New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1924, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 NO TAX MEASURES AT SHORT SESSION Soc. Mellon and President Conler * This Morning NOT SUFFICIENT TIME Neither Does Coolidge Intend to Call 'peulll!_lu of Congress to Take Up Theso Matters—Prob- lems Are Discussed. Washington, Nov, 13.—The admin- fstration has no .present intention of pressing for tax legislation at the coming short session of congress, it became known today, after Sacretary Mellon had conferred with Presi- dent Coolidge. " It is understood Mr. Mellon does not coneider it practical to take up the problem at this session, because of the lack of time, and in view of other difficulties entering into the situation, The administration has not given any consideration so far to the call- ing of a speclal seasion of the new congress after next March 4, to con- aider tax reduction. . Feel It Is Futile, Administration officlals feel , it would be rather futile to renew the tax fight at the short session since the problem has just been thrashed out and the resulting law is just now going into effect. ‘What congress itself may attempt, without recommendation from the administration {s another question. Some elements in the senate and house want immediate action, despite the fact that the republican party leaders seem agreed with the White House as to the inadvisability of such a course. Others are pressing for a special session after March 4, and {t remains to be developed whether they will muster sufficlent strength to convince the president that such a session should be called. Unless Mr. Coolidge issues a spe- clal session call the new congreds will not meet until a year from the coming December. Those who are urging a special session point out that the president declared after the act of 1924 was perfected that he favored another revision at the earl- {est opportunity and they argue that a delay until late in 1925 would not carry out that program. Mr, Mellon conferred for mare than & half hourthis morting with the president. It is understood the question of taxation was discussed in some detail. LINEUP OF CONGRESS New House Will Have 245 Republi- cans, 185 Democrats, Labor and 2 Socialists. Washington, ‘Nov, 12.—Dith the return of official figures from the 20th Pennsylvania congressional dis- 3 Farmer- trict, showing the election of a dem- | ocrat, where unofficlal returns haa given the seat to a republican, party line-up in the next congress complete, stands as follows: Republicans 245. Democrats 185, Farmer-Labor 3. Socialists 2. In the present congress, with all vacancies fillled the standing is as follows: Republicans 223; farmer-labor 1; dependent 1. Bankbooks of Gamblers Returned to Their Owners Westfield, Mass., Nov. 12.—Three bank books, takenm by holdup men from members of & gambling party of 50 at Little River inn early Sun- democrats 109; soclallst 1; " in- day, when $5,000 in cash also was ! taken, were returned to the owners today in envelopes postmarked Wa- terbury, Conn. This fact serves to confirm the be- llef ‘of those {interested holdup gang was composed of Con- necticut gamblers. An automobile license taken from a car of one of the alleged gamblers was returned yesterday, also from Waterbury. 19 New Caces of Smallpt_)x Break Out in Johnson City Johnson City, N. Y., Nov. 12.— Nineteen new cases of smallpox have developed In this village dur- ing the last 24 hours, bringing the total of 113 cases undef quarantine. Only three of the 19 were in fam- ilies not previously quarantjned. The disease prevalent here is a mild form and, according to state health officers, is directly traceable to the smallpox epldemic in Am- sterdam last month. A few cases have been placed under quarantine in Binghamton and nearby commu- nitles. Search for Leif Ericsson Given Up by Trenton Washington, Nov. 12—The cruiser Twnton will give up her search for the missing motor yacht Leif Erics- won and return to her home port at New York, Captain Kalbfus in- formed the state department in a wireless message today. Captain Kalbfus sald a thorough search, of the locality in which the missing boat was supposed to have been Iast seen, failed to disclose & trace of her. YACHTSMAN SAFE New York, Nov. 11. — Jay Finn who was reported missing with a party of New York men aboard the yacht Admiral off the east coast of Florida, telegraphed relatives last night that the party had retufned safely to Miami, it was learned to- the | that the ROBBER MAKES GIRL TAKE OFF HER STOCKINGS, TIES HER UP WITH THEM Greenwich, Conn,, Nov. 123,~Her silk stockings were used to tle Miss Martha Meeker to the bedpost in her room at & local hotel, at the time she was robbed of a diamond ring and dlamond ‘earrings, the police sald today, in making known of her detalls of the robbery, * that & robbery had been committed was made known yesterday, it being sald by the pollce that Miss Meeoker had been stopped in the hallway of the hotel, knocked down and made unconsclous by the blow, and rings s MORE EVIDENCE ON MISS SCHNEIDER MODERN RABBI WILL BE ENGAGED HERE Jews Reach Decision and Name Committee to Make Selection Decislon to engage a modern orthodox rabbi in New Britain was made last night at a meeting of about 75 Jewish citizens at the Bur- ritt hotel. The meeting was addressed by Rabbl Silverman of Hartford, Rabbi Finkelsteln of the Jewish theo- logical seminary, New York eity, and Judge Jacob Asher of Worces- ter, Mass. Isadore Goldman of this city was chairman of the meeting and announced that sufficient funds were avallable to consummate the projected program of engaging a modern rabbl. ' The following com- mittee was named to make a selec- tion: Morris D. Saxe, Bernard Stein, Willlam Greenstein, M. C. LeWitt and George Burson. At present services in the syna- gogues are conducted entirely in the Hebrew tongue, with which many members of the congregation are not familiar. It is proposed to have services in Hebrew and English, CARNEGIE INFLUENGED GOULDY’S INVESTMENT W;nwd Opposition to Pennsylvania: Edwin Gould Testifies New York, Nov, 12.—Andrew Car- negee influenced the Gowlds to be- come interested in the Wabash, Pittsburgh Terminal company in op- Pposition to the Pennsylvania rallroad, to which he was bitterly opposed, it was testified today by Edwin Gould at the referee's hearing of the $82,- {000,000 accounting suit involving the estate of the late Jay Gould. Mr. Carnegle owned a short rall- road connecting his plants outside of Pittsburgh with the city and, in op- position to the Pennsylvania rail- road, encouraged a Gould line, it was brought out. Under cross examina- tion by counsel for Frank J. Gould, Edwin Gould related conferences which he had with Mr. Carnegle with reefrence to the connection of the Goulds with the Wabash, Pitts- I#rgh Terminal company. In addition to the Carnegie-Penn- sylvania Railroad {industrial feud, the historic railroad fight between E. H. Harriman and George Gould in the early part of the present century also entered into the testi- mony. Edwin Gould testified that at the time of the fight, 80 per ceut of the Gould lines were singled tracked, tnballasted and subject to great damage in times of storm and flood. Reverting to personal affairs of the Gould family, the witness said he had refreshed his memory since testifylng previously and declared that the trustees of the estate had glven their consent to the second marriage of Anna Gould, now the Duchess De Talleyrand, in accord- |ance with the terms of Jay Gould's will. 'Mr. Gould contradicted testimony | previously given by his sister, Mrs. | ¥inley J. Shepard, formerly Helen Gould, that their brother, Frank Gould, had made a flat offer of $60 a share for the estate’s holdings of Missour] Pacific stock. The witness sald he was positive no such offer had ever been made. Now Doubt Derelict Was Missing Leif Ericsson Washington, Nov, 12.—Ajderelict reported to the navy department as having been sighted In the takken by the missing yacht Lelf Ericesdh, for which the cruiser Tren- ton is searching the North Atlantic, i was located as early as Sept. §, the department was informed today, apd of the missing yacht. A message {o the department sald the Holland- the derelict in about the same posi- tion given & few days ago to the crulser Trenton, on arriving in New York Sept. 6. X Bubonic Plague Already Claims 4,000 in 12.—An epidemic of the plague which has already caused 4,000 deaths, has broken out-in the { fog. The coroner found that The fact | path ] American liner Rhyndam reported | ed by Miss Schnelder and earrings taken from her, The robbery was sald. to have occurred in the room adjolning Miss Meeker's bedroom and the thief or- jdered her to remove her shoes and sllk stockings and then used the latter ‘with which to tie her to a bedpost, warning her not to make an outery, The police notified the New York police saying that they belleved the robber had had Miss Mecker under observation for some time as she is roputed to be wealthy and the possessor of valuable jewels, ROGERS’ DEATH; MAY BE ARRESTE Charge Will Be Driving While Under Influence of Liquor—Grand Juror to Advise State’s Attorney of Later Facts in North Haven Mystery. New Haven, Nov., 12.