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Evening star., 1926-05-21
BALTIMORE TRAILS
: CAPITAL IN AUTOS
Despite Larger Population,
Neighbor Has 2,431
Fewer Cars.

Baltimore, with a population almost
ne-half greater than that Of Wash
ington, has fewer automobiles than
the Capital, according to statistics
compiled by Maj. w. e. r. Covel,
assistant engineer commissioner, VINO
has Just completed a comparative
study of transportation surveys Oh
. both cities. The population OASIS
adopted for the statistical studies were
100 600 for Baltimore and $4,000 for
Washington.
Reris. cred automobiles in Baltimore
were estimated at Sl,4OO, Whlle III
washington, by actual count tne
number is S3,S31. Reduced TO per
canital basis, this shows tnat tnele
is one automobile for each 90 pei
sons in Washington and one 1or edc'i
az persons in Baltimore. a.
The investigation disclosed that 10
nor cent of the population or the LIS
trict lives within threemue FduuS
Of the downtown congested zone
while the percentage IS ~ IN ba4li
more, Gordon checks or tfalnc enlei
ing the central conSested areas Were
made
entering downtown Baltimore, oo'l
per cent were pleasure cars. 81 per
cent taXlcabs. 0.6 per cent motor
busses, PA per cent commercial mo
tor vehicles and 5.S per cent morse
drawn vehicles The percentages IN
Washington were nearly Identical for
ta,xicahs and busSeS. but were hlgher
for. pleasure carS-7S.S per cent-and
lower for trucks and horse-drawn
vehicles-158 and la per cent, re-
spectively.
This is attributed by Maj. Covel 70
the fact that Baltimore Is more Oh
an industrial city than Washington.
Cards tabulated on the origin ana
destination checks to show how peo-
pie go to and from work revealed that
77.5 per cent use the street cars get
ting into the business district in Bal
timore, as compared with o3.l IN
Washington. Only 3.5 per cent ride
to work in automobiles in Baltimore,
whereas @0.6 per cent ride N automo,
bileS here. Those who walk to ana
from work constitute 22.S per cent
here and only l0.5 per cent in Baltl-
moro.
Evening star., 1926-05-21
FORMER DRY DIRECTOR
ENTERS GUILTY PLEA
Was Charged With Conspiracy in
Fake Robbery Of 100000
in Whisky.
Rv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. May IL
Clark M. Perry, former Federal pro-
hibition director for Wisconsin. yes.
terday pleaded guilty in Federal
Court here to charges of conspiracy IN
connection with the fake robbery OF
s10O 900 worth of whisky from ware
houses in Plymouth. Wis.
Perry was recently indicted oy a
grand jury following an investlgation
Of the robbery which resulted IN JACK
Anton, president Of the plymouth
Wholesale Drug Co., being sentenced
to two years in prison.
Perry was charged with havlng IS
sued permits which made 1t possipie
for Anton and others connected with
his firm to remove whisky from bond
for bootlegging purposes.
Evening star., 1926-05-21
BAND CONCERTS.

The Community Center Band,
James E. Miller, director, Will
present q concert this evening
at 1880 o'clock at Iowa Circle.
The program will be:
March, "Semper Fidelis" Sousa
Waltz, Beautiful Washing
ton Concert Waltz. J.. Miller
FoX-trot, "Behild the Clouds"
Sylvia
Atlantis Nhe lost continenp,
suite in four parts. .Safranck
Vocal solo, Pal of My Cradle
Days" .......... .Piantadosi
George Battles.
Overture, Princess of India"
King
Fox trot. "sweet Child"
Lew1s-Simon
Comic, Tattoo Musicians
Strike" .......... Fahrbach
March, 1.-THE Thunderer," Sousa
1.-THE Star Spangied Banner
Washington Barracks, by the
United States Army Band:
Capt. W. J. Stannard, band
leader; Mr.. Thomas F. Darcy,
second leader. This evening at
ESQ pm.
March, Mai. Gen. Hanson E.
Ely" (commandant, the Army
War College). 80. .Dahlquist
Overture, "RoSamunde'
Schubert
Suite, "F'rom the South" Nicode
l. A Legend From la Provence.
2. Moorish Dance.
8. In the Tavern.
Trumpet solo. Spanish Ser
enade" ............ Eilenberg
Played by Thomas +.
Darcy.)
Tone poem, ''Ffnlandia''
Sibelius
Waltz, "Blue Bird. Grant
Euphonium solo, 1.-The Charmer"
BooS
played by Master Sergt.
Samuel Johnson)
Two popular hits
ta always" waltz. {. Berlin
b) Horses" fox troO Whiting
SaXophone solo. Variations on
Weber's Last Waltz
Hartmann
Selection from Rose Marie"
Friml
March, ION the Mall"
Goldman
'"The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1926-05-21
TAKE A VACATION TRIP WEST

