New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 REASON TO THINK POISON WAS FATALY Meroury Is Found ln Body of Mother of llllionairo (rphan 'DIED SIXTEEN YEARS AGO ‘Mdefl Suspecion In Arrest of Shep- herd—Coroner Says Poison Was Given By Someone Close in Vic- tim's Confidence, SHEPHERD LOSES LAST " CHANCE FOR RELEASE ‘ —0— Springfield, 1L, April 10, (By the Associated Press)—William D. Shepherd, foster father of William N.' McClintock, wealthy orphan, today was denied a writ of habeas corpus by the Tllinols supreme court. - The court made, no comment, Chicago, April 10.—Enough mer- leury polsoning to have killed two persons has been found in the body of Mrs. Emma McClintock, mother P! “Willlam Nelson McClintock, or- phan milllonaire, whom Willlam D. Bhepherd, his foster-father, is harged With killing with typhold E\ayrml, according to Coroner Oscar olff. The coroner’s formal statement {s- ed after his chemist reported re- ults of tests made on her body, dis- nterred after 18 years' burlah sald he polson was In all probabllity ad- inistered to her between 10 and 15 s before her, death. | When Mrs. McClintock dled fin Chicago shortly' after a Texes visit, her will placed her son under the guardianship of Mrs, Shepherd, with » guardian’s fee of $15,000 a year. Mrs, McClintock had once attended » Kansas college with Mrs, Shepherd. Friend is Suspected |1t 18 very evident” Coroner olff's statement said, “that the poi- n was administered to Mrs, Mc- lintock in small doses, showing hat maybe six or seven potlons ere given her., “The poison necessarily must have been administered by subterfuge, on food or in medicine, and therefore |t must have been given by some one In Mrs. McClintock's close con- fdence, one of her attendants. Cer- tainly she would not accept such services from strangers. § Was Not Accident The amount, of mercury found is In itself proof that It was not taken 1s medicine, or accldentally, or with suictdal intent. ¥t that amount had peen taken in one does resulting ponvulslons would have heen suffi- sfently violent to indicate at once to e attending physiclan that the patlent, had been ‘poisoned. “Our investigation indicates there were no convulsions, only a bloated sondition of the body that seemed waplcious and caused one witness belfeve at the time a post mortem sould have been performed.” Olson Case Not-Finished Pr. Willlam D. MeNally, coroner's Ehemlst, who examined the body of Mra. McClintock, has nof completed Analysis of the vital crgans of Dr. Dsear Olson, McClintock family bhysiclan, whose body was disin- terred at the same' time as that of Mrs. McClintock. Dr, Olson, broth- pr of Harry Olson, municipal court shief justice and instigator of the nquiry into Willlam McClintock's Eellh, died three years ago, & few ours after Shepherd had visited im. Detectives who checked ail the edicinal prescriptions given Mrs. fcClintock during her last fllness nnounced none of them showed hat mercury or its compounds: had een contained In thém, Search was tarted, following Coroner Wolff's tatementy for witnesses of her last [nonths. Shepherd Still Fighting . The statement of Coroner Wolff pame while the Iilinols supreme fourt was taking under constdera- ion a petition of Shepherd's coun- gfi from a writ of haheas corpus, the nal effort to obtaln his rejease from jail pending his trial on the indict- rent charging the killing of Young: McGlintock. Arraignment of Shepherd yester- fay was continued for one week, fluring which hls attorneys expected b decision would- be made by the bupréme court, BOTH RE-ARRESTED wo Meén Who Sawed Way to Liberty From Barnstable, Mass,; Jail, Have | But Short Respite. Barnstable, Mass, April 10— orge H. Silvia, one of two prison- rs who escaped from the lockup ere two days ago, was returned to lail~today. He was picked up on he road in Swansea last night by 1 state police officer. John A. Kenneally, the other fugitive, was prrested yesterday in Everett. | Siivia and Kenneally, who were feld on charges of gutomobile steal- \ng, made their escape hy sawing hrough bars of their cells. Murder Writs to Follow | Deaths From Alcohol Sacramento, Calif., April 10— The lower house of the legislature, jas approved a blll making it a rek\ny to sell food or liquor con- Aining wood alcehol and providing should a person die as a result of firibking liquor containing wood al- |later he died.” N BRIDGEPuK 1 I’ULITICIAN ACCUSED, SAID TO HAVE Stephen Siksay, Candidate For State Senator, Accused of Receiving Money From Property Owners and Not Tuming It in to C Bridgeport, April 10.