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The Washington times., 1926-01-16
COPS Die FEE
SCARE FEGGs

Washington detectives today
were on the trail of a gang of
gem burglars, apparently expert
enced, who, operating with scant
success so far, were given their
latest setback last night when
they. attempted. to crack safe
in the. Jewel Shop, 1105 Connecti-
cut Ave-, containing more than
$4,000 in precious stones.
The tramp tramp tramp of
policemen's feet, just outside the
door of the shop, frightened the
cracksmen after they had removed
the dial from the safe.
New Detail Scares Yeggs
The tramping outside was caused
by "a detail of four policemen. under
Lieutenant Michael Raedy. who was
relieving the day force and assign
Ing the night patrolmen to their
respective beats.
Due to a recent epidemic of at
tempted robberies of jewelry stores,
ponce pfOtectlon IN the Vicinity oI
such shops was being strengthened
A lookout for the burglars APP
parently heard the marching feet
and saw the blue coats and badges.
He warned his confeFees. who
were preparing the nitoglycerine
for the orifice made by removal OF
the safe dial
The burglars picked up Tier
tools and fled through a rear exit.
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V|E CROOK.
IS SLAIN
By international News Service

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The under.
world took vengeance today upon
Harry Schneider. 81. known through
out American crookdom as the
schoolmaster.' His body, riddled
with bullets. was found sprawled
upon the steps OF cheap tenement.
Twenty years ago Schneider came
out of Joliet Penitentiary. vowing
vengeance for ten-year stretch,
served. he said. as scapegoat for
another.
II didn't start out to be a crook"
he said, "but they've hung the con-
vict label on me. From now on /
live up to it. had lots OF time
to think in prison. I've worked out
better methods in crime than the
old-timers have. I'll teach them to
anyone who wants to learn"
Thus he became the school
master with members of the
notorious Valley gang as his pupils.
their number later to be increased
by promising material from the
underworld of the entire country.
To him is credited the mob"
system Of picking pockets, the glass
Continued on Page 2. Column g.
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I'VE refuse to return to schools
Monday and stand ready to oppose
any drastic measures that the
Board of Education has threatened,
said Tanning Johnson, president of
the student council and admitted
strike leader.
Entire responsibility for what fol
lows as result of their demonstra-
ton will be assumed by the student
council composed of Manning John
son, president: Phillip Brooks, vice
president: Theolius Alexander, sec
rotary and Rufus P. Turner. treas
urer. This they announced upon
taking their uncompromising stand.
To Hold Pep" Meeting
Manning johnson let's it be kOnwn
that their headquarters is at SOC c
st. S. E., and that school Oftcials
can get i'm touch with them at this
address when they are ready to
return their principal to them.
t"Hot dog! you tell 'eIn," a student
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mistic person requested me to hold
the line minute. please. l did
that, and Strengthened out twist
in Toms checkbook for him the had
deducted a cancelled check from his
balance. instead of adding) while l
was holding it,
You know where the Washing
ton office is. KIDD
Yes"
well, keep away from it. There's
no use advertising
Mr.. Jones? DIR. Stephens speak
ing. I'm glad you haven't turned
in yeti was just about to have
you called
Continued on Page 5, Column u
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Tom had it right-sfle was crazy
to go. Wouldn't the other girls at
the Goodness Gracious Finishing
SCHOOL, be eaten alive with jeal-
orsy. Couldn't we stop aDd pick
up Aggy Werner-two girls would
make the thing so much-No, we
couldn't Step 1ively-we're late.
And while Josie was hunting for
elusive rubbers and vanishing
gloves, Tom led me to a cubby-hole
where there was a desk and tele-
phone.
Jones Calls Hospital
ran the gauntlet of number
please. long distance, switchboard
and ward eight, where some op!i-
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BY JOSEPHINE TIGHE

