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ARRAIGNED FOR BEDCTCTION intermediate sentence with a mini- k sixai ss ssxaamum of 20 yeaj-s and the maximum

Wesley O. Wheeler Pleads Not the remainder of the defendant'sGuilty to Indictment and is to be no. Bortner took his sentenceTried in Supreme Court. Worth calmly and will be taken to AuburnR;?<k in Court within a few* days.Mayville, Dec. 16—Wesley O. . Uortner shot and killed his mate

Wheeler was arraigned before J us- following a quarrel at their hometire Philip.A. Sullivan in Supreme ! November !>, 1924. Witnesses sayCourt today on an indictment chart:- that, lie was Intoxicated at the timeins; him with seduction. He plead- j the crime was committed.ed not tuilty and was released on j Howard Fry of Point Chautauqua$2,000 hail. | motorist, indicted on a charge of

OVERTON & HALL The SEASON'S GREETINGJewelry Store for

Late Shoppers In sincere and cordialWheeler lives with his father andmother in Chautauqua and was in-dicted by the December grand jury.He was arrested at St. Petersburg,Florida, on December Sth, where hehad gone in company with anotheryoung man in November. Wheeleris unmarried and his age is 22.

C. A. Pickard represented Wheel-er. The case is to be tried in theSupreme Court because of a circum-stance which would prevent Coun-ty Judge-elect Lee L. Ottaway fromhearing it.

reckless driving pleaded not guiltyand his case was sent to countycourt for trial. Fry's bail is con-tinued, and liis attorney is HarryM. Young of Mayville.

James Cauvel, Jamestown youth,indicted on a charge of grand lar-ceny for (he alleged theft of an au-tomobile entered a plea of guiltyand received a suspended sentencein Elmira reformatory. AssistantDistrict Attorney John S. Leonardsaid that he could not recommendlenienev for the defendant in view

appreciation of the only

ill asset that moneyWill find our stock still complete andour store service equal even to the mostexacting eleventh-hour demands.

cannot buy,

The complaining witness in thecase is Mabel Wilcox of Chautauquatownship who alleges that heelerseduced her under promise of mar-riage.

of his four arraignments in citycourt in Jamestown, in which lie wascharged with stealing a watch,jumping a board hill, being drunkand disorderly, and with vagrancy.

While we urge you not to delay, it is nottoo late to get what you want— Your Good WillBros.' Umbrellas, Waterman and Parker Pens,

Art Glass. Diamonds and Jewelry, MahoganyMr. Leonard told the court thatwhen Cauvel Was arrested the lasttime that keys to automobiles werefound in his pockets, as we11

(as a

list of safe combinations.Samuel Allessi, attorney for Cau-

vel said that the defendant's wifeis about to become a mother andthat the hoy deserved another chancewhich was given l)itn by the court.Cauvel will report to Probation Of-

HullEdward Worth, who was given an

indeterminate sentence of from fourto eight years in Auburn by .TugticcGeorge E. Pierce of Buffalo, duringthe first week's session of Ihe De-cember Supremo Court, was brought,in court thi morning. District At-torney Wood in said that V orth hadfailed to give all of the informationconcerning his career prior (o hisresidence in ltipley. It lias devel-oped that the prisoner was twicearrested and convicted in Ohio, on

Clocks, Watches The Westfield Candy KitctaVictrolas The Sweet Shop MAIN ST. •The Sweet Shofloor Henry C. Drake each week.

John IT. Bennink, 3 8. Chautauquafarmer, married and the father ofthree children was then arraignedupon charges of rape, first and sec-ond degree, and assault, second de-gree, for an alleged attack upon an11 year old girl in a cottage atChautauqua several weeks ago.

Harry M. Young, attorney forBennink told the court that it wasa pathetic case, and that liquor wasthe cause of the defendant's trouble.

