New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1925, Page 22

(] PRISON PROBE 15 ON UP IN MAINE Serious Charges Being Heard by Committeg Thomaston, Maine, Oct. 30 (#) Yhres women.inmates of the state brison here today denied charges of Chaplain Jercy J. Clifford that they had been intimate with men prison- ers while they were in solitary ocn. fnement. They declared the chap- lain had been the only person to in- bult them, The woman in a letter to Warden Lester D, Eton said Chaplain Clif- ford had “lled” n his testimony yesterday before Governor Ralph 0. Brewster had his executive coun- til, who are investigating charges of irregularities at the prison, The letter was given to newspapermen by the warden, Chaplain Clifford in a statement lo reporters sald the women's tharges against him were absolutely false. He added that he hoped his Wvife, who is matron at the prison, tould be called to substantlate his lestimony of yesterday and that he had been told by both the men and | Wwomen prisoners that some of the hicn had aceess to the women's cells While they were in solitary confine- hient, and that there had been tn- limacy between them. Much of today's testimony at the licaring was along the lines brought but yesterday. eral testified that there had been trimination fn favor of I'risoners and against Protestants, Levi Jones, captain of the prison puard, said he once warned Deputy Warden Lawrence J. Colgan that four men were planning to ekcape, but that no extra precautionary ac- tion was taken. He sald the men fid esgape and that three weeks hefore he had heard them talking byer thelr plans to make a dash for Treedom. Prison ecmployes testified that fisey did not belicve the work in the Irison shops was as efficient under fijg system of ocnviet government us 1 under the old regime, dis- Alcohol Sales Large, But It’s for Radiators ‘Dealers in aufomoblile supplies tnd garage owners report a bris. temand for den. ured alcohol fo tutomobile radiators, due to (he tudden drop in temperature, It was tald today that the majority of ca awners taok no chances thls yeur lut did their anti-freezing ghopping arly, Hundreds were caught nap t year at the advent of an cold spell and for days tarages were busy thawing out radi tors and recharging batteries. As u fesult, a great many took no chances ‘his year but stocked up the first indication of cold cather »ing 1 “speci VOODOO! Cun 1 see the doctor?™ Which doctor?" Ray—do you th ink 1'm a hea- “n"-—Michigan Gargoyle, witnesses | TRIAL HINGES ON VALUE OF VIRTUE (Continued from First Page) Aladge disappeared, with Madge's mother and Miss knsica Moore, and |went to inquire for Madge. | Stephenson garage, house, he said. The lights of the car went out, he testified, and a short man cani ound the house and went up on the porch. The wowen returned to | the car and all went Mome, | The next dayshe saw Madge in her room at her home, he said, { | “What conversation took place?" ! | Prosccutor Remy asked. i | The defense objected and it de- |veloped that the talk Smith was about to relate was in substunce that later reduced to writing in Madge's | dying declaration, | | The court sustuined an objection |of the defense to repetition of the | talk. | Smith then testified that after | Madge had toid him of her fujury | hie reduced her statement to writing. | The state then began efforts Lo show | by Smith's evidence that Madge | knew herself to be dying and that | her statement, prepared by Smhith was In fact a dying declaration and thus admissible. back of Smith related that on March 26, | he and Griffith Dean, a feilow at- | torney, and Miss Moore met in hi¢ {office and he wrote the statement ‘nom his and Miss Moore's notes and from their memory. On March®28, he went to Oberholtzer home with the ‘Klngahury, family physician, | present, Madge told them, he testified, that she could not get well. He read the statement, to her “very dis- tinctly and slowly—every word and | sentence—pausing at the end of each sentence to ask her If she af- | firmed or denled it.” | “She Interrupted several times,” Smith eaid, 'to say ‘yes that s |right’ 1 made several corrections | which ghe sugested.” | She signed it without suid. Prosecutor Remy had Smith iden- tify an exhibit as the dying declara- | tlon of Madge Oberholtzer and