New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 21, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press | Average Datty Circulation For Week Ending Oct. 18th ... 11,332 HELD BY POLICE four Meo May Have Taken Jewels-Car Was Bullet Riddled (UESTIONED ON NURDERS New York Police Belicw': Some Light May Be Thrown On Cases of “Broadway Butterflies,” Killed In Thelr Apartments. New York, Oct. 21. — Four men _ under arrest were questioned today in connection with the robbery early yesterday of the West Side apart- ment of Mrs. Helen Heyworth, fiuncee of “Dapper Don” Collins, in- ternationally notorious thief, A platinum, diamond - clustered Ying resembling one stolen from Mrs. Helyworth was found in pos- sesslon of oné of the four prisoners who were arrested for another hold- up and later suspected of having heen involved in the Heyworth rob- bery. J'rom their questioning of the prisoners the police also hoped to throw light on the cases of Dorothy Keenan, Louise Lawson and Edith Bobe. Miss Keenan and Miss Law- son, "“Broadway butterflies,” were killed by robbers who ransacked their apartments. Miss Bobe and her wealthy man companion were held up in her apartment recently and robbed of jewelry valued at $50,000. Found Bullet Riddled Auto The four prisoners were arrested early today after a bullet-riddled atvtomobile was found in a garage in West Tenth street. Two of the men first were arrested for the hold- up of Joseph Hofstein, from whom $200 was stolen on Saturday night in West Forty-Seventh street, Later developments in the questioning of the two first prisoners, however; led to the arrest of the two otheps in their homes and to their questioning in connection with the Heyworth Tobbery, The prisoners deseribed them- selves as Louis Fishkin, of Manhag- tan and Abraham Grant, Jacob and Louis Kiviat, all of Brooklyn. The diamond-cluster ring was found in the possession of Iishkin, A woman friend of Mrs. Heyworth identified the ring as part of the loot taken in the apartment robbe terd Mrs, Heyworth did not at- tempt to idenfify the ring, Robbery In Restaurant The antemobile which first arous- ed the gugpicion of the police was believed by thewm to have been the same used by robbers early yester- day in escapifig after holding up an Ilast Houston street restaurant. Police who chased the bandits rid- aled their car With bullets. This robbery occurred a few hours after | the Heyworth holdup. Mrs. Heyworth was identified as the divoreed wife of Otto Heyworth, of Chicago, grandson and @@puted b of Otto Young, Chicago multi- millionaire. When “Dapper Don" Collins, was arrested in Paris last spring and held for ¢ jition to the United States to serve a sentence | for robbery and swindling, Mrs. Hey- | worth offered to marry him in his | cell. She followed Collins to this | country. He is now serving his sen- tence on Welfare Island. Mrs. Heyworth, after the robbery | was reported, suddenly left the | spartment in an avtomobile listed in the name of Mrs. Gerald Dempsey, a daughter of former Justice Morgan | J. O'Brien. Dempsey is described as | u retired broker and lives at Hemp- | stcad, Long Island. ! ERRORS DISCOVERED ONDEMOCRATIC TICKET Secretary of State - Finds Several Details Wrong —Ballots to Be Late? Hartford, Oct. 21 A number of errors have been discovered in the | kitted | the tropical storm hit | * HELD ON DEG, 7 Advent of New Parliament Not fo Endanger Dawes Plan 0 BE ADOPTED SAYS MARK Political Complexion of New Body Problematical But Will Carry London Agreement Prepare to Fight Soclalists. By Tho Assoclated Press, The dissolution of the reichstag and the advent of a new parllament in no way endangers the fulfillment by Germany of the London hgree- ment on the Dawes reparation plan, today told the Through— Chancellor Marx Assoclated Prees, Although the political complexion of the new reichstag is wholly con- Jjectural at, this hour, the chancellor is convinced that the election, which has been officlally set for Decem- ber 7, will return a sufficient num- ber of supporters of the Dawes plan and of the foreign and Internal policies of the present government to insure the construction of a workable coalition government. This government, Dr. Marx de- clared, would be automatically pledged to strict execution of the various laws sanctioned by the reichstag