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New Britain herald., 1927-12-14

fearing treachery and the Turkish soldiery, spirited Miss Stone and her companion from place to place until, through arrangements with John G. \. lclshman. American minister at the sublime Porte, d lonely spot not far from Salonihi was agreed upon where the money was paid and the victims freed.
 In 1902 Miss Stone returned to
New Britain herald., 1927-12-14

this country. Some time later a bill was presented to congress to reim- purse those who had raised money for her liberation. The manuscript of her story, together with several documents bearing on the negotia- tions for her release were lost in the Chelsea fire.
 Miss Stone made her home here with niece. She was Sl years old.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-14
DOIY AS CIVILIAN
 STARTS HOME VOYAGE
American, Convicted of Desertins French Foreign Legion and Later
 Freed, Will Sail for America.

Paris. Dec. 14 PA-Wearing d new outfit of civilian clothing with the ribbon of the French military medal in his buttonhole, Bennett J. Doty of Biloxi. Miss, this morning boarded the boat train for Cher bourg, The former member of the French Foreign Legion will embark from that port on the Majestic for New York.
 Doty Was in the best of spirits and chatted freely with several acquaintances. The "reminiscences Of pleasures enjoyed in Paris since his release from the Legion figured principally in the conversation.
 The American, who was convicted of assertion and served part of q prison sentence, wore well cut double breasted oNcrcoat with n light wooden scarf and a iaunty brown hat. He was accompanied by his literary mentor and seemed re- luctant 10 state how he folt nt finally leaving French soil. He TO- marked briefly:
 Tt will be good to be homo again"
New Britain herald., 1927-12-14
When Joints
 Get Painful

Just rub on Joint-liasc if you want to know what real joint comfort is.
 It's for the relief of lame, swollen. or pain-tortured joints.
 It helps to subduc the inflamna- ton and reduce the swelling. Joint Ease IS the one remedy for most joint troubles and the Fair Drug Dept, and all live druggists are dis pcnsing it dails-a tube for 60 cents. Just rub it init pcncuatcs.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-14
VIENNA RABBI DIEA

Vienna, Austria, Dec. II R1Dr. Hirsch Perez Chajes. 51. chief rabbi of Vienna. died suddenly last night. Dr. Chajes visited the United States in 1921 in behalf of the starving children of Europe.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-14

for the month with building total Of S922, ,576, while Hartford occu- pied third place with q figure Of SIS3,5$l.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-14
VALIANT REVIEW ELECTS
Mrs. Nellie McCrann Is Elected President at Annual Meeting Of MaCCabces,

Officers were elected as follows at the annual meeting of Valiant Re view, W. B. A.. held last evening:
 President, Nellie McCrann; vice president, Martha Gucnther; past president, Mary Jucngst: financial secretary, Loretta Fournier; record- ing secretary, Rose King; treasurer Mary Hart; chaplain, Pauline Lay: lady of ceremonies, Clcmcntine Shec- Ian; inner hostess. Mary Furgeson; outer hostess, Elizabeth Wolf"r: mu- sician, Agnes Valentines; color bear CT No. 1, Catherine Hills: color bearer No. ?, Molly Hackctt.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-14

Read the Herald's Christmas Gift Guide tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
SAPIRO DROPS 30
LIBEL COUNTS IN
100000 CASE
Counsel Declares Most of
DeIeted Allegations Against
Ford Repeated.

BB United Press
DETROIT, March 24.-An amend
ed declaration eliminating approx
mately fifty of the 141 alleged in
stances of libel was filed in the
Ford-Sapiro million dollar libel suit
today by attorneys for Aaron Sa-
piro.
This may change the entire
makeup of the case" insisted Stew
art Hanley of Ford defense counsel,
as he asked the court to postpone
both testimony and argument on
the revised declaration.
William Henry Gallagher of Sa-
PROS counsel explained that the re-
vision was entirely in the interests
of simplicity and in accordance with
suggestions of the court. The sec
tions eliminated were largely repe-
titions.
The court ordered a recess until
2 p. m.today to give all concerned
an opportunity to study the re-
vised pleadings and determine
whether continuance until Monday
will be necessary. This day will
postpone definitely until next week
the scheduled testimony of Henry
Ford
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
HOPE FOR MINE
PEACE BRIGHTER
Announcement Breaks
Watchful Waiting.

