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New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
THORNE NOT 70 TRY
10 ANNUL MARRIAGE
F0ruaeF Head OF Mall Order House
Doaies Rep0et-BFidegroom
Would BE Movie "COWbOy"


Phoenix. Arix.. Feb. - R -
Robert J. Thorne. former president
Of Montgomery Ward & Co., said
today that no effort would. be made
to annul the marriage Of his daush-
ter. Katherine. to George Gillespie.
cowboy entertainer.
Reports that the brides wealthy
parents would seek an annulment OF
the marriage had been circulted
since the young couple eloped from
Castle Hot Springs. Arix.. last Sum
day. An unsuccessful effort was
made by the Thornes to prevent the
marriage.
The heiress remained secluded in
a hotel here today. while Gillespie
journeyed to Los Angeles. Thorne
said his son-in-law would seek po-
sition on the Pacific coast. and
friends of the family expressed the
belief that Mrs. Gillespie would join
her husband when he became es-
tablished there.
c. 8. Bowen. Chicago business
man who was Tilted by the heiress
was given the details Of the elope-
ment by Mr.. and Mrs. Thorne. They
returned the engagement ring he
had given their daughter. j.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
COMPLETE TEAM ROSTER
Emil Yde and Harry Heilmann Ex-
pected Tonight to Join Detroit
Tiger Squad.

Phoenix, Ariz.. Feb. % P-Emil
Yde. former Pittsburgh left handler
and Harry Heilmann, heavy hitting
outfielder and first baseman. were
expected tonight to complete the
roster Of Detroit Tiger infielders
training here. Sunday the outfield-
ers will report and within the next
week "Bucky" Harris has promised
the "Regs' and the "Yannigans"
will begin their annual rivalry.
Roy Johnston, young outfielder
purchased from San Francisco Is
dickering with the Seals for a part
of his $4,000 purchase price and
has threatened not to report for
training. Harris said he was not
worried, however, as he has ample
material for the outer garden.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
JUNIOR COLLEGE CLUB MEET

JUNIOR COLLEGE CLUB MEETS
A meeting Of the Junior College
club of the Senior high school was
scheduled for this afternoon 1t the
close Of the fourth period. The
meeting was called for the purpose
OF explaining the purposes Of the
club to any girls interested In join
ing.
Tomorrow will mark the close OF
the fourth week of the present as
signment which IL the first Of the
February-June semester. This leaves
one week left for the completion OF
work.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
YEN STILL DECLINES

Tokyo. Feb. % Up The govern
ment today denied the re; -rt 1t had
decided to apply artificial means to
prevent a further fall in the value
Of the yen. 1t was learned on re-
liable authority however the Yoko-
hama Specie bank has agreed to
lend money with the bank OF Japan's
negotiable bonds in New York and
London as security.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
Looking For 4 Job

Hollywood. Cal. Feb, 2S Up -
George Gillespie, Arizona cowboy
artist" who last Sunday married
Miss Katherone Thorne. Chicago
heiress. after a whirlwind courtship
which met some objection from her
parents. was here today visiting mo-
ton picture studios seeking job
as a film cowboy"
Gillespie said he was here looking
for work. Il expect to find it, and
when I am located my wife will Join
me. probe bly, in about two weeks.
he added.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
He GOT HIS REST
AMONG deaf MUTES
Judge SympahilS With Man
Who Sought to Escape Noise