—New evi- dence in the death of Charles C. G. Rogers nephew of Mrs. Ogden Mills Reld of New York has come into the possession of Ward Church, grand juror of the town of North Haven where Rogers was found dying while on an- automobile trip toward this city from*®Wallingford on the night of November 1, Mr. Church sald to- day. The grand juror declined to discusk the nature of the evidence, but said he intended to take it up with State’s Attorney Arnon N. All- ing of New Haven county. The state's attorney’s office previously announe- ed the intention of the office to stand on the report of Coroner Mix that Rogers was fatally injured when his head struck a telephone pole as he was leaning out of the car, driven by Miss Marjorie Schneider of this city, in an attempt to see the highway obscured by a dense fog. Find Bloody Evidence. Constable 'Carl Carlson of North Haven reported last night that he had come into possession of a blood stained napkin and towel, which had ben turned over to him by the family of a boy, who had found it in the road, near where Rogers was found dying in Miss Schneider's automo- bile. Mr. Church declined to admit today that the napkin and towel ‘were the new evidence in question. Just when he intended 'conferring with the state's attorney he did not say. Arrest is Likely. Mr. Church last night announced his intention to issue a warrant for Miss Schneider on a charge of driv- ing an automobile while intoxicated basing his information on testimony before the' coroner that Rogers and Miss Schnelder had drinks of lquor before and after the Yale-Army game, which they attended, prior to starting forthis city from the Long Hill inn at Wallingford. There had been no arrests in the case so far as could be learned up to noon today. State Police Active Btate police_ were reported today to have taken a hand in the investi- gation of the death of Rogers. The nature or object of the re- perted state police inquiry could not be learned. All automobile ac- cidents under the state law are re- quired to be reported to the state motor venicde department and any Investigation of an accident by this department. would be conducted by state officers assigned to the depart- ment. Ward Church, the grand juror or prosecuting officer of the town of North Haven, in which the injury to Rogers occurred, expected to sign a warrant today for the arrest of Miss Schneider on a chirge of driv- ing an automobile while under the influence of liquor. His action was based on the find- ing issued by County Coroner Eli | Mix, in wiich he declared that Miss | Schneider and Rogers, before at- itendlng the Yale-Army football game, had luncheon and “each drank at least one Scotch highball” at a local cafe; that after the game | they returned to the cafe “where a least one Scotch highball was served to them;" that they then,visited the Long Hill inn at Wallingford where they had dinner “sitting at a table by themselves at which intoxicating drinks were served to them” and { that “other intoxicating drink was taken by deceased and Miss Schneider at two other tables occu- pled by friends and acquaintances and that “when they left the inn they were both more or less under the influence of intoxicants taken at sald inn." Girl to Have Lawyer Miss Schneider, Mr. Church said, would be arraigned before Justice of Peace Waldo Blakeslee of North Haven. It was announced that she would be represented by counsel at the hearing. ‘M. Jay Racusin, said to represent | Mrs, Ogden Reid, aunt of Rogers, came to this city yesterday and after visiting Coroner Mix and ob- therefore could hardly be the wreck # taining a copy of all the evidence in the case taken by that official went to a local hotel, where he was visit- | wnd other witnésses who had appealied in the | case before the coromer. Investigation® of the death of Rogers ceased 'so far'as local and county officlals are concerned after Coroner Mix had issued his finding | declaring his belief that Rogers' in- Jury was caused by his head strik- Secundrabad, British India, Nov. | ing a telephone pole as he leaned bubonic , from the automobile to observe the road which was opscured by & dense the native quarter of Trimalgirl, near | death was due to no eriminad act or here. - One of the victims was & British soldier. (Continued on Page 13), INTONIGATION JS JUST BEING‘DRUNK §0 Explains Judge in Charging Jury in Hill's Case FREED O ONE CHARGE No Evidence to Show That Congress- man's Home Was » Publio Nuls- ance—Definition of Intoxication By Wiley and Kelly Thrown Out. Baltimoré, Nov. 12.