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New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

gave bridge tea at her home etn Hartford in compliment to Mrs. Har- old Herrick of New York city. The prizes were awarded 10 Mrs. John- stone Vance and Miss Harriet Key nal. Among the guests were Mrs. Bennett Hubbard. Mrs. Lucian Stev. ems, Mrs, Emory Corbin. Mrs. Ed ward Christ, Miss Priscilla Crabtree, Miss Dorothy Williams, Mrs. Ellis l. Bardsley and Miss Corinne Goodwin. Another party given for Mrs. Her rick was that which Miss Alice Al derson, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. A. B. Alderson gave Wednesday aft ernoon at her home on Lake street. Bridge featured and the prizes went 10 Mrs. Victor Poindexter of Hsrt- ford, Mrs. Kenneth Searle and Miss Mona Martin. The other guests in cluded Mrs. Howard Bruemmer, Mrs. Arthur Sampson, Mrs. Johnstcne Vance. Mrs. Russell Williams. Mrs. s Holmes, Mrs, William Pease. Miss Margaret Middlemass and Mtss Corinne Goodwin,
 Mrs Louis Reynal of Lexington street entertained few friends <, luncheon and cards at the Shuttle Meadow club on Wednesday,
 
 Mrs. C. H, Norris of Grove Hill will entertain the members of her bridge club at her home on Monday Afternoon.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Frederick Brooks of South High street, have Issued invitations for a musicale which they will give on Friday, Oc- tober 2Srd. at the Shuttle Meadow club in honor of their S0th wedding anniversary.
 Mrs, Harold Peck entertained the members of her bridge club al cards !, at her home on Lincoln street Thurs day afternoon,
 Mrs. Lucian Stevens entertained the members of the Alpha Alpha alumnae sorority at cards at her home on Monroe street Tuesday eve ming. Miss Eunice Humphrey was awarded the prize.
 The Pennsylvania dinne' dance at the Shuttle Meadow club tonight will draw a large gathering of diners and dancers, the majority of whom will be New Britain folk, but there Is also expected to be 2 good sprinkling of out Of town guests, Mir, and Mrs. Harold Lee Judd of Berlin will give one of the largest parties, while others enter taining will include MT. and Mrs. Arthur c. Kimball, NIT. and Mrs, w. c. Sears, Mir. and Mrs, Maxwell A. Coe, Mir. and Mrs, Maxwell S. Hart. Mir. and Mrs ". T. Coholar and Mir. Stoor of Hartford. si-Yotfe will play for the dancing.
 Mrs. Sherwood Berger will enter tain the Thursday afternoon bridge club at her home on Corbin avenue next week.
 Mrs. John kirkham entertained three tables of bridge at her sum mer home in Plsinville Friday afternoon for her house guest, Mrs. Addison Chase of New Rochelle. The prizes were awarded 10 Mrs F. W. Porter and Mrs. Maxwell Coe.
 Mrs. George Ashley entertained two tables of bridge at her home on Corhin avenue last evening for Miss Helen Mulchner Of Indiana
 Miss Bernice Pinkus of Linwocd street gave a supper and theater party Tuesday to several of her friends in honor of her 18th birth i day,
 WOMAN'S> HOSPITAL
 BOARD MEETING
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

