New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1922, Page 1

e S R TR e T S S e s sy e G ST TSR S ST R S S S SR TSR N S G SR S S SR G S W G VG i R A S v S News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 LIAM MELLOWES, LEADING IRISHMAN, HANGED JODAY; WAS WELL With Rory 0’Connor and Two Others, Put to Death at Mount Joy in Reprisal for Slaying of Deputy Hales ‘Republican Leader ‘Had Visited Friends in This City and Had Worshipped in St. Mary’s Church. SOLDIER, SICK IN BED, MURDERED IN REPRISAL FOR EXECUTIONS TODAY d e ‘ London, Dec. 8, (By Associat- ed Press).—The Dublin corre- spondent of the Evening Stan- dard reports that a party’ of men today entered the Mercers hospital and shot a Free State soldier lying in one of the beds in reprisal for the executions of Rory O'Connor and Liam Mel- lowes. Liam Mellowes, commander in chief of the Eastern division of the Irish Republican army during the Kaster Week outbreaks, who during his fre- quent visits to this city acquired a wide circle of friends, was executed this morning at Dublin, Associated from Ireland relate. tory O'Connor, Joseph McKelvey and Richard Barrett, who, with Mel- lowes, have been confined in prison since last June, also were put to death, Mount Joy Press prison, dispatches Reprisal Is Reason. An official army report states that the four men were executed as a re- prisal for the assassination of Sean Hales yesterday and a solemn warning to those associated with them “in the conspiracy of assassination against the representatives of the Irish people.” Mellowes and the other victims were the leader sof a band of Irish insurgents that held up the Four Courts buildihg at Dublin stand against the Iree State troops last June. Bach was taken prisoner when the building was captured after & three day seige. Visited City in 1918, In 1918, Mellowes came to New Britain to address a gathering of Irish sympathizers at Fox's theater His was the first discussion of that subject given here in which first hand information was doled out to the au- dience. His story of personal ex- (Continued on Page Twenty-Eight) ' KNOWN LOCALLY in e PIREHINIESE TEAIE STAMFORD WOMAN DIES S, street which was slippery with sleet, | Mrs, i one man trolley car, Eugene Hartlett, who is held until the motorman, Coroner | gan, in making her way across the her. New Milford, Dec. 8.—Mrs. P. Northrop of this town died in the | farmer, crashed into a aged 19, yestergay afternoon. Northrop was in the rear seat of the nachine. was falling. and it had coated | better observation. When he struck the wagon the tongue of the latter went through the windshield between Mr, and Mrs, Marsh and crushed M | The tongue struck her in the chest | Mrs. A, K. Partridge who,was s | ting .beside Mrs, Northrop, received | a broken nose, Larson was thrown from his wagon and%hbruised. One horse may have to be killed. |Won’t Call Meeting to Chairman Henry W. Rice, of the ordinance committee, of the common Chamber of Commerce for an ordin- ance prohibiting the auction of jew- elry after sundown, he states. The dinance affects a legitimate business and the entire council shduld first | conslder the matter, and if advisable, refer it to the ordinance committee, Because this stand has been adopted, the ordinance cannot hecome effective until after the January meeting. This will allow of jewelry auctions during the busy holiday scason. New Liquor Law Enforcement Squad Is Sent Qut on Duty by Chief Hart Patrolmen McAvay and Staddler Assigned to Special Work of Keeping Lid Down in New Britain. FIRST RAID IS MADE ON STAR ST. HOUSE . {rels of mash Patrolman Patrick A. McAvay and John C. Stadler were today named by Chief William C. Hart as members of & new detail which will have to do with liquor law enforcement in this city. The detail commenced duty this morning and, according to Chief Hart, a vigorous campaign will be waged against alleged violators of the law. Tor over a period of ten months, there was a similar squad in the department, consisting of Patrol- men Thomas J. Feeney and Patrick O'Mara, ~ This detail ceased to func- | tion on August 1, when at the in- stance of the police commission, the policemen were sent back on night beats. § | “ Chief Hart intimated today that there has been an increase in liquor law violationg for the past few months, despite the vigilance of the men on the beats to break it up. Chief Hart said that there is no re- flection on the night patrolmen, be- canse many of the places in which liquor is reputed to be sold close their doors aftes the police go on duty at night. ! In commenting on this phase of the situation, Chief Hart said that in the past it has been found much easier to break up alleged drinking places by the use of a special detail of police. The chief said