New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1923, Page 1

r % Contradictory Statements Wil be Investigated, ‘Prosecutor Greenstein _Alex Sevenski, Who In- ‘formed on Grezenias May .1 Be Asked to Explain Hig \ . Testimony This Morning, Judge William ¥. Mangan in re- viewing the testimony morning in police court in the cases of Joseph ‘and Wadislaw Grezenia, the former charged with selling in- toxicating liquor and the latter with reputation ‘and keeping “intoxicating liquors, stated that he was satisfied that the principal witness in the case had been tampered with, Because there was a possible mistake in - the identity of Wadislaw Grezenla, the charge against him was dismissed. Joseph Grezenia ‘was' fined $150 and costs with bonds in case of an appeal fized at $300. Judge Mangan stated there had been no evidence ‘introduced in court to’ show.that Joseph had tampered with the witness but did say that if “wuch had been proven the sentence would have been mMuch more severe. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Willlam E. Greenstein, in presenting the state's case, said that whether the acéused were found guilty or not gullty, the New Britain prosecutors would conduct an tnvestigation into the case as testimony. offered by Alex Sevenski, used by the police as a “stool pigeon” to obtain . evidence, against the Grezenia’ men, Was con- flicting and that he had- turned out a hostile witness for the staté. - “stool Pigeon” Informs Police Testimony: presented _ in, couttithis morning ‘showed that Sevenski came into petice | iquarters: on March ‘10 - nnd;}&x'fl'he Knew of a place wheré:he coild purchase liquor. “He went to a store on Orange street . followsd by Polieeman John C, Btad: | e had | b p and Wit Us, & ; g&?flwmm pttle th which he was to_put the.liguor. Officers © (Continlied on Pige Seven) ' NORMAL DORMITORY i} b v * BILL PROGRESSING Measure Providing $500,000 Sent fo Appropriations Committee N0 MONEY FOR SANITARIUM Senate Gets Unfavorable Report On Rocky Hill Institution—Hearing of McGuire Claim For. $10,000 is Post- poned. (Special to The Herald), Hartford, March 29.~One of the most important items of legistation yet to pass both houses of the legis- | lature went through this morning aft- er Representative E. W, Christ of New Britain, chairman of the house finance committee, spoke on @ proposal to| have a commission of three named by the governor to reconstruct the state tax exemption system. Under a sus- pension of the rules, the house voted on immediate transmission of the measure to the senate after favorable action had been taken, and the senate concurred with the house in its vote. 'Fhe bill was then sent to the commit. tee on appropriations. The question of such a commission has been before the finance commit- tee for several months. It is pro- posed to have the new board make a thorough study of the reasons for every tax exemption in the state, and where it is found that exemption 1is finwarranted recommendations will be | ‘made that none be granted hereafter. There was much speculation at the * Capitol today as to who would be the governor's appointees to the new com~ mission and in some circles the names of Representative Christ and Senator John W. Trumbull of Plainville were prominently mentioned, as was also the nanie of Tax Commissioner Wil- llam H. Blodgett. y PDormitory Bill Goes to Committee The bill to appropriate $500,000 for a dormitory at the new. Normal school building in Néw Britain was PIGEON" ) WITH IN BOOZE. | Causing Damage That | GE MANGAN SAYS | - At Least a Half Million Dollars |1oe A0 B offered this | THRILLING RESCUE ATBARTLETT' REEF Comle and ™wo Chilen Saved in Two Bushel Basket e Others, Who Took to Lileboats, Are Picked Up in Long Island Sound— No Fatalities, Though One Sailor Suffers Frozen Hand, ¥ Néw London, March 29.