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Brow JogiBs: M&?@a OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY Women's and Misses’ SMART SUMMER WEARABLES At Final Clearance Prices Lovely summer Frocks of tub silks, chiffons, printed crepe and georg- ette, beautiful prints and dainty pastel shades—smartest in style—and ex- cellent values! $3.75, $5.00, $7 95, $10.95, $14.95 Formerly $5.95 to $25.00 Coats of Flannels and Basket Weaves in white and pastel colo styles to choose from, were $14.95 to $25.00, close out prices - $10.00 e $15.00 Smart group of kasha, velveteen and twill Coats, for immediate wear, also suitable for fall, 14 to 38, values to $25, special, $ l (95) $2.95 ’ $10.00 $3.95 v $4.95 Ready to Wear—Second Floor STORE CLOSES AT 12 WEDNESDAY , many Bathing Suits, formerly priced 2.95 to $7.50, to be closed out at - | at Saybrook with her daugh- er. | Miss Myrtel Prior is spending two | {Weeks at Walnut beach, Milford. | weeks t MEETS TRAGIC Berlin News Breathing Device and Suffocation, | daughters, Marjoric and Jane, Ispending the week-cnd in 'Haven. | | Gustave Lindquist has returned | to his home on School street after FEaston, Pa., Auvg. 17 “F LE l spending the past week with his un- toll Avveduti, a sulesma cle, I, Frank in Newport, R. I | York importing house, e —— Mrs nes Thompson and chil- into his own hands onc x dren, Elizabeth, Roland and Robert, Emire Membersmp of L()Gal of Berledale avenue, will leave 1o- tificial respiratory o niorrow for Corna; Y. where 'necessary at times to re h |they will spend the next two weeks | trachotomy the in POS[ {0 Mal‘c visiting Mrs. Thompson's sister, Mrs. [it. whil, INeil Morr n. Mrs. Harold Skinner of Farming- | Mr.and Mrs. L. R. Goodrich and | Man Unablc to Replace Artificial Avveduti breathed through an ar- order to clean | i staying at a yesterday Avveduti removed the Plainville News (NAME SOUTHERNER NEW CONG. PASTOR Rev. J. Roy Wilkerson Now Minister at North Branford PROGRAM FOR REUNION School Alumni May Ask Town to Accept Playground—Dogs Bite Man and Kill Chickens—Two Suits Against Zaccagalno—Briefs. Rev. J. Roy Wilkerson of North Branford was called to become pas- tor of the Plainville Congregational church at a meeting of the members of that church in the parish house {last night. Mr. Wilkerson will suc- ceed Rev. Charles S. Wyckoff, who | retired early in the summer to be- come resident chaplain of Westarin- ster school, Simsbury. Benjamin E. Getchell was chairman of the meet- ing last night and a large number of church members were present. Mr, Wilkerson and his wife plan to come to Plainville about Septem- ber 10 and will reside at the Cou- gregational rectory at 110 West Main strect. The new pastor will take charge of the local church be- | | ginning with the second Sunday in ! September. The church will be clos- [{ed until that time. FATE 1 Dies Fron R)—A. Ba,- | n ofor a New | took his life | © too ofte REV. J. ROY WIL RSON His Career Rev. James Roy Wilkerson al-| fice. Jt was |though still a young man, has had | move a short |a varied experience as farmer, army medical man, high school principal, grocer, and minister. He was born on April 2 1894, on a farm 1 local hotel o tube as he had done many times be. emiles from Wilson, Wilson count SGOUTS w‘LL PARTIGIPATE'D" avenue will leave Sunduy £Or | fore. Byt when he tried to replace | North Carolina, the son of Henry | Saratoga Springs, Y., where she it 4 few moments later ne was un. | Roscoe and Rosa Boyette Wilkerson. - | will spend the following week. able to. He rushed into the hallway | He was the oldest of seven children. R i Paper Goods Defeated Hearing On Administration Account {I€ e Sthnlny: TIuls. team Shontinusd its winning streak at the expense of the American Paper Goods nine in —Paper Goods | the industrial bascball league last evening at Walnut Hill park, the final score being 5 to 4. Wolfe was 2 jon the mound for the winners and | Rosclisally the entive menibersliiy Ly, Ul S eimgton! but eight bits, | of the Bollon-Kasica post, Americal [, yin v yecormick was touched up [y Legion, will take