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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
Stars, Take This One
On Chin From lack Gates

TOO much attention 10 paid to the
individual and not enough to the
Rams." according to Jack Gates,
athletic director Of Yale. who spoke
at . meeting OF the brother GOD Of
the South Congregational church last
evening. Mr.. Gates said too much
emphasis ID being placed by the pub
lie on the alleged stars of the sports
world.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
GOVERNOR HAS son

Boston. Nov. R)-A son was
born today to Mrs. Frank G. Allen.
wife of Lieut.. Gov. Allen who on
Tuesday was elected governor Of
Massachusetts. Mrs. Allen was for
merly Eleanor Wallace Of Pitts
burgh. Penn.
At the Phillips house Of the Mas
sachusetts General hospital. where
the birth occurred. it was announc-
ed that the child would be named
| Frank G.. Allen, Jr.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
POLAR EXPLORER TO SPEAK

Captain Donald B. Macmillan,
polar explorer, will speak on Under
the Northern Skies. or Twenty Years
of Arctic Exploration" at Buckley
High school. Hartford, Friday night
at : o'clock under the auspices of
the Hartford Engineers club. The
talk will be illustrated with motion
pictures and will be open to the
public.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
path of the Andrews machine and Il
was impossible for Cianci to avoid
striking him.
WIRES FULLER

Boston. Nov. @-Governor
Avian T. Fuller today received the
following telegram from President.
elect Herbert Hoover: "Your greet.
ing by telephone reached me this
morning. l wish to express to you
my appreciation of your long friend.
ship and the contribution you have
made to this victory"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
Sen. Bingham and Wife
Sail for Porto Rico

New York, Nov. R-U. S.
Senator Hiram Bingham is sailing
today with Mrs. Bingham for a
three weeks stay in Porto Rico
where he will make study Of con-
ditions on which to base future
plans for legislation.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
STANLEY SCHOOL MEETING

The Stanley School Parents and
Teachers association will hold a
card party in tbs auditorium of the
school Friday evening at o'clock.
Among the games to be played will
be setback. bridge, pinochle and
whist.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the many friends. and
neighbors. the Post Office and the
New Britain Gas Light baseball
team for the kindness shown us in
our recent bereavement.
MRS. w. ]. ROCHE and Family.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08

The New England Oil Refining
company. of Boston, announced to-
day that operations at its Falh River
refinery will be resumed on Nov. Is.
The refinery was closed in Septem-
Der because of the large stock Of
unfinished goods on hand.
Business in all the non-ferrous
metals has been close to average
volume in the past week, with prices
generally firm. Engineering and
Mining Journal" reports. Demand
for copper was not SO insistent as
late in October and this is taken to
indicate that fabricators have taken
to heart the frequently repeated as
sertion that there is no fear Of an
immediate copper famine.
October billings Of the Otis Steel
company. of Cleveland, were $685.
266. new October record. aga9nst
s2.261,73s. In September and $1,1
961,255. in October 1927.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
Funerals
Miss Sarah Callahan

Funeral services for Miss Sarah
Callahan Of 40 S. High street will be
at st. Mary's church. Burial will
be in st. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08

TREASURY BALANCE
Treasury Balance, s1S1.277,413.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
Gas and Electric systeu
To the Holders Of
Convertible lh@ Gold
Debentures, due 1865:

Each $1,000 Debenturs may now b
converted into 20 shares Of Grass 4
Stock of Associated Gas and Electric
Company in accordance with the con.
version provisions Of the Indentufs dated
March I, 1928.
Warrants. now detachable. satitiisG the
holder to purchase Is shares Of Class 4
Stock and shares of Common Stock It
Associated Gas and Electric Cempaay
per $1,000 Debenture. may new - ex.
ercised. and payment made either b cash
or by surrender Of Convertible tk& Osil
Debentures with Warrants attacked.
Coupon Debentures to Be eeavosAe4
should be deposited with 1hc NV Yagk
Trust Company. - Deuodwey. Nv YesS
City, accompanied by all coupsae maturs
ing on and after March I. 1871. uaQiDs
tered Debentures to be cenveeteA. ~
Warrants to be exercised for H. pafs
chase of Class A and Commas 0eoe1r&
should he deposited at 9s'O0 ~ q
Broadway. New Yssk City. AeeruoQ NJ
rest and dividends will b. sAtuueo4 -
| OF the date Of conversion.
Assseiatsa O. - A1seeg1e CuY
lNovsmbsr :. le3e -oGoeys
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-08
HERBERT
HoovER

