New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 ~ NEW BRITAIN HERAL STORM SWEEPING COAST FROM HATTERAS NORTH; SHIPS ARE REPORTED LOST One Boy Killed In New | York —Govt. Admes] Caution For All Ves- sels — Velocity Of Wind Measured At L GRIFFEN FOUND; WROTE NOTES T0 RASS Partner of Man Found Dead May Be in Denmark ~No Trace of Lugosy New York, Aug. 28.~Another step NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1024, C.T.AUWLLPRY ROUND WORLD FLYERS TUNE P FOR CHURCH FOES| 75y PREPARATION FOR THEIR QUIGLEY TO FATHER DRIVE ON “BOSSES’ Insurgent Faction Promises Two | Candidates lor Lower House NO MACHINE DICTATION | Leader of Independent Republicans Breathes Deflance In Statement Issued This Afternoon.. Withdrawal From Race, Ex-Mayor Georgo A, Quigley, who | for the t few yoars has lead the | anti-machine foj of the republi- | Txplains EAST T0 HAVE NEW RAILROAD SYSTEN Erie Directors Approve of Mer- gor With Nickel Plale Lines 14000 MILES OF RAILWAY Chesapeake & Ohlo and Wocking Valley Have Already Put O, K, on Combine—Pere Marquette Board Expected to Act Favorably, New York, Aug —An castern railrond system compiising almost 14,000 miles under one management {Will Not Condemn Those Who Pick Galhollclsm for Tanget | Miss Margaret M, Lynch Third Vice. | Presigent—Willlam A, For: Delegate To Natlonal Convention | ~=New Haven Gets 1925 Meeting, | The third day of the' fifty-four an- nual convention of the Catholie To- | | tal Abstinence Union of (‘om\m-llmn ~SIXTEE IN PAGES, PRICE THRI TO INDIAN HARBOR, LABRA > AS TRUCK TURNS OVER' Bodies Will Be Given Mili- tary Escort to Homes— To Ir “9sligate (Cause FATHER BOWEN PRASIDENT THREE. SOLDIERS DIE (ARREST 33 HLANSHEN | General IN RAID ON MEETING Moseley Brenks Up Gathering on Mili- tary Reservation Wlll Stop Tlllfl Short Time And | ceed To Bodfl . Easy Stages —Trik To Be Paid Tllm.,‘ |toward the solution of the mystery | | surrounding the murder of Aaron A, | Graft, aged radio cabinet manufac- turer whose dismembered hody was | was considered practically assured today, following the action of the directors of the Erle Rallroad com- | pany roving a mer- | ean party in this ecity, announced this afternoon that his friends, |whom he classified as the Indepen- |dent republicans of Now Britain, was opened this morning with a high | mass for the deceased membersof | "o 7&, '} %b the soclety at 8t. Mary's church at 1515, '7 68 Miles An Hour. Bodies| pattie Creek, Mich, Aug. 26— Thirty-five persons were placed in | |the guard house at Camp Custer late Norfolk, Va, Aug. 26.—~The tug Mildred McNally, of Fhiladelphia, was sunk in Pamlico sound last night when it was caught in the hur- ricane which swept the Virginia and North Carolina cousts, Fear I8 telt for the tug Bermuda, owned by the Southern Transporta- tion company, which, with three light barges behind her, was due at Capo Henry from New York at da light toda Coast guard stations between Cape Charles and Cape | f{ t o m h t wich Village basement was announced by the police today with the finding of Griffen, of Knightdale, N T ound 1n a sealed box in a Green- | last week, Miss Moxelle C., one of women known to have Charles Nass, the he several orresponded with nlssing partner of man, Rass, who was reported to have taken §1,000 of Graff's money before is disappearagce last May, is be- {lleved by Miss Griffen to have gone o his former home In Denmark, he last letter she received from murdered | |would have two candidates for th legislature in the fall primary, One of the candidutes is Oliver ;l\n\'hu of 1 Monroe street, |already announced himself, and th second 18 to be picked at date, the former mayor said he condndates of the wing will bhe pitted against othe ady in the field and |announce themselves before time for filing petitions expires, Wants Independent Men Quigley's st ment was made th! |afternoon in connection with an e: who has | later Quigle, who may | or With th ate, in which | three additional rallway systems are involved, The Chesapeuke and Ohlo and the Hocking Valley lines voted at a meefing in Cleveland yesterday to | participate in the merger, following |acceptanes of terms by the v | Plute a week ago. The Pere Mar- quette, fiftth member of the proposoa werger 18 expected to fall in line, | thus_completing the most ambitious | projeet yet put forward by the Van 1s | Sweringen Brothers, whose financial exploits already have made them r he e Xe | Willlam Hickey of Derby. Nickel | at at Following the services met 9 o'clock, | the " church the convention the T. A. B. hall, The convention was called to or- | aer at 11 o’clock by acting President The ses slon was opened with reports of th delegates to the national convention. | The resolutions committes through its chairman, Willlam A. Gleeson, presented