New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1923, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 19 MBLY OVERWHELMINGLY Latest Reports Today Show Army Ak e OPPOSED TO MEASURE THAT Fliers Almost at Their Goal in ENDORSES HARDING’S STAND Non-Stop Trans-Continental Trip — Phoenix Aviz, May The T.2 passed Wickenburg, Aviz, 56 miles northwest of here at 10:20 a, m mountatn time according to a Hanta Ve dispateher message received here, The plane was fiying high . The monoplane manned by Lieuts Oakley Kelly and John A. Macready was less than 300 miles from its Pa- Anna M Lewis, Golored, Is Denlod sx e vy 2 e from s v ~ Custody of Dorothy Evermon " ™*"*"* Wy over Home. Votes 11.7 to 49}w|||T[ CHILD STAYS Against Favoring Pro-/ |\ K| INGBERG HOME posed World Court of —— Justice May The monoplane trans-continental fight at 6:30 e this morning, ing at un. e informution was o'clock this morn- Paso T on ity passed over Banta Ross, N, M o'clock mountain t The plane was fl estimated sy k. received at 10 Bill Hitting Directly at Medical Board Proposes DECIDED ON LAW POINTS Admission of Dr. Moriar- s Gt ty to Practice. 1 fast Judge Marvin Declines to Issue Writ of Habeas Corpus aml Confidence in Jwdge Gaffmey of Probate Court, Judge L. I, Waldo Marvin, in su- Hartford, May 3.~The house today | 117 to 49 voted to postpone indefinite- Iy the resolution of Representative Ayers (dem.) Westport, to place the|¥erior court late yesterday afternoon, general assembly on record of en-| dimissed the action brought by Ann dorsing the attitude of President | M. Lewis, colored, of this city for a Harding on the world court of justice, | writ of habeas corpus by which she There was a long debate on the| Would become the guardian of Dor-| 1esolution which was not unanimously | 0thy Evermon, verment, aged l““"ill Be Guided hy Will of supported hy the joint committee on &nd white, now in the custody of Rev, % e o e s et |Dr. 3. F» Kiingberg, superintendent| People on Location ported with a majority. No minority|of the Children's Home. ‘The plain- of Pool ” report was offered, tiff was represented by George W, The committee reported a substi- | Crawford, a colored lawyer of New e = tute resolution commending the presi- | Haven, The defense was represented | Apavor pPaonessa issued a statement dent of the United States for his ad-|by Corporation Counsel John E. Kirk-| 40y doclaring that he would not vocacy of participation in the perma-|ham and Attorney Donald Gaffney. | apa an arbitrary stand regarding the nent court of international justice | The question was decided on points of proposed swimming pool in North but the resolution was changed so as|law rather than on facts, EEnd park and would call a public 1ot to request the United States sen-| Point Hinged On Probate Court mmeeting for the purpose of discussing ators or the representatives in con-| Attorney Crawford presented the location of the pool. Since he the press to use their votes either for nr]clam that mother of the child s still| 4,000 060 some time ago that the| the North! residents of Belvi-| against it |alive and that, therefore, the probate)| oo would be located in Southwich in Favor court, in New Britain, was without| g 4 park, many Mr. Southwick of Cornwall, house jurisdiction when it appointed Rev. jare have remonstrated. chairman of the federal relations|Dr. Kiingberg guardian of the girl. The mayor's statement follows: committee, called the resolution from| Attorney Gaffney denied that the wprppigiakable opposition has arisen the table and sald he was constrained | mother was alive and as proof that ., ¢y nroject of having a swimming to say that the committee was di-|Judge B. F. Gaffney of the probate| o,y "o North End park. vided as to the propriety of N\,,(”-““K‘('nlnl acted within his authority in“l seemed like a very small group t\he resolution and also as to its use- appointing Rev. Dr. Klingberg guar-| . roctering this opposition; but now fulness, He said he favored the reso-| dian of the child, quoted Section 4863 (") "y o Gunctantial enough to Jution, |of