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News of the HASNTVET | APPROVED WORDING OF 4-POWER TREATY Other Governments Have Begn Waiting to See What America Would Do SISTER REPUBLIC MAY SEEK RESERVATIONS A RE Mere Mention of caty in French Chamber Causes Fiery Outburst— United States Senate Must Now Take Action Toward Ratifying Sup- plemental Treaty, Washington, March 25, (By Asso- ciated Press.—The four power Pacific treaty to which the senatd gave its approval yesterday has still to run the gauntlet of the I°rench parlia- ment. Diplomatic representatives of the powers in Washington have been keeping their home governments closely advised of every development in the contest over the pact in the United States senate Awaited U, Action. Without any formal admission that point, it has been tacitly under- stood in diplomatic circles here that because of the genuine doubt that existed up to the last moment as to the fate of the treaty in the senate some of these diplomatic representa- tives have rather advised their gov- crnments that it might be well to de- fer their own action on the treaty pending developments in Washington. British Situation. i government if it fol- ry course can give its treaty without refer- cuee to phriiament, by a mere order council. The Japanese gov- s clothed with similar power tion may be given by the peers a limited body of on lows the fiery dch mber on the niere refercnce to the treaty is regarded by sont ficials here as warranting the closes study of the situation in Iaris. Th have heen some suggestions in dipio- matic quarters here that while the | I'rench government will cventually | give approval o the treatics of Washinzgion as a whole it would not be surprising if serious attempts were made to place reservations and even amendments upon them. of the o ‘Washington / Waxhington, March four power Pacific tre fiecd by a margin of four the nece two-third ion leaders hoped to see tion on the pact completed today ratification of the supplemental tr reserving purely domestic issues fromw the scope of the agreemernt. TOWNLEY 70 RESIGN of National 25.—With tt itself rat votes over aty President Non-Partisan League Convention To Get Out March 31. IFargo, N. |demanding, 90 cen | Alling |opened NEW BRITAIN HERALD (¢ NE W BRITAIN, Within Few Weeks all Building Trades Workers Will Have Jobs New Haven, March Tndustrial conditions throughout Connecticut had | marked improvements the past week | attributed in part to the coming of | spring and resumption of huilding operations. In this city the building men, The only draw-| pect is the dispute of | with the union car- wage e, the latter 1 hour and the contractors offering 50 cents as they did ten months ago. \ demand for back in this r the contractors penters over a trades reported a sharp upturn in the|a busy spring New Haven Reports Construction Boom and Survey of | State Shows Improved Conditions in Metal ctories As Well. The prediction is made that within a few weeks every man in the build- employed. state the plans for ing trades here will he Jlsewhere in the new buidings especially hous meet the demanN for rents fore and summer, In the metal factorics and improvement is shown, ally in Bridgeport where one factory has gone to capacily production with —a night shift and another has adopted s0-hour week schedule and is calling in former :mphms. as trades, FARR IS FINED $300 ON LIQUOR CHARGES 15 Day Jail Sentence Will Be Imposed if Place Is Reopened John F d costs was Varr, Jr., was fined $300 nd a jail senwence of 156 ispended by Judge B. W. in police court this morning Farr was arrested last Saturday on| two counts of liquor law violation. A quantity of alleged gin and whiske: was d at his place of business at the corner of North and Sexton stre Farr's case was continued Monday morning so that have an opportunity to dismantle the place of busines Sergeant W. C. rt testified that thg bar has heen | taken down and only a few sections | of panelling and some show cards ob- struct a clear vision of the store. ing judgment, Judge B. W.