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New Britain herald., 1926-11-23

Moran walked into the Empire Boulevard station and told the desk sergeant he did not have enough money to get out of New York, and thinking he would be caught even- tually, he decided to surrender.
 Patrolman Edward T. Byrns was
New Britain herald., 1926-11-23

killed outright when he attempted to question four men in an automobile Friday. Patrolman Frank Dazkie- wisz, wounded at that time, died yesterday.
 Joseph Lacurto, who admitted he was in the automobile, was arrested
New Britain herald., 1926-11-23
Man and Two Women
 Held as Antique Thieves

New York, Nov. 23 Rl-Thomas Moran, sought by Brooklyn police in connection with the staying of two policemen, surrendered last night.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-01-27
FIRE REPORTS GOOD

Charleston, Jan. 15.-The down.
ward trend in fire waste in West
Virginia since the beginning Of the
fiscal year remains unbroken despite
the heavy December losses, Il Is
shown by report Of the State Fire
Marshal department.
There were 122 fires reported 70
the department last month and the
damage wroght was 1861 1913, a
reduction Of $89,177, or eight per
cent. from the same month last year.
The December 1924 figures, how
ever, included several fires occurring
in the preceding month and not COW
cred by that months report because
Of incomplete data.
The sound value Of properly at
tackled by the flames in December
was $2.420,1s0 and the insurance
s1.915.2s0. In SIS Of the fires the
loss was entire and in So partial.
While "a counties were written in
the red" during the Yule month. Ca
bell county's entry accounted for
nearly one-half Of the total loss, or
s544. 975.
For the six months of the fiscal
year ending December 81. the loss in
the state from 4s1 fires was S2,265,-
986. or 81 per cent less than for the
same period the year before. For
the last calendar year the loss from
f.OO6 fires was s5.398, 798. a de-
crease of s1,379,725, or 20 per cent.
from the year preceding.
Fire took another big toll Of
human life in December. There were
nine fatalities and seven others were
i injured more or less seriously. The
counties which each reported death
were Fayette. Grant. HAMPSHIRE,
Lincoln, Morgan, Summers, Wayne,
/ Wetzel and Wyoming.
The December fire list was made
MP of rs dwellings, Is stores, 5 gar
ages. 4 fats, 3 manufactures, 3
warehouses, 3 barns. 2 churches, 2
schoolhouses. bakery. club and lodge
rooms, dry cleaners, hotel. laundry
/ and restaurant.
! Sixty of the fires were of UNI
I known, five of suspicious and one of
/ ineendiary origin Twelve caught
from adjoining premises and 10 from
electric wires. Defective fiues caus-
ed eight fires, burning rubbish two,
and clsldren playing with fire two.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
FRAUD LOSS PROBABLY EXCEEDS
NET SAVING THROUGH WARNINGS
Worthless Securities Find Ready Sale Despite Multi
plicy of United Efforts to Prevent Their Disposal.
Government Bonds Absolutely Safe.

State ard municipal or county issues
owned in the District of Columbia
must pay Il per cent intangible tax,
and this impost really cuts a 5 per
cent bond down to a Az per cent
| investment.
This accentuateS the value of the
per cen. savings rate, and funds in
a savings bank under the legal limit
of $500 are free from this intangible
assessment. 1t is a safe deposit, and
this safety is assured you through the
office Of the controller of the currency.
national bank examiners and the local
Clearing House Association, now more
active in the interest Of clean, safe
banking than ever before.
There Is another high grade invest
ment-one of the chiefest sources Of
employment of the public's funds and
one Of the safest methods of invest
ment-the real estate mortgage. OF
late with such large concentrations of
capital the notes have come into gen.
eral use.
Mortgage money is always in de-
mand and mortgage loans in times of
easy money are always in demand.
1t is a highly specialized business
property is property and the value of
the land plus the buildings thereon
should be in excess of the mortgage,
greatly; but this is not the case al
ways.
1t would probably be a good rule for
the investor never to buy a note or
mortgage save on the recommends
ton of some bank or banker of the
highest standing. Buy it Of such a
person. Outstanding reputation, the
kind that asserts word as good as a,
bond,' is none too good. Read the ad-
vertisements, but for the sake of those
YOU hold dear put it up to a bank man
before you act. even if it has been a
million years since q customer lost a
dollar through this or that firm. This
Is not a slam at any one. but the slo-
gan has been used by the legitimate
and the illegitimate.
Another rule should be in your Iexi-
con-never buy a second mortgage as
an investment. When you get money
enough to take a flyer in the market
lose it at your pleasure. More anon.
The uptown financial district sincere
ly mourns tho passing Of Thomas r.
Marshall, late proprietor of the Lose
Evening star., 1926-05-02
PASTORS WHO SPOONFEED
CONGREGATIONS SCORED
Church of England Booklet Says
Spiritual and Practical Training
of Ministers Is Necessary.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 1. "Hothouse'
clergymen who "spoonfeed" their
CONGREGATIONS are taken to task in
an official publication of the Church
of England assembly. entitled Train
ing of the Ministry" Young men who
wish to take holy orders are instruct
ed how to set about it.
"It 'is now generally agreed" says
the booklet, that something more is
needed as a preparation for holy or
ders than the pure intellectual and
academic study Of theology and the
ability to pass examination. No one
would wish to present himself to a
bishop for ordination until he has
learned something Of what the spirit
ual life of an ordained minister Of
Christ should be or until he has had
some training on the practical or
pastoral side of his duties in after
life
1T is in these respects that mem
bers. of the English clergy have
often begun their ministry at a disad-
vantage. 1t is a mistake to suppose
that the different types Of training
are of necessity sharply contrasted.
Intellectual freedom, stimulating
teaching and healthy growth can be
found or made in any surrounding;
SO, too, can narrowness, 'spoonfeed-
ing and the hothouse' atmosphere"
Evening star., 1926-05-02

