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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
SECURES DIVORCE IN RENO

Mrs. Alice Evans Durant, daughter
OF Postmaster and Mrs. William Evans
OF Newark, Delaware, has been
awarded divorce from Armand Du-
rant, whom she married at Newark,
Delaware, September q, 1919. BY
agreement between the couple, custody
Of the two children, boy and girl, is
given to Mrs. Durant, but the father is
to have privilege of seeing the children
once month.
Further stipnlations are that Durant
is to pay his wife $3.50 a month for the
support of the children, and to main
Rin a $4,000 life insurance policy in
heir favor. Mrs. Durant receives all
ne personal property owned as hus-
and and wife, in Newark, together
Tith a note for $1,000. The decree,
which did not cause much surprise in
lewark, was granted on grounds of
esertion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
SHERIFF SHOOTS FLEEING MAN
Motorist Refuses To Show Drivers
License and Attempts To

Escape
Harvey Crew, aged 81 years, of near
Elkton, was shot and killed on Tuesday,
by Sheriff G. Clinton Logan, of Cecil
county.
Crew, who had been pursued by the
Sheriff and his deputy in an automabile
refused to show his driving license,
and then ran over the fields.
Miss Mary Jamison reported Grew
and two companions driving crafty
across Railroad avenue to the Newark
Elkton road. She said the men had
forced her car off the road.
Sheriff Logan and Deputy Burgins
went in search of Crew, who had been
drinking. Crew refused to show his
drivers license when the Sheriff asked
to see it.
He jumped fence and ran across the
fields. The Sheriff chased him. finally
firing two shots at the fleeing man. Crew
was hit in the right hip and in the back.
He was dead when the Sheriff reached
him.
The Sheriff said that he did not intend
to kill the man. but was ''only doing his
duty"
Coroner Howard w. Green ordered
the body sent to local undertaking
establishment. The two men with Crew
disappeared.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
FOURTH ANNUAL EGG LAYING
CONTEST ENDS
Average of 20O.6 Eggs Are Laid By
The Thousand Birds Under
Competition.

The fourth annual Egg Laying
Contest being conducted by the Uni
versity of Maryland Experiment Sta
ton came to a close on the evening
of October 30th with a total pro-
duction for the thousand birds under
competition of 202,606 eggs. This
is an average of zoos eggs per bird
and sets new mark which is well
over the best previous average of
1912 eggs for a Maryland contest.
1t is pointed out by Roy H. Waite,
who is in charge of the work, that
the present mark will be a very hard
one to break as the two-hundred-egg
average, without the use of artificial
lighting or special stimulative food
ing, is a record of which no contest
management need be ashamed.
High honors for total pen produc-
tion went to Leghorn entry of Geo.
Walker, Oldhams, Va which turned
in a total of 2,529 eggs for the 1854
days. This score ties the Maryland
Contest record for pen production
made in the third contest by Mar
shall. Farm, Mobile, Ala. Another
Leghorn pen staged a strong finish,
producing 38 eggs in the final week
and pushing it's score to within 10
eggs of the winning pen for, a total
of 2,510 eggs and thereby annexing
the title of second place. Third
honors went to the Leghorn pen of
Marshall Farm, Mobile, Ala, with
score of 2,476 eggs and fourth posi-
tion was gained by the F. B. Bolton
pen from Pomonkey, Md, also Leg
horn, with a mark of 2,469 eggs.
There was an exciting finish in
the individual competition, two hens
having finally come up nose and nose
at the finish, each with total of 311
eggs. Both of these were Leghorns,
one having been in the pen of DR..
L. E. Heasley, Grand Rapids, Mich,
and the other being from the entry
of Fair View Hatchery, Sykesville.
Md. However, since the Heasley
bird laid the larger eggs she was
awarded the blue ribbon. Only one
other hen broke over the 300-egg
mark, No. 396 in the pen of DIR. l..
e. C Lynn Heasley, Grand RapfdsI
Mich, with tote of sos eggs.
j.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
The case of the conowiogn Marble

The case of the Conowiogn Marble
& Minerals Co., Inc, VS.. Homer
Knapp, was argued by Albert D.
Mackey, Esq, of Elkton, for the
appellant company in the Court Of
Appeals at Annapolis last week.
The appeal was dismissed without
argument by E. D. Rollins, Esq,
counsel for the appellee, being
heard. The appeal was from a de-
cision in the Circuit Court at Center
vile, in which Mr.. Knapp secured
Judgment for $500 against the
Conowingo Company.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
FOOTBALL CASUALTIES

