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New Britain herald., 1928-12-31

6-Mrs. Charlotte BalSeden Bur dick of Dwight street. 94 years old. Edward H. Parker observes S3rd an- niversary as fireman. Heaviest local voting in national election. as Hoover wins election. Mrs. Alfred Hepworth of New Britain road, Plainville. S4 years old.
 1 7-Miss Maude F. Traver re-elect- cd secretary Connecticut Hospital as- sociation. MT. and Mrs. F. w. Han cock Of Fairview street married S5 years.
 11-Mr. and Mrs. James kindelan of West Main street married 25 years. Six tenement house at 2i Tal- colt street damaged by fire to extent of $2.5Oo.
 12-Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Don- Ian of Elm street married 25 years. Fireman John F. stanton and Thom- as Roper retired at own request.
 1S-Henry T. Schultz. chauffeur, in critical condition after turning ov - in critical condition after overturn- ing of automobile at corner of Park and Cliff streets.
 14-Paul L. stahl of Corbin ave- nue and Alfred T.. Magnell of Hart ford appointed to Annapolis Naval Academy. William B. Montague of Hawley street dies in garage when overcome by carbon monoxide gas MT. and Mrs. Henry X. Smith of South High street married A years. Edward N. Stanley observes roth birthday anniversary. George A Quigley appointed by mayor as chairman of city plan commission.
 15-First Baptist church observes 120th birthday anniversary. Thomas J. Mcskill elected faithful navigator Of Bishop Tierncy assembly K. of c.
 16-Robert l.. Senele of this city appointed deputy prohibition admin istrator. Cess & DeLeerv- Co., in
New Britain herald., 1928-12-31

S-Mr. ana Mrs Charles J. A. Johnson of Thorniley street married 25 years. Icy pavements cause many collisions and accidents. James L. Doyle, editor of New Britain Record, dies at his home. g Washington street.
 s-Class of 500 confirmed at Holy Cross church.
 10-Plans made for skating pond at Willow Brook park. Michael Clynes elected councillor Hobart camp. Modern Woodmen of America. Wladslaw Jablonski elected presi- dent Polish Falcons, Nest ss.
 1l--Foul play suspected in death of Eugene Delpe. Suits totalling $500 brought against Rev. Dennis Kulmatycky former pastor of ukrainian Greek Catholic church, by elected worshipful master of Freder- ick lodge, 4. r. and A. M. in Plain- vile. Joseph Sagan shot in hand when attempting to collect $50 on bill from Michael kucharczyk of New Haven. Assailant not appre- hcnded. Chief w. J. Noble makes blanket request for raise in pay of firemen and extension of vacation period to IA days. Nicholas Settem- primo elected president Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America.
 1s--Robert Mccarthy. years old son of Mir. and Mrs. James T. Me- Carthy of Church street, fatally burned. Mrs. A. J. Sloper elected president Visiting Nurse associa- tion. Adam Dudkiewicz makes cash settlement for death of three year old Virginia Margosiap. killed in fall from third story veranda of defend- ants house. Child's parents sought s5.0on I 1lages.
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New Britain herald., 1928-12-31

character building: with the laws or learning and habit formation and with the general growth and de-
 velopm ent which takes place in the life of child.
 The course is expected to contin- Il throughout the winter months.
 If it is successful it will be repeat ed again next year. Items
 Town Clerk Arthur L. Woodruff attended the annual convention of
 town clerks throughout the state held in New Haven Saturday. Miss Anna McCabe Haverstran Is
 visiting Mir. and Mrs. George Grif-
 filth of kensing.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Heald and
 daughter, Nancy, of Cincinnati. O..
 are visiting with Mrs. Heald's aunt and uncle, Mir. and Mrs. Pardon C.
 Hickey of Warrington Ridge. MT. and Mrs. Earl Young of Lower l Lane. who have been confined 10 ! their homes for the past few weeks
 owing to injuries received in an au- tomobile accident. are able to be about again.
 | Miss Susan Schofield of the Derby i hospital will return at the end of this week 10 visit her mother. Mrs.
 Susan Schoficld of Worthington | ridge.
 William and Samuel Coale. sons of | Mir and Mrs. s. Chase Coale of { Worthington ridge. will entertain
 this evening at a New Years Eve party at their home. Several of the
 college set will be ir attendance. Grange Party
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
437 FUND SPEECHES
Numerous Engagements
Filled in Six Weeks.

