New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1923, Page 1

m,fl BRIAIN HERA |SIX ARMED CONVICTS BEAT * GUARD, BREAK PRISON, FLEE ~ AFTER TAKING AUTO TRUCK UNI]REI]S LOSE ALL IN TERRIBLE FIRE irke and Mace, Idaho Minmg' Towns, Wiped Out by Flames . | UINS ARG STILL BURNING urface Workings of Hecla Mine De- stroyed With Loss of Nearly Mil- ilon—Business Center of Burke Gone, Damage There is $1,500,000. iy The Associated Press. Wallace, Idaho, July 14.—Mlsery talks today in the little towns of iturke and . Mace, mining centers seven miles east of here after a de- astating fire starting about one| o'clock yesterday afternoon and| sweeping its way through nearly a| mile and a half of homes, stores| and mining works. At midnight last night no death| had been reported but the entire bus- iness section of Burke was destroyed and virtually every home in ruins.! Phe loss is put at $1,500,000. ! Mace, adjoining Burke on the west,E suffered less seriously, the flames, baving been fanned by a west wind away from the conflagration's start- ing place. Many Lose Everything. About 1,000 persons are said to be homeless. They were driven ahead of the fire towards Thompson Ifalls. Men, women and children last night were frantically trying to save their belongings. Many lost all they pos- sessed. Officials of Hercules Mining Co. an- nounced that the Hecla surface works were destroyed though the Hercules plant had been saved. loss to the Hecla Co. is estimated at between $700,000 and $1,000,000. 'The elec- tric hoist of the Hecla, one of the largest in the world, was burned. Roaring Mass of Flames, The fire was checked at the Tiber Lotel and Hercules works, Fire fight- ore recrulted from the men of the towns, supplemented by the appara- tug from Wallace, are staying the flames’ advance, though the whole hillside is a mass of fire and smoke. Red Cross officials from Wallace kave been rushed to Burke with food and clothing for the homeless. Tt s said it will take several days to quench the fire, as the huge piles of timber cribbing under the Hecla nearly a quarter of a mile in length are a mass of flames rk From Tocomotive. Rallway service to Burke is dis- rupted, the flames shooting over the tracks and burning the ties, Origin .of the fire is unknown though many belleve that it was start- ed from a spark from a locomotive. The mayor and board of trade of ‘Wallace have been appointéd a reliet committee to care for all persons in need of assistance. B | Other Big Fires Spokane, Wash., July 14.—~The fire in the Coeur d'Alene lead-silver min- ing district brings to mind the fire which in August, 1910, raged for waeks, costing the lives of about 200 persons and causing property loss of a million dollars in Wallace, Tdaho, alone, Another tragedy at Mace and Burke was suffered the night of February 27 of the same year when snow slides in the district took 21 “\'P! HOT? ONLY 103.5 DEGREES This is Recorded in Oregon Districts— | | Texas in Grip of Heat Wave and Belgium Also Feels Tt. Portland, Ore., July 14-—Hot weather today was said to be rap- idly dying the timber districts. The official temperature yesterday was 103% degrees. Dallas, Tex.,, July a number of lightning shocks, prostrations have marked the hot weather of the past few days. The thermometer at Fort Worth yester- day recorded 103 degrees. At Dallas it showed 100 | 14.—Bix deaths, | and Brussels, July 14 —Eighteen deaths| due to heat were recorded on Wed- nesday and Thursday in Belgium, it was announced today in a report of the effects of the prfl\amng hot spell. Amerlcan Ialled for Six Months for Having Pistol By The Associated Press Hong Kong, July 14.--G. R. Price, an American seaman, was sentenced | to six months imprisonment at hard labor here today for posseseing two pistols and 200 rounds of ammunition. In sentencing him the magistrate de- clared: “You have committed a most serious offense. Tt is most important that the authorities should control all arms. Only a few days ago a train was held up by bandits,” Four of 14 Jailed for Fish Plot Are Paroled | Boston, July 14—The parole of four | of the 14 men who were convicted of conspiracy to increase the price of fish in war-time and who were fined $500 each and sentenced to hard la tor was announced by the parole hoard today. They are Herbert F. Phillips, Alvin G. Baker, Louls B. Goodspeed and Wilard R. Cox. They | have served 100 days of their original | sentences of five months and will be set free next week. TWO YAL 3 Newport, R. I, July 14—G. M. Wheeler, Yale, defeated Claud Rama- swami, Cambridge, 6-1, 6-4. 8 W Hepburn, Oxford defeated Aldén Briggs, Harvard, 6-2, 6-2. A. Jones, Yale, defeated Alan 8. Watt, | | A. Rasmusson, coliector W.|[fight concessions, Oxford, 6-2, 6-4. M. D. Horn, Cambridge defeated K.|approximately stated. i Pfaffman, Harvard, §-6, 3-6, 10-8. Naval Council to Plan Details of Scrapping Ships A Washington, July 14—Definite steps toward fulfilling the terms of the naval limitation treaty now ratified by all the powers, were taken today by Secretary Denby when he called a meet- ing of a naval council to ar- range detalls of scrapping the battleships abandoned under the limitation program. Although no actual scrapping will take place until the ratifi- cations have been formally ex- changed, two naval boards will be appointed immediately, one to consider methods of scrap- ping and the other to take up cancellation of contracts for ves- sels which are bullding but which are not to be completed. While it is recognized that there will be much wasted and lost material, officlals expect that a large amount of the steel may be cut and used profitably by the government. SELLS GUN TO AN ALIEN, HARTFORD MERCHANT HELD State Street Storekeeper First Vie- tim of New Law Passed This Year, Effective July 1 Hartford, July 14.—Isadore Golden, | owner, of a store at 134 State street, was arrested this afternoon for al- leged violation of a law passed by the 1928 legislature concerning the pos- session, sale and use of pistols and re- volvers, and in Golden's case sale to| The law became effective | an allen. July 1. This police action is the first in Hartford and probably in the state ot Connecticut with the new law. It s charged that Golden sold a revolver to Michael Pereslougoff, an allien who came to this country from Austria about a year ago. The new law prohibits the sale of firearms to allens. Golden also fafled to posi- tively identify the purchaser as is re-| quired by law and delivered the re-| volver to Pereslougoff immediately after the transaction in Golden's store. The law now provides that the weapon i should be held by the person making the sale for 24 hours after the pur- chase. It is claimed that Golden also failed to observe other provisions in the new law. A detect! went to Pereslougoff's home Friday evening and took posses slon of the revolver. The state police association was ac tive in raush\g this law to be passed 12 HR. DAY WILL BE - ABOLISHED SHORTLY Within Next Six Weeks Probably, Judge Gary Promises ‘ New York, July 14. — Elbert H. Gary, head of the U. 8. Steel corpora- tion today stated that abolishment of the 12 hour day in the steel industry recently pledged President Harding, probably will be begun within the next six weeks. Speaking through his secretary, Mr. Gary said “We shall probably commence ac- tively taking steps to reduce the num- ber of 12 hour workers within the next six weeks."” He declined to reveal the machin- ery already set in motion to abolish the 12 hour day, nor would be esti mate the number of workers who would be affected within the six weeks pertod. TALK 0F 0.5 AD Ttallan Press Writer Thinks Ameflrn\ Ought to be Represented in praising Germany's (€ ‘apacity. By The Associated Press. London, July 14--References to possible American participation in the suggested commission for apprmnln: Germany’s capacity to pay are to be found frequently in the comment on the situation. The diplomatic correspondent of the Dally Telegraph saye: “All the allies could welcome the presence on the commission and pre- ferably in the chair, of an eminent American jurist such as William | Howard Taft or Elithu Root or an Pmln»nt banker or economist from Wall street.” The Daily Mail learns that France is now perhaps somewhat more fa vorably inclined toward the proposal than heretofore, insist on certain conditions. GOYT PROFITS MUCH Besides $22.448 On Tickets, U. 8. Gets $115,879 in Income Tax From Gibbons-Dempsey Fight. Helena, Mont., July 14.—In addl- tion to the $22,448 the government collected on the sale of tickets to the| Dempsey-Gibbons fight July 4, $115,- 678 will be collected In income tax C. revenue for Montana announced to- day. Of this sum Kearns must pay $38,- 6533 and Dempsey $77,146. The gov- ernment's total revenue from the fight, training camp ad- missions and personal income is $140,- 000 compared to total gate receipts of $201,000, Ap-| but that she would| of itnernal | Detroit, July 14.—Federal prohibl- tion agents, assisted by representatives of the treasury department last night and early today seized 200 motorboats off Ecorse, Wyandotte and Trenton in the down river district. The opera- tions were conducted in the face of an | angry mob, who according to the of- ficers, attempted at one time to dyna- mite a small bridge giving egress to a boat well. | The boats were seized on the ground that they did not comply with government requirements as to equip- ments. Water front lanes in Ecorse, sald to be favorite highways for rum run- ners, were crowded with men who| protested the authority of the cus- tom agents in tying up the boats. In eeveral instances officers had to fight off gangs of men. DIONNE AND KOWALSKY | SENT T0 REFORMATORY Must Serve Year and Day for Theft of Automobile mnzm MEN HAVE 70 IGHT orr GANGS AFTER TAKING OVER FLEET OF 200 MOTOR BOATS NEAR DETROIT Little Craft Held On Technical Claim of Not Complying With Navigation Laws, But It Really is Drive Against | Rum Runners—Mob Threatens to Use Dynamite. The most serious clash came when a quantity of beer was found in a boat well. Three successive attempts were made to destroy a small bridge leading to the well.. A handful of fed- eral agents held the &ridge against an attempt to dynamite it and later dispersed a gang of men armed with crowbars who sald they had been sent by the owner of the property to demolish the bridge. An attempt to set fire to the bridge also was frus- trated. Action of the treasury department in joining forces with the prohibition agents is expected to make operations of the down river rum runners in- creasingly difficult, according to James R. Davis, federal prohibition director for Michigan. Owners of all the boats the authorities their failure to com- ply with the navigation laws. TELEPHONE * STRIKERS GIVEN THEIR NOTICES Must Pay Full Rates, Which They Think Means They Are Dis- charged As Employes ster, Mass, July 14-—All June 14 Joseph Dionne and Ignatz Kow sky, both of this city, were sente+ to a year and a day in Greenfle” . formatory yesterday by Judge’ in the United States district | Boston, and Bruno Poplars seph Kowalsky, also of t¥ { held for hearing at th’ /! A the court on charges Dyer act by trans;: auntomobile from the border line # Bruno and [ ed before Ju Michael A, pleaded not in bonds of % ately upon thefy across asetts. 4 fepresent- Sy Attorney 8 city. They . were released sach. TImmedi- ieage Chlef W. C. T, ment took them into custody and they will be arraigned Monday morn- ing in police court on charges of stealing an automobile, The ear in ! question is owned by a New Rritain man and was taken on Lake street. The car was standing in front of the Lake street division of Landers, Frary & Clark's factory on the after noon of June 14 when the four men committed the theft, according to the story told in the Boston court yester- day. They drove to Springfield where engine trouble and a blow-out caused them to come to a halt. As it was late ‘they decided to put out the lights and sleep in the car. While they were slumbering, two members of the Springfield police foree hap- pened along and notieing that the registration numbers were those of a ' car reported as stolen from New Britain, arrested all four. With the exception of Dionne, all gave fioti- tious names when brought to police headquarters, but an investigation by the police disclosed their identity. A search of the car disclosed the presence of two Winchester repeating rifles, four revolvers, several ‘‘jim- mies,” flashlights and a dirk. The men were held at Springfield headquarters and William J. Gaffney, special agent of the department of justice, had warrants sworn out charging them with violation of the Dyer act. They were arraigned be- fore Commissioner Broadhurst and walved examination, whereupon they were hound over to the grand jury. Dionne and Ignatz Kowolsky began at once to serve their terms. 'PHONE WIRES BURNED | | Direct Service Retween Hartford and | Springfcla Feld Up When Fire in Barn Destroys Nearby Cables. Springfield, Mass., July 14.—Direct telephone and press wire service be tween Hartford, Conn., and this city ‘“as cut off today when fire starting in a hay barn on the farm of Louis J. | Quagliaroli in Windsor Locks, Conn., put out of commission a cable carry-| ‘h\k 276 palrs of wires. The press service after a time was restored by | re-routing over a long loop. The fire| | extended to other farm buildings, do- !lng $8,000 damage. ~ PABSPORT IS ALLOWED i | | Mother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll | Will Be Permitted To Go Abroad To | Visit Her Slacker Son ! | | | Washington, July 14.—A passport | will be issued by the state department to Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll of Philadel- phia who has asked for permission to | | | | Hart and Detective Sergeant Michael | Flynn of the loeal police depart- | »ployes of the New England °d ‘Telegraph Co, in this tormal printed notices & .apany today informing oy .: . beginning Monday those ey ".employes to whom have been ded the courtesy of a discount < for telephone service will be re- ,uired to pay full rates beginning on the above date and that new con- ¢| tracts must be signed at once or the telephones will be disconnected. The strikers take this to mean that they are discharged as employes. 1t is understood here that similar notices have been sent to striking em- ployes in other New FEngland Tele- phone Co. exchanges where trouble exists, Boston, July 14.—Union labor rep- resentatives headed by Edward F. McGrady of the American Federation of Labor were in conference today with Edward T. Figher, chairman of |the state board of conciliation and arbitration in reference to the strike of ‘opepators of the New TEngland Telephone and Telegraph-Co. Local- Iy there was no change in strike con- ditions and reports from oufside points affected indicated that service was about as it has been for the last few days. JONES TAKES 76 ON FIRST 18 OF TODAY Indications Were That He Was Leader of Field at This Stage By The Associated Pri Inwood, July 14-—Robert T. Jones of Atlanta, who finished the first half of the play for the national open golf champlonship with a score of 144 took 76 strokes on his first 18 today for a total of 220. It appeared that Jones would lead the fleld at this stage. Scores for first 18 holes in the na- tional open golf tournament today and the total for 54 holes follow: Charles L. Mothersele, New York, 71—228. Willlam E. Mehlhorn, §t. Louis, 75—227. Eddie Held, Webster Groves, Mo, 79—284. James M. Barnes Pelham, 74—233. Thomas Harmon, New York, 84—240. Joe Turnesa, FElmsford, N. Y, 74—231 Dan Willlams, Westfield, N. J, 81— 254, Jack Burke, St. Paul, R7- 9. Francis Ouimet, Boston, 78235 MacDonald Smith, San Francisco, 81--234, Robert T. Jones, Atlanta, 76-—220. Gene Sarazen, New York, 72--229. P. O. Hart, Marietta, O., 78-—237. E. H. Gow, Weston, Mass., 83—249. L. Booth, Putnam, Conn., 81 Fred Baroni, Philadelphia, 78 Eddie Willlam, Peorio, II1., 8 Bob MacDonald, Chicago, John Farrell, Mamaroneck, | Willlam Reekie, Upper Montclair, N. 15—229. Dave Campbell, |82—262. Frank Dyer, clair, N. J., 81—248. Carthy, Phila., 84—238. Linden, N. J., 82—252. Tom Kerrigan, Mount Vernon, 81—258. Dan Williams, Westfield, N. J., 81—254. Mike Brady, Detroit Hollywood, N. J. Upper Mont- Fugene Mc- Ben Parola, (Continued on Page Eleven) e g e st ] HIGH TIDES July 15 (Standard Time) At New Haven— 11:32 a. m.; 11:45 p. m | visit her son, Grover Cleveland Berg- | don, fugitive draft evader in Germany. The department decided to grant| (l * Ler request when it was learned that the allen property custodian who has| charge of a considerable amount of the Bergdoll property could see no objection. Objection to the issuance of a pass- port was made in a telegram to Sec- retary Hughes from James A. McFar- | 1and, nationa! commander of the Dis- abled American veterans, but depart- { ment officials said since Mrs. Berg- || doll was an American citizen there Rasmusson | appears no legal ground for refu-ln;.i ‘fi her request. At New London— 10:14 a. m.; 10:25 p. m. | | THE WEATHER s ! Hartford, July 14.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tonight and Sunday. Not much change in tempera. ture. Winds mostly from the south. | * sefzed will be required to explain to| Death Penalty for 3 Germans Guilty On Sabotage Count Qo By The Associated Press. Alx-la-Chapelle, July 14.—A Belgian courtmartial here today imposed the death penalty upon three Germans—Count von Kel- ler, Ludwig and Kingender, and life imprisonment at hard labor upon a fourth, Lorbeer, on con- viction of sabotage. T0 HIT THE PILLS FOR KIDDIES' ILLS Golf at Shuttle Meadow | Links to Rid Sick Young- sters of Their Kinks Golfers large and golfers small, as those who hit the ball are rubbing out kinks. Because next Wednesday for all day, there's going to be some medal pfuy, across the greens and in the hay on the Shuttle Meadow links. Any golfer, anywhere, is free to enter this affair, the proceeds go to give fivsh air to about 300 chaps. It will cost two dollars, nothing more, which should bring out the men galore, to try and get the low gross score or else the handicaps. For the ladies we opine, a kickers' handicap will be fine, they'll only go the upper nine and shoot the best they might. And when the fray is o'er and done, by way of judging who has won, we'll consult a number known to none that was drawn before the flight. So if you haven't already planned to put on greens and splash the sand when you weren’t lucky in your “land”, just put the day aside. We'll guarantee you'll have some fun, no matter how your Iuck may run and if you haven't when all {8 done, a prize to rest beside. All of which above is intended to call the attention of golfers in the city to the fact that the Fresh Air tour- Shuttle Meadow links, it is expected, will see, next Wednesday, as many golfers as it may comfortably accom- modate. . Itgls not thought that the course will be overcrowded but it is hoped that as many as possible will | arrange to play early in the day, as a late hour will probably be the most popular, There will ba three sets of prizes for men and one set for women. The | men's prizes will be awarded on the basis of 18 holes of play, the ladies' on a basis of § holes. Ladies will be expected to play their matches during the morning and on the upper 9. The awards have been gelected for low gross scores, a first and a second. 1In the low net event two will be given, first and second. In the kickers' event for men there will be three prizes, one first and two second prizes. The hidden number will be chosen from | 76 to 85 and players will figure their handicaps in this event to bring their net score between these two, depend- ing upon chance to hit the hidden number exactly or come nearest to it. In the event of tie in the kickers', the winner will be selected by lot. Only cne prize may go to a person. The ladies will be requested to pick a number which, subtracted from ! their s¢ore, should bring their net be- | tween 45 and 50. The hidden num- ber will be chosen frém between | these two and the prize awarded to the player who comes nearest to the number, | The entry fee for the event will bfi" $2.00, payable on the grounds the day | of the tournament. In the event of rain the affair will be held the fol- lowing day. Anyone may enter. Han- | dicaps will be based on the player's| club handleap and no player will be | given over 27 strokes handicap for the low net affair. The entire amount of entry fees will go to the Fresh Air Fund for maintaining the Fresh Air camp in Burlington where 300 youngsters will be given a vacation this summer. The nine prizes to be awarded ar- rived in town today and will be placed | on exhibition in the north window o!' the Dickinson Drug Co. store on Main ! street, through the courtesy of tha! | stationery department of the com-| pany. The Herald {s donating the| prizes, which were hought through the Porter & Dyson jewelry store. CONSIDERING SMITH | By The Associated Press. French Lick, Ind., July 14.—Wheth- | er democratic leaders in the middle | west will support the candidacy of! Governor Al. 8mith of New York for | the nomination for the presidency at | | the national convention next year was expected to be developed to some ex- | tent today. Charles ¥, Murphy, Tammany Hall chieftain from New York, arrived last | |evening to confer with Georgia E.| Brennan, the Chicago leader, and with | “Tom" Taggart, boss of Indiana | | 1t is known that some leaders from | | the middle west are anxious to throw ! thelr support to Governor Smith on| a “beer and light wines” platform. | New England R. R. Men to | Meet for Wage Discussion New Haven, July 14.—A conference | preparatory to a mass meeting of del- egates of rallway tralnmen and con- ductors on the New England raliroad system on August 10 in relation to the held here next Tuesday between gen- eral chalrmen of the two brother- hoods, it was announced today. - nament day is rapidly drawing nearer. | | Elizabeth, 'BLOW PIPE EXPLOSION IN WASHINGTON ST. FACTORY | Windows Shattered and Workers Stunned in Former Humason & Beckley Plant Fifteen windows were broken as the result of an explosion, at about 9:15| o'clock this morning, of a blow pipe protruding from the north wall of the| old Humason & Beckley knife factory now owned by Landers, Frary & Clark | on Washington street. Fortunately no one was near the pipe at the time and no one was hurt although men| working within the factory were, stunned for a moment. An alarm from Box 322 brought out | the fire department at 9:20 o'clock but the factory fire department had pre- men who can’t play golf at all as well | viously arrived on the scene and had | extinguished the small blaze which followed the explosion. Chief Wil- Jam J. Noble estimates the damage at about $100 and belleves the ex-| plosion occurred when dust in the pipe imprisoned gases from the work- room. WEIGHTS INCREASE AT FRESH AIR CAMP One Boy Gains 4!, Pounds in Week—Another Is 315 Pounds Heavier Fresh air, fresh milk (real milk that never saw a separator) and all the sclentific care that goes with it have produced from 40 to 50 pounds | of humanity at the New Britain Fresh Air camp within a week, ending yes- terday. Thursday is “weighing day" at the camp and the entire 65 boys and girls from both houses are weighed. The scales invariably tell the same story. The undernourished child is getting| nourishment. The below par physical | child is being brought up to a normal ! standard of health. The mechanical| representative of the late Mr. Fair- | yesterday that not omly had more | than half of the 65 children in camp gained a full pound within a week, but one boy had gained four pounds and a half and another threé pounds and a half, all in one week. It money could buy health, there are people in the T'nited States who ‘mmm spend millions to be able to say, "I gained four pounds last week.' But through the help of their friends New Britain children who are on the border land of poor health are build- back the joy of living once more. There is great excitement as the children gather around the weighing machine and Miss Freda Lund, the camp nurse, checks them up on the little red cards she has for the pur- pose, But the excitement grows as the weighing continues. “T two pounds” is the happy shout from a rosy cheeked girl. “Oh, gee, fellers, | I weigh 55 pounds now,” sings out a fron stake and yells to another b “Come on kid, I'll pitch ya a gam According to Charles C. Wilson, physical director of the camp, a nor-! mal gain for boys and girls is from) 12 to 16 ounces per week. ' MISSING MOTHER OF 8 IS | | New York Police Claim She Is Brah\.si of Burglar Gang Operating In City New York, July 14.—A woman who at ms”xo' into the newspapers a week ago | his arm extended. when her husband and children re- ported her missing and asked the po- lice to find her, was arrested In Brooklyn today, the alleged ““Raffles” of a burgiar gang. Taken into custody at her boarding | house apartment, with a 16 year old | boy and four men, the woman, Mrs. | Catherine Buddensick, is alleged to have directed a dozen jewelry and | drug store robberies in which the loot aggregated $50,000. She said she was 24, the mother of three children and estranged from her husband. According to the police, the four | men and the boy acted as her ucoutu\ and committed the burglaries, she| planning the jobs and disposing of | the swag. When Buddensick appealed to the | police to find his wife she had been | missing two weeks, he sald. News- paper stories told how Louls, 5, and | 4, were constantly crying| for “mamma” and 19 months old Al- bert Jr., was {ll. The woman denied knowing any- | thing about the burglaries. She de- serted her home, she sald, because she tired of the drab life, with not even time or money for the movies or |a trip to Coney Island. “I had just begun to enjoy life and get the things I wanted when—this," detectives sald she told them. HIT BY TRAIN, DIES. New Haven, July 14.—Theron Fen- ner, 61, a bridge carpenter, struck by | | demand for increased wages, will be|a train on Lieutenant bridge, near the Connecticut river at Lyme yesterday, died at the hospital during the night. He lived at East River, | banks truthfully told the youngsters, ing up their frail bodies and bringing gained | happy boy as he makes a dive for a pair of old horseshoes lying near an ALLEGED WOMAN “RAFFLES"| A Week mdlnl July 7th . 'Sensational Escape is Made at Eastern State Penitentiary at Phila- delphia This Morning Men Clamored Down 40 Foot Wall by Aid of Ropes, Then Held Up Car and - Forced Driver to Take Them Away. | | | Philadelphia, July 14.—Six convibts escaped from the Eastern state pent- tentiary today after beating a guard. They escaped over a wall, held up & | motor truck and fled in the direction of Fairmont park. All were sald to be armed. Was Daring Escape The escape was one of the most daring in the long history of the in- stitution. A woman living on Corin- thian avenue, whic hbounds the east- ern side of the institution, was the first person on the outside to ses the men, They appeared on the top of the 40 foot wall and lowered two thin ropes. One, it was found later, was about the thickness of a clothes line, but much stronger; the other was made up of a variety of bed sheets, torn shirts and other scraps. The men lowered themselves swiftly. Hold Up Truck Driver Across the street was a closed car which the conviets tried to steal but found the door locked. About this time a small motor truck came ailong and one of the convicts stopped the driver at the point of a pistol and all piled in. The driver was ordered to contfrue driving and the vehicle sped north and then turned west in the direo= tion ‘of Fairmount park. HYPNOTIZES MAN BY USE OF RADIO Experiment to Show Blood« less Operatisns Are Possible | | New York, July 14—An experiment designed to show that hypnotism can be practiced by radio and that the flow of blood in any part of the sub- iect’s body can be arrested, makinga bloodless operation possible, was per- formed today before a group of news- papermen in the office of a magazine concerning itself with sclentific sub- jects. The witnesses left murmuring “ain’'t sclence wonderful?” Operating from a radio station in the Ridgewood section of Brooklyn | the hypnotist focussed his powers on a youth seated before the newspaper- men. Over] the radio came the hypne-' | tist’s formula, ending: “You are becoming rigid—quite i rigid. You cannot resist. Go.” No physician was present but a. member of the magazine staff who sald he had studied medicine waved a match in front of the subject's eyes insisting that he did not blink and therefore was under completely. The youth was restored to mnore maley and then put under again. His body was stretched across two chairs ° and the medical student sat on his stomach to prove that he was rigid. The human seat held. Then the youth was put under for ! the third time “T ecommand the blood to leave your arm and flow into your body,” came the order from the air. ¢ The medical student then ap- proached the subject who was seated | sideways on his chair, with the back | of the chair under his armpit and A needle was | thrust into the flesh after it had been | sponged with what the student sald No was an aitiseptic. blood | peared. Woman_(,’alled "t;amrt, Drove Without License Mrs. Stella Beecher of 313 Wash- ington street was notified this afte ernoon by Patrolman Patrick O'Mara | to be in police court Monday morn- ing to answer charges of operating a motor vehicle without an operator's license. She figured in a collision at the intersection of Washington street and Farmington avenue on June 6. State Policeman E. Hanson investie gated and a warrant was issued. ap- | DAVIS IN BERLIN By The Associated Press. Berlin, July 14—James J. Davis, |the American secretary of labor who |is beginning a tour of Europe and the Orient to study world emigration i problems at first hand, arrived here | today. NEW HAVEN MAN DIES New Haven, July 14.—Samuel J. Newman, 33, of the corset making - ' firm of I. Newman and Sons died te- day. He was graduated from Yals in 1911, WELOOME TO MASS. GOV. St. John, N. B, July 14—The city Brunswick today welcome Governor Channing H. Cox of Massach ] who, accompanied by Mre. Cox