BU United Press
TERRE IIAUTE, Ind, March "a.
The tense watchful waiting that
has characterized the soft coal strike
situation in Indiana since the futile
Miami conference, was broken today
with the announcement from inter
national headquarters of the United
Mine Workers of America at Indian
apolis that the policy committee will
meet there Monday at p. m.
District No. 4, here, has eagerly
awaited this needing and anticipated
approval, in the event a settlement
cannot be reached for the entire
field, of a contemplated conference
with Indiana operators with the end
in view of reaching State agree
ment.
In an executive session here
Wednesday night the Indiana Btu
minous Operators Association reaf-
frmed the position taken by oper-
ators of the central competitive field
at Miami.
1t was indicated at the session.
however, that the association would
not be averse to a district confer
ence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Staying IN CHICAGO
Young Chinese Shot Five Times at
Gambling Game.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, March 24.-Possibility
that a tong war had broken out in
the Chinese district was seen in the
killing last ngiht Of Chin Park. a
young Chinaman.
Park was killed at a gambling
game in one of the buildings in the
heart of the Chinese district. He
was shot FIVE times by unknown as
sailants and the shooting was re-
ported t, have come from outside the
building.
Five Cinnamon, including Tom
Jack-who is one of the leaders of
the Chinese querter-were taken in
to custody, but all denied knowing
anything concerning the shooting.
Special police protection for
Chinatown--that section Of the city
about S. Clark and Archer Sts.-was
asked today by Frank Moy, leader
of the On Leong tongmen and
mayor of the village.
1.-THE tong war has opened again
and we need special protection, as
the Hip Sing tongmen are planning
to invade our district" Moy told
authorities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
72 KILLED IN 1925
Truce just Expired Ended Conflict
From March TO October.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, March 24.-The
two-year truce between the Hip Sing
and On Leong tongs expired last
midnight and by dawn today three
Chinese had been killed in the vicin.
ity Of New York. Scores of Orient
ais were gathering furtively at
heaquarters of the tongs in Mott
and Pell streets in what police be-
lieved was a revival of the ancient
war of the brotherhoods.
The truce was signed March "a,
1925, after a tong war which lasted
from October to March and took a
toll of seventy-two lives.
Ly Poy, so, was killed and Chin
LUX, As, fatally injured by a third
Chinese in Kings tearoom, Brook
Ign, shortly after Midnight last
night. Chin LUX told police before
he died from wounds that he recog-
nized his assailant as a member of
the On Leong tong. He himself was
neutral. belonging to neither fac
ton, he insisted.
Young Yik Yuen was shot about
an hour later in a Chinese court
yard in Newark, n. j. A score of
Orientals were arrested and ques-
toned, but police learned little
about the Staying. g'he Newark VIC
tim lived at 10 Pell St., New York.
1t was reported that Ly Poy, who
was killed in Brooklyn, lived at the
same address. Both were said by
Chinese to have been Hip Sings,
but the tong headquarters insisted
they were "neutrals."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
SCIENTISTS SEEK
|. DEATH CAUSE IN
MRS. HOUCK CASE
Doctor Husband Under Po-
lice Surveillance Pend
ing Outcome.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Sci-
entists today conducted elaborate
analyses of the tissues of the body
of Mrs. Knute M. Houck, to deter
mine if she came to her death by
violent means, while police of AL
bany, Ore, kept her young psychia-
trist husband under surveillance.
Following discovery of Mrs.
Houck's body in the Anacostia River
yesterday, more than three months
after she disappeared from her home
here, District Attorney Peyton Cor
don announced that Houck would
not be returned across the continent.
pleted.
An inquest will be held over the
body of the pretty woman after the
analyses are made. The scientists
hope to discover from a study of the
tissues whether foul play or drown
ing caused death. Physicians mean
while asserted that ''it looks like a
pure case of drowning"
Discovery of the body ended
nationwide search that started
shortly after Dec. II, when she, her
husband and 2-year-old son all dissp-
peared after a violent quarrel. The
child was found in the home OF
friends, and Hovck was discovered
on the streets Of Hornell, N. Y,
babbling incoherently of "ten thou
sand dollars"
Returned here, Houck slowly re-
gained his mental equilibrium and
finally was pronounced sane, as po-
lice sought in vain to discover the
fate of his wife. Houck admitted
having beaten her, but then, he said,
he became unconscious and when he
recovered, his wife was leaving.
A complicated device designed for
mental telepathy work, resembling
cross between an ouija board and a
candy punchboard, with holes and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
SMOKING CHANGES

