New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1917, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEA BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917. —SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 18 - WHIPPLE WANTY ALL RECORDS ON - STOCK EXCHANGE " Yill Not Be Satistied With Re- ports of “Short” Dealings During Leak Period CORRECTS IMPRESSION MADE ON THE STREET All Telcphone and Telegraph Mes- sages Between. Washington and New York at Time When Alleged “Tip” Was Given to Be Furnished Investigation Committee—Inquiry to Be Resumed Monday. New York, Jan. 26.—The leak in- . & Quiry will he resumed here at 10 o'clock Monday morning. According to Chairman Henry of the committee, } the investigators will have everything they want within five days. In addition to the documentary evi- dence from brokers, Mr. Henry said ythat the committee has sought by J subpoena the records of all telephone « . and telegraph messages which passed between Washington and New York during the thirteen days involved in the inquiry. The telephone and tele- graph companies, the chairman said, have agreed to produce this material. Statement by Whipple. ‘While brokers were waiting for the | stock exchange officials to transmit | ‘to them the modified demands for evidence Sherman L. Whipple, coun- | sel for the rules committee, made | public the concluding program which | reads as follows: “The rules committee desires it to be understood that the main purpose of the information it requested is to | ascertain the facts with regard to buying and selling of stocks on the .stock exchange during the period in- ‘guired of—who made the profits, and “awho incurred the losses. It is haped X “that in all matters in doubt the acs wcounts will be so framed as to in- clude this information mmlearest and simplest form.” Mr. Whipple sald the suggestion for still further information of the rules committee demands came from the stock exchange office. He added that he desired to correct the impression that the new request limited the in- formation to “short” selfing, al- though he added that the function this method of dealing placed in stock market operations was very impor- tant to ascertain. U. S. T0 MAKE SHELLS Secretary Daniels Prepares for Erec- tion of Munitions Plant Following Blocking of Hadfield’s Contract. Washington, Jan. 26.—Secretary Daniels today began preparing to meet the British government's refusal to permit Hadflelds, Limited, to manufac- .ture projectiles for the American navy, by making ready to equip a plant to do the work. Ordnance experts were put to work on the plans. “I expect work to begin 5 plant in the spring,” said Daniels. The navy department virtually has abandoned hope of getting satisfac- tory hids from American turers. CHICKEN POX IS BECOMING PREVALENT on the Secretary Health Department Receives Reports of Several Cases in Northern Part of City. New Britain is confronted with an % _epedemic which, although not serious, ‘is causing the officials of the health . department some extra work in their efforts to cheek it. Chicken pox is the jatest malady and on a number of streets in the north end, several cases have been called to the attention of Dr. Reeks. If there are any cases in any other section of the city, they are unknown to the health officers. In aiding the department in the spread of the disease, parents would be of invaluable assistance by notifying either the superintendent or hig assistants, Architect scketches are being pre- pared for the proposed barn or shed at the municipal slaughter house to be used as a storage place for animals that are kept there over night. Sinc the opening of the abbatoir ten d: ago, business has heen very brisk, on several days the conditions hordering on overcrowding. ZERO MINUS IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Jan. 26.—Four degrees he- Jow zero, the coldest day this registered here today at the bureau. rear wa weather manufac- | checking | | COL. BUTLER KNOWN AS WOMAN CHASER Defense in Spannel Casc Tries to Show Army Officer as Man of No Character. San Angelo, Jan. 26.—The defense rested today in the case of Harry J. Spannel, on trial for the murder of his wife, Crystal Spannel. Testifying yesterday, Spannel told for the first time his story of the shooting that resulted in the death of his wife and Lieutenant Colonel M. C. Butler, U, S, A. and charged that Butler fired the shot that killed Mrs. | Spannel. Testimony was introduced today ta corroborate the story told by Spannel | vesterday and to show that Lieutenant | Colonel Butler was known among the | soldiers as “Bull” Butler. Two wit- | nesses testifled that Butler had the ! reputation of being a “woman chaser” i | and even with his command. The first | witness for the state on the rebuttal ! to clear Colonel Butler's reputation re- | garding his attentions to women was | “Good.” WILSON PLAN ENDORSED . BY ENGLISH LABOR MEN | Commercial War on Central Powers Disapproved at Conference. Manchester, England, Jan. 26, 12:01 | p. m.