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ws of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD-., 2/ // /] NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1927. —TWENTY PAGES. MEMBERS OF BOTH HOlew: o= OF CONGRESS USING LIQUOR TO EXCESS Representative Celler of New York Makes Charges and Urges That Poison Be Elim- | inated from Alcohol. Senator Edwards Demands to Know if Wheeler Has Had Any Hand in Pois- in Con-| ference. | oning—Mellon Washington, Jan. 3 UP—Having | been furnished over the holidays with a new angle of prohibition dis- cussion, members of the scnate and ho today plunged into debate of the subject of poison alcohol whi (reasury chemists, at Sccretary’s Aellon's direction, worked toward preparation of a mon-polsonous formula for denaturing the produce. The house reccived a number of solutions to govern the practice A Representatite Celler, democrat, a wet, charged members and senate with drink- He urged that poison ed from alcohol on n grounds. | b the charge on the | s led by S . New Jersey, | ented a resolution asking | Mellon for full informa- i then launched inte an e supporting his pro- specch Members Accused tement that mem- > and senate “drink was made on the hous floor by Representative Celler, who, 2lled upon his colleagues to kec naturants out of industria o protect those who “ape Celler's speech | bate during , dem- “it al-| s to drink | ive La | Yor! | blunt | | poison de 1leohol their rted a ich Repre t, Texas, better declared nst the la while Represen New a resolution reguesting in- n from llon under cover prohibition | New York City. of the exchanges, Fairchild, republi- | , introduced a_reso- to federal offic there is “no such thing as legal- 4 murder” and that “any feder: icial that causes poison to be used | denatured alcohol does so upon n responsit and at his n rish The house debate iz centered about from alcohol during the as holidays. | lie use of lethal substances and | deadly drugs in denaturing alcohol is a most crucl form of enforce- | ment,” said Celler, “the gullt for the slaughter of tho of people | e (Continued from Page 13) DISCUSS COMMITTEES IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Hall, Rackliffe and Judd|; to Take Office 1 Wednesday | | an old-fashioned single-barreled pi | trousers pocket as she handed the |government, | trigger could not be worked. ‘38 BALL PLAYERS ARE *auoy) ‘pIoJIIH “3d9q APV CELENELITTR) DS HILLE, DEAD NOT BURED: WAR SCENES AWFUL Diaz-Sacasa Battle in Nicaragua Is Described by Veteran Fighter WOUNDED CRAWL INTO SWAMP LANDS 70 DIE ACCUSED OF PARK CITY WOMAN INSTANTLY KILLED Pistol, Falling From Husband’s New Yorkers Spend $2,590,000 in Welcoming New Year But Clean-up by Night Clubs is Disappointment Only “Sucker” and “Elderly Play-boy” Remained to Be Fleeced, Newspaper Says—Analysis of 17 Samples of Liquor With Famous Brands Shows Not One Genuine. New York, Jan. 3 (P — New York's night clubs at their best are | no more than poor substitutes for the old-time saloon back-rooms and |rgses arranged as a Noutonniere, at thelr worst hangouts for white {$4.50 ine wine with bicarbonate | Night club prices quoted by the World follow: Half pint ginger ale, $1; ten ordinary brand cigarets in pecial package, $1; four small Pocket Discharged WAS FOUND IN GITY DUMP| Mrs. Klembara, 42, Was Handing | | Thonsands of Vultures Hover Over | Battlefiecld Where Dead Number! 302 — Conservatives to Draft All‘ Males Between 112 and 50—Gen- | | | Husband His Clothes When Weap. | '8l Diaz Again Accuses Mexico, Muzzle | Of Alding Rebels. on, an Old-Fashioned Loader, Fell Out. Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 3 (P—| Final reports of the three-day battle last week at Las Perlas (Pearl La- goon) show it to have been bloodiest of the present war between the forces of the Diaz conscrvative government, and the Sacasa lfberal Bridgeport, Jan. 3 (A—Mrs. Lena Klembara, 42, was instantly killed shortly before 10 o'clock today when tol dropped from her husband trousers to him, the single cartridge | (Previous dispatches said the lib- in the gun being discharged as the |erals were victorious, the conserva: weapon hit the floor. . |tives retiring their main body to Kl The putol)ms one which 12-year- | pjuff, where they were disarmed by old John Klembara, one of the (o American naval authoritie woman's six children, had found in Tpeir rear guard was overcome by an ash barrel several weeks ago and |¢ ) (T 5 which Gregory Klembara, his i the 1,800 liberals tather, had faken away from him | Of th® 1§ Lty Al when he brought it home. The hoy |, 0" " e 0 Ll A I i tm. was locking for junk when he found | : o s possible to give the respective | the old weapon, mouldy and corrod- | i 2 2 B od, ita hammer rusted