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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-06-14
CITY OF PUTNAM
TAX NOTICE

A warrant having been issued to me
for the collection Of all PropertyTax-
es which are due and payable to the
City Of Putnam on July II. 1928, le-
view on the Grand List for the year
1927. according TO the vote Of said
city
Notice is hereby given that for the
purpose Of receiving such Taxes ! will
meet all persons liable to pay taxes
due said city, at my Office in the Put
nam Savings Bank Building, Main
street, Putnam on
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SATURDAY. MONDAY, TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY JULY 7, Q. 10,

From to IL a. m, and from noon
10 p. m, standard time on each
of said days
Notice is hereby given that for the
purpose Of receiving Street Sprinkiing
Taxes which are due and payable on
July II, 1928 levied in accordance
with the vote Of the City Council Of
the City Of Putnam, viii meet all
persons liable TO pay Street Sprink-
ling Taxes due said city at my office
In the Putnam Savings Bank Building
on Main steet, Putnam, on
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SATURDAY, MONDAY. TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY JULY 7. 3, 10,
IL. 1928

From 8 to IL a. m, and from noon
TO p. M, standard time on each
Of said days
ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, JR.
Collector Of Taxes Of the City OF Put
nam.
Dated at Putnam. this 9th day Of
June, 1928. 24-27
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FOR RENT

TO RENT-5 room cottage on School
street. HENRY L. CONVERSE,
Tel. 85-5. 23tf
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FOR SALE ton truck, good tires.
can be used as moving van.-Kiteh-
en- ranges, parlor stoves, furniture.
Inquire WALTER A. WHEATON,
Putnam. 1924
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FOX SALE-A Ia room house, suit.
able for two families, good barn
and about l-2 acre Of land. Next
70 store and post Office and hotel
IN Thompson. Terms reasonable.
communicate with M. KINGS
BURY, 81 So. Main St. Torring.
ton, Conn. Off
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City Meeting

The Legal Voters Of the City Of
Putnam are warned TO meet In Spe-
eial CITY meeting on
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FOR SALE

FOR sALE-50 acres of good stand
ing hay. Telephone 274-2, A..
DIAM, Pomfret Center, r. F. D..
No. l.. 24tf
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1928-06-14

OK SALE--25 acres high land, over
looking Fishers Island Sound. view
OF thirteen light houses, near Bos.
ton Post Road. Also furnished cot
tage at restricted shore resort. q
miles from New London. -Four
building lots and two-family house.
New London. ga of mile from cen
ter. ) acre farm. f. v. DABOLI
4 CO., So State ST.. New London.
Conn. rE-oes
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Missing Students
Found In Cabin
By United Press Leased Wire

SANTA ROSA, Calf, Nov. IL
A relief party reached four Univer-
sity of California students marooned
at Sportsman s Camp on San Hebron
mountain, Lake county, at 4. M.
today, fed the hungry party and
put them to bed.
Mrs. NJ. w. Durham, who last
night received the first telephone
message that the students had been
able to get through because of snow
shorting the wires, was told by the
fescuers that all of the students were
in good health but suffering from
hunger.
Claude Simon headed the rescue
party, which left the ranger station
on Elk mountain at midnight, carry
ing food and warm clothing on pack
animals. He told Mrs. Durham the
return trip would not be attempted
until noon today.
Most of the volunteer workers
searching slopes of Elk, Hull, Snow
and San Hebron mountains We're un-
aware of the rescue of the quartet,
and great difficulty was expected
in rounding them up to abandon the
hunt.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Navy Pleased At
Lexington Time

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17.-Naval
officers were clatcd today over the
record breaking speed tests of tn"
airplann carrier Lexington which
yesterday on five successive oc-
casions made 81 knots over Il mca'
slrcd mile at Point Vicente.
The ship bcttcrcd her record of
34h knots made Thursday on each
of the trials yesterday, Officers said
Captain Frank ID. Bcrrien cNpsesS-
ed pleasure over the Lexington $
showing. He gave much credit to di-
rect supervision Of the Lexington 5
ovcrhauling by Admiral ii. j.
Xicgcmcir. commandant, and Cap
tain S. NJ Robinson of the naval
YARD at Brcmcrton, Wash.
Further trials of the ship at var
ious speeds will be concluded today.
The Saratoga, sister ship of the
Lexington, will be put through sim
liar tests next month, it was an
nounccd.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
[. A. WOMAN
ARRESTED FOR
STABBINC ORGY
BY United Press Leased Wire

