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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1929-09-26
Appraisal, Made By Arthur r.
Hughes And Irving w.
Davis, Filed
Bulk in Bonds and High Grade Stocks


DIR. Marguerite j. Billiard, who
died at Phillips House, Boston, Tues
day afternoon, July 9th, left an es-
tate valued at $90,54227. according
10 the inventory made by the apprais-
ers. Arthur F. Hughes, treasurer of
the Putnam Savings Bank, and Irving
w. Davis of Danielson, and filed in
the Putnam probate court, Saturday,
by the executors of the estate, the
City Bank & Trust Company Of Hart
ford and Miss Frances Danielson, of
Danielson.
The bulk Of the estate is in bonds
and high grade stocks, the balance
being made up of real estate. cash on
hand and in banks, and miscellaneous
estate, which includes household fur
niture, and personal effects.
The real estate is valued at $4,000,
and includes the home on South Main
street and the summer home in a
wooded section just above the Day
Kimball hospital on the north side Of
the state highway. The South Main
street property is appraised at $4,000
and the summer home at $1,000.
Bonds, including accrued interest,
are valued at $50, 493.34. Stocks are
valued at 34,923.50. Cash, $40,
5056s. Miscellaneous, $2,419.S5.
In addition to the above are two
items, listed as Interest in estate of
mother, Emily A. Billiard, and "Ac-
counts receivable, on which the val
uation is undetermined"
Bonds
The list of bonds in the estate is
set forth and valued as follows:
$1,000, Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, Series A. 6's, valued at
S1,047.50; interest. $26.23. $1,000,
Associated Gas & Electric Company
Gold Deb. Cons, refunding 5's, val
ued at Ss42.50. 500, Associated
Gas & Electric Company Gold Deb,
Is, SS4.25; interest $14.98. $4,000,
Associated Simmons Hardware Com
pany, Ten Year 6 X e Gold Notes,
S1,730; interest. $3.50. $4,000,
Boston & Maine Railroad First
Mortgage SIS, $1,000; interest, $35.
56. $4,000, Colonial Filling Sta
tions Inc. First Ten Year Sinking
Fund 6 rs, $4,000; interest, S29.
81. $4,000, Dutch East Indies Ex-
ternal 6's, S2,050; interest, S2.67.
$4,000, General Motors Accept
ance Corp. Sinking Fund Gold Deb,
SIS, S2,017.50; interest, $52.67. 81,
600, Government Of the French Re-
public External US, $1,137.50; in
terest, $7.91. $4,000, Ligget Bid,
Inc, First Leasehold Mortgage
US, $l,920; interest, $4S.2s. $4,000,
Maine Central Railroad Company
First and Refunding Geld 6's. $4,000 ;
interest, S12.67. $1,000, Massachu-
sets Gas Companies Twenty-year
Sinking Fund US, 100000; in
terest, S1.22. $4,000. Mississippi
River Power Company Sc Deben-
lures, $l,90000; interest, s1S.S9.
$1,000, Mystic Steamship Company
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1929-09-26
d. A. r. PILGRIMAGE

There will be a pilgrimage of the
plainfeld- Moosup Chapter d. A. X.
on Saturday October 9TH, visiting
first, the Oldest Kiliingly Yard in
Putnam. where delegation from the
Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, ID.
A. r will meet the party, about 10.
is a. M. thence 10 the railroad sta
ton 10 be joined by others for the
Woodstock trip.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all members Of the Elizabeth Porter
Putnam Chapter, d. A. h. and their
friends To join the Plainield-Moo-
sup Chapter in this days outing.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1929-09-26

Miss Harriet Webster OF Gordon
Castle, Fochabers, Scotland, is the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Farqu-
har. Pomfret Center Miss Webster's
father is the gardner at Gordon
Castle, a position the family has held
for generations. II was under Mr..
Webster that Mr.. Farquhar, gardner
for Mrs. Joseph c. Hoppin, Pomfret
Center, served his apprenticeship.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1929-09-26
LEAVES FOR KENTUCKY

Mrs. J. Dyer Potter will leave to-
day for Louisville, KY, to attend the
national convention Of the American
Legion. The delegates from Connec-
ticut will meet in Hartford for the
trip TO the Blue Grass state.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1929-09-26
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT

The engagement was announced
Yesterday OF Mrs. Hoppin, widow Of
the late DR.. Joseph Clark Roppin, to
John Jay Whitehead, jr., president Of
The Patriot Press, Inc.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1929-09-26
BRING THE CHILDREN