Local football casualties reported
to date are the following: John
Cantwell, student at West Noting
ham Academy, son of DR.. and Mrs.
H. A. Cantwell, of North East, suf-
fered broken baw bone in a foot
ball game at the Academy last week.
The lad was removed to Union HesS
pital, Elkton. where his father re-
duced the fracture.
While participating in game OF
football at Perryville Blaine Earten-
stine, of that town, had his shoulder
sprained and Raymond Ward, of
Perry Point, suffered broken col
lar bone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
OBITUARY
WILLIAM d. DREAMER

William D. Creamer, formerly OF
Elkton, died Nov. 8, at his home in
Wilmington, aged 40 years. For a
number of years he was employed as
bookkeeper at the Pulp Mills in his
home town. His wife, who was Miss
Annie Vaughn, Of Chesapeake City,
survives him, with one son and one
daughter. Interment was made in
Bethel cemetery, near Chesapeake
City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The American Red Cross opened its
thirteenth annual drive for membership
on Monday, Armistice Day, and the
campaign will close Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. Victor Davis, of Elkton, county
chairman, is directing the work. The
county's quota this year is $1,000.
The district chairmen in the county
are: Chesapeake City, Miss Jennie Wal
ter; Cecilton and Warwick, Mrs. Viii
liam B. Davis; Perryville, Miss Anna
Gehr; North East, Mrs. X. o. Bailey
Rising, Sun, Mrs. Ernest Biles; Port
Deposit. Miss Evelyn West; Elkton,
Miss Grace Price; Cherry Hill. Mrs.
Charles Davis; Colora. Mrs. Lloyd B;
derston and Mrs. Harry Dinsmo
Earleville, Mrs. 4. E. Price
Mrs. Mary Cray Hopweil. Mrs ~
Rawlings; Liberty Grove, Mrs. Ward
Grist; Appelton, Mrs. A. Baus; dGlvert
Mrs. John Fassitt; Charlestown. Mrs.
r. X. Barnes; Rowlandsville, Mrs.
George Logan; Zion, Miss Ruth Clifford.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
MRS. SUSANNA e. DUNLAP

Mrs. Susanna E. Dunlap, widow of
John J. Dunlap, died Nov. at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence
l. Brown, West Chester, in her list
year. The deceased was daughter
of Lee j. and Caroline Hoffman Ne.
thery, deceased, of Oxford. There are
two daughters: Mrs. Clarence l. Brown,
West Chester; Mrs. j. Leroy Ward,
Rising Sun. A sister, Miss Harritt
Nethery, resides in Oxford. The in
terment was made in Oxford Cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAY CON-
STRUCTION WORK

Construction work on highways in
Pennsylvania reached the 495 mild
mark for the season October 81
Highway Department engineers pr
dict that the construction work 4
the year will not pass the 525 mile
mark. approximately 700 miles
were built in 1925.
Work on 220 contracts was under
way last week. A total of $500 men
were employed by contractors, The
State used 1912 men dEring the
same period for maintenance work.
A total of more than sixteen miles
of road was completed last week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
OXFORD CARNIVAL PROFITS
SHRINK

ixty-eight hundred profit on
$4,000 receipts for the recent
carnival set the members of the
company gasping, when the final
audit OF the account of Treasurer
G. b. Kirk waS made last week.
Mr.. Kirk has been gasping him
self for nearly month, and the
au Tors were non-plussed when
th8 discovered that the profits
hap fallen below twenty-five per-
cent. whereas they had always
run from thirty-five to forty-five
before. Oxford. Pa, News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
RALPH SMITH

Ralph Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. D. Smith of Rowlandville, aged
25 years. died on Nov. 3, at the
Maryland General Hospital, in Bal
timore, where he had been a patient
since the previous Sunday, following
an operation for appendicitis and
complications. He had been a suf-
ferer for several years from tubercu-
losis. He leaves his parents, one
brother, Delmar, at home, and one
sister, Mrs. Marion Soloman, Of
Havre de Grace. ,tsf
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
OSCAR w. GLACKIN

Oscar w. Glackin died Nov. 2, in
Lancaster. He was sc years of age
and a native of lower Lancaster
county, Pa. He was son of the late
David Lee and Mary Rogers .Glackin.
His wife and seven childreu survive;
also the following brothers and sis
ters: Jerome B., Philada.; Mrs. w.
E. Campbell and Mrs. C. W. Millard,
Wilkes-Barre; Harry L., Rising Sun;
Mrs. Walter Wright, Nottingham;
John P. and Laura E. Glackin, Nc
Spartan; Charles G., Baltimohe;
Mrs. L. w. Collins, Oxford.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15
OXFORD CANDY FACTORY SOLD

