New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1923, Page 1

7z | NEW BRITAIN HERALD N PAGE ESTABLISHED 1870 SECOND CURB CRASH UNSETTLED TRADING Involuntary Petition in Bank- ruptey Filed Against Wolle & Go. LARGE HOUSE I8 CLOSED| Rumors of Further Fallure lm|mllnui Aficets Morale of Speculators— | Three Investigation Into lluolumn:’ | New York, June 6.—New York's! llst of stock brokerage fallures was auvgmented today hy the fling of an involuntary petition In ‘bankruptey against M, 8 Wolfe & (o, one of the largest curb market firms, with a branch office in Chicago. TAke the firm of L. L. Winkelman & Co, which falled yesterday, the Wolfe house had been a member of the Consolfdated stock exchange until about a year ago when it withdrew after having been placed under in. vestigation by the exchange, One of Pive Largest Firms The Wolfe firm was one of the five largest holding membership in the New York curb market. © Marion S Woife, the senior member, was admit- ted in 1817, Other members of the firm are O. N, Moulton, O, Perry Wolfe, Carsen T. Morris and Charles Hartman, The bankruptey petition was filed by counsel for the Metropolitan Ad- vertising Co., Dispatch Printing and Bindery Co. and Joseph F. Branden- burg, who presented relatively small claims. Inquirers for information concern-| ing the action were referred by firm members to their counsel, Arthur G. Hayes. Mr. Hayes, busy preparing a de- tafled statement said the Ifabilities of the Wolfe firm would not exceed $425,000, Failure Affects Trading Rumors that flitted through Wall| street of other impending faflures on the curb slowed up trading in the| early hours of the half day session! but sfocks showed greater strength| than they did at yesterday's close. A short time after the bankruptey| peition had been flled, Federal Judge Bondy appointed Percy Michelbacher Now in Progress in New York, | ican Engineering Society, Crawlers Stall Trains In West; Florida Goal Of a Butterfly Horde Corvallis, Ore, June 8.--An army of caterpillars has invaded this section, delaying trains and covering roadways. Trainmen arviving here army is coming over the hills he tween here and. Albany, covering the railroad tra ‘é‘rhlh of weveral inehes ; ing passage ne °""¢'c The caterpil dyt, ble for the considera ”"“fo a train near here Wednesdny ..m delayed another 1 utes yesterday, say the Miami, ¥lorida, June 9. White hutterfiies, millions of them mi grating south, have hegun to reach Miami. Radiators of auto mobiles coming from ort lLau- derdale and West Palm Beach were covered with masses of them, resembling a thick layer of snow, COAL STORAGE SURVEY ' INCLUBES THIS GITY * New Britain One Communities in Nation- wide Plan New Britain has been selected as|claims alimony, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1 e, Doy ain 15 min ’ INJUNGTION SSUED IN DIVORGE ACTION Mrs. Blumentbal Ties Up Stock of | Husband, Rich Hartlord Man SAYS HE HAS $1,000,000 vin in supevior Conret Issues ) uhm.“'"“ Companies in Has Interests From | The l's : v, (ate ‘Frans Others, Hartford, June 98-Injunetion or. ders have been issued by Judge 1o P. Waldo Marmvin of the superior court in the $500,000 divorce and alimony suit of Mrs, Ann Blumenthal against Harry l’lulln‘nlhnl. & wealthy serap iron de of this eity, the injunction restraining the Travelers Insurance Co,, the Aetna (fire) Insurance Co, {the Hartford Fire Insurance Co,, the | Hartford Rattery Co,, of Southington and Suisman & Blumenthal, Ine, of | Hartford from transferring any of the shures of stock in those corporations the nume of Harry Any other person. Nays Husband Has 81,000,000 Mrs. Blumenthal, who was Ann M Maher, sister of the Iate Danny I'Maher, world famous jockey, was of 86 Fmarrica to Mr., Blumenthal July 21, 19011, They have one daughter. In — — — THOUGHTS PHOTOGRAPILD WITHOUT USING CAMERN PEYOHK SHARE INNINTS Los Angeles, June 9 Jones, viee-president Callfornin psyehieal sooiety, told viewers thoughts photographed, and exhibit series of thought photog 1o prove his assertions One was of a eross m der his auspiees in o lab in Ban Franeiseo in the pre of Frank T, Collins, J, « thony, Ceeil . Nixen and Hey ry K. Huppert, all residents o that eity, he sald "A eamera 15 not used in the process” he stated Oy segled plate or Alm is r Anyone who has the coneontration who clearly, definitely nnd FARTHER CURTIN 1S PRIEST 40 YEARS v NOWSPA P 1 have n tory y n auired power thin} ean \ f Bmenthal Papishioners in West Haven Plan for Annive in Fall