New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 19, 1924, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 HEAVY SENTENGE FOR BEER TOTERS IN HIGHER COURT Judge Jobn W. Baoks Declares That His Patience Has Been Bxhausted B — SUBSTANTIAL FINES AND ALSO JAIL TERMS Two Truck Drivers Fined $500 Each and Third $200—One Has to Serve Jall Term, Sentence Sus- pended on First Offenders—Fine of llLOW Is Given Innkeeper as Well as Year in Jail. Bridgeport, - 8Sept. 19, = Judge Banks in criminal superior court to- day declared that his patience’ was at an end with beer toters and thut hereafter jail sentences would be imposed instead of fires He made this declaration In passing sentence on Henry Snyder, Rridgeport: Charles Anderson, 29, of Stratlord, and Willlam Turner, 21, negro.s of New Haven. All .arce were given 30-day Jall senten imposition he- ing suspended in the cases of Snyder and Anderson, first offenders. Sny- der was fined $500 and Anderson $200 and Turner $300. The trio was arrested July 24 in Stratford with a truck sovtuinmg 3b cases of beer, A few dsyy afterward Turner was again aricsted abourd a beer truck. Judge Panke said the ends of fystice wer» aot served by a fine. Is Fined $1,000. Judge Banks also sentenced Al- fred Carriera, alleged Stamford bandman, to one year in state's pris- on for violation of the liquor laws, He also imposed a $1,000 fine upon the accused. Carrlera was arrested three times in Stamford for liguor law viola- tions. He moved to Westport where he purchased the Belleview Inn, a place with a bad reputatign. The state police raided the plale, seized much liquo~ and arrested Carriera. The statc's attorney's office secured the appointment of Vincent 1., Keat- ing ae special prosecutor, Who hrought the-case to the higher court. Both Judge Banks and Attofney Keating assailed Carriera, Other Cases Judge Danks also disposed two eases concerning higamy. James Romanio, 26 year old big- amist, received a suspended six months' jail sentence. The court was told that Demenico Fornacori, Ro- manio's first wife, lived with him but a day when she left him, she spread the word among her friends that her marriage with Ro- manio had bzen anaulled. On the strength of this story, Romanio mar- ried Blizaheth Previs without formality of a divorce. His arrest followed. Judge Banks accepted the ory. . To Ivy Mellon Hill, first wife of Harold J. Godfrey, alias Hil, 22 year old bigamist row serving a three months' jail -entence Judge Banks granted a divorce and cus- tody of a minor child. was granted on evidence taken af Hill's trial. Sadie McGee was Hill's second wife. Holyoke Man Missing, Family Fears Suicide 19.—It the po- th for sitant 'g of pringfield, Mass, Scpt. became known today that lice have been asked to 3uy A. Rice of this city, a S o ot the Merrick. Diviston, of the American Thread Co. of Hol- yoke, who has been missing since September 9 and who, his family feavs, has committed suicide. Rice | has been in the employ of the com- | years. His books were the day before his disap- but no offi- pany 2 audited pearance, it is learned, cial statement has been issued. Injuries Received Two Weeks Ago Fatal New Brunswlick, N, J., Sept. 19.— Dr. David C. English, 82, died at his bome in the night as the resuit of fmjuries received two weeks ago while on a trip in Maine. Dr. Eng- lish was the president of the New Jersey State Medical eociety in 1897 and '08, and editor of the societs medical magazine since 1905. He is survived hy his wife, with whom ]\t: recently celebrated their BOth wed- ding anniversary, and dne son. Grand Jury to Hear of Gilpatric’s Defalcation New Haven, §2pt. 19.—The United States grand jury for the Septem- ber term of the federal court will sit here next Tuesday to consider cases to be placed before it. The grand jury of the May term has been recalled to sit in Hartford on Mon- day. It i understood that the case of G. Harold Gilpatric, alleged de- faulting cashier of the First Na- tional bank of Putnam will be brought to the attention of the grand jury which sits on Monday. Foreizh Ships Escape Damage From Bombers | The Associated Press Peking, Sept. 19.—An attached to the forces of Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war lord, to- day dropped a bomb between two foreign ships anchored near the breakwater at Chinwangtae, Chihli prevince, but neither i vy vesgels was damaged. By Then | the | The divorce | airplane | - NEW BRITAIN HERALD BOARD OF PARDONS 10 BE GALLED VERY $00N Gov, Small of Iilinois Likely to Pre- side When Grant's Case, Comes Up, Chicago. Seot. 19.