New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 18, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1023, —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES, 73 ARE‘»\‘(NOWN TO HAVE DIED IN NEW BRITAIN HERALD PRICE huut Daily Cireulation w12 9221 May 12th THREE CENTS SO. C.\ROLINA SCHOOL HALL FIRE Whole Families Wiped Out As Flames Envelop Russia Holds Swm Re:ponstble For Assassination of Delegate And Urges Immediate Attention Wants Full Investigation, Dismissal of Negligent, Employes and Speedy Trial of Those Guilty of Slaying. | My The Associated Press. Moscow, May 18.-—A Russian soviet note sent by Forelgn Minister Tehit. cherin to the Rwiss government to- day holds that government responsi- bla for the receant assassination at Lausanne of M, Vorovosky soviet rep. resentative there, through the alleged negligence of the Swiss officials to | guard him. | The Tehitcherin note | vestigation of the ejrcumstances the crime, the dismissal of the em-| ployes it charges with negligence and a prompt and speedy trial of the ns- massins, The note also protests the refusal of the Bwiss to grant diplomatic courier privileges to the Russlan Jele. gation at T.ausanne. 'annmfi( IN STRIKE; " BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM. Supt. Jourdan Threatens to Replace Linemen Who | Quit May 12 asks an In- While 25 striking linemen in the employ of the Connecticut Light and Power company completed the firat of | 'SENDS FOR POLICE, THEN MURDERS ONE Canadian Ex-Convict Escaped by Ruse From Crowded Court Room \USED CARDBOARD PISTOL | Tater, However, Secured Real Anto- matics and Phoned Headquarters Where He Could Be Found—One of Searchers Slafn, North Bay, Ont,, May 14 Datactive | ¥Fred Lefbvre of 'he North Bay police [Mrm- was killed today in the resump tlon of a man hunt for Leo Rogers, eccentric ex-conviet, | Rogers escaped from a ecrowded |courtroom sterday veing A eard board pistol of his ewn manufacture ito hold guards and spectators at b 4 to commandeer a passing auto I mobile, | Last night having obtained brace of real automatics he tele phoned police headquarters saying he feould bhe found hiding behind a gar- age near Lake Nipissing. ! An automobile loaded with police- men sped to the spot. Rogers opened fire on them from behind a tree. The police ducked to cover, while Con- |stable William MeGovern and another constable atarted a flanking move- | ment. Rogers saw them, however, ;and turned his fire in their direetion, ;dropping McGovern with a serlous wound. Then he made his way to the | | boulder-strewn lake front and disap- peared. The chase was halted for the _/hood to her rescue. |Quimet and Sweetser Lose— DISTRICT ATTORNEY PLUM STILL RIPENS . | Leaders Reported Perplexed About \GANG ATTACKS WOMAN ON STREET, CLOTHES TORN OFF Now York Norse Asanlted and Drag- ) Tenement-—Hreaks Win- dow to Call for Help, . AND MRS, CHRIST ARE OBSERVING ANNIVERSARY and Wife stanley Wo ary of Married 25 Years Ago Today n Meviden Wooden Building In Which Merrymakers Were Taking Part In Commencement Exer- cises—Lamp Explosion Is Cause—Collapse Of i it et o o “onaew NG COOOtcRt Positon v.-..'::::’""'::':;;:, A, S8 . pie, (et Whish s Wiw somering e i Caniverrs o Single Stairway Adds To Shambles—Mothers e % a0 e SIS lN DISAGREEMENT T, T With Babies Trampled Under Foot. nurse at n.~n.-u.n hospital, who bad day, The family will atiend the thea. | band of youths, (Washington Pureau of N s MeShea, 17, hington, D, €., May 1% fon 25 years ago today in Meriden by Res Christ at that time was assistant huy | By The Assoriated Press h t ad of cl . bat Ju K While Melean ¥s Vor L - ..:‘:0 T.‘.'.-':.'. ...,r“'.