Mark Hamer, chairman of the
Community Funds speakers bu-
reau. announced today that 437 en-
gagements had been filled during
the past six weeks.
"These figures show an awakened
interest in the thirty-seven agen-
cieS sharing the fund" said Hamer
IF we had had more speakers avail
able for duty the number of en-
gagements easily would have ex-
ceeded 5OO."
Two hundred and eighteen
churches arranged for special
speakers to appear before their con-
gregations, in addition to the dates
filled by the speakers bureau. Out
of eighty-f1ve parent-teacher clubs
in the city eighty-two had special
Community Fund programs, and pu-
pills Of nearly every school in the
city enacted plays and pageantS.
Educational trips to various fund
agencies, arranged in cooperation
with the street railway company,
we're taken by All members of par
ent-teacher clubs.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21

full of Indian relics-arrow heads,
skinnin' rocks and such. 1 haven't
so many of those though, but my
brother, Charley, has. He has sew
eral trays of flint arrow heads, deer
bone sewing squares. hatchets. Oh,
yes, he has had lots Of chances to
sell 'em but I reckon he won't ever
do it; he likes to have 'em around" !"
Interesting folk, these Barnhart
brothers who hammer, saw and nail
for a living, but enjoy collecting
rare stones, fossils, Indian relics
and now mastodon skeletons.
"Of course, you'll sell this Skele-
ton" they are urged. But they look
embarrassed when the suggestion of
capitalizing any of their finds is
even mentioned.
"Shucks," William Barnhart says,
lit really isn't much, just a curiosity,
but we don't even have time to sleep
any more or eat either" The sug-
gestion was made that a small
charge would pay them in part at
least for the trouble the many Wis
itors cause.
We'll, that wouldn't be fair-not
very fair would 1t, since so many
have been here already and we
haven't charged them anything?
Besides if all these folks travel so
far to see the skeleton, I guess we
can show it to EN-" Charles offered
in hic 1Ouy- -rNifohaI xyOioa
And so the Barnhart folk extend
their gentle hospitality to the float
ing population of Romney.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21

stumbled over shiny object stick
ing up about two inches out of the
ground 1t was a loose tooth of the
maStodon.
Skull in Greek
Continuing to dig, Barnhart found
the skull in the creek, and the other
parts extending at right angles from
the creek bed into the low banks.
Most of the bones were only three
or four feet deep in the earth and
are in a splendid state of preserva-
ton. 1t is estimated that they have
probably been buried $4,000 to
$4,000 years.
DR.. r. B. Wetherill of Purdue uni
versity, Lafayette, who has made
extensive studies of prehistoric life
considers the discovery most i'm
portant. To his knowledge, tfis Is
the first mastodon ever found III this
part of Indiana. An entire fossil is
rare-there being only three or four
in existence. A mammoth skeleton
has been found near Darlington, and
mammoth teeth have been found
near Lafayette and Romney. The
mammoth had enormous tusks SINH
lar to those of the maStodon, but
the mammoth's tusks we're straight,
whereas those of the mastodon
curved upward. The weight of the
living maStodon was about ten tons
and it stood about twelve feet high.
The length of the animal from tuskS
to tail was twenty-one feet.
Bones of Young Animal
The. mastodon skeleton earthed
by Barnhart belonged to q young
animal, according to Dr. Wetherill,
and it probably became mired in
the marshy ground, where it lay
unable to release itself, finally
starving.
The discoverer of the maStodon
skeleton is a carpenter by trade but
a hunter, trapper, hiker and lover
of the outdoors by choice.
Il like to tramp around, to trap,
to hunt and to watch things grow, .
he explains, land I'm always find
ing something A few years ago 1
found a mammoth tooth in pile of
gravel, and this territory is chuck
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
ding, Ding At
CORNERS may
Join The DODO
Council Plans to End All
Turns at intersections
in Heart of City.
BREAK FOR WALKERS
Pedestrians Would Get
Every Other Signal in
New System.

