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New Britain herald., 1927-03-18
MAN HELD FOLLOWING
 CHORUS GIRLS DEATH
Admits Choking Her But She Died of Natural
 Causes, Coroner Says

Erie, Pa. March IS Pl-virginia Gibney, 52, Philadelphia chorus girl
 found dead in her room in a hotel
 here today. died Of natural causes during quarrel with Karl H.
 Betchel. Buffalo, N. Y, travelling
 salesman, Dr. Elmer Hess reported
 at coroner's inquest. Dr. Hess
 performed an autopsy on the young
 womans body.
 The physician held that the young
 woman died Of acute dilation Of the
 stomach, believed to have been
 caused by liquor, with her poor
 physical condition as contributing
 cause.
 Betchel. who was arrested in the
 same room in the hotel. told police
 he choked the girl during a quarrel
 over money but the autopsy was
 said to have shown that this did not cause death. He was held by polics pending further investigation.
 Police are also holding as ma Miss Gihney. Kenneth Gable, bell
 boy at the hotel. Mona Maya and Alice Heftcrnan, chorus sirl com panions Of the dead woman: Gypsy Walton, her companion on the fa- tai party. and Edward Lewis. man. ager ot the buriesqus company. The dead woman was found 10 have SSS2 in money belt on her person.
 Gypsy Walton. who was with her
 on tn" party preceding her death said that after the show. the two | met Botchel and another salesman and that the quartet went for a ride in Betchel's car and that after having lunch and several drinks Miss Gi5ncy complained Of feeling
 Ill and asked to be taken to her l room at the hotel
 After reaching the room. Betchel says. she quarreled with him over money and when she started 10 scream he grasped her by the l throat. threw hor onto the bed and i fled from the room. Later believing
 that she was i'll, he called the hotel i clerk and ordered a doctor sen, to ! her room.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-18

Continued on Page 3I
New Britain herald., 1927-03-18

Alton, ILL, March IS P(zNo rec
 | lord, official or otherwise. could be found here today of a s3O0,000 rob-
 |bcry of a Chicago 6, Alton train on Aug. g, 1923. to which Fred Buhl.
 l Jr., is said to have confessed at l New York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
Real Estate ''Gouge"
Plan Will Be Probed
By House Committee

An immense real estate 'gouge"
which it is alleged is being planned
by Washington real estate interests
in connection with the proposed
purchase of the Mall triangle by
the Federal Government, will be
thoroughly Investigated by the Glib
son subcommittee of the House Dis
trict Committee.
The committee will meet at 1880
p. m. Monday.
At this time Morris Cafritz, de.
veloper of the property, and EN-.
ployes in his real estate firm will
be called to explain alleged manipu.
lations of prices through fictitious
transfers which are said to have
induced condemnation jury COM
posed of three real estate men to
make an award of $10.500 a piece
for the Sherman Circle triangles.
Nearly a score of witnesses test.
fled last night regarding the alleged
fictitious transfers and initiation of
values. Four contractors and
realtors and an expert land ap-
praiser for the Interstate Com
merce Commission, all living within
a block of the triangles, testified
that the condemnation award was
extortionate. They fixed values for
the property running from $4,000
to $4,000.
An affidavit signed by eight
property owners around the circle
was presented to show that they
purchased their homes there on the
pledge from Cafritz' agents that
the triangles were to be given to
the District for park purposes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
CHILD IS BADLY
HURT BY AUTO

Knocked down by an automobile
when he stepped from the curb,
Glenn Mortensen, s, 2O4 Tenth St.
Q. E., is in Casualty Hospital with
severe cuts on the scalp and con-
cussion of the brain. He was struck
BY an automobile operated by
Clifton Dawson, IS, 1909 C st. S. e.
Miss Mary J. Bailey, 90, 1905
New Hampshire Ave. N. W., was
severely cut last night when the
automobile in which she was riding
overturned at Eighth and Buchanan
streets northwest. She was taken to
Sibley Hospital, where her condition
Is said to be undetermined. She
was riding in an automobile driven
BY Allen Evans, rs. 1851 North
Capitol st.
Two persons we're injured when
q street car collided at Thirty-fifth
and NJ streets northwest, with an
automobile. Alfred Veitch, Of Falls
Church, Va, driver of the car. was
badly shaken up and Miss Sadie
Gibson. rs, OF the same address,
was cut by flying, glass.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
GIRL
To Be CITIZEN