so that the |TOM (%0 “":"" e A ad Arc Not Buried Recently Returned Home No attempt was made to bury the *Klembara is a former city garbage {dead, and many of the wounded collector who had a leg broken in {crawled off into the swamps to die. a fall from a garbage truck a year |Thousands of vultures are hovering ago. He had been in the hospital [over the battlefield, for nearly a year but was permitted | Frank R. Mitchell, World was to come home shortly before Christ- | veteran and soldier of fortune in mas. {many Central American revolutions, Klembara was in bed when his today termed the scene after the wife entered the room to give him |hattle as indescribable. a cup of coffee, and told him he! “Hard-hoiled as I am,” he said, !“I had to turn away. T have never scen such sights in my career—not en in the World war, due to the lack of attention for the wounded.” | | May Draft Boys | The commander of the conserva- tive army announces it wiil be nec- | |essary to call out every able-bodied | | male between the ages of 12 and 50. | He has received requests from CALLED TO CHICAGO Landis Requests 'Them to | to allow the laborers fo proceed with the coffee harvest, hut says the Attend Meeting on laborers must go to the front. ! Wednesday and 1.300 302 s (Continued on Page 17) Diaz Accuses Mexico | Renewed changes of Mexican in-| !tervention in Guatemala are made in Chicago, Jan. 3 (P—Commission- a statement fssued by Adolph Diaz, | er Landis today sent telegraphic re- president of the conservative govern. | quests to 38 bascball players, urging 'ment, in power here. General Diaz's them to appear at 10 a. m., Wednes- | government Is recognized by the day, in conncetion with charges in- |Unlted States. while the liberal gov- volving Detroit - Chicago |ernment under Dr. Juan Sacaea at “sloughed” series of 191 |Puerto Cabezas s recognized by The list of players requested to ap- | Mexico. r includes the entire personnel of | “The future of Nicaragua and he Chicago and Detroit clubs for the |evéntually of all Contrai Amarica is 1917 season. Many of them now out at stake in the present conflict be- of the game. |tween my government and the Calles Iughie Jennings, former manager |government of Mexico,” the state- of the Tigers; Eddie Collins, recently ment says, signed to play with the Athletics;! Another filibustering Clarence Rowland, now an American | which he alleges was outfitted hy the | League umpire but manager of the | Mexican government is expected Sox at the time the games in ques- hourly on the Nicaraguan Pacific tion were played, and Ownie Bush, |coast. General Diaz says. and forces new manager of the Pirates, were are prepared to repel it. The expedl. mong those asked to come to Chi- |tion, he asserts, is the third “sent 180 to face “Swede” Risberg, form- [by the Calles' government against er White Sox shortstop, on whose Nicaragua.” and consls word the investigation s based. |ammunition, airplanes a Risberg since been banished military personnel, organized baseball, along with | Hopes to Repel Invasion 1 of his mates, for the crooked | Notwithstanding the present * orld’s series, of 1919, He told Com- nancial exhaustion,” of hls govern- ssioner Landis that members of [ment, he says. it hopes to repel the the White Sox paid some of the De- “latest Mexican invasion.” troit players for “sloughing off” two| (Spokes doubleheaders o that the Chicago | ment have denied re. team could be assured of the pen- | sever: ving milits | spender, 1en for the liberal govern- | nant. | committees | (Continuad on Page 18, mbly, which con- s still only in sion, senators and already decid- on which the Wednesd of discu r entatives have «d the committees would like to serve New Britain will be in the assembly by Senator Edward I Hall and Representative Fred O. Rackliffe and William H. Judd. Sen- tor Hail has served three terms at and Representative d one term. Rep- ¢ Judd has yet to sit in a tate office. It Is thought probable that Sena- or Hall will be reappointed to the ‘ommittee on appropriations on which he has had extensive experi- T He was member of the yinmittee during the ssion of clerk of the committee dur- the session of 1919 and senate irman of the committee at the m of 19 represented and Explain 'Two Men Who Sat on Case | Say Testimony by Knell‘ Girl and Henry Heller | Brought Conviction. | It is 21 months since Policeman | Ji Skelly met his death at the hands of a robber who was cau while burgling the Davidson & L cnthal store on Main street, this It was some time af that Gerald Chapman, | bandit and gunman, was charged with the murder, conv 1d hanged on the scafiold at Weth- | deld prison. At the time of his| 1, Chapman, due to the romance connected with his escapades as a| super-bandit and mail