Chester Times (Newspaper) - January 27, 1926, Chester, Pennsylvania DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR DECEMBER 18O14 FINAL With All Latest and Best News of the Day 50TH 15330 CHESTER PA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27 1926 PRICE TWO CENTS ERNST RENAMED AS PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURERS Annual Meeting of County Members Reveals Good Progress Joseph K Grundy State Head Talks Briefly On Coal Strike FEZ TO TOPPER Charles A Ernst formerly head nt the Viscose Company Marcus Hook was of Uio Manufacturers Association of Dela ware County at the banquet and busi ness meeting of that held in the Chester Club last night Charles L Gilliland of the Manufacturing Company was elected j first vice president John G Pew of the Sim Shipbuilding Company ond vice William Fa on ot the Atlantic Steel Casting Company treasurer Those named to serve on the board JURORS DRAWN FOR MARCH TERM New County Officials Have First Experience in Se Names LOWER SPIGOTS FOR BARTENDER RUM CACHE FOUND IN EIGHTH WARD PLACE Side Testimony in City Hall Case Shows Regard for Short Clerk I were Brown Frank Robert V Fox Dan iel C T Galey A K C X Walter Palmer J P Eyre Price andJ S Verlenden The by nvo representing ihe concerns oC Mr who presided over the meeting stated inat the membership has reached 10Gnjauii sain ot six I over last year The report of secI E that tlic total dues collected to the total income and the total expenditures amounted Joseph president the Manufacturers sylvania congra man on work as anasso the Delaware County Association was moro any county in Ihe state that it had largely due to the work oC1 that the state had been an open play for grow and de Grundy spoke briefly on the MIo said ho be such far we find similar n in lines of business as coal mining The the program for the Rev Jr of Boston for niin for the years a lyceum lecturer sense Of ability lo put a lecture the of 200 manufacturers for than an The speaker said hc a general ion than three years and ten back hs was in sympathy and accord with ot today and could outlook for the future generations His address was prin given seventy years or more ago today lie ho the prosent Limns aro favorable for tho de of high and char and urged in his audi ence to life seriously whether they ho manufacturers or in some other line business and to mako ihe most of lite in service to their president of Tur in his coun try and ordered headgear instead Now gone a step further and decreed use of the silk top on format occasions Here he U seating the example QUITS ARMY ON FEB 1 Resignation Tendered To Jurors for the Match term of court wero drawn yesterday tit Iho Media Court lionise the four chief in charge gaining their first ex in this work They were Sheriff Isaac W Johnson Chief Deputy Twomey and Jury Commissioners Joseph E Burke and Prosper O This group was assisted by the following M Ethel Mary B erva Smith Bessie and Helen Dee The names drawn from the wheel vill for a Grand Jury voeks of criminal court nnd nine weeks of civil court The names selected are as follows GRAND JURY Lower Howard Ver n on Chester Ebright Alexander ward Kdw Gayner fifth ward lillie Hagery Andrew Delancy Dolan Mines ward Peter ward Jerry Green tenth ward Joseph Price Darby Younj Upper Darby J Harinan E Burress T Hand Kenton Mabel M Shoemaker rank Deston Lukeus First Week Shubrook rday to Superiors 1 Joined Chautauqua Has Jan 27rCol Wil liam submitted the 1 The resignation Tras sent n Uw the adjutant army office oE General commander dis oC Washington Kis action brings to anend a career of 2S years in the army and follows his convic tion arid sentence to year sua attacks on tho administration of tho national dc The test of Mitchells letter ol resignation follows adjutant gen oral Wash Ington D commanding general tender as ah officer States army to 1 1926 WILLIAM MITCHELL i I Air signed tip with a chati circuit for f speaking to start about the middle of February He also has con traded to write a aeries oC articles on aviation for Further he has made tentative plans to c on a bjg hunting In Africa witl Mrs later must make tj Tinal decision to or reject HOSPITAL MAY MARKET ARRANGED FOR MAY 29 Mitchells resignation Hance Hanaway 1 Nolan Kr Carney Gallagher r Upper Helms Mabel Middleton Dougher ty Chester Pies trait John Chester ward Maude 11 Starr Daniel Chan ward Clarence Cox Card well Waller Jj Nathan Jensen third ward fourth ward Helen M Haas W M Grafs Clement S Bunt M Tailt fifth ward Catherine Parkinson Helen Wright sixth Catherine Caley George Wm 1 Tazwell eighth