New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1926, Page 5

| SHERIFFS UPHOLD { "SHOOTING Youph Pueblo Official Backed in His Firing on Youtbful Bandit ————— Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 26 (P—The shooting last week of Les- lle Gonce, 14, “baby bandit,” by Deputy Sheriff Charles Fiscus of Pueblo, Colo., has been upheld by the Colorado Sheriff's assoclation. A resolution adopted by the or- ®anlzation at its convention yester- day declared that “the sentiment of the people should be with these officers.” Young Gonce still clings to life in a hospital here, although four bui- lets have been lodged in his body since last Friday,.one of which tore through a lung. The sheriffs sald they had consid- ered the circumstances and heard the stories of eyewitnesses before adopting the resolution, which gave the first detailed account of the boy's career from the peace officers’ viewpoint. The resolution said “this boy placed his hands and threatened the officers they attempted tq arrest him on the streets of Pueblo. The power company superintend. ent started out to investigate and, when he came to the break, found Dr. Cook standing nearby. The su- perintendent surmised that the doc- tor was “on the war path” again over the failure of the power line antl was surprised to be met by the remark from the physician, “Théy're out again, but T can't blame you this time.” “Evil Eye” Superstition Is Brought Into Court Dundalk, Ireland, Aug, 26 (® — “The evil woye™ a superstition which { Orient, has court here by been dragged into Mrs. J. McDonald. She charged Mrs. Mary. Martin with having cast “the évil eye” upon her child and doomed it to a life of {ll luck. A witness testified that a third woman cut the fringe from Mrs. | Martin's shawl and burned it un- der the child’s nose in the belief | that ‘the spell cast upon the infant | would disappear with the smoke The magistrate refused to take the case seriously. |Empire State No Longer Champion Onion Grower Chicago, Aug. 206 (P»-New York on his gun [state has been deprived of its laurels | when |as the champion onion producer of | i\hc cou A report today from the govern- NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926. SAVING OF $48,000 BY PAYING BILLS State Takes Advantage of Dis- count Clauses Westport, Aug. 25. (& — State Comptroller Frederick M. Salmon, who has inaugurated a sew system | saving to the state of more than | 848,000, exclusive of trade or special discounts, during the first year of | the new During the fiscal vear from July 1, 1925, to July 1, 1926, the new system, of taking ad- | vantage of cash discounts offered, netted the state exactly $48,551.02. | Asked for Account | TIn furtherance of Governor Trum- bull's thrift policy and the national administration’s economy example Comptroller Salmon asked the board of control in January, 1925, for the authority to appoint an expert ac- countant who would “investigate the state’s disbursements and ascertain | if here was any possible means of |from all over the state are expe | affecting a saving. Has the Facts Robert A. Knight of Fairfied was | appointed to his position and the | saving of more than $48,000 by the “When the deputies approached ment bureau of agricultural econo- [ cmployment of one man sounds like him t@ complete the arrest,” adds the resolution, “he drew his gun and levelled it at the officers and said: ‘T will kill you.” Thereupon the offi- cers shot and the boy dropped to the mies says: “The east seems to be |losing prestige as a chief source of fall and ‘winter onfons, and this |honor is shifting 4o the mid-western and far western states. Indiana has one of those investments often heard about but seldom seen. How ever, Comptroller Salmon has all t} | facts in his office, and in his st {men he has tabulated the vario | plays a large role in the | for payment of state bills, reports a | Mer th James Meriden fune |to attend Chief ral will home, 2 o'clo will | in C ’L Dead Police Chief \URPHANS HAPPY AT polic institution and that these affairs are vividly remembered by the “kids,” may well be imagined after two of them approached a member of the Sommittee yesterday and said “Mis- ter, don't forget us at Christmas.” Needless to say, the request from the two tiny tots will not go un- heard Big Hotel Trust Has Iand the vaudeville theater “Winter : b garten”, s Been Formed in Germany |*'; addition the consortium by s Berlin, Aug. 26 (®—The largest| merger has acquired the celebral.c hotel trust in Germany has been|chain of Aschinger's quick service established by the acquisition of the|lunch rooms found in every sectior majority stock of the Hotel Betriebs|of Berlin and many smaller cafe: Gesellschaft by a consortium head-|and restaurants. ——— ed by the Arnhold Brothers, bank- Because of the success of the two | ©'S: Who control the Berliner Hotel| SOLICIT MEMORIAL FUNDS Bari, Ttaly, Aug. 26 (P—The citi- outings thus far held, it will