Miss NADIA Tchomonoff. a beauti
full young daughter of Bulgaria. re.
siding at 1919 g st. ". W., and
designating herself as a student
cataloguer'' and attached to the
Bulgarian legation, today filed an
application with Mrs. Mary Jean
nette Loeffel, in charge Of natural.
ization matters at the District Su
preme Court for final citizenship
papers. having taken out her first
papers September 10, 1922.
The young lady was born July A.
1904. in Sofia. the capital Of Bull
garia. and came to this country in
June, 1921. with her sister and her
husband. Mr.. and Mrs. 2. D. Vidol-
off. Miss Tchomonoff renuonced
her allegiance to Boris, Sd. Car OF
Bulgaria. Her witnesses were At
torney Hilton E. Jackson and r. H
Bagley, a banker.
only about month ago, Johannes
Grlnsted Bryn. the 23.year-old son
of Constantin Bryn. the Danish
minister, made application to b,
admitted to American citizenship.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
UNLOADING RUN
IS CHARGE

Surprised by Policeman Henry
Soloman, of the Third precinct, while
he was unloading alleged liquor at
1920 Constitution Alley N. W., today,
Harvey O'Connor. Gal Orleans Pl
N. E., was arrested after collision
with the police and then with an
automobile belonging to Underwood
& Underwood. 1880 Connecticut Ave.
". W,
According to Soloman, O'Connor
was unloading the alleged liquor
when the policeman arrived in the
alley. In his hurry to escape, O'Con.
nor struck Soloman with his automo.
bile and the policeman was dragged
about so feet. O'Connor then drove
his machine into the other car.
which was parked in the alley.
Following O'Connor's arrest. Solo
man walked to Emergency Hospital
and was treated for bruised legs
His injuries were not serious.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
. JOKER" IN LAW
BANS LUNCH
PERIOD

A "joker' in the current District
appropriation law, which, if en-
forced, would prevent employees of
the Public Utilities Commission and
clerks in the office Of Corporation
Counsel from taking the customary
half hour off for lunch, was dis.
covered by District officials TODAY.
In those sections of the law an
propriating money for personal
services OF employees Of the com.
mission and clerks in the Corpora.
ton Counsel's office there is the
following restriction:
And no part Of this appropriation
snail be available for the compenea.
ton Of any persons giving less than
IuIl time from 8 o'clock ante meridian
TO 4:30 o'clock post meridian to his
official duties.''
Incidentally, according to those
who have studied the law, this same
proviso would have prevented VII.
nam Nick. Clayton, legal assistant
70 the Commission, from collecting
the pay which he publicly refused
to accept yesterday.
Clayton. during his term, has mot
devoted his full time to the Commits.
sion job, it is said, and there ia
serious doubt whether under the nro.
visions Of the law, he could have
collected ANYTHING.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
Two WOrkmen Seriously.
Hurt, Both Near Death

TWO Workmen, a wood worker
ana an iron worker. respectively
are lying in critical conditions in
Casualty Hospital as a result of ac.
cidents occurring at their places ri
employment, Hospital authorities
today held little encouragement for
the recovery of either.
Stewart Massey, "a years Did,
who lives with his mother at 32G
e st. N, E., was struck in the
face by falling piece of timber
that was being lifted from the
first to fourth floors of the new
building at 705 Fourth st. N. w.
He suffered a fracture of the skull
ternal injuries.
William Costello, 80, an iron
worker Of Lowell, Mass. fell from
q scaffold on the new addition OF
the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany 81 Benning, d. c., receivine
2 fractured arm and internal IL
jurieas
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
PARkWAY WAR
FLARES UP
IN HOUSE

Echoes of the real estate scandal
now being developed by the Gibson
subcommittee. of the House Dis
trict Committee were heard today
before another subcommittee in
connection with hearings on the
Mcleod bill to- purchase the Fort
Reno area as a parkway.
A number of colored. property
owners testified that their land is
under assessed and If condemned
within the 25-per-cent limitation
they will be left practically penni.
less.
Despite an assessment of $500, 900
for the entire area, the bill author.
ICES an appropriation of 81 .0eO,0n0
for the purchase. The measure
was opposed by Lieut.. Col u. s.
Grant, Director of Public Buildings
and Parks on the ground that il
is opposed by the Budget Bureau.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
EXPERTS STILL
STUDY SANITY

