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New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
Weather Outlook for
 This Coming Week

WashingtOn, April 4.-W eaIHeI outlook for the week beginning Mon day:
 North and Middle Atlantic states: Cloudy at beginning with showers in Middle Atlantic states and possibly southern New England; generally fair thereafter until near end when showers are probable. Temperature below normal Monday and Tuesday and about normal thereafter.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
Revenue Agents Plead
 Not Guilty to ExtOrtiOn

New York, April 4.-Pleas of not guilty were entered before Federal Judge Bondy by four of the seven deputy collectors of internal revenue who yesterday were indicted on charges of extortion. They were Henry Mayer, Saul c. Stenthal, David Benjamin and Charles Fremont, and were held in s2.O0O bail each. Two others were held in bail yesterday, The indictments were returned after 50 citizens of the Bronx and Vest chester county testified they had paid the collectors from $50 to S2,000 when threatened with being charged with income tax return frauds.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
Indiana Town Threatened
 With Destruction by Fire

St. Meinrad, Ind, April IA fire which for time threatened the en- tire town was placed under control early this morning when hundreds of citizens were aroused and formed a bucket brigade to fight the flames. The fire which began in the stall building late last night soon spread to residences nearby but the brigade kept these flames under control The stall building was completely de- stroyed. Damage was estimated at about S75.00O. ..t
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
Fishermen Limit Catches
 To Maintain Prices

Douarnenez, France, April 4.-An unprecedented abundance of mack erel in the waters off Douarnenez has eliminated in a decision of the fishermen during a mass meeting to curtail the catch. A resolution passed said that 'in order to pre- vent another collapse in prices on the market fishing boats may bring back to port only seven hun dred mackerel for each member of their crews.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
Prepare to Construct
 Myrtle Street Subway

Materials are being ordered by the board of public works with
 which to carry on the Myrtle street subway operations. This is the first subway to be built under the new bond issue which is to be available shortly. The board of public works is working on recommendation 10 bs made to the cannon council this month relative to the subway job
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
Delaware and Hudson
 Would Form New Coal Go.

New York, April 4.-Segregation of the anthracite coal holdings of the Delaware & Hudson Co. was proposed today by the railroads g board of managers. Stockholders of the common at their annual meet ing on May 12 will be asked to ap- prove the transfer of the coal properties to new corporation, all the stock of which will be owned by the Delaware & Hudson Co.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
HART WILL RETURN
Famous Western Movie Star Will Do His Stuff Under Banner Of the United Artists.

Hollywood. Cal, April With definite assurance that William S. Hart would make his second return to the screen under the banner of United Artists, that organization was preparing today for a series of conferences. beginning Monday, at which further enlargement of the group will be considered.
 Since its organization five years ago under the leadership of Doug las Fairbanks. Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, United Artists has grown to include Norma and Con- stance Talmadge, Rudolph Valen- tino and William S. Hart. Tn the face of this growth, however, &C., cording to Joseph Schenck. chair man of the board of directors, the organization finds itself unable to maintain Q regular schedule of re- leases and is faced with the neces- sity of enlarglng its membership to build up its aggregate production.
 Hart twice has withdrawn from active work in the films.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
WEEKS IS COMFORTABLE
Secretary of War Has Quiet Night and Is Regaining Use of Fingers in Left Hand Affected by Sock.

Washington. April 4.-Secretary Weeks who is i'll with cerebral thrombosis, passed such a restful night that attending physicians did not find 1t necessary to call at the sick room until well into the fore noon.
 The situation was not regarded by the doctors as serious enough to warrant the issuance of regular bull letins.
 Mir. Weeks Is rapidly regaining use of the fingers of the left hand which had been affected by the light stroke suffered last Wednesday,.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

sent from the Atlanta prison and signed Gerald Chapman" asking him to appear as counsel in the murder trial. It dazed Chapman be- cause he insisted that he had not written the communication.
 Despite the awkward situation, Murphy continued to be associated with the defense counsel and ably argued with change of venue, as well as doing other important work in connection with the case.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
STOLEN CAR FOUND

John Mccarthy of 421 Allen street notified police headquarters last eve ming that the car stolen from S9 Daley avenue the night before was standing in front of 415 Allen street. The machine was recovered and the owner notified.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
CHANGE IN RUS sCHEDULE

