New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NORWIGH HAS BIG ARMISTICE PARADE 7,000 in Procession—World War Trophy Gannon Unveiled OBSERVANCES ELSEWHERE Governor and Staff and Many Mili- tary and Naval Officials Take Part in Armistice Day Exercises of Norwich Legionnaires. Norwich, Conn, Nov. 11 (A— Armistice Day brought to Norwich one of its greatest celebrations when a cannon a trophy of the World War was dedicated after a parade in which 7,000 presons took part. Gov- ernor Trumbull, his staff and many men prominent in military, naval, state and civic clicles took part/in the ceremonies. Big Parade Held. The parade, scheduled to start at 2 o’clock this afternoon, was made up of eighty organizations, divided into twelve divisions, and under the direction of Major Charles A. Hag- berg as grand marshal. Seventeen bands and seven drum corps fur- nished the music. Governor Trumbull, his Lieutenant Goverror J. Edwin Brainard and Adjutant General George M. Cole were the guests of honor, arriving here just before noon. They were entertained at luncheon at the Wauregan hotel. Many Prominent Guests. Many other guests of prominence had parts in the day's celebration, including Colonel F. K. Ferguson, 11th coast artillery, C. N. G., Major A. V. Arnold, commander of the R. 0. T. C., at Yale University; C. 1. Perkins, commander of the Put- nam Phalanx, Colonel H. S. Dorsey, of New London; H. C. Jackson of New Britaln, state commander ot the American Legion; Commander- t Kenneth Kramer of Wethers- ficld, Rear Admiral C. A. Tarr, re- tired, U. 8. N, New London; Com- mander E. staff, mander H. D. Hinckley, superin- tendent of the U. 8. Coast Guard acaden Captain H. G. Hamlet, commanding the U. coast guard destroyer force; Congressman Rich- ard P. Freeman of New. London, State Treasurer E. E. Rogers of New London and President C. L. Teach of the Connecticut Agricul- tural college. Numcrous Organizations Scores of civie, military, naval and fraternal organizations from cities and towns in eastern Conpecticut were given places in the line of (Continued on Page 15) LEGION BANQUET T0PS PROGRAM OF THE DAY Eddy-Glover Post Guests to Banquet Tonight and The principal event in connection with the observance of Armistice Day In New Britain this year will be a banquet at the state armory to- night under the auspices of Eddy- Glover post, American Legion. brilliant array of state and national Legion officers has been secured to speak, and the affair is expected to be one of the largest attended of recent Legion banquets. Arthur H. Petts, commander of Tddy-Glover post, will call the gath- ering to order. This will be followed by a bugle call, the advancement of the national colors, and invocation by Rev. Raymond N. Gilman, pastor of the Stanley Memorial church. Dinner will then be served, after which the toastmaster, A. F. Cor- bin, will be introdued by Com- mander Petts. The speakers will include Mayor Gardner C. Weld, himself a war veteran; State Commander Harry C. Jackson; Kenneth F. Cramer of Wethersfield, state commander- clect and commander of the first district; State Adjutant E. L. White, who will speak on the Fidac; Na- tional Vice-Commander John G. Towne, M. D.; Past National Ad- utant Russell G. Creviston; and Hon. Augustine Lonergan. The sing- | z of “America” will bring the thering to a close. hose at the speakers’ table will the following: Post Commander Petts; Post Chaplain William H. Alderson, Toastmaster Albert F. rbin; Mayor Gardner C. Weld; Commander H. C. Jackson; ate Commander-elect Kenneth F. Cramer; National Vice Commander John G. Towne: Past Natlonal Ad- jutant Russell G. Creviston; State . White; State Vice E. E. Ogren; Smith, Augustine Loner- Alling, B. W. Christ E. F. O. Rackliffe, W. H. be Arthur H. Charles T gan, B. W. ¥. Hall, Judd. Commander S. H. Wood, Stanley Post, No. 11, G. A. R., Michael Me- Mahon, senfor vice William F. Sternberg, adjutant quartermaster; George C. Root, of- ficer of the day; Charles C. Higbee, officer of the guard; C. W. Renfree, (honorary member). Theodore Johnson, past state commander, Spanish War verterans; Charles Anderson, commander, A. «¢. Hammond camp. Those who do not care to attend t inguet but would like to hear the speeches will be admitted with- out charge at 8 o'clock. The dress for the banquet will be informal. . Cutts, U. S. N., con.