New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 10, 1925, Page 11

‘MURDER SUSPECTED High School Girl Found Dead; Swoetheart Wounded - Wellesley Farms, Mass, June. 10. (M—The pall of tragedy hung over this town today, for pretty’ sixteen year old Priscllla Amidon-died from a bullet wound last night, and her .one-thne chum, Sterling Mills, lay .seriously weunded' In & Newton hos- pital. Qnly yesterday thelr high achool comrades saw them walking .towiird the woods together—it was Lthe Inst Ume they saw ‘‘Pussy” Amidon allve. . A sulgide pact, half accomplighed, .or a murder and attempted suicide— these ware the alternative theories upon which the police were work- ing. They found Mills, a junior in the Wellesley high school, lying by the side’of Glen road late yestérday. A hundred yards from him they came upon the unconscious form of ~the Amidon girl, a student in the *juntor high school. & bullet wound in‘ her: head and her father's revolv- -¢r by her side with three shots fired from it. The youth, the police say. told them. he had shot himself “be. cause 1 had to,” but the girl had fold a schdolmate in the mornfng that she would never be in the school again. She never regained conscious- ness before sh testimony could solve the mystery. The police’ said last night they 'were convincéd the shooting was the result of a suicide agreement, and that the girl had probably shot her- self and then the boy. They had hieen friends for years and had been “kaeping company” for the Jast month; They seemed happy. and. fhat was all their comrades knew. Pr. George 0. West, medical ex- | aminer for Middlesex county, an- nounced today after a preliminary invesigation that he was convinced that the girl and Mills shot them- selves in a suicide agreement. Early reports from the hospital sald the condition of the youth was little changed. The medical examiner ad- mitted that notes written by the two had been found but refused to dis- close their contents. ottt INDUSTRIAL GIRLS PLAY The program for the play to be pregented under the auspices of the Industrial Girls' club tomorrow eve- ning at the Y. W. C. A. is as fol- lows: At 1—Betty's Room at the Belden House, Harding college. Georgia Enters College. Aet: IT—The Note Room, / Hall (Three weeks later), is Georgia Ames? 111—Betty's room. weeks later). Kidd. ©The cast of characters: Betty Wales, an all around girl Madeline Krystopa Helen Allams, a “dig” who adores ~Betty . Ve Anna Parker Madeline Ayres, an original perd gon from New York Cecelia Ralph “.2 Brooks, an invéterate tease, vy Moose Field Day Waturday afternoon and evening, June 13, ot Scheutzen mnd Quartet Club Parks. , ‘Entertainment ond Dancing at Admisston to Parks FREE. EVERYBODY WELCOME College Who Act (Three died, and only Mills’ | Georgia- and Mr. | and a senlor . Babbfe Hildreth Bob Parker ... Babe Henderson ... Bertha Parker “'The three Hs who go through college on the contagion of thejr amilen, fod Roberta Lewls, a literary person, Also the Mock. Turtle Vidhases s Bophle Hagoplan Miss Priscilla Hicks, the English teacher . “Mary Donnarumma Georglam Arms, a long-suffering Junior who is teased i Julia Donnarumma The Roal Georgia Ames, an inno- ent sub-freshman i Emily Taraswicz Miss Ruth Bhssotte coached the members ‘of the cast and will take charge of the "make-up.” Dancing will follow the play, with the Melody Men orchestra playing. A e CONGRESSHAN LANGLRY SPENDS NIGHT IN JAIL Kentuckian, Arrested As Drunk, Sweares At Judge and s Put in Cell, : Pikeville, Ky., June 10 .(#—Re- leased early (his morning after sery- ing a jail sentence of ten hours and payment of a fine of $10, both for contempt . of court, Congressman John W. Langley, republican, Ken- tucky, still faced a charge of dr#mk- enness today before Police Judge J. P. Marrs, who heard the charge in him for contempt of court, Judgs Marrs fined the representa- ive $10, when M. Langley, with an | oath, declared that whgever swore out the warrant against him swore to a lle,” The judge considered ad- ditional oaths in denial of the charge as further contempt of court and or- dered him prisoned for ten hours. Mr, Langley's jail sentence officially was at an end at 2 o'clock this morning. The warrant against