New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1926, Page 28

LITA GREY SUING CHARLIE CHAPLIN Wants Divorce, Alimony and (Custody of Children Los Angeles, Dec. 17 (® — The matrimonial bark of Charles Chap- lin was headed for the divorce court today following the announce- ment by his estranged wife, the former Lita Grey, that she had In- structed her attorney to fille suit against the screen comedian. Attorney George Beebe, who made the announcement for Mrs. Chaplin yesterday, bxplained that all attempts to settle the Chapiins' marital diffculties out of court had railed. He said he was busy prep ing the petition but would not in- dicate on what grounds the divorce Shortens Process of Making Old Bowsttings Sacramento, Cal,, Dec. 17 (P — | F. J. Lewls, state storekeeper, has | discovered & simple way of making | bowstrings, and has succecded in shortening the process by half. | A properly plaiged bowstring, | Lewis says, is tfin the middle, be- | coming gradually larger toward the | ends to take up vibration. He has | worked out an arrangement consi |ing of a series of pegs, each three- | quarters of an inch from the other, |over which the bowstring strands ;ure looped. After the required num- | ber of loops are made, the strands are cut to the desired length by run- | ning a knife down the center. Then | they are rolled, waxed and plaited | into a bowstring. husband and two contributed She did not take drink, |names be witharawn from the pro- | ceedings. | Rich and Hart said they had | brought suit in good faith, and ab- |sce Isolved their -client of any blame, ying the document had been | brought to light by David 8. Moore ,of Hillsboro, N. C., who has since disappeared. BUTLER WITNESS - FOR AGCUSED MaN \“Dry” Advocate Aids Man Held for Taking Liquor a ; iths, in whose honor the party given, corro. borated Mrs. Dodge’s story and s: Colonel Green displayed no confs- lcatea liquors there. She also de- nied that the former dry director |took a quantity of liquor with him |when he took her automobile rid- | sbruary. ¥ Mrs. Virginia Worthen, a widow, fied that she visited Colonel en at his hotel to discuss a ma- ention in which he in | oo |chine gun ir and her hust ly interested. testimony was loffered by the defense to counter- lact testimony that Colonel Green |entertained women at liquor parties {in his room. [ nd had been mutual- 17 (A—The women was used in the trial of Col. Ned M. Green yesterday in the at- tempt to refute charges of the n Trancisco, Dec. LAWYERS ADMIT | testimony of th v the defe East Hampton Has $10,000 Fire Loss as House Burns thampton, Dec. 17 (A —Poco- WL IS FORGED sovernment that he embezzled con. | topaug lodge was burned to the for the coming year: Commander, W. Barker, vicar of St. Mary Mag- | dalene, church, in London working class district, believes in taKing the |ing conversion over a casual glass of beer. On this account he has | become known as the “Publican’s Bishop,” of which title he is very proud. “If my parishoners won't come to | church, the only thing I can do is | to take the church to them, which 1 do nearly every day in the year, ] | vice-commander, Harry Norton; of- The officers will be installed in a joint ceremony with the officers of . « |January 5. Department Commander | {Tourists Are Asked 0 Give|stewart ot Briaseport and s Q i | president, will be the installing offi- Liatest Designs fpees Parls, Dec. 17 (P—stamp collec- | Vicar Talks Gospel policemen, who politely strip the Over Glass of Beer tourists’ letters-from-home. an American?” ventures the side- walk pounding philatelist of the cas- who perhaps displays apprehension and tries to hedge. | stamps about you, sir?” the officer, whose title is “agent,” hastens to in- well as a guardian of the peace. 1 yould like to have some of your lat- S’I‘AMP [;[]llE[:’"N[i ficer of the guard, Frank Bohmer. i | the A. G. Hammond auxiliary | Addie Mertz of New Haven, state | ing is a hobby of some Montmartre | “I beg your pardon, but are you ual pleasure seeker from abroad, “Have you any new American quire, “You see, I am a collector, as est iss if you have any of the en- Gustaf A. Carlson; senjor vice-com- mander, William C. Kramer; junior | *London, Dec. 17 (A—The Rev. A. ! | church to the public house and talk- | NSURANGE G0, AVOIDS PAYING Takes Refuge Behind Legal Technicality in Thelt Case New Haven, Dec. 17 (P—The final chapter in the holdup which | brought a close to the criminal career of “Big Mike” Riccitelll bandit who was killed or com- | mitted suicide to avoid capture by the police in Stratford after a hold- up of a jewelry store in New Haven lon February 4, 1925, was written | by the supreme court of errors to- day, when in a decision by Justice | George E. Hinman, Samuel Korinoff, proprietor of the jeweiry store at | No. 405 State street, New Maven s | barred from collecting $10,673 from {the Maryland Casualty Co. The | amount represented the difference early today. The medical examiner said that death apparently was due to natural causes. He was 78 years old and a member of the Harvard class of 1872, Santa Claus has free gifts fos kiddies at The Big Store.—advt. 1 il toge Eround by a fire of un- er the would be sought. cd liquor with which to stage Sround : velopes in your pockets. Already I |says the vicar. “I have always found | between the value of the bandit's Beebe at first indicated that the petition might be ready for filing today. The complaint was not ready last night, however, when the attorney had planned signature. Speculation is rife as to what the complaint would charge. Mrs. Chapltn accused her husband of cruelty and an exchange of charges passed between his wife for several days following their separation. Mrs. Chaplin will insist that she awarded the custody of their Charles Spencer, ir, rle, and will demand settlement in keeping her law- be ancial ser former statlon, ver has indicated Whether Chaplin will file a cross complaint depends wholly on th allegations set out in his wife's pe- tition, his attorney, Lloyd Wright, sald. See Santa Claus at The Big Store. —advt. to take | the papers to Mrs. Chaplin for her | the comedian and | otous part A further f was the testimony 1 General Smedley D. Butle: listinguished enemy of alcohol, who appeared as a character wit- ess for the deposed prohibition irector. General Butler was tand but a moment. H hat the accused man h ellent reputation as to in y, honesty and probity. He was nol ross-examined. T al neared its end today. Defense attorneys inced they had but two more witnesses to present, and the prosecution prom- ised to use not more than an hour for rebuttal. Arguments and Fed- | St. Sure's instruc- were expected to oceup t the remainder of | court day. | Mrs. J. L. Dodge, wife of a re- | ture of the defense's of Briga Their Withdrawal Leaves Hop- | kins Bstate Uncontested (P —The 1ti-mil- h has San Francisco, Dec ate of Mark Hopk lionaire railroad builc accumulated into a fort mated at $300,000,000 | death many y ago, |today in the possession of |of heirs headed by Samu kins following the disc | “lost will” upon which |leged helrs had based redistribution of the forgery. The suit was thrown out of su- perior court hi lay on mo- {tion of attorneys for the claima P. D. McCandiess, a lather, of San Jose, Cal. The attorneys, H. W. i Rich and A. L. Hart, made short tired army colonel, testified she at- |work of the when they an- |tended a “birthday party” with her nounced that after an investigation husband in the apartments of Col- they had found the will to beonel Green, and that the only liquor |spurious and asked that their |served was a bottle of whiskey rs e a suit for estate, is a known he damage Is esti- mated y $10,000. The property, owned by Former Pro- bate Judge N. B. A. Carrier of Mid- Haddam, had been unoccupied since the summer season. The fire, overcd at midnight by occupants y a Room, 25 feet aw ad uch headway that an hour later the volunteer fire depart- ment gave up efforts to save it and ied its attention successfully to room, Carrier's dance and the bungalow of B. S. Irotter of Elmhurst, L. 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