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New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
DECLARE DIVIDEND

At a meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Phoenix Finance Corp. on Friday. regular quarterly divi- dend of 50 cents share on the out ferred stock was declared. The dividend will be paid on January 10 to stockholders of record on Janu- ary 1.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
Dr. Talbat to Address
 Social Workers Club

Dr. Henry P. Talbat of the state of health will speak to the members of the Social Workers club at the next meeting which will be held Wednesday,. at 12:l5 ?. m. in the '. NJ. C. A. banquet hall. The lecture is open to any who are in- terested in hearing Dr. Talbat speak.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
Mir. and Mrs. John COnlOn
 Married for 39 Years

A reception in honor of the S9th wedding anniversary of Mir. and Mrs. John Conlon of Garden street was held at theiy home last evening by a group of relatives and friends. Mir. Conlon is a veteran employe of Lan- ders, Frary X Clark Co. He is a member of Bishop Tierney Assem- bly, Fourth Degree. K. Of c.
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of which had been burned by the

of which had been burned by the
British.
So heavy had been the expenses of
the war that at the end of 1915 the
public net debt was $127,042 900. This
was the peak of the American public
debt for the entire period of the history
of the republic from its foundation
until the Civil War. And it amounted
to only about $40 per capita. The war
had been won and the restrictions on
our commerce at sea were removed.
Commerce revived SO enthusiastically
that customs revenues poured into the
Treasury exceeding all expectations.
Federal revenues leaped from $11, $780,
600 in 1914 to S498e3 900 in 1915. This
began a period of 20 years in every one
of which receipts greatly exceeded ex-
penditures. Each year the Treasury
surplus was devoted to the retirement
of public debt.
Treasury Funds Given to States.
Public finances continued to flourish
amazingly, in spite of large expendi-
lures. Spain was paid 100000 for
Florida, 100000 of the stock of the
freshly reorganized Bank of the United
States was purchased, the frontier was
dlII lllS 1IelNo4 GoOelbAAoAAIAACAiN
maintained. Still the surplus piled up,
and still debt retirement continued. The
situation became such that in 1881 Sec
rotary McLane, in his annual report,
found it necessary to make all manner
OF suggestions for using up the Treas
ury funds. Most of the suggestions re-
lated to increased pay of naval officers
and civil servants. Sales OF public lands
had begun and tremendous annual
revenue resulted from these operations.
Finally, in desperation, the tariff was
reduced from an average of 80 per cent
to 90 per cent. 1t was the clipper-ship
era, and trade continued so brisk that,
even under the reduced rates, revenues
soon climbed up again to where they
had been before. At length, its purse
grown too heavy to support, Congress
authorized the Treasury to distribute
it's surplus among the States in four
quarterly installments. Three install
ments were paid; the fourth never, be-
cause a sharp business depression COM
pletely reversed the situation and the
Treasury faced a deficit
There had been sharp controversy
between President Jackson and the Bank
of the United States. Congress refused
to renew the banks charter. Large
quantities of Understanding circulating
notes had to be issued. Then came the
Mexican War. 1t cost 500, SOS, 900, OF
which % per cent was met from cur
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VI-GaIlatin and the War of 1912.
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