Herbert Hoover, our next
President, says:
II have never seen any road to
Independence except by savings. A
man with only 800 Of assets has to
take the hrst job offered him. The
man with $1,000 can take the
choice OF several. 4 man with 50
900 saved can 20 . long ways to-
ward debating who 10 to get his
service. went through this mill
myself"
The Road to Independence
IL paved With Regular Saw.
tngs!
Dollars In the bank can
"boss" most any situation!
81 opens . Success Account
Ut the City National Bank.
To every dollar you deposit,
we add Compound Interest.
Start now!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
LOANS ABROAD
STILL MOUNT

Loans abroad by American in
vestors, which at the close Of 1927,
according to estimates of various
authorities, had reached total or
from So, 100000 to $14 zoo, 00O,'
900, are continuing to increase in
1928.
In the first two months Of 1928,
Department OF Commerce records
disclose, foreign loans Of $3S ,000, 600
have been placed in the United
States. Refunding issues Of $685..
900 900 bring the net investment OF
new capital abroad to $195, 200, 900
for the months Of January and Feb
ruary.
In the first two months Of 1927
foreign loans taken in this country
totalled $4,000, 900 with $4,000, 900
Of refunding. reducing the net OF
new capital investment to STA
600. 900.
In the February loan operations,
$88, 10000 was for Latin-An1erica
and $35, $4,000 for Europe. The
other $1O,0OO,OO0 was divided between
Canada and Australia.
The bulk Of Latin-America's quota
went to Argentina, the province OF
Buenos Aires refunding $41 ,000,O
and the Argentine government float
ing a new loan of 20.000,O00. The
City Of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
floated $4,000, 900, of which $4,000
900 was TO- refunding.
Germany, France and Finland
shared in the European quota, $1S,-
10000 going to Germany, $10,75O,-
000 to France and Si1, 900, 900 to Fin
land.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09

In Virginia the lives apart from
his Wife) leads past Mrs. Cloths
home.
II had better not 60 In" Cloth
= said to have confided to his
friend, Marjorie is likely to shoot
me. Do you know that"
But the temptation WAS too
strong. For the first time ne had,
or thought he had, something ION"
bis wife. He was going to stop
paying that $5O-a-week alimony,
and he wanted the satisfaction Of
telling her so. Instead OF driving
on to his own home, Cloth stopped
the car. Hosmer waited outside
while Cloth went onto the porch Of
the charming little home on Shell
ley Road. a little satisfaction in
politely informing Mrs. Cloth that
her allrnOny payments were stopped,
was al he wanted.
But inside the house was the
high-spirfted woman who had been
his wife, burning under the indignity
Of being followed and photographed
by O private detective hired by her
husband. She heard his voice at
the door. Unconcerned with the
drama Of It, she took up the black
competent-looking little Colt weapon.
Her husband was asking for her
at the front door. She approached
the front door behind her mother
and faced Billy Cloth. Then she
fired. It Is reported at Emergency
Hospital that Judge Cloth is resting
comfortably TODAY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
WANAMAKER is
DEAD At So
lcontinued from FIrat Pags.l

tGOuJluuSu LOuA 1865 ~cSH
York 10 that he could spend the
weeIx-end in England and be back
home here for work on Monday.
re backed Condr. Richard q.
Byrd in his successful flight over
fine North Pole and his recent nom
stop flight from New York to
Through Wanamaker's generosity
many historical sites and monu.
rnents in and around New York
have been preserved. He was
author of the idea for the eternal
light memorial to the World War
dead in Madison Square and was
largely instrumental in gathering
funds for its erection.
He was a member Of the Metro
politan Museum of Art, New York,
and the Sulgrave Institution, Wash.
ington. He belonged to clubs in
New York, Philadelphia, Paris and
elsewhere and was q director in
many business enterprises. At one
time he was president OF the Ameri-
can Art Association Of Paris.
Wanamaker was married twice.
His first wife was Fernando Henry,
Of Philadelphia, who later died. He
was married a second time to Violet
Cruger, Of Providence, r. T.. and
New York City.
Wanamaker's business associates
were stunned by his unexpected
death. Grover Whalen, an official
OF the Wanamaler store here, said:
"He was the greatest merchant Of
the country and the most humane.@
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
KERR Est ATE
LEFT To KIN

