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111 THE BUALO EVENING TIMES MONDAY MAY 24 1926 Associated Press Dispatches WRONG WHY I WENT News Brevities from to Nearby Communities SUER LOSS ON The Life Lesson in Ellicottville of America's Most HORNELL BONDS Notorious Crook I of of Jo Blind Bath Presbyterians Hold Vacation School CORNING HIGH WINS AT TRACK i BATH May Bond Numbers The HORNELL The recon the army authori they returned him Across the Border OBITUARY Non Union Plumbers OBITUARY DIVER INDS CAP Believed Worn by Missing the Henry was Chur 17 Million Jan Vnd Yearly He Lyons Insurance Man Is Suicde cause 4 BERTHA de C' JtjARfc better Adv in in sec ree De Gulf in in Hor ree she and died bos BIER Exertutri when will is to sec 2d the Cat also visited in Rochester and will go from here to Detroit spring oreign district a be de Mrs and Picture Telit a Story co pet PORT COLBORNE Ont May 24 Plans for a war memorial to cost $20000 have been prepared by the Club and will be considered at a special meeting of that body on Tuesday night pcipr to action taken by the town WELLAND Ont May A 110 year old negro won the old time fid1 dling contest held here Saturday night James Willson of Welland Second prize in the contest went to Charles Brown 72 CRYSTAL BEACH Ont May 24 Crystal Beach assessment figures show a considerable growth over last yeya Already the council has ap proved of a number of building per mits this year It has been decided to hold the annual court of revision of assessment on June 7th IRISH SHUT OCT GERMANS Nineteen German ar riving from Hamburg were turned back by Irish officials and returned to Ger many Bv Associated Press WARREN Pa May 24 Believed to have been erased by infatuation for Ger trule Gifford 10 years old with Whose parents he lived at Cutler's Corners Pa Clarence McBride 23 years old yester day morning shot her dead when was on her way to Sunday school then turned the jnn on himself He late last night In a Titusville Pa pital Special to The Buffalo TIMES HORNELL May 24 An house on Crosby Creek owned guy" Dutch the securities You sauces before Instead of a spoon nlaces Mount Morris being firm with an aver There were many gongs some by the Girl Reserves and some by the mem bers of the Business Club Miss Henrietta ischer was toast Special to The Buffalo TIMES HORNELL May 24 Dominic Ruffo of No 140 Loder Street whose car knocked down and killed Peter Kohut 38 of Corning on the night of April 11th near Olean has been made defendant in a $35000 negli gence action Mrs Katie Kohut of Corning widow of the deceased Is plaintiff and she is represented by Attorney John Wheeler of that city Kohut was walking along the road and Ruffo it is alleged went on without stopping after the accident Another motorist who was following close behind obtained Hutto's license number and a short time afterwards he was caught by the Olean police Mrs Kohut is left with six small children Mary 13 Charles eight Stella seven five Michael three and Peter two Ruffo is in sured Recently considerable inter est was aroused in Corning by the discovery of a supposed mirage a mirror in the Kohut home Corning an unusually fine at a remarkable! What a Bv Associated Trett "LYONS May 24 Brooding over the death of his sister Nelson Myers 50 Insurance man committed suicide here yesterday by taking gas His wife returning from church found him seated in the bathtub with a tube from the gas jet in his mouth He had wound the tube several times around bls neck He died shortly after he was discovered His sister lorence Myers died in New York and was buried here last riday WELLAND May 24 That bootleggers are more dangerous than the 'Old ltme bar is the assertion of Rev Thompson president of the conference of the United Church for this district He declared it is up to all to pass on information lead ing to jailing of offenders TO AVOID LUMPS will never have lumpy soups or if you mix salt with the flour moistening it Stir with a fork Henry was delighted countryman He was so ideal of a "a right didn't tell him where came from but he did Intimate that they were obtained in a somewhat shady manner Right away Henry wanted to know how much we had and here is where Dutch exercised good judgment He didn't tell Hen ry that we had approximately $800 000 in bonds Please understand that we trying to dicker the Loerber "end" Loerber was a roughneck with ut terly no polish He had no social intimacy with either Anderson or me or any of our friends on "the other side of the fence" He was all right at that time as an under world associate but strictly impos sible as a companion outside of the underworld Anderson told Henry we had about $60000 in gilt edge securities Then we began to dicker on a price Henry said he offer over 25 per cent of face value course you understand got to make a margin of profit on the transaction The man to whom I sell them must make a margin of profit and so on down the line" he said Dutch Doesn't Dutch did not for proposition at once He thought he should