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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1926.
New Britain Herald
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Editorial Room .... Oil
Tht onl profitable advertlatni medium
til tht City. Circulation booke anil
r.ra room ilwajt open to aavertlura.
Member ot tlia Moolal) rreu.
Ilia Aaaoctated Praaa la iictuiltlj en
tit lad to ha ue for ro-publlrttlon of
II nana eredltea to it o' not ntlurwite
erailltail In ttue paper una alio local
nawa published haraln.
Manbei Aodlt Damn of limitation.
Tha A. B. O. Il a national organisation
which furnlahaa newapaport and advar.
tiaara with itrtcllj honeat arjalyile of
Irculatlon. Our olrrulatlon atatlitlra
ara baaed open thla audit. Thia tnaurai
protection arilnit fraud In ntwrnaper
dlatrlbutloo flfuraa to both national and
local dverttaera.
Tht Herald ta en. mi dally In New
York at Hotallni'e Ntwwand. Timet
Square: lehulti'a NewMtandi. Entrance
Orand Central. :nd Street.
BTATE'S FI!,n hW VICTORY
' With the) United Ptntcs Supreme
eourt refusing: fo review the find
ing of the. tate federal authorities
regsvrdinf the constitutionality of
Connecticut's film tax law, It Is in
teregtlnf to note how Governor
Trumbull and Statu Tax Commis
sioner Blodgett will feel about It.
It will be remembered that t lie
Itovernor promised his aid In re
pealing; the. film tax law at. the next
esslon of the Legislature; and the
Ktate tax commissioner declared he
did not approve of the law but that
It waa his duty to enforco It. At
that time there was a general pub
lic clamor and it was certain the
law was as unpopular as poison
Ivy; there likewise was a belief
widely held that the courts would
upset It. Scarcely anyone suspected
It could live through the first court
of the land.
Now we know what we didn't
know at the time; the law is con
stitutional anil the state assembly
which put It on the bonks can lie
said to have won a complete vic
tory. The governor and the tax com
missioner, like all other citizens in
And out of o.Hco. have t lie privi
lege of changing their minds. May
bo they may not regard the law
with disdain now that it has been
given judleial approval. At any rate,
there is some money coming into
the state exchequer as a result of
the. law, and as special taxeH have
been the long suit of the past I.eg. j
ialaturc and may be favored by the j
next Legislature, it is al least bare
ly possible that the powers that be,
seeing the money flowing into 1 lie
treasury from the law, may not be
Inclined to forego the opportunity
to continue the harvest.
LIVING WITHIN MEANS
11 Is just, as reasonable to expect
a. city to live within its means as
it 1.1 logical to expect an individual
to do so. Information that the gov
rrnment of New Britain In all like
lihood will pass through the fiscal
year without any of the rily de
partments breaking the. bounds of
their appropriations therefore is
good news. It nienns that, the
spirit of economy works, instead of
merely furnishing a topic for con
versation. It is particularly gratifying to
discover that, the school depart
ment is going through the year on
an even keel. Due to conditions re
garding which everyone is familiar j
It has been dlflicult tor this de- j
partment to achieve this distinction j
during some years of the recent
past. The health department like-
wise is to be congratulated on do-
Ing so well financially; it learned i
a severe lesson during an epidemic j
that still rankles In 'lie ;iunwry.
The charities department, which j
once also nvt with financial dilli- i
fulties due 10 the necessity of car- :
ing for Spanish immigrants, has
been on a tirin footing ever since.
Of COUrSe, nne COIlld niell'ioll tile,
other departments ni.-o. tail the :
three mentioned are ti-,o. whi.-li ,
have given trouble In lie- pas', not
because of hov tlpy w'i'o conduct
ed, but due to sudden enn rp neii s
not of their making. It is agreeable
to find that no rtii'TC ncy face the
city this yiar and tha' ev.ry de
partment of Hie eity uo erimielll
Is In satirfaeiory condition.
StH'THI WiTOVS n. m i:i;
Mad dog scares usually come
fluring '-he Minim-r nienij. e lo u
hot wra'lKr and laek ef v;i'. r and
proper food has i's 'IT' i t upon
such animals: but Ponthing'en has
been having a mad dog Fear, dur
ing the winier months and Hiep
is much hiM' ry loiiiK-cted wbh
the matter.