Under the terms of the VIII or
Brig. Gen. John Brown Kerr, y. s.
A. retired. who died February 81,
SIS, 700 is set aside for burial ex-
penses and the erection Of asmonu-
ment over his grave IN Arlington
National Cemetery. The extent OF
the estate Is not made known.
Had his wife. Evelyn p. Kerr,
survived him. she would have taken
the remainder OF the estate, but her
death preceded his by one month.
TO Robert A. Paddock, was be-
queathed $4,000; Lucille G.. r.
Swift, $40, 900; to each Of Gaius p.
Paddock. Mary j. Paddock, Sara s.
Paddock, Orville w. Paddock, and
Alice B. Paddock, 10000.
All the above-named are brothers
and sisters of Mrs. Kerr, who will
also share in one-half Of the re-
mainder of the estate. The other
half is distributed among % rela-
tives of the testator.
The Farmers Loan and Trust
Company OF New York and the
wife NOW deceased, are named as
executors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
DISTRICT BILL IS
DELAYED

The District appropriation bill,
delayed by new proposals, probably
will not be reported by the District
appropriations subcommittee to the
Senate until next week.
Consideration Of virtually all the
major items in the measure has
been completed, but many minor
points requiring investigation have
come up, including the proposal to
shut down the Bryant Street pump.
ing station for the local water sup
ply near the Soldiers Home.
The Budget Bureau has decreed
the closing Of the station, despite
the protest of the District Commits
sioners. Increased fire hazard and
a consequent jump in insurance
rates will follow this action, citi-
zens say. John III. Torch, business
representative Of Local 80, Inter-
national Union of Steam and OPP
Grating Engineers, has requested a
hearing from the appropriations
committee on the subject.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
GRILL NJ QUADE
ON DRY LAX|TY
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Continued from First Page.)
the part the Grand Jury has played
I'M It's enforcement.
Gilbert asked him why the Grand
jury had not investigated He'll
mutli.s charges that he was trans
ferred because Of his insiatence upon
watching q booIxmaker. McQuade
said the jury had not yet had time
to go into the matter.
Gilbert asked him how many
indictments had been returned by
the present grand jury for viola
tions Of the liquor laws and he
replied that none had been returned
because no cases had been pre-
scented to the jury.
"The grand jury has been In SEES
sion three months" Gilbert said,
"and has not returned single
indictment though there are 5000
bQotleggers roaming the streets"
McQuade explained that the jury
had been so busy with cases pre-
scented by the District Attorneys
office that it had not had time to
investigate Investigations Of its own.
''Why, with 1900 bootIeggers ply
ing their trade in the National
Capital, can't you find evidence
against one Of them?" Gilbert asked.
I'VE take 1t for granted the police
are doing that" McQuade replied.
McQuade was asked by Gilbert
why the jury had not investigated
the rum-running case which opened
the present investigation and Me-
Quade replied that the grand jury
had not heard of it until it came
out in the papers and Inspector
Albert J. Headley was supposed to
have the case under investigation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
Confidence in Hesse
Is Voted by Police

a unanimous vote Of confidence
in Major Edwin b. Hesse, superin-
tendent Of police, was cast last
night by members OF his force, at a
meeting Of the POlicemen's Ass0cia-
ton. Policeman George Wheelock.
OF the sixth precinct, made the
motion for the vote. A copy will be
mailed to Major Hesse.
The meeting was addressed by
Representative John J. Casey Of
Pennsylvania, Albert G. Miller,
captain OF police Of Allentown, Pa,
and president of the Fraternal Order
OF Police, q national organization,
and Arthur 8. Larkin, sergeant of
the Reading. Pa, police and record
ing secretary of the organization
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
Town Leap Year Dance
Attracts 300 Couples

LOUGHBOROUGH, Eng, March
9.-For perhaps the first time In
English history, "municipalized Sro
nance" was organized hero recently
when, at the invitation OF the mayor,
$50 pretty Loughborough spinsters
attended a Leap Year dance, each
bringing a partner.
the dance, which was staged in an
atmosphere redolent of Cupid.
Special sitting.out places were ar
ranged by the mayor so that no shy
young man could plead there was
too much publicity. Alcoves en-
powered in red and white roses were
dotted about the room. Each had q
capacious armchair suitable for two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
3 Inches of Snow Falls
At HagerStOWn. Md.