- | manding the submarine base; Com- { o |of 273 Myrtle street that the inert | commander; | W BRITAIN HERAL "uuo)) ‘pIojABH , “ydaq JApy ‘A181qr] 2)B)S JNI1YPaULO) New Haven, Conn., Nov, 11 (#— Taking issue with what it calls “frontal attack on the personnel sys- tem and spirit of the staff” the Yale News today came to the defense of Yale football. It said: ‘“Yale foot- ball has been manhandled in the public prints. This malicious and oft contaminating influence has been felt throughout the rank and file of Yale enthuslasts It is only with the intent of doing justice to the name of the university, the coaches and the team that we re- enter the lists of those who are daily analyzing the tion. of criticsm which will consume those which daily rage in the circle of the world's greatest press. ale football cracked under the strain of disheartening and unavoid- able circumstances in mid-season. And when Yale falls from the pin- nacle of public esteem, the anvil chorus of mnewspapers invariably pounds hard upon the mettle of those earnest souls who labor long and hard in the interests of the Yale team. “Yale wins gloriously and loses in the same tenor. It is only in t Yale News Comes Out in Defense of Blue Team and Coaching Staff Replies to Criticism of Public Press and Alumni and Predicts a Rejuvenated Eleven Will Combat Princeton Tigers On Saturday. nounce our prolonged silence and | Yale football situa- | “It fs our Intent to set back-fires | meet and | sophists—the American public and | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES CHARLOTTE GLAD | COOLIDGE IS WILLING TO public eye that a Yale team leaves the footbal field ignominlously, Year in and year out the same | pluck, the same spirlt, the same | purpose and endeavor characterize | the Yale players. X X X There are no alibis in Yale football. Jubllation and storm alike pass with the night and Yale football remains unsullied by the tempest.” The News had words of praise for Coach Jones, Captain Bunnell and the individual players, and they| wagered with fate and have borne their loss and criticism manfully. Innumerable injuries have wrecked the fond hopes of Yale supporters at every stage of the game. They have taken their toll among the staunchest material available, It has been impossible under the cir- cumstances to develop a team. At | best Yale could only have an aggre- gation of individual stars under such conditions. X X X X The resuits have not been an indication of faul- ty coaching. Unfounded and base rumors have developed from the Yale predicament. There is nothing more incredible to the ears of a | Yale man than the change that fa- | voritism, dissension and fraternity | disturbed the welfare i | | on the News says a “re- wenated Yale team will take the cld against Princeton Saturday.” i Truck and Driver UNIDENTIFIED MAN FOUND ON TRACKS { Discovered Unconscions on Rails Near R. & E. Plant {TRAIN MAY HAVE HIT HIM Condition at Hosphtal Reported Crit- ical This Afternoon —I'. dcturc of Skull Revealed by Examination— About 50 Years of Age. Unconsclous since he was found | beside the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. | Co. tracks near the “Lock Shop” | pond about 10:20 o'clock Iz aht | an unidentified man, apparently Po- | lish, aged about 50 years of age, of | heavy build, with a dark brown mustache, rough clothes, a cap and knee boots, is expected to die at New Britain General hospital. At 2:30 this afternoon he was in a critical identity, in the possession of the au- thorities, is a store book containing no names or addresses. A number of entries are in the book, showing pu chases of cigar:ttes, cider and other less than one dollar. At 10:20 last night, Officer | Patrick Mechan was told by a boy | that the man was on the tracks. | When the officer reached the spot, he was informed by R. H. Atkins Officer and Offi- W. body was several feet aw Mechan notified headquarters Lieutenant Bamforth detailed cers Michael Brophy and G. man to the hospital. i8 a question of the incidents lead- the truck Also, It is possible, they say, that 9:45 o'clock east bound train | him unknown to the crew. he might have fallen from | train, or he may have been walking [tho track when he fell and strugk | his head on a rail | Late last night an operation was {permmca, revealing a fracture at | the base of the skuil. Despite the | fact that no anacsthetic was @ ministered the man apparently did | not feel the surgeons working over