New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1923, Page 1

[ News of the World I By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 TEASING DEATH IN NORTH END BLOCKS NEW BRITAIN HERALD | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1923, —SIXTEEN PAGES. l | Quarters in Germany anc Mis, Wisk Ordered to Make Re-Instead, Occupation Authorities JTako fi-m -ll:t:.-;' : Conn. pairs or Submit to Arrest CHILDREN ARE IN DANGER Guand Naill Removed From Veranda ~Inflammable Material in Cellar of 12 Tenement Building—Family Yound Ldving tn Filh, Following numerous um’ld‘fll oy to alleged insanitary conditions, fire| hazards and dangerous construction in the Mary Wisk tenement houses in the northwestern section of the ecity, Mayor A, M, Paonessa made & per- #onal investigation in company with Chief William J. Noble of the fire de- partment, and orders were issued to Mrs, Wisk to remedy conditions be- fore Saturday of this week or steps will be taken to prosecute her, The mayor conferred this morning with Dr, Riehard W. Pullen, superin- ent of the health department, and it is likely that a second inspection will he made today and additional or- ders Issued to the property owner. Six Children n Danger, Mayor Paonessa found yesterday that in one of Mrs. Wisk’s tenement houses at 59 Broad street, the ralling had been removed from a veranda on the second floor, near a tenement oc- | cupled by & widow who hus six small | children. The children have access to the veranda and while there are con- stantly in danger of injury. The mayor asked Mrs. Wisk to make re- pairs before orders are {ssued from the office of the building other structural tered Inflammable Rubbish in Cellar. At“143 Grove street, which is a 12-| tenement house controlled hy Mre, Wigk, the city officials found piles of refuse, much of which is highly in- flammable, in the basement. Thig in- cluded paint and tar. Several young men were on the premises making automobile repairs and carelessly gmoking cigarettes. Orders were ls- sued for changes. Tenants Live in Fiith. In the rear of 67 Grove street, an- other tenement house owned by Mrs. Wisk was examined. under what the officials considered the very worst of insanitary condi- tions, tour tenants were found to be living. Alleged filthy conditions were ordered cleaned. Mayor Paonessn and the fire chief talked over the situation with Mrs. Wisk., They issued orders ‘for nu- merous changes and complete reno- vation, informing the property owner that a re-inspection will be made on Saturday. : Souney Wants Ordinance With Teeth. Deputy Chief M. T. Souney, who 1is directing the work of the fire preven- tion Mayor A. M. Paonessa this morning and discussed with the executive a proposed ordinance which would em- power the police department to order tenements and yards cleaned, and in the event that the order is ignored,| would allow the department to have the work done at the landlord's ex- pense. Chief Sounecy *was interested pri- marily in the Wisk cases which are now pending. He informed the mayor, however, that landlords cannot be blamed entirely for conditions, eit- ing the fact that yards at 36 and 40 Grove street were cleaned up two days ago by the landlord and are today as’ dirty as ever, this condition being caused by the tenants. The deputy chief and Building In- spector John C. Gilchreest inspected the Wisk buildings this morning. The veranda at 59 Broad street, where the mayor found children in constant danger of injury, was slated by In- spector Gilchreest for immediate re- pair and a steel frame veranda was ordered. Lieutenant Brown and Chief Elec- tricians Mate Ray Held Responsible for F'atal Submarine Explosion. San Pedro, Cal, Oct. 17.—Two of- ficers of the submarine 8-37, aboard which an explosion occurred last week resulting in the death of three men, were named defendants yester- day by the naval court of inquiry. Lieutenant Harlle H. Brown, chief engineer and electrical officer of the submarine, and Chief Electrician’s Mate E. F. Ray, were named “Inter- ested parties In the status of derendA‘ ants,” after testimony had brought out the fact that they had left the submarine In charge of an inexper- fenced man. This man, one of the victims of the explosion, was asserted to have per- mitted an excess flow into the bat- tery chamber of oxygen, which com- bined with hydrogen from the bat- terles to make an explosive mixture. Testimony on behalf of the defend- No Railroad Men Return tv | Easen, Germany, Oct. 17.