—Charging the jury in the trial of Representative John Phillp Hill, in the United States district court, for violation of the Volstead act, Judge Morris A. Soper today directed the jurymen to ignore the definitions of intoxication as expounded by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, puré food expert and Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore. These witnesses testified yesterday that cider with 2.70 per cent alcohol and wine with 11.64 per cent alco- hol are intoxicating. He also told the jury to find Colongl Hill not gullty on the fifth and sixth counts of the indictment, which.charge him with maintaining a common nuisance at his home, District Attorney Woodcock's ar- gument was brief and closed the Co ‘ 4 et N oGy, " Lo GED ny, hearing. Among other things he said a eonviction would be just as satis- factory to Colonel Hill as an acquit- tal. Colonel Hill and his attogpeys voiced a strenuous protest to #hls statement. The attorneys for the defendant asked the court to strike the remark: from the record and to impress the jury with the fact they were not to consider If In reaching a verdict. The jury was given the case at the opening of the afternoon session. Only One Question. The testimony, the judge said, did not bear out these charges and he therefore ,dismissed them. Judge Soper then sald: “The only things which you have to determine in this case are ques- tions of fact which are nagrow and few. There is no questioning about the manufacture and possession of the cider and wine, The defendant admits those charges. “The question for you to decidg is whether the articles the defendant manufactured and possessed are as described in the indictment; that is: you must deeids whether the, frujt Jjuice that he manufactured was wine and was intoxicating in faet.” Judge Soper then told the jury they were not to accept the defini- tion of intoxication as given yester- day by Dr. Howard A. Kelly and Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, who said that any amount of alcohol, no matter how small, produces some degree of in- toxication. The standard of intoxication which the jury should have in mind, Judge Soper said, is that produced by a beverage which contains enough al- cohol to intoxicate a normal man when drunk in such quantities as a man is able to drink. Intoxication, the judge added, is what the layman knows as being drunk.” Refuses Request, ‘When Judge Soper has completed his charge, District Attorney Wood- cock asked him to instruct the jury that the burden of proof rested on Colonel Hill to prove that his fruit juices were not intoxicating, in fact, and that it was not incumbent upon the government to prove that they were intoxicating. This Woodcock argued, is pro- vided for in section 33 of the nation- al prohibition act. Judge Soper, however, declined to take Mr, Woodcock’s construction of ihe law, and declined to so charge the jury. Judge Soper’s charge to the fury preceded the argument in the case, which was opened by Arthur W. Machen for the defense. Mr. Machen told the jury it was, | not John Philip Hill was was on trial “but the last vestige of American liberty.” Woodcock objected, and | Judge Soper told Machen he could [not make an anti-prohibition speech in court, | KILLS MAN; DRIVES OFF New York Truck Driver Sought Aft- er Killing One and Fatally Injur- nig Another, New York, Nov. 12.—Police start- | ed a city-wide search today for a truck driver who sped away- after his truck had run down and killed David Rubold, in Brooklyn, and probably fatally injured his wife shortly before last midnight. The body of Rubold and his injured wife lay in the street until they were re- covered by a passerby. Mrs. Rubold was only able to give her name during a period of con- sciousness after she was taken to a hospital with a fractured skull and internal injuries. The Rubolds lived in Manhattan. Mr. Rubold was 67 and his wife 55 years old. At about the same time that they were injured, an unidentified grey- haired woman about 50 years old died in @ Manhattan hospital of in- juries suffered when run down by & taxicab in Central Park