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New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
20 Years in Prison for
 Slayer of Bill Brennan

New York. Oct. 29-Twenty years imprisonment in Sing Sing was the sentence Imposed today on Joseph Piloi, 2S. a chauffeur, after he had pleaded guilty to first degree man slaughter charge growing out of the murder of William (BnD Brennan, heavyweight pugilist, shot to death in his Washington Heights cabaret on June IS last.
 Pioli pleaded guilty 10 the man slaughter charge in preference to standing trial on a charge Of first degree murder. Terence 0'Neill, indicted with Pioli for the murder. recently was turned over to New Jersey authorities, as jail breaker. and now is completing a 10 to 30 year sentence.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
Claim Also Made That Re- publicans Have Offered Railroad Men Big Wages to Go on Stump for Coolidge.
R. R. BROTHERHOOD'S
 ACTS TO BE PROBED

Washington, Oct. 29.-Testimony that he had heard of men being dis missed by the American Woolen company for supporting La Toilette was given to a senate committee to- day by Henry L. Ramm of Law renee, Mass.
 From that the committee moved on to charges that an effort had heen made to hire labor men to take the stump for Coolidge.
 Money No Object
 Henry l.. Ramm, railroad fire man of Lawrence, Mass, a La Fol- lette supporter, testified that H. T. Drew, a former supporter of La Fol- lette, had offered him II dollars a day and Il dollars for expenses to support Coolidge and make speeches for him. He said Drew promised that he would receive $1,0O0 over his expenses for this work, that $250 would be placed in his hands at once. He quoted Drew as saying That money was no object"
 similar offers, Ramm declared, had been made to other railroad men in Lawrence and one had &C., cepted it.
 Solicited Funds
 W. L. Bourland, counsel for the republican national committee, drew from Ramm statement that he had solicited funds from labor unions at Lawrence, receiving s25 from the painters union and s25 from the mill and shopmens' union. He said the contributions were made as unions and not as idividuanls.
 ''Is the grand lodge paying your transportation and time lost by your presence here?" Bourland asked.
 Yes" he replied.
 Do you know of any msn being dismissed from the union because of their support of Coolidge?"
 ''No, but have heard of men be- ing dismissed for supporting La Fol lette."
 "Where?"
 At the American Woolen com pany at Lawrence, Mass"
 Collected $120,000
 H. L. Brunson of Washington, R rlachinist, told the committee he
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New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
TRY TO ROB GAS STATION

An attempt to enter the Suburban Gasoline station at 563 West Main street was discovered by James G.. Williams. the proprietor, when he opened for business this morning. The attempt was unsuccessful, but marks were found on the windows and doors showing that an attempt had been made to pry them open. The affair was reported to the po- lice this morning and they are mak- ing an investigation.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
Electic Doctors in
 Another Legal Move

Bridgeport, Oct. 29.-Motion has been made by Judge John B. Dill lon. counsel for five local eclectic doctors whose licenses were re- voked by the state department of health, for superior court judgment on the report of State Referee Mar GUS H. Holcomh. Judge C. L. Avery will hear arguments on the motion here Friday. Attorney Gen. eral Frank F. Healy will represent the state. Judge Dillon will base his plea for upholding of his clients ap- peals on Referee Hoicomb's finding that they were denied their consti- tutional rights in not being allowed to appear before the grand jury.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
PAGE FROM HER BIBLE
 WINS WIDOW PENSION
Mrs. Charles E. B. French Proves Husbands Claim of Service

A page form the Bible given her for wedding present by her late husband which she sent to Wash ington recently. has finally succeed ed, where all other efforts failed, to win for Mrs, Charles E. B. French of Henry street pension from the War Department.
 Although her husband was dis charged from the navy as a sergeant and saw active service in the Span ish-American War, in the Philip pines and in the Boxer uprising, and died from locomotor ataxia, said to be a result of illness sustained in the Army, neither the deceased veteran nor subsequently, his widow were able to get pension until the fly leaf from the family Bible accomplished what seems almost like a miracle.
 MT. French saw service in the U. s. Marines, in the infantry and in the cavalry. He enlisted under an assumed name, taking his first two names, Charles Edward, in order to spare his family. He was given three honorable discharges, one of them on sheepskin being so badly worn that it can hardly be read.
 When Mir. and Mrs. French were married about Is years ago. the for mer attempted to obtain a pension but was unable to prove that Charles E.. B. French and Charles Edward were the same person. His efforts failed.
 September 20, 1923. he died, leav- ing a widow and an 11-year-old son entitled to the pension but unable to prove their claim. tThe matter was brought to the attention of Rev. Raymond N. Gilman Of the Stanley Memorial church, who made it his, business to se that every effort was made 10 obtain the pension. Mir. Gil- man conferred with Theodore John
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New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
90 POUND TOPAZ
Gigantic Stone, Large Enough To Make 2O5,12O Dinner Rings, On Exhibition At Chicago Museum.

