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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-05-27

field Civic clubs at . luncheon We'd
nesday. Mrs. Ida Vail of Washing
ton, D. c., gave a food demon
stration. She was assisted by Mrs.
Edith Norman.
Those present We're: Mrs. Ida
Vail, Of Washington, D. c., Mrs.
Edith Norman, Of Mays Landing.
Mrs. William ReIyea, Mrs George
w Meredith. Mrs. William Me
Farland, Mrs. Helen Smith, Mrs.
Anna l., Crotto, Mrs. Harvey W.
Lee, Mrs. Eugene Swilkey. Mrs.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-05-27
HAVE GUESTS

Mr., and Mrs. Andrew Nyborg, of
Woodlyne Manor. have as their
guests. Mr.. Nyborg's brother,
Charles and Attorney Elmer j.
Peterson Of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
They made the trip by motor and
will stay over Memorial Day.
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WILL ENTERTAIN rtREmEN

The Linwood Fire Company will
entertain the Atlantic County Fire
association June Is. Several promin-
ent speakers viii be present
A big time is anticipated About
two hundred delegates win be
present The Linwood band will
furnish music.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-05-27

A social will be given Friday
evening, May %, in Asbury hall for
the benefit of the Community club.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-05-27

Ice cream, cake and other refresh
ments will be for sale.
The school year ended Friday
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-05-27
In Linwood Borough

ms ArroN SANDERS, shore Road & Elm Avenue
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-05-27

Eoy 10a' Of Bond Brad carrirs this Bond is avapb
Hsa guarantee Of the fnest and pe ingyedient, 5uc{ as
You ~oaA bpy From this Bond Bond Brad gs its nanr
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TRAGEDY IN TEN MINUTES
Constable, in Removing Bodies, Dis
covers His Three Children Dead;
Small Blaze Started in Projection
Room

MONTREAL, Jan. 10. P)-Seven-
ty-five were killed III a panic at the
Laurier Palace theatre. Most of the
victims were children at matinee.
The fire was trivial, but a boy saw
smoke issuing from the projection
room and screamed. A stampede en-
sued and the fear-stricken children
damned the exits where many were
suffocated The bodies were wedged
tightly in a stairway and rescuers
were unable to enter An effort was
made to break the jam by tying a
rope to the key body Of the jam and
pulling. Twenty men were unable
to bulge the mass, so firemen cut a
hole in the wall and passed the bodies
out Stores were converted into
emergency hospitals. Fifteen died in
one hospital. The whole tragedy took
place in ten minutes.
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OUSTED PRESIDENT
BIC BANK THOUGHT
HEADER FOR JUNEAU

CHICAGO, Jan. 10. (P)-The search
for G. H. Meeker, ousted president OF
the Commonwealth Reserve bank, the
million-dollar corporation whose funds
the States attorney said, had dwindled
down to 500, after 100000 had been
realized from the sale of stock, point
ed towards Juneau, Alaska.
August Beese, Chicago hardware
dealer, who invested $1,000, is willing
to sign a complaint. Another stock.
holder recalled that Meeker's mother
came from Juneau to visit him
Meeker was last known to be in Van.
couver, B. C. His wife is virtually
destitute. G. G.. Woodmanse, treas
urer Of the bank will be given a hear.
ing January % on charge Of running
a confidence game and conspiracy.
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CANTONESE FLAG HOISTED

SHANGHAI, Jan. 10. (P-Japanese
sources reported the Cantonese flag
had been hoisted over the official
building Of the British Hankow con-
cession. A Reuters dispatch said ev-
erything is quiet. Business houses
and banks remained closed. Ships be
gan arriving bringing refugees. Pri-
vate advices said all securities in the
bank of Hong Kong at Hankow have
been removed to British ships.
LONDON, Jan. 10. (P)-Mob men
ace has spread from Hankow down the
lower Yangtze valley. Conditions for
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PAN AMERICAN FLIGHT
ORDERED TO RESUME

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. P)-The
pan-American flight was ordered to re.
sumo without the flagship New York,
damaged at Guatemala City, while the
crippled plane goes direct to Panama
for repairs. A reserve ship is being
sent from San Antonio to Panama to
continue with the fliers as the New
York H., if the damaged ship is not
repaired in time.
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After receiving public education,

After receiving a public education,
Mr.. Booth entered business in Detroit,
which he left at the age of "a years to
enter field of duty in which he was
particularly -interested-the Young
Mems Christian Association work.
For Is years he was connected with
the Association, first at Detroit and
then at Albany, N. Y. From Albany,
Mr. Booth went to New York City as
general secretary for the association
in New York.
CONTINUED on Page Two)
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foreigners is designated as absolutely
intolerab1e The soldiers, presum-
ably Cantonese, are beyond control.