—Alleged to have victimized property owners by recelving money from them to pay thelr taxes and falllng to make such payments, Stephen Siksay of §¥3 Reilly street, defeated democratic candidate for state senator two years ago, will be forced to make restitu- tion or his case will be turned over to the prosecutor, it was decided at » meetipg of the claims committee of the commen council last night. Attorney Arthur M. Comley who appeared before the committee seek- ing abatement of $200.88 interest on taxes in the name of John and Anna | Vargovelk of Standard avenue, agreed to furnish Assistant City At- torney Henry Greefisteln with an affidavit from Vargovelk, certifying | hat Vargovelk’ had given Slksay $746.02 to pay the taxes and that |8rand lists from 1917 to 1923, in- CHEATED ON TAXES ity. they had not been pald. The {nter- est’ charges agalnst Vargovelk wily be abated and “if we don't get the money from Siksay I'll turn the case over to the prosecutor,” Greenstein sald. | Vargovelk bought property from Slksay and pald him certain amounts monthly to defray taxes, water charges and mortgage payments, ac- cording to Attorney Comley, He found recently that the taxes on clusive, had not been paid by Siksa. Vargoveik has sinee paid the princi- pal to the city, but according to Mr. (omloy “is the poorest of the Poo! Alderman John J. Farmer, mem- ber of the committee, declared that at least slx or seven other property owners received the same kind of a deal from Siksay. WCLINTOCK HONEY SEEMINGLY CURSED Yiolent Death and Tragedy Fol- lows the Family Fortune SEVERAL STRANGE - CASES Deaths of Millionaire Orphan and Mother Not the Only Ones That Have Been of Suspicious N Investigation Discloses, Chicago, April 10.—Suspicion that five deaths have resulted from poi- son in connection with the Mec- Clintock fortune marks the sinister history of the estate, lhrough the last five decades. * Followlng the indictfhent of Wil- Ham D, Shepherd, foster father of Billy: McClintock, last of the Mec- Clintock line, on a charge of inocu- lating his ward with typhold germs, echoes of the past, ‘long silent, formed themgelves to hint that other mysterious . death were linked with the old tale of a déadly curse that followed the estate, Recent Notorlety The death to which attention re- eently has been attracted are: ‘Willlam Nelson McClintock, youth- ful heir of the million dollars, who died In Decelber 1924 - of typhoid fever. Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock, mother of young McClintock, who was left the fortune when her hus- bapd was killed? in an automobile accident, Dr. Oscar Olson, friend of the Mc- Clintock family, Sarah Hickling McClintock, wife of William McClintock, of the orphan millipnaire, ‘Willlam Hickling, founder of the fortune and first husband of Sarah Hickling McClintock, ~ The deaths of the first three are under investigation. Hints that the last two might ‘also have been poi- son victima were contained in in- formation recently given to the state's attorney’s office. In addition some attention has been called to circumstances surrounding the death years ago of a partner of Shepherd in the drug business in Sallna, Kas., with a possibility that the body might be exhumed and examined. Tragedy Starts Fortune The fortune was amassed in the ashes of the Chicago fire of 1871 by ‘William Hickling, who came to this country as a boy from ~England. | Hickling's first wife died soon after their marriage and later he married Sarah Caswell, a seamstress, At Hickling's death, his widow married William MecClintock, Hickling's pri- | vate secretary, who inherited the for- tune upon her death. McClintock's second wife was Emma Nelson Me- Clintock, mother of Billy. When| McClintock died, the estate went to | his widow, anfl upon her death to Billy, who named Shepherd in his will as his chief beneficiary. Shepherd became acquainted with Mrs. McClintock through his wife who had known her in school days. A visit by the Shepherd famiiy to the Mc@lintocks to renew the old l friendship was prolonged for vears, | and up to the time of his indictmedt | and arrest, Shepherd occupied the | | MeClintock home in a north shore | suburb, | Suspicions Aired | A hint that the founder of the for- tune, Hickling, had dled under pecu- | lar circumstances recently was re- lated to an assistant state's attorney | by Anton Kircher of Chicago. Kir- | cher said he had been a nurse in the | Hickling home ir. the late '70's and asserted that Hickling, who then | was about 75 years old and bed-rid- den, had frequent discussions with | his wife concérning his will, which'| Nature, first father he sald she eventually had changed " in her favor. “But a short time later the wife told Hickling that she knew a man who she was sure could cure him of his*trouble,” Kircher was quoted as