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New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
AUDITORS BEGIN CHECK-UP
 OF GILPATRIC'S ACCOUNTS
Corps of Experts Starts Examination of Books and Will Report
 Directly to Governor

Hartford Aug. 26.-Francis Oakley of New York, member of the ac- counting firm of Searle, Oakley and Miller, and a corps of half dozen assistants began this morning the audit of the state treasury, ordered by Governor Charles A. Templeton. Immediately on arriving at the capi- tol. the auditors went to Treasurer Anson T. McCooks office and were closeted with him all morning.
 Progress reports on the audit are to be made directly to the governor by Mir. Oakley, who is personally the work. His staff in- cludes several accountants from the office of the firm.
 MT. McCook said this morning that he had heard nothing about a con- ference of state officials to be held today beyond the statement made public yesterday by Comptroller Frederick NJ. Salmon. Governos Templeton was not expected in Hart ford, it was said at his office.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
ARREST 35 KLANSMEN IN RAID ON MEETING General Moseley Breaks Up Gathering on Mili-
 tary Reservation

Battle Creek. Mich. Aug. 2e-
 Thirty-five persons were placed in
 the guard house at Camp Custer late last night after A detachment of the
 ;uard, with Gen. Moseley command ing officer in charge. broke up n gathering of klansmen on the south ern part of the military reservation.
 Any further meetings of the Ku Klux Kan or similar organizations will be dealt with severely. General Moseley said. It was expected that a general order would be issued to- day against repetition of last nights affair. when fiery cross was placed on the hill while scores of persons looked on.
 Those taken into custody last night are to be questioned today. Many of them are said to have been merely spectators at the ceremonies. Most of the klansmen had fled, it was believed, when General Moseley and his men closed in on the gather ing.
 Harbord Hill, at Camp Custer, will be covered with machine guns hereafter, and fire will be opened should another unauthorized meet ing. such as was held last night pre- sumably by the Ku klux klan, be held there, an order issued today by Major Franklyn, chief of staff, at the direction of General Moseley, said.
 The order. which is to be read to every organization within the camp has been issued to the press, ''so that all innocent parties may be fully advised" follows:
 For several evenings detach- ments, apparently of the Ku Klux Klan, have entered the southern part of the Camp Custer reservation and held meetings on Harbord Hill with the evident intent of bringing their order to the attention of members of this camp.
 Last night the guard sent to cap turs any such intruders on the reser- vation arrived too late, but it did | gather in a number of members of | this camp who had been attracted to | the vicinity of the meeting, evidently | by idle curiosity.
 "The members of this camp are warned to keep away from any and all such meetings. It is an offense for soldier to appear in his uni form at such a gathering. The true patriotic soldier serves honorably in an organization wherein each mem Der is recognized in the law by name.
 ITO carry out the intent of this order instructions have been issued 10 cover Harbord Hill with machine gun fire and should another meeting be held, this fire will be opened.
 "All members of this garrison will avoid being in the vicinity of such a meeting"
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
STORM SWEEPING COAST FROM HATTERAS NORTH;
 SHIPS ARE REPORTED LOST
MISS GRIFFIN FOUND; WROTE NOTES TO RASS
Partner of Man Found Dead May Be in Denmark
 No Trace of Lugosy