'sThe spirit bank GboOe youS
head u broken. The battery
aboOe youy ksad of spirit frisnds
u broken. GET back e Glen
Echo = ssiisk = pou can. -.
The above telegram and similar
ones were sent by Mrs. Mabells
Rawson HirOns to DR.. Julian 3
Hubbell, for many years conf
Dental secretary to Clara Barton.
The gibberish was translated By
Doctor HubbeIl, however to such
an extent that he was separated
from the tidy sum Of $4,000 and
the home property of the founder
of the Red Cross.
The spirit wires are part Of the
records Of the Maryland Court Of
Appeals, which yesterday broke
Mrs. Hiron's "bank" when i
awarded to Doctor Hubbell APP
proximately $4,000 Of real estate.
bonds and money, together with
the famous Clara Barton home
stead.
Mrs. Hirons is ordered to
vacate this great old house in
which she has been living for
several years and Doctor Hubbeil
will return to it within the month,
A Weird Story
DR.. Hubbell declares that spirits
or no spirits, the first thing he viii
do upon regaining possession of
the Barton estate will be to give
party to his faithful friends.
lawyers, and those who have stood
by him during the years of court
litigation when he was almost
without the necessities of life.
DIR. Hubbell was represented in
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BY international News service
PENNINGTON, w. Va, Jan.
is. Although pail hung over
this little mining community to-
day where the bodies of nineteen
miners await burial, scenes Of
unrestrained Joy were enacted I'M
homes 81 The twenty one other.
miners Who escaped unhurt from
the expI0sion-wrecked Jamison Coal
and Coke Company mine No. 3,
after being entombed or twenty
hours.
Saved by Air Doors
Forty miners, in two groups,
were working on the seventh level.
about 900 feet below the surface
when the explosion occurred. Seven
teen men comprising the group
nearest the shass died within a
short time from injuries and deadly
gases.
Twenty-three rpiners two and a
half miles further back in the mine
protected themselves from the gases
by promptly closing two air doors
All remained in shelter until a
few hours before the rescue when
two miners, John Thomas, miner
preacher, and Lonnie Bee, negroes,
went outside the safety doors in
the hope of reaching the shaft.
The bodies of Thomas and Bee
We're found at water hole, where
they were overcome, by the deadly
fumes.
ChaIked Final Message
A few hours later, John Mcneil,
chief compression engineer, who had
chalked final message to rescuers
on the wall of the enclosure. noticed
a draft of fresh air. Believing that
the mine was rapidly being pumped
clear of poisonous gases, Mcneil and
the twenty ether miners with him
bound their faces in handkerchief
saturated with water and started
for the shaft
When they had traversed about
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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OFFICIAL WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Fair tonight; minimum temperature
about 2S degrees; Sunday cloudy. Tenn
perature yesterday High, 46; low, "A.
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CLARA BARTON'S FAMOUS PIANO
The instrument, long an heirloom in
the Barton mansion, was "dispOssessed"
soon after Mrs. HirOns took charge OF
the home and for many days has been
on the front porch. exposed to the wind
and rain. Mrs. HirOns through spiritual
messages, alleged, from Miss Barton
became the DOssessOr of the home of the
founder of the American Red Cross.
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GLEN ECHO TOWN HALL

This building owned by Doctor Hubbell was
given to Mrs. Hirons together with other
properties for cause that appeared worthy
to Doctor Hubbel but which never became an
actually. Undue influence was charged by
Hubbells lawyer and the $4,000 was ordered
returned by the Maryland Court Of Appeals.
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INJURED NAN 5
PARTY Barred
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.--Mar-
garet Pedrick, II, one of the two
girls, with Charles Nichola Kessler,
Of Los Angeles, Calf. student at
the University of Pennsylvania,
early New Year Day at party
when he received serious injuries
to his back, today described the
party"
Kessler is at the Polytechnic Hos
Continued on Page 2, Column 2)
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PICTURESQUE BARTON HOME,

A part of the $4,000 given by DIR. Hubbell,
for many years secretary to Clara Barton,
Americas Florence Nightingale" to Mrs.
Hirons. DIR. HubbelI was led to deed
this house for a shrine to the woman he had
ferved so faithfully and whose memory he
cherished above all else.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16

POSTOFFICE AND GENERAL STORE
In a room over the Glen Echo pOstoffice, Doctor
Hubbell lived, studied, planned and worked during
the years his case in litigation. Postmistress
Canada, intimate friend of Clara Barton's was
friend and daughter to the aged physician in his
zero hour.
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''RUM-RUNNING IN WASHINGTON"
By Donald McDOugal
Motion Picture and Theatrical Rights Reser'edo
CHAPTER vi
Copyright. 1920.