Chicago, Oct. PA white topaz, weighing 90 pounds, large enough to make 2O5,120 dinner rings of one carat, and said to be the largest precious gem, has been placed on exhibition in the Field Museum here.
 It was brought from Marambia, Minas, Brazil, by o. C. Harrington, head of the museums department of geology, who headed one of Captain Marshall Fields South American ex- petitions.
 If placed on the market, the stone would supply the demand for many years, museum officials said.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
GROUP INSURANCE FOR CITY WORKERS
Subject Will Be Discussed by
 Board Of Finance
&,O00 MAY COVER COST
Situation in Skelly Case Brings Pro- ject Into observation-disclosures Hall Promises To Bring It To Boards Attention.

At the next meeting Of the board Of finance and taxation. the advisa- : bility Of purchasing group insurance for city employees, particularly in the police and fire departments, will be brought before the board by Chair. man Edward F. Hall who has spent considerable time studying the pro- position.
 The advisability of insurance was first brought out in the discussion that followed the staying of Police- man James Skelly when it was found that existing charter and ordinance regulations might not allow com pensation for the family of the de- ceased policeman.
 Many of the leading industrial plants carry group insurance. All employees ase taken in with fiat rates provision for each group. The pre- mium being regulated in proportion to the hazards that attend the work of each group.
 III HluhiSipdi 6ioup iilsuIdHCS, lnS premiums charged the city for it's police and firemen would be consid- erably greater than that for office clerks and inspectors. Charges would be made at a fixed premium per hundred dollars salary paid the in dividual concerned, and it is believ- ed that an appropriation of not more than s4,000 would be necessity to insure the city against claims aris- ing out of interpretation met by em- ployes while performing their duties.
 Chairman Hall has not completed the compilation of data, and would not say today whether or not he will be in favor, but he has prom ised to bring the matter before the board at an early meeting for a thorough discussion.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
Oldest Scottish Rite '
 Mason in Stamford Dies

Stamford, Oct. 29.-Fred oefnger, Si, oldest Scottish Sand degree Rite Mason and Odd Fellow in this city, was found dead in his bed this noon Heart failure was given as tAs cause, e 2
 Mir, Oefingtr was born in Wur~ temburg, Germany. and came to this country in the sixties and enlisted fn the U. S, Artillery for war service. After the war he was a letter car- rier and later in the newspaper and magazine handling business for 20 years when he retired. He is sur yived by four children.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
Six Young Bandits Get
 Away With S3,000 Payroll

Carteret, N. J., Oct 29-Six young armed bandits today held up Samuel Schwartz, superintendent of the Chrome Cigar company, a branch factory of the General Cigar com pany, and after nearly colliding head-on with the payroll car. flour ished their guns and escaped with the sS,OOO payroll which Schwartz had just brought from the bank.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
Forest Fires Break Out
 Afresh Up in Mass.

Worcester, Oct. 29.-Forest firest. which have been raging near Web ster for several days, broke out near sutton early today and threatened the town of Webster. The blaze Is burning along a two mile front, Is famed by a high wind and is sweeping toward the town with such speed that aid has been sum- moned from other towns. All the men found on the streets of Webster have been pressed into service by the warden. State Deputy Fire Warden John Grove of Wcstboro, with force of firefighters, has been called
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
CHINESE READY ID
 ENDTONG WARFARE
Hip Sings and OnLeoneS to Get
 Together Today
WILL PAY "INDEMNITY"
Other Demands of On Leongs Re-
 garded as Ridiculous by Hip
 Sings - Police Still On Active Duty in New York's Chinatown.
3y The Associated Press.

