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New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
GEMS WORTH S20,OOO
 STOLEN IN HOLDUP
ShOwmen's Club in Chicago Visited by Six Daring
 Bandits

Chicago, April 4.-Forty mem bers of the Showman'S League of America, meeting in their club rooms in the heart of the business district, were held up last night by six men, two of them armed with shotgpns and robbed of money and jewelry valued at s20.00O.
 The robbers worked so quietly they failed to attract the attention of wives of the members. meeting on the floor below. They escaped after herding their victims into a small adjoining room and threatening them with death if they stirred for five minutes.
 Most of the loot was diamond studs and stickpins and sums of money ranging from s2 to s1.5O0. Edward P. Newman, club treasurer, saved s460 of the leagues money by tossing 1t behind a radiator.
 As the men passed the women's meeting on their way upstairs one of the women tried to sell them tickets to a party.
 Wait a minute" the robber re- sponded. I'm going upstairs to get some money. I'll stop on the way down"
 On the way out one robber told another woman the meeting upstairs was over and the members would be down in a minute"
 "So you're Barnes. eh?" the rob bers greeted Fred NJ. Barnes, presi- dent of the league. You carry lot of money and jewelry. Shell it out
 Barnes lost a diamond ring valued at s6.600; a scarfpin valued at $500, cuff links valued at s600. a $75O watch and SIP in cash.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
Father Is Accused of
 Putting Son in Chains

Binghamton, New York, April 4. Norris Rejebian, a farmer was ar ranigned in children's court here last night charged with chaining his six year old son to the wall of a locked room for several days with out food or water He pleaded mot guilty" and was ordered held in de- fault of $2,00O bail.
 Humane Officer Samuel J. Koer- bel, the complainant said the boys mother had admitted the circum- stances and said she was compelled to listen to the cries of her child without daring to help him because she feared the wrath of her husband.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

State Prosecutor Hugh N. Alcorn who prepared and presented the states case against the mail looter, asked Judge Jennings 10 immediately pronounce sentence on Chapman but the jurist said he first would dis pose of the defense motion to set aside the verdict.
 "Chappic. I'm Sorry" Groehl Says.
 "Chappie. I'm sorry" Groehl said to the prisoner after the jufr had been dismissed and Chapms had been returned to the couI& house basement to await further develop- ments The attorney. tears in his eyes. reached out for the condemn cd mans hand. Without break of the voice or a vavering of the cold blue eyes. Chapman sQueeEed his
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
Chapman's Engineering of S2,4OO,OOO Theft In New York Start of His Limelight Career.
Escape From Atlanta Prison Gave Country Thrill-Murder of Skelly Climax of His Crimes.
By Tho Associated Press.

Oy ine AssOCldteo trese,
 New York, April 4.-Gerald Chap
 man. often called a modern Jesse
 James, first gained notoriety in his
 daring leadership of the sensational
 S2,400,000 holdup of a government
 mail truck on lower Broadway in Oc- tober, 1921.
 Chapman and his band had watch
 ed the downtown post office for
 weeks. Learning of a rich shipment
 of registered mall, they followed the
 selected mail truck in an automo-
 bile when it started to the general
 post office uptown just before day.
 break. Drawing alongside, they
 crowded the truck to the curb. With
 both vehicles still moving, Chapman boarded the government van and covered the driver with pistol. Then the robbers turned the truck into Leonard street and removed it's
 wealth of cash and securities at their leisure.
 Chapman was traced and caught few months later in fashionable Gramercy Park where he was found living in a luxurious apart ment.
 During his subsequent grilling on an upper floor of the Federal build ing, he suddenly disappeared through an open window while his captors' backs were turned. He was cornered after crawling along narrow ledge. high above Broad way and opposite the Woolworth building. He had nearly reached a window in another office farther down which would likely have led to freedom.
 Chapman and George R. (Dutch) Anderson, an accomplice. were sen fenced for the mail robbery in August. 1922. both receiving 25- year terms in the Federal peniten- tiary at Atlanta. Georgia. Both afterward escaped. Anderson is still at large.
 Chapman made his own first sue cessful dash in March, 1923. He was recaptured two days later, bleeding from various wounds, and o'aced in hospital in Athens, Ga. Within a month, and still in the care of surgeons. he escaped mysterious ly a srcond time. Tor months he cluded nationwide search in which some of the best track CTS in the country 'oak his trail. Various crimes and jobs mran- while, which apparently couG not te otherwise explained, were put down as: It's Chapman" Almost in- varlably, however. they proved 10 have been done by someone else.
 Patrolman James Skelly Of New Britain. Conn.,, was slain when he surprised two safe blowers in a de- partment store Sunday morning, October 10, 1924. He fell under the bullets of one yegg who shot his way out. The other was caught and proved to be Walter E. Shean, son of a Springfield, Mass, hotel owner Shean said Chapman was the man who got away.
 Three months later, January IS last, Chapman was finally run 10 earth in Muncie. Ind, by postal ! agents who had never relaxed their | two year hunt. He was taken back to Atlanta. but was later brought | to Connecticut for trial for the . Skelly killing.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
GET HEAVY SENTENCES
New Haven Man Fined Si00 and Sent To Jail For 60 Days Tn Mer- iden On Liquor Count-Compan- ion Sentenced