west. o Defendant OConducts Own Case—Had $9,000,000 In 1920, Now Haso't & Cent, \ Boston, Nov, 12, — The jury in Buffolk superior court trying Charles Pougzl, former financlal wizard, on a larceny indictment in connection with his get-rich-quick scheme of four years ago, today reported to Judge Bishop that they were unable to agree on a verdict on any one of the four countd under consideration. The judge ordered the jury dis- charged, The trial was completed late yes- terday, after Ponzl, acting as his own'counsel, had summed up his case, and was given to the jury with instructions to return a sealed ver- dict at the opening of court today. ‘The indictment originally had five counts but Judge Bishop instructed the jury to find a verdict of not guilty on one on which the state had not introduced evidence, Ponzi In his closing argument em- phasized that the jury must not only find_that money was misappropri ed fut that there had been intentio| from the outset to misappropriate it. He reminded the jury that he had already served a term of imprison- ment after conviction in federal court on similar charges. He also declared that while four years ago he had $9,000,000, at present he was too impoverished to retain a lawyer for his defense. The indictment was based on complaints of Ponzi clients involving $10,800. WORLD WAR VETERAN -VIGTIM OF EXPLOSION Michael Cronin of Water- bury Dies of Burns at ~ Hospital Michael Cronin, 25, World War veteran .and active member of the Waterbury post of the American Legion, died shortly after 2 o'clock this morning at the New Britain general hospital. His death resulted from burns about his face and body, suffered when a gasoline tank on a truck in which he was going to Hartford to take part in the Armis. tice Day parade exploded as he was filling iy with gasoline by the light |® of a lantern. The sccident occurred ssar the Clayton bridge. " The gasoline fumes wers ignited by ‘the: lantern, and in an instant, Cronin's elothing was a .mass of flames. On¢ of his companions suc- coeded in pulling his aweater ' up | to its place before the altar, It was over his head to protect his face while others were extinguishing the flames from his other clothing. ‘When the flames were put out, Cro- nin was rushed to the hospital in an automobile owned and driven by Jules Rebillard of 17 Amherst street, but on arrival at the hospital, an examination showed that there was no hope for his recovery. Suffering terrible pain, Cronin re- celved what treatment he could for his wounds at the hospital and was given the last rites of the Catholic church by Rev. Michael Keating, as- sistant pastor of St. Joseph's church, Cronin lived at 563 N. Main street, Waterbury, and was a member of a party of Legionnaires who were on their way to Hartford to participate in the parade there. The truck in which they were riding passed through this city shortly after 6 o'clock. It was made up to repre- sent a French troop train, consist- ing of an engine, a box car and an| 'RISKS LIFE T0 SHUT OFF armored tank. The float has been used extensively about the state 1in parades in connection with the work of the “40 hommes and 8 chevaux,” an organization made up of members of the American Legion. The “engine” of the train ran out of gasoiiné when the party arrived * { THE WEATHER s Hartford, Nov. 1 at a point about a quarter of a mile past Clayton crossing in Newington. A reserve supply of gasoline was carried and it was while Cronin was filling the tank of the machine from the reserve supply that the fatal ac- cident occurred. Traffic on the road was held up at a safe distance from the burning float, members of the party fearing that there would be enother explo- sion, State police were on the scene shortly after the explosion, having been notified by Lieut. Samuel Bam- forth of the logal police depart- ment. BROOKHART NO 540 Senator's Lead in Towa Today Falls Off to New Low Figure as Re- count Is Taken, Des Molnes, Towa, Nov. 12.—Sena- tor Smith W. Brookhart's official majority over Danlel F. Steck, demo- cratic candidate for the United States senate, went to 540, a new low mark, this morning when the election board of Shelby county dis- | transport drinking water to citizens ‘ terbury bound for cévered an error which wiped out a?u! Saint Bernard Parish, south of | morning. loss of 69 votes previously recorded | N6 Orleans, as a result of an ap- | chaufteur. returns are | Peal from Parish authorities for Steck. Officlal still awaltéd from 21 counties. Amoskeag Mills Will Resume Full Operation Manchester, N, H., Nov. 12.