The caramel factory in Oxford,
Pa, has been sold at public sale by
Frank E. Brown, trustee for the
first mortgage bondholders of the
Oxford Confectionery Company, to
John H. Ware, Jr. The price paid
for the real estate. contents OF build
ings, improvements, corporate rights
etc., was $6,425.
The first mortgage bonds, amount
ing to about 100000. are held by
residents of Oxford and vicinity.
The morning after the sale the
factory began operation and is filing
orders.
The new superintendent is L. G..
Burns. of Lancaster. The business
was established in 1891.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15

"Googe Money" was the feature
of the entertainment given bey the
Appleton Homemakers' Club on
Tuesday evening, in the Red Mems
Hall at Cherry Hill. Several dia-
logues were also on the program,
and Mr.. Pryor was the pianist. A
delightful entertainment was given,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-15

Downie Bros. Circus ended its sea-
son last week and returned to Havre
de Grace. The large building for
merly occupied as their winter quar-
ters was burned recently and the
circus is now housed in the building
formerly used by w. F. Forwood.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
C|TY'S POPULATION
 $ PUT AT 8I,856
Estimate for Opening Of 1880
 Shows Rapid Increase
3S ?. (. GAIN IN DECADE
Residents Within Community and Suburbs Placed at lO,OOO-16.G59 Families and 31,St9 Employed Workers in City Proper.

Tn" population of New Britain within municipal limits at the open ing of l9&G is SI.S5G compared with 57,@lG in 1920, an increase Of SS.G per cent, according to a survey-esti- mate issued by Inc Newspaper Fea- iure bureau The survey is based on excess of births over deaths in the city since 1920, the increase in youth of school age, the increase in domestic water services and oth- CT factors having a bearing on populations.
 It is estimated that the 1880 population of New Britain and its suburbs is in excess of 10000.
 Persons over q, not all of whom however arc qualified voters, num- Der 4G.452.
 Workers for gain-thc city's breadWinncrs-numbor 3i.S49 Of whom 26,G4S are males.
 There are 1G,G59 families in the city, compared with 12,072 in 1922.
 The detailed characteristics of the New Britain population, in which the present figures are compared with those of the census of 1920. fo1ln,y.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
STONE SELECTED BUSINESS ADVISER
Stanley Works Officer Hardware
 Delegate on Committee
PROSPERITY GROUP GOAL
L. s. Chamber of Commerce Names Men to Choose Members of "BuSi- ness Clinic"-EcOnomic situation to Be Diagnoscd.

Joseph r. Stone Of this city. Ni,e president of tho Stanley Works wus named d member Of the commit @ Of Go business and industrial lead CTS of the country. at q meeting of the United States Chamber of Com mcrce ill Washington today. 10 se- feet representative group of bus:- ness men for q business clinic" on the nations industries. Mir. Stone represents hardware iu the group.
 Plans for q permanent organiZl- tion of business executives. 10 roco%- nize. diagnose and correct industrial threatened doprcssions, were made at the meeting, following the ad- dress of President Hoover. The SO lection of A1r. Stone does not ueces- sarily mean that he will be q choice for the membership of the business clinic. although it is possible that ac will be. The membership of the business clinic is not to be confined to the members Of the committee who namc the men.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
President of New Haven Railroad Expects to See Business Improve;
 Pelley Optimistic In Speech Here
Hawkes. of B. & M. Urges Greater Patronage of New England Lines - Todd of Bangor & Aroostook Discusses Consolidation - 37O at Traffic
 Association Banquet at Burritt Hotel.

