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The Washington times., 1926-03-30
MORE CANDY KID
GRIMES Barred
b Internallonal Sou servlee

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NEW YORK, March SO.-Ac-
ensed BY their former pals and
threatened By District Attorney
Joab 4. Banton with SO-year jail
tsnces as second offenders,
the Kraemer brothers, Leon and
Jacob, broke their Today silence
today and gave the authorities
information expected to bring
important developments in the
might club" bandit roundup.
Through statements made by
the Kraemers. police hope to
round up the fences who bought
the jewels stolen by Richard Reese
Whittemore, "The Candy Kid
and his gang of gunner.
Were Brains of Gang
For the first time since Whttke-
more and his gang were appre-
hended, there was this morning q
definite possibility that a large part
OF their $1,000, 900 may be recovered.
1t was the enigmatic Kraemers,
according to the police, who were
the brains of the band.
It was their duty, due TO their long
criminal careers and intimate
knowledge of the underworld. to dis
pose of the booty taken by the gang
The Kraemers are said TO be inter
nationally known crooks.
Additional information concerning
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the police by pretty red-haired girl.
OF Anthony Paladino, who was taken
to headquarters.
She told her story to detectives at
the same time PalIadino was testf.
flying before the grand jury.
Palladino. member Of the gang.
pleaded guilty to three robbery
charges and turned States evidence
Whittemore has completed his
confession he has been making for
days.
1t is yet to be seen. however,
whether it is sufficiently complete
to cause District Attorney Banton
to feel himself required to live up
to his end OF the bargain Whereby
WhittemoTe's wife--"the Tiger Kid
was to be released from custody.
Banton agreed that II Whittemore
made a complete confession, he
would set The Tiger Kid" free.
The authorities today were await
ing the arrival from Baltimore OF
detectives with Charles Gross, ex.
policeman and member of the
Whittemore gang, who has been in,
| dicted for a robbery here.
He is to be asked to furnish ad-
ditfonal information about the muI.
der of Simon Gilden. whose bullet.
/ riddled body was found near Trinity
Church here just before Christmas
The Washington times., 1926-03-30
NURSE s CRIES
SCARE THUG

Seized by a wiry, dark.slxinned
man in front OF the exclusive
metropolitan Club, as she returned
from work early this morning. Mrs.
Michael Costick, Of 2025 III st.
N. W., a nurse, screamed Justify.
Her small assailant, who was pre-
pairing to fit an improvised gag
upon her lips. swore and fled.
The assault occurred shortly after
2 a. M, on. H Street Northwest,
near Eighteenth Street Mrs. Cos
tick, a nurse in the welfare room
at the Government Printing Office,
was detained at her work past her
usual quitting time of 1880 because
of an accident in the shop, and
was returning home.
According to her story, she had
alighted from a bus and the vehicle
had started away. when a strong
hand pinioned her arms, and an
other hand attempted to stuff a
cloth gag between her lips.
II screamed and he ran. That
was all there was to it," Mrs. Cos
tick told the police today.
She described her mysterious as
sailant as a man of about 80 years,
who seemed to be either Filipino
or a light-skinned colored man. He
was about five feet and four inches
in height. and wore a light over
coat and hat.
Police of the Third Precinct today
were seeking clues to the mans
identity. through questioning OF
foreign students who reside in the
general vicinity OF the attack.
Mrs. Costick lives with her hus-
band in rooms. in the heart Of the
ucatiOnal district.
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Today's Scratches

FIRST RACE-Dick, Coney Island,
Esther Weidel Remote.
THIRD RACE-Mix. Royal Dick. West
Point.
Royal George. Intake.
: FIFTH RACE-Silver Song.
SIXTH RACE-BoltOn, Bolivar Bono
weather, cloudy: track, sloppy.
At Mobile
SECOND RACE-Slippy Sam.
FIFTH RACE-Maynard l.
SIXTH RACE-Barrister.
SEVENTH RACE-Richard
weather, threatenins: track. heaVy.
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ROM AN(;E
FLOWERS
|NJAN.
Stone sDalIs do not prison make,
Nor iron bars q cage.

Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars q cage.
Guards at the District Jail
stepped aside this morning to let
the wee love god lead . minister
and a bride into the cell Of Harry
Thomas, 81, awaiting the pleasure
OF the courts on = charge of
grand larceny.
Miss Garry Wheeler, boyhood
sweetheart of the accused, who
lives at 80 Fifth st. N. E. was
united in marriage with Thomas
It 1880 o'clock, amid plaudits of
jailers and the jailed.
Girl Did Not Finch
This elimination OF their romance
was under circumstances never
dreamed of in the hours when they
planned their futures, but when
confronted today with the POSSIBLE
ity Of being SEPARATED from her hus-
band By a prison sentence. Miss
w cGlCE QtN HtOl Al4tASAI-
A Regular Visitor
Ever since Thomas was arrested.
accused of taking part in rob
berry Of the Pappas restaurant on.
Ninth Street. Miss Wheeler has
peen regular caller at the Dis
trict Jail. bringing the prisoner
those things permitted to make his
hours more cheerful and urging
him TO have faith and courage
a marriage at the District jail
failed to excite the officials there.
This. it seems. is not the first time
that love has laughed at locksmiths
even at that institution. Men con-
vfcted of serious crimes have, more
than once. paused on the threshold
OF the penitentiary to make a re
spectacle gesture 70 society the.
REPUTATION OF some one who must.
remain to face the world while 9th.
ers have endured marriage cere-
mony to escape some serious pun
isllmena.
The Washington times., 1926-03-30
WIND AND ELECTRICAL
STORM HITS TEXAS TOWN

PORT ARTHUR, Texas. March
30.--A wind and electrical storm of
undetermined intensity is reported
to have struck Beaumont and
vicinity about a. m. today.
Meager reports of injured per-
sons and property damage have
been received here. All telegraph
and telephone wires are down.
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VAN TRIAL
DATE IS
S. I

Ziang Sun Wan, the young
Chinese student who has been
tried twice for murder in the first
degree in connection with the
death in January, 1919, of Ben
Sen Wa, an undersecretary of the
Chinese Educational Mission, in
Kalorama Road Northwest, will
be tried again-this time before
Justice Bailey in Criminal Court
No. /, the court setting the case
for April IL.
Case II First Set
District Attorney Reyton Gordon.
repFesenting the Government. and
Attorney Wilton j. Lambert. coun-
sci for Wan, today appeared before
Justice Bailey ana asked that a
date be scheduled for the trial.
The case will be- the first TO be
presented to the new jury panel
which win be completed by next
Tuesday. The court win be in
Easter recess until Friday, April
10, and will not resume jury trials
until April IL.
Once Convicted
AT the first trial, the jury con.
victed Wan as indicted and the
date for his execution had been
set. The case was carried finally
to the United States Supreme
Court, which ordered new trial
on the ground that the alleged con
fession of the accused, which was
introduced in evidence by the Gov.
eminent, should not have beer adj
mitted. At the second trial. which
took place about two months ago,
the jury disagreed.
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TRIAL Of JUDGE
IS FOUGHT.
BY FRED ]. WALKER

One of the most turbulent
fights in the annals of the Fed
eral judiciary enguIfedS Congress
today as the House took up the
question of impeaching United
States District Judge George w.
English, East st. Louis, Ill, ac-
cuGed Of corruption in handling
bankruptcy cases, tyrannical con-
duct, and a wide variety of mis-
demeanors.
The issue was cleanly drawn.
Those for impeachment declared
the Federal judiciary must be
maintained interrupted. Those
opposed, that it must not be en-
shaved by politics.
Is a Democrat
English, a Democrat, was APP
pointed by President Wilson in 1918.
AS his case began today many
Democrats were openly hostile
over what they believed to be an
attempt to railroad" him into
private life.
The main charges against English
and the defense offered by three
minority members of the Judiciary
Representatives Hicke y
RD of Indiana, Bowling Cd Of Ala.
hama. and Weaver CD of North
CarOlina--were:
Article Unlawful disbarment
on May 20, 1922, Of Attorney Thomas
NJ. Webb. without hearing Webb in
his own defense.
Defense disharment was
due to a misunderstanding. He
was Immediately reinstated and de-
clared in his testimony that Judge
English always treated him fairly.
Article Appointment of Charles
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
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The noon edition will present the selec-
tons of all the leading handicappers in the
country, the probable odds, post position,
names of jockeys, the scratches and track
conditions for the days races, as well as
expert comment by recognized handi-
capper. A trained observer will send re-
suits of the days workouts.
The Washington times., 1926-03-30

