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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-05-20
Historic Building

White Tower is the name given to
the largest and most important of the
buildings composing the Tower of
London. 1t was built about 1918 by
King William l, the Norman conqueror,
but was added to and strengthened by
several of Williams successors. Until
the time of the Stuarts 1t was used
both as a palace and as a state prison.
A menagerie existed in the White
tower down to 1881, when the ami
mails were removed to the Geological
gardens. The tower contains a fine
collection of armOr.
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Auto and stationary electric plants service
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c. E. FORD. Proprietor.
a Successor to Donald Bowie.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scrl6ers OF Montgomery county have OBJ.
tanned from the Orphans Court Of Mont
9omery county, Md, letters of admins
tratlon on the personal estateof
ROSE ANN BRUNETT,
late OF Mont eomery county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said de-
ceased are hereby warned TO exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof, to the sub
scribers on or before the 29th day of Sep
TENDER, 1927 otherwise they may, by law.
be excluded from all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment,
Given under our hands this 10Th day of
March. 1927
MARY EDITH BRUNETT.
VICTOR Z. BRUNETr,
apr S'6t Administrators.
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FAkMEkS BANklNG AMI IkUSI W.
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Capital, $55,2OO Surplus, $55,20O
Undivided Profits, $4,000
Resources, $1,4OO000
Transacts General Banking and Trust Business
AO paid savings accounts Credited accounts
f/O January l and July /. Compounded thereafter.
ACTS as Executor Administrator, Guardian and Trustee
Commissions very moderate Literature furnished on
application.
WILLS naming this Company Executor Trustee will be
written and safely kept, free of charge.
LOANS made approved endorsements collateral real
estate
OFFICERS
Robert G. Hilton President Secretary
Albert Bouc 1st Vice E. Deets,
Counsel F. Bache Albert, Asst. Treas
Walker Vice j. Hampton JONES' Asst Secty
Horace D. Waters Darby
james Deets W. Perry
Walker Alton c. Bell
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M. Richard E. Darby
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FOR SALE

DWELLING OF THE LATE JOHN L.
WELSH AT DERWOOD. MD.
ms property consists of twelve room
mouse and bath, celler under house, steam
neat and electric lights. in good repair
ana on half acre lot, with necessary out.
buildings. nicely located and pleasant sur
roundines.
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY NATIONAL
BANK. ROCKVILLE, ND.
june 27-tf e.,
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FARM FOR SALE.

] will sell at private sale my farm, con-
tanning 80 acres, improved by a good
dwelling house of seven rooms and ali
necessary outbuildings. Lot of nice fruit
on the place. Situated about three miles
from Rockville and short distance from
Derwood.
&c. LoUTHAN.
sep 5-3m Derwood Ma
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
COOLIDGE HAS
HIS OFFICE IN
SCH0OLR00M N
By PAUL R. MA1IoN
limited Press Staff Co~reSpOndento

RAPID CITY, S. D., June IL
President Coolidge went to work to-
day in n schoolroom with black
boards around the walls.
Ordering the White House motor
car early, tho chief executive rods
down from the hills to the new two
story high school builGing where his
offices have been set up and pre-
pared TO handle the business of the
nation.
The dim outlines of crayon maps
still chung to the walls as he sat
down at a mahogany desk and open
ed his mail. 1t was far removed
from the round room in the White
House, but Mr.. Coolidge accepted
it as if he had boon working there
All his life.
Six windows in Ioy on one
side, looked out over the rolling
hills. 1t was n plain room bare of
pictures and other adornments
There was only the largo table and
about a half dozen chairs in the
room.
After he had attended to AL of
the business that demanded his i'm
mediate attention, the President, ac-
companied by Mrs. Coolidge. set
out once again for the game lodge
in the hills that is the summer
White House.
He spent half an hour or 80 fish
ing in Squaw Creek later in the
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
WOMAN MEMBER OF ''STUNT
BURGLARS" IN WILD LEAP

: found Mccarthy and his wife in
bed. They ordered. the young wom-
an to dress.
She went into the bathroom, but
waited only to slip a dress over her
head then worked her way through
small window and leaped. The of
ficers rushed to the street in time
to see her climb into passing au,
tomobile and traced her to the
east side address.
Cronin denied the presence of the
girl in the house when Officers ap-
peared at the door. Upon pulling
out a well bed they found her be-
meath it.
According to San Francisco de-
tective who assisted in the appre-
hension of the pair, Mccarthy and
his wife are suspected Of completely
in a series Of burglaries in the bay
city. They eluded capture frequent
ly by climbing down drain pipes,
walking along lodges on buildings
high above the street and scamper-
ing over roof tops with the agility
Of monkeys, police say.
Several pieces Of jewelry found
in the apartment are being held as
evidence.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
Congressman To
Aid Dam Bill