Meriden, April William Faug- TO. 2S. of New Haven, was fined s4oo and sentenced to Jail for six ty days by the local court today and James Palma, also of New Haven, was fined $500 and jailed for ten days. They were arraigned as rum runners, having been captured on the night of March 27 after the po- lice had fired at them in an automo- bile chase.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
ROBBERY OF MAIL TRUCK GAINED
 NOT0RIETY FOR DARING CRIMINAL
SOLDIER SENTENCED
 TO FORTY YEAR TERM U. s. Private Attempted
 to Organize RevOlu- tiOnary League
By The Associated Press.

by IAe Associated PresS-
 Honolulu, April 4.-Private Paul Crouch, Fist infantry, stationed at Schofleld barracks, was sentended to 40 years Imprisonment and given a dishonorable discharge after a gen. eral courtmartial found him guilty of attempting to organize revolution ary communist league among sol- diers stationed at the barracks.
 Crouch was charged with being the leader of a self-styled ring of communists and with having issued propaganda under the pretext of be- ing 8 teacher of Esperanto at army schools.
 The plot was nipped by the au- thorities when Private Crouch open ly defended communism through a local newspaper. It is. reported that several others will be courtmartialed.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
DODGE LOSES TRY
 TO STOP TRANSFER
Judge Refuses to Issue Injunc-
 tiOn in Big Motor Deal
HEARING NEXT TUESDAY
Tried To Restrain Mrs. Matilda R. Dodge From Selling Assets of Es- tate of Anna Margaret Dodge, Daughter Of John F. Dodge.

Detroit, Mich. April 4. - Judge Harry Dingeman in the Wayne county circuit court, today refused to grant a temporary injunction sought by attorneys for John Duval Dodge, restraining Mrs. Matilda R. Dodge. from selling, transferring or incumbering any of the assets of the estate of Anna Margaret Dodge, posthumous daughter of John F. Dodge and half sister of John Duval Dodge.
 Judge Dingeman, however, order ed that Mrs, Dodge appear before him next Wednesday to show cause why an injunction should not be is- 2ued.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
CONVICTED, STILL MAN OF MYSTERY
 Chapman Steadfastly Refuses to DiVulse Real Identity
 SERVED IS YEARS IN PRISON
Only of the Last IS Years Has He Been Outside Penitentiary WaIls--Belicved Son of Respecta. ble People.

New York, April 4.--Gerald Chap man remains a man of mystery, his real name, his antecedents, his birth place and his family history un- known.
 He has revealed with frankness some details of his career of crime. But much of his life story remains a sealed book.
 He has used many names during his criminal career of eighteen years --of which only five have been spent outside prison walls. But Gerald Chapman is not his name, nor is his name apparently any of the others he has adopted. as aliases.
 About 37 Years oG Age
 He is said to have been born in New York about 37 years ago, Of a respected family, of which he is be- lieved to be the only member who has swerved from proper paths.
 It has been said that he has a brother who is a business man of high position and repute. Chapman has verified none of these things He has consistently refused to life in the slightest the veil with which he has shrouded his personal past. He has protected his family.
 Is Well Educated
 Chapman--As it is indicated he will continue to be called--has given evidence of considerable culture, all though his education is supposed to ha z. L~eu ,eoatiacd to high school Much of this is attributed to his reading and study while in prison, and also to the influence of George Dutch" Anderson, college graduate and super-crook, who was his fel- low prisoner and pal and later his associate in the great $2,400,000 mail truck robbery in New York city one of the biggest jobs modern crookdom has known.
 Chapmans criminal career is be- lieved to have begun in 1907, when he was 19 years old. when he was sent to Elmira reformatory for pet ty thievery, under the name of George Chartres.
 Even then, he refused to reveal any details whatever regarding hls family.
 After the first sentence at Elmira he alternated, until 1912, in periods of brief freedom and comparatively short sentences for petty burglaries.
 In 1912 he was sentenced to Sing Sing for 12 years. for petty larceny, and served until 1919 when he was released for good behaviour.
 During this time he came to know Anderson, who Is supposed to have exerted much influence upon his career.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

