New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press [ESTABLISHED 1870 RESTORATION Wl Tesqr] M JBINPIU" I,L MURL 1 'NEW BRITAIN HERALD ‘wuo)) ‘projyreyy “daq A0y NEW BRITAI riaN MILLION GRAFT (DRIVE FOR $62,147 TAKE FOURMONTHS | TAKEN BY CINCINNATI COPS INTORNADO AREAS Red Cross Expects to Rebabil- fate Every Family Made Homelegs by Great Storm FUNERAL SERVICES OF VICTIMS IN FIVE STATES Hcalth Conditions Being Guarded and Danger of Epidemic Is Re- ‘mote—Griffin, Ind.,, Now Cut Om By Flood of River—Death and In- Jury Totals Practically Unchanged By The Assoclated Press. Chicago, March 23.—Saddened by the flnal tragedy of its greatest tor- nado disaster, the burial of its dead, southern Illinois and Indiana today turned undaunted to the mammoth task of rehabilitation through ‘which it is planned survivors of last Wednesday's catastrophe will be re- turned' to the same conditions that existed before the storm. All injured have recelved medical attention and all homeless have been provided with temporary shelter. Plans are under way for a virtual rebuilding of the stricken areas. A _ colossal task faces the agencies en- gaged in reconstruction work. Four Months' Work 1t is expected that four months or more will be required to clear hun- dreds of acres of ruins, restore thousands of shattered homes, re- building factories and establish new systems of sanitation. Henry M. Baker, head of the dis- aster relicf committee of the Red Cross says hls organization expects to rehabilitate every family affected by the storm. An emergency unit of the Red Cross has established in every stricken {own and temporary relief has been fully taken care of. Funds Being Raised With funds for the storm suffer- ers heing raised in all parts of the country through appeals in churches, newspapers, by radio and many oth- er agencies, the nationa. headquar- ters of the Red Cross in Washington announced an appropriation of $50.- 000-to augment similar funds being raised by local chapt James L. Fieser, vice-chairman in -charge of domesti¢ operations who returned to Washington from St Louis reported that immediate de- mands and emergency requirements had peen met, but that permanent relief presented an enormous prob- fem. M. Fieser called the tornado which caused more than 800 deaths in five states, “the most serious in the history of Red Cross disaster re- lief operations.” Health Precautions. Hand and hand with reconstruc- tion will go sanitary rehabilitation and moves to protect the health of the sufferers and to guard against epidemics. Particular attention was | paid to the water supply. Chlorine was supplied to many towns and well water was Inspected and unsafe wells condemned. Danger of an epidemic in Indiana was said to be remote with the ar- rival of additional medical supplies, | including anti-tetanus serum, and | the advent of state sanitary officers. | All water in the Indlana area was being chlorinized. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, Chicago health commissioner, has arrived at | Police Officers and Dry Agents, Indicted in Prohibition Scandal, Said to Have Collected Payments of From $1,000 to $50,000, Cincinnati, Ohlo, March 28.—Dis- closure that the total amount of money alleged to hgve been paid to policemen, detectives and village dry officers by bootleggers and nar- cotic drug peddlers in Cincinnati ex- ceeds $1,000,000 was made at the government building today. The total was calculated by add- ing sums alleged to have been paid by various individuals who have made statements to the government investigators and the special grand jury which returned sealed indict- ments last Wednesday against more than 70 officers and dry agents. It was learned that the govern- ment has a long list of witnesses |who have informed fits investigators of the amounts each claims to have paid to police and dry agents as | *hush money'* during the last three years. The payments, it was stated, ranged from $1,000 to $50,000. It was also made known that the government investigation began three years ago and that approxl- mately 100 men of the United States department of justice have been at work in Cincinnati since that time. MRS. WATERHOUSE 15 WINNER OF LAWSUIT Awarded 12,075 Pounds Sterling Against Lady Wilson-Barker London, March 23.