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New Castle News (Newspaper) - September 17, 1930, New Castle, Pennsylvania News phones 1000 Ephone or news items to the fiftieth year n Al. To o. 30t5 4000. New Castle news new Castle pa., wednesday september 17, 1930. _22 pages f weather / fair tonight Anri thursday cooler tonight three cents a copy Enterprise ins third race with Shamrock Shamrock loses Hurd yacht race boat is disabled Accident to rigging puts Lipton s boat out of contest today Enterprise gets third Victory continue Hunt for jewel robbers no new de da5 developments were report it the effects of the experience and today in the jewel theft of Mon Day is suffering from a bad Case of morning when Charles Knob of this City was held up and torn c robbed of $15.000 Worth of jewels on the Youngstown Road with the excitement of the moment passed or. Knobloch is now beeline nerves. F the insurance company holding the insurance on the jewels two Emerald rings and a Diamond ring is conducting a thorough Quot Lver ligation into the robbery but nothing was made Public today on the findings believe Man on trial for fraud ended own life race was going neck neck at time Acci Dent occurs and by Jack Lawrence International news service sports writer aboard the a. S. S. A a axe off Newport r. Sept. 17.�?Shamrock v., us i Giornas Lipton is Challen to let was eliminated this after by a a i from in it third race for the Ai in Rica is cup series Hen site became disabled after she had traversed Only five Miles of tin t h i r t a a a i 1 a course. She was raving neck neck with Enterprise the mystery surrounds Pittsburgh Recluse who Dies in Hospital league Assembly will consider Briand s plan m. S. Lewis accused of swindles found dead in Ocean City garage trial under Way at Philadelphia App gently very thy Pittsburgh Man lived in tattered garments found by police in Dina a o condition in one room which is always occupied and tie fender when an Accident to Lier rigging suddenly put her out of commission. Shamrock s big Mam sail part of it on came deck. Tumbling Down the rest in the water the race had been in Progress Only flu re quarters of an hour when the Accident occurred. Enterprise continues International news service Pittsburgh sept. 17.�?the Quot Man everybody knew died in Allegheny general Hospital today. And. Dying shrouded his identity in a cloak of mystery that do priv coroners and police were unable to penetrate believed to be William w. Lewis reputed millionaire Recluse the a Man everybody knew was found in squalor in the Bare Kitchen of his palatial Home in the Perrysville District yesterday. For the past 15 years the Hermit by unanimous Vot Assembly of league decides to consider Federated Europe International news service Geneva sept. �7, a unanimous vote the Assembly of the league of nations today decided to give detailed consideration to Aristide Bri Enterprise proceeded she had oms ror past i5 >tar5 Hermit i in its pjs Jet or a a United states of to sail the full course to claim her and lived in but one room of the a i?1a a third straight Victory virtually put room the Resolution incorporating the Ting an end to sir Thomas Hopes of found by police federation proposal in the leagues returning to England with the trophy.5 a fourth Victory for Enterprise would at Groveton. Ments in the project program was adopted after president Lewis was out under bail Bond of $20,000 during trial bulletin International news service Philadelphia sept. 17. A Melville s. Lewis 37 year old Germantown resident act used of fraud by a number of a Alifornia residents was found dead Early today in the i garage of his Ocean City n. J., Home. His death was attributed to Carbon monoxide Gas poisoning. The motor of Lew is car was running and the doors of his garage were closed. Physicians said he apparently had committed suicide. Placed on trial yesterday the dead Man was placed on trial Here yesterday in Quarter sessions court on charges of fraud contained in two indictments returned by a grand jury Here recently. He was free in $20,000 bail pending the outcome of the trial and during the night he went to his seashore Home described As a a de luxe swindler who had obtained thousands of dollars special to the Neus Mohave cal., sept. 17. Did you Ever Sec a real 100 per cent dry town Well i did. Hut i had to go to the heart of the desert to do it. It u As Bodic and Bodic the old mining town had Bem lately Noncy gland cd with a new Gold scare. Mrs. Rogers and i blew in there last night. I wanted to show her what a real live Western mining town was like at night. Well of All the sad looking messes it was it. The night before Twenty prohibition officers had raided the place and closed her up tight. Did you Ever see a Miner on soda pop you can to even console him. Every Throat u As dry and every Eye was wet. Yours Fouz to m my a in Mil former senator Butler leads in primary balloting cup school girl murder arouses Wirtl car leaves Boad crashes into pole woman is killed so called old guard of re publican party defeats avowed a a wet candidate fatal Accident occurs on Wilmington Road about 10 a. A today