My Personally Conducted
S0-Day Special Train Party
lsavee Washington July 5th
The Itinerary includes
Colorado. Yellowstone
Park, California Grand
Canyon or Yosemite, Rain
ter National Park. the Pa
cjfic Northwest and the
canadian Rockies.
The best Pullman Sleep
ers. Rooms with Private
Bath at first-class hotels.
and the best sightseeing
trips are furnished. All
at a most reasonable cost.
oslA lIl.nrncN addHnSs
Evening star., 1926-05-21
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Evening star., 1926-05-21

The more than 1000 chorus girls In
New York City are to have a CLUB
where they can rest and discuss undls'
turbed the problems of the profession.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
Connolly Blames Intoxi-
cants for Majority of
Cases Brought to His
Attention in Years.

In his annual report for the year
ending June so, Probation Officer
EdwardC. Connolly recommends the
appointment of full time steno-
grapher and office assistant, to re-
lieve the executives in his depart
ment from the burdens of office
routine. The work OF the probation
department is steadily on the in
crease, his report to Judge B, W..
Alling states, and provision should
be made for The future.
The abuse of intoxicating liquor
is responsible for majority of the
cases coming to the attention of the
department, the report states. Num-
erous instances OF domestic Disagree
ments never reach police court, be-
cause they are thoroughly investi-
gated by the probation department
and only when all other methods
have failed, are these cases aired in
court
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
COMPENSATION paid
IN PECULIAR CASE
Machine Operator Caught
Cold From Drafts Blow
ing in Open Window

Bridgeport, July % Pl-A person
who contracts an illness from being
subjected to drafts blowing through
windows opened by fellow employees
while they are at work is entitled to
compensation for the time lost while
Ill and for the payment of physi-
clans and hospital bills, 1t is de-
creeded in a decision handed down
by Compensation Commissioner Ed
ward It. Buckingham.
Margaret Norton, was employed as
"a machine operator in the plain of
the Barton Bias Narrow Fabric
Company. Young men in the room
were accustomed to open windows
near her machine while they shouted
orders for lunch to a store across
the way. Often, even in chilly wea-
Their the windows were left open for
a period of time and Miss Norton
complained to the factory manage
ment.
Eventually. last March, she was
taken i'll with grippe and pneumonia
developed. Her illness was traced
directly to the opened windows and
Commissioner Buckingham has di-
rected that the insurance companies
pay, through her counsel, 1888
weekly during the period of her disa-
bility and s456 for money expended
for doctors bills as well as $3.50 for
hospital expenses.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
Liquor Basis Of Family Discord,
Probation Officer Tells Alling

Mr.. Connolly's report is as fol-
lows;
Hon. Benjamin w, Alling, Judge,
City and Police Court,
New Britain, Conn.
Dear Sir:
Agreeable 70 custom in the court
over which your honor presides, |
submit herewith the statistics and
reports for the year ending June 80,
1926.
Number of practitioners carried
over from June 80, 1866.
Placed on probation during the
year from July /, 1926 to June 30,
1926-263.
Made up as follows; Men, 1852;
women 10; boys, 54; girls, 4--33s.
Number who observed terms and
were released-193.
Number who were re-arrested-
As.
Number who escaped from juris-
diction of the court-3-241.
Remalnlng on pfobatlon June ~,
1925: Men, Sc; women, 5; boys, %;
girls. 2.-339.
amount of wages and monies
collected for support of wives, fam
lilies, and children-$9. 047.S3.
Amount OF fines and costs col
Continued on Page Three)
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
CAN'T find MOREAU,
THINK HE IS DEAD
Naval Officials Believe He
Was Killed in Dover
Disaster