—A speclal | meoting of the state board of par- | dons and paroles probably with Gov- ernor Small presiding, at an early date, possibly within ten days, will be asked by counsel for Bernard Grant, sentenced to hang October 17, his counsel sald today, as the peti- tlon to Governor 8mall for clemency came from the printers. The petition is expected to go to the governor early next week, Letters from persons opposed to the death penalty for Grant con- tinued to be received. C, O. Hite of Altoona, Pa., offered the use of his | firm's radio-casting station at Al- toona, and suggsted that Grant's at- torney make a world wide radio | campalgn. J. Graham Hargrave, -a tutor of Pittsburgh, Pal, was another writer { Who declared that “I have two good friends who went through life as criminals who never were criminals originally, but were made eriminals through perjury, malicious lies, ete.” | Grant's petition to the governor declareh he had nothing to do with the holdup and murder of Policeman Ralph Souders and attaches the sworn statement of Walter Krauser, also under sentence of death for the same crithe, repudiating his first statement implicating Grant, WOMAN KILLED WHEN SHE JUMPS FROM AUTO dence Road—Male Com- panion Under Arrest Taunton, Mass., Stp. 19.—Ernest Belanger of Uxbridge was arrested by state police today on a techni- cal charge of assauit and battery as the companiop of Mrs, Carrie Dragon of Blackstone who was killed early today when she leaped from a taxicab on the Taunton- Providence turnpike near Reho- both. He was arrajgned in district court here and held in $1,000 for hearing Beptember 26, According to the police, Belan- ger and Mrs, Dragon, who is the proprietor of an inn at Bluckstone, were returning to the woman's home from Middleboro when a quarrel develaped over some money Belanger claimed to have lost. Ed- mund F. Petipas of Woonsocket, driver of the taxicab, reported that the weman jumped from the car |and was killed, and, that Belanger | ran away into the wbods. | Rehoboth, Mass,, Bept. 19.—Local !and state police today were search- |ing for a man with one hand for questioning concerning the death of a woman known to the authori- ties only as ‘“Mabel,” who leaped from a taxicab on the Taunton- | Providence turnpike near here shortly after midnight and was killed, Edmund F. Petipas of Woon- socket, R. I, driver of the car, sald that after the woman jumped to her death her companion es- caped into ‘nearby woods. The driver assured the police that the woman's act was voluntary and came after a quarrel between the couple over money. Petipas said that Rag tion evening and | from town to town. | among” other places, Taunton and Middlchoro, and were on the way to Blackstone when the quarrel de- veloped, The driver told the police | that the two had been drinking a great deal throughout the evening. The woman feli on her head {when she leaped from the cab, | sustaining fractures of the jaw and skull. Her body was taken to At- tieboro early today. | the authorities that he heard woman addressed only as “Mabel. The man, he said, gave him a name and address in Uxbridge which the police were investigating today. ‘Springfietd Trolley | Fares Go Up to 10 Cents | Springfield, Mass, Sept. 19.—No- | tification was received here today |from the state public utilities com- | mission of the granting of the peti- tlon of the Springfield Street Rail- way Co., for an increase in fares from 7 to 10 cents, effective Sundhy. The petition was based primarily |upon plea of increased expense of | operation, due to the wage increase awarded a beard of arbitration announced some time ago and re- | troactive to January 1. Letter Mailed Away Back in 08 Delivered Chicago, Sept. 19.—Sixteen years ago Frank A. Kelley, treasuser of the National Poultry, Butter and Egr association, mailed a postal card from Elizabeth, N. J., at 10:30 | p. m., Sept 1908, to his partner, Fred Watson. The card was deliver- ed to Mr. Kelley at the Chicago ad- dress on Sept.*10, 1924, he sald to- y. Watson died in 1916. The only clue to-the travels of the card since its mailing was Detroit, Mich., postmark. the two en- in Woonsocket early the had him drive They visited, in the by a FIVE SUNDAY CONCERTS | Haven symphony orchestra manage- ment announced today a series of | five Sunday afternoon comcerts this winter, which will be a Gess*ture from M8 @astom. { Fatality on Taunton-Provi- | his cab at the railroad sta-| them | Petipas told | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1924, SOUGHT BY POLIE (George R, Christian 5[ Dy & Heaton Lived Double Lie IS PROBABLY IN CANADA Investigation Shows That Partner in Firm Lived in His Under An Alias—Advised Private Life As- sociates of Troubles, New York, Sept. 19.