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New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
;SHIPWRECKED CREW
 IS LANDED SAFELY
Have Words Of Praise for Those
 Who Rescued Them
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Plymouth Imglanl, March s tPt~- Tho crew Of the schooner General Smuts, rescued in the Atlantic after 10 weeks of harlships in the heavy seas, was landed here today by the Dutch liner Nolcndam,
 All were well except the cook, stephen LouW, who Was removed to q hospital, doctors attributed his condition to mnlnUtrition and the drinking of brackish water.
 Describing his experiences to the Associated Press, Captain Charles Rose of the General shuts said that his schooner could not have kept anoat 24 hours longer when he and his crew were taken off,
 "On January a." he said, "Tho schooner was in 43 degrees west, hnt the gales droyo her back to 35 west by January D. On Feb, 2 the | British steamer Settler provided uS with biscuits, meat and sugar but soon aftcrWarl our second lot of sails was blown away, and inc schooner started leaking Pumping day ani night failed to check the rising water II was the worst wcath- CT l cvcr encountered.
 Thomas Rose, the captains 1S- ycar-oli son, WAS making his first trip across the Atlantic, and received a great lesson in scamanship when the schooner bccam" unmanaGcable in the furious gales.
 "All hands were cool Throughout the emergency-coolcr than we arc
 now" hc said "Twcnty-t hour'
 before the Nolondam arrived, [
 freight steamer passed within q hall
 mile while we we're drifting helpless ly, but no boat could have lived il
 the seas that were then running"
 Thomas Sibbo and John Ripping
 two young sailors, agreed that the,
 had never expected to 500 land again
 Sibbo, like the captains son, wa making his first voyage.
 The seas were terrific, and al hands would have been washed over board. the sailors said, if the cap tain had not insisted that all Wca lifrlincS. For days the crew was ra toned on three small biscuits, lin quantity Of hrackish water and q ii tlc hot tea.
 The captain and crew Of th schooner were enthusiastic over th
 treatment accorded them by Car tain Do Eoning of the Nol'ndan |, whom they doscrib"1 as "tho iln" Il man in the world." Roforc l"aNir = line Nolcndam they handed tn" cal } tain a letter expressing gratitude i' - their rescue and also thanks 10 il
 passengers for a purse of $355.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
FLU EPIDEMIC HAS REACHED ITS PEAK
New York Not as Hard Hit as in
 1918 and 1920

New York, March 3 Cp) --- The usual winter epidemic of influenza has passed its peak in New York city and did not reach proportions comparable with lalS and 1920, Dr. Louis I, Harris, city hoalth commissioner, believes,
 The peak Is usually reached in January or February, nr, Harris says, but in New York city it was delayed by unusually hcalthful carly winter weather followed by the recent storms. For the week ending February 27 there were S52 deaths from pneumonia, and for the correspondin week in 1925 thero were 1o5. For influenza the figures were 30 and 2@.
 Doctors and hospitals are being kept busy answering calls and treating respiratory ills but have l not reached tho point of exhaus- i tIon reached in other years, pr. Harris said yesterday. He advised against overcrowdng as the best means of avoiding infection.
 From past experiences, said Dr. Harris, T should say that we were now over the worse of these seasonal ills,'
 Nearly 5000 cases have been re. ported in upper New York state In Binehanton, where school' closed Friday because of 100 case! of influenza, including c5 employe Of the Binghamton State hospital tho schools reopen today.
 Schools in Keene valley hay been closed since Monday, and 50 cases of innuenza have been re ported in GlovorsNille.
 Four new cases developed yes tcrday among students at Am hcrst, Mass, where 50 eases hay been reported. Dr. l. NJ. BurEir . health officer, however, said tha
 students were recovering faste , than they were becoming ill., In Canaseraga schools and thea l tcrs have been closed because of
 scarlet fever epidemic,
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
CRITICIZES CONN,
 MEMBERS OF SENATE
Rev, Clarence T, Wilson Objects To Their stand On Pro
 hlbition

