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New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
GUEST HATS LATEST
There Are Now The Big Craze Among The Young Women In London Who Want New Hats.

London, April l3 Pi-Cubist hats are the spring fashion in London. Girls may be seen in the east sido west side and all around the Eng fish metropolis wearing hats that can boast of no shape or color. They are trimmed with zig gag braidlngs Of silver and bright colors, which stray aimlessly about the hat or hang down from the brim in most unexpected places. Crowns and hrlms are in every conceivable shape. Hats are in violent contrast to suit or frock,
 Though the spring frocks arc dig hitled and feminine in line, tho trim mings and motifs are following the eccentric path Of the headwear An otherwise simple frock may be adorned with a huge and unbecom- ing silken flower with a bright arti- ficial gem in the center. The hem of the frocks often bear an unusual design such as a procession of little bears and lions or plants or flowers,
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
RADIO BROADCAST PROGRAM CHOSEN
Telephone Roll Call' Will Be
 Thursday Feature

Boston April IS CD - A radio broadcast of talking movie" and telephone roll.call' of the na. ton will be features Of dinner at the Boston City club on Thurs day night, The dinner is rendered to Brigadier General John l.. Carty vice president Of the Amer ican Telephone und Telegraph company, as q part Of the 50th anniversary celebration of the in vention of the telephone. Tho whole program will he broadcast by Station WEEI, starting at s p. m,, eastern standard time.
 The telephone roll-call will be carried out by General Carty and will contrast the development of the telephone since the first mes sages were carried from one room 10 another over wires in Boston house in 1876. The advances made since 12lC, the 10th anniversary of the telephone, will also be shown.
 General Carty who as head Of the department Of development and research. was the first man 10 talk across the continent in 1915. and by radio phone with Paris and Hawaii. will speak with telephone headquarters in various cities.
 In 1918 at similar dinner, Gen. cral Carty talked with San Fran. cisco and City club guests listened with headphones, This year, how ever, loud speakers will carry the voices Of every person fin the roll call 10 the dinner guests. Radio listeners will hear over the air the same program.
 The talking motion picture, said 10 be the first ever broadcast, has never before been shown. It was taken recently and is a picture of Thomas Watson, assistant of Alex ander Graham Bell, when he in- vented the telephone half a cen- tury ago. The scene is laid in Florida where Watson has been spending the winter.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
Motor Cars Admittedly
 Make Railroad Suffer

Chicago April l3 tPL-1he Rock Island lines are carrying fewer pass ,cngerS today than in 1911 because .of motor vehicle competition, Presi- dent German told stockholders in an annual report. which showed that the carried earned s4.5i on it's com mon stock in 1925, as compared with
 $4.S6 m 1924.
 The railroad Is developing Its long haul traffic, with which the motor business cannot compete, and enter ing competition on short hauls by trying out a motor rail car, MT. German said. The report showed that balance of income available for dividends amounted to sG,966,132, lan increase of nearly sl31,000. After payment of preferred dividends, the balance, sS,S9S,947 was added to surplus.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
Chinese Leader Wants to
 Eliminate Bolsheyism

Mukdcn. April lS Lf'-- Marshai Chang Tso-Lin, dictator Of Nan cburia. interviewed by various rep rrsontatiyes of the press today said;
 My whole object in the war lrf- rarring to the recent struggle with himself and Wu Pei Fu on the one side and Teng Yu-Hsiang on the o.hrt) is to eradicate holsheTism in China. As soon as that is ac- comrlish will withdraw to my own territory" ......-,
 Chang seemed 10 he 'mbitered again Tcng. He recl2r'd he vas not interested in who would he the next president of China although he said big man vas hooded,
 "I shall keep out of politics m China. my husinoss hcNG entirely ID Nlanchuria." he stated,
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
PLIERS ARE SAFE
spanish Ayiators Reach Bushirc in Persia After Long HOP and Then Continue Onward.

Bushire, Persia, April IS P4-The spanish aviators, Captains Loriga. Taboada and Gonzales es-Galarza fly Ing from Madrid 10 Manila, arrived here at 11:4b a. m, from Bagdad, and hoped off again at l;S5 ?. m. for Bender Abhas.
 Tho fliers had a good tourney from Bagdad. which they left with out having received news as 10 tho whereabouts ot their leader Captain Martinez. Estevez. whose abandoned plane was found about 100 miles from Amman, Palestine.
 The weather vas favorable throughout the flight to this Persian gulf port, and similar conditions arc expected for the continuance o' the journey southwar1 10 Bender Abbns. The aviators were given big reCop- tions both upon landing and leaving.
 The distance from Bagdad 10 Bushire by air line is 40 miles, and from Bushire to Bender Abbas S45 miles. The ayiators gill probably follow the coastlinc, however adding considerable mileage 10 the latter leg.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
SLEUTH IS ARRESTED

Bridgeport April IS R)-John Schwimmer, AZ, private detective and salesman living at 1855 Hancock avenue, this city and wanted by the New York police, has refused 10 waive eXtradition and Is being held hy he Bridgeport police. Schwim- ner's case was continued to Wednes- day in the city court today. The man is wanted in New York for grand larceny. Ho declares lie knows nothing about the charge.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
DOC SOINNS ALANNf

Yalesvillc, Conn. April l3 P'-- Awakened by the howling Of q collie carly today, Dr. J, II. Blake. bor- ough physician found his residence in flames. Ii was with considerable difficulty that he carried his wife who 'vos overcom" by smoke, 10 safe ty. The fire destroyed land mark in tuis town, th" historic Young Iromcatcad, wh4rh is opposite tlie Methodist church adjoining the LLnnll,r
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
INCREASE SCHOOL DAY

New Haven. April l3 Pl-Action by the board of education last night which increases the length Of the .chool day in the Commercial High .chool by 60 minutes under the new
 plan of supervised study was ap- proved today by Principal W, II Spencer The teachers had protest ad the supervised study plan. The rev arrangement will be effective ir inc fall
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
NEW HAVEN ROAD
 SHOWS GOOD GAIN
1925 Net Over Four Million
 Greater Than 1924

New York, April l3-A statement Of the affairs of the New Haven rail road for 1925, made public yester- day, shows q surplus after all charges of s74lS,252. an improve ment over the previous year Of St4lsG0i. The 1925 net Is cquiyn- lent to earnings Of si.72 per share on the capital stock and compares with earnings of sl.2l per share in 1924.
 Passenger revenues. President r. J. Pearson reports, were substan- tial,y tho same as the previous year, the sair being practically all due 10 tho incrsss. tn freight revenue which nlsasursd in ton-mlIes, exceeded any previous year, Gross rovcnues amounted to si5.266,42., m ad' ysree ot tt,cb3.7c4,
 The favorable result for the year" he says. for the New Haven and for the railroads Of the country a. whole has been largely due. although generally not SO recog- rIred, 10 more than normal traffic. r.ducef cos, of fuel and some sup plies and the absence Of any unusual difficulties affecting transportation or industry"
 Two factors, however, he aays, af- fec.ei uazsenge. revenues tavornbly' Pm 1tFts n- -4rs,a.e commerce commission with frng!nr is order for nn inter than-caDle scrip coupon mileage Look which 1t is estimated would have entallcd loss Of not less than s2,500.Q00 in the New Haven annual naysanger fares and decisions Of the itters,H.e commerce commission and inc public service commission Of New York state that proposed in crease, in commutation and ilfty-trlp fares between New York City and points in New York state and Con .necticut were justified.
 Regarding the New flarcn's ho!1- iues in the Boston X Maine. PreSl- deut Pearson says;
 : "Your company has an investment in inc stock and securities or the Eos,on X Maine Railroad, through the medium of tbo Boston Railroad Holding Company, amounting 10 s?SqSS.5t9. Through this medium your company owns and votes upon Ho2q.SS3 shares O. Boston and Maine stock ont O. q total Of S14,7aS' sup stantlally 2S,3 per cent The hold ings oe this stock are as toIio"s' Common. 219,1S9; preferred, 6,o4"; first preferred, 4.tjl; total, 229'SSS'
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
Court Rules Man Need Not Pay Extraditi0n Expenses

New Haven, April l1 pt-Jud6e John R. Booth in the court of com mon pleas here today reversed th" decision of city court in the case of Abraham Eomanoff. who was held responsible for S35l.75 expenses for his extradi,ion on non-support charge. The defendant was ordered to pay his wife s15 week and file a bond of s400.
 When his attorney filed the bond he was told that in addition 10 the actual court costs, Romanoff would have to pay the extradition costs, the case was appealed. Judge Booth ruled that the court and police had assumed the responsibility for re- turning that man and that legally, 1t was not possible to assess him with the expense of extradition.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
GREENWICH WOMAN JAILED

Greenwich, Conn., April IS P.-. When Mrs, Wadyswa Dombroski was fined s4o0 and costs and given 30 days in jail today in the borough court tt became known that police yesterday found a still In actual operation In the womans home, this being the first still so found here, With the still were taken three barrels of mash, dishes, utensils used in handling liquor and Is gallons of fluid which had been distilled, The woman took an appeal and was held in S25Q0 bonds.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
War Propaganda Will Be
 Told hY NeMspaperman

schenectady, \. r., April 13 Pl-- War propaganda and how 1t was dealt with by the Associated Press, will be described by Edward Mic Kornou, superintendent of the east crn division Of the news organtza- ton, in Q radio address tomorrow night. Mir. McKcrnon will speak over WGI. the broadcasting station Of the General Electric company at G:4J. Later he will b" a guest at the dinner Of the Schenectady Press club.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
SEEK GERM CARRIER

0rino. N1Ino ANT7 75 W7 7-- \ "cerm carricr' is being sought as the possible sourcn Of eleven eases e typhoid fever originating aN one or inc fr.,, rni'v houses at th" University O. lIom., One of tha victims. Henry F. Price. fra''r- pity mcnh,r. di'I at his home m Portland. on Sunday
 Tno chef and s'N'ral members of the frat,ym'v are Q0arantined and a7n under 'onscrfa'ion. pending ltpor,s from tho state laboratory
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
How Election News Is
 Handled by the A. P.

New York, April Ia P-The s,ory Of how the Associated Press prepares for and reports etate and presidential elections will be told over the radio, by l.. r, Curtis, su- pcrintendcnt Of elections Of the news organization. Mir. Curtis will speak at $50 Wednesday evening at WIZ, the broadeasting station of the Radio Corporation of America. He will reveal how 1t is possible to an nounce overnight the results that are officially made known weeks or months later.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
ATTEMPTS SIlICIDE

Bridgeport, Conn, April IS OPs-- Albert Hoyt, 6S, of 30 Roosevelt street, this city, slashed his throat with razor shortly before noon to- day. Despondency over his recent and prolonged illness Is believed to be the cause. His condition was said at the Bridgeport hospital today to be poor.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
s,,,; ms IT. MACKi.ADY.

Dayton. D.. N;lri) l$ P--Li"ut'n- a.t Jan. '. uoo)'to. winner c ,ao IqoaH-s Soan'.Jrr scanjon" cup st Ealtimorn last var. will 1ureeft lJ1,onan. Ion0 N Marr"a5y as cuf,r O" thn ticu' '.s' section or inc .;croo'. n,I army .tr station here'
 ya,n 'iacr, ly qoi'- 10 become an , Iurr,o r,.t...ra'or yal'su"A,
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
Odd ,fohS for Girls

Mrs. Laura Bill is housekeeper 10 King George and Queen Mary Of England at Buckingham Palace. Be fore her elevation to this job, "T.al- la," as she was first called by the Prince of Wales, was nurse to the royal children for more than 30 years.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
BANKRUPTCY GASES

New Haven. April 1S P-EdT'In T. Holmes Of Greenwich filed peti- ton in bankruptcy here today listing
 liabilities at saG,822.63 and assets at $500. Herman w. Dorman. hardware
 dealer Of this city in his petition
 gave liabilities Of s14.o3S.S1 and as- sets Of s2,550.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13

day is not manIfesting the interest or sustaining tho rights and priv tleges ot American citizens, and that not names on ballots, but cardinal principles of candidates above re- proach must be our standard at the primaries and elections"
 We who make our own laws" the resolution urged, should direct ly or by representation, show by our individual action reverence, know- edge, observance. obedience and viz. ilance."
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
METAL GiRDER HITS WORKMAN

Dominick Martin"tti of 1T Ridge. wood street was struck by a metal girder while working on the new theatcr building in the rear Of Chest nut and Main streets this morning. He suffered q painful injury to the neck and vas treated at New Brit ain General hospital.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
,.,rN rrII,i IMPROVED.

UH..Ja-tor- Aprt E 'n'~Ta" .aru lr... lru rtuof ipli vas o. ovos,l to5oy by ,h' senate "TT.rnl- f..ar coumutoe a. R rider 10 tA' ad- ,.nisfra,{ors coor'ra'tre marketing lin. Tlr ni,l pro2oscs 10 place n '." cn certain agricultural products 70 1,, n .f In s~Niiirm@ tho S'frl"' .,~na.t ',1.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
TO FILL VACANCIES

Washington April Is tP~Presi- dent Coolidge expects to fill within few days. the vacancies which oc- cur April F on the railroad labor board.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PEOPLES HANDS
Woman'S National Committee
 Listen to Sound Advice
Washington. April IS OP,--Havns

Washington. April IS Ps--H Having In no uncertain terms informed tho senate prohibition committee os their uncompromising opposition 70 the modification Of the Nostead act, tho woman's national commitetn for Ia" enforcement today issued a challenge to The American people to uphold the constitution, and listen cd to the advice ot speakers who asked them to pound at tho job Of building np sentiment for law ob- scrvance."
 Watchful Women Can Help.
 Principal among these speakers was Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who Is in charge Of the department Of justice liqnor prosecution forces, She said "watchful units Of women" can keep public officials delivering. their bcst efforts even though such officials, at times, be the kind. that unwatched, would slight the task in hand"
 Mrs. John n. Rockefeller, Jr. in q statement read 10 tho conference asked "why not he honest With our selves and admit that our children will not be the high minded. fine people that we want and expect then, 10 be unless we--their parents set them an example Of being just and law-abifing citizens"
 Assets and Liabilities.
 The political assets and liabilities commission Of the conference, head cd by Mrs. William Harrison Cole. Of the Illinois Federation Of Wom- ems clubs, brought in the challenge for enforcement. It was contained in Q report which listed the assets and liabilities Of the nation as they re- late to observance. Among the assets were good citizens; intelligent vot- CTS; and citizens of character willing 10 stand for office.
 Liabilities were listed as corrupt politicians; the instinct 10 hide party sins; indifferent citizens; the system Of political patronage; political ma chimes; timi1ity or cowardice in fighting well known evils and yield ing to "enemy propa ganda.'
 Know laws Are Broken.
 "We have a full knowledge that many Of the vital laws of this coun- try are being hagrantly violated,' said m appended resolution. Our liabilities are becoming greater than our assets, which will mean moral bankruptcy"
 It was added that the citizen of to-
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13

Transferring wheat directly into dough without a milling process has been accomplished in France.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
Know laws Are Brok en.
Grandmother Knew There Was Nothing So Good for
 Congestion and CoIds as Mustard

But the old-fashioned mustard plaster burned and blistered while it acted. Get the relief and help that mustard plasters gave, without the plaster and without the blister.
 MusteTole dses it. It is a clean, white ointment, made with oil of mus. tard. It is scientifically prepared. so that it works wonders.
 Gently massage Musterole in with the finger-tips. See how quickly it brings re- lief-how speedily the pain disappears.
 Try Musterole for sore throat, bron- chitis, tonsillitis, croup, stiff neck. asthma. neuralgia, headache. conges- ton, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints, spraina. sore muscles, bruises, chil- plains, frosted feet, colds of the chest \
New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
How both customers got

HEN two ou,-oi-town customers called at the furniture store of The H.M.BullardCo o., n New tia9en, looking for a gray enamel Glen wood range. ,he floor sample ... n.rL.l ".nld" and hnih
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-12-03
COUNTY
POTATOES WIN

Sheridan County again proved
that superior quality products
along all lines of farm crops can
be raised in the county when last
week, Geo. w. Points, of Daleview,
received notice that he won second
place on potatoes at the large Pa
cific Coast Fair at Portland, COM
peting with the leading potato
counties in the United States as
well as potatoes grown on irrigat-
ed land.
Mr.. Points won the prize on a
bushel entry of Bliss Triumph of
the Sharples strain. This strain
is recognized as the best strain of
Bliss Triumph for Southern seed
trade. Mr.. Points is shipping a
carload of these potatoes to LOuisi-
ana which he has sold at a fancy
price to potato growers in that
state, to be used for seed.
More and more it is being recOg-
nized that Sheridan county and
Northeastern Montana can raise
products of a superior quality.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-12-03
HOMESTEAD MAN
FROZEN TO DEATH

Murdoch McEtchen of Homestead,
one Of Sheridan counts inhabitants,
was found frozen to death in Jerome
BOrtell's abandoned building, between
Homestead and Medicine Lake.
Mr.. McEtchen was a f farmer at
Homestead, and on Thanksgiving day
went to the farm of Ed. Inge at Med
icine Lake to plOw McEtchen helped
Inge back to the city with the horses.
After supper he left for his home and
was caught in a blizzard that came
up. He got into the abandoned barn
of Jerome Bortelle, and there lay
down and fell asleep He was found
Monday by a searching party who
went after him. His saddle horse
and dog were with him, still alive.
He was bonn on Prince Edward
Island, n. S., As years ago. In 1901
he came to Montana and began herd
ing sheep for Jack Mcdonald. He
leaves behind him a wife and fiv,
children.
The flnaral we bold Tuesday &C
! ternsen, 200 2 ST.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-12-03
INGWALSON COMPANY
RUNNING PREHOLIDAY
PRE-INVENTORY SALE

IngwalsOn Company, which firm
operates tho largest general mer-
camille store in Northeastern Mon
tana, and the largest store in Plen-
tywood and Sheridan county, is put
ting on a thirty-day pre-inventory
sale which commenced Wednesday,
December 1st.
Everything in the store has been
thrown into the bargain hopper, and
the people Of the county viii have
an opportunity to buy seasOnable
goods from the best store in East
ern Montana at pre-inventOry
prices.
Sale was advertised by bills ard
the store Is ths daily .aoees CT tise
holiday shoppers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-12-03
Light Quarrel
Settled Out of Court

Helena.-Complaint of the ScObey
Commercial club against the Mon
tana-Dakota Power company on ex-
cessive rates, which was set for
hearing before the Montana public
service commission, December 8, was
dismissed yesterday. The power
company has agreed to establish a
scale of rates in all classes of ser
vice, approximately two cents pei
kilowat hour under the present rate
being charged. This is being done
until the company can build its per
manent high tension line into ScObey
early next spring.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-12-03

Recalls Wild Time
The trial recalls the incidents in
ScObey at the time Sigert met his
d h under mysterious circum-
stances. The Bucket of Blood was
then going full blast and wild orgies
of drinking and shooting was the or
der OF the day in the border town I'M
til the Producers News turned the
searchlight Of publicity on the affairs
in the Daniels county capital with
the result that the federal and state
authorities interviewed an d restored
order in Scobey.
Little Girl Star Witness
Special interest is taken in this
trial because it was not until June, IA
months after Sigert's body was found
in the Poplar river, west of here. with
bullet hole through his head, that
officers had even a suspicion of how
Sigert was killed. 1t was last June
that Elsie Hedderick, year old niece
of Kittock, told Mrs. G.. A. Dahlquist
Of this city, with whom Elsie was
living of a shooting which she said
occurred in the Great Northern section
| mousse long TIME DeIOre.
Girl Sticks to Story
Kittock, in 1925 and part of 1926
lived with his mother and sister in the
section house, Elsie told Mrs. Dahl.
quist that her uncle, Kittock, and {
man whom she did not know, were
| quarreling over a bottle of whisk,
which ended by Kittock getting a gul
and shooting the other man.
Elsie was taken before County At
t0rney John S. Nyquist where she re
peated the story as completely as sh
could remember it, after which Kit
took was arrested.
In July, Kittock was given a pre-
liminary hearing. Elsie was place.
on the witness stand. She again re
peated her story clearly and stuck t
the main facts even though she wa
placed under long and trying eros
examination. She told the court tina
/ her uncle, Joe Kittock, shot the ma
.,il~ .T1ul he lad ouaT~nlad. +h~
CONTINUED on page Four1
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-12-03

At 500 o'clock sharp, Friday ev-
ening, December 10th, the boxing
fans Of Northeastern Montana will
have an opportunity to witness one
of the best fighting cards ever put
on in this city, according to the pro-
motors.
The bouts which are under the aus
pieces of the local post of the Ameri-
can Legion are composed mostly of
young pugs in this part of the state,
and some real excitement is prom
ised
The main bout will be between
Martin Marsh of this city and "Alka-
Ii Pete" Hendricksmeier Of Raymond.
Just to make the battle a little more
interesting those who claim to know
say that there is already bad blood
between the two boxers and that a
red-hot battle will start from the
first tap of the bell until-well, it
can hardly be said at this time, al
though friends Of both fighters are
willing to wager their hard-earned
simoleons freely in behalf Of their
favOrite.
Martin Marsh has the reputation
of being a natural fighter and one
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