SHANGHAI, jan 10, Saturday (F9
Chinese soldiers are looting Kill
kuans, 40 or SO miles west of Shang-
hal, after rioting by the Chinese
against the British concessions. The
position of foreigners is described as
absolutely intolerable." Local au-
thorities are unable to control the sit
uation. Two hundred and fifty British
women and children boarded a gun
boat for Shanghai.
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MARINES TO NICARAGUA

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 10. (P-Organ-
ization Of an expeditionary battalion
of marines is under way and is expect
ed to be ready to proceed anywhere
tomorrow night. Tropical kits have
been issued to the men and Nicara-
guam service is likely.
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YOUTH DESCRIBES PANIC

MONTREAL, Jan. 10. (P)-Antoine
Girouard, aged 16, described the fire
panic and said:
81 got down the stairway and was
near the bottom when I was knocked
down by the rush of people who piled
over me. Three dead boys were be-
meath me when the police raised me.
Above me six injured boys had to be
removed before was reached. While
I was crushed and lying on the steps
firemen began to play the hose over
Ius."
Ernie Fitzpatrick, aged 10, said:
Everybody was laughing when we
saw flame and smok near the first
row in the center balcony. Some
men were playing fire extinguishers
and shouting that it was not serious.
I said a prayer and started to climb
over people and was carried to the
street on the heads of the mob.
Ushers tried to keep the people quiet
while others yelled fire! Get out
quick!"
Constable Albert Boisseau in re-
moving bodies, discovered his three
children dead.
Firemen and policemen were on
the spot instantly, but the crazed chill
dren were difficult to manage. Most
of the victims were dead when re-
moved from the theatre, but several
were taken to hospitals where they
died in agony.
A crowd of parents, crazed by the
thought that their children had perish
ed in the disaster, damned the Hobbies
of the hospital and mortuary.
MONTREAL, Jan. 10. P)-The fire
panic killed rs and injured 35. It is
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SPOKANE COUNTY GRAND
JURY MAY INVESTIGATE

SPOKANE, Jan. 10. P)-County Of
fcials said the county Superior court
grand jury will be called to investi-
gate corruption in relation to gamb-
ling in Spokane if the Federal grand
jury, now in session, returns indict-
ments on liquor corruption. The Fed
eral grand jury cannot include gamb-
ling.
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PILOTS SET NEW RECORD

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (R-Pilots
of the air mail service broke three re-
cords of the Chicago-New York serv
ice on December 16, covering the dis
lance in four hours and 20 minutes.
The old record was four hours and 30
minutes.
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U. S. SHIPS INCREASING

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (P-Eu.
gene Chamberlain, transportation ex-
pert, said the tramp steamer is giving
way to the ocean liner, and claimed
three-fourths Of the worlds liner in
crease since 1914 has been in Ameri-
can ships.
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NJ arineS Get
Orders Ready
To Take Field
SEATTLE MARINES, BOUND FOR SAN DIEGO, IN
STRUCTED BE PREPARED FOR TROPICAL DU-
TY-CARRIED FULL FIELD EQUIPMENT BRIG
Adler GENERAL BUTLER ISSUES ORDERS

SAN DIEGO, in. 10. QP)-Orders to organize and
stand by for the battalion to be ready to proceed any
where at moments notice received by Lieut. COL
William H. Pritchett, acting commandant Of the San
Diego Marines The base battalion consists Of 288 men,
under command of Major Alexander A. Vandergrft.
Orders for the formation of the battalion from
Brgadier General Butler in charge Of the Marine Corps
and Western Mail Guard.
SEATTLE, Jan. TO- Q-Marines who left at II AS for
San Diego instructed to be PREPARED for tropical
duty" They carried full field equipment.
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CHILDREN
TRAPPED
in lanes