—Mrs, Murlel Waterhouse today won her suit against Lady Wilson-Barker to re- cover 12,075 pounds alleged to have been extorted from Alfred Francls Waterhouse, deceased husband of the plaintift. The jury found, however, that R. P. Sheldon, named as a party to the extortion, had not conspired with Lady Wilson-Barker. After the final address to the jury by counsel the court declared itselt strongly regarding cases of this na- ture which, the judge said, convey “g wholly false and misleading im- pression of what English social and family life is.” Y | “I hope,” he added, “that you will dispose of this case at once so that it may be buried and forgotten and not reopened before the official referee.” It was alleged that Lady Wilson- Barker had gained the affection of Waterhouse’s aged mother many years ago and then had become in- volved in an intrigue with the son. Tt was charged that Lady Wilson- Barker told Waterhouse that their liaison had been discovered and that she threatened to tell her husband unless given large sums of money. In this way, it was charged, she ex- torted more than 10,000 pounds from her wealthy lover. The court entered judgment for the entire amount claimed with costs against Sir David Wilson-Barker, who had been made a co-defendant with his wife on the ground of his legal liability for her acts. PINNED BETWEEN BUSSES WHEN SEDAN HITS THEM Bridgeport Man Injured—Driver of Other Car Said to Have Been Asleep Bridgeport, March 23. — Stanley Bienkowsky, 34 of this city, is in St. Vincent's hiospital with possible frac- tures of both legs as a result of be- fng pinned between two Bridgeport- Waterbury busses on the Nichols- Carbondale, Southern llinois relief eenter, to aid in the fight against | dtsease. Dr. Bunde greatest danger was from infectious diseases. particularly tvphoid fever. | Brief Funeral Services Briet funeral services funday for most of the in | five states, while ministers of .'\H‘ denominations asked for Divine guldance in church services om the first Sunday since the disaster. A check of casualty lists today brought a few changes in individual items, But did not materially affect the to- tals. Deaths stood at S03 with 2,039 | fnjured, or a total casualty count of 2,742, but slightly reduced from fig- ures tabulated by the Assoclated Press the first day of the disaster. Deaths By States Deaths by states were: TiMnois 629, Indiana 109, Tennes- wee 33, Kentucky 18, Missouri 14, | TMve additional deaths occurred at | Murphysboro, bringing the fdentified dead there to 194, but relief work- | ers estimated 20 or more person3 were Incinerated. Murphysboro. the chief sufferer, duried nearly fifty dead Sunday, with services in the wrecked band- stand in the public square. Most of the homeless were living in tents and yesterday 5,000' persons were fed at relief stations. The first shooting since the ar- rival of troops was reported when a negro was shot in the leg as the result of an altercation with a sol- dier. An unusual mumber of fires in the ruins has added to problems. May Never Be Rebuilt De Soto, the little village of 500, { which was blown away, has finished durying its dead. The cemeétery has fitty fresh mounds, with rude wood- en crosses carrying pencilled names as markers. Thirty of De Soto’s 70 dead were children. Some families have returned to the village and are held | attempting to reestablish demolish- | ed homes, but the general opinion is that the village never will be re- built. Griffip, Ind., where fifty perished, today was cut off from all reliet ave- nues except a single railroad when flood waters of the Wabash inundat- ed roads leading to the town. Gov- ernor Ed Jackson, who inspected the storm territory, was forced to drive Shelton road early today, when ti first of the two busses was struck en said that the | head.on by a sedan car operated by | a man who gave his name as George Spaa, who was en route to the windshield of his car, carryin the steering whegl with him. apparently escaped serious injury. The bus operators claim that Spaa admitted that he had fallen asleep while driving along the road and did not see the busses which had g e side of the road n Roller hill. As Spaa's car crashed head-on into the larger of the two busses, the bus was pushed hack against a smaller bus which Bien- kowsky was in the act of attaching ! by a rope to the first bus, in order | to be towed to Bridgeport. Bienkow- sky was caught between the busses as they were pushed together accord- ing to information obtained from the bus company. There were no pas- sengers on the busses at the time of the accident. T0 CONFISCATE BOOZE Rare Ligquors of Every Discription Stored in New Haven Are to Be Dumped Unless Owners Interfere. New Haven, March 23.