—The labor conference in ses- | ! sion here adopted-today a resolution | declaring that “all the British repre- | | sentatives at the peace conference | should work for the formation of an international league to enforce the maintenance of peace on the plan ad- vocated by the presidency of the United States and approved by the British foreign secretary.” The conference adopted a resolu- tion declaring that labor was op- | posed to the after-the-war policy of the Paris conference and demanding ‘“free trade for every country” with safeguards for the maintenance of in- | ternational labor conditions fixed by i international trade union. | Another resolution passed urged | the government to purchase all im- | | ported foodstuffs in the. country of | | their production and that the gov- ernment arrange for their transpor- | { tation and distribution at prescribed | | rates. It also urged similar measures i for the control of the home produc- | tion of food. | 'FRANCE TO PREPARE FOR TOURIST TRADE | | | | | | Hotels to Be Enlarged and Others Constructed a2t Cost of $100,000,000. New York, Jan. 26.—In | tion that after the war ends | will be an enormous influx of ists to Irance to visit the invaded dis- !tricts and scenic points, beside those | {who go there as representatives of | | foreign industrial and commercial | | houses, plans are being made to spend ' 1$100,000,000 in the construction and | enlargement of hotels. This is set | forth in the fourth installment made ! public today, of the report of the | American industrial commission sent | !to France by the American manufac- | turers export association. i | The hotel training schools being ! | established in France, in the belief | | of the commission, will improve as ! much as the well-known industrial trade schools of France and othori ] anticipa- ther: | countries GERARD IS SILENT No Word Received From Ambassador Whether Americans Were Among | Neutrals Taken by Germ: | Washington, Jan. 26.—Ambassador ! | Gerard has not yet replled to the state department’s inquiry as to whether Americans were among the neutrals taken to Germany as prison- ers of war on the prize ship Yarrow- dale, on the grounds of having taken »ay on armed British merchantman. The state department claims it does not know whether the men nretioned 'in the German admiralty statement | include Americans or not ENGLISH COAST RAIDED TUnidentified German War Vessel Ap- | | Without Causing Any Damage. | 1:46 p. m.—An | unidentified German vessel shelled the | Suffolk coast of England last night. | There were no casualtie ; i TLondon, Jan. KUNZ COMPANY DEF Eskel C. Hallston ha through Attorney Emil J, Danbers, against The John Kunz Company for damages of $300 based on an allegced loan of $174.96. Papers attaching real estate of the defendant at Fairview and Chestnut streets have been served by Constable Fred Winkle and are returnable in the common pleas court at Hartford the first Tuesday in February. INDANT. i should not. ! suggested that tour- | of | on a crowded i controller box, and fought madly | were required proaches Suffolk and Hurls Shells | & brought suit, | ‘GORONATIONS’ NOT T0° WORKS’ LIKING Senator Objects to Pageants af Inaugural Exercises HOTEL MEN “ROBBERS” Spicy Dcbate Before $: 25 235, 000 Appro- priation for March 4 Ceremony Is | Passed—Strikes Not Forbidden in New R. R. Bill. Washington, Jan. 26.—The scnate voted favorably today on the $25,000 | appropriation to pay for the inaugu- ration expenses at the capitol, not until th had been some live- ly talk about how Washington hotel keepers ‘“‘rob” visitors and some ob- servations that the inaugural cere- monies have come to resemble a cor- onation pageant. ‘When Senator Overman brought the resolution from the committee, Senator McCumber should include provisions to prevent hotel keepers from raising their rates. He said he had been in- formed by one hotel that a room for inauguration week would cost $200. “I'm not going to object to this resolution,” said Senator Works, but I would like to see one president in- augurated with appropriate cere- monies, suitable in a democracy. We are having a coronation every years and- it is undemocratic and un- American and I would like to see it abolished. There is no reason that such a ceremony as this should be conducted and every reason that T should like to see the president himself declare against that sort of thing and protest against his | inaugural being made a show of this kind. There is no occasion for the government of the United States to spend $25,000 to provide a place for the inaugural. 