New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 29, 1925, Page 1

Fr——————— News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD %‘m ESTABLISHED 1870 ATHENS ANNOUNCES ALL TROOPS TAKEN FROM BULGAR SOIL Evacuation in Conformity With Demands of League of Nations Reported by Greeks INVESTIGATION BOARD PERSONNEL - SELECTED —_— sir Worace Rumbold of England With French, Italian, Swedish and Dutch Ciyilians Are to Probe Into Cause of Recent Balkan National Conflagration—Council Has Secret Session, Athens, Oct. 29 UP—Tt is officlally announced that the Greek troops | have evacuated Bulgarian territory. Bulgaria, Oct. 29 (P— ‘The Greek troops evacuated Bul- garian territory at 1 o'clock this morning, or seven hours before the {ime Wmit fixed by the league of nations council, Bulgarian forces will re-occupy the evacuated region tomorrow. Withdrawal Not Complete Paris, Oct. 20 (A—When the hour of 8 o'clock struck this morning— the time lmit glven by the council of the league of nations for the Greeks and Bulgarians to cease fghting and withdraw their forces nto their respective territorfes—it appeared from dispatches re ccetved e that the withdrawal order had \mt been complled with—at least by the Greeks. Previously the Bulgarians had an- nounced that they occupied no Greek terrain. The Greeks, how- ver, apparently still were ten miles t of Demirhissar, where they re- ported that they have been at- tacked by Bulgarian forces yesterday morning. This attack, however, ac- cording to Athens advices early this morning, was an unimportant one ind without casualties, hand it was ated that the Greek government d renewed its orders to the com- iander-in-chief to evacuate Bul- warian territory under the decislon of the council of the league, Neutral Zone Idea withdrawal is efiected 1t ted that a neutral nilf- Petrich, Y NWICH HIGHWAYMAN | HELD FOR HIGH COURT 18 Year Old Youth Who Robbed GREE Woman Last Night Quickly Apprehended Greenwich, Oct. 29 (#)—Frederick Christensen, 18, of Greenwlich, charged with assault and {ntent to ! rob with violence was bound over today to the next term of the su- perfor court and bail fixed at $10,- 1000, Mrs. Margaret Agnes O'Brien and robed her of $36 and a pass book as she was on her way home through Bruce park last night, He was arrested at the rallroad statlon shortly after and at first denled that he had committed the robbery, admitting later, police say, that he was gullty, Bruce park is to be dragged for the revolver which he sald he threw away. The woman's pockethook which had held the money and pass book was found in the woods. Police say the He 18 alleged to have attacked ! '“00 ‘m:mn daq 44 YT By :Iaunlzx:) 16 GARS WREGKED 15 TRANS CRASH \One Freight Hits Another, Stalled, Near Gaylondsvill BERKSHIRE DIV. BLOCKED Only One Person, Fireman, Injured Wil Reach Thousands—New Milford Fire De- | =~ Financial T.oss partment Called to Put Out Fire, | Gaylordsville, Conn.,, Oct. 20 (P\— | The heavy freight train from Pitts. | fleld, Mass,, for Harlem river over the Berkshire division of the N. Y., N, H. & H. rallroad known as the QH3 with' 75 cars, was crashed into by the local freigth from State TLine! to Bridgeport, in a cut one and A |sador Herrick in Paris | that about Washington, Oct, 29 (P—Ambas- has made representations to the French gov- ernment for protection of American life and property in Damascus. Instructions for the ambassador 0 make the move were forwarded when word of the disorders In Syrin was received. The Washington gov- -|nmom also has sent two American stroyers from Gibraltar to Alex Andnm Egypt, where they are ready to proceed to Belrut should the sit- uation require further steps to safe- ard Americans and their property It was estimated by officials here 150 Americans were in Damascus or its immediate vieinity when the revolt against French au- thority occurred in that city last week. Reports as to damage done by the bombardment of certain quarters of Damascus by French artillery gnd airplanes have not disclosed the ex- tent of any injury to American prop- erty; so far as known no Americans | precautionary nature, as was the ac- were hurt and the