saying. “A man she called a doctor | called at the douse and gave Hick- | ling some pills And three days Another Lost Chapter Sarah Hickliag, the widow, then | married McClintock. Prom that| union: resuited another lost chapter In the grim blography of the fatal millfon, when Lewis Peterson, a law- yer of Oceanside, Cal.. looking for assistance ih Chicago in establishing pohol, the retaller wounld be gulity of murder, The measure, #s author wld, ts atmed at bootieggers. & claim against the McClintock es- @ontinued op Second Page) | Bo the operating base for American | | are expe pounds fromr-Detroit to Chicago. SHEFFIELD CLARKE PNELMONIA VICTIY Chiel Draltsman in Public Works Dept. Dies Today CITY EMPLOYE SINCE 1916 Fat#l Tiiness Laid To Cold He Con- tracted While Fishing on April 1 ~Director of Fish and Game As- soclation. Sheffleld H. Clarke of 201 Bassett streef,’ chief draftsman with = the board of public works since 1916, died this morning at 7:25 o'clock at the New Britain General hospital af- ter several days illness with pneu- monia. +An ardent fisherman, he had gone out on the first day of the open season for fishing, April 1, and it is belleved that a cold contracted on that day became aggrevated and brought about the fatal attack of pneumonia. He had been under treatment at his liome for several days prior to his removal to the hospital. He was one of the prime movers In the refeént organization of the New Britain Fish and Game associ- ation, and was one of the board of directors, Mr. Clarke .was recognized throughout the state as one of the leading municipal draftsmen, his knowledge of the preparation of plans for. public works eausing his services tq be constantly in demand in_other cities. Last month the common council, recognizing his yalue to the board of public works, voted him a financlal inducement to remain here when the city of Wa- terbury was seeking his services, It was under his direction that the city maps that form a part of the new assessment system now employed here were prepared, the work cover- ing a perlod of several years. He was wefl known as a freet hand artist, some of his more notable works' including the cover design and sketches contained in the “Wel- come Home” publication fesued by the meyor's welcome home commit- tee following the war. He was a native of this city and | was educated in the local public| schools and the old State Normal ; school. As a youth he was one of | the city's leading “athletes, having been, a,member of the New Britain world champlonship basketball team | captained by Bernadotte Loomis. Surviving, besides his wife, are two, children, Robert, aged 14, and Betty, aged 10. Funeral arrangements have been made. CHICAGO-DETROIT AIR not | New Route Starts Monday, Backed by Edsel Ford—Ford Co. Guar- antees Ton a Day. | Chicago, Aprill 10.—Chicago, will| Alrways, Ltd, the new commercial| | airplane venture which Edsel Ford | is backing, according to Major Philip G. Kémp, chairman of Mayor | Dever's aviation committee, who| announced on his return from De- | troit that service between Chicago and Detrolt would start next Mon- aay. The first filight will mark the be- glnning of a three-times-a-week airplane express line betwegn the two cities. Within a few weeks the operated on a dally |ra FREIGHT LINE CERTAIN |touch of indigestion, and a bump on | ev line will be scheduie, Major Kemp sald. The major conferred .In Detroit with Wiliiam B. Stout, head of the com- pany manufacturing planes for pro. at first, but within a few ntatives of Stout and Ford d here today to make ar- rangements for the landing of the Repr Officials of the Ford concern have guaranteed a daily traffic of 2,000 | was suffering fr the | and possible in . Only freight will be carried | Man was traversing months | Toa1 ur | passenger service will be established. | accident occurred, BADLY MANGLED BY BONB N HIS CAR New Jersey Man [oses One Leg at Kneg, Other af Ankle FEUD OVER GIRL'S LOVE Infernal Machine Explodes in Auto- mobile—Victim “rflnfl‘hlv Girl to This Country, Then Another Stole Her Love, New Brunswick, N. J,, April 10.