New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ———————————————————— ESTABLISHED 1870 ULLMAN AND KING STAGE COMEBACK Practically Sure fo Be on State Delegation BUT ORGANIZATION WINS Belleved to Haven Comfortable Ma~ fority on the Whole—Lieut, Goy. | emor Bingham Defeated by Col, | Ullman in New Haven, New Haven, Aug, 28, —Republican eaucuses held throughout tha llfih last night are belleved to have select. ed a comfortable majority of the delegates to the state convention of the party to be held in this city September 9 and 10 who are favora. | ble to the state organization. But notable exceptions to this general re- sult was the sensational comeback of the party organization, headed by Col Isaac M. Ullman of this city, de. feated in the city primaries last spring, and the triumph of John T. King, well known Fairfleld county leader in Bridgeport New Haven's Contest The organization forces in eity by unofficial figures have elected 76 of the 122 delogates to the city convention to be held in this ity | tonight, But inasmugh as under a| new rule, adopted by the last state convention the delegates will meet in four district caucuses the faction | headed by Clarence G. Willard, n!«! sistant secretary of the atate com-| mittee, though defeated in 20 1.2 of “this | {British Vessels Also Sent NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1024, —TWENTY PAGES, e Strong Man's 'l‘eelh Break, and Wife Hurled Inlo Wi mxn -0 Detroit, Aug. 2% Hurled 12 feet when her husband's teeth broke, Mra. Lueille Fondows was seriously injured at a theater h last night The woman and her husband put on a ‘strong acl, the finale of whieh s of Fondows A 1 | Inr Senator 6. 0.7, GROUP TICKET WINS| suspending hile B i T s Eranet Shadiae the cord in his teeth, Last night, as he began to whirl the ||| WOMAR, b ,':,":h‘,"l"‘;'::“':"" She [l spax Porter And Mrs. Wunter l'r—: = feated i G, O, P, Affair Yesters | Delegation Develops AMFRI()AN WARSHlPfl M ORDERED TO DISTRICT v tooinsion o sixth district tonight th Hardware City Democr the tollowing delegates to party con ventions will be formally elected State convention; Willlam P Kora, Joseph M, Halloran, R Doherty, John E. it. K Walsh, John J, Kiniry, Mekenna, James A, C and | ppien, Mrs, Minnie Hag old phs, Mra Mary T., Crean, Mie T. Kerwin, Judge “William [1% Mangan, Edward Donahue and John L. Fagan | Congressional A. M Jomes Richard S Miss Agnes (. Kiniry, Edward A L. Avitable, James T. O'Connor, Wainwright, James J. day robate | = No Contest | roey 8 Gerard Casale will yo. the held headquarters of the atic elub, and ry at a caucus 1o be to Chinese Trouble Zone Tames D, John J. arty, Har- Py The Amsociated Press Shanghal, Aug. ~Pritieh American warships arve proceeding here from Chefoo and Welhaiwel in the and rall connection with the seizure by Tubhuns of the Chekiang Kiangsu provinces of difforer tions of the Peking-Nanking way. The situation was unchanged to- day and no fighting occurred dur ing the day between the forces of Chi Shieh-Yuan, military governor of Kiangsu, and General Li Yuang- Mayor W, Fay, Rubert Kerrigan, , Thomas 1. Smith, Vance, James P, McCarthy, Dr, A 1. Conlon, Charles Dunn, John convention Ponessa, 'T Mury the 83 wards of the city, claim to have won a majority of the delegates | in the ninth senatorial district, which | will give them the two district dele- | gates to the state convention to sl | district delegates and four at large | for the organization. Bingham Defeated | feature of the caucus contests | Ullman of | A was the defeat by Col. Lieut.-Governor Hiram Bingham | who has been most prominently| mentioned as candidate for the gn- | bernatorial nomination for the chair- manship of the 1Sth ward caucus, the vote being $9 to 33. State Sena- | Charles M. Bakewell who like Lieut, Governor Bingham, is a pro- fessor at Yale was active for the! Willard forces in the 14th ward cau- | cus but was defeated by the organi- | zation, In the first ward, where for- mer Governor Rollin 8, Woodruff ind Clerk J. Frederick Baker, of the | sate enate, were strong Willard | Aippgtars, the organization: wek de- | . ex-Governor Woodruff being | asnds as chairman of the meeting. | While the cohorts of John T. King | won generally in Bridgeport, the | pporters of State Senator Howard Challenger, contesting against the organization and the Coolidge | club, which was a factor in the three «ornered struggle in the city cau- | cuses, won the delegates which as- | <ure his renomination for state sena- | (Continued from Page Eight) 40 PASSENGERS KILLED | | in Reported | Line From Many Others Infured Train Wreck On Odessa to Moscow. By The Aesociated Press. L Odessa, Aug. 28.