"Dingl DingI Ding" will not
punctuate the traffic din at down.
town street corners if plans of city
council for the elimination of all
turns, street cars and automobiles
alike, at the intersections of Illinois
and Meridian streets with Wash
ington street are carried out.
Pedestrians will cross downtown
corners with the traffic, getting
their chance with every other flip
of the signal, instead of every third
change, when plans now under con-
sideration materialize.
Under provisions of the new
traffic code adopted Monday night
by council and awaiting the mayors
signature and publication before
becoming effective, powers of the
board of safety were enlarged to
permit it to designate streets,
where traffic will not make right or
left turns. Traffic, in the sense of
the ordinance, includes street cars.
No Word in Code
At the same time, the new code.
said not a word about the three
bells for pedestrians" that have
brought Snickers from the sophisti-
Gated. Their only chance for SAL
Sation. it Is pointed out, lies in the
codes provision that the safety
board may take steps to meet emer-
gencies arising in traffic control.
Their continuance may not even
became an issue between council
and safety board, because council
IS intent on eliminating street car
turns at Meridian and Washington
streets, and Illinois and Washing
ton streets, by rerouting the lines
downtown.
This would open the way for
stipulating no traffic turns at these
corners and automatically elini-
nate the necessity for a traffic
period for pedestrians only.
City Engineer Alfred H. Moore
came to council meeting Monday
"AfAA a AAAAJ eAAa ACAANdAANC 1OI
rerouting the downtown car lines
to avoid the turns. AS the sug-
geStions were not complete, the
matter was left open.
Plans Being Completed
The plans. however. are being
finished and will be submitted to
the Indianapolis Street Railway
company for joint consideration be-
fore action is taken to eliminate the
Washington street turns.
Mayor L. Ert Slack has until Nov
80 to sign or veto the new traffic
code. His approval is contemplated.
Before the ordinance can become
effective it must be printed in
pamphlet form and advertised two
weeks, so that it probably will not
become operative until late in
December.
To avoid any confusion in the
heavy Christmas traffic. approval
and publication so may be timed d.
to make the measure operative a
day or two after Christmas, officials
say.
1t is hoped that the elimination OF
traffic turns at the downtown cor e.
ners may be arranged so that the
three-way traffic arrangement now
accompanied by the bell-ringing al
three downtown intersections may
be eliminated at the same time the
other provisions of the ordinance go
into effect.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
Hundreds Attracted to
Romney by Mastodon
Bones.
BY KATHRYN TREssEL

ROMNEY. Ind, Nov. 21,-Un-
earthing Of a monstrous mastodorl
skeleton by William Barnhart in
Jackson township, Tippecanoe coun-
ty, has given this little town float
ing population of between 300 and
400 persons daily.
The scientist from Chicago, stu
dents from Indiana colleges, the
Romney cornhusker, the school
teacher from Ohio, men, women and
children from all walks of life
stand in line in the Barnhart farm
yard home at the north edge of
Romney and patiently await their
turn to be admitted to the shed
which houses the mammoth skull,
ribs, leg bones, shoulder blades,
tusks, vertebrae, glittering teeth and
other parts OF the animal.
Barnhart continues to dig, hop
ing to find the few missing parts of
the skeleton which he discovered
about week ago in Jones creek, six
miles west of Romney. on a farm
tenented by Rupert Brown. He was
looking for place to set a trap and
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
OF RADIO AMAZE CITY WITH CONTROL FEATs

