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The Washington times., 1925-08-04
Miscellaneous
BUmDING MATERIALS /

.4ECHINGER HoUsEwREcKING Co.
Camp Meigs 6th and Florida Ave-
Northeast Main office. 9Th and g
SITS. Southwest. Inspection invited At
both offices until $40 p. m. Satur-
day, until 2:30 D. m Established ~
years in washington. FIR. 1894.
ECONOMICAL BUILDING MATERIALS
Washington Lumber & supply Co..
Inc, 7th, X and Water SITS. s, w. Fl:
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WANTED-HOUSEs
IN NEARBY MARYLAND.
we have clients waiting. Call Mr..
Winters Hyattsviile $50.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1

HI0ttery's motorcycle Exchange
Cash. terms trade.
Err. 2726. 70s II 81. ". w.
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AMBITIOUS MEN

Bet. ages 22-45. for special training and
field work; must have good address,
fair education and Al references;
this work is to build you for future
with our company: we need for city
and for country work. See Mr..
Prescott. 61a Metropolitan Bank Bldg.
Wed and Thura
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Rooms For Rent
OMs-FURNIsHED
NORTlfWEsT

PAons olasssfsed Ads o Maln9 s2s.
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Statesmen

for nom sinkabIe bathing suits-"Floats
necessary to sell this--a good money
maker to workers. Mr.. Angerman
SIP, Room 733 Transportation Bldg,
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To travel Md. and Va. for manufac-
turer of old established barber sup
ply line; state selling experience, age
and telephone number. Box ABB,
Times Herald
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ELECTRICIANS
Experienced only. Call Colum-
bia 7OS0, between Z and 8 p. m.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
MRS. CUNNINGHAM'S FATE
 NOW RESTS WITH JURY
Indiana Poison Case Trial Ends Jury Unable to Agree After
 Early Deliberations

Grown Point, Ind. July 25 OrD .-- The fate Of Mrs. Anna Cunningham, on trial for the murder of her son, Walter. by poison, hangs In the balance as the jury deliberate over its verdict.
 The case was given the jury shortly after noon yesterday when Judge Martin Smith completed his charge. Because of the judges in- structions only verdicts of guilty or not guilty of first degree murder can be found against the woman who is charged with having fed three Of her children-Walter, Isa- belle and Charles-poison.
 On the witness stand yesterday the widow denied she fed the chi- drcn poison and maintained she gave them q small quantity Of ar sentc in an effort to cure them of an inherited disease.
 Likewise she denied the confession she made 10 the sheriff Of Lake county in which she detailed the slayings. Another son, David is said to have been crippled for life by the effects of the poison fed him by his mother.
 At II o'clock last night the jury was unable to reach a verdict. It was locked up for the night and the judge went home instructing the jury 10 return a sealed verdict in the morning.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
REWARDS OFFERED IN
 HUDSON, N. H., CRIME
No Trace of Slayer of Two Aged Women-One Was
 Mistreated

Hudson, New Hampshire, July 25 FDSpurred by revelations con- tained in a report of the medical examiner who yesterday conducted an autopsy on the bodies of Miss
 Helen E. Gillis and her sister, Georgianna, aged spinsters who were
 murdered in their home here on
 Wednesday, state, county and town authorities today redoubled their efforts to trace the killer. Rewards totalling s2,5OO for information leading ot the arrest and conviction of the murderer were offered.
 The report of the medical exam- iner was filed with the county solici- tor but was not made public. It be- came known, however. that the phy- sicians found that the Gillls sisters had been killed by blows on the head which crushed their skulls, and that one of the bodies had been mistreated. At the conclusion of a conference of officials early today Acting Governor Charles W. Tobey announced that the state would spare no efforts to apprchend the murderer.
 The state through the acting gov ernor offered a reward of s2,0O0, while Hillsborough county and the town of Hudson each offered an ad- ditional S250. The announcement of the rewards was made after the con ference which was attended by the acting governor, Attorney General Jeremy F. Waldron. Sheriff O'Dowd. Chief of Police Harry Cornell Of Hudson and Chief Of Police Good win of Nashua. Attorney General who was spending his va cation In Vermont returned to take charge of the case.
 The bodies of the two women were found Thursday afternoon when ncighhor called at their home. They had last been seen alive about 94 hours before. A small sum Of money had been stolen by the murderer. The funeral will he held tomorrow In the CongreEa- tional church directly across the street from the house which the sisters had occupied for 25 years.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
DR. OCHSNER, PROMINENT
 SURGEON, DIES TODAY
Famous Chicagoan Was e Years of Age = Death Caused by
 Angina Pectorts