him. Throughout the night and to- | day he remained unconscious and | this afternoon it was | was near death. | Sergeant P. J. O'Mara and Officer | T. J. Feeney went to the hospital this afternoon but were unable to identify the man. A priest also call- ed but was unable fto estab identification. There was no way learning today whether or not he a local resident. It is possibie, the police say, that he lives in a near- by place and has not been missed from home. Lik they entertain, the possibility that he is a wandercr and has no relatives. Houston, Tex., Nov. Eleven unmasked men shot and kill- ed three negroes and burned the bodies of two of them in their cabin at the Bassett Blakely ranch near the Harris and Fort Bend coulty lines last night, said a report to Sherift T. H. Binford's office here today. ———— RED CROSS ROLL CALL FINDS BARLY RESPONSE The annual Red Cross roll call ofticlally opened this morning" and will continue until Thanks- giving, November 25. The quota for New Britain $6,000. The amount today was $80. Booths were the banks this is received by noon established in all morning. in Crash at South Street Crossing condition and the only clue to his| things, most of the amounts being Hellberg in the patrol to take the | The police said today that there | ing up to the finding of the man. | the | belicved he | < |Hughes, 15 Meadow street. Sail into Air fMotor Coach Bumps Ve: | hicle Into Ditch When |» Operator Fails to “Beat | | Train.” | | | | Louis Conseggl, a driver for the |G. E. Prentice Mfg. Co., lost in & |race with the Berlin branch railroad ‘bus at the South street crossing this }mornmg and driver and automobile were hurled 15 feet through the air into a newly excavated ditch, from |which Consesgi” emergea without & | serateh. | The driver passes the grade cross- | ing at this point several times a day | !in the course of his work. This morning he drove in the direction of New Britain as the gasoline driven coach of the New Haven road came put-putting up the track in the same direction. Conseggi turned the right zular corner and came onto the | Iroad t , m auging the dis- ance of the coach, and es he made | a last frantic cffort to get clear, he | as struck, he explained. A ditch recently dug to better the | drainage systom at this point was the | resting place of the light motor truck | iand its driver when the New Haven | car, in charge of Conductor Parkin- ton, was halted a distance of about | 20 yards away. The conductor caus- | 'ed the car to be run back and forth ; over the crossing and the signal | light anc bell were found to be in | perfect working order. That the | signal system worked was not ques- | tioned by the truck operator. The theory advanced by witnesses | is that Conseggl’s frequent passing | |over the grade crossing bred a con- | tempt for the ever-present danger | and that he failed to fully compre- | hend the possibilitics as he passed over the rails today in deflance of the warning. e to the moor truck was ous, being confined chiefly to | the body. After being extricated from the ditch with the aid of a five- ton truck, the car proceeded under its own power to a garage. Conseggl, although very nervous. | was uninjured, this in spite of the | fact that the windshield was smash- | od and glass strewn about the seat and floor of the car. | | | |special exception even MASONIC TEMPLE ROW WAXES WARM Adjustment Board Hearing VERDICT AGAIN DELAYED A. J. Sloper And Judge W. C. Hun- gerford In Tilt Over Latter's Ob- Jections to Fraternal Building — —Hall Agrceable to Court Test. A spirited fight marked discussion before the board of adjustment last night on the Masonic Temple corpor- ation's request for special exceptions to permit the erection of a lodge room on Russell street, and at the withheld until the next session of the board. Insinuation that some of the pro- testing neighbors were moved to re- monstrate because they failed to dispose of their own holdings to be used for the same purpose was made and disputed. Judge William C. Hungerford pre- sented the opposition of eight pro- perty owners and that of himself as the owner of two parcels of land. He had scarcely uttered the demon- strance when Andrew J. Sloper shot at him the question: you offered your land for sale, did you? I offered to sell mine because you offered to sell yours.” “Mr. Sloper is somewhat in error,” Judge Hunge ford replied. Address- ing