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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1923
By COURT ORDER
Straton Cannot Vote as Church j
Trustee Member I
New Tork, July It ifi Supreme
Court Jus'ice, Tlerney yesterday
granted an Injunction retraining the
Rsv. Dr. John Roach Straton. pas
tor of tha Calvary Baptist church,
from acting and voting as a trustee,
In a. suit brought by live trustees op.
posed tohe erection of a skyscraper
church hotel by the church.
Justice Tlerney denied an Injunc
tion to prevent the deacons of the
church from taking action to expel
or suspend tho complaining trus
tees who filed the Injunction unit
Including William A. M. Martin, who
also is treasurer of the church.
The Insurgent trustees In their
original complaint charged waste
of the church fundH and asked
for a receivership, but these were
withdrawn later; In their petition
'hey said many valuable workers
bad bren driven from the church
by the Rev. Dr. Straton.
Yesterday's Injunction Is lo
stand until the suit la tried. In his
ruling Justice. Ti?rney held that the
church's charter called for nine trus
tees, and ss there were now that
number, the Rev. Dr. Straton could
not vote ss a trustee.
LAWYER IS CITED
Attorney In Campbell-Wheeler Case
Must Respond to Oinrge of Con
tempt of Court.
Great Falls, Mont., July 11 (F
An information citing S. C. Ford,
Helena attorney, defender of Sen
ator Burton K. Wheeler and Gordon
Campbell In their recent trials here,
for criticism of court, has been filed
In federal court here on the order
of Federal Judge George M. Rour
luln, who presided at Campbell's
trial.
The information orders Ford to
ippear and show cause why he
ihould not be held guilty of criticism
!or filing an alleged false amended
isslgnment of errors in tho Camp
bell case.
In taking steps to appeal from
the verdict of guilt which was re
turned against Campbell, the lnfor
mat4on declares that Ford contended
ths court erred in falling to grant
thedefendant's motion for a direct
ed verdict, when no such motion
was made by the defense. Another
charge is that in the assignment of
errors Ford introduced 27 exceptions
which were not rioted by defense
counsel In the trial.
Campbell was convicted of frau
dulently using ths mails to promote
an oil syndicate and is under a 2',
year penitentiary sentence and a
S 1,000 fine. He is on bond pending
appeal.
DRUM MAJORS TO MEET.
A meeting of drum majors repre
senting drum corps all over the state,
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
the Y. M. T. A. & B. club rooms.
BELGIANS TO WITHDRAW
Brussels, July 11 The Bel
gian troops now in the Ruhr are to
return to their garrisons in Belgium
hotween July 19 and 25.
DryiiV It Up
They're trying to spread prohibi
tion in South Africa! Mike H.
thomas (above), who pays the bir
jeet income tax of any man in Pal
k, Tex., has donated $:o,Oafi to
lend Dr. Jesse" K. Kellems. evange
list (below), to Cape Town and
neighboring cities for a year's lec
tures. H is considering Rccom
Bsnyisf him.
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ANTI-CHRISTIANS SOUGHT
TO PREVENT RESURRECTION i
So Hurled Heads or Their Victims
I'nr Prom Their
Bodies.
j New York, July 11 Dr. Karl
K. Hull, missionary of 'the McthO
dlRt Episcopal cuurch in charge of
the wulk in the l.oo Cltoo Island
Idistrkt ot Japan, if.ur's that m his
'travels ahout the Island of Amakusa,
he recently came across a huge grave
marked by a Inrgu stone boulder on
j which it Is stated that the hads ot
11,111 Christiana lie burled there.
I The grave, dabs back to the year
I 1037, when the Japanese practically
wiped out all the Christians who had
!hceti converted to thn; faith by Ko
1 1 tit n Catholic missionaries. The In
jscrip'lon over this crave tells that
3S,:nil Christians were slain, be.
; headed and burled. Their heads
'were buried in graves many ntileH
distant from the rest of their bodies,
("inly onc-thinl of the Christian
j heads were burled in this particular
'island.
j When Pr. Hull made inquiries as
, tn why the heads were bitrb'd in
graves miles distant from tho oilier
j parts of the bodies, he w as told,
"Vh"n I ho Catholic priests preached
about the resurrection, they said that
Christians would rise again. Kear
ilng that it might 'be true, the offl
! rials of the persecuting Shogun de
termined that they would make it
; impossible for th"tu to rise again
by separating different parts of thn
bodies of the dead Christ inns. If
their heads were buried in one town
J chip and other parts of their bodies
In another township, they concluded
Ithnt the resurrection was then ini
j possible."
