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New Britain herald., 1928-01-05

offers. It's too good . thing to turn down. We arc wonderfully matched in . way. She has plenty to confess and, if I do say it myself. there are few who know how to confess any better than l do. It's kind of a partnership. but it has its senti- mental side. She is really very charming. and she must have. been a wonder in her day"
 Lucas said that he and his bride would probably go at once to Holly wood. where he thought they would make good without any trouble. In the meantime. he said, he would continue with his volumes of sup plemental confessions while he was in the mood.
 / Just Kept on Confessing
 T made a mistake when l started to confess" he said. but now that I'm in that line. there is nothing to do but to keep right on with it. In the first place, I started to write my confessions as third-person fiction. That was in England. The publish CTS bounded me into putting It out in the first person and under my own name. It had a tremendous sale. made 1850 out of my first set. l confessed enough for two or three lifetimes in that first book, but it went so we'll that I have just had to confess. confess and confess ever eli "a h {v1r hot I that was interesting.
 Recently I have been writing about other criminals and under worlds of big cities, throwing in con- fessions of my own here and there as went along. It's rather enjoyable work and the readers like it."
 Tho public demand for confessions has been a great windfall for Chi cago May" Since being sent to pri- son for attempted murder in Eng land. she dropped out of sight for twenty years. About a year ago a brief dispatch was sent out from De- troit, saying that the former toast of the Haymarket and the Red Mil had been found destitute and in need of an operation. The story of her career was revived and offers to con. fess began to pour in on her. Hel story was printed in installments last year, but these. according tc Lucas, constitute a mere prospectus or asset of inferior samples of wha, is to como later on. after she has married her Boswell
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
CHAIN STORE SALES
 BREAK ALL RECORDS
Four Companies Report Total
 of $StS,671,4i9

New York, Jan. 5.-R-Chain stores broke all records for total sales last year, with December high record month for all time. Four companies which reported yesterday showed total sales of $213,61,419 for 1927. comparing with $165.525,- oo7 for 1926, a gain s4S,146. 41e, or 29.o9 per cent. ..-..
 Sales in December totaled $33,- c15,924, against $25,7So.577 in De- cember. 1926, a gain of $S,13S,Sf7. Of 31.55 per cent. This compares with sales of $2S,15S,4s9 in October. 1927, the best previous month last year, gain of 46.45 per cent.
 The gross sales of the J. c. Pen ney Company for 1927 were $151.- 954,621, well over the estimated sales Of *150, 100000 anticipated by the company, and an increase of sS6.271.597 over gross sales in 1926. or 31.s5 per cent. The 1927 figures are the largest in the company's history.
 Sales for December were $c1,796.- 277. record month for all time, against $15,9S6.417 in the same month of 1926, a gain of s5,S09,S60, or 36.34 per cent.
 The company operated s91 stores at the close of 1927, against 747 stores at the end of the previous year, an increase of IA stores. The gain in units is therefore 19.s per cent, and only partly accounts for the 31.S5 per cent increase in sales during the same period. Gains made by stores which have been in oper- ation for two years or more amount ed to 16.2 per cent in 1927. as com- pared with the previous year. The largest addition to the Pen ney chain last year was in July. when the Jones system of fifty-four stores was purchased. Gross sales of the Jones system before its acquisi- tion were sl,0G0.4S5 from January l 10 June 30. 1927. againt $s67.71s in the 1926 period. an increase of 22.c2 per cent. Cumulative gross sales of the Jones stores for the full year 1927 were s3,494,126, against $2,- S04,342 in 1926 an increase of $1.- lS9,7S3, or 51.GS per cent.
 The company took over the man. agement of the 20 stores previously
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05

The Morning eosG. whioo 1D .oe. ways avowedty skeptteal ef Denea pactA, asserts 1t | unahle to heoe for much of result freQ ths pso- posal. The paper eondnseo: 'We all have our little rsssFvalieaas ssr Nicaraguas and our Nearos .Aec. trinea. which disturb the syuaDstsy and completeness Of thsss univeFsal schemes for making war tmpesA- ble."
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
SOCIETY AVlATRIX
 WILL TURN 'PR0'
First NeV Yolt to Miami Fid
 Outlines CaroT

