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The Washington times., 1927-08-09
WAR on COUNTY
rum TRAFFIC

Federal prohibition authorities
are planning to cleanup the
liquor industry in Montgomery
county. as result Of revelations
Of illicit ifquor activities uncovered
during the Mills murder inveatiga
ton, II was learned today from sew
eral reliable sources.
DIR. George w. Crabbe. superin.
tendent of the Maryland Anti-Saloon
League, stated that number Of
complaints have come to his office
In recent weeks of liquor activities
In the Hunting Hill section Of the.
county. All such complaints are
turned over to the Federal admins
traitors office. he added.
He declared that he would neither
confirm nor deny the information
obtained by The Washington Times
nor would he state whether or not
complaints OF liquor making near
Hunting Hill have been forwarded
to the prohibition administrators
From other sources II was learned
that several Federal agents are
already making preliminary sur
wy VI hquOE GOHultIOHs III tHR
county.
Col. John r. G. Herbert. proiai.
bition administrator for MARYLAND
and the District declared that. for
obvious reasons, no information
would be Forthcoming from his
office as to the Governments in
tentions regarding the Hunting Hill
bootleg ring. =
Ever since revelations Of the
activity OF large liquor ring were
uncovered during the. murder inves.
tigation. residents of Montgomery
county have predicted that the Gov
eminent would step in and clean
mp this traffic It the State author
tiles didn't.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
Receivership Asked for
Riddles KlOthes Shop

The appointment OF receiver for
the Riddles KIothes Shop, 941 r st.
N. W. was asked TODAY IN a petit
ton filed against that concern by
It's creditors, in the District Su.
preme Court.
Creditors alleee that the concern
committed acts of bankruptcy by
preLerrins certain creditors. Attor.
ney L1nsfcro L. Hammer represented
the petitioning creditors.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
V0IGT GRANTS
WIFE, CLAIM

George ]. voigt, editor and IA
nous golf amateur champion.
whose wife. Mrs. Charlotte v.
Noigt, sued him for separate main.
tenance last week. today entered
a consent decree agreeing to pay
his wife $50 per month tempo AIRY
alimony for herself and their two
children.
Mrs. voigt's suit was filed the
same day that the United States
Golf Association, exonerated Voigt
OF any faint Of comfnerciaIisrIl.
The wife In her suit, said that
Voigt was an editor, receiving $3.50
per month from Edward b. Nc.
Lean, millionaire sportsman and
editor Of the Post, but accused
him Of making large sums Of
money: through his connections
with Mclean, declaring that he
bet on McLean's horses, on "sure
tips and also that he earned
large sums OF money in betting
on his golf ability.
While the wife's suit, filed b
Attorney Crandal Mackey, ouIs
asked for q separate maintenance
she accused her husband of being
Ss over par in his relationshiI
with other wnl en-, declaring tina
though the law only permits hus
band one woman, her husband wa.
found to be the possessor OF list
OF SS other women. whose names
and phone numbers he had care
fully tabulated, No misconduct
however, is attributed to the hus
band and the list Of women.
jnder separation agreement
voigt had been paying his wife
500 per month which, under thu
terms Of the decree signed by Chic
Justice Mccoy today. is increased
70 $SO per month, Voigt filed nj
answer to- his wife's suit.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
Fire Rulnor Flies When
Court House Gets
Years Bath

Hundreds Of defendants in
suits pending against them in
the District Supreme Court
were disappointed today when
a rumor that the court house
was on fire, proved to be false.
The runlor was based on the
annual summer cleaning that
the building undergoes at the
hands of the fire department.
Equipment with hose strewn
about clutter up the lawn
throwing high pressure water
all over the building, much To
the obvious disgust Of hundreds
of pigeons that infest the cor
nices and hooks.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
is Il NAN THINKETH