KILLED IN FIRE
PANIC IN MONTREAL MOVING
PICTURE THEATRE - TWENTY
MEN ON ROPE ATTACHED TO
KEY BODY ON STAIRWAY FAIL
TO BREAK JAM OF WEDGED
BODIES
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BIG FIRE I'M MANILA

MANILA, Jan. 10, (P)-Five Thou
sand persons are homeless by a fire
which destroyed 1900 homes in Ma
Mia. The loss is estimated at two
million pesos.
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LONDON JAN 10. up The British office is advised
from Hankow that the Cantonese authorities have agreed
to withdraw troops and pckets from the British conces
sion Police from the British and former German and
Russian concessions to patrol these with foreign train
ed Chinese 1t is expected the British will return the OF
cers from the barracks where they have been concen
trated for safety.
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DAWSON MAN CONVICTED

DAWSON, Jan. TO- (P)-Jackie Mac
Intosh was convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to three years in the
Whitehorse penitentiary. Macintosh
killed Pelly Jim last fall.
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For several years he acted as ex-
ecutive head of the New York AS
sociated and it's 80 branches. AS
monuments to the success of his
work, the Twenty-third Street, West
Side, Colored Mems and Union
branches are still factors of the 7.
M. C. A. system in New York. Mr..
Booth conceived, planned and raised
funds for the erection of these build
ings.
Mr.. Booth left the Young Mems
Christian Association service in 1906
and became general manager of the
Grand Rapids Press. simultaneously
with his appointment came the re-
moval Of the. Press to its present
buildin The newspaper plant was
constructed on modern lines and
special attention was given to the
newsboys' quarters. The carriers
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LIMITED TRAINS CRASH

NEW YORK, Jan. 10. (P-Twenty
people were injured and an engineer
was killed when a Boston section Of
the Twentieth Century limited train
crashed into a Chicago-New York linn
tied at Savannah, N. Y.
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Position Folk
City Hank0W
Rep0rtedBa

PRESUMED CANTONESE ARE BEYOND CON-
TROL-MOB MENACE SPREADS DOWN LOWER
YANGTZE VALLEY = TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY BRITISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN BOARD
GUNBOAT FOR SHANGHAI = ALL BANKS|
CLOSED
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PARIS, Jan. 10. (P)-Henry Lettel-
lier, French sportsman, and Yola
Henriquet were married here.
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cHURcHMEN DISCUSS SITUATION

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 10 P)-Catho-
lie bishops conferred with Jewish rab-
bis and Protestant ministers on the
situation of the Catholic church in
Mexico for the first time in history.
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MONTREAL, Jan. 10. (P-The fire
panic killed rs and injured IS. It is
reported the injured will recover.
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PROMINENT NEWSPAPER MAN Of
MICHIGAN. EDMUND ". BOOTH.
DEAD; AFTER MANY WEEKS ILLNESS
ACTIVE IN YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA-
TON WORK FOR Is YEARS RRESIGNED TO BE-
COME GENERAL MANAGER OF GRAND RAPIDS
PRESS

GRAND RAPIDS Moch ;, Jan. 10. (H)-Edmund W.
Booth editor and general manager of the Grand Rapids
Press, died after weeks of illness.
Edmund Booth member Of the we'll known family
of newspaper publishers who control nine of the after
} journals of Michigan. He born at St. Cath
crimes, Ont, Sept. 49, 1866 He the son of Henry
Wood Booth, journalist and author and Clara Gagnier
Pnnfh
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20
THOMPSON

