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New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
PRIEST ELUDES THOSE
 WHO ASK HIS ARREST
Mexican Bishop Remains in Hiding and Police Are Unable to
 Locate Him

Mexico City, Jan. 2S R'-Mexican police continuing to round up those suspected of breaking the religious law failed in an attempt to arrest Miguel De La Mora, bishop of San Luis Potosi.
 The bishop. who has been in hid. ing since the majority of prelates We're reported last year. successfully evaded arrest when he slipped out the back door as police raided the home of Manuel Cortina Rivas in San Angel, few miles from Mexico City.
 The orders for Dc La Morals ar rest came after police intercepted letters. showing, they claimed. that the bishop had kept in touch with persons engaged in seditious actiyi- ties.
 The bishops host was arrested and later released.
 The principal and teachers of tbe catholic seminary who were arrest Cd thursday as we'll as a few stu- hents Who were detained because they were wearing cassocks inside the seminary. have been released The principal, Father Benigno Es- quivel. and four teachers were fined heavily.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28

inspired way in which he enacts the role. Norma Shearer as Kathie so Novarro's Karl Heinrich shows |. new side to her artistry-a greater gift of characterization than any one dreamed. Lubitsch. master di- rector. builded wisely when he chose these two as the foundation of his great cast.
 ;. The wonderfully sweet love story of the prince and the girl in the inn, their love. the happy days in Heidelberg and the tragedy that follows, are worked out as the same simple story of the stage play-but set in gigantic spectacle; in court .press-as they did the young prince in the story.
 There will be two complete shoNp~ ings on Sunday night at 6:S0 and s:15 and the shows will run con- tinuously on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. School children can see this tale of student days after school for ten cents
 Beginning Thursday an excellent double feature program will be of fered, the main attraction being Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, those funny stars of "Rookies" who are now 8 laugh hit in "Baby Mine"
 The co-feature will present Ed- mund owa in "The Wizard Il chilling. thrilling mystery play.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
.bACKWOODS FILM
 STRAND FEATURE
Harold Bell Wright's Great
 Story Starts Monday

One or the greatest stories ever i written by an American novelist and certainly the most widely read story of American backwoods life - the book having had reading public estimated conservatively at 10,0O0,- o00--''The Shepherd of the Hills," by Harold Bell Wright, comes to the strand theater for four days start ing Sunday evening as the main screen attraction. All of the beauty, the color, the action and the tre- mendous climaXes of the famous book have been wrought for the screen by the master hand of the motion picture producer in all it's stark reality and vividness. The cast includes Molly O'Day, Alec Francis. John Boles and Matthew Betz. "The Shepherd of the Hills" will be presented Sunday evening with 8 special musical accompani- ment by the Strand orchestra. On Monday, it will be shown together with a vaudeville bill of five acts, including the Demar Lester com pany with a bevy of beautiful girls in Vaudeville Bound:" Tom and kay Romaine; Willard and Marlin; Gaudsmith Brothers: Clarkson and O'Neill.
 Coming attractions at the Strand include the sensational vaudeville extravaganza, Honorable Wu" with a company of 20 Chinese stars; Kramer and Boyle and the s. S. Le- The Last Command"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28

Explanation was made that pro- perty with valuation of $l,25S,276 is exempt because of a law under which ex-service men are entitled to exemptions of $1,00O each in the assessed valuations of property which they own.
 A comparison of the figures in the abstract prepared by the assessors for filling at the office of the town clerk indicates the steady decrease in the number of horses in Hartford and the steady increase in the num- Der of automobiles. For instance, @2,465 automobiles were owned in Hartford in 1926, increasing to 24,- 426 in 1927. The assessed valuation Of these machines in the 1926 list was $9,126,2S3. while the assessed valuation in the present list is S9.- loa,loo, a decrease caused by the fact that in the 1927 list inclusion was made of an increased number of secondhand cars, instead of new machines, and also because of lower costs in many instances. In 1926 the list showed 4s9 horses, with an assessed valuation of $52,75O, while i'll the 1927 list Al horses are in- cluded, with an assessed valuation of $45,67o. Neat. cattle. are given an assessed valuation of $4,550.
 The main item in the classified ton of the grand list is 14,4o6 dwellings, with an assessed valuation of $152,429,5 549. Next in importance IS 1'2S7 stores, shops. halls, office buildings, etc., which have an assessed valuation of s127.s19,430.
 Vacant land, unused, is noted in the city list at s7,215,666, covering 1,791 acres. For 143 mills, factories, etc., the assessed valuation is $22,- 5l4,2oo. Machinery, tools, etc, are assessed for $9,545,492. Merchandise has an assessed valuation of $2a,- 556,296.
 Other items in the classified list are: Wagons. carriages, etc. s25,s2O; watches, jewelry, etc, $133,655; libraries. furniture, etc., s1,0So,1O3; boats $154,200; excess of credits of merchants, bonds, notes and other credits, $3.500: all other taxable property, $5,160.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
HARTFORD'S GRAND
 LIST IS COMPLETE
Shows Tax Increase Which
 Amounts to SS1O,0O0