—Forty passen- rs were killed and a larger num- ber were injured when the express from Odessa to Moscow which left here last night was derailed 200 miles from here. The accident was | caused by a break in the track which apparently had been pur- pesely torn from its bed by un- known persons. BIDS ARE REJECTED Federal Court in New Haven Re- jects Offers For Diamonds at Auc- tion as Too Low. New Haven, Aug. 20.—After sev- eral of the diamonds, said to be valued at $10,000 property of the bankrupt Welssman estate, had been bid in by various persons at an auc- tion conducted by Jury Commission- er W. H. Wakelee in the federal | court here late Referee in Bankruptey C. E. Hoadley refused to rm the sale because of the low Another gale has been order- o bids. RESORT KEEPER JAILED Froprictor of Doubls Beach House Fined $400 and Sent to Jall For Thirty Days Time. Branford, Conn, Aug. 28.—Wal- ter R. Lord, manager of the Double Beach house whose place was raid- ed by the state police on Sunday, August 10 was found guilty of li- 4uid law violation on two counts in a decision handed down today by Judge Edwin R. Kelsey, He was fined $400 and costs on one count and 30 days in jail on the other. Carl Newberry, .an employe was fined 3100 on one count. Paralysis Epidemic in Detroit; Schools Delayed Detroit, Aug. 28.—Previance of in- e paralysiz in Detroit will de- opening of public schools September 15, Frank Cody, | superintendent of schools announc- ed today. The action was taken after a requcst for the delay was made to the board of education by Dr. Henry ¥ Vaughn, health commissioner. Dr. it was said. {Captain and Three of | representing Lloyd's of Hslang, tuchun of Chekiang prov- ince. | Communieations with Peking have heen restored but traffic is not | normal because of the troop move- ments. A censorship has been es- tablished on all telegraph communi- catlons from Shanghai to the inter- jor and no code messages are al- lowed unless the keys to the code are presented with the messages. Activitia of business firm are con- | siderably disturbed. LAWYER IS KIDNAPED Attorney . 8. Andrulewicz, Probate convention: rose, David L. Dunn, Lawrence P. Mangan, P. F. McDonough and E. 0. Kithourne, The primary o'clock | ‘i will be held -at | Porter Yoses Maxwell & Porter, candidate for the republican state convention dele gation, and Mrs, Hanna Hunter, who sought election to the congressional |detegation, were def ated at yester- day's G. O, P. primary, the’grouped tickets in hoth instances ronning | [anead of the two independent can- dldates by about 6 to 1 | A vote of more than 1.000 olectors |was registored, State Central Com- mitteerran George W. Klett and Chatrman Willlam H. Judd of the | € |republican committes both stated |today that they rrzarded the vote | |ag an unusnally heavy one in view | of the fact flat thers were no fm | ‘nmhnl contests and no offices to he | ifllled in an automobile according to a re- port made, to. the marshal today, | The state delegation selected ‘i“”‘ Mr. Hall represented the city or""‘””“' Clara Dichl, Gerda Fay, | Los Angeles recently in acquiring |Frederick Tausmann, Joseph T ‘ | water rights in Owens valley and T.amb, mhr,'"" 0. Rackliffe and Was said to have inctrred the dis. |Ausust B. Wallen, The vote east pleasure of the community here, |for these candidates ”“"’1 A section of the Los Angelos |802 to 840, Maxwell Porter, agueduct was recently blown np by | Whose name was fho only ane not | persons opposed to the Los Angeles |In the group, recelved a vote of 166. method of acquiring water rights, Congressional Delegation Mre. Tunter's vote was somewhat | lawer than that given Mr. Porfer. |The congressional delezation picked at the primary is comnposed of the | following: Thomas J. Cahelus, Mor- | Hs § Donn, Stanley Knrpinski, | Jennie F. Marsh, Howard €. Rawl: ings and Anna M. Wilford. A probate delegation was selected without a confest, ‘as follows: | Prominent California Taken Ry Band of Men—Has In- cnrred Displeasure of People. Bishop, Cal., Aug. 28.