New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1920, Page 1

{ s an inquiry " department, writing today News of the World By Associated Press. P A INEW BRITAIN HERALD | Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business. ESTABLISHED 1870, '\IEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920. —.TWENTY PAGES PRICE THREE CEN AMERICA PROTESTS | ALLIES' DECISIONS Says German Property in Neutral Land Can’t Be Sold IS AGAINST TREATY TERMS Such Action is Against Spirit, if \0'. i the Letter of Versailles Pact, is | Stand Taken by the United States— South Amecrica is Affected. 1 | { | Washington, March 19.-—"Strong | remonstrances” have been made by the American government against the rulings of the allied reparations com- that under the peace treaty of certain German property i neutral countries can be i necessary to satisfy the initial ment of the German Indemnity. Under-secretary Polk of the state | to Senator Henderson, democrat, Nevada, said ‘a | further protest” was in preparation | as such a construction of the treaty was contrary to an official interpreta- tion exchanged between Germany and | the allied powers. South America Affected. Mr, Polk’s letter was in response to by Senator Henderson re- ' garding reports that Great Britain had requested that German property and | all the rights of German citizens n | electrical enterprises in South America | be taken over by the commrission and subsequently transferred to Great Britain as part of indemnity due it by | Germany. Mr, Polk had no in added: BLIZZARD SWEEPING THROUGH THE WEST aid the state department mation to this but ! last Saturday by { the German | lieved MANY KILLED REBEL TROOPS LEAVE CITY; EBERT GOVT. IS IN CONTROL ,Sltuatlon is Senous, Though R“]I]LE" BY BULLETS Report of Soviet Act1v1 ies Have Been Exaggerated. FOOD SHORTAGE IS BECOMING APPARENT (By zerlin the Associated Pr is still under the s) rule bayonet:s but troops loyal to the Ebert | government patrol the streets. Forces whicih supported the regime set up Dr, Wolfgang Kapp his s left Berlin yester- Withdrawal of these ever, left chaos guard turned in Unter citizens wounded. near the pa ol behind a against jeering crowds Den Linden and fired, many being killed and scores ore bloodshed occurred ament buildings while iers, how- | in Charlottenburg and other suburbs of the c there were clashes which | resulted in loss of life. Officials of the KEbert regime are expected to take charge of affairs at capital today and it eems they will be called upon to face a situation gravely serious. While wdical elements have not made or- ganized attacks on the capital eco- nomic conditions are described as se. rious and absolute disorder is be- to reign in politics. The re- sumption of power by the constitu- tional government is opposed by those who believe it bargained with the re- actionary leaders who tried to seiz «control, and there seems to he an ur- gent demand for a reorganization of the ministry, and changes in policy in important particulars. { Berlin In Southwest High Winds Canse Great Damage—Dust. Storms an Added Difliculty Encountered. | doe Chie: March' 19.—Terrific sand ' and dusi storms continued today in the southwest with conditions chang- ing to a blizzard in the northwest. Onlys in_the eastern Rocky mountain | region, which suffered heavily yveste 'day from a wind which blew from to 100 miles an hour, was a return to nearly normal conditions reported. In the southwest, principally Kan- sas, muc 1< reported 10 plant: and wive com- | municatio iro@ seriously. The winds swept up vast volumes of dust from the recently cultivated fields &nd reports from some places said the sun was obscured for hot Sleet and snow were driven by a furious wind in lowa, Sauth Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, those states g a storm equaling in inten- | y any of the winter. Considerable sleet fell in lowa while farther north | wet snows prevailed. the wind piling it inta huge drifts. Railroad and wire | communication was handicapped. The dust clouds -in northwestern Colorado hid the sun for hours yes- terday and the tracks of the Colorado and Southern railway were covered =0 deeply by sand that detours were necessary. The Denver and Salt | Lake railroad was forced ta suspend operations in the mountain district zecause of a 100 mile an hous FIVE DIE DIE!HAFIRE Home of Phillippe Lariviere of wheat imp: Mon- treal Is Destroyed by Blaze Early | Today—Wife and Children Lost. Montreal, March 19 —Five lives were lost here early today in a fire which destroyed the home of Philippe Lariviere. The victims wer Lari- wife and three children, and Bessette, Mrs. Lariviere's w. They were all aslecp | on the upper floor of the two story dwelling, a wooden structur when the fire broke out. Lariviere alone awoke escape. He grabbed one child but lost his hold on it as he jumped from a second story window. The ! infant fell back into the blazing room. V Traffic Laws Rigidly Enforced | Hartford, March 19.