'I should like to see the senate raise its voice against it, it violates every principle of our gov- | ernment.” Strikes Not Forhidden. Rallroad strikes and not forbidden by to supplement the Adamson which the senate interestate merce comm pleted toda lockouts are the terms of a bhill com- President Wilson a provision be intro- duced to prevent strikes or lockouts pending investigation of differences. The new bill, however, would make a criminal offense, punishable ' by heavy fine, for a railroad who has auit work to trespass railroad property with a view to pre- venting by violence, intimidation of threats, the operation of trains. Another important provision of the bill which authorizes the president to take over and operate “such part of" a railroad and its equipment as is necessary to move troops or muni- tions in war time, threatened war, or insurrection. To frame a new legislative program for the remainder of the session of that will meet the approval of democratic senators was the task to which the senate steering committee again set itself today. A caucus of senate democrats held last night failed to agree on a program. The caucus divided over the dques- tion as to which measures take precedence on the program among them being water power and corrupt practices legislation. PANIC ON TROLLEY CAR Tiftcen of Seventy Injured in Rush Following Explosion in Controller | Box on Bridgeport Linc. S Bridgeport, Jan. 2 Seventy men trolley car here ecarly today were thrown into a wild panic when an explosion occurred in the to Fifteen of them so severely injured that they surgical treatment, but all were able to iter to their homes. The car, a spe carrying night workers from the Remington Arms plant to Stratford and Milford, lett the plant at 2 a. m. A few minuies later on E Main street, the con- troller box explosion, @ not unusu occurrence, rted the panic. Most of the injured live in Milford, with some in Stratford and the eas of this city. escape from the car. Product of New London Yards Brings 700,000, San Francisco, Jan Dispateh- s reccived here today from St. Paul, confirmed reports that the 20,000 ton steamship Minnesota, property of the Great Northern railroad, had been sold. The price was said to have been 0,000, but the identity of the purchaser was not made public. The International is said to be the purchaser. The Minnesota was operated by the Northern steamship company, o v of the Great Northern rail- road, and was built at New London, Conn., in 1904, a MINISTER T hington, NDERS PAPERS. Jan. Ljoubomir Mihailovitch, the first ménister from Serbia to the United States. today presented his credentials to President Wilson. but | suggested that it} tour | it | law | on virtually had com- | had | employe | on | ond Mercantile Marine i SCHLAFER WILL BE HELD WITH GOLDBERG Allcged Informer in Gordom Bros. Case Will Be Surrendered to Au- thorities, Lawyer Says. Entering a plea of not guilty, Harry Goldberg of 56 Union street, formerly shipping clerk for Gordon Brothers and one of that firm's most trusted | employes for years, was arraigned be- fore Judge James T. Meskill 1n police court today on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses. The ar- raignment was only formal, a continu- ance until Tuesday being directed by Judge Meskill upon the request of Prosecuting Attorney George W. Klett, Judge B. F. Gaffney appearcd as counsel for Goldberg. Attorney A. A. Greenberg appeared as counsel for Hyman Schlafer of 219 North street, alleged to have been a partner in Goldberg’s alleged manipu- lations ofsGordon Brothers’ goods and heme to defraud. Attorney Gold- berg said that his client’s non appear- ance in court today was due to ill- ness but that he will be surrendered to the authorities in time for the hear- ing Tuesday. Goldberg appeared to be little worried over his plight and main- tained an apparently care-free attitude during the brief arraignment. PRISON SENTENCE IN FIRE TRAP CASE Owner of Shirt Factory Where Thir- tecn Died Is Sentenced to Sing Sing. New York, Jan. 26.