ward Patrick Casey Jennie Mary E Con ward Morris tenth ward L John T Hughes John eleventh Frank Mary A Jones 4 Gco W Dick Gilbert C Darby Gaul Sr John JMartin Elizabeth Lewis Darby Hayes Upper Darby Township John Meyer Albert W Schede Albert G Fraser Frank Carpenter i Harrington 15rtst Archibald Thomas Cowan H Koberts Considerable humor the cases disposed ot by Berry in court this morning when a statement by one of j young men suspected ot Implication in larceny of an overcoat three hats four silk scurfs mid a pair of gloves from aroom in the Front and Fulton streets last night developed jhe fact that the spigots back vof iho bar hud been lowered of tho short stature of the Matthew Hollo 14 years old S1 McDowell avenue Henry Tull 20 years old 1137 street tmd Hamilton Denny years old UKS Hancock street wero taken into custody by Detective following his investigation n complaint by n patron of tho Ful ton House that his overcoat searf j and gloves hail ben taken together other articles belonging to other persons in the place Rollo were taken into custody Monday nnd Denny yes AMa result of questioning the missing articles were located in thp house on McDowell avenue where Hollo has a ronni Kolk charged having the things while Denny ad the declaring they Were milled hj hud been drinking denied in automobile and were taken into tho Olson from a room In his When the persons who owned tho coat hats and gloves ox pressed a to be with return of and as there appeared tobo no tino ready to press charges of Magis trate Berry disposed ot tho the trio U the hearing that fiollo tlie little follow UHS The In tho af someone asked on a box lo reah iho No replied the been lowered for him According to the general testimony the attendance at tho hotel Sunday night was man to ho tho manager offering the ex planation was a spaghetti cupper It there was I didnt getany ot tho spaghetti remarked Rollo as he departed with others from court room An old In tho Fifth and Howoll streets and searched yesterday afternoon by and 1Yelniufli who ound a largo quantity ot sup posed funnels j nnd empty bottles I in tho place I Thu stuff was confiscated and marked 0116 of i removed to the cily hall I Information was received a few days ago that notions ot a 40011 I making regular visits lo tho old building suspicious und when complaints were registered a search was Investigation disclosed that tin of property had the old building to a man hi not know for a month The po lice are now endeavoring to ani Iho of tho individual who was using the placo us a dls for bootleg products OF PRESBYTERY ROTARY CLUB Leon Titus Washington Discusses Pacific Coast Business JEALOUSY SEEN AS MOTIVE IN TORSO MURDER Rev H Carroll Whitener of Frazer Selected ut Parkesburg Bcv JI Carroll Whitimer of tho Kust church Pa was moderator of the Chester Presbytery nt the meeting of thai held in the Presbyterian church at Cheater county to succeed the A of Square Among tho Hems of business which consisted chiefly of tho election of a now moderator ami tho reports of tho of Ihn various committees un hi oC tlie Day Alliance wua Dr P Y Shelly of tho ot to wort of of UVo An amoro In REV J A CONNELLY IS TRANSFERRED The advisory board ot the Chester Hospital May Market met this week at the Chester Club to plans Ior the fourth annual feco and de to hold the festival this year on 2Ji In past years con revenue haa been secured the May for paying oft debts buildings and the coming event will be similarly successful of novelties will be arranged this year of the standard attractions which proved In the previ ous events will bo retained Market provides tho only method tor the hospital officials to securo money Iur purposes the state and the lucal moneys not beins applicable for at the meeting were Jolm P chairman Howard II Houston A K Granger I John P Mrs William C Sproul Kingsley Miss Kdith S Hunting W AV I SENATOR HARRIS DIES SUDDENLY AT CAPITOL Jan Senator of Allegheny county died in an anteroom ot Gov ernor yesterday a few minutes after he collapsed from heart lesion in the midst of a hear ing on election bills in the House A few minutes before he slumped down and threw the chamber into t Senator Harris floor leader for the administration was engaged in a vigorous debate with 7 Lee Patron counsel for the Phila delphia Republic City committee on the merits of the tion reform bills lie had suffered from bronchitis for three weeks but refused to stay away from the for treatment Senators death removes the only member of the upper chamber who indorsed the governors extra session Senator Harris lived at Crafton