‘.','.; :y.:;:::‘:?' l.':.,. g & 1. W. Johnstone, then of the Frm | Camden, 8, C,, May 18-—Deaths in the Cleveland school house found In a two room apartment on ~Mim—J. Heary Tloraback's Recom: | Mothodlst chinreh in that city. Be- fire today stood at 78 with one person missing. The body of Don- the second floor of a tenement on| enasion May Be Accepted, e e arrie. o7 | nie Truesdale, previously listed as missing, was identified and [ 4t atein, EMEVISwho e Bk R L onts o MMt he ot e bl Srviy {that of Huey Hinson, not previously reported among the dead, SoundRd iy, BOGk arreated’ Jeenl h Writain Herald), [inent husinessmen in the eity. Mr. | was found, Forty children, 18 men and 13 women were burned to death. MeShea is reported to have glven i e ot olght compRnion, whom Som-RENsate- Acg - Mol J, 91 108 e wenler W W mpleta wur. | I Some cases all members of families lost their lives and bodies et “'"""l:f"‘"'"" SApaCias $lah Aot bemin,-and the politi- prise to thelr many friends. They [YeMain unclaimed. ”_“‘.M"’:“ ;":'|ff"'_‘l ’I:.:l' G ’;I':"'::" clans of Connecticut are apparently wers among the most popular group | There was little menfion of an inquest, Coroner G. L. Dixon g S i mid. | in no hurry to nnym!nt a ’nl.l-'l n!‘c)m younger nnt in this eity and 1; among those listed as dead and no one has been designated to Staten distriet attorney for the state they quietly slipped to Meriden and night when, she told the police, three, o ")) oy 0" raa.montha-old vacancy men leaped upon her from a dark t office hallway, smothered her screams and | '" ;,’::"m Aibaenke MiwasdiT; mith dragged Ter to the upstatrs apart-| et e O Ay 9 ment where six other men.waited, | o waiting five weeks with the expee They tore her clothing off In shrads. | yayon that the Connecticut senutors | She fought and sereamed and hefore | she could be subdued ecrashed the glasn which guided police and ! hica on March 16 wrote to Senators gathering erowd from the neighbor- Melean and Brandegee asking them | Miss Breslian was | to recommend a successor to would urge appointment of someone ,to il the vacaney, the department of {suceended in procuring o marriage Heanse, and having the ceremony per formed, ont the next day and they were show ered with eongratulations, DECISION EXPECTED Dospite thelr efforts to keep | Aft- | the mattor a secret, the news lenked }cnmod\ today had tuwmed Kershaw ’m*! in his place, mnln !Il"fi Camden, S 5 Mm 18.—Tragedy, stalking in the wake of county into a county of | As the aftermath of a commencement play of the Cleveland school eight miles from here more than 70 persons, including {whole families, are dead and many are injured. 0il Lamp Explodes taiken to Bellevine for treatment, | Smita. | Pmagres The department s plainly disap- f pointed in not receiving i two . ames, BRITISHERS AHEAD IN WALKER CUP MATCHES a reply from cither senator indicat- ing whom he would or would not favor or stating when the recommendation might be expected. The bellef in Washington is that: | 1—8enators Brandegee and | Melean are leaving the choice of | the district attorney to J. Henry ’ Roraback and the state executive Hagen and Sarazen Win . months since any recommendation or desired | | Chamber of (“ommerce to Act Monday on Rest for Autoists ! The directors of the Chamber of |Commerce wiil decide at their meet. turned and exploded. As the play reached its elimax, an oil lamp on the stage over- Tn an instant the stage was a mass of Panic seized the audience of 300 parents, brothers, sis- narrow wooden stairwa Y. ters and relatives of the graduating class, come to honor the [youngsters that had crowded the little auditorium. - Stairway Collapses There was a concerted rush for the single exit that led to a The weight of the mass was too much {for the steps and they collapsed, hurling scores in a tangled mass, wnumberx being crushed to death. All Over In An Hour. In a breath, it seemed to persons who escaped, the entire ) committee, * ether or in Open Tourney 2—The committes and Mr. i:_’x‘:h”;:’,:zv": ']"rt)‘:_'hr’h"m‘:;":“; %o on building was wrapped in flames. And within an hour the build- Roraback