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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1925.
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TYPES. OF FIRES
Underwriters' Barometer Shows
KM to Expect
New York, Oct. 2 J (P) What
type of Ores to expect In selected
inontbi can be foretold with rea
sonable certainty by the National
Board of Fire Underwriter.
The Board baa found that the
arson curve reflects not only the
obb and flow of prosperity, but also,
with unvarying regularity, too
closing of the special seasons In
certain commodities. A precise re
lation between Incendiary fires and
Industrial seasons Is known to e
Ist. With the approach of the Christ
mas season, the fur manufacturing
trade concludes Its brief "year,"
and as the cutting and sewing ma
chines slow down, the number of
conflagrations in these shops In
crease Inordinately with other
months.. Some Important sections
of the garment trades season ends
In April, and from the middle of
that month, underwriters assert,
they may expect a sudden Increase
In calls for. fire settlements. Simi
larly with the sporting goods
manufacturing, and other Indus
tries whos period of output occu
py only a portion of tho calendar
year.
A trade map of the country
warns the Insurance man where to
expect sectional conflagrations of
unusual frequency. This year they
are said to center In New England
where the textile Industry is below
par, but the wave also has touched
upstate New York and In the last
two years the finger pointed to
Texas, then Georgia end to south
ern Illinois.
Borne estimate lay as' high a
40 per cent of the $600,000,000 an
nual fire loss to the gruesome hand
of the "Are bug." His work is
marked by death as well as by de.
structlon, for of the IS, 000 people
who perished In flames In the
United States last year, many died
in conflagrations of deliberate ori
gin. In William street, which is to in
surance what Wall street Is to
finance and Maiden lane to gems,
there la issuod a monthly chart for
the Information of underwriters. It
shows In parallel columns, the
fires which have occurred In vari
ous trades and the "business em
barrassments" noted In tho same
Industlres.
Industries.
Is a common Inquiry, of an insur
ance agent returning from a short
vacation.
"Clothing," or "leather goods,"
or "trimmings" may be the reply.
Adjusters and Investigators have
been warned to scrutinize careful
ly reports In the trade which, for
the time being' at least, is known
to be undergoing an extra hazard.
Even the weather has a not In
considerable Influence on com
mercial fires. If summer lingers,
throwing the fall trade sales be
hind, the fact Is nbted by the un
derwriters' loss committee; if the
winter Is unusually severe, a closer
watch Is kept on the spring trades
for straw hats and flimsy dress
goods will be retarded on their
way to market and trie weaker ele
ments of those trades may be
pinched.
Unasslmllated aliens often are
the blazers of the arson trail. Un
derwriters hold this type responsi
ble for many devastating confla
gration. Although declared to be
widespread, arson is a dlffloult
crime to prove and many claims
are settled that Just failed to bring
a orlmlnal Indictment. x
Those who fight incendiarism
have little sentiment about fires.
In William street they give cred
ence to the story that Mrs.
O'Leary cow kicked over a lan
tern and so burned Chicago half
a century ago, and that a lone
Pennsylvania crow ebort-clrculted
two high tension wires last June
and caused a dozon or more blazes.
These were fires of fate, accepted
as suoh.
Japanese Girl's Tongue
Attacked by Microbes
Tokyo, Oct. 2i (m Btrango
things in medicine and surgery are
often reported from Japan, but one
of the strangest is the recent case
of a girl whose three-inch tongue
was eaten up to one Inch by mi
crobes. By cauterization, the surg
eons report, they were able to re
store one inch of the organ so thai
Hie girl now ha a tongue two
Inches In length.
The patient, Miss Sonoko Toril,
18 year old, found while she was
attending school that her tongue
apparently ws getting shorter.
Wllbln a few month the tongue
had decreased to such an extent
I that the girl had difficulty in talk
ling. She consulted a number of
doctors who said they could do
i nothing for her. Finally one of tho
most prominent Japanese surgeons
decided the tongue was "colonized"
'by unknown microbes. He tried
cauierizauonana a. "cure", appar
ently wa effected. Japanese sci
entist say there Is no record of a
similar case.
The largest American educational
institution in the near east Is at
Beirut, Syria.
LOG CABIN HOI
TO BERESTORED
Birthplace o! James Buchanan
Is at Chambersbiirg, Pa.
Cemhersburg, Pa., Oct. S3 W
The weather worn old log cabin in
which James Buchanan, fifteenth
president of the t'nlted States, wus
born on April iZ, I7D1, is to be re.
stored and preserved as a memorial
to Pennsylvania's only president.
Built originally by the presi
dent's father In the mountains of
southern Pennsylvania, the cabin
was moved nearly a century ago
to Mercersburg, where t has since
stood, used much of the time as a
tenant house. Now it Is being torn
down and moved again; this time
to Chambersburg, where It will be
rebuilt on a lot near the center of
the town.
The elder Buchanan was an
Irishman who came to America
soon after the Revolution, and set
out to make a living as a trader
among the Indians and frontiers
men. Choosing a lonely spot in tho
hills north of the Maryland border
be built two log cabins, one for a
home and the other a store. In
time his place became known to
the traders and trappers a "Stony
Batter." Here the son "Jainlo" was
born.
His trading operations proved so
profitable that, Buchanan finally
moved to Mercersburg and from
there be sent his son to school and
later to college. The young man be
came a leader 1n local affairs and
represented his district In the
state legislature and In congresa
In ISSfi lni nus fli'oted president,
11 died In Lancaster In Still ana
was burltsd there. v
la lutur start th pivblduiU's !
tors erected a stono pyramid t the
site of his birthplace, J Ills sinnds
today, hidden In a grovs of plnn
trees. Tho oak logs of tho old cabin
are well preserved.
BLACK OPAQUE
GLASSJNVENTED
Japanese Expert Claims to Haw
Made Discovery
Tokyo, Oct. it (A) After sev
eral years' investigation, Jusol
Suglye. a cclentlst of the Indus
trial Experimental station of Osa
ka, is reported to havo Invented a
black glass of a speciul kind which
is expoctcd to prove of great mili
tary value. It Is said tho black
glass Is opaque to all but ultra-
vlolot rays and, by Its use, battle
formations or the movements of an
enemy 'Can be easily photographed
in darkness without detection.
Moving pictureK, it Is claimed can
also bo taken in the dark by the
use of the black glass.
Kxperlments with the new glass
made . recently In the presence of
Hear Admiral Muto are said to have
proved a complete success. The In
ventor declares the black glass will
not only be Important for military
purposes, but that It will be found
valuable in medical treatment-
There Is an obelisk in Egypt that
has never b"?n raised. It weighs
1,163 tons.
BEGINING TOMORROW
MORNING AT
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Just as advertised. Better
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service than ever before.
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The Fur Trimmings-
Generous and fluffy trimmings in select
skins of Kit Fox, Jap Fox, Natural Squir
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Lustrosa, Velora, Montebello, Fawn
Suede and many other fine weaves. Every
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The Colors and Styles-
Stunning: new colors in the new plumage
snaaes 01 queenmrd. gracklehead, cuckoo,
tanager, plover, falcon, bluejay, wren,
navy and black. Few plain and sport
coats included.
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