New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1924, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 STORMS DEATH T0LL NOW NEAR HUNDRED 108 Known Dead, Many Missing and 500 on Injured List DAMAGE IS TEN MILLION . North and South Carolina, Georgis, Alabama, Virginia, Louisiana and Arkansas Suffer—Path of Disaster 1,000 Miles Long. By The Assoclated Press, Atlanta, Ga., May 1-—-With 108 per-, sons known to be dead, more than a score missing, approximately 500 in- Jured, some perhaps fatally, the southeast today set about measures gf relief in regious stricken yesterday and Tuesday by the worst high ten- sion storms in its history. Tornadoes, descending with devas- tating violence upon widely scparated scetions, caused damage estimated at $10,000,000 in the seven states of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Louisiana and Ar- kansas, - Nail Scratch Fatal, Results In Lockjaw (Special to The Herald.) Bristol, May 1.—Andrew De- lekto, 35 years old, of 9 Conlor® street, died yesterday afternoon at the Hartford hospital follow- ing a short illness with tetanus as the result of a nall scratch || on his right hand two days ago. ||| He was tearing down an old i]] - building, when the hand was | cut by a rusty nail and infection || soon developed. Medical atten- il tion was given but it was soon ||| seen that his case was very seri- {|] ous and hospital attention was ]| necessary. The patient sank {{| rapidly, however, despite all ef- { forts of 'the physicians. He [I| leaves his wite, Mrs. Mary De- lekto. Arrangements for the funeral have not beea com- pleted. | | i { 'TRAGEDY OF THE SEA | IN WIRELESS MESSAGE New London Gets Radio Asking For ‘ Doctor, Then Silence—Victim | Believed Dead The last two were the first to suf- fer, being in the area in which the listurbance originated Tuesday. Many Places Isolated With many points in the path of the storms yet competely isolated, re- ports of additional casualties were an- ticipated hourly. Rellef work is proceeding rapidly under the supervision of the American ted Qwoss, assisted by numerous lecal | fraternal and civie municipal and county and individuals, Hundreds of the more fortunate survivors of the storms have thrown open their homes to the sufferers, while in virtually every locality In the affected districts temporary kitchens have been set up 10 dispense food to the hungry. 1.000 Miles of Desolation A picture of desolation and wreckage was left in the wake of the storms, which traversed a path rugh- Iy estimated at more than a thousand miles jong. Its destructive froce, nowever, scemed partly spent as it spread castward through Virginia evening, no deaths having occurred there so far as known and but slight property damage being reported, Hurled Hundreds of Feet Dead and injured any many of hose unhurt were picked up by the fierce winds and hurled hundreds of efet, Miles of telephone and tele- graph lines were torn down, hundreds organization: governments . of dwellings and other buildings were “yipped from their fundations and de- inalished, three were uprooted and numbers of livestock were killed; while bridges were washed away and roads fiooded in many sections by tor- ‘ential rains which accompanied the storm, Women and children' make up & arge part of the known dead. Communities Wiped Out Entire communities were destroyed tome sections and not a place in the storm’s path escaped wholly un- scathed, In South Carolina, where the tornadoes were most disastrous, Horrell Hill, 12 miles from Columbia, was wreeked, 17 were killed, a num- Ler of others more- or less serjously hurt, Among the dead were four schoo! boys, who with 76 other pu. pils were buried bencath the wreck- ge of a schpol house, Fight Die in One House Eight persons, five of tiiem chil- dren, were killed and more than & ore Injured when they were trapped in their erashing houses at Anderson. Nearly 60 houses wgre razed .in the Riverside Mill village, near there, while numbers of dwellings in the vity proper were demolshed. Armed Vets On Duty Farly today 50 members of the lo- cal American Teglon post, armed with rifles, were patrolling the stricken mill village area. Property damage in that section alone is placed at $1,600,000. At Florence, 15 persons met déath, 50 were injured and 30 houses were destroyed by the storm which entered | the county from the west and cut a path 300 yards wide to the Atlantic coast, 30 miles away. An undeter- mined number of negroes are report- «d missing. Other Fatalitied Other