New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press AMERII]AN NAVY IN DEPLORABLE SHAPE Stips Slow, Out of Repair and Many Ont of Date ALL SUBS ARE DEFICIENT Admiral Coontz. Commander-in-Chief, Reports That Recent Maneuvers | | Shows Up Alarming Deficiencies— | Appropriations Too Small. Washington, April 30.—Serious de- ficiencies in the United States fighting fleet mobilized in southern waters last winter were reported by [tobert E. Coontz, commander-in-chiet in his official account to the navy de- | rartment of what was demonstrated during the maneuvers, Admiral Coontz said in his report, ex- racts from which were obtained to- ‘lay at the navy department, that the | fleet was seriously embarrassed by the low speed of the auxillary ships that ships generally properly repaired,” because of lack I appropriations; that 13 of the older ! Admiral | had not been kept ! Ex-Gov.McCray Gets Ten Years in Prison o The Associated Preps, Indianapolis, April 50—War- ren T. McCray who retired to- day as governor of Indiana, was sentenced in federal court to 1 serve ten years in the Atlanta || federal prison upon charge of using the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. In addition he was fined $10,- 000. He was found guilty Monday and presented his res- ignation as governor yesterday, effective at 11 a. m. today. McCray, according to present’ plans, will be taken to Atlanta, Ga., at 3:20 o'clock this after- By ||| ‘noon along with several other prisoners who have been sen- tenced from the federal court. Emmett F. Branch, who has | held the post of lieutenant-gov- ernor was sworn in as governor to succeed McCray. ;MINISTER SAYS K. K. K. 1§ CURSE T0 AMERICA. Average Daily Circulation Week hm‘lmg 10 439 April 26th ., SENATE AfiREES 10 FEAR MRS, B BARINE T ORNADOES RA VAGE FOUR STATES INCOME TAX SLASH, - MAY GHANGE MIND ‘Mellons 25 Per Cent Reductlon With Modification Adopted Wile, Who Accuses Husband ol Poisoning Her, .Guarded $10 000 MAXIMUM AMOUNT! HER EVIDENCE ESSENTIAL All Incomes of $5.000 or less ln-‘\\‘Mmut It, ‘Prosecutor Cannot Hupe" cinded—Reduced Taxes On Autos | and Parts—10 Per Cent Levy On, Radios and Parts. Washington, April 30.—Secretary | Mellon’s proposal for a 25° per cent | reduction in- comes was agreed upon today by the in the tax on earned scnate with modification. The maximum amount of income on which the reduction could be ap- plied was cut to $10,000 from the $20,000 allowed by the house, |incomes of $5,000 or less, however, [ would be considered earned for pur- poses of the reduction, teduction in Autos, 1 Reduced taxes on automobiles and parts, a new 10 per cent tax on manu- , ; ts, 3 attleships needed modernization of | Mason for '30 Years—De- | Joruied madlo seis and el machinery, elevation of turret guns ind equipment with anti-aircraft de- vnses; and that submarine operas lons were the “worst of all combatant | ships taking part in the maneuvers, "‘ Subs of Little Use “All submarines are so deficient in | speed as to be of small use for fleet | work except by \dmiral Coontz reported. ceident of position, “Consid- nounces Those Who Are ' Disloyal to U. S. Prohibition is a failure, cor porations have souls, laboring men are bein ng misled by agitators who are fattening ‘and promissary notes were among the other proposals in the new tax meas- ure already adopted by the senate. . The capital stock tax of $1 on $1,000 was repealed, thus completing its ad- justment of corporation taxes as be- gun Monday by raising the rate from 1215 to 14 per cent. Action on the surtax and normal in- vorkinm s, | o o ving the poor material, the work o,‘lhem.el\es upon the workingy classes, ' come rates was postponed, probably 16 personnel aboard these submar- the Herrin massacres were part of a !0 Thursda es I3 in many cases most admirable nd even heroie."” With relation to the slowness of | irious ships, both combatant and usillary, the report said that on one roblem during the maneuvers under | hich the entire fleet was supposed cruise at a maintained speed of ten nots, the rate had to be materially sduced. The chief reason was the slowness of the auxiliary ships.” *The train under convoy would nit speed to 713 knots” Admiral yontz sald. Building Program Urged The report urged that the build- & program to