representations made in Paris were of a general and tion of the American consul in Da- mascus in advising Americans to take refuge at Belrut until order had been restored. The instructions to Ambassador Herrick directed him to request the I'rench government to take neces- sary steps for the protection of | American lives and property and of American consulates not only in Da- mascus but elsewhere in Syria where they may be threatened. Offieial reports from Damascus | show that while French residents were removed to barricaded position, the bombardment by the French pro- ceeded without notice to other for- clgners. Demands for indemnifica- tion undoubtedly will be made in Parls when the detalls or injury to American property are received. It i= known there was some such damage. me fness Section of City—Bandits, vo ot CONNECTIUUT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1925, —EIGHTEEN PAGES U. S. AMBASSADOR CHARGES FRENCH TO GUARD AMERICANS IN DAMASCUS OBBERS KILL ONE, TAKE S93000 L00T 1Tw0 Other Bulfalo Bank Em- ployes Wounded in Holdup BULLETS BREAK WINDOWS & ectacular Robhery Oceurs in Bus- in Thelr Haste, Overlook $24,000 in Pay Car, (M—Tob. Bank nded away wi ined in & bank automo 3 he amounted to § The man killed was Charles W today shot an Buffalo employe in making ) and wo ers ney cont loot Average Daily Circulation For oa e 12,395 PRICE THREE CENTS MITCHELL'S PLEA FOR IMMUNITY 1S OVERRULED TODAY Court Decides He Cannot Take Refuge Behind Constitutional Rights of Free Speech \DEFENSE COUNCIL HITS HARD AT PROCEEDINGS Asks All Charges Be Stricken Out 'HAGRI AND HIS PALS IN KILLING T0 HAVE TRIAL Haven Young Men Wil be. Glven Hearings on Murder Charge Nov. 9 ¢ Haven, Oct. 29 (P—Pleas In 7 ot Joseph Macri, Nicholas Meoll, Charles Pavis and E d Colling, all held by Coroner in connection with the death | | of He 'nry B, Johnson on Labor Day, will be heard In West Haven town court on November 9. This was in- licated today when the cases were ljourned after formal arraignment of the quartet before Judge W, L Larash and a request by counsel for cont ance because he was not proceed at this time, Macri and De Meoll are alleged ive dealt the blow which 1 Johnson's death. Pavis and Collins taxt drivers employed by the pair to take Johnson's body to the seciuded spot in Allington where it w found, it is sald. The to are As Commanding Officer Did Xot Make Them-—~Prosecution Fules money was found hidden in a parti- | tion of Christensen's home. &3l INQUIRY 15 TEMPORARILY OVER No Further Hearings Until Sunken Boat Is Raised ALL SUBS NOT CAREFUL| Today's Hearings Develop That One | fford, driver of the bank's mobile, The money gotten | cunmen was being transporte Trust Co, reet to the I o t North Division and Maln streets Both banks in the business s L. M. Yarrington, a K mes- senger, was shot in the face and body, He was rushed to a hospital where it was said his condition was eritical, auto- the half miles from the &tation here early today, and sixteen cars smash- {ed and the engine of the colliding | traln practically demolished. Of the | two train crews only Fireman M. J. Donlon of Bridgeport, of the engine { which rammed into the caboose ahead was hurt, and he only slight- Iy e by d from he Marine at Senec i Main JEKYL-AYDE CLAIM DEMOCRACY GAINS INMURDER TRIAL - INFOREIGNLANS i§tate Ready to Proceed Against Mussolini's Power Waning, Rev. Stephenson I J.B. Pamy Asserts | SENSATIONS ARE PROM]SED}LIKES GERMANY'S SPIRIT| Prosecution Says That Accused Had tion. downtown Train Was Stalled The Pittsfield train had stopped in the cut because of a hot box, and a flagman had been sent back to protect the rear, The State Line freight with 47 cars knows as came down the grade and cra into the rear of the stalled tra The engine of the colliding train rammed through several cars of the Pittefleld train and the caboose de- | molishing them and at the same time several cars In the train behind the engine buckled and were thrown across the tracks. Crew Escapes Injury The crew of the Pittsfield train were close by the car with the hot| o\ iocoie ya Dox andisojnscanadiinnry.AThe e S ok (i form of government will continue | gineer and fireman in the engine o advance in Burope, despite the i the rear train jumped and the fire- | irl, Madge, for whose death D. C.