CINCINNATI, O., Nov. II. - \
woman who stabbed three men on
downtown streets here last night
was under observation of police
physicians today.
She was registered as Miss Cath
crime Hearn, 80, saleswoman. Police
said she APPARENTLY was suffering un-
der the hallucination that she was to
be thrown into Il taxicab and kid
naped.
Her victims were Stanley Holt
man, %, of Covington, KY, who is
in serious condition, George Lieb-
farth, %, and Dante Mastropaolo,
19.
Hoffman was the first attacked.
He said he was standing on street
corner when the woman brushed
against him, then stabbed him.
Liebfarth was next, then Mastro-
paOlo.
BY the time the third man was
stabbed a police squad was in pur-
suit of the woman.
Miss Hearn said she recently came
from Los Angeles. She said she
lived with q family named Brown at
12S West 9Th street, Los Angeles.
ga bunch of taxicab drivers have
been trying to kidnap me, y she said
simply, in explaining the attacks.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
HOOVER READY
TO LEAVE FOR
SOUTH AMERICA
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent

PALO ALTO, Calf, Nov. IL
President-elect Hoover was ready
today to don the top hat of di-
plomacy and smile his timid, boyish
smile of friendly greeting to the
Latin American ncighbors to the
south.
His smile, principally, will express
his friendliness-he does not speak
the language of those he will visit.
Interpreters will convey, in Spanish,
the meaning of the few speeches he
will make.
The top hat is packed, and so is
its accompanying regalia, swallow
tailed coat, morning attire-all that
formality requires, as we'll as sum
mer weight suits, overcoats, and
dozens of the high starched collars
the president-elect has worn for
years.
Hoover's outfit for this South
American trip constitutes pr<oablv
the most clothes he ever possessed.
Today, he devoted himself to re-
Taxation. He will attend the Stan
ford-Washington football game in
the afternoon and afterward will re-
ceive group of California political
leaders, who will visit him to wish
him a pleasant voyage and bid him
farewell. ......
The president t-elect and his party
will leave here tomorrow night at
7:30 in a special seven car train, for
Los Angeles. The journey to Los
Angeles will be interrupted only for
five minute stop at Glendale.
To Leave Monday
The special train is due to arrive
at San Pedro, the port of Los An
geles and the port of embarkation,
at 9:30 Monday morning. The Mary
land will get under steam rs soon as
all are aboard.
Henry p Fletcher, ambassador to
Italy, who is President Coolidge s
personal representative on the good
will mission, will join the party at
San Pedro and will announce the
itinerary as far as is then possible.
A personal friend of Hoover's has
been added to the party, John Crit
fin Mott, Los Angeles attorney, who
has spent much time in South Amer
lea. Besides Mrs. Hoover, Allan and
Ambassador Fletcher, other MEM
bers of the personal party include
George Barr Baker, campaign ad-
wiser, George Akerson, HoOver's as
sistant, Miss Ruth Fessler, Mrs
Hoover's private secretary, and
Commander Augustin l. Beauregard
naval aide who is a nephew of the
general who was in command of the
Confederate forces at the opening
battle of the Civil War at Manassas,
Va.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Rothstein Suspect
Cleared By Aibi
by United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Nov. IL" Tough
Willie McCabe of Chicago today
convinced the police that he was
not connected with the death of
Arnold Rothstein, murdered gam
bier.
McCabe reported TO detectives
this morning, in accordance with an
agreement made yesterday, and was
questioned for an hour. He also was
taken to the Park Central Hotel
where Rothstein was killed. None
could identify him at the hotel.
McCabe told officers he was on a
ship coming into New York the
night Rothstein was killed and that
the day following he went to Mon
treal. lie offered sufficient proof of
his alibi to confirm the belief Off
GERS expressed yesterday that Me
cabe kne" nothing of the murder.
After an hours questioning Me-
Cabe was released.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
STATE ENGINEER
APPROVES LOCAL
POWER PROJECT
Hyatt Denies BrOckman's
InsinuatiOn That Board
Opposed Plan.

Emphatic and clear-cut approval
Of the Imperial Irrigation District
hydro-clcctric power proposal was
voiced yesterday by State Engineer
Edward Hyatt, who attended the
sessions of the California Irrigation
Districts Association this week and
who conferred with VI. j. DOwd,
chief engineer of the Imperial Irri-
CATION District regarding the pro-
posed power development.
Speaking of the action of the
California Bond CertificatiOn com
mission in which it recently approv-
ed the $2,100,000 bond issue proposal
HYATT said: "We recommend APP
proval of the project after full con
sideration of all engineering and
other data that was submitted not
only by the District but by oppon-
cnts of the project.
"I suggested to the District di'
rectors that they consider the mat
ter of developing this power and
then wholesaling it to the power
company, but when they assured me
that they had already gone into that
phase of the proposed project and
that they had decided it was not the
best way to proceed, 7, together
with the other members of the com
mission gave full approval of the
project on its merits -
Hyatt, who was shown a copy OF
the circular letter sent out to Valley
people recently by G. w. Brockman
the one director of the irrigation
district who is opposing the pro
posed development, declared that
any attempt to misconstrue the
opinions of the bond commissioners
to mean that they discountenanced
the project was contrary to the fact
Denies Opposing Plan
Referring specifically to the post
script in the Brockman letter, which
reads: "The attitude of State En-
gineer Hyatt, and of the Bond Ger
tification Commission as a whole in
discountenancing the power plan
was based on the report of Engineer
/Con+;n,o5 IN pora Thraal
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
VESTRIS
OFFICERS
TESTIFY
Ranking Survivors Of
Sea Tragedy Relate
Their Stories.
EXPECTED RESCUE
Witnesses Say Captain
Told Them Navy Ships
Were EnrOute.
BY United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE mys.
terry Of the delayed sos sent from
the sunken liner Vestris before she
sank Monday with a loss of III
lives deepened today with the testi-
mony of First Officer Frank John
son and Chief Engineer James
Award Adams.
Adams told Z. S. Commissioner
Francis O'Neill at the government IS
inquiry into the disaster that Cap
tain William Carey of the Vestrls
informed him before $50 a. m. Nom
day that he "expected' two coast
guard destroyers to arrive alongside
at p. m. that day.
The sos was not sent until about
10 a. M, 4 Y hours after Carey said
the destroyers were on the way.
Weather Bad
Both Adams and Johnson told to-
dly of water pouring into the Yes
tbs through numerous leaks.
johnson blamed exceptionally
bad weather" for the Vestrfs
calamity.
I1e said everything was "ship
shape" on the Vestris until Sunday
night. Yesterday a copy of radio
gram from Captain William j. Carey
of the Vestris to the Lamport and
Holt line had been introduced by
Tuttle to prove that the ship hove
to Sunday noon and was unable to
proceed anywhere.
Johnson described how a terrific
lurch was felt by those on board at
p. m. Sunday. Three automobile
bodies and several packing cases
were hurled through a bulkhead
running fore and aft in the vessel,
carrying away the whole bulkhead.
Johnson said.
Johnson explained that the cargo
crashed through the bulkhead near
the bow. A stream of water large
enough to fill two inch pipe" then
spurted through door near the coal
bunkers of the port side, he ex'
planned.
He said the automobile bodies
and the cases shifted 10 feet and
that their total weight was about
II tons.
Several ports also began to leak
late Sunday night and by 4 a. m.
Monday the crew members were
bailing by hand, Johnson said. An
order to jettison cargo came about
Il. m. Monday, he said.
johnson recounted a conversation
he had with Captain Carey about
a. m. Monday.
81 went to the bridge and told the
captain the situation was getting
Continued on Page Three)
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Jones Hearing
Again Delayed
Nv Uuited Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Nov. l7.-Fall-
urc of important witnesses to appear
featured the police commission hear
ing last night in the ease of Captain
j. j. Jones, who is fighting to be
rcinstated following his suspension
for alleged "bungling' of the Mrs
Christine Collins ease.
Mrs. Collins, who was placed IN
n psychopathic ward because she re-
fused to accept an imposter as her
son, did not appear at the hearing
Chief of Police James f.. DAVIS
failed to answer kilograms ordering
him to return from convention at
San Bcrnardino. Chief Davis is the
complaining witness against captain
Jones.
-Four witnesses testified last night
that thcv told Captain Jones that
the boy he attempted to force on
Mrs. Collins as her son was an I'M
poster. They were Mrs. Charlotte
Fox. Walter Collins school teacher;
Dir. j. J. Montgomery, psyehlatrist
nnd Mrs. Flora Fraunfelter and Mrs
Nina Tiffin, friends of the Collins
family.
The hearing will be resumed Mon
day night.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Heavy Damage By
Fire at Los Angeles
by United Press Leased Wire

