New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1922, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED '180 HOUSE AND SENATE HAVING |Shot and Left to Die, Man Comes NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1922. _ FOURTEEN PAGES BUSY TIME ATTENDING TO VARIOUS IMPORTANT ITEMS Favorable Report On But- ler For Supreme Court —Committee To De- termine Whether To Prosecute Keller $200,000 Needed to Stop Eu- SEEING GRAMPICD ONFRAUD WARRAN Prosgentor Acts Following Com- Plaints About Formor Policeman WAS IN “COAL BUSINESS” Back to Testify Dan O’Rourke Called as Witness Today — Others Tell of Seeing Miners, All Armed, Marching Help- less Prisoners Into Woods. Marion, Ill,, Dec, 18 (By Associated | Press) —Shot down and left to die on a lonely roadside, Dan O'Rourke returned today to tell his story at the trial of five men charged with mur- Herrin Who Took Part in Herrin Murders Agiinst Miners MANY LOSE LIVES IN GREAT STORM Dozen Die in One Wreck; Several Missing in Another LAKE SUPERIOR DISASTER FIGHTING MARINE IN World War Veteran Offers CLASH WITH KLUXERS to Whip Entire Klan at Peru, Ind. Peru, Ind., Dec. 18.—This city was WALLACE REID SEEMS ON VERGE OF DEATH Movie Star, Reported Dope Fiend, in Critical Condition. Los Angeles, Deec. 18—Wallace Aoun 16 Week Enfl% December cer Mortally Wounded : In Gun Fight with Three ¢ Masked Men — Rob- * Get-Away bers Make der in connection with the riot. That O'Rourke, who still bear§ the scars left by his injuries, ha come from the very shadow of th grave to testify for the prosecution| was announced by counsel for th state at the opening of court this morning. O’Rourke was one of the six men who other witnesses have testified were shot down before the Herrin city cemetery after they had béen marched through the town by a singing, jeer- ing mop. L) Tells of Gruesome Sight. One witness had told of secing the six dead and ‘esperately wounded Reid, motion picture star, is on the verge of death, and for several days has not been expected to live, accord- ing to Mrs. Wallace Reid (Dorothy Davenport) in an interview today in the Los Angeles Examiner given at a Hollywood sanitarium last night. The physicians describing the act- or's) iliness, according to the Exam- iner said: ‘‘His present illness has no connec- tion with over-indulgence in aleohol or narcotics, although such indulg- ences have undoubtedly undermined his strength and system in months gone by."” Mrs. Reid in describing his condi- 2 still in a furore today as the result of Connecticut State Lfl)l’fll'}'.__‘l the clash occasloned when Col. Hi- Advt. Dept ram A, Bearss, retired, intgrnationally Advt, Dept,, ¢ |||known as “Hiking Hiram, the fighting Hm’tford, Conn, v marine,” backed his automobile into Sault Ste Marie, Ont., Dec. 18 a parade of the Ku Klux Klan Satur- —Twenty-three of the 27 per- day night. The colonel's car was im- sons who have been missing medlately surrounded by the klans- sinpe the tug Reliance struck men, the door opened and, according on the rocks of Lizard island to some reports, the world war vet- last Wednesday have been sav- eran was assaulted as he sat at the ed, according to reports from wheel of the machine. Obtaining a persons at the scen¢ of the wrench the marine-commander, who wreck today. gained fame by the fighting spirit he _ Second Car, Loaded With Men Armed With Rifles - and Shotguns, Ready to Aid Looters. ry Alldged to Have Collected Money After Prom- ropean Corn Borer Ship_ | Pissmissed Supernume: ping Bill Backers Win Skirmish. ising to Secure Fuel—Search is In- stituted by Authorities. Frank G. Grampico, who, until, a few weeks ago was a member of the supernumerary police force in the lo- cal department, and whose career in police work was a stormy one, result- ing in his dismissal, faces a serious charge, and the police are now search- ing for him. It is said that he has left the city. This morning Prosecu- Washington, Dec. 18.—The nomina- tion of Plerce Butler of Minnesota to be an assoclate Jjustice of the supreme court was ordered reported to the senate today by an unanimous vote of the judiclary committee, The committee acted after receiving a report from a sub-committee which Denver, Dec. 18.