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Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-17
NANCY MILLER IS
 IlON BRIDE HINDOO
 GREAT CEREMONY

BARWAHA, India, Mar. F, P)- Nancy Miller entered upon the final ceremony which will make her a Hindoo bride of Tukowi Rao, former Naharaja of Indore.
 Preliminary ceremonies began in the morning amid scenes of great splendor the completion of which required the entire day. The Bara- waha was transformed by multi colored bunting and festoons adorn- ed the roadsides; the palace grounds were ablaze with electric lights. Men, women and children poured into the city all night long; musi- clans. dancers, and picturesque per formers all added to the festivity.
 Tn the preliminary ceremony Nan cy was formally admitted to the Dhangar caste in the presence of hundreds of Changers; this con- sisted of her accepting food which had previously been partaken of by the Changers and by Tukoji Rao. Later, Nancy sat among her caste of women and joined in the eating and drinking. She was then adopt ed into the Hokar family with due religious rites.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-17
HICKMAN EVROUTE ID SAN QUENTIN
 SMILE ON FACE
CONDEMNED TO DIE ON THE GALLONS APRIL 27; HUNT IS
 A LITER

LOS ANGELES, March IT. (P- With a smile on his face for everyone in the crowd of reporters and press photographers, Hickman boarded the Southern Pacific train for San Quen- tin penintentiary where he has been condemned to die on the gallows, April 27 for the murder of Marion Parker
 In the prison party was Welby Hunt, accomplice of Hickman in the murder of druggest Toms, and who faces life imprisonment.
 Hickman bade farewell to brother Alfred. There was no grief register ed but instead 1t was spiced with fre- quent outbursts of laughter.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-17
WILLS TAXES 4 SHUT AT HOOVER
 O|V PROHIBITION
PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW
 POSITION OF CANDIDATES ON AMENDMENT

LANCASTER, O., March F. lP- With what appeared to be an indirect shot at Herbert Hoover, prohibition was brought to the fore in the Ohio 2 Republican primary campaign by Sen = ator Frank Willis who declared in s speech that the voters this year will stand for no lodging on the issue by Presidential candidates.
 Senator Willis said Campaigns can- T not be won by evasion; consequently in the contest of 1928 it may be un- derstood at the outset that the people will demand and are entitled to re- celve definite unequivocal assurance o1 the position of candidates regarding the 18th amendment and enforcement of the law"
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-17
SENATOR FERRIS OF
 MICHIGAN VERY IL
 HAs FIGHTING CHANCE

WASHINGTON, March F. (P)- Senator Ferris of Michigan is said by members of his family, to be "very sick with fighting chance for recov- cry" The Senator, who is 79, has been confined to his room for a week with a severe cold which developed into pneumonia. He had bad night and number of physicians have been attending him. He has been very active on the floor of the Senate in re- cent months.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-17
HUGE SHIPMENT TIES
 FOR ALASKA RAILROAD

SEATTLE, March r. (P)-Arrange- ments have been completed for the shipment of 50.Oo0 ties to Seward for replacements on the Government railroad. The ties measure about 100000 feet. The freighter Derblay will probably load the first consign- ment. Two other ships will carry the remainder.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-17
FORMER GOVERNMENT !.
 OFFICIAL ALASKA, ALIEN

SEATTLE. Mar. IT. (P-Walter Caughey Fox, retired physician and once in the medical department for the government in Alaska, will mar ry Mrs. Dora J. Wilson, wealthy widow, on Wednesday. On the H. cense. he gave his residence as Eng land due to not having forsaken his native citizenship.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-17
GRANT ASKS FOR s|TKA
 LAND AND BUILDINGS

WASHINGTON, March r. (R-A grant for certain abandoned public buildings and grounds in Sitka to the Territory of Alaska is proposed in a bill by the Alaska delegate. The buildings would be used as a home for aged, sick and infirm pioneers.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-17
SAVE DAYS TRAVEL

WASHINGTON, March r. (P-A Regular airplane service for mail and passengers from German trans-Atlan- tic liners to shore will be inaugurated Friday. It Is expected to save days ocean travel.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-17