PASADENA, Calf, Nov. II. -
Fire destroyed the warehouse and
plant of the Amber Grain and Mill
ing Company and for a time threat
ened the Santa Fe station at Lamada
Park early today.
Damage to the Amberl plant, which
is the largest chicken feed manufac-
turing plant in Southern California,
was estimated at 10000.
The fire started in the lemon
packing plant of James Vosberg and
quickly spread. The Santa Fe sta
tion was saved after flames had
scorched it.
Loss at the Vasberg plant was
estimated at $4,000.
Cause of the fire was undeter,
mined.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
BRITAIN
RAVA(3ED
BY GALE
Severe Storm Also Felt
On Continental Europe
Causing Heavy Loss.
MANY LIVES LOST
High Winds, Rains and
Heavy Seas Declared
Worst In Years.
BY WEBB MILLER
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE worst
storm in many years spread havoc in
Europe and on the Atlantic ocean
today.
At least AZ were killed and hum
Greds injured. Property damage was
estimated at millions Of dollars.
Shipping was almost paralyzed.
Several ships were wrecked, others
were in distress and trans-At atlantic
liners were delayed from 10 to l.
hours.
The storm had taken a toll of at
least 20 lives in Great Britain alone,
including the II men from Rye Har-
Dor, lost when they went to the aid
Of the steamer Alice in lifeboat
and at the height of the gale Thurs
day.
In Coblcnz, Germany, 13 were
killed when the storm blew down
several houses.
Lifeboat crews on the south coast
of England did valiant work in res
cuing the crews of storm tossed
steamers. Lifeboats from Plymouth
rescued the crew of the steamer
Kentish Coast, ashore near Ply
mouth. The German tug Seefalk
went to the assistance of the steam
er Linara. which lost her propeller.
Aid Disabled Ships
The German liner Luebcck was
standing by the disabled Greek
steamer Amazon near Brest, ready
to take off her crew if necessary.
\ lifeboat from Ramsgate rescued
the crew of the steamer May Bor-
row, in distress near that port.
The crew of the sailing barge
Ethel Evcrad was rescued by a
Margatc lifeboat. At some points
lifcboats could not be launched be
cause of the mountainous seas.
The crOss-channel steamer Maid
of Orleans took IL hours to cross
from Folkestonc to Boulognc. The
crew and all 1913 passengers were
sick and the captain signallcd for
doctors to he sent. The steamer
tried eight times to enter the mar
row harbor at Boulognc but could
not make it. The passengers were
taken ashore in boats and sent to
hospitals. The storm tore away the
steamer : radio.
Stations received four radio calls
from steamers in distress III the
channel today. The deck cargocs of
several steamers were washed over
board.
Small Boats Hard Hit
The steamer Marlwood sent n
radio call for assistance reporting
that her steering gear was disabled
Continued on Page Thrcc)
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Hoover's Ship
To Be Escorted
by United Press Leased Wire


SAN DIEGO, Calf, Nov. II.
"A division of destroyers has
been ordered from San Diego to
San Pedro to form a convoy for
the U. s. 8. Maryland when she
starts for South America Monday
with President-elect Herbert
Hoover aboard.
The destroyers Kennedy,
Thompson, Toddard, Reno, Paui
Hamilton and one other not yet
named have been ordered to be
in San Pedro by a. m. Monday
and will escort the Maryland as
far south as San Diego. Com
mander H. B. Reibe will be III
command.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
New Indictments
Against Keyes

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17.-Dis.
triet Attorney Asa Keyes and seven
others Were charged with conspiracy
to give and receive bribes in two
blanket indictments returned by the
grand jury today.
The indictments replaced those
returned two weeks ago which were
In addition to correcting the phrase
ology the new indictments charged
conspiracy" while the original
counts Were directed against the de.
PENDANTS individually.
The first indictment listed 10
overt acts of the district attorney
and others in connection with the
Julian Petroleum Corporation col
'apse trial which brought acquittal
If all defendants.
The second charged 40 overt acts
i'll connection with the dismissal OF
felony charges against A. |. Lasker.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Hit And Run
Driver Jailed
by United Press Leased Wire

SALINAS. Nov. 17.-Jomn Locr
Ilamplc, Oakland insurance man,
today was sentenced to serve six
months in the Monterey county Jail
on charge of failure to stop and
render aid in the automobile acci.
dent in which Superior Judge Fred
A. Treat was killed September %
on the highway between here and
Carmel.
Superior Judge Maurice T. Dool-
ing of San Benito county, presiding,
denied lIampel's plea for probation.
Treat s automobile was overturn.
ed when sideswiped by a car driven
by Archie Little, Salinas. lIample S
speeding car crashed into the wreck
age, but did not stop. He later was
apprehended at Monterey where he
registered at hotel as "Jack
Campbell and wife With him was
a girl later identified as steno-
grapher employed by his company.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Grand Jury To
Probe Shooting
by United Press Leased Wire