The policies of Alexander Hamilton
as Secretary of the Treasury had proved
so sound that when in 1898 the Gov
eminent deemed it wise to borrow
S5,000.000 in preparation for the threat
ened war with France, 1t was possible
to place the securities at par. A year
later another loan Of $l,500,000 brought
a premium of 534 per cent. This meant
that the Treasury of the United States
enjoyed sound credit.
Although the sums involved were
small in comparison with those eXpend-
ed today, to raise them required care
full planning and more careful admins
tration. For example an increase in the
whisky tax resulted in the Whisky Re
bellion. Our foreign affairs were in
volved. We were paying tribute to the
Barbary States pirates, a practice to
which we eventually put stop by fight
ing the Barbary States War. In this
period the United States Navy was be-
gun. Forty sail of men-o'-war were
constructed. That navy cost much less
than is now expended on prohibition en-
forcement in one year.
Cut Debt to S24,SSO,O0O.
Despite these extraordinary expenses,
Albert Gallatin, Jefferson's Secretary of
bIIS llGdSul y, NcS aDtG w INpOAG III 1oNi
a public debt reduced to only $24,880,-
000-scarcely SIS per capita. Gallatin
was a Swiss immigrant. He lacked
Hamilton's fire and initiative, but was
a wizard at figures and a careful stew
ard. He had been elected to the Sen
ate from Pennsylvania. but was refused
a seat by that body because he had been
in the country less than the conStitu-
tional nine years required.
During this same period Jefferson
learned that Spain had receded the
Louisiana Territory to France. Napo-
leon held sway and, because of his vast
military ambitions. Jefferson did not
like him as neighbor. Jetferson's pro-
posal to buy Louisiana was bitterly OPP
posed as a great piece of folly. No one
knew what the territory was or how
far it extended. 1t appeared to the av-
erage man that large sum was being
paid for the single town of New Orleans
and a wilderness which it would cost
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VOTE STREET WORK
At TAKOMA PARK
New Surfacing and Sidewalk
Ordered by CounCiI-Fire-
works Are Banned.
RnecIal nisnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TAKONIA PARK, Md. June 13.-The
mayor and Town Council in special
meeting last night voted to authorize
the construction of new sidewalks on
Philadelphia and Elm avenues and to
resurface Park avenue for a distance of
$50 feet.
1t also was announced at the coun-
Gil meeting that a sidewalk would be
constructed on Chestnut avenue if prac-
ticable and that work already had been
authorized for the construction of a
sidewalk on Spring Hill avenue.
Reappointed Counsel.
The council reappointed j. Bond
Smith as corporation counsel for the
town. The council also appointed
r. w. Brown, deputy sheriff for Mont
gomcry County, and Sergt. Earl Bur
dine Of the Montgomery County police
as special officers for Takoma Park. 1t
was pointed out that at the present
time Sergt. Burdine and Deputy Sheriff
Brown only have official jurisdiction in
that portion of the town located in
Montgomery County. AS a result Of
their special appointments last night
those officers viii have jurisdiction in
the entire town, including that portion
of the municipality located in Prince
Georges County.
The council also adopted a memorial
to the late Col. William A. Knoll, which
was placed upon the minutes.
Prohibit Fireworks.
1t was. announced by Mayor Ben G.
Davis that the town had a strict Ordi-
nance prohibiting the shooting Of fire
works and that violatOrs of this ordi-
nance would be prosecuted. The mayor
made this announcement in view of
several complaints he has received that
fireworks are being set off i'll the town.
1t was announced that the Sanitary
Commission was prepared to begin i'm
mediately the construction Of sewers on
Cherry avenue, Lincoln avenue and Ia
koma avenue.
The council also authorized the COM
mittee on police, fire and light to pre-
pare special regulations to be effective
during the Independence day celebra-
ton and instructed that committee to
erect signs calling attention to the fact
that the speed limit would be 90 miles
an hour during the celebration and
that the law would be strictly enforced
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LIONS OPEN FOUR-DAY
SESSION AT LOUISVILLE
Thirteenth Annual Convention of
International Association Has
Busy Program.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June ia meet
ing this morning of district governors
opened the four-day session here of the
thirteenth annual convention of Inter-
national Association of Lions Clubs,
which is expected to be attended by
5000 members of the taWny herd.
The program for the opening day
called for rapid-fire transaction of busl-
ness after the addresses of welcome and
hearing of the report of Ben A Ruff1n,
Richmond, Va, international president,
at the afternoon session. A reception,
parade, presentation of pageant,
Holiday on the Old Plantation" by
Kentucky and Tennessee clubs, and a
ball were social and entertainment fea-
lures for today and tonight.
Many Lions are arriving here on spe-
cial cars, some of which were not due
until tonight. California, New York,
New Jersey, Illinois, Texas and Okla
hona were among the States largely
represented.
Practically all of the past interna-
tional presidents were in attendance.
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SOVIET TO MAINTAIN PRICE
OF BREAD UNTIL 1880
Measure Is Taken to Assure Stable
Supply Until End of Year,
Through Harvest.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, June 18-The Council of
Peoples Commissars of the Soviet Union
today instructed the trade commissariat
to maintain existing bread prices dur
ing the harvest season of 1929 and 1880.
The council decided also to maintain
the present bread-book distribution sys-
tenn.
Izvestia, official organ of the central
executive committee, today said: THE
measures have been taken to assure the
present rate of bread supply will remain
unaltered until the end of the year.
The situation as regards meat also
is strained, but no keen shortage is ex-
pected. The normally developing but
ter and egg market foreshadows a nor
NAL supply of those commodities.
Fish are fairly plentiful The DO
tato market is bad and the problem of
supplying the working centers with DO
tatoes remains difficult"
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rent revenues and the remainder from
borrowings.
The issue of the war was happy
one and times grew better. Once more
debt retirement began on large scale,
more than $45, 100000 being redeemed
between 1853 and 1856. The failure of
the Bank of the United States to OBJ
tain a renewal of its charter resulted
in the establishment of the independ-
ent treasury system, a system which
continued in force as the principal gov
ernor of the credit and monetary sys-
tenn of the country until the adoption of
the Federal reserve act in 1913.
Tomorrow-Financing Wars.
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SYNOD PROTESTS
CHURCH IN POLITICS
Lutheran Body viii Not Con-
slider Resolution Bearing on
National Policies.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RIVER FOREST, Ill, June 10
Strongly opposed to the intrusion Of the
church into politics, officers of the Mis-
souri, Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church have announced there would be
no resolutions urging the United States
to join the League of Nations or get
out of Nicaragua" passed at the Today
biennial church conference opening
here tomorrow.
THE platform of the Missouri Synod"
the church officers announced, con
ceives it's only purpose to be the preach
ing of the gospel. 1t maintains no
lobby in Washington. 1t advocates
neither prohibition nor saloons.
Synod Attitude Outlined.
individual members may feel very
strongly on some Of these points. They
will not make their church a vehicle
for driving these convictions somewhere.
The efficient conduct and eXpan-
sion of missionary undertakings and the
Of the synodical educa-
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HAMILTONS POLICIES HELD AID
IN FINANCING LATER CRISES
Left Nation in Such Condition Albert Gal
latin Reported Public Debt Reduced to
Only $24,88O,OOO In 1907.

