New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 CANNOT OBTAIN JUSTICE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY SOALL HERRIN CASES A cciite Na. Sta fendant M_ml Massacre Case, - State Enters Nolle Prosse in Pending Trials Attorney General Accuses Jurymen of Being Either Prejudiced or Downright | Dishonest—Any Further Action a Farce. Chicago April 7.-—Justice cannot be obtained in Willlamson county, in the opinion of Attorney Gen. Edward J. Brundage who returned today from Marion where a second verdict of ac- | quittal was given by a jury in the Herrin murder trials, It was as a result of the not guilty verdict last night that all the remaining cases against the alleged rioters were nolle prossed today by the state's attorney of Willlamson county, he said. Marion, Jil., April 7.—(By the Asso- clated = Press)--All of the criminal indictments growing out of the Herrin riot were nolle prossed to- | day following the acquittal by a jury last night of six defendants charged with murder in connection with the outbreak. The request that the indictments be holled. was made in court today by ! Delos Duty, state’s attorney of Wil- liamson county. When court assembled a return of counsel: for the Illinois mine workers demanded an immediate trial for the 24 men still’ under indictment on charges of murder, conspiracy and as- sault. Right Means Nothing “I am not going to try any more of these cases,” Mr. Duty declared. “Right or wrong, does not make any difference. I have done my best. “We have done enough, but the at- torney .general does not feel that these cases should be dropped until he has a chance to report-to the legisla- ture,” €. E. Middlekausf, special as- sistant attorney general said. “We do not join in the motion to nolle,” “But you do not protest?” said Judge D. T. Hartwell asked. “‘We do not,” said Mr. Middlekaupff. Judge Hartwell then entered the order nolle prossing all the indict- ments. X A statement given out by Mrs. Mid- dlekauff, at the request of Attorney Gen. E. J. Brundage said: *“The prosection is reluctantly obliged to admit justice cannot be ob- tained in Willlamson county. No im- partial jury can be obtained to try the men responsible for the murder of a score of men at and near Herrin last June. “Witnesses reliable and trustworthy at great risk of personal violence, have courageously testified to what they beheld on that fatal day, only to be impeached by witnesses who plain- ly were interested in the defense and who clearly were testifying falsely, Assails Witnesses “Intimidation, prejudice or down- right dishonesty actuated them. Un- der the rulings of the trial court, when jurymen were being examined any man who admitted he had an opinion whether the massacre of the disarmed and helpless strip miners was lawful or unlawful was disqualified for jury service, In my opinion this ruling is not the law of Illinois. On the other hand all men contributing to the de- | fense fund, voluntarily or otherwise have been held to be competent jurors but in my view of the law such men are not competent jurors and could not be impartial jurors. “At this time it seems that further trials would be butfarcial.” No Gov't. Prosecution Washington, April 7.-—High officials of the department of justice sald to- day they would not initiate federal prosecutions against those = charged with responsibility for the Herrin mine massacre and who escaped con- viction yesterday in a state court un- less new facts were developed. te Library, untried | NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1923.-SIXTEEN' PAGES, CAPTURED RUM RUN AFTER THEY DRO ARE DROPPED (1AYTON BRIDGE MUST JILT BY NOv. | P. U. Commission Sends Copy of Order to Mayor Paonessa An order has been issued by the public utilities commission to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Down He Goes. Rallroad, requiring the elimination He ordeyed the two prisoners of Clayton grade crossing, the speci-!