New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 20, 1925, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870° DEATHS CAUSED BY AUTOS (DRY AGENT KILLED IN PRINCIPAL CITIES OF | BYFELLOW SLEUTH FINAL EDITION COI_II_VIRY SHOW INCREASE 58 Leading Municipal- ities Show 5,030 Fa- talities, or 19. Per 1,000 Population. New Haven Shows Gain Over 1923, While Hart- ford and Bridgeport Both Report Fewer Tragedies. Washington, June 20 (A—Deaths caused by automobiles and other motor vehicles, except motorcycles, in 68 of the principal cities of the country in 1924 Increased in the ag- gregate, both in number and in pro- portion to population, figures an- nounced by the department of com- merce showing a total of 6,030 deaths and a falality rate of 19 per 100,000 of population. Rate Shows Increase This compares with 4,908 deaths and a rate of 18.8 for the same cit- fes in 1025, The rate has shown a progressive increase from 14.6 in 1920, with 15.7 in 1921, and 16.9 in 1922, 4 Paterson Leads While New York had the largest number of deaths, 1001, the highcat rate, 34.8 was reported for Pater- son, N. J., and 45 cities exceeded the New York rate of 16.6. Bedford, Mass, had the lowest rate, 0.8 while the second lowest, 11.5, was reported for San Antonlo and the third, 11.7, for Des Moines. Available figures were made pub- lic by the department, although re- ports andestimates were lacking for some of these citles and their fig- ures were not included in the com- parative, analysis. Comparative figures on total deaths and the rate per 100,000 of population for the last two years in- clude: . The following table shows the eoity, and deaths n 1924, .he deaths in 1923, the fatality rate in 1924 and the fatality rate in 1923 respectively. Akron 28, 27, 23.6, 23.0. Baltimore 129, 181, 16,4, 16.9, Boston 142, 133, 18.3, 17:3. Bridgep@®t 21, 23, no estimate no estimate, Cambridge 27, 28, 24.1, 25.1. Chicpgo 560, 589, 19.0, 20.4. Cleveland 220, 203, 24.1, 22. Denver 40, 45, 14.5, 16.5. Des Moines 17, 18, 11.7, 1 Fall River 16, 22, 13.2, 18 Hartford 33, 40, 21.1, 26.3. Lowell 24, 18, 19.9, 15.6. New York 1001, 964, 16. Providence 57, b2, 23.4, 21.5, Scranton 24, 42, 17.0, 29 Springfield, Mass. 27, 23 yracuse 41, 48, 21.8, 23.3. ashington, D. C. 108, 86 22.2, 18.1. Worcester 20, 33, 14.8, 17.2, KILLED SISTER T0 SIVE HER SUFFERING French Woman Did Other’s Bidding—Gets Two Years in Prison Paris, June 20 (M—Found guilty of killing her sister at the latter's request, to put her out of her suffer- fng from an incurable lung dls Anna Levasser, Paris dressmake today faced the necessity of atoning to the law by undergoing two years' imprisonment. Mlle. Levasser was found guilly and sentenced last night after tell- ing u graphic story on the stand of the death scenc. Her sister, Anais, wracked with pains besought her to put her out of her misery and, her argument finally prevailing, they decided to- gether upon the means to be used. “1 geated her in a chair” Anna testified. “She told me: ‘You shoot and 1 will move my head un- til it is finished".” The dressmaker band was unable to finish the deed with one shot. A second, a third and a fourth followed and “finally Anais' head did not move.” Anna said she had planned to shoot herself afterward but that she was so unnerved that she was un- with trembling able to put the cartridges in the gun. Then she had decided that she must live to avenge her sister, against their landlord who, she tes- tified had ordered them out of their poor lodgings although knowing of Anais' condition. Sued for Thirty-third Time by Wife in 25 Yrs. New York, June 20 (P—Patrick J. Murphy, postal employe, today was made defendant in the 23rd legal action instituted by his wife in the ast 26 years. Mrs. Murpby de- mands her husband be compelled to pay allmony pending her latest suit for separation, Murphy remarked in court he intended to hire a lawyer by the year. Decision latest action The couple have t<en separated 16 yeara was reserved in the win | RADIUM PAINT SAID T0 CAUSE FATALITIES