New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1925, Page 1

ews of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 TROOP ON DUTY 10 AID WORKERS " DIGGING TO CAVE Hall Way Mark Reached But (Cannot Possibly Get to Collins Belore Sunday Night FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE ORDERED FROM SCENE — Brother and Volunteer Rescuer Ac- cused of Inipedings Efforts of Those Trying Thelr Best to Reach Entombed Man—TLast Word Was Recelved at 4 a. m, Thursday, By The Assoilated Press. Cave City, Feb, 7.—A handful of Tennessee national guardsmen, members of the 164th engineers, ar- rived today to assist Kentucky na. tional guardsmen on duty at Sand Cave, where Floyd Collins has been penned underground for eight days, The guardsmen were sent here by order of Governor Ausiin Peay, The measured tread of the Kenw |-——————-— tucky troops beat a staccato to the frenzled. picking by miners digging away at a new shaft to Sand Cave. Ordcred Away Determined that no efort shan tnterfere in any way with the opera- tions, ‘the guardsmen, under Brig. Gen. H. H, Denhardt last night or« dered Homer Collins, brother of the victim, and John Geralds away from the cave. Geralds was the leader of one of the numerous rescue parties which earlier in the week made fruitless efforts to get to Colllns through the cave entrance. Both Agree to Terms Both men were called to national guard headquarters and officers there told them the mine now bor- ing downward was the last chance to reach the cavern prisoner. Their activity, especially Geralds' criticlsm of the means being employed, made their presence undesirable because it slowed the work, officers explained to them. It would be necessary, therefore, to forcibly eject either man who returned to the cave, they were warned. Both agreed not Lo of- fer further interference., Half Way Mark Slowly but surely the shaft, pre- ceded by a diamond point drill for sake of safety, was going down. Farly today it had gone below the twenty foot level and had that much ore to go, possibly more. Workers have' heen digging for forty-eight hours, €1y and night and another forty-eight hours probably will have passed before the opening is made, Test drilling was discontinued early today after the diamond drill had reached limestone at a depth | of 49 feet. Dr. W. D. Funkhonser, grologist of the University of Ken- tucky, expressed the opinion that the drill had reached the caprock of the cave, Resentment Growing When the rescue scekers and | heroes intermingled for four long days when Collins was fn communi- cation with the outside world by the | slimy channel, Geralds and Homer and Marshall Collins were barred from entering the cave. Since then a growing resentment against the “outsiders” who came to Sand Cave and assumed charge has been ob- | served, Homer Collins during the night made a forbidden trip into the cave ® fow hours before he was called to | military headquarters. He found the | light neat the “squecze” still burn- ing and, by turning off all lights out- side for a few moments, sald he de- termined that the entombed man's Jght still glowed, Munitions on Way A truck load of ammunition and | sther supplies was en route to Cave City from Frankfort by way of | Louisville this morning, despite | denfals by national guard offic that any ammunition had been or dered. Bight hundred rounds for| rifles were reported in & baggage car at Frankfort. A new there climbed into the says he counted 2,400 boxes, consigned to C: Topwiller at Cave City. The ment was understood to have b transferred to motor truck ;uj Louisville. I More Soldicrs on Duty ational coach and | rounds in ptain - J. 1 ¢ ship- en a Fleven ‘more guardsmen arrived last n a fourteea others were expected soon from Bowling Green. Large crowds were hampering the mine work, it was said by way of explanation for the presence of additional guardsmen Andrew Collins, eldest of the Col- ling' brothers, figured in two accl- dents while hurriedly driving over: land from Kewanee, Tll, to reach Sand Ca He thought yesterday he had discoveredd a new crevice which » 14) (Continue RETURN ENEMY FUNDS | on Bill By Senator Borah Proposcs to Give Back, Also, Property Held | By the Alien Property Custodian. Washington, Feb, 7.—Return of funds and property held by the allen property custodian will be or- dered under a bill introduced today | trolman Henry paper man | ) piojyavy 1 apy HIduuo) l “Arexqyy mvb « / T NFE WO CHILDREN, BLIND FROM BIRTH, . NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1925. —SIXTEEN PAGES. MARVEL AT COMMONPLACE THINGS Denver, Col, Feb. 7.