—The tug Elmer A. Keeler and barge Maure- tania, both of the Keeler line, oper- ating out of New York, foundered in Long Island Sound on Bartlett’s reef shortly after 11 o'clock last night during the terrific gale which swept {the Bound. i Sinks in 20 Minutes. The crew of the tug which struck & rock and sank within 20 minutes took to lifeboats and landed safely at New. London and Goshen after hours of exposure to the bitter cold. The crews of the barges Mauretania, Cath- erine Keeler and Emma Keeler were {picked up by the tank steamer Vee- dola which had been attracted by dis- tress signals and taken to New Lon- don where they were safely landed early this morning. 4 Saved By a Basket. 943 tons of coal consigned to the Seconet Coal Co. of Providence, was abandoned in the gale and afterward {sank near the mouth of the Niantic river on the north shore of the sound. Captain Frank Paulette, his wife and two children Francis, six months old and Harold, two years’ old, were re- moved to the steamer Veedola in a |two' bushel basket during the height |of the storm and landed safely at New London. Man’s Hand Frozen. |' Part of the crew of the lost came ashore in a lifeboat at summer home of Edward S. Hark- ness of. New York at Goshén Ppint and one of them George White of tug t | Brooklyn, N. Y., was subsequently re- | the Lawrence and Memorial with a badly. frozen . hand, Th inder of the party werc In ?ba ., fhage from . exresure .and .were icaréd for at the Harkness home. i P - A second lifeboat G. Keeler, with Captaln George: MeGoogal and four men, was picked up early this morn- ing in Long Island Sound by the tug Energy of the Hughes line and the shipwrecked crew taken to New Lon- don. No lives were lost in the dis- aster which was characterized by {thrilling rescues though considerable suffering from the bitter cold was experienced by the men, Barge Catherine Keeler was an- the storm while the barge Emma 8. Keeler towed into New London by the Veedol was kept afloat this morning by tugs Neptune and Harriett from the T. A. Scott Co. with pumps. SARCASTIC ACCEPTANCE OF U. 5. SOLDIERS' BILL Freuch Comment That American In- cludes Cost of Football Matches in Rhine Statement Paris, March 29. (By 'Assoclated | Press)—"America's bill is accepted by the allies as delivered,” says Le Matin {early today in commenting on yester- day’'s conference between Eliot Wads- worth and the representatives of the allies who are endeavoring to reach an agreement.on the reimbursement of the United States for the costs of America’s Rhine army. The allies, “‘neither examine the basis of the demand” the newspaper continues, “nor do they protest against one American soldier costing more than three French, or the fact that the cost of football matches figures among the expenses.” The conference was adjourned until next Wednesday following the submis- sion by Mr, Wadsworth of the Am- erican state department's reply to the allied proposals. A counter offer was made by the European delegates. The allies are determined that the United States shall be pald only out of Ger- man reparations. MARGH ROARS FAREWELL Kicks Up its Heels, Shows Tts Tecth and Blows Itself Until Exhausted— Main St. Show Oases Smashed. March is leaving like a proverbial ~~'NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ARGE ARE SONK | The barge Mauretania, loaded with the | Fire Desolates Nantasket Beach, That Will Total Amusemen+ Resort Destroyed and About 40 Summer Cottages Razed — Ice Screen Saves Many Other Homes From Destruction — Salvation Army Does | Relief Work., f Hull, Mass., March 29.—Nantasket Beach, all summer long the home of merrymaking and récreption, was a scene of desola- tion today. Firemen and soldiers fY ~%ort Revere stood at in- tervals about the Center hill and™ «ections of the town guarding the smoking embers o ‘I"‘t /o, “tion which last night swept much of Paragon par.. % ament resort, destroyed about 40 cottages and damage. g ‘S"flfe Wstimates of the loss varied, but it was believed that .” o, L4y, Teast $500,000. » Ice Screen Saves Houses ; / Dozens of cottages along the beach and back im. ./ in- terior of the town this morning had the appearance of miniature ice palaces due to the efforts of firemen last night to save them by deluges of water poured on in a freezing temperature. The flames were fought in a bitterly cold northwest gale which swept up from the sea driving the flames inland, Amusement Devices Burned. I FIRE ATTRIBUTED TO The fire started in the palm garden of Paragon park where workmen had been bysy yesterday preparing for SPONTANEOUS CAUSE the summer season. Ianned by the o lv‘;:nd hlt we’:tm south and west towards Hull, March 29.