Beginning Thursday, April l, The Wash
ingtOn Times will present for the first time
in Washington paper containing COM
plete race service from the Maryland
tracks.
The noon edition of The Times, which
can be purchased in Washington before
the trains leave for the tracks, will con-
The Washington times., 1926-03-30
COOLIDGE AGAIN URGES
ECONOMY ON CONGRESS

President Coolidge again coun-
selled Congress today to keep the
purse strings tightly drawn for
the remainder Of this session
Representative TilsOn OF Connec-
lieut., Republican leader Of the
House, had conference at the
White House and the President
reiterated to him that If Treasury
deficit is to be averted next year il
viii be necessary for Congress to
refrain from an extensive expendi-
tnre.
The Washington times., 1926-03-30
GEN. ANDREWS CALLED AS
"WET" HEARING WITNESS

The first two witnesses summoned
by the wets for the Senate prohibit
ton hearings next Monday will be
L. G. Andrews, Assistant Secretary
or Treasury, and Emory r. Buck
ner, Federal district attorney at
New York, it was anpounced today.
A subpoena was issued for Buck
ner. Andrews agreed to testify.
The Washington times., 1926-03-30

tain the very latest news from Bowie, and
other Maryland courses.
Special correspondents will represent
this newspaper virtually twenty -four
hours day at the race tracks. Thus the
very latest information available is guar
anteed to readers of The Washington
Times.
The Washington times., 1926-03-30
The Times Daily Racing News Begins Thursday

In the Sunset Edition each day will be
published complete chart of the results
at the Maryland tracks, as well as the re-
suits from other places, and the entries
for the following day for all important
race courses.
The price of this paper is 3 cents
Don't pay more!
The Washington times., 1926-03-30

Nicholas KIenic. 30, who, until
recently, lived at sO7 H ST. n. w.,
and who was generally known Is
the rich carpenter" because Of
property he Il supposed to have
owned ii Baltimore, was shot and
killed in the Carpenters Union
Hall, 715 North Eutaw St. Bal
tinore, today.
Samuel S. Mareseo, also q ear
penter, 81 2z1 South Caroline ST.
baltimore, Is held by Baltimo1s
police for the murder 81 Klenic.
Death FOlIowed argument
According to Charles Morris
another Baltimore carpenter, who
was in the hall at the time. Klenic
and Maresco apparently had been
arguing for several minutes in
back room Of the building.
Morris heard three shots and saw
Mareaco run from the room and
through the main hall. Two car
Denters were playing cards il the
front of the main hall. They jump
ed from their table, seized Maresco,
and held him until the police arr
rived.
Klenic had been shot three times
through the head Death had been
instantaneous and physicians said
any OF the shots would have killed
him.
Lived Here For Years
Klenic roomed at the III Street
address here for several years. he
was known as cheerful. pleasant
man. and made many friends
Klenic never spoke of any mem
hers of his family, other than to say
that he came from Virginia, and
that he had considerable property
in Baltimore.
He used to pay two or three
visits a week to the Maryland city,
each of which, he told fellow room
ers at the II Street house, was 70
look after his property there.
The Washington times., 1926-03-30
THE WEATHER

official @. s. weather Bureau Report
Increasing cloudiness fol
lowed by rain late tonight
and Wednesday; rising tenn
perature tonight; fresh east
and southeast winds. Tenn
perature yesterday Highest,
So: lowest, %.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-19
25 Fears Ago 7oday