One thing only know. and that Il
know nothing" old Socrates said,
But. while saRaclOus philosopher. he
has been long time dead,
let there are many alive today. long
time dead. but don't know II.
And there are those who dent know
they know nothing, vet they show ii.
Know thyself," yet how few do, for
imagination paints pictures unreal
And intelligence alone controls inl-
pulses and desires we may all feel.
Conscience and fear and not virtues.
but make towards. % nearly ali.
And NnIeas we avoid the lure az temp
tatioR We are heading for q fall.
Old Soc" was right ls 60 ourselves
or the thought In another mind.
When IL comes to pePeOnaIifN. It's
case Of the blind leading the blind.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
OFFIcE NOISE EXAMINATIONS
-
Rss us.pkE oRtlek

OFFICE NOISE ELIMINATION
Scientists are said to haze IN.
vented a machine for the elimi-
nation of noises III offices, there
by Increasing The efficiency of
mental aVorkers, including the
ste1sogs.
But nil 1t stop the blonde
eten0 from telling her brunette
friend about the felIo10 she aDas
Oat NTH the night before?
He Is great" she says, "a
perfect gentleman. He has such
ae0nderful eyes and he dances
CliUinelg. Why, he told me / had
such d .disti Juished personnel
He certainly kn0s0s ho90 to use
important ae0rds. He didn't tell
me, but | believe he is a col
lege graduate. He said he aeanted
20 see me often. Isn't that nice?"
Then she resumes cheaUing on
the big rad of gum until she
has something else to sag.
OFFICE BOSS.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
THE VILLAGE AuTocRAT

And here's the vtliagr constable,
A power down In Smithfield,
where virtues gre highly lauded
And wrong no one does shield.
Last Sunday he made mOFe'R 30 bucks
Arresting smart city guys
who tried to speed through the town
A " aeekiRg . medal or prize.
On Monday morning all h quiet.
Few motorists now do pass,
And 20 he gives to his old cow
a bunch Of juicy grass.
Then shop he gives to his pigs,
For they are greedy feeders,
Ard takes things easy I'll next Sunday
when ne lays for the apeeders.
HANK HENFooT.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
WHAT BOOZE DOES

Pete Hackers was q curious guy,
without any music IN his soul.
And he'd shnn singers and ainglnK
Even II he had TO hide in = hole.
Rua Pete was > far dlfFerent guy
when with boxOe he was stirred.
Eor II ven gave him several awalIowa
He'd try 70 sing like = happy bird,
when sober he had little to say,
And was ~ solemn a. 8 carrot.
nut when booze had meIlowed him
He'd chatter Hike parrot.
OKLAHOMA PETE.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09

BetchG that I0-gGLlon hat
MIsich Cal wears out IN DG-
kotG gets on Wayne Wheel
eY's nerVeS. Does sound sOrtG
fanny for "dYy" President
To be iUenyiny anything that
nil hold ten gallons.
SHAKESPEARE FOOT.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
VETS TO MEET

The Spanish War Veterans will
meet at the Col. James Petit Camp.
s21 Pennsylvania Ave s. E., tonight
at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09

All the latest news Of sports and
the rest ~ the activities az the
world IN the NIGHT SPORTS eli.
tloa Of The Times.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
Woman aOGs mGds before
mirrors, and she has kept
herself before them eveT since.
AUNT DEDA.
YOU KNOW THIS KIND

Ne condemned al tine-kinlaG
nut he'd waste IN honF ~ more
WatehlnE wsrkmsN hoiht ~ lren aafe
90 70 the iSRtesnth Rlesr.
JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09
HER FATHERS LAMENT.

