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d- | . CRITICISM OF RESULT OF Official Statement Says OMAHA SELECTED FOR | Recall Was Only Be- ‘cause “Important WILBUR AS HIS SPECCHES LEGION'S CONVENTION Naval Matters Made Veterans Vote for - Ne- It Necessary To See Him At Once.” i Naval Secretary Hrd Planned Five Other A /- dresses—Those Already Given Were Helpful, President Says. ; Washington, Sept. 17.—It was re- iterated today at the White House that the return of Secretary Wilbur had been requested by President Coolldge because “important maval matters made it necessary to see him at once."” Al the same time it was officlally denied that the President had heard of any criticism of any speeches made on the Pacific coast by Secre- tary Wilbur or any comment con- cerning them other than that they had been helpful. “Text of Statement A statement explaining the reeall of Mr. Wilbur was issued at the ‘White House. It said: “It was officially denied at the White House that the president had heard of any criticlsm of &ny speeches made on the coast by Sec- retary Wilbur or any comment con- cernipg them other than that they have been very helpful. The presi- dent has the highest regard for the service Secretary Wilbur has ren- dered as head of the navy, and sent for the secretary solely to consult him on matters of purely domestic concern relating to the navy, tele- graphing* him that important haval matters made it necessary to see him at agge” ‘wi1 5 Speaking Engagements Secresary’ Wilbur recelved the message from President Coolidge on’ Monday evening and he started jm- megiately for this city making the first_leg of his journey by afirplane. At that time it was etated by C. Bas- com Slemp, secretary to the presi- dent that Mr. Wilbur had been ask- ed to return to consult with the president on departmental matters and probably particularly on the budget which is now being framed. Secretary Wilbur had five other speaking engagements on his list in- cluding one in Denver on next Sat- urday. An advance copy of that speech had been received at the of- fices of the republican committee, Naval Problems Discussing the naval situation with friends here yesterday, President Coolidge made it known that there were varied opinions as to the value of battleships as a result of the re- cent achievements in aviation. With the annual budget which allots ap- propriations for these services now in the progress of formation it was indicated he desired to go over the future armaments problem thor- oughly before recommending to con- gress appropriations for such. K. K. K. CAMPAIGN FOR PLAINVILLE MEMBERS Crowd Hoots “Knights of the Nightshirt” Leav- ing Hall i (Special to the Herald.) Plainville, Sept. 17.—A gathering said by 'some of those who were in attendance to be an open meeting | for the purpose of enlisting recruits | in the Ku Klux Klan, was held in 0dd Fellows hall on West Main street last evening. About 40 V\'Eri‘ of present, including a number Plainville men, visitors from New | Britaln, Bristol, Waterbury and other places. A man named Ferris of Stamford, said to be an organizer of the Ku Klux Klan addressed the meeting on the purposes of the organization and at the conclusion of his address, urged those present to join. Some stated that the organized said that the initiation fee would be $10, and if those present did not have the necessary $10, $5 or $2.50 would be enough, the remairder to be paid upon fnitiation. 8 A reporter from the “Herald” who had been told of the meeting earlier | in the evening, remained about the vicinity until some of the men start- ed to come out. He engaged them in conversation and inquired about the meeting. One man stated that the meeting was open to all and any- one could go into the hall. Several bystanders, hearing this declaration, aftempted to gain access to the lodge rooms but they were told at the door that they would have to be vouched for before they could enter. The informant of the reporter then said that he could secure admittance | his only opponent, 16 to 6 | er, automobile raving drive: braska City in Prefer- ence to Fort Worth Bt. Paul, Minn,, Sept. 17.