August 29, honorable fulfilment of the London agreement. These laws are already operating, the chancellor remarked, adding that the present cabinet, which would continue in office, was possessed of complete constitutional authority to protect these laws and to vouchsafe their honorable execu- tion. : The dissolution decree signed by President Ebert obviates any fur- ther session of the reichstag and the sitting scheduled for Wednesday, therefore, has been cancelled. Allaince Is Indicated. The most significant political de- velopment today on the morrow of the dissolution of the reichstag was the indication, suggested in news- paper comment and in political cir- cles generally, of a coming struggle between an alllance of Dr. Von Hergt's German nationalist party and Foreign Minister Stresemann’s people’s party against a united front | of the socialists, clericals and demo- |crats, | The press generally does not ex- |press regret over the reichstag's dissoiutien, pany of the newspapers rather welcoming the termination of |2 parliamentary situation which left the government at the merecy of an insufficient majority and inter- party barterings. None of the party organs reflects |a clean cut election slogan but the mosf significant suggestion comes | concurrently from the Deutsche All- gemeine Zeitung, the Stinnes organ, and the TLokal-Anzeiger, both of i\\’hlrh urge a fusion of the nation- alist and people’s parties because internal political developments die- tate a united front. This I8 taken to fndicate prospective joint action | by the two parties against the fight of the socialists for an eight-hour | day and the demand of the radicals | for drastice taxation on s, big bu |Fatalities Reported In Tropical Storm | Havana, Oct. 21.—Reports tigt| from eight to 13 persons had been and about 50 injured when| Arroyos De Mantua, in Pirdr Del Rio, were re- | ceived here today. Almost every building in the town sustained heavy damage, and it was estimated that the tobacco crop suffered severely. Communication by wire was almost paralyzed. Lt. Nelson to Get | Award From Sweden | Stockholm, Oct. 21.—The Swedish | Aero Club has declded to bestow its highest' award of honor, a gold | plaque, upon Lieutenant Erik Nelson one of the pllots on the American round-the-world flight. It is expect- democrat L e ticket and the cor- rection of them may delay the dis- tribution of ballots to the towns f(\l"; the election on November 4. The er- | rors are due to inaccuracies in the ticket furnished the secretary of state by the state central committee. The report is signed by Congressman P. B. O'Sullivan who presided at the | Jemocratic state convention at which | the ticket was nominated. The names | of the democratic presidential elec- | tors are uot prirted in the order in | which t were nominated. The | given name of Philip Troup of New Haven was spelled on the certificate | *Phillip.” Int name of John of Hartford, nominee | | | | A. Markham | for secretary | of state, the initlal was omitted. The convention unamed Willlam fam 8. Meany of Greenwich for | weasurer and James R. May of New | London for comptroller. In the certi- ficate of the nominations received | trom New Haven the position of | hese candidates were reversed, Mr. | Meany being named for comptroller wd Mr. May for treasurer. The secretary of state had sent to | towns where voting machines are | the names of the candidates on different party tickets before the | rors were discovered. H noti- | ted the clorks of these towns the er- sors and corrections. BARSS DESTROYED Nichols, Conn., Oct. 21. — Two b , full of hay, farm uten- fle and cne of them containing an w tle, 0n the property of Dah ® 8%aiten, w destroyed by fire £ hoon today. The loes has not been Warmized - | being held open for him in this c ed that the plaque will be presented to the aviator, who was born and brought up in Sweden, when he comes here soon to visit his mother. | providing for | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, OCTOBE POLICE BOARD 70 NAME SUGCESSOR TO SKELLY Eight Supernumeraries Candidates For Vacancy Caused by Mur- der of Policeman, The board of police commissioners will hold a speclal meeting tonight for the purpose of appointing a reg- ular patrolman to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Patrolman James Skelly, who