—Rare II- quors of every description seized by coast guard cutters in the Sound and stored in the federal building here will be confiscated April 6 un less the owners contest libel actions against the stuff, it was announced here today., The stored goods ag- gregate 4,345 cases of whiskey wines and like stock and 600 gallon cans of alcohol said valued at over $400,000. Papers in the libel actions are now being served. In addition actions hav been launched against the vessels from which the wet stocks were re- moved. Among them is the schoon- er J. Duffy which carried 2,802 cases of Scotch whiskey and 148 ce of other liquors, the Mary J, Beale, the } ond, the Del Rey, the North € the Hattie T, the Wandered and the (Continued on :I:Mri e el Josephing Maria, six- | to be | COOLIDGE HOLDS UP MILITIA' DRILL FUND $1,300,000 for Pay Subject of Investigation, Follow- ing Appropriation Washington, March 23.—Presl- dent Coolidge today ordered an in- vestigation to determine whether it Is necessary to spend the $1,300,000 appropriated In the deficiency bill for pay of national guard members for drill work," directing that pay- ments be withheld meanwhile. The amount was appropriated to meet payments between now and June 30, but pecause it Is oversthe budget bureau estimate the presi- dent ordered the investigation, Dwight F. Davis, acting secretary of war, sald after a confercnce to- day with Mr. Coolidge a report on the necessity for the fund would be |submitted immediately. The Budget Bureau in disapprov-- |ing the item took the view that this expense should be met by the var- {tous state governments. The presi- dent accepted that opinion, but rep- resentatives of the National Guard convinced the appropriations com- mittees of congress to the contrary. Should Mr. Coolidge decline to spend the appropriation and should no state funds be provided for the purpose, national guard drills either would be suspended from now until June 30, or the guardsmen would be invited to drill without pay. Confronted with a similar refusal of congress to appropriate for re- serve officers’ training camps, the War Department followed for several years a policy of inviting the officers to attend the camps without pay. While the actual condition in any state as to curtailment of the armory ldrills required depends upon the sta- [tus in that state of the allotment al- \ready made from current war de- partment funds, the average for the entire country would be a reduction {to 45 armory bills for the current | fiscal year as compared to the aver- age of 52. The extent to which any state would be required to reduce its arm- ory drill work depends upon the percentage of total national guard personnel which turns out for these 1drills. The restriction would fall {more heavily on those states which |have the best drill turnout, as the | ilable funds for those states are more quickly exhausted in paying the larger number of men. Allot- ments by the war department are |made on an average bas FAREWELL TEARS SHED IN v winasmicts of i e ": VAIN IN HALL OF COUNCIL ; ‘Rrgulnr April Through Trick of Calendar Meeting, Scheduled For | Makers, drawn up behind one another at the | Cedar Steam | Although many members of the |common council whose terms expire thiy year believed they were attend- ing their last session of the common | council last week, they will be call- |ed upon to sit at another regular | session. | For econd time in the mem- lory of City Clerk A. L. Thompson |\who has been connected with the city government for more than a quarter of @ century, the third Tues- day of April, the date when new councilmen take office, will come af- ter the third Wednesday this year, the first day of April being on Wed- nesday. At the close of last week's session several of the councilmen who are not candidates for reclection left the council chamber after bidding fare- well to those with whom they hal been assoclated ia conducting the [city's business and it occurred to none of the officials that a regular meeting in April was possible. | PROBABLY MURDERED Body of Missing Paterson Business- man Found in River—Friends Think He Was Slain, J. March Jacobs, Pate | Passale, N body of Joseph jobber and real estate dealer, h been missing more than four weeks was found in the Passaic river at the Passaie-Delawanna line today, according 16 a report made by the police. Since his departure relatives admitthd to the police that Jacobs had n engaged in bootiegging. T advanced the the that he met death at the hands of others of the trade. ONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1925, ~SIXTEEN PAGES. GETS UNDER, WAY United Gommunity Corporation Makes Its Annnal Appeal TEAMS OFF AT TOP SPEED Ten Welfare Organizations To Share In Budget—Thousands of More Prospects Than In Past—250 Soll- cltors Checking Up On City. With the opening of the annual drive for the 10 organizations form- ing part of the United Community corporation today, New Britaln wel- fare organizations start a campaign for the largest sum in the history Named to Supervise Tacna-Arica Voting INELM CITY GASE Coroner Recites Events Leading Up to Bagnano Murder GRAND JURY GETS FACTS Evidence is That Victim Had Long Been Friend of Girl, But Violated ging Her on Auto Ride, New Haven, March 23.