New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISRED 1870 PARLIAMENT GOLD TOWARD HERRIOT Receives Premier’s Report on Conlerence in Stony Silence HE EXPLAINS FAILURE Impresses Fact That French Are Tak. ing Every Precaution Not To Per. mit Impairment of Treaty of Ver. sailles, By the Aesociated P Paris, July 29.—The French parlia- ment today received in absolute si- lence and with marked frigidity Pre- mier Herriot's report on the progress of the inter-allied conference in Lon- don in which the head of the gov- ernment described the fallure of the conference to come to an agreement with the British and American bank- ers on the question of security for the Dawes plan loan to Germany. Excepting for favorable «comments by about 12 or 15 sociallst deputies, the chamber maintained absolute si- lence while Rene Renoult, minister of justice and acting premier read the telegram from the premier which de. scribed briefly the work of the vari- ous committees of the London con- ference, The soclalists applauded a few pas- e3ages but an immense majority of the deputies listened in evident apathy. Even the moderate left, M. Herriot's main support in the majority, refused to become enthusfastic while the at- titude of the opposition was one of cold aloofness. After the document had been read, the chamber passed without comment to the order of the day ® NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, “Flivver Squads” to Aid in Taking LaFollette’s Message To Farmers Chicago, July 20.~8imple “fllvver squads” will be employed by the La Follette-Wheeler forces in their 1. nols eampalign in the rural district, Willlam J, McGowan, chalrman of the Tllinois conference for progressive politi action, stated today, Under the tentative plans of the state committee, motor squads of five to 20 cars will be stationed at tem. porary field headquarters maintaining contacts with the state headquarters, From these fleld stations, the motor speakers will diverge in all directions carrying the eampalgn by word of mouth, and with booklets and political literatura wherever there are roads, Representative John M, Nelson of Golf Tournament For Fresh Air Fund The third annual golf tourna- ment for the New Britain fresh air camp fund will be held at the Shuttle Meadow elub tomor- row, Interest has been keen in this tournament for the past several days and that it will ex- ceed the two previous years is confidently expected. Many people have stopped at the windows of the Porter & Dyson store to admire the prizes which will be awarded, Only a few more days are left until the appeal for funds will cease and in the meantime more than $400 is needed, No con- tributions were received by the fresh air editor today and the fund now stands at $5098.80, RHODE ISLAND G. 0. P. Wisconsin, natignal manager of the La Follette forces, today announced that little had en accomplished in the way of formation of definite na. tional plans since the recent national committee meeting In Washington, The principal work of his field forces up to the present time has been in the way of appralsing the political situa~ tion In the various states, In some states, it Is understood, there has been considerable pressure to connect the La Follette ticket with independ. ent candidates for state offices, but it is now considered unlikely that the national eampaign will ever be {den. tified with any “third track" state tickets, MOTHER WINS FIGHT FOR SON'S FREEDOM Tenn. Man, Convicted of Murder in 1908, Finally Pardoned Nashville, Tenn,, July 29.—An aged mother from the Tennessee fought single-handed against the powers of the state for the last 16 years when her plea for the pardon of her son, a prisoner in the state pen- itentiary here, was granted. Mrs. Sam Hatfield, 63, the mother, appeared before the parole board and addressed Governor Austin Peay as “son"” and the members of the parole board as “children.” Her son, Lon Hatfield, was convict- ed in 1908 for the murder of a min- ister. The sole tangible evidence was moun- | tains today won a battle that she has SHITH WILL TAKE STUNP FOR DAVI Promises National Chairman fo| Do All in His Power MEETING 15 ARRANGED Democratic Candidate and His Former Opponent for Nomination Arrange Conference to Be Held Later This Week, New York, July 29, — Governor Smith had a long conference with Clem L. 8haver, democratic national chalrman today to devise plans where- ‘by he could devote his every effoft to further the candidacy of John W. Davis, democratic nomines for presi- dent. “I will make a speaking tour, 1 