Miami. Fla. Jan. , N1-Miss Ruth Nichols, of Rye, New York. society girl who today held the honor of having made the first nonstop flight from New York to Miami. plans to 90 into the flying business. She said this following 8 hundred mile an hour trip which began on the waters off Rockaway Beach at 1906 .. m.. yesterday and ended at S:O6 p. m.. here last night. Accompanying Miss Nichols in the Fairchild pontoon monoplane were Harry Rogers, pres jdent of an air line here. an ex- perienced pilot. and Major NJ. K. Lee, retired business man of Rye. Washington and Baltimore, an anna teur pilot.
 They were making the trip and l wanted to come along" said Miss Nichols, nodestly. She was at the controls for five hours. and for two other short intervals.
 Miss Nichols said she was deeply interested in the development of commercial aviation and admitted she planned an aviation venture in which she would participate as an executive. But she declined to re- veal her plans in detail.
 She is the only woman holder of an international seaplane pilots li- cense and has been flying for five years. This was her second trip by air from New York to Miami. She once flew here with an aunt as . passenger, but the jaunt was made in short hops. Flying. she said, "is the only real way to so any appreciable distance
 The members of the party insist ed the flight was uneventful. In the artificially heated cabin of the sea- plane they chatted, had tea, coffee and sandwiches. and discussed the scenery.
 And Major Lee even had . nap. An improvised bed in the rear of the fuselage gave him 450 mile sleep.
 Miss Nichols, who Is the daughter of Erickson Nichols. former mem- Der of the New York stock exchange. and Major Lee, are to return this evening to Rye by train. The plane will be put into commercial service here.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
HISBADNESS MYTH,
 COMPRESSOR ADMITS
Young Fiancs of "Chica6o Nay
 Never in Jail

New York. Jan. R)-More con- fessions made yesterday by Netley Lucas, the 26 year old cherub-faced youth whose betrothal has been an- nounced to Chicago May" Church. ill, the 61 year old dowages queen of the underworld.
 Young Lucas confessed yesterday that his confessions were false, that he Is not the Rallies nor the beguil- CT of ducllesses that he has painted himself, that he has never served two terms in British reformatories. that he has not 50 much as been up for juvenile delinquency and that he has written his five volumes of con- ,fessions (three more in preparatton) altogether out of conscience void of offense.
 T don't know just how my public is going to take the acknowledgment that ! have never actually done any of the things that have confessed, but I could not stand the way they stared at me and snickered when l came down for breakfast It the Hotel Chelsea this morning." said the young confession king in an in- 'terview which was arranged over the telephone with his secretary. who has | voice astonishingly like that of his employer.
 The intended of Chicago May" barely looks like high school boy and his claim to be 26 years old seems to be next in the order of re- cantation. He was dressed yester- day in a cinnamnn- -colored suit with a citron -colored necktie and hand kerchief bordered to match.
 Goine Throssgh With Marriage
 Young Lucas said that he had written his encyclopedia of sensa- tional "reminiscences partly from ex- periences as police reporter on The London News and partly by reading up on the subject. and that he intended to keep on confessing as long as he found new matter to con- fess to. Az to his marriage with the veteran blackmaller and klepto- maniac. the young man of letters said he was absolutely through with it, although he knew that his fi- ance's police and jail record was long and imposing one.
 T am going to marry the vener- able crime wave. as you term her" said the author, measuring his words. "She is very charming and ! am fascinated by her. Further than that. she is gold mine of crime stuff. It is partly a business propo- sition. My publishers practically in- sist on it. We have all sorts of fine
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
ONE KILLED, FOUR HURT.

London. Jan. s (UP)-One per son was killed and four were con- fined to a hospital when an ammu- milton truck skieed down hill today and somersaulted over an embank- ment at Herkliffe. The explosions of the ammunition lasted for three hours.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
Grandmother Knew

there was nothing 50 good for con- gestion and colds as mustard. But the old fashioned mustard plaster burned and blistered.
 Musterole gives the relief and help that mustard plasters gave. without the plaster and without the blister.
 It is a clean. white ointment, made with oil of mustard. Gently rub it in. See how quickly the pain dis appears.
 Try Musterole for sore throat. bronchitis. tonsilitis. croup. stiff neck. asthma. neuralgia, headache. congestion. pleurisy. rheumatism. lumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains. sore muscles, bruises chilblains. frosted feet, colds of the chest (it may prevent pneu- monia.)
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05

06S. q gain of ls.S per cent over December, 1926. and S697..57, or 1e3 per cent higher than in Novem- Der. 1927. the best previous month of last year.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
INVASION REPORTED,

Vienna, Jan. (UP)(-Uncon- lirmed reports that reached here to- day from Bessarabia by way Of Bucharest said guerilla bands from Russia had invaded the frontier vil. lages of Gravitza and Puunea and pillaged and set firs to many houses. The plundering bands retrsated to Russia after the Rumanian sen. darmes killed one and wounded two.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
ENGLISH DAIL|ES FOR: WORLD PEACE
keuoe Proposal to Abolish War
 Reviewed in Detail

