New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1928, Page 2

INCOLN DISPUTE FINALLY SETTLED Ferryman's Records Setfle All Mooted Questios: Cannelton, Ind., July G.—W—An‘ swer to the question as to where Thomse Lincoln and his _tamily crossed the Ohio river when mov- ipg from Kentucky to Indinia, long a subject of conjecture to historians has been found in a document un- earthed in the Perry county court- house here, The Lincolns made the from the town of Cloversport, Ky.. to Tobinsport. Tnd., reveals. The old record, Judge Oscar G. Minor ,was dated August 0. 1866, and signed by Jacob Weatherholt, Jr., then 71 years old. It had been bound as an fnsert in a deed book. Weatherholt wrote: “My father, Jacob Weatherholt, Sr. ferried Thomas Lincoln and his family, his wife Nancy, daughter Sarah and son Abraham, aged 8, on their nyL from the hills of Kentucky to In- giana. They had a yoke of oxen, & ‘cow, a cart and sonie camping out- $it. They went by canoe and raft of from what is now Clover Creek, y., and camped overnight on land Y now own and next day made their way down the Indiana banks of the ‘Ghio by Indian trails and pulhv camping the second night at Rock Jaland, where General Lafayette was wrecked in 1825.” A duplicate of the document also has been found in the possession of iClarence C. Leaf, grandson of Jacob Weatherholt, Jr. Leaf owns part of the land described in the deed and operates a ferry between his heme at Tobinsport and Cloverport, | Where his great-grandfather Lincolns across. Boy Scouts Leave on Long Highway Tour New York, July 6 (A—IFour Boy Bcouts, all of Eagle rank, left today fn their own covered wagon on i wmational highway safety demonstra Hlon tour wihch will carry them mlong the entire length of the Lin- in highway, from Holland tubes. nder the Hudson, the starting ipoint, to Golden Gate park., San rancisco. The trip is expected to ‘eccupy five wecks. Two members of the national Btaff of Boy Scouts will personally direct the tour, which will recelve the co-operation of Boy Scouts all along the route. The aim of the trip is to install concrete markers &t uniform distances along the Lin- eoln highway. The Lincoln High- Way assoclation has several thousand dollars for manufacture of the sign-posts. When the demonstration trip s ended a signal will be given and Boy Scouts along the highway, in & single day, will install the posts on 3,100 miles of road. Those who started the westward the trek today are Edward B. Pratt of Fairfield, Conn.; Bernard Queneau of New Rochelle, N. Y.; Carl Zap- pee, jr. of Brainerd, Minn, and Mark Hughes of Joliet, IIl. Each scout is 15 years of age Five Year Institute Of Medicine, Mayo Plan Rochester, Minn,, July 6.—A five- year symposium on the history of medicine, with leaders in various parts of the world participating, 8 the plan of the Mayo Foundation for Graduate Medical Study and Research. Dr. L. B. Wilson is director of the foundation, which is associated with the University of Minnesota and the Mayo clinic. Five or six lectures will be given each winter, beginning this year. The foundation has conducted an annual series of lectures for several years at the state universities of Minnesota, lowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska; the Des Moines Academy of Medicine and Washington uni- versity at St. Louis. Bufl’ing—larMni(es New World’s Boat Record Albany, N. Y.. July 8 (UP)—De- spite * unfavorable weather A. T. Buffington of Vall River, Mass, broke the world's speed record for Class C outboard motorboat racinz here yesterday when he established the time of miles per hour for 2 six mile lap on the Hndson. Th- previous record was 34.28 miles per hour, made at Worcester, Mass Buflington’s boat, “Cute Craft Her- self,’ 18 eight feet, nine inches long. New Blood Transfusion For Howard M. Fuller Howard M. Fuller of 106 Willow strem underwent a second trans- fusion within a week yesterday aft- ernoon at the New Dritain General hokpital. The blood was furnished both tiies by his brother, James F Fuller., Howard's condition 1s still very serious, Nurse Saved This Baby From Chafing, Scalding, Rashes by Use of Sykes Comfort Powder West Chester, Ct.— ‘‘Sykes Comfort Powder has been used on this littl: boy with great auccess in keepin. his ekin free fror chafing, scalding. rashes and sore ness wl;jch is lhlr > cause of s0 much . 