kan, an old.time eating place on F
street. Possessed Of 81 large. fine per-
sonality. Offering a service that at
tracted freely the very best people,
Mr.. Marshall became the close per-
sonal friend Of the very many finan'
ciers with whom he came In daily
contact during the 35 years he catered
to their needs.
Upright, honest, with years OF inter
esting experience to draw from. ne
was an intelligent conversationalist.
Wearied with the passing years and
no longer able to give his personal
attention to his business, he yielded to
fate and recently sold his property
and gave up business. living but a few
days after closing up Of the old estab-
lishment. Eighty-four years was too
great q burden even for his broad
shoulders.
Evening star., 1926-05-02

tie, harmless laxative. 1t never
cramps or overacts. Contains no
narcotics or soothing drugs.
Tell your druggist you want only
the genuine "California Fig Syrup"
which has directions for babies and
children Of all ages printed on bottle.
Mother, you must say "calilarnia." !"
Refuse anx-imitations
Evening star., 1926-05-02

Hurry Mother! A teaspoonful OF
"CaIifornia Fig Syrup" now will
sweeten the stomach and thoroughly
clean the little bowels and in a few
hours you have a we'll, playful child
saain. Even If cross, feverish, bilious,
or full Of cold, children
love the pleasant Of this 0en..
Evening star., 1926-05-02

A new candidate for cross-channel
honors is Eva Morrison Of Nova
Scotia, who will attempt the crossing
some time this Summer.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
Why Bonds Are Profitable.

+ Bonds are evidences of debt, stocks
indicate a partnership interest. If
partnership is reasonably successful
dividends may be paid but it is obliga-
Tory on corporations to pay interest
on bonds to avoid foreclosure on their
property. Stockholders have been
wiped out, rarely, however, but bond
holders are usually entitled to con-
sideration.
There are stocks, and there are
bonds that are valuable, and also
that are not worth the paper they are
printed on, or engraved, for that
matter. The most worthless are
usually the most ornate in the matter
Of get-up, with high-sounding titles.
All are full paid and worcestershire"
and stress is always laid on this fea-
ture when an attempted fraud is be-
ing worked.
) There are wise and iudicious invest
ments not SO hard to find. While
accommodating funds use the savings
departments Of banks and trust COM
fpanies-remembering that If you do
knot want to check against your saw
ings you may put your money in the
banks for a specified time with q
per cent return.
+ This per cent on time funds is
"a. very safe and desirable investment
in itself, and it must worry the banker
sometimes to find profitable invest
sment for this cash.
! AL bends other than Government.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
Army PLANS ON
DROPPING MORE
old OFFICERS

WASHINGTON, Dec. .-(P)-Drastic
steps to break the World war officers
blockade in the commissioned list Of
the regular army have been proposed
to congress by Secretary Davis of the
war department They contemplate
establishing normal annual turnover
of 4 per cent to reduce the bumps"
of $500 officers commissioned between
1916 and 1913 and now clogging pro-
motion. Rigid enforcement of regula-
tions designed to eliminate those Off
GERS whose physical conditions are not
up to the level of the service is plan
ned. To supplement such steps, how
ever, the war secretary has suggested
methods of expediting retirement of
older officers, discharge of others with
"a fair gratuity'' to offset their loss
of retirement and establishing a nor
NAL flow of promotion for those re-
tanned
At the present strength of the COM
missioned corps, 421 Officers would &c
out of the service each year to make
room for second lieutenants, 225 OF
whom would come from West Point.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
SERBIAN GRAND
OLD NJ AN DIE S
VERY SUDDENLY