New York. Aug. 2s.--Another step
 toward the solution of the mystery
 surrounding the murder of Aaron A.
 Graf, aged radio cabinet manufae-
 turer whose dismembered body was
 found m a sealed box in a Green
 wieh Village basement last week.
 was announced by the police today
 with the finding of Miss Moxelle Griffen, of Knightdale, N. C.. one of the several women known to have corresponded with Charles Rass. missing partner Of the murdered man.
 Rass, who was reported to have taken si,o0o of Graff's money before his disappearance last May. is be- lieved by Miss Griffen 10 have gone 10 his former home in Denmark. The last letter she received from him, she told the police, contained the information that his father was very i'll and that Rass intended to sail for Denmark soon. This letter was written early in May. Miss Griffen said she had received no word from Rass since that time.
 Miss Griffen was found after several days search which begun when police learned that the missing Rass had been considered her sweet heart by Greenwich Village ac- quaintances. She first was sought at the home of an uncle in Pocomoke City. Md, but later was found at her fathers home in knightdale.
 The police admitted today they had no further clue to the where abouts of John Lugosy, carpenter. formerly associated with Graf, in the basement of whose home Graff's 1 body was found. Lugosy disappear sd Aug. g, eight days after Graf is believed to have been murdered fol- owing his departure from home | with the announcement that he in ended to call on the carpenter to | discuss renewal of a s1O0 note he | leld against him.
 Several packets of love letters rom number of women. some of | hem addressed to Lugosy and oth- ,rs to Rass, have been found by the | police in their search of three | Greenwich Village basements for evidence. Both men, they said. were believed to have been subscribers to
 matrimonial agency through which hey met many women, although 4uEosy is married.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
BRITAIN CANNOT PLEDGE
 HEAVY DISARMAMENT
Explains That Competi- tion Between Powers Keeps
 Expenses Up.
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Geneva, Aug. 26.-Prime Minister Macdonald of Great Britain today declared to the league of nations that, although Great Britain was constantly seeking to reduce her armament expenditures, she could not. pledge that the present or that future British governments would not exceed the current outlays.
 His statement was made in answer to the leagues request that all countries attempt in the future not to exceed their armament expenses for this year.
 MT. Macdonald emphasized that a considerable part of the expense was due to competition between the pow CTS which could be eliminated only by mutual agreements. He declared that Great Britain always was ready to negotiate such agreements.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
One Boy Killed In New York Govt. Advises Caution For All Ves- sells - Velocity Of Wind Measured At 68 Miles An Hour.

Norfolk. Va, Aus. sS,-rhe tus
 Mildred MeNally. of Philadelphia. was sunk in Pamlieo sound last night when it was caught in the hur- ricsne which swept the Virginia and North Carolina coasts.
 Fear is felt for the tug Bermuda. owned by the Southern Transporta- ton company. which. with three light barges behind her. was due at capo Henry from New York at day light today. Coast guard stations between Cape Charles and Cape Henlopen were requested to watch for the vessel and the coast guard cutter Manning put out from Hamp- ton Roads 10 search the shore for dil ''' craft.
 Tel. sraph and telephone lines all along the coast were blown down by the gale. which formed in the Carib- bean sea Saturday and this forenoon was centered off Atlantic City. N. J. Information regarding the damage along the Virginia and North Caro- lima seaboard was coming in slowly.
 6S Miles An Hour Wind.
 At Cape Henry the wind last night attained velocity of 6S miles an hour. The maximum velocity regis tered at Norfolk was 52 miles an hour at the Hampton Roads naval operating base 60 miles. Reports from life saving stations south of Norfolk indicate higher wind ve- locity.
 In Pamlico Sound, where the Me- Nally tug foundered, the velocity vas said to have approached 80 miles an hour. Telegraph wires to Cape Hatteras, which was believed to have been close to the center of .he disturbance. were down and no information was available from there early today,
 A shift of the wind from north east to west at Norfolk this morn- ing indicated that the storm had swept by and storm signals were or | dered down between Baltimore and | Beaufort.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
LOOKING FOR TWINS

New Haven, Aug. 26.-Police here and elsewhere in the state have been asked to look for Clarence and Da- vid Dew, twins aged II years, who disappeared from their home in this city about week ago. Parents of the youngsters are reported to have no idea what has become of them. Numerous clues have been run down by the police without result,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
MOVE FRATERNAL STUFF

New Haven, Aug. 26.-Property of Wolfs Head, one of Yale's famous senior societies, was removed from the home which the society has oc- cupied for years, to the new frater- nity house near the Yale campus to- day. The old home of the organiza- tion has been purchased by the uni versity together with other real es- tate nearby.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
COMMITS SUICIDE

Morrison. Colo, Aug. 26.--On the peak of Mount Gellon from which he could obtain a clear view of the peak discovered by his forebear and namesake. Zebulon Montgomery Pike, declared to be nephew of the explorer, committed suicide by blow ing himself to pieces by exploding a stick of dynamite. His body was discovered today.
 Zebulon Pike was killed in 1913 by the explosion of a powder maga- zine at an army camp.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
C. P. 0. Killed; Explosion
 on a U. $. Submarine