--The éffect of the zone system in slowing down trol- | ley traffic and the increased danger | from the movement of automobiles in conzequence of the time taken for passengers to leave trolley s are the subject of a circular letter which Motor Vehicle Commissioner Stoeckel =ent today to police authorities throughout the state. He advises strict enforcement of the law to pre- vent automobiles and other motor vehicles from passing standing trolley cars. T YT i Lodge Will Welcome | Home War Veterans Sir Francis Drake lodge, Sons of St. George, at the mext regular meet- | ing at Vega hall on Thursday evenin Mareh 25, will welcome home the ex- service men of the lodge. Iach veteran will be presented with o | diploma by Rev. Samuel Sutcliff A program will be rendered, including vaudeville numbers and a drill by the lodge degree team. Refreshments will be served. Salim brother-in in time to h | the | rect from Berlin thi | Bauer, Reports from Germany outside of are such that a clear view of the situation is hard to obtain. While it is said soviels have been formed in number of important towns cities and in industrial districts, it not appear the movement is \ining momentum. On the other ad it would seem communist sym- pathizers have met with stern oppo- sition at many points and it is possi- ! ble repor of soviet activity have i been" exaggerated 20 Killed in Berlin. Coblenz, March 18, 9 p. m. the Associated Pross Twenty per- sons were killed when von Luett- witz's troops fired into the crowd & soldiers werc leaving Berlin this afternoon according to Berlin advices received here. Troops of the Ebert government now are guarding the city, add the advices, which state that a general communist ‘outbreak is still threatening. Information di- evening is that the independent socialists have de- cided to continue the strike. Food conditions are reported serious as no ins have come into Berlin for five OFFIGER KILLS SELF William A. McGee Dies in New Haven B Hospital After Drinking Poison— Was Naval Lieutenant. New Haven, March 19.—William A, McGee, 32, who, as lieutenant, is thought to have heen attached to the hospital ship Mercy now at Bos- ton. died a hospital here today from paison, It is thought McGee left a train last night and immediately entered aurant near the station. He called for coffee and pie and a few minutes ater told, the counter clerk that he i had taken poison enough to kill eight | men and unless the clerk wished to have hiin die on his hands he had bet- ter call an officer. McGee was sent ta the hospital. He said before death that he belonged in New York city. | Mayor Quigley Names Loomis and Peterson Quigley is working on his to curb and following out the sug- westion made at the council meeting Wednesday eveni will select a nker, a manufacturer and two coun- ilmen to serve with himself on the group. Today he named Treasurer J C. Loomis of the Commercial Trust company to represent the banking in- Edward Peterson to bo one of the council members on the cammittee. The committee will prob- ably be filled out today Mayor committee in this city terests and N. B. H._S. Cancels Game With Hartferd Tonight The scheduled basketball game be- tween the New Britain and Hartford High schools to be held this evening heen cancelled owing to the seri- | m Burns, the lo- Director W. H afternoon. illness of Will star, Ph h WARRANT IS ARREST OF LUDENDORF Copenhagen, March 19.—W. have been issued for the arrest General Ludendorff, and of characterized as Ludendorff “right hand man, < a disp: to the Social Demokraten from Berlin. today of | the rear' and | a res- ; rent profiteering | of | Colonel atch | IIV BERLIN AS - BEFORE HE IS TAKEN Baltimore Negro® Gunman | Holds Police at Bay I For Three Hours. ! i by Baltimore, March 19.—Riddled ! shots and probably mortally wounded, . A, Scott, a negro, was captured police réserves early today after a des- perate three hour battle waged from a barricaded house. Two policemen were wounded in the fight and an- | other negro, mistaken for the hunted | times | police- | men and beaten by a mob before it | was learned that he was not the man | sought. | The trouble started in the theatrical | district when two negroes engaged in ! a fight. At the appearance of police | one of the two fled and barricaded j himself in the cecllar of a residence occupied by whites. As the police ap- | peared he opened fire, wounding two. | A riot call brought reserves froml three districts and several of the po- licemen entered the house while the | others held the negro at bay. Thé | policemen in