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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-29
Women's Clubs Seek
Forest Conservation

SACRAMENTO, Cal. Up A
tract Of Redwood forest in Califor-
MA will be preserved in its natural
state rs the result Of a $4,000 fund
raised BY the California Fedora
ton Of Women's clubs.
Conservation Of the natural re-
sources OF water. forests and miner
ais Of the state is on the federation's
program for 1928.
"A state hospital for narcotic ad-
diets was voted by the legislature
as a result Of a federation sam
paign.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-29
\ Student
Especial 10 The Herald)

DONNA. Jan. 2S.-Miss Helen
Paine Of this city made the high
est average grade Of any student
during the fall quarter Of the Sui
Ross State teachers college at Al
rine. Tex. She is credited with
seven AS. the highest average OBJ
tainable. and Is at the same time
working her way through school
while CARRYING the full number of
courses allowed at the college. Be
sides this. she is prominent in social
and athletic activities Of the insti-
tuition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-29

after arresting officers testified to
having found liquor under and On
A bahy's high chair In her home.
Her recent arrest was brouRhA
shout when A. a. Champion and IT.
III. Campbell. customs inspectors.
raided Mrs. Robledo's hcme and
found. 80 they testified. a quantity
w liquor. She implicated Mrs. Co
mez, and the latter confessed TO
having placed the liquor in its place
~ concealment. and claimed VI
-hin az IL.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
DERBY DICK, WORLD ADvENIURER,
 CREEN A. E. E. BUDDES FROM CELL

His answer to the mimeographed invitation to attend the gathering is regarded as representative of the affection of the thousands of men who served in the division for the old outfit and it's commander. Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall.
 Derby Dick. whose real name Is withheld, is Britisher. For 3" years. he fought under the Union Jack. He was in the Boer war and the Russo Japanese war. and he served two hitches in the High landers. But when America got into the war, he enlisted fraudu- lently with the Yankees.
 First Division officers found out all these things about Derby Dick, as matter of routine. They found out, too. that ne was a good sol dier. His troub,es after discharg" are not known. The mimeographed letter went first to his London, Eneland. address and finally reach ed him at the prison.
 II will say this for the boys of the First" he wrote in answer. "Out of 30 years of soldering, l served about IS months with the First, but I never wish to have better comrades or better fighters beside me than they Remember, l was in the mixup from 1914"
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17

Washington. Oct. F R-"Derby Dick" would like to go to the tenth annual reunion Of the First Divi- sion, A. E. F.. in Los Angeles Octo- Der IS. But he regrets. unfortu- nately. that he will be detained. It is a matter of further regret to him that he cannot even pay his dues.
 Eighteen months he served in the pioneer American division in the world war He walked with that exaggerated carefulness of the attacker through the blasted woods of France, went through the fight ing horror of Cantigny, Chateau 1hieNy. the Argonne-there arc plenty of memories crowding Der by Dicks mind, for he has little to do.
 "I received yo IT kind letter with an invitation to attend the reunion next October" he wrote Capt. Hem ry C. Evans of Baltimore. II ap- preciate your kindness. However. I am very sorry to say I will be unable to attend on account of these high gray walls being quite impN sible to climb. to say nothing of the many rifles scattered along the top"
 Derby Dick has crowned an ad- venturous life with a long prison sentence. He is in a west coast jail.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
KEL[OGG TAKING STUMP FOR HOOVER Declares Nominee Is Best Fitted
 to Handle Problems

St. Paul, Minn., Oct. l7 -Secre- tary of State Kellogg came home to- day to tell the Ramsey county wom- ems Republican club that he knows of no man who is more able to deal with the complex problems of this country than the republican presi- dential nominee. Herbert Hoover.
 Speaking at luncheon in a downtown hotel, Secretary Kellogg declared that Mr. Hoover did not fix the price of wheat after the United States entered the World war as has been charged against the nominee. Mir. Kellogg said that he knew, as member of the senate at that time, that Mr. Hoover had nothing to do with the fixing of the price, but that he was largely tnstru- mental in preventing combination of allied countries from lowering the price of wheat.
 Secretary Kellogg spoke mostly of mort twestern and Great Lakes prob- lens and declared that MT. Hoover was strongly in favor of the build- ing of the St. Lawrence river canal to give the great region in the northwest an outlet to the sea. He said that the United States is doing everything it can but that no canal | could be built on the international section without the cooperation ol both governments and that he be- lieved the Canadian government was giving the project all the attention this country could ask.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
CONNECTICUT LABOR
 SITUATION IMPROVING
Conditions Better in All New Eng land states Except New Hanap-
 shire Government Says