New York, Feb. 2s-Thirty- one
years Of matrimony. including the
babble of nine children. were about
all Peter Fitzpatrick could endure.
So last June. at 63, he left his
home at s61 65th street. Brooklyn,
on an extended walking tour. seek
ing the quietest place he could find
to spend the rest Of his days.
He had thought it all over quietly,
without saying anything to his wife
and their nine brawny sons. Five
were married, and the others were
strapping youths and. well. Peter
figured they had reached the age
where they could look out for them
selves.
So he just "lit out" and walked
and walked in search Of the quietest
place on earth. At last he found 1t
"a deaf and dumb infirmary al
West Hartford. Conn.,. where he
took a job as night Waterman al
$12.5O a week. He was quite happy
Peter got a good sleep every day
and the mutes slept while he did
his night watching.
Back in Brooklyn, Peters wife
Mary, became dissatisfied. No money
was coming in from her husband
Finally she located him. and he wal
indicted for abandoning her. He told
his story yesterday before Kings
County Judge Martin. When he at.
tempted to speak to two Of his sons
in court. one of them said gruffly:
"Shut up"
Lawrence McGoldrick. counsel fol-
Fitzpatrick. said his four unmarried
sons earn wages totaling 1925 Q
week, 10 times their fathers in
come. and that they are well abb
to contribute to their mothers sup
port. Mrs. Fitzpatrick said she re
ceived only s35 a week. insufficient
for her needs.
Il will adjourn the case for 81,
months" Judge Martin said sympa
thetically. Go back to your watch
mans Job. Fitzpatrick. I guess man,
husband envies you the quiet O
1t. But pay your wife $3.50 a week
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
DOWNS wOMAN,s SUFFRAGE

Quebec. Que. Feb. % R-A bill
to give the women of Quebec the
right to vote in provincial elections
was defeated in the Quebec legisla-
tive assembly yesterday by vote Of
SO to 16.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28

The Friendly Hour Whist club
met at the home of Mrs. Everett
Stowell Wednesday afternoon. Prizes
were awarded to Mrs, Ernest SLOT
ger. Mrs. Lawrence Kerwin and
Mrs. John Walsle.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28

Tax Collector Everett b. Proud
man has had several writs issued
which will be served to persons in
the next few days who have neg
lected to pay their personal tax for
the year 1928. All persons who have
not paid their tax must pay an ad-
ditional $1.00, making their bill So.
All those summoned to court must
pay the $500 in addition to all
court charges which will amount to
from 312 to SIS, unless cause can be
proven for their exemption.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28

Fitzpatrick was employed at q
Newington institution before taking
a place as Waterman in West Hart
ford. His location was revealed by
a snapshot which he sent to a friend
in Brooklyn.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28

An average of 1000 canaries q
day were imported into America in
1928.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
NEWINGT0N NEWS

Newington. Feb. 2S-Rev. and
Mrs. Harry L. Martin OF Three Riv-
ers, Mass. have returned home after
spending a few days with Mrs. Mar
tins mother, Mrs. George Rowe Of
Cedar street.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28

Several members OF the Newing-
ton Volunteer Fire department will
attend whist this evening given by
the Quaker Lane Hose Co. at their
hose house on Quaker Lane, West
Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28

The Volunteer Fire department
will hold its regular meeting Friday
night at the town hall at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-28

Oranges were first grown in Cali
fornia in 1873.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
ARMISTICE DAY
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D., L. d.
Bishop Of Washington

Tomorrow is Armistice day. We
readily recall the thrill that came to
the peoples of the world on that event.
full morning eleven years ago Wien the
guns were silenced. Hardly IN TINS gen.
Grafton have the hearts of men given
such a glad response as on TINS notable
occasion. There was q well-nigh uni
versal determination to make this day
mark the beginning Of new era In
human history. We had visions OF
world, not only at peace, but world
determined to abolish the horrors OF
war. For the while we knew men
neither by race nor language, and we
envisioned the coming that day. When
Man to man the world Ger
Should brothers be for a that"
We of America. who have lived our
life quite apart from the elder world.
felt that we had now come to the new
day where seas could not divide, but
where all human interests should De our
common concern. There can be niue
doubt in the mind of any thoughtful
citizen that these ideals occupied
foremost place in our outlook. After
the tumult and the shouting had died,
and we went back again to our daily
tasks and Self-interestS. our new-found
ideals suffered an impairment and once
again we began to think In lnSuiar
terms. In the meantime during the In
tervening years the sovereign states OF
the old world have been seeking to
work out a plan that should save them
from another great catastrophe. We OF
America have, with deepened interest,
watched the progress of this new move
ment, we have even gone SO far as to
send unofficial observers" and the
wisdom of an international court we
have conceded and upon 1t one OF our
distinguished men has sat. There can
be little doubt that America at heart
is seeking to keep pace with every
effort that will guarantee the peace OF
the world. Probably the most notable
evidence of this was disclosed In the
recent conference between our President
and the premier of Great Britain. What
is to issue from these conferences Is
yet to be made evident. OF one thing
we are certain, namely, that they are
in conSonance with the mind OF our
time, which is expressed through the
channels Of public opinion. We may
call our leaders visionary, we may doubt
the fulfillment of their high purposes,
nevertheless If our statesmen are moved
by prevailing public opinion, surely in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