was killed when he, with two other policemen, sur- prised a burglar at work on a safe in the Davidson & Leventhal de- partment store over a week ago, A number of applications have been filed with Chiet Willlam C. Hart for the appointment and by the time the mecting 1s called at 8 o'clock tonight, it is expectetl that practical- ly all members of the supernumer- ary force eligible for the appoint- ment will have filed applications. Among those who had filed appli- catlons up*until noon today were: Supernumeraries John Griffin, Wil- liam Dolitis, Otis Hopkins, William McMurray, James O'Keefe, Peter Skierkowski, Charles McCarthy and Joseph Hayes. The city ordinances provide that to be eligible for ap- pointment as a regular patrolman, one must have completed two years service as a supernumerary, be five feet eight inches tall or over, and weigh not than 140 poun NEW P. 0. BUILDING FOR COURT STREET (Structure “Vifl Be Used for Parcel Post Business | A new buflding to house the par- cel post business and later the pos- tul savings business if necessary will be erected soon on Court street in the rear of the main post office. The building will be erccted by Anson A. Mills and il be lcased eitnar in whole or part to the post office de- partment for a period of five years beginning December 15, 1924, The lease includes equipment and | postal savings furniture when nec- essary. Mr. Mills has not completed his plans for the building, which will be an auxiliary to the central post office and marks one step 1in the campaign for increased postal facilitics, by Postmaster H. E. Er- win, The bullding will be erccted on a let measuring 50x100 feet owned by Mr. Mills, logated on Ceurt street between the People's church s and the residence of Dr. J. W. Bush. MAIN STREET BUILDING 15 SOLD FOR $72,500 Harry Alex Sells Block Almost Op- posite Myrtle Strect to Henry Morans One of the biggest realty deals of afteryoon when Harry Alex sold his Main street property to Henr Morans, the deal which involves bout $72,500, being handled by the calty firm of Rabinow & Raschkow. The building s on the east side of | Matp street, alnost opposite Myrtle | street. A department store occuples the first floor, a restaurant the sec- ond and the upper floors are given over to rooming houses. No Change in fiaod No change in the method of pay- ing the teachers in the local public schools is contemplated at present, no action having been taken yester- day afternoon at the meeting of the finance committee of the school board with representatives of the teachers' council, The present method is to pay them ten times, onec a month, during the school year, but there has been some agi- monthly payments covering the en- tire year. The representatives of the teachers' council did not favor this plan and it was not presented every year. City Trying To Raise B;rrier | Holding Ryan At Ellis Island Mayor Paonessa and Supt. Pullen of .Health Dept. Write to Commissioner. Immigration Two departments of the city gov- ernment united today in an effort to ! bring abont the release of Edward Ryan, assistant superintendent of city hall, who is being detaincd at Ellis Island awaiting deportation to | Iretand. From the office of Mayor A. M. Paonessa, a letter was sent United | States Immigration Commissioner | Curran at Elils Isla adyising the | federal officer that Ryan's job is and glving assurance that the young man will be properly taken care of here | Ryan has . been with stricken trachoma. a condition of the '!Qll that is extremely contagious and which is frequently the cause of de- portation, and in addition not read and on that account might be excluded. Ryan is not a citizen but has taken out his first papers. he cans Mayor Paonessa promises, and Health rintendent Richard W. Pullen has also agreed, that if Ryan is allowed to come to New Britain he will be subjected to the most careful treatment at the city la- tion hospital until his eye conditior is cleared up. The federal authori- tles will be supplied with reports of his condition tly as they desire, the city departments also advise. Should a bond be required to effect his r 1s is a8 freque nse, assurance given that thig ecan also be arranged to the satisfaction of the depam- ment of labor, Mayor Paonessa has { written. James E. O'Brien of the Amer! anization burean has Interested himself in the case and is also en deavoring to bring about the en- trance of Ryan. he year was consummated yesterday | Of Paying Teachers tation among the teachers for twelve | to the meeting . The main business | disposed of was the definite dates on which the teachers will be paid, | an action which s taken regularly | Democrats Expect To Spend $750,000 In Coming Election J. W. Gerard Appears Before Senate Investi gating Committee—One $25,000 Con- tribution From Chadbourne. Washington, Oct. 21.