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New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
EXEMPLARY PRISONER, . BUT ALWAYS FEARED
Chapman Was Constantly Watched While at
 Wethersfeld

Hartford, April 6 Lpl - Gerald murderer, who was hang cd early today, was never fully trusted as a prisoner while he was In Wethersiield prison, it was reveal ed today. It was believed by the prison administration that he would make every effort to escape, and. not only was watch kept upon him without relaxation, but 1t was the custom every day he was there to move him into another cell. In the morning he was obliged to remove his clothing, his body carefully ex- amined and then he was taken to another cell where he donned a new suit of clothes. He was never in the second cell twice.
 The clothing which had been dis cardcd was carefully examined as was the cell he had vacated. In 'the examination of his person his mouth was looked into and an at tendant passed his finger around in- side 10 make sure no piece of meta was concealed.
 One morning during Chapman. trial in Hartford for the murder 0, Officer James Skelly of New Britain a piece of metal was found on th, floor of his cell. Ii had been brok en from the spring of the cot. fla piece Of steel wetted 10 a sharl point on the cement flooring of tn cell.
 The piece of metal, in the opin ion of the prison officers, migh have been used for several purposes for attempting a getaway. or as weapon Of attack.
 As Chapman's trial was very earl in his stay at the prison. and du to the fact that he had made
 getaway from Atlanta, he wach 0 his cell was made rigid. Guard held he belief, it is said. that Chap man would not have heSitated { kill in an effort to make his wa to freedom. Yet throughout his sta he was an exemplary prisoner in dt meanor. in conversation and in hi general observance of prison rules
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
MRS. WATSON, BURLESQUE
 KINGS WIFE, IS SLAIN
Partner in Club Business Also Killed By a Discharged
 Former Employe

Freeport, N. Y, April P'-Mrs. William Watson, 5O-year- old wife of sliding Billy" Watson of burlesque fame, and Henry Kothe, fl, joint proprietor of the Three Hundred club, a restaurant, were found shot 10 death today. Karl Kieferle, a recently discharged waiter, sur rendered to police.
 Police had just been informed Of the shooting and were starting out 10 investigate when Kieferel walked into the station house and sur- rendered. Kothe was found lying face down on a couch in the res- taurant with a wound in the back Of his head and Mrs. Watson was beside him on the floor shot through the neck. Kieferle told police that he had come here to work in the restaurant three weeks ago from Hackensack, N. ].
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
Vets Hear Testimony of Gen. Andrews, Who Tells of S75 Employees Being Dropped For Various 0ffenses, l2l Being Grafters.
Dinhonest Druggists, Boot leg Denaturing Plants, Distilling of Anti-Freeze Mixtures and Other Schemes Are Explained.

Washington. April 6 P--By the testimony of General Andrews tho governments own enforcement chief. leaders of the wet cause sought again today to prove al ieas' a part of the indictment they haNo brought against prohibition.
 Resuming their questioning before the senate prohibition commIttee' they asked the general about cor runtion in the prohibition torces' diversion of alcohol, blind uger drug stores, and many other elements which the witness freely conceoeu to be involved in the entorcenlenI situation. But he insisted that steps were being taken and would De taken to minimize objectonapie features of the, dry regime.
 Big Crowd Present
 A defense crowd again oyerran the committee room for the second of the six days of hearings allotted the vets. Next week six days VIII be given the drys, whose chief coun- sel, Wayne B. Wheeler made his first appearance in the committee room today while General Andrews was testifying. The Anti-Saloon league official arrived late ana squeezed into a seat near the Wit ness.
 As he replied to the questions of Julien Goldman of Boston, counsel for tle vets, General Andrews slouched down In the big witness chair and puffed occasionally at 6 cigarette. He answered i'll a low voice hardly audible at the end ol the room.
 Many Were Discharged
 The examination went first to thu 875 employees of the prohibition unit, who have been discharged. O. these l21 went out on charges O "bribery and extortion"; so other for falsifying expense accounts, ant 2l for making false statements Il applying for positions.
 Taken into the field of alcohol di
 