We carry a large line of Victrola records, Al-bums, Cutters, Needles, Records, Etc.the charge of assault. Ho has

served one term in the Ohio re-formatory and one term in the West-ern Penitentiary of Ohio

Mr. Woodin requested that thecourt change the sentence from thatof an indeterminate to a determin-ate sentence on the ground that theprisoner was sentenced when all his

$18 RADIOS $160In AppreciationThe best only—Sleeper Monotrol, Paragon, Kodel's,

Tubes, Batteries and Loud Speakers.history was not knowntenco was imposed for the crime ofrape and Mr. Woodin felt that theprevious record of the prisoner

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! Bennink has spent five weeks in thei county jail, his wife has'left him as'the result of the charges madeagainst him, the attorney said.

; Mr. Voting also said that the girlj who was largo for her ago had notsustained any physical injury as theresult of the attack, and added, thatho had heard that this affair w,asnot her first indiscretion.

STORE OPEN UNTIL NOONcalled for a determinate sentence.

Justice Sullivan decided not tochange the term imposed by Justice

CHRISTMAS DAY of your good will, wePierce

Worth was represented by HarryM. Young of Mayvillo and said that Overton &

extend the Season'sHallat the time ho was sentenced he dfd Greetingsnot know that it was necessary or

Judge Sullivan sentenced Benninkto serve fjrom -

r> to 10 years in Au-burn prison, saving it was too seri-ous a case for leniency.

trials and convictionsessential that ho toll of his former

VICTROLAS JEWELERS RADIO andLOMBARD CJItAXCJK wish for you a mostAt the last regular meeting of

Lombard Grange two candidateswore instructed in the first, and sec-ond degrees and the following offi-cers were elected for the coming

corNT Y LFfSIOX activeS Chautauaua County Committee| American Legion met at Westfieldon Thursday evening. December 18th.Those present were Messrs. Dew and

, Stoginan of Dunkirk. Hehir of Broc-ton, Cass of Frewsburg. Myers of

IJamestown, Keopka. Laughlin andMiss Galloway of Westfield.

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year NEW YEARMaster. H. Bly Kolpion.Overseer, P. .T Hookins.Lecturer. Bertha Nundv.Steward, Charles H. Nundy.Assistant Steward, C. T. KolpionChanlain. Lizzie \. Breads.Treasurer. Harlow H. Breads.Secretary, Mildred .T. Kolpion.Gate Keeper. Burt Holcomb.

Minnie Lahl.

Plans \vere made for a Post Offi-cers meeting which will bo hold inWest field tlio early part of January.Several suggestions were made forthe varying of the program of theCounty conferences. The Januaryconference will be held in Mayville.

Several Vice Commanders havevisited the Po«ts under their partic-ular jurisdiction and report backgood interest and activity. Most ofthe Posts are now having their elec-tions and installation of new officers.

Plans for particular effort alongmembership lines during Januarywere lined up and will be presented

the Post Officers meeting. Three•oni the northern end of the

county and three men from thesouthi rn end with Vice CommanderStegnvin, who is County MembershipChairman, will form the committeet<> direct this. Chautauqua CountyAmerican Legion is out for 1500members this year.

A Merry Christmas Bates Bros. Electric Co.ELECTRAGISTS

This trade name is your guarantee of efficiency

53 Main St.Pomona. Sadio Simmons.Flora, Mrs. George liarrey.Organist, Heulah Harmon.On December 0. a special meeting

was held to celobrnle the thirty-fourth anniversary of the organiza-tion of Lombard Orange No. 711.The entire community was invitedto attend. As the ninley branch of�he Dairyman's l,^ non< > desired to

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r!!'lhave n mooting in this section it wasdecided to oombino the twoand puton a joint program nnd a uroup ofdairymen and tliolr wives fromWattesburu wore also in attendance.

A roast beef dinner was served atnoon. Tito league was in charge oftiio program for one lionr nuttingon two interesting speakers, the dis-trict manager, Mr. Bouteiie and arepresentative of the Merrell SouleCo.

men

Accept our sincere good

C. F. Pratt & Co. wishes for continuedVice Commander Myers was ap-pointed Chairman of a committeewhoso business it shall bo to see thatfolks at the Conferences shall be-come better acquainted so that Le-gionnaires and Auxiliary membersall over the county shall throughknowing each other more thorough-ly understand each other's problemsand what they are trying to accomp-lish.

