New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1925, Page 1

News of ‘(IIO World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD "w) ‘projiaey W DY S ——— KA ] YE) YRS HERRIOT TURNS SUDDENLY ON HECKLERS BLAME ON Fighting For His Poli- tical Life, French Pre- mier Promises To Ex- AND PLACES PREDECESSORS MAKING G00D 0N HIS WEDDING BET pose Intimate Secrets|New Jersey Man Determined to of National Treasury.| Win Restaurant Business sign Without ‘Asking |netuchen st Man Wagered His Confidence Vote in Case|. Outlook Is Dubious. Business Agalnst That of Friend That He Could Get Married With- in 36 Hours, Metuchen, N. J,, April 9.—Patrick Kreps, ‘owner of a taxicab business which he yesterday wagered against the restaurant business owned by Willlam A. Eichbaum on:a bet that he could get married in 86 hours al- though he had no womoen close friends, left here this morning for Elkton, Md., accompanied by his prospective - bride, Miss Agatha Esther Hollls. An unnamed young man and young woman aecompanied the prospective bride and groom, Plans to Take Restaurant Kreps sald when he left that he expected to be married some time this afternoon In Elkton, Md., and told JTgchbaum that when he re- By The Amoctated Press, Paris, April 9.—Premier Herriot, suddenly assuming the offensive in the chamber of deputies today, madé Wweeping charges of faulty’adminis- fration of the treasury against every government since the armistice, blaming them for the present finan- elal crisis. Turning upon his accusers, who have had him fighting bitterly for his political life the past few days, he took the rostrum and began a stirring speech in which he promis- ed to reveal all the intimate secrets of the French treasury. It ‘was forecast in cabinet clrcles before the wession that if the premier's reception in the chamber and in the senate, where he also planced to speak, was such as to make the government’s position look dublous he might resign without awaiting a vote, 900 H. 5. STUDENTS AT BESSEMER, ALA, QUIT Desert Their Classes as Protest Against Qusting of Superintendent Bessemer, Ala, April 9, = Nine hundred high school students walked out of classes here today and avow- ed that they would remain out until turnel he would take over the lat- ter's restaurant. Both men signed an agreement to their wager before a notary yesterday, it having been the result of Eichhaum's Jjoking | Kreps about his celibacy. Miss Hollls, who appeared to be between 40 and 45 years of age, lsi emploved In the office of a New | Brunswick hosiery shop. Kreps Is about 40 years of age, Introducing the Wag Mr. Eichbaum is proprietor of the | restaurant, which may be Mr. Kreps' today. ' Mr. Eichbaum, one of the wags of Metuchen and a man about town, calls it the Metuchen Restaurant and is attached to it by ties of sentiment and a mortgage or | s0. Mr. Bichbgum and Mr, Kreps are among the leaders of the station set at Metuchen. Secretly they admire each other prodigious: Publicly edch decries the virtues of the other but only, you understand, when face | [EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1925. YOUNG DONAHEY FINED $100° . FOR OFFENSE AGAINST GIRL Ohio Governor’s Son Accused of Contributing to De- linquency of 15-Year-Old Lillian Vogel of Zanes- ville, Ohio — Placed Under Control of Juvenile Court Until He is 21 Years of Age. Zanesville, Ohlo, April 9.—Hal Donahey, 19-year-old son of Gov- ernor Donahey, today was fined $100 and eosts by Probate Judge Graham for contributing to the delinquency of Miss Lilllan Vogel, 15-year-old Zanesville girl, whom he took to Columbus Sundey night. He was remanded to the custody of Sherift Bradford until the fine is pald. He also was placed under the control of the county juvenile court until he reaches 21 years of age. Miss Vogel was placed under pro- bation for a year Mprs. Donahey Pays. Soon after sentence had been pro- nounced, Mrs. Donahey, who was in court with her son and the girl whom he had brought to Columbus, paid the fine and costs. * Judge Graham said he was con- vinced that there had been no Im- proper conduct between the gov- ernor’s son and Miss Yogel and that the only reason he fined Hal was be- cause he-had lied to him last Tues- day when the judge questioned him about the disappearance of Miss Vogel. . “I would like to be lenient with you. I would llke to let you go free, but in view of the stories you told me Tuesday I am obliged to fine you and put you under the control of the court,” Judge Graham said. “Tt is too bad that your father bought:you the fine roadster. I hope you will gell it to pay this fine. It is like you told me yesterday—you have too much sporting blood in your veins to own an automobile.”” o T R e e e ] VOTTART CASE TO BE CALLED IN JUNE Murder Trial Postponed by State’s' Attorney X Alcorn Glovanni Vottarl, confessed mur- dered of Joseph D'Angelo at his home, 66 West street, last fall, will not he called upon to face a jury at the present term of the Superior court to answer a charge of first degree murder, it was decided today by State’s Attorney Hugh M. Al- corn. The states attorney held a Hartford, April 9.—Mrs, Charles Trier, of Lancaster, Pa, made the long trip from her home there to the state prison In Wethersfleld to find out if Gerald Chapman, bandit | aentenced to be hanged on June 25, 18 the man who was her former )um-J band, and the father of her three children, Mrs. Trier, accompanied by Mr.| Trier, reached the state prison nv" about 11 o'clock this morning, and before she had been there hal hour was convinced that Ger Is not the man to whom she was| married, “He's not the man,” she said, Warning To Girl, Judge Graham told Miss Vogel that she must not appear at publle dances and that she would be watched by court authorities for a year, Both Young Donahey and Miss WOMAN VISITS PRISON TO SEE IF CHAPMAN IS HUBBY; SAYS HE’S NOT Vogel detalled to the court the cir- cumstances in connection with thelr automobile ride Sunday night which ended when he took her to Colum- bus becauso she was afraid to return to the home of her aunt, with whom she was staying. Reaching Columbus between 2 and 3 o'clock Monday morning, they sald, they drove about untll 7 o'clock; when they had breakfast and he took Miss Vogel to the home of her friend, Miss Margaret Luther, where she spent Monday and Monday night, they sald. Tuecsday she entered the rooming house where she was locat- ed yesterday by Mrs, Donahey. Sev- eral other witnesses corroborated storles which they had previously told about their meeting in Zanes- ville and thelir activities there before Hal and Miss Vogel started for Col- umbus, Mrs. Donahey and Hal returned to Columbus today. Father 1s Grieved. Columbus, April 9.—“T am grieved over the episode and hope the pub- lic will be fair in its Jjudgment,” was the only comment Governor Donahey had to make on the fining of his gon in Zanesville today on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, 2 Mrs. Trier's first request on reach-| ing the prison was to see Chapman. | 'We think we can convince you| he 1s not the man you think without —EIGHTEEN PAGES prisoh here, From the record and the picture sho was convinced to her eatlsfaction that Gerald Ch 1s not the man she divorced in Lan- caster some ycars ago because was too fond of other women and was tired of a life of drudgery anc wanted to go out 1 his liv- ing from the world by fair means or foul, Mrs. Trier was in a highly nervous state this morning, it was sald at the prison. Investigators in Lancaster re- cently looking into the mystery of Chapman's past had seucceeded in confusing her and her young son such an extent that she felt she had to come to Hartford, she sald, to find out if the man condemned to die here soon is really the man to whom she was married. Nathan O. Freedman, junlor coun- he sel for Chapman, received a letter from Mrs, Trier sometime ago in; which ehe said the Chapman to| whom she had been married had a| part of one of his little fingers miss- ing. Freedman sald that this con- vinced him at the time that bandit was not the man she thought. The woman returned to her home this afternoon. you seeing him,” she was told by !h(:‘ prison officials. She was then shown Chapman'’s| record, which shows that he was in ! prison at Eimira, Sing Sing and Au- burn in 1907 and 1908, at the time Mrs. Trier was living with the hus- band she knew as Charles Chapman. | She was also shown a large and re- | cent pleture of the famous bandit in Fire Board Shake-up Likely; May Ask Resignation Of Gans Commissioner George Gans is slated for discharge from the board of fire commissioners unless there Dorothy Ellingson Found to Be Insane A A NEW HAVEN PRISON SPECTACULAR CHAPHANS REAL IDENTITY