New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 26, 1925, Page 1

ws of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 SHEPHERD BRANDED 43 LIAR; DEFENSE SCIRED BY CROVE State's Attorney Rebukes Oppos- ing Counsel for Their Levity in Court ALS0 HOTLY DENIES HE IS PARTY 70 ANY PLOT Case May Get to Jury Late this| Afternoon—District Attorney De- clares Accused Was “Panhandler” | ~—Callg Case Most Important Mur- der Trial Ever Held in State of | Hlinois. By The Associated Press. Chicago, June 26.—The greatest | erowd of the six weeks’ trial fought for admission to the court room to- day to hear Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney, make the closing jury plea In the Shepherd trial. | Prosecutor Crowe, who began| talking In an easy conversational tone, led with a denunciation of W. 8, Stewart and W, W. O'Brien, the defenso attorneys, for their spirit of | leyity throughout the trial. | Defends Prosecution | He denfended himself, Judge | Harry Olson and Alexander I Reichmann from the defense's alle- ! gation that the accusation against Shepherd and his trial wefe steps in | a various conspiracy against Shep- herd to prevent him inheriting the $2,000,000 estate willed to him by the boy he Is charged with using ty- phoid germs to slay. “I am here because it is my sa- | cred duty to be here,” Crowe shout- | «d. “They have introduced a new kind of murder here and because OK: that it {s the most important mur- | der trial in the history of Tilinois. | “Yet, Stewart and O'Brien would have you belleve I am so vile, venlal | © and corrupt and that 1 would be | forced to become a party to a con- | spiracy to strangle an innocent | man.” ed | reddened | Arraigns Acer Prosecutor. Crowc's f: and his eyes narrowed as he turbed and glared at Shepherd when he ar- | raigned the defendant as “perpetra- tor of a new species of murder.” | crossing, road chavges {and at the passenger station, | superintendent and hopes to arrange 4] Lart nflg.:# Connecticut Has Fewer Marriages But Number of Divorces Increases Admits He's Tough, Wedding Bells Ring, for Then He Proves It; 12,896 'And He's Only 15 2,896 Couples in 192.4 Kool and Judges Grant Mari- New York, June 26 (#—Nicho- tal Freedom to 1,205, las Balano, 15, who had boasted that he was the toughest boy in Port Richmond, 8, I, and who had heen sent to Bellevue hospl- tal for observation because a judge belleved no sane boy could be so tough, caused a panic with a toy pistol shortly after his re- lease from the institution, He entered a soft-drink estab- lishment operated by Willlam Pinto in Elm Park, flourished the toy pistol at Pinto and four cus- tomers, and cried “hands up!" Pinto screamed, the customers ran, Then Nichols ran too, with Pinto and an ever-Increasing crowd at his heels. A patrolman took up the chase. Nicholas turned and took deliberate aim with the toy pistol, The crowd gasped. But the policeman, un- afraid, drove ahead, and the boy was obliged to run again. Tt re- quired three shots, one of which grazed his right ear, to stop him. He was booked on a charge of disorderly conduct. PLANS OVERHEAD ROAD AT ELM ST. CROSSING Chairman Cadwell Ar- ranges Conference With Supt. Snavely BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of N, B. Herald.) Washington, D. C., June 26—Hart- ford county followed the trend of the | present day with fewer marriages and more divorces in 1924 than in the previous year. Litchfield and New Haven countles had similar records, Fairfield and Windham counties had fewer marriages and fewer di- vorces last year than in 1923, Middlesex and New London coun- tles were the only ones to have both more marrlages and more divorces in 1924 than in the previous year. Tolland was the only county in Connecticut to depart from the pres- ent trend of marital conditions and show more marriages and fewer di- vorces last year than in 1923, Connecticut as a whole followed the jazzy trend of 20th century pro- gress with a decrease in the num- ber of marriages and an increase in the number of divorces last year compared with 1923, There were 12,896 marriages in Connecticut last year, a decrease of 439 or 3.3 per cent compared with 1923. The number of divorces grant- ed in Connectlcut In 1924 was 1,205, an increase of 30 or 2.6 per cent ovir the previous year, according to an announcement made today by the U. 8. Census Bureau based on figures furnished by Connecticut state