the house chopped away | 2 part of the floor, making *loap- | i holes” through which they fired the | contents of two heavily charged shot- | ! guns. | The family, eight persons in all, oc- cupying the house in which the negro entrenched himself, were in bed when | the latter ran into the yard firing at | the pursuing policemen as he n)ude‘ | his way into the cellar. Awakened by ! the shots the residents of the house ¢ fled to the street and sought refuge in ; | the homes of neighbors i ' i Suggestions that a dynamite bomb | be exploded in the cellar or that the ! negro be smoked out were rejected by the police. The rays of search- ! | lights from automobiles were played | into the cellar so as to silhouette ob- | jects in the place into which the po- | lice directed their shots] The officers made veral attempts {to rush the barricade, but were driven back each time by the negro’s { fire. Finally openings in the- floor wers chopped away and the fagitive laid low. | © Doctors Are Blamed. The belief which the police say is current amang negroes of the city, that white physicians are abducting colored persons for dissection pur: poses, was held by the authorities to be responsible for the trouble which | started in Druid Hill avenue, a thor- cughfare largely populated by ne- gores. An exchange of greetings be- tween a white dentist and another white man, according to the police inspired o crowd of negroes with the belief that the dentist and his friends | were looking for prey for the dissect- ! ing table and they started to beat th ! two white: Two policemen in plain clothes arrested one of the negroes, whose friends turned their wrath upon the officers and succeeded in releasing the prisoner. About this time the plain clothes men were reinforced by two other officers who attempted to arrest Scott.. The negro fled, firing his pistol at the policemen as he ran. The chase ended only When he entered the house in West Saratoga street. NEWSPAPERMEN AID IN MURDER TRIAL for Defense in Hopcroft Case | —Fellow Employes Speak for Accused Man, March 19.—Two new aver the barn New Haven, apermen who looked n which Mrs. Esther Hopcroft w; murdered last June, shortly after the crime had been reported to the police. William M. Jones for the defense to- day. One had found little difficulty in getting into the barn, although wit- nesses for the state had testified that believed it was not easily possi- n after Coroner Mix had up. A locksmith demon- | strated the ease with which a padlock which was on the barn door could have been picked. The defensc also called the state's photographer to again explain p tures made of the premise: - Henry J. Currier wha worked under Jones ut a wire making plant, in his testimony, said he engaged counsel for nd contributed to a defense Other witne from the plant tified that Jones' fingernails were closely worn because his work graund down nails much as if one had the nail-biting habit. The autopsy, ac- cording to the stat had shown nail s on the woman neck. SYRACTU is Now 171,647, ¢ .1 P March 19.—Population 20 announced today hy the census bureau included Syracuse. 171.647. an increase 34,398, or per cent. over 1910, son City, la., 20,06 increase 3. or 78.7 per cent. Atlantic. I increase 7 16.9 per cent. Wellington, F ase 14, or 0.1. GAIN 1 | Population Ther or 2 Cent. on, M i the ; adopted the modified reservation pre- i accdptance | reservations | said powers.” | presented by Senator Brandegee, re- i democrats, i HH(’I!(O(_ i get to the pre: i out : Superior ! is incre | Prederick Pease of Meriden Was on were among witnesses in the trial of | i TREATY WILL FALL, | SENATORS BELIEVE Both Sides meg Up for Final' Action and Shilting Blame ! WOULD LINIT THE PRESIDENT It Attempt Made by Senator Brandegee to Force Wils to Deposit Text Within 90 Days Fails to Pass— Lodge Offers Preamble. 19 ratification Washinzton, March —Preparing for a final vote upon of peace treaty, the senate today worked out in the bi-partisan under which affingmati of the reservations other powers. would not be required. | The preamble provides that ‘‘fail- ure on the part of the allied and as- sociated powers to make objection to id reservations and understandings; prior to the deposit of ratification the United States shall be taken as a} full and final acceptance of suchl and understandings by | amble conference by The preamble was offered by Sen- | ator Lodge. of Massachusetts, the re- publican leader, and accepted without a roll call. Brandegee Provision Lost. By a vote of 41 to 42, the senate refused to write into the preamble 2 provision that the ratification should not be binding unless the president deposited it within 90 days after the senate acted. The amendment was Connecticut, and was supported by 38 republicans and