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The Washington times., 1926-04-09
From School T eacher
To Great Erninence

A young man who was brought
up on a farm in Western Pennsyi-
wanna studied diligently and quail
fled for district school teacher,
Further pursuing his studies and
teaching, he managed to save up
enough money to put him thru
!. medical college He began the
practice of medicine in the new oil
section Of Pa. ~
He was a student of nature, knew
and could easily recognize most nf
the medicinal plants growing in The
woods.
Later. he moved to Buffalo, N.
Y. where he launched his favorite
remedies, and in short time, they
were sold by every druggist in the
land. Today, the name OF this man.
Or. r. ". Pierce, is known through
out the world. His Golden Medical
Discovery is the best known blood
medicine and tonic. More than fifty
million bottles have been sold in
the Z. s. II your druggist does
not sell the Golden Medical Discov-
cry, in liquid or tablets. you can
obtain a trial pkg. of the tablets
by sending 10c to the DIR. Pierce
Clinic. In Buffalo, n. z.
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SAD SITUATION
OF A WRITIN'
MAN

John Van Druten, 24-year-old
author of young Woodley." finds
himself In an unusual predica-
ment. He wants very much to
see a performance Of his first
brain-chi1d but is sadly hindered
by the simple fact that about
5000 miles Of ocean Separate
him from realizing his cherished
desire. In other words, he is in
his play is at the Belmont
Theafer. New York. He may
come later, he writes, when his
duties as a lecturer in law at
Aberystwyth University reach
semester's end but in the mean
time it is impossible.
Mr.. Van Druten has never
seen Glenn Hunter in person. He
has, however, met him through
the great international medium.
That is. through the movies. For
one day. after his play had been
produced in New York with Mr..
Hunter in the leading role of
Young Roger Woodley he learned
that Merton of the Movies"
was to be given at a cinema
theater in London. Whereupon
Mr.. Van Druten obtained leave
of absence from his professional
chair for couple of days and
rushed down to the movies per-
Torrance.
A sad position for an author.
Shackled to England, never hav-
ing met producer Of, or actors
in, his play. One cannot help
but wish him luck and hope that
he will be able to cross the big
pond and get a happy look-in
on his work while it is still
running in New York.
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IS ACTORS, OF A SORT
IN ONE FAMIL Y

When picture families Albert Prso Of New
York city, takes the, palm.
Albert is one hardwong souls who here
his Albert and his good wife Frances
the thirteen husky children. This
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EDNA PURYIANCE
BACK in THE
GAME

Edna Purviance. star OF Charlie
chaplin's famed photopIay, "a
Woman of Paris" after an alb
sence from the Fscren Is once more
back in the fold at the Chaplin
studio playing the featured role
in 1.-THE Sea Gull" an original
story: a drama of modern Cali
tornia, written. and to be di-
rected by Josef Won Sternberg.
Preparations for Miss Purvi-
ance's second dramatic vehicle
have been going on for some time
under the guidance Of Won Stern
berg and after a careful search
for new screen faces the follow
ing supporting cast has been
engaged: Raymond Boomer will
be seen In the leading role oppo.
site Miss Purviance. while Eve
Sothern and. Gayne Whitman will
be afforded great opportunity to
demonstrate their ability in their
respective roles.
Josef Won Sternberg, .remem-
bered for his production of THE
Salvation Hunters" and the sub
sequent rise of George Hale and
George K. Arthur through that
medium, hopes to bring into
prominence the supporting mem
bers Of the cast he has chosen for
THE Sea Gull"
The Regent Film Company, a
subsidiary of the Charlie Chap
lin studios, will be the producing
unit of this Won Sternberg pro-
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The weeks OF April 16, will see
a resumption OF midnight mat
inees at the Gayety Theater
Manager La Motto announces
that these frolics have proved so
popular with the Gayety fans, he
has decided TO make a regular
thing OF them during the bal
ance of the season. The per-
iormances will be given each Fri.
Gay night ct 11:20 o'elock.
The Washington times., 1926-01-21
WAN IN DEATH
+ HOUSE, CLAIM