By Tho Associated Press.
 New York, Oct. 29.-Rival tong leaders predicted today, after a se- ries of secret conferences with their henchmen that lasted all of yester- day and most of last night, an early end of the clandestine war fare that for weeks has been claim ing lives in the Chinatowns of large cities from Chicago to the Atlantic seaboard.
 Dignitaries of the Hip Sings and the On Leongs expected today or tonight to go into extraordinary tong sessions. The Chinese consul general and the Chinese Merchants Benevolent association of New York were prevailed upon to act as inter- mediaries.
 Ready to Talk Peace.
 Ong Foon, for 25 years chief of the Hip Sing in New York's China town, declared he was ready to talk business. Charlie King. veteran icducl ol iut oH bSullbS, bdlu ne would meet the Hip Sings half way.
 Both leaders remained, however, intrenched in their respective head quarters, surrounded indoors by their Chinese advisors, strong-arm men and interpreters, and outdoors by private detectives, as well as by police reserves and plain clot es- men.
 Police on Duty.
 Uniformed police continued to patrol Mott and Dover streets, the meandering thoroughfares which, converging in the heart of China town, are claimed as the sacred pre- cincts of the On Leongs. The Hip Sings walked only to Pell street, under the protecting vigilance of other officers.
 So desperate have the Hip Sing merchants become as the warfare is prolonged and sightseeing custom- CTS shun Chinatown that Ong Foon declared today there was little pros- pect that the demand of the On Le- ongs for $50,O00 "ipdemnity" would be permitted to stand in the way of peace. ....- &
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
THE GIRL SMOKER
She Should Be Barred From Decent Society," According to Michigan State Grange Speaker in Trade.

Petoskey, Mich. Oct. 29.--GirIs who smoke should be banned from decent society, Mrs. Dora H. Stock man, member of the state board Of agriculture and lecturer of the Michigan State Grange declared to- day in report to the grange, in ses- sion here.
 During and since the war, cigar ettes-the white coffin nails-are mailing down the lid of opportunity for thousands of boys and young men," the report declared. Even a few girls are getting into the lime light by smoking in public places The girl smoker should be banned from decent society,""
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
Fall Week Ago Fatal
 To New London Man

New London, Oct. 29.-Frank A. Eldridge, S2, a carpenter, of 8 Beckwith street. died this morning at the Home Memorial hospital of injuries received last Thursday when he fell 70 feet from the third story veranda of a Bank building he and other workmen were remodeling. He sustained a fractured skull, concus- slon Of the brain, fractured rib, broken collar bone, and a punctured lung. He was a member of Pequot lodge, I. o. o. F.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
NO BANKRUPT PAPERS

New Haven, Oct. 29.,-No petition in bankruptcy has been filed by any creditor of G, Harold Gilpatric up till noon today it was stated at the federal court clerks office here. It was reported yesterday that a pe- tition had been filed by J. s. Car penter, representing the Mary Gardner estate of Putnam.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
URGE
 GILPATRIC REPORT Chairman YeOmanS Asks Cover
 nor for All Details AUDIT NOT COMPLETED uuoo .pIon'ssn!! s!! Gives ou, Let.
 "}daQ 'lApS
 5 ,uanasuuoo 1pl'in'ns That .~4~ wm Not Be Finished For Two or Three Weeks to Come,
AUDIT NOT COMPLETED
-~4~ wm Not Be Finished For Two or Three Weeks to Come.

Two or Three Weeks to Come. New Haven, Oct. 29.-A request that the recent audit of the state &C., counts in the treasury department during the term of G. Harold Gill; patric, recently resigned. be publicly announced was made yesterday by Edward M. Yeomans, chairman of the democratic state central com mittee.
 The following letter was given out from the state headquarters here today:
 New Haven, Conn.
 Oct. 2s, 1924. Hon. Charles A. Templeton,
 Governor of Connecticut,
 Hartford, Conn.
 Your excellency: Sometime ago a firm of public accountants from New York was employed to audit the accounts of former State Treasurer Gilpatric and report to you. I am informed that this audit was completed a good while ago, but I have as yet seen no report as to what was disclosed thereby. Is it unreasonable to re- quest that the result of this audit De made public without further delay?
 T think the report should show exactly what accounts were audited and what were not and which &C., counts, if any, were short and which were correct. If the audit does not cover all the accounts during MT. Gilpatric's term of office, the reason that such accounts were not includ- ed should be stated.
 Yours respectfully
 (Signed)
 EDWARD M. YEOMANS,
 Chairman Democratic State
 Central Committee" ,"
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
DEBTS ARE TOO GREAT

