New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1926, Page 3

“PRING TURNS TRAITOR AND WHOLE COUNTRY SHIVERS IN COLD WAVE | 'storms comparable to the present |one have visited the territory in a |quarter of a century. Six inches fell "n Far West Heavy Storms Take Toll of Life and inchicago Tussday, bringing the to- ;ul precipitation for the month to ]?ropertv—-Unseasonable inearly 15 inches, a March record. At ¥ |some points in Texas, the fall was Snowfall Reported — Iten inches, with the mark at Kansas [City nearly a toot. Fruit Growers Benefit. While most of the country experi- ‘enred unseasonable cold weathér, there were few localities where the | " mercury ‘wnt blow frezing. The rec- Chicago, March 31 (F»=Epring has |ord low spot at 7 o'clock last night turned traitor to a large area of |25 18 at Cheyenne, Wyoming; Du- country, {buque, Towa; Greenbay, Wie, and i | Amarillo, Texas, readings were 24. March, refuting the old weather |The coldest spot in the east was Buf- lage, came in like a lion, and is falo. N. Y. with 82, dvstined to depart in the same man.| Agriculturists interpreted —the | storm "both as favorable and unfav- orms of blizzard proportiohs, ‘ernbls‘ Winter wheat was benefited which have raged through the plat- ‘bun with wide areas covered with u area, middle west and south- ‘Snow there was prospect of smaller have blanketed large territor. SPring -wheat acreage. The Illinols ith snow and brought a retyrn | ASTicultural association sald that the winter conditions, with no im- | belated return of winter would prove te break in prospect. In fact |a severe blow to many agricultural the weathcr predictions, were for (S°CHONS in-the state. ‘Its report in- show and ron!x‘nuari S Al Ldlcated that the spring wheat acre- through most of the storin 289, WOUld bo decreased, and also ith general rains in the east- ‘unless the snow melted thers would rn seaboard statcs, 3 & " |be a smaller crop of oats sown. No Warm Weather | Fruit growers were benefited as “No warm weather in sight.” w: the cold weather prevented trees t aoni ment of the weather |{FOM budding, with possibility of in- who further predicted that a'“' jury from late froste. An optimistic other disturbance in the far west|POte came from J. C. Mohler, secre- probably would cause snow or rain | in the great plains states tonight or Thursday. The possibility existed that Easter Sunday might be clear. and warm, but the prognosticator:| promised nothing . If the Faster ccason is to be bright, a break must | come by Friday, it was stated. | The late March disturbance, a! treakish combination of snow, hali, ruins and gales was directly or in- directly responsible for more than a ! zen deaths, with injury to three ore, caused some damage to crops and destroyed property valued at more than a million dollars. Storm Kills Two Two persons were killed near Liberty, TeXas, when high winds, accompanied by heavy rain, cut a swath through the oil flelds, A woman met death near Crosby, Tex-| as when her home was blown down, | while a fourth Texas death occurred at Beaumont. Four were' killed | near Racine, Wis, ¥hen the driver of an automobile, blinded by & snow storm, ran into a train; four’ met | death in Chicago street accidents; casnalties at Detroit numbered two ring a sleet storm, and a planta- ' tion overseer at . Francisville, La, ! ited of injuries when his home was lemolished. About forty persons were injured h cago when two elevated trains:! lided after one had slowed down se of the storm, and a number of other persons were injured in c'her parts of the storm territory. Most of the property damage was lone in, Texas, Houston, Beaumont, ahd Orange being the chlef :rers. Windows were Dbroken, semente flooded,- housges blown from foundations and ¢ derricks Iy y of 83 m in some places disturbed wire com wunication. Twenty-five persons, injured when five hundred urroofed at Eeaument, amage there being estimated at 09,000, Houstqn suffered a loss-of alf that sum. Tuesday storm rried all along the Gulf coast, un- roofing housgs in Lout . Mississ-~ P Western Alabama. Heavy fell in Florida and northward | Atlantic coast. A pa g was snowbound at For- aker, Oklahema, necessitating the nding of two relief traine. i was suspended Heavy Snowfall e heavy snow fall broke March records in calities. In the | Great Lakes region only three Marck &ight {s priceless #nd the skill- 1 Optometrist fully realize® its value and strives to con erve vision Thorough examination with the most modern instru- ments eve Children’s Eves a Specialts Henry F. Reddell Optometrist Raphacl Bldz. 99 W. Main NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1926. tary of the Kansas board of agricul- ture, who said the snow exactly suit- |ed the needs of the,state. He pre- |dicted "'a record crop of 200,000,000 {bushels of wheat may become an |assured fact."” |No Blame Attached in Abandoning of Steamer London, Mareh 81 (A—The board |of trade has decided, after formal |inquiry, that no blame can be at- tached to anyone for the abandon. ment of the British steamer Antinoe in mid-Atlantic late in January. The court recorded deep apprecla- tion of the efforts of Captain Fried {and the crew of the United States {liner President Roosevelt which r sulted in the rescue of all those on the Antinoe PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED London March 81 (A—The liner Kenilworth Castle has taken off the passengers and malils from 1} Garth Castle, which was damaged last week by striking a rock in En lish Bay, Ascension Island, in t. south Atlantic. The Kenilworth |Castle is expected to arrive at Ca |Town, the Garth Castle's destina tion, April 6 ; NO SPRING VACATIONS | Boise, Idaho, March 81 (A0 |spring vacation will be held in Idaho state institutiors of lea depart- | ment of education ofticials