7>+ \ misery among children. In my eleven years work as @ nurse I have never found anything 1o equal Lottie E. kes Comfort Powder.” — loper. West Chester, Ct. i Thereason Sykes Comfort Powder is 80 successful in healing and prevent- Ing chafing, acalding, rasher and skin fieritations is because it contains heal- fing, antiseptic ingredients not found jn ordinsry taleums. Nurses call it A Healing Wonder."" ; a7 au sAvesrsTe SONPORT POWDER €O., BOSTON, MASS. il crossing | the document | found by Circuit | appropriated | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1928 NLITARY HONORS FOR WAR VETERAN Ex-Servicemen Attend Funeral 1 of Goorge Gandea Today Full military honors were accord- {ed George Gauden of 465 Church street, who dicd of heart discase while swimming at, Savin Rock | Tuesday afterncon at his funeral X g | which was held this morning at St. ! ! Andrew’s chureh. i Rev. Edward V. Grikis, pastor of the church celebrated a solemn high | |wass of requiem. Kev. Thomas J. | Laden, pastor of the Church of St. !John the Evangelist, was deacon, \and Rev. Father Gradeck was sub- | deacon. i Music appropriate to a military |funeral was plaved as the flag- | draped casket was being borne into Stanley Karnasiewicz, son of Mr. @nd out of the church. The pall 'and Mrs. Michael Karnasiewlcz ot ,bearcrs were David Ogren, Louis {102 Lasalle street is proving to be March, Willlam Scott, John Dolin- ! one of the city’s popular young sing- sky, Robert O'Leary and Cleon Bell. | ers, Since the organization of the| A guard of honor stood at atten- | new Holy Cross parish Mr. Karna- tion as the body was being carried siewicz has made himsel? quite well into and from the church. The known to thousands through his guard which later officiated as the singing at the church and at differ- firing squad consisted of Corporal {ent banquets and receptions. Dur- | Donald W. Hattings, Corporal John {ing the reception and dinner held a | Andrews, Corporal Joseph Zyppo. | week ago in connection with the and Privates Conrad A. Lindelof, solemn blessing exerctses of the new | Michael Nocera, Frank D. Mazza, |church, he rendered & number of Stanley J. Wolinski, James W. | American and Polish songs. which | Mason and Willlam Kenney. | were received with high approval.| pather Grikis conducted the com- | | Mr. Karnasiewicz posseases a Tich |mitta) services, taps were sounded, | ::?':;‘Z“Eh‘o"l::: 'G',‘I"M":l& "': "":::"‘.: |and a volley was gred at the grave. | {x0 400ay he maa solaist during the | DTIR Wa2 i @ Mary's cemeterr. radio debut of the club over WTIC. | Music lovers and critics predict a |Cragin Romance Has l;a‘:‘o:)l‘l.nlng future to the nungg Gone on Rocks S | New York, July 6§ (UP)—The ro- z {mance of Dr. and Mrs. Horace Cra- Cxty ltm | gin, who were marricd 14 years ago | | when both were tmpoverished stu- | dents, has gone on the recks just | Miss Grace Cohalan is recovering :at the time when their long battle |rapidly following an operation at | for success has been won. the New Britain General hospital| Mrs. Cragin, who was an art stu- last week. | dent at the Boston museum in 1914, | William Cowlishaw has brought married Cragin, who was then :',',"',,,”,',,g"‘:,,f"o’ Rontk o fo;w;on; studying medicine at Harvard. For S n property of Axel|years they traveled over the world ,l(n Z’;;:\":"‘!“j and d@ “""d“mnfi‘:""“- {accumulating knowledge and money ! abury road and BTIERLON | nth teday Cragin 18 a successtul street. Attorney Cyril F. Gaftney vi vi 3 represents the plaintiff. {Ehimctin: opilk A prlvate S torupe Officer Peter Cabelus today round- | °stimated at $180,000. d up six boys who damaged a house | Mra Cragin has asked for a sep- at 1476 Corbin avenue, and turned |aration. charging her husband with them over to the probation depart- attempting to kili her by giving her The arrests were made on an overdose of morphine. She also complaint of Mr. Scapellatl, whe is cites other instances of cruelty. {bullding the house. | i i £ the SN While in Paris, she sald, Cragin | Ofticer Wiliam ©'Mara, chairman | _\Wh1® 18 Faris, She S COEn ‘of the committee in charge of the| » Dolice feld day. mas called a meet. | b¥ telling her that she was merely ik 30 p. m., Tuesday, July 10, his spiritual companion and that he in the police court room. was in love with another woman, The police were notified today of _ The Cragins have a daughter. the suspension of the operator's li- Catherine, 10 years old. 