—Miss Olympia Macri, who shot and killed John Bagnano February 26 while he was in the lobby of a local theate was held criminally responsible by Her Confidence Only After Dru- | of the central organization, $62,147, 'Lhe United Community corpora-| Washington, March 23.-—General tion is the central organization hav- ing final jurisdiction over 10 subor- dinate organizations, each one carry- ing on a separate and distinct line of work. The principle object of the central organization is to raise funds to carry on all the smaller branches in onc annual drive instead of 10 separate drdives. This year the city has been divid- ed into districts with thousands more prospects than were on the list before and nearly 250 solocitors will comb the clty during the week | seeking funds. Last year a drive was made for $50,000 and §49,000 was realized. Workers will report at luncheons at the Burritt hotel | cach day. The organizations comprising the | community corporation are as fol- lows: Visiting Nurse Association The Visiting Nurse association supplies the services of a nurse in cases where trained help is required and a full time nurse cannot be ar- forded by the patient. The associ- atioin asks this year for $10,920. This sum is expected to include the salary of a contagious disease nurse who will look after all cases where the services of a visiting nurse are required where communicable dis- eases are found. The association also plans to engage an expert su- perintendent to more efficiently lay out the work. Miss Anna Heath is | in charge of the work here. The | sum of $10,920 is asked. | Boys’ Club With the largest gymnasium In the city, active athletic program of all kinds, game room, reading room, juvenile municipal government, ra- dio classes, wood working classes, and many other things the Bovs' club of New Britain supplies for ilic growing boy all the outlet for his energles he is seeking, and yet gives him a comfortable place in which to work and play off the street. Here the young man can jump and shout and yell to his heart’s content. He can learn printing, by working on| the paper written and printed in the club; he can learn radio sending as well as receiving; he can take l.fis- sons under an expert in making | smaller articles of furniture, or hn\! can join the drum corps or club | orchest and become a musician. The club is in charge of | tendent Dwight Skinner. wants $9,000 Boy Scouts “Physically strong. mentally | aw ]11’):\n'1 morally straight,” is the aim of each Boy Scout .'|‘n"l is a pledge he tal when he joins the The nd civie usefulness y | object of the Boy Scouts of America. Recently the local Scout organiz: i g class of 42 s- | red in all sections of | The work is in charge of Executive Walter 0. Cook zation needs $5,200. Girl Scouts The Girl Scouts organization nflar in purpose to the Boy Scouts and trains girls to become [ ;‘\’r,\isr‘h(fl-] arts as well as outdoor| activities, to adopt high standards of | living and to keep themselves phy-| strong. The local Girl Scout| aintains a Girl Scout| | | | | 4 The club | | the city. <cout sically organization m r lrum corps which has achieved & reputation throughout this and r.vfir ] of adjoining states. Miss Lois Shaw | scout director and Mrs, T.eon | AE gue is issioner, The Girl Scouts ask $ Day Nursery | hen misfortune Is upon & ad the breadwinner is tAken | making it nece the | | mother to earn enough for | shelter for herself and children, the | | ¢ looking after the | sters while she s at work looms up las a serlous family problem. Then t is that the Day Nursery co | the rescue and baby is given 2 | scientific care and proper food w mother goes to her daily toil. ! vear under the direction of Mrs Frank J. O'Brlen the Day Nurs handled 11.000 babies. Th enurscry { j\\:;mn $4,500, s to e Last | Junior Achievement Balvaging the out of school hours and making playtime profi the aim of the Junior Achic | movement, which after al | platned completely in