| rned that if the place is| ain as a saloon, the proprie- | tor wilt go to jail. ‘ Tony Lonakonis and Peter Kasigus- kas, the former charged with liquor law violation and the latter with r tance, were found not guilty and dis charge Tony's suloon wus raided | afternoon. Peter is alleged fought the ofticers off while evidence was destroyed. A quantity of fluid was taken from the pipes and analyzed, showing 9.5 alcohol. : Tony had been in business less than a week. He denied having kept whis- key on the premises and could not ! account for the alcoholic content sof the stuff taken from the pipes. | Lawyer Michael exton, repre-| senting the accused d the accused which policeman blew the pipes. Tony | replicd it was one of the “grey ones”| then pointing to Policeman Reeney. ¢ had been inserted in one end, according to testimony, and the contents blown through into a bottle. Judge Alling felt there was grave and that the accused was en-| from | might | he ciated Press)- i rnley ounced that hie would present h resignation as president of the natioh- al Non-Par ue convention to | the meeting of the Minnesota organ- | 1zation in Minneapolis, March This announcement was made by Townley to the national Non-Part {iean league convention here toda snd was coupled with a declaration f his complete severance of relations with the North Dakota league organ- ization. It followed a speech in which he made an impassioned ap- peal for harmony in the y ranks. 394 NEW VOTERS MADE Hayden Is First Applicant Fdmund Out of 2,040 To Be Accepted By Selectmen Today. U'p to 2:30 o'clock this afternoon 394 new voters had been made by the town clerks and board of selectmen, who are in sion at the common council cHamber in City hall. The hoard will be in session again Mon- day morning and afternoon, The first voter made this morning was Edmund M. Hayden of Har- rison street. Mea Mazeika of Ju- bilee street, was the first woman voter made today 36 57 Three Fitchburg Mills Are Closed by Strike Fitchburg, March 25.-—The three gingham mills of the Parkhill Mfg. Co. were closed today when a strike declared by the local branch of the amalgamated textile workers' unlon went into effect as a protest against a 20 per cent wage feduction. Own- ers of the mills sald that the mills would be closed 'indefinitely. The company employs 145(\ Bridgeport Has Second Fatality From Smallpox Bridgeport, March 25.—John Fitz- gerald, 36, died of smallpox at Eagle- wood hospltal yesterday, the second vetlm of the disease in this city since the outbreak In December. Mr. Fitz- gorald had been 111 11 days, and died of au fnfection of the throat due to the eruption of the disease. Dr. Wm | proof |state with the information that result-| to the benefit. There was no that the trap did not contain | alcohol from some other source, he stated, while there was no cvidence at all to support the reputation count. Paul Wallicki, who furnished the titled ed in manslaughter charges in | nection with the Winkle death, fined $10 for drunkenness. He arrested last night by Toliceman James Sullivan, con- was GIRL GUNMAN ACTIYE Masked and Armed With Revolver, She Binds Sick Woman in Bed and Ransacks Room in Lynn. | Lynn, Mass,, M A girl han- dit, masked and armed with a revolv- or, stepped through a window into the bedroom where Mrs, Arthur Matrona lay sick early today, bound the wom- an with the bed clothes and ransack- ed the bureau drawers. She escaper | Wwith $30 while other members of the | family were asleep in adjoining rooms. The police obtained a de- | seription of the young woman from | a baker who saw her leave the house. Mayor (‘ult Receives Bouquet of Daffodils Mayor O, F. Curtls today recelved 2 bouquet of daffodils bearing a tele- graphic greeting trom Mayor Samucl Lewls Shank of Indlanapolls, who opened the forenoon the national flow- er show of the soclety of Amerlan florlsts. Ivery mayor of a city in the country It i understood received a basket of flowers the local member of the soclety preparing the glft und| attaching to it the greeting ich | had come by wire addressed personal- ly to the mayor, ~ | Expect Oppos tlon to Democrat Primary Plan