—~Ac- | In casks on mctor trucks from the cording to & statement made this | Mississippl. morLing by an 6fMelal of the Anys. | Occurred on keag Manufacturing émpany the en- | Bernard Parish is Loulsi tire plant here will be operated at | est vegetable producer. capacity as soon as it is possible to prepare the various units, The Amoskeag, operating &t ca- | been reported, pacity, employes approximately 18,- 000 hands masufacturing cotton ahd worsted goods. For the past four montha the mills have been operat- ing bDut a few departments at three days & week. A | | | | senator. CONDUCTS FUNERAL Simple Services for Senator Henry Cabot Lodge THOUSANDS STAND OUTSIDE Admission to Church Only by Ticket and Services Are as Pri- vate as Possiblo—High Officials Send Floral Tributes. Cambridge, Mass,, Nov. 12.~—In the simple rites of the Episcopal church services were held for Sen- ator Henry Cabot Lodge at noon to- day in Christ church, this ecity, which he had attended while a stu- dent at Harvard, where his mar- riage was solemnized and where funeral services for his wife were held some years ago. In a volce that trembled with the intensity ot his sorrow, Bishop Willlam Law- rence of the Eplscopal diocese of Massachusetts, classmate and life- long friend of Senator Lodge, read the prayers of the service. Except for the presence of repre- sentatives of nation, state, the judi- clary and other branches of public life, the funeral obsequies were kept as private as was possible in the case of a distinguished public man. Admission to the church was by ticket and there were many empty pews, while thousands stood in the street outside. Many Floral Tributes. The space in front of the altar was banked with flowers, some bearing the names of those in high- est officlal position in the nation. One wreath was sent at the request of 8ir Esme Howard, British ambas- sador on behalf of the British em- plre. The members of the family occu- pled the pews on the right side of the church at the front and with them were the honorary pallbear- ers, all' long time frlends of the On the left side in front were the officlal representatives from Washington, headed by Secre- taries Hughes and Weeks and in- cluding Captain Adolphus A. An. drews, naval aide to the president, there as the president’s personal representative. Governor Cox also occupled a place with these officials hind in order were the coms ey of the senate, the house and the judiclary. As the church bells tolled for the opening of the service, Bishop Law- rence walked down a side aisle to meet the casket and accompanied it of plain black design with a. few sprays of violets on the top. During the service, guards representing the army, navy and marine corps stood at attention bgside the casket. The brief session beginning with the words “I am the resurrection and the life,” followed the Episcopal ritual and was read'throughout by Bishop Lawrence. A surpliced choir sang "The Strife Is O'er,” and “The :Son of God Goew Forth to ‘War.” Several times in the course of his reading the bishop's voice seemed on the point of breaking. According to a wish expressed by Senator Lodge, his body was placed in the family vault on the side of a hill overlooking Mount Auburn lake In the cemetery of that name. Only the family accompanied the body to the cemetery with the honorary pall bearers and Bishop Lawrence, who read the brief commitment service of the Episcopal church, GASOLINE NEAR DOCK FIRE Deckhand May Die After Perilous | | Trip Through Blaze—Act Prob- ; ably Prevented Explosion. Kearny, N. J, Nov. 12— Wesley Watson, & deckhand, is in St. James hospital, Newark, suffering possible fatal burns as & result of risking his life to crawl into a burning dock on the Passaic river and turning off a valve through which gasoline was pouring into a Pure Ol company tanker, Firemen fighting the blaze on the dock, which caused $15,000 damage, sald Watson's act probably prevent- JUDGE DISCOVERS FIRE IN' OFFICE CLOSET B. W. Alling Calls Out De- “partment and Loss Is Kept Down Timely discovery of a blaze in a closet in the rear of his office this morning by Judge Benjamin W, All- ing is believed by Chief Willlam J. Noble of the fire department to have kept the damage from the blaze to the comparatively small figure of about $2,000. The fire was in the partition in the rear of Judge Alling's oftice in the building at 277 Main street