—The com- monplace thingh of life today be- came a source of wonder to two children, recently operuted upon in an effort to restore their sight. For the first time, Peter Morris and Viola Emour saw the blue sky, the won- ders of the zoo and went into rap- tures over the warm color of bricks. The children, two of the eleven from the Colorado home for the blind and deaf at Colorado Springs who underwent operations, were driven about the city, able for the first time to stand the strong light ot day on their newly awakened eyes, “Would you mind it I ask a great many questions?” Viola asked, “Everything is so strange—so—s0— 80 beautiful.” “Bricks, bricks!" the boy once shouted. “Bricks—why I knew the One Dead, Two Dying, Many Hurt In Two Million Dollar Explosion FRIEND IN HER HOME, HUSBAND IN CELLAR Quarantine Brings About New Setting for “Eter- nal Triangle” Drama Bristol, Feb. 7.—Domiciled in the cellar while a male friend of his wife is quarantined In the same apartment with her, the sitution of a Bristol man, whose home is on Main street, « a short distance from South street. The friend of the wife has been paying visits to the home, so the po- lice have been informed, and last week the outbreak of scarlet fever among the two small children of the family caused a quarantining of the place by Heaith Officer Joseph I. Woisard. Then the husband was giv- en his choice of being quarantined in with the family and thercby ceas- ing to visit his place of employment daily or of slecping in the cellar near the furnace. As the funds for the family upkeep must continue, the hushand chose the cellar with the furnace as his companion The wife's friend appeared and saw the quarantine card but friend- ship knew no barriers and in he went. Violation of the quarantine regulations took place on several occaslons until the eagle eye of Po- Jeglinski, who has been assisting the health depart- ment; saw what was going on. The officer knocked on the door and asked if a visitor was present, but the woman indignantly denied the presence of anyone but the fami- ly and informed the officer that it he did not take her word he could search the house, “That, 1 propose to do,” replied the intrepid ski and the friend was found In a clothes closet. Health Officer JVois- ard was called. The friend wds in- formed that he could be quarantin- | ed at the Main strect home or at his own rooming house on Spring strect. Without any hesitation, he took the Main street home, where he is now. OLD ENGINEER KILLED C. Quick, 62, E. Meets Death at Syracuse Yards as He Steps ‘n Front of Approaching Engine. racuse, Y., Feb. Elmer . Quick, yard engineer of the New York Central was killed today N. when crushed under the wheels of a yard englne. Quick was at work, oiling his en- o it out tching. by A. and preparing to t day's work in train s gin for Another engine, operated L. Powell who had completed his job and was on his way to the roundhouse, passed Quick’s train. Evidently unable to hear the g proaching engine because of the noise of his own, Quick stepped back directly into the path of Powell's fast t Too Much Pettmg And Booze as Rome, N. Y., Feb, 7.—Th education has ruled that shall be no more senior high school sleighrides because of “too much ng and too many pocket flasks.” of pet [The announcement of the board sald thelr dicjum was based upon | observations of members the {complaints of parents. Last nig !the class of 1925 closed a color | bit of school history by riding in | four sieighs nine miles to Western- | ville. BODY IS IDE Philadelphia, Feb. 7.—The body of the young woman found dead in a rooming house here last night was Joglin- ¢ AS OPERATION RESTORES VISION Are Amazed At Blue Sky and Delighted With Sights in the Zoo, It Is the Warm Color of Bricks That Send Them Into Childish Raptures. shape of them; I knew how a brick felt—but look at the color—look at the colors!™ As their automobile rounded the first corner, Viola burled her head in her arms, Then she ralsed her head. “It's all right—I can't be- llieve my eyes are so full of tears, They are not cry tears—they're happy tears, and I'll never cry again.” “Lovely houses, made of bricks," the boy kept murmuring. ‘*Lovely, lovely bricks—the color of them." Lakes, trees, strcet cars, people, houses, grass and shrubs all came in for thelr share of the delighted attention. It was a great day for two chil- dren, and the elder blase city folk fell under the spell and saw beauty growing 4n the city streets where it never had been seen before, Evans Film Laboratories at Fort Lee, N.J, Are Wrecked by Blast—In- vestigators Are Blown Through Walls of Build- ing. Fort Lee, J., Feb, 7.