—Spontaneous DGRl ting ‘as it passed part cnm:usuon e 'u”pnlntplho Y Gar of the ‘wooden structure supporting e biandetatia iin P n park the high roller coaster of the park and el iy po“uc? ““ PP completely demolished the Virginia Mepartment: ofmolals todsy. to reel, The administration building and have started the fire which last ;. le; "?.'2::‘ A g night and early today destroyed ||| Eon enk. oty toty that the I oo buildings covering an area of [l i OMAy that the Jode 1o about a square mile in the Nantasket Beach section of this town, . E the park would not exceed $200,000 and that the company would begin today to rebulld for the coming sea- son, 3 ¢ Catch Fire. Embers blown by the wind soon caught on wooden houses and cottages south of the park on the ocean side of the peninsula and in a few min- utes a number of these were ablaze. By this tme it had been recognized EIGHTEEN BELOW ZERD " THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1923, —SIXTEEN PAGES. NEW BRITAIN SHOWS 9.3 PER CENT POPULATION INCREASE SINCE 1920; * CENSUS BUREAU PUTS IT AT 64,867 THREE MEN AND Sheriff One Victim—Mother of Five Children, All of Whom Were Uninjured, Found Dead With Rifle inf Her Hands. Harlan, Ky, March 29.—County officers and posse men had returned today from the mouth of Beech creek in the hills of Leslie county with an account of the desperate last stand of ‘“‘the Strongs,” a battle in which three men and a Wwoman were Kkilled Wednesday. Kelly Walker, deputy sheriff at Tejay, Ky. is a casualty and George Strong and Mrs. Isaac Strong were killed. Sheriff Shot Down Carrying a warrant for the arrest of Isaac on charges of liquor Ilaw violation, 22 posse men arrived at the Strong homa and surrounded the house, Deputy Walker advanced with the warrant. A hidden marksman fired and Walker staggered with a wound in his breast. As he ran for cover a sec- ond bullet pierced his head. +House Bombarded Companions of the slain officer con- centrated a withering fire on the house from behind trees and ledges. As the steel jocketed slugs were sent ripping through the walls of the building the fire of the defenders be- came desultory and finally ceased. ‘When the officers entered the house the two men and Mrs. Strong were dead. The woman, according to the that the blage was beyond control and ald had beép summoned from Bos- ton, Brockton and the neighboring towns, of Cohasset, Weymouth, Hing- ham, Quincy and Rockland. Cohassett Is Saved, Wide stretches of open land, cou- pled with the topographical features of the peninsula, aided firemen in pre- " REGISTERED IN MAINE [New:Cold Marks for March Made All Over This chored near Bartlett's and rode out| The pold was accentuated by a Section of U. S. Boston, March 29.-—Winter, several days gone by the calendar, returned jlast pight with such a vigorous kick ithat it sent. th¢ temperature in New {Imglgad shou downward to new | recorcs for th% ‘skason of the year. In this city th re was a minimum of 4 degrees abeve zero, reached at 6 o'clock this morning making it one of the coldest mornings of the year |and the coldest ever experienced here {so late in March since the weather !bureau began keeping tabs on the | thermometer. | The lowest official temperature in |New England was 18 below zero at Greenville, Me. = At Northfield, Vt., it was 8 below and at Nantucket it was |8 above. [wenerly gale. In Boston the maxi- ‘mum welocity during the night was {84 mies an hour but outside the | city it was much greater. venting the spread of the fire to the Cohasset. Hne. A small fire did start in Cohasset (Continued on Sccond Page) \GHARBERLAIN AND-ROGERS O SKINNER CHUCK BOARD Elected Director At Annual Mecting Today—Busincss Improves, Plant |7 On 55-Hour Schedule, At'a meetingggf the directors of the Skinner Chucl*)mpuny today