New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1929, Page 10

SQUAD WHISKEY JUG TOW Liqwr Importt Faclor fn (aerads Town Leadville, Colo., Feb. ¢ UP—Two prospectors, August Rische and George Hook, one day in 1877 mat down on the side of Fryer Hill in the shadow of the Continental di- vide to sample a jug of whiskey. One of them picked uWp a piece of rich silver ore. Thus Leadville was started, and it became the greatest silver camp in the world. | Liquor played a part in the found- ing of the town and today federal prohibition officers assert liquor still plays a big part in Leadville's lie. Six of the city's officials—including | the mayor, three councilmen and| two policemen—are under indict- ment on charges of “conspiracy to violate the prohibition law."” Twenty-one other citizens, pro-!‘ prietors of soft drink parlors, were cited to appear with the city officials in federal court at Pucblo to answer | the charges. | ‘While the rest of the country, worked toward prohibition, Lead-| ville remained apart—a rollicking mining town, picturesque in fiction | and history. Fabulous wealth from | the hills gave Leadville miles of! boardwalk, on which the heels of | hearty miners have clicked ever| since the city came into existence. Saloons sprang up profusely in the carly '80's and became the accepted rendezvous of all “respected” citizens. | Physically this mining town is scarcely changed since the early| Jdays, Saloons with curtained win- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, dow fronts, swinging doors and ma- | pregigent-elect Hoover displays the 45-pound sailfish he caught off Long hogany bars still remain. They are | isted for the most part as clubs eniieatt qeivk pariors. | Eit proc] hibitlon officers say that the old | Key, Fia, (Picture by telephoto from Atlanta.) saloons have lost only their names.| Workman Is Killed A single row of frame shacks along the edge of the California | ileh, which later became known | “The Line,” or State street, was | Leadville’s happy way from the be- | ginning. When a railroad was ex- | tended to the mining camp a second | row of saloons sprang up opposite | the depot and became known as| “Battle row,” the scene of numerous | piskgl duels and pitched gun battles. | Later ‘more elegant saloons were | cstablished and furnished elabor- | atety with mahogany. Prohibition officers say that in this town of less than 10,000 inhabi- tants a carload of sugar was the average monthly turnover for even the small grocery stores. Corn was s0ld in large quantitieis and there | was a constant demand for yeast. One grocery store received last fall three carloads of California grapes & well known baseball player, was a week, while fresh fruits, especially |8 passenger in a car driven by Bar- | In Tunnel Collapse Devon, W. Va, Feb. 6 (UP)— Workmen dug into a tangled mass of rock and earth in a Norfolk and | today | Western tunnel near here searching for the body of one of three men who were killed the roof of the tunnel collapsed. Bodies of the others were recov- cred. They were W. G. Measell, 26, Norfolk civil engineer, and Robert Bussle, ¢ negro laborer. The third man was a laborer. The tunnel was being when thé accident occurred. drilled ROSE-BARBOFA CASE HEARD In. superior court today the case of John Rose against Frank Bar | boza was heard before Judge E. C. lchkennon and a jury. Rose, who is when | |torney 8. Gerard Casale represents Rose and Attorney Carpenter of Hartford represents Barboza. | ELKS P. E. R. NIGHT Past Exalted Rulers' Night will be observed by New Britain lodge. B. P. O. Elks on Thursday. Past Exalted Ruler Joseph M. Halloran has been appointed chairman of {the committce on arrangements. Officers for the year will be nom- |inated at this meeting. A large number of the word ad- ditions to the English language come from foreign languages. DANDRUFF FOUND IN SEDAN WITH THROAT CUT Crashed Rosts Add to Mystery in Brookiyn Slashing Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 6 (UP)—A bunch of crushed roses and two women’s handkerchiefs cast an air of mystery today over the attack on Nathan Alper. wealthy knit goods manufacturer, who was found in his sedan last night with his throat | slashed. | At Kings county hospital, where | Alper was said to he in a serious | condition, he mumbied a story of |how a man asked him for a ride, | dragged him from the wheel of his | automobile, and after driving him |around for two houra alashed his | throat. Alper said the man took his | | wallet and fled. | Police were pussled by Alper's | story, because when they searched | the sedan they found his wallet, con- ' taining $3,000 in checks, with the rubber band still around it. There | was no knife or weapon in the car. Fragments of a woman's dress and two packages, each containing two woman's sweaters, also were in the | sedan. Bleoding for One Four | Alper was semi-conacious {from | loss of blood when pedestrians found | him in his car at Empire Boulevard |near Troy avenue. Apparently he |had been bleeding for about an hour. Detectives noticed that the | right front window of the sedan | knew nothing about that. Alper lived with his wife and two children at 1568 Carroll street, Brooklyn. Mra. Alper said he often stayed late at his office and that the only reason she had for being alarm- ed about him last night was that she had a premonition something had happened to him. She had gone to the police station to report him missing when pedes- trians telephoned police they had | tound him. Miss Dorothy Charmants, book- keeper at the Alper plant, said Al- per had spoken several times recent- ly about being annoyed by a young man who leaped to the running | board of his automobile and threat- ened him. FLU EPIDEMIC EBBS Reports to Federal Health Service Show 34,98 Cascs in 43 Statcs— 498 Deaths in Week. decreases in influenza deaths and | had been smashed, but Alper said ho‘ | Wire Smith & Go. ‘Washington, Feb. 6 P—Continued I WEDNESDAY, FE the lowest reported since December 1. 