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New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
NAT AFRA|n HIST
 NERVOUS, NE SAYS
But GI5li Admits Feeling Safer
 Among Friends

New York, Feb. 94 HP)-Dcspito threats which caused him 10 leave Ptlroit secretly, Baniamino GigH, Italian tenor, says he is not afraid hIt "juSt norl ous" and has declared h;s ct rmination to tuInil comin. 'nSas"monts in Washington and New York, before rcjolning the I'lropolltan Opera company.
 Glgtl today was collecting his Sndhcn nerves at his home on West 51th street, having returned last hirhL under guard, His departure from Detroit came after sudden cancellation of q singing appear Gnce and was due to a note re- ociFod hy the chief of police there which stated:
 There are ways of slicing canary throats, and if you don't want a corpse in your morguc you'd bet fer keep him ont of this town ' the note was signed True Son of Italy,"
 Ton plain clothes mon. police and railroad detectives met Gigli as he a0traincd in New York with a priv ate detective at one side and d friend at tho other
 At his home hc did not know who his enemies were, but admitted h. believed tho trouble arose out of iruioue,, ho-u-run Y,,annrorg Tn" Italian singer said hn WIS rot afraid now that he is her, among friends he said ho will not employ guards, although this 1, not tho first time he has beer threatened
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
Crime Wave in New York
 Again on in Full Blast

Nov York. Feb. 2i tF'-F.Ve high waymen, invaded Tiphcrcth Israel synaEoguc and robbed thirty mem bers Of tho Southern Boulevard as soriation of si.nd0 in cash and B. hoU in jcwelry last night as the final touch 10 a day in which six hold ups notted S5l,2ji
 One m lined tho m"l.t .' Of the association against the syn .oguc wall while two of his companions searched them. Another stood guard a' me door. and the fifth stayed Gt l'ha whcnl Of their automobile, Ssv- I"nty dollars collected in dues wei" I'ak-n from inc troasur"r's table, All tho looi was rilr} on tho foar land wrapped in a harjanna. IT..
 robbers backed out the door and es-
 caped.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
BIRDS ARE DYING
 BY THE THOUSAND
Snow Covers Food and They Are
 Starving

Boston. Feb. < Pl-Somewhere and cFcryN hcrc in the snow bIankotcd northern states q silont drama is being enacted, and q grim one. l. might be called "A Tragedy 0f Birdlanl," from the Carcfrco lis tie songstcrs of last summer are noW fighting q desperate battle for life.
 With their food buried deep un- der the snow, thousands will have dicd of starvation when spring comes.
 State officials and officers of Bird Protective associations have sent out appeals to Citicns 10 help feed both game and songbirds. Attention again has been called, not only 10 the aesthetic value of in" birds, but to their enormous economic value, Massachusetts has found the situa- ton so serious that free grain Is rning distributed 10 responsible per sons and to rurar mail carriers 10 aid in tho work Of saving the f"athcrnd creatures from starving 10 death.
 Winthrop Packard. secretary Of tho Massachusetts Audubon society, the oldest of these orga nizations, has declared the situation the worst that has existed for years.
 From all parts of the state, he sail, reports have come Of birds. ordinarily shy and fearful o' mon. invading villages and towns anl suburbs or cities in their nuost for food.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
Jarrol. Murphy, Bartos, Chisson and

Jarrol, Murphy, Bartos, Chisson and Gumansky,
 The Daishin had been sighted at four D. m, and two hours there after the tanker crew had won their battle with the sea. and had ,he survivors safely aboard, The tanker life boat crew had made the passage 10 tho wnllowing and plung- ing freighter, had lifted the ex- hausted Japanese over the side, one by one, while their own small craft was being battered against the free board of the distressed Diashin, and had pulled their own boat again straight through the storm without the loss of lifc although tho life boat was q wreck by the time ho last man had climbed up the Java Arrows side.
 Uttcrly exhausted and hollow checked from starvation. the Jap anose were taken into the sick bay, while the rescue ship swung on 10 her course again, leaving the aban- donod and derelict Diashin aStern. Tho storm prccludcd any possibility of salyaging the frclghter and she was left to her southwestward drift in the rising storm. The battered lifeboat was also set adrift before the Java resumed her course.
 The captain of the Daishin ex- rlaincd that when the food failed on February eighth, the ships cat was set about to catch rats until the cat itself became so weak 1t had to be sacrifices to keep life in the starving men.
 The Java Arrow is due fin San Francisco March 6.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
TALE OF TRAGIC
 VOYAGE IS TOLD
Story Of Rescued Jap Sailors an
 Epic of Suffering