roses and lilies Of the valley. The bridesmaid wore a dress of sap- phire blue and black velvet hat and carried bouquet of butterfly roses Miss Kathleen Crowley salo- mon sang T Love You Truly"
 A reception at the home of the bride followed the ceremony. The couple then left on an extended wedding trip. On their return, they will live in Bristol, where Mir. OBrien Is employed by the John Hancock Insurance Co. Miss pacey has been employed in the office of the Ccrhin Screw division of the American Hardware corporation.
 Joseph c. Gutowski of Berlin and Miss Helen NJ. Lyons of 2S5 High street, this city, were also married Monday, the ceremony be- ing performed by Rev. Walter A.. McCrann at o'clock In St. Mary's church.
 The brides attendant was Miss Marian Desmond and George Gar rity was best man. The bride wore a gown Of white canton crepe and a veil trimmed with pearls and caught with orange blossoms. She also carried bridal bouquet. Miss Desmond wore maroon crepe de chine with a hat to match and carried tea roses.
 Mir. and Mrs. GutowsA are now on a honeymoon In Washington. Both have been employed by the Corhin Screw corporation.
 Announcement has been made of the approaching marriage of Miss Edna Blanchette, daughter of Mrs, Pierre Blanchette of 4o1 Church street, to Herbert R. Sauter. son of Mrs. James Sauter Of co2 Chestnut street, The wedding will take place at St. Peters church on October 2S.
 John Fostl and Miss Pauline SZobo'h were married Monday morning at o'clock in st. Peters church. Rev. Charles Coppens, pas tor of the church. performed the ceremony Robert Mchalman was best man and Miss Victoria Mich alman maid ot honor. The brldes- maids were Miss Louise Perschey and Miss Mary Zieller. Frank Michalman and Leo zieler were ushers.
 Walter Peichert. son If Mrs
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Walter Peichert. son If Mrs
 Peichert of SSo East Main street. and Miss MarEery N. Brooks, daughter Of Mir. and Mrs N. Brooks of 7cs Stanley street. were married Thursday afternoon by Rev. Martin Guadian, pastor Of the German Lutheran church, They were attended by Mir. and Mrs. N. Brooks, Mir. Brooks being a broth CT of the bride. Mir. and Mrs. Peiehsrt left on q wedding trip to
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Mir. and Mrs. William Petersen of lRahTay, N. J. are the house guest
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Governor John H Trumbull and Mrs. Trumbull of Plainville. Mir. and Mrs. Walter Hart of Hart street, NIT. and Mrs. Kenneth Sesrle of Adams street, MT. and Mrs. Frederick O.. Radcliffe Of KenSinEton avenue and NIT. and Mira Edgar R. Carter Of Adams street are among those who have taken tables at the Shuttle Meadow club this evening.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Mrs. George Ashley entertained two tables of bridge at her home on Corhin avenue last evening for Miss Helen Mulchner of Indiana
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Mrs. Iohn kirkham entertained three tables of bridge at her sum mer home In Plsinville Friday afternoon for her house guest, Mrs. Addison Chase of New Rochelle, The prizes were awarded 10 Mrs F. W. Porter and Mrs. Maxwell Cpe
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Miss Bernice Pinkus of Linvccd street gave a supper and theater party Tuesday to several of her friends in honor of her 18th birth day.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

tcOntirusd on Ras. iD
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Mrs, Sherwood Berger will enter tain the Thursday afternoon bridge club at her home on Corbin avenue next week.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

On Tuesday Mrs Russell Williams
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Miss Florence c. cabslu
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Charles F. Hitchcock and Au- gusta NJ. Woodford were married lsat Saturday by Rev. w. II. Alder son. They were attended by Mir and Mrs. Edwin R. Hitchcock of Maple Hill. MT and Mrs Hitch cock will live at 40 Walnut street, this city.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Mir. and Mrs, stephen Grem of 61 Laurel street last Monday an- nounced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Margaret Barbara Grem. to Charles N. Fillmore. of Durham, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Mir. and Mrs. William Frederick Brooks of South High street, have issued invitations for a musicale which they will give on Friday, Oer tober 2Srd. at the Shuttle Meadow club in honor of their Soth wedding anniversary.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
SEARCH PLANS
FOR AMUNDSEN
ARE HELD UP
Navy Department Will Make
No Announcement
Statement by Wilbur.

WASHINGTON, June 16 - Any
effort of the naval planes with the
Macmillan Expedition to search for
Capt. Roald Amundsen will be made
enfy by order of the AaxEsaD Depart.
ment after the expedition reaches
Etah Greenland Secretary Wilbur
said to the flying personnel of the
expedition.
Secretary Wilbur asserted the
Navy is under agreement to make
the prime object of the expedition
the exploration of the unknown sec
tion between Alaska and the North
Pole
The Secretary said he intended
to do whatever was reasonable in
searching for Amundsen nothing
more" No plans of Amundsen have
been submitted to any departments
of this government and Wilbur said
he regarded it as utter folly to un-
dertake search without data.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
RECOVERY OF EUROPE
M1TERI1LLY HELPED
BY GOLD STANDARDS