part in the parade g5 i geg. toniorrow afternoon in Middietown | wrpo paper Goods nine took an that will bring 1o a close the Legion | carly lead and went into the fourth convention which started Thursday. |inning with a 3 to v margin. Here | Hundreds of Legionnaires over the state will be in the line of march Josuph L. Wilson the local post, is ¢ local delegution to the to get aid. A bell boy physician but Avveduti when the physician arri of suffocation. —Kensington to Enter Team in Tonnis Tournamn Nine Loses Close Game. Dies at Age of | W. Galvin, founder and chief surgeon of the prominent in the affair {o rally and tock the lead in the next |home early today. 'few innings by heavy hitting. He was 74 years old, commander of | Kane and Williams played great |Somerville and lifelong irman of the games in the infield, making 14 stops | Boston. e was a grad convention. | between them witnout an error. Si s Paul Stan, s the other delegate. lick, Warren and “Jim" McCormick | School. Biin ltovaton e -kaoiph w,,:.iu the local batters with two safe B e a e | Complains Aout Mon servicemen who de ¢ transporta- Numerous complaint tion 1o Middictown arc asked to re- Voiced by the residents in ments Belgra Aug. 17 being | woman was killed and Berlin | persons injured in a trai Famous Boston Surgeon Emergency hospital, and for years| Punham. N. C. | ols . i a School from all |the New Britain aggregation started | C1alist party, died at his Back Eayl e 1. [ton College and the Harvard Medical | in the Greensboro siigh school, but 1 FATAL TRAIN WRECK summoned a | there being five hoys and two girls, | was dead |although one if his sisters died in | ved. He died | infancy . Both parents were native | | North Carolinans, Mrs. Wilkerson (died in February, 1917, but the new pastor's father is still living, a re | tired farmer and wierchant, 74 Years: Mr. Wilkerson was reared on his Boston, Aug. 17 UP—Dr. Georg.. | father's Wilson county farm. At for 1% years | the age of 19 he entered Trinity old Boston | college (now Duke university) at | While at college he | was a member of the Trinity Park | club and the Hesperian Literary society. In 1917 he gradu- a native of | ated with the degree of bachelor of resident of [ Arts. uate of Bos-| During 1917 and 1918 he taught 5 of the so- | | { | | | i | with the outbreak of the world war i he returned to Wilson and enlisted [in the army on April 10. 1918, He was assigncd to Base Hospieal 65 of the medical corps with the rank | | of medical sergeant, first class. After | | training at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, (UP)—One three other n wreck yos- ot at the Legion hall tomorrow |CONCETNINE the actions of the ehil- terday near Tobanovce on the Skop- | a1 3L Hort Mcbinrson. Atanta, {'w € 4 dren at the soldiers’ monument. It |Ljc-Nisch Jine, according to FEDOHS | et o0 o e Fork en | Troop 68, Boy Scouts, which s 1¥ said that the children aré ""'l"g re today. Three cars were de- | [once. on Scptember 13 serving at sponsored by the Bolton-Kasica post, | U Park where the monument is 10- |railed. Spreading rails because of ntter. He vground. claims that the |the cause. aren ¢ looscned the meriar | around the “honor roll” tablet and | have scattered the fine gravel stone all around the park. The grass is| led with tnis gravel stone and ii (1or of Irench @ st impossible to cut it be. Ports the |quieter. He cated for a pla will also take part in the parade in | “E0 T8 S B ET Middletown tomorrow afternoon. Adolph W. Schultz, scoutmaster, will | be in charge and @l scouts are asked to report at the Legion hall at 30 o'clock in full uniform. Hearing on Account There will be a hearing on th Paris, Guiana 1 i « of the sto: ministration account of the estate | angles (o Play count of the rioting which resulted | e of the late Emily K. Schofield of | . Kensingion Triangles baseball | in the death of five officlals. He | Berlin at the probate court in New '\ .y (il elash with the Waterbury |roported the situation still unsafe Britain on August 18 at 10 o'clock. Recelves Painful Injurics Joseph Kane of Kensington, well