A few wifks ago four dogs w re
shot in the town, all of them prc
Mimably suff. ring from tho dreaded
rubies. One boy was bitten on the
rlieck and m.-is given tbe r.-isteur
treatment, hading to his apparent
recovery, A Ma'C uuarar.tinc on
dogs waa placed upon Southlngton,
which means that every dog In the
town muni lo kept tied up, In
leash of the owner, or at all tlinea
In absolute control of tha owner.
With all thesB precautions taken
It would upi"'tir unlikely that an
other mad dog scare could develop,
yet hero l where the niytiUry of
the sltuutlou protrudes itself, Last
Friday a dog, presumably mad, bit
sex en other dogs In Suuthington,
mid tho last seen of the animal It
nan heading toward Mllldnle; this
was also the last heard of It. To
liee have been attempting to enteh
up with the 'nut-flying canine, and
It Is to bo hoped they succeeded.
The situation calls for extreme
care. Pouthlngton is not fnr from
New Britain and nearby towns and
it Is Imperative that the mad i dog
scare bo kept where It originated,
and that the alarmed citizens of
flouthlngton bo assisted In every
posalblo manner to prevent further
mad dog scares. Owners of dogs In
this and surrounding cities might
do well to watch the situation carefully.
STRETCH IXCJ AT Rl'TtflKR
Herbert Hoover, our estimable
secretary of commerce, does not
think publicity harms the work of
his department. Indeed, the kind
of publicity this gentleman dis
penses lias Its repercussions across
the ocean, or wherever rubber Is
an Important article of commerce.
Unlike the state department, the
department of justice, and tho
diplomats, Mr, Hoover believes In
publicity and plenty of It. The
other day lie promised the nation
a. large dose of It on Monday; and
true to the prediction, he dis
pensed his bundlo yesterday.
His Intimation that one Ameri
can crude rubber concern is plan
ning the expenditure of $10,000,000
In solving the rubber stringency,
and another is to expend five times
that amount, must be added to tho
expenditures already planned by
certain concerns the past few
weeks. All told, there must be
nearly $100,noo,000 planned nnd
pending for tho American rubber
Industry. The only Insects In the
ointment arc where the rubber is
to be grown and how soon the fin
ished article can eventuate.
One rubber school holds that,
vast areas in tho Philippines are
adaptable to rubber growing; but
the Philippine legislature is not In
clined to look with favor upon the
plan unless there is a contingent
agreement about independence, or
that Ainericnn rubber plantations
will not set back or eclipse tho day
when Philippine Independence can
ho attained. As Cuba is self-govern- j
ing while under our protection, nnd i
still grows us our cane sugar, it Is
logical to assume that American j
rubber plantations in the. Philip- j
pines would not necessarily mean
a negation of Philippine political
aspirations.
Some American rubber and tire
interests have invested in Sumatra,
where the Hutch companies are al
ready doing their best to supply the j
world with tho gelatinous sub
stance mill doing so efficiently nnd
w ll. The Put eh government seems
to welcome American capital in its
possessions. Such American planta
tions ns already exist there are
yielding good returns, thus being a
bait for others to bo established
there. The Initch llasl indies pro
deo more than half as much crude
rubber as is produced in I'.ritish
Malaya, but I'.ritish capital lias
been strongly entrenched in the in
dustry there.
An American company owns a
neat acreage in lirilish Malaya.
There seems to be no reason why
American money cannot, develop
rubber plantations wherever rubber
enn grow. Our needs are so great
that the business seems assurer of
a profitable market for years to
come.
Hut the near future docs not
seem to be as bright as Secretary
Hoover would have us believe; at
least, the silver lining on the cloud
disappears if llritish forecasters
are even ivni'itelv correct. Lirilish
lubber brokers have declared the
shortage of ruhhr during 1025 has
been fin, Ohm ion, and that by 1328
an actual rubber famine is In sight. I
It lak'-s newly planted trees from
six to eight yenrs to yield the
"milk" t roiu which crude rubber is
obtained, what new plantations are
brought into existence now cannot
b-' heard from during tho period of
stringency alleged to be in sight.
A bird to this is the probability
that existing plantations are begin
ning to show signs of decay, re-pm-;'-
from Uritlsh and Hutch
si'iii-fs b'tng that they are failing
to continue their yields of the past.