washington. which came to know him
80 well during the war, when he was
here as high commissioner. will take
more than passing interest In the
progress and career Of Andre Tardieu,
the new premier Of France. In the
early hours Of yesterday his coalition
cabinet scored handsome maiden VIC
tory, with q vote of confidence carried
in the Chamber Of Deputies by q ma
jority of seventy-One. It was In q
large sense a personal triumph for NJ.
Tardieu and for his foreign minister,
NJ BRAND, for just previously both had
spoken fervently and persnasively in
defense Of the incoming governments
program.
Andre Tardieu has been described as
statesman determined TO give France
business administration. That Is
another way Of saying that he Is es-
'sentialIy modern In his conception Of
his countFy's needs. To the ftllAllmaent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
A CITY Sound Sampler.

Science has been applied to the
problem of preserving the health of
the public In various ways. Samples
of water are taken from the sources
Of supply and from the mains to detect
noxious germs or components, If
any exist. Samples of air are taken
from various points of q city to deter
mine whether disease-breeding elements
are present IS dust" The container
bottle and the test tube have been
worked effectively, TO the end Of head
ing on afiiictions that take heavy toll
Of health and Of life.
Now comes the Sampling of the
sounds that assail the ear of the city
dweller, to ascertain whether there is
danger in the din that arises In urban
activity. In New York a campaign is
under way to lessen the clangor Of
business and entertainment. A group
Of experts has been organized to study
the question, with view to ascertain
ing, first, the origin Of the sounds that
arise and combine into roar through
SAt the day, and, second, means Of
lesseiaRs the, - sert0ny. To-th@ end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
Open Board Meetings.


The Board of Education stands to
gain, rather than lose, by its decision
to abolish executive committee meetings,
except for the discussion Of matters
involving personnel, and TO hold It's
committee meetings hereafter Under
the full light Of publicity. So
little difficulty was experienced by
one wonders why it has taken so many
risks In the past with the dangers in
herent in executive meetings. For the
meetings were executive, for the most
part, In name only. News usually leaked
out of what transpired behind closed
doors. 1t was apt to b incomplete news,
If not one-sided, but 1t leaked out all
the same, for that happens to be one
of the better known peculiarities Of
news.
There is more vital interest In the
school system on the part Of the city'a
residents than In any other municipal
institution. For this reason the Board
Of Education should foster and not dis
courage the natural desire of the citi-
xens to know what Is going on, II there
now exists misunderstanding in the
public mind concerning the fundamental
purposes Of the proposed amendment to
the rules Of the board. enabling school
authorities under certain conditions to
withhold diplomas, the naisunderstand-
ing can only be attributed to the boards
failure to make the proposal clear.
Opening the doors and adopting q
policy Of frank and full discussion of
matters affecting the community's
school system will cause less misunder.
standing and viii develop more intelli-
gent and sympathetic familiarity with
the school problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
A Foolish Ordinance.

1t was King Canute who babe the
tide to stand still; 1t is the municipal
council Of Puebla, Mexico, which has
adopted an ordinance forbidding the
display Of motion pictures with English
subtitles and talking pictures given In
English.
The idea Of the former Il history;
the measure by the council Is expected
to end the invasion Of the English Ian
guage, according to dispatches. Prob
ably the town fathers could have taken
no step which would have been worse
for their purposes.
1t is not likely that ambitious Next
can boys and girls would learn English
merely to understand the pictures"
There is enough of the universal Ian
guage in all movies, silent or "talkie,"
to make such q turning to grammars
and yocabularies unnecessary.
II the tide Of English threatens to
overflow the countries to the South, 1t
comes about because the international
commercial life, In which all particle
pate, makes 1t inevitable. The Spanish
speaking peoples are linguists by hered-
ity, and the matter of one more Ian
guage, though English, will harm none
of them.
Probably no one step could have been
taken by the municipal council which
would have been Surer to result In the
very thing which the ordinance aimed
10 cure" Now young Pueblans will
want to know English at all hazards
and probably will, such Is the spirit Of
modern youth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