Sen- ators Reed, Missouri: Shields, Tennes- see, and Walsh, of Massachusetts, while Senators Cummin of Towa; Jomes, of Washington, and Townsend. of Michigan, republicans, voted against it. Senator Brandegee argued that a “time limit” ghould be placed upon the president’s action, and Senator of Ncbraska, administy suggested that it was that the treaty would dent or that he woull publican, of n leader mprobable™ deposit it. TLittle Hope of Passagc. When debate on the question of rat- ification besa there w virtually nanimous agreement among senator that the treaty would fail und th speakers on hoth sides souzht to sh the blame for the outcome. It seemed likely that the session would run wei into the night if the leaders carried their plan to insist upon a vote before adjournment. ZONE FARES INCREASED [& s a rt Judge Grants Permis- sion to Raise Rates Between Hart- wd Springficld. Hartford, March 19.—Harrison B. Freeman, receiver of the Hartford & Springfield Street Railway Co., was to- day given permission to increase zanc fares to ten cents each by Judge Lu- cien F. Burpee in the superior court. Mr. Freeman assured the court that it was nece: ry in order to secure more income, otherwise sections of the line would be forced to suspend. The new rate is about three cents per mile. , Tt is prpposed to fix the zone systems at 3 1-3 miles each. The fare between Hartford and Springfield ed by five cents. ford VETERAN SALESMAN DEAD Road for Charles Parker Company for 38 Years. Meriden, March 19.—Frederick Pease, for the past 38 vears a travel- lesman of the, Charles Parker , died this morning at the Win- throp hotel from a disease that caused his throat to become ob- | tructed. He was born in East Wind- September 10, 1846, and came to Meriden at an early age. His wife died three vears ago. Mr. Pease was o member of all the local Masonic organizations and of the Home and Highland country clubs, APPOINTMENT FAVORED Committece Relations Approves ol Having Colby Fill Lansing’s Posi-. tion—No Opposition is Expected. Washington, March 19.—The nomi- nation of Bainbridge Colby to bhe secretary of state. which has been the subject of extensive hearings by the senate foreign relations committee was favorably reported today by the committee without a record vote. i WEATHER. : -0— | March 19.—Fore- in and vicin- | snow and warm- | ¥, rain, cold- | | | * Iiartiord, ! would be | but nhe ! pri {not one of the per: i an operation for a WIFE MURDERER TELLS OF HIDING BODY IN ONE ROOM WHILE GROCER LEFT GOODS ORDERED BY VICT WAMA’ WHISPERS BABY | AT MOTHER'S FUNERAL Pathetic Scene at Chapel— Curious Women Tiry to Attend Services. George Evans Calmly Tells Detective tails of Slaying — Actual Crime Took in Dining Room--Worried Over Future Son, Detective Richardson city with t Georze Iv Sergeant Andrew has arrived back the confession ns, who admits that slew Anna Ordner Congregational chureh, | ay {heir o TR psrecalionalpchurch gy Stheny West Main ! refused to George Tvans at the Erwin Mortuary SUF¢el last Tuesday morning. The ; his parent: chapel at 2-o'clock . this confession was secured by Sergeant | (2Ughter, and. when they It had been previously announced Richardson from Kvans as he lay in | pooioiont he decided to rum that Rev. M. W. Gaudian, pastor of the operating room at Bellevue 105- | promon o C, Managed to St. John's German Lutheran church, pital yesterday morning. i Bremen, Germany,! Wherei e the officiating clergyman, Will Tell “Lots More®, -“1 Sloway liner that declined to officiate, giving,| Evans showed an inclination e e veston, | exn;: i it is stated; as the reason that Mrs. ! make a clean breast of the affair. At ' wiers o gAY toward the Ivans was not a member of his the conclusiom of the confession, : ap com e (¢ in Foulde: church. Although the service was and on the suggestion of the hospital Spanmenced 'worls nas ate, a crowd of curious women officials, Detective Richardson with- |y fieer cyor (G 0 2t first sigh assembled at the door of the chapel, drew, but not until Evans had de- ' gmo o s e o orit Ordner, where they were denied admission. [‘clared that in view of his probable : jauted soby . & Sl Their cof Superintendent W. W. Bullen was ' recovery, there was “lots he has 10 yieq _only a brief time. Thi forced to turn many of these women tel The recital of the horrible mew L1, °f the couple in th back when the door was opened at murder showed that Evans believed happy one, aind Eva the close of the service, while the he had knowledge of the infidelity of o el e family were viewing for the last time | his wife. It also shows the attempts visit to her ol the dead woman. In answer to a|of the murderer to sain his wife's He continued 9 question of Mr. Bullen, whether or | consent to return to Colorado, where, SRt et stent women