Chicago. July 25 Pl-Dr. Albert John Ochsner, famous surgeon, died here early today.
 Death was duo 10 angina pectorls. A widow survives.
 Dr. Ochsner. who was sixty-seven years old, was the author of numer- ous surgical treaties and text books and a contributor to the medical press. Since 1896 he had been chief surgeon of the Augustana hospital and St. Mary's hospital here.
 He held a majors commission in the medical reserve of the United States army and membership in the American College Of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons Gre- land), Royal Microscopical Society tEngland(. and a fellowship in the American Surgical Association.
 Dr. Ochsner was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin and Rush Medical Col lcse Of Chicago. He later studied in the Universities of Vienna and Ser lin
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
Loot Valued at S2O,OOO Taken During Night TheN Most Daring in History of Brass City.

Waterbury, July 25 P}-Borlpe their way with crowbar and sledge through the two walls Of the sturdy Buckingham building in the heart Of Waterbury's business district burglars last night entered the Se ligson Fur store and made away with $2o,000 worth of furs. The burglary was one Of the most dar- ing In the history Of the local DO lice department.
 The burglars entered the Buck ingham building through an upper story by q fire escape. They broke through a thin wall first in the first floor entrance 10 Buckingham Hall and then working in cramped DO. sition battered big hole through one foot of brick wall that led into the store. Only the choicest Of furs were taken, the burgalrs hay ing made complete survey of the stock. They made their exit through the huge door leading into Bucking- ham hall which was easily opened from the inside.
 The Seligson store Is carefully wired with A. D. T. burglar alarm system but the burglars had so thoroughly studied their job that they did not come in contact with any of the wires.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
Dr. Harvey Andrews Ac. cused of Signing Dr. Vim. Flanagan's Name to Stolen Check.

Dr. Harvey Andrews, who told the police he was practicing Hartford physician, was arraigned before Judge Benjamin w. filling in police court this morning on charges of SteaIlng check for s10 from the office of Dr. William Flanagan yes- terday afternoon, and then forging tne endorsement of pr. Flanagan OH the check. He was arrested by Detec- i've Sergeant William P. McCue, who investigated a complaint that a man had purchased a pair of socks at the N. E. Mag x Sons store on Main street and rendered the check In payment for them.
 According to the police report of the affair, Dr. Andrews, who Is living at the Y. M. C. A. here, went to tho office of Dr. Flanagan yesterday aft ernoon and picking up an envelopc containing the check from a table Tn the waiting room, left immediate ly. He then forged pr. Flanagan's name In endorsing 1t, 1t is alleged, and used 1t at the Mag store to pay Tor the socks, receiving $9.25 In change. A short time after he left the store, 1t was discovered that the endorsement was not genuine and the police were notified.
 When the defendant was asked 10 plead to the charges this morning, he appeared to be in a daze, so the court ordered pleas of not guilty and continued the case until Monday so that the man could be investigated. Bonds for his release were set at s1,000.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
THEOLOGY TO BE USED
 IN AIDING AYIATORS
Science Will Make Trip to Hawaii Much More
 Safe for Pliers

= Honolulu, July 25 Pl-Aerologv, fhe science that deals with the laws and phenomena of the atmo- sphere, will be depended on greatly to aid the success of the navy's pro- posed flight of three seaplanes from the Pacific coast to Hawaii late in August or early in September.
 Astrological stations will be main tained at the naval air station at Pearl Harbor; aboard the U. $. S. Aroostock. airplane tender. which will be plane guardship at a station 800 miles from the coast, and the Langley, aircraft carrier, to guard the course at point 200 miles out.
 The base aerological station will be in the office of Captain Stanford E. Moses, commander of the flight project. He will be at the starting point, either San Diego or San Francisco, and will be in direct con- unication with Commander John ilodgers, flight unit commander and pilot of one of the planes.
 The base aerological station vii. obtain San Francisco weather bull letins from the naval station at San i'; -,HHiSco at 9 a. m., and 7:30 D. In., daily.
 This station will maintain a wealth. CT map and issue all astrological in- formation on which the flight will be based. This procedure begins
 ugust 26.
 Pearl Harbor, the Aroostook and the Langley will furnish daily al 9:15 a. m. and 1 D. n., to Captain M oses the barometer reading, the pressure change during the preccd- ing two hours if 1t IS 10 inch O. more; wind direction anG velocity at the surface. and from sounding> lloft; the condition of the sea; the clouds and their diroction; fog and its direction.
 Each astrological station will re- port also whether local conditions ire favorable for the flight. From his data the weather map at the Dase station will be corrected.
 After the flight has started all lcrological reports will be discon- inued unless local conditions be- 'ome unsuitable for flying. In this event brief dispatch will be sent O Captain Moses hy the station and to the guardships nearest the planes at that time. Such messages will be relayed to the planes.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
GETS FIVE YEARS FOR
 RESISTING ARREST
vermont Man Use1 Dangerous Weapon in Effort to Thvau
 Dry Agents