—Contribu- tions totalling $548,440 have been made to the democratic national campalgn fund to date, James W. Gerard, the party's national treas- urer, testified today before the sen- ate Investigating committee. Mr. Gerard estimated that the finai total of the campaign would not exceed $750,000. Golng over the list of cortribut- ors, nost,of which was made public | last night in New York, the com- mittee members asked the demo- Lcru(lc treasurer to identify some of them, Thomas L. Chadbourne, who contributed $25,000, was {identifled as an banker, X Senator Caraway, democrat, Ar- kansas, developed that Chadbourne was a chicf supporter of William G. McAdoo in the pre-convention or- ganization. “John D, Ryan, $5,000," read Chairman Borah from the list. “Who is Ryan?” “He is president of the Anaconda Copper Co." Mr. Gerard replied. C. W. Watson, who contributed $5,000, was identfied as a former senator from West Virginia. “I think he is a coal operator,” said the witness. Samuel Untermyer, who also con- tributed $5,000, was identified as a New York lawyer. He has agreed to assist Frank I Walsh, counsel for . (GOVERNOR TEMPLETON REPLIES T0 CRITICY States Why He Must Call Special Election for U. S. Senator Waterbury, Oct. Charles A. Templeton this morning replied to his critics, who claim that | e unnecessarily put the people of this state to an expense of about half | million dollars in connection with the special election to fill the va- caney left in the U. senate through the death of Seuator Frauk | Brandegee, by quoting the constitu- {tion wherein it states the governor | “shall issue writs of election to fill | such vacancies.” He said he cannot, |and does not wish, to, hift the re- | sponsibility of selecting a senator away from the people. In his statement, Governor Tem- I pleton said, “the consfitution is ab- ! solutely mandatory. It says that the | governor ‘shall issue writs of elec. |tion to fill such vacancies’ The only exception under the constitution is | where the legislature has made some other provision which in this case it has not done. “I have no right to assume that the legislature will wish to make a | special provision. It has not done s0 in the 12 years since the consti- | tutional amendment was passed and it may not care to do so no N body can speak for the legisl | except itself. “At all events, 1 have a prescnt duty which the constitution imposes on me and I must falfill t. I am responsible for my term of off.ce, d T am not responsible for, nor an T look into any future term of | uitice. ¢, but the ex- {to the provision of the constitution. | That expense would have to be un- | dergone later if not soone And | | the state of Cc ticut can much | | better afford the expense than be | without one of its senators at a this | | critical time lik “I have faith { | constitution requires me to place the | cholce of a senator i the hands of | |the people. 1 cannot and do not | | wish to shift the responsibility away | trom the people. 1 believe that their decision will be right. PETTY CRFICER KILLED; | MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR Gets Into Wrong Door While Intovi- cated and is Shot By Head of House During Skuffle, Somerville, Mass, Oct. 21.—Les ter T. Fellows, tty officer attached to the Utah, was shot and killed e jay by Pat- rick J. McGuire, who said he be- lieved he was a McGuire was arraigned on a » of man- slaughter, and was ed in bonds of $1,000 for a hearing later | Fellows, in civilian clothing, was first heard at a window n was seen Inserting door of the M family house, family said volver to the the man grappled told the pc he the intruder over t weapon, but in th discharged, the t lows’ forehead. The dead m 1 on a nearby street, and the police sald it was possible he had mistaken the house for his own while intoxicated ON IN POR Lisbon, Oct. 21.