have found that they oo™ gt ol houtinte i sy -mg was little move than a heap of smouldering ashes, the funeral cannol. “put over” G. W. Kiott of New Britain swhom they endorsed over & year ago, because of the opposition of the "drys” and the leeds, May 18 (By Associated Press). —Walter Hagen, Nolder of Ithrough this city, it was stated today, {If 1t is found that general sentiment favors the enterprise. after the faots #ré known, steps will be taken to ar- |pyre of more than three and a half score |citizens, week of their layoff today and assert- | night | This morning reinforced by a posse | ed that Superintendent Albert g, | | Jourdan has their demands before [0f citizens the police started on his I higs making it unnecessary for them |trail again. Shortly after daybreak | | to again outline the conditions under the fugitive was seen running across which they will return to wark, Mr. | {an open fleld toward an old farm Jourdan «reiterated his statement of ‘house. Detective Lefbvre, leading n| earlier in the week that no demand group of the pursuers, ventured with- | whatsoever had been made and added (in range and Rogers dropped him that unless the men return to work |with a hullet through the bhody. the Pritish open gelf champion- ship title will meet H. C. Jolly of "oxgrove, Fug., in ‘the final match in the professional tourna- ment here. Hagen this after. noon defeated Gene Sarazen, American open champion, 3 up and 1 to play in the semi-finals; the other match was won by HAGEN IN FINAL. * | i church organizations to him, and ”lytg« for such camping space. Tf f.,.,[ CARROLL MAKES DENIAL of Ker slm\w county Nearly Fvery Home Hit. Nearly every home in Kershaw because Senator Brandegee wili Iposition develops the chamber will county was affected by the disast not stand for Klett. drop the matter. The contemplated Many Catmash seopiachad -:‘“"‘- 3—The committee and Mr- plans involve such slight expenso, it e iy | Witeiess the playette and oms of think Roraback are fnelined to stand was stated, that if the experiment | HOl¥ Cross Pitching Marvel Says W iness the pl )n:n:l‘?x W r\)fl‘io‘vxn‘.:":‘ proved unpopular after a short trial, the camp could be discontinued on | short notice, i Information has been obtained from | staunchly back of Klett and are That He the state for him rather than to Has Not Been Offered Contract With Pittsburgh. Five injured are in the hospital here, but all are too badly hurt to talk about it, The Cleveland school is located in push him aside for somebody else. Worcester, May 18.—Owen Carroll, Very soon a. new force of linemen will be recruited and the old employes will find themselves jobless. before they quit work they submittad | ment at length setting forth in de- | tall their various demands. Waands, ene of thetr number said, cov- | €reql working conditions, wages, etc. #feveral linemen actively connected with the movement to bring ahout the lladeption of the new rules, were dis- missed from the company's employ, it heing explained that there was not sufficient work to keep them on, the | strikers say. Tn addition to their| previous demands, it Is understood | that the strikers now stipulate the re- turn to work of the discharged work- men, The men quit work last Saturday morning, a sufficient number to main- trouble remalning on the joh. Superintendent Jourdan sald this morning that all service ie being pro- perly handled and that some neces- | s new work s belng done. |force is not sufficient, however, to continue over a prolonged period, hence his decision to give the line men a few days of grace to make thelr demands, after which {f they have not done so, he will displace |them, he says. TRIES SUICIDE AT 81 Thomas Bradley, Formerly Chief of | Police at "Norwalk, Slashes Wrists and Throat. Norwalk, Conn., May 18.