New Haven, Oct. se.-The F. S. Bushnell Go. wholesale grocers in a creditors meeting yesterday stated it's debts were ss5.Oo0 besides s3S,- 900 in mortgages. Charles L. Baird. secretary treasurer was made friend iy receiver.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
RAISES DIVIDEND RATE

New York. Oct 2s,-Directors of the American Tobacco Go. today de- clared a quarterly dividend of Sh per cent on both classes of common stock. placing them on a 14 per cent basis as against the previous rate Of i2 per cent
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
STONE SILENT ABOUT
 PROSECUTING PAPERS
Denies Knowledge of Re- ported Test Case in
 Cincinnati

Philadelphia, Oct. 29.--Attorney- General Stone, who came to Phila- delphia today to make an address, said that he was not aware that legal proceedings in connection with the publication of income tax returns were to be started In Cin- cinnati. He added that telegrans had been sent out from the depart ment of justice asking for reports from various cities where the re- turns were published.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
THE WEATHER

Hartford. Oct. 29-ForcCast for NcwsBfitain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday; cooler tonight,
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29

Elizabeth, N. J.. Oct. 2s. - A checkup today shows that 22 vic tins of gas, resulting from their employment in Standard Oil con- pany laboratory at Bayway, are un- der observation in the Reconstruc- tion hospital at New York; four more are in St. Elizabeth hospital, here. and seven are under obserya- ton at their homes. The cases range from violent to those showing symptoms.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
.EMPLOYES DISCHARGED FOR
 SUPPORTING LaFOLLETTE'S
 CANDIDACY, IS CLAIM MADE
DEATH LIST NOW IS
 4 IN GAS POISONING
All Victims Become Vio- lent-Chemist Warns of
 New Gasoline

New York, Oct. 29. - The death list in the gas poisoning of workers In the research laboratory of the Bayway, N. J., plant of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, was in- creased to four by the death today of William Kresge. 29 years old, of Elizabeth, N. J., in Reconstruction hospital.
 Before his death Kresge was so violent that he was placed in a straight jacket. The other victims of the gas who died were similarly affected.
 Herbert Suson, also of Elizabeth, N. J.. is in critical condition at the hospital. He also has been placed in straight jacket. Fifteen other employees are in the same hospital in varying stages of illness produced by the gas.
 Physicians in charge of patients admitted that they were puzzled by the malady. Meanwhile investiga- tions are being made into the opera hIOuS ol lllc
 Discussing the deaths, Dr. Frank J. Monaghan, health commissioner of New York city. said last night that the New York health depart ment for some time past has been making experiments with certain materials used in gasoline mixtures to increase the power of automo- piles. If 1t is discovered, he assert ed, that there is anything in these compounds which endangers life, their sale no longer will be permit ted by the department.
 The workers health bureau re- ceiyed the following telegram from Dr. Yandell Henderson, professor of applied physiology at Yale univer- sity:
 The sale to the public of gaso- line containing lead Is now reported In New Jersey. Maryland. the middle western states and elsewhere. It should b stopped immediately and prohibited until the subject is fully investigated by scientific experts. Otherwise there Is great danger of widespread poisoning among men at gas fillin stations, garages, repair shops and even among the general public. Public health authorities everyT here should take immediate action.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29

Washington. Oct. 2s-Department of justice officials here today said they had no knowledge of orders having been issued for trial of the test case In the income tax publi- cation muddle in Cincinnati.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29

Cincinnati, Oct. 29.-The right of newspapers 10 publish income tax payments will be tested in Cincin- natl.
 Assistant United States Attorney Haveth F. Mau received a telegram today from the office of United States Attorney General Harlan F. Stone stating that a decision had been reached to bring the case in this city.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-29