BELGRADE, Jugo Slavia, Dec. 10
(R.-Nikola P. Pachitch, the grand
old man" of Jugo Slavia politics, to
who the nation instinctively had
turned in its concern over the Ttal-
ian-Albanian treaty, died suddenly
today. He was 80 years old. =.
The Serbian Bismack," was to
{ have formed a cabinet today to re-
place that of former Premier Ouzouno-
witch which resigned several days
ago. He talked with King Alexander
, until late last night and public an
ouncement that he had requested tj
/ form ministry would have been
made today.
This morning, however he was
stricken with apoplexy, attributed to
high tension over the Italtan-Albania
situation and concern over charges
of corruption against his son, Rade-
mir by the opposition radical leader,
Stefan Raditch. ~ >sSAs*ea> 20 ~
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
Shooting" up the Town" Was Mere Nightly
Pastime in Tombstone During the Eighties
Says Deposition Of Woman Read in Boston

shot up and it scared me pretty near
to death.
1T didn't seem to matter much"
whether men and women were married
in Tombstone in those days, Mrs. Holt
said. They lived together just the
same She said she had never heard
that Jack Crabtree was married or
that any woman in the town called
herself his vile.
In a previous deposition, George w.
Parsons of Los Angeles had told of
living across the street from the Crab
tree cabin in Tombstone. The Crab
trees lived in the respectable" part
of the town, he said, while the other
part was "given over to violence and
frivolity."
Jack Crabtree was never married to
this woman" he continued, "and while
the family relation was sustained, the
marriage was not a legal one. 1t was
common relation. They were doing
what so many others were doing-up-
(ConrInned on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11

BOSTON, Dec Notwithstanding up
the town used to be a nightly pastime
back in the SOS when Tombstone, Ariza
earned it's name, Mrs. c. X. Holt of
San Jose, Calf, asserted in deposit
tion read in Suffolk probate court to-
day. Mrs. Hollis testimony was intro
duced by counsel for the special ad-
ministrators of the $4,0O0,OO0 estate of
the late Lolita Crabtree in an attempt
to discredit the claim of Mrs Carlotta
CocIburn of San Gabriel Calf, that
she was a niece of the former actress
and entitled to a share of the fortune.
Through the evidence of Mrs. Holt and
other witnesses the special adminis-
traitor sought to show that the parents
of Mrs. Cockburn We're unmarried and
that she consequently was not a legal
heir. Mrs. Cockburn contends that
she was the lawful daughter of John
A. Crabtree, brother of Lotta.
Mrs Holt said she remembered that
on the first night> she arrived in Tomb
stone in February, 1881, "the town was
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
FrauIins Of Germany
Want Santa Claus to
Bring Them Hubbys

MUNICH, Dee. 10. - P) - Many
German frauIiens want Santa Claus
to bring them a husband for Christi
mas. They say SO 'unabashed in
newspapers which devote the better
part of page to want ads of the
love IOrn.
The Christmas wish of daugh-
ter of the bOurgeofsie, reads an ad
in tiie Muenchener Neuste Mach
richten, sis for nice business man
or government official (wIdOwer
with child acceptable). 1 ann %
years old, have retained my girlish
bloom, and ana an excellent cook"
The chancess however, are slim
that st. Nicholas will load down
his pack with husbands, the minis
try of the interior reports. There
is no longer a scarcity of mem as a
result of war casualties, but COM
parasively few are in a financial
position to assume marital respOn-
SibiIl!ies.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
WITNESSES In
SENATE PROBE
AGAIN CALLED
Arizona Witnesses Who
Failed to Appear May be
Cited For Contempt.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 R.--Sub-
poenaed witnesses who slipped
through the meshes of the senate
campaign funds committee during
it's prediction investigation will be
rounded up and summoned to testify
before the inquiry is finally closed.
This decision was reached at a two
hour conference today between Sena-
tor Reed, democrat, Missouri, and his
co-investigators. Missing witnesses
will be called here from Pennsyl-
vania, Illinois, Oregon, and Arizona.
where they failed to appear hefore
sub-committees.
Although the testimony of these
witnesses is not expected to produce
anything startling, Chairman Reed
declared it was needed TO complete
the record ami was in line with the
committees determination to be thor
ough.
While the committee was in ses-
sion, Senator elect Ware, republican
Pennsylvania, who ip central fig
ure in the committees investigation
came out of q conference at the cap.
itol with Senator Reed, also Penn
sylvania republican, and announced
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
Prohibitionists Win Runa1uay Fight il, House
KEYES MOVES TO TAKE ORMISTON.
OUT OF HANDS OF HIS PRIVATE
CAPTORS' and BRING HIM TOL. A.