London. Jan. @ - After the evening papers had devoted most of their attention to discussion of American policy in Nicaragua, the morning papers today took up the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02
Machine Is Stolen

Col. Bell is in an awful dilemma.
This is his busiest season and he is
completely left in the cold. He was
out on the streets during the dollar
day sale, pushing his way through the
mobs, when somebody stuck a dollar
day sign on his camera. Just after
he had taken one picture and was ar
ranging it in his kit, somebody saw
the sign, showed a dollar bill in his
hand and took the camera. He dis
appeared in the crowd and hasn't
been seen since.
The one picture he obtained was of
Louis Waingold in a diligent search
for bargains. By a special photo
graphic process, known only to the
Col, it can be sen just what is on his
mind. The picture was taken just
after he had purchased a dollar day
special at Miller's Meat Market. Ru-
NOR has it that the purchase was a
fresh ham.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02
Here Is Louie

With a borrowed camera, which
works with difficulty, Col. Bell was
down on Deep Creek Lake Yesterday
evening looking over the possibilities.
In walking along the banks several of
the Dark horses" were brought to
light and discovered in the bushes.
and picture was taken of one of
these along with the owner.
Edward Lawrence, one of the lat
est cupboard motor enthusiasts, was
engaged in perfecting craft made in
the shape of shoe. The Buster
Brown, as Ed calls it, was taking a
little shape, with a borrowed toe, to
be used as the prov, and as the pic
ture was snapped, Ed was seated in
the rear, testing it's stability.
81 look for it to be in a class all
its own" Ed was quoted as saying.
And even if it doesn't win the tro-
ply, it will be good advertisement.
Beesness is beesness."
Ed At The Helm
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02

comfort their fellow being, but to dis
cover preventives and remedies. If
the baby born today has a better
chance it is because untold numbers
of people work to make it better at
the risk of their own lives.
The reduction of infant mortality
means more than a better chance for
babies. 1t means that we can keep
up our population without imposing
such burdens of motherhood on wo-
men as were once necessary.
Two hundred years ago, or even
100 family of six was necessary to
meet the death rate. Today we are
meeting it with families of four. Not
only that, but we are developing a
saner social, political and economic
structure, no matter what some folks
say. The average age of people liv-
ing in this country is much higher
than it used to be, which means that
the average intelligence is better, the
average judgment more mature and
the average experience greater.
Those who call this day of "fam-
ing youth" have failed to consult the
record. AS a matter of cold figures
young people represent a smaller per-
centage of the total population than
they ever did. DR.. Ira S. Vile, noted
psychiatrist, who has just completed
study of the subject, says there are
proportionately half as many persons
over so as there were in 1870. In 1870
persons under 80 represented more
than siXty-seven percent of the total
population. Now they represent only
fifty-eight per cent.
In 1870 persons over 40 represented
less than twenty per cent of the total
population. Now they represent a.
most twenty-seven per cent.
Those who think youth is running
things to a greater extent than ever
before are fooled. We may average
younger in spirit, but we are older in
years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02

Telephone
telephones OraD This orking
cables containing 2i24
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02
YOUNGER IN SPIRIT; OLDER
IN YEARS.

The Census Bureau reports that the
rate of infant mortality for 1927 was
the lowest ever recorded in this coun-
try.
Such a condition was not brought
about by strong men playing safe, by
doctors using their knowledge to avoid
danger, or by healthy people running
away from epidemics.
We have reduced the ravages of dis
ease, not only among infants, but
among adults, because men and wo-
men dared to expose themselves to
fatal maladies not alone to aid and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02
IMMENSE Retail BUSINESS NOW
REQUIRES $1,000 MEN AND WOMEN
Each Individual Transacon-A Telephone Call Requires the
Cooperation of the Calling Party Operator,
and Party Called

Designating the telephone company
serving Maryland, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia as
the largest retail business in this ter
ritory will undoubtedly surprise many
people. Probably no one considers
the telephone company in this light.
1t does, however, operate retail bust
ness of great magnitude, for every
call, either local or long distance, is
an individual transaction. Telephone
users in this territory now make about
100000 calls daily, each of which is
q personal service operation of three
people-the calling party, the operator
and the party called.
In operating this retail business the
company employs more than 1000
men and women, including engineers,
linemen, repairmen, clerks, operators
and supervisory officials.
Telephone service, this great retail
commodity, unlike other classes Of
business does not require the GUS
tomer-the calling party to come to
any central point to transact his bust
ness. Through the medium of the
telephone and it's associated apparatus
including switchboards, pole lines,
wire, cable, telephone instruments and
other plant, the user of this retail
industry is served from his place Of
business or home at any time of day
or night, weekdays, Sundays and holt
days.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele.
phone Company which serves this ter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02