There will be no motorman nor
conductor on the car. The car
will weigh more than $4,000
pounds. The radio control ap-
paratus will weigh less than four
pounds.
The wizard will arrive Sunday
morning. His first big free exhi-
bition under auspices Of The Times
will be given probably on Tuesday,
at noon. From then on for the
seven days of his engagement, he
will have a busy schedule Of spe-
cial exhibitions.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21

martial music in response to the
wizards waves.
Under auspices of The Times, it
is planned for Francill to give
scientific demonstrations before
the student bodies of the city high
schools and of Butler university
Before the students and facul-
ties of the educational institu-
lions he will demonstrate that by
wireless controlled devices he can
duplicate by science every phe-
nomenon of fraudulent spiritualis-
tic mediums and clairvoyants.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
TWO SLAIN; MYSTERY
Probe Death of Hunters
Found Under Hedge.

BIZ United Press
STAUNTON, ILL, Nov. 21.--rhe
bodies Of Role Davis and George
Arnold, their shotguns beside them,
were found under a hedgerow neal
here today. The two men had gone
hunting together, Monday.
Authorities said both men had
been shot but they were unable TO
determine whether they had been
killed in duel, a suicide pact, a
double murder, a murder and sui
eide, or in some peculiar accident
Both men, mine workers, were the
heads of large families. Posses
found their bodies after the tolling
Of the village fire bells had spread
the alarm that two citizens were
missing.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21

start and stop motors, sound and
silence horns, flashlights, etc.
IN addition to this phase of his
Il offering, he also will operate
upon the stage a miniature battle
ship, fourteen feet in length. BY
wireless control, the wizard will
flash lights, hoist flags and pen
nants, fire cannon singly or by
volley; release toy balloons, ring
bells, sound a fog horn and con-
troll a searchlight. There is even
monograph that plays stirring
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21

radio control and without the
touch of human hand.
Advance agents of the wizard
arrived here Tuesday night and
are, busy with arrangements for
the experts demonstrations
Francill will be the supreme at
traction all next week at the
Lyric theater. On the stage at
each performance during his en-
gagement, he will operate one or
more standard, stock model auto
mobiles, without drivers and sole
ly by radio wave control. He will
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21

He will out-medium the me-
dunn, going them several points
better by producing phenomena
they can not duplicate. Then he
will expose his feats, showing ex-
actly how he has created and pro-
duced the deceptions.
n
IF the cooperation of traction
Aof1cials can be obtained, the
trolley car will be operated by
Francill from one extremity of the
business district to the other.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
SEEKS SPEAKER JOB
Oscar Ahlgren. whiting, Enters
Ring for legislature Post

Oscar Ahlgren, Whiting, Enters
Ring for legislature Post
Oscar Ahlgren, of Whiting, has
announced his candidacy for speak e
er of the house of representatives in
the legislature convening Jan. 10.
Ahlgren was a member of the house
in 1921, was Republican floor leader
in 1923 and chairman of the educa-
ton committee in 1927.
Others who either have an.
nounced their candidates. or have
been mentioned for the speakership
include; j. Glenn Harris, Gary;
Samuel ]. Farrell, Hartford City;
James M. Knapp, Hagerstown;
Frank E. Wright. Indianapolis; John
w. Chamberlain, Terre Haute
George w. Freeman, Kokomo; and
Herbert H Evans, Newcastle.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
Accused Detectives Freed

BIZ United Press
MUNCIE, Ind. Nov. 21.-Charges
against Everett Delvin and Wayne
Lucas, both Of Indianapolis, charged
with operating as detectives here
without dicenses, have been dis
missed in Delaware circuit court.
They we're employed by Muncie cli-
ents to obtain evidence of liquor
selling and gambling. They caused
several arrests, but when accused
came to trial the detectives admit
ted they did not have licenses and
the defendants were released.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21

