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New Britain herald., 1928-02-09
ACCIDENT ON PIKE
Two Bus Passengers Injured When Machine Runs Into Pole tn Dense Fog.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 9 Up)-A young woman was at d hospital here today and a, man was recovering from less serious injuries following a motor bus accident on the Berlin turnpike, six miles south from here.
 Miss Lillian Sherwood, 2a, dental lygiencst, and Morris J. Phillips of New York, the injured. were the only passengers in the New Haven to Hartford bus when 1t left the road in a dense fog and struck . telegraph pole,
 Hospital authorities believed the young woman would recover.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-09
Snow Lacking. But May
 Appear From Sky Soon

North Conway, N. IL, Feb. 9 P>-- Lack of snow on the roads forced postponement today of the start of the annual three day point 10 point race of the New England Sled Dog
New Britain herald., 1928-02-09

bcopo1u OeHieo eNeS AoNiHS oeSi' Shalnitz.
 Bridgeport-Mrs. Clara L. Baker, e. widow of Frederick Daniel 1ak- CT, former police and fire commis- sioner passes away at her home leav- ing behind d proud record of bene- factions.
 Bridgeport - Republican State Chairman J. Henry Roraback pre- diets republican strength of 75.000 plurality in forthcoming presidential election in this state in address here at Mckinley association dinner. The next annual Mckinley dinner to be held in Hartford it is voted. Newly elected officers: Walter E. Eaters. Hartford. president; Edward N. AL len. Hartford, treasurer, and Clar- ence G. Willard. New Haven, per manent secretary.
 Bridgeport-Convention of Grand lodge. ]. O. O. F.. here in May to be notable occasion as officers of sovereign grand body will be enter tained.
 New Haven-Miss Mabel Mac Donald of Stamford elected rresi- dent of Graduate Nurse association of Connecticut.
 Bridgeport-Odd Fellows of city to dedicate new temple here tomor- row night with grand lodge officers officiating at ceremonies.
 New Haven-Two Yale freshmen suspended half a term for pulling in false alarm Of fire. Names not officially given. Yesterday Irving Mckee of Westport was fined t1oo in court for such an offense com- mittcd, he said. as a prank
 New York-ITntil recently she Tipped pancakes in the front window of a chain restaurant in the big
New Britain herald., 1928-02-09

town: now she is being glorified Ly Ziegfeld, if the press agent has it right about Paula Pierce college graduate who came from Montreal to seek her fortune.
 march by nations in alpha betical or der at Saturdays winter Olympic games: therefore Germany will be ahead of France. will lead the parade in fact. Puzzle that one out. The program is in French.
 New York-Whatever fog does at home it never made Percy B. Bow. yer. former mayor of Southampton. late, but it has done so in New year in office he had attended 1850 functions on time. But fog keeps him on liner in the harbor we'll beyond the time of his appointment with his honor. Mayor Walker. who has reputation just the opposite of his worship's.
 Washington-Dot is dead of a mysterious disease. Her mate Hiboy passed away several months ago. perh1ps it was grief in Dots case Dot and Hiboy. giraffes, were brought from Africa to the zoo.
 New York - Dorothy Mccarthy up for a husband Also she hest tates to part from her sister. with whom she does her act. Therefore her enga cement 10 Buster Collier is off. He wanted her to go to Holly wood with him.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-09

Thanksgiving in Canada . = served on Armistics day.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-09

Leopold denies ever having seen Shalnitz.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-09

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Evening star., 1928-11-10

faxed with the result that the alleged
victims, suffering from strange maladies
have secured large sums of money. But
for sheer audacity and clever scheming
this case should top the list. The
mother had already obtained twenty
FIVE -hundred-d settlement from the
defendant for her own injuries, which.
in the light Of the developments of yes
terday, may we'll have been questionable
Determined to exact further tribute, she
devised the plan to collect for a sup
posedly mute son and. with studious
care, trained him for the role he was
to play. Her very avarice, however,
brought about her downfall. offered a
settlement of twelve thousand, five hun
dred dollars out of court she spurned
1t and sued for fifty thousand dollars,
with the result that she is now facing
a term in the penitentiary.
1t is unfortunate that all cases of
fraud cannot have such a happy end
ing for the defendant. A successful
business or successful man must be
continually on the alert to prevent ex-
tortionists from seizing the money which
hard work has yielded. When this
woman comes to trial an object lesson
should be made of her. Justice will
not be fully served unless she suffers
period of Incarceration.
Evening star., 1928-11-10
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today.

