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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
Sports Paw Big

Boxing and wrestling brought the
siate of Illinois net profit of ST..
1880 during the fiscal year of the
Illinois State Athletic commission.
which ended December l.
A report issued by Maj. Gen. John
v. Clinnin. chairman of the commits
sion, revealed that gross receipts
we're s14I. aSO.SO. with expenses Of
$50. 492 40 for maintaining the offices
Of the commission and providing in-
spectors and officials
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31

Basketball is the youngest sport
played by the colleges. Football. base
ball, hockey, lacrosse and soccer pre-
coded II. Basketball is now In its
thirty-ninth year.
In seven years of pitching. Char
key Ruffing of the Boston Red Sox.
said to have every quality winner
should possess. has never broken even
In games won and lost.
The Maryland Athletic commission
suspended It's rule against the toe hold
when Dick Shikat wrestled Komar
Then Shikat went ahead and won
without using the hold.
Billy Evans, general manager OF the
Cleveland Indians. announces the pur
chase of Seive Bean. twenty-three
year-old pitcher. from the New Or
leans club of the Southern league.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
Extending the Estimate

Miss Yellowleaf-Yes, l know my
face does show premature lines, but
I'll have to bear that affection with
fortitude.
Miss Peachblow = Fortitude! /
should say at least fiftytude.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
he is going to retire." Jones-"Yes:
going to rest on his oars"
Sure to Stop

The country lady was not used to
rail travel, and pestered the conductor
good deal. Finally she asked. Are
you sure the train will stop If you pull
that roper"
"Oh, yes, ma'am."
swell, how does 1t work."
you see, the other end is around
the engireer's k."-Railroad Maya
zine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
Conclusive

Shopper-But can this fur coat be
worn in the rain without damaging irr
Cohen-Lady. should esk you-did
you ever see it skunk carrying Q
umbrella?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
SsSgSAg SSsSaS;::''
tons > ia gs 5 Is

"When I was a young
single girl I took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound because my mother did
and she gave it to me. After
| married I took it before my
| children were born and after
wards, and l have eight living
children. I am now a grand
mother and still take it and
still recommend it when any
one is tired and rundown. y
Mrs. Alfred Iverson, St. Ed
yards, Nebraska.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-31
Neat Performer in Right Field

DUND MILLER the baseball world bling" Miller
his native territory, field Real
hit in this Miller gardener
$40 points than that of his rival
than Miller much ground
the latter shaded by the
bulletlke Cuyler.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
SEARCHERS HOPE
 ID RAISE PLANES
Work Abandoned Yesterday Be-
 cause Of Rough Weather

Santa Monica, Cal, Jan. Pl- Soarchcrs hoped today to be able to resume their efforts to bring 10 the surface the wreckage of the two motion picture camera planes believ- cd to contain the bodies of seven of the ten men who died in a md-air collision over the ocean off Point Saint Vicente last Thursday.
 Bodies of three of the dead were recovered immediately after the crash.
 Fear that some of the bodies may have been washed out of the wreck ed cabins was expressed after Charles l.. Smale. a diver, went to the bottom in GO feet of water, where the plane had been dragged by a traWler, and reported that re could find no bodies. He said the cabin was so badly entangled, how ever, that several bodies might st,ll be found in the area directly astern of the engine.
 Bodies of the seven crash victims arc those of Kenneth Hawks, film .li- rector, husband Of Mary Astor, screen actress; George Eastman, cameraman; Otto Jordan, assistant camcraman; Tom Harris. property man: Henry Johannes, property man and Ross Cook and Hallock Rouse, pilots of the ill-fated crafts.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
25 Years Ago Today