A change In the bus schedule be- tween this city and Berlin will be inaugurated Monday morning, when there will be a bus leaving here for Kensington at 6:05 a. m., arriving there at 6:23 a. m. The same car will leave to return at 6;25 and will arrive here at GAS. This is to &C., commodate the factory workers.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT

Judgement for the defendant 10 recover costs was rendered by Judge William c. Hungerford in city court yesterday afternoon in the case of Eva Cernauskas against Adolf Czapouis. The case involved the al- legged non-payment of board. Judge William F. Mangan represented the defendant.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
FORMER LOCAL MAN BUYS
 LAWRENCE NEWSPAPER
Benjamin Pouzzner Takes Over The Telegram--Alrcady Owns \
 Two other Papers

Lawrence. Mass. April 4.--Kim- ball G, Colby and W. II. Bagley, publishers of the Lawrence Tele- gram, announced today tho sale of the paper to Benjamin s. Pouzzner. owner and publisher of the Law renee Sunday Sun and the Lowell Sunday Telegram. Mir. Pou2zner announced that henceforth although each paper will maintain it's own Individuality, they will both be printed at the office of the Sunday Sun. The Telegram was established as daily paper in lS96.
 Mir. Pouzzner Is q son of MT. and Mrs. l. Pouzzner of Church street, this city, and formerly resided here.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
sp0NGEs ENDORSED AS PETS

SPONGES' ENDORSED AS PETS
 Seattle. April 4. - Two pet sponges, raised from Infancy by Trevor Kincaid. professor of zool- ogy in the University of Washing ton, has given birth to six young sPonges.
 The sextet are replicas of the parent sponges, and, although they may never be useful in swabblng mud off the family automobile, they make remarkably docile pets, said Professor Kincaid.
 Professor Kincaid's experiment, as far as known here, was inc first successful sttenpt 10 raise sponges In an tm4oor acquaTium.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
BoBs HAIR AT so. DIES

Coleridge, Neb, April Mrs, Rose West, eighty. is dead, as & re- suit, it Is said. of bobbing her hair She caught cold after the bob and pneumonia developed.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
7y Tho Associated Press.

7y Tho Associated Press.
 Berlin, April A serious accl- dent. in which 1t is reported that many persons were killed or injured, occurred this morning at the Shines colliery at Karnap, near Essen, when winding engine broke down. De- tails of the accident are lacking.
 A four storied cage containing 70 miners fell down the shaft with the breaking of a gear. The men in the upper story were rescued. though many of them were injured. Two bodies have been recovered from the lower story, and Il men still are missing.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
MINERS KILLED WHEN
 ELEVATOR CAGE FALLS
Tragedy in German Coal
 Mine Near Essen-Death ,. List Incomplete
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press,
 Essen, Germany April 4.--At noon today 6S of the men who were in the cage which fell early today at the Krupps mine, near here, were reported to have been accounted for. Of this number two were killed. three were badly injured. 43 were slightly injured, while 15 suffered no harm. Seven to nine of the men are still missing. and 1t Is assumed they are dead.
 A panicky crowd of women and children. relatives of the miners, are at the gates of the colllery grounds demanding admission.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
REPORTS AUTOMOBILE STOLEN

Clyde Santy of IA Allen street notified She police this morning that his coupe had been stolen from in front of his home last night It was a 1921 model and bore Connecticut registration 54-0o
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
BOND ISSUES RALLY
French Securities Recover From De- pressiOn Noted During The Past Fed Days.

New York, April "A quick rally in French bonds, which had been de- pressed by the confused political and financial situation in France, imparted a firm tone to today's bond trading. Abandonment of plans for a new note issue appeared to have 8 favorable effect on these obliga- tions despite the looming possibility of a capital levy, and most of the governmental and municipal issues Rtrieved yesterdays losses of 1 10 points. Delaware 6. Hudson con- vertible js spurted almost a point on the announcement of the railroad S plan to segregate it's coal holdings, and several other rail liens scored moderate gains. Local traction is sues were the only outstanding heavy spots, being influenced by a court order requiring the Interbor- ough to pay back dividends to stock holders of leased lines.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
CHAPMAN ID HANG ON 25TH OF JUNE
(Continued from First Page.)

bandit began Tuesday morning of last week. It was a summerlike day outside and the sun from a sky of blue and silver sent warm flood through courtroom window, weav- ing golden carpet on which Chap man stood 10 hear his doom.
 Didn't Think He Had Chance
 Through Groehl, the seemingly un- perturbed man now face to face with the gallows. announced a few min utes after the verdict that T really did not think that I had chance" |" He added: "The, prejudice in the minds of the jurors was so great they didn't convict the man who committed the murder, but they con- victed Gerald Chapman, the super bandit and arch criminal, solely on his past record"
 Verdict Surprise.
 Announcement of the verdict came as a surprise, one hour and thirty five minutes after the jurors had re- turned to the dingy jury room from the hotel in which they had spent the night. They had been told by the judge to recOmmence their interrupt cd deliberations at 10 o'clock, but, having arisen at 6:30 o'clock and taken a short pre- breakfast walk the jurors returned to their grim business about o'clock.
 At 1926 there was a knock at the jury room door, Judge Jennings was notified. The prisoner was brought into the bleak prisoners cage from his basement cell and took his seat in the midst of his ever-present guard as the jurors filed into the court room.
 There was only slim crowd In the court room that for almost two weeks had been battle ground of men and women fighting to get a sight of the man on trial for his life.
 Hartford April An interesting story is being told in connection with the appearance of Attorney Charles w. Murphy of Danbury in the de- fense of Gerald Chapman. accused of the murder of Policeman James Skelly of New Britain October F, 1924.
 Soon after Chapman had been ar rested al Muncie. Indiana, and taken back 10 the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, Attorney Murphy received letter asking him to ap- pear as counsel for Chapman. This he willingly agreed to do.
 Before the opening of the trial. Frederick J. Groehl of New York, chief Of defense counsel, and Attor- ney Murphy went to Wethersfeld to confer with Chapman.
 Who's that man?" Chapman ask cd, pointing at Murphy.
 Groehl told him it was Murphy.
 "What's he doing here?" Chap man inquired.
 Hes the lawyer you wrote to from Atlanta" Groehl replied.
 T didn't write. to any lawyer from Atlanta" Chapman said.
 Murphy then produced a letter
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

London, April "A Berlin dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph says that IS men were killed at the Stinnes ,s near Essen by the fall of cage. Fifty-four men are re- ported to Lave been injured.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01

Nuorteva and at one time it looked
as if it would result in q verdict Of
death by shooting.
Fraina was completely cleared OF
all charges, but Lenine found that as
far as the evidence against Nuorteva
was concerned, it lacked the necessary
clements to show that he had deliber-
ately plotted with the United States
department of justice agents, against
Communism. He was freed, but re-
moved from all activities. Some time
later there was a rumor among the
Communists in New York that Nuor-
teva had been shot. anyway, but |
never got any confirmation of this
and do not know what happened to
him.
In my chapters next Sunday. l will
begin to tell you of my activities for
Scotland Yard, at the third interna-
tional and of my work with Mr..
Marsh at Warwick castle and of the
one occasion when it was necessary
for me TO reveal myself as Scot
land Yard man to save myself from
being deported in the middle of the
night to Russia where l would have
met nv end.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
TO ELECT
PENSION DIRECTORS

Ballots for election of nine direc-
tors of the Teachers Sick Benefit. and
Pension association will be mailed
members of the association Monday,
it was announced Saturday by c. A.
Arnold, secretary. Ballots will be
marked as to preferences of nominees
and returned to Secretary Arnold not
later than November ~. As soon
as tabulated the result of the election
will be announced, Secretary Arm
old said.
The association is composed of
teachers in the public schools of San
Antonio and numbers several hundred.
Nominations for the board of direc-
tors were made several weeks ago,
Mr.. Arnold stated. Nineteen names
are on the ballots.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
SPY TELLS HOW BRITISH
ESCAPED SOVIET TRAP