Boston, Oct. IT (UP)-General improvement in New England in- dustrial conditions was reported to- day in the monthly bulletin of the U. $. employment service.
 Marked improvement vas noted in every state except New Hamp- shire, and conditions there were re- ported considerably better in spots.
 The report for Connection, fol- lows:
 "An improvement was noted in the industrial employment situation existing throughout the state m September with a corresponding ih- crease in employment. The metal working establishments operated at a high level and shortage Of highly skilled metal tradesmen was reported in several localities. Han vestng of the tobacco crop furnish- cd employment to approximately 5000 workers. The rubber indus try operated on curtailed schedules in one city. The textile mills re- vealed some improvement in certain centers while mills in other cities worked on curtailed schedules. Building increased in some parts Of the state. however. in others sea sonal recession was noted. Theie was a marked decrease in the de- mand for farm help as compared with the previous summer months.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
ATHEIST FINED IN ARKANSAS COURT
Penalized S25 for Distributing Literature for Breach of Peace

Little Rock. Ark, Oct. IT R- Found guilty of a charge of dis tributing printed material ''calcu~ lated to provoke d breach of the peace. "Charles Smith ot New York. president of the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Atheism. was fined $25 and costs by Municipal Judge Harper Harb to- day. His arrest late yesterday re- suited from his activities in opposi- ton 10 a proposed initiative act to prohibit teaching evolution in tax supported schools of the state which Is to be voted on ill the general cleo ton next month.
 Serve Out Fine Smith announced that he would ask his bondsmen to surrender him later today and that he would serve out his fine in jail as protest against two Arkansas laws. one denying an atheist the right to hold office in the state.
 In addition to imposing the fine, Judge Harb ordered that the a,heistic literature and placards seized when smith was arrested at newly opened atheistic headquarters be seized pending disposal of all appeal which smith announced will be filed.
 Smith also was charged with yio- latinE city ordinance which pro- hibits use of the name of the deity ] ;., but this charge was dismissed and the "breach of peace" charge sub stituted.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
CONNOLLY GUILTY
 0F SEWER FRAUD Immediately Sentenced to Year
 in Jail and Fined

New York, Oct. 17 R>-A supreme court jury today convicted Maurice E. Connolly. former president of Queens Borough. and Frederick Seely, former engineer of sewer de- sign, who were tried on charges of conspiring to defraud the city in the construction of the borough's $23,- 100000 sewer system. The jury was out more than 25 hours.
 Resigned Under Fire
 Connolly, who resigned under fire last April after having been borough president of Queens since 1911, and Seely were indicted last June with the late John M. Phillips. sewer pipe dealer, of conspiring to profit from Queens sewer work. Phillips died before the trial. Two of three or iginai counts of conspiracy were thrown out by the court at the end of the states case during the trial. Jailed and Fined Justice Tompkins immediately sentenced Connolly to one year in jail and fined him $500-the maxi mum penalty.
 He postponed sentence for seely until Saturday and orered both de- fense and state to submit the evi- dence in the case to him so that he could study it before sentencing Seeiy.
 Win Appeal {, Connolly's counsel indicated he would take an appeal.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
BOMB IS PLACED IN
 SCHOOLH0USE STOVE
Nebraska Town ArtNlSesl After Ex- pi0siosl-Two Children in hus-
 pitsl Not Badly Hurt