Meriden, March R-Critici2ng the attitude of the Connecticut members of the United States scn- ate for their attitude on inc prohibi- ton question. Rev. Clarence r, Wtl- son Of Washington, D. C., member of the Methodist board Of prohibi. ton, temperance and morals, pre- dictcd that tho prohibition law would remain on the statute books, in an address given at the First Methodist Episcopal. church hero last night,
 One of the purposes ot prohibition was to prove that nation could ht built, could educate it's people, con duet its business and pay its bills
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08

prehcnsiyc as 10 the outcome of her case.
 Tho whole story hasn't come out yet" she declared in speaking of the trial. Nobody knows it eX- ccpt myself and my attorneys, and when I tell the truth 10 the jury I have no fears of inc rcsult."
 Sergeant Pulley was found shot 10 death in q rooming house horc January 19. Mrs. Tcgran was found at the same house with a bnllot wound in hnr breast, and for a long time was in a hospital TuIley left a wife and child in Pittsburgh,
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
Woman On Trial for Death
 Of Soldier Not Worried

Now Castle, Pa, March 8 (P) ~- Mrs. Dorothy pcgran, who WH% placed on trial here today charged with the staying of Sergeant Philip l. Tnllcy of the United states ma rjre recruiting scrvico, is not ap-
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
MAY HARNESS JORDAN

London, March s OR---'rhe Jefu- salem correspondent of the Daily Express says that the negotiations for tho ltuthenberg scheme to har- ucss the river Jordan for the pros duction of electric power and irri- gatlon of the Jordan valley have been concluded, and that the Brit ish highc commissioner, Lord Plume, has signed a f9.0n0.ooO concession.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
MANY BRIDES ON WAY

Halifax, x. &. March s R) - One hundred and fifty brides-to-he arc or board the Anchor liner Camnronia bound for New York to make glad the hearts Of an equal Numhor of young mon. In coming cross from Glasgow 10 Halifax the maidons had rough voyage, the captain reporting having met with extremely tcmpostuous weather.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
Exports of Eggs From ..
 |. $. Show Big Increase

Washington, March s Rl--Amer- ican exports of dairy products and GEES last year were valued at sl2,- 47G,S95, an increase Of s356.010 over the year before, while imports rose from $ST,1n2,445 10 $37,Sl6,- 5SS.
 The figures, compiled by tho commerce department, showed a marked reduction in exports of butter, eggs and egg products, while cheese moro than doubled 1924 exports. Imports of butter dropped more than Ic,000, 900 pounds, while imports of cheese, milk, cream, cggs and egg products i increased,
 1 READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
These Clues Will MeIp
Send ke money-Vasls Nothing to Try

FIND THE TWINS-Scnd in your ans"e' IFS all free No list of words write, ID money to send n. nothing to sell will he G'eN for the iOo pest answers Accuracy style and n@AineSs will count $500 1st pr.ze, S200 End prize. otc There arc lOo pr 1es in ali and in addition valuable Gift Bonds VII Also Be Given. Submit your answer as soon as nngsIhIr l:et tho family together and have them hoip you nrd th, twirs Anl, most o' all send them lr lust r7 rsg ~orNi.'" "'0
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08

acts Include the Turner Bros in n novel offering; Bell and LcClair, a comedy couple; Bob and Lucy Gill lctte in a juggling oddity; and the Angclus Sisters and their company of dancers in a song and dance re- yue.
 On Thursday Blanche Sweet will bc offered in "Thc Now. Command mcnt," and on Thursday night in. stead of Friday. the Charleston con test will take place.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
oso MITE, AND BLIND

There are 25o people in th" United States who arc deaf, dumb and blind and more than S0,0oN are deaf according 10 a statement by Rev. C. F. Baker who will speak at q meeting of the St. Matthew's lutheran church tomorrow evening at 7:45 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-08
NEW COLD CREAM
 POWDER STAYS ON Until You Take It Off!

