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New Britain herald., 1928-10-19

Canton Collingsville. Nepaug road is under construction Shoul- ders incomplete.
 Route No. 11l
 Fairfield Eaton road being oiled in sections.
 Roate No. 13e
 Branchville cut of. concrete con- struction under way. with traffic control and . short detour. Route No. i3S Litchheld Bantam road io Uh- der construction. Shoulders uacom- paeted.
 New Milford Litchheld road be- ing oiled for miles.
 Route No. 130
 Woodbury Watertown road, bituminous macadam completed. railing uncompleted. R0ute No. IA
 Cornwall Hollow road. Cornwall to So. Canaan is under construc- ton. No detours. Route No. 133 Hartland Hollow bridge IL under construction. short detour around bridge. Route No. 13S New Fairfield-Sherman road. steam shovel grading and macadam construction under way. Short de- lays probable. Route No. 14l Scotland -Windham road being oiled for miles. Route No. i43 Woodstock North Woodstock road being oiled for one mile. Pom fret -Woodstock road being oiled for ono mile. Route No. IA Brooklyn -Wauregan road shoul- ders being oiled for one mile. Route No. 15O Lyme and East Haddam. Ham, burg-No. Plains road is under con- struction. No delay to traffic. Route N0. 163 Bozrah-Norwich-Ha Hadlyme road ii being oiled for l-4 mile. i Salem. Norwich-Hadlyme road il
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
MEDAL AWARD FOR
 THOMAS 4. EDISON
Plils to h eiln Sunday for
 "StViae Thrsld" Lamp

West Orange. N. J.. Oct. 1S.-lA- Fifty years ago on October 2l Thom- q A. Edison sent an electric cur rent through . carbontzed piece of sewing thread sealed in . glass bulb. The result was the first practical in- candescent electric hght-the won der of tts day.
 In commemoration of that occa- sion and on the eve of its golden anniversary, the inventor will receive . congressional gold medal. The secretary of the treasury. Andrew Mellon. wil present 1t at the Edison laboratory here on the evening of October 20. after . brief address by President Collage. broadcast over . nationwide hook k-up of radio stations.
 It was in his old laboratory at Menlo Park. N. J.. that Edison evolved the crude forerunner of the present lighting system. Having Just invented the phonosraph. Edison in 1873 was ready to tackle another problem and turned to the ''subdi- vtdtng of the electric light" For the ere lamps of that day. with other de- fects. were too intensely bright for small rooms. and gas illumination had disadvantages.
 Others had made experimental lamps embodyinE the incandescent principle of heating . substance with electrical current until 1t glowed. But none WIS practical.
 Working almost constantly with m enthusiastic force that slept but . few hours each day. Edison first confirmed the others failures. Then he tested his own theories. try ing successtvely burners made of carbontsed paper. metals and again different forms of carbon. They all broke. or burned out, or melted in tho glass bulbs from which air had been laboriously pumped by hand.
 Meanwhile Edison was undaunt- cd by the ridicule that followed his effortA
 His chief difficulty having been the construction of the carbon fila ment, he looked around for . dura- ble material and finally hit upon cotton thread. Bending pieces of thread into hairpin shape. he would bake them in . nickel mould until they became wisps of carbon. But each time they would break. once just as Edison reached the glas- blowers house where tho lamps were made.
 Eventually. however. . carbon was completed. inserted in . bulb, the air exhausted and the lamp sealed. The current was turned on and that first lamp. lighted October 3l. 1878. burned IS hours.
 Gas lihgting WAS to be supplanted and the evolution of the incandes- cent lamp into the vacuum tubs or audion of radio was to help in 'fl. luminating the path of progreas'' for which the inventor now gets another medal.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
Road Conditions in
 State of Connecticut