XXTONDERS of radio never be-
w fore presented in this city or
this section will be offered here for
seven days, starting Sunday, and
several amazing exhibitions will
be given under auspices of The
indianapolis Times.
The experiments will be con-
Quoted by Maurice j. Francill,
world-famed wireless wizard. 1t
is planned for him to operate a
trolley car, automobiles, and one
or more manufacturing plants by
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
HUNDREDS OF
CITIZENS HUNT
FOR AK FIEND
AIl-Night Patrol Kept in
Omaha for Reappearance
of Hatchet Killer.
DEATH TOLL AT THREE
Elaborate System of Light
Signals Arranged to
Spread Alarm.

By United Press
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 21.-Omaha
awoke to learn that the "hatchet
killer" had not struck Tuesday
night.
Each night since Sunday the
maniac has taken his toll with a
hatchet.
Five hundred police and citizens
patrolled the streets all night. A
system of light signals had been
worked out so the alarm could be
spread in case the ak slayer resumed
his grewsome work.
The death toll stood at three
today.
Sunday night the body of Joseph
Blackman, rs, was found in his
home. He had been hacked to death
as he slept.
Early Monday the hatchet man
entered the home of Waldo ReSso,
milkman, shortly after he left at
8 a. m. He killed Mrs. ResSo, 81,
mother of two children, and then
went upstairs, where he killed her
sister, Miss Creta Brown, 18.
Children Not Harmed
ResSo found the bodies when he
returned from work about 2 p. m.
the bodies lay on the beds, hacked
and stripped of night clothing. The
two children had not been harmed.
The older of the children greeted
his father with the exclamation:
"a black man butchered mama!"
The latest attack was that on Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Stribling early
Tuesday.
II was awakened about 3 o'clock" 7"
Mrs. Stribling told police "a mulatto
was standing over ur bed. He had
his ak raised. I screamed, but the
ak fell before Harold could do any,
thing. He struck Harold again and
then hit me.
Arrange Warning System
''Mollie, our 18-months-old girl,
lay between Harold and me. The
killer pulled back the covers and
looked at her for long time.
was afraid he was going to hit her,
too.
"He made me get up and go with
him. Dressed only in a silk night
gown, I was forced to walk three
miles through the cold to a swamp
where he kept me an hour before
he left"
Mrs. Stribling staggered to the
outskirts of town and found de-
tective.
Strihling was near death today
with fractured skull. Mrs. Strib-
ling's nose was broken by the mu-
latto.
A battery of telephone operators
remained on duty all night to flash
warnings to the city if the mulatto
was known to be abroad.
A flashing Of electric lights in the
homes Of any district was to be the
signal for policemen to call head
quarters for instructions as to where
to trail the mulatto.
Dozens Questioned
The city was more aroused over
the killings than 1t was over the
phantom sniper" two years ago.
He was Frank Carter, who shot sew
eral persons with a silenced rife.
After several days of nervousness
on the part of Omahans, he was
caught and later was hanged.
Dozens of Negroes were taken in
to custody and questioned, but none
answered the description given by
Mrs. Stribling. She said the as
sailant was light and about 81 years
old. Police believe the crimes were
committed by degenerate or an
escaped lunatic.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
EARLY
YULETIDE MAILING,
PLAIN ADDRESSES
BrySon Makes Plea to Re-
duce Unbelievable Christ
mas Packages.

