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New Britain herald., 1927-03-12
FAILS CHANNEL SWIM
Famous Western LC@iess swimmer Again Meets Failure in Trying Catalina swim.

santa Monica, Cal., March F tP' -Charlrs Ximmy. leglnsS swimmer. last night failed in his third at tempt to negotiate the san Pedro channel hetwoen santa Catalina Is land and the mainland.
 Emmy was forced to leave the water shortly before S o'clock when ho had padded but five miles of the twenty odd miles. according to re- port received by Radio station kE'ND here.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-12
PARKING SPACE DISCUSSION.

\ meeting of the parking space will be held Monday light and letters from other cities laving municipal parking stations will be read and discussed. The com nittce is headed by Councilman w. ;paulding Warner, who fostered the in the common council.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-12
REPORT BURGLARY ATTEMPT.

The police were notified this morn ing that an attempt had been made during the night to enter tho and 10 cent store at the corner of Myrtle and Main streets. Officer Fuoney rc- ported that a window had been not been made.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-12

An airplane flew a thousand feet above Forty-second street. From it's radio set and ampllfier-one of sciences most recent marvels - sounded clearly to the crowds be. low the tune and words of "The Sidewalks of New York" But the song had not been changed to suit it's new method Of rendition. It ran: East Side. West Side, all around the town - instead of East Side. West Side, and up above the town"
New Britain herald., 1927-03-12

Night clubs have their outpost scouts" II is a common occur unce for pedestrians on Broadway to be approached by street corner idlers with a tip on a good club just around the corner" The scout" syen offers q card 10 en- sure admission. This activity has spread to Grand Central station, where a baggage man. with weather eye for out -of-towners, has taken up the business "on the side
New Britain herald., 1927-03-12
Rockville /Ili-N Club

Referee, Whaples! umpire, Dole.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-12
COMBINE SHOPPING
 WITH THE THEATER
This Is the Latest Thing in
 New York City

New York, March lc.-Shopping 7an be combined with theater-go- uas in the Rialto.
 The shows attract thousands Of n"lential shoppers 10 Broadway .ni !ts n-,ghhorins avenues, Sixth. seventh and Eighth. The business .'-y for the small stores along 'Sast :horoughfares therefore, lasts ,-ui near'y midnight.
 Women may outfit themselves all
 --st completely Tn going to and -nr tho theater. Hosiery shoes, 'nc-rthings, dresses, hats and '.~.-lry are among the wares sold -,.etuiua.ly. Men are similarly at ,s;-d .- buy every kind of haber- '"~u-ry and probably new suit "5oid oo acquired in trip from '"raJer ,e restaurant.
 trassware, curios and numerous ''hsr articles besides clothing also ,r> tor .ale behind open doors.
 mo hosiery shops are selling nsaf silk stockings in groups of .nree as well as. in pairs. The price, obviously, Is computed per stocking. \ clerk explained that women, who have been suffering the embarrassment Of unexpected tears, mud spots and other disas- ters since chiffon hosiery became fashionable. are carrying a spare etocking in their purse for such emergencies. jus. as hubby keeps d spare tire or the family motor car.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12
laurence SLAYER
Believed Caught
Much Hunted Suspect Arrested
in Vermont

Hyde Park. VT, July 12.-UP)-
After being held up for nearly q
week on a vangrancy charge, George
Taylor. itinerant barber wanted for
the murder Of Miss Stella Kale, %,
OF Lawrence, Mass, at Salisbury
beach on June s, has admitted his
identity, according to police here.
Massachusetts State Detective
Richard G. Griffin, arriving late yes
terday after being informed that the
man answered the description Of
the murder suspect, questioned the
man at length, and finally secured
the admission that he was George
Taylor.
The bruised and battered body Of
Miss Stella Kale was found on Sails
bury beach in the early morning Of
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12

lilies and mosquitoes-a nui-
l. sance in camp or at home!
Kill them at once, with Fit.
Fit spray clears the house in few
minutes Of disease bearing flies,
mosquitoes, bed bugs, reaches,
ants and AeaS 1t searches out the
cracks where insects hide and
breed, destroying their eggs.
Fit kills moths and their larvae
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12
ART|CHOKE LOOMS
AS A GOOD CROP
Govt. Bureau Hopes to Stimulate
Cultivation