will do anything I can to help the national ticket,” the governor sald. The governor sald that Mr. Davis had not spoken to him about becom- | ing a candidate for re-election, but that he expected to discuss the mat- ter with him when he returned to New York Thursday. “Mr. SBhaver told me," sald the governor, “that Mr. Davis wanted to see me. I told him I would meet Mr, Davig some time later in the week.” Sflent on K. K, K. Governor Smith declined to com- | ment on reports that a move would be made to mention the Ku Klux Klan by name in the democratic state platform, Mr. Shaver, asked about the report that Mr. Davis intended to urge the governor to run again, sald: “I am a warm admirer of Governor Smith. He s a sincere man, and T have not the slightest doubt that ha will do anything he has pledged himself to do.” BODY OF SEVENTH CHILD FOUND IN SOUND TRAGEDY Picked Up OfF Horton's Point, I, 1, early today of the body nieked np hy & yachtman In Long s yesterday as that of Eth 14, of this city, accounta lives when a canoe in which they set out in the Sound waa overturned July 17, Tdentification of the body waa mada by Bven R. Bergquist, father of the girl, who went to New London by automobile and declared the body at the morgue there was that of his daughter. The bBody was plcked up off Horton's Point, I, 1, by Captain I'rank C. Andrews of the yacht Glis. sando bound from Oyster Bay to Newport, and taken into New Lon. don Ing of the finding of the body were read to Mr. Bergquist, who was at the grave of his son Walter, 12, an. other victim of the canoeing tragedy. He hurried to New London by auto- mobile. The body of Ethel will be brought here for burfal in Mountain Grove cemetery by the side of her brother, Walter. The bodies of the flve other victims recovered in the Sound at various places have been burled in the same cemetery. The identification of the last of the seven hodies to be recovered was made early today in a morgue at New London by Sergeant Willlam Foster of the bureau of missing persons and Sidney Cavanaugh, a Bridgeport news- paper reporter. The body was badly deeomposed. PARK STREET PAVING Bridgeport, July 20.-~Identification! of the seven children who loat their| Dispatches from New London tell.| JULY 29, 1924, —~EIGHTEEN PAGES, Average Daily Circulation Week Ending 10’306 July 26th . .. PRICE THREE CENTS LOEB AND LEOPOLD LAUGH remm o s v s WHILE - LISTENING TO THE READING OF CONFESSIONS ————, S AVERTED SSION NAMES AS THE SLAYER The Assoclated Fress Chieago, July 29— Reading fi court today of Nathan lLeopold Jr's, confession to the kidnaping and murder of Robert Franks, showed him accusing Richard loeb of having struck the boy on the head and of gagging the vietim, “I stopped on the gas," said Leopold's confession In which he depleted himself as driver of the car, Naither defendant glanced at each other as this was read By | to the report of Dr, entation in the Franks' trial paranofac or monomaniac nals." not reveal his innermental self. “He has felt, apparently, justification,” says the report. | | Chicago, July 29.—Nathan Leopold, |Jr., 18 & soclally dangerous person, suffering from a psychosis, according Willlam Healy, allenist of Boston, prepared for pres- Dr. Healy says in his report that he can see no other conclusion possi- ble but that Leopold Is a thoroughly unbalanced individual in his mental life, really mentally discased of the type “which has produced so many erimi- The report continues: “He has been generally unrecognized and continues to be unrecognized as mentally dis- eased but his ordinary behavior does life and particularly his delusions about him- at all times, and still feels a complete self “Leo- Testimony Today Shows That Nathan Has No Belief In God Or In Any Future Life — Alienist Declares De- fendant Is Monoma- niac And a Socially Dangerous Person. By The Assoclated Press. Chicago, July 29.