SHOOTS TWO, THEN
CUTS OWN THROAT
But WoalWc Suicide Is Cap-
Franklin, . J., July 1 1. After
shcotlng Jesse Mann. Lrhich V.illy
railroad section foreman, and his
wife, Viola, at Glenwood near here
last night. Nicholas Carey, a section
hand, recently discharged by Mann,
was captured by a sheriff's poste an l
state troopers several hours later in
i a cave. Carey nail cut His own
throat. All three were taken to
Franklin hospital where it was said
today that their condition was fav
orable. Mrs. Mann was shot Irving lo save
her husband. She had been in Sus
sex and her husband was bringing
her home about li o'clock last night
on a .handcar Olenwood is on the
Lehigh and New Lncland railroad,
a single track line running through
a forested and hilly country.
Close to Glenwood the road enters
a narrow dtlle in which bushes
closo to tho track offered a perfect
ambuscade. Three children playing
nearby slopped to watch the car.
Suddenly Carey stepped from behind
tho bushes and fired at Mann at
close range hitting him in I lie thigh.
Mann dropped over the machinery.
Carey took aim .-teain and fired hit
ting Mrs. Mann, who had thrown
herself before the body of her hus
band. In the b-ri breast. A third
shot, hit MHiin in the should, r. Then
Carey ran through the bruch to his
Own home, where he left the revol
ver. He took a hp ad knife, went
to a brook near the house, an l cut
his throat.
The children who saw- the shoot
ing obtained help and Chief of Po
lice Irons, after getting medn al aid
for Mann and his v.tle. wvnt after
Carey. After hunting around the
Carey home for s-nnie minutes Tt-ons
picked up his trail at tin. brock. It
led him up hill Into the woods and
to tiie mouth of Indian i'ave, n ir
rovv at the moniii and -riding into
the hillside 4a or .-.a le. i. In colo
nial times it w as a re tab ;-.v ou. . ac
cording to 1'ioal tradition, for the
Lenape tribe of Indians.
Tho entr-mee t,. t)i ca- is about
four feet vide ami iuct nc-ide a large
boulder partially blocks the passage.
Proceeding cautiously, irons ap
proached the hooldt -r. 'I'ilcre he
stopped and called, ('any answered
and refused to surrender. Irons
started around the boulder but stop
ped when he saw his man crouched
and ready, the big bread knife lifted
to strike. The policeman aimed care,
fully and tired at th" hand holding
the knife but niisstd. Tit mi carry
pulleJ his arm down and held lhc
knife before his breast.
Irons pleaded vviih Carev to sur
render, but. Carey merely darr.-l the
policeman to shoot. They were
deadlocked thus, with Carey smok
ing a cigarette which lions had toss
ed to him. when .lames Maekm-ly.
sheriff of Sussex ooirMy. state troop
ers and a posse arrived. The- pas
sage to Carey and his menacing
knife, however, was too narrow for
more than one man to advance at a
time. After a hurried conference
Irons sent to a nearby Ice house and
obtained several long poles tipped
with hooks and points. Armed with
these. Irons an" Macketly finally
haulte.l Carey out nearly uncon
scious from loss of blood and bruis
ed considerably.
At the hospital the police learned
that Carey had been discharge! by
the railroad after having worked un
der' Mum for several weeks. He Is
married and has one child. Anger,
the police say, because of his dis
charge drove him to shoot his for
mer foreman.
rNOOF.MK.XT ANXOI NCKD
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Sib er of
90 Fern street. West Hartford, an
nounce the enr;ne;oimnt of their
dauh'er, F.lsl", to ivr. S. R. lVck
wlth, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R-rk-with
of Rnssett street this city.
Miss Silver is a irradcate of Smith
roll,. tre and Dr. P.'-ckvyi'h lfc-dvej
his deeree from the IVntal svhool.
Cmv ersity "of Pennsylvania.
The marriace is to take place ,Tt
lb home of the bribe's pan nts on
Acgust 3.
Swtmming pools now ar1 b-inc
built in some of t'ie palatial apart
mnts of New York.
KfiMF STflRFS TO
lr. "T . " "
um a i nuun
Others at 6 o'clock and Many
at 9 o'clock Saturdays
Despite th,. fact that local mer
chants have voted all sorts of things
and then reversed them, anent Sat
urday closing, the. situation still re
mains unsettled, according to infor
mation gkaiK-d by the Herald this
morning and tho 9 o'clock Saturday
closing decision, which was tho lat
est, will be observed by ninny, while
others will close at fl o'clock and a
group of merchants have decided to
close at noon on Saturdays during
July and August.
Une merchant stated emphatically
that he would close at tl o'clock Fri
day night and at 11 o'clock Satur
day morning, stating that there was
no business Saturday.