i Hartford, Jan. 2s. Based on
 changes made by the board of as- sessors. and including deductions of
 $12,000 made by the board of relief.
 the completed grand list of Hartford as of July l, 1927, aggregates sS54.- 349,273, according to a tabulation made Friday at the office of the as- sessors. The final figure of the as- sessors. excluding the deductions of the board of relief. is $354,361,273, in comparison with a grand list of S33S,77G,6oO in the preceding year. or gain of more than 15,500.oo0.
 The farm list shows a decrease.
 For this list, the final figure for 1927 is .S431.S90. in comparison with q total of s433,5l4 in the preceding year.
 Using the present tax rate of ?" mills, the increase in the grand list indicates an increase of about $3lo.- 900 in the amount to be received in taxes assessed on the new list, pay able in July, 1928.
 As a result of failure Of hun dreds of property owners to file lists of their holdings within the time limit prescribed, an addition of s2.- SS1.Ga3 was made to the grand ''st, as a penalty. For each case of de- linquency, 10 per cent was a.",u to the assessed valuation. In regard to the 1926 list, this addition amounted to so,74o,000.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28

weeks engagement beginning Jan uary 30.
 Pilfering line from Dexter Eel lows, the good noise maker for the, Barnum and Bailey circus, MT. Whites bell ringer writes that this years Scandals is the biggest and greatest revue ever produced any where, anytime by anybody. This may or may not be a sound. un- biased criticism. coming as it does from a man who is paid to think in superlative terms about Mir. White and his Scandals, but from other avenues of usually accurate information it is reported that this edition of the Scandals is truly a good show, far better than most shows in kind seen here or in New York where they originate.
 AS an indication of the size of this show, the program lists one hundred and twenty people, num- bers two acts and furnishes the reader with descriptive matter OH fifty scenes. Five baggage cars are required to haul the scenery; half a hundred stage hands are employ ed back stage; four eagle-eye men sit in the balcony and bathe the prin- cipals with huge spotlights, to men, tion only the surface items that help to visualize the magnitude of this production.
 The cast includes Ann Pennine ton, that dainty, dimpled kneed darling, without whom no revue is complete.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
'LCNE EAGLE
 AT riff LYCEUM
Ar Drama Feature Picture Starts Today

Many will no doubt be attracted to inc Lyceum theater today. Sunday. Monday and Tuesday. 10 see the greatest of all great air pictures. The management can boast this pie ture to the greatest extent, for it was more than welcomed by the greatest and largest crowds at the New York theaters. It's Wings" only rival. The late war furnished plenty of material for motion picture stories, but at the same time it has brought about an exactness in pie lures heretofore unknown, according to Emory Johnson, who directed the war epic. "The Lone Eagle" starring Raymond keane.
 Tn making war picture such as The Lone Eagle explained John son. ''every detail must be perfect. In the United States alone there arc close to three million potential nov ie patrons who saw service in France during the war. When we depict street scene in French village, for instance if there is one little thing out of place, these men who have an indelible memory of France stamped in their minds, are bound to notice it. So it can be easily seen that this picture is of no little means. The leading roles in the picture are played by Raymond keane and Bar bara Kent, two of the younger school of players who have made rapid ad- vancement during the past year. The companion feature offers Lea trice Joy in "The Angel of Broad way" The fourth chapter of the will also be shown.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
OLD POP NESLE IS
 ADJUDGED GUILTY
Former Dry Agent Convicted of
 Receiving Stolen Goods

Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas Jan. 2S tR-Opening of international negotiations loomed today as a pos sible sequel to the conviction Tn colonial supreme court Of c. H. Pop" Nesle. former United States prohibition agent. found guilty Of receiving stolen property-part of a rum boat cargo seized by American coast guardsmen off the Bahaman shore.
 Although formal papers have not vet been forwarded to Washington, it was expected that extradition would be asked for Larry Christen- sen, commander of the coast guard boat which made the capture last September. Chief Justice Beatty, in charging the jury yesterday. said it had been almost conclusively prov ed' that Nesle and Christensen wer. hand in glove in planning to ap- propriate the boats cargo"
 Christensen's surrender had been asked before. but it was understood that negotiations were held in abey- ance, awaiting outcome of the Nesle case.
 The chief justice told the jury that evidence proved the seizure was made within the British territorial limit. Christensen, now understood to be attached to the coast guard forces at Fernandina, Fla, had re- ported the capture made five miles from British waters.
 Coast guard officers in Washing ton last night were quoted as say ing they believed Christensen en- tirely blameless in the affair.
 In yesterdays trial, charges of larceny against Nesle were dismissed and his sentence for receiving stolen property was announced as one year. beginning with his original arrest, shortly after the capture of the rum cargo.
 The liquor involved. exhibited in the trial as evidence. was found in Nesle's home on Cat Cay, a British island. The defense pleaded that the liquor was stolen by Mary De Vaux. servant of J. R. Clark, Mi ami, owner Of the island. Defense evidence also attempted to show that
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
DEMONSTRATION

"Quicksand,' the first of the popu- lar priced Broadway bound plays that comes to Parsons next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. had it's in itial performance at the Shubert theator. New Haven. Thursday night of this week. In commenting on the performance, the reviewer of the New Haven Journal-Courier said:
 '" 'Quicksand'." a three-act drama by Robert Ames opened last night at the Shubert theater with a splendid cast headed by Robert Ames and Anne Forrest. Anna Held, Jr.. daughter of q famous mother, has done we'll with her second play and all things point to her ultimate sue cess among the younger Broadway producers. One tense moment fol- lows another in this absorbing play"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
STUDENT PRINCE AT.
 CAPITOL THEATER
Heidelberg University Romance
 Stars Navarro and Shearer

The Student Prince"-Ramon Novarro - Norma Shearer = Ernst Lubitsch.
 With such combination, 1t would seem, the ultimate had been reached in the possibilities of the drama of the screen.
 And to see the huge Metro Gold wyn-Mayer triumph, at the Capitol four days beginning Sunday night. is more than a mere entertainment, gripping and enthralling as that may be. It is life experience.
 The play has thundered down the years as one of the greatest dramas of the stage. It has been played in every land. It is a classic of classics It has helped to make the fame of Mansfield. Bouciccault and other stars of the footlights.
 Ramon Novarro. in the role Richard Mansfield played. is to the acreen what Mansfield was to the stage. This Is proved by the almost
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
RECORD BREAKING
 ENTRY IN TENNIS
THenty-Eieht Nations to Con- pete for Davis Cup This Year

Paris, Jan. oS Cp-A record breaking entry Of nations is assured for the 1928 Davis Cup competition, in which France will defend the historic tennis trophy for the first time.
 The last entry, from Cuba, brings the total up to the unprecedented mark of 2S. This is three more than the previous record list of 25 chal lcngers, first reached in 1926 and repeated again in 1927, when Amer lca met her first defeat in eight years.
 With the lists open until next Tuesday, January 3l. eleventh hour challenges may put the total beyond the 30 mark. Canada, which is ex- pected to play in the American zone. has not yet filed challenge.
 The official draw takes place next Thursday, February 2, at the Ely see palace, where President Dou- mergue will make the first pairing
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28

in the presence Of . dipyema&3o =. semblage representative Sf tho Aa- tions entered in the teus1amsat.
 Of the challenges - far reooi1eA 2s are in tho European and Avo tn the American zone. includtng .tAe United States. China. Japan,- Cube and Mexico. ;,
 Two South American nat31ns. Chile and Argentina, as we'll as Aue- tralia and the Philippines have fled their challenges in the Eurep>ea zone. Finland and Norway haye filed entries for the first time while Germany. which returned te the 1927 tournament after an absence Of IS years is again . factor.
 Other challenges have been fled by Italy, Greece. Great Britain. Ire. land, Poland, Switzerland, Hunfary. Czecho-slovakia. Holland, Jueo- slavia. Portugal. Belgium, Souta Africa, Spain, Denmark and Aus tria.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
City Items