robber, be-| came somewhat of a hero. The jury which rendered the ver- diet of “guilty" which s Chap-! man to a murderer's death at the| end of a rope at Wethersfield, up to | Benjamin W. Alling of this| now has kept its peace. { will be sworn in as attorney| At last the silence has been brok-| ral of the state of Conneccticut|en and two of those © spoken, | tnauguration exercises on | “Gerald Chapman wa @ clever Judge Alling was for-|man but a ‘dumbbell',” is the char-| sentative from this city atfon given him by William | house leader at ths last|.J. Crockett of Manchester, “He was| position which made him|just a vellow crook who would as legislative matters| soon shoot down a baby as a police- propared him to step| [ ¢ office of aitorney general, | ht | Rackliffe served t the last ses the commit- relations wual and roll. He was clerk the committees on finance ani wnual and roll. It is believed that | will be reappointed to the com- o on fin at the coming ion because of the valuable ex- o d at the last term. is reported that Representative 1 will he appoiuted to the house + on bar on thre presen committ 1 of < on nd m; nee ne nesday I r et . a neteri milia (Continued on Page 13) fChapmam Jurors Break Eiléncé Verdict of Guilty| | General | Miss Walsh's condition CHURCH STREET GIRL ILL WITH SLEEPING SICKNESS Miss Florence Walsh Seriously But Not Critically Il At N, B, | | General Hospital | Miss Florence Walsh, daughtor of | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walsh of 64 Church street, is at New Britain hospital serfously 1l with | what has been diagnosed as an at-| tack of sleeping sickness. Although | is serlous, ded as critically 111, | ave a chance of re-| e is not re nd seems to covery. According to hospital authorities| the discase is not the same ag the ysterious African sleeping sickness which almost invariably proves tal, but is an infection of the men inginal lining which induces drowsi-| ness, sometimes developing Into a| coma from which the patient does ot awake, but often clearing up| gradually Miss Walsh is not always uncon-| cious, but can be aroused suffi-| ntly enough to take nourishment. | She is under the care of Dr. David| . Waskowitz. Sho was admitted to! the hospital on Friday. ! New Britain people are sald to have recovercd from a :‘m\i-i lar discase within the past few years collar thieves, the New York World |of soda, known as champagne, $25 | s today. a quart; 2 orders potatoes, $3 The ever 2 orders of celery and olives, $2.20; newspaper . butter, $2.00; 2 cof flage for dwindling patronage one quart of liquor, | better class of citizens, it clines to be further made a * er'” by “as educated a group 0‘1 money seckers as this city has de- veloped in its sophisticated tory."” Poor Food, Wol Poor food, worse cheap entertainment, World, is offcred alone for boys from the Bronx or Drooklyn or from Yale, Harvard and Prince- ton,” or “for the male or fem sucker, fall guy, easy| mark, or whatever you want to call increasing prices, the r asserts, Is but camou- |2 of bread The |fees, 32, and 2,500,000 Was Spent New York American today timates that $2,590,000 was spent lon Year's eve. Of this amount, | $1,000,000 for taxi fares, ac- cording to taxi weel and | also ys h the of 17 samples of “the label famous was to be Liquor or ands, genuine. Pyridine muscles and bearing not one foun vhich affects the nervous system, was ound in five of nine samples, the | newspaper , and it was oniy in samples of rye and gin that ma 1 was found, were s thetie. Two New Deaihs two additional de reported yesterday, oholic cases were ad- llevue hospital. This total for the holiday to e total umber of m drinking since Christ- stood at 44, with almost them immediately ar poi- have caused New have the 19 heart On says, New Year's eve, the World the clubs with cover charge: o $40, empty plate, synthetic liquor at $20 a quart, and not fit to drink, and a pitcher, the stage was set greatest “clean-up” in Dr history. . “Clean-up” Falled But according to the World “clean-up” failed to mater By 3 o'clock, when gaiety wa posed to be at its he many of the clubs dark While re heavy, it was only the “elderly play-boy” with to squander who remained, newspaper declares, ALL FIRST LINE BATTLESHIPS OF NAVY IN CONDITION BUT SMALLER | VESSELS AR IN NEED OF REPAIR thre as mitted brought to th m: our-f following 3 son liquor was said to a in vmption of Year's over Christy i to thus caused a in idu\\l‘.rr.’