NOWN Said to Be George Charines, With Relatives in New York \DISOWNED BY HIS FAMILY Brother Said to Hold Responsible Position in Metropolls—Also Has a Sister—Was First Arrested April 15, 1907 For Grand Larceny. New York, April 9—The myatery of Gerald Chapman is a thing of the past. The stick-up man extraordl- nary, who is walting in a Connecti- cut prison to be hanged June 25, and who has persistently refused to make known his identity, has been de- clared by Connecticut authorities to be George Chartres, a son of Irish parents who oame to this country is a decided change in the manner of conducting that commission's business, it was indicated today in Mayor A. M. Paonessa's discussion of city affalrs. Gans is understood to have been | |affiliated with several anti-adminl- | e San Francisco, April %.—Doro- thy Ellingson, 17 year old sl | of her mother, was found insane | | by a jury in superior co The verdict means that will be committed to a stration movements in recent months | and the plan to oust him from the | commission will meet the approva of at least a part of the remaining | membership of the board, it is said. | Mayor Paonessa does not intend to | request the commissioner's resigna- | tion at this time. The executive | plans to keep in close touch with | the hoard's actlvities and unless more harmonious actions mark the | future deliberations of his commis- | sioners Gans will be asked to give way to another. [The fire board's wrangling over appointments, particularly in the re- cent appointment of a captain to succeed the late Willlam Watts, and the discussion this week relative to |a new car for the fire chief, have breught to a head again the alleged unbatiefactory. workings of the board. 'Tha‘work of Chairman John . R. Keevers during his three years at the head of the depart- ment has been ‘'most pleasing to the mayor, and Commissioner John Mi- kalauskas is sgid to have met the PARENTS NOT CERTAIN IN IDENTIFYING: GIRL McKenzie Mystery Not Solved—Doctor Arrested ag Result of Expose New York, April 9.—As a result of Investigations o determine whether a child adopted by Mr. and Mrs. F, V. Grofe, of Morscmere, N. J, is the kidnaped Lilllan Mec Kenzie, missing from New York since 1923, Hengy Leo Mottard, of Smithtown, who told police he was YOUNGSTERS TRAPPED for the Insane. The case, for which another jury been impanelled will be held in abeyance indefinitely. Should she ever be released from the asylum, the murder charge may be tried. s ————————————————— IN BURNING OAT BIN Charles Blakeslee, Aged G,Rw Burned to Death in New Haven | a New Haven, April 9.—Trapped in many years ago, and a brother of a | former New York city employe who | | now holds a responsible educational ; position hers Gave Aunt’s Name Since Chartres, alias Chapman, was found guilty of the murder of Policeman Skelly of New Britain, Conn,, officials of that state have been investigating his past lite, The convicted man himself put them on the trail. On April 15, 1907, when he was convicted of grand larceny in New York county, he gave his right name. He was sentenced then to gerve ten years in prison, but paroled June 19, 1908, On his re- lease, he gave the name of his near- est relative as “Mrs, Catherine Con- 0. 171 107th street, New York city, top floor.” Mrs. Conners, it was said, is an aunt. She is still alive but no longer resides at this address. Chantres also has a sister, it was said, whose whereabouts, however, are not known. Officials refused to divulge the names of the brother and sisler. Both are known to be re- spectable persons, and the brother s =aid to hold an Important posi- tion. Smart in His Studies Chartres, allas Chapman, the rec- ords show, was an undersized boy, Week Ending was | vergge Daily Circulation For 12,881 PRICE THREE CENTS$ ERS IN ENDEAVOR TO pril 4th ... ~ GET FREE, ARE RECAPTURED Three Awaiting Ar- raignment Ask For Glass of Water And Dash Past Sheriff As He Gets It For Them. |Are Charged With Bur- : glary—One Gets 22-25 1: Years, Another Goes to | Cheshire; Third to Stand | | Trial. New Haven, April 9.