more to explore than the territory was
worth.
The price was $11,250,oOO and per
cent bonds in that amount were au-
thorized. 1t did not prove necessary
to sell these in the domestic market;
they were turned over in bundle to
Napoleon.
The trouble over shipping with
France and England had been steadily
growing worse. More than ten million
dollars worth of American ships and
cargo had been seized. the number
seized by France exceeding that seized
by England. Nevertheless, because of
other considerations, it was upon Eng
land that war was declared-the War
of 1912.
War Brings Setback.
1t was well that Gallatin had got
the Treasury into so favorable a po-
sition, because evil times fell The War
of 1912 was extremely unpopular in
New York and New England. Con-
necticut, it will be remembered. wanted
to secede from the Union. Had it done
so several other States would have
followed. Contrary TO modern expert
ence, Government war loans were I'M
dersubscribed. Bonds bearing per cent
of a par value of 500, had TO be sold
for $50 cash. Even such offerings were
undersubscribed and both Gallatin and
Congress were opposed to increased tax
alton to bear the cost of the war. The
Government reSorted to the issuance of
Treasury circulating notes, bearing SIS
per cent interest and convertible into 6
per cent bonds. From 1912 through
1915 $32, 457, 900 of these were issued,
some in denominations as low as So
An interesting incident of the financ-
ing is that a special loan of $225,000
was authorized for the rebuilding of
the Capitol and the White House, both
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tional system will be the chief topic for

tional system will be the chief topic for
discussion at the conference"
More than 1000 delegates will repre-
sent 100000 members in Illinois, Wis
consin, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana and
neighboring States at the conference.
The church officers said the conven-
ton would be no battle ground for
fundamentalists and liberals, pointing
out that the Missouri Synod recognizes
the marvellous advances made by the
sciences" in the four centuries since
Luther, but finds mo contradictions be-
tween the results of honest scientific
research and the revelation of God in
the Bible"
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Gold Rose" From Pope to Queen

ROME, June 18 (P).-The newspaper
Tribuna learned yesterday that one of
the famous gold roses which are the
traditional gift of the Pope to the con-
sorts of Catholic sovereigns is being
prepared for presentation to the Queen
OF Italy in the Autumn. Is will be the
second that Pope Plus XII has bestowed
The first was given to the Queen of
Spain.
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Actor-Slayer Is Paroled

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf, June
Is (F).-Paul Kelly, screen star, serv-
ing a five-year term for manslaughJer,
has been granted a parole by the State
Board of Prison Directors, effective
next month. Kelly was convicted of the
Staying of Ray Raymond, actor-husband
of Dorothy Mackaye, an actress. He
has served two years.
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Ohio Sailor Dies.