and was discovered by him when he arrived at the office about 8:15 o'clock. ; A still alarm was sent in to fire headquarters and Engine Co. I re- sponded, but on arriving at the scene and discovering that the blaze was in'the partitions, an alarm from Box 14 was sounded oalling additional apparatus. The walls were chopped through and a line of hose was turn- ed onto the blazing partitions, The building was filled with smoke when the fire apparatus ar- rived, but the blaze was soon lo- cated and put under control. Chief Noble investigated and learned that the closet in which the fire started was used by the janitor of the build- ing for a storeroom for supplies and other articles. The'blaze had been smouldering for some time, accord- ing to the chief, as’it had eaten its way through heavy boarding on the wall. Spontaneous combustion of some of the cleaning fluid was attributed as the cause of the blaze. Smoke entered the lodge rooms on the third floor and did damage’es- timated at several ‘hundred dollars to equipment of George Washington commandery, and also damaged equipment of New Britain camp, P. 0. 8. of A.' Gold and silver braided work and flags and pennants were discolored in each instance. It is also believed likely that the O. U. A M., Maccabees and other frater- nal organizations who use the meet- ing hall and store equipment in lock- ers will report damages DAY AND HEATON OWE NEARLY TWO MILLIONS Schedules Filed Show Brokers’ Liabilities Much Greater Than Assets New York, Nov. 12.—The Habili- ties of the bankrupt brokerage firm of Day & Heaton amount to $2,909,~ 501, to meet which are assets of $1,148,128, according to schedules filed today in federal court. The firm was petitioned into bankruptcy on September 18 as a result of the alleged defalcations of George R. Christjan, missing member of the firm. Liabllities include unsecured cus- tomers’ claims totaling $2,779,764. Members of the New York stock ex- change hold claims totaling $129,- 035, the schedule showed, secured by three seats on the exchange valued at about $80,000 each. Other assets include personal property estimated to be worth $240,600; $191,621 in accounts; $554,372 in securities, and $161,248 cash in banks, Among the creditors are Mrs. Helen 8. Crocker, $44,321, and Min- nfe W. Adams, $34,623. Both women are from Greenwich, Conn. TWO SENT T0 JAIL Couple of Waterbury Young Men Fined and Glven Terms Behind ed a disastrous gasoline explosion. The fire attacked the tanker, which was saved, and three barges, one of which was partly burned. It start- ed from a meadow grass fire, PEOPLE WITHOUT WATER j Saint Bernard Parish, La., Having | All Its Drinking Water Brought in | | Tanks and Wagons, New Orleans, La., Nov. 12.—Street sprinklers, tank cars and tank trucks | | | | were pressed into service today to! and officials of the Red Cross, Saint Bernard officials said the situation was not serious. Virtually every cistern in the Parish is dry| and for weeks water has been hauled | The last general rain September 28.° Saint 's great. 1 The drying up of wells and creeks in nearly every part of the state has | Steamboat _service | between New Orleans and Monroe, | on the Ouachita river has been| halted because the Black river has fallen too low for navigation. The water famine has resulted in heavy losses of livestocxk, Bars For Violwing Liquor Laws. M:ddletown, Nov, 12, — Arrastad with a touring car containing, the police reported, over 800 quarts of liquor, Edward E. Marlowe, 25 of 73 Rose street, and William Cordon, 22, 181 East Main street, both of Waterbury, were arraigned in the police count today charged with transporting liquor. Marlowe, who was driving the car, was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 80 days in jail by Judge S. Harris Warner and Cordon, who said he was merely a passenger in the car was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 15 days. The men said they left Wa- Norwich this Marlowe said he was a At the request of the accused bonds of $1,000 were fixed for appeal of the case but have not been furnished. Ban on Hunting Has Not Yet Been Lifted, Says Gov. Waterbury, Nov. 12. — Governor Charles A. Templeton stated today that the light rain last night was'in- sufficient to warrant lifting of the ban imposed on sportsmen several days ago when he suspended the hunting season because of the drought, and conspquent danger of forest fires. “We are all praying for it and just as soon as we get a rain that will