the Revised Statutes of 1918, which oo i b, Mr. Ayers fir Westport, who intro- says: “When any child under the age “Some ten years ago on visiting our duced the petition that the resolution 0( 14 years has no parent or guatdian surrounding citles 1 was Impressed b be adopted, spoke briefly for the reso- of his person, the court of probafe| ). aopjties for pleasure which they lution. for the district in which such child| gwereq to their cltizens in the way of Mr. Plerrepont of Ridgefield and | resides may on its own motion appoint . ying Immediately after that 1 in- Mr. Brinsmade of Washington spoke, K a ;.'ua”rdinn of the person of such terested myself in the purchase of in support of the resolution. it park sites one of my ideas being that Don't Want to Butt In Claimed Mother s Alive some day we would be able to have Mr. Averill of Branford spoke The plaintifi’s lawyer offered to pro-| . iual bathing pools. against it on the ground that the|duce evidence that the mother is still| " "5 CTOSGH T e we should representatives in congress know |lIVing, but Attorney Gaffney objected |y, .’ o"iothine nool and that we more about the situation than the ©n the ground that the action before| 4 "y oco i S e North End par Connecticut house of representatives, | the court was for a writ of habeas . "1 0 1ot forget that 1 hold my Minority leader Fenton took issue | COrpus, an extraordinary remedy, and position in order o provide lor the with Mr. Averill on the question of that the plaintitf had two other or-i, .16 or our city the things that they whether or not the state of Connecti- | dinary remedies to upset the decis-| o/ e way that they want them. _cut was interested in the matter. |ion of the probate court, either an "l 4o hoonia in the Belvidere sec- Mr. Bell of Salisbury said he would | appeal to the superior court from . .= ., ;o1 peally wish to have a voteagainst the resolution because if |that decision or a petition to the pro-i oin yine noal in the North End the state of Connecticut voted for the park, and if their desire is in accord resolution it would be construed that| with the best interests of our city as the state of Connecticut favored the a whole, it would be a rash official in- league of nations. deed who would attempt to force it Mr. Buckley argued that these ques- ‘on them. Yet we should have a swim- tions were those for the federal gov- ming pool. If T were interested only ernment and not for state legislatures. in getting the pool in the North End The debate was closed by Mr. park it would be a very easy matter Southwick who said the resolution to simply walt for the sweltering heat was trying to crystalize opinion of the summer to cause the people through the legislature, He said there to rvise up and demand it; but now was no taking of sides for or against is the time to prepare for the sum- Senator Brandegee or Senator Mec- mer, and now is the time to decide Lean. Mr, Southwick said the resolu- what is to be done so that everything g will be in readiness when summer arrives, “In order that 1 might know the desires of the community it is my in- tention to call a public forum to dis- The case of Miss Alice Schenck of gy tnjs matter and to invite those | 58 Broad street, this city, who was ar- jntarested to take part in the dis- |raigned in the Hartford police court ouesion and to lend their ideas. This this morning on the charge ot steal- , 10 meeting should be attended by ing an automobile, was continued representatives from all parts of our until Saturday morning under bonds o acguge those living in the South of $2,000 furnished by her uncle, Ed- (4 hav e more strongly opposed ward Greenstein of New Britain. to having a pool in the North Iind The girl was arrested last night by 0" iney “those living in Belvidere. | Detective Sergeants Williams and “Ieurthermore, if this Moviarity of the Hartford police fOXC® y,yin g the most logical place for a after she had been taken to the New o o450 vore ™ and adequate swim- Britain police headquarters by Policc- | o 506 Tnd jts plan is reasonable man Kdward Kiely