Orange Concern Die in Few Months New York, June 20 P—-Eight in- vestigations by private and public officlals have been ordered into a new occupational disease belleved to be “radium necrosis,” which in recent months has caused the deaths of seven employes of - the United States Radlum corporation, a lumi- nous paint firm at its East Orange, N. J., plant. The latest victim is Mrs. Sarah T. Maillefer. County Physiclan H. 8, Martland sald he would send parts of her body to Dr. Robert Andrews Millikan of Pasadena, Cal, for ex- amination. Dr. Milllkan recelved the 1923 Nobel prize in physics. He is a radium expert. Another recent death was Dr. Ed- win E. Lemen, chief chemist for the radium corporation. Dr. Martland believes that hundreds of deaths in {many parts of the country have been caused by the new disease and es- caped detection. Dr. Martland's own investigation began when a number of the com- pany's employes were recorded as having died of “anaemia,’ “'necrosis™ or both. He found that employes. painting watch dials with the lumi- nous paint, wet their brushes with |their lips. As the necrosis was most commonly of the jawbone, he con- tends that radium substances in the paint slowly poisoned the employes. A sister of Mrs, Maillefer is in a hospital suffering from the strange malady. She has brought suit for $75,000 against the corporation. Among other agencies who an- nounced investigations are the Unit- ed States department of labor, the state labor department and an in- surance company. Officlals of the corporation are at loss to explain the deaths. (UEEN OF BOOTLEGGERS CAPTURED AFTER CHASE — $EP8e1 Haired Marie Bushway Ar- rested Near St. Albans Follow- ing Wild Ride St. Albans, Vt., June 20 (®—Marle Bushway of Roxbury, bobbed haired, self styled “queen of the border bootleggers” and James Parker of Boston, were captured by U. 8. cus- toms officials in Bakersfield and |brought here after they had at- tempted to slip across the border in a car contalning 20 cases of Fron- tenac ale. Hitting 60 miles an hour at times, Miss Bushway led Deputy Collectors Frank O. Jones and Stephen A. Daley a 10 mile chase before they captured her. While the officers were changing a tire damaged in the race, Miss Bushway slipped away and was found hiding in the |attic of a nearby farmhouse. “The Queen” and Parker were ar- rajgned before U. S. Commissioner |Watson here, walved examination land were bound over In bonds of $1000 each for the next term of the U. 8. district court. In default of bail they were remanded to Franklin county fail. Miss Bushway has been arrested twice before on rum running charges after wild automobile chases. Irish Blamed for Arms Coming to Moroccans | parls, June 20 UP—It was said to- |day at the French ministry of war that information received here indi- {cated that Trish hiockade runners are the principal conveyers of con- traband arms to Abd-el-Krim's Rit- |flans who are fighting the French {and Spanish in Morocco. Announce- ment was made yesterday of a joint I'ranco-Spanish blockade of the Mo- roccan coast 1o prevent arms reach- {ing the warring tribesmen. {" According to the ministry of war's |information blockade runners have |hitherto been landing small cargoes of arms along the Moroccan coast without much danger of capture. The new arrangement will put an lend to this situation, the authorities hope. the — e | Father of Eight Begs Jail for Life When Sons Turn Him Adrift —0— New York, June (P—Es plaining he was tired of lving on the begrudged charity of his cight grown children, Oscar Baker, §8 years old, walked into the Brooklyn magistrate court yesterday and asked to be sen- tenced to jall for life "o be out of the way." “] was the [ fifteen children, eight of whom are liv- . | | ing and doing well.” he told Magistrate O'Neil. “But none of them want me since my eyes petered out and | lhave n't able to work." The court committed him to the home for the aged and Infirm for six months, the longest sen- tence permitted by law. But Magistrate O'Neil declared he would coneider