HEX FATHERS LAMENT.
The rich girl WEEDS the poor young
man..
All faces In the church are all aglow.
TIaa women whisper, Here comes the
bride.3
BUT her father sIghs. There goes
my dough-"
The Washington times., 1927-08-09

Z Dnddy' BroWntitg mast be
letting the "peaches" alone.
The newspapers do not eUeM
Indicate that he Is out for
any more o, that kind of frnit.
GENE 3.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09

or course my fIivyer ehatteFs,
But most unconcerned am i.
For Of chatter i tim used to,
MY wife furnishes a large supply.
EZEKIEL E.
The Washington times., 1927-08-09

"A Letter from a friend IN
Germany tells me that WheR
the Germans eat Liqnburger
cheese and dirk beer the
bands mo1V T1lay Yes, Cheese
Nv Baby. Able.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
five STORY BUILDING
TO RISE ON MAIN ST.
Raphael to Erect New
Structure in Business
District

Work was begun today on the
razing of three Main street buildings
owned by Louis r. Raphael to clear
site for a new five story building to
house stores, business offices and
lofts.
Included is the Stevens block
which has been standing for nearly
half century, and the Lee block,
together with the smaller frame
building which stands between. A
frame structure in the rear will also
be removed.
Mr.. Raphael has not announced
the detail Of his plan for what will
be one of the most extensive central
business blocks but the general out
line has been worked out and plans
are now being made for the new
structure.
The Stevens block housed the
Hudson lunch and a smaller store
for several years. Upper floors have
been only partially occupied in re-
cent months. Next to the north Is a
building partly of frame and part
ly Of brick. The basement was used
as a shoe store and the second floor
by William ]. Fallens restaurant
and another store. Its upper floor
has been unoccupied. Stores on the
first floor, a pool room on the sec
ond and clubrooms on the third
hooor make up the tenancy of the
Lee block.
1t is expected that about one
month will be required to remove
the present buildings after which the
new operations will be commenced.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
MANYR0AD HOUSES IN
VICINITY ARE RAIDED
aleriden and Wallingford
Resorts Visited by State
Police Over Weekend

New Haven, May 81 R)-Thirteen
persons who were summoned to APP
pear before United States Commits
sioner Robert II. Alcorn to give
bonds and have a date set for hear
ings on charges of violating the pro-
hibition laws. as result Of a series
of raids by federal agents late Sat
urday night. made their appearances
today and gave bonds OF $1,000
each.
They were James Ceriani, Cafe
Melone. and John Joss, his alleged
bartender; Tyler Cruttenden, Moose
Hill Inn. Otto Turner, bartender:
Edward Weissgraber, I'LL Club,
Meriden, Theodore jackson, barten-
der: Harris Nritchis, Derby Falls
Inn. Philip Reilly. bartender: Philip
Ritter, Hof Brau; William Sander,
Club Grill. Ernest Jordan, barten-
der; William Carroll, CAROLS Tav-
ern. James Ready, bartender.
OF thirteen warrants issued by the
commissioner for the raids. only sew
u
enteen arrests We're made as result
OF visits of the federal men to seven
places at which alleged beer and as
sorted liquors which filled five trucks
were seized.
From an unofficial source it was
learned today that the evidence on
which the issuance OF the warrants
was based covered a period of more
than three months and had been OBJ
tanned, in part. by two Yale Divin-
ity school students who are working
their way through college.
Hearings before Commissioner AL
corn will probably start Friday OF
this week, the commissioner indicat-
ed. and continue for several days.
The proprietor and alleged bar
tender of the Long Hill Inn, Wall
ingford, where nearly fifty quarts of
alleged liquor were seized, had not
appeared to post bonds at late
hour today. They were not served
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
New Britain Boy Chosen For Trip
to Denmark AS I typical Yankee Lad
Eagle Scout Albert Loomis
One of 100 American
Youngsters Selected for
Visit to Land of Danes.