fatalities were 12 in Sumter county, six in Lee County, six in Lex- ington county, one jim Darlington county, and one in Columbus. Many of the dead and injured are negroes. The village of Ficklen, Ga., near Augusta, virtuaily was wiped out, when the storm struck there, killing the postmaster, injuring many and Aestroying nearly every bullding. At Chipley, Near Columbus, nine persons were killed, 30 injured and great property damage resulted, Due 10 disrupted wire facilities there, as in many sections of Georgia only the arest details could be obtained. | Alabama and N. Carolina In Alabama, a white child and four negroes were killed at Unfon Springs: ‘our negroes were killed at Opelik 10 negroes were killed near:Ohio; a white woman was killed near Roan- oke, and many suffered Anjuries in ihese and other localities. Heavy vains flooded streams, washing away | iridges and damaging highways. As ¢ storm spread into North Carolina, a white man, his wife and <on were killed near Bynum, and «ight persons Injured. Two children were slightly hurt at Charlotts. At Robersonville, - near Rocky Mount, nearly two score were hurt. Several bulldings, Including two - churches, wers destroyed: while word of other casualties in localities cut off by the storm was expected by relief workers. . FIGHTING IN IRELAND By The Associated Press. Beifast, Ireland, May 1.—The Kill- ormer barracks at Ballinasioe, County | Galway, were aftacked and wrecked | after a preliminary fusilade early to- | day. The record books and the guards’ vicycles and €lothing were removed put the occupants of the barracks o et molested. New London, May 1.—Frantic radio | calls for a doctor were received here at 1 a. m. today from the British | steamship Newton Bay, said to be a member of the rum fleet between | Block Island and Montauk Point. Her !locatiopn was given as 41.8 north lati- tude, 71.10 west longitude, Several messages said that a man on board had sustained a fractured | skull, Medical advice was relayed by the Broad street hospital, New York city, through the Independent Wire- leas Telegraph Co, of this city, but the | ship replied that a doctor and not ad- vice was needed. No vessel with a physician aboard was near and the quiet that resulted after tivo hours of urgent appeal for aid, gave rise to the beliel on shore that the vietim had died, No clue as | to the identity of the sufferer, or the jmanner in which he was injured was glven, | The Newton Bay which was com- | pelled to leave her anchorage off Montauk Point and make for Yar- | mouth, N. 8, for supplies left the lat- 'ter port Monday with what was re- ported to be 13,000 cases of whiskey aboard to resumre her position in rum Tow, "™ CARPENTERS STRIKE Willimantic Workers Bemand 81°'an Hour in Place of Rate of 8215 Cents as at Present. Willimantie, May 1.—Carpenters be- jonging to the brotherhood as mem- | bers of local 825 and on outside work | struck today because the master car penters had refused to concede a wage increase to $1 an hour in place of 8214 cents, which had prevailed for {hree years, The employers were no- tifled in January that an increase was desired to be effective with May Da On April 26, O. L. Willard, sec tary of the local master builders’ as- | sociation,. sent a lctter to the union offering 90 cents an hour, indicating }1hnt this would be the final offer, | William J. Sullivan of New Haven, | International representative, came | here yesterday to offer his services in an effort to avoid a strike. The num- { ber of men who struck today was es- timated at 90, ail employed on out- | ¥ide work. It was said that workers had made an agreement with their employers and they did not join in the strike, REDISCOUNT REDUCTION Federal Reserve Banks Are Expected | | to Follow Action of the Treasury | Department. Washington, May 1.—Reduction of | the rediscount rate by the New York Reserve Bank yesterday from 4'; to | 4 per gent is expected at the treasury to be Tollowed by similar action by the reserve banks at Boston and Philadelphia. "1t developed today that the reduc- tion by the New York bank with its subsequent approval by the reserve board was a proposition originating entirely with the bank itself, Mem- bers of the reserve board, while ex- pressing no opposition, felt it would accomplish little change in the gen- eral econdmie situation. Becretary Mellon, among others, be- Heves the reduction will do little to stimulate new business inasmuch as he regards the general money supply was adequate and the present rates easy. Latest Probe in Capital Why Underwear Shrinks Washington, May 1.