who recosntzed | o fqeine " the circumstances, 1 the registry number of an automobile | (BRSECHRE B T e work on Park street, in which Miss Schenck FOUIE BREE B IE HAE G S8 i was seated, as that of a car reported |\ e 00T The n the stolen in Hurtford, April 30, The car|¥ ! I h - in which the girl was seated s ownod North End park, South End = park, by gulln Lawrence of Hattford, Walnut Hill park or any other place When the girl was brought ayauabies o Headqunrters the Hartford' authorities| I am also assure the ciisens that were communicated with and after their board of park commissioners is gained through a rear window with| o el T i city, Miss Schenck | Just as anxions for the most satis- the ald of a screw driver. Three|; "on bod to have confessed that with-| factory settiement of this question as tiashlights were stolen and the place ;. past three 1 am, and will bend their energies weeks she has stolen was ransacked, The thieves evidently |\ 00" Nl e ineluding one from | toward working out to completion the overlooked a bag containing $20 ' cqptain Jonathan Kno of Simsbury.| Plan which will give the greatest re- silver and although a narcotic case wmn other fwo cars belonged to Mr,|lief and enjoyment to the greatest was opencd nothing was stolen. Lowrence and James R. Graves of |number of our cltizens.” H. P. Battey reported that the gas- prartford. The Eno and Graves cars Blifie BLAS161 L the Gorier o8 VWO Lors annidoned. 1 the strects of thls SUSPEET fNCENDIARISM Main street and Corbin avenue was where they were found by the Boston Business Block Razed-—Flames (Continued on Sixth Iage) ALLEGED AUTO THIEF ' Alice Schenck of This City in Hartford Court— Case Continued (Continued on Illeventh Page.) THREE BURGLARIES IN WEST END REPORTED Drug Store, Gasoline Sta- tion and Paint Shop Avre Entered Three burglaries alleged to have taken place during the night were reported to Captain George Kelly at police headquarters this morning. Hrooks' drug store at 441 West Main street was entered and upon investi- gation Detective Sergeant Willlam P. McCue learned that the entrance was to | | entered during the night. A flash light and revolver were stolen. En- Miss Schenck is reputed to be one trance was effected by breaking the of the best girl baseball pitchers in glnss near the catch of the door. |this part of the state and was for- Roman Shavish complained that merly employed in a Hartford insur. ahout $40 worth of paints, oils and ance company office hrushes was stolen from a house he is painting on Miller street. A por- tion of the stolen paint has been re.| covered. Shooting From All Six Floors When Firemen Arrive, | blazing on every floor of the six story |structure when the firemen arrived | destroyed the building of the Webster- {Thomas Co., wholesale grocers, on ! State street last night. The stocks of the Thomas W. Emerson Co, seed HELD ON SUSPICION Stamford Police Have Man Believed PRELATE UNFROCKED All-Russian Church Conclave Strips ! bakers supplies, in adjoining bulldings suffered heavily from smoke and wa- lter, and the total damage was esti- Self Defense for Slaying. Stamford, May 3.—Ginaldo Sa py mated at $500,000, 8, VA S - | whot "",\policr as it was in the case of a simi- xg‘f;g;‘(,;’"' ::,',': e o homicide | 1ar unexplained fire in a_bullding in The all-Rusian 1 whom an alarm was m.m,th‘v same district two weeks ago. Fire s . The police com- | Captain Daniel Hurley who was in- of the man|Jured in the previous fire was hurt Patrick Hace- | 882in last night when he was struck Most Rev. Dr. Tikhon of all His Religious Titles, Even Monkship, Fiy The Associated Press. Moscow, May 3.- church conclave today adopted a reso- ' roadeast Tuesday. lution unfrocked the Most Rev. Dr.r‘,".d a description Tikhon, former patriarch of all Rus- wanted for stabbing sla. vedo, a Porto Rican, during a figh The conclave deprived Dr. Tikhon|in a saloon with that of their lodger. of his monkship proclaiming him to' Sala does not speak English but be henceforth an ordinary citlzen un- | by motlons he lllustrated a fight he der his lay name of Basil l\-ano\'ltch[ had had in a saloon Monday night Baliavin. The resolution was practically un- opposed. | broken. A. C.s1 AT ILL. FIELD Beleville, 111, May 3.