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Telephone No. 4000 Telephone Tour News Items to New Castle's Newsy Newspaper. NEW CASTLE NEWS WEATHER K.ilr inirj nOiif til.il Krirlti POMiibiv light frost jisfslll. VOLUME XLVI No. 234 NEW CASTLE, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1 926.

-24 PAGES" THREE CENTS A COPY CARROLL GIVEN YEAR IN PRISON LOCAL MAN'S BROTHER KILLED IN PLANE CRASH CWEOT REPORTS Court Passes In Marion Talley Footsteps Big Improvement On Pennsylvania Complete June 15 Ensign Schmidt Loses His Life In Pensacola Crash WOMAN EVANGELIST HELD FOR RANSOM Sentence On Carroll Today Theatrical Producer Is Crestfallen When He Hears Jail Sentence Bridge And New Tracks Anothi- Tact or which lenti'cd the investips in Han Francisco a arrival hero of Distrirf Attorney Asa Keyes of Los Anpcles. SAX PRAX0ISCO, luring the last 2 linurs in Ihe mys-Lerlous disappearance From Beaver Falls To Rochester Ready Two Planes Collide In Mid-Air One Pilot Is Saved By Parachute Ke- ho. up mtr ''jHaLtttHB aftyiaaaahaaaaaaaaa First Reports in College Drive On Friday Evening V- 1 reports mat R-Phersorj rta -in nan ran Cisco today i being held mic held by for Hie v. ifliiauiK oantain iicrnixn Cut Operating Time On System, New Castle To Pittsburgh SCHMIDT QUITE WELL KNOWN HERE SECURES STAY UNDER 55,000 BOND iinn or r.as Angeic-s was cekiii iennetl) Ormismn, former nirliu cxpori of Angehis i.os An-ffeles. founded ly MvPherson.

Cline said he was anxioi: if 5rn Jnisi-natJonat 7'ews Service) Was Flyer In U. S. Navy, sin.OOO reward offered for her ssfe return. to Keyep. Atmrney f.

A. McKinley. widely known blind barrister of Lonjr Beach. Cul. told hiui thai, two men "ntered his office m.

Memorial Day and said they were holding Mrs. ilc-Pherson fnr the reward. The man went to McKinley, Koyca pointed bill, because McKinley was? blind and therefore could not. describe or follow them. 1 PITTSBURGH, June 3 The last iaaaVaaSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaV avavav spike in the Pennsylvania railroad's Teams Are CaHVaSSin.fi- CitV new 55.

000, 000 improvement pro- Squad Funeral At Schwenksvilie, Pa. Ormlatoii in eonnecifnn with an entry round on ihe rosistrv ihe Hotel. San Luis Ohispo. The registry read: and Mrs. Fi'ank Gibson, ins IL had been entered early last Saturday morn Plea Of Carroll's Counsel For Clemency Made Before Sentencing iject between Beaver Falls and Ro-i or subscriptions To College Fund Chester, will be driven on Junej 15.

company officials announced i here today. Oncii Xtiv Urirtire. ing. Cline said. Ensign Luther S.

Schmidt. T-. S. brother Xelson AOlSOHi Ol: On that, da V. thev rinnlarprl t-hc, By P.

SJBXTNER International Srlc atari XEW YORK. June SEEK $160,000 FOR BOYS' DORMITORY urn- helllindt Ol jjlllC'Oln aVCHUC, bridge between New Brighton .1 i -ii ilKnrl Reaver Falls will be opened Prohibition Is l.u. ivos iiirLiiNiiv a spacial u-ain wtlu a partv 0f ar I Carroll must serve IV CCllK'SllilV attCrllOOU at Pen-1 railroad officials headed hy JES. i i tV, I Whiter, vice president, will be the iNCW Castle Is Responding TO- fJCol.i, ilonda, when the first t0 ptlEfi 0Yer jt. Appeal To Aid Local minion vouar Fire Damage In Canadian Town jjianc ho was piloting crashed' The new "ridge, costing 31.000,- -t.

ii i 0i' Ss llle chief unit of the project. Into a plane piloted by Lieut. huee fillB aionp tne rivei. bank mat College (year and a day in prison and pay a. fine of $2,000.

