Middletown Daily Herald from Middletown, New York • Page 1

TELEPHONES ABVKETiSi.NC BUSINESS EBITOK1AL, EIHT0K1A1. THE WEATHER FAIB TOXIGIIT AXS SATOt- COOLEK TOXIGHT. FROST TOX1GE.T, PROBABLY HEAVY IV JXTEBIOIt. NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME--AM ADVERTISING MEDIUM FOR EVERY BCYISG DAY MIDDLETOWN. N.

Y. FRIDAY. OCTOBER IT. 1924. 85 Cents Monthly THREE CENTS A FIGHT FOR $10,000 IN SON'S DEATHj i Corporal Spragae's Mother; Awarded Insurance After Losg Wait: dive" 'VSTAS Bwi Dead Eero Was First Mid- dietown Boy Killed in Action Mrs.

Grace F- Spragae of Ub- -rty, mo-Oier of Corporal Russell P. Sprsgue, formerly of ibis city, who-was the firs: faoy sive "Ss or eoa2tr daring tie world war. has been granted S1G.OOO insurance by the U. S. Veteran's Bureau, t'ans so an end one ol tbe cases in te ansals off the department wicfe Ss ed witii the care the affairs of.

America's former soldiers. Sjjrague, one ol tbe first to iroi- asjteer when America entered the was kiHed ia France iaj ter or 1S17. Before txegimeet went Into "Xo Mac's; word went oat that tae soldiers eoaid take out government Insurance before going into action if so desired. Application blanks not It was announced tnat a writ- recsest Hied with, the field clerk Would be acceptable. Tiiis tras doae by Spragae.

The Want was filed Is tne company desk. During a major engagement which soon followed, tie desk was loci and w-ta it the application lor -asarance signed by Sprague who bad been shortly after makcng tbe request. First efforts to cci'ect tbe insurance were made by itrs. Sprague as early as ISIS. Tbe case attracted wide attention, Alice Robertson, woman member Itae House from Oklahoma and Congressman Charles B.

Ward ol being- among U-ose pressed the case before Director Hines. Finally the latter was made to tee th.e justice the appeal with, the result that yea- he-decided that "as a matter pt fact" Corporal ia the serrice pt try applied for War Rsst Insurance. The award became effective from tbe date ct Corporal Spragae's death, Dec. 23, .1917. aad will be payable at the rate of monthly subject to a da- i of $25 monthly from that Sate, which sum was paid, to Mre.

Sprague as automatic -insurance. PSSDICTS CUEES FOE ALL DISEASES EASTOX 17. Toe origsa csirs for virtually alj isciuaiag easier. be discovered in cex: years by tieajists. wort- lag ia cosjaneiioa With physl- ciaoe.

it was prriSieied feere Tiursday Dr. S. Xichois. Presses: Genera- Caeaxical Cospsny aed a President of the Aeseri- caa CSesalc-a? Society. He was aae the speakers at tSe ereises 10 tie cecten- aia! aeslversary of Lafayette College.

"la o' what the last fifty years hare aecoiapiashed with, ai beginning, very kcowledge scared by comparatively- ojen," asked Dr. Nichois. "what may aot be expected dariag the next fifty years ipresesi knowledge possessed by a rasr army? SMITH AND Worker Dies Under ROOSEVELT Car Hit by Big Motor Irack TRAILS CROSS Trains of Ejjral Candidates Pass OS Elmira Early Today SMITH ON DRY McCarthy of New -Windsor Killed Wiuie Fixing MacMae on Highland MiBs- Kewbargh Eoad--W. P. McGowan, Truck Driver, Held for Manslaughter --Car Is Badly Damaged ed ioose, James McCarthy, of Xew as employe ot the state higiwav W2S sastanl- tilied 2 Mack truck drSv- Ol tfee BEAR MT.

TO BE OPEN FALL ANDWINTER Inn Now Ready To Accommodate All Overnight Guests FOR WINTER SPORTS to jury- oa a await the actloa the skull was Irac- he was In an interview with W. Arerill Harrisnan, Commissioner of the Palisades Interstate Park, plans I were disclosed indicating that" the i Commissioners intend to continue! the use, by the public of this rast park during the coming fall and winter. Bear Mountain Inn Is now ready 'or the entertainment- ol overnight guests, thereby affording very pleasant headquarters for hiking parties who may wish to tramp, oTer sererai of the new trails through the Bear Mountain, and Harriman State Parks. Mr. Harriaiaa says the Inn offers unpretentious, but comfortable, rooms and dormitory for the accommodation ol 200-guests and Inrnisb.es substantial meals at a Governor Smith His Fight for Beer And Light Wine Ei-MlRA.