offi- clals. There were 8,290 marriages in Fairfleld county in 1924, which' was 256 less than in the previous year, and 331 dlvorces, a drop of 61 com- pared with 1923, In Windham, the only other coun- ty with fewer marriages and fewer divorces than in 1923 there were 499 marriages in 1924, 20 less than 1923, | Supt. J. J. Snavely of ths Water- bury division of the “New Haven” raiiroad will be invited to come to this city next week to discuss with the railroad committces of the | o4 thare were 49 divarces, a de- common council and the Chamber |crease of 2 compared with 1923. | ‘ommerce a proposed overhead | Hartford county had 3,419 mar- roadway at the Elm street rallroad rrunsdn‘.n protection for all tracks forming a part of the Church strect to protect vehicles at the East street cross- over, improvements in train service riages last year, a decrease of 41 and 361 divorces which was 44 more than in 1925, There were 3,544 marrlages re- corded In New_ Haven county last year, showing a decline of 262 com- pared with 1923, while 272 couples were divorced, an increase in 1924 | of 15 over the previous year. | In Middlesex count the divorces| Chairman ¥, 8. Cadwell of the common council committee on rail- roads is in comwrunication with the Increased from 16 in 1923 to 38 in| Stewart and O'Brien e on their . | o e ot ectiann an | @ confersnce for the early part of | 1924, while there were 363 mar- | Prpnnvrmor Cru\\-“ talked and | ext week. riages, or 13 more than in 1923, | O'Brien made numerous sarcastic| The Fim street overhead rondway [ The Tolland, the only county to go| comments form his seat. “They wanteq to laugh this case out of court,” Crowe forced between clenched teeth. “Then wanted to call it a comedy, make a burlesque | out of it, using the laughter of the bired claguers they brought here.” | Crowe eaid the reason he put| Judge Olson on the stand was to| give Stewart and O'Brien an oppor- tunity to make good thelr jury closing statement that “We will| show this case s a frame-up; Harry | Olson has & financial interest in 1t “What do you think of tactics of | that sort?” demanded Crowe as he accused Stewart and O'Brien. “What do you think of the record with | which this case has been defended? Shakespuare has said that the ap- parel ‘Oft proclajms the man.' You| in often tell whether the defend- | ant is guilty by the kind of defense | e presents to the jury.” Criticizes Shephend's Life The prosecutor zed Shep- | herd for living sixteen years in a! millfonaire in a fashionable | suburb, practicing law and not hay- | ing & host of influential friends to | rush to his rescue, and for waiting until the last moment to deny the charges against him. The defense objected that by in-|¢ sinuating th critie home ture, t Shepherd should have |and® possibility of contrary to the up-to-date practice. | there were 227 marriages last year, | or 15 more than in 1923, with only | 10 couples divorced, 5 less than the | previous year. | New London county recorded 972 | marriages in 1924, an increase of 16 | over the year before, with 109 di-| vorces or more than in 1023, | Litchfield county continued very very generally its trend of 1923, ] with 582 marriages, just 4 less than | 1923, and 45 divorces, or one more | ! than the previous year. | o | CHILD PINING AWAY FOR MISSING MOTHER Virginia David, Aged 3,/ Broken-Hearted Over Disappearance proposition while It is the one which would involve the greater expendi- Is only to be discussed inci- “Oh, Mama, won't you come back to me,” is the plaintive appeal of | broken-hearted Virginia David, aged | three years, of 39 Epring street, \V\hfl.w. moiher disappeared more {than two months ago. In vain her F. 8. CADWELL fentally since data on costs, grades legal entangle- thered. Coun- ments must first be {tute, but pointed to eobstacles in the (GRADE A MK LAY i B ot WiLL wflflfifl]\ Wufl Bjmh Title Dr. Pullen Promises Complete (hange by Mid-Summer STATE FUND AVAILABLE [ Delay Caused by Lack of Appropria- Jim Barnes of U.S. tion For Replacement of Tuber- Radclifie Now Testing Herds in Vicinity. culous Cows—Dr, Before mid-summer this eity will be scrved with none but grade A milk since complete enforcement of the city's pure milk law will be made possible shortly, Dr. Richard W. Pullen, superintendent of the health department sald today. Although the milk law has been on the ordinance books for more than a year, its enforcement