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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26

closed that Simmons was fourth of.
fender and, therefore, must be sen
fenced ito life under the new State
Baumes law. But when District At
torney bod asked for Simmons re.
sentence Judge Taylor refused, on
the grounds that a resentence would
be placing Simmons twice in jeop-
ardy."
The Supreme Court, in a test suit
filed. upheld the district attorneys
contention, and Judge Taylor took the
case to the Appellate Division. threat.
ening to resign rather than obey the
arbitrary provision of the Baumes law
He would make no statement after
yesterdays ruling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26

says, but to insure humanity against
a renewal of conditions which nearly
wrecked the peace and health of the
world, the ak must be laid to the
roots. The holy father therefore pro-
poses a concrete program OF social
service which shall comprise the erec-
ton of elementary schools and
orphanages, increased higher educa-
ton, instruction in sanitation and
hygiene. the fortifying of religious
principles, the maintenance of agri-
cultural communities and the erection
of Industrial schools.
Physical Side Important.
'"Thus economic stagnation will be
eliminated and spiritual demoraiiza'
ton cured. Man lives so much in his
physical being that his social, reli'
gious. his material and his political
DEVELOPMENT frequently are condi-
toned to a measurable degree by his
physical. environment. And should
these surroundings be such as to fos-
ter discomfort, exhaustion and bitter
ness. a situation ensues which is cum
ningly and deliberately manipulated
by the radical agitator in his quest for
world revolution"
Among other projects Prof. Walsh
saws Pope Plus soon will invite the
heads of American colleges and uni
yersities to receive a group or Rus-
sian students 80 they may acquire the
knowledge and technical training
necessary Ito restore their great lana
to it's rightful place among the
nations of the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
Hold-up Bands Have Obtained SIG, 315y $40
From u S. Mails During Past Five Years

Bandits have stolen $16,315, $40
from Government mails since 1921. in
a total of Sc hold-ups, according tofa
report published by Postmaster
General New. Only $10.226.071 has
been recovered, leaving the bandits
with a profit of $6,089,75S. Since
last July / there have been five hold
ups in which weapons played part,
and in which 1921, 900 was taken. The
Government has recovered $226,50 of
this amount.
A total of All arrests have been
made in connection with the Sc rob-
berries and 212 convictions obtained.
Besides the Sc hold-ups since 1921,
there have been II major robberies"
of post offices and thefts at depots,
aggregating 1891. AIS, of which $101,-
942 has been recovered.
Because of the large number of mail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26

robberies. Representative w. w.
Griest, Republican, of Pennsylvania,
fled a bill yesterday in the House call.
ing for the establishment of a civilian
postal guard of 1000 persons.
The report submitted by the Post
master General was made so as to as
sist Griest in the preparation of his
bill. it was explained. A guard of
$500 Marines is now used to protect
the mails, but the bill proposes to re-
place them with the civilian guard.
Valuable mail is now being trans
ported in nine armored cab trucks. An
order has been placed for two more.
and authorization has been given by
Congress for the purchase of $50 ar
mored trucks. Contracts to build these
are being let rapidly, thus to foil the
bandits in their attempted holdups.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
BABIES ARE GIFTS.
English Wife Adopts Son AS
Present to Husband.

LONDON, December % R).--
Babies have been given as Christmas
gifts in several hundred childless
English homes. we'll dressed mid
dle-aged woman. who walked excitedly
into the offices of the National Home
Adontion Association exclaimed:
II want the prettiest baby boy you
have: I've Just had the idea of giving
NV husband one for a Christmas box
You see he is passionately fond OF
children and we have never had one
of our OWL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
FARMER ADMITS
/. Staying OF NINE
Buried Wife and Eight Chill
dren, SeIf-Wounded Man
Tells Officers.
BIZ the Associated Press.

