names, ages and date of
marriage of the three children
Mrs. George is the wife of Mai.
Charles Peasley George. u. S. A. Mai.
George is a Cavalry officer He was
in Europe during the Summer as a
member of the Olympic riding team. He
has a Summer home at Swampscott
Mass
Wife Of Wealthy Man.
Mrs. knight, youngest of the Curtis
children, is the wife of Webster Knight
ID member of a wealthy and promi-
nent New England family. He is the
grandson of the late B. B. Knight. cot
ton king" Webster Knight is with his
father, c. Prescott Knight. in the cot
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Love-making should be taught, not
learned by experience, declared Prof
A. E. Heath of Swansea, Wales, In
an address at the British Social Hygiene
Counsel Summer School, we should
not dare to play the violin without
knowing anything about it," he said
and yet We do not seem to think 1t
necessary to learn this important art OF
love-making. There would be more hope
II appeals to the younger people are
made on esthetic rather than moral
grounds" he added.
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BOTH PARTIES GAIN
IN KEYSTONE STATE
Republican Registration Big
Save in Coal Counties,
Where Rivals Pick Up.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARRISBURG Pa, october a.
The heaviest vote Pennsylvania has
ever polled is forecast for the presi-
dental election next month on the
basis of final registration figures. Com
plete records have not yet been COM
piled. but the reports already available
show an increase far in excess of the
expectations of political leaders, who
we're counting on heavy vote
In many of the rural or semi-rural
upstate counties the enrolment has
nearly doubled Women have qualified
to vote at rate formerly believed i'm
possible In some of the counties as
high as AZ per cent of registered voters
are women and the women's vote is
largely expected to go for the Hoover
Curtis ticket.
G. o. p. MajOrities Gain.
The heavy registration throughout
the State Is expected to produce larger
majoritieS than had been counted in the
smaller dry counties and will probably
have the effect of offsetting anticipated
OBJECTIONS from the Republican strength
IN the wetter, more populouS centers.
Several interior counties, which are
normally to / Republican, have rolled
up registrations giving Republican leads
from to / to to L.
Because of the prohibition and re-
ligtouS phases of the campaign, the or
ganization must exert its greatest eff
fort this year in districts which usually
turn in the heaviest Republican ma
joritieS. Registrations indicate the or
ganization's task has been lightened
somewhat in Philadelphia, has been re-
duced in Pittsburgh, but remains in the
coal counties
Philadelphia on the last registration
day enrolled 100000 voters, bringing the
total number to 800, 000 This number
is 275,000 larger than registered for the
stirring mayoralty fight last year and
$4,000 greater than the 1924 preSi-
dental election. The Democratic en-
rcllment is estimated at 100000 out of
the 5000 but the Smith vote may
be larger than that, for he is expected
to receive votes Of registered Republic
ans also. Even So the registration in
dicates a large Hoover majority in the
city.
Pittsburgh Gain $4,000.
In Pittsburgh the registered vote is
approximately 100000, an increase of
$4,000 over the enrolment for a fac
tional fight there last year. Leaders
of doubtful wet wards within the past
week have been made to swear i'm for
the ticket, and the swinging of the wet
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cause it Is in this city that Gov. Smith
must get his majority. The Hoover
majority in the counties will run any
where from $4,000 to 10000 and II Gov
Smith is to carry Maryland he must
get that much majority and more in
the city.
Another illustration of the reaction
that is setting In against the religious
issue was the resignation of Mrs. Daniel
c. Chace Of Chevy Chase as president
of the Montgomery County Democratic
Law Enforcement Club. This is Mrs.
Jesse w. Nicholson's organization
Mrs. Chace resigned her Office be-
cause religious liberty is more impor-
tant than prohibition" she declared.
An ardent dry, Mrs. Chace said she had
planned to vote for Mr.. Hoover until
the religious issue was injected into
the campaign. Mrs. William Caldwell's
letter urging the putting down of
RomaniSin and rum" moved Mrs.
Chace. Mrs Caldwell is the Repub-
llcan national committeewoman from
Virginia.
The second supplemental registration
day was held in the State this week
and for the second time the enroll
ment was unprecedented. The returns
from the county are not yet available
but In Baltimore city 59,407 additional
names were put on the registration
books. The normal supplemental regis
tration in the city is about 10000.
3l,6O5 Women Register.
Of the total 81 1905 were women. OF
the women, 1877 registered as Demo-
Gratis and 13,848 as Republicans. The
Democrats also registered more men,
their total Of these being l3,47l. while
the Republicans added 9,4l8 men to
their lists.
On the face of 1t, the heavy regis
tration of women might indicate a
favorable omen for Mr.. Hoover. How
ever, the registration of women in
wards known to be strong for Smith
is in proportion to the enrolment of
women in those wards where there is
a strong Hoover sentiment.
FRANKLIN MAILMAN, JR.
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on manufacturing business at proV.