Mr. Sloper, Judge Hungerford then said: “You didn’t offer to sell yours because I offered to sell mine, for the simple reason that I didn’t offer to sell mine.” John C. Loomis then questioned the judge as to conferences he had with the property owner over a per- liod of nearly two months, asking it t was not true that Hungerford's ot maps and prices were in the com- mittee’s hands. Judge Hungerford agreed to discuss sales in the event another matter was’disposed of, but declared he would have opposed the though The judge insisted for an- land was sold. the matter of negotiating (Continued on Page Nine) Spirited Words Exchanged at‘ close of the hearing judgment was ' “You didn't think of that when | the | | NEWINGTON COURT CASE POSTPONED FOR A WEEK | New York Lawyer, Whose Car Killed Woman in Turnpike, Is Re- ported to Be Sick in Bed | Harttora, Nov. 11 (P—Hearing tn Ithe case of Isaiah Leebove, New |York attorney, and his chautfeur, |Oscar Wood, negro, scheduled for the Newington town court this eve- {ning has been continued until Nov. 18 by Justicc E. Stanley Welles on |account of {llness of the lawyer, Who, it is understood, is confined to his bed. Both men were arrested in Mer- !iden recently by state police on |charges of evading responsibility af- ter Mr. Leebove's automobile struck and killed Mrs. Arthur L. Young of eter, N, H. on the highway in Newington, ang are now under bonds of $7,500 each for appearance /in_court. When Coroner J. Gilbert Calhoun | can hold a hearing and has made his | Investigation further charges may be {entered against the men. PRINGETON BREAKS OFF WITH HARVARD Lampoon Incident Death Kl of Historic Big Three YALE 1§ NOT AFFECTE | New Haven University Plans to Con- | tinue Present Relations With Both | Cambridge and Nassau Schools— | Is Their Fourth Break. i | Princeton, Nov. 11 (#—One link of !the Big Three chain, strained to cracking point by the jibes of Harvard humorous publication, has sald he had |finally broken and carried away with | |it the most colorful and ancient rivalry of the American college sport world. Kennedy's Announcement ; Dr. Charles W. Kennedy, chair- {man of the board of athletic control t Princeton university, announced st night that all athletic relations h Harvard had been broken. A 1 at a MASONS’ EXCEPTION !ni~d at the first hearing, and with copy of resolutions adopted Imeeting of the board and later |despatched t» Harvard authorities |declared that “Princeton would VOTED, GAFFNEY SAYS Belie ment Originally Granted Petition the Harvard committes on regulation . of athletic sports set forth in their Board of Adjust- resowtion of Octover 14. Refers to Peace Meeting This section of the resolution is believed to refer to a policy adopted last month by the Harvard athletic board following a “peace” meeting between Yale, Harvard and Prince- a member |,y orricials during which a threat- has Judge B. T. Gaftney, of the board of adjustment, ralsed the question of whether or ;o gr,5 princeton from the football not the application of the Masonic [y yoque for 1927 was averted. A Temple corporation for a epecial | ;o0 oe gt resolution of the Crim- exception on Russell street, was de-tson"pojiey, which Dr. Kennedy said though it so appears in the At e r“""“'““‘?‘dP;“'““;:" °“"Y Ll 3 et g |terday, provided for Harvard- AT ?:infi,‘:‘;i;tls‘i‘]‘ffiqifi?"" | ames every vear and contests with he lestonar's aniestloning (orners only Jnteumniitantly o(T{:e bcoo:r‘d's actlo: 2pnns mii Relations Were N"‘"g"""]‘l“:‘ 5 Sioat: aerlnis ™ duiestion {hia " Hoard | After i Infimeflontis dall tha T e O ontvonted with so far, Harvard was about to drop the an- mermbers 6t the beard addiltted fo- |DUal Erinceton conlesl Fghe claseis e his view that a majority | Triumvirate fssued | statement vote was all the Masons required, | rather than five concurring votes, would change the entire procedure | of granting zone exceptions. It was also admitted as a possibility that refusals of the commission to grant exceptions in the t might be questioned at this time, provided the judge's contention is upheld; and at any rate, they say, an im- portant precedent would be estab- lished in that event. When the Masons first came be- | fore the board they asked a special | exception ‘without having had their | application denled by the bullding | department. The zoning ordinance | e e a overmula (e ety | Extenslon of Maln street