New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 3, 1923, Page 1

,HAS BUSIEST DAY ' INSHALLEST TOWN Harding to Pitch Horseshoes for Championship Belt Today LSO DELIVERS ADDRESS President’s Visit' to Meacham, Ore., Tiniest Town He Has Yet Stopped at, Enlivened by Oregon Trail Cele- bration—Praises Ploneers. By The Assoclated Press. On board President Harding's Spe- cial Train, July 8.—President Harding faced today the most strenuous day's program of his western tfip in the smallest town he has yet viaited. The program had to do with the Oregon trail celebration and the town is Meacham, Ore., 10 miles from a rail- road and with a population of 51 persons. The population, however, was aug- mented greatly by visitors from all parts of the state and from adjoining states who joined in celebration of the §0th anniversary of the arrival of the first wagon train in the Willamette valley. Has a Busy Day An idea of the part the president will play in the celebration may be obtained from the program for the day which is as follows: Arrive Meacham 9 a. m. Presidential salute, 21 guns. The president welcomed to Oregon by reception committee headed by Governor Pierce. Escorted on Concord coaches to re- viewing stand. Ploneer pageant de- picting coming of the white man. Luncheon in tent on pageant grounds. Pioneer dance, grand march to be led by President and Mrs. Harding.\ Introduction of president and party to those who blazed the old Oregon trail. Patriotic exercises, special and address by the president. Pow Wow With Redskins Grand pow wow between the presi- dent and Indian commissions. Dedi- cation of old Oregon trafl and unveil- ing of monument dedicated to the first music wagon train which came to the Willa- | mette in 1843, Speech by president. Horseshoe pitching tournament for championship of the world, winner to pitch game with president for cham- plonehip belt, Spectacular attack on Indians on wagon train and rescue of party by eavalry. Retreat. Grand massed band concert and pa- triotic exercises. Dinner. President and party to be taken in automobiles over old Oregon trail. The presidential party arrived in Meacham after an all night ride from 8pokane, where the chief executive, speaking for the first time on the Pa- cific slope discussed development of the west and promised the aid of the federal government in reclamation work. President’s Address Speaking at exercisés the executive declared the American people owe to those pioneers a debt of gratitude which they never can repay. Their victory, he asserted, proclaimed the gtrength of resolute purpose to do for themselves, not asking the government to do, but for government only to sanction or permit. “We may reasonably do more to- day,” he said, “than rejoice in pos- session of the imperial domain which they revealed, and the life they made (Continued Dm Third Page). BAN ON FIREWORKS To Enforce This and Prevent Boot- legging of Fxplostves Into New York Fire Wardens Are Guarding. New York, July 3.—A cordon of fire wardens was thrown along the water front today with orders to ar- rest all persons caught “bootlegging” fireworks into Manhattan. Other of- ficers were detailed by Thomas J Hayes, chief of the bureau of fire preévention, to guard automoblle ter- mfnals and automobile highways. A city ordinance prohibits the sale of | fireworks. Commissioner Drennan i§ confident New York will have a “safe and sane Fourth.” Washington Knows Nothing Of Japan's Avowed Plans By The Assoclated Press. Washington, July 3.—Reports that Japan is preparing to propose an agreement making the naval treaty effective without further delay revives a discussion of the same project which took place in Japanese press five or six months ago. Consideration of the question at that time was not reflected in any| official conversations so far as can be | learned and there is nothing avaflable in government circles in Washingtor to indicate that the suggestion in its revived form has taken definite shape up to this time. Washington | the | any more | Chi](iren of Couple Recently Married Hear Cupid Calling Nl C'arlo Zerlengo of 63 Cherry street, and Miss Marianina K. Lammo, of 4790 Myrtle street, step-brother and step-sister, were granted a marriage license this morning at the office of the city elerk. The grg m’s father, Gaetano