New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 17, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 3 a AW 03815 ‘pnogyon COOLIDGE, MAKING VEILED REPLY TO KACEYS, STATES AMERICA CAN'T INTERFERE (e b | No Diplomatic Right, | International Law Or Treaty Permits U. S. To Question Mexico’s Domestic Affairs| Says Statement Today Is Denial Day at Summer White House, Numerous Reports Be- ing Officially Branded as Erroneous. N. Y., Aug. 17 (P— ition of the Knights of king that the United n Mexico to protect me th President C Paul Smi While the Columbus States int rvene Catholic church in wit 1 to directly, glous dispute was not referre ect Coolid ernment I plomatic usage, treaty rights to interfere in the pure- ly domestic affairs of Mexico. Rights of Americans. Whenever the rights of Am-‘xl(um { cltizens in person or property have d, as added, th American government will do wh it can to sce t these rights are | duly respected. cretary of the State Kellogg who Is & guest at the summer White House, has informed President Cool- idge that he knowledge of but | one specific complaint concerning | that taking of church property in Mexico. This was lodged with James R. Sheffield, the American ambassador to that country, and tb latter, upon making re prosnvmilansl to the Mexsico City government has | rmed the iat the V is no authority under di- > international law or \\ hite Pine se would be ad- | The | | Secretary of State a0y paojipy 1Py Patriotism Taught by Telling Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg 12 979 Aug. 14th . NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES U0y PRICE THREE CENTS Lies, is Dr. Russell’s Statement Criticizes Historical Stor- That of George Washington and ies Such as LINKED IN MURDER Denies Resignation FRANK B. KELLOGG. 17— today Smith’s, N. Y. State K Aug ellogg per ary of denied a contempla ney report d resigning. The emanating from Wa , said the purpose of,the secre: tary’s visit to President Coolid camp was to clear up ending departmental business prior |to his retirement. NEW HAVEN ROAD WINS RIGHT TO BUILD DAM njunction Against Mianus River Project Dissolved by Judge Banks Bridgeort, tempora Conn,, v Aug. 17 (@) — injunction again | the New Haven railroad to prevent | 11t It to say, it was stated | : half of Mr. Coolidge, whether can citizens have suifered in for this is a broad term. | have been expelled under ar- 33 of the Mexican constitution. |a ticle it was added but whenever this mea- i sure is restored to without any ac- tion on the part of the Americans against whom it is used it has been the practice of the American am- | passador to intervene, sometimes | successfully and at other times un- | successfully. | wa 0il Land Controversy h As for the oil land controversy, it was said, all that could be stated | at this time was that Mexic mad large concessions to the de mands of the United stion but there ar of qu ions that have definitely determined. This Is Denial Day. Thi “Denial Day” at the sum- | ¢! mer White House. In behalf of President Coolidge, a number of reports which have ap- peared in the public prints from | time to time, were dismissed with the word that in reading the news- | papers, Mr. Coolidge had received | his first word of a number of con- templated moves attributed to him. A published report that bankers at the instance of the president were planning a $100,000,000 pool for loan | purposes to farm property was said to be incor; t. The pr nt, was emphasized, has no knowledge of any such plan. Another denial was made of a re- port that Mr. Coolidge had issued orders to the prohibition enforce- ment unit in Washington against adopt a plan to put poisons in intoxicating liquors. When the president read of this in some newspaper,s it was sa was the first he had heard of it. a matter of fact, itw as added, he happened to know only in a most general way of his legal powers in any such matter. Some reports that the pre: was informed of a farm conference that might be held in New York soon bet n prominent financlers and farmers representatives to de- vise aids for the argricultural indus- try were also said to be news to him, as he did not know anything about it. NEW CAR IS READY 73 Foot Motor Rail Coach, n o not been | | th w la t th a th o th m ol I {1y a n |e 9 | th | w i an D o W W Seating | we Gree | B: sion | the that he |lower river and the has | stream, tleme States on this | tween still & number | sett |m to ha to go ahe it, caused to an alarm tailor from constructing a dam on the fianus Greenwich which by the company, was issolved today by Judge