The greater part of Berlin is in con-
troll OF the revolutionists, the former
Kaiser has fed to Holland, and Fried
rich Ebert, the new Socialist chancellor,
has taken command of the situation.
The revolt Is spreading throughout Ger
many with great rapidity. The
red flag has been hoisted over the royal
palace and the Brandenburg gate, and
the former Crown Princes palace is also
held by the revolutionists. The
King of Wurttemberg abdicates, and the
Socialists are demanding that every
sovereign in the empire shall be de-
throned and all princes eXiled.
Despite expectations that the armistice
will be signed very soon, the allied
troops continue fighting all along the
line. The I'd American Army launches
its first offensive west of the Moselle on
q 71-mile front and gains all objectives
despite stubborn enemy resistance. The
Germans used many machine guns, but
their artillery fire was weak. =
British forces are following up the re-
treating enemy with bands playing. and
are going up the roads with flags on
their rifles. through villages from which
the German rear guard had gone only
an hour or two before. The civilian
population shout and cry with JOY and
rush on soldiers to hug and kiss them.
The French Gen. Gouraud
made his official entry into Sedan today
as French troops, with their cavalry in
the lead, are pressing the enemy close
ly all along the line. Vast quantities of
war materials are falling into the hands
of the French. Five hundred ami
twenty-nine names on casualty list given
out at War Department today--153 men
killed in action, 1872 dead from wounds
and disease, 174 wounded and 20 miss
ing and taken prisoner.
Evening star., 1928-11-10
More Work to Be Done.

Universal satisfaction has been ex-
pressed by motorists of the District at
the installation of traffic lights at the
intersection of Connecticut avenue,
Florida avenue and S street and the
shortened timing with which they are
operated. For years traffic at this point
has been particularly congested and
difficult to cope with, owing to the fact
that both Connecticut avenue and Flor
ida avenue carry great volumes of travel
and that S street, which cuts directly
across Connecticut avenue but diago-
nally across Florida avenue, is one of
the main thoroughfares of that section
of the city which lies to the west. Be-
fore the installation of the lights a
policeman was stationed at the inter-
section of Connecticut and Florida ave-
nues, but he was powerless to promote
free passage on S street. because stand
ing or moving traffic on Connecticut
avenue would serve to block it. With
the installation of the lights, however,
and the speed with which they are
timed, conditions have shown a decided
improvement
There is one thing still needed to
make the system perfect. 1t is a series
of lights at the point where S street
crosses Florida avenue and Twenty-first
street feeds into it. While S street
traffic headed west can cross Connecti-
cut avenue with perfect security, S
street traffic headed east is likely to find
itself stalled at the intersection of Florida
avenue, as there is a steady stream of
travel on this thoroughfare and Twenty
first street, regardless of which way the
lights are turned on Connecticut ave-
nue.. In other words, the green light
on Connecticut avenue serves to divert
traffic on to Florida avenue, while the
red light merely gives the latter travel
free passage at the intersection of the
two avenues.
OF course there is no comparison of
the amount Of traffic carried by Con-
necticut and Florida avenues and S
street. The two former arteries are
unquestionably the most used. But if
S street motorists were not to be taken
care Of, then there was no need for
the installation at Connecticut avenue
and s. The traffic department should
assuredly complete the work it has
started and make this series of con-
gested intersections as foolproof as pos
s.ble.
Evening star., 1928-11-10
Forecasts and Results.

For some weeks before the election
polls were maintained by periodicals
and other agencies regarding the pref
erences of the people for the pres
idency. They were highly encouraging
to the Republicans and equally dis
couraging to the Democrats. The lat
ter, however, found some consolation
from indications of interparty changes
In contrast with the vote cast in 1924,
though this comfort was based upon a
somewhat complicated course oil COM
putation. 1t now appears from the
general result and from the records OF
the elections, so far as they have been
compiled, that these polls were remark
ably accurate. One of them, conducted
by a chain of newspapers, was almost
strictly correct in point of the per-
centage of preference for Heroer
Hoover. At the time the poll was
closed on the eve of the election Il
showed Hoover favored by little more
than fifty-seven per cent of those re-
spending. At the latest figures returned
from the election districts, 20R2'Sl'
for Hoover and 14.s2e.so3 for Smith
Evening star., 1928-11-10
A Dead Accord.