Eagle Scout Albert LOOMS of
Troop 2, B. 8. A.. has been chosen as
one Of a group of 100 typical Amer
lean lads who will be guests in Dan
ish homes this summer and present
American boyhood at its best to the
people of Denmark. The group will
be taken abroad by DR.. Sven "
Knudsen, noted explorer and profess
sor at the University of Copenhagen.
II will be accompanied by the head
masters of several prep schools, a
nurse, and DR.. knudseH himself,
leaving New York July % and re-
turning about the middle Of Septem-
Der.
Each boy will be required to con-
tribute some American sport or 9TH
er avocation. Scout LOOMS will enter
scouting, swimming and diving,
bugling. boys orchestra work, and
tennis. The older boys will present
baseball. golf. football, track, glce
club singing. and others.
The local boy received this oppor-
tunity in a fortunate manner. Two
years ago, as birthday gift, he was
taken to the Boston scout jamboree
at which guests were DR.. Knudsen
and Donald Macmillan. American ex-
plorer. He made the acquaintance of
DR.. Knudsen and his name was
sponsored by a Massachusetts scout
executive. He was known to have
received camping instructions under
Harry Jordan. famous scout guide
and trapper and friend OF the
LOOMS family. and his Eagle scout
rank gave him further preference.
Albert is the only child of George
l., and Margaret Goodwin Loomis of
65 Lincoln street and will be IA
years old his next birthday. He is a
pupil at the Central Junior High
school. His progress in scouting was
exceptionally rapid after his joining
the South Congregational church
troop. and he advanced to the SUI
preme pinnacle Of eagle rank in less
than year.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
Death TOLL climbs
TO Is IN BAD STORM
20 Others Missing in Tenn,
Va, and KY Damage
May Be Million

Bristol. Tenn. May 81 R-At
least sixteen persons were killed
during Sunday night and Monday as
rain. wind. hail and electrical
storms swept sections of three states
Virginia. Tennessee and Kentucky.
More than twenty persons were re-
ported missing. Early estimates of
property damage places the total at
100000.
Mountain streams. swollen by
heavy rains washed away home
steads. In some sections hail added
to the damage done to standing
crops.
Kentucky, with ten deaths and
more than twenty persons reported
missing In the vicinity Of Preston
burg and Garrett, was the heaviest
hit. Virginia and Tennessee each
reported three killed.
The dead: Kentucky, at Royalton,
three drowned. Mrs. Agnes Bailey,
so, her daughter-in-law, Mrs. T. D..
Bailey, 40, and grandson. Willard,
II: at Roxana, six drowned. Mrs.
Chester Fields, Mrs. Green Callahan
and her two children. and two uni
Identified persons. At Eliscole. one
drowned, unidentified.
Virginia-At Gate City, three
drowned. unidentified.
Tennessee - Near Elizabethtown,
two drowned. Mrs. Ruby Robinson
and child. At Johnson City, one
man electrocuted by submerged
live wire.
The storm broke in the wake of
a season OF rains which already had
left rivers and streams in a swollen
condition. Few details were avail
able but as reports treked in from
stricken sections over crippled COM
munication lines today it was feared
additional deaths and word of even
greater property damage would be
learned.
Available reports told OF land
slides that blocked highways and
railway lines and said that more
than sixty houses, in widely scatter
ed areas were either demolished or
badly damaged by flood waters.
Eight slides between here and APP
palachia blocked tracks of the
Southern Railway and cut off rail
communication between the two cit
les. Other slides were reported in
eastern Kentucky and southwest
Virginia In some sections high
days were reported inundated to a
depth Of from one to three feet,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
House of Commons Stops
To Cheer Lindbergh

London. May 81 up Another
tumultuous welcome was given Cap
tain Lindbergh when he drove up
to Westminster this afternoon for
his visit to the house Of commons
and his tea with Lady Aston.
After acknowledging the cheers OF
those at the entrance. he was es-
corted into the house and taken to
a front seat in the distinguished
strangers gallery. where he listen
ed to discussion Of the govern
ment's trade union bill.
He was accompanied by Lord
and Lady Aston. who explained the
house proceedings to him. He re-
manned for some time engrossed in
the debate. His presence caused a
ssttr among the parliamentarian
band occupants OF the galleries.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
RETURNS TO prove
SKELETON NOT HIS
Charles Sadis Gives Family
Ample Evidence He
Is Alive