F. S. Chamberlain, ‘Vice-president of the New Britaih National bank, was elect- od a .director of the company, suc- | ceeding the late Charles Glover. There has bgen another vacancy on | the board of directors for some time, and this was filled by the election of {James P. Rogers of this city. | While in common with other manu- facturers of machinists’ tools, busi- ness has been very slow for the past two years, since the first of the year some improvement in the demand for the product of the Chugk company has been noted. Thesplant is now running 55 hours per week. |Elm City Jewelry'Bandits | To Get Hearing Tuesday New Haven, March 29,—The cases of Edward and Lester Boyle, charged iwlth holding up a jewelry store here on March 21, were continued until next Tuesday when they were brought into city court today. It is under- |stood that a bench warrant will be served next Tuesday for trial in the superior court. The men were ar- rested in Meriden by the police of that city two hours after the holdup. Directors Re-elected by New Britain Machine Co. b e BT At the annual meeting of the'stock- BRASS CO. RAISES WAGES. holders of the New Britain Machine Torrington, March 29.—Notice wuiCo. held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, posted today in all mills’ of (hu;all directors were reelected. The di- American Brass Co. that hourly wage rectors are: L. P. Broadhurst, E. M. rates would be advanced 2% cents! Day, John H. Goss, E. Allen Moore, and pay for piace work would be ad-|Don E. Otterson, Herbert H. Pease, vanced in proportion beginning! P+ K. Rogers, W. . Rowland and P. April 1, B. Stanley. Waterbury, March 29.—Notice was Carnarvon Critically IlI, posted in all local plants of the H H' H un; American Drass Co. today of a 2% Infection Hits His L gS Cairo, March J9.—Although the | cents an hour increase in wages for day workers with a similar increase |PhySicians attending. the Earl of Car- narvon issued no bulletin today it is for piece workers, | understood that his condition is criti- School Survey Committee :‘ul the infection having reached his ungs. To Have Meeting Monday The first meeting of the mayor's | Danbury, March 29.—What is be- {lleved to be a new record in spring temperatures was established early this morning when the official ther- (Continued on Eleventh Page). " KOREAN ASKS DIVORCE University Student At Washington Has Western Ideas—Wants Freedom From Girl He Wed at 11 Years. Washington, March 29.—Chick Lee, native Korean who is absorbing west- ern ideas in a university here filed suit for divorce today from his wife, Kim Yong Sang Lee to whon? he was | married in Korea when he was 11 years old. Mrs. Lee was served by mail at her last known address in Korea. Lee questioned in his petition the| paternity of a child born to Mrs. Lee during his absence. Dispatches to London newspapers { from Torrington to extinguish officers was found with a repeating rifie in her hands. 5 Five Children Unharmed From their Miding place under a bed the five children of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Strong crawled out after they had been reassured by officers. They were unharmed: The “stills” =~ were found in & strongly barricaded position back of the house. They were destroyed to- gether with 700 gallons’ of stil' beer. The Strong brothers, according to the officers, long: had been: regarded as desperate cha and members jofan extensive m-}s@fl;‘ ne bend. PLANNED JAIL BREAK New Havener Accused of Passing Saw Into County Jail To His Two Pals Inside. New Haven, March 29.—Georgé Taylor, Lawrence Makowski Frank Pisani were arrested today on charges of conspiracy to escape from the county jail. Pisani is alleged to have delivered a hack saw through a jail window to Taylor and Makowski. Taylor was in jail awalting trial on a charge of attempting to Kill his wife, while Makowskl was awaiting trial on a charge of firing at a policeman. Pi- sani was released from jail recently after serving 30 days. MUST BRACE UP Veranda on Stanley Building in Danger of Falling Down, According To Building Inspector. Acting Building Inspector 1. Wexler has given the Shupack estate 48 hours time in which to either place braces under or on one of the buildings in the rear of Stanley building, where other im- provements must be made within one month. . The veranda in question is one without visible means of support, Mr. Wexler explains. He feels that to al- low the condition to continue would be a menace to the life and limb of who might use the veranda, anyone is order for immediate repair. hence h Torrington School Afire, Pupils March Out Safely Torrington, March 29.