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New Britain herald., 1923-04-25
THE . Boy THAT FAILED

i E>ATHER had planned a brilliant I future for him. Mothers high hopes for his success were sup. ported ably by her everlasting faith in him.
 | But the boy was a bitter disap- pointment. He was being outdis- tanced steadily by his schoolmates, was dull, listless all the time. "felt sick" most of the time, never had "pep" for play nor ambition for his future.
 Father had about given him up. Poor mothers heartstrings were nearing the breaking point. Evi. dently. 1t was not to be. Then an old friend of the family "a man successful in every sense -came to the boys rescue. Today. the father is proud of the boy who is indeed a joy to his mother.
 It was simply a case of poor di. gestion, sluggish liver and consti- patton gradually dulling the senses and poisoning the system.
 Knowing from experience that Beecham's Pills were harmless as well as efficient, the old friend suggested them. They made the boy well as they have hosts of other children, and grown-ups, too, who suffered from like dis orders.
 At All Druggists -25c and Soc
New Britain herald., 1923-04-25

Best butter 55c ID. Russell Bros.
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New Britain herald., 1923-04-25

Congregational club in Bristol last evening. His subject was The Ro- nance of the Last Crusade. Major Vivian belongs to the British army and saw service in the Sornme offen- sive, later in Macedonia and finally with General Allenby in Palestine, where he was present at the capture of Beersheba, the taking of Jerusalem and the surrender of Jericho.
 Items of Interest
 The weekly whist of the T. A. B. society will be held this evening al the hall at Upson's Corner.
 Fast Berlin Items The weekly meeting of the Junior league will be held in the social room of the Methodist church, Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
 Charles Cobey is driving new se- dan.
 Progress is being made on the play. Mother Natures Picnic" to be given by the pupils of the Hubbard school at Athletic hall in May.
 The next meeting of the Thimble club will be held at the home of Mrs. T. B. Dehan on Main street
 The local members of the Boy Scouts will attend a meeting of theil troop in Berlin Friday evening at o'clock.
 The next meeting of the Progress sive reading circle will be held Tues day evening, May 15.
 Miss Alice Nance of New Britain will leave Saturday for an extended visit in Oakland, California. Mis- Nance is we'll known in this place, having resided on Wilcox avenue for number of years.
New Britain herald., 1923-04-25
soth Wedding Anniversary.

Mfr. and Mrs. James Clarity of Kensington are observing their soth wedding anniversary today at their home. They were married in Ken sington at St. Pau's church by Father Shelley, now deceased. Six children have blessed the union, as follows: Mrs. Edward Flanagan of Hartford, the Misses Nellie, Agnes and Loretta Garrity and James and George Gar rity, all of kensington.
 For sale, motorcycle. 1919, with sidecar, A. H. Bergeron, kenslngton. Tel. 664-4.
New Britain herald., 1923-04-25
New Britain Foresters

New Britain TorestcTs
New Britain herald., 1923-04-25

Mat" Meskill and his band of For esters from Court Friendly in New Britain went down to ignominious de- feat in the matches at the Recreation alleys last evening. Plainville captured one match by the narrow margin of 12 pins, while New Britain took the other by a lone pin. The scores are as follows:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23

one removes it without harmful
securing.
Able authorities proved these
methods by many careful tests.
Then a new-type tooth paste was
created to apply them daily. The
name is Pepsodent. Now careful
people of some so nations employ
ii, largely by dental advice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
WILL FOR PEACE
A REQUISITE, SAY
TWO us. SENATORS
RaIston and Watson Principal
Speakers at Woman's
Club Conference.

Peace will come to the nations of
the earth only when people have a
will for peace. forget ageold strifes
and feuds and are willing to disarm,
Senators Samuel M. Ralston and
James e. Watson, principa speakers
at a peace conference IN the Claypool
under auspices Of the Woman's De-
partment Club, told educators and club
women Monday.
IT do not think the churches of
the country have done what they
could to bring about world peace, "
said Senator Ralston.
1.-THE only way to permanently
pacify the world is first to thoroughly
Christianize It," said Senator Watson.
Object Of the conference was to
draw from Lloyd George his ideas of
European conditions. The famous
Welshman was unable to attend.
The part played by Great Britain
in bringing about peace was lauded by
William Fortune, head of the Red
Cross.
The United States is absolutely
1T is doing so little to bring about
the peace Of the world" said Fortune.
Others who spoke were; Mayor
Shank, DR.. George r. Crosse, presi
dent of DePauw university; Milo K.
Stuart. principal Of Technical high
school; William Buck, principal of
Shortridge; e. H. K McComb, princi
pal Of Manual Training; Attorney
General U. 8. Lesh. Mrs. Felix T.
McWhirter presided.
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Accept This Gift
Watch the prettier teeth that come when
you combat the film