— 8amuel Vencherri, a barber, was blown 30 feet through the top of his automobile and siffered the loss of one leg at the knee and the other foot at the ankle, from an explosion in the motor of his machine believed to have been caused by a bomb set as the climax to a five-year feud over a girl. Physicians at St. Peter's hospital here, where he was brought, sald Vencherrl will recover. Vencherri was found lying on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street by Carl Pischottl, who rushed out when 'the explosion blew out all the windows in Pischottl's home. The front half of the car was demolished, part of it having been driven into the macadam pavement so deeply it could not be extricated. When Pischoty} reached the vic- tim the latter sald, “They got me this time. I guess I'm done for. Vencherri then lapsed into uncon- sciousness, Loved Her Picture, Five years ago the-barber fell in love with the picture of an Itallan girl. He started a correspondence with her, finally sending her money to come to this country with the un- derstanding that they would marry three months after her arrival, Durs ing the three months she became enamoured of a neighbor and eloped with him, which was the beginning of the feud. A year later Vencherri's house in | Highland Park, near here, and where he then lived, was blown up, but no one was hurt. Three months ago another house' he had built and on which he had heavy mortgages, was burned to the ground. Vencherri had since been shot in the leg but not seriously wounded. Throughout the feud and his persecution Ven- cherrl has refused to reveal the name or names of his enemies, After the elopement, Vencherri's Yost sweetheart and her husband moved to Wilkeg-Barre, P2, wheve they and'their two \hlhlrou now live, The authorities also have been un- able to learn their names from Ven- cherrl. Havoc Was Complete, The havoc of the bomb was so| complete that as yet no trace of it| has been found, although the author- ities said that only a powerful one could have caused such wreckage | and have driven parts of the motor| Into the rodd pavement. | \which alw o PRl e o TN ki 18 KILLED IN SPAIN AS TRAIN RUNS INTO WALL Cars Wore Fllled With Holy Week Excurslonists—~Tragedy Occurs on Outskirts of Barcelona By The Associated Press. Barcelona, Spain, April least 18 persons lost thelr 10.—At Ives when an electric train crashed into | the wall of a tannel, after taking fire, near Sarrla, on the outskirts of Barcelona, yesterday., About 100 passengers wero injured. The train, filled with holy week excursolnists, was going down-hill, approaching the tunnel when a motor in one of the three cars be- came short-circuited. The brakes refused to work, and the train, now a mass of flames, crashed against the tunnel wall. Firemen from Barcelona rushed to the scene and, after extinguish- | ing the flames, set to the work, of rescue, Eighteen bodies, were re-| covered, and it is feared there are more beneath the debris. Several of the seriously injured are not ex- pected to live. Whgn the news of the spread through the city, crowds of persons hurried to wreck and there were anxious in- quiries for those known to have| been aboard the train. The scene! immediately became one of mourn-| ing, in contnast to the festive spirit prevalils In Spain dur- disaster great | the ing holy wee! INDUSTRIAL WORK 15 MOST HAZARDOUS Death Rate From Accident Over Twice That in on-Industrial Group Daltimore, April 10.—The death rate from accidental causes among | lodustrial workers is about'two and one-half times that for the non-in- dustrial group, the committee on oc- | cupational diseases and hazards in the chemical trades of the American | Chemlcal soclety declared in a re- port to the society today. Pnpunib- | nia is twice as high among indus- trial as among non-industrial work- ers, the report added, continuing: Tuberculosis s more jmportant than aceldenis for a loss of between 18 months and two years in the longevity of workers.and industrial employment s probably the most tmportant single factor in the tuber- culosis death rate. “In a similar manner conditions sucH as cerebral hemorrhage, Bright's discase and organic heart diseases show strikingly the effects of industrial exposure. The mml rates are two and three times as | | high as in the non-industrial groups | during the active working years of life, “As regards the hazards inherent w0 other men, James Jarmini and Jack, Harkins, were in the re seat of the car and were njured. | They were not blowh out of the car| and suffered only from shock. Ven-| cherri was driving his car and re- celved the full force of the blast, b ing blown up through the top: The front end of the car top was split| open and blown to shreds. BABE IS BETTER TODAY | Now Is Reported As Entirely Out of | Danger—Has Several Minor Ail- ments. J |inated New York, April 10.—Babe Ruth is out of danger. But whcther he will be out of the hospital in time | { for the openif gamé of the baseball | season next Tuesday is another ques- | tion—one that his physicians are in- | clingd to answer in the negative. | ‘I8 was the word that came this| morning from St. Vincent's hospital, where the hifter of home runs is a | patient following his collapse in a ar yesterday afternoon. be is being treated for a cold, a touch of influenza, another the back of his head. The latter is the resuit of his fall in the Pullman washroom—a fall which phy: at first thought had caused sion of th and acture. of th wer certain, today, however, that all that ailed Babe doctors said he had a réstful night. At 10 a. m. he was| still asleep. con rossibly & ew Haven Student Is Injured in Auto Crash N. Y.. April 10, Freeman. 