Determined that he would return
to New Britain and put at ease the
reports that the skeleton found in
Mountain View, Plainville was his
and that he was dead, Charles Sadis
OF Clark street returned to his home
this week to prove to his family
that he Is alive.
He was in Massachusetts for sew
eral months and when he returned
to Connecticut the words, You're
wanted in New Britain" were flung
at him from acquaintance who
read of him in the papers and who
heard his description through Sta
ton VITO, Hartford.
Shortly after the skeleton was
found in Plainville, Sadis' son-in-
law. John Moskell. an employe of
]. NJ. Curtin company, began an
Investigation which brought him
thought Bloomfield, Suffield and
other places where Sadis was known
to have worked. He was within a
few miles OF his father-in-law in
Bloomfield but thinking that he
would not be in a thicllly populated
woods nearby he did not drive to
the place whore Mr.. Sadis was liv-
ing,
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
Il PERSONS SHOT
in tampa R|0TING
Wounded Were Part Of Mob
Trying to Break Into Jail
TROOPS NOW ARE ON DUTY
Infuriated Crowd, Determined to
Lynch Slayer Of Five, Cndeterred
When Sprayed With Ammonia
Even Dare Bullets,

Tampa, Fla, May 81 R-A six
hour battle between police officers
and Infatuated civilians that counted
IL persons wounded ended this
morning when a company of one
hundred national guardamen tool;
up a position behind machine guns
and tear gas bombs, in the Hills
borough Jail here.
Mob Storms Jail.
Throughout the night a mob of O.
900 persons had stormed the Jail in
an attempt to get r. r. Lcvins, con-
fessed murderer. Despite assurance
Of Sheriff HERS that the prisoner
Lad been removed to another Jail
the mob persisted in their attempts
to break into the Jail and were not
deferred even when the sheriff Or
rered his deputies to open fire on the
crowd.
II Persons Wounded
Nine men and two women are
known to have been wounded. Re-
ports that others also hal been shot
lad not been confirmed thi. morn
ing. Streams of ammonia, played by
Il chemical squad of the local fire
department. were resorted to by the
officers but the mob refused to dis
perse. Some took UP a position in a
negro church across the street from
the Jail and from that point of van
tage returned the fire OF the depu-
ties. Others secured heavy timbers to
use as battering rams against the
walls of the building.
Batter Down Wall
In one attack, 80 men succeeded
in breaking an opening in one of the
walls. Two Of the attackers fell
through the hole and We're immedi-
ately arrested and placed in cells.
With daylight came the guardsmen.
piling out ON motor trucks and au-
tomobiles. they marched in forma-
ton to the Jail. There was a tenn
porary lull before the battle broke
out again. Sharp shooters for time
resumed their firing. But the appear
ance of the soldiers and announce
ment that two more companies were
on the way to the scene from Lake
land and Barlow. under order from
Governor John w. Martin, appar-
emily served to cool the anger Of the
mob.
Reluctant to dispense. even thep,
they became quiet and although
many continued to mill about the
Jail. no further immediate disorders
were anticipated.
Confessed To Killings
levinS was arrested last Friday
and is alleged to have confessed he
killed Herman Merrill, his wife and
three children by crushing their
heads with heavy railroad tool. A
fourth child also was badly injured.
L. was reported Levins said he killed
the Merrills thinking they were an
other family against whom he held
4 grudge.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
Eastman Kodak Company
Wins in Supreme Court

Washington, May 81 Lf9-The fed
eral trade commission case against
the Eastman Kodak company failed
today IN the supreme court.
UNFOLDING the position taken by
lower courts, the highest tribunal
decided that the Kodak company
had violated no law in acquiring
three laboratories equipped TO
produce motion picture films.
The commission had sought to
compel the company to dispose of
the laboratories which its contended
were acquired as threat to force
the Allied Laboratories association
and others engaged in printing films
for exhibition purposes to purchase
the raw films from the Eastman con-
Germ.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
MYSTERY Plane SEEN
OUT over ATLANTIC
Only Explanation Is That
1t Was Army Plane,
Sent From Warship