Tank steamer Java Arrow, en rouct 10 San Francisco, Fob. o4 tP -- (By wireless to tho Associated
 Prcss)-The captain, five officers and eight crew members of the Jap an"sa tr ieht steamer Daishin Muru. who wrle rescued in northwest storm by the Java Arrow on Feb ruary 2, are recovering today from shock and exhaustion, and are mournIHg their l9 olcw mates who
 had ,,Ct them in small boats in an appar,rt)y hopeless effort 10 seek aid,
 Tho plight of tho Dashin Maru is new epic of Japanese stoic her
 olsm. On January 20, after the yrSSrL adrlft in a growing gale, seemed doomed with all on board, the third mate and ten soamcn put
 out in ouc of the two small boats 10 Seek help on the angry ocean.
 On February s, the provisions Wrr" so low that eight more seamen determined 10 chance their lives so that their remaining companions
 might be saved. They took to tho
 second small boat and showed oft into the Snarling waves, straight to- ward what was evidently certain death, The Daishin. 300 miles from shor", her engines stillcd. her boil
 CTS cold and her bunkers bare, Wallowod helpless, hroadsldc to the blow until sho sighted the Java i Arrow ten days lator
 Distress signals were hoistcd slowly aloft by the failing hands of
 the starving and exhausted sur vivors The Java Arrow saw them. left her course, and swung along side. A life boat was put down, manned by Second Mate Olsen,
 Boatswain Williams. and Seamen
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
CHURCHES DECLARE
 FOR THE DRY LAW
MethodiStS DiSclaim Attempt for
 Modification

Washington, Feb, e4 P--A mH- tant denial that the churches have weakened in their support of prohi. bi,ion was issued hero last night over the signatures of high officials Of the Mcthodlst Episcopal church, the Methodist Episcopal church, south, the Methodist Protestant church and the United Brethren church.
 The joint statement chaructorizcd the recent prohibition survey Of tho ?, search department of the Federal Council of Churches as "an incXcus- able betrayal Of many church bodies," declared there had been no apparent change in the sentiment Of tho people as q whole; and up- poa,cd 10 church members 10 uni'c in support of the law.
 l. was the first time high dirni- tarlcs Of the four church organiza- lions had joined in common out line Of their views Of prohibition, The statement was signed by Bishop James Cannon. Jr, chair man of ihe commission on temper ancc and social service of the Meth odist Episcopal church, south; Bishcp William r. Mcdowell presi- dent. and Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secrctary. of the hoard of temper ance. prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church.; Bishop ". M Bell of the United Brethren church. and Dr Thomas II. Lewis, president Of tho general conference of the Methodist Pro- testant church
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
CAN IT BE POSSIBLE
 THAT CAL IS CHEATING?
No, He Took Another Mans Wife 10 Party Because His Own
 Was III

Washington, Feb, 2i LI9 - A severe cold prevented Mrs. Coolidge from searching for precedents to guide President Coolidge's attend ance with another partner.
 The dinner was given at the Will lard hotel by Attorr " General and Mrs, Sargent and was one of the weekly affairs by cabinet members and their wives in honor of the president and Mrs, Coolidge. At the last moment Mrs, Coolidge felt she should remain at the White House, and the president, wishing to at- tend the affair, sought another partner.
 A search of social precedents dis closed that President Mckinley had escorted wives Of cabinet members 70 such affairs during the illness of Mrs, Mckinley, and that course was adopted Hurried consultations re- vcalod that Mrs. William M. Jardinc, wife Of the secretary of agriculture. had no engagement last evening and she accepted the invitation.
 Then doubt arose as 10 whether the president should call for Mrs. Jardinc or whether an automobile should bo sent for her. being joined hy the president at the White House or should Mrs. Jar,lins be taken di- rect 10 tho hotel, her escort to find her there.
 The Mckinley precedent was ac- copted again. The presidents aide escorted Mrs. Jardnc to the White House. where Mir. Coolidge ioiuou her and continued 10 the hotel. On the return trip the procedure was the same, tho aide cscorting Mrs Jardne home after the president wai left at the executive mansion
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
"STOMACH TROUBLE NOW
 A THING OF THE PAST" SAYS NEW BRITAIN LADY
Mrs. IT,
 