verdigre. Neh. Oct. IT "A coun- try school dynamiting similar to that which occurred near Ottawa. Ill.,, a year ago. had the Verdigle countryside aroused today. Two small children, injured in the ex- plosion. were in a hospital. lain- fully though not seriously hurt.
 The dynamite as was the case in the Illinois bombing, Was planted in the schoolhouse stove. Only the fact that the children had gone out side 10 play just before the explo- sion rocked the building prevented a heavy casualty list.
 The stove was blown to pieces and a large holes was torn in the roof. Miss Agnes Motica, the tea cher. had walked to the .,choolhouse dcor to call the children back to their classes when the dynamite exploded. She escaped harm.
 Neither Miss Motica nor school trustees could advance motive for the dynamiting.
 Officers found that a window had been forced some time during the weekend. which seemingly would explain how the dynamite was taken into the school.
 Aurora. Ill.,. Oct. 1T F-Bombers of the J. H. Freeman school. un- der const ruction. were being sought today under the spur of rewards to- talling $3.n00.
 The bomb, exploding early yester- day, caused an estimated damage of 1o0,oo wrecking that part of the building which was 10 be used as gymnasium. Officials could as- cribe no motive for the dynamite attack.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
City Items

Mrs. David l.. Nair. wife of Att torney D. l.. Nair. underwent an operation at the Lebanon hospital in New York city yesterday.
 The common council committee on licenses will hold hearing to- morrow night at o'clock on the application Of the Y. NJ. T. A. X B. society for permits 10 conduct box ing exhibitions and basketball games in the society hall.
 Stella Rebekah lodge will hold d regular meeting Friday evening.
 William Flagg Of 131 Linden street reported 10 the police the theft of two bicycles yesterday.
 The police were notified today oi the return of the operators license of Carl Carlson of 1T Judd avenue A son was born last night at New Britain General hospital to MT. and Mrs. Raymond Heller of 619 Stanley street.
 Mrs. Inez Babcock of Rochester, N.- Y.. former teacher in the To- cal high school has been called +o this city by the serious illness of her mother.
 The banquet Of the Brotherhood of the First Lutheran church scheduled to be held tomorrow eve. ming has been postponed to Novem- Der 1.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
DENIED CONFIRMATION

Because he was not an employe of the company but of the driver. the claim Of John Woitko of ~ Willow street against the United Milk company and the Travellers Insurance company was dismissed yesterday by Compensation Com- missioner Leo J. Noonan.
 II appears that Woitko was hired by driver of the milk company 10 help him distribute milk on his route. Of which the company was ignorant and it was while Woitko was getting off the wagon that he slipped and fell under the wheels. the weight of the wagon going over his chest and incapacitatjne him for some time. The commissioner based his findings on the fact that the company did not employ the boy and therefore was not liab for his injuries
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
MAN STl)NEO HERE IS UNDER ARREST
Deautd Wanted for Escaping
 From Jail Hospital