In the excitement of the presidential
election, sight was lost in the United
States of the official demise of the no.
torious Anglo-French naval "compro-
mise" This is the stealthily negotiated
disarmament" understanding which
was to have left Great Britain and
France free to build all of the special
kinds of cruisers and submarines they
respectively need, while preventing the
United States from constructing the
larger types essential to American re-
quirements. 1t is the agreement which
our Government, in note dispatched
to London and Paris at the end of Sep
tember, flayed as grossly unfair to this
country and directly prejudicial to the
cause of naval limitation.
1t was in the British House of Lords
on November that this devious diplo-
matte device was declared dead and
gone. The obsequies were not inappro-
priately performed by Lord Cushendun,
acting foreign secretary. 1t was in his
regular role as first lord of the ad1ni-
ralty that he negotiated the now defunct
pact with France.
Lord CuShendun did not mince mat
ters in explaining the cause Of the ac-
cords collapse. 1t was due primarily,
he indicated, to the unfavorable i'm
preston it had created upon American
public opinion. The admission was
wrung from the foreign Office spokes-
man by an attack from the Liberal and
Labor leaders in the Lords, who had
challenged the wisdom of the agree
ment on two grounds-its unpopularity
in the United States and its concession
to the French regarding military re-
servists. France had bargained with
the British for non-resTiction of her
extensive reservist man-power
Lord Cushendun, defending the Bald
win government against the charge
that it had conspired with France to
effect a secret military and naval al
lance, insisted that Britain had pro-
ceeded with the best OF intentions.
They had come to naught, the noble
lord explained, and this means we
must find some other way"
One "other way" as our British friends
are now painfully aware, is to have
due regard for the legitimate rights and
naval necessities of the United States
When that is done, Lord Cushendun's
government will find that this country
is prepared to go as far as any other
power through that open door" which
Washington desires kept open for fur
ther discussion of limitation. But dark
lantern European diplomacy, which a
credulous world supposed had ended
with the World War, is not going tc
light the path to the desired goal.
Evening star., 1928-11-10

the Hoover strength is about 58.75 per
cent, which is a very close approxima-
ton to the straw vote.
These unofficial polls have become
an established feature in presidential
years. The largest of them. conducted
by the Literary Digest, has become
somewhat of an institution. Its ac-
curacy as to g,a2-a! results has now
been demonstrated > regularly that
four years hence if it is repeated it may
be considered as an assured index of
the tendency of public preference.
Analyses of the popular vote table
are now in order with especial ref
erence to the Democratic problem of
reorganization Not until the table is
complete and comprises the official re-
turns, however, can there be any exact
computation of the drifts and changes
that caused the debacle of Tuesday. Yet
enough is available to afford ground
for some interesting speculation. The
distributors" are already at work
with their pencils figuring out posi-
bilitieS. For instance, Mr.. Mark Sulli-
van, in the New York Herald Tribune,
has worked out this result: IF Mr.
Hoover had received 275,000 more votes,
geographically distributed in the right
way, he would literally have carried
every State in the Union" This
arouseS the New York World to rejoin
that "if Gov. Smith had received 354.-
600 more votes, geographically dis
tributed in the right way, he would
have won the election" The World pro-
ceeds to point out that, needing 179
more electoral votes to win, Gov. Smith
could have gained 18o by comparatively
slight shifts in the returns in the fol-
lowing States: Arizona, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennes-
see. Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyo-
ming. These changes range from
1000 in Nevada to $4,000 in Missouri,
and $4,000 in New York
The chemical reaction of a presi-
Dental campaign is a strange phe-
nomenon. A slight change in reagents
causes extraordinary results. In this
latest election there were so many new
elements in the political test tube that
almost any outcome was logical. Yet
the forecasts and polls, in the light of
the returns, showed that the final event
was according to nature.
Evening star., 1928-11-10
A Fraud Exposed.