Here is a test which has brought
to millions a new conception of
clean teeth Wherever you look
you see the results Teeth ghSten
as they never did before.
If you don't know this method,
you should find it out. You owe
that to yourself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
.LAKES-TO-GULF
WATERWAY WOULD
INCREASE TRADE
Senator Mccormick Declares
Surplus Could Be Disposed
of to Latin America.
By United Press

By United Press
CAIRO. H., Oct 23.-Opening up
Of the huge trade territory of Latin
America to the industrial and agricul-
tural Middle West through the pro-
posed nine-foot channel lakes-to- gulf
waterway will enable this nation to
dispose Of the surplus formerly con-
sUmed by Europe. according to United
State Senator Medill Mccormick to-
day.
The hearings across Illinois along
the route of the waterway proposed
by Senator McCormick's bill. in st.
Louis Monday. here today, tomorrow
or Friday in Memphis, and later in
Vicksburg, Miss, and Muscle Shoals,
Ala, and New Orleans. are being
held for the purpose Of deciding the
feasibility of the project.
No Opposition Registered
No opposition has been registered
aDywhere along the route, enthusiasm
having been expressed for the plan
throughout.
Europe can no longer buy our sur
plus; America must turn to the Latin
American countries" Senator McCor-
mick said.
If the "nine-foot channel bill" be-
comes a law, McMornick said he saw
no reason why, within the life-times
Of mature persons, a fourteen-foot
channel could not be built all along
the way from Chicago to New Or
leans.
Would Cut Costs
Increased shipments by water from
the coal mines Of Illinois, from the
wheat fields of the Middle West VIII
cut transportation costs by twenty
per cent, industrial leaders told the
committee in hearings.
Fourteen million tons Of coal Is
available for shipment yearly IN
Franklin County alone. the committee
was told.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
RITES WEDNESDAY
FOR VET ENGINEER
Manuel H, Conger 80, Was
One of HooSier Volunteers,

The funeral of Manuel H. Conger,
So. veterdan engineer of the Lake
Erie & Western Railroad, who died
Monday, will be held at the home of
his daughter, Mrs William ]. Dich-
mann, SS2 Prospect St., at p. m.
Wednesday. The Rev. Otto B. Moore,
pastor OF the Emmanuel Reformed
Church, Will be in charge.
Mr.. Conger was born in Shelby
County. Forty years ago he came to
Indianapolis.
During the Civil War he was
member of the 54th Indiana Volun-
teers. He was commissioned major
and assigned to a New York regiment.
Twenty years ago. Mr.. Conger's
wife died. He retired from active life
eight years ago.
Surviving are two daughters. Mrs
Dichmann and Mrs. Benjamin Fahn-
6rick, Detroit, Mich; three sons, OIL
yer H. Conger of Indianapolis, Thomas
A. Conger of Columbus, Ohio, and
Herbert Conger Of Los Angeles, Cal.
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MORE SUITS ON NOTES
Two Local Banks Seek to Recover on
McCray Endorsed Paper.

The Continental National Bank Of
Indianapolis has filed two suits
against the Discount and Deposit
State Bank at Kentland. on notes en-
dorsed by Governor McCray. William
Darroch, temporary receiver for the
Kentland Bank is made a co-defend-
ant.
One note for s1O,s5O was dated
Nov. 20. 1922. and signed by ]. L.
Williams. The other is for $4,000 and
dated March IS, 1923, 1t is signed A.
Mesman & Co. Both are Endorsed
by McCray, It is charged.
The complaint charges the notes
were presented to the Kentland Bank
for collection, but that the bank made
no effort to collect them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
CANNON BALL MAKES 1T
Succeeds in Dive Over Twelve-NIile
Pass in New Mexico.

'Cannon-B BALI Baker conquered one
Of the most difficult obstacles in his
coast-to-coast drive in high gear
when he scaled the Ration Pass in
New Mexico, according to word re-
ceived by Lathrop-McFarland Com
pany officials today.
Baker is driving an Oldsmobile Six.
The pass has an altitude OF 1888
feet. with a grade of - per cent,
twelve and one-half miles long. He
reached the summit. driving twenty
eight miles an hour, according to
word received here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
LADY PlCKPocKET TAPS
Christ Doyle, Watching Parade, Is
Out S28 Today.

While watching the parade honoring
Lloyd George Monday, Christ Doyle,
116 W. Twenty-Seventh ST., was VIC
tinized by a woman pickpocket at
Meridian and New York SITS, police
said today. Loss was $28.
"A woman came UP to me and
tapped me on the shoulder" Doyle
said.
What is going on hsreT she
asked.
After I told her, she left, and my
pocketbook was missing"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
RABBITS APPEAR
ON CITY MARKET
Shipped Tomatoes Sell at 20
Cents a Pound.

Rabbits at SO cents each were avail
able at the city market today. Dressed
chickens were selling at IS cents a
pound for less than three pounds and
40 cents a pound for three pounds
and over.
Live spring chickens and hens were
selling Tor 80 cents a pound with
promise they would drop from 2 to
s cents pound late in the week
Ducks sold for the same price.
Shipped tomatoes were the only
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
SHOCK IS FAT IL
NJ. 8. Finch, Vincennes Llnema 4, L.
ElectrOcuted.

By Times Special
VINCENNES, Ind, Oct. 23.-M. s.
Finch, 81, a lineman for the Indiana
Power Company, was electrocuted
Monday while at work IN the resi-
dence district.
He recently came here from Car
Isle. whore his brother. o. L. Finch,
is manager OF the telephone company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
ROBBERS STAY COUPLE
AT ST. LOUIS INN

Chauffeur Wounded When Attack
Is Resisted
By United Press
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Dot. ga man
and woman thought to be wiIbert
Grand and his wife. Rose, from Chi
cago, were shot and killed early to-
day by robbers at a suburban Inn.
Their chauffeur, who was seriously
wounded, gave their names. and said
they they attempted to resist the rob-
bers,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
EBERHART MAY BE JUDGE

George NJ Eberhart OF Hunting
ton. 1t is understood, has been offered
appointment to the State Supreme
Court to succeed Judge Howard M.
Townsend Of FIT. Wayne. resigned.
Eberhart recently was offered an ap-
pointmsnt on the public service COM
mission, but was found ineligible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23

They sold at 20 cents pound. Home
grown tomatoes remained 10 cents a
pound. Alligator pears jumped from
So to 40 cents each. Artichokes were
20 cents each and mushrooms were
$1.15 a pound.
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AGED WOMAN FOUND DEAD
Acute Indigestion Fatal to Mrs.
Marguerite SmaIlwood, IS

Mrs, Marguerite Smallwood. rs. Of
1441 W. Twenty-third ST.. was found
dead in bed today by her sonin-law.
William Pearcefield. Coroner Robin
son was called by motor police Petit
and Bartlett and declared the death
due to acute Indigestion.
Pearcefield said Mrs. Smallwood
had suffered from the a1lment for
several days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
CITY COURT SCHEDULE
Judge Delbert o. Wilmeth Announces
New Arrangement.

Another arrangement for the hand
ling of cases in city court was made
effective Monday by Judge Delbert O..
Wilmeth.
Under the new arrangement, all
attorneys and defendants wishing to
continue case until later dates are
required to make application to the
court Immediately after the opening
of the session.
Defendants wishing to plead guilty
will be tried next with detective cases
following. Speeders, felonies. blind
tigers, drunkenness and miscellaneous
cases will be tried In the order named
alphabetically.
City cases will be tried, II any. boz
for applications for continuances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
Film is dingy

You feel on your teeth q viscous
film. No ordinary tooth paste eff
fectively combats il. So much of
1t clings and stays, becomes dis
colored, and then forms dingy
coats. That is how teeth lose their
beauty.
Film also holds food substance
which ferments and forms acid. It
holds the acid IN contact with the
teeth to cause decay. Germs breed
by millions in it. They, with tar
tar, are the chief cause of pyorrhea.
Under old methods, these film
caused troubles became almost
universal
So dental science sought and
found two effective film combat
ants One disintegrates the film,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-23
It viii delight