~~Nathan Leopold, Jr, and Richard Loeb, who pleaded gullty to the kidnaping and murder of 14 year old Robert Franks, today heard read In open court first their denials and then their confessions of the erime. Benjamin Bachrach, one of the at- torneys for the boys, helped to &et into the record this final sta, of the state’s presentation of evidence, by relleving Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney, of the task of reading th prosacution’s transcript of the boys’ admissions. Mr, Crowe's volce was worn, but after 30 minutes of reading, Mr. Bachrach said he was “getting a little hoarse.” The astate's attornsy, however, declined to take up the vo. cal burden at that time. Both Boys Grin. The boys listenad with little change of expression until Mr. Bachrach CONTRACT T0 BE LET Board of Public Works Also to Act on Stanley Street Widening pold’s conception of life is thorough- ly childish; it is a play world and he is a play actor, among, for him, the unrealities of the actual, objective world.” In going into his home lif8, the re- port says: “Except that an ignorant nurse was a mother substitute during certain formative years, and the boy's parents did not discover the development of the pathological features of his phan- tasy life, there seems to be nothing reached a passage in which Leopold quoted a profane exclamation made to his brother when he learned that his spectacles had been found near the culvert in which he and Loeb had hidden the body of the Franks boy. When this came out in Mr. Bach« rach’'s clear voice both defendants grinned. They smiled again when the ac- count reached a colloquy between Leopold and Mr. Crowe in which the latter quizzed the student on the dig- Explains Failures The failure of the delegates to the iInterallied conference and the ‘“repre- sentative of the eventual lenders” of the loan to Germany provided by the Dawes plan to reach an agreement on defaults and subsequent sanctions has prevented the conference from ac- cepting the reports of its committees, Premier Herriot told the French parliament today in a telegram de- scribing the work of the conferen a 20 dollar gold piece, sald to have have belonged to the minister, which was found in Hatfield's pocket after the murder. Hatfleld declared that the coin belonged to him, but the jury rejected this claim and convict- ed him on circumstantial evidence. Immediately after sentence was passed on her son, the mother began her battle for his freedom. She sold her little farm and during the last 16 years she has made at least 50 trips - DEPLORES ROWDYISM {To Ascertain if Own Party Is Responsible for Gas Attack FLIERS LEAE TOMORROW American Aviators Plan To Hop Off For Kirkwall At 5 o'Clock Tomor- row Morning. The board of public works will By The A tod 3 Brotehn Hab e meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock to act Brough, England, July 2. — The “The government,” the premier's message said “had hoped to appear before parliament today to bring be- fors it the complete text of an agree- inent on the completion of which it has been working during the last two weeks but, despite constant efforts, the negotiations have not yet been concluded. “Yarious articles of the Paris ‘EI‘.- cords, taken as the bages of dtdtus- sion by the conference, have been re- ferred to committees which are sit- ting permanently. The first commit- tee, entrusted with the task of inves- tigating defaults and subsequent pen- alties, unanimously reached conclu- stons which the representatives of the eventual lenders have deemed insuffi- | eient to insurs the success of the loan of 800,000,000 goid marks provided for in the Dawes report. Conse- quently, the conclusions of the com- mittee have not yet been accepted by the conference, Are Guarding Treaty, “The French delegation, seeking to afford the lenders legitimate security, is taking eare that there shall be no impairment of the Versailles treaty and no infringe- ments upon Irench righta in the event that the rights of Irance are not safeguarded by collective action. “The second committee, charged with studying the conditions under which the economic and figcal unity of Germany can be re-established, had the outlines of its conclusions unanimously approved by the v« session of the conference yes- Regervations were made con- cerning the maintenance of Trench and Beiglan railwaymen on bank of the Rhine, “The third committee is continu- ing its work on deliveries in kind and transfers, The plenary session ves- terday authorized this committee to study its program regardless of the limtations of the mandate which heretofore T had imposed npon it. Concerning the admittance of jer- mans to the eonference, an agreament easily was reached upon the proposi- tion of a committee eomposed of ene French and one Britigsh jurist.’” This committee has determined the questions which must be settled be- tween the reparation commission and Germany, the allied governments and the German government, or between the allied governments themselves, Tn conformity with its proposifions, the reparation commission has been re- quested to proceed to lLondon. The heads of the governments will eon- voke the German delegation when an agreement upon the escential ques- tions has been reached between the &l while egotiations which involve numer. ous technical difficulties will require several days more of consideration. The government is pursuing these negotiations with a firm will to ensure at the rame time the safeguarding of all | ple- | the left | FProvidence, July 29.