New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 5, 1925, Page 1

mall. ader, News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 PLOT TO ASSASSINATE KING ALFONSO FAILED ARE ARRESTED FOURTEEN TraveRers Tell of Dis- covery of Plan to Blow up Royalty by Means of Bombs On Railroad Tracks. STUDENTS SAID TO BE LEADERS IN ATTEMPT Perpignan, France, June 5. (AP) —Fourteen persons have been ar- rested in Barcelona in connection with the bomb plots against King Alfonso, according to travellers ar- | riving over the frontier who say news of the plots is being suppress- o4 in the Spanish newspapers. The travellers say the police also found a map showing the location of a bomb under one of the numer- ous tunnels on the route to Madrid. Several days ago, they declare, a bomb was expleded which seriously damaged the palace of the Marquise | De Castell at Barcelona, the day after a ball held there in honor of | the king. Those arrested were YoOung students and functionaries, mem- bers of an extremist Catalan group which had been camouflaged as a | literary and touring association. The prisoners denied any connection with the plots. T‘:m holfib which was intended to blow up the royal train between Barcelona and Madrid {8 sald to have been a large one, welghing 176 pounds, arranged to be exploded by an electric mechanism. It was found several miles outside the city near the tracks of the Madrid line. Two other plots are reported, one to blow up the entrance to the hall where Alfonso presided at a meet- ing last Sunday, and the other to %ill him during the return journey to the capital. The bomb found on the ralls has been placed in a museum here, and the king took time from his sched- uled program to view it. 1t is of considerable slze, and had been planned so that, but for the vigi- lance of guards, it wounld have been exploded by the impact of the royal tra‘n. The attempt at the meeting hall also was frustrated by discovery of the plot shortly before his majesty appeared. The delay in returning to Madrid is sald to have been be- eause of the discovery of the third plot. The king's reception here has been extremely quiet, and there have been few decorations in his honor. Barcelona, the principal city in Catalonla, has been the center of the Catalan movement for Indcpendence from Spain. It was also the seat of the military revolt under General Primo de Rivera which in Septem- ber 1923 overthrew the cabinet and established the military directory now ruling the country. Primo De Rivera has repeatedly voiced his Intention to permit the restoration of a political ferm of government. The state of slege de- elared followiig the De Rivera coup d'etat was lifted only last month in a decree by King Alfonso which de- clared public order and personal mafoty had been restored and eon- stitutional guarantees re-established. Primo De Rivera is now in Mo- roceo, where went early this week to renew the campaign against the rebels with an attempt to recap- ture the naval base of Alhucemas. he Tondon, June 5 (AP)—A dispatch to the Evening News from a point | on the Franco-Spanish horder savs it is reported that a bomb was found in Barcelona cathedral just hefore King Alfonso attended mass there. The dispatch says four priests were arrested. This dispatch also reported that » bomb exploded Barce- lona hotel the day after a ball given there in honor of King Alfonso. SECRETARY WEEKS GAINS outside a STRENGTH, DOCTORS SAY Definite Improvement In TLast 12 Hours Noted—Crisls Thought To Be Ended Boston, June 5. (AP)—Further definite improvement in the condi- tion of Secretry of War John W. Weeks, who was operated upon at the Massachusetts general hospital last weeK for gallstones, was repjort- ed today, A builetin issued at $:30 o'clock thjs morning by physicians attending Mr, Weeks said there had been continued improvement in his condition in the previous 12 hours. The bulletin, which was signed by Drs. Daniel Fiske Jones and ¥. Gor- hain Brigham, said: “Secretary Weeks has made a defi- nite improvement in the last 12 rours. ishment more freely condition is better. Temperature | vormal. Pulse 88" From the time of the operation last Thursday until yesterday, re- vorts from the Phillips House, Mas- tachusetts general hospital, gave the condition of Mr, Weeks as critical but for the past 36 hours the phy siclans have announced & slow but «taady improvement, b i He Is taking liquid and nour- | and his general | CRIPPLED WOMAN, 74, ACCUSED OF MURDER Victim Is Much Younger, Husband of Deceased Is in Hospital New York, June b (AP)—Mrs, {Nora Prendergast, 74, her legs crip- |pled with rheumatism and her sys- sight dimmed, 1s accused of beating to death a woman less than half her lage with such fury that the victim's skull was fractured and her body Iweuod from walst to neck. | The body of May McGerren, scan- |tily clad, was found by police in the dark basement flat occupled by both women. Mrs, Prendergast herself Ireported the crime. Hobbling to a neighbor across the street, she told | him that she had “found something | in her house." “She must have fallen from the couch,” the aged cripple told police. | But they noticed her crutch and eye- | glasses spattered with biood. In the | kitchen were found pails of discol- ored. water and rags. Parts of the {floor had been freshly mopped. She | | was arrested and charged with mur- der, Last night In jall she murmured agaln and again: “Dear me, I can't understand. Why, she was my friend.” Her greatest concern was for two pet cats, The victim's husband, a chauffeur, is in a hospital with a tractured skull, suffered in an auto- mobile accident. ST, PAUL LAWYER NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL [William D. Mitchell, Re: publican, Appointed to Sucoeed J. M. Beck Washington, June 5. (Ag)—Wil- {ltlam D. Mitchell, of St. Puul, was {appointed today solicitor-general of |the United States. Mr. Mitchell, a former law part- ner of Associate Justice Plerce But- er of the supreme court, succeeds | ames M. Beck, whose resignation | was announced several days ago. Mr. Mitchell was recommended by | William Brooks, republican national | committeeman and by Senator | Schall, republican, of Minnesota. In- |dorsements also were received at the {White House from many others | prominént in Minnesota political life. |He 15 expected to take office imme- | {aiately. Mr. Beck's resignation was | presented to be effective when a suc- cessor was chosen. He expressed a desire, however, to remain in office |until the end of the supreme court | | |session, next Monday. Mr. Beck | has left Washington for a trip to Europe. Mr. Mitchell, it was sald at the | |department of justice, has been a | {prominent lawyer for 25 years and has been retained in many of the | Ibig cases of his section. He ls list- | ed as a republican in politics but | | has shown a degree of independence | {in formulating his political actions. | Ihaving in the past supported demo- | cratic nominces. He has never be- Ifore held public office, although during the war he acted as counsel- lor for Governor Burnquist of Min nesota. 'New York Man Shot; | Alleged Assailant Held | w York, June 6 (AP)—Thomas L. Leeming. an importer, was shot | |and serlously wounded today in an | office building in Willlam !”mi" Charles Muller, of Saratoga, N. Y. | who was identified by Leeming as :hi.! assallant, was arrested after a | | chase of several blocks. The shooting occurred in the crowded lobby of the building. ; :‘]”—‘ cording to the police report, Miller | FRENCH CABINET CRISIS AVERTED Caillanx Partially Survenders to Socialists’ Attacks TROUBLE OVER FINANCES Three Hour Discussion Over Diffi- culties Finally Ends in Truce — France is Affected By Budget Argument. Parls, June 6 (AP)—The cabinet | crisls, threatencd earlier today, seemed postponed later when Finance Minister Caillaux partly sur- rendered to the soclalists’ attacks upon his financial program. The attacks were conducted by former Finance Minister Louls Loucheur and by soclalist leaders at a “peace conference” with the gov- ernment and the left bloc of the chamber, called by Premier Pain- leve to reconcile opposition to the Calllaux financial program, At first the attitude of M. Lou- cheur and the socialists seemed fr- reconcilable with that of M, Call- laux. The impasse was maintained during the greater part of a three- hour discussion but finally when M. Loucheur took the floor, the finance minister comprogimed. M. Caillaux insisted that the bal. ancing of the hudget came first, while M, Loucheur and the soclalists maintained that financlal reforms must precede a budget balancing. M. Caillaux, however, emphatically rejected the soclallsts demand for & capital levy. One of M. Calllaux's big argu- ments was “the United States is just now greatly interested in our situa- tion,” and that the best way to se- cure a satisfactory settlement of France's debt to the United Stgtes will be for France to balance her budget, and even to make her re- celpts exceed expenditures. M. Caillaux, after hearing the ar- guments of M. Loucheur, agreed to attempt to balance the budget and to “rehabilitate” T'rench finances simultaneously. This “rehabllita- tion’ 'although described in general terms, was taken to mean the in- auguration of various measures lead- ing to the refunding of the internal debt and the stabillzation of the frane. Payments on Bonds M. Calllaux told the cabinet that he éxpected the French treasury would have to pay on July 1 in cash 1,600,000,000 francs t6 holders of treasury bonds maturing then, Stm- {lar payments of 3,600,000,000 francs on Sept. 1 and of 4,000,000,000 francs on December 1 would have to be made, he estimated. A fotal of 22,000,000,000 francs of treasury bonds will mature on these dates, but the figures M. Caillaux gave rep- resented the amount of cash pay- ments that will be required by the |holders of the bonds, according to M. Caillaux's estimated. He made no explanation of how he reached his figures of the cash proportion of payments, but it was supposed he made an estimate based upon the proportion of cash pay- ments reqiured by holders of treas- ury bonds that matured last Febru- ary. In discussing the situation with the cabinet, M. Caillaux ecriticlzed severely the financial policles of the proceeding Herrlot government. He sald telegrams from the French am- bassador at Washington showed' that the fssue of paper money to relleve Itreasury embarrassment during the Herriot regime had a had effect upon French credit in the United States. Franc is Weak London, June 5 (AP)—The French | franc weakened on the foreign ex- change market this forenoon and reached 100 fracs § centimes to the pound sterling. There has heen a persistent sell- ing of francs on the exchange here sinca rocent suggestions wers made | regarding the payment by European countries of their debts to the United States, and aleo since nerv- ousness has heen felt over the Morocean situation. Rélgian francs also weakened to 102 francs 25 centimes to the pound sterling. MeCL AN DORMITORY {followed Leeming into the building |and insisted upon interviewing him. | The tmporter is said to have object- | o4 and turned to enter an elevator when three shots were fired, taking effect in his back all new campus building “hush hall will be officially Edwin McClellan dormitory. Explanation of the name will be given at Iment. “Wanted to Get Rid oi} | Him,” Admits Youth | Who Had Been Dis- ciplined by Teacher. Brookhaven, Miss, June 6 {—Noland Stubblefield, Iyear-old Mississipp! youth to face & (AP) sccond 14-| murder charge within a month, to- day was in jail here accused of kill- |ing A. R. Watkins, his school prin- clpal. The boy, of slight stature, told of Ithe slaying, officers said, after his |capture in a dense wood near the spot where the body of Professor Watkins was found with a shotgun charge fa the breast. l Professor Watkins s said to P.‘. Fourteen Y ear Old Boy Murders Principal With Shot Gun incurred the enmity of young Stub- blefield by efforts to discipline. Rumors of friction between the principal and his pupils led to a meeting of the school trustees, at which 108 parents were present. The meeting voted 100 to § to retain Professor Watkins and four of the cight negative votes cast, it s said, | were by members of the Stubble- fild boy's famlly. Police said the boy readily ad- mitted killing Professor Watkins, “to get rid of him.” Waiting until his father and mother were away from home the boy took his father's shotgun, gone to the Watkins home where several of the principal's children were playing nearby and fired a shot over thelr heads as a ruse to draw his intended victim from the house As Professor Watkins came upon the road to ihvestigate, he passed a clump of bushee, from which the Stubblefiled boy fired a shot at close range, PUSISUS S — commence- Industrial Growth of New Britain Shown by Census Bureau’s Figures; Products Worth $82,861,510 in 23 |Value of Goods Made Here Increases 30.2 Per Cent in Fowr Years, Wage Volume 12.6 Per Cent. ! New Britain's Increasing import- lance as an industrial unit is reflected | In 1923 there were 86 manufac- in statistics announced today by turing establishments Thomas J. Kelley, manager of ll|l:;Tln; average nfimber of wage earn- Manufacturer'st Assoclation of Hart- |ers was 17,508 