Every day you are reading Of how your own friends and neighbors are getting well and mind you We are publishing the name and address of a different person euch and every day and we arc going to continue to do so until every man. woman and child in New Britain knows about ERbJCS. This remedy is Il scien- tItic discovery and has become n sensation wherever 1t has been in troduced. Many local people that you know are today rid of head aches, constipation. sour acid stom- aCh, lame backs and rheumatism because Of ERBJUS. IL is a tonic and system purifier. We do not ask you to take our word. but we ask you to investigate our testi- monials.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
Orrin Hollis, Once Great
 Circus Rider. Dies at "A

Toledo. Ohio, Teb. 2i R,-orrin
 Hollis, "A, for nearly half con- fury ona Of the greatest circus bare hack riders Of the world, died at q hospital here today.
 Hollis was the last Of what cir
 GUS people declared was the great IS. riding team of all time-Showles, Fish, Sebastian, Stickney and Hollis. He was feature with Barnum and I}ai,oy's shows for more than 2b
 yeGrS.
 While Orrin Hollis lay on his death bed here, his son, also Q Uarohack riior, stayed in Detroit refusing 10 break a professional en-
 eagcmcnt ty"n in 1eath--an m. | written law Of :be performers code
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24

Mrs Bartlett says: For five years I have been afflicted with u sour acid stomach. lots of gas and pain around my heart, My back would ache as if it would break. l was always tired and worn out and had no appetite, l also had rheumatism in my knees and for weeks at q time I could not bend them
 I had tried many remedies with. out results, but decided to try ERB- JUS. l have taken threo bottles and the results have hecn as follows: No more sour stomach. tho tired feel ing has left me and the gas and rheumatism are both things of the past. l certainly indorse ERBJUS."
 ERRJUS Is being introduced in New Britain by representative of the ERBJCS CO.,, at The FAIR Drug Counter.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
PUTNAM CASHIER
 GIVEN THREE YRS.
Guy Baker, Gilpatric's Assistant.
 Sentenced to Atlanta

New Haven, Feb. 9i tP--Guy L.. Haker, former assistant cashier, whose uneasy conscience brought him home from FloriIa and its sun shine 10 confess the theft Of slG,- 300 from the First National bank of Putnam. which G. Harold Gilpatric wrecked in August, 1924. was sen ,cncnd 10 Atlanta prison for three years by Federal Judge l.. Thomas yesterday afternoon.
 Exposed Own Act
 If was not known that Baker had stolen money until he walked into the office of Assistant United States District Attorney Cohen on January and told his story. So far as known he has never told how he covered his acts. He assist ad Receiver George M, Coffin for months in effort 10 find out about Gilpatric's manipuations as cash fer, but his own misdoings did not show up then or since.
 Alurn ISN lflSOntF Assistant United States Attorney i George F. Cohen told Judge Thomas that Bakcr had been under "had inhucnre' in tho bank and he ! asked that this be taken into con- 1 alteration. Judge Thomas madc the sentence begin on January 2 | The short sentence vas given in consideration of Bakers voluntary ! return and confession.
 Baker had been in Hartford Jail and hc was brought 10 court yes ! torday when the United states dis i trict c0,rt began its session, A 1 grand jury returned true bill 1 Baker entering q plea of guilty as he had said be would do, and was ! immediately sentenced. In the same institution Gilpatric is sery- , ing long sentence, although just now he Is in Putnam trying 70 as- 1 s.st Receiver Coffin to adjust the affairs of the bank.
 Knew About Gilpatric lIGnpi biN1SS lltlllt di-ifI 'itI' 1 he had nothing Co do with GiIpa- 1 tries manipulations of the bank funds. The money he took over q period hocinning in 1921 was used for personal use, mostly for luHnr- ! ios, such as an expensive automo- bile. He discovered Gilratric's acts ! but said nothing He naS claimed ! that h, r"monstratcl with Giipa- | tric over th" loose methods in the bank, claim which the receiver ! has confirmed in his efforts to , trace Gi'pa,ric's mag" of bond and ! loan dralinCs,
 Has Aided Probe
 Baker assisted the receiver in , the bank for some months and then 1 took position in Putnam. Last | december he went 10 Florida but there. he has said, his consci"ncr made him uneasy, He returned tc Putnam, avoided friends, stay"a ot summer cottage two days, dis .appearcd, and then showed up at Nlr, 'oU'll oll1''' IlN nh1 BOll' 10 Boston 10 toll thc National Bamh | examiner Of his st"alings but hi' courog" tailed him.
 List of Thcfis
 Baker signed d statement con fossins to stealing $16.3oo. Mr Cohen explained that Takcr tool F',Goo in Liberty bonds bc!ongin. 10 J. L. MoDuf, $1,700 in bond n"lo0gnE 10 H. Tardts, S4,00o fl bonds which bore the name of liar Rina "nl Sons. and some honds be longing 70 tho hank ljsc,t.
 Baker took the sontCnco calmly | II" had no counsel and left his dis position with the court.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
WANT TO SELL HOME