Rear Admiral Coontz presiding Of
ficer of the court inquiring into the
Dover arsenal disaster on July 10
was informed yesterday that Private
Paul Moreau. of this city, a marine.
was off duty at the time OF the ex-
plosion and has since been heard
from in Atlantic City.
In the meantime his mother, Mrs.
Augusta Moreau Of 323 West Main
street, is anXiously awaiting replies
to letters Of inquiry she has sent
out in an effort to locate her son.
The naval court is endeavoring TO
have identified two bodies which
now lie in the Dover morgue. Moreau
and Private Oliver Bliss of Water
vile, Ohio. are two of the four
arsenal attaches not accounted for
and until they are located the naval
court will cling to the theory that
the bodies are those of the missing
marines, yesterdays hearings indi-
Gated.
Moreau and Bliss were reported
at the hearing to have left the
reservation on leave four hours prior
to the explosion. Five marines
swore out affidavits to the claim
they accompanied the local youth to
the village of Dover at l o'clock on
the afternoon of July 10. Corro-
borating this report, Sergeant Ma
jor Thorp, one of the witnesses pre-
scented before the naval board yes
terday, declared he had received a
report that Moreau wired someone
CONTINUED on Page Five)
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
AMERICANS PRESENT
At ROYAL GATHERING
1O1 From U. S. Among
$4,000 Guests at Buck
ingham Palace Party

London, July % Pl-King George
and Queen Mary today gave a royal
party in the gardens of Buckingham
palace to which 1900 guests had
been invited. There were 101
Americans among the thousands who
slipped tea at what proved to be the
largest and most representative of
royal parties since the coronation
itself.
AS. virtually all of the guests in
vited came, the six-acre gardens of
the palace, set off by trees, shrub
berry and small lakes, was a scene of
one of the most brilliant functions
in the history of British royalty.
Among the Americans present
were: DR.. and Mrs. Nicholas Murray
Butler of New York, Brigadier Cen
eral and Mrs. Lincoln c. Andrews;
Admirals Roger r. Wetles, Hilary p.
Jones and Arthur L. Willard; Pro-
fessor and Mrs. Henry Fairfield Os-
born of New York; Mr., and Mrs.
Oswald Garrison Willard and Miss
Mariquita Willard of New York;
Colonel and Mrs. Grayson Murphy
Of New York; Mrs. Sheldon White
house, wife of the counselor Of the
American embassy of Paris; Jane
Cowl, Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman Of
New York, and Mrs. James Corrigan.
Although the sun shone only at
intervals, the women guests wore
the latest summer creations and the
men morning coats. The three
Continued on Page Five)
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22

A polluted stream which flows
through Willow Brook park, carry
ing what appears to be sewage, is
being used by boys as swimming
hole, an investigation carried out by
the Herald disclosed yesterday. The
stream has been damned up leav-
ing a place where group of
youngsters who scorn the use of the
municipal swimming pool in the
park, disport themselves on the hot
days in the garb with which Mother
Nature endowed them at birth.
Carrying out the investigation,
trip was made to Willow Brook
park about II o'clock yesterday
morning. Starting at the playground
which is situated across the brook
south of the swimming pool, the in
vestigator wendell his way through
brush and thickly grown bushes
along the bank of the stream that
flows through the park from the
entrance near Brook street to the
southermost point in the park.
Straight up into the western corn
er where the park comes to a point,
the course of travel led. In a dense
ly thicketed portion of the grounds
in this section, with easy access to
Kensington avenue, sounds of child
ish laughter and shouts of joy could
be heard emanating from the en-
closed circle. A real old swimmin'
hole presented itself to view. About
nine youngsters were in the water
playing with old automobiles tubes
and other articles.
In order to see the source of the
brook, it is necessary to carry out
the trip to Kensington avenue and
then to Arch street. The brook is
formed from the overflow of the P.
& +. Corbin's pond. At the foot of
Arch street, a sweer pipe empties its
contents into the brook and this,
containing what appeared to be sew
age, factory oil and other substances,
is carried down to the swimming
hole, and on through the park. The
stream with it's polluted water does
not enter the municipal swimming
pool but 1t does run in a semi
circle around the playground.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
'uuoo 'pIoy1IsH
''jdsU 'lApV
S1sJqv1 s1s1S 3nonosuuo0
Boys Ba.s..v Ill contaminated Pool
Containing Sewage in South End;
Refuse to Use Willow Brook Pond
Make Swinmin Hole BY Damming Up Stream Into
Which Sewer Pipes Empty-Nauseatng
Stream Near Playground