was not possible, the lack of funds for re- placement of tuberculous herds causing a delay which health de- partment officials could not get around, they explained in answer to |72 holes, MacDonald &mith, who the several efforts the common coun- | led Barnes by five points at the cil had made to improve the milk |start of today's play, broke badly in situation. the final round and failed to make Recently the state appropriated |the 68 necessary to win. the necessary funds and for weeks| MacDonald Smith's card was: the department under the super-|Qut 436544664—42, vislon of Dr. B. D. Radcliffe, has |1y 555446434—40—82—221—308. béen carrying on tests and directing | ALLEGED NUISANCE JIM BARNES Prestwick, Scotland, June 26 P —Jim Barnes, American profes- sional won the British open golf championship today with 800 for the law seems within easy reach. Johnson Criticized Health Dept. The health department's failure to prosccute dealers handling milk not | produced from tuberculin tested | herds or pasteurized was the subject of two spirited attacks by Alderman | J. Gustav Johnson of the fourth West Hartford People to ward during the past year. The al- derman declared the law is being Petition for Its overlooked unnecessarily and he | called for committees on investiga tion, Dr. Pullen was asked to ex plain the situation to the council and after he had done so, the council declined Johnson's suggestion and no | investigation was made. The health superintendent expressed hls de- partment’s desire to enforce the sta- Discontinuance Hartford, June 26 (P—Secking to have Troop B armory in West Hart- ford condemned as a nuisance and to have the use of the huilding dis- continued for armor; urposes, & way of lack of stats funds. et The tuberculin tests are made hy | petition is cllrculaflng in West Hart- the state. Animals found to be in. | (074 and will probably be formally fected with bovine tuberculosis aro | bresented to Governor John 1L killed and replacement 15 made at |1 umPull within a week. the expense of the state, So great | "HO residents of the town residing was the drain on this account .that | °" Doyer road. Milton street and the work had 1o be diseontinued. In [1-THOTY adjacent to Auburn yoad in the meantime pasteurizing plants | Vot Hartford are those fnterested were erected by a number of deal. |\ the circulation of the petition. ers. Although enforcement of the | It 18 clalmed by them that the law had not been started, less than | cO0tinued use of the bullding for five per cent of the milk used In this | ATMOXY DUrposes 18 a nulsance be- clty in recent months has been othey | C215¢ Of dirt and refuse from the than grade A product, In the opin. | ATNOry and that the noise from the fon of Dr. Pullen. Of this amount | S{AMPINg of horses s dlatressing to practically all has been included fn | (e nelghborhood. The plan of the ths high grads within b monfhy X |41 [0 provido @ rear entrancs fnlo few scattering cases must yet he | (1€ armory from Milton street fs taken care of, after which mothing | F°8arded as another element in the but grade A milk will be allowed, | !st of nulsances charged against the Dr. Pullen promises. property. The pure milk ordinance was | The petition requests the governor. drafted by Dr. F. P. Lee when he | 28 commander in chief of the state's was superintendent of health 7t | military forces, to take such action has since received fhe approval of {38 May be necessary to have the several progressive cities which have | ATmory discontinued. About 50 names have been signed to the pe- followed New Rritain's example. tition. AUTOIST SENT NCED b TR ch, o rred 6. king | Arrested for Borrowing Boston. June 2 of Rochester, N. Y., a petty officer | 3 3 on the U. §. & ['tah, was sentenced | Sales Company's Autos to two and one-half vears in the| Arthur Dahlgren and Gouvernor house of correction by Judge Broad-|Johnson were arrested this morning hurst in superior court today for|by Detective Sergeants George C. manslanghter. On May 14 last an|FEllinger and William P. on automobile driven by King ran over [charges of taking an automobile and killed John H. Beckelman in|owned by the Honeyman Auto Sales Charlestown. For driving away aft- [company from a vacant lot on Arch er the accident without making his |street last night. The two men are identity known King was eentenced |alleged to have taken a machine to an additional eight months in the |from the parking place without per- house of correction. A charge of |mission of the owners. One car was operating an antomobile in a man- [taken and was found in the street, ner to endanger the lives of the [but another one is missing and the public was placed on fi police have been unable te locate it, Federal Sleuths See/lin;,; ~C'lue called charac witnesses the | | S : n‘-vu’«lr u"nlrrmmnmng a re-|cllman Cadwell jves such a [brother, David, age eight, nnd. mr‘ {m,':n‘,]” et o | crossover is feasible and proposed a sister, l\?!herm‘u Tr. -;\" dlr) 'f;‘ .s . 