Congressman Roy O. Woodruff
of Michigan left FL Centre this
morning to return to the east. The
congressman has just returned to
the states from visit to China and
the Philippine Islands and stopped
here to make a tour Of inspection
Of the Imperial Irrigation District
holdings.
"I am sure the Boulder Dam bill
will be passed at the December ses-
sion of congress-" he told Gilbert
Preston and A. E. Kellogg, who ac
companied him on the trip to An
drade and along the district lewees.
The congressman was not wholly
in favor Of the Boulder Dam pro-
ject when he arrived in Ell Centre
but after going over the valley he
said that he had found numerous
points favorable to the proposed
project. He said that he would
vote in favor of the measure and
urge friends to do the same if the
Swing.Johnson measure was brought
to vote.
The congressman was unable to
make the trip to Boulder Canyon
due to business interests which ne
cessitate his immediate presence in
the east,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
Ocean Storms
Hold Up Byrd
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NEW YORK, June 1.-Two
storms in mid.AtlantH today made
it virtually certsc< eat the Byrd
nonstop flight from New York to
Europe could not start before Sun
day or Monday.
The storms were between New
Foundland and ireland and wealth
er observers predicted they would
not clear up for at least 48 hours.
Commander Richard E. Byrd
was prepared to start in his trimot
ored Fokker monoplane as soon as
weather conditions permitted.
Reports that he planned a return
flight from Paris to New York or
some other new aviation feat con.
tinued to circulate today, but Byrd
himself said he had no definite
plans beyond reaching Paris safely
with his crew of two assistants.
New York demonstrated that it
has not yet tired Of Atlantic flights
when 5000 persons gathered at
Roosevelt Field late last night on
a rumor that Byrd was preparing
to leave.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
One OF MURDER
TRIO ARRESTED
in Los ANGELES
Juan Vasquez Held For
Local Sheriff On Old
Staying Charge.

Juan Vasquez, "a, wanted here
for the murder oe Quon Jack Gee IN
Brawley on January 8, 1925, was
caught iii Los Angeles last night.
Nasquez was apprehended on infor-
nation furnished the Los Angeles
authorities by Sheriff Giiiett, who
will leave this morning to bring
the prisoner FL Centre. Jose
Romero and Garvino Mayorga CO.
defendants with Easquez in the
murder case are still at large.
Gee at the time of the murder
was employed in a grocery store at
998 East Main street, Brawley, by
Gin Sing. According to the story
told by Sing two Mexicans enter
ed the store and he began waiting
on them. AS he leaned over
basket to get some apples he was
struck over the head and knocked
unconscious. Gee was treated IN
similar manner.
The men then started to ransack
the store, Gee reviving and begin
ming to fight with the burglars.
1Hey uIc" hillVeS anu StdDUeu Nce
repeatedly, 81 knife wounds being
found on his body when he was re-
moved to the undertaking parlors
later. Sing said that he escaped
like fate by pretending TO be
still unconscious.
A Mexican was later picked up
by the police at Brawley who said
that he could give the police some
information. He led them to a
house where he said the murderers
lived. Search revealed pair of
overalls covered with blood.
Three Indicted
Romero, Vasquez and Mayorga
were later indicted by grand jury
and named as the murderers.
The case stirred up considerable
excitement at the time, the Four
Families Association, the Quon
Ouong Yee Tong and the Chinese
Six Companies Offering rewards
totalling $1,000 for the arrest and
conviction of the three murderers
while Ernest E. Utlev, at that time
district attorney, offered an addi-
tional 5000 for information leading
to the arrest of one or all of the
defendants.
But though the names OF the
three and descriptions were broad
casted nothing was heard from the
trio until this week when the aut-
critics here learned that Vasquez
was in Los Angeles. The Los An
geles police were taken INTO con
fidence and tipped off to the prob
able place where Vasquez would be
found. The tip proved successful.
According to word received at the
sheriff's office the Identification IS
positive.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
River Peak Due
In Next 10 Days