And Josie everything. 81 hate the old of
Miss Burke
Mr. Jones evening, Go the devil Inc
sudden from the mncng
introduction lett no
room complaint the of monotony, a least
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Newman Or No School,
Students Def

Absolute defiance thrown into the face OF school
this morning by than 900 striking pupils who
walked the Armstrong High School colored yeser
day in protest the plan to their principal Capt
Arthur G. Newman
New Britain herald., 1926-10-23
SWAIN JAILED FOR kENSING70N FIGHT Suitor Said to Have Attacked
 His Girls Father KNIFE FIGURES IN ROW
50 Boys Attending Yale Brown Game Death of Barbara Anne Kelsey - Pastors Announce Sunday Church Programs.

Raymond Rumaiardi, 27, of PAY
 Ann street, Hartford, was sen-
 fenced to 30 days in jail by Judge
 George G. G-iswold at a special ses- slon of the Berlin town court held
 last evening, charged with breach of the peace in connection with brawl at the home of Adolph Mariani in Kensington in which Rumajardi re- ceived cuts about the face from a knife wielded by Mariani He ap- pealed the case and it has been in- cluded on the blotter of the superior court a. the next session of that body.
 Rumajardi was brought into New Britain General hospital by A. J. Burkharth when the latter found him beside the roadway bleeding from cuts on the face. Rumajardi stated that he had been assaulted by the father of his fiancee while he was calling on the girl but at the time authorities doubted his story and started investigations. Off, ficer Frank Brown and Prosecuting Attorney Charles r. Lewis were de- tailed to investigate the case re- gardless of Rumajardis pleas that police intervention be waived be- cause of his fiancee's position in the incident.
 Police found that Mariani was Nn lr,tf ia1I were brought into court last night to testify. Mariani stated that the injured man appeared at his home yesterday afternoon and started an argument about some joking re- mark that Mariani had passed about him several days previous. After considerable arguing, Mariani sent his wife to look for Constable Frank Brown and when Mrs. Mariani started from the house. Rumaiardi attacked him from behind, striking his head several times with his fist. | Mariani testified that he then grabbed table knife and inflicted | the wounds that sent Rumajardl to !! the hospital.
 While Judge Griswold openly | doubted the story of the table knife | being used, he stated that 1t was apparent that Rumajardi was the cause of the affair, as the man | travelled from his home in Hart l ford to nick the fight with Mariani. | Judge Griswold further added that | the injured man gave several stories when questioned while Mariani ad- mitted his part of the story when called upon to testify. Both men had been good friends until lately.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-23

ing a little improved this morning. He is suffering from his second at tack of pneumonia within a short while.
 Barnes Lewis of Kensington was elected president of the Older Boys Conference held yesterday in Water bury.
 East Berlin Items
 The whist party held last evening in the social rooms of St. GabriePs Episcopal church was well attend ed. The winners of the prizes were: Ladies, first, Mrs. Edward Kahms; second, Mrs. Max Sugenheim; con- solation, Miss Alice McCorkle; gen. tlemen's, first, William Brown; sec ond, Harold Day; consolation. Romeo Levasque. The whists will be continued every Friday evening.
 There will be a whist party at Sacred Heart social rooms Monday evening at 8 o'clock. to which the public has been invited.
 The Fife and Drum corps will not hold their usual rehearsal next Thursday evening that being the opening night of the fair. Re hearsals will be continued the fol- lowing week as usual.
 About 40 boys and girls attended the Brown-Yale game at New Ha- ven as the guests of the Yale man. agement. Five machines carried the group. Those who rendered the use of their machines for the transportation of the club were A. A. North. R. o. Clark, Philip Mil drum and Paul Siegrist.
 Mrs. Patrick Holigan has return ed from visit with her daughter. Mrs. Benjamin Derenthal of Spring field.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. P. Demore left this morning for Philadelphia to vislt the Sesquicentennial exposition. They will be joined there by Mir. and Mrs. Edward Wall, who are on their wedding trip.
 The teachers of the Sunday school of St. Gabriers Episcopal church met last evening and plan ned for a Halloween party to be held the evening of November 1. The party will be for all of the members of the Sunday school.
 Services will be held in the Methodist church tomorrow at inc usual hours, morning service at lO:45 o'clock with Sunday school at 12 o'clock.
 The fair committee met last eve nlng at the home of George De- !! more to make final arrangements Tor the Community fair to be held the last three days of next week.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Nelson are relatives from out of own for a few days.
 MT. and Mrs. George E. Dalbey Ire entertaining friends from New ork city over the weekend.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-23
Navy Day Proclamation