have 35 per cent and so he stood out for that price Henry go any higher so the deal was consummated for $15000 on $60000 in bonds Henry was a fellow who did a lot of talking when he got a few drinks I was curious to learn what he did with the bonds for it seemed to me that we could do what he did If he could dicker stolen securities and make a profit on them I saw no reason why Ander son and I do the dickering and save what he and the man to whom he sold them made Through Henry Anderson and I met a num ber of brokers who were stealing within the law and a number who were strictly "on the up and (To Be Continued Tomorrow) ree Academy Team Car ries Off Honors in Steu ben County Meet Hor nell Second iST CATHARINES Ont Afay 24 It may come to a lock out of Lin coln county pupils at the high school here Over 200 are in attendance St Catharines Board of Education has demanded that the Lincoln county council pay 80 per cent to wards principal cost and 100 per cent towards maintenance for all county pupils or else take them else where The county council want to but is willing to bargain on an SO SO basis The proposal of the Pt Catharines board comes before the county council on Wednesday and a warm discussion is expected Some predict that the county council will decide to build its own high school The new one cost near ly a million dollars This was a general holiday in St Catharines and throughout Canada Victoria Day and it was taken ad vantage of by many Saints to visit Niagara alls and Buffalo St Catharines Lawn Bowling Club the 1926 season this morn ing with a tournament on its vien Rjdge greens The Niagara Central cup is being played for The club has the greatest membership in its history this season and a most at tractive summer program has been arranged aimed to entertain tlyj "A' Mount Morris Cleric Says He Never Borrowed Monev from Mrs Jen Change The Dutchman was an expert with the pen He would have made a high grade forger I have seen him take a ten dollar note and make a hundred out of it and do the job so skillfully that one could hardly tell the real from the phoney And when he finished changing the num bers on some of the securities I tell that the numbers had been changed All this was new to me I haa no idea how to securities and if Anderson been with me on the mail robber iob I would have destroyed the securities at once I have fooled with them a moment regardless of their value RICHARD DELIGE Special to I he Buffalo TIMES OLEAN May Richard lisre 71 years old of No 544 Street died in the Olean General Hospital death occurring a few hours after he was admitted to the hospital He is survived by his widow Mrs Bessie Delige two brothers John Delige of Sharon Pa and William Delige of Turtle point Pa TO MAKE PIGS SLEEP Robert McClure tstlfied at Ballymena that he put methylated spirits in his pigs' food to make them sleep where we unload our MRS ELIZABETH PARKER TONAWANDA May 24 Mrs Elizabeth Parker 78 years old wife of the late Charles Parker Civil War veteran died yesterday morn ing at her home No 15 remont Street after a brief illness with pneumonia She was born in North Tonawanda and had lived In Tonawandas practically all her life She was a member of Twin City Council Daughters of America and the Relief Corps A son William Parker a granddaughter Miss Gladys Parker and a grand son Charles Parker residents of Tonawanda survive The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the residence Rev II A Berlis of the irst Pres byterian Church officiating Inter ment will be at Elmlawn Vegetable Compound may be the good fairy who offers you this priceless gift of NEW YORK May 22 Charles Hughes former secretary yf State and onetime governor of New York State issued a statement today say ing he was not a prospective candi date for the Republican guberna torial nomination His name had been put forward informally yester nt meeting of the Republican 4 1 1 A A Al A LOS ANGELES May 22 Dis covery on the ocean bottom of a green bathing cap believed to have been the one worn by Aimee Semple McPherson famous evangelist today spurred the search for her body The cap was found off shore near the spot where Mrs McPherson waslast seen by Miss Emma Schaff her secretary It was brought to the surface by Hunt a skilled diver who has been diving in the Santa Monica waters since Mrs McPhrson was first reported drowned Bites stings Apply wet baking soda or household ammonia followedby Special to The Buffalo TIMES HORNELL May 24 Stockhold ers will get nothing and the bond holders about ten cento on the dol lar when the affairs of the Hornell Traction Company are Anally wound up according to an estimate made today by Raymond Page general manager There was $120000 worth of stock issued on which the pur chasers have received nothing and In addition $150000 worth of bonds sold on which there is about $25000 interest due The fact that most of the rails are embedded in concrete in streets that are paved makes it usless to try to remove them for the cost of taking them out