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New Britain herald., 1928-06-12
Improved Kotex Lowered Prices Now 45o, was 65c fornerly-great volume puts kotex within reach of all

A MILLION new users "A hearing Of the remark able improvements in kotex. have come to know it in the past few months.
 They had heard tha, this wonderful sanitary pad, leader in its field, and the first dis. Posable pad ever offered women, had been made MfritsIysgfe, and mor eomtou. able, ending gbindms audebatrs. -Nabea tor beHsr ftang-Er n0n-9sHetabiliy ubsn worn.
 They found it supreme, as always, in its other features. In high and instant absor. bency, for instance. In dis. possibility, too. Kotcx filler is
New Britain herald., 1928-06-12

marched 10 Fek,ng. but. mlstrust Ing his new confederate, Fcnc. did nof remain. but returned 10 Nuk- den. being content 10 spread his forces over all eastern China as far south as Shanghai.
 Feng, however. did not remain long Tn PehlnS. and in the spring of 1926 vas over'hronn by comhlna flon consisting of Wu Pel-t'u and Chsng Tso-Lin.
 From that time the nationalist ad- vance Of this year, Chang was die tator of North China. Fens's forces now allied 7ith the natlonaIists
New Britain herald., 1928-06-12

lhatChlqs, as q means Of roofing houses, IS regslnlng favor m Nor folk, England. The thick layers Of fHed or straw are stated 10 keep out either excessive cold or excessive beat more effectively than other ma terials.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-12

vate'.soluhle, so dlspos,ne of 1t IS 3 problem no longer.
 kotex deodorizes actively when worn: And simple to purchase ubererer )ou a,s- at any drug, dry goods or de- partment store.
 76e great demand made
 prices mueb loper This greatly increased demand by women meant greater man. utaeturing deficiencies. And now, instead of charging more for the Improved Kotex, we are happy to announce prices are permanently reduced.
 Today, madam, buy thenew Improved Kotex, at the low. cred prices. Sold everywhere.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-12

Our finger nails grow at the rate A man aged :" has grown nearly nine feel 0, nail on each finger, or 90 feet altogether.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-12

lhesplan5 connected with the Nsnlor Dramatic club of the Centra Junlor High school closed the year III a rainbow of glory with a tvo- act comedy "f'Ne Feet of Love" It was declared 10 be one of the finest Junior High school preseptatlons
New Britain herald., 1928-06-12
BABULA SURRENDERS
Booth Street Man. sought Since Nar"h IS, Will Answer Charge of Violating Liquor Law.

John Eabula, aged 2s, of aS Booth street, ln hose tenement the police tonnd Is 5-ga'lon cans Of alcohol one can with traces Of alcohol. and one hydrometer. on March IS, sur rendered this morning and plsfded
New Britain herald., 1928-06-12

ever given in this city. The picture shows the boys and girls all dressed up just as they appeared in the play.
 Other members of the club who are not in the photograph are: Margaret Alexander, Mary Farrell, Estelle Gould, Fannie HalperD,
New Britain herald., 1928-06-12
Driver Appeals Fine
 In West Hartford Court

Hans l., Christopher of l64 sefton Drive. this city. was found guilty of reckless driving and was fined s5o
New Britain herald., 1928-06-12
GENTRY BROS. CIRcrs

roots and "Bombo''. two Of the Gentry Bros, Circus elephants. were caught by the photographer while
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-04
The World and All
USE OF CRIMINALS