o@ the Associated PresS.
AMARILLO. Texas, December %.
George j. Hassell, a farmer near
Farwel, Tex, today admitted he
killed his wife and her eight children
three weeks ago and buried their
bodies in an improvised grave on his
farm.
Suffering from elf-inf1icted knife
wounds about the heart Hassell
would make no statement to the Off
GERS other than Il did it; l did it, :"
declaring he would make a detailed
statement later.
Admission During Funeral.
Physicians said his condition was
improving and that he may recover.
Hassel was brought to a hospital at
Farwell from Clovis, n. Mex, last
night.
His admission of the slayings came
this afternoon during the hour his
wife and his step children, ranging
from to 81 years. were being buried
side by side in the little cemetery
in Farwell, 80 miles southwest of
Amarillo, with the entire citizenship
of the community attending the rites
Every able bodied man in the COM
munity volunteered in the labors of
digging the nine graves.
Brothers Death Recalled.
Farwell authorities tonight recalled
the death of Hasse1ls brother two
years ago at Blair, Okla. The
brother was reported kicked to death
by a mule while working in a field
farwell officers learned the death
had been somewhat of a mystery.
However, HaSSellS story of an acct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
PROF. WALSH LAYS
RANCOR TO HUNGER
Urges Relief for Russia and
Near East as Aid to
World Peace.
Special Disnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 25.-"Men
are most easily educated to discomfort
and whipped to fury when the mind
is tormented and the body famished
or diseased" says Prof. Edmund A.
Walsh. vice president of Georgetown
University and president of the Cath
olic Near East Welfare Association, in
a report which discusses the problems
of world peace as applied to Russia
and the Near East.
Prof. Walsh explains that in his
opinion one of the most effective steps
that might be taken in the interests
of world peace would be the ,ameliora-
ton of conditions in Russia and the
Near East, where, he says, poverty
almost graZes the boundaries of star.
walton and is sowing the seed of
rancor and hatred in the hearts of
thousands Of suffering and hungry.
with unerring practical judgment,
which is the first fruit of true wis
DOM" he says. Plus XII invites our
attention especially to Russia and the
Near East. No part of the human
race has suffered more than the popu-
lation of these regions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
COURT ORDERS JUDGE
TO RESENTENCE MAN
Life Term Under Baumes Law
Compulsory, Appellate Division
Rules.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 25.-The
Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court in Manhattan ruled that Judge
Franklin Taylor of Brooklyn must re-
call, for a life sentence, Harry Sim.
mons, a negro.
Simmons. convicted of the theft of
$3.50 from his employer. had been SEN
fenced by Judge Taylor to a term in
Sing Sing Prison. Later it was dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
Held as Slayer by Shovel.

Frank Bell, colored. 40 years old,
GA p street, is held at No. 10 pre-
cinct on a charge of the murder of
3341a Van street southwest, whom
he is said to have hit on the head
with a shovel while at Fourth and
Allison streets December 16. Minor
died in F'reedmen's Hospital yester-
daV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26

dent was accepted at the time.
Shortly after his brothers death,
Hassel married the widow, moving
the family to Texas.
HasseH stabbed himself Friday at
his farm when deputy sheriffs were
uncoVering the bodies of his family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26
Bodies Dug Up and Eaten.

Constant warfare. political intrigue,
inhuman diplomacy. famine, epidemics
and massacres instigated by racial
hatred and religious fanaticism have
reduced those lands to Wilderness"
Prof. Walsh tells of living in locali-
ties on the fringe of Asia where bodies
were dug up and devoured by hunger
maddened men.
THE first emergency, that of i'm
mediate relief, has now been met" he
Evening star., 1926-04-15
Specials in Glove Silk
Underthines =

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Evening star., 1926-04-15
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Evening star., 1926-04-15
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Evening star., 1926-04-15
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New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
SIX RIBS BROKEN AS
 AUTO RUNS DOWN MAN
John Elandcr of Camp Street Hit By Girl Driver on
 Elm Street

About $50 this morning, John Elander, aged 66, of SS Camp street, ran in front of an automobile driven by Edith c. Johnson of 417 Stanley street near the corner of Elm and Chestnut streets. and was thrown heavily to the pavement. He was badly shaken up and was taken to New Britain General hospital by a passing motorist. At the hospital an examination revealed decorations of the head and there is a possibility of other injuries. His condition is con- sidered serious.
 Miss Johnson told the police she was driving north on Elm street and Q trolley car was turning from Elm street into Chestnut. Cars were passing in both directions on Elm street and MT. Elander stepped from behind one which was going south. Miss Johnson did not have time to stop and the left front fender of the car struck him.
 At the hospital late this after noon it was said the condition of Elander was serious. Tn addition to decorations about the head, 1t was found that six ribs are fractured and MT. Elander is in considerable pain.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
HODGES WORRIED OVER QUEEN MARIE
"YieH With Alarm" Parading
 in United States

