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W e INDIGTHENT FILED AGAINST DRY AGENT Gol. Green Puts Up Required . Bond of 86,000 co, Cal., July 27 (F nd jury here last night returned an indictment against Col Ned M. Green, deposed several days ago as prohibition administrator for northern California and after being in session only three and one-half hours. The charges brought against Col. Green were that he had misappro- priated governmentally controlled \quor and had been guilty of mis- conduct in office. All the counts em- bodied in the indictment charged Green with the embezzlement of government property. Federal Judge Frank H. Kerrigan, who accepted the jury’s return, fix ed the ball at $5,000. The amount vas immediately posted by a repre- sentative of a bonding company. The indictment contained ten counts. Each count charged a viola- tlon of Section 97 of the internal revenue law. in that Colonel Green, while a - federal officer, emb and converted to his own use w key and assorted liquors held by the government. The charge is a felony. No other charges were incorporat- ed in the fndictment. Colonel Green ten months. The case against Colonel Green moved quickly throughout. It was but a few days ago that Federal Attorney Hatfield was under fire. Last Friday Green admitted to in- terviewers he kept a store of liquor in his hotel room and showed them a choice collection of vintages, which later were selzed by internal revenue agents. The next day he was suspended on orders from Washington. Colonel Green, while admitting that he drank and served liquor to guests in his room, declared he had not violated the Volstead act, but had done all he could to gain it a wide respect by “smashing liquor at the source.” been in office Prior to the investigation of his conduct Colonel Green had been mentioned as successor to General Lincoln C. Andrews, national prohi- bition chief. SUNDAY SESQUITO G0 INTD GOURTS Motion Made to End Amusement Features on Sabbath Philadelphia, July 27 (® — The | Nevada, ' ‘flm . Lincoln to Be Buried Near Father’s Remains Springfield, Ill., July 27 (A—The remains of Robert Todd Lincoln will find thetr final resting place in a crypt near the remains of his im- | mortal father, at the Lincoln tomb in this city. Edward L. Keys, prominent r and a friend of the Lincoln tamily, received word from a rep- | resentative of Mrs. Lincoln that ) final interment will be in Lincoin tomb next fall. Near, but above the sarcophagus Abraham Lincoln are four | erypts. Three now hold the remains of Mary Todd Lincoln and her sons Willie and Tad Lincoin. In the re- maining crypt will rest Robert Todd | Lincoln. FIVE ON TRIAL IN ~ BORDER ASSAULT (Court Action Opens in Peteet ! Tragedy | | San Diego, Calif., July 27 B — The last chapter in the tragedy of d { which claimed the lives of the fam- | : ¥ of Thomas M. Peteet here last February was to be written today |in Tijuana, resort town across the | Lower California border from here, when five men will face a Mexican | court charged with having out- lraged the two Peteet daughters, | Clyde and Audrey. The two girls, with their parents, were found dead in their gas filled |home a few days after they de- ily | ily assaulted in the border city. “ Ladies' Vestees, Scarfs, etc. embroidered linens, volles, dies and laces. Values to TO CLOSE OUT FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY jacquard border—colored clared they had been drugged and | In alis now in the Dresden museum. Consisting of collar and cuff sets, Plain NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1926. note found near the bodies, the {ra!hvr declared the family sought | death rather than endure the shame they felt was theirs. The defendants—Zenaido Llanos, | former chiet of police of Tijuana; | Luis Amador, keeper of the saloon | |in which the girls alleged they were | drugged; Refugio Alvarez and | Francisco Navarro, bar tenders, and | Salvador Esplnosa, taxicab driver | — were brought into court yester- | day morning and the complaints charging them with violation and | | eriminal attack read. Judge Urtas | then ordered all but Alvarez re- turned to jail. where they have re- mained since they were February 10. Alvarez has been at liberty on probation. Subpoenaes were {issued yester- day to 30 Mexican citizens who are |to form the venire from which the |12 jurors will be drawn. Of the 12 | selected, nine will form the jury, while the other three will be alter- | nates, to serve only in case of ac- cident to the others. The trial will be held in the com- munity hall of Tijuana and will be closed to the public. Special passes have been issued to newspaper writers. Both counsel for the de- tendants and the district attorney expressed bellef yesterday that the | trial would not last longer than two | | days. In the event of conviction the {men may be punished by priso rms ranging from six to elght vears, District Attorney Linares an- | nounced. The Peteet tragedy |storm of 1indignation | this country and Mexico. | quiry was begun by American | thorities and seven men were ar- | rested. Two later were released. aroused a | throughout An in- | au- | The largest known green diamond fin