NIENNA-The human race
should be differentiated not as
between male and female, but
smokers and nonsmokers, accord
ing TO the latest decision of the
Austrian state railway authorities.
HencefOrth their car builders and
tra'n crews shall consider nicotine
addiction as the line of demar-
cation in separating the pas
seIgars. Compartments formerly
reserved for women have been
changed into compartments for
nCnsm0kers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
O'CONNOR "CUSSED"

BROOKLYN-Richard O'Connor,
pinned for several hours under tons
of steel when locomotive knocked
over a freight car loaded with Cir
ders, drank nearly all of bottle of
whisky and swore in the very best
O'Connor fashion while police and
firemen worked desperately to save
him. He seemed chagrined when
the steel was removed before he
could finish the liquor. but perked
up when physicians examined him
and said he had a good chance to
recover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Slain Woman, to Be,
Buried Here Friday

The body of Mrs. Helen Matheny,
%, who is alleged to have been
murdered by her husband Roy o.
Matheny, at Detroit Sunday, follow
ing a quarrel, was brought to this
city today accompanied by Mrs.
Matheny's sister. Mrs. Lillian Acton,
3945 Caroline Ave.
The body was taken to the home
of the parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
DeHaven, 1905 Cornell Ave-, where
funeral services will be held at 2 p.
m. Friday. followed by interment in
Crown Hill cemetery.
The slain womans father was re-
covering at the Indiana Christian
Hospital today from the shock OF
Mrs. Matheny's death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
On One Boys Account

Dear Martha Lee: / am what you
would call, pretty girl. ! have plenty
refuse on account of one boy. However
he gets peeved at everything l say or do.
We make up after every scrap, but this
OF thisy DOLLY DlMPLES.
1 think you would better have
some of the other friends you speak
of and not give so much time to this
boy whose temperament and yours,
so disagree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Wants His Child

Dear Martha Lee: I am a man 30
years old. During the war met and mar
ried a French girl, beautiful and a tai
ented musician. 1 was near her four
months then duty called and had to leave
her. Later l learned that 1 was a father.
Six months after this, through an error
I was reported dead.
When / could again get to where had
left her. learned that she had taken my
boy and gone away. After long search
/ have found her. but she is married to
my boy is. She has boy which she
says is this mans child. and is only O..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Gone, but Not Forgotten
Automobiles reported stolen beIons

Automobiles reported stolen belong
to:
Elsie Hancock, 1905 Washington
Blvd. Chevrolet; 24.9S5; from Six;
teenth and Capitol Ave.
s. c. Henry, a19 Il. Twenty-FourtlI
St; Ford; 1861; from in front OF
that address.
William ]. Pfarr, 634 Eastern Ave;
Ford; 50O.027; from Shelby and Ray
mond SITS.
Russell Grimes. 14S villa Ave
Ford; 566.s92; from Georgia and Me-
ridian SITS.
Joe Mitchell, 40 Indiana Ave.
Buick; 1885; from Georgia and iii
nois SITS.
Frank Riediker, 1881 N. Rural
ST.. Chevrolet; 1881; from Michigan
st. and Massachusetts Ave.
Paul Jardina Jr.. 7S5 s. East ST.
Nash; from Ohio and Pennsylvania
SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
C7ARTHA LEE, bless her, the
I'M grand old lady of The
Times family.

- IlmeS IdIHlly.
Fer four years now Martha Lee
has been helping folks through
her column, giving of her wisdom
to the weak, the strong, the dis
appointed, the discontented, the
mislead, the betrayed, the sick at
heart.
Thousands Of persons have
sought and received her kindly,
grandmotherly advice.
Shop girls, stenographers wives,
mothers, daughters, sweethearts,
mistresses, good women. bad wom-
Ell, husbands, fathers statesmen,
clerks, carpenters d0ctOrs-even a
lawyer on rare occasions have
written Martha Lee for advice. As
many men as women write to her.
Thousands of others have profit
ed by reading the human, under
standing replies of Martha Lee.
More than half of Martha Lees
work never reaches the eyes of
the public, because she receives
and answers many letters which
are not printed. That is one of
the fine things about Martha Lee.
You can trust her. Not even the
editors of The Times know the
hundreds of moving stories Of ac-
tuaI life which have been poured
out to Martha Lee. Her mail is
sacred.
Martha Lee asks no questions.
She doesn't even require that
those who ask her help sign their
names. Initials will do. Those
whose problems are too intimate
to reveal she answers directly, by
mail, if stamp, the name and
address are enclosed.
Hers is great privilege and
n grave responsibility. She sees
life with the mask torn off and
reaches, often, where the phiIoso-
pher, the teacher, yes, even the
pastor, cannot hope to penetrate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
DRILL TOWER TO
Be BUILT mex 7
MONTH, PROMISE
Win Help City to Avoid High
er Fire Insurance Rates,
Says Chief.