At wedding in Hull. England, re- gently, the ceremony was performed by brother of the bride, another brother was organist, another best man and another gave the bride away.
 Mrs. J. Hayes, of Tipperary. who died recently at the age of 101, was the mother of nine living children. the youngest being 70, and she at tributed her longevity to . diet of buttermilk and potatoes.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-23

Sermon, Where do you Liver" An them, "Ye Shall Dwell in the Land" Stainer. Church school after the morning service. Congregational Young Peoples meeting at 6 p. m. Executive committee of the federa- ton meets Monday at p. m., with Mrs. Charles R. Clark. Church sup per Thursday at 6:3o p. m., in the parish house. This Is a Halloween supper ts which alI are invited. There will be a church meeting on Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock to determine the 1927 budget and to act upon such other business as may properly came before it.
 Advent Christian Church
 At the morning service, which be- gins al 1o:45 o'clock, the pastor will continue the theme. The Wilder ness of Life" Sunday school hour at 1905 p. m. Loyal Workers serv- ice at 6:oo ?. m. Evening services tt zoo o'clock. Subject of the eve ming, "The Cry and Reward of the Redeemed" The mid week service will be held on Thursday evening this coming week. instead Of Friday, at 1:30 o'clock.
 Baptist Church
 Sunday services at the Baptist church will 0 as follows: Preaching by the pastor. Rev. A. n. Kendrick, D. D.. at 10:45 a. m. Bible school at noon. Evening service at zoo o'clock. Young peoples service at ?. m. The topic will be "Christian- izing the City" Eva Johnson will be the leader. Anyone interested is cordially invited to attend any of these services.
 Baptist Church Social
 The social and entertainment at the Baptist church parlors last eve ming was a decided success. The program was arranged and given by Mrs. Irving T. Tyler, assisted by the 1 choir, and was effectively carried i, out. Some of the verses were the 1 original work of Mrs. Tyler. The 1 committee consisted Of | Mrs. H. B. Stillman, Mrs. E. Farrar, | Mrs. C. Morse, and Mrs. H. Barnes. !
 Fire ENtinguished I
 The week-old fire in the West ! Main street dump was finally extin- Suished yesterday when the f1remen dug great holes in the smouldering refuse and poured streams of water deep within The hose was laid across the street, so that trolley | had to be transferred around it and runWays were laid 10 allow automobile traffic 10 pass without damaging the lines.
 Scouts Go to Game
 Members of the local Boy Scout troop attended the Yale Brown foot ball game in New Haven today as guests of the Yale Athletic associa- ion. A truck was provided by the Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co.,. and arge number of scouts went to see he contest.
 Furniture for sale. Party leaving own. Must dispose Of rooms of beautiful new furniture. Bargain 10 . luick buyer. Easy terms can be ar anged. Write Box 49M Herald i .dvt. Roy wanted. Suburban Filling 7
New Britain herald., 1926-10-23
Special Notice

Masquerade social and dance Saturday evening. Halloween eve, Grange Hall, Plalnville. Given by Martha Rebekah lodge, No. 45, and Sequassen lodge. No. 74. I. o. o. F. Four prizes given. Grand march at 9:SQ.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-23

rejected by Mir. Quinlan. who feared that his acceptance would lead voters to believe that he was a dem ocrat, an impression which he did not wish 10 create. The ultimate re- suit Is that Mir, Quinlan is now no longer a candidate and will be obliged to wait the retirement of one of his colleagues before his am- bition to be justice will be ful- filled.
 Navy Day Proclamation
 Pursuant to the selection and designation of Wednesday, October 27. by the president of the United States, as United States Navy Day, Mayor John F. Wade today issued a proclamation to the citizens of Bris- tol asking that they give due homage to the occasion. He has requested that the display of the country's flag be made from all public build ings, factories, stores and homes on this occasion.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-23

Furniture for sale. Party leaving town. Must dispose Of 1 rooms of beautiful new furniture. Bargain 10 quick buyer. Easy terms can be ar ranged. Write Box 4aM, Herald advt.
 Roy wanted. Suburban Filling St tioD --advt
New Britain herald., 1926-10-23

The government has appropriated sooo,O0O to repair Turkeys arch aeQoglcal treasures. A large part of this sum will be devoted to the mosque of St. Sophia, built nearly 2,000 years ago.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-23