|{FREE B FPRaRE SO0 O including | man was slightly hurt, | Stephenson, Karl Kleck and Earl | qoco, P8 50 4. according to the desk logs will be | The cut was filled with wreck-' Gopiry held responsible, 00k | Rey. J. Burford Parry, pastor of the | age. Tire broke out and the chemi. ! | Overlook John H. Meyers was wounded by the hold up men bank car contained abor hut the bandits overlooked £24,000 {n thelr haste to escape The holdup was staged near th main entrance of the Bank of Bu falo. Dense throngs of office “or\w ers just arriving for work jammed | | the streets soon after the shooting. Police announced that the auto- mobile used by the robbers w coach bearing New York V2488, in White $21,000 shot The 17,000 about | America Should Encourage Hinden- | . : Two Personalitics, One Kind, tlm‘ burg Government, Springfield Minister Tells Rotarians—Premier Long Island Sound Skipper Saw £ i L2 Other Foul—Recites Tragie Story | Another Submarine Being Care- of Brutal Killing of Girl. | Baldwin Near End of His Rope. ssly Mancuvered, jeulyMiancarese Oct. 29 (P—Mrs. | rholzer, mother of the | 3 canil republican | oy Democracy and the ssue Plains, Boston, Oct. 29 (P—Evidence, | brought to |rvm when the sunken | submarine 8-5 engine room uml laid before the aniry investigating the collision oft Block Island which cost the lives of 33 men. The board today exhausted fts Jst of witnesses incluidng these o Yoltering About The robbers loitered corner of North Divisi streets until the mored car were opened ployes had begun to money. They drew revolvers and | advanced on the guards and mes- | sengers, Yarrington who was sitting with Clifford on t tempted to draw his revolver, while the men carrying the money ran for the bank. The bandits opend Clifford instantly. Bullets windows of busi places the street. Yar on fi shots after being wounds is raised, s about and the and remove on Mair are n n naval board of in- | 4%e. We hroke out And Le Chei'™ ' the stand as the state’s first witness | Hope Congregational t‘h"fl‘r\‘ ”0-" 90080 cal engine was sent here from New | ; 4 Springfleld, Mass., who addressed the | : 1 a unty circuit court to- | SPrl 4 - Milford and the firemen put out the “i“n}*““““’” COUNLYECErCUILIC L IniRE ry At Uhe 1mr-£ o which might have spread to Y- hotel today at noon. { other cars, The | minister recently returned | The bank on one lde of the cut ! oAb ran A ENElwhiCH e ity of Rome involved rom a trip abroad, during ) from [ihe Cltyietislome Involyed iin | is about twenty feet high and on the the collision and adjuorned sine die, y tont] ) made a special study of world con- | sending the raising of the S-31, 1f | 0ther about 15 making the task of He said he can see thel Tho vessel 15 not raised. within a | Clearing the line a difficult one. A of Mussolini, the dictator | month, it was announced, the board | Wrecker was called from RELto because of the fact that| (e ml'\nl;‘rlull‘l};llr‘t::.:“il«‘,‘:;h {at the south R e thosat i faa ‘l"‘ffl';““;“‘k "”‘:" Wl f“"ru‘-lqn” oh cannot bo safely cur-| i T NNel g N % {verba Je and Mr. \r i i e C v e tak ar- | s 1ailec dt Muss vern- Testimony to the effect that late | CBtiTe "l‘(" WOWA beithlen tadcleny {and a “seducer of women. ailed. He sald the ‘I“‘“““(‘_‘:'K;‘;“w in August the New York-Boston |INg the line. Mr. Cox sald evidence would be ment is merely a gmlrnr‘n et steamer H. F. Dimock came within introducad ‘o show how the girl was|ror and that the dictator has re- em- the A Seducer of Women Oberholzer was called after i. Cox of the prosecution d made the opening statement and | read the indictment, which charges | ditions murder in four cou He charged | downf phenson, former gri mrl (Immm of | of Ttaly e driver's seat, 1 ! \ the Ku fire, str s along od several 4 it it his zone hetween Greece and | iulgaria may be brought into being, and that the league council. also probably will cndeavor to es?uh!lflhi ‘rineiples to guard the Balkan | atesmen in handling future con- | roversies and expect its influence to | uve the Locarno