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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-18
SEM|NOLES CALL
Medicine men
10 Sit in Judgment Against
Slayer Of SquaT

Miami. Fla. Dec. IS P-The an
cient call to council Of the Seminole
Indian nation travelled in its mys-
FERROUS way across the Everglades
yesterday, summoning the Medicine
Men OF the tribe to sit in judgment
widow OF the late Billie Roberts.
The squaw died in a Miami hospital
Sunday from a knife wound.
Makes. Confession
Cory Osceola. hailed as the true
chief of the Seminoles being a des-
cendant of the famous defiant chief
Osceola who for years held off the
white invader in the Florida Indian
wars. said Josie Billie had confessed
10 him that he welded the fatal
knife thrust in drunken brawl near
the town of Everglades, in Collier
county.
Hard Law
Seminole law knows no demurrer,
pleading or motion to quash. Death,
severe physical punishment or exile
from the tribe or acquittal is meted
out by unanimous verdict after the
evidence is reviewed. Capital pun
ishment Is carried out, Osceola said
by using a thin rope of thong to
strangle the culprit.
Osceola asserted that the Medicine
Men have been summoned to gather
in big Cypress swamp in the fastness
OF the Everglades. whence they will
proceed to Dunn's River. about flv-
miles distant. There the sages vii
sit in Judgment on Josie Billie.
Is Tribal Chief
Josie Billie Is chief of the largest
Of seven tribes in the Everglades
according TO II. A. Hendry an au.
'hority on Indians. He is bette,
educated than most tribesmen. /,
able to read and write and ha,
travelled a little.
Charlie Tiger Tail is the on,,
Seminole known by Hendry to hav,
been executed for killing a membe,
OF the tribe. Nearly year ago NJ
was charged with killing Billy Como.
patchee, father of Billie. The fed.
eral government attempted to take
charge of the proceedings, but TIL,
tribunal eluded officers and tho
prisoner was tried and executed be.
fore he could be taken into custody
by federal officers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03

Joe r. Robinson, Democratic vice
presidential candidate, ends his coast
to coast tour with speech at
Clarksburg.
The first southern Democrat to
have a major place on the national
ticket since Civil war days, Senator
Robinson also was the first Demo-
crat since that time to invade the
solid south. AS his long t our
neared it's closed he was confident
success would crown his efforts next
Tuesday.
The last few days Of his tour have
taken the senator through states
considered by the leaders of his
party to lie in territory which may
cast decisive votes in Tuesdays bal
loting. The senator was partic-
ularly hopeful that his campaign in
Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, the Da-
kotas and Nebraska, would augment
chances for Democratic victory in
those states.
Although he winds up his cam
paign in Clarksburg today, the eli
WdA WAS actually Ic0Cucu AZ Lay IOii,
O., last night where a crowd that
thronged the huge auditorium
cheered both Robinson and James
! M. Cox. The strange shifting of the
American political scene was fully
portrayed at this meeting.
Eight years ago Senator Robinson
came to Dayton to notify Mr.. Cox
of his nomination by the Democrats
as their standard bearer in the cam
paign against Warren G. Harding
Last night Cox introduced the Sen
ator as "the next vice president o
the United States"
Mr.. Cox recalled the meeting o
eight years ago:
Whatever we may think abou
that drama Of 192O-or shall we cal
it drama that turned out to be ,
tragedy" Cox said, 1--WE do no
sit here together tonight in need O
Immigration. There is no smell O
oil in our clothing"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03
BURNED GIRLS
STORY STICKS
Police Still Baffled by Weird
Tale and Peculiar Circum.
stances

Lake Bluff, ILL.,, Nov. SLAP
Miss Elfrieda Knaak's own meagre
story of self torture in the furnace
room Of the Lake Bluff police station
was generally accepted today despite
discrepancies in the explanation Of
circumstances which caused her
death.
Police were as baffled day after
her death as they were when she was
found, her arms, head and legs
burned to the bone in places.
An inquest into the case was set
for November 8, and in the mean
time efforts will be made to clarity.
and if possible explain the woman's
burning. Her body will be further
examined to determine if her story
of self-immolation must be accepted
as conclusive.
Detectives studied her diary in the
hope of finding remarks revealing
Miss Knaak's psychology studies and
their effect on her behavior. They
perused letter written to her by
Charles Hitchcock. Lake Bluff night
policeman, who she said was hel
psychic sweetheart. A cursory study
of the letters, however, brought ne
new light to the persistent mystery
Miss Knaak's family reiterated .
belief that she could not have com.
mitted the deed alone, yet continued
investigation brought forth no evi.
dence to point to clues in other di.
rections. Hitchcock has been cleared
of all suspicion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03
DISEASE SHOWN
IN n, D, POULTRY
Culling Urged as Means OF
Eliminating tuberculosis
from Chickens