through department, and since this was not Broad street to the western ter- an’ overruling of the building de- | minus of the latter is contemplated partment, the judge contends, the|in a resolution prepared by Alder- decision reverts back to the major- | man David L. Nair of the first ward (Continued on Page 12) WOULD ADD BROAD ST ‘TONORTH END OF MAIN Aldermen Nair and Grys- bowski Sound Sentiment of Merchants AUTO FOUND IN FLAMES, SUSPECT INCENDIARIS Fire Bug Believed to Have Broken L | n Into Chevrolet Co. Place | At 53 Main St. An automobile was badly damaged | by fire of undetermined origin in the | vrolet Motor Co. garage, rear of | 53 Main street, about 5 o'clock this | morning. The fire was discovered by | Police Sergeant Patrick A. McAvay, and Co. No. 2 of the fire department responded. The firemen found the |car blazing as thought the fire had | | obtained several minutes’ start. They | were able, however, to prevent a spr of the flames. Chief Noble learned that the gar- age was locked about 5:30 last eve- ning. This morning a window was found broken and the theory is ad- vanced that someone entered ough it and started the fire. At 8:44 o'clock this morning a | |eall was received that a gas stove lwas on fire at the home of David 1t was found that the gas cock had become loose and was hlown off, causing a flash of flame to burst out. There | was no damage, Chief Noble said. REV. DR. MURKLAND DIES tham, Mass., Nov. 11 (P—The Dr. Charles Umner Murkland, | president of Ncw Hampshire Col- llege of Agriculture and Mechanic 'Arte, dled at the Waltham hospital today after a long fliness. He was| {born at Lowell on May 20, 1856, | | sons a permit. | the Masons, having failed to secure ity rulo which governs the board in |and Alderman B, A. Grybowskl of other cases. Of the five members | the fifth ward. present when a vote was taken last| A canvass is now being made week, three favored giving the Ma- | among property owners and others Without discussion |to determine the sentiment and if it was recorded that | thefr appears to be sufficlent favor- able comment, the proposal will be denied | introduced at a meeting of the a permit. | common council next week. Decision on the question raised| The extension would by Judse Gaftney is scheduled for | changes in the physical the next meeting of the board. ;l«,g the streets involved, and would = | give the city one of the longest treet having developed into almi WIFE DIES OF ]NJURY“ solid business district, y | trolley service and a permancnt | pavement for a considerable portion of the roadway, is a logical continu- New York Woman Says He Drove | ,iion of Main strect, they aver. The | curve near McCabe park and No. 8 | fire station is now a part of Main islr(‘fl. which ends at Beaver street. Therefore, it is pointed out, if the New York, Nov. 11 UP)—George 'move is to be argued against on the Lupino died in Bellevue hospital | ground that there is a turn in the today the victim of an automobile | highway, the argument can be an- plunge into Fast river which his|syered with the fact that Main wife told police was part of a plot | street already takes this turn, then to kill her o that he could collect | ends abruptly and for no apparent insurance. reason where Droad street begins, Mrs. Helen Lupino, tne wife, said An unusual situation is now met Lupino recently insured her £or | at ‘the northern cnd of Main street. $10,000 with a double indemnity | On the south corner Main street clause in case of death by accident. | ande and at tho morth corner Once, she said, he tried to drown her | North Main sireet ends, yet there by capslzing a row boat. Last night |is no intervening street. she told police, he Invited her to the opera. As they sped away from | home, she sald, Lupino headed his | roadster for the East river and | drove rapldly toward the water. As the roadster was about to plunge into the river, Mrs. Lupino said she | leaped to safety. of this point, five concurring votes, were Car Into River Trying to Kill Her THE WEATHER ‘ew Britain and vicinity: Fair and slightly colder to- night; Friday fair and rising temperature. I’ ! i *. e Rl ik 2 ened break over Harvard's proposal | require no | hpearance | and with | Court Recess Means' Armistice| i in Girl's Heart | | | i | | 'WILL TRY 10 REST MIND | Horrificd When Prosccutor Simpson | ‘ Produces Razor For Identification | | —Beginning to Think Trial