—H. C. Hall an attorney was taken from a res- tanrant here last night by a band of men who started south with him His Crew Are Mmm_tz crew of the schooner Julla . C. are missing since the craft was hit by the | hurricane off the Bird Islands on|gagrge . Fennig, Emma M. Sehaal, Tuesday night. The schooner, With | Goorge P, Spear and fames 3. Toog. her jib torn away, her mainsail gone | nong i at the heads and her cabin smashed, | paward ™ Hail was last reported dragging her an- = chor 13 miles from Bird Isind. (Continued from Page Tight) Arrest of Three in New York May Solve Jewelry Robberies t| early today for the robbery of the | diamond shop of Alexander Felden- heimer on the ninth floor of 170 Broadway last Friday, when $100,- 000 worth of diamonda were taken, New York, Aug. 28.—1In the arr early today of two men and a an charged with the robbery ehander Feldenheimer of $10¢ worth of uncut diamonds on August | 22, the police and private detectives | confessed Lo the robbery after sev London be-| eral hours of questioning, the police lieve they have taken the first step | announce in the disorganization of a clever| Mrs. Dorothy Burns, band of gem thieves, and the clear and wife of Ja ing up of robberies noviving mil- he men pr lions of dollars worth of jewels. wnd con The woman, Mrs. Dorothy Burns, B 22 years old, turned over to the po. lice 84,750 which &he said was the remainder of the money obtained from the sals of the diamonds. Th: other priconers, James J. Burns, a chauffeur, the woman's husband, and Harry Chance, both 20 years old, denied any connection with the ca woman prisoner, according | to the police, admitted having taken part in the robbery of Feldenheim- | er's office, which is on the ninth | | a burlesque n fi o police L to t prisoner, Suw, Ter of inuoce | a written contession, and th been identifled Ly Feldenhe the robbers. Then th and admitted ths charge, to the p both 20| 1 claims | according SPIERS-HOODY Panl V!nl"v\m\ Spiers nml Miss Jean- | | notte Dunbar Moody to.be Married | floor of 170 Broadway. Felden- heimer and a customer were bound | with picture wire before the robbers began gelecting their loot. Gerard Luisi, reprasentative of Liory’s, declared the arrests to be the opening wedgs in the complete disorganization of a clever band of | international gem thieves. Th band, he said, was responsible for | Dunbar Moody, the theft of more than u:w.wm} Mra. Bdward Gres worth of fewels during the last year | Newport Road, Cambri 1n the wholesale fewelry district, be- | Will be married oa Septe 29 at | low the poiics deadiine, | the Belmont Spring Country club, | The holdup of Feldenheimer in | Belmont, Mass. Mr. Epier ns activel his office was one of the most dar- | associated with the b company Ing gem robberies of recent months. | And malies his homo at the Swift Scores of persons were passing up | club on Lake street, this city. He is and down in the elevatora of the| the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson A.| busy office building and hundesis | Spiers of 9 shington avenue, | ing along Broadway during | Cambridge, Mass i the lunch hour while the robbery| Miss Moody swas formerly was committed tndent i Wellesles colles The three prisoners were arrested [ Jackson college. 