an additional sen- tence at the expiration, if Baker qesired Seven Employes of East - 2227 BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending June 13th.... 12,031 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1925. -SIXTEEN PAGES.. West Virginia Fatality Results During Mixup DIDN'T RECOGNIZE FRIEND Information Given Huntington Po- lice is That Federal Men Did! Not Recognize State om- clals, Huntington, W. Va., June 20 (#— Willlam ¥, Porter, a federal prohi-| bition officer, was shot and killed; W. E. Workman, state officer, was shot twice and seriously wounded, and George Ball, chief of state offi- cers was wounded in a gun battle between federal and state officers on Camp Creek in Wayne county early today, The battle started when federal and state officers both approaching a still location from opposite sides mistook each other for moon- shiners. Homer Joy, another federal offi- cer sald he was sleeping on a hill overlooking the scene of the suspect- ed still when he heard shooting. He {flashed his light and recognizing Ball in the state forces, yelled to the men to stop shooting, but could not be heard above the din. Story of Shooting Porter had thrown F. J. Poe, a state officer to the ground and was grappling with him, Joy said. Por- ter was believed to have recognized | Poe and started to let him up think- ing Poe had also recognized him. Then, Joy said, Poe fired and Porter fell. Joy covered Poe with his gun and ordered him to disarm before Poe realized that he was fighting fellow officers. A party of young women return- ing from a hay ride came upon Workman and Porter lying by the roadside on the Wayne road and brought them to Huntington. FPor- ter was dead and Workman was shot through the head and shoulder. He was taken to the Huntington hospital in a serlous condition. The nature of Ball's'injury had not been learned. CHECK PASSENGERS ON BERLIN ‘DINKY’ LINE. |Report Adverse to Installa- | tion of Gasoline “Rail Busses” I Btatistical reports have b.ci ob- | talned by New Haven railroad offi- clals upon the passenger service of the so-called “dirky” line between the New Britain station and New Britaln junction for the past month with a view to changing from steam | trains to gasoline-driven “rail busses,” it was learned today. But, according to reports current in rail- | road circles in this city, the reports | have not entirely favored the “rail busses." | Careful tabulation of patrons using the “dinky” line brought out | the fact that during the morning | the steam trains carry as high as | average of 150 pasengers per trip between the two stations, while the utmost capacity of a “rail-bus” s | only 75 passengers, It is stated. | The steam train consists of two | cars, and there is an up grade from | Berlin to the roundhouse. This lat- ter is important in the tabulations, | {1t 1s sald, as the gasoline-driven | { “rall-busses” do not pull trailers, and where this fs possible—if at all—it is deemed doubtful whether they could pull a trafler on an up grade. In order to give service {o com- | muters during the time of peak loads it is sald in railroad circles that two “rall-busses” would per- haps be required to do the work of | one steam traln, which would in- | | crease the man-power needed to| operate the line at such times. The plan has been suggested of | perating the steam service during | the rush hours and the gasoline | “rafl-busses” the remainder of the | day, but it is held that this would | require the work of twe separate | operating crews, engineers not be- | ing “rail-buss’ operators nor the latter engineers. The tabuiation of a month's serv- | ice Is now in the hands of the traffic department of the railroad at New Haven and how the pecullar local | situation will be solved if “rail- | busses” are to make thelr appear- | |ance here s being awaited with | much interest. | | | | | | | Newfoundiand Coast s Swept by Fierce Storm St. Johns, N. F., June 20 (A— Widespread destruction of fishing | property along the northeast coast | |ot Newfoundiand by a