the following report: “The delegates of the fifty | annual convention of tho | Total Abstinence Union of Connecti- | cut, assembled in the city of New | | turned, Gunrd, Kiliea last night un»n an J,,'Q e, upon which they werdd, 4 Il will be sent to u‘h:,, under military escort and @) buried with military honors, it v & announced today. Nineteen other Indlana guardsmen were injured in the crash, none serlously, however, reports from the eamp said. Those killed were Privates Harvey J. Walton, Oscar H. Marshall and William Petrle, all of Ladoga, Ind. The trick was returning from the camp rifle range when it met an au- tomobile with glaring headlights and |last night after a detachment of the ;uard, with Gen, Moseley command- Ing officer in charge, broke up a gathering of klansmen on the south- | ern part of the military reservation. |woriq filers notified the aie Any further meetings of the Ku | Klux Klan or similar organizations | 1°T® today that they expected to\fl will be dealt with sever: eral Moseley said. It was expceted that a general order would be ssued to- day against repetition of last night's affair, when a fiery cross placed on the hill while scores of persons looked on, STORY OF 'mo TE brador const on Thursday, Lientenant Emith, commander the flight, sent this message the cruiser Milwaukee, to Patrick, chiet of the & into last “Our work progressing nicely LOFATFLLI TELLS HIS (3 i | Washington, Aug. 26.~The Il‘-fc‘ % | from Ivigtut, Greenland, to the Las Henlopen were requested to watch | him, she told the police, contained | for the vessel and the coast guard | cutter Manning put out from Hamp- [the information that his father was | very 1l and that Rass intended to ton Rouds fo search the shore for | safl for Denmark soon. This letter i I craft. I'vl.sraph and telephone lines all |Was written early in May, Miss Those taken custody night are to be questioned today. Many of them are said to have been merely spectators at the ceremonies. Most of the klansmen had fled, it | planation as to what had prompted |famous and wealthy. his withdrawal from the contest for Probable Terms of Exchange state convention delegate, and also | Although the terms of the ex- the withdrawal of Alderman Peter |change were not contafned in the of- . Pajewski. | ficial announcement, it is understood | the driver steered to the extreme side of the road. Recent rains were sald to have weakened the road at the side and the heavy truck slipped over the edge and rolled down a fif- Britain on August 24th, 25th and 26th, 1924, once more renew our allegiance to God and country and to the cause of total abstinence, we expect 10 continue on the 2 Lacking detailed reports on | plans of the American world along the coast were blown down by the gale, which formed in the Carib- bean sea Saturday and this forenoon was centered off Atlantic City, N. J. Information regarding the damage along the Virginia and Nortl Caro- lina seaboard was coming in slowly. 68 Miles An Hour Wind, At Cape Henry the wind last night attained a velocity of 68 miles an hour. The maximum veloclty regis- tered at Norfolk was 52 miles an hour at the Hampton Roads naval operating base 60 miles. Reports from rlife saving stations south of | Norfolk indicate higher wind ve- locity. * In Pamlico Sound, Nally tug founderad, ths velocity was said to have approached 80 miles an hour. Telegraph wires to Cape Hatteras, which was believed to have been close to the center of the disturbance, were down and no information was available from there early today., A shift of the wind from north- ~ast to west at Norfolk this morn g indicated that the storm had swept by and storm signals were or- dered down between Baltimore and Beaufort. h q h [ where the Mc- |© b w d h el b a Storm Warnings. Yrashington, Aug. 26.—The weath- er hureau today issued the following ctorm warning: “Advisory 9 a. m, tropical storm off New Jersey coast, moving rapidly north-northeastward, will be attend- | “d by strong shifting gales today. Caution advised all vessels.” B: of r One Killed in New York b New York, Aug. 26.—One person was killed and 28 others were in- jured as a result of the rain storm which swept the city last night and today, attaining a torrential force at times. Most of the accldents were due to the skidding of automobiles and trucks on pavements made slip- | pery by the rain. The fatality was that of a 1’-war. old bhoy who was struck on Third avenue by a truck of the Texas com- pany, of Long Island City, N. Y. The driver of the truck was arrested on a technical charge of homicide, An unidentified man was seriously injured when the taxicab in which he was riding skidded and crashed through the railing of a. bridge in upper Manhattan, falling 50 feet to the str The chauffeur leaped from the taxi before it fell from the bridge and the taxi was wrecked, Three women were injured when a truck owned by the Flelschmann company crashed into the plate glass front of a tailor shop in Thirty-ninth street during the downpour, Anoth- er truck crashed into a cigar store in Park Row, injuring one man. A man was Injured in a collision of two trolley cars on Broadway. New York had its heaviest rain of the year. The precipitation, be- ginning early last evening measured 3.56 inches at 11:30 a, m. 1 i a a v d th n b; Boats Go Ashore Lewes, Del, Aug. 26.