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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
MILLION DOLLAR Loss
IN FLOOD DISTRICTS
Harrisburg Section of Keystone
State Is Swept by Rains
and ClOldburStS

Harrisburg, Pa, July 20 P)-One
of the worst floods in the history Of
this section of Pennsylvania swept
practically all Of Perry county and
the upper sections of Dauphin coun-
ty as a result of a cloudburst early
today. Y
4 conservative estimate placed
damages at more than 100000.
The Williamsport division of the
Pennsylvania railroad was hard hit.
All traffic was at a standstill. 1t was
estimated that the wreckage could
not be cleared before late tonight
or tomorrow. In one place, 1t was
reported, approximately II miles Of
tracks had been washed out. In an
other spot the tracks for a distance
of more than $50 yards were buried
under five feet of mud. washed down
the mountainside. Two passenger
trains were reported marooned be-
tween washouts and telegraph and
telephone lines were washed away.
AS far as could be learned no lives
were lost although communities had
not yet reported. At Duncannon, the
Susquehanna Trail was impossible
due to flooding of the subway under
the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. At
New Buffalo a concrete bridge on
the William Penn highway was re-
ported to have been washed out.
Both the Juniata and the Susque-
hanna rivers were, reported rising
rapidly as the mountain streams
which were hit by the cloudburst
continued to pour water into the
rivers.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
SKEPTICAL JUDGE MAKES
HIS OWN EXAMINATION
Satisfied Her Excuse Is Genuine,
He Imposes Fine Instead OF
Jail Sentence.

New York, July % P-Judge
William n. Atwell, who personally
examined in federal court a woman
offender of the Nolstead act to de-
termine whether she was the moth
er of a nursing child, today exc
planned his action as necessary be-
cause there are 80 many cases Of
women hiding behind the babies Of
neighhors"
S. Eva Zalisky, 40 mother Of
seven children, had pleaded guilty
to operating a whiskey still, and her
attorney had asked for leniency due
to her having a nursing child at
, home.
Judge Atwell, however. was skep-
teal. The lawyer offered to submit
the woman for an examination but
no matron could be found. Judge
Atwell then made a personal exam
ination, satisfied himself that the
lawyers statement was correct and
imposed a $40 fine which was paid
by the womar's year-old son.
Judge Atwell, who regularly sits
in Dallas. Tex, is filling in on the
New York bench. He is former
grand exalted ruler of the Elks and
while in office disciplined the New
York lodge for selling beer.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
OLD indian Fighter
MADE SHERIFF AT s.
Devil" John Wright
Original Character in
John Fox Novel

Pound, Va, July % Rl-"Devil'
John Wright Indian fighter, veteran
of the war between the states and a
former department Of justice agent,
said to have supplied the character
of John Fox's novel of the Cumber-
lands, "On the Trail of the Lone
some Pine" has been made a depu-
ty sheriff OF Wise county at the age
Of eighty-six.
The old fighter is still active,
most of his time being spent in
roaming the Cumberland foothills
on horseback. Life in the open, he
says. is the reason for his staying
young"
Wright first fought Indians in the
west. served through the war of
other sixties. as courier and did
federal detective work in Kentucky.
Virginia and West Virginia.
The steady aim which enabled
him to have his life at the expense
VI a AAhlpCl VI Oulld NJ 4AC lAaiiCus
still can mark up bulls eyes on prac-
tically every shot. Although he has
killed a number of men, he has
never been convicted of a crime.
Before writing the Trail Of the
Lonesome Pine" John Fox, Jr..
spent much time with Wright to
gather material for the romance.
The fictitious character Devil Judd
Tolliver," then took form.
Wright served several years as a
magistrate, then as a sheriff in east
ern Kentucky during the early feud-
al period. AS a federal detective
just after the war between the
states, he ran down many horse
thieves. In almost every case he
was forced into gun battles and
bears the scars Of many bullets.
"A man who insisted upon enforc-
ing the law In those days had to
be quick on the draw and a sure
shot or he wouldn't last long" the
veteran said. He added that he
hoped to live to be a hundred years
old.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
Stir Subsidies Today