SHANGHAI, June ID GE).-Benjamin
Rlythe of Elyria Ohio, a seaman aboard
the United States warship Pittsburgh,
has died of smallpox.
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VOLCANO AROUSES ALARM.
Mont Pelee, In West indies, Shows
Signs of Eruption.

ST. VINCENT, West Indies, Septem-
Der 20 (P).--Fear of an eruption Of
Mont Pelee continues among the pop
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GROUP APPOINTED
TO STUDY TRAFFIC
Secretary Lamont Names
Committee of 80 to Take
Up Problem.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The Federal Government today moved
to solve the trs fic congestion problem.
A committee of 80 prominent BUSH
ness men and traffic experts was ap-
pointed by Secretary Lamont, with e.
j. Mehren of Chicago as chairman, to
study the question. 1t will hold its first
meeting october 10.
The group was appointed as part
of the program of the national confer
ence on street and highway safety, OF
which Secretary Lamont is chairman.
Committees already have been APP
pointed on maintenance Of motor veht-
Giles and protection of railway grade
crossings and major highway intersec-
tions.
"Trafic congestion and Inadequate
facilities for street and highway traffic, "
the Secretary said, constitute one OF
the foremost problems before us today"
Members of the committee, in addi-
ton to the chairman, are Norman
Damon, Fred w. Baer, w. H. Harland,
Thomas Macdonald and Charles II.
Tompkins of Washington; Owen B.
Augspurger, Harold 8. Duttenheim, @. w.
Daniels, Lewis A. De Blois, Lee j. East
man, D. c. Fenner, v. Everett Macy.
William M. Nevin. j. w. Roberts and
Col. William j. Wilgus Of New York:
Harland Bartholomew and Reyburn
Hoffman of st. Louis; A. L. Belle Isle,
Atlanta; r. H. Boykin. Jersey City; r.
Keith Compton, Richmond; F. H.
Devere, Auburn, r. T.; H. B. Flowers,
New Orleans; j. x. Calvin, E. J. NC
Ilraith, Earl J. Reeder and Henry
Reimers, Chicago; Stanley Good, Ell
Paso; Harold M. Gould and William p.
Rutledge, Detroit; Arthur M. Hill.
Charleston, w. Va; Paul G. Hoffman,
South Bend, Ind; Alfred B. Koch,
Toledo; Burton w. Marsh, Pittsburgh;
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iative committee of the association. G.
Mess, will submit report on pay legis-
lation and will discuss the McReynolds
wage report, issued as q result of the
Federal investigation on comparative
wages of private and Federal employ
ment.
There will be a discussion by the
council of the question Of reduction of
the income tax on earned income. Mai.
Horace Jones'. Chairman of the program
and entertainment committee, will out
line the social program of the associa-
ton for the ensuing year.
w. w. Warwick. chief counsel of the
Employees Compensation Commission
will be indicted as a member of ihe
executive council.
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LEADER IN BOAT RACE
DROPS OUT OF FIELD
HON Bru, Far Ahead in River
Contest, Withdraws at
Grand Lake, Ark.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, September 20.-The
HON Bru, last reported far in the lead
in the speedboat race from New Orleans
to st. Louis, Withdrew on arriving at
Grand Lake, Ark, at am. today, a
long-distance telephone message from
the fueling crew above Lake Providence,
La, stated. The reason was not given
The withdrawal Of the HON Bru left
only the two New Orleans boats, the
Cherie and the Bernadette. In the con-
Cherie in the l06-mile lap from Lake
Providence, La, to Arkansas City, Ark.
The Vivian @ withdrew last night at
Vicksburg on account Of high wind
nandicaps and heavy river, It's pilot,
8. j. Gianelloni, jr., said.
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FARNUM WILL ADDRESS
BAR MEETING TONIGHT
Assistant Attorney General, Back
From Europe, Scheduled for Talk
to Federal Association.