Zerlengo, /. ried the bride's Lammo. MAIN ST, BUILDING SELLS FOR $200,000 Fair Department Store, Inc., Purchase Dickinson Block, Nos. 191 to 195 Papers were passed today consum- mating the transfer of the Dickinson building at 191 to 195 Main street from Frank H, and Fannie I.. Alford to the Fair Department Store, Inc. It is said that the consideration was about $200,000, The block was erected in 1911 and has been under lease to the owners of the Fair Department store since then. It is a five story structure. On the ground floor are located the de-| partment store and a retail shoe es- tablishment. The upper floors are occupled by offices and apartments. This is the location where Messrs. Davidson and Leventhal made their start in New Britain, Coming here with come capital and plenty of cour- age, they established the Iair and soon were counted among New Brit- ain’s leading retail merchants. They| expanded by taking over the \Ic‘vllllanl company, located in the next block | north, and recently purchased the building in which they McMillan store, now Davidson & T.eventhal, was lo- cated. Their newest purchase, the Dickin- | son building, has a frontage of 45% feet, The property has a depth of 375 feet. MARSHAL FOCH'S MESSAGE In Independence Day Greeting He Says France Stands For Same Prin- ciples as the American Legion, Indianapolis, July 3.—France at the present time is fighting for the same principles as are upheld by the Am- erican T.eglon, Marshal Foch declared In an Independence Day message re- ceived at national headquarters of the | legion here today. His message followa: “T am happy to repeat to the Am- erican Legion on the occasion of Tn- dependence Day my sentiments of sincere attachment, ‘The legion has demonstrated that it remains faithful to the principles that governed its foundation. These principles are those for which France | s fighting at this time. The legion | has recognized this fact and our com- | mon action as in the days of the past | for the defense of right in the world cannot fail to continue to work for the highest welfare of our two coun- tries." HIGGINS TAKES BRIDE Chairman of Public Utilities Commis- sion Married to Miss Margaret Noo- | | | | nan of Hartford This Morning. , Hartford, July 3.-—Miss Margaret I Noonan of this city was married to Richard T. Higgins of Winsted, chair- man of the public utilities commission | at 8t. Joseph's cathedral this morning. | The nuptial mass was celebrated hy | Rev. Dr. Maurice F. McAuliffe, | president of St. Thomas' seminary. and counsin of the bride. The bride was attended by Mrs. | Willlam E. Fgan, her sister and Judge Bernard E. Higgins of Torring- ton was groomsman A wedding breakfast followed at | Hotel Heublein and later Mr. and Mrs. | | Higging left for New York to safl| tomorrow for Havre on a continental tour, g | New Haven Auto “ reck | Victim Dies in Hospital New Haven, July 3.—Walter Rosine, | hurt in the collision of an automobile | with a telephone pole in Woodbridge | last night, died today. Harold Welch, brother of Detective Sergeant Welch, | {had his left leg broken in two places. | The machine left the road and was in | . collision in an Instant. An inquiry will | be necessary to determine the reason. '\ FRESH AIR I'UND ! Two one dollar contributions and. one of 42 cents, the latter being a gift from the Itailan || Juniors of the South church, ||| were recelved by the Frésh Air Editor of the Herald today to be added to the fund now being | more than the usual number of New | In the afternoon. | the speediest combinations in the city | | mined at noon and the management | | timatum last night that if troops and | police were not | Would order out pump men and main- | tence men CITY IS REAI]Y F[lR INDEPENDENCE DAY Entertamment Prepared for Those Who Will Remain at Home NOISE WILL BE AT MINIMUM to Quell Promiscuous Celebrat- “*s—Band Concert and eworks Display in Nalnut Hill Park. Herald to Bulletin Heavyweight Battle i The Herald, through the As. soclated Press, will be linked with the Shelby Shell tomorrow and will give a megaphone bul- letin service on the Dempsey- Gibbons fight, which today is said to be certain. The pre- liminaries begin at 12 o'clock mountain time, and the main bout at 8 o'clock, mountain time. This is about 3 o'clock eastern standard time and 6 o'clock