Otto Schallerer, of Schallerer's Alaska Shop, returned home today from an extended business trip to the States.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Obseruafion, On He Weotker

Washington. Feb. e9-Forecast Tor southern New England: Cloudy and slightly warmer, preceded by ram this afternoon or tonight Thursday increasing cloudiness fol- lowed by rain in Connecticut and western Massachusetts. Fresh south and southwest winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight. Thursday jn- creasing cloudiness. followed by rain: not much change in tempera- ture; fresh southwest winds.
 Conditions: The disturbance of the northern Mississippi valley moved northeastward into Canada with increased intensity, Cochrane. Ont. 29.0s inches. The south western portion of the trough of low pressure developed a disturbance which is centered over Oklahoma 2s.'2 inches. Neither of these dis furbances has caused precipitation except in light amounts over the Lake region and in a few localities Of the plains states. Pressure con- tinues high with frosty tempera- lures in the south Atlantic and east Gulf states. Mild temperatures pre- vail generally in other districts and no zero temperatures were reported.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with rising tempera- ture followed by increasing cloudi- ness.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
GARDEN GATES

Garden gates exist only in songs nowadays. Ever so often one finds one detailing the bliss of love as the lovers fingered at the garden gate to the young ladys house. As a matter Of fact and plain horse sense, however. garden gates now- adays are as scarce as buggy rides.
 This, perhaps. is unfortunate for the lovers. Nothing so aroused the piquancy of the poets as a couple leaning at ease against the garden gate Of the girls home, the tete-a- tete under the moonlight usually lasting about an hour. Nowadays they return to her home in the young mans automobile and the girl rushes indoors as if she doesn't care 10 have the neighbors know about it.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY s lssa

way An got iA Mah cah te come down to see saah Sal and when An got ea de rsilFead track 1t stosd right still an even ds sheriff couldn't move it. Purty soon An hears . train approachin'."
 Interlocutor: What did yo' do?"
 Lancelot: "Ah had to think quick. Dat train had to be stopped some- how or odder. An didn't wear no red flannelA, dare wus no red flags or red lanterns about, 70 An jes' stood on dat track facin' de train, stuck out mah toIgue and began shakin' nah haid back and fo'th an de train stopped"
 Napoleon: Den someone in de train looked out, aw yo' mouth an said. We is now about to enter . tunnel.'"
 Interlocutor: "Mr. John Law renee Scott will now sing. We Have a Fine Bungalow in Yellowstone Park. Unanimous Come Down Some Time"
 Copyright, 1928, Reproduction
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New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

tering vote from the delegation. In spite of the prevailing sentiment.
 By way of closing this with an observation that we know h shared by competent political observers, We will add that the bane of con- ventions are the political leaders who meet and decide it's action In hotel rooms rather than on the floor of the convention. They are more powerful toward the finish than the pledged and unpiedged delegates. and somehow they usually get their way from the multitude of hand picked delegates who infest these conventions.
 Then the voters are expected to howl with delight over the hand picked candidates. But later it l. found that fifty per cent of them are too disgusted to exercise their voting franchise.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
FIREBRAND EDITORIALS

\ discussion has arisen a to the kind of editorials an editor ought to write. One discussant claimed they should be red hot criticisms. full of pep an anvil chorus, or solo, against all the current evils. Men in public life should be banned" for their every misdeed or error, he added. and no institution should be exempt. Make them red hot: put fire ard birthstone into every line," he concluded. :,
 Fine-except that it wouldn't work. It would be like loading up all the pages of newspaper with large, black-face type. the result being "all display is TO display. ito use the aphorism of the printshop.
 Such red hot denunciations, right or wrong-probably mostly wrong would make erappy reading for about one week: then they would begin to pail. and by the end of the second week nobody would pay the slightest attention to them and in- stead of attracting readers they would be repelled.
 Sanity Is not stimulated in this fashion. When an editor goes out with the deliberate intention of manufacturing hot stuff out of per- fectly- mild and ordinary events he soon discovers that readers have more sense than he is showing.
 Editorial statements require care; what have the appearance of facts need 10 be confirmed-and it is sur prising how facts sometimes change their spots under the microscope of research. The editor who doesn't confirm his facts sometimes deals in hot material. but readers quickly lose confidence when they begin confirming things on their own ac- count and find the editors state ments wrong. Even with the best of intentions a warped fact sometimes gets in the most careful Of journals, but that is a human weakness. not the product of intention.
 \ famous editor who rarely wrote anything Of snap. nor dealt in indis- critninate denunciation once stated that the reason therefor was that he made a practice of confirming every statement made by speakers. writers, and politicians, and when ..a get through there usually vas nothing left to get excited about. He
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