The deficiency in crude rubber
has hern primarily due to four fac
tors; l.nek of Increased planting of
lubber tri'-s (since 19 1 S only 4M.
t'"i ,TT's hae. been planted); the
recovery of Kuropean plan's, de
lnaiillng mass production; in
cr'.'.s.il purchasing power, result
ing in 27 per cent increased regis
tration of passenger cars and It,
per cent of trucks in countries out
side of the Vnited States; and the
worldwide use of balloon tires,
which require 13 per cent more
crude rubber than cord casings.
The i niteii S'ai.s uses 75 per cent
of the world's supply of rubber,
France and Belgium being next,
but with only eight per cent, al-
though Franco export mora tlrei
thun tho fulled Statu. Great Brit,
alii, with 506,i)00,(iOO inveated In
rubber production, and the Nether
landa, with U, 000,000 Invested,
are the top notehcrs. In actual rub
ber production Americana 10 far
have Invested only I"!. 000,000, but
will lnet a. rood deal mora before
tho threatened ihortue Is circumvented.
nOlNG THE CILMftlESTOS
The Chicago evnn-llst who de.
clnred he found nothing In tho
P,lb!e derogatory to modern danc
ing, and who permitted several ex
perts to pi-rform the Charleston 1u
his mission church, doubtless will
find some conservntlve-mlndel folk
who disagree with him! but at any
rate he did a service to his con
gregation by shoeing how difficult
It has become to he, a genuine
cakc-cntlng Charleston dancer.
There was n time when It was laid
to he much easier to be a person
of th world than to follow the
straight and narrow path In all
things: and In genernl, this re
main true. But there aro many,
no doubt, who are willing to con
clude that It Is no harder to be
good than lo barn the ;oo varieties
of Charleston.
Perhaps the public has been
looking for something bard to con
quer; perhaps Its experience with
cross word puzzles hns convinced
It that there Is an Inherent good
In being able to solve a stiff prob
lem. This Is said to be an age of
distinctly moronls'lc tendencies;
but the alleged popularity of the
Charleston would belle tho as
sumption. For It is dimcult to see
how a dyed-in-the-wool moron can
learn such an intricate concoction
of steps, especially if the dancer
aspires to a dozen or so different
varieties of this ballroom (lower,
it Is to the knowledge of nearly
everyone that some brainy indi
viduals at least somo of those
who regard themselves ns brainy
have failed to master the
Charleston and consistently fall
back upon the more simple fox
trot.
And now, due to the almost uni
versal Influence of Henry Ford and
the country tiddlers he has stimu
lated and encouraged, there seems
to he a tendency in some parts of
the country to return to the erst
while square, dances of generations
ago, Tills is no good news for those
who qualify ns morons, as the
square dances have to lie learned,
and it is no child's play 1o remem
ber all the steps. The landers and
the quadrille went out of fashion
because of this reason; they were
great fun, no doubt, but tho rising
generation (lid not like to learn so
much when it went n-dnncing. It.
used to he said that many things
were taught at. college that were
no whit more intricate than the
galaxy of square dances that for
mer generations used to ponder
over, in those days it actually was
necessary for everyone to take a I
long and exacting course at a j
"dancing academy" in order to
qualify as a terpslchorcan possi- j
bility. j
As Mr. Ford has eloquently pro
claimed, the square dances make
for the interchange of partners;
and Mr, Ford, being an authority
on making automobiles, holds that J
this is cue ef (he necessities of the 1
age. Dancing with the same part- !
ner throughout a dance, and some
times more than one or two dances
is an evil, according to Mr. Ford.
The square dances break up the
couples and enforce a general all
around melee of swinging arms,
tripping feet and general laughter.
This Is where country fiddling has
its uses, lie says; tho music may
not be fancy, but the result among
the dancers is a valuable Improve
ment. Of course, when the dance
is over, the original partners can
nil return home In the original
flivvers.
Now that the situation has
oleurcd slightly regarding Irving
Perlin and his bride, along comes
speculation regarding Harold F.
MeCormick and ills wife, Gunitu
Walskn.
Judging by the way the papers
watch the personal lives of some
people, we'd hate (o be anyone in
the public eye.
Herbert Hoover today is reported
as studying the coal strike prob
lem. This being the case il may be
in a fair way to be settled
Ciilpatric acts like a man who
knows much but says little.