sary A three day celebration is being ar her divoree complaint Mrs. Blumen- |'8nged by the Catholic people of Wegt [thal charges her hushand with intol- erable eruelty since 1919 and habitual intemperance. She asks for |a divorce, custody of her daughter and alleging that Mr. one of the 86 cities between Boston | Blumenthal owns §1,000,000 worth of and San Franeisco to assist in a com- | prehensive plan for a nation-wide coal | storage survey, according to commun- ications received by B. 8. Lewis, chair- man of the local branch of the Amer. real and personnl property. Property Attached For $500,000 with |Sary of the ordination to the Haven in honor of the 40th anniver priest hood of Rev, Je fah J. Curtin, tor of theschurch ther Native of New Britain Father Curtin is native Britain, a produet of on est families in this city, u of New earll born of the He wa Attachments for $500,000 have been (In the old Curtin homestead at (he rrved; in the case, yving up The plans were announced yester. | COMPanics, his interest in Suisman & day in St. Paul, Minnesota, at a two | lumen i ha ® ers of 75 Willow street, ¥ #eksion of the Amerloan Engineer- | g5y 00t M Bl ol Sy At i o ing council of the Federated Amer- at which session President Mortimer E. Cooley, dean of the engineering school at the niversity of Michigan presided. The federation is acting in conjunc- tion with the United States coal com- | mission, the department of commerce and other agencles in an effort to find lems, Mr. Lewis has appointed a commit- |local banks have been garnished 'DEKING POLICE ON STRIKE, MILITARY T0 PATROL CI7 ! a solution for next winter's coal prob- Regulars Walk Out to Force Resigna- | tion of President I, Author- ities Sugpect Mr, [corner of Lasalle and umenthal's house at 130 Whitney and attended the country | fcan Society of Mechanical Engineers, | Sreet. his holdings in local insurance this city, then a mere town Beaver strects schools in At an early agé he showed signs of hal, Inc., iron and serap deal. | Youthful piety and often expr About $30,. | desire to be a priest, John's college in Baltimore, which he was graduated ready for reception of Holy Orders, Owdained in This City. He was ordained to the priesthond in this city in 1880, by the late Bishop Michael MceMahon, and he has served in many cities in the state, He has, for years, been permanent pastor of the Catholic church in West Havew and has endeared himself to the hearts of his parishioners, The celebration will commence on Sunday morning, June 17, with a | nier ( SIXTE Average Daily Cireulation Week Ending 9 9282 June 2nd PRICE THREE CENTS o = sz e e GIRL'S BOD FIVE UNDER ARREST Department Store Clerk Murder- ed, Corpse Hidden Under Culvent DISAPPEARED ON WAY 31 Befohertown Man Charged With Siay. ng Boarders—1 il Police soeking Man Who slew Member of ‘I Ishing schooner Crew June Five pe Arrost re today the discovery u ena i Youngstow r. ure unpder ection Wvith body of He ulvert of the department store rregted George K. Me taxicab operator, said to have been Intimate friend the den woman: his wite Edith i Mra, A Cumberledg Zarl ¢, Chamberlaty and his wife Mrs, Menier according to detectives sadd that she of friendship be tween her ind the dead man, I'hose e n of knew wband womni Chris Connell, n chauffeur, who was ned last night, sald he k Drachman,and that he had re- celved a letter telling him to “keep hands off the nnish girl” or “som one will find you both stiff dead.” disappeared May 31 quest Miss r Miss Drachmar Murdg Belehertows Northampton, Mass, Jur Grezynski of icherte late last night for the murder of § Bodner by shooting while Bodner agleep in Grezynski's home yesterday was arraigned in distriet today charged with mur- der. Hearing was set for June 21 Local and state police are searching for the pistol with which Bodner was shot. Grezynski vehemently denied in court that he shot Bodner who was a hoarder in his home. morning, court herc Pisherman’s Body und. Portland, Me., June ‘The body of Wesley Wallace of South Waldo- boro was found pped against two nall kegs the yard be- side a three-tenement house. The pollce expressed the belief that he was killed last night and his bhody placed in the yard. Indications of a the tenements was found, furniture eing upset and broken. There were stains on the floor and table, appar- ently of blood In one of 9.4 to fight in one of YFOUND, ADMITS the | STRANGLING GIRL AND CARRYING CORPSE 18 MILES TO DUMP IT IN SEA T0 SELL JAIL SITE Filipino Butler Confesses FOR BUIDING LOTS Slaying Blossom Seeley = Martin, Nurse in 855,000 Newington Tract ’ . Foreed on Market hy 18th F ”'uonable Hom n .