Of them he brings the primacy Of life
he has Just turned fifty-three-and a
background of versatile experience I'M
common, even in governments Ike
those Of France, in which many talents
are frequently present.
M. Tardieu was trained for the diplo-
matte career and entered 1t with a
| brilliant scholastic record to his credit
But journalism soon tempted him from It
and for many years, including those i'm
mediately preceding the World War, he
was in practical control of the foreign
! department OF lie Temps, the great
Paris newspaper which immsmorially
has been the semi-onicial voice of the
Quai d. Orsay. Tardieus daily editorial
on the international situation rang
through the chancellories of Europe
with an authority second only to that
attaching to the highest oficial ut
terancss. Prince Won Buelow at Berlin
once paid him the compliment of saying
that there are seven world powers
and Andre TarOieu."
Just before the outbreak of the war.
the -Redactsur Of lie Temps was
lured from his role as a commentator
on politics into an active participant in
that arena, and was elected a DEPUTY
for the distinguished constituency of
Versailles. He at once became an i'm
posing and influential figure in the
chamber. Always uncompromisinRlv
Nationalist in his point Of view Tardieu
was invariably liberal in his outlook and
tactics. He had been on duty as an Of
ficer at Marshal Foch's headquarters
and knew the Germans. There were
times in his subsequent parliamentary
career that he thought even M. Poincare
and M. BRAND too soft toward the
beaten foe, and ever and anon Tardieu
belabored them without quarter on that
issue. Yet Premier Poincare was to
hnd him a valued cabinet co-adjutor,
and now Tardieu turns to BRAND as his
main support in perpetuating the peace
policy on which France has 30 sterMly
embarked.
The London naval conference will
probably test the mettle Of the new
French government, and may make or
break it. There are grave points of Diff
ference between the French and the
Italians regarding parity In the Mediter-
ranean, where both countries have vital
interests. But America and Britain
found it practicable and possible to
bury their differences on the parity is
sue. Paris and Rome should not be less
successful in accommodating themselves
to their own particular situation.
The premiership and personality Of
Andre Tardieu and his intimate ac-
Quaintance with the fundamentals and
aspirations Of the world at the moment
OF his GROWING political glory are a
gratifying guarantee that France will
pull her full weight in the boat of peace
IS long as he is at the stroke oar.
His American friends cordially wish
him bon voyage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
Defeat of Tariff Measure Would
Cause Hoover No Discontinue

the House and to conference between
the House and the Senate The result
of the conference will necessarily be
either the bills demiSe-which the
President can survey with equanimity
or compromise.
The only compromise thought feasible
is that the Senate should recede from
the debenture plan and from its new
proposed congreSSionally controlled "fiex-
ible provision" and that the House
should recede from many Of the really
extremely high rates which 1t imposed
uDcn industrial commodities and that
- 2reupon the bill would become q gen.
timely limited" tariff revision.
But limited" tariff revision Is pre-
ciSely what the President has advocated
from the beginning. He could there
upon sign the bill with satisfaction.
Such are the reasons why, although
the President Is supposed in O certain
theory Of the matter to be overwhelm-
ingly worried by the Senate's tariff per-
formances and accomplishments, he
does not at all. in fact, look so.
(CopyriKht, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