Los ANGELES, Dec. TO- R -
District attorneys officers here
moved today to take Kenneth G.
OrmistOn out of the hands of what
they called "priVate captOrs" and
place him in custody pending at
tempts at formal removal to Cali
fOrnia.
Ben Cohen, chief of detectives,
teIegraDhed instructions to Nor
gan Collins, chief OF police of Chi
cagO, to which city the missing
defendant I'm the Aimee SempIe Me-
PhersOn ease is believed en- route,
to arrest the former AngeIus Tenn
pie radio operator and hold him
for local action.
Meanwhile, r. j. DennisOn, in the
absence of District Attorney Asa
Keyes, began preparation of extra
ditiOn papers, although the where
abOutS of OrnlfstOn was unknown
to him.
DennisOn said nothing which
"smacIxed of immunity would en-
ter the proceedings to place Ormis-
tom on trial for conspiracy to de-
feat justice for his alleged con-
nectiOn with the evangelist's dis
appearance and kidnapping story.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
DOFIENY DEFENSE RESTS AFTER Al
FORCEFUL CROSS-EXAMINATION OF
DEFENDANT; WILBUR TAKES STAND

( WASHINGTON, Dec 10. - up - The
defense rested in behalf of Edward L.
Doheny in the oil conspiracy trial to-
lwithstood forceful three hour cross
examination, and Secretary of the
Navy Wilbur, appearing under sub
poena, had firmly refused to disclose
the navy departments 1921 war scare
secrets of the Pacific. Postmaster
General New, the first witness in the
independent presentation of evidence
in behalf OF Albert B. Fall, former sec
retary of the interior, then testified he
knew Falls reputation for honesty and
, integrity to be good. He was excused
without cross examination. The Fall
attorneys plan to complete their case
at tomorrow's half day Saturday ses-
sion, probably without calling the for
mer cabinet member to the stand in
his own defense.
Dohenys cross examination revealed
financial transactions between himself
and Fall since the latter left the cabf-
I net in 1923, but only $4,000 loan just
before the trial began was admitted to
the record. Special Prosecutor Owen
d.
:; statement that Fall had acted for him
withou3 remuneration, in connection
with 100000 900 loan to the Obregon
government of Mexico three years age
when the De La Huerta revolutionary
forces menaced the Obregon regime
/ The loan, in the form of advance pay
ments on tax assessments against Do
heny properties, has been repaid.
Previous to todays testimony there
had been no mention of money transac-
tions between Dohery and Fall since
! the 100000 cash loan to the cabinet
member on November 80, 1921, wher
Doheny interests were bidding for nava
! oil contracts and leases.
Secretary Wilbur, called for ques
tioning as to the strategic considera
tions which impelled the war plans di
vision to decide upon the 500, 200, ,00l
1 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, naval base more
than five years ago. refused to bring t.
court official communications from Rea,
Admiral Albert Gleaves, commandan
of the Pacific squadron in 1921 ant
1922. Other records which he brough
were rejected by the defense attorney
and they let the war scare evidenc
rest with Secretary Wnbur's testimon,
that disclosure of the contents of tn
Gleaves reports would be prejudicia
to public interest.
Fhe prosecution tonight considere,
! the advisability of calling former Sec
: retary of State Hughes as a rebutta
! witness. If he is called, he will b
} confronted by the defense with Ger
tain statement from him in the Lo
Angeles civil proceedings two year
; ago which confirmed the testimony o
} Rear Admiral j. x. Robson that Ger
/ tain Confidential matters" were fac
) tors in the navys oil leasing policies
During penetrating cross examina
tion, Roberts broke through Doheny'
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
Is
YET IN FUTURE
FOR THE RADIO