—~Thomas | Bradiey, 81, veteran of the Civil war, retired New York policeman and for 18 years chief of the police depart- ment of the former city of Necwalk, s in a critical condition at the Nor- walk hospital. He was found earl today in the rear of the state ar. mory with his throat and left wrist lashed. Bradley admitted, it is said, that the wounds were self-inflicted, He has been in ill health for some time. Allaged Bucketing and Irregular Deal- ings To Be Thoroughly Probed By District Attormey. New York, May 18.—An investiga- tion of bucketing and irregular deal- ings among Boston brokers {s under The employes claim that some time | The de- | 8everal weeks ago a foreman and | |[tain service and take care of possible | The | BOSTON BROKERS UNDER FIRE - $10,000 AS HEART BALM | | to the local superintendent a state- 21 Year Old Toronto Stenographer | AMateur golf team hoids a command- | Gets Damages From Man Who Re- | fuses to Marry Her. Toronto, May 18.- burgh a stenographer of lL.ynn, Mass., today was awarded a $10,00 verdict in her $50,000 suit for breach of! promise against Russell T. Scott of this city. Scott did not attend the | trial, which hegan yesterday. Miss Newburgh, who is 21, testi- fled she was introduced to Scott in Boston on Labor Day 1921 by a girl [friend. She sald Scott soon proposed imarriage and she accepted, not [ knowing he was married. " GIVES POLICE CHASE USSR i Greenwich After' His Man Arrested at Being Pursucd in Auto—Is Fined for Reckless Driving. —After leading chases May two 18, automobile Greenwich, local police throngh neighboring towns, a man | glving the name of Harl Griffith, a music instroctor of Brooklyn, N. Y., | was arraigned in pollce court and fined $75 on a charge of reckless driving today. iffith was arrested just before ireaching the state llne early this | morning after he had narrowl | mtssed running down a trafflc police | man. His car was left as security. A half hour later he returned the | station, jumped into the machiffe and | again drove off. He was pursued a second time and caught in In Stam- ford. Tater he declared,that he was under the impression that he.had left his two violins as security. | PREMTER LIRELY TO RETIRE | | By The Associated Pross. | Paris, Ma ~The health of An- jdrew Bonar Law acdgrding to infor- | mation derived from Persons in close | relations with the Pri s {80 serlonsly affected tHit his retire. | | ment appears to be onlga matter of l | weeks or even days. York, May 15--The New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- tchampion, NEW HAVEN ROAD LIFTS EMBARGOES | ' AGAINST ALL EASTBOUND FREIGHT| road announced that it Imvlf Hifted all embargoes eastbound | freight including the limitation of an- thracite coal shipments to New KEng- land, which had prevalled since the | fuel shortage of last winter. The order removes the regulation |of anthracite through the Campbeil || way, it was reported today, after Dis- trict Attorney Thomas C. O'Brien of that elty conferred with District At- torney Banton and Pollce Commis- spner Enright of New York. Mr. O'Brien decilnes to discuss de- tails of his investigation on the ground that publicity would hamper the government's activities. today on He expects to return to Boston to- |Hall gateway néar Poughkeepsie, day. ) {thracite In New Engiand has alrsady ]vhlch had been limited to 100 cars 'h- coe! for which they had orders. Jolly from Mackenzie of Elkley, 4-—Mr, Roraback will urge ap- the eight twosomes tomorrow to at- tain the trophy which has never heen out of American possession. Roger Wethered and Cyril Tolley won their two ball foursome match | weeks ago, it is understood, but failed |to reach a decision or to make any material progress In that direction.! | Senator McLean is still willing to back 1 | Klett, it {s understood, but Brande- in the Walker cup tournament from | i gee ig opposing to such a move in the Francis Ouimet of Boston and Jess race of the opposition of the drys and Sweetser, the Amerlcan amateur |the church and civle organization to six up and five to play. his appointment. Robert A. Gardner of Chicago, Cw-‘ Meanwhile the department of jus- tain of the American team, and Max | \tice is depending upon the acting dis- | Marston of Philadeiphia dP'Patrdwnm attorney to transact its business Robert Harris, British captain, and C.'