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Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07
TFRICEINDECTED MAY
ISSUE BENCH WARRANT

den the house. a newspaper -enort-
or has come forward with a story
of tracks discovered in the snow lend
ing from the Rice home 20 the jack
son home. The attorneys for the de-
Tense make light Of this discovery"
and say that il amounts 10 nothing.
A neighbor Of Rice has related
telephone call coming from Mrs jack
son ut Gao the night Of the murder
asking the neiRhbor to request Rice
to come 10 the Jackson home TO milk
the cows. Al this hour. il is assum-
ed. Jackson was lying dead on his
kitchen floor but nothing was said
about he tragedy at this time.
Fortune Dwindles
r. A. Rice. brother Of the accused,
arrived in Willimantic and made
statements that there was plenty of
money. a million dollars IL necessary,
available for the defense Of the ac-
cused and minated that nationally
prominent lawyers had been approch-
! ed 10 enter the case. With the ar
rival Of a sister the fortune dwindled.
/ She told Of fortune far below mill
/ lion and that in an unavailable trust
fund FOR Rice and his brother and his
two sisters. In the meantime the bro
Their became involved in controversy
with a reporter at the Nathan Hale
hotel and was asked 20 leave.
The wife Of the accused, who has
begun divorce proceedings against
her husband, has said that the action
will be forgotten, temporarily at
least, and that she win do anything
she can to help Rice in his present
critical situation, She visited Rice
at the Jail, Tuesday.
Newspaper reporters are still seek
ing news stories but are unearthing
little that is new. They became SO
persistent at Brooklyn jail that tho
state police were summoned.
Wait Putnam
Investigators Hickey and Wheeler
left Willimantic. They were in Put
nam Monday in consultation with
States Attorney Bradford and then
disappeared.
No information is 10 be had as to
who the witnesses are that will be
summoned 60 appear at Putnam Mon
day when the grand jury convenes.
Whether Mrs. jackson and her daugh-
ter will be witnesses remains Sc
cret. The scene Of the investigation
will shift to this end of the county
the first Of the week Newspaper men
as well as witnesses will be on hand
IN numbers, the reporters TO await
the action Of the grand jury. Judge
Newell Jennings viii instruct the jury
in its duties.
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07
cITY'S LOSS BY FIRE
S39,841.71 LAST YEAR
,osT SERIOUS FIRE WAS AT KINNEY LUMBER YARD
loss PER CAPITA INCREASES AT ALARMING
RATE-ALSO CHIMNEY FIRES
Thayer Makes Suggestions But Reports Alarm
System In Good Condition.

TIL, citv suffered fire loss during
j. ~ear 1928 totalling 39,8al.7i, OF
-. s2S .730.ss was loss on buildings
md Sli, 1908 represents loss on con-
tents. =. ~
.hays losses was SIS, 523.76 on build
az a. and q.f5s.7 ~ on personal proper
~ total Of S37 ,6S24s. These figures
~ ~. taken from the annual report of
pairb Thurston, chief of the Put
nsn, Are department, submitted to the
aa,npon council Tuesday evening.
The most serious fires during the
vear we're the Kinney lumber yard fire
NTH a loss of S16,047.40 on buildings
ND s2.746.4l on contents; NJ. r.
Iay Est Lindeman Motar Sales) So,
esn 70 loss on building and ST.
ssl % on contents; II. S. Morse,
20 400 on buildings, S1,345.64 on con-
tents; Mary Wheaton, S2,771, build
mo $500 so. contents; GEORGE +. Ores
ser. S1.050 building, $500 on con-
tents: all other losses were under a
thousand dollars and many of them
negligible.
Loss Per Capita
The chief calls attention to the fact
that the loss per capita in 1928 was
s5l6; for the year 1927, but $l.44, the
loss last year being extremely high.
eWhen we consider" he says, that in
The year 1924 the loss was but accents
il seems that more attention should be
paid to the prevention Of fires"
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07
St. Johns Society To
Observe Mardi Gras

Committees of the Union st. Joha
Baptiste have arranged for their an
nual Mardi Gras observance TO be
held in their hall on Providence street,
Tuesday evening, February 18th. A
fine program of music, speeches. and
declarations has been arranged.
There viii be refreshments, followed
by social hour. The public is invit-
ed.
This affair has become an institution
in Putnam. For many years st. Johns
Hall has been crowded 70 the doors as
the people have come to recognize the
wholesome entertainment provided at
this time each year. This year there
are several new features and the en-
tertainment arranged is the best of
many similar affairs
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07
Keegan Mill Sold To
Edward ]. Keegan