(NEA Service. New York Bureau) Because Lawrence l.. Buermeyer. teacher at New York University, re- fused to submit to a quiz on phil osophic tenets. Joseph Carson, Jr.
 tabove,) social registerite and in- structor In philosophy at Columbia University, New York. belabored him to the point of death with . heavily heeled shoe and a milk bot tle. A drinking bout gave rise to the altercation between Carson and Buermeyer who had been chuIns since they studied philosophy to- gether at Princeton University nine
Evening star., 1926-09-26
GEORGE V ALSO GREAT
KING, SAYS BLACK CHIEF
Sends Greetings to British Ruler by
Australian Writer Going
to London.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 25.-king
Narakad. head OF the oldest known
black race in the world. which lives
in the northernmost corner Of Aus
tralia, admits that King George OF
Great Britain Is a great king. He
points out, however, that he also is
some monarch.
The black king has sent message
to Buckingham Palace by Jack Nc
Laren. an Australian author. whom
he received in front Of his bark hut,
surrounded by his strongest warriors.
They tell me you 60 the great land
Of white men," said King Narakad.
II hear that the King Of the white
men 10 a. great King of the great land
men is a great King. wise and kind.
I. too, am q great King. Say to the
King Of the great land of white men
my greetings. Say l hope he will
keep the love Of his people as hope
to keep the love Of mine"
King Narakad 10 said to he de-
scended from line Of kings longer
than that of any western monarch
and in accordance with tradition Of
many thousands of years. he holds
office not only by virtue of being OF
royal blood. hut by excellence in feats
Of arms. If he should ever show him
self a weaklink, the tribe would name
the next person in rightful succession
as monarch.
Evening star., 1926-09-26
Count Pic di Cellere
To Serve His Country
In Diplomatic Corps
Attache of Italian Embassy,
Descended From Noted
Family. Held Well
Equipped for Duties.

Count Pho Macchi di Cellere, who
has lust arrived in Washington to be-
come an attache of the Italian en-
ba IL the nephew of the lamented
Count Vincenzo Macchi di Cellere, who
was amba ssador during the trying
days of the World War, and who died
in 1918. shortly after his transfer from
this capital. The attat he 10 the older
of the two sons Of Count Vincenzo's
brother. Count Guilio Macchi di Gel
lere. and, IN sailing to Washington,
on August 20. to serve as attacne on
the staff Of the ambassador. Nobii de
Martino. he came, as experts express
It. to cut his eyeteeth In diplomacy.
He had previously served q year IN
the royal cavalry before entering the
foreign Office In Rome, where ne was
on the staff of the secretary TO the
cabinet for two years.
Count Pho was educated privately
and took his degree in the University
of Economies. in Rome. in 1922. He
comes to Washington with the advan.
tage Of bearing a highly honored
name. for Count VincenZo stood out
for lofty integrity. and professional
honor in a group of higher diplomats,
some representing the central powers
like Count Won Bernstorh and Dr.
Constantin Dumba, nearly all OF the
Turkish representatives and several
others of supposedly neutral countries
whose conduct was displeasing to the
United States. His recall was much
regretted, and Washingtonian have
followed with kindly interest the wei
fare of the widowed countess, who Ia
an Argentinian, and that of the two
children. Agneze, the daughter VINO
two wears ago married Count Lien
fuenco di Campello and lives near her
mo, her in Rome, and the boy. Count
Stefano. who is II, and about to en-
ter college.
Another advantage which the new
attache has is that OF speaking ex-
cellent English. His mother. who was
Miss Mary Monkton of England and
a member of the ancient family or
which Lord Galloway is the chief, was
married to Count Gufeio Macchi di
Cellere in 1900, and there are three
other children. married daughter.
Donna Estella Costold Of Rome, Count
Sandro. who is % and in the army.
and Countess Julia who Is II and may
venture across the seas to visit her
brother. The family Macchi di Gel
lere is from the home of famous vio-
lins, Cremona. and the founder, No
bile Cristofaro Macchi, was great
man as far back as the last years OF
the fifteenth century. After the 1tal-
ian unification in 1870. the Counts
Macchi de Cellere were numbered
with what is called the blacks or
the nobility. supporting the papai
cause against Victor Emmanuel. Two
Cardinals Macchi di Cellere occupy
much space in papal history, Cardinal
Vincenzo Macchi di Cellere. who was
papal legate to the court OF the newly
restored Bourbon monarch, Charles y
of France. and Cardinal Luigi. who
was such a powerful candidate for the
papal throne when the election of Leo
XIII was in progress.