that while there is a change in the condition over that of a few months ago, it is not alarming, and he is confident that under the new plan excellent resuits will be shown-| The men who were named this morn- ing will be given a thorough tryout on the job, and later on other men will be assigned to this special work, the chief said. Policeman McAvay has for,the past | fow months been stationed at the South church corner on traffic duty. He has a splendid record in the de- |Alabama at a salary of $10,000 has [ |tors of the liguor law. Policeman Stadler is one of the younger members of the police department who has a splendid record as a patrolman. | - Chief Hart has assigned Policeman Jolin Liebler as traffic officer at the South church corner to take Police- man McAvay's place. Make First Raid. Policeman McAvay and Stadler this |afternoon raided a house at 16 Star |street and seized about a half gallon of alleged liquor and a couple of bar- in the home of Mrs. |Anastasia Podenieka. SIX STUDENTS DROPPED ! Wesleyan University Begins to Weed low int Their Studies. Middietown, Dec. 8.—8ix men have been dropped for low scholarship in Wesleyan university according to an announcement by Dean F. W, Nichol- son today. Those placed on probation number 17 and those warned of un- satisfactory standing. 40. All men dropped were freshmen. Those on probation will not be per- mitted to représent their college on inter-collegiate teams until the faculty restorcs them to full standing. It is stated that the number of men dropped on account of low scholdr- ship. is the largest in several years and is evidence of “tightening up” of standards. The senior class hag made a new high standard record as only seven marks below passing in sub- jects were registered against the en- tiré class, compared with 26 a year ago. g e REFUSES $10,000 OFFER Boston, Dec, 8—An offer to serve as football coach of the University of Prank W. Cavanaugh Boston collogeiiridiron mentor it was learned today.”” He is under a term contract to Boston college, been refneed VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION | Wellington, N, Z., Dec. §.—incom- plete returhs oh the liquor licensing referendum ‘in yesterday's election in- partment, He assisted Chief Hart when the latter was a sergeant, ini| conducting a campaign against vidla- | WHEN HIT BY TROLLEY, In New, Milford, Nurse Is! s 70 KNOCK GOLD Stamford, Dec. 8.—Crossing the| Lillian Calgan, on her way to work this morning, was killed by a Phelan makes a findihg, said that Mrs, Cal- | street, near St. John's park, ap- in Mrs. Ford's detention today on a peared to have her head down ahd|charge of attempting to commit did not notice that she was ap-|murder. proaching the tracks. He said he i Claims a “Frany ¥ made effort to stop when he saw the woman, but could not check the car on the slippery rails before it struck Lena hospital here last night from i"'iussnult. Jjuries received when an automobile; Mrs. Ford was arrested last night driven by Willia mMarsh, a retired when, it is alleged, she was about to +wo-horse | meet Edward lumber wagon driven by Carl Larsen, Mrs. | The accident took place two miles from here at the Halpine farm. Sleet A the! The first meeting, according to the windshield of the car so that Marsh | went to the left side of the road for Nbrthrop. ! | Acton C. of C. Petition coeuncit will not call a meeting of that! committee to‘act on the request of the chairman feels that the proposed or- | Out Those Who Are, Falling Be- ! i lieutenant medical corps and assigned Detective, Posing as a Gangster, Says N. J. 'Ford’s Wife Suggested i Three Plans for Murder. ¥ JEETH FROM CORPSE at t Detroit, Dec, 8.—Mrs. May Blenn + Iord solicited the services of a gun- man to kill her wealthy husband, Ney J. Ford, offered the gunman $20,000 for the “job,” and gave him a , I photograph of her husband to make !sure the right man was slain, accord- ing to the sworn statements of four » detectives whose investigation resulted Denying the charge, Mrs. Ford de- clared she was the victim of a “frame-up” that grew out of her do- mestic difficulties, These difficulties include a suit for divorce filed last August in which she charges cruelty and a suit asking $25,000 damages of her estranged husband, for alleged Kunath, a detective lieutenant, for a second conference on her reported plans for the slaying of :'her husbgnd. Kunath, it was said, {posed as a “Kansas City gunman’ Wednesday night when the alleged plot was first revealed by Mrs, Ford. detectives, took place in an apartment especially rented for that purpose. ‘Three detectives claim to have over- | heard the conversation in which the | woman is said to have gone over the | details with Kunath. | Gruesome Plotting. Several plans for the killing were