—~Omaha ‘was seelcted as the 1925 convention city of the American Legion at to- day’s session of the sixth annual con- vention, The unofficial vote was Omaha 504 and Fort Worth 463, Greetings were read from Lord Bynd, Governor-General of Canada; Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy; General Diaz, of Italy; Read Admiral Hugh Rodman; Ad- miral Beatty, of England; General Pershing; Newton D. Baker; Major General LeJeune;, Georges Clgmen- ceau; Admiral Koontz; General Haig president of the British Legion; Sec- retary of War Weeks; Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, and qthers. General Pershing's ‘message sald: “On the eve o& my retirement from the army, I want to assure you now that my recollection of your service to your country shall never fade, and my interest in the progres- sive development of the leglon shall never wane: I wish earnestly to be- speak yopr continued loyal and wholehearted support of your nation al ideals.” T. M. Thomson, past department commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars pledged his organization's “wholehearted assistance and co- operation in the work the legion is doing?” i “Brothers in arms, the World War veterans organizations should con- tinue brothers in peace, working in harmony for “thelr commor good,” sald Frank J. Irwin, national com- mander, disabled American veterans, in greeting the convention. Talk of General Pershing as the successor to national commander J. R. Quinn continued today, but there appeared 8 deeper current, in evi- dence sifice the convention opened, pointing to others as well. * Among those mormally familar with convention politics the names of James J. Drain of Washington, D. C., is figuring prominently: ~Many predict a dark horse will be chosen. MURDERED PRIEST'S WHOLE ESTATE T0 HOUSEKEEPER Bridgéport Probate Court Rules That "~ Beneficlary Of Late Father Dahme, Bridgeport, Sept. 17. — Probate Judge Paul L. MHler today rejected the will of Rev. Hubert Dahme, pas- tor of St. Joseph's church who was shot and kfiled here, February 4. The will, disposing of an $50,000 es- tate, nanted Mrs. Neollie Hines, the priest's housekeeper, as chief hene- ficiary. The rejection of the will, which was executed in England several vears ago while Father Dahme was based upon the failure of interested 4 B NE ) HE WILL BE SUED |RA 7HER AFTER HIS TALKS Tndependent Nominee for Vice- President Predicts Civil Liti gation Alter Ohio Drive MENTIONS DAUGHERTY, BURNS AND THE 6. 0. P, Declares He and Mrs, Wheeler Have Information That They Are to Be Made the Target of a Blackmailing Scheme When They Reach Columbus—Says He Will Not Be Frightened, Cleveland S6pt. 17.—A statement that he expected to be made the ob- Ject of ciVil litigation in Ohio aris- ing out of his political positions and declarations was lssued here today by Senator Wheeler of Montana, vice-presidential candidate on the independent ticket, immediately after his arrival in the city for the beginning of 4 three-day campalgn tour through Ohio. The nature of the process he expected to face was not indicated, except that he named former Attorney General Daugh- rty, the republican national com- mitteeman, and declared that “both Mrs. Wheeler and I are wondering what the Ohio gang expects to start while we are here.” Others Mentioned Senator Wheeler, who acted as prosecutor for the semate commit- tee which investigated Mr, Daugh- erty prior to his retirement from the department §of Jjustice, also mentioned in his statement Blair Coan, formerly an employe, George Lockwood, former secretary of the republican natlonal committee, and the Burns Detective Agency. He dld not, however, specify what he expected to encounter, except inso- far as ho declared he had informa- #lon that persons and eagencies had been working to obtain “repudia- tions of sworn evidence” put be- fore the investigating committee, Agents Are Working *We have been informted that agents working in eonjungtion with Burns, Daugherty, and uge republi- can @rganization, Intsnd o have a. blackmalling gult statted against me ‘when I reach Columbus, a euit for darhages which every lawyer in Montana and ghe northwest refused to kandle when an aettempt pvas (Continued on Second Page) JAIL SENTENCES FOR FREIGHT CAR THIEVES Capital City Trainmen’s Union Officials Plead Guilty in High Court Hartford, Sept. 17.—Pleas of guilty for stealing clothing from a rallroad freight car were entered in the superior criminal court today by Stephen Quirk, Dennis G. Nagle and Fred Cline of Hartford, and Fred parties to find the witnesses to:the | PAnslag of New Haven. Quirk was instrument, ‘s president, and Nagle secretary of MEECH NOMINATED West Hartford Man Defeats South- ington Oandidate for Senatorial Race in Conventien Today. (8pecial to the Herald,) Plainville, Sept. 17.