—One man is dead, two are reported dying, and 18 firemen and employes of the Na- tional Evans Film laboratorles were injured by falling walls as the re- sult of an explosion of an ammonia tank which followed a fire in the two-story plant today. The dead man, Salvatore Joy, & projector, was among the night shift of 80 employes who femained | on the scene during the fire, which was trivial in itself. The explosion practically destroyed the. plunt which occupled nearly an entire city block. The loss was éstimated at nearly | two million dollars by Thomas| Svans, president of {he concern, who #ald that a number of valuable films | storéd in vaults, and which wer destroyed, comprised a considerabl part of the loss. Blown Through Walls Fire Commissioner James Carn and four firemen were in the hqu ing making sure the fire was ex- tinguished, were blown out through the walls when the explosion shat tered the building. | Joy, who was 29 years of age and leaves a wife and child, died on the way to a hospital, Tour firemen who are in the En glewood hospital, in critical eondi tions are John G. Vanduyne, Frank Cavellier, Raymond Marcus and Leonard Merkle, all of Fort Lee, All are suffering face and head lacera- tions and serious injurfes to their| backs. Edward Lehman and George Muc- | Kkle, also Fort Lee firemen, are fin | the } 'k hospital suffering | head and face lacerations. Willlam | Dittenfass of Palisades, one of the owners ‘of the laboratory was treat- | ed at the Englewood - hospital for | burns and lacerations, and Council- | man Arthur Kerwlen, of Fort Lee, was treated for cuts. Seven other firemen and employes were treated for minor injurfes and released. | . | MANCHESTER MAN DIES | John A. Alvord, Was For Ower | 80 Years Postmaster At Manchest- er Green. . Teb, 7.—John A. Al- formerly postmaster for over rs at Manchester Green, | and who retired four years ago died late last night after a year's illness. He was a native of Bolton, and can to Manchester Green where he W Manchest vord employed at the general store l:llr\r becoming the proprietor and also | | postmaster, | He is survived by his wife, one | rcasurer of the Man- ’1||1~V Co. and a_ brother Alvord of Bolton. chester William FRE IN STAMFORD | = [ North and East l(ucr\ Dama At Warehouse Will | Steamboat Co, Total About $15,000. Stam d, Feb. 7.—Fire of un- nown origin early today caused at $15,000 to the | gtorchouse of the North and East | River Steamboat Co, situated on |the dock on Canal strect. The fire | was discovered in the office by the | watchman., He attempted to get a hose to turn a stream of water’ on | | the fire but was driven back by the | flames. Two alarms were sounded | age estimated | today. FAVORABLE REPORT 15 GIVEN CRAMPTON BILL Senate Judiciary Approves Measure Concentrating Dry Forces Washington, « report of the eb, Tom’ orable Cramton bill, concen- trating all prohibition administra- tlon under a separate unit in the Treasury Department, was ordered today by the Senate Judiclary Com- mittee, The bill passed the house last ses. slon but has heen the subject of at- | tack before the committee by users of industrial alcohol. It was modi- fied by the committee to provide for a board of review to hear appeals from rulings of the prohibition com- missioner and for scparate divisions to control industrial alcohol and beverage alecohol. The hoard would be composed of three members ap- pointed by the kecretary of the treasury, There have been indicatlons that with passage of this bill President Coolldge contemplates a change in personnel of the prohibition unit. Hearing on thé bill caused consider- able objection to the rulings of Com- missioner Haynes, The bill is supported by the anti- saloon league hut faces some op- position on the floor, SHOT LOVER T0 PUT HIM OUT OF MISERY French Jury Acquits Ex- traordinary Slayer After Three Minutes By The Associated Pres Paris, I'eb. 7. Ile. Uminska, hmnu{ul and young Polish actress, was mously acquitted this afternoon of the charge of murder in killing her Zysnowskl, writer and war veteran, last July. Her defense was that she shot him to release him from his sufferings from an