{n Connecticut and ls expeoting that I.. Homan 2 up and 6 to play. sometime soon rccommendations will John Wilson and W. A. Murray, be received from the Connecticut sen- British, defeated Harrison R. John |ators regarding appointment of a new ston of 8t, Paul and John F. Neville | district uf(ornev of Ban Francisco 4 up and 3 to play. | E. W. Holderness and W. L. Hope, Rritish, defeated George V. Rotan and 8. Davison Herron, Americans by one hole, The high winds that made the course so frigid vesterday practically blew themselves out during the night. However when Sweetser and Oulmet | A H. C. WILL ENLARGE POWER MAKING PLANT Contract For Reconstruction of Park | | trying to find a desirable place tn | | i spired originally by the fact that many | from anybody at any time. (tourists last year, wishing to stop here overnight, inquired of trafffc of- !ficers if there was any spot where they ' might go with their cars. The location selected and which \\lll be used if the plan meets with ap proval, is the small grove in the Stan- | ley Quarter park at the north end ‘of | Carlton street, about 200 yards bevond /the last house on that street. It is planned to provide 2 or 3 stone fire- varfous cities where the plan has been | He said ! he has two more years at Holy Cross and that will glve htm plenty of time ''to think over On another page his future plans of this issue is | the story which Carroll denies, INJUNCTION OBTAINED places for cooking, sanitary facllities, ' Schenectady Trolley Company Goes to the center of a fertile section but 2 up and 1 to pla pointment of State House Leader tried, and no unfavorable reports have ' Pitcher for the Holy Cross college i i = Al Buckley if he can get something been received. Augnata, Maine, Is|team, denicd today that he had re- SParsely populated- The road leading By The Assacieted Braws: | else for Kiett or can get the lat- | one of the cities which pians for a | ceived an offer of $10,000 from the !0 the scene is little more than a St. Andrews, May 18-—The British| [ 0f P1 o OF large camp In the heart of the city, | Pittsburgh Nationals and that he had ON°-Way path along the edge of a i Several months passed after the It is stated that the purpose fuspir- | declined it because he was to enter Plowed fleld. Ing lead in the Walker cup competl-|q.0en "o Distriot Attorney Smith be. Ing the plan is to let automobillsts, the Catholic priesthood. Carroll said Mothers and Babes Trampled. tlon as a result of the first day'8¢ore genator McLean and Brandegee | know, through automobile magazines, | today he was talking with Johnson, In the panic, which followed the matches. The Britishers won three Mltalkni over the appointment of his that New Britain is a city which shows | the Pittsburgh scout, during the Yale explosion, little effort apparently was the four two ball foursomes at 36 successor, They held a conference on |the courtesy to passing tourists of #ame in New Haven on Wednesday made to fight the flames which quick- B R holes played today making it neces- | & I providing a camping space which may | Where Johnson umpired, but that Iy communicated to the dry timber orothy Ne ; the matter shortly before Senator Ay . sary for the Americans to win six of [yjop aan et Washington about two Pe used by those wishing to stop Johnson made no offer to him at that ‘of the little 40 foot frame school here for a night. The idea was In.