New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1923, Page 1

i ‘News of the World . By Associated Press INDEPENDENCE DAY WITHOUT FATALITY Few Accidents Reported, Most of - Them Being of Minor Nature . FIREWORKS SHOW TONIGHT i Fight Fans Stand in Rain and “Hear' _ Shelby Fight—Firemen Go 12 Hours Without Being Summoned— Police Have Comparative Easy Day Fourth of July sputtered its way into history at midnight without a single fatality to mar its glory. Only a few accidents were reported and the majority of these were of a minor nature consisting of burns from the premature explosion of fireworks or the careless handling of blank car- tridge pietols. It was a wet Fourth, not wet as in past years when the saloons put on extra help to help assuage the thirst of patriots bent on ‘“celebrating.’” But it was wet. At different times dur- ing the day the sky became a sieve and showered those who were out of doors. Thousands flocked to the shores and in some cases were soaked by sudden ‘summer storms. Picnic parties were forced to pick up their skirts and hie for cover. Touring parties were drenched and stumbled home through et streets until a late hour. There was hardly any disorder to speak of. Chief Hart's policemen adopted the phrase so frequently used in connection with the United States Marines and "had the situation well in hand.” The few entries which em- broidered the blotter at police head- quarters were for minor infractions of Fourth of July regulations. A few enthusiasts insisted in toting their firearms in public and couldn't keep their fingers off the trigger. Record in Fire Department. From 12 o'clock midnight on July 8 to 12 o’clock midnight on July 4, the fire department was not called up- on for service. There wasn't even a “still alarm' to break the monotony. ,Chief Noble said today that he counld not recall a similar Fourth of July sltuation. Thumb and Fingers Blown Off. Herbert Schick of 302 Stanley street had a thumb and two fingers of his| left hand blown off yesterday when a cannon he was ramming exploded, He was taken to the New Britain General hospital for treatment, Jacob Schlafer, 14, of 238 North street, had his hand painfully hurt with a blank cartridge, Raymond Cochran, 11, of 273 ‘Washington street was badly burned about the neck by powder from a blank cartridge. Joseph Zigmanski of 157 streot had three fingers of hand badly maimed when cartridge exploded. Edward O'Dell, 10y of 240 Smalley street was painfully injured when a firecracker which he was lighting ex- ploded in his face severcly cutting his face and mouth. Stanislaw Chernosky of 241 Broad street, a six-year-old child sustained | severe burns of his face and eyes Broad his left a blank MASS. COMMITTEE REPORTS | GOAL SHORTAGE PROBABLEi Investigators Say Miners' Demands | Will Be Resisted With Result Pro- duction Will Be Cut Down, Boston, July 5.—Present indications are that there will be a decline if not an actual stoppage in operations in Pennsylvania anthracite coal mines after August 31 the joint special coal investigating committee appointed by the last sesslon of the Massachusetts legislature says in a report made pub- lic today. If the decline 4 -essation of operations continues y ength 00~ ple of Massachusetts % pend in part upon'the u. tutes to keep their homes v ° 3 winter, John W. Halter of Greenfield is cha./ man recently spent eight days in th, anthracite flelds and later conferred with federal officials in Washington. tors are certain to resist demands which will be made by the miners with regard o a new wage contract to replace the contract which will ex- of time the committee/ The committe of which g& Its report point out that the opera- pire on August 31. . B. THOMSON'S HEIRS LVING N THIS GITY Estate of Former New Britain Man Estimated at $200,000 Local relatives of the late Willlam Blackwell Thomson of Hartford formerly of Lake street, this city, are beneficiaries in his will which has just been filed in the Hartford probate court, and cash bequests of $500 each are left to the Children's home and the Home for Crippled Children. The estate i{s believed to be worth about $200,000 about one-half T which is represented in Landers, Frary & Clark stock, whiie much of the remainder is in other local se- curities. Georgia Knapp Thomson, Car- lotta Sloper, Emily Sloper and Ella. T. Sloper of this city receive 20 shares of I'nion Manufacturing Co. | stock and 40 shares each of Landers and American Hardware stock. Other bequests to local persons are: To James B. Thomson of New Tirvitain, 80 shares Landers, Frary & Clark; 50 shares American Hardware corporation; 2. shares Stanley Works; 40 shares North & Judd Manufactur- ing company and 10 shares Scovill Manufacturing company of Water-| bury. To Aletta Knapp Thomson of New Dritain, 50 shares Landers, Frary & Clark. To Sanford Knapp Thomson New Britain, 50 shares Landers, ¥ : & Clark; 40 shares American Haid-! ware corporation; 20 shares Noyth & | Judd Manufacturing company. { To Georgia Knapp Thompson of | New Britain, 40 shares Landers, | of when he exploded a blank cartridge in his face. Sam Rosen, 24 years old, of Lilac street, is ‘suffering from an injured thumb, the result of his poor aim. While shooting a blank pistol he ac-! cidentally got his thumb in front of| the gun, and although the thumb is still with him it is temporarily out of commission. (Continued on Page Fifteen) 1 In New Britain During Year 1922 SFFK BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of New Britain Herald) Washington, D, C., July 6.—~With nearly three times as many births as deaths during 1922, New Britain made one of the best records of any of the citles of Connectleut in vital statis- tics. Although the birth rate, 25.3 per 1,000 population, was less than that of 1921, 28,5 per 1,000, the death rate remained the same, 9.0 per 1,000, | instead of increasing, as in many places. The rate of infant mortality increased, 99 out of every 1,000 in- fants born having dled before reach- ing the age of one year, as against 86 in 1921, The whole number of births during 1922 was 1,698, and of eaths, 567, g, "';’ ’ A I For the state of Connecticut as a | whole, the 1922 birth rate was 21.5| | per 1,000, against 24.0 per 1,000 in| {1921, The death rate last year was 12.0 per 1,000, and in 1521, 11.4, In the cities, in which are included | 11,098,985 of the tottal 1,499,007 resi- | | dents of the state, the birth rate was 23.1 per 1,000 last year, as compared with 25.9 in the preceding year. In the rural districts, the rate last year| | was 16.5 per 1,000—the lowest birth | Irate shown in any section of the 25| | states making registration of blrths.i Infant mortality increased the | in (Continued on Fourteenth Page). $, “ARGARET CALLATA, “a4§ RESULT OF FALL South uigh Street Woman Fractured Hip Last Saturdey—Lived Here For 60 Years Mrs. Margaret Callahan, a resident of New Britain for the past 60 years, died at her home at 40 South High | street at about 8 o'clock this morning at the age of 88 years. Her death was the result of a fractured hip which she sustained by falling on the floor at her home last Saturday eve- ning. Mrs. Callahan was a well Irish resident of this city and came here from Palmer, Maes, when a young woman. She is survived by two daughter, Miss Sarah Callahan and Mrs. Mary E. Fox, both of this city, and two sons, Edward of this city and George of Palmer, Mass, The following grandchildren also survive James E. Fox, Agnes M. Fox, Dr. Peter A, Fox of New Britain, George Callahan and Mrs. Margaret Banks of Palmer. T'uneral services will be held from her late home at 9:30 o'clock Satur- day morning and at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Interment will be in St. Mary’s cemetery. WANT T0 BAR PICTURES Attorney Reported Planning To Prevent Showing of Fight Film, known Chicago District Chicago, July 5.—Reports that moving pictures of the Dempsey-Gib- hons fight at Shelby yesterday were enroute to Chicago by airplane led to the announcement today by U. 8. Dis- trict Attorney Edwin A, Olsen that exhibitors who attempt to show them will be aprrested for violation of the federal law prohibiting interstate ship- ment of fight films, It was reported that a prominent moving picture news agency was ship- ping the films to a Chicago exhibitor to exhibit them today. At the district attorney’s office it was stated that the exhibitor in two previous cases had been fined $1,000 by the federal au- thorities but continued to show the fight pictures without further inter- erence from the federal or city offi- cials. Fireworks Tonight. Thousands were disappointed by the! announcement yesterday that thel| band concert and fireworks display at/ Walnut Hill park had been postponed, | but the complete program wiil be | given tonight at the park. The con-| cert by the Philharmonic band will start at 8 o'clock and the fireworks will follow. | That there was keen interest in the| fireworks was proved by the hundreds/ of telephone calls received at the| “Herald” office from Berlin, Plain-| ville, Southington and even Hartford. | In addition hundreds of local calls| were answered. As a result of the interest it is expected that one of the biggest crowds in the history of the city will attend the display tonight. Big Crowd Hears Fight Returns About 2,000 dyed-in-the-wool fight fans stood in the rain on Church street yesterday and listened to the story of the Dempsey-Gibbons bout at Bhelby, Montana, as it came through the “Herald” megaphone. Even a downpour of rain was not sufficient to wash out the dye and they stuck| until the last blow had been whipped (Continued on Page \Fifteen) MISS BARRYMORE DIVORCED Famous Actress Granted Decree From Russell G. Colt—Has Custody of Three Children. Providence, July 5.—Ethel Barry- more the actress, today was granted a divbree from Russell G. Colt, son of the late Col. Samuel P. Colt of Bristol on the Grounds of neglect to provide, following a hearing of tes- timony taken by depositions. Under the decision she is granted custody of three children. It is understood that an interlocutory decree will be entered whereby Mr. Colt will have the children with him at stated times. Boy Tips Ove;fioat and Greenwich Man Is Drowned Greenwich, July 5.—Michael Mur- ray, 50, single, was drowned off the steamboat wharf near the Indlan Har- por Yacht club late last night. He was in a row boat when John Dileo, 1 boy, stepped on the gunwale upset- ing the'craft. Murphy could not save Jimself, | a “kicker's handicap” basis. Contests Scheduled for July 18 With Silver Prizes Fur- | nished by New Britainj “Herald.” ,1 | Owing to the kindness of the Shut-| tle Meadow club, which has ten- dered the use of the golf course free of charge, the “Herald" is able to an- nounce that a “Fresh Air Tourna-| | ment” open to all golfers upon pay-| ment of $2 entry fee, will be held flr“ day if weather necessitates a post-| ponement. The tournament will be conducted along the lines of last year's affair. There will be suitable | prizes for three different systems of | scoring a total play of 18 holes,| prizes for low gross, low net and on In addi- tion there will be a prize for a 9 hole round for ladies, this prize to be played for in the morning and to be awarded on the basis of a "kicker's | handicap™ also. All receipts from the ! affair will go toward swelling the fund for the Fresh Alr Farm at Burling- ton. The New Britain “Herald" will donate the prizes, which will consist | of useful silverware furnished through | Porter & Dyson at cost. The rules for the contest will be simple. Anyone, wherever his homs,’ whatever his golfing ability, is eligible | upon payment of the $2. It is not necessary to be a member of the! Shuttle Meadow club, in fact club | members will be charged as much for | |entering as outsiders. One round of | | 18 holes will furnish the seqres upon! which the prizes will be awarded. The lowest score turned in will win the, low gross prize. For the low net it will be 1.ecessary to use the handicap | |of ‘the Mub to which the player be-| longs, with a maximum handicap of | 27. Prizes will be given to low net score turned in The kicker's handicap scoring furnishes a chance for | | system of win a prize. The player will pick handicap which should make his to- -~ (Continued on Fourteenth Page). any|reported shortagd of player, be his skill much or littie, to|fourth siate bank of Hutchinson was || a|closed tocay. | -A_G'olf Tourney for Fresh Air Fund at Shuttle Meadow Club Mansfield Woman Drops Them From Second Story Window and Follows | When House Catches Fire, Willimantie, July 5.—Mrs. Charron, living in a cottage on the South Cov- entry road in Mansfield was awakened during last night by smoke and realiz- ing that the place was afire, dropped her four children out of the sleeping room window on the second floor. She then jumped after them to the ground. All escaped Injury. The house was burned. A passing autoist [the club Wednesday, July 18 or Thurs- | hrought Mrs. Charron and the chil- dren into the city. Her husband, mer, is night watchman in a miil. The loss on the house was $1,000. It is thought the fire was started by a lightning boit. The house was struck also three weeks ago. SUICIDE IN BANK Junior Teller in Philadelphia Insti- | tution Shot and Killed Himself in NO FEDERAL TRODPS 70 GUARD MUSHEGEE Request Is Made However, Because of Fear of Ku Klux Klansmen Washington, July 5.-——Employment |of federal troops in connection with the veterans hospital controversy at Tuskegee was said by officials here to be unlikely as there is no evidence that state forces are unable to pre- serve order. New York, July 5.-—-Declaring the lives of K. R. Moton, president of Tuskegee institute and of negro sur- geons at the United States veterans’ hospital at Tuskegee, Ala.,, had been| threatened by masked mobs the na- tional association for tha advance-| ment of colored people today wired President Harding urging that he send federal troops to protect them. The telegram read: { “National association for advance- {ment of colored people representing 100,000 American citizens asks that federal troops be sent to Tuskegee, Ala., to protect colored doctors sent to United States veterans' hospital to care for negro world war veterans. Lives of these United States doctors and security of Tuskegee institutes| have been threatened by masked mobs. Tuskegee institute as interna- tionally known agency making for inter-racial good will, should have| | protection against lawless defiance of | government. We urge especlally fed- eral protection for R. R, Moton suc- cessor to Booker T, Washington whose life has been threatened.” Tuskegee, Ala., July b--Action of | the National association for the ad-| vancement of colored people in re- questing military protection for Dr. R. R. Moton head of the Tuskegee insti- tute and negro surgeons at the veter- ans’ hospital resulted it is supposed here because of a parade of 700 mem- bers of the Ku Klux Klan last Tues- day evening. Spokesmen for the par- aders said the demonstration symbol- ized the protest of 50,000 klansmen of Alabama against placing of negro per- sonnel to man the veterans' hospital. DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED Bridgeport Man Who Shot Another Claims He Gun Had Blanks in It—Is Arrested Thought Bridgeport, July 5.—Joseph Hutz, :25. who was shot and severely wound- ed by Roger N. Morehouse, superin- | [tendéht of the Lordship Trolley Co.| |Larns yesterday was in an improved |condition this afternoon and his re- |covery now seems likely. Morehouse has been held in $5,000 | for a hearing later. The charge is| that of assault with intent to Kkill. Morehouse claims the shooting was ac- cidental and that he thought the re- | volver was loaded with blank cart-| ridges. | The shooting happened outside a restaurant and followed a little dis- turbance there when the proprietor ltried to oust a group of young men. IHutz objected to being put out and Morehouse who had entered drew a !gun and pointed it at him. Two of |three shots fired struck Hutz. v . {New Haven Girl Finds Burglar in Her Room New Haven, July 5.—Mary Hatch, |16, awoke from her slumber last | night to find a young burglar in her| room. She screamed and seized the | intruder until her father came. The {man, however, managed to wrest him- | | selt free and make his escape through a window, leaving his coat and shirt | in Mr. Hatch's hands. | | | | | WAGE RAISE Men in Playhouses Ask for 86 o Week Increase | MANAGERS REJECT REQUEST Owners Say They Will Union Orchestras Rather Than Ac- cede—~Compromise Expected Before Fall Season Is Opened. Musiclans employed in New Britain | playhouses have entered demands for increases in salary of 86 a week ef- fective September 1, and if they per- sist in this demands, this city's the- atres will oust union orchestras, heads of the plavhouses have threatened. This information was gleaned today in talks with the managers of the Palace theater, Lyceum theater and of the Capitol theater, formerly Fox's, which is to reopen as soon as exten- slve alterations have been made. Men Willing To Discuss Demands A short time ago, Messrs. Contaras and Perokas of the Falace and Cnpl-l tol theaters, and Alex Gross, who| holds the controlling interest in the Liyceum Amusements corporation, re- ceived notices of the desired increases. The movement, it was explained, was started by the musiclans themselves without the official backing of the union, this sanction not being neces- egary. The men placed the date at September 1, but indicated a willing- ness to discuss the increase with a view to compromising. ‘Will Have Non-Union Musicians John Contaras of the Palace and Capitol theaters sald the $6 increase would not be paid musicians in those houses and that non-union orches-| tras would be hired if necessary. He does not anticipate that this action will' be necessary, feeling that an adjustment can be reached. The Lyceum theater will not use a full orchestra during the summer months, Mr, Gross stated, and with| the re-opening in the fall will seek a, compromise with the musicians and in the event of a failure to adjust their difference on the wage question, a non-union orchestra will be engaged, he said. He, like Mr. Contaras, ex- pects an adjustment. Heads of both theaters explain that an increase in prices would be in- evitable if they were offliged to pay the increase in wages demanded. ALL UNDER ONE FLAG | Catholics, Jews snd Protestants Ment in Preshyterian Church—Priest Pre- sides and Mason Speaks, Goshen, N. Y., July 5.-—Cathollcs, Jews and Protestants joined last night in a patriotic religious Independence Day service and heard Supreme Court Justice A. 8. Thompkins, grand master of the Masons of New York state, counsel the Ku Klux Klan to love its | neighbors and raze the barriers it has erected against races and creeds, The ceremony took place in the Presbyterian church under auspices of the Knights of Columbus with Rev.| Father J. H. McGinnis presiding. Jus- tice Tompkins adjured his hearers to stand together against the Kklan as they fought together in the World | War. | | Hire Non- | walk without braces. W B Average Daily Ci Week Ending June 30th ... MORE THAN SCORE KILLED AND MANY BADLY HURT IN TRINITY STREET BOY 15 LOCKJAW PATIENT Harry Miller, Aged 15, Taken to Grace Hospital, New Haven Harry Miller, aged 15, son of Mrs. Salia. N. Miller of 28 Trinity street, is at Grace hospital, New Haven, suf- fering from lockjaw, having been taken to that institution last Tuesday. It was stated at the hospital that there was no change in his condition. The boy had been ill for about two weeks but it was not suspected that he was suffering from lockjaw. When his condition became serious, his case | was diagnosed as one of tetanus and he was rushed to Grace hospital. It is said that it was necessary for the hospital authorities to send a speclal messenger to New York city | for a quantitiy of tetanus antli-toxin and this was administered in the hope of saving the youngster's life. Whether this can be done cannot be determined. The source of the lockjaw germ is a mystery. The boy has a scratch on one of his wrists and it is sus- pected that this may have been the cause. Harry has been in frail health since birth. He had an affliction of the hip during his childhood and it was not until a few vears ago he was able to His mother is proprietor of the Home Furnishing Co. on the Railrond Arcade and is the widow of H. N. Miller, NEW MURDER MYSTERY Dorothy Kauffman, a Maid at Scars- dale-on-the Hudson, Brutally Slain —Negro Suspect is Sought. New York, July b.-—Westchester coufity police today reported that the hody of Dorothy Kauffman, a maid, had been found yesterday in a dis- ordered room of the servants wing of the home of Magruder Craighead, at Scarsdale-on-Hudson, There were seven knife wounds in the girl's back and her throat was cut. A search has been instituted for 2. megro geen near the home Tudsday, THhe body was found by Madeline Harmer, a friend. A large kitchen knife lay in a corner. The maid had heen alone in the house since Tuesday morning when other servants left on a holiday. Members of the Magruder family have been away for a week. The negro, it was learned, had stopped at the Sunnydale golf club nearby and asked {f they knew a “Tony" living nearby. the negative, he walked toward the Craighead home. EIGHT FAMILIES SAVED Buffalo Police and Fire Department Members Carry Them To Safety | From Buming Building. MACHINE GUN 70 BE USED Attempt Will be Made Tt Shoot Off Casing of Burning Oil Well at Cor- sicana, Texas. Corsicana, Tax., July .—A machine | gun, operated by the fleld battery of the Texas National guard will be used today to shoot off the casing on the | burning Mitchell-Jones-Seay-Cranfiel | oil well near here. Thereby it is| hoped the three streams of fire pour- | ing from openings in the casing will | shoot upward and lessen danger of | igniting other producers in the vmn.[ ity. If the machine gun does not do !ht-! work, a French 75 millimeter gun, | firing a shell weighing about 15| pounds will be used Four Burned to Death in McKeesport, Pa., Hotel Fire | Pittsburgh, July 5. Tour persone | were burned to death today when fire swept through the Schmidt hotel At! McKeesport. Six guests were injured, | two seriously. A score of men, wom- | en and children trapped on upper floors were rescued by police. Others leaped into life nets, ANOTHER AMERICAN OUT | By The Associated Press. His Cage Today. | Philadelphia, July 5.—John P. Da- the bank today. A few depositors were in the place at the time. | A statement issuad by the bank | 4 said that Davin had been sufering ' from melancholia due to ill health. || $175,000 BANK SHORTAGE ‘ Fourth State Bank of Huwmnm.\& Kansas, Closes its Doors Today-— Former President Missing. Hutchinson, Kas, July 5.—With a | = | | i $175,000 the || Responsibility for the shortage was || tel score, minus the number picked, | placed by Bank Commissioner Peter- | son upon Walter Grundy, former | president( who disappeared June 23.| % ™~ | | seconds. | “Henley-on-Thames, July 5.—Russell Codman, Jr., the Roston oarsman was climinated from competition of the| vin, a junior teller in the Philadelphia | qjamond sculls today, being defeateq 0°ath of Gladys Jessman, 7 years old.| savings fund soclety one of the city's by D. H. D. Golan, victor over Walter | |25t night, there are four fatalities as | largest financial institutions shot' and | Hoover yesterday. killed himself in the teller's cage of | won by two le: i s |Urbana, Md., on Tuesday when An- o, 7o lensths in 8 minutes 3014, oo "piller ‘endeavored to replenish | HIGH TIDES July 8 (Standard Time) At New Haven— 5:08 a. m.; At New London— 3:11 a. m.; 5:38 p. m. 8:52 p. m. | Fourth Death Occurs From ; Automobhile Tank Explosion Frederick, Md., July § With the jthe tank on his automobile from an emergency can. Miller, his wife and five year old daughter, dled of their | burns “Mrn. N. Y |Playwright Slashes His Throat as His Wife Sues jer Scott, playwright and scenario writer, was found dead in his room, his throat having been cut. The po- THE WEATHER g Hartford, July 5.—Forecast for New RBritain and vicinity: Fair tonight. Friday unsettled with local thunder showers; not much change in temperature, lice pronounced it a case of suicide and sald they found papers showing divorce. BRUTALLY SLAIN Gary, Ind., July 5.—Samuel Fried- man, pioneer merchant of Gary, was beaten to death with a hammer in % |his store over the holiday. |the result of the gasoline explosion at | The Englishman ! The party came from Water- | Los Angeles, July 5.—Robert Cros- | that Scott's wife had filed a suit for | Buffalo, July &.—Policemen and firemen carried to safety through smoke-clogged corridors members of eight families who had slept whiie fire swept through an unoccupied floor above them in a three story frame building this morning. More than 40 persons were assisted from the building. None was injured. Bridgeport Man Fined $100 For Passing Standing Car of the Bridgeport, July 5.—One Answered in | Pittsburgh Leads Individ- ual Cities of Country With Five Fatalities— Three Killings in New - York 'Accidents Range From Fire- cracker Burns to Those | Resulting From Looking Into Mouth of Cannon. | Chicago, July 5.—A score of deaths ‘and more than a hundred injuries re- sulted from fireworks explosions and | other accidents incidental to the na- observance of Independence | Although efforts to prevent the | usual casualties virtually were umiver- . |sal, fatalities occurred in all the prin~ |eipal cities of the country. Most of those killed were children. Pittsburgh Has Five Deaths - Pittsburgh led in the number of deaths, tetanus resulting from pre- |hollday celebrations causing four | deaths of children. Anton Bellts was |shot and killed there by his wife who |claimed it was an accident. St. Louis, with 61 reported injured had a greater number hurt than any other city although Chicego with three dead and 28 infured was a close second.* Two Others Killed' juries resulting in the death of Jos- eph Javarone of Gloversville, N, ¥. A flying piece of steel from an ex- ploding barrel instantly killed Mike' Aurletch, St. Cloud, Minn., and Or ville Cramer, Danville, Ill., was killed instantly when a gas pipe, loaded with powder exploded in his hands. Charles Conners, Huntington, W. | Va., was killed instantly at an Elks observance at Jackson, O., when a giant firecracker exploded premature- ly, tearing off his left arm. A two year old child at :Jacksonville, Ill., | died as a result of swallowing chem- icals contained in firaworks. Scared fo Death In New Tork Peter Vacarelll was shot and killed when a pistol in the hands of his chum exploded accident- ally. Francis Gordon succumbed to heart faflure when a firecracker was exploded under his feet. Three persons were killed in Chi- cago. One man was shot by an offi- cer who mistook him for a criminal, - Another was shot during an alterca= tion at a picnic and a third was drowned, oo Looked Into Cannon Joseph Korepa, Cedar Rapids, Is., blacksmith, probably was fatally in- |jured when he peered into the mus- |zle of a toy cannon. Three boys in | Westfield, N. J., were severely burn- |ed in an explosion of powder to which they touched a mateh. A similar ao- {cident occurred to three hoys at Be- |lolt, Wis. 2 | Nine of Chicago's 26 persons who received hospital attention were fin- Jured by stray bullets or buckshot. A revolver cartridge on a car track ex- y’plodpd when the wheels struck it and the bullet wounded a woman standing |on the front porch of her home, | Buffalo's Toll | Buffalo, July 5.—Four drownings |and fourteen injuries from v made up the total of Buffalo's Fourth of July celebration. Jacob Lacyma, 20, suffered the most (serfous injury of the day. Part of his |lower jaw was torn away by a charge from a shotgun. heaviest fines ever imposed here for | a violation of the law relative to the passing of a standing trolley car by an automobile was placed upon Albert Petrncel of this city who passed a car on Fairfleld avenue going at 20 miies an hour as timed by a policeman yes- terday. He was fined s1u in city court toda Two Me; &0\\’1{;& Trying To Save Life of Girl Louisville, Ky., June 5.—Efforts of two young men to save thelr girl companion after their canoe capsized while riding the waves from a river tug, failed and the three were drown- ed in the Ohio river near the out. skirts of the city last night. Eye witnesses said the boys went down with the girl in-their clutehes, FRESH AIR FUND Today's figures for the Fresh Air fund are: Prev. acknowledged Elizabeth J..Wickwire Friend “ees . $3,068.80 5.00 2.00 10.00 Total . y: -+ $3,075.80 Over a thousand dollars more will be needed to make it cer- taln that the greatest number of children that the Fresh Alr Camp at Burlington can accom- modate may get their two weeks vacation. It i{s planned to give 800 children the outing, all of them are physically in need of it and are not likely to get a vacation unless the full amount is raised. Small donations to the fund will be gratefully re- ceived at the Ferald office by the Fresh Air Editor. The pub- lie is asked to give to the fund. Four Die in Michigan Detroit, July 5.—Michigan's oele- | bration of Independence Day brought death to at least four persons, Explosion of a cannon tfashioned from a piece of gas pipe caused the deaths in Owosso of two boys. In Pontiac a four year old girl was { burned so seriously, when. her dress jcaught fire from an exploding fire~ \ cracker that she died. A bonfire caused the death in Detroit of & § year old girl. | ‘ 10 Dead in Ohio | Columbus, O., July 5.—At least ten | persons are known to have lost their | lives In 4th of July celebrations in | Ohio yesterday. Three of the deaths resulted from fireworks while the others lost their lives in automobile jacidents. More than a score were injured reports sald, New York Tragedies New York, July 6.—Three dead, |more than a score seriously injured and nearly half a hundred minor | accidents were found to be the rsult |of Independence Day celebration | here. | A bootblack accidentally was killed by a bullet from a revolver in the | hands of a celebrating friend; a 18 | year old boy died of lockjaw after belng wounded by the discharge of a blank cartridge; Francis Gordon a | sufferer from a weak heart dropped | dead when someone set off a giant | cracker behind him. | 2 Dead in Newark Newark, N. J., July 5—Two deaths and more than a score of injuries were v‘ {reported in Newark and vicinity as |a result of Fourth of July celebrations. A 5 year old girl died from burns suffered Monday when hér dress Exploding firecrackers caused {n. o 4