Help reduce the amount of unde-
liverable Christmas mail by mailing
early and having complete, correct
addresses on each letter, card and
parcel, Postmaster Robert H. Bryson
urged today.
Annually thousands of Yuletide
greeting cards and gift packages
find a resting place in the dead let
ter Office because of incomplete or
incorrect addresses, Bryson said.
Christmas mailers should not only
write all addresses complete. with
house number and name Of street,
poStoffice box or rural route num-
Der, typed or plainly written in ink,
but should include a return address
in the upper left corner of each
piece Of mail.
Careful Packing Urged
If tag is used, the address and
return card should also be written
on the wrapper for use if tag is
lost, and a copy of the address in
closed in the parcel.
Careful packing of all parcels
with strong paper and heavy twine,
he said. Umbrellas, canes, golf
sticks and similar articles should
be reinforced their full length by
strong strips of wood, tightly
wrapped.
Boxes of Christmas candy should
be inclosed in strong outside boxes.
Liberal quantities of excelsior should
be used in Grating articles easily
broken or crushed.
Postage must be fully prepaid on
all mail.
Foreign Mail Dates
Dates for mailing letters and cards
to foreign countries announced in
clude: Nov. 25, China, Coriento,
Nicaragua and Philippine Islands;
Dec. 7, Austria, Norway, Greece,
Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Rumania,
Sweden; Dec. 8, Bulgaria, Yugo-
slavia, Turkey, Portugal, Italy and
Bluefields, Nicaragua; Dec. IL,
Spain, Hungary, Denmark, CzechoS-
lovakia; Dec. 13, Belgium, England,
France, Germany, Hiti, Ireland,
Netherlands, Panama, Scotland,
Switzerland; Dec. %, Cuba.
An additional twenty-four hours is
required for packages to these
points. All matter should be mailed
as much earlier than these dates
as possible, Bryson said. Final mail
ing dates for other countries may be
obtained at the postoffice.
Bryson also urged the mailing of
| Christmas cards in ten or more two
or three weeks before Christmas, to
be delivered a few days before
Dec. Is.
Tie Cards in Bundles
These cards should be tied to-
gether in bundle, labeled to show
they are Christmas cards and left
at the postoffice or in a mail aox.
Christmas cards and gifts TO
points within one days travel, Bry-
son said, should be mailed not later
than Dec. 16. For more distant
points Dec. IA is the deadline, and
| for local delivery Dec. 81.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
sOviets RidicuIe Crash" Story

BV JNlffN FTCSe
MOSCOW, Nov. 21.-The Soviet
press ridiculed today a statement in
the British Parliament on Monday
by Captain D. H. Hacking that
financial collapse of Soviet Russia
was imminent. The press con-
trasted Russia's increase in United
States trade with Britain's die
hard" trade refusal.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
KILL 81 IN TOXIC RIOTS


Labor Demonstrations Cause Clash
With Police and Troops.
By United Press
LONDON, Nov. 21.-The Man
chester Guardians Shanghai corre-
spondent said today that the
Chinese official Koumin News
Agency at Toxic reported twenty
nine labor demonstrators and two
soldiers were killed and sixty labor
ties we're wounded in Toxic in
clashes with the police and japanese
troops on Nov. IL and IL during
the enthronement ceremonies. The
report said 200 demonstrators were
arrested.
Censorship had prevented foreign
correspondents from cabling reports
of the incident.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
GAMERS TO MEET

Indiana Association to Hold Annual
TwO-Day Session.
The Indiana Gamers Association
will hold its annual meeting Thurs
day and Friday at the Claypool. The
meeting will open with a luncheon
Thursday noon, followed by an aft
ernoon session and the annual din
ner at Z p. m. The dinner will con-
sist entirely Of canned foods. The
final session will be held Friday
morning.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
Girl Dies of Auto Injuries

By Times Special
ELKHART, Ind, Nov. 21.-Miss
Helen M. Albright. 18-year-old Elk
mart high school junior, is dead of
injuries suffered in an auto accident
Sunday.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-11-21
FOUR PERFECT HANDS
Bridge Game Freak So Surprised
Player Misdeal Is Declared.

By United Press
VANCOUVER, S. c., Nov. 21.-
One deal at bridge game resulted
in four perfect hands.
M E. SIaife, customs officer,
shuf5Ied the cards, then gave them
to A w. Davis, who shuffled them
again had them cut and dealt
them. SKATES wife was so excited
over Ter hand that she laid it face
up on che table, and miSdeal was
declared.