Paris, July 20 R-The stir Great
cd in European courts by the words
King Carol Of Rumania" in state
ment to the newspapers. which was
taken to indicate that the banished
prince considered himself the sue
cessor of King Ferdinand, had sub
sided today.
The alarm appears to have been
premature, one newspaper declaring
that an inquiry showed the title was
added to the statement by an over
Jealous friend. who gave it to the
newspapers. AS originally issued
the statement contained nothing
which could possibly be construed
as a claim to the throne, this paper
said.
Carol is quoted by the Matin as
having said to it's foreign editor in a
brief interview. that he had no in
tention under the present circum-
stances "to make any manifestation
which might disturb the composure
which should mark the royal OBJ
sequies"
Having failed TO get a direct re-
ply to a telegraphed request for
permission to attend the funeral Of
his father, Carol has sent a message
to his sister, Queen Marie OF Jugo-
slavia. to place flowers on the cof-
fin for him.
IT am crushed by grief over the
news OF the irreparable loss that has
come to all OF us, especially to my
CONTINUED on Page Three)
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
GOV. SMITH ASKED TO
PROBE THIRD DEGREE"
Norwegian Consulate Concerned in
Case of Janitor Grilled In
Double Murder

New York. July % LP-Alleged
third degree" methods of New York
police in attempting to extract a
confession of murder today had as
sumed the proportions of an inter-
national incident.
Governor Smith has been request
ed by Secretary of State Kellogg to
Investigate charges by counsel for
Ludwig H. Lee, Norwegian. that he
was severely beaten by police in their
attempt to make him confess to the
Staying of Mrs. Selma E. Bennett and
Miss Sarah E. Brownell whose dis
membered bodies were found in the
cellar OF a Brooklyn rooming house
where Lee was employed as janitor.
Complaint had been made with
Secretary Kellogg by Jacob GREGG,
Norwegian consul general. who was
appealed to by Edward J. Reilly.
Lees lawyer. when the latter failed
in efforts to have photographs OF Lee
taken which he claimed would show
bruises he received from the police.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
Public Safety Bill in
Ireland for Emergencies

Dublin. July % R-The terms Of
the public safety bill. introduced by
President Cosgrave in the Dali on
Wednesday to meet the situation
created by the assassination of vice.
President Kelvin O'Higgins and the
general hostility of the republicans
to the Irish Free State have been
made public.
The bill empowers the government
% to declare state of emergency
at any time and to establish mill
tary courts to try certain offences:
ca to deport any citizen belonging
to an illegal organization; go to
suppress Unconstitutional publica-
tons; 90 to suppress illegal organ
izations. and (5) to extend the death
penalty to persons convicted Of con-
cealing arms.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
DR.. CADMAN DEFENDS
PRESENT GENERATION
Tells Londoners They Are
No Worse Than Those of
| Victorian Age

London. July % (UP) - DR.. S.
Parkes Cadman, Brooklyn clergy
man visiting in London, attained
considerable vogue here with the
some sort of question and answer
clinic" he presides over in the Unit
ed States.
Dr. Cadman conducted a series of
religious conferences at st. Martins
in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, at
the foot of the Strand. and he in
vited all kinds of queries from his
auditors.
Londoners were not slow to re-
spond to the invitation, although
many of the questions obviously
designed more as tests for the min
lister than to obtain information.
One man wanted DR.. Cadman's
opinion on cremation.
please reply frankly l intend
to be cremated," he said.
Another asked:
rs Rotarianism more practical
way of spreading good will than the
services of the Christian church ?"
DR.. Cadman discoursed at various
times on spiritualism and the Chris
tan church. Christian science. Sum-
day rest, prohibition, the Darwinian
theory and world politics.
One poser put to him was whether
the high wages and "superabund-
ance of money" is a blessing or q
curse to the Christian people of the
United States.
There We're also pointed political
puzzlers, such as:
If America believes in world
peace, why does 1t stand aloof from
the League of Nations?"
IF America Is friendly to Great
Britain and other allies, why does it
not cancel war debts?"
In an interview DIR. Cadman dis
cussed the following question which
had been put to him: II was brought
up in the traditions of English Pur-
itanism. When / talk to my young
people on matters of sex, marriage
and divorce they tell me I am an old
fogy or an early Victorian. Why is
this?"
In reply, the clergyman recalled
that the common theory is that
young ben and girls of today are
worse than the younk folk of the
Victorian age.
But are they?" he went on. Are
yotl so sure? There were rotten
things going on under the surface in
the Victorian age. 1t wasn't as good
as 1t pretended to be.
Modern youth is all right ITS
franker, that's all. Especially the
feminine part of it. There's q fine
spirit of adventure nowadays and a
desire to know realities. / admire
It"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
CANADIAN FARMER KILLS
BANDIT WHO ATTACKS HIM
Uses Apparently Only His Brute
Strength In Taking Life Of
His Assailsnt.

