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New Britain herald., 1926-10-07
TWO SUSPECTS HELD IN
 JERSEY BANDIT MYSTERY
Both Men Arrested at Bound Brook in Connection With
 Staying of Man.

New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. [ LF - Two men were held for ques- tioning today in regard to the staying Of a wealthy lumber dealer by two bandits in an alleged at- tempt of a gang of seven to hold up a truck load of air mail Mon- day night.
 They were Archie Mucchi, who served a term in the state reforma- tory at Railway, and Paul Luciano, brother of Nicholas Cheeks" Lu- ciano, principal witness in the trials Of Morris and Joseph Dia- mond and John Farina, who were electrocuted at Sing Sing several months ago for the killing Of two | bank messengers.
 The men were arrested at Bound Brook last night and taken to state police headquarters at Som- erville. They were not suspected of taking part in the actual killing. Police sought information from them which might lead to the ar- rest of James Cunniffe and John Bum" Rogers, notorious cri1ni- nals believed by state police to have shot the lumberman. Prose- cutor Toolan of Middlesex county yesterday denied Rogers was one of the men.
 The man killed was Frank Kearney. His Is year old son was badly wounded. Both were thrown from their automobile. along with Mrs. kearney after the shooting.
 A house believed 10 have been headquarters of the alleged air mail thieves was discovered in Bound Brook yesterday. It was said 10 have resembled an arsenal.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-07

on October 5.
 The cartoon in question, printed on the first page of the Telegraph on the day after Mir. Enwright and Mir. Curley had engaged in a short fist fight on State street, depicted Mir. Curley sitting in a Jail cell in striped suit and wearing a ball and chain. Judge Sullivan, in granting the warrant said the striped suit and the ball and chain was prima facie evidence on which to issue the warrant, since the defense admitted it could not prove that MT. Curley had ever worn them and the appar- ent purpose was to hold him up to ridicule.
 Both MT. Curley and MT. En- wright were in court, and it was agreed that Mr. Enwright's attor- ney, Michael Sullivan of Salem, should arrange for the service of the warrant and that MT. Enwright would appear in court tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock with his bondsmen. The amount Of bail will De UHeQ dt that tune.
 Abraham C. Webber, attorney for the former mayor, offered no argu- ment, but merely presented a copy of the Telegraph of October 5 to the court. Attorney Sullivan asked for a delay and for full hearing as to the truth or falsity of the printed matter accompanying the cartoon, but Judge Sullivan denied the request, holding the cartoon it. self sufficient evidence.
 The court will not pass upon the evidence other than to find whether
 or not there may be sufficient cause for holding the defendant for
 the grand jury. for the offense charged is a felony.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-07

South Manchester Band is in direct charge of this district and also by Envoy Ledzien of Bos- ton.
 The officials will arrive in this city late this afternoon. They will be accompanied by the South Man chester band of 2S pieces. The Ser vices will open this evening at ' o'clock with street parade from the Salvation Army hall on Arch street to Center square where open air services will be held, and the band will play.
 At o'clock services will he held in the Film Baptist church.
 Officers from Hartford. New
New Britain herald., 1926-10-07

Haven, Bridgeport, Manchester, Boston and other cities will be here during the evening.
 Commissioner Ogrim has been national commander of a number of different European countries and has been decorated by Field Mar shal Von Hindenburg, president of Germany for services to that coun- try.
 Staff Captain Beckman was in the city Tuesday and examined the books of the local corps. He found everything in very good condition he reports.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-07

Tonight will be a big night for the Salvation Army, when Commis- sioner and Mrs, Johan Ogrim, who have just arrived from Europe, will visit the local corps. Commissioner Ogrim will be the highest ranking Salvation Army officer to visit this city, with one exception, that of Commander Evangeline Booth and elaborate preparations are being made for his reception.
 The visitors will be accompanied by Colonel Sven Wiherg, of New York, provincial commander of the Eastern district, and by Staff Cap tain AXel Beckman, of Boston, who
New Britain herald., 1926-10-07
Wins Bet on Own Death
 Sentence: Asks for Cigar

