New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1925, Page 1

News. of the World Associated Press -; \m ESTABLISHED 1870 JOHNSON, FEARING FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS, CALLS ON SENATORS TO SUPPORT HiM Urges Them To Con- PRECAUTIONS TAKEN sider Grave And Se-| 10 jyio STATE NIV, rious Questions Pre- sented By What Hap- Discovery of Strychnine in Medicine Brings on pened In Paris. Investigation Charges U. S. for-2Y Columbus, O., Feb, 4.—Discovery of strychnine in medicine ssued to Ohlo state university students, two of whom died in the last four days, to- Per Cent of “Speculative » Fye ) 3 |day brought an order for a th h Repamho“s Has R“ked ?xmeuuguuon from W. O. ?rho;:s:fi‘, Amity Of European Na- :presment of the university, Several other stud:n:s havo Yeen seriously ill from the efficts of the (medicine issued from the un've,uty tions. | dispe as a cold prevancive, mated it would raise $60,000,000, It & ' Thi fersity officialls announced | Would make the salary increases ef- =5 . |that tl ollowing steps 1ava heen |fective January 1, 1026, instead of Y euEgion: Beb: b WIdiouy MAC Gy [July 1, 1924, as in the senate bill, dertaking to discuss directly Secre-, - o)\ ‘meqicine which might contain tary Hughes' reply regarding the !strychnine and issued at the lispen- Paris reparations agreement, Sen- |sary is being called n. :’}::?e ‘;’r::“le n’“°"5‘" to atudy the Further {ssuance of > S stor Hiram Johnson, republican, | 7 T moane hf‘megl'g"‘“"“;"?m Representative Kelly of Pennsyl- Calif.,, one of the {rreconcilables, L {vania, a member of the post office asked the senate today to consider | COmPlete investigation of °the “the grave and important questions | medicine in question has been order- which have been presented by what |°d Tonanea et BLdy o Analysis of the stomach of D, I, “I am more than deeply con- |Puskin of Canton, Ohio, a journalism cerned with the possibilities that Student, who died Sunday, will may come from what was done by |Made at once. the United Btates at Paris” the | Reports that the students were the California senator continued. “I |Victims of a crank or of poisoned recognize the position of the secre- |liauor were characterized, as un- tary of state. I neither question it [founded. nor criticize it. T take it that when | It was first reportsd that Puskin the secretary of state says the and Charles H. Huls, ¢! .ogan, the United States is neither legally nor |Other student who died, and those morally bound, he expresses his pres- | Who are ill, were victims om menin- et intention.” |gitis. It was explained by university Fears Perils Ahead. | physicians that some The senator added, however, that (tom of severe meningltis and administrations change, and that he !strychnine poisoning are nearly iden- felt, someone “ought, in the congress |tical. of the United States, to render what | service he can in avoldance of perils that may lie ahead.” For five years, he sald, he had trod the “rough road” against for- elgn entanglements. “1 shall continue,” he said, “to | travel the rough road of the demand 'of medicine taken by Huls had been that America live her own life in 'subjected to three independent in- her own way without entanglements |vestigations. - Strychnine has been with Europe or Furopean nations.” (found in only one of more than 150 Risks Foreign Amity, |capeulos examined: This capsule President Thompson, 1in a state- ment, sald there was “absolutely no cause for alarm” and promised that |every facility of the university would {be used at once to run down the source of the poison. The California senator then de- Inonmnvd nothing but strychnine. clared that for 2 1-4 per cent. “spec- | Contents of the stomach of George ulative reparations” Amerlea bad |D. Thompson, of Canton, Ohio, a risked the amity and good will of European nations. “We have traded amity and good, journalism student, and the last to | become {11, disclosed strychnine. But medicine in his possession did not. wiil for perplexity, _confusion, II'| " Medicine was Issued to students il and hostility,” he sald. “That |upon prescription from Dr. 8, 8, | fs what we got at Paris for 2 1-4 {\yingert, head of the university