New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 20, 1923, Page 1

News of the World Ir;—-—;_-:;—" :m:‘ | I’ By Assoclated Press TS "ESTABLISHED 1870 LIQUOR RULE SHOWDOWN SOUGHT BY BRITISH; LINER SAILS WITH BOOZE SEAL shington Regaris |2 IMHERST SENIORS Action as Bold Step to| Sekure Defne Under TURN DIOWN DIPLOMAS standing and Perhaps |Action Comes An Result of Landers, Frary & NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1923, —SIXTEEN PAGES. KIRKHAM DISAPPROVES Clark Raises ~ Capitalization to $10,500,000; 1 For 2 Basis For Stock Issue [ [Increase Voted At Special Meeting of Stockholders Today FOUR PRIESTS AND LAYMAN | ~—Regular Quarterly Dividends of 2 Per Cent, | | ‘ At a meetin Landers, Frary and Clark held this date, quarterly dividend of 39 was declared, and recommendations to the stoekholders for the inorease of eapl tal stoek were adopted as set forth in the following notice D — of the directors of | That there sha!l be transferred on the books of the corporation frem surplus aecount to ecapital stoek ae count, the amount or ue of #8 £00,000.00, as payment in full of said nerease In the autherized eapital stock, inasmuch as the same is being used as part of the permanent work NEW BRITAIN HERALD PRICE THREE CENTS OF TESTING TIME LAW DEGREES IN COURSE Advies Mayor Paonessa That Statute is Harm- fiIVENflb«Y‘AI.E MEN less and Its Observance Of These, 44 Also Formally will c.m Little cu- Receive Army Reserve Commissions fusion and Almomco FIRED UPON FROM AMBUSH Pocahontas Catholics Wounded Shoteun Mystertonsly Pired Into Their Residence Avk. June 20.—Four 1ay official of the Engle near here, were Poacahontas priests and a berg Catholie chureh “Notice is hereby given that a spe. | Trial in Court Enforced Retirement of e | President Meiklejohn Beverages Locked Up in| Storeroom and Sealed | With English Customs |} members of the s Amherst college and Seal for Use on Return |for the desree of n fused to accept thei, 102nd commencoment exerci.. ! Despite the urging of parents anu | triends the 12 men fMled from College By The Associated Press | hall and declared they wonld never Washington, June 20—The salling |accept a degresa from Amherst. of the Olymple from Southampton | Their action 18 the aftermath of the with beverage liquor for the return |1esignation of President Alexander voyage under Nritish customs sea! is Melklejohn yesterday at the roquest regarded here as a Lold step to se. of the trustees. cure a definite understanding of the| The senlors besides Bolton Smith #hip liguor question perhaps through | who refused degrees were Philip W, A test case in American courts, Conrad, Robert B. Freaman, Ephert Ample Authority, K. McKay, Alfred H. Taylor, Jr, While legal experts apparently are | Daniel J. Bertrand, Samuel H Fver in agreemgent that there is ample | ett, Hermann H. Giles, William A, authority under the doctrine of ex-|Greene, Willard 1. MecKinstry and clusive jurisdiction in American ter-| Cyrus F, Stimson. The 12th man was ritorial waters for I'nitad States|Frank C. A. Myers, Amherst 1922, officials to seize the sealed iiquor o was a candidate for a master's there is not an unanimity of opinior degree of how far this legal right shonld be| As Boston Smith ascended asserted in consideration of rules of | platform to receive his degree international comity. | said to Dr. Mejklejohn The arrangement is understood to “Under ordinary have been made by the steamship|there is nothing 1 officlals with the RBritish authorities |than to receive a degree at London to whom has been re-|hands, but in the present ferred the proposal of Secretary Amherst, June 20.—Led by Car- lisle Rolton-Smith of Memphis, Tenn, class at the he circumstances would rather do at circum torial waters in exchange for a special | to Amherst the liberal college.'™ reciprocal agreement eoxtending the| Some applause followed his state- right of search for illicit goods on|ment. Dr. Melklejohn then request hovering vessels to 17 miles off shore. | ad that any others who declined to French Act Similarily | recetve thair degrees should not come The action of the British coineides | forward whereupon the entire gronp with unofficial reports of similar | of 12 walked out of the hall. action by the French in the case of As the men started to leave the the steamer Paris, which salied for|pgii there was a momentary hush New York early in the week, | which was followed by prolonged ap- It was pointed out here fodav that | plauge, under the opinion of the supreme| Of the men who refused to accept court in the Rlacho caze it will belinair degrees Bolton Smith is presi- uecessary for the captain of * theigant of the chapter of the Phi Beta g | Kappa at Amherst; Bertrand is vice (Continued on Thirteenth Page,) | president of the cenior class MAN, DRESSED AS WOMAN, BEING HELD AS MURDER SUSPECT, TELLS POLICE GOD MADE HIM WITH FEMALE NATURE 90 DAYS IN JAIL . Denies Slaying, But Wife of | Victim Says She'd Know | | Providence Truck Driver, Caught in His “Satanic Smile A“)" Wallingford With Load of Booze, where—Has Two Natures| Also Must Pay $200 Fine, and Uses Both, Accused ;"5 mackstone stroet, Brosidonen, |R. I, who was arrested here | midnight hecause his truck had struck la tree in Wallingford, was fined $200 |and sentenced to 90 days by the local alleged |COUTt today. On searching his truck Tesmer, the police found 12 five-gallon cans of is in &rain alecohol which the accused said v he was transporting from New York !tor an unknown Providence man. He claimed he did not know the contents of the cans. Meriden, June 20.—Louis Rabino- Declares. Chicago, June 20,—The smiling slayer of Richard C. wealthy Chicago insurance man jail today-—not the blue-eyed girl bandit whom the police expected to find but a man who for 13 years has| lived the dual role of man and| e S woman. | In all of that time he was the lega) “wife" of the man in whose , o nvees INDEMNITY DEHANDS though there was unthing to indi-| . o i LAt the hiband Wed" HEbi B, | Charges of Allied Governments Grow. ceived by the masquerads, | Attired in one of his female cos- tumes, his henna wig showing wisps . of bobbed hair under the latest mil iinery creation, he was taken before Mrs. Tesmer. Fhe widow who has scrutimzed seores of suspects, sald without fal- tering that he was the person who ghot down her husband after robbing them of a trifling amount with the aid of a male companion. Knows Satanic Smile, ““That sardonic grin; that satanic smile I would know anywhere,” she arserted. The police had ordered the to smile to aid Mrs. Tesmer in tempting to identify him. Later at police headquarters where detectives questioned him in connec- tion with the slaying, a stubble beard began gradually to appear through the layers of powder and rouge on the prisoner's face. Has Two Natuves, The authorities were frankly puz- 2led until the man deflantly stated in a high, falsetto voice that he had two natures and he had made use of them. The suspect who calls himself Fred G. Thompson and Mrs. Frances ing Out of Bandit Are Ready ta Be Presented. |By The Associated Press. Peking, June 20.—Demands for in- demnities for China growing out of the Lincheng bandit outrage have heen formulated by the foreign diplo- matic corps and are awalting the approval of the various governments [involved, according to information obtained today It is understood the claims are to | be filed under two heads—monetary | loss through robbery and indemnity for actual injuries and mental anguish suffered by the kidnapped vietims of the brigands Outrage man at- John Dré;v. 50 Years Actor, Given U. of P. Degree Philadelphia, June 20.—John Drew | Who is celebrating the 50th anniver- sary of his stage career, was given Ithe honorary degree of master of fine letters at the University of Pennsyl- vania today. The only other honor- ary degree was that of doctor of sci ence awarded to Kenneth G son, president of Drexel Institute. De- grees in course were glven to 1,352 students and 325 received certificates :‘I‘,’c"l:'l'mvlnl By, Ate 1; "lfl’o"m., iByoration be and here last | Mathe. | |cial meeting of the stockholders of (ing capital of the corporation and that ' Wounded in a mysterious shotgun at 24 Center street, New Britain, Conn- at one o'clock P. M. standard time (two P M, daylight time) for purpose of taking action upen the recommendations of 's' diractars of the corporation. authorized eapital from $7,000,000.00 to S, consisting of 420,000 |shares of pa. value of $25.00 per |share, all shares to be known as com- I‘mun stock, SITUATION 15 GRAVE. " AROUND MOUNT ETNA Conn, Hope Is Expressed How- ever, That Worst of Eruption Is Passed The Associated Press. By Catania, Ttaly, June 20,—The | grave . The town of Linguagiossa re- stances in view of the action of the | mains the center of anxiety for it i8 court Hughes for permission to brine sealed | trustees I conslder that to accept a(threatened by several streams of lava for the firm estimated the assets at| heverage liquors into American terri- | degree would be an act of dislovalty | which resemble the arma of an enor-| 892,000,000 and Habilities at $7,500,000, | mous octopus Five great tentacles of molten rock and several smaller ones are stretch- {ing out to gather {n the community | and the town seems helpless, although this morning it could not be deter- mined which stream would ultimate- 1y do the work of destruction. Linguaglossa in fact seems already idead in its mantle of black, suffio- cating ashes. It looks indeed as though it had donned mourning for its own funeral The only life In Iingnaglossa {t- i salf is provided by the troops and the | edeanirnal pracessions of townsgeopls | invoking the merey of hedven t¢ save |them from the Impending disaster, | Between Linguaglossa and the on- coming lava there is a scene of great | activity. All the engineer troops in | Sicily have been gathered here and rare already in a last fight against the | fate. They are digging deep trenches jon the mountain side by means of which it is hoped to deviate the lava stream to the right and left of the | town turning it down the steep slope into the valley below. | Some of the latest reports from | the countryside stricken by Mount FEtna's eruption give rise to the hope that the fury of the mountain may have passed its period of greatest in- tensity. However, the situation f{s generally regarded here as heing practically unchanged, with the but Linguaglossa. inevitably upon (Continued on FEleventh Page.) PRIEST GOES ON TRIAL FOR LIFE IN MONTREAL Adelard De Lorme 1s Accused of Hav- | ing Murdered His Half Brother More Than Year Ago ard De Lorme, former Catholic priest, ’chnrgad with the murder of his half brother Raoul in January, 1822, to- day begins his fight for his life. Under the ruling of Chief Justice Lemieux the public has been denled admittance More than three score witnesses have been summoned, large number of veniremen called, as it is expected a deal of difficulty will be experienced in the selection of a jury. The former priest will be prosecuted by Robert L. Calder, erown prosecutor, and his de- | fense will be in the hands of Alleyn Taschereau of Quebee, C. A. Cahan of Mbontreal and another attorney whose name has not been announced. The status of Gustave Monette, at- torney for the curator of the Da Lorme estate is expected to cause| the first clash of defense and prosecu- tion. Last week Justice Martin ruled that the curator had no status in | court, but another fight on this matter has been predicted. Another whose status may be ques- tioned is Detective Lajole, etar witness | for the crown who recently published | a book, based on his investigation, giving many details of the murder of | Raoul De Lorme | The case has been one of the most Landers, Frary & Clark will be held |the sald new capital stock, which shall at the main office of the corporation, (consist of 140,000 shares of a par M |value of $26.00 per share shall be 18 ecticut, on the 11th day of July, 1923, |[sued to the stockholders in the ratie | falr [of one new share for every two shares the 'now outstanding. That said new shares | neighborhood but not fractions thereor, shall be en the [titled to participate in all dividends shortly which may be declared pavable after July 11, 1923 “If the above recommendations of [the directors are adopted by the stock | helders, the directors intend to de. clare regular quarterly dividends of | 2% on the new capitalization, provid. | irfl the earnings warrant same WALL ST, SURPRISED WHEN | ¥ in the home of ane of the priests nday night, afier a ehureh eonfer snee was concluded with a soecial af 20, of the Engleberg i5 in jaill here, where was brought by deputy sheri¥s Atter the shooting. His com. panions, Henry Daniels, who with Knott, and Danlels’ younger hrother was suspected of being a member of the party which fired Into the pastor's home, was released on $200 bond to