1 Crown street, New | Haven, Conn,, a Ya student, wa serfously Injured yesterday when ! skidded into an here while riding on his motorcyels He was taken to the Os tat where it was reported that m a fractured ernal injories, Free-,| der construction when He lost co a turn Croton, Norman automobile ne leg sec t of his motorcycle at crashed into an automobile : by Dudley Rey of Montrose, N, Y The injured man was taken to Os- sining by Patrolman Jesse Posey of the town of Portia ¥. |10 the town board * NEW YORK BROKER DIES New York, April 10.—Stuyvesant Fish Morris, Jr., a partner in the firm: of Stuyvesant F. Morris and company, brokers, 49 Wall street, and u great grandson of President Martin Van Buren, died vesterday at his home In Howlett, N. Y., after | a lingering ilness. He was 46 years | THE WEATHER Legan " Hartford, Apr. 10—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Continued cool and clondy with showers tonight and showery conditions on Satur- day; cool tomorrow. {ola |chemi | fad |to exposure to certain industrial | poisons, it 1s bellaved the number of | immediate deaths {8 probably not | | large; but the indirect effcets can be | . |noted in the curtailed’ efficlency of | he | workers in these trades, in long pe- [the ship was being withheld until rlods of iliness and disabllity.” Investigation among insurance policy holders disclosed that tI crage loss of working time was |eight days pbr annum for gainful {employed mbn. Tnasmuch as itin goes unrecorded, the actual loss, is believed, s much heavier. The committee urged a natlon- | wide survey of the dangers which | |1ead to occupational diseases in the industries. “Waste of humans would be elim- by exact knowledge in this fleld and safety measures could be applied to very many plants which | are not listed as chemfical Industes, | but which earry on very hazardous | chemical operations,” B ety | tee asserted. s LATEST FASHION FAD Paris Decrees Large Jowel Pendant it to Be Worn With the Low-Back |also of the Evening Gown. s, April 10.—One fads of fashion is a pendant to be worn witl k evening gown. The string is of a length to permit ewel 1 llow the cut of the g it} while pendant set stones to match th certain quarters, s not become popular At reception given recently by M ve, the chamber deputies, was ed why her ¢ t hanging down the back In- the front of her dress and Pa bac the with T owever, the y woman not have fer to hang it where ‘Policcman Doherty Bangs Away With Revolver But Alleged Bootlegger Es- | Petticoat Government For Three More Towns Joseph, Mo., April 10.- away county towns, Parnell, tman and Grah will have oat government” for the two vears as the result of mun ons held Tuesday as mayor on the board of uitman five women Nod Three next Mrs. anothe Tda r ermen 1 and will. choose ¢ of their number as le at Graham four women yor, whi and one d to the town board le that the majority NATIONAL Washington troller of the a call for the cor tional t t on Monday R\\I\ C. \ll. April 10.—The comp- cy today issuc litfon of all N lose of bysiness curre | turus, EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1925, —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES SCIENTIFIC BOAT 1S MISSING AT SEA ; Arcturus Not Heard From Smce‘ March 29--Radio Is Silent WAS IN SOUTHERN WATERS | Last Heard From 200 Miles South | of Panama — Wircless Stations | Continue Efforts To Get Into Com- | | munication with Missing Sclentists, | New York, April 10.—High pow- ered radio stations and ships at sea which for five days have filled the air with calls for the steamship Arc- carrying William Beebe and a group of scientists on the deep tsea oceanographic expedition of the New York Zoological-society, today continued their efforts. The expedi- tion has not been heard-from since March 29 when the captain reported that all was well 200 miles south of Panama, Left In February The Arcturus left New York on | Ffebruary 10 and after a trip to the Sargosso Sea, on March 28, put out | from Panama for a survey of the | Humboldt current dnd a visit to an‘ Galapagos Island in the Pacific, 730 | miles west of Ecunador, The vessel | carried two powerful wireless out- | fits with a range of 5,000 miles, and | previous to March 30 the captain reported the position of the ship dally to