'The total compared with 54,682 cases 1n 'the same territory during the waek ending January 36. Sixty-five cities reported a total of 498 deaths from intivensa and 1,738 from pachmonia duiing the week ending February £, compared with 745 trom influensa and § from pneumcnia during the preceding week. The seneral weekly mortality rate for the country aiso decreased from 179 to 16." per hundred thousand ! population, the census bureau esti- mated though the rato ihis year was j#till above the 334 rate of the cor- | 1esponding period of last year. slight Gain In Boston Boston, Feb. 6 P —One hundred |and thirteen cases of influenza were 1eported to the #latc department of :public health today, an increase of | eight cases over yosierday. Tho to- tal o0 .ar this month has now reached 633, comparad to 11 for the same period & year ago. Sixtesa jcases of lobar pneumonia wers 10- ported today, a’dvcrease of eight from yesterday's fotal. |Babe Ruth Expects $100,000 From Yanks New York, Feb, ¢ (UP) — Babe Ruth, somewhat round himaself, ad- mitted that “in round numbers” $100,000 is what he expects to get as 1a wage from the New York Yankee { bascball club come next October. Ruth's three-year contract will be- come history then. While Ruth ad- ,mits that §70,000 which he gets for each year of homer hitting under his present papers is more than he ever l | i I | Save From 10 to 50% BRUARY 6, 193, to carry frem the paymaster, hoped he_ thinks he's underpaid, after all |4 Ruth peints to the Yankee cesh recelpts and to the more than $500,- 000 collevted tn one evening by J. J. Tunney for fulfilling & fisticuf? en- sagement. . STINSON ADMITS HE HAS NEW POST (Continued from Wirst Page) ern New York; as special counsel for the government in the prosecu- tion of the celebrated sugar rebate cases and as secretary of war in the Taft cabinet. 4 His N Effort In 1937 Mr. Stimson went to Nica- ragua as the personal representative of President Coolidge in an effort to settle the dispute between Adolpho Dias and Juan Sacasa, both of whom claimed the presidency. He effected an agreement that ended hostllities between the two. Sooa afterwards he was named governor general of the Philippines. The post had become vacant upon the death of Major General Leonard Wood. During the World War Mr. 8ti son was appointed as & judge advo- cate with the rank of major. Later he joined the 305th fleld artillery ‘as a lieutenant colonel. He was ad- vanced to the rank of colonel and commanded the regiment in France. Stimson’s name is one of half a dozen which have figured promi- ‘s probable seles- W. ‘Morrow, ambassador is one of those who have tioned repeatedly for the ap| City Items James T. Cunningham of 7 Maple street, Plainville, and Miss Ceeelia M. Ralph of 96 Whiting street, this city, have filed notice of marriage intentions at the city clerk’s office. nently ih the speculation ever Presi- jent-elect George Hepburn for the past two|ph: years clerk at the Burritt hotel has resigned and has accepted a similar position in Syracuse, N, Y. Henry G. Murray, former night clerk, is now day clerk. The first degree will be rehearsed immediately after the regular meet- ing of Lexington Lodge in Odd Fel- lows hall, Thursday evening. The Ladies’ auxiliary of the Let- ter Carriers’ association will meet at the home of Mrs. Henry Juengst. 34 Buell street, Thuraday night. Chief W. C. Hart of the police department attended a meeting of the executive committee of the state police chief's association at the Hotel Garde, Hartford, today. A business meeting was held at 11 o'clock this forenoon and there will be dinner at ¢ o'clock this after- noon, H. 8. ANNEX CONFERENCE Arrangements have been made for a conference between Warren Holmes of the Warren Holmes- Incorporated HARTFORD Entire Wise, Smith stocks I are now in the sale furni- ture for all rooms in all lp homes. . .. .separate pieces or suites. peaches, s0ld well. One prohibition |besa . when it overturned on the! officer said a fine peach brandy was | Wiltimantic-Manchester casily purchased. Fire- Smoke- Water $25,000 In Men’s Work and Dress Clothes As a result of last Saturday’s fire in this building, some of this stock was slightly damaged. A favorable adjustment on the entire stock make the following prices possible: COME EARLY—BUY—SAVE highway last year, and the suit resulted. At- A9 PALLING S x cases were shown in reports today to the public health service and th: census burau A total of 24,99¢ cases in 472 states, the District of | Columbia and New York City was SALE STARTS TOMORROW 9 A. M. SHARP Men’s Work Shoes $3.95. Now ...... Men’s Overalls $1.25. Now ...... Lunch Kits, complete $1.49. Now . Men’s Union Suits SL19. Now ....... Flannel Shirts 98¢ val. Now Hand Bags and Suit Cases Leather Palm Gloves Now . $1.00 . 69¢ Army Heavy Arctics (4 buckles) $3.95 Now Dress Shoes, $3.95 to $5.95. Now .... Hip Boots $5.45. Now ...... $1.95 $1.98 $3.98 Dress Pants former- § 1.98 ly to $3.95. Now .. 39¢ 59¢ House Slippers, 65¢ to $1.00. Now Dress Shirts, $2.00 to $3.00 value. 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