 versions, General Andrews said tha since prohibition, thirty denaturln plants have been established.
 Bootleg Establishments
 q regard these as bootlegging es tablishemnts," he said. There is ye no economic necessity for them, an it is from them that the alcohol diverted
 He told also how "so- o-called drug gists" going into the business to SC whiskey, were seriously injuring tn business of honest druggists.
 The Missouri senator then thre' the committeeman into laughter h explaining for the benefit of Senate Walsh, of Montana, dry, how 'spl whiskey" can be made by mixing a cohol, whiskey and water. The Q! planation followed a statement (Continued on Page 12)
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
Fiery Cross, Like X. XXX. Emblem,
 Flares Atop Mound h North End
Hundreds Watch Flaming Beacon, Believed Con- nected With Knights of the Nightie" Demonstra- tiOn.

Beams of light from a fiery cross atop a knoll a short distance from the residence of Mayor A. M. Pao- nessa attracted the attention of hun dreds of persons last night but a police investigation failed 10 dis close whether the incident marked the rcopening of K. K. K. activities here or if it was the work of jOkers
 Coming as it did coincident with the burning of crosses in other parts of the state, it Is believed to be part of an extensive demonstration planned by the klan.
 The fact that the burning Of crosses came on the night scheduled for the execution of Gerald Chap man, coupled with the burning of several within a short distance Of the death chamber gave rise to ru- more linking the demonstration with 1 the execution.
 Charles s. Andrews is owner of the property where the cross was l DuTneu. I llt SlNt l5 III t44c M NiN view development which lies be tween McClintock road and Stanley street. Mayor Paonessa's 8 residence is nearby.
 Mr. Andrews said today he had not been asked by anyone for per mission to go on his property for any purpose. He was entertaining guests at his home last night when his attention was attracted by the blazing cross. He did not recognize it's form at the time and as it ap- peared to be waning did not so tc investigate. This morning he was surprised to See tue cross-shapec CmberS
 The police department was noti, fled shortly after 10 o'clock and De, tective Thomas J. Feeney sped ou to the Belyiderc section of the city picking up Sergeant Patrick Me Away and Traffic Policeman Edwart Klely. They parked the police ca at the foot Of the knoll and hurried 10 the blazing cross At that tim there was no trace of the person O persons who caused the fire. The, found the cross to be made up kero sene oil soaked 2X6 lumber. It wa held by stout wires attached | stakes driven in the ground, De tective Feeney laid the klan emblem low with kick and the fire va soon out.
 Spectators who arrived shortI after the fire started said severa men were moving about the hurnin
 cross but as the size of the crow increased they made off into th darkness.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
WILD REPORTS KEEP STATE POLICE BUSY
Trumbull. AIcorn and Jen- nings Closely Guarded
 During Night

Hartford, Conn, April $ LP) - Fiery crosses were burned at sey- eral places in the county last night but the authorities said these had nothing to do with the execution of Gerald Chapman. Rumors were many but none mad any substance in fact. One story was that car laden with dynamite had been driven towards the state prison al Wethersneld and another was thai this same car was in Plainville, the home of Governor John H. Trum- bull.
 In view or rumors Superintendent Robert T. Hurley of the state po- lice took extra precautions to pro- tect Governor Trumbull who re- fused to give Chapman a fourth reprieve; States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. who with tonacity kept up his fight against the criminal. and Superior Court Judge Newell Jen- nings of Bristol, who sentenced the man.
 State troopers were at the home Of the state officer all yesterday and ' through the night, There was nc untoward incident.
 Reports Of discharge of firearms Tn some outlying towns were re- ported to have come from use oi i large firecrackers.
 States Attorney Acorn, when told of reports Of a dynamite car traversing the highways ready tc be blown up. said that while sucl stories were news to him he would not have been surprised it some thing had happened. He remarked Tt wouldn't surprise me what tha Chapman gang might do.'
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
DENIES (. O.P, SENT FUND TO SWAY ELECTION HERE
E. W. Christ Says Mayor Paoncssa' $ Statement Is "Chiidlsh And
 Absurd"-Calls It "ChiCancry"