swn' baseball player, received nful injuries 1o hissh and leg terday fternoon out i1 nine tomorrow afternoon at the Per- cival avenue grounds at 3 o' locl\,( The Waterbury team is coming here | | en route arrives, with a wen; 1l reputation and the locals will e forced to play smart busehall in order to pull the game vashington, Aug. 17 o'clock while at work in the Berling oo (1 gire, |put into force, as far as it can. the | was badly bruised and he ruwn;:] el = '(”v Sy be playe 2l mx"mz?d labor. The employes a8 ba , w Dritain Pirates to be plaved o (o¢ the national headquarters here, cut above and below his eve and o400y v Detinite announcement | numbering more than 100, have just | br"l";":o:;“'::\w 3 by (he doctor n | Coneerning he series will be made fgtarted on this plan, which will be | in a few days, attendance to go home and rest, Kane took his regular place in the America Paper Goods team’s lincup in its game against the Stanley Rule 20,060 Pébple T;kerl’art | rotten cross-ties was believed to be TUATION NOT SO HOT Aug. 17 (UP)~—The gover- situation at | gave a dramatic ac. |board, serving through the summer | until a force of French marines now | OF L. ON 5 DA ican Federation of lLabor has !continued throughout the year. Sal- |aries are not reduced for the Satur. | |day's work lost by the federation. | the Kerhoun hospital | was discharged from the service at | |Camp Lee, Va., on September 3, | 1919, retaining his rank as a first | class medical scrgeant on the re- | serve list. | He immediately became connected | the Wilson county school | of ally re- Cayenne | With G:ing Out of Business STOCK and FIXTURES Must Be Sold Regardless of Co: , Take Advantage of the Extremely Low Prices. MEN’S WEAR SHOP | West Main St. Plainville Next to Strand Theater AY W (UP)—The of 193 He was then appointed principal of the high school at Gatesville, Ga., remaining in that capacity for two years. 14, 1920, he married Miss Mary Gray Walker of Wilson. The couple hgve no children. From 1922 to 1924 Mr. Wilkerson conducted a re- tail grocery business as Wilkerson & Co. In the fall of 1924 he entered Yale Divinity school, graduating in 1927 with a B. D. degree. On July 1, 1926, he was called as ministetr of the North Branford Congrega- tional church, this heing his first parish. His early religious affilia- tion had been with the Methodlst church, South, but this connection naturally ceased when he accepted the North Brandford pastorate, and he was ordained as a Congregational minister on June 9, 1926 by the New Haven East consociation, Last fall he entered Yale Divinity school, graduating this past June with a degree of master of arts. Fraternally, Mr. Wilkerson is con- nected with the Knights of Pythias and the American Legion. May Seek New Project A proposal to dispose of the Broadstreet playground to the town and to take up some new project will On April | has been sued by two local plaintiffs throngh Attorney Cornelius Is. Prior. | Alfred W. ste ages in a complaint returnable in the court of commeon pleas the first Tuesday of September Deputy Sheriff E. W. Furrey has attached 1303 lots of the defendant on Standard tract. The Plainville Engineering & Sup- |ply Co., Inc., secks $60 damages. Deputy Sherift Furrey has attached another lot on the Standard tract, |the writ being returnable on Scp- tember 4 before Justice M. O. Ryder. Hot—No Game The Industrial league baseball | game which was to have taken place last evening was called off because of the heat, but there were a number the of players on hand and « scrub game was played. The league has now about finished its scason, and it appears that Derazig has clinched the batting cup and Ewald the home run trophy. Ewald hit the only home run during the year—and if there had been better ficlding he would have been held to two bases. 