complete aireraft car- rs, destroyers and submarine ten. rs, and to construct light erulsers, modern submarines,” uadron leaders and fleet an-alr machines, be pressed, 50 recommended a¢ battleships Florida, Utah, Ar. ansas, Wyoming, New York, Texas, Nevada and Okluhoma, to include in- reasing elevations and range of tur- et guns; that measures to produce a uccessful class of fleet submarines be | len; that increased funds be made ailable to maintain the fleet ade. (uately and that an annual full pow- ¢ trial be ordered for all auxiliary Wps, A number of other minor de- opments also were recommended. Deficiency Shows Up “Great deficiency” in the fleet had \ hown by the maneuvers, Ad- iral Coontz said, due to the lack of 10,000 ton cruisers, armed with eight for use “as supports for and linking vesscls,” The he added, had performed lack of destroyer leaders felt in Al the heavier- It eh guns, o sereen Iestroyers. wall but the ad been “keenly robleme," A\ to the general condition of the ine, the report sald ‘e condition of niaterial of the et 1a not as good as it ought to be fhere 1o what may be called a de- ferr~d maintenance resulting from the ravY's Inability to keep the ships properly repaired and up to date in| the way of benoficial alterations, due mostly to insufficient appropriations 1"nder present conditions it will re- wire a lot of time to overcoms this Inferred maintenance.’” RICHARDS' RESIGNATION ACCEPTED CONDITIONALLY Will Be Por Ally Presented to Davis Cop Committee For Final Action, The resigna from the Olymple York, April 30.- Vincent Richards Davis cup and 1 accepted conditionally y George Wightman, President of United States Lawn Tennis asso- it was annéunced today. Tichards announced his withdrawal csterday but his formal resignation handed to Mr. Wightman un- il early today, at the conclusion of g conference with the U. 8 L. president; Julian 8. Myrick, f the Davis cup committee, chairman of the among New tion, of \merican team has w iation, a8 not e = A hairmar wnd Holcombs Ward, committee, imateur rule tnformed Richards he t the resgnation until such the Davis eup committee consider it definitely aligning himself with alied insurgents in the player- riter controversy with the U. 8, 1. ichards followed his former William T. Tilden, whose from the international have heen accepted by resignatior teams already the Davis cnp eommittes Europe Too Muddled to Talk of Disarmaments The Awociated London, April he bill pending n the Aemrican congress authorizing construction of eight new ecrulsers gave #ise today to a renewed discus sion in the hotse of commons as to the possibility of another disarm: ment conference and evoked a State- ment from Premier MacDonald that the political situation in Furope must e smoothed out somewhat Defore #mitation of armaments conld be dis cussed again. By destroyer | modernization of | | definite scheme on orders from Mos- |cow to “Ralse Hell in Herrin,” the ! Communists of Russia have issued or- ders to overthrow the senate and gov- | ernment of the United States, the Ku Klux Klan and similar organizations | lare a curse to America and religious differences are one of the dangers of America, according to Rev, Joseph | Sullivan, D, D, Congregational min- 'lsler of Sprlngflflld Mass., veteran of {the World War, wearer of the Croix de Guerre, former department of jus- |tice worker, and for 30 years a Mw Ison. | Dr, Bullivan, who preaches in his church in Springfeld on SBunday, trav- els about lécturing during the weel, a8 he says, ““T'o help the working man see the truth,” He spoke today to the New Britain Kiwanis, giving that organization the most startling ad- dress it has heard since Ita inception here. Dr, Sullivan took as his theme, “The Dangers Gonfronting Amertea.” In opening his address Dr. Sullivan remarked on the oft repeated phrul!‘ that “Corporations have no souls.” le H roprations have souls and y are very good souls, but there fare men fattening on the working man and giving him the wrong ad- There is a real danger confronting America,” he said, referring to ani- mosity in some sections of the coun- try between Protestants and Catholics and between eapital and labor, He stated that he bhelieved prohibition was a failure, that out in Chicopee Falls where he lived one time, 40 peo- ple have been poisoned by wood al- cohol and that “there iy endless mis- chief being brought Ly the operation of the prohibition ac The rich man can get all he wante and the poor man can't get any.” He said he thought light wines and r would help solve the whole problem. “Friction betwcen Catholics and d Protestants is a real danger and Iht same is true of friction between borer and employer,” he said, l.l'(nr- ring to the Ku Klux Klan, he said | “that and similar organizations which | are trying to make divisions among the religlous denominations and fos- | {ter race hatred among the people are | & curse to American. They are not | patriots.” “The colored people were good enough to fight at 8an Juan Hill hey Lave been loyal to America ever since Lincoin freed the slaves. “Catholie boys and Protestant boys fought side by side in the World War and one was just as courageous as the other, “The Jew is a good citizen. There are 12 million Jews in the world, and ‘or centuries they have been hounded, The Jewish natton 1is an honorable one and after centuries of persecutior they world,. We musn't man who gives me was a descendant was born in the Holy lLand, ‘A _great many people ahead through braine and pusi, '|r- rot entitied to the fruits of their la- bors, in the opinion of some others,” he said referring to the theory of pro- prial Jabor agita Here he told the story of Irishman ex- plaining communism, and its relation to the two pigs he « vl eaid “The working men being wrongly led. They want to get the pig that bslongs to the other fellow whe has two instead of go and get forget that the and you comfort of Abraham and the ' (Continued on Page 15) GETS “LAST WARNING Bridgeport, April 30.—H. I berg. shoe store manager, who ported to the police that he had ceived threatening letters, today another letter which sct forth this is the last warni he vious letters ordered dive leave the eity. The police have case in hand although Captain J. H. Tegan of the detective bureau savs he believes the shoe man is the vic titn of & joke, Freed- re- had that pre- 10 the KINSELLA HERE Mayor Richard J. Kinsella of 1 ford and Charies Dillon, also of the Capital City, were visitors at the office of Mayor A. M. Paonessa this morn- ing. The discussion had to 4o mostly with the selection of delegates to national convention. Mayor sajd afterward. Kinsella date for the delegation. H2 is & eand | such b are doing a great good In thes the finance committee said that they were unable to discuss the normal and surtax rates besause their amend- ments were not ready, It develops thatthe chief amend- ment they will submit will be a plan to tax undistributed vrnilu of corl porations, This will involve a flat tax lewer than the 14 per cent approved yesterday. The corporations would be permitted to retain about 10 per ce of their earnings, the excess profit thereafter to be taxed on a scale, which is not yet settled, The asser- !Sarah Baring, who has charged her | To Convict—Other Woman In Case Is Being Sought by Authorities, White Plains, N. Y., April 30,—Mrs, husband, Clarence O, Baring, with at- | tempthg to poison her and with feed- | ing her disease germs, was under sur- Al | | husband's efforts to poison her. While | Democratic members of | | sibility of her leaving the state, veillance today to preclude the pos- halting the prosecution, Mrs. Baring collapsed Attorney Rowland's office when she tried to tell the story of her in District under the care of a physician and {wo nurses, the authorities thought that she might suffer a change of| heart towards Baring and decide that | she did not want to prosecute him, Her Testimony Needod District Attorney Rowland said the | charges could not be withdrawn by Mrs. Baring, but that without her fos- timony at the trial beginning May 12, | 2aring could not be convicted. The indictment charges attempted murder, | attempted assault and putting poison in food intended for human consump- | tion, Meanwhile, process searching for Miss Mildred Beam, daughter of a Marshfield, Maine, sea captain, who with her mother last Monday left their home in Elizabeth, (N. J.,, where the young woman was teaching school. Woman in the Case, Miss Beam is believed to be the young woman from whom Baring ad- mitted “he wanted to get away,” by making his wife “so sick that they | would have to go to California for| tion is made by the democrats that this amendment will stop the practice of individuals who incorporate them- . melves and thus escape the graduated scale of surtaxes which they would | have to pay as indivdua Adopted Without Roll Calls Without a roll call, and with ne de bate, the senate ratified the automo- bile tases. Under these, truck chasses | sold for $1,000 or less by the manu- factumer, and truek bodies sold $200 or less, would be exempt, Those costing more are taxed 3 per cent. Other automobiles are taxed at b per cent, instead of 10 per cent as at present; tires and accessorics at 2% per cent, About 20 scnators were present when the automobiie taxes were voted upon. One of the absent Senator Walsh of Massachusctts, who intends, "it is said, to ask the repeal of all automobile taxes. 1t is prob- able that another vote will be de- manded on this wubject, Senator Rmoot says the elimination of all au- tomoblle taxes would men a revenue loes of $200,000,000 & year, Immediately after the automobile tax waw disposed of the senate agreed to tax radio receiving sets and parts 10 per eent. Senator DIl will try to have this tax stricken out, It will raise about $10,000,000 a year, CENTERVILLE NN BURNS Well Known Hostelry, Just Outside of foy: | M ones was | New Haven, Totally Destroyed Far- | Iy Today. New Haven, April 30,—Centerville inn, m well known hostelry in the town | of Hamaden, was virtually destroyed by | fire which was discovered early today by a man and woman whe drove up to the place with intention of stop- ping there, T firemen from Whitneyville, Centers and Mount Carmel responded. The caretaker and his wife, asleep in the upper story were aroused and made their escape. The fire had Iway that efforts of the fire men re largely confined to saving surrounding property. The inn, es tablished for many years, was recently owned by Danicl J. Sullivan of this city. The loss was unofficlally esti mated at 815,00 . Senator hdge Believed to Have Beaten Frelinghuysen Trenton, N. J., April 30.—DBased on available official returns, with advices from republican slate headquarters and telephonic communication from county clerks, Senator dge jed for- mer Senator Frelinghugsen in the primar Aclegates at large April 22 by 251 vot Available figures ge 99,456 and uysen i give Frelingt Paonessa Denies Use of Influence for Permit er which a at he had uscd it issued is store in Belvidere o mial 11 have a o B over which noon issned a ¢ his in to 1o Raiph his store Kol " in em has t B his interpretation of the is that garages, filling sta- t not stores are restiict- He # Inspector as to whether or says taw aid he inquired there was ob mit, and Gi negative ction to issuing the per- ar hreest replied in the GOES TO HARWINTON CHUR(H Vorrington, April 30.—Rev., James Greer of Bloomfield, has accepted a call 10 the pastorate of the Harwin- ton Congregational church 1o succeed w retired om active pastoral work owing to W hea e Gerrie o hae gave the alarm and | gained | ddition to ! her health.” District Attorney Bowland made it plain that no suspicion attached to| Miss Beam. “I merely want to ques- tion her,” he sald. “The fact that a subpoena is out for her does not reflect on the young woman's stand- \ng."” The district attorney sald Baring told him he first met Miss Beamein ! Ne: e d one-half years ! i }{‘:‘;c‘h ‘,u ,fi,"“! ;,‘, took hir to Were also attacked, the Kian orator ago. dinner and Iy, Mr. Rowie 4 héy became friend- ired, Lut was | was “entirely innocent. Baring's reasons for administering | disease germs to his wife were in- consistent, Distriet Attorney Rowland sald. *It would not be necessary for Baring to become i1l and to go to California,” he said, “if Baring really wanted to free himself from an outside love affair.” The district attorney asserted that he was prepared to oppose vigorously any attempt to get Baring out of on bail, Charles E. Long, Baring's counsel, said he would move for his (client’s release. He denied that Bar- 'ing's friends had gone back on him | and that he was unable to raise bail, HOLD TEN SUSPECTS IN FATAL BOOTLEGGERS'WAR Newark Run Runners Fall Into Clutches of Law Following R Newark, N. J., April 30.- liave been taken into custody questioning In connection with slaying yesterday, in a bootleggers' of Benjamin Geltzeiler, who was shot through the head in a Broad street office building within a block of city nall police headquarters. Irving Ni- mensky was seriously wounded Morris 8chwartz badly beaten. The police said documents they had found indicated the men acted as agents for rum runners, recelving payment for smuggled liquor, Greeny Silver, one of those held, had $5,000 in his pocket. The sum of $2,200 unprotected in a desk in the office also aided the poiice in arriving at the opinion that the shooting was the result of a bootleggers' double cross and not a holdup, Several letters with names obliter ated, which the police found in the office, detailed Nquor transactions of arge size. A collection of playing cards, halved in zig-zag fashion with the amounts “$2,000,” °1,000,” ot “$200,” written in pencil on their face, also was selzed. The police dec this revealed one of the bootlegger's methods of safeguarding their tran- sactions. They explained that one part of a torn card, with the amount written on it. would be handed a p: pective buyer. When he went.to the of supply he presented this erction for matching the other WAt which een malled to the rum runner by his agent. 1f the two matched the deal was completed ng of One Ten men for source New England’s Rum Row Is Rendv for_Busmess oston, Apr s row is prepared to celebrate May Day by loing a rushing busine but the coast guard will do its best to break up the festivities. Coast guard off! cials eaid today that the biggest floct of rom runnere ever seenm in this see tion had gathered off the Massachu setts const THE WEATHER —n Hartford. April 30 —Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Showers tomight and Thursday ; cooler Thursday. . | thus | vesterday | servers were | careful to tudet {n the friendship’ the | and | ared ! IN SOUTH, TAKING HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE AND MUCH PROPERTY DAMA G’E HU KLOX SPEARER | RAILS AT CATHOLIC, Denounces Democrats Also in Meeting in This City— 50 Are Present 10SEN » OF SMITH DRIVE April 30 —Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, former as- sistant sccret of the navy, was today chesen chairmin of a state committee whic promote the candidacy of Gov- ernor Alfred E. Smith for ti democratic presidential nomin- ation, Commenting upon pointment of Mr. Governor Smith said “I am glad to know that Mr Rooseveit has shown sufficient in my campaign to accept the ership of i New Y committee and to carry out the wishes of the delegates at Albany.” The governor said Mt. Roose velt would a statement later in the |—t—_ RICH MAN'S SON GROOK JUST T0 GET THRILL “Enjoyed Matching Wis With Sharp New Yor will the Rooseve ap 1t, Learning that there w be a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan for the purpose of drawing converts to its beliefs in New Britain last | evening, a Herald reporter sought | admittance to the gathering and was refused. He, however, with commendable spirit, gained a | position of vantage where he was able to overhear what went on | The speaker was true to form in such organizations, attacking the Catholic church and the demo- | cratic party. The narrative covering the event is presented below as nearly as possible as | the speeches occurred, The | Merald wishes it distinctly un- | derstood that it does not sub- scribe to the sentiments ex- pressed, that it is merely fulfili- ing its function as a newspaper in giving the facts,—Ed. note. issue day. Businessmen and Trimming Them,” He Says After several weeks of compara- tive silence, the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan renewed its activities lats night, sponsoring a meeting at- | tended by about 50 men in Jr. O. U, A. M, hall on Hungerford court. There was no fiery cross nor were there hooded knights in evidence. Chararteristic attacks on the Catholic church were varied Jater in the even- !ing when the speaker, whose name could not be learned, sent broadside after broadside at the democratic | party, asserting that ita machinations are governed by the Catholie chureh, and that the party is being cononized in America by the Catholics, He |appealed to the gathering to keep | the Catholics and democrats out of office in the national elections, warn- |ing of the dangers that would befall i the Protestant church if the demo- cratie party was successful. Roman Catholie parochial New York, which came from sharp business men and trimming | them,” cause I°rederick Brokaw, 32 years old of Tacoma, Wash, to b come u swindler, he told police to- day. He wuas arrested yesterday and held for arraignment in proceedings to remove him to Washington, D, to face a charge of obtaining mollly under false pretenses, Brokaw, who eaid he was the son of a wealthy manufacturer in Ta- coma, voluntarily deseribed his check- ered career upon which, he asserted, Ayril 30.