New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 15, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press AW BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Lndlng 14 118 Oct. 9th ... ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1926. —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS MOTORCYCLE DRIVER KILLED AS HE LEAPS FROM BURNING MACHINE INTO AUTO’S PATH Struck and FatallyJ Hurt Rurning int o& Highway to Av Old} Flames and Explosion. Manuel C. Serrano of | Hartford Meets Deathf on West Hartford Road | —Auto Driver Held. Leaping from his motoreyele as it | took fire on the West Hartford-New | Britain road, in front of the Sedg- , a short distance on the n side of the line, Man- rrano, aged of § Hartford, Fan in bile driven b_\" New Britain Man Gets A Free Trip to Paris With American Legion George J. Bacon of Ten Acre Road, city, is one of three persons who have been awarded free trips to the 1927 convention of the American Leglon to be held in Paris. The names of the winners were announced at the convention ball last night in Phil- Mr. Bacon is well known tn this city and has been prominent in Legion circles for several vears. He served in the army during the war, but was not sent overse: He is a member of the Kenilworth club. The other fortunate persons to receive frea trips were Thomas McDowell of Ha 1, Mas chusetts, and Miss Cecella Geigor of Philadelphia. All expenses of the trip will be borne by the Legion. R e — n, aged 41, of 104 C t Hartford, about o'clock th 1g and was struck and thrown to the und with such force that his skull was fractured | arn died "lm”t five minutes after | rea -3 Britain General hos pital. Carlson wae arrested on a technical rge of nmvvs\aut‘hicr end will be in police court tomorrow orning., It probable that the rged will be nolled, as Dr. John ey, medical examiner, considers | accident unavoidable, who is employed in a was driving towards | w Britain at the rate said to be | ) miles an hour, a short distance hind being a Standard Ofl Co. truck, driven 3 Charles Wingertsman of 90 Bond stree Hartford. Just before the town line ed, Serrano, on his motor- . pa: d Carlson and the truck, and a short distance farther, Carlson passed the truck. The speed of the | motorcycle was about 25 miles an r according to Wingertsman. Gallops” Out Into Roadway In front of the Sedgwick farm, Serrano pulled over to the right and leaped from the motorcycle, which | suddenly took fire, Wingertsman | gtapped his truck and used his fire extinguisher on the motorcycle. Meanwhile, Serrano had run finto the roadway at a pace described. by Wingertsman as a ‘“gallop” and Carlson, applying his brakes and sounding his horn pulled to the left s he feared the motorcycle would explode. Serrano continued across the road and Carlson's car struck him, the left front headlight being bent by the impact. H. J. Firnhaber of 30 Highland . this city, drove past at this | nd he and Wingertsman put jured man into his car. The police were notified and Officer | Thomas J. Fecney was detailed to | trvestigate. He took statements from Wingertsman and Carlson, and the | marks on the road showed that | Carlson's car was well off the travel- |1 ed portion of the highway whon 4t | struck Serrano, indicating that Carl- son had pulled to the left as far as | possible. He did not turn to the right because he feared an explo- &ion. Serrano Chose Fatal Course The polica belleve Serrano felt the heat of the burning vehicle and | was trying to get away from it | evident fearing it would explode. Ofticer Feeney reported that the | distance from the spot where Ser- | rano's glove was found to the point at which the fatality occurred was %) feet. Had Serrano run in any |t direction other than that which he | took, he would not have been struck. 11 Tt is believed he was so excited be- cause of the fire that he ran into the road without realizing his dan- gor, K polics headquarters, Carlson bemoaned ths fatality and wept | treely. He was in a highly nervous | condition as he told the police he | had done everything possible to avold striking Serrano. Relative to insurance, ha was not certain that his car is covered, avenue, V Pur the Carlson, cal factory 3 b It Flavor “Stickem” " Used on Stamps, Govt. Is Advised ! Washington, Oct. 15 (P)—Post of- fice department officials ecratched | their heads today in wonder and 2mazement over the latest voluntary guggestion to boom their business. It came in a letter from the “Al- | ways-Wiliing-to-Help” manager