New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1917, Page 5

'Gmxe F. Spalding. of Newton, Mu-., fand’ Ethel Stanton, daughter of J, L. Stanton, city passenger agent of the Rock Island railroad, with headquar- sters at Los Angeles, A note signed “Peggy and Ethel,” found in a room in the Rockingham hotel which they had occupied during Wednesday night and ‘Thursday, indicated that they had greed, to commit suicide together. Miss Spalding was 18 years old and Miss Stanton was 22. The girls came here on Wednesday. After a night in DI IN llBIl SI]IIIII]E PACT ; lhld Revolvers to Each mher’s' where _the 'girls lnd bean -eu.md and found. Miss: Stantan. dead, lying half across the table. Miss Spalding lay on theé floor, unconscious, and dled shortly afterwards. 'Fach girl had a bullét . wound in’ the' ‘temple. Miss Stanton’s fingers were clutched about a 22 calibre revolver and beside Miss Spalding’s body lay a pearl handled 22 calibre revolver. | Held Guns to Each Other's' Heads. The police today ‘éxpressed the opinion that each girl held volver Hflds in clh Mh |their' room at the hotel, where Miss|at the other's head and fired: It was tanton had registered in her own |planned to hold an inquest today. i ame and Miss Spalding as “Rose |The bodies were taken to undertaking |Klng " they went to the cafe for |rgoms. "Pol‘tllncuth N “H, lllrch 28.—The dinner. They spent more than twe| : The note found in' the girl's’ r‘oum it two youi ‘wome, “hours over the meal, prolonging it by {was addressed to' Miss ding's ‘the Pnr::n uth Hovne wers Siled. Iy - irepeated calls for black coffee. mother. & 0 cafe last night ‘were Just before 11 o'clock the n.lt"rp’tler Home h\ Newtg efinitely {dentified todiy'as Margaret 'and the few rematning din Ithat Margaret ‘Spaiding was a gradu! “Peggy”). Spalding, daughter of \two shots. They ruslled‘to the M tu of m:w;o;ria::m :t‘.‘ba:l‘lL anm hockey player. nce. tall she ] had been; 8 teacher,Dhpil in th 3 j fasitm u, rtment Of ; the * m.rufi ) 1 in’ Bodton. Miss’ Stantotn was' ’\!pll at this school until two weeks sghe began studles ut the 1;in. Wellesley, M it was learne , Yeason was girls’ act. It said that.it they should dle amd {asked their wgn not to be. grief- i stricken becatise -uny happy ‘and a better world* s 8%, Malsbury, ‘Johnson bul clnunutlx be' fled. The pollco lnl’.d todqy .- Malsbury had as pxecutor of the estate of Stanton’s mother, who was killed -Cincinnati, March 238.—Judge Mals- bury, when seen at his home here last nlght, -.Id he was the executor of ,Ethel Stanton’s mother’s estate. = Ac- ' cording to Judge Malsbury, J. L. Stdn- ‘ton’ divorced his wife and she mar- ried F. A. Snyder, a catsup manufac- turer of Erie, Pa. Judge Malsbury said Mrs, Spyder later was killed in ',-n antomobile ‘accident. I !(no No, Reason for Daughter’s Act. i Los Angéles, March 23.—J. L. Stan- ton, city passeniger agent of the Rack Island railroad, father of Ethel Stan- “ton, . who .last night killed Miss |“Peggy” Spalding and who, herself, ,Was shot by’ Miss Spalding, at Ports- mouth N. H,, said today he could ,mflbe no cause for his daughter’s He sald she was 22 years old and had been traveling almost constantly since leaving this city five years ago. Tlf THIS TO BANISH 6t Troop: 4, on March . 30. " ALL RHEUMATIC PAINS . .Bao.)o-who B been. tormented eyen so ‘crippled. that b Telp - themselves robust 1 uml. hrough the mighty power of Rheuma. Rheuma &cts with speed; it brings in a few days the relief "you have prayed for. -It antagonizes the pois- ons that cause agony and pain in the joints and muscles and quickly torturing soreness completely disap- \rS. It is a harmless remedy, but sure and certain, because it is one discov- ery that has forced rheumatism and sciatica to yleld and disappear. 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Rye Meal ... .6 Ibs for:25¢ Large Meaty Prunes . ...2 Ibs 25¢ Muller’s Noodles............10c Muller’s Macaroni ......... 10c Auyer’s Macaroni ......... 10c Barley (fine) ............Ib 8¢ Libby’s Dill Pickles ......can13c Our Leader, Pork and Beans “'m"b vy s Cabbage ...... pound 8c Carrotts ... pound 6c Celery .. bunch 3¢ Garlick . ... 6 heads bc Through fnquiries mfde ut | = BOY SCOUT 'NEWS With the opening of the new head- quarters in the Levine Block at 166 Main street, next to the Savings bank, the New Britain Scout Orsganization ‘enters upon a‘new era in its history. The - local council has now “fts own hesdquarters With a capable.and ex-. perienced leader, Mr. Skinner,.in the tion of execttive. All Scouts are pected nnd urged to 'visit the new e Where any Scouting information hey may K wilj be available. It has beb decided ‘that all tenderfoot hereafter :be .given by.the ‘headquarters. Each can- jst. obtain ‘the Scoutmaster’s i op a gard, svhich . will iturn ‘e wigned. by the Scout, Hxecus tive if the Scout passes his -xunlnl- tion. A _specigl” ‘ttmpt is now being* 0. bring the troop registration date. - One of 'the principal ¢b- Yew executive. hu set out to ve every Scaut 1h: the local the Plans' - a P! nal headquarters. !nsar alout ta mlu three néw: troops qllm ml nnv