Is | Futile Because Mother Is Gone. | BY CHARLOTEE MILLS (Copyright, 1926, Famous Features | Syndicate, Tne.) | Someville, N. J., Nov. 11 — With [no court session, because of the Ar- | !mistice celebration, I know that to- | !day will prove an Armistice too for | |the warring emotions in my heart. |1t is a welcome relief to be spared !even for one day the torture of hear- ling the details of my mother's ro- | mance and death related in the cold | judiclal atmosphere of the court {Toom. Today I shall rest and seek Ito turn my iiind as far as possible from the nightmare of this trial. Yesterday 1 ad to leave the court \room again as physi:ians were testi- | fying aboit autopsies on my poor | mother's body. It seemed that they | |Just couldn’t let her rest in peace. |Tt seems to me that if the case had | |been handled right in the first place, | lall of those wutopsies wouldn't have been necessary. It is too horrible to | |think of. Is there any wonder that | I fecl faint and had to leave the court room? But in the afternoon I felt better | and relurned to my place where I sit as a state witn And I saw the |vigorous little prosccutor drawing |tight the lines of evidence to trap |the defendants. Mr. Alpaugh says he saw a Dodge sedan ‘n the lane that night of the murder. And Mrs. Hall had a Dodge sedan at the time, as 1| Iremember. Then Barbara Tough |gave somc damaging evidence gainst Mrs. Hall, I thought. 1 Horrified By Razor. | But I was struck with horror when Senator Simpson showed her a razor | and asked her to identify it as Dr. | {Hall's. Evidently the prosecutor | will chargo that that razor was used |to cut my mother's throat. I shiver {when I think of it. Miss Tough says { she thought Dr. Hall's razor was a | |a i | little shorter. | She told, too, how everyone was ! gossiping about my mother and Dr. {Hall; so I can hardly believe that never accept the implications of the | Mrs. Hall didn't know about it. ‘athletic policy recently adopted by | It was a great shock to me when Dr. Smith said that he had been paid only $30 for my mother's kidney op- | eration which Dr. Hall arranged for, {but contrary to many published re- |ports, Dr. Hall was not to pay for the operation out of his own pocket. He was to advance the money and my father was to pay him back monthly. Dad actually did pay about [$140 on the bill. I don’t under- stand how Dr. Smith got only $30. (Continued on Page 12) N0 TESTIHONY TODAY I BALLILLS CASE |Maid Has Told of Seeing | Minister With Singer on His Lap Somerville, ‘ ! Nov. 11 (P — The biggest drama in the history of this small town was stopped for a patriotic interlude today. Although the curtain was lowered | because of Armistice Day, and the | white stone court house, pride of | the town, was deserted, after seven j and country jostled each other to get seats for the Hall-Mills murder trial there was no lu'l in the people’s in- terest in the case, A protest which Alexander Simp- | on, special state prosecutor for the | trial, said he received from repre- | sentatives of the American Legion, caused an eleventh hour change in | the plan to hold court today as | usual. | Spectators at the trial had their | first intimate peck into the Hall | home, through the eyes of a witness | late yesterday afternoon, when the state called to the stand, Barbara Tough, who was a maid for M Frances Stevens Hall, when her hus- band, the Rev. Edward W. Hall, pastor of a New Brunswick church, was slain, with Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, choir singer, more than four years ago. Mrs. Hall and brothers, and Henry Stevens are being tried for the murder of Mrs. Mills. Miss Tough testified that nothing unusual happened in the Hall home the night of the murder, nor imme- diately afterwards. She said the { love affair between the minister and | the cholr singer was a subject of “common gossip,” among members of the guild of his church. She told of once discovering Mrs. Mills sit- ting on the Rev. Mr. Hall's knees, about four years hefore the crime. | Simpson, contending that jealousy | and hate were the motive for the | crime, has maintained In court that { Mrs. Hall must have known about | the love affair. Girl Changes Story, ’ One of the outstanding surprises | of the trial came when Miss Tough | denicd certain statements she had \mmh at the original grand jury in- i vestigation of the double slaying. In | | | | describing before the grand jury, Mrs. Hall's appearance on the Satur- day morning following the slaying on Thursday night, and before the bodies had been found, Miss Tough | was quoted in the transcript of the (Continued On Page 12), | explosion occurred, and he -suffered | days during which people from town | Willie | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Nov. 6th . 