On information furnished by the New Britain police. Sheriff John T. O'Dowd of Hillsborough county. Manchester. N. H.. brought about the arrest of Rudolph Desautel. alias Francis Parker. alias Leo Davis. in Springfield, Vt. last Sunday. accord ing to word received from the sheriff by Chief Hart today. De- sautel is now in Manchester jail.
 Several weeks ago Officer William O'Mara arrested Desautel after a crowd of men, women and children had chased him through the north- western section of the city. and in police court he was convicted of the charge of theft of money from one of the houses. He denied the charge, but failed to impress the court with his story of having beep seeking an acquaintance on a busi- ness matter. when he was surpNRed i in bedroom late in the afternoon. He shed tears as Attorney Thomas F. McDonough made a plea for a discharge and pictured the chase and the stoning of this poor fei- ! low"
 | A fine of $o5 and costs and sus- pended jail sentence of 30 days was the penalty and few hours after il was imposed. check-up on Desau u- tells tingerprints brought the infor- nation that he had bad record in i New Hampshire and Massachusetts and was wanted for running away from a Jail hospital. Knowing that he had communicated with his wife in Springfield, Vt.. to arrange for having money telegraphed for pay.
 ment of his fine, the local police notified the authorities and a watch was kept on his home. Detective Sergeant McCue was in communi. cation with Sheriff O'Dowd by mail ! and Detective Sergeant Ellinger by telephone relative to the case. and in
 his letter, the sheriff expresses his ', thanks and appreciation for the ef- forts and assistance put forth by the local sleuths.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
HOOVER RECEIVES HASSELL.CRAMER
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inefficient, the latter being quite beyond the farmers control. Mir. Hoover draws attention 10 the fact the business aspects of farming are as varied as the processes them- selves. Once more his achievements
 in this field would be grounded upon conference and cooperation, doubt less including board of trade and railroad men as we'll as farmers" Miss Addams' statement said she believed further that Hoover could find an effective solution of the pro- hibition enforcement situation. Tt is to be hoped" she conclud- ed, that MT. Hoover will retain his traditional training 10 the point of enforcing the prohibition act with out permitting federal agents to act as gunmen. What the prohibition situation needs first Of all is disarm- ament. We believe Herbert Hoover will apply to it that ability which he often displayed as an engineer when situation required new processes to replace the old ones no longer capable of controlling conditions"
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
PROBLEMS
 NOT IN THE CHURCH
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religious factors: that the commits sion study and report to the next convention, first. on the ecclesiastical and canon law of this church in re- lation to marriage. divorce, and the annulment of marriage, and second. of the relation between civil and re- ligious marriage"
 Enun,crates Factors
 The report enumerated number of factors which social workers have noted as tending to strain the mar riage relations. Among these were nasty marriage, the lack of children, sex tension and the frequent dis placement of the home as the unit of family life.
 The report said that some church- men felt that the increase in divorce is due to the fact that the church did not take the same firm stand that is taken by the church of Rome in regard to the indissolubility Of marriage. Conditions in Roman Catholic countries. however. are by no means reassuring, and studies Of conditions in this country show that the desertion rate among so-called Roman Catholics is deplorably high"
 Summarizing a qucstionnaire sent to about 800 clergymen of each Of the Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Bap- tist, Methodist and Congregational churches. the report said that "di- yorces are mainly confined to men and women who are not regular church attendants and that divorce is relatively rare among those who are regular members of the com- munity.
 What is needed is the same thorough study and diagnosis that are characteristic of all good en- gineerink and medical work today" The report said. noting that judges, lawyers. clergymen and social work ers-who would appear qualified to speak on [ subject-suggest vari- ous causes and remedies frequently quite different from one another"
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
MISSION WORKERS ADDRESS MEETING
Tell Of Experiences in Various
 Sections of China

Bridgeport, Oct. IT R@TWo mis- sionaries who have spent many years in China addressed the American Board of Commerce for Foreign Missions at its 115th annual meeting here this afternoon. They were Dr. Alice Brown Frame of Yenching uni- versity Picking, and Rev. Robert E. Chandler. acting secretary of the board for China.
 Speaking on the topic "Chinese Youths Difficult Adventure" Mrs. Frame declared that for the past nine years. Chinese youth has tried by demonstrations. lectures, news paper publicity and propaganda of all sorts to weld the widely separat- cd people of the country into one progressive nation but has now come to realize "after disappointing ad- ventures with communistic and radi- cal parties" that the most valuable aid is quiet preparation"
 Weather Stormy s
 Rev. Chandler taking as his sub jcct Standing up to the New Day in China" declared that 'the weather is still stormy" despite the new day. He told of the uphill fight which the missions are waging to bring about peace and related many incidents during the revolutions in which the missionaries proved their worth. ""rhe real leaders of China are in the process of maturing and 1t will be ten or fifteen years before they will make their fullest contribution to the nation." he said. and added "can we give trem time to make their adjustments in their own way?"
 Mrs. Frame has been a mission ary since 1905 and this year is act ir; dean Of Mt. Hollock college. Rev. Chandler was a missionary in north crn China for IS years and plans to return there at some future time.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
MACDONALD TAKES OFF FOR ENGLAND
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fuel, which Commander Macdonald was confident would be more than enough to carry him to England.
 Flight Commander H. c. Mac donald arrived from England with his Haviland Gypsy moth plane on September 26 with the announced intention of attempting transatlan- tic flight from Harbor Grace.
 Four days later he said he would take off on October ? if weather con- ditions permitted. He made series of test flights shortly after his arri- val by steamer.
 The plane which he used in his flight was but a midget compared to Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis" :" Known as an aerial sports car, the Gypsy Moth had been secretly pre- pairing at the Stag Lane airdrome in London for many weeks for the flight. It had wing spread of only e6 feet and when emptied weighed less than 800 pounds.
 Extra fuel tanks were fitted to the plane, giving it a range of about 35 hours. sufficient for 3,6O0 miles cruising.
 Four Cylinder Motor
 The engine has only so to 100 horsepower, compared with Lind bergh's 250. It is a four-cylinder. air-cooled motor. Tests have shown that it can run without trouble for periods of 24 hours and more.
 The Gypsy Moth is the plane in which w. l.. Hope won the last kings cup for race around Eng , land and is the craft taken by Cap- tain G. De Havilland on an altitude ordbreaking flight for two-seat- CT light biplanes.
 The plane is too small for wire- less in addition to it's other load and floats would be useless to keer so tiny a machine afloat on the At. lantic rollers.
 Commander Macdonald is com. paratively novice at piloting. al though he is skilled navigator i Yet after only eight hours solt flying he took q plane on a long successful flight through Europe. 1 The take-off was at 1:o2 D. m. Newfoundland time. or 11:o1, east. crn standard time.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
AUCTION