The Colorado river is expected to
reach its peak IN the run of snow
waters from the mountains to the
north within tire next 10 days. Fig
ures show that the river is gradual
" rising and read as follows: AT
Grand Canyon, $500 second feet;
Topac, 63,500 second feet and at
Yuma, $4,000.
Chief Engineer M. j. Dowd in
discussing the situation today said
that he believes the river will go
we'll over the 100000 second-feet
mark in its final flourish but that
he believed there is little danger
of flood. He pointed out that the
levees are in good condition and
the fact that the water has run off
the mountains gradually this year
will make the final run of short
duration.
The district, however, is taking
every precaution and carloads of
rock are awaiting on rail sidings to
be rushed to any point of weakness
at moments notice. A careful
check of the levees is being kept
continually.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
C()L()RED
MAID IS
WITNESS
Testifies at Trial of
Actress Accused Of
Hiding Death.
ACCUSED NERVOUS
Miss Mackaye Restless
AS Woman Tells Of
Doctors Message.

LOS ANGELES, June 17.-Ethel
Lee, negro maid, who figured as a
star witness at the Paul Kelly trial,
took the witness stand here today
against her former mistress, Doro-
thy Mackaye, charged with conceal
ing circumstances surrounding the
death Of her husband, Ray Ray
mond.
THE newspaper reporters are
after me about Ray Raymond! Miss
Mack had better get here quick
or all this will be in the news
papers, DR.. Walter J. Sullivan
telephoned the Raymond home the
night before the song and dance
man died, according to the Lee wo-
man S testimony.
The maid testified that she COM
municated the doctor s message to
the actress, who with her chum, Hell
en- Wilkinson, Immediately left for
the Queen of Los Angeles hospital
where Raymond lay III q death
coma.
The Lee woman said that Miss
Mackaye did not return until 1880
. clock that morning and that two
hours later word was received that
Raymond had died.
The maids testimony furnished
the highlight of the morning. She
had previously repeated her account
of the "bare knuekle' slugging,
and the relationship that existed be.
tween Miss Mackaye and Paul Kel,
lv
During the time the Lee womax
was on the stand, Miss Mackays
whispered exeiS>dly TO her attorney
She was obviously nervous and con.
stantly chewing on her handkerchief
and biting at her lips.
The maid was the first witness
called to the stand, following open
statements in which Attorney Jerry
Giesler outlined q new version of the
case as Miss Macl:aye's defense.
He declared that the battle be-
tween Raymond and Kelly had
brought the estranged husband and
wife "closer together than they
had ever been before.''
Kelly, VINO is awaiting appeal on
conviction of manslaugLter for Ray
mond 5 death Will be called as a
prosecut ion witness.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
Election Notice
Read by Board

The first reading Of the ordinance
in connection with the special cleo,
tion to be called for the purpose of
placing the proposition of a $780,
900 bond issue for eliminating the
Eighth street ditch was made at a
special meeting Of the city council
last night.
The date for the special election
has been definitely set as July !.
The councilmen were anxious to
have the election on June % but
were forced to set it back four days
due to laws governing the ordinance
readings.
An application was received by
the board from Robert Whitelaw,
seeking appointment to the position
Of city prosecutor. This position
was made vacant by the appoint
ment Wednesday night of Kendall
B. Perkins as police judge. No ac-
tion was taken by the board.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
ARMOUR
winner
OF TITLE:
Defeats Cooper of Los
Angeles in Playoff For
Golf HOnOrs.
LARGE G ALL E r Y
New Champion Stages
Remarkable Finish to
Win Match.
BY United Press Leased Wire

OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB,
HUTTON, Pa, June l7.-Tommy
Armour, tall Scottish born Mary
land professional, became open golf
champion of the United States to-
day when he defeated Harry Cooper
Of Los Angeles in the play-off for
the 31st annual championship.
A remarkable finish, witnessed by
gallery Of 10000 gave Armour the
victory.
The SO IT. putt on the 18th started
Tommy on his triumph. A brilliant
recovery on the 18th, where he gain
ed two more strokes on his rival,
paved the way further.
Displaying perfect fighting spirit,
the dark haired Cooper refused to
yield when Armour got the jump
on him with birdie four at the
first hole Of the match.
But the shots at the 18th were
what clinched matters. Here Harry
Cooper, two strokes behind, laid a
mashie pitch to within foot Of the
hole. Up came Tommy to stroke
his chin and study the sitaation.
He played a low pitch which
struck the green, stopped nearly
dead and trickled to within six in
chcs of the pin.
After that, the crowd acclaimed
him the new omen champion. success
sor to Bobby Jones of Atlanta.
Armour won tho championship h',
margn of the, strokes, rs y %.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
OF
STRANCLER IS
BEING CHECKED
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WINNIPEG, Man. June IL
Positively dientified by Winnipeg
police as Adrian Harris, alleged
strangler murderer, a man held in
the city Jail here is believed re.
sponsible for the murder of more
than a dozen women whose deaths
baffled authorities of several cities
in the United States.
Harris Was captured at Killarney
Yesterday following one of the
greatest manhunts in Manitoba his
tory. More than thousand armed
men, including several American
detectives aiding the Canadian au-
thorities, surrounded the suspect in
a wooded plot after he had escaped
from the town Jail Is minutes after
his arrest the night before.
The chain of unsolved crimes ir
the United States may be cleared
as result of Harris arrest, police
here declared today. The crime or
gy, which commenced in San Fran
cisco two years ago, followed a
trail through several states extend
ing as far east as Chicago.
In telegram late Yesterday to
the police chief of Portland, Ore,
Phillip Stark, acting chief con
stable, said: 'Murderer arrested;
identified Thanks for cordial CO.
operation. Harris without doubt. -
Tn the meantime, fingerprints
found in connection with the mur-
ders Of several women in the Unit
ed States are being rushed to Win
nipeg for comparison with those of
the arrested man.
Following his capture yesterday,
the suspect gave his name as Virgil
Wilson, but later changed ii to
Earle Nelson.
Harris arrest followed the slay-
ing of Winnipeg woman and girl
over the week end. The crime was
committed in manner similar to
those among the unsolved murders
in the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
RED RUNNERS
STILL HEADING
TOWARD NORTH
Wonderful Stamina Is
Shown by Karooks and
Zunis in Long Race.
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LAYTONVILLE, Cal, June IL
Mad Bull, Karook Indian reached
Cummings, Cal, IL miles ahead of
his nearest competitors Choehee
and Melika, Zunis, at : Z. III. tod :.
He was l79 miles from the starting
point in the Redwood Highway In.
dian marathon.
The Zunis who are 4s and SO
wears Of age respectively were re.
luctant to stop here for rest at
all but Mike Kirk, New Mexico In
dian trader and their trainer, in
sisted.
Kirk expected, however, to over
haul the leader during the day Mad
Bull left Willis at 6 p. N. Thurs
day after but little sleep and made
the 81 miles during the night. The
Zunis were held at Willis by Kirk
until midnight.
Flying Cloud, Karook, was more
than half way to Laytonville from
Willis.
sweek Eagle, Fighting Stag and
Wh1te Deer LETT WIlIlts at q. m.
today.
Rushing Water and Falcon who
were picked up by the course ply
stefan l3 miles south of Willis yes
terdav and taken in for medical at,
tention went back to their stopoing
place to pick up the race again this
morning.
Bringing up the rear, llo miles
behind Mad Bull, Jamon, Young
Zuni, who was forced to drop out
because of bad feet Wednesday,
took up the race again this morn
ing and IA he waved farewell to the
little crowd which had gathered at
Robin 8 Nest where he has been
quite an attraction, he swore he
would make 10 miles today before
he stops.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
Home Made Alarm
Catches Burglar
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LOS ANGELES, June IA
home made burglar alarm spelled
capture and probable death for Chris
Nolan, SO, ex-convict here today.
Nolan, released recently from the
county Jail after serving a two.year
burglary sentence, was shot down as
he left a grocery in which Fred Re.
hars, the owner, had installed the
device.
When the man ent, red the store
the alarm sounded, and police We're
summoned. Nolan refused to obey
an order to halt and was fired upon,
Nolan will probably die, Accord
ing to police the man has served
time in Walla Walla, Wash. New
Westminster, B. c.; Monroe, Wash. ;
Wales, Great Britain; Seattle, San
Francisco, Long Beach and Leaven-
worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
TRAGEDY
HITS b|S|
F Am Il Y
Mrs. Gladys Allen Dies
In Wreck at Glendale,
Mother Dying.
son NOT INJURED
Family Left Valley Few
Days Ago to Settle In
New Home.
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GLENDALE, June 17-One WON.
an was killed and two other per-
sons seriously hurt, one probably
fatally, when the "Padre," Crack
Southern Pacific flyer, crashed in.
to an automobile at Aviation cross
ing on the western edge of this
city today.
Mrs. Gladys Allen, 81, of Ell Cen
tro, is the dead woman. Her moth
er, Mrs. Annie Bisi, suffered injur-
les from which she is not expected
10 recover, while her step-father,
$. Bisi, was also seriously hurt. The
injured were taken to the Glendale
hospital.
Earl Bonner, step-son Of the in
lurcd man, escaped unhurt.
Bisi and his family were enroute
here from Imperial Valley where
they recently sold their ranch. Bisi
had intended to buy ranch in this
vicinity and the automobile was
loaded with household goods includ
ing a canary and a cat, both of
which were killed in the crash.
As Blsl, who was driving the ma
chine, neared the crossing he ap
parently failed to see the approach
ing flyer which was travelling
southbound at fast rate of speed.
Young Bonner saw the train In
time TO jump but other members
were unable to escape and were
hurled with the demolished automo-
bile from the tracks.
Mrs. Bisi was reported to be suf
fering from internal injuries and is
not expected to recover.
Bisi formerly operated ranch
near Secley and was well known in
that section. Some time ago he
leased the old Coggins ranch near
Mesquite Lake, selling out there in
April because of i'll health. He was
married to Mrs. Bonner about two
years ago, friends of the family
said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, June 1.-Two
so-called 'stunt burglars, assert
ed to be an ex-convict and his wife,
wanted in San Francisco for a ser
les of thefts, were arrested here
today after the young woman had
made spectacular effort to escape
by jumping from third story win
dow.
The suspect, who said she was
Mrs. Beatrice Mccarthy, q, mirac
nlously escaped death and serious
injury, suffering only minor bruises
in the 50-foot jump. She leaped to
her feet and clad only in a light
dress and without shoes or stocking
ran into the street and tagged a
passing motorist.
She was later apprehended in
house in the east end of the city
and with her husband George Nc
Carthy, 27, who was taken in their
apartment was lodged in Jail. Ter
renee Cronin, oS. who, police say,
attempted to hide Mrs. Mccarthy
under folding bed at the east side
address was also arrested.
When police Officers broke down
the door Of . the apartment they
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
New Yorker Heads
rthopae dies