per cent of something that may never pe paid. That is the price | we got for changing America's pol- | iey, if we did change it as Euru-" pean statesmen say we did.” | Questions Hughes' Statement | The statement of Secretary Hughes that the agreement does not bind the United States legally or. morully. Secnator Johnson said, was “wholly at variance with the apparent inten- tion of the signers of the pact, and with the interpratations of the docu- ment by the leading states and press of the wor'd."” Quoting statements regarding the health service. The medicine made up by the dis- pensary of the 'College of Pharmacy, was intended tor colds and presum- ably contained quinine. Other capsules, prescribed at the same time, contained aspirin. The one capsule containing |Timothy J. MeCarthy, of Fremont, | Ohio, also a journalism student, who became {1l last Thursday. Other capsules in McCarthy’'s possession, | contained no strychnine. The first investigation was made | under the supervision of Dean Clair be | of the uymp~1 NEW POSTAL BIL DRAWN IN HoUSE Bstimated Income From It Is Put at 60 Million Dollars CHANGES IN ~ CHARGES Third Class Rates Would Have Eight e s Ounce Limit and Two Cent Serv- ice Fee ls Provided Class Matter, ‘Washington, Feb. 4,.—A postal pay and rate Increase bill, differing Bome particulars from the measure passed by the senate und returned to that body.by the house, was reported today by the house postoffice com- mittee. The salary increase provi- slon 1s similar to that in the senate bill and to the measure vetoed by President Coolidge, but rate provi- sions depart from increases proposed in the senate blll. They would pro- duce, In the opinion of committee | members, enough revenue to cover pay advances, Those in charge of the bill esti- on Fourth and would provide for a commission of three members of the senate and committee, said the measure would raise $3,200,000 additional revenue from sccond class rates, as against a loss of $660,000 under the senate bill. | Third Class Rates Third class rates would have an elght ounce llmit with one and one- half cents for two ounces, except for books, catalogues, seeds, plants, etc., where the rate would be one cent for two ounces, Mr. Kelly estimated that this section would raise $18,- 000,000, On fourth.class mall, a two-cent service fee would be charged on all parcels, to raise $15,000,000, Parcel Post Fees A special expedition charge of 25 cents for parcel post would be pro- vided to raise $3,000,000, An ex- | ception from the two cent service fee would be made on all parcels | originating on rural routes. | Picture souvenir post cards would | | bear a rate of two cents but letfers in | |to degree of their culpability, Two Convicted in Veter- "ans’ Bureau Conspiracy Fined $10,000 by Judge Carpenter. Chicago, Feb, 4.—Charles R. Forbes, former director of the vet- erans' bureau and John W. Thomp- son, wealthy St, Louls contractor, today were sentenced to two years' imprisonment to Leavenworth peni- tentiary and fined $10,000 by Feder- al Judge George A. Carpenter. They were found guilty by a jury January 30 of conspiracy to defraud the government in the allocation of veterans' hospital contracts and re- celved the maximum sentence. The court granted a 30 day stay of sentence for the filing of an ap- peal and defense counsel indicated that the case would be appealed im- mediately, Judge's Statement, “When those in high positions of public trust betray that trust, there is an attack upon the fundamental fabric of our institutions,” eaid Judge Carpenter In denying motions for a new trial. “The fact that defendant Forbes offered his life to hia country in the World War and received the distin- gukshed service medal is going to make {t all the harder for him. Ac- cording to the jury, after offering his country's trust. “From the verdict of the jury in apparently accepting the testimony of Elias H. Mortimer, the informer, as true, T think there was evidence here on which a charge of could be brought in any court. intelligent jury, by far, ever seen in 20 years bench.” Request, Refused. that T have upon the have Forbes and Thompson exam- ined now by the court to determine is | refused. I may say the court was surprised that these two defendants | listened to the recital of evidence THOMPSON AND FORBES BOTH GET TWO YEARS IN PRISON Case Also Are Each| life for his country, he betrayed his | fraud | “This case was heard by thg most | *“The offer of defense counsel to | CHARLES R. FORBES LATEST GRAND LIST ESTIMATE $98,000,000 Revised Forecast Adds $2,000,000 to Previous Prediction | { That the grand list for 152 | 5 will reach a total of $95,000,000 was-the | prediction of members of the board of finance and taxation, who held thelr first meeting for a study of {departmental estimates at the office of Mayor A. M. Paonessa last eve- ning. Forecasts of the grand list which |the board prior to the opening of | of the store where he was forced | Jewelry Store Clerk Beaten, Gagged and Bound and Keys Used to Open Safe in Early Morning Robbery at Guarantee Watch Co. ROBBER IS SHOT BY STRATFORD POLICE New Haven, Feb. 4.—Jewelry said to be valued at $20,000 was stolen from the safe in the store of the Guarantee Watch Co. at 405 State street early this forenoon ac- cording to a report to the police. | A clerk of the concern was struck | over the head, bound and gagged |and his keys used to open the safe by the robber who escaped with the loot in a leather bag according to the report to the police. Beaten and Gagged. According to the story told the police, Adolph Silver, clerk in the | store and also watchmaker, was ac- costed by the robber when he opened the store and entered a backroom separated by a partition. The intruder struck him over the head with the butt of a revolver, Silver told police, stuck a gag in his mouth and dragged him to the front | to produce his keys to the safe and seemingly were based upon informa- | Ition whispered among members of | | the meeting uniformly predicted the | ncrease of about $4,000, | present list of the | propertics. This increase figured on the pres- | 00 over the city’s taxable It became known that the eontents | | | {su—ychmno was in the possession of | | | {and ordinary postal card rates would | remain the sam DEATH OF MRS, COSGROVE Wife of Veteran Member of Police Department Dies Soon After Noon | At East Main Strect Home. | | ora Scanlon Cosgrove, wife | er Michael J. Cosgrove of 'the New Britain police department, | died this noon about 12:30 o'clo after a long lingering illness. Mrs, Cosgrove was born in Portland, Conn.,, but she had lived here since Mr: jof Off against them for 44 days, and then | |ent t did not go on the witness stand 10 |jncreased tax revenue and in view {the jury's ver.dic. or lh-‘ |refute the charges. They may say [ now If they desire, their opinion of | ness but they wi | newspapers with, | wish to revien case.” » 3 Nefther Madc’mm X Neither Forbes Hor dbcmp n rose to say anything ‘befars $gntencs.| was passed. When the tenor .of ply to defense coufisel in the court expected to with the defendants, Torhfli | his face with his handlwnhmf' ously, at the judge did nfll waver, d that | she was a young girl. She was a | member of Catholic Women's Benev- | olent Leglon-and a member of the | | church of St. John the Evangelist. | Mrs, Cosgrove is survived by three | sons, Sergeant T. J. Cosgrove of the | | United States army, stationed at | Honolulu; Daniel, a member of the local police department, and Joseph, | | employed at the freight depot; four | daughters, Mrs. C. J. Plude, Mrs. | Joseph Stagis, and the Mlsses Cath- agreement made by official repre- erine and Ruth Cosgrove; one sister, sentatives of Europcan nations, he A. DYe. of tho College of Pharmacy, |y "yyie Dawson of Roberts strect | continued: |ana disclosed no Strychnine in any | Fi BE CERO o | “They believe in Europe that we |capsules. second fnvestigation | T o) o rrangements, in charge are ‘over there’ again. 1 do not |made independenty by «Dr. James 3 Ene el 5 3 . . IR, Wi : of J. M. Curtin & Co., are incom want to go ‘over -there’ again. 1 |R. Withrow, head of the depart-|> * would keep thi country from Euro- |ment of chemical engineering, and |Plete pean wars, politics and agreement: What actually was done at Parfs, Senator Johnson sald, was the set- tlement of an already liquidated clalm of the United States agalinst in which more than 30 capsules were examined, disclosed no polson. HEARD OVER WHOLE SHIP ¥eb. 4.