its titie ior Achi Boys are ta to take discarded cigar boxes, old tin cans and |oft material and turn something useful, either |some convenient articie {home. Girls are taught | scraps of cloth and ofher |terfal and make article clothing | |not fo rdolis or play v their | use. Wil Squire | ctor of which asks $4 Tubercalosis Relief or store other cast them into or | the toys ut to ah, take When the dreaded “White Plague” | | | stalks into a home ¢ | vice is needed s | liminary care is needed berculosis patient, or t nd expert when or a tu-| ned atten- | riums have pre tion required when sanits exhausted their (Continued on Page 10) Court Room Crowded as Mc-| Superin- | {about Pershing has been appointed to su- | pervise the Tacna-Arica plebiscite, | The White House today announe- | ed his sclection as head of the com- | mission which is to oversee the clec- | tlon under the recent Chilean-Pera- | vian arbitration award, This statement was issued at the | White House: “The president today appointed Jeneral John J. Pershing as presi dent of the plebiscitary commission in accordance with the provisions of | his award in the cna-Arica case. It was stated at the White Houso that the president was very much pleased that such an eminent citizen of the United States of world-wide reputation was willing to accept the position, which is considered one of the most important offices of public trust which an American citizen can be called upon to discharge. “The fair and judicial settlement of the Tacna-Arica case after 40 years means much for the peace and good relations of South America and | the high character of General Pe ing is an assurance to both parties that their proper interests will be adequately safeguarded FAIMAN TESTIFIES AGAINST SHEPHERD Clintock Heir Fights for Freedom | CLAIMS TO BE VERY ILL |Coroner Eli Mix in a finding made | public this morning. An hour later Ithe grand jury for the New Haven county superior court met to consid- er the case om Miss Macri and that of John Form o, who shot and killed Leo Cocilove, who is said to have violated the honor of Formis- ano's sister, Miss Macri killed Ba, nano because, according to her claim d her. in his finding hold- who is 20 years of age and a mother, said that Bag- nano received thrce bullets in body, inflicted t Olympia Macri, and two of these wounds, 1's Tather Objected. The coroner said that he found that Bagnano was acquainted with Miss Macri from the time she wa 14 years old and that she had kept company with him more or less for a long period, that Bagnano desired to marry her but M ri's father objected and did not want the ac- quaintanceship to continue. How- ever, it did continue, the coroner id. TIn October, 1923, the coroner Macri became aware that no was married and that h had a child. Claims Man Drugged Her. The coroner related a portion of aim of Miss Mareri which to the effect that in December, 1923, 3Jagnano saw her on the street, and offered to drive her home in his ma- chine. This was at 11 in the morn- ing. She sat in the front seat with him and he offered to take her for a ride and, she, trusting him, did not object. She also stated that Bagnano gave her some figs and that after eating them she “started erying and crazy like"” that the | fieqeased drove off a covntry road closed the curtains in the car and assaulted her, Always Trusted Him, Is Diabetic and Needs Special Food, Is Wife's Statement — Defense | Secks To Show Faiman's (‘onfi'v‘ sion Was Forced From Him. Chicago, March e legal | battle to obtain the rclease on bail | of William D. Shepherd, indicted on a charge of inoculating his foster son, Billy McClintock, with typhoid er germs continues toda At the same time the coroner's in- quiry into McClintock's scheduled to come up. tice Harry Olson of the m court has subpoenaed several witnes for ti hear names were not d With Shepherd’s a pared to make every el his freedom it was the condition of the McClin- tock heir's health might be brought forward. It is reported that Shep- herd is suffering from diabetes, t disease that killed Leo Ko swindler, in Stateville His Diabetes “Mr. Shepherd has from diabetes,” his wife ng, “and T fear for he is confined much lon Diabetes calls for a specia and since being taken to jail § herd has been sending out meals. Charles Faiman, head of a science school, whose story that he provid- ed typhoid germs to & erd agreement that he would s McClintock's $1,000,000 esta sulted in his indictment g Sheph was expected the witness stand at the ing. Counsel 23 new Their neys pre ort to bring indicatc