parsil" Jack DesapsAy, mi41lswsaght chanpian ef Ambkioa, ahA Jaek Ac- Aulifte. lightweight champion of the world. Q. h Ernest Seton Thompson the correct nams of the author or is 1t Ernest Thompson Seton! A. It l. Etnest Thompson setsn. His surname was changed from Thompson to Seton.
 Q. When and where was Galli Curci born? A. In Milan. Italy, November IS. 1883.
 0. Who played the principal roles in the motion picture The Last Waltz!
 A. Willie lFritsch and susy ver- non played the lsad&
 c. What was the name of the Mother of David?
 A. Her name is not mentioned in the Bible or contemporary history.
 Q. Are olives eaten in the fingers?
 A. Yes.
 o. In what order il it proper to serve persons at . dinner party?
 A. The hostess should be served first and the guest of honor second.
 Q. What is the value of . United States three dollar gold piece dated 1S54 without mint mark?
 A. $s.25 to $500.
 0. What is the present value of the old German paper marks?
 A. German paper marks issued prior to December 1923 are no longer legal tender and are worth less.
 o. Tn what states are old age pension laws in actual operation?
 A. In Montana and Wisconsin. Alaska has form of old age pen- sion for pioneers
 Q. What are the United States five cent pieces made of?
 A. Nickel and copper.
 O. What is the most difficult
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. 1898 New York avenue. Washington. D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con. fidential.-Editor.
 Q. How long after person has been admitted to the United States as an immigrant student before he can apply for citizenship? A. He must leave the United States at the termination of his course of study and cannot establish a legal residence for the purpose of naturalization without returning to the country from which he came and coming back here as 8 regular immigrant.
 Q. When was the order of the Mystic Shrine established in this country? Who are admitted to membership?
 A. In 1872. Membership Is re- structed to Knights Templars or thirty-second degree Masons.
 Q. On what date did Easter Sum- day fall in 1889?
 A. April q.
 0. What is meant by "the Hob- son tradition?
 A. When Richard Pearson Hob- son, an officer in the navy, was in the Spanish h-American war. he vol unteered for the dangerous duty of sinking vessel in the channel lead ing to Santiago Harbor and carried out the exploit in the face of severe fire from the Spanish batteries. Upon his return he was acclaimed a hero, and the story goes that wherever he appeared in public, en- thusiastic young ladies insisted upon kissing him. This is what is re- ferred to as the 'Hobson tradition.
 c. When were the first world series baseball games played?
 A. The world series, under direct sanction of both major leagues, with the chairman of the National Con- mission in charge, and with a finan- cial guarantee of $1O.00O posted by each club to preserve its fidelity to the public, was played first in 1905, under the code of the Brush Rules. It begins authoritatively with that year. The series remained under control of the National Commission until the election of Judge kenesaw Mountain Landis as commissioners, when full charge of all details was given to ham. The first world series was played between New York of the National league and Phila- de1phia of the American league. New York won 1 games to i.
 Q. Who were the Three Jacks" of boxing?
 A. The trio known as the Three Jacks" were John l.. Sullivan, heavy- weight champion of America, "Non-
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