—Police to- day broadcast a general alarm for George R. Christian, whose alleged defalcations were held responsible for the failure of Day & Heaton, one of the oldest members of the New York Stock Exchange, Christian was a partner in the firm, That Christian for years had moved in private life under an alias was believed to have been disclosed by detectives who, visiting his only known address in Brooklyn were told that “no man named Christian ever lived here.” According to the missing man's partners, this was the address Chris- tian recorded with the firm five years ago, and where he since had repre- sented that he lived. Played Bean Market. The search for the broker, who is alleged to have lost so much play- ing the bear market that the' firm was*left with estimated liabilities of $1,700,000 and $1,000,000 of assets, was extended to Canada on the statement of his partners that Chris- tlan was bound there on a vacation ‘when they last saw him, A letter from him which revealed to members of Day & Heaton the disastrous condition of their finances, and threw them into bankruptey, was reported to have been posted in Canada, 29 YEAR OLD ORGANIST WEDS WOMAN OF 72 YEARS, Ceremony Performed at Norfolk, Va. ‘When Bride’s Daughter Does Not Oppose Match, Norfolk, Va., Sept. 19.—Jack Bd- ward Griffith, 29 years old, theater organist and Mrs. Sarah FElizabeth Fray, 72 years old were married yes- terday. The Rev. R. Love, pas- tor, before the wedding had a con- ference with the couple. When they came into the parsonage he said: “I understand Mrs. Fray, that you have only ene child, a daughter, and that she does not oppose this wed- ding. Is that correct?" Mrs. Fray nodded her head “yes.” The bride was very nervous. FENTON A CANDIDATE Minority Leader of Last House Now Seeking Pemocratic Nomination | Por Congress in Second District. ‘Wiilimantie, ept. 19.—Frank P. Fenton, minority leader of the last |house and for 25 years town clerk of Windham, today announced his candidacy for the nominatiod for congress on the democratic ticket in the second district, comprising the | New London. Mr. Fenton was a can- | didate fn 1918 being defeated by Congressman Richard P. Freeman | of New London. The second district republican con | vention will be held in this city to- morrow and it fs expected that Con- gressman d'reeman who has held the | office gince 1914 will be renominated { no opposition having developed to| his candidacy in the district o far| as known. The 196 delegates to the convention .which will meet at the town hall here will be served dinner prepared by the local women's relief corps It is expected that a number will attend the outing of the Middlesex connty republican club to be held in East Haddam tomorrow afternoo annual | Christensen Appeals on Carlson Case Decision Emil Christensor, through Attor- |ney Fred B. Hungerford, has been | granted his motion for an appeal {from the decision of the commis- sioners of {he of John A. | Carlson, disallowing his claim of $500 against the estate, by Judge Bernard F. Gaffney in probate court. | The appeal is taken to the superior | court gession opening Oct. 2 Attorneys Harry Ginsberg and Da- | vid L. Dunn were the commissioners appointed by the probate court to | settle claims against the Carlson es- tate, and the claim of Chirstenson for $500 aileged to be due him on {a note was not ailowed because it was {rot filed with the commissioners in the time stipulated by statute, % | Notice of e appeal was served | on Julius Carlson of Hartford today by Deputy riff Martin Horowftz. estate Stanle.\" Works Declares Its Regular Dividends | At the quarterly meeting of Ihnl | board of directors of the Stanley | Works today it was voted to pay the | regular dividend of 2 | 21 per cent on| |the common stock to holders of the | | stock at the close of business tonight | [the dividend being pavable October | New Haven, Sept. 19.—The New | 1. It was also voted to pay the regu- || lar dividend of 1% per cent on the| preferred stock to holders of the| stock at the close of husiness. No mber 1, the dividend being pa able Novessler 15, rwho is just 89. | Iannucei, | pacity since th NEW YORK BROKER | 0Neitt Mystery Is Report of Coroner Today Shows Was Either Sandbagged and Left to Die, Yq;. o - IMISSOURT BANDITS TARE $40,000 CASH 9 qourellston Bank Officials Held at Not Solved, Abandoned Or Enticed to Lonely Spot wua 1.’ "wyl,,m During Robbery e Middietown, Sept. 19.—The cor- oner's finding in the mysterious death of James O'Neill of this city, found dead in Cromwell several weeks ago, was made public today. In it the coroner finds no individual responsible for O'Nelll's death, but admits that the mystery is not solved, The coroner in his finding puts forth three possible solutions to O'Nelll's death. One is that he was sandbagged and killed and to the lonely placc In Cromwell. Another is that he was drugged and taken there, being left to die. A third is that he was enticed to | the place and killed. : The coroner has evidence ' that O'Nelll had had trouble previously with some negroes employed in the viclnity of the Fast Berlin plant at which he was employed, taken NEWARK ALSO HAS HOLD-UP Two Bank Messengers are Relieved of $6,700 Payroll—Shots are Fired but Highwaymen Make Good Their Escape, Wellston, Mo, Sept. 19.~Five CELEBRATES HER WITH YOUNG BROTHER OF 100 AND HER 89 YEAR OLD SON ATTENDING Harlem Woman Eats No Meat Or Eggs, But Few Fruits and Lives Mostly on Bread, Cereals, Soup and Coffee. New York, Sept. 19.—When Mrs, Mae Urdang celebrates her 114th birthday this afternoon in the Har- lem home of ths Daughters of Is- rael, among those taking part in the jollification will be her ‘*young" brother of 100 years, and her “boy,” In addition, 50 other aged men and women, inmates of the home, will join in the celebra- tion whose feature will bhe the cut- ting of a birthday cake adorned with 114 candles. In those remote days when Napo- leon the Great was yet a llving pres- ence and not a memory, Mrs, Ur- dang was born, the daughter of & SMITH TO DECIDE ABOUT CANDIDACY Governor Confers With New York Democratic Leaders New York, Sept. 19.—Governor Sniith and George W. Olvany, leader of Tammany Hall, went into confér- cnce today to consider whether the governor shall accept his party's renomination for a”third term. State democratic leaders were confident that the governor would leave the conference to declare his | readiness to be a candidate to suc- ceed himself. Despite Governor Smith's recent announcement that he would not again be a candidate for the office, he heartened his sup- porters just before his conference with Mr. Olvany with the statement: “I can’t say now what I am going to do. T am still listening to both sides of the argument. I have not made up my mind." Norman E. Mack, w York democratic national committeeman, here from his home in Buffalo to in- tercede with the governor, expressed confidence fhat the party would suc- ceed in refrafting him. “The dolegates to the conventden are going to tell counties of Windham, Middlesex and | Nor Smith he owes it to the party | in this state to accept the nomina- tion,” the veteran leader said. “No democrat in this state can_ imagine | for a moment that he wiil refuse to be governed by the wishes of 99 per cent of his party. Every county of the state is of one mind, and that is that the governor must accept. They are going to nominate him.” Sues for $25,000 for Injuries to His Son New Haven, Sept. 19 Two suits setting up alleged damage of § 000 were brought today by father a four-yea boy hurt by an automobile Tyler Cruttenden, a of the against of Guilford, drivet The child was struck on July 16 in a eity street The father claims Cruftenden driving at too great a speed. Philip Pond Elected As Head of Bar Assn. New Haven, Sept. 19.—Philip Pond was elected president of the New Haven cour bar association today. He has served in that ca- death of A. Heaton Robertson in the summer. A com- mittee was named to argange for the bar assoclation dinner during next month. machine was ty F) ranco-ficlgi-aur Machine On Rhine Dispersing Brusgels, Sept. 19.—The process of liquidating the F o-Belgian organization the R land fs tinuing in pursuance of the Lon- don agreement to out the Dawes plan. The permit service at Baden has been sy and also the service for ex t of the German state forests in the districts. The Belgian and Fren oms of- ficials are returning to their homes and the interallied high commission for the Rhineland has reduced personnel in Lrry ation * | THE WEATHER RS | Hartford, Sept. 19—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: | | Unsettled, probably showers | tonight and Satunlay; rising | its | ‘ Sioux Falls, | | Dawes, temperature Saturday. B armed and masked men entered the Wellston Trust Co. in this St. Louis suburb shortly before the hour of opening today, lined up six officlals and employes againet the wall, lei- surely scooped up the cash and cur- rency in the cages and vaults, amounting to between $35,000 and $40,000 and escaped. After the holdup the robbers zan to a motorcar in an alley back of the bank, jumped in ahd speeded away. No shots were fired. Posees | started in pursuit, 114TH BIRTHDAY Newark Has Hold Up. N N. J, Sept. 19.