—Three bandits| - today shot and probably fatally' | woundetl Willlam Havener, a tedmli ¢ reserve bank guard, and escaped with. about $200,000 in currency of five! dollar denomination which was being | ' displayed at St. Mihlel climbed the running board of his automobile and, according to reports, shouted: ) inquired fnto opposition to the nomi- | nation and recommended favorable actfon, Chairman Nelson announced he would make the report on the nomi- nation at the first executive session of the senate and cail it up the first op- | portunity. Senators LaFollette, of Wisconsin and Norris, Nebraska, re- publicans, have indicated they will fight confirmation. To Decide Action. | The house judiclary committee ap- pointed a sub-committee today to in- vestigate what action, if any, should be taken in connection with the re- fusal of Representative Keller, repub- lican, Minnesota, to testify before the committee as to the information upon which he based his impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty. . $200,000 Needed. An appropriation of $200,000 for preventing the spread of the Euro- pean corn borer, prevalent in the New England states is recommended in the agriculturel supply bill for the next fiscal year, reported today to, the house, , The budget bureau left out the an- nual item of $360,000 for free seed distribution by senators and represen- tatives and it was not placed in the Dbill by the appropriations committee. An appropriatior of $32,800,000 for- construction of forest roads and tralls and rural post roads, as authorized under the federal highway act, is recommended. The bill's total 1is $68,781,6683 or about $21,000,000 more than last year, and $260,000 less than the budget es- timate. The increase is due to the more liberal road fuhd provision which last year was $10,000,000. Some of the items in the measure are: For frost warning service $12,000. Eradlcating hog cholera $181,5600, Emergencies in fighting forest in- sects $250,000. Preventing spread of moths $531,000. Studying food habits of birds and animals $602,240. Mar- ket inspection of perishable foods $275,000. * Shipping Bill Fight. Proponents of the administration shipping bill won the first victory in the jockeying in the senate today over the move of opponents to displace the bill with the Norris agriculture finan- cing measure. ‘When the senate met it had pend- ing before it the motion to displace the one bill with the other, which was made Saturday by Chairman Norris of the agricultural committee. While supporters of the Norris motion were attempting to get the floor Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, democrat, supporter of the shipping measure, claimed recognition in accordance with a notice given last week and launched into a speech in behalf of the bill. (Continued on Eleventh Page.) ATLAS WIRE COMPANY tor Joseph G, Woods issued a war- rant for the ex-policeman, on a charge of obtaining money under false pre- tenses. i Method Used The complainants in the case are Italian fellow countrymen of the ac- cused, who, according to their stories, fell victims of the oily tongue of the self-styled sleuth, ‘and according to their stories, they are out sums ag- gregating more than $200. Offering to get coal at a much cheaper price than that asked by dealers in this city, Grampico it is sald had no trouble in getting “customers.” Out $150 They Say The first information that authori- ties had that Grampico was'guilty of a serlous offense, was heard yester- day, when Clito Onelly and his cousin, Mrs. Louise Onelly, unfolded a story to Prosecutor Woods. According to what they say Grampico was a “friend” of theirs and realizing the dire need of coal at the little store the couple conduct on Myrtie street, he approached them with a proposi- tion to sell coal at $15 a ton. Cannot Locate Grampico As they did not have the money at the time, the couple decided to bor- row it, and en.getting $15Q from a friend, it is alleged, they turned the money over to Grampico, who gave them a receipt for ten tons. Gram- pico told them that he would pur- chase the coal at Hartford and bring it here on auto_trucks, promising them a prompt delivery, it is claimed. This was last Tuesday morning. The cou- ple waited until 4:30 o'clock