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New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
M'NEIL BANKRUPT;
 OWES SIO6,l3O.3O
Bridgeport Man, Head of Karm
 Coal Co., Has No Assets
PETITION FILED TODAY
Bankrupt is Youngest Son of Late
 Archibald McNeil and a Brother
 of Kenneth and Archibald McNeil
 of Park City.

Bridgeport, Sept. 9.-Roberick c. McNeil, youngest son of the late Archibald McNeil, and brother of Kenneth and Archibald McNeil, to- day filed in the United States court at New Haven voluntary petition in bankruptcy giving his debts at $106,130.34 and assets nothing.
 The petition was filed because of two suits entered against Roderick McNeil by coal companies with which he had done business as presi- dent of the Karm Coal company, which had a business here and at Waterbury,
 The company's name was made up of the first letters of the given names Of the three sons of the late Senator Archibald McNeil, Sr., and the first letter of the family name. The company has been in receivers hands and its affairs had been so re-arranged that 1t had paid two dividends in bankruptcy one of
 
 Signed Many Notes
 Roderick McNeil had been made president of the Karm company and as such he had signed various notes and trade acceptances which the company failed to meet. Other members of the McNeil family had made assignment of their claims in favor of creditors who were repre- scented by a committee consisting of Fred F. Morgan, A. NJ. Comley and James E. Skinner. It was this com- mittee which has served in the re- ceivership. The suits against Rod erick McNeil were brought by the Seller Coal company of New York for S4,215 and the Camp -Osgood and Sloppy Coal company of Scran- ten, Penn, for $11,567. Among the liabilities listed are notes of $S2,706 due the First National bank of Bridgeport, S32,749 due the Bridge port Trust company, S2,000 due the Merchants Trust company of Wa terbury, and number of smaller notes and trade acceptances, the latter to the amount of about s25,- GOO to wholesale coal firms in New York and elsewhere.
 Roderick McNcil in filing his peti- ton was represented by George s. Mara as personal counsel. The Karm company owns property in Westport, NorwallS and Waterbury.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
WOMAN ISSUES CHALLENGE
Wife Willing to Drop Alienation Suit If She Can mveigle Rival Into Fist Fight.

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. LE0 - A challenge to fist fight, gov erned by Marquis of Queensbury rules, has been issued here by Mrs. Claire Florence Omley to Mrs. Claire Anderson, former screen ac- tress and wife of Harry II. Ander- son, Hollywood automobile dealer. who has named Mrs. Omley as CO., respondent in a suit for divorce. Mrs. Anderson has also filed suit against her challenger for $125,O0o, charging alienation of Andersons affections.
 The def was issued In court room yesterday where the princi- pals met in connection with an alimony hearing. Mrs. Omley said 1he would be glad to meet Mrs. Anderson in a bout if she will promise to drop all this litigation"
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
TH0MS' STATEMENT
Potentional Democratic Candidate Not to Make Keynote Speech, He Asserts.

Waterbury, Conn.,, Sept. a-Wil- liam E. Thoms, potential candidate for nomination for governor by the coming state democratic state con- vention this afternoon said he had not been invited to make the key note speech at the convention as temporary chairman. He also said that he had not been in conference with any of the party leaders in New Haven and knew nothing of report current that he had with drawn as a candidate.
 Friends of MT. Thoms this after noon said that they had been in- formed that many local delegates throughout the state had expressed their personal preference for him as their pre-convention candidate.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
Girl Auto Tourists Lose
 Finances as Auto Burns

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. g dP - Miss Edna Egloff, IS. suffered se- we're burns and the loss of about $500 which she and three com panions, all tourists from Philadel- phia. had pooled into her pocket book, when the roadster in which they were driving caught fire in filling station near here last night
 Accompanying her were Miss Carolyn Roth. Paul Stulman and Russell Gallagher. Stulman. who was driving. claimed that car parked on the wrong side of the driveway leading into the station caused him to run into gasoline tank and knock 1t over. The gaso- line spread and caught fire destroy. ing the roadster.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
MANY NEAR DEATH AT
 BERLIN RAILROAD STATION
Commuters Forced to Jump For Life As "Washingtonian"
 Express Passes