- t Gomes will sign so L convoking | parliament November 4. Th alista and democrats have agreed to cooperate in the coming election. ELEC | nation- | Senator La Follette, Francis P. Garvan, who gave $10,- 000, is the former .alien property custodian, Mr, Gerard sald, “Is he the man who was concern- ed in litigation in that respect? asked Senator Borah, “He is,"” was the reply. Chairman Borah read from the list “Bernard M. Baruch, $25,000; Hen- ry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey, $21,000; Frank L. Polk, former under-secretary of state, $ 000, and Cleveland H. Dodge, New York, $5,000." “What's Mr. Dodge's business?'” asked Senator Borah, “He is in the coppen business. Mr. Gerard said Dodge was not a: sociated with that business with Mr. Ryan, “Are there any organizations be- sides the national committee collect- ing funds for your organization? asked Senatr Borah, “There may be minor organiza- tions,” replied the witness, “but they are not collecting any substantial sums. I think some have received money from vs, They Include the Young Men's Democratic Club and 21, — Governor | pense is due to the emergency and | Women's clubs.” Mr. Gerard eald a total of $29,- 700 had been contributed by the ma- tional committee to the state com- (Continued on Page 15) 'VETERAN TEACHER IN BRISTOL SCHOOL DIES |Flags Flown in Memory of Miss Mary E. | Callen | (8peclal to the Herald.) | Bristol, Oct. 21.—Bristol today is mourning the death of Miss Mary | E. Callen, rincipal of the East Bris- ! tol school for about 30 years, who died last night at her home in Plainville, Flags on the schools of the city | wiil be flown at half mast from to- |day until after the funeral. The ‘ast DBristol and Tifth avenue schools will be closed all day Thurs- the day of the funeral, and delegations will attend the obsequies. Miss Callen was born in Plalnville on July 7, 1860, and attended the Plainville schools She was grad- uated from New Britaln Normal school with the class of 1879. Her first appointment as teacher was to the Stafford school in Bristol. A vear later she went to the East Bristol school and remained at her post until a few weeks ago, when iliness forced her to retire. Those who survive are a brother, day, Fred Callen, and a sister, Miss Mar- | garet Callen, both of Plainville. The funeral will be held Thurs day morning at 9 o'cock. A high mass of requiem wil be celebrated at the church of Our Lady of Merey Plainville. Interment wil be in Plainville. Former pupils of Miss Callen cluding some of Bristol's | business and professional men and women, were scheduled to meet t night for the purpose of arr: a testimonial to Miss Callen. T in charge of the meeting w ly grieved last night when learned of the' death of their be- loved former teacher. HULL WITHDRAWS Burlington Caucns Row Ended For the Present—Healy Says Remaody Is Criminal Prosecution. Hartford, Oct. 21—The Burlington caucus row came to a xpet end in the superior court before Judge Newell J lay wher attorneys for George W. H of Burlington wi w s T for a rule orderi state and town clerk John of Burlington to show cause why they should not he enjoined fron putting the Burlingt yiblicar nominations for rep tive, jus- tices of the peace 1 of pro- on the officia Hull was a candidat 1omination for rey ¢ caucus on October 14 and he was feated. gHe claimed that moved for a vote by c that more than 25 per cs present voted for the mot chairman declared it en took the matter to th court. His counsel said today t looking up the law they were vinced that an injunction did in such a case, and Attorney G eral Healy said the only remedy was iminal prosecution. S neten s in * THE WEATHER —0— Hartford, Oct. 21—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity Fair tonight and Wednesday continued cool | * * | y Yohn seaman, Newark, ' Waits Chance To Moor To Mast * ' it aits Chance To Moor To Mast . . Ere wick, Wi Joseph Leo — | White, Vincennes, 1 1 Yenker, Port 3 y y . : . andoah was I the ball at 2 EogiOyeriSaniDiegoiKeepsi| ceae s St s g, AR | wsly Infured . . . . T RbAl enant nder I % Big Airship on High Un- | aowne, capt \ i | til 11 a. m.