Other merchants said they don't
have eunuch business to pay to keep
open Saturday afternoons. One man j
said all his Saturday business comes
in the afternoon. Many said they
were going to keep open under pro
test because their competitors were
staying open. ,
Among those who said they In
truded to close i.t noon were three
I who followed this custom last year.
the It. C. I'orter Sons. Itncklifie
l'.ros. Co., Adltlns 1'rlntlng Co. and
A. A. Mills, the John lloyle Co.. the
Connecticut Light and Power Co.,
lOecupin and Johnson, T. W. Hlnch
! lil'fe and the. Citizens' Coal company,
j Arch street office.
Ationtr those who have decided to
'close at o'clock Saturday are Hnr
jvey ,V Lewis, the Hardware City Co-
operative association. Darker &
j Pemiug, Aaron Danielson & Co..
' Louie S. Jones. Schultz & Costello.
j W. L. Hatch. Cox & Dunn. Horwltz
,.t Waskowlt?.. Matthew Papclftk, P.
I.T. Murrav & Co.. George L. Gins,
J Andrew . Stevens, De Witt A. Ri
jley and T. W. O'Connor & Son.
j Others it is expected will follow
the decision to close at 9 o'clock
Saturday nights. Many of the small
er merchants it is expected will close
their stores all day Sunday for tho
; first time.
NINE POWER CONFERENCE
French I"pect Fission in Peking
Soon to Discuss Revision of Chi
nese Customs,
I'aris. July II D The French
' foreign office expects the calling
scon of a nine power conference to
I meet at Peking and discuss revision
of the Chinese customs. This opin
ion results from the completion yes
!t onlay of France's ratification of the
'two Washington conference treaties
j regarding China.
I officials here also assume that a
commission of the powers will meet
j at an early date to consider the ques
tion of foreign extra-territoriality in
China. There is no authoritative
opinion h"te regarding the rlnce of
meeting because the powers have
Iliad no recent exchanges upon this
subjtct.
It is believed in official circles
that proposals will he made to the
! conference for a loan to China based
j upon her proposed Increased ens
Itoms duties, and lo be used for
stabilization of Chinese nuances.
WILBUR MAKES SPEECH
Secretary of Navy Admit? That
Peace Promotion Plans Ofttlmcs
Mako Him Weary.
Los Angeles. July 11 (Tf Peace
uroinoUng oig.inlzations sometimes
nettle him with their disarmament
suggestions, Secretary of the Navy
- Wilbur admitted in an address yes
terday before the southern California
j Council of International rtclations.
la world peace organization in an
i 1
una 1 conclave here,
j "When 1 contemplate tho great
j sacrifices made by our government
and by our people in the interest of
'world peace." he. said, "when 1
i think Of the great ships destroyed
and the idle ship yards eloquently
testifying to our desire to promote
world peace, I must confess to some
degree of Irritation at those Amer
ican citizens who know so little of
current events that they offer sug
gestions to the government that we
make the "first move toward dis
armament."' Expect Changes in
Rubber Exportation
London. July It Pt Some ot the
i London papers says that, in view of
last, three months, the committee
J which regulates the standard of ex-tpoi-tation
is likfly to recommend in
its forthcoming report that the per
jcentaee allowed for expert, now tie,
i be increased to at least 7V The com
, miftee's report is expected at the
1 1- nd of the month.
ft RS ROAD TO ' SPOONtRS"
Goshen Town Itonnl Acis to Repp
Out "Tettinij; Parties"
Goshen. N. Y., July 11 Being
unable to, curb "petting parties"
held on Town Highway No. 4t, Efl
.vanl T. Clarke petitioned the
Goshen Town Board to close the
road, and it was discontinued as ,
public street by Superintendent of
! Highways Degraw yesterday,
j The road runs through property
' owned by Mr. Clark's wife. Mr.
Clarke tdd the Town Board that
"spooners" motored into the road
nlehtly snd parked cars there with
' tbe lights out. menacing traffic snd
creating disturbances. He will fence
off the road at each end.
UK. I. K.rATIl THANSACTIOX
Charles P. Landrv and Hannah
Landry of Kensington have sold
tl-ir si v acre larm to Alee Chsan
owski of Last Berlin. Tlie sale was
made 'hrnucht the Cash man Farm
Agency, New Britain.
I X. .1. WXIAL MI KTINO
j The annual mr-etmg of North &
i.ludd Mfg. Co wt'd be held on July
jjl, it was annonnctd today.
City Items
Policeman and Mrs. Guttave W.
Hellhcrg of Lincoln street will leave
today for New York where they will
visit their sons, Stuart and Clifford
Hellberg. They will also take, a trip
up the Hudson to Catsklll, N. Y,
George Wellln, employed at the
Shuttle Meadow club, suffered an in
jury to his left hand while repairing
a tractor yesterday. He was taken
to the New Britain General hospital
for treatment.
