New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1919, Page 5

L4 /~ ‘Aren’t you the fellow that stole a #as that Chamberl N voked, signed by more than one thou- 4 . ~ HERO OR NO HERO, DANIELS T0 DECIDE . Capt. Gnamberlain’sr Case May Be Settled Soon Washington, Dec. 5.—Captain 1 mund G. Chamberlain, United States section, ia Marine Corps, Aviation held in arrest witnin the bounds of '\\';m,. ¥the record of his court-martial Na ston pending final action upon in England by Secretary of the Danlels. \ Captain Chamberlain, who halls ., came into prominence in August, 1918, when it was reported from the British front that he had been allowed to fly while on a visit and had brought down seven German blanes, driven off a patrol of Germans after he was brought down between the lines, & had carried to safety | a wounded French officer. He was recommended for Victoria Cross and thg Congr Medal, but British air offi after- ward denied knowlgdge of the feat and the Navy department conducted The court held long London and France an:d obtained much conflicting testimony. | An attempt was made to show that | Chamberlain had forged report | Major-General - Salmond. of the British Air Senvice, declared after an | vestization that no British office knew of the alleged feat. Varlous British air officers backed him at the inquiry. Major R. S. Maxwell, who commanded a squadron in the viciu- | ity, deniéd knowing of any such | flight, but on cross-examination ad- mitted he' would not admit it if tru because an officer who permitted an unofficial flight would lose rank. He | admitted that in the January ard, meeting Chamberlain at an mess, he said: from Te , an investigation. sessions in camel (iype of airplane) from us at Tonquin The British flying forces offered a| chart and expert to show that Cham- berlain had forged reports, but Mr. ‘Gurrin, a leading English handwrit- ing expert, declared to the contrary. Georgette Bonizet, daughter of the mayor of Ste. Jemme, said she had hegrd French ldiers tell of such an exploit and had seen a machine such described w had been brought down between the line: Other French witnesses said they heard British flying office talkinz of an American who had en- gaged in a daring flight. The record “of the court-martial which followed is very voluminous. While press dispatches at the time of the trial indicated that the charges against the Mavine Corps avistor had not been sustained. the accused ap- parently "has not vet been rele from arvest anmd restored to duty BULL FIGHTING ? TO BE RESTORED Energetic Effort Being Made to Bring About Return of Popular Sport in Mexico. Mexico City, Dec. 5.—An fenergetic effort is being made to restore bull fighting, which has been in eclipse since President Carranza in 1915 pro- hibited such spectacles in the federal district and officials elsewhere owned upon the spogt. A petition asking that the presldential decree be re- sand citizens of the city of Orizaba, is now in the hands of the chamber of deputies and action upon it by the lower house is expected shortly. A similar petition last year failed in its purpose by a single vote. Many persons believe that, with stronger pressure brought to bear thi favorable decision will be r Indicative of a desirc R far they may g0 without official in- terference, is the staging of several exhibitions in Mexico City and its suburbs within the past few weeks, while President Carrahza was away on vacation. Advertised as mere ex- hibitions in which well-known mata- dors would “play with the bull,” they developed into the real thing and once again the “pelados” had cheap meat on Monday, the poor class of natives by custom being given the ass of the bull after he is slain. The newspapers were not inclined to censure this technical infraction of law. Instead they devoted columns to descriptions of the fights, comparing them with similar exhibitions before 4/ the prohibitive decree. 88, SUES HER SON FOR $18,800. Says Bank President Owes for Long Ient on Big Farm. Chicago—Miss Beverly Juneau, a titian-haired beauty of this city, is suing Jesse Metcalf, wealthy New York clubman, now married, for $100,000, charging breach of promise. PACKERS CITED AS VIOLATORS OF LAW Federal Trade Commission Charges Them With the Control of 31 Corporations. Washington, Dec. 5.—Formal com- vesterday by the commission charging the five big Chicaga meat packers with violations of the Clayton anti- trust act through the alleged purchase and control of 31 corporations hand- ling food and other supplies. Writ- ten answer to the complaints must be made within 40 days and thereafter public hearing will be had before the plaints were issued federal trade Concerns which the packers are ac- cused of absorbing include meat pack- ers, fruit canners, dealers in eggs and poultry, and dealers in and manufac- turers of butter, cheese, oleomarger- ine, condensed milk and the like pro- ducts, catsups and condiments, and leather tanners, The complaints, which, it was an- nounced, grew out of the investigation of the meat packing industry ordered by congress, also were issued against: the United Dressed Beef company, the Western Meat company of San Iran- cisco and the Nevada Packing com- pany : PREDICT UPRISING Australian Cavalrymen Report Revo- Iutionary Spirit Permeates Sections of That Country. Sydney, Dec. 5, (By The Associated Press).