would be three times what could be realized About the only parts of the line that can be salv aged is the road from the city limits to Canisteo and on Adsit Street where there is no paving The over head wiring can be removed of course and the property at the head of Adsit Street where the car barns are located can be sold Probably the heaviest loser is 'the estate of the late Charles Adsit who was one of the original promoters and who in addition to buying heav ily of the stock also bought many bonds afterwards There are also a number of women stockholders who will los eall theyhave put into the project Monday night there will be a pub lic hearing before the common coun cil on the application of those in terested in the tracing company for a franchise to operate motor cars Whether or not there will be op positio nto this application remains to be seen Arrest Two in mugs Special to The Buffalo TIMES MOUNT MORRIS May I Special to The Buffalo TIMES BATH May 24 A Daily Vacation Church School will be conducted at the Presbyterian Church in this vill age on Tuesday and Wednesday June 8th and 9th The school which will be under direction of the Com munity Council for Religious Educa tion is expected to attract a large number of students from this com munity The faculty of the school will Include: Rogers Hawn spe cialist in vacation church school work in New Jersey Harry Ma son' organist and instructor in music in Auburn Theological Seminary Mrs ranklin Brimmer Pd State College for Teachers graduate of the International Training School di rector of work Albany division Council of Religious Educa tion Mrs Guy A Sharp normal school graduate teacher in training schools specialist in story telling and work Mrs Harriet Poppe special training in Syra cuse University and Harvard Sum mer School instructor in commun ity five day and summer schools formerly critic teacher of handwork in New 'York Training School for Public School Teachers CAROLINE DRIER TONAWANDA May 24 Caroline Drier 76 years old wife of red eric Drier died Saturday night at the family residence No 69 Broad Street after a prolonged lllneso She came to Tonawanda from Ger many 52 years ago Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter Mrs Charles Berg of Ton awanda and five sons Louis rank Henry and John Drier pf Tonawanda and William Drier of Niagara alls The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 from the residence and at 2:30 o'clock from the Salem Church on Morgan Street Rev Andrew Hiis officiating Burial will be in the Salem cemetery MOUNT MORRIS Special to The Buffalo TIMES MOUNT MORRIS May Two state troopers have been sent to Rushford where they will be manently station while work is in progress on the new storage dam at that place Under the direction of the Rochester Gas Electric Cor poration and a local company or ganized to have supervision of the work 400 men will soon be in building the first of a series of dams that will harness the Genesee River and its tributaries B'l Associated Preu AUBURN May Trial of Howard Keavin for the murder of Patrolman Aeneas McDonald of Geneva on ebruary 19 1024 was scheduled to begin in Supreme Court here this morning Keavin alias Jack Williams was arrested after the killing but' es caped from the Ontario County p'rlson at Canandaigua on May 4th 1924 a few days beforehe was to stand trial for his life He was not captured until April 11th of this years when he was taken in Olean A change of venue to Cayuga County was grantei by Supreme Court Justice Rich in Syracuse for the lortticomms trial Special to The Buffalo TIMES OLEAN May 24 Organized band of thieves is': operating' Along the armers Valley Smethport highway according to McKean county author ities ollowing the stealing of the flock of chickens from the II Hackett farm in Pleasant Vel ley thieves believed of the same bdnd broke into the garages on the farms of red and Boyer Hewitt and their automobiles of tires and accessories Traction Company to Pay Ten Cents on Dollar to Bondholders Nothing for Stock DR RANK A MONROE Special to The Buffalo TIMES JAMESTOWN May The fun eral of Dr rank A Monroe No 105 West ifth Street a well known dentist who at the Jamestown General Hospital riday night was held today Dr Monroe who was the first president of the James town Dental Society has practiced bis profession in this city for the past 25 years and is well known for the cure" for troubles of the teeth JAMES RIEND Special to The Buffalo TIMES CALEDONIA May 24 James riend aged 67 years passed away at St Hospital following a long illness His home was three miles southwest of this village Born at London Ontario October 1 1859 he came to this country in 1870 His father James riend was a native of England and his mother Anna McIntyre was a na tive of Scotland His wife who was Ella Wood died ten years ago He leaves one son Stanley one daugh ter Mrs Merle Sisson and three grandchildren all of Caledonia INLOSL UL U1CBO were numbered Anderson that the numbers would be changed old bv Mrs A Sweeney