Increased interest is noted in demo- erat circles on the outcome of a movement to change the method of gelecting candidates and delegates from the ward caucus and city con- vention plan to the direct primary system, Lawyer David L. Dunn, chair- man of the town committee, has re- ceived a copy of the amendment and [ drawn formal notice that it is to be pr sented at the convention Friday eve- 1. Coon, city lieaith officer, stated lu. day. ) ning, ROTARIANS HEAR SPEAKER A.SSAIL MANUFACTURERS FOR MAKING ANY EMPLOYES WORK 54 HOURS A WEEK Judge R. W. Hill of Salem, Is Elected Governor New England District at| Meeting in Hartford. March Hartford, 5. W. Hill, president of the Salem, Rotary clib, w governor the New Fngland clubs today to Wilson of Waorcester, rector governor. Jud s put before the di at the Hartford club by er of Salel 1 his e s made unanimous after the name Donald Adams, of New Haven had been with- at Mr. Adams’ Judge Hill 1 member firm of Hill and Fitz of president of the Salem Rotary club and was a member of the constitu- tional committee of the international sociation of rotary clubs last No- vember. More than 600 tending the New [of Rotary elubi Judge Robert s clected of distrigt of Herl the pre: Hill t conf George t 'nt di- name suceeed Coop- of request. of the law viem. He is rota are at- England conference now in session. This £ held in the ”Wflfflrll (‘luh was the address of A, Hartford. Attacks Manufac lllll‘r\ An address by Alfred C. Fuiler of this city was given this morning and followed by meeting. st“night New Ymulm\ chosen for next year's conference, “Any man who tries to force en, or men either, for that matter, work 54 hoiirs a week, is almost erim- inal, and if he succeeds in doing it it will cost him money rather than make money for him"” declared Mr. uller in speaking on “the reward of vice,” He scored employers who had attempted to settle industrial problems by conflict and declarcd that the mgthods used by labor organizu- tions and employers in their e to solve industrial problems were sure and positive means of continuing strife and discord instead of promot- ing harmony and co-operation. C. Fuller of wom- (Continued on Twelfth Page). DEMOCRATS MUST TURN 2,000 VOTES 10 WIN Party Feels Curtis-Quigley Split Will Make Such a Feat Possible will e candi To be elected ma necessary for the ceesstul date at the democrat primar win the equivalent of his part and approximately 2,000 votes, a glance at the voting lists of the respective parties indicate The republican voting list last election contained §,807 names out of a totat of 13,474 voters. This year there are 2,040 new voters ta be made. Ordinarily it might be expeet ed that a majority would register| with the repubifean party that rule has been found to be true with but few cxceptions, This year, how- ever, thd activities of one de crat candidate resulted in many prospec- tive Jeffarsonians applylng for the right to be made a voter, Democ leaders are hopeful that, with a strong probability that the Curtls-Quigley fight will resuit in a serlous split in the party, it will be a comparatively easy matter to lure the necessary 2,000 G. O, P. votes, or as many of that number as, propor- tionate to the 1st on election day, will be nece 3 Should Qu be defeated In the republican primarles, the democrats anticipate lttle difficulty In putting their candidate across, Quigley hav ing opposed so strongly the combine of which, he alleges, Curtis 1s a fep- resentative, it Is r [o) S 1 at the since vote lowers will not be brought ahout eas- l\\Hl be an ily to Curtis's support With the assurance of hoth Mr. Halloran and Mr. Paonessa, hoth of | whom are secking the nomination on the democrat side, that in the event of their defeat, they will support the successful candidate, fears of a dem ocrat split are being banished, This will assure a solid vote from the dem ocrat lists for the party's candidate, which, coupled with the support to he drawn from the followers of the unsuccessful republican eandidate, to| of | Mass., | otary | First on the program | to CON NI’)("I‘I(TU'I‘, renee [ icemen’s orga | mittee \\IUIH\\ MARC H 25, 1922, —=FOUI I'l‘I'l 1O T\' PORT HURON PRINTER IS ROBBER AS WELL, Port Huron, Mich,, Prank Davis, o for a local downtown stores the day time March compositor paper rabhed at night and in set headlines tell- ing of his own cxplodts, he told Prosceutor Henry Daird today. Davis who ted early 3 Imitted £ 10 the news, beries, SOLDIERS WILL BACK armmfl \Committee Delegates fo Atte Gevman-Ameucan Meeting AMERID ANISM IS DEFENDLD Insin 1 ne il tions Of Partiality By Quigley Toward Other Than Germans Duv- | ing. The War Will Be Opposed Ry Servicemen's Group, | left ek | Contented in their own the officials of the city themselves open Lo no ¢ of patriotism or Ami the World War, oup of | il oex servicemen at 1 night authorized the appointment of a com- of 10 to attend the German American Dolitical tion's gath ering tomo evenin The meeting n above, was a crans of Ioreign organization minds and state wrges of anism during ot mectin associs ow ht, referred to of the Vet s and since this non-political the ac- tion of the ds 1»~.:|\ivm tomorrow will be that of independent individuals and not as representatives of the sery- ion. gathering W Mecting The meeting is scheduled to he held Purner hall on Areh strect. Mayor | 17, Cnrtis is 4o be endorsed for | re-efection, the cirenlar of invitation | which was sent out during the past few days announces, and the stand of | ex-Mayor George A. Quigley will be | disapproved of publicly, it is said. The association, which was onl cently formed, is said to allc Quigley, who was mayor during the war, did not afford the same kind of | protection to one nationality or de- | scendants of that n: Iity, tl did to others. Arge 1s rou 5 directed at Ge n America as, Quigicy's opifiion,swere noL wiolly in #ympathy ith America’s interests in the war. Since opening the present campaign, he has asserted that, should the same conditions today, his .\Lnunl" would not he changed in any respect. Candidate " Prepared That Mr. Quigley anticipated an at- tack on his Americanism was indicat ed at his first rally. held two weeks! ago at Lithuanian hall on Park strect The candidate told his audience at that time that ¢ nization which he said, represents itself as an Amc ican institution, was about to open a | Tomorrow at Orson | 1o (Continued on Twelfth Page). Decision of Ulsterites | today IR5H CONFERE) TUESBAYIS1. 85 10 Only Fhm it a Dail Fireann Sends Deseribe Conditions==Gi n Active in Bellast Dublin I're the Datl Londor I Mareh (Dy Arthur Grifit Eircann and jstor of hom pl in Dail t Monday rovernment's the are nnin it erenee unsettle wntl Headed ign office prointed Belfast, as and inform the Aimne the mtion in ne Jh sailed from So on the Manretania, on [h the Dent a to I'ov "I'hie of cann lough, |4\ of 51 States lie Teeland of [ B Collins, free st was reported as pre Dublit London Coilins T Loudon, March PPress)-—Michael provisional N h Trish ment g leave SpOr 518 invitation to a discussion of the rowing out of the Treland ation ovents re in (By Press) morning Winston seeretary the telo Churchil invit mdon ter prem ived recd for colonies conference in 1 situation. The Uls that the mes would carnest conside ion of th overnment and that a fu would be shortly, a ot i sent May Meet l.ondon, March Press)—The notification ith, president of the Eamon J. Duggan, affairs, would arrive Monday. Should the ment accept the invi ference it is expects will meet here on . (By colonial today that Dail F ministe in 1 Ulst tion the Tuesday Delrast, March (By Press)—Gunmen were again today. Three men John Berestord, a Protesta was wounded twice. Several men cntered the coal hawker in Delfast, set it afire pony and a donkey hawker. David Chr street by s ed Georges and th tie was stop sl men who Fnvoy the mes (! o office Arthur lireann .ondon Gunmen Still Busy. busy employe of & morning news belonging s fired afrter NG IKELY Attend ls‘ nting Todny. to situati ition S Dail ¥ s MeCu ectal com nited 1 riean pub srtheast uthampton Associated cad of the te govern- eparing to today in imperial government's situ "\(l SOLE SURVIVOR