the Kentucky representative was sworn to by a Mrs, W. P. Henritizie. (A deputy sheriff in making the arrest, said he found Mr. Langley only partly clothed in a downtown, building. | Mr. Langley has been in the pub- lic eye on numerous occasions in the {last,year, most of which dealt with | federal indictments against him for alleged illegal withdrawal of liquor from government warehouses, He was convicted on onp/)’ the charges and faces an- Atlanta’ federal prison jsentence. Recently his deposition was taken here on a similar charge to be heard in Washington in a few months. He also was arrested on a charge of drunkenness before, in Washington where a woman police | Jieutenant swore a warrant against him, | Alcohol Insanity Rises - | 300 Per Cent in New York ! Albany, June 10 (A.—Alcohalic | Insanity has #rebled in New York i state in the five years gince prohi- ’hnlon went into effect, a report of | the state hospital commission made | public yesterday ‘showed. 3 | The number of men and womeén | who have become finsane through se of intoxicating liquor ince 1920, | according to the commission's Hg- ures follows: | 1920, men 90, and women 11921, men 167, and women 26; 19 men 194, and womeh 32; 220, and women 56; and 1924, men | 402, and women 71 | The total of 373 cases admitigd to statg Institutions last year" was greater than any year sinee 1917, whek there were 604 new casbs. part yesterday, and who sentenced | 1923, men | NEW BRITAIN D T0 LINK FAGTORY WITH FIRE ALARM Board Approves ol Hooking Up N. & J. and City System The regular, monthly meeting of board of fire commissioners was held last night, the feature of the session body of & Mr, Evans, representative of the American District Telegraph Co.,, who spoke In behalf of the North & Judd Mfg, Co., with regard to connecting the fire alarm boxes at the plant with central headquarters. | MF. Evans explained to the board that the system now employed at the plant calls for a telophone message to fire headquarters whenever there should be g fire there, although there are boxes scattered throughout the shops. He requested that the boxes be hooked up with headquar- ters, s0 that the number will register on the tape and will be shown the same a8 a call from any other boxes, He #aid that it will involve no ex- pense on the part of the fire depart. ment and that such a system will not interfere with the regular fire alarm signajs. It will merely enable the department to know sooner where the fire is located. Commissioner John Mikelauskas was inclined not to favor the idea at first. He seemed to have no defl- nite reason and when it |known that Chiet Noble and Chair- {man John BE. R, Keevers approved | |of the motion, he said he move that it be adopted. | City To Pay Barnes Bill | A report on the case of Lester A, Barnes, member of the department, whose doctor's bills for fliness suf- |fered after a fire were: referred to the chairman at the last meeting of the board. One bid, from the Ball Tire Co. of this city, was received for the {cutting down of the wheels and changing the tires on No. 1 Junior Pumper from solid to pneuamtic tires. The price quoted was $499 {and the board voted to recommend {to the common council that a con- tract for the work be entered into with the.concern, \ Edward Litke and Angelo Mar- chesl, applicants for_ positions on the substitute force, “appeared be- fore the board for examination. They were told that netification would be sent them, regarding the time to re- port to the examining physician. Joseph Cherpack was appointed to the substitute force, Keevers and Keough Redlected Chafrman Keevers and Clerk John J. Keough were unanimously re- elected ‘chairman and clerk respec- tively for the coming year. In regard to advertising for bids for redecoration of No. 1 Engine house, the clerk reported that aM contractors are busy at the present time and that if the matter is laid over for a few months more general satisfaction might be the result. His recommendation was approved, Four Dropped From Ldst The names of Albert Matulis, Patrick Nolan, John Tazmarclk and ;Walrnr Sulllvan, four men who have been notified by the clerk to appear before the examining physician, | were Jaid before the board