Toronto. Ont. July % UP)-
Alex Hodges bachelor-farmer Of
Beeton. Ontario, early this morning
killed bandit who attacked him in
his kitchen. Hodges had several
hundred dollars just received in a
sale of cattle.
Held up at the point OF revolver,
Hodges grappled with the bandit
and the two fought through dark
ness In wild death struggle that
wrecked the kitchen.
Hodges apparently killed his as
sailant by brute strength.
Rumors are flying that the dead
man is Harry Duncan, alias Revin-
sky. Tennessee murderer who es-
capped from the Toronto cells over
two weeks ago. ,.-...,....-.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
Watson Says Khan No
Longer Is an Influence

New York. July (UP)-The ku
Klux Khan is no longer "a potential
factor" in Indiana politics, Senator
James E. Watson. republican, Ind,
said in an interview here.
He refused to discuss the present
situation in Indiana growing out OF
the D. C. Stephenson expose.
Watson felt certain President
Coolidge would not call a special
session of congress for food relief
and he did not think democrats
would press the matter. He said
Senator Pat Harrison, democrat.
Miss. lis in thorough accord with
me in the belief that the matter
can be taken care of at the regu-
lar session of congress"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
bud" Stillman Said to Have Used
Cave-Man Methods On His Fiancee
Cousins Born Same Day
And at Same HOSpitatl

Stanley Barrett Of Farming
ton avenue, Berlin, and Am
brose Barrett, Berlin postmaster,
are brothers. Yesterday NOR
ing at 2 o'clock, a son was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Barrett
at the New Britain General
hospital. The usual cigars were
passed about and congratula-
tons were received.
At Z o'clock last evening
Postmaster Ambrose Barrett
Joined his brother in the pass
ing out of cigars. Word had
been received from the New
Britain General hospital that
stork had left a son to Mr.. Bar
rett and his wife.
This is the first occasion on
record In Berlin history when
sons have been born to brothers
on the same day and at the
same hospital.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
BOY Bitten BY WOLF
DIES FROM INJURIES
Animal Kept in Red Bank
Private Zoo Was Be-
lieved Tame

Red Bank, N. J., July % R-
Thomas Holton. aged two and half
years, is dead today. the victim Of
an attack by a huge timber wolf
which escaped from his fathers
private zoo.
The animal. born in captivity and
considered tame. escaped while Oliv-
er w. Holton, the boys father, and
several keepers were repairing a
fence Of the zoo, which occupies
nearly 200 acres of the heavily
wooded 23O acre Holton estate.
Through an open gate the wolf
went, making her way a quarter Of
a mile to the Holton home, where
Thomas was playing in the yard
with Henry Mazza. three and a half
year old son of Mrs. Anna Mazza,
the hotel maid.
Mrs. Mazza heard the children
scream and Henry ran to her cry
ing that big dog was biting his
playmate. The maid ran into the
yard, saw the wolf seize Thomas and
toss him into the air. She kicked
the animal. which turned as II to
attack her. When she kicked again
it drew back and she picked up the
boy, carried him into the house and
u-.ose3 the door.
A big police dog forced the door
open and as 1t sprang out the wolf
entered, seized the boy again and
dragged him to the yard. Mrs. MAJ
"a stunned the wolf with the butt
of a rifle, picked up the boy and
ran back into the house. Her
screams meanwhile had attracted
Holton, who found the wolf near the
house and shot it.
The boy died at hospital several
hours later.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
Reported as Literally Kid
mapping Her When
Quarrel Between Two
Families Threatened
Their Romance - We'd
ding Next Tuesday.