—The depari- ment of commerce today instituted a sweeping investigation into the shrinkage of underwear. Assistance of the burean of standard and makers of underwear was enlisted to help solve the mystery, and a meeting of mann- facturers was called for May 7. The effect of Improper soap, laundry ma- chines, weighing, pressing and finish- ing, as well as the tension of knitting machines will be studied by the ex-, perts, in an effort to reduce the shrinkage. Expert Electrician Meets th at Gen. Electric Co. henectady, N. Y., May 1.—A. T. Toms was electrocuted today when he | came in contact with a charged part of a generator-in the test plant of the General Electric comhpany. Fifteen | hundred volls passed through his. tedy. Plant officials said that Toms, an expert testman, stepped upon the generator while it was running. inside | SIXSTATESLINING UP FOR GOY, SHITH Roosexelt Reports Assurances ! From 9 Democratic Leaders PLANS 300 ON COMMITTEE: Many Workers Will be From putsue: New York State—Smith Himself m‘E Take Vacation at End of Next 30! Days of Hard Work at Albany. , | New York, May 1.—Telegrams from ' nine democratic leaders in six states, intimating probable support of the candidacy of Governor Smith of New | York for the democratic presidential nomination, were received today by Franklin D, Roosevelt, director of the Smith movement. H Mr. Roosevelt said it had been de-' cided to cal! the committee of which he was appointed the head, the New York state committee for the nomina- tion of Governor Smith consisting of more than 300 members, many of whom will be picked outside this state, Mr. Roosevelt asserted that “a few of the governor's old friends” would finance the campaign, Busy Man Y., May 1.—Governor Smith returned to his desk at the cap- itol today with the announced inten- | | tion of devoting his entire time unttl | | evening and Rev, N. HTH ANNIVERSARY OF SWEDISH ELIN CHURCH Elm Street Congregation to Open Program Tonight With Meriden Pastor As Speaker { +« The Swedish Elim Baptist church‘ on Eim street will observe its 40th anniversary beginning tonight and continuing through Sunday. Rev. A. B. Pierson of Meriden will preach this -— KLINGBERG E. Valerius of Hartford will preach tomorrow eve- ing. Meeti ill be hel 1 3 May 10, the end of the 30-day bill | guray. e T Pe held all day period, to att on 200 bills remaining |~ rhe church was organized at 117 from the 700 sent him by the legisla- | ture in the final days of the recent | session, Unless he can clear up the legisla- tive aftermath of bills By May 10, he does not belleve he will be able to g0 | The congregation now worships in a ! to French lick Springs, had planned, | “I can't sce my way clear to take such a long trip,” he declared, “But' I must go somewhere after the 30.day | period for at least a week's rest,” Politics, and national affairs in par- | ticular, will be forgotten by the goys | ernor until after his vacation, he said, The governor asserted he did not | texpect Franklin D, Roosevelt, who has | been named manager of his presi- | dential campaign, or any other person connected with the national political | situation, to be here for confercnces | (until the middle of *May, “I want to forget Albany and poll- tics after these bills are out of the way,” he emphasized, “and when 1 go i on that little trip, I want to think only of how to hit the ball.” The reference | was to one «f, his favorith pastimies— \ golf. H 1 — 3000 RON WORKERS STRIKE , STRIKE | Demand Closed Shop In Ind, as he New York | ‘|rnnwnrkvrn went but on strike today, demanding a closcd shop and a wage | of $12 for un eight hour day instead | {of $10.50. | Charles Murphy, business agent of the Manbattan local of the Interna- | itional Association of Bridge and | | Structura) Ironworkers, said all union | construction in Manhattan, Brooklyn {and northern New Jersey was stopped, | The strike. marred what was ex- peeted to be a May Day of complete |industrial peace. Iegardless of the comparative quiet, the police took the | usual precautions. Fxtra guards were detailed to public buildings and | i churches, [ Walter Drew, counsel of the Iron | league, an open shop employers’' or- | ganization which has net recognized the union since 1905, said that under | no circumstances would employers | recognize the demand for a closed | shop. q East Haven Carpenter ! Worked Sunday, Fined $10 Kast Haven Mayll— Because neigh- | bors complained at the rat-a-tat of shingling hammer wiclded by Guisep- t he faced the local court on a charge | of doing work on Sunday which was| not required by necessity or merey || and Justice Germonde last night fined !him $10 and costs. Hugh Farrell, the local chief of police said he arrested ! Cannivacuolo at a new house on Tay- | lor avenue and found a hammer, saw | and Jevel on a scaffolding. Neighbors had complained of the noise, he said and he had previously warned the | man. The justice remitted the fine on the promise of the accused to do no more Sunday work in future and he paid costs in the case. Complet-el,v Paralyzed After Being Hit by Car New London, May 1.