said to- lday. The eancellation s due |fear of menin over Idaho STORE CLOSES AT a\ \\\ i 3’; 0 —the smart coats will make you stroll in confidence SURIPPS' WILL S FILED IN GOURT Provides Money for Establishing New Newspapers Hamilton, O, March 81 (P—The will of Edward W. Scripps, late and founder of the geripps-Howard newspapers, who died at sea off ths const of Liberia, Africa, on March 12th, was offered probate today by a representa- tive of Newton D. Baker of Cleve- land, former secretary of war, who was {ts custodian. The will bears date of November 8, 1022, Among the witnesses to he document was Roy W. Howard, who, with Robert P. Scripps, only viving son of E. W. Seripps, & the Seripps-Howard publisher papers Will Is Brief w4l {tselt is brief. The tohe It refers wever, & h was entered the late Seripps with P. Seripps as trustee, on the y that t Il was execut- and under w tormer have eince been con- by the of the trust trust agreement w into by . ed 1 Iminist The purpose ' TEMPT. he properties | lurumem was to prevent any | hiatus or interruption f the opera- \Hon of the Scripps-Howard news- | papers at the death of the founder ‘ Robert P. Scripps {s named execu- [tar as well as trustee. | Bequest o Wife | By the terms of the trust agree- | ment, Mrs. E. W, Seripps, widow of | the publisher, is left the life use of Miramer, the large Californla ranch d winter home of the Secripps | family, and annual income of $60,- | 000, and the right to will $1,000,000 |of the property of the trust estate. | A daughter, Mrs, Thomas E. Mean- |1ey, of La Jolla, Californla, is left 1 annuity of $80,00: ity of $15,000 to Miami ¢ 8 for the purpose of rrying on investigations into popu- which Mr. Scripps { has been financirg for a number of years. An of 30,000 goes to science service for the purpose of | carrying on the work of that insti- | tution, which Mr. Ecripps founded | during his lifetime, and to popularize and disseminate sclentific informa- !nnn and dara throughout the coun- [ try [ New Paper Enterprises The trust agrsement also provides that 80 per cent of the annual in- | come of tt rust estate used for prov ng stock opportuni- in the Eeripps- Tt chiet purpose by which the | . W. Seripps estate can continue its |investments in new papers of the eripps-Howard concern After minor bequests of annuities and a flat sum bequest of 825,000 to |Harry L. Smithton, ¥. W. Scripps’ |secretary, the entire residuary in come of tha trust is left to Robert P. Scripps and his children for the in existence until the death of the inexistence until the death of the youngest of Robert P. Seripps’ ehtl ren 0 estimate has yet upon the value of the s expected that this will be done in the next few wecks, when letters testamentary are applled In case of the prior death of rt F Scripps, the following are appointed as trust of the estate: Roy W Howard of New York, Thomae L §idlo of Cleveland and Gilson Gardner of Washington, D. C for. es Y. W. to Give Prizes for Good Taste in Dress The T. W. C. A. will conduct a & show next Thursday, April & in the gymnasfum at 8 o'clock. Two prizes of $5 each will be offered, one for the costume which is voted the most artistic, becoming and ¢ for the best looking cos- de and worn by the girl ho made it The term costume ap- plies to drese, suit or coat and may ¢l or not. ¢ d e judges act as a court of award and High school girls will put on a will th spor The uitable, | in dress and the contest 1§ open to |any employed girl in the ‘city who | Is between the ages of 16 and 28, Those who expect to enter the con- | test should place their names at the Y. W. C. A. office not later than | Wednesday, April 7. | The swimming pool will be closed | for the rest of the week, beginning | today. It will reopen on Monday | for regular classes and plunges. | New swimming classes begin the| veek of April 19th, There will be | the usual classes for beginners, in- | termedlate and advanced swimming, | also dlving. Registrations should be placed at onee as these spring class- | s are always popular. | A new health class term | Tt will be a | next Tuesday at 7 six week term and will include the teaching of tennis eo that girls m get ready for this summer Activities of clubs and will be suspended at the Y. W iays Friday. >'!!‘ | New York state shall be tavestigat- ed At the hearlng Mr. Anderson de. clared, he would attempt to “show that the reason why the Anti-8aloon league has lost its grip and the dry cause is on the defensive 1s because the present managers of the league double-crossed the republican dry leadership, deefated Colonel Roose- velt, prevented the passage of a state enforcement bill a year ago reclacted Governor Smith and is re- sponsible for most of the trouble in which the republican party finds it self today." STATUE 1S BURIED Zablatow, Poland, March 81 (@ Ordered by Polish authorities a statue of the late Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary as a “treasonable relle of Austrian nationalism,” the peasants of Za- 10 | blotow, formerly a part of Austria WANTS PUBLIC HEARING Willlam H. Anderson Urges New Republicans to Agree to Discnssion on Prohibition. | buried it with all religlous ceremony tional hero. the pomp and accorded a mna. DIES AT AGE OF 84 Manchester, N. H., March 31 (@ rs, Martha Cilley 7 Bouto Clarke, widow of Col. Arthur E | Clarke, for years publisher of the N, n H superintendent of league, in a letter to republican | members of the legislaturs today a public hearing at wh subject of prohibition In Y. March 31 (B —| Anderson, former state | the Anti-Ealoon | Manchester Mirror until it was merged with the Manchester Union and Leader, dled at her home here today. She was born in Concord 84 years ago and founded the New h soclety of Colonia! 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