OF FLYING BOAT TELLS ’IPAGI(' TALE oF I?M TH Or ‘ LI BUEKLEY CHURCH NL}‘;GATES EM)EI)”RU 8. ST BUJ:N[SBMAN I]EA reent grave | Associated ig this gram from 1, imperial ing him to 1 the Irish lier cive northern rther reply iesday. ociated received Grif and home on roof er govern- to the con- conference ambushed nt, and paper. He home of a treet, I 1en shot to ped in the interrogs | to this { man replied | the | parents, the of § witl About witl iti past onl V don A oW for { w came 1 shortly partner ad a He w and atte Ho we London ( b s ef Pow In 101 with, G contract known te and city oncern I a Buclkle New | bonahue " terr Britain New nk Monday vin o'clock. tor of t Iy he Brit 1 nis pring ( Tenry in ble " G t ty 1 ai K i Ry 8 t hi A at Hay of 1 Buck fter Mz Mort he he i“ il officiate an | st | the | nhurt, al- l\lm. 'FORMER SENATOR HOLLIS PROTESTS HE WAS DlVORCED BEFORr. N’ARRY!NG FIREMAN IS KILLED Claims That W fe No. 1 Is\ to Hu-‘ Eyes of | Simply Trying miliate Him in Public. New Yorl ed Press) , March 2 IFormer S Hollis of New Hampsh (By Associat ttor Henry o who mar- | | | from republican | | | will assure a success for the Jeffer- sonians, parly leaders reason, ¥ | tor ried Mi Anne Holibs week obtained an in Ttaly this ahsolute divor Mrs. Grace 1% Hollis in the courts within the last thr it was said heve today by his in law practice, ward homas Moore. Mr. Moore said cued by Mrs. Grace day through H. in which she declared she had not | been divorced from the former sena in any proceedings of which she had knowledge or were ‘“poth ing bhut attempts belittle Senator [ Fioltis in the minds of the people.” “1f her lawyers would study inter pational law they would find the state ments wholly unjustified” Mr, Moore added | IPrench months, e the statements 1. Hollis at Concord, « counsel notice to Associated | law office | March (By John Wattaw: associate here of former 17, 8 Sena tor Henry I°, Hollis said today that Mr. Hollis obtained .a divorce from \1|=a Grace B. Hollls before his mar- ge in Ttaly this week to Miss Anne \\ hite Hobbs of Concord, N. H. Te said that he was not in a posi- tion to give Paris, Press) a the details but let it be| known that the divorce was recently | obtained EXUIBIT ¢ 1 | local people, especially Jews, | a concrete example of what That may see oned that his fol- v()u‘ Jews in Palestine are doing, there |ers exhibition of TPalestine oriental rugs at the Tebrew school | tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'cloek. The | exhibition is open to the public, ‘ THE. WEATHER | —0— | March 25.—Forecast | | for New Britain and vicinity: Clondy weather with rising tempefature tonight and Sun- day. Hartford, | * | icial | New Yorker Palls I'rom Engine While | Princeton ryview Universit ic dailies te yesterday. {the | | pos: ump should On wherehy In noting b hall and [teams of claim te Yale ible t single 20N, mes ditornis | Haven, cen T n y nded the Spring Trinity 1 Is F 40 e 1t ompany Buekley the Spring Chure West loek o 15 neumonia lknown host of pneumonis grow ser ) hope i to th, to his side i spring with Dr public v in f ind Ele tri and for 11 ye int the ent in msiness a it numl he time wife, and Mrs, two sisters, en ind lartford kKley of Br | g noon fromn in uar; street Cha John Me buris and hetery. ygan Thir al Contests nited 11 aged in 1 M h husinessme frie ind ions, had and the he 1 nfox « Cor M and one o was a member ¢ ). n Driving club. The funeral will b \ his and pel thodi; ulow s Are Uscless Strain, mow ane ) 8 the hig ) New institut i t Lor arc Yo March o callegiate ith 1 Harvar h a scries o rapid increa rating wit “mythical cl W that rmine n the p award his basis, Harvar lTowa statc high of a f A(I\ agreement unde: preac g n 1 {0 bu d con 1y st goes o Head - and Buckley 43 1B reet, in yenrs, 1ekley died stroet ter an w ane n nds will fell i his con IFor the been held t ast and called his and ., Conn rols there, the He was ic New cam partnership clectrica people i of aea cnves nelius th. 1 Thomas brother rd. the and New the held at 2 o'clock at the home from at avis, st il be i witer| YALE NEWS AGAINST