-Samuel Whipple, 29 and married, of Groton, ' today lies in a critical condition at the lLawrence and Memorial Associated hospital here as a result of being struck by an automobile operated by | Clifford Thurber of 39 Thames street, ' ¢ Groton, on the Thames river highway 't bridge last night. Complete paralysis and severe internal injuries were sus- tained by Whipple and he is not ex- pected to recover. t NO DISGRACEFUL DANCING Freehold, J.. May 1.—A present- ment handed down by the Monmouth county grand jury today as the re- syt of fts investigation of charges that a deal dinner attended by Mayor Hettrick and business men of Asbury ' Park was marked by immoral dancing exhibitions, revealed “that no indict-# ments were returned. The present- ment exonerated Mayor Mettrick and | condemned “the slanderous and mall- | cious publication which has been | hroadeast throughowut the country of grossly exaggerated incidents of a harmless celebration.” | erected In 1595 |Nothing Heard miles an hour, station has been flled all day snow and neighboring peaks. tully qualified for any that the @pinion expressed by local sour- aoughs. By The Associated which | Diuteh Harbor, Unalaska Isiand. Fish- station, communication with the North Paci- file region, Major Frederick L. Martin, Stock Broker Gets Two certificate of reasonable granted, however, and he was admit- Glen street on January 1, 40 years ago, It first pastor was Rev, T, Claf- ford, The, present pastor, Rev, Dr, |John E. Kiingberg, has been leader of the flock for the past 25 years. modern church bailding on Elm street FEAR FOR SAFETY OF MAJ. MARTIN IN STORM of Him Since He Started in Terrific Blow By Assoclated Presa. ‘alse Pass, Untmak Isiand, April | i—(By Wirsess to tie Assoclated | 1 Wasli.)-Fears | Instructed the jury to visit the scene ¢ty on the night of February 20 Inst, T'ress by Bremerton, are exprossed here for the safety of Major I'redorick J.. Martin, command- oneircling the globe who left Chignik, Alaska, at 11:10 for Dutch Unalaska, and who has not reported passing any point up to 6 o'clock to- But Open Shop Men Say Nothing | Might. I Residents at the small cannery sta- Doing, | . > . “ poiut of Uniak island, near Ikaton New York, May 1.-More than 3,000 'y “yave just passed through the worst five days ever known for this period of the year. | The north Pacific ocean has been of yuently redching a velocity 100 The air at the wireless with blown from the mountainsides Kven the sea gulls mgking their lome here did not try to fly today. seeking sheltered nooks and staying out of the cold wind. ture has ranged from 60 to 24 degrees above zero during the storm. The tempera- If Maj>r Martin succeeded in reash- ng Dutch Harbor today he will be ad weather might arise laver, according to The residents all be ed that a mistake was made attempting the 400 | miles from Chinik to Dutch Harbor during the gale. ross, Seattle, Wash,, May 1.—Radio ad- vices recdived at 5 a. 10, today, from he Alaskan Peninsvia stated no trace has been found of Major Frederick pe Cannivacuolo a local contractor, |, Martin in the lef Chignik flegplane Seattle, yesterday for ng boats are searching for the mis- sing plane. By the Assoclated Press Cordova, Alaska, May 1.—No word had been received this morning at this which in constant wircless concerning the fate of FOSTER IS SENTENCED to Four Months But is Out On Bail Pend- ing An Appeal. New York, May 1.-—William Asa Foster, convicted last night for pub- ishing fictitious stock sales, was sen- enced today to serve a penitentiary erm of from two to four months, A doubt was ed to $5,000 bail pending appeal. Foster, who is 65 years old, was found guilty of “rigging” the market Ppolice have n in North American oil stock In order police are holding them for a furthor to get the stock listed on the stock aifzzing. exchange. His conviction was (the first of its kind here. * — THE WEATHER | st | Hartford, May 1.