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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
Local Labor to Build Roads.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. P).-with more
than $4,000, 900 worth of highway work
proposed by Illinois, H. H. cleveland.
director of public works and buildings,
has notified contractors they will be
expected to use Illinois citizens for COM
mon labor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24

Pierce is a member Of the staff of the
department of history Of the University
of Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
FIGHT OVER RABBIT
Controversy Between Neighbors
Leads to One Being Held.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July "A fight
over the killing of rabbit belonging to
one neighbor, alleged to have eaten
flowers of another. resulted in G. H.
Coburn, IS, of alt West Peyton avenue,
q car repairman, being held for the
grand Jury under $4,000 bond on a
charge of felonious assault, following
a hearing in Police Court before Judge
william S. Snow here today.
Coburn is alleged to have stabbed
J. H. Segraves of 221 West Peyton ave-
nue. with q trowel, in a fight which oc-
CURED after Coburn had killed the
rabbit .t,.,.t,, So.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
1,1oo CAPITAL VETERANS
TO GET MONTHLY CHECKS
War Department Veterans Show
34,475 Men Who Served In
War Live in District.

Eleven hundred veterans of the World
War of this city viii receive monthly
disability pensions this year. according
to an announcement today by the
washington office of the Disabled Amer
lean Veterans.
A report of the War Department es-
Inmates there are 34,475 of about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
SOCIETY

CONTINUED From Second Page)
Mass, who is staying at the Wardman
Park Hotel, was among those entertain
ing at the dinner dance on the PLACE
Deauville at the hotel last evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24

Mrs. e. d. Chalfant Of Pullman,
Wash, is at the Dodge Hotel for sew
eral days, with her two children and
Miss Serena r. Mathews, also of Pull
man.
Mrs. Tirey L. Ford Is passing q few
days at the Wardman Park Hotel. Mrs.
Ford will leave shortly for her home, on
the West Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Kelly are
at the Cavalier, after motoring from
New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Allan Of Nash
vile, Tenn, are guests at the Willard
for a few days.
Miss. Bessie L. Pierce. OF. Iowa City,
Iowa, is at the Dodge Hotel. Miss
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04
Indigestion Pains Forced Young Man To Leave Theater During
 Performance
Tells How Bon-Tone Improved Stonlach-CIeared Com pleXioR-And Made Him Feel Better
 in Every Way.

and making mo pcrspirc. My blood got into a bad condition and at diff fcrcnt times my face would break
 out
 'I read 90 much about Bon-Tonc that l made up my mind to try il: and although I have taken it for only a short time, the results have been wonderful. My stomach is much improved. and my face has cleared up; in fact. l feel better in every way. As for d system resIl- lator, I don't think Bon-Tone can be beat"
 Bon-Tonc is a remedy scicntifcal-
 ly compounded from herbs, roots, l harks and leaves selected for their 1 therapeutic value in the treatment Of ailments arising from disordered
 stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. 1 It is so compounded and blended ! that each and every herb assists the 1 other and combines to form q tonic and system cleanser of the highest i type.
 Don't try new remedies. BOn-Tone ! is not an experiment, but a definite ly proven remedy, and should show
 results if directions are carefully | followed
 See the Bon-Tone Man, at Miller
 & Hanson Drug Store. 30 Church
 St. New Britain, who will tell you what other sufferers say about this great tonic.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04
Queer French School Customs Puzzle Visitors From America;
 Front Seats In Class Envied

to the classroom is a ceremonial affair." Professors as a rule teacn in several schools. They are not provided with departmental or indi- vidual offices in school buildings, Hence, they arrive for their lecture from the street. A small room for their coats and hats is provided. From this room they are ushere1 into the classroom by a beadle. who steps aside with a smile as he passes the threshold and lets the teacher mount the rostrum.
 The bcadle's smile has mean ing, for students are prone to greet GoIac professors rather rudely. Re gardlesg, as soon as the usher ap- pears in the doorway, the hall re- sounds with applause. During tn , lecture, there is frequent applause.
 But if the professor is not q strong disciplinarian, the clapping and whistlins does not cease throughout the hour, and his voice is not to be heard beyond the front rows. He takes the attitude that it is the students hard luck and no. his. Professors are not infrequenI- ly forced to forego their instruction for the day.
 Another curious relic of old-time education exists. It is not so long ago that girls began to flock to French schools of higher learning. Professors have not yet become az customed to them, specially those who have been featuring for .5 or 50 years-and this type is the rue rather than the exception. As ia: as the professor is concerned, 3J does not recognize their existence in the classroom. He begins his lee turc thus: "Messieurs' although q third of his audience may be coni- posed of females.
 From the serious side, French schools demand two examinations | one written and the other oral. Tn former is given first, and if tn, student receives a respectable mar, he is permitted to be question al orally.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04
BLAST UPSETS N. '.
 TELEPHONE LINES
Leaking Gas Main Believed Re
 sponSible for NiShap