Investigations by the state veter-
inarian's office show that tubercu-
losis is present in many poultry
flocks in North Dakota, according to
w. F. Crewe, state veterinarian.
However, various poultry raisers
and organizations in the state are
cooperating handsomely in the cam
paign to eliminate the disease, he
Some educational work has been
done in the campaign, which started
. short time ago, the doctor said.
Three hundred turkeys were tested,
with only three reactors. Nearly
5000 chickens were tested, with 422
reactors, the average being set at
about nine per cent.
1T would seem too expensive 4
procedure to undertake the eralica-
ton Of tuberculosis by the tuberculin
testing of all flocks, even If an ap-
preparation was available" Crewe
continued.
ut has been determined that tu-
berculosis in poultry can be con-
trolled by the removal of all aged
birds in the infected flocks and
carrying over only young birds.
Birds under six months Of age do
not seem to be infected and birds
under one year rarely are infected.
It would seem that if poultry raisers
loss from the disease would be ex-
tensively curtsiled.
Several plans have been present
ed with some conflict as to the
adoption Of any particular one"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03
AL WINDING UP
HARDEST DRIVE
IN P u BLIC LIFE
New York Governor Finishes
Campaign in Madison Square
Garden Tonight

New York, Nov. 3.-Rl-Having
taken the time in the home stretch
Of the presidential campaign to plead
with all the force at his command
for election Of the Democratic state
ticket headed by Franklin D. Roose-
welt, Governor Smith winds up in
Madison Square Garden tonight the
most intensive fight Of his Is years
in politics.
The Democratic standard-bearer
is confident he will be the next presi-
dent Of the United States. and to-
night he will tell the home folks the
reason why he thinks SO. 1t will be
the last audience he will address in
person, and his managers hoped to
make it the largest of his three
swings around the country.
Monday night, after Herbert Hoo
yer has made his final 15-minute
appeal to the American people from
Palo Alto Calf. to retain the Re-
publicans in power in Washington,
the Democratic nominee will address
the voters, but it will be from a
radio broadcasting studio.
In his first speech in his home
state since he addressed the Demo-
cratic state convention at Rochester
October ], Governor Smith told an
audience in the Brooklyn Academy
of Music last night that it was up
to the people Of New York to keep
the Democrats in power at Albany
II they wanted to see "a construc-
tive, forward-looking, wise and eco
nomical administration" Of their at
fairs continued.
Discussing state issues and their
relation to similar questions in the
national campaign. the nominee as
sailed Albert Ottinger, state attor-
ney general and Republican candi-
date for governor, on his water
power, agriculture, education and
state finance stands before he struck
the question Of prohibition.
He described Ottinger as a "wet
dry" and said he had made the "in-
teresting suggestion that he will
wait until the commission appointed
by Mr.. Hoover reports on it."
WELL" the governor remarked
"that is a little bit too long to wait
There isn't going to be any report
because there isn't going to be any
commission. I'll attend to that. Al
/ have promised throughout the
country, shall take that question
to the American people and lay il
before them fairly, clearly, straight.
forwardly and intelligently, and
shall let them settle it."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03

ian political life, resigned today at
the request Of the regency.
Bratianu's resignation with that
Of his cabinet has caused sensation
throughout the country.
The premier resigned after . cab
met meeting this morning at which
he informed his colleagues that the
regency had given him until Dec. l
to resign 50 that the powerful ma
tional peasants party which forms
so per cent Of the voters in Transyl-
vania and has been his strongest
opponent, could join freely in the
coming celebrations Of the annexa-
ton Of Pennsylvania by Rumania
on that date, their participation be.
ing vital to the success Of the cere-
moneis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03
Fargo Mercantile
Head Is Promoted

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 3.-R-C. o.
Follett, former part owner and for
years general manager Of the Fargo
Mercantile company, now owned by
the Griggs Cooper and Company, st.
Paul, has resigned as Fargo branch
manager Of the company. He will
be succeeded by George H. Sherman
of Grafton, N. D.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03
RUMANIAN HEAD
ASKED TO QUIT
Premier Bratianu Resigns to
Quiet Disturbances in
Nation

Bucharest, Rumania, Nov. 3.-(R
Bratianu, Rumanian pre-
mier for the past year and success
sor Of his late brother, Ion Bratianu,
long dominating figure in Ruman-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03
ROBINSON ENDS
LONG CAMPAIGN
Confident Success Will Crown
His Hard Efforts Next
Tuesday

En- route with Senator Robinson
to Clarksburgh, w. Va, Nov. 81
(AP)--A campaign that ranks with
the most extensive in American pol
itics will close today when Senator
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03

This is not a pair of dancing slip
pers. The girl is Dorothy Beard
Of Cincinnati, and she is wearing a
pair Of boots Of the same pattern
that Commander Richard E. Byrd
is wearing in his South Pole jour-
ney. You can wear any kind Of
socks with these boots-and any
number.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-03

The new tunnel through the Pyr-
enees marks the conquest Of the last
great mountain barrier in western
Europe.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
PRESIDENT LEAVES
 CAPITAL TONIGHT
Going Back to Home State for
 First Time in Two Years

Washington. May IS R)-Return- ing to his>h state for the first time in almost two years. President Coolidge will leave Washington to- night for Andover. Mass. to attend the sesquicentennial celebration of Phillips academy tomorrow at which he will be the principal speaker.
 Before returning to the capital he and Mrs. Coolidge will visit Mrs. Lemiha Goodhue. Mrs. Coolidge's mother. at Northampton where she has been ill since last December.
 Speaking from the portico of Samuel Phillips hall. President Coolidge will address distinguished audience including Governor Fuller of Massachusetts, presidents of the leading colleges of the country and other outstanding political. social and educational personalities.
 Mir. Coolidge will be given an op- portunity for close contact with the other guests invited with him to celebrate the founding of one of the very earliest institutions Of learning in the country. at luncheon which will be offered by the academy au- thorities in the Case Memorial building.
 Immediately afterward, Mir. and Mrs. Coolidge plan to depart for Northampton. They expect to reach Washington early Sunday morning.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
Rare TOads Are Found
 In Fields of Northampton

Northampton, Mass. May IS P1 Northampton vies with Texas towns for prominence in the toad world as result of research by Professor Emmett R. Dunn. zoologist at Smith college.
 In the meadows of the city Pro- lessor Dunn has found several toads of the spade-foot species. The last report of a spade-foot toad in this vicinity was in 1866 when one was found in Springfield.
 Professor Dunn describes his find as having the appearance of being a cross between toad and frog. Golden cat-like eyes are set deep in its head. It receives it's name from the spear shaped feet with which it toddles along. The entire life of this species is spent underground with the exception of few days in the spring when 1t comes out to spawn.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
Nanette Le Elan, France,
 Wins British Golf Title

Hunstanton. Eng, May IS R - Nanette Le Elan of France won the women's golf championship of Great Britain today. defeating Miss Sylvia Marshall. three up and two to play. in the final Ss hole match.
 Mile. Le Blan's victory will take the trophy to France for the sec ond year in succession. She avenged the defeat of Mile. Simone Thion De La Chaume, the champion. who lost to Miss Glenna Collette in the first round Monday.
 The new title holder is only 21 years of age. Hers is the trim, slender French type but her golf swing is like lightning and she has powerful wrists.
 She surprised the British golfing world by reaching the. semi-finals in the championship last year. but at Hunstanton she was overshadow- ed by her countrywoman. Mile.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
City Items