E. W. Christ acting republican state central committeeman of the sikh district today made public the following statement contradicting re- marks made yesterday by Mayor Paonessa:
 "The newspapers have reported that In his talk at the Corbin fac tories yesterday noon Mir. Paonessa said that the state republican poli- tical organization had sent S50,000 into New Britain to beat MT, Quig- ley and himself,
 "The statement is so childish and absurd that l hesitate to take mo- tice of 1t. However, having been made by the mayor of our city whose words are supposed to be given credence, I am making this reply.
 Not one cent has been sent tc New Britain by the state central committee either directly or indi- rectly, nor has any money been of- fered or promised.
 "Some of MT. Weld's friends sub scribed 10 a fund to defray the eX- penses of his primary campaign Because MT. Weld was helped by 2 large number of volunteer workers who served without pay, the ex' penditure of any considerable sun was unnecessary.
 "Mr. Paonessa has been mayor fol two terms. and if he has graced tho office with the ability and poise tha he claims, it seems strange that h' finds it necessary to stoop to sucl chicanery to keep himself in thu office for a third term"
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
DIES IN HOSPITAL FIRE
Nine Patients Are Carried Out Safcly When OIdtnwn Hospital Burns But EmpIoyc Is Killed.

oldtown, Maine, April 6 P-Miss Blanche Frost, an employe, was burned to death and nine patients, three of whom had been operated upon yesterday. were removed with difficulty when fire broke out in the Penobscot General hospital early to- day. The building was badly dam aged.
 Miss Frost's body was found on the floor on the second story where she was overcome in an attempt 10 escape from her room on the third floor. Several of the patients were carried out partially overcome by smoke which filled the rooms as the flames swept through the upper stories of the hospital. The origin of the fire has not been determined
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
MAINE REPUBLICANS
 STRONG FOR DRY LAW
State Party's Platform Strengthened in Planks
 on Petition

Portland, Me, April ( R'-1ssues on which the republican party will make its campaign in Maine were brought before the republican state convention today. The platform was reported by former Governor Perci- val P. Baxter as chairman of the resolutions committee just before the luncheon recess and action on it by the convention was deferred un- til later in the day.
 With two exceptions the platform recommended by the resolutions committee was identical with a ten tative draft presented to the dele gates last, nigh. The only changes were the strengthening of the blanks on prohibition and water power The new plank on prohibition de. clared:
 We are proud of the fact that our state was the pioneer prohibi ton state of the union. We re- affirm our answering loyalty 10 tht prohibitory cause as expressed il the eighteenth amendment and law supplemental thereto and go oI record as opposing all attempts t' reueal or weaken them"
 On the subject of waterpower, th' committee recommended that un der DO circumstances whateve should the state of Maine relinquisl any portion of it's present control Jurisdiction and regulation over tn hydro-electric resources within ou borders"
 The platform as recommended b the committee also contained un reserved endorsement of Presiden Coolidge and Governor Brewster administrations and commended tn state publicity program inaugurate by the governor If pledged con tiuued encouragement 10 all form Of education. new road constructio and forestry conservation.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
10 RULES ON HOW 10
 GET RID OF HUSBAND
Beauty School Specialist Gives Humorous Advice
 in Address

Chicago, April Ps-Ten rules for getting rid of husband were given by Mrs. Ruth J. Maurer' heau os q national chair of beauty schools in an address today at the llllilol' tJairdressers' association convention They are:
 Use soap and hot water for cleans ing the face, always scrubbing Vlgor- ously. thus leaving the skin dry ana harsh.
 Avoid use of creams and never use any cream before applying pow der.
 Insist on being natural.
 Refuse to use powder. Expose yourself to the hot sun. Get tanned and sunburned, thus dilating the perpiphal blood vessels and produc' ing the coarse weather-beaten el- focts known as sailors skin,
 Shampoo your hair with strons alkaline soap. Use various bleach ing compounds and poor hair dyes
 Play golf, tennis or take lohi motor rides without hat. Never use sun glasses. Squint ah' scowl instead.
 Drink highballs, cocktails an' synthetic gin.
 Smoke one or two packages O i cigarettes a day. being careful to Tn hale. This will stain the tlngerup ] and discolor the teeth.
 Keep late hours. Turn night in'' day. Make 1t a rule to play card | and dance every night until nerV ously exhausted.
 Get nervous. Be as disagreeahI as you feel and cultivate q crank disposition that will aid in printin habit lines about the mouth an forehead.
 These rules, if followed carefully will cause any woman to look fright and end in the divorce court, said Mrs. Maurer.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
MRS. SHELLY IN FLIGHT
 FROM IN7ERV|EWERS
Takes Refuge Out of Town to Avoid Newspaper
 Reporters