|ower him over the side of the boat| fications of which are contained in | by his feet in order that he might | the commission’s order. The rallroad | | Two Million Dollar Liqu New York, April 7,—Two rum run- ners, captured in the motor launch | Defi, 13 miles. off the Jersey coast, fdrnnpod Captain Ryan of the coast| | guard cutter Manhattan 'overboard, |as the cutter docked here today and escaped, Captain Ryan, who had seized the Defl after a chase which he ended by | firing a shot across the Defi's how, was taking his cagtives ashore when fell overboard. | NERS ESCAPE P COAST GUARD CAPTAIN OVERBOARD HEAD FIRST |Victim is Rescued—New York Prohibition Agents Maké; or Haul At Warehouse reach the sinking man, They low- ered him over head first, released their grip on his feet and fled, ¥ Both Are Rescued. The captain and sailor were reseued by thelr comrades. ““Well, sir,” spluttered the captain, ‘'these scums of the earth let go my feet with no regard whatever for law and order. But we got the whiskey.” T.~—~Prohibition New York, April a member of the Manhattan's crew agents today made one of the largest | ning to make trips to Europe during ! railds since the Volstead act became the spring effective when they seized 10,000 cases valued at $2,000,000 and arrested seven men, gy e o B R GOVERROR T0 NANE | CONMISSION HEADS plan, the cost'of which is estimated | at $56,000, and it is provided that' Expected to Make Appointment Before Assembly Has Recess one-quarter of the expense Wwill be THREE JUDGES T0 BE PIGKED‘; The commission held a hearing at, | | its offices December 23, to consider elimination of the crossing. At that| time an adjournment to January b, 1923, was decided upon. At the sec- ond hearing a plan was submitted which proposed to eliminate the use | of the crossing and construct a new rcadway running parallel with the railroad tracks from the west side of | the crossing to East street. The rail- road company's first proposal, that ot{ an overhead crossing, was accepted. | It is planned to have a stcel bridge, | | slightly south of the present crossing. | It will have a clear span of aepproxi- | mately 144 fcet supported by steel | pillars .on concrete pedestals, with | suitable railings and clear head room of not less than 18 feet between the | tracks and the underside of { bridge; with a clear roadway of not less than 26 feet to be constructed of concrete and asphalt. The approaches on either side of the bridge shall be of a width of not | less than 25 feet between fences and | on the date mentioned and only com- | 20 feet on the travelled partion; the fing back to act on any matter which | approach on the easterly side to be- | gin 700 feet casterly of the bridge | with a grade not exceeding 6 per| cent for 600 fect and four per cent| for the remainder; and on the west- | |erly side 500 feet with a grade not! exceeding 1.32 per cent. During the process of construction, it is ordered that a crossing shall be provided at a convenient point adja- | cent to the present crossing and that | such protection as deemed necessary | by the commyission shall be provided. | A copy of this order was recelved Fish and Game Laws—New Auto- mobile Legislation and Remgmlu-‘r the ' tion of Highway Commission. } BY CLARENCE G. WILLARD, (Special to The Herald). i Hartford, April 7.—With the leg- | islature recessing May second for twof { by veto or otherwise, there remain | eleven session days before the ad-| Jjournment of the 1923 legislature. ! There is some very important work | still to be done, notable among which | | codification of the figeand game laws | and the adoption ofingw automobile | legislation and the reporting and| adoption of a bill which may or may not reorganize the highway depart- ment. In addition to this, there are {to come the confirmatigns of many this mornlog by Mayor A. M. Pl“"’nmmnmtlons Gy t:efl'; nor, among wessa and several interested property | nioh are three j ! judges of the super-! !nw'nerx A RN ior court, one to succeed James H. : 3 Webb of Hamden, and two to fill the| | U two new places created by the pres-| ; SOLOHONS POOLS |ent general assembly, a public utili- | {'ties commissioner, the term of R. T. " & | Higgins expiring; a bank commisston-| Three Great Reservoirs Near Ml"'er,s;‘lile ter:)n of John J. Byrne expir-| [ {ing; a labor commissioner, the term | Being Eauipped to Bring| 8y, 10m s, Hyde expiring; a high-| Water to Jerusalem. | way commissioner to succeed Charles| J. Bennett, who declined renomina-| tion, and a health commissioner, which place is now held by Dr. Stan-| ley H. Osborn, who was appointed hy‘ Governor Lake to suceed Dr. John T.