New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1922, Page 3

- FINAL CLEAN-UP SALE - THREE DAYS ONLY—-THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY - —CLOTHING— SUITS (All Grouped in Two Lots) $25 and $30 Fashion Park and Hickey Freeman Included NECKWEAR 1-2 PRICE FELT HATS $5.00, $6.00 and $7.50 Grouped at One Price—$3.50 GOV, SMITH T0 RUN AGAIN INNEW YORK Will Seck Nomination, He Asserts in Pabtic Statement New York, Aug. 16 —Former Gov. Alfred E. Bmith announced yesterday that he was ready to assume the| leadership of the democratic party in New York state, and that if nominat- ed for governor he would accept. This was his answer to the letter which was sent him Sunday by Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to declare himself at once in view of the approaching designation of dele- pain,” he said smilingly as they low- RASEK o8 (in stEts anuyention. lered him back in his invalid chalr. Mr. Smith's reply sent a thrilli “I can hardly remember what it through the democratic party in New ! (eq|g |ike to walk as other men, but " York state. The cohorts of Tammany 1 pelleve I am going to learn again.” Hall received it with joy. It wasrec-| pirge's case has attracted attention ognized that the fleld is cleared for &l,)) over the country, both among doc- sterling battle between the old time ¢ .0 ong Jaymen. He was a boy in d¢mocrats and outside and “mm"-Mldd!ebury, e T sccret influences which have sought ¢s.1eq by fnfantile paralysis. His was to ébtain ‘control’of the party. |the first case in Vermont, and doc- A, challenge to Smith’s old-time|¢ors told him there was no hope of enemy, Willlam Randolph Hearst, Was recovery from the effects. His family recognized in every line of the let- nagq a farm near Middlebury, and ter. Mr. 8mith wrote: young Birge got himself = a wheel Dear Frank: I have your letter of i hair and. with his sister managed Aug. 13, and T have carefully read it. |4} place for years. 1 appreciate yodur kind sentiments =, “y..\ o0 the United and .they compel me to talk to You|, .4 "or New York learned of from my heart.. I would not be en-| ... .n4 he was brought: Hers tirely frank with you if I did not ad-| A D STy Gy e mit that evidence has been presented |’ e . to me which could indicate a desire!(26¢ WhItTan, assistant surgcon on .the part of the democratic rank ‘¢ Hospital for —Rupture Crippled. ?:fi:’r':’m‘;‘“ T again take the post of| "'y \Whitman's examination dis- It has bsen and is still my d“!"‘c\osed that the big leg muscles had to remain in business life for the rea-! son you state in your letter—for my, family's sake—but, during the past twenty years, I have been so honored by my party, that even members of my family would be dissatisfied if T CRIPPLE 39 YEARS; HE CAN NOW WALK Victim of Infantile Paralysis ' Since 14, Takes Five Steps After Operation. not walked since he was stricken with |infantile paralysis at the age of 14, took five faltering steps yesterday. Alded by crutches and with two !nurses of the hospital for the Rup- tured and Crippled, where he has bheen la patient since last December, Birge |stood upright for the first time in 39 years and hobbled forward on limbs that he had long regarded as useless. “I am mighty,;weak, but feel no hospital his and Armi- of and | New York, Aug. 16.—Frederick C.! Birge, the 53 vear old man who has! \ Light BATHING SUITS REDUCED FITCH-JONES CO. | contracted, so that it was necessary| to perform several operations, reliev-| ing the tensions. The patient's limbs were in a plaster cast for more than | 30 weeks. They chose yesterday, the ! 39th anniversary of his being stricken, | to take the cases off. | Dr. Virgll P. Gibney, surgeon-in-| chief of the hospital, said that Birge | {would have elastic treatments and a | course of massage to rejuvenate his muscles. | NO LICENSE; ARRESTED Oliver Seaberg of Kensington was arrested today by the local police on the charge of driving an automobile without a license. His car collided | with that of Harold Judd .of 795/ Stanley street, near the High school, | and when an investigation was made, Seaberg was found to be without a driver's license. | (GED, . DAY RAISES SOME Bl FLOWERS IDahlias Nine Inches Across-Says “He Will Raise Them to 14 Dahlias nine inches across sound/ like large flowers, but according to| G. H. Day, of 38 Lincoln street, they ;are only small ones. He ought to iknow, he raises them by the thou- sands. He says before the summer! is over he expects to have them meas- ure 13 to 14 inches across. Mr. Day called at The Herald of- | {fice this morning with a bouquet of |some of the prettiest dahlias seen | shere