incur- able malady. The jury was out only three minutes. The slaying occurred in a hospital and Mlle. Uminska alleges she shot her flance to re! e him from his | sufferings from an incurable mal- '\rl\ Her tragic story caused a deep impression and she had been treated with the greatest consideration in| her court appearances, not being re quired to stand at the prisoner dock but being given a eeat beside her counsel, Henri Robert. $48 IS REFLOATED ‘Which Stanislawa talented Went Aground Submarine During Recent Blizzard Today Is Towed to Portsmouth Navy Yard Portsinonth, N. H., Feb. submarine S-48 which went In Little Harbor in a northe zard January 29 was refloated today and towed to Portsmouth navy | vard, where she was placed in dry o A survey of her condition and an estimate of ths cost of re- alrs will be permission will be navy department to . it was said. ons were favorable for the operations of the salvage forces The sca was smooth and there was no v Penacook assisted by a civilian tug towed the submarine under air pres- asked of the |sure to the Portsmouth outer har- !bor within an hour of the time she was released from the mud b in Little Harbor. The work was {in charge of Lieut. Commander H. M. Bransham, assisted by Lieut Commander Stewart Bray who was in command of the S-48 when aground. The crew 85 men o ot ¢ the sub- | marine, who were rescued by coast Lkldrxh‘mvn after they had been in 1-(rII many hours from the sea and re s 1 at escaping chlorine gas, the submarine barracks JUMPS T0 SAFETY Driver of Truck Leaps Just s Train At Crashes Into It At Crossing Hartford This Morning Hartford, Feb. T Namara, driver of a big § Co. motor truck jumped life today when a trai brook hed into the rear of the (I‘\n K, demolishing it Mc- Namara was unable to get the rear wheels of his truck out of the rail- rond tracks and in line with the front of the truck, and jumped just the crash. The front of the was dama betore locomotive THE WEATHER by Chairman Borah of the senate|today identified as that of Mrs.[and the city firemen fought the Hartford, ~Forecast foreign relations committes, who ex- | Jennie Burke, wife of Dr. Herbert | Llaze which was confined to the || for New Britain and vicinit pressed hope of early enactment “in | 1. Burke, a veterinary surgeon of | storchouse and buildings on the|| Fair and warmer (tonig view of the statement that plans | this city, who is serving 18 months | wharf and contents, consisting || Sunday increasing cloudiness, have been completed for settiement | to three years in the county prison | largely of freight received from New * of American claims.” or pedfilng narcotic drugs. | york or left fer shipment. Revolt Threatened ln Ranks Of Rowenites Since End Of World Does Not Come As She Forecast |Lincoln, unani- | ade immediately and | vroceed Wwith 1. The naval tug' Neb., Followers Give Her Prophecy 7 Days to Come True Be- fore Deserting Her—Son of Patchogue Believer | Battles With Father— Woman Seer Herself | Silent. Lincoln, Neb., Feb, 7.—If the pre- liction .of Mrs, Margaret W. Rowen of Hollywood does not develop to | |the point of realization within the seven days allotted, 12 of her fol- | lowers at College View, near here, | are prepared to renounce her as their leader, Joe Gammel announced after the midnight hour. Members of the cult, gathered im their homes last night and early to- ‘tlay, scanned the but what they |saw no one was pre h No Signs Visible It is apparent that none of the ex- pected signs was visible to the enites here, for shortly after mid- night they retired to their almost barren sleeplng quarters. They had nearly two months ago sold most of ttheir furniture, keeping only the | hare neecssitics, “No one is able to see the exact time when this coming of Christ | “but Mr Rowen's 1 ye and have seen other predictions of hers come true, If this latest prediction does not materialize, we will renounce her as our leader.” will take place,” Gammel said, rd we have follov teaching for sevel The Sun on Time | gregation of St. | holy of holi: §t. Joseph's Church Crowded at| 0bseqmes for Father Daly (OVER 100 PRIESTS ATTEND Rt. Rev. Mons. McAulifie of Hart- ford Delivers Impressive Eulogy As Parishioner: y Last 'I'rllmlo To Pastor For 12 Years. Priests representing more than | 100 parishes joined with the con- Joseph's church this | morning in paying a last tribute to | their deceased pastor, Rev. Patrick Daly, for whom funeral services were held with a pontifical