presented by Mrs. IFord, the officers declared. One, they said, was that he be shot in his farm home west of shot, or slugged while working about ystack. dy, Ford's gold tceth were removed to' forestall should the plot miscarry, it was said. Maps of Wayne county and sketches of the Ford farm also were presented to the pseudo gunman, it was alleged, to guide him in reaching the Ford home and'in making his escape. Offered $20,600. The $20,000 was to be paid, the de- tective declared as soon as Mrs. Ford should have come into possession of her husband’s estate. The conference with the detective was arranged, police said, after they heard Mrs. Ford ‘‘was looking for a! unmal | B The offlcers ndded that Tord ad | been warned several days ago against | continued residence at his farm. ‘| Before her marriage to Kord a year | ago Mrs. Ford was a nurse employed |in Toledo. She has two children by |a former marriage. ARMOUR IS HIDING ] FACTS FROM MORRIS i Chicago Packer Declares That He Has | Not Decided to Sell to- | Rival. 4 | | Chicago, Dec, 8.—An unexpected .turn in the discussed merger of Mor- Iris and Co. and Armour and Co. de- |veloped today when a signed state- ment issued by the former firm was| made public. It was over the signa- |tures of Nelson Morris, chairman of the board of: directors, and Edward Morris, president of the company. The statement indicated that J. Og-| {den Armour of Armour and Co., in| |visits to Washington and conferences | with government officials on the pro- |posed merger has not taken officials lot Morris and Co. into his confidence. The Morris and Co. statement reai: | | “We note by Thursday's morning papers that Mr. Armour has udvised; President Harding that we are anxious ‘to be out of the packing business. “This is news to us. | “While we realized that Mr. Ar-| |mour is very anxious to acquire our 'business and our organization up to the present time we have not put any price on same and he has not made us an offer. “Even if Mr. Armodr should pur- chase our business it would not mean that we would long remain out of the packing business, REGRUITING FOR 628D Licutonant Maynard of New Haven in Charge of Selection Personnel of Hospital Company. Hartford, Dec. 8.—Harry H. May- nard of New Haven is appointed first as recruiting officer for the 162nd hospital company in orders from the adjutant general’s office today. Second Lieut, Bernard J. Lindauer, Co. K, 160th infantry, is promoted to Boston, Dec. 8.—Cardinal O'Con- nell quietly observed his 63rd birth- dicate a majority against prohibition. A feature was the vote of labor, which doubled its strength. day today. He celebrated pontifical high mass in the cathedral of the Wealthy Detroit Woman Accused ' of Hiring Ganman for $20,000 to Kill Husband qnd Destroy Body | Miller, was driven by Armand D. Mor- { Detroit and another was that he be he barns, the body to be burned in a f & Before destruction of the |he turned around to belgecated on the front of the machine identification | with Morneau remarked that the car l)ii lying in a position that indicated nessa asking the people to co-operate with the coal dealers, is contained in another section of today's Herald. ———+ [Gen. Wood Is to Stny first lieutenant, vice Pratt: resigned. Lieut. Francis L. Carroll, 0. R. C. |“ infantry section, is appointed second 'HEE WEATHER lieutenant of infantry, vice Lindauer, v “_ — promoted. Hartford, Dec. 8.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: | CARDINAL O'CONNELL 1§ 63, Rain with ristng temperature | | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8§, 12. HARDING SEES LITTLE CHANCE OF REPEALING 18th AMENDMENT, ASKS STATE GOVERNORS TO ENFORCE IT 1S FATALLY HURT BY " FALL UNDER TRUCK \Gustave Miller, 17, of 30 Bond Street, Dies at Hospital PELL OR JUMPED OFF Was Retuming Home ¥From Dinner On Machine| Used By Hart & Cooley Co. Workmen—Driver Had Just Wamed ‘Companion, Gustave Miller, aged about 17 years, of 30 Bond street, son of Mr, and Mrs. Louls Miller, died shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon at the New Britain General hospital of in- juries suffered shortly after 12 o'clock this noon when he was run over by an automobile used to trans- | port employes of the Hart & Cooley Co. The accident happeng) on Bur: ritt street, near a point where Miller usually alighted from the automobile to go to his home for dinner, After being rushed to the hospital in the police ambulance in charge of Motoreycle Policeman William 8, Strolls and Patrolman Walter Malona, Miller was put on the operating table, He died just as he was being taken from the operating room. Dr., G. W, Dunn, who attended him, found that he had suffered internal injuries, » ! deep laceration of the right leg and lacerations of the left leg. Thought to Have Fallen The automobile which ran over neau, of Kensington. According to the facts as gleaned by the police, Miller and Eddie Schneter of 44 Bond street yvere standing on opposite sides of the machine. Morneau had noticed Schnter moving around on the side of the car, and he turned ound to warn him of the danger of Jumping on the slecty street. Just as again, a man had evidently struck something Bringing the vehicle to a stop, Morneau went back and found Mil- tFg* hc had been rur over. Word {wis sent at once for the police am- bulance. . Miller was unconscious at the time. Tt is thought that he cither fell or jumped off the machine. 