—The 23,000-ton Germany. To support his conten- | london e tion he read from a statoment of |liner Aorangl, the world's large Winston Churchill that under the |Motor ship to be fitted with appara- Wadsworth agreement this country | would have received five million | be heard all over the ship. The in- pounds sterling annually under an |stallation, a ship's orchestra repeat- unchallenged olaim, whereas under [er, can be used for musie, Jectu the Paris agreement it would receive | toncerts or any other purpose about two and one-half millfon ster- ling, “taking their chances for ill or good with the rest of the allics.” for | which simultaneous hearing on all | districts will continue through parts of the vessel is desired. | day, tus whereby radio broadcasting can | |ing. RBAGE COLLECTION BIDS \X Bids on the collection of garbage | in the second district have been call- ed for by the hoard of health com- | missioners and will be received at the health department up to Mon- Tebruary 9. The district was formerly covered by:Swen Swanson | and he has given the board notice | of hls desire to terminate the agree- ment under which he is now work Collectors covering the other | (hoj 7. | present ye PROTESTS INNOCENCE Man Facing 20 Years (o Life Slaying Says He Knows Who Did | for 1 the Killing—Won't Tell Now. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 4.—George | B. Louth today faced from.twenty years to life imprisonment for the slaying of Mrs. Lou Bauman, his housekeeper and former vaudeville | actress, Louth was convicted of and Receive Report Which May Mean Pass-| “Tabs” To Act On Erection Of | $150,000 Home On Main Street |Society Will Meet Sunday'E\PIOSion in Seymour Plant Injures Emnloye Seymour, Conn., Feb. 4.—One man was reported to be painfully lnjur-\ had narrow | ed and several others | asked the court to include {in The argument for a nt‘ opened by former bNLflO ton Lewis and all W cita apparent error in %te frial recofd . o were, one by one overruled. “The court feels it um‘d L) great mistake for these%cfenganty to start in upon a new tffial judge sald, "until we “I went over the n-(‘m‘k there were errors mad fl\d no errors l]"!( would the d I can to grant a new tri | The court ('ummvl\t-‘d. lengthily upon the failure of Torbes and Thompson to take the stand, and a quotations which defense hi: charge to the jury. “I did not use the statement supwd plied by defense counsel,” 4, sald, “that’ the failure of th¥ defen dants to e stand should not |;'v prejudicial in the minds of the because I did not “.m‘. upon the jury the failur fendants to reply in person®o these charges. The court was greatly sur- prised when testimony was concluded | vithout these two' defendants taking the stand but T did not wish to stress this point in the minds of the iry, | even though the defense counsel ask- ed me to say so. “I think such a statement wonld have influenced the minds of the} jury strongly, that these defen cat here for $4 full court then uttered no word in ti days and eir own | defense. “If the jury believed Mortimer's story and they apparently did, what an the defendants say now that the court should hear? “The fact that defendant Forbes served with bravery and distinction in the war does not give him a li- ense t9 violate the law, in view of his education and sition in the government, | i ccially | his po- Al - ’ .apes this noon as & result of an| “TP: better his war record th arder, saond dsgro. st meht by | ing of OId Clubhiouse, | Sctves (o noon o resut ot an| VTL better b vwar, reont o in county court. The jury explosion a e fa 'y . P, e AT e ehhid g gl & E. Day Co., manufacturers of [here the judge declared 4 waa out seven hours. Benteace will | | fountain pens here. The explosion, {to permit the reading of Fo ol boxa:on;:z;?:"saf:d{:)‘;nd Shain g | | 'summons mecting of | it was said, was caused by sponmv-"n:f“:“‘ forstieSatugiien SRRV CE | the Mpertment she and Lauth oo- [the ¥. M. T. A. & B. Hociety will | oous combustion in a blowing eya- P e e L cupied on August 22 last. ‘The |be held Sunday afterncon at 2 |{em outide fl‘,";‘"\‘:;:\"'"":',,f,’,"‘l ',l,; fering his lite to his couniry, he be- | state avowed that Louth beat Mrs. |o'clock to receive and act on a re- ‘“"f: i ataat it S emicats, | traved his country's trust Bauman to death with his fists and port of the building commission to | “°° % m‘, plant was repor m\ _“T sentence these two defendants a ciub while In a drunken rage. dispose of the present property on to ‘serve two years In Leavenworth | Louth denied the charges. “I'm | Lafayette street, and build a new prison and $10,000 fine.” | E 4 R efense v o n npeal . ourt. 1 !