Two crashes in two days upon
city transportation lines in New
York and Pittsburgh Indicate
the operators doubtless thought,
they were running automobiles
lotteries for the Antl World
Court P.orah and Please; bat
teries for the Pro-Court, cvvrjbody
else.
Kepn seniative Hill of Maryland
thinks the road to liberalised dry
laws is not too much up bill.
The Hlark Hc-k bridge has been
"repaired," but not widened. The
planka formerly were from side to
side, now they are lengthwise. How
long will tha planks last, all
months or only threat
Druggists who have been charged
with selling bootleggers' products
on prescriptions: Instead of real II
quor doubtless have a strong griev
ance against the dry law.
Facts and Fancies
VA'ell, If tip-re Is a future life for
the dead, wo may meet a lot of
of laws hereafter,
Americans are good as go-getter,
but poor us settle, lovviwnd-kt'opers.
The meaaurn of a man Is tho
worth of the goal ihat gives him
that complacent feeling.
How strange that crltica should
scorn America! In any other
country thej'd have to go io work,
One way to convert a man to
liberal Ideas Is to let him huvo
charge of spending public money.
One of (he eu.sy ways for a mar
ried man to burn the cundln at both
ends as to run across an old name,
Another Indication of a severe
winter Is that stockings look un
usually thin,
The man who once devoted
i,i, urn.-, iu uuiui iiik a pipu now nas
a son who practices tho Charleston
in iu juivucy ui jus uouroom,
tn time people outgrow their
faith In Santa, Cluus, but they still
buy special delivery stamps.
Sins are visited on the children
but It's awful to have to pay high
hotel rates because somebody else
steals towels.
Ah, noil, dry agents aiming at
tires shoot high. In caso of war
they might get the generals In the
rear.
Life never was Ideal. Even be
fore the day of Impudent laws, there
were that kind of in-laws.
The .kin you love to touch, as a
rule, is one you have no business
touching.
The joke Is that, most of the ties
you think were Christmas gifts were
selected by tho men themselves.
One of the tragic tilings about
January Is that frocks like the one
you just paid $43. OS for are marked
$10.49.
All you need to bo a great writer
Is ideas, the. ability to express them,
and a good proof reader.
The case of Russia isn'L unique.
The righteous do business with a
lot of people they wouldn't like to
recognize publicly.
Correct this sentence: "He
placed a dollar in the collection
plate," said (he man, "hut held it
so nobody could see it."
(Protected by Publishers
Syndicate.)
25 Years Ago Today
Queen Victoria died at 6:30 p. m.,
today. Prince Albert Edward will
08811111.' the throne of Edward VII.
The Herald received information
today that within !4 hours there
will he consummated the sale of the.
New Britain liruss Co., to Howard
H. Hart and Norman 1'. Cooley.
Tho sale of this well-equipped plant
to two such prominent men will ho
considered an auspicious way of
ending the company's difficulties.
.Messrs. Hart nnd Cooiey have been
associated before, having owned a
rolling mill in Chicago. They still
retain some patents, including a
legisler for healing apparatus. The
brass shop has not been In operation
for several months.
A peddler with a long name wus
injured when thrown from his
wagon on Lafayette street today. He
was carried into Holleran's drug
store and gave his name as Koman
kovltz. V. P. Felt has received the con
tract to furnish the choice brick for
a big Holyoke building.
William A. Brady's massive pro
duction, "Way Down East" will be
presented at tho Kusswin Lyceum
Saturday. It is a play of old New
England.
At the annual meeting of the
Trinity M. E. church last night, E.
.T. Skinner was elected financial sec
retary and E F. Neumann treasurer.
The seating committee consists of
M. IX Stockwcll and A. G. Smith.
The suit, of J. V. Meade of Ber
lin against the city for alleged pol
lution of waters on his property was
r.ot tried today It is said that a
settlement was reached owl of court.
Meade claimed $1,300 damages.
Piainville has been much excited
during' the past week over the theft
of a cow. After much trailing and
sleuthing, a colored man has finally
been arrested. He admits selling the
heifer's skin for $2.ti5.