eastern standard time, respectively. . In accordance with the usual custom, there will be no Herald published tomorrow. i BUSINESS GENTER OF VT. TOWN BURNED 0UT $150,090 Loss at Hardwick —Firemen and Soldiers Are Called Out ’he preliminary reports of the holiday rush out of the city, Britainites will observe Independence Day elsewhere, Station Agent Willisans of the N. Y, N. H. & H. R. R. repott- ing that the sale of tickets on Satur- day and today has been larger than in recent years. There will be many attractions in the city for those who remain at home. At St. Mary's playground, Di-| rector John O'Brien has prepared a | program of sporting events for morn- | ing and afternoon. In the morning | there will be a baseball game With the Cadets of St. Mary's school oppos- | ing a, nine made up of St. Joseph's school cadets. In conjunction with the ball game a program of athletics will be carried out. Special events will be held for the juniors and sen- lors, and tennis matches will be| played. In the afternoon the Federals of | Hartford and the Besse-Leland nines will oppose each other at St. Mary's. | Both teams have been strengthened and while the Federals have already one win to their credit over the Besse- Lelands, Manager Campbell feels that | his team will prove the better in the holiday fray. At Walnut Hill Park The city's official observance of‘ July Fourth will take place at Walnut | Hill park. Under the supervision of the public amusements commission a | ball game will be staged at the park The Pirates, one of out the heart of the; business section of Hardwick early today, destroying five business blocks and two tenement houses, and driving ten families from their homes. The loss is estimated at $150,000, The fire is believed to have started from an explosion of fireworks in the barber ship of A. J. Roy. The flames when dlscovered . shortly before mid- | night were beyond control and were sweeping through the business blocks {all but one of which were of wooden construction, Firemen from Bnrro, Montpelier |and Morrisville responded to calls for |aid. TLater company D, 172nd infan- try was sent by special train from St. Johnsbury. Most of the business section been razed before the fire was brought under control soon after 3 o'clock. | Families fficed to flee In their night | clothes lost” all of their household league, will take on the Keeney A. C.| PTRPeTty: S 4 A | elephone communication with out- of Hartford, the game being called at| gide points was cut off by the burn- 3 o'clock . . ! Tn the evening the Philhgrmonic| "8 OUt Of the central exchange. band will open a series of summer WON’T ATTEND FIGHT concerts, this being followed by the | annual municipal fireworks display. A | Mrs. Gibhons Decides Not To Go To Arena To Watch Her Husband Bat- program costing $800 has been con- tracted for and today workmen are placing posts for set pieces and pre- paring the ground for the discharge of hombs and salutes, The following program has been ar- ranged for the band concert: Opening, “America." March, “Bravura’ ity Selection, “Songs of the Nation,” . Lampe Berlin tle for Championshin. Shelhy, Mont,, July 3.-:The one outcome will not be within earshot 6t the mammoth arena in which the heavywelght champlonship battle will he fought here tomorrow afternoon, Proud of “Tim,” confident of his success, but anxious nevertheless, Mrs, | Gibbons, the pleasant, brown eyed wife | of the St. Paul challenger, recounted today the reasons why she will not be among the spectators. “I am afraid the Crinoline Da. ‘Tomorrow," . Turk and Roll!nnnr\ Gamn frnm Mile. Modiste, .. Victor Herbert “Parade of the . Jessel Popula Popula ('hfl ra F'Prisfl\" Soldiers,” nervous strain (Continued on Thlr!eenth Page.) KAPLAN-HERMAN BOUT Tate This Afternoon Management at “and perhaps it might distract ‘Tim’if he knew I were present. shall go for a ride, somewhere out in i(hn country far enough away from the ‘arena where I will not hear the shout- ing. Because you know, know which one they are cheering New Haven Had Not Decided What + |me nervous.” Although she has lived within a few blocks of the arena the last weeks, Mrs. Gibbons visited the big bowl! for the first time yesterday aft- ernoon. CARLSON DEPUTY SHERIFF to Do About Postponement. New Haven, July 3.