Washington. R-Visualizing a new
farm industry. federal scientists see
broad fields of Helianthus Tuberos-
us. from the Dakotas to Texas, from
the headlands of Maine to Califor-
MIA.
The prospective stock Is Jerusa-
lem artichoke, rich in levulose, the
sweetest Of sugars.
Farmers are ready" says the
United States Bureau Of Standards.
Ito launch intensive artichoke cul-
tivation. Refineries are eager for
comm ercial recess and formula.
Within the next three years govern
ment laboratories likely will have
lowered manufacturing costs to a
competitive basis, giving world mar
kets a super-fine sugar and the
American farmer a new basic crop
in agriculture"
DR.. George K. Burgess, chief of
the bureau Of standards, considers
the manufacture OF levulose from the
juice of artichoke tubers an accom-
plishment Of extreme economic I'M
portance.
For thirty years." he says, 1.-The
United States has sought favorable
disposition OF surplus corn and
wheat. BY crystallizing dextrose,
the bureau OF standards created the
American corn sugar industry.
Now. it roposes to reduce the wheat
acreage by turning the Jerusalem
artichoke from a common weed In
to cash crop.
THE introduction Of levulose into
ordinary commerce would solve one
of the problems Of the supplement
tary food sources. inevitably to eb
sought as the needs Of steadily In
creasing national population ap-
proach the capacity of our agricul-
tural resources to supply sustenance.
Habits Of the artichoke are different
from those of sugar cane and sugar
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12
Indian Ruler in New York
To Watch Polo Games

New York. N. T., July 12.-P1
The maharajah OF Rattan, polist
and soldier ruler in Central India,
was here today in all his oriental
splendor to witness the international
matches beteen the British army-in-
India team and America in Septem-
Der.
He came at the head of six men,
bers of the team dressed in his
native clothes, he furnished a pic
turesque addition to the challengers
He wore a tight-fitting long coat
white puttees and a yellow and pink
turban, while huge diamond adorn-
ed the lobe OF each ear and a dia-
mond attached to a locket was sus-
pended from his neck.
He will not take part in the
matches, but he plans to play at
Meadowbrook.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12
MARSDEN WILL PRESIDE

Madison. July IL R - Justice
of the Peace Arthur W. Marsden
has changed his mind and will pre-
side Wednesday over the trial of
Chief Of Police Burton ]. Page,
charged with driving an automo-
bile with improper registration. he
said today. No reason was given for
the change of attitude since he an
nounced previously that it would
not be equitable" for him to hear
the case.
CHEZ Page was arrested on a
warrant sworn out by Marsden on
complaint of Adds Garden, who al.
legged that the officer had hired and
driven to the beach an improperly
registered car. Garden had just been
arrested for driving without Ii
cense and fined 500 and costs.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12

June 8. near the Photographic studio
of Arthur Williams where she had
been employed.
Search for Taylor began when ht
was reported to have sold wris'
watch identified as having belonged
to the murdered girl.
The finding Of Taylor ends 6
search that has covered four New
England states.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12

which eat holes 1t viii save your
clothing. furs and rugs. Clean and
easy to use. Viii not stain.
Fit is the result of exhaustive
laboratory research. 1t has re-
placed old Ineffective methods.
Fatal to insects but harmless to
mankind. Recommended BY
Health Officials. Buy Fit and Fit
sprayef today. For sale every.
where.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12
WIFE is DEPORTED

NV York, July IL Up - A wife,
who was courted by another while
her seafaring husband was absent,
was deported yesterday with her
baby girl to Germany. the home OF
the child's father, leaving behind
her American husband. who had
quit the sea and was willing to
adopt the child of his rival.
The woman. Mrs. karla Grill,
was ordered deported by immigra-
ton officials for moral turpitude
despite the husbands efforts to OBJ
tain permission for her to remain
in this country.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12

guilty OF "carelessness. laxity and
Indifference" in the conduct OF his
Office by the triennial convention of
the brotherhood. Daugherty was the
third official of the brotherhood to
be found guilty of similar charges,
C. f. Lindquist, secretary treasurer.
and L. G. Griffing, first vice presi-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12
DIES AT AGE OF 112