Allegheny j Helen Burns Anna j Maulder Norman i on Page Eight tense program the churches by the Ucy Ur pastor the local Third church Leslie K Richardson formerly 1aulor of a largo In was into aid as pastor oC the Oll church at by a tho Presbytery on February 2 Tho April meeting ot the Presbyter Ian church be held atthe In connection with the anniversary ot church Tho largest ot members in r ore lit was reported fit iho weekly luncheon of Urn notary held In tho Chester flub yes rday noon Thu was sided ovtr by thi president K and tho speaker was leon of nnd prominently known In Rotary Club in thai state The that the 1noIlU const nnd tu the tho outlook than In many yours mul thin in tho thoro wero looking forward to conditions He also suited that thls year Hi ids the farmer In tho Northwest bettor protected and in brighter for u year than In last 1ytiara Mr Titus UM with tho and in tlin west and highly tho of D finsh of Ihn Com pany In the work of tho company oC which Mr Gush has re cently been elected as Iho president for third term Tho Tractor Im and Equipment Distributors now number at throughout thn coun try Tho company with Mr in Jeals with Kord ind are distributing for all of nnd parts used on thn the Kord truck and tlie Ford car Tlu Eastern for Iho distributors or is located In Chester In of work loUiry Club thu Maid that 10 today spirit oC ess in every and could that ho to who in a oven for only a luy lie expressed at hourly welcome that ho had In tho Club In tho com tix business o thu meel yesterday Iho urged that a largo number of members of thn local club allond tho district meeting of Chili to he In on Feb ruary y The matter of getting bo u for thu furnishing of in Iho local this summer was titan discussed and re ferred lo a committee con sideration Police Do Not Believe Marshalls Story That He Killed Miss Die trich to Arraigned Today FORD DEALER PRAISES CITY ALCOHOL AND FRACTURED SKULL CAUSED DEATH FIRE DAMAGES STORE BASEMENT JUDGE BROOMALL AGAIN Damage to the extent of several hundred dollars svas done by fire in the basement of the Companys store at street and avenue late last night pedestrian noticed smoko and The animal of the Chester was hsll 1tst evening at their hen I quarters on Raat Vittli street below Judge E presided at the meeting by n Franklin companies responded Tho blaze was confined to dise stored in the cigarette carelessly dropped is j other blamed for lire I Tho fire did not reach the store on The Joseph F Dunn coroners physician in the tem on the body ot Joseph who died in n restaurant at 101 East Third street last Saturday afternoon was dis closed at the into the death last night Tho physician testified that death was caused by a slight fracture of tlie skull and acuto al The jury returned a ver dict according to the The victim entered 1 restaurant conducted by Daniel and after drinking a cup of coffee a basin of hot to thaw out his hands After bathing his hands he pulled a flask from his anr while taking n drink fell over and rendered unconscious He vos dead when he reached the hospital whero he was taken by police A verdict of returned in the death of George Bell of Bridgeport Conn who was killed by a P H T trolley at Darby bridge on Sunday afternoon January 17 of the car testified seen Eel when yards from him and it that time the man was four feet from the tracks This gave the motorman the impression that waiting for and as he was about to in front of car There were no eyewitnesses A rector ot the churchi Second and for tlic past months loft today for St 6htsoC the largest in Philadelphia Father Connolly was named ina list transfers madoi public last week The young priest who made a host during his slay InChes ter with of gold by the Holy Name Society during ganio between the Immaculate Heart and C T Ai the parish hall his night Father Connolly was Instru mental the Catholic Basketball ot Delaware County and piloted the team that represented the Eighth ward Since Ills ordination ho has boen in Delaware county serving as ia to Rev P pastor of at prior to being sent lo this city lie way an untiring worker while in Cheater and worked en for the benefit of the par having conducted several suc bazaars at which ho raised several thousand dollars for church His aim was to promote ASTN TOWNSHIP Baylor ot was tho to con struct a bridge lown at Iho weekly meeting oC the County Tho structure which in plans as Camp Meeting No 70will cost Seven other bids wore received they as Howard Bevan Philadelphia Ira 1Riechler Company Philadelphia Brothers Company Birch and Chester 5C077 Hill Construction Company