jtraiSs of Governor A3. Smith and oa crascc iaso I Theodore Roosevelt. A here. As Govern puHisg out be passed the re3t into she He speak to-lgivi 12 the saniej hall csed by Coverzcr Sa'illi last eight. Rooserel: bad be-fore him the charge of msc-e cere Inst night in discussrcs enicrce- ment.

that ihe attitsfie towards prohibition eafortemeiit has been one of hypocrisy aad a second challenge debate the charge at any time, anywhere. The Republican usanasers with Roosevelt were also met here by ac open letter from P. l- Crockett. pastor of the Free Methodist church to the effect that while most of the members of his church were enrolled as Re-' publicans they would not vote for the head of the state ticket. there lew a the is before rade this JJOJE: 2EJ 10 ihe '-it? o' the ac- Ji Ii 12 FOUUD TRIPLETS BSSAK ALL RECORDS YOKK.

Xurs It. Kt- Education Board Will Ask $144,000 Appropriation School, November 4 cst vbea sis boys, i--i a ci Cf. "AI-TC ic Mrs. aaii caa The have February 23. three aS badly rand up against tse inipao: badly damage McCarthy's car.

occurred at Deputy Sherul Itoim wjiere the ra-iroad bridge! MriU Ie over the road at Wood'Dary! stable W. C. Larson, who McCarthy's truck were oa the Shenandoah Skips I Decides at Ssecial Meetiag To Submit Plan To Voters SITE ON WTT.KTK AVE, SAX rTAXCISCO. Oct. 17 --Tie S.

Xiva! dlr.g.ble Saea-' Saa 02 its way to ira Cotmcii Orders Publication of Election Notice tie Ga: a. in. tcday 10 rcmfrdv tne necessary 1015 Irom fcor had irhere he deposited emploved by the crash victsm LIFE SAVED BY HIS DOG BUTLER T0 TELL OF The letter was addressed to ALL VOTERS WARNED TO i TO ROBBERY REGISTER! AND MURDER Animal Took Workman to Spot Where Wounded Lad Lay in Faint fSHOT IN EYE AND LEG Senate Campaign Fund Probers Not Satisfied Witli Reports TO CALL DEMOCRATS CHICAGO. 17--Xot satisfied with the caapassa of I informatJcn srivec by to seven years to wa-sc way or all the way across the city to at- sersi school, the cl Sc-jca- a jrieeb- lasc the cl'y on Xoreaiber 1 ior 22 2 erect a 12 recm sdrjc! building to re- plaue the btructure. at Liberty which is termed 22i -or purposes.

1 Fotlowisg the action zze the Coixiiaoa Council a niecting; held iu the evinirg adopted a actice of siie to th-? voters at th'i eJeciiou of a to provide the suai oi 5144.000 sue to be spread over a period of very reasonable eha SHANGHAI IS NOW OCCUPIED Danger Is Now Over But the Population is Still Panicky SHANGHAI, Oct. 17--General Sun Chnan Fang, war lord of Putien, occupied Shanghai this afternoon and Assumed control of the military district. (Fang has been a lieutenant of General Chi Hsieh Tuan, Kiangsu dictator and leader of the allied Kiangsu-Fnkien troops which defeated General Tung Hsiacg relt because, they held, he had committed himself enforce the! Today and Saturday Last prohibition act with state legisia-j A prohibition act tioa. Crockett said thai onlv took the position Roosevelt help the Opportunity to Get on the Books Philip A. Hartman Gives Up to the Police at Reading, Pa.

Adaias. of Wurisboro; Hofises. r.atiocal chase $14,000 of a sch DON'T LOSEYOTJR VOTE AUTO GAVE FIRST CLOT One of the most astonishing ex-: Borati is ar.xious to fiat! outi fpcre came to hghi Kepublicaas bave re the ceived sums in "split coatriba-; Modern school btiiicicg Smith's position. "I am fallv persuaded that any law that woaM be passed by a party nominatiag for governor Register and enroll today and READLVG, Oct. IT-- Philip aotbor tol repor'er.

morning Kvur.eiU an A. Hartman, 2-i years vras a a dog "Prince" Sett home. such a wet Taeodore Roose- time, snow flies, slides, a good ski Jump aad ice rink on the large-" playground the Ins. This winter the Commissioners are expecting to run the ammonia pipes for the! ice machine in tbe restaurant out on the skating rink so as to make good, smooth, fast ice, available during all kinds of winter weather. Bear Mountain Park is fast becoming great winter playground.