|time and he received no such offer building. Mothers with children in their arms were trampled under foot, Young and old fought alike for exit. When the stairway collapsed, many were impaled on the jagged timbers, and others werc pinned down by {hn weight of bodies above them. Thosa who had made their way out of the bullding turned at once to aid the victims but they found little oppors tunity to do so the only exit except the windows belng cut off. Many Jump From Windows, Sceing the hopelessness of thelr pos a few whitewashed barrels for waste sition a number 5 . 5 4 'r of persons jumpe rubbish and rustio benches. The park| Court To Prevent Oity From M- |p o tho cwindows, shfrering "h‘y’-:{-':-: board 18 to pay the cost of such PATR- | ferferring In Strike Situation, bones and other injuries. Several phernalia, which would be about $125 mothers dropped their children int, The park board would also undertake| gcnensctady, N. ¥, May 18—~The |cager hands beiow. = to keep the brush mowed and the gepenectady Railway Co. today ob- Appalling Death List | ground clean hose Interesteq |(AiN€d & temporary injunctlon re- | ours after the disaster Httle tn It in stated also by those interested | gtraining oity offfolals from interter- { rommation had Gome through from the ‘xn the project that the board of public |,z with operation of trolley cars on | i . Y solated rural town to indica o [ting Carltan streat in better condition, | strike: now in progress. SR “,: and that the water board looks With| “urne fnjunction fs returnable on | Mees' e e *favor upon making a water connection !June 9, at which time the company tically whole famliles who had gath- went out against Wethered and Tolley | S(eet Generating Statlon Award- |neqr the fire hydrant at the end of \ii el to have the infunction made ' 71 e iRecoRd foks h for the first foursome it was still cold | edeOost n $35,000, Carlton street %0 that the —campers foniandn’ it b A A enough for overcoats. The sun was | will be abls to obtain water convni:) " he ‘nfunction follawed ordara to NEIERIE. 168 (81 LECHRNE U hright. ! Complete reconstruction of the | ently. the police vesterday to nrrest any '~ o ‘"L(:_‘.:‘,J.,.; Are Helples Captain Gardner of the American |POWer plant at the I\ & F. Corbin = _Judging by data received from ofh- | nursons attempting to fake cara from | | Iiescucrs Are Helpless team announced that Dr. O. F. Will- [division of the American Hardware er cities it is expected that not more |{,q harng during the strike. The or . \‘ the I‘mr‘ulvl!'.l\'\rv “It:nut njonnn ot ing and Fred Wright, Jr. would be plant Is caleulated in the award of a than two or three automoblle parties| oy was fssued in pursuancs of Mavor *"" ‘.lf.lqmy-'\l-] e "vromt“dho e saved for the singles on Saturday. |contract by that concern to Willlam & night would make use of the site. whitmyer's efforts to avert disorders. | S8ehDCC OF only stand by and bewAils b H. Allen, for the erection of a brick By The Assoriated Press. (addition, 10x78, at a cost of $35,000. l.eeds, Ting., May 18.—Walter Ha-| It is planned to materially increase gen, holder of the Britlsh open golf {the power, but whether one, two or championship title, defeated A. G. ‘(hrao new turbines will be installed s Havers of Kngland at the 19th hole |, question that has not yet been defi- in the third round of the professional nitely decided, George T. Kimbail, There is no intentlon to provide leamp for automobilists, the fdea belng merely to designate one spot in this| {city where such tourists will find tem | porary conveniences. Members of the Chamber director- ate express a desire to know the gen ernl gentiment upon the matter, that 110,000 New York Painters, DEMAND $10 PER DAY Decorat- flames comnplete their work of destruc- tion, heipless to ald. The more ser- fously injured were rushed to hospi- tals at nearby places or taken to their |homes. Five of the victims suffering | from burns and broken Ilimbs were | brought to a local hospital. olf tournament here today. Gl ! it of the o ® N ! :Arazen, American open ;,h,,mm,,':,'fj:.,: 21:: »:‘f‘::-‘::v:r'ln bRt [they may have the benefit of the ors and Paper S g il oy b . defeated James Ockenden, England,| The new building which is to be on | judgment of the people of the city on Tnless They Get 5-Pay Week Also, ; Bixty six-bodles hur! |‘v¢‘1nv taken 6 up and 3 to play. | Park street, will be two storles {n |this matter. . from the ruins at: 6 nv'Tm-I(. |V\.iw Of the British professionals H. G, |neight and will be bullt of brick. - New York, May 1§.