3 5 Airplane Tourists Prove They Are Not Fugitives| Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 8-~—The man| and woman who arrived in Phoenix in an airplane yesteflay and were investigated under the belief ' that the woman was Clara Phillips have satisfied the sheriff’s office of their identity as tourists, it was an- nounced today:. Chinsee—Bandits T veaten Tsingtao, Shantung, Dec. 8 (By the Associated Press)-—Bandits still werni moving about the city openly today, and it was neported that they were threatening to kidnap the British and | American consuls and to hold them| as hostages. CAN'T SELL STRAIGHT COAL IN THIS STATE| Russell Orders All Dealers | to Use at:Least 20 Per | Cent. of Substitute Hartford, 8.—I"uel State Ad- ministrator Thomas W. Russell today sent telegrams to all fuel administra- tors ordering the use of at least 20 per cent. of substitutes with domestic anthracite coal in all sales by deal-| ers. The telegrams were as follows: | “If you have not already done so, I request that you immediately notify your dealérs so that every delivery of domestic anthracite must contain not less than 20 per cent. substitutes, such as buckwheat or bituminous coal, if dealers have any. If you think it advisable, suggest you request your mayor to issue statement to the public confirming the necessity of such substitution.” This proportion is exactly the same as was agreed upon b 1l the New Britain coal dealers at a meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Wednesday afternoon. The local dealers decided to sell on that basis by mutual agreement. The order from Mr. Russell makes it impera- tive. A proclamation from Mayor Pao- Dee. fonigt and probably Saturday moring; clearing and colder by Saturday night, Who [gage for vessels. To Kidnap U. S. Consuls | tne anica snese Again he contended that in order to defend the shores of the Sea of |Marmora by a fleet, Turkey would | greo in tho past two years, —HIRTY-TWO PAGES {Ask Guarantees Protecting I Sublime Porte From Sur- | prise Attacks—Russia Is Seeking to Prevent Allies’ | Ships in Strait. Lausanne, Dec. 8. (By Associated Press)—Turkey's proposals for regu- lation of the straits of the Dardan- elles and the Bosphorus presented to the Near Kast conference today were theard with satisfaction by the repre- |sentatives of the allied powers and |the United States as they were found not to contain any contention that the straits should be closed to foreign awarships, as Russia had demanded. | Spokesmen for the entente express- ed the opinion after the session that the Turkish and allied plans could be harmonized. Russia stood absolutely alone today |in opposing the allied plan as Ru- mania, Greece, Serbia #nd Bulgaria rallied to its support. Four Turkish Proposals. 1.—Guarantees against surprise at- jtacks from land or sea threatening the security of the straits of Constan- tinople or of the Sea of Marmora. 2—TLimitation of naval forces bound for the Black sea so that they will not constitute a danger to the zone ex- tending between the two straits to the Black sea. Turkey expresses the view that these forces might be com- posed of light warships employed for the protection of international com- merce. | 3—Interdiction upon the mainten- ance of warships in the Black sea. 4—Liberty of passage for mer- chantmen in time of peace and of war, Pasha Explains Position. The Turkish position on the ques- tion of the straits was presented by Ismet Pasha, who gave a historical sketch of the problem of the straits, declaring Turkey had never acted contrary ta international treaties con- cerning that waterway. | Ismet mentioned certain points in the inter-allied proposals which he considered particularly harmful to Turkey. Of these, the first was the inclusion of the Sea of Marmora in the definition of the straits because preparations for defense on the shores of this sea were necessary for the de- fense of Anatolia and Thrace and yet would not ,affect the liberty of pas- Demilitarization Unnecessary. Another point he made was that it was needless to have a demilitarized zone around the Bosphorus. It was sufficient, he considered, to