—The executive | committee of the republican state central committee after adopting resolutions today deprecating the gas bomb incident which broke up the ses. sions of the state senate on June 19 appointed a committee of five to in- | vestigate and take such steps as might | be necessary tn connection with the | charges that Chairman Willlam C. Pelkey of the republican central com- mittee instigated the bomb planting. The committee is: Judge Felix A. Hebert of West Warren; George B, | Utter, Westerly; Robert L. Kelly, | Barrington; Tsaac Gill, Pawtucket and Mrs. Max Levy, Newport. | Chairman Pelkey attended | meeting, which was brief and in executive session. Mrs. Edna F. | Moulton of Providence, was in the chair. The resolutions adopted were as follows: Reselved: That the republican party | acting through the executive commit- | tee of the state central committee un- the | equivocally and positively deprecates and’ condemns the so-called gas bomb | outrage which occurred In the state senate on June 19 and if it should be established that anyone connected | with the party organization counte- nanced or otherwise took part in this affair, the republican party then take such action as will unmistakably re- affirm its Insistence on law and order in the conduct of the business of the | general assembly and its staunch ad herence to the constitution and laws of the state: And be it further resolved, that during the pendency of certain charges alleging a connection between the | chairman of the state central commit- tee and the so-called gas bomb out- | rage, a committee be elected to con- | sider the matter and to take such steps | a8 sald committee decides proper re- garding sald charges and the many facts appertaining to the so-called gas bomb outrage." MISS COLLETT WINS | Defeats Miss Palmer 7 up and 5 to Play in First Match Round at New London Links New London, July 20.--Miss Glenna Collett of the Rhode Island Country club defeated Miss Virginia Palmer of the Shenecossett Country club seven up and five to play in the first match round of the women's invitation golf tournament at the Shenecossett club today. Other matches wer.: Miss Ruth Perry, Philadelphia Cricket club, defeated Mrs, L. Phelps of Chicago at the 19th hole. Mrs. Albert Taylor, Hackensack, N. | | | | j ney requests that to the penitentiary to present her plea to the authorities and to see her son. At last she obtained from both the trial judge and the prosecuting attor- Lon Hatfield be These requests the widow of the pardoned. Joined by minister. slain Governor Peay that he would make her a Christmas present of her son. BIG DAMAGE BY STORM and Inundated by District Around Rochester Jamestown, N. Y, Cloudburst—Crops Damaged. Rochester, N. Y., July 20.—Hun- dreds of campers along Lake Chau- tauqua were routed by a cloudburst which raged four hours at James- tewn, N. Y., early last evening flood- ing streets and cellars and threaten- ing to isolate the city from commu- nication with the outside world, ac- cerding to telephone reports received here early this morning. Hundreds of telephones in the city and practically all long distance lines were said to be out of commission. Heavy damage was suffered by crops in the vicinity, Jamestown, N. Y., July 29.—The heaviest storm of recent years, ac- companied by torrential rain, thun- der, lightning and hail, raged over this city last night. Streams were flooded, highways were washed out in some places, and wheat and corn crops extensively damaged., The dam- age to crops is estimated at $100,000, according to farm bureau officlals, The storm severed telephonic com- munication with surrounding places. MAKING LAST FIGHT Lawyer For Man Condemned To Exe- cution Tonight Makes Plea To Goy- ernor of Mass, Bostoy, July 29.