-—WHether the conditions for the Kid Kaplan-Babe Herman bout at Weiss park in Ham- den tonight will be favorable despite the forenoon's rain, was not deter- delayed until 2 p. m. before making an announcement It was informally agreed that if a postponement of tonight's boxing card should be necessary it would be held Triday evening. In this case the New- Haven-Springfield ball game sched-| uled for Thursday and which was postponed to a future date, will be| played in regular order. The game postponement was made on the as- sumption that a postponement of to- night's meet would carry it to Thurs- day. At noon the management did not seem to have arrived at any plan in case of postponemant of the bouts, MORE TROOPS ARRIVE Man Named By Dewey---Has Lived Here For 20 Years. Adolph Carlson, one of the known Swedishe residents of New Britain, has been appointed a deputy sheriff by Sheriff Dewey, Mr. Carlson has lived in New Brit- ain for the past 20 vears. For sev- eral years he was a motorman in the employ of the Connecticut company and for the past four years he has | been engaged in the real estate and insurance business. News of his ap- pointment will be received with pleas- ure by many business men with whom he has come in contact. Health Board to Meet In Chairman’s Office | If present plans are carried out members of the board of health will| hold an informal meeting Thursda afternoon at the office of Dr. T. Bray, chairman of the board. The meeting was originally scheduled for yesterday afternoon hut the absence| of Dr. E. T. Fromen from the city 850 Additional Soldiers and 74 Horses Are Sent Into Strike Trouble Zone in Nova Scotia. Sydney, N. 8, July 3.—Three hun- | {dred and hltv addihnnal troops with 74 horses, arrived today by special train from London, Ont, and were | transferred to the military camp at Whitney Pier in the heart of the ! steel strike zone. The night passed without disturb- ance, The coal miners have made no further statement since their ul- purpose of the conference, it is said, perintendent of health to succeed Dr. F. P. Lee. withdrawn by mid- | night tonight not only would they | call a sympathetic strike but they also HIGH TIDES July 4 (Standard Time) At New Haven— and leave the mines to drown. Hardwick, Vt., July 3.—Fire wiped | had | woman most vitally interested in the | would be too much for me,” she said, | T think I I will not| for and the uncertainty would make | three | Popular Real Fstate and Insurance | | best Henry ! made a postponement necessary. The, is to discuss the appointment of a su-| 'Bl][lTLEI]fiERS Hll[l] BUSINESS MEETIN[L ’Gon[erence at Place on Plamnllel Road, Near Scene of Shooting ONE DEALER BLAGKLISTED (‘omplllnt Made That He Sold m-ltm" Standard Price Agreed Upon—&pot | Usell For Months As Distribution | Point For Incoming Loads. | | | | | ‘j \ | Adopting the conferenge plan which has become popular with business men | all over the country, the bootleggers |of New Britain have held a meeting within the past few hours to plan ways and means of offsetting police interference. The conference was held at a place on the Plainville road, but within the limits of New Britain, and | reports were made on the collision be- tween state and local police and four alleged rum runners Friday night at |approximately the same spot as where | | the meeting was held. Dealer's Name on Blacklist It is said that the debate was long (and furious. As a result, onc of the | fo men connected with Friday | Inight's melee, in which one alleged rum runner was shot, is reported to have been placed on the blacklist be- cause the price he charged was lower | than the standard agreed upon. Other details of the bootlegging business were discussed and although no vote | was takeg it was decided, according to report, that every effort must be roade to outwit the authorities. It is said that the place near where last Friday night's round-up occurred has been used as one of the distributing | {points for bootleg lquor for several | \mon!hs Cargoes brought to this city | by motor truck were disposed of being sold to “retail dealers" who have regular lists of cus- ltomcrs. | | \MORE THAN MILLION GAIN - INSTATE TREASURY FUND Reoceipts For 1923 Total $22.220,278.16 As Against $1,225,545.35 During Previous Year, Hartford, July 3.