Pepsodent viii bring to you q
delightful revelation The results
are quick and apparent.
Send the coupon for a To-Day
Tube. Note how clean the teeth
feel after using. Mark the absence
of the viscous flrl See how teeth
become whittier as the 6lm-costs
disappear.
Then you will realize why you
and your family should ever use
this method Cut out coupon now.
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Other new effects

Pepsodent also multiplies the
alkalinity of the saliva. Also Its
starch digestant. Those are Ma
lures agents for combating acid
and starch deposits. Every use of
Pepsodent gives them manifold
power.
So thu creation has brought to
millions new beauty, new cleanli-
ness, new protection
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-25

down to the room in the house of
the merchant Ipatiev, which was
nearest the> door. Taken as if to
rescue by this Judas, Yourofsky.
When they reached the room
Yourofsky again held his finger to
his lips.
"Hushv' said he. "On your
lives, for your lives, not a. sound!
/ am speaking as your friend.
We must get you out of here
quietly, without the populace
knowing. am going for an auto
mobile. Troubles on foot, unless
you flee this night"
The royal family gladly did just
as Yourofsky directed them. In
the room, besides the Romanoffs,
was Dimedova, a chambermaid,
who had been with them all their
lives; DR.. Botkin, their personal
physician, and three men servants
of their old days, Shemodudoff,
Harihtoff and Trope. There were
only two chairs where they waited.
The Abbot s., from his fol-
lowers, got the very last detail, so
that he remembered to tell me that
the Czarina sat in one of the chairs
and the Gar in the other, the
Czarevitch on his lap. After a
while the Grand Duchess put down
their pillows and rested upon them.
Time went on, a period of ach-
ing waiting. Although Yourofsky
promised to return in ten minutes,
he was not back in thirty. But
the royal family did not worry.
They felt safe in his hands. They
had known all along that when
they were moved to safety and an
escape into Norway, the call would
come in the night and the. means
to deliverance would be mysteri-
Gus. And deliverance-that was
what they had anguished for. So
a little waiting at the end of small
moment.
At length rough feet trampled
over the threshold to the house of
Ipatiev, the merchant. The family
looked up, hushed and satisfied.
That moment of their looking up
was saddest tragedy. For they
saw, in one terrific flash. their
doom. At last they knew. Eleven
unkempt men, each with a pistol
in his hand, entered, following
Yourofsky. Each hung his head
small wonder! Not one spoke.
They just came grimly in.
The Czarina knew, in one
anguished moment, what at length
they had to meet. She exchanged
rapid glances with her daughters.
Their young faces were clouded,
turned toward their mother. The
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save themselves behind such . pitt
full protection.
Again those pistols smoked. In
Ave minutes all was over with the
family of the RoIAanoffs.
Then began the atrocious ar
rangements which Yourofsky had
so cpnningly prepared beforehand.
The room for these murders, as !
said, had been chosen near the
door 50 that the bodies might be
more easily carried out. In the
chill Siberian gloom there rumbled
up an open gray truck, quite
empty. One by one the bodies
were carried out, twelve in all.
They were thrown into the truck,
hit or miss. Most of the eleven
men clambered into the rear Of the
vehicle and carefully held the
canvas over the pitiful sight it
covered. Yourofsky sat with the
driver in front.
For fifteen miles beyond the
limits Of Ekaterinberg the truck
travelled, to place where, behind
shrubs Of the deserted countryside,
a huge pit had been dug. Then,
with grim greed, those rough men
dragged out the bodies, one by one.
The dawn was near at last, but
nowhere was q person in sight.
So, quickly, eagerly, they stripped
the clothes from the bodies of the
royal family. When they came to
q nearl necklace which the poor
little Princess Tatiaha had hidden
underneath her shirt, Yourofsky
chortled in devil1 glee:
young miss won't need the
lovely pearls where she's goingr'
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terror of death had entered that
room. And Alexandra knew that
all was lost. Her cheeks grew
haggard, drawn with solicitude.
This was not the deliverance for
which she had prayed with grim
fervency.
In the meantime the eleven
silent men, who always hung their
heads, were lingering their pistols.
Then their leader, the Judas,
Yourofsky, stepped forward.
Nicholas Romanoff," doomed
his sharp voice out of the freighted
silence, Nicholas Romanoff, your
time has come to die! You and
your family, by order of our au-
gust government, perish this night |!
No drawing back is possible! In
this hour you-and your family
answer for your many crimesw
He paused.
/ have beheld the Abbot s.
as he wept over this true story.
have seen the pity in his eyes
as he went on tremblingly, and
said:
"Then, Iliodor, our Father, the
Gear, and our Mother, the Czarina,
showed of what stuff the Roman
offs were made. In their dread
hour they uttered no weak pleas to
these rascals. They never lost
their calm. It all was over in five
minutes, Brother Iliodor, but those
were five minutes magnifcently
lived"
"You die--noww roared Yourof-
sky, the executioner.
"God receive my soul!' prayed
the Car. He crossed himself.
"Holy Father, unto Thee / en-.
trust my dear children!" prayed
the Czarina, who was q mother
first of all. Then those royal
victims never flinched. They sat
there, still and dignified, as though
they sat there in their power. The
pistols went off. Each OF the.
eleven men took target, and each
shot at one of the family or one
of the attendants. Yourofsky shot
both the Car and the Czarevitch.
The poor little fellow was not
killed with the first bullet. He
fell forward from his fathers lap
and tried to get to his feet. One
more bullet from that murderous
pistol and the unfortunate little
prince fell to the floor.
Two of the Grand Duchesses
met their death quietly, as had
their parents. But the Grand
Duchesses Tatiana and Maria and
the chambermaid, Dimidova, held
up their hands to their faces, in
terposing their pillows, as If to
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By niodor, the MAD Monk" of Russia
Continued From Double. Page.

Continued From Double. Page.
with them. Before the fatal night,
as Abbot s. told me, the be.
havior of the soldiers had become
gentler and more kindly to the
Cars family. That was one of
the things which annoyed the
Provisional Government worst of
all. Soldiers would be assigned as
guards, chosen for their hatred to
the Gear. Bat a little later the
graciousness of the Cars family
would win many of them oyer.
This was why the soldiers were
always changed every few weeks.
At the very end the workers from
a clothing factory were guarding
them, having put on, almost over
night. the new uniform of the
democracy.
The family had heard numberless
rumors of schemes to free them.
So they lived with their precious
belongings at hand, to flee in five
minutes time. And they were pre-
pared to obey the most extraordi-
nary commands, convinced that
thus deliverance would come. So
when the wretched executioner
Yourofsky kept saying to them,
"You may be moved tonight!
The army is getting nearw they
took it to mean just one thing
deliverance. The facts from here
on are simple, heavy with fate.
One night, at about two in the
morning, Yourofsky wakened the
royal family. They had faith in
Yourofsky. He had pretended, all
along, to be working to save them
Get up and dress at onceH he
commanded. ''You are going on a
long journey~
They got up cheerfully. The
Grand Duchesses took their pearl
necklaces, their diamond rings,
piles of golden rubles, all the
jewels of the royal family and hid
them underneath their shirts or
sewed them up in pillows. They
all assembled in the cold, dark
hours of morning, in the bedroom
of the Gar and Czarina.
"Now," whispered Yourofsky,
tiptoeing down the stairs, ''now
follow mel" The air was freighted
with the moment of great things,
soon to happen.
So they all followed. Very
many erroneous stories have been
told of this catastrophe. That the
poor victims were bounded into a
dungeon and there massacred; that
they were driven into the wild
forest and there tortured to death.
The truth is that they were taken
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said he, slowing the jewels away in
his pocket.
So they worked, these monsters,
feverishly, their blood-stained
hands making crimson the pearls
and diamonds that they stole.
Then, when all had been taken,
they dismembered the bodies. The
parts they threw into the pit they
had prepared; threw in, hit or
miss, with no pity for the dead, no
respect for their awful sufferings.
Then they threw in lime and
chemicals, and every bit Of telltale
clothing. Silently, as the sun rose
in the east, they finished shovelling
over those unfortunates the soil Of
their mother, Russia.
Thus persisted a family / would
have given my life to have saved.
Thus persisted the Romanoffs by
a fate they in no wise deserved.
AS / listened to the words of the
good Abbot s., that time
when we both grieved over this
sad calamity, I knew that my poor
country must pay in tears and in
blood again and again, till the
errors that had brought on such q.
sacrifice should be crushed in our
Russia.
The authorities, Immediately
after this, started q campaign
against all the old beliefs and in
stitutions of our land. How they
preached against monarchy, against
religion, against property and
particularly against marriage, ]
win tell in my story next Sunday
ITO BE Continued Next Sunday