solemn high mass at 10 o'clock. The capacity of the church was axed and it was found necessary to | ask «»-\uml hundred parishioners to n in the street outside the edi- ] |luy|ng the mass. it. Rev. Monsignor Maurice F. McAuliffe of Hartford diocese, de- livered the eulogy. He took as the *t a man so account of us ministers of Christ and the of the mysteries of God." nor McAuliffe said: e ago to preach the sermon on the on of the silver jubilee of your eceased pastor. On that day he stood before the altar of God cloth- ed in vestments of gold and offered the solemn sacrifice of the mass. Today there is a change. He is be- fore the altar clothed in the ve: ments of death; possessio nhas giv- err way to bercavement; the chant has given way to the dirge. The hand that was raised in the holy sacrifice of the mass has fallen, and the priest has en hrough life he had followed the example of his predecessors, the Patchogue, N. Y., Feb. — Phe | {sun rose in the east today as it | | has for untold ages and shone on the | {rude home of Robert Reidt, the | “Apostle of Doom,” despite his fer- | vid predictions that at midnight last | {night would come the beginning of | {the millenium and the salvation of | ithe “chosen few.” | Reidt and his flock of 13 foll |ers, who had lived through as hectic a night as may ever be their lot, | |were still confident today that the | “promised sign” of the second com- | ing of Christ is still not far of(.‘ |Just when he would not sy, al-| |though yosterday he had declared | |that the end of the world would take {fully seven days. | Topeful All Night | Hopeful all through the night that !the sign would come * oud no bigger than your hand,” Reidt |watched the heavens until well into | ) the morning. When nothing star- | ‘mng hdd happened at midnight 4n | !the east, he still felt that the.end | ;mlrzht Come within the next three | hours when it would be midnight in |Hollywood where is the home of | Mrs. Margarct Rowen, the leader of | !]\4‘ cult, Father And Son | His night had been full of discord {in sharp contrast with his wishes to pray and prepare himself and his (followers for the end. Hundreds of ous persons gathered in the ghborhood of his shack, reporters |interviewed him, cameramen took his plcture. Once his chief disciple, [Willard Downs, drove away the |crowd under a shower of hot water. |At another time Down’s son Daniel attempted to take his father home |forcibly. A scuffle followed and the Ison was persuaded to leave with difficulty. Police guarded the p all night. This morning Reidt was prz ly alone. The crowd had dis Will Restore Property that was left was his shack ce ctical- . D Al (Continued in Page 13) HUNTING. THE “LONE WOLF” Trail Boston Plain Clothes Men on of Sensational Bandit Who Spe- cializes in Robbing Women. Boston, 1% Sixty po in plain clothes today patroll Back Bay listrict a mys- his | search of the Wo terlous burglar w specialty ! dwelling a perintende dered extra prehend the attempt within 4 night by th tended vietim, ung artist’s model, The unknown burglar g | police their only clue to his ider Thurscay Martha A. night when le told Briggs, a public |ographer, wh apartment loot that he was Frank of Worcester, He spe the apartment, after he 1 the woman with a pist and bound her with rape ore leaving wrote on the of a mirror “1 am the Lone Miss Briggs told the police that her assailant boasted of former ex- ploits as he sat talking to her as she lay bound on a s To Preach Sermon on Ninetieth Birthday Binghamton, N. Y., Feb. 7.—Rev Samuel Dunham of this city will ob- serve his 90th birthday by preach- West P His subject will be " Dr. Dunham is ing in the byterian church | re tomorrow. Afe At 90 Ye e of the five surviving members | of the « of Yale 1860, He is pastor emeritus of the West terian and founder of that church * | 51 years ago. | has given me I give them.' | the pr | most apostles, who said: ‘The Glory He ‘What predicted, he fulfilled. died, He left Himself as and testament. H Christ had Before He a last will charges His priests with a divine | miission, telling them, ‘you have nul chosen Me, but I have chosen you. The same words He has spoken to sty of every generation, time and tongue, to go out and work in | His vineyard and reap benefits, Af- | ter 32 years of service, the Lord has restored Fatheér Daly to his inheri- tance. “A good home fostered thecall of | God, a strong minded father, and a Kind gentle mother guided form His home made it