The membership Of the Y. M, T. A. E. society at the present tune Is 3SH. The newly elected officers were installed last evening by County Di rector Pagan of Berlin.
 The NnaGraph Co. Of America will appear at the LyCeum next week with their latest moving picture de- vice. Pictures will be shown of local scenes and also Chief Rawlings, Mayor Eassctt and Town Clerk Thompson.
 In his anuuI report read yester- day at the masses at st. Mary $ church, Rev. John T. Winters stated that the present debt ot the church is $l&.UOo. It cost $20,000 to con- duet the parish during the past year.
 The Lithuanian Independent Citi- 1en's club will hold it's annual meet ing and election of officers in Han mas hall this evening.
 The police department is deter mined 10 keep the sidewalks in the city clear of snow. The policemen have been instructed to arrest all tenants who fail 10 remove the snow from the walks.
 A carnival will be held at Hanna's ! armory on East Main street Saturday l evening,
 The water commissioners reported 1 today that the surface at Shuttl, . Meadow reservoir has reached tn, six foot mark.
 A special car will leave from tho ] \. 0. H. hall tomorrow evening fol the benefit of the party which vii attend the concert at Parsons thea. i ter.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

western portion tonight; Tuesday cloudy, probably rain in north and central portions: warmer in south and colder in north portion Tuesday; increasing southwest winds becom- ing fresh to strong.
 Forecast for New Haven and vicinity: Fair tonight; Tuesday in creasing cloudiness.
 Conditions: Pressure is high along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida. A crescent shaped area of low pressure extends from Lake Superior southWestward to Texas and hence northwestward to Oregon. Temperatures are rising rapidly in the eastern portions of the country but are falling decidedly in the upper Missouri and upper Missis- sippi valleys.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

Only one thing has been over- looked by the sheep raisers; or if not overlooked. there must be a realiza- ton that nothing can be done about it. That point is the use of cotton in manufacturing cheap woolen clothing. It can he done, and the poor sheep raisers won't like it. Of course, cotton is not as warm as wool up north" but the ordinary individual who cannot allow his pockets to be picked might be con. tent to shver little more in cot ton-mixed suit rather than hand over $15 or s20 extra 10 the sheep raiScrs.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
NEW BRITAIN ALSO POSSESSES

It appears from the statistics that politan district wished upon it by the compilers of population statistics. To De sure, our metropolitan district does not extend over several counties and half way to the Sound, as cer- tain other boosters of larger cities are fond of citing: but we have d type of metropolitan district all the same, which in the official nomencla- ture goes under the title of 'city and suburbs.'
 Thus we find that, while New Britain's estimated population is Sl,- S5s-a conservative estimate, it is admitted-our combined city and suburban population is estimated al 10000. Which sounds pretty, any way.
 All Of us living here have known for a. long time that certain "subur- ban districts" near the city but not part of it were to all purposes Vir- tually q part of the city, It is easier and quicker to drive from New Britain to some of these suburban districts out of town, or to ride in public conveyances, than it is to travel within many a larger city Consequently they are as much q part of the business, commercial and social life of New Britain as if they were actually part of the city.
 Returning to estimates or the city proper, we find that 1t about coincides with previous estimates. h spite Of some empty tcnements It appears certain that the population has not stood still. Empty tenements and apartments appear to be Tn evidence everywhere, and the only conclusion to arrive at is that they have nothing to do with population. All they mean is that too many were built during the realty boom Of sev- eral years ago.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
THE WETHERSFIELD ESCAPE

It is too early to conclude that justice has been outraged completely in the escape of the three bandits from Wethers0eld prison, one Of them a murderer who was serving life sentence.
 To escape from prison sometimes is easier than to remain free after the escape. The law is unrelentins, and thousands of police in eVc~ city and town CO., operate in the efforts at recapture. As this was wriit'n the men were still at large; but that means nothing. By the time this secs print one or all Of the bandits may be recaptured. Or the recapture may not take place for months Eventually it usually occurs. The world is an unsafe place for an cs- capped felon.
 Twenty-Five minutes after the three bandits escaped from Wethcrsfeld prison police through out the state were being notified that man-hunt was to be staged. The information was flashed upon the tcletype machines into all the city police departments; q few mo ments later the modern machinery Of communicating with policemen on their beats was utilized 10 dis seminate the facts. IL is certain that within less than three-quarters of an hour after the bandits escaped every policeman in the state was scrutiniZ- ing all persons who appeared to be strangers. and on the highways au- tomobiles were stopped and the drivers informed not to pick up strangers. The idea Of the police Was to prevent the bandits from putting much distance between themselves and the prison.
 But what actually hurpen"d While the police were taking such extensive precautions the bandits did the usual trick or their kiuI- they stole the first automobile they saw parked. In short time they had greatly extended the radius of ac lion. One of the modern inventions in which civilization takes just pride again came to the rescue Of enemies
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
of that civilization.