The Well Child Conference in Put
nam will be held in the High School
Auditorium on Tuesday, September
"a. from 2 to 4 p. NJ.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1929-09-26

Miss Marion Eagan Of Hartford was
the weekend guest of Miss Katherine
Henault of Dayville.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09

DIR. Rogers announced that II
necessary, the pupils would carry
buckets of water from nearby houses
until the dispute is settled.
REFUSED TO PAY
Mr.. Harbert acted on instructions
of the borough council, after the
board OF education had refused to
pay the water tax assessed upon the
schools from January to June.
The board of education immedi-
ately countered by applying to Vice
Chancellor Leaning, in Camden, for
an order to show cause why the
borough should not be compelled to
furnish water to the schools free
Of charge.
The borough council has assessed
the schools for water ever since the
borough was incorporated, more
than a decade ago. The board of
education, headed by Charles F.
Rett, is an independent elective
board, but until this year it paid the
assessment without protest.
Last June, however, when a bill of
$422.12 was rendered, the board de-
cided that it was unjust to require
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
CELLER FLAYS
DIG 4 PACKERS

The big Four meat packers
were charged with almost ali the
crimes In the decalogue" in a report
by the Federal Trade Commission
which was the basis of the packers
consent decree, Rep. Celler Dl, OF
New York, pointed out to Secretary
OF Agriculture Hyde today in a let
ter opposing modification OF the de-
cree. He asked that the letter be
made part of the record Of hearings
on the subject now being conducted
by Hyde.
According to the report, said Gel.
Ter, the then big Five" Swift,
Armour, Morris, Cudahy and Wilson,
not only controlled the markets In
which they bought supplies and sold
their products, but held it in their
power to destroy competitors.
Controlled By-PrOducts
And they controlled the buying
and selling of countless byproducts,
and had invaded unrelated indus
tries.
Through control of transportation
and distribution facilities, said the
commission report, the five held at
their mercy the livestock producer,
their competitors and the consumer.
Celler charged the packers have
not complied with the consent de.
cree and therefore cannot expect a
modification.
StiII Retain Interests
Under the decree they are en-.
Joined from owning, directly or in
directly, any interest in q stock.
yard. market or terminal railroad.
They have failed to divest them.
selves OF stockyard interests, Cellar
asserted.
II the decree Is 30 modified that
the packers can enter the ratail
grocery field, CelIer declared, their
ownership of rolling stock ana the
expedited and exceptional" service
they receive from the railroads
would destroy independent groceries
| and meat markets.
| He quoted a statement Of Chair
man Gaskill, of the trade commits
sion, denying the commission was
consulted in framing the decree
and placing the ecnHa4SAtoA aN 0p-
position to modidca&toH.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Chinese DRIVE
OUT RUSS

LONDON, Sept. 9 (T.N.sl-s Scores
of casualties are reported to have
taken place in renewed fighting be.
tween Soviet and Chinese troops
along the Msnchurian border, &C.
cording to dispatches from the Far
East today.
A Mukden message to the London
Times states that detachments Of
Soviet artillery attacked the Man
ehuli and Pogranichnaya fronts
throughout Saturday, withdrawing
at dusk owing to the intensity of
machine gun fire from the Chinese
lines.
The Chinese lines between Delani.
nor and Manchult were so heavily
but without success.
Reports from Harbin state that
five Soviet planes bombed Pogran-
ichnaya, wounding 80 Chinese sol
diers, destroying the railway station
and reducing residents TO state OF
panic. Uneasiness prevails along
the entire border.
LONDON, Sept. 9 G.N.sl.-A
Pogranichnaya Harbin passenger
train on the Chinese Eastern rail
way Is reported bombed and blown
up by Soviet Russians near Po
granichnaya. with the loss Of two
lives, according to word from Japa
nese sources published by the eve
ming newspapers today.
Three other persons on the train
were reported wounded.
Pogranichnaya was reported ir
flames following an attack upon the
city by Soviet troops.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09

Assistant DlStFicL attorney 0aVid
A. Hart today refused to accept the
verbal complaints of the neighbors
in lieu or a written search warrant.
He dismissed charges against Mrs.
Schwartzback.
"Not for Sale"
Four cases of beer and two crooks
in which home brew mash was
working" were found in the
kitchen, according to Detectives r.
r. Mccarthy and s. o. Brass, Of the
Third precinct. The officers also re-
ported that several men were found
in the apartment drinking.
Mrs. Schwartzback, a small brun-
cite, opened the door when they
knocked and invited them in, they
said. She told them the beer in the
apartment was for herself and
friends and was not for sale.
Prosecutor Hart also refused to
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
TRIES To DIE DAY
AFTER s 70