Miss Helen Turse. daughter of Mir and Mrs. David Turse of IT High land street, Is visiting relatives in New York and Brooklyn over the weekend.
 Canterberry Bells-Patnted Dais-
 ies and Phlox. Extra large plants.
 Bloom this summer. Frank P. Usher. 25 Pennington Ave-. Plain vile. Tel 505.-Advt.
 Co. No. of the fire department was called to a fire in an ash box in the rear of A Booth street at 3:5S yesterday afternoon. Orders taken for Asphalt and shingling. F. r. O'Brien. Tel. 3Sso-J' -Advt.
 The police were notified today oi the suspension of the operators li- censes of Stanley Finley of 157 Broad street and Dominic Enjinito of S4 Atlantic street, also the return of the license of John G. Jensen Of 61 Main street.
 There will be a mothers meeting Monday at 2:S0 o'clock at the South church parlors. Mrs. Mary Bassette Mumford Of Philadelphia, a former member of the South church. will speak on "The Mothers of Yesterday and Today"
 The Young Peoples society of the Second Advent chu ,h will hold a meeting this evening at the church All are cordially invited. Right now is the time to plant
 your flower garden and All the win 1 dow boxes. etc. We have all kind, l of hardy and annual Towering l plants. rose bushes. etc. Flower Greenhouse. 11s3 Stanley St.. phone 3s26-2.-advt.
 Miss Anna Urban Of Poland va, an arrival on the liner George
 Washington" which docked in New York on Wednesday. She Is coming to this city and will make her home with . relative, John Soczynski, 26 Market street.
 A son was born to Mfr. mad Mrs. John Brooks Johnson of Maplewood avenue. West Hartford. yesterday at the Hartford hospital.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18

spection station S2.000: Beecher Falls. Vt. inspection station, s2.o00; Boston. Mass. post office-court- house. s200,00o; Bridgeport. Conn. post office. s100.000; Fall River, Mass, customs house-post office, s575. 5.00o; Fitchburg, Mass, post of flee. s75,000: Fort Fairfield. Maine. inspection station, sS,500: Hartford. Conn.,. post office courthouse. $7o0.- 900: Haverhiil. Mass, post office, s50,000; Highgate Springs, Vt. in- spection station sl,500; Houlton. Maine, inspection station. s10.500: Manchester. \. H.. post office. s1s0,- 900: Portland. Maine. post office. s225, 900: Rouses Point, N. Y. in- spection station, s26,ooo; Springfield, Mass, post office s60o.- 000 and Woonsocket, R. l., post of- fee, S75,00o.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
26 Th0rOughbreds Are
 Entered for Big Derby

Louisville. May IS LF-The Ken lucky Derby lists closed today with 26 thoroughbreds entered. First post position went to Rumpelstiltskin of the Mcfarland and McCarty Joliet stables: second. to Misstep of the Le Mar stock farms and third to Don 0 of the Sagamore stables. Reigh Count was fifth.
 The entries are all colts and geld ings, Mrs. John D. Hertz of Chicago, did not enter her crack lilly. Anita Peabody. She seemed content to de- pend on her colt Reign Count, the favorite. Each colt and gelding will carry 126 pounds.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
CUSTOMS AGENTS
 IN GUN BATTLE
Exchange Shots With Rum Run.
 nerS at Gloucester

Gloucester. Mass, May IS R - Customs agents exchanged shots with rum runners early today at Folly Cove. on the northeast side of Cape Ann. arrested several of them and seized large quantity of liquor which had been landed from an unidentified vessel. Men and h- quor were taken to Boston.
 The federal officers were headed by Deputy Collector Thomas Finne- gan and Special Treasury Agent McKenna of Boston. They watched the rum runners operations for several hours from behind . ledge and bounced on them after they had loaded the liquor on trucks.
 The consignment included 500 bags. each containing a dozen quart bottles, and 50 boxes.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
DEFICIENCY BILL
 REPORTED TODAY
Carries Ss9,0S2,00o Two
 Million for Marines

Washington, May IS Pt-Carry- ing a total of Sa9.032.o0o Of which se,353,747 is to meet "extraordinary expenses" in connection with the marine corps expedition in Near agua and China, the second de1l- ciency appropriation bill Of the pres ent congress today was reported to the house by it's appropriations con- mittee.
 Laws and Treaties
 Of the total which represents q decrease of S4,916.720 below budget recommendations, the committee said that approximately sS4 4,000,0 0o0 IS due to new laws or treaties re- gently in effect and for which this bill affords the first opportunity for appropriations"
 The measure will be handled in the house by Representative Wood, republican, Indiana, who Is heading the committee pending the filling Of the chairmanship post left vacant hy the death of Martin B, Madden of Illinois.
 The committee said that ip addt- ton to the direct appropriation for the marines, the bill also would re- appropriate sS63,336 Of uneXpended marine corps funds making a total of s3,e17,os4 appropriated because of the "extraordinary" expenses in- cured as a result of the two expe- ditions.
 3,.5O Men in China
 "The force stationed in each place is approximately 3,750 men, 1t said. Tn addition to the appro- priations made available in this bill. thAre has been expended from cur rent appropriations approximately ts20, 900. which would otherwise not have been expended. making the total extra ordinary cost for this fiscal year on account of the two expeditions approximately sS,4o0.- 600 Of which 5s per cent is on ac- count of China and A per cent on account of Nicarauga."
 The bill also includes for carry ing out of the alien property act $50, 900; for purchase of Cape Cod canal Massachusetts, bonds iE230,O00: for acquisition of real t1tate in the District of Columbia 5000, 900: to initiate construction on 99 new public buildings through 6M the country s17,513,500: and 1ps the post office department to 1lfry out an act of the present con- fs4ss looking to the transportation & aircraft of mail to foreign coun- t3es, $1.75o,000.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
Rescue Planes Held
 By Bad Weather