Automobiles owned by Eugene
Fasella of 78 Derby street and Den
son Flnklesteln of 4 Tremont
street, collided last night at the cor
ner ot Seymour and Stanley street.
The running board and fender, of
Fasella's car were badly damaged.
A daughter was bom at New Brit
ain general hospital yesterday to Mr.
and Mrs. John Varkawlcz of it Sil
ver street.
Mrs. Schumakl of 111 Orange
street reported to the police yester
day that a boy had stolen a gold
watch from her home.
Charles Krlcson has sued A. Petow
for $3ti0 as the result of an auto
mobile collision on Dewey street last
month. Roche & Cahelus issued the
writ, which Is returnable the third
Monday of July In the city court.
Harry Bronsteln. through Edward
A. Mag. has sued Fred Geschlnski
for $10 ti damages. Tho papers are
returnable In the city court the sec
ond Monday of July.
Annie and William Hedlund have
been sued for JnO damaees by
Martin Kukas through Klett &
Ailing. The papers are returnable
the second Monday of July In the
city court.
Attorney David I Nalr left today
to attend tho 3Sth annual conven
tion of the Commercial Law league
at Mackinac Island. Michigan.
DRY 1R LEADER
SEEKING AIDES
Andrews Says He Wants (iM-
Washington. July 11 The work
of reorganizing the Prohftltion En
forcement Service of the Treasury,
which was entrusted to Assistant
Secretary Andrews by Secretary Mel
Ions, is proceeding rapidly and hope
is expressed by officials that by Aug.
1, when the new plan becomes effec
tive. General Andrews will have
chosen the 22 administrators who
are to succeed the 4S state directors
row in charge of enforcing the Vol
stead act in the field.
In selecting the administrators.
Genera! Andrews is proceeding
along the lines that marked the de
velopment of the YV.ir Industries
Hoard under the direction of Bern
ard M. Baruch of New York. He is
trying to attract to the service ex
perienced business administrators of
the type of the "dollar-a-yeaf men
w ho served in posts of importance
during the World War.
To each administrator will b ss
signed the assistants, the senior of
whom will have supervision of the
alcohol-using industries while the
junior will give his attention to the
policing features of enforcement
The senior assistant administrators
each will have a. staff composed
chiefly of pharmacists and chem
ists to make inspections, Invetiga
Ing applications for permits, increas
ed alcohol quotas, etc.
It was said here today that not
more than si vn of the state direc
tors will be retained as administra
tors. A majority of the directors are
candidates for re-appointment, but
examination of their records, It is
stated, discloses that they would not
fit in with the reorganization that
General Andrews is now perfecting.
In rebuilding the prohihrtion en
forcement, personnel General An
drews Is paving special attention to
the two districts In New ork and
the districts having headquarters In
Chi'-ago, Poston and Philadelphia.
I'nder the present system of pro
hibition enforcement, the country is
divided into districts, each fol
lowinit state lines and each under
the control of a state director. The
new districts 2 in continental
t'nited States and one esch In Ha
waii and Porto Fico conform as
pearly ss possible to the judicial
districts, except that in certain cases
several such districts are embraced
within the Jurisdiction of a single
administrator.
Alcohol 1'sers AfTocNM
An Important change of procedure
in the program of dry law enforce
merit directly affects the users of de
natured alcohol. Collectors Of In
ternal revenue, who have had pri
mary supervision of the manufac
tore, distribution and use of dena
tured alcohol, hereafter will function
only with respect to tax matters, all
their other duties being discharged
by the prohibition administrators.
Personals
Miss Louise, W. Poerr of ISO
i Shuttle Meadow avenue is taking a
stimmer eoruse in advanced physical
training at Columbia Fnlverslty.
Miss Clara M. Doerr of 150 Shut
tle Meadow avenue is taking a
course at the Yale summer school.
James Luke Meehan will leave
Sunday morning for a two weeks'
stay in Canada Wbil there he will
visit friends. Mr. Meehan will take
up most cf his time in hunting and
fishing.
Miss Louise Klopp of 4 Green
wood street is spending a few weeks
with relatives in Euffalo, Niagara
Falls and Detroit.
Sore Vexed
A c'ass was asked in S Sundiy
school examination to give the
meaning of the word "Seinh." For
a while no answer was forthcoming.
Then a small boy diffidently held up
his bard. "Well?" said the exam
iner, hopefully. "Pn use. sir." sai l
the lad. "that's what Pvld used to
say whenever he broke one of 'he
strings cn his harp'" London
Morning POst.
Old tin can can be retlnnel and
used over again.
Only Most Desperate Criminals
Kept in Barred Cells
By Ti' Associated Pr.
Moscow, July U. Prison life in
Kussia. has greatly improved since
the grim days of the bolshevik revo
lution. A much more humane re
gtma has replaced the terroristic
methods which accompanied the
change from & monarchical to a
democratic regime. From ths hard
ened murderer down to the Inoffen
sive looking youth accused of theft,
prisoners eat, sleep, mingle togeth
er and share the same dally condi
tions of rrison life. Criticism is
chiefly directed at the slender quan
tity ot food and lack of outdoor ex
ercise. But Few In Cells
Only In the cases of the most dan
gerous criminal prisoners are found
such things as stone cells, Iron bars
and solitary confinement. All oth
ers, even political prisoners, are giv
en large, well-lighted .tidy rooms
with Iron cots, and s single blanket
for a covering. In most cases these
rooms are not even barred, and the
inmates are free to mingle among
themselves. Very little work Is pro
vided, and tho prisoners, therefore,
are fre to Indulge their hobbles, to
smoke, play cards, read and have
the freest use of musical instru
ments (their awn) and ether forms
of entertainment.
Not Enough To Do.
Paradoxical as it may seem, it is
this lack of work, according to The
prisoners themselves, which makes
prison life so difficult to bear. Judg
ed by American standards, prison
labor In Russia Is poorly organized.
In the larger jails there are car
penter shops, book-binding plants,
printeries, basket-making depart
ments and machine, shops, but the
work Is sufficient only to keep about
a third of the inmates occupied.
This Is especially true of the juven
ile jails, where the boys and girls
are allowed to pass their sentences
In idleness. This soon 'breaks down
the morale and spirit of the pris
oners, making them morose and des
pondent, and when they are released
they are wholly incapacitated for
any useful pursuit.
Murder Not So Serious.
Murder in Russia Is relatively a
mild offense as compared to counter-revolution.
The correspondent on
a recent visit to one of the Moscow
prisons spoke to a youth guilty of a
triple murder, who was serving only
three years, while In the next, room
was a. man accused of counter-revolutionary
activities, who was con
demned to death. Ten years is the
maximum for murder In the first de
gree, but death Invariably is meted
out to those found guilty of working
against the present, political recitne.
The Bolsheviks sav this severity is
neeepnnry In order to insure the suc
cess of revolution.
Talks With PricH
In other prison the correspondent,
talked with a priest, sttll wearing his
eUrlcal garb, w-ho, according to his
own story, was sentenced to three
years for having censured from the
nttlpit a group of young Communists.
Across the corridor from him was a
physician of refined features and
keen Intelligence, wjio was Imprison
ed for a. similar term because he re
fused to join the medical corps of
the Tted Army. In another room was
a delicate-featured soft-spoken stu
dent, who was given three years for
attempting to cross the frontier
without a. passport.
Counter-revolution Is regarded
the most grievous offense of which
cue can be convicted In Soviet Rus
sia. The State Political Police
C'Cheka.'"). now called the "G. P.
IV, keeps an a ever-watchful eye
those belonging to the old imperial
istic regime, making scores of ar
rests every week on even the slight
est suspicion.- Most, of the arrested
persons are sent to the famous
Buterka Prison, on the outskirts of
Moscow, which h3s become known
as the "risfocrats" Prison," from
the number of princes, princesses,
barons, baronesses, counts and
countesses interned there.
American Yacht Is Taking Tart
In
Big Event Held in Scotland
Today.
Both'Say. Scotland. July 11
Ideal weather conditions prevailed
this morning for the six-meter yacht
race for the Seawanhaka cup for
which the American yacht Lanai Is
i the challenger and the British yacht
IColla, the defender. The sky was
I clear and the barometer was rising.
: Indicating a northwestern breeze
later.
These conditions were considered
especially favorable for the Lanai
because the crew of the American
yacht think a light breeze best for
her.
TBe Lariat's crw consists of Sher
man Hoyt, secretary of the Ameri
can six-meter committee, Clinton
Crane, designer of the yacht, and
Daniel Cox. Robert B. Smith and
Commodore H. P. riant.
Caillaux Favorite
In Sarthe Election
LfMans. Franc. July 11 (ffv Ft
nsnce Minister Calllauv la expected
to be returned by an overwhelming
majority in the senatorial election
for th Department of Sarthe tomor
row. The seat was vacated by the In
cumbent expressly for the minister.
IX BANKIUTTCY COVKT
A composition of -'I per cent has
been ordered by Referee E. M. Yeo-
! mans in the bankruptcy matter of
B. Berson.
In the matter of Marroiti-Panell.i.
bankrupts, the tirst meetiuc of the
creditors will he held at the ref
eree's office at 11 o'clock Monday
morning. July in.