of that civilization.
 It is interesting 10 examine the explanations as to how the bandits got out Of the prison, Prison author ities are continually waging a war Of wits with their charges, and despite the odds of 100 to l against felons ever escaping, 1t is surprising how often lelons gain their liberty.
 After every such escape there is an investigation. Then steps are talk on 10 prevent a recurrence. Ir due time the active minds of some of the prisoners hit upon a way 10 beat the law once more. So it has been going on ever since prisons were built.
 The kitchen seems to have been the weak spot in Wethcrsield. Everybody but the three bandits was ignorant of the weakness.
 Prisoners cannot be watched every moment while in prison and 2 tool or two from the workshops often comes handy in escaping. Guards. too, are not always loo per cent reliable. And on more than one occasion visitors to various prisons have been suspected Of spiriting tools or weapons into the place. sometimes with the connivance of worthless guards. or through bribery. Such possibilities give to any investigating board much to think about
 To discover that a murderer, or q Iifcr, thus defeats the intent of the law is disconcerting. There is small chance that life imprisonment as for murder. instead Of execution, will gain greatly in public when murderers sent to prison for life do not always stay where they are put. That is one Of the reasons. no doubt, for the un- derworld usually preferring life im- prisonment to the gallows: Where there is fife there is hope for an escape.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
EXIT CHEAP CLOTHES

The cheap suit of clothes threatens 10 be made as rare as the dodo Be tween the demands of the sheep raisers and the wooden manufacture CTS, Congress has been sand -haggcd into fixing the sort of tariff they all like. The only interest which has not been represented before the congressional fiXers has been the lowly consumer. He is expected to take what is handed 10 him and like ii.
 Sheep raiscrs throughout the West believe this country is composed of wool consumers who will gladly pay all the tariff will bear The plan is 10 force consumers to patronize the western wool article by setting up a practical embargo against wool from Australia and other points where it is produced Cheaply and profusoIy. They induced the House 10 levy the tariff on poundase basis, and this plan is likely to go through the Senate also, where numerous coaIl- tionists are sympathetic toward aid ing wool agriculture. Under the poundage basis policy all wool pays the same duty. the fine article as well as the low grade article. Manl- festlv. the tariff really will be heaviest upon the low grade article. cost considered. It is the loWgrad. wool which goes into cheap clotIinS and d pound of it will pay just as much duty as pound of the hieE grade wool going into ''rcaI WoolcI clothes" In other words, the man who pays s5O for q suit Of clothes in the future will really be paying less of a tariff tax than the man "hf 1 buys a suit for $&o.
 All of which was O. k. with th' wooden manufacturers so long a' they could put over the idea O more and better protection or ! fabrics and yarns, This they did. 0 are by way of doing Wool, yarns fabrics. etc, are points about thu pending tariff bin on which there seems to be much agreement, Every body is getting his on the you tlckl' me and I'll tickle you" principle. II other words, log rolling accomplishe what logic cannot touch.
 There was only one loop hole i Tho manufacturers might still b able to make cheap fabrics by usin' wool shoddy. or mixture Of thi product. in place of low grade wool The sheep raisers were wide awak' 10 the possibility however, an' succeeded in convincing the coali noniste aad others that a large boos is necessary in 'he duty oH woo shoddy, wool rags, and anything else in the textile world that mieh compete With wool The sheep rais CTS insist on giving us woolel clothes regardless of price.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
MAIDEN M0T0R|ST
 HELD FOR MURDER
Paul s. Smith Arrested in Phila-
 delphia Carrying Revolver