Elkhart, Ind, Oct. LP - John Hall, P, bet a policeman a cigar he would be sentenced to death for the murder of a South Bend druggist. He won. Hall, designated the laughing kid" reminded the policeman of the wager as he was leaving the courtroom last night after hearing the verdict
 Say, I won that cigar he call ed, still smiling. The officer paid the bet.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
A Sermon for Today
BY Rev. John r. Gum

Text: Therefore, let us rum
Heb. 1871.
No lettering. no walking, but run
ming, as in Il race. The idea Is In
t~ensity-life In earnest.
I see an astronomer pouring over
his problems until the stars begin
to fade away in the dawn OF morn
ing. I see an artist sitting before
his canvas FOR many successive
hours, until forms OF matchless
beauty appeal. I see a poet keep
ing watch with the night vigils, IN
til flaming verses fash from his pen.
I ask you what you think Of them,
and you say, "These men r in
earnest" That is a comment we
hear universally concerning such
men.
The men who accomplish things IN
this world are earnest men. In a
ministry Of thirty-four years, George
Wh.feld. the great evangelist Of the
eighteenth century, crossed the At
lantic thirteen times. preached over
$4,000 sermons, besides doing an
enormous amount Of personal work
and caring for an orphans home.
How a you account for such a
career? Whitfield was a great ora
tor. a great preacher, but above ALL
his earnestness, born OF love to God
and men, was his winning power.
No one, unless profoundly In earnest,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
Barriers of Silence

Across the Pacific Ocean nine hundred million
people-more than half the population of the globe
are on the move, bound for a destination as yet
unknown.
Awakening to their tremendous strength, dissat-
isfed with their present condition, their minds
ranking with thinly yelled resentments against other
nations and races, these peoples have begun an agi'
tation that will not subside until present g~eograph-
icaI and political maps of the world are changed.
We, on this side Of the ocean, are going some
place, too. Nor do we know exactly where. The
other day the question was seriously propounded in
the halls of Congress: "Is the country toe big to
govern itself well?" In ten years we nave changed
from an isolated republic inhabited by a provincial
minded people with relatively simple wants, to a
dominant world power, intellectually rich, ~sophisti-
Gated, a little arrogant and a bit hazy as to the d.
rection we'll take next.
How exceedingly important it is, therefore, that
there should be ample and easy communication be-
tween the impatient West and the restless East. 1t
is vital we should get better acquainted and to do
so, to use the phrase of Karl Bickel, president of the
United Press, action must be taken ito break down
the barriers Of silence that have been erected, by
high cable rates, between America and the Orient. .
knowledge of one another makes for peace and
understanding between peoples. And nothing helps
toward such an understanding so much as a generous
exchange of news. The corollary of this is that dan
gerous MISUNDERSTANDING are inevitable if all that
peoples have to go on is halfbaked or garbled &C.
counts of happenings resulting from inadequate com.
munication facilities.
Recently General Hartford, head of the Radio
Corporation of America, took the first and very com
mendable step to remove the barriers. He volun-
teered to make a sweeping reduction in the existing
radio press rate between America and Japan-a cut
from n cents a word to 10 cents-and stands ready
to put the new rate into effect tomorrow If the
japanese government will only give its consent.
For some reason difficult to understand, how
ever, japan is Withholding her o. K. Her an
nounced reason is she fears a traffic jam due to the
cheaper rate. But General Harbords proposition is
sufficiently elastic to take care of that. In fact he
would merely apply the rule already In vogue over
the Atlantic.
Toxic should lose no time In using its good
offices to help clear away this barrier now hampering
the development Of friendly relations between the
countries bordering the Pacific.
Big events are undoubtedly in store for that
mighty sea In the next half-century, but there is
no need for them to be other than friendly if the
peoples who inhabit its shores understand each
other more thoroughly as they go along.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
Watson: S Chance