of a | ! trade magazine who expressed thusiastic approval of everything gbout Uncle Sam's stamps except | the “stickem” on the back “It's the same flavor wo ha r since the Civil War days complained, “it t i | 1 o the letter g. 1(;matest Caution Observed great airship, rived at the Ford airport at Dear- born, near here, at and Wwas anchored | voyage from ‘\\ eather along the route were gen land |cording to members of the crew. |celve the | hovered |more than two hours. | were caught and the great dirigible |drawn gently o had |airport, | quarters prepared is bad-tast- |li 108 ANGELES SAFE AT DETROIT FIELD Makes Trip From Lakehurst Kbout 16 Hours \NO TROUBLE ENGDUNTERED All the | ‘Way—Eight Survivors of Shenan- doah Crash Listed Among Officers and Men on Board Dirigible. STARTS HOME TODAY. Detroft, Oct. 15 (P—The navy dirigible Los Angeles, which ar- rived here from Lakehurst, J., this morning, will start her return trip about 4 o'clock this afternoon, Warning of an ap- proaching storm caused Lisuten- ant Commander Charles E. Ros- endahl to.ohange his plans to remaln at the Ford airport until tomorrow. He announced the big dirig- ible would cast off from the air- port mooring mast at about 3:30 o'clock, swing about De- troit and head directly for Lakehurst. Oct. 15 (A—The navy's the Los Angeles, ar- Detroit, 3:28 a. m. today safely to the {mooring tower two and a half hours | ater. Trip Made In 16 Hours, The big zeppelln completed the hurst, N. J., to Dearborn, ctive of the {ll-fated Shenandoah, n slightly more than 16 hours. conditions rally good the ship functioned well, Thousands of persons waited all night for the arrival of the dirigible | |at the airport and cheered as the | bilg gray hulk hove into sight hough the airport, which is fenced off was not thrown open to the pub- Ic until after the ship was moored, |crowds gathered at the enclosure and | | witnessed the arrival and mooring | |operations from outside. Hovers About Two Hours, Lieutenant Z. W. Hicks of the -akehurst airport was in charge of | crew detalled Los Angeles. The shig about the mooring masf Finally linea he landing down by means of a |travelling mooring groove. The land- ng tower is the newest of its kind. e invention of Herbert Thaden of | Detroit and the Les Angeles was the irst large ship Lieutenant tiached to fit. ommander C. E. Rosendabl, In charge of the ship was e first to clamber down the lad- er to the ground. He was quickly oliowed by Admiral Moffett and |others of the personnel. Officers and Men Weary. After greetings by members of the | the | anding crew they and officlals at were whisked oft to for them for a ittle rest prep. “I want you to put some flavoring [authorities and oth Have some | sarsaparilia, and other | flavors. It i1 help |t acll stamps. People will feel a long- | ing for a little flavor and they will |} go in and buy a stamp and write a letter to moth 'Annlhorriflri 1!?1;(@(0(1 ct in the paste rment nice-tasting 1 |1 was without serlous mishap. |oft from the naval airport at Lake- hurst at 11:05 a. m. Thursday morn- Most of the men showed signs of fatigue, having been on watch since heir departure from Lakehurst. The trip, which marked the first nland voyage of the Los Angeles Casting ng, the ship maintained a speed of On Qame Farn: in Orange |betier than 50 miles per hour over New 'Haven, Oct. 15 (#—A second visit of federal agents to the farm George Engel in Orange toda to confiscation of a 1,500 gallon and a steam nt for its op- ion. he still was new and had not been operated. It was ready for use and had been built into a small frame house in the center of an ap- ple orchard. The steam plant was in an ice house. Night before last a rald | 0 on the farm u cohol drums. This raid had followed | on another farm two miles dis- | tar a illery thought to | have been operated by New Jersey | men was seized. | da t of led € s »l o ¢ Pennsylvania | ground. As it entered the ngerous pocket territory of Ohio he ship was piloted close to the Although no particularly | serious winds were encountered in | the district, | Who was also second Commander Rosendahl in command t the Shenandoah, took every pre- caution on his second venture. Caution Ts Exercised, Speed was reduced to & minimum ver the treacherous stretch where ncovered 20 empty al-|the Shenandoah was destroyed and feutenant ansdowne rew killed, Zachary of the jockeyed Commander and a number the ship yas (Continued on Page 27) the airport at Lake- | the ob- encountered | ac- | Al- | to re-| ratory 1o an officlal | | welcome to be extended later by city SEVEN ARRESTS IN DISEASED GATTLE FRAUDS ARE ASKED Grand Jury at Springtield, Mass., Hands Down Twenty Secret Indictments (SIX RECOMMENDATIONS { Action Results from Unscrupulous Dealers Buying Cattle, Reporting Them to Health Authorities and Then Collecting State's Bounty Ordered Killed. Springfleld, Mass | Twenty secret seven persons wers ret | by the Hampden coun hich for more than | been investigating reports of fraud in connection with dealings in tuber- ular cattle. The report was made Oct indictr — nents against rned today T to Judge Edward T. Broads rests of the person against the indictments are ret cted to be made today. Proposed Law Changes District Attorney C. H. Wright made public recommendatior | made whom y the grand | said that Assistant Attorney General James H. Devlin of Boston, who has been present in the grand jury { room, will take them to Boston to | be presented to the division of ani- { mal industry of the department of | conservation. | The ex g statutes are sald to | be an invitation to unscrupulous cat- | tlemen and farmers to defraud the | state and federal government | asking and obtaining indemnity for | J cattle slaughtered. | | The indictments returned are sald to charge larceny the indictments are secre! offense charged is not known. today but since the exact yet made “xhaustive Inquiry The grand jury mac | mendations after an exhaustive in- | vestigation 1nto charges of fraud, | alleged to have been committed un- | der sectfon 83 of chapter 120 and | amendments thereto, telling the di- | vislon of aniisal industry that recom- | scems to the jurors that the bureau | could well eonsider certain sugges- | | tions for changes in the regulations and statutes governing the condem- nation of tuberculin cattle and the reimbursement of their owners. It is admitted in the recom- mendations that tie grand jury is realizes that it lack knowledge necessary consideration of the subject final decision upon matters which it comments. “It has appeared however,” says the report, “in the course investigation, that it is possible that the general scheme under which the condemnation of tubercular cattly is now carrled out might be fmproved upon, and it respectfully makes the following suggestions, in the hope that they may be of some value the said bureau of animal industry Would Require Oath the specialized to a proper and a applications for tests be made under oath; That persons buying condemn- ed animals give under ocath the tag number and the price at which pur- chased; that stat s be amended to confine tests to herds that are gath: ered together, maintained and estab- ished solely for the purpose of | | producing milk; to require private | | veterinarians testing cattle to report all private tests; and to require per. sons slaughtering branded or tag- | ged animals to report the facty with tag numbers and a description of the animals" NEW HAVEN WOMAN IS DROWNED IN PARK POND Found Body of Mrs. Flla Tower Floating Among Lily Pads This Morning New Haven, Conn., Oct. 15 (P— The body of Mrs. Ella Tower of this city was found today floating face down on the surface of a lily pond in Edgewood Park to drowning. according to Medical 2xaminer M. M. Scarbrough. Al- though there wera a number of foot- steps on a sandy path leading to the [ pond, there s no suspicion of foul | | play. Mr. Tower, a night watchman, was called and confirmed the iden tification. He said that when he returned from work at 7 o'clock he found his wife missing. He could offer no reason for his wife's sul- cide, he said The body was discovered carctaker, passing through drive with a load of crushed for road repair, who saw w took to be a heap of clothir inspection revealed the body. a the stone by Reprieve Saves Ln es of Both Father and His Son | Columbia, 8. C., Oct. 15 (Pr—Alex- ander and Holland Pittman, father and son, awoke in their cells at the state penitentiary to learn that they had at least two more weeks of lif before them. Convicted of murdering an officer of Greenville county near- ly two years ago, the two were sen- tenced to die today in the electric chair. A last minute reprieve of two weeks was granted by Governor Mc- Leod for certain investigations, FOR STATUTE CHANGES' up Tubercular | When They Were | grand jury | rned are ex- | jury for amend- | ments to the statutes governing the | | testing of tubercular cattle, and he | in | it | | without authority in the subject and | upon | of its | Then follows five suggestions that | Death was due | Styles, Cosmetics and Motor Cars 87-Year-Old Welfare Worker at Pittsburgh Convention 1 Also Says Many Go Wrong Because They Lack “Praying Mothers.” 