the world weighs 421 carats, 18 arrested | rather paler than an emerald, and | t Press. Blushing is rare nowa- days and may arouse suspicion, in the words of a Bavarian judge, but it is not evidence of guilt. And so the conviction of a shy youth, who was much confused when a steno- graphgr accused him of theft, has been reversed. fch — Trenton, N. J. — A flush a youth’s face has led to his arrest as a hit and run motorist. A friend of a victim thought he detected a fugitive driver and he set a deputy sheriff on the trail of Cirles Bald- erson, who is credited with an ad- that he was driving the two imported cars made with a speclal drive necossitated by his in- citated arm. The apraisal of his e gives thelr value as $7,500 and ¥, N. Y, — James Buchanrn Duke left liquor valued at $17,045, pre-prohibition. The appraisal of the estate gives these quotations; champagne $4 a pint; whiskey $50 a case; gin, $3 a bottle. Worcester, Mass. — A husband should not take his wife to parties when he knows she will drink to excess. Dictum by Judge Cham- berlain in denying divorce to Charles N. Lawrence, musical comedy star. Rutland, Vt. — Perhaps this will hasten the visit of the angler of the Adirondacks to his native state. A brook trout 23 inches long and weighing four pounds been Wednesday Morning Super Specials Neckwear 15¢e L) and organ- 98¢ — Bed Spreads Heavy crinkle Spreads with wide jac- caught here. of | New York — Angie Duke owned | FLASHES OF LIFE: BLUSH LEADS TO YOUTH’S ARREST; JUDGE FREES HIM Paul Smith’s, N. Y. — Mrs. Cool- idge is to have her silhouette made by a woman artist who uses scissors instead of a brush. Brussels — King Albert and Queen Elizabeth are eating econo- my bread, the same kind as used by the most humble peasant in Flan- Everybody’s doing it and the saving to the country is estimated at ten million francs a month. ders; New York — John D. Rocke- teller, 8rd, and Nelson A. Rocke- teller, his brother, are a couple of regular fellows, in the opinion of the crew of the steamship Americ#n Trader. They came back from Europe third class—price $100—and sent everywhere, bridge, engine room, glory holes, alleyways. And thelr tips were 100 times as large as grandfather’s dimes. Bridgeton, N. J. — Paying a debt of gratitude, members of the Ameri- can Legion have saved a veteran of Wilhelm Hohenzollern’s shock troops from paupesrs burial and acted as pallbearers, because the Germans gave Quentin Roosevelt a grave and marked it carefully, Boston — If. the student at the Harvard Medical school find any spare time they .may appreciate some choice royal musfe. Prince Mahidoll, who i€ to study to be an M. D., has brought his saxophone from Siam, Philadelphia — Harry Thaw thinks Evelyn should like his book, as it gives her lot of credit she has had coming to her for a long time, New London, Conn. — New tour- nament golf record 29 strokes on the 15th hole at Shenecossett. Mrs. George N. Bissell of Providence would get that little ball out of that big trap. And so her card read 55—85—143. Eastern Polnt — Orcutt led in women'’s ment. Miss ureen 233 players as medalist invitation golf tourna- Bristol — church closes with es- | Novena of St. Anne at | | 00 worshippers present. | Darien — Charge of manslaughter against A. C. Giles, former state golf | champion whose machine killed two men, dismissed in town court. New Haven — Six months' income account of New Haven road shows net increase over previous period of | ame length. 7 7 T U000 //7//'//!'”7///.//%/////// Precent For Wednesday Morning Selling Only A Wonderful Offering of »-iMER DRIESSES ed in hole.” Nebraska Girls Never | Nebraska a girl 1s never too young to teach. preme court In its ruling that Anne Joyce, 15, and Mrs. Darling John. son, certificates from the department of public instruction. case | Superintendent Matseen of the de- fpunmem had declined to {issue | certificates because of their youth. although both were recognized properly qualified in training. plied for her certificate after hav- Meriden — Leo Gorley, 14, drown- ing graduated from high school and Hanover lake ‘“swimming completing two years in normal echosl. Menjou, Movie Actor, Is Willing to Pay Wife Los Angeles, July 27 (#) — The marital affairs of Adolphe Menjou are due for an airlng in superior court today when the alimony pe- tition of Mrs. Menjou is called for hearing. The actor’s attorney announced that no opposition to the awarding of a generous alimony will be made. Menjou is seeking divorce on the grounds of cruelty, charging that: his wife made disparaging remarks about him. Too Young to Teach Lincoln, Neb., July 27 (® — In That is the dictum of the su- | 17, are entitled to teachers The young women carried their to the supreme court after | A palr of “blue” rats, the result fls‘o! careful breeding from selected freaks of the old British black rat, are now on exhibition at the Lon- don zoo, (L Miss Joyce was 14 when she ap- TO THE GREAT SAVINGS WITHIN YOUR GRASP Wednesday Morning Super Specials Men's Novelty Sox 29¢ Men's Wool Bathing Suits A large assortment In many color B9c WEDNESDAY ONLY AT combinations. Regular value. 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