soak down the fields and ‘woods, T will be glad to lift the sus- pension,” the governor declared. Average Dmily Week Ending Nov. 8th , MURDERED IN RHODE ISLAND BY INSANE BROTHER-IN-LAW 11,8 Mrs. F. M. Thornton, Wife Of Ex-Steward At New Britain Club, Slain With Bread Knife. s Archie Thornton, Ex-Po- licehan, Then Attacks Anna Kowaltzky But She Flees to Safety. W Mrs. F. M..Thornton, 63, wife of & former steward of the New Britain club, was murdered by ' Archie Thornton, 55, her brotker-in-law, at Hoxsle, R. 1., yesterday, Miss Anna Kowaltzky, 19, a maid, a former New Britain girl, who also had been employed at the New Britain club, witnessed the murder and saved her life by fleeing when the crazed man atteppted to attack her with the blood-stained knife. The murder occurred in a farm house where the Thorntons' lived. After the maid spread the alarm | among the neighbors and the police were notified, two bluecoats ap- peared and captured the slayer only after a terrific battle. Thornton was taken to Providence and placed in a cell, resisting flercely until the keys clamped on the door. The murdered woman, who suf- fered several stab wounds, lived for half an hour but during that time was unable to speak, dying without making a statement. -Murderer Acting Queerly, Miss Kowaltzky, the maid, told po= lice in Providence today, according to dispatches, that there had beem no intimation that Thornton intend- ed to become violent. He had been morose, the girl said, for several days prior to the crime and that he Nad been “acting queerly" since Sat- urday, speaking strangely . ] watermelons. The maid said Thorns' ton had not been drinkinj inig 1 stronger than ciders although the pe- " lice thought he was intoxicated when he was arrested. - Police in Providence, dispatches say, are of the opinion that Thorn- ton went suddenly insane when he began’ wielding.the bread knife. ¢ Mrs, Thornton, the victim of the murderer, and her husband, ¥. M. Thornton, had lived at the New Brit- ain club, where the husband was the stewart, .about two years prior to the removal of the club to the Burritt hotel. At the time of his leave-tak= ing, Thornton was given a gold watch by the club as a testimonial of regard and appreciation of his services, The couple was very popu- lar with members of the organizs- tion. The couple took Miss Kowalszky with them, Mrs. Thornton having taken a deep interest in the girl They left here for the farm in Rhode = Island. L Thornton of late had heen ‘work= ing in New York, and a Providence « dispatch stated that he was in that city when the murder occurred. Since leaving here is alsd had been a stewart at a golf club in Hartford! A dispatch from Providence states that F, M. Thornton had beem at home until Mo when he left for his position in New York. As,Miss Kowaltzky told police that Archie Thornton had been acting queerly since before that time, it is evident that the former New Britain man did net think ‘the condition of ‘his relative was serious enougt to deter him from making the trip to New York. It is understood here that Archie | Thornton, the slayer, was a cripple and was being supported by Thorn- ton ,living with them wupon the Rhode Island farm. Mrs. Thornton’s funeral will be keld in Providence on Friday, with services at the Graham funeral home, 571 Broad street, a dispatoh this afternoon stated. Actor Arrested When Wife Makes Complaint Waterbury, Nov. 12, — Harry Pease, song writer, and Ora Dawson, | act , who gave their addresses as | 9723 Farragut Road, New York, who are/appearing with Eddie Nel- son, another song writer, in a local theater, were in city court here to- | day charged with a statutory of- {fense. The man was fined and costs and the woman was given a sus- pended sentence. Thke couple were arrested in an FBast Main street | hotel at 5 o'clock this morning ;where they were registered as man and wife. Mrs. Louise Pease, 493 | Kimball street, Yonkers, came here ;lal\ night and lodged a complaint |against her husband. Judge John | F. McGrath, in passing sentence, stated that the offense was not re- garded as a serious one in this state, but he made disposition in erder that Mrs. Pease might obtaln & divorce if she so desired. Trio of Meridenites Are Fined for Perjury Meriden, Nov, 12.—~Maurice Bart- lett, Willam Bauchman and Ed- ward B. Ryan were fined §60 each in police court today on charges of lp-r_inry in swearing they were over 18, years old when they obtained : automobile driving Ieenses In