DR.. Knut Fl. Houck, the sup.
posedly insane psychiatrist Of st.
Elizabeth's Hospital who is under
arrest and observation at Walter
Reed Hospital, is too nervous TO
see the brother of his mysteriousIy
missing wife.
Maj. John Anderson, who is in
charge Of DR.. Houck today said
he had asked Earl Walter, OF Can.
ton. Ohio. brother Of the missing
Mrs. Gladys Walter Houck, to post.
pone his intended interview with
DR.. Houck.
Asked whether he had arrived
At any conclusion regarding Dr.
Houcks sanity, Major Anderson
said: -
mo, / haven't. I am farther away
than ever from any opinion"
The scheduled interview between
Houck and his wifes brother has
brought out that for the first time
since the Doctors incarceration ne
is too nervous to be visited. De.
tectlves heretofore have visited him
almost daily, '--
detectives now are without a clue
70 work on. Gentle rains have
started the ice melting. so that II
may soon be possible to renew dra Q.
glng or the river for Mrs. Houck's
W. d.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
Blizzard Leaves Chicago


CHICAGO, Jan. 14.--The mid
winter blizzard that buried Chicago
under a foot of snow, paralyzed
transportation and brought death
and injury to a score of citizens,
had vacated the Middle West today
and is now racing toward the At
lantfc seaboard States. Zero weather
will follow in its wake, according
to Weather Bureau forecasts.
The storm was general over the
middle and far western parts of the
country.
Nearly two-thirds of the area of
the United States today is covered
under blanket of snow ranging in
depth from to Is inches.
Five persons are dead in Chicago
as a result of accidents directly
caused by the heavy snow.
A force of $4,000 men were I'm
able to keep the streets and lanes
of transportation open.
Serious Interruptions to traffic
are reported from all sections OF
the affected area.
Railroad trains were running
far behind schedule.
Motor traffic in some sections
was at complete standstill owing
to the drifted conditions of the
highways. Air mail service out OF
Chicago has been temporarily
suspended.
Wire communication II 50 badly
crippled that no accurate account
Of conditions or the extent Of suf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
RUNAWAY GIRL
|. CAUGHT HERE

Prosperity, to which all aspire as
the means of reaching happiness,
sometimes brings woe. This is the
case with little 14-year-old Mary
Hromada. of Newark, who. because
her family prospered, ran away from
home, only to be apprehended by an
unsympathetic railroad conductor.
Mary has lived all Of her life in
the tenement districts of Newark.
Meanwhile her parents were saving
for a home of their own and recently
realized their ambition. acquiring a
new house in a residential section.
All OF this was done for Mary, but
sh" was not happy in her new home
and in her new clothes. She longed
for the noise and turmoil of the tene-
ment life. but. most of all, she longed
for the friends she had left behind.
Her. pleas to return were ignored,
so, it is claimed. she took $50 that
her mother had secreted and started
for Chicago to live her own life She
made the mistake, however. of get
ting on the wrong train and the con.
ductor turned her over to the Trav,
elers' Aid Society here, who, in turn,
sent her to the House of Detention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
10 GIVEN JAIL
SENTENCES

Justice Hitz in Criminal Court
No. today sentenced George Pryor,
colored, to three years in the peni
tertiary for grand larceny. The
accused stole a grip containing
an overcoat and and other effects.
James A. Watkins, colored will
spend two years in the penitentiary
for stealing watch and chain
and other property belonging TO
Morris Ross, 1929 Seventeenth
Street, last November.
James H. Woodle, colored, re
ceived a two.year penitentiary term
for forging a number of blank
checks from his place of employ.
ment, filling them out in the
name Of his employer. Paul Out.
law, will also serve two years In
the penitentiary for false pretensas
for obtaining merchandise and cash
on worthless check.
James e. Colbert, colored, re.
ceiyed a sentence of Is months in
the penitentiary for taking three
successive joyrides in borrowed
automobiles.
Edward Hill was given one year
and one day in the pnitentiary for
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny and
Samuel Fox, colored will spend one
year in Jail for joyriding.
Philip r. Manson will spend one
year in Jail for forging the name of
his mother to checks.
Clarence French, colored, was
given a three-year penitentiary.
sentence for robbing Walter A.
Barnwell, 1903 l st. ". W., in the
rear of 2144 M st. N. W., of 81
and an overcoat and a suit of
clothes.
Roy F. Thurston will spend one
year in Jail for forging the name Of
DR.. William ]. Howard, 100 Massa-
chusetts Ave. N. W.. to a prescrip-
ton for morphine. He had forged
8 prescriptions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
Two Chiefs Study Fire
Hazards at Mt. Vernon