3Ir. Harriman says the motor roads leadias to and through, the Park are kept open by the Park snow plows nearly all winter, making the sports accessible, except in most severe weather, by automobile zs well as by train. It Is the desire of the Commissioners to make this fall and winter use of the Palisades Interstate Park available for the York hare not the time nor tbe funds; necessary to visit a more distant winter resort. 1 Details of arrangements velt be as full of. holes as a skimmer." the, minister Smith maaaser-; claim the ICaces SmTth sdursssed: ta, "BInghamtoa.

and this city are larger and more enthusiastic than those of two rears ago when be made a terriffc inroad oa tbe normally heavy Republican vote in this territory. The governor brought the crowd to a high pitch of enthus- Prospective' voters will bave a rested here late last night, charg-j a mile from Wurtsboro on the cd with robbing lie I Ellen visit road, to so huullng. iasm last night when he proclaimed that he would not and does not apologize for his action in approving the repeal of tbe Mallan-Gauge He also made his first references to the national campaign whfn he attacked tne foreign P0ii-y of the Cooiidge administration, using about the same language be employed in Boston a -nreeU ape-. Says Runaway Grl Is Unruly GOSHEX, Oct. 17--Mrs.

Ellen 1 C- of the for a may be obtained at the Commis- ities 1 i 1 port Jervis, has at the partine York. and captured Shanghai.) in Shanghai was considered ended, but the population still was panicky and a thousand fearfai crriliaas rushed the barbed wire entanglements aroaud the foreign quarter during the afternoon. Haay women and chiidreu were trampled before gjiards Snally drove them back. Fire damaged tie Astor House, largest foreign hotel in Shanghai Hundreds of Chinese ots dashed from tbe bumiag shoaling that forces of little Hsu. the Anfn leader, were attacking tie hotel.

a panic anior.g the guests 2 nir into tne street in night 02 aud "ere unable to re- reported for I Three Xew tr.e surrender of 10.000 of the de-jeers fcac feated CbeSiang troops of i Dry Agents Get Monticello Shoe Dealer last chance to tbelr privilege today up until 10 p. all day Saturday from seven In the to ulglit. mast register to voice your electoral opinion. "Every" good citizen will give beany endorsement to the movement to make this year's election results thoroughly representative of national opinion." says President CooUcge. Joan Davis states, "It is the duty of every citizen to exercise his right to vote as the vote ss the voice of the people." La Follette believes "Every good citizen wU! endorse the efforts of organizations to arouse the electorate to the duties and opportunities of citizenship in the election of Citizens will enroll under sat banner of their party.

In Middletown, as elsewhere, there is as opportunity for every eligible person to register--duty calls you, there must be the representation of the majority. Xon voters are generally the (juibbiers. town men are arriving from distances, measurable by their triotisin, to register and vote. State Bank and killing state trooper Francis T. Hciley, of Potts- sensational ho'dap a urg Tbe Re-; tions'' fron: any sourc publicans have put a and Borah wants' to detertBicc whether xiiy person has donates more thiia that four acres.

The reaiaUius $130.006 is i to provide for the erection of a. on the estimate aad tentative a cf EOC limit ol pi rJls iCa contributions a J( ts iatl F3 The adoption tl -esolatSoa. TA Edncatioa lo scb Hartman's home was at Ann- vine, near Lebanon, where was found tbat ho had a i and He confessed a'ler surrendering to the police here. The capture Ha rim in was accomplished aftsr slate pjlice o' three states had conducted a thorough investigation of the robbery and kiiling. The car whicii he was i i was identified as belonging to i mit the Question to the -oters-fot-- Hartman and wag registered un- hoense 2: a Pennsyl- toward a rapid part sSream nearby whfctt a series Fearful lest hfe pa in the sireair.

aud deara over the falls, forward. His gun dropped or ply. one jiitCf left eye asisi others qet tMugiit fca.i not in any such dashed to Butler will be Llse boy to sujiply detailed was either tios that Houses could is luace necessary by coac ji.J 025 obtaiaing at street school, which must- uld not be totally abandonee. Foari I rooms are now abandoned. The of lead entering his I Borah also want? to ks.cw constructJon -O- th2 Jils Retaining his presence of and not.esns he woiil 1 laii over tlie cliff on i he was siannmj; it h- sbonid faiiu.

the boy a a i eeif honif. f.ic3 and tortuously down th" 25 fort cliff. dog following. A der a Xew York Rochester address. Major A cams of the rania constabulary secured the aid few steps at a time be forced him of Xew York and Maryland stale poiice aad more than a score of city police in the three-states were notified of tbe investigation.