—~The oe- cupation authorities have requisition- |ed 310 turnished dwellings In Essen and have also demanded stable ae- commodations for 380 horses, This Ninety-three trillion marks have bean confiscated by the authorities at various points in the oceupled area In the last ten days. The moneys In most cases were selzed cither while in transit or in possession of local branches of the Relchbank although the biggest haul was made in a print. Ing plant where & squad of French soldiers carried off 81 trilllons of freshly printed marks. In consequence of these continuped | confiscations of official and private money consignments, the mines and industries of the Ruhr generally are seriously handicapped for funds with which to pay off their employees | KIRKHAM'S OPINION N and meet their ordinary require. menta. The acute currency shortage, which | s also due In part to the u-suonj cussions at Cologne between a com- | mittee of Industrialists and the | French authorities, the former de- | claring that the task of getting the Ruhr industries back Into operation | is being serfously impeded because of the lack of a ciroulating medium, Duesseldorf, Oct, 17.~The German rallroad men in* the occupled area, who refused to work under the Franco-Belgian regime while the pas- sive resistance program was in force, | were assumed to be applying indivi. dually today for nlnmhmeng but at noon French headquarters here had no reports that the men had returned to work, as authorized last week by their unions and the minis- ter of tmnasport at Berlin, 19 YR. OLD WIFE DIES N Same Opratos Decn 0 Ces ol dndge's hdvrs Deisin GivingFult Prllers | Liely o Bt FatherAtin —_— (AUTHORITATIVE STATENENT|RULED ON CAMP SHERMAN ~$150,000 IN TWO DA Excuse Themselves By Saying That | Anyway, Action Is to bo Feld up| Jaw Prevented Them From Act-| pending Investigation—Grand Total ing in Concert in Selling Coales | Want Greater Production, By The Associnted Press New York, Oct, 17.~Some of the coul operators who recently con- ferred with Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvanie at Harrisburg declined his demand to stop selling coal to profitcering dealers, It was learned to- duy In muthoritative quarters. The governor it was sald had asked oper- ators to discontinue selling to these dealers because they charged more than the executive stated was neces- sury to meet Increased wages, Operators’ Roply The operators, it Is understood told he governor that the coml com- panies could not act In concert In solling conl, as thix would violate the law and also lay themselves open to charges of monopoly. They told the governor they had to mine and sell coal within the law, 3 When the governor asked the oper- $100,000,000, | Washington, Oct, 17.,~The score or more of government prosecutions in war fraud cases involving construc. tion of army cantonments probably {will be haited tn view of the deciaion yesterday by Federal Judge Slater, of Bherman Program Held Up How seriously the decision witf. mately will affect the war frauds | prosecution program is yet to be de termined, but it became known today that action would be suspended at lenst until counsel for the war con- tracts section of the .department of justice has gone into the question at length and conferred with Attorney General Daugherty, The Camp Sherman case and others already filed involve nearly $80,000,. | Involved in Suits Amounts to About | | Ohlo, in a test case rolating to (‘nmn’ FRENCH AND BELGIANS SHOW (AL MEN REFUSE WAR CAMP FRAUDS ' POLISH CITIZENS DEMAND NO INTENTIONS OF LEAVING' PINCHOT'SREQUEST PROSECUTION END CLEAN-UP IN FIFTH WARD; HIT AT BOOZE AND GANGS GOVT, CAPTURES TOTAL | Send Petition to Common Y§| Council Asking Better | | i | | Police Protection and Insisting on Closing Stores on Sunday Drive Opens on Street Cors ner “Rowdies” — Mer- chants on Orange, Gold, Broad, Silver and Grove Streets Under Fire, Federal Cruiser Makes An- other Rich Haul in Long Island Sound New York, Oet, 17, — The 80-fool motor schooner, Three Links, carrying $40,000 worth of whiskey und & crew of four, was captured today by a fed- eral customs speed boat which wus reported to have been assigned to special rum fleet duty With the eapture of