and wages pald ford County, The figures are for amounted to $22,122,234. The value the calendar year 1923, the last per- of products was $82,861,610, lod for which an Industrial census| The 1919 census showed 116 es- was taken by the Bureau of the Cen- tablishments here. This is account- (sus, United States Department of |ed for by the large number of enter- {Commerce, and are made public to- |prises which were created because day for the first time. of war conditions, The average num- | An iIndustrial survey is made every ber of wage earners was 17,212 and |two years. The survey lor 1021 in- the total amount of wages pald was |cluded only cities having a popula-|$19,631,493. The value of products tion of 100,000 or over and no sta- was $63,621,960. tistics are avallable for New Britain| The increase in payroll volume for |for that year. In determining the|1923 over 1919 was 12.6 per cent. growth for this city, Manager Kelley {The increase in value of products contrasts the figures for 1923 with for 1923 over 1919 was 30.2 per those of 1919, when New Britain was |cent, GOLFERS SHODT 75 SOVIET INFLUENGES APIECE INTOURNEY | WORKING IN CHINA Jones and Wackarlne Score 18 U. S, Hears That Armed Holes Without Decision | Struggle Is Impending PLAYING ~ AGAIN ~ TODAY WHOLE COUNTRY INVOLYED included. |Long Grind Unproductive of Results Which in Match For Open Championship Mean Another War Be- Round For | tween Japan and Russia—Powers Displeased With Ambassador. —Playing Another Decision. Worcester, June b. (AP)—Willie | Washington, June § (AP)—Infor- | MacFarlane went into a tic with [mation has reached The Associated | Bobby Jores, eGorgia amateur when |Press pointing to direct Russian so- |the Tuckahoe, N. Y. Scotchman |viet participation in an impending | missed a three foot putt on the 18th {armed struggle for the control of all | hole of their match to decide the |China. lopen golf champlonship of the| The preparations already made | United States today. contemplate & civil war of major | The score for the 18 hole play off | Proportions, centering in the north- was 75 aplece. They tied yesterday for national |Portance the present sporadic dis- honors with 291 each at the end of |turbances in the south. 7% holes of megdl pia¥s | The ultimate political copse. {7 &8s a result of the tle they will Tuvnces can only be wonjeetured. | be forced to play 18 holes more this | The are |afternoon, | It appearcd that MacFarlane had {the champlonship in his hands at the home green, as his pitch from over the rise landed close to the pin. |Jones, with a missed better drive, dropped his ball 30 feet away and went down In two putts. Then it was up to the professional whose pufting had been true for the greater part of the round. He took being thrown behind the standards of ¥eng Yu Hsiand, leader faction least friendly to Tokyo. Op. posing Ken stands Chang Tso-Lin, the Manchuria war lord, reported to have the moral If not the actual physical support of the Japanese government. In its last analysis such a strug- little time in lining it up and deliver- | 5'€ ’]'y",“’h'“ ST Sthresnione ed a short tap which rolled the ball | VT BEWest Japan “':‘Jl LY wide and a littie short, about three | %\ the actial campaigning car- ried on by Feng and Chang and Inches from the pin the supplies furnished by Moscow Thelr cards for the last ninc . and Tokyo. holes: ; g | Already considerable quantities of | MacFarlane Sl 2 | e arms and ammunition have been | L { % |sent across the frontier from Russia, | and Russian army instructors have | |Bone into inner Mongolia to co- { operate with the officers of Feng. | In 344, 345, 454-36. e P A shisy S Eachitook & fourton the par fauri| ot ol DRCeS sterathive bacn L DAIS AOLIROE par four yaen to mobilize railroad equipment first hole. ML RSEl : i e : {ght down the |11 Mongolla for Feng's troops, while ‘M; SRSSNEN S MR Siia BN UC e LIS di ot heriorthern@ipoints i rallroad '-"j ”,‘,’ 2 ~‘} ACElE i """ al60 | eacilitics have become a prize for | on tee areen. 