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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
With The
IAlibi Artists
A Cross Section of the
Daily Grind in Judge
SchuIdt's Court
Read EN- and Weep
By DONALD McDOUGAL
PussyfOOt Driver

q
PussyfOOt Driver
II came four blocks out OF my
way, your honor, to run up sixth
street, because you can make
better time there on account or
the stop signs for cross traffic.
1.-THE defendant was running a
car length or so ahead Of me,
and both of US were drawing our
full speed ration. We slowed
down q little, and the defendant
swung left so quick that I had
to go along with him. on the
wrong side" -.
Didn't he give any signal?"
mo, sir. He swung out like
a train jumping the track. I'm
shaking yet"
Boob: 1T drew over to the left
and started my turn gradually.
1 thought that was warning
enough"
The court: Three dollars. /
don't know whether that's warn
ing enough or not. can go
as high as $500 or ten days
Jail sentence"
IT think that's warning enough
your honor"
That's what you thought
about your left turn" !.
1--WE learned something since
then"
Look out you don't forget It,"
The Sign Language
There's two Of us assigned to
break up speeding on the High
way bridge, your honor. The
limit there is fifteen miles an
hour for non-commercial vehicles
and twelve for trucks.
That's not in the regulations
and it's never been published. but
there's a sign at each end OF the
bridge telling about it.
"I got out there at $50 this
morning and at 6:31 I paced the
defendant from the Virginia end
to M street at thirty miles per
hour. He claimed there wasn't
any legal speed limit on the
bridge"
Boob: "The regulations don't
say anything about fifteen miles
on that bridge, your honor"
1.-THE signs say something about
it. don't they?"
IT didn't notice the signs. your
honor. l was too busy watching
traffic"
well, that's a point in your
favor. Well let you off for $40.
No Butts
HE ran past the stop sign at
South Dakota avenue and Bladens.
burg road. He said it was non
sense to come to a full stop when
there wasn't any traffic in sight"
Boob: '"The nearest car was
four hundred feet away, your
honor. The officer was reading
my permit before 1t reached us.
There wasn't any need for stop
ping"
What did the sign say?"
"'Stop,' but"
Were there any butts about it,
officer?"
mo, sir"
give dollars"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
"L|TTLEOPERA"
PRAISED BY
CRITIC
Anita
"EIixir Ct Love-" at National
Theater, Charming, Says
Jesse MacBride
By JESSIE MCBRIDE

The good old days Of music for
the singers sake" came back to Us
in charming form yesterday after
noon when Donizettis operettd,
''The Elixir of Love''-''little opera"
in the actual sense of the word
was given delightfully."- by the VIII
liam Wade Hinshaw company as
the first musical event in the 7.
Arthur Smith "Ten Star Series"
at the National Theater.
Such beautiful singing! Tunes
and a small old-fashioned simple
accompaniment that made one smile
'in remembrance" revealed all
that lovely ''bel canto" that is be-
coming almost tradition with the
massive orchestra of the moderns.
Daintily costumed, and set amid
those indiscriminate pastel silken
draperies that stand in the name
Of scenery today, 1.-THE Elixir of
Love" was a feast Of melody, a
story of the good old opera buffa. I"
Coloratura gems, gentle subtle
singing, brought Hazel Huntington
again into prominence as a pure
type of vocal artistry that is sweet
1y delicious and rarely musical.
A Great Tenor
1t brought, as her peasant lover,
q new tenor surely on the way
to fame, in Thomas McCranahan.
Not that this gifted actor and
singer has not arrived, but that he
holds in voice and appearance all
that is necessary to take him tri-
umphantly into any tenor lead"
that Broadway may offer him.
And more, for his singing in solo
80 H.
in color and vocalization that bids
him seek any of the grand opera
lyric roles.
Meanwhile Mr.. Hi1shaw proves
that the little opera, though it
moves at a somewhat slower pace
than we are accustomed to, is the
foundation stone Of welded music
and the drama. Here is the
prototype in the history of music
Hoffman," even with some of the
attributes of the Faust ''Mephisto'
1t all spells the evolution OF that
special genus grand opera"
Laurels for COntraltO
Little Eleanor La Nance, con.
tra1to whom the Washington Opera
charming in her lighter vein. She
improved immeasurably by the
second act and won real laurels,
though she still has to use her
associate company as model for
purity OF singing. She is on the
road to big things, in light opera,
one may prophecy, and her voice
Is gaining in contralto richness.
Francis Tyler was the character
medicine man." Dulcamara, a
forceful delineation and a good foil
in the music ensemble. The swash-
buckling sergeant Of Leo de HER
apolis completed a group with a
singer whose voice responded ex.
celIently to his bravado role.
Mr.. Smith is adding wealth to
the concert season in these diver.
easements" that will have another
novelty in the dance-drama of the
Pavley- Oukrainsky Ballet next
Thursday afternoon at the National.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
BULLET EMBEDDED IN
 WALL OFKILBORN HOME