—Two bank messengers were held up and robbed of a $6,700 payroll by two armed bandits as the messengers were about to deliver the money to the Bruen street factory of Blan- chard Brother and Lane, Jeather manufacturers, today. The messengers, employes of the Ironbound Trust Co., were carrying the satchel of money between them as they walked to the factory. When they felt guns poked into their backs they dropped the bag. The bandits jumped into an automobile which stood at the curb with a driver ready to go. One of the messengers fired several shots at the fleeing car, Ac- cording to the police another autoist pursued the bandits, getting close enough to observe the marks of the messenger’s bullets in the rear of the tonneau, after which the bandit car disappeared around a corner. The messengers were Charles Vanderstreet, 55, and Arthur Maur- er, 20, confectioner in Riga. Her memory goes back to kings, quecns and em- pires long ago departed, and despite her age she discourses vividly upon the scenes of the past. Mrs, Ur- dang takes a keen ipterest also in the doings of the present day and delights to have the newspapers read to her, Her ‘centenarian brother, who often visits her she is said to regard as a “mere stripling” and often | gives him the benefit of her sisterly advice, Mrs. Urdang eats no meat or eggs and only few fruits and vegeetables, living mostly on bread, cereals, soup and coffee, PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN FOR CONVENTION HERE -~~~ ™ | IAY NOT T0 RETUR Democratic Congressional | Delegates Favor As- sembling Here American Minister to Rumania 1Is Not Expected to. Resume His Po- | sition at Bucharest. Unless there is a change in the | Sept. — Prince | present plans of the Democratic | gjjesco, Rumanian minister to the congressional committee, the con- | (fhited States, has notified his gov- vention to nominate a candidate 1o | ginment it is said here, that it is represent the first district will be | unlikely that Peter A. Jay, held in this city at a date which|jcan minister to Rumania, will re- members hope to be able to an- |y to Bucharest except for a brief Hounon,LOtIOrEON: period to close up his personal af- Mayor A. M: Paonessa is a mem- | fyirg. ber of the committee and sponsored | Mr. Jay is Washington ex- :lhe move to bring the delegates | pajning to the American govern- ,h«‘m_ .\'tul'm:r Henry J. Calnen of | jnent the recent Rumanian mining | Hartford, chairman of the commit- and other legislation considered tee, uus’ in conference today with |prejudicial to American capital in- fayor Paonessa and agreed to the | yegted in Rumania. He is also in- latter's suggestion that the gathering forming tMe state department re- be held in New Britain. garding thep resent status of debts The time and place of meeling | gwed by the Rumanian government are details which are scheduled for | in the United States. | a discussion at a gathering of mem- The intention of the United | bers of the committee tomorrow. States after the withdrawal of Mr. If it Is possible to secure the at-| jay, as the situation is described by | téndance of Borlin delegates to the | (he | district probate conventioa for to-|only a charge d'affaires at Bu- evening, the meeting wili|charest until there is a definite | morrow | be held at that time, the local de change in fhe attitude of the Ru- manian government regarding the | rights of American capital and the payment of deb TOADSTOOLS ARE FATAL One Dead and Whole Family Serl- Bucharest, 19. in |Nicaragua’s Death | Rate Is Very High | Managua, Nics ragua, Sept. 19, — nic of measies, followed by | | dysentery and typhoid and paraty- phoid fevers, due to the contamina- | tion of the city's water supply, is re- sponsible for the highest death rate history of a population of 30,000, there have |been 1,200 deaths in three months. | The sanitary encineer of the | Rocketeller ~ foundat is now chlorinating the water supply as an emergency mes mbat the spread of typhoid ously 1l in Bridgeport Following Eating Mistaken Fungus Growth. Bridgeport, Sept. is d 19.