15 (A — Young do so ttsburgh girls of today | because | ers” and ¥ |18 some sides p in social Oct ho no home Am the 0 wrong praying ause they forget in the world b and cosmetics, eading wom. the nation mee Travin oth- g h declared she did not | skirt crept there short until it was 1 more above oty dresces opinfon of workers of to attend the ched to th ssistant na Jones, here T 1 school emp Jone atta tendent back “Girls go ause they ers. Beca t is unfit n cong day girl e of t wrong," do no he home | ve in, and do not ave eir who does | row path,” boas moth duct, sald Mrs. b t of God in read o hearts."” | nd that if | “would | A( l‘ rmingl styles lead s the veteran work bile, cosmetics a fine clothes 1 of them where the i 1s “more sinned | took a | the de- forms and | st coming going of them 1 are stick. Most vo weeks has | CONNECTS BAB ROADS WITH HOSPITAL RUSH |Auto Traffic Great Busi- ness for Institution, Moore Says Well l\'nown Resident | © | Passes Away at Masonic Home Intimations | quate highw tain is {\;r:tmn to the | Lospital we! len Moore, chairman ot | directors of th uddress to the hospit: The hospital Rotary club tion consisting of all the nurses. students, regulars, supervis- and a internes, |and hospitai officials uding Dr. I. Eben Reeks, superittondent, Miss Maude k. directress, James | 5. North, ehatrman of the training school and Willlam S. Cannon, | | ness manager of the hospital | Mr. Moore was introduced by | North, who expla N student nurses t lclub which me : ¢ Friday noon, was for a good |time and to give the nurses an op- portunity to rela | In opening 1 {recalled the fact that years student nurses cr they came from states it wou! before they or relatives Times have cha [to the manu nurses that * road r |strect of Margaret A. | street, this in Wal- ain 1 Shethis age and had lived in this about vea Mrs. W was not unexpected in poor health rs and her condition en serious for the past two death of Mrs Monroe : nd Masonic Home New Britain General residents, years ¢ is an for had nonths rn in Hampton, N. Y., For many years she | ived i York city. She was the widow of Henry E. Traver who died | about 40 years ago. She leaves son, Harry A. Trever of Monroe street, assistant secretary of Lan- d &: lark; a dau ht of Cottage place; rter, Miss Margaret a grandson, Franels | aiy 3 raver, Mr. |every eral scrvices will be held at Home in Wallingford 5 at 7 o'clock. The body b to Poughkeepsi g burial tomorrow 5t be brot DECLINE INEUILD[NG Noted for | other weeks at a d sce their v their ol g(d now acc for fr. Decrease fn Permits Berlin, a traffic being forced to go th |and as long as the 1 sioner refuses to i way on the Cathole |from your home tow {to come here on stret do. “The automobile traffic is a great | business—for the hospital |go0d thing to car and as long as t find it intim | your business here. He calle ention to that physiclans and nurses aided |scientific research for years by oculation and serums ar traffic policemen and fly |apparatus have been trying to u’x“ ¥ with disease, ‘“vet there 1& more demand for nurses every d; He closed by paying a tribute to the vocation of nursing and saying |1t calls for the highe: | personal personality Before introducing Mr. Moore, | North asked for guesses as to actual vocation. Within a fr | utes the head of the Stanley Wor learned that besldes being a manu- | CATCHES DOPE PEDDLER |tacturer, he was a farmer, a sur-| undertaker, | Past Two Weeks — Warranty Deeds Also Off. With the first half of the month losing tod the bullding depart- | 1t reports a noticeable decline the bullding boom which has nded over a period of more 1an a year. Up to noon today per- mits had been issued for buildi erations estimated to co an $150,000. The report month passed more than quarters of a million A ase {n th warranty deeds and an increa ortgages filed at the ofice of town clerk this month is taken an indication of a change in the| complexion of the realty marl believed to be a reaction from ab normal building with coincider tightening of the money City Clerk A. L. Thompson and others have noticed the transition | which, they say, has been extend- ed over a period of little more than one month. At la ely acqy i three- the | deere en |geon, a clergyman, an —— |and