Denuty Sheriff Charles f. Aver Of
Dayvile acted as auctionee9. chs
morninv. in the sale Of the Keegan
mill at Wilsonville The sale was TO
foreclose a Judgment lien against Ed
ward J. Keegan and others in fav r
Of the Webster National Bank. Tho
property was bid in BY Edward J.
Keegan for $4,000 The terms OF
the sale were 81 900 down and the
balance in ten days.
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07
EAGLES GIVING PUBLIC
MARDI GRAS DANCE

Putnam Aerie Of Eagles is giving a
public Mardi Gras dance in Eagles
Hall. Providence street, Tuesday eve
ming. There viii be both round and
square dances and refreshments will
be served the guests without charge. A
fine program of dancing has been ar
ranged and good music has been pro
vided.
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07
MEMBERSHIP TEA
FOR THE HOSPITAL
Woman's Board Has Arranged
Attractive Entertainment
For Saturday Afternoon
No Adm;..snes Ch=.9e-S=l== Tables
Tea and Waffles

The Membership Tea, substituted
this wear for the Valentine Tea. under
the auspices of the Woman's Board Of
the Day Kimball Hospital fer Inc
benefit of the hospital, VIII be held in
Odd Fellows Hall Saturda. afternoon,
from two TO six o'clock. There is no
admittance charge. but those wish ny
TO buy tea. cakes or waffles, may pur-
chase tickets at the door for this pur-
pose. Mrs. Karl T. Phillips viii have
charge Of the sale Of these tickets, as
sisted by Mrs. w. III. Mansfield, Sr.,
Miss Harriet Brown, Putnam; Miss
Mathewson. Pomfret, and Mrs. Train
or OF Danielson,
During the afternoon there will be
dancing. Gentlemen are especially in
vited to attend.
Among the many prettily decora-
ted tables viii be one where flowers
viii be sold: another dispensing
candy; there will be a grab bag; tea
and cakes, and waffles win be served.
Among the entertainment features
will be music by a stringed quartette
and dancing by pupils Of Mrs Hazel
Ware Camwell of Worcester.
Want New Members
As its name implies, one Of the
purposes of the Tea is TO secure new
members for the Woman's' Board.
+ This organization works faithfully
/ throughout the year for the benefit
of the hospital. 1t has already provi-
/ ded many necessities for the hospi-
tai as well as needed apparatus, II
has branches in all Of the towns in
eastern Windham county and all are
working for one end, TO assist the hos
pital.
The hospital is perhaps the most
needed institution in this corner OF
+ the state. IL is an institution that ha'
+ become indispensable. The advent oil
+ the automobile has added Co the de
mands made upon the hospital anc
the number eff patients treated year'i
is steadily increasing. This makes 81,
work such as the Woman's Board +
lo.ng more and more important. I'll.
Membership Tea is but one Of th,
projects tie Board plans and carries
through during the year to raiss
funds for the hospitals needs. The
affair is deserving Of the generou;
patronage Of the people Of eastern
Windham county and the attractive
ness of the Membership Tea shout,
assure large attendance.
The Committees
The committees in charge are a.
follows:
General committee. Mrs. G. Rus
sell Bowen. Flower table, chairman
Mrs. !. Arthur Atwood. Wauregan
ossi7taptr. Mrs. Richard Bannigan
Danielson; Miss Laura Jacobs, Dan
ielson; Mr.. Rickard Brown, New
York; Miss Doro by Atwood. Waure
~an. Food table. chairman, Mrs
George SAMPSON, Woodstock: assist
ants, Mrs. Alice Johnson. Pomfret
Miss Mary Chamberlin, Woodstock
Mrs Walter Rich. Putnam; Mrs. Syd
ney Bard. Brooklyn; Miss Sarah eros
by, Thompson; Miss Elizabeth Hay
ward, West Woodstock: Miss Pilling
Danielson. Grab bag, chairman, Mrs
John Grosvenor, assisted by Mrs. VII
liam F. Johnson and Mrs. Arthur Pal
mer, all Of Pomfret.
Tea table, chairman, Mrs. Ernest c
Morse; assistants. Mrs. Oswald Stree,
Mrs. Deborah Atwood. Mrs. Marjori
Waller. ell Of Danielson; Miss Alic
Smith, Miss Rosamond Danielson
Continued on PAGE rivel
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07

i II is also pointed out that the de-
partment had fifty-ihree calls for
chimney fires, while the year before
there were but forty-fve, land" says
the chief, at seems es if the use of
chemical cleaner has not been taken
advantage Of
During the year the chemical tank
was discarded on Combination No. l
and a sixty-gallon booster tank was
installed.
In his recommendation the chief
states: II would like to see additional
compensation paid to members of the
Hook & Ladder Company, as they an
swer a very much larger proportion of
+ fires tnan do the other men,"
Il would like to call the attention Of
/ the water board 70 the fact that by
drants in some localities are quite a
distance apart, and unless we have suf~
ficient reserve hose supply we are un-
able to lay sufficient number of lines.
This was evident at the Kinney fire.
I An additional piece of apparatus
would carry sufficient hose to obviate
this difficulty.
/ The total payroll for the year was
$4,000.
/ Alarm System
In his yearly report Charles T.
Thayer. superintendent OF fire alarm
tells the council that there are twenty.
six fire alarm boxes on the circuit and
that during the past year Boxes u
%, 81 and az have been replaced with
new Peerless boxes with quick action
doors. There are now thirteen new
boxes in the system.
+, In concluding his report the super.
insendent says: 81 would recommend
the replacement Of four old boxes with
new Peerless boxes with quick action
doors, as this tyre oil box saves valu-
able time in getting in an alarm. BY
replacing a few old boxes each year II
viii be only about TIRES years wheu
the whole system viii have uP-to-Ssssss
boxes. The whole ystem is, 70 tie
best of my knowledge, N first class
condition"
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07
Grand Jury Will Hear Evidence
State Has Against Accused
Monday
Friend Of Jackson Held as His Muir
derer

The stat, moved quickly, follow
ing the funeral Of William r. Jackson
county Investigator. 'Hho was muir
dered in the kitchen Of his home last
Tuesday evening, "a unravel the myste
rious and unusual homicide. The bu-
rial took place Saturday afternoon
and Sunday night Deputy Sheriff
Trenor Rice. friend OF the murdered
county inve tigator. was arrested
charged with his murder. Monday
Rice was taken to the county jail al
ter his council, william A. King and
Samuel r. IIavev. asked that the
heariny In TIE Willimantic city court
be adjourned.
States Attorney Howard c. Brad
ford is 20 pregs forward with all pos.
sible dispatch. He has determined
not to await n coroner's inquest anc
the grand iurv has been summoned
70 convene in Putnam, Monday morn
/ ing at eleven o'clock 70 hear the evi
dence the state has accumulated bear
7 ing on the Guilt of the accused. II
the event TINT the grand jury returns
a true bill II Is the purpose Of th'
states attorney 10 ask the court Z
issue bench warrant II this Is dom
it win abrogate "a preliminary hear
ing in the Willimantie city court
Confession Denied
Shortly after Rice was arrested an
booked by the Willmantic police on
charge Of murder q story gained eur
rency that he had made confession
after being grilled for twenty-iiv
hours As soon as Rice had secure
counsel his lawyers FASTENED TO den
that a confession had been made. In
vestigator Hickey Of Hartford count
and States Attorney Bradford hav
been num- They have refused 70 dis
cuss in any wav the rumored comics
sion.
In fact the officials are doing all po
sible TO keep the case from being trieS
in the newspapers What evidence
they have in their possession is moi
! known. All sorts Of rumOrs and con.
I lectures have been made as 20 what
the states case viii develop but no.
thing authentic has been given out by
those in close touch with the inves-
tigation.
It IS now generally believed that
Rice came under suspicion soon after
the death Of Jackson was pronounced
murder The fact that he was allow
ed 20 guard the jackson home and 70
take an active part as a bearer at the
funeral, il Is now believed. was
move by those who had him under
suspicion to see what his reaction
would be in these situations.
Alleged Quarrel
H..
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07
PLENTY OF PEP AT
THE FIR E2EE.I4IEla S BALL
Big Time In Armory Monday
Manifestations, Stream
ers, Caps, Etc.
The Firemen and Their Guests Are
Stepping Out

Next Monday night is the big nigh.
in Putnam fire department circles.
The members Of the three companies
and their officers are all prepared to
receive hundreds of guests at the
twenty ninth annual ball of the de-
rartment in the State Armory, foot
of Main street. Electric lights will
shaw the way for the ticket holders
and for those who have waited to pur-
chrse tickets at the door.
From eight TO nine o'clock. as the
guests are arriving. Dick" Sharpe and
his ton-piece orchestra will give mu-
steal program. At nine O'Clock dane
ing win begin. The grand march.
which has fallen into disfavor. will
be omitted. There will be a num-
Der Of square dances with David
Broekway as promoter.
Seant attention is TO be paid to the
decorative features this year. In this
respect the committee has made a
drastic change which the members be-
lieve will be appreciated by their
guests. II will liven up the evening
for both dancers and spectators and
win add to the gayety of the scene.
/ This will be an elaborate distribu-
ton Of balloons. strea.ers,
naper caps ct cetra. which will add 10
/ the fun as the evening progresses.
From present appearances the twenty
ninth annual viii be one of the big.
gest and best public frolies staged in
+ Putnam in long while.
+ Near midnight there will be an in.
Permission and light refreshments will
+ be served.
/ Tickets Now Selling
The sale Of tickets has been large
+ but the armory is larye bali room
md there win be plenty Of room
+ Tickets may be had at any time up "a
and including the night of this dig
pre-Lenten affair.
The committee in char-e il a. Col
lows: General chairman. Foreman
Frank Dumas; secretary, Fizea~ Cue
tin; treasurer. EUGENE Bsrthiaune
music committee. Harry Sharpe; bal
committee. chairman. Walter A
+ Wheaton; program committee chair
man. Vincent McEvov; advertising
committee, chairman, Fred Dinsdale
floor director. Philip Gagne. Genera
Committee: The above with Edmund
keane, Euclid Favreau, A. G. Lucier
Harry Morse, Merle Fish, Georg,
Winterburn, Eugene Rayno, A. J. Be
mott, Joseph Dumas, Adolph Desjar
I din.
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07

The annual banquet and business
meeting Of the Sunnyside Club of the
First Baptist church was held at the
Putnam Inn. Monday evening. with
twelve members present. The follow
ing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Director. Miss Edith G.
Bowen; president. Mrs. Thaddeus Pit
kin; vice president. Mrs. Henry
Hodge; secretary. Mrs. James Hall
treasurer. Miss Olive Whitney; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Raymond
Durfee
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07
ST. MARY'S BOY SCOUTS
MEET NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT

Sc. Mary's Boy Scouts win gather
next Thursday night in St. Mary's
hall. There will be an interesting
speaker and badges will be awarded.
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07

Rvdolph Warren of Main street
spent the weekend with relatives in
Southbridge.
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07

Miss Ellen M. Whoeloek has gone
TO Miami, Florida the guest Of MIR
and Mrs Arthur Root Of uxbridee.
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07

II is generally believed that there
was some sort Of quarrel at the
Jackson home and that as the re-
suit Of the quarrel Rice was forbid
Putnam patriot., 1929-02-07

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-02

federal government. retain the areas and improve them
out OF tho federal treasury.
SONG members OF congress from tho west tear tina:
federal abandonment OF tho public domain NIGH, lead
TO abandonment also of tho federal road aid policy
They say that thus there arc two reasons for not want
ing the land: Its unproducti,cncss and the menace To
road aid.
II, however. the president were 70 toss il with tho
lands their mineral rights. say these critics. that would
be a different case. The president docs no, propose
this complete gift. however. He has embarked or i
course OF conservation with regard to the oil. the coal
and other mineral deposits.
a Democratic member OF the senate. Bratton. New
Mexico. has Endorsed tho Hoover proposal. He says
that state possession means passing tho lands TO private
ownership and a private owner will have a natural
urge 10 protect and preserve his estate and make II
productive. But the nub OF his opinion Is that Ii.
thinks the mineral rights should go with tho lands II they
arr coded to the states.
Like 50 many other things, the land ccss!oa propose!
thus Is found to have a catch to 1t. And II Is tn
catch that has aroused hostility to tho presidents plan
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-02
Prefer Man as Boss
Chicago News,