DR.. Kang Ii. of Shanghai, China,
star witness for the Government
in the Wan murder trial, today told
the jury of seeing Wan at the
Chinese Educational Mission on the
night of the murder of three
Chinese at that house.
Ziang Sun Wan is charged with
the murder of Ben Sen WI, under
secretary of the mission house, on
January 90, 1919. Wu's body was
found with the others two days
after police believe the triple slay-
ing occurred.
DIR. Ii related the circumstances
Of his visit to the Mission House
on January 30, and also told of
climbing in the window of the
silent residence two days later and
Of notifying the police of his grue-
some discovery.
The witness first accounted for
the absence Of three Chinese who
were witnesses at the first trial of
Wan six years ago by stating they
were all in China, engaged in a
government tariff conference.
He then gave a minute descrip-
ton OF the Mission House, and said
he had lived at 2014 Kalorama Rd..
opposite the institution.
He was first introduced to Wan,
he said, in the summer of 1917, in
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OFFICIAL WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Rain this afternoon and tonight, chang
ing to snow late tonight and Friday. Tenn
perature yesterday High, 62; low, q.
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HUSBAND 5
MEMORY !.
Tricky

Go ahead and open the sewer"
This was the statement Of Chief
Justice Mccoy IN the District Su-
preme Court when counsel for
Mrs. Betty B. Bradford. who is
suing her husband, Granville C..
Bradford, for an absolute divorce,
tried to show that Bradford paid
the bills for Mrs. Frieda Ramsey,
the correspondent, while confined
in the Columbia Hospital early
in 1928.
Attorney Leo E. Simonton, coun-
sci for Mrs. Bradford, in his cross
examination Of Bradford, wanted
to know the specific reason for
Mrs. Ramsey's going to the hos
pital.
Did Not Pay Her Bills
Attorney Henry M. Fowler, ap-
pearing for the husband. protested
on the ground that it was Of no
particular significance why she re-
ceived treatment there, SO long as
Bradford admitted that she was
there and had visited her a num-
Der of times. Asked whether he
paid Mrs. Ramsey's hospital bills,
Bradford replied he had not.
Mrs. Bradford, attired in a black
velvet coat with pink silk facings
and toque to match, sat beside her
counsel, watching her husband
closely while testifying and show
ing her approval or disapprovaf of
his testimony as it presented itself
Mrs. Ramsey, unlike Mrs. Brad
ford, who is going through the
trial with a smile on her face, sat
beside her counsel, Attorney Fowler,
presenting a rather crestfallen ar-
pearance.
After testifying that Mrs. Ram
sey had had seventeen operations
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BLANT TON REID
FIGHT FAILS

The anticipated battle between
Representatives Thomas L. Blan-
ton of Texas and Frank r. Reid
of Illinois today turned out to be
a bloodless affair.
Instead of furious upper-cuts and
jabs, the belligerents exchanged
notes. Instead of falling into
clinches, they fell into dignified,
freezing silence.
Following the encounter, Repre-
sentative Blanton issued a state
ment declaring that he would not
quit his fight, although the cards
are stacked against him.
The two Representatives met, to-
day at a hearing of the special
subcommittee of the House District
Committee on the bill to increase
the salaries OF the District Com.
missioners.
Last night Representatives BlaH.
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ARMY-NAVY GAME Is
HANGING IN BALANCE

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 21.--A
decision as to whether the Army.
Navy football game this years is to
be played in Chicago, Baltimore or
Philadelphia, will be reached within
few days, Rear Admiral Hutton,
commandment of the Naval Academy
said today.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur has
notified Admiral Mutton that the
decision rests with the academy au-
thorities, and that he will approve
any decision they mako.
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TUG AND II LINERS RAIDED:
$1,000, 900 RUM SEIZED

said. of all the seizures the capture
Of the tug is regarded as most i'm
portant.
The captured tug is the Rescue,
formerly a sea.going craft of the
Merritt Chapman Wrecking Com
pany. fleet.
She was captured by marine police
at jefferson Street and the East
River after she pulled away from
a coast guard boat that shelled her
for nearly an hour in the Narrows.
Realizing that escape was impos-
sible, members of her crew opened
her seacOcks at the wharf AMI tried
10 scuttle the ship with her valuable
cargo.
Policemen clambered aboard, ,,
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DISTURB
GIRLS BATH