3 Sept. 20 at Belmont, Mass, piers Brick Miss Jeannette daughter of Mr. and | oody of 6| Mass.. | vice-presi- Co.. Paul Harmon dent of Ll-p Hall- Ine., of f ber L is a Vanghn reportsa there were 84 cases of infantile paralysis in the city now. 18 a restaurant in East $2nd street. | graduate of Dartmouth college, class' Two men and a woman arrested of 1922, |ana captain Wm | of the superior court, | ton was nominated | Amounting to Several Millions “ DEMOCRATS HOLD | FATE OF LEOPOLD AND LOEB (AUCLS TONIGHT NOW RESTS WITH JUDGE, WHO Mezting Will Nominate Casale EN OUN CES ST. A T E ’S CHAR GE Snch Is | |Caverly Declares Crowe's Closing Sulemom a Dnu-* tardly Attack On Court ovds 10 At 9:30 A, M., Avg 25~Judge John b0k the Franks kidnaps er case to which Na- Ir. and Richard Loeb pleaded guilty under advise. | ment today at 11:49 & m, (12:49 ] p. m. eastern daylight time.) | The court announced he would | give his deciston, fixing the penalty for the double crime, on Soptember 10 at 9:30 a None will ba admitted to court | that day, the court ruled save de. fendants, attorneys, court attaches and NeWSpAper men. ’ Arguments ended today at 11:30 a. m, (12:30 p. m. eastern daylight time.) By The Astert Chicag: R ping and mur than F. Leopold Kidnapping Charges The court then took up a hvwl formal hearing on the pleas of luH-‘ ty to kidnapping for ransom, a crime | which is #lso punishable by death in 1inofs. Jacob father of Robert, Schoemaker, were sworn in as state witnesses on the Kkidnapping count. They testified at tha bench, the questions and answers being inaudible. | Stricken From Records | “The closing remarks of the state's | attorney in this case were a cow- ardly and dastardly attack on the in- | tegrity of this court and will be Franks, | 'LGORN IS DEFEATED IN PADLOCK ATTEMPT| Defense Wins Final Effort Azfllnst‘ Having Property of Chick Stevens Closed Hartford, Ang. 28.—"Chick"” Stev- ens of the Mountainview Inn in Canton, and his lawyer, Edward J. of Hartford have won the |l\'nl decision in the superior court In State’s Attorney H. M. Alcorn's .ummnt to have Stevens' properiy in | Canton padlocked under injunction as provided in the national prohi- bition law. Judge Arthur E. Elis who heard the case of the United ca against Charles | M. Stevens, filed a decision in Hart- ford today directing judgment for the defendant and dismissing the proceedings. Stevens has had a sensational time stnce the middle of April when Justice Frank W. Fellows, of Can- treed him at the threshold of | the Haitford jail, by tearing up the | mittimus committing Stevens to jail for 15 da BELIEVED A S A SUIGIDE As is recently States of Am Torrington Girl, Drowned, Chum—TLatter Probably Tried to Rescue Her, Say Authorities. Saugus, Mass,, Aug. 28.—~The bod- of Miss Pearl E. Meader of | Totrington, Conn.,, a student at Simmons college, and Miss Florence C. Payne of Lynn, were found in Birch brook pond Lynnhurst today after an all night search. | The police said they believed that Miss Meader, who had recently been |a patient at the Danvers state hos- | pital, threw herself Into the pond and that her companion died at- tempting to rescue her. Three weeks ago the police learned, a similar attempt at suicide by Miss | Meader was frustrated by Miss | Payne, The girls left a summer camp | yesterday morning. Search for them | later in the day revealed footsteps | at the water's edge. | TTAND IS NAMED Governor Appoints Danbury Man | George Comstock As State | ending and Optometry Lxaminers Hartford, Aug. 28.—~Governor Templeton has appointed Willlam J. Hand of Danbury and George E. Comstock of Ansonia to be members of ate board of examiners in| optometry for three years, beginning October 1 The governor has also appointed Prosecuting Attorney Frederick W, Huxford of Stamford to be judge of the Fairfield county court of com- mon pleas from September 1 to De- cember 22 to fill the vacancy caused | by the promotion of Judge John R.| Booth. Judge Booth was appointed the st |to the superior court bench to suc- Webb, of Ham- months ago. TARGEST SHIP OF 178 KIND Detrott, Ang. 28.