—Asking for a drink of water and then brushing aside Deputy Sherift John Malie as he was about to comply with the re- quest, three prisoners held in a cell awaliting arraignment in court, made a break for liberty here today. The men, Philip Thomas, alias Tomassi, Wwho on Tuesday pleaded guilty of having robbed Paul Russo, a private banker, of $2,000 on April 28, 1924; Carleton Sarles, 19, charged with theft of an automobile and Peter Kancewlez, charged with burglary were recaptured within a few min- utes, Taken before Judge C. T. Avery later, Thomas was sentenced to from 22 to 25 years in the state prison, Sarles was sentenced to the state re- formatory at Cheshire and Kance- wicz, pleaded not guilty and was re- manded for trial by jury. The escape occurred shortly after | the three with several other pris- | oners were taken to the superior courthouse. Thomas was first to make a dash for liberty, followed by Sarles and then Kancewicz. Judge Walter M. Pickett of common pleas court, passing through the corridor, captured Thomas after a- struggle Baries was taken in the yard a short distance from the courthouse hy ¥ gineer Michael Leahy, of the conrt bufldings. A foew blocks from the building police officers caught Jun :cflwlcz. { { ‘GAT HOLE ROAD 15 to face and in a perfectly refined | onrorence with Atty. Harry Gins-|a graduate chiropractic physician, the board of education rescinded its action in electing a new superintend- ent of schools to replace Dr. L. L. Vann, way, None know belter than they that the epithet with a smile wins. Mrs. Eichbaum Critical Not for a minute would Mr. Eich- | The students later marched to the office of N, B. Parker, chairmant of the board of education, who is sald to have voted to oust Dr. Vann, A [leader shouted: “Come.on out here and we will ride you on a rafl.” No one came out. The board of education last week named & successor to Dr. Vann, to take office at-the beginning of the next school year. The demonstration today was the result of a series of meetings held in protest against the; board’'s actlon. The city council, | which elects the board of education, has requested the board to rescind its action, E. A. Collins, elected to sicceed Dr. Vann, has accepted the job. definite reasous for the election of a | new head has not been announced by the board. HELD FOR ATTACK ON | DAUGHTER, IS SUICIDE New Haven Man Takes Life in Jail ~—Remorse Believed to Have Caused Act New Haven, April 9.—Confined in the county jall hert awaiting ar. ralgnment in the city court charges of an alleged assault on his 12-year-old daughter Gloria, Emil | Btettlebacher, 46, of 105 Newhall | gtreet, hanged himself In his cell | shortly before 7 o'clock this morn- | ing. Remorse for the deed he is said | to have committed is believed to | have turned his mind and prompted | him to take his owa life, authori- ties sald toda | The man's body, still warm-when | found by a guard at 7 o'clock was | hanging from a conduit pipe run- | ning through the cell close to the | ceiling, A noose had been fashioned out of a sheet and one ‘end of this | tied to the pipe, the other around { Btettlebacher's neck. After impro- | vising his own gallows, he appar- | ently jamped from an iron strut sup- | porting his berth, | Stettlebacher left no note to ex- | plain his act. After his commit- | ment to jal! several weeks ago, he | wrote several letters to prominent | citizens asking for - atd. His case | baum stand in the way of Mr. Kreps, you understand. He hasn’t the slightest objection to seeing r. Kreps a made man. .But, all kid- ding aside, Mr. Eichbhaum would just as soon have something else | than the Metuchen Restaurant make | Mr. Kreps. So would Mrs. Eich- baum and all the little Eichbaums. They kept telling Mr, Kichbaum 80 last night, particularly Mrs. Eich- | baum. This a little unfair, Mr. | Eichbaum thought, as the whole | thing had come about through his | defense of the married sta but | he suffered in silence, as married men must. | It was when Mr. Kreps, his three taxis having taken care of the morn- ing rush to the station, sauntered into Metuchen Restaurant Tuesday mormng for a cup of coffee and an egg sandwich that the thing rted. Mr. Eichbaum, in his witty way, re- marked that if Mr. Kreps was hap- pily married he would have eggs gulore and likewise cups of cuf(r('.