President John J. Pelley of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad, speaking at the sixth annual banquet of the New Britain Traffic association of the Chamber of Commerce last night, told the 310 railroad and steamship men and traffic experts present, that business during the early part of 1880 will approximate the high spots Of 1928. Mr. Pelley wordcd his address care fully and created the impression of being strictly conservative.
 Business reached it's peak in 1929, he said, and the recession has been due to q great extent to the falling off in the automobile field and in building construct on. Mr. pelley was applaudcd vigorously when he said that the New Haven road had made up it's expense budget in Aug ust but, in spite of the stock mar kct crash, would stick 10 that budget. He expressed unbounded confidence in New England and in the business men in the territory served by the New Haven road.
 Todd Weighs Consolidation
 Although consolidation of the
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
DENOUNCES
 POLICE BOARD HEAD
Israel Nair Criticizes At titude of Chairman
 Bannan

Making claim that Chairman Michael W. Bannan of the police board acted as the judge, the prosecutor. and the counsel for Ser geant McCue," in lost nights inves- tigatiOn into the complaint that the poleCe officer assaulted Axel Dahl gren in the cell room at headquar- ters, Attorney Israel Nair, counsel for the complainant, today termed the action as unfair and an insult to him.
 Attorney David l.. Nair had been engaged by Dahlgren to act as his counsel. He notified Chairman Bannan tsat he would be unable to attend hearing last night, and that Dahlgren would not appear without counsel. Unwilling to postpone the hearing, the board subpoenaed Dahl gren, who appeared with Attorney Israel Nair.
 A statement was issued today by Lawyer Nair, as follows:
 q think it was unfair for Chair man Rannan to act as he did, in denying me the courtesy that is or dinarily allowed to any lawyer by court or elsewhere Israel Nair said today MT. Bannan told me it was discretionary with the board, but he always spoke for the board without consulting them. In fact, he acted as the judge, the prose Cutor and the counsel for Sergeant t
 Ut certainly was unfair to me as an attorney and an insult to be treated in that manner"
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
COOLEY MUST EXPLAIN FIRE SIREN FAILURE Summoned to Appear at Commission Meeting
 Tonight

AS a result of two failures of the fire department siren, November 25, ! Electrical Superintendent George C.. Cooley has been summoned to a special meeting of the board tonight to explain.
 The siren failed to respond at 6:45 a. m., when the department was called for a fire in Tephereth Israel synagogue on Winter street, and at about 7:3U D. m, when an alarm came for the Center church fire. it again failed. No traffic ac- Cidcnts resulted from the maG- nounccd appearance of apparatus on the streets. despite the fact that the evening traffic was at it's peak Wh the Congregational church fire broke out.
 Supt. Cooley will also be asked 10 ScXpIain his attitude during the pre- liminary inquiry which resulted in notification to him to appear before the board.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06

New England railroads would be preferable to a tie-up between in dividual roads, both possibilities have their disadvantages, according to President Percy Todd of the Ban gor and Aroostook railway.
 President Todd said that in cor- tain ways q tic-up of any kind would not be desirable. q doubt very much whether the anticipat- cd economies from consolidation will matcrializc. a revision of pay rolls particularly would have to be upWard,' he commented.
 This year. according to Mr. Todd, will see a shipment Of more than 50,0OO carload of potatoes. 90 per cent of which will come from one county ill Maine. Because of this vast amount of shipping and rcsul. lant congestion at the market cities. railroads sometimes are left with thousands of empty cars owned by other companies upon which they must pay $ day until they are re- turned. This condition is one thing which helps make economical rail-
 Continued on Page Three)
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
Murder Suspect Sent
 To Jail Over Revolver

Stafford Springs, Dec. LPl-lu- gene Tctreault of Pascoag, R. l.. who is believed to have knowledge of the slaying Of Geraci Salyator, 44, in Westfiold, Mass, last Sunday, was sentenced to three months in jail here today on charges of carry ing concealed weapons. Tetreault was arrested here by state police while driving an automobile.
 Prosecuting Attorney NJ. D. O'Connoll said police were continu- ing investigation Of Tetreault's sus- pected connection with the murder of Salvador, who was a Springfield bakers helper, Robbery is believed 10 have been the motive for the kill ing.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
SHADE, TALON AND GOLF ASSN. PLANS CARL SON REWARDED l93O TOURNAMENTS
N. B. H. s. Graduates Win
 Scholarships at Harvard
TWO ARE TEACHERS SONS
New Britain student on List of t55 Published Today as Winners Of Awards at Cambridge Institution -Sf55,02O in Fees Distributed.