CANTON, N. Y, Dec. 10 P).-From
whatever angle radio is viewed, the
great opportunities lie before it, not
behind it, David Sarnoff, general
manager of the Radio corporation of
America, told students of st. Law
renee university today
"Only six years ago." he said, "the
total expenditure in the radio indus
try in the United States was less
than $1,O00,0OO. This year it will
probably total, if not exceed, $780,
100000 and radio will take it's place
in point of volume with the leading
industries of the country, yet it is
still in it's infancy
Sarnoff believed that radio will
play an important part in the edu-
cation of the future. 1.-THE highest
purpose which broadcastdng can serve
is education" he said.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
BURNING Mine Is
SEALED With 5
BODIES THEREIN

PRINCETON, Ind, Dec. 10 (P-A
raging fire necessitating abandon
nent of all rescue work, today ended
the vigil at Francisco Mine No. 2,
near here, where an explosion yes
terday brought death t. % men and
serious injury to a score of others.
The mine was oroereu seated while
it still held the bodies of five men
IS. j. Rohl, W. P. Ratliff, Emery
West, Walter Thomas and Claude
Wright-but only after the rescue
crews were convinced tha1 all were
dead ana .hat further exploring iE
the face Of the new danger was
useless. The bodies of Rohi and
Ratliff had been found and were
about to 1e lifted to the surface
when the fire forced the r>scucrs
to run for their own lives. The
remains of The other three miners
had not been located.
Dry-eyel relatives of West, Thom-
as and Wright stood outside the
cage and air shaft houses and
watched wo2kmen place heavy COW.
erings over the two surface outlets,
entombing with their loved ones the
last Pickering hope for their re
covery alive. Mining experts had
sought previously to convince them
that there was no hope that the men
were alive.
Of the 2S dead, the lives of all
but two were snuffed out within
the subterranean passages of the
mine. The two died after being
removed to hospitals.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
F0RCEMENT
AGENCIES GET
FUNDS SOUGHT
Treasury-P -POstOffice ApprO-
priatiOn Bill Carries Near
$30,OOO,O0O For Drys.
WIN ONE FIGHT
Vets and Drys Engage in
WOrdy Battles Through
out Discussion of Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10
(AP) - Prohibition won a
runaway fight today with
house vets who sought to
check enforcement activit-
les by depriving the prohi-
bition unit of its annual
appropriations.
When the fight, led by
Massachusetts and N e w
York vets had died down,
the house passed the treas
ury= Postoffice appropria-
ton bill with its nearly
$30,00O,00O for enforcement
by various agencies intact.
The vets scored one victory, how
ever, when, on a point of order, they
eliminted a section which would have
set aside $5OO,OO0 for advances to
"undercover" agents, with no provi-
sion for an accounting before ex-
penditure. 1t was offered by Repre-
sentative LaGuardia, republican, New
York, and was unopposeG by Chair
man Madden of the appropriations
committee. LaGuardia made the point
that such a fund would be contrary
to existing law.
With passage Of the bill, which
appropriates $1S7,S71, 600 for the
treasury and $753, 3,48SOOO for the
postoffice department., the house had
before it the second supply bill, tina.
for the interior department, totaling
$259,SS6,OOO, of which $222,7OS,0OO is
for payment of Civil and Spanish war
pensions It was reported today
The first effort to cripple enforces
ment by the prohibition unit came
from Representative Gallivan, demo.
crat, Massachusetts, who declared the
unit was incapable of enforcing the
law.
Asserting he had objection to Civ
ing money other enforcement agen-
cies, Gallivan offered an amendment
to- eliminate the nearly $12,OOO,O0O for
the prohibition unit. That and two
other Gallivan amendments which
would have accomplished the same
end were showed under in vote
that brought to their aid only wet
members of the Massachusetts and
New York delegations.
His, first amendment was attacked
by Chairman Madden as unworthy
of the Massachusetts member. Mad
Gen explained that he had voted
against the prohibition and the Vol
stead act, but that so long as they
were on the statute books he would
continue to vote for funds to en-
force them.
The fight drew number of old
combatants in the long prohibition
fight into the arena, including Rep-
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11

N. Y, Dec. 10.-R-Copper
steady; electrolytic spot
and futures 1873. Lead dull;
spot 7.90. Bar silver SO 9s
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-11
AIRMAN KILLED
AS PLANE FALLS

LONG BEACH, Calf, Dec. 10 (P).--
Lieutenant Chad Ferrensee, &c, naval
aviator, was killed and Lieutenant
Harold Hazard, 81, was injured ir
two accidents at the municipal avia'
tion field here today.
Ferrensee met death when his one
man pursuit plane got out of con-
troll at height of $50 feet and went
into Il nose dive. The plane fell into
three feet of water in swamp near
the field. The crash occurred as
Ferrensee and eight other airmen
werc making landing after engag>
ing in maneuVers.