Terrible as may be the result to the Natlon anu
the world and perhaps all the future OF civlnzau0n
because Of his absence for a moment from Wash1ng~
ton. Senator Watson has decided to respond to the
fervent appeals of the great organization" and come
hack to Indiana for a couple Of days.
IT is whispered that the great organization" mas
heard from those cities in which Claris Adams mas
been making a few pointed remarks about the non
orable Jim and that what they heard has not been
pleasant newA
II is limited that there is CONSERVATION over the
fact that very large numbers OF men ana women
who Will vote in the Republican primaries are serl-
ouslv asking "Why Watson" and are failing TO nnu
the answer.
If is even more limited that instead OF that
unanimous approval for which this group OF once
holders and appointees had planned, there are oeep
rumblings and murmurs of disapproVal
In a word, the cause of his visit is said to be
fear that unless something is done and done quickly,
Watson will not be the candidate in November.
Let 1t be hoped that Watson will take full a'
vantage of his visit and clear up a NUMBER OF mat
tiers.
Possibly he will be able to tell just what he has
done for. not to-, the people of Indiana IN his thirty
years of public life.
The men and women who do not want political
1ObS are really curious 10 hlOW JuoI NAOAO "S "O
mendous influence, so well advertised, has been ap-
Piled in their interest.
They want to know one meritorious law which
he advanced and fathered and fostered, one vicious
measure he has killed.
They would like to have his cloak room record
and his record on the open floor, the times he has
lodged and the times he has stood for something
There may be those who will ask for some ex-
PLANTATION Of his political record as well.
They may wish to know how often he has helped
to defeat his own ticket, how many budding hopes
he has crushed that he might control the machinery
Of his party, and also just how many commitments
are out for the future.
Here. is a grand chance for him to clean up the
whole sad story, and it is becoming a sad story as
told so vigorously by Claris Adams.
The political story Of James Watson, thirty
years in public Office, told in a frank manner by
himself, would make the most interesting reading or
q decade. But will Jim really tell the whole story?
If not, perhaps Mr.. Adams, with the collabora'
ton of men who have. watched Watson for those
thirty years can be persuaded to make the necessary
amendments in order that it be truly historical.
But Watson ought to have the first chance to
boast or confess.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
Hal Cochran

vince a youngster that a wrong is a
wrong-and make him want to do
right the next timer
If the answer is "yes"-then the
child does right the next time be
aus he's afraid TO do wrong. And
what have you gained? Made n
coward out of him.
It's a good rule that works both
ways. Why not try laying the rule
aside-and explaining why wrong Is
wrong, and why right Ia right.
Be- you1l set fartheri
TEACHER; Never say, II amt
going to tho party" Always say, II
am not goingl" (And to impress her
point, she added) He is not going
She Is not going. They r not go
ing. Now do you understand
SCHOLAR! Surel The partyH a
failure.
The most talltativo woman I know
Of Il the One who objected 10 tho
doctor looking Mt her throat because
she had 10 hold her tongue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
The BYaUeSt Act

A common seaman has been voted a gold medal
for the greatest act of bravery in Britain in 1925.
An officer on the ship Of which he was a men,
Der of the crew, was washed overheard during a gale.
The sea was so high that it was impossible to
launch a boat. He was apparently doomed to die.
This man flung aside his boots, grabbed a life
buoy and swan to the rescue.
To risk ones own life for the sake of another
is not comm But when the chances are a
thousand to one that only death can be the result of
such a deed, there is a quality of heroism which is
unusual.
To rush to the rescue Of others in danger is
almost automatic Under the stress of urgent need,
all mer lose their sense of selfshness, at least for a
moment.
That is one Of the distinctions between men
and beasts, between the civilized man and the saw
age.
Yet It is quite probable that in Britain a thou
SAND men surpassed even the courage and heroism
of this man. heroic as he was.
They are to be found in those laboratories where
men are trying to discover means and methods of
saving lie; not the life Of one man in immediate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
FABLES IN FACr