By The Associated Press.
 Manila, Aug. 26.--James F.. Egan, of Omaha, Neb., chief petty off cer. was killed today by an engine room backf1re explosion aboard the submarine S-2, lying at Cavite navy yard. Seaman Moroski was slightly injured by the blast. The submar- inc was undamaged.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
MOVIE MEN ADJOURN

New Haven, Aug. 26.-The direc- tors of the moving picture theater owners of America concluded two day session here today as guests of the national treasurer of the associa- ton, Louis N. Sagal. An invitation was extended to the association to hold the convention in this city in 1926.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26

Stamford, Aug. 26-Thomas Be- vina who died fin Mt. Kisco, N. r., hospital today following burns su- stained when he set fire to his auto mobile and resisted an attempt to rescue him from the burning vehicle. lived with his parents on Pacific street here. According to the fam fly the young man had kept com pany with young woman, Miss Elm fly Weis. 24, who is employed in the Washington Market, across the street from his home. about five years ago but had ceased his attentions to Miss Weir two or three years ago.
 Miss Weir, who is to be married this week to Henry Klein, a local young man, when seen today, denied that her acquaintance with Bovina was more than casual one such as she had with other persons who visited the store. She said that he had mentioned love matters in his conversation with her but that she considered that he was joking. She declared that she had no idea that Bovina had any serious intentions toward her.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
Storn, Warnings.

Washington, Aug. 26.-The weath- CT bureau today issued the following storm warning:
 Advisory g a. m. tropical storm otf New Jersey coast, moving rapidly north-northeastward will be attend ed by strong shifting gales today. Caution advised all vessels"
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
'DRYS' WILL HAVE TICKET
Party Leaders Ask City Clerk to Re- serve Space on Voting Machine at Fall Election.

City Clerk A. L. Thompson has been advised by the local branch of the dry" party that 1t will put a ticket in the field in the fall and has requested that space be reserved on the voting machines for the can didates. No intimation of who the candidates will De has been made.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
Oh North Carolina

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 26.--The tropi- cal storm that lashed the North Car olina and Virginia coasts throughout the night, driving numerous ships 10 shelter and drenching several expos ed towns, continued it's north north essterly course early today but left little known damage in its wake.
 Hurricane warnings displayed from Beaufort, N. C., to Cape Henry late yesterday prevented a number of vessels from leaving harbors along the route and caused owners to re- call others that had cleared, while a number, finding the wind mounting rapidly, were put back by their cap tains.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
ROUND WORLD FLYERS TUNE PLANEyI M PREPARATION FOR THEIR FLIGHT TO INDIAN HARBOR, LABRADOR
THREE SOLDIERS DIE
 AS TRUCK TURNS OVER
Bodies Will Be Given Mill tary Escort to Homes
 To r "estigate Cause

g1 ;,,., ,,.E,m,.. %o '"e,sy es,isns; a,si :; Guard, "ss Xii sillsa 's's.o su,h'e, '!'S"a: nos last night when an 5ssU .sSp,. C upon which they wers's, Sdb,H turned, will be sent to tTx,. Y
 under military escort and Vl
 buried with military honore, it % : announced today. Nineteen other Indiana guardsmen were injured in the crash, none seriously, however. reports from the camp said.
 Those killed were Privates Harvey J. Walton. Oscar II. Marshall and William Petrle, all of Ladoga, Ind.
 The truck was returning from the camp rife range when 1t met an au- tomobile with glaring headlights and the driver stcered to the extreme side of the road. Recent rains were said to have weakened the road at the side and the heavy truck slipped over the edge and rolled down a fif- teen-foot embankment.
 Walton and Marshall were killed almost inst antly and Petrie died in the camp hospital.
 Major General Robert H. Tyndall, commanding the thirty-eighth divi- sion, made a personal examination after the tragedy and said he would appoint board of off, ficers to conduct a full investigation of the accident.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
Boats Go Ashore

Lewes. Del, Aug. 26.-The four n1asted schooner Rosalie, the U. s. Geodetic Survey Gasoline steamer Gloria and government seaplane dragged their anchors and drifted aground in the storm that came up the coast last night. All were in good condition today and expected to float on the next high tide. The wind last night reached maximum of so miles an hour from the north east.
 The seaplane is one of number that had been msneuvering off the Delaware Capes for several days. The schooner was waiting here to load fish scraps for Charleston, s. C.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26

lage, and prepared plans for his suicide.
 Miller was severely burned in pull ing Bibona from the car. The dead man was son of Antonio Bibona of Stamford.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
Erie Road Had Humble Beginning.