not voice and take priesthood. difficult to hear the ed with idea—to be a worthy t. By study and prayer he pre- one pri pared himseif to he a partner of | Christ. He el the privileges and atives of the King of his ook darkness from our d us. the prero; people., cyes and g “Fo s a priest, was the | mediator between God and man. God far off from man, heaven far God has came to off from earth is irreligion sanctified all nature. He redeem man, writing against us, and broke the al- tiauce between man nd eternal Christ was the central figure ory. His prophecies were { d through the sacrifice of i the faith of th th was re- d returned to lled a cro newed. When the l.c his father, was the carth to be de- serted? Were gates of heaven to he closed? Was the day of joy to swed by one clected to ab simpl daily life, b apost .them the this in commer ifted welk mortals i “Is it any wc s v Tevite knelt tre Y tar in 1893. The words of God su deeply into his mind because he lov- ed the priesthood. For him thers was no greater honor. His activities in various parishes revealed man of for othe true Chr for good a treasure Each soul he no labor v no sacrifice too protracted soul was to be wrenched from Assiduous in the confessional stru t, kind a steemed Wt r Daly of his Master. thought benignity kind in e the Kindn: ness, but out of the heart the “He co poor. lonely, in- | firm and the ory He aided with counsel and helped with his purse Out of & very modest fir e, he gave to all charities helped struggling students to ach the sanctuary of God, and to all these kind works he added others. At the foot of the altar he learned to guide others, there found new strength to hear the burden of his t 1t He studied to are himself to be I (Continued on Page 11) red into the eternal | nd faith of the young aspirant to | BISHOP OFFIGTES | SECRETARY WEEKS ATLAST 'f'\ ATFUNERAL MASS| ENTERS FRAY IN DEFENDING . THOSEFLA YED BY MITCHELL LONG CONFERENCE - ONCHAPMAN CASE. Tmportant Developments Ex- | Dected as Resulf of Discussion | (ALGORN EXPECTED HERE | Secrecy Matntained At Police Head- | | | quarters Regarding Progress — State's Attorney May View Scene Where Skelly Was Killed. Hartford, Fe T.—Important de- velopments in the state's case against Gerald Chapman, the bandit, now in the state’s prison at Wethersfield, were expected today as a result of a | conference at the county building which lasted for several hours. With State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn at the conference were his assistant, R. L. Gideon, County Detective Edward | J. Hickey and Det ve Sergeant William McCue of the New Britain police force, Detalls of the case were gone over and after the conference Mr, Alcorn and his assistants went to New DBrit- | ain in connection with the case. i chief of the army air service, Sec- Average Daily Circulation F Week Ending l 1,6 49 | Jan, 31st .., Declares Those Wllo Oppose Assist. Chief of Air Service Are | Being Targets of Un- just Criticism. Mentions Pershing as Among Those Fostering | Plan Assailed by Gené. 3l —Action on Reappoint- i ment Being Held Up, . Washington, Feb, 7.— Making his first public statement regarding the row that has centered about Briga- dier General Mitchell, assistant retary Weeks today declared that those who disagreed with General Mitchell had been targets for unjust and “supercilious” eriticism, Pershing Was Opposed Before passing judgment, the sec- retary said, it would be well for the country to remember that the oppo- nents of the Mitchell air policies in- cluded General Pershing and many of the other great figures of the American war army. Chapman is under indictment for the murder of Policeman Skelly of | the New Britain police force last | | October and it was on this charge | that the handit was brought here | from the federal penitentiar | lanta. The trip to New B: fer the purpose of looking over the | place where Skelly was killed. 