‘ Then the Wit Flew | Mr. Kreps, at the very apex of his humor for the day, retorted, quick as a flash, that he had escaped be- ing henpecked for many years and afmed to continue in that happy state. It got a great laugh and somewhat embarrassed Mr. Eich- baum, who ralifed quickl how- ever, and wanted to know was that | s0, and who would have Mr. T\rnps"‘ anyhow. | “Is that so?” demanded Mr. Kreps. “I betcha I could get mar- | ried tomorrow!" “Is ‘that s0?"” retorted Mr. Eich-| baum with great presence of mind. | Mr. Kreps feit he had a l\\:wr:\" victory and renewed the attack yes- | terday morning. My bet stand: said as he ordered an egg sandwich and a cup of coffee. “I'll go you,” sald Mr. Efchbaum | hardily, recalling that a payment | soon would be due on the Metuchen Restaurant. “I bet you my business against your. “You're on,” replied the sporting Mr. Kreps. who has not vet com- pleted the payments on his three taxicabs. So They, Sign Agreement They repaired to the office of El- fred D. Hyde, notary public, in the | bank building and signed an agree- he, berg, Vottari's counsel this morn- ing regarding the case and it was decided to continue it until thg June term of the court. Vottari was arrested about a month ago in Canada by Sergeant Patrick J, O'Mara, who went there on information received by Chief William C. Hart from an in- formant who sought the $3,000 ré- | ward offered by the state for Vot- tari’s capture. The state alleges motivated by jealousy, that shot D'An- gelo as he lay in bed at his West | performed many operations in and street home, and then went to the home of Mrs. Amelia Scorsoto at 157 Wilcox street, and seriously wounded her as she lay in bed with her husband. Mrs. Scorsoto is be- ing held at the Hartford county jail as a material witness in de- ult of $250 bail which she has been unable to raise, States Attorney Alcorn the opinion that the strain which the court officials during the two weeks of the Chap- man trial made it {inadvisable to was under undertake the prosecution of an- | McKenzie girl. other murder case at this time. Alcorn will take a rest until June term of the court, the Chapman case. POSSE SEEKS BANDIT Post Office and Five Business Places At Booneville, New York, Robbed During the Night. Booneville, N. Y. April 9.—A sheriff’s posse assisted by state po- lice and armed volunteers today were searching the woods about this °0 hamlet for a man who robbed the post office last night, night's work to a climax by taking the village watchman captive and marching him at revolver's point three miles out of town. Later he engaged In a pistol duel with pur- suing state troopers and successfully evaded them, “It's & bum town,” the robber told the watchman on their long walk Nothing in it but dimes and nickels.” He had overlooked a roll of bills in the post office in his haste when aw the night watchman ap- and five business pldce he Vottarl, | Grofe for $100. practicing in New York under the name of Harry L. Green, was ar- rested early today and charged with performing an illegal operation. mayor's approval in the short period that he has spent in the commission. Commissioner Walter Blair was | |said to have been on unfriendly an old barn in the rear of his home, | Charles Wells Blake: six year old | son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blakes- lee of 112 Dwight strect and grand- of | labored | In their identification and last night | the | York, who was called by Mr: dealing | to attend the child, on t only with pressing matters such as | hand, was positive that it any developments that may arise in | McKenzie °8 | Cabel left his natl The robber brought his |\ e tire 1n. jous iilness of his wife who recently [ never be definitely identifled as the terms with administratioh move- | ments several months ago and in | some eircles it was charged that he ofcupied the position in which the | mayor now places Gans—that of an | unintentional deterrent to the smooth operation of the commission and the department. | Gans, being & democrat and an | appointee of the present mayor, his failure to meet the administration’s | ¢ approval Is not based on political |¢ | disputes, it 1s reasoned. At this week's meeting o board, Gans was interested in the purchase of a Packard car while other members of the commission were Inclined to a Cadillac. Ga held out for the Packard and in Police sald Mottard told them that the child now in the Grofe home was born in his office to a Mary Sullivan of Conneccticut, sev- eral months before the birth of the McKenzie baby, and that he had given it to a Mrs. O'Keefe, a_profes- | sional mother, who sold it to Mr: They also said that Mottard had around New York. After questioning Mottard, police announced that'the McKenzie child | had not been found. Prosccutor Hart of Bergen county, N. J., yesterday said that Mr. and Mrs. Peter McKenzle, of New York, had positively identified iy 2 [ duced an argument that ar (‘):I;y;::_a, ‘)\:‘r\x:\\nl:::‘;!ll‘l‘;"'ll":_‘:'yf:;.