—During the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1923 the re- ceipts of the state treasury amounted to $22,220,278.46. For the flscal per- fod of June 30, 1922 they amounted tes $20,704,786.11 an Increasge of 84, 20%,046.56 mere in the fiscal year which has just closed. During the fiscal year of 1023 the payments made by the state treasurer amounted to $21,203,977.88 and in the fiscal period ending June 30, 1822 teo /$20,437,810.67 an increase this year of $766,167.21. The balance in the treasury at the }r‘|rma of the fiscal period ending June 1380, 1923 was $2,209,233.80 The increase in the receipts was due largely to the payment of back taxes by the Connecticut Co. and to the revenue amounting to nearly half a million dollars from the tax on un- incorporated business. These pay- ments were practically all made dur- ing the fiscal period of 1922-23. The fiscal year of 1923 closed with | |a state bonded indebtedness of $16,- 291,100 which was the same as'that of the previous vear. The sinking| fund amounts to about $11,000,000. The future increase of the sinking fund will be limited to the ‘earnings of the fund and it is believed that with these earnings the fund will be| amply able to take care of the bonds| as they mature | FIREWORKS FATALITY 11 Year Old Gloversville ‘Yonngster Meets Death When He Puts Lighted Firecracker in His Pocket. Gloversyille, N. Y., July 3.—Joseph | Gavaronhe, 11, died today of burns | suffered when two firecrackers explod- | ed in his pocket. He lighted one fire- cracker and when it failed to explode placed it in his pocket. The fuse, | still burning, ignited another fire- | |cracker. Both exploded and set fire to his clothing. Man Goes Blmd Who Ate “Canned” Heat for “Kick” Winnipeg, July 3.—Joseph Johnson i today was stricken blind and Delia [Taylor, David Mowatt and Mabel| | McLeod were taken to a hospital in a serious condition from nnnnl‘ “canned heat” for its alcoholic kick. | Three persons died here recently from | the same cause. | |Greenstein Will Filed in Court of Probate Todav The will of the late Harry Green- stein, drawn June 8, 1911, was filed and approved in probate court this morning. Mrs. Beili Greenstein, the | widow, is named as executrix It is provided that all furniture and |personal belongings, income from money deposited in banks and the life use of property at 327 Elm _street | been | feeling |you | Mabel carried Mrs. cape. | whip of the senate. sald HIGGINBOTHAM SAYS HE SIMPLY DID HIS DUTY Florida Whipping Boss Tells of u.sh- ing Tabert, For Whose Murder He Is Now On Trial Lake City, Fla, July 3.~—Thomas Walter Higginbotham, former convict | whipping boss of the Putnam Lumber Co., told the jury here today in his |trial for the murder of Martin Tabert | of North Dakota that “it was my du(y to whip Tabert.” He said he gave Tabert eight In.!he!, The state is contending Tabert died from an excessive whipping adminis- | tered by Higginbotham, state wit- nesses testifying 50 to 91 lashes were applied. Higginbotham testified he had serv- | ed in France for more than a year as a member of the A, E. F. He said he whipped Tabert “because he was reported to me for not working." He said Tabert had reported three times. He did not whip him the first or second time he said, because he himself was not well; that the convicts had been working in the rain all day, their it was right, ‘When Tabert was reported the third time, Higginbotham testified, he had him called out. “Tabert got down on the ground and I applied the strap.” “Did you put your foot on Tabbert's |head while you were whipping him?" “I did not.” “What became of the strap when finished whipping Tabert?"” “1 threw it on the ground.” Higginbotham said he had about ninety convicts under him at the time. “It was my duty to whip Tabert. 