Road conditions and detours in the state of Connecticut made nec- stsary by highway construction. rs- pairs and oiling announced by the State Highway Department as of October IT. arc as follows:
 Route No.
 Guilford Boston Post Road, shoulders being oiled for { miles.
 Old Saybrook' Boston Post Road being oiled for { miles.
 Old Lyme. East Lyme and Water ford. hve miles under construction. Pavement complete. No delay to traffic.
 West Haven Milford Pike. shoul- lers being oiled for ! miles.
 Stoninston Groton and Wsstsrly Road being oiled for mile.
 Groton Groton and wsstsrly road being oiled for miles.
 Route No. |
 East Hartford d-Springfield road In the town of Enfield, road being oil- ed for mile.
 < Route No. .
 Waterbury Middlebury road and Sunnystde avenue is under construc- ton.
 Waterbury Milldale, southington Mountain ts under construction, shoulders not complete.
 Danbury Newtown road, bridge and construction work on new To- cation.
 Route No. {
 0~1lnh,,,~ npoat Do eAaA is under construction. Concrete be- ing laid. One-way traffic maintained.
 Sharon Lakeville road is under construction.
 Route No. .
 Brooklyn Danielson road in the towns of Killinsly and Brooklyn under construction. Danielson So. Killingly road q under construction. Open to traffic.
 Route No. U. S. !
 Danbury New Milford road. con- crete construction completed. from Danbury to Still River. Uncompleted from still River to New Milford. three miles. railing uncompleted. Route No. .
 Waterbury Thomaston road be- ing oiled for one-half mile.
 Naugatuck Beacon Falls road being oiled for one mile.
 Naugatuck Waterbury road be- .ing oiled for two and one-half miles
 Route No. 10
 Haddam road is under construc- ton from Higganum to East Had dam bridge. One-half mile detour at Higganum; short one-way trenic at Higganum and at brtdge-Ar~ holds Station. !. Bloomfield Brandy road is un- der construction. but open to traf- hc. Middletown Hartford Saybrook road. Tarring shoulders for 1-4 mile. Rsutc No. IA Grosyenordale No. Grosvenor- dale road is under construction. open to traffic. Norwich Putnam road at Alta wausan is under construction. open to traffic. Killinsly Plainneld road is be- l ing oiled for 2 miles. Route No. II North stoninGton Norwich = Westerly road being oiled for one mile. Hartford New London road. oil- ing shoulders for one mile. Route No. S2 Norwich Groton road from Nor vict City line to Ere wster's Neck is under construction. open ts traffic.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
Big Change
 M Face Popdey

4 good face powder today must dc more than merely remove shine-i: should stay on longer. prevent th pores from Fetting larger. spread smoothly. and leave . peachy look on the complexion. 4 new French Process Powder called MELLO- CLIO does these things. MELLO. CLIO Is truly wonderful. You will simply love it.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19

tomorrow in the new Leonard Building. 2S6-29O Main street.
 The store. which will occupy large part of the first floor of the building and the entire basement. has been leased for long period of years. It will contain 2s departments in practically all of which merchant
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19

Woodbridge-Ansonia road is be- ing oiled for ! miles.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19

disc selling at q or lsss VII be handled. !.
 w. H. Long. who has haA ehasgo of several of the storao h tle SaR Monroe chain. will have the aans agement of the New Britain beaneAe
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19
Monroe Store Branch
 Opens Here Saturday

New Britain's newest department Stores. Inc. will open for business
New Britain herald., 1928-10-19

READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ApG
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
LAST HICKMAN
fight Denied
BY HIGH court
Only Chance of Fox to
Escape GalIOWS Now
Rests With Governor.
STRUGGLE TO CONTINUE
Lawyer Will Go Before
Other Justices of U. S.
Supreme Tribunal.
By Times Special


WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-William
Edward Hickman, youthful kid
naper and murderer of Marion
Parker, 12-year-old school girl, to-
day was denied a United States Su-
preme Court appeal of his sentence
to the gallows. He is scheduled to
be hanged Oct. 10 at San quentin
prison.
Justice George Sutherland. who
has jurisdiction over appeals from
the Pacific Coast, refused to grant
an appeal from the California Su-
preme Court decision Unfolding the
sentence. This appeal if granted
would have automatically stayed
the execution ending argument If
the case.
Jerome Walsh, young Kansas
City lawyer who represented Hick-
man, said after his conference with
the justice in chambers that he in
tended to take bis plea before other
members of the court, any one OF
whom can allow such an appeal.
Justice Sutherlands refusal does
not bar such action, he said.
Walsh applied for formal admis-
sion to the Supreme Court bar to-
day, to argue to appeal if it is
granted.
This was virtually Hickman's last
chance to escape the gallows unless
clemency is granted by the Gov
ernor of California. Walsh did not
name the other justices to whom!
he would appeal, but said he ex-
pected to know finally whether sue
cess or failure was his by tonight.
Justice Brandeis will be among
those appealed to, it vas believed.
Walsh refused to disclose what vert
on in his conference with Suther-
land. which lasted nearly an houI
His appeal, however, was based on
what he believes are good points Of
constitutional law, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
HURT IN CRASH
OF STOLEN CAR
Probe Link With Two Other
Abandoned Autos.