N''A, 'sONt s'".o Chicago, Aug. 26.---From a humble beginning as Pennsylvania coal road of some 30 miles between Crawford Junction, Pa. and John- sonburg, Pa, the Erie railroad. or ganized April 8. 1870, as the Wilson Howard Hill Improvement Co.,, de- veloped mileage of approximately 2,447. The company owns about 14,O00 acres of coal lands.
 The New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Co.,, to which the system changed its name June 2S, 1881, was incorporated in New York, November IA, 1895, and soon acquired control of a majority of the stock of virtually all subsi- diary roads, including the Chicago and Erie Railroad, and the Nypano Railroad Co. On November 19, 1895, the Buffalo and Southwestern road was merged into the Erie.
 The Erie International and Lock- port and Buffalo railroads were merged into the company in 1895, and the Buffalo, New York and Erie railroad and the Suspension Bridge and Erie Junction Railroad were formally absorbed in 1896.
 The Union Steamboat Co. and the Union Dry Dock Co. were consolidat- ed June II, 1896, and June 30 of that year, The corporation thus formed was merged into the Erie Railroad Co.
 On February 26, 1915, the Erie and Jersey Railroad O., which ex- tended from Graham, N. Y, to High land Mills, N. r., a distance of 39 miles, and whose property was leased to the Erie Terminals Rail- road Co.,. was merged with the Erie.
 Capital stock owned by the com pany included s1,o0,0Oo in the Blossburg Coal Co.,, s1,00o,o00 in the Coal and Iron Co.,, s5,O00,- 100 in Northwestern Mine Coal and Iron Co.,, s5.0O0,0oO in the North western Mining and Exchange Co. ,f Erie, and s5,o00,00O in the Penn
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New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
THE WEATHER

Hartford, Aug. 28-Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Rain this afternoon; generally fair tonight and Wednesday; slightly warmer Wednesday.
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New Britain herald., 1924-08-26
EAST ID HAVE NEW
 RAILROAD SYSTEM
Erie Directors Approve Of Msr.
 ger With Nickel Plate Lines
i4,0OO MILES OF RAILWAY
Chesapeake & Ohio and Hooking Valley Have Already Put O, K. on Combine--Pere Marquette Board Expected to Act Fayorabiy.

New York. Aug. e6,-An eastern
 railroad system comprising almost
 li.00O miles under one management
 was considered practically assured
 today. following the action Of the
 directors of the Erie Railroad com
 pany yesterday in approving a mer-
 ger with the Nickel Plate. in which
 three additional railway systems are l involved.
 The Chesapeake and Ohio and tho Hooking Valley lines voted at n
 meeting in Cleveland yesterday 10 participate in the merger. following acceptance of terms by the Nickel
 Plate week ago. The Pere Mar quette, fifth member of the proposed merger Is expected to fall in line, thus completing the most ambitious project yet put forward by the Van Sweringen Brothers. whose financial exploits already have made them famous and wealthy.
 Probable Terms of Exchange
 Although the terms of the ex- change were not contained in the of- ncial announcement, it is understood that they will be practically the same as those outlined in the notice issued semi officially several weeks ago by J. P. Morgan & Company, who, in conjunction with the First National bank. are backing o. P. and NJ. J. Van Sweringcn in their under taking. Under these terms the Erie stockholders were to receive for first and second preferred stock 50 per per cent in preferred stock of the new Nickel Plate company and for Erie common stock, 40 per cent in the new common stock.
 The agreement further provides that for Pere Marquette prior pre- ference stock 100 per cent of the new preferred stock; for Pere Mar quette preferred stock 90 per cent of the new preferred stock, and for Pere Marquette common stock 85 per cent of the new common stock. For Chesapeake & Ohio preferred stock holders will receive 115 per cent of new preferred: for Chesapeake 6; Ohio common stock 55 per cent in new preferred and b5 per cent in new common stock. t
 Hooking Valley stockholders will receive 50 per cent in new preferred and so per cen. in new common stock for their common stock.
 As to the existing stock of the New V nI-lr r. ,.;. n ' company. special provision will be made so that it will receive an amount of preferred and common stock equal to the amount of It's stock now outstanding and special provision will be made to care for ts holdings of Cheapeake & Ohio and Hooking Valley.
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Washington. Aug. 2s.-The army world fliers notified the air service here today that they expected to fly from Ivigtut. Greenland, to the Las brador coast on Thursday.
 Lieutenant Smith. commander of the flight. sent this message from the cruiser Milwaukee. to Major General Patrick, chief of the air service:
 Our work progressing nicely and we expect 10 continue on the 26th."
The broad ax., 1924-11-29