turned him pver to the defense, were ald, he walted in a car while the two women | While | |there he saw a car drive into the | the ! the draft. | Cathelic | Dean, Miss Moore and Dr. John K. | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, HAVE TIGKETS FOR | YALE-ARMY CLASY Many New Britain Football Fans Going to Bow! Many New Britaln people will be in attendance at the Yale-Army football gane to be played at the Yale bowl in New Haven tomorrow afternoon. The following people have secured the coveted tickets and 1 will attend: Dr. James F. Dobson, Ernest Gris- wold, Mr. and Mrs' Harry E. Parker, Kermet 1. Parker, Charles itay, Gustave E. Carlson, Gunnar W. Carlson, I, Reld Derrick, Theo- dore Stalk, Deputy Sherlff Martin W Horwitz, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Magar- gal, Joseph R. Leiteh, Walter L. Bell, George Paris, Lawyer David L. Dunn, Edward J. Dailey, Robert C. Vance, Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone Vance, Judge Benjamin W. Alling. Judge George W. Klett, Judge and Mrs. Willam F. Mangan, Lawyers David and Israel Nair, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nair, Mrs. Willlam Lelkin, Morris Axelrod, Mr. and Mrs. Ches- ter Willlams, Attorney and Mrs. Al- fred LeWitt, Attorney and Mrs. George LeWitt,© Donald and Cyril Gaftney, James E. O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Smith, Mr, and Mrs. George Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. William aker, Mr. and Mrs, Heman C. Ma- gargal, Mrs, B. I". Porter, Miss Helen Porter, Ralph Geuld, Curtis T. Shel- don, Mr. and Mrs. Max Porter, Mr and Mrs. Charles Smedley, Dr. George . Dalton, Reinholdt Bar- deck, W. P. Leghorn, Robert Leg- horn, Attorney Harry Ginsbere. MR, CORRINTFILS PERSFCNTION T (Continued from First Page) names Mrs, Gerard, wife of the for- mer Cermar ambassador, and Mrs. Harold Lee Judd of Berlin, as other Iroted tociety women who suffered with her in the alleged perscention of the delectives of the insurance ,company fulowing the theft. | The insurance company made | Norwich Man Bound Over For Killing Two Sons Norwich, Oct, 30 (P —Eugene J. inr rry charged with murder on two ounts was bound over to the Janu- ry term of the criminal superior | court when arraigned in city court today after counsel for the defensc and proseciting attorncy Lee Roy Robbins had entered a demurrer | which the court overruled. Berry | has admitted to police that he | ehloroformed his two sons, Tugene, 5, and Joseph, 4. T BANKER DIES Washington, Oct. —Milton T Ailes, president of the Riggs Na tional bank, one of the largest finan- clal fnstitutions of the east, died suddenly today of heart fallure at his summer home near Harpers Ferry, W. Va, PROMIN (New Britain’s Largest Millinery Store) Goldenblum Millinery Co. (On the Square) 3 HOUR SALE TOMORROW MORNING—9 TO 12 ONLY One Group of QUALITY HATS Values to $5.00 life miserable for her while ing for the gems, Mrs., Cor and it was only after Mr. Corbin liad taken steps to chastise Scaffa for the alleged insinuation that M Corbin might have lost her jewels through a “gentleman friend,” that the insurance on the gems, amount- | ing to $37,000 was p Corbin even quoted the detcetive as aying: “Most ot ' get robbed by the (they go to dinner with in plac | Yplm Beach.” Mrs, Corbin’ looms in the f studded bre "and brooches, cause these grms tncluded heir- rm of diamond- pendants ngs worth far mc be- of the sgentiment attached to them than their monetary value, Khe says that she plans to tell her story o the district attorney and ask grand jury aetion fo e secutlon she charges she has suffer- ed for over two monihs from Scaffa and another detective by the name of Haprrington, the Mother of 68 Year Old | Twins Has 102nd Birthday ‘ Elgin, T, Oct. 30 P—Mrs, Kar Shields, mother of 6S-year-old twin | sons, observed her 102nd Dbirthday | anniversary today, Born in Ireland, Oct. 30, 1823 Mrs, Shields came to America fn 1843 when butter was selling for six cents a pound and eggs for three cents a dozen, She still Is very active and reads the ne ! wspapers, The True and the False S o et [ —ppe— e —————r) Real wine flowed from the statuary in the upper picture. This was in an Italian village, when the inhabitants celebrated a bountiful grape crop. wine press shown below. This But