Construction of a fire department
drill tower to replace the one RACED
on the site of the present Municipal
garage and to meet one of the re-
ouirements of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters if the local de-
partment retains high rating, will
start April /, at South and New
Jersey Sts., Fire Chief Jesse Hutsell
announced today
The recent report of the under
writer engineers discussed the tower
question as if the tower were in
existence. Hutsell stated this was
because the board of safety had
designated a site adjoining engine
house No. 80, which is forty feet wide
by 200 feet long, and set aside funds
from the general fire department to
defray construction. Hutsell said
the delay in the construction was
caused by weather conditions.
15.Point Gain
The old tower was erected, during
the Jewett administration beside the
fire headquarters building when the
department was motorized and it's
rating raised to Glass 2. 1t was
RACED to make room for an addition
to the municipal garage.
Fifteen points will be gained by
building the drill tower, Hutsell said.
Another point in the engineers re-
port touching on the probable ineffi-
cheney of the two assistant chiefs,
was partly remedied, according to
Hutsell, by the reduction of one of
the chiefs. He was replaced by a
battalion chief. The battalion chiefs
were rated very high by the under
writer's, Hutsell said. What action
will be taken on the other assistant
is UP to the board of safety, Hutsell
added.
Defends Department
Hutsell defended the fire depart
nlent against responsibility for the
recen trumors of raised insurance
rates, stating that the department
is in Glass j. Thre eotler important
factors involved in rate fixing, he
said, are: Construction of buildings,
in which lod buildings are detri-
mental to low rates; water supply,
which in this city is good, and the
Ganlewell alarm system, which has
been declared obsolete.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Believe in Secret Marriages.

Dear Martha Lee: Do you believe in
secret marriage? / would like TO con,
tinue working after marriage. because /
am SO fond of it. but my friends arc OF
such q calbre to talk il l should even
think of such thing. So don't you think
that a secret marriage IN such case
would be all right: CAROL.
Secret marriages are unwise. They
are likely. to lead to situations that
put you in a false light with others.
SO many married women work nova
days that 1 don't believe your
friends would severely criticise you
for doing so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
JAIL WALK-OUT
IS PUZZLE TO
POLICE, COURT
Alleged Bigamist at Liberty,
While Officers Comb
City for Him.

With police searching the city fol
him, Edgar Ballard. alias Baldwin
%, of 967 King Ave-, alleged biga
mist who calmly walked out Of
Municipal Court with a group Of
persons who had been discharged
was still at large today.
Just how Ballard came to be in
the court is question which is puz
zling Judge Paul Wetter, the bailiffs
and police. 1t had been supposed
that he was safely locked away in
city prison, but when Bailiff Oscar
Merrill received the affidavit from
the prosecuting attorney and went
to bring him from his cell it was
learned that in some way he ha6
been brought into the court and
from there he had disappeared.
Judge Wetter tried without sue
cess to discover by what means Bal
lard had been brought into the court
room and ordered that when found
he be placed under $4,000 bond.
Two Arrested
Ballard and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Baunan. 5561a w. Washington
ST., were arrested on bigamy charges
a month ago. Ballard remained in
Jail, but Mrs. Bauman, released on
bond, disappeared. She was alleged
to have been kidnapped in or
der to prevent her testifying against
her husband.
Charges Of bigamy and vagrancy
against Ballard were continued
Wednesday, but conspiracy charges
brought against the four, who were
alleged to have planned the kidnap-
ping of Mrs. Bauman were dismissed.
The four freed of this charge were.
William Bauman, 38, Mrs. Bauma n s
first husband; John Henderson. IS,
and his wife, Edna, 40, of 1884 E.
Georgia ST., and Maggie Clark, 40. of
800 w. Court st.
Chief Probes
An investigation of the escape or
sdered by Police Chief Claude F.
johnson, continued Major Lewis
johnson questioned bailiffs, and turn
keys Wednesday night.
Johnson said some of those ques
toned declared Louis Fossatti, de-
tective in charge of prosecution and
responsible for the arrest, believing
that all court action against Ballard
had been closed, and that he was
free, took him to the city prison.
obtained his personal property. and
told him to- get out and stay out
of further trouble"
Foossatti denied this and added
that he at no time had custody OF
The prisoner. Fossatti told superior
officers that he saw Ballard in the
Wetter court, and that While
another case was being heard he
went to another court and when he
came back to prosecute Ballard, the
prisoner was gone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
IS REPORTED DEAD; SHE REWEDS