GENEVA June 16.-Albert Thorn
as, director of the International La
Dor Office. told the delegates of 40
countries here for the International
Labor Conference that the year 1924
marked the beginning of the re.es.
tablishment of normal economic con
ditions. He attributes the economic
Improvement to the patient work
carried out by every country since
The cessation of hostilities to rem
edy the direct or indirect conse-
quences of the war. He paid high
tribute to the Dawes report and
emphasized that a special place
must be given to direct Intervention
Of the League of Nations in the fl
nancial reconstruction of Austria.
The speaker underlined the signi
ficance of the fact that Immediately
after league action the Austrian
crown, whose headlong fall nothing
seemed able to check, became as
stable as the dollar.
This Austrian achievement" said
M. Thomas. was the starting point
of similar reforms in other coun-
tries and was a great lesson to Eur
ope, followed by return to the gold
standard in Russia, Germany, Poland.
and Hungary, whose monetary sit
uation before had been desperate.
"These remarKa0ie results have
not been sufficiently brought out
When the League of Nations Btabil
lied the Austrian crown the dollar
was rising in Austria at the rate
of II crowns day. When Poland
stabilized it's mark. the dollar was
rising in Warsaw at the rate of 68
Polish marks minute. When Rus
sia established the chervonetz, which
is ten gold rubles. the dollar was
rising in Petrograd at the rate of
$4,000 rubles second. When Ger
many stabilized the mark by Great
ing the rentenmark, the dollar was
going up in Berlin by $4,000 marks
second"
M Thomas emphasized also the
| Importance of the return to gOlc
parity of three extra European eur
rencies, the Canadian dollar. the Mea
| lean peso and the Indian rupee, and
/ Do
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16

HACKETTSTOWN, n. J., June 16.
Seventeen are known to have been
killed when Lackawana train.
known as the Emigrant Special, car
rying 1856 persons who were to sail
today from Hoboken for Europe, was
wrecked earl. this morning while
the passengers were asleep.
Doctors, hastily summoned, said
a minimum of II of those injured
will die.
The engineer and fireman were
killed
lightning had struck and dis
placed rail and a landslide had
covered the rails. The track had
been undermined and seven Of the
ten cars left the track.
The first coach was hurled half
way over the capsized locomotive
Men and women fought madly for
egress from the coaches.
The locomotive exploded and fill
ed the air with steam and the pas
sepgers were able to see only a
few feet away.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16

WISCASSET, Maine, June 16. =
Boston and Wiscasset will each give
a semiofficial sendoff to the Donald
B. Macmillan Arctic expedition this
month, but the isand of Monhegan
will have the distinction of being
the final take-off point Of the ex-
plorer. friends of Macmillan assert.
This is explained as in accord with
his regular custom, in starting for
the north, to pay an overnight visit
to the isolated island community
where friends who are descendants
of generations OF seafarers give the
final farewell.
Monhegan is an elongated islet
nine miles from Pemaquid Point on
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
Coolidge Pays
Graceful Tribute
To Stars and Stripes

CHICAGO, June ia Flag
Day message received yesterday
from President Coolidge by DR..
b. J. Cigrand. President Ma
tional Flag Day Association. de-
clared.
The Stars and Stripes alone
of all flags expresses sovereignty
of the people 1t has never
haunted for the glory of Royalty
but to be born under il is to
be a child of a King; to estab-
lish home under it is to be
the founder of d Royal house"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16

LOS ANGELES. Cal. June 16.-
Charles Reimer investigator for the
District Attorney. told the coroner's
Jury that DR. Thomas w Young,
dentist, who confessed he killed his
wife last Fedbruary frequently quar-
relied with her.
Mrs. Grace Young. whose first
husband was Patrick Grogan, was
called Olive King. Her body was
removed Saturday from beneath a
mass of concrete in cistern of
Young's cottage at Beverly Glen
The woman disappeared last Feb
ruary q when Young drove with
her from a roadhouse to his office
and there piled her with liquor un-
til she became confused. He in
duced her to write letter and a
postcard. addressed to him, which
ne had a friend mail from the east,
as indication that she was alive
after February 81. Young had his
wife sign several blank checks and
other papers enabling him to secure
800 900 in Liberty bonds. He pock-
eted quantity of lethal gas in a
cone tube for administering it on
cotton wadding. He left the office
with her and she fell asleep in the
car. AS they drove to Beverly Glen,
DR.. Young laced rubber tube in
her mouth, adjusted the cone and
poured in lethal gas fluid which
stopped her nostrils.
Arriving at the cottage. DR., Young
trundled the body into the cistern.
Young Patrick Grogan, the dead
woman's son, unknowingly helped
mix concrete and covered the body
with cement in the cistern. Yester-
day he destroyed will he made
on June 8 bequeathing $1,0O0,0OO
to Young.
Young will be charged with pre-
meditated murder of his wife.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
RR|T|SHER IS
DEAD; SN|PERS
COMMIT DEED
Shanghai Snipers Shoot and
Kill British Man-Woman
Companion Injured.