gale which | | has raged for the last two days was | reported by the crew of the coastal | {mail boat Prospero on her arrival | |here. The men said that 15 fishing | |\’e!seis bhad been sunk but that there || | was no loss of life. | One of the injured men stated {that the engine jumped the track {but was unable to eupply any fur- | ther details. Traftic was blocked | {on au | detoured. ! WAS NOT KIDNAPPIN f | Hazleton, Pa, June 20 (P—State | police dissipated a kidnapping scare {early today when they overtook a | |touring car containing three chorus | girls believed to have been forcibly | |selzed when leaving the stage door [of a tocal theater. with them The girls declared that {they had gone for a motor ride of | their own free will : Five men were | | pine tree in it, nail |that you keep it there. four tracks and trains were || Fight Over Myrtle St. Switch Carried To State Commission Connecticut Company Appeals to Public Utilities Com- mission Against Being Forced to Pay C Mayor Seeks Hearing. Appeal to the public utllities com- | assignment of the hearing would be mission has been taken by the Con-}mnde at this time, necticut Co. to prevent the city of The public works board and the New Britaln from requiring removal | common council insist that the of the Myrtle street switch at the Connecticut Co. must romove the expense of the trolley company, switch as it 1s no longer in use and Notice of the appeal was receiyed |creates a menace to traffic, as well this morning by Mayor A. M. Pao- | as makes impossiblp a good pro- nessa. The mayor at once wrote to | gram of street {mprovement on Chairman Richard T. Higgins of the Myrtle street. President John K. P. U. C. asking the commission to | Punderford of the trolley company hold & hearing as soon as possible. | and attorneys for that company say The commission had announced - that, due to its crowded docket, no (Continued on Page Ten) MACHILLAN' SHIPS AMUNDSEN' TRIP SIINGAT2P.M. A REAL THRILLER Ruthorized to Claim New Found Entire Party Endured Untold Hardships During Flight Land for Maie | RMERIGAN PROVES HERO Ellsworth Saves Two Men Who Fall NAVY CAPTAIN'S PLEDGE Tells Explorer | to Nail American Flag on Any New Territory and “We Will See That You Keep It Through Ice—Fog and Lack of Gasoline Cause of Fallure—En- | tire Story Yet to be Told. Oslo, Norway, June 20 (P—Cap- tain Roald Amundsen and his five | tellow explorers will have an en- | thusiastic welcome when thelr ar- | rive here, within the next few day: | on their return from their perilous | airplane expedition into the Arctic. ’} Though they failed in their main | object, that of being the first to | reach the North Pole by air, their exploit In flying to a point within | 150 miles of their goal, thelr sur- | | vival amid untold hardships and | their return to Spitzbergen in their | remaining plane are regarded as| forming a wonderful feat, shedding | glory upon Norway as well as the | individual participants, | With each succeeding report of the experiences of the fllers the | popular enthusiasm grows, and it | has already been expressed to some | extent In the numerous wireless mes- | | sages sent to the explorers from the | king, the government and their friends. ; There"—Farewell Banquet Beld. | | Wiscasset, Me,, June 20 (A—Lieu- tenant Commander Donald B. Mac- Millan sails today for the Arctic with authorization to claim any lands he discovers in the polar seas for the state of Maine, and with the pledge from a captain in the United States navy that if the American flag is planted on the unknown land “we will see that you keep it there." The authorization and pledge we given at a dinner last night at Newagen inn, Southport, which was attended by many persons of prom- inence in state and national life. The | dinner was given by the state andi | constituted the official farewell to the explorer and his party, Is Promised Support Captain D.' E. Dismukes, com- mandant of the Portsmouth (N. H.) navy yard, who represented Secre- #ary of the Navy Wilbur at the din- ner, in a short