1t now develops that the Standard | Steel pinch hitters who wer the last inning of the mcos Tuesday night used in me with the left the field be brought before the Plainville ; believing they had won the game tor Graded School Alumni association | the Bearing Mak They were tomorrow afternoon at its eighth | Picked from the crowd and rushed in annual reunion at the High school. | !0 save the day, and they came The playground was made possible | [Drough. Dr. L. H. Ir leagie by contributions of the alumni at | Pr* sident, drove in three runs with a their 1926 reunion and was opened last year for the first time. It has been very successful, both last sum- mer and this, and the association playground committee now feels that it has accomplished its purpose and that some new work should be taken up. If the vote tomorrow is favor- able, the proposition of having the | town authorities tuke over the ad- ministration after another year will be broached, and, if this move meets with the approval of the town, some other constructive project will Le undertaken by the alumni. The program tomorrow will begin | at moon with a special hour on the school grounds and in the gym- nasium. Luncheon will be served in the gym at 1 o'clock. At 1:45 o'clock the business meeting will be held, preceded by the singing of a song composed by Mrs. Bessie Moody Scott. The order of business will be as follows Addre MeCarthy, committee, Minutes of th: of welcone by Joseph T. chairman of the school last reunion meet- Hing. Reports of the corresponding | secretary, ftreasurer, playground comniittee, historical committee, and {membership committee Unfinished business. hucluding ac- tion om playground for 1929, Report of the nominating mittee, Collection. w business, Fixing of time and pluce of 1 meeting and finding of something definite to work for tollowing dis posal of playground Closing song, “Auld Lang Syne.” At 2:30 o'clock Governor John H. Trumbull will arrive in = an plane, accompaniecd by two pilots and planes which will take part in an aerial program. The lalumni will then go into the auditorium, where the governor will show a series of motion pictures con- other | dealing with Lindbergh's flights und will give a talk on “Aviation, its Past, Present, and Future.” If it rains, the outdoor aerial -pro- gram will be abandoned, but the committee states that there will be ample room in the gymnasium for a get-together, while the indoor pro- gram will be carried out as usual and will be sufficient in itself. Two Dogs Cause Trouble Dog Warden Philip Marino rotifird this morning that a man walking on Bank strect had been kbitten on the leg by a dog. He hastened to the Town hall to meet the man but found upon arrival that was the fellow had left to obtain medical | attention. He did not return and the warden could no nothing be- cause of the impossibility of identi- fying the dog. Another dog recently got into M. Kosenko's poultry vard and killed four chickens. Upon investigation, the warden has found the animal belongs to a Southington man 18 now in jail for a liquor violation |end the the animal, left to its own devices, had taken to obtaining food by killing chickens. The owner now disclaims the dog. and the select. men today instructed the warden to shoot it and pay Kosenko for the chickens. The town will be reim- bursed hy the state. ne Twice Sued ccagnine of Hartford <PLAINVILLE® TONIGHT GEORGE O'BRIEN “HONOR BOUND" A BIG SHOW SATURDAY KARL DANE GEORGE K. ARTHUR in “CIRCUS ROOKIES" In Eating Gigantic Pie| g nine of New Britain and played a &00d game. Dent Dales, Yorkshire, Aug. 17 (UP)—Twenty thousand Tennis Tournament people down to cat one pie here, The Hartford county Y. M. €. A.is | ;14 {10y all got a piece. The pue planning to conduct a tenuis tourna- | iy omething like a ton and ment at Walnut HHI park beginning | /o 500 SEEO0E 18 o e 15 on Saturday afternoon, August 25,0y .40 \aight of potatoes and the and continuing through the follow- | i I beef of six bullocks, 0 ing week with fhe final matches on | "*q ™ NEREORE L (o 1788 | MiLE Baturday afternoon, September 1. 