New York, April P,-Thousands
 of business firms were without telc-
 phone service today because of ii Broadway between Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth streets. Repair crews of the New York Telephone company toiled through
 out the night repairing burned out cables but expectations were that subscribers before tonight. I;epar mon said approximately 1o0,0OJ trunk, subscriber and leased lines were out.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04
MYSTERY SHR0UDS INQUIRY IN DEATH
Department Continues Miles
 PrObe-FaCtS Arc Secret

Washington, April (UP)-Thc inquiry into the mystery of Basil Miles death became mysterious in itself today as closc-lipped silence from officials entrusted sharply with reports of a search for a wom- an in Hollywood. Cal. who is sup posed to have visited the diplomat shortly before he died.
 The woman. who. it is understood, the justice department is "eelling, vas described only as the wife oi a prominent author" She is sup posed to be living in the Hollywood
 moving picture colony.
 Miles, q prominent American fo"- eign service officer. died here in a hospital in 1928 from q blood-clot on the lungs, according 10 his off cial death record. No mystery at tached to his death at the timr, save that he died after q minor operation when his recovery was expected. He drank high-bail shortly before he died. This has given rise to gossip that he might have been poisoned.
 Seek Light cn Case However, it developed early thlS week that Assistant District Attor- ney Burkinshaw and the justice dc- | partment have been seeking light on the circumstances surrounding | Miles death,
 Both agencies have maintained | officially q consistent silence, save for the statement by Burkinshaw last night that he had not ques
 toned Miles sister. Mrs. Thomas Suratte, Concord Mass, whose ar
 rival here Wednesday, on top of the
 investigation, occasoncd consider able speculation.
 Mrs. Surattc said yesterday she came here for an educational con- | ference and was not interested in
 the inquiry.
 The present disposition of the dis
 trict attorneys office, it is said is
 let the investigation die a natural death. Nothing to uphold the theory that Miles might have been poison- cd has been found, it was learned, and the district attorneys office
 was said to believe that gossip 10
 that effect. in high society circles, | is unfounded.
 Inquiry Not Abandoned Meanwhile, however, the justice | department apparently is not ready
 to abandon it's search for facts. Chief Investigator J. Edgar Hoover
 is supposed 70 be in New York | questioning witnesses.
 He is seeking, it is said, to get n
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04
Clearance Denial Bill
 Near Its Final Passage

Ottawa, April tP>-The govern ment amendment to the export act to deny clearances to craft carrying liquor to the United States was in the final stages of passage through the senate today. It already has passed in the house of commons.
 The measure was passed Oh sec ond reading without a division last night and will be brought up for final action atfer the Easter recess.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04
Professor Applauded On Entry and Sometimes Throughout Lecture - Presence of Girl Stu dents Seldom Recogniz- cd By Teachers.

Paris. April P-lmmcdiatc,y upon their arrival in Franco ID study, several thousand American young men and women annually ask: What is a French school ike?' The answer for thea is Nothing that you have ever seen before.'
 Imagine what a great surprise it Is to an American student to finl that in order to get a seat in the first four rows-Which arc usually stunned in the United States-it is necessary to show up from an hour to two hours before the lecture. And, again, what a. lack, of famil- iarity he feels when he finds the long tables unmarked with initials, queer looking faces and designs.
 All Arrive Early
 There is no substantial reason for believing that French students haze any greater yearning for learning than have the Americans, but tn y mako it q practice to be in the classroom early. Seats in the front row arc at a premium. for it is to the front rows that the professor lectures. He seldom glances abou. the room to impart information 10 the extreme sides and rear.
 The fight for seats is intense and iw some schools students who live outside the city are given prefcren tial rights because they arc unable to arrive long enough ahead of time to compete with their city brothers. Many intrigucs arise. Friends re- tain seats for friends and a student who has not made some alliance, and who has a class in the late morning or late afternoon in q room which has held two or thr22 preceding lectucs, is forced to take back seat.
 Sit Through Lectures
 Some actually sit through one or two lectures in which they are not interested in order to be certain of a comfortable writing space for their own class. If fraternities existed in France, the fight for seats would turn out to be battle among fraternities.
 The entrance of the professor in
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04
Worlds Fastest Driver
 Arrested for Speeding