Burlington, Vt, July q tr-Iscn Bohannon was found guilty i~ fed eral court today of using 3 danger- ous weapon to resist arrest and of Transporting 64s bottles of Canadi. an ale. He was sentenced to serve five years in inc federal renitentlary at Atlanta. Ga.
 Bohannon, in an automobile emit. ting dense smoke. was chased F miles by customs officers from Fair Tax to Westford last April whfleJ gun fire was kept up by both sides, At Essex Bohannon and his com panion jumped from their car and Bohannon was caught after. it is alleged, he snapped his gun at the officer who arrested him. the ham mer failing 10 discharge the shell Bohsnnon claimed he was merely hired 10 drive the car by a man named Charles" who succeeded in escaping at westford. He denied doing any shooting.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
BOOZE BUYERS FROM EVERY SECTION CALLED UPON 70
 TESTIFY ON LIQUOR SALES
HERO OF MARTINIQUE
 EXPEDITION RETIRED
Col. Gallagher Leaves Army After 45 Years
 of Service

New York, July 25 Pl--At the conclusion of 45 years service in the tinted States army Colonel Hugh j. HaIlagher, commandant of the army base at t'ifty-eighth street and First avenue Brooklyn, and hero of the Martinique relief expedition in 1902, retires from the army today.
 Writing from Washington yester- day, Major General William H. Hart, quarternastcr general of the army said in part:
 You have made 8 record of 45 years of patriotic and efficient sery- Ice 10 the nation. wish the story of your army service could be flashed before every officer starting upon his career Your service has been loyal and faithful, as well as efficient. Tou have considered duty first, and individual preferment sec ond.
 You have a record of which any officer may be proud; the Martini que earthquake catastrophe in the French West Indies; the Cuban campaign; the Boxer trouble in China; Australia; the equipping and supplying of the World War division camps in Siberia as chief quarter master of the American forces and lastly, at the army base, Brooklyn; in all which service you have es- tablished high marks for generations Of quartermasters following after to strive for.'
 Colonel Gallagher rctires at the age of 64 He will be succeeded in Brooklyn by Colonel Frank H. Law ton of General Summerall's staff.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
AUTO BREAKS BOYS LEG
Irving MasChctti, Aged 8. Said to Have Darted Out From Sidewalk and in Front of Machine
,spectal to the liorahl

Bristol July 25-Irving Maschetti. aged $, of 1OS Union street, was se- riously injured this morning when he darted out from the sidewalk on Main street near the Wallace Barnes plant and was run down by an auto mobile driven by Arthur Eckstrom Of forestville. Witnesses told the police that the boy ran out into the street. became confused when he saw the automobile and was unable to regain the sidewalk before being hit. At the Bristol hospital it was found that the boys right leg vgs broken and his head and face were painfully lacerated. The police al- lowed Eckstrom to go or his own recognizance until August s1.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
Says scott Was Railroadcd

r,troit. July c5 PL-John F. lTower. chairman Of the Windsor ontario. committee that worked to ave Russell Scott from the gallows, io B statement charged Scott with )"ing "raiircade1" to the gallcws by thicago politicians 10 prevent ex- prsure of their liquor operations.
 Hewer maintains that the politi- clans feared their illicit acti,ites would be exposed if the shooting Of Joseph Maurer, Chicago drug clerk, va, investigated further and have opposed every effort to reopen the olSn.
 The Canadian, a prominent real s-iatc man in Windsor where Scott ,~l- es late as 1923 rated as a mil l.rnire raised part of the funds that were employed in halting Scotts execution Friday morning.
 fhe statement recounted the visit cs H. F. Smiley of Chica go," who T ,ver relates. represented himself as friend of Governor Len Small r' Illinois and obtained letters to he .Prcsented to the chief executive in support of plea for clemency. li-wer says he later learned Gov crnm small denied receiving the let t..rs and denied also knowing any person by the name of Smiley. HeWer believes this was another move by thq Chicago ring 10 forestaIl execu- ritr action to save Scott from execu- ton.
 HeWcr attributed the difficulties hich he claims his committee ex- rcrienccd largely 10 the 'fanatical desire of certain Chicago people 10 silence Scott even in the face of evidence proving his innocence"
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
SENSATIONAL SUICIDE
Well Dressed Young Man, Foreigner. Shoots Himself in Dining Room of Plaza Hotel
Plaza Hotel