Omaha, Nov. 10 R>-A Sinister motive in the visit of Queen Marie to the United States while Emma Goldman, deported Russian an archist, is barred from entry to this country. is seen by speakers at the national convention of hobos.
 A resolution offered by John l.. Jones, Kansas City, labor pastor, as serted we view with alarm the or ganized propaganda gaining in this democracy, in favor of a. monarchy by the parading of Queen Marie while Soviet Russia is rejected"
 Particularly offensive, the pastor declared, was the fact that railroads are furnishing Queen Marie with free transportation while hobos are obliged to steal rides at the risk of jaiI
 James Eads How, millionaire hobo" and founder of the hobo or ganization. wanted to know If we can ask our hired man, Mir. Kellogg. to change things a little.' He op- posed the resolution because no reference was made to the vists of the Prince of Wales and Crown Prince Custavus Adolphus, and that it did not ask permission for "eyery one" to enter the United States. At his suggestion, the reso- lution was recalled to be made more comprehensive.
 Similar treatment was given a resolution urgent that all vacancy laws be abolished Such laws, the resolution described as "only the means of getting economic servi- tude for period when labor can be used and exploited without pay ment."
 The resolution urged that all sheriffs, magistrates and judges be recalled when found to have en- forced such laws. The hobo body did not find the resolution compre- hensive enough and tabled it temporarily.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
JURY DISAGREES
 IN SCAFFA TRIAL
Does Not Convict New York
 Detective Agency Head

New York, Nov 10 R,-A re- ward for the return of stolen jewels with no questions asked" may be technically illegal as the compound ing of a felony but the failure of a jury here to return verdict in the Noel c. Scaffa case today left the matter in this state still uncertain.
 The defendant, private detective for an insurance company, had paid $65, 1000 cash for the return of jewels valued at S6SS,0 belonging to Mrs. Jessie Woolworth Donalaue, heiress to the fortune of the late five-and- ten-cent store magnate, stolen from her apartment in the Hotel Plaza in September. 1925. Scaffa secured the return If the jewels and was arrest ed when he failed to turn over to the police the man from whom he had recovered hem.
 In the trial the defense offered no witnesses and the jury considered the case for seven and a half hours and then reported a disagreement and was discharged. The jury is said to have stood to 4 for convic- tion. scaffa was continued in s10,- 900 bail The question of another trial had not been decided today.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
DITCHES AUTO BUS TO
 AVOID SERIOUS CRASH
Connecticut Company Driver Sends Heavy Machine on Roadway
 And Prevents NIishap.

A head-on collision which might have had disastrous results, was averted last evening due to the alert ness of Paul Griswold of this city, driver of one Of the New Britain Meriden busses operated by the Con- necticut company. In order to avoid a large truck which was bearing down upon the bus, Griswold drove his machi off the road and mired it, There were no passengers aboard at the time.
 The bus left Meriden shortly after 6 o'clock, headed for this city. AS the machine entered the town Of Berlin a large truck loomed up ahead, moving at high rate Of speed directly in the path of the bus. Griswold, exerting rare presence ol mind, sent his machine off the road just in time to avoid collision with the other vehicle.
 The front and rear right wheels of the machine were lodged in deep mud and it was found that the ma chine could not proceed under Its own power, assistance being secured later. The driver of the truck did not stop.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
NO PROSECUTION IN
 LOCKED DOOR DISPUTE
Wood Reviews Evidence in Trinity Street Matter and Decides Against
 Presentation in Court

No warrant will be issued for the arrest of John Peterson. owner Of the house at 59 Trinity street, where city employees, investigating a con- plaint, found the front door locked, affording no exit to tenants other than that afforded by rear stairs.
 Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods made this announcement today following an investigation of the facts. The prosecutor believes the tenants will have no further cause for complaint since it now seems to be the general understanding that the door must be accessible as an exit at all times and he is of the opinion that nothing will be gained by carrying the mat ter into court, he explained.
 Dr. George T. Crowley is the com plainant. He has been tenant for several years and now plans to move. It was claimed that this de- cision resulted in the front exit be- ing closed to him and he called on the building and fire departments to assist in having the door opened. This they did, and the facts were then reported to the prosecutor TOT possible court action.
 Peterson has brought an action Of summary process to require Crow lev to vacate the premises.