——The 400 pupils in the Harwinton Corner dis- trict school marched out in good or- der this morning when fire was dis- called the blaze. The building is of frame gon- struction and a high wind was blow- ing, but the firemen succeeded in checking the blaze before saorious damage was done. Sparks from the chimney are believed to have set the roof afire. The damage was about $200. Danbur;' Woman B;rned as building. A fire truck was 'ONE WOMAN KILLED IN KENTUCKY MOONSHINERS' BATTLE 72 OF 14,500 VOTE FOR MEETING BOARD Small Number in Excess of Total Candidates Ap- pears at Polls Only 72 of the oity’s 14,600 qualified voters took part in the special city election yesterday for the'selection of 60 members of the city meeting board the number being little more than one vote apiece for the candidates seeking | election. ‘The slates prepared at caucuses in the six wards Tuesday evening were approved in all wards and in only one instance—in the second ward where M. M. Cashmore received one vote— was a ballot cast for a candidate oth- er than those who appeared on the printed baliots. In the first ward, 12 votes were cast for each of the following candi- dates for three year terms: Joseph G. ‘Woods, John A, Ericson, J. L. McCabe, Henry Bush, Charles May, George H. Wells, Harold Ellms and John A. An- | derson. = William Shelton and Henry | Bradbury, candidates to flll vacancies for one year, each received 12 votes jand were elected, In the second wari, M. M. Cash- more received one vote and failed of |election, George Bittner, a candidate | to fill a vacancy for one year, received five votes and was elected. Francis B. Davis was elected for three years with four votes, and the following were ngmed for a similar term with | five votes each: George A. Quigley, A. N. Rutherford, James A. Coyle, Pher Uno Johnson, Alexander Olson and Bridgeport Second ford Third, 152,138, Ty Of 23,186, Meriden 35,736, Middletown 14,282—Rate of Gain Uniform Every- where. i BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of New Britain Herald), ‘Washington, D, C.,. March 29. The pepulation of New . Britain - July 1, 1923, will{be 64,867, an fi crease of 5,551 or 9.3 per cent sinee’ |the census was taken in 1920, when |1t was 59,316, the censug bureau ed today. Populations of the other rimfi,q}' cities of Connecticut as deten:lnq the 1920 census and estimated by census bureau for July 1, 1923 are las follows: New Haven, 1920, 162,537; Jul, 9238, 172,967; Bridgeport, 1920, 1 July 1, 1923, 158,516; Hartfo! 1920, 138,036; July 1, 1923, 152,138 ‘Waterbury, 1920, 91,715; July 1, 192 §8,411; New Britain, 1920, 59,3 July 1, 1928, 64,867. E Stamford has grown from 35,096 to Edward H. Carroll. The third ward selected F. 8. Chamberlain to fill out a one-year | unexpired term and O. F. Curtis for a two year term, each receiving six 138,685 in the three years; Meriden. {from 29,867 to 35,735; Norwalk from 127,743 to 29,015; New Leondon fro 125,688 to 27,861; Bristol from 30,620 to 23,186; Norwich from 22,304 to. With 158,516—Hart~ and | votes. Mrs. J. H. Robinson, L D. | 22,822; Ansonia from 17,643 to 18, Russell and F. R. Gilpatric were [539, and Middletown from 13,638 "! | elected for three years with six votes | 14,282, . each, and the following were named The rate of increase ls thus see for a like term with five’ votes eac to be fairly uUniform jn ail ‘the chie¢ | James J w A, Wooster, Ru- |cities, ranging. ? 5 w«! i aéte 7, Carisor, ¥ B PHtohard and cent. for. ¢ire. thred ; ; I Wexler. i | Bridgeport, for example, | " In ‘the fourth ward, the following pDer cent; in Hartford, 10.2 per | were ‘elected for three years, each New Britain, 9.3 per cént; New H ‘rh-.