lawyers hand and replied, "oh. that's all right"
 Chapman's frail body was erect, his striking head held high, the eyes looking straight ahead and the lips compressed as his guards manscied him. He took a chair in his base ment cell, asked a cigarette of one of his guards. lighted it and went into a whispered consultation with Groehl.
 The stark verdict was brought in unexpectedly. on the fairest day New England has had since the sensational trial of the superlativs
 (Corunusd on Page i.l A
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
FORMER GOVERNOR DIES

Charleston, ". Va. April A. George W. Atkinson, so. governor Of West Virginia from 1897 10 1901. died today Of pneumonia. Among of Iices he held was judge of the United States court Of claims and one term in congress.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
Five Men Killed When
 Train Hits Automobile

Grass Lake, Mich, April 4.--Peter Ehrig and George w. Brighton, Jackson, Mich, and Frank Farr and Verne Tilbean, Grass Alek, were in- stantly killed last night when their car was struck by fast Michigan Central passenger train here.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
GENEVA TO HAVE ROTARY

Geneva, April 4.-Rotary clubs came officially before the league of nations yesterday when a group Of Geneva business men informed Sir Eric Drummond secretary general of the league. that they were about to organize a Geneva Rotary club.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04
THE WEATHER

For New Britain and NicIni- ty: Generally fair tonight and Sunday with fttle change m temperature.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

Frederick Groeh chief defense counsel had previously announced that he would file appeal in the event his spec tacuar client convicted
 After dsmissng the jury and congraulating the jurors Ion reaching this verdict which believe is just verdict" Judge Jennings recessed court for half hou which time he set for hearing defense counsel motion to set aside the verdict
New Britain herald., 1925-04-04

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Evening star., 1925-03-15

it is natural but not logical to over
look the enormous domestic posi-
bilities among persons who have not
as yet purchased their first car, ac-
cording to Edward NJ. Wallace, local
Oakland dealer, in discussing the
trend of automobile sales
Mr.. Wallace points out that approx
mately 25,000,000 possible buyers of
automobiles are now attending school
and that 1t is only a matter of COM
paratively few years before owner
ship of an automobile VIII be per-
sonal desire of each.
The younger generation, in his opin-
ion, represents a. constant market for
cars, a sufficient number of students
reaching the buying age each year TO
take large percentage OF the annual
factory product.
This point is clearly demonstrated
in the case of the special schools,
Mr.. Wallace explains. "a recent sur
vey of the educational market shows
that there are more than 250,000
young people attending public and
private commercial and evening
schools, exclusive OF special schools
for the deaf. The object of these
students is to become more proficient
as salary earners, which is Just an
other way of saying that they are on
their way to buying their first cars.
"A very large percentage Of the en-
rollment of special schools Is COM
posed of persons who already hold
positions and who are merely invest
ing in education that will help them
TO rise to financial independence at ar
earlier age. Between the enormous
enrolment of future car prospects
and the present market, therefore,
there is an automatic stimulation
which is bound to be reflected in
more frst-car sales for automobile
manufacturers
Evening star., 1925-03-15
Worth Remembering.

Cutting down the bristles of a
whisk broom will make it harder to
sweep out the car mats rather than
easier. Trimming the broom cuts it
down to point where the bristles
raise too much nap, thus making the
cleaning job doubly hard
Pieces of fresh blotter laid around d
the top of the battery will save you
the trouble of wiping off any water
or acid that you may spill over in
filling the cells: Usually it is mean
job to dry off the top of the battery
with a rag.
few drops of gasoline on the
brake bands now and again will keep
them clean, quiet and dry. thus in
creasing their efficiency. Be careful
not TO allow the gasoline to run over
the spokes of the wheels, for this will
injure the paint.
Evening star., 1925-03-15
New Things for 1895.