In this column IL has been proposed and advocated
that persons convicted Of premeditatcd murder he
given their choice Of eIectrocution or life imprison-
ment, with the understanding that the latter sentence
would carry with it liability tc use for meducaI exper-
imentation.
The Davenport Uowa) Democrat and Leader.
commenting on this proposal. says:
why not9 Mr.. Driscoll's suggestions are worthy
of serious consideration. There are people. we know,
who will object to them. but the idea that people who
take life might well expiate their crimes by being the
means Of saving other lives is worth thinking abozt."
This is the first commendatory word I've seen about
my pet proposal In print. J pass IL on to you with the
prediction that a few years will bring many columns
Of discussion on this subject.
II is very important. It Is altogether practicable.
Only a certain widespread squeamishness about sub
jecting living humans 70 experiments that might kill
them stands in the way Of full and complete discussion
Of this idea BY humanitarian folk.
We are willing to stranEle 4 man 10 death with A
rope drawn tight about his neck, in the name Of the
law, or to put him to death BY passing mysterious cur
rents through his body, but we are not willing to let
the poor devil live 10 be Of use to his fellow men.
Recently ] read an account Of a double or triple
hanging in Maryland. The first murderer was tossed
off the platform with a moose around his neck, and Ne
scared nearly all the official witnesses out Of the ex-
ecution chamber BY his long-continued struggling and
iabored gaEping. after he was suspended IL the end II
the rope. Few Of the witnesses were able e. return "a
see the next man dropped.
All that was gained BY strangling these murdercrs
was getting them out Of the way. 20 that they might
do no more murders. But if they had been allowed "a
live, on their own motion, 70 serve as subjects for in
teiiigent research and experiment, for instance, into
the causes and cure or the common cold. they might
have repaid the race richly for the lives they took.
Ihey would never have suffered as much as thew
ala m me execution. Probably they'd never suffer
physical pain at all a. a result Of medical experiments
that would add greatly TO the worlds knowledge Of dis
ease and cure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-04

party have been able to set, BY one means n anoens1,
a color Of support for their argument that election 81
The democratic candidate would reduce volume and
profits OF commerce, and make employment less avail
able and wages lower for the workingman. This yea,
although the effort has been made to raise the ghost
again, commercial events have s~tubborniy refused %
lend even a modicum Of confederation.
In fact. AZ the very moment when Governor Smith
was sending out his clarion call for the substitution
OF N democratic administration in control Of the ma
fional government, the stock market, that supersensi-
tive barometer OF business, was recording the begin
ming OF q new and prolonged upturn. Since Governor
Smiths speech Of last week, the familiar market aver
ages" have registered an advance Of approximately
three points and the trading has become more active
than at any time within the past ten weeks.
II tf2 market had only behaved differently the re-
publican spokesman might have had something 10 talk
about. They would have been encouraged in their ef-
fort 10 show how any demonstration by democrats
tends to send shivers down the backs Of investors. But,
with inconsiderate perversity. the market has spiked
that particular gun. and has spared the country a lot
Of political buncombe. It isn't a Smith market, or a
Hoover market, or q Coolidge market, as every sensible
person knows, and II Is not worrying just now over the
question Of who shall be the next president.
Not only the stock market, but the trade reviews
also have voiced the prevalent optimism in business
and finance. Dunn's Review refers to "the more con-
fident tone now in evidence, and Bradstreet's enumer-
ates basic industries which have taken on "a more
active appearance" The old idea that election years
are bad years for business dies hard, but recent events
should do much to squelch il. There have been times.
in the days of the greenback and p~opulist movements.
when national elections created uncertainty and de-
preston. These exceptional cases are the ones most
easily remembered, and this probably accounts for the
persistence of a notion which has few facts 20 support
Il. The prominence of such captains Of business as
Mr.. Raskob in the democratic councils is potent IN
perhaps more ways than meets the public eye in main
tanning the even tenor Of business.
There is certainly no sign that the approaching
election is serving as q business deterrent. II "a Is true
that depression prevails in some lines, AZ in cotton and
WOODEN textiles, but these troubles are Of long standing.
The automobile and steel industries are enjoying much
better business than they did at this time a year ago.
and from present prospects 1928 will prove d better
business period than 1927. The country shows no in
dication Of being disturbed BY Senator Shoots repeat
ed prediction Of dire calamity II the democrats win,
predictions which. il will be noted. are not concurred
IN BY any republican who is actually in touch with
business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-04
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
a..~s-~w REPRESENTATIVE