‘\llle{\(lnlenl New York “ Newings i Was About to Throw Body : Over Rail of Ferry Boat When Attacked by Crew —Warned by Policeman, A L) estine Irus ck of necording hy ninty the institution, made 10 to suiek nnouncement amminsie This 1 ors t wsed from owners Hartford on the flna not take than Timothy Long, hotel in although desd did 23, 19, It was purcl where men who were to iall for being drunk it to serve thelr terms working \ farm, rather than to he cons- fined in a cell, The Syms street jafl fn Hartford at the time was over crowded and the cou y commission- ers felt that additional room was necessary The tract was purchased at a price $62,600, on the estimated area of acres, Tha ment was that there would be a corresponding de- crease in price for every the farm proved shorfsof the estimate. On| and drove him to slay her, survey it was foWhd to contain only Lozade, 25 years old, came to thi 167.6 acres, and final settlement was country five vears ago, and had beer made for $565,123, cmployed at the McAuliffe homs But the advent prohibition has since 1921. Miss Martin had been & o reduced the number of drunks and | nurse there for four years. He & |others sentenced to the Hartford jafl short and slight, weighing about 11 that that institution has been found pounds. She weighed 140 ample to take care of its “cus- Quarrcled at Employer's Home. tomers” and the county no They were left alone in the homu |use for the farm. The county com. Of thelr cmployer at 26 West 87t} | missioners, who were ordercd some Just off Central Park, yestes time ago to dispose of. it, have heen 14Y afternoon. They quarreled authorized to sell It for bullding lots Martin went to an upper flool If necessary and it has been decided 0f the four story brownstone house to sell it out in tracts to doff her uniform before going t | There are three sections, One sec. | NeT rooming house. Lozade waited [ tion is east of the state road, one lies| fOF Ner at the foot of the main stalr. way in the drawing room and, 4s she ime down, leaped up and clutchec her throat, he is alleged to have con fessed He choked her for a half hour, he Brothers 1918 the April ears later of antil New York, June 9 Filipino butler, today confessed, the ypolice reported, that he strangled te death Blossom 8 y Martin, & nurse I the fashlonable home of Dr, Gers vils W, McAulitfe, and took her body wrapped In green portleres, to Ellz. ibothport, N, J, 15 miles away where he was attempting to dump 8§ from a ferryboat when arrested lag night Miss Martin, 23, served as nurse g the doetor's home, where Lozade wat butler, Although the Flipino re: d to tell why he killed the girl pollee believe his poverty caused hes to withdraw a promise of marrlag Eluigo Lozade more us sen- could of 211 acre of street, | between the rafiroad and maii high- | way and one i along Rohbins avenue near Maple Hill, There are a number of buildings on ?tce consisting of Stanley T. Goss of | ! was | 0N section, including two dwellings, {one for the owner and a less preten- Wallace was a member of the|'lOUS one for farm help or superin- erew of the fishing schooner .\mpnj(rzndu" Ti\lrx-re m—eX barns and sheds D, Wilard r fuc moblles and farm equipment. | storage ro 1 v Body Found in River County Commissioner E. W, Schultz| them and fifi;n3°th°‘ihfi’y'§ fiflT,’J’n‘.fi' Chicago, June 9.-—The hody of | Of this city, says this section was or- cord, then he tossed the short, heav: Haven and a_group of clty officials| James Kidd, business ngent of the Tn- | IEinally intonded as o country homa | bundie over hie snenar aikeg o Wil be present. A large number of|tarnational Marine-Firemen's unfon|and ls an {deal site for that purpose.| Fifth avanue and sntered a . fasi local people are pianning to attend, | belleved by tho police to have heen | The bulldings are being overhauled Police surgeons reported that acie sald. Convinced she was dead, e ‘dragzod the body to the basement ! wrapped it in Manila paper, hrough' the pair of green portieres from g solemn high mass in the West aHven church. On Monday evening, a purse will be givem to the pastor in the West Haven Town hall and on Tues- | receiver in bond of $50,000. A. L, DeLeeuw & Co.. Alexander H. Will Investigate Wolfe & Co. Scott of the New Britain Gas Light B¥ District Attorney Banton rushed two | C0» and E. W. Peiton of the Stanley| PH W of his assistants to the firm's offices| WOTkS as the New Britain committee, | €IV foday a message from the| as soon 28 he heard the news, in.| It 18 understood the plan of taking, Christian General Teng Yu-Hauang, |, 5l 2 U0 0 00 FUEE structing them to see that hooks of | the survey will be through some gort ™Milltary inspecter of the metropolitan || o nor, e i the firm were kept available for seru. | Of @ auestionnaire, fn which the large | 7€ and Gen. Wailg Wei-Ching, com- | which Mayor David FitzGerald of New | tiny in the general investigation of|Uusers and consumers of coal will be Mander of the Peking garrison, prom- | Y alleged bucketing which he is con-|a8ked to submit certain information | ising that they would assume respon- i Apsbclatad Breas | pockets of Wallace's clothing found $113. Peking, June 9.-—Ioreign legations ducting. concerning their consumption and | SIPility for the maintenance of peace | Attornpgy General Sherman who dis- closed last night that he was conduct- ing a systematic investigation of/ many brokerage houses in the street which are under suspicion sald he had not yet acted in connection with the Wolfe firm. He sald the fafiure was not unexpected, however, and that he would conduct a thorough in- vestigation. The Wolfe offices were In full swing, although there were no cus- tomers when reporters arrived to tell firm members the petition had been filed. Wolf & Co. Suspended Buspension of M., 8, Wolfe & Co. from the curb exchange was an- nounced a short time after the flling of the petition. Mr. Hayes statement: “Our clients cialm they are wholly solvent. Last night their bank bal- ance was $120,432, Equity In loans, security in hand, security in transit and in transfer amounts of $200,000 additional. These asserts are im- mediately realizable, Slow assets of very substantial value also are on hand. All pald securities of cus- tomers are tagged and In hoxes. Liabilities will not exceed $460,000, Thase flgures speak for themselv Every effort will be made to co-oper- ate with the recelvers for the protec- tlon of creditors,” Investigations Under Way Thres prosecuting authorities—the federal government, the state, and New York county—ars conducting investigations of bucket shop opera- tions in this city today with the en- trance of Btats Attorney General Carl Bherman and staff of five deputies, The stata’s entry Into the situation followed yesterday’'s closing by invol- untary bankruptey proceedings of ‘Winkelman & Co. the largest broker- age houss on the curb after Jones & Baker, the firm which closed its doors a wesk ago, Mr, Sherman has begun his investi- gation by conferring with John W, Cartls, president of the eurb market easoclation, and with W, B, Silkworth, president of the Consolidated stock exchange, Both have agreed to co- operate, he eald, The state’s investi- gation will be carried on with funds derived from a $100,000 appropri tion recently provided by the legi: ture for this work, The stata’s investigations, Mr, Sher- man sald, will be made under the Martin law giving the attorney gen- eral broad Inquisitorial pewer in cases where compiaints are made of bucket- ing ordere, 'blue sky” stock promo- tion schemes and other fradulent methods in the eale of distribution of | stocks or bonde, While stock bueketeers or fraud promoters cannot be sent to prison under this law they can be put out| of business by injunctions from the supreme court on submission of proof | of fraud, | Winkeiman bankruptcy will be in cdyrt today when creditors will #eek to campel the firm to deliver its books to Charles L. Tivingston, who | | | fssued the following | The third daughter. of storage &pace, One of the objects for which the Metropolitan police force. federation is striving s to find, it it exists, some way of storing throughout the summer =o eliminage or at least modify the dan- SUArd service, is remaining on duty. gery of shortage during the severe winter, proposition, which they claim s an unhealthy situation and they propose to do what they can towards stabiliz- | ing the demand. DISABLED “VETS” WiLL CONTINUE GAMP DRIVE Campaign Will Close Next Wedneaday Instead of Today As Was Originally Planned | Because of a slight mlpundernnnd-f ing that prevented the drive for a| camp fund for disabled war veterans from getting under way locally at the beginning of the week, Commander Dewey Belander of New Britaln Camp, Disabled Veterans of the World War, | sald today that it has been decided that the drive will be continued over