davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
STAMFORD BUSINESSMAN IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY
Henry ]. Rubin. Motor Sales Com pany Treasurer, Disappears
 From City.

Stamford, Sept. 19 (P} - Search was being made here today for Henry J. Rubin. secretary and treas urcr of the Rubin Motor Sales com pany who faces arrest on a charge of forgery. A warrant was issued last night charging him with two counts Of the forgery and notes transferred to discount companies. Investigation of the case continued today.
 A sister-in-lav Of the man sought said today that he had called her on the phone Thursday afternoon. say ins that he was going 10 Boston and that he would return Friday. He did not return to this city yesterday.
 It is charged that Rubin has forged inc names of Stamford per sons to fake bills of sale which were in turn transferred to discount com nanies.
 Two specific counts of forgery nre based on two promissory notes all leEed 10 have been forged, one for S900 which was signed with the sig nature of Rudolph Stravitz, manager of the Alhamhra theater here, and the other a S55o note signed with the name of Anthony Festa. Spring dale.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
STILL SEEKING BODY
Expert River Men Are Engaged to Locate Remains of Man Thought Lost In Plane Crash.

Chester. Sept. is P-Two fisher- men familiar with the currents of the Connecticut river. Clark Smith and John Fraser. have been engaged 10 search the channel of here in quest of the body Of ]. Brewster Pratt. of New Haven. supposedly drowned In the crash Of an airplane Thursday Coroner I. A. Smith of Middletown feels confident that Pratt's body Is In the river.
 Last night fishermen dragged the channel in the darkness but they were unable to make much pro greSs Most Of them believe that the body will only be recovered if it is In the river. when II floats, and a watch will be kept at Psrker's Point where eddics send any foatsan into the shore. If Pratt's body should rise it might be carried to the point by the current.
 The motors in the airplaue. in which H. M Ludwig. the pilot was killed, have been removed and ths framework burned.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
Acidental Death, Truck
 Driver Is Not Blamed

Bridgeport. rept 1s R-Coyoaer John J. Phelan today gave a yer dict of accidental death in the case of Audrey Thomas, S. killed by a motor truck driven by Lawrence Fullin of Norwalk, Sept. IA, De- ceased had alighted from school nus and was struo'- by the truck as she dashed across the street.
 Tn exoncrating the driver, the cor cner makes a suggestion to the school authorities that the drivers of school busses be held responsible for the safety of the children In boarding and alighting from the busses and crossing the highways to and from the schools
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
TRAIN WRECKS TRUCK
 BUT DRIVER ESCAPES
Express Reduces Vehicle to Splinters at Bristol
 Crossing
Especial 10 The Herald)

(SpeClhl 10 me HeTdIQ,)
 Bristol, Sept. 19.-Charles Key holds of Forestville missed death by a hairs breadth shortly before s o'clock yesterday afternoon when a motor truck, driven by him. was demolished at the Northside cross ing by the Danbury- -Wilimantic ex- press due at the local station at 4:47 o'clock. His truck was reduced to splinters and he was badly shaken up but an examination at the Bris- tol hospital. where he was rushed by Raymond J. Casey. proprietor of the Maple End Shop, revealed no in iuries. James J. Kennedy. driver of second truck and owner of the wrecked vehicle, who was being lowed over the tracks, escaped the train by narrow margin.
 The truck was hurled a distance of Is feet into an electric light pole Oue Of the cab loors landed 50 feet away in front of the Maple End Shop, while parts of the timing gears and engine landed almost at the Federal street crossing several hundred feet away. The locomotive suffered broken bolts and its pilot was bent, but it was able to pro- reed under it's own power, The train was in charge of Conductor Daniel Jones and Engineer Joseph Greenwold.
 The Northside crossing has been the scene of many accident and a few years ago two crossings were combined into one in an effort to re- lieva the situation. A tiagman was installed and the dangerous condi- tions were thought to be eliminated
 The driver of the wrecked truck did not see the flagman as he held his flag signal to prevent passage and the two ton vehicle numbered onto the rails. on which the fast express was approaching around the rock, cut curve above the Sessions Foun. iry Co. The view from the tracks is ohscured at this point and the engineer could not see the truck until his train was about 30 fec away, thereby having no opportunity 10 prevent collision.
 The motor of the truck driven hl Reynolds stalled and the roaring train plunged into it a moment later while hundreds of people on theil ! way home from factories of the neighborhood witnessed the crash That Reynolds life had beer snuffed out was conceded until wit nesscs saw him pick himself from the wreckage. The only thing tha worried him at the time was whether he would he on time for his worl at the rolling mill of the Wallace Barnes Co.,, as he Is employed on thu night shift An examination at tht ! hospital resulted in Reynolds dis charge from that institution. Key holds said later at the police sta ton when he applied for an acci dent report, that thls was his frs accident since he began to driv, several years ago.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
CRADLE OF WORLD IS
 SOUGHT IN SAHARA
Scientists to Scour Desert Seeking Ancient
 Data