3 lwhen the inhabitants of Denby Dales FRECKLES sl bl tWo Players 1y oq such a ple to commemorate IS SAILING in the tournament and all those in- | {0 (0L S P T e TUE OCEAN terested are asked to get in touch | o0 TR 0 BLE with Elliott Baldwin. If there are | .Bound more than two players interested here, an elimination tournament will | SUNDAY WILL T be staged in order to pick the two = 105 Angeles. Aug. “’ representatives from Kensington., | Punch warrant issued i The organizations which are bring Billy Sunday, jr.. N';ny oql o pected to enter are the Simbury, | famous « of the smme Southington and Plainyille “Y's* | Name. into court as a witness in an East Berlin Community club, New alienation of affcctions suit against Britain South church and Kensing- | his former wife, was dismisse] ton. hortly afterward when the judge White Elephant Salg 15 told thot Sunday’s absence was | to a misunderstanding and not A rummage sale will be given by | du the Inanda club of the Kensington With intent to evade testimony. Congregational church Saturday aft- . The $50,000 suit against Mre | rnoon at the Legion | at Miilicent was bromght by o'clock. The public is cordially in- | Mrs. Olive who accused Sun vited to attend. |day's former wife of stealing the Briefs affections of Mrs. Day's husband. Mrs. C. M. Warner is spending two George E. Day, a former policeman. SEE ' WAAT DID 1 TELL YOU? MES STOPPED RIGUT ACROSS FROM | two-bagger and stole third with a | beautiful but suit-ruining slide « mo- | ment later when he was run off sec- fond by a man on fi The doctor | believed today that his side had won by 9-4 and was surprised (hat the box scored showed 4- n for rumbull. He was not exactly sur- | £ ’ Bri,‘a’ ”ew‘ Charlie mfimm Terry. | ville blacksmith. und ‘John Gamer of | Glastonbury will appear in the main bout at Muzsy field this evening. in [the amateur card sponsored by tho CHOOSE POOR TINE 55252 =20 Micky Todd, the deaf and dumb | |boy from Litchfield, who scored & ‘s«nsauonal knockout over Pete Garber here two weeks ago, will | lalso appear. Al Taylor of Bristol | has been matched with Pete Madeau Police Betieve It Gontained Rl- o1 ey <n Woiter Sohnamn hol After Seizure |the championship of the 150-pound (s B | “Honest™ 'DEMOCRAT ELECTION PLANS AT INDUNKPOLS Will Discuss Proposed Service Pension New Several Mentioned For State Sena. | tor—Stockholders 0 Vote on Dis- | organization—Other ltems. Jaines Labarski of 445 North Burritt street, New Britain, selected an inopportune time in which to ge- | liver tive gallons of alleged liquor to | 1 Kosokowski of Curtiss street | Indianapolis, Aug. 17 P — Men Who stormed El Cuney, beat the cane Lrakes of the Philippines for Aguin- dldo, tramped the sands of Mexico bebind Villa and heard death rattle it. When he drive in the Kosokowski premises were iz looked over by Sergeant Henry vard, the ! 1 ki “(1‘1’ \m:l-‘r E \\m.m'“ |the tortured hills of the Meuse : ml npson. A five-ga Ol\.lavl‘ part- will ‘amp here August 3§ to Sep- ¥ filled with alleged liquor, wWas |{emper 1 for the 29th convention of 1in the Kosohowski home and |, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Zratls..5-ofu-Cr! shrd hrd rdl d1 I llon can resting on a board | Gy ‘those who served In the placed over the engine. Both Laz jarmed forces of the United States ski and Kosokowskl were arrested, | outside its boundaries make up the reh of Lazarski's revealed a | air- | ho | prised, however, 1o find that all this | {he fOrmer With Keeping liquor With | crzanization’s roster, Many of them coring by pinch hitters was done [IMent 10 sell, and the latter with | cars of action, and not a AN flies e e B | transporting liquor. When their | few bear permanent injury as testi- Park Commission to Mect | ea were called this morning, a |monial of their wounds. The aux- The newly appointed park com- | continua until tomorrow was | iliary will nieei at the same time. iission will hold its first mecting in |@sked for by Assistant Prosccuting | Of chief interest, other than the the town hall tomerrow night, when | Attorney Robert J. Stack. which was | recounting of camp fire tales, will it will organize and wake a pre- [granted by Judge William J. | be the convention’s discussion of & hminary survey of the work ahead | Malone., proposed world war service pension of it Legion and Scouts 1o March ceording to complaints have the police. been