that aft- ernoon for the delivery of the “black diamonds.” They have not seen Gram- pico despite a search they instituted for him, and after exhausting every means of getting in touch with him the couple decided yesterday to In. form the police, Still Another Victim This morning, Tony Nuccio of Myr- tle street, another Italian, to whom Grampico posed as a friend, called at the police station and told the police that the ex-supernumemary had ac- cured $30 from him for two ton of coal, hesides leaving bekind an unpaid bill of $565 for groceries. Board Dismissed Him Not in many years has there been a member of the local police depart- ment who in such a short space of time gained such unfavorable pub- ifeity as Grampico. He was criticized from the bench and by lawyers from the floor, for the evidence he present- ed, Finally Chief Hart preferred charges of conduct unbecoming an of- ficer, and at a meeting of the police commission late in November, he was summarily dismissed from the force. DIVORCE IS GIVEN "WIFE OF DIPLOMAT men in the road, three of them still breathing and all bound together by a rope about their necks. Another told of trying to bring a drink of water to two of the sufferers and of being ordered away with a curse by one of the defendants, According to attorneys for the prosecution, one of these men was O'Rourke and the other was Howard Hoffman, who died two days later in the Herrin hospital. O’Rourke was in Marion today under heavy , guard and it was expected he would be called to the stand as soon as pos- sible. Other Bloody Testimony. The witnesses called last week by the state told of the taking of 30 or 40 non-union workers from the strip mine by a group of several hundred persons, many of whom carried guns, and of the later finding of 14 dead and wounded men in a woods about two miles away, fpur others in a clump of trees nearby and the six near the cemetery after they had been marched through Herrin and out another road a distance of sev- eral miles. The attorneys for the defense have asked comparatively few questions of the state’s witnesses in cross-examina- tion, .expressing confidence in their abllity to prove an alibi for every one of the defendants as announced in their opening statement to the jury. Mrs. George Nelson, wife of a farm- er living near the strip mine where the riot started, told of seeing a crowd of possibly 500 armed men with about ten prisoners. The witness said she recognized C. K. McDowell, superintendent of the mine among the prisoners. McDowell who was a cripple limped along on a wooden leg the witness & declared blood running down his face from a wound on his forehead. “What did they do to McDowell?” she was asked. “A man punched him in the back and two men led him awhy from the crowd down the road,” she answered. “] heard shots fromthe direction; in which McDowell had been led.” §Mrs .Nelson said that she had recog- ognized Mrs. Otls Clark, wife of one of the defendants, in the crew about McDowell and that she heard Mrs. Clark say: “They got old Peg Leg that time." Tells of Armer Men George Nelson followed his wife on the stand. He sald that 25 or 30 had guns. He quoted one of 'the crowd as saying: “‘We're bringing out the ncahn’."l The witness said McDowell was staggering as he walked and one of his captors hit the superintendent on the head with a gun; another sald: ““There's no use of going any fur- ther." " Nelson said Otis Clark a defendant and Oscar Howard, indicted, but not on trial led the prisoner from his view and later he heard shots. He stated that later he saw Clark and Howard near an automobile in which Mrs. Clark was seted. Great ,Imkm Sailors Making Effort to Keep Navigation Open—Boats and Cargoes Worth $28,000,000 Trying to Break Through to Buffalo, Chicago, Dec. 18.—(By Associated Press.)