The final meeting in the matter
of F. Nirolini. bankrupt, will be
held on Thursday morning. July r.t,
at 10 o'clock.
a a THE BOOK SHELF
NEW BOOKS
xv nit;
INSTITUTE
AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR" An
outline for the etudy of race
relations In America.
DOMESTIC HANDICRAFTS; a
practical handbook giving direc
tions tor the general mamtc
nance of household furniture,
fittings, e'c.
FINLAND AND ITS PEOPLE, by
Robert Medill.
The fascination of Its cities, the
beauty of its Island studded lakes, its
forests and cataracts, should be add
ed to the thlncs which the European
traveler cannot afford to miss.
!
GERMAN V, by George reabody 1
Gooch.
A discussion of Germany and her I
poilcles during the last half century.
A HCNPRL'D TEARS IN THE
HIGHLANDS, by
bury M.ickenxl'e.
Memories of an old
Osgood Han-
Scottifh fam-
ily.
LAST CRITSE OF THE SHANG
HAI, by Frederic De Witt Wells.
A plain account ot a trip across
the Atlantic ry nve men in a
foot teauwooq noat trom ncre,,. , J;lsg millay was the only poet in
Norway, to Ireland, Greenland and ) America. Rather an emphatic trih
Lahrador on the way to New Tork. jute, this, wo might say. In 13:: she
Wrecked by a hurricane off th was awarded the Pulititer pru-.e for
coast of Nova Scotia, the Shanghai J poetry, her offering winning In this
was a total loss but all lives were
saved.
LAXDAKLA SAGA. TRANSLATED
FROM THE ICELANDIC by
Thorsteln Veblen.
Northland classics of the tenth
and eleventh centuries.
LIFE OF JAMES Ft.ROY FLECK
ER, by Geraldine. Emma Hodg
son. Blographv of an English poet,
who died In January. 1515, when
only SO years old.
OLD PROVINCE TAI.FS. by Archi
bald McKollar MacMechan.
A book of adventurous short
stories drawn from the romantic
past of Nova Scotia.
OLD WAGON SHOW DAYS, by Gil
Robinson.
Memories of early circus days and
the development of the modern cir
cus, by a pioneer show-man.
RISK OF THE IRISH T IN EN 1N
PCSTRY, by Conrad Gill.
Author's object is to show why
the north of Ireland became the
chief center of linen manufacture in
the world: to discover the part
played by successive governments In
this process; and to trace the change
from domestic to factory' production.
SHADOW OF THE GLOOMY EAST,
by Fe-dinand Anthony Ossen
dowskl. Pictures the Russian peasant
obsessed by the basest superstitions,
practicing unbelievable forms of
witchcraft, sorcery and devil wor
ship. STORIES OF OLD IRELAND AND
MYSELF, by Sir William Orpen.
Stoties of the author's early days
in Ireland: illustrated with repro
ductions of his paintings.
WAYS OF LIFE, by Richard Swann
Lull.
Evolution becomes not a debated
theory, but the name of a magnifi
cent process here described with the
fullest, detail for readers who wish
to understand the facts of the origin
of man.
.
Fiction
CLOTHES MAKE THE riRATF, by
Hnlnnn Day.
Rollicking tale of the sea and
piracy, of a romantically minded
tutor who successfully impersonated
a biond'h'rs'y corsair.
CLT.'TCH OF THE COP.SICAN, by
Alfred H. Bill.
An American lad's thrilling adven
tures in France during Napoleon's
reign.
SCARLET COCKEREL
by Clifford
W. Sublette.
Wen the $.1 1 1 r. 0 prize in the
Charles Peardnir.n Hawes memorial
contest. "A capi.al story ot a perior
in American beginnings, which, fori
ail the Interest It contains, has not
been cu'tivated h. novelists."
THVS FAR. by J. C. Snaith,
A stranee mystery the secret of
the scientist who created a super
man, a fearful instrument of de
struction. LONG DISTANCE RADIO
.
Xaiv Depart nent Transmits Signals
From Washington to Constanti
nople. Distance of .VSOfl Miles. . . .
Washington. July 11 a " ar
transmission o' signals to Constan
tinople, a distir- e of over
miles, is the litest accompllshim-H
of a short wave radio set wi'h which
the navy department Is experiment- i
ins at I.akehurs'. N. J. The d. par'
ment announced today tnat the v.;
S. S. Scorpion. t Constar'ii'cple. ha 1
recently n ported hearing the signals
ftrongiv on a 50 meter n.v length, j
These had previously been heard at
Honolulu. hnn$ 5.000 miles distant
An Awkwarvl Landing
Freddie is a boy of five years anl
1-r has a little brother who is just
beginning to walk. The other day
he mm to his mother:
"Did baby come from heaven?"
"Yes, my boy," replied the motner.