14,127 PRICE THREE CENTS " 10 GAIN RELIFF| LET WORLD COURT MATTER DIE IF TERMS DISPLEASE EXPLODING FUMES BURN COACH CREW \Trainmen Stick to Post on Berlin Branch Line |GASOLINE VAPOR BLOWS UP Motorman Daniel J. Fitzgerald and Robert J. Callahan of Bristol Painfully burned But Make Run To Keep Schedule Unbroken. Painfully burned about the hands and face by an explosion believed to have been caused by the igniting of gasoline fumes from the backfiring of the engine, Danlel J. Fitzgerald of 217 Fairview street, motorman on the Berlin branch train, gamely stuck to his post last evening, driv- ing the train to Berlin junction, where it met the New York train, and making the return trip to New Britain before he received medical attention. Robert J. Callahan of 34 Judd street, Bristol, alsoa trainman who had completed his day's work, | was with Mr. Fitzgerald when the | burns about the face and neck. He also remained on the train and | made the trip to Berlin and return before having his burns attended to. Both men suffered intense pain and their gameness and devotion to duty aroused the admiration of pas- sengers and others who were at the passenger station at the time. | Realizing that to fail to take his train to Berlin would mean an up- sct in the schedule, Fitzgerald bravely made the run, leaving the local passenger station at 6:55 | o'clock and pulling into Berlin on time, Meanwhile, Dr. John L. Kelly had | been summoned and when the | train pulled in on the return trip, he relieved the men’s sufferings at the passcnger station and had them taken to their homes. Mr. Fitzgerald | was confined to his bed today and | will be unable to work for a few | days at least, it is believed. He fs | & veteran railroad man but has | been on the Berlin run only about {a month. Mr. Callahan is also a ! veteran railroad employe. "TART DENTES THAT A JUDGE HE TALKS OF {8TH | Says He Has Expressed No Opin- ions Since Going On Supreme Court Bench New York, Nov. 11 (A—Chiet | Justice William Howard Taft has | written to State Assemblyman Louis !A. Cuvillier here denying that he has expressed any personal opinion | as to prohibition since he went on the bench. Mr. Cuvillier wrote to Mr. Taft asking if he was correctly quoted |as opposed to light wines and beer |in a pamphlet circulated by ths Na- | tional Temperance soclety. Mr. Taft replied that “it is quite ble that in the days when I a private citizen T may have | expressed such an opinfon but I | certainly never have cxpressed such an opinion since T came upon the | bench. It would have been quite improper for me to do So. The truth | |is that T was one of the foremost in opposing the eighteenth amend- | ment, chiefly for the reason that I | thought its enforcement would be | full of difficulty and present prob- |lems that we ought not to under- ake. But I was overborne and like a loyal American, obedient to | the constitution, T am in favor of | enforcing the amendment in every possible and reasonable way. “I think that the alleged quota- tion is most unfair in that it gives |the impression that since T have| been chief justice I have expressed | such a view |“Peaches” Separation White Plains, N. Y.. Nov. 11 (®)| —The separation action brought | against each other by Edward W. | Browning, elderly business man, {and his girl wife, Frances Heenan (Peaches) Browning, will come up for trial in Poughkeepsie Decem- ber 4. | This was announced today as ar- | gument began on a | “Peaches” for $25,000, counsel fees | land $4,000 month! mony. Both |to whom Browning | marital difficultics, | today. |End of British Coal | Strike May Be in Sight London, Nov. 11 (P—The miners | | delegate conference, by a card vote, | has given its executive committee | power to resume negotiations with | the government to end the long coal tie-up. This actlon indicates that the | miners have given way on he ques- | tion of *hours of work. | The miners® resolution to give the | executive committee unfettered au- thority to carry on negotiations was carried unanimously. The