$150,000 fraternal home on Mafd | - 3 s Defense counsel stated an appea ‘r:’:?‘:":fld :‘tt ‘:‘:ctml":n?wc who did | street, opposite St. Mary’s church. Man Who Carried Lincoln |wouia be taken immediatery and the do it. When I get out Tl prove it | ‘The “Tabs" purchased the Main | From Theater Dies at 77 "‘;“;"“'""' ARG s cour but 1 cannot prove it now.” ::’Yr“"'h"”;f’:’;fmf‘ 'fi‘(”‘er"‘_‘c‘l’“:;":s ey | Haverhil, Mass, Feb. 4.—Phili- as fraternal home. The present build- | mon Harrimon, who was one of l!;u} - * FIRST— cupied for about 30 years and, in the opinion of many of the mem- is not adequate to the needs | . AVIATORS REACH GOAL. By The A otiated FPress Dakar, French West Afriea, ~The airpiane flown by Captain|of the growing soclety. Lamaltre and Lieutenant Arrachad | committee has been named to study today completed a non-stop fght | details of a building proposal and from Etampes, rance, a. g here | submit a financing plan, which will this afternéon. | be actcd wgor Sunday. ‘m:: oh Lafayette street has been oc- bers, | military police on duty | old at Ford's theater, Washington, when President Lincoln was assassinated and assist- ed in carrying the wounded president A building | from the theater, is dead at his home | here of pneumeria. He w He served in the Civil with a New Hampshire infantry reg- years | War | | iment. 8] THE WEATHER i Hartford, Feb, 4.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tonight and Thurs- | day, warmer Th y. | \ *| * e counsel | the de- \uf the many requests for higher ap- | propsintions this vear, it will he a addition 1o the city's cof- > possibility of even a greater Later information boosted | ed assessments by $2,- he books have been balane- o iffLi< latter part of February, it unpgt be known definitely what the G 1s will total. Fairly accurate | are usually possible just h publication of the grand list. e board of finance and tax st keep appropriations with- | mount of revenue that can ed without causing an ap- e increage in the tax-rate, an B made ahnually to furnish of that board with the curate estimates that can be A whethor |. ‘this trial| Dying, Two Sisters Injured vojOfler Worcester Children cape in Fire. Feb, 4 s old, Guinette his — ¥ ymond of Mr. ps. Hen edyto death and baby agedt I ye burns the, hospital, his sister, was slightly er, Herbert, aged 1 without njury in a fire h destroyed their ‘home shortly after 8 o'clock | today. The ¥a I for work fn. the city le hurning in the kitciten » and the fami abed, The stove bhecame overheated and set fire to the woodwork in the kitchen. 1 aroused Mrs, Guinette who st 1 her injuries in trying to save the dren, but nobody couid reach the vieti in time to sagve him. offi- H EXPENSIVE WORK [ Costs Chicago $6 a Name to Register 0 DEATH IN HIS CRIB| ax rate amounts to $80,000 in | | had been gair |a door in 1 & open f{t. with picture cord, Silver said. The robber then took his keys, opened {all inner compartments of the safe |and packing the contents |black leather suitcase, store. Iver managed to free himself, | he said, and telephoned the police | who immediately began a seareh for the robher | Investigation {closed that ent into a | left the | by the police ice to the store | v breaking open ‘The back door oad cut, deseribed to the ! police by Silver as an Italian aged about 26, feet 7 inches in height, wearing a dark overcoat, gray cap, |a greenish-gray necktie. His face was round and smooth, Silver said, |and he wore tortoise shell glasses. He carricd two revolvers, Silver tohi police, opened on 1 The rob Shot ln Stratford Bridgeport, ). 