New York, Sept. 1s Pl-search for the cradle from which some scientists believe civilization ema- mated 2O,OO0 or 30,Oo0 years ago, will be started Oct. 10 by a party of anthropologists who will attempt to cross the Sahara desert in auto mobiles.
 The expedition will seek caves described by natives as covered with paintings. jhe walls hung with drawings There is scientific belief that some highly cultured race might have inhabited northwestern Africa when the desert was a fer tile plain.
 Bradley Tyrrel, q trustee of Be- lott college, Beloit. Wis, sailed last night to join the expeditions at A- giers. It is backed by Count De Prorok, eycavator of Carthage. the college and the Frank Granger Logan Museum at Bcloit. The Royal Geographic Society of London. the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan are cooperating.
 Four or five automobiles will carry the party over 1000 miles of desert wastes along the route taken by Citroen when he demonstrated the feasibility of motor traffic In the desert, Camel trains arc carrying caches of gasoline and oil into the interior to await tire expedition.
 There will be five scientists and six other white men, As a precau- ton against attack by the Tuareg tribe in the Hogan mountains, a region never before explored by white men. skilled interpreter will be taken along. Two scientific eX- petitions which previously ap- proached the region have been wiped out. Mir. Tyrrel believes that the expedition will do for the m- terior of the Sahara what Roy Chapman Andrews has done for the | Gohi desert In Mongolia.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
Monument To Ciuil War Heroes
 Dedicated 25 Years Ago Today
Shaft in Central Park Erected Only After 32 Years of
 Effort Overcoming Public Apathy

Almost coincident with the move ment of A. G. Hammond camp to erect memorial to the veterans of the Spanish American war comes the 25th anniversary of the soldiers monument raised in Central park to honor those who died in the great Civil war. It was exactly a quarter of a century ago today that this was dedicated. The monument was erected in the face of great difficult ties, not the least of which was pub lie indifference, that forced S2- year fight before the granite shaft was completed. Many of the first workers died during their struggle for recognition of the boys of '61- .'65: in fact, of the prime movers, only A. J. Sloper remains alive to- day.
 The idea had its origin at a town meeting on October 12, 1868. and the following year a committee re- ported favorably on the erection of a monument 'in the public park, near Walnut Hill park" There fol- lowed periods of interest and re- lapses of apathy, during which some few men, especially Samuel w. Hart. George M. Landers, Oliver Stanley. IT. w. Stanley and Valentine R. Chamberlain, worked quietly. In 1881 the monument was nearly in- corporated into the New Britain In stitute, then being planned. Mir. sloper was one of committee of 15 named at that time to further both projects.
 The will of Cornelius R. Erwin, Iprohated in 1885. left sin.ooo for a memorial, and a special town meet
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
BARROWS BOUND OVER
 ON FORGERY CHARGE
Berlin Man Accused by Brother, Held in
 $500 Bond

Raymond C. Rarrows of Berlin was held for the next term of su- perior court on a charge of forgery when he was arraigned before Judge Benjamin w. Alling in police court this morning. The court found probable cause and ordered Barrows held under a bond of $500.
 Barrows was charged with forg- ing the name of his brother, Fred (. Barrows of Ellis street, on a note at the Commercial Trust Go. as an cndorscr last October. Raymond failed 10 meet his obligations on the note and as a result the bank noti- fed his brother Fred that as en- dorser he would be called upon to honor it. Fred Is alleged 10 have gone to the bank and denied to bank officials that he had signed the note, and after producing specimens Of his signature satisfied the bank officials that the endorsement was not his, so that Frank Monkiewicz of 660 Main street, the second en. dorser, was called upon to pay the SSol due on the loan.
 The checks that Raymond Bar. rows gave 10 the bank as payments on the loan were introduced as evi. dence and the note for the sS5O was introduced. In finding probable cause in the case Judge Alliug said that on examination of the sigma lures the writing on the note pur. porting 10 be the signature of Fred c. Rarrows was much more similar 1 to Raymond's than his brothers.
 Attorney Donald Gaffney appear. ing for Raymond. introduced evi. dence purporting to show that Fred had endorsed the note, but because of fear of his wife. he was now try. ing 10 deny 1t. Arthur Barrows, e brother Of the two men. told tho court that Raymond had called Fred out of the factory last year and when he returned he told him that he had just signed a note fol Raymond. and if his wife knew Il she would be angry. On cross-ex, animation he could not say whether the incident had occurred In tn, fall or summer. and could not tel whether 1t was the nete in uues, ton that Fred had signed.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19