-—The Greater Detroit, the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation company’s glant side- the largest passenger craft operating on any inland waters of | the world, will leave on her maiden voyage to Buffalo and return late this afternoon | | ceed Judge James H den, who died a few BANKRUPT 28—Franklyn G. GOE New Haven, Aug. Pieper, garage owner, Norwich a bankruptcy petition here teday giving assets of $6,091.01 and liabili- | ,486.70, ~Will Announce His oo, | tempt to fited | | e ] ”, ‘"""I " Maz I, pl gy, (bfl' stricken from the record eald Judge Caverly, just before taking under advisement the case in which he is to decide the punishment, Prosecutor Is Stopped Judge Caverly stopped protest by the state’s attorney and eald prosecutor had tried to Intimidate the court, knowing well that what he had sald would be broadeast throughout the land “Court has no other recourss than to do as it has done,” he said, “The | state’s attorney knew that he would | have no chance to reply.” T prepared statement Defends His Actions In it the judge defended his cours | from ecriticlsms of the proceedings. fome of these criticlsms came from thoss who knew no better and some hava been from those who should know better, ha read, Judge's Attack Is a Surprise, After portions of the closing argu- | ment of Robert E, Crowe, states' at- torney had been stricken dastardly attack upon the of this court and an at- intimidate it,” the court under advisement the penalty | decide for Leopold | ardly, integrity took | which he must and Loeb, The remarks of the court came out of a clear sky and startled the crowed courtroom into a shocked silence Mr. Crowe's jaw dropped and he blanched visibly under the judicial | bl oadside. “Your honor, T had—" he began, but the judge interrupted him. “The state’'s attorney knew full well that his remarks would be her- alded far and wide,” said the court. “He knew too the court would have no opportunity to reply himself from criticlsms except by the action he has taken. The judge then read a prepared | statement and at its conclusion he would give his decision September 10 at 9:30 a, m. unless fliness ppe- vents.” Public To Be Kept Out. Only the defendants, the attorneys for both sides, court attaches and newspapermen will the final scens in the famous case, The stenographic report of the concluding scene was as follow: Mr., Crowe: “The state rest The court: “Before the state rests in the other case, the court will or- der stricken from the record closing remarks of the state's attor- ney as being a cowardly and dastard- court.” Mr. Crowe: "It was not so intend- ed, your honor.” The court: “And it could not be used for any other purpose except to incite a mob and to try and intimi- date this court. It will be stricken from the record.” Crowe Replies Mr. Crowe: “If you honor please, \tl\@ state’s attorney had no such in- tention.” The court: “"We will go on—" Mr. Crowe: “I merely want to put | my personal feeling plainly before the court. It was not the intention of the state's attorney—"" The court: “The state's | knew that it would be heralded ail | through this country and all over | this world and he knows the court what he di It is not | thing to do. Mr. Crowe tention." The court: “This court will not be intimidated by anybody at any time a proper “It was not the in- in order to fix the date that T will set in this case, gentlemen, T want to sy there has been a great deal of criticism about the conduet | of this case; some of it from well- meaning people who knew no bet- | ter; others from those whe should know better, “We have been criticiszed about the delays of justice, The court ha: been critictzed after a plea of guilty he permitted evidence to be heard and we have been critized because of the length of time it takes for an exceution after the court passes | judgment. After stating that the trial w one of the speediest of its kind and reviewing the chronology of the cas Judge Caverly continued: “I am going to take this case un- der advisement gentlemen. I have 1950 pages of exhibits. When T say it is the Bowman-Hulbert report; | part of the confessions, some of the testimony that was read In secret fit for publication and should not be heard in the courtroom, and ft will take me some little time to do thats and to prepare to decide this matter and render judgment in this case. “T think I ought to have 10 days or #0, and 1 will fix the day at Sep. tember 10 at 9:30 o'clock and will ntinued on Page 10) * * THE WEATHER —o0— Rartford, Aug. 28—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday; cool- er tonight. { l | | { } *. * the | court then started to read a | out by | | Judge John R. Caverly as a “cow- or defend | be admitted to| the | 1y assault upon the integrity of this| attorney has not an opportunity except to o | or place as long as he occuples this | exhibits, it is part of the testimony; | that contined matter that was not | || “I guess he is done for.” KLANIS NOT AN I3SUE IN MAINE Declaration of Rapub lican Chairman Butler e SEES STATE FOR G. 0, P | Declares We Feels Certatn muun. can Governor Will Re Eleoted w Declines Campalgn Speeches, New York, Aug. 28.