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New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
FATHER OF NINE MURDERS
 WIFE AND HOLDS 100 MEN
 AT BAY ON FARM IN OHIO
EXPECT GREENBERG
 10 BE REINSTATED Believe That Local Man Will Again Become
 Lawyer Soon

Albert A. Greenberg of this city who was disbarred from the prac. tlce Of law in January, 1922. follow. Ing his conviction in superior court on the charge of blackmail. win ne. tltlon the superior court for rein. statement, and according to re. haple report favorable action is an. tcipated when the court goes into session in September. Judge Isaar Wolfe, who heard the case follow. ing Greenberg's arrest October 1s l921' fined him $500 and gave him a suspended jail sentence of six months.
 A petition signed by every law yer in New Britain has been pre- pared to impress on the court that there is no opposition to Greenberg's reinstatement, on the part of the legal fraternity here, and it is re- ported that States Attorney Hugh M' Alcorn, who brought about the arrest and conducted the prosecu- ton, will not oppose the petition.
 Mir. Alcorn is on his vacation and Will not return until the early part Of September, it was said at his office in the county building today. when an effort was made to verify the report concerning his position in the matter. Those conversant with the situation said today that assurance of Mir. Alcorn's stand was obtained before the petition was prepared.
 Greenberg's arrest and prosecu- ton was one of the features of the expose in this city in the fall of 1921. He was prosecuting attorney and was charged with accepting a bribe to influence the discharge of the duties of his office. The arrest stunned the city and caused sem sation throughout the state.
 Following his release on a bond, Greenberg retained Attorney Joseph F. Berry of Hartford to represent him. He expressed a preference for trial by judge, and was found guilty. Since then he has contin- ucd to live in New Britain and has been in the real estate business.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
General Business Good,
 Hoover Tells Coolidge

Paul Smiths, N. Y. Aug. 1S P) The general business condition of the country is even stronger than it has been in the past, Sec retary Hoover of the department of commerce informed President Coolidge today.
 The only places where there have been lags, the secretary said. are in agriculture. the teytile ind"etry and, to some extent, bitumlLous coal.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
Water Famine Is Feared
 In Washington Heat Wave

Washington, Aug 1S Rl-A parched and sweltering capital, the second hottest city in the United States yesterday, appealed in vain to- day to the weather man for relief.
 Warning that a water famine threatened was issued by the district commissioners with plea that citi- zens be sparing in their use.
 An official temperature of ss in the infrequent shade, aggravated by clammy humidity and exceeded only by that of Phoenix Ariz., yes- terday sent nine persons to hospitals. and many other prostration victims were treated by physicians. drug clerks and pedestrians.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
WH|TTEMORE PAYS
 WITHOUT A MURMUR
Youthful Bandit-Slayer Un- moved as He Faces GallOWS
WAS DEAD IN A MINUTES

Wife and Father Bade Him Fare
 well Short Time Before-Execu-
 ted Near Spot Where He Mur-
 dered Prison Guard.
 Baltimore, Aug. 13 LR-Richard Reese Whittemore, leader of a bandit gang that set itself a goal of a billion dollars loot, died on the gallows shortly after midnight this morning in the penitentiary where he slew a guard in escaping a year and a half ago.
 Dead In If Minutes
 The end came quickly for the youthful criminal who led his fol- lowers to robbery of nearly S1.O0O.- 900 of the fabulous sum they sought. At midnight he said: q wish to say goodbye, the best I could wish anybody" At 12:0S eastern standard time his body. plunged through the gallows trap on the Maryland penitentiary. At 1922 fourteen minutes later, he was pro- nounced dead.
 Less than % minutes had elapsed after he stepped onto the scaffold platform at 12:06, when his body, in it's casket, was wheeled out of the death chamber. It was claimed by relatives for funeral services at the home of his father, Rawlings V. Whittemore.
 Whittemore Is Unmoved
 The elder Whittemore and Mrs. Margaret Whittemore. the slayer's wife, bade him farewell several hours before the execution, separ- ated from him by a heavy fine screen which encased the death cell Mrs. Whittemore was weeping historically as she left the prison for the last time, but White more appeared unshaken and re- so to the end.
 The youthful gangster. after shak- ing hands with prison officials in the death cell corridor. dropped his last cigarette from his lips and walked
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New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
TAFT REPORTED BFTTER