| Black, resigned. Some of these, of| course, will be reappointments, but in/ the matter of the judgeships the men must of necessity all be new ones, as/ Judge Webb's term expires and the two other places have been created. | | hem | | Jerusalem, April 7 (By Associated | Press).—The machinery has been put | {in motion bringing the waters of the pools of Solomon to the Holy City. It is the consummation of years of | work involving large outlay and much | engineering skill. | During the five years of the Eng-| | lish oceupation and Zionist activity | | more has been done to insure a safe | {and sufficient water supply than was | |The matter of these appointments, ’z:;fp:a:":' the centurles of Turkish while the appointments themselves| The city had but one small foun- | | !taln 8o that in former times the peo- (Cotitiniied DO EHIRRSHLh Fage). - | ple were almost entirely dependent | { upon cisterns, which often times were FUG[TIYE ARRESTED HERE E disease laden. Solomon’s pools, three Immense reservoirs, are a few miles south of | Southington Man, Missing for chenl" Weeks, Found Working in Factory Here and Taken Into Custody. Bethlehem. Although they bear the name of Israel's great king they doubfiess date from the Herodian period. Two of the pools hav J 3 f and rflpalred.p'l‘he ‘uouer:eee:rc;lp‘;;lu John Brodz, who was arrested in for these pools is over three miles SOuthington several weeks ago by the further south and over half of this State police on a charge of violating ! distance the water is brought through | the liquor law, but who made good a tunnel cut through the solid rock. | his escape, was arrested shortly be-| | i el fore noon today at the Stanley Works 10 GET NEW TRIAL ees e, " Sergeant George C. Ellinger ob- tained information which disclosed | | Mrs. Mabel Champion. Convicted of | the fact that Brodz was working in New BRritain. Immediately following ithn arrest the state police were noti- Wins An| fied and State Policeman Smith came | | to this city to take Brodz in custody. » Slaying New Haven Man, " Appeal. | | Cleveland, April 7.—A new'trial for| |Mrs. Mabel Champion sentenced to| |serve 20 years after she was con- REAPPOINTMENT PREDIOTED Washington, April 7.—~Reappoint- ment to the Chicago postmastership of Arthur C. Lueder, defeated republican CONMUNITY DRIVEIS BROUGHT 70 A CLOSE Total for Week is $34,000, With Chances of $50,000 Finally With a little over $34,000 pledged and indications, according to Direct- or James 8. North, that the full | House May Discuss Codification of | amount of $50,000 will be reallzed by | the time the final reports are in, the | United Community Corporation drive | for 1923 ofticially came to a close at noon today. Reports from teams to- day totalled $5,117.49. There were 1,634 new pledges. The workers were guests of the Business and Professional Women's club. Mr. North, in opening the program, weeks, practically winding up its work spoke of the luncheons which )m,\'(-,v been provided by Mrs. Kronholm at cost, mentioned the, Bacchanalian or- the governor may call to its attention, chestra, the organizations which have Branford Man Acquires Load of Liq- provided the luncheons during the week, Leon A, Sprague, E. J. Porter, E. W. Pelton and Alderman ¥. R. Gilpatric for their services in the drive organization, Howard Wilson is the adoption or rejection of the | for writing the advertisements, W. C.| Mrs. Banco, his boarding house mis- Kranowitz, the local newspapers, the high school girls who volunteered their services as waitresses, and the team members and captains. He ex- tended his thanks to all those men- tioned. Mr, Gilpatric led in giving three cheers for Mr. North and Mr. Pelton. ~ Mr. North told of the dime banks still out and said there were many regular contributors out of town, who. he felt sure, were good for at least $2,000. He sald most of the factory teams have not yet reported and he | is confident that by Monday or Tues- R day the total will be close to $50,000. The reports today were as follows: New Amount Subscriptions Pledged . Max Coe 23 8 61.00 Fred Housemann 250 537, Frank Woods .. 