Three graduates of Now Britain high school, two of them sons Of members of the faculty, are among the 455 undergraduates at Harvard who were voted scholarships today.
 The list of awards, including the names of Harry B. Shades, William s. TalIon and Gustave F. Carlson of this city, was made public at Cnt- versty hall, Harvard.
 Mr. Sladc is the son of High School Principal Louis |. Slade and Mrs. Slade of 19 Ellis street. He was graduated from New Britain high school in the class of 1929, with high scholastic standing, and lie entered the engineering school at Harvard in September.
 Mrs. Bertha K. Tallon, a teacher Of Spanish at the high school, is the mother of William $. Tallon. He was -ItIudltu lIOlll -NtN bElltlll DlSlI school in 1928, and is now in his second year at the school of en- gincering.
 Mir. Carlson was graduated in 1924. He did not enter college until 1926, and is now in his senior year in engineering. His parents are Mir. and Mrs. Edward Carlson of 779 East street.
 SchOlahship awards made today by the Harvard corporation repre- sent $155,020 in tuition fees. In ad- dition, &2 scholarships without sti- ponds were voted. Harvard club throughout the country were re- SponSiblC for 4G Of the scholarships,
 In Harvard college, of the 37O awards, 100 went 10 freshmen. @ to sophomorcs, 1US to seniors and four to students out of course.
 In the engineering school. of 39 scholarships, 1j went to first year mon, nine to sophOmorcS, two to juniors and Is 10 seniors.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
RADIO TRANSFORMER FIRST FIRE OF KIND
Bremen Called Out for Blaze on Cottage
 Place

New Britain fircmcn had to con- tend with an insignificant fire last , night, which was also the first of its kind in the records of the fire de- partment it being a, tiny one in the transformer of q radio set Nothing but very thin smoke was appar- 5 ent so that nearly half an hour was consumed in locating it. The fire was at the home Of Charles Brick son, G6 Cottage place, at 2 o'clock
 Early in the evening the mcm- hcrs of the family Smellcd smoke about the house but failing to locate q fire they sent word to No. house and the call being relaycd to head quarters, that company was order ed 10 go to the scene.
 Arriving there the iircmcn were at first greatly mystiiicd. They could | smell smoke and although they searched the entire house carefully they were unable 10 find any fire.
 Finally one fireman made an cN- animation of the radio set and found the transformer so heated that the woodwork near it was smouldcring.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
Executive Committee Draws Up Program Of Meetings
IN JUNE
Title to Be Decided On Hartford
 District CourscS - Amateurs Will Play at shuttle Meadow On July
BY .JiGGIIt

The state golf tournaments for l95O were scheduled at a meeting Of the executive committee of the Connecticut Golf association, held at the Yale Graduate club in New Haven last night. Howard S. Hum phrey, first vice president, and Malcolm Farmer, former prcsid lent or the organization, attended the meeting as representative of the shuttle Meadow club.
 Several changes were made in connection with the tournaments, dates for the championships and method of conducting the intcr-cIub matches. The New England cham Wonship, to be held in Portland, Me, will be played August 4th, 5th, 9th and 7th, dates that make play come the first part of the week, in- stead of the latter part. This ar rangcmcnt, the committee felt, would give entrants the advantage Of the weekend m which to prac- tee on the course.
 state Championship
 The Connecticut state ChampiOn- ship will be played off at Wampan- oag, Bristol. and the Hartford Golf club. June 23d to the 2Gth. This will bring to the Hartford district the chief golf tournament conduct ed by the state association.
 The state onc-day tournaments have reduced in number and the playing dates have been spaced from the middle of June to the last of August, instead of crowding them into two months as heretofore.
 State Amateur Tourney
 Shorehavcn will entertain the state amateurs in the first tourney of next season, June IT. The sec ond event is scheduled for shuttle Meadow, July s. On July 3l play will be at the Waterbury Country club. August : golfers will go to Race Brook for d days rlay. Wool way will entertain August If and the final tournament is scheduled at MiddlctoWn, August 2S.
 In previous years, the intcr-club team matches have been played in connection with the one-day tour naments but a departure from this custom will be tried next summer. These matches will be played on other dates. The first two rounds arc scheduled for June P at Hart ford, the day preceding the state The state team will be explained by Frank D. Ross, of Wampanoag.
 Invitation Tournaments
 Four invitation tournaments have been scheduled with another in
 Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1929-12-06
Detectives Find Boys" Body Closed
 In Suitcase" Arrest Ventriloquist

Newark, \. J., Dec. 6 CUP)-Dc- tcctives James Adj and Joseph Corrigan halted their automobile be- side man who was carrying q sus- picious looking suitcase. yesterday.
 Lets have a look at your bag" suggested Adj.
 The pedestrian protested. but the majesty of the law swept him aside and Corrigan threw open the bag.
 My God,." he shouted, peering at the body of a boy face down and fully clothed, its murder"
 Adj, his brain working like light ming, seized the pedestrian and threw