John W. ks in superior cou According to Judge the New Haven proceed with dam, Judge Banks in his decision says cannot see how the G ich Water company will in 1y be affected by the dam, since he dam is being erected.on the ter company river at as gecured 1 nwich Water t month Banks' deci- railroad may ow the building of en- any wns the upper re and adds that of the controversy the two interests n d later by court action. Judge Banks further hat the corporations t be able to settle ilties out of court. Judge Banks says: see how the plai ill be affected.” He then points out that all and where the dam is located that will be is owned by the dam further se involved their diffi- “I am unable right the and flooded by the railroad will not lessen of water in the property by the Water company and hat because the railroad company | as already spent large sums of ioney on the work he permits it d with the construction dam, land he dam nd that he flo wned t the IRE DAMAGE OF $7,000 IN LAFAYETTE ST. BLOCK ailoring Establishment Gutted and | cluding members of Restaurant Suffers From Smoke Ifl Night Blaze Damage estimated at approximate | $7,000 was done by fire, smoke nd water in the tailoring establish- went of Angelo Cianflone, fay- tte street, and a restaurant above owned by Maniates, about o'clock night. The fire is believed to have been by a pressing machine in he tailor shop. It had made head- ay before overed and when the re department arrived in respons from Box 42 at Main nd Bast Main streets, smoke was ouring from. the restaurant and the shop. The heaviest damage as done in the tailor shop. which as gutted. * Considerable dam done the stoek and fixtures I | tion are | automobile as the one in which he 90 Passéngers, Can Make Sixty | dam | cipally by e was heavy loss by water. T e to the restaurafit was prin Miles an Hour, smoke. Worcester, Mass., Aug A big 73 foot motor rail gar capable | of seating 90 passengcrs and made to develop sixty-mile an hour speed, took its place in the equip- ment of the Boston and Maine rail- road here today. It was the first of a lot of ten which are being built for main line and branch service on the railroad which, with the com- | pletion of the order, will operate more than 2,500 miles of service daily with this sort of equipment. The car will go into operation to- morrow on a run between here and Concord, N. H. The remaining nine, one of which will be'73 feet and the | others 61, will be delivered within two weeks. The smaller cars will contain the same power equipment but will be run with trailer coaches. Funeral Cortege Is Found to Be Liqyor Smuggling Caravan —o 17 (A—The sus- || inquisitive eye of a || y police lieutenant pan- icked what purported to be a funeral cortege here yesterday, and after the mqurners fled wild- ly from the procassion the hearse and other cars were found to be stacked with liquor. The officers later rounded' up two men but they denied par- ticipating in the funerhl ruse. Detroit, Aug. piciousl highw .| one | He has been sought for more than | two weeks. | sought of the Stark county grand jury the Cherry Tree. Louis Mazer Formally Accused; - His Story May So v6 Mystery PROBE REAGHING CLIMAX | \(‘fll.‘cd, Hartford, Aug. 17 to me as though we ism mostly by telling lies, such as that of George Washington and the | cherry tree, id Dr. William F. | of New York today in ad- dressing a meeting of school super- intendents and state supervisors in | the Old Sena of the cap- itol. Dr. Russell, who is associate di- rector of the International Institute, Teachers’ College, was speaking on the psychologi question “What Constitutes a Good Sehool Dr. while (A —*1t looks | ach patriot- After Tirst Apparently Breaking Down Under Question- ing, Stifiens and Stoutly Main- tains Innocence of Crime, (P—All the e that Joseph R. Chicago cleanup at- | has gathered in his effort to the'murder of Don R. Mellett Canton publisher, was being hurl [against the denfals of Lo underworld, character, that he com- mitted the urder, early this after- |, noon. Russell ma dealing with teach honor and patrio child. He advocates the school uniforms by terest of dem nany gi out e his remark tempt to sm to wearing of pupils in t , stating Is drop out of sch of the state univer: dle west because they can't dress as well as their friends. Dr. Russell s try had an edu | torney FEmphatic In Denfal. his break: tion by Bernstee ore th Stiors coun- m akin District n , Mazer ed a o then h defeated progre crime t's a lie; I did not do it,” shouted over and over again Studer, another Canton unde der and alleged confederate