tFrom Paper of That Date)
 The 9Q-foot launch which the Clark boys of Greenwood street have been at work on for several months was launched at Cromwell Saturday after being carried there on Danny Andersons express wagon.
 The sewer and advisory boards have commenced the acquiring Of the right of way for the conduts which will carry the sewage Of the city 10 Beckley quarter, the agree ment with the filling brothers be ing the first move. Engineer Cad well stated today that the board expects 10 make an amicabl agree ment with the dozen or more prop erty owners.
 New Britain was represented to- day al the annnal meeting of the State Bankers association by A. ]. Sloper. W. F. Atwood and Fl. F. Boardman MT. Sloper was elected q member of the executive con- mittee.
 Water Jahn lodge, n. o. H.. elect cd the following officers last eve ming: President, George Yetter; vic" president, Charles Croenlein; secretary. Charles Firnhaber; treas urer, Matthew Heinzman; financial secretary, Joseph preissel; trustee for IS months. Carl Strasburg.
 The high school class banquet will be held this evening at Elm Tree inn. Pennington. The toasts will be as follows: "Our Athletics" |" Walter Hitchcock: "To Ourselves" :" Julie Grosyenor Humason; ITO the Senior Girls" John Nolan; Red Coat Golf Player" Frederick Roth; Senior Boys" Flora Loomis i Humphrey; "19ol," Dr. NJ, G.. Benedict
 Tho park commissioners have a ioh on their hands with Smallcy park. better known as Paradise park. In the carly days. this was a baseball field and was used as pas tue hy whatever Nagrant COWS and horses happened 10 pass by, Then came reform and a fence was' built around il. Lately the fence was sold 10 he highest bidder, who proved 70 he Bernard Clark Then the residents s.nt in two separate petitions asking for the removal and retention of the pickets. One groGp is after flowers in fhe park and the other wants 4 fountain.
 Republican leaders have not yet agreed upon candidate for sue cessor 10 Judge Coats as judge of proba'a but it is said that the choice has narrowed down 10 George w. Kleut an1 James E. Cooper. Among thr Democrats. there is talk of Judge Walsh, r. j. Markley, and B. F. Gaffney.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-19
THT SPELLING BEE

It would have been very nice for New Brttain's entry to win the ma tional spelling bee contest. but there were too many other capable spoilers on hand Our entry. Miss Elizabeth Glastetter tried hard 10 maintain the prestige Of New Brit ain, but failed on the word pres tige." We rather think she could spell this word under normal con- ditions. but there is q mixture of excitement and nervousness mixed with such an affair. and the neces- sity to maintain composure is part of the contest.
 The winner. Kentucky girl, is the product Of a one-room school in a small town in that state. This fact should emphasize the fact that one-room schools are not so bad if the material in them is of q high type. And it being Kentuclly'5 second year Of a chamionship spell ing performance indicates there is studious crowd in the blue grass state. For two years now the spell ing bee has been turned into a Kentucky Derby. Let there be hon or where honor is due.
 As only one boy held his own in the finals. it appears this year WAS poor one for the sterner sex among the youthful hopefuls. The youths went sightseeing too much, while the girls stayed in their hotels and crammed their minds with words. That usually is the way.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-19
4 BULLETIN FROM DR. TRAP ROCK FUN SHOP RADIO
 STATION MFJ
Lat. 90Cc, Long. Q

I4tt. JV '{Gs l4cll5s V
 Here I am back at the old Pole, which l know well enough by now to call by it's first name.
 Spring is opening up nice. I have made three trips since last writing and the big flapper-blimp is work ing great Our twin-wheeze, Weasel engines, operating on condensed milk, are the sweetest bits of mech aDism l have ever seen. Found my crew eating some of the cakes of solid alcohol yesterday and had to discipline them severely.
 Plans for FUN SHOP Hotel and Cotages are complete and We will break ground shortly. Slightly an moved by the actions of our building site, 20u acres. more or less. Being part of the great floe, it keeps nov ing. Fortunately the last shit brought us two miles nearer the Pole. I have now moored the whole works to the Pole itself. If that gives way we will have it with us. If we're not at the Pole the Pole Will De 1t uS' ISCp HP stN @A N'NA-Aea and sell all the stock you can.
 The big berg, see last dispatch sank al it's mooring night before last due to overcrowding by red cross seals which infect it during the mating season. Ii tipped over and went down with all on board. Inc whales evidently felt badly about this for their blubberine could be heard for miles and their oily tears covered all open water. Very affect in.
 The Aurora Borealis is now in full flower and the whole countryside IS q mass of color. The natives are getting in the summer ice-crops. As write I hear them singing ln thelr quaint fur-bearing dialect, Fills kede, eilskede. togrrod gebrout.' v Gee is nicc ice is nice, cutaway' Brother, cut away.)
 Speaking of ice, shoot me up a couple of good sized shakers, l have all the other ingredients. More anon.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-19
THE PLaINNH1LE JAIL

There is widespread belief that village iails are not as getaway proof as they might he. The lex ploit'' Of three New Britain men iu escaping from the Plainville lookup would tend to prove that the one in our neinhboring town is in the class of those venerable piles which mean we'll but cannot fulfill modern requirements.
 Citizens Of Platnville. however. have no need 10 feel wrought up over the affair, The men who were incarcerated merely followed in the footsteps of those who in the past have bidden unauthorized adinu to state penitentiaries f the latter well guarded institutions cannot hold them all the lime what can one expect Of the smaller centers Of detention?
New Britain herald., 1926-06-19
THE HALF HOLIDAY "BOOM