of this city was completely destroyed by fire yester day It was unoccupied and unin sured and Mrs Sweeney believes that the blaze was of incendiary origin However the loss is not great Reconstruction has started on a section of the Greenwood Rexville concrete road that was finished last year but which state highway de partment officials found lacking in thickness in several road was built by a concern and is also structed by the same Donald Chambers age of 9073 has been chosen vale dictorian of the graduating class of Hornell High School this spring The galutatorian will be William Lundrigan whose average is 8326 for the year The Rev Andrea errara'?" of Baiano Italy is spending a few days in the city visiting among former parishioners while on his way to Chicago to attend the Inter national Eucharistic Congress He SPECIAL NOTICE pVBSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS AN ACT of the LegtaUture of the Rtete ot New York entitled vAn act to enable storage warehousemen to collect for charge on roods deposited with them by the Mie notice is hereby given that furniture barrels boxes trunks bcruaehold goods etc and contents rocken chairs couches davenports stovrs tablet oil cloth minors pictures books dishes glassware linens bedding beds sewing machine rugs carpets matting cook ing nteDtlls piano electric WMhlng machine etcr4 will be sold by the undersigned at Ov cttttloa to the highest bidder tor cash at Noe 1212 1214 Jefferson Avenue io the City of Buffalo on the 7lh day of June 1924 at 10 A held kt store for the following owners: Siiettler Mrs Ip Pirrett Wo Woodruff Mrs Verne Rmeeding Stewart Stanton Chas Burden for arrears due for storage Vated May 2i mat 4 (Continued from That was one of the most eventful nights of my career Twice were under the scrutiny of detectives Later in the evening BRIDGEBURG Ont May 24 Sixty" years ago at this time the Niagara Iron tier for ah invasion from the enians who had gathere at Buffalo and were preparing to come over which they did "on the first of June Thera is only one old timer left here to re call the event John Bargett 72 bugler with the old 44th Lincoln Welland regiment a mere lad at the time a Employed in Batavia Special to The Buffalo TIMES 1 BATAVIA May Although no strikers have returned to work mas ter plumbers have opened their shops and are employing non union help This action was taken when no agreement could be reached by the employers and the striking plumb ers Men are working in the shops of Goade lohr Charles Mancuso Son Volz Secord Company Steele Torrance Company and Williams Maney The old union wage scale of $8 a day is being paid in the open shops Special to The Buffalo TIMES BATH May 24 Johnson and Ebbett of the National Anti Saloon League will lecture at the Bath Methodist Church on Thursday evening June 10th A meeting of the dentists through out Steuben County will be held at the Hotel Wagner in his village Thursday evening May 27th ol lowing a dinner the meeting is ex pected to take steps for organization of a Steuben Dental Society The Steuben County Interscbolas tic field and track meet held on the fair grounds in this village on Sat urday was won by Corning ree Academy team wit ha total of 35 points Hornell was second with a total of 32 poins Havcrling of Bath had 10 1 3 poins Corning Northside 10 1'2 points Canistea 9 5 6 points painted Post 1 OLEAN Special to The Buffalo TIMES OLEAN May 24 Mrs Charles Stonierosky was elected chairman of Olean Home Bureau unit In the an nual meeting other officers arc: Vice chairman Mrs William Rec tor secretary Mrs Ray Keeney treasurer Mrs A Reynolds lo cal leader Mrs George Benson as sistant local leader Mrs Howard Brssett program 'committee Phillips Mrs A Caputo Mrs rank Meyer Successor to Dr William Erown as'inedlcal director of Rockv Crest Sanitarium the taraiigus County tuberculosis hospi tal in the hills south of this city will be Dr Charles Davis of Hagertsown Md Dr Davis was se lected from a Jist of fourteen doc tors recommended by the National Tuberculosis Association He is now resident physician of the Mary land State Sanitariu mnear Hagers town He will take charge at Rooky Crest June 1st but the suggestion' made the Dutch man laugh "Destroy he roared "Destroy a million dollars crazy!" Plans to Cash Bonds Anderson was the guiding spirit ot our bond organization until I learned the details of the game I wasnpthing jnore than his until I saw how he did it Invariably he picked out some brokerage house where there was a foreigner in charge a Ger man or a renchmans Heknew Germany and rance better than he knew this country and he seemed to know stock market gambling better than poker faro bank and an Tan or coon can irst of all' would learn the identity of the head of the brok erage house after which he would ascertain where he was born what part of Europe he came from where he resided in New York with whom he associated and so on He would employ a detective agency to obtain this information and then he would proceed to cul