\ Christmas, iccrease con money the 351 Need Reconditioning, House Naval Committee Reports—$314,552,680 Is Asked for Year—Nearly Two Million Lopped Off for Fleet Cruising Activ- Snappy Dances From America Are Barred By Soviet Russians Moscow, Jan. 3 (#) — The American foxtrot, shimmy and a ston were forbidden today soviet supreme council “or al education as unfit for soviet Russia’s proletariat 3 Dr. Semashko, commissar nees as ities. ndecent the fat Americ Danc regime, products o n bourgeoisie.” s of the imperial court involving “servile bow. ing, grimacing and curtseying, also were banned. The council declares that dancing in Russia must be spiritualized, united with physical culture to replace those interdicted. Washington, Jan. 3 (P — All of the first line ships in the Amer fleet are in good repair, but condition of vossels of lesser impor tance has, in some cases, neccs tated a reduction of their spee from 20 to as low as 12 knots an | hour. | | Emergency Would Be Grave Testimony this given before house considering naval tions bill, closing t th vessels does not fously affect | their work, an emergency, such as| a war, might result in a congestion at shipyards when all facilities | would be required for converting | Failing to Aid (;arage merchantmen. | Rear Admiral John Halligan, Commission GIVE UP ‘TAXT" IDEA ect commit appropri reported out today, d to the the e was at while in times of peace | H]R [;”'Y AU’"] FLEET unimproved condition of the | Departments Reported head of the bureau of engineering, | informed the committee that he s in favor of doing as much re- ir wo at sea as possible not only because of the lower expense involved but because opportunit; thus w afforded to give scamen training which might stand them n good stead in an emergenc 351 Out of Condition He said the navy contemplated withdrawal of the Nevada and Oklahoma from the fleet in the fall of 1928 to recondition them. The total number of ships of all classes now out of condition is N Admiral Halligan told the commit- tee. Because city departments having to; cooperate with the garage commis- sion in an experiment to determine the de: on municipally owned mission has decided to ther steps in this direction. Chairman Brainard W. Brown of the garage board discussed the plan with chairmen of other commissions several months ago, and without ex ception they went on record as pre. ferring the present plan. It had been proposed to place cars at the disposal of departments during the hours needed and bill only for the period of actual service. This plan its proponents claimed, vould result °s of new automo- ; control of automobiles refused s “taxi" rs, the com- ke no fur- rability of a system Cut of $1,950,000 Proposing a cut of $1,950,000 in the funds for cruising activities of the United States fleet, but other- wise providing for maintenance of the navy about as it is now, the annual navy department appropria- tion bill was reported to the house today by its appropriations com- mittee. It carries departments dec system on the gro ild impair the efficie it required ag; that of on the ¢ chauffeurs. L total of $314,552,680 e for all branches of the navy for the scal year beginning next July 1, a decrease of $5,3 comparcd with current funds and $150,97 below budget recommendations. No Cut for Marines | The committee refused to accept | the budget proposal for a reduction of 1,200 men in the enlisted strength of the marine corps, and provided for continuation of its| present size of 18,000 enlisted men, | 1,020 commissioned officers and 1 rrant off [ mate navy is good, Anothc} Heavy Earth Shock Rocks California Calexico, Cal., Jan. carth shock was felt here shor: fore five o'clock this morning. damage followed the tremor, which came as two severe jolts. A railroad worker reported shocks occurring at intervals of about one hour. The movement at about & o'clock was the most noticcable of the shakes during the night and early morning. | { condition of the | the committee re- ported. “The personnel situation continues on the wupward trend.| g Both will improve, the committee believes, under this bill." Provision is made for continuing naval enlisted th at 82,600 nd the offi including line, staff and wa nt officers, at 8,710, The food ration is based on 55 cents THI WEATHER with slowly rising temper- ature, followed by light rain |Governor Trumbull's Average Daily Circulation For b st 13,933 PRICE THREE CENTS LEGISLATORS ARE MAKING READY T0 MEET WEDNESDAY Gancus Will Be Held Tomorrow Night—Hill Likely to Be Speaker WALCOTT IS SLATED AS SENATE HEAD PRO TEM. Inauguration Wednesday Afternoon — Question of Providing Additlonal Office Space for Various State ments Will 3¢ One of the Big Questions Coming Up This Session. (P)—The around the Jan. in and Hartford, nial bustle capitol w of a gencral assembly 3 bien- state ich precedes the incoming ssion began today as state employes made ready for the gathering which on Wednes- day rnoon will John H. Trumbull sworn in as governor for cond term When the E there was in prospect