CONTINUED from Page 9, Part y
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01


with me and were glad to have the
blame for so great a crime against
sovietism shifted TO the shoulders OF
Fraina.
Three days later / went before
them and told them 1 had been max
ing q little investigation of my own.
l told them that l had, Immediately
upon my arrival, found Santeri Nuor-
tOva, Who you will recall in the earlier
chapter was the chief witness against
Eraina in the soviet trial, and had
handed him the letter to give TO
Martens. ! said that Nuorteva had
held the letter for several days and
then, instead Of having given it 10
Martens, he had returned it TO me
and told me to deliver it TO Mar
tens myself.
They asked me if l would charge
Nuorteva with being a spy for the
United States government, but l said
l would not unless l was SO directed
by the executive committee. l said
IT was up 10 them TO report the mat
ter to Martens and this would put
the publication Of the letter right up
TO Nuorteva or myself.
l knew that Martens would stick
by Nuorteva and that the executive
committee would stick by me. / was
no longer courier for Martens and
he was about done for, anyway, so l
didn't care what he thought. Moth
ing ever came of it. because within
a short time Martens, Weinstein and
Nuorteva were all deported.
Meanwhile, the minutes of the
Fraina trial had gone to Moscow,
with charges by the New York ex-.
ecutive committee that the committee
believed Nuorteva to have been guilty
of working with the department of
justice against the Communists. So,
when Nuorteva arrived in Mascow he
was in quite a kettle of fish. He
was Immediately put on trial. 1t was
conducted by Zinovieff. chairman of
the third international. 1t was n
notable trial. and after Lenine, the
Communist chief. had read the min
utes. he directed Nuorteva publicly
TO retract all he had said against
Fraina.
A few months later Fraina arrived
in Moscow and demanded a new trial,
saying he had not been completely
This trial was granted
and Lenine was SO interested that he
got telephone reports of il every few
hours. Theftrial went heavily against
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
PLAN EXHIBIT
At ARPA'S
STUDIO
Noted Collection Will Be
on Display for
Three Days.

An at home and viewing of the no
ted collection of paintings, drawings
and water colors Of Jose Arpa, inter
nationally known San Antonio artist,
and Xavier Gonzales, also of San An
tonic, will be held at the San Antonio
Studio, AS Oakland street, Novem-
Der 8. 6 and Z. The studio will be
open to friends of the artists and the
general public from 8 a. m. to p.
m. each of the three days. Sunday
evening at s o'clock the two artists
win give an informal tea to their IN
vited guest More than 100 pictures
viii be on view.
Among the well known pictures to
\. on display are "The Grand Can
ycn,r Balance Rock" "A Street IN
Old Mexico City," Devils River, !"
Head Of Don Quixote" and portrait
Of Charles Simmang ST., from the
brush of Jose Arpa, while Xavier Con
xales will show a crayon sketch OF Jose
Arna aMexican Shaeks" and The
Old Dairy" in oils and several water
colors, In addition to the pictures
of the artists many works IN on,
water colors and sketches, both IN
black and white and colors, the work
of students of the artists, VIII De o'i
exhibition. 49,,
entire collection will be taken to New
York City and placed on exhibition
in the Babcock Art Galleries; AIleI
being shown in New York they Will
he taken to Rochester and again hung
on the walls of the Babcock Galleries
in that city.
Jose Arpa is ACKNOWLEDGED to te
one of the worlds best colorists and
his nephew, Xavier Gonzaies, Is
[nnwn for his work in Mexican
scenes. besides portrait work. Both
studied art in Spain, France, Amer
lea and Mexico.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
RESIDENTS PETITION
WOODLAND BUS
LINE EXTENSION

North Side residents Saturday pc.
titioned Mayor John W. Tobin for
better bus service.
Bearing POT names. the petition as.
serted that the signers would patron.
ize the line regularly if the San An.
tonic Public Service Company would
extend its Woodlawn bus service.
Residents maintain they are not
within walking distance of a street
car line, or the bus line either, and
want to secure some other means Of
transportation if the petition is re-
fused.
They ask that the line, which ends
at a point on West Summit, be ex
tended four blocks further on that
thoroughfare, then south on Montrose
boulevard to Huisache avenue and
back over the old route.
The petition will be read at the
city commission meeting Monday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
BEGIN
AT JUNIOR COLLEGE

Final examinations for the first
third of the university year at the
University Junior College began Sat
urday, according to Dean of Students
N. X. Dupre. The examinations will
continue through Saturday, Monday
and Tuesday, Dean Dupre said. Re
suit of the examinations will be an
nounced as soon as the examinations
close and results are tabulated.
Students who graduate from the
high schools of the city in February
may enter the University Junior Col
lege and take a half years course in
any of the three courses offered, Dean
Dupre said, and finish the course next
September. either at the University
Junior College or at the University of
Texas.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
Kinds TO INSPECT
POSTS ON. BORDER