Raymond Watson of Hudson street, Berlin, reported the theft of a vacuum cap, tire. tube and rim from his car while it was parked in the rear of Rogers Recreation build ing on Church street last night.
 Rudolph Brown of 156 Columbia street reported to the police yester- day the theft of his bicycle from Main street.
 Cyril Luddy of 31e South Main street reported to the police last evening the theft of a blanket and pillow out of his car. which was parked on Main street near the John A. Andrews Co. store.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
Countess Gets Title
 From Osage Indians

PaWhuska. Okla, Jan. 28 R,- countess Hillyar dc Caen of Orleans. France, who won the hearts of thousands of doughboys for whom she sang while they were in the A. F. w.. no whas title of Ameri- can nobility"
 The wealthy Osage Indians ad- mltted her to membership in their Tribe and conferred on her the title or "Mu-hi-ki-he-kah," which means
 the great lady" The countess. who is touring the United States, also received an Indian hcad-dress and rich-h -hued blanket.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
BEAVERS DROWN BULL

Republic, llas.. Jan. 2S. Lp Beavers are blamed by George Perk- ins for the drowning of q valuable 1.300-pound bull in the Republican river. Mr. Perkins. owner of the animal, said that the beavers under mined land on his farm, close to the river bank, which caved in un- der the animal.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
GEORGE WHITES SCAynays

Missing its annual tour last sea- son, for the sound and sufficient reason that the show rounded out exactly three hundred and sixty-ffye profitable days on Broadway. George Whites Scandals comes to the Shu- bert theater. New Haven. for |
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28

If you invest your money and then fe-invest your interest, the principal will double itself in as many years as the rate of interest goes into 72.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28

The bubonic plague, black death, which swept Europe in 134S, caused the greatest loss of life ever traced to a single origin.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28

the liquor found at Nesle's home was from another source. but prose- cutton witnesses failed to Identify 1t as such.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
Former Boston "Woman"
 Is Now an English "I .ady"

Seven Oaks. England. Jan. 2s UP)Lord Sackville died today from heart trouble after ten days illness from pneumonia.
 Lord Sackville is succeeded in the barony by his brother. Major Gener- al Sir Charles Sac',yille- West.
 The new Lady Sackville- West for merly was Mrs. Anne Meredith Bigelow. of Boston, Mass.. at one time well known on the stage.
 Ships totaling 72.000 tons were launched for Canadian Pacific sery- ice during the months of October and November, 1927.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-28

HEAD HERALD CLASSIFIED Ans
 FOR BEST RESULTS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19
INTERVENTION
SPLITS meet
Old Issue Again Re-
vived In Havana
Conference

HAVANA, Feb. 1s.-tP-The Pan
American congress today laid one
spectre which had been threatening
its peaceful conclusion only to have
another, which had been quiescent,
suddenly show its head in plerary
session. Non-intervention in Ameri-
can states was the issue which came
to life after having lain dormant in
committee. Earlier the Pan-Ameri-
can union convention, which had
provoked contention resulting in the
resignation of DR.. Pueyrredon Of
Argentina. had been approved.
After the representatives Of sew
eral countries had expressed them
selves in plenary session as opposed
to Intervention, DR.. Gustavo Guerre-
70, leader Of the Salvadorean dele
CATION and head of the committee on
public international law, sprang his
bombshell by requesting permission
to introduce a resolution placing the
conference on record as unanimous
ly and irrevocably opposing any in
%tervention by one state into the at
fairs of another.
He said that while it was impossi-
BILE to reach an agreement in sub.
committee or committee, it appeared
to him that there existed a nearly
unanimous opinion supporting the
thesis of absolute non-intervention
President Bustamente of the con.
gress asked DIR. Guerrero to draw ur
a formal resolution e~mbodying this
idea.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19
Myers Explains
Missent Letter