Fisher River, Man, July II Up
Believed to have been the oldest
inha bitant Of Canada. Mrs. Mar
garet Thickfoot, Of Salteaux Indian
extraction, Is dead at the Jackhead
Indian reserve, near Lake Winni-
peg, at the age Of ZIP.
She was the widow OF Chief
Thickfoot, who before his death.
many years ago. played an impor-
tant part in the Christianizing of
the Salteaux Indians.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12
PROMINENT woman
AIDS IN MARKETS
Atlanta Society Matron Turns
to Unusual Job

Atlanta, July -. ReAn Atlanta
society woman towards whom Geor-
gla farmers looked with skepticism
few years ago but later turned
lor help In making money, now is
an assistant to the director of the
State Bureau Of Markets.
Mrs Norman Sharpe. former
president Of the Atlanta Federation
OF Women's Clubs an appointee
of Eugene Talmadge, State Com
missioner Of Agriculture, thus has
the highest position ever given a
woman in the department.
A few years ago Mrs. Sharpe,
chairman Of the market committee
of the Atlanta women's club, ask
ed the city for space surrounding
the city auditorium for a curb mar
ket In order to remedy a shortage
IN fresh fruits and vegetables at
moderate prices.
Debutante and club women
drove to the country before dawn
each day to meet farmers bringing
produce to the city and directed
them to the curb market. AS a
result the second months opera
ton showed produce sales of $751;
900.
The idea for municipal market
developed. Mrs. Sharpe and her
associates persuaded the city coun-
Gil to appropriate $4,000 for a site
and public spirited men financed
the building. now owned by the
city.
Il hope to serve the farme rs. -
says Mrs. Sharpe, "by giving them
scientific information about the
cultivation OF higher priced food
crops, especially those which now
are being imported by the state"
She will distribute most Of her
information as a contributing edi-
tor to n weekly market notification.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12

beets. making 1t possible to utilize
those sections Of the country not
adapted to sucrose- producing plants.
Factories In continental United
States which manufacture sucrose
are limited to their period Of opera
ton to the short season between
maturing Of beets or cane and the
quickly following winter. They are
thus idle during the major portion
Of tho year. making 1t desirable that
a supplementary industry based upon
the levulose producing plants, in
crease the serviceability of these
factories.
Moreover, the cane-growing re-
gions Of the South would benefit
from a crop rotation in which the
root crops of the artichoke would
alternate with sugar cane"
Importance OF the artichoke as
nationwide farm crop arises from
the fact that its growth Is not lin
tied to any one section. 1t succeeds
on any well-drained land with but
slight attention. The artichoke is
planted IN the same way as potatoes
and cultivated the same as corn. 1t
is an extremely hardy plant.
Indigenous to the upper Missis-
sippi valley, the Indian cultivated
lit with his corn and tobacco before
the white man came. As a human
food the artichoke offers variation
from potatoes. Reports have come
to the government that diabetes
can eat levulose with no harmful re-
suits.
AS forage crop. either as tubers
or plants, the artichoke completes
with maize and may find its expan-
sion outside the maize region.
Under favorable conditions, arti-
choke yield approximately 900 BUSH
els, or about % tons per acre.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12

Guest: Your dinners are always
such a success, Mrs. DeSmythe. How
10 you select your menus?
Hostess: The doctor has given
me list Of things I mustn't eat.
and I choose the dishes from that.
Passing Show.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12

Plants have even more kinds OF
diseases than people do. More than
1000 diseases are known and many
more are being studied.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12
DAUGHTERY GUILTY

Cleveland, O., July IL P-Harry
P. Daugherty, second vice president
OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers. yesterday was found
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-12

dent, being the others.
No penalties for the men have
been determined by the conventions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
WIFE MAY TURN
ON HAMMER