—Asserting that a sentence in prison should teach a far-reaching lesson to factory own- ers and tenants who failed to provide proper fire exits, Supreme Court Jus- tice Kapper today sent Samuel Bar- kin to Sing Sing for from two and ! one half to five and one half years. | Barkin is partner in a shirt-making company housed in a Brooklyn build- ing, where nine women and four men | operatives lost their lives in a firg last November because the trap door between thir place of work and Bar- kin's floor was locked. The conviction of Barkin by a jury earlier this week was said to be the first under a- statute which, aimed to | safeguard factory employes in event of fire, holds tenants criminally liable when exits are kept locked. Indicted with Barkin were his part- ner, Samuel Simen and the building owners, Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Dia- mond, proprietors of a gandy coml- pany in the structure. ese are vet to be tried. SMALL WOMAN I YEAD. rmer Wile of Sitting dian Chicf. Bull In- Smail woman, for- wife of Sitting Bull, noted Indian f, whose band annihilated Custer | and his command on the Little Big Horn in 1876 ahd who was killed fif- teen years later at 1me battle of Wounded Knee, died last night at the ¥ort Berthold Indlan reservation, North Dakota, of burns. He was 80 | years old. At the time of her death she was the wife of a United States Indian | scout. OUT FOR 88, should | Eleven in Election Frauds Already in | stody. Cincinnati, Jan, 26.—Additional | capiases were issued today for the re- maining 88 of the 99 men indicted vesterday by the federal grand jury, t which has been investigating alleged election frauds. Lleven of those who were mnamed defendants by true bills were taken | into custody last night.. Only two of the eleven are prominent politically. They are: Robert Urich, councilman from the eighth ward, and John J. Burckhauser, councilman from the cighteenth ward. N DENIES CHARGES. District Attorney Accused of Miscon- duct in Office. Albany, Jan. 26.—A’ general denial of the charges of misconduct in offico | preferred against him by the City | club of New York was filed in behalf ! of District Attorney ann of New York with Governor Whitman at noon today by W. In. Embre. At the request of Mr. Embre, the set \Wednesday, January 31, ite for an adjourned hearving, | | When @ new motion to dismiss the charges will be ur Worth $35,000 Sent Abroad During Week. The American Red Cross announced today it had shipped war rclief supplies worth about $35,000 during the past | week to Irance and England. Much of this was hospital The society sent also one hundred | | cans of condensed milk for use by Belgian refugees in Irance. Supplies New York, Jan. national oods o e WEATHER. Hartford, Hartford and Jan. vicinity 26.—For Fair, | over ntinued cold. Saturd winds. tonight Fresh and westerly RIS C S MILLENNIUM TRAIN GET YOUR TIGKETS Welfare Commission to Uplit So- ciety Presented to Assembly AT A COST OF $3,000,000 Other Bills Would Permit Women to ! i | | | | | | Vote on Local Option and to Cur- tail Sales of Drug Stores on Sandays. Hartford, Jan. 26.—The General Assembly upon its convening, toda. closed the door to new busin of which the total amount probably will fall slightly below that of the open- ing dayvs of the last session. The house clerks, whose desks were buried under the flood of measures, were un- able to give an opinion of the total volume. The chief feature of the day was the presentation of the legislative pro- gram from the Fairfield county publican delegation. - This took form of an omnibus bill, offered Senator Bartlett, and was the as read at a dinner of the dele ion | last night in Bridgeport. The Dbill would create an agricultural and pub- lic welfare commission to carry out its provisions. - An appropriation of $3,000,000 is proposed, this sum to be divided as the various projects re- quire. The commission would be of twelve members to be appointed by the’ governor and confirmed by the senate, these members to represent the grange, the manufacturers em- ployes of manufacturing plants, ag- ricultural educational institutions and persons interested in social welfare work. The object of the bill is to provide for co-operative interest in the development of agriculture, house reforestration and preservation of the water supply. There would be a state bank to loan money in the rural dis- tricts, a frec employment bureau, the power to license co-operative societies among farmers and and others, build- ing plants for pasteurization of milk, authority to have public service cor- porations extend their lines to rural communities and to assist farmers in marketing crops. Other features are old age and mothers’ penslons, lim- itation of hours of labor and a min- imum wage, health insur and new method of adjusting tc Senator Bartlett’s bill was described by & number of members. of the leg- islature who heard ft read as a “long step towards the millennium.” Women to Vote on Liquor Measures. The Connecticut Suffrage Associa- tion and the Connecticut Temperance Association have a bill to allow wom- en to vote on all questions pertaining to local option and the 1ing of liquor licenses and the prohibiting of drug stores from selling liquor except on a physician's certificatq. The Connecticut Chamber of Com- merce introduced three bills to es- tablish a e personal income tax on all persons who are paying a fed- eral income