By order of the City Court, of the City of New Britain, County of Hartford, l will sell at public auc- ton to the highest bidder the prop erty known as Overlook Avenue. New Britain. Connecticut. and to wit:
 Beginning at an iron pin in the south line of Overlook Avenue, 425 feet, west of the west line of Farm ington Avenue. measured along the south line of Overlook Avenue, thence running southerly 100 feet thence running westerly 75 feet thence running northerly 100 feet fo an iron pin in the south line o' Overlook Avenue. thence running eastcrly along the south line of Over look Avenue. 75 feet to place of be- ginning.
 Bounded: North by Overlook Av- cnue. East by No. 129, on map here matter referred to: South by lots No. 1Oi, 102 and 103 on said map; West by lot No. 125 on said map Being lots No. 126. 127 and 128 or map of Overlook property of Edgal C. Linn. drawn by Hall and Bacon June 7th. 1913, Vol. of maps page 10.
 Sale will take place on the premises on the 26th day of October 1928 at 2 D. m. and will be sold free and clear.
 Terms. 10T of sale price at the time of sale. balance on approval oi decd by City Court. For further particulars apply tt Monroe g. Gordon. Committee. 30t Main Street. New Britain. Conn rhcre ITS.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
UCTION

By order of the Superior Court for Hartford County, I will sell at pub lie auction to the highest bidder the property on Matthews Street. Southington, Conn.,, and bounded and described as follows, to wit:
 Property on Matthews Street. containing one fourth of an acre more or less with new dwelling house and all other buildings there on. bounded North on land of Joseph Mongillo: East on Matthews Street. one hundred ten feet; South on land of George Wagenbrenner and West on land of Antonio Eolio and other land Of Frank Biffi.
 Sale will take place on the premis- es on Saturday, Oct. goth, 1928 at ; o'clock in thA afternoon and will be sold free and clear.
 Terms: 1Oes of sale price at the time Of sale: balance on approval Of deed by Superior Court.
 For further particulars apply to Irving l. Rachlin. Committee. 125 Main St., New Britain. Conn. Phone s77.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
BANK ALARM DRAWS CROWD

A large number of passers-by gathered in front ot the Conner cial Trust Co. building last evening attracted by the ringing of the bur glar alarm or the side of the build ing. The expected excitement failed 10 materialize when the crowd reered into the building and saw many of the employees of the bank moving about.
 Members of club formed among the employ"s had meeting in the building and it was thought that the alarm had been touched off acci- 1entaly. Policeman Tierney hurried to the scene and some employees who were about the streets within hearing distance of the alarm, also came to the bank1
New Britain herald., 1928-10-17
Altar Boys Bearers
 At Funeral of Girl

Altar boys of the Holy Cross church. attired in their church vest ments acted as pail bearers at the funeral of seven-year-old Florence Manczuk of 329 South Main street, held this morning at S:30 o'clock from the home and at o'clock from the Holy Cross church.
 Rev. s. Bartkowski celebrated a requiem high mass and Rev. V. Pias- kowski conducted the committal services at the grave in Sacred Heart cemetery. There was a wealth of floral offerings.
 The flower bearers were the Misses Jennie BistroWski, Mary An iulewicz, Sophie Ryskiewicz. Pauline Ryskiewicz, Mary Ryskiewicz and Louis MancZuk.