'censes of Daniel Dragone of 25 Dwight street and Frank W. Mee- han of §5 Farmington avenue. | Michael Zigmund. aged 12 years, ‘of 226 East Main strect, left home Wednesday and has not returned, according to report to the police today. ] STANLEY KARNASIEWICZ | Well Gives Gasoline ! Instead of Water San Angelo, Texas, July 6 (M—A well which produces gasoline is one of the wonders of Jones county. { The well, originally dug for water, TR is 18 feet deep. The gasoline is, N 'I‘l:)l(,\' F. AT HOSPITAL Another new interne, Dr. Joseph L. Kalett is on duty at the hospital. Dr. Kalett ix a natlve of New Haven. | He was graduated from the New H public High schools and from | University in 1924, He went trom there to Philadelphia where he completed a course 1n medicine at the Jefferson Medical College, con- nected with the Jefferson hospital, in 1928, Later he went to Norristown, Pa., | where he was an intarne at the Ner- | ristown state hospital. | While in High school Dr. Kalet distinguished himself asz a bask hall player and later played on the Yale te: | | oil refineries, and motorists find it satisfactory. Investigation has revealed that the gasoline secps into the well from some nearby cavity in the earth. The fluid is taken out with a bucket, and the dally output was 100 gal- {lons for a time. | The well is in munity. the Stith com- BANK CLEARINGS New York, July 6.—(UP)—Bank | clearings $1,378,000,000; clearing | house balance $162,000,000; federal | reserve bank credit balance $137.- | 000,000, Playing children and working grown-ups require this light but nourishing food ! Delicious with fruit ---- Easy to digest | TRISCUIT - AWafer that's good for everybody ! VISITORS WELCOMR TO ALL FACTORIES A THE> NEW BRITAIN DRY CLEANING CORP, Perhaps You Have two or three garments hanging in your closet which you have not been wearing because you think they're a trifle shabby . . . or you're tired of the color. Don't throw them away. Our cleaning methods put new pep and vigor into any garment . . . or ... dyed one of the new bright shades, your dresses will look like new. - OFFICE - TELEDHONE HICKMAN'S ATTORNEYS 10 60 TO LAST COURT Pian te Appeal Noted Case to Su- preme Court in Washington— May Ask Commutatiion San Fraucisco, July 6 (UP)— At- torneys for William Edward Hick- man, sentenced to death for the murder of Marion Parker, planncd A ‘FULL DINNER Work Sounds Keynote for Cam- over the country at large to Iheue‘ men, since their nomination, has been almost unprecedented. | “They will, of course, carry the | party vote and also draw to them- | aelves support in great numbers | from those who think independently of political questions. “Former associates of Secretary Hoover in the food administration | overseas are eager for the opportun- | ity to assist in his election. Racial groups, because of his services for | thelr relatives in foreign countries, | who were distressed by hunger and | PAIL IS MOTTO paign of G. 0. P, Washington, July € (UP)=—The John A. Andrews & Co. Special for Saturday | almost. as pure as that produced in || today to bring the case before the ‘nited States Supreme court. Fuil- ing in that, they will ask Governor Young to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. destitution, now wish to demon- strate their appreciation. “The thinking masses, especially professional and business people have unlimited confidence in him x x “Hoover committees and _eclubs should be stimulated as auxiliaries to the regular organization and en- couraged to associate themselves with state organizations. to secure a common dircction of effort. “We should begin now to impress upon the thoughtiess, the privilege of the franchise, and urge them to prepare themselves for its exercise on eleetion day. “Fight missions of young men and young women are now eligible to vote for a president for the first time. They should be given especial | consideration by our committee members, “full dinner pail” prosperity issue was emphasjzed to republican lea- | ders again foday by Dr. Hubert Work, chzirman of the republican | national committee, in a letter to all The state court denied & new tial | aijonal commiticemen and com- to Hickman. The new trial Wa#| pirteewomen. sought on the grounds the law un-| . 