Los Angeles. Feb. 24 Pl-Tbe Beverly Hills estate Of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford is mp for sale.
 They plan 70 build a Spanish hacienda farther back Tn the hills. The film couple will leave here neNl Tuesday on tour Of Europe.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
SINCLNIR NOMINATED

San Francisco. Feb. 24 up}-Trton Sinclair anthor, Pasadena. has been named the socialist candidate for governor.
 Tho party platform calls for the .rcpcal nf the state criminal syndi- .calism law. public ownership Of hydro-clcctric power and of public utilities.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
WOMAN IS NOMINATED
N"attlc voters Express Preference Tor Fair sex To Run For Mayor Of City.

Scattn, Wash, Feb. c4 P-Two women candidates for the nomina- lion for mayor ran in primaries here and in Tacoma yesterday md on" Was sucC"sstul. Tn" winner WIS Mrs. Bertha K. l-Hndcs, wife of a University of Washington professor. who lrd Mayor Edwin J. Brown of seattle, by more than a thousand .1Ct"s.
 E"" Anna l. Mycr candidate for .th" maNoral'y nomination in Ta- coma, 'rail"d 'he ticket in tho pri- mary. receiving on'y 1o7 votes. The successful candidates yer" N rrrn G. Tounnrt, steel manu(a~- 'rrer, and Mayor Angelo V. HaH- c'it.
 \ third woman, Mrs. Ka'hryr A.. Nirarh. figured in thn primary She Vas nominated 10 mako 'ho rar" on rho ceuncilmauic ticket ir S-aftle.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
COOLIDGE LOSES BOUT

Amherst. Mass. Feb. 4 iRt-Jolln Coolidge. soN Of the president, fought three rounds in tn" annual boxing tournament at Amherst col l"gr last night. having entered the contest in the 135-pound class. His opponrnt Was A. Silverman of Wa '"rbury, and at the end of the thrr" rounds Silvcrman received q de- cision on points.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-24
Parachute Jumper Loses
 Life in Florida Lake

Orlando. Fla, Fob. 24 Pl--Earl Vincent, S6, parachute jumper, was drowned here yesterday when he landed in Lake Olivet after cut ting loose from balloon. He made the descent easily and apparently floated gently into the water but drowned before boats could reach him.
 The body will be shipped to Kentwood, Lar the home Of his wife
New Britain herald., 1926-08-21
MethOdists Now Protest
 Boxing Match at Sesaui

Washington. Aug. oi tH) - Tex Richards current arrangement 10 put on the Dcmpsey-Tunncy cham pionship bout in the huge sosqui- centennial stadium al Philadelphia was described today by the Mctho- dist board Of temperance prohibi. ton and public morals as a "threatened disgrace" 10 the city
 "A report that the sesquicenten- nial exposition at Philadelphia has been sold out 10 Mir. Tex Rickard for one day and that the exposi ton is 10 participate in the profits Of a prize fight is distressing to Christian people," said the board.
 This affair will be a debasing influence in Philadelphia and will extend it's evil suggestions through out the country. So long as we tolerate prize fighting. We have no right to criticize the spanish for celebrating bull fighting. for the one is as brutal as the other"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-21
Thinks Maybe Insanity
 Comes From Bad Teeth