1 | Alcorn Expected This Afternoon | State's Attorney Alcorn had not | arrived in this City early this after- | noon but he was expected to come *|here and get first hand, the stories | of the local policemen who went to | he Davidson & Leventhal store with Patrolman Skelly on the morn- | arrived ‘ [hack in m- city from Hartford, | | 1 this morning, accom- | several policemén, it is for . the, contergnee. Tt |fs sald that Patrolman Walter | Malona who arrested Shean on| { Church street John Leibler, who as- | 1 in ‘the arrcst of Shean, Clar- | | where he w paried by { inde the hand that called him. It was a |ence Lampher and Alfred Atwater, home not different from other Irish | who went into the store with Skelly, homes, where the voice of the|yere questioned regarding the Master is heard and revered, where | murdc u all of the Savior reechoes as on | When asked as to the significance Ascension Day. of the conferences, Chief William “Out of this home went 1wo | (C, Hart said that it is alwa spouses of Christ, one to far off Aus- | custorn to go over the cvidence in a | {tralia to spend herself in the care of | ecasa thoroughly with the e's at- | the weak and the erring; the other | torney before the trial in supe rinri to our own diocese to minister to |court. No developments of a new or the sick and dying in St. Francis's | startling nature are expected by the hospital in Hartford, And during the | local police who have amassed time the hrother was preparing him- | evidence against Chapman that they self in schools and college to serve, | feel will establish absolute proof of if distance s ated them, their | his ;:m“. hearts were ited by a bond of | charity and prayer. was impelled by one desire .hsurl»- - JANITOR STARTS FIRE. |Louisville Youngster of 12 Years Dies From His Burns blotted out the hand- | 1 Ky. Feb, 7. — Albert Lot , a 12 year old boy so severely burned in a blast th 1y that he e National Forg died a few hours parern plant morning, he t of t company. A 1 2 momc v a iway t was a ¢ my ¥ mained away from whi city a carniva 1two or 1 spent the iblie tn. front of mother said. § b duly alarmed when he failed t | (Continued on Page 11) | | United States.” | correspondence and | question of General {appointment | air service, | but felt he could no longer remain [ xmv'mu‘!r‘l the “It is incredible,” continued Mr. Weeks, “that these officers should wish to take any course relating to , the development of the air service {§ which would not bhe for the best in- terest of the future defense of the The secretary’s statement was is- sued while the house aircraft com- mime was being told by Captain A. V. Johnson, assistant chief of naval |air service, that some of General Mitchell's most sweeping statements to the committee about the results of joint army-navy maneuvers could not be substantiated by the facts. In an indirect reference to the general's charge that officers are: “afraid to tell the truth” for the fear of discipline, Captain Johnson sald ' he had asked Secretary Wilbur whether there would be objection to giving the committee certain offielal the secretary had repited: Ordered To Tell All “Tell everything you know." Secretary Weeks did not toge directly in his statement on *ha Mitchell’s re- as assistant chief of the which is being held in ance while the war:department d examines the general's ex- ition of his conduct. The gen- signment to his present post expires next month, and unless he is reappointed he will return to the rank of coloft Tt was with reluctance, Mr. Weeks at he had decided to make ement pending a final decis- ion on the case of General Mitchell ' abe: he silent in justice to other officers of the army. Defends His Officers “T have noted that there is a ten- | dency on the part of ‘some newspa- pers and men in publi clife to be critical of the officers actively con- nected with the management of the rmy and to refer to them in rather opprobrious tern the secretary said. “It is well for the country to keep In mind who these officers arc. v y they are the men who & American armies in nee dus the world war in sueh a manner as to bring everlasting to the American army and the an people. and for Ameri t is General Pershing, t distinguished com- ma American expedition- ary o has just recently been relieved as cl Harbord, th tafl of the Ar an expeditiongiry General the' present of the e history of our subordinates, 2d an active ng on ade good 10w about the ac- on the oth incredible thas on their long e h to take an s o the developme which would n e bost sts of the f - the United States. Decision Yet. S tary Weeks 1} indicat decisio Mitchell's reap e inqui Representativ: Jersey, th , said to ring to b in view o 5. General Miteh nt expires March 26. J n took the com r details of the bombing nia capes in 1921 v of the Navy Rob ar Captain Johns tive Reid, repub- ed that he was as to what ew examin s hes ierably an, 1llinois, ¢ witne to anewer. 1son promptly denfed the and added: T want to." run him outside” M *® but not in here.”