r in various illicit traif brought fore man, Mazer was startled | Studer. He did not know his {partner in the ownership of ton poolroom was being deta in latin America a few leaders are developed | the expense of the r He said that in many places was ing that democracy is cologically unsound. According Dr. Russell every American edu should strive to p “I think ther equal opportuni America than a in the world. At the same time I do not think we have cqual opportunity by means, continued Dr. Russell, We say we have a free public school system open to all. So is Palm Beach itself, free and open to all who can get to it,” he said The bombardment of schools by rious organizations and societies, uch as the American Legion, was touched upon, “with many Btours trying to get things into the and others trying to get reli evolution out of the schools, ¢ a to education in brought here from day, and charged conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws, late last night was formally charged with the first degree murder of Mellett in a w ant sworn out Justice Pe A. Bruce Correll, township | “Inform | In the office | District Attorney Mazer will f | the ir igators who will come with St ous a while to t the s of the ce Canton I States | Gives Tip of United A. B. Bernsteen pr lly all of into the murder | here from Canton cholk, the “mysteri- | kept bu: who says that for mpathetic ear plot to put Mellett out werd e o | WITNESS STAND LIES| ions for questioning M re compieted by Joseph ach, Chicago, criminal attorney, nationally famous as a ‘“clean-up | man in scveral anti-vice cam-|Qandg Couple With Seven § Prosecutor B. McClin- Stark | comniy; Deteotivel @hfldyen fo County Jail | . on we ,,1 ormer, he lent way n he reps n, of Cincinnati; Howell | assistant U. S. district at- Charles E. Morris, succe: Mellett as publisher of the ,Dally News, and H. C. former Canton judge and for the News and others. before th same men el J. Glenn, Indianapolis Lt swore to the Mazer with | Leuck, I torney; sor to Canton Pontius, attorney It was that Mic detectiv affidavit, murder. Attorney Donald Gaf a plea of not guilty fc ¢ Marzbanian of 63 3 arged in police with violation of the liquor laws on | Detective Ser t| Sergeant O'Mara sei led a quantity of mash, home made |Tiquor and bottles at their home on of | Saturday, August 7 S nt ey entered Marker and Lafayette court today charging Is First Accused Mazer, at whom the finger 7 picion was pointed by some in-|0'Ma d the couple vestigators shortly after the mur- |convicted before and der of the militant editor-crusader |warned since, on July 16 because of his alleged | They told the activities in the underworld, is the |that the husband is first to be formally charged with |manual labor and selling home the Wurder. He is in Cuyahoga |made liquor for $1 a pint is their county jail. {only means of support. | Carl Studer, On t witness stand, the hus- “business partner” of Mazer in un- |band denied having sold liquor since derworld activities and until re- |being convicted. He uses it for an | cently joint owner with him of a |external rub mostly and takes it in-| Canton pool room, is held on a|ternally once in a while. He has liquor conspiracy charge also. He |Wworked only a few months in the pleaded not gullty when arraigned |past two years and has seven chil- before a United States commis- | dren to support. | sioner and is held under $16,000( In reply to Judge A | bond. mitted he does not know Roach, following the fssuance t year he gave the police the warrant charging Mazer w s 60 y APDow. murder, said he has evidence in- believes he is 55 or volving ral other persons, in- the Canton police force. Some of these same members of the police force and some of the underworld characters suspected in the murder investiga- involved in the alleged li ¥ have en | he said to do ant, too old Canton, allege ling, he ad- | age his | ia | his of h | aBe sev 5 Judge Alling fold him he nee try to tell him he not seiling liquor. “What were you do- ing with 100 gallons of mash? W | do you do, take a bath in it every | | day udge asked. “If you| i : top mak uor and selling | quor conspiracy, which Roach is ]"“"l',{:”' :‘”’\l _'“\‘“Mv s investigating preparatory to car- | .0 give you a s j e e nd y won't t any rying the case to a federal grand | cOntinued, and you v EEL-An; | Jury. |pay for it, either. And I don't Keoscholic mean to stop for one year and start | veallente e again. You're pretty lucky this| morning. That's all i Mrs, Marzbanian said her hus- |band uses the liquor to rub on his| | back. Alling interrupted her | d warned I n nd her to jail lid not tell the She insisted the in- Mazer's cording to has_identified and Patrick Eugene McDermott, wanted as a man” in the in- vestigation, were driven®from M sillon to Canton to inspect Mel- | S9€% lett's home a few days before the |;, Shd murder. He also has identified pic- |y *0 © tures of Mazer as the man Who |uor 1o peen sold s drove the automobile, they LaVOr Tieaubest aold. B e 4 g ‘.. |since they were convicted. Roach says.also that he has evi-|* oo %% WO €00 dence that the revolver of foreign | piai " the prosence make belleved to Have been the po.'y o ia from which ithe fatal bullet | 3 “key that perjur, truth about | that no li- their home for n to ex- mash in | said the liquor was | made six months ago and the mas s Mred, belongs. 0 Ma l:dwenks ago. He also asked her McClintock last night issued an |why the liquor is In pint bottles if appeal to McDermott to surrender, | St R hnahas E e e A | nobody promising him consideration and | Ty, reply was that the pint bottles “protection of the law" & If he willfare jight 1d easier to handle. S| come forward and tell his story.|genied having told Scrgeants Ell- inger and O'Mara she sold the li- quor for $1 a pint. | Attorney Gaffney asked that the co:ple be allowed probation would be unable to pay a fine, it sent to jail, their seven children | | Would become public | pointed out Judge Alling said the accuse couple have not only been selling liquor but they come into court and deny having told the police they sold it. “Apparently the city sooner | riding his bicyele by a truck operat-| or later must take care of the chil- | ed by Frank Fuducia of Ansonia.|dren and the start may as well He was thken to Griffin hospital. | made now,” he continued. “Thirty Fuducla was arrested, days in jail each,” l of the He is establish links in of the plot. Indictment of Mazer and others the murder charge is to be still wanted to the unravelling on charges, now in session. BY TRUCK Dy 7 (A—Edwin Larke, 14, of Shelton was seriously injured today when he was rum déwn while HEAVY BOND DEBT ‘Gity Owes Too Much Money to Gene ) | pe ; |today was to vote to incorperate the James Izers of East Hampton WAas| Gordon |the army where he saw more [He children, SCALDED WH DELAYS CITY JOB THREE L F. Build Broad St. Sewer SITUAT ON UNPRECEDENTED EN STEAM PIPE BURSTS, & C. WORKMEN MAY DIE; - CONDITION AT HOSPITAL CRITICAL el il !JHAN_NE!ATTFMPT o« Turned Back by Sudden et Storm After 2 Hours and 35 Minutes Shift to Zone Where Costs Would Exceed Bonding Limits. the an erty o op- 1 of ver fa ciiit s off some 28 ation known nine portan ayed be s can i to be de too nd at niles out toward T'ol time the i\pproach of 1Im uddenly ent cts and | was an altera- ool reno pay Smit} the avy fol- o'clock nd with it came on the boat er ordered her out demur keep at experts 2 swimt Sh t system is one Main enue main lained of of lines. If is res diffi- and only liey ulty ford d to ea the 1 i er to go on she came annon plans te an- ttempt within a f s Cannon, who is a swim pu as reliet Jo: wvould an th 4 per on munici UP T0 RICKARD NOW 10 SETTLE F GHT PROBLEM - Athletic he from Colches- peake w3 ar when ter to F ore in C L distance of 24 miles.. She companied by one of her Che, Bay hounds. After that event announced th » would come France 1 to conquer Channel. swam Ingineer e amount ex- bonde L i the cent bonding limit imposed ties by the legislature t ist she to five a the May ng hard sev- the cold was one Gertru, 0 cross- in 14 | in been train 1 had m Sine: here Miss Cannon ha for the mpt eral long distanc vaters of the ¢ rle, the ed the hour: first lowering t who pr her ambi h swin to congr P New York gi State Commission Leaves It To Tex To Go To Court s teat 1 ke bett n crosse men . It time in did. For License 3 (P —Deciding had taken all possible to clear the way for the Dgmpsey- Tunney heavyweiglit batils hll"(“ Former Traut Home on utenits ; West Main Street Sold commission tods ed further re- | |sponsibility to T ard, who| George W. Traut today sold ugh the Camp Real Estate Co. t action force li- censing of the cha ho nerly occupied by An admission t nk on West game in New York now is “totter- | street i ing” was contained in a statement issued by Commissioner Goerge Browar after the meeting in whick he also d that since he and Commissioner Muldoon had “fully 15l is on to m than M 17 steps to the mpion. the boxing M perin- Quar- includes and price L. to Tr Louis Tof the Connec The arn £ ut sale stables reres of land. The at around $23,000. about two reported | Explanation ];Caught in Cloud of Hot | Vapor After Making ! Night Repair Job at Main Factory Frank Runt of Berlin and Ray Theide and John Paquin of This City Res- cued by William Pierson and Alfred Champagny. 