a r ted chamber for the House of Retp- > of the need of more room in building for the administrative departments, but nothing has been done. Wh ns were in view were laid aside to see if the problem of hous- ir wrious departme not be worked out differe ving the the honse as is now. for a w a plan put ¥ third nd opposite the ham- nd making the (uired the sccond floor available for nd other rooms needed Such rooms would of their rooms departments nd afford ¢ com- ige would floor ber on committee by t obviate some of the doubling up w accommod mittees. will be heard at about the needs of and it is forec will be done to mect those needs. Talk of New Building on gencrally held by the heads state buildirs ) will be removed th department, partment and the ucation, each of great deal of room which is now pa commodations. which requires a nd h of or outside ac- state police de- partment has ouiside offices and headquarters barracks and this de- partment could be brought into the new administration building. The state already has a location for a building and the legislature is like- ly to make an appro on for the administration building. Heads of state departments who are of the opinion that their officcs should re- main in the capitol point out that the great amount of business done by the motor vehicle and education departments, the constant streams of callers to the capitol, makes it urge that these be placed elsewhere the capitol once more become a place of dignificd quletude. Two de- partments which are sce addi- tional office space in the building are those of banks and health who are finding quarters decidedly cramped because of the large growth of their energies in recent ye Legislators also will have pointed out as another argument for an ad- ministration building that the rou- tine of st~te adminis 1y upset during the sitting general assembly bec comm are obliged to quarters for their hearings. is forecast that the gener: cmbly 12d to eliming excise and wom additior oin ru will of those on motor ration building, {0 be is likely to be pressed by vehicl 1t did to he b making forecasts o business that anythi to alter the capitol Alterations Ary 1ys been reluctance ition to it or to alter e new s he third floor ry had nd the > for a hich to make an its interios amber it was bec gone to its space a senate cham bec ah memt eral acutive offi and refurn as made o wuse the state libr building new w ass since ctive o b oriental ru Wbly one of state with latier Thom the most beauti ‘s old-rose colc pcus TOMOrrow. caucus will be he v th cast was the veteran aber from S| repub fck C. W o1k, will be named for o temvore of the senate possibilitics two years ive Hill Is a le xilile and with hence. hen some- | g is ready to be ¢ inauguration one. of Depart- | MALLEABLE IRON PLANT ON MYRTLE ST. IS SOLD TODAY TO EASTERN MALLEABLE CO. ABANDONPLAN FOR SINGLE ASSESSOR, Present Arrangement of Three| Members to Be Continued LINDER WILL HEAD BOARD Proposed Buildings and Foun- dries in Operation for 50 Years Included in Transaction. Order Run for Years — Prica Not Made [Sale Embraces Which ‘Will Several After | | of Transfer | Public. Change Dropped Nine Monthes' Consideration Be- cause Economy Anticipated Proves to Be Mythical. | | | | The Malleable Iron Co. plant a€ Myrtle and Grove streets, was sold today by Henry & Allen of Auburng Y. to the Eastern Malleabls Iron Co. which now controls among other p Vulean Iron come pany on John street, this cit The purch ncludes the several buildings and foundries, some ‘of which have been in operation for the alt century. Williang Waskey be continued as gens 1l manager of the Myrtle stree§ branch, and no other changes in tha nnel, which includes about 7& contemplated. the sellers, ace from the Swift ine sed it for the alleable and gray, | The {pense with the board of administration plan to and set up in its place a singl sessor will be abandoned and present plan continued in force v Thomas Linder, appraisal engineer. | chairman, and with two part-time a commensurate with the amount |work they are called upon to do. This decision has reached after nine months of consideration At first it was virtually agreed to ask the general assembly for mission to abolish the board and appoint a single assessor. This would necessitate a special act of the I ‘e since the state statute in force rcquires a boa three in every town. rded With Favor sessor idea was sug- or Weld after he took istants compensated in a degree | of‘ been 1 the plant terests who ha manufacture iron castin It had lor the Aubt per- market, and took it over g the wary ible to regular fucturers hooked full r castin for war purposes. Hen refore s d making th s at the Swift plant, outside be with as he wished to appoint Mr. Linder torte to the post. The mayor considered the move as desirable from a star point of efficiency and he a rded a money suving as a po: In the 1 re- ibit- . in during in this secure sufficicnt them to operate A% he war Ly expec tonnage economic: t of later deve and stndy the possibility monetary ad ¢ was dir since the one-man hoard would re- quire a male assistant versed in a te of de-| salary in proportion. The er now receives $4,- ! 