New York, May 81 LP-A mys-
terry airplane was sighted by the
Cunard liner Pennsylvania yesterday
about $50 miles northwest OF the
Azores headed eastward, said radio
advices to the line today from Cap
tain David Bone OF the liner.
The radio message. received at
midnight. said:
Our position latitude 45.47 north.
longitude 32.@9 west. Observed air
plane about twenty miles south
steering to eastward"
No planes are known to be in that
vicinity. The only trans Atlantic flier
Commander De Pinedo is still at the
Azores where his machine is under
going repairs.
The plane. when sighted. was d.
rectly over the established east
bound s-Atlantic track and
about in mid-ocean.
The Pennsylvania left here May
IS and is bound for Antwerp and
Glasgow.
Frank Tichenor, publisher of Aero
Digest and trustee of the fund raised
to send an American plane to New
foundland in search of Nungesser
and Coli said he believed the mys-
terry plane had not flown from land
hut was a military plane shot into
the air from catapult of a warship
for practice in night maneuvers.
That's just guess" he said.
but no plane is known to have left
either shore of the Atlantic for such
a flight. / believe it will be found
tina. the plane was shot off by a
varship, either American or foreign.
and probably foreign"
Tichenor said that such plane
would easily have such flying
radius that it might be visible to the
Pennsylvania when its mother ship
W; over the horizon or out of sight
in the darkness.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
NINETEEN KILLED
and MANY INJURED
New England's Toll Of Holiday
Auto Tragedies
Two Die IN HARTFORD
Motorcyclist and Onlooker Killed
Grade Crossing Crashes Snuff Out
Total OF Nine Lives in Three Ac-
cidents.

cidents.
Boston. May 81 R-Nineteen per-
sons wer dead, several others in
time Of minor hurts In automobile
times Of minor hurts in automobile
accidents growing out Of Memorial
day pilgrimages which brought the
heaviest traffic of the year to New
England roads.
Railroad trains figured in three
OF the crashes with an aggregate
loss OF nine lives.
Four Die In Crash
The largest toll OF the day for a
single accident was taken near Con-
way. N. H.. where four persons met
instant death and four others suf-
fered serious injury when their ma
chine was struck by a Boston &
Maine passenger train.
They were residents Of Kazar
Falls, Me. returning from a holiday
trip to the White Mountains. Mrs.
Harold Day, her eight-year- old
daughter and Mrs. Gerald Spring
and her infant daughter were killed.
Harold Day and Gerald Spring. hus-
bands Of the two women, and two
sons Of the Days were injured.
Another Crossing Tragedy
At Falmouth, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Beillig of Lawrence and Mrs.
Beillig's sister. Mrs. Elsie Achilles.
met death in another grade crossing
accident. Carl Achilles, Of Cam
bridge. driver Of the machine and
husband Of one OF the dead women,
was taken to a Brockton hospital.
In the third crash involving q
train. Ohio Ross OF Pine Point, Me-,
met instant death and his ten-year-
old daughter was fatally injured
when their machine was hurled 80
feet by train. Ross wife was seri-
ously hurt but was expected to re-
cover.
Sedan Hits Tree
A small sedan travelling at a fast
rate Of speed careened off the high
way and into a tree near Athol with
resultant death to three Gardner
youths. Leo P. Landry, Is; Edmond
J. Williams, IS. and George Gillette.
A fourth companion was believed
dying.
In another accident which claimed
more than one life. two stockbridge
Continued on Page Four)
New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
DRIVER is ENUMERATED

Norwich, Conn.,, May 81 Up
Harry Graicerstern of Baltic is held
blameless by Coroner j. J. Desmond
in finding handed down today OF
the death of Charles Angeles, 6. of
New London on April Z. The boy
was killed while riding a tricycle.
when he was struck by truck OPP
Grated by Graicerstern.