uu‘h'. ll 1 0 + Animportant nhun: of utmi ters witl-be held in the Y. 5 o'clock Sunday. afternoon:’ Court of Honor will continue to h regular meetings the first and third Tuesday of each month-in' the new headquarters. Last Tuesday eve- ning Scout Crandall of Troop € was warded the merit badge ' for. bee study. - ' Very "encouraging progress, in the in Every Man lees Coconut Pie You can’t serve it too often. Itis a big favorite among des- gerts. You will never know the swiftness and ease with which a coconut pie can be made until you use. Baker’s Fresh Grated Coconut. No trouble—no mussy work of cracking the shell—no bruising your fingers—no tedious grat- ing of the 'meat! All grated . and ready for use the moment the can is open—as sweet, moist and tempting as if a fresh coconut had dropped from the tree into your hand. Remem- Ber, it is fresh, not:desiccated. BEN " Fresh Grated Coconnt ) ip the Original Milk T Cane, Not in qu-t P.AQ- MT a brhi ‘Coconut ‘l-*o..* of new, tested recipes free on request. It will give you prac- tical ideas for makingdelicious cak pud .salads, sandwiches and confections. A postal card will do for free copy. “M\’- campaign: for $2,000 is reported by the |’ executive committee. Each local troop will be requested to appoint a reporter who Wwill here- after turn in - weekly ‘records of the activities of his troop: must be left at the Scout office by Thursday noon of each week. Tfoop 1/has created the rank of honoring membership for Scouts who for good reasons have to discontinue taking an active part in Seout work. At the last ‘meeéting .of = the tropp, Scbut Fresen, Van Epps, Weed and Philips gave interesting eXhibits of various brdnches of scouting. Scout Sandstrom and Walcott were award- ed merit badges by the Court of Honor on Tuesday evening. A total attendance of thirty-seven including. members and recruits was reported at Troop. 4's meeting ‘Wednesday evening. -Assistant Scout- master Schaefer took up more active leadership of the troop in view of the fact that Scoutmaster Skinner will be busily engaged in-his new duties as executive. A cordial invitation is extended to all Scouts to attend the ‘World's Greatest Circus” under the auspices Scout stunts combined with comeédy promise well for the success of this perform- ance. All Scouts will be admitted for fifteen cents. The regular meeting of | Troop 4 will be held Tuesdiay instead l0f. Wednesday' evening next week. To- morrow afternoon the troop will-meet at the post office at 1:30 for a hike. Last Tuesday evening Troop 12 heard a second interesting lecture by Miss McDonald, trained nurse for the Stan- ley Works, who gave demonstrations of first-gid bandaging. Tomerrow the troop will hike in two, divisions to Bill Warren’s den. Some will start at 8 o’clock in the morning and others at 1 o’clock in the’ afternoon. & At the meeting of Troop 8, Monday evening, Scout Conklin was elected chairman of the-club. room commit- tee.. Several. tests were passed and gameg played. Tomorrow. afternoon the troop:will go for a hike, meeting at 1:30 at the club ‘room. JOY RIDE ON CAR FENDER. Four Year Old Girl Rides From This City to Newington. Climbing on the fender of a Hart-' ford-bound car while it stopped to discharge passengers near her home, the four year old.daughter. of Hilding Anderson- of 57 Jubilee street rode unnoticed- almost to Elm Hill yester- day afternoon before discovered by Motorman Allen of Hartford. With her tiny hands clasped about the fender bars, she lay at full length on the iron cushion, maintained her positian safely despite the speed and Jolting of the car and seemed to enpoy the, ride. Had she lost ' her - hold, nothing but a miracle would have saved her from going under the ‘wheels. ZEHRER ESTATE: $5,162.46. Appraisers Morton and Schentz Filo Inventory With Probate Court, The estate of the late August Zehrer, as appraised by Harry Mor- ton .and George C. Schentz, is valued at_$5,162.46. is.as follows: Center street - property, notes, $1,450; property on Brady avenue and Vance street, $200; money on deposit in the New Britain Trust company, $]118.43; two shares Teu- tonia Maennerchor, Inc., $70: money deposited in Burritt Savings bank, personal* effects $30; total The itemized inventory .. SEERING OCO-OPERATION. 8. H. Mackenzie, engineer and su- perintendent of the Southington water ' department, has written letter to the local water commis. sioners suggesting a co-operative plan for mutual .welfare. Mr. Mac- kenzie suggests that the water de- partment men from Southingtan, New Britain, Wallingford, Plainville, Meri- den and Bristol hold frequent meet- ings at which times suggestions will be received and discussed relative to the various departments. The plan meets with favor of the local office, The Osgood Hill school Parents and Teachers’ association miet last night. | Addresses were made by P. Siade of ;.he mgnumW' These reports | 7 Speclal for Saturday This New Plays Any Make R_ecords. Motor and Sound Box Guaranteed. Saturday Only, Come Quick, Only a Few Left BRODRIB & WHEELER 138 Main Street. 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