Mir. and Mrs. Richard Arnold and their son were in town saturday.
 Mrs. Dexter Elliott gave a dinner followed by bridge last thursday eve ming.
 Mrs. Stephen Livingston and Mir. hingsbury Livingston are guests of Mrs. George Brort.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Tourtellotte are receiving congratulations on the birth of q son. Mrs. Iourteliotte was Miss Marion Erieson.
 Miss Berniee Armstrong and Dr. Harris motored from syracuse last week and spent few days with Mrs. Clara Armstrong.
 There Was meeting of the execu- tive board oI the illage improvement society at the residence oi the presI- dent. Mss Lewls, Thursday evening
 Mr Marshall Sheldon from Croch- CTS, interior decorators, ol Providence, was in town Wednesday ta see aDout the decorations ut the Russian Bear.
 Mrs. Dexter Elliott spent a few days ln Providence thIs week with her sister, Mrs. Jenekes, who nas just re- turned from trap 10 the Mediter- rHnean.
 A number of Thompsonites are planning to attend luncheon In Providence next Wednesday given by Mrs. Charles Russell and followed by auction at Mrs. Alfred Lemon $.
 There val hr a 'o's. -.-aHs-es il aence in town this season. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Bradford and their fam fly will take possession of the cottage on the Dresser place, called the Hiten- ing Post, early III June, and Mir. and Mrs. Legg with their children are 1o occupy Mrs. Burnett house. There are also rumors of some new arrivals in town.
 lt may be of interest Co some to know the use the Womeu's Club of Webster made of the cheek sent them in appreciation of their kindness in giving "Llttle Women for our Village Improvement Society. he Webster Dudley Girls Club, being in pressing need of ananc.a! assistance. the Mem- en s Club turned the check over t0 them.
 There was great excitement in town Saturday afternoon when an alrplane landed on Fort Hill A young man flew from Hartford to Thompson and dropped a birthday gift at the Howe Marot School for his sister, who was celebrating her birthday. A number of people after seeing the plane flying over the village, hurried t0 Fort Hill for a nearer inspection.
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20
WEST WOODSTOCK

Mir. and Mrs. E. B. Stevens of Long. meadow spent Sunday at the brick house.
 John Hendriekson of New Britain has been spending this week with his family.
 Miss Mildred $. Jones has had a telephone installed at Broadview. 9 on the "A line
 Mir. and Mrs. Edward L. Morse and son Francis of Hartford are spending this week at keaelm.
 Mrs. Howard M. Frost and son Marshall of Brooklyn. N. r.. were at the Frost homestead over the week. end.
 Foxes are very bold and troublesome to poultry keepers, coming into en- closures and taking hens any time in the day. Harold Hendrickson has dis posed of two groshawks that have been feasting on chickens.
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20
WOODSTOCK

Miss Margaret Clover of Worcester was weekend guest of Mrs. Frank Shlppey and family.
 Mrz. Hopkins held a Club aluminium ware demonstration at her home on Wednesday afternoon.
 Next Saturday evening the Swedish Young People have their monthly pro gram meeting. followed by refresh ments.
 Miss Constance Williams was in Danielson over the weekend. visiting her grandparents, Mir and Mrs. John Barber.
 Axel Arvidson and John Shenning will b. in New Britain next Saturday and Sunday attending Sunday school conference.
 On Thursday evening. May 26. the Belmont Hill Salvation Army Corps Of Worcester will give concert at the Swedish church.
 A student of the Junior class of the Hartford Theological School supplied the pulpit of the First Congregational church last Sunday
 Rev. K. A. Anderson and Manning Anderson have been in Lynn several days as delegates 10 the annual meet ing of the Swedish Eastern Missionary Association.
 The play by the Junior class of Woodstock Academy given in Palmer Memorial Hall last Friday evening was well presented and very much en- joyed by the audience.
 Miss Louise Lawton, Mrs. Albert Williams. Miss Mary Flynn and Mrs. William Child attended the anniver- sary banqquet of the D. A. R. held at Putnam Inn last Saturday.
 \ social under the auspices of the Ladies Benevolent Society of the First Congregational church was held at the home of Mir. and Mrs Edward Rollins on Tuesday evening. About forty were present to enjoy games and a so- cial time.
 The people of Woodstock are eager ly looking forward to the concert to be given on Tuesday evening, May 24, at 5.30 o'clock. standard time. in the East Woodstock church This concert is to be given by the Harrisville, K. |. Glee Club under the direction of Alex ander Rihm. The program will con sist of choral numbers by a chorus of trained voices. vocal solos and duets. and violin solos.
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20
SOUTH WOODSTOCK

Mrs. Tourtellotte visited in East Thompson on Thursday of last week.
 Mrs. Easterbrooks Is assisting Mrs. C. & Sheldon in caring for Mir. Shell don.
 MT. and Mrs. Claus Nelson spent the weekend with their children ill Hartford
 Mrs. H L. Sanger and son Hobart visited Mrs Sanger's mother in Cen tral Village Sunday afternoon.
 Rev. II. D. Pierce and family and friend visited Miss Ida Sanger Satar day. Miss Sanger is entertaining the young lady for a while.
 A patriotic service Is being arrang- ed for the Sunday evening service, May 29. and cordial invitation is ex- tended to everybody to attend.
 Several of the ladies Of this church attended the meeting of the Associa- tional Baptist Missionary Society in Putnam Wednesday, and report an interesting program.
 Mir. Erikson of Lakeside returned from the Memorial Hospital in Wor- cester on Friday. His friends are sur- ry to learn that he is not much the better for his stay in the hospital.
 Much sympathy is expressed for Mrs Harmon French, whose mother passed away Saturday morning, after a short illness. having suffered par alytic shock. Her father is in the Day kimball Hospital. where he has been for a number of months.
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20