on | according to him, she had led a clean | \rqg g Mot SRR the outside was a friend of the fam- | life. According to Evans, there Was : Jove tar. mic e o fo b ily, she replied that she was not, but | nothing in her conduct in the western ' como o nos wie and deci she wanted to look at Mrs. Evans | city that would cause reproach, but (ne enild ey roriil Set An just out “of fun”. immediately after his arrival here jpo Sinec 0 Feturn to his ho Even while the automobiles car- | last August. he began to hear tales —PPiness in the great West. rying the family were on their way | of her unfaithfulness. This, how- Finds Wife Unfaithful. back from the cemetery, many wom- | cver, was not the real cause for the ' According fo friends of Enf en could be seen hurrying along murder last Tuesday. In the con- 'Was not long after his arri Smalley street and other streets lead- fession Evans tells that the remarks that he discovered his wife ing to the cemetery made by his wife concerning Teddy, the truc partner he thought Little Teddy Evans, three-vear-old {the three-year-old son, drove him taken unto himself. Howev: son of the murdered woman. while{into a frenzy which resulted in his hoped that the influence of h looking at his mother for the last! attack. surroundings and friends woull time, grasped a lock of her hair and Murdered in Dining Room. off and she would consent was heard to whisper the word| According to Evans, his attack on ' P3cK West with him and std his wife was started in the dining 2NCW. Nevertheless, the fre room of their home. at about 10:30 1Ure of the stage, and the e DRAFT EVADERS HELD o'elock Tuesday morning. He had ,Ment that Anna found hers Alleded Stackers Are Taken Into Cus- tody and Charged With Conspiring 3. this | of Boulder, with, ment. . Has %, About Ivans, “who was Colorado, be and olor commuy i informed of his p signed Adventurous C twelve years ago born at Kosoffo, B accede to the wis » that he wed a nei; ree Rev. Dr. George W. of the South officiated at C. Hill, pustor his wife, home, 652 afternoon. to a a his s for several arisen, he said, and after eating his meshed in. proved too strong 4 breakfast, left the house about 7:30 2nd her love for her husha f o’clock to go to work. He returned . O Was overshadowed by tho ‘to the West Main street house about @Itions, he claims. Evans 9 o'clock. While talking with his €MmPloyment and worked indu: 4vife in the dining room, an argument 1% With (hat ever longing hoj 5 arose, and when he asked of the fu- | 1NS_Wife would some day sa; ture of little Teddy, the woman gave | t0 his pleadings to zo back a vile answer. he says. 2 yllme‘ “errn ‘IJ“ and the inc] e ! number of tales reached his e Seizing his wife about the -throat, 'f:“;;;;: hagd pouliyns waa he choked her, holding her in a vise- | 0 1 0% WCH WROM AE came like grip until she had either died .{P0% acqu‘“mmme; rise ’;,"‘ or become unconscious. Believing her (o, " t;m_c e Biine :o %""“]' he decided fa hide e bOdY. ., wousy canside a0tk S ragging the apparently lifeless bod: most intimate fiiend: 1 to the bedroom, he secured the piece . Juil . JIEHAte TP ERCS, oY, X of rope from the toy horse, and se- : Gy 20, 7 S S, BN O curely tied it around the woman' away and try to forget his um hua by Mexican government secret [Peck. He then placed the body in oo 3 A : servica agents. Thet had, the ad- |the trunk, locking it, and began h vices said, two automobiles loaded | 2rTangements for leaving the house. With ammunition. The prisoners | During the time he was hiding the were quoted as saying the ammuni- |Pedy away, Carl Landwehr, a sro- ton was turned over (o them on the | cervman, entered the dining room, west coast of Mexico for delivery at|Put Evans continued his act of se- a designated spot on the Sonora-Chi- creting the body. Landwehr did not huahua line to agents of Francisco | KNOW of his presence in the room a Villa and Felix Diaz. few feet away, Evans said. He then il called Teddy and dressed him. After High School Star Not arranging the furniture, he locked Even as ha in the ward the house and went with the boy to |levue hospital, his thoughts| Expected to Recover of William Burns of Mrs. William Ordner’s house on jtime to time would be for ti Columbia street. {fare of his son. While he m Gets $13 tor His Watch. ino great concern over his best athletes Evans at once proceeded tor Main !end, he wants little Teddy td and one of the most popular boys |street, and without any funds, he de- | good hands, and his one hope that ever attended the local High |cided to pawn his watch. He went | the boy will turned over| school was reported as critical at the | to the local store of the Reed Jewelry ' hrother. Mike Evans. Evans Jew Britain Ganeral hospital this | company, across from Central park, solicitous over the insurance afternoon. He recently underwent ruptured appendix, has been e \gainst Govermment. Auga Prieta. Sonora, Mex.. March 19.