security agree- yent with Germany supplemented | ot only by Bulkan arrangement, but <0 by securily pacts between other 1 vtions of Europe. I'he early December session of the neil of the league will be of un- sual importance. Tn addition to Mosul dispute between Great Lritain and Turkey. the agenda un- doubtedly will have before it the Greeo-Bulgarlan dispute, Special Commlssion On s, the special commission poointed to investigate the situ fon is expeeted to report fts find ings as to the cuuses of the Bal rrel and make suggestions con rning reparations and recom rendations for setting up machin- to render similar disputes un- v in the future. The gue's second councll, ¢hich handling disarmament estions, will meet just prior to the nain couneil and report suggestions n preparations for a fu- armament conference which gue of nations will convoke s soon as it is convinced that B ropean security has reached oint which will make the success of conference reasonably certain. The league council be t session this morning to discuss telegrams from Athens and also | » consider the appointment of a ymmittee of Investigation which ! be composed of civilians and men, Englishman Head- Committee Later it was stated that Sir Horace | mbol English diplomatist who took a prominent part in the | wsanne peace conference between allies and Turkey. would head committee of investigation, ich also inc a French officer, v Ttalt 1 Swedish and Duteh civ The | | il is iiftary e n officer, a lans. counct after oret until this aft- it will hold a public | announce the personnel the committee, reported that they met ¢k and Bulgarian com- ' obtained not only thetr uation but a definite dertaking that under no condi- ms wonld hostilities be reopened, action by the troops with severe penalties. rians, to avoid any new mised not to re-occupy “ir frontier posts until tomorrow | fternoon its rnoon | | | asion | to " t DOGS KILL, SHEEP Angonia, Oct. 20 UP—Dogs at four | lock this morning leaped a five »ot wire enclosure in front of an barn door on the farm of F. W. on Prindle te and killed | sheep. were seven a ifrge ewe, down a wooden barrier to dogs which followed the anima 1 field and badly muti- yated 1t Thi 1 the other three sheep. only one of which sas slight- \y wounded. The dogs are unknown. me ree The sep In the barn aking the re Ascape @ave | for the Oc { which operated the steamer Ci | known [ white light, | of IRom | minut | cause he had lost two nigh {owing to a rough, | north | mony to be Some of the car contents wera of | was not known whet 50 or 60 fest of coliiding with a| MEN value, fneluding a. lond of - |called to Stephenson's home by a |siored the old Roman system of | took effect. submarine in Long Island Sound | tionary conslgned from a mill to an | o™ foreed to drink, taken to entralized power. 3 last August because the submarine [ Insurance company. The aggregate | i ang assaulted en route to Ham Would Encourage Germany. failed to show required lights, wag{ 1055 wassexpected to run fnto many | oo™ 104" The state also would | In Germany, he said, the 'I‘HM‘"’“I]EATH TAKES TW[] l}l: introduced at the hearing of the | thousands of dollars, { show, he sald, how the girl had been | have been trained to a monarc h‘*“"[ vaval board of inquiry today. s loffered an opportunity to marry | form of government for years ‘l‘“_\ The testimony was given by mS’I‘RUEK BY 'I‘RMN B”"I‘ ephenson the next day and that | now suddenly find themselves order- STATE,S BUSINESSMEN wnd M. Litchfield, second officer of | ] 2 the steamer, called today by counsel B {erea there but that Stephenson A. N. Pierson, Cromwell the colliston with the S-51 in which {uscd another name, BOY IN HEN GOOP g 1 B the submarine was sunk with 33 Painter Has Miraculous | Throushout the statement Ste- Florist, and C. H. Nettle- men on the night of Sept. 25 last. 3 5 S | phenson continued to write and did | Not Carefully Operated, Escape Near Elm Street |not once look up from the talie. Litchfield’s testimony as to IKlenck w was overruied, Litchfeld then pro- Judge 1 wit- ceeded to state that he knew nesses from the COUrtroom excepling ono instance” in which a