1 had no grudge or hard feeling against him,” Higginbotham sald. The defendant sald he had helpad weigh the strap used by him on sev- eral occasions in compliance with prison regulations and one pound and one ounce registered on the scales. The witness said Tabert was able to go to work the next day and on the next morning he was in prisoners dining room eating breakfast. The whipping took place on Friday. “Sunday morning Tabert complain ed to me he was sick,” said Higgin- botham. “T told him to go to bed.” He sali men were detajled to wait on Tmm\_.nid medical attention was nth Pabert died on Wedwrniday nights ,}gnnhmm,m ;4#Mate witnesses had testified Tahert ’(Hfld fMiesday night. MRS. CARSON SUGGUMBS 10 AUTO AGCIDENT INJURIES Grand Street Woman Dies at Hospital —Case Considered Fatal From Outset. Mrs. Anna Carlson, age 67 years, of 24 Grand street, died at the New Britain general hospital last night of a compound fracture of the skull which she received Saturday of last week | when struck by an automobile driven by William G. Rice of 64 Columbia sfreet, Funeral services will he held tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock at the house. Rev. Dr. Abel A. Ahlquist the Swedish cemetery at Portland Mrs. Carlson was rushed to the hospital following the accident and her recovery at the outset was con- sidered improbable. Policeman® Pat- rick O’'Mara was detailed to the case, {and Rice was questigned at the police | station. According fo his story the woman stepped from in back of a car | that was parked on the right side of Arch street and was struck She leaves two sons, Charles of this leity and Daniel of New York, and two hrothers, Carl and Andrew | MAKE THRILLING RESCUE { | | | New Rochelle Policeman and Fireman Rush Into Burning Building and Carry Woman to Safety. Rochelle, N. Y., July 3.—Mrs. Atchison was saved in a thrill- ing rescue today when an incendiary New {blaze swept the commission store and apartment hlock in which she lived Detective Sergeant Blume and Fire man James Genoy spied Mrs. Atchi son at a smoke belching window. Both sprang up the stairway. Genoy | reached the top safely but the stair |way collapsed as Blume neared the top. He leaped as the stairway sank and made the landing. The two men Atchison down a fire es- The remains of oil soaked excelsior was found under the stairs. Federal ‘Taxation of Ad. Signs and Bill Boards; Washington, July 3. new source | of revenue probably will be proposed at the next sessian of congress by Senator Curtls of Kansas, republican, | Senator Curtis | today he had given | clothing was wet and he did not think | will officlate and interment will be in | 182,500 each Average Daily Circulation Week Ending ’068 : June 30th . .. Representatives Present Views of Their Countries ' Regarding German lssue in Rubr Area | Meanwhile French Are Re- ported Taking Over More Territory—Bombing Out- rage Grows in Serious- ness, 8y The Associated Press London, July 3.—The French and Belgian ambassadors are expected to call on Foreign Secretary Curzon at | 6 o'clock this evening for presentation . | of their governments’ replies to’the | British questionaire on the Franeo= | Belgian reparations policy, | French Activity { Berlin, July 3.—French troops re= cently occupied the Wiesbaden branch of the Reichshank and confiscated a considerable amount of cash says the Vossische Zeitung today. i Phe seizure according to the newss paper took place last Saturday. 4 Is Serious Matter By The Associated rross, Brussels, July 3.-~In Belgian mill« tary circles the bombing of the Bel- gian troop train at Duisburg last Sat- urday is regarded as an extremely Ruhr. Gen. Jacques and other command. ers express the opinion that Germany is secking to. provoke serious' inef-' dents which the Gérman nationalists would make the pretext for inaugu- rating military action prepl.nllnnp’" for which Belgian military men M‘ | sert have long been completed. j The Berlin government they sug. | gest would avold responsibility but would count upon British passivity to allow gueérilla war to be waged with impunity against the ll“!d‘ troops. Belgian publie opinion aceording t'ln\ indications in political quarters and in the press is rapid erystallizing in favor of a more vigorous attitude | toward Germany. The Associated Press. Duesseldorf, July 3. yesterday occupied the town of Westhofen northeast of Hagen, ae«'’ | cording to German sources, arresting | the burgomaster, station master, posts master and other city officials. g A detachment of 250 troops the Germans report occupled the city hall and the railroad station. Westhofen is the easternmost point in this region under French oceupa- tion. The move into that town is understood to be a reprisal “for the | persistent sniping that has been go- | ing on from the unoccupied territory against the French troops on the outer fringe, GET BIG