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New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
BLACKMAIL CHARGE
 FALLS TO GROUND
Judge HunserIOrd Finds East
 Boston Man NOt Guilty
DOG THIEF SENT TO JAIL
@- 'ass of Pet's Almost As D PdoJlLgH s of Child, tn Be. '"aI'aauuoa ''''' TUT '''''"'s Valuable tainine.

Donate c0l0gaYianni Of East Ros- ton. arraigned on charges of black mail. breach Of the peace and as- sault, was discharged in police court today Judge Hungerford saying that he was satisfied that tho de- fendani had not acted malielously. hut had simply attempted to bring about an adjustment and did not know how 10 go about lt. Tho de- fendant was arrested on complaint Of Michael cologayianni. an uncle of the defendant, who alleged that Donate had come to the city and demanded si.O00 from him under a threat of being cut to pieces.
 Michael is under bonds on a charge of assaulting his two nep- hews with razor in their home at Sfb Myrtle street over week ago and he said that the nephew prom ised to have the charge against him quashed it he paid the money.
 Donate told the court that he was attempting 10 straighten out the affair for the three men and had told the uncle that he considered that if he gave each of the nephews $500 it would be sufficient. He de- nied that he made any threats to his uncle or that he wanted any of the money for himself.
 Attorney Michael A. Sexton rep resented the defendant and during the trial of the case, he had several clashes with Prosecutor Joseph q. Woods on the admission of testi- mony of the police, Attorney Sex ton claimed that the testimony of the police. who told of admissions the defendant is alleged to have made, should be eliminated from the record. as there was no warning given Donate that anything ho said could be used against him,
 Jailed For Stealing Dog.
 Joseph Codimi of Waterbury was found guilty on a charge of theft and fined s75 and sentenced to jail for 10 days, Judge Hungerford say ing that the crime committed was one of the most contemptible on the criminal calender. Codimi was charged with stealing dog from Bernard Sullivan of 45s Myrtle street. The court said that the theft of dog which is a pet and to which a family has become attached is al most in the same category as steal ing a child.
 Judge Hungerford said that he | felt that severe penalty should be l
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New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
HUMAN BECKETT PLOTS TO FLEE PRISON;
 GUARD ARRESTED FOR BREACH OF TRUST

New Britain, and delivered 1t to rel atives in the Hardware City Sunday.
 State prison officials decline to make the contents of the letter pub escape.
 Beckett became alarmed Sunday through fear of punishment and told the prison officials what he had done.
 Ritchie was arrested by the state police today.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27

Wethersf1eld, Aug. 27.--Samuel Ritchle, a guard at the state prison. was held under S5,000 bonds today by a justice of the peace on charge of breach of trust.
 It is alleged that he took a letter last Saturday from Luman c. Beck cit of New Britain, who is serving a life's sentence for the murder of Charles P. Taft, taxi driver, in
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Defunct New Haven Bank
 to Make First Payment

New Haven, Aug. 27. - Nearly s20,000 will be paid to 500 depositors who are creditors of the Fusco Private bank as the first 25 per cent dividend on the bankrupt institution, it was announced today by Trustee Joseph V. Esposito. Another simi- lar dividend will be paid in about 30 days and third at the end of tn, year.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Hartford Man Admits
 Theft of AutomObile

New Haven. Aug. 2T.-John Apa~ masuk, 20. and Michael Kalwonka, 21, of Hartford, pleaded guilty fo theft of an automobile from the k1f4 age of George Mssino on COngrtoo avenue in the police cour. today and were returned to the Cheshire ref- formatory. from which institption they were on parole when the thofs occurred. They were arrested in| Springfield with the car and returned here. W
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Newark Girl, Mistaken For Burglar. Fatally Wounded

Newark, N. J, Aug. 27.-Mistaken for a burglar late last night when she returned from a dance, Mildred Kee, 14, negress, was fatally shot by her brother-in-law, Frank Jones, as she entered her home. Jones told the police he did not recognize the girls face in the darkness of the hallway and mistaking her for an intruder, fired two shots. one going astray and the other penetrating her breast.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Falls Four Stories; Saved
 By Clothes Lines Below

New York, Aug. 27.-A network tenements on the East side saved the life of Mrs. Josephine Ruffine, who lost her balance as she sopened an icebox door on the fire escape of her fouhth-tloor tenement and plunged to the yard below The ropes so ef- fectively broke her fall that she sus- tained only bruises.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Crew of Wanderer Is Res cucd - Thousands of Telephones Out of Com. mission in Conn.-Whole Atlantic Seaboa .,,u aged by Near.He D ,o,,

euttyhunk, Mass, Aug. ?T.-The missing men from the whaling bark Wanderer, torn away from com, panlons in another boat when their vessel was wFeekeie in Vineyard sound, last night, were brought ashore here today by coast guards, Deniamina l'reitas. second mate. headed the eight men, who had spent the night on a lightship,
 Mate Freitas said that after the two whalehoats in which the Wanderers crew sought safety were separated. he and his companions managed 10 pull over to Sow and Pigs lightship. Tossed by the storm. they caught line from the light ships crew, and were pulled aboard without mishap.
 Tho Wanderer was high on the beach at the west end of Cuttyhunk today. At low tide others Of the crew who reached shore here last night were able to board the wreck and salvage their personal property and some of the ships fittings. The beach was strewn with wreckage.
 Old Mast Withstands storm
 The mast of the old whaler stood through the night, but her hull was wrecked by the seas, and when Cap tain Antone Edwards came here In from New Bedford at day break he agreed with the coast guards that her days of usefulness were ended. The Wanderer had left New Bedford Monday on what was to have been her last voyage to the south Atlantic whaling grounds, and her skipper had returned there to recruit additional members of her crew while the square-rigger was at anchor of Mishaum Point.
 Comes said the storm caught the Wanderer with an anchor out. drag ged her notwithstanding a kedge anchor put out in haste, and tore the rudder gear off before sail could be hoisted. When the anchor cable parted, and the Wanderer was be- ing swept onto the rocks, the crew took to the boats In waves that were even then sweeping her decks.
 Freighter is Reached
 The freighter Augusta of the In tercoastal line, a small vessel, was beached at Vineyard Haven as re- suit of the storm. The crew stayed aboard, in no danger.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
TOrrington Slayer Makes
 Confession to Coroner

Torrington, Aug. 27. - Lorenzo Sanna, held in connection with the murder of Ralph Deleo in a room- ing house here on the morning of August IA confessed to Coroner s. A. Herman today that he committed the crime. Sanna previously had made confession to police officers.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Riotous Scenes Occur.

London, Aug. 27.-A sitting of the Reichstag was suspended tempor- arily today when, during debate on acceptance of the Dawes plan Lon don agreement, the communists caused an uproar by demanding that their expelled and imprisoned mem- bers should be allowed to vote to- morrow according to a news agency dispatch from Berlin.
 There was free for all fight be- tween the communists and the democrats. A communist struck democrat member in the face and this encounter led to general melee and great uproar. The president, after vainly trying to restore order, finally suspended the session for a short. Zine ard left the house.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
LOOT IS RECOVERED
New Haven Merchants Identify Goods Found in New York Apart mcnt as stolen From Them.

New Haven, Aug. 27.-Local mer- chants today identified part of three trunkfuls of goods said by the police to have been found in the apartment of Lee Roy Tolbert. negro, at 1s1 West 135th street, New York city, as goods stolen from local stores in 1923. Tobert, with Anniello Ferro- care, of East Boston, are held here on a charge of burglary in the store of John F. Bassett and Co.,. recently when rifles and cutlery were stolen. On information obtained from the pair the police visited Tolbert's New York rooms and brought back the goods found there. J. Johnson and Son, clothiers and Lambert and Co.,, entered and footed last year. are the firms which identified goods today.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
LAST SURVIVOR DIES
Lieut.. Manning, 90, Was Last Living Member of Perry's Crew That Visited Japan.

New York, Aug. 27.--Lieut. Will liam Manning, the last survivor of Perry's expedition 10 Japan. died at his home in Brooklyn today after a brief illness. He was 90 years of age.
 Born in Ireland, he went to sea when 14 years old and joined the Pery expedition when 16. He fought under Farragut at Mobile Bay.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
FALLS DEAD AT HOME
Joseph sivolaik, Aged About 65, Sudden Victim of Heart Failure at 355 Arch Street.