John C. Mcconnell, rs. fatally
shot himself this morning at his
residence in the 200 block of Fifth
St N. E. Using a smaI-caliber re-
volver, Mcconnell, a watchman, sent
q bullet into his right temple.
Police were called, and Mcconnell
was taken to Casualty Hospital,
where his condition is said to be
critical.
Mcconnell, who celebrated his birth.
day yesterday, had been in i'll health
a few days, but was seen last night
by friends and neighbors apparently
in fair spirits. Dependency is
blamed for his act.
He was employed at the Red Cross
Building the past few years. but
recently was given a leave of alb
sence on account of his health.
His wife said he passed a Sleep
less night and refused to eat any
breakfast. After she had finished.
Mcconnell followed her upstairs to
their bedroom, took q revolver from
hia pocket and shot himself.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Virginia Park Board
Will Meet Tomorrow

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Sept. s.--WilIiam L. Bragg,
chairman of the Virginia Park Plan
ming Commission announces there
will be a special meeting of the COM
mission tomorrow night at the
courthouse at s O'Clock.
The meeting has been called to con-
slider the proposed location of the
Sun Oil Company of Philadelphia on
the Lee Highway north OF the Key
Bridge in Rossyln.
Application for a permit is now
before the Arlington County zoning
Commission and will be considered
by that body at it's meeting Friday
night, September 20. at the county
courthouse.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09

uphold beer charges in the case OF
Joseph Burch, SO. of the 1900 block
Thirty.sixth st. n. W.
Evidence Weak
Burch was charged with manu-
featuring and possession as q result
OF the discovery OF IL bottles OF
home brew, and apparatus designed
to make more, by Policemen N. S.
Hodkinson. Frank e. Stroman and
]. e. Burke. of the Seventh pre-.
cinct, on Saturday night.
Four men, whom the officers de-
scribed as very much under the
influence" were guests In Burch's
apartment. The raid was made on
a disorderly house warrant.
A search was said to have dis
closed the beer in a rear room.
There was no disorder in the
house and insufficient proof of
commercialism in liquor traffic,
Hart decided.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
TIMES REOPENS
FREE DIET
CLINIC

In response to requests from
scores of readers and from
prominent members Of the
medical profession, The Wash
ington Times is continuing its
Free Diet Clinic for the con-
venience of persons who want
to alter their weight under
medical supervision.
During the presentation and repe.
tition this summer of The Times
revised 1S-day Hollywood diet, wide
spread interest was aroused by the
free diet clinic and hundreds of read
ers took advantage Of its services.
Advice Is Free
The next clinic will be held
Wednesday from 10 a. m. to noon
and from 4:3O,to p. m. in room 4O8
Of the Hearst Building, 1919 III st.
N. w.
Persons who have been dieting and
who wish to check up on their prog
ress and get free medical advice on
whether to continue or stop are in
vited to attend. Also overweight or
underweight persons who seek q
specialists advice before attempting
diet.
The clinic win be under direction
of the same staff of medical experts
who officiated this summer. The
chief of staff is one of the city's
leading stomach specialists and
dietetic experts. He is being assisted
by dietetic specialists who rank high.
est in the medical profession.
Corps of Nurses
The clinic visitors will be received
by a corps of nurses under direction
OF Mrs. Lavinia Quinn, for 10 years
| connected with the famous Battle
Creek Sanitarinm, part of the time
as surgical supervisor. She is now
superintendent of Kendall House
Sanitarium, 1922 ogden ST., N. W.,
which specialiZes in the treatment
of dietetic cases.
| The nurses will weigh and
measure the visitors. record their
medical histories, and fill out de-
tailed diagnostic sheets for the in.
formation of the medical staff. Later
the physicians will confer, give each
case individual consideration, and
dictate specific recommendations.
These will be mailed to the visitors
as soon as possible.
! The Importance of receiving medi.
cal advice before dieting was again
stressed today by the chief of staff.
| He was elated over the success of
| The Times Clinic and expressed the
opinion that it was performing a
valuable service in acquainting the
public with important principles Of
physiology, hygiene, and dietetics.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
5HEARER NAMES
NAVY AIDS