The answer to what makes the world
skeptical was furnished Thursday in a
New York court when a supposedly
mute boy of five years, whose mother
was suing a department store for In
juries which were alleged to have caused
his affliction of four years duration,
suddenly became voluble when a play
mate pinched him in the leg. Seven
specialists, insurance agents, claim
agents and even the judge himself had
tried vainly to get word out OF the
vounester. When all the tests failed
a sly smile of triumph lighted up the
mothers countenance while the at
torneys for the department store as
sumed gloomy mien.
The resourceful judge, however, ac-
customed to the chincaneries OF some
of those who appear before him, de-
cided upon one more experiment. He
sent the lad and two Of his playmates
into an unoccupied room, first, however
taking the precaution OF stationing a
court attendant where he could OBJ
serve and hear what went on. In the
roughhouse that followed a squeal was
heard from the mute boy and when the
attendant asked him who had pincheo
him he Immediately answered, with fine
enunciation, THAT big slob over there. ;
Naturally, the case was Immediately
dismissed and the mother was held ir
ten thousand dollars bail for perjury.
All sorts of frauds have been perpe'
trated from time to time upon insur'
ance companies, merchants and wealthy
individuals. Accidents have beer
Evening star., 1928-11-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Repose.
In gentle strains the poets old
Their sentimental stories told.
Philosophers brought lessons wise.
Historians, too, we learned to prize.
Among them all our praise is led
To one who said,
And So, to Bed!'
After the turmoil and the strife,
This busy and expectant life,
OF all, finds one achievement best
When a clear Conscience, claiming res
At eventide, when Care has fed,
Has calmly said,
And So, to Bed"
Evening star., 1928-11-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

They believe in the existence Of one
| God, but He is not defined.
@. OF what material is the frame Of
the Graf Zeppelin made?-J. c. M.
! A. The frame construction Of the
! Graf Zeppelin Is made Of duralumin.
O. When and by whom we're the
brick forts built at Fort Barrancas.
Fla?-O. B. w.
| A. The construction Of the original
| Fort San Carlos de BarrancaS, Fla,
| was begun in 1888 under the direction
| of Maj. William H. Chase, Corps Of
| Engineers A new and more formidable
| fort has been built behind the orig
inal works without interfering with the
old Notifications.
@. How old is David Putnam. the
boy who has written books about ex-
| plorations?-C. @.
| A.. David Binney Putnam is IS years
old. At the age Of IL he was taken
! by William Beebe on the Arcturus Ex-
| pedition to the Galapagos Islands IN
the Pacific. At the age Of 13 he ac-
companied his father on the American
Museum of Natural History expedition
to Greenland, of which Mr.. Putnam
was director. At the age of IA he ac-
companied a similar Sub-Arctic trip
| to Bafin Island He has written three
books, all of them simple boys ac-
counts, Of what he saw on the above
expeditions.
@. What are the processes Of making
silk yarn from raw silk?-L. E. J.
A. The series of processes included
under the term silk throwing" consist
of sorting, soaking, drying, winding,
doubling, twisting.
@. How many Indians live in Mus
kogee and to what tribe do they
| belong?-L. o.
A. There are 35S Indians In Musko-
gee. They are Choctaws.
@. How should a chickens wings be
clipped to prevent flying?-G. C. G.
A. In clipping chickens wings to
prevent flight. feathers of one wing
should be cut so that when the chicken
starts to fly it will fly unevenly. This
should be repeated every year after
the chickens have molted. If the
feathers of new chickens are plucked
when the chicken is only few days
old it will never grow long feathers.
This is called pinioning.
Q. Please give a list of seas.-L. r.
A. Following is list of the impor-
tant seas of the world: North Sea, Bal
tic. Sea. Mediterranean sea, Okhotsk
Sea, Black. Sea, Yellow Sea, Japan
Sea, Andaman Sea, Red Sea. Sea Of
Marmora. Caspian Sea. Bering Sea,
Hudson Bay and Caribbean Sea.
O. What artists decorated the Ba-
silica Of ST. Francis at ASsisi?-M w.
A. This cradle of Italian art" was
decorated by Guinta, an artist from
Pisa; Cavallina, Roman mosaicist:
Cimabue and Giotto from Florence:
Simone di Marinto and the Lorenzetti
Evening star., 1928-11-10