awalt preliminary hearing The younger Danlels was rbleased shortly after his arrest Joe Rruner, lay official of the En gleberg church and the most severe. Iy Injured of the five, is In a Jones- boro hospital where his numerous wounds are being treated Rurton Knott he New Havep, June 20 —Five sons of Yale were among the recipients of | honorary degrees from Yale university | it the commencement exercises held in Woolsey hall today The degrees in course number 716 The exerel adhered strietly to precedent with the procession of off. cers faculty, eandidates for and alumni from the eollege campus through New Haven Green and to Hewitt gquadrangle and thenee into Woolsey The Harkness tower ehimes played the music for the mareh, be Finning with York Tune and endin with America. In the hall the New Haven symphony orchestra with Isa- dor Troostwyk as conductor, played from Bizet and Mendelssohn | The cand!dates for degrees 'oro| presented by the deans of the respec. | Recommends That Test Case, if Any, Be Brought by Private Individual— Explains Meaning of “Public Building” in Law, Because he f the anti.daylight saving statute is comparatively harme less, Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham does not believe it would be worth while testing its validity, and in an opinion handed to Mayor A. M. Paonessa this morning, the city's legal The four priests who were struck are: Father Herringer, Engleberg pastor, ANOTHER BROKER CRASHES | tive achools and embraced 218 for adviser points out that the people of bachelor of arts, 73 for bachelor of New Britain are at perfect libesty to 150 for bachelor of (tun their clocks and watches on day- sit- | your | nation around Mount Etna is still most |in bankruptey against the firm and its | mighty stream of lava hearing slowly | Montreal, June 20.—Tn the hlstnrlc‘ courtroom of the king's bench, Adel-| Firm of Zimmerman and Forshay, One of Teading Members of Stock Fxchange, Fafls New York, June 20.—Zimmerman | |and Forshay, one of the leading mem- |bers of the New York stock exchange, failed today. After the failure had been announced from the rostrnm of the exchange an involuntary petition federal counsel in the Vresland | members was filed Hamflton | The failure announced from the ros. trum of the exchange shortly hefore one o'clock was the second crash of a stock exchange house to be recorded within a week. Knauth, Nachod and Kuhne went Into Involuntary bank- ruptey last Friday, | Tike the Knauth, Nachod and {Kuhne firm Zimmerman and Forshay dealt extenslvely in forelgn exchange specializing in German marks. | Coming on the heels of the an- nouncement by the president of the | exchange yesterday that there was no truth in reports of impending failures, |today'~ crash took Wall street bv sur- “prlsm asspite ths fact that the firm | was one of those which had been men- | tioned as shaky. | The firm was organized 18 years |ago. Tt had no out of town branches. | “Suspension of the firm from asso- | ciate membership in the New York curb market was announced. | NEEDY WOMAN GIVES ~ TOFRESH AIR FUND {Twenty-five Cents Is the | Amount—8$500 From Tu- berculosis Relief Society —— Mrs. "Friend we shall call her that for reasons that will become| perfectly apparent a little later on,| yesterday became a benefactor | through subscribing to the Fresh Afr Fund which is to be used for send-| ing children of New Britain on a| | vacation of two weeks in the country. | She presented thi sum of a quarter, | an amount which swells the total cash but little, but which represents a bountiful gift when the self-sacri- iflr(‘ and humanity of the donor 18| taken into account. VYesterday it was hot, everyone knows that-today is clrcus day and {s also hot. That quar- ter ndght have bought a brief respite from the heat by furnishing several fee cream concs vesterday, it might | have bought diversion today by giv- [ing a peek at the Fat Lady or the| wild animals in the big show. Tt did| | nefther, it went toward buying a| | anart of milk or so for some young- |ster while he was enjoving the life whose home was attacked. Father Btraussner of Joneshoro. Father Heflinger of Paragould Father Froitzheim of Poeahontas | philosophy, science, 38 for bachelor of divinity, 7| | for doctor of law, 57 for bachelor of | |laws, five for bachelor of musie, ten! for bachelor of fine arts, 16 for master light time In thelr offices, houses and places of business, without confiicting with the statute. Judge Kirkham's opinion follows: I Wit | giving air of the country. And it came from a source which allo | for the expenditure of but one quar- ter. not two or three or many, came from a woman who has llmr*" and suffers much Yesterday Miss Helen Johnson, a‘ visitor with the Welfare Workers| here, was in a home attempting to| spread sunshine and cheer. The hos- | tess was the wife of a man who worked hard for a living, She was the mother of three children, all un- der four years of age, there had been much sickness in the family and life has been a hard struggle for all of the five members. Without warn- | ing the mother produced a twenty- five cent plece from somewhere and| gave it to Miss Johnson with the pe. quest that it be turned into the Fresh Alr fund. “It is all T can give now," the woman said, “Mavbe next weel "Answering your inquiry, state that the 1921 statute is 48 fol- |lows: | "'Bection 1. Section 6720 of the general statutes is amended to read | public health and 62 for doctor of 88 follows: The standard of time for philosophy. |the seventy-fifth meridlan west of For the first time in Yale's history Greenwich shall be the standard of those members of a graduating class 'Me for this state, and no department who had qualified for commissions in |Of the state government and no muni- the officers reserve received them C!PAlity or sub-division of the state, formally at a commencement and Ma- |*hall employ any other time or jor Hoyle commandant of tha Yale |ANY ordinance, bylaw or order p: reserve officers’ training corps pre- A tusillade of shots splintered the | house entering the windows and strik. ing the men who were gathered around a table checking reports re. cefved at the church confarence, of forestry, 31 for doctor of medicine, 41 for master of , 21 for master of sclence, one for civil engineer, five for mechanieal engineer, 3 for publie | health certificate, one for doctor of BIG ALCOHOL HAULS ARE MADE IN BERUIN State and Town Police Take 450 Gallons in Night's Work Ing for the use of any other than the sented 25 for the fleld artillery, 8 for |*tandard of time. the engineer corps, 6 for the ordnance| “Tha 1923 statute is as follows: corps and § for the signal corps. “'Section 1. No person, fim or The candidates for honorary de- (sorporation, organization or assecta- grees were presented by Prof. Willlam (tion, shall wiltully display in or on Lyon Phelps and the degrees were lany'pubiie bullding or on any street, given in behalf of the fellows of the avenue or public highway any time- corporation by President Angell as|measuring inatrument or device, which follows: {8 calculated or intended to furnish Masters of art — George DeForest ltimq to the general public, set or run- Brush, Amerfoan painter: Willam |ning a0 as to indicate intentionally, Pheips Eno, Yale ‘82, chairman of the |or ndicating intentionally, any time committee on traffic regulation, |other than the standard of time as de- Washington: Joseph Hyde Pratt '93.8. [fned by chapter 87 of the public acts professor of economic geology at the of 1921. Any person or any officer of University of North Carolina; Bher- any corporation or organization or as- man Day Thatoher, Yale ‘83, Ofia, [goolation violating any provision of Calif,, head of a boys' school, this act shall be fined not more than Doctors of divinity—John Scudder !one hundred dollars.’ Chandler, Yale '70, misslonary in| o1t will be noticed that the 1921 southern Indla; Rev. Harry Emerson |statute was confined to munieipalities Fosdick, professor of practical theo- [anq departments of the state and that logy in Unfon Theological seminary. the 1923 statute is confined to public Doctors of solence—Walter Brad- | pyjldings and streets. Tn both statutes ford Cannon, physiologist, a graduate |there {s the apparent effort to enact of Harvard university and professor legislation that is constitutional by at- of physiology there; Jacques Loeb, tempting not to infringe upon the con- head of the department of experi-|stitutional rights of the peopls, but mental blology of Rockefeller Instl-(to |imit the restrictions to the state tute for medical research; Henry |jtself or to its agents. Fairfield Osborne, pealontologist, - president of the American museum of enl}m:r: ‘::,m‘:ed“;’ro’;uglcl‘npl'l“;l‘;: natural history. § Doctor of letters—Edith Wharton, | Javiight time and the pubilo generally American novelist. Doctors of law—Henry Wolcott Farnam, Yale '74, of New Haven: Charles Merrill Hough, judge of the United States circult court, New York; Mary Emma Wooley, president of Mount Holyoke college; ILivingstone Two llquor sejzures, netting 450 gallons of alcohol, were made by the state police and the Berlin police last night. Vito Amoeo of the Blue Hills district Berlin was visited by Stat: Pollcemen Michuel Smith, Wal- ter Lenehan and James ©'Keefa and Town Policemen C. F. Lewis and Frank Brown about 10:30 o'clock. The pollcemen searched the place and found 250 gallons of alcohol hid- den in the haymow. Amoeo put up no resistance. He was taken to the New Britain police station and re- leased under bonds of $300 for ap- pearance in the town court this eve- ning. Policemen O'Keefe and Smith also made another haul on the turnpike at about 2 o'clock this morning. They stopped a truek driven by Thomas Orso of Springfleld and found in the back of it 200 gallons of raw alcohol. The truck was on its way to Springfield. The man was taken to New Britain and was re- leased under bonds of $300 for ap- pearance in the town court. POLICEMAN BADLY HURT Meriden Patrolman, Injured in Some Way Off His Beat, Is in Serious time only on a public building or on a street, avenue or pubc highway. For example an individual may dis- play daylight savings time on his own land, provided it is not on a publie buliding. A persons may display day- light saving time efther on the out. | (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) | WATERBURY’S PROTEST TURNED DOWN AND ONE-MAN CARS ARE TO REMAIN TRIBUTE T0 SCOUTS Council Expected to Recognize Hero- ism of Skinner, Tancred and Eric- son Who Rescued Five, At tonight's meeting of the common council, a resolution will be introdue- ed to have the common councll, a ~ resolution will be introduced to have | ‘Waterbury, June 20.—One man the common counell go on record as ‘vrolley cars will continua to be oper- appreciative of the work of Scoutmas. |2t®d in this eity by sanction of the ter Dwight Skinner, Eagle Scout Wil. | Public utilities commission which to« lfam Tancred and Scout John Ericson, ;’lfii;?{' :‘Z'I'fp‘"“ ""d"““’ into """':‘:ll' @ 1 - > . r V. operations espect y Prosecutor Says He Will Prove h\nt“\:‘h';v':;";‘: ?“r"; :‘:""“‘ag("“‘“'"" Sunday |, vestigated bt r:,ue,, pridriq c";‘ Mrs. Creighton Told of Brother's | {government. The inquiry was held Death-to-Be Betore 1t O e because of a number of accldents on curred the streets of Waterbury in which one Newark, N. J,, June 20.—Proof that | man cars figured, the death of Raymond Avery was! The commission in its findings says predieted by Mrs, Mary Crelghton, his Reports From Burma that the careful examination and com- sister, who, with her husband John, |parison of the accidents between op- is charged with poisoning her brother, | |eration of one man and two men cars will be offered at their trial, Prose-| | |1s based on actual car mileage in this cutor d’Aloia declared today. Medical | and other states shows the percentage testimony it was expected will be Rangoon, Juna 20.—8lavery and |°f accidents in operation of one man completed during the day after which human sacrifices still exist in som cars to be less than in operation of a number of friends and relatives of the mountain districts of e of | northern | tWO man cars the defendant will be called as Wit Burma aceording to the annual re.| 1Ne commission calls attention to =5 | port of the commissioner of the north- [special rules and bulletins issued by eastern frontier. It is in the terri. | N® Connecticut Co. relating to condi- tory known as the Naga hills that the Condition at Hospital. Merlden, June 20.-—Special Police- man Cornelius J. Shea is in a seri- ous condition at the Meriden hospital today while an official investigation is being made of an accident late las | night when he was found lying un- consclous In the gutter at Broad and East Main streets. Citizens heard a crash and saw an automobile speed- ing away from the prostrate police. | man. Shea was off his beat and his| condition is such that he cannot ex-| plaln the circumstance. Among oth- er injuries his nose, collar bone and| right arm are broken and he ig be. lieved to be hurt internally. He s about 50 years old and was made a| special four months ago. i PREDICTED DEATH | Public Utilities Commission Finds Them Safer Than Others and Refuses to Curtail Their Use in City. MAKE HUMAN SACRIFICES Show That Even Now There Is Slavery and Uit tle Children Are Put to Death, Heat Wave (‘al;s:sf)eath [tlons in Waterbury on account of the thilly streets as precautionary meas- is prohibited from displaying sueh ° Carrick denied all knowledge of the|of proficiency. | sensational in Canadian courts. Raoul | sacrifices take place. The redemption ures and suggests some changes in Miss Johneon's slaying and sald he would be able to prove an alibi. He sald he was born in Reynolds- burg, Ohlo, early became an orphan and came to Chicago as a runaway boy. \ Admits Female Streak. “T had a feminine streak in me I couldn’t shake off even as a kid,” he sald. “And when I got here I got some girl’s clothes and began work- ing in cabarets. Even after I mar- ried I continued singing in cabarets. Everybody thought I was a girl. God gave me a double nature.” Thompson declared he was home, sick from moonshine, the night Tes- mer was murdered. O’Brien, Famous Ictor, Slashes Throat, Dies Alpena, Mich, June 20. — John O’Brien, Shapesperean actor, commit- ted suiclde here last night on a dock by cutting his throat. He recently |suffered a nervous breakdown. He created the role of Seward in Drink- water's “Abraham Lincoln.” EARTHQUARE AT PISA. By The Assoclated Press. Rome, June 20.—A slight earth- quake was felt at Plsa at 9:25 o'clock this morning. The early reports made no mention of damage. De Lorme, 24 year old student, was found shot ta death on the outekirts of Montreal, January 6, 1922. Blood- staine were found on the antomobile of Father De Lorme. Raoul, it was then learned had taken out an insur- |ance policy for $25,000 four days be- fore his death, at the direction of his | clerical half brother who was named gole beneficlary in his will. TO WED STENOGRAPHER Atlanta, June 20.—Asa G. Candler, 8r., wealthy capitalist and founder of the Coca Cola Co. and Mrs. May Lit- tie Ragin, a stenographer, will be married here today. i Of 14 in Ohio in 60 Hours Columbus, O, June 20.—Torrid weather has caused either directly or indirectly the deaths of at least 14 Ohfoans within the last 60 hours | Continuation of sweltering weather fs vpredicted. ' | yo— /Subscribed to Papers and Sold Them for Wrappers Washington, June 20.—A fraud I can spare another.' efforts to spread cheer paled inte insignificance beside the simple mani- (Continued on Thirteenth Page). THE WEATHER —— | Hartford, June 20.—Forecast || for New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair and continued department today against J. M. Luna warm tonight and Thursday; & Co., at Orizaba, Mexico, charged | westerly winds. | with subscribing for American news. | papers by the wholesale and selling ¥ | them in Mexico for wrapping paper. | order was jssued by the post office | | of elaves intended for sacrifice has |only resulted in a fantastic price be- ing charged for the victim and the money saved for a bigger and more expensive sacrifice later on. By a recent government investiga- |tlon it was discovered that the num- | ber of human sacrifices In the Naga hills is never less than from six to ten a year. Sometimes when funds are plentiful, the number in a year amounts to 20 or 30 | The most common victims are In-| dian children both boys and girls, kid- napped from Assam although any| kind of avallable slaves may be in- cluded in the slaughter. these rules to increase the safety of operation. The commission saye that operation of one man cars is generally approved by state commissions and administrative tribunals throughout {the country as a safe and economlio method of conveying street rallway passengers The commission finds as to the aec- cidents ih Waterbury which led to the special inquiry that in no case was /the fact shown that one man cars were responsible for the accident. In conclusion the commission savs: “We find no justification for pre- hibiting or curtailing the use of one man cars in Waterbury.”