Womans nature will limit her achievements III the
business world. said a notably successful business woman
attending the National Retail Dry Cooks Association i'll
Chicago recently.
There is something unexpiainabie about women tina:
makes them want to be bosScd by men. makes them
war to tell ,hcir grievances 10 men and makes them
wan. To SO 10 mon for advice il certain, matters rather
than TO other women said Miss Ruth +. Chaplin. de-
rartment store personnel manager o. Buffalo. \. y. and
chairman Of the board OF directors .! the personnel
group Of the national association.
II Is true that women have made wonderful progress
III business i'll tho pas, few years. but there are certain
mansss:ial positions from. which women will never be
able to Dust the men" Miss Chaplin continued. Women
may be able 10 dirccs certain businesses from behind
cover. using some man as = front. bl, they do no. seem
fitted 70 come IN contact with the feminine purchasing
public As satiSfac. orilv as men.
Imagine woman floorwalkers o. woman coHsui,an:s
when some woman comes III with a grievance. I. simply
weald not vori.. A woman ;nstinc;ively feels that she
car respect ths Judgment Of a man more
II IS certainly true tina. wonei. Will so very much
farther than they have already in invading mans bssi-
MSS world but there is something about a wosnans in
STREET. something that cannot b. c-adicased. which
snskeS her demand contact With men in certain, Of the
moro responsible business positions"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-02
Offers Boys Sea Training
,Lonc Beach Prex-Telscram,

tLonC Eaach PreSS-Teiegraml
Are there any Richard Henry Danas in Southern Call.
fo.nis ready to spend. not Two Years Eefore the Mast.
but three years i'll the engin. rooms and char. houses Of
the modern merchant marine? II .. they may have
opportunity to prepare for mariners. licenses. thus fit
TIM them fer the CAPTAINS bridge. the n~avisatoEs cabin
srd tn. engineers office.
o. c-moany operating ships between New York and
the Baltic announces \ course OF training for young men
VII, Gesir" - follow the sea ard to fit themselves for
officers az the merchant fleet II is considered probable
that other American maritime firms will do likewise. for
commerce Is growing and there will Be- problems in find
TIC suitable executive material unle~s 4 goodly number OF
thu youth o. the land Is encouraged 70 choose Z naviga-
ticn as a career.
Two o! these cs6e:s viii be placed on each vessel Of
the American Scanttc line. They must b. American
hcrI. Of g0od character ard have some high school
education. Regular vocational training viii Be given. and
asser the first year the cadet is FREE 10 follow hts in
~cliration toward eithe. the deck or engine deoartment
Besides technical trainire each cadet Is furnished with
: set Of modern teSt booss AS . means for ssrene.hcnin:
his educational. and cultural BACKGROUND. This prosram
Is in ehar~c at ~ es-nrvai officer who win work along
the lines followed by tn. Naval ACADEMY.
After th-e> wears cadets will be eligible for licenses Is
mates ard assistant en~ineerS
urc~- tf- .iones-White act. American companies
~brn~fssin- frcr1 rcean matl contracts ar~ required t.
carry c~c-ss an the 3@~k and IN the engine rcom. and
-~m- ~ th-<> e-rere,'.s are exceeding th~Se require
nr.s kr carefully pckine vcune ren With the purpose
a. training then - run Their ShpA
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-02
The Hurric: nc Analyzed

" c. OF tho dcbacle In tic stock markct-in fact
Two dcbac!cs. the last one worse than tho ii,s.-was
reached T.catay. when IS billions Of valuation had been
crushed out OF tho quoted worth Of those securities which
arc the merchandise of Wall street one day and It's
gamblers chips the next. This was the day OF the big
hurricane in speculation. when the fury of the selling
sent depression to IL ends and the corners OF tho coun-
try. II was the day when the rich men Eel, the blow.
The coed wens down with the bad.
As said before. the cyclone in Wall stree. was in no
wise a symptom OF a commercial ailmcnt. Business was
not i'll. Industry was n: stricken. Wha was IL all
about. then?
The New York Times is , GOOD financial authority and
1t ascribes the far-reachinG decline mainly to a general
loss OF confidence III the market. just then. and tho in
ability OF any man or group to stem such a torrcn. OF
selling. which came from all parts Of the world. Euro
pean selling forming a very material percentage OF the
stocks forced OH the market. But there we're thousands
Of qualifications to tho market and many factors. too.
which served to add their quota Of pressure. among
these. in tho analysis of tho Times. being:
Bclated liquidation from Thursdays crash. when the
inarke, did no, rally promptly from the decline.
The cleaning out Of several stale pools. whose holdings.
would bring.
The immediate drying up Of buying power OH tho part
of the general public. already badly hit i'll the smash Of
Thursday.
Bear selling for the decline on All adroi, and unspec-
tacular fashion.
The mob psychology which impcls holders Of stocks il
all parts OF the country to try TO cell them ali a; once
when the market shows signs OF giving way.
Margin calls which went out Of Wall greet by The
thousands and which mainly were answered b. orders 10
sci! at the market.
The catching Of stop loss orders. many Of them put ii
months ago.