submarine Mr. and Mrs, George E. Oberholtzer, vas not operated in a cagetul 1 parents of Madge, and Marshall, er. He deseribed meeting the un- Iy half filied. Many of the Iy changing coursc to avoid.collision. | tors were girls and women. Captain Recalled. Dead 1s Chief Witness John H. Dichl of the City he principal witness for the recalled to the stand toda state will be Madge Oberholtzer, the to correct lis testimony of yester exception to t pilot house 17 minutes while lally excludes hearsay testimony, proaching the §- Madge Oberho c of the collision. He {but with her bruised, mangled, stayed away from th poisoned and ravished body, stand- from which he ob: conds hefore the crash., C: \‘v(.l\l\ Dichl explained that he had become confused yesterds during his three ind one half hour examination be- | sleep | (Continued on Page Tifteen) h at | New York State Parents Arrested his 8 When Youngster of Four s Found % o Cromwell, Conn., Oct. drew N. Pierson, one known horticulturists and president of A. N died ¥ Living in Squalor. It has been persons in protected by 11 many times that danger are guided and an unseen hand so that they are not hurt, and people on their way to work this morning, r witnessing a near fatal acei- lent at the KElm street railroad { crossing, concluded that there must | be something to the statement. O. . Velarge of 19 Star street was on his way to his daily labors as a painter and paper hAnger about 7:30 | lo'clock when he arrived at the cross |ng. He walked around the gate ‘apparently oblivicus to the fact tha they were down for a purpose. It happened that two trains were wpproaching the crossing at just that montent, one travelling west the other east. The train travel- ling east whistled when the engineer spotted Velarge walking straight ahead without looking to either side, 1d the man looked up at the ap- approaching him. Just this train, the other one coming in from Hartford struck him on the nd knocked him one side. He ken to the hospital at the | Rule & Level plant where the nurse in treated him and called Dr. Dr. Kelly found that not have any broken ped with cuts over on the hip and ankle. injurles were treated, t to his work, but later me on advice of the phy- e Bath, N. Y., Oct. 20 (P—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Freeman, who live near Campbell being held in the | county jail here as a result of the finding of their four year old son| raked in a chicken coop by Under Sheriff Hardenbrook. The boy had sed an old mattress on | which to sleep. | According to Hardenbrook, Mrs rreeman said she had two other children and had put the third in | the coop because he was In the way. t his home line Coming to this conntry from Swe. den in 1SCY with rdening he followe re showing t until zhout 1 flowers, a His greenhouses ng the | e became known as a grow specialists in ro have been for yc est in th Mr. Plerson was of cona, § coming to America | Southington, Conn a gard owing flowers all way . widow of John |}0,eh who died suddenly Aug. while at work at the Unfon works, | lied this morning at 9 o'clock at ier home, 273 Chestnut street. She had been 2 y. Mr "Neil was born in Ireland and had | lived in New Britain, where she was very well known, for the past 40 years. She was an active members | of the Daughters of Isabella. She leaves two sons, John and Vincent, and two daughters, Cath- erine and Marion, all of this cit ind two brothers, Patrick and Mi- 1 Covle of New York. The fu- | 1 will be held Saturday morning | 9 o'clock at St. Joseph's church. {threr Burial will be In §t. Mary's ceme- | The tery. teld on § specta- Captain g country. s born in in Provine . and went and in 18§ ner. and and in the yt tlie land which houses eden, on to of our Cc “Under an rule which gener- | Second Death in Family soul, Mrs. starboard side | O'Nei ved the white | S now and expande shadowy wings of the dark angel of death about her will tell you so far s possible in the circy story of her entrapmer being drugged, kidnapped, ‘h\a'r n, 'wu'»d with b u\l\ ed Ah-l Hl H.