Tn an effort to avoid continuous interruptions and telephone con- vcrsation concerning the execution of Gerald Chapman, the murderer of her husband, Mrs. James Skelly left her home at SS3 South Main street early this morning and has been out of town for the entire day.
 So persistent were the news. papers for her opinion on the mat ter they called her continuously for the past week until she be- came so exhausted from their ef- forts that she decided to get away, One morning newspaper called her at 11:30 o'clock last night.
 All day today her two young sons have been kept busy answer ing calls.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
HOUSE SET AFIRE BY WOMAN SMOKER
Isabelle Ross, 57, Painfully Burned in North Street Home
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
Invalid Believed to Have Been Smoking In Bed Before Fire De- pertinent Is Called Out al . X. M. Today.

Mrs. Isabelle Ross, aged 57 years, of 98S North street, an invalid crip- pie, was saved from death by mem bers of the fro department at her home this morning at 2 o'clock when her bed and bedroom took fire. She was severely burned about the face, head and feet and was sent to the New Britain General hospital in the police ambulance. She IS thought to have been smoking In bed and in this way set fire to her clothes Her condition Is not regarded at the hos- pital as serious.
 An alarm was sent i'll from BOX 412 at the corner ot North and Ellll streets at o'clock this morning. Upon breaking into the house the nremen found the woman's bedroom ablaze and filled with smoke. Ihey removed the invalid to another bouse and Chief w. J. Noble ordered 2, call sent in TOT the dhIpuA"iHe'
 The fire was soon extinguisheo yith damage of about $lOo result ing. The woodwork in the room was charred considerably and the peo was destroyed.
 Mrs. Ross has been taken care ol at her home by a family named Ross, but what relation there is De- tween them could not be ascer' ta,ned. A short time ago, 1t is re- nortad. action was being taken after an investigation, to nave lh' woman sent to the town home. | n' matter was turned over to th' charity department of the city an' an investigation showed that sh
 was not without means Of suppor and therefore not q charity paueh'
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
BRADFORD DESCENDANT DIES

Easthampton, Mass. April 6 Rs-
 Mrs. Mary Aiken Anson, 6S, direct descendant of Governor Bradford ot l Plymouth colony, is dead here. She
 had been a resident of this town for lmany years.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
TH-E WEATHER

TH.s WEATHER Hartford. April 6.-ForcCast for New Britain and vicinity: Increasing Cloudlness follow e,l by rain or snow tonight; Wednesday rain and slowly
 rising temperature
New Britain herald., 1926-04-06

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-22

the gospel effectively in certain quarters Of uni
versal brotherhood. Some Of his writings and ut
terances were profoundly true but he subscribed to
theory Of government and philosophy antagonistic
to the established order Of this nation
His following among those who believe IN the
theory Of socialism the greatest OF any ieaoef
of that school Of this generation He was fearless
fighter for the and suffered imprisonment 1of
violating laws which he regarded as unjust 10 the
principles he> always defended in the spirit OF
crusader and idealist The man was dreamer. He
fought constantly as he saw the light. his nome
life was clean and he lived uprightly in his per-
sona relations with the world, but in the cause for
which he enlisted body and soul for life, he asked
neither favor quarter
However one may differ with the principles Ut
Debs, his philosophy was founded on love Tor MS
fellow man. Unlike many propagandists and labor
leaders, he never waxed rich never capitalized the
class consciousness he constantly inspired part
of the principles Of his party.
He came into national prominence as leader OF
the great railway strike Of 1894, which affected
western railroads and especially the Great Northern
through this state. Federal troops were ordere
out BY President Cleveland and an army Of United
States marshals was busy protecting railroad prop
crty. Debs became familiar figure to the resi-
dents Of the northwest in that great labor disturb
ance. Arrested during that strike, he acquitted
II is hard to weigh the net results Of career like
Debs' He did accomplish something for organizei
labor. and he made quite contribution toward i'm
provemcnt IN the relations between capital and labor
Not all Of his activities were destructive Some OF
the reforms he advocated arc now generally ac-
ccpted by the industrial leaders as just and equit
able AS
There is this contribution then, Of the FS0tl1lst
leader to compensate for what appears by modern
standards Of success the end of fruitless public
career Debs cherished ideal, fought for it, suf
fered for it in body and mind but he died as firmly
convinced that he right and as firmly loving
his fellow man and especially the under dog as he
did when he first joined the party Of his choice
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-22
NOTICE OF ssxrlR ALTON Of'
REDEMPTION