—The thrill excitement, Now, he added, he found the thrill gone and he was willing to confess, He said his paregts had him com- had been arrested ten times, *d nine times and served seve eral prison terms for qlmmnx He escaped ten days later And Macun Gu, and lut-g ¢ Niladelphia, In both of which cities Ye eontinued his activities, / “Now," he sald, “I'm tired of it all, The gume doesn’t give me a thrili any more, It's too easy. I'm to do my bit und quit.” 79 BODIES LOCATED Relielr Work For schools | working his audienc | piteh when he shout M 'rl sure s we are protected in our right of free speech and free [press, the day Is coming when the | Pope-controlied, Roman Catholle rarochial schools will go the path of all abominations, into the depths of hell,” This statement was followed by long |and vigorous applause from the anti- Catholies assembled, The meeting was scheduled for o'clock and was an invitation affair, The first man to arrive at the meet- 1ing hall was Waldo Gilbert who came about 7:30. From that time until after § o'clock the prospective Kilans- | men were coming in small groups and | at about §:10 o'clock the meeting | opened. The session was held m; the main hall of the Jr. O, U, A. M, building. Dimly lighted and with the shutters closed tightly, the place furnished an ideal wetting IFour (rock and slate to No, 8 entry, found rows of chairs were flanked before |nothing but desth to reward thelr of the speakers’ platform. On a stand forts. At dawn today a rescue crew - {reported it had found 35 bodies. 1t (Continued or wae believed for a time that the men in No. § had escaped the fatal blast {Thirty-two of the 111 miners tombed still are missing Ttescue men working through the HAS 825 PLEDGED VOTES Coolidge's Campaign Manager Tssues 138t Night and early today The rescuers believe that back they will locate the the missing men The work of relleving distre among the familics of miners was be. ing carried forth today by represen tativ of the assoctated charities, the Red Cross and other organizations and the state of West Virginia rnor Mor was at the s up to & high Families of Men Killed in West Vieginia Mine I« Under Way, Wheeling, W. Va odies of (0 vietim mine explosion Monday hare cated by rescue workers, who, after digging their way through a fall of Aprit of the been 1o Page 14) en further bodies of | Statement Showing Strength of Mis | | Candidate, By The Associated Press | Cleveland, April 30, vietordes in the and Massacihusetts vesterday, Presi dent Coolidge now has 825 delegates K. | pledged to support him at the nation :l? republi n convention to be he Pi"flhlll'gh E‘acinz sl'.'ke Of Railways Co. Workers here in June, William M. Butler, the | president’s national campaign man ager announced today. Vittsburgh, April 30— Pittsburgh is Ohio gave Coolidge & for a strike at midnight of and Massachusetts added platform men of the Pittsburgh 556 votes are needed to insy which \ the ination rtment stores and o are pla ind from work of ad companics g With republi can primaries in Ohio ar operates 1 su- compa ot ear lines city ar AGREEMENT ON BONUS =730 oot o .1 ——— the railr e up and Honse and Senate Conferees Scitle Maotor Differences and. Measure Goes to President Shorily nferees on differes dier bonus bil Most of Ui a minor na ratification of the by the senate and house was pr 1 Ten to 20 Years to Serve ()n \lamlaulhlel Charge Harry ughter a protisions o conference report licted & eress w) repo the pre by mously will go e con agreed on the T to tor NEWARK RIOTING (ONTINULS Newark, N. 1, A was arrested and fo a resumption today Public Service Tra pany bus drivers strike called last Saturdty hurled and bus tires pu ice picks. prisor Hoffman Pleads Innocence When Murder Is Charged New York Harry Mol adly beater of vie nepor tion . co Staten whi icks were tured with toier Isiand arging him pleaded Wity in ‘n an indietment ¢ rst legree murder, on i that he shot and killed Mrs Rav Hoffman was remand- ail bail TWINS BORN Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Davis of 28 Oak street are recelving congratu- onrt with ere Manae WANTS BOSTON TLRMINTUS od Washington, Aprll 30.