Dashing across two mainline tracks in back of a train on which they had arrived at the eBrlin sta tion this morning, in rush to get seats on another train standing on a spur track, scores of commuters came as near death as possible when they were forced to leap for life as the "Washingtonian', crack New Haven road express out of Montreal, thundered through the station at more than 60 miles an hour, making up for an hour and a half lost time.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
TILS0N ASSURES COOLIDGE
 REPUBLICANS WILL STILL
 BE IN CONTROL OF SENATE
UPSHAW LOSES IN
 GEORGIA PRIMARY Senator George, World Court Advocate, Re-
 turned to Office

Atlanta, Ga, Sept g Gq-W. D. upshaw, congressman from the hfth (Atlanta) Georgia district was defeated fer renomination in yester- days Georgia democratic primary by Leslie J. Steele, of Decatur. Ga. figures compiled by the Atlanta con- ". A. Sims of Atlanta ran second stitution showed early today. Mayor and Congressman Upshaw third.
 Sen. George Nominated
 Georgia democratic voters upheld the world court stand Of United States Senator Walter +. George at the state wide primary yesterday by returning him to office with a sweep ing majority over his opponent R. B. Russell, chief justice of the su- preme court. Incomplete returns early today gave George a popular vote of S9,42S votes against 20,7S7 for Russell.
 In unit votes this gave George 22S and Russell 40. Two hundred and eight unit votes are necessary for choice. The democratic nomination in Georgia is equivalent to election.
 Hacdman Leading
 In the race for governor. Dr. L. G. Hardman was leading his three op- ponents with 1S6 unit votes. John N. Holder was second with 114, George Carswell, with 76, and Joe Wood, fourth with eight. This indi-
  for Hardman. 43, for Holder and four for Wood.
 Congressman F. F. Cox, Charles R. Crisp. w. G. Wright, Sam Ru- therford, Carl Vinson, W. c. Lang ford and w. W. Larsen, were un- opposed for renomination.
 Featuring the primary was the contest of James K. Hines, associ- ated justice of the state supreme court who was opposed by Judge R. Eve. Justice Hines in his campaign charged that Nathan Bedford For rest, grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia, had instructed the llan to vote for his opponent.
 Other District Contests
 In the fifth congressional district race, late returns compiled by the Atlantic constitution showed L. J. Steele to have received ten of the eighteen total unit votes of the dis trict. W. D. Upshaw, incumbent, had six votes and Mayor W. A. Sims of Atlanta two.
 Fulton county, in which the city of Atlanta is located, and the home of both Sims and Upshaw, gave the latter a plurality of 127 votes,
 Mr. Steele, a decatur, Ga, atttor- ney, has been active in public life for many years, and is a former member of the state legislature.
 Each county in Georgia has twice as many unit votes as representa- tives in the lower house of the le- gislature. Nominations are made by unit votes. Where two or more can didates are involved in a race, the one receiving the county popular vote plurality receives the county unit vote.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
J. P. BARRY MADE THIRD
 ELECTRICAL EXAMINER
License Test Papers to Be Prepared at Once-Quizzes Next
 Week
Week

Joseph F. Barry of the firm of Barry S Bamforth. and former building commissioner. has been se- lected as the third member of the electricians examining committee which is soon to undertake its work.
 Commissioner Thomas w. Hinch- life and Electrical Inspector C. J. Curtin, who were named by the board to select a third member and prepare for examinations, announced this morning that test papers will be drawn at once and applicants quizzed next week. When ample time has been allowed for all to qualify, the inspector will cease issuing permits to any but licensed electricians.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
Police Haue New Clues Leading
 to Identification Of Car That
 Wisked Murderer to New Fork
More Jews Here in U. s. Than Any Other Nation;
 New York Leads World