—The A. C.-1 He claimcd a man etruck |fleld, Virginia, vesterday a knife, arrived at Scott fleld this morning. him and he fought back. Expresses ing over the Western Union lines, | the hours of At first | meeting de- | i Boston, May 8.—A fire which was| to Be Brooklyn l\vmfl1-|~4*lnlmnidealers and the H. A. Johnson Co,,| t by a water tower and one leg was | even.to Indleating how he had used|With a crew of slx, which left Langley ' afternoon | | *. | Cal, May 3 San Diego. vt North Isiq aviation passing b T:80 a'elock mountain time ey NM today umeari, N By Tha Asse ' Kansas nop Oakley Kelley and ready are attempting non-stop trans-continental flight today presumably is over New Mexico facing the hardest part of the battle from Hempstead, N, Y., to 8an Diego, Cal,, the home station, After the huge plane flow Kansas City st midnight approximately 1 mile line from its po of taking of thentie trace its was lost through knes Mo which May | Y A, Mac early in ON O SWINMIN HOLE - HADE IN THI CITY ‘Amount of Money Pledged Reach- ¢s $17,085, Highest Ever OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED | Mrs, Frank B, Kelley Is Again Named President—Mrs, Colgate, Mrs, Miller and Mrs, Burr Speak—Letter From Mrs. Churchill. All previous records for the amount of money pledged at the meetings of the American McAll as- sociation were broken at the session this morning held in St. Mark's church, the amount pledged to- day by representatives of the various auxiliaries reaching the sum of $17,- | 535, which is $1,585 higher than the previous record, held by the Balti- more convention, of $16,000. success of the meeting in this re means splendid success for the Britain convention financiall Mrs. Frank B. Kelley of Klizabeth, IN. J.,, was re-elected president of the “nssoclaunn, and all other officers were re-elected, the name of Mrs. E. C, Cronk, to represent the eastern dis- itrict of Pennsylvania, being added to the list of vica-prosidents. The list |of officers as elected was presented by Miss I'rances Whittlesey of New Britain, chairman of the nominating committee. Officers Elected. The morning exercises began with a devotional service led by Mrs, Sher- wood Elllott, after which officers were re-elected as follo President—DMrs. Frank B. Kelley, 36 DeWitt road, Elizabeth, N. J. First Vice-President—D>Mrs. James C. Colgate, 270 Park avenue, New York. Second Vice-President—Mrs. George E. Dimock 7 N. Broad street, Ellza- | beth, N. J. State Vice-Presidents—Mrs. R. Craig, Fastern Massachusetts; Mrs Henry W. Peahos Massachusetts; Miss Anna T.. Dawes, western Massa- | chusetts; Miss F. C. McVickar, Rhode Island; Mrs. H. B. Allen, Connecti- cut; Mrs, Charles H, Field, Connecti- cut; Mrs. J. Warren Goddard, New York city; Mrs. Horace A. Noble, western New York: Mrs., Edmund Cluett, eastern New York; Mrs, Fred- erick G. Mead, New Mrs, Henry Van Dyke, New v; Miss Grace W. Iisher, Maryland; Mrs. W. W. Seely, southern Ohio; Mrs, Edward J. Moore, Ohio; Mrs. T. C. Day, In- diana; Mrs, T. B. Blackstone, Illinois; Mrs. Truman H. Newberry, Michiga Mrs., Oren Scotten, Michigan; Mrs, L. Crocker, Minnesota; Mrs. Wm. J. | Dean, Minnesota; Mrs. Charles H | Spencer, western Pennsylvania; Mrs. E. C. Cronk, eastern Pennsylvania, Treasurer—Mrs, Abraham R. Per- New Plan |y ine 302 W. Upsal street, German- |town, Philadelphia. Corresponding Secretary — Miss ;Hnrrlr‘\ Harvey, 226 Hortter street, German town, Philadelphia. —~Mrs, Recording Seereta Edward (Continued on Fourteen‘th Page). ANDREW TURNBULL GOES TO DAUGHTER'S BIER IN CHICAGO AT AGE OF 91 —f Andrew Turnbull of Rock- well avenue, one of the clity's oldest resldents, now in his ninety-second year, left this afternoon for Chicago to attend the funeral of his daughter, Mrs. Henry W, Pritchard, whose death was announced to him ‘this morning by receipt of a telegram, Mrs. Pritchard, who was for- merly Mrs. Lilifan Turnbull of this city, dled lJast night at the Chicago Osteuphatic hospital of pneumonia, aithough she had been a helpless invalld for many years. Besides her father, Mrs. Pritchard leaves a son, Harcld, of Vincennes, Ind, and three grandehiidren. | Hartford. May 2.