—Boston in- stead of New York would be the east- ern terminus of the trans-coctinental alr mail service wnder a bill intro- duced today by Represemtative Dal. ' lations on the birth of twins, & son linger, republican, Massachusetts. He and a daughter, to Mra. Davis at the said the postmastes general had no New Britain General hospital yester- objection to the change. ! day. “latching wits with | he had embarked not to gain but for | d to an asylum for the Insane af- | went to | More Than 20 Known Dead And Scores In- jured—Property Dam- age Probably Will Exceed Million Dollars. Village of Riverside Mill, C., ‘Almost Entirely Wiped Out—Storm Is Only of Short Duration But Awful Severity. Atlanta, Ga., April 30.—A dozen towns in four southeastern states bore the brunt of a series of tornadoes that today killed more than twenty pere sons, injured more than two score and wrecked property estimated at nearly a million dollars, Nine of the deaths occurred at Riverside Mill village, near Anderson, 8. C. The tornadoes caused upwards of million dollars in property damage, Loss a Half Million Greatest rlam-l;:o was indicated at Anderson, 8, C, where a tornado at the vilage of Riverside Mill killed three persons and injured more than a score, Fifty houses were destroyed and the mill building was damaged. Prop= erty Joss will reach a half million dole ars, It was estimated. Four Reported Killed At Opelika, Ala, four negroes were reported killed and five other missing. Tweive houses in & negro settlement were demolished. At Greenville, Ala, four persons are said to have been injured and two ne- groes are missing, Property damage was estimated at $150,000, From Albany, Ga., word was re- cefved that % considerable property damage resuited, but that no one was injured. Bl Word from a storm Killed three At Lawrenceville, were reported inju damage of $200 church was blown down, and a mill village was partially demolished, Twenty Buildings Razed Twonty houscse and barns werve levelled by a tornado at Autaugaville, Ala., and several liead of livestock killed, A church was badly damage All avablable doctors and nurses left Anderson, 8. (., early today for the Riverside Mil village, when word came indicating that damage probably was much greater than at first ree ported. MR. AND MRS. LYNCH MARRIED FIFTY YEARS “t Main Strcet Couple Were Wed in Killes Macon, wut Macon G, stated that persons there, Ga., six persons and property M wa done, A New Britain in 187 1—Observe Anniversary Quietly, Mr. a Bast M §0th wedding home today They were 1 Mrs n stre Thomas Lynch of 360 are observing their anniversary at theie married in St. Mary's urch, April 1574 by the late Luke Daly, at that time pastor Mary's. They have the follows ns and daughters: Mre, A. Hall, Horton, Mrs, H. Allen, Mrs, J. Miss Susan Lynch, Miehael and Ly en grandehil- Laffie Frank Also sev A wide circle of iy extending their m upon their 1ding niversary Mr. 118 employed at the Stanley Rule He is one of the soft Ancient Order is connected with sters of America and othee organizations The couple ve riends who to AT ns to t ratulatic golden we Lyn & level p eharter of Hiber the Fore fraterna $30, 000 COW KILLED World Famons Milch ant member " 1 e Alcartra, Con, Had Voot and Mouth Discase Calf sold for 61,000 Both Legs Severed, New Ha\ en Brakeman Dies on the New 4 Hartford rails rles last might leath two hours here when he fell freight car on & Montowese. Both legs were low the knee. Campbell from Waterbury and daughter. later at & from 1 siding in vered ame and leaves a wile hospita 10p B here recently COULZENS IS DOL WELL April 20— Senator Con- igan, who underwent & surgical ation at Johns Hopking Fospit erday for gall bladder trouble, was reported as “doing well™ itoday, Paitimore. Mic or zene of