mddress told Mao- Miflan he hoped he would dig as big ENsworth's Herofsis i a hole as possible, plant a Maine | There 1s praise also for the hero- | the American | o .of Lincoin Ellsworth, American | “we will se¢ | member of the expedition, who | aved Leif Dietrichsen and Oskar | mdah] when they fell through the | flag to the top, and sal Governor Ralph O. Brewster said MacMillan “is authorized insofar as the soverelgn state of Maine is con eerned to claim in our behalf such land as he shall discover in this re. glon that is still unknown.” Washington Silent Commander MacMilian, who was the last speaker at the dinner, made no reference to th remarks and Published non-copyright accounts | t the fliers’ experiences say they | ncountered a fog soon after start- | ng from King's Bay, Spitzbergen, on May Rising above the mist | they held to their course for some | hours until compelled to alight be- se lilf their gasoline was ex- | ose a dispatch from Washington sald usted. Then, when it seemed they | Governor Brewster's statement had | paq found safety in a piece of open | falled to break the silence that the | water where the seaplanes alighted, | state department had maintained o ore mudlenly sonfronted with| concerning press dispatches from alioone | Canada Indicating that that nation ice closed in, immovably jam- might claim any land Iying between | ming hoth machines. Without im-| her and the North Pole, It was point- | mediate means of transportation. ed out, however, that no formal in- | giranded amidst a limitless waste of | terchange of notes on the subfect h 3 Botwacadhe water and lce, the circumstances e (mssn between the {wo govern- | were gu¢h as to cause dismay, but ments. | Amundsen and his companions Governor Brewster, in explaining : 2 3 proved equal to the emergency. his statement, sald there appeared 10| \ith the greatest of exertlon, call- be nothing in either the state or fed erailaohe il ba e dorors iouli ol oS oL ARy EOUNGR S LB SSIEE S AL AT 0! erogation to the | nyscle and determination, they suc- (ContiniicafionfiEagap1c) planes, although the effort cost 24 & s days of exhausting work during | K[LLED AS CAR OVERTURNS“. ch their rations were rapidly | | disappearing and the prospects of & | | safe return seemingly Courage and preserverance won | | through, ahd at th, discarding all the equipment they could spare! and with only enough oline and | food to take them lm4~k——pr0\trierl“ dwindling. | illlams College Student Victim of Auto Wreek Near Troy—Two Oth ers Are Injured. Troy, N. Y., June 20 (M _Three here was no further trouble—they Williams colle studants nere in. | Cntrusted themselves again to the jured, one fatally, at l'ittstown c¢ ai nfonspitateretns ! Fortune Favors Brave. [ wh more the saying that fortune | ners, near here ls speeding automobile Once e e favors brave recelved jutification. Sonrtainad Over the miles of dreary icy fields, David Terry, son of a Boundbrook | Without a trace of land, the plane | el R ew southward sometimes encoun- aded fog, but the explorers were here with a punctured always ntil | used the alias of Waldo POINTS OF APPEAL INCHAPMAN CASE Testimony of ‘Local Policemen Will Be Brought Up (UESTION COURT'S STATUS Judge Groehl, . E. SHEA SLATED FOR S, WAR VETS HEAD Concluding Session of En- campment Being Held Today Chief Counsel For | Condemned Man, Spending Day lnJ Springficld Probing Shean's Use of Bandit's Alias, The appeal of Gerald Chapman from the declsion of Judge Newell Jennings, condemning the bandit to death for the killing of Policeman James Bkelly, will be hinged vpon three points, one of which will be the alleged falso statements of three local policeman while on the witness stand, acording to counsel for the accused man, city, Benjamin Stewart of Bridgc The defense will also contend that | port, junior vice conmmander dur- the court which tried and convicted |ing the past year, was slated to be him was without jurisdiction and |elected senfor vice commander, Mar- thetefore its findings must be set|shal John J. Connors