SHANGHAI, June 16-Wllliam w.
Mackenzie, draughtsman of the
Municipal Light Department. who
was shot and killed by snipers yes
terday evening, and Miss Mary Dun
can. has companion, were British
subjects.
Miss Duncan, who seized the
wheel of the automobile and steered
the car into settlement after
Mackenzie fell dead over the wheel,
had never driven "a car before. The
machine stopped when it plunged
into a ditch. Miss Duncan was shot
several times in the hands while
escaping.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
Sourdough Dies
Telling Where
His Money Hidden

CORDOVA. June 16.-"Go to my
cabin and pull nail out from be-
hind my living room table, was the
deathbed request of Carl j. Carson.
aged B3 years, Alaskan sourdough
and we'll known ships carpenter
who died yesterday
Searcilers spent three hours exam
lining every nail head in the cabin
and finally tapped hollow place
on the table leg locating secret
compartment containing over $l,200
A 500 bill was found stuffed in a
crack in CarrsOn's cabin.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
ExplOrer Turns Aside
To Greet Old Friends

the mainland and about two or three
hours steaming from Wiscasett. It's
total voting population numbers g.
The island has been landfall for
ships through the centuries since
the first adventurous voyager skirt
ed the shore of the Gulf of Maine.
Fisherfolk made their homes there
in the early days of colonization
and descendants of these people still
wrest livelihood from the waters
surrounding it and from small set
tlement of summer visitors. About
the native firesides many old-time
traditions are revived and stirring
tales of pioneer struggles, wrecks
and sea-roving long forgotten else
where, are told again.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
TO ELIMINATE
EVILS OF WAR
SAYS ROTARIAN
President of Rotary Intcrna-
lional Makes Stirring
Address Today.

CLEVELAND. OHIO, June 16.-
parts of the earth stormed into
Cleveland at the opening of the
session of the Sixteenth Annual Con
yention of the Rotary International.
The outstanding feature is the col
orful pageant with a Rotary cast of
500 performers
CLEVELAND, June 16.-The ma
ton that accepts the challenge of
world service and prefers human
ity's advancement to the roar of
conquering guns is assured of an
earthly Immortality asserted Everett
w Hills, president of Rotary In
ternational. In an address before it's
annual convention here today.
In serving best his home and his
homeland man serves best the
world Mr. Hill said. remembering
of peaceful homelands linked togeth,
ier in but a larger and stronger
bond of social and mortal stand
ards"
But when home ties are snapped
by the strong winds of destiny.
when marriage is converted into
mere social convenience, when child.
hood is frozen by parental indif-
ference, when the name of God is
never mentioned in reverence by
the firesides of modern age, then
civilization is headed straight for
the maelstrom. and over every cap
ital and nation there will hang a
doom heavier than the burden of
Babylon
The spirit of intolerance has re-
Icently gripped the nations and sue
Icessfully defied the exorcism of all
true charity, Mr.. Hill continued, who
said that no longer is the right of
conscience freely conceded or the
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
AUTO MIGRANT SEEN i
BY SOCIAL WORKERS >
rs FAMILY MENACE

DENVER Colo. June 10 The
migrant came in for cris
ticism today at the divisional meet
ing of the National Conference OF
Social Work when Miss Adaline Buf
fington, of Salt Lake City, opened
a discussion on the subject before
a. group discussing the family.
Declaring that the West owed its
development to the pioneer spirit of
adventure and initiative, Miss Buf-
fington scored the present day mi
grants who pack their belongings,
including babies. furniture, dogs. cats
and canaries, into "A worn-out auto
mobile and start out with little
money no idea OF where they are
going and with reckless disregard as
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
UNITED STATES
UP AGAINST IT
IN BOOZE FIGHT

VANCOUVER, B. c.. June 16.-
John McNish, director of a Scotch
distillery, said the United States is
up against the almost impossible
task of keeping liquor out.
Scotch whiskey was shipped to the
United States than at any time be-
fore prohibition. The cost to main
tain the dry feet will be so enor-
nous that the United States cannot
maintain it much longer. AS soon
it springs up again some other
place"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
Murder Charge Against
Stromkins Is Dismissed

VICTORIA. B C.. June '16.-The
charge of murder against Paul
Stromkins. confessed to having par
ticipated in the Beryl G. hijacking
raid last September 15 In which
Capt. ellis and his son were killed.
has been dismissed by Justice Nor
rison following a statement of the
Crown Prosecutor that no evidence
can be offered against Stromkins
He will still be a witness against
Baker and Sowash
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
San Francisco Has
$4,000, 900 Blaze