London. April < AP>-Sir Henry Se- grave, holder of the worlds motor car speed record, just cant keep his feet off the old accelerator.
 He has just been fined another f5 for speeding through Hampstead at 45 miles an hour.
 'Is anything known against Rim ?" asked the judge.
 He has never appeared at this court before," was the answer. but there are nine previous convictions for speeding against him spread over q number of years"
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04

A leaking gas main was believed by the police to have caused the series Of explosions which yesterday sent four manhole covers into the air. tore up large sections of paw ing, injured six persons and routed 5000 persons from the huge office buildings that line that section.
 Business along Broadway between
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04

Twenty and Thirty Second streets was suspended for three hours while crews fought the fire that followed the blasts and sought to locate the gas leak. More than
 loo patrolmen patrolled the district while the repairs were being mad".
 None of the injured was seriously hurt, mostly suffering minor bruises
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04

Mr. Morris W. Boycc of Thomas ton, Conn. states: For years l was troubled with constipation, and had to be taking laXatives every night. My stomach became out of order:
 and would have severe attacks Of indigestion, so bad that sometimes I would have to leave in the middle of show at the theater. Gas would form and crowd around my heart, causing mo terrible pains,
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04

from France to feed starving tis. sues and correct either dry skin ord skinexcessiveIy oily .ltYields d perfect foundation for pow. der and your favorite makeup.
 You will see results in d dsinsle night. An amazing improvement in the texture of the skin with your very first use. At once the skin grows softer and winter. You will look and feel years younger. And all without need for any additional cosmetics. Thayer's 5 Cream of Creams is a complete skin treatment in itself. A creation supreme. Nothing else is needed to quidIY sain new beauty.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04

touch with Miles widow, now the wife of H. Ii. Rogers, Standard Oll magnate. She and Rogers, however, are taking an automobile trip through the south and, so far as 's known, Hoover has not established contact with her.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04
F MINERS KILLED

Brussels, Belgium, April 4 (JP) Twelve miners were burned 10 death and seriously injured today by an explosion Of firedamp in the Elogucs mines, near Mons.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04

from flying debris.
 In addition to telephone lines be- ing put out of order, telegraph, gas service, the city fire alarm and traf- fic control systems were temporarily out Of service.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-04

The Herald Classified Ads adver- tiac themselves locally.
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
DID NOT VIOLATE
 PROHIBITION LAW
Aime Salvas of Harrisville Found Not
 Guilty in Justice Court

Aime Salvas. proprietor of the Harrisville golf course. was found not guilty of violation of the liquor law when arraigned before Justice Asa NJ. Scranton, of Woodstock, Wednes- day.
 Just as the Salyas family and guests were sitting down to dinner, Decor ation Day. members of the state police appeared. They had search warrant After they had executed the warrant they took from the Salvas home several cases of home brewed beer and some home made wine.
 Salvas was charged 7ith sales. and keeping with intent to sell There was no evidence produced as to actual sales. It is understood that the de- fendant claimed that he had the beer and wine for his own use. Justice Scranton found the evidence of it. legal keeping insufficient to support the states allegations and Salvas was discharged. He was represented by Attorneys Miron and Geissler. Att torney King of Willimantic assisted the grand juror.
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
PUTNAM GOLFERS
 LOSE IN WOONSOCkET