4—Police Chief \\l]lmm Nichols and Patrolman I nagan of Siratford, officers ing for “Big Mike” Riccittelli, leged holdup man beli have staged a $20,000 jewel bery in New Hav the bandit 1 noon according to reports received aken to the Brid port wher. his condf is se elli was recognized by the officers as the man they had been secking for the shooting of Patrol- man Edward Manchester of | Stratford force November As soon as Nichols and F | Riccitelli w: 36,868 Additional Voters for spring Election. Chicago, ), 4.—It cost ( ago ta a nam to | addition for Vh‘r‘wHI\CA ctions, it was estimated today. many precincts where Tt aril’supplies were! pald tor, only three or four names were enrolled, E. K. Jerecki, cou udge, e revised registration s MAY RHB!'IVLI\ BRIDGE Washington, Feb. 4.—Th n of the Harbor Beach Co. th Norwaik, Conn., for permis- on to reconstruct the bri ACTOSS Harbor View cr Ce , Was ap- proved today by Secretary of War Weeks. howed | who had been watching the railroad tracks in the east end of Bridgeport, w Riccitelll elimbing over Hollis- Heights from the railroad with a bag In his hand, they called on Lim to stop. Instead of Stopping Riceltelll started to run. Flanagan overtook him and felled him to t ground. The fugitive was on his feet again instantly and drew two revolvers which he pointed at the officers, Both Ntchols and )'lanagan fired at Riccitelli_who fell in t snow unable to return the shots. Shot 8 Times Riceitelll was shot once in the head -and seven times in the body o this afternoon there is littie e for recovery. The Mwelry stolen from the Guar- antee Watch Co. of New F ‘%‘.\n\ Wag recovered. It was in the hAg whity he carried. S Loot 1s Recovered | } New Haven, Feb. 4— Wdrl & received here police mu 2 noon of the > of Mich Mike) Riceit ] probably f: ford by C w\l rhikeman Flanagan of that town and the re covery of the loot taken from the Guarantee Watch Co,, in this city suspected of Murder Following the robhery thé police from description given ' them’ by Adolph Silver, watchmaker, at the Guarantee Wateh Co., belieyed that the man wantéd. , He d already been sought for weeks in connection with the murder and robbery of Barney Muzan, a Wash- Ington avenue fruit dealer some believed, fmplicate weeks ago, and say to have bee in nu merous other holdups and robberies which have kept police on the jump here for several months. of the The robbery State street |store was similar in character in many respects to the many daring holdups an drobberics which have ified the lc cers for weeks. he loot comelsted. according to propriator of the $18000 worth of 1 several thousand watches and “mis- Samuel Komroff, ewelry store, of cut diamonds an dollars worth of | cellaneous jewelry. He was then dragged into | the back room of the store, bound | dis- | | ot Of $20,000 Loot (GHECK UP MOVEMENTS OF GERALD CHAPMAN Alcorn Prepares to Riddle © Any Claim of Alibi In order that no loophole of es- cape will be left for Gerald Chap- man, notorious gentleman yegg, when he comes to trlal on March 3 before the superior court for the murder of Patrolman James Skelly in the Davidson & Leventhal depart- ment store on the morning of Oc- tober 12, it s understood that State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn is having a complete checkup made of the bandit's residence in Muncie, Ind., | where be was caught in a gun bat- | tle several weeks ago. | The checkup is understood to be |for the purpose of forestalling any |attempt on the part of Chapman to | establish an alibi as a defense. No | trouble is expected in placing Chap- [man in this section of the country at the time the murder was commit- !ted as it has been known all the time that the murderer came to | Massachusetts from Indiana, the | |automobile in which he travelled | having been stolen at Fort Wayne in that state. SLIDE IN SAND CAVE HAS FREED COLLINS' LEGS, THOUGH HE STILL 15 HELD BEHIND WALLS OF ROCK Daring Bandit Robs New Haven Average Daily Circulation For : 11,642 Week Ending Jan, 31st ... PRICE THREE CENTS Rescuers, Working Frantically, Hope To Dig Through And Bring Prisoner To Safety This Afternoon. |Has Had No Food in Eight Hours—Airplane Brings Famous Chicago Sur« geon to Scene to Give Aid. LATER REPORTS ARE OT SO BRIGHT Z SURGEON BY AIRPLANE | By The Assoclated Press Louisville, Ky, Feb. 4.