Prosperity and HappinessThe grange program followed andconsisted of singing by the audience;the reading of a short history ofthis grange by the lecturer and avery helpful and much appreciatedaddress by J. W. Sanbury of James-town.

THE LATEST AND BEST IN FOOTWEARalso our thanks for the favors

Westfield, New YorkDavid Wallace of Westfield grange

was present and by request sangtwo songs. The program closed bythe grange women putting on alittle pantomime which showed thatthe farm woman is really a wonder-ful creature, embodying in one per-son the tasks and occupations of adozen or more.

received from you duringGifts have been purchased for

disabled men in the county to letthem know} that their comrades re-member them and wish them goodcheer and Fredonia Memorial andDunkirk Memorial Post are planninga Christmas program of music forNewton Memorial. Several Posts inthe county are also planning Com-munity Christmas trees or partiesfor children. The Americandesires to be of service to its com-munities in every way possible.

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Concrete and MasonContractor

Will furnish TILES, BLOCKS, Etc.SPECAIL FINISHED WORK ASPECIALTY. ALSO CARTING

On December 10 a meeting of theHome Bureau was held, a dinnerwas served and the first lesson inthe clothing project given with MrsMildred Kolpien and Mrs. BerthaNundy as instructors. I C. F. HANKI

Someone should be arrested andproperly fined for rank carelessnessin handling firearms. Last weeksomeone fired a shot from a highpower rifle that entered the houseof Clark H. Smith, on Jeffersonstreet, and passed within a foot ofhis daughter's head and embeddeditself in the plaster.

RAXK. CARELESSNESSGETS 30 YEARS Your Grocer and Meat Man

Ripley Wife Slayer Admits Crimennd Court Consents to Plea ofSecond Degiw Homicide WhichSaves Defendant Prom Electric

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27 Colburn St., 196-RChairMayville, Dec. 15—Frank (Red)

Bortner, 40. Ripley wife slayerpleaded guilty to a charge of seconddegree murder and was sentencedto serve from 20 years to life inAuburn state prison by JusticePhilip A. Sullivan in supreme courttoday.

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There is an ordinance againstshooting in the corporation, and theguilty parties should be arrested be-fore someone is killed by their care-lessness-

Use Crisco to makecrisp fried foodslight cakesfluffy biscuitsflaky pastries

J. Vernon WarvtshoviseDistrict Attorney Glenn W.Woodin told the court that evidenceregarding the premeditation and de-liberation of the crime on November9, when Bortner shot and killed hiswife at their home in Ripley wasscant, and it was possible that ver-dict of guilty to second degree mur-der would be returned. The coun-ty prosecutor also raised the ques-tion as to the defendant's abnorm-ality and capacity, suggesting thatthe court accept a plea of guilty tosecond degree murder, which thecourt did.

—That 68-70 Gasoline can't bebeat for winter use. A trial willconvince you. Barber's Service Sta-tion.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

i—A Bayberry Candle burned tothe socket brings luck to the house,food to the larder and gold to thepocket. Two in box. 39c and 49cbox. J. F. Daley & Co.

—How much can you deposit eachweek in the Christmas Club at theNational Bank?

Carpenter Work Concrete WorkAlso have a new Electric Floor Sander.Makes your old floor look like new. Getmy price. Estimates FREE. No jobtoo small. Give me a call.

Medium »iza Large size

—Columbia Bicycles at Barber'sService Station. 10 per cent, off listF. .O. B. price.

Buy a can of GRISCO for your New Year's bakingget a 25c cook book for 5 cents.Just call 124-W

Bortner's statement was thentaken in which he said he was a"'widower" and that his trade wasbasket making. He gave his hab-its as intemperate.

—For Sale-—Several carloads ofseasoned grape posts, seven feet inlength. If other lengths are de-sired, will cut them to order. R. T.Jones, North Warren, Pa.

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