New York, Sept. P1-There are moro Jews in the United States than in any other country in the world. says David Trietsch, a German-Jewish scholar and authority on Jewish statistics, in the Jewish Tribune, today.
 Estimating the Jewish popula- ton of the world at 1S,0S0,000 an increase Of 15 per cent since 1SS1-Mr. Trietsch says the number of Jews in this coun- try is 4,40O,400. Poland has a Jewish population of 4,OOO,O0O and Russia is next with 3,6O0,OOO.
 New York leads the cities of the world with a Jewish popula- tion of 100000; Warsaw is next with 100000, followed by Chicago and Vienna, with 300,- 900 each.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
PHYSICIAN BLAMES CITY
 FOR INJURIES IN FALL
Dr. Robert VI. Clark Says He Slipped On Oily Surface in Gen.
 tral Park

Dr. Robert M. Clark has notified the city he will seek damages for injury which he claims resulted from fall at Central Park. Dr. Clark, a former city health officer, is patient at New Britain General hospital. His formal notice, filed today at the office of town clerk, declares he fell August q, between 10 and II a. m, after slipping on a patch of oil. His injury consists of an abScess.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
SPRINGFIELD MAN HELD IN HARTFORD Arrested for Causing Woman'S
 Death in Accident FLED AFTER THE CRASH
Arnold A. Widmere Apprehended as He Tries to Cash Check-Accused of Being in Fatal Accident in h. dian Orchard.

Hartford, Conn. Sept.9 P>-Want- ed by the Springfield police for the death of woman in an automobile crash last night. Arnold A. Wid- mere, 25, of 26 Montrose street Springfield, Mass, was arrested by traffic officer A. M. Peters shortly after 10 o'clock this morning while the man was trying to cash a check for s15o at the Phoenix National bank here. He was booked at the police station as fugitive from jus ice and will be turned over to the Springfield police.
 Clamors for His Son
 While in a cell here, he clamored for his seven year old son, Robert, whom he left on Main street before entering the bank.
 The Springfield police report that Nidmere fled in his automobile last night after crashing into another machine at street intersection in Indian Orchard, Mass, which turned over and pinned under it the dri- yer, William Cournoyer of 121 Per kins street, Chicopee, Mass. and Miss Gertrude M. Hirst, 23, of 5S Jefferson street, Chicopee, Mass.
 Dies in Hospital
 When a passerby sited the ma chine, it was found that Cournoyer escaped with slight injury, but Miss Hirst was critically hurt. She was taken to the Ludlow, Mass hospital where she died ten minutes later.
 Widmere, it is charged, sped on and the Hartford police were noti- fled to watch for him.
 The Phoenix National bank was notified that Widmere had a check made out in the banks name and while Lieut.. Frank Santoro was be- ing told by the Springfield police over the telephone that Widmere probably go to the local bank, the man was asking to have the check caShed at the bank.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
DIAMOND ROBBERS
 QUICKLY CAUGHT
Stole Gems Worth Half Million on Illinois R, R. Train
RAIN HINDERED ESCAPE
Trio Captured By Sheriff Who Found Them in Muddy Corn Held 35 Miles From Scene of Their HOIdTD