——Governor Cox to- day received In person from John P. Kane, counsel for Cyrille J. Vanden- hecke of Lawrence, convicted murder- er, a request for a respite from the sentence of death. The executlon is set for tonlght. Counsel urged in support of the written request from Vandenhecke to the governor that time be allowed to file a formal petition for commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment, expressing the bellef that he would be able eventually to obtain evidence of years ago. Attorney General Jay were Today Mrs, Hatfield was told by Vandenhecke’s innocence of the kill- | Ing of a neighbor at Lawrence several | American round-the-world aviators will take off for Kirkwall at 6 o'clock tymorrow morning, according to pres- ent arrangements. This early departure on the first stretch of the final leg of more than 7,000 miles yet to be covered by the a‘rmen was made possible by comple- tion of the arrangements for patrol- ling the route and the tests made yes- terday of the airplanes. The machines had their first flight since the pon- toons have been attached, and tweir performanca proved quite satisfactory. The machines were put through thelr final tuning up, and tests today. JUDD SENDS REPLY Third Ward Alderman Declines to Comment On Iatest Move in Cami- val Controversy. Alderman Willlam H. Judd today malled to Mayor A. M. Paonessa a reply to the mayor's request that the alderman serve as a member of the committee to investigate the carnival situation in this city, What the ng- | ture of the reply is, the third wardey | refused to disclose. The letter had not been received at the office of the mayor up to a late hour this after- noon. Accommodating Driver Brings Blaze to Firemen (Special to the Herald.) Bristol, July 29.—~Hose Company No. 1 was treated to a unique surprise shortly before midnight last night, when a blazing motor car stopped in front of the fire house near the Me- morial Boulevard, All that the fire- men had to do was to walk out and extinguish the blaze, which they did without any appreciable damage be- ing done to the car. Squad A came out in a hurry to the scene, but had nothing to do. The owner of the car, Robert McGleary of Danbury, ex- pressed his entire satisfaction of the response of the local department and commended the men highly for the saving of the machine, which looked as though headed for the junkheap a few minutes before. Battery trouble was blamed for the fire. Politics to Be Brought Into Kitchens of Maine Wiscasset, Maine, July 29.—Politics is going to be carried into the kitch- ens of Maine, Every woman of prom- inence in the democratic party in this states has contributed prized food formulas for “the state of Maine cook book,” This will be sold to housewives to swell campaign funds of the party Miss Jane A. Tucker, chairman of the state campaign com- upon the award of contracts for pav- ing Park street between the rallroad tracks and Stanley street, and for the widening of Stanley street, five feet on either side, between Hartford avenue and Allen street. If the board voted to make awards, Mayor A. M. Paonessa will call a special session of the common coun- cll within a few days to approve the board's action, and work will be started at once. TRUGKS CRASH, MAN KILLED Death Crushed Under Wreckage of Machine, Norwalk Driver Meets in Greenwich When He Is Greenwich, July 29.—Frank Tobey, 22, of Chapel street, Norwalk, was {n- stantly killed early today in a colli- sion of automobile trucks at Toll Gate Hill. Tobey was driving a truck owned by Berman and Steinberg of Norwalk. He was going east on the way from New York when the truck collided with a truck driven by George Chappelll of Waterbury. Tobey was crushed beneath the wreckage. Chapelll was held by the Greenwich police under bail of $5,000 on a technical charge of manslaugh- ter. With Tobey were his brother, Willlam and Charles E. Tobey, his uncle. Neither was injured. On the truck with Chapelll, were Lyman Rice and Leo Dumond, both of Waterbury. Neither was {njured, The truck, it is said, belonged to Mre, Anna Marcell, 663 South Main street, Waterbury. Coroner John J. Phelan will con- duct an inquest here tomorrow, ROBBERS FRUSTRATED Falls To Break Into Dover, Minn,, Bank After Holding Whole Town in State of Siege, Dover, Minn,, July 26.—~Bank ban- dits held the little town of 300 in a state of siege and terror for more than an hour early today while they exploded six charges of nitro-glycerine and wrecked the interior of the first state bank of Dover in a vain attempt to enter the vault. They finally gave it up and departed. Berkshire Div Up by Minor Train Wreck Shelton, July 20.