ton manufacturing business at Pron-
dence.
Mr. and Mrs. Knight spend their
Summers at Greyholme Farm, where
Mr.. Knight has a large stable of thor
oughbreds. with an indoor ring for
jumpers and hunters. 1t was to Grey
holme Farm that Senator Curtis re-
tired for rest after his nomination.
Harry King Curtis Is lawyer. He
Is married, but has no children.
Mrs. George was named for her
grandmother. Permelia Curtis Hubbard.
She was educated In the Topeka
schools, the schools of Washington and
at Wellesley.
Attended School Here.
Mrs. Knight attended the public
schools of Topeka and Washington,
spent one year in Kansas State Uni
Versity and was graduated from a pri-
vate school in Washington.
Harry Curtis attended school at To-
peka and In Washington. and was grad
uated from Harvard and from the
Michigan School of Law
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Electric Lamp Progress.

In 1900 it was said that the incan-
descent lamp with carbon filament was
so perfect device that it could never
be much improved. 1t was at about that
date that industrial research was In
augurated in the electrical industry.
Since then the efficiency of the incan-
descent lamp has been approximately
quadrupled. and the great increase in
the intensities of artificial lighting made
possible by the cheaper light. The new
applications created by the new lamps
have had far-reaching effect on our
industrial prosperity.
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Taxi Men Have Black List.

That taxi cab drivers of London have
blacklist of poor paying fares. has
just been revealed. The Motor Cab
Trade Protection, Society has been
formed, and 1t keeps record of the
names and descriptions of people who
hire taxis and disappear without paying
their fares They are people in all walks
nf life
New Britain herald., 1928-02-04
ARCTIC CIVILIZATION
 PICTURED BY EXPLORER
S(efansson Gives Interesting Address
 Before Chicago Club

Chicago, Feb. 4 R-An Arctic civilization with commerce and in dustry thriving in the frozen north- lands was pictured yesterday by Nilhjalmur Stefansson, explorer, au- thor and lecturer, in an address be- fore Chicago business leaders of the Executive club.
 The march of progress has ever been northward, the explorer said. At present, Stefansson said, the expan- sion of civilization must be on north- ward into upper Canada and Alaska. Winnipeg, he said, already handles more wheat than Chicago. Duluth and the Twin Cities combined, and western Canada has only started to grow.
 Among the resources of the Arctic circle he mentioned oil, as yet unde- veloped but present in abundance, and gold. with vast acres of grazing land. The winter in the Arctic cir cle is only one month longer than at Winnipeg and all the activities of Winnipeg are possible there.
 He pictured the crossroads of the world in the great northern icelants with the shortest routes from Chi- cago, London and New York 10 the Orient by airplane over the north pole.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-04
FALL RIVER NOW IS CLEANING UP
Begins at Once Its ReconstruC.
 tiOn Work

Fall River. Mass. Feb. 4 UP)(- its history. courageous Fall River to- day took up the work of restoring s25, o,o0o worth of property lost in Thursday nights fire.
 With the swiftness that marked the spread of flames through the very heart of this industrial center, the rehabilitation program was ad- vanced under plans for a finer city than ever before.
 Mayor W. Harry Monks announce cd that q committee of Is represen- tatiNe business men would be named shortly 10 speed the reconstruction work and arrange financial aid for the many business enterprises that were victims of the conflagration.
 Though struggling under the bur den of a great disaster, Fall River realized that it had many reasons to be thankful.
 While nearly 300 persons were slightly injured, not f life was lost in the fire.
 Not single dwelling was burned, and there were no homeless refugees to be provided for.
 The fire did not destroy any oper- ating mills. and only about 5000 persons were reported out of work today.
 A comprehensive check-up of losses ''0--'- l, however, that early repor the magnitude of the disaster had not been exaggerated.
 Twenty-Five buildings were com- pletely destroyed. Twenty-Five more were seriously damaged.
 Approximately 100 stores, res taurants and similar establishments wero either in ruins or so badly damaged as to render them useless.
 Two hotels, with accommodations for $50 guests, were destroyed.
 Seven banks were ruined by the flames.
 Offices of at least 800 lawyers, brokers and insurance men were burned out.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-04