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair, not much change in tem- perature tonight and Friday; moderate northerly winds. | | * annual David | I ) LN ~SIXTEEN PAGES, Average Daily Cireulation Week ending : 368 April 25th PRICE THREE CENTS FRENCH CABINET FLATLY REJECTS GERMAN OFFER; SUM IS TO0 SMALL AMERICANS WIN GREAT Y SUBPOENA WITNESSES N CHERNOPSKY CAS ~ ENGLISH GOLF TROPH e stratford Priest and Deputy Willing and Ouimet Tied and Will Play for Pos- session Tomorrow Town Clerk to Be Brought Here H A s ieng May t trophies iy 1 by the W and Francis Ouimet st 1l competition which In order dete The Bt George's ot Mrs, 1 arraigned in poliee g on a chargs ehilid ding Ptratford B. W. Allin tl Monday I rosecutor dered to sub pastor of St May M deputy town clerk of Stratford, to appenr in the New Britain police court at thut time It is alleged that Mrs, Moorehouhse sucd o marriage license on April 18 1o Raymond Stak and Catherine Cheste of Hamilton Ntr that they were married FFather O'Connor in the p Mrs, Chernopsi) The accused, according to her attorney, P, 1%, Me- Donough, denies that she was pres Cyril Tolley the English star, who it at the wedding. Judge AlIng|jqaq 79 yesterday, gave up at the recalled that on the day the wedding| oy today after making 41 to Is alleged to have occurred Mrs.|ipa ninth Chernopsky was supposed to have ap-| Guimet's card peared in police rt. She failed to put in an apy nee and her bond was called, In court this morning ten by Mrs, Moorehouse read. It stated that the woman had granted a license to Stak and the Chester girl ‘and that the girl lived with Mrs, 0 or a i ho was ¢ one of the most im England, Amer) Port of Hostor two days ended today 168 each, holes tomorrow this morn t of male pture d wed re, In April 19, Judge continued the case un morning ext week Is was or O'Connor, id Mrs vad ted stroke With aggregate They play d winner | I place was captured by Rob- I of Chicago with a to | Wi pres i, O, ing of and of SOOTCN Of Wor ather hure 1he Sweetser, the American ama gave up at the 17th tser took 81 for the d yesterday and was never going in his nsua the first on the weetser's approacl I the green most © cut his putts badly. our champi 1% hole rat rou Wble to get He took 40 for second round shots were a little f the time and straet style nine REnCe of | a hole a letter writ Roger British star, who wa ed by Jock Hutchison in the playoff of a tie for the Rritisi on Hamiiton street, |open championship in 1621 was d Alling and Attorney - !nitely put out of the running when Donough agreed at this point that the |y o' ag in a score of 81 for today's | priest and the town clerk were ma- (' p oo Sy sine his aggregate score | terial witnesses in the case and should f, ' /0" be brought into court. Ouimet’s card out was three under| = his mark for the first nine holes y terday. He had hard luck with sev eral long putis which went to the rir hut refused to fail in. On the fourth green, missed sinking a 20 footer the day was on the where his second shot with the wood carried yards dead to the pin and Kent Death Mystery May ne was down n 3. This Tiole meas. ures 484 yards. i Prove to Be One of On the ninth Ouimet missed a two Suicide a WOMAN HEARD FATAL SHOT, SHE DECLARES | o { he barely | His finest | seventh | shot of foot putt for a 3 and met with a similar fate on the tenth On the \rd 15th, his approach shot from off the green lipped the cup failing to Kent, May 8.