Quebec, Que, Aug. 13 R-Wn- liam H. Taft, chief justice of the United States, who has been i'll at his summer home at Murray bay Que, was reported today as con- tinuing to improve. Mir. Taft caught a very severe cold and for time friends were afraid pneumonia might develop. it was said. Alarm ing reports of his condition are officially discredited.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
Unusually Dark

New Haven. Conn, Aug. 13 P- One man was killed, many tele- phones were put out of commission and considerable damage was done to fruit and vegetables throughout this state as the result of a severe electrical storm which swept over Connecticut late yesterday.
 Charles Powlauskas, 52, Of Windsor, was killed at his home when he attempted to turn on an electric light after the storm had short -circuited a transformer on a pole in front of his house.
 A stock barn owned by William J. Sullivan at Suffield was burned to the ground after having been struck by lightning. Eighty tons of hay were destroyed and horse and a number of chickens were killed. The\ loss was estimated at $10,0o0.
 The storm, which swept over the state from west to east, was &C., companied by darkness which made lights necessary on trolley cars and automobiles and in offices and homes. From all appearances, nightfall fell about four hours too
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New Britain herald., 1926-08-13

the sources of supply for retailers who have been convicted in the county. ,.. ...
 The place raided last night was tlrat of John Cope in Pennington, who has a cider mill on the swamp road, about one mile from the cen- ter. The raiding officers were Con- stable Fuller of this town, County Detective Hickey, his assistant, Ger aid Risley, and Federal Agent John J. Kelleher. They descended on the Cope farm about 10:30 p. m. and seized 125 barrels of cider, taken from the mill, the cellar of the house. and from under the barn. Cope was arrested on a charge of violating the liquor law and will be given a hearing in the Pennington court this evening before Judge Barney.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
INVENTORIES FILED

Inventories of the estates of James E. o'Brien. Mrs Nora O. Brien Moore. and Mrs. Mary O'Brien were filed in probate court this afternoon.
 In the inventory of James F. O'Brien he had an undivided inter- est in property in Berlin worth s2500. Nora O'Brien Moore has in- terest in property in Berlin worth s555.55, and Mary o'Brien has one-third interest in the property of her husband, James F. o'Brien, who died in 1912. She also has s1oe.ss in deposits In the Berlin Savings Bank.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
SUIT FOR s7.5OO

Suit for s7,500 against Joseph and Caesar Mieczkowski has been filed by Attorney Warren Maxell, repre- senting Mrs. Clara Dickenson, who alleges that an automobile driven by Caesar and owned by Joseph, his father, struck her on West Main street, near New Britain National bank, last April, and injured her, Attorney M. A. Sexton has been re- tained by the defendants. The case isreturnable in superior court the first Tuesday ia September.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
Holding Two Babies in His Arms, he Stalks in Front of Windows and Dares Posse to Fire on Him
Admits Killing Woman and Says He'll Kill Babies Too, if Police Interfere Probably Crazed by Drink.
FINALLY CAPTURED
 WITHOUT VIOLENCE

Cincinnati. Aug. 1S CP-With the body of his wife at his feet, Scott Workman, 40. 8, farmer, paced back and forth before the windows of his little farm house near New Rich- mond, Ohio, today, defying Sheriff Fred Crosswell of Clement county and a posse of 100 men, surrounding the house, to fire at him and two babies, youngest of nine children, which he held in his arms.
 It was at first reported that Workman had killed the two chil- dren in addition to his wife.
 Holds Babies in Arms
 Holding up his children. one in each arm, girl of three years and boy of seven months, the farmer. believed to be crazed with drunk. taunted the members of the posse, posed behind trees and other vant- age points about the house, to shoot at him. "Go ahead, shoot 'em. Shoot 'em." he cried as he tossed the crying children up and down in his arms in full view of the dis tracted possemen, Sure, I killed my wife. I'll kill these here, too, if you shoot.
 Ready to Shoot
 One marksman who had scaled the Workman house lay on the caves of the roof, with his revolver ready to shoot down the madman if he apeared without the threshold. Others were ready with rifles and pistols to pur a volley into the farmers body if he once let out his arms the babes which formed his shield in his home. This situation confronted officers and their posse at noon after two hours of effort to capture the crazed principal in the tragedy.
 Workman had fired several shots from his automatice pistol at mem- bers of the posse but the sight of the terror stricken infants, clinging on the father who at any moment might crash out their lives silenced any return of the fire.
 Workman after holding the posse at bay finally was captured when Sheriff Cross ignored the mans entered the house and placed the slayer under arrest. No violence accompanied the arrest and the man was taken to Batavia, Ohio, jail.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
Friday and Thirteen
 All Right But Black
 Cat-That's Different

Lawton, Okla. Aug. 13 P)- Fridays and thirteens mean little in the life of Lieutenant Cor nelius Cousland. post field pilot, but black cat-that's different,
 Corporal George H. Wheeling, who intends to make a para chute leap from plane No. 13 at S:1S o'clock this afternoon, Friday the 18th, wanted to take along as a passenger a black cat, and blast once and for all the attending superstitions. Lieutenant Cousland consented to make the flight but baked at carrying the cat.
 Wheeling intends to make the leap if possible, from a height of 1913 feet.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
JUDGE PERRY ILL

Fairfield. Conn, Aug. 1S F --- Judge John H. Perry, former judge of the common pleas court and former speaker In the state house of representatives, Is se- riously i'll at his home In South port. He Is suffering from an in- ternal disorder. Judge Perry was taken III Wednesday on his return from fishing trip.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13

me in the ring for the last fivt years" Wills is quoted as saying b! the Sun. Hes a liar"
 If he keeps on fussing arount with that sort of stuff he won't have to wait till he gets me in the ring. He can fight me in the streets.
 I'll fight Dempsey any time hC wants to meet me at Broadway and Forty-second street and don't want a penny to fight him, either. IT knock him out so quick he'll be sor- ry he was ever born"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
Wills Calls Dempsey Liar, Wants
 to Fight Him at 42nd Street and
 Doesn't Want Pay for it Either

New York, Aug. 1S R-Harry Wills told the New York Sun today that he is ready to fight Jack Demp- sey for nothing, just for the satisfac- ton of knocking out the champion.
 The negro, who has vainly sought match with Dempsey for nearly six years, joined his manager. Paddy Mullins, in calling the champion liar" for his assertions that he tried to make the match.
 I've been reading in the papers that Dempsey says he tried to get
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
DEATH AND DAMAGE COMES WITH STORM
New York, New Jersey and Conn. Swept by Heavy Showers
TRAFFIC IS PARALYZED
Streets Hub Deep With Water Windsor Man Killed-Fruit and Vegetables Throughout State Suf- fer From Wind and Water.

fer From Wind and Water.
 New York. Aug. B LR-Terrifc thunderstorms. in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have left death, injury, fire and flood in their wake.
 The storms broke over the east yesterday when wave of heat and humidity was at is height. A light ming bolt killed Is year old Stanley Carpenter of Hightstown, N. J. Charles Powlauskas, 52, of Wind sor, Conn, was killed in his home when he attempted to turn on an electric light after transformer on the circuit had been short Patrick Reilly New York sub way motorman, was injured, prob- ably fatally when his train was struck by lightning at an elevated station.
 Street Traffic ParalyZed
 Street traffic here was paralyzed when the heavy rains, causing the sewers to overflow, transformed the streets into rivers. Motor vehicles, hub deep in water were left on the streets. Thousands of homegoing office workers scurried to doorWays for shelter. Subway traffic was tied up. A washout on the Long Island railroad disorganized traffic on the system. Two of the east river tun- nels were flooded and the signal service in a third was disarranged. causing a complete cessation of traf- fic out of the Manhattan section over the entire line.
 Radio is Crippled
 Lightning bolts hits church steeples and building cornices. Sta tion WIZ signed off in the middle of a broadcasting program because heavy lightning was playing over tho aerial wires at Bound Brook, N. J. Two radia aerials were struck by lightning at New Rochelle, N. Y. Five men were struck by lightning, receiving severe shocks at Travers Island.
 / Crops and orchards around Mid dletown, N. Y, were considerably damaged by rain. hail and wind. lightning set fire to the Simpson M. E. church in Jersey City, causing several thousand dollars damage.
 A proposed flight to Philadelphia from Lakehurst, N. J., of the navy's dirigible Los Angeles and the first test of the motors on the giant air plane, S-35, which Captain Rene Fonck, French ace, hopes to span the Atlantic in nonstop flight from New York to Paris, had to be postponed until today.
 More Showers Forecast
 More thunderstorms and 90 de- gree temperatures were forecast for today and Saturday. Yesterdays high temnerature mark was SS and the humidity percentage rose to 94.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
SEPTIC THROAT FATAL 10 MAN IN HARTFORD
His Fatal Illness Believed Traced to Meal at
 GuilfOrd Hotel