t e n suffering was quoted his_lif with 1 bail for Miss Tsal who was to have T McClintock, said tod from California of t 5 evald Astorney a week he calling Miss Do grand jury ! ful to her. to remain in ( ate, per ago His 1 Admits Being Struck courtroom was overflowing wt was resumed U Jacob Hopkins of t Efforts were to show sion which r ment with Sheph sciences. | chand had “Th fused elling THE WEATHER — For New Britain and vicin- fty: Tair tonight; Tuesday increash cloundiness and warmer. Bagnano drove her | city leaving her near home about p. m. Miss Macri had told the cor- oner that Bagnano “never made any indecent proposals to her before” and “that is why T always trusted him.” She said she never told of the ault upon her, but after she became aware that she was ap- proachi maternity informed Bagnano of her condition, and fre- tly spoke to him about it. A born on August 27, 192 Macri went to live with e had to seck he and child, and that terviews with she support he had had N0, ask rs she in ecks before the homicide, Girl Carried Gun, he coroner further said that Miss Macri's father kept a log d revolver it hi at 2 a. m. on ). 20 ghe s this r house rand tool it to a c in Cedar street, apon from day to gnano this w ¥ The coroner said ti fiss Macri o Poli buildi: him enter > on the | - | Wilson Clark of Naugatuck, wersed hour. T > and sto Miss Ma 1Y The Fatal Shooti n the con ri sto n to the lohby wher ed s two hu f into m the reva He $40,000 SILK ROBRERY Ten Armed Bandits Tie Up Wateh- man and Make Rich Haul at 26th Street Pier On The Hudson his | caused y\mrtal‘ m for aid, up till two | home in Congress avenue, that | FIFTH WARD RIVALS . HAVE THE SAME NAME |Stanley Karpinski May Meet Boleslaw Kar- pinski at Ppolls } fifth ward political situation appears to be in process of develop- ing an unusual condition with the lkelihood that two rival candidates for office with the same name, both ne ‘political party, may oppose each other on election day, | Councllman Stanley Karpinskf, re- | publican, i3 a candidate for alder- | man on the G. 0. P. ticket and it is understood that he will not be op- posed at the primary. Boleslaw Karpinski, for many years an active | republican worker, 1s reported to have split with his party and may ek the highest ward honor on the | democratic ticket. Boleslaw Karpinski was a candi- date for selectman at the primaries | last spring and was defeated by Al- " bert N, Anderson, who wag later de- | feated by John F. Baldyga, Kar- pinski publicly expressed himself as displeased with the republican poli- | ties as exemplified during the cam- paign and it was claimed the elec- tion of Baldyga, who like Karpinski is one of the leading Poles in the | fitth ward, was traceable in no small | degree to Karpinski’s failure to win the approval of the G. O. P, | Stanley Karpinski is one of the | most active of the city's younger of- | ficials. He has completed one term as a councilman and has served on important committees of the com- mon council, including the salary committee. He was a delegate to the last congressional convention, is secretary of the Polish-American Political club of Connecticut, secre- tary of the Polish-American Citizens' league of New Britain, and is a member of the American Legion. He served in the army and at the close of the war was in the Central Of- ficers’ Training camp at Camp L Virginia, 'CITY MEETING BOARD T0 BE CHOSEN APRIL § Will | back to the | 48 De FElected and Several Existing Vacancies Will Be Filled | Monday, April 6, has been selected as the date for the election of 48 | members of the city meeting board to serve three years terms, and sev- eral to flll vacancies. Letters are being sent out today |to the six aldermen advising them | of the date and suggesting a ward | caucus prior to election day at | which nominations may be made and a slate prepared. The voters re not held to the nominees, how- ver, and it is possible to vote for {any resident or for office. | Many of the charter members of | the board are up for re-election this year. Polling places will be | in the schools and the registrars will name moderators, checkers and tell- ers to register the vote. In recent | years the number of votes cast has been approximately the same as the number of candidates for office. " DENTIST AGCUSED blished Held For Assault, Says Dr. McLaughlin, Waterbury, Attacked His Wife, Waterbury, Mar of Wiison C h ult an dearry was tod McLaug am block, aroused wides ominence ¢ 1 Dr. Mc n Saturday in's kKing! read T Sentence of Tex Rickard Postponed for One Week