Thi- (was ihe price the Brosdway tbeatrical producer must pay for staging- the eventful party the Earl Carroll theater idui'inEr which Miss Jovco Given Fade-Out By Congressmen t5. i'j. lneersoii. Lien intrer- ins possible tue laying oe new "i near the river account for soil saved himself ironi death jthe otaer j4, 000, 000. First report meeting in the Newcastle appeal for to build rafts.

t)V releasing hlS parachute I he New Brighton Chamber of 1 1 Commerce, cooperating with the find drorminsr. into the bar. Jtooerc Auctiey Browne Hall at Westminster College will be held at. ia dinner of Hie executive commi'-; Forty -Two Homes; Rawlev. former artists" iri a balhtnb 7 ipi -mmo iri Ten-Congress Dup.

Tn ViK-re he was later rescued, celebration which include itee, divist0I, fMm Cfntrnl Pl-ei PhOtir C3 p- inslffn Schmidt was known here. IT- UL tains and. team members tomorrow Mish Louise J.erch ot Alleniown ha Shortly, Will Likely Evade IjavinB visited his brother and sis- 1B- ll as announced. the First the Metropolitan Opera Co. ranks.

Like Marion Ta liey, another vou nir evening at 6 o'clock in Christian church. tT-in-law a number of times while Stores And Five "Ware houses Consumed By Flames musical sensation. Miss Larch, is the daughter of a telegrapher Her father is Daniel ii. one time of ginger Sentence was pronounced by Federal Judge Goddard. Carroll had been at liberty under 15.000 bail since his conviction last Thursdsv of perjury in connection with testi- Looming Issue i ANDREWS IS URGING the telegraph office at AHentown, Pa.

College Workers Gather At Noon HIGH WIND AIDS FIRE IN SPREADING- lie was a student in the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Md. He made many friends here who wili tic grieved to learn of 2s is untimely death. During his studies in the! Academy lie specialized in aviation, find had been assigned to that branch of th nava! service II in brother. Nelson Schmidt, who i is a plant superintendent for the J-nhisli Portland Cement Company GOFF BILL PASSAGE, mony concerning the party that he jhad given before a federal grand jury.

Rentz Is Named LARGE HOTEL AT BEDFORD BURNS i Congressmen More Interest-i Carroll was fined si.ooo on each ot two counts, a total of J2.000. Fire Said To Have Been I Unofficial, reports of team members who received their REsignnient prospects at luncheon yesterday noon already indicate that at this first report, gathering substantia advancement will be shown toward the objective. Scores of New Castle citizens not connected with the coliece are working energetically with alumni and former students and the executive committee. Many of the leading Business men of the city are represented in the corps of representatives In the activity who are carrying the urgent appeal of the college to the people of this city, Tenms To Jleporl. During the dinner there will he Deputy Grand ed In Coming- Fall Election Than Current Measures here.

left last night for Schwenks- Caused By Accidental nition Of Matches Loss Is No Reports Are Made, But Organisation Work Is Perfected le. where the body ot the One count was for falsifying before the February grand jury and the I other for falsifying before the March grand Jury regarding th? bathtub incident. Can-oil Crestfallen Carroll was crestfallen when th? sentence was passed. It. was said flyer will be brought for bur I'lticcd At In In Hostrlry Master Builder lly CEOrtGl-: K.

HOLMES. International JTe-w Service Stair jthat he had helieved be would not CoL-r0S3md71t Tnlprnn iona I News Prrlcs) lUVUSHE UU LOU Que. Los? of over a mi! I urn dollars was estimated to I 11 'MTIS tiiA 1 XCM'H irel With an increased attendance over yesterday. Westminster's Crusaders, the men and women who PKDFOnD. June Dam WASHINGTON.

June ADer; have to go to jail. He had been roistering and rioting ail winter plainly nervous as he awaited prohibition and conditions in-, tence and repeatedly wiped hl lisiilcnt therclo congress it appeared forehead with hfs hsndkerchief age from which left the Hoff i a. brief speaking program at which are putting on the driro for .1 lj 0 Senator George T. Welngartner, man House, one of the largest local day as having been done bv Appointed To Important Office In Order Of Builders' Organization 000 for Want More Data On School Building County Superintendent of Schools John C. Syiing is In receipt of a letter from Hie school department il Harrisburg, asking for additional data regarding the proposed new tchool building in Shenango torn- men dormitory for the chairman of the local effort, will ttJHt ill oil'-' i mail being severely hurned.

was es- 1 VT I 11 nil riled tlirougllOUt certain today is going to fade itictly his eounsei. Herbert C. out oT Washington in a fnw weeks Smyth, pleaded with the judge for without taking any definite act Ion clemency, whatever In ihe matter. Smyth pointed out chat the the- No Action Tjikr-Iy. atrical producer had always had a The ardent drys are "crvin for sood reputation and none of th" more -'teeth' in (lie Volstr-ad act; I government's witnesses had reflect-tbo wets are clamoring with even I e1 l51 character during the trial, more Insistence far modification and i Hc made the point that Carroll's a national referendum vet the Perjury regarding the bathtub in-present prospect is that "teeth" will cident did not obstruct the inveytt-ueither be put in nor taken out of Ration of the federal grand juries the present law.