St. Georges, Newfoundland, May IS R}-Bad weather today again prevented the take-off of two United States army amphibian planes en route to remove the Junkers mono plane Bremen from the isolated Lab- rador mainland near Greenly Island. A northeast wind with rain and fog has prevailed since the planes arrived here Wednesday. The two planes. one of which carried Fred
 Melchior, Junkers mechanic who will
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
CONFIRMATION GLASS
Nineteen Will Re in Class Which Takes Part in St. Johns German Lutheran Church Exercises.

A class Of 1o will be confrme ed at II o'clock Sunday morning at St. Johns German Evangelical Luther an church. The members of the class are the following:
 William Bothe, Frank Zehrer, Jo- seph Blair, Otto Rechenberg. Otto Lipske, Fred Yanke, Harold Hooge, Helen Hiltpold. Emma Buchas, Evelyn Keller. Margaret Miller. Edith Drager. Vivian Chaser. Fran ces Steiner, Josephine Fox, Ethel Steiner, Gladys Steiner. Ida Klukas, and Dorothy Schulz.
 The regular English service will be omitted,
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
ACCIDENTAL DEATH

Bridgeport, May 18 Pl-Coroner John J. Phelan in a finding return ed today classes as accidental the death on May 10 at the Norwalk hospital of Benton L. Crosby, IT, of Darien. The youth died of a frac- tured skull received when a motor cycle owned by his brother and operated by himself crashed into an auto operated by Benjamine Digia- como of Norwalk. The accident oc- cured in Darien.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
Northampton Boy Scout
 Gets Presidents Photo

Northampton. Mass. May IS
 UP)-The Northampton Boy Scout couacil. of which the latS Calvin Coolidge. jr.. was . member, has received from the White House one of the latest photographs of the president.
 With best wishes to the Boy Scouts of Northampton." Mir. Cool idge wrote on the picture. which has been hung beside that of the presidents son.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
THREE LEAVE FOR EUROPE

Wincenty Rosik. fl Clinton street. Henry Augustyn. 250 Washington street and Joseph Pucylowskl. IS Albany avenue. left early in the week for New York. from where they went to Europe on the liner Paris" The latter two left for a two months visit to Poland and France while Rosik will remain in Poland permanently. All three are veterans of the World War. having served in the American army.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
Vermont Republicans
 Back Coolidge Program

Burlington, Vt, May IS P-Ver- mont republicans assembled in con- vention here today adopted resolu- tions unreservedly endorsing the ad- ministration of President Coolidge.
 Congressman Ernest w. Gibson was elected temporary and perma- nent chairman.
 Congressman Joe J. Manlove of Missouri delivered the keynote ad~ dress. He warned against free trade and assailed the financial policy of past democratic administrations.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
CENTRAL JR, H. S. NOTES

The ninth grade pupils of the Central Junior High school met in the auditorium this afternoon for their weekly assembly. During the fourth period the pupils desiring to. went to the auditorium If their work was completed for this assignment. to hear radio talk on books.
 Preparations are started by MT. Brewster. boys gym instructor. for the marching by the presidents of this school to take place around Memorial Day.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18

The men gave their names as Joseph Henry. Hyman Aronson. John Harrington. John Campi and Joseph Allen of Chelsea: George Cohen of Maiden: Myer Ambleman of Boston; Henry Walker. Charles Lantis and Horace Viedor of Re- were, and Samuel Albert of Melrose.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY IS, 1928

Thion and Miss Collett. She slipped along almost unnoticed until she commanded attention yesterday by stopping Miss Enid Wilson. Great Britains favorite.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-18

pilot the Bremen to New Yotlrhaxe been refuelled and overloaded and await only favorable weather for continuation of the flight.