New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1926, Page 5

LITTLE CHILD IS KILLED ON TI]WER‘ Middletown Boy Electrocuted 80 Pegt in Air Middletown, Aug. 25. (P—A 9- vears-old boy climbed to his death | last night on an eighty-foot steel tower carry high tension wires. Po- lice who T save him gave orders for the power to be shut off—to darken the en- tire city if forts were utes. This boy, Joseph Roccapriore, of former Councilman Gerardo and \Mrs. Roccapriore of 230 Pearl street, touched a wire carry 200 volts at the top of the tower. There was a blinding flash and he fell to th ground at the feet of a crowd t had gathered, just as Detective John F. Clarry made ready to climb up | and carry him down. necessary—but their ef- dofeated by a. few g1 The tower stands on the river | bank, a short distance north of the railroad bridge to Portland. On it are strung six circuits three of 2,300 olts each and three of 13,209 volts ach. Joseph climbed slowly ground staring at hir stood his playmates, Sebastian Tarello, 4 an and Emanuel M When he re tower Joseph down. 'Then he on with awe. Thomas and old, ched the top of the turned ands looked began to cry Thomas and Sebastain and Emanuel | n ran to Agent 1 wept with him. Set the railroad station and told John Larson what had happen: Mr. Lareon called the 7:10 o'clock, standard Five minutes Jater. Chief Cha nt police at son, Correll and Sandr foot of the tower. Dr Waish joined them They shouted to etill, but a bewildering him and he shifted his The next moment his body hurtling down. He was still when he was carricd into the bag. ge room of the railroad station d Rev. Michael McGuiness, pas tor of St. Fi h in South Tl airilalsteren the 1ask of the Roman Catholic church John Towen of Alsop former lineman for the Connecticut Power company, tried artificial res- piration but the boy died within a few minutes and a pulmotor tI thg fire department sent Medical Examiner Dr said the Thomas P the boy to ker ar seiz position. came avenue, a shock had heart. He noti- fled Coroner lm‘ ndes A. Smith Joseph' ee playmates, crying bitterly, found on their way home. Th the rallroad stat questioned OHIO REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN 1§ l]N Plea for Prosperity by Election 0 G. 0. P. Senate Columbug, Ohio, Aug Insure continuance of prosperity by giving Coolidge a republican working ma- jority in both next congress was the for this fall's houses of the keynote political campa by United D. Fess be ate platform convention. There is no more brilli ter in American history.” Fess declared, the genius which restored industry and prosperity World war. By the tot genius, liquid flowed to industry. Business began to thrive, govern- ment- credit' went ‘to par, employment disappeared.” Urging the reelection of Senator Frank B. Willls = and congressmen from Ohio in Novem- ber, the speaker declared that “if stability of Americ institutions and the happiness of the American people are objects worthy ffort, then the republican ad- istration under its p nt lead- p sliould be strongly com mended. Cor g ng eiconomic before the war with those ately following: the conflict Fess sald the war broungh “stupendous problems of a g ing public debt, of a bewildering burden of unsound taxation, of a spell of inevitable extravagance, of dangerous cxperiments in violation of all principles of sound economy, of stagnation of business enterprise where capital could not invest and labor could not be employed, of an unemployment problem at once hurtful and dangerous, threatening not only the industrial stability but likewise the social as well as gov- ernme ity of the ~ountry.” With in power, Sena- tor Fess said the “war machine was at once dismantied, government ex- travagance cut off, and the return to normalcy begun, that our house both in domestic and forelgn affairs may be put in order.” Tax revision, he asserted, “res moved the incentive for capital to {nvest in tax empt channels to avold confiscation and invited investement {n productive industry which em ployed labor in the production of taxable articles from which the gov- revenue. The di- yeet results of this policy is in- sed husiness, employing labor at good wages. and with lower rate of taxation a greater amount of rev- enue for the government thus open- ing \he way for a perfod of pros- equalled in history. assets ernient securec tor Fess sald “heen started by some twenty ftems of legislation de- ned to aid gfl\er“u\m\'.