Putnam golfers of the Putnam Coun- try Club were outelassed m their match with the Woonsoeket Club at Woonsocket last Saturday. Woonsock- ct took 60i9 points to Punam's 20 Y Following are the scores, names Of Woonsocket players mentioned first:
 Guimelli 3. Ramsey O; Manson 7, Morse 1: Turner 3, Barnett 0; Eddy 214. Leclair la: Storer 2. Nelson i; Fallows 2. RafFerty E; l.. Mowry ,, Anderson c; r. Miller 3, Raiterty O; Darling 1. Gaunt 2 (. Mowry l, Shir- refs ?: underhill 0. Raiferty o; fah- renholz 3. Potter 0; Reichenberg 5, Ralph Q; Martel 3. Roberts O. Col lins |. Caran 2 Ide 2, Gardner N. Brown 8. Adleman 0; T.. urquhart 2ts. Miller is E; GaRnoB l la Richards 14a; Normandin 2. Dean |; Warner 0. Mellor 3 Sweeney 1, Roberts 7 Syl vestre 2iA, Street r.; Murphy. U. Backus 3, Hirst 3, Charron 0; Nova 3. Johnson q: Conan 0, Miller Si kee- Ter 21s: Roberts E; 4. kornsteln .2is. Miller E totals 6oAa 29l2.
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
THEATRE NEWS
STIRRING SCENE IN
 "THOSE WHO DANCE

A gang battle in a dance hall-with men and women shooting it out on both sides This is one of the much talked of scenes in Those Who Dance" the Warner Brothers and Nitaphone picture, showing at the Bradley Theatre on Sunday and Mon- day.
 This sensational story is said to set new standard in underworld melodramas It is authentic and has been done with the effect of realism, as a result of George Kibbe Turner s familiarity with his subject The we'll known magazine author spent many months in Chicago's underworld gathering material for his story,
 Those Who Dance" stars Monte Blue and Lila Lee, with William Boyd of the stage and Betty Compson fea- tured William Janney, Wilfred Lucas, and Cornelius Keefe are among the supporting characters. William Beau dine directed.
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
NORMA SHEARER
 IN THE DIVORCE

Norma Shearer's versatility reaches fresh fields in her new Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer talking picture triumph. "The Divorcee." which comes to the Bradley Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday.
 Rising from the sordidness of Mary Dugan" to the sparkle of Mrs. Cheney" and then abruptly turning to the youthful buoyancy of Their Own Desire" the Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer star has experienced an- other startling metamorphosis in the most daring role of her career.
 In this bold plunge into marital diseontent, striking deep into the foundations of that traditional insti- tuition. Miss Shearer emerges with new laurels, achieving the finest per formance she has ever accomplished in her characterization of the modern wife who fights fire with fire and daFes to tell her wayward husband of her trifling. Miss Shearer negotiates a most difficult role, endowing the part with the finesse of stage veteran. Indeed it is enigmatical that this young player. lacking even a brief contact with the theatre, could be so deftly capable of the fine shadings with which she sketches this tragic figure in sympathetic tones.
 Chester Morris of Sergeant Gris- cha fame. plays opposite Miss Shear CT as the husband. and Robert Mont gomery and Conrad Nagel supply in- teresting performances as the lovers who furnish an enticing background of armours to her domestic problems.
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
BIG CAMP MEETING
 AT WILLIMANTIC
Superb Summer Program for Annual
 Assembly. August i6-24, 1850

The superintendent of the Norwich District who is also president of the Willimantic Camp Meeting Associa- tion announces that the program is practically completed and the execu- tive committee is confident that it is the strongest one of recent years.
 Salient features of it may be men, toned here and the full program will be given to the press in the next few weeks.
 Mir. Justin Laurie, noted concert tenor in light and grand opera, again conducts the music and will appear m recital as we'll as be the leading solo, ist for evangelistie services on the ground. He will devote an hour each morning with the children. He will appear jointly on Saturday evening, August 23rd, with Rev. Glenn Doug las who will present in drama. "The Divine Tragedy" by Tennyson. MT, Lauries recital will follow Mir. Doug las.
 Rev. Dr. George Hugh Birney of Cleveland, Ohio. will bring a series of morning addresses at II o'clock each morning of the week days. On six evenings he will have warm mighty messages of evangelism, and with Justin Laurie and the large mixed chorus, it Is expected that the large tabernacle will be filled.
 Miss Pauline Mayo, well known on the Chautauqua platform, will present course in Oral Expression, and each day at 1.20 { 2 p. m. will speak. Preachers, church workers. leaders of groups and in fact ali who desire to attend will be welcome. A school of religious education, with a staff of eight will be held each morning.
 Thursday will be Prohibition Day Two distinguished speakers for the afternoon and at night a debate by two young students of the Yale Law School. subject, Gan the Prohibition Law be Enforced"
 Two brilliant Boston preachers. Dr l.. O. Hartman and Dr. $. H. Spencer are expected for the first Sunday, Au- gust 17th. Bishop W. F. Anderson will be guest and preacher for Mon day, August 18th. Women's Mission. ary Societies on Tuesday and Wednes, day afternoons and distinguished speakers from Philadelphia and New York City are expected for Sunday August 24th.
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
B tack ache