Holdup.
 Champaign, Ill, Sept. g N-Three dapper Chicago bandits who robbed three diamond merchants of halt million dollars worth of iewelry on an Illinois Central train near here las night were captured in g corn field near Buckley, Illinois, to- day.
 They fell victims to the rain and the mud and straight shooting sheriff of Central Illinois.
 Buckley Is 35 miles north of Champaign. The robbers, when sur rounded in the corn field, had fioundered about six miles through the mud from Loda where they had been forced to abandon an over heated taxicab communicated after they jumped from the train.
 Timed Their Movements.
 The three bandits timed their movements by railroad schedule last night, bound, gagged and locked up the three diamond merchants just before the Illinois Centrals crack New Orleans limited arrived here from Chicago, and stepped to the station platform with the gems val ucd at half Q million dollars.
 Without hurry they hailed a taxi cab and were driven to adjacent Ur- bana, where they engaged a driver of another car, waited while he per suaded a friend to go along for com pany, and started on their flight to- ward Chicago, 125 miles away.
 So quiet and methodical was their work that others on the Pullman were unaware of the robbery until the train neared Mattoon, 70 miles further south. Then William David son, San Francisco, freed himself, Joseph Riskin, New York, and Nor ris Minsky, also of San Francisco, and the alarm was given.
 Bind Three Salesmen.
 The bandits entered the drawing room of the three jewelry men 20 minutes out of Chicago, and before the train arrived bound the trio, rifled their stock cases and bolted the compartment door. They did not make a thorough search Of all the baggage and missed s50,o0O in un- cut diamonds in Riskin's satchel. Davidson told officials everything in dicated the bandits kntw Of the jewellers stocks, which he said were fully insured against theft, and had trailed their victims.
 The robber trio had tickets from Chicago to Champaign.
 Word of the robbery was dispatch cd over railroad wires from Mattoon and the pursuit began. Communities in wide area toward Chicago were warned.
 At Paxton, 20 miles north, the sheriff emptici a sawed off shotgun at the car as it sped past. The shot puncturcd the tires but did not halt the flight.
 In Loda, four miles away, how ever, an overloaded motor baked and the trio, who had threatened the driver when accosted in Paxton, torsook the automobile and disap- peared up the deserted road toward Chicago, afoot.
 Posses were quickly organized and the entire section joined in the search, directed by railroad and civil authorities.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
2f INDICTED IN BOSTON

Boston, Sept. 9 P-Twenty-one indictments were returned today by the Suffolk county grand jury. Among these it was understood, were one or more against large contracting firm and several indi- vidual contractors, growing out of an investigation into an alleged s2,- 100000 graft in Boston paving con- tracts. .......a.,
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
Former Ball Star, War
 Vet, Legion Dependent

New Philadelphia, O., Sept. g P)- Unable to work because of his epi- leptic condition resulting from shell shock during the World war, Grover f"Red"D Donovan, 39. of Dayton. former pitcher for the St. Louis Americans, Is being cared for here by the American Legion. He came here yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
VALENTINO ESTATE
 IS OVER MILLION
Aunt Of His Last Wife to Share
 Third Under Terms Of Will
HAD LAVISH WARDROBE
Actor Had 40 Suits, 50 Pairs of Shoes, 300 Ties and 1 600 Pairs of Socks, Eight Autos and Five Horses Among Other Things.

Los Angeles, Sept. LP,-Rudolpt Valentino beQueathed third of hi; estate, valued at more than s1,OOo,- 900 to Mrs, Terese Werner, an aunt by marriage who remained loyal tc him during a separation from Natascha Rambova, his last wife The former wife, who is known ir private life as Winifred Hudnut, is cut off with one dollar by the terms of the will.
 Will Share Equally
 That Mrs. Werner is to share equally with Alberto and Maria brother and sister of the dead actor, in the final distribution of the Valentino estate. was learned here yesterday when the provisions of the late screen stars will were made public by W. I. Gilbert, his attorney. Gilbert has that he will file the docu- ment for probate tomorrow.
 Mrs. Werner, an aunt of Natascha Rambova, is said at present to be in Nice with her sister, Mrs. Rich ard Hudnut and her niece. Her home is in Salt Lake City. S. George Ullman, Valentinos manager, is named as executor without bonds.
 Cuts on His Wife
 Attorney Gilbert professed to have had no knowledge of the existence of the will until he received word from Ullman in New York that the document would be turned over to him for filing. The will was dated 1, 1925. and signed Rudolph Guglielmi." IL is said to have been drawn hurriedly at Val entino's request to supersede an earlier will made in New York in which Miss Rambova was named as the sole heir.
 Worth Over q Million
 Valentino has left an estate worth in excess of $1,0O0O00 according to the estimate of Ullman. His real properties are appraised at a half million. This estimate does not in clude his rights in his last two pie lures. "Thc Son of the Sheik" and The Eagle" which are expected to result in 8 gross earning of more than a million dollars. A life in surance policy for s50,000 is includ- ed in the properties listed by Ull- man.
 Falcons Lair" Valentino's home in Beverly Hills, Is valued at $175,- 900. A collection of armor and an- ,iques is said to be worth $75,000. Another house here and a seven acre tract in Beverly Hills swell the to- tai by S115,0oo. Three Italian motor cars are put down for s46,000. There are five other cars to be included in the appasement.
 Valentines private stables are valued at $50,O0O his five horses in- clude an Arabian thoroughbred and thre Irish jumpers. Twelve pedi- greed dogs are valued at s12,000. One is an Irish wolf hound. the gift of Mrs. Glen Stuart of New York and said to be worth $5,000.
 The property list includes Valen- tino's S7,50O yacht, The Phoenix" l pistol collection, a complete bird collection and two bird aviaries and his personal jewelry.
 His wardrobe said to contain 40 suits of clothes, 50 pairs of shoes, 800 ties and 1000 pairs of socks ex- elusive of costumes used in his pie lures.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09