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-25

Miss Katherine Marbois Jones, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Jones, of Rock
vile. and Lieut.. Edmund Pendleton Gaines.
U. S. Air Service. of Columbia. S. c.. were
married at 8 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
April. 18th. in the Rockville Baptist Church.
Rev. Joseph A. Gaines. of Charlotte. N. c.,
brother of the bridegroom. performed
the ceremony. The church was beautifully
decorated with hydraneeas, Easter lilies,
palms and everereens. the color scheme
being white and green.
The bride wore gown of blue georgette,
beaded in crystals. and her blue hat was
trimmed in pink roses. She carried a
bouquet Of brides roses. Her maid Of
honor and only attendant was her sister,
Miss Virginia Dawson Jones. whose gown
was of yellow seoreette trimmed in lace
She carried blue larkspur and orange snap
DRAGONS.
Lieut.. Russell C. Mcdonald, of Fort Bragg
was best man and the ushers were Lieut.
Leroy Walthall of Fort Bragg. Capt. Person
of Washington. Capt. A. W. Stevens Of
McCook Field. Lieut.. W, T. Myer of Fort
Brasg. Lieut.. McCready Of McCook Field
and Lieut.. Leroy M. Wolf. Lieut.. L. ]. Matt
land and Lieut.. Griscom Haines, all Of
Boiling Field. The bridegroom. best mar
and ushers were all in full military uniform
Mrs. P. Rowland Wagner. of Rockville
played the marches. Immediately upor
the conclusion of the ceremony the usher;
crossed sabers and the bridal party passed
under them on their way from the church,
Because of illness in the family of the
bride no reception was held, the couple
leaving Immediately after the ceremony
for their wedding trip. The bride wore a
black and white eoine-way costume.
Lieut.. Gaines is stationed at Fort Bragl
and he and bis bride will take up thei
residence there upon their return from
their honeymoon trip.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-25

Court Archbishop curley, Catholic Daush-
tiers Of America. will hold card party on
Wednesday. April S0th. at Si5 P. M, in St.
Martins Hall. Gaithersburs. Five hundred,
bridge and pitch will be played. There
will be souvenir for each table and re-
freshments will be served. Tickets, 81,
may be procured from the following COM
mittee: Miss Lucille Fisher, Rockville !;
Mrs. E. P. Schwartz, Gaithersbure; Mrs.
John Rome, Germantown: Mrs. Clayton
Hoyle, Dickerson.
The Derwood M. E. Church South held
its Easter entertainment Sunday night,
April goth. The church was filed with peo-
pie from the community and the nearby
towns-Potomac. Rockville, Gaithersbure
and others. There was a splendid pro-
gram rendered and each and everyone
enjoyed the evening. The church was
decorated with lilies and colors of gold
and purple, in the front was banner with
He Is Risen" upon it. am most sure
that the one who is responsible for this
splendid program deserves much credit.
URN.
Thomas Ross, the former service youth
of Burnt Mills. who several nights ago
plunged penknife into his throat in an
effort to end his life in his cell in jail here,
where he was being held for trial on the
CHARGE Of operating an automobile while
under the influence of liquor. has been re-
ceived into Walter Reed Hospital. The
physicians at the Montgomery County Gen.
eral Hospital, where he was taken imme-
diately after he had wounded himself.
decided his mental condition to be bad,
possibly the result Of shell shock. and
recommended that he be committed to
some institution where he would receive
the proper treatment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-25
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that an election
will be hell under the provisions Of Arti-
Gle IS. Section 1870. Of the Code OF Public
Local Laws Of the State OF Maryland. at
the ticket Office at the Town Hall. in the
town Of Rockville. Md. on Monday. the 5th
day OF May. 1924. between the hours Of
IL O'Clock. noon. and $50 O'Clock In the
evening. for one person not less than 80
years Of age TO serve as Mayor Of said
town. and four persons not less than rs
years Of age who. together with the Mayor,
shall constitute the Council Of the town,
all Of whom shall have resided In said
town at least three years previous TO their
election. Said officers TO serve for two
years from said first Monday in May or
until their successors shall have been
elected and qualified.
j. v. PETER.
s. B. HANEY
j. A. ENGLAND.
apr lite Judges Of election.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-25
Keep Posted.

When you drive into town. make our
bank your first call. even if you have no
business to transact. For 1t is very likely
that we will have something of interest to
tell you. or learn from you.
We try to keep in close touch with the
farming needs and experiences of our ter
ritory, and serve as a clearing house for
information affecting farm economics and
all developments that may help our friends
to progressive and prosperous year.
The MONTGOMERY COUNTY NATIONAL BANK.
ROCKVILLE, MD.