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
RlsRF IN INDIANA S " o1f5oHS

seized. Despite an entry on the
Federal Court docket dated July %,
1928, showing the seizure to consist
of approximately 1,457 cases Of
whisky. Linus p. Meredith, United
States marshal. guardian Of the
confiscated booze. says the recent
recount by Mr.. Signaigo was the
only accurate check ever made Of
the Squibb liquor.
81 have said time and again this
recent count is the only n that
has been made" he states. There
was no record of the number Of
cases before that time.
No record! Federal officers seize
$780, 900 worth Of booze, dump the
cases into freight cars without
counting, unload the freight cars
at Indianapolis without checking
their contents to see If any liquor
had disappeared in transit, truck
the booze through the streets of
the city and store In the Federal
building without verifying the
tally!
And any number Of hootleggers
and men with parched tongues
willing to go to any length to OBJ
tain a few cases or even a single
bottle Of the stuff.
If all ~confiscated whisky IS
handled as carelessly by Federal
officers as the Squibb stock seems
to have been, it's a miracle that
It doesn't all evaporate. Appar-
emily a Federal officer would have
to give a s~tricter accounting of a
2-cent stamp placed in his custody
than Of $500, 900 worth OF mellow
whisky.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
"Treat I'm Rough and
Tell EN- NOthiMg"

The implied threat of the Senate majority to ex-
pei any Senator who dares tell how he voted on
the confirmation of Interstate Commissioner Wood
lock, seems to mark the limit in secrecy as a govern
ment policy. It would be hard to go any farther.
From this point things may get better rather than
worse.
The past few years have been interesting in this
respect. Thomas O. Marvin, chairman Of the tariff
commission, has just revealed that President Cool
idge clamped his hand over the mouth of the COM
mission in the matter of the famous report on sugar.
The report on sugar, be 1t remembered, would have
shown that the President could have saved millions
to the people by exercising his authority to reduce It,
Marvin admitted that the commission, nine months
ago. formally requested Of the President permission
to publish this official report. Coolidge didn't reply.
A month later Marvin personally wrote the Presi-
dent and still Coolidge didn't reply. Marvin also
admitted that he thought it would have served the
public interest if the report had been made public.
The Federal trade commission, as peorganized
by Coolidge, suppresses the names Of concerns
against which charges of illegal practices are filed;
Attorney General Sargent orders that nobody in the
Department of Justice shall discuss any pending
cases without his permission; the Interstate Com
merce Commission holds star chamber sessions on
important railroad matters, with only the interested
railroad officials present. Congress reimposes COM
plete secrecy on the proceedings of the income tax
bureau. "
And so 1t has gone.
It can't go very much farther, If this ever is to
become in fact, as well as in promise, a Government
of the people, for the same and by the same.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
WAR GAS
STILL CRUDE

Prof. Frank c. Mathers Of the
chemical department Of Indiana
University, says that poison gases
for war use + still crude. Mus
tard gas, according to him, is the
mostly deadly gas on the market
now. But even Of it several tons
are necessary to destroy thou
sands of lives.
1T will require more poisonous
gases than are now known to de-
stroy cities in future wars" is
his comforting assurance.
We are glad to hear that. and
we hope he knows his stuff. The
reports of new gases perfected.
and the fanciful accounts Of what
the next war will be like with
their use, have made us so nervous
we can't sleep nights. We hear
Of the discovery Of substances so
powerful that a few drops
sprinkled from a bomb on the city
Of New York would annihilate
every living creature in Indiana,
including tax collectors and farm
mortgages.
1t is nice to know that such
accounts + exaggerated and that
no gases more lethal than used
in the late unpleasantness in
France are as yet available. APP
parently IL war ome tomorrow
1t won't cause the instantaneous
wiping out Of whole, but will be
fought in the same mild, genteel
manner as the last one,
Even at that it will be hard to
convince one Of the boys who had
his lungs burned out In France
that the war gases now used are
crude and ineffective. He has an
impression that gassing is dis
tinctly unpleasant to the gassed.
If the use Of poison gas in war
is at present crude and undevel-
oped, war will be a very pretty
game when the chemists really get
busy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02

danger, but the lives Of countless millions whom they
Will never see and never know.
These unsung heroes Of science calmly and with
out emotion offer themselves to test the effect OF
germs in order that other men may be saved from
death through those germs.
They try,upon themselves, tho serums, the
chemicals, the deadly poisons.
They understand that death may be their re
ward, but they are devoted to the cause of knowledge
and the great purpose Of prolonging life and reliev
ing man from suffering and disease.
Let no credit be taken from those brave men
who cast aside thought of their own lives in order
to answer/the despairing cry Of the dying.
But let not the greater bravery Of men who work
in silence, away from the crowds, away from the
sight of those they seek to save, pass unnoticed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
LOOKING OVER
NEW PALACE SHOW