5 5 2 der which Hickiman was convicted | Work directed oll orgunizers to S b instruct speakers to emphasize the The Supreme court, in its decision, | AFSUment that eloction of Governor upheld constituionality of the luw ! Smith nl\\]» Olll‘t‘r democrats would and overruled all technical [m\“ll-‘{‘.r(’."e 8 Aitustion I ‘Thh‘h *iprece- relating to the conduct of the trial, | 11t Warrants the belief that na- The decision throws the case|toD Prosperity woul cease again into the superior court, and Aggressive Fight o hew date for Hickman's cxecu.| Work's letter to national commit- tion, originally set for April 27, will | te¢ members urged an “aggressive be set. |campaign.” The lafter mentioned | only the taritf and prosperity lssues, 915 MURDERS BUT NO - | Woutd o taken up in tnter conn CONYICTIONS IN “CHI” | munications, Terrific Toll Tal Stress Objection “Our speakers should be adviscd to stress their objection to opposing candidates for the substantial reason that they are democrats; that the clection of these candidates would *“The campaign policy We propose {to follow will be informative and{ i constructive only,” the letter said. en By Gang Leadrs | “The promptings of conscience and | | personal liberty within the law are n “Windy City” In | Pot proper subjects for political de- | \' 3 trol of this government, and pre S : . | That comment was interpreted as|cedent warrants the belief that na- Chicago, July 6 (UP)—Two ycars 2 Warning to avoid the prohibition !(ional prosperity would cease, gang wars in Chicago have resulted | 1Ssue. in 14 murders with no convictions | Open Sept. 1 while bombers have little difficulty | _ Fastern headquarters in New in optaining their “pineapples”-~| YOrk Will bo opened Sept. 1, Work underworld term for bombsthe | announced. He conferred today with Iilinois Association of Criminal Jus- | S¢0aior George Moses, N. H., who T ey Lias been offered the eastern man- After an investigation the asso- | ‘SSTSDIP- . ciation reported bembs had been || TS W. Good. Hoover's pre-con- used in gamblers' wars, politics, la- | oo 00 Manager, iy : bor feuds and black hand plors to | hounced for @ conference with -L».Sx:?“}::j ‘b:‘;l']" ,"(‘,'-‘“co":““xi{:::: :o‘: “A tariff on imports to protect our bBin s workmen in the mills, mines and Few pealize the powerful matare | "C1d3 a8uinst the cheap labor of 4 a competing pations and to give em- of criminal gang organization, or | Liounent te our workers, that they the enormous profits from beer and | 1ay buy the produce of our farms, booze distribution.” it sald. A reg- i of course one of the outstanding ular army of highly paid minor | iyes of this campaign,” Work's let- chieftains is maintained by the beer | tor said. i lords.” “Our people should vote to pro- Although many of the bombers |tect the American payroll, vastly known to police they are 50 |larger than that of all the rest of firmly entrenched paltically that po- |the world, It is our one universal lice are powerless to combat them, 'asset. We must protect it to main- the association charged. 1t our high standards of living. he republican party is most for- ED ADS tunate in the selection of our stand- | ard bearers. The favorable reaction Two Years “In all the history of our great country since the republican party was founde {inating influence that has carried us forward to world supremacy. Our cfforts should, therefere, be directed to the selection of men and women of this proven party who are quali- fled and willing to serve the coun- {try from the highest motives." Work announced that July would Dbe devoted to organizing and August to printed publicity and setting up of a speakers bureau. He also announced appointment of National Committeeman E. S Vermont, as his assistant in -publican head- National eommitteemen who will {attend a meeting here tomorrow 1o organize the eastern camipaign, he said, would inclnde W. W tterbury. of Pennsylvar F. S Peck of {Rhode Island, Charles D. Hilles of INew York, T.. K. Liggett of Massa- chusetts and Kinsley. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS (Coutinued on Page 15.) Al FOR YOUR WA Haversacks 98¢ Canteens 89c¢ HOFFMAN’S — ORIGINAL — ARMY & NAVY STORE 56 CHURCH STREET, NEW BRITAIN, CONN. Special Sale Offerings Campers’ Necessities EVERY WANTED NEED . . 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