15 fect trom ihs nie lacute but Inconclusive maneuvering. ”; -‘v‘}‘j\' i S The Russian ambassador at Pek- | i : I‘fl 5 A3 ( i an has given open en- [REIIpDE et ement to the forces of unre MacFarlane's se shot, landed in a sand cirredithe envoys of in a manner which has | strong displeasure of the trap to the { rig he green hird broug! . oye. right of the green. His third brought | o "groat world powers Russian him out beaufifully and he was on : ; e T e s w [Propaganda has been increasing in o reen five fect from the pin. He | (o nor only in the north but he putt, likewise, for & Par) .55 at canton and other centers in four. : {the south Jones One Up, Jones took a five and MacFarlane | Par for the sec these develop- placed in the hands an government which Information of ments has been of the Ame ond hole is five mon | Jones' arive was long and 1ts | The ball was in thick fairw il arar It hnoIAla e o ent) but he took a bras g ks e e fraugnatock sy precise relation to the cur- [itogthe reuely rent southern outbreaks to the e threat of an overshadowing war in I i) north is not yet entirely clear, fimizeed bacna it would appear that soviet in- Moichance of e nee in the south while of ad- alintpedder s | miltea potentiality, is largely inci | shorter than the s A dsial tojorher tactore oty eat brassie stroke was trappes Inceeasing: Astiation parts of China there n sing agitation of an ond the g re stone wall f character to divest e Heoia kit ss 1o the g toreigners of his long- standing | teet from the pin. He failed to make | extra territorial rights. This move nd took a eix ntly has led to ser! Jones 9 |0 in naturally et t Canton the recent troubles ap | his putt by a foot Score, end two MacFarlane 10 Jones took a 4 and MacFariane 3 Shanghal, fits aims of t! croppings at with the Score end fthrea holes: Jones 17, pear to be rooted in factional qua MacFarlana 15 els among those south Chir — s who formerly were united (Continued on Page 14) under the er of the late St Yat 8 But there have ben oper CEmm s - es of aggravation by soviet \ s and one as HIGH TIDF Ce as charged tha (Standard Time) T sadd there is | ©:59 a. m.; 10:16 p. m. = a——————=#% | HERALD TO MEGAPHONE TUNNEY-GIBBONS FIG e he Herald will give me T service on the Tunney- THE WEATHER G s fight at the Polo 0— G unds in New York tonight Hartford. June 5.—Forecast The b ted to start for New Britain apd vicinity: about 10 o'c The fight, blow Parily cloudy tonight and by blow, will be sent direct from Satunlay; possibly thunder 1 gside by the Associated showers Saturday; comtinued %11 be relayed to New | warm, Britain fans by the Herald megaphone man. e — | in this city. | of probable Operations is [death threats involving their fami- |in the sphere of greatest interest to lies quartered in Chinese territo: Japan, and the ald of the soviet is [The threats have heen of the| | District 1.5, SATLORS ARE GUARDING |Usher Animals to Abattolr With Fixed Bayonets—Americans Are | Recelving Better Treatment Than | Other Forcigners, | Shanghal, June 6. (AP)—A force | ot American sallors with bayonetted | |rifies herding a number of cows| |down the ancient Nanking road to an abattoir; American women unit- | ing houscholds when their trusted Chinese servants shuffled away; for- elgn society women becoming tele- | |phone operators and taking aui {sorts of jobs—this was the picture | };.xeaumed in S8hanghai today as the |celestial city settled down to a seem- ingly grim struggle—the Occident against the Orlent—while Chinese |strikers attemptedgwithout outward |disorder to disrupt foreign activities | in a campaign calculated to starve out and drive out foreigners, Money changers in the streets re- |fused to take foreign bank notes, Chinese banks are closed and the cash supply is disappearing rapidly. The strike of Chinese workers continued to spread today. A tense situation loomed in the French con- cession where thousands of students meandered peacefully, wearing con- |splcuous mouring bands, while alert |policemen and French officers, heav- {ly armed, were patrolling the main thoroughfares, Many meetings were held across [{the boundary from the French con- cession, n Chinese territory, but {only petty outbreaks were reporte. Sharp distinctions were empha- seized by Chinese in favoring |American firms and homes, al- |ed, particularly the Japanese and the British, Those Chinese shops doing business refused the patronage of |British customers while favoring |Americans. | Mrs. Milton Purdy, wife of a {Judge of the United States court here, and the wife of Consul General |Cunningham, combined household |the servants in their homes left. | Many of the Chinese servants re- {main loyal. Some old servanta have {remained with their masters despit voiced udent canvasse di. rectly by stitutions which continue to func- tion are doing so through the aid of volunteer forelgn