A rifle shot. breaking glass, the hum of bullet as 1t passed through two rooms, and the thud as IL imbed- ded itself in the wall of her home on the River road, startled Mrs George kilborn, Saturday afternoon Mrs. kilhosn was in the kitchen when the bullet passed through the window and the house. She saw no one in sight. The police were notified and Arthur Marquis. is. we'll known te officers and court officials. was ar. rested.
 In the city court Thursday morn. ing Marquis admitted that he fired the shot, using 22 ealiber rife. On his person the police found beautiful pearl handled revolver. The young man was placed on probation and was ordered Co dispose of his firearms.
 Marquis said that he went to the lot near the swimming hole at Tour tellotte's" and was firing at q target. He did not know or realize that any of the bullets had done any damage.
 In the informal discussion of the case it was brought out that Marquis has q court record and has been under suspicion for misdemeanors which
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
Mrs. Weauer Rean1 DiU0rced
 From Louis Marshall ReQt71
DECREE GRANTED AT HARTFORD THURSDAY, AFTER MRS. REAM TELLS OF CAT AND DOG" LIFE AND
 SAYS HUSBAND IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE WITH
Mir Ream Not In courtTes.imony of Petitioner coroboraed
 By Mother, Sister and Nurse

London, and nurse. Miss Marian Shea of Worcester. Mass, who was with the Meavsfs from iai9 G ta2i- Her former husband was represcrt- ed by W. Arthur Countryman, Jr., of | Hartford and Harold Tanner of Prov | ldence. k. l. Mr Ream was formerly engaged in business with q wire coEu- nany in pawtucket. R. |, but ss present is doing nothing. Mrs. Fan~ nie <. Weaver said. and Is living in Thompson. He did not appear at the trial"
 Married Following Divorce
 Mir. Ream is a son af the late multi millionaire. Norman R. Ream. who had one of the finest estates in Gonnecti- cut. located at Thompson. He mar cd Miss Mary Weaver. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles s. Weaver of Thompson, June 1. 1918, following his divorce from his first wife. Eleanor navison Ream, New York show girl. who was given a decree from Mir. Ream in Putnam. Monday morning. February D. of the same year.
 According Co the story of the first Mrs. Ream. told at the time she ap- peared for her divorce before the lata
  for court, she had been living in New York with her mother and married Mir. Ream in Hehoken, N l., Septem= Der 1, 1911, after an engagement of two weeks and aequaintanceship of but two months.
 Left First Wife
 After the wedding they spent Fri day and Saturday in New York. We'd neaday Mir Rsam. after telling her that his family was angry at hia mar raaga, left Tor Thompson. He did not return as he promised. and continued hi absence although she tried to nee him and la have him come e see her.
 Gave s2i0.o0o
 Counsel for Mir. Raam said that tho story was true and that he had no witnesses but would like to be heard lon the question of alimony. Follow ling this 1t was stated that an agree mont ta pay S2ia. .aea sfssi been rvacft- ed by counsel. The decree was grant red on the ground of desertion, and E the petitioner was allowed to resume i her maiden name of Eleanor Davison-
 It was not long after the decree had been granted that the announcement | of the engagement of Mir. Ream and Miss Weaver, who had been at the Howe Marot School for young ladies' i in Thompson, was announced. Tho marriage soon followed
 inLdings of Differences i Most of the time since their mar riagc Mr and Mrs. Ream have oceu- pied home in Thompson not far from the Rcam estate 4 few years ago the family went abroad. where Mir. Ream was called on business.
 Inklings of family differences were heard in Thompson, but it Was not un~ | til the story of the shooting affair and its emphatic denial, that the people of Putnam. where both Mir and Mrs. keaw were frequently seen and had more or less aequaintaHeea, paid any heed to the rumofs or considered them ] seriously.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
SORROW FOR DEATH
 OF LITTLE CHILD
Passing Away of Four -Year-Old Nancy Moss Unusually
 Sad
Died Suddenly On Birthday From Un.
 known Cause