—Huntington P. Meech of West Hartford was nominated for senator from the fifth district at the rvepublican district convention this afternoon. He defeat- ed Albert R. Wells of Southington, RACING DRIVER TO WED Los Angeles, Sept. 17.—Earl Coép- and Mrs. Jane R. Bailey of Troy, N. Y., will be be married at Riverside next Monday, the Los Angeles Examiner #aid today. A ME; RAIN Boston, Sept. 17.—(National) Chicago-Boston first game post- poned; raln. Courtesy Does Pay; Polite Policeman Gets Trip Abroad New York, Sept. 17.—Wil- liam B. Leeds and his wife, the Princess Xenla of Russia, were 80 impressed by the courtesy and efficiency of John T. Mcintyre, a traffic patrolman, who for years has been stationed at the gate of the Cunard line, that they de- cided to pay the.expenses of a six weeks' tour of Europe for the policeman and his wife, It was learned today. Melntyre, who has been on the force since 1909, had no difficulty in obtaining a leave of absence when he teld his superiors of his good fortune (Continued on Page des | He salls today, 1, S SRR SRR S | Charter Oak local of the brother- hood of railroad trainmen, and Cline and Pfinslag were members of the union. They were employes of the N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad Co. and are alleged to have stolen last March from a freight shipment four over- coats and three sults all of the vajue of $336 which were consigned to a Hartford firm. State's Attorney Alcorn asked for Jail sentences of substantial amount. Judge Booth sald it was serlous enough when railroad cars were robbed by bandits from the outside, but the more serious when robbed by bandits from the fnside. He sen- tenced Quirk, Cline and Pfiinslag to Jail for a year and Nagle for six months, Sherman Warner of Waterbury, who was ilplicated in seven bur- glaries here early in the eummer, was sentenced to state prison today by Judge Booth in the superior court from two to five yeara John Gandy of Waterbury and John Oefinger of Hartford, who were involved with Warner in some of his burglaries, were both sent to the state reforma- tory at Cheshire. Rochester Baker Dies In Dough Mixing Machine Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 17.— Caught in the rapidly revolving blades of a dough mixing machine today, Nicholas Francisca, 28 years old, was ground to death before the machine was stopped. Mdre than an hour elapsed before the body was | extricated. Narra Francisco, a brother, saw the victim dragged into the machine. His clothing was caught in a blade. Visits Sisters He Had Not Seen in Nearly 25 Years Gottfred Crusberg of 562 Stanley street returned yesterday afternoon from a visit in Sweden and reports a pleasant voyage. While there he visited his three sisters whom he has not seen for nearly 25 years and many other acquaintances not | #een since childhood days. After a | short rest at home he will resume his position »% P, & F. Corbins. WéBR . NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1924, | Night of Holdups in Westchester County, N. Y., Ends in Tragedy—Three Companions of Bandit Flee— Two Victims Are Badly Beaten — Letter in Dead Man’s Pocket Blames Woman For His Downfall. New Rochelle, N. Y., Sept. 17.—A bandit who killed himself eatly to- day in Mount Vernon after he had been surrounded by police after a series of daring holdups in Westches- ter county last night, was identified by the police as Paul R. McBride, of Cambridge, Maryland. The police sald he was a former soldier who was discharged from Fort Slocum on September 5. Companions Escape. Three members of the bandit gang of which McBride was alleged to have been a member escaped and a general alarm for them was sent out by the police of New York city and towns in Westchester county. They also were formerly soldiers and veterans of the World war, the pe Nce sald. 4 The holdup and shootings were the climax of a serles of robberies which had aroused the police of numerous towns in Westchester county. The holup men had select- ed a wooded spot near the Hunter Island Inn, off the Pelham road, as a headquarters for thelr jobs. On this spot was found a paper on which the bandits had mapped out the plans for their robberies. Two Victims Beaten. Two of the bandits’ victims were beaten in the holdups last night. One of them, James Brennan, a taxicab driver, is in a Mt. Vernon hospital in a serious condition, The bandits started their opera- tlons last night by forcing Samuel Lightbody, a private chauffeur of New Rochelle, to drive them to the place they had selected in the woods néar the Hunter's Point inn, There they tled Lightbody and bound him to a tree. When they were unable to start the automobile, they freed him and ordered him to assist them. When'he told them the automobile was out of order they beat him and again tled him to a tree. Taxi Man Is Robbed, The robbera next went to New Ro- chelle, where they engaged Brennan to drive them to New York in his taxicab. Soon after they had lert New Rochelle, Brennan was attack- ed and robbed of $20, Three of the bandits then showed up in Mt. Vernon, where they were observed by a policeman carrying two travelling bags, When the po- liceman was searching one of the men, another pointed a revolver at him, The policeman was disarmed and the three robbers escaped, leav- ing behind the bags. Fires at Policeman, McBride alone had in the mean- time been arrested by a policeman and was being escorted into the po- lice station when he pulled a revol- ver and fired at the policeman, He then ran to the rear of the station, and hid in an excavation for a new building. From his hiding place he exchanged a ecore of shots with a dozen policemen who had surround- ed him. Then he turned his revolver on himself, shooting himself through head. . The police said they found in Mec- Bride's pocket a letter to a woman in which he told her that if she “threw him down he would do something desperate and then blow his brains out.” DARROW JOINS FIGHT T0 SAVE YOUNG GRANT Chicago Busin House and Bible Class Also Will Aid Chicago, Sept."17.—~Clarence Dar- row, attorney for Nathan Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb, a Chicago business organization and. a church society, have joined the fight to save Bernard Grant from hanging on Oet. 17 Mr. Darrow in response to a tele- gram from Grant's counsel today telegraphed from Charlevolx, Mich., that he would return here next week and that he would be “Glad to do what I can.” The South Central Assoclation, an organization of South State street business men, sent a resolution to Governor Small requesting commuta- tion of Grant's sentence to life im- prisonment which stated “That it may not be sald that there is an un- equality in the law between the rich and poor in Illinois.” The resolution referred to the sentence of Loeb and Leopold for the kidnapping and mur- der of Robert I'ranks and to the fact that they are milllonaires’ sons. Thomas E. Swanson, attorney for Grant, also has received from the Men's Bible class of the Methodist church at Greenwood, Ind., & copy of a letter the class had sent to Gov. Small asking clemency for Grant. Gran't plea for clemency, prepared by his attorney, may not be sent to Governor Small until after the return of Mr. Darrow. It relates that Wal- ter Krauser, under sentence with Grant for the murder of Ralph Sou- ers, a policeman, in a hold-up in 322‘ now repugiates his statement implicating Grant and declares that Grant had nothing to do with it. Grant claims he was 19 years old when the crime was committed—the age of Leopold and Loeb. [ e ) \Locks Up Food So Wite Won’t Get Fat Fearing that his wife would become too fat and his pocket- book too thin as a result of her avariclous appetite, was the reason given Judge Ben- jamin W. Alling in police court this morning by Stanley Mack for his action in lock- ing up all the food in the house last Friday. He told the court that his wife ate too much so he placed the food under lock and key. The wife remonstrated with him over the procedure, ac- cording to her story, so Mack is alleged to have beat her | into submission. After listen- | ing to the testimony, the court placed the defendant in the care of Probation Officer Edward C. Connolly. * * THE WEATHER L Hartford, Sept. 17.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Rain tonight; Thursday partly cloudy; not much change in | temperature, * YOUTHS T0 DIE FOR MURDER IN BALTIMORE ~TWENTY PAGES. WHITE ‘HOUSE DENIES ANY '~ \WHEELER EXPECTS |HIGHWAYMAN KiLLS HIMSELF PHILLIPS SAYS HE THAN BE CAPTURED| WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY SECONDPL 1y Stamlond Mayor Howerer, Might Agree to Be Gubernatorial -Candidate for Democrats MORRIS ANNOUNCES HE WOULD TAKE NOMINATION Makeup of Ticket More Confused Than Ever On Eve of Convention ~—Some Factions Are To Insist On Definite Stand In Platform Anent Both Klan Issue and Volstead Act. —Session at Foot Guard Hall. Stamford, Sept. 17. — Mayor Al fred N. Phillips, Jr., mentioned for lieutenant-governor ont the demo- cratic ticket sald today, just as he was departing for Hartford as a delegate to the state convention, that he would not take second place. Under no circumstances would he | consider it, he said. He would, however, think twice before yefusing the nomination for governor if the party offered it to him, It was understood that Mayor Phillips’ stand s taken at request of local party leaders who want him to give his whole time and attention to & campaign which will reelect him mayor this fall. The local leaders are said to be willing to withdraw thelr opposition to the mayor's name belng on the state ticket it he 1s nominated for governor. Mr. Phil- lips 2 month ago, announced that he ‘was a candidate for lieut.-governor. Probably Would Accept | In an interview Mr. Phillips said: | “After the fight I have made against the special interests at Hart- | ford, T would have to think twice | before declining the nomination. I | have carried a long range fight and | could not very well refuse a chance | to meet them on their own battle ground in Hartford.” Are 17 and 19—Both De- clare Loeb and Leopold Should Be Executed £ h “ Y Bnflmoé Foran, 17, of Philadelphla and Claude Dobbs, 19, of Baltimore, were sentenced today to be hanged for the murder of Louis Cohen, a jeweler. Charles Mullen, another Baltimore youth, was given life im- prisonment for the same murder. The bandits had smashed a dis- play window in Cohen's store last May and were making off with gems valued at approximately $5,000 when the jeweler attempted to stop them. One of them, said to have been Dobbs, shot Cohen who died a few hours later. George Gross, another of the gang, was shot and killed by detec- tives the day after his escape from Jjall last summer, The youthful bandits were tried before three judges in criminal court and a motipn for a new trial upon their conviction was overruled by the supreme bench of Baltimore. This decision was participated in by and seven others. After sentence had been passed Dobbs and Roran told newspaper- men in the sheriff's office that they had followed the Franks case and | believed that Leopold and Loeb should have been hanged for the “murder of a helpless little boy.” WORCESTER AUTOIST 1S ACCUSED IN WESTPORT | Young Woman Was Alding Child That Had Been Run Down— | Now Is Accused. | Westport, Conn., Sept. 17.— The plea of George Cziska that police ar- | rest Emily Kasseman, 20, of Wor- cester, as the driver of an automo- | bile that ran down his 7 year old | brother, Steve, on the Boston Post | road late yesterday, led to the girl's arrest just as she was about to be | complimented on playing the role of good Samaritan. The story told by the girl and | other members of her family was that a machine preceding their car | ran down Steve and falled to stop. | They picked up the boy, they said, and rendered first aid. The front | tender of their car was spattered with blood | Miss Kasseman was held under $2,000 bond on a charge of reckless | driving. At the Norwalk hospital today it was sald that Steve has a fractured leg, internal Injuries and cuts and | bruises. His recovery is doubtful, | | 40,000 HOUSES FLOODED | }roluo Hit By Flood and Other Sec- | tions Badly Damaged—Death List | 100, and 300 Missing. 3 | By The Associated Press | Toklo, Sept. 17.—Floods, following | a heavy typhoon, have inundated | many parts of Japan. The death list | may reach 100. Forty thousand | houses in Tokio alone have hehn‘ partially flooded. Three hundred | persons are reported missing in one village in Saitama prefecture. Land- slides following the floods killed ae\«] eral persons in China prefecture, the three judges who tried the case |E Morris Would Accept New Haven, Sept. 17.—Charles . Morrls, lawyer and business man of | this city hes-agreed to stand for governor on the democratie ticket if # state convention - lomorrow {#hould draft him for duty. This was the expressed attitude of Mr. Morris today. FHe was called upon last night and {informed officially that his name had been considered 28 a nominee for governor on the party ticket and he expressed a will- ingness to abide by the decision of (Continued on Page 18) S e WORLD GIRDLERS ARE NOW NEARING OMAHA Three Fliers Reported I Over Des Moines Late | This Morni_ng | y The Assoclated Press. U. 8. Mailfleld, Maywood, Til., Sept. | 17.-—The army round-the-world | cide occurred ITAIN-HERALD — W, L. DOU.AS, FAMOLS SHOE MAKE, 15 DEAD Built Ul; Big Concern From Savings of 29 Years as Cobbler Boston, Sept. 17, = Willlam Y. Douglas, former governor and head of a shoe manufacturing business that he bullt up from 29 years sav- ings as a pegger of shoes, died at the Peter Bent Brigham hospital early today. Death came in his eightieth year after three opera- tions for an illness that developed at his summer home in Marion early in August. Mrs. Douglas, who was the gov- ernor's second wife, was with him at the end, with other members of the family, The nature of the disease which made necessary the succeeding operations was not made known. The former governor had been seriously ill for the last month having been operated upon at the hos#pital three times. The first op- eration was performed on August 7 followed by another on August 16. A third was necessary on Aug- ust 27, Physicians had reported that he had borne the shock of each operation as well as could be expected by a man of 79 years. Mr. Douglas was born in Ply- mouth, Mass, on August 22, 1845. After a brief and irregular school- ing he started to work for an uncle pegging shoes. He continued this type of work for several years and then became an operative in cotton millg in various Massachusetts cities. TLater he returned to the trade of bootmaking, raising from journeyman to foreman. In 1876 he started a small shop of his own. His business developed rapidly and he died the president of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. a concern with several factories turping out thous- ing its products, through more than Buogland: WILL ARRAIGN MRS. TELL Self Confessed Slayer of Killing- worth Farmer to Be Brought Be- fore Grand Jury Next Wednesday. Middletown, Sept. 17.—When the Middlesex county grand jury sits here next Wednesday for the Sep- tember term of the superior court State’s Attorney Ernest. A. Inglis will probably present to it evidence against Mrs. Johanna Tell, sel-con- fessed slayer of her employer, Charles Blair, or Blaha, a chicken raiser, of Killingworth. The homi- in April and Mrs. Tell after leaving the farmhouse in which she was housekeeping, ac- cording to her own statement, went to New York city and a day later voluntarily told to the district at- torney of the Bronx the details of the Killing of Blair and burial of his body ip a pit. fliers hopped off from the air maii eld at §:11 a. m. on the next stage of the journey, the 440-mils flight to Omaha. Flying conditions were ideal and Lieutenant Lowell Smith, | the commander, said he expected to | reach Fort Crook field, Omaha, in about six hours. | Licutenant Smith was the first to | take the air in his flagplane, Chi- | cago, at 8'11 a. m. After him went | Lieutenant Wade in the Boston II, | at 8:11%. Lieutenant Nelson in the New Orleans was off the ground at | Coth The three planes quickly were in formation and at an altitude of about 500 feet headed Into the west. | They planned a straight atrway course to Davenport, I , where the planes will circle once over Da- venport, Jowa, and McCline and Rock Island, Tl They will p over Towa City, Des Moines and thence into the regular air mail route to @maha As the three “Magellans of the air” ascended, hundreds of specta- tors assimbled sent up a rousing cheer. The visibility was so good that the three planes could be seen for miles, #he sun glistened off the top of . ge colored wings as they Excellent flving wea' T rted all the way to G, x uew | The” \ ujuaer to be followed by the flidi tatively announced, calls for t <1t being spent at Omaha; a hop{ 8! to St. Joseph, Missourl, Thur. ay, where only a short stop willy 'made and a con- tinuation to M- ogee, Okla, to reach there night It s planned to leave Muskogee Friday for Dallas Des Moines, Iowa, Segt. 17.—The army round-the-world fliers passed over Des Moines at 11:26 a. m., to- day. Flylug conditions were per- | fect. | | | EX-SENATOR COLE Los Angeles, Sept. 17.—Former Senator Cornelius Cole planned to! celebrate his 1024 birthday with his daughter and other relatives at their! Hollywood Lhome today. In contrast with previous years no reception was planned. owing to the wuncertain| state of Mr. Cole’s health, 102 TODAY. | Directors of Mrs. Tell was brought back. The May term of the grand jury failed to indict Mrs. Tell and she was sent back to Haddam jail. Mr. Inglis has more witnesses and more evidence, he says to offer the September jury. ' DECLARE EXTRA DIVIDEND American Hardware Corp. Vote 50 Cents in Addition to Regular of 75 Cents Per Share. An extra dividend of §0 cents a share in addition to the regular divi- dend of 75 cents a share was voted by the stockholders of the American | Hardware Corp, at their meeting this afternoon. The dividends, which will be taken from the surplus funds of the corporation, will be available October 1 to stockholders of record | at the close of business today e T Richard B. Viets on Building Commission 2740 ichard B. Viets of on street. was named today by v A. M. Paonessa as a member of the building commission, the appoint- ment to be effective at once. Commissioner Viets succeeds E ward A. McCarthy, who is now a member of the board of water com- Mr. Viets is a florist mi ioners. | California Woman Swims 16, Mles on Her 64 rthday [ Santa Monica, Calif,, Sept 17.