women workers, who have stepped into the places left by the strikers. | It became known today that a turbulent faction in the Chinese stu- | dent ranks was striving to effect an- other conflagration by urging the constabulary in Chinese territory to become an armed force supporting the anti-foreign movement. An un- confirmed report says this element is striving to Induce General Chaun- ‘ang to move his troops from Hang- chow to Shanghal. The means now being used by Chinese to carry on their anti-for- cign campaign continued to spread with increasing rapidity. The entire Chinese police force will be out to- morrow. Ope-efghtl of quit already. Shops ir French concession hitherto unaffect ed by the di ch started last Saturday were closing today Th of the Sha municipal council a raid on the strike Ie the police secured says that ng remises dence that Bolshevik mc tivities are behind the pres turbances, and further es that the the Chine to extend the Moscow prog Canton, China, J Civil administrato hind prepared fort expected a serious clash momen (Continned on T Agafnst French Latest Attack Conduct- ed With Great Fierce- ness — Tide of Battle Turns. Morecco with v Official re El-Krim's men temp 1 some ground. crossir at several poi ¥ the French. The latt attacks reo posts n were aba tary evac shock troops in | their forces were larzer than in aav) attacks the |though all foreigners were disfavor- | Those foreign firms, hotels and in- ¥ 1 A i X (rm———— | COOL AT SEA New York, June 6 (AP)—Some freak ocean current s giving | rum row a cool, snappy spell of | | autumnal weather while the land- | | lubbers—especlally in the FEast Atlantic Statcs—are sweltering under a record heat wave, Two transatlantic liners arriv- ing today reported their pas- sengers wore overcoats and furs uatil almost in sight of New York. The steamship Arabic logged “a rough and cold pas- sage” with steam heat in all cabins until she neared quaran- tine, and the Lapland recorded that her crew as well as the pas- sengers wore their winter apparel up to the sighting of Nantucket. (GERMANY MUST KEEP VERSAILLES TREATY ‘British Will Not Evacuate | Occupied Territory Until Terms Are Met | London, June § (AP)—Germany bas failed in 13 conditions to comply with the disarmament requirements of the Versallles treaty, declares the allied note to Germany, the text of | which was given out here tonight. In order to obtain the evacuation of the Cologne area, Germany must among other things suppress the present general staff and reduce the number of German police from 1180 to 160,000, The strength of the German army must be reduced to 100,000 fighting men. | “The military character presented |today by the German security police {must entirely disappear,” says the note. | The note demands alteration of | | certain factories in order to make impossible the manufacture of war ern provinces and dwarfing in im- |forces for the emergency today when | materials. Al existing munitions in | excess of amounts to be stated by the alljed control mission must be surrendered including spare parts for small arms, bomb throwers, ma- chine guns. Blank cartridges also must be given up. Berlin, June & (AP)—The Ger- mancabinet with President Von Hin- lenburg officiating meets today te iscuss the fntera]lled note, deliv- ered yesterday, detalling Germany's failures to fulfil the disarmament |requirements of the Versailles treaty. Conservative newspapers, such as | Der Tag and Tagliche Rundschau ted that the government may find tself at odds with the parliamentary parties now supporting it, if the government, In its desire to hasten | the allies’ evacuation of the Cologne arca, shows a deposition “to make ulfilable or even unjustified con- ssions.” These newspapers demanded “defl- nite fixing of the day of evacuation of the occupied areas and unequivo- cal formulation of the demands of the allies, thereby making it impos- sible for them to make additional nds late cabinet meeting For- Stresemann and De- r Gessler are to state r views of the note of the al- cs. General Von Seeckt. former minister of defense, Dr. leuhaus, er of economics. and Dr. ieben, minister of finance, are to ine their attitudes, Tt was announced that the pre- miers of the German states would meet Chancellor Luther next Wed- ¥ to discuss detalls of the note, the demands regarding ¥ police. The cabinet tends to begin conversatlons Ieaders of the Reichstag and of he various pol ing