100 POUND PRESSURE FORCES OPEN PIPE le three men lie critically , at New Britain General hos- pital as the result of the breaking a five inch pipe from which a volume of s m hot out and cover- ed wn— bodies with searing injur- lies night at the Landers. lrm) nd Clark factory, efforts were being made to determine ac- curately the cause of the accident, but this afternoon, Vice-president m.mn, F. Lamb said only theories been arrived at. ; Pmnk Runt, aged 35, of Berlin; Raymond Theide, aged 21, of 66 City enue; John Paquin, aged 30, of 108 Seymour street, and William Pierson, aged 45, of 68 Linden street, employes at the factory, | were standing in the stair tower |near the tunnel which runs under | the roadway on East Main street to the administration building at the corner of Center and FEast Main streets, about 10 o'clock, after they |had repaired a leak in the steam pipe. | Alfrea Champagny of 17 street had turned on the steam |from the boiler house a few hun- |dred feet away and as the pressure gauge recorded 100 pounds, he | heard a noise as if an explosion had occurred. Hastlly he shut off the steam and went to the stair tower, where a ghastly sight confronted him. JOHN PAQUIN o - GOAT-GRABBING' GOAT BANNED BY CITY DEPT. Zink’s Pet So Noisy Neigh- bors Can't Sleep, Is | | Paul Zink has been keeping a goat his premises on Stewart street for | but already it has and two city the verge of goats” Sienta Ao or their goa Dwight er an 1 the nuisance d its owner it a resider tment ealth department 1l to be a nuisance, 1t ained in a building | Zink's property. Today he was ned by Building Inspector A.| Thrown almost 100 feet by the therford that it cannot belforce of the escaping steam, from d on the Stewart street lot. the point where the break occurred, nk brought the goat here from | were the injured men, All'but Pier- Middlet turday. The ani-|son were horribly burned. Runt was mal appearcd to be inoffensive until |scalded from his waist to his face the following morning when, neigh- (and Theide and Paquin were also pors say, it began to emit long and | painfully scalded. Their condition mournful cries. The performance |this afternoon at the hospital was epeated on succeeding days and | said to be very critical. Thelr re- te meighbors came to city hall to | covery is problematical. register prot 1th| According to Vice Presldent and building Lamb, the “T"” pipe gave way un- der the heavy steam pressure, ruled Thrown 100 I'eet ho 1 Action by the he departments follo discharged the official duties trusted to them, “respor rests upon the shoul who have before t ince the opinions ‘ al Ottinger th license | committee, in refusing Dempsey a it, has exceeded its powers. The commission’s only official act ers their | Attorn, n of the gui Wealthy Youth Atlanttc Czty Coast Guard Finds Pierson, he said, was saved from |the fate of his companions by a door leading into the stair tower. The fact that the door was not in place undoubtedly saved the quar- tet from probably the most horri- ble death ever to claim-victims in this city, Mr, Lamb said. Had the the v general's opinion in and send a copy to cense committee ,which turned down Dempsey's application for a second time last night. (CIVIL WAR ARMY-NAVY VETERAN DIES AT T2 Gordon White of Boston, Night, Finally Found Near Beach Haven, N. J. Atla 17 (P tie O Whi year old aire on, son compa was re patrol C h Haven, mess: at | witt man | cued by th (113 1 17.—James| N with \rmy St. | With Farragut At Mobile Bay— Also With Land Forces io > here Aug. navy\and East Hampton, 2, who a United St durin the Civil war, d at Francis' hospital today. I born in New York city, but spent 50 years®of his, life in this town. Forty-seven years of that time he was employed as a bell muker. Izers spent two and a half yea the navy, being on Admiral F: gut's flag ship in the battle bile Bay. He lat Te two o Boatswa was | commy th es Coles rol boat, was unh tender in 18 hours Christopher por ed early fi ter s in [ could not have much longer. The CG-113 ortly was afloat to|st than a year of action. 13 He was a member of the Mans-| Marior fleld Post, G. A. R., of Mid n.