tivate the broker before he would suggest speculating ind a Broker There was one broker downtown who was something of a sport great man a fine drinker and oc casionally an associate of crooks not hold up men or safe crackers but highgrade men transat lantic card sharps and sure thing gamblers He wks German and when Anderson heard that he said: Here's hnn i will etll him Henry played Broadway five nights out of six He was known from one en(I of the main stem to the other We camped on his trail for about a week before wc eventually talked with him We made it a point to let Henry see us three or four times a night for a week or more If he went to the room in a cabaret either Anderson or I followed him inally Henry began to notice us and one night he said: "Howdy! Seems like we meet quite Cultivate Broker He broke the ice hi i We spoke to thenv and one night derson and me to BATAVIA Special to The Buffalo TIMES BATAVIA May The meeting of the Missionary SoJiety of the will be held tomorrow at the Meth odist Episcopal Church There will be delegates from 72 churches in the Rochester Methodist Episcopal district Throughout the summer months the five Protestant churches in the city will hold union services Sunday evenings The "churches are St Episcopal Methodist Epis copal inst Baptist Emmanuel Baptist and the irst Presbyterian One church in the group will be open each Sunday evening begin ning June 6th and ending Septem ber 12th At a meeting of the board of man agers of the New York State School for the Blind held riday it was announced that a joint meeting of the managers and the New York Rtafo 'fnniTnlRsInn fnr would be held in place of the next regular meeting on June 9th Mem bers of the commission are Mary Hun of Albany chairman Dr Wil liam M6hl and Charles Himmels bach both of Buffalo Mrs Kate Ellis Truslow of Geneva and Wilbur Ball of Locust Valley BRIDGEEURG Ont May Today is Victoria Day and it is be ing generally observed as a holiday here and at other Welland county towns Owing to lateness of season no general holiday has been ar ranged at any point BRIDGEBURG Ont May Mayor Harry Hair will welcome on June Sth to Bridgeburg 250 dele gates from Ontario branches of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen who will convene at this important terminus on that date when the an nual convention will be held in the Mannstratton hull Special to The Buffala TIMES ELLICOTTVILLE May 24 Memorial Day will be observed in this village Monday May 31st and appropriate exercises will be held in charge of Wallace Bryant Post American Legion opening at 1:30 in the afternoon A parade will be Mayville lag Day Special to The Buffalo TIMES MAYVILLE May The Me iiorial Dav exercises will be held May 31st at 1:30 inhe Sweetland: Opera House Thepeaker of the day will be Rev I Blair of Lawrence Park Meth 1 udist Church Erie a former May ville pastor Rev Blair gave the address on this occasion heresev eral years ago? He is an able speak er and "held the longest pastorate here of any minister of his denom ination The annual Memorial Sun day services will be held this year in St Protestant Episcopal Church It will be as usual a union service and the sermon will be livered by the rector eel Tired Lame Achy? It May Be a Warning of Weakened Kidneys ACHING backs stiff achy joints bladder irregularities Zx drowsiness and depression are all too often signs of sluggish kidneys Neglect is apt to pave the way to some serious kidney disorder Why risk the heavy penalty? If you have reason to suspect your kidneys use Doans Pills Doans are for the kidneys only They are recom mended the world over your neighbor! MAYVILLE Special to The Buffalo TIMES MAYVILLE Mav 24 The ville Business Club will en tertain the Westfield Business Club at the high school Tuesday evening June 1st The following committees have been appointed: Refreshment Misses Mildred Das comb Gladys Miles Katherine Sands iorella Carlson Mary Dorn barger decorations Mrs Hattie Hoag Mrs Beatrice Anderson Miss Hazel Ross music Miss Henrietta ischer Mrs Ruth Anderson At the last meetingthe members of the club presented Miss Henrietta ischer with a beautiful clock appreciation of her services teaching them basketry The newly decorated Sunday school rooms and parlors of the Methodist Church were used for the first time Sunday A new green bat tleship linoleum has been laid on all floors and the walls have been paint ed The large room and gallery is occupied by the Teen Age depart ment the members of which raised several hundred dollars to pay for all the expenses except the purchase of the linoleum A mothers and daughters banquet was held in Odd Hall ri day evening under the auspices of the Giri Reserves The meal vas served bv members of Chautauqua grange to more than 100 persons Indeed I suggested destroying them WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE? If some good fairy should appear as they did in the old fairy tales and offer to grant your desire what would you choose? Wealth? a transient thlig