BOOZE HAUL State Policeman Stops Truck on Shore Road Near Westport And Finds Load of Alcohol Valued at $10,000, ‘Westport, Conn., July 3. — Three Bridgeport men were arrested and a [ 810,000 cargo of grain alcohol was seized by State Policeman Leo Car- |roll on the, shore road here early to- day. The men arrested are: Wildern B. Dial and Morrls L, Bernhardt, own- ers of the Barnum Motor Truck Co., By —~French troops | | | |of Bridgeport and Willard Davis, a driver. The three are locked up in the town hall in defanit of bonds of They are charged under the state law with illegal transporta- tion of alcohol Policeman Carroll was éffgaged in the shore road patrol in response to complaints recently made to the state police of trucks exceeding speed lim- its, when he encountered the truck. He avas suspicious and haited it, find- ing 25 barrels of alcohol each con- taining 50 gallons. The men arrested declined to give eny information as to where they had been or the destination.of the liquor. A BOY'S TRICK BUT ~ Rochester Lad Touches Match to Fires works in Store—Damage Will Total Thousand Dollars. Rochester, N. Y., July 3. — A boy ‘ontered a grocery store heer today. | There was a counter of fireworks closa to the door. ‘“Are these any good?” asked the boy as he tonched a mateh to a firecracker on the pile. Before the grocer could answer there came an explosion that wneied |windows and show cases. men grave symptom of conditions in the much | axtinguiched the blaze that von wed thought to billboards and signs as a |aeter nearly $1,000 damage had been | legitimate subject for federal taxation | qoro and virtually had decided to urge a |tax upon them based' upon the square | |feet of space in each. 3:12 a. m.; At New London— 1:21 a. m.; collected to send 300 children on a two weeks' outing at the Fresh Air Camp. The Fresh Air Editor, care of this paper, will be glad to receive subserip- tions for this cause and ac- knowledge them in print. To- day's figures: Previously acknowl- edged Friend . Friend in Rerl!n Ttalian Juniors of South church shall go to the widow. The remainder of the estate is di rected to three sons: Samuel of Fish kill, N. Y., Edward and Louis of this | eity, provided. they pay $200 each to | Nettie and Tda Greenstein of this city. | WILLS ST. CTAIR SALE Port Huron, Mich.,, July 3.—The properties of C. H. Wills and Co., | |motor car manufactgyers of Maryville | {near here were bid by Kidder, Pea- body and Co., Boston bankers, for the nominal figure of $750,000 at a sale ordered by the United States district court. Boardwalk Chair Pushers Fined $2.50 for Speeding Atlantic City, July 3.—Two board- walk chair pushers today were. fined $2.50 each for speeding and endang- ering the lives of promenaders. The| men declared they did not know the speed laws applied to the boardwalk. |St. Louis Police Seeking Bandits Who Took $38,306 | St. Louis, July 3.—Police of 8t. Louis and surrounding cities are hunt- | ing for seven bandits fleeing in two | automobiles with $38,306 in currency | which they obtainéd in a daring hold- up of the offices of the United Rall-| ways Co. Officials of the railway who said the money was insured ex- press the belief that the robbery was an Inside job because the raid was|| carried out so speedily and systema- || tically. ——— |Fashionably Dressed | Women Testify in CLAIMS AUTO RECORD | Mineola, N. Y. July 3. Edmonton, Alta., July 3. — Paul|fashionably dressed New York | Welch today claimed a new record for | whose identity was Kept secreot a 24-hour automobile endurance run|were witnesses before the having completed 1,131 9-10 miles on|county grand jury invsiigating the Edmonton fair grounds track with | running and bootlegging. 3 only one stop for a tire change. The The inquiry began after three —_ previous world record was given as|uty sheriffs had been dismissed 842 miles. alleged coliusion with boo $3,056.38 1.00 b - - A Hartford, July 3.—Forecast * for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled and showery this aft- emoon and tonight: Wednesday generally fair and not so cool. $5,000.000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS Chicago, July 3. — Approximately £5,000,000 is being expended by Chi- cago and Northwestern rallroad In improvements now under way it was announced today. 42 $3,058.80 L —— .