of Rockville side. A third point will have to do|was to be chosen chief of staff. with the reputation of Walter Shean,| Charles F. Beck of Stamford, alleged accomplice of Chapman, the | chairman of the soldiers' home com- purpose of bringing out certain facts | mittee, reported on conditions at now being searched in Springfiel Mass., being to question the credi- bility of the witness, it is explained. Judge Groehl, chief counsel, is in Springfield today conferting with Attorney Ray M. Riley who is as-| Senfo Vice Commander Frank E. Shea of Hartford was scheduled to | be elected Connecticut department commander of the United States War Veterans today at the conven- tion of that organization in this c succeeding Theodore Johnson of this the home of Noroton, Kirkland Post, No. 18, of Winsted was awarded the prize of $10 in gold for taking the greatest percentage sisting in the preparation of the | appeal. Two points iIn particular in Shean's testimony are under inves- tigation, Shean stated Chapman | Miller and | it s the claim of the defense that | this allas was also used by Shean himself. His statements pertaining to the Pennsylvania bond theft are also under investigation. [ A writ of habeas corpus will be served in one of the United States District courts in Cornecticut short- ly as the opening gesture in the movement for retrial. | The basis of the writ 1s the con-| tention that the defendant was not | properly brought bhefore the state | court and that ne wus illegally trans- ferred from one jusirdiction to an- other, Waving ro juridiction, the process was wrong from its be- ginning and all the way through. the writ will claim. Another vital claim {s that the comvietion destroys the judgment of a superior and prior court,~which functinns under con- stitutional guarantcer, and which cannot have its powers destroyed by any state, FRANK E. HEA of recruits durlpg the year, this post having increased its membership 20 t +o erase for lack of per cent during the time of the con- The M 2 test, Burdett Tost, No. 4, of Hart- furisdiction moves the court to dis- § miss the proceedings end verdict og | f"rld el !?:ond w\th( ten ;{:r‘ cent. 19 Sreundy, 1t sots Poeth that Gerawd | J0DD- & Gorxiosy ‘o Roakidlle ve. Spanish War Veterans' |ccived a s non-resident of the v D 8 8 e ont as suion wa | Watch charm for obtaining the most 5 ew bers of any individual; he rith lega! process; that | MW Mem 4 ;we';";er‘:él ‘;‘"‘i‘:,l‘y»’;pz‘w” a do. |SecUred 21 Jrank Horan of Hart- r‘e t; "|~ 'h:i;- federal prisoner | ford received second honors for ob- fendant; that he Is a federal pris taining nine recruits. under the exclusiva surisdiction and | "0 X . control of the federal court by which "_'"_’l" st dnl;f'a“:;':‘;m lfnom';r;:ser;%;r; he was sentenced: Mia¢ the state|TRT WES WU department couldinot L aks i cantrolEoveriihs L e e aatfovas person, when as a water of law he |G Gl hie popularity was exclusively in the soverelgnty of |, oy o the fine work which he has the United States; that the process|ao “o o o5 aiee. and decislonare vold, according to | “°p” L 10 % Seet aside $50 for decisions of the United States su-|y ‘tovior’ sor Department Historlan preme court; that they are uncon- | par oo g gmin of RBridgeport, stitutional, conflicting with Prior [ o gieq in January. This fablet fudgment of a federal court: that| Loy ve oo norteq 1o the Bridgeport the conviction was a violation of the | 1, fth and fourteenth amendments to | the federal constitution, constituting | a want of due procsss and belng AN [ 4reaced the convention in congratu. arbitrary abuse of state DOWSTS: | 1iiory torms, praising the work of that the court has erred in legal [ ipo committes in charge for its ar- contemplation in not recognizing *he | v, npomonts and speaking in high full faith and credit clause as 10| tarng of the working of the Connec- jndicia) proceedings vnder the con- | tiout department and its work. Stitution of the United States: Chatlssi T} Diinlay of New Haven the entire state proceedings are nuli |and Department