If functional Bladder Irritation dis turbs your sleep, or causes Burning or Itching Sensation, Backache. Leg Pains. or muscular aches, making you feel tired, depressed, and discouraged, why not try the Cystex 4S Hour Test? Don't give up. Get Cystex today. Put it to the test. See for yourself how quickly it works and what it does. Money back if 1t doesn't bring quick improvement, and satisfy you completely. Try Cystex today. Only soc. WILLIS B. CARROLL Druggist.
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
NORWICH GAINS MORE
 THAN NEW LONDON

The census results in the two larg- CT cities in Eastern Connecticut, Nor wich and New London, have just been announced. Norwich has present population of 2,l03 as compared to 29. .6s5 in 1920, a gain Of 2,4ls. New London has a population of 27,s27 as compared to %, ,6ss. gain of 2,l39. Norwich therefore has 4,276 more in- habitants than New London and has gained 279 more than New London in the last ten years.
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
HERMANSONS TO VISIT
 OLD HOME IN SWEDEN

Mir. and Mrs. o. R. Hermanson. with MT. Hermanson's brother, A. E. Hermanson, and Mrs. Hermanson, of Pawtucket. will sail July 2nd on the steamship Kungsholm for Sweden. They will visit relatives in different parts of Sweden and will return early in September. This is the first trip to the old country of both Mir. and Mrs. Hermanson. Mir. Herman son has been in the United States for thirty-nine years and Mrs. Herman son for forty-fve years. Mir. Her manson's old home is Yankaping, Sweden. where he has brother and cousins. Mrs. Hermanson comes from 4 small place out in the country. Her nearest relative is an uncle.
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
BINGHAM JOINS
 SPEAKER LONGWORTH
Connecticut Senator Differs With
 Vice President Curtis

Senator Hiram Bingham has decid- ed to differ with Vice-president Cur tis and has joined with Speaker Long worth of the House in the Curtis Longworth controversy over the right of members of one house of Congress to attack members of the other house.
 It will be recalled that Vice-pres- ident Curtis recently ruled that senator was at perfect liberty to make a speech in the Senate cham Der eritieising members of the House. 4 few days later when the issue came up in the House, Speaker Longworth expressed the opinion that one house should not criticise the other, and prevented a representative from delivering an address attacking senator.
 Senator Bingham's opinion on this issue came to the surface when he protested in the Senate to Senator Black of Alabama having read into the Congressional Record a newspa- per editorial attacking the gag rule in the House of Representatives.
 ssFor the sake of good legislation, for the sake of harmony between the two bodies. for the sake of avoiding difficulties in conference which might make it more difficult to secure legis- lation in the interest of the people of the United States. it seems to me we ought to avoid on the one floor criti- cism of what they do, or might do, or are about to do or the other floor," !" Bingham told the senate.
 The senator said that if the editor isl was a reflection on the senate he would not object to having it read in the senate but that he thought edi- torials attacking the house should be read in that body and not in the aauafa
Putnam patriot., 1930-06-12
CATHOLIC COUNCIL
 HAS GOOD YEAR
Has Spent $36O.2s in Diversified Charity Work Since January 1

The Putnam Council of Catholic Women regardless of the many mem bers who have left town in the past IS still in a flourishing condition.
 The last event was held m the form of a whist in charge of Mrs. Fred Gagnon, Elm Inn, who wishes to thank all those who in any way help ed to make it success. This closes the activities for the season with prospects of a goodly attendance the first Monday in September.
 A brief summary of the charity work for which the council stands, from January 1st, 1880, to date is, having provided food and clothing for the needy to the amount of S225.s5 milk S1210s; consolation to sick members in the way of flowers S7O0 and spiritual bouquets S6.35 a total of S360.2s