Joseph Sivolaik, about 65 years old. of 355 Arch street. dropped dead at his home shortly after 9 o'clock last night, He had not complained of ill health. Medical Examiner E. Waterman Lyon was called and said death was due to heart disease.
 Mir. Sivolaik has been a resident of this city for a number of years, coming here from Wallingford. He is a meat cutter and was employed in a number of markets, the last place In which he was employed be- ing the Commercial market.
 As far as is known he had no relatives, with the exception of a sister in Wallingford, and the body is being held at the undertaking rooms of Laraia & Sagarino until funeral arrangements are made.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Captain Washed Overheard

New York, Aug. 27.-The captain of the steamer Steel Seafarer was lost at sea in yesterdays hurricane when a wave swept away the steams er's bridge, carrying the captain with it, according to a message received by the tanker Elisha Walker, which arrived today from San Pedro. Nc deails of the Steel Seafarer's position were given.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
YACHT IS WRECKED
40-Foot Sloop Yacht Naulahka, Swept Out Of New Haven, Crashes Into Breakwater.

New Haven. Aug. 27. - The 4o- foot sloop yacht Naulahka owned by H. l.. Judson and Ward McWalters of Sheepshead Bay, N. r., which dragged her anchor during yester- days storm, was found badly batter- ed near the breakwater at the mouth of the harbor today and tow ed back to her anchorage off the New Haven Yacht club pier at Nor ris Cove. Persons who were cruising on the yacht came ashore before the vessel went adrift and when search of nearby waters last night failed to discover the yacht, it was believed that she had been blown into the Sound.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Wireless Message Tells
 of Ship in Distress

Washington, Aug. 27. - A radio message received today by the army signal corps from Winnipeg. Man. requested assistance of government stations for the steamer Lady kine- drasly. which was declared to be in danger of sinking with Is persons on board.
 The message signed Edward Fitz- gerald" did not give the position of the ship. It was referred to the navy department for trsnsmittal to the St. Paul's Island station, the nearest in that vicinity.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
nri,nha Reanhes Porf

New York, Aug. 27.--The Orizaba of the Munson line, came into port from Havana today badly battered by the hurricane seas. Although Captain Osborn said that the vessel was violently wrenched by the gale. only one person aboard, the crew cook, was irliured. He was taken to a hospital with fractured leg.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
pRICKED BY CONSCIENCE.

Weehawken. N. J., Aug. 27.--Na- than Weiss. apartment house owner. today received letter from wom- an who signed herself "a Christian" in which was enclosed a s2 bill which the writer explained was to reimburse the man for silver dol lar taken from the Weiss home 10 years ago when the woman worked.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC.

Syracuse. N. Y. Aug. 27.-The second adult death from the infan- tile paralysns epidemic occurred to- Jay when Mrs Marguerite W. Clark. a registered nurse. fell victim to the disease. Nine new cases recorded since Saturday brought the total to- day up to 1o9.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
800 Invalids Off to
 Visit LOurdes Shrine

Rome, Aug. 27.- Eight hundred members of the largest Italian pil- grimage which has ever gone to visit the shrine at Lourdes. mostly in- valids left today by special train for Genoa to join 4.0OO pilgrims who are already congregated in Genoa.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Berlin, Anticipating Adverse Action In Legislative Body Is. sues Formal Reassur- ance For Allies.
Rejection by Assembly Will Result in Body's Dissolution -- RiOtOus Scenes Occur at Today's Session
By The Assoeiated Press.


 Berlin, Aug. 27.-Ihe German government will sign the London agreement whether or not the Reichstag approves of 1t, 1t was off, cially announced today. If the Reischstag. rejects the pact on the Dawes reparation plan. elaborated at the international conference in London, the legislative body will be dissolved, according to the an- nouncement.
 President Ebert and Chancellor Marx have signed the decree dis solving the Reichstag for use in the event the nationalists prevent the government from obtaining a two- thirds majority for tre railways bill which must be passed before the Dawes plan can become effective.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
FIGHTERS WEIGH IN.

