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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1928, PROBE OF LIOUOR PARTIES IS ASKED ?Grand Jury Inquiry May Result| | From Mus, Poindexter's Expose MOTH-PROOF Garment Bags From 89 c Up MOTH BALLS MOTH FLAKES gpokane, Wash, April 3.—Mr !Miles Poindexter's newspaper lett concerning activities in Washington, |D. €., soclety, with particular stress lon drinking and gambling, are the basis of petitions ready for circulation here today addressed to Attorney Gen, | Daugherty and asking grand jury in- vestigation of alleged misconduct. Plans were announced for seeking {signers to the petitions in other west-| jern cities, including Los Angeles, San | Francisco, Denver, Portland, Tacoma lana Seattle. H The he MOTHOZONE (Kills Moths) 50 c Package The Harris In Charge. of the committee in charge is H. C. Harris of Spokane. ‘l‘n-o]wru!hrl\ of religious organiza- tions in making the petitions a suc- ecess will be sought. The expenses City Items. Attorney Harry H. Milkowitz, who for the past four years has been as- soclated in business with Attorney M, D, Saxe, has opened a new law office in the new building at 308 Main street, Mr, Milkowitz is a graduate of Syracuse university in the class of 1019 and has boen practicing in New Rritain since that time, French Hat Shoppe Professional Bldg. | —advt, | Members and friends of Star of Good Will lodge, No. 9, 8 of B, will | be entertained at the home of Mrs, Swint of 40 Pershing place, tomor- row evening at 8 o'clock, April Victor Records, at advt, The board of parh ecommissioners will reesive for grading the play- ground at Smalley park up to § o'clock Tuesday afternoon, April 10, Attorney David L. Nair has been appointed trustee of the bankrupt cs- tate of Thomas Canfield of Newing- ton, by Referee E. M. Yecomans of the bankruptey court of Hartford. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hilby of 8§12 Stanley strect at the New Britain hospital yesterday afternoon. Philip Goss, aged 4, who lives at Morans', ADMITS HIS GUILT, VARELLI FINED §100 LaSalle Street Man Kept Moon- shine With Intent to Sell Salvatore Varelli of 207 LaSalle street, who was arrestod last week on a charge of keeping intoxicating liquors and with intent to sell en- tered a plea of guilty to the latter charge in court this morning. He was {represented by Attorneys I, C. Hun- gerford and M. D, Saxe. He had previously entered a plea of not guilty. Assistant Prosecutor William Green- stein, in presenting the state's case, |said that the accused was arrested on March 26 following a rald at his place of business by Policemen John |C. stadler and Willlam Strolls. He said that 15 gallons of so-called moonghine whiskey was found and |while the police were there two men called at the house but ran away !ur the peacs claimed that he beat his wife, The man was arrested on the complaint made to the po- lice by Herman Stockman, Koszonek's wife testified that she did not receive her cuts above the right eye and on other parts of her face from her husband hut that she bumped against a door in the house, Adam Kaminski was arrested last night at about 10:45 o'clock at the corner of Broad and High streets by Policeman Thomas Lee on a charge of drunkenness and breach of the peace, It was claimed that he used abusive language in the presence of several young women, He was fined $5 and costs. YR N S R VS Painful, Hacking Coughs quickly broken up by taking Linonine as soon as start to cough, This famous flax seed oil emulsion overcomes weak- ness brought on by colds, restores PRUNING TIME PRUNING SAWS PRUNING SHEARS PRUNING KNIVES ~ | GRAFTING WAX HERBERT L. 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A number of candidates will receive the third degree. will hold its farewell meeting in that hall as future gatherings will held in the Odd Fellows hall Arch street. “Wonderful One,” waltz by White- man's orch. C. L. Pierce & Co.