Inspector A, P. ast Commander-in-Chief Wil- liam Jones of New York city ad- ha and vold, as they constitute an Un-|pawson of Norwalk were nominated |lawful interference with the antior-{ror the office of junior vice-com- Ity of the United 3ates and to of-|mander, derly adminisration of justice | Because of the excessive heat, the After the writ ani app Ladles’ auxiliary tothe United Span- been perfected Judge Gros ish War Veterans adjourned at an Attorney Wiley will zo to W early hour last evening and most of ton to present the case to the the business was laid over until to- tha hope t lay. Thia morning’s docket of busi- d that election of officers could not he reached as expected, and it appe quired ney general, in government will exercic juriediction and prior claim 15 ri nEss Was €0 CTOWC ACTIVE LODGE WORKER IS CALLED BY DEATH ty Is well Former Worthy Matron and Grand on of the s in New Brit- Lodge Officer of O. E. A, and T2 dselll Camis rof large represen Noble Grand of D. of R, Dies from crushed chest. D. Adrianc 5 the camp of a Williamstown, Mass., physician, ] '}»“‘“‘f"_ of s, Ella P. Haslam, formerly of is In the hospital with & broken leg the Spits- ain, dicd at » oclock R. L. Fay of New York city, escap- od with cuts and bruises. Scarcely had the machine alight- | yesterday afternoon in the Masonic Adriance and Fay are members |©d When. almost as if by arran 2e at Wallingford. She was 74 of the class to be graduated from | ment Norwegian sealing vears old and had res at 3 Willlams j‘n hf‘ V\ 5 H ”n? :Akal‘:n The ¢ Masonfc home since shortly after t»ww: mmander J COUNT BETHLEN STRICKEN itter had rd the dro the death of her husband, Walte 4 Budapest, June seaplans ngine miles Haslam in Hartford, November 15 nder John J Stefan Bethlen, Hunga belonged 1o 1 Edward W. Ma became suddenly 11 last edition out to scan the wild coast| Mrs, Haslam was born in H. Loomis. underwent a successful appendicitis | for the missiing explorers, Windsor but lived in New The ladice’ gates are operation, Both Were Delighted between 40 and 45 Joseph Strupp. Mrs, Louis Alien - The surprise and grati \ member of Martha Mrs. Edward M R. K e e s e hardy seamen when of Eastern Star Linsley M v, Mrs " Tl ersd th&r mista matron of th King. Mrs. Tiizabet) | HIGH TIDE led that of the ¥ successive year Flyn o aw salvation at hand. Captain | past g or Mrs. Margaret Quin Junc 21 { an speedily recognized Amund- | jodge of the O. E Y | (Standard Time) notwithstanding the month's past noble grand of the I MISS COLLETT At New lLondon— vth of hair covering his usuaily |bekah lodge of this city . I 9:52 8. m; 934 pom an-shaven ! and they ex- was a member of the First ~ 4 2 | At New Haven— hanged cordial greetings. church of New Britain on 11:22 & m.: 10:17 pom. The explorers werc soon aboard She leaves one son, Iirst Serge Champion- ) | and welcomed with the utmost hos- | George Haslam. now in the rec Simone * — - ing service in the U. 8. army the final [ *! (Continued on Page Six.) stationed at New Haven, and o iIey 5 THE WUEATHER T daughter, Mrs. E. B. Wells SD s e A5 —o— J S IS SILI Rocky Hill | Hartford. June 20.—Fore- Springfield, 111, June 20 M—John| A short funeral service be| DEMAND DIPLOMATIC BREAK cast for New Britain and vl- | L. Lewis, president of the United Mhe he home in Wallin Pek June UP—Chinese cinity: Partly cloudy tonight Mine Workers of America, home for | 7:30 o'clock Monday evening lelegates representing 48 colleges and Sunday with possibility of | | the week-end. declined to comment | body will be brought to New Britain itation to the min- scattered showers and thun- ast night on the British Empire |for burial and Rev. Dr. Newton D. | ister orelgn minister derstorms; not much change | Steel corporation’ proposals for the | Lackey of Hartford will offic! dem t the Chinese govern- in temperature. | | settieme of the mine strike in|services in Fairview cemetery at 3 ment immediately sever relations g—d 4 !Nowa Ecotia | o0'clock Tuesday afternoon | with Great Britain. PRICE THREE CENTS FOES OF PREPAREDNESS ARE TRAITORS, HERRICK SHOUTS _ATSS.