—The four- masted schooner Rosalie, the U, §. Geodetic Survey Gasoline steamer Gloria and a government seaplane dragged their anchors and drifted aground in the storm that came up Griffen sald she had (word from Rass since that time, several days' searéh {w! | Rass had heen considered her sweet- |formerly associated with Graff, the basement of whose home Gra ff's: lowing his Greenwich Village evidence, they met many women, Lugosy is married. C. P. 0. Killed; Explosion ¥ city received no Miss Griffen was found after which begun hen police learned that the missing by Greenwich Village ac- She first was sought at eart uaintances. the home of an uncle in Pocomoke o (father's home in Knightdale, ity, Md., but later was found at her The police admitted today they ad no further clue to the wherc- honts of John Lugosy, carpenter, in ody was found. Lugosy disappear- a4 Aug. 9, eizht days after Graff is elieved to have heen murdered fol- departure from home ith the announcement that he in- tended to call on the carpenter to | iscuss renewal of a $100 note he eld againet him. Several packets of love letters trom a number of women, some of them addressed to Lugosy and ath- ra to Rass, have been found by the olice in their search of three basements Roth men, they said, were elieved to have been subscribers to matrimonial agency through which although on a U. S. Submarine y The Associated Press, Manila, Aug. 26.—James E. Egan, f Omaha, Neb., a chief petty offi- cer, was Kkilled today by an engine- oom backfire explosion aboard the ubmarine 8-2, Iying at Cavite navy ard. Seaman Moroski was slightly njured by the blast. The submar- ne was undamaged. LOOKING FOR TWINS New Haven, Aug. 26.—Dolice here nd clsewhere in the state have been sked to look for Clarence and Da- id Dew, twins aged 11 years, who isappeared from their home in this out a week ago. Parents of he youngsters are reported to have o idea what has become of them. Numerous clues have been run down ¥ the police without resuit, “We are interested primarily |MIr, Quigley said. “We terested in promoting party mony, ause we want no slon, and no hickering or fightin ha Importance as to create dissensio ‘In going to be very trank abo this: Our side of the to have two candidates in the fiel for representative in the fall mary. We want independent me; and when I say independent, T mean La Follette men, publicans who are independent | machine dietation. T don't in ‘bossism' in politics.” Objects To “Bosses’ andidates in its primarles and th (Continued on Page Sixteen) of Books and Will Report Directly to Governor Hartford, Aug. 26.—Francis Oak of New York, member of ‘counting firm of Searle, Miller, and a corps of half a doz assistants be, this morning audit of the state treasur. by Governor Charles A, ' | tmmediately on ar tol, the auditors went to Treasure Anson T. McCook's office and we closeted with him all morning. Progress reports on the audit a to be made directly to the govern by Mr. Oakey, who {s personal supervising the work., His staff i cludes several accountants from t Bridgeport office of the firm. Mr. McCook said this morning th he had heard nothing about a col ference of state officials to be hel today beyond the statement mad public yesterday by Comptroll Frederick M. Salmon. Govern the a ford, it was said at his office. the election of President Toolidge,” re also in- dissen- | The state convention is not of such fence is going pr don't T mean re- of believe “The republican party should pick AUDITORS BEGIN CHECK-UP | OF GILPATRIC'S ACCOUNTS Corps of Experts Starts Fxamination | Oakey and the ordered | mpleton, ving at the capi- Templeton was not expected in Har in practically the that they will be issued semi-officlally several lago by J. P. Morgan & Company, ‘\\ ho, in conjunction with the First Natlonal bank, are backing 0. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen in their under- |taking. Under these terms the Erle stockholders were to recelve for first | land second preferred stock 50 per per cent in preferred stock of the |new Nickel Plate company and for Frie common stock, 40 per cent in | the new common stock. The agreement further provides that for Perc Marquette prior pre- ference stock 100 per cent of the new preferred stock; for Pere Mar- | quette preferred stock 90 per cent |of the new preferred stock, and for Pere Marquette common stock 85 per cent of the new common stock. For Ohio preferred stock- [ Holgera will receive 115 per cent of new preferred; for Chesapeake & Ohio common stock 55 per cent in |new preferred and 65 per cent in new common stock: Hocking Vall re 8. n. ut 1d i n, ey | ‘ Chesapea stockholders will |recdve 50 per cent in new preferrsd and £0 per cent in new common stock for their common stock. | As to the existing stock of the New 1\’ark, Chicago & St. Louia Railroad eompany, gpecial provision will be |made so that it will recelve an Y |amount of preferred and common |stock cqual to the amount of fts |stock now outstanding and special | provision will be made to care for its holdings of Cheapeake & Ohio and Hocking Valle c- en ol Erie Road Had Humble Beginning. ve | Chicago, Aug. 26.—From a humble beginning as a coal road of some 30 miles between Crawford Jun"!lun, Pa.,, and John- sonburg, Pa., the Erie railroad, or- | Banized April 8, 1870, as the Wilson Howard Hill Tmprovement Co., de- | veloped a mileage of approximately 2,447, The company owhs about 14,000 acres of coal lands. The New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Co., to which the system changed its name June 28, 1881, was incorporated in New York, November 14, 1895, and soon acquired control of a majority of the stock of virtually all subsi- re or n- he at n- 1d le er oy | ™ Sprinkles Car With Gasoline, Gets Inside and Starts Fire; Fights Off Rescue Attempt Stamford Youth Rejected By His Sweetheart, Chooses Novel Method of Suicide—Dies In Hospital Soon Mt pondent because Kisco, N. Y., Aug. he had been re- jected by his sweetheart two years 28.—~De- | After Experience. lage, and prepared plans suicide. for his | diary roads, including the Chicago and Erie Railroad, and the Nypano | Railroad Co. On November 19, 1895, the Buffalo and Southwestern road was merged into the Erie. The Erie International and Lock- port and Buffalo raliroads were merged into the company in 1895, and the Buffalo, New York and Erie railroad and the Suspension Bridge and Erie Junction Railroad were forma bsorbed in 1896, The Union Steamboat Co. and the | Union Dry Dock Co. were consolidat- ed June 11, 1806, and June 30 of that year. The corporation thus | formed was merged into the Lrie Railroad Co. On_ February 26, }and Jersey Railroad Co., which ex- tended from Graham, N. Y., to High- iand Mills, N. Y., a distance of 3 miles, and whose property Wi leased to the Erie Terminals road Co., was merged with the Erle, Capital stock owned by the com- pany included $1,00,000 in 1915, the Erie |same as those outlined in the notice | weeks | abstinence, we reverently turn | minds with prayer and pride to the Pannsylvania was Rail- the coast last night. All were in ago Thomas Bibona, 24 years old, of Miller was severely burned in pull- ing Bibona from the car, The dead man was a son of Antonio Bibona of | Blossburg Coal Co., $1,000,000 in the Hillside Coal and Iron Co., $5,000,« holding aloof for more than half a century, in the furthering of total our arly leaders of our cause, and for the success they attained. “Fifty years brings many changes [in cither nation or cause and there- | fore today we find ourselves facing | that period of discontentment, in the Catholic lalty toward the cause of total abstinence, resting themselves against a shadow or myth, as though their work was done. But it is to- day that our union should work and realize the full scope and position that the boys and girls of today, will find themselves in tomorrow. The | ever changing of affairs throughout this country is not for the moral bettermeht of the youth, and there- fore wo should Tesolve to assist and further, without a fear of contradic- tion, the true teachings of Mother Church, the continued and ever vis- fble loyalty to our flag and country, the open and fearless furtherance of | true total abstinence and the sup- | pression of vice. [ eing members of the one true church, Mother of all churches, We | cannot but admire the posttion ol‘ | the leaders of our church, in failing | [0 notice the continue onsaught of | | in their activities, | our enemies | against our church, We shall not condemn, but rather shall we pray | that God shall send to those who find rellef in making our church a target, ere they are called to their final reward, that He shall send to | them a vision of truth, and reali- | zation of their wrong, Our church is today as she always was and al- | ways will be, for the betterment of | man and country. | “Since. our last convention, our union was called to mourn the death of three loyal and sincere workers in our cause, and it