—Battling through towering seas and freezing spray, the men who go down to the sea in ships are fight- ing an epochal battle across the icy wastes of Lake Superior to keep navi- gation open far beyond its usual time and bring down the lakes the last cargo of the year. Already the fight has claimed its toll of lives and be- fore the last ship has been accounted for—or been given up for lost—that toll may be greater. Heavy Death Toll. Nearly a dozen died a few days ago when a Canadian steamer was dashed to pieces within a stone’s throw of safety at the mouth of the Portage lake ship canal. Saturday night several were added to the probable death roll when sur- vivors of the tug Reliance, wrecked last Wednesday on Lizard island, reached Sault Ste Marie after almost incredible hardships. This year it has been decided to keep the ,waterways open until Be- cerniber 16 because the coal and ail strikeg had cut down the coal ship- ped the northwest and delayed the eastern movement of grain. ‘Worth $28,000,000. As a result, nine big freighters loaded with grain—$28,000,000 worth of ships and cargo—are fighting their way down Lake Superior toward that graveyard of gallant vessels, White- fish Bay, trying to win through to Buffalo for winter storage. In Mud lake, part of the St. Mary's river, another big fleet is icebound waiting for the arrival of the nine which left Fort Willlam, Ont., three days ago,before trying,with the assist- ance of ice breaking tugs, to win past detour to the open waters of Lake Huron, Radio Mefh On Guard. At Eagle Harbor, Grand Marais, Whitefish Point, Detour, Alpena, Mackinaw island and Manistique, na- val radio operators are keeping a tireless vigil guarding the freighters through the night with radio com- pass signals and waiting for the calls for help which may come. The story, of the fate of the fug! Reliance, owned by the Superior Pa- per Co.,, of Sault Ste Marie, was told yesterday by the seven survivors who reached port. Reliance Is Wrecked. Five days ago the tug with a crew of 14 and 22 passengers was dashed to ‘pleces on the rocks of Lonely Liz- ard island, 75 miles north of Point Aux Pines. the western entrance to the St. Mary's river, and 12 miles from the mainland, the captain and 27 men took one boat, and Mr. and Mrs. John Harten, cooks, and seven others took the other. Suffer Great Hardships. Mrs, Harten was so exhausted the party was forced to rest 36 hours at an Indian hut before starting the 20/ ing the wrench above his head. further clash and were out in force and Col. Bearss had at his call hundreds of citizens who idolize "“Hiking Hiram” for the record he made in the Fhilippine, Boxer and World Wars. to have participated in the demon- stration which was held in the prin- cipal streets of the city and was fol- lowed by an initlation, KILN EXPLODES AND Damage Is Slight at Hart & Cooley o'clock this morning, brought the fire department to the Hart & Cooley Co. and as a precautionary measure fire department was called. On arrival at the plant, there was nothing for the firemen to do. Temperature Lower Than Any Pre- west of the Appalachian The mercury in Chicago went below “Come on you kluxers one and all, I'll take on the lot of you,” flourish- Cooler heads, however, prevented a possibly averted more serious trouble as the klansmen Spanish-American, More than 200 kiansmen were said FIREMEN ARE CALLED Plant at Early Morning Fire, An alarm from Box 52 at 8:51 plant for a slight fire in a blackening k‘l"‘ Iollowing .an explosion in.the kiin, considerable smoke rolled out | the The loss is slight. COLD WAVE WARNING Reported This Winter Spreading Over United States, viously Chicago, Dec. 18.—Temperatures lower than any previously reported this winter in the northwest, upper| lake region, great central valleys, middle and west Gulf states and the southern Rocky mountain region were recorded last night and today as another cold wave spread over the greater portion of the United States mountains. zero for the first time this season. It was one below here early today. The weather burean reported the cold wave has a general southwester- ly trend across the middle states and would be followed by a slowly rising temperature today. | Havre, Mont., last night was grip- ped by 32 below weather, Other | towns in the northwest registered/ readings from 4 to 28 degrees below | 7€T0. o BRIDGEPORT SCHOOL FIRE 60 Very Young Pupils March Out in Safety When Teachers Ask Them to Execute Fire Drill, go? long ago? Hollywood—everyone organized censured, shunned. sanely and tion just before the present break- down said that he wept and said: “How did I happen to let myself Why couldn’t T have