a movle star. A poem, dedicated to Mr. land Dr. Reeks on a recent {some trout streams in Nova was read by Miss Traver. Mr. non led in group singing On a vote taken by Mr. Cannon |to ascertain how many of the nurses | & had bobbed hair and how many still | ¥1O gave his address as 34 Eas stick to lengthy fresses, it was found | ”;"‘\““\:115 B York : (-u\l, was o e bohbed | captured after a spirited chase uggfr l’:’;'r" Ay QAL LS 1 bed | (1 irough the East Side today. Two R shots were fired as the man fled et from suers, led by Police- | man Hurley. A number of citizens had joined in the ct » J “Blslmn of \\ 'l“ thet Craistl threw away a package containing morphine as he was Is Dead in Prmldcn\ce’m iing. It was recovered by O 15 (P " | cer Hurley. The prisoner later t ";“ Detective Sergeant Peter B. 1- | that the “happy dust” was va York's (at nearly $400. died | Hartford Bluecoat Makes Capture North teinitoll Seotia Can- } | Hartford, Oct. 15 (® — Charles | Cralsti, 31, alleged “dope” peddler After Firing Several Shots and Being Aided by Civilians, will be held se. a Oct t, nativ own as the “Bi and New clothes man’ win A. Cor | ity and widely kn op of Wall stree religious “plain at the Homeopathic hospital here to- £ EES 5 i e He was n | Sister “a” Lucy chg his 68th year | In Convent at Danbury National notice came to Rev. Mr.| DanbMry, Oct. 15 (®—Sister Mary Corbett when he planned an “anti- (Lucy, of the Sisters of Merey, af wet” parade in New York in 1921 in jtached to St. Peter's convent, Da opposition to the parade planned by ‘mr\ dled early this morning fol- {300,000 thirsty men, who marched |lowing a short fliness with a heart through the streets of that city to |allment. She was 2§ years old, Her | demonstrate their opposition to the [name before entering *the convent | | Volstead act. |ms Miss Mary Garvey. She was a | —_— | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gar- | Pl A vey of Hartford. Before coming to | | \ Gavin \l\\ml\ur) two years ago to teach in| THE WEATHER |St. Peter's school she taught in &t | Charles’ school, Bridgeport, and be- | {fore that in St. Patrick's school. ‘Yl'\"(!ord The funeral will be held Falr tonight and Saturday; | [at Mount St. Joseph's convent, | slightly cooler tonight | Hartford, on Monday ¥ o'clocks 5 | | | Hartford, nr( 15.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity | miles which is to | western edge o | mountain area, | moved into the scene of their | yesterday. |toreycle { ric morning &t Sl CITIZENS WARNED Contribute To Downfall of Girls| () STAY INDJORS ON CHOICE FOR COMMANDER: DURING MAN HUNT New Jersey Patrols Closing in on Bandits' Supposed Hiding Place BIG TERRITORY MUST BE GONE OVER THOROUGHLY Those Living in Vicinity, Including Many Wealthy Famllies Adyised to stay in Homes— Shoot to Kill"” Order Given May Aid—180 Square Mile Scetor to Be Invaded. Somervi lers to cov Watchung Mot shoot to kill N. J ail bandit Restless throug. and patrolling hig the , on Bedminster on Morristown on the nortk , of t on all area an closing center of the 180 square | be invaded n of about 12 gth, heavily wooded with natural hiding plac several abandoned mine: In this lor territory police belfe ot (710\15 J. “Bum” Rogers, James “Killer - niffe and other members of the old Hudson Du terrorizing this state miles i and filled as well as st the metropolitan sectior for wee have their headquart Expecting a last stand of desperate men, the invaders be- gan their advance vily armed with shotguns, riot rifles and bombs. irplanes may search. Major Kimberling was trying to arrange be used fin the said 1o have Hat he rank | Kustrin, a member of Troop B, who owns a scouting plane, fly over the mountainous arca. Kustrin is now out on mission which Kim- berling refused to discuss. 15 Roads To Be Covered. Fifteen reads lead from t ounded arca. Many of the little used, but all were unde last night. Red lights were placed at the entrances of some of the smaller he ., in the turn attempted to gain an exit through roads so obstructed. The last reported trace of the ban- dits was at §:20 last night when a scdan loaded with cight men crowd. ed another car off the highway a | half mile from Bernardsville. The machine was travelling along the area which po- ¢ began to invade. Citlzens Are Warned. No time has been set for comple- tlon of the man-hunt. Sheriff Tuni- son of Somerset county today called upon all residents both of t and of the many ome the aristocratic and weal- thy lying nearby, to remain