tax; a central state tax bureau for the purpose of aiding town and city boards in establishing valuations: and for a commission to inquire into the advisability of fur- ther tax legislation. The Merchants Association offered bills to do away with trading stamps and restricting .drug stores from the selling of any articles except med- cines and prescriptions on Sunday. Among other measures were these: Providing for appointment by judges of probate of public guardians in cities of more than 25,000 to look after children, whose home life is neglected, Appropriating $23.000 to permit the state board of health to' continue its study of the sewage disposal prob- lem. Providing that boys over fourteen and not over eighteen shall have ten ic physical training with sum- mer camps and such military train- ing, as the state board of cducation shall dctermine. To permit banks to invest in fed- re- the | by | me nce ; eral loan bank funds. Raisin, the qu all jails. To repeal the social clubs and f cure liquor licen: N Prohibiting street railway panies from charging more threejcent fare for standees Appropriating §500,000 for clevator on the state pier London. a commission to investigate tion of direct state control of under aternal which orders se- com- than a a at An eight hour day for ali state em- | ployes. Amons measury quiring state police their uniforms and identity before thov o close were these: otlicers to to prove exercising their IRRe- wear their au- saloons on Good Iriday ting te prison penalty man or woman who, living f after marriage without a di- vorce, shall be found guilty con- cubinage. Abprop the Strattord. Requiring that eggs placed on e shall be marked whether fresh, stor- age, preserved or incubated. ablishing a state farm a s ating $200,000 for a bridge river between Milford and home for men. CONNOLLY TATE APPRAI Attorneys E. O'Keefe and Y i apprat of the late Ow Connoliy, account in the probate ; real estate and cash of iniel estate of n have filed an court s =i esd {in an appeal | vitude and forced {no return for POLICEMAN RESCUES a FORMER SLAVES SUE FOR $68,000,000 PAY FRENCH TRENCHES Wages. ‘Washington, Jan. 26—The supreme RUSSIANS PRESS whether the federal government shall ipennons 0[ Temonig Armies p]:\y 5\;35.000 000 to form‘ml" s!lau-s lnm! their heirs for cotton cked in sla . Theis ciatma East and West Flutter in Breeze of Victory GERWAN OFFENSIVE N FRANGE A HEAVY B Muskogee. Ok and other form slaves and their heirs and ‘‘all othe similar] tuated.” The suit is directed against Sec tary McAdoo as custodian of the gov- ernment funds and recites that the laves were held in involuntary er- to ather the southern states’ crops. They received their labor, while the | AR government collected the $68,000,000 4 i in taxes on raw cotton. | Berlin Reports Storming Accounting for the labor performed | A and a pro-rata distribution of the | : money among those entitled to pay | for the labor are asked. The District | of Columbia courts dismissed the suit. of Defi on Wide and Capture of Prisoners With Ten Machine Gu ar Riga S? Favor of Aggressors, Battle on Swamps N Office Claims. have been undertg front! trenches « mile in| region of Hill 304, northwest of | In ‘what & s to most offensive FAMILY FROM FIRE ! several on the anco-Belgian H weeks, French Nine Guided and Carried to | Safety By Sergeant Hart. frant of approximately dun, were stormed by German trd vesterday, the Berlin war office, nounces. A counter attack deliy at night by the French failed to d out the Germans, who during operation captured about 500 priso and ten machine guns, The Paris account of the Gel offensive reports it launched aloy rather wide front, the attacks delivered at four paints bet | Avercourt Wood, on the left, of Quick work and good judgment on the part of Sergeant William C. Hart eaved the family of John A. Lusch- itz from probable suffocation in a fire thargnactiayfen el Ll s :j | French lines abaut Verdun, and 81 Rockwell avenue shortly after mid- | yreReq, EE S0 Tt ore night. Breaking down the fiont door |3 1.5 miles. The attacks were| ui alded, after discovering an ell, used | the Trench statement as a woodshed and storage house, to | ¢ , extept that the Germans p be in flames, he awoke Luschitz, his | trated advanced trenches near agod mother, wife and six small chil- | 304. The German statement men dven, guiding and half carrying sev- | the fighting on the other sectol cral of them through the smoke-filled | this attack as enterprises on rroms to safety. Quickly following | Man Hill and northwest of Avone the rescue, he sent in an alarm from |which brought the desired result. box 17, Arch and Hart streets, at 2:36. | Germans Advance in Rusala, Chief Robert M. Dame, with Engine | The fighting in the Riza region