5 8 o diseussio he railroad official, |comfort her. During the day ane Mr. Crowe dllated upon his|discussion with t : Kl : lirCrowe Alated o e aa Tron advid & §rads 10 the (Well Into the night untl her tovsled | 0 Listrioutors or rare bills \eds “ngnsndier” who had Lee |U0Tth would ‘be tequired fo bagin|lits head vests dn F‘f‘:t‘ on & l«::- I e il 0 ) At Lol "sixteen years fn|a' Franklin street and to the south ;0"?‘:: r-l_“;yfi:.flf‘lvl sriéal o hon . e ; Fein at Churéh strect. If built, such a . Th t1d is e 1 - : plenty provided by another. ORI it T L D SRR e i;‘: (oohd%e Pa!mnqes Attempt Being Made to ‘alls Accused a Liar { ) 2l 8 5 7 e andisl i ; Stor ) Calls Accy .d . : street a “pocket street” at the east {Mother. Her brother and sister at | ] ive and Ten (‘ent Store ! 3 : My only purpose in cross-exam. FWICE & VOCH BT (Cith prop- |l€mPt to distract her mind but she| gyampscort, June 26 ®—Mrs. Run Down Counterfeit- ining this man was "'[ W"""“‘ “,l'_“,« el offering possible |thinks only of her mother and 38 |Coolidge went on her first shopping | i - P rosec HONE s = : - & vay becaus sence. | ypq 5 5 h 1 | . a liar.” Prosecutor | B ynl |t sreatest bicetion pining away because of l\r;‘ absenc . |trip since her arrival here todey. | ing Gang Pushing Bogus as he pointed a finger at § e et alles ik mmatiresl The David mm.,l, ST ;nnz 'g Hotoring to. Sater [this. mopning Mrs. Julle Shepherd, wife of thej & Ferid : * be done to |the father, Samuel David, the moth- | ghe stopped there at a five and ten e S el defendant was not in the court|quested that something be ‘]"I’:“”:‘fr’r and the three children lived-hap- | cent ‘store and purchased & fow Money in This City. rga Gorman | crossing. Great annoyance | o iy s necessities Mrs PN first acsistant. George E. Gorman |3 G f-" by long tie-ups in |[Ca200 fOF her leaving is not kno \m]pm,k W. Stearns accompanted Mrs. | i was making the state’s opening plea e LT Ty e fres Since her departure nothing has|cooidge 1o Saler ng t Feder detectives, nctified that and did not return for the afternoon | SWItct SEhioen 1‘“‘:1 S TS nteee | onipexndRtromy her T @ther's | home of fricnds first lady counterfeit five, ten and twenty session while Gorman was talking. |auently blocked for long 1% |distracted. H> works every day in | i por ghonnioe dollar bills Betap el ateat Shepherd heard the state's at- he complains. the Landers, Frary & Ciark 'urlnr.\’i 5 vy 1 ills are .n-g circulated in torney's plea without visible At the East street crossing, a |and leaves the children at the Day | ppone o ILDING'S COLLAPSE ' M8 city, are in New Britain at- tion, He did not glance at change in readways now being |Nyrsery on Winter street. Accord- | Boston, June 26 (P—The Suffolk|.. "PUnE to discover the e of Oraue 8 | planned by Chairman Cadwell would |jns 4o Mrs, Frank J. O'Brien, super- (et it '\'_nv‘lmnfl‘.a: e fak mone The! n Sloal State Eapects Conviction {mintmize the danger of collislon |intendent, they are beautlful chil- [PUNE ETAnd fury foday bewan an Eth of the investigators is not ne of the state's attorney's|Vith trains and at the three sharp dren and. have good manners. Her | tStER1IAn OF L1 CoTARE O & known. in considerat corner near this.point, he believes. |heart has been touched by little Vir< | " Within t past ten day ks staff would entertain consideration | . o1 { day night in which two persons were debecied) Hogas B ETa today of Shepherd's acquittal,” but ginia's lonesomeness for the mother | d e gu s cus In taking up the gwitching ques- land she has appealed to the Herald | as Indics at if the present | nes- ) it was Indicated that it the present |, ! X street, with the New iig help find the miseing woman. | does by comvinL Sl New en & tford rail- | Shepherd probably never would be \‘jf:‘-r:m‘;““*":“;"' ‘}(,”'",:r l“’ulmnr-t:\!W ec vitn | Should k e PRl | other deaths in _conn ‘}jtvflr n‘:.’r’_",m,( situation at the same time,| Writer, Dies in New York which he has been accused of mul |according to @ statement made this| New York, June 20 (P—Samuct | der, 5 morning by Alderman Walter A.