both Robert R. Levy and William a.
Bither, were legislated out Of the ward
boundary lines, as now constituting
the Third Ward;
Cd That by reason OF factional diff
ferences, together with the claims Of
the committeeman elected in 1916 and
1920, asserting their respective rights
as legal committeeman, the present
Third Ward is without an official
spokesman in the Party Councils.
And whereas, the regular Third
Ward Republican Organization exists
the same today as it has always ex-
isted, meeting under the same roof as
It has met for the past Il years, with
the single exception that it is without
a properly designated spokesman.
Therefore, be it resolved that the
regular Third Ward Republican Or
ganization, in meeting duly assembled
for this purpose, do hereby designate
and appoint George T. Kersey as the
The broad ax., 1924-11-29

many other freakish costumes, and all
unmarried young women who this year
have reached the age of rs, as was
their right, wore the special head-gear
which denotes their mateless status.
The police were quite powerless TO
straighten out the traffic tangles. but
took it good naturedly. even when the
midinettes became SO enthusiastic as
to seriously interrupt the city's bust
ness.
The kisses few unrestrained far into
the evening, and hundreds Of tourists
including many Americans, reported
more personal osculation in single
day than they had experienced in their
previous lifetime
Il would have been worth one or
two dollars il all the men folks could
have been transferred to Paris for one
or two hours so that they would have
been able to have filed up on sweet
French kisses.-Ed Editor.
The broad ax., 1924-11-29
He win Be Inducted Into Office in
Room IIoo, City Hall

Monday. December !. will be his
tory-making day for the almost two
hundred thousand colored people re-
siding in Chicago. and for the twelve
million other colored people, living in
other sections OF the United States.
For on that date. Hon. Albert B.
George viii assume his duties as one
of the newly-elected judges Of the
Municipal Court Of Chicago. He has
already been sworn in BY the County
Clerk He will be located in room
Il09, City Hall, where he has been
assigned to duty While the writer
was in conversation with Chief Justice
Olson. the first of this week. he un-
hesitating declared that from a legal
point Of view. that Mr.. George was
pre-eminently qualified to ably preside
over any branch OF the Municipal
Court in Chicago, and that he was GO
The broad ax., 1924-11-29

acting committeeman Of the Third
Ward Regular Republican Organiza-
ton. and authorize and empower him
to speak for the regular Third Ward
Organization in all matters that prop
erly come within the jurisdiction,
authority and control of ward COM
mitteeman, the same as if he had
been elected BY the people of the
Third Ward, to 50 represent and act
for them.
Be it further resolved, that a copy
Of these resolutions, properly signed
BY the President and Secretary Of the
regular Third Ward Republican Or
ganization, be forwarded to the Chair
man OF the Republican State Central
Committee. Chairman Of the Cook
County Republican Committee, the
elected State Republican Officials, the
elected County Republican Officials,
and the elected City Republican Of
ficials.
The broad ax., 1924-11-29
KISSING MAID EMS BLOCK
TRAFFIC ALL OVER PARIS

Paris-Trafic was impeded all
Tuesday as the French capital spent
its eayest day of the year in one grand
kissing bee.
American tourists and correspond
eHts were constantly getting ID the
way as the Partisan midinettes swept
up and down the pixies Of Paris in the
famous St. GATHERINGS day celebration.
Paiama clad maidens frisl1ed about the
rues and the bouIevards, with hilari-
ous laughter and shriII screams Of
happiness As they bestowed their kisses
on every eligible male who could Be
caught-and the catching was not
difficult The silk pajamas We'd with