be an |Gesellschaft. | \nnua r. Members may feel at | The consortium controls seven zens of the village of Castellanetas, liverty at any time to contribute to |leading hotels—the Bristol, Kaiser-|birthplace of Rudolph Valentino, Palace, have opened a public subscription | the Yunds for these purposes which |hof, Central, Fuerstenhof, | will be handled by the house com- |Baltic and Bellevue, It also con-|for the erection of a monument to guests of Daly Council, | mittee. | trols the historic Cafes Kranzler and |his memory. on the second an- | | Lake Compounce | total of 122 children 1 to say that they had the OUTING BY K. OFC. Knights Entertain 122 Children | . at Lake Compounce | The inmates of the Polish Orph- ne, were statem 1 the fund through which i le possible is made up of y contributions from the rs at large. committee of the coun- s in charge of the event and terially assisted by a special from Court Columbia aughters of America, Ir nd taking care of the t the lake. t New Britan in two which were filled to Changes to the Com- wera made nville slon Storie Quality - Servic: - Yalue - JANDRIGAN, Herald.) Police —final Clearance Summer Garments Goodby! —Everything Must Go e funeral services J. Landrigan of rtment from “his la n short hildren were given grounds. Every- to the members of -roun pt in a fe- long. A the ent will Mass, day the i irl to Try Swim Across [ Mouth of Delaware Bay Lewes, Del, Aug. (A —An at- tempt to swim across the mouth n" e Delaware I from Cape May, . e N. J., to Cape Renlopen, Del., will Indiana Farmer Kills be made tomorrow by Miss Maxine Meitzner, 16, of Ocean ty, it eather conditions are vorable, according to information here sidewalk.” DOCTOR'S AUTO DARKENS TUPPER LAKE HOSPITAL Hits apparently gained first place among | departments and state institutions | the main-crop states.” according 1o the amount of their | | Indications are that the savings through this system of pay- onfon crop of the country this ing Dbills, son will exceed 16,000,000 bushels, an increase of nearly 10 per eent over last year. The official forecast A 120,000 bushels for Indiana, 2-| Man in Crops Argument 000 for New York. Rockport, Ind., Aug. 26 (A—Au- thorities moved today to bring charges of murder against James O. ° Pattie, 65, wide.y known southern Indiana land owner who last night shot and killed Richard Wilkerson, | I harge 30, in what is said to have been an T FOR ; day will argument and fight over division of ! a corn crop. Wilkerson was an employe on one of Pattie’s farms | near here. Pattie was lodged In jail a few hours after the slaying and was held | were servec without bail pending an investiga- H. tion. twrnable in the | ond Monday ni § it is possible to p total < had made plans 1 athletic field d at the hich both the gi nd A Great Clearance of 35 Beautiful A Sale All Women Will Welcome 31 Summer Silks Formerly $5.00 and $5.95 417 participate, but w to call the cl would on to « the fun, it was de to-l to call it off for the day. I and ‘60 prizes had been r to be given to the win- » were turned over to to be given be held at th e day next week 1 in age from tired ,car Pole and Snaps Wires APPEAL IN AUTO SUIT. An apeal to the court of common pleas from the decision of Judge B. | W. Alling in the city court last week {has been taken by the defendant in the action of Louis Gitlitz against Bearing Light Current to o ialstarca. bebween capes is about 12 1 the two| """ Veterans' Retreat. DI'ESSGS FOHT] E’l’l_\' $19.75 and $15.75 Tupper Lake, N. Y., Aug. 26 (P— The United States Veterans' hospital | here has had considerable trouble in|ine Capitol Paper Co. of Hartford the past obtaining a steady flow of | Judge Alling ruled that damages electric light current, because of the (3265 be paid the plaintiff. The orig- long distance over which the trans-|inal suit was for $300. Harry Gins- mission lines must be strung, but|iurg represented Gitlitz. i Dr. Richard L. Cook, commander in| The action grew out of an auto- charge, recently unwittingly was the [mobile accident on Orange stre cause of a mew power line failure.|last winter, in which a Capitol P: While driving along a highway & |per Co. truck and a machine o short distance from the hodbital,|ated by Gitlitz were involved Dr. Cook lost control of his car and|ren Maxwell, counsel for the Hart- Thomas Milligan are memb struck one of the poles carrying the|ford concern. has notified Attorney the committee in charge of arrange- power line. The pole did not break, | Ginsburg of the filing 6 an appeal. ments for the 61st annual reunic but it elanted so that the wire were The case is returnable in the court|of the Twentieth Regiment ass broken and both this village and the|of common pleas the first Tuesday | tion, h is being held today in hospital were put in darkness. in October. Grange hall, Cheshire sot dren range 16 and it wa non-payme 20TH REGIMENT REUNION William E. 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