indicate | that there would be no fortifications | either land or naval on either shore. The third point w in connection on that in the demilitarized zones there should be no movement of troops. He though, on the contrary, that such movement should be permitted because the zones | in question connect the two parts of | the country. have to keep arsenals and other na- | val equipment in Constantinople and | the straits. He thought also that the limits of | the demilitarized zones were too great | and contended that the four islands in the straits should be recognized as under Turkish sovereignty. Should Protect Gallipoli. As to the Gallipoli peninsula, he thought a minimum means of de- fense ought to be assured to preserve | it against surprise attack. After hearing Ismet Pash: dress, the conference took a until afternoon to give the allies time to study the Turkish suggestions. N iy | s ad-| recess | | Health Department Learaes Officially | of 23 Cases in Past Week and Warns | School horities, In the first week of the month of| December, which is brought to a close | today, 23 cases of measles were re ported to the department of health at City Hall, The health authoritics are exerting | efforts to prevent the further spread of the disease and have requested the school officials to see that children | showing symptoms of measles be sent| to their homes at once, At the health board office in City | Hall today it was stated that the cases, are not confined to any one section of the city but are distributed over all sections. It was reported also that there has been but one influenza case reported this month. It was during this period of the year that influenza was raging in 1018 and 1919 and in a lesser de- Py As Philippine Governor Washington, Dee. 8.--Major Gem' eral Wood has resigned the office of provost of the University of Penn- sylvania in order that he might “comply with the expressed wishes of the administration” and remain as | governor general of the Philippine Holv Crosa. * e | today by theiwar department. islands, it was officially announced was found near Harter's body. It read: “Good-bye. Give my watch and |ring t¢ David, my son. I am asking [REAL WORK NEEDED TURKS' COUNTER PROPOSALS LIKELY TO PERMIT SETTLEMENT OF ISSUES BUSINESS SECTION OF ASTORIA, ORE., GUTTED 27 City Blocks Razed and Property Loss is 10 to 15 Millions Astorfa, Ore,, Dec. 9. (By Associat- ed Press)—The business district of Astoria was laid in ruins by a fire which broke out shortly after 2 a. m. and despite efforts of the local fire department and ‘reinforcements from Portland, swept the 16 blocks, caus- ing a loss estimated at between $10,- 000,000 and $15,000,000 .before day- light. One life was lost in the fire accord- ing to reports available at 8 o'clock. Morris Staples, automobile dealer and president of the Astoria Bank of Com- merce ‘dropped dead, two other busi- nessmen who were missing and be- lieved dead, later were accounted for. At 8 o'clock the fire had swept over 27 blocks. The flames had eaten un- der the pavement on Commercial street, burning the piling on which the city had been built and firemen were unable to cope with this devel- opment. Patients were removed from St. | Mary's hospital, all the windows of which were shattered by explosions of dynamite or gasoline tanks. |MURDERS GIRL, CALLS POLICE, SHOOTS SELF Paterson, N. J., Widower, Dying and Concert Singer Dead in Love Tangle Early Today. Patersan, N. J, Dec §.~—~Respond- ing to an anonymous telephone call early today, Paterson police found the body of Miss Evelyn Mabel Rainbow, a concert singer, on the floor in the basement in her house. She had been shot twice through the heart. Nearby lay Harry Harter, who boarded at the Rainbow home, dan- gerously wounded. He had been shot in the right temple and under the heart. Harter was removed Paterson hospital in a dying condition. A note evidently written after he had shot and killed = Miss Rainbow, his forgivness for the deed which I have done. I am taking the one with me who broke my heart and drove me to tI * It was signed “H. Harter.” Miss Rainbow had conducted a music studio at her home since re- turning from a concert tour in Europe, nine months ago. A second note, addressed to Har- ter's wife, read: “I am asking forgiveness for this. Ican see no other way out. Take care of father, Good-bye."” The police said that Harter, who is middle aged, had been separated from his wife several months ago TO BENEFIT YALE Alumni Weekly Gives Intimate Dis- cussion of Football Situation at New Haven, New Haven, Dec, 8. — Taking the football season into the review: the Yale Alumni Weekly today says that it is the business of the football com- mittee and coaches to look conditions squar in the face and to find a remedy