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 1S R- William Church Pease. died at his home, SS Charter Oak place, this morning of septic poisoning.
 His illness began with an infected sore throat, which it is thought can be traced to the sore throat cpl demic in Guilford.
 MT. Pease was in Guilford on Sun day, August 1. and ate two meals in a hotel there. He. did not use milk in his tea or coffee and his sister does not recall that he used milk on any of his food at either meal at the hotel.
 It is thought that if Mir. Pease did not use any milk that he caught his sore throat from some infected persons. Two days later, MT. Pease's throat became sore but he con- timed at his office until last Sat urday when he grew much worse and had to remain at home.
 Hartford, Aug. 1S. Pl-State com missioner of domestic animals. James M. Whittlesey and deputy commissioner George E. Corwin, dis cussing the relation of dairy hedrs to the sore throat epidemic in Guil- ford, said this morning that if the epidemic was caused by cows, it was probably a mamitis infection in the cows udlers.
 This infection, they said, was not uncommon amorg dairy herds, hut the human strain by which the in- lection could be transmitted through the milk to people was extremely rare. When that condition was found, however, Dr. Corwin said. the infection of the individual all most always was in the throat.
 Commissioner Whittlesey ponited out however, that the infection might not have come from the COWS, but might have been transmitted by someone handling the milk. In any case, he said, it would be several days before the results of a test of the cows would be known.
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portunity Of trying out IN prepar'
Ing for the 5O0,mile race.
'Mr. MilIer's selection 81 the
new. stutz sedan for his personal
use is, Of course, distinct com
spiiment and endorsement" stated
President Moskovics. His expert
ence and knowledge Of motor con-
structior' naturally makes hsia
5connolseur, competent to judge
motor carr Construction from every
angle.
No one can better appreciate the
absolute necessity Of slcn cardinal
items as sustained performances uIi-
der stress, aeceIerating response,
steering ease. braking effectiveness,
fabrication and cooling as than can
the man who builds the llt5y9 cars
that have averaged more than OV
miles per hour on the indianapolis
speedway, and much more than
that on the board ovAls.
The low center or gravity
achieved in racing cars through the
dropping or the body SO that the
driver straddlee the drive shaft can
be eQualIed OF exceeded III passeTl-
ger cars only through the use of
worm drive, cofstrtlcffcI1 en-
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OAKLAND 81 I 5
NE W RECORD

Four important production rec
ords were shattered during July by
the Oakland Motor Car Company.
Two were worlds records for the
Industry on Pontiac six production
and two were Oakland's own rec
ords for Oakland six production and
fiscal year production.
Since january i, through July
ga. more than $4,000 Pontiac six
cars have been produced and dis
tributed to dealers not only estab-
fishing new worlds record for the
industry for new make OF car for
d corresponding period Of time, but
also exceeding the largest produc-
ton ever attained by any make OF
car during its first full year.
Oakland Pontiac production zig
ures are synonymous with sales be-
cause production has never caught
un with sales since the introduc tton
of the new cars last January.
Ever since the industry began,
motor car manufacturers have been
staggering the public's mind BY
stupendous feats OF production, but
never before has any manufactures
of q new make of car won such
nationwide preference or demand
and been able to accomplish such
amazing Production In 20 short a
time. This record, many believe,
can hardly be equalled.
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ployed in no other Anerican.built
pleasure car except the new Stutz.
Racine. car design long ago tended
toward the lower center Of gravity,
ase absolutely essential to greater
safety.
.'The lowest center OF gravity vet
developed in racing cars Is found
in the new frontsWheel drive cars.
and their superior Probability on
the turns is further proof Of the
worth OF the lowered mass.
ssWhile passenger cars viii never
be called Upon for speeds even ap.
proaching those Of modern racing
ears, the low center Of gravity ~
Just as essential III passenger cars
sss iii racing cars. even III ordinary
touring and traffic conditions This
Is lesson which, apparently, the
industry ia general has not yet
learned from racing practice.
Mr.. Nflier's approval Of the new
stlitz verticIe eight engine with its
overhead valves and overhead CAM
shaft, IS certainly influenced BY his
own experience with engines Of
similar design. For simplicity 81
design and for maximum effective.
ness IN relation to displace cement, the
overhead canashaft type OF engine
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that he proposes to introduce i 70
the public within the next MONTH
In the meantime, the Whippet IS
pfoneering. This industry since It's
infancy. has always played the
game Of follow the leader" there
lie annarently no exception in this
case. The majority of manufac-
furers are waiting to see what the
Whippet win Stio. If it is a success
and early indication points strong
w that way--others viii be quick
to follow in an effort to oyertake
the leader, who has gotten off with
a flying start.
The American manufactures has
been looking for broader marketing
facilities for some time. and this
small type car seems to offer
solution to this problem-m the
present Whippet sales can be taken
as a barometer.
1t is generally conceded that the
smaller car viii not replace, at
least for the present, the large
models now in use. but the belief Isl
that the sales possibilities If the
market can be considerably in
creased through this new type.
This is based largely on the fact
that the little Jobs are the logical
solution to the many problems that
are being presented through con-
gested traffic conditions of today.
In addition, the excellent highways
that are now to be found in almost
every section of the country permit
the employment OF this loW-hung
type of car.
There is little lif any qeustion
but that four-cylinder car OF this
type with its resultant low car
mile cost. providing 1t is possessed
Of enduring quality. viii find q
ready market in this country.
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RAGING PRQ.|D||.I||IG:IY'
BUYSSTUTZ