—Arriving in } New Yerk today for a series of brief conferences, Willlam M, Butler, | | ehalrman of the republican national committes, doclared today that the Ku Klux Klan was not an issue in Maine, |7 "The Kklan 1s being discussed,” he | sald, “but is not an issue. Reports | regahing me today are very favora- | Li# to the election of a republican governor and sénator in Maine, haven't a doubt of the out Makes No Forec: Mr. Butler declined to forecast what percentage of the vote would be republican saying: “I'm not talk- ing figures and don’t indulge in any predictions whatever.” Asked if, as reported from Wash- ington today, the party speakers and candidates henceforth would avold all reference to the klan, Mr, Butler sald: “I have no desire spoeches or Issues.” { HELD AS AUTO THIZF 23 Year Old New Haven Man Ar- rested in Ansonin—Caught Climb- ing Into Car Through Window. to Discuss Nature of | [ to discuss Ansonla, Aug, 28.—Thomas J. Me- Grath, aged 23, of New Haven who | was found by tha local police on Bank street, AL ‘nia at three o'clock this morning wit. an automoblle be- longing to Arthur % Vosburgh of 10 Pearl street, New Raven, was bound over to the superior court by Judge R. L. Munger in the city court today on charges of stealing an automobile. Bonds were fixed at $1,000 which friends of McGrath hoped to furnish before the day was over. McGrath and Vosburgh are both railroad men. The accused says he took the car for a larl, When arrested by Offi- cer John Shea, McGrath was elimb- ing into the car through a window, not having keys to the doors. Three other young men with him at the time, ran away when the officer ap- peared. Shea jumped on the running board of the car and at the point of a revolver directed McGrath to drive the car to the police station. Vosburgh came to Ansonia this morning and said he knew McGratk well. He was given back the ma-. chipe, Gems Worth $100,000 Are Stolen at Hyannis Hyannis, Mass,, Aug. 28,—Theft of $100,000 worth of jewelry from the summer home of E. C. Crossett of Chicago was under investigation to- day. A pearl necklace valued at $40,000 was among the trinkets taken. Police expressed bellef that| someone close to the household was responsible for the thefts which oc- curred in the owner's absence, but Mr. Crossett said he was convinced that outsiders did it. Daughter Killed One Hour After Her Dad at the Same Crossing —— Detroit, Mich, Aug. 28.~One hour after Joseph Jaoubleh, 87 years old and the father of nine ehildren, was killed yesterday in & crossing accident at the God. dard Avenue crossing of the De- troit and Teledo division of the United Railway, in Ecorse, @ sub« urb, his two year old daughter, Marie, was killed by another in- terurban ear at the same apot, L SEVEN LIQUOR MEN'S PRICE THREE 'LEGION HOLDING ANNUAL SESS 'Tomng(on in Gala lth FINES TOTAL $1900 Jail Sentences Also Im- posed on Several Wa- terbury Offenders Waterbury, Aug. $1,900 was levied in seven liquor cases heard in city court hem this morning. The fines were levied on six men, while in the seventh case, | that of an alleged penniless bartend- er, a total of 20 days in jail was im~ posed, Pleas of gullty were entered in each case and requests for clem- ency was made, Frank and Leo Mecca, both of 8§ Starview stret were both fined and | each was given a suspended jall sen- tence of 30 days, this suspension to ba revoked If they have not lett their | businesses by tonight. Frank was fined $200 and costs on two counts, and Leo was fined $400 and costs on four counts of violation