-A. WAR VETS MEETING Bolshevists, Economy Extremists And Paci- fists Denounced By National Commander | of Organization. {Praise for Theodore John- | son of This City Voiced at First Session of Boys | of ’98 Convention. | “Any person who in any way | whatsover attempts to obstruct the | path of or oppose any program of preparedness that the United States government deems neccssary of in- auguration Is a traitor and mor certainly and more dangerous a traitor than Benedict Arnold ever was, declared Commander-in-Chief Chauncey W. Herrick of Washington D. C., addressing & hall full of dele- gates at the opening session of the 22nd annual encampment of the department of Connecticut, Unite¢ | Spanish War Veterans, last night in | 0dd Fellows hall, The commander-in-chief cancelleé | a tour of encampments in the mid. dlewest in order to be present in New Britain last night, having been again and again urged to come both by Department Commander Theo- dore Johnson and a member of the national officers from the east. With him as guests of honor were past Commander-in-Chief William Jones of New York at past Commander-in- Chief Charles W. Newton of Hart- ford. The department of Connecticut also held its first session last nigh! in Vega hall ang was addresséd by Wilhelmina Bergmeyer of Chicago, president general of the national organization, and Mary V. Gill of New York city, state department president of the New York auxiliary. This was also a spirited meeting and the hall here too was thronged. Snakes' Midnight Craw] When both sessions ended about midnighf, the snakes began to crawl, and one ot the shoitest, weirdest and most fantastic parades that ever wound its way up and down Arch |street was presented for the ap proval of those who had the patience to stay till midnight and witness it. 1t was the beginning of the grand crawl of the Grand Lair Province of Connecticut, Military Order of the Serpent, and the great Gu Gu and every other leader of this strange Philippine absurdity took part. This |parade wound up at the armory |where initiations and other rituals |ot the order were performed. The convention hall was filled with veterans and the guests of the en- |campment for the opening session |had been escorted to the stage when Commander William D. Massey of |A. G. Hammond Camp, No. 5, took up the gavel and called the meeting to order shortly after § o'clock |Commander. Massey welcomed the |encampment to New Britain and |after a short speech turned the | meeting over to State Department |Commander Theodore Johnson. De- |partment Chaplain Seth Leslie |Cheney then read the invocation, |after which all stood at atentton |for the singing of the national an- {them. | Commander-in-Chief Herrick and |Past Commander-in-Chief Jones were then escorted from the rear of {the hall to the stage. Past Com- mander-1n-Chiet Newton was later noticed by Commander Johnson at the hack of the hall and he too was escorted tn the stage. Mayor Pao- nessa was the first speaker. The mayor was given a tremen- dous ovation and it was several min- utes hefore it became quict enough for him to proceed | Mayor Paonessa’s Welcome Mayor Paonessa's address of wel come follows | “The city of New F to have the United itain is pleased anish War Vel n this annull de- yugh associa- for but # lelegates repre 1898, We work of A. G in this city, ane ver of th whe For thi: glac we el our city ke up fts m if for no other mbership son, extend te of “In th forth to sam marche thar r or the t as you flag ma ago, you erof a 1 or r 1 have muster: You ave kept alive the principles o ity and serv ork ¥o1 undertaken is indeed a grea thy of comm lation War, just passed mber of your mem nucleus of # in the the coun- expressed. ations such & Veterant morale, success, igious bars, yo a large mer ship frater malintained hrough the vas i of peace you e kept alive int in military i love of flag and country. With the inspiration furnished by the boy# of 1838 etill fresh in the minds of ye (Continued on Page Two)