of Illinois has rendered an opinion that if the liability of the school district as member of the insur- ance company is limited and does not exceed the reasonable cost of the protection which it receives. that the district may lawfully become 2 member of the mutual insurance company.
 Attorney generals of other states have given opinions that cities could not insure in mutuals, be- cause they were thus going into the insurance business without legisla- tive authority.
 You will See therefore that there is nothing that can be said with any confidence as to what the Con- necticut courts might hold.
 Your attention is called to sec. ton 5S of the General Statutes, which provides a fine and impris- onment for members of the school committee, for example. who ex- ceeded their appropriations, the ex- ception being that such members could exceed the appropriation for necessary expenses of the school district after the appropriation was exhausted. This is the only consti- tutional or statutory provision in Connecticut laws directly bearing on this question.
 "Of course. the general law in Connecticut is recognized that a municipal corporation may not go into business not authorized by charter or by law.
 Should you insure in . mutual, you should ask the city to appro- priate a special amount equal to five times the liability which you would incur by insuring in this particular mutual. Then in case of an assessment, the members of your committee could not be said to have made a contract calling for an amount in excess of the appropria- tions.
 The legislature could put this whole matter at rest by passing a law permitting municipal corpora tions to insure in mutuals. where the liability is limited. Such laws have been passed in several of the states.
 Yours very truly, sss4
 "J. H. KIRKHAM, sss sss
 Corporation Couno
New Britain herald., 1928-02-04
MUST PAY WIFE ALIMONY

The payment of $ week ali- mony. for the next four weeks. or a jail sentence was ordered by Judge l.. P. Waldo Marvin of the superior court in the action of Katherine Kronesko Wolcz against Mike Wolcz. Both are residents of New Britain. Wolcz was given his choice of the courses open. Wolcz was ordered to pay 310 week when his wife divorced him, but he has been in arrears since May e9, 1927. An ad- iustment is to be made in regard to that amount, it is said. Mrs. Wolcz has the custody of their two chill dren. She was represented by Thomas F. McDonough. Monroe s. Gordon defended.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-04
McCUE WARNS SLEUTHS
 TO KEEP NEWS LID ON
Detective Sergeant Reminds Them Officer in Charge Has Author
 ity to Give Out Facts

Aroused by the publication of the fact that burglary had been com mitted in the Stanley Hotel on Church street, after he had given assurance to the management that the matter would be kept away from the newspapers, Detective Sergeant William P. McCue, who is in charge of the detective bureau and the po- lice school, gave the detectives un- der his command Q lecture last eve. ming on the ways and means oi handling police news so that noth- ing can leak out excepting that which the department wishes the public to know. He is said to have pointed out that the rule of the de- partment Is that only the officer in charge has the power to dispense news, and because he personally obeys the rule, he is subjected to criticism by the press.
 No progress has been made to- wards placing the guilt for the ho- tel burglary, 50 far as could be learned today. The hiding of the report by Chief Hart and Sergeant McCue has given rise to numerous reports concerning the burglary. but so far as could be learned today, no arrests arc expected.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-04
|DESP0NDENT MAN
 ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Loss of Wife and Pain in Head
 Prompt Act

| Despondent because of his wife's
 refusal to live with him. and frantic
 with pain resulting from an injury to his ear suffered in the world war,
 Joseph FitrZyk, aged 35, of 94 Con- merCial street, drank three ounces
 of iodine on Main street last eve ming and as the poison began to
 make itself felt, he approached Su-
 pernumerary Officer William Cronin told him of his act. The officer
 brought him to the police station and Sergeant Feeney and Officers
 Hellberg and Brophy drove him to
 New Britain General hospital, where antidotes were applied successfully.
 It is expected he will recover. For some time after he was ad-
 mitted to the hospital at 7:30 o'clock;
 Fitrzyk was unable to talk about his act, but later he told Sergeant Feen-
 ey that his wife is living with her
 mother at GAS East street but he
 could not live happily with his
 mother-in-law. He was under treat 1 lneuI lOT ear lIouule, dt oiooiNls II
 Naval hospital and on being releas-
 ed about three months ago he walk
 ed the streets of New York trying
 to commit suicide by starving, but the authorities took him into custody and his wife brought him to New Britain.
 Fitzryk Is receiving compensation from the United States government. being classed as disabled veteran. Last evening he was in such a frame of mind he decided to commit sui- eide and to that end he purchased the iodine in a drug store and drank it on the impulse.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-04
City Items

Per Olsson. director of the Bach Male chorus. has requested mem- bers to meet at the Trinity Metho- dist church not later than 9:2o o'clock tomorrow morning. The chorus is to sing at the weekly serv. ice of Everyman's Bible class.
 John A. Anderson has purchased d the gasoline filling station at Trinity and South Main streets, from the Unity Petroleum Co. The plot is l06x112.
 Jacob Neubauer of 20 Brook street complained to Officer Fred Wagner yesterday that his dog had been shot, apparently with . shotgun.
 Work was started today on the laying of Q new floor in the patrol mems room at police headquarters. All wooden lockers are being remov- ed and will be replaced by steel lockers.
 A daughter was born at New Brit ain General hospital today to Mir and Mrs. Frank Grubar of 3s Win- throp street.
 Mrs. David L. Nair and daughter, Zecille, will spend the next two weeks in Worcester, Mass.
 The members of the New Britain Dartmouth club will hold their luncheon meeting at noon today at the Burritt hotel. Routine business will be transacted.