[Newhal] Crane, veteran baseball | Judge Haiy Olson oper sed | ik writer and at one time considered | Shepherd of the murder of M|y, gm strect crossing situation [the best second baseman of his day. | Emma Nelson McClintock and of {; (' oueh v gali Mr. Falk, but |[died of pneumonia at ais home in |{ Dr. Oscar Olson. The same Cor-| ., "y 14ing up of traMic there 1s[the Bronx today. | oner's jury. whieh recommended | )\ occasional as compared to the| Mr. Crane accompanied the New | Shepherd be held for BUIY'S mur-|youne giraet croseing, where [York Glants on thelr last western | der, recommended that Shepherd | yoiiohing during the noon hour s a {trip, He became i1l during the trip | be Indlcted for ~Mra. McCHntock's | goii - ooc o o and Nl t6 b4 Sarded ol the trein 1 murder. The death of Dr. Olson| wjy geoms as t , switching [on his arrival here Monday. | was recommended left open for in- sary at the ting ‘street | - — —= vestigation sing before 11:30 o'clock in the | STEAL RADIO TURES “This was dur best case.” sald & rorengon then from 11:30 or| Newark, N. J. June 26 UP—gix member of the state's attorney staff. | 11.45 crotsing is blocked |thieves bound and gagged two | We are confident of conviction 10! throughout noon hour when | watchmen at the United Radio com- | It If. however, we had cases In the | paople are on thelr way home from |pany shortly after 2 o'clock this | i | - morning and escaped with §0,000 (Continued on Page 17.) | %Continued on Page 13) radio tubes valued at $50,000, | killed and many injured omers' deposits. It is said that several hundred dollars ir ter- #|feits nave -been nc by bank y | ltellers. As a resu the situation | |||(.::_lh|. | the federal sleuths have 1 d the e o | |city and are trying to get a clue to H s { persons who are responsible for | At New London— | ;’”'f:':m,“ 5 ,\\’w.,“ o e A Mw"&i"". b kbte i Lk gl e v ‘{:\lml ‘ar bill is sald to be .0 { [of good workmanship, although the B0L Ows P- M- {lgreen ink used on the reverse side all the counterfeits 1s off color. The seal on the front of the bills is - » |considered nmearly perfect, but the | . | blue stamp on the right side does | { THE WEATHER { | not harmonize with the tint used by | i | {fhe government printers. The bills Hartford, June 28.—Fore. are certificates of the Boston and cast for New Britain and New York Federal Reserve hanks. Unsettled with show- Merch are wained to watch tonight or Saturday = out for str 1 to notify the police immediately If they suspett | | |that money tendered by them s | . » counterfelt LITCHFIELD COURT FOR MACRI TRIAL KOLETSKY SCORES ALLING Declares State's Attorney Should Not Interfere With Prisoner in Jafl— Has Already Intercepted Letter, He States, New Haven, June 26 (#) — Miss |Olympia Macrl, who Is to be retried | for Killing John Bagnano, alleged | father of her daughter, will not be | admitted to bail before the case s called in the fall, according to a Judge Makes Decision-Also De- | clings to Release Girl on Bonds V BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, “FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1925.—~TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES, CIRCULATION FRENCH IS T0 BE INCREASED ix Billion Francs More to Pay Maturing Bonds, Caillaux’s Plan By The Assoclated Prese. ruling by Judge John R. Booth, of the superior court today. Defense | counsel had moved that the accused | be admitted to bail and after argu- Judge Booth said he did not be- lieve that a person indicted for mur- | der in first degree may be admitted to bail under the state consticution. | Koletsky, for Miss Macri, took an | acception to the ruling. | Judge Booth yesterday granted the | state a change of venue to a county lother than New Haven on the mo- tion of the state which had set up | Ithat it was impossitle to get a fair and impartial jury for retrial in this county. The court fixed the place of re- trial at Litchfield county which was | desired by State's Attorney Aling | when the counties harrowed down to | {three—namely, Litchfield, New Lon- | |don and Windham. Koletsky Is Satisfied. Mr., Koletsky said that he would | take no exception to the case being | tried in Litchfield. Before