is with deep feel- ing and consideration that we bow to the infinite judgment and mercy |of God, in asking that He shall shower His blessings on those Rev- erend gentlemen, who have served our cause in the position of state president for terms of years, and | who continued their interest in the | cause until called to the Great Be- |yond; Rev. John T. Winters, presi- dent in 1896, 1897, 1898; Rev. John | T. Eity, president in 1904, 1905, 1906; Rev. John 1% Ryan, president in 1919 and who still was ruling the destiny of our cause, when called to | His Maker. May they rest in peace, and may their work be carried on by their successors with that same spirit of helpfulness. “We extend our thanks to .our Right Reverend Bishop for his con- tinued interest in the cause and for Infs presence at this convention and | we again extend to him, our deep | appreciation for the interest he maintains in the boy and girl of to- | day. | | “We again recommend to the =0 cleties of our union, that they con tinue to work fn the interest o, tha youth and to devote time am% en- | deavor for their interest, knowing | that the reward for this endeavor will be well merited. “To the Rev. Peter J. O'Callihan, national president of the C. T. A, U7 of America, we extend our sincere appreciation for his words of en- couragement and for his presence to us, | Wol His work in the cause, has been | teen-foot embankment. Walton and Marshall were killed almost instantly and Petrie died in the camp hospital Major General Robert H. Tyndall, commanding the ¢hirty-eighth divi- sion, made a personal examination immediately after the tragedy and aid he would appoint a hoard of of- fleers to conduct a full investigation of the accident. BRITAIN CANNOT PLEDGE HEAVY DISARMAMENT MacDonald Explains That Competi- tion Between Powers Keeps Expenses Up. By The Assoriated Press. Geneva, Aug. 26.—Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain today declared to the league of nations that, although Great Britain was constantly eeking to reduce her armament expenditures, she could not. pledge that the present or that ruture British governments would not exdéeed the current outlays. His statement was made in answer fo the league's request that all | countries attempt in the future not to exceed their armament expenses car, acDonald emphasized that a considerable part of the expense was | due to competition between the pow- ers, which could be eliminated only by mutual agreements, that Great Britain always was ready to negotiate such agreements, ‘DRYS’ WILL HAVE TICKET Party Leaders Ask City Clerk to Re- serve Space on Voting Machine at Fall Election, City Clerk A, L. been advised by the local branch of the “dry” party that it will put a | ticket in the field in the fall and | has requested that space be reserved on the voting machines for the can- didates. No intimation of who the candidates will pe has been made, MOVE FRATERNAL STUFF New Haven, Aug. 26.—Property of Head, one of Yale's famous societies, was removed from which the society has oc- senfor the home cupied for years, nity house near the Yale campus to- day tion has heen purchased by the uni- | versity together with other real es-| tate nearby. He declared | Thompson has | to the new frater- | The old home of the organiza- | was believed, when General Moseley and his men closed in on the gather- ing. Harbord Hill, at Camp Custer, will be covered with machine guns hereafter, and fire will be opened should another unauthorized meet- ing, such as was held last night pre- sumably by the Ku Klux Klan, be held there, an order issued today by Major Franklyn, chief of staff, at the direction of General Moseley, sald. The order, which is to be read to | every organization within the camp has been issued to the press, “so that all innocent parties may be fully advised,” follows: “For several evenings detach- ments, apparently of the Ku Klux Klan, have entered the southern part of the Camp Custer reservation and held meetings on Harbord Hill with the evident intent of bringing their order to the attention of members of this camp. “Last night the guard sent to cap- tur# any euch intruders on the reser- vation arrived too late, but it did gather in a number of members of | this camp who had been attracted to the vieinity of the meeting, evidently by idle curioslty. “The members of this camp are | warned to keep away from any and all such meetings. It is an offense for a soldier to appear in his uni-| form at such a gathering. The true patrlotic soldier serves honorably in | an organization wherein each mem- ber is recognized in the law by | name, “To carry out the intent of this order instructions have been issued to cover Harbord Hill with machine gun fire and should another meeting ' be held, this fire will be opened. “All members of this garrison will avoid being in the vicinity of such a meeting.” for their next hop, officials h umed today that they would low the tentative schedule out by army air service of Indian Harbor, Labrador, as soon their planes could be put in @ tion for the 500-mile drive, Army, navy and diplomatic el in Washington expressed. unlimi rescue by the cruiser Richmond Sunday night of Lieut. Louulli, Italian avaitor who left with the Americans Thurmy, was forced to alight at sea. Premier Mussolini, in a to the Italian charge d'affaire structed him to convey to the V gratitude he already had 3 the American ambassad n | The American navy's efforts half of the Italian, he di most noble proof of hflfiuh /i darity and com; defl.flv Wing Commander cu attache of the Italian em| ready had sent a message Lieut. Marescalchl of the navy ,a guest aboard the Ri to communicate ap admiration and Rear Admiral Magruder, his offi and enlisted men for their his countrymen. He also message to Lieut. Smith, com |er of the American planes, | wishing him success for the re | der of the flight. ¢ Major General Patrick, chief 0 the army air servige, ' giving credit to the navy for th | expressed regret to Lieuf catelli that he had been saved., ; Plans of Trip. s Under the plans mapped out the .\mnrlcnn fliers which th COMMITS SUICIDE Morrison, Colo., Aug. 26.—On the | peak of Mount Gellon from which he could obtain a clear view of the peak discovered by his forebear and | namesake, ~ Zebulon Montgomery Pike, declared to be a nephew of the explorer, committed suicide by blow- ing himself to pieces by exploding a stick of dynamite. His body was | discovered today. Zebulon Pike was killed in 1513 by the explosion of a powder maga- zine at an army camp, of their flight, they will lt.v at dian Harbor only lon replenish their fuel luppu then will hop immediately' wright Harbor, 40 miles where anchor buoys have been tioned for their machines, that point to Boston only tops are contemplated at Jay and Pictou Harbor, N. 8. A dispatch received by the h rtment late last night fro ser Milwaukee reporting she would arrive at Indian H tomorrow tended to support |sumption that the aviators ’:u proceed to that point ut This would place the Mil on duty at Indian Harbor a advance of the fliers, who: m ported in an Assocfated patch late last night to fied Admiral Magruder tm expected to take off at irsday after changing gines of their machines MOVIE MEN ADJOURN New Haven, Aug. 26.—The direc- | tors of the moving picture theater owners of America concluded a two day session here today as guests of the national treasurer of the associa- tion, Louis M. Sagal. An invitation was extended to the association to hold the convention in this ecity in 1 gt Eighty Men Faced With Death As Large Government Dredge Drifts in Mountainous Seas Honor Men. All that can be done wus law to reward the world ‘fil their feat will be done. =+ Preeident Coolidge will: leadership in paying trib aviators and will be foll high government officlals decided to send letters their sentiments and ph the hands of Lieutenant | W admiration for all concerned in #} | hi on & colleagues soon afte, n the North American & e procecd from Ivigtut, Greenland, ¢ boy. 5 o ington government expressions ¢ down and relief that he had ' Beem good condition today and expected to float on the next high tide. The wind last night reached a maximum of &0 miles an hour from the north- east. The seaplane is one of a number that had been maneuvering off the Delaware Capes for several days. The echooner was waiting here to load fieh scraps for Charleston, 8. C. 000 in Northwestern Mine Coal and | Iron Co., 85,000,000 in the North- western Mining and Exchange Co. of Erie, and $5,000,000 in the Penn- The law prevents im motion for the fliers o £h 1ng to them of other mates of recognition for thelp The placing of the N mendation upon the | of the officers and men | expedition 1s all that | for them in this way, S8 | granting of regular vacatl ed as compe there 15 & among government that more should be d | be done it & way could § Admiral Eberls, ahl erations, today sent’ dispatch to Rear Adi commanding the Solozar was | the line of the flights “The department RIMRION, a wonderful help and a great influ- ence to mankind, and we pray for a continued and long life to him as a worker in this cause “The thanks of the convention we extend to his honor, the mayor of the varlous clergy of New Britain, to the press and to all, who in any way assisted in making this conven- tion a success. Particularly do we thank the membefs of the Y. M. T. A. & B. society for their wonderful ' hospitality and consideration, and to the Lady soclety for their great co- operation, We realize what thic so- clety means to