Philadelphia. Aug. 21 tP A surroy of patients in insane asy- lums to determine the presence Of impacted teeth as d possible cause of neurasthcnia and mclanchoia which might lead 10 insanity is ad- vocated by Dr. Earl b. Bettcnhu- sen. Duluth. Minn.
 Addressing tho annual convention Of the American society of oral surgeon and cXodon,ists, Dr. Bet tenhusen said that nery ousre Ss, ncurasthonia, mciancholia and psy- chopathic disord'rs often had been relieved by Ihc remo,a al of impact "d teeth.
 New officers Of the association are Dr. Roy Hopkinson, Milwau- krH, president; pr. Earl II. Thom- as, Chicago. vice president; pr. F.. (. Hume. Louisville. secretary. and nr. Frank w. Rounds, Boston. treasurer.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-21

in the telephone office at New Britain.
 Visitors Leave
 Mrs. B. R. Showalter and chill dren, who have been visiting in this place, left yesterday for New York. Mrs. ShoWalter was formerly a resi- dent of Worthington ridge and has spent two weeks visiting her former neighbors.
 Wilcox Better
 Samuel Wilcox, who is convalesc- ing at the Hartford hospital, is re- ported to be much improved and it it thought that the local boy may be returned to this place tomorrow. Wilcox recently underwent an op- cration at the Hartford institution.
 Old Resident Better
 s. A. Hart. old resident of this place, who has been ill since the middle of July, is slightly improved. Mir. Hart suffered q shock when he took a long walk in the sun and became overheated and since then has been an invalid at his kcnsing- ton home.
 Indoor Team Quiet
 With so many series going on around this place. John Conlin's in door baseball team will be inactive this Sunday. The Blue Hills dia- mond will not be in use for quite some time. according to reports, as many of Conlin's best men are ab- sent on vacations and results ob- tained by filling in the vacant spots with pickup men have not proved so successful of late, as the team has suffered two defeats in as many games since they stqrtcd up again. When the regulars get back in the harness, the Blue Hillians are con- fident that nothing will stop them from making a clean sweep of the remaining games.
 Graham Funeral
 The funeral of Jason J. Graham. life time resident of this place was held yesterday at his late home in Kcnsington. The Rev. Vernon L.. Phillips officiated at the services and burial was in East cemetery.
 Stevens Ready
 Claude W. Stevens candidate for representative, today made q state ment that he apprciatecs the sup port of his friends in their cam paign for him. q appreciate also, said Mir. Stevens. "the honor of representing Berlin in the legisla- ture and if l am awarded the post I will try 10 give the town the best Of my services.
 His friends are confident that he is 9 good choice for the position as his knowledge of affairs at the Capitol combine 10 make him an efficient representative for the con- ing term.
 East Berlin Items
 Miss Edith Northrup is away on la motor trip to Cape Cod and other points of interest.
 About 30 members of the Epworth league attended the first lawn social of the season held at the home Of Mrs. Charles Pratt in West Crom-
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New Britain herald., 1926-08-21
Old Norman Ruins Are
 Used as Parish Church

Ma|mesbnry, Wiltshire, England. Aug. q. P--What remains of Malmcsbury Abbey. an historic Nor man ruin, now seryes as inc parish church of this Iillagc, a floufishing commercial center in the middle ages.
 The ruin Is in necI Of immediate rrpairs if tho structure is 10 be saved. The parish is too poor 10 bear the expense and the vicar has made an apre1l 10 Americans as tho neighborhood is closely associ- at"d with tho history of the Wash ing onS.
 Lawrence Washington was one of the two members of parliament elected from ashury in 1CG1. and the hall in which the election took place still stands.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-21
Ireland Advocates
 Tours of Country

Dublin. Aug. q lPl-The Irish Tourist Association is opening a bureau at the corner of Trafalgar Square in London. one Of the most frequcnted places in the British metropolis. IL is hoped to develop an influx Of tourists lo Ireland. not only in summer but in winter when tho climate of the southern resorts is much more solubrious than any where in England,
 Expert photographers have been appointed for Il general survey of the country's beauty spots, The govern ment has approved the scheme of the tourist association.