Judge | Booth announced the change, he al- lowed a motlon of the defense for| the payment of witnesses called this week for the argument on the change of venue and a request for a | | transcript of text taken during the week. During the argument whether court could grant the motion, Koletsky declared that he was go- ing into the retrial without fees as | he had done in the first trial. Mr. | Alling had raised the question that | private counsel for a defendant could | not be paid by the state, | The question of where the girl is| to be confined while awaiting the new trial will be settled later. Con- | cerning visitors at the jail, Judge | | Booth sald that he believed this mat- | ter should be left with the sm-rm.“ who is responsible for the security | of the prisoner and the management | of the jafl. | | Alling Takes Letter. Mr. Koletsky made an appeal that the state's attorney keep his hanls | the | Mr. | | oft of the matter and let the sherift| | do his duty as he sees fit. He claimed | ! that Mr. Alling had held up a letter Maert which been sent | Frank N. Platt, | the jury which disagreed at ti { trial, Mr. Alling refused to give letter up this morn | Miss Macri, who was present ves- {terday during argument for a changs of venue, was mot in the | court room this morning. When | | Judge Booth took his seat there ! than 25 visitors present the court m Alling's Complaint ! Mr. Alling in his obje ! the defc t he admitte charged Mr. Koletsky with ing *‘sob-sisters” and profe 1l weepers” for the frial to t the jury “was influence Koletsky's argument to t based on pleas fo T aquoted from a comm of young g Letter By Juryman Speaking % [ 2 Kansas City, Mo 6 (P— Kole said: "1 k The story of the Shiak £ for that. I'm giad he O1d Gillis b AR TidsciA \ 1 Propeller. Broken fn Fall of Plane, |known in recent At is| Pierces Heart of Sergeant at |7 TOEFession. Fron pride of the i |city and showing the bes tions P Mitchell Field of the day, the Gi clined until g | ght burlesque has n s 1t jeld, N. ¥ acipal feature in (h st fex T o Sergeant Doug [ | years. er had b United Sta s | The opening niz ] Ars ago. n 1 before 1r t 2 4 ¥ when | was a social event long remembered first time on Its disagresment of broken in the |in Kansas City. M Rhca Judge Interrupts of a Ma in which he | Belgian star, in “Adric Lecor Koletsky explai as riding [m-' was the first night attraction the had been given and plereed | The theater was built at a cost of ! ry had T ber ed $100,000, & huge sum for a pl sharged wanted to the A, w was re louse in those days. I'rom that day attendant to w B 20 feet £ nd, |in 1883 the Gillis has had a varied prove his contention ge | st d tilted the plane and |career. It drew the hest stars and said that he would take Mr. K t bre propeller and |attractions for a while; then as_the sky's word that the letfer had not |striy tage |city moved south it had to depend been given him With ter piece of the {on piays that appealed to the market ; 's at th er flew off, ripping through | district in which it was located. Then 1 rward cockplt in which Logan | there e a time when the Gillis P was riding |ran melodrama and recently it was Z — |alternated between motion pietures o HELD FOR ARSON }i'h‘l low priced midnight burlesque. (Centinued on Page 14) | ments this was denied. le Caillaux's plans foy payment of ma- of six billion francs in both the eir- « tion and the Bank of France's advances to the state, and for the issuance of gold parity bonds ex- changeable for the national defense bonds that mature in July and Sep- | tember. When the natlonal defense bonds |are redcemed by the new gold par- ity bonds the maximum of the states floating debt will be fixed at the amount existing on the day the bond subscriptions are closed. The Caillaux bill fies the circu- lation of bank notes at 52,000,000,- 000 francs Instead of 5,000,000,000 and the advances to the state by the Bank of France at 32,000,000,000 francs instead of 26,000,000,000, The bill glves the government the | right to fix the exact terms of the new gold bond issue by government degree. The preamble of the bill says the treasury's shortage is partly due to the “continued repayment of na- tional defense bonds.” Tt says the maturing bonds for which the holders demand payment 1 1,800,000,000 francs for July and 2,800,000,000 for September. The new issue of gold parity bonds will be offered only in exchange for the