"Well, then," said the young hope
ful, "he must have landed on his
feet; that's what makes him so bow
kgged." London Tit-Bits.
PASTELS
AM)
PORTRAITS
I C'.io of the yourgest of American
tv"" wntvu ever to achieve lame
,an'l certainly one of the three or
four real poets alive today Is Edna
St. Vincent Millay, but a few short
! years ago a V.tssar undergraduate.
Miss Millay attracted attention from
her tlrst day at college, and she had
'scarce graduated therefrom when
I the calibre of her verse won her
country wide recognition. And to-i
nay ner nine ts international, her
-;
.place in literature secure, her
; periors none.
There is no other poet in America
! today who Is quite like .Miss Miliar.
There is no one quite as charming;
no one more quaint. Her works,
virtually a'l of them, are of a cer-
tain distinct nature, all embodiments
' a touch distinctly Miss Mlllay's '
as tney are almost impossible of inti-
'lation. as impossible of imita'lon as
Is the. charming and youthful an-
pearlng poetess herself.
Miss Millay has written a consid
erable amount of beautiful poetry.
She has been often praised, and it
was not so long ago that he heard a
Well-known critic declare that
he
'i-ihad ot last becom
convinced that
'great competition being "The Harp
Weaver," the title poem of her lat
est book of verse.
We have Just read the "Ham-
Weaver,' 'although we confess we
should have done so long ago. It is
typically Miss Millay, as typlc.il as
jher wondrously charming little
poems in "A Few Figs From This
iMes," a thin book of verse which we
found to be unsurpassed here, there
lor anywhere. We did like her ear
lier book the better, however, but
maybe it is her growing maturity
which has confounded us in this
later publication. And yet, in "The
Harp-Weaver" there are several
which are better than ever before
she has written.
The title poem merits every bit of
praise heaped upon it. We only re
gret that It. Is too long for a re
printing here, for it Is a poem that
no one professing a love for poetry
can afford to overlook. It Is a tale
of mother love and is simple, vivid
aim tense, great In all these f3 n
great narratives are and should be.
A certain sonnet In thns volume
.M-r ,.m,s aumired trom the
very first time we read it. in one of
our leading monthlies. It is written
to an old man who Is dying, and Is
one of the finest things from the pen
of Miss Millay, one of the. finest we
have ever read anywhere, from the
pen of anyone.
Tour face s ni,:?
chamber where
a king
Dies of his wounds
alone.
untended and
Stifling with a courteous gesture the
crude monn
That speaks too loud of mortal
perishing,
Rising on elbow in the dark to sing
Some rhyme now out of season but
well known
In days when banners In his face
were blown
And every woman had a rose to
fling.
I know that through your eyes
which look on me
Who stand regarding you with piti
ful breath.
You see beyond the moment's pause,
you see
The sunny sky, th skimming bird
beneath.
And. fronting
helplessly.
on your windows
Black in the neon,
tafes of Dath.
the broad es-
Certainly the sonnet above cannot
l'-e improved upon, and there are a
late number in this volume which
very nearly Approach it. Tn fact,
we can scarce make a choice ss to
just which we prefer. In the front
of the book there are number of
little poems, fully ss charming as
any cf her previous efforts, and
these we hold as even more typical
ly .uiss Minay tnan the many beau-
fi(lI ponnets we so much admired,
. . .
One of these is entitled "The
Pond" and is as follows:
In this pond of placid witer.
Half a hundred years a;o.
So they say. a farmer's daughter,
Jilted by hr farmer beau.
Waded out among the rushes.
Scattering the blue dragon-fles:
That dried stick the ripple washes
Marks th spot, I should surmise.
j Think, so n-ar tbe pubM" highway,
I "'s''l frequented oven then!
i Can you not conceive the sly w ay.
Hearing wheels cr reeing men
Passing on the road above,
With a gesture feigned anl silly,
Ere shrt dre.wni-I herself for ov-
She would r'sch to pluck a lily?
The hist stanza of "A Visit to the
Asylum." also in Ihl book is charm-
b'S'.y u'laint.
The queer folk p"' their faces.
As gentle as could be;
"Come ."gain, little gir!l" thev c.
anl I
i -ai
d bark "Yon pome ree me!
It seems that Miss MPlav wH be
I forever charming. Charm radiates
iier ery effort. Note it here in
i .-T1,p Re: urn From Town."
A, Mt down bv Sadd'e S're.im
; To hath" my dusty feet there,
j A boy standing on the bridge
j ,ny gi-1 would meet there.
As 1 went over Woody Kqnh
And dipped into the hollow.
A youth was roming up the hi'.l
Any mail would follow.
Then in I turned at my own rte,
And nothing to be sad for
To such a man as any nUt
Would pass a pretty lad lor.