New York. July 25 Upl-A young man in evening clothes which had foreign trade marks, shot and killed himself in the dining loom of the fashionable Hotel Plaza on Fifth avenue near Central Park early to- day after ordering a dinner for two.
 He entered the hotel hatless and had the waiter change hts order for food several times. When the waiter went out to fn the order, inc man drew a revolver and shot him. self through the heart. Several guests were seated nearby on the promenade.
 His coat bore the trade mark of a dealer in Hamburg. Germany, and his collar that of an English haber- dssher.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
BIG DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Two Unmasket Bandits in New York City Escape With Payroll Containing St2,5O0,

New York. July 95 tPl-In 2 dar- ing daylight robbery two unmasked armed robbers held up two plaster ing contractor in the corridor of a busy office building yesterday and made away with a $12.Sr0 ravrolI. One of the robbers was captured after chase but the man with the money escaped
 Jack Silvestri and Samuel Alper- in. partners, entered the building at Broadway and 72nd street where their offices are, carrying the weekly payroll for their employees from the bank In a cardboad box. Leaving the elevator at the fifth floor they were confronted by two young men who pointed pistols al them and forced them into a washroom.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
MRS. BAUMGAERTNER HAS
 SHOCK WHILE AT CHURCH
organtst at St. Peters Now at Gen eral Hospital-Rcported to Be
 in Serious Condition

Mrs. Anna BaumCaertner of T1 Vine street, OrGanist al St. Feter's church. was stricken with a para lytic shock while attending mass this morning and was rushed at oncs 10 New Britain General hospital where she is in serious condition. Mrs. Raumgaertner was attending the o'clock iridium mass celebrated by Rev. Charles Coppens. pastor of st. Peters and was downstairs in the church and not at the organ.
 She was attended by Dr. Arthur J. Sarard. Father Coppc IS hastened to the hospital as soon as the maFs vas over and reported on his re- turn that Mrs. Raumgaertner's con dit!on was serious.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
SSI.0oN.OOO TO CHARITY

Denver. July 25 lpl-Mrs. Werner z Reed of Denver has given sSl,- o0o,o00 10 charity in the name of her daughter, Margery Reed Mayo, who died here recently. The in- come from the fund will be applied to charities 10 be named later.
 Mrs. Mayo's death resulted from illness contracted at Lima, Peru, where Mir. Mayo Is an attache to the American embassy.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
CARDINALS FUNERAL
Thousands Throng Quebec Church For Services Held Today For Cardinal Begin.

Quebec, July 25 Pt-While thou sands thronged the church and other thousands gathered outside. Cardinal Begin, seventeenth arch bishop Of Quebec, was buried today in the crypt of the BasNica. beside the remains of his sixteen preGeces- sors. Ceremonies replete with dig nity and impressiveness marked the interment.
 Throughout the city signs of deep mourning were in evidence. Public buildings were draped in black and many private houses dis played tokens Of grief.
 The crowds which assembled to mourn the cardinal, who died last Sunday, were augmented by large number Of pilgrims arriving here on the eve of the Feast of Ste. Anne de Beaupre.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
nINnRCEn IN PARIS

Paris. July 25 dPl-TWo American women were granted divorces by the French courts today, They are Mrs. James Irving Rush. who before her Earriage in New York in 1921 vas Miss Mona Travis Strader and Mrs George 4. Fuller. who before her marriage in Boston in 1919. vas Miss Dcrr'NV Caswen.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
WIN RACE MYTH DEATH

New York, July 25-Mr. and Mrs. Rcdy B, Marshal of Pittsburgh won their race against death 10 the bed side of their son Rody Jr., Is years old, lying paralyzed in a hospital al Wawefield. R. I. 4 dispatch last Wakefield +. I. A dispatch last of decided improvement in the boys condition.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
Physician Pleads Mot Guilty
 70 Theft And Forgery Chorges
Rent Is Fixed at $1,0O0 A Day for 21 Yr. Period