Of determinative investigation Q special
truck has been prepared, equipped with
sensitive apparatus for measuring the
intensity of sound, and 1t will be sent
into various parts Of the city during
the next three months to pick up
evidence.
This device Of the Noise Abatement
Commission, as the group is formally
styled, will play an important part in
the inquiry. The city will broadcast
itself. The microphones will be set up
in business streets, under elevated rail-
road lines, in shopping districts, in resi-
Dental quarters. They will probably be
tuned in at different hours of the day.
without question they will pick up
great volumes of sound. The question
is whether they will distinguish be-
tween the noises, whether they can diff
ferentiate as to the needless and the
unacceptable.
That there is q great deal Of I'M
necessary noise in city life is believed
generally. Certain sounds can I'M
doubtedly be lessened, through proper
regulation and supervision. Some
noises are unavoidable, such as the
pounding Of pneumatic riveting ma
chimes employed In building construc-
ton. And even they are being lessened
with application Of improved methods.
Trafic noises are louder than they need
to be. Incompetent drivers Of motor
cars make more noise than is necessary
In the starting and the brakinK of
cars. Horns are blown more often and
more loudly than is actually required
for safe negotiation of the streets.
In one respect rules that are properly
enforced can effect a material relief.
That is in the lessening Of the sounds
Of radio loud speakers. At present
there is little regulation of this noise
nuisance. In business sections and In
residence areas the blaring horns send
forth sounds that are magnifed beyond
all need. Some Of these nuisances are
by merchants to draw public
attention to their shops. These can
be prevented II there is q will on the
part Of the authorities. They require
no sensitive apparatus to prove their
baneful effect upon the public nerves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

the present instance our leaders are
moving in the right direction.
1t is a remarkable and striking fact
that, in the new outlook upon interna-
tional relations, reference Is constantly
being made to the teachings of the
Prince of Peace" The Man Of Naz-
areth is no longer restricted to the
sacred areas of the church. but He is
invading the halls of legislation. His
dictum that He that loseth his life
shall find It" is beginning to be rec
ognized as automatic. Nations that
have the vision to recognize their world
responsibility, while clinging to their
national ideals, are coming to have the
foremost place in those councils where
world affairs are discussed. That the
teachings of the great Master bear upon
human concerns is being more clearly
recognized and the practical values of
His mighty utterances are affecting
human judgments and human policies
Christianity Is not a system unrelated to
vital world concerns. It has practical
application to economic, social, domestic
and political interests. That He en-
visioned an ultimate world peace is OBJ
vious in all His teachings. He sought
to make evident to men not only a new
heaven, but a new earth wherein
dwelleth righteousness. Upon two great
fundamental principles of laws He based
His teaching. Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with ali
thy mind and with all thy soul" and
thy neighbor as myself" The impulse
to universal love, to q recognition of
the rights and privileges of our neigh
borS sprang from q reverence for and
obedience to the eternal Father.
Through the long ages this law of duty
to ones neighbor has cried for express
sion. 1t is fair to say that we have
come nearer its approximation in the
past rs years than ever before. The
critic and the cynic may tell us that
"as things have been they remain"
that human nature the world over is
still dominated by selfish conceits and
passions and that any hope for better
conditions is an evanescent dream. We
do not believe 1t. We may not see the
first glintings of the millennium, nor may
we lay the flattering JUNCTION to our
souls that we have attained reasonable
perfection; on the other hand, in spite
of all insular ways Of thinking and liv-
ing, this latest Armistice day finds us
giving larger consideration to the
things Of world peace than we have
ever known before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

Md, farm, but these have not progressed
suficiently far to point to more than
incidental conclusions.
1t may be o real "firebug'' IS re-
sponsible. DR.. Charles A. Browne, chief
of chemical and chronological research
in the Bureau Of Chemistry and Soils,
Department Of Agriculture, has adj
vanced the theory that spontaneous ig-
milton Is not due directly to bacterial
action, but to higher Temperatures fol-
lowing oxidation OF compounds pro-
duced by the bacteria; In other words,
that 1t Is not the heat of the bodies of
the bugs" or their colony activity, that
causes fire, but chemical reactions
growing out Of the presence of the bac-
terra, which die at about $50 degrees F..
while 500 or more degrees are necessary
for ignition.
So important is the subject that more
than $50 business and professional men
from all parts Of the United States. and
some from Canada. win gather mere
this week T. discuss plans for intensive
study.
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