ordeal but ripped up on this ques- tion. The reaction in the minds of innumsrabls readers must have been that the question was unfair. For many perfectly good Ameri- can does not know the answer to that question. It was brought up in official circles after the death of President Harding. when somebody happened to inquire what would happen if MT. Coolidge also follow ed Harding in death.
 We are not going to answer for you: every intelligent American ought to know it. according to the judge who refused citizenship to the woman. As matter of fact, every intelligent American does not know the answer, or # he did know it once, has forgotten it.
 It is like the question. perhaps as to when century starts: did the goth century begin in the year 1900 or not until 1901 was reached. That, by the way. is another one for in- telligent readers to worry about. Those who were alive and intelligent at the turn of the present century will remember the furore that filled the newspapers. the pros and cons by intelligent readers. some of whom nearly came to blows over the argu- ment.
 Perhaps that is getting away from the thesis: anyway. what we began to say is this: That candidates for citizenship should not be asked fool ish questions.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Qt ESTIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP

The story appeared in the public prints few weeks ago how a wo- man born in the United States but who had become foreign citizen" 'hroush marriage to a foreigner, since dead. could not regain her Aherlcan citizenship because she was unable to tell the judge who would become president of the Unit ed States if the president and vice. president both happened to die or become incapa citated.
 The woman had studied for inc
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

nsvee Aignifisd . fosli1h claim by seriess consideration.
 Unliks practically everything else appearing ta the average publication, sditseiah are played down. rather than up-except for . slight change in type or wider space between lines. They must rely for their effect upon tho merits of their viewpoint. the logic Of their claimA the correctness of their facts. They may be entirely opinionated. or partly informative, or even tending entirely in that di- rection: but they cannot be helter- skelter denunciation for the mere folly of the enterprise. Readers who ask that every editorial printed at- tack somebody or something are H. logical. and themselves would quick ly turn away from such . melange of discordant verbosity after a good taste of the brew.
 We are not slow to denounce an evil. but it has got to prove itself one before we get out the battering ram. We are not delinquent to cor rect errors of public servants: but they must really be such. and not mere grievances by their opponents or enemies.
 The easiest thing in the world is to denounce something without first weighing probabilities or looking on both sides of the fence. Ere quently the primal urge to use an axe disappears entirely after all viewpoints are inspected.
 Denunciation without stint or req son is bad in theory, faulty in prin- ciple, destructive in effect. and failure in result.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
State Ponce Guarding
 Homes Near PittShnrxh

Pittsburgh. Pa- Feb. % (UP)- State police were guarding buainess places at Elizabeth. near hers. to- day after dynamits exp{bston which caused thouaands of dtalsrs damage shortly after naianigbt.
 0as man was injured by flying giass sad many others thrown. tfem their beds by the explosion. w1ieh reverberated for several milsa.
 4 double two-story brick build ing was demolished. The freseS of three twe-stery frame buildings aa- joining the wrecked structure were blown out.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
A PLAINvILLE RETALIATION

The vote of Plainville taxpayers
 in favor of revaluation by an out
 side appraising concern won by the
 comparatively close margin of 156
 to l34: consequently 1t is safe to 1 assume that the plan would not have gained the victory had Chair
 man Washburn not sprung the coup
 of introducing Tax Commissioner r
 William H. Blcdsett, whose good
 natured" yet persuasive talk had
 considerable to do in swinging the
 vote.
 That the commissioner had the situation in Plainville under sur veillance was another revelation that undoubtedly caused mental con- cern. The situation was not flatter- ing, he declared. although he did not go into the details of the report of his investigators.
 The tax com missioner of late years has been investigating the tax situation in the smaller towns throughout the state and his com- ments, made from time to time have not been of a sort to strengthen con. fidence in how tax collecting is ad- ministered in these jurisdictions. The complaint most frequently made has been that the assessments have been ineQuitable, that assessors bent backward not to hurt the feelings of the townspeople. and that favorit- ism inevitably would crop out under such a system. Whether this can be said of conditions in Plainville re- mains unproven: at least, the asses sors don't agree with those who claim their work has been hap hazard"
 The town has brought the matter to showdown, and the outside as- sessment, with the aid of aerial maps. marks quite an epoch in the tax affairs of the town. Plainville, or at least a aiority of its citizenry, appear determined to get at the bot tom of the most important business any community-the of getting the tax money. The method adopted is certain to bring good results, in the estimation of the majority of those getting up enough steam to attend the town There is comfort for all in the supposition that a revaluation along the lines planned will not nec- mean higher assessn ents; and that even if higher assessments result, that will not mean a higher tax rate but rather may mean a lower tax rate and lower taxes And in any event, the tax burden most likely will be more evenly distributed than under the present system.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
StatesasGa, Atteatiaai