Stop minute ana tnlnk ABOUT InlS
fact. You can ask our Information
Bureau any question of fact and get
the answer back in personal letter.
It is a great educational idea introduc-
ed into the lives of the most intelligent
people in the world-American news
paper readers. 1t is a part Of that best
purpose of a newspaper-Service. There
is no charge except two cents in coin
or stamps for return postage. Get the
habit of asking questions. Address your
letter to The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. G.
@. What we're the betting odds when
Charles Evans Hughes ran against
woodrow Wilson?-M. G.
A. In 1916, on october 10, betting
on Wall street was 10 to on wilson;
October "a and IS, even money was
wagered. The average bets on Novem-
Der / were 101a to on Hughes; Wall
street, November 3, 10 to in favor of
Hughes; midnight. November 6, even
money Curb wagers the night of elec-
ton were 10 to 8 on Hughes.
O. How long does a sound remain
perceptible in the air?-M. L.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that the length of time that sound
will remain perceptible after the source
of sound has ceased operating depends
on several factors: The volume Of the
room. the nature of it's interior finish
and the intensity of the initial sound.
O. What player has lost the most
weight in an American game OF foot
ball?-J. d.
A. Bill Edwards, who in the Prince
n-Navy game lost about 19 or 20
pounds, was playing on hot day under
a very hot sun. He weighed approx
mately 22O pounds and IS about six
feet three inches tall. This Is perhaps
| the greatest loss of weight recorded
in one foot ball game.
O. Why does a 6O-watt electric bulb
make a meter register more than a
| 40-watt bulb?-R. L. K.
A. A 40-watt bulb consumes 40 watts
per hour, a 50-watt consumes so watts
and a 6O-watt bulb uses go watts per
hour, so, of course, the meter will show
higher rate in exact proportion to
the wattage of the bulb used.
@. Is the necessity of wearing glasses
handicap to an airplane pilot?-K. c.
A. 1t is considered a hindrance for
aviators to wear glasses. Sometimes
goggles may be fitted with prescrip-
tion lens if the eye condition is not
serious 1t is not possible to say how
many pilots wear glasses, but we are
! informed that the number is small.
@. What is the creed of the Unitari-
an Churcn?-A. G. N.
! A. Unitarians have no creed. They
hold that a fixed statement OF be-
lief is an obstruction to faith, and
that as the life of God within the
human spirit is growing life, the con-
seriousness of that life which is faith
is 10 be allowed to grow continually.
Evening star., 1928-11-10
Failure of Rubber Monopoly
Cuts Prices for Americans

tn foster the use of reclaimed rubber in
the automobile and other industries OF
this country. Above ALL American en-
terprise began to show extraordinary
energy in the direction of rubber pro-
duction on its own account
The British acted in good faith, with
the idea of protecting the Malaga and
Ceylon rubber producers when they
adopted the Stevenson RESTRICTION ana
they have only themselves to blame II,
as a consequence of the monopolistic
scheme. America Is now awake to its
possibilities as an independent rubber
producer on a scale surprising any
thing attempted in the British posses
sions."
The development is viewed by the
Manchester Union as 1.-The elimination
of a long struggle on the part OF
Americans to break the attempt OF the
British to control the worlds rubber
supply" The Union contends: 1T was
the campaign launched in America that
frustrated the British scheme. America
consumes today about 80 per cent of the
worlds rubber. In 1926 rubber was our
largest single import, crude rubber pur-
chases exceeding half a billion dollars
In 1927 rubber was surpassed only by
silk among our imports. Americans cor
rectly interpreted the British plan as
an attempt TO profit at the expense OF
the American consumer, and set them
selves to defeat it. Their tactics prov
ed effective. In consequence of the ac-
tivitise that were set going, prices began
to decline. Crude rubber is selling to-
day for about l9 cents a pound"
1t is pointed out by the Ithaca Jour-
Mathews that las result of the in
creasing output of plantations in the
Far East, rubber was the only important
raw material which actually declined in
cost during the war" and the Journal
News adds: I'm the 1921 postwar
slump, rubber dropped to such a low
price that in 1922 the Stevenson act
restricting the export of rubber from
British colonies was enacted At that
time the British had nearly a mo-
nopoly. the Brazilian supply being small
and the Dutch plantations just start
ing"
Evening star., 1928-11-10

Wise words concerning the stock
market do not make clear whether the
great volume of trading is due to expec-
tations or to relief from suspense. Wall
Street is almost as "temperamental" as
Broadway.
Evening star., 1928-11-10

A big musical show fixes its prices for
best seats at seven dollars, in advance
Of New York appearance. In view of
the huge box-ofice exactionS for q
metropolitan hit, it is no more than kind
to break the news gently.
Evening star., 1928-11-10

The entire American public is inter-
ested in an Inauguration display al
Washington, D. C. The duties of citizen
ship conscientiously discharged claim
certain corresponding relaxations.
Evening star., 1928-11-10

Washington, the Capital of the worlds
greatest country, must inevitably, in the
course of time, have the worlds greatest
airport.