Harry Miller, creator Of Miller
specials. the racing cars that have
put America into its dominant auto
mobile racing position. took delivery
~ i natv Stutz passenger
sedan from r. r. Moskoyics. presl-
dent 81 the4 Stutz Motor Car Com.
nam f1f America, Inc. before leav.
Inc ,,sr. Indianapolis for the Society Of
Antomotiye Engineers convention 81
French. nick and his home IN Los
Angeles. - ..s
creations win first place and nine
az the first ten places ct the In
dianapolis Motor Speedway Ne,
moral Day classic and he expressed
his satisfaction in purchasing the
new car which he had ample ap-
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RUM AND DRUGS BE AIMED
FOR MANY AUTO 6 CRASHES

The use 81 alcohol and drugs
was said 10 be among the major
causes Cor automobile accidents last
year 81 many chiefs Of police ~
3 recent questionable sent to 500
cities throughout the country ID.
Iarging upon the observations oh
the police. some scientists even 20
so. far as TO say that such mlider
stimuIants as tea and coffee aLlecl
some drivers to an exent which lh
heavy traffic makes their opera ton
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has for many wears been conceae0
the palm ~ the engineering tIaters
rsity.
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Iifhuarlia has electric power
plants operated by Oh Or peat els
fuel or BY va ter DOW
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TRUCK TIRE SERVICE CO.
21st and Virginia Ave. n. ".
y ss'TYDINGS"
62i.sas 5 ST. N. W.
UNITED TIRE STORES
1901 Pa. Ave. IN. w.
WARDMAN PARK GARAGE
Inc.
9Th and Calvert Sts. N. w.
WASHINGTON ACCESSORIES
18th and L 'Sts. n. w
.WAYsIDE SERVICE STATION
1900, Wisconsin Ave. n. W
WHITE BROS. SERVICE
STATION
18th and p SITS. IN. w.
BoYER'S MOTOR SALES
Capitol Heights, Md.
Upper Marlboro, Md.
GREENWOOD GARAGE
Cherrydale, Va.
SHEPHERD e BRO.
Clarendon, Va.
LEE HIGHWAY SERVICE
Rosslyn, Va.
MONTGOMERY GARAGE
Rockville, Nd.
Cassidy 81 KOEEII. MOTOR
CO.
Takoma Park, Md
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Iof car menace 20 others on
the highway
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HIGHWAY AUTO SUFFL1
gath and r. |. Ave. n. =.
INSTANT SERVICE TIRE
CO., Inc.
18th and " SITS. N. w.
JIMMIE'S TIRE SHOP
Rear TIC N. Capitol Sc.
KAY ST. ACCESSORIES &
FILLING STATION
2021 K Street N. w.
81" STREET GARAGE
17O5 L St. n. w.
LIBERTY GARAGE
18th St. and Florida Ave. n. w.
LINWORTH AUTO SUPPLY
Linworth and c SITS. 5. W.
REID K. MIDDLETON
21O6 r. /. Ave. N. E.
MIKES SERVICE STATION
: 1928 Nichols Ave. $. z.
FLORIDA AUTO SUPPLY CO..
Florida Ave. and 3rd ST. N. Z.
MINUTE SERVICE STATION
No. 8
Pennsylvania Ave. and Railroad
Ave. S. E.
MODERN AUTO SUPPLY CO.
CIT H St. N. E.
MUTUAL TIRE CO.
eos Pa. Ave. N. w.
NATIONAL. AUTO TIRE co.
A30 K ST. N. w.