Misleading information given to
prohibition officials TO the effect
that Joseph German, grocer, 1895
Grant Rd. y. W., had a large
quantity of liquor on his premises,
led to raid on his store and home
yesterday by police of the Four
tenth Precinct, headed by Lieut..
J. A. Sullivan. No liquor was
found.
AS a result Of the raid German
declared today that he would file
charges against Lieutenant Sullivan
and his squad of police who par
ticipated in the raid, declaring that
the police brutally handled his
wife. broke into a room in which
his 17-year-old daughter, cripple.
was taking a bath, and otherwise
conducted themselves in d rough
manner.
Denies Charges
Lieutenant Sullivan denied all
these charges. He said that when
the police entered the store. he
ordered German, who was behind
the counter, to come out and re-
main in the middle of the store
until the search was completed.
When no liquors were found he
said the police left.
sullivan declares that the raid
was made upon a search warrant
obtained from United States Com
missioner Needham c. Turnase by
Prohibition Agent T. F. Hartman.
According to Commissioner Turn
age. the warrant was issued unon
the affidavit of man whose
identity is being kept a secret to
the effect that he saw a large
quantity Of whisky taken into Cor.
mans store yesterday morning
according to German, he was
waiting on customers in the store
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Even in that tense moment, with
his thoughts concentrated upon
watching his tongue while he was
piled with questions, Durkin could
not refrain from trying to square"
himself with the loyal sweetheart
whom he forgot when he married
another.
The dapper slayer shot to his
feet. hesitated, then leaned over and
kissed heron the cheek.
Betty" he stammered. Il tried
to reach you--tried to tip you off
who to get in touch with. / didn't
have a chance-you were always
with mebody-I-I-"
Listen, boy, you've got a wife
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BY International News scrvhc

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Capture
of rum running tug with
81 100000 worth of contraband
liquor after a thrilling three-houl
harbor battle, in which machine
guns barked and cannon roared
marked the climax today Of q
twenty-four-hour drive on whisky
smugglers in which ten big liners
were raided, and brought the total
seizures we'll above the 100000
mark.
Seizure Smash Records
In value and quantity the seizures
of the last twenty-four hours sur
pass all Others, enforcement agents
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Button-hOled at the railroad station
rushed to the clerks office by the
drivers of the "Jitney Trust frisked
to the home of the trusts official
$4,000 a year marrying parsOn for
the ceremony, or
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ElktOn and have seen the marriage
mills grind their grist.
Two of them were Whirled into the
iitney trust vortex and united in mar
riage by the Jitney Trust ParsOn.
Two were joined in holy natrimOny
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TodaY's Scratches
At New Orleans

SECOND RACE-Reward Spats
Norseland. Round Robin. Cloughj ordan
Midinette.
lands Request. Sir Ralph Jimson Tip.
toe Inn, Viburnum
FOURTH RACE--The Badger Ron
dele, Stonewali Jackson, Ritter, Cream
Puff, Monday Morning, Robert Max
well.
SEVENTH RACE Little Betty,
BueIHs Meteor, Annie Lyle, Tea Tray.
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the ceremony, Or
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THE MARRIAGE MILL OF ELKTON.
IN THE TIMES TOMORROW

Perchance falling into the hands of
the opposition preacher
There's a thrill in being married in
ElktOn-a town of $500 in which
5000 persons were wed last year.
Six Times employees have visited
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by the Independent preacher.
The report Of The Washington
Times investigators, fully illustrated,
will be published in q series Of
articles, the first Of which will appear
in this paper tomorrow.
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Sweetheart He Tilted
Forgives Durki11
REFEREE ZIHLMAN
TERRIBLE TOM
Nv International News Serv

CHICAGO, Jan. 21-In the early morning hours today
Marty Dkn and Betty Werner met the office
the Attorney the first time they had each
Durkn with two bullets in his body went stumb
ling out of bunged police trap night last fall
New Britain herald., 1926-10-02
ELM CITY PAPER
 NOW l6O YRS. OLD
Journal-COurier Celebrates With
 Special Edition

New Haven, Oct. 2 (E9 - The New Haven Journal-Courier yes- terday celebrated its 160th anni- versary and in honor of the event issued a special anniversary edi- ton of 120 pages.
 The edition goes back 160 years, historically, showing the birth and growth of the city of New Haven and it's many institutions and de- votes several columns to New Ha- ven's principal institution of learn- ing, Yale university. The principal industries of the city are covered and the paper contains a resume Of the great events of the last century and half.
 In 1755. James Parker started to print a newspaper in Connecticut, calling it the Connecticut Gazette. q weekly. On the death of the Ga zette a few years later the good will passed on to Thomas Green. Joined by his brother, Samuel, un-
New Britain herald., 1926-10-02

der the imprint of Thomas 6 Sam uel Green, the Connecticut Jour nal and New Haven Post-Boy was born In 1766.
 In 1892, Thomas c. Woodward published the Daily Herald. Short ly after January l, 1885 the sub scription list and name of the Journal were absorbed. although it was not for ten years more than that the name Journal was attach cd to the daily issue.
 Upon the death of Mir. Wood ward, William Bacon came into the firm and In the year 1s4o the Daily Morning Courier was absorbed. the name of the daily being changed to the Morning Journal and Cour- fer. In 1881 the Journal-Courier passed into the management of the late Edward T. Darlington, and John E. Darlington, who today is the president, In 1909 Colonel Nor ris c. Osborn became editor-in- chief Of the Journal Courier. Her bert Peterson is vice president, treasurer and publisher.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-02
ID TRAIN
 LEADERS IS NAMED
Community Leadership Training
 School Begins Oct. 12

The faculty of the community leadership training school, which be- gins Tuesday, October 12, in the First Congregational church chapel, has been announced by Frederic L. Fay. dean of the school and direc- tor of religious education at the South Congregational church.
 The five instructors and their courses are as follows: Rev Dr. George W. c. Hill. pastor of the South church, will teach an intro duction to the literature and religion of the Old Testament, giving a Biblical background for all teachers
 Richard Wampler an instructor in thc state normal school, will teach a course on general psychology of boys and girls. This also is a back ground course.
 Mrs E. c. Stockwell Of the Trin- ity Methodist church, will teach the
New Britain herald., 1926-10-02
New Names Added
 To Amphion Club List

Seventeen new names have been added to the Senior High school Am phion club, Principal Louis P. Slade announces.
 They are Mildred BeneSton, Bar bara Christ, Helen Conrad. Elizabeth Corbly, Sten Flygt, Ruth Goldstein, Douglas Harwood, Eleanor Hesse, Euclid Hartung. Adelaide Osgood. Earle Scott, Evelyn Sarrow, Nora Tomasso. Francis Traver, Madge Valentine, Dorothy Webster, and Anne Zahnleiter.
 Twenty-four members Of the club were lost through graduation or through leaving school last year. The number that still remains in the club was annonced this morning by Mrs. Amy c, Guilford, club direc- tor for the past nine years. It fol- lows: Gunnard Carlson, Katherine Clark, John Deming, Hugh Derrick, Marian Fieber. William Haswell. AL bert Hatch. Virginia Humphrey, Frederic Lockwood, Donard Mo Guire, Barbara Troop. and Frances Troop.
 Since the club is now entering upon it's 10th year as school or ganization, plans for the observance Of it's 10th birthday are now under way. Mrs. Guilford announced that a play will be put on jointly by the alumni association and the club. The alumni association is the only one of its kind recognized by the school.
 The officers of this years organ ization are Gunnard Carlson, presi- dent; Elizabeth Barker. secretary; and Hugh Derrick, treasurer.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-02
ENFIELD SHORTAGE
 NOW IS S59,628
Hamilton, Embedding Town
 Clerk, Imprisoned

Thompsonville, Oct. 2 P-Town funds amounting to S59,62S.97 were embedded by Clark L. Hamilton. former tax collector of the town of Enfield. during his IS years of office, This was shown in 6 final report submitted last night to the board of selectmen by certified public ac- countants who had been engaged for several weeks in auditing Ham, ilton's books.
 Pleads Guilty
 Hamilton pleaded guilty to en- bezzlement of public money in ex- cess of $20,000, in superior court in Hartford last week and was sen fenced to serve from one to three years in state prison.
 In the tax year of 1913, Hamil- tons first year in office, he misap- proprlated S2,09S.55 while the largest amount taken in one year was in the tax year of 1921 when s9,905.25 was embedded. In five other years amounts in excess of 5000 were taken.
 Apply To Bonding Company
 Hamilton was bonded to the amount of s1O.OO0 during each year that he held office and accord ing to Attorney Phillip J. Sullivan, Jr.. counsel for the town of En- field, formal application will be made to the bonding company for payment of the full amount of the shortage with the exception of the amount embedded during the frx year that Hamilton held office, The bond for that year was issued through another company and car ried Q limitation clause terminating liability after Is months.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-02