Philadelphia 735D Construction Company and Carl Ttl Camp of Phila delphia The county voted to for bids for new automobile for in county work closer fellowship among the younger people of the parish and he met with success in hia endeavor having or several athletic and p dramatic clubin the parish which has already produced several He was also the Holy Name Society of church and U WIH through his efforts that Hie largest rally ot the held in this city TAXI INJURED IN CRASH a red ami a car together tho PUT HAND ON HER KNEE SHE SUES FOR 10000j JERSEY N J Jan Because lie permitted his in rest knee in a mo tion picture theatre Mrs Anna Buckley ia suing Samuel 55 for having as her asks nnd her husband foran asks When Ninth and avenue about 230 oclock this morning Calvin Masney colored in tlie tax injuries to Ills head nil that Ills lo Chester Hospital for treatment The driven by Gil driven by William Savage Hook west on street met In thn of tile in both badl damaged The were taken int custody by linger in Leary At a Berry in police court today both were discharged with to nettle their as to for the Pacific Sees Mai Point Here Coast Distributor Shipping cameras and a crowd of more than hundred about li Mar shall 12 years old debonair chiro today was before Carney and hold without Ihn oC the cor inici lie brutal Mlsa Anna May tho WUK under way the wero contin uing efforts to shutter a of caused him to kill tin woman nnd that the crimo cum on tho of tho Tho admitted frankly that concession luis not pro vided them with grounds to a first murder charge been fanned to a itige by of she purchased that nilsht danco with admirer the hope to establish wini tho roivl behind slaying Attorney William Taylor hisi a ot jealousy luat Saturday In a Issued liy him ho muled that ho ho that Dietrich hal killed bya lover who hu learned to a dance theory might have been a for iho brutal also la given careful tho as hoy been to locate it sum of money ami two ri ot a which worn by at tho time she met her fulo District Attorney Fox of and relatives ind ot tho dead woman joined n ridiculing Contention hat hail threatened to blackmail the confessed slayer that his sec tho ot the crime Again and repealed that to his office Af bcr 100 to pay for hec n oh around of pat lieu aro a TSn lo detectives was taken to the to to point out tho exact spot where tho Jewelry trace found of Anticipating un attempt to seek to prove that Is Insane or com mitted the crimo while In D temporary Insanity the Philadelphia authorities yesterday called In Dr 1hllllps and Dr David V had them examine the man Dr Phillips is one of the stun of physicians stationed at the Quarantine station at Hook They snid unofficially tKit they found Marshall normal and responsible tor his ac tions During yesterdays tour oC the scene whero the body and head were found Philadelphia to learn from Marshall where ho disposed ot tho With cut through in Miss Dietrichs legs and neck It was for the first times inlay that the now saw found In rt t clobot in the chiropractors office morning the Implement used In beheading and tho woman When had been taken back to Philadelphia rarly last eve ning District Attorney FOA anr that the man had pointed pill with no in his of his body directed the ot tho he i Tho prisoner talked in a of voice and It not until the Was ovci that ho ot breaking down tho said Mother Body Aly Oh my little baby come hack to the cry ot Mrs Barbara Dietrich 77yearold mother ot tho tl when she was led to the morgue of Deputy Qor at drat told that her daugh ter hud been killed In an automobile accident tottered ofthe Tot pleadings that her hei theio was a low cry and amoan as Ionian Into ths nuns ot her older daughter Mrs The plant nnd whipping point In Rler will link this city directly Const Kays Leon y dealer of the Into IH visiting MICK tor an Uio gueat of William D Rh of lie Mr Titus very favorably ln with the hurbor lero and that boats carrying parts and cors would end to directly city and Aly own opinion ii Mint Chenler Iho main whipping point or Motor Company Noth ng will put on the and than of the harbor here and I hat Ihn of iho Ford ilant In will lead the wuy Mr a of thu ex hoard of tho Tractor of which Mr for third term ut the meeting recently Ho la president ot dozen Kord agencies In state of In speaking of Cheater and tho country Mr red It with Washington nnd do that both to be complimented upon lino a newer however Mr Titus Bald that the roadH verc than In Penn sylvania lie declared that tho location of the Ford whipping nnd pi plain in harl il 1rajted attention and that alon the