When the women themselves step into the Saturday half holiday con- tention something is likely to hap pen: they already have been mah- ing things happen 10 q certain eX- tent, reducing Saturday afternoon business for some merchants to q noticeable extent by shopping in the morning A change has gradu- ally been taking place, but there still is shopping being done in the evening. II appears to be the object of the Consumers league 10 reduce the total even further.
 We shall See what We shall see, IS the saying goes. If the women consistently change their time for shopping 10 the morning the earlier aprt of the day no doubt will h" just as busy as was the weekend eyontide during former years.
 But just at present the situation is in q state of Aux, There still rc- mains enough evening business for some merchants to cause them to think they will lose by closing ID shop in the afternoon and evening Diversity of opinion will continue, and will be based upon the amount of business done. The outcome lies more in the hands of the public than the merchants, as the latter will respond 10 tho demand.
 Merchants everywhere are being confronted with changing tactics by the public and the latter can really to the merchants q serNir" by shopping early rather than late if il means that carly purchases will hr sufficient to tide families over tho vaek-guI without the necessity of purchasing on Saturday evenings and Sundays. AS ii i* tb"n' are m'f- chants in The grocery and provision trade who wh7e maintaining open shop fhrouahou sunday. make this talking point "jth eustom'rs. thsp hrtrs on rh, outskirts of the ely. The talking point can only he  sC@ rfsp if housewives neglect pro- 1idirg for their needs until tho last n1u'c. and fh.n find it necessary 10 purrhas. some requirements upon Sunday as wtJl If houe.wi} ea are coached into doing tbeir shop ping early in the day the Saturday night and sunday grocery business will vastly decrease automatically, Such merchandising habiis formed with groceries and provisions will affcct purchasing oG olh.r p"ccs- stes and even luNuries,
New Britain herald., 1926-06-19
CooLrDGE.s STRONG STAND

One cannot help admiring the boIdness Of the Coolidge adminis- tration in sticking 10 its guns in the determination not to favor the western farm bloc with special subsidy legislation. After the vic tory of Brookhart in Iowa it was a toss-up. in the opinion of many observers. whether the administra- ton would not be goaded into some compromise with the western in surgents. at least as q political eX- psdient. Vice. President Dawes, it will be remembered. came out In favor of the Equalization fee" sys- tenn. saying it was just and equi- table plan to improve the condition Of agriculture; but with the letter of Secretary Of the Treasury Mel lon in the records, it now is appar- ent that the farm bloc has nothing more 10 hope from the administra- ton than it had at the beginning.
 That it required courage on tho Presidents part to maintain his principle of no assistance" in spite oe the political costs can scarcely be doubted. Tn the face of widespread political disaffection in the west the result of the admin istration's stand can be Of no bene- fit to the party and may result in serious harm. That it will be a contributing factor 10 the making over of the next Congress IS entire ly likely. there being few who still hope that the Senate can continue dominated hy the party in power after the election. Insurgent Re publicans in Congress are more hostile 10 the administration in some respects than rhe Democrats; a coalition of the two will control almost anything. The result: A SO called Republican administration, with the Democrats and insurgents in the saddle. The outlook is bad, politically speaking, and will be a sad commentary upon the 1924 landslide majority.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-19
\ u RN VERDICT

Ones opinion Of the exalted char acter Of the jury system cannot be said 10 gain much from the yer dict of the Boston jury in the case of three young men who were charged with mIrdering police man in cold blood One of them ad- mrtej firing the shot; the other two were with him as accessories. Despite the evidence of scores of witnesses-the crime was commit led In front of a church as services We're letting out--and the manifest unpruyoked nature of the attack, Inc jury could not bring itself 10 deal harshly with the youthful trio So the twelve men and true com promised' justice finding the youth who fired Inc shot and killed the policeman guilty of manslaushtel, and letting the other two go free, Small wonder hat Inc presiding judge broke precedent of long standing in tho Bay state courts and failed 10 thank the jurors when dismissing them.
 Il 70 happens that the two who were frecI will not be actually free to walk the streets just yet, The police haze tEom under heavy bail while jlcy await trial for d series of hotlups and robberi"s, one or two Of which have been admitted. A nice gang 10 treat lightly.