SENSATIONAL GAMES Inter-see- a The es letics 1 of umber uny laying pionshiy s now im- not only to what alm of t ctioni out tc ne to New ) Answering” Alarm—Sends !.wmwll‘ ind spectacular order, but quite futile. “To The Boys." New York, Marc I tached to a Brooklyn engine fou Kuew the 1 compa today as Dlaze he o erick Brandt, one jar members of th ceived fatal injuries while to the hlaze. Drandt the engine and the heavy w el over him He joshed his they rfully started to flames and a deputy chief they they wept ol shi | automobile to speed him to N he told ny for," and give I'm dor I3 After of the their tion, their week marr sure i the blaze all company blood in but deat offer. 0 that ul {7 MEN ARE DE clgh volunteer transtfus eame Brandt W a as it Thos Far Bodics Recovered From Mine, Faplosion. Trinidad, Col, March teen men were as a of Sopris mine of Tron Co. cad or an explosio the Colorad result near of check mine offici ed bodies had been this light ym the tunnel hope that any of the mis might rescued abandoned when the check [Tufts College Plans f on the compiny his sion Have mis here yesterds morning, direr 1" company small on 1t w that nost ny Ired popu- v way from 5 pass had pped heel tat fight as the stopped his a hospital superior, rds to the membhers to ope t ol give v they made ced A el o he AD Been Wreeked By Seven ing today in' the o Ifuel and ind of- reveal 1y recovered hut sing work had was heen made. To Broadcast Lectures | Medford, Mass, March college today course of lectures by radio, was deseribed as constituti less college, with will more lectures to than 85,00 in circle the ence of which extends fro sin to northern Florida, week seattered n announced plans for a facully | of professors of Tufts colle be broadeasted Tufts The plan ng a wire- made up Thelr twice a persons: cirenmfer- m Wiscon- N0 | dozen such trips in order to de lany championship. voting however, residents of the | | a|Greek l tach tes *The ganizatio vade must be Yale, Hg found in tinue o thei one anot only high should hy the um present n hi co curby v the tind e e Iy d May A A petition will be of selectn ward to from or buildi is the nsed rear for ave anxi tractiv necess ey, ry an Doyles man lays con cock was toda the ma James W claims te VIR | gar fron ing over the Imrlh‘l The Bulgarian there should be fir that SMALL he fi at the cella Michael strect. unders abl mountains whi! nen change Skritulsky's n toc of ma ous place for would hav day s dy legt od 1 and pe quite e an enot interest and ener Arther . (0 strain eveloped means he e to it beg curriculum On the I’'rinceton foc 1 sh wh v oin I i 3" game: pro: syste ahol erming w over to and it rthall field ould con to occupy | defeating e duet i m They ished.” for Change Of Ward Voting Plac mad residen the war hall on ha hy ronting The W years to provide that will thein to mwr \lll 11D AS SEAY town, arrested on s it v ide > by ING Ma '.l]‘l\\'“w from the there | all day yesterday, | tier o, § o'clock alarm from Box 3 of Sow The damaged, ., Mar o 1o ts of 4 vo to s the oW another building, Wit not wall ch Quakertown the the tin me rd 1itth st hich in has Lbeen women wed is h more - make it K through The a few sicion of having killed itied a with his son. Adam Weaver, the T Hay yrrest ir crime, hy phia, \( ROSS l“)l{ll' R o & that author RE partment this the A oat 143 partition house Y ities no reply o W was A Gre was fir ordered to the THIS MORNING. was called out morning for a smail fire in by an wned by ashington slightly of fore- became the his J. pas- church Yale of in with foot- of leader- to what tional a or- have who ociated h-Bul- | Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business PRICE THREE CENTS TVE 0Tl HERS it of iss Miami, Pick ed up in Semi-Conscious | Condition, May Not 1 Live Himself Die of Ex- posure, Two ('razed, Jump ard, and Fifth slips Quietly Into Sea to Drow Two Woemen Over Miami women I March 25.