the German repl Rt;fian T ribésme;z iaunc/t brive in Middle qutqzj P mpalgn from ey rim's real are In a sting their first prison- fough fierceness a stubbornness f I s k was infer- the ¥ s meaning vas learned Franco ) 8 mixe B will be establishing a blockade by France Spain of the North African s A and Alhucemas, where e been receiving conversations g to determine neutral nding thereby, making him more menable to the idea of peace par- lasm | parties regard- | | Average Daily Cireulation For Week Ending May 20th .., 12,045 PRICE THREE CENTS SHANGHAI SCENE | HEAT CLOSES ALL SCHOOLS OF ERMRUGELE AFTER TEACHERS PETITION: Bast Moets West for Gontrol of AGED AND SICK S””ERING Relief Remote, Weath- er Man Says—Death List In East Growing —Four Fatalities In State. ‘General Condition of Ex- haustion Among Infirm, Chairman Bray Say: Giving ‘Anti-Prostration Advice. 94 IN SHADE IS AVERAGE TODAY With no break in the terrific heat wave and no indication of any, New Britaln continues to suffer but not in silence. Physiclans say there is a general condition of exhaustion and prostration among the older people and those who have been il from other causes. The prolonged heat wave has shown a tendency to break down their resistance. Probably the most prominent among the heat sufferers is Patrol- man Michael J. Cosgrove, a veteran member of the police department, who collapsed while on duty at the Capitol theater yesterday afternoon. He was sent home in the police am- bulance and is under the care of Dr. A. J. Savard. Mr. Cosgrove is said to be resting as comfortably as possible in the intense heat. Francis McLaughlin of 108 West | Main street was prostrated by the heat on Main street near the rail- road crossing yesterday afternoon when the mercury soared to 110 and was sent home in the police ambulance, Many cases are reported whers physicians entering homes to ‘trest |other patients have found elder | members of the family on the verge | of collapse. i Schools Are Closed. | So insufferabe has the temerature become that the school department upon the petition of the senior high [school teachers decided at noon to day to close the schools and about 11200 children were released for the {day. | At the parochial schools it was re- ported that orders had been issucd at the St. Joseph's school this morn- ing to dismiss when the examing tions were concluded, and at St Mary's school early this afternoon. At least one school teacher co!- lapsed yesterday and according to ports several others did this morn- |ing. The entire office force of the Landers, Frary & Clark plant was dismissed this afternoon. The foun- dry at the North & Judd plant was shut down yesterday but resumec operations this morning, although one man collapsed shortly after starting to work. The office force at the North & Judd plant was dis missed early today. he temperature stood about t same today as yesterday. It hovered between 86 and 100 in the shad and soared to 106 in the sun by o'clock. A prominent physician this morn ing made the suggestion that peopic owning lawn sprinklers attach their sprinklers and let the neighborhood children play in the water. Hun dreds of men and boys found their way to the Y. M. C. A. and Boys club shower baths and the “Y" pool and this afternoon crowds of younz sters climbed the hill at Walnut Hi! park to wade in the water. HOW TO AVOID PROSTRATION Dr. Henry T. Bray, chairman o the board of health, stated this aft that the health board rea ernoon |ized that things were serious but be what to do vond advising people Bray issues the follow Take thirgs as easy as possibla Bathe as much as possible, ( not cold.) out of the tepid water- Keer Don't exert Drink £s much liguids 2s poseihle, t not ice cold Drink it often, but amo hes t eat Factory and Fonndry Close The Stanley Rule and Level v closed afternoon. The Vulc failed to start up this a Bristol Factory (10ses (Bpecial to the Hera Bristol, June &, The E. Ingrah Co., employirg about 1,000 han losed down today because of t heat Oliver C. Fyler of Newington, em ployed as a carpenter by the Haye Construction company, is in the Ne Britain general hospital, suffering from heat prostration No Relief in Sight New Haven, June 5 (AP)—Th reury stood at an official 88 here at 11 o'clock, one degree less than at the same hour yesterday. Rellef from the intense heat today is re- mote, the weather bureau reports, although it is not believed that the i - ,(W‘:Pm 1) e