Paper
r by Cunan at
Sleel Treat ers' Meeting
The mid-winter convention of the
American Society for Steel Treating,
which opens on January "1 at Buf
falo, Is of particular Interest to lo
cal steel men. A paper will be pre
sented there by James J. Curran,
metallurgist of the Henry Souther
Engineering Co., of Hartford. The
paper "Microscopic Examination of
Iron nnd Steel" is the joint work
of Mr. Curran nnd F. P. Gilllgan,
secretary-treasurer of that company
and former national president of the
steel society. The paper describes
methods of examination used in the
laboratory of thn company and tells
of the interesting things discovered
about metals by this method of
study.
Mr. Curran Is a native of New
Britain, studied at Worcester Poly
technic Institute and Cornell univer
sity, and gained a wide knowledge
of practical metallurgy while In the
employ of the Henry Souther Engin
eering Co. He Is well known to steel
treaters through his service as chair
man of tho Hartford chapter of the
A. S. S. T.
Maxson
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I: Britain Herald, ami tnnr Inner
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Investments? Here's A Good Ouo,
Folks!
We Invest our dollars In that and
this.
Sometimes we hit sometlnns wi
miss.
Put every hour that's spent for fun
Hy way of Investment'! a dinned
good one!
Serious Trouble
Managing Fdltor: "Hear about the
Kdltor of Til K FI'N SHOP buini. nr.
tested for violating tho prohibition
law?"
Publisher: "You don't Rlv! Unit'
was that?"
Managing Editor: "A reader sent
bim an article on cranes, nnd be
boiled It down."
IT SI EST HE I.OVE
A ('. llesslon to llcarlroublc, Jr.
Ry Vou.Potchn-Sho-Knovv'K.Vhn
It must be love, it must bo lov
Wats got a hold of me.
i I simply rant imagine
at cits it ran posserbly be,
My nieels dont tempt, mo eny more,
I dont know wat. 1 eat,
And cnyvvays wen I think ot you
How can nicer dlzcrt seem sweet"
Ive n s piktures of you
Pinned up ware all can see,
3 of them are fotograffs.
And one a drawing by me.
O it must, be love, J know its love
Id be willing to bet 5 sents,
Hecav.s every other thing there Is
t bin vaccinated nggonoe!
I nronsi-lous Hnl-lt
Stanley: "Why did you pinch mj
when I asked ou for a '-ins? Most
girls usual er slap me."
Marie: "It's heredity. My father
used to he a policeman."
Mrs. Hnlda Hutstel.
After all, '.he awful load a woman
fays she has on her shoulders may he
enly the shabby fnr coal she's been
wearing for many seasons.
Ills Father's Son
Three young ladies were walking
down our "main street" when a little
ho- . i out. In front, of thc:;i and
held a big, long worm, tied on the
end of a stick, right in front of their
taces,
Tho girls screamed, nnd one o."
them nearly fainted.
When I asked the little bey what
he meant by scaring the girls so, he
tearfully answered: "My Daddy told
mo that chickens liked worms."
James B. Moncur.
Garage Man Pilii'les Huge Magnet
T Stall Cars In Front Of
His Shop
THE FIX SHOP RADIO STATION
Announcer Hello, folks! This Is
Station MFJ, broadcartej irom The
Fun Shop by remote control. I now
have the honor to introduce the
world famous Fun Shop Minstrels.
Tanibo Yassah, hero we is folks. I
will now play dat coiisumtivc solo
on my bnnjoshehine, entitled "Olo
Lung Sign."
Interlocutor r Ton don't mean
"Old Lung Sign", Tambo, you meun
"Auld Lang Syne." I don't believe
you know what lungs are.
Tambo All I know is dat dcre
very economical.
Interlocutor Well. Tambo. Why
aro lungs economical?
Tambo Dere upkeep ain't ns ex
pensive as stomachs! Now, Mistnh
Interlockanal. I Is goln' to tell you
another question.
Interlocutor What is it, Tambo?
I'll let Florian answer it for you.
Tambo Florian, does you know
how a jeweler keeps his diamonds
from being stolen?
Florian How's dat?
Tambo He continually keeps a
watcli on 'cm. Ha, ha, ha!
Florian Dot's nothing. Does you
know why dere ain't any bell on a
jeweler's telephonical?
Interlocutor That sounds Inter
esting, Florian. Why isn't there any
bell on a Jeweler's telephone?
Florian 'Cause de diamond rings.
Interlocutor Mr. Julius Jefferson
Caesar Jones will now sing that
mournful lyric, entitled: "I'd Feath
er My Nest, but I Can't Find a
Chicken."