Rumors are already afioat regard
ing new developments to be seen on
automobiles in 1895. A particularly
interesting rumor that persists in
certain engineering circles is to the
effect that engines will be in the rear
of the car instead of under hood in
the front. This may seem bit
customed to seeing the horse" in
front, but the engines of steam cars
have always been in the rear. Now
the Rumpler. a German gas car, has
already adopted the rear location for
the power plant.
If nothing more startling is de-
veloped it is believed that at least
the poppet valve system must go, gas
being admitted and expelled by some
ingenious but extremely simple ar
ranEement of valve ports. And there
are those who visualize the engine of
the future entirely rotational in &C
ton. That is, instead of pistons work.
ing up and down in cylinders, stopping
dead at every extremity of their
travel, a sort of turbine arrangement
will be used The trouble has always
been to provide a way to compress the
powerless without compression. But
it is now believed that the super
charger development may eventually
solve this problem.
Apparently, this is looking far
ahead, but those who are watching
foreign developments say that 1885
may not be a premature date for some
of the newer things. Transmissions
will be entirely eliminated, it is pre-
dicted. Likewise clutches. One of the
German cars already starts and stops
by switching on or off the ignition.
A large starter motor and battery ac-
complsh the trick.
Automotive advancement has been
greatly hindered, many contend. be-
cause discoveries have been made
by the trial and error system. The
discovery of ethyl gas. for instance,
was a costly and somewhat wasteful
process. whereas the neutrodyne prin-
cip1e in radio was worked out mathe-
matically with very little waste eff
fort. Radio may teach the automo
bile industry much that is of value.
Evening star., 1925-03-15

to the automotive line. A man who
drives one of the latest cars with hy-
draulic four-wheel brakes, dull finish
and other innovations says that the
automotive drug store supplies him
with the following articles:
Castor oil for the brake lines and
alcohol for the brake lines and the
radiator. Also olive oil for the body
polish He is using a special oil as
a carbon remover, and his druggist
may be able to supply that, too.
A lot of people look to the drug
store for first aid equipment and
many are rushed there in a hurry
following an error in judgment when
at the wheel
Evening star., 1925-03-15
AUTO REGISTRATION.
IN DISTRICT 88,762
More Cars in Operation Here
Than in 10 States-ln-
crease Over 1923.

Motor vehicle registrations in the
1924 reached a total of SS.762, accord
ing to figures just compiled by the
Bureau of Public Roads. Based on
an estimated population of 500 600,
there were approximately . cars to
every II persons. which was a higher
average than obtained for the coun-
try as whole. The increase in
registration over the preceding year
was 1876 per cent.
The bureaus figures show that at
the end of last year there were H.
59i,9Sl passenger cars and motor
trucks in operation in the entire
country representing a net gain of
2,50l,045 for the year, or 1875 per cent
Passenger cars increased 14.7 per
cent in number, while motor trucks
increased at more than double that
rate, or 32.9 per cent, indicating
rapid development of commercial use
Of the highways.
ID. c. Leads 10 States.
In point of the number of cars in
operation, the District of Columbia
was ahead of 10 States; namely, Ari-
Zona, Delaware, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mex
leo. Utah, Vermont and Wyoming
while the percentage of increase in
the District was higher than that of
so States.
The greatest increase in total regis
tration is shown in the South Atlantic
group of States, where the increase
was 21.5 per cent, while the minimum
is shown in the west North Central
group amounting to 10 per cent.
Truck registrations increased 54.4
per cent in Kansas and 42.4 per cent
in North Dakota.
Registrations of more than 1.000,-
600 were reported for the following
States: New York, 1,412,S79; Cali
fornia 1,319,3s4; Ohio. 1.e41 500: Penn
sylvania, l,22s,5S7; Illinois, 1,119,236.
Total gross receipts from license
fees amounted to 1925, 900, of
which s1S4,393,000, or So per cent. is
applicable to highway work under
the supervision of the State highway
departments.
Evening star., 1925-03-15
Now You Have It!