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 H.N.S.l-The
National Security League, organized
for stimulating interest in national
defense, today admitted that William
B. Shearer, propagandist, had made
talks for a bigger navy over the
radio in its behalf, but denied any
knowledge Of Shearer's claim that
naval intelligence data had been
supplied him in his activity or that
four rear-admirals had backed him
in his work.
"Shearer did make radio talks for
the league said J. w. Piedermann,
executive secretary. However, he
was not paid for this work nor are
any of our speakers. This is as far
as Shearer's connection went with
| the league.
I'VE have no knowledge as to his
assertion that Navy officials, active
and retired, supported him in his
him by the Navy Department"
Four AdmiraIs Named
A number of high American
Naval officials have been associated
| directly or Indirectly with the cam
paign of the National Security
League.
Shearer said his reports from
| Geneva were sent to Henry C.
Hunter. counsel for the National
Council of American Shipbuilders.
Hunter today denied Shearer's state
ment or that he had any authority
over Shearer.
Representatives of the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation, the New
port News Shipbuildtng and Dry
| Dock Company and the American
Brown-Boveri Corporation have de-
MED that Shearer was employed in
any other capacity than an agent to
keep them informed as to the prog
ress of international negotiations
which might affect their plant
operations.
shearer today said he is willing to
testify before a congressional COM
mittee. He declared he was paid
by American shipbuilding concerns
/ for his work and asserted that he
was provided with official data from
the Navy Department when he at
| LGIuSu the NdNdl 41AlIlLIdllOHS SOlA'
| ference at Geneva in 1927.
Shearer said he would not reveal
the names of the Navy Department
executives who had given him the
data until called before the sena.
torial committee. However. he al.
legged that Rear Admirals Samuel s.
Robson, Charles p. Plunkett, viii
liam v. Pratt, and Henry A. Wiley
had urged him, in 1924, to fight
against reduction of the Navy.
Patriot. Not Propagandist
| Robson, at the time, was com.
manding the Pacific fleet and now
is superintendent of the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Plunkett former cornmandant OF
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Is retired.
Pratt is commander-in-chief of the
American fleet. Wiley was former
commander-in-chief, but is retired.
/ Shearer pictured himself as a
patriot rather than O propa gandist
and declared that he was sent to
Geneva "To see that the true facts
and figures on naval strength were
given the American press and
people"
The Washington times., 1929-09-09

the schools to pay the borough for
water and declined to pay the bill.
Got 1t Monthly
The bill was presented each month
during the summer, and each month
the board refused to pay it. No fur
ther action was taken, however, as
the schools were not in session and
turning off the water would have
entailed no, hardship.
A week ago, the borough council
ordered action to enforce payment.
Then the schools reopened. This
morning the water was shut off. And
the outlook is that the pupils will
continue without water until the
borough council and the board of
education are able to compose their
tiifferences9
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Gen. Summerall's Son
Becomes Father of Twins

Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief
OF staff of the Army, became today
the proud grandfather Of a. pair of
twins, a boy and a girl having
been born early this morning to the
wife of his son, Lieut.. Charles P.
Summerall. jr., stationed at Fort
Myer.
The happy event took place at
Walter Reed Hospital and the
mother ana twins are reported in
excellent heath.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09