—Australian cavalrymen who veturned home from Egypt early in Scptember predict another uprising in that country.’ They say that all Egypt is permeated with the revo- lytionary spirit and that at the first favorable opportunity there will be a conflict on a big scale between the Egyptians and the English soldiers. According to the cavalrymen the Egyptians are determined upon self- government, and they think that they will strike another blow for it when all the Australian troops have been repatriated. The cavalrymen believe that the Egyptian revolutionists have plenty of arms hidden away outside villages. This belief is based upon successful raids by the military towards the Sudan in search of concealed arms and munitions. TROLLEY TRAFFIC RESUMED People of Toledo Get Back Eiectric Service After Enforced Lay-off of 27 Days. Toledo, Dec. 5.—After walking and riding in buses for 27 days at 10 cents or more per ride, Toledo will get back today to the old system of using street cars as a mcans of transportation. Resumption of service will begin at 3:30 p. m. it was announced this morning by Henry L. Doherty, who stored his vehicles in Michigan when the people sustained a council.ouster ordinance at the last election. Inter- urbans will begin using the streets at 6 p. m. The fare is to be the same the cars were taken away, s and two cents for transfers. when cents “STOLE” HIS OWN CAR. City, Mo., Dec. 5. mother-of Dr. T. J. J. | S sovernment astronomer af Mare Island, Cal., has filed two suit tn circuit court here against her son, Clay Sece, a well-known farmer of thi county and president of the Farme bank at New Florence, Mo She is suing him for $18,800. al- leged back rent on a 240-acre farm, one of the finest in northeast Mis- souri. The mother alleges he has been using it since 1899 and has been / paying her only $150 a year in “‘meat, lard, corn and for labor in cutting and hauling her firewood.” The defendant, in his answer filed in court, sets forth among other things that Mrs. See’'s two other sons, Dr. T. J. J. $ee and M. F, See, and her daughter, Mrs. Anna Weeks, had been called in to settle a disagreemeni about back remt. . M: See is 88 years old. She is one of the early settlers of northeast Missouri. Suspected Man Comes Home in i Time to End Police Search. . Halstead, Ky., Dec. Bachman, a Halstead business man, was surprised to find himself accused | of stealing his own automobile and | | the whole town out looking for him. Bachman had been out of town on ' busi arrtving at 2 a. m. with W. L. Severance from Garden City. Instead of arousing his wife, he weni to the garage and got out his car to | drive Mr. Severance home. She hear: the car drivinz out and atl once con- cluded a thief had taken it. She tele- phoned the police and soon the whole town was out looking for the auto- mobile thief. Half an hour later Mr. Bachman drove back to find himself being trailed as a motor thief. Just as the town marshal was starting to arrest him, he' cleared the thing up. It was i two gunshot wounds. i been ordered not to talk until his { condition grows better and no one 5.—W. A NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, HOW HE WAS CAUGHT Bandit Says He Misjudged Speed o Posse Denver, Col, Dec. 5.—William I.. Carlisle, lyisg in the Douglas, Wyo., hospital with a bullet in his lungs, gave an account of his career since his escape from the Rawlins, Wyo., prison to Dr. Lee W. Story, in charge of the hospital, while Dr. Story and the hospital staff were dressing his Carlisle has except the physici and nurses are | allowed at his bedside, but he talked freely when admitted to the hospital, volunteering the following statement in answer to questions ed by DA, Story: “They caught me because T mis- judged the speed of the posse, I knew the posse Was on my trail, but thought T was three hours ahead. It turned out that I was only half an hour, and they got me at a ranch where I stopped for a meal. [ was not armed, because 1 always hid my gun in the brush before going to a ranch house, so that I wouldn't scare the folks. When the officers came in I was so startled that 1 jumped and they shot me. After I got out of the penitentiary 1 got clothes and a gun but was short of change, so 1 held up the Union Pacific at Medi- cine Bow. They shot me in the right hand when T was leaving. “From Medicine Bow [ went straight into the Laramie Peak coun- and have been there ever since. I didn’t write any letter or telegrams to newspapers, and 1 was not in ( per or any places they say I was in. 1 stopped at ranches all the time during the last two weeks. I'd al- ways hide my guns and then go up to the house. Most of the people recognized me. Some pretendod they didn’t, but lots of them called me Carlisle. They all treated me fine. “I could see that some of them were nervous to have me around, so when T struck people like that I moved on again as soon as I could. Only a few people turned me down when 1 asked .for meals. “When they got me [ was coming into Douglas to have this hand dressed, as the wound 1 got from the Union Pacific job has been both- ering me some.” BUY RIVER WATER FOR LIQUOR. —The Alle- gheny River, which runs through this Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec city, has been called the dirtiest rivec in the world. 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