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smoke and Water Sale.

The insurance loss on the stock of
Shapiro's Sample Shop has been ad-
justed. and beginning tomorrow Mr.
Shapiro win conduct a smoke and
water sale. The Old stock will he
closed out. practically without regard
to prices, to make way for new stock
There are many articles i'm the store
that suffered little or no damage ana
the women of Ellsworth and vicinity
will benefit by Mr.. Shapiro's misfor-
tunc.-AdVt.
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of Bells invention on business
basis.
In fifty years these four owners OF
the telephone business have given
way to about 100000 owners of Bell
System securities, and the assets Of
the little company have steadily in
creased until the Bell Systems physi-
cal plant is valued today at over
$2,5OO,O00,0OO.
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ing telephone contrasts. There were
then two telephones transmitter
and a receiver; today the Bell Sys-
TENS lines connect more than TO-
100000 instruments in the United
States. There are about 10000, 900
other telephones in the rest OF the
world.
The line over which these memoir
q bile words were SDCken StretcheQ
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CHgRCH NOTICES.
methodist EpIscopaI Church.

Rev A. r. Bradstreet Pastor
sunday serViees--Morning at 1880;
Sunday school at lib; evening at 80.
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MARRIED..

Observation-Disclosures At Ban
gor, Feb. 81. by Rev. Ashley a. a.
smith. Miss Alice G.. Parkn urst ~. o. u
Bucksport to Marshall L. li'ri Il
of Orland.
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st. -.rnscnh,s cntl,ol,c Church.

Rev. J. A. German, Pastor.
Sunday. March 7-Serviees at ELS
worth at TO o'clock.
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Unitarian Church.

Sunday school at 1145.
PRAYER meeting Thursday evening
at 80.
Sunday March MI. Emery Will
preach in the morning.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-16

in Mrs. McPhersons statement to ths
police.
r. A. Mckinley, blind attorney OF
Long Beach, and his secretary, Bernice
Morris, appeared as witnesses for
Mrs. Mcpherson to tell of visit t.
his office by asserted kidnapers OF
the evangelist, who asked him to act
as go-between in collecting $4,000
ransom. Mrs. Sylvia Oberman OF
Ocean Park told OF seeing Mrs Nc.
Pherson on the beach talking with q
man the day she vanished
Mrs. NJ Broadwell a Denver tourist
who had been living in oakland un-
der the name of Mrs. Mcdonald and
had been heralded as a double" OF
the evangelist, appeared at the wit
ness room of the grand jury, but was
not called by that body. Witnesses
said she did not resemble the evan
gelist
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-16
SEARCH FOR oRMIsToN.

LOS ANGELES, July 15.-The Los
Angeles Times says a message an
lnouncing that her daughter was alive
and safe and telling her not to worry
was sent to Mrs. Minnie Kennedy three
days after Mrs. Aimee Semple McPher-
son was reported drowned in the surf
at Venice, May 18, last
The message came in the form of 8
telegram, dated Oakland Calf, IL p
M, May 81. It bore the signature OF
"Dr. Bartin" when it arrived in Los
Angeles and was delivered to Angelus
temple the next morning.
This telegram, newly discovered evil
dence Indicated, was sent by a man
partially identified as Kenneth G.
Ormiston, missing radio operator
whose handwriting is said by experts
to be Identical with that on the tele-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-16

land, Ore. The couple spent most of
the day in a room. They left the hotel
toward evening. Clerks at the hotel
have identified photographs of Ormis-
ton as the man Who registered under
the name of Gibson.
At II o'clock the same night Ormis-
ton, with his woman companion was
seen in Santa Barbara. He was stop
ped on the road by newspapermen, who
attempted to question him. He said
his name was Frank Gibson and that
he was travelling salesman from Sac
ramento He said he was going to the
Rosslyn hotel and would remain there
for a week He denied he was Ormis-
ton. The interviewer was unable to
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-16