Companies 1, 2 and 2 and Hook and | northernmost sector of the R lder Company No. 1 responded, | front, continues to show advanced two water lines and being held |the Germ wccording to Berlin. Y for nearly an hour. The | The fighting in t marshy re loss is estimated at about $200. Julius |is made possible at this season Schultz is the owner of the building. | freezing, of the swam i The cause of the fire is unknown. | offensive eariy, this month wa investigatioh today shows that it |to be aimed at far thé! started in one corner of the ell which | pase south of Riga, but it fatled of | s used for the storage of fuel. When | cisive result. | Giscovered by Sefgeant Hart, the en- | The Germans now apparentiy tire side of the bullding was in flames, },,m only regained such ground as which were beginning to ignite#the |1ost but triking north main part of the one-story huilding. | 4er vy ground in thd When the firemen turned into Arch | roction of Riga. et the illumination could be plain- |* The Russians are offering strong v seen and the flames had gaincd | gstance and delivered counter att: much headway. They were S00n |on the east side of the Aa river. (hecked by the water lines, although ' fajjeq, however, according ta Be it was necessary to get in under the | wpich reports the capture of shingles and clapboards to extinguish | | iconers during the day’s fighting thie smouldering cmbers. Operations in the other war Just before the alarm came, a te ve hoen of unimportanes. cphone message to Sergeant Kelley police hcadauarters notificd him that | firemen were needed at the Rockwell | avenue address. He was j | Chief Dame when the alarm | turned in by Sergeant Hart. | | The house belongs to ' what ! known as the old McElrath esta‘e. It | | was once used for o delicatessen man- ufactory. Lately it has beon usu@ as a tenement. Neighbors gave shelter to the Luschitz family. It was Lorted today that the fire loss to building is covered by Insurance. MRS. BYRNE WITHOUT FOOD NEARLY 90 HRS | 1 o scene 7 i | | | | | | | | i | 1 | | W. VA, JUDGE SHOT Attacked by Unknonn Man Walttag With Wife—IIad Del 1 | tive Agatast “footleggrrs.” | Williamsiown, W. V., 2 | Judge James Dameron of the el 2 Jan, i here shot eand serio late last nizht by an 1s he walked with X court was wounded }identified man Pameron thr Norfoik and Western railroad stal Judze Dameron has heen activg prosccution of *‘bootleggers' recently took part in a number of portant clection fraud cases. He returning from a night ssion | court when the attempt was made | his life i Physicians Say Prisoner onr Hunger | Strike Is Showing Signs 185 of Weakness. ARE NOT RARE, Quarters Half no Extra Value. —The “hunger | Iithel Bryne began | the Blackwell islanda penitentiary | after entering to serve | thirty day terms upon her conviction | a birth control propagandist, gradually weakening the woman, ac- | cording to a bulletin issued today by the prison physician. New York, Jan. rike"” which Mrs, COINS at on Monday New and Dollars| is Washington, reached the trea day from numerous sharpers have been selling at a Her blood pressure was “within nor- | mium the newly designed guan mal limits but wavering the bulletin | and half dollars coined in 1918, id, while temperature w slightly | porting that the new coins are below normal and pulse had “moder- To correct any impression that ately weakened.” are rare, officials today auth Mrs. Brync told the phpsician that | the wement that 2,330 she felt weak. At noon today she had 2,000 quarters of the asted nearly 90 hours. ruck off in 19186. The commissioner said it rested with | the prison medical hoard as to wheth- | er Mrs., Bryne would he fed forcibly if | she persisted in refusing to take nour- ishment, sources coins ized | | | SCHOOL SUPT. DROPS DIy Was Delive at Pair Conference, ] shington, Jan. 26.—Ben Blew superintendent of schools of ST, Lo Mo., dropped dead of heart failu day while addressing a committe the Congress of Confederate Pats ism, to which he was a delegate. OR DEAD. i ~The death last | 1 director of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, was announced today Mr. Libby was in charge of many of the corporation’s foreign interests, DERBY SCHOOL SUPT. DEAN Derby, Jan. 26.—Edward Fitz ald, superintendent of the pul schools here died at a hospital New York today. He underwent operation last week. Mr. Fitzgel was 35 yvears old. A aduate of with the el of 1902 and had b | superintendent here six yecars. GUN Parie, YNER MAKES IT 28. n. 26.—For the third suc- cossive d Lieutenant Gunyner is mentioned in the communication from the war office. Today's announce- ment credits him with having brought down an airship on the Somme front. This brings up to 28 the number of airships destroyed by this pilot,