/, tones and articulations of a speakers
carried on by word of mouth between
persons in different rooms, in differ
ent streets, or in different towns.
cat the present time we have a
perfect network of gas pipes and wa
ter pipes throughout our large cities.
We have main pipes laid under the
streets communicating by side pipes
with the various dwellings, enabling
the members to draw their supplies of
gas and water from a common source.
'In a similar manner, it is conceiv-
able that cables of telephone wires
could be laid underground, or sus-
pended overhead, communicating by
branch wires with private dwellings,
country houses, shops and manufac-
tories, uniting them through the main
cable with a central office where the
wires could be connected as desired,
establishing direct communication be-
tween any two places in the city.
Such plan as this, though imprac-
ticable at the present moment, will
I firmly believe be the outcome of the
Introduction Of the telephone to the
public. Not only so, but believe, in
the future, wires will unite the head
offices of telephone companies in diff
ferent cities and man in one part of
the country may communicate by
word of mouth with another in a dis
tant place"
That Dr. Bells prophecy has come
true is evidenced by the fact that
telephones not only connect every
section of the United States, but serve
the world at large. A recent report
shows that there are now about 81
100000 telephones in the world and
that mere than 50 per cent. are IN tho
United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02

Details of the prize contest to be
conducted by Scoop are announced in
full this week. Col. Bell is to Judge
in the contest to see who floats the
longest. Entries will begin at the ris-
ing of the moon-to continue until all
participants become exhausted and
sink. No prize is absolutely necess-
ary. but to show good faith, floating
tombstone will be presented the win
ner. Application blanks may be had
at the Colonel's office.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02

Inc 1e,luU,OUU telephones serving
the United States are now largely
connected by invisible wires in I'M
derground and aerial cables. This
type OF plant not only reduces the
construction and maintenance costs of
the system, but greatly improves the
appearance of the communities it
serves.
If the telephones now in use in
this country were served by open
wire lines it would be necessary to
utilize many more streets, alleys and
highways than exist in the average
community.
In Maryland, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia,
territory served by the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company
plans are under way to place an
enormous amount of additional cable
during the year. The cable to be
placed this year will, according to
telephone engineers, contain 1915
100000 feet of copper wire. The con-
struction of this additional cable is
necessary to meet the ever-increasing
number Of telephones now being con-
nected with the switchboards. This
cable program will involve eXpendi-
lures of more than 100000, officials
OF the company state.
The widespread use of telephone
cable recalls the prophetic vision Of
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
of the telephone in 1878, just two
years after speech had first been
transmitted between two instruments.
A letter written by DR.. Bell to a
group of capitalists, March 2S of that
year, said in part:
"The telephone may be briefly de-
scribed as an electric contrivance for
reproducing in distant places the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02

FOR SALE OR RENT--Two farms.
Reason for selling, disabled. Address
Jonas Sines, Star Route, Oakland, Nd.
Advertisement Aft.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02
EXTRA WRONG FONTS
By Scoop
The War Is Over

Scoop was of the opinion that the
war was all over, but from all the re-
ports of the Oakland Legionaires re-
turning from Frostburg, there were
quite a lot of casualties at the Jub-
lice and celebration there. At least
they were all shot up.
The Oakland boys returned to their
various nests like ducks one after
another. AS Briggs would say it
"And so on, far into the next day."
The Col. got some pictures of the
belated returns, but they won't be
published. The sinking fund for lib
elous cases is very low in The Repub-
lican office at present. However, a
snap of the scene will be sent to any,
one desiring it, for certain amount
each. Send no money. Pictures will
be sent in plain sealed wrapper. No
embarrassment. Write today.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02
PAGE SEVEN

FOR SALE-Clevelan Coach; six
cylinder; in excellent condition. APP
ply to Mrs. Grover Stemple, Oakland.
Advertisement 23-3t#
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-02

Miss Society," makes date. 1.-THE
telephone is indispensable in society as
yell as business" she says.
ritory now operates about $4,000 tele-
phones from 2S7 central offices. The
companys policy, which obviously is
a sound one, is to continue to furnish
the best possible telephone service at
the lowest cost consistent with IMAM
cial safety. This policy is bound to
succeed in the long run and there is
no justification for acting otherwise
than for the long run, officials state.