This .thtn, Is Mlsa Millay, but only
a touch. Her ability, her placa In
literature, her technique and her
quaint charm can never ba really
and truly appreciated without a
thorough reading of what shs baa
given to the world. And ny reader
.' who gives time to such a thorough
t reading will be amply rewarded for
j there is but one Edna St. Vincent
Mi'.l.iy.
GOVT. JOINS CITY
New Effort to Stamp Oat Phila
delphia Alcohol Ring .
Philadelphia, July 11 (PI Another
drive. this time with the federal
authorities 'n the van. to "dry up"
Philadelphia, ston the flow of al-
cohol through forbidden channel.
luring an end to the activities of an
alleged alcohol ring and prevent
hair tonic and perfume manufac
Hirers from supplying to bootleggen.
has resulted in the indictment by
federal grand Jury of forty eight ln
dividuals and six corporations.
Hut Opening Guns
The Indictments returned yester
day to use the words of Assistant
I'nited States District Attorney Hen
ry P. Friedman, are but the "Open
ing guns" of the warfare that la to
come against illegal alcohol dealer.
Friedman has promised 75 more in
dictments which he said would be
returned when evidence uncovered
by a special force of lnft "under
cover" Investigators of the Intelli
gence Unit of the Internal Revenue
Bureau Is presented.
Policemen Implicated
The grand Jury report mentioned
more than half a dozen Philadelphia
policemen who were said to be im
plicated in the work of diverting al
cohol and accepting bribes for
"keeping quiet." Theirs namea were
submitted to Director of Publlo
Safety Butler for action.
The campaign against illegal deal
ers in alcohol has become so pro
nounced, Attorney Friedman said,
that the guilty ones hare set gun
men on the trail of the federal in
vestigators. One agent. K. Woodslde,
Friedman said, was set upon by a
gang of gunmen after he had been
summoned to a certain location.
Woodsido's arranging for a police
guard to follow him, however, pre
vented the success of the attack.
To Claim Bonds;
In addition to prosecuting thee
under indictment Friedman hope
to force them to forfeit the In
demnity bonds posted as guaranteed
that the law would not be violated.
(These bonds range from $5,000 to
It 100,00ft. It successful in this at-
tempt, the district attorney said,
j the federal treasury would be en-
rlched by nearly a million dollar.
WILLIAM NIYEN DEAD
Former X'ew Pritaln Resident Dies
in New Haven Was Associated
With Brother in Boston Store.
Word has been received here of
the death in New Haven of William
Niven. who was formerly associated
with his brother, David A. Niven.
In conducting the Boston store in
this city.
Mr. Niven died Wednesday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Horace
Gardner of New Haven. The re
mains have been taken to Provi
dence, K. I. for interment.
Mr. Niven was a native of Scot
land, When a young man he secured
employment In a dry goods house In
Providence, R. I., and remained in
that line of work up to the time ct
his retirement, in 1923. For more
than 15 years he conducted a dry
goods store in Clinton. Mass. Dur
ing the last Illness of his brother,
he acted as manager of the local
store for about seven years. When
the business was sold to its present
proprietors. Donnelly & Mullen, Mr.
Niven went to live with his daugh
ter in New Haven.
BEACH-HARRISON
Frederick K. Beach of This dry
Takes Miss Eleanor Harrison of
Winsted for His Bride Today.
The wedding of Frederick It.
Beach, son ot Edward B. Beach of
5 Osgood avenue, and Miss Eleanor
Harrison, daughter of Mr. and Mr.
Frederick C. Harrison of Winsted.
took place this morning at 10 o'clock
at the parsonage of the First Bap
tist church, Winsted. Rev. Samoa!
Johr.sou officiated. The couple jra
unattended.
Following a wedding trip. Mr. and
Mrs. Heaoh will reside at 1 Osgood
avenue, this city. Mrs. Beach la ft
! graduate of the local normal school
I and taught tn the Monroe street
school. Mr. Beach ia with the New
I Britain Trust Co.
More Attacks Feared by
Foreigners in Canton
Cant-in, China, July 11 CPV Cen-
ten is ouiet. but belief la expressed
, that a further attack upon the for-
eijnns is being planned.
Inflammatory poster displayed
throughout the city depict Indian
tV.diers killing Chinese, the women
sr.J children standing by. weeping,
as their husbands and fathrea are
massacred.
Many official pictures of those
ki'led in the recent disturbances alto
are blng exhibited., these ahowinf
women and children among ths Tie
tims. tJYIXX .JOINS MACKMXJf
Cleveland. Ohio. July 11 W Jack
Onion, veteran spltball pitcher, baa
been acquired by the Philadelphia,
Athletics from the Boston Bed io
on waivetsi Connie Mack eald
Ouinn would join the Athletic at
Detroit today.
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