17 George Christ .. 427 . D. L. Bartlett 66 . Harry Traver .. 425 . R. McCutcheon . . Carl Newmann . 9. George Bean 10. Logan Page ... 11, F. W. Macomber 12. M. Johnson 67.00 418.20 165.81 517.80 17 32 122 18, 14, 15. 16. 17, 18. 19, 20, 21, Fred Rackliffe . Dr. Fred Lee John C. Loomis James O'Brien . Frank Shields P. J. Smith .... C. W. Wilson .. Dr. G. Kinsella Mrs. H. C. War- Mrs. Catherine Wilbor Smith Mrs. B. Bassette 75.00 54.00 70.00 900.25 o 17 128.25 23, 3 6 41.00 5356.05 2 4, vee 1634 Total today ... 5,117.49 Yes terday's final total ©e0 01439 29,071.90 Total to date .. L3078 $34,189.39 SHOOTS BROTHER OFFICER New York Patrolman Fires When Other Draws Pistol—Wounded Man Not Expected To Live, New York, April 7.—Patrolman Paul A. Delgardo today shot and seri- 0 | mother. | vieted of shooting Thomas O'Connell |of New Haven, Conn., to death in a restaurant here was ordered today by the court of appeals. The appellate court reversed the lower court because of three errors on the part of the trial judge. $300,000 L0SS BY FIRE 100,000 Rounds of Ammunition Ex- plodes in Blaze That Razes Big nominee for mayor in last Tuesday's election, was forecast today in official circles here. The proposal is said to have reached a stage where a decision will be made by President Harding goon after his return to Washington tomorrow from the south. Sporting Goods Store in Ottawa, Ottawa, April 7.—Heralded by the explosion of 100,000 rounds of emall arm ammunition stored in the base- ment of the Hurd Sporting company’s store, fire early today destroyed the building, spread to the Butterworth block and damaged the Sparks cham- bers causing a loss of more than $300,000. Fifty wholesale and r-tail business enterprises in the damaged buildings suffered losses. ‘The origin of the blaze which start. ed In the sporting company’s «stab- lishment is not known. Two firemen were injured and a number had nar- row escapes when the roof of the Ttutterworth block collapsed. 10 Year Old Middletown Girl Killed by Auto Middletown, April 7.—~Mary O'Con- nell, 10, was killed by an automobile truck driven by Joseph N. Linehan here today. S8he was running aecross the street, The man was held in $1,000 tonds for the coromer. and Ruins Pair New York, April 7.—A new world's record for continuous dancing was |claimed today by Miss Ruth Holleck and Jack Butler who tripped waxed floors of a Broadway jazz pal- ace for 86 hours and 13 minutes. The old record was 27 hours, recently set with several partners. Miss Holleck and Butler, who be- gan to fox trot at 9:47 o'clock Thurs- B New York Couple Dance 36 Hours and 13 Min. For World’s Record | Girl Loses Eight Pounds and Wears Out Two Pairs of | Shoes and Stockings—Man Drops 10 Pounds of Heavy Shoes 10 ht of 'day night, finished in a waltz at (o'clock today. Miss Holleck lost eig! ‘puunds and wore out two pairs of thick soled shoes and socks. | | | reserve energy at the finish than her| by Miss Alma Cummings of Texas| partner, a world war veteran, for she | sank into an casy chair and chatted gaily with the hundred or more sleepy-eyed spectators. shoes and stockings while Butler was || the | ten pounds lighter and minus a pair |/ Miss Holleck apparently had more | | » {ously wounded a fellow policeman, |'rank J. Carlson, who, it is charged, stepped into a taxicab left standing at {the curb in Fast 117th street and sped away. Delgardo, warned to be on the lookout for the car, stopped it and started to arrest the driver, who was unknown to him, Carlson, an honor man in the de- |partment, started to draw his pistol, |aceording to Delgardo, and he fired in self defense. ARRESTED FOR ASSAUIT | Steve Blanco was arrested by Po- |llceman Axel Carlson shortly after 10:30 o'clock this morning at the P. & F. Corbin factory on a charge of assault. "John Kordl of 18 Crown street on {the head with a plank four inches [thick., As a resnlt Kordl's head was badly cut. He is being held under ifbnndu of $100. | THE WEATHER * | ! o Hartford, April 7.