A man believed to be Marshall
Bedford, Lafayette, Ind, was un-
conscious from a fractured skull in
the Methodist Hospital today, while
police investigated his connection
with a stolen automobile in which
he was injured Sunday morning.
The machine, large Buick,
crashed into a tree near the home
of John Lux, w. Morris St., near
the Hendricks County line.
Members of his family treated the
driver and a man passenger and
over the protests of the passenger,
called DR.. f. L. Hade of Bridgeport.
DR.. Hade sent the pair to the hos
pital.
The second man disappeared.
The Buick was stolen earlier on
Sunday from Marining Norland,
5245 Central Ave. When the car
crashed into the tree it carried the
license plates of an Auburn stolen
from Louis Freedman, Lafayette.
Freedman's car later was found
by the Hendricks county sheriff
two miles west of the accident
scene, the gasoline tank shot full Of
holes.
Another stolen Auburn sedan was
found by the sheriff in thick
woods near Wildwood Camp, a mile
west of the county line. 1t was
stolen from Cleveland, the sheriff
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
Quotes Indianapolis Catho-
lie Leader as Supporting
Her Stand.
By United Press

By United Press
HARRISBURG, KY, Oct. 8.-Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant
United States Attorney General, to-
day accused Al Smith Of making an
"unsportsmanly attack" on her in
accusing her of injecting the re-
ligious issue into the presidential
campaign.
In an address to a Republican
rally here Mrs. Willebrandt said
Smith insinuated her appeal to a
Methodist meeting in Ohio to sup
port Herbert Hoover, Republican
candidate, was because of Smiths
religion, but that such an accusa-
ton was entirely ungrounded".
She made public a letter from P.
H. Callahan of Indianapolis, head
of the Association of Catholics, IA
voring prohibition, and supporting
her in her stand on the dry issue.
"I have read your speeches very
carefully and I cannot find you had
any criticism whatever Of the
Catholic church or referred to the
religion of the Democratic candi-
date or his campaign manager"
Callahan wrote.
II know from intimate acquaint-
ances that the Methodist church
has been fighting liquor and the
liquor people for a generation or
two, until now prohibition is as
much of an institution to the
Methodists as the parochial schools
are to the Catholics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
WAIT DUNN RULING
Office Eligibility Involved in
Injunction Suit.

Ruling on the injunction case in
which Frank I. McClain, surveyors
office employe, seeks to have min
utes of the September county coun-
Gil meeting declared void because
Councilman Paul Dunn is alleged to
be ineligible to hold office, will be
given Tuesday by Superior Judge
The ruling was to have been made
today, but was postponed because
attorneys for Dunn are out of the
city.
Believing perjury has been COM
mitteed in the case, Elliott has de-
cided to send the transcript to the
Marion County grand jury.
Mccain, in his complaint, alleged
Dunn did not possess real estate,
which made him ineligible for the
office. Dunn, however, contended
that he owned property, but had to
dispose of it in 1925.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
HELD AS CAR THIEF
Thomas Moore Aided in ES-
cape, Say Officers.

AS the aftermath of a daring mo-
tor car theft attempt Sunday night,
Thomas Moore, %, of 244 N. Wal
colt ST., was arrested today and was
identified as the man who was
caught attempting to steal the ma
chine Of Paul e. Wright, 1886 w.
Tenth st.
According to Wright and a COM
panion, Dallas Watterson, 1922 w.
Tenth ST., the pair apprehended
Moore in the act of starting
Wright's motor car, which was
parked at New York and Illinois
SITS.
They overpowered him and start
ed to police headquarters when an
other car drove up and youth COW
cred Wright and Watterson with a
pistol while the would-be thief made
his escape.
Wright obtained the license plate
numbers on the second car and po-
li"l traced the license as having
been issued to Moore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
DANGERS PLUG ON
Sixteen Couples Remain in
Marathon.

With the field narrowed down to
sixteen couples, all veterans of many
marathon dance campaigns, the In
dianapohs dance derby swung into
its 10TH hour at noon today.
The remaining hooters" schooled
in theirt rade, are not jeopardising
their chances of winning by indulg
ing in any fancy steps, and the con-
test has settled down to a sleepy
affair.
Virtually all the remaining dane
ers boast they are capable Of con-
tinuing at least 400 more hours.
The last couple to fall from the
ranks was Ralph Campbell and
jeanette Welch, both indianapolis,
after dancing ninety-eight hours.
New vaudeville acts have been i'm
ported by the American LegioA.
sponsors of the contest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
County and Election Com
miSSiOnerS Write Many
Letters.