Attorneys for DIR. Dee Hammer
and Mrs. Apolonio. alleged conspira.
tors in a plot to kill the latters
husband. Joseph Apolonio. metal
manufacturer, planned to meet late
today in preparation for the pre-
liminary hearing for their clients
Thursday.
Another effort by DR.. Hammers
attorneys 10 procure his release
failed this morning when the Dis
trict Attorney refused to reduce the
bond below $4,000.
Today's conference is expected to
decide whether Mrs. Apolonio and
her family doctor will make the
same defense. or whether attorneys
for the two will disagree and fight
among themselves.
There Is a strong possibility that
Mrs. Apolonio may turn against
the little spinologist who is her al
legel co-conspirator.
That Mrs. Apolonio will deny all
knowledge of a conspiracy to kill
her husba nd, Is a foregone con-
for her to testify aaginst her fam
lily uOciOT III oEucI W Cicdi uVA
own. skirts is being considered by
her attorney, George E. Mcneil,
in view of the known evidence
against DIR. Hammer.
This evidence consists of the
81 100 notes, alleged to have been
given Police Detective Robert E.
Langdon in payment for killing
Apolonio.
So far as is known, police have
no tangible evidence against Mrs.
Apolonio, but rely upon converse
tions with DIR. Hammer to link her
in the alleged conspiracy.
According to police, after a
friendship of several years, DR..
Hammer and Mrs. Apolinio hired
a private detective to trail the
husband. Finally DIR. Hammer is
said to have proposed that the de-
tective kill Apolinio. The private
detective then called In Police De-
tective I.angdon. introducing him
as a professional gunman.
Meanwhile, Joseph Apolonio Is
standing by his wife, refusing 70
believe any part Of the allegations
that she plotted his death. A week
ago today, the morning following
her arrest. he hired an attorney and
raised the $4,000 bond for her re-
lease from the House of Detention.
Attorneys Fred P. Myers. Thomas
J. Luckett and James B. Flynn ap-
pear for DIR. Hammer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
PAVING v Al 7 s
ON COOLIDGE

The District highway department
is waiting for President Coolidge to
go away before paving several
streets in the neighborhood of the
White House.
East Executive Avenue. Treasury
Place, Seventeenth Street. between
New York Avenue and Pennsyl.
vania Avenue. and New York Ave
nue., between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Streets. are all to be
paved within the next month, but
work on them is being held up
until the. President leaves.
The work on East Executive
Avenue will not be done until con-
tractors have finished hauling ma.
terial for the reconstruction of the
upper floor and roof of the White
House. This probably will be about
two weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
TRAFFIC COUNT
IS ON HERE

The first vehicular count ever
undertaken by the District govern
ment for the purpose of traffic con.
troll got under way today with
nearly a hundred men scattered at
important street intersections.
More than 400 intersections will
be counted during the. next 10 days
between the hours of Z and IL
a. m. and 3 and 7 p. m.
The data will be tabulated and
studied by traffic authorities and
officials of the Park and Planning
Commission.
The counting today was in the
outlying sections.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
GIRL FIRST JURY
'FOREWOMAN'
TUESDAY. JUNE 7, 1872

Besides being the first woman
ever chosen for jury duty in Dis
trict Police Court. Miss Emma Ise-
mann. of 404 Seward So. s. E., is
the first jury ''forewoman" Wash
ington has known.
Despite the fact that Miss Isemann,
telephone operator at the National
Cathedral School for Girls, had only
been in the court once in her life.
Judge Isaac r. Hit remarked to-
day that she carried out her part like
veteran.
1t was case of driving while
drunk against Leo c. Hughes, and
the jury found him not guilty, Miss
lsemann announcing the verdict.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
Louis BOersig, Slayer,
Given 3O-Day Reprieve

Sentenced to die in the electric
chair today, Louis Boersig, con-
victed of the murder of Catherine
and Loretta Ridgeway, of Alex
andria, Va, has been given 30-day
reprieve by Governor Harry Byrd of
Virginia.
The purpose Of the reprieve is to
allow the State Supreme Court of
Appeals to study the case thoroughly
upon application of writ of error.
He was convicted of having en-
tered the home of Mrs. George
Ridgeway, beating her into uncon-
seriousness and inflicting wounds
upon the children from which they
died.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
D Lord, II 1 become obese,
A man Is nrona to do.