—Encounters t r : B | Storm in First of Trip. cific coast that the s Ja PRt 1 S v omas ¢ th it 5 W 0, ) Wil- wvy dirigible : e 1 i m D s Sterling, Port Chester, for a time b t N \ Isiand naval air at 11 ital s Bt . ured tr on e el 2 1 were < . vy 1 4 ¥ t v ed by . but made no = ki e ‘ SHE TR i e city 1 4 shown th N v s t t had i 4 and g was ma ! ished 1 s 10 pow- . I s v \gines i tw ges being holsted into SR 1 1 and at to L 1 mediately 1) s down the | th: &) ® n y Drexler Hero of Hour g int stories of herolsm [ A he t t y some men taken to bel: 3 < ‘ I smoud spita He was t = R s " rth the explosion S sine - p . cked the ship, throwing men to m. it was t road between > | the deck fore a Rushing into { & 000 0 i s swiicd Through the moonlight night the | (Continued on Page 15) (Continued on Page 185) ‘4 } 4 o R 21, 1924, —EIGHTEEN PAGES, AMERICAN CREDIT GIVEN T0 RUSSIA Gommissioner of Finance o Tells Parliament of Country | BUDGET 1S BALANCED| ‘uuoy) ‘pojuIeH k {1 9w mopoauuoy | “ydaq 1apy ly Neoded—Wants Money to Ite- establish National Production, l By The Assoclated Press. | Moscow, Oct, 21. — The Russian commissar for finance, okolnikov, announced today before the all-Russian parliament, now in session in the Kremlin, that despite the fall of the British labor govern- ment, English bankers with the sup- | port of certain American financial | institutions have agreed to advan oviet Russia extensive commercial | credits, The finance minister did not men- | tion the spcclfic amount of these | advances, confining himself to a gen- | eral statement that Russia has “con- | cluded negotiations for a loan from abroad in the form of a credit to | the Russian state bank on several tens of millions of gold rubles.” M. Sokolnikov said that the gov- ernment, for the first time since the* revolution, had balanced its budget without resort to the issuance of paper money. Totals of Budget The budget totals 2.091,600,000 | gold rubles. Of this 378,000,000 or 22,000,000 more than last year are | assigned for defense of the coun- try; 414,000,000 will be derived from direct taxes, of which 215,000,- 000 represents the peasant agricul- tural tax; 18,000,000 are set aside for famine relief; while indirect axes total 376,000,000, The revenue from state property 1s expected to yleld slightly more than 1,000,000,000 rubles while ‘E'.'U“."VW.“‘“‘ will be derived from ! credit operations including the is- suance of silver and copper cur- rency, soviet L. On Foreign Loan | Speaking on the question of a for- eign loan, the finance minister said the government was not carrying on negotiations for a loan hecause Rus. | sia needed It vitally to balance her | budget but because she wanted it in order to reestablish her national production. |" "It we decide,” he continued, “to rematn on the sama scale of ccono- | | mic develoomeut, we can do so | | without a loan. It is a mistake for British and American bankers to imagine that a foreign loan is a estion of life or death with soviet sia. f it were not for the which demands estraordinary | penses, we would now be in a posl- tion to say that the difficult period in our budget has passed. Has Gold Reserve ports in the. foreign press to ot t a has exhausted famin ‘n_u gold reser e wholly untrue, 1t is truc that our gold funds suf- fered diminution by reason of the selzure. of portions of our gold by | k and the Czechoslovakians but ur reserves show an nnpwr” ment over those of 1922 and 192 “This year is the last viet unfon will pass . From now on, the fullets may be entertained for a ! uly improvement in our financial situation.” | Kolch difficult yvear the s through, F 1 h } CONVICTION UPHELD. ) N. Y., Oct. 21.—The ¢ , former & saloon league of New | Anderson is ym one to| two years i | CIVIC LEAGUE HEARS But it w | but the committee the | BRISTOL MAN PRICE THREE CENTS ONE OF SIX KILLED BY EXPLOSION ON SHIP AT TARGET PRACTICE OF ‘BLIND TIGERS Will Not Go Over| Heads of Police, Bassette Says There are several places in the | city, on at least four different strects, | where a: thriving business is being done in the sale of liquor according to complaints recelved and consider- ccutive committee of the fety League last evening. committee met in the oflice of rman Arthur W, Upson. Scme of the complaints were sald to refer to places which to date have had little or no attention from the police department., Secretary Buel B. Bassctte stated this morning that | s the policy of the organization to