Pacific const had commented upon tho facili ties of tho harbor here as a point to to from to coast by of the Panama anal DESTROY 3000 GALLONS OF LIQUOR AT MEDIA ANDREWS DROPS PARLEY 600 DRY AGENTS I FAILS TO AGREE elected werr the first considerable damj Lt jage was dono upper PreMi floors of building are occupied The officers lent B Broomall vio as apartments and occupants were president George Bunting seci forced to leave the building due to K A treasurer John the smoke L Black directors J Frank During thi of the fire I Frank C Sweeney William O trolley was halted between Holland Broad street and street on I Mr Broomall president Mr Edgmont avenue Trolley secretary havo served con were Chief John Bauer the incept iuti of the the lub Less Than Six Months of Czars Enforcement Has ACCUSED BY HUSBAND cost Coal Men Gather to Talk Peace But Outlook Is Not Optimistic STOLE FALSE TEETH OF STAGING LAST TWO ON WORLD COURT YORK Jan who broke info the offices of Dr H A Parr here only gold and platinum from his work bench but j the false teeth of General U Sj Grant Mrs Grant and President Chester AArthur Parr had the plates 22 hs alto i id caste ot the of other ions ot prominence years ago as evi amples of the work obi at Ui tims i t consider the lore serious be cause of the historical of these plates explained He said he had Intended them a dental school Stanley Goaki 2SOS street nnd Mrs Stella Yakubich Marcus Hook arrested hy Constable Farmer on a warrant weri by Magistrate in court tn a hearing before William Carter of the ward They are accused of a serious by thP husband of the woman Leiper Marado West Second street by Detective 3nJ Patrolman Donaldson nt Sixth street and Concord avenu on complaint ot officials of an industrial establish ment iho caught him stealing coal from the companys was committed to jail for ninety days Ollie Bail rar of 3IS West street arrested hy Patrolman WASHINGTON Jon staged their list stand on the World Court In the Senate today rallying the tlon would prevent any of the court from being en on complaint of Ball last night forcer by war under any name ur and charged with disorderly Ir any fonn whatever j duct was held for a further hearing Senator Moses Republican New j tomorrow when the wife appear Hampshire demanded adoption of to prose charges the to the court a William arrested by Ser reii peace to prevent geant at Third and Slarket var for was djs The reservation by i charged Senator Lenroot acting Republican j James Thomas street ar floor leader who warned that its rested by Patrolman Statter at Third adoption would prevent this country and Franklin streets for from entering the Court I ncc was also discharged WASHINGTON Jan tlie axe of dismissal General L C Andrews field of lie prohibition today o reduce his dry anny by about 000 Lack of funds will result in th lopping off ot heods of many pro agent Weeding out ot least I efficient officers and surplus sleuths will ho all th country with blanket or ders tj hire as many agents as they deemed to enforce law took advantage of the Almost overnight the of pro from ZIVi to 3QOO The first flare back came when Comptroller General McCarl Andrevs that the prohibition unit exceeding Its congressional ap propriation In less than six months enforcement of the Volstead Act cost more than 55i0000 To balance the fiscal appropriation of and prevent dry enforcement from piling up a deficit the cut in personnel was necessary Nii to end tho ban thoy have been at any time the walki out on 1 the Miners and j Joint j jlee adjourned at oclock last i i to convene today at 130 p m In i John president of the United Mine of America the of E J Lynett Scranton editor which thf promptly voted dou n Mr Lewis then mile it motion that newspapermen be admitted to the was voUd down hy the operators In the afternoon afloat thru for ending the were ind that an would however to far from the on from deputy tho j ion of Chief Deputy Sheriff Fid ward 1 U this morning wore en in 3000 gallons of and moonshine liquor hy throwing It down 1 sower in the court The liquor was a part of evidence which hid been during rills IP this city an In the county during the past iix months The fluM had been vis to lo unfit for More than sixty 5gallon cans 1KiIlon cano 129 51 halt pint flasks ami Phi ho refused to her humor liar paid thu and lo in to his Sho some uald of the proba moit of by hail weight to theory r that Jealousy prompted tho crime Shortly Mi oclock last ove Nathan L Jr of tho Darby to ot the to havo taken hcr lo n dinner aL the Club at office of District Fox Hj WUH by bin noy and ho din closed