—0One person ad in Bridgeport today of toad- poisoning and an entire fam- ily with the excepticn of the father, in the Brilgeport hospital seri- ously ill of the same cause, The dead: Nazerino Sante of Nichols road. The scriously ill 5, Nicl sed; io Sant all of | stool are axe | FIRPO TESTIFIES TODAY. | sw York, Sept. 19.—Luis Angel rpo went to Ellis Island today to ! testify in his own behaif the | hearing before board quiry to determinne whether he is to be |deported. 'The government has con | cluded its testimony and W. W. | Brown, chief of the legal di of the immigration servics | case probably be | today. Then board's f g | will be forwarded to Washington for final decision Firpo was | Island by his attorney and a terpreter. 18 Mrs, Maria San- ls road, mother of the Mario X ar Nichols y a of road Ancient Tomhc\?c‘ Discovered in Egypt i By The Ass 19.—Two royal rd dynasty carlivst stone to the world, are been d pyramids of Sak- south of Cairo. would DhS=Dty the iir jeve 1 to the known to have amous kara, about 15 m L Firth, of the Egyptian antiqui- BRUNETTO FILES APPEAL. SSPTR i cepildsia s AT | Alfio Brunetto of this city ha S0k | by i e | pealed to the court of common pleas “zmmt the decision handed down by | Judge William . Hun clty court in an action s | ley Drezek, wher was awarded the decision to re COS Brunetto sued for d through Harry Ginsberg on injuries received w owned by the defenda to have bitten him. Dunn Donough represented the {Donald Gaffney has since tained to bring an appes court of common ple lecision of the b be bui report Idings i t |a 4 accompani hbguch in recent in story of arc: New London §jlk Co. Strike Is Near End New Lo Sept, 19—Indica ay pointed toward a quick settie- t of the difficulties between the Edward Bloom and its employes, the t of whom went on strike cause of a greivanc night shift working at g latter receiving great- er pay tham these employed by day The strikers requested, among other things that the night shift be done away with its bearing on tecture by mages, don ons to recover | tod m rement of the Siik Co. here rp terday used by the E gre been re- the | ¢ the yes to « 13 against lower court IS WELCOMI Pross. 8. D. Sept. 19 Arsociated TEXTILE MAN DI Oscar Elsas of of the leading fig- ures in the textile dustry in the south, died t y at a hospital here. He was president of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, Atlanta. Welcomed by republican leaders as |a possible peace maker, Charles G republican vice-preside | nominee, arrived today to with party chiefs and to speak to-| ght at the Sioux Falls coliseum on the agricultural problem. Boston, Atlanta, Ga Sept. 19 one ' OFF TERRYVILLE ROAD Amer- Rumanian minister, is to leave | STATE DEMOCRATS T0 STARY ACTION AT ONCE Hadley and Moseley Both Agree to | Take the Stump For Morris | Now Haven, Sept. 19.—Plans for | the democratic camapign in Con- necticut were taken under consid- | eration at the headquarters of the state central committee today and it was announced that no time would be lost in organizing the working forces, The nominces for all ‘state offices, headed by Charles G. Morris, for governor, will meet at Hotel Garde here at 12 noon next Tuesday when each will be officlally notified of his nomination, Mr. Morris will ac- cept the honor and will deliver an address which will discuss political conditions. The state central committee will meet at 1 p. m. and the nominees will be introduced to each mem- ber., Hamilton Hadley, younger son of President Emeritus Arthur T. Had- ley of Yale university has notified his uncle, Mr. Morris, that he will that the stump for the democratic party in Connecticut at once, Nicholas Moseley, an instructor at Yale who married Miss Hadley, also has signified his willingness to assist in the speaking part of the | campaign of the state committee, GAR DROPS 75 FEET | | Bristol Man, at Wheel;‘ Is Thought to Be Uninjured (8pecial to the Herald.) Bristol, Sept. 19.