Accompanied by his aide, First Lieu.
tenant M. Med Jones. Major General
Ernest Kinds, is scheduled to leave
San Antonio Tuesday for an inspec-
ton tour of border posts, at Laredo.
The following week he will inspect
the post at Brownsville and Fort
Ringgold.
General Kinds returned Thursday
from a trip through Oklahoma. Colo
RADIO. Arizona and New Mexico in
speeding various army camps.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
HOLD MCCOY FUNERAL
WITH MASONIC RITES

The funeral of Percy Fl. Mccoy,
%, who died in a local hospital Fri
day, was held in Beeville Saturday
under the auspices of the Masonic
lodge there. Mr.. Mccoy came here
a short time ago for medical treat
ment. Surviving him are his mother,
Mrs. Leila Mccoy of Del Rio; two
sisters, Mrs. E. A. Dugat of Rio
Hondo and Mrs. J. B. Wood Of Bee
vile, and one brother, B. z. Mccoy
of Dallas.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
JAPS BUSY IN SIBERIA.

MOSCOW, Oct. 31.-Growth OF
japanese trade in the Far Eastern
Siberia is indicated in the appiica-
ton just made to the Soviet govern
ment by the Yokohama Specie Bank
asking permission to establish a
branch house in Vladivostock.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
AIR MAIL IS USED
x TO CARRY BALLOTS

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 81
Utilizing the air mail for the first
time for political purposes, Mrs.
Charles Ritter, candidate for mayor
of Hartford City, Saturday sent out
absent voters ballots to dozens of
southern and western pleasure resorts
by this means.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
ELIMINATE BAD CORNER

One hundred and fifty dollars will
be appropriated by the city commits
sion Monday to purchase land needed
to widen the intersection of Goliad
and Peach streets, eliminating a dan
gerous corner.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
ADVERTISEMENT

Come in and see the charleston
Bob" new creation in hair cutting,
now being introduced in San Antonio
exclusively by the Wolff & Marx Co.,
Marinello Beauty Shop, sixth floor.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-02
CHARTERS GRANTED

AUSTIN, Sept 2.-Chartered:
Jacksonville Building and Loan Asso-
citation, Jacksonville: capital stock,
$4,000 OOO Incorporators: W. J. Wealth
erIy, W. S. Goher. W. c. Albritton.
Pastimc Recreation Club, Galveston; no
capital stock. Incorporators: George
Musey, w. A. Boyd. T. Abraham.
Pagen and Company. Dallas tmercsn-
tiIs); capital stock. $4,000. Incorpora-
tors: william Pagen, E. Won Allmen,
j. F. Quinn Jr.
Ritz Amusement Company. Fort Worth:
capital stock $500. InCorporators: W.
II. Stay. U. NJ. Simon, Mike p. Smith.
Regal Heights Land Company, Dallas;
capital stock, $4,000. Incorporators:
william H. Jones, Lille NJ. Jones, Charles
H. Daniels.
st. Mary's Hall. San Antonio; no capt.
tai stock Incorporato tors: Mrs. John N.
Bennett. H Partee, Albert Stoves Jr.
Amendments:
Plymouth Securities Corporation, Abb
Iene: Increasing capital stock from
Sl25.O0O to S15OOOO.
Universal Motor Company, Westlaeoj
increasing capital stock from $4,000 to
SO. 900.
San Antonio Ice Rink Company, San
Antonio: capital stock $4,000. incor'
porators: Jack K. Tobin, Thomas W
Carver, r. F. McCampbell.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-02
Ne v FACTORY
MACHINERY
INSTALLED

The Mexican Children and Infants
wear company, San Antonio's new gar
ment factory, will begin operations as
soon as machinery is in place, accord
ing to Joseph Love, president, and
Carl Feltman, secretary. The new
factory will be located upstairs at
1908 West Commerce street. The fac
tory will employ 1000 workers which
force will be. increased as the bust
ness grows.
Machinery for the factory is being
installed. The new factory will oc-
cupy approximately 10000 square feet
of floor space, with offices on the
ground floor.
The bringing of the factory to San
Antonio was effected through the eff
forts of the Manufacturers Associa-
ton, c. c. Lccl, secretary Of the asSo-
citation, stated. Tuesday McsSrs. Felt
man and Love were guests of the aSso-
citation directors at luncheon, after
which they were driven over the city
and shown San Antonio's industrial
development and sites. The deal for
the leasing of the building was ar
ranged Tuesday.