It will surprise lnt0 suspected violation of th most observers, in fact if there is a prohibition law. which was the pur- the night, destroying 42 homes, ten stores and five big warehouses. The fh-e was said to have been caused by the accidental ignition of matches on tile eighth story of Ihe .1. 11. lienaud store and in a few minutes flames, fanned by a high westerly wind, were sweeping preside.

There will also be a musical program by students and members of the college musical faculty. The report ot team workers will feature, the meeting, Keen competition between teams has already been indicated on the basis of largest team reports, largest individual gifts obtained and largest, number Of subscriptions obtained. Each team is trying to outdo the other in each of theBe points of competition. Challenges were hurled between groups at the assignment meeting Fhip. particularly as to whether it Fred ij.

Rentz: of this ch has been appointed district deputy grand master bulkier oC the Order ot Builders, upon recommendation of Mayor William H. Dunlnp, divisional deputy fraud master of the Order of Builders, Western Pennsylvania, according to announcement today. The appoint college, met today st noon in. the First Christian church basement. No reports were made today, this being held until Friday evening at 6 o'clock.

The meeting today was merely to continue tne selection of prospect cardH and at 1:30 o'clock the workers started out for subscriptions. State Senator George T. Wein-sartnor. general chairman, ot the campaign for "Robert Audley Browne the name of the dormitory when completed, made a short address today in which he thanked the men and women for being present. He urged thera to leave no stone unturned that the drive might be put over successfully, and prophesied that if every worker did h.ia share, the goal would be reached.

across the city. tl mated today at. I fi 0,0 0(1. An explosion, heiinvod to have been caused by leaking gas connections, started the fire. The.

flames spread rapidly from the hotel kitchen where the fire started. Robert Wynnt, employed at tho hotel, was burned on the face and body when flames ignited his clothing. He, was in the kitchen when Ihe explosion occurred. In the face of a brisk wind, firemen were helplyss before the flnmes. Many guests of the hotel leTt their vaiuahles the burning building la their htiale to escape.

The Hoffman House, on the Lincoln Highway, had a largo tourlEt patronage, Dry Agents Stage Raid On Broadway record vote on ativ aspect of the i Pose lheir inquiry. i lie a so stated that Carroll wa (Continued On Vara TlfD was to be used for high school purposes or as a centralized school. Architect Thayer will take the completed plana to I-Iarrlsburp next Jlonday, when it is expected that speedy action will bo obtained. The work has been delayed now to such an extent that there is little chance fit the building being erected in Hme for the opening or school neit fall. yesterday.

The spirit will intensify af? the appeal progresses. Plans are being made for humorous prizes and honors for those who have shown the greatest progress in the activity. Arrest Man For Conductor Gives Poke Tip-Off On Pair Of Robbers Acinic On Hunch (xiTOfl I fornutl inn Thai Cn( files liank Robhcrs the employer of a great many peo-j pie who would suffer if he was I farced to serve a term in jst'l. i "The ends of justice will not be I served by sending him to jsil." i pleaded Smyth. "Has he not suffered enough now? He knows now thai no cue should lie to a federal rtd jit ry "The Question is.

did he do anything char anv ordinary man woui'l not have done under th? same cir-j dimes anres? He was faced with jan embarrassing situation th" jfear that he would be condemned for bad taste in the matter of th bathtub and then he thought it 'Conttnua On Jtmf Two) Several team captains have al- ready announced that they would I set a standard in the sine and num-f her of subscriptions at. this first, re- port meeting that will establish stiff pace for the other groups, i A substantial start toward the Kidnaping CMldl Allegheny County lomrouer uies Interna liona I News Sei-vice ment was made by Arthur M. Millard, grand master builder, at Chicago. The Order ot Builders was formed in March, 1.921, with 3:1 boys in one chapter. It has spread rapidly because of Its effect upon boys and through the moral and patritlc lesson of lift ritualistic exercises.