Never in this city has there been such universal sorrow evineed and such unanimous sympathy expressed for the death of child as was the case. Wednesday afternoon. when t beame known that little Nancy, the four year old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Jchn M0ss and q granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. J j. Russell. had died suddenly at her home on Ere mont street from unknown causes
 The death of the child was little less than a tragedy. She had been playing about during the Horning ap. parently perfectly we'll. At the noon hour she ate a light lunch and soon afterward was taken violently II and died within an hour.
 When the attack of illness came on the ehild's grandfather. Dr. Russell was summoned. Dr. Jordan of Worcester. a friend of Dr. Russell, happened to be calling on him and accompanied him to his daughter g home The skill of the two physicians was of no avail Nothing could be done. The little girl in her suffering begged her grandfather 10 take her and to do something to help her Dr. Russell took his little granddaugh- fer in his arms and tried to quiet her. Nothing could aid her and the sorrow and anguish of relatives present can hardly be imagined.
 \ strange coincidence of the death was the fact that 1t was Nancy's and that death overlook her almost to the hour of her birth four years ago. Preparations had been made to give her a little party and the birthday cake had been baked and decorated. a sad reminder of the anticipated joy of the little girl and her friends after she had been taken.
 The parents and grandparents of the child are well known in the city and could they but have known, the people of Putnam. on learning the sad news were sarfo&ing with them and for them in their great bereave- ment
 The funeral services will be con dueted from the home of Dr. and Mrs. Russell this afternoon and burial will be in Grove Street cemetery.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25

Mrs Mary Weaver Ream of Thomp son was granted decree of divorce from her husband, Louis Marshall heams on lhe ground of intoicrahie cruelty. by Judge Ernest C. Simpson in the superior court at Hartford, Thursday. There was no claim for alimony when the case came Go trial although it was originally claimed in the petition. lt is understood that the financial aspect of the case had been adjusted by counsel and that settlement will be agreed to.
 The petition was originally brought te Windham County Superior court and the Writ was returned to the office of Clerk F.. N. Warner in Put nam. Later the action was trans ferred to Hartford county.
 The Hartford Courant says;
 Judge Simpson granted the decree after Mrs. Ream had told a story which stressed the violent and un- governable temper of her husband as the main reason for their marital di- faculties. The question of the custody of two children is subject to farth T order of the court pending an agree. ment of counsel on them.
 Gifts and Blows
 As an instance of his bad temper she related in a spirited manner that in the summer of 1919 he slammed the door in her face. following an argument over nothing, crushing her finger. which had caught in the door. Again she told that driving out Of Providence in the winter of 1920 with her husband, he brought out pair of white gloves which he had pur- chased as q love token for her and gave them te her. She suggested that as she had ! pair just like them, she change them; whereupon he threw them oat of the ear. and told her Ga get out and walk home. This she did for two miles through the snew he said-When he returned in the car and drove her home. On m. other occasion, she said. he gave her a black eye. and once struck her or the chest.
 Cat and Dog" Life
 It was just like eat and dog. was the way she described her ex- periences with Mir. Rcam on trir i to Paris and one to Bermuda. The i trips, she sald, were very unpleasant 1 for that reason She described Mr | Ream IS given Co bursts of temper i the home for which he was later sor | ". but in public he was charming In these fits. she added. he would tear up his own clothes and hers too, or drive awau in his ear until he had cooled of. From the time of her marriage on June 1, 1918 to the last of 1919, she said, she lost 35 pounds, igoing from i25 to 90 pounds, Since their final separation about wear ago she regained 25 pounds of her lost weight, she declared.
 l" k the any possible way you can ] live with Mir. Ream7" asked her i lawyer. Joseph F. Berry.
 Absolutely none.' she replied
 Ream Not In Court
 "Her testimony was corr0hotated in it's essentials by her mother, Mrs Fannie S. Weaver of Thompson. her sister, Mrs. Barbara Bathgate of New
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
STANDARD OIL co. TANK
 IN SPECTACULAR BLAZE
FIRE SATURDAY NOON CAUSES ESTIMATED LOSS OF S50,0OO.-HELP SUMMONED FROM WEBSTER
 FIREMEN IN DANGER FOR SEVERAL HOURS
Believed Static lgnites GaoneNearby Buildings
 Poor Water Pressure Handicaps Department