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16. =
One fireman was killed and three
injured in two spectacular fires to-
day. One fire destroyed the three
principal packing houses of the Is
lais Creek plant. Thousands of cat
tie were freed from the pens and
roamed the streets. The loss Is put
at S3,000.000.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
NORWEGIAN aEARcH PLANS

ADVENT BAY. June 16. - The
Amundsen Search Expedition will be
transferred to the ielmdall, Gao
ton boat of the Norwegian Fisheries
Service, which Commander Heger-
up. who has been commanding the
Farm. will command. The Farm
is going TO be used on the annual
scientific expedition under Prof.
Adolf Hoel The Heimdall Is com
ing here from Finmarken, northern
Norway. slEsA
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16

to how they are going to live on
the way.
"The old pioneers made an end
Of their wanderings and settled
country, many of the present mi
grants wander ceaselessly and use
the plight of their children as an
appeal for livelihood" she said
And the children? Life in the open
is healthy enough at times. but what
about their education and the eff
fects of this rowing upon their hab-
its? Have we new tribe of gyp-
sizes in the making? Will the next
generation know any trade or have
any Industry"
The characteristics of these fam
lcQpI.uVsQ % pxSe ENQ.I
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
"Will Do My Best Is Modest
Comment of New Gov
ernor of Territory.
URGES UNITED EFFORT
IN CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
Solution Of Local Problems
Rests with Alaskans
Not With Outsiders.

Unostentatiously and with the
same simplicity that marked his
official career and private life for Is
years in the Territory, George Alex
ander Parks was inaugurated this
morning as the tenth Governor of
Alaska. The oath was administered
in the Governors office by Judge
T. NJ. Reed, of the Federal District
Court, and a friend of long standing
of Gov. Parks.
The ceremony lasted in all not
more than two minutes. In the pres
ence of few witnesses, the new
Chief Executive took the usual oath,
shook hands with those present.
chatted a few minutes with those
Those present were Surveyor General
Karl Theile. Collector of Customs
J. c. Mcbride. Martin George. Act
ing Asst Supervisor of Surveys. l..
l.. Harding, Secretary to the Gov
ernor. p. w. M. Colburn and Miss
Mary b. Cook, of the Governors
clerical staff, and a reporter of The
Empire.
Pledges Self to Task.
~-..lIIpon- :. sentexlng The duties OF the
office, Gov. Parks pledged hfnsen
in brief informal statement to the
task of stimulating the development
of the resources of the Territory.
The big need is for Alaskans to
think, plan and work constructive
ly" for the upbuilding of their
homeland. spurning obstructive doc
trines, he commented.
Alaska has the resources and
there must be some reason why
handicaps have not been surmount-.
ed and their development more rapid
than has been achieved. We shall
try to discover what that reason is
and get it corrected. The National
Administration, from President Cool
idge down through every depart
ment. is anxious that Alaska shall
develop on sound, sane and con
servative economic and business
principles and will extend helping
hanl whenever and wherever pos
sibe If legislation is needed We
will try and get it, and are assured
De-
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
ITALY COUNTS ITS THEATRES.

ROME, June 116.-Statistics re-
Gently made public show that only
16 out of every 100 townships in
Italy have theatres. In the entire
country, it was shown that 1862
townships possess playhouses.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
American Legion Urging
Maintaining 5-5-3 Ratio

INDIANAPOLIS, June 16. The
National Executive Committee of the
American Legion has decided to
urge the United States Government
to make provisions for maintaining
5-5-3 naval ratio fixed at the Wash
ington Arms Conference and also
an increase in the navy person
mel by 1000.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
SENATOR REED
STARTS FIGHT
WORLD court

KANSAS. CITY, June 16. - "Ad-
herence of the United States to the
World Court will make this nation
subject to the will OF fourteen
men who will control the destiny
of the world" declared United
States Senator James A. Reed, of
Missouri. opening his campaign op.
posing American participation in the
World Court
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
Washington State
Not to Assist in
Defense Day Plans

OLYMPIA, Wash. June 16.-
Washington State will not partici-
pate in the National Defense Day.
Gov. r. H.. Hartley announced to-
day This is due to the inability
of the National Guard to participate
is available
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
Three Counties Flooded;
Property Damage Is Large

DUBUQUE, Iowa June 16.-Three
lives were taken and property loss
estimated at $l.250,00O makes up the
toll of floods in Dubuque, Dutchman
and Delaware counties late yester
day following torrential rains.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-06-16
Major Pedro Zanni
Is Summoned Home

BUENOS AIRES, June 16.-The
Minister of War has cabled Major
Pedro Zanni to return Immediately
to Argentina being informed that
he found the proposed world flight
ended,