only water flows from the bronze is in Golden Gate park, Frisco. Stamford Thieves Make Rich Haul of Jewelry Stamford, Oct. 30 UP) — Thieves carly last night broke through the cellar door of the home of Dickson S, Cummings at 90 Glenbrook ave- nue and stole jewelry the value of which has not yet heen estimated. A pearl necklace valued by Cum- $4.000 was taken, 1c robbery was discovered abont 6 o'clock last night by Cummings, who arrived home first, his wife be- ing in New York. The entire house was ransacked. Cummings is son of Homer §. Cummings, statc’s attorney of Fairfield county and widely known in the democratic | circles of the country. Builds Living Tomb; to Be Used in Death Also Sacramento, Cal.,, Oct. 30 (A—On a lonely promontory in Eldorado county, Willilam M. Bowman, 91 year old pioneer of the gold days has spent the last 18 years chiseling a tomh. A grave scooped from the the | former | I solid rock, fitted with a coffin and ||8 enclosed by a “death house” stituted the old man’s work. | will lve In the house until he fecls | the approach of death when a white flag will tell his friends {hat the | tomb 15 ready to be sealed. { A S ! To Push Mission Work | In British East Africa The Gospel Missionary convention {came to a close ':st night in the People’s church of Christ. Besides ! Dr. and Mrs. Henderson, Rev. George W. Rhoad from Africa and the pas |tor of the chureb, three local speak- ers were on the program of the last George Weyh led the morning con- | service and L. H. Taylor the evening service, At the annual meefing of the Misslonary society it was disclosed that for the first time in the history || | of the society the expenditure of the | | Missionary soclety exceeded the ex- penditure of the local church. Plans |are being made for advanced work |in British East Atrica. A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF XMAS CARDS IS NOW READY TFOR YOUR INSPECTION MAKFE AN EARLY SELECTION WM. S. LEVINE, Jeweler 55 CHURCH STREET NEW BRITAIN, CONN. He | I'RIDAY, OCTOBER 30, e, Arthur Tuttle the afternoon ||M BIRNBAUM'’S +383 M AIN ST. DINING ROOM SUITES Worthy of the Feast Think how much more appetizing and enjoyable each |- dinner will seem when the Furnishings of the Dining Room provide just the high setting! You'll take much more pride in entertaining too, when one of these new style suites oceupies the central place in your dining room! New arrivals include some pretty charming de- signs, and at the prices we have established on them they're exceptional values indeed! | An Eighteen-Dollar, Buffet : Mirror will be given FREE | with each Dining Room Suite. Good Furniture is the Best ]nvestmnt; TEN-PIECE SUITES ..... $159 Purchase of good furniture is an investment for the fu- RUG SPECIALS ture as well as for the present—so sound construction and inherent quality are just as important as low price! These are suites that will last for a generation, yet the cost is s;l)'pl‘ising!y low. — OTHERS — NINE-PIECE FRENCH WALNUT consisting of buffet, 1 server, 1 table, 5 chairs, 1 host chair. $1 35 EIGHT-PIECE AMERICAN WALNUT consisting of buf- lfet, table, 5 chairs and 1 host chair. Winton Rug Was $54.00. NOW $39.00 Axminster Rug $1 1 9 Was $48.00. NOW $36.00 Others * Reduced in proportion. BIRNBAUM'S FURNITURE STORE Regular $175. It will pay you to visit our Dining Room Department Selling Good Furniture For 15 years Cash If You Have. Credit If You Desire It. 5245° and $2950 L the new styles that Men and Young Men will wear tfiis Wmtpr. Raglan, Ulster, Ulsterette; English and Box ‘Coat models. Nifty as well as conservative effects, all priced at positive SPECIAL $1.00 WHILE THEY savings of $5 to $15. (3 Women'’s and Misses’ | Men’s and Young Men’s COATSIS UITS slq’sandup Sz7sgdup Stylish garments in a varicty of pleasing models, distinctively Two and three button single and flared as Fashion decrees. double breasted styles. Many two pants models. All wonder values. BOSTON CLOTHING STORE 63 CHURCH STREET (Next to Herald) BOYS’ SUITS and COATS You must come ecarly for these Hats, for they'll all be gone by noon SPECIAL FOR ALL DAY SATURDAY Just Arrived from New York NEW GOLD AND SILVER HAT SATIN AND TAFFETA HATS $5 0C Goldenblum Millinery Co. 188 MAIN STREET NEW BRITAIN All new shades and all new effects; regular $7.50 value. SPECIAL