New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1923, Page 1

N;;\'s of the World By Associated Press NEW HAVEN STATE'S ATTY. WILL ASK INJUNCTION TO CLOSE ALL BOOZE PLACES SEVEN BIG WARSHIPS ARE BEING BROKEN UP X"g:l‘tlcu Among T Harts, Bepg, S. Connecflcutr—fiv;g?fl‘“ ' Also Goes Ansonia, Derby and Sey- mour Resorts Raided By State Police in Liquor Clean-up Counts Against Some of the Accused Total as Many as 22—Bonds as High as $5,000 Demanded. 2 San Franciseo, Aug. 27.—~The de- struction by hammer and torch of what many nations in the world might consider a fair sized navy, has been begun in two Pacific coast shipyards in compliance with orders resulting from the armament conference in ‘Washington. Seven ships of the line, six of them outworn in service and the seventh, the greatest of all, still less than half completed on the launching ways were | over run today by stripping crews. TForemost comes the great Montana, 27.6 per cent completed at Mare Island. The Georgia also -at Mare Island goes too. he Connecticut at a Puget Sound shipyard was the flagship of the American fleet on its trip around the world in 1908, The keel of the Montana was laid September 1, 1920 and the hammers were stilled after $8,897,000 had been spent on her fabrication. The other ships are the Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Ver- mont, all at Mare Island, where they were decommissioned several months ago. With the exception of the Ver- mont which was built in 1905 all of the older battlers were lafd down in 1904, None of the doomed boats on the coast will be used for target practice by the navy. New Haven, Aug. 27.—Warm argu- ‘ments were indulged in between coun- sel for the many persons arrested in the state police raids in Ansonia, Derby and Seymour Saturday and State’s Attorney Arnold A. Alling be- fore Superior Court Judge Krank D. Hgynes today when the cases were led up because of return of the bench warrants which had been is- sued. Protest High Bail .Counsel protested against the amounts of ball set for their clients, claiming the amounts were excessive and that the constitutionak rights of the accused had been invaded. The state’s attorney in reply claimed that the bail amounts were not excessive, that the charges brought and to be brought were of such a nature that the bonds demanded were only such as might be: expected. Before he had finished his reply to the several law- yers arrayed against him hé announc- ed his intention to seek injunctions to close every place in which there had been a raid and where evidence of liquor violation had been secured. Judge Haines took his seat on the bench and the June session ‘of the court was reopened, it having appear- ed that as the bench warrants had been issued by Judge James H. Webb, on application of State Attorney Alling some weeks ago the court simply had recessed to await the return of those warrants. After the arguments of counsel and the state's attorney had been concluded along general lines the cpses individually were taken up. ‘Warrant ¥For Woman BRISTOL MAN ESCAPES | Takes French Leave From Infirmary L) In Boston—Was Serving Sentence for Breaking and Entering. ., Boston, Aug. 27.—Robert E. Fate of Bristol, a prisoner who was trans- ferred last week from the Bridge- water state farm to the Charles street jail escaped early today from the Massachusetts eye and ear ihfirmary t State Lfl’l'lry THUGS mmz wu HOLD UP CHAUFFECR Hartford Driver Tells of Being Bound, Gagged and Robhed | THROWN INTO BACK SEAT Mischau Complains of Rough ilent at Hands of Three Pas- rs in Stanley Quarter—His $20 “is stolen, ‘William Mischau, a taxi driver in the employ of the Independent Taxi Co. of 66 Union Place, Hartford, was held up at the point 6f a revolver, robbed of $20, gagged, bound and thrown into the rear seat of his cab by three unknown young men on the lonely road near the McMahon farm in Stanley Quarter at an early hour this morning, according to the story told Sergeant Patrick McAvay at po- | lice headquarters at 1:30 o’clock by Mischau. Mishau claims he was hired by thre, young men shortly after 12 o'clock at the Hartford railroad station to bring them to New Britain. They came as far as Ibelle's corner and then in- structed the driver to turn to the right and up the road which passes the Mc- Mahon farm as one of the young men said he lived there and wanted to get out, Covered With Revolver The driver stopped his machine to let the passenger out and as he did so one of the men drew a revolver, ordered him to put wup his hands, searched him and took $20 in bills and change from his pockets. They then put a cloth around his face and tied him with a clothesline after which they threw him into the rear seat of his cab. Two of the men watched him while the third went a short distance up the road and started an automobile which had evidently been placed there, came | back to the taxi where he picked up his two comrades and started in the direction of Farmington. Mischau was able to free himself from the rope after tossing about for several minutes and at 1:30 o’clock drove to police headquarters where he entered the complaint with Sergeant McAvay. He said that one of the men wore a light suit and a cap, another a dark brown suit with a soft hat and the third a dark suit with a gray cap. He said that he had never seen any of them before, Policemen Thomas Feeney, Charles Anderson and Patrol Driver Brophy went to the scene of the alleged hold- STAliE BEINli SET Johnson and West May Bolt 6. 0.| ‘dence of their intention to corral all FOR PARTY SPLIT P. it Coolidge Is Choice | SITUATION LIKE THAT IN 1042, Already Coolidge Machine is Making | Play For New England And South-| ern States, But Senator Hat Is Definitely In The Ring. Johnson's | By Air Mail From San Francisco WEW BRITAN, connpcTicuT THE HANDWAKE GIT. AL ORLE BY GEORGE H. MANNING | (Washingtun Bureau ot New Britain Herald), ‘Washington, Aug. 27. Will the | republican national convention of 1924 be a repetition of the Chicago conven- tion in 1912, ending in a “Bull Moose" bolt by Hiram Johnson and his friends because of the steamroller nomination of Calvin Coolidge by the G. O. P, ma- chine? Will the feverish efforts of the old regular republican organization fo throttle the Johnson-Borah-Lafollette- Brookhart - Ladd - Frazier -Shepstead movement for nomination of a pro- gressive candidate cause a holt of the western leaders from the convention and wind up in the election of the| democratic nominee as it did in 19127 Like That of 1912 While these are questions that ap- pear to have been overlooked recent- | 7 Among the leiters received morning by North & Judd Mfg. officials was one from their represen- which he had sent by air mail. The postmarks sow the letter lef | San Francisco at 4 p. m. on Augus ly, shoved in the obscure background | 33 and reached New York in the care tlon of stamps and currency. this Cn.i tative in San Francisco,J. T. McDavltt it The stamp in the corner has been obliter- letter contained an order for goods. Average Daily Cireulation Week Ending 9’ 1 36 Auvg. 25th | y VERING COAL STRIKE POIBLE AND “IT MUST BE DONE”, GOVERNOR PINCHOT TELLS DELEGATES TODAY l P Y ‘ Says‘‘We Must Do in This Eleventh Hour What Should Have Been Done Before’ |Offers No Definite Proposi- jfl//////w : // P ,;"7 LA A (/":1’// Vsl m. on August | transit. of the airman at 2 p. 5, being 46 hours in Readers will note that the two cent | ated. The “Herald"” has done this in keeping with the spirit of a federal law forbidding the printed reproduc- t | it by the loud whoops with which the| politicians and newspapers everywhere | h@ve been scurrying to hop on the| Coolidge bandwagon in the manner in | which the pre-convention sitnation is shaping up bears a sufficiently close likeness to that of 1912 to warrant closer consideration of this possibility. | As the Coolidge machine gets under | way, it becomes increasingly evident that it is a combination of New Kng- land and southern delegates which will be counted on as the basis for the | nomination of Coolidge next year, : “ QI dagn Acain x::lm:h;mgccncn”;f two And it may be recalled that it was : & just such a coalition which put across| Stieet murder early md(ay‘ the nomination of Taft In 1912, and| , LNLC® Men. ene o the disgust of Colonel Roosevelt at the | J1¢S5¢d Were award of two-thirds of the contested southern and western delegates to Taft by the G. O. P: bosses which caused his walkout. President Coolidge and his backers of have already given unmistakable evi- \TWO STREET MURDERS IN Guns, Razors, Knives and Blackjacks Used. New York, Aug. roaring them was heard but th night. A shot An automobile drov | trio kept on. {up beside them. the deserted avenue a pedestria saw the well dressed runner turn t | the man on his right and shout: “Give me the gat. I'n finish !them.” There was another shot an the third runner dropped dead. man the delegates possible from the south- (Continued on Fifth Pagc) KLANSMEN OFFER BIG The other slipped into The victim has not bee; ardved. de street. NEW YORK THIS MORNING “Roaring Fortles” Scene of Killings— 27.—The Chelsea forties™ spectacular well | running along Tenth | avenue at 19th street just after mid- Suddenly in the comparative quiet One leaped into the automo- | bile and was driven off before police, WEEK-END ACCIDENTS IN STATE NUMEROUS I | !Several Fatalities Included | w Among Sunday Motor | Crashes | New Haven, Aug. 27.——Automobiie accidents and fatalities over the week- end were numerous. At Waterford, John William (.Imlg‘ 12, was killed by the machine | George H. London. e| e n o was killed when his | a tree at Kast er of Springfield, machine skidded into 4 | Windsor, Naugatuck by the aulomohlle I Howard Hogan. ; Claude Treat, New London was hit by an umndenu- fied ‘machine and had 29, a n | aperators tion, But Urges All Sides to Get Together for Com- mon Good of All Con- cerned. | mmm o e { Both Sides Bluntly Advised Coal Strike (annot Be Permitted Associated Press. burg, Pa., Aug. 27.— Governor Pinchot of Pennsyl- vania assembled leaders of each side in the anthracite contro- versy around his office table to- day and told them bluntly that the proposed suspension of min- ing September 1. could not be illowed, ! | | | | | i Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 27.— Settlement of the controversy !jetween anthracite miners and “is possible—and it must be done,” Governor Pin- chot told representatives of the {operators and miners here today iat the opening of the conference Damon, merchant of New Icalled by him in an effort to lavert suspension of operations i motoreyelist at 1 nis back done,” he said. Andrew Lopardo, a real estate deal- | September-1. Declaring the crisis now has Ibeen reached, he asserted “we John Broderick was fataily hurt .u‘must do in this eleventh hour of | what shou]d have been done be- {fore.” “It can be done and must be; . “There is still The first case called for was that of | where he had been taken for treat- m hges euifie broken. [time. Let us use this time in Helen Yusak of Seymour and Mr. Alling asked for a bench warrant against her and it was granted by the court on the new charge of manu- facturing intoxicating liquors. It is said that this woman was found in the cellar of her home working over a still on a gas stove. The next case was that of Micheal Michaelson, of Seymour and Mr. Al- ling asked that his bail be continued in $5,000 as the complaint to be made against him would contain 22 counts of alleged violation of the liquor laws. The request was granted. The state attorney said he would ask ‘or an injunction against Mrs. Pauline Michaelson wife of Michael and owner of the Germania hotel, to close the place for a year. Isadore Rosenberg, owner of ‘the ‘Windsor hotel was charged with 13 counts of violation. A plea to reduce (Continued on Eleventh Pnkn.) WHERE DOES . BUTERA, | — NEW APPOINTEE LIVE? Recently Appointed Public Works Board Member All Tangled Up Salvatore Butera, who was appoint- ed to the board of public works by Mayor A. M. Paonessa Saturday, spent the greater part of today in city \hall endeavoring to find out just wheré he lives, there being considerable question as to whether he is a resident of New Britain or of Farmington. Upon his finding depends several matters. In the first place, it Butera is found | to be a resident of Farmington, he must relinquish his commissionership; if he lives in New Britain, then he| must begin to pay taxes to this city on a dwelling that, according to As-‘ = sessment Director Thomas Linder, is in Farmington, but upon which, as a result of the dispute, he has not paid taxes in three years. The Farmington authorities been interested ip the case and it now! ment, ward for u few minutes the orderly in charge of him returned the prisoner was gone. his prison clothes in the donned a suit which had been brought to him yesterday, Fafe was serving a term for breaking and entering. | lage of Sarayari Sheehan, ell H. Smith and Richter took off at 5:07 a. m. trom Rockwell field, North Island, in | an attempt to record for endurance, speed and dis- tance. the officers circled about at an ele-| vation of 500 feet. tinuous flight for atl perhaps 50 hours, was the objective today of Captain |and Lieut. John endurance, ords in a flight begun at | taking on fuel, | other planes in mid-air. He had been left alone in a and when +He had left room and 700 HOUSES DESTROYED. Constantinople, Aug. 27.—The vil- on the Bosporus, | about eight miles northeast of this city, was destroyed by fire last night. Seven hundred houses were burned, the conflagration lasting eight hours. Damage is estimated at two million Turkish pounds. up and followed a trail into Farming- ton and Plainville where Policeman Feeney was informed that a car bear- ing three men had passed through the town in the direction of Southington. F¥ails to Identify Suspects Returning to New Britain the po- licemen told Sergeant McAvay of what they had learned and the ser- geant notified the Southington and Meriden police. Three men driving a car were held up in Meriden by the Silver City authorities. Mischau was called from Hartford but when he reached Meriden could not identify either of the three men as the ones who held him up and they were allow- ed to go. REWARD FGR RIOTERS —Many Persons Injured in Carnegie Street Fight Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 27 totalling $7,500 have been offer the Ku Klux Klan, for those re- at Carnegie, in which Abbott, a klansman, number of others wounded, one seri- Thomas R. -Grid. Girl Clinging AYIATORS OFF ON ANOTHER ATTEMPTED ENDURANGE TRIP' Captain Smith and Lieutenant Rich- | ter Hope to Remain in 45 or, 50 Hours, By The Assoclated Press. San Diego, Aug. 27.—Captain Low- Lieut. John P. today establish The weather was cloudy and San Diego, Calif., Aug. 27.—Con- least 45 hours, Lowell H. Smith P. Richter, | aviators who planned to make new and speed rec- dawn by distance With the hop-off at 5 a. m. the have ! ywo airmen expected to make the first contact seems that regardless of where he i8 ot ween 9:30 and 10 a. a refueling plane | m. There- with located, he will be called upon to pay| sfier they had planned to make con- tax on the home. Also, he has been | sots every two heurs. voting in New Britain while residing janq plane manned by Captain Smith | in the house in question, and if the ,n4 Lieut. Richter was The DeHavi- expected to decision is that the place is in the!gtay aloft on a course, illuminated at | neighborhing village, he can no6 longer night, over the environs of San Diego. exercise the rights of an elector here./ Two refueling and provisioning Mayor Paonessa and his appointee planes were keyed up to the hazard- went over land maps today which in-| ous task of keeping the record-seek- dicate that the dwelling is. not in New | ing plane Britain. Their perusal of land records' in the town clerk's office show the parcel of land in question to be entire-| ly in this city. going. CROPS. FROST DAMAG ., Aug. 27.—Re- Saranac Lake, N. Y Three weeks ago En-| ports of heavy damage to farm crops gieer Johnson of the Hartford water hy frost during last week are reach- works went over the land and declared.| ing here from ‘all sections of the it to be a part of the city of New| Britain. A conference is to be nrrang-’ ed between the Hartford and Britain engineers and it is likely tha the town line may he searched for| once more. | In the meantime Mayor Paonessa is not certain that his appointee is not a| cases of infantile paralysie here, larger number than at present report- New Britainite, . but Butera will not, New | that | loss, northern Adirondacks. At many points potato plants were so badly nipped be complete the crops will a PARALYSIS IN SEYMOUR Seymour, Aug. 27.—There are seven a for the present at least, take the oath|ed from any other community in the of office, state, an aviation | army | water and food from | ously. Imperial Wizard H. w. Evans and Sam D. Rich, king kleagle of the .Pennsylvania klan each have offered $2,600 reward for Abbott's slayer, while the Pennsylvania or- Star, Tackles to Movmg Train rioting. Patrick McDermott, a ‘arnegie un- dertaker, is held in connection with the killing of Abbott. John 1. Conley, burgess negie, in a statement tod iFormcr Villa Nova Athlete Makes Thrilling Rescue at Berlin Station After Dive Thr ough Air. of Car-, y declared for a permit to The borough, it which requires application for a per- | mit to parade hat authorities said it | was “an unwritten law” that persans wishing to stage a demonstration | should get their sanction. The burgess declared that became evident th the | were marching toward Carnegie, ade, id, | Thomas Sheehan of this city, who | several years ago slashed his way through many formidable lines on the | football fleld and brought down l\is target while he wore the colors of Villanova or of Jim Thorpe's eleven, | put his football experience to pract- |ical use last night when he dashed nearly the full length of the platform | |in front of Berlin railroad bmlmn” dove into the air, grasped a young | girl who was slipping from the steps| | of a coach towards what seemed cer- tain death under the wheels of the i train, and brought her down to the platform in safety. Sheehan had just left one of the rear coaches of the train at Berlin | depot and when the line of cars be- | gan to move he hurried around the coach for the side- track where the New Britain dinky | ltakr\: on passengers. The train had| | moved but a few feet when the \oung, girl appeared at the door of a coach | and started down the steps. Several| stopped to see if she would make a afe landing, but as she was about |o: | jump, the train jerked, causing her to| lose her balance. She grasped the| railing of the steps and hung from the side of the train. The movement) | | of the train, gradually picking up speed, carried’ her body toward the | side of the coach directly over the|| | steel rails. While scores looked on | too excited to act, Sheehan started off | | on a mad dash, passed out the last coach, came within a few feet of the terror stricken girl, sprang into the air, caught her about the waist and : in an instant had her on the platform | | just a few inches away from the tracks. The girl fainted, but recover- | | ed shortly afterward, badly scared, ' | but otherwise none the worse for the ineident. Sheehan was not injured. | | [lo stop them from crossing the borough line. I*ailing in this, he added, they were ordered to permit the parade to enter. the position that a men marching the disorderly conduct acted on this ground. band and that they near the borough line the fiots| started and for several hours all sor('{ of pistols could to time, The down and the klansmen returned to a mnearby hill. An undetermined | number of persons were injured. The streets where the occurred were littered with clubs and bricks and today an emergency street cleaning force were cleaning up At Wabash field six men stood guard over the property left by the klans- be heard from time rioting | rear of the last HIGH TIDES 0 I August 28 (Standard Time) At New Haven—_ ! 12:02 a. m.; At New London— 10:27 a. m.; 10:44 p. m, 12:21 p. m l | *. * THI: WEATHER e Hartford, Aug. 28.—Forecast | for New Britain and vicimity: ADVANCE PRICE OF LEAD | Increasing cloudiness tonight. New York, Aug. 27.—The American Tuesday showers, moderate Smelting and Refg. Co. today advanec- temperature, variable winds. ed the price of lead from 6.50 to 6.75 5 cents per pound. * | ] i1 | finally died | /| One K. K. K. Member Killed | swards | ed by | sponsible for the riot Saturday night | was killed and a | ganization in addition has authorizeq | When the automobile in $2,600 for those responsible for the|Was riding collided with another m that the klan had made no application | cense and driving without proper reg- | has no law| court and held for the coroner who when it | Klansmen | former Senator George B. he | Clark car | ordered his poiice to make an F""“]‘(‘,,z car. The police took | one driven by of hooded | left struck a streets constituted | pled over When the parade reached a bridge |apparatus was called to extricate the of missiles filled the air and the bark | chest flgh,,,,:‘ With Daughter-in-Taw of Comiskey, men after their initiation ceremonies, i | [ | elry valued at $10,000 | | | | | Comiskey —x | White Sox, and “Big Ed" Walsh, for- { mer pitcher, | pursuers at bay * |game. Razors, blackjacks and knives ap- peared among a crowd at Eighfh av- enue and 43rd street on the dusky edge of the theatrical *roaring for- ties'” several hours before daylight— all because a taxi driver muttered something concerning two passing; At Windsor five machines were | women. In the ensuing melee, James | mixed up in a collision. Two nnchmes\ IPlynn sustained injuries which caused |at Winsted crashed into and brought | ' his death at Bellevue hospital. |down two telephone poles. A car went | KILLED IN AUTO CRASH |over Colebrook bridge and Farmington river and its eight occu- | pants escaped with nothing more seri- \ Bridgeport Man Meets Death When | Machine Cillide.s With Another On Fred lLawrence at Danbury, who | had been struck by an unindentified | ,machu)e, died in the hospital. Collision at Meriden involved three cars and there were two arrests. Samuel Walker was kilfed today in | a collision at Bridgeport. Motor Vehicle Commissioner Stoeckel, in a statement on motor vehicle accidents, pointed out that eight per cent of the 33,664 “new’ operators licensed this year have been involved in accidents so far this year. There have heen 9,000 accidents re- ported so far this year and in 11 pe I(‘Ollt of them operators not holding Connecticut licenses were involved. In at least 50 per cent of the accidents “thoroughly experienced operator: |were involved” the statement s GONN. R. R. COMMITTEE Railroads’ (ous than cuts and bruises, | Berkshitre ridge—Driver Arrested. 27 27— Bridgeport, Aug. Samuel Wal- ker, residing here and employed in Portchester, N. Y. was killed today which h | chine on Berkshire bridge. William | Long of this city who was driving the lcar in which Walker was a passen- | ger, escaped serious injury. long was placed under arrest charged with manslaughter, driving without a li- | | |istration. He was arraigned in city | will hold an inquest tomorrow. | The car with which Long collided was driven by Evelin H. Winchell of this city, and belonged to Miss Helen | | Clark, Bridgeport High school gym- nasium instructress and vl:L‘\l.:;'llillurT’O'Y‘ New Londén, Aug: 37.~~President 1 i el J\i;s ”:“ | Leroy Harwood of the Connecticut | Winchell was on his way | Sov BEs fank assoclatlon today ap-| ! was on '} Ay d the committee to investigate ‘:zot\]:f;'lol“ after Miss Clark and her | "\ iroad situation in New Englund ‘After striking the Clark car, tho |5 authorized at a meeting of the as- TR R R :sm‘mtlon in Hartford Thursday. The low stonewall and top- members of the committee are: Hropped four foet | ChATIes R. Butts, president of the No Walker and | Wich Saving Society of Norwich; Sam- | it. Jtire |Uel M. Hawley, president of the | Bridgeport Savings Bank of Bridge- port and John M. Wadhams, treasur- er of the Torrington Savings Bank ot Torrington, member of the state board | {of finance and president of the Na |tional association United Savings Banks, in addition to President Har- wood and Secretary William J. Lum of Wallingford The committee is also to represent the association at a hearing of the Former Pitcher is Locked in Cellar | interestate commerce commission inte ok wichs Tiames T }H\v situation of the railroads of New England in Boston, September 24. The committee is to consider and meet other committees and organiza- tions of New England for the purpose | of formulating or adopting plans of action for the rehabilitation of the railroads of New England. ~ HUSBAND KILLS WIFE w England Condition Will Be Investigated by Special | Board of State Bankers. it a cement being pinned and driveway, under to Long crushed. the men. Walker was badly Long complained of injuries to “BIG ED” WALSH HELD UP Aug. Grace | daughter-in-law of Charles owner of the Chicago 27.—Mrs. Chicago, Comiskey, were held up in the vard of the Comiskey home here last night by two negroes, robbed of jew- and locked in a cellar of the house while the ban- dits escaped, according to reports to | police. Miss Comiskey, gmm» Creek, Mich,, Woman Shot in | f in Which She, Husband, Brother-in-law and Sister Lived. Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 27.—| Mrs. E. M. Price, 2§, was shot and killed early today in the one room in | which the woman, her husband, her | ister and her brother-in-law lived. Police are seeking “Mac” Price, the Alice Ready a sister of Mrs. o a4 th released them Bodm |Jersey State Police to Use Tear Bomb on Slayer Lambertville, N. J., Aug. 27.-—State police today planned to use gas bombs or smoke to capture Bianjio Narbone, who last night shot and killed An- tonio Natalie in a street fight, and | then fled into the woods after holding dead woman’'s husband who fired five ; with his revolver.|shots from a rifie into hor body after The shooting is Dbelieved have | the two had quarrelled, according to grown out of a quarrel over a card | the story told the police by Mrs. i.| i J. Soft Mrs. Price's sister, to into the " | Lewis | by the {an effective spirit of common 'counsel so that this common/ |danger may pass with due re- gard to the rights of all and thh due credit and honor to all concerned,” Tewis With the exception of John IL. president of the United Mine Workers, all participants in the At- |lantic City negotiations were here to- day. Philip Murray, vice-president jof the union was here in Mr. Lewis absence with the three district presi- dents. The four members of the operators policy committee were pres- ent. The governor set forth no defi- nite plan or basis on which he hopes to bring about a settlement further ' than to request consultations with each side separately after the close of the first mecting. He suggested he met the miners this afterncon and operators tomorrow morning and de- clared his purpose of treating the conferentes with each side “as whol- Iy confidential.” ” The Governor's Address The governor's address follows: “As the representative of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania I have called _you together for the purpose of finding a way to keep the anthracite mines in ops tion. I de- layed asking vou to meet here, after the negotiations in Atlantic City had failed, until T was assured that to do s0 would not run counter to the wishes of the federal authorities. T m acting now solely ‘in my capacity s governor Pennsylvania and of (Continued on Third Page). ' MIGHAEL MEAD DIES WHILE , RESTING ON PARK BENCH Well Known Hart Street Man on Way to Work When Overtaken by Death, Michael Mead, age 55 years, of 147 Hart street, and a life-long resident of New Britain, died suddenly whiie sitting on a bench at the Linwood street entrance of Walnut Hill park at about 1 o'clock this afternoon. Medical Examiner Waterman Lyon was called and gave the cause of death as apoplexy. Friends say that Mr. Mead com- plained about not feeling well about 11 o'clock this morning, but despite this fast he insisted on returning to work this afternoon. He was on his | way to his place of employment when it is believed he became weak and sat down for a rest. He was employed by many west end people as care- | taker. street resident passed bench as Mr. Mead toppled over to the ground. The hospital was notified immediately, but the man was dead when the ambulance and phy= sician arrived. % Mr. Mead is survived by his wife. | Funeral services will nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the ° Erwin Mortuary chapel. Rev. Henry ‘W. Maier, pastor of the First Congre= gational churel.. wiil officiate and in- terment will be held in Fairview cem- etery. A Linwood be held Wed- = =