received late { Brock-Barnes post, American Le- iy in connection with Kosokowski's gion, will mest at its rooms at 1:00 |alleged liquor activities, Conclusive o'clock tomorrow atiernoon and go |evidence was secured yesterda o Middletown to take part in the however, when Charles Fahey was parade to he held there in connee- {arrested for drunkenness. Accord. tion with the state convention. Boy ing to the police he furnished the Seout Troop 33 will ulso meet at the | raiding squad with the fformation post rooms at the same hour and | tha will accompany the Legionnai Middletown and in the The Plainvill convention ur Petts of New he had purchased his liquor at 10 | Kosokowski's home, well known to the liee because of sey parade, deligates 1o the supporting Arthur H. Britain for stut Fahey is po- 1 previous ap court. About two years ago he was given a beat- ces before th manaer, g by several young men and then Surprise Party tied to the railing along the steps | A pleasant surprise purty was ten- in the rear of the Central fire sta. dercd Mrs, Howard mpson - of tion on Meadow street. At that time 149 Broad strect at the homie of b T no daughter, Mrs. Curtiss of Avon, on Wednesday evening on the was pinned to his coat cha ing him with tormer. He ide Clarence beoe a in- ntiticd one of his as- polic several | for disabled veterans. The measure, which originated within the veter. ans’ organization, is designed to ob- tam ccmpensation for the former {service men unablo to provide af- | fidavits or scrvice record proof of | their disabilities. It is based on fig |ures of the United States veterans’ {bur-au intended to show that the neak of hospitalization resulting | from the war will ‘be reached in 1947, “This is our most important job,” | says Frank T. 8tr Indianapolis | commander, who was wounded dur- ing an air rai! and spent several | months in hospitals, “Second to this is the disgraceful way in which the veterans’ Lureau's | hands are tied for lack of funds. The $15,000.000 appropriation of | the last congress was a step in the versary, ‘There we BUCSIS Pres- | those implicated was effected the | o e budke ent from Avon, Plainville, Farming- | ollowing. day. the amounts necessary in the fu- 1 1fore N 31 tock- " tur e e A aThes i oston . Diorzaniadion Mee | Convention speakers include Masgs., and Arizona. Mrs. Thompson pecting of the stockholders of | yrrank T. Hines, director of the vet- was the recipient of many beantitul bolis Co o ton | rans’ bureau; Sen. Smith W et ¥ Wl he held at 2 o'clock | Brookhart of Towa; Winfield Scott, Mr. and Mus. Thompson will leave | SUNday afternoon. Avgust 26th. to | commissioner of pensions: Senators {omotrrow on a molor irip to New .t ©n a vote taken by the direc- | James E. Watson and Arthur R e tors on July 18th to dissolve the b ; ineorporation and terminate its cor- porate existance, The my Hampshirc Physiciaus’ Vacation 3 . 081 N, l ting will e e held n - the club rooms at 108 in Canada. They will return on |NOrth Main strect. Tuesday, September 4 = * Caucus Dr. and Mrs, George 1% Cook and | The demoeratic caucus will he | qaughter Anne, have returned trom | 1€ld at 8 o'clock, Friday evening, a two weeks' vacation spent at Bay AUBUSL 24th, for the purpose of Vicw, Milford “lecting delegates to the state, con- | | Notes gression d - senatorial conven- K. M. Sevmour of West Main |tion o state convention will be ctrect s in the New Dritain General [held in New Haven, the congres. hospital. He was struck in the leg |Sional in Hartford, and the sena. by @ picce of metal while in New- |torial in Plainville, the last conven. ork, N. J., and the metal has remain- Hon to be subject to the call of ed in the flesh after cutting an ar- Joseph F. Dutton, chairman of the e Bristol democratic town committee, Miss Lucillc kyder of Washington | Several names have been mon. street is a putient at ihe New Brit- | tioned for the nomination for state |ain General hospital. She rccently or, most prominent of which is linjured her finger in an electric Lavdner of Kensington. She it at; has for a number of years bheen an Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams of |enthy ic worker in the democr: road street and Mr.and Mrs ltic party in the fitth senatorial i Thomas Eyers of Tomlinson avenue, | i will leave tomorrow for Niagara | 17ulls and Canada Two British Flie vash in Air, Killed London, Aug. 17 (U'P)—Two air foree officers w killed and anoth- t. Other names mentioned are ose of Dr. William Reardon of West Hartford, Thomas Hughes of armington and Rtichard Elliott of Southington. Mr. Elliott was one of the electors sent to Washington to cast a vote for the late Woodrow Wilson for president, Mr. Hughes r er seriously injured in a collision | [T il of i today hetween two training school Gl F ral - assembly several airplanes in Digby, Lincolnshir : 5 ] The dead wore Pilot Officer Adris | "[[ e ithes R0 an Cole und Pllot Ofticcr Bertrand | CUouis I Buecle, city elerd, re- ; s 1 1ed his d is morning fol- ‘Olier, the latter a passenger with ] 17Olier, the lat I s i L O Cole Flying Offic loting the other plan Portland and Sandy Point. Maine. Cavds Recelved Phelan of W. J. Phelan mpany this morning received i(‘arpenter Finds Ring a postal card from Frank Wisneski, Valued at About $5,000 tocat reaitor. who is cnjoying a sev- | | White Plains, N, Y., Aug. 17 (L) Alfred Feather, pi- injured. Charles nd Ce —Joseph Williams, a earpenter, was | place in Lithuania. Me. Kisneski e at work pepairing the floor hoards of | I c(s to return the acter part of the “Blue Beard's Palace” a resort at month Rye Reach here when ne notwa Fined For Drukenness |something sparkling on a rafter ma- Philip Mucci of Laurel street, | neath. charged with intoxiention, was fined A moment later he held in he S10 and costs in the city court tods {hand a $5.000 mond studded by Judge William J. Malone, bracelet, lost on May by Mrs. was arrested on James street Wed- Philip W. Borden. and the objeet of nesday ecvning by Officors Vdgar a wide search by the Federal Insur Norton nce company | Today he received a |from the company and William Thampsor. Charles Fahey of North Muin chect stroet charged with dragken- ness, was fined $10 and costa, 2400 also resented the town of Farmington | eral months' vacation in his birth- | v | author and dramatic Robinson of Indiana, and Gov. Ed. | Jackson of Indiana. Otficers will be elected on the last day and a convention city chosen. Eugene P, ver, Brook- line, Mass., senior vice-commander, and H. N. Duff, Lansing, Mich., treasurer of the V. F. W, national home for widows and orphans at ton Rapids, Mich., are candidates for commander. Tacoma, Wash., | Cleveland and Detroit are mention- ed as candidates for the 1929 meet- [ing of the veterans. | | RACE HORSE DIE! North Randall Race Track, Cleve. |land, O., Aug. 17 (UP)—Fire Glow, |the sensational colt owned by Wil- {liam Bradford of Benningten, Vt., and one of the favorites in the Hambletonian stakes at Syracuse |week after next, died early today | from acute indigestion. Fire Glow was disqualified aftee winning the second heat in the $12,000 champion stallion stake here | Wednesday when Walter Cox, his driver, drove him toward the rail ind caused seven horses to spill. Cox was suspended for a month, The colt's value was estimated at £100,000. | DIPLOMAT A IRISONER Athens, Aug. 17 (UP)—Western Macedonian bandits captured the Netherlands consul, Janina Epirus, and his wife, according to advices received here today. Epirus was released after a few hours but his wife is held by the bandits, who demand 500,000 drachmas ransom. It is said they have threatened to Kill the woman unless the ransom is paid. REPORTED ENGAGED Paris, Aug. 17.—(UP)—An un. confirmed rumor spread through Paris today that Mary Garden, American opera singer, was engaged to marry Pierre Plessis, a French and music critie, The couple at present is crusing in the Mediterranean and no sub- tantiation of the report ha. “een received from them, | Mary Garden is 31 years old and | has never married. For Oscar? TUE ONLY TUING 1 HKAVE FOR TMIS STREET IS A PACKAGE FOR SEVEN ELEVEN" l - By BLOSSER i % ;

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