—DMiss Jennie Barker|roll in. aged 19, whose body was found mMAY MAKE ARREST SOON IN BOY KIDNAPPING CASE the river here Monday, had lived for | Schenectady Police Believe They Arve several years, heard the shot which probably ended the lad's life about rine o'clock Sunday night, April § lor less than two hours after he left |the house, Miss Barker, it was stated today, told Representative Howard Giddings of this town the next morning and ed him to go to the river bank and e if he could find Carter or Carter's | hody he feared he had killed him- self. Mr. Giddings went to the river hank and searched but did not find the body. On the following I'riday, it is now definitely stated, some railroad men, who had been putting out grass fires, I found a shotgun with a spot of hlood Inear it on the river bank. Miss Bar- ker later identified this gun that helonging to Carter and which he had taken with him when he left the house on the Sunday evening hefore Miss Barker, it is stated, thought that Carter hetween 7 and 9 o'clock on the Sunday evening was attendiug to his chickens and doing his usual chores and her attention was directed to his absence by the report of a gun from the direction of the river Miss Barker' who has been pros- trated since the finding Carter's body and the publicity given to her friendship with young Carter today was recovering from her iliness. 1t was understood that she has stated that prior to Carter leaving the house there had bheen no argument hetween 1 Carter. Their conve tion had been pleasant. The lad, however, is said to have been in | somewhat moody frame of mind and | Miss Barker had the impression when ghe heard the report of a gun and having noted that Carter had taken his shotgun from the house that h had killed himself, The autopsy showed had been fired from a gun placed inside the vest. The hroke the third and fourth rihs on |the front and the eighth, ninth and tenth and 11th ribs on the back on Track—Child Believed to Have Been Seen in New York New York, May 3.—Police today re-| ceived a possible clue to the disap-| | pearance of six year old Verner Alex- anderson of Schenectady when Alex-! ander Marshall of Corona declared | that his mother and sister observed a weeping boy who they said re- sembled the missing child, standing with & man and a woman in Grand Central station at noon last Monday. Descriptions have been sent to the Schenectady police. Schenectady, May 3.—An ar- rest was expected today by police and detectives seeking Verner Alexander- son, 6, who has been missing from his home since Monday. A. Schenectady detective who was| nt to Ogdensburg to trace the own- ship of an automobile in which two men are belleved to have ab- ducted the boy, left Ogdensburg with police of that city for Alexandria B » automobile sought was traced from this city where two men had (stored it nightly in a garage until the Monday on which Verner disap- peared., herself N. Y, May 8, — The which Verner Alexan kidnapped Schencctady lad vied away from his home was abandoned in front of a garage ia Bay shortly after mid tertown, g car in was ¢ found in Alexanc night, Detective Van Dusen tady and Chief of Police of Ogdensburg arrived less than onc hour after abandoned but obtained the missing boy Van Dusen Crass this afternoon Lawrence river in the Thousands Islands secking the boy and his abductors. According to Van Du was owned by Peter Kia burg taxi man. Kiah rented the to another person some days ago for a trip down state. ¥ that the shot my shot of Schenee McCormick the the car was no trac at scene o of O HUNGER STRIKE Under Arrest Sheriff the St the and Deputy trailed vicinity trace Kentucky Women, on the i Ogdens n car Charge of Setting Bomb, Refuse to Partake of Food, ar Padacah, May Mrs. Hen- | rette Wagner and Mrs. Emma Skil | lian held in jail at Princeton in con- nection with the killing of Mrs, A! fred Warren in bomb explosion Monday are hunger-striking. They hava refused food their arrest Monday aftesnoon ! Officials today were checking points [in the story of Paul Helmentoler, | taxican driver, that he drove Mrs | Wagner to a point near the scene of the blast a short time before the ex- piosion. He she reappearcd within flve minutes and he drove her | back to her home. Soon after his ar- rival there he heard an explosion. Officials sald after Mrs. Wagner's arrest that evidence of her jealousy over Warren whom she had known since youth was believed to indicate [ the motive for the crime. Mrs. Skil lian was arrested as an accomplice. Ky., 5 Dead, One Missing, 26 Hurt in Western Wreck Salt Lake City, May 3.