Fire Chiefs George S. Watson Of
Washington and Emerich of BaIti.
more are in Mt. Vernon TODAY
completing their report on fire
hazards at the home of George
Washington.
The report will be drafted in a
Few days and forwaded to the
President of the International Asso.
ciation OF Fire Chiefs, which OF,
dered the investigation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14

fering and hardship. can be obtained.
''The storm in the Middle States
is now passing rapidly to the East
ward" says the weather forecast.
Another storm is pushing in from
the North Pacific region. The cold
area lies between these two storms.
which will cover the Northwestern
States with temperatures ranging
from zero to 10 below"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
DIR. Lewis Will Address
ID. C.. Knights TempIaI

DR.. William Mather Lewis. presi.
dent of George Washington Uni
versity, will be the speaker at the
annual Knights Templar banquet at
the New Willard Hotel tonight.
Charles Pimper. of the Knights
Templar, is chairman of the com.
mittee on arrangements.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14

IWo-thlrds OF the United States,
however, is under blanket of snow
from to Is inches deep,
The far Northwest part Of the
country is suffering from blizzard
and another RACES along the, north
central Canadian border. Below
zero weather is everywhere in these
regions.
The lowest temperature here dur
ing the "a hours ending last. mid,
night was "a degrees. The highest
was 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
Agent Hit Her, Girl
Says, Seeking $1,000 Ralm

Ruth Lahore, minor, through
ner mother. May c. Lahore, today
Liled suit in the District Supreme
court against the Electric Sanitary
Laundry Company for $1,000 dam.
ages for alleged assault.
represented by Attorney T. Nor.
RS Wampler, the complainant says
mat November 20 an agent of the
laundry concern assaulted and
struck her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
GIRL FOUND IN FREDERICK

having been reported missing
from her home at 1929 Eleventh st.
n. W, Miss Norah Lee Smith, is,
mas been located in Frederick, Nd.
local police were advised today. The
glri VIII be turned over to her father
in Rockville, Nd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
Bitterly Cold Wave
Is On Way Here

bitterly cold sweeping toward Washington and
will drive the temperature Is degrees before midnight the
Weather Bureau reports The rain clouds expected to
before the northwest Winds leaving the sky clear
and frigid No snow is anticipated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14

Insurance is protection. Cali
Main $3.50 and ask for infOrma-
fiOn on the $4,000 accident policy
offered subscribers to The Times
and The Sunday Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14

Insurance is protection. Can
Main $3.50 and ask for infornla-
ton on the $4,000 accident policy
Otfered subscribers to The Times
and The Sunday Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
MODERN AND ANCIEN
HUMORIsTS

u
I'd rather a fellow would laugh
at me than never laugh at all.
Think what kick the royal jes-
tiers Of the old times must have \
gotten out Of life.
Why, they were laughed at all
the time, and a good bit Of it
they were kicked. too.
The world was rough on clowns
II those days. and humorlsts still
are melancholy looking cusseS.
Worst OF it is. most Of us draw
wives who don't see any sense in
being funny, anyhow.
And II fellow isn't funny 10
his wife, what chance has he got
With the rest Of the world. ask
Even q custard pie seems serious
to the bird who bakes 1t.
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
SENATOR HELM

SENATOR HEFLlN
Oh Alabama sent me here
Because I'm good and pure;
Alas! That should have to sit
With devils abjure.
speak my mind, ] say my say,
About the courts and Fall,
And Sinclair, too, and Daugherty-
Oh, they to me are gall!
The court was wrong, the jury bribed,
All, need tell You more?
And Smith was murdered in his ROOM
vile deed that abhOri
what proof have I to back my wOrds3
How dare you question me8
Why Pm . mighty Statesman!
With me you must agree!
]. L. B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
ACQUIES CE

a comeIy, lisplng damsel namel Pearl
Rose,
Took dancing lessons from Professor
DmI3Ose,
He playfully said, 20 my, sweet miss,
feel like giving you q hug and a kiss,
And she said, O dear mithter, do Bottle"
H. SMITH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
DoGGoNE EATING

The passing Of Jiggs. mascot Of
Is only proof of what OvereatinE
iris an object lesson. for us human
beln's.
When the Creator formed the human
He Installed an engine In our mid
ship hold
TO run life's machinery while we're
growing old.
He Installed ,,,.. . stomach for incoming
And Invented water just to keep 1t
Its internal workings we were taught
at school.
o. We users Of rare foods and heavy
The Creator made the stomach with
out any buttons;
Remember that IL clogs when We eat
like gIuttOns.
So eat to live, not live to eat,
Fast occasionally, pass up greasy meat;
Don't hurry your journey to old st.
Pete.
hope you all follow what 1 mean,
That's why / preach In Heard and
l always keep<my own weight at 217.
SILICUS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
H0UCK so NERVOUS VISITORS ARE BARRED
A Hero;s Bonny Bride

MRS. GEORGE HERBERT
HARRIES, the former Mrs. Alice
LoveIand, Of Detroit, is pictured
here. She has just become the
bride of General Harrles, whom
she met during the World War.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-14
HgARDrogg gm
~ GILL PRICE srs 3 81 cs;,es

The DEFENSELESS CAMEL
never saw the straw
That broke the camel's backs
doubt that II ever happened,
Or ever WAS fact.
never saw . camel try 70
Go through needles eye,
Easier to do than for q rich man
To get to Heaven on the fly.
But 4 never knew rich man
To give up any Of his chink
Because he feared that In the
Other world he'd be on the blink.
I wouldn't want TO be q camel
And load my stomach with water;
I'D rather tank Mp on anti-VOlstead,
Even II 1 hadn't ought to.
STEAMBOAT STEVE.
I 49,.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
NOTICE or MORTGAGE FORE.
CLOSURE SALE.

NOTICE is HERBY GIVEN that
that certain mortgage. executed
Peterson. George +. Palmer and
Ward Fritch. mortgagors. to Nils
l.. Nrshein, mortgages. dated April
H., 1924 and filed for record in the
office of the Register Of Deeds In
and for the County Of BurletGh and
state Of North Dakota. on January
ard. 1875, and recorded in said Of
flee in Book 163 of Mortgages. on
page 556, will be foreclosed by a
sale OF the premises in such mort
gage and hereinafter described at
the front door Of the court house
in the City OF bismarck. in Bur-
leigh County. North Dakota, at the
eth. 1927, to satisfy tho amount
due upon said mortgage on tho day
Of sale.
The premises described in said
mortgage and which will be sold
to satisfy the same are those cer-
tain premises situated in the County
of Burleigh and State OF North Da-
kota and described as follows, to.
wit:
The Southwest Quarter< (SWN)
Of Section Twenty-seven (2O In
Township One Hundred Forty ui0).
north, Of Range Seventy-cight (78)
West Of the Fifth Principal Me-
ridian.
There will be due on said mort
gage on the day Of sale. the sum Of
Two Thousand Three Hundred For
ty Dollars and Thirty-five Cents
($2.34O35D, and the costs Of fore
closure and sale.
Dated this 22nd day of March,
NILS l.. NESHEIM.
MortgagOr.
Combs. Richie & Hanchett,
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Valley City. North Dakota.
(Tirst publication March %, 1920
3/22-2S-A /5-l2-19-2
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
Riley Prepares Set
of Thrift Charts For
National Convention

A set Of thrift charts, hands omely
colored and mounted by J. W. Riley.
state school inspector and state
chairman of thrift, have just been
forwarded BY Mr.. Riley to Mrs. Ella
C.. Porter, Dallas, Texas, national
chairman of thrift, and will be a
part Of North Dakota's exhibit at the
national gathering Of Parent Teacher
organizations in Oakland, Calf. May
81 to %. The charts represent con-
siderable time and effort on the part
of Mr.. Riley and will be valuable
addition to the state exhibit.
Two hundred and seventy schools
in the state are now organized for
definite thrift work, according to the
annual report for the year ending
April 1, 1927, which has been pre-
pared BY Mr.. Riley and forwarded to
Mrs. Porter. 1t is estimated that
10000 children are now actively en-
gagged in school savings, and $50 local
thrift chairmen are operating jointly
with the Parent Teacher associations
in the state. During the year Mr.
Riley made "a addresses on. the sub
ject of thrift throughout the state.
North Dakota's slogan for 1927 is
"North Dakota Thrifties, 100000
Strong"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
Wahpeton Students
May Get Chance to
Help on Building

Students attending the Wahpeton
Science school may get an opportun-
ity to test out their skill in the build
ing trades when the new trades
building is expected ut the school
this summer, members of the board
of administration indicated here
today.
Several structures on the campus
at the institution have been con-
structcd by the students, working
under the direction of their. teachers.
hut the new $4,000 structure is
regarded as too important and too
complicated to be turned over to
amateurs. 1t was said. however, that
an attempt may be made to SO ar
range matters that the students will
be given employment in connection
with the structure where the con.
tractor can arrange to use them. They
also may find an opportunity to do
certain of the odd-jobs which al
ways remain after the main job it.
self has been completed.