that brings its own cares Happiness? an elusive thing which we keep by giving away Health? the best gift Health is riches that fid can not buy and surely healtn is enough lor happiness Lydia Pinkham's Charles laherty of this village whoemployed Mrs Vivian Thompson as a housekeeper for near ly five years prior to last November takes exception to certain statements which have been made 7 regarding that he had bor rowed from Vivian Jennings and al legeu quarrels that were reported to have taken place between th former and his housekeeper He says the statement that he owed Vivian Jennings $500 borrowed money is absurd In fact he says the parents of Mrs Jennings were continually borrowing money irom him and that he never any oc casion to attempt to borrow money from Mrs Jennings 'ather laherty also takes excep tion to statements made in which it to inferred representatives of the office visited his home and sought to learn ot Vivian Jennings He says such is not the case that no representative of the sheriff's of flee or any of the young woman's relatives ever approached him and if inquired about Mrs Jennings When it was reported the authorities had found the dead nude body of Vivian Jennings he says he offered to help identify it but that he was refused the right to even look at the body He suggests the body be exhumed in ii Mount Hope cemetery Rochester and an official record made of the I measurements of the body washed ashore in Lake Ontario at Hender son Bay interred at Henderson and then identified by Mrs Carrie Thompson as the body of her daugh ter Vivian Jennings ORT ERIE Ont May 24 Crystal Beach council has let a con tract to the ry and Company Construction Company to install a number of new water mains in the village and work will be started soon subject to the approval of the municipal engineer Chalmers Hornell Death Not Criminal Special to The Buffalo TIMES HORNELL May 24 Cornoer Burch announced today that as a result of the investigation that has been made in connection with the death by strangulation of George Richard Akins Jr three weeks old son of Mr and Mrs George Akins of remont that no inquest will be held He is satsified there is noth ing criminal in connection with the affair The child was smothered to' death while sleeping in the same bed with his parents w' knew nothing of it until they ke in the morning and found him Jead Although the coroner is satisfied there is nothing criminal connected with the affair nevertheless he be lieves something should be done to provide other care for the three re maining children As a result he will ask Miss Mary Lawrence Steu ben county child welfare worker to investigate The family is in desti tute circumstances nr I Special to The Buffalo TIMES I HORNELL May 24 Ray ritz who was recently brought back from Honolulu on a charge of grand larceny was "formally ar raigned before County Judge Edwin I Brown in Bath He denieeb the charge and was held under $15000 I ball which was furnished by his I father ritz who resides on the Dansville road ritz was indicted as the result of a transaction through which he obtained a new car through Charles Burdett a local dealer Later Mr Burdett got the car back and ritz joined the army and was sent to Honolulu hen if 'ties learned that ritz was wanted Steuben county to New York and an officer went there after him Jamestown Complaint Infatuated Man Kills Girl 10 Shoots Himself JAMESTOWN Special io The Buffalo TIMES JAMESTOWN May 24 Mr and Mrs Willis Miller of Ellery town ship claim the record for having a natural ice plant on their farm near this city When Sunday dinner guests appeared at their home Mrs Miller decided to make and serve ice cream for dessert Mr Miller went out into the yard and found some snow in a bank that had not yet melted which was used to freeze the cream lag Day will be observed in Sol Memorial Park June 14th with public exercises to be held by Jamestown Chapter Daughters the American Revolution Motor Robert Bowman Watertown chairman of the Amer icanism commission of the Amer ican Legion department of New York will be the principal speaker Members of James Brown post A little more than two score in number will be guests of the Kiwanis Club at a luncheon to be held at the Hotel Samuels Thurs day noon Automobiles will be fur nished to bring the old Civil War veterans to the meeting special patriotic program presented rank Mott liver the address Dudley ot Bath in Kocnester Special to The Buffalo TIMES' JAMESTOWN May The ap pellate division" of the Supreme Court at Rochester has handed'down a decision in the Jamestown assess ment certiorari proceeding striking out several paragraphs of the writs or certiorari obtained against the city and then affirming the ruling of Justice Harley Crosby who heard the case here He the mo tion of the city to have the writs quashed and ordered the case sent to Bird of Cattaraugus county 'aas referee to hear evidence and de i termine the tax case The case is brought by certain taxpayers who attack the legality and