D Lord, II l become obese,
As man Is prone to do,
A favor would ask you, please
Make my wife husky, too.
IA when my jOwIs hang from my Jaws
NV head fits tight my hat,
she cannot raise disdainfui paws
And say, by heck, you're fat:'
oh, what a sight for human eyes
To see a sprightly Jane
Couyoy a man Of m0nstrOus size
A-leRnlnE on a can!
10 ~ the plaques Of time get No,
Leaving rs less nifty,
o Lord, / pray that you let Ms
Fatfen fifty-fifty. BOBBY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
Two D. C. Women Will
Serve on June jury

Two women were drawn on the
jury by Justice Hoehling in Crimi.
nal Court No. /, today and will serve
during this month in Criminal divi.
sion No. 2, Justice Hitz presiding.
Five other women called for jury
service declined ITO serve and were
excused by Justic Hoehling. There
are no women on the panel in Crimi.
nal Court No. /.
The two women jurors who have
accepted are Mrs. Helen r. Stone
braker, 5000 Connecticut Ave. and
Helen M. Rocker, 1885 K st. N. w.
Mrs. Stonebraker is employed by the
Wardman Construction Company,
being in charge of the renting of
apartments for the concern. and
Miss Rocker is secretary of the Ma.
tional League Of Women Voters.
~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
Doctor and Turf Man
Have Parking Fight

AS the result of fistic encounter
between DIR. Ralph NJ. lie Comte, 49,
1910 Garfield st. n. W., and William
J. Owens, race horse owner. the
physician paid fine of 500 in
Police Court today.
Owens is = years old and lives at
1901 Argonne Pl. N. w. He is re.
covering today from decorations of
the face and broken nose, for
which he was treated at Emergency
Hospital yesterday following the bat.
tie in front of 1927 ST. N. W.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
He Wins Degree

A DEGREE of Bachelor of Sci
ence in electrical engineering has
been conferred upon ROLAND r..
LaPelle. of Washington. at gradu-
alton exercises of the Carnegie
Institute of Technology.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
oHAMPIoNsHIP FATHERs

Speaking of championship
fathers and names, there's
Charlie Sobb, of Birmingham.
Three years ago Charlie stopped
counting his children when the
total reached SO. Wouldn't that
make you sob2
John w. Guy, Of Delmar, Del,
Is some guy, being the father Of
80 children.
And President Coolidge per-
sonally congratulated Leander
c. Gentle, of Atlanta, on being
the father of rs. Leander may
Be Gentle, but he certainly is
ambitious.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
W. SMITH AND REER

"TI1e beer that made Milwaukee famous,
Was II Pabst or SchIitS?
Well, anyhow, we do not have II now,
And therein IL the hitch.
Al Smith keeps coming out for beer,
But for the very life Of me
i don't believe It'll make him fame
As did the beer Of Milwaukee.
JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07

TRANSP OSITIONS
H.. Smith gives you an oppor-
tunity to fill the blank spaces in
the rhyme below with five diff
ferent words, each made of the
same letters:
An old lady on - intent
Picked mp her and away she
went.
"Oh! - she said. give me 1
pray,
Something on which to - Hive
this day"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
RECIPE FOR OPTIMISM

Take some grit and courage,
(It needn't be tom,
And blend IL Nth patience
And Just a spice of fun.
Pour IN hope and laughter,
Then, nth a sudden ttoist,
Mir all vel together
And you'Ve got an epti1tist.
JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07

Chicago is accustomed TO
! bandits, hold-Nps and machine
gun shootin0S, bat u getting
much peeveG ocer the bad use
Of English by its criminals. A.
au1tBlGm tcho held up bank
cashier demanded, hand OUer
them receipts" A1UJuli Why
not send these birds to prison
for such depIorGble IamguGOe3
ENGLISH EDDIE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07

Crossing the big pond By
GirptGme will soon be more
common than ssVimmink the
English channel. l. B. S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07

Dispatches from China IN
dScate that Gen. Wan Bum
Lung will soon get into action.
JIMMY j.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07
Meet the ForeLady!

EMMA L. ISEMANN, of 404 Seward So. S. E., the
first woman chosen Police Court juror today was
placed at the head of the jury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07

Several inventors in Europe are
trying to devise new ways of using
the wind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-07

"Limdy" will forget his ham
Sandwiches 10hen Cal sets him
dosOn to bMcEWheGt cakes and
sausage merit Sunday morning.
GENE BLOSSOM. Il