New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 18, 1927, Page 2

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1927. |(our scrooLs ) WEBSTER ADMITS | S LUCKY MAN i E. McMonigall, the township's heg Cleanup of Junk Pile known character, have found thery Nets Small Fortune|seives in a treasure hunt which a London, Feb. 18 M—O0Of all the Millburn, N. J., Feb. 18 (#— ready has ylelded nearly $K,Im1 queer titles with which this cosmo- Police detailed to clean out a 25 | The clean-up was ordered by speci: politan capital abounds, is one late- | year accumulation of rubbish, junk | ordinance of ‘the township commi ly bestowed on a young London and rags, from the four room shack | tee which termed the place a fig the witness stand and again when the district attorney demanded a first degree verdict. She was seri- | ously 1l last night, Queer Title Given to Chiropodist for King PENNILESS BUT LIVES IN 4 ROOM DWELLING REPUBLICANS 10 OPEN UP SURVEY Hilles Starts Tomorrow on Tour of Conntry New York, Feb. 18.—{/—Charles D. Hilles, vice chairman of the re- publican national comnittee, starts tomorrow on a reconnoitering tour of the country 1928 pre-convention campaign. Consulting with party leaders in all important centers, Mr. Hiiles will endeavor to learn the trends of sen ment particularly on prohibition on the renomination of Pres Coolidge. The survey also will in- clude business conditions. All sections of the country will be visited. Mr. Hilles will stop in Chi- cago and other cities on his way we to Los Angeles and San Fra will return by way of New Orl and Atlanta. Mrs. Hilles will accom- pany him. In announcing his plans after con ferences with President Coolidge and with William M. Butler, of Massa- chusetts, chairman of the republican committee, Mr. Hilles said he belie ed “only a law enforcement republi- can can be electe in 1928, He declared New York state is *virtually solid for” the re. of President Coolidge and addec he is a candidate a year hence, with conditions as they are now, he wil be renominated and elected.” * ns Mr. Hilles said President Coolidge | bad not Informed him as to whether he plans to run again. Asked who might be the nominee if not Mr Coolidge, Mr. Hilles observed: “There are many favorite sons. instance there is Governor Lowden, and Vice-President Dawes, also from Tilinols; Senator Borah, Senators Willis and Fess, of Ohlo; Senator Watson of Indiana, and other up- standing men.” Another prominent member of the republican party also leaves tomor- row for the west. Dr. Nicholas Mur- ray Butler, president of Columbia untversity, an tion, and who momination of to speak in St. on state rights. is opposed to the r President Coolidge, is Paul and Minneapolis preparatory to the isco, | opponent of prohibi- | | mediate Prospect of Collecting ' Altmony. | Los Angeles, Feb. 18 (M—Lita | Grey Chaplin today went on Uving, | technically penniless, In the 40-room | Chaplin mansion in Beverly Hills | with no immediate prospect of ¢ol- lecting temporary alimony from her wealthy and distinguished husband |as the resuit of a series of adverse And Lita Gray Chaplin Has No lmAl | rulings by the appellate court in her divorce litigation. A series of decisions handed down re district court of appeals yes- y disposed of four appeals nade by Charlie Chaplin’s attorneys from superior court action in the case The appellate court ruled the su- perior court had exceeded its juris- diction in awarding $4,000 a month temporary alimony to Mrs. Chaplin without serving legal notice on her | husband In the proceedings. The ap- pellate order restrained the receiv- ers in charge of Chaplin’s property here from paying the alimony, which Mrs. Chaplin's attorneys have tried {vainly to collect for several wecks. | She won, however, in the denial {of three other petitions for writ of prohibition asked by her husband's attorneys, striking at the receiver- ship and at restraining orders placed by the superior court on the hand- ng of the comedian’s affairs by Al Reeves, his business manager. ANTI-SUICIDES | - NOW ORGANIZING | | Baltimore Organization Has | Hiembership of 13 Baltimore, Md., Feb. 18 (P—An Anti-Suicide club with an initial membership of 13, whose members ! pledge themselves to take speclal courses in psychology, study student | habits of thought, and discourage { has been formed at the Uni- | ~Photo by Johnson & Peterson WALVEFE: E. SCHOBER Drafting Instructor and Athletic State Trade School | Manager, | Walter E. Schober has not only |attained sual success in his work as drafting instructor at the State T school but has also |been successful in turning out win- |ning athletic teams whose spor: |manship under his guidance has |always been of the highest grade. His native home is in Sag bor, Long Island, but he lived in | Waterbury for many years. He completed a machine shop appren- ticeship at the Waterbury Mig Co. |and was graduated from Pratt in- stitute in 1916 after taking the 1. [M. E. course. Further technical experience was received in the teacher training course conductel by the state board of education. He {taught day and evening classes at | worcester Boys® Trade school, | Worcester, Mass., and was the in- !structor in charge of the Vestibule |school at Reed & Prince Mfg. Co., | Worcester. { He had 14 years’ industrial ex- | perience in Waterbury, Naugatuc |and Detroit. The trade school bas- team this year is among school boy teams in ketball |the leading READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | versity of Baltimore. Formation of |Connecticut. At the present time it FOR YOUR WANTS R R YR At The “Handy Hardware” Store {the club was announced today after |reports had been received of two {more student suicides in the United States. The Anti-Suicide club membership includes both men and women stu- dents. Its motto is “Live and Let |Live,” and its organizers expressed | hope that it would expand to com- | [leads the Senior County “Y” leagu ‘“'IU\ 11 victories and no defeats land s favored to win the cham- plonship. i Kipling Returns Gift Armadillo to Donor | Rio Janeiro, Feb. 18 (A—Rudyard Guilty of Murder But in Second Degres, Jury Rules Mineola, N. Y., Feb. 18 (A — Thankful that he escaped death inj the electric chair,” Harold F. Web- ster is awaiting sentence Monday on the second degree murder verdict re- nst him for the killing of r-in-law, Mrs Catherine turned ag his mot? Fallow i The jury returned its verdict early | today after nearly eight hours de- liberation. “You are a very lucky man, Webster,” said Judge Lewls J Smith. The cringing and trembling that had betrayed his anxiety while the jury deliberated vanished as Web- ster's chest heaved in relief when the verdict was announced. “Yes, |sir, T an,” he answered to the court. The sentence for second degree murder may be imprisonment from 20 years to life. { Webster yesterday told the story of the killipg. Mrs. Galloway was clubbed to death in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dell C. Bassett, of pstead January 3. testified he asked Ga y to refrain from alleged slanderous talk about himself and his mother and to give her permis- sion to allow Mrs. Blanche Galloway Webster to accompany him to Florida. Mrs. Gailoway cursed at him, he said, and struck him as he started upstairs to see his baby They fought and Mrs. Galloway fell under blows of an iron bar wrapped 'in paper. | The prisoner said he had told his wife he had $5,000 on the day of but In reality he had only $ This was to reassure Mrs, Galloway, he said, and influence her to permit him and his wife to Florida. Webster, repudiated by his wite who previously testified that her love for him had turned to hate, yester- day heard his lawyers characterize him as “a weakling shiclded by his mother all his life, a jellyfish who inally exploded when he faced the icss of the only thing in life that meant anything, his wife and his |child.” The killing was not done in | premeditation, the lawyer said, “and he fair verdict against him is first egree manslaughter.” Mrs. LONE WOMAN I8 * SEASATIONAL RAID Armed With Pistol, She Arrests { Three Moonshiners Paulsboro, N. J.,, Feb. 18 (P—Mias | Edith Batten, stenographer ta 8herift |John B. Stattion, of Gloucester county, and the county’s only wom- |an deputy sheriff, craving excitement yesterday, raided an apparently va- cant house here and at the point of a pistol arrested three alleged boot- leggers and seized 200 gallons of | | | whiskey. “It was thrilling and I want to make some more raids,” said Miss Batten, after her prisoners, James Pendler of Paulsboro, his son, John, and a third man, were safely on their | way to Woodbury for a hearing be- fore Supreme Court Commissioner J. | B Avis. The honor of being the first wom- | an to conduct a rald In the county | | was brushed aside with a deprecatory | gesture by Miss Batten who sald she | “really enjoyyed it—every minute of odist to King George V.” The list of tradesmen who hold warrants of appoiptment to King George, Queen Ma&v of Wales s published at the begin- ning of each year. This list shows that some curious professions re- ceive royal patronage. !Include naturalists, a firm of phila | telists, a taxidermist, a chiropodis | (Miss Kelly), a monumental sculp- tor, several makers of kilts and tar- | tans, and purveyors of many Kkinds. Tradesmen who hold warrants of appointment to Queen Mary include manufacturers of hooks and ey chiropodist, invalid furniture makers and pin manufacturers. Holders of the Royal Warrant are allowed to display the Royal Coat of Arms on their business premises and stationery. | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS The Burritt Gift Shop, Inc. 85 W. Main §t., at the Professional Bldg. it. | man with that revolver in my hand,” she continued, “and, furthermore, I | realized the raid was serious busi- ‘ness and I was prepared to shoot if | they resisted, and of course John was with me.” | The John to whom she referred was John Sharp, veteran deputy, but he insistéd it was Miss Batten's | raid. The house raided, according to | Sharp, had long been suspected of inot being as vacant as it appeared to 'the casual observer. Yesterday afternoon there was a rumor of ac- | tivity at the house, and as the sheriff ;und all the other deputies were at court, Miss Batten insisted that she |be given a chance to go on and raid the place. ! “We arrived just in time,” Miss Batten explained. “There was a truck backed up to the door as if someone was going to move out of ;the vacant house. Luckily the door were surprised.” | The whiskey selzed was in five- Mrs. Alice Garrison, the prisoner’'s ' gallon cans, and was being prepared | | “Oh, I just felt as good as anyi | was unlocked mo we drew our re- | | volxers and walked in. My, but they | | mother, fainted twice on her way to | for shipment, Miss Batten satd. 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