the Three |Links, and of the Clarence and the Mirage yesterday, it became known that two speed boats, munned by spe- clal agents of the treasury depart. ment, have been cruising between the rum fleet and Long Island Sound since Sunday, under secret orders. Thirty-two prisoners and whiskey 4 3 with bootieg valus of $160,000 were | tion signed by Rev. Alexander tuken in the three captures. Both the KO‘}'&]CZ}.’I\'.. president of the Clarence and the Three Links were|Polish Citizens committee, and boarded off Montauk Point. The|a number of members of that names of the government boats has i % poep bt & by local fed. |cOmmittee, asking for better Tonight's session of the com« ON NEW POLICEMEN 000 and six more, bringing the total ators it it would not be possible to up to around $100,000,000 have been establish “thelr own refail selling es- it 18 understood that eral authorities. police protection fn the northe The quartet in custody today in-|Western section of the ecity; commis- | #lon, and changes were also ordered ' where stairs were found defective and faults were encoun- In a basement, | bureau, called at the office of' ;Corporation Counsel Said to Have Decided Against Commission Although Mayor Paonessa said thtn{ morning that Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham had not given him | a legal opinion on whether the board of police commissioners had violated an ordinance by appointing to thg police force men who had passed be- vond the age ot 36, it Is reported that the corporation counsel has decided | that the ordinance was violated, and will make a report to this effect to the common council tonight. The appointment of men of more than 35 years of age was brought up | gome time ago. It was partly on this | that the investigation of the police department was based. Chairman David L. Dunn of the police commis- | sion made the statement that men | beyond the age limit had probably been appointed, but thelr names were i taken from a list furnished by the civil service board and, therefore, the | police board could not accept re- sponsibility for the situation. ® WOONSOCKET KACEYS ASK HASONS 10 CANCEL PARTY Plans Are All Completed When Re- |- quest Is Made—No Future Date Is Meationed | Woonsocket, R. L, Oct. 17.—Woon- | socket councll, Knights of Columbus, which recently accepted the invitation of the Woonsocket Masonic club to be its guest at a joint social gathering next Tuesday evening, for which elab- orate plans had been completed, has asked the club to postpone the event, but made no suggestion that it be [ Ramos' daring break held at any future date. | President Stephen A. Greene of the| | Masonic club, on receipt of the letter | from Harold J. Kennedy, grand knight | of the local council, immediately cun»" | celled all arrangements for the pro- | | posed affair and issued a statement | expressing regret that the movement ! to bring about a better understanding | and tolerance had met with failure. Mr. Kennedy refused to comment| on the withdrawal of the acceptance |and declared he would have nothing | to say beyond the bare statement con- tained in his letter to Mr. Greene. | The program for the proposed event ,provlded for a welcome address by a | representative of each fraternal order |and Invitations to deliver these ad- dresses had been accepted by the men to whom they had been tendered. The largest hall in the city had been en- gaged. i * JEV MAKES 600D TIME | {Turns Mile | [ And Quarter in 2:00 And Still Fin- in 1:39 4-5 and The Mile | ishes Strong. X o By The Assoriated Press. ‘ New York, Oct. 1 hope in the §$100,000 international race with Papyrus next Saturday, | lashed a brilllant workout this morn- ing at Belmont park in the horse’s | final speed test before the match with the English Derby winner. Zev turn- led a mile and a quarter in 2:00, | cased 1p, and was going strongly at ev, Amerfca’s | which they are alleged to have oper- INFIRE IN KITCHEN Willimantic Girl Burned to | Death Using Kerosene to Start Fire | Willimantie, Oct. 17.—Mrs. Eva/ Doubleday, aged 19, was burned to| death early today when kerosene she | was using to start a fire in her kitchen stove exploded. Her husband, in the yard of their apartment heard her screams, rushed in, and falling to be of aid to her, rescued their two small ehildren by dropping them to the ground from a window. The kitchen was ablaze after the, explosion and Mrs. Doubleday died before a doctor living across the| street had reached the scene. Nelgh- bors extinguished the flames. MAKES DESPERATE ATTENPT Maryland Prison Convict Scales Wall But Leg Is Broken by sbo!--l’re&; dom Short Lived. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 17,—Frederic for from the state penitentiary here failed last night because he could not| board a train with a broken leg un-| assisted. As he scaled a 25-foot penitentiary | wall with hook and rope, a guard fired, and Ramos fell outside the wall| with a broken leg. While prison au- thorities searched for him within the yard, Ramos crawled away and hailed | a passing automobile. He told the| driver he had been struck by a taxi-| cab, but that he must get a train for New York. [ At union station Ramos managed | to buy a ticket and reach a seat in the concourse, but when his train was called he could not rise, Seeing the| youth was injured, a railroad officer had him taken to a hospital where he was later identified. BOOTLEGGERS KILLED | | ‘Bc!ow Being Shot by '!‘edeul Men, ', Kentucky Youth Severely Beat Mother, He Thought “Squealed.” Paducah, Ky, Oct. 17.—George] Vickery, 74, was killed instantly and | his son, George, Jr., 27, was aoriouslyf wounded in Pope county, Illinois, about a mile north of New Liberty,| Tuesday night when they resisted | county and federal prohibition of-| ficers, who held warrants for their arrest for alleged whiskey violations. | George, Jr., is said to be at the polnt{ of death in a hospital at Metropolis, | m, Thather and son are alleged to have | fled from their home on a farm near Golconda, when they learned omcers} were armed with warrants for their arrest. The son is alleged to have beaten his mother severely, believing she had conveyed information to of- ficers with regard to a moonshine still ated. i Mrs. Vickery is in a critical eondi-| tion in her home. ‘ |One Killed, Five Entombed | In Bingham, Utah, Mine Bingham, Utah, Oct. 17.—One man was killed and five entombed by a cave-in in the Utah-Apex coal mine| | tather-in-law, | daughter from the home of the wife's| y b. prepared. Flling of the new proceed- ings probably will be held up until department officlals have studied Judge Sater's decision, which held that the government's suits were not speoific and that the cantonment bulldeps were not trustees for the government as contended by the gov ernment tablishment they replied it would take vears to bring about such an arrangement and that it wonld not clear the pres- ent situation. The operators, it was | sald tol dthe governor tHat if he would use his effors In getting the anthracite miners to increase produe- tion the situation would become nor- mally shortly | ROWENDS INHURDER | EXPLORERS HAYE T0 CHEW — " 0LD MOGCASINS FOR FOOD Trafford City, Pa., Man Killed Fight- | ing With Father-in-Law-—Wife 8378 | Canadian Scientists Retnrn After 4,000 | | she Fired Shot, Not Her Father, Pittsburgh, Pa. Oct. 17..—Francis Boyer of Trafford City, near here, was shot to death in front of his home| The Pas, Manitoba, Oct, 17.—Bring- late last night while tussling with his'ing back data of scientific observafions P. J. Salmon. he died, according to the police, Boyer and movement of the north magnetie told them Salmon shot him. [Later pole, R. G. Madill, assistant magneti- Boyer's wife, Amelia, said she fired cian of Domlnion observatory, Ottawa; the shot, the officers reported. 8al-|C, . Nagy, of Winnipeg, and Phillip mon and Mrs. Boyer were arrested. | Rose of the Pas, today returned from The Boyers separated two weeks s 4,000 mile trip through Ganada’s ago, end late yesterduy Boyer s sald | farthest north wilderness, to have taken his seven months old| At many times, according to Mr. adill, the party faced starvation and were forced to chew old moccasins, Mile Trip Through Wilds—Mag- wetic Pole Observances parents in Wilkinsburg, a suburb. Before | of variation of the earth’s magnetism | Sludhd S Jobtaea £t Sowpory that street corner “rowdies” be . I, Harry Rubin of Brooklyn, own- rai rega i er of the Three Links, and two safl- tmh:tt“:;lr;iglg'ont‘h::n‘;‘lmrfl‘%n ors, who lived aboard the craft. Six|./: o1 it treasury department agents, under tion be paid to the manufac- |spectal Agent E. H. Esterbrook, man- [ture and sale of liquor; that ned the government boat. stores on Orange, Gold, Bmd.‘ Silver and Grove streets be re-! ILONG ISLAND FISHERMEN | qoire o clos o Sanday and | HOLD UP RUN SHUGGLERS o . ot during the hours that children S are going to and returning from school. The petition follows: “Polish Citizens Committee on be< half of its numerous members living in the northwestern section of the city wishes to make the following re« quest to the city officials: “1. That better police protection will be given in the ‘Polish Sectjon’ of Also Reliove Skipper of $6,400 Good American Dollars, Yarmouth, N. &, Oect. 17.—Long Island sound fishermen turned high- Jjackers were the villains of a tale in- volving the theft of thousands of dol- {lars in cash and liquor which Captain 31::tyhis:ecx;ély slons. Bl.am“.d. N {John Sims of the rum running Do- loculz. ;‘l‘hl:npr:g:t:.ofi 1s :octm‘ {minion packet related here today. neead: The Dominion packet lay with the lny“hu od, 4t ths.-oyatizien A ;u‘m dfleet oft Montauk Point, Leng| w2 mpat the street corners will not ’u:n 5 dm;!;’ .‘)‘)\bw:- :_r;hth;! ‘sk'w'r'u be cbstrugted by young rowdies who, - lsk?y iy “0 of imperted | orten pass slurring remarks aboubthe Msshidtud. “p;;‘”" decks, ac-| pedestrians and are causing disturs s bances during the night. 1;wo hfluhsrmnu bobbed up in a “8. A closer atmimon should be motor hoat. They looked honest and given to all persons manufacturing Salmon and Mrs. Boyer went to Traf. treedom | ford City to get the child, the police when they hailed the' Dominion iscarded sacks and dried suckers. He packet, “How much for 100 cases?" said they had crossed land which had | and selling alcoholic drinks. ‘4. Notice should be given the | reported, that she shot her husband | Fink and Robert T sald, and when they mot Boyer the pcon trodden by white men last when nhg;’flnL’BOC’K‘“"l't*":t-1 % Y i F;Snmuvl Pearn journeyed from TI'ort rs. Boyer tol em, the DOUCY prince of Wales to the mouth of the |Copper Mine River in 1771, The survey, Mr. Madill said, was part of a world wide research into the laws governing the earth's magnetic iforces, made necessary by the con- ;stant movement of the north magnetic pole. The party, he said, brought back important observations on move- jment of the magnetic pole, on changes :tn the dip and horizontal intensity of {the earth's magnetic and the varia- tion of the compass. SENTENGED 0 JAIL Bristol Woman, Liquor Offender, Gets 60 Days—Another \Woman Jailed For Taking a Bribe. Bristol, Oct. 17.—Mrs. Genevieve Hotkowski, an alleged saloonkeeper, and her three employes, said to be/ bartenders, Edward Souney, William | Robertson, were Worcester, Oct. 17—Mason H. Rob- before Judge Malone today charged ins, 32 years old, who had ambitions with bribery and removing witnesses to be an artist and cartoonist, com- from the jurisdiction of the court.| mitted suicide today by rntfln’g his The woman was given 60 days in jail|throat with a razor in Institute park and the men 30 days each. | The young artist aspired to be a Mrs. Hotkowski also pleaded guilty| cartoonist but after his marriage nine sales of liquor on Saturday and| vears ago his drawings came back Sunday last to Peter Burns and Mary from the magazines and newspapers Shea, and was given 30 days on each|in such numbers that he was forced count or 60 days in all. to seek employment in a wire mill to Burns and Mary Shea were in|get enough money to live on. His court and were given 30 days ecach|dead body was found in the park an;l for taking a bribe. They had been| With it two notes to his wite, telling taken to Millerton, N. Y. and given her of his discouragement and loath- $260 to remain away ing for his work in the wire mill. Lloyd George Sicl'(;v Cal]s Off All Plans for Today By Tho Assoclated Dress Chicago, Oct. 17. = David Liloyd George, former premier of Greal Brit- ain, has cancelled all his engagements for today, but hopes to keep the speaking engagement tonight at the Discouraged, Worcester Maas Is Unable to Give Any Cause for Shooting Greenwich, Oct. 17.—Milton Al Maas, wealthy chemical manufacturer of New York mysteriously shot on he evening of October 11 while at fthe home of Mrs, Tda M. Leslie in | Sou e : International Ampitheater at the ,m;\'",‘ ‘;”‘”‘ was so far convalescent ay that he was able to talk to stock yards. Owing to the continu- | ¥ | callers ance of a slight temperature his doc- rnrose,ua:d ".K‘P % M e tors have ordered him to remain in | el B T | throw no light upon the assault. He bed and rest the groater part of the |said he heard Mrs. Lesllo boreatn, she | being on the street at the time, and — | he rushed to the front porch and was shot by a man just as he emerged |from the door. He said he knew of no reason for the attack. Toledo Champions to Battle Croshy Nov. 3 || . 7 v Standard Cuts Gas Price Toledo, ©O., Oet. 17.—Scott ||| In New Jerse_v and M&SS. high school football team. ¢ 2 New York, Oct. 17.—C schoolboy champions of | ) . 27 uts in the . wr e | price of gasoline in New Jersey and United States, today scheduled a game with Crosby high of ||| s ochusetts were announced today Man Takes His Own Life | | Skipper Sims Invited them aboard, |into his cabin. “Let's see,” the captain mused, as he busied himself with the stub of a | pencil. “One hundred cases will cost | you—"" | “WIll cost us nothing,” murmured |one of the honest fishermen, digging |a pistol into the skipper’s ribs. The | doughty captaln, at the invitation of | the gun, turned over the $6,400 in cash. When he went on deck again, |there was his crew with hands aloft ’and the other gunman standing by. | Captain Sims said he had to stand by |and see his whole cargo of liquor |loaded into the fishermen's boat. Then Captain Sims set sail for Yar- | mouth, with nothing but the experi- {ence to show for what had promised to be a profitable voyage for himself |and crew, prosecutor about maintaining the Sab- bath Day. All the grocery and meat stores on Orange, Broad, Silver and Grove streets should be closed on Sundays. “4. There should be a policeman stationed at the corner of Broad and Gold and at Gold and Orange streets, from 11:30 till 1:30 and from 3:30 to 2000 children that are attending the Sacred Heart Parochial school. Such protection is given on other. streets and at other schools where neither the traffic is so heavy nor the children so numerous.” W WESTERNERS SHOOT FROM HIP AND BOTH FALL DEAD | Marshan, Constable and Sheriff in Fatal Street Duel— Bullets Pass in Air, Marshall, Texas, Oct. 17.—~The sheriff of Marion county and the con- stable of Jefferson met on the main street there last night and without a word shot each other to death. Receivers. Named for the hbuige) Columbia Graphophone Co. | New Haven, Oct. 17.—Federal | | Judge E. S. Thomas has appointed | James R. Sheffield and Horace R.| | Willson of New York ancillary re- ceivers for the Columbia Graphophone Co., they being the recelvers under | appointment of Judge Hand, in New | York. The company’'s net assets in| Both men, B. B. Rodgers, the sher- this state arc given at $5,789,897, iff, and W. B. Proctor, the constable, | 3 were past 50 years of age. | Wilmington, Del, Oct. 17.—~An in- The constable shoved the sheriff voluntary petition in bankruptey | agalnst a water hydrant, the few per- |against the Columbia Graphaphone |sons who witnessed the shooting told | Manufacturing company, a Delaware | the police., But while the sheriff mo- |corporation, has becn filed in the| mentarily lost control of his legs, his | United States district court here. The [ hand gripped his pistol, whipped out | petitioning creditors are the New |the weapon and fired. He hit Proctor York Blue Print Paper company, with | once in the hip and again in the | claims said to be “over $500,” Edward | heart. | I Archer, $4893.31, and William ¥.| Shots from the constable’s pistol |Law, $287,344, all of New York city, | crossed with those of Rodgers. The Formal writs were ordered return- | constable shot the sheriff through the lable Oct. 30, head while the latter was stumbling | — i and slipping to the ground. Anether s 5 » bullet from the constable's weapon |“Wolf of Wall Street” Is | went wiid. At that point the eya wit- | nesses’ story was hazy, the police Once More Behind Bars | ¢ Caldwell, N Oct. 17.—DavM La. | faid- |mar, the “Wolf of Wall street” today | , ACCOrding to police, the troubla penitentiary a one year sentence for ‘“',“D:h' "'"rn"'; :"t( "".;r‘" They conspiring to restrain forelgn com- | jong heen rfig"d,n:“'":fi"“‘,h‘,h:z“mf merce. He was brought te . . . . [tentiary by Deputy = ('nito::hnt':;:!s*mwrm T Marshal Walker and a police ofticer commlssioner and Constable Proctor of San Antonio, Texas, who accom. had served many years as a peace panied Lamar from the Mexiean bor. | O e, | | mon council will receive a peti- . 4:00 to give ample protection to the . . y | here late yesterday. Twenty men were | | by the Standard Oil companies of New and New York and the Texas| { company, bringing their prices in line | with those announced yesterday by | the Gulf Refining company. The cut |In New Jersey was two cents a gal [ton making the tank wagon price 1815 cents a gallon. In Massachusetts |the tank wagon price was reduced three cents a galion to 15% cents. |15, New York. . | Salled: President Jackson, Shanghai 1 LEFT $8,587,231 ESTATE jOct. 19, Bentie {| Cincinnati. Oct. 17.—Davia B.| : P | | Gamble of this city, who died in Cal- TWO ARE ASPHYXIATED !litornia a few months ago, left an es.| Fall River, Mass, Oct. 17. — The | [tate appraised at $3 234, it was|bodies of John Watson and John | announced today. Inventory of his es- | Connelly, victims of ‘gas asphyxiation, | | tate shows that his largest holdings| were found in Watson's home here to- | . C. Collins, assistant to H. 8. Wils = | were in stock of the Proctor & Gam-|day. Two other persons overcome by | kinson, chairman of (he beard ® || ble company of which he was for|the zas fumes are expected o re-|directors, has been elected to suceesd i } many years an official Dr. Mathews. der after his extradition from that ants will be heard when the court the finish. country. reconvenes today, it was announced.| Zev's time for the mile was par-|in the mine at the time of accldent {ticularly brilliant, the half b g | but fourteen escaped. A rescue party, | LEAVES $4,182,708 ESTATLE. turned in 47 seconds flat and the eight | after having been dri~en back re- Stamford, Oct. 17.—Iixecutors of furlongs in 1:39 4-5. Jockey L. Fator, | peatedly by additional rock falls, early | the estate of John B. Cobb, tobacco|who had the leg up, restrained the| | today had gotten within sight of the | merchant, who died on a train while|golt in the last quarter, however, { body of Dan Eden, the fifty year old | on his way from ‘iot Springs, Ark.,| | mine foreman, but it was pinned down | to New York some time ago, filed in| A & { by tons of rock and dirt. The men | probate court today the inventory of| [Debt Commission to Meet | entombed included Joseph Nerden, | the estate, which amounts to 10.113.-; Tithi ] i E t t. 7+ Within Week, Smoot Says |m!n¢ superintenden < i i i i Washington, Oct. 17.—A meeting of | g : CONFERS WITH ENINCARE, |the Ar;nrlrar'\"d;m vnmmls:lnn wkltth‘m 14 Horses (yrem.‘ed in Paris, Oct. 17.-—-fierr Von Hoesch, A week or ays was foreca by . the German charg: «'affares, arrived | Senator Smoot. republican, tah, one | Blg Binghamton Blflle ! Binghamton, N .Y, Oct. 17.-—Five | at the forelgn offi e shartly before | of the members, after a conference noon today for he conference with | today with Secretary Mellon. He de- | buildings on the state hospital proper- ;i Premier Poincare which in somejclined to disclose what developmients | ty were destroyed by fire today with a || perature tomight and Thursday; quarters was believed to forecast ap | had served to change previously an- loss of $100,000. Fourteen horses were moderate winds mostly easterly important step in re; ard to the repa- | nounced plans to delay further meet cremated together with a Jarge qlmn-i . ration problem {ings vntil the opening of congress. tity of farm machinery. GERMAN CONSULATE CLOSED | St Louls, Oct. 17.—Hugo Mupdt, |German consul in St. Louis, announe- |ed he had today received a cablegram | from Berlin directing him to close the local consulate indefinitely on account of the economic situation in Germany. Mundt declared this was a part of a program of economy announced by Chancellor Stresemann. Waterbury, Conn., to be played here November it was an- nounced by Fred Seibert, fac- ulty manager of Scott high. In return the Scott basketball team is to play Crosby at Waterbury next winter, B | STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS Minnekahda, Antwerp, Oct. 14, New York. ' g Hamburg, Oct. 15, New York. Western World, Buenos Alres, Oct. | : — | | - p—— - THE, WEATHER —— Hartford. Oct. 15.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair. not much change in tem- STEEL MAN RESIGNS New York, Oct. 17.—Dr.. John A, | Mathews has resigned as president of the Crucible Steel Co. of America. at = >