In two or three weeks the usual grist o. hquor
cases viii be before the criminal district court As in
former wears, the majority Of defendants are mere
youths. ranging in age from n 10 rs years, according
10 their own testimony: and It is safe to predict that
20 per cent will apply for suspended sentences II the
records IL former terms are maintained a majority will
rlead guilty. receive a suspended sentence, and viii Dc
turned loose. many to take the next step in crime.
other youths will be recruited to carry on the liquor
traffic for the "higher-ups.v They will serve until
they. too, fall into the hands Of the law, receive their
suspended sentences and are turned loose upon society.
Each term 81 The criminal district court sees the
same routine; the same cases with new defendants;
the same pleas-and the same verdicts from the jury.
The iuryman who states he does not believe in the APP
pIicasion Of Inc suspended sentence law except in cases
where il is very obvious that justice could best be
served thereby, is seldom selected BY the counsel for
the defense. In fact the best way for a iuryman TO
become a wall flower while the trial Of liquor cases
H. on is to take q decided stand against suspending the
sentence II every bootIegger who throws himself upon
the mere, of the court and swears he Is under Is years
Of age.
Many district attorneys and others who have
watched the workings Of the Texas courts have reached
the conclusion that il the Dean law is to be made e-
fective Il must either be modified or that section Of
the suspended sentence law relating 70 liquor defend
ants repealed. Some have even gone the length Of adj
,ocnting repeal or the Dean law. leaving the handling
az liquor cases up to the federal courts, ar has been
done in New York, citing the fact that since the repeal
of the Mullins-Gage law in that state, far more convic'
tons have been secured in the federal courts than
were secured through the combined federal and state
courts prior to the repeal. Repeal. however, would not
be TIE remedy. Texas can enforce her laws; but they
must be 20 constructed that a jury can punish as its
collective conscience may decitate-
The record Of Cameron county in regard TO liquor
cases IS far better than in the average Texas county
In fact, there are counties in the state where the dis
trict attorney. knowing that conviction Is impossible
under the Dean law, will prosecute only the most
fragrant violations. The extreme penalty provided,
coupled with the suspended sentence law, il making q
farce Of enforcement and the liquor runners. aware
Of the tendencies or tendency Of jurses TO apply the
suspended sentence Law. are conducting what might be
termed preparatory schools In crime in which youths
under 25 are the students.
Juries could remedy this situation, but before that
Is accomplished II would be necessary to either achieve
q complete metamorrhosis Of human nature or make
radical changes in the jury system.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-04
Washington Letter
by CHARLES y. wv

by the stern That end OF the hull
was driven into the bottom Of the
Adriatic. but the bow inclined up-
ward a. an angle Of about IS degrees.
leaving most or the hull free-some-
what. as 10 vas described. like mm
arrow held fast BY the point, but
otherwise swayinR Co and fro.
The passing OF cables under the
boat was "a simple performance. I'm
der the circumstances.
The S-4 had settled " far into TIE
ocean bed by the time divers reached
her that the only method OF passing
chains beneath her was nv u slow.
difficult and dangerous process of
submarine tunuellinE. Even 20. the
suction Of the ooze upon the ships
bulk was tremendous-probabIy far
In excess OF her lightweight.
Both the Americans and the italians
had bad weather conditions to COM
bat.
The Italians were able. however, ts
mobilize an adequate number or
large craft to form a Ein around che
pontoons engaged in the lifting opera
tion- affording them considerable pro-
lection. The Americans had no such
fleet available.
The Adriatic. too. iH practically
without tides. which are high and
erratic off the New England coast.
That American naval officers are
not altogether satisfied with their
salvage equipment. Is tried out AZ
the time Of the S-4'B loss. may per
haps be surmised from the fact that
extensive additions are being made ~
10 now.
That the Italians rescue parapher-
nalia is not always and everywhera
50 conveniently within reach as II
happened 10 be i'm the latest instance
-of the F-l4-is possibly TO be in
ferrcd from the circumstances that not
a trace ever has been found of their
submarine SebastianO Venierc. lost
somewhere off Sicily lin August, 1925.
with 30 men on board.
Upon one point practically m1I navy
men are agreed
That the safety devices so freely
suggested for submarines nearly mil
would detract from these v~essels'
military serviceability and, I'm MANY
cases, would actually Be exceedingly
dangerous i'm time OF war.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-04
Timely Views
IRELANDs GOVERNMENT PROBLEMS DISCUSSED

by WILLIAM /. OOSGRAAE
fWilliam II. Cosgrave attended Cambridge univer-
sity and Trinity college At Dublin. Ireland. He BE-
came closely connected with Ireland's political
activities at an early age and held many positions
OF Importance in the government. His rise from
rear rank revolutionist to president Of the Irish
Free State marks him as a picturesque figure in
Ireiand's history. He has held the post since 1927.
! have witnessed the example Of the German social
lists in 1919, the British labor party in 1924, and even
the bolshevists in Soviet Russia. and have applied the
lesson to the extremists Of ireland.
When l just took up my post I was in the position
Of a father with a flock Of unruly brats. Stern meas
ures had to be taken, but no sterner than those used
against Us. II I had not been stern ii would have been
my greatest mistake at the time.
The greatest thing that ever happened to this coun-
try was the entry OF the republicans into the Dali.
Our opponents used 10 think every wheel in the
legislative machine was created for grinding them TO
bits. Every time we passed any repressive measures
Of one kind or snother we were accused Of being ty-
rants and dictators. And every time we had to explain
that such measures were for the whole country's good
and not for the punishment Of one man.
Then they put forward the most nonsensicaI eco
monte theories. When they first entered the Dali they
we're still under the impression that you had simply 10
wave a wand and factories would grow up as il BY
magic The longer they serve In the Daily, the more
they will see the necessity for q sound groundwork. il
the Free State is to develop any industries.
Another trouble we must contend with Is the windy
oratory surviving from days CT 'the trouble The or
ators seldom deal wit hactual. concrete problems. They
are swept away BY floods Of sentiment or emotion.
Once you get them in the Dali they will soon "sober
up They settle down TO the business Of the country,
and serious discussion takes chs place Of rhetoric.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-04

WASHINGTON. Sept. with all
admiration for the efficiency OF the
salvage workers who raised the Ital-
ian submarine FLA only thirty-four
hours after the vessels loss in col
lision with the destroyer GIUSEPPE
Missori, navy department comment I'm
Washington does not fail to empha-
size the fact that the Adriatic disas-
ter differed in many Of its details
from those connected with the sink
ing of the American suhmersible ST.
OF Provincetown Mass, last De-
cember.
Naval experts naturally have been
asked very pointedly why. since the
Italians were able to bring the Fla
70 speedily 10 the surface, approx
mately as good time was impossible
in the case or the Sd. in which event
nc least "a part of the latter crafts
crew would have been saved.
The fact that the F-l4's personnel
all persisted. due TO the leakage Of
sea water into her hull and the forma-
ton Of @ ~suffocating gas through
the mixture with sulphuric acid in
her batteries, has no bearing on the
tragedy or the S-4. IL IL pointed out.
inasmuch ms members of the Ameri-
can ships company are known to
have survived for several days after
the mishap which SEN her 10 the bot
tom or the Atlantic.
TO begin with. as American sub
marine authorities sum UP N COM
parison Of the two ~sccidents-
The S-4 was on a practice cruise
alone.
The FLA was taking part. with
many other ships Of war. in maneu-
vers off the Italian naval base OF
Pola.
Time was unavoidably lost in find
ing the S-4 on the seabed. and still
more was lost in bringing salvage
vessels 10 the spot.
The Fla was located by aero
planes, from above. in approximately
am hour after she had been sunk
and salvage equipment was AZ hand
for nm immediate start on operations.
The FLA was less than one-third
the SIS weight and consequently
required far less power TO lift.
The former had also gone down
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-04
By FREDERIC ARNOLD HUMMER

Can't you act?" he shouted
ute to hold this scene for YOU
THAT was my start. and I've never
forgotten II. | worked with the
Globe for nearly a year-worked
hard, too. n l do ray 80 myself.
Brennan used me IN four big pro-
auctions. but by the end Of the year
I concluded there wasn't any chance
for me, there. You know how they
run things nc the Globe-Brennan
and julius Schwartz.
II did q couple OF pictures with the
National. after thRt-Westerns-they
took me because | knew how to ride,
and then, you remember, | came with
YOU
yes" Tony Hull glanced smii-
II remember very we'll. We were
just starting that big college picture.
and ] needed someone who knew how
10 SWIM How did you get 20 be
such an athlete ?"
I'm not, really. Riding. swim
ming-that about let's me out. I
learned them both on q farm, out In
Michigan
Were you born there? :"
"fes. At a place called Owosso.
Ever hear Of it,"
"Never!'
well. you should have. It's quite
a celebrated place-boasts OF having
the largest coffin factory in the
world. No-you're not supposed to
laugh They couldn't well supply a
more universal need"
"No-I suppose not. DO your peo-
pie live out thereT
II haven't any people-parents.
that is. My uncle and aunt raised
me, until I got tired OF farm life and
ran away to Chicago to go on the
stage. / was sixteen then, and an
awful little idiot I'D won some sort
Of a beauty prize, in Owosso, and
thought / was going 20 take the
world by storm My married cousin,
who lives in Chicago, had q position
with one of the th~eaters there. We
supposed. from the letters he sent
back home, that he owned il or
thing, but IL turned out he sold tick
cts in the box offive. Tom Darrell
that was my name, too, until /
changed ID, for stage purposes, 10
Dare-was a real friend. Got me an
engagement with u show that opened
thtre that spring. and ran all sum
mer. I played q nurse. and had just
one line-Madame. / regret TO in
form you that little Johnny has Just
swallowed the goldfish, but IL always
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-04

Senator Fletcher OF Florida. who has consistently
opposed auctioning Of the governments merchant ships.
has launched q new attack in an effort 70 keep the
American flag on the high seas"
private ownership is sl right" Senator Fletcher
Is quoted as saying. provided it gives US a merchant
marine. don't insist on a government-owned fieet
except to guarantee US a merchant marine"
The Florida senator has been using strong language
for some time concerning the bargain counter sale Of
the governments ships to private owners. He asserts
that American overseas commerce II dear 10 his heart.
As ranking democratic member Of the senate commerce
committee. he is in a position TO ascertain with con-
siderable accuracy what q aforementioned fleet mas
accomplished for American commerce.
"what security has an American exporter IL he
must depend on foreign ships to carry his goods to
market ~ is the query Of the Florida senator. Foreign
ship owners can deprive him. at will. Of his transpor-
tstion facilities"
Doubtless. the Florida senator is unduly alarmed
over the situation. While II Is true that private own
ers have taken over many Of the American lines and
are under contract 70 operate them under the American
flag five years. there il no logical reason TO believe
they will not &ontinue operating them under the Stars
and Stripes after the contract period has expired.
American shipping. like American industry. is gaining
in efficiency to the extent where Il can meet the addi-
tional labor cost and still perform the required service
in competition with foreign ships manned by cheaper
foreign labor.
Operation Of the various lines BY the government
proved anything hut satisfactory 70 the majority Of
exporters. and the records indicate that the government
was no mere efficient in handling ship lines than IL
managing railroads. As a matter Of fact the ship
lines, like the railroads are operating far more eco
nomieai and efficiently under private ownership.
Most Of the protests against the sale Of the various
ship lines emanated from districts or interests desiring
special service which was provided by the government
at . loss-and the losses were made Up from the public
funds. In other words the public paid for that special
service. service which under privte ownership would
have been paid for by those directly benefited.
The American public is rather shy Of subsidies. but
In the event il Is necessary to subsidize the various
lines to assure efficient operation under private own
ershpi, the subsidies viii be provided. They would not,
al least, exceed the losses incurred under government
operation, and for which the public paid without vio-
lent protest.