~John L. Soren- son of West street escaped miracu- lously from death early this morn- ing when a touring car, driven by him, skidded across the' Terryville road on Shovel Shop hill and after knocking over a four-inch birch tree plunged 75 feet down an em- bankment, being stopped from fm- mersion in the Pequabuck river by a iarge tree. The machine was lodged securely [against the ttee on 1ts side and is | the poll ended, his total had beén | of Cleveland, Average D aily Citculation sene 13+ 10,5804 Sept, 13th .. JWESRANNEN, (ONMANDER, BEING NANED BY LEION Washington, D. G, Man 1I§ Flected on First Ballof With Overwhelming Majority ONLY TWO OTHER MEN'S NAMES WERE PRESENTED These Were John R. McQuigg of Cleveland and F. ¥, Spafford of New York — Legionnaires Are Advised That Germany Doubte less ;\'HI Soon Be Admitted to Membership in League of Nations By The Assoclated Pross, St. Paul, Sept. 19, — James Ay Drain, of Washington, D. C,, was elected national commander of the American Legion at the closing ses- slon of its sixth annual convention here today. Drain’s election came on the first ballot and he had a majority of all accredited votes before the roll call was two-thirds completed. A8 swelled considerahl Only two other names were pres sented, those of John R. McQuigg nd E. E. Spafford of New York. The Total Vote. The vote on national commander, before the convention made it unanis mous was: Drain 715; McQuigg 142; Spafford 96; absent 21. ‘When the roll call had been coms: pleted, the election of Drain was made unanimous in motion of King of Minnesota and amid a rousing demonstration, Drain was escorted to the flatform as the band played, “Cheer, Cheer, the Gang’s All Here,” a total wreck, ‘Whether Sorenson jnmped befoge the car went down the embankinent or not was not | known this morning as the accident (had not been reported to police | headquarters. Motorcycle Officer James W, Burns discovered the ruined car, | when the marks on the roadway and | | the condition of the shrubbery at- | | tracted his attention as he was be- | ginning his patrol work. Ths num- | ber, P 137% was noted and inquiry | at the state motor vehicle headquar- | ters revea!cd the owner. ot | How the accident happened was | a matter of conjectur: at ths police | station this morning as an exam- ination showed that the steering gear was apparently in good shape. Marks on :he roadway indicated an | |abrupt turn as the car was travel- ing westward up tha steep incline | toward Terryville. Tt was thought | that the driver lost contrcl when | the car went over the shoulder of | the road for a moment or that the steering cor had locliad mom | tartly. ! | As far as can be learqed. Soren- ot eaffer any wnicy ! 1 | son did ’[)1'. Theiry Is Taken i To an Insane Asylum | Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 19.—Dis- trict Attorney Arthur K. Reading of | Middlesex county, announced today that it had become nec ry to re- move Dr. Raymond Thiery of Somn erville, who is charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, David M. Noble, on August 8§, the Rridgewater hospital for the insane for observation. | The district attorney said t noon today Dr. Thiery develope highly dangerous symptoms ing suddenly violent. becom- Bingham and Morris From Same Old Family New Haven, Sept. 19.—Co gham, g0 the republican ticket, and Charles G Morris, nominee for like office on the lemocratic ticket, both [ family connection to the Woodbridg lly. Mrs. Bingham's were the Woo: Woodbridge B nominee for bridges,ar was be of Brooklyn Woodbridgr n Morris bridge n, < Conn Farms."” is Army Aviators Start Off for Dallas, Texas L A fliers Okla m Muskogee miles away p.om. (2:30 faylight time.) cago was the first owed Boston sw Orleans. to take 11 | by nd the (;asolin_cme\'n t(:l‘) Cents i In New England District Boston, Sept. 19.—A ‘reduction of | one cent a gallon in the price of g | oline in New England territory was nounced today by the Guif Refg and the Stanflard Ol Co. The new quotations are 19 cents a gal lon retail and 17 ,cents a gailon | wholesale. Co., E. P. ARMSTRONG Connecticut Commander, elected a Vice-President of American Legion. The Texas delegation, headed by Miss’ May Peterson, atop the “old gray ‘ma aded to the platform s band flaring “The Old Mare,” one of the songs made famous by the convention Soon every department standa was grouped on th new comm and songs continueg for until retiring Quinn of Ca platform aro nder. The cheers veral min- Commander estored the Jc order. R ifornia Hoy Pershing convention, od. The o Missouri de General Pe distinguished guc other A to make “permanent nd eve 1 conventio General. Drain, an attorney of his military Guard of he rose to brigadier general S a captain in the h e World war with the of the mission. ved ent of has tion, voted the A i rican 1 Was Commanr Washington, 1 N 1 the National Brig from private H v Spa as wz of e than what very- his 1 ani- gion com- conven- ation vice- unanimously commanders withodt trong of Conaectis Tarland of Kansah, Perry of Panama. Willlam (Continued on Page 16)