stopped I thought I was so strong; I thought T knew myself so well; I can't understand it.’" Indignant denials of published re- ports of “orgies” in the Reid home were made by Mrs. Alice Davenport, mother-in-law of the actor, to whom those reports had been credited. “I knew there are dope parties in knows that,” she said. “And I suppose Wally has attended some of them; I don’t know, 1 do know that I have talked with him after he returned from parties at the homes of some of the people in Hollywood and I have seen him sadly shake his head and say: That It's “ ‘Mother, I don't like it. isn't the way to have pleasure. all so false, so artificial’ One of Reid’s physicians according to the Examiner, corroborated Mrs. | Reld's statements saying: “Mr. Reid has been near death for the past five or six weeks. His tem- perature has repeatedly reached 103 and his pulse 130. His heart action is irregular and weak. He has faint- ed on an average of three times daily and lost 70 pounds in weight, Labor- atory finds at the present time indi- cate he is suffering either from a condition of complete exhaustion or from influenza. “'A re-infection of influenza is pos- sible at any time and could cause his death. This is not anticipated by at- tending physicians, but is being con- sidired.” “He thought he would die the oth- er night” said Mrs. Reid. “He was 80 brave about it, poor boy. For three nights he had expected to die.. He isn't afrald to die, but he wants so much to live for Billy and Betty and me,” referring to their son and adopt- ed daughter, Will H. Hays, directing head of the motion picture industry, commenting on the actor's illness, said: “If Reid’s condition is a result of indulgence in narcotics as has been reported, it's a matter to be prayed over. The poer boy should be dealt with as a diseased person-—not to be Rather let us all sympathetically try to help him, try to restore him to health.” TURKEYS ARE GHEAPER Dealers Announce Price Will Be Less Than That Charged Thanksgiving— Exact Retail Figures. Unknown, New Britain housewives will no doubt find cause to rejoice in the an- {nouncement of several wholesale and retail meat and poultry dealers that turkey for Christmas will sell at a price cheaper than for what it sold at Thanksgiving time, J. R. Andrews of Andrews, Swift & P loaded on to a federal reserve truck in front of the Denver mint. The funds were being transferred from the mint to the local federal re~ serve bank, i ¢ Escape in Rain of Lead. The robbers seized the money and sprang into a large automobile, As their car sped away armed govern- & ment guards inside the mint building = fired from the windows of the mint | at the robbers, 7 The entire Denver police force quickly was called into action in an . effort to apprehend the robbers. The robbery occurred at 10: o'clock, a few minutes after the BOV: ernment employes had begun to load ! the gold into the federal reserve truck, ! Masked Men Open Fire. " While the loading was in progress ' an automobile drew up in front of the mint building. ‘' Three masked robs bers sprang from it. Before the gov- ernment employes knew what had happened the bandits opened fire from high-calibered revolvers. e Havener fell at the first fusilade. The government employes returned the fire but the robbers acted quickly, sprang to the motor truck, grab the bage: of money wnd ricaped. Other Ganmen Near. v While the robbery was going on, according to witnesses, a second autos mobile touring car, loaded with masked men, armed with shotguns and rifles; stood 20 feet from the bandit car apparently ready to give aid should the bandits need assist~ ance, X Sheriffs in nearby counties wera quickly notified by the police in an effort to apprehend the robbers. At 11:30 a. m, R. J. Grant, director yof the mint, announced officially the - bandits had escaped with the entire consignment of $200,000 for the Den- ver federal reserve bank. Director Grant said that the money was in 50 sacks containing $4,000 ‘each. It was in denominations of $5—all in currency. PAROLED MAN MAY BE SLAYER WANTED Webster Grant of Uxbridge, Mass,, Being Sought in Connection With Messenger's Murder Boston, Dec, 18,—Webster Grant of Uxbridge under ' parole from the state prison was sought today by police investigating the murder Frie day of George A. Willls, superinten- dent of the Boston news bureau mes« sengers. Grant was sald by Police Captain Perley Skillings to have been fdentified as one of two men who fled to Uxbridge in a stolen automo=. bile a few hours after the holdup and murder, . The car in which was found a pis- tol of the same calibre as that used in Mrs. Gron Gets Decree and Also Cus- tody of ® Year Old Cruelty Was Claimed, Portland, Me.,, Dec. 18.