New York through the In- dependent Wireless company's sta- tion at East Moriches, on Long Is- | land. The ship is commanded by Cap- tain J. 8. Howes and Mrs. George | Putnam, wife of the New York pub- lisher, and their*11 year old son, David Putnam, are aboard as pas- sengers. Feel No Anxiety ‘While officials of the Independent | Wireless company said they knew of no atmospheric condition which would preveut communication for 10 days, Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy, assistant director of the American Museum of Natural History said he felt no great anxiety concerning the safety of the expedition, Dr. Murphy is familiar with the waters off the west coast of South America and returned from that vielnity recently. Unprecedented weather had prevailed in the vicinity of the Humboldt current, he said, and trouble may hayve been exper- fenced with the wireless outfit on the ship. Other sclentists and officials | of the Zoological society said they | thought there was no causa for {alarm. | s a Large Vessel The Arcturus is the largest vessel ever fitted out espec v for deep sea | cxploration. 1t is equipped with | every type of fishing nets, from the | huge over-hored traw! to the small- est hand nets. The crew numbers |34 and with the 14 scientists an {two passengers the total on board is 51, There was a fecllng among some =m\n'M~ that the expeditio ght | be on the verge of some important discovery and that in order not to premature aa information from the psychological mor |elimax 1s reached t when the |Cops Wi ark F ast, Citizens Faster, in Taking Booze Atlantie City, April 10.—Between ) and 60 cases of Scotch whisi ame ashore last night along th | Ocean City Beach fro Citize ng to the beach, seized what | | they could carry. Police reported | that cltizens worked so fast that the | police found only empty boxes seurr ‘(‘aston (;iagirsia»l;(-lr’\lms | Renee Adoree to Wed Hollywood, Calif., April 10.—Gas- ton Glass and Renee Adoree, motion | picture player, announce | zagement today. The we was not revealed. Sever | must elapse it fore Miss of divorce was Adorec’s interk from T will become :Peasar'te Council Ha< 29 (ount rles Rem esented | Forty- enty fFiclal central ex cutive cor m( welcom » | 'SHOTS FIRED IN UNS | ATTEMPT TO CA B E TR At | command | from the {land searchlights of the coast | the courtroom | months old baby in her arms, start- | ed to berate Shuman for his part in {geant Willlam P. fore | age SR O WAL L DA Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending April m. 12,881 PRICE THREE CENTS 'FLAMES STILL RAGE AFTER DESTROYING BIG FACTORY AT KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE GREAT SPECTAGLE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY Fleet Mlumination a Won- derful Sight—Airplanes Aid in Program By The Associated Press. San Trancisco, Aprll 10.—The grand fleet of the United Htates last night repald the welcome given by San Franciscans with a display that turned the darkness of Ban Francisco bay into a glittering patch of white. The armada broke out in an im- | vosing and brilliant blaze upon the of “fleet illumination” U. 8. 8. Seattle, flagship of Admiral Robert E. Coontz, com- mander-in-chief. Here and there a red or green riding Ught added a touch of color to the dazzling white display under which motor-sallers, captains' gigs and admirals' barges shot. and forth from ship shore over an unnatural sea in | which the white caps formed by the tides were mingled with the white caps caused by the reflection of the lights on the battleships that tow- ered above. For an hour the scarchlights |added their share to the spectacle. Small blinker signals, winking their | dots and’ dashes that formed the words of the fleet, squadron and division commands, shot staccato | flashes through the greater fllumi- | nation, The army also partielpated in “painting the city white”” Huge de- fense forces illumjnated the sky from the civic center, while the soldier detachment sought to locate in the higher reaches a squadron of alrplanes which was fintent upon “bombing the city hall.” WOMAN POINTS GUN AT POLICE RAIDERS Makes Verbal Attack on “Stool Pigéon” in Court Mrs. Varella Kopel of 1 imgton street »as fined $150 and given a suspended sentence of 30 days when she was found guilty by Judge Benjumin W. Alling in po- lice co this morning on two charges of violating the liquor laws. | She was arrested last night by Ser- geant Patrick J. O man Thomas J. Feeney after evi- dence of a sale had been secured against her by use of a stoolpigeon. sion of court was enlivened outburst from the woman st David Shuman of 11 Win street, the man who acted as police agent. Mrs. Kopel, seated in