Precipitation, even. won't affect 1t wont come through and cause an ugly shine. IL spreads evenly. and cannot be detected from tho skin suits any complexion, for 1t tones in with tho natural colorng and makes the pores invisible. Get this new wonderful beauty powder called Mollo-EIo and try it.
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wrung her hands. Suddenly she
spotted Jerry.
She ran to him. At the risk of
seeming rude, he continued to walk,
turning his head to her as she plucked
at his sleeve and came along beside
him.
Help she said, family. Jerry
raised his eyebrows.
Help" he asked. She caught his
arm in both her hands.
There is a burglar in my house"
she burst out. You must help me.
| don't know where to find a police
man." Jerry Tinker stopped in his
tracks and looked down at this girl.
He knew where she could find a num-
Der Of policemen, but it seemed mex
pedient to tell her. Salvation was in
sight A burglar in her house. Jerry
made up his mind.
"A burglar" he said. I'm your
house? You have come to the right
man. I'll handle him for you. Gomez.
The front door was wide open, as she
had left 1t when she came out. He
steered her into the vestibule, closed
the door behind them. Just before it
closed he thought he heard the sound
of the bloodhounds on the scent. :.
Merely indicate where the burglar
is" he said. Just show me. -
He closed the blessedly curtained
inside door behind him and wilted
ag3i~s. it, HIS Vo.ce save way. lie
preaucel d nlQno5Ialned silk nandAei'
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looked at him and at the room, and
her mouth dropped open.
Obi" she gasped He organized a
smile and flashed it at her.
"a little mussed?" he asked.
'Are-are you all right?"
He stretched out his arms and bent
his legs II guess So" But her fears
continued. She walked to his side and
stood staring at him. He got to his
feet and found himself stronger.
Perfectly all right" he said. Then
he caught sight of himself in cheval
glass opposite and sat down again.
Il am rather a mess"
You're quite sure--?" She was
solicitous.
"oh, quite Quite. just saw myself
In the glass"
II mean that you're all right"
ooh, yes. Much better than I look. !"
I'm so sorry"
mot at all. The pleasure Is all
mine. A very fine burglar. Distinctly
high type. Quite Marquis de Queens
berry. Nice boy. Been a great priv.
lege to meet him
Would youlike some whisky?" she
interrupted.
A peaceful, natural smile spread
itself over Jerry's face. He licked his
lips. She went into the next room and
returned with bottle and glass
only one glass?" he asked.
You did the fighting"
But you were under just as great
strain"
s"My husband wouldn't like"
Your husband"
Yes. Why
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starter, We're leisurely, philosoph.,
oaths.
Jerry located another cab on Mad
son avenue. and il swerved over AZ
his wave. He shouted the number
on Eleventh street. The drive
nodded, and Jerry got in. The cal
started. Jerry pulled the window
aside and spoke to the driver.
Take your time he said. Drive
slowly"
g" AM so sorry about dinner" Mrs
Gordon began. We were plan
ming Jerry bowed for the fourth
time.
1T is who am sorry" he said in
his softest voice. You see, I was
called
We were afraid" Mr. Gordon
rasped. "that YOU wouldn't get the
message. Jerry started. but re
pressed his desire 10 ask what mes
sage.
Poor Aunt Emily" he murmured
Rosalie." said Phyllis. who had
slithered into the room behind her
mother.
"Rosalie?7
Yes saio Mrs. Gordon. MY Aunt
Resale. YOU know. Phyllis great
aunt suppose it's really better for
her. poor soul"
"Oh, yes" Jerry agreed. cit is bet
ter-if YOU can look at it that way"
Il know you will forgive us for not
having you to dinner tOnight-it didn't
seem respectful. And l thought we
could all sit at home instead of Eoinc
TO the theater." She seated herself.
You are punctual Mr.. Tinker. :"
Jerry had turned away from Mr. Cor
don for the moment. and the voice cut
into the side of his head For perhaps
the fifteenth time that evening he was
ready to faint. He turned 81 said in
my message for you to come at about
$40, andy Jove,-it was 500 when
you rang the bell"
Il always try to he on time, sir"
There was another pause, and Mrs
Gordon rose to the occasion with A
topic of conversation.
Il must say" she said. I'm glad we
are going to the country next week
There isn't soul in town. Nothing
ever happens in New York after the
lst of June. Don't you find it so. Mr.
Tinker?'
Precisely. Mrs. Gordon"
tCopyright. 1896
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With a leap and a yank Jerry
Tinker had the trousers on.
A Jealous husband with way of
being nastier than ever when he had
been drinking, A husband about a
size and a half larger than Jerry. if
his clothes were properly cut. A hus-
band who was now engaged in giving
a few preliminary bowls of wrath be
fore mounting the stairs to attend to
his wife's clandestine visitor. Jerry's
fingers fumbled at the suspenders.
The door few open.
On the threshold, outlined against
the soft light of the hall. stood the
master of the house. He was built
much like Jerry Tinker, but a little
larger in all directions. He must have
been a few years older, for his hair
was grazing over the ears. His face
was the red of kipling's works in
limp leather. 1t was contorted with
emotions. He was swaying just no.
ticeably.
Jerry Tinker bowed civilly.
The husband did not seem to be
Modified by the gesture. He took a
stride forward as a political speaker
does when he arrives at his perora-
ton. He folded his arms across his
chest. Jerry wondered just how many
clubs he had been drinking in, and
what his wife had told him.
So shouted the husband. Saliva
appeared disconcertingly at the cor
ners of his mouth. 80. 1 have
caught YOU
"Not yet" said Jerry. stretching
out hand accurately and capturing
his accuser's nicely tailored dress coat
from the chaise Tongue.
What do you propose to doo" the
husband said, lowering his voice for
emphasis.
II propose to-ah-leave." said
Jerry. almost Immediately"
Heb said the man violently, with
a world of sarcasm for so brief a re-
mark. He licked his lips. You pro-
pose to leave" Jerry took advantage
of the dramatic pause to get his arms
into the waistcoat.
"Oh, yes" said Jerry. Must go.
YOU know. Late for dinner as it is.
Must positively be hurrying along.
Well" Jerry's voice suggested
nothing but the fondest of partings.
The other was licking his lips again.
Il have good mind to shoot YOU"
he said bitterly II have a good
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BY EDWARD HOPE M