—~Traffic on the Berkshire division of the New Haven road was held up from 4:45 o'clock this morning until after 12 o'clock this noon because of a minor accident caused by the telescoping of a freight car by another In a sonthbound train. | explanatory in home conditions." as She Was About to | Step Off. Wwas the result of the negligence. She is represented 6eeks damages of $2,000. and High streets. car into the street, the throwing her on the pavement. shoulder, ture. MRS. FERGUSON GAINS Place, Dallas, Tex., July 29 Ferguson, democratic candidate son for second place in to returns tabulated today by Texas election bureau, | The returns were from 237 out | plete, candidate for governor of Texas. guson, who was impeached. | didates is as follo guson, 121,263; Lynch Davidson, 11 813, New Haven, an employe of the N. Y., N. passengers on the trains and WOMAN BLAMES MOTORMAN; ASKS $2,000 FOR INJURIES Mrs. Olivia Alleges Car Was Started Mrs. Mary Oliva, who was injured while alighting from a Plainville trol- ley car on West Main street last Fri- day has brought suit against the Con- necticut Co., alleging that her injury motorman’s Attorney 8. Gerard Casale, and she Mrs. Oliva had notified the motor- man of her intention of leaving the car at the intersection of West Main She alleges that, as sha was about to step from the motorman negligently started the car with a jerk Her injuries consist of a fractured cuts and bruises and, she | alleges, they are of a permanent na- Woman Candidate For Governor In Texas Now Is Running In Second ~=Mrs. Mirlam | for |the nomination of governor, maintain- | |ed a lead of 3,450 over Lynch David- | Saturday’s |Initial democratic primary, according | the 252 counties, with 56 counties com- Mre. Ferguson is the first woman She |is seeking the office to avenge her | | husband, former Governor Jim Fer- | The vote of the three leading can- | | Ielix Robertson, 164,208; Mrs, Fer- T {T. W, Stewart, 83, Dies in New Haven; Well Known July 20.~Thomas W. Stewart, §3, for 25 years up to 1899 H. & tinctlon Dbetween grammar and rhetorie. Other points that amused the de- fendants included Leopold's “hope" that he was an expert automobile driver and his doubt as to whether &in was his favorite beverage. Clarence 8. Darrow, chief counsel for the defense, sat with the boys and talked with them from time to time. Prospects of lack of dramatics in today's proceedings did not discour age spectators. Doubts Any God. At one point in the reading, Leo- pold’s {deas on religion were worked into the record. ‘“There is no God,” he was quoted as saying. “I do not belleve in a fu- ture life. When I dle, I die all over. Of course, that is only an opinion and it can be demonstrated only by dy- ing.” Leopold whs busy talking to Mr. Darrow whep this occurred and ap- parently did not hear {t. Loeb, however, leaned far forward to catch it, then turned to his com- panlon's conference with the attor- ney. Mr. Darrow was handed a telegram a few moments later. Leopold read , it over the attorney's shoulder and whispered to Loeb. The courtroom was slow in filling today for the sixth day of the trial of Nathan Leopold, Jr, and Richard Leeb, kidnapers and slayers of young Bobby Franks. It was intensely hot and the court visitors faced the pros- pects of listening to the routine read- ing of preliminary statements and confessions of the two youths by a stenographer., Women as usual predominated fo the court room and 16 minutes be. fore Judge Caverly ascended the bench virtually every seat was taken, and a queue a hundred persons long led upstairs from the floor below the courtroom with the would-be visitore trying to cajole or bluff their way in Very few stood about the entranee, | however, as the sun beamed vigor- ously, Attorneys Clarence Darrow and Benjamin Bachrach of the defense and Robert E. Crowe, state's attor- ney, conferred with Judge Caverly when court opened. Samuel Ettleson, the Franks family lawyer, joined them, A negro, accused of murder, was brought in and pleaded not gullty. On the way out he brushed shouiders with Leopold and Loeb. Eibert Allen, expert stenographer from Crowe's office, resumed reading of the questions and answers that passed between the prosecutor and the defendants just before they broke dewn the night of Decoration Day. © | The reading was resumed with Leo by of | H. raflroad station restaurant in this | yo1q's count of the “one week alibi.’ city peddiing “ham and chicken sand- | nieh he and Loeb agreed upon to wiches and chicken lunches” among | aecount for thelr activities on May 21 since | As the account reached references J., defeated Mrs. Charles Downey, R. Benton | Springfield Country club, b and 4. Miss Lassie McMahon of Eleepy unces, R to the forest preserve and the swampy lakes south of the city near where Robert Franks' body was found, the then porter of three presidents of the | Southern New England Telephone Co., | died at his home here today. James E. ‘The train was almost a half mile long, | the two cars telescoped being near the end of the traln. A wrecking crew | also was present and the governor went into conference with him, say- ing he would have a statement later the rights of France and the re.estab- lehment of an entente between the allies and peace. The government s defeated Mrs. desirous of submitting to parliament the result of thess negotiations as seon as a settlement is reached so that it may deliberate on that settle- ment at any date which parliament ¢ehooses.” FPajewski Favors Judd : To Lead Investigators Alderman Peter J. Pajewski of the | Fifth ward will favor the election of Alderman Willlam H. Judd as chair- man of the recently appointed com- mittee to inwestigate the carnival sit- uation, he announced today. The | Tifth warder believes that Alderman Judd, having been the first member named, and alss being the member Whoes charges resulted In the probe, @ould direct the imvestigation. Hollow, New York, Richard Norton, 6 and 4. Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, Mer- fon Cricket club, defeated Miss M Ottley, Nassan, 6 and 5, Mre. R. D. Babson, Bpringfield Country club, defeated Mrs. Albert McDonald, Garden City, N. Y., 4 and 8 Miss 8ylvia Highton of Keene, N. H., 6 and 5. Miss Priscilla Maxwell, Hartford, defeated Mrs. Norman Brown, Wheat- ley Hills, 5 and 4. FALL MAY PROVE FATAL Bridzeport, July 29—Luey Imbroba, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pacifico Imbreba fell from the roof of a porch at her home here today and sustained a fracture of the skull. Her condition is eritical. defeated Miss H. Ellison, Brae Burn, | | in the day. Jail amAthines for Men Who Raced Motor Cars New Haven, July 20.—Jall sen- tences were imposed in the cases of two men charged with racing and reckless driving of automobiles through the city street by Judge Eliot Watrous in the police court here yes- terday afternoon. and fined a total of $120 and Carmine Attruria was fined a total of $100 and | sentenced to a total of forty days in jall. The men were alleged to have raced their cars through crowded central streets during celebration of an Italian feast day. Both men ap- pealed their cases. Joseph Del Veachio | | was sentenced to a total of 50 days HIGH TIDES—JULY 20 (Standard Time) —Qua At New London— 8:26 a. m.; 8:37 p. m. At New Haven— 10:02 a. m.; 10:02 p. m. from New Haven burned the two cars resimed. American Investi'gptors THE WEATHER | Hartford, July 20.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinfty: Unsettled, possibly showers to- night; Wodnesday falr, not much change in temperature. * Berlin, July 20.—The congressional committee investigating the United States shipping board | Moran, now president of Bridgeport, July 29.—~Details the tele- state introduced a large diagram of which were empties and replaced the “ phone company in a statement today | the region. broken rails, after which traffic was | pald high tribute to Stewart's long { and faithful service with the company. [Danbury Autoist Is Badly See German Harbors | Burned as Car Is Destroyed are lacking today as to the circumstances operatlons | under which the touring car of Peter abroad arrived today after inspecting | Sereanni, 61 Beaver street, Danbury, | Notes Are Read Crowe and Bachrach took turns reading the transcript of allen’s notes, which, it was explained, wers “cold | atter mearly two months. Some of the questions and answers were given in a tons audible only to the couri stenographers and Judge Caverly. Mr. Crowe read that Leopold had | sald that he was acquainted with the the harbor facllities at Hamburg and | vas fired early today on the Danbury. | culvert in which the body of Bobby, Bremerhaven. The party, consisting of | Sereanni, badly burned about the legs Representatives Willlam B. Bank-[and arms, walked info the emergency head, of Alabama, Tom Connally of | hospital here at 1:15 a. m. and was Vincent's and Frederick R. Lehlbach, of New |hospital where it was later said that his condition is serious. The auto- having Texas, Edwin L. Davis, of Tennessee, Jersey, will go to Paris from here, sailing for the United States on the Leviathan August 6, immediately taken to St mobile is a complete wreck, been burned to the frame. Franks was found. He sald he knew there was a drain there but sald he 114 “not notice It particularly” when at the spot on “birding™ trips. Mr. Bachrach read from the state- ment Leopold's opinion that anyome (Continued on Page 18) A -