—Torecast for New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness probably rain tonight; warmer Sunday rain; increasing southerly winds | { | | * | i REY, CHARLES COPPENS HUSBAND AND HELPER sixth Trip Abroad for Pastor of St A s {Police Take Formal Action in New York’s Double Slaying Mystery Peter's Church—Alderman John- son to Visit in Sweden. | With the coming of warm weather | ymany New Dritain people are plan-| and summer months, Some will make it a sight seeing tour New York, April Ti—James Blan- to | of champagnes, wines and fine liquors | while others will go to visit relatives dino, husband of one of the two wom- en found hacked to dcath yesterday | Six residents of this city have filed | on a lonely Staten Island road, and | applications with Emil J. Danberg, | Broyario di Lorenzo, assistant in his clerk of the naturalization court, for| Jersey City barber shop today were ‘punnpar(s to Kurope. |arrested on short affidavits charging Among those planning ro make the! manslaughter, Hr!n abroad is Rev, Charles Coppens,| They were | pastor of St. Peter's church. He will|cach. i sail on April 25 and will visit in Hol-| Detectives today discovered in Jew- |1and, Belgium, France and Switzer-|sey City an automobile bearing smears |land. According to the application | believed to be bloodstains, ‘,thh; will be Father Coppens® sixth trip They withheld information as to the | to Europe since 1903, | ownership of the car pending an | Alderman J. Gustave Johnson or|analysis of the stains which covered |the fourth ward will sail for Sweden | parts of the upholstery of the rear {on May 12. Hilding Stomberg of 23 seat. | Wallace street will also sall for Swe- | den on that date. This will mark the |sixth trlp abroad for M. Stromherg;KELLY CONTEST MUST BE SETTLED IN FOUR WEEKS Miss Engrid Johnson of 151 Fafr-| view street will sail from New York . Declare |and friends, $256,000 bail held in on May 12 for Sweden., Miss Jennie Blair of 240 Hartford avenue will visle relatives in Scotland and Englane.| She will sail on April 28th. | Andrew Zemancik of 35 Clinton street will sail from New York the latter part of this month for Poland i | where he will remain forC severay | A continuance of four weeks in the weeks. | petition of Anna Kelly, et al. to have TRIES NURDER, FAILS (o Judge Gaffney Will Then Whether Man Missing For 20 Years is Dead. | no word having been heard of him in 20 years, was granted by Judge B. F. Gaffney in probate court this morn- |ing with the understanding that the |case will be definitely settled at that time. Twenty years ago, Patrick Kelly, a | Myrtle street painter and dealer in | paints, wall paper, etc., left home, | leaving his wife and a large family. 'He had a good business and owned |real estate on that street. Anna Kelly, his daughter, and some other niembers of the family declare that he must be dead and petitioned to have him declared judicially deud by | the probate court, making possible the distribution of property; other mem- Ihers u1 the tamity say he s alive and uor, Internally, Then Proceeds to Wield Pistol. | Branford, April 7. — After telling | tress, that she and her daughter had just 12 minutes to live, Harry Tisen- ko shortened the time to ahout 30 ! seconds last night, and fired two shots when Mrs, Banco took to her heels. {A wound in the woman's thigh, pot lzervious, vesulted. isenko went jont |and Yempticd his g\y at the holse then dld a sprint ufhthe street umtil a constable caught him. 7Today Tisen- | ko in town court was held in $1,000 for a hearing on the charge of as- i{sault with intent to Kkill. Tisenko had been one of Mrs. anco’'s boarders for two years. Yes- terday she told him to get another |place. He went out and when he re-| iturned it was evident to those in the ! house that if he had not found a new | |boarding place he had found liquor. When he told Mrs. Banco the length | |of her span of life she screamed. The |daughter, Rose came to the kitchen | door and seeing the gun she screamed and ran to a neighbor's house. Mrs. Banco ran and Tisenko fired twice.! in two years. Tetters were sent recently to Percy Cal,, who, members of the family say, can furnish information as to the whereabouts of their father. This morning they offered a telegram in tion was to follow by letter. WILL NOT