! comfortably to the roof. She pointed
again at the door at the top of the
| stairs.
He marched up.
who's there?" Jerry said, at least
an octave lower than he had ever
heard himself before. There was not
a sound. The burglar had heard his
warnings, he supposed, and gone.
Still, he wished the hall light had
been little brighter.
Who's there?" he asked again,
although he did not really expect
| the burglar, II any, to make hts
! presence known.
The silence was thick and throb,
bling.
Jerry Tinker stepped into an al.
most pitch-black room. He saw his
shadow moving enormously before
him. He caught sight of looming.
I shapeless masses In the gloom about
him. He took two more steps for
ward and tried to locate a light of
some sort.
with a mighty grunt.
Jerry just missed dropping dead
and fooling the burglar completely.
! His nerves tingled with the shock.
But that lasted only a fraction of a
second.
The burglar had made a tactical
| error. He had given up the ad.
vantage he had held when he was
lurking mysteriously in the shadows.
Had he groaned dismally and ratified
a chain or two, the victory would
have been his without conflict.
AS It was. he became reassuringly
definite: warm and heavy. He traded
| a thousand dollars worth of eeriness
for nickel's worth OF temporary
| physical advantage. He had no
proper understanding OF the psyche
| logical side Of his business.
Jerry found himself in q perfectly
plain fight with a man who grunted.
He went at It with rather consider
able relief.
He swung himself round sharply
to fling the load from his back. The
burglar chung. Jerry lost his balance
and the two crashed into something
which had been covered with good
many glass things up to that time.
THAT was the first minute of the
battle, which ended in a draw
when they rolled into chaise Tongue
and Jerry hit his head and stunned
himself momentarily. The burglar
scrambled to his feet, paused only for
parting kick, and fled to the back
of the house and down some uncar-
peted stairs, which resounded with his
unhesitating footsteps.
Jerry lay for a minute with his
eyes closed. He was tired. 1t had
been tough burglar. He heard his
hostess open the door of the drawing
room on the floor below. He pulled
himself up on his shaky legs and sat
down Unexpectedly on the chaise
Tongue which had played him the
nasty trick. His head was swimming
d little, but he bethought him of the
damsel on whose behalf he had ridden
forth to battle.
He's gone" he called to her in a
hollow voice. He heard no more
sounds from below.
He's gone" he said again. Then
he noticed that the girl was standing
in the doorway. She came into the
room and switched on the lights. She
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mind to shoot you in your tracks
like a dog" He took three or four
steps to a table and pulled out the
drawer. Jerry remembered the route
the burglar had taken.
Not in my tracks" he said. He
turned and ducked into the bathroom,
skidded across the tiled floor to the
door at the other end. Fortunately
the back stairs were there. They
were pitch black. Jerry fell down
the first few, then caught his bal
ance and ran down the others, max
ing better time.
A DOOR presented itself, and Jerry
I flung himself through it into a
pantry. Without altering his stride
he slammed the door behind him.
He crashed into a china closet and
bounded from it TO a swing door that
gave before him. In the rear-on
the dark stairs. he thought-he heard
an indescribably loud explosion.
stop" The husbands shout came.
somewhat muffied, from the pantry.
Jerry found himself at the top of
the stairs to the front door. He saw
no sense in stopping. In perhaps
fifth of a second he was at the bottom
of the stairs. He saw his hat and
coat where he had left them, scooped
them up as he passed. He got into
the vestibule, through it. He was
on the cool sidewalk once more.
Somewhere inside he heard another
shot.
Jerry Tinker looked about him. A
few feet away he saw a taxi, the
driver just climbing into it. His
desire for speed impelled him toward
it. His instinct told him that it was
a cab of i'll omen. There was some
thing familiar about il. There