New York, July 23 P-The New
York Daily News today in a copy,
right dispatch from Grande Anse
Que, says quarrel between the
Stillman and Wilson families result
ed in Bud" Stillman kidnapping
Lena Wilson. his 1Syear -old North
Woods sweetheart, and taking her
to his mothers camp for their mar
riage next Tuesday.
Prior to the kidnapping. says the
Daily News, Bud had announced his
intention to plunge into the woods
and stay there for months. while
his bride-to-be tearfully insisted she
would go to Montreal to become q
manicurist.
Cause OF Quarrel
The quarrel is reported due to re.
ligious and social barriers raised by
the Wilson family. farmers, and the
matter was only settled when Bud
literally kidnapped the hysterica
Lena and carried her in a battered
car over thirty miles Of forest trail:
to his mothers camp.
First, says the Daily News, Bud
signed a document agreeing that the
marriage will be Catholic ritual
and that any children of the unior
will be reared in the Catholic faith
In return. he received from Lena:
mother her written consent which
is necessary under Quebec laws fol
the marriage of minor daughter.
Wilson's Not Going
But none of the Wilson family
says the dispatch. will be permitted
to attend the wedding and a gowI
brought from New York for one Of
Lenas six sisters to wear as brides.
maid now awaits a wearer of some
what similar size.
Mrs. James A. Stillman, wife OF
the banker, is reported to have or
dered the Wilson's from the house at
Latuque which she presented to heI
son when his engagement was an
HOullCeQ anu diSO lids duSioCu otoiC-
keepers in Montreal, Latuque and
Grand Mere that the Wilson's are to
receive no more credit in her name
"They are primitive people, Mrs
Stillman is quoted as saying. land
the only things they understand are
primitive actions. Very well, Til see
that they get them"
Signs OF Trouble
First information that the Wilson
family did not look kindly upon the
approaching marriage of their
daughter came to Mrs. Stillman, she
said, when she arrived at the camp
last week to find the Wilso, nome
deserted and a rumor throughout
the region that Lena had Tilted
Bud"
Can you doubt that I was fran
TIC" said Mrs. Stillman. My camp
was not ready. Twelve New York
servants have had to sleep on floors
We didn't know whether the we'd
ding was to take place or not"
Don't think" she said, that
have a grudge against Lena's fam
lily. I haven't, but I have keen in
terest in Buds happiness.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
Nebraska Woman Who MurderedHer
Own Mother Gets 80 Years In Prison
When Called Before Judge, She Demands That She Be
Executed In Electric Chair At Once.

Rushville, Neb., July % R-A
sentence Of thirty years at hard la
Dor was pronounced upon Mrs. Roy
Wilson, 81, farmers wife, when
she stood before a Judge last night
and asked that she be sent to the
electric chair for the murder Of her
aged mother.
The woman was sentenced only
few hours after she had confessed
the staying Sunday of Mrs. Daniel
Loomis by giving her capsules con-
tanning poison. Her father. to whom
she also gave poison. is recovering.
Asked il she had anything to say
before sentence was imposed. the
woman replied:
Yes, I want the electric chair
right away"
Although Nebraska statutes pro-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
MAYOR WALKER IN
ROLE OF MEDIATOR
Trying to Prevent Another
Threatened Transit Strike
CONFERENCE IS CALLED
New York Street Railway Workers
Are To Walk Out Next Tuesday
Night Unless Compromise Is Eff
fected.

New York. July % (UP)-Mayor
James ]. Walker alone stood today
between New York and transit
strike which threatened to tie up
all elevated and subway lines In
Greater New York and the surface
street car lines OF Brooklyn.
Unless the Intervention OF the
mayor won a compromise. a strike
was expected to be called by the
Amalgamated Association Of Street
and Electric Railway Employees next
Tuesday night.
The men demanded recognition OF
their union by the marlborough Ra-
pid Transit corporation, and arbi-
tration of other disputes. 1t was
charged the company was forcing
employees to join a company union
and sign unfavorable working con-
tracts.
To Meet Today
The mayor and Amalgamated Of
fcials were to meet at 2:30 p. m.
today to discuss the situation.
For while 1t looked as II the
strike would start last midnight,
and while employees held a meeting
in Brooklyn officials of the I. R. T.
the Observation-Disclosures Transit
company and the Brooklyn City
company prepared to meet the
strike. It was forestalled. however
by the plan to place the matter tenn
porarily In the hands OF the mayor
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23

vide a death penalty. it has been
the custom to sentence confessors to
the penitentiary or hold them for
trial. No woman ever had been SEN
fenced to death in Nebraska, avail
able records show.
Mrs. Wilson concealed the motive
OF her crime, although admitting
freely that she had given her par
ents the poisoned capsules after
telling them the doctor had pre-
scribed the treatment.
The mother was comfortably
wealthy, due to property left her by
her father with the stipulation that
upon her death 1t should 90 to her
daughter. The daughters husband,
who worked on her fathers farm.
was said to have had trouble with
his parents-in-law but was held in
no way connected with the staying.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
RumOrs Countess Salm Is
To Wed Are Strengthened

Paris. July % R-Rumors that
Countess Salm, the former Sillicent
Rogers, who got a divorce in Paris
three months ago, contemplated a
second marriage, were strengthened
yesterday, says the Paris edition
of the New York Herald Tribune.
when on arriving at Cherbourg from
New York she met the Argentinian,
Arturo Ramos. who accompanied
her to her hotel.
Later. they left for Paris In Senior
Ramos's automobile. The countess
declined to comment on her plans
other than to say she was anxious
to be in Paris TO see her son, Peter.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
Constance Talmadge Is
Off on Her Way to Paris

LOS Angeles, July 23 IJ-The EX-
aminer says Constance Talmadge,
film star, who recently announced
her intention Of obtaining a divorce
from her husband, Captain Alastair
Macintosh. will leave here Sunday
night for New York. en- route to
Paris.
Miss Talmadge, when asked II the
trip would mean Paris decree
from her husband, said: I'VE haven't
discussed it. I had planned to wait
until fall to get the divorce"
The actress who will be accom-
panied by her mother. Mrs. Margar-
ct Talmadge, said she would be gone
from here about two months.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
Lowell Slayer of Cop Is
Now Adjudged as Insane

Cambridge. Mass, July % up
Asass G. Saab, of Lowell. who shot
and killed Motorcycle Policeman
Donald F. Adams. Of Chelmsford last
Monday, when the officer boarded =
street car to arrest him. Is insane.
in the opinion of alienists who ex-
amined him at the jail here. 1t was
recommended that the slayer be sent
to the Bridgewater hospital for
criminal insane pending action By
the grand jury. sF. aap
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
GRUSHnIN BRINGS SUIT
New Britain Man Sues CAP Conlcy
For 5000 As Result OF Damages
In Automobile Accident.

New London, July 23 Rl-Arza A.
ZAP Conley, lightweight boxing
champion of this state. is made de-
PENDANT in a $500 damage suit
brought by Harry Grushkin,. of New
Britain IN the court OF common
pleas as the result of an automobile
collision, according to papers served
here.
The plaintiff claims that June 2,
1927, his car, operated by Louis Ley
bovitz, of this city, with care, was
sideswiped in the New London
Hartford turnpike by the boxers car.
He claims extensive damages and
the loss Of the use Of the car for
two weeks
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
U. s. RECORD STANDS
Germans Seeking New Endurance
Mark Forced to Land After About
20 Hours in Air,

Dessau, Germany, July % R)-
Friedrich Lose and Johann Isticz,
Junkers air pilots, failed today in
their attempt to beark the worlds
airplane endurance flight record of
more than fifty-one hours, held by
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Bert
Acosta. They made a forced lard
ing shortly after midnight after fly
ing about twenty hours.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-23
THEATERGOERS ARE
GENEROUS With TIPS
Pay About $75O,0OO Yearly
in New York as Graft
Tributes

New York, July % (UP)-The
people who fill New York's so or
more theaters pay approximately
$750,000 annually in tips to theater
managers and box office men, Z. S.
A .torney futile estimated today on
the basis OF testimony brought out
at his investigation of graft In ticket
sales.
The testimony of Florence Zieg-
field, George White and other leading
theater men cleared up things that
heretofore puzzled everyone who
ha~ ever tried to get good seat at
box office for popular show.
For, said George White. producer
Of the Scandals" 1t is nothing un-
usual for a producer to turn over to
ticket agencies two-third Of the Or
chestra seats as long as 20 weeks In
advance.
And in turning over these seats to
the agencies, added George F. More
ly, treasurer and manager Of the
theater where the last edition Of the
Scandals played, the theater gets
lllOIC 1oI llc tlChClo tiIdA ~ "ooAo IL
it sold them to the public direct. The
agencies which handled the Scandals
tickets paid $51,498 more than box
prices for the tickets they obtained.
This explains why the box office
man usually is curt to the timid pa
tron who attempts to escape paying
the extra so cents or more an agency
charges for a ticket.
Ziegfeld exploded the theory that
people won't come to the box offices.
Since he began his now production
Rio Rita" he had advertised the
fact that good seats are available at
the box office. He also has a
courteous young man there. Result:
Between February and July l6 Of
this year, $1,Os3,364 has been taken
in at the Ziegfeld box office. repre-
senting three fourths OF the total
sale he said