‘ received from the present | car must go into the pension fund known that tire parents had wavered | I(v\' s :{ et i | onessa 13 understood to be MY | he many who feel Gans' argument | in this connection s erroncous since .| the charter provides that money New| sived from the “sale” of apparatus e ‘:r::', must go into the fund, while tlje 1s ;,,' deal now in progresss is n.!wph‘ e- girl. He ed his|ment W un‘a!‘n\\:\n:nl ‘,;\\:t a:.; fdentification, the prosecutor said, ;;‘:;.2:]‘<:“';cr‘:;j:‘ Mi.‘;'m r“‘;( & sentially on & physical pecullarity | 210%8 acceptediicouid Bkl M child, s flf;xrrd against the cost of the new L S b | Mayor Paomessa today himself as thoroughly B with the wa business is conducted in the fire | scemea inclined to place Hrectly up to Gans, Mur ¢ the fire the prosecutor sald the child Dr. Bernard 8. Gottlieh of expressed utler, Pa., Ma—n—Di—es at Ripe Old Age of 107 Yrs. Butler, Pa.,-April 9.—Jacob Cabel, aged 107, the oldest resident of But- ler county, died today in the Butler county home. Records showed that Cabel was born at Whites Town, near here, in 1818. His father liv- ed to be 103 years of age and his| her was almost 100 years old the time of her death. Friends said ve county but once In 1861 he went to Pittsburgh to enlist in the Unio army but was rejected of his age, being then 43 ay and Wilbur Are Third Ward Nominees J. Murray a former water park commissioner and Willla Wilbur of 62 Black Rock ave the democratic nominees for coun men in the third ward, the members of the town committee an- nounced this afternoon. Mr. Murray is a realtor and Mr. W nected with the city bu P his life. becs vears old. Ben Turpin: Movie Actor, To Retire From the Films| [ TR "ETEE Los Angeles, April 9.—Ben Tur; Coolidge's reply to motion picture comedian, today an-| memorial in the Tacna- 3 nounced that he has decided to quit |yration award to be forwarded toady the screen. His retirement was made (g helieved by those who have fol- Imperative, he explained, by the seri- |lowed the developments to be un- favorable to the requests s itted in behalf of Peru. THINK REPL son of former Lie nis Blakeslee | Cheney, 8, 17 of flame boy was found in the was to bave had a hearing on Sat- | ment by which Mr. Kreps forfeits urday. Stettlebacher was a native |his three taxicabs to Mr. Eichbaum of Switzerland. | 1 he, the aforesald party of the first RN WL, ipnrt, is not married within 86 hours Million Dellar Fire s innd. contrariwise, Mr. Eichbaum | 5 , | forfeits the Metuchen Restaurant if | Raging at Arkansas City ! Arkansas City, Ark., April 9, — | hours. | Mr. Kreps is married Fire, which started late yesterday in| It was a formidable document, | the lumber yard of the Breece White |and Mr. Eichbaum congratulated | Manufacturing company here, still | himself on his knowledge that the | was unchecked this morning. About [law of New Jersey required 48{ two-thirds of the 13,000,000 feet of |hours' notice of the event before a | Jumber stored in the yards had been | marriage could be performed within | destroyed and the flames had spread | the borders of the state. Mr. Kreps | %0 within a short distance of the | could not be expected to know that, | eompany's mill, vyalued at $1,000,000, Mr. Kreps know a thing or two, The loss o the lumber stock was —_— estimated to be anpre the= $500,000. Centinued on Page 13) within 36 {suffered two strokes:of apoplexy proaching. | According to his frlends, Turpin fs | doing his own housework to he near | his sick wife, who cannot stand his | absence and become irritated at the ¢ servants, Wills and Weinert to Fight on 19th of June New York, April 9.—Harry Wills, negro heavyweight and Charlie Wel- nert of Newark signed articles today for a 15-round decision bout at the | Polo Grounds on tie night of June | 19, Mickey Walker, welterweight | champion, and Harry Greb, middle- weight titie holder, have virtually agreed to meet in a middleweight championship match on the same card, the promoters sald. The boute are to e staged as a benefit for the Ttalian hospital fend. — 3 THE WEATHER | SRR Hartford, April 9—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair and slightly warmer to- night. Friday increasing cloud- tness and warmer with show- ers by late afternoon or eve- ning. trip w RUTH IN HOSPITAI New York, April 9.—Babe I ame home today to recuperate fror Iness which last Tuesday forced im to abandon his spring training Yankees. Arriving ville, N. C., at o'clock noon, Ruth was taken St. Vincent's I ital. the rom A IVER 19.—Judge Mort t today app f Winchester, re- American Radio and o Medford, whic as petitioned into bankrup tesday. Bond was fixed at $25,000. Roston, Apri 8. dletri Woo co of . Governor Den- | was burned to death today ! Charles with Curtis street in the 1 it is be- | hrown,on a pile | boys. The Curtis dash 1led for his was playing e st it one of bin when t lieved by I by T spread rapidly. 24 from the barn and chum to follow, but Charles had fal- len ba into the bin and was un- able to escape. | Efforts made to get into the barn were futile as the fia s spread ra- pldly. After firemen had reached the fire, the charred body of th bin. His par time were s at the Vit Hartford. EXPECT WARRANT FOR ~ ARREST OF ROGERS New Haven Police Ask Schenectady to Forward Confession Facts sylvania s wenectady, N, Y., Haven, tested th to forward cerning t Thurlow Conn, child meaning the N o H were movir New Haven police rs would 1 who tempt at suicide Saty to ha have the ch 1 at its birth man Catholi it to be Physicia a Protestant s is under police that he 1 p although he is st condition g u oda cover wou Maranville Expects to Play by First of May cago, April —W M nville, star sh ago Cubs, whose exhibition gar o an oat bin on the second floor of | mentally alert but always prone to get into trouble, His parents died when he was very young, and his aunt brought him up, bringing up (Continued on Page 15) RUTH IS RUSHED T0 NEW YORK HOSPITAL Faints on Train and Suf- fers Concussion of Brain April 9.—Babe Ruth, gger, suffered a slight sion of the brain this after- noon when he fell in the washroom 't the e that was bringing him v York from Asheville, where he was taken ill last hom N Co Tuesday Ruth . was rushed to spital in the Penn- Dr. J. M. Murphy, vania railroad physician, Edward King, Babe's per- o examined him as reached th had received the I ¥ Dr. e fainted in the | n was enter- inal at Manhat- it wt kee sc 1 1 Asheville, 1, where he preparator friends When floor . comb. was on the Pouzzner Is Named as Asst. New Haven Atty. New H AT Renjamin and OF STATF assist ' INSPECTED THISP. N, | Legislators and Friends Go Over Route for Information | The roads, rivers and bridges com- mittée of the state legislature came | to New Britain this afternoon for the | purpose of making a trip of inspec- tion over the Cat Hole road, the route of a proposed addition to the |trunk line highway system, for | which a bill has been presented to | the legislature, The trip was in con- | nection with the committee's con- sideration of the bill. At 1 o'clock the members of the | committee were guests at a luncheon |at the Burritt hotel, given by the Chamber of Commerce and prom- inent town officials,. The members of the committee are Senators Wood- ruff and Beckwith, and Representa- tives Hurlburt, Sullivan, Sinsabaugh, | Warner, Scoville, Smith, Kimmel, | Serer, Johnson and Browns. George W. Klett was present for the town of Berlin and it was expected that Representative Rackliffe of this |city would also be present | The committee from the Chamber of Commerce {ncludes President Jo- seph R. Andrews, Judge Willlam C. Hungerford, Carlisle Baldwin, C. B Parsons, Walter Hart and Judge B. Gaffney. The Berlin committee is | composed of First Selectman George | B. Carter, Representative Francis Deming and Prosecutor Charles F | Lewis. | The party started out after lunch tollowing the > of the ro south throv tain, Berlin d Meriden. The return trip was made by way of the Berlin turnpike. A stop was made at the in Kensington, which mucy favorable comment, and th littea took t of w nprove conditior GARDS FOR CHAPMAN Lawyers Perfecting Their Plan Appeal. Hartford, Apr n's counsel & orts to the eal 1o the s tch will be that th for York, senior d is expected here Sa Jay to con with t counsel y or Su Easter cards addressed Chapman are being received at prison, it was said today.