County commissioners and elec-
ton commissioners wrote more let
ters to each other today than ever
before in their efforts to pin the
responsibility of distributing vot-
ing machines for practice purposes
prior to the election. 1t finally
was decided to place six machines
at public disposal for practice.
Here's the days events:
Election board chairman Ira M.
Holmes asked commissioners what
happened to a letter they wrote last
Thursday giving the board author
ity to use machines for practice. He
found a copy of the letter, but Com
missioner Charles o. Sutton told
him 1t was not mailed.
County commissioners drafted
another letter. When turned over
to Holmes he objected because it
stated the machines were to be used
"for election purposes" He said
that prevented the board from dis
tributing machines before election.
Holmes wrote a letter to county
commissioners stating that the pub
lie demand for practice machines
should be complied with. He asked
for another letter giving the board
full control Of the machines.
Finally another letter came forth
from the Office of the commission
ers surrendering 275 machines to
the board for "any purpose which
election commissioners deem neces-
sary."
There will be one machine in the
Statehouse, another in the court
house, another in the Woman's De-
partment Club, 170c N. Meridian
ST., and the remaining three proba-.
bly, distributed in political head
quarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
Rain HaItS Fourth Conflict
of World Series; Last
Hope in SherdeI.

By United Press
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8.-Rain today
forced postponement of the fourth
worlds series baseball game be-
tween the Cardinals and the
Yankees.
Decision to postpone the game
was announced by Judge K. M.
Lands, baseball high commissioner,
after a personal inspection of the
playing field at Sportsman's Park.
Under the original plan it will be
played here on the next available
date, when tickets for the fourth
game will be honored.
Upon Sherdels good left arm, his
whiStling fast ball, hook curve, and
change Of pace depends the last
chance of the Cardinals to escape
the disaster of defeat in four
straight games.
The Yankees, riding the crest of
a victorious wave, with scalps of
three straight victories at their
belts, have their pitching ace, Waite
Hoyt, primed and ready for the
next game.
They have, however, the comfort
able knowledge that they have
beaten every pitcher Bill McKechnie
has sent to the hill, and they claim
that they are only just beginning to
hit.
Odds on Yankee
With Hoyt opposing Sherdel once
more and the Cardinals disheart-
ened by successive defeats, betting
odds of Z to favored the Ameri-
can League champions to repeat
the triumph of four straight games
which they scored over the Pitts
burgh Pirates year ago.
The Cards easily might have
survived the defeat of Sherdel in
the opening game, and they ever
felt that they could come back
after the collapse of old Grover AL
exander, but when the Yanks bat
tered Big Jess Haines into sub
mission, st. Louis all but gave up
Sam BreadonS club will go
through the motions of putting up
spirited game tomorrow. Sherdel
has the heart of lion and the
same steady head for pitching which
held the Yanks to four hits in the
first game at New York.
If Willie can stop the slugging
American Leaguers and inspire his
mates to get him a few runs and
refrain from 'booting away their
chances, the 1928 world series yet
may be prolonged beyond fou'
games.
Cards Toss Off Chances
It is a little late now, even FOR
genial Sam Breadon, owner of the
st. Louis club, to expected the Cards
to come through and win themselves
another worlds championship. They
tossed away their chances of doing
that in the first three games.
The team didn't hit in the first
two games and their two supposedly
most dependable pitchers yielded to
the indomitable thrust of Yankee
bats. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
saw to that.
Sundays game, played in the
presence of 39,602 cash customers
and several thousand others, was a
sorry spectacle. Without detracting
from the home run hitting of husky
Lou Gehrig and the pitching effort
of Tom Zachary, it must be admitted
that the Cards themselves tossed
away what seemed like their last
chance to stave off defeat in this
1928 series.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
Pastors Set
Day tOPruy
AgainStAI
City Methodist Ministers
Slate Services for
Nov. q.