Today ihere nre thousands of boys between the ages of 3 and 21 oh members. The members of the Masonic frn-ternity act na sponsor" for the organization, which also litis an advisory council which wttu recently, organized here. The advisory council in the local chapter consists nf J. L. 7IcFate, chairman: H.

B. Richards, C- Ed. Brown, Ralph S. Reed. George A.

Bechtol, H. A. Sturdy and Thomas Solomon. Two other appointments as district deputy grand master builder were made upon the recommendation of Divisional Deputy Grand Master Dunlap, they being CharleH B. Phillips, New Wilmington, for Mercer county, and Hownrd C.

Mol-ter of New Brighton for Denver coun ty. WASHINGTON. June 3. Police held Edward Haines. 20, oft i 1 nt nia Hntni 1 'en' S-rvli'i-l NEW VORK, June ,1.

Federal dry agents and police launched tine drive on alleged speakeasiCB in the Broadway white light district early tedtiy. Warrants were served on 14 places and five persons were m-rested. Most the places raided are said to have catered to theatrical folk and persons of moderate means. The drive followed recent invas rln trnatlonal Xewa Service) PITTSBURGH, June 3. John P.

Moore, 70, brother of Alexander P. Moore, former U. S. ambassador to Spain, and controller ol Allegheny county, died at his home In Knoi-ville. near here, today after being in ill health more than a year.

Stricken at the breakfast table. Aid was summoned from Quebec and towns along the St. Lawrence, but firemen had an all-night battle before the firo was completely under control. IValyr I'reisuro Lmv In addition to strong westerlv wind, (lie water pressure hub not good. Though the stores in the commercial section are built oT stone and brick, thev did.

not resist tbo flames mid one after the other they were destroyed. In fiucces-sion, five Inrpo warehouses were burned down and hen Ihe stores nearby fell easy prey. Even ilia Montseratt steel works were partlv destroyed and then Uto (ire extended 10 ihe. residential quarters. The Central hotel, the Duhe Sons sloro, ihe Thlvleige, Pellet ier and Proulx stores and adjoining warehouses could not be saved by the firemen.

Help was sought at that point from Quebec, 120 miles away. Quebec firemen came here by a Canadian National Rnilwuy speclai flat car train. Mayor Charles Dubc estimated the loss at over one million dollar. About I ree-quarters nf the Tosses are understood to he covered by insurance, hut, comiii at the time ot the year when the tourist, senpon just opened, (lie indirect loss Is heavy. Robbery Attempt At Junior High! rarnegte.

today on a charge of kidnaping the S-year-old daughter of his wife by a former marriage. He was to be given a hearing later In ihe day. According to police, who took Haines into custody near Burgetts-ton. he is alleged to have Arthur Mometer goal is eipectBd from thB report of the executive committee on its work among the advance prospects. Several thousand' dollars to be put Immediately into the totals is anticipated according to Indications front Senator Welttgartner who has been directly in charge of this' phase of the activity as well as directing the (Ooatlanca On Tuft Two) American Golfers Win Walker Cup Far Fif tli Time (aken the girl from t.hj home of her Moore died within two hours.

He ions of exclusive night clubs. Evl dence against the places was gath 1 hiLern Kmui 1 N'pn-. Sr1 u-ei CHICAGO. June S. Two men whose actions aroused the uttfpLcIon of Ray conductor on the Chicago, North Share and Milwaukee Railway, were in a cell here today charged with robbing '-he State Bank ot Shoreboro.

Milwaukee Fuburb. The men boarded Liimlir's train iu Milwaukee, bound for Chicago. I by did I know of bank robbery at tln line, but. us he explained to police -'1 jus; had a hunch those men had pulled something. He wired bis suspicions to Chicago where police met the train.

uiauumutuer hi i-ionuisys uove. w.iwas at his office yesterday and did a. and attempted to return her ncll about nnv change In to Carnegie Authorities returned ilis physical condition. ered, it was said by dry agents brought here from Washington two months ago. The warrants wore is sued by United Stales Commission iu Jifi in mi 111 titer, witit whom ihe child's moiher had left her.

Tolice also arrested Kobert 5S. who with Haines when, iliey reported finding liquor in his possession 1 IS'owp Servicel LONDON, June S. The total idead in the recent cyclone on the lArrakart coast in BurMiu was pluced ItnrlllV nt 7 1-1 1 rr er Cotter. Boos ami cat sieelad the raiders au they went from place to place serving the wnrrants. In one place five of nlmmpugue and liquor were seiisarl.