could be no doubt of it; it was his
borrowed taxi. e.. Jerry turned
and ran toward Madison avenue.
am so glad to say that the taxi
driver had been through a good deal
that evening and that he was not as
alert as he might have been. He was
conscious of the fact that a man was
running down the sidewalk He
noted that the man was carrying
some of his clothes. that he
wore no coat and that his waist
coat was flying in the wind behind
him. But he did not connect the flee
ing figure with his brush with the law.
His oaths, as he stepped on the
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Perhaps the burglar was deaf.
They reached the top and the
girl walked noiselessly along the
hall, Jerry following. She reached
the door of the drawing room, turned
and pointed up the stairs to a door
at the top.
That's it," she whispered. She
stepped into the drawing room and
closed the door behind her.
Alone in the hall. Jerry looked at
the blank white panels of the door
and thought. There were the stairs
he has just come up. The street
was at the bottom of them. Not
two miles south was the residence
of the Gordons-who must have ar
rived at the meat by this time. His
bride-to-be was waiting for him. His
prospective parents-in-law were wait
ing for him. That way lay peace
and health and all that sort of thing.
A little shooting, perhaps, but per-
fectly safe. This way was the route
, to a hospital or to a mortuary parlor.
In bud Perry's evening clothes.
He wished the girl would come
out and look at him that way again
with those trusting blue eyes above
that trembling mouth.
The door behind him opened softly.
He turned to meet the eyes of the
girl he must champion. They were
trusting eyes.
(which door? IN whispered.
Loudly enough. he hoped, 10 zach
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photograph some of the alleged Turk
ish atrocities with a committee of in
vestigators. When the conference was
over. | set up photographers studio
in the Grand Rue de Pera. the Eu
ropean quarter of Constantinople. And
January. 1922, found me making Il
fairly good living and ENJOYING life
One evening | went to my favorite
Greek restaurant for dinner. | was
Just beginning when six Turkish gen.
darmes entered. Without a word they
came over to my table. and without
even letting me finish my meal they
hurried me away. | was taken II.
STEAMBOAT to the headquarters of Rafet
Pasha, who was commissioner of Con
stantinople a that time. There / was
charged with the murder of q. Turkish
officer at Galata on November II. 1927.
| was not allowed to give any evidence
in my own behalf, but was hustled
into a dungeon to wait for-what?
That dungeon was a dungeoni All
solutely lightless, the walls Shiny, the
floor ankle deep in filth the air SO bad
as to make breathing almost impos-
sibe. l was given. moldy bread and a
little water, and my protests to my
jailer, demanding trial or at least a
hearing, fell on deaf ears. 1t seemed
as though death had caught me at
last, for l knew something of Turkish
justice.
Then, one day, my luck came once
more to my rescue. At that time the
allied had what they called the Allied
Police Commission, composed of an
American, an Englishman, an Italian
and a Frenchman. whose duty 1t was
to inspect the jails and investigate
dubious cases. | knew of this COM
mission. but expected no aid from
them. They did not know me, and the
authorities could tell them an
trumped-up story they liked. So when
they visited my dungeon 1 paid little
attention to them-till j saw the face
Of the English officer. Instantly |
gave a cry of joy.
Don't you remember me?" cried
II am here charged with killing Il
Turk on November II last-and Won
know that l was at the Armistice dav
ball at the embassy that night be
cause ! nearly knocked you over on
the floor while you were dancingi I'm
Capt. Brown
The officer recalled the incident In a
flash. During the dance / had acci.
dentally tripped on the floor and fallen
against him, throwing him off his bal.
ance. This accident and the subse-
quent apologies made us acquainted
and fixed the date and time in his
mind He could prove. perfect alibi
FOL me.