A loss estimated to approximate S50.000 was sustained when a large tank of the Standard Oil Companv near the Putnam Foundry caught fire Saturday afternoon The fire was the most spectacular the city has had in many years. and the firemen were in constant danger from possible explos- ion.
 Early in their work of fighting the flames from the ignited gasoline the fire department found that it was handicapped by the lack of water pressure. There is but six inch main in this vicinity and it proved wholly inadequate for the emergency. On ac- count of the proximity of other build ings and the proportions to which the fire was gre wing, help was summoned from Webster. (
 Eighteen minutes from the time the call came into the Webster station a truck from that town was at the fire and the men helped in a great measure as their apparatus carries a pump
 Destructive Blsxe
 The flames destroyed the large store house, office. and buildings nearby. as we'll as thousands of gallons of gaso- line. The fire finally went out with thousands of gallons of oil still remain ing in the tank. This was probably due to gases forming, causing pres sure, or lack of oxygen.
 Besides the destruction of the buildings and damage to the tanks the company suffered loss by the burn ing of much personal paoperty consist ing of trucks, office fixtures and gen. eral fittings about the plant.
 The Putnam foundry was in dan ger for seme time and the blacksmith shop caught fire and was burned with a loss estimated if S10000. The fire men managed to keep the fire from spreading to other buildings of the foundry company and the fact that the breeze did not shift aided the de partment materially.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
APPRECIATE WEBSTER
 DEPARTMENTS WORK

Mayor Victor Chapdelaine, city officials, officers and men of the Putnam fire department and the general public heartily appreciate the ready and willing response of the Webster fire department when appealed Co for help during the fire at the plant of the Standard Oil Company las; Saturday.
 There was no hesitancy upon the part of the Webster department When the call came they immedi- ately manned a motor truck with pump attached and started for this city. making the run in is minutes. Arriving here they worked as haFd as fl they were trying to save pro eerty in their own town. Should occasion ever arise Putnam will b. only too willing to reciprocate. II aaas an eet tbai the citizens of Put nam will not soon forget
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
HOWARD C. BRADFORD Is
 NEW STATES ATTORNEY
Selected By Justices and Judges to Succeed Late Charles E.
 Searls
Has Been Familiar With the Office
 For 22 Years

Howard (. Bradford has been ap. pointed States Attorney for Wind ham County. The appointment was made last Saturday at a meeting of the justices nf the supreme court and judges of the superior court held in New Haven. The appointment is to i'll the unexpircd term of the late States Attorney Charles E. Searls law partner of Mr. Bradford in the firm of SearlS. Russell < Bradford. Since the death of Mr. Searls. At. torney Bradford has been acting states attorney under special 3D. peintment and conducted the recent criminal term of the superior court in a credible manner, clearing the erimi- nal docket of all of the important cases and nest of the minor cases.
 Attorney Bradford's first news of the appointment was when he re- turned Sunday evening from trip Co Nit. Tom. where he motored with his family. A neighbor had seen the announcement in Hartford news paper and carried it to Attorney Brad ford. The confirmation of the news paper report was received the next day.
 In Close Touch
 The appointment of Attorney Brad. ford seems a logical one No lawyer in Windham county has been in as close touch with the office of states attorney as has Attorney Bradford. He Is perfectly familiar with all of the files and papers relative to criminal matters and the practice and pro- eedure of the office. This knowledge and experience has been gained over a period of 9 years. He was en- gagged by Mir. Searls. appointed states attorney in 1903. as clerk and stenn- grapher in his office. When Mir Searls' health began t0 fail Attorney Brad ford assumed more and more the de tail work of the office and assisted at most of the court trials When Mr. Searls was forced by illness Co he absent Attorney Bradford conducted the term of the criminal court at VII limantie and after Mir. Searls' death was appointed acting states attorney
 That the appointment was not made immediately was due Co the fact that July and August are vacation months for the justices and judges and t was not deemed advisable tu interrupt their vacations to call a special meeting.
 Is Surprise
 Probably no member of the bar in Putnam. and perhaps Windhan county, was as surprised at the ap. pointment as was Mir Bradford him. self. He realized that there are older members of the bar in the county and that they might be considered
 (Continued on Page Fiye)
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
W.I.BULLARD LEADER IN
 AIR MAIL TRANSPORT CO.,