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 6 (JP)- Paul $. smith, 20, Of Maiden, Mass. said to be wanted for murder m Saugus, Mass. was arrested today, for suspicion of larceny of an auto mobile and carrying a concealed deadly weapon.
 When two motorcycle policemen approached a parked automobile to question two men who were sitting in it, one jumped out and fled.
 Smith, the other, was arrested when he was unable 10 produce an owners or drivers license. A load ed revolver was found on his person.
 Arraigned at a hearing, Smith Wds held in $500 bail for a further hearing.
 Police learned that Saugus police are looking for Smith and notified authorities in the Massachusetts town of his arrest.
 Unable to "aiSc the required bail Smith is in jail.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
YES, THERE'S \ DIFFERENCE
 BETWEEN THE TWO


 It is claimed with show of logic that there is no difference between q rum runner or a bootlegger and burglar.
 The claim-usually made by fanatical drys-is to the effect that when coast guards or prohibition agents shoot down rum runners or bootleggers they are doing their duty like policemen who shoot down fleeing burglars.
 Placing rum runners and burglars in the same class sounds fairly con- vincing until one begins to think a little harder; then the comparison is not apt to sound so convincing.
 A professional burglar is not only an enemy of society, but he trans gresses the moral law as we'll as statute law. No honest person would associate with professional burglar. He would not purchase any of the burglars stolen goods. Indeed, the average abiding citizen, il he happened to learn of the presence of a professional burglar he prob- ably would quietly tip off the police. And when a policeman shoots Il burglar there is general Congratula- ton for the policeman; he is cited for vaor and is apt to be promoted
 The public feeling is entirely diff fcrent as regards the rum runner or bootlegger. Honest and decent citi. zens by the thousand are acquainted with bootlccgers. Rum runners are also quite generally known ana their trade is regarded in no such light as burglary. To most people they are merely regarded as follow ig a calling which the law has made compulsory so long as there is de- mand for the product in which they deal
 Consequently when prohibition agents or coast guardsmen kill rum runners there is no semblance of the popular commendation that comes to a policeman when he shoots burglar. On the contrary, there is a spirited demand to determine whether the killings were justified.
 The difference is that the rum runner, in the estimation or the public. merely transgresses against a | law which many regard as an un- reasonable law, while the burglar ! transgresses against the individuai i he robs. The burglar transgresse' against private property.
 There are men in the modern ! liquor trade who are no better than 1 burglars. men who do not hesitate 1 Q commit liuEitl lNIlllS lSlllN " l'i' rivals in the trade. Being unable 10 1 take their disagre"ments 10 courts Of law they settle" them according to the law Of the jungle. One such incident just occurred in Illinois, 1 where youthful rum runner was slain and his body burned by others who resented his trade activities. IUt such warfare is among liquor dealers, and is not q warfare against the pubic. II is not of eangsters, but of the average rum runner or boot loggar. made common by the prohl- bition law, that We take cognizanc"
 Fduati,al drys would put the aver age rum runner in the class with burglars and murderers. Public opinion will have no such Jumping Of moral turpitude.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" runs the maxim. And q paragraph in the news story of the royal nuptials in Europe told how extensive precautions were taken against assassination while the con tracting parties trarcled to the place Of the marriage.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