valdiity ot the 1925 tax roll based upon assessments made under the Somers system which was intro duced here last year I 1 Western New York and Canada Events ev Organized Thifevery in Olean Section we were unaer tne scrutiny vi ucvcvmvo xjgih nw Anderson and I went over to a gambling house on West 56th Street to play faro bank About 1 in the morning three detectives entered the place The proprietor was an ex grifter and it was rumored that he was a who gavethe police very Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys 60c all dealers oter MinumCoMfg Chemists Buffalo NY Jamestown Theft Special to The Buffalo TIMES JAMESTOWN May 24 Charged with burglarizing the Rush Motor store at Cherry Creek early Saturday the authorities have arrested Mike Tabone and James Rick of this city It is reported that about $70 worth of automobile accessories were taken Employes of neighboring res taurantin Cherry Creek hearing a noise in the Rush Motor Company store Investigated and found that the place had been entered Tabone and Risk were arrested several hours later in alconer and are being held there for trial i United Press Dispatched rumored that he was a who gavethe valuable tips on occasion He knew nothing about Ander or me We had represented our selves as stock market men Ander son was supposed to be from Berlin while I was from London Anderson of course could get away with the representation of German extraction because of his pronounced dialect and I could very well imitate an dialect Examined by Sleuths The ordered everybody up against the wall for an examina tion They quizzed everybody quite thoroughly after which they de parted Twice in one night they had us and "passed us It was because of these experi ences that we decided to cut out Broadway and Its environs and con fine our social activities to Green wich Village We seldom played around the white light district after that night Now I come to the business of dickering the swag The Liberty bonds were just the same as money We had no trouble dickering the Liberty bonds but the "negotiable were an entirely differ mn 1 curitles decided have to Will Try Hornell Man for Larceny LOUIS BKEIL Special to The Buffalo TIMES OLEAN May 2 4 Louis Breil 62 years old died in his home in Pleas ant Valley Olean township after a long illness He had been a resi dent of the town the last eighteen years He was born in Holland September 15 1863 He is survived by his widow Mrs Alice Thurbur Briel one daughter Mrs John Struble of Pleasant Valley one grandchild four sisters Mrs red Rice of Holland Mrs Charles Blank Mrs Harry Nabb and Mrs Rose Dukeland of Buffalo and one brother Carl Breil of Cleveland The funeral will be in the home Rev Shedd of the irst Methodist Episcopal Church officiating with burial in the Pleasant Valley ceme tery Keavin on Trial or Slaying of Geneva Officer Pigeons in Cornell Becoming Nuisance Special to The Buffalo TIMES HORNELL May 24 Pigeons that have been making their home in the roof of the public library building were driven out and shot by men de tailed from the fire and police de partments The pigeons have been making themselves a nuisance about the building for some time and it' was finally decided to clear them out Patrolman George Van Ness who was detailed made a clean score with his rifle as the firemarridrove them out 1 Sue Corning Man in Car Smash Up rrm: people or the state or new yohk To Mary Iziekwowl rank Potter Carrie Murphy Mary Baker Goonre Potter Anna Mae Rasmuutn lorence Pearl Warn Bthe! A Wilson Alma Tone Hazel Turner Grace Smith Whereas rederick isher who renldee the City of Buffalo New York haa presented a peti tion to the Court of our County of Erie praylnx for a decree that a certain Instru ment In wrttlnx bearing date the 3th day of December 1313 relating to both real and personal property be duly prosed arid admitted to probate as the last will and testa ment'of William A Bro Jamln late of the City of Buffalo In the County of Erie and State of New York deceased Therefore You snd each of you ars el ted to show causa before the Surrogate's Court of our County of Erie at the City and County Hall Jn the City of Buffalo In said County of Brie on the 25th day of June 1926 at 10 In the forenoon of that day ssliy such a decree should not bo made In testimony whereof We base caused (Seal) the Sool of said Surrogata'a Court to oe hereunto anixea Witness Hon Louts Hart Surrogate of our said County of Erie at Buffalo this 21st day of Mas 192 VANOERMEULEN Clerk of the Court niAKiaiJiK ja Attorney tor Petitioner Erie County Bank Bldg Buffalo msy2t 81June74U Special to The Buffalo TIMES BATH May The Corning ree Academy team won the Steuben County interscholastic field and track meet held on the fair grounds here on Saturday Corning had a total of 35 points Hornelf high school was second with a total of 32 1 3 points Corning Northside high school was third with 10 1 2 points Bath high school was fourth with 10 1 3 points Canisteo scored 9 5 6 points and Painted Post 1 summaries: Shotput distance 38' feet 1st Terry of Hornell 2d Morrow of Corning ree Academy 3d Cohn of uam 220 yard low hurdles time 29 onds 1st Obtirn of Corning Northside 3d Lundvay of Hornell Mile run time 5 minutes 9 4 5 seconds 1st Millman of Corning ree Academy 2d Watt of Hornell 3d Stewart of Painted Post Pole vaule height 10 feet 3 inches 1st pfitzenman ot Canisteo 2d Sliney of Bath 3d Drake of Hornell 440 yard dash time 56 1 10 sec onds 1st ogue of Corning North side high school 2d Evans ot nell 3d McCrannell of Corning Academy 100 yard dash time 10 4 10 nniis 1st Briggs of Corning Academy 2d Beck of Corning re? Academy 3d Raymsford of Hornell High jump height 51 2 feet 1st Bok of Hornell 2d Stewart of Canisteo 3d Oburn of Corning Northside' high school Broad jump distance" 18 feet 10 inches 1st Briggs Corning ree 2d Campbell of Hornell 3d Tunney of Corning ree'Acade my 220 yard dash time 24 seconds 1st Briggs of Corning ree Acade my 2d Beck of Corning ree Academy Evarts of Corning Northside high school Medley relay 1st Hornell 2d Bath 3d Corning ree Academy in tbo (I A suiaivuib a guests ot honor and the orld Mt Morris armers Discouraged by Cold Special io The Buffalo TIMES MOUNT MORRIS May The present cold snap has served to Hlampen the optimism displayed by agriculturalists ot the Genesee A al ley during the spring and early summer and it is openly admitted that the chances for farmers as a whole securing even a fair yield this I ear are rather doubtful Prominent agriculturalists claim this unfavorable condition does not apply to any one crop but on the I other hand affects all crops grown I In the Genesee Valley Newburg arm Well Shows Oil and Gas Special to The Buffalo TIMES OLEAN May 24 Some showing of oil and gas was made by tlit first test well in the Main Settlement field The well is on the A New burg farm It was shot at a depth of 1329 feet The well was the first drilled by the Main Oil and Gas Company on its lease of 200 acres in the field The well is in the clear sand and it will likely be several days before the daily production is known The company plans to drill other but the drilling will de pend on the flow of the first one Olean Man Suffers Severe Injuries Special io The Buffalo TIMES OLEAN May 24 Anthony Wis newski of East Connell Street suf fered a severe injury to the left hand when it was caught in the saw of a machine in the plant of the Seamon' Container Company where he was employed He was taken to the Mountain Clinic where the hand was dressed He was later taken to his home veterans the Calumet Band and other organizations of the village taking poxt The line of march ill be from the Court House to Ames Hall and thence to Sunset Hill Cem etery Exercises will be held in the hall with Major A Edward Krieger of Salamanca as speaker of the day The ritual for Memorial Day will be carried out at the Soldiers monument in Sunset Cemetery Graves ot all veterans of all wars will be decorated with flowers and io ffo Rnv Rlpndinaer will be of ficer ot the day with Rev seph A Burke as chaplain Here is Buffalo Proof yV YOUNG carjcnter 42 Park tai? Ave "My kidneys act properiy They were so sluggish the secretions didn't pass as often as they should I also had backache and when I bent over' a sharp twinge darted across mv kid neys I used Pills and it only took on box from Stall's Drug Store to fix me up" Pills LAHERTY SAYS REPORTS ALSE so we went to him now and he invited An loin his party Dutch began to work on him im mediately by talking to him in his native tongue nrith nio delighted to meet a countryman who was born in tne same town ne born in was one of Henry's remarks TTa was an inauisitive sort wanted to know our business Dutch said: a good time and play ing the market a little to cover ex penses" There was never such a thing as a race track who didn't have good in tomorrow's race" and there was never a broker who didn't have a tip or two on this stock or that Henry incidentlywas as crooked as the proberial hind leg of the dog Decide to Take a Chance When Dutch him he de cided to take a chance with him judge of men He could tell a Anderson was guy" from a crlanrA a right he declared we'll use him and if I miss my guess well unload all these securities with him" Henry measuted up to Anderson Hornell Supreme Court Dismisses Two Cases Special to The Buffalo TIMES i HORNELL May Justice Nelson Sawyer in Supreme Court here1 yesterday dismissed the com plaint In the case of Attorney James Sebring against George Pratt and Clarence Keyes all of Corn ing raud was alleged In dis mlssing the complaint Justice Saw 'yer termed the litigation a result otmisunderstanding between the attor Jicys and by his verdict reverted the An interlocutory decree of divorce 1 granted the plaintiff in the case of Mrs Dora Hepworth ot this city against her husband Burr Hep worth There was no defense ot fered I 1 1W Illi JA 1 Vr "51 VICKS Vapo Rub i a Ml 1" WfeSalM nur24 A fc Wm B1 raar 1 fault 1 1 Igo Jll.

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