StateeQsea, Attenti0ai Our policies toward this and that, They leave us cold. they sound % flat But jolieies. anl fun schemes too, We're surely for 'em, Folks, aren't you?
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

Irving Fisher, Yale economist, says buaness will pick up from now on despite the presidential year. Why anyone should consume less during . presidential year has all ways stumped us.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

Our ideal of an ideal companion ate marriage is when the wife pre- fefs to go to . church social. the hvsbe nd to a lodge meeting. and the children are old enough to be left at home to care for themselves.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Senator Borah would make a fine the newspapers.

The jury which gave verdict or s25.000 to a woman for being kissed against her will no doubt were experts, but the value depend- ed somewhat upon the fact that the kisser had the money.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Pirates Settle Down
 To Intensive Training

Pittsburgh. Pa. Feb. 29 R9-With only one player missing the Pitts burgh Pirates settled down to work today at Paso Robles. Cal. Johnny Gooch. catcher, failed to joine the second squad which arrived at the training camp yesterday. He b ex- pected to report before Sunday
 Injuries have taken a toll of two players, both rockies. Erwin Brame, pitcher, is suffering from . sltghtly dislocated shoulder muscle, while Fred Russell. southpaw hurief, has an injured knee.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

One way to get the nation more .air.mtnded would be to bring about an era with fewer if any planes crash -aviators-lost" news accounts on the front pages.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

strineed instrumsnt tD laasA te play! E \, rrshahay the via1an.
 e. Hsw, elA c De1ersa Cee)eale: A. Twsnty-ene ysaF&
 Q. Te which oe tAs general king dous do ash beleng?
 1. Tho animal
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

We get 1t that the nearest ap- :proach to favorite son in Connecu- cut is Representative Tilson. whose boom for the vice-presidency is still zooming.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

Mayor Thompson of Chicago has started a movement, with himself at the head, to draft President Coolidge ', for a third term. which must have come from having supped at the White House.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Facts undFancies

Hoover taught a nation self-denial Now let him teach the other candi. dates.
 How do you know the good don'' prosper more than the wicked Have you ever seen any? You'd see a quick recovery if the wandering husbands deserted wife should inherit a million.
 When villager fails at everything else, people wonder what life insur. ance company he will represent.
 The happiest times are those placid periods during which the world produces no great men. Example of pedestrian having the last word: '.Toot. darn you; I've got a right here."
 As to the effectiveness of harsher laws how many juries would convict if the penalty for speeding were life Imprisonment.
 The list of hardships Yankees can endure better than southerners doesn't include calomel.
 The two things that will mako radio reception rotten in the near future are summer and politics.
 Americanism: Calmly breaking laws you think foolish; scorning people who break other laws they don't like.
 Great man: One whom nature blessed with some kind of handicap to arouse his fighting spirit.
 A blow on the head cured & man made imbecile by an earlier blow. Fine! Let's try that on the insane criminals. Pass the ax.
 Some candidates remind us that Joseph wasn't the only favorite son to wear coat of many colors.
 The chief advantage of a sermon by radio is that you can turn a little dial and avoid feeling self-conscious when the collection is announced,
 If you know it but can't nut if into words, and he says it as you'd like to. he is great author.
 It probably doesn't make much difference to the innocent bystander Tn China whether he is beheaded by a tyrant or a liberator.
 Does a doctor take no medicine because he has good health, or have good health because he takes no 
 Practice birth control If you wish. but the big jobs are held by men who slept on the floor when cousins came to visit.
 correct this sentence: This car mas been driven thousand miles as q demonstrator," said the dealer and I'll knock off ten per cent"
 Copyright. 1928. Publishers
 Syndicate.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

The only time an elephant pulling 8 steam roller can beat a mule is when the mule refuses to budge; which is quite frequently.