with the | report that none of the men have so | far appeared for physicial examina- |tlop. The board decided to drop the men's names - from the Jist unless they had been examined before mid- would One red So;:ony pump at the crossroad. - A thousand cross- roadsand thfen some—with their red Socony pumps. One—two —three—four—many red Socony pumps strung along the high. ways—batteries of them in the cities. SOCONY REG.U.6.PAT.OFF. STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK 26 Broadway became | e night last night, . A petition for a fire box and hy- drant at the corner of West Main and Wooster streets was received, The application for the fire box was placed on file and the matter of the hydrant was referred fo the water commission which has jurisdiction In such matters. Applications for positions on the sybstitute foreé were received from Henry Shine; 22 years old, of 13 La- salle street, -and ‘Yames F. Moore, 2§ years of Shine, | and Moore Is an ex-soldier. They will be notified to #ppear before the board for.gxamination, . WINS $660 FELLOWSHIP Sidney M. Raphael, ° Graduating From N, Y. University, Achieves chandising. pecial to the Herald.) New York, June'10,—Award of a redearch fellowship of $650 was made to Sidney M. Raphael, former- Iy of New Britain, Conn., when he was graduated today from New York University. He recelved the degree of bachelor of science. Mr. Raphael has just completed Aour ‘years of joint work in the Washington Bquare college and the School of Retailing. He Is special- 1zing in retail store merchandising. The fellowship award to him will enable him to spend next year in some particular phase of merchan- dising. Upon completion of the year's work, and the writing of his |research thesis, he will receive the | degree of ‘master of science in re- tailing. Mr. Raphael fs a graduate of the | New Britain High school, class of /1921, He is a brother of Louis R. Raphael, owner of Raphael's De- partment store, New Britain, and he resides with his mother, Mrs. Lillian | Raphael, in New York. | | Writer Is Qff to Visit Old Pirdtes’ Rendezvous Toronto, June 10 (P—TIn search of adventure and treasure, the 26-foot yacht Stingaree, let Toronto island yesterday bound for the Spanish Main, with Cocos island as ita more or less immediate objective. The crew comprised William John Beach, his wife and five-year-old son. The trip is the fulfillment of Mr. Beach's long ambition to cruise the seas where pirates once roamed, He is going primarily for the adven- ture, but expects also to gather ma- terfal for a noval. The boat ‘is radio-equipped. Tammany Leader Did Not |added today to discussion of the im- | pending mayoralty campaign by the revelation that George W. Olvany, leader of Tammany Hall, Had not attended a dinner to Mayor Hylan at the Waldorf Monday night. The press was excluded from the dinner im Mr. Olvany was an- nounced as one of the guests. In- quirers yesterday at his home were told that he had been injured Sun- day playing golf and ordered to stay in bed. The dinner, given by City Cham- berlain Philip Berolzheimer, creat- ed much attention because of its lavish scale. Some of the papers opposing Mayor Hylan for a third term say it cost $25,000 or $166 a plate, l John H. McCooey, democratic | leader of Brooklyn, was toastmaster | at the dinner, and yesterday a new city ferry boat was named for him. French Senate Excited Over Debate on Cheese Paris, June 10 (#—The French senate last evening was the scene of a heated debate on the question whether Roquefort cheese should only be entitled to the name Roque- fort when made from sheep’s milk | and ripened in the Roquefort caves. The pro-Roquefort senators' de- thand to that effect was challenged by the pro-Gruyere senators, who argued that the departments pro- | ducing Gruyers cheese had to pay an export tax of 16 per cent ‘while Roquefort paid no tax, and therc- fore that it was only just to allow the Gruyere departments to make “Roquefort” even from cow's milk as compensation. Duyring the debate on the the speakers quoted tributes which he sajd had been paid to Roquefort | cheess by Pliny, the elder and Jullus Caesar. No declsion was reached. 