executives are prepared to in- | form the government that they are | willing to accept a district settlement | both on hours and wages, subject to ‘nm safeguard of a code of national principles on an appeal to a trib- unak motion of | “Peaches” and her mother, were in court| PSS PR =3 SO e, 3 | until final answers | for its jibes |found cut down today. ™ |broken an ddead : [ : attributed W8ty o0 Gaved almost in two and |vard and Tells Kansas City Au- dience Foreign Pow- ers Must Accept Sen- ate Reservations or U, S. Won't Adhere. Also Formally Advocates Conscription of Wealth and Industry as Well as Man-Power in Future Wars. Kansas City, Nov. 11 (—Pre: dent Coolldge served formal notice Lere today that the United States would adhere to the world court only on the conditions laid down by, the senate. The position of the chief executive who from the first of his adminise tratfon had urged American meme bership in the court, was made clear in an Armistice Day speech in which | he discussed world problems and called formally for the first time for conscription of capital as well as man power in time of war, Liberty Mcmorial Dedication. The address was in dedication of the Liberty Memorial, erected by the people of this city in memory of its citizens who served in the World War. Delivered at the hour when eight years ago the Armistice went into effect, it was devoted to a dis- cussion of problems arising out of the war with a restating of the posi- tion of the Washington government on many questions of world interest while mention was made of national antagonism against this country. “A permanent court of interna- tional justice has been established,” the president sald in setting forth his position on the world court, “to which nations may voluntarily resort for an adjudication of their differ- ences. It has been subject to much misreprescntation, which has result. ed in much misconception of its principles and objects among our people. T have advocatedsadherence to such a court by this nation on condition that the statute or treaty creating it be amended to meet our views. The senate has adopted a resolution for that purpose. Final Decision Dublous. ‘“While the nations involved can not yet be said to have made a final determination, and from most of them no answer has been received, many of them have indicated thag they are unwilling to concur in the conditions adopted by the resolution of the senate. While no final deci- sion can be made by our government are received, the situation has been sufficiently developed so that I feel warranted in saying that I do not intend to ask the senate to modity its position. I (Continued on Page 16) HARVARD MEN WANT LAMPOON SUSPENDED in | Recommend Action Healing Rupture With Princeton New York, Nov. 11.—(#)—Suspen- slon of the Lampoon, the Harvard undergraduate comic publication, at Princeton, wera recommended today by a group of | Harvard alumni here as a step to= ward patching up the disrupted | Crimson-Tiger athletic relations. President Lowell of Harvard was appealed to by the group to take | the initlative in attempting to heal Suit Comes Up Dec. 4 | the breach. The alumni group also mended expulsion of the recom- students l’r(‘sponslb!e for the issue uf the Lampoon at the time of the annual football game last Saturday. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 11 (#— The Lampoon Elm, planted with | ceremon ytwo years ago by the edi- ¢ |tors of th: Harvard Lampoon, was The tree, iy temporary ali. |called the Igia tree in honor of “Lam- | py's” patron bird, !leaning over its protecting bars, bent, was discovered The trunk had the high wind had done the rest. Theeditors declared that the act could not be a protest against the Lampoon’s Princeton number. The only motive they could assign for the destruction of the tree was a malicious vandalism. The tree was the gift of the late J. T. Wheelwrigl‘, '76, founder of the Lampoon, and was planted on the occasion of the jester's 50th ane niversary two years ago. New York, Nov. 11 (—Breaking off of ath! lations between Har- rinceton was deplored to? day by Gen: T inney, on his return from a vacation to Bermuda. “I am sorry to hear about this"™ he sald, “as it is most unfortunate for athletics in general as athletics is supposed to foster sportsmanship. Why, even in the boxing ring when the flight is over we shake hande and that's all thers is to ft™ _