SANTA ANA, Nov. 17.-,Iohn w.
Montgomery, deputy sheriff and
gun club keeper at Westminster
vas held for the grand jury on the
action of coroner's jury which to-
day inquired into the fatal shoot
ing of John ID. Callicott, 40, aud
Ray Mehon, 80, of Sunset Beach.
The iury's verdict declared that
the victims came to their deaths
''from gunshot wounds through the
body inflicted by rifle in the
hands of j, W. Montgomery, with
intent to kill
1--WE recommend the grand jury
make further investigation" =" the
eoroner's Jury verdict concluded.
Attorneys for Montgomery refused
to permit him to testify at the
hearing.
Callicott and Mehon were killed
Thursday after Montgomery M.
tempted to evict them from property
of the California Gun Club.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Aged Minister
Burns To Death
by United Press Leased Wire

RIVERSIDE, Calf, Nov. IT,
An electric iron he was using for
heating purposes set fire to his bed
and caused the death early today
of Rev. James NJ. Young, 80, of
Hemet.
His body, with his nightclothes
burned off, was found by neighbors
late today. The iron after firing the
bed, burned its way through the
floor of his home.
The aged minister apparently
had succeeded in extinguishing the
flames and then died of the burns
he received.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Students Die
In Car Crash

SAN JOSE, Nov. l7.-Joseph
Cavell, 10, Stanford University stu
dent, was dead and two Mills Col
hospital today as result of an
automobile accident last night.
Cavell, registered from Carson
City, New, was driving the machine
when it skidded and overturned.
Gertrude Meyer, 90 and Shirley
Shaw, 90, were injured,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
Riverside Mayor
Under Indictment

RIVERSIDE, Calf, Nov. II. -
Edward NJ. Dighton, mayor of River
side, was indicted today by the cOun-
ty grand jury on charge of libeling
Herbert Pierson, city auditor of
Riverside.
The indictment was returned in
Superior Judge George R. Freeman IS
court, who issued a bench warrant
for the mayors arrest and set bail
at $500.
The Indictment charged Mayor
Dighton with "wilful, unlawful and
malicious intent to iniure' Pierson,
1t was based on an interview Mayor
Dighton gave to Los Angeles
newspaper which charged Pierson
with misuse of county funds and ir-
regularities in office.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
HEAVY STORMS
CAUSE LOSS IN
MIDDLE WEST
ny United Press Leased Wire
Area Which Suffered in
Last Years Flood Again
Stricken.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. IL
Flood conditions similar 10 those Of
last spring exist over central and
eastern Kansas and western Mis-
souri, today. Rivers running over
their banks, flooding the lowlands,
Eave dcmoralizcd train service and
have rendered many highways i'm
pasSablc. More than five inches Of
water has fallen here in the past
90 hours.
Promise of relief from the
threatening streams came today
when Il chilling northeast wind be
gan to blow and the rain turned in
TO Il drizZle. Weather forecasts for
today point to lower temperatures
and break in the rain that is be-
lievcd to have broken November
records for precipitation. The rain
started at 9:30 p. m. Thursday.
Trains through central and eastern
Kansas were reported delayed in
definitely. 1t is reported that the
Marias Dcs Cygnes river west of
Ottawa, Kansas, has curtailed
ScH'utiitS Oh tllt 'odItd re 10 Eli
poria. The Ncrigras, Neosho and
Cottonwood rivers are at serious
flood stages.
Rescue Truckman
The three principal highways from
Kansas City were blocked. Motor
lists told of water five and six feet
deep for a mile stretch A baker 8
truck driver near Harrisonville was
rescued from the top of his truck
stranded in five feet of water.
\ crew of volunteer citizens work
ed last night trying to save Luna
Dam, the source of Harrisonvillc $
water supply. More than 1000
tourists have been stranded there.
In Kansas City, the Blue river and
Brush creek were rising rapidly and
forcing residents to leave their
homes.
In Kansas water has entered sew
eral towns. At Augusta, % persons
who fled from their homes are shell
tered in n train depot. Several are
reported marooned in an oil refinery
and appeals for boats are being
made.
The eastern part of Eldorado is
flooded, and water stood five feet
deep n block from the city hall early
today. The north side of Madison
is under water.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
EDITORS IN CONVENTION
ny United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. II. -
California editors and publishers to-
day turned to recreation in San
Francisco as the annual convention
of the California Press Association
drew to an end. In an address Fri
day, Don Gilman, general manager
of the National Broadcasting Com
pany urged that newspapers and
radio broadcasters work together.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-17
NEWSPAPERMAN BETTER
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Nov. T.-The
of John Callan O Ioughlin
of the Copley newspapers was re-
ported as greatly improved at Gar
field hospital today, and it was said
he could leave the hospital next
week. He has been there about 10
days suffering with an internal dis
order.