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, March 8.
This section Of the State is having
a belated snowstorm, which began
after midnight.
Nearly three inches of snow had
fallen up to o'clock. There has
Snow plows are being used to keep
State and county highways open.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
Md. Convict SIashes
Own Throat i'm Cell

HAGERSTOWN. Nd, March g.
With nearly half of his five.day
sentence served, Carl Eddins. of
Hagerstown. slashed his throat
with bread knife in the Jail here
last night and is reported to be in
q dying condition at the Washing
ton County Hospital.
Twenty minutes after Eddins fin
ished playing cards with other pris-
oners in a corridor, he was found
outside his cell door bleeding from
a wound clear across his throat.
He obtained the knife from a
"trusty." it is blieved. At the hos
pital he declared he would attempt
suicide again. He is being closely
guarded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09

The decision declared that tipping
was practiced long before Congress
began to regulate interstate COM
merce, and it is reasonable to as
sumo that had Congress intended
the practice of either giving or re-
ceiving tips to be unlawful, it would
have so declared in express terms"
The 1000 porters and maids who
petitioned for an increase had as
serted they receive an average
monthly wage of $3.50, only about
half q living wage, and that the
Pullman Company forces them to
collect the remainder of their wages
az tips
"A consideration Of the complaint
leads only to the conclusion that
the real detectives sought are in
creased wages for porters and
maids" the decision said. 1--WE
have no power to regulate wages,
and consequently no authority to
inquire into the business Of the
porters' demands, however meri-
tOrious they might BIZ"
Commissioners Aitchison, East
man and Lewis dissented.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
CLOTH TRAGEDY
IS Barred
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Continued from First Page.)
Became rivals for the hand Of the
rharming young divorcee. Ahashed
pnd embarrassed. Marjorie Schnel-
der turned from them both. Billy
Cloth. promising young attorney.
was waiting Tor her. They were
married.
The story 81 .BiIly'' Cloths
else IL Arlington County reads like
nm Hcratio Alger book. He had
u good law practice from the very
start, took an active part In the
bounty politics, was elected Police
Court judge, and later was successful
kn q campaign for Commonwealth
ATTORNEY.
II From . so Start
The boy who came to Arlington
bounty with SO and q fat jovial
lace as his credentials, paid tax on
b $4,000 income two yeaRs ago.
But as Judge Cloth prospered In
he things OF the world, he lost in
bther things. His home was break
ing up. whether through fault OF
his own, his wffeis or both. Two
years ago Mrs. Cloth sued for q
limited divorce and won It. with an
haimcAy settlement Of $50 q week,
rot $50 . month as has been re-
ported.
During the war Mrs. Cloth had
distinguished herself in canteen
work at Fort Myer. Eight years
liter war, divorced, with only one
ehild and a mother TO look after
him, and with no particular In
terest, Mrs. Cloth again turned
10 the soldiers. For the past two
years she has given her time and
her services periodically to well
fare work at the various hospitals
kround Washington.
A Flying Cadet
Last October. at a nartv for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
Husband Likes Gay Life;
Wife Is Fond of Church

NORRISTOWN, March "a wife
who liked church and a husband
too fond Of liquor were parted here
by the court.
A divorce was granted to Emma
Strickland, of Cheltenham. from
her husband, George.
The husband, the master found,
quarreled with his wife when she
preferred church functions to &C.
companying him in his gay life.
The couple were married in Phila-
deIphia in 1918.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
School Head Joins
Goods Fraternity
photo by international

BOULDER, Colo, March a.
Superintendent w. ". Casey of the
Boulder Public Schools, Civil war
veteran and CoIorado's champion
fife player, was recently initiated
into Kappa Beta Pi, educational
fraternity at the University OF
Colorado.
Eyincing the fact that Greek
letter societies are not only for the
younger set, Superintendent Casey
was happy to become a fraternaI
brother in the college organization.
According to reports, he rode the
big white goat of the initiation
ceremonies as the four co-eds who
were affiliated at the same time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09