Grr-r-r-r! zz2-z-i-z-z-x-x-x-x! Bux-i-z-z-z!
(Static)
Announcer Got a bunch of tele
grams here. One from Mrs. U. Tel
lum Kidd, of Imfrom. Missouri, who
rays tho program's coming in fine.
Another, from Mr. O. G. O'Gosh, of
Downin, Florida, who says the pro
gram is wonderful and is being en
joyed by irrandpa and the kiddles.
Now. folks, we intended to give th
children a bed-time story tonight,
hut our bed-time story lady has
sprained her voice. However, if you
will kindly hold tho kiddles up close
tc your loud-speaker. I'll pour some
chloroform In our microphone. That
will put 'cm to sleep as quick as a
bedtime story. Goodnight, everybody!
NXHAIlJutm
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Tou can get an answer to any
question of fact or Information by
writing to tho Question Editor, New
Britain Herald, Washington Bureau.
1322 New York avenue, Washington.
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for reply. Medical, legal and marital
advice cannot be given, nor can ex
tended research be undertaken. Alt
ether question! will recclv a po
sonal reply. Unsigned requests can
not be answored. All letter are
confidential; Editor,
Q. How ninny persons were kill
ed by automobtlo accidents In 1924?
A. Tho estimate is 15,628.
Q. What wero tho dates of the
three registrations for tho World
War?
A. The first draft registration oc
curred June G, 1H17; tho second on
Juno 6, 1!US and August 24, 1018;
and tho third on September 12, 1018.
Q. How much of tho money con
tributed to the Near East Relief ac
tually goes to tho persons for whom
It Is raised?
A. According to tho report of the
Near East Relief to congress, about
7 per cent of the total funds raised
uro required for office maintenance,
and salaries. The remaining 03 per
cent reaches the persons for whom
It is raised. The salaries paid to sec
retaries nnd speakers are not large.
Q. Where is the "Blue Boar Inn"
so often mentioned in Dickens'
novels?
A. That is a fictitious title and
represents a typical English inn of
the time of Thackeray and Dickens.
Somo critics suppose that, the "Green
Dragon" in Leadenhall Market, was
meant. Tim nnmo oecurs In "David
Coppertleld,' '"Our Mutual Friend,"
etc.
Q. Is there a. special rule for
spelling proper names?
A. No. They may bo spelled In
any way the. owner prefers; If he
wishes to chango tha spelling to
make the name less confusing, he is
at liberty to do so.
Q. What nationality is Ronald
Co'man, the moving picture actor.
A. He was born in Richmond,
Surrey. England, February 9, 1SSL
Ho Is English with n slight trace or
Scotch.
Q. How much does a railroad lo
comotive cost?
A. It depends on the type of the
locomotive. The Hallway Age for
January 3, 1924 gives a list of unit
prices that range as high at $90,000
for a locomotive.
Q. On what dates did Easter Sun
day come between tho years IS 95
and 1900?
A. 1 8 95 April 14; 1896 April
5; 3 SO 7 April IS; 1S9S April 10;
1S99- April 2; 1900 April 15.
Q. What are tho names of the
hooks written by Robert E. Peary
and who aro the publishers?
A. "NeSrest the Pole" published
by Doubleday Page and Co., Garden
City, L. I., Now York; "The North
Pole," published by F. A. Stokes and
Co., New York city (1910) and
"Command of the Air" (an address)
published by tho government print
ing office, Washington, D. C. (1917).
Q. Who wrote the "iron Heel?"
A. Jack London.
Q. Who Invented the system of
cleaning by tho vacuum method?
A. David T. Kenney of Now York
This Is station MFJ signing off at
ex.tctly exactly at exactly darn
it! I've forgotten my watchl
No Cause for Alarm
Bell Hop (excitedly): "The gentle
man in Room 109 has just killed
himself."
Holel Malinger (calmly): "That's
all right. I've got another fellow
who'll take the room."
refer Giatl
(Copyright. 1 : 2 6. Reproduction
forbidden)
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AFTER 5TAKDIH(S IH LINE TOR.
HM.F AN HOUR, yOU REACH THE M
WINDOW AND CANT "REMEMBER- VJ
WHETHER YOUR WIFE SAID THURSDAY U ff
WA THE ONE NIGHT SHE COUID 60.
j OR THE ONE NIGHT SHE COULDN'T GO
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(Copyright, IW, t The
la credited with Installing In 1002 the
tlrst complete vacuum cleaning sys
tem, and about 1905 Dr. William
Nou of San Francisco constructed
tho first portable clouner.