of the liquor law. James Kundratas of 17 Chamber street was fined $400 and costs and sentenced to 16 days in jail on four counts, Joseph Yakimovich of 700 North Riverside stret, charged with four counts, was fined a total of $600 and costs and given a suspended jall | sentence of 30 days. Alex Christian of 702 North Riverside street, alleg- | ed bartender for Kundratas who told the court hewas penniless, was sen- tenced to five days In jail on each of four counts. These three were tried as companion cases, A total of $100 and costs and 120 days In jail was levied in the case of August Valarich of 622 Bank, street, charged with four counts of viola~ tlon of the liquor law and with be- ing a fourth offender. Notice of ap- peal to the disposition was filed and appeal bonds were placed at $2,000. Albinas Kusliss of 623 46t reed was fined $100 and costs on each of four counts, with & 10 days' jail sen- tence added on the fine in the fourth count. Notice of appeal to this dis- position was also filed in this case. Firemen Killed When Locomotive Overturns Athens, Ohio, Aug. 28—Harry Sergeant, 55, of Middleport, Ohlo, engineer on New York Central pas- senger traln number six was killed late yesterday at Mill Feed, six miles north of here, when his locomotive overturned, crushing him in a flow- er garden beside the track. Fireman Peter Cline, 56, also of Middleport, was probably fatally in- Jjured. MERIDEN BOY A SUICIDE Meriden, Aug. 28.—Edward I. Vincent, 24, son of Mrs. Ada Vincent of 29 Graveline avenue, committed suicide during the night by turning on the gas in his bedroom. He was suffering from a nervous breakdown. Norwalk, Conn, Aug. 28—The dead came to life in East Norwalk. This is what neighbors of John Johnson of 2 Sycamore street claimed yesterday. They made this assertion while recovering from the shock of secing 7T4-year-old Mr. Johnson repairing his automobile in front of the house while not many hours before they were preparing to extend condol- ences to the family because of his reported death. Johnson lives with his two daugh- {ters, Mrs. Wilitam ~Ashbrook and Miss Olivia Johnson at the Syramore street address. In the morning he went out into the yard as it his custom to do some work. About § o'clock a boy rang the front door | bell and blurted out to Miss John- son that her father was lying en the front porch, “dead | She rushed out and failed to re vive him. Then she summoned doctors and her sister, who is em- ploved at the American LaDentelle Lace plant 1t was known that the elder | Johnson was subject to strokes of | paralysis and it was feared that he had suffered a fatal attack The news of his reported death spread rapidly and soon neighbors were hurrying to the house to do what they could to assist the sup- posed bereaved family When a doctor appeared on the scene, he took hold of Johnson's prostrate figure, felt of his pulse and is reported to have shook his head slowly saying carry the body The doctor, neigh- eyelids, Friends helped into the house, bors say, lifted Johnson's peered into his eyes and even pricked him with a needle. Still 'not satisfied, the doctor continued to work over the body and ten min- EastNorwalkMan, Believed Dead, Comes Up Smiling Even After He Is Termed By Doctors as ‘Done for’ utes later with a start Johnson sat bolt upright and called out: “Martha, Martha.” Martha was the name of a daugh- ter who died several years ago. He does not remember anything which occurred after he was strick- en with what was another attack of paralysis. The period during which he was thought dead is a blank to him, Today he is up and about in his garden and fixing his car. The only effect, of the attack is a slight head- ache. Mr. Johnson has been a resident of East Norwalk for 10 years, having come here from Eng- land, WOMAN KILLS HERSELF Wife of New York Manufacturer a Sufcide at Private Sanitariom at Norwalk This Morning. Norwalk, Aug. 28.—~Mrs. Irving Green, wife of a uniform manufac- turer at 57 Fifth avenue, shot and killed herselt in the Villa Crest sani- tarjum this morning. Mrs. Green, who is 27, had been in the sani- tarium for four weeks for rest, being | of a nervous disposition She was not | considered violent in any way, in fact she was moré like a boarder | having the run of the place, She forced a drawer In the office of the head doctor yesterday and took from it a revolver. This morning she ate | breakfast as usual in her room. When the nurse returned for the tray she could not get in. As she turned away from the door she heard a shot. Entrance to the room was gained by a window. Mrs. Green had shot herself through the heart. | | 25, —A total of | | | | tional commander, Weone Yets CONN. ~ RANKS smn This State Close Behind Florida Percentage Gain In Membership In Recent Nationwide Drive To Furoll Members, ; Torrington, Aug. 28.~Over 300 delegates are here to attend the sixth annual eonvention of the American Leglon, department of Connectiout which opened at ety hall this merss ing and wiil extend through Friday and Saturday, Registration, announcement of committees, luncheon at the ¥, M. C. A, committes and district caus cuses are included on today's pro« gram, Tomorrow committes reports will be heard and the ritual exemplitied by the degree team of Rau-Lock post No. § of Hartfard, luncheon be« ing served again at the Y. M. C. As The convention of the American Le~ glon Auxiliary will be held tomorrow at the High school auditorium with most of the day given over to the varfous sessions. The state departs ment annual golf tourney, open to all Leglonnairies will take place toe morrow afternoon at the Greene! woods country eclub course, The convention of the grand volture of La Boclete des 40 homes, et 8 cheve aux will also he held tomorrow afe ternoon with a voltura promenade and initiation in the evening. - Saturday will be another day fod the Legion delegates. More reports ' will be heard and officers for the. coming year elected. Then will come an address by John R, Quinn, mh« Luncheon at the - Y. M. C. A. will be followed by & reception at the Torrington club to' Commander Quinn, Later will the annual parade, which will at the park where the cornerstone Torrington’s new war memorial, flagpole, will be laid with appropri= ate ceremonies. Tha exercises include the presentation of a ‘dise tinguished wservice cross to Ch I8 Cortona, of Terryville, formes Co. 1, 102nd infantry, 26¢th. diy Conn, A vient was made Ak pit ton taday of ik tion ¢ * nationa! heddquy of the Legion to the effect that necticut ranks second amgng il state departments on runhc‘ increase in membership in the re ent nation-wide campaign. mofl&“ is firet with 151.5 per cent; Coj cut second with 134.9 per cent, and Nevada third with 127.7 per cent. - Florida will be awarded the n ford McNider cup which the Cen necticut boys had hoped to win, T0 SIGN DAWES PACT An to London Agreement at m Street Saturday Noon, By The Associated Press, ke London, Aug. 28.—The formal signing of the pact to make v the Dawes reparation plan, ed at the recent international ference, will take place at the elgn office in Dpwning street M saturday. Sir Eyre Crowe, psrmanent under.' secretary for foreign affairs, ¥ sign on behal? of Great Britain the allies and the Germans will: represented by their ambassadors and ministers. American Ambassador ! plans to be present when m is signed but he will not afix his name to it, 2 HERRIOT GETS NEWS Irench Premier Is Receiving. fl Reports of the Action By G Reichstag. s, Aug. "S—De\elopmm the Reichstag at Berlin, wh attempt is being made to M bills necessary to place th plan into execution, were Premier Herriot and the allied i bers of the reparation com Talmly. The fresh difficulties of Chi Marx's government in obf ratification of the London ment has surprised the offfeial’ in Paris. The telephone Iy tween Paris and Berlin were oceupled today with: priority call o i, ™ Electrocuted on Top of. Rridgeport. Bridgeport, a pawn ticket issued Greenberg, 154 Park York, which was on the man found on top of one of an express train wi here early today, In obtained that he gave th Anderson and his Fast 77th street, New he obtained a small | Medical Examiner examining the rem man had been el body will be held at. ing word from Aug. 28