—Mrs. Madeline Masters Gron of this city, formerly of Chicago and New York, was granted a divorce from Niels Gron, Danish diplomat and New York clubman, by Judge Lauren M. San- born in the superior court today. Mrs, Gron also was given the cus- tody of their nine year old son, “Bridgeport, Dec. 18.—Sixty very young puplils in a portable building| used in connection with the Beardsley public school were marched to the street today as part of a fire drill hy‘ the two teachers, the Misses Evelyn Ames and Irances Lavoy when ac- tually there was a fire in the place, The janitor, James Lee, discovered the fire and told the teachers, who in- formed the pupils that a fire drill would be tried out. Wlen the latter got outside they learned or the fire which owing to immediate response of the firemen did only nominal damage. the killing of Willis, was traced al« most from the scene of the crime to Uxbridge, Captain Skillings said. e A car was deserted at Uxbridge after the two men had been fright- ened away in an attempt to break in- to a store early Saturday. Allison Whalen of Wellesley - and Lawrence Peck of the Roxbury dise trict arrested at Dedham in connec- tion with the killing of Willis were ar- raigned there today, Whalen pleaded guilty to charges of improperly opers ating an automobile and pleaded not guilty to receiving a stolen automo- bile. He was discharged on the lat- ter charge. Peck was detained at the request of the Boston police for further ques= tioning regarding the Willis murder. ROBBERS GET $12,000 Highwaymen Hold Up Brooklyn Collector and Escape With His B of Money. New York, Dec. 18.-—Robbers day held up Barnet Tillinger, & col= lector for the Greenpoint t bank in Brooklyn and escaped bag said to contain $12,0vn. FOOTBALL STAR INJU! Ypsilantl, Mich, Dee. for the recovery of Ber University of Michigan fo injured in an o Liere last night, were sustained a fracture Nelson told of following the road down which he had seen McDowell Jdisappear and of finding the super- intendent’'s body with two bullet wounds through it. He said he hnd, Co., told a Herald representative this morning that turkey wili be less ex- pensive for Christmas than what it was at Thanksgiving and will be of a Letter quality. Although he could not give definite figures Mr. Andrews sald the wholesale price will probably be two cents cheaper a pound. Daniel Sullivan, manager of the Mohican Market on Main street, is quoted as having said that the price in turkey for Christmas this year will be much lower than for Thanksgiving of this year and Christmas of 1921, Edward Lewis, in charge of the Na- tional Meat Market on West Main street, also believes that turkeys will be cheaper for Christmas than what it has been in some time although he |eould not tell yet what the new figures would be! Turkey at Thankegiving time sold from 70 to 756 cents a pound, retail, DOG SAVES 3 LIVES + Cleveland Man, Wife and Baby Saved Yelps— mile tramp inland to the railroad. When the railroad was reached, Mr, and Mrs. Harten were suffering so much from the cold that they were| left at a station for medical treat- ment, while the other seven survivors went on to Sault Ste Marie. ¥s Lonely Section, The scene of the wreck of the Re-! llance is ' one of the most desolate apots on the upper lakes, From Batchewana bay to Michipicoten har- bor, a distance of more than 50 miles, there are no settlements. The only inhabitants are woodsmen, trap- pers and Indians. The Lizard islands are off the main steamer route and are seldom visited | except by woodsmen and fishermen,or in the summer by an occasional inter- island boat. If the launch carrying the captain and his 26 companions WANTS TO LOCATE HERE New Have_n—?]t;c—em Would Need 50,000 Square Feet for ictory know Otis Clark for 30 years. PRSI kT WOMAN FALLS TWO STORIES Mrs. J. Salivan of 294 Broad street, feM from the second story veranda at Fer home yesterday afternoon. She was attended by Dr. Joseph Walsh, who found her suffering from Niels, Jr. a bad shaking up, but no broken The court ordered that Mrs. Gron|jones, keep her son with her resident within . the jurisdiction of the court for at DANISH STEAMER AGROUND least nin2 months of each year. 54 y by ) " ¢ Copenhagen, Deec. 18.