FRESNO, June 17.-Delegates to
the forty first annual convention
of the American Orthopaedic Asso-
citation were returning to their
homes today following the selection
of Officers. for the coming year.
Those chosen to lead the organi.
zation this year:
F. H. Albeen, New York City,
president, w. c. Campbell, Mem.
phis, vice president; De Forest Viii.
lard, Philadelphia, secretary, and j.
L. Porter, Memphis, treasurer.
Next years convention will be
held in an eastern city which will
not. be named until later.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
Fires Start In
North of State
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FRESNO, june l7.-Four brush
and grass fires in the foothills bor-
dering the San Joaquin Valley,
which burned over a total of ap-
proximately 5000 acres, were be-
lieved to be under control today,
according to reports here.
A blaze near Crows Landing in
Stanislaus county burned 5000 acres
Of grass and 800 acres of barley,
approximately 5000 acres of grass
were destroyed near Piedra in Fres-
no county. Fire along South Poso
creek in Tulare county burned 700
acres of grass and 20 acres OF
brush and small timber land were
swept by flames near North Fork in
Fresno county.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
NC Cartney's Folks
Are Not Located

Efforts to locate relatives of c.
N. Mccartney of Ell Centre who was
fatally injured in an automobile ac-
cident near Campo Sunday afternoon
have proved futile and arrangements
for holding an inquest into his death
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning are
being made. Witnesses to the acci-
dent will be brought here from San
Diego to testify while Alex Suther
land, driver of the machine in which
Mccartney was riding, will take the
stand to give his story of the acci-
dent. The funeral will be hold at
9 o clock Monday morning from st.
Mary's church with burial in Ever.
green cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-06-17
Believe Junk
Dealer Slain
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SANTA ANA, Cal, June l7.-Po-
lice dogs were used here today by
deputy sheriffs in an effort to To-
cate the BODY Of Carl Schantz, so,
junk dealer. believed murdered.
William Robey, Schantz's partner,
reported TO Sheriff Sam Jernigan
that he last saw his partner on Tues
dav in conference with another junk
man, known as "Cocky.' - Cocky is
said to have borrowed shotgun for
hunting trip.
Deputy sheriffs found two explod
ed, shotgun shells near Robey s
dwelling, Robey is held as a ma.
terial witness pending Investigation
of Schantz whereabouts.
A bloody cap and empty wallet,
Identified as Schantz were found
near Santa Ana river last night.
Nearby were two bloody sacks.