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-tR-
Abram r. Myers, federal trade com
missioner, took a fling today at
senators who have been ~assailing the
course he pursued. as an assistant
attorney general, in the bread mer-
ger case.
In a formal statement, supple
menting one he issued last night
after Federal Judge Soper Of Balti-
more, who handed the consent de-
cree in the case, had testified before
a senate subcommittee, Myers re.
iterated that he inadvertently had
placed in a senate committee record
a copy Of a letter he had written 70
Soper, but had not sent. The judge,
he said. received a revised letter
which gave a different version OF
Myers part in the litigation.
Miss Alice Giesler, secretary &c
Myers, assumed full responsibility
today for sending to the senate
carbon copy Of the unsent letter to
Judge Soper which brought forth the
assertion from Senator Borah OF
Idaho yesterday that "lying and
forgery" were apparent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19
Alienation Suit
In Murder Case

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 1s.-CP)-The
private lives of John Lawrence,
former mayor of Mesquite, and Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Kimbell were
brought into the Lawrence murder
trial in district court here today.
Lawrence is charged with the MUIR
der OF Kimbell, who was shot in Mes
quite last October 6.
Much of the testimony dealt with
alleged enmity between Lawrence
and Kimbell resulting from an alien
alton of affections suit filed by Kim
bell against the former mayor. Kim
bell in the alienation suit charged
Lawrence had stolen Mrs. Kimbells
affections.
After examining Is witnesses.
many Of whom related incidents tend
ing to show ill-feeling between Law
renee and Kimbell, the state rested.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19
MMziO One OF Great
Sopranos OF World

In the great opera houses Of
Europe; in Buenos Aires and Rio
de Janeiro in South America; in
Mexico and Cuba and New York and
Chicago; Clauria Muzio is hailed as
n Of the greatest sopranos within
living memory. She is the darling
Of three continents, because Of the
beauty Of her voice and the compel
ling e~motionalism of her acting.
She Is to sing with the Chicago
Civic Opera Company in San Antonio
in March.
But it is not generally known that
she is also an accomplished arts.
on the harp an piano. She played
the harp when she was but six years
Of age, her teacher being Madame
~Tagleavia, who was first harpist in
the metropolitan Opera House, and
she continued her studies of harp
and piano when her father became
stage manager of the Manhattan
Opera House in New York.
At thirteen years Of a e she was
acclaimed as a pianist when she ap-
peared in concert at Turin, Italy,
and seemed destined for a brilliant
career as a concert pianist. But her
family began to realize that a golden
voice was developing in her throat;
and when at eighteen years of age
she made her operate debut; the
ovation she received was so spec
tacular that her career since that
time has been that Of a singing-act-
ress. But she has never departed
from her first musical love, and il
her time were not fully occupied by
the operate stage, she could make a
brilliant success as either a harpist
or n pianist.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19
Three Missing
In Ferry Wreck

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1s.-CP-
One to three persons were definite
ly listed as missing today as a three
cornered investigation got under
way into the nose dive" taken by
the ferry boat Peralta while cross
ing San Francisco bay last night.
Some unofficial Investigators,
who included in their estimates all
persons who had not returned TO
their homes in the East Bay district
last night, reported as high as 10
persons among the missing.
While approximately 80 passen-
gers were swept overheard when the
vessel stuck its bow into the green
waters of the bay, police announced
that their checkup showed only
three definitely unaccounted for this
afternoon. Officials of the Key
Route system, owners of the ferry.
declared only one person known to
have been a passenger was missing.
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they will proceed Immediately to put
u country into the League of Ma
tions.
$50 far as ! am concerned, I am
not so minded. l believe the policy
of the party as internationalist party
will not be successful in their effort.
The republican party is for peace
and good will among nations; il
does not believe in isolation; it de-
sires to help other nations but in
sists America shall be free"
Secretary Jones also declared that
had Mr.. Hoover not entered the Ohio
contest, many Of the Willis dele
gates, no doubt, would have been
pledged to Hoover as second choice
but that now is precluded. He as
serted that at no time will any OF the
Willis delegates support Hoover at
the Kansas City convention.