14 Moros Slain During Fighting in Philippines | Manila, June = 10 (A—Fourteen Moros were killed or dled of wounds and seven constabulary soldiers were wounded as a result of yesterday's fighting in Lanao prevince where the constabulary is trying to round up Bultan Raya and his followers, who have been defying the authori- ties for some months, The new fortress where Rava and | his followers took refuge after the | destruction of his original strong- hold was dynamited, but Raya with | a number of his followers escaped | to the mountains. Governor General Leonard Wood is leaving tomorrow for Lanao to make a personal investigation of the situation, Needed Is an ex-sailor | Distinction in Retall Store Mer- | Go to Hylan’s Banquet | New York, June 10 (P—Zest was | GHIGAGO GANG T0 ' ARRANGE FUNERAL {Lavish Services for ©'Donell, " Fallen Rum Rumer Chicago, June 10 () — Chicago's gang lgnd again is plapning a lavish funeral for one of its fallen leaders, Walter O'Donnell, beer runner, who, was slain mysterfously In a su- burban roadhouse last Sunday, Eight of O'Donnell's brothers are busy planning for his funeral on Friday, and "Spike” the leader of the O'Donnell forces, predicted It would be conducted in as great style as the burlal ceremonies for Dion O'Banion and Angelo Genna, most prominent underworld figures killed in recent months. A huge silver and steel casket which weighs 1,000 pounds and cost several times a thousand dollars, received O'Donnell's body yester- day. Walter O'Donnell will be “the ninth prominent gangster to be buried in Chicago cemeteries in re- cent years. Each of the nine was slain, Arthur Youngreen, former prohi- bition agent, and now claiming to be a real estate broker, was placéd under arrest today by Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman in cognection with the fracas which resufted in the killing of Henry Hassmiller and the fatal wounding of O'Donnell, This action was taken when the sheriff became convinced tiat Youngreen: did not testity correctly when questioned concerning a death plot against another former dry agent, John Peoples, hatched by 0O'Donnell, MORE UNEMPLOYED London, June 10. (A — General anxiety and disappointment was ex- pressed today over an official an- nouncement that the number of un- employed in Great Britaln increas- ed during the week ending June 6 by 60,788, the most formidable ad dition in a long time, Great Brit- ain's unemployed now total 1,247.- 300 which is 244,385 more than a| year ago. e SAVINGS BANK DIRECTOR Frnest W. Christ, vice-president and secretary of the Stanley Works, was elected a director of the Sav- ings Bank of New Britain at a meet- ing of the board of directors yes- terday. He will succeed the late H. Dayton Humphrey, who died a few | weeks ago. Mr. Christ is one of the {city's most respected citizens, having |been active in political and civic | !circles for a number of years. ! Lemon Removes ' | Squeeze the juige | of two lemons in a bottle containing three ounces of Or- chard White, which | any druggist will supply for a few cents, shake well and you have the | very mildest anti- | wrinkle lotion to | tighten relaxed skin, erase fine lines | and eradicate crows-feet. | Massage this sweetly fragrant lem- on lotion into the skin at night, By | morning most of the tell-take wrin- kles, tired lines and crows-feet are smoothed out, giving a more youth- ful contour to cheeks, chin, throat. It leaves the skin velvety soft, clear and fresh. Beauty experts use this astringent lotion for enlarged pores, also to bleach and whiten sallow, tanned | skin, | Mix this harmless lotion yourself since it acts best immediately after | prepared. | “I Really a Hall” Said a local advertiser recently, when he had advertised a piano for sale in the Classified Ads of The Herald and had six people in the room looking at it at once— And others waiting outside the room until they could find space to get in. " Anything—from a harmonica look alike to Herald Classified Ads when it comes to pro- Aucing results. A call to 925 will put you' in touch with an Ad-Taker. HERALD CLASS a to a pipe organ—they all IFIED SERVICE AILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1025, CLAIMS WORLD REGORD 17-Year-Old Newtonville, Mass,, Youth Shoots 1500 