\', [she refused. up a republic. This Presi- Employes of the Indiana hotel at dent Hindenburg is trying to do, and an Steamship Company, of ton, Derhy, Pass Away NER S | He flushed slightly several times opinion on the operation of subma Crossing allegations made. Gentry paled rines was objected to by counsel for ; their son. submarine only When Mr. Cox began his opening | of the sudden appes dead vietim of the foulest murder day, declared that he did not |that stains the history member saying that he remainc ing by her grave's edge with light, for a maxin S. He. deel | Hammond, Cox sald, wonld prove | Rome and which was involved in B when reference was made to him. | the judge advocate but the objection statement the courtroom was bare- ance of a green light and of sudden | state,” eaid M away from the starboard side of the gines had been backing for thi and sh hles or planting o nstan 3 as he e | ™ and a civilize how culmi- brutali- 1 com- she was forced loss of all good woman dear, take the deadly hich contributed to her un nd ecruel death A Graphic Tale She will tell you as nearly as with a tortured soul, a pain-racked body and a distracted mind, she could, of | {the horrors of the night drive in |automobile from Hammon miles. of help refused her, Stanley Miss G | charge | John K« m.] h. :hc n\ani 1 testimony, !:"f\"& ar 1... operation of .~u\rmu»" "fi\;['l;:"]"\“ After his Velarge w he went h { sician. steamer ‘l gt a beam. | just front of the con- | €ald. Harry Ba ified that the r of the submarine was found swung “hard right” and ap- parently uninjured. [ EPILEPSY CURE Famous Russian Physician foggy tles unheard of in munity before, iy the h polsc timely ¢ from Savanr wnd was “weary and The board ref of two na ebuttal of Litchfie garding the s in general. Harry Reinhartsen, testificd that the subn parently been struck by s comng from a little abaft of The hole wa ning tower, he navy diver, te rudd s to rir civilian diver, > had ap- WORKER'S HEAD CRUSHED AT YULCAN IRON WORKS | William Lyons i R T $63.75 Per Basket Is Record Apple Price g to the Herald) A new record price was established for apples ast night when at a soclal gathering of Bristol club mem- bers Judge Malone and Brown Joyce auctioned off l\vo baskets of apples for $127.5 The money s to be used to buy magazines for the children's ds of the new Bristol hos- pital. At the these two baskets were sold apples would bring $315 per barrel. ley, vertical (Cmvlmn»‘d on Fourth ew \ ork l’ohce Have New Kidnapping Case New York. Oct. 20 (P —Police to- day were estigating the suspected kidnapping this week boy and a girl, five years old, were the His head crus ka bettveen a crane | 5, Ve p: Sl victims of the supposed abductors. and a car at the Vulcan Iron Works | ' v Sk . R e b, While the search for Frank Mac Wi G & _about 1 o'clock, iWll=dy1n “3r was extendedi to’ Newnrk. of Farmington av- 4 Jersey City and Hoboke: New enue, Kensington, is in a critical s L HoHoRenl 1o Now Jersey, a general alarm was sent out Oct. 20 () — | conditlon at the New Britain Gen- S A ; Discovery of a cure for epilepsy is | cral hospital. Hospital officials hold | T atherine Carvone, of Brooklyn, claimed by Dr. A. Speransky, little hope for his life. LS D Snee At nigut her nt in scientific rescarch to tt Lyons had just started work for mother ‘: rmitted her to go for a mous physiologist Prof. Pavioff. the day and was riding backwards| “2% With two men. announcement has created : x tion In Russian med Dr. Speransky with dogs similar to epilepsy from ti Page.) pecial Bristol Oct. of Kensington In Hospital With Little Hope For His Recovery Claims | cach ' vester rning To Have Effected Trcatment 0 tion became Cure This Discase. LA v rate Leningrad, Russia, when a His a sen on a truck hen his head |caught between a crane and the jtruck. He is married but has no | childrer | W al circles, conducted exy indu g seizurs and producing | eir brains a substance which he calls altotoxin He imals inoculated fith this serum, becs immune to similar seizures. The scientists contends the use the serum In cases of human epi- lepsy would effect complete cures. THE WEATHER s Hartford, Oct. 29.