\l Interests. party will assits ag- always rieniture as a hasic industry whose avelding unsound 1o d been called upon to| the | rites | President | and un- | vepublican | of pub- | }Say Italian Women . Will Ignore Benito mr Aug. 25 (A—Benito Musso- lini, Italy’s fascist premier, has met his \\ aterloo, or his Marne, as some prefer to describe it, if the French dressmaking (mdv can be trusted for |the assertion. They declare that \Tu=§0 ini's attempt to extend his orship to what the women of ’lns country shall wear is a more di fieult undertaking than the suppres- |sion. of the Mafia society in Sicily. None of the dressmakers believe the Duce will succeed in making |modern women in his country et |their hair grow long or lengthen |their gowns, when fashion demands |shortness in each: fear is ex- pressed, however, that Mussolini |may be able to have cut down ma- |terially the 200,000,000 lire Italian |women are credit-d with ding |annually abroad. mostly in Par clothes. spe son | COLLAR MINUS D0G LIKE BOTTLE GORK . NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, \"EDNESDAY, AUGUST —— dental equipment of a canine. He also was very insistent that cither the warden or the judge should sign » transcript which he had made of th but Judge Barows was just as adamant and would not write his \1:Ill\¥”n He put on no witne \d the only two who 100k the & » Walsh and his| wife. For r s obvious from the | preceding pars the dog in was not present, and her teeth, but the on hand | Prosecutor Ellis asked for a con- | viction, but Mr. Myers disagreed. He said that in liquor case, to prove tha had ben found it had to 1 court. There- | fore, i n found, why | was in court? As for the | it was merely like and no iquor prod of a liquor bo B s foun cki ¥ on both fining him and costs for keeping an uh- and for having no *ha case was m of | onds being shed by Pa licensed dog ag on the pr 1to E emb set $160 il and o Bidence of Buoken Law, BRITISH MINERS Lawyer Tells Gourt A told by it's teeth, but what is to happen if the dog cannot be found and the teeth not produced? t was the question which Justice C. S. Barrows had to settle yesterday afternoon in the Newington town court, when Frank | M road wa | charged wi ping an un ed dog and a dog That and the ow great an twen a female hu quart of illicit hos dog's can t without a tag. roblem of is be- log and was arres by Con F. Walsh while the checking up on dogs in the C | district. Waish found | dog on M i Mrs. Mano Newi latter ton was ayton an unlicensed property, but med the own rnhv,v and said the animal belonged a Joseph Stepson of New Britain forts to find this person or any license owned by him proved ArReS Were dog seen impounded, dark night while Walsh was doing duty on the turn- pike, some dastardly scoundrel broke into the dog pound. Loud barking of the various inmates arousing Mrs. Walsh, the intruder had only time to cut the dog's col- |lar and make off with the canine. Of course, this nocturnal visitor | hay only have been a would-be | dog owner, but Constable Walsh cannot account for his taking one mangy and diseased animal and leaving two perfectly sound ones When came up lay, Manocki was represented | Attorney Edward J. Myers of Hart- ford. Mr. Myers doubted the dog ]r\ ability to tell a \ and question- oncerning the coe cki, the meanwh And then one yest STILL ARE OUT Deflections in Ramks Are Not Very Large London, Aug. of A Cook miners’ federation, and with some intimi- lly by women, who ncensed against the ad the effect yester- ¢ the num- into hopes of comb \ppeare “Rlacklc 1y of decrea ber of miners cending Thus the owners' breaking maintain lay ng great pits. the strike by an offer wages on a T hour basis were dashed. s afternoon the Mansfield dis- rted by almost des vesterday, dissented e owners generally ad- ment. T into he ot ford protection 1o willing caused great re- sentment among the mining popu- lation and seems likely to infuse clements of disorder into the d pute, which up to the present ptionally orderly and law- abiding. Continuance of the strike necessitates the recalling of parli to authori the continua t pits were men who and the n mit their disappoir ir 8 police workers has been exe ment of the regulations. will hold a Balmoral, where located, to issue the proclamation, and par- liament will meet next Monday several hundred n from their emergency king tomorrow council at The privy essar last a laborites in debate is expected to ew days, as the to force the vernme if ble, to further ably fitted to the Ask your nearest its advantages. CHEVROLET - OAKLAND - FRIGIDAIRE - remedy may become worse than the dlseaza.” Customers of General Motors General Motors is unwilling to leave to chance anything involving your satisfaction with your purchase of a General Motors car. This is why more than seven years ago the General Motors Acceptance Corporation was organized. It assures customers of General Motors who prefer to purchase out of income a sound credit service at low cost. 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