-—-Two of the passcngers of the flying boat Miss Miami which left here Wednes- day the island of Bimini and was foreed in the open by a for sea after a hard fights )y oken propeller died of exposure and IV\\n other passengers { posure jumped overh rording to the told by Robert | Moore, pilot of the craft to members the crew of the steamer Willam cen which rescued him last night from the wrecked hulk of the boat. The fifth pa nger, a man. whose nam well as those of the others | Moore conld not give slipped quietly into the sea early yesterday after hav- ing exhaunsted from clinging to tie crazed by exe ard into the sea, stor become craft, Those on Board ahoard the Miss Miami left here were Mr. and Mrs. Bulte and Mr. and Mrs. Law- Smith all of Kansas City and §. Dickson of Memphis. more dead than alive was up by the Tampica bound William Green last night miles off shore and about rorth of Miami. Pilot May Not Live sub-chaser 154 arrived in port after 10 o'clock today after sferred the delirious pilot » steam William Green which | pic ked him up. He was rushed to a hospital where it is feared the ex- | posure will result in his death. ‘ According to the disconnected story | which the extausted and delirious | pilot told during intervals when #e | was rational, two women died in his irms from exhpustion, two of the pas- ngers became panic stricken and | jumped overboard to their deaths and the remaining male passengers finally slipped quietly into the watery grave | Iriday morning as a result of sheer | exhaustion. | The incoherent story of the trage- dy as told to the members of the crew by the pilot before he lapsed into a semi-conscious condition is to {the effect that shortly after the Miss Miami left this port last Wednesday, morning a broken pre ler forced her down and she rode the waves in safety drifting northward in the Gulf stream, l | s | when s | August | Moor picked teamer about 100 mile: N | |Feathe | shortly | havin Tirom 0 t N Disaster Thursday Nothing happened until Thursday morning when the hu!l of the flier began to leak as a result of hitting 1gainst something. Men and women passengers took turns using the pumps until all became’exhausted and oncof the women and Thursday night, which one Moore could not say, jump- od overboard. A man whom he thought was her husba ped af- ter ind hoth disappeared never to be seen in. fhe fate of the man and woman depregsed the other two wom- and they 1inted away but were supported by Pilot Moore for seven and a half hours. Women Die After seven and a [two women died in the arms of the | pilot and he gently dropped their bodies into the water which had now | ciaimed | This ugust 1 ) ner en in His Arms. halt hourse the four Jeft u Dasseng only DPiiot Moore and te, tee-president of the Mlove Mills Corp. of Kansas who turns manning the pump in an cliort to keep the flying boat afloat. The kept this up until Iriday morning when they were ex= | hausted Bulte side 4 aro Larabree [ City, took and Moore scrambled over the hoat vand Moore fast- » around himself to support in case hie hecame unconscious. Standing on his fect he waved a whita handkerchief keeping this up all day long. the of him Hands Over §$2,000, help, Bulte, real- izing \dition took roll of money aining $2,00 from his vocket and handed it to Moore saying younger man and may through but 1 cannot longer.” hen too uropped to his grave neath the waters of the Atlantic. ® Roats Pass Them, According to story of Moore nine pas the Miss Miami after was n, one so closely that he could read aer name bul they did not the wreeked craft. He suid that Werdnesday and Friday he saw planes flying overhead but saw {none an Thursdav. After praying for his a con ‘Yon are able hold out any o e to come he 1 sel 1 |Wallis, Accused of Fraud, Held for Higher Court Bridgeport, March 25— John W Wallis of New Haven, president of the Industrial Finance and Mortgage j Corp., arrested on a charge of obtain- {ing money under false pretenses, waived examination and was bound over to the criminal superior court in bonds of $5,000 in the city court here today. Wallis was arrested on the complaint of John E. Wells, a Trum- bull farmer, who alleges that he lost $21,000 through -stock deals with Wallis. oy 1

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