hodling her four the affair, emphasizing her state- | ments with vigorous shakes of her fist at the Detectlve Ser- McCue was forced rap for order several times be- the woman was quieted. The police testified that they human $1.10 and sent him to the woman's tenement with a marked bottle for the liquor. The nt returned shortly with the bot- filled with liquor and aft turn- the polige, e house' with them n psed to ¢ agent. gave the ing it over to They locked the °n them whe Determined e police 1 er found had n re- to gain en tered through a were confronted 10 held a loa d at them hat they apon. ged to relieved ve admitted that liquer to Shuman O'Mara asked 1 UCCESSFUL age 25) PTURE MAN SEEN WITH ALCOHOL-LOADED MACHINE capes Via Bacl\ Yard Doherty, ted i this m | kowski through Grove with Doh cem: | backy ot ne suspicious of tl 1 for a n the who mar side ts have been made to | Wash- | lara and Police- | went back | doors | made their way | led | and it was The woman is | for | —— Burdette Chair Com- pany Blaze Discover- ed At Daylight — Scene of Fire Is Near Jail on Washington Street. ‘Forest Fire Dangers Throughout New Eng- land Continue — Wolfe- boro, N. H., Woolen Mills Destroyed as Result. Keene, N. H.,, Aptil 10.—A two- alarm fire which started at daylight in the Burdette Chair factory on upper Washington strect near the jail, was still burniog at 7 a. m, No estimate could be obtained at this time of the damagg or prob- able loss to this and other property. The damage was estimated at up- wards of $80,000. The fire started from an undetermined cause in the dry room of the factory, a large three-story building of wood con- struction. Firemen from Marlboro, six miles distant, made the run of six miles in eight minutes to assist the Keene brigade. Danger Less Boston, April 10.—While the men- ace of forest fires, which during the past three days have flamed forth in nearly every section of New England, has been - abated by {ncreasing watchfulness, strict observance of bonfire permits, and the efforts of mank firefighters it has now been entirely obviated. Mills Are Destroyed A fire which broke out last eve- ning in the woolen mills at Souti Wolfeboro, N. H.,, spread rapidly through the four bulldings of the plant and then leaped to the woods. Several acres were burned before i was checked af the edge of the vil- lage of Wolfeboro. The loss wa more than $150,000, Rhode Jsland suffered yestordn: from five forest fires which menace | several villages in the southern dis trict. In Jamestowd, near Carolin:. Shannock, Ashaway and also at Tiv erhon, volunteers worked constanti: with the fire departments to has | houses and barns which were oft« threatened. So great was the destruction i this state that both branches of the general assembly, under suspension of the rules, rushed through a meas. ure empowering the governor to close the hunting and fishing sea- sons wlfen, in his opinion it is 2 necessary precaution in time of draught. FRENCH CHAMBERS NOW IN THROES OF BATTLE Former Ministry Defending Ttselt Agatnst Attack Herriot | | by By The Associated Press. Paris, April 10.—The politica! battle ground around the Herriot cabinet which opened in the cham- | ber of deputies yesterday shifted to the senate today when former Finance Minister Francois-Marsai took the rostrum to defend his min- istry under the Poincare regim« which Premier Herriot attacked vesterday. The government won a vote o confidence in the chamber of depu- ties last night after the premier had addressed it, but the recal fight is expected today, particularly as ex- Presidents Millerand and Potncare were reported ready to lead their forces against Herriot. ncols-Marsal reviewed one premier's arguments of in which he had charged blame for the financial difficulties now facing the country | rested upon the shoulders of the previous administrations since the war. | Neve under Millerar limit of its circu- nce minister de interrupt legal ne ex-fin clared ed with t “I can vou and the cpeclally for 192 e months of 1924 ATTENDS CHURCH sociated Press assi, Ashanti Prince of Wales arrive capital of Ashanti, by condee and Tarkwa o'clock this morning After rey g ex-service men asgemble «'nx\ the prince April 1 at Kumas | l'no\n_ ENT AD MAN DIES | = Philadelphia, ¥ | Jarvis A. Wood, senior member the advertising firm of N. W. Aver and Son, dled yesterday at his homs here of pneumonia. Mr. Wood wa widely known in e adv field. He was 7 3 Aprit th ertisi years old TOKIO ROCKE! D \(v\l\ Tokio, earthquake s year occurred on t Tokio Bay Severe shocks were f sharpest of the present eastern side of y afternoon at 4 ed fifty seconds 1t in Tokio be- tween six and seven o'colek last eve | ning