|two we is survived by his widow, s and three grandchildren BULLETIN ON VALENTINO. New York, Aug. 17 (A—Altho visjtors were still refused permi {to see Rudolph Valentino today reen star's condition was said in a al bulletin by his physicia ans| The was one Mz of Tow Line Snaps. fon | re 1 to After Being at Sea Alll of | door been closed, there would have been no outlet for the steam and Adrtft in Tender the men would not have bw‘n ulhe PORER EXPERT STARTS £ o 5 TERN AS BANK ROBBER = =i bttt have known what happened to | — s { | e Bursting Pipe Blamed Matty McNeil, Card Wiz- | ard Forsook Pasteboards Mr. Lamb and others in au- thority at the plant spent the for Banditry | greater part of the day investigat- {ing the accident. Insurance en- gineers were also at the factory and went over the entire ground, yet no explanation of the break |can be definitely made. It is pos- sible, 2fr. Lamb said, that in re- pairing the leak. the men broke a flange. The casting which gave way appears to have ben strong and flawless. The joints were securely fastened and did not give way, Mr. Lamb sald. It was the pipe ftself that broke. Mr. Plerson, who is foreman of the night watchmen, discovered the leak early in the evening, and Runt, Paquin, Theide and Cham- pagny were summoned to make repairs. Runt is foreman of the | plumbing department and the others are plumbers. They worked until after 9 o'clock and after re- pairing the leak, tested the pipe. Vietims Have Fighting Chance Mr. Lamb said today that the force of the steam was divid d between the outlet offered by t open door, and the human ta.rget Although the men aro terribly burned, they have a fighting chance for their lives, which they would not have had but for Champagny’s presence of mind and quick action Milwaukee, 17 (®—Matty MecNeil, stud poker expert who for- sook the cards to try hand at bank robbery, today be n to serve of three to years in t Waupun for his part robbery of the his underworld friends ed to liberate him and his ene- hemed to take his life, Mc- was whisked away secre t under heavy guard. Since ¥ the bank robber had n hidden in an outlying ation b an to storm officers to rday polic otirt to be cause of th 1 nced nemies, ninate t! $2,000 on ead, the a e of | 1shed McNeil overnight county jail or him. Late yes- McNeil into Then, d ari m, would in placed | price p and to Waupun ¢ ru: For be | | ‘ofl c |to be such as to cause “unduc iety ¥ [ [ | # HIGH TIDES Ang. 18 (Standard Timc) New Haven 521 am. 5 47 p.m. New London 4.12a.m. 4.41 RmM. THF WEATHER Hartford, Aug. 1 recast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tonight and Wed- nesday; py ssibly occasional showers; not much change in temperature SR SRS | * | | é * bail out ! the in th to I the Boy alongside cry Wh ed | hite was MBEERGIRS o tain Weeks was unable to turn his|(Gaptrude Ederle Issues vessel they | help the youth in the half-submerg- | c | Weeks offere which was inlet, the swamj youth y tender 1 by man yoat heavy seas, climb Yon engaged ailing the it when storm came up and snapped the line. »a tu was to 1 W out of ing down and the Tabor rrow channel andbar when the ss ¥ up Hlent in the inl from fellow adrift in the waters arose orm. Cap- was nothing Tabor Boy to around. There could do on the tender. v Coast Guard Starts. ntinuing into, port, no! Captain (Continued on Page 15.) into | students that | 1 the coast guards of | ars McNeil eluded po- i at Superior brought here recently, he pleaded guilty to the ro! y but s dfastly refused to reveal his companions in the crime. ‘ “If I had stuck to stud poker this never would have happened,” he told officer: ome gunmen told me | wh a soft job bai robbery was. I fell into the wrong company. I didn’t reed a gun in stud poker. It was casier than that.” two y lic pt Challenge to the World Bissingen, Germany, Aug. 17 (P — | Gertrude Ederle today told the As- |sociated Press that she was pre- | pared to take on all male and fe- male challengers in a channel swim |for a purse of $20,000, before start- ing for the United States., and | in shutting off the steam the in- stant he heard the nolse. Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth, at police headquarters, received a re- quest for the ambulance about 10:30 o'clock. He notified New Britain General hospital and the injured men were given immedlate treat- ment. Pierson's burns, while pain- ful, are not serious, Officials of the manufacturing company visited the hospital soon after the accident. They expressed concern over the condition over the condition of the victims and ordered that everything possible be done for them. The injured men are well known locally. All have been in the em- ploy of the concern a long time. Champagny, who {s credited with excellent judgment in turning oft the steam at once, served five years overseas with the Canadlan armgs 1