—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: VPair tonight and Friday: cooler tonight, fro<t tonight in expos- ed places. * MAT =6 1325 Harbor, | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1924, —EIGHTEEN PAGES. 'DAMNABLE LIE SAYS 'KNUTSON OF CHARGE Rocused Congressman's Case Al most Ready for Jury H DEFENDS HIM n Testifies to REP. FS New York Congress | His Good Character—Accused nies Sensational Escapade With Actress in Minnesota Hotel, Washington, May 1.—The case against Representative Knutson of Minnesota, in which he is charged with a serious offense in company with a Washington clerk named Hull, will go to the jury late today or tomorrow. The accused congressman today had a severe test on the stand, but stood up under gruelling cross-examination. Brands it as Lie Nepresentative Knutson denfed specifically and vigorously all charges against him, grilling, and, standing up in the wit- ness stand, branded as a “damnable falsehood” an allegation of his past conduct in Minnesota. “Do you recall an episode in Foley. Minnesota,” Mr, Gloth asked, “The yvear of your election when a theatri- cal troupe was there and you went to a room in a hotel at about 3 o'clock in the morning and a girl brought you down to the desk with a gun to your ribs and said ‘Here is your future congressman.’ 2" Jumping to his feet Representative Knutson pounded the railing sar- rounding the witness stand. Never in Foley Hotel “I never stopped in a botel in Foley in my life,” he said, "I brand this as a damnable falsehood put in your hands by a political opponent, I never was in the hotel at Jhat time, I never stopped there. It is untrue, absolutely untrue,” ' He continued standing up and hit- ing the railing with his fist while minor questions as to the episode were | lashed at him by Gloth, and he de- ! clared a climax by challenging: { "I defy any one to prove this is true.” | Fish Defends Knutson tepresentative Hamilton Fish, New York, and former Representative mpbell, Kansas, testified to Knut. previous good reputation, The court room broke into open applause when Fish declared he was | appearing voluntarily and that Knut- son would always find a welcome jn his home. The defense rested and Judge Bret of the arrest, u short distance from the court room. Arguments by the !ing a United States army squadron | attorneys will complete the case this | that the fight was due to Macri afternoon. - NO TRAGE OF BERGDOLL tion here, located on the southeastern Famous Draft Dodger Not Found on Liner Columbus, as Reported He Would Be—Capt. Koenig Arrives, New York, May l.~An all-night lashed by terrific gales, the wind fre- | goareh of the new German liner Co- lumbus which docked in Brookiyn last night after her malden voyage (from between Bremen failed tp dis- [close Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft dodger, who was reported to have slipped aboard the vessel at the German port to return to the United | States and surrender to federal au- | thorities. Army officers and a member of the courts martial who sat at the trials of Bergdoll and his brother Erwin, | stood at the gang plank at the! ! Brooklyn pier this forenoon scru- tinizing passengers and crew as they | disembarked. | Captain Paul Koenig, commander of the submarine Deutschiand which made two trips #o the United States during the war, was among the pas- sengers. His wife accompanied him. He kingly remarked that subma- rines might be used by rum runners, were navigation in coastal waters not 80 hazardous, ‘Mrs. Coolidge Fondles May Day Basket Carrier Washington, May 1.—The old cus- tom of hanging May baskets in the ecarly morning on May day was reviv- ! ed at the Whitg House today when three small ehildren hung a basket for | Mrs. Coolidge on the morth door of the executive mansion. The children had fixed the basket to the door and were running down the steps of the portico when Mrs, Coolldge saw them, called thém back to thank them for their greefings. The youngest of the three, a boy, was taken up by Mrs. Coolidge in her arms and kissed with the reminder that “I once bad a littie boy like you.” Driver of Bandit Car Identified by Banker New Haven, May 1.-—Joseph Dest, 22, was identificd today as the driver of the automobile used by two men who held up Paul Russo and Michael Tusso his son, private bankers, on Mgnday and secured $1500. Both the viflims say that Dest was the man at the wheel. Raymond Hill and Aniel- lo Gambardelia® also detained by the ot een identified but the The three men were held for a hearing a week henge when presented in court. 59 BODIES MISSING Wheeling, W. Va, May 1.—Poison gas in the Benwood mill mine of the Wheeling Steel corporation in which ! 100 men ‘were trapped by an esplo- | sion Monday has retarded the work of rescuers who today continued their \ | offorts to locate 59 missing miners. grocer of Bridgeport filed a voluntary purposes. Fifty-one bodies have been fecovered | and 46 bronght to the surface by way ' of an air shaft stood firm under hot| | and dealing direct "PRICE THREE CE DEMPSEY VS, - BATTLEONS * Tl Bout at Bogle's 0 & Carpentier Kayos British Fighter By The Associzted Press, Vienna, May 1.—Georges Car- peutier, the French fighter, knocked out Arthur Towuley of England in the second round of their bout: here today. The referee declared Carpen- tier had won by a knoekout but dhe crowd protested that the PR Hi 5 o A "l'ifi“.";;‘bxonu FIRPO NOW IS OUT OF IT " with To‘n @ wv_ A NN, ° United SUE 9)8)S JNOIIAUUOD romoter Will No Longer Consider G- training fag@ his battle witn tne Frenchman on May 10. Carpen- tier already has been kayoed by Dempsey, while Gibbons wiw! the whole distance withent ever being knocked down by the champ. South American—sSepiember Hinges on Wills* Victories in time Over Rometo or Spalla. By The Associated Press, New York, May 1.—Tex annoynced today he had Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills for world's heavyweight championship o ! fight at Boyle's Thirty Acres, Ji | City, on September 6. ¥i So far as Wills is concerned, | mateh is contingent upon a ¢ over either Quintin Romero, SINKING FUNDS IN 1983 Report of Pinance and Taxation Sub. | 1an holder of the Europein X | welight title, some time in June at the ¥1\~my bowl, Rickard sald. N | Vills already has signed for both dition of Accounts. | contests and 'yhe nrcl::ter !nrld he had obtained the agreement of Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager, to the title mateh with Wills, Is “ON” Firpo. A Rickard announced that he had definitely abandoned all further:de= sotiations with Luis Angel Firpo, fol- | lowing Firpo's rejection of Rickard's latest Lid for his services and ine sistence that he will retire from the | ring. Rickard has ‘instructed ‘his | Buenos Aires agent, Juan: Homs, to return to this country. ar Rickard said he was convinced & Iirpo was firm in a desire to quit i ring, and his latest report from Homs is that Firpo, putting aside all p g of Argentina in connection wlth@ istic affairs, had deéparted on & automobile business. R chell 135837 PLACED IN CITY , Mitted Today Shows Healthy Con- { The city's sinking funds were in-| creased by $85,837.16 during the fisc; year ending March 31, a report pré- scnted by Chairman Edward F, Hall | 1 0f the board of finance and taxation | | to City Clerk A, 1. Thompson today | indicates, { Clerk A. L. Thompson today indicates, The increase was brought about through appropriations, withdrawals | from income and interest earned dur- | ing the year. In the water department fund $25,- | 1 000 was taken from revenue increas- ing the fund to $234,106.47; In the| sewer fund, $15,000 was added by ap- | propriation, making the new amount $251,615,01; in the street account, $5,- | added, making the fund $92,- in the school account, $2,000 | & 201 16 10 menictpt) hasidimaetvent.] PUBLIC A.USEiENTS 4 BOARD REAPPOINTED 00 was added, making the fund £ $c S5, 440,04, SLASHING VICTI DIES | Meriden Man, Knifed in Fight Over [ I Dr. E. T, Fromen and 4. J. Eewin | Expechd to Go Back on Health | His Daughter, Passes Away At Hos- { Commission. * | o Harry C. Jackson, Miss b PAl=Ous on Fob. 99, Campbell, Bernard G. Krandwitz o James J. Naughton were reappointed | to the public amusemonts com sion by Mayor A, M. Paoucssi f Mr. Jackson has been the o and Miss Caumpbeil” the E this commission for several yeak ,and If is expected that at the organls © zution meeting to be held shortly they | will be asked to fill those offices again The appointment of Dr, Ernest T | Fromen and John J. Krwin to the beard of health are expected to be | made tomorrow. ! | Meriden, May 1.