eIhemeral medium. gets by far the best thrill out Of his output He also, in most cases, enjoys higher earnings,
 A cartoonist, howevcr-such as Clare Briggs, who died the other day-is moro than an artist He must be q keen observer of life and be able to interpret it with point. He must have the attributes of d novelist, tine only difference being that where the novelist uses words and literature" to distribute his re- actions toward life the cartoonist uses dett strokes with his drawing pen.
 "Whcn a feilcr needs a friend, :" for instance, one of the widely known series of take-offs upon lif" that came rom the brain of Briggs continually included topics of life which q skilled novelist might have been glad to incorporate into the lighter pages of his output. The same held true of "Ain't it a grand and glorious feeling" Many of these cartoons said more, and in quicker time, than a chapter in a novel.
 The difference between these types of cartoons and the earlier variety of political cartoon which centered upon political usually in conformity with the publication publishing the cartoon-was that the Briggs output was of the human in terest variety. He did not bother with politics. To him the everyday problems of life were grist to the mill. Let others depict the glories of the current administration, or it's shortcomings; he contentcd himself with depicting the glories Of ordinary living. His audience necessarily be- came widespread, he was popular, the homely statements of his charac- ters became household words.
 There are those who claim that people should be less interested in such things and more interested in what are sophisticatingly termed the finer things of life" But these usually also alege that the people should be less interested in the kind of literature they insist on reading, the kind of plays they insist on at tending, and the kind of music they prefer to hear. When the millennium is reached and everybody is a highly cultured and uper-intellectual ami maj perhaps there will be a change in the tastes of the people and the Clare Briggs of that age will be forced to produce only the most beautiful type of cartoons. drawings which only art critics today could understand. But until that time ar riNes-a matter of say 500, ,00O years We will be content with what we have. And as long as it hits the SOOt" what is the difference" If we were all so highly charged with in tellectuality as not to appreciate rough and ready cartooning we still would crave something akin to the same emotion but perhaps in q diff ferent form.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
WHAT \ tARIOONlSI GENERATES TO LIFE

No ono will deny. We think, that an expert cartoouist is an artist. N" one will deny. either that there l. many a IahbIor in oils many pushcr or the elusive pastrls, who in his heart would willingly chang places with the newspaper car toonist Yet there is q difference as of an impenrtrablr gulf existing be- tween these species of art To our notion the cartoonist, dealing in all
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

What really started all these sub way reflections vas trivial incl dent in subway train late last eve ming. A one-armed man took q seat opposite and proceeded to roll mp an umprella as neatly as those in the store windows. didn't know it could be done with two hands with out couple of helpers.
 Speaking of one-armed deXterity. the most mcticulously tied evening bow I ever saw was tied by a one armed war hero who assisted friend one evening in q Brussels ho- tel. A flip of the fingers and it was done.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
Observations Or The Weother

Washington. Jan. 6.-Forccast for southern New Engand: Fair and warmer tonight; Tuesday increasing CloudincSS and warmer: probably rain Tu' sday night: increasing south and southwest winds becoming fresh, probably strong.
 Forecast for Eastern New Work; Increasing Cloudincss and warmer: possibly rain in extreme north
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

In the theatrical district the other night the hind leg of a mounted pa trolman's horse-a horse he had rid den for nine yaarS-WaS broken by an autom obile. Police regulations provide the officer must shoot the animal in such emergency, He placed
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

the pistol to the horses head three times, then dropped it and rushed off in tears. Every eye in the silent group that collected was glistening with tears. A fellow officer finally fired the shot.
 Postcards l.. T. F.: 'I am one of those middle west saps who came out to Hollywood and began inquir- ing when l met a fellow how his wife was. But I'm catching on."
 That would be dangerous even in Gallipolis, O., these modern days.
 Copyright. 1930, McNaught
 Syndicate, InC.)
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

Much ado has been made of New York's subway manners, yet most of the impoltcness is sponsored by cmployees-especiaIly those strong armed huSkies who use the methods of a football wedge in packing cars at rush hours There is one bully at 14th street I'm going to kick on the shin some day and sllcedaddle like everything.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06
Mebmer of the Associated Press

The Associated Press Is exclusively en. titled to the use for republication of all news credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published therein.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

considered when placing a Classi- fled Ad.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

Freedom is that inalienable right people win just before they begin subjugdting their weak neighbors.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

Lillian Russell once boasted she had never travcled in the subway. In those days it was high toned ges- ture, but not any more. Many in this age of autos. taXis and buses have not ridden in the subway for years.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

The Herald is on sale daily In New York at llotaliugs Newsstand. Times Square: Schultz's Newsstand. Entrance Grand Central 42nd street,
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

The soviet may put better face on things, after all. It has granite l concession to a razor factory.
New Britain herald., 1930-01-06

It's a felony if you don't report the offense you know about. Take your choice. Be felon or a Brook hart