JEW AND ARAB
BLAME OTHER
FOR RIOT

LONDON, Sept. 9 (I.N.S.).
Bitter exchange Of words re-
placed fighting in Palestine to-
day, as the situation through
out the Holy Land was re-
ported generally quiet for the
third day in succession.
with the exception Of general
boycott by both Jews and Arabs,
nearly normal conditions now pre-.
vail. There remains considerable
ension, however. but dispatches from
Jerusalem indicate that the worst OF
the serious inter-racial rioting Is now
past.
Prominent leaders OF both faiths
have taken Outspolen stands In de-
fense of their actions in the recent
outbreaks. Ami Ell Hussein. grand
multi of Jerusalem and president Of
the Moslem supremeF council, has
made a lengthy statement alleging
that the first shot in the outbreak
was fired by the jews. . Jerusalem
dispatch to the Daily Mail declares.
Denied by Rabbi
Rabbi Chain sonnenfeld, q resi-
dent of Palestine for more than 40
years, has quickly denied this charge,
the dispatch continues.
The grand mufti stated he was
convinced that an unbiased inquiry
would show the Jews responsible for
| the outbreaks.
Jewish ambition and greed" the
Moslem leader declared, were delib~
erately responsible for provoking the
Arabs attack in order to gain the
support of the whole world Tor re-
opening the question or the Wailhs
Wall.
'aThe disturbances which led to
great loss of life and property in
Jerusalem and other Palestine
centers were caused by the mis-
| taken notion Of Jerusalem Jew
who, in panic or deliberately. pro-
| voked the Arab attack by firing .
revolver or throwing q bomb When
he saw a large number with the
usual Moslem sense OF display Dear
ing swords, daggers and sticks when
| leaving the Mosque of Omar.
| Many Changes
In addition, the grand mutt
charged, young Jews marched
| through the Moslem quarter bearing
| national flags and singing national
songs "at the same time insolently
| threatening Arabs"
From that day until the fateful
| Friday. August %. when the out.
break began" he continued, there
were many incidents OF Jews insult
/ ing and attacking and injuring
| Arab men, women and children.
The statement brist1ed with
| numerous other charges, among
them the allegation that Jews
descrated sacred Moslem tonnbs.
Rabbi Sonnenfeld, an aged scholar
who is one Of the most revered and
respected Jews in Palestine, lost no
time In answering these charges
on behalf OF his people.
Asks Punishment
| "r am disappointed" he said
that after the continuous promises
of the government that nothing
would happen, on which promises
the Jews Of Palestine relied, that
the horrible and unprecedented at.
tacks occurred In Jerusalem and
throughout Palestine.
I'VE do not demand revenge. but
we do insist that the severest pun
ishment be meted out 70 the per.
petrators OF the recent crimes"
| CAIRO, Sept. . n.N.s).-Uneasi
ness prevails in Jerusalem as the
result of two hand-to-hand en-
counters between Arabs and Jews
near the Wailing Wall. A Jew
shot and wounded an Arab. it Il
reported. and soon aftsrward .
Moslem stabbed Hebrew in tbs
! shadnVv of the WaiIing Wall
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
GLEBEWOOD CITIZENS

GLEBEWOOD. Va, Sept. s.-The
monthly meeting of the Glebewood
Citizens Association will be held to.
morrow night at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. o. Robert Howell, Glebe
Road and Pershing Drive.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
CHAPTER TO ELECT

CHERRYDAI4E. Va, Sept. o.
Election of officers will be the
principal business at the meeting
of Arlington Royal Arch Chapter
to be held Wednesday night in
the Masonic Temple at Cherrydale
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Woman and Man In
Beer Raids Freed
by international

Hilarious parties attended by numerous "boy friends,
police say neghbors of Mrs Catherine Schwartzback
49, complain raid her apartment in the 1400 block
of Hopkins Pl n w, followed last night
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Pupils May Take OtUn
Water to School
Times staff Photo

GLASsBORO, n. J., Sept. 9-Water Superintendent
Clarence Harber turned off the water supply in the four
schools The schools with their $50 pupils remained in
session. and will continue do So water water accord
ing to Supervising PRINCIPAL J. Harvey Rogers.
The Washington times., 1929-09-09
Indian Is Taken Here
In Gaming House Raid

Paul Peters. 81, arrested In a
raid in the first block of H. st.
N. w, and charged at the Sixth
precinct with permitting gaming,
is of Indian descent and not
colored man. as Saturday reports
had il. In March, 1924. he estab-
ished his Indian ancestry to the
satisfaction of a District court
The Washington times., 1929-09-09

LOw.eoet automobile transportation
e. offered the buyer Of q Eood used
ear thrV1SA ts&Ays CLASSIFIED a&ss
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-08
Money and Morals"

In the long ago when that giant Of Southern Jour
nalsm was In the land Of the living Marse Henry
waterson had a favorite lecture. He gave it the cap
ton, Money and Morals"
MRS. Alexander Pantages Of Los Angeles indicted
and tried for killing a japanese gardener In an auto
mobile collision was found guilty by a jury with a
term Of from ! to 20 years in a state penitentiary as
the penalty prescribed by law.
Now Alexander Pantages. the husband, has been
found guilty Of criminal assault on a girl and he is
facing a term Of from ] to so years with a jury rec
ommendation Of mercy. Alexander Pantages sold his
vaudeville string Of playhouses for SIS. 100000 within
the year. He is said to be worth SIS 10000.
Now the father and mother realize that the gates
of the pen are wide open and the three sons and
a daughter viii be left custodians Of the Pantages
millions. Which has the greater intrinsic value
money or morals
Ask the Pantages. Ask Albert =. Fall. Ask Harry
Sinclair. Ask the condemned murderers and hijackers
the country over. There is a road called straight. /"
1t pays, for selfish reasons alone, to walk the road.