indoors Rear guards were established along all roads as invaders ex- were a secret beliet that if they lice toda the battle. Heavy guards 1 along the main highway pected erville and Bound | S i cipation of a possible dash to the south, Major Kimberling does not believe bandits will leave their and attempt a break v on foot. It is his opinion that they will attempt to shoot their way out or rely upon the seclusion of some secret retreat in the wild area bounded by Liberty Corners, Warrenville, Martinsville and Berke- ley Heights zht Use Airplanes N. J., Oct. s. te authorities today considered cnlisting airplanes in the search for mact sun bandits whose latest out was the murder of one m the wounding of ee ofhers during a $100,000 truck robbery here. Shoot to Kill Orders Troopers maintaining picket trols at erossroads in the Jersey mountain districts wer r “shoot to Kill” orders, an ried rifles and gas bombs. All tomobiles were being stopped occupants questioned Eight men took part In the bery, which was committed early Captair mb of the anno that Jo Rogers, “Killer and Vincent Paul Me- notorfous criminals, were of the band. Rogers, Cun McCormick are w with a frustrated air robbery near New Brunswick week In which two were killed Two Autos TUsed Two automobiles were used by the bandits in their robbery yes terday. First they ran down a mo patrolman accompanying truck as it reached a busy cor. near the lusiness district, and then opened fire with automatic rifies and pistols. John Enz, driver of the truck, was killed and Pat- k F. Quinn, his helper, Jacob Christman, the patrolman, and Ar- thur Decauter, a bystander, were wounded. All three will recover. 8o sudden was the attack that only two shots were returned by the truck attaches to the more than 40 fired by the bandits. Win Mi, . 7oyt rage nan and mail pa- o rob- state police J. “Bum” Cunniffe Cormick, rs niffe and connection il last mamb the ner (Continued on Page 32) Searchers—Airplanc is a| ter gang, who have been | tear | LEGIONNAIRES DEADLOCKED SAVAGE HAS MOST BALLOTS Leads in Poll for |On Ninth Vote He Poll- Leader of Legion ed 484 While Johnson of South Carolina Had 481 With 519 Neces- sary for Choice. Mrs. Adalin Wright Ma- cauley of Menominee, Wisconsin, Is Chosen Head of the Auxiliary at Its Convention Today. 15 (P—Col. J Marion, 8. C.; Chicago, and opeka, Kans., were v for national com- Oct. Monroe Howard Thomas A P, nder of the American Legion. 8 HOWARD P. SAVAGE Jay Willlams, of Abderdeen, 8. D. SAYS CITY BOLGHT AUTOS NEEDLESSLY (Mechanic May Believes There | Has Been Money Wasted ‘BIG JUMP IN FOUR YEARS was also nominated. Balloting Begins The first ballot for national com mander result# in no choice Johnson, 485; Lee, 29; Williams, Necessary to a choice, 519, for The secand ballot national commander also resulted in no choi The vote was Savage, 492; son, 483; Lee, 20; Williams, ssary to chol 6519 The third ballot was also without result. The vote: Johnson, 498; Sav 433; Lee, 29; Williams, 18 There was no result on the fourth ballot. The vote: Johnson, 496; Sav- age, 484; Lee, 29; Willlams, 18. The fifth ballot was also futlle The vote: Johnson, 496; Savage, 486; Lee, 27: Williams, 18, The sixth ballot was also without result. The vote: Johnson, 492; Savage, 473; Lee, 43; Willlams, 18. The seventh ballot still found the convention deadlocked. The vote Savage, 496; Johnson, 472; Willlams. 32; Lee, 27 The Work Completed. With the closing of the eighth an- nual convention members of the Legion saw the biggest job ahead of | them, the making of nest year's meeting a successful venture. But the committee in charge of arrange ments are making plans for the at- tendance of more than 30,000, The position of the American Le- gion in regard to the adherence of the United States to the world court occupled a goodly part of the dele- gates time yesterday. The conven- | tion voted against reaffirming action taken at the Omaha convention in 1925, which favored American ad- to ask Mayor Weld to call represent- | herence. The action followed asser- atives of all boards in a conference | tions by delegates to the effect that to discuss the taxi plan. The chair- | the world court question being a po- |man felt a system inaugurated over |iitical affalr, the Legion could not, the heads of departments would not | without violating the provisions of be successful because ready co-op- {ts constitution, take a hand in a eration might not be given. In the|partisan matter. meantime plan employed in| After considerable discussion In Hartford elsewhere will be | committee on the question of a uni- studied, fied air service for the army and Chairman Brown reported he had |navy, it was decided to wait until been questioned as to why all tires next year before taking a definite for city cars are purchased at one nd on the matter. dealer’s place of business. Commis-| Colonel Mitchell, long a propo- sioner Walter J. Kenney said the |nent of a unified air service, was re- ame question was put to him by a | luctant in letting the question of the !member of finance committee | Legion's stand be postponed further. 