—George Macri, 40, | of this city, died at the Meriden hos- | pital this morping from “stabbed wounds alleged fo have n inflloted by Roceo Ji Puppaifo. §9, Also of this LS 4 b Mrs The men quarrelled on Woodland claiming afterward s al- old street, Pappallo leged betrayal of his 14 year | daughter, Josephine - Pappallo, and Macri was found lying unconscious at the roadside. Pappallo was arrested next day and confessed the knifing, the police say. His daughter was FIERY Gkoss AT m"m committed to a state home and the 5 coroner, after talking with M i at - vy Py {the hospital, caused the arrest of v Is Burned on Campus but O Think it Was Stuglents’ Prank George Larose also of this city, on a charge of abuse of a minor female, He is held in 81,000 bonds. Macri leaves his wife and eight children, An au- topsy probavly will be held by the coroner to whom it has been reported by the doctors that Macri's lung was twice punctured, At present the local court holds Pappallo on a charge of assault with inteat to commit murder, ENGLAND'S NEW PLAN Yrom er Than Klan Action, Hartford, May 1A ‘fiery croas burned on the Trinity college cal last evening. It was about five high and had been placed near the statue of Bishop Brownell, The cross was made of pine and wrapped with = ofl-soaked burlap. AP Fhe college authorities will no investigation as the flery congidercd a student than a Ku Kiux Klan des ~ SUIT OVER REALTY DBAL ol Wanis to Take Dawes' Plan [ Reparations Commission and Deal Directly With Germany. By The Associated Press : London, May 1.—When Prime Min- Oscar Lipke Brings Actign Against ister MacDonald meets Premicr e Joseph and Fihel Hooper To Res i S cover $1,140 and Accrued Interst, Joseph and Ethel Hooper bave o Theunis and Paul Hymons of Belgium at Chequers Court tomorrow, the Bel. gian emissaries will be told that Great Britain desires to put the Dawes’ plan into effect by taking ft out of the named defendants in & suit m hands of the repagation commission by Oscar Lipke who seeks damages. The complainut, =~ Whe brought the action through the of Attorney Morris 1. Saxe, al that he bought a piece of nraml!'n Fairview terrace, from the defen in March, 1921, which was represent- ed to be free of encumbrances, excepts ing a mortgage of $3,000. After the purchase of the property, it was dise covered that there was a second m wage $1,440, dated Fcbruary 1621, on the property Lipke sceks to recover the $1.440 and interest since the time he pubs chased the property. The action s | returnable in superior court, Junc & y with Germany in a new international conference, In his conference, cording to the British view the allied powers will meet Germany, not as victors over the vanquished, but as hardheaded busi- ness men trying to settie the gigantic reparations debt by business instead of pwlitical mathods. While this plan has not been offi- cially announced it is understood that Great Britain is anxious to revert to the policy which was interrupted when Premier Poincare ordered occupation of the Ruhr, and Mr. MacDonald is expected to take this first opportunity of outlining the British desires, 8o far as is known here therg are no indications that France shares the Pritish desire for a of Big Dan Ahearn, Hartford new conterence . Policeman, to Be Retired with the Germans, M. Polncare being' Hartford, May 1.—Police Sergeant vnderstood to favor turning the ex- Danfel B. (Big Dan) Ahearn is refie- perts' plan over to the reparation ing from sctive duty on the Hartford commission for application in its en-|pelice force and will be placed on the 11 health is given B8 8 tirety. pension rist i aip—— the reasor. for the retiretient of "1.} Early Consideration of tatlest police ¢ in the wefld . , Sergeant Ahearn is miv foet Tl inchen Cape Cod Canal Purchase in neight. The giant officer has par Washington, May 1.—Resolutions ticipated in many lmportant a cailing for early consideration by the including e catching of a el car five years ago after the watchman at the Cheney ik 4 o in South Munchester had beem Minimum Assessment of: - Springfield, Mass, May 1.—A peti- | $1,000 for Still € ‘nel tion to congress to permit no medif- | New Haven May 1.—A & cation of the prohibition amendmerlf - assessment of $1.000 will was passed unanimenusly by the gen- against still owners be the eral conference of the Methodist Epis- revenue department, it i copal church at its meeting here to- as a result of day. ‘given to twe alleged GROCER BANKRUPT |fAined for possessink & New Hatkn, May 1.—Jacob Levy, had made no income , Hearings are to pettilon in bankruptcy here today giv- ' with the respondents, ing liabitities of $14,554.60 and as have been sonvicted sets of $2,144.46, house of bils for 'purchase by the federal government of the Cape Cod canal was reported today by the house rules conrmittee, OPPOSE MODIFICATION