A neat dancing act holds the top
honor at the Palace for today and
tomorrow in the act Of Colby, Muir
ply and Girls.
The act opens with a group Of
four girls, who are a sort Of small
ballet, in a posing number, and then
shifts to several specialties by the
different members.
Among the several numbers there
are two that stand out from the
rest. They are q Spanish dance
done by two of the girls and the
final number, which seems to be a
burlesque Of the Bowery types that
we see very often in acts of this
kind. Both Of these numbers are
fine.
King and Beatty are two men
who have some clever things in the
way of amusement. Primarily their
act consists Of songs by one Of the
men and plano solos by the other.
But this couple have i~nterspersed
through their offering some comedy
that is real fun.
OllC VA hAAO llICll All a bbl1t huAAADEI
comes out and goes through all the
motions Of rolling a cigaret. Per
haps 1 have not seen much, but l
will say that this is the most excel
lent bit of pantomime hat I have
witnessed for a long while.
Chisholm and Breen have an anus
ing sketch in which they take the
parts of a newly married pair who
have decided to spend their honey
moon in a cabin in the Far North.
The cabin turns out to be haunted.
and all sorts Of mysterious things
happen. Contains quite a bit of
humor.
Billed as Bert and Hazel Skatelle
are a man and woman who are ex
perts when it comes to dancing on
skates. Didn't think much Of the
songs, but did like their dances OF
those slippery skates.
The Hong-Kong Troupe is a group
Of Chinese who do several things
calculated to make one wonder and
admire. A woman hangs on a rope
supported by her hair, and a man
jumps through several hoops which
have knives studded along the rim.
Perhaps the best feature of the act
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02
THE SQUIBB
.E-YSTERY

The great Squibb liquor mystery,
Keeling around the question of the
quantity Of whisky ~confiscated at
the Lawrenceburg Qnd.) distillery
by Federal agents and transported
to Indianapolis for sa~fekeeping
and the quantity now in storage
In the Federal building. remains
as mysterious as ever
Have two or three hundred cases
of this liquor e~vaporated while in
the custody Of Federal officers?
The public would like to know.
A week age, A. J.. Signaigo, spe-
cial examiner of the Department
of Justice, came to Indianapolis,
counte dthe Squibb stock. gather
ing dust behind the t~riple-locked
door, and departed for Washington
without disclosing the results of
his check. Colonel House at his
best was never more mum.
But even that check may prove
nothing. Nc one among the Fed
eral officers who participated in
the c~onfscation of the liquor seems
to know the number Of Eases
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-02

could say as he said. even IN tho
midst Of his strenuous life, 20, that
I may at length learn to begin 10
livel I am ashamed Of my sloth and
luke-warmness, and I long to be on
the stretch for Godl'
Paul, tho author OF our text. was
a man OF Ike passion and zeal. No
one, unless deeply in earnest. could
say as he seid, Il will very gladly
spend and be spent for you, though
the more abundantly I love you, the
less l be loved"
When Paul was IN earnest, when
Whitfield was in earnest, when John
Wesley was in earnest, when Lin
coin was IN earnest, there was mo
small stir" 1t has always been so.
Whenever ar earnest man appears,
there is mo small stir"
Joseph Cook, the famous Monday
lecturer OF Boston, said on ono oc-
casion; Gentlemen. this life up to
the edge Of the tomb Is no joke"
There are some people who treat
life as q Joke. Adopting the epicu-
e philosophy Of life. they say:
Lei us eat, drink and be merry"
But, II you make a joke Of life, Il
win make a joke OF you Life Is a
serious business. 1t IS a race In
which we cannot afford TO iolter.
Therefore, let us run"
Copyright, 1925. by John r. Gunn.)