". Irving Bullard of Boston, well known in Danielson and Putnam, hay. ing formerly lived in Danielson, is heralded as a leader in the formation of an air transport company in Bos- ton. Mir. Bullsrd is the vice presi. dent of the Eastern Air Transport, Inc. capitalized at s25o. 900. which will link New England with western cities by overnight mail service. Mir. BuIlsrd. who is vice president of the Merchants Bank of Boston and vice president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the .vis. ton committee of that organization. will be the Boston representative of the new company.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
FIR. BEDARD WILL
 TALK ON TRIP TO ROME

Rev Charles r. Bedard. pas tor of St Mary's church. will talk on his recent European trip and pilgrimage to Rome at meeting of St. Mary's Welfare Council next Tuesday evening at x o'clock The meeting will be held in the K. of (. rooms on Union street and only members and guests of members are invit- ed. There will also be a musical program.
 fhe members of tine council are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to hearing the trip of the pastor personally de- seribed and it is expected that there will be an exceptionally large attendance at the meeting
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25

Dense clouds of black smoke rolled up from the burning oil. An intense heat was engendered making 1t al- most impossible to get close to the heart of the fire. Thousands of peo- pie looked on and were driven back time and again as the heat became more and more intense The black smoke could be seen for miles and the heat was noticeable an eighth of mile away.
 Employees Aid
 Employees at the foundry aided in saving the plant. Under the di reetion of Superintendent Samue Reynolds they kept the roofs ana walls drenehed with water. Had the plant taken fire and been consumed the biggest fire loss the city has ever known would have resulted and onS of Putnam's most important indus tries would have been wiped out.
 The exact origin of the fire is un. known. There is an opinion expressed in some quarters that static set the oil on fire. This might have been caused by a funnel being drawn from the tank. This theory was advanced by a man who is familiar with fires and fire losses.
 The fire burned for hours. Due to its nature watchmen were kept at the scene all night Go see that it did not break out again. During the fire there was an explosion. but with little con cussion and slight report. as the top of one of the tanks fell of. No one was injured, but the fremen risked their lives in fighting the flames.
 The alarm for the fire was rung in shortly after the clock in the steeple of the Congregational church struck twelve. Several alarms were sounded. calling out all of the apparatus in the city
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25

have not been formally charged against him.
 When the police received word of the shooting Captain William Jarvis recalled that he had seen young Mar quis pass his home on Chapel street, Saturday afternoon. carrying rife. This led to his detection.
 The only charge that could be made against Marquis was firing a gun in the city limits for which there is but small penalty. He will pay the ac- tunl costs in the case and report to Probation Officer. Peter A. Gardner.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25

The new company will operate planes carrying mail and express mat ter between the East Boston airport and the government air mail station at New Brunswick, N. ]. The planes will leave Boston at ' o'clock in the evening, stop al Hartford an hour lat CT, and are due at the flying field al New Brunswick al 9.30 p. m, in time to connect with the air mail for Chi. cago.
 Through this connection, New Eng. land cities will have overnight air mail service with Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit, and with a new western line that is contemplated, will shortly have direct air mail connections with Kan sas City and Dallas, Tex. Eastern mail sent over the line will reach the Pacific coast the following day.
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25

Vera Zvsleko~sky, ten years old. was hit by an automobile near the Meehaniesville school house at SIS O clock, Tuesday morning, and pos. sibly fatally injured. John J. O'Csr- roll. driver of the ear, was arrested and held in bonds of siOo for hear ing November !. Civil proceedings were also immediately instituted against him.
 O,Carroll picked UP the child and
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-25
BAR APPOINTS COMMITTEE

Al the meeting of the Windham County Bar Association last Friday, Il committee consisting of W A. King of Wnlimantic, Arthur G. Bill of Daniel son, and Judge E. NJ. Warner of Put nam. was appointed to prepare resolu- ions on ths death of Charles A. Searls, states attorney for Windham County, The annual election of the association, which was scheduled to be held last Friday, was postponed.