n, NioJ., M At the Big Avi tion Terminal To Be Built in New Hav Ma en An- 1 aviator dur- e tract front for shing a big here. Mr. Haven avi New is ested in of whom are now registered in the | Average Daily Circulation Nv Week Ending 12’041 March 21st , PRICE THREE CENTS MACRI GIRL HELD | BOTH SIDES GRIMLY SET FOR “LASTDITCH” BATTLE OVER CHAPMAN IN M URDER CASE \Prosecution And De- | fense Ready For - Greatest Fight In His- | tory of Comnecticut Trial May Last Two Weeks and 150 Talesmen Have Been Summoned to Serve | on July. Hartford, March 28, —Gerald Chapman, modern maurauder ex- | traordinary, will go to trial for his life in Hartford county court tomor- row morning. The work of selecting a jury to hear the evidence against this figure of crime romance, now under in- dictment for the murder of James Skelly, a New Britain policeman, will be started at 9:30 o'clock. One hun- dred and fifty talesmen have been summoned, mainly from the more remote towns of ancient Hartford county, from which to select the jury. Both sides, the prosecution repre- sented by State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, and the defense, have an- nounced themselves ready for & bit- ter contest which, at this time, bids fair to consume a good two weeks of trial. Chapman, through his attorney has declared that the ‘“cards are stacked against me” and that *I haven't got a chance—they're mot going to try Gerald Chapman but the super-bandit, a creature of fact and His attorneys made an unsuccess- ful attempt to obtain a change of venue last week, contending that Chapman could not possibly get a fair hearing, inasmuch as the at- mosphere that has been made to |surround him since he has been in |state prison, solitary confined and | extraordinarily guarded, made it im- possible for a jury to approach his case without preconceived prejudice. But the court thought otherwise and the spectacular mail robber must fight for his life here. { Hartford Thrilled | An unwonted tensencss secemed to “onvelop Hartford today, the eve of | what probably will be the state's most spectacular criminal hearing. The hotels hummed with added gllests and newspapermen on special assignment from New York and other cities were all around the town. The courthouse was a hive of activity. There was something of a holiday air about it, with expectaney | tip toeing through the city streets. | There must be 50 out of town | witnesses here from various parts of the country. They kept pouring into town throughout last night and today. Many -of them are police- men, post office inspectors and other | agents of the law to whom the dar- ing and spectacular Chapman has given so much trouble. Others are expected to testify for the state as to Chapman’s presence in Connecti- | before and at the time of the murder of Skelly, Probably the chief prosecution witness, Walter | Shean, black sheep son of a Spring- f Mass., family of prominence, is jail. It was Shean's story to the state authorities that Chapman was his companion of the attempt- ed safe robbery that ended in Skelly's shooting that started the | hunt for the 1925 super-model erim- |inal. This hunt ended in Munecte, { Ind.. last January 18, when Muncie | policemen recognized the escaped | mail robber on the strecet and took n prisoner. The capture incl¢ ed a row which ouc nt here. has start- ave its de- Capture rewards gregating $25,000 are the cause. Office Inspector W. A. Kelly ncinnat! was expected here to- day from Washington, D. C., where o went to file a claim to the little fortune Bu get it with- out fight Jarl Ran- ie police claims his policemen who man’s capture. The i1 here Saturday to sta Mr. Alcorn ather claimant in the Edward J. Hickey of this city. The division of e reward probably will be settled ny. the 1 in 1 n a assiste by the trial's tes |Five Soviet Officials Killed as Plane Falls 23.—Five soviet killed, when a mili- from Tiflis to n caught fire in midair and rashed to earth. A later message i three of the killed wera goy nent officials and the other two ots of tha mac Tt officials were teuter dispatch airplane fiy ina officials killed were M. sinikoff, member of the presi- mber of the military reve- y council and vice-president 1 of people’s commis- Mogilievski, president of extraordinary Transcaucasian |commission, and M. Atarbekoff, rep- ive of the posts and tele- ission. The Transcau- als were on their way congress convened at period of four days' s been proclaimed, Ihe d. in all the Caucasipy e three graphs corm offic sovie A mourning ha [ messages . republics. casia to the