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New Britain herald., 1927-01-06
Final Frantic Appeals Fail and Three Car-Barn Bandits Are Put
 to Death In Charlestown Prison
First Time in Mass. History That Trio Have Paid Ex- treme Penalty For Murder Committed By One of Number-All Go to Execution Chamber Calmly Governor After Refusing Respite, Collapses and Doctor is Called.

Boston, Jan. 6 R-Three young men early today paid the supreme penalty in the death house of the Charlestown state prison for sin gle murder.
 While counsel and friends carried a desperate last minute attempt to save the doomed men through Governor Fuller to the supreme court in Washington, Edward J. Heinlein, John J. Devereaux and John J. Mclaughlin went to their deaths in the electric chair for the murder of James H. Ferneau, aged night watchman, during a holdup in a Waltham car barn on October 25, 1925.
 Lawyers Fight Desperately
 As the IS witnesses who watched the execution were leaving the warden's office and filing down the gloomy corridor to the death house. Boston attorneys were nearing the end of their unsuccessful attempts to stay the execution.
 Less than halt an hour alter a telephone call to a representative of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States supreme court had failed to bring about a stay, Heinlein was stepping calmly into the death chamber at three min utes past midnight.
 Walks Calmly to Death
 Preceded by the Rev. Father Michael J. Murphy, the prison chaplain, who held aloft a black cruciflx, Heinlen walked with a steady tread to the chair, repeating the words of the priests simple prayer.
 The cruciflx was held to his lips for moment, the head straps cut off the words of the prayer, the
New Britain herald., 1927-01-06
COOLIDGE NOMINEE UTILITIES OWNER Woods Holds About $20O,0W
 Worth, He Says NAMED FOR I. C. C. MEMBER
Tells Senate Committee However, He Will Dispose of All Holdings If His Appointment Is Con- firmed.

Washington, Jan. R}-Cyrus E. Woods, nominated by President Coolidge for the interstate com- merce commission, told senate committee today that he has hold ings of nearly s2OO,OOO in railroad and coal companies.
 Replying to Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, Woods listed the following bond holdings:
 Pennsylvania railroad. $25,o00; Norfolk and Western, S25,oOO; Achison, s25,OOo; Union Pacific, s25,OoO; Northern Pacific, s25,o0o.
 Would Sell Holdings
 He said he also held 800 shares of Pennsylvania railroad stock. of a par value of $50 per share, 107 shares of the Pittsburgh Coal Com- pany: and about the same number in the Westmoreland Coal Company, which has holdings in West Vir- ginia.
 "Of course, shall divest myself of all of these bond and stock hold ings as requested by law if l go on the commission" Woods said.
 Previously, under questioning by Senator Golf, republican, West Vir- ginia, Mr. Woods had told the com- mittee that he was attorney years ago for the Pittsburgh Coal Com pany and in one instance had been an "attorney of record" for the company in a proceeding before the interstate commerce commission.
 "Who owned the Pittsburgh Coal Company" Golf asked.
 "Oh, there was q diversity of ownership"
 "Tell us some of them"
 Woods hesitated. and then said it was difficult to recall, but did not think "the Melons had any sub- stantial interest" He explained amid laughter that he mentioned the Melons because he assumed the question was directed at them.
 Lets jump to the question of rate making?" said Senator Golf. Have you had any experience in that?"
 No I have not" was the reply, but I have no preconceived notions; my mind is open."
New Britain herald., 1927-01-06
FALL HAS RELAPSE

Fl Paso, Tex, Jan. P-Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, who has been i'll at his home here with pneumonia for nearly tive weeks, suffered relapse last night, but his condition was not considered serious his physicians said.
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New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
WILD PARTY ENDS WITH
 20 STUDENTS DROPPED
Municipal Anthoritic~ ~ati-GCd WiIh
 puni ,limcnt MCtCd Ont at
[. of California.

Berkeley Cal, March II lP - Juvenile court authorities have an aouueei that 29 University @. Cali .ornia students have boon expelled because of an alleged fraternity house "lIluor pHty- attended by g7 students and about m equal, uumaer of girls.
 Only one eo-ul. a Los Anele, girl whose name WIS not an uounced. attended tra aaafr, and she was cxonentea by President ". W. Campbell art.r he had beard her story. 10 tho effect that -he had quit tho house i9 d'sag-, when sho learned 'H- character e. the party"
 students said tho affair was staged tho nyghr of February IS h inc Lambda Chi Alpha house as a "class track m9naenrs' reunion" Juvenile court aghoritr~ began lnyestigltior ot reports that r year old gir, B ward Of the coru. had hsan present. Court authori- tos seemed satisfied with tha pun ishm.ut administered by the uni yarsity and indicated that no pros t,ution would be iHatiutoJ.
 The university athletic conNcn met yesterday to discuss the prob }rn of handling track activities with many track mnuagnrs missing. Sixteen track maoagars were said ny students 10 have baen either suspended or expelled.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
BEER AT COST IS
 PLAN IN TORONTO
Purchasers Must Have Permits
 Under Ferguson Bill

Toronto Ont, March 11 tP' = Beer is to be regarded as work ius mans beverage under the pro posed government liquor control law and is To be sold at cost.
 Premier Howard Ferguson. pro pouznt Of tho control bill now be- fore line legislature, said the gov ,rum-nt planned to derive no profit from the sale Of beer and that only the necessary handling charges would be added to the cost of tha product,
 Permits, which will be necessary for the purchase ot all liquor, will cost either Sl or g. it was said, In tho case Of residents the per mts Will he good for one year and for tourists good for one month. The tourists permits may be sold at q slightly lower rate than those for residents.
 Tho premier said that due to ths vast amount of detail necessary tc put the now law into effect he did not believe t' would become opera tive b.fore May 15.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
Man Freed by Jury After
 Causing Girls Death

Eolehunbcrg, CEocho S.DN1l1a, U-P)-To kill on request is not mur- der, according to the decision Of the jury which was called upon hore to decide the fate Of twenty-year-ol5 carpenter, Rudolf Koehlor,
 Koohler and his 16-year-oli sweet heart, Bertha, formed q suicide pact After writing letters to their friends and relatives the two spent their last few hours together at a movie
 At eleven o'clock, when the show was over, they went 70 the local cemetery to the grave of hoohlrr's father. At the girls request. ko,hlcr shot her first. When he pulled the trigger which was to synd a bullet into his own body, h. succeeded only in injuring himself
 When the jurors had heard his story they acquitted him. His only punishment was a fine for carrying firearms without Q license.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
DEATH IN CHAIR COMES AT ONCE
Always Instantaneous, Prison
 Doctor Says

Columbus. O. Mar. fl.-O p)- Death in ;he electric caaT is lrSta"- taneous. according to Dr Willis li. Merrill, Ohio Pouir,nriary ph}sI- clan.
 "A man electrncural iD the ol"c- tric chair is dead ,he instant tho first shock hirs him, although ms heart may bea, for two minutes nator death" Merrill said in answer to the question recently rcopened at Sing Sing prison, Ossining. x. !" whether man once ,l#erEoou''j might be brought hack to life.
 Tt would be impossible Co re- susci.ate a nan ouca pronounce | dead at Ohio panit"Dt.ary' he said, "Tho first shock completely destroys the central ulNous system and the nan dies"
 Dr. Merrill explained the pheu- nomenon of dead mans heart beating by pointing out that inc Ieart m4seI" is the Ms- 10 be af- ferted by electric shock.
 The muscle, ha declared, is the most independent muscle in the hu- man body and inc most isolated from the uervous system, ConSe- uuently, it will continue to con tract and expand. apparently beat ing at a faster rate of speed. but otherwise normally until if receives m more rourishment. Ths heating Merrill said may continue for one minute, anI often two minutes.
 The heart of any animal will beat after death. he went on, be- cause Of its independence from th, rest Of the nervous system. X tur- ties heart. he gave as an example r can be removed from the animal placed in a salt solution. and will continue to beat for 24 hours, Mer- Til said.
 Dr. Merrill said he noticed the rhanomenon soon after taking uI his duties as prison physician, when he tested the heart Of an electro cuted man for the first time. New to his job he ordered another charge of electricity sent through the body, but said the same result was obtained.
 Since his study of the subject, hc said one charge is all that he finds necessary 10 cause instantaneous death.
 Condemned men receive a maxi. mum charge of 2,100 volts at OhiC Penitentiary.
 At Sing Sing, where the question has been raised. authorities have contemplated q study of the hear action of a man during electrocu tion, while scientists of the RoClle fellcr Institute have also planned tests.
 Dr. Merrill secuted the theory 0 Dr George Shrady, former coroner Of New York county, that resusci tation after electrocution could b' effected. Shrady offered for severa years to revive any man electroCut cd at Sing Sing, but the eXpcrimen was never permitted.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
MYSTERIOUS 1927
 S7IRS CURIOSITY
Appears Strangely on BaYalian Mountain Side

Munich. March II (UP)-Each habitants of the town of Oberstauf- en, nestled in the Bavarian Alps, have seen the digits "1927" appear on the gaunt rocks on the Nagcl- nuh mountain chain. When the enow melts, this mysterious sign vanishes. The weird spectacle, re- curing each year. has given rise to legendary prophecies regarding the ominous year 1927.
 Sometimes the figures arc even tscerned until late into the sum- rner. Scientists have attributed the phenomenon to the effect Of damp ness. caused by melting snow, upon the corroded rocks. stone protu- herances and sparse vegetation favor tho periodic recurrence of this mir scle"
 The local population ls inclined to sscribe the supernatural portent to this signal. Grandmothcrs, bending over their spinning wheels, long ago drew significant conclusions from the sight of the "I927" high in the alpine wilderness. The nearer the year 1927 came. the rosier the hopes attached 10 1t. Engagements, marriages, and births were frequently predicted for 1927 CD the basis Of this strange spparition. During the war. 1t was widely believed that the hostilities would last until 1927.
 Now that 1927 is at last well un- der way. curiosity in this neighbor- hood has increased. Peasant lads assert that they will find brides this year, young married couple reckon with the arrival Of their heirs before rha year has passed and artists await fame in 1927.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
HUDSON SEAL IS
 ONLY A MUSKRAT
And It Is Hunted Right in
 New York City

New York, March II Pl-Fur trapping is successful as q com mcrrial enterprise within sight of Wall Street. which boasts the most expensive land in the world. The quarry is Hudson Seal, which starts it's career as plain musirat. and traps are set on Staten Island. in Brooklyn, and even under Man haitian Island piers.
 There is even more extensive hunting within the metropolitan area. Rabbits. pheasants, other small game, and occasional deer pay heavy toll for presuming to live in suburban regions. One commUtcr, whose home is 40 miles from his office. tells of shooting duck at daylight from his bedroom
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
1ti,K.SU WONEN'S CLUB

Constantinop!a, March 11-Ma- dame Atczihe Mouhieddine. Turkeys leading feminist, president and foun- iar Of n" only women's club in Turkey has undertaken 10 make q nation wide survey of women work ers with the compilation of sta listics on women in industry and professions. The survey will be the first Of tEe kind in Turkey and will require at least siN months for com pI"tion. so great are the difficulties in the way of gathering accurate in- formation in a land where statistics ave been eNrc!v unknown. The ,,omen's club which Is to undertake tha task has Goo members. IL was admitted last year to membership in the International Federation, and Madame Mouhieddine hopes to represent Turkey al tine Foderation's convention at Rio de Janoiro.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11

cause tha melting weather is likely .o bring Illnesses which could quick ly reach 'le proportions oi an ru- gontfol,abl" eu1emir in vi " of the acute nousmg shortage. Thn Com misaar... of ,'"...b is taking carly precautions to prevent Il dangerous situation
 Nita aujIhs restricted to liyiha in a single room u-.1 Tor every Iti.r- pose Of life by four or more persons, including uabi.~, tho danger o' q serious epidemic is present, the health authorities believe. Clean!i- nrss. fresh air and the regular life on which good health depends arc difl.cUlt it not entirely impossible and with the coming Of the melting weather. when Moscow's mountains of show Hi'I turn to floods and tho frost NH ouzc ont ot the earth, the ik,lihoo1 of common colds develop in@ into pneumonia and influenza is expected 10 be great.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
Woman Critic Finds That
 Ballot l. Unimportant

Paris, M0r'H n WNE V0te2' nshs Mme. Alfred Naliette, known in France as Eachilar novelist and literary critic, who a.s1pproyes her countrywome>'s efforts 10 gain sui fraE".
 If women vote l7 France, the same ones aiI always go to the polls and conditions will not bo changed"
 Rachille is ike woman whg sat 90 years as the ideal age for women because IS she explained, 'thga gentlemen begin to leave us in peace" Another Eachilje saying is "the stogier women are, the more gentlemen are satisfied"
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11

window. a luxury in hunting he never dreamed ot hc,orr he came nom the west.
 "S&yseuper hur-IoW-." ca rhe roots Of Mauha"an.. t3llesr ugih'- m4y are becoming so comu0l- place as to he considered almost passe, one landlord has been ad- ycrtisin2 8 roof garden apartment" for several months wIfGout getting tenant, oven in or,rerowl.& New York.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11

Sightseeing on the subway" Is pleasure Of visitors that New Workers do not understand. The newcomer gets many a thrill out of the electric trains speeding under ground at half minute intervals during the rush hours, ont the native sees only crowds and the blank walls of tunnels.
 The subways are elevated lines at the city's outskirts, and there is more variety of outlook, with many hued garments on tenement clothes lines, workers 10 be seen through dingy windows Of small factories. and housewives busy in kitchens and dining rooms.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11

Soldiers and sailors visiting the metropolis are careful to wear civilian clothes as mach as pos sible, partly because oth"r visitors cmbarrass them with requests for information when in uniform. Strangers and residents ahke ap- parentIy have sublime faith in tho wearer of my kind of uniform, for when in doubt they promptly make for the nearest policeman, uniform cd chauffeur. docrmau, red cap, soldier or sailor. Often they eA- press amazomcnt or even resent ment when the answer Is T don't know"
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
Queen Mary Requires
 Only One Honor Maid

London March fl -- The only maid Of honor required by Qnoen Mary is the Honorable Ursula Law Icy. daughter of Lord and Lady Law ley. and when she rctiros the title will be dropped altogether. This is ir accordance with the kings post war program Of household economy.
 Queen Victoria had eight 10 ten maids bearing this title while Queen Mary herself formerly had five to six maids of honor.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11

Youth Cream comes in two tyDcs cold cream and vanishing. I usr one at night, the other in the morn ing. Never is my skin without in. cream 10 foster and protect it, My complexion at which millions mar vel is largely due to that.
 Please learn what my Youth Cream docs. It will bring you an entirely new conception Of fae- cream. Ask at any toilet counter for Edna w allace 0 Hoppcrs Youth Cream. Jars. COG; tubes, 35c.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
OvercrOwded Moscow
 Fears Advent of Spring

Moscow. Up)-Sprngtime is awaited with intense anxiety by the crowded population Of Moscow. be-
New Britain herald., 1927-03-11
The LOVelv Paris Girls T,-, 1urrI +jyoe, ,,cc
Try 1phGt Fhev uSe
By Edna Wallace Hopper

! have made 35 trips to Paris + my quest for beauty. ] go there a. regularly for beauty aids as dress makers go for styles.
 E-t.nl,N N-nnr 1 tinl girls nrct :
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
ORIGINAL ALIBI
FOR FASCIMO

Williamsport, Mass.,-The United
States is responsible for Mussolini and
his autocracy in Italy, according to
Robert Michels, of the University of
Basel, speaking at the Institute of
Politics.
The foreign gentleman infers that
Uncle Sam caused Mussolini to gag
a free press, to make puppets of menr
bers of the Italian law-making branch,
smash trade unions, outlaw strikes
and enforce compulsory arbitration.
All these followed passage of the
American immigration law and Presi-
dent Wilson's refusal at the end of
the World War to grant Italy control
of the important city of Fiume, ac-
cording to the professor.
Close observers insist, however, that
the Italian army and big business
made Mussolini possible. Professor
Michels claims America developed a
national spirit in Italy and that these
people voluntarily surrendered their
liberties.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
I.W.W. WELCOMED
In Rockefeller Camp; Trade Unionists
Are Barred.

Denver.-Officers of the Colorado
Federation of Labor call attention to
the ease with which I. w. WIS wander
through camps of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company while trade un-
ionists are barred from the Rookie
feller properties.
A company union" is operated by
the corporation and wages are 1915
per cent lower than in the union fields
of Wyoming. Workers are. denied
their own checkweighman, and charg-
es of being "gyped" by the company
are frequently made.
The |. w. WIS are not interested in
these conditions. They talk of ere
organization of society" in the dim
and distant future while trade union
lists insist on remedying conditions
today. The Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company is we'll acquainted with the
two theories and therefore tolerates
blatant |. w. WIS who proudly de-
nounce capitalists. The management
of the Colorado Fuel knows talk is
harmless as long as low wage scales
and poor working conditions are not
disturbed.
The wobbles are permitted to hole
meetings in the company's camps, but
this is denied members of the United
Mine Workers. No attempt is made
to interfere with the revolutionists
but every effort is made to suppress
the legitimate Miners Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
UNION PREDICTS
DEFEAT OF SCHEME
TO CUT MONEY SIZE

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington, d. C.,-Prediction that
the proposal of the Treasury Depart
ment to cut the size of paper money
to about two-thirds of its present size
will bring great protest from the
people of the nation is made by The
Plate Printer, official organ of the
international Plate Printers and Die
Stampers' Union of North America.
In an editorial appearing in the lat
est issue of the paper, the editor,
Frank j. Coleman, asks the question:
"Will the reduction in the size of
paper money of the United States
meet with the approval of the people
of this nation, especially bankers and
business men?
"We think not; and have, we be-
lieve, very good sound reason for
our opinion as regards this matter"
said Mr.. Coleman. "The reduction in
the size of the paper Of this country
is no new proposition; it is as old as
the paper money itself, and has been
a question that has been given serious
consideration by the officials of the
Treasury Department for many
years"
| Mr.. Coleman reviews the history of
the proposal, first made many years
ago, and expressed the opinion that
from what has happened in the past,
there will be "great protest" raised
by the people against the plan.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02

sofa State Federation of Labor, which
held its forty-fifth annual convention
here.
"The maladjustment in the social
fabric is to large extent due to ieg-
islation that has been passed favor
ing industry at the expense of labor
and agriculture" the Senator wrote.
Farm incomes have decreased az
per cent in six years, Senator Ship
stead declared.
The total average monthly pay roll
he said, was decreased more than &c
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02

trial sections of the country for less
than the cost of production with an
increased income by the leading COR
porations of an average of 70 per cent.
This information" the letter con-
cluded, should definitely kill the
propaganda that has been spread
charging labor with the cause Of the
high cost of living"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02

per cent since 1920, and employment
has decreased more than Is per cent
since 1920. Because of new machin-
cry, Senator Shipstead said, find
industry is getting much larger pro-
duction with less employment of la
Dor, and as result income and value
of industrial corporations have in
creased 70 per cent in four years as
revealed by the statistics of the De-
partment of Commerce"
Consequently continued the Sena-
tor, the farmers are feeding the indus
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
WOULD REPEAL PRI-
MARY

Portland, Me.-This state will vote
this fall to repeal the direct primary
law. Every reactionary favors a re-
turn to the old system, and the Maine
Federation of Labor calls on locals to
appoint committees to protect the
present law. Governor Brewster fav-
ors the primary, and in a recent
speech said: "The abuses incident to
the caucus and convention system
that prevailed prior to 1912 were re-
sponsible for it's abolition"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-02
PRODUCERS
Not Sharing Prosperity,
Shipstead Says

international Falls, Mimi, - The
farmer and the laborer in industry are
not sharing in the industrial prosper
ity Of the country, United States Sem
ator Henrik Shipstead, farmer-la-
Dor, of Minnesota declared in a letter
to E. G. Hall, president of the Mime
, 1927-06-22

uDLlC9tlOL2,
THE President Of thC United States
b pursuant to an Act of Congress
approved January q, 1927, has is
sued an Executive Order dated
April Is, 1927 prescribing the man
ner ia which Narcotic Drugs may
be obtained and accounted for by
practitioners and dealers in the Vir-
gin Islands Of the United States.
The above mentioned Executive
Order which goes into effect imme-
olately, designates the Director of
Prohibition Tor the Virgin islands
as the officer to whom al orders for
Narcotic Drugs must be submitted
for approval, and who is autbo-
rized to issue necessary regulations
pertaining thereto.
All persons dealing ia or prescrib-
ing Narcotic Drugs will be furnish
ed with copy OF said Executive Oh
der in the near future.
Government of the
Virgin Islands of The United States,
st. thomas, May 10, 1927.
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