Before Chief of Detectives Cline could
question him, Ormiston dropped out of
sight.
May 2S he reappeared in Salinas,
got his car and drove away. Two or
three hours later ne was back, with
a woman He got gasoline in the ga
rage and then headed south.
Complete description of the woman
is known to have been supplied the
Los Angeles authorities investigating
the case.
Registered with Woman.
May 80, Ormiston, the police say, ap-
peared at San Luis Obspo, where he
and the woman with him registered as
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Gibson of Port
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Anne NOW IDETIFTED AS
WOMAN WITH ORMISTON
lcontinuea From page onel

daughter was safe, undoubtedly was
written by Ormlston. He said that
an attempt had been made to disguise
the handwriting, but that the re-
semblance was clear. The telegram
figured also in the testimony of Chief
of Detectives Cline, who denied that
Mrs. Kennedy had turned the telegram
over to the police at the time she re-
ceived it. This was in direct contra
diction to the statement OF Mrs. Ken
nedy given to newspapers, The de-
tective chief also was reported to have
told the jury of asserted discrepancies
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-16

see the womans face.
Ormiston never arrived in Los An
9eles, or at least did not register at
the Rosslyn under his true maine.
On the occasion of this interview,
the reporter obtained the number of
the automobile, a 'Chrysler coupe. The
number was the same as that on the
car left in the Salinas garage.
All efforts to locate Ormiston from
that day on have been without sue
cess.
The most remarkable phase of this
part of the investigation was disclosed
by the fact that on May 2S, 30 and 80
Ormiston was registered at the st.
Marks hotel, Twelfth and Franklin
CONTINUE nPage Eight
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kexes Outlines Duty

After the jury adjourned for the.
day, District Attaorney Keyes said;
Mrs Mcpherson, a reputable citi-
Zon in the community has made
charg es that she was kidnapped in this
county. kidnapping is a heiEous crime
and it is my dutv to prosecute the
K diapers, if found, and to make a
full Investigation into all the facts
connected with or bearing on Mrs
McPherson's story that she was taken
away from Venice against her will
and in violation of the law.
1T is for the purpose of bringing
out all the facts In the case that this
investigation is being conducted. We
have called number of witnesses
and will call others as the case de-
velops. The Investigation will pro-
ceed until we feel that all available
facts have been presented to the grand
jury The investigation will not close
till we feel satisfied we have learned
all we can about the crime Mrs. Nc
Pherson says was committed against
her.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-16
.uJDGE,s sTATEMENT

LOS ANGELES, July 15.-The off,
cial attitude toward the Mcpherson
case was made clear by Superior
Judge Keetch in charge of the grand
jury now making the investigation,
and District Attorney Keyes, who is
presenting the evidence in the inquiry.
II have conferred with the grand
juryl regarding this case and have
told it that its function is to hear
evidence and return an Indictment if
the evidence presented warrants it..
told the grand jury that ] did not
want it to bring in any report giving
its opinion, because that wouldd serve
no purpose recognized by law Judge
Keetch declared in explaining his
views of the grand jury functions in
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40 Renort Re,nrnable

Judge keetch made 1T plain he uld
not indicate to the jury how much
evidence it should hear or attempt
to limit the inquiry in the slightest.
The decision as to- what evidence to
present must rest with the district
attorney, Judge Keetch said, and it is
for Keyes to decide what evidence
available to him will have bearing
on the statements of Mrs. Mcpherson
that she was kidnapped.
The grand jury, the judge said, is
charged by law with the duty CT in
guiding into crimes committed in tha
county and in returning indictments
where the evidence is sufficiently
strong. No report dealing with any
thing other than actual crimes COM
mitted can be returned by the inquisi
torial body, he said. And that report
takes the form Of an Indictment The
law permits the jury to file report
on public officials and public nistitu-
tions. This, he said, is not applicable
t. Mrs. Mcpherson.
'I am not even attempting to indi-
cate to the district attorney what
type of evidence is applicable to- an
inquiry into any asserted KIDNAPPING.
That is his function. And | do not
want the jury to get the impression
that 1 wanted to curtail il in the
slightest degree the scope of their in
vestigation. I think the jury under
stands that now. BRIEFLY, what | am
most anxious to convey to the jury is
that it must not o. considered as an
cren forum for discussions or for ex-
III ession of opin;cns,' Judge Keetch
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
AWAITING MODEL CAR
Springfield Street Railway Company About To Put New Street-Car Of Unique Design Into Service.