HANG MEN Governor of Oklahoma Announces De- cision to Commute to Life Impris- onment All Condenmed Murderers, Oklahoma City, Okla., April — Governor J. Walton intends to |commute all death sentences of pris- oners at the state penitentiary to life imprisonment, asserting that he will not pass the cases to the next gover- nor by a series of reprieves, “Regardle of the criticisms that may be hurled at me I have the legal BANKRUPTCY CASES | First Hearing For Herman Belkin 1s | Set For April 16—Final Accounting in the electric chair or by the hang- man’s noose in this state and that is my resolve,” the governor said. Six men now are awaiting execution 1at the state prison for murder. {Gun With 6 Mile Range Shoots 126 Rounds a Min. Ogden, Utah, April 7.—John M. | I K1 WU Browning, noted firearms inventor, | be given in the office of Referce Ed-|y,q oomniated a new weapon, capable | ward Yeomans in Hartford on Mon- | ;o shooting 120 rounds a minute with | day, April 16. A hearing for the same | o range of six miles and large enough | purpose in the m\:«'_of James Beret- | ¢ enetrate airship armor, it was an- ta and Guiseppe Pavano will be held |, 5064 here, Mr. Browning perfect- | on April 19 to 10 o'clock In the MOTN- | o the gun, it was stated, at the re- | Ing. g quest of the chief of ordnance of the There will be a final accounting of | iteq States army. ’ il ROW BOATS IN USE on Louis Bayer's ate. | | The first hearing in the Imnkruptcy‘ | case of Herman Belkin, Commercail | street wholesale dealer ,will he held |in the office of Referee Edward Yeo- | mans in Hartford on Monday, April |16, at 11 o'clock. | | A hearing on the motion to sell all ‘renl estate free and clear from llens in the case of Stanley Malinauski will | New Britain wholesale fruit dealer, in the office of Referee Yeomans on Monday morning, April 16. FOR sdfigmks’ MEMORIAL Committee Appointed Several Months Water at Hartford Stands 20:4 Above Low Water Mark—Flood Closes Trol- lev and Auto Traffic Above Holyoke. — Ago to Mect and Plan for Perma- | ment Monument to Ex-Servicemen. | George H. Dyson has been designat- | led to call & meeting of the committee | named several months ago by Mayor, A. M. P'aonessa for the purpose of | |laying plays for a permanent memo- | Irial to New Britain's servicemen, and | {he announced this morning that the | ecommitteeman will be called in ses-| Hartford, April 7.—Official Fore- sion just as soon as he can get In caster W. W. Neifert of the U. 8. | has communicated with them with-| [Lee, owner of a hotel at San Diego, | evidence which stated that informa- | authority to say that no man shall die| Average Daily Circulation Week Ending 9,241 March 31st PRICE' THREE CENTS 9 KNOWN TO HAVE LOST LIVES WHEN STEAMER SINKS IN VINEYARD SOUND; DANISH BOAT SUNK AT BALTIMORE Latter Goes Down Fol- lowing Crash With Brit- ish Freighter, But no Lives Are Lost Ship Lost Off Mass. Coast Was John Dwight, Be- lieved to Have Carried = Cargo of Bottled Ale, Vineyard Haven, Mass,, April T The steamer John Dwignt of New York carrying a cargo of bottled ale believed to be intended ror that port, went down in Vineyard Sound yes- terday with a loss of at icast nine | lives. That was the number of bodies recovered by fishermen today from Vineyard Sound where the steamer sank. The waters were reportea strewn with barrels of hottle ale. Whether the fishermen who had searched through the night and te- day had recovered all the bodies was uncertain. Dispatches from News- port, R. 1, where the steamer leit last Wednesday ostensibly on a voyage to New York without cargo indicated that the exact number in the crew was not known althougn probably nine. . It was believed the John Dwight had obtained the cargo from some other vessel and was resuming she voyage to New York when she was |damaged by collision with another |craft. None of the bodies had beem | identified this afternoon. Saw Vessel Sink The sinking of the ' vessel egine | shortly after the lifting of a heavy | fog yesterday morning. As the ‘weath- j er cleared the Cuttyhunk coast guards | caught sight of the craft about 150 | feet long, evidently in distress and ‘with her davits swung outboard in- dicating that the ship's boats had |been launched. While the Ilookout | was watching the vessel sank sudden- |ly. The coast guardsmen . cruisee about for hours yesterday but founa no trace of the crew, | | | Left Newport Wednesday | Newport, R. I, April 7.