One of 1he places Invaded was across (ho street from a police station. from Rangoon. The death Hat was Increased by an epidemic ot cholera. served four terms In the Pennsylvania, bouse of representatives and one term as state senator. He was serving bis third term as controller of Allegheny county.

The widow, iwo daughters and a son, of the Immediate family, survive. Condition Of Mrs. Druschell Not Improving Each of the suspects carried a paper market bag from Him tops of which protruded carrots, -ariishes, and celery. Under the vp rotables, however, was found In currency, irtentifed, police said as part of tho $1,500 loot taken from thi? Shore wood bank. The men gave their na net as Gilbert Cooper, 21.

of Sioux Citv, Frank Bourlte, -iy. Df Bent-lily, 111. Police said the men con lig down deep in your jeanji. oltl op. dig Tor a omiw thnt is dig up promise for a chunk of ca.sh, ilori't nialic- your cont.rtbnttoii lighl.

Help builii the hl! for h-college on the- hill, for the boys who ai-p to come in future- yc-ai-s. 'tis rh' New Castle Man 's Idea Of Westminster (B-UI-IiXlTIK) CInternftiontii rcews Ervlcej ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June America's premier amateur goiters won the Walker cup for the rifth time today. Four times Great Britain's best amateurs have ft tempted to win this thophy for ihe best international team play and four times they have been turned back. The final score was: 0'nked States 0 1-2 points; Great Britain 1-2 points.

The British made a last minute rally which wafl barely staved off by the Americans when at one time it appeared during the last half hour ot play that the British might succeed In tbo least halving the play for the cup. The honors for the singles today go to the British who won four of the singles matches and halved one fessed the robber third man who und nnmed lha! first tjine liipy linvf askprt you. participated fts sluct- rirsr tho school was "Hlackin Williams of lea go. A uttouipted robbery nt the Franklin Junior High school over Memorial Day vneii Lion period WiiH reportod lo the police Wednss-(Itty. According to (he report made by the ol'l'icor investijiisllng, entram-e wns gained through a rear window.

The beaver board piM-Ulion between the electric room unci another room wus rontoved. Throe schmv drivers were foiiHti mtuRlng. The nn ma person or iiersoits also Williams is being soushl OWN A CAR Most anyone iio-v cun knou- the pleasures and State Senator g.irtner says of Westminster: "A miccessful George T. Wei n-; ported. This ctimpnisu now guinir New Castle and on in New Castle inr $1 00,000 should go over, for it moans a.

city needs more dormitory for men at the coIIgec. by I his ime most nf us are in i-ivm-s. It's -i rtebt 11 ic town is owing the ctrllcgo the hilt, io Ibo fiiotory whciv cliarai-tcr is built, mul it's up tn you to help It. tlig down dix'p nml do your bit, let the collCRe lime portion of your cilt. i The condition or Mrs.

Wilbert r-ruschell Slienango township' who was painfully burned by the explosion of kerosene while a fire in the kitchen stove at her home, about ten days-ago, is 1 no better, aulhorlties at the She-nango Valley hospital where she was taken after the accident, stated loday DEATH RECORD I and factories, shops a. need of vnm-s. come stores. Ihe matei'inl niiie of lire' 'Tldbart Amlloy l-lrciwne Hull will is most impurlant of Inn be New Castle's pjil't lr Westmhi-llie cultural side must not be over- ster. A worthy nimiumviil.

a looked. Iworlliv mini, is to be slucivilv with O'A'mnr; motor or if thev take -id vantage of wont to the sladlum and lunkn four locks on doors mul an efi'ort wtts Hi'lp WostiuiHsti-f rnijie the buitdUij-: tlint i1l bo home for tneii, subscription is (he least that von I while the Americans were winning KlijilK'Hi tan-don, Mrs. general health I three matches and lialvine- one also made to gel. Inlo flu: room used -ion iironiir can do. tt a pif of memorial to Klhvnoil lite town you eull niir lionie riiel ps, ihe used car bargains in our classified columns.

remains about the same. Her in- Bobby Jones, Watts Guun, juries have shown no signs ot hti-1 Sweetsl.Gr and George Von JiJhn ovetnent. turned in injitits tor the Americaus, "West in Inslcr College supplier Hint t'tiiftiral need for ln Cily of New and it should he stip- lioped (hat the or t.hlK city rvlll rally to the support of the Cil Kt by the foolball players, i irs, They were linsucessrul in getl hi; I Cil.v. unyihing ot any considernble JdIiii llevtm eon I liitnin lc. 1o (ill, Soulh Wnles.

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