(Answers to last weeks questions.)
1. Should the vacuum tank go dry,
it can be refllled by the following g
method: Crank the engine, either by
hand or by electric starter, for sew
eral minutes, with ignition of and
throttle closed. The pistons then
draw air through the vacuum tank
suction pipe and the tank refills au-
tomatically.
2. Detachable cylinder heads are
not used on all engines, for the rea-
son that some manufacturers tax e
into consideration the effect of varia-
tion in gasket thickness upon the
adjustment of the valves. You may
have the valve tappet clearances just
exactly right and then throw them a
little off by lowering the cylinder
head a fraction of an inch when you
tighten the head bolts.
8. The term driving" the
headlights is used to indicate the
dangerous practice of driving at a
speed as though you were able to
see beyond the range of your head
lights at night
Evening star., 1925-03-15
Results That Astonish

Here, in a car so handy that you can maneuver
it ike tancab, Is riding comfort that you have
never experienced m any car under 125-inch
wheeIbase. Here IS body room such as you find
only In the largest, bul6est cars today.
Wherever you go m the New Jewett-vhoevu
you invite TO ride with you-you win be proud Of
your car for what it is-for what It does. The all
round results which the New Jewett offers are
literally unbelievable They don't seem possible
to the experienced driver. But when you see
them and try them and feed them, youlmow them
to be facts.
Here is car of such perfection IN engineering
that you cannot hear or feel the motor. Yet it
operates the car in high gear from two miles an
hour to faster than you'll care to drive. It whisks
you away through traffic while other folks gasp
and change gears.
Evening star., 1925-03-15

carbon encourages this condition and
thus robs the engine of it's power.
That the spring control devices
should be given d tighter adjustment
a week or so after installing spring
covers? With the springs perfectly
fabricated they should be held down
little tighter in order to prevent
excessive rebound.
That in tightening the fan belt care
should be taken to see that the pulley
isn't thrown out of line with the
driving pulley below? Unless both
pulleys are in line the belt will slip
nff
Evening star., 1925-03-15
You're Wasting Gas

When you keep the throttle wide
open on the steep hill while deliber-
ating whether you should drop back
to second If you shift before the
car slows down your engine has the
advantage of more momentum. Mo-
mentum is a gas saver
When you hear the engine go dead
because you have choked 1t too much
in starting.
When you start the engine before
you've finished your conversation with
people you are leaving.
When you drive so carelessly as to
run fast, stop suddenly and yet have
all the traffic signs turned against
you in driving through congestion.
When you select a crowded thor
oughtare in preference to quiet
one. When you decide to grease the
car and initiate the tires tomorrow. .
Evening star., 1925-03-15
What's the Answer?

l. what is meant by Seasoning
cylinder blocks?
2. Why is 1t inadvisable to test a
car on a hill more than twice in sue
cession?
8. Why does motometer register
lower than normal after the engine
has overheated on a steep hill and
then cooled down?
4. Why is 1t bad to run a cool en-
gine fast, aside from the danger of
burning out a bearing?
(Think these over during the week
and look for the answers in this COL
umn next Sunday.
Evening star., 1925-03-15
Did You Know

That carbon in the cylinders will
wear the piston pins and connecting
rod bearings as readily as driving
clean engine with the spark too far
advanced? carbon knock is moth
ing more nor less than pre-ignition OF
gas caused by the glowing particles
of carbon. Carbon acts the same as
an excessively advanced spark. The
hotter the engine gets the more the
Evening star., 1925-03-15
Automotive Drug Store

Times are certainly changing in
motordom. Formerly a car owner
went to drug store for bromo
seltzer to calm a headache or for
aspirin to stop a cold caught while
driving through a raw rain. But now
the drug store has gone clean
through the novelty line, past the
word puzzle game and on &c
Evening star., 1925-03-15
IM The Neev JEWETT
The finest car of its size
ever built

TTSEEMS almost Exc stroke Of geniius-t33nis
i New Jewett. Never before was there car
which you felt like calling gem" Every hne
of 1t Is exquisite. Every detail is perfect. You can
compare it with any S. 900 car and find nothing
to condemn. Yet the price is about half 5000
The Page-Jewett engineers have done more
than produce car which is fine to the eye and
delightful m details. They have created car
which is truly marvellous m results compared
with what the world could heretofore expect from
moderatesiz automobiles.
Evening star., 1925-03-15
Heat Not Whole Story.

A hot running motor is less likely
to carboniZe quickly, because combus-
tion is always better and choking Is
reduced to a minimum. But II you
have one of the newer and cooler en-
gines don't let this point worry you
The newer engines attend to the pre-
heading in the intake.
(ConYright. 1921