\'in‘ four votes: Albert Anderson,|6.4 per cent; and Middletown, 4.8 per . { James T. O'Connor, Sverin Johnson, |cent. b Lt | Stanley J. Traceski, Frank O. Carl-| These estimates, which have. )i son, James M. Finnegan, James been eompiled for all towns if | Googel received four votes for a ape, population, are not the resulta of : | year term and John Mikalauskas was' tual door to door counts, but are ad- { given four votes for a two year term. | duced from eareful calculations ll\ldg The heaviest vote of the day was by the statistical experts of the ceny in the fifth ward with 25 taking part sus bureau. ~, i £ in the election. Joseph Bogdanski The bureau has been making these: was picked for a one year term with |estimates from time to time for some, | 23 votes and Ignacy Gwiazda was the | Years, and they have always been ward’s selection for a two year term Proven remarkably accurate, except with a vote ofe 23. The ' following!in isolated cases where because of un- were elected by the number of votes|Usual and unexpected industrial cir- set opposite their names: Kasimir |Cumstances there have been very unw Blogosiowski, 23; Frank Grygocs, 24;|usual increases or decreases. t | Naughton and Gustav Torell. Nathan United States of more than :.qoo' J entirely remove a veranda | covered in the upper part of' the| Joseph Miynarski, 26; P. ‘W. Smith, | 23; Edward Smith, 21; Lawrence Meehan, 20; Stanley Smarkusz, 20, and Charles Munson, 22. Attorney Thomas McDonough | and Dennis J. Mahoney received 20 votes each and were elected for two/ years in the sixth ward while John| Coyle was given 20 votes for a one year term. The three year members- elect are: J. J. Donahue, Edmund| Crowley and E. A. Sheehan, 20 votes each; C. 8. Andrews, 19 Votes; H. N. Lockwood, A. Gorbach and Earl Kis- selbrach, 18 votes each, and Philip J. Smith, 17 votes. | In the second, third and fourth| | wards, the number of votes cast was less than the number of candidates for places on the city meeting board, | showing that interest in those dis-| | tricts was at such a low point that | the polis were not visited by all the | candidates. In the fourth ward, | four votes were cast, there being| | more than twice as many candidates as there were electors taking part in the election. DEAD IN TURKISH BATH | | | | | One Man Killed, Bridgeport Hospital As Result of Three Others in Supposed Gas Poisoning. | | Bridgeport, March 29.—One man is |dead and threc others in the Bridge- | {port hospital in a serious condition | from causes yet undetermined. They | {were found in a Turkish bat at 719 Pembrooke street early today. | The dead man is Peter Ferraro, 19. | Those in the hospital are: Peter |Long 22, Paul Paoletti 22 and Paul Wilson 38. According to David Hughes, an em- lion and te prove it, paid New Britain passed on to the committee on ap- (& visit last night in the form of a . propriations without comment t It has been argued by those in- for: on the question of Normal school management that a dormitory is needed in connection with the Nor- mal school plant as there arc many young women students who come from out of the city to attend school. $10,000 For Sanitarium .- The senate received an untaverable | peport today on a bill to appropriate < fi 000 to the city of New Britain for " the Rocky Hill sanitartum. The report was 8 by the senate. Hearing Postponed i . At the request of John P. MeGuire, ‘who claims te on field road heavy gale, moving swiftly all loose objects whilch might have been in its way and even attempted to break many of the store windows. At this the wind was unsuceessful but it did manage to blow over valtable show cages in front of the Fair Department store on Main street apd another in front of the Murray studio. Both cases contained valuable objects which were guarded by a policeman until the ‘owners were notifled. ¢ ENITTING CHAMP DEAD. Austin, Minn,, March 29.