Many tales are told of her appropri- ate remarks. One evening when the family were in Chicago, some men friends of Mir. Ream, who were enjoy ing his hospitality, stayed until the small hours of the morning. Polly, apparently realizing the party had lasted long enough, with her head on one side. gave Mir Ream n sly wink and said m a sleepy voice, Good nightl Good night!" The guests, talk ing the hint. hastily made their adieuN.
 Polly once only appeared on the stage. but on that occasion she brought down the house How the Vote Was Won." a little suffrage play. was given at the town hall Miss Lewis, taking the part of an elderly boarding house keeper, made an effective entrance with her little dog Rusty on a leash and Polly in her cage. During the conversation that ensued one Of the
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20

Rev Mir Lanphear and wife attend ed the ministers meeting in Hartford Tuesday
 The body of Rev John Trowbridgs will be brought here for burial Satur- day, May 2l.
 Miss Helen French was the recipi- ent of . very fine Maybasket Saturday evening hung to her by a party of friends.
 Mrs. Charles Clark motored to Pet orsham Sunday and brought her moth CT, who has been visiting there, back with her.
 Friday evening the grammar school is giving an entertainment at the chap el for the benefit of the graduating class. and the Ladies Aid are furnish ing the supper.
 Mrs Ina Trowbridge Nunn passed away Friday night after an illness of only one day. The funeral was held at her home Monday afternoon and buri- al was in the Abingdon cemetery.
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20

impersonated by Mir. Dun ming. remarked t0 q number of women and girls of various ages on the stage; You can't al marry-to which state ment Polly emphatically agreed. say ing "Nol" Like all parrots she quick ly learned t6 repeat any remark free quently heard SO after small child had stayed with her mother for a short time at Carolyn Hall, she would say many times daily, Susan. doHt touch that. and long after Hilda, the children's nurse. had left. and the chil- dren were grown men and women, she would continue to call "Hilda."
 F. D. W.
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20
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Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20
The Ps..ing of pslly

Polly, the parrot who lived in the Ream family for forty-hve years and was always a cherished member of the household, died this week after a long illness. Owing to her eleverness and conversational powers, she made many friends in the years she lived in Thompson, and her passing brings to mind the happy days when Carolyn Hall was the scene of much gaiety, and Polly's voice was frequently heard from the piazzas and eroquet ground.
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20
OUINEBAUG

-. frtervale Mills resumed oper-
 .gsir Monday morning.
 -,. Nell Baby clinic was held on
 .5ss afternoon in Lyeeum Hall. Dartt has bought a house
 lakeside tPond Factory) ard k. q ,e erect a cottage this summer. uiss Louise Corbin of the Mary E. rsns High school faculty, and Miss i'i,is hsns C5rttis attended the May .,,.,' V festivsl at Wheaton College Sat urdsy
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20
EASTFORD

Eileen MacBain of Hartford spent the weekend at her uncle's.
 Rev Mir. Rum and family of East Lyme called on friends in town re gently
 sstrlss.i iisal.gsis- as.g. '-a-..4.gl l.1b!.gsi r. $. Collins and family of Norwich Sunday
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20

EYESIGHT CAREY
 Tedry Eyes

EYES that tear" easily in cold weather. or from eYe- s,f T, are literally crying for Ipsoteetive glasses.
 Properly prescribed glasses bring a comfort 10 sensil ye eye that, once experienced. will never be relinquished.
 The cost of eyesight protee- tion is slight compared with the comfort and safety gained We welcome your inquiries.
Putnam patriot., 1927-05-20

Among the many ways that Sir Walter Raleigh spelled his name were Rawleyghe, Rawlygh, Rauley, and Rawleigh
Smyrna times., 1927-10-26
Final Schedule of Votes

Votes will be issued money paid on subscriptions &C
OrHnc TO the following schedule of votes: