New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 FIVE MINUTES, USTRY TO SHUT DOWN FOR -NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRURYB, 1924. —EIGHTEE GUARD DELEGATES APPROVE MILITARY COOLIDGE'S SCHENE LEAGUE OF NATIONS REMEMBERS WILSON TROLLEYS TO Wheat Farmers Believe Plan in Twenty-Four Soldiers, Sailors STOP, »BUSINESS TO SUSPEND (eneral Secretary Makes State- | New Britain Will Pay Tribute to Ex-President Wilson at Funeral Hour Tomorrow Program of Sacred Music on South Church Chimes Arranged by Organist Beebe—Mayor’s Procla- mation. Out of respect for ex-President) Woodrow Wilson, local factories will cvase operations from 3 o'clock to 8:05 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, trol- ley cars will pause for a minute wherever they happen to be at 3 o'clock, and business houses will be asked to close their doors from 3 to 4:30 o'clock. During the period that the factories are not operating, Jo- seph Claire Beebe will render a pro- gram of sacred music on the chimes of the South church. This observance was planned this morning by Mayor A, M. Paonessa and his requests to the manufacturers, Superintendent W, J. Bryan of lhcl Connecticut Co,, Miss Mary Curtin, | sceretary of the chamber of commerce and Mr. Beebe met with willing re- sponse, Promptly at 8 o'clock, the hour at iich the funeral services are sched- uled at the Wilson home, power will thrown off in the manufacturing establishments and workmen will be asked to stand in silent meditation upon the life and death of the former president, At the same hour, the mo- tormen will be advised, trolleys are to be brought to stundstill wherever they happen to be, and Orgunist Beebe will open his sacred concert program. Appeals To All Citizen: The mayor urges in a proclama- tion that all in the city set aside a few moments for meditation so that the ideals and zealousness of the for- mer executive may furnish inspiration 1o all in their daily lives, Lecuose he felt bugsiness houses conld not effectively carry out the idea of silent meditation with a five minute shut-down, the mayor has asked stores to elose for half an hour, Mayor's Proclamation. d Mayor Paonessa issued the follow- g proclamation:—— | “Woodrow Wilson, whose death, has plunged the nation into deep! mourning, will be laid at rest Wed-| nesday afternoon. It is in keeping with the love and loyalty which ‘he whowed for his country, that the people of these United States should pay honor and réverence to him dur- ing his funcral, “As Mayor of the City of New Britain, it 18 my request that the in- habitants of this municipality pause | during the hour of his funeral rites, | to think of the trials which Wilson conquered during his years of splen- did ecrvice for this nation, eonly to| cease, when the call came from his Maker. “It is fitting that the entire popu- lace of this community should think of the devoted wservice which !hll‘ great citizen has rendered his fellow. | men, The employees in the manufao- turing plants of the city will stop, their work at 3 o'clock for five min-| utes, stores and business houses will close from 3 o'clock until 3:30, and! strect cars will remain stationary for| one minute punctually at 3 o'clock, | church bells will toll the chimes of rorrow for a nation's dead chieftain, | Men and women in every walk of life,' are asked to meditate for a few mo-| ments upon the great loss to America | and to the World. | “A. M. PAONESSA, | MAYOR." [ ! police, Proposed Bill Would Work | and Marines to Escort Remains TEN MILLION lNYOLYED:iCROWD AT WILSON HOME “GREAT LEADER PASSES” | Northwestern Agriculturists Adopt | Navy and Marine Men Who Will Act Deceased “Stood in Councils of Ex- | Resolutions in Favor of Adoption' as Pallbearers Are Chosen—Son hausted Nations as Champion of New Hope Imd Vision"—Work | of McNary-Haugen Act About to! of White House Stafi to Attend Come Before Congress. | Washington, ¥Feb. bv—President | By The Associated Press, | Coolidge responding today to a rep-, Washington, Feb resentations of agricultural members Wilson's flnal guard of honor, which | of the northwestern farm and bank Wwill convey his body from the scene | conference, declared he hoped justi- of his last activities and death to the | fication for an increase in the tariff |place of entombment, will be repre- on wheat would result from the pres- | sentatives of the three fightihg arms | ent investigation of the wheat duty of the nation. by the tariff commission. | Eight sailors, chosen from the crew Delegates directly representing ug-'of the presidential yaght Mayflower, riculture in the conference met today will symbolize the great armada of {and later presented to President Cool- | American fighting ships that went to |idge resolutions endorsing the “sub- war under the dead president: cight !-tuncu and basic principles” of the !soldiers will perform their final min. MeNary-Haugen bill to restore farm istrations in the name of the mili- | purchasing power and the Norbeck-|tant millions that had their places in |'Burtness measure for government|the war army of which he was com- | credits to promote diversification of{mander in chief; eight marines will t of our production in the wheat area. |add to his entombment & fresh mem- “We express our appreciation of ory of the glories of far battletields the projected financlal and credit ad-|like Belleau Wood. { Justments by the banking, industrial| From these twenty-four will be se- and commercial groups, outlined atijected those who actually will carry this conference,” the delegates added. him forth from the quiet house where “We tender them our cooperation.” |he sought and found solace after the | Both bills are pending before con- |fitful fever of his war days, and will Bress. lower him at last into that place of decper repose in the crypt of the great cathedral. Upon the roll of those who will do N CLLE IS FOUND | ment for Members o Secretariat T PRIEST'S SLAYER Bridgeport Police at Sea— Father Dahme Shot on Street Bridgport, I'eb. — Without a tangible clue to the identity of the Goes On. Services at House on S Street. By The Assoclated Prese. Geneva, Feb, Sir Eric Drum- mond, general se ary of the league of nations, issued today on behalf of his colle »s of the secretariat the murderer who last night shot down | e collpagye ot followi: tatement on the death of and fatally wounded Rev, *‘“”""‘1\3033,35 :\:l;o:)‘:. Dahme, rector of St. Joseph's German | “..Nywhore in the world will the Catholle church who dicd at a hospi- g 1 or Mr, Wilson awake stronger tal two hou.rs later, police today ““'n‘: cmotions than amongst those at| exerting every effort to solve the g .. o' no while he was lain strick- mysterious slaying. Though admitting | | " ") 10" giolc bed bave been privi- that they had no actual evidence to leged to take part directly in the at- support such a theory police ex- A - empt to translate into practice the pressed the bellef that the slayer Was | y,op principles of international co- a manlac, perhaps crazed by the Use |, ., jjon and conciliation for whi of narcotics. On the strength of this = Ve theory a number of persons were ::;s 'l"';‘.? truly be said to Have given belng rounded up today, “Undoubtedly lhu.grt One suspect u former workia | yy(a) leaders Nas passed awas, chisreh which Father Dahme had boen | ™iAh VAo bud the opportunity grant- ::l:;::lmer;;:l' :'C ‘:f:;liflid ‘l\ua:rq;‘:; | crossroads in history and pointing out he had established a complete alibi, | ® "W (l‘h'an":;.:“:, ri'.l“’v“,,“:’;'f' Mayor F. W. Behrens today aun-| “Mr, Wilson ckllle‘lo’ Europu' at the :"?:"‘?::‘;l:‘:"' :;u:::-';l "l'l":"“_"(:"“;'“;rl‘"‘.:l:‘.vnd of the world’s most desperate authority to offer a reward of $1,000 “°" :;‘n{d“::?lu‘:u'::: T;“.mc‘;::;l::u:\]r kave secn’ the !l"I.UOU.H! of Father | new vison. In the main Mr. Wil- ! Dahme have been examined by the |®o0 triumphed, for his hope for an |said, although subscriptions from the » . « association of nations, for an ordered | industrial and commercial interests v Th?gr R Vithnua method of arbitration, for a perma- | pledged to its creation have not yet lmwe\;:n" .“'f) ',’0“‘:" ,l"""" u‘]“‘;r""" nent agency of peace, were inscribed | been entered. It will be the object SalL o ::txl;rcl:-”;;n:“l?e ‘Was mur. |48 part of the treatios Slowly at|of the corporation to conduct its en-|Caroline; Willlam Latayette Cole, ra- dered. The housemaid at the rectory, first, but with increasing funh‘.other, erlgllrtu :r o:tv):lrfi; ;p N (h:‘momm‘ Naples, Texas; Oscar H Miss Nellie Hines who has been em. | Mations turned towards ”Ill. new ideal | de; P ‘dD"I:'m e ~ro:s ‘.\;.-w m‘hert, sallmaker's mate, first class, ployed there for years told the po- ‘whllu Mr. Wilson himgelf was making r«nd:-rlx:, By \{r‘ ;o\'er sald, “Its Brooklyn, N. Y.; Arthur [rancis lice, they say that Father Dohme lert |19 last fight at home. o il bt saist thg | Picard, motor machinists’ mate, first the rectory about 7:15 saying that he |, With that strugglc we on this -m.,-”"mvr ibuation divectlsy, It will have |Class Windsor, Vt; John Trellis was golng out for a stroll. It had no concers. While the nfon-) >t ] Sacking & th’r— war finance | Sharp, coxswain, Morristown, N. J.i been the custom of the priest to take SUEY S the. LRe) : S -4 corporation und‘conseqfien(ly will be Roy ‘Luster Sherman, yeoman, third a short walk about the principat |5°rON8 disiogmion. of. fue orl“n“‘nble to obtain many times its cuplml‘dw‘ Dayton, O, Jobn loule streets of the city center after his|'40A8 Of the league, it shortly h""\.wck for use.” [bereisen, quartermaster, first class, evening meal Miss Hincs told the po- |ChEC manifest, first, that an interna~ Financial Troubles Bettered. | Elkrid Maryland; John Edward Yice, |tiokal assoclation was none the less FAGIVAthE 3¢ the Carpeiite Wil White, seaman, first class, Oklahomsa Efforts to trace the movements of | *™¥¢ntind ut this moment of, l||llur)'.|n°l depend’ Wosh actien by COngRee | City, OKla. Father Dahmo ufter he left the rec. |2nd: secondly, that such an assocla- e Hoover anded. “He exaremsed the | For the marine corps: tory have proved entirely fruitiess tion could perform & useful N.r"m.'oplflon b e Sabie Ghsa by the | ROWe, gunnery sergeant, Sidncy, N the polico made known. even it seriously handicapped bY| oo once had gone far toward elim. | Y Who weara the croix do guerre Coroner John J, Phélan suid to- |°Vents beyond ity control. | inating the immediate danger in the |With bronze stur: Willard C. Clopton, day he“was awaiting word from the| Work Came B, whoat growing area where deprossed (Sunnery sergeant. Smithland, Ky, police before beginning wn officlal ‘vn_:::n';'"‘I.“"‘":;;"":;Il‘:"":';":)r"';;"‘;r‘:"‘; | prices havo occastoned finauctal trou-!-"::rl; J.MAdt_nc:“;lllufl':wlr,:eunL Bu y o pdic " Peviowy J | bl 3 ? 3] nnn, oo B LB g W s e 'M s 0ring famet mopl.hm_ | Paterson, N. J.; Riehard 8 Perkins, " bringing always more nations and P » Bainue ok, A S a7 . aminer Dr. Swnuel Gariok, was to {ssrginnt: Meainemern, A) o W, ider interests about the common conduct an sutopsy this afternoon. '™ - | ‘s y v couneil tuble, The passing of Mr, | Coleman, corporal, Lanett, Ala.; Wilson, while taking awuy the great a bullet wound which apparently [Prask 2 Mpovain ormirel, Syeesem: Pepeliayev Pleads for penetrated the brain. O tde ¢ns aat it 3o N Y. Mercy, Which May Be tlon, will provide due and sober In- Police have been interviewing pa- ¢ " g - rishioners of the priest to learn ig|"Piration for those of us at Geneva { The list of those who will represent the army {8 not yet complete, Granted - b—Woodrow 5 Ten Million Capital. Funds to provide the $10,000,000/ capital for thé corporation are prac- tically guaranteed, Secretary Hoover ler the government placed | thesc names: For the navy: Claud Alexander Ezell, coxswain, Warecshoals, = South today have Eliwyn sergeant. who are most insufficiently, but to the thero smight have been un onemy. |y o o qup powers, hitempting to |Six of White House Staft 1o Attend. {earry out the ideals which he set. | “Mr. Wilson has gone, but the work {to which he gave his life has only { just begun.” e e e | Beeretary Drummond also tele. (graphed Mrs, Wilson a personal mes- sage of sympathy on behalf of him- POLICE SEEK LIQUOR; |l e T oo o U W N EWBASSY win | SHOWS NO REGRET | At the request of Mrs. Wilson, six members of the White House staff who served there under the war presi- dent will be admitted both to the | private funeral services at th house jand the ceremonies later at the But all agree to the fuct, that he was beloved not only by members of his parish but by persons throughout the city who knew him, (Continued on Fourth Page.) By The Asseciated Press, Moscow, Feb, b—Pepeliayev, for| mer command.r of the Biberian \\'hn»:m[ HWANT H " H | Army, and 20 of his followers, have || been sentenced to death by the mili- | m T"EIR "WN HERE tary tribunal at Chita for their coun-! ter revolutionary activities in Siberfa | after Kolchak's defeat. Fifty-seven | e Permission From Bishop Nilan to Pro- ceed With Plans Pire When Auto 1s Stopped. In Fight Which Results He Is Shot Eight Times, others were given various prl-oni ! - Refrains From Halfmasting |terms. The sentences have not yet | N | been carried out. as General Pepelia- | Colors in Deference | yev has asked for mercy, which it is| to Wilson | thought will be granted. Feb, Rob- postmaster Charleston, W. Va, - ert E. Wood, former here, was shot and killed late last night in a fight with police who sought to search his automobile for contraband liquor Wood, who police say was crazéd from thé excesive use of moonshine, opened fire on the officers when they stoppd his car, and Patrolman Ben Comer was shot in the chest. The force of the bullet was broken by the windshield and the Policeman es- caped with a flesh wound. Reinforce- ments ran to the spot and Wood General Pepellayev, with his staff | of about 100 officers, was captured by | soviet forces last July, putting an end | . to the lastresistance of the whites to| A new Catholiec chvrch, to be buiit the soviet regime in Siberia. He and And used by the city's French | his followers had been conducting op- | Catholics, Is being planned and at a crations in the northern Okhotsk dis- | Whist to be held in St Jean the The | Baptiste hall tomorrow evening a tund will be started Local mer. chants who are interested in the | movement have donated 15 prizes for Ithe event. The local French Catholics, several hundred In number, now attend serv ices at 8t. Peter's German church on Franklin Square, where they have a mass at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. A priest from the La Salette missions in Washington, Feb. 5By direction of the Berlin government the German embassy has refrained from making any display of mourning for Wood- row Wilson No flug has been flown over the | trict Yor many months previous. embassy at any time since Mr. wu-‘l""lfln"r! were taken to Viadivostok, son’s death, although the other em.| Whence General Pepellayev was ro- bassies and legations have had their | Ported in Moscow advices to have ad- J N % e dressed an appeal to the remnant of again opened fire. It was returned |COlors hall-masted mince w8 OFtCtal| L By " torces in the Far East to d he was killed. Eight bullets o aghinea t he Bolshevist Wr:‘rf‘ found in his body on Sfunday. ‘"tuf opposition to the Bolshevists, Sennons | Baren Leopold Plessen, third sec- HOUSE co "‘TEE FOR LAST RITES |these final honors for the falien lead- | Stl- | 66 YEAR OLD MAN SHOOTS WIFE, g3/ ARNSTEIN CONVICTION " UPHELD IN WASHINGTON !(‘mfl of Appeals in District of Col- | umbla Confirms Finding—Guilty of | Strondsburg, Pa, ¥eb. 5—EH Ev-| Bringing Stolen Sevuritios Washington, Feb. 6.—~The eritt, 65, shot and killed his wife, Hat- the, 23, and himself in the bedroom of |40y of Jules R. (Nicky) Arnstein and hetr howe in Fast Stroudswirg 10487 | gour others in 1920 of bringiug stolen T ;;}“:::{:rm auarrels due to Wt ooy trent securities to Washington o & R for hypothecation by local bauks, was Everitt had been married three| coaoneq today by the Disfrict Umes His fird wite died. He 8-\ 0p0pin court of appeats vorced bis steond He met his third, Arnstein was sentenced to two vears pretiv and vivacious, in the Canadian in the penitentiary and a fine of $10 woods, where he was a ploneer in the Baders Otha of Tlew Tork we. given a similar fine and imprison- Christmas tree business, ment; David W. Sullivan of Washing- s'w'm mE ton and Wien W. E srday, stock brokers, were given two years, without fine, and Norman & Bowles Hwilding in Pepperell, Mass, Destroy- Washington attorney, was fined $5, - aplosion in Basement Starts nd sentenced to two years Blare—Telephone Operator Sticks Pepperell, Mass., Feb, b-<Fire ear- Iy today destroyed the Tarbell build- ing in the center of this town, caus- ing a loss estimated at $100,000. The two-story brick structure contained | Rome, Feb. & geveral stores, (e telephone exchange [says: “Wilson, and lodge rooms. before his death the downfall of his After an ¢xplosion in the basement |theories. The only thing left is the drug darted the blage [pale shadow of a society of nations night telephone oper- [transformed W) a syndicate of great alarm and stuck to his land small hefmonics.” The Nuova time in spite of the |Paese says that few men such as Wil- sending cAlls to |[son have been condemned to assist He was final- |in the funeral of their own cherished political ideals. Had Been Thrpe Times Marriod-< After Killing Her Turns Gun on Self. convie 00, was |Comments of Ialiagn Editors on Wilson Death Ttaliano witnessed Corrier “ore e Winding smok nearby towns for help. Iv taresd to flee. FAYORS REDUCTION planation: | “The German government considers the late Mr. Woodrow Wilson a pri- Ways and Means Would Allow Twen ty-five Per Cent Discount on |vate citizen, and therefore has in- Istructed the German embassy to re. Personal Income Taxes Washington, Feb. 5.—A twenty-five frain from of mourning.” When Mr. Wilson died, the state| department, following the diplomatic per cent reduction in all personal in- come taxes payable this year was ap- |proved today by republicans of the house ways and means committee custom in such events, notified the French ambassador, Jules Jusserand, At the same time it was decided the tax on jewelry should be placed who s dean of the diplomalic corps. The ambassador promptly notified all of his colleagues and flags on the diplomatic missions were at once dis- played at half mast. Fallure of the German embassy 1o show its colors in at five per cent with all articles valued under $40 exempted That completed - the republican members consideration of the new revenue BNl in private and it will now be presented to the full committee mourning was not at first noted When the lack of flag was observed Thiirsday. 1t probably will be report- ed to the house without delay. any official display and an inquiry as to the reason made embassy, Baron Plessen made his gtatement. State diplomatic offi- cials would not comment. The Austrian legation also failed to dispiay a flag today, but officials said they would fly their country’s en- t hall mast on the day of the The flag of the Hungurian legation ha# been at half mast since Mr. Wilson's death was announced $25,000 Damage in “Two Providence Fires Providenee, Feb, 5.<One fireman & was injured and property damage es- | | timated at $25,000 was done carly this |{ morning in two fires, both of which | oceureed in the Raymond block in the | downtown section of this city withia three hours of other Henry Smith, hoseman, 58 Bergen street. was rushed to the Rhode Istand hospital suffering from deep gashes in his Jeft l' jarm, * at the DIES, AGED 100 Cincinnati, Feb, Luther Halsey Marsh, 100 years and 8 days old, Civil wat veteran and reputed godson of Luther Halsey, aide de camp of Gen. Washington, during the Revolutiof, died here today * WEATHER i Aartford, Feb. S—Foreoast for New Nritain and vicinity: Sleet, possibly turning o rain tanight: Wednesday rain, rising temporature. THE rach ch N | * | West Hartford conducts the services Some leaders in the movement have |already been in conference with Rt | Rev. John J. Nilan, bishop of Hart |tord dlocese, and he has assured |them that, in the event of their pro- | dueing evidence of financial ability tog n proceed, his comsent will be for the erection of a church. Although St. Jean the Baptiste |society and St. Anne society are lead- ing the movement, there is no per- | manent organization as yet and the drive to raise funds will be pushed Iby al the French Catholics in the city. The fact of a French congregation conducting services in a German |church created an unusual wartime |condition, and with Res. Charies Coppens, a Belgian priest, at the head of the flock, the harmony main- tained caused statewide comment The German congregation remalned hospitable to its French {throughout the war and Father Cop | pens frequently preached to both and |to mixed congregations without creating the slightest feeling of dis |eora give { Autos Ruined by Fire In New Haven Garage I New Haven, Feb. Most of the |ll automoblles In the West Haven garage, Washington avenue, in that |town, were ruined by fire today which {swept through the place. The was from $10.000 1o $12,000. Crosby W. Ackert had the garage and Rob- ert Green owned the building. Crossed lectric wires may have started the laze. Toss Iy guests | N PAGES. Average Daily Eirculation|! Week Ending 10 258 9 Feb.2nd .... [——— PRICE THREE CENTS SNOW AND SLEET STORM IN MIDDLE WEST CAUSES | LARGE LOSS IN PROPERTY SEEK INJUNCTION ON REMOVING MORE, 01 sovernment Would Stop Work at T ~nnt Field— J. T. Kir A LIS ashingtor et 4 Cop, Teap. 2, 3 procecdings to p traction of oil from the and Elk Hill rescrves will be institu- ted by the government’s special sel in the oil land CUsCs, on as President Coolidge signs the sh resolution recently adopted by congress, Because of = misunderstanding as to the hour of the meeting the senate oil committee, Samuel leider, head of a Cleveland, 0., stock | brokeruge firm, was not present today to respond to his name when it was called. No other witness had been summoned for today and further in- vestigation of the naval oil leases was deferred until next Thursday. Mr. Ungerleider, accompanied (the former manager of his Washin ton branch, James Sloune, Jr. ap- peared at the hearing room later and |held a conference with Chairman Learoot. They brought with them 'buoka of the Washington branch | which the committee desires to have | examined to’ determine whether they contain any record of transactions by federal government officials in the stock of the Mammoth Oil company, This company was organized by the Sinclair interests to take over the lease of the Teapot Dome reserve ob- tained by Harry F. Sinclair from Al- bert B. Fall, as secretary of the in- terior. Mr, Ungerleider agreed to turn over | his books to the special accountants of the tederal trade commission, who |already are conducting an examina- tion of the books of W. B. Hibbs & Co., a Washington banking and brok- | erage concern, Books of the association of pe- troleum producers of Mexico and the | National Association for the Protec- l“m‘ of American Rights in Mexico al- 0 are sought by the committee, In this connection subpocnas have fssued for Guy Stevens und Thomas of by M- {100 of New York city. John T. King, * former republican national Connecticut, | been summoned, but the line of b {examination has not been disclosod. | He was in Miami, Fla., when the sub- POEnE Was sery commit teeman for FENN ON RECORD AGAINST IMMIGRATION MEASURE Says Me Will Vote Against Johnson Bill I 1t Comes Up In House i Congressman E. Hart Fenn of this district is opposed to the Johnson 1« |strictive immigration bill, For the first time he has put himself on rec {ord in this respect, making known his 'opposition in a letter recelved today by President Emanuel M. DiNonno of Vietor Emanuel lodge, Order of Sons of Italy. The lodge drafted resolu |tions of protest against the bill meeting on January 27 and forward ed them to Congressman Fenn. His reply follows “Mr. Emanuel M. DiNonno, President, “Lodge Victor Emanuel, No, “Order of Sons of Italy, New Britain, Conn “My Dear Sir “l am in receipt of the January 28th, signed by yourself and others and enclosing protest ainst H. R. 101, known as the Johnson Re strictive Immigration bill “1 will today introduce the in the House of Representatives for reference to the committee on immi gration. 1 also wish to state that 1 am opposed ta this measure and shal vote against it if it comes up in the House for action “Very truly yours “E. HART FEN Mr. DiNonno also rived the lowing non-committal letter from Sen ator George I". McLean “I have yours of recent ing resolutions adepted by Britain lodges, Order of the Ttaly, at New Britain, protesting against the Johnsor gration bill which I will prese senate at an early date you 1 shall give this subje tul consideration.” at a letter of petitior date, be the New Connec 1 Burst Champagne Bottle On New Police Boat 1 arty New A Stamford, Feb York police departm here today nearing completior yard T long and wi o] Mrs. R fee Commissioner sor of the craft whi Gypsy, although mental records it will Xo. 16, Mrs over the nose of the Gypsy and ognized by champagne ahout right was was give in depart name of Enright broke near at hand There werrs 0 persons it party potice o had been escorted by contents 3 the mast’ of them officials a number w of motorcyele The trip from New York and returs was made in Specia puty Commissioner Shaw was i ! party. officers machines Unger- | d Tele- graph Companies Are Hardest Hit — Several Lives Lost Traced To Weather Telephone an ains Are Stalled in Snow and Wires Down Under Weight of Ice— Damages of a Million Dol- lars. Are Detroit, Peb. 5.~—~Weather that ran the gamut from mild temperatures in sections of lower Michigan to drifted snows farther north and sleeted streets, wires and rails, brought a toll |of at least three dead, damage that is |roughly estipated at upwards of @& miliion dollars and demoralized trafe fic and communication in many places, Telegraph and telephone companics port that the havoe to their wires |centered in an area of about 40 miles |around Chicago, but the octopus armg {of the storm extended in cvery direce [tion from that center. The worst blizzard in yeurs, according W reports, damaged telephone and transportu- |tion lines in the vicinity of the Mile {waukee to the extent of $1,000,000, Several trains in the state were re- ported stalled in snowdrifts. Banks of snow in some parts of Wisconsin were sald to be 10 feet deep, Another radius of the storm extende jed south and southwest from Chicago, through Illinois, M url, and as far [south as Texas. A tornado, accome {panicd by rain and hail caused dame uge placed at $100,000 at Haubstadt, Ind. The storm reached gale pros portions in Missouri, sweeping upen the state from the northwest, with an attendant drop in temperature and |inereased wind The rain turned to sieet und fee as it fell, bups |dening wires and poles that suapped ufider the welght sea of | re; velocity, tee | Motor and vall trafti made hazardous throughout lowe# Michigan by the glaze that made the entire see- {tion a virtual sea of fee. Merrill Me- Lean, 17, 1ML, was killed early toduy wWhen the automobile he was driving was struck by Pere Alar- wuette train at that place An ice |coated windshicld thiat dimmed his View blamed Victor Compton, 60 was probably fatally injured at Flint, was run down by a truck walked 1n the street Pedestrians quite generally in the affec wreas were forsaking the sides walks the of the treacherous underfooting ey rails that prevented an interurban car from stopping in time caused the death of Mrs. Esther Wilson, 45, and Mrs, Morris Ruhn, 40, late last night at a grade crossing near Ypsilanti, Theip automobile demolished 1 the women were killed instantly Chicaga was cut off Service was being Chicago to the ¢ ver, whe 8. Louis Wus was when ) for stroets because was at from the maintained from Ly way of Dene yed back to w York cast, 15y re news was nd thus Ne Loss of $1,000,000 Wik, Feb Loss to ph and transporta- 18 @ result of the storm in today estimated at Milwauke talegraph, tion line this sectior te was reported stalled * and telephonic the rost of th ized. Tt zrard in re cars w and communi- was the to be cation with d was worst bi Street today taxi ing calls ines brave the mora i T siect and Wind ) A seve eping Miss. ted the n the vy raing turned o and te rted Trains Salled Y et Stalled wires and 1 mutely and snows