In answer to questions. the boys
who were using tn epolluted stream
as bathing place, stated that they
didn't care to go in where you
have to use tights" They said they
didn't care about going into the
municipal pool because they just
didn't. Asked if they knew that the
place where they were swimming
was a sewer, they said they didn't
mind that. Neither did they care
about any disease they might catch.
A further investigation of the
stream disclosed that due north east
of the municipal pool, the polluted
stream is further contaminated by
another sewer which flows from a
pipe which juts out from a wall
built just off the side of the main
drive way through the park.
Here, the water has become stag
nant and a dirty, and yellowish scum
has formed on the surface. This is
carried down in a slow drift to the
main stream which then proceeds
around the spot which the city has
selected as a place of recreation for
its youngsters. There isn't any doubt
about the nature OF the water. 1t Is
apparently sewage and nauseating
stencil arises from it especially on
days as warm as yesterday was.
Where the stream winds its lazy
way down beside the municipal
pool. is beautiful spot with its
willow trees overhanging the water
and its shady hooks where mothers
may rest while awaiting their chill
dren who are In the pool. But a
study of the water which passes by
will show evidences of sewage, oil
and other substances.
Complaints will probably be made
to the police department and the
board of health regarding the action
of the boys in making the swimming
hole In the park.
Inquiries from the director OF the
playground at Willow Brook elicitat-
ed the information that about 1000
children used the grounds last week.
These children, the people in the
vicinity say, are all in danger OF i'll
ness from the filthy water and they
claim that steps should be taken to
eliminate the danger.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22

Lindsay, Ont, July % (Pl-A tale
Of youthful heroism in connection
with the drowning of eleven mem
bers of the Anglican Church camp
has come out of the wilderness
northeast of Lindsay.
It tells how when Is youths were
thrown into Balsam Lake when their
war canoe was overturned in a sud
den squall late Tuesday night, they
held on to the upturned craft and
aided one another as best they could
until, one by one, after hours in the
water, their strength gave out they
lost their hold and sank. Only four
members of the party were able to
maintain their grips on the keel until
the canoe drifted ashore yesterday.
The youths had started from Cobo-
conk from their camp in the large
canoe late Tuesday night, When we'll
out into the lake a sudden squall
broke and the canoe capsized. Ray
Shea Butcher, director OF the camp
and one of those drowned. played a
heros role. He was among the few
who were able to climb on top of the
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
New YORK JEWELER IS
KILLED in GUN fight
Vas Fighting 1t Out"
With Five Bandits
When Slain

New York, July 20 R-One man
as killed and another wounded
hen five armed robbers invaded
jewelry store in day
ght holdup today. The robbers
scaped after fighting their way
trough a crowd that collected at
he sound of the shots.
Although the robbers escaped they
i'd not get any loot. The man
illcd was Aaron Rodack, owner of
le jewelry store at Broadway and
50th street. Sidney Freifeld.
Jerk in the store, was seriously
ounded. The shooting took place
hen Rodack and Freifeld refused
, obey demands by the robbers and
tempted to protect the stores sup
~ of jewelry.
Rodack was serving a customer
hen the robbers entered. Three Of
lem drew revolvers. When the
obbers shouted Hands upi" Ro-
ack stepped behind the counter.
reifeld dropped 10 the floor. Both
routed "Bolicel" The robbers then
pencd fire. The customer was not
Iolested.
The robbers dashed from the
ore and were driven away in an
ltonioblle that had been kept
aiting.
Rodack was shot through the
rad. 1'reifeld was shot twice In
10 chest
Police said that year ago Ro-
hck had shot and killed a holdup
an who had attempted to rob his
ore. At that time Rodack an
bunced that he would fight It out
18th any holdup man and that his
ore could be robbed only over his
bad BODY In the gun battle today
: followed the robbers out onto the
downlk. and though ALREADY
ornded continued firing on his
,r"s until the bullet ripped into his
bad.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
But Four of Fifteen Saved When
Youthful Campers Canoe Capsizes
Adrift For Hours, Survivors Tell of Watching Com
rades Weaken and Drown Director Bravely Slips
to Watery Grave to Give Place of Safety to Boy.

overturned craft, despite the fact
that he was suffering from badly
injured knee.
As the hours passed and the ranks
of the boys in the water were thin
ming Butcher decided that he should
give his place on top Of the canoe to
another. He offered up prayer for
the safety of those still surviving
and, bidding them goodbye, slipped
into the water and disappeared.
A gallant part also was played by
Lambden. the camp adjutant, He
repeatedly swan around the canoe.
instructing the more youthful boys
how to hang on and begging them to
keep up their courage. As boys
weakened, Lambden aided them in
every way he could until they be-
came entirely helpless and disap-
peared beneath the water.
Nine of the drowned boys lived in
Toronto, one came from Gait and the
other Peterboro The four boys who
drifted ashore are under medical
care. One of them is in critical
condition.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
COMPLETE RECOUNT
OF VOTES ORDERED
CrOOkedneSS in Counting Ballots
in Chicago Discovered
109 OFFICIALS INDICTED
Both Republican and Democratic
Senatorial Nominations Affected
81 More Judges and Clerks Are
Indicted Today.