state Of North Dakota. County Of
OFFICE Of County Auditor. Eis-
marck, y. Oak.
To o. L. Binford, no address: NJ. w.
Ribbins. no address: J. s. Adair.
San Diego, Cal: Helen and VIM.
Adair, North Platte, Nebr.: Chas.
and Paul Wachter. bismarck. \. D.
You are hereby notified that the.
tract OF land hereinafter described
and which Was asss ssel In your
name for taxation for til" year 1"?2.
was on the nth day Of December.
1929. duly sold, as provided by law.
for the delinquent taxes Of the Year
rye, and that the time for redemp-
ticn from said sale will expire
ninety days from the completed SER
vice Of this notice.
Said land is described M follows:
All OF the south one half of the
north one-half, section 16. town
ship 1873. Range 80. s
Amount sold for. s70.37.
Amount required TO redeem at this
date. ,$lOl.97.
In addition TO the above amount
you will he required to pay thu
costs Of the service at this notice
and interest AS provided by law and
unless you redeem said land from
said sale before the expiration o.
the time for redemption ax above
stated. a deed thereof will issue t.
the hOldersOf the tax sale certificate
as provided by law.
Witness my hand and official sea-
this 10th day Of October. 1925.
FRANK j JOHNSON.
Auditor Burleigh County. \. pak
First publication 1O-22-26.
10-22-29 11--5
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-22
Jurymen For Fall
Term of District
Court Announced

Jurymen for the November term Of
the Morton county court, which opens
November . with Judge +. y. Lembkc
presiding, were announced yesterday
by John Iandtmann, clerk OF court.
There will be 40 jurymcn, with the
majority Of them coming from Nun
dan.
The following is tho list Of those
impanelcd:
Anthony Damsky, Dave Gibson,
Otto Haggerott, Joseph Kottsick,
George Echroth, Joseph j. LAM,
Erasmus Lcingang, Adam Stein.
Adolph Nelson. Philip Schafcr. L. l..
Shaw, Fred F'roclich. Matt lander
and A. c. Williams. all of Mandan.
James Lun and MARTIN Klein Of st.
Anthony; Karl Kciscl and August
Gappcrt of New Salient; l.. F.. Tavis,
William Hcrmcs, Joseph Dinyer, Nick
Kuhn and Herbert Keller Of Glen
Ullin.
Richard Scifcrt of Sweet Briar;
Fred Rau and u. Buchli of Hebron
Paul sBecheroS BlSe Grasss I'd. Luns-
S. Bdlfnsky u So1kn; Martin Granel
of Huff; Carl Thor and Andrew Will.
man of Almont; G. A. Nelson OF
Thinner: Ed. Hogcr, Frank Dcttman
and Nathaniel Stark Of Judson and
M. j. Kautzmann, Walter Hanson and
w. J. Grabcnhorst Of Flasher COM
plete the list of those called for ser.
vice.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-22
(Official City, State and County Newspaper
Eugene Debs

Socialism lost its foremost leader IN the dcath oi
Fur,ne yict,r DebS Several times the cahnida,e
of that party for president OF the United STATES ~
spent his life not only in spreading the teachings
OF school of political Thought he honestly peie'e'
was an Improvement over the present sss'e"' ou'
in fighting for the labor cause
Opinions will differ violently upon the contfiou-
ton Of Debs He hated war, fought the established
order of things and punished for sedition upon
conviction by a jury Of his peers He always re-
ysfvled that as martyrdom. He never rccanted.
His pardon was secured because Of his and fail
ing health Those who differed with him had re-
spect for his genial ovable character He preached