wounded veterans at the beautifnl
old mansion OF Admiral Rixey, adj
joining the Washington Country
Club, in Arlington county, 42-Eear-
old Mrs. Cloth met Jimmy Jarret,
~, u flying cadet, who had crashed
at Langley Field q few months
before, permanently disabling q
knee. il was here, II ID said, that.
Hrs. Cloths patriotic interests be-
came specific In one soldier. At
any rate. Mrs. Cloth, ard Jimmy
Jarrek became good friends, and
openly 20, to the alarm Of friends.
and the talk Of enemies.
Ex.husband Cloth heard rnmors.
The g2001a-rnOnth aIinnollx Ne was
paying became b gOad. By this
same wife he haA been raided in
the apartment 0f Wmn1lngtOn
Girl lust q few weeks agD. and
charged III the District Uf Columbia
Police Court with Il statutory
otfense one that has not yet come
Using Mrs. Cloths example,
Judge Cloth hired q private de.
teckfve. He was I'm Richmond,
lobbying before the Virginia legis-
1ature on county bills, when e
received telegram from the
private detective making crave
allegations against Mrs. Cloth.
Senator Frank Ball and Delegate
Hugh Reid, both Of Arlington
County, tried to dissuade Cloth
from coming home.
Evidence viii keep" they told
him. But he would not listen. His
friends accompanied him to the
train, and al he boarded 1t, made
him promise not to go 'into the
county" in his then state Of mind.
but to 60 to a hotel In Washington
and rest up. "Bflly'' Cloth prom
sed. He did come to Washington
night before, last. and went from
he Union Station TO the Occidental
Hotel. There he teIephoned to his
lose personal friend and attorney.
Elmer H0sner. HoSmer came and
talked with Cloth.
Temptation Too Strong
It was decided that it would be
best for Cloth not to see his wife
that night. Hosmer agreed to drive
his friend to his home. But by
, strange twist Of circumstance.
the road that leads to Cloths home
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
CON DITNI
D. CLOTH
CRITICAL
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lCOnfinued from First PageJ
aGloth shouted as he fell: MY
God. Marjorie! Why did you shoot
Eme?''
Rushed 70 Emergency Hospital.
Cloth was 1t first believed to have
had his lung palnckured, but the
bullet, Il was discovered, had
pierced the chest, slkirted the heart
and lodged In his back.
When AIRS. Cloth was arraigned
before Judge Thomas, her aktor.
maVa. r. Smith Rucker and u. g.
McNemar issued q. statement stat
l1ng Bonner,s charges were .incOr.
rect Mrs. Cloth has made no
statement concerning B0nner'g re-
port or the shooting.
Cloth Is d former University Ct
Virginia football star.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
oUST MARRIED TEACHERS

BERWICK. Pa. March 9.3Fhe
Berwick school board has decided
that teachers who are married and
have husbands as their support will
not be reelected at the close OF
this term.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
CROWDS SEE COLUMBIA LAND
Pullman Porter Tips
Cost Pay Raise

Pointing that Congress has nferentiay egazed the
practice of tipping Pullman porters the Interstate
Commerce Commission today dismissed the plea of Pullman
porters maids for increase holding without
iuriSdiction
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
NEW TREATY SOUGHT

ROME, March 9.-The United
States has opened negotiations with
Italy for a new arbitration treaty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09
Temptation Too Strong

It was decided that 1t would be
best for Cloth not to see his wife
that night. Hosmer agreed to drive
his friend to his home. But by
strange twist Of circumstance.
the road that leads to Cloths home
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-09

Last October. at a party for
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-09-14
ATTEMPT TO BLOW
MONARCH SAFE
WOULD-BE YEGGS TRY TO
BLOW DOOR BUT CAN'T
REACH CASH

An unsuccessful attempt was
made about three o'clock Tuesday
morning to blow the safe of the
Monarch Lumber Company. Ap.
pafently it was the work of anna
tenr cracksmen. The joints of
the safe door were soaped and a
fuse used to explode liquid. The
blast proved too weak and the
bolts were not forced, but the
front plate of the door was sprung
out at one corner. A heavy rail
road pick, used in an effort to
force the plate off further, was
left sticking in the door. The
floor showed that the explosive
had leaked out
The blast was heard by Henry
Butzlaff who was sleeping in his
shop across the street Only a
few dollars in change was in the
safe, according to ]. E. Wamsley,
of the yard The dam
age to the safe, however, is SER
ious, the bolts being bent in such
a manner that it is very difficult
% open it.