maturing defense bonds, but the exchange will not be obligatory, the b says, 1t is thus hoped to consolidate the greater part of this floating debt. NEW BRITAIN MAN 1S NAMED BY GOVERNOR F. J. Coombs Member of | Natureopathic Exam- ining Board Hartford, June 26 (P —Alvan Waldo Hyde, of Hartford; Fred D. ¢, New Haven, and Henry G. Ellis, Torrington, were today ap- pointed voting machine commis- sioners by Governor Trumbull Other appointments, all for two years, made today by the governor | were: and Margaret C. street, Hartford; Mary B. Holmes, 178 Temple street, New Ha Katherine Crowley, 422 Meigs building, Bridgeport. Harbor masters ‘rederick &, Hairdressers commission— Mrs. Tiv 4 Main Pe New London: Silas M. Mar- sters, deputy, New London: John Ryle Jr, Stamford; Ellis E. How- rd, Norwalk; Francls W. Morgan, i: Luetus H. Wilcox, Norwich. 1 examining New Ha- Hartford; | Pomfret; Roh- Rowley, Hartford; F. C. Greenwich bopathic examining board— Linnel, Norwich: W. P. Lang ntic; H. A. Roberts, Derby M Wew Haven; F. E. Wilcox, Wi “hiropra g board Leroy O. erbury; F. 1 Wheaton Haven. hing board— bs. New Britain Bridgepor and >w Haven dressers new co Jast nis- session of AVIATOR IS KILLED arraigned June 18 was held in hearing July & FIRE RAZES KANSAS CITY MOVIE THEATER, SEVERAL PERSONS BELIEVED DEAD Paris, June 26—Finance Minlster | turing bonds provide for an increase | Blaze Follows cosmeticians | sul- | tn | City charged with |Mra. Mary Troost, her will directing ing |t He i Average Dally Circulation For Week Ending June 20th ., 12,006 i———————— PRICE THREE CENTS iEarly Reports Rumored 35 Victims, But | Search of Ruins Fails | To Find Remains — | Six or Eight Possibly Killed. Explosion and as Walls Collapse Patrons Have Difficult Time Escaping From Burning Structure. Kansas City, Mo., June 26 ) — Search in the smouldering ruins of. the Gillls theater was under way to- day for the bodies of persons be- lieved to have perished when a fire |and an explosion wrecked the thea- ter and more than a dozen stores here late last night, Several hours after the secarch started no bodies had heen recover- ed. John Hcgan, fireman, is the only man known to have heen kill- ed. His death occurred when a fire truck overturned. Alexander Henderson, fire chief, safd he believed that not more than #ix or elght bodies would be found. A cook in a restaurant adjoining the theater is the only person known to be accounted for, It was estimated that approximately a hun- dred persons were in the play house at the time of the blast, escaped was not known, ; Police believe the blast occurred n a restaurant located 3 S in the Glllis Fire Chiet Henderson estimated that it would require at least two days to clear away the wreckage, Reports early this morning stated that the death list probably would reach 25 but as time went on hopes were raised that this much too high, Searching For Bodies Hours after the destruction of the five story theater building today, no definite estimate of the number of dead could be made, although police jand fire department officials eaid {they believed from 30 to g5 of the hundred or more persons in the theater and restaurants and stores of the building had been trapped in the debris. Firemen today organized a volun- |teer party of 100 men to search the |smouldering wreckage for hodies They predicted it would take many hours of #gging hefore an ac. curate appraisal of (he could be made, fireman Is Rilled A fireman, John Hogan, was killed |on his way to the scene when a fire |truck overturned. Two other fire. {men were injured How many figure was casualties | _The explosion came at 11 o'clock, Flames enveloped the structure al. |most immediately following the |blast and the roof and floors of the ancient building constructeq 42 |vears ago as the city's' finest play house, collapsed | Those whn were able fo make |thelr way out of the huilding did se | miraculously nesses. according to eye wit. | Exits Were Blocked | Exlts of the theater, which w the second floor, were few entrance and a down a confusir hallways and stairs as on A main both led ment of . which rear exit arrang of w (Continued on F age Twenty-Six) SCENE OF HOLOCAUST 15 AN OLD LANDMARK Gillis Theater, Built 42 | Years Ago, Was Once Pride of City The theater was given to Kansas through the philanthropy of the opera house he bullt and net proceeds go 1o the maine tenance of the Gillls Home for | Orphans.