Springfield. Mass, Feb. 2S Pl-- Wide interest is being expressed in experiments now being conducted by the Springfield Street Railway com pany in the production in local car shops of a model" street car which will embody many novel ideas.
 While Clark V. Wood, president Of the company, today deferred any formal descriptive statement until the car is nearer completion. he has spoken of it in recent addresses be- fore the mems organizations. It IS known from these talks that the mechanical innovations embodied in clude the substitution of brake bands i for the present breaking arrange ment and that the power drive sys- ! tenn somewhat roscmbled an auto mobile. A diifcrcntial is said 10 be included which Is intended 10 make the car less noisy in rounding sharp lcurves.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
MARJORIE RAMBEAU IN
 TEARS DURING HEARING
Prominent Actress. Correspondent in Divorce Suit. Warned
 By Judge

New York, Feb. 25 Pl-Marjorie Rambcau, actress named as CO., respondent in the suit for divorce brought by Mrs Mabel Manton burst into tears during the cross examination of 9 witness at th" trial which began today. Supreme Court Justice Wasscrvogel, presid- ing. admonishcd her to refrain from further demonstrations.
 Miss Rambcau's breakdown fol- lowed testimony by Mrs Sarah smith Gricgs that raiding party of which she was member, last August, had found the actress and William Kovitt Manton together in the bedroom of tho actress suite al the Hotel Endicott, Vigorous cross examination failed to shake the wit ness testimony.
 The action is being contested by both Manton and Miss Rombeau Counsel for Manton said the de- rense could prove that Manton was in Miss Ramhcan's rooms for pro ncr reasons" He said Manton was employed as a cucist for Miss Ram beau. who at that time was re- hcarsing for a part in play 1T which she later appeared.
 Miss Rambcau's counsel contend d that Manton was nothing more to the actress than an employf whom she had hired 10 assist hel in the study of her part in the play She was not concerned, he said ir any way with the quarrel hetweel | inc Mautons.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
TELLS POLICE HE LOST Sg0O IN POKER GAME
Second Hartford Man Complains of Trio Cap
 tured in SouthingtOn

Declaring that he was tleeced out ot $9O0 in fake card game last Friday by the same men who were alleged to have taken $500 from Alfred kalIcn, 213 Franklin avenue, Hartford. at the home of John Swicrczymskr. 3@G High street, New Britain, Tony Carpie, 11o Main street, Hartford, telcphoned 10 Ser eoant John T. King today to make q complaint.
 CarNe stated that the men came to sell him a car, and went out to demonstrate, but instead they wound jup in card game in Hartford, where he claimed he lost S9oO. He was told 10 report the matter to the | Hartford police.
 Tho men who were arrested in New Britain Tuesday night and jtheir cases continued until Saturday morning for investigation, are: Lee : Fcluskowski, Hotel Avon, Hartford; John Swierczsymski, alias John Sears, 3@6 High street, New Brit ain, and his brother Alexander, manager of the A. and P. grocery store in Plantsville.
 They are at liberty under bonds of $100u.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
PUBLIC REQUESTS IN
 JAMES SHEPARD'S WILL
Estate to Be Disposed of At Death of
 Widow

Through terms Of the Will of James Shepard, which was filed to- day in probate court, his widow, Mrs, Celia Adelaide Shepard, rc- ceives the life use Of the estate, and at her death numerous public insti~ tutions and personal friends will re ceive beQuests.
 The widow is authorized tC use such part of the principal as she finds necessary to her comfort. Upon her demise the following terms of the will go into effect:
 To Trinity college at Hartford, is left 5000 to become q part of the endowment fund. On December 28, 1909, Mir. and Mrs. Shepard signed non-interest bearing note for pay ment of that sum to the institution upon the death of Mrs. Shepard, or l if she had predecCascd Mir. Shepard. upon his death. The payment is to | be q cancellation of the note. The Protestant Episcopal church of Connecticut receives, for is trus- tees Of donations and hequests for 1 church purposes, the sum of 5000 the income 10 be used for the pub Ilication Of q paper by St. Marks i Episcopal church here, with the un' derstanding that it shall be issued four times a year, If the churct ceased publication, the fund will gc to the trustees Of funds for aged anC Iinhrm clergy and the widows anc orphans of clergy. This fund is alst enriched by the addition of $lo,' loco hequest.
 Other bcquests include: New Brit ain Institute, s10,G0o; Connccticu Historical society al Hartford, S2, iO0Q; Sheffield II, Clark. SLOoO AdoIph W. Stipek. Sl,0oo; Firs lChurch of Christ New Britain, s., ,i O0o: St. Marks Episcopal church $5.oo0: A. NJ. E. Zion church, Nev Britain. sI,00C; Algeron R. Aldersol and Mrs. Anderson, property at 1S
 Lake street. furniture, furnishing iand lihrar.es.
 The original will was drawn No ycmbcr 10, 1921. and named Morti
 mcr II. Camp as eX"cutor.
 By a codicil drawn September 2C
 1923, Alice E. Alderson is left S1,
 GOO, and the Trinity Episcopa
 church of Bristol is given q fund 0
 B. 1000, the income 10 be used fo
 church purposes. The Bristc church is to create q fund know
 as the Celia Adelaide Shepard funC 4 second codicil drawn Januar {. 1924. provides a $500 bequest fo 5 Richard Diehl of New Britain, an similar grant to John A. Berth
 of Pasadena, Cal.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
MANSLAUGHTER GIVEN AS ENR|GHT VERDICT Brother of EX-New York Commissioner Guilty of
 Killing Friend