Q. Was Roosevelt twice elected
to tho presidency of the U. 6,f
A. Roosevelt succeeded to the
office of tho president of the U. S. on
tho death of McKlnloy and filled tho
unexpired term of 3 years, 6 months
and 18 days. He, vvus then elected
ns president and served four years.
He was elected only once. Ho ran
again for tho office as a progressive
in 1912 and was defeated.
Q. How do foreign investments
of the United States compare with
those of great Britain?
A. Tho foreign Investments of tho
l ulled States at the end of 1924
wero estimated mound nine and one
half billion; those ot Great Britain
In 1 023 nt seventeen billion.
Q. Is a child born In tho United
State of English parents an Ameri
can or an Englishman by right of
birth?
A. A child born In tho United
States of English parents (British
subjects), is a natural born Ameri
can citizen and a natural born Brit-'
Ish subject according to the muni
cipal laws of both England and the
United States. Upon reaching tho
age of majority, tho child can mako
a cholco of nationality.
Q. Is William S. Hurt, the movie
actor, dead?
A. No. Ho recently returned to
tho screen in a picture called "Tum
blevveeds." Q. How many nilles were travel
ed nnd who traveled tho farthest in
the famous "mush to Nome" with
antitoxin last spring? How long did
it tuko?
A. The current accounts of tho
great "mush" to Nomo with anti
toxin say that a famous Musher
named Hamilton made the longest
relay ot 130 mile's. The-whole dis
tance traveled was 665 miles and tho
tlmo was ilvo and ono-half days,
which is three and one-half days
faster than any previous record for
like distance. Leonard Sappala had
tho hardest relay of 80 miles across
a frozen bay with very rough Ice,
and tho final relay of 60 miles was
made by Gunnar Kasson with his
famous dog team led by Balto. Balto
and a majority of the 13 dogs in
Kasson's dam died from having
their lungs frost-bitten.
Q. Is thero any estimate as to
what the present coal strike has
cost? How many men aro idle?
About how much coal would have
been mined during this time under
ordinary circumstances?
A. It Is estimated that tho cost
of the strike to tho miners, the oper
ators and the railroads that haul tho
coal is about $3,000,000 a day. Tho
loss to merchants in that region can
not be estimated. About 165,000
men all told are Idle. The amount
of coal that would have been mined
If there had been no strike Is es
timated at about 30,000,000 tons.
The strike has lasted four months.
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Observation v
On The Weather
Washington. Jan. 19.-Foreca.it
for Southern New England; I'!lr
and slightly colder tonight, Wed.
nesduy Increasing cloudiness, strong
northwest winds this arternoon,
diminishing tonight nnd shilling to
northeast und east on Wednesday.
Forecast for Eastern New York:
Partly cloudy and somewhat colder
tonight; Wednesday Increasing
cloudiness followed by snow or
rntni colder in central and north
portions; strong northwest winds
this afternoon and night, shifting to
cast Wednesday,
Conditions: The atorra that
passed over this district yesterday
and lost night Is now central off tno
north Atlantic coast near Eustporl,
Maine, and llnllfax, Nova Scotln.
It produced heavy rains and high
winds and fog In tho north Atlantic
states.
Tho pressure Is rising rapidly and
clearing conditions prevail this
morning from southern New Ens
land to Florida.
Areas of high pressure overlie
(he southern states and the upper
Mississippi and upper Missouri val
ley under tho Influence of a dis
turbance central over western Mis
soiii'l. Temperatures are lower In
tho northern plains states cast of
the Rocky mountains.
Conditions favor for this vicinity,
partly cloudy and colder weather.
Decision on Philadelphia
Celebration to Be Made
Philadelphia, Jan. 19 P Decision
as to whether the Sesqui-Centennlal
will ho held this summer or post
poned until next year will bo made
this week.
Tho national Sesqui-Centennlal ad
visory commission meets hero tomor
row and its recommendations re
garding a postponement may in-,
fluenco the final decision to be made
by the board of directors ot the ex
position association. The advisory
commission is made up of Secretary
of State Kelfogg, Secretory of Com
merce Hoover and two representa
tives from each state.
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