That the "mystery truck in which Cezare Barberi of Hartford was driven to Brooklyn, N. Y, last Sunday evening, after having stabbed Carmelo Tiralongo of Tor rington to death in Hartford and fled to New Britain, may be in this city was learned this afternoon, and 1t was said that there is a strong possibility that the truck may be confiscated within a few hours. The Hartford police, believ- ing the murder will lead to the rounding up of a gigantic bootleg and hi-jacking ring, attach great importance to this truck.
 This afternoon Detective Ser geant w. P. McCue, who directed the local end of the murder chase and gave the tip that resulted in Barberi's arrest, was awaiting the arrival of Detective Sergeant Nicholas Gallichio of Hartford, but up to ? o'clock the Hartford off cer had not come here and efforts of Sergeant McCue to get in touch with him by telephone were fruit less. Shortly after o'clock, Ser geant McCue and Sergeant O'Mara left the police station.
 Sergeant McCue said he Is work ing with the Hartford police and is ready to do everything in his power to assist them. He admitted the possibility of the trucks being located here and said he under stands Sergeant Galichio's con- templated visit here has to do with the finding of it.
 Meanwhile, men who are said to be connected with bootlegging ac- uvities here, are watching every move of the police with unconceal- ed interest. Both Barberi and his victim are well known in this city the latter having been far more popular than the former, who Is said to be a bad man."
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09
Search Being Made in New Britain This Afternoon for Information on Rum and Hijacker Ring.

Hartford, Conn.,. Sept. P-Po- lice in Hartford and New Britain were working together today on new leads to the location and ident- ity of the mystery truck" which figured in the attempted escape of Cezare Barberi, accused slayer of Carmelo Tiralongo, bootleg boss of Torrington. The clue that seemed to loom up as most important in the eyes of the police of both cities was that the truck used in transporting -Barberi from New Britain to Brook lyn, N. Y, Sunday night was a small Dodge bakery truck of the closed model. It developed in New Britain last night from the story told by Michael Ruffo, who was in the custody of the police for two days as possible accomplice, that the driver of the truck which carried Barberi to New York was An Amer ican Fellow"
 Detective Sergeants John F. Madi- gan and Nicholas Gallicchio of the Hartford police were busy today ex- amining q large number of men taken from the Italian quarter of the city. Some were in the detec- tive's room to sign affidavits neces- sary for eXtradition proceedings. Others were examined in connection with new clues. But the activity at the Hartford police station this morning indicated that the state will have plenty of material on hand for its case, if the Investigations arising out of Tiralongo's murder are wid- ened, as has been intimated, into a cleanup of Italian bootlegging cir cles in this country. The Hartford detectives said this morning that the one certain thing about the situation as it appeared today was that more arrests are imminent.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-09

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The Washington times., 1926-06-18
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