—( By Asso Gron's attorneys wero not prepared | jatod Pross)—The Danish steamship to fl:}“‘::"ce D mml \\Ilaueld eh[;!t:;:“:s Lithuania which left New York De- !o!v\ t(;w e(:o::.:pu‘:-fl:he ‘:en adys' "_“" cember 6 for Danzig and Libau with Il’l‘w case, Mrs. Gron, who is a sister 80008 and passengers 1s reported of e e e g [uground on Bornholm Island in the of Edgar Lge asters, poet, Haltic Sea. It 50,000 square feet of floor space n be secured on one or two floors, New Britaln will have another indus- try, according to a report made by Secretary Ray L. Makin, of the Cham- ber of Commerce, at a joint meeting of the Chamber directors and the New Britain traffic bureau at noon to- day. It was the monthly session of the trafic bureau and was advanced one day because of the annual meet- ing of the Connecticut Manufactur- ers’ association at New Haven to- morrow. Mr. Makin reported that the Atlas Wire Co. of New Haven, is willing to locate in this city if suitable quarters can be secured. Reports were made on the Christ- mas tree fund, the proposed ordinance regulating jewelry auctions at night, Clayton crossing, etc. It was decided that a committee of 25 will meet at the New Britain club at 1:15 o'clock Friday afternoon and motor to Hart- ford to interview Highway Commis- sioner Charles E. Bennett on the pro- posed new Plainville road. Division Superintendent J. R. Bren- nan, of the American Express com- pany, was present and explained ex- press conditions as they effect New “aritain, BRAK AN KILLED, Bridgeport, Dec. 18.—John J. Dur- kin of New York, a brakeman em- ployed by the N. Y, N, H. and H. railroad, was instantly killed this noon in the East Bridgeport railroad yards. | failed to reach the islands yet sur-, Durkin leaned too far from the side vived the gale and drifting ice it may [0f a box ¢ar on which he was riding have been blown ashore on the main- |and was struck by a freight train on land, miles from human habitation.|the next trac If such was the case it is improbable i 3ok that the seamen weakened by long' exposure in the intense cold could have survived long, unless like those CHRISTMAS TREE FUND i The “Herald” wishes to ac- knowledge the receipt of further contributions for the Municipal Christmas tree today. They are as follows: I\ Mayor A. M. Paonessa.. E. F. Schaal.. A Friend Previously From Death Dump Hero®Dies in Flames. et by Canine {Continued on Eleventh Page.) Cleveland, Dec. 18.—"Puppy,” just a mongrel dog, is dead after his barks had saved his master, mistress and their eight months’ old daughter. “Puppy” aroused by smoke carly to- day barked until Mr. and Mrs. An- thony Gram were awakened and until he saw them safe in the home of a neighbor with their ¢hild. Then he dashed back into the house and was trapped in the flames. described as a society sculptress. She | brought the divorce suit on the ground of cruel and abusive trem~i 1 ment. Her testimony was to the effect that [ LOCAL STORES Gron had acted harshly toward her and that while théy were apart he WILL BE OPEN had written her lotters filled with abusive phrases. Gron testified that his wife had made efforts to turn lhe‘ EVERY NIGHT boy against his father, THIS WEEK * FOR - .CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS THE WEATHER $5.00 $5.00 $1.00 $28.00 $383,000,000 BUSINESS IN NOV. Washington, Dec. 18. — American oxports in November reached the highest point of the year according to offiskal overseas trade statistics made public today by the department of commerce, showing an export husiness totaling $383.000,000. Hartford, Dec. 18.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair and much colder tonight; Tuesday becoming unscttled, probably followed by snow. acknowled'd Total received by “Herald"