New York, July 25 P>-A fixed rent of not less than $1,0o0 a day, amounting to a rental of S,S4T500 for 21 years, was specified in a lease recorded to- day between the Parkab corpora ton, a realty organization, and Ritz Tower incorporated, con- trolled by Ritz Carleton hotel in- terests for q new apartment house to be erected on Park avenue at 57th street.
 The thirty story building. to be known as 'the Ritz Tower" is designed to be the largest apartment hotel of its kind in the world.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
Rum Ring Mail Order House Scandal VIII Be Probed By Feder- al Grand Jury ln New York.
20 Witnesses From as Far West as Oklahoma Sub- poenaed-May Have to Live in Tombs.

New York, July 25 Pe-Twenty buyers of liquor in twelve other cities have been subpoenaed by mail to appear here before federal grand jury investigating a liquor ring here that supplied 2U,Q00 Amer jeans by trunk shipments.
 Names kept secret
 Federal Attorney Buckner would not reveal the names of those sub. poenaed They will come from Washington. Philadelphia. Chicago. Detroit, Columbus, St. Louis, Kans- as City, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Sioux City, Oklahoma City and Fair fax, Okla. Most of them will appear before the grand jury next Wednes- day others have been cited 10 sp- pear Monday
 Those summoned will be allowed ten cents a mile for travelling ex- penses one way only. Once in New York they will have 10 pay their own hotel and board bills. If they are unable to pay, District Attorney Buckner suggested the government high have to put them up at the Tombs.
 Will Be Immune
 Appearance before the grand fury will render the liquor customers i'm mune from prosecution. The will re- n rty for ,,E day. while actually testifying.
 This action, said to be unpreced~ ented, was taken yesterday by Mir. Buckner in an effort 10 round LID and indict forty saIesmen of the bootlcgging ring.
 In addition, summonscs will be served on fifty New Workers 10 learn what they know of the ring which was broken up last week vith The arrest of woman and seven men.
 Tho liquor vas skipped by the trunkful to cust toners all over the country, Upon receipt of payment. keys were forwaredod 10 unlock the trunks.
 No Women Called
 There are no women among those summoned However. Miss Irene Griffin, q cigar clerk, at an apart lnent in Sioux City. has already tes- tiiied before the grand jury. She remained in inc jury room long time and it was believed that she threw considerable light on the qualifications of the bootleg ring. While here shc stayed at tho Hotel Astor.
 If any Of inc liquor salesmen are apprehended, they will not be of- fered immunity. Mir. Buckner de. Only in rare instances where person may be little known as hootleggcr will he he allowed to tell his story with tmpuuty 10 the grand jury.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
ROBBERS BORE THROUGH WALLS OF
 WATERBURY BUILDING, STEAL FURS
Kills Ma Black Snake
 And Her IF Children
Especial 10 tho Herald,

bristol July 25. --- City Tn. spec'or James H. Davis yester- gay Killed q black snake and A iamily of 17 young snakes, which ne encountered when working at me new hospital off Goodwin street The old snake showed neht when cornered but Mir. Davis intrepidly approached and dlspatched the reptile with a large stick. The nest of young- sters was then discovered and all were killed.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
STRIKE LOOMING UP
British Situation More Serious as Railway Unions Agree Not to Handle Coal

London. July 2j tFl-The pcssi- hihties of the threatened strike of coal miners became more serious today when a conference of the transportation and railway unions decided to take steps 10 prevent the movement Of coal In the event the miners strike.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25

tThe present working agreement between miners and owners expires July Sl. The miners have called a strike to start on that date as a re- suit of failure of the two sides 10 agree upon new working terms. Yesterday the miners and owners agreed to confer in London Wednes- day In a final effort 10 solve their disagreement. Thus the possibility of sympathetic strike action by other British trades unions in order to as sist the miners. seems 10 hinge upon whether the Wednesday conference Is successfully.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
HIGH TIbE

July 26 (Standard Tincl At New London 12:S2 a. m: 1:l0 ?. m. At New Haven 1:40 a. m; 2;18 ?. m.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25
Shipments Fall on

It Ia said that the average ship ment of brick from the Berlin dis trict recently has been Is freight car loads per day. This does not include brick shipped by automobile truck It is said that the yards in the Berlin zone are manufacturing about 5oo,ooO bricks daily. Since the strike started. shipments are said 10 have fallen off considerably.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-25

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