—Ten thousand |morning, according to a lr;w rlls'nlln(: Jolly of TFoxgrove defeated Gus Pauling ¥ink has taken a permit o | 85.300 members of the brotherhood of | message recelved hl‘»rr\ this )unr.v]\ m; Faulkner of Pannard at the 20th | for a three family dwelling on Colum- | Bridgeport Gets $85,3 B e il ot Mmoo tish el oy 114 oY o % . | 3 ith ors of Ame hreatened to add|of Po . B i . e S ergaackensle of Bikiey de- | bin street, 33x56, at 8 cost of $14,000. | Judgment Against Smith [ of Arere 0 Duilding | The chiet said that scarchers wors satisfled that at least eight or 10 more up and 1 A permit hae been issued to Gustav feated George Duncan, to play. Bloomquist for a one family dwelling | l"" Take Boulevard, at a cost of $5,000. | Brjageport today secured a superior June 1, Bridgeport, May 18.—The city of | court judgment of $85,300.03 against craftsmen who a day expoct after their demands for $10 and a five day week wera re- to walk out bodles remaln in the ruins. Many Do Resciie Work Whittaker sald that persons “OLD GRANT PLACE” BURNED Howard F. Smith former tax collector | fused at a conference with the asso-| Chief . ¥ Norwich, May 18.-Fire today de-|who has absconded with $85,000 of | clation of master painters which from miles .’\r(.‘m:n) o r; Tn|'l|:, :»;." |stroyed the homestead on the "old |the eity's money and for whom po-|lasted until early today. atding m_fl»:v]v ‘41'1‘:-;"‘( .m:nr-“fl' 154 |Grant place™ on the Canterbury turn-|jjca of the world are <r~mchlng ’ The strike order has already been [undetermi : n :'v"‘ < ',,"m 1¢ 'lmu tal 1plkn near here, with o loss estimated | - mailed to the union members, “m"rl"“'; l-:'"'ur "' (';‘ "N"-fl ‘;R'.‘ e .,? Yo 9 9 S 000, o 5 - clals announced. Another conference | C‘onfusion at the s g :n"‘i::r‘:ly‘:vr::(;;ld be aceepted from (&t 85,000. Three barns were saved Lenathnn An es at will b held tomorrow in a lst at sald. that It was fmpossibic fo gt . 4 i R | ” o - ers. exact detalls of the disaster. cRemasal of the congestion which | AR | Boston Without Event | tompt to win over the employers. 70 Dead, 2 Missing. afflicted all castern roads last winter, | Qi g wvise known dead ae o W " " s Shippt * A revised list of known dea improvement of equipment nnd the | THE WEATHER | ot m vy Leviathan, described]| ORIGINAL 8 0. AN Dlits | 2 0o et more equitable distribution of freight | ! - - Mainfield, N, J., May 18- (vr\nlrlprrsnnn Two were unaccounted for, 0 | Hartford, May 18.—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; Saturday increas- | ing clondiness, Jittle change in temperature, variable winds. along the lines made it possible to 1ift the embargo, said New Haven of- ficials. The summer demand for an- set in they reported, dealsrs being un- able to supply more than a portion of | * - # | without incident. |as the second largest vessel in the world, arrived at the state drydock |T. Waring one of the original incor- | The et follows: for scraping and painting of tmlnornmn of the Standard Oil Co. and! Mr. and Mrs. G. Charles Humphe hull in the reconditioning for trans-|a close friend of Johu D). Rockefeller|ries; Mr. and Mre. G. G. Brown: Mr atlantic service. The trip from New-|dled today. He was 84 years old. He, and Mrs. M. 1. MclLeod and two chils port News was said to have been | is survived by his wife and eight chil. | ‘ | dren, (Continued on Third Page)