New Britain, and | we pray that they may continue to grow and prosper and always main- | tain the principals of total abstin- ence, “Dated at New Britain this | day of August 1924, James Mathew, Richard Coleman, Mrs. Rose Muiver, | Willlam A, Gleeson, Dernard 1 Lynch, George B. Kane, Thomrs . Stamford, Conn., parked his sedan | on a road near Bedford village last night, spread gasoline about the in- terior of the car and then set it on | fite. After fighting a farmhand who tried to save him, Bibona was pulled from the car and brought to | a hospital here where he died today. Bibona in a brief Interval before death said that he had contemplat- ed suicide ever since the Stamford | | girl refused his suit, but that until last night he never had the courage to carry out his Intentions. Victor Miller, a farm laborer, saw the blazing automobile and the youth sitting inside. He tried to | Weir two or three years ago. open the door and attempted to res- | Miss Weir, who Is to be married cue Bibona who was enveloped in |this week to Henry Klein, a local | flames but Bibona fought back un- | young man, when seen today, denied til he was unconsclous from his |that her acquaintance with Bovina burns. was more than a casual one such Bibona was rushed to the office of |as she had with other persons who Dr. Coopérnail in Bedford village. | visited the store. She sald that he | Regaining consclousness there he |had mentioned love matters in his | Stamford, Aug. 26.—Thomas Bo- vina who died in a Mt, Kisco, N. Y., hospital today following burns stained when he set fire to his auto- mobile and resisted an attempt to rescue him from the burning vehicle, lived with his parents on Pacific | street here. According to the fam- |ily the young mun had kept com- | pany with a young woman, Miss Em- ily Weis, 24, who is employed in the | Washington Market, across the street | from his home, about five vears ago | but had ceased his attentions to Miss | Various Attempts To Reach Crew Of Solozar| Are Vain — Broke From Moorings In Gale—Is Thought To Be Leaking. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 26, —|fore it. Captain John Holdzkum of | Eighty men face death on a stranded | the inlet coast guards tried again jand again to brave the tempest in “ | his open power launch as lookouts | suspected 1 leak in the dredger Solo- zar as it careened in its perilous po- let mooring today by a wind and sition on the south bar. It was fu- rainstorm which struck this city tile to try to communicate with the | with unuspal intensity, cripplin® marooned men. traffic, uprooting t and fences,| About 11 a. m. the 26th overthrowing beach patrol tents, ' lsting heavily seaward as if ready | tearing down telephone wires and to topple over and & desperate ef- | mends your energef| _?. flooding streets. ffort was made by an Inlet tug to e search which All efforts on the part of eoast reach her and throw a line abroad. | cue of the Italij told his story. | conversation with her but that she guards to reach the side of the The effort was successful but the Boston A Leaving Stamford yesterday after- |considered that he was joking. She fair tonight and Wednesday; MecCloskey, Dennis J. Dunr, John stranded dredge falled this forencon ' eighty men refused to abandon the | Boston, Aug. noon the police learned Bibona drove | declared that she had no idea that|| slightly warmer Wednesday. Keating. because of the impassable breakers ship and continued their frantic ef- |itinerary of the to a spot on the Stamford-Bedford |Bovina had any serious intentions || | |that were swept shoreward by a 66 forts to save her from destruction road three miles from Bedford vil- |toward her. *. (Continued on Page 16) mile gale driving a sheet of rain be- | as the waves swept over her, (Continued t (Continued on Page 13) | { | % | HIGH TIT (Standard Time) New London— 7:14 A m.; 7:28 p. m. At New Haven— 8:52 a. m.; 8:56 p. m. Off North Carolina Notfolk, Va., Aug. 26.—The tropi- cal storm that lashed the North Car- olina and Virginia coasts throughout the night, driving numerous ships to chelter and drenching several expos- ed towns, continued its north-north- sasterly course early today but left jittle known damage in its wake, Hurricane warnings displayed from Beaufort, N. C., to Cape Henry late | vesterday prevented a number of vessels from leaving harbors along the route and caused owners to re- call others that had cleared, while a number, finding the wind mounting rapidly, were put back by their ¢ap- tains. At e government dredge in a mountain ons sea a half mile off shore as the' result of being swept from their in- | | | | | \ | 1 * Hartford, Aug. 26—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Rain this afternoon; generally * ‘\ | | (Continued on Page Sixteen) .