are exceptions to every rule. was
speaking in a general way. Certainly
there are and always have been men
who are putty in some woman's
hands, and who bear the scars of
misplaced affection for life, but
mems wider field of work and eX-
periences usually give them an ad-
vantage in this forgetting business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
VCLTURE FANS

LONDON--Fans made from the
feathers Of Yultures are to take the
place of bird of paradise fans at COM
ing court receptions, according to
Fernandez, expert "beautician." Vui-
ture fans are now so cleverly made
that it is nearly impossible to tell
them from the expensive bird of
paradise banned by the English
plumaGe bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN HERE
Detective Chief WorIey After Tong
War Reports.

Detective Chief Claude NJ. Morley,
on learning of the tong war in Chi
cago. said today that he anticipated
such an outbreak here, upon his
personal knowledge of the fact that
local Chinese population is made up
Of the various factions.
Detectives were dispatched i'm
mediately to check up on the various
tong members living here, Worley
said, that they might be rounded
up in event of trouble. No com.
plants have been lodged in his Of
flee that any of the local Chinese
have been threatened.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by DO.
lice belong to:
A. n. Ehrensperger. 25 Kentucky
Ave; Ford; found at Raymond Sc;
and Bluff Rd.
J. S. Bernems, 1929 N. Alabama
ST.; Ford; found at Meridian and
Georgia SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
} ON HONOR LIST
One indianapolis Student Among
"a" Students at !. u.

StuuentS AT y. "
BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March "a.
Sixteen undergraduate and three
graduate students have been an.
nounced by Dean Davis A. Roth
rock Of the Indiana University col
lege of arts and sciences, as compos-
ing the honor list Of "A" students
for the first semester. They include:
Wendell NJ. Adamson. Russell T. Nc
Mutt, Beula Sare and Gastao Etzel,
Bloomington; Paul J. Devault, Ke-
wanna; Marie c. Ehle and Gertrude
L. Scheulke, Ft. Wayne; Georgia
L. Hendrick. Bowling Green, KY;
Margaret Horne, Lynn; Voris Lat
shaw, Frankfort; Conrad d. Owens.
Poseyville; Mabel E. Ritz, Lizton;
Helen J. Sniff. South Bend; BURNS
A. Stoltz, Oblong. ILL.,; Charles F.
Benzel. Bedford; Herbert L. Plow-
man. Gary; Mrs. Frida Hencke Ar
nett, Lafayette: Eldon M. Aldred,
Anderson. and Vivian Ross. Indian
apolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Far and Near
EMBATTLED REACHES

L o Y d O N-Large mahogany
colored cockroaches bred at the ZOO
as food for the lizards and frogs
recently engaged in a thrilling
counter offensive" against a keeper.
He decided they were multiplying at
too rapid a rate and set a bait to
capture them. When he descended
into the sultry depths of the cellar,
the cockroaches swarmed all over
him The keeper beat a hasty re-
treat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
TO EXONERATE DEPUTY
Verdict OF Self-Defense Is Expected
at Bloomington.

BU United Press
BLOOMINGTON. Ind, March "a.
"A verdict OF self-defense was ex-
pected today from Coroner Frank f.
Turner, following his investigation
of the shooting which resulted in
the death of John Carlisle, rs. and
serious wounding of Chester Ell
lott. %.
The men. arrested in Bedford, were
shot by Deputy Sheriff Elmer Webb
of Monroe County, when he attempt
ed to escape from the car in which
he was returning to this city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Heart Not Easily Patched

Dear Martha Lee: do not agree With
you that a man who is in love could after
being Tilted patch up his heart and forget
stances. I personally know a real man.
strong, self assertive in every way. but
in affairs with a certain girl. he surely
= Miss Lee. I hope you have time to read
anu '0 Mr.. SMART ALECK.
OF course, dear Mr.. Aieck, there