George r. Farnum, the Assistant At
torney General, who recently returned
from a trip to England will address the
monthly meeting Of the Federal Baf
Association to be held in the audito-
rum of the Interior Department to-
night at 8 o'clock. The subjects of his
address will be his observations Of the
English judicial system and the oper-
tribunals Of justice.
Judge Fenton Booth, chief Justice Of
the Court of Claims, who Is chairman
of the judiciary committee Of the asso-
citation. will address the, meeting en-
the proposed changes in the Federal
judiciary. The chairman of the legis-
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covering 10000 miles, during the course
Of which they visited the principal
countries of Central and South America
The members of the group follow:
Ben w. Swoford, Kansas City, Mo-;
Lee Miller, haywood, ILL.,; Miss Lucille
Fletcher, Brooklyn, N. Y; Miss Kath-
crime Marshall, Quanah, Tex: James L.
Butsch, Washington, D. c.; Miss Eliza
beth v. Corey, Portland, Me-: Albert
Finch, Battle Greek, Mich, and Wilbur
Glen Levin Portland, chaperons.
The party was also accompanied by
the Mexican winner, Roberto Girls.
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ulation of st. Pierre. Yesterday there
were heavy rains and a fall Of ashes
accompanied by renewed activity of
the volcano. Residents are evacuating
towns near the mountain.
The heat is still excessive here and
the winds are changeable, but the sea
remains very calm.
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CHAMPION ORATORS
RETURNING HOME
Contest Party Has Visited
Principal Central and South
American Countries.

The National Oratorical Contest party
is due to arrive in New York Wednes-
day. They sailed September IL from
Rio de Janeiro on the S. S. American
Legion.
The party upon reaching this country
will have completed three-month tour,
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Hungarian Star to Sing in Chicago.

BUDAPEST. Hungary, September 90
DILEMMA Rosary, one of the most
prominent operetta singers of Hungary,
has signed a contract to appear in Chi
cago. She will leave for the United
States on October II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-20

Miller Mccormick, Cambridge. Mass. !;
J. Gordon Mckay and Frederick L.
SHETLAND, Cleveland: H. b. Potter. Bal
tinore, and @. II. Pride, Brooklyn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-20

New bathing suits at the Lido have
"bare-backs," waists and pajamas.
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Graf Listed as Sea Ship.

NEW YORK, September 90 R.-A
ship of the air is recognized in a
compendium of ships Of the sea. The
New York maritime register now lists
the Graf Zeppelin.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-26
AUSTRALIANS COAL
 TRADE AT STANDsT|LL

SYDNEY, Aust, Aug, 26, iP) Carrying coals to Newcastle is a phrase that has become literally realized in Australia.
 Australia has abundant coal SUD- plies, but for months the industry has been at a Standstill because of the high cost of production. The owners sought, by protracted nego- tiationS and conferences, to induce the miners to consent to wage cut, but the cry mot a penny off the pay, not a minute on the day. was raised.
 The South Australian gov ernment railways began to import fuel from Great Britain rather than pay the high prices for Australia coal. Next the owners closed the mines, and for some months now orders for thousands of tons have been going to England and New Zealand
 The trade in South American ports that once took supplies from Australia has been lost.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-26
sOUTHDOUND LISTING OF PASSENGERS ON
 TIE STEAMER YUKON

The southbound list of local res lervations on the s. $. Yukon, out of the Port of Seward yesterday, was as follows:
 SEATTLE1P. J. Herold, Mrs. A. w. NeWhall, pr. J A. Baughman, Oscar EricSon, H. M Hebb, Louis Monson, Alex Rue, F. Palmer, Mrs. IB. c. Smith, Gerald Smith, Chester Brenner, Alex Diepold, Anna M. Hayes, John Jensen, Mrs. M. D. Snodgrass, J Holden, Lars Petter- son, Agnes Snodgrass, Margaret Snodgrass, May Snodgrass, Wm. B. Snodgrass, H. N. Oliver, Mrs. M. Horn, H. Horn, R. Horn, J. s. Land erS, Clarice Wendler, Myrtle Wend- Ter, Alma M. Groth, Geneva Groth, Wanda Hepger, MT. and Mrs. G. w. Hutchinson, H. P. Peterson, c. M. Hansen, H. Etherington, Jesse Thompson, Joe Gorek, B. Hanson, Thos. Cain, Abel Anderson, Wm. Rush, E. D. Bradie and eight Orien- tals.
 JUNEAU-Miss Teresa Tromp, N. O. Hardy, Miss Patricia Ray, Miss
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-26

Irene Sawyer, Dennis Vim, Lon Harrison, James Mckinley, Robert Claridge, James Mcfarland, John Renzoe, James Mund, Dan Price, Otto Steward, c. P. Sebastin.
 LATOUCHE-G George Hibsgard, Mrs. P. Pappadis, Peter Pappadis, Victor Hantop, Mort Travlos, Al Leonard, B. O'Malley, John Orloff KETCHIKAN-Frank Bonofocich, HI. Storm.
 VALDEz-E. N. Patty, Peter Kal- lchinkoff.
 CORDOVA-M L. Osborne, Norman Sundberg.