New York, Aug. 27.-Young Strib- ling and Paul Berlenbach principals in tonight's light-heavyweight clash at the Velodrome A. c. weighed in at 1671s pounds each at the offices of the state athletic commission at ? p. m. today.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Also Hit By storm.

New York, Aug. 27.-The Mnnson liner Munargo which arrived today from Cuban and Gulf ports, plough ed for two days through a Gulf hur- ricane that broke several windows. No one was hurt.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
GoEs rNro RANkRurror.

New Haven. Aug. s7. Loulo T Dielenschneider of Manchester. 1l6< , a petition in bankruptcy here to1o giving liabilities of ss.6is.s7 and 6< sets of s1,9o0.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
Damare fin Rhode Island

Providence, R. l., Aug. 27.-Lives were jeopardized, vessels blown ashore on Narragansett Bay. hum dreds of trees uprooted or damaged, telephone and power service dis rupted and crops throughout Rhode Island heavily damaged in the sever est summer wind and rain storm that has visited this section in many
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
LINER ARABIC IS HIT BY HURRICANE, SEVERAL HURT
 AMBULANCES ARE ATDOCK
TERRIFIC STORM MAY
 HINDER WORLD PLIERS
Hardly Likely That They Will Hop or For Lab
 radOr Tomorrow
By The Associated press,


 st Johns, Newfoundland. Aug. .7, -- The American round-the-w world tiiers may be prevented from hop- ping on from Iyigtnt, Greenland, for Indian Harbor. Labrador. tomor- row morning, if severe storm which is sweeping over Newfound- land today continues and If it ex- tends towards the north, according to marine experts who declared to- day that the storm area seemed to be moving towards Labrador.
 The storm appears to be the one which swept the Atlantic coast ear- ly yesterday. The marine experts say the fliers probably will find 1t impossible to set out for Labrador until the weather changes.
 Pitou, N. S., Aug. 27.-Mayor MacEachern's committee In charge of preparations for welcoming the visiting American world fiiers, has completed its program. A feature will be a parade. led by the Pictou Highlanders and a pipers' band. Marines from the American naval vessels now in port will add a color full note, while the school children will join in demonstration.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
FRENCH ASSEMBLY, ADJouRNs.

Paris, Aug. 27. -. The French chamber and senate adjourned to- day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-10
YES, KELLY is NOT HERE

Where was Mayor Kelly on We'd
nesday night of last week when the
Chamber of Commerce committee ap-
peared before the members of city
council and presented their plan for
raising funds to keep the police and
fire departments in operation, And
where was he at the several confer
ences held since then? These are the
questions asked by many people who
are anxious that both these depart
ments be maintained intact. Is Mayor
Kelly afraid, does he lack the nerve
to meet his members of council on a
question of such vital Importance to
the citizens of Hamilton? Mayor
Kelly has been much criticised for
his actions and-it seems deservingly
so. 1t was suggested by some one
that perhaps his honor was too busily
engaged staging "Bill Hart" stunt
at Main and F streets as to give
such little matter of police and fire
protection his attention
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-10
MINERS ROBBED
By Lessees Must Cease, De.
clares COlOradO's
Governor

Denver, Colo.-Governor Sweet has
notified irresponsible lessees of coal
mines that they must cease robbing
miners. These parties lease mines
sell the coal and leave the country
without paying the miners.
A concern in Routt county started
to operate under this system, and the
miners threatened to prevent the
operation of the mine unless they
were paid. Instead of paying the
miners the company appealed to the
governor to protect their property
The state executive called on the men
to obey the law and notified the com.
pany that they will save themselves
much annoyance" by the prompt
payment of wages.
"It is unfair to sell coal men have
just mined and then fail to pay them
their wage" the governor said.
"The wages should be the first lier
prior to everything else on every tor
of coal mined by you, and l wish tc
assure you that insofar as the law
permits, l shall protect the men il
this right"
Governor Sweet notified the owners
of the mine that they can not evade
moral responsibility when they re-
ceive royalties on coal lands they
lease.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-10
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