woman Driver is in Hospital Here mrs. Julia Logan 72, Beaver Falls is dead mrs. Paul Laveen injured of 1j, widow Jogan it it i Patterson ver fails was in. And her Daugh a \ Eon. A f a it Ltd was seriously injured. When a Star w Laver crowded Oft t new Wilmington North of in x mgt evil w n it a 111 to struck a a Bossy 11 end the series a5 first Shamrock turned Back apparently heading for Home. Then she seemed to change her mind after her officers held a conference with sir Thomas who came alongside on his private yacht Erin. Then the challenger with Only head sails set again turned and pitched along slowly however after Only a few minutes of thus she was taken in Tow by a Small Power boat. Lewis according to neighbors. Was Zug Meuy a Ron 8uccess us business men. 70 years old and a grandson of the a a ing with 1 a we to a anal la Ere before a us in me Texi wording dealing with the Joseph l Kun and a jury. Court at Groveton. A j relations of non league govern-1 continued of part two he was found Clad in tattered Gar i a the com min inn a in ments. Dying in the Kitchen of the a a a air a a a a or a sen Quot Home when police investigated the a the revised text read. Instead of the Gillis is poor third a new observes every Day bulbs of some of the City traffic lights must be replaced. A new noticed that new lights were put m the Light of North and Mercer Street and at the Public Square. Tuesday afternoon. While now and then there appears some suggestion tha new Castle should have a mounted cop for duty 111 directing downtown traffic we note in the press of another City that me Keesports has decided to do away with the mounted police officer Job in that j City and dispose of the horse. Safety director Reeves idea of putting More new Castle police on motorcycles and giving them a wider area to patrol in new Castle seems to be one that would be Well carried out. Report of a newsboy that Lewis had not taken in papers delivered at his Home for two Days. At Allegheny Hospital his illness was diagnosed As a bladder trouble due to undernourishment. He died Early today. With his passing came strange stories of his idiosyncrasies related by neighbors. Fifteen years ago the luxurious mansion was built and j from the Day of its completion Only 1 one room had been occupied by the Recluse. Mrs. Sarah Beck 80. Who served As housekeeper in the Lewis family for 65 years and who had been employed j by the wealthy Hermit died in the attic of the Home two Vears ago neighbors said. Window s opened the front windows of the Man s bedroom unopened since th2 House was built were opened yesterday. The Recluse was seen walking around the House in his undergarments police seeking previous a non member european governments qualification. Prison guard is severely wounded break prevented Baltimore prison guard believed fatally wounded by riot ing convicts French flyers in Indianapolis Coste and Bellonte land at Indiana capital at noon m International news St a feet Baltimore sept. 17. A Albert Owen 3�-year-old prison guard was near death today shot Down when he a foiled the escape of nine life and Long term prisoners from the Mary land state Penitentiary. The attempt Coati we doa part two prison break was led by Rawlins Whittemore. Brother of Richard Reese j Whittemore. The prison is in the heart of the City. After Owen gave the alarm More i than a score of shots were exchanged j Between guards and the desperate convicts the Battle climaxing with the arrival of 200 policemen. Whittemore. Serving l Long term for Bank robbery Here in the same prison where his brother was hanged led the prisoners in an attempt to wets and Drys Divide Victory t a w a Fia registration of voters in the City on us Ray was not very heavy a Large of the voters Are apparently i Ting until the final registration come enrol it bar 4 the last d 1 a m j i ii Wucki it in a it lie Iii i to results of tuesday s voting throw a rope ladder Over the prison a Wall. They were discovered by Owen who fired at the convicts and dropped. When shot twice. Guards rushed to a the Aid of Owen and cornered the convicts. Two pistols were recovered j from the prisoners. Gives Drys Edge it appears International new a service Indianapolis. Ind., sept. 17.�? Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte French trans Atlantic flyers landed at Stout Field Here at 11 21 a. M. Today. The famous conquerors of the East West passage of the Atlantic made an i excellent Landing in the question Mark and were cheered by thousands of spectators. Accompanying the question Mark were two other planes which will remain with the distinguished airmen during their Goodwill tour of this country. The flyers came to Indianapolis from Dayton Ohio after passing Over Richmond ind., where notes of greeting were tossed to thousands looking skyward. Internal a news a m out Boston sept. 17 William Butler was nominated for United states senator in the Republican primary Over of bin s. Draper a a wet Are ording to latest returns this afternoon. With Twenty voting districts in the state missing Butler was leading in the close race by approximately 8.500 votes but political observers said the Lead was substantial enough to assure Victory. Meanwhile Republican leaders were reported impressed by the a a wet i strength in their part in Massachi i setts. latest figures gave Butler 136,564 1 Draper 126,812 with three score scat a tired election precincts missing mayor Andrew j. A a Bossy Gillis the so called a bad Loyd mayor of new Bur port had Only 18 976 votes. A seek missing Man through police South Bend ind. Is aroused Over the brutal slaving of Alice Woltman i ear old High school student inset whose Throat was Cut As she slept murderer entered the Woltman Home and slashed the sleeping Quot girl an Erm a Quot Broth a. Richard to cup a Cox Rutht t k of a 5ho�?