—advt. A son was born ain General hospital yesterday after- noon to Mr. and Mrs. James McCahill - of 64 Tarmington avenue, on “It's for the city boy, too,"— says The Farmer Boy. They are cousins in appetite and they will match each other in the robustness of their health if the city youth drinks United Milk Co.’s milk, It's the purest milk possible. Milk Is Your Best Food Apgel Drink, whole milk, mixed with the finest chocolate United Milk Co. 49 Woodland St. New Britain feature, On April 25 the lodge | be | at the New Brit-| letter to a local newspaper, It caused so much comment that others were sought and her ‘‘exposures” of Washington society life are appearing |in a number of papers as a weekly Mr, Har- last week The petition outlined by ris includes one presented to the Spokane Federated Women's Christian Temperance Union asking further information from Mrs. Poin- dexter. The union forwarded that pe- tition to its Washington, D. C. repre- sentative ithout action of endorse- | ment. In addition, Mr. Harris' petition car- ries paragraphs laudatory of Mrs. Poindexter. The eight queries of the petition presented to the W, C. T. U. are included as follows: Eight Queries. “What is the name of the senator, whose wife is an expectant mother, who was dizzy with strong drink? “At whose home was a certain card party held at which there were three subjects of conversation (a) liquor, (b) where to get it and what price and (c) where to have it tested. “Who was the farm bloc senator who would not give his wife large sums of money to gamble with? “What modern apartment house in Washington has a liquor tester as part of its equipment? ““Who was the senator's wife who said she could have liquor tested at this apartment house? ““What are the names of senators, representatives and cabinet officers in whose homes liquor is served to guests? “In what embassy is liquor served? “What are the names of the high officials of the government in whose homes gambling at bridge is mitted " WOULD DROP LATIN Bryn Mawr Students Also Suggest Oral Quizzes To Take Place of Written Examinations, | Bryn Mawr, Pa., April 3.—Students of Bryn Mawr coliege seek the drop- ping of Latin as a required subject and suggest the installation of three new courses, in an opinion on curri- culum invited by Marion Edwards Park, president. The undergraduates also suggest the abolition of quizzes and the substitution of more written and oral reports, Required work, in the opinion of the students, should be cut to a mini- Imum and should be completed by the |end of the sophomore year. It should |include two years of English and one of science, history, philosophy and prsychology. A student upon entering has sufficient knowledge of Latin, the report stated unless she is majoring in the subject. The new cours students are m r and post major |courses in music, an elective course in modern English prose, poetry and drama and an elementary course in German. NO JURY TRIAL Youthful Corespondent in Farrar Di- vorce Action Denied Right by Jus- tice Hearing Case, New York, April 3.—Stella Adler, youthful actress known on t stage as Stella Larrimore today was denied a jury trial to determine the truth ot allegations made against her as co- respondent in the divorce suit of Ger. aldine I band, Lou Tallegen, Miss Adler, alleged heroine of park bench and, hallway spooning episodes one time “perfect lov- lel upreme Court Justice O'Malley yesterday to order a jury trial and give her an opportunity thus to clear her name. The court held that as corespond- ent she was ‘not a party to the action in the strict sense of the word but a qualified party who must come into the action as she finds it, without a retrial of issues already determined.” Her lawyer, however, woula have an opportunity of recalling ana ¢ross-ex- amining witnesses who testified against her at the referce's hearings, the court ruled. per- |+ s suggested by the | against her actor hus- hospital where it was said he was not hurt badly. Richard Collins, one of the new appointees in the fire department will share with Robert Smith the duties of chauffeur for Chref William J, Noble and the deputy chiefs, PREDICT ACCEPTANCE Labor Leaders Believe That ¥all River Textile Workers Will Agree on Wage Adjustment. New Bedford, Mass, April 3.—La- bor leaders today predicted ac- ceptance by the unions of textile op- eratives in this city of the 12 1-2 per cent wage advance announced by the cotton manufacturers yesterday bene- fiting' about 40,000 workers, The tex- tile council will ask the various locals to take a formal vote on the matter. | No wage demands had been made in | the local mills. | The announcement followed closely upon the action of the Fall River cot- ton manufacturers’ association in granting a 12 1-2 per cent advance. In that city the textile council had asked for an increase of 15 per cent while the united textile workers, not recognized by the manufacturers had demanded 29 1-2 per cent. {and costs by Judge Alling. | Judge B. W. 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