Catholics of this republic and sup
ported, we are sure, in this our action
by the liberty-loving Christian mil
lions of America, we condemn the
wholly unjust attitude of the present
Russian government as opposed to the
fundamental principles of justice and
repugnant to the best sentiments of
all Christian people. We stand ready
to help in every way possible our
suffering brethren of the faith"
If this Characterization of the
soviet regime is just and true-and
what fair-minded man can doubt that
it is s?-what becomes of the asser-
tions of the pro-soviet campaigners
to the contrary? What are we to
think now of those who bespeak the
sympathy of the American people, for
the h-criminals of the soviets and
villify as reactionary everybody who
refused to listen.
The deliberate, sober and humane
Judgment of the American Catholic
hierarchy just about settles that
question.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-10
COMPANY "UNION'
MAKES SILLY MOVE

Manchester, N. H-After the COM
pany union" accepted wage cut
from the Amoskeag Textile Com
pany, these workers attempted to
pass their wage reduction on to local
merchants by calling upon them to
reduce their costs.
Trade unionists declare that the
Amoskeag is behind the move, as this
will instill hope that the union" will
escape responsibility for accepting
lower living standards.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-10
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HIERARCHY CONDEMNS SOVIET

The Catholic hierarchy, including
three cardinals and 62 church digni-
taries, meeting in Washington in an
nual conference, has just taken po-
sition on the soviet regime cores
ponding completely with that of the
American Federation of Labor.
One of the most frightful crimes
of that monstrous reactionary anti
labor regime which has labelled itself
proletarian has been its medieval
persecution of religion.
All the red and pink intellectual"
and professed friends of labor" !"
from Hearst's Arthur Brisbane and
Norman Hapgood to Reverend Nor
man Thomas, Reverend John Haynes
Holmes, and Oswald Garrison Vii
lard and the high brow" weeklies =
supported by several otherwise pro-
gressive senators who ought to know
better and learned all they know
about Soviet Russia after few
days jaunting trip-have been try
ing to exonerate the soviets from the
charge and to clear them of every
other damaging accusation.
Now comes the Catholic church,
which has followed the religious sit
uation at first hand for years through
numerous and absolutely reliable emf
saries and shows that all these "in-
tellectuals' have been serving as the
willing or unwilling tools of the
soviets.
The hierarchy adopted the follow
ing resolution:
"We view with great pain and deep
anxiety the sad plight of the Chris
tian communities in Russia. To them
today in the throes Of religious per-
secution, surprising in many ways
the fearful sutferings of the early
Christians, we extend our sympathy.
Speaking in the name of 20,000,000
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-10
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THE REACTIONARY DAWES

There are some outstanding facts
in the record of presidential can
didate Dawes that no progressive
element in the American people can
approve.
After leaving office as comptroller,
of the currency under Mckinley, he
was conspicuous in his opposition to
the Sherman antitrust law then under
review. In 1907 he was the author
of paper attacking the antitrust
statute because he alleged it pro-
hibited legitimate and proper cooper
alton between persons and corpora
tions in the same line of trade.
He was the political friend and
financial sponsor of United States
Senator William Lorimer, to whom
he wrote, your election means that
in its relation to government legisla-
tion this state will always have it's
proper position" This quotation, by
the way, is a fine example of both
''bombast and brass tacks."
An international banker, large
owner of oil stocks, recently at least,
an open opponent of direct primary
elections and of organized labor, Mr..
Dawes appeals to progressive think
ers in politics as rust to wheat grow
ers. or the boil weevil to cotton
growers.
"Bombast" Dawes was put on the
republican ticket by the most reac-
tionary element of that party. He
represents that element to perfec-
ton.
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CARTIER is BOSS
Paul Cartier, chairman of the city
council finance committee, seems to
be the whole works in council, so far
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-10
BUY AT UNION GROCERIES

Nearly one hundred grocery stores
have signed agreements with the To-
cal Retail Grocery Clerks Union.
All these stores display the union
store card so that there is no longer
any excuse for members of local or
ganized labor permitting the mem
bers of their families purchasing
goods in, non-union grocery stores.
Especially is this true regarding pur-
chases in stores that are declared un-
fair to organized labor and where
the clerks have been discharged be-
cause of having joined labor union.
There are some union card meu, who
are known, who profess much union
ism, yet their families buy in the
unfair stores. These men are likely
to meet some unpleasantaess and enl-
barrassment shortly, and if they do
they have none to blame but them
selves.