—Mrs. Anna Van Skike announced yesterday that year by year she was getting better and better, as she emerged from a sixteen mile swim in the ocean in observance of the beginning of her sixty-fourth year, She was in the water niné hours. Last year she @am twelve miles to cele- brate her birthday anniver- | s ands of shoes eachk day and retail- three scors shdps tkroughout New Average Daily m' i 10,580 Sept. 13th .. PRICE THREE CENTS 21 BODIES ARE RECOVERED _FROM WYOMING MINE WHILE gz -39 MEN ARE MISSING Fatal Explosion Occurs At Kemmerer . And More Than 60 Men Were In Workings When Tragic Blast Took Place. " Corpses Thus Far Found Are Burned Almost Be- yond Recognition—Coal Co. Officials Withhold Details. Kemmerer, Wyo, Sept. 17— Bodies of 21 miners who yesterday morning were trapped in sublet mine No. 6 of the Kemmerer Coal company at Sublet, Wyo., as the re- sult of an explosion, had been taken from the mine early today, accords ing to Sheriff B. P. Oakley of Kem- merer. Bodies removed from the mine nition, he said. A later check-up showed that probably more than 60 men were plosion, Sheriff Oakley ' declareds This leaves approximately 35 mem unaccounted for. ? Identification Slow. As fast as the bodies are ri - ered they are being brought to Kem« merer, where two improvised morgues have been set up. Identi= fication is slow, as many of the bodies have been mutilated, The scores of men who worked all night to rescue their comrades, continued labor today in a drizzling rain. Officials of the Kemmerer Coal news regarding the accident, de- claring all the details will have to be verified before any information can be made public. Many reports are in circulation as to the cause of the explosion, One is that it was camsed when a spark flashed a8 a tool scraped against the side of a coal car, PASSINISSI SENTENCED T0 60 DAYS IN JAIL Is Third Offender Against Tiquoe Laws—Sullivan and Regula Go on Probation s tonio Passinissl was sentenced to jail for 60 days when he was are raigned before Judge John R. Booth In superior court this morning for sentences on his'plea of gullty yes- | terday afternoon to a charge of be- g a third offender of the liquor laws. Gilbert Sullivan and Teo Regula, alias John Yaksima, the two local | youths who pleaded guilty at yester~ | day's session to burglary, were sen- tenced to the reformatory, the sen- tence being suspended and the two | youths placed on probation | Joseph Gionfriddo, charged with | manslaughter in causing the death | of John Fox, entered a plea of guilty | yesterday afternoon but had not been | sentenced this morning. He is al- | leged to have knocked John Fox, | Who died at the New Britain General hospital September 2, to the side- walk on Washington street on Aug. 4, causing a youbture of Fox’s hip, | from whig mplications arouse | that cause % 4h. | Otheric, L &ho entered pleas | of guilty w Fauc Rosko, 19, | ged withet of a watch, chain n pen. He appealed from a sentence to the reformatory that was imposed in the cal police court on him and J. Wallagura, who was arrested with him. Wallagura did not appeal vid Olson, charged with burg- pleaded guilty (GEN. BUTLER GIVES $3.00 FROM IS OWN POCKET Helps Policeman's Widow When | Suggestion Is Made By His | Own Wife _| Philadelphia, S 17.—Rather [than disappoint the jow of a | policeman who has been assured payment of death benefit from the of a police baseball game Director of Public Safety But- ler presented her with $2,000 out of his own pocket when rain caused the postponement of the game with New York policeme Mrs. Butler suggested the gifty made from pay granted General | Butler by the government which he has refused to use personally as he is drawing a salary from the muni- cipal government “Thé Mrs. certa ¢ uncorks splefi= did ideas now and then,” was Bute ler's comment after he had been apprised that his wife's thoughtful+ ness had made the dreary skies look bright for the widow. were burned almost beyond recogs: in the mine at the time of the ex- jcompany have refused Wo give out /