ing laid a tax Of F mills on the grand list. Walnut Hill park was sometimes considered. but Central park was the final choice as a site, The final committee which carried the project to completion consisted of Ambrose Beatty, later mayor; Frederick N. Stanley, and Henry E. Russell.
 M. J. o'Connor of Hartford was the contractor, and the total cost was S2S,165.33. The stone shaft is surmountcd by figure of the wing ed victory, which was deemed by some to be immodestly draped. Within the building are the names of the 645 New Britain boys who answered the call of their country, while on the pillars about the cop ing are the names of the struggles in which many of them laid down their lives.
 The dedication was a great occa- sion, and a committee of 65 was busy for months in arranging every detail. Food was gathered by col lation committee in order that the 10000 visitors might be fed. Tho city was submerged in sea of red, white and blue bunting. from which peeped pictures of Lincoln. Grant, General Putnam leaving his farm, and the Spanish-American war heroes.
 Early on that morning 25 years ago today the great throng began to arrive on foot. on bicycles. in car riages, hy train. and very, very few in the newly-lnyented automo.
 n-n.aannaa .. n. snnA
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
BURNED TO DEATH
Stamford Man. Trying To Save Scighbor's Cars In Fire Himself Is Trapped By Flames.

Stamford. Sept. 19 P'-Antonio Ceprii, S5 years old, of 194 Stillwa- ter avenue, was burned 10 death early this morning, in a fire near his home. The blaze destroyed q barn owned by James Sabati, burn ed four automobiles and damaged q brick bakery nearby. The loss is estimated at st0.000
 Ceprii's body was not discovered until after the fireman had been fighting the blaze for half an hour. He left his home when the fire bI Ioke out and was trying to get into the barn 10 take out the automobiles when a gasoline tank on one of the machines exploded. The explosion blew out the door which landed on tcp of the man. He was stunned by the blow and was burned to death before he was discovered by the f1remen.
 Ceprii is survived by his wife and four children.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
MUST DRESS MODESTLY
Archbishop of Santiago to Refuse Admission to Churches Of Women in Ultra Fashionable Garb.

Santiago Chile, Sept. 19 Pl-The ban on ultra modern styles of dress |porn by women has extended to Chile. Monsignor Errazuriz, arch 7s!shop Of Santiago, has addressed a letter to one of the bishops of the archdiocese censuring the dress of women in Chile and Buenos Aires #and recommended that immodastly dressed women be refused admis- = =Fion to the churches.
 "Unashamed of their immodeSt =iress," said the letter, the Chilean women, whose manners formerly
 were an example to all Christian
 families. go so far as to have them-
 Eelyes photographed in these crea-
 ions. Not satisfied with this, ;hey
 lend their pictures 10 the newspa-
 ners, thus making a public spectacle
 bf themselves, apparently with the
 esire to spread the use of these zriNolo fashions"
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
SIX FREE CONCERTS l INPUBL|C SCHOOLS
Series to Be Presented This
 Winter by Musical Club
EXPLANATORY LECTURES
Speakers Win Describe Numbers Sung or Played-Four Concerts For Club Members at Camp School Auditorium.