Last night he jearned Hartman's borne address and subjected members of his family to examination as to his whereabouts. Hariman entered the police station last night anc! notified the desk sergeant he knew an investigation of tbe charges a. made by Irene Bourne her step-father. The have Jervis who year Kiagst picked up she said her step-father sir grades must pass a voters must be first 0 was responsible lor the mur- grade record are made on appiicatioa to the Super- rises was of the publicity bureau. The data supplied by the Re- Democrats ami tbe Ia- FiiijeKu-Wbeeier committee will i he i i ic private to ce- lerminc She wstnes to be suna- i incin-il.

Only partial inforsna: i received from the self walk homeward, keeping iviaorrats and witnesses ia bis niind constantly a be 5 qive furtiicr of his mother, he a a laid her. Some 500 feet from campaign the house fce finally in a swoon coaimittet The dog 'or She boy had Iu 3 M. But-; ricked iiis i now took part in er national cha.rman told the! tbe scene. Prince ran to th-j campaign fnoo house, entered and set up a a coromiltee here joJay. school lUe $437.000 charged lo publicity would be one step in a plan lo i the city ichoc-i system sud; to eventually evolve 2 complete ward school system here.

It is proposed to issue hoccs to cover tbe expense o- erecting the school and purchasing tbe site. The bonds wil; be paid amounts varying from $5.000 and interest for tbe period to 1930 'o 512,000 ana interest lor tee per- 1544 1945 when tbe bone vrjjl have been ful howling and bark.n::. whinfd unti! a farm rsnd of that sum $2.300.000 is to for the nauona! campaign I I THE TONG WAR literacy He said he had chauffeur for the man he grabbed by thi he MCI in Commons. Ohio ronfiers a a attempted to Jiirn in the i of h.t The man at once followed dog to the spot where 1 J.J- The workman as'i tbe boy was brought bra 13 where he was lo preapat tsin" what 1 7 0 0 he' She "How much zaorf- do you collect between BOW and dav?" Senator BoraK. chair-; Throat- Cut XEW YORK, Oct.

17--In a blood spanerea. disordered which evidence of a terriSe aan of she comrr.ir.o 3g bodr a chiaese. "All Batier proprietor of the Corona Tea Shop MOXTICELLO, Oct. ial)--Hen- shoe store held us der This caused 2 ce ia authorities raid Tnnrsd near Aspers, Adams county HIGHWAY HEAD TO MAJEE ADDRESS HEB.E!' Tor's Fedora! cSi- Tne step-father thought thai Irene iosed off tiat Booth cad probably 5020 Kingston there is a mas" there ss want? -marry. Altfeoagh Ireie -s 15 see 5s larse 'or a wo-5c pass lor IS.

is tie first tine she -ft-HT S. T). I.S I5AU- TARKYTOTTN. 17--Johs with wso wert or. to Xewbnrs-h is Jjoir.e.

fc-5 Jaiier 11 State Hospital Patient Takes Weekl Trip as AS, 1 'V-y carae, she of i cl-jsiy a isp- 1 Wcsir.e^day were tcissirig To bi ssre. fcijn-'irec 5 I ceived pabJ.e. at la ssnaJ! army of r.TftTQI. rbir.cse- lecatlos her-; tccay p'l tie tbat ias terror.zc.l Oct. I prcpsse.l ir It- MES.

F. D. ROOSEVELT IS TO SPEAK HERE; Witt Porfirio Given Sue ror Moral CURBSTONE ARRIVES AND IS BEING SET ET; Oswego root baa Join street fn Cafe Early 1 his Morning GAME PROTECTORS ABE TO MSBT HESS A jury Snprem-3 Court at Go-' Isaen TlanresSay afternoon gave 2 iag- ssder tie oes verdict in favor of Rev. S'ViOKKD Oc'. 7 -S clrfCJicr, "of Kayit's.

It i of Public Work'. Johr A formf-r star back :r.c- tf.e footoaii teaa, was tie sr-oo-. Hayr.ss broke T'-ie Gaase Protesters Wic "Wctneu's DetsocraSic A Porfirio. pasior of Ttaliar. 1 laTsor.

Mrs. Franfclia D. RcoseveU Chapel of the Webb Hor.on Mem- be here on Friday. dsarch in ihe action brought sstatei 31. to 5c5iTer aa address of gea- him by Gaiseppi interest.

A Icrcfceos is Anbury Park, X. J. Tbe "injP wrraaged for the speaker was to recorer on a note aI- ave for Xeir Tork ia to hare been for bor-; rowed Her. Porfirie' IN EV SPA PERI SiEWSPAPFRI.