in a long time. He has in his| |garden 177 bushes, representing 185 | |varieties, many of them from his own | |seedlings. They range in color all (the way from a deep red to a pure| white. C y These Coats Are Well Tailored and are |left. FLANNEL TROUSERS Extra Quality Were $10,00—Now $6.50 GABERDINE COATS ery Special at $18.00 —FURNISHINGS— SWEATERS 1-2 PRICE and Dark Grays Only ATHLETIC UNDERWEAR $1.25 — Now 85¢ ODD SHIRTS 1-2 PRICE 50c SOFT COLLARS 252 City Hall \CHLOROFORM FOUND 7 ’ IN GIBERSON HOME |bound by cord when rescuers ane swered her calls for help, told the police that two robbers had entered the room and after taking $700 bee longing to her husband, had shot him when he awoke and apparently recoge | Police Suspect Wife May Have Used |Pized them. | e J SHIP CO. BANKRUPT. i | She Wasr“He” Until She Fought This Before Shooting of {' | Baltimore, Aug. 16.—The Atlants, Gulf and Pacific Steamship Co., four | of whose ships has been libeled by the U. S. Shipping Board for failure |the home of Mrs. Ivy Giberson, held' t0 Pay for them, was adjudicated | without bail on the charge of murder, Pankrupt last night by Willls E. after the discovery of her husband, Mevers, referee in bankruptey, in shot to death in his bed, has started | {riendly —proceedings instituted by Coroner Brouwer on an investigation creditors. W. Bernard Duke, presi- to ascertain whether Giberson was| dent of the company, and L. Vernon chloroformed hefore he was shot. | Miller, an attorney, were named res Joe Richmond, 18 year old son of | Celvers. Mrs. Giberson by a former marriage, | S o told the authorities that a few hours | PITCAER IS RELEASED. tteritiefdiaoovety ot itneticrime Unig| RE RISVl TA IS a0 cehe RIS detected the smell of chl form in 1(\e!pma Americans today uncorNiWne et e € Smell of chioroform nf )1y released Rudolph Otto Rettig, & found | pitcher. Husband Lakehurst, N. J., Aug. 16.—The dis. covery of two vials of chloroform in | the house. Mrs. Giberson, bbes 7 OLD FASHIONED PEPPERMINTS - A bit of delight in every bite who was That's “Whistling Jack McConnell,” a truck driver, on the | At least, she was until she mixed up in a fight with harlie Weaver at Philadelphia, Pa. Then the police found out | that “he” was Florence Gray. That surprised “Whistling Jack's” | oung lady friends, one of whom is shown here with her, | | Mr. Day whose real business is cab- | One flower in particular, the hor- di‘jrhff'f:‘::“'i‘;;:;:!:{‘r:; i tulanus fiet, a Holland variety, the "herefore, 1 know them and answering your let- ter, I feel myself that I would be un- grateful if I were to say that I would be unwilling to assume the leader-| ship. The state convention will be com- posed of elected representatives of the-rank and file of the democratic| party throughout the state. They| will undoubtedly come to the con- vention alive to the sentiment in their respectiva districts. If a majority of them desire me to accept the nomina- ' tion for governor and lead the party in this state to what seems to me to | be a certain victory, I am entirely willine to accept this honor from their hands and battle for them with 8ll the energy and viger that I pos- sess + With kind regards to your mother, Mrs. Roosevélt and all the children, I am sincerely yours. AL, Conners Strikes Snags. Simultaneously with the {ssuance of this letter {t became apparent, that the Hearst forces are running =~ into enags in Buffalo, the home town of tre Hearst manager, Conners, where in order to hold the so-called Hearst| forces in line it was necessary tol permit them to designate former| Mayor Louls W. Fuhrman as thelr| caididate for governor. | It is known there were a number of | motives which prompted Mr. Smith | to act. When he spoke of his desire to remaln In private life, that he might build up a competence which has been neglected in many years of political service, he meant exactly| what he said. But it is known tmt re has long had Yhe determination, that if a sacrifice were necessary to! block the nomination of Mr. Hearst, he was ready to make it. On top of this, Mr. 8mith's friends Rave been told that Mr. Hearst was himeelf indifferent to the nomination providing he were allowed to nomi- nate the candidate of the democratic party. And Mr. 8mith, as he makes it plain in his letter, is determined | that the candldate ehall be a real representative of the hest intelligence of the democratic organization. its tips. One raised from his own| bulb of which was imported by Mr.|seedlings, also is a remarkably pretty [inet-making, resides at Lincoln |Day, is strikingly pretty. 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