shown a photograph of Ormiston and said it resembled man he had seen on the third floor of the hotel during Christmas week last year.
 Thomas Scott Melville, doorman at the Clark hotel. recently baptized by Mrs. McPherson as a member of her congregation. testified that he saw the evangelist enter that hostel ry on May IS, five and half hours before she disappeared at Ocean Park.
 Walter B. Lambert, haberdasher. previously testified that he too had seen Mrs. McPherson enter the Clark hotel on the morning of May IS. She was followed by man who limped, the witness said.
 Mrs McPherson last night denied she had visited the hotel with Ormi- ston except on one occasion, when she was a speaker at a radio pro- gram.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-02
ORM|STON PICKED IN JEFFERSON CASE
Is Identified as EVangelist'S
 Visitor

Los Angeles, Oct : CP-The little theater where the Aimee Semple Nc Pherson court drama has been hold ing the boards during the last five days was dark today. An intermis- sion in the preliminary hearings of the Angelus Temple pastor and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, on conspiracy charges was closed yes terday when Municipal Judge Sam uel V. Lake adjourned the trial up- til next Monday,
 The tiny court room. which had been packed to standing room ca pacity during the opening scenes of the dramatic trial, was deserted to- day by all but few attaches and an assiduous janitor. The actors had left the stage and spectators had vacated their scat The stage door crowds which milled the corridors of the hall of justice In the hope of glimpsing the stars of the show had vanished.
 Yesterdays curtain dropped as opposing attorneys clashed over the admission of testimony concerning the finances of Angelus Temple. Deputy District Attorney E. J. Dennison was reading from the transcript of testimony given before the county grand jury by Mrs. Kennedy, the pastors mother had testified that Mrs, McPherson re- ceived for expenses the sum of S25 a week and one Sunday offering of her congregation each month. De- fense Counsel w. I. Gilbert inter- rupted the reading with the objec- tion that the matter was irrelevant, Judge Blake put an end to the argu- ment by adjourning court.
 The transcript of Mrs. Kennedy's testimony also touched upon the ownership of Angelus Temple. In reply to questions by District Attor- ney Asa Reyes at the time of her appearance before the grand jury, Mrs. Kennedy disclosed the fact that the property, recently assessed at nearly three quarters of a million dollars, was held jointly in the names of her daughter and herself.
 The name of Kenneth G. Ormis- ton. former Angelus Temple radio man, a co-defendant in the con- spiracy charges. and now fugitive from justice, was further linked with that of the Evangelist yester- day when three states witnesses de- clared they had seen the pastor and the missing radio operator on vari- ous occasions.
 Agness Callahan, chamber maid, testified that Mrs. McPherson had come to the fashionable Ambassador hotel here at least six times during the summer and fall of 1925. On each occasion, the witness said she had seen Ormiston on the same floor as that on which Mrs. McPherson was stopping. On two occasions she saw Ormiston enter the Evangelist's room. The maid identified Ormiston from photographs and added that he had walked with a limp.
 Arthur l.. Denman, assistant manager of the hotel, testified that he had seen Mrs. McPherson in the house many times and that she had d preference for room 53O. He was
New Britain herald., 1926-10-02
CNWISE DARE IN COURT Invited Prohibition Agents to Home
 and They Found Still

Washington, Oct. 2 RJ--The De- partment of Justice will maintain in a case before the Supreme Court that man who invites Prohibition agents to search his house cannot complain that his rights under the Constitution have been violated when the agents discover a still.
 Announcement was made that the department has filed brief oppos- ing the claims of Charles Waxman of San Francisco, who has asked for a review Of decisions of the Lower Courts. The department maintains that WaXman invited Prohibition agents to search his premises, and that the latter fo. nd a still and li- quor manufacturing paraphernalia in a sub basement.