—An airplane left Loulsvill a. m., today for Cave Dr. William Hazlett, Chicago surgeon, who was commissioned by a Chicago citizen to rush to Cave City and render whatever assistance was needed to Floyd Collins, Imprisoned in Sand | | Walter E. Shean, Springfield busi- | ness man and member of a wealthy pringfleld family, who is scheduled to play the role of star | against Chapman, will be represen- i"'" by an imposing array of legal |talent when the trial starts, an- nouncement being made of the re- | taining of Josiah H. Peck, Hartford |aftorney, to assist in the defénse of witness | Shean, who is at the Hartford coun- | ty jail on a charge of murder as an | scssory before the fact. Shean was | ac the partner of the murderer in the | burglary of the store and has been [held on a first degree murder |wharge. The retaining of Peck to assist in the defense of Shean was announced by James A. Curry, of Curry & Cur. ry of Hartford, who, with William J. Granfield of Springficld, has rep resented Shean up to this time. COZY DOLAN IS FOUND But 'O’Connell May Guilty by His Own Confession ' Be New York, Feb. 4 blacklisted outfie 1 1 New York Ciants, ma; his confession of viol York state laws, coveri bribery, but there is no c ¢ Dolan, former coach 1 from the game, accor the report of the district at of guilt investigation into the scandal made public today. O'Conn is now in San ¥ isco, exami quest for immunity ed to submit ere when. his re- District Attorney Banton victed under the law cove . ball bri O'Conne | mpriso of and a fine of $10,0 rroboration was found for olving Do that, the suspici od 1 Dolan by the eva awers torLandis, ‘Bav novdy” by Mr.\Bothers’ ey [ fon otiDofn ;The, 10 the Pagama jear mplicat Keng gnd 1" s 1 T cd by O'Conn®. E\‘adeSAflcsfiofisilvilil,\ Aftd Auntd Colli 1 iver of the ot ter hittin; or of it over to the polic { wo mef who talked with h 10 t that hig ot W One \Hnn-w e tric light ,:mh‘ burned 1o work I8 'new groceedi tiqusly Wasipy 'pretoc N agai sible slides of ¢&Ve,ina from som of the roc ree Ir I were In the cise rtly before n, trying to rope k nten, pult y a e spacious ‘section of the They planped to withdraw feet or. move bafore Wttempting t fallen t 1der. 5 Airplance Sighted. S An was sighted npear ) y after 11 o'clogk 1 the machine weh T Mazlptt, CHES CBEO SUPRYS vitigy whees ' Cave since Friday by a slab which caught his feet. Dr. Harold Jones, his assist- ant, left by train about the same hour. Cave City is about sixty miles from Louisville. d Press. v, Ky, Feb, 4.—A slide in Sand Cave this morning left Floyd Collins, 35, foot-free for the first was imprisoned Fri- | day morning when a boulder wedg- TCSCUSTS Were ung them but Collins was behind rock which fell of the c This intormation was & the mouth of the cave by I a negro, engaged in work. The rocl cleared @ y some Cookse aid. ed from the other side that his feet were ce, but i he w too weak to work his way out, Cooksey declared, Also Talked To Him. John F. Collins, pple Creck, Colo., miner who volunteered aid, o said that he had talked to the time since he d his legs wi ble to reach walled in m the side 8¢ rescue barricade probably. can time this af- be | *noon, Collins ca the rock slide imprisoned man but had been un- able to sce him because of rock blocking the pass The rock '-\‘xmx“AKIr- of the tavern, according to Cooksey, who says it was the same disturbance which left Collin’s feet free, aithough the cave victim still is caught in the hole. Whether it would be a diffi- cult matter to release him after the newly accumulated debris could he cleared aws - ulation, Pr removing stones, cave matter from g far down the ¢ ound Colling' bbdy as leg and the work of widen nd deepening passageway leading from the en- ce might » been responsible |.for the slide, it was stated. w Size of The Slide. The stide which barricades pro- gress das 1 by Ewi \m‘,\ who was with the resot 1iscovered rock about soa p box with an a f earth and As ime this the rescuers lling stone. > cave about pparentiy wh Conttnued fn Page 18)