Chicago, July % P)-A complete
recount of the vote cast in Cook
county (Chicago) for the United
States senatorial nomination in both
republican and democratic parties,
was ordered today by County Judge
James A. Reed of Missouri, chair
man of the senate campaign expen-
ditures committee.
The court acted as true bills, re-
ported to have been voted against
fifty-four judge and clerks of cleo
ton in the April primaries, were
awaited in criminal court.
Senator Reed sought the aid of
the county court in determining how
the senatorial ballots were handled
as his committee prepared to as
semble here Monday for an inquiry
into the senatorial primaries.
Fifty-four election judges and
clerks who served at Cook county's
April primaries were indicted today
by a special grand jury on charges
of conspiracy to make a false count,
in connection with irregularities al
the poll.
The indictments, the third group
returned, brings TO 100 the indict-
ments returned against judges and
clerks. Eleven were named in the
first writs and forty-four in the
second group.
The writs have been returned as
rapidly as recount of the returns
showed false fluctuations.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
GUNNER L|BERATE
SIX CONVICTS in
MIDNIGHT ATTACK
Three Armed Men Kill Texas
Guard, Select Their Men,
Escape in Car
BEFORE LEAVING THEY
LOCKED In OTHER 1877

Picket Guard Shot and Killed With
out Warning, His Keys Taken,
Doors Open and Names of Six
Prisoners Whose Liberation Was
to be Effected Called Out
Seventy Miles From Houston.
Houston, Texas, July % Up
Three men drove up to the Fergu-
son state convict farm, near Midway,
70 miles north of Houston, shortly
after midnight today shot and killed
Will Raider, Of Midway, the picket
guard, liberated six convicts Of the
143 in the prison barracks and sped
away with them after locking the
doors of the remainder of the pris-
oners. Posses today were securing
the country for the escaped men.
Execution of the plot was ruth
less. The. moment the men in the
automobile sighted the guard they
opened fire on him. Raider, riddled
with bullets, fell dead. Instantly
they were upon him and seized the
keys to the barracks.
Call Prisoners Names
With drawn pistols they opened
the doors and called the names Of
six long term men who stepped out
from the ranks of their fellows and
took their places behind their liber-
ators.
The other convicts, apparently
dazed by the swiftness of the affair,
made no move. With no apparent
haste, the three men satisfied them
selves the men they had come for
were accounted for, locked the door
on the rest of the convicts who a
moment later heard the automo-
bile rush away in the darkness.
The story as it was telephoned to
Houston failed to indicate how the
alarm was given. Presumably, the
shots had aroused other guards who
came too late TO prevent the escape.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-22
visits Old Home

Chicago, July % P)-Red Grange.
the "galloping ghost" came home to
Wheaton yesterday, but he barely
had time to doff his sun helmet with
its sky blue band, and change his
pastel colored tweed suit for yaca-
ton raiment, when a news dispatch
came galloping after quoting a Los
Angeles paper as saying he had been
named in a cross bill in answer to
divorce action.
Grange, who has been registering
before movie camera in Holly
wood, and who is going back to his
first love, a Wheaton ice wagon in
preparation for his fall football
campaign, registered amazement
when Informed of story printed in
the Los Angeles Examiner, saying
that Charles A. Taylor, oil supply
man of Beverly Hills, had named
him in cross complaint to a di-
voce action previously brought by
his wife, Clarice Taylor.
Expresses Surprise
TITS certainly a surprise to me-"
he said. certainly / know Taylor
and his wife. Taylor is a cousin of
my manager, Charles Pyle. ] met
them through him when ] was play
ling football in Florida. And ! met
them again in Los Angeles, where
they live. OF course there's nothing
TO those charges"
The Examiners story said the oil
man charged in the bill that his wife
became infatuated with the foot
ball player, called him wonderful
boy went riding with him on one
occasion last June, once sat on his
lap and kissed him, and on another
occasion called him on the phone.
made an appointment for meeting,
despite her husbands objections,
and kept the appointment. accom-
panied by her sister.
Two Others Named
The newspaper account continued
that two other men, one Los An
geles attorney, also were named in
the cross complaint as friends Of
Mrs. Taylor. Her attorneys, however
were quoted as saying that either
Pyle or Taylor were present when
ever she was with Grange Mrs.
Taylor charges her husband with
cruelty.
Grange, who declared his ac-
quaintance with the Taylor's was en-
Itirely casual. said:
Mrs Taylor did come over to the
hotel one night with her sister
There was a big bunch there. So
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