V Bull's-eyes in National Tourney. New Haven, June 10 P—A rec- ord of 1600 V buli's-eyes on a 50~ foot range was scored by Samuel Moore, 17, of Newtonville, Masg,, in connection with national rifile day exercises there Saturday according to information given out today by the national effice of the chester junior rifle corps here. A world's record Is claimed Moore’s performance. It is stated that shot for seven hours, 37 minutes before retirfhg, that he be- gan shooting at 8:30 a. m. and ended at 357 p, In his 1500 bull's-eyes he scored 1855 in the A circle, 132 in the B circle and 13 in the C circle, all shots being cov- ered by a nickel, His C's came in the last 300 shots. He fired his last 400 shots In 85 minutes including the ehanging of targets. His actual shooting time averaged six seconds per stiot. He fired the last 25 shots including ‘changing of clips, in 90 | seconds. The statement -adds that Moore's | gun was so hot that it could not be handled and this caused him to stop. A previous record of 1095 bull's- eyes were made by Howard ®urks at Fresno, Calif., in the winter and the marksman was forced to stop by darkness. Win- | for | | |John E. Reynolds surprised them at- |entering” into the theater. “If T could fasten on either the ownership of this gun, I weuld asi to send him to the gallows." Mr. Comley went on to say that “there may be division of moral and criminal responsibility betweem Mil- ler and Bogezes for the murder of their safe-robbing companion, but |you cannot pleree the cloak of si- lence they choose to cast over the entire affair,” After the records of the two men were read, showing confinements in several states for burglary, Mr. Comley declared he did not belleve society would be safe wherever Mil. ler and Bogezes go after thelr re- lease from prison, Not since the famous Israel mur- der nolle has a case, without the formality of a trial, been presented (to a judge in criminal superior court with as much thoroughness of detail as was the Norwalk theater killing yesterday, LONG TERMS FOR GUNMEN-BURGLARS Bridgeport Duo Escapes Gallows Despite Murder Indictment Bridgeport, June 10. (M—Max Miller and Harry Bogezes, New York city, were sentenced to the etate prison for 8 to 12 years by Judge Edwin Dickenson in criminal su- perior court yesterday afternoon. They were arrested after midnight on February 23 when Policeman | tempting to rob the safe fin the | Palace theater, South Norwalk, and | AHorney _"“fl"";:m‘:; ]{::f_:";; their companion, Joseph Slifekin, | opory, y . . > | Schneider, New York clty, appeared N g rx . wa Killed 18 1or ailler and Bossssh Although a grand jury, last month | indicted each for murder in the | first degree, which carries the death | penalty on conviction, State's Attor- Wer Premier Herriot, under pres- ney Willlam H. Comley, Jr. con- Sure from his friends, has with- sented to their entering a plea of | drawn his resignation as mayor of guilty on charges of “breaking and | [-yons, which he tendered yesterday. | The last elections gave the socialists |a majority in the city council, and the resignation incident arose from the replacing of a radical friend of M. Herriot's on one of the commit- tees, WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION Lyons, France, June 10, (A—For- Holding aloft the revolver from which had heen fired the bullet that killed Slifekin, State's * Attorney Comley told Judge Dickenson, with solemn emphasis: - Summer Vacation Trips Sen. River. BERMUDA Two Days from New York All-Year.’Round Vacationists’ Paradise No other resort combines Ber- muda’s lovely scenie charm, glorious climate, widest variety of outdoor sports, or'the pleas- ure of merely relaxing in an atmosphere of blessed peace and quiet, such as Bermuda slone can offer. For here, in a quaint 1Gth century country, ablaze with flowers, surrounded with turquoise tinted waters, there are no trains, trolleys or auntos to annoy through the jangling discord of whistles, bells or horns—travel in Ber- muda is by boat, carriage or bicycle—and there are no fac- tories to pollute the heavenly air with smoke. Bermuda’s chief business is to keep her visitors happy and contenfed. 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