� or k 1 him �b�1 her family left to Alexander a a oilman father i. Wife Katherine and Richard. Start trial of Reid in Ellwood robbery Thompson freed of embezzlement g a a p do Mill is f �,4 of St by prot Dofi Ipaty Tuff by id an a to a Sengco unusual a \ he w a t Bridge i i Light to proceed w suddenly driven acres on m front of him. His bicycle and it Ruc i Peculiar break of i p rated under the to coot sed on pair 1 Tele boy. Is i near Acci a Oon at the Ndang his and had the men a horse s the inter he could t j the horse j ate he was Between j two t a a a a a a a a Dally weather report a tics for t 9 o clock mom 4 2 by International news service Drys and anti prohibitionists divided Victor in six elections tuesday Early returns by International news service indicated today. In Massachusetts former senator William m Butler avowed dry was leading Eben s. Draper anti prohibitionist in a close race for the Republican senatorial nomination in Wisconsin Philip la Follette won Over Gove nor Kohler for the Wisconsin gubernatorial nomination. Mrs. Ruth Pratt Republican congresswoman was renominated in new York. Re pub ican dry candidates with few exceptions were winning Over anti i prohibition candidates in Congress signal contests incomplete returns showed Connecticut republicans named Lieut gov Rogers a dry As candidate for chief executive. In de aware former senator Thomas f Bayard. Anri prohibit Oil to was chosen by the democratic part Foi the United state Senate a dry repeal Plank was adopted Ohio democrats did not consider prohibition in their platform. Little boy hit by automobile two surveyors Are killed by train two Railroad surveyors killed by speeding train near Erie a. Mother of child declines have him taken to a physician to John l Mcdaniel of 302 Mahoning Avenue was in route South on Scioto Street at Reynolds Street Tims morning when a Little boy about three years of age ran across Scioto Street from the West to the East Side of the Street. He got in the Way of the car and was struck and knocked to the Street. A boy picked him up and the Mother arrived on the scene and took charge of the child. She informed or. Mcdaniel that the child was not Hurt and declined to permit him to take the child to a physician or Mcdaniel did not secure the name of the boy. International new service Erie f sept. 17.�?struck by a fast freight train on the new York Central tracks two members of the engineering Survey department of the Railroad were dead Here today. Mangled and almost unrecognizable. The bodies of the victims e. E. Sutton 51, and Arne t. Johnson. 24. Were recovered by members of the train Crew a passing freight drowned out the noise of another approaching Tram which struck the men As they Knelt on the tracks engaged in taking surveying measurements. Claiming that the passing freight obscured his vision on a curve the Engineer of the train said he did not see the two men until an Accident was unavoidable. Safety brakes were applied but could not halt the engine speeding at More than 40 Miles an hour with a string of freight cars behind. The men were carried 150 fret to the engine s cow Catcher. One of the victims was decapitated. Mrs Molly Borak 18 Hyatt Avenue i campbello today the assistance of the local police in her Effort to locate her husband Stephen Borak. Aged 20, who has been missing since seven of clock monday morning when he left for work and has not been seen since. He is described As being about five feet nine inches in height weighing about 150 pounds having Blue eyes and freckles and Light complexioned. He was wearing a Brown coat Blue and White Short dark trousers was without a hat or Cap and had Black shoes and no tie when he left Home. Half of the thumb of his left hand is j missing. James Reid charged with robbery in connection with a Holdup in the office of the manufacturers heat and Light company in Ellwood City on june a was placed on trial before judge Hildebrand at court this morning. The Holdup was by two men who secured $645 79. Elmer g. Biair. Of Ellwood City the other Man. Who entered a plea was the principal witness against Reid. He claimed that they had been in new Castle on june 11th and had been drinking. They went to Ell Wixx City he said shortly before 3 o clock. They had a bottle of liquor in the car. And had been drinking m Ellwood City. Blair said that they had planned the robbery and went to the manufacturer s heat and Light company office shortly before 5 o clock both continued