1 that city departments He finally agreed, however, with the wced the tire used is the | declaration that next year must see h gives the greatest service | some action, and mileage at the least cost. It was| The convention adopted the report voted to ask all dealers to offer|of the military affairs committee prices and mileage records, provided | recommending that the regular army they are interested in city business. | should consist of 12,000 officers and Many Tircs and Tools Stolen ,000 enlisted men, and that the hanic reported much | national guard should number 2 is going on in the 000 by 1336. The report also recom- ge. motormeters, | mended additional training of re- being missed in | serve officers and the continuation For a portion of the | Of the citizens' military training - is on duty and it is|camps, as well as the passage by losses occur at that | congress of the Johnson-Capper bill May was authorized | otherwise known as the universal working hours of | draft bill. garage should he| San Antonlo, Texas, was chosen as X a solution, | the 1928 convention city, its sup- porters winning out over those for Miami and Denver. Detroit support- ers withdrew their invitation, an- nouncing they would remew it for the 1929 convention. Boston notified the convention that it wanted the Legionnaires in 1930, when that city plans to celebrate its 300th anniver- sary. Third Body Found in New Haven Harbor Today New Haven, Oct. 15—The body of | Barney P. Hawco, who was drown- ~d Wednesday night with two wom- en whom he was trying to put ashore from the yacht Capsicum, Iclose by the New Haven Yacht club house, at Morris Cove, was found this afternoon. Three ebb tides had flowed and the police had given up the search for the body in belief that Hawco might have reached ore and fled. Dis- | But the afternoon tide brought the |body into sight. It was about 200 feet from the stretch of sandy beach |on which yesterday morning lay the | bodies of two women who had been Approximately two-thirds of the |his guests. | elty's appropriation for this fiscal | year bas already been expended al- | Hayls in Rope, Cop Finds | Corpse on Other End | thou months of the fiscal | year have elapsed, figur made | public by Comptroller H. L. Curtis | Providence, R. I, Oct: 15 (®— | today show | Hauling upon a rope he found tied | Expenditures thus far have total- |to the rail of the Crawford street |led $2,310,656.10 and balances ag- | bridge, in the center of the city, this gregate §1,854,982.98, The street de- | morning, a policeman found the partment has but $10,960.43, having | drowned body of Barney Loupus, 65, | 1a1d out $181,315.16, and this condi- | tied to the other end. The man had tion Indicates the need a de- [been despondent from ill health and ficlency appropriation before many |had tried to kill himself before, in- months, vestigation revealed. was 445 18 Theft of Tires and Tools at Munici- pal Garage Reported—City Gas Used for Private Operation of Ma- chines, The City of New Britain has doubled the number of cars serving its departments in the past years and of the machines sed where no real need | bers of the garage com- formed by City Me- May when the board sider inaugura- nts four many mission were chanic Linco. last night to co tion of a taxli sy The city n met c's observation of are put that many oy a taxi sys- taxpayers, idle in saving since many machines stand the garage for hours each day | (nmmmkm Heads to Meet. of Chairman Brainard W. Brown, the board voted and the ,r»r'n s in the lieve this would work Bell announced 1 depart- t 2 s left in t with the de- the risk since n cannot de- over articles er Le ments war: machines will comm to watch to advise eir cars not Al- own, garage it was not comm eral now be cars own ing CITY FUNDS DECLINING WITH YEAR HALF GONE Two-Thirds of Appropriations posed of at End of Six Month Period. for