-—George King, 08 years 6ld ‘champion knit- ter of Minnesota,” is dead here at his home, Ha verses of scripture into stockings for childfen and won many trophies at fairs and exhibitions. committee for a survey of school ac- commodations will be held Monday evening at the office of the mayor in city hall. A chalrman and secretary will be elected and plans made for taking up. the work for which the committee was named. 4300 HOUSES BURNED Tokio, March 29. (By Associated Press)—Two native villages on the 1sland of Formosa were practically de- stroyed by fire today according to dis- patches received here. It was stated that 4,300 houses were burned and thousands of persons made homeless. DR. MORROW DIES AT 78, Nashville, Tepn, Mareh 29.—Dr. Cornelius W. Morrow, 78, dean emer- last night said that the earl had suf- fered a relapse and that his condition was causing great anxiety. He is suf- tering from blood poisoning. DROWNED IN WEST HAVEN. New Haven, March 29.—Byron Un- derwood, 70, of Allingtown was found drowned in the West river today. No evidence of violence was reported by the police, : * TR, THE WEATHER for New Britain and vicinity; Fri- day cloud, y and much warmer, Fair and warmer tonight. {tus of Fisk university, died last night ot pneumonia. ® : iy ‘ Hartford, Mar. 29.—Forecast | [ L St R She Is Polishing Stove Danbury, March 29.—Mrs. Clifford | drinking last night. Marcely of 21 Conter street, was se- | that there is every verely burned when a cloth with | asphyxiation. which she was wiping a stove caught' The police reported that the men fire this forenoon. The flames spread | had several bottles of liquor with to the furnishings of the room but them when they went to the Turkish were extinguished by firemen before| bath last night. It was believed the serious damage resulted. condition of the men might have been caused by poisonous liquor but an investigation also is being made to determine whether there was coal ga® in the Turkish bath. | ploye of the baths, the men had been appearance ARRESTED AFTER SLASHING. | Hartford, March 29.—Frank Re- dolfo, 31 years old, was arrested this noon on a charge of assault with a T S Aangerous . weapon as a result of al $2,000,000 IN FURS stabbing affray on the east sidé after| Saranac Lake, N. Y, March 20.— 8 o'clock tHis morning. Frank Smith,|The trapping season which ends on 75, afarmhand, was the victim of the | Saturday is said by trappers and fur assault. Several stitches were re- huyers to be one of the best in years. quired to sew up the knife wound infIt is estimated that the pelts taken Smith's neck ’ will reach $2,000,000 in value. The police say | of | i APPEAL FOR GATHOLIG - PRIETS T0 BE HEARD Action on Condemned Pr ates Tomorrow or Next Week—U. S. Protests Moscow, March 29 (By the Assos clated Press)—The appeal for clem= ency for the Catholic priests sentenced last Monday will be | considered at the first meeting of the | central executive committee to be held: either tomorrow or next week, the As. sociated Press was informed this af- = ternoon by the government's amnesty department committee. Meanwhile the temporary stay of sentence for the' condemned is applicable and they will remain in prison. Washington, March 29.—Represens tations of “earnest hope’ that Arch. | bishop Zepliak and Monsignor Butch- kavitch of the Roman Catholic church may be spared frdm the death | sentence passed upon them in Mos- cow, have been made by the state de« partment to the soviet government through the American embassador at Berlin. Official announcement that the American government had taken (Continued on Third Page) POPE HONORS J. T. KING Well Bridgeport Politician, Has Been Created a Knight of St nKown Gregory by Plus XI Bridgeport, March 20.—John T King, prominent in reépublican politis cal circles in' Fairfield county and former national committeeman from Connecticut has been created a Kuight of St. Gregory by Pope Pius X1. Mr.« King received = notice today of the honor, which. was conferred on mnz at the Vatican, January 16. 2,000 GET INCREASE Salem, Mass, March 2. — The Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co. todi announced an advance in wages approximately 12% _cent for' 2,000 operatives in M 3 in Peabody. 3 prelates *andf