—'The | steamer John Dwight, believed to have been the vessel sunk in Vide-* vard Sound yesterday, left this port late Wednesday afternoon. She had been laid up here a large part of the winter and recently a new crew came | from New York. It was understood | that she had changed ownership at Before being tied up she coal | that time. had veen engaged in salvaging from barges sunk at sea. Captain Carmichael, an old tow "hout captain arrived a week ago say- ing that there had been a temporary change in ownership of the Dwight and took charge. An engineer and as- istants came with him and on Tues- day more men arrived bringing the crew up to eight or nine men. , It was assumed here when the steamer sailed that she was bound for New York: Those who had cared for the steamer during the winter, said she was in good condition and did not leak. Danish Ship Sunk Baltimore, April 7.—The Danish steamship Nordhvalen was sunk in collision with the British steamer Bar- racoo in Craigh channel, about 14 miles from Baltimore, last night. The Nordhvalen lies in about 20 feet of water with her superstructure expos- ed. No lives were lost, it was said. Both are freighters. The crew of the Nordhvalen re- mained aboard. The Barracco was damaged, but proceeded to this port and anchored in the lower harbor, May Refloat Ship Chatham, Ms April 7.—The Brit- ish freight ste Competitor which grounded near Nauset yesterday shift- ed her position in the sands during the night but it is thought there is an even chance of floating her. Wreckage tugs will make the attempt at the next high tide, m BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG BANKS OF CONN. RIVER automobile and trolley traflic between Holyoke and points north was cut off today by the rising water of the Con- necticut river, which flooded the highway a foot deep for half a mile near Mount Tom junction. The water is beginning to overflow its banks here and cellars were flooded today in the north end district. The river stands at 16.7 feet above mean low water and is rising an inch an hour, It is full of Jarge fee cakes brought down from the north. Nine feet of water is going over the crest of the Holyoke dam. The ice jam at 7 i Jt is alleged that he struck| {touch with those appointed by the Weather bureau here today predicted |that the freshet in the Connecticut {river would reach a height of 21 feet or more by tonight. This morning at| |8 o'clock the official river gauge registered the flood at 20.4 feet above low water mark. Forecaster Neifert| { mayor. The following are on the commit- tee: Judge Bernard ¥, Gaffney, Charles ¥. Smith, A. 1% Corbin, George D' Kimball and George H. Dyson. Shelburne Palls on the Deerfield river has gone out DR, SHONINGER DIES New Haven, April ~Dr. Lee Shoninger, 44, a graduate of Har- said that a huge amount of water was coming into the Connecticut from London, April (By Associated western Massachusetts tributarios | Press) —Daylight saving in Great | qraining the Berkshire section. The | Britain will begin April 22 and will| Farmington river at Windsor and the | continue until September 16. {Park river in this city are also in o A flood and discharging heavily. The RICHARDS IS CHAMPION {meadow section in this locality is en- New York, April 7~—Vincent Rich- |tirely under water and residents in ards of Yonkers, N. Y., today won the [the East Hartford section are using national indoor singles tennis cham- |[rowhoats to reach their homes. plonship defeating ¥rancis T. Hunter, | Roads Are (losed, 1922 champion, 6-1, 6-3, 7-5. |vard medical school and later on the | staft of Mt. Rinai hospital, New York, |died today. He served during the war {in the medical corps at Camp Mor- {rison, Ind., and Camp Cody, N, M. 3 BANK REPORTS i New York, April 7—The actual con- |dition of clearing house banks And | trust companies for the week shows [an excess in reservo of $2,276,570. lan ! Springfield, Mass., April 7.—Bnlhl This is a decrease of $2,622,930.