to next Wednesday. The original plan called for closing the drive today, A tag day is being held today and will be continued through the eve- ning. Disabled soldlers are selling tags in the center of the city and kegs have been placed along the side- walk so that contributions may be dropped in, to be collected hy the drive commlittee later, Last night Attorneys Woods and David 1, Dunn spoke in Joseph G. the theaters and three four minute |bACk of the store, speakers will be assigned to the play- houses this evening, Among the contributiens which wera received today was one of $50 from Charles F. Smith, president of the board of dirsctors of Landers, Trary & Clark, PRINCESS CHRISTIAN DEAD Aunt of King George and Daughter of Late Quoen Victoria, Was Born on May 28, 1840, 7 By The Amssoclated Press, London, June 9—Princess Chris- tian, aunt of King George, died this morning. The Princess Helena Augusta Vie- torla, more generally known as Princess Christlan from the name of /the Manufacturers’ National her husband, was horn May 25, 1846 | was held up and robbed of a bag con- |a deficit In reserve of %5,822,920, | taining 33,100 by two highwaymen at fserve decreased $33,884,660. Queen Vie- torfa of Great Britain was thus sister of the late King BEdward VII and an aunt of the present British soverelgn. She was married in July, 186868, to Prince I'rederick Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, who died in Lendon in October, 1917, There survive one son, Prince Al- bert John, duke of Schleswig-Hol- eteln, who served in the FPrusslan army during the war, and two daugh- yesterday was appointed recefver un- der §70,000 bond, ters, Princess Helena Vietorla and Princess Marie Louise, | to the engineers, s a hand to mouth | aMain and Carleton streets today. lin Peking during the strike of the The gendarmerie, a foreign force of | coal | §00 intended primarily for protection | as to| Of the legation quarter and for special | The police walked out yesterday. The coal business, according | Thelr pays had been considerably in arrears hut the strike is sald to have been a political move to force the resignation of President T4 Yuan- Hung. The president, secluded in his| resfdence, let it be known that he had | no intention of resigning. | Feng Yu-Hsnang had his troops| quartered this afternoon in the suburb Nanyan, and they were belng moved | closer to the clty, prepared to enter | in caso of necessity. The strike is reported to have heen engineered in Tlen Tsin and Paoting, by adherents of General Tsao-Kun, the most powerful of the northern | | ‘militarists. RAIDERS SBCURE LIGUOR Policemen Patrick O'Mara and John | C. Stadler Secure Alleged Whiskey in Kane's Poolroom on Broad Street Armed with a search warrant Po- licemen Patrick O'Mara and John C. Stadler this morning raided a pool room at 43 Broad street and placed Thomas Kane, proprietor, under ar- rest on a charge of violating the 1ig- vor law, | The officers were refused admit- tance when they reached the place, They clalm that Kane peeked through | a curtain in the door window and ;when he saw the policemen ran to the Policemen O'Mara and Stadler broke in the door and upon entering the pool room saw Kane emptying a bottle of alleged liquor into a sink, they sav. | the | | | | | | ! The policemen seized the bottle with | several others partially filled with | |liquor and a glass, Seaching the| |premises they found a gallon jug |three-quarters filled with alleged whiskey. Kane {s being held for a hearing in police court Monday morn- BANK MESSENGER ROBBED Held Up In Cambridge, Mass., High- | waymen Making Fecape With Bag | Containing $3,100. | Cambridge, June 9.—Fred 8. Mac- | Bank, The | money was part of the payroll of the C. A. Briggs Co. To Resume Old Relations By The Aseociated Pr Tokio, June 9.—JTap today ngreed to open negotiati s for ‘two countries. resumption of relations betweén an and Russia | | his wiil, | probate court, i ‘:’xecutrb‘, and is instructed to have a | YOrk on whom the brunt of prohibi +monument placed over his | mintstrator, Causland, a messenger employed by |condition of clearing house banks and [+ Japan and Russia Prepare | I I [l the| ) ‘..—.