Methodist ministers of Indian
apolis today approved a motion to
devote Nov. 4 to prayer for the de-
feat of AL Smith.
Branding Smith as a notification
ist and a continuous user of alco-
holic liquor, the Rev. Frederick
Stone, retired minister, at a meeting
of the Methodist Ministerial Associ-
alton, declared that If the wet can
didate is elected the country will re-
vert to conditions prevalent fifty
years ago.
The Rev. George Henninger, pas
tor of the East Tenth Street Meth
odist church, opposed the motion.
Its not a matter of prayer now;
it's a matter of work. To pray for
the defeat of the Democratic can
didate would only precipitate trouble
among Democratic members of our
congregations" argued Henninger.
The motion was carried, with only
Henninger voting against it.
Linn A. Tripp, social service di-
rector of the Indianapolis Church
Federation, addressed the body on
Social Service" Tripp spiked the
old idea that mans service to his
fellowmen is different from his
service to God and declared that
the outstanding social problem is
not a theological problem but one
Of practical living.
New officers of the association
elected today are: The Rev. L. H.
KendeI, president; the Rev E. E.
Jones, vice president, and the Rev.
M. S. Marble, secretary-treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
II ARE KILLED
BY POISON STILL
Seventy Others Are Sent to
Hospital in New York.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United PresS
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-Detectives
were searching the entire east side
today for a still whose poisoned
product killed seventeen men ana
sent seventy to hospital over the
weekend.
Most of the victims were deni
zens of the slum area, patrons Oh
the many "Shock houses" that sell
drinks at two for quarter.
They were found unconscious or
writhing in agony in beds in cheap
lodging houses or in cutters. All
those in hospital are desperately i'll
It is believed that most, if not all,
of the poisoned liquor comes from
one source-a back-room still IL
some tenement house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
FATALLY HURT BY BUS
MOtorcyclist Dies in City Hospital;
Driver Arrested.

John oxford, 40, of G2O N. Ritter
Ave-, died at noon today in city
hospital as the result of injuries
received early this morning when
he was knocked from his motor .
cycle at Senate and Kentucky AYES.
by a West indianapolis bus.
Lester Delks, 81, of 1924 S. Rich
land Ave-, driver of the bus, was
arrested on charges of assault and
battery and failure to show a driv-
ers license.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08

was the only president of that
body in recent years to die with
his shoes off. The others were all
shot. Murlo died of an intestinal
malady.
Michael Scalis and Albert
Anselmi, unsuccessful usurpers of
the Genna leadership, will be
steady opera patrons this year.
Unlike former years they will not
sit in the horseshoe or main floor.
Business has been poor so they
will have to satisfy their musical
tastes from balcony seats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
SPIRITUALISTS HERE
TO OPEN CONVENTION
800 Delegates to Attend Banquet
Tonight.

800 Delegates to Attend Banquet
Tonight.
More than 300 delegates are ex-
pected to be present at the Clay
pool tonight at the banquet opening
the thirty-sixth annual convention
of the National Spiritualist Associa-
ton.
Tuesday sessions will be devoted
to business with talks on the Fun
damentals of Spiritualism."
At the evening session John Slater
will give spirit Greetings"
An important number on the pro-
gram for Wednesday is the Report
of the Bureau on Phenomenal Evil
dence; while Maude F. Torrey and
Otto Won Bourg will discuss Spirit
Greetings"
The convention will close Friday
when officers will be elected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08

used to occupy boxes at the opera
but Tony, pioneer beer runner,
was killed by policeman while
attempting to steal a ballot box
in Cicero several years ago.
Now Scarface Al and Ralph sit
on the main floor, surrounded
usually by a bodyguard. That
precaution usually costs them as
much for additional seats, as own
ing box.
Among gangland's dead box
holders are: Michael Murlo, presi-
dent Of the Unione Siciliano. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
20 PRISONERS ARE dead
Or Missing after blaze
IN CONVICTS' DORMITORY
o, CMSbi-DO
By Times Special

BJ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct.
8.-Mrs. Dora Meadows chews
tobacco, Benjamin Meadows
alleges in a divorce suit on file
in Monroe Circuit Court here.
She also cursed and otherwise
abused him, the husband
charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-08
HAAG AUTO IN HOLDUP
Muncie Bandits Use Car Owned by
Druggist Slain Here.

The automobile of the late Will
kinson Haag, chain druggist, MUIR
dered at the Green Mill barbecue
place in E. Thirty Eighth st. three
years ago, again figured in a police
investigation today.
Three men using the car robbed
a Muncie Ind0 restaurant keeper
of 5000 Saturday.
Police here were notified several
days ago that the car had been
stolen from a Louisville (Ky0 sales
man, who had purchased it from
the Haag estate.