Bath, \. Y, Feb. 2j (Pt-lIicnael J, Enright, Campbell farmer and brother of former Police Colnmis- stoner Richard Enright of New York was found guilty of manslAughter, first degree, by a jury reporting to County Judge Brown here at 9:3O Q. III. today.
 He was tried for the murder of Timothy shay, itinerant farm hand and lifelong friend of the defendant.
 Sentence was deferred until next Tuesday when Thomas F. Rogers, chief Of defense counsel, intimated he would make motions to have the verdict set aside. The maximum sentence on this charge is 20 years Imprisonment.
 The aged defendant took the yer- tic stoicaily. The jury was given the case at 5:45 last night, dcliberat- cd until i0:3J when they retired for fthc night, resumed their discussion at 8 o'clock this morning and were ready to announce their verdict at 3:3o.
 The jurors made agreement among themselves to disclose nothing that occurred within the jury room. The prosecution has sought to convict Enright. who is q brother of l former Police Commissioner Enright Of New York, for having murdered Shay, by clubbing him to death with an axe after a drunkep brawl The defense maintained that Shay met death from natural causes as a re- ] suit of an accident.
 Former Commissioner Enright who has been with his brother sine the trial opened, declined to com mcnt on the verdict.
 Shays body was found December 2, last, by the roadside near En' rights farmhouse. Enright was ar rested soon after the finding of th' body by state troopers who discover rd a blood stained axe In the rear O the home. They also found pools o blood about the premises and on En rights clothing.
 EnrIght admitted that he an'
 Shay had engaged in a drinking bout the evening previous to tn
 finding of the body but steadfastl, denied that they had quarreled.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
Thrills More Sensational Than
 Movies Take Place In Australia
One Hundred and Fifty Take Refuge in Post Office As Town Burns About Them - Woman Heroine Sticks to Post While Rescuers Speed Over
 Burning Bridges and Fire-Swept Roads.

reached the imprisoned company and brought them to safety al though how this was accomplished without loss of life can hardly be understood here,
 One Of the heroic figures in the episode was postmistrcss Of King Lake. whose name is missing from 'he press dispatches thus far re- Coivcd.
 Throughout the long hours whlln the town was burning about her, sho stuck to her post, telephon'ng 10 the outside world. telling of the progress Of the flames and giving directions for the 1re-hgh,ers and rcscucrs.
 When wires were burned away, she turned her energies 70 the task Of sustaining the courage Of thoS" who had taken refuge in the build ing.
 I.ntc dispatchns say tho bush fires in the Queenstown district have been checked, at least temporarily, i by q chang In the wind.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
DRIVER WHO KILLED SI,OOO DOG FINED S25 Canine Victim Was Only White Chow in
 Connecticut

Accused of eyading responsibility on February lc, when he is alleged 70 have run over a dog with q truck he was driving and not stopping, William Anderson. 26S Entield ave uue, Hartford, was fined $25 for vio- lating the motor vehicle law by Judge William (. Hungertori in police court today.
 netective Sergeant William MCCuc said that he received a complaint that the dog, which belonged to Miss Gladys Andrews. 1857 Stanley street. vas run over and killed. He found the driver Of the truck was employ ed by the D. and NJ. Bedding O. of Hartford. He tclcphoncd the Hartford concern and learned that Anderson reported that he had run over a dog, and said that he stopped. lut could not find anyone who knew anything about the animal, So h. drove on,
 A. Rockmar, 4 Winter street, who vas driving in a machine with Fred u. Talbot. 1920 Stanley street, de- clared that they were driving behind the Anderson truck and saw him run over tho dog. which darted from a snow bank on the opposite side ot the street. Bcckman insisted that Anderson did not stop his truck and drove on. Miss Andrews came ou' of the house, and picked up the dog asking Talbot who was driving the lothcr car. to follow Anderson ant get his number.
 Talbot said tlat they followed i the truck as far as St. Mary's ceme tery, where they were able to ge the number. He said that the dol squirmed over into the path of hi machine after it was run over, ant was unable 10 use its legs. He alst insisted that the dog yelped pitifull, after the accident and there was III reason why Anderson should no
 have heard the cries.
 Miss Andrews said that the do
 was a white chow, valued at sl,01C and the only white chow in the stat of Connecticut at the time of it
 death. She said the dog was almos Ndead when she picked it up.
 1 Anderson claimed that he was UT able 70 stop his truck because th
 heavy snow only allowed one va traffic. He said he looked bac
 through the window 10 see if Il ] dog was hurt. He stated that has been driving for four years.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
BAD CHECK WORKER FINED
Herbert <. Bosworth of WiIbraham. Mass, Arrested In Springfield And Returned 10 Bristol.
Lsne.Ial to The IIereld. ]