—_____,.Jpre'em:e of competent witnesses. |among whom will be Father Curtin's two brothers who reside on Farming- ton avenue, this city. MASONS OFFER REWARD FOR CLUE T0 TESMER MURDERER Chicago lodges to Give $5.000 for| Information Ieading to Arrest of Insurance Man's Slayer, Chicago, June 9-—Rewards totall- ing 85,000 offered by two Chicago Masonie lodges, spurred the authori- ties today in their search for the girl| | bandit slayer of Richard C. Tesmen, | prominent Chicago insurance man. Immediately after Tesmer's funeral vesterday the two lodges met and appolinted representatives to co-oper ate with the police, -announcing at sama time they plan to enlist the ald of assoclate organizations throughout the nation in the search. Mrs. Tesmer, wlio was with her husband last Tuesday night when the girl shot him after robbing him with the aid of a male escort, collapsed at the funeral and was unable to inter- view police suspects during the ra- malnder of the day. She says she will be able to fdentify the girl by her blue eyes and the fixed smile which she wore during the holdup. Four suspects are being held today although the pollice have admitted they are “working in the dark." EMCGABE Wealthy Real Fstate Owner Left All Probate Court Record Shows—Will of John J. Hayes, to Wife, John W, McCabe, for many years one of the cit's leading businessmen and for several years past - engaged extensively in real estate activities, |left all his property to his wife, Mrs, | Helen Kelly McCabe, by the terms of BY The A"n(nr\gd me;imo was filed She 1s today named in| as which grave cost in| £t. Mary's cemetery, the of ror less than $1,000. The will of the late John J. Hayes, |43 When a rum fleet of elght vessels|I |also flled today, directs that the en- tire estate go to his wifte, Catherine Hayes, James Hayes, a son, is ad- | | | HOUSE REPORT | June 9. — The actual CLEARIN New York, e week shows trust companies for Re- THE WEATHER e Hartford, June 9.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair, with moderate tempera- ture tonight: Sunday fair with slowly rising temperature, northwest winds. slafn, was taken from the Chicago river today. He disappeared May 30 after a fight at the unlon meeting the night before. SLAIN BRIDGEPORT WOMAN | mage Heim of Newark Clams to be Heir to Estate of Dorothy A. Merritt, Robbers' Vietim Bridgeport, June 9.—With the filing today of the will of Dorothy A. Mer- ! ritt, who died on May 24 frpm in- jurfes recefved months before when attacked by daylight robbers in her home, was a notice of contest in pro- bate court of John Helm, an attorney. of Newark, N, J., who alleged that ho was logally married to the woman, A hearing was set for June 18. It had heen supposed the decedent wag 1n- The wiil names Miss Emily mother, Mrs. Lawrence E. Stamml and Miss Bdna M. Marritt, ststers, as benefiefarfes, The family besides the mother conslsts of ten sls- | | married. Willex, ters and brothers, No evidence was offered in the no- tice of contest of administration of the will and the hearing will give op portunity for substantfation of claim of marriage. The estate of Miss Merritt consists of jewelry, furs and household ef an estimated valna of 810,000 RUMN FLEET OF BIGHT BOBS UP OFF NEW JERSEY CORST Small Corps of Prihibition Enforce- | | ment Officers Sees Tronble Dancing on Waves, — The New 9 Highlands, in handful of federal agents |tlon enforcement fell when Governor Smith signed the New York state | which s to be not more than $2,000, | Prohibition enforcement act repealer, saw their difficulties augmented to- bobbed up off the coast and cast an- chor in a line extending from Jones Inlet to a point opposite Asbury Park Former Congressman Sues His Ex-Secretary Washington, June 8.—Manuel Her- rick, former representative from Ok- iahoma who some months ago aired on the floor of the house, some of his experiences in courtship, added anoth- er chapter to the story today by filing a breach of promise suit against his former secretary, Mies Ethelyn Chrane, He asks for §50,000 damages, It was on a compiaifit that he had annoyed Miss Crane on the street that Herrick recently pald a police court fine of $5. As on that occasion he appeared today his own counsel and told the court that Miss Chrane had promised to marry him, in the the® lunder Superintendent White, Lava and Smoke Thrown and painted, preparatory to selling | from the blue marks of fingers a ‘»md in addition the town of Newling- | the throat, the hody was nnmarred ton has just voted to install water Madly in Love With Victim. connections {n this section. Among the prisoner's effects was ¢ — Vb= S EIARG letter which apparently was cople¢ YESUVIUS ERUPTINGA from one he had sent to the girl, T GAIN, jread in part: EARTH S} | “Probably this is the poorest anc | IUDDERS VIOLENTLY most despised letter vou ever re | % ceived. Ever since I met you T hawi been always in terrible dilemma, Several | can't help but think of you pro: foundly and in so doing it is N Hundred Feet in Alr—Many Ameri- a matter of time to 'ellg_vnu th:{“f cans Watchi e | have selected you andéonly you as 4 ching Brilllant Spectacle | s wite x x % I ur only waiting By The Associated Press, | for the time to tell you the supremi Naples, June 9.—Vesuvius fs again | #acrifice T am having at present, in eruption, with incandescent lava, “Please be merciful and use th stones, cinders and smoke belng | best fudgment in. my favor. Don* {thrown up in a column which fre. tarry in answering this letter in orde; quently reaches a helght of several | that'T may be free from mental and hundred feet, physical disturba Many Americans arc admiring the| It was slgned “Yours sincerely." spectacle which is most effective at Tt was through accident that the night. The eruption ls causiug vio- /murder was discovered. Lozade, thi lent local earthquakes. anthorities say had transported the The, phenomenon now being wit- body in a motor car from the Me ressed {s a recurrent one coming every Auliffe home to the lower end o ‘,'fi\\' years. The lava which s ejected Manhattan, transferred it to a ferm by the volcano gradually forms « for Staten Island and embarked wit} cone often rising to hundreds of feet|it in another automobile for the around the crater and obstructing the Elizabethport ferry station, nine mile free flow of the emoke and gases un- |neway i ; HI the Internal pressure rises to such He struggled a point that it disrupts the cone. bundle as he Prof. Maladra, director of the Vesu- hoat for New Jersey and the cal vian observatory says the present driver, Edward Mareur ran to his ald phenomenon may last a long time and Mareur, his suspicions aroused by the will probably be accompanied by alodd shape of the burden snd feslin large eruption of ashes, but that anyiit yield to his touch, notified pnuc: anxlety for the safety of the nelghbor- |gergeant John Miller who ran for the ing villages is not justified boat fust as it left fts siip Seeing the officer approach Loszad is alleged to have struggled to 1lif the body to the rail in an effort t¢ A, G, COMMENCEMENT Rev. Dr. Samuel McChord Crothers ' deckhands who rushed Lozads The corpse dropped back to the decl Prizes as he turned to fight them off. Hq was overpowered, the boat returne¢ to the slip and the suspect was taker 4oty Into custody atter Miller had learne¢ commencement at the Connecticut Ag- the bundle contained |ricultural college today was held in L-0%ade continued stoieal unde; Hawley armory. Rev, Dr. S8amuel Mc. hours of questioning by the authort Chord Crothers of Cambridge, Mass, '1es. He refused to talk at first, sagp was the speaker of the day. Degrees IN& he did not understand or spead were given to in course and four English but finaily made monosyllabic as masters of sclence. The diplomas ANSWers to some of the questions. were presented by President Charles \mong’ 2,000 FOOT FAL Among the prizes awarded were: Uy Highest average in studie€ for four years, Arthur 1. Weinstein of Allston, Mass., firet: Ida T. Tuttle of Winsted, Conn., second: Sherman K. Ives of Litchfleld, third. The Hicks prize in English composition went to Donald H. Lawson of Middle Haddam The alumni dinner was held afternoon with the welghty attempted to board ¢ Delivers Address—Three Awarded To Smdents from Conn, Storrs, Conn,, June 0.—The what L, FATAL T0 2 Afrman and Student Rillsd Whes Machine Goes Into Tall Spin ane Crashes to Farth. Peoria, 111, June 9 —An aviator an¢ a student flier were killed last night when' their plane went into a tal EXPANDS &pin 2,000 feet in the air and crashed —As a result! near Kellar field The dead am of the heat the early part of the Clarence Brown, pilot. 22, and Emen week and of continued infinitesimal | GIbson, 23, both of Tilinols. jars of the counterweight used when the draw Is operated the Thames river draw bridge expanded % of an |inch and interfered with closing of |ton. . bhoxed the ears of a burging |the draw. As a result traffic has|/whom she found in her home lasi Leen diverted to the ferry boat dur- night and said afterward her only re- ing quiet perjods of the past fwo/gret was that she did not have a8 days and repairs made by engineers opportunity to spank him before M | escaped. N “ this DRAW BRIDGE New London, June 9 WOMAN BOXES BURGLAR'S EARS Chicago, June 9. -Mrs, Anna Nom § 2 <