—Forecast for New Britain apd vicinit Fair tonight; Friday becom- ing unsettled with probably ra or snow Friday night; not much change in temper- ature Maspeth, Long Island, Church R.ned h\ Fire New York, Oct. Catholic cl tion at destroyed loss of ments IN WINTER QUARTE !lrv. Oct. 29 (M—The en- troupe ot the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey circus arrived in | his city last night and early this morning to take up its winter quar- ters. althy eport, e by fi e early tod-y. with | of s s were los sacred were | | vessels, saved. which vere in a vault, | e, (Continued on Page Seven.) ar- | at- | bulletes ol 71 came | first two were arrested in New York four days after the alleged holdup ind murder, a and | - WEATHER RECORDS " BADLY SHATTERED ., Those of 70 Years Fall in State : of Tlinos MERGURY GOES BELOW ZERO Montana and South Dakota Report Below Zero Temperatures—ILock- jort, N. Y., Also Finds That Cold Wave Has Broken Previous Marks. Oct. 29 (A—Sub-zero the Middle West has October records, and of seventy years standing in ral and southern Iilincis fell. Nine degrees below zero at Shel- don, Towa, and 19.8 degrees below {zero at Springfield, Ill, were low records for the month. A heavy snow fell at Quiney, Il where truck growers have suffered much damage. g Davenport, Towa, ‘T”" ito growers estimated a loss of ) per cent on their crops. he below zero temperatures ex- tended from Montana to South Da- a, where Rapid City had 14 de- rrees below, while Iowa recorded 4 (]'Ell, s below zero, At Chicago, the coldest October 9 in the Dhistory of the Chicago weather bureau, established in 18 | was recorded with a minimum tem- perature of 19 degrees. i | rin vattered all | those jeent | Frult Growers Hit. Lockport, N. Y., Oct. 20 (P}—Hard freezing weather last night, follow- ing a snowstorm yesterday, brought reports this morning of a drop to 20 de This is believed to have broken all October records in this | vicinity. Fruit growers, with a large quan- |tity of appic still remaining on their trees, reported to the Niagara coun- ty farm burcau that the fruit was badly frozen, AUTO FATALITIES Man and Woman Kil! Others Infured On Boston Post } Road During Night A Plains, N. Y and a . Oct. woman were 29 (B — man killed and another man and a woman were | ed In three automobile accl- ts on the Boston post road just h of Rye last night within a period of two hours. A lumber truck, which the police id had no rear lights, was blamed for two of the accidents. Efforts being made to find the owners, to be lumber concern of {Stamford, Conn. Lewis Coffi, Brooklyn, was killed ind State Motor Vehicle Inspe Ba Eugell of \Io nt Vernon, in the accident un;lyv"‘l the automobile of Kozlowski, of Stamford him ‘to put on his rear i who was a passenger In | wutomobile was standing in the road with Engell, af the driver fix- od I when an automobile by Ernest Scofield, of Port- struck the two men, Coff} vt time later and the mo- le inspector suffered a pos- racture of the skull, Two hours of Portchester, was killed when automobile in which she was a er struck the lumber truck. o before Miss Gladys year old, of Rye, was n tomobile was a passenger struck truck. was ¥ |A short the Llccnce ]«ued for Lynch-Cook W eddmg Lynch of a widower, I 1 a lic is leader of the and. His prospective 1l known among the younger resider \!\s< have and street, nse to monic is elso we city's 89 Year Old Man Dies Trying to Save Wife den, N. J., Oct. 39 (P—| ing bravely to stiffe flames that spread from an exploded ofl | at he might protect his §0- vear-old invalid wife in an adjoin- ing room, Theodore Eills, 89 years| | 01d, was burned to death today. Neighbors, noticing Ellis' absence from his morning errands, investi- d and found him dead amid the Cam Figh had ve charred furniture, and his wife semi- conscious in bed. «1 and Two | ! later Miss Yetta Co- | That They Were On President's i Order, Which Congressman Reld At Once Vigorously Denfes, Washington, Oct. 29 (®—Colonel Willlam Mitchell’s plea of immunity from military trial on the charges vending against him was overruled teday In the general court martial proceedings against him. The court's law officer ruled that when Colonel Mitchell charged war #nd navy department officials with “criminal” and