Six free public concerts will be given in the auditorium of the public schools this winter, the programs to be presented by active members of the New Britain Musical club.
 The concerts will be given in schools situated In the outlying sec tions of the city for the benefit of people living near them. Parents. school children and the public gen. erally will be admitted,
 Mayor Paonessa will be invited to make short address at the first of the concerts as a fitting manner to inaugurate this new public service of the musical club, which Is design ed to be of great social and artistic value to the citizens. The mayor Is known to be a strong advocate of greater public use of school build ings.
 The public school concerts of the Musical club will be In addition to the four concerts in the Camp school for the club membership. There will be no difference in artistic aim between the two series of concerts. 1t Is announced by the program con- mittee, which has been holding weekly meetings for two weeks and has not yet finished the details Of making arrangements.
 ,,y,Iarct q nHinR Ot the music at the public school con- certs, the pieces to be played or sung will be described by lecturer from the club. The concerts are expected to be well attended and the program committee is endeavoring to present the very highest type of perform ances within the power of the mem- bership to give.
 The dates of the concerts have not vet been fixed, this to be done in cooperation with the school au- thorities. The dates for the Camp school concerts likewise have not yet been fixed.
 The club has approximately 40 active members to draw from for the public school and Camp school concerts and present indications are that all those willing and in posi- ton to contribute to the programs will be accommodated. Heretofore with only four Camp school con- certs to be arranged, it has been difficult 10 utilize the abilities Of all the active members every year. but with the addition of the six public school concerts this Is expected to be changed. The outlook at present Is that some of the finest music to be performed this year will be heard at the public school concerts.
 The program committee has also tentatively tackled the problem of house meetings for the active club membership and present plans indi- cate they will be vastly superior to anything attempted heretofore from the standpoint Of programs and club interest.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
NINE ACES 0F 'DRY
 ARMY ARE DROPPED
YelloHly Starts Clean-Up Of
 Chicago Branch
DRIVE ON BRIGHT LIGHTS
"Under Cover" Operatives From The East Are Expected to Get on Trail of Windy City's Illicit Booze Dealings.

Chicago. Sept. 1s P}-E. c. Yel- lowley Chicago's new prohibition administrator, has begun pruning his squad of enforcers as a preface to an organized drive on the bright spots of Chicago's night life.
 Nine of the best known agents here have been dismissed flor the good of the service" Thirty-tiv more are slated for dismissal when he returns from Washington Mon- day. The discharges will be follow ed by an influx of under cover" operatives from the east for a thrust at Chicago's cafes and cabarets, similar to that made by him against Broadway.
 Al Johnson Included
 Included in the list was Al John- son, head of the beer squad; who arrested Terry Druggan and Fran kie Lake in the beer shipping ex- ploit that put them in jail, where they since have been central figures in a scandal. The others, veterans of three and four years service, were Archie Benson, Johnsons partner; John Alger, William Kosjean. Wal ter George, Martin Lynn, Edward Daugherty, Max Henig and Archie Berry.
 The Rev. B. M. Ewing, acting ad- ministrator in Yellowley's absence issued the dismissas. He said the record of each agent discharged would be investigated by commit tee named by Yellowley. Cleanup of Cafes
 In connection with the proposed cleanup of cafes and cabarets which the Rev. MT. Ewing characterize as common tippling places, 1t was Iannounced that Henry c. Mort horst, former field supervisor of the San Francisco office had arrived here. He probably will be assigned Ito permit work, the acting admins trator said
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
One Killed, Another Is
 Dying in Auto Crash

New Brunswick. N, J. Sept. 19 dP Frank Cannon, of Youngstown. Ohio. a sailor attached to the New London naval base was instantly killed and Frank Iieb, a companion, received injuries from which physi- clans say he cannot recover. in an automobile crash on the Lincoln highway near Franklin park early today Charles Wilson, Of South Portland, Maine, a third member of the party escaped with minor in
 urieS.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
Village Green at North Brook6eld, Mass, Turned Into Minia- ture Lexington And Rivals Clash.
Chief of Police Overpower. ed, Gun, Handcuffs and Stick Taken From Him Both Factions Are Blamed.

