New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 CIGARMAKERS quiT FOR HIGHER WAGES Four of Boston's Largest Fac- tories Closed Today NOT LIKELY TO SPREAD Walkout is in Violation of Union Or- ders and Probably Will Not Affect New Haven, Ira N. Omburn Ex- plains Today. Boston, July 28,—Four of the larg- est cigar factories in greater Boston were closed today as a result of a etrike of cigarmakers for higher wages. Officials of the cigarmakers’ union here estimatqd that between 8,000 and 5,000 workers walked out this morning in this city, Springfield, Worcester, Hartford, Conn, New Haven, Portland, Me., and Bangor, Me. Claim it is Tllegal Manufacturers today asserted that| the present sirike was uncalled for and did not have the sanction of the international headquarters of the clgarmakers’ union. It was declared that in Boston the highest wages in the country were paid to wor" Union officials asserted, howev, all ?\0 small factories in this | havé accepted the new wage submitted, and that already 600 w ers are profiting by the increase ue- manded, <o Union Demands The union demanded a restoration of the wages which were paid previ- ous to the reduction in May, 1922, The old scale called for $24 per 1,000 handmade cigars and $15 per 1,000 for those made in molds. The present | scale is $3 32r 100 lower on the better grades and $1.75 les for the cheaper grades, Sate A, F. L. Man's Views New Haven, July 28.—The strike of cigarmakers in Boston is said to be in violation of the law of the interna- tional cigarmakers’' union which body had refused to sanction the applica- tion of that union to try and force the manufacturers to grant a new bill | that reason the | of prices, and for strike is not expected to extend to this city, it was stated here today. Ira N. Ornburn, second vice-presi- | dent of the international cigarmakers' union who lives here and is an officer of the Connecticut branch of the Am- | erican Federation of Labor today said: | “The Boston strike is in direct vio- | exclusively to Italian affairs. lation of the law of the internationai | union, Our constitution provides that - @ local union desirous of revising the bill of prices must submit its appiica- | plain why a recent issue of the paper tion to the general membership of the international union which braces the unions in Canada, United States and Forto Rico. apphication of the Boston union ror a new bill of prices was turned down | and in detiance | but in spite of that of the constitution of the international union a strike has been called. matter will come up at the convention of the international union to be held in Chicago heginning August 13th.” None Out in Hartford Hartford, July 28.—8ecretary James T. Manee of the local cigarmakers union said today that no Hartford cigarmakers had gone out on strike.{ The present wage agreement provid- ing for $24 per thousand is still In ef- feet and there has been no move for a change of scale. JUNP T0 SAFETY WHEN EXCAVATOR RUNS WILD Two New Britain Men Have Narrow Eseape in Waterbury Waterbury, July 28.—A huge steam excavator said to belong to Ryan and | street | Allman, contractors, and a sweeping automobile owned by A b f‘“ i“‘?:'- nof em- [ submitted to Washington. the | The | This | Injunction Restrains Cohn From Occupying Storehouse THEATERS CAN'T OPEN UNTIL 8 P. M. SUNDAYS Daylight Time Meant—This Is Hurley’s Edict in Bridgeport Court Order Forbids Him to Enter Upon Premises on Commercial Street Ex-| cept to Remove Structure. Another chapter in the business,af- fairs of Herman Belkin was written today when a temporary injunction was served on Morris Cohn restraining him from occupying a building on Commercial street formerly used by Belkin as a wholesale grocery house. The injunction was issued yesterday by Assoclate Justice Molloy in the Bridgport, July 28.-—Theaters of this city will not be permitted to staft thelr motion picture shows on Sun- | cay nights before 8 o'clock daynghv; BURNING BRITISH SHAFT While Women and Children Huddle Outside By The Assaclated Pres:. Sheftield, Eng, July eight men were entombed by an ex- plosion today in the Malthy colliery, where a fire has been causing trouble for some weeks. The terrific nature of the explosion made operations to get in communication with the men impossible for some time, but rescue parties were on hand ready to start as soon as conditions permitted. Mean- while at the pit mouth women and children were anxlously awaiting news of their relatives. One hundred men were working in the mine at the time. Rescue Parteis Trying to Save Victims | 28, —Twenty- saving time from now on, according to notification made today by Super- intendent of Police P. J. Flanagan. Notice to this effect was sent out fol- | lowing receipt of a communication | from Superintendent Robert T. Hur-| ley of the state police calling the| local police chief’s attention to the‘ fact that the law was being violated | here. Whether this is_purely a local af-| fair in Bridge- or whether it forecasts 9\,fihangn in policy about. e natter of much o n among the ifi{\\:“" ~wners and pub- gev‘&,w “cs provide that the the- | 't\ t open until 7 p. nr. on| &> day nights, but when daylight | “saving first went into effect the the- ater owners generally cdntinued to take the clock as their basis, with- out regard to sun time. This is the rule here at present, and local movie houses open Sunday evening at 7| p. m. daylight time which, however, | is 6 p. m. standard time. In order to conform strictly to the rule, Bridgeport authorities have decreed | that they must remain closed until| 8 p. m. daylight time. | DEFENDING PUBLICATION American Civil ‘Liberties Union Ob- jects to Barring of Certain Italian Paper From the Mails, New York, July 28.—The American | Civil Liberties Union today took up | cudgels for Martello, an Ttailan anti- fasclsti weekly published here and which it is alleged, has been sub- Jected to ‘‘censorship” by the post office department despite the fact that the publication devotes itself almost Roger N. Baldwin, director 'of the union announced he had asked Post- master Morgan of Néw York to ex- had been held up while a copy was That par- was de- of the ticular issue, it is claimed, voted exclusively to criticism | fascisti government. CHILDREN HAVE PARTY Church Vacation School Youngsters Rewarded for and Have Enjoyable Time. | i Good Attendance 1 | Sixty children of the church vaca- tion school being held by the New Britain Sunday school council at the | South Congregational church attend- ed a party after school vesterday. The youngsters were those who have had perfect attendance for a week. | They held an obstacle race, a pie| | race, blind race and a contest called | “Feeding the biind.”” Lollypops and | peanuts were served as refreshments. The total membership of the achool | now s 222. |Big Steamers in Crash | In Fog on Pacific Coast | Seattle, July -The Japanese | | Mandasan Maru in-bound from the ! Orient, via San Francisco and Port- {land, collided in a heavy fog early {today four miles west of Port An- | geles in the Strait of Juan de Fuca with the steamship Ralnier, oul-‘ | bound from Seattle and othe | | | Puget Sound points for San Francisco and Los Angeles, according to a wireless The Rainier, | message received here. the ! padly damaged, is adrift in the strait.| K. Thaw, and Almi Donald, manager |en who gave the names | disposed of his business to Belkin, the court of common pleas, Hartford, on | petition of Ida Goldsmith, who was | represented by Judge F. B. Hunger- ford. » As trustee of the bankrupt Belkin | estate, Attorney David L. Nair dis-| posed of the leasehold on Commercial street to Ida Goldsmith. Although the buildings belonged to Cohn, before he COAL COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE T0 STEP IN Complete Deadlock on Wage Issue—Strike Sept. 1 Seems Likely land is owned by thé New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. When | Cohn sold the business, the railroad insisted that the lease be in the name of Belkin, It is because of this situa- tion that the injunction was issued. It forbids Cohn from having any con- rection with the property other than removing the bullding from the site. It is said that Cohn bought the build- ing for §2,000 and sold it to Belkin for between $16,000 and $20,000, MICHIGAN BLUE LAWS T00 STRONG, WON'T BE ENFORCED Today An- nounces That None of Them Will ‘Washington, July 28.—The anthra- cite situation was discussed today at a prolonged executive session of the coal commission. Chairman Hammond has indicated that should the collapse of the Alan- possibility of a strike in the industry, the commission would bring its views for cibly to the attentlon of operators and miners. Atlantic City, July 28.—Anthracite Ludington Prosecutor miners and operators having adjourn- ed for the present their wage confer- S t k- .Be Put Into Effect Tomorrow reach an understanding on the check turn up to permit them to resume their negotiations. The present wage contract under which the miners are working expires in five weeks. By The Assaciated Press. Ludington, Mich,, July 28.-—En- forcemen of the Sunday blue laws which put Mason county into turmoil | two days ago, has met with decided distavor, particularly in circles that started the agitation, Virgil A. Fitch, prosecuting attor- | ney, who was leading the drive to stop all amusements, even motor car rid- ing for pleasure, said today that “Sun- day blue laws enforcement is off so far as the prosecuting attorney's of- fice s concerned.” The prosecutor’s statement added: “The stand taken by the woman's literary society lets us out. If the club women don’'t want the Sunday law's enforced, we should worry." The woman's soclety, in a statement yesterday said that the prosecutor had been approached to determine if there was any law under which he could act to stop Sunday dancing. WALL STREET DECLINES Prices Tumble Sharply Under Bear | has ever reached a point where sub- stantial progress was made toward an augreement flve weeks in advance of the expiration of a contract. The two sides have decided to suspend discus- sion until either is inclined to resume. This was indicated by the action of the operators in asking that the sec- retary be authorized to reconvene the meeting when necessary. Close observers of the situation be- ileve that there will be a suspension of mining on September 1 unless the | government pressdly goth sides to |agree, The transportation of coal has been going fortvard a'little above nor- mal since last spring In anticipation of a shutdown this fall. STARVED T0 DEATH Carthage, Mo., Recluse Dead and Sis- ter, in Weakened Condition. Is Attack—News From Germany Up- sets More Statble Figures, Foundt Wesching hody: Carthage, Mo., July 28.—Hilda Coe, ew York, July 28--Prices tumbled | ;o "o "t ud dead, of starvation, and sharply in today's stock market in| her sister, Mona Coe, 37, in a weak- response to another series of bear at- y YR tack: 0il shares were the hardeut;""ed and possibly critical condition hit, bring hammered down one to | Vatching by the body, at thelr home three points. in a select residential district here Extensive losses also took place in last night. The elder sister had been the railroad, steel, copper, equipment | d€ad more than 24 hours, according and automobive group and in a lorge [to Dr. H. A. Laforce, physician for number of specialties. The selling | Jasper county. was predicted on the declining ten Neighbors asserted that the sisters dency of principal commodity prices, [apparently had nothing to eat unfavorable developments in the oil [several weeks but leaves and berries industry and fears of political dis-|gathered by the roadside. Attempts turbances in Germa _ clared, were rebuffed. The sisters inherited what was said EVELYN NESB[T ARRESTED |to have been a considerable estate 9 | from their father, a retired farmer. | Gradually the and | property was | ed money, with increasing poverty the | women shunned acquaintances | gradually became recluses neighbors say, Atlantic City Raiders Get Her Cafe Manager on Charge of Viola- ting Prohibition Ac Atlantic City, July 28.—Two detec- | tives and a squad of patrolmen In| plain clothes early today descended | on the El Primkipo cafe and arrested | Evelyn Nesbit, former wife of Harry | Two Young Women Held in Big Toronto Bank Holdup Detroit, July 28.—Two young wom- of Hazel tie City wage conference develop any | ences when they fatled yesterday to | off, are now waiting for something to | No anthracite conference in the past | for | |to relieve their distress, neighbors de- | their | sold, as the sisters need- | and | EDITOR RUMLEY 1S " SENT TO ATLANTA Appeal Is Overruled and He Must Serve Prison Sentence 'TWO ATTORNEYS INCLUDED Convicted For Defrauding Alien Prop- | | | [ i“ | | erty Custodian Concerning Owner- | ship of New York Fvening Mail During The War. New York, July 28.—The U. 8. “lr-‘ {cuit court of appeals, today affirmed | |the conviction of Dr. Edward E.| | Rumely, former publisher of the New | York Evening Mail, and 8 Walter | | Kauftman abd Norman R. Lindheim, | attorneys, for defrauding the nllen; ;’proper'y custodian in a report on the | Mail's ownership. The three were or- dered to Atlanta prison to serve sen- tences of a year and a day each, | Mr. Rumely and the lawyers were |accuséd of reporting to the alien | property custodian during the war |that the Mail was American-owned | |when in fact the controlling interest (was owned by the imperial German | government. They were convicted in | December, 1920 after the Mail had ‘changed hands, | ‘ The only hope of Dr. Rumely and ! his lawyers now of escaping prison United | ‘terms is an appeal States supreme court, The Mail was purchased by Dr. }Rumely in 1915 from the S. S Mec- | Clure Newspaper Corp. 'POLA AND CHARLEY HAYE - ENDED THEIR BETROTHAL| to the Still Friends and Still Say “Hello,” | But That Is All, Says Polish Movie Tragedienne. Los Angeles, July 28.—The engage- | ment of Pola Negri, Polish movie tra- gedienne, to Charles Spencer Chap-| |1in, star comedian of the motion ple-| | tures, is off definitely after having| | once been off and then on again. Miss | Negri still says “Hello” to Chaplin| [but realized five weeks ago that a match with him was an impossible, | according to a Los Angeles paper. “Mr. Chaplin is a charming fellow, }she sald. ""We are still friends. i | hello to him but T realize now I never| could have married him. He is too temperamental, as changing as the | wind. He dramatizes everything. He FRANCE Average Daily Circulation Week Ending 9 ’039- July 21st .. SHE CAN TO END TROUBLE; ENTENTE BEING REWELDED FOURMEN KILLED AS | SPEEDING TRAINS HIT Meagre Reports Obtained | Concerning Wreck on Canadian Natl. Railway Montreal, July 28.—Head offices of | the Canadian National railways today Reply to England Shows Determination to Ex- haust Every Means of Reaching An Accord With British Experts Profess to See | strike and tore down the red flag of | Hoboken citizens who demanded that | quarters of the I. W, W,, which an- confirmed reports that a collision had | occurred this morning near Picard | and that four men had been killed. | Meagre details indicated that the eastbound passenger train had col-| lided in a fog with a freight. The death list reported to the com- pany contained the same three names carried in dispatches from Quebec. In addition a news agent whose name had not been ascertained was kiled. Joseph Dechene of, Edmundston, B., engineer of the express; his fireman, name unknown; Arthur Boulanger of Levis, Que, baggage- man; G. J. Alexander, Canadian na- tional express messenger. Reports indicated that the accident occurred on a curve. y Both engines left the tracks. The engineer and fireman on the freight escaped by jumping. The cab force of th eexpress was under the debris, both killed. NEW YORKERS RIP DOWNL. . W. FLAG Also Raid Headquarters and Throw Literature Into the Street Great Britain Co-opera- ting to Obtain Reparation Guarantees From Ger- mans. | | { By The Assoclated Press. Paris, July 28.—The French nate to Great Britain in reply to the Bedtish suggestions as to a joint response to Germany's reparation memoramdum, was sald authoritatively today, to have been drafted with the determin- | ation to exhaust every meax8 of reaching a full accovd with theBrit- ish. The delivery of the French note is only awalting word from Brussels that . the Belgian note to London algo is: ready. The French communication | in any case will be delivered by the: beginning of next week whether the Belglan note is ready or not, batause ply with the desire of Lord Curzon, the British secretary for foreign “-1 fore the British parliament adfourns, | for the summer recess. N. found Prmier Poincare is anxious to com: tairs to recelve France's answay be«! Entente Strengthened Paris, July 28.—The chances«f-Te«| welding the entente, with mam‘-i aln co-operating in the effor$ to ob-J taln guarantees for the payment of' reparations by Germany, is thought b, those closely in touch with reparasions questions to be better than at any time since the split of last January. It is pointed out that Premier Poincare took only five days to con- sult with the Belgian premier and get the French reply in readiness. More prompt diplomatic action, the officlal added, could hardly be expectsd and the anxiety of the French premier to meet Lord Curzon's wishes for a prompt response might be taken as one of the indications of the eager- New York, July 28.—A crowd today | stormed Hoboken headquarters of the I. W. W.,, whose longshoremen are on over the| the organization floating building. ?: The ‘flag, flown despite protests of| the stars and stripes also be rnised.} was burned after it had been torn down, according to New York head- | nounced it had telegraphed a protest experiments in love. ity for matrimony. I am glad it is| | over, for it was interfering with my| |life, my work. I have great ambi-| | tlons and I am sure I could not be| a great actress as Mrs. Chaplin. 1 am glad it is over, and I have profit- | ed by the experience.” The couple announced their engage- | ment six months ago at Delmont, Cal.} Once, afterwards when Chaplin was| quoted In a newspaper about belng too poor to marry—a quotation he | later denied was correct—Miss Negri Negri released Chaplin but they later | made up. OVERTHETOPWITH - THE FRESH AR FUND | | | | P. & F. Corbin Club Gives $75.00—Over $4,500 on Hand Previously edged Fafnirites . Friend ........... P. & F. Corbin club .. Acknowl- | 1.00 6.00 75.00 i | $4,607.00 | The Fresh Alr fund went over the | top—with a bang—at an early hour| this morning when a check for $75 | was received at this office from the |P. Corbin club, in addition to | | He has no qual- | to Governor Silser of New Jersey. ness of the French government to New York headquarters charged |sejze every chance for restoring the that the attack had been made Dy o|d hearty co-operation of the enterte, members of the international long-| Th rebirth of the allied suprema shoremen's assoclation which had council is prdicted now as a likely con- ordered back to work those of its|gequence of the exchange of noles, members who had walked out. Lord Curzon acording to word from The attacking force numbered about | England wil visit France shortly to 60. Five clerks in the vffices of the|take treatment at a health resort and marine transport workers' division of|this with the prospective trip of the I. W. W. were unable to cope with |Premier Theunis to Paris will furnish the situation and stood silently by an excellent occasion it is thought for while the raiders hurled their litera-|a meeting of the council. ture out of the window. IHNE'S HOTEL CLOSES Famous New Haven Resort, Popular | Resistance is Big Issue By The Assoclated Press. London, July 28.—Refusal to open the reparation conversations with Germany while her passive resistance continues is generally anticipated in official gquarters from both Belglum and France in their answers to the recent British note. The French and Belgian notes are expected to be delivered Monday. The belfef is expressed that Belgium's response will be the closer of the two to the British standpoint on the quee- tion of guarantees and the amounk of The French note appar- ently will seek further information from Great Britain on certain polnts especially as to how much repara« tion she wants for herself, KEPT HOOCH IN SOCKS, ARRESTED BY RAIDERS Police Discover Novel in Pre-Prohibition Days, Will Close s Doors for Good This Evening. 1t New Haven, July 28.—Ihne's hotel | in Crown street long a favorite resort because in pre-Volstead days the cooking was good and the beer of prime satisfaction will close at mid-| night tonight, The building stands on | Payments. city property and the edict has gone forth that bars must go. Members of groups of patrons were described to- day as shedding tears as they had their last glasses—(near beer)—to- gether and murmured “Things aint as they used to be.” Fatal Auto Accidents in State Is Well Over 100 Hartford, July 28.—Fatal automo- bile accidents in Connecticut since the present year began, passed the one | hundred mark last week and the {of the cafe, on charges of violation of | Oliver and Josephine Hart were taken | P: & F. clty, were wrecked this noon when |y jjves were lost, it was belleved. the state prohibition enforcement act. into custody at an apartment house|One from a friend and an additional the former ran wild several hundred record is now well on the way towards | the second hundred. The century Method of Hiding Liquor The feet down the steep incline of Field street, toppling over when it crashed | into the sweeper. Fire apparatus was called when steam from the excava- tor gave rise to the beiief that it was afire. No one was injured. Willlam Carmody and William MeCue, both of New Britain leaped from the excava- tor before it struck the sweeper. The driver of the sweeper Joseph Phelan, backing down the hill was missed by the excavator by about a foot. Dunne who was in the coupe with him Sergeant Magner of the po- lice department. Magner saw the ex- cagator bearing down upon the sweep- er'and yelled a warning just in time to permit Phelan to look around and see the danger. He jumped without a second to spare. “Law Not War” Posters Are Displayed in Worcester Worcester, July 28.—This city was in line today with the plan of the international council for prevention of war to give demonstrations in 2,600 cties and communities in 44 states, when the Worcester league of women voters caused “law not war” posters to be displayed. was ‘Tax Rate in Worcester Probably Will Be $27.20 Worcester, July 28.—The chairman of the board of assessors of the city | of Worcester announced today that the tax rate which will be set for this city Monday probably will be $27.20, “%a same as in 1923. A coupe which was Ralph | had | TEMPERANCE DAY AUGUST 8 ;51105 of wine were selzed. Tri-County Temperance Day will be’| observed at the Plainville Camp | Grounds August 3, heginnig at 10 |o'clock in the morning. Tha county | i | work will be led By Mrs. May P. Wil- | son and Citizenship will be led by Mrs. | Melrose Highlands, Mass., Child Picks| Harry Bell. At 11:30 o'clock the gath- ering will sit down to eat basket | innches, at 1 o'clock an address will | be delivered and at 7 o'clock in the vening a gold medal contest will be eld, Following are the contestants Martha Belcher of Stafford Springs: Bessle Brown of Stafford Springs, Min erva Bell of Portland; Martha Downs of Shelton; Helen Poifisal of South | Wilmington. At . IDENTIFIED BY GIRL | Out Man She Claims Kidnapped I.ll(l! | Attacked Her. Malden, Mass,, July 28.—William F.| | App of Medford was arrested n North | | Woburn early today charged with ghe | abduction of eight year old Grace| | Drew of Melrose Highlands who was| |taken in an automobile and attacked | on Monday night. When confronted by the girl in a Melrose hospital the child positively identified App as her assaflant, police asserted in district court today. Judge W. W. Stover ordered him held in $5,000 bail. App, who Is 29 years old, married, and the father of a six year old girl, denied the accusation. EVANS IS THREE UP Cleveland, July 28.—Chick Evans of Chicago finished his first 18 holes in the final round for the . western amateur championship at Mayfield, 2 up to Hamliton Gardner of Buffalo Gardner won only three holes. | | | FIRPO AND DEMPSEY TO FIGHT AT POLO GROUNDS ON SEPTEMBER 14th New York, July 28.—Champion Jack Dempsey will meet Luis | Angel Firpo of Argentina in a 15 round fight to a decision for| the world’s heayyweight championship -at the Polo Grounds on Friday, September 14, Promoter Tex Rickard announced today. The prices will range from $3 to $25, the lowest on record for | a heavyweight championship bout and half that of the Dempsey- loompletes construction of new stands around the ringside. Carpentier tickets. The crowd of 80,000 is expected after Rickard L Four quarts of whiskey and several|pere early today and are held for To. | dollar from ronto authorities in connection with the robbery July 24 of Toronto bank messengers. The arrests were made upon information furnished by the Toronto police. Neck Broken Yesterday, Swimmer Dies of Injury New York. July 28.—Rudolph Koehler of Bayonne, N. J,, died this morning at 8t. Nicholas hospital from a broken neck He received the in- | jury while diving into shallow water | at Woodland beach Thursday. The broken vertebrae was set yesterday and the patient at first showed marked signs of improvement. *— * i HIGH TIDES | At New Haven— | 12:12 p. m. | At New London— 10:13 a. m.; 10:27 p. m. THE WEATHER s Hartford, Jul) for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled and cooler tonight; probably showers. Sunday un- settled with moderate tempera- ture, | | | | * e July 20 (Standard Time) || the “Fafnirites.” | Fresh Air Editor heartily thanks all of the friends who have aided the fund with sums varying from hun- |dreds of dollars to a few cents. It | goes without saying that some 300 children also give their thanks for a good time, they scarcely realize the |amount of good that is being done |their bodles and the gratitude | |that will come after they have at- |tatned an age that will bring home | | the benefits of the Fresh Air camp | (Continued on Eleventh Page.) " NORDERER IS CAPTURED Half Crazed By Hunger, Michigan Gunman is Taken Prisoner After 72 | Hours Search By Posse. Grayling, ~Mich July 28.—Half crazed by hunger after 72 hours of | wandering In the northern Michigan “Jacy Pine" country BVruce Willams, sought as the slayer of Ernest P. Tidd, # | hotel proprietor of Sharon, Mich., was |captured by a posse of several hun-| *'drl‘d men near here last night Vermont Farmer Caught In Burning Barn, Dies | Bethel, Vt., July 28—Willard Hig- | gins was fatally burned when he was | {caught In a fire which destroyed a | barn owned by Lueila Kidder mnear here today. Two horses and three cows were burned to death. The loss hwu estimated at $3,500. point was reached this year one month | sooner than last year. Motor vehicles | | have caused the death of exactly one person every two days, on an aver- age. If the present rate continues 175 more such fatalities may be expected In the state before the end of the year, which will be by far the worst record in the history of automobile operation in Connectlcut. July has baen the worst month this year with a total to date of twenty-eight fatal | accidents in which there were thirty- one victims. Most of these accidents have been on the highways in rural districts and on the streets of small towns. Only five fatalities occurred on the city streets of the seven large Connecticut cities; two ‘in Hartford, two In Waterbury and one in New Haven. Will Exhume Body to See If It Is Missing \\'ow Detroit, July 28—Application order to exhume the body of a wom- an who ended her life in a local hotel July 7 is to be made today by offi- cials of the coroner’s office here in the belief that the woman may have been the wife of George E. Cook, Indian- apolis business man, who is missing. THEOSOPHISTS UNITE. | By The Associated Press Vienna, July 28.—An international soclety of theosophists to promote un- | derstanding among France, Belglumf and Germany was created by the| unanimous vote of 900 delegates to | the eighth congress of the Europeln’ theosophical union which closed to- day. \ in North Street Store When Patrolmau Patrick O'Mara and Thomas Feeney of the prohibi- tion enforcement squad entered a store at 88 North street, conducted by Stanley Biedezyeki this morning, Stanley hurriedly drew a bottle of alleged liquor from one of his socks and tossed it Into a tank of kerosene Stanley bore a look of satisfaction and relief, but the policemen thought it might be advisable to look into the other sock and when they did they located another bottle of alleged whiskey. Staniey was placed under arrest for violation of the liquor law and will be in court Monday morn- ing to explain his action | Milford Health Officer Stricken Driving Auto Milford, Conn., July 28.—Dr. W. & Putney, town health officer who has been i1l for some weeks, was, it is be- lieved, stricken with apoplexy today while driving his automobile on the New Haven turnpike near Home Acres, where he crashed into a tele- phone pole. With him in the ma- chine was his wife. Both were taken to a New Haven hespital for tveat- ment. AMERICAN A SUICIDE By The Associated Prass. Tokio, July 28.—Walter C. Magoon, language officer of the American em- bassy here committed suicide today by shooting himseif in the head.