—ive Renge kil one is missing and 26 were injured in the wreek a Denver and Rio e Western pas- senger train No. vastbound, at Woodside Utah, late last night, ac cording to official advices recetved at the road here since i pas- said : oifices of the 12 BY Capetown, South Afric, list of 12 passengors mis foundering of the steamship Mossamedes several ago and presumed to be dead | been issued here. VED LOST. May 3. g since Portuguese days has | SHOT FRON ‘\\'nshml:(on to join in Another Reason For Turning Down Propos- al is That Germany Has Not Given Sufficient Guarantees No Formal Reply Will Be Given Until After Consul- tation With Belgian Gov- ernment, Paris, May 3.—The French cabinet today unanimously re- jected the new German repara- tion proposals, The reason given for the re- jection were lack of guarantees and the insufficiency of the sum offered by Germany. Premier Poincare will consult with the Belgian government as to the reply to Germany and when it is ready it will be com- municated to all the allies, PATROL HALTS RUM RUNNER Coast Guard Activity Results in Flight of Booze Fleet SHUGGLERS ARE ON THE RON Wherever They Go They Will Find Coast Guard Cutter on the Job, Ass ny Government Officials Say as Drive 1s Launched. New York, May —The, flight of the Jersey rum fleet during the night was believed to be due to the action of the coast guard cutter Seneca in sending a four inch shot across the bows of a small smuggling craft to bring her to a halt. The Seneca opened fire yestérday afternoon, it was announced today at coast gnard headquarters, after two small runners scooting along between the fleet and shore had defled a signal to halt. The Seneca ordered by the constant heavier patrol of the fleet mounts | guns than the small cutters. Haze Mides Activity Haze today shrouded the operators of the rum fleet off Sandy Hook which began breaking up last night under the force of a' three cernered drive directed by the government against liquor smugglers. Seizure of supply boats putting out from New York, the placing of a coast guard patrol about the fleet and re- inforcing of shore forces watching for landed rum proved too great a handicap for two of the biggest units of the fleet yesterday. The British tanker Warszawa and the vacht Istar sailed out to sea shortly before dusk, Much Hustling Noted. Signs of activity had Dbeen noted aboard anothe nall steamer and the four schoone which made up the rest of the rum row, but whether these vessels had left the anchorage they found so profitable for months ecculd not be learned this morning. Speculation was rife along the water front as to whether the fleet had actually given up in the face of the prohibition enforcement spring drive or merely 1 departed for other hit where they opposition prove less of coast would some figured effective. Not safe Anywhere Coast guard officials however, de clared that they had the rum fleet on the run and that no matter where the units go they will find w coast guard cutter on the job. 20,000 MEN GET RAISES Workers and ptenance of Way Railroad Shop Men on A, T. and Sante Fe Line Given Increases, Twenty thousand maintenance of way and railroad shop cmployes Atchison, Topeka and Santa I'e Railway have been granted ised wages flective May 1 through an agreement fust negotiated A, 18t vice president of the United Hrotherhood of Maintenance Way Employes and raiiroad shop ers announced today. The in. crease wi ange from one to three and one-half cents an hour, Mr. Stout Chicago, May o v inerease will amount to an an addition to payrolls of between 0,000 annually, Santa agreement the existing and working conditions will re- in effect. The minimum in. was placed at one cent an hour um at $8 a month. r the taain creas and the ma WOMAN REVENUE COLLECTOR Washington, May 3.—Appointment of Mrs. Mabel G. Reinecke to be eol- tector .of internal revenue at Chicage was announced today at the White House.