handle these complaints through the local police department, and the | league does not go over the head of the police unless so requested by the officials themselves, although he | stated the league has taken things up with the state authorities. “We won't go over the heads of the local police unless it is a case where the police cannot a he said, Mr. Bassette added that it was the opinion .of the committee that the weakest spot in the enforcement pro- gram today is the small fines and suspended jail sentences imposed over and over aagin. On one of the ets complained of he said the complaint mentioned as ma as 20 automobiles standing in line in front of the house. President Upson was named a committee of one to confer with Frederic L. Fay of the South Con- gregational church in an effort to| obtain a suitable film for a public meeting. If a satistactory film can be | found plans will be made for the meeting. The question of lotteries being conducted by clubs and individuals | came in for considerable discussion, will seek addi- tional facts before taking any ac- tion, A resolution favoring the Ameri- can plan of limiting the production of oplum to the medicinal and scien- tific needs of the world, which will [ n nted to the League of Na- was approved. Ye pre: tions, HINES ANSWERS CRITICS Denies Head of Veterans’ Bureau Cheap and Imperfect Emblems Draped Coffins. | Washington, Oct. made recently before the 2 State Federation of Women'gi ¢ that the tera bureau had r ldiers wit and had con coftins of s nd shoddy f cheap | racted | for 300,000 which w ound to be wihout a row of eight stars, were | an red by Director Hines today| with an assertion that all flags pur-| . chased August 1 number—were and met with fed 2,400 in be | sult of | cruiser Trenton, about 40 miles east | cxplosion ocev Bernard B. Byam, Aged 20, Dies Of Burns, Telegram From Navy Department Today In- forms Mother. Five Others Not Expected to Live and 16 More Are Seriously Injured — En- sign Dies Saving Lives. (8pecial to the Herald,) Bristol, Oct, 21,—Bernard Bever« 1y Byam, 20 years old, died of burns yesterday, following an explosion on board the U. §. §. Trenton off the , Virginia Capes, according to a telee gram, received this morning by his mother, Mrs. Belle G, Byam of 70 Lincoln street, from Admiral W. R. Shoemaker, chief of the bureau of navigation at Washington, D, C. Un« til the navy department can be communicated with, no arrange« ments will be made for the funerals Bernard Byam was born in Bos« ton on June 7, 1904, He removed to this city 10 years ago with Ijs mother and attended the Federal - Hill school in this city. He enlist- ed in the navy last fall but it was some time afterward that his mother knew of the enlistment, The last letter from her son was res ceived in ptember from Ville Franche, while the cruiser was on shakedown” cruise around Afri« The warship was commissioned and young Byam was among those picked for the crew of the new ship. Previous to that time, he had served at Newport and on receiving ships. He was the son gf the late Dr. Bernard Byam of Lowell, who died shortly hefore the Byam family moved to this city. Besides his mother, he is survived by four:sis- ters, Misses Mabel, Tudora, Vera and Bernardine Byam, all of this oity. The first reporfs of the explosion the iser gave young Byam's » as Bryan and his address as ol, R. I. His mother did not ca. about six months ago on | know of his death until shortly aft- er 0 o'clock, today when the fele= gram came from the navy departe ment. Five Men Blown Overhoard Nortolk, Vt., Oct. 21. — Six men, one a commissioned officer, are dead, five are in a dangerous condi- tion and not expected to live, and 16 more ¢ ly injured he re- e seriously an explosion aboard the late yesterday. The red in the ship's for- 1 was of such great ar steel door was forced open and five men were lown overboard, of which one was drowned. The, ship was engaged in t practice at the time of the ac- of Cape Henry turret force that the r ta The Dead Drexler, Bethe [ 1 4! Hanson, Soldier, Tows, | seaman ' 5 > allegation i \winiam Alfred Walker, Mayo, 8. t s used tof o Yy et d Bench, | Byam, Bristol, Conn., aPhiladel Decembe is w said being investi- gated. i | 'Slxenandoal! Hovers Over Base Merchant- mate. uth class, rous Condition d ous condition Boston, T