on Page two phone the Accident happened near intersection of a Road Reading from Tny new Wilmington Road to Neshannock Falls a the Johnston Woods mrs Logan w As thrown through the w windshields he sustained a broken right Arm. Fracture of the left ankle contusion on the forehead and internal injuries. Badly injured mrs Paul la Veen had her High Arm badly broken a the wrist and received other injuries about the body and possibly a Erna injuries. She was rushed to f he Jameson memorial Hospital the body of mrs. Logan was brought to local undertaking room. Mrs la Veen has been suffering Grea 11 y s i n c e s h e w As t a e n t o t h e Hospital and has not been Able to Tell much about the Accident further than to make a statement that she was proceeding in rhe direction of new Wilmington when she was crowded off the Road by a car going in the opposite direct ion. So far As has been Learned at this time the Driver did not Stop it was around 10 a Csc it cd when the Accident happened. Or. And mrs. F of Guppy of ter a daughter immediately no be to new Cas former Uniontown Coal Baron acquitted of embezzling from Nic Colls estate Beaver Falls the of mrs. Locan. We tidied and came at tie mrs Guppy save that she does not know where her Mother and sister were going mrs. Guppy lives next continued on Page two air mail pickup will be resumed merger suit will nut end this week a a a a chinese rebels fire on gunboat International news service London sept. 17 the United states gunboat Luzon was fired on today by chinese communists in the Yangtze River it was reported in dispatches to the London evening newspapers. Using Field guns the communists were reported to have Laid Down a heavy fire from both Banks of the River above Wusich. The Luzon replied to the fire no casualties occurred aboard the gunboat. A a a death record t a a 4� a a a a a a a a a a a a j Howard or Kolvey. 29, Wildwood. Mrs. Ruby Mae Nab wadding ton 4, 1408 Albert Street. Mrs. Julia Logan 72, Beaver Falls. not a s St Rife t Youngstown. Of sept. 17 Hopes of concluding evidence taking this week in the trial of the injunction suit against ill merger of Youngstown Sheet and tube company with Bethlehem steel corporation were shattered today As Henry g. Dalton Cleveland Ore magnate was recalled to the witness stand considerable testimony is to be taken yet it appeared. In addition to Dalton Samuel Mather Ohio a reputed wealthiest citizen George o May senior partner in Price. Waterhouse and company w. N Mcdonald. Sheet and tube company executive and Cyrus s. Eaton general Lis Simo of the anti merger forces Are expected to be called As defense wit Nesses before the hearing is ended the plaintiffs have also indicated that they will rail Elton Hoyt ii a partner of pickands Mather and company As a rebuttal witness. With these witnesses scheduled to appear it seemed probable that the trial will go Well into next week. Numerous documents introduced by j Uniontown a sept. 17, j. W. Thompson former Multi millionaire Coal Baron today stood acquitted of j charges of embezzling $125,000 from a the John Nicholls estate following a j verdict late yesterday by a jury. Gerald Fitzgerald Blind son of the Princess of thurn and taxis who brought the charges against Thomp i son was ordered to court costs i i he jury was out less than one hour after receiving the Case late yesterday afternoon. Smiling and confident. Thompson sat at ins counsel s table yesterday As the jury returned and read the vet diet. He said that he was confident he had done no wrong in borrowing $98,000 from the estate and was sure the jury would not find him guilty in presenting closing arguments for the defense. Attorney e. A High Bee stated that it was True that the obligations to the Princess and her son had not been paid but for years 1 Hompson had Bent every Energy to meet this As Well As other debts assistant District attorney Arthur Byrne argued that in loaning himself Money out of a fund of which he was trustee. Thompson was guilty of embezzlement As pertaining to a trustee. Next week judge j by Dawson must determine whether Thompson will go to jail for contempt for Vailuu to meet the same obligations involved in the present Case. Postmaster Edwin w Crawford announced today that air mail pickup service a the Bradford Airport Here will be resumed once repairs to the government s especially equipped planes Are completed they Are expected to be ready shortly. Operations were discontinued a few Days ago. No other mail planes equipped for the pickup process. A Arthur Rometer a Robert a. Mckinney of Moody a Howard Burns. Sheet and tube at City Lett tuesday evening for an extended visit in Colorado and other Western states. Torney were identified from the witness stand yesterday by Walt Ere Meub. Secretary treasurer of the Youngstown concern the documents concerned proxies voted at the Sheet and tube stockholders meeting last april 8 m favor of the merger. A so be n a a la is George tra mor. Son of or and i c of trauma of Lincoln Avenue be u tonight to resume his studies at an Herst College Amherst mass. A knee tie. U l i n

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