almost treasonable” conduct in administering the air services he committed an offense against military discipline and could not take refuge from punishment on the constitutional guarai.tee of free speech, as he had sought to do. Sustains Jurisdiction This opinion, whose effect was merely to sustain the jurisdiction of the court and make it possible to proceed with the trial, was approv- ed by the court itselt after a short consultatio in ~ecret. The law officer, Colonel Blanton Winship, gave his opinion after the court, the prosccution and the de- fense had agreed to leave the poini to him, but in rendering his decision he asked that specific court ap- rroval be given. An effort to have the court vote on that approval in public was blocked by an objection by Brigadier General Frank R. Me-~ Coy, commander of the third infan- try brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Tex- as, Colonel Mitchell's last station. The court then retired, and took a secret vote, returning after only a short interval to announce its ap- proval. 3 . Others Overruled The ruling applied specifically only to that specification in the charges which applied to Colonel Mitchell's first San Antonlo state- ment criticising the conduct of the 2 [air services. but it was in the nature of a test, and one by one the court then preceded in 1apid order to over- rule Mitchell's objections to ftseright to try him on the remaining counts, Representative Reid of Illinols, counsel for Colonel Mitchell, then moved that all the charges be strick- en out. He sald the court's record failed to show that the commandinz officer accused had ordered the charges agginst the defendant inves- tigated or had, himself, investigated the charges, as required by court martial regulations. Reld’s Argument “It Colonel Mitchell had been gullty of any offense,” Mr. Reld sald, he should have been charged by commanding officer at that time —Major General Ernest Hinds, in charge of the Eighth corps area at San Antonlo. “The record does not show that General Hinds, or Brigadier General Rockenbach, commanding the dis- trict of Washington, thought any crime had been committed. “Where, then, does this strange power come from that stretches out over these two commands? It does not come from the officers under whom Colonel Mitchell served in Texas or in whose jurisdiction he is at present.” Colonel Sherman Moreland, for the prosecution, replied that it was not required under the court-martial regulations that either General Hinds or General Rockenbach agt- ually bring the charges. “This 1s a presidential court,” sald Colonel Moreland. ‘There is no requirement that the regulations hall be carried out explicitly, so long as the substance is there, The charges are signed by an of- ficer in the judge advocate general's office at the war department and Colonel Moreland sald that the pres- ident had designated that officer to act as accuser, “as he has a right to do as commander-in-chief of the army and navy." The reference to the “presidential court” brought Mr. Reld to his feet, “I hate to think this is a case | where necessity knows no law,” he {sald. “What strange power is this we are facing? This i an aborn- | mal case, indeed. You don't mean {to tell me that the president himself had these prepared? The |trial officer know what he says uniess my ears have decelved me. The president didn't make these charges.” The defense attorney declared that in any event he knew of no provision the court-martial regulations hat gives the president or the judge advocate general a right te bring charges.” In the midst of the discussion the : | court recessed for luncheon. Beer Business Drops Away Off in Canada Windsor, Ont., Oct. 29 (M—Only | one Windsor cafe, District License Inspector Maxine N. Mousseau an- nounces, has asked for a renewal of its license to sell 4.4 beer. The fiscal { year ended today and time for ap- | plication of renewal of licenses Wwa { fixed for this date but it was unof | fclally reported the time will be’ extended until May 1. Brewery reports of sale indicate 4.4 beer demand has been declining steadily until it has reached wirtus ally the vanishing polnt.