that ho Intend to furnish Information to ot Marshalls real for tho Warren whose miit is Over the Gernian Alias a frc had been her escort to luncheon remained closeted with District Attorney Vox for nioro than Irom nn attache of th fit It wan learned Mr had Riven Mr ccr Information which ho believes to bo ot vital Importance and which the district attorney hopes will prove valuable as evidence when the case u called for trial in his confession told ot Miss waiting for front of hiH lie told of the woman her now purchases and of informing him that she had bought them that attend a danco at thf Club the fol night Marshall her who hrr es cort wan to be and she told him that Worren was to take hcr whether uf Mr Var rens caused Marshall to fly Into a rage that increased whon ho victim about the throat the Investigators ai far havo failed to establish of Not wood wife haa hei husband BOO him Mri con to Fied a and of Marihall my confessed this terrible I Intended slicking by him us 1 believed hi 1 Innocence but now his act not duly mo and out has brought a blot on tiie family that never can bo craned Mra told Wright that Continued on Two WALES INJURED WHEN HORSE DROPS DEAD England Jnn ot dropped dead under him while he was following the Belvoir near here today The Prince thrown heavily to the ground but escaped with bruises it said went with his hi other tho Duke Topics of Times strikes Micros what you can expect to sen in 1DTI5 Social Note Mr and Mrs Ignatius Foozle whoop entertained the Third street bridge club Inat night a Russian cavler luncheon witli champagne to top off tho plat de Jour being pro vided for guests The hostess burned two heaping shovelfuls of which was handed down asan heir loom r V man thero should be no boss In tlic home Know this to your wife Kid Cheat Ferns theory of the bir catio la that nobody knows Mike observes that the unemployment situation Is usually re when the boss steps in situation an the plan was downed and tho warring men left the meeting with neither I tide may PERSHING QUITS ARICA TASK STARTS HOME John head of the Arica commission has his it an it the to day A spokesman for the state depart ment announced the would take effect Immediately upon his from is to Mil on Iho U S S Denvers t 1 oclock JURY FREES WOMAN Ohio Jan v I ou II s e giving any intimation of vrhat Mary the Iron Woman of the y at todays session who confessed ehe MEN AND SUB CON TRACTORS and prices on for Chester Lacs Mills before Thursday Jan 25th to Wm Sons Co 213 No BrMd St her little daughter Fay Elizabeth to rav e her a life ot pov erty by a Jury here today In lieu ot the verdict of the Jury contended Mrs Keller Is in Ridicules Blackmail Story L law the cites Mar is Uie yarn lie could have told In trying to cover up the reil motive Ill show you a low fellow Marshall was he said Several day after my tsTv ho telephoned my wife ami asked it he do to He added he could not understand whero she could be t at no time rob the hery as the motive for tho crime I him convinced tho t jealousy prompted to kill Anna hrit ratine Is I do not hut I am firmly convinced that it la to eliminate the of his murdered my the In cash that fhe had with her and the rings she wore I do concede however that It might have proved an Im portant incidental Inducement believe that the money which Marshall offered Ed ward J Berry expressman to re mo vo the dismembered body as rubbish may have been tho money found on the dead woman with an additional sum added to H byMar chall to make It inviting The rings and money so far have not accounted for Marshall claims that he placed them near the spot where tha head was found on Saturday and the charred remnants of he blood stained ruts and new were found Over Again Afternoon Marshall ke chimei that the rouil to Is crowded because it isnt a street Thero was a rumor oft the that iho man in the big case had com mitted By this time we bet he wished he had Rubber hns Jumped u dollar a pound Mr Average Auto Owner this la stretching it too far Any married man will agree wife in hand is worth two In a tan trum the dancer says ho keep his present dancing partner by her which a good many di vorce victims might toll him is 0m ot tho poorest wayn of York The Weather WASHINGTON Jan Eastern Pennsylvania arid New probably mow in central and north tonight and Thursday colder tonight west winds Sun TODAYS CALENDAR rises 714 a m sets 5 Up High water m and 1256pm Low water 754 a m and SIJ p i Hourly Record Midnight 1 ani 3 a m 3 ani a m 5 a m a m 7 a m 32 32 3ft SO 23 23 28 30 S as m 0 a m 10 a m 11 a m Noon 1 p 2 p in 32 SI SS 52 44 40