North Brookfield, Mass. Sept. ls lf'-This quaint old bas state town. where neighbors had dwelt in peacs Tor centuries, today Is divided into two factions, each hating the other. as a result of last nights battle be- tween Ku Klux Klan sympath,zer. and townsmen in the town square.
 Of the six arrested by state and local police after the battle, two men are being held on charges of r,otinr They are Daniel Harrington and Wallace Foote, both of North Brook field.
 Fourth Serious Clash
 The battle. the fourths seriou clash between Klansmen and anti klansmen in this state in a month. was fought by hundreds. Police said that rocks and eggs were used freely as weapons. Chief of Police Steven Quill of Northfield was at- lacked and oyertowered by the crowd. His revolver, handcuffs and night stick were stolen. The only casualty was State Policeman Ed mund V. Downey of the Oxford barracks, who was injured when he was struck on the head with a ston. hurled by one of the rioters. Each Blames Other
 Both factions blame the other for the disturbance which started, poIice said early in the night when stones were hurled at about 200 automo- hiles containing klansmen as the procession passed through the square to the meeting field on the Bergin farm, formerly occupied by Martin Bergin, oldtime Boston Na- tional baseball player.
 After the rocks were hurled two shots were fired by the occupants of truck. alleged to have been in the klausmen's motor procession. The shots were answered by shower of eggs from the crowd gathered in | 'iEhN VI t4lC iuWH null Escorted By Troopers
 The next disorder came after the klansmen had held their meeting and were returning through the town square under the escort of state troopers and members of the towns board of selectmen. Rocks and eggs were hurled at the Klansmen, While the excitement was at it's highest Edward Moody of Provi. dence. R. l., and Paul wheelock of North Brookfield were seized by the mob and hurled into a watering trough, when patrolman Downey went to rescue them. he was injured by hurled missile.
 "Welcome" Committee
 The fact that the Kan meeting. said to have been attended by 1900 Klansmen from all parts of worces- ter County. was to be held on Ber- gin farm had been known here for the past week. Boasttul Klansmen, 1t was said today taunted anti Klansmen and defied them to pre- vent the gathering. The result was that a welcome" committee of sev- eral hundreds of -Klansmer gathered and the alleged rioting started when both factions ex- changed taunts.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
Murders Woman, Then He
 Turns Gun on Himself

Fergenfold, N. J., Sept. 19 tPl-- Scrgndnt George Thompson. so years old, of Dumont a recruiting officer in the United States army died to- day from a bullet wound through the temple inflicted upon himself last night after he had shot and killed Mrs. Mary Mcdonald, wife Of John Mcdonald.
 The shooting occurred in the kitchen of the Mcdonald home while Mcdonald was working in the garden.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
Darwin's Third Son Dies
 Today at Age of v Years

Cambridge. Eng. Sept. 1a OP-Sir Francis Darwin, third son of the ia nous British scientist. Charles Oar win. died here today, aged seventy seven.
 Educated in Trinity College. Cam bridge, he became an assistant to his father at Down. being especially in- tcrested in the latter's botanical re- searches, and after his death came here to reside.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
BOY OF l5 CONVICTED
Michigan Youngster Who Shot and Killed Aged Berry Picker Guilty in Second Degree.

Marquette, Mich. Sept. 1a Pt-- Fred Rose, Jr., 15 years old, con- fessed slayer of August Laplante, aged blue berry picker, was con victed of second degree murder here yesterday. Rose said he shot La pante in the back with high pow cred rife and robbed him.
 Rose became Is years old a month after the shooting and his attorney moved to quash the indictment on the ground that the boy was not Is when the crime was committed and could not come under the jurisoic- tion of the circuit court. The mo- ton was denied and the case will probably be appealed,
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
Half Century of Service
 For Country Is Hnnored

Washington, Sept, 1s F1-Rear Admiral William S. Benson. retired. will be honored for hls fifty years Of service to the nation in the Navy. and, since his retirement from the service, as a member of the United States Shipping Board, at a testi- monlal dinner rendered him here tonight on his seventieth birthday.
 The dinner is being given under the auspices of the committee of one hundred, headed hy Secretary wf- bur as chairman. and includes many persons prominent In the public ard private iifssot ths nation.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
FIGHTS 4 DRAW

Hollywood, Cal. Sept. 19 OP --- Clever Sencio, who invaded this country in an effort to take back to the Philippines the flyweight crown pancho Villa held at the time Of his death. fought a 1o-round draw here last night with Teddy Silva. sah Francisco hantamweight.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-19
Waterbury Baby Born
 With Tooth Showing
 And Another on Way

Waterbury. Sept. 1s R,-win- sted takes all the prizes for summer hall storms, roses that bloom in January and five legged calves, but Waterbury comes to the fore in the baby line. A baby born last night to Mir. and Mrs, Clemente Saturno, of l21 Harpers Ferry road, came into the world with one tooth showing and another well on its way. Both mother and child are doing well.