Bristol, lTcb, 25 - Herbert A. Rosworth of Wibraham, Mass, for whom the local police have issued a warrant for issuing worthless checks to obtain goods from local mer- chants, and who was arrested in Springfield. appeared before the city court in that city this morning, charged with a similar offense. He was fined s75 and costs and up until ithis noon had been unable to raise the amount, It will probably be necessary for the local authorities 10 wait until such time as he can work out the fine in jail.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
MEETING WITH ALCORN
{ bapman's Defense Counsel To Dis cuss Rcpricsc Request At o'clock This Afternoon.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. s5 fR9 - states Attorney Hugh NJ. Alcorn will confer with Governor John H. Trumbull at 4 o'clock this afternoon with reference 10 the request made by Judge Frederick J. Groehl or New York. chi,f Of counsel for Ger aid Chapman. for third reprieVe for the convicted murderer.
 Chapman. who is under sentence 10 he executed al tho state prison on March 3 for tho murder Of Police man James Skelly Of New Britain, IS now trying 10 get his habeas corpus appeal before the United States su- preme court.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25

Melbourne AUstraIln, Feh. % P' --uno hundred and fifty men, wom- cu and children, who took refuge in the post office building at King take while the remainder Of the town vas swept by great bush fro, have been rescued after being surrounded by the flames for six hours,
 Thr story Of inc rescue is among thn most thrilling in the annals or Australia. lIcmmed in by the fam ing bush, the outlying buildings in the little town caught fire like finder, and the inhabitants fled to the post office, the most substan- tjal structure in the place.
 News of their plight reached Queenstown, and rescue party, headed by newspaper mon, made q wild dash in automobiles over burning brides and along llre-swcpt roads partly blocked by fallen trees.
 Through tho inferno the roscuers
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
CHURCH HAS RIFT
Fifty Members of Washington Ave nuc Baptist Church in Brooklyn SuspCnded-PoliCc Called Out.

New York. Feb. c5 dP -- Sus- pension Of nearly fifty members of the Washington Avenue Baptist church in Brooklyn, including sev- cral deacons. has resulted from the factional fight within the church between supporters of the Rev. Robert McCaul, pastor, and mcm- bers who opposed him.
 While two policemen stood guard outside tho church last night, and kept out B members opposed to the pastor his supporters held a meeting at which his policies were approved and suspension O his op- poneuis was voted.
 Deacon Albert 1.aCombe, clerk of the church for 25 years, wal one Of the members suspended,
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
S3O0,0OO FIRE DAMAGE
Plattsburg Block Destroyed -Four Bremen Have Narrow Escape When Walls Collapse.

Plattshurg, N. Y, Feb. ?5 P-- Fire early today destroyed 6 three story building al the corner of Ciin- ton and Margaret streets with an es- timated property loss Of sSo0,0O0. The building was occupied by half dozen business establishments, all ot whose losses were reported covered by insurance.
 Four fremen escaped injury when the walls of the building collapsed. Bremen from Plattsburg barracks assisted in putting out the fire. A defective stovepipc was said 10 have caused the fire.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
Twin Canary Birds Matched From One
 Egg, Latest Freak

Dallas, Texas, Feb, 9a LP- Two canary birds from one egg is the trick of nature reported by Miss Addie l.. Clark Of Dallas.
 The mother bird started with three eggs, Miss Clark said.
 The bird broke one and Miss Clark another, leaving the third egg, which produced two bird lings. The twins are normal and are among tho best she has seen, Miss Clark said
 Twin birds are reported by bird fanciers to be very rare.