000, and two opment of & However, after found five or six years® difficult to the same figure as it is tho . the chjective of shift be accomplished by appointing Linder chairman of the hoard. city officials have decided it is needle to go through the red tape of se- curing a special act. Appointments are made by the mayor for two- terms, and he has the power of moval ¥rank M. Zimmerman is chairman of the board. He s a democrat, and the only one of his party who ned a chairman- ship under the present administra- | tion. Linder is a republican. | B.C. PORTER SONS BUY * SITE FOR EXPANSION Will Erect Six Story Building Adjoining Present Home the care of at some other, fa owners, who also control n Iron Works. It is intie that later on the Henry & Allen contract will be handled at Troy, N. Y. since that factory is closer to Auburn and will make possible a freight saving. In the event that this change is brought about, the Myrtle street works may be converted to some other type of manufacture, the new owners regarding the plant and equipment out of date and not cona ducive of economical castings mane ufacture, MYSTIFYING ORIENTAL COMING TO THIS CITY [Rajah Raboid to Perforut Stunts Baffling Explanation new now | mated first real estate deals ummated in the new year today when B. C. Porter| urchased from Arthur T.| the four story brick building| in the rear of the Rogers| ‘l Rajah boid, famous Oriental Governor | block on Main street. This plece of property adoins B. C. Porter Sons' ding and also their Court t propert; Porter Sons, feeling the need £ increased facilities hecause of ra- iy Increasing business, is plan- to ercet a six story addition to their main building and to use their lv acquired property for ware- and work rooms, he deal was handled the Louie & Jones agency. BELIEVED DEAD MANY YEARS, SAILOR RETURNS Struck by Falling Tree, Aged Sallor through tecovers Memory, Vague Since Attack. . N. §., Jan. 3 P—The mis f the last 80 years have rolled away for Frank Bu saflor and wan- crer, low fever at Gibraltar years ago, | according 1o a story he told police | Knocked unconsclous by a falling | tree near here a fow days ago, Bur- who is about id | that when he recovered, his memory of his wanderlngs during the last | 30 years. hitherto vague, became | clear. He said he recalled sailing | 1l as a lad of 15, a ges to the United . South America, and Aus- In Boston, last September, | he said, after being “paid off” he {was attacked by thugs at a whart | where he intended boarding a ship | for Nova Scotia. 1 Inquiry last night revealed that a | ank Burgess left Center Burling- | tralia. reported to have diad of yel- | who is to appear at ater as the featura 1l next week. has Jjust ged by the New Britain ald to give a most unusual and ifying performance next Tuese oon for the public of New, Britain. erybody knows how hard it is to drive a motor car in ffic downtown at noon and to do. it with both eyes open. Rajah Rae boid, however, with his eyes sealed with many strips of adhesive tape and so bound up that not a tract of light can ¥ drive his car through traffi for all lights and pedestrians other obstruce tions, back up and turn corners, strictly obeying all traffic regulas master min tions How he a daring minds in t stops at many of the s on his daring dr! enter the store while blindfolded and publicly de< scribe many articles of merchandise s to quality, mate make and price. Rajah formance at questions pe present and fut such best will make ading stores ble to perform 1 the He is Raboid will at each per= the Strand answer all 5 to past, re of business and th the | domestic affairs without the aid of the ingui ing o writing his ch the Herald every day for further details of the drive, and stores to be visited. Don't miss the thriil of secing this secmingly une canny feat a week from tomorrow at noon, the starting point to be une nounced later ary, Ind.,, Jan. 3 (®—Lou Ushe er, 35, former All-American tackley was Killed near Calumet City, Tllg Trumbull will be on Wadnesday after | ton about 25 years ago and that his | when his motor car collide dwith & (Continued on Page 18) |mother was told he had died at | Gibraltar shortly after. l Calumet district bus. The driver of the bus, Earl Collins, 1s missing.

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