—Edward Filmore and Herman | Sidway, allegzed American draft evad- ers, have been ordered removed from Hermosillo to Mexico City to face charges of conspiring to furnish arms and ammunition to warring Yaqui Indians, according to official advices received here today from Hermosillo. The two, who gave New York city as their home, were arrested last week near the state line of Chihuw: Devoted to His Son. He was particularly devoted] {little son, and when, accord the statements in the confessi mother made a vile remark their offspring, it.is helieve "Evans forgot all about the quences that accompany such as he pleads guilty to com The condition Vine street, one of the where he was refused cash in return {on the murdered woman. for his watch. Tle then went to the ihaq only recently taken out new building of George C. Rogers on | on his own, his wife's and h Church street, where he had been 'jives. There is u $500 Dolicy 4 employed by the B. H. Hibbard com- i Tyans. 2 pany, and secured $13 for his watch Sergeant Richardson o from a fellow employe. that there is every indiogti His next movement brought him to | the confessed murderer ‘& the local depot, where he enquired ;]h\ is able to partake of foof about the schedule of departing tube in his throat, and 'anm\ He took the 8 o'clock i condition and his Es since. 43 YEARS CHURCH DEACON New Milford, Conn., March 19.— Chauncey B. Marsh, 66, died of pneu- monia in Wellsville toda He long had a lumber mill, was a Congrega- tional church deacon 43 years and among other offices was a selectman for some time. CEXSPEl NEWSPAPERS COMBINE New Milford: March 19.—New: print conditions and costs of ma terials were factors in bringing about combination, today, of the New Milford Guzetie and the New Milford weeklies, the latter, under A. . absorbing the former. i considering his €0 n Tuesday afternoon for FPerlin, | cergeant Richardson said that connecting with the New York train. { e two weeks or more before Arriving in New York, he went 10 a | il be in condition to return store where he purchased a razoT, | city. Ile is being guarded dj thence to the Park Avenue hotel. At |pnizht by a policeman of the hostelry he registered as “Georsze | york department. Vane”, and it wili be noted that he ;1 preliminary defails 4 most of the letiers in his real | the aceused are bein ROy anss { Prosecutor Georze W. Haunted by His Crime. i charge of this and when the ans said that he spent little time { yave been comnpleted, they de his room. and his night Was i cyhmitted to Governor Mard ctically a sleepless one, the ter-|yjglcomb, who will in turn rible deed of the morning continnal- | ihem to Governor Smith o Iy haunting him. When { York for final signature th Wednesday morning, he | i Bvans over o tiia ek ! end his existence, and, : ith fied from Norfolk, Virginia, today that | Lo e O B0 .Lu’;l‘\‘zrl‘t:“::;k - A a body tallying closely to a descrip- [ o700 JOM o FOR L i ! e i tion of her son Ralph, 27, and single. [ oy PCE T s appl placed last Tuesday meorning, ias 3 slis & 2 s apple. The ¢ ipe police station, and will who had been missing from Norfolk, i R A e e e S ne t mnd o had been picked up off Karney Island. } 521 o8 PO © SO0 O tter gave ‘of the silent witnesses in the to the report thas he used a frag- | ment of a broken bottle which was | found in the room. He said that the | discovery must have been made by | j Annie Dempsey, the chambermaid, a short time after the act was comit- New York, ted vans tried to conceal the | cide charge against Andrew weupon, hiding it under_the carpet on : Columbia university student w the floor, where it was found vester- | arrested last week in connectid day by Detective Sergeants chard- | the death of Milton Sternfeld, will | son and Quinn, the latter of the New mate, as the result of their 2 | York police department. Sergeant boxing match was dismiseed Richardson said today that An autopsy on Sternfeld’s bod: had vnot taken any poison, ed that his death was causq The confessed murderer asked | hemorrhage of the brain for that his brother, Mike s, of | Lockett was not responsible. MAY BE CONN. MAN March 1 Mrs. H. 3 of (s avenue, was noti- he swiftly his neck HIT BY AUTO, BOY DIE New Haven, March 19.—Louis Arvotsky, aged 7. hit by an automobile last night died today. Frank Valente, who wag driving the machine has been examined by Coroner Mix. University Student is Discharged By March 19.4—Thd TING. & A M. which will start at w oafternoon and con- tinue until 9 o’clock in the evening for initiatory work. Supper will be served in the rooms at 6 o’clock MASONIC ME; lodge, -\ BIG Harmony hold a meeting o'clock tomar