for what has produced “ten years of continued melancholy.” It adds that the committee and coaches! are already at work. The weekly says that probably if graduate opinion was obtained it would come down to something like this sy and popular refuge in of distress—as in Greeco just to hehead every defeated lead defeated coach must go—not heea he is not the man for the l but because he v The weekly gives as its own opinion that a study of Yale foothall, “a name to conjure with up till 1910, dis- closes « ck of a winning system. In the old system, it s there was cons tinuity with “tactical brains at the top." THREE BURNED 10 DEATH Children 1, 3 and 5 Years of Age Die tim now er. A When Flames Destroy Farmhouse At Putney, Vermont, Today. to a| WOMANINK KK Gt Children in North End Are 15 beaten.” | s ¢ Week Ei December '2nd In Annual Message, He Explains He is to Call Upon Executives to Map Out Definite Dry Policy Other Pionts Touched Upon Include Farm Credits, Transportation, Child La- bor and Immigration. | Wahington, Dec. 8.—Presi- dent Harding, in his annual mes- sage delivered today to congress in person, deals with nearly a score of subjects, chief amo them prohibition, farm credits, the transportation problem, child labor and immigration. Wants States’ Help He announces his purpose to invite the governors of the states and territories to an ear- ly conference with the federal executive authority with a view | to adopting definite policies of national and state co-operation in administering the prohibition laws. He says the day is yn- likely to come when the prohibi- tion amendment will be repealed and that the nation shol adapt its course accordingly. President Harding tells con gress that if the statutory, visions for prohibition enforces"; " ment are contrary to deliberate & = public opinion, which he doegiies Inot believe, the rigorous as literal enforcement; wilF" public attention on cation. N 'm Defonds Hi “Such a cotiree)” forms with the law am Lhid humilitation of the. government ai the humiliation of our people befors. Gestrucs | the world and challenges the tive forces engaged in widespread and fn- violation official' corruption, dividual demoralization.” ‘Would End Labor Board With regard to the transportation problem, Mr. Harding proposes that the railroad labor board be abolished with the substitution of a labor di- vision in the interstate commedrce commission with ample power to re~ quire its rulings to be accepted both parties to a disputed question. The executive also proposes that the law require the carriers and their employers to institute means and methods to nexstiate between them- selves their constantly arising differ~ ences, limiting appeals to the governs ment body to disputas of such chat- acter as are likely to affect the public welfare, Urges Co-ordination v Co-ordination of all transportation facilities is turged by the president. These would laciude not only inland and waterways bt motor truck trans- portation as wall, He inveighs against the system of patfeileling the rail- roads with truck roads, thus draws b (Continued on Page Thirty) IS SOLICITOR OF ALMS e Thought to Have Circu- lated Wild Rumors A wild rumor has been circulated within the past few days to the effect that a female membor of the Ku Kluy Klan was seen Wednesday afterno attempting to gain an entrance | St. Mary's pagish with the object fn view of doing bodily harm to Reve John 'I. Winters, * pastor. Another rumor has it that this same woman made an attempt to set fire to - Mary's church and was caught in the . act by another member- of the clergy ioned at the church, he woman was described as being. dressed in a weird costume of bl i with & hood over her head and a mask covering her face. 1t was said that three large white lotters, K K K were on her arm, and that first she mfi tempted to gain entrance through'the S8 front door, and failing that, she went = to the rear, where agaln she fo the door locked, VDR Upon investigation, it was that the rumors are without fo tion, although a woman in 'a uniform visited the priests’ | Wednesday. - Instead of helon, cing to the Ku Klux Klan, however, she.w an outhorized solicitor of funda Putney, Vt, Dec. 8~~Three chil- dren were burned to death today when a farm house and barn were swept by fire. The children, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hulett were left alone ‘while their mother wo “ding livestock. The dead are Ry~ aged 5, Richard 3 and Roger 1. The cause of the fire Was undertermined. orphan asylums. She W Father Winters to ask his per: to canvass St. Mary's parish and, to show her authorl duced a letter signed by the Rt 1 John J. Nilan, bishop of the dio It is thought (hat the rumors } their ineeption in the minds of of the school children who: