New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 EW BRITAIN HERALD UNCLE JOE CANNON PASSES AWAY AT AGE -uuo) ‘proJuBH “ydaq APV ‘Areaq] )81 179! OF 30 WAS CZAR OF REPUBLICANS Ruled House of Repre- sentatives With Iron Hand Until Historical Revolt of 1910—Half Century at Capitol. Missed Voting Nov. 2 for First Time Since He Cast His Initial Ballot for Abraham Lincoln in NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, CONSOLIDATION 13 e 19T SURE NOW L. C. C. Tentatively Approves Reading R. R. Project AFFECTS NEW ENGLAND Question of Public Interest is in Maintaining Efficlency of Routes to New England From Southwest of New York Harbor. | Washington, Nov. 12 (P—The | | Reading railroad’s project for con- solidating with the Lehigh and New England system was tentatively ap- [proved today in a preliminary cx- aminers’ report submitted to the in- [terstate commerce commission. | In spite of objections to the pro- | |posal by some of the trunk line | | railroads, inclnding the Pennsy inia, C. V. Durnside, the commis- sion's assistant director of finance FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1926.—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. MAN FOUND ON TRACKS HERE MAY BE HUNTED FOR MURDER Answers Description in Police Circular of Gunman Wanted For Crime That the -<unidentified man who has been unconscious at New Brit- |aln General hospital since he was velopments found between the east and west bound tracks of the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. near the “Lock Shop” pond shortly after 10 o'clock Wed- nesday night, may be Prociplo Cata- lino, alias Mike Catalino, who is wanted for murder in the town of Frankfort, Herkimer county, New | York, is believed by the police who | of the features compared a circular bearing a photograph of the murderer with the hospital patfent this afternoon. His head bandaged following the his admittance to the hospital, the suspect lay senseless in his whito cot as Detective Sergeant George C Ellinger and Supernumerary Officer in Frankfort, N. Y. | Herkimer county authorities, | he would not be W surprised if de- the unidentified urderer. It was not this afternoon to be posi- sergeant said, but he leans strongly to the belief that the pa- tient is Catalino. e came into police pos- session this afternoon when a news- | paperman remarked the similarity wn in the photo- | graph, to those of the patient, whom jhe had seen lay afternoon. | The photograph was taken ten years |ago, according to the circular, and man to be the posstbl: yes ! operation performed immediately on | the murder was committed August |26, 19 rank Ol A revolver was used and was the victim, Read- ar more closely, it was noted that the age of Catalino was said | Average Daily Circulation For Week Endirg 14’ l 27 Nov. 6th .... PRICE THREE CENTS LAPORTE BANK 5 ' DEFENSE CLAIMS NEW YORK ’EJ“BBEW%TEN NEWSPAPER HAS INSPIRED From Indiana Institution | 'Secks to Show That jéNOTHER' = DAKOTA%TRANSFUSIUN F"R | Daily Mirror Instigat | MRS- JANE mBSflN‘ ed Second lnvestiga- Dactors Hope to Reliere “pig tion Solely to Bolster Wonen,” Rall¥ils Winnss | Up Circulation. | | | i But at Minto, N. D., Cashier is Shot and Killed by One of Three Bandits. LaPorte, Ind.,, Nov. 12. (#—The | People’s Trust and Savings bank Ofl | Laporte was held up and robbed to- | | i 3140000, ot wnicn sinono wes | HAS ~ SECONDARY ANEMIA Tntimates Paper Paid | Lawyers’ Fees for Riehl |in cash and the remainder securi-{ | Condition Not Necessarily Grave, | tly with intent to intimi- one robber 1 a sawed-off as the five entered the bank. John Riley examined his features. | given at 50, his height about 5 feet | Sergeant Eilinger remarked the 5 inches, color of eyes, blue, color of | da | shot | Indicate | Against His Wife, Whose | | Doctors Say—Reports great semblance between the photo- | mustache, gray or sandy. | The charge embedded | She May Not be Able to Testify | Disclosures Started Ac- 3 ' itself in me‘ | sHo! considared the ad. | Braph and the man’s features and | Catalino, according to the descrip- 1860. Danville, Ill., Nov. 12 (#—*"Uncle Joe” Cannon died here today at the age of 90, In the rambling brick mansion he had built for his bride many years 2go, life slowly ebbed away from the old statesman whose iron-handed tactics In congress won him the title of czar of the house back in the days before his fall in 1910. He declined several invitations to appear publicly in the weeks preced- ing his death, but his greatest re- gret was occasioned by his inability to speak at a schoolhouse near An- napolis, Indiana, where he made his first public speech as a schoolboy. Nicknamed “Uncle Joe” Time scarcely had touched with | cilver the thin locks of Joseph Gur- ney Cannon years ago, ere the na- tion had rechristened him “Uncle Joe.” And under that title, med by millions who never saw him, yet knew every line of his worn face and every whimsical trait of his intense personality, “Uncle Joe” came at last to end his career as eldest statesman of the naticn the man of longest service in the congress; the object of honors \mong his colleagues that took no theught of party ‘or political dlfer- ences. In the musty files of the Congres- sional Record there stands written a moving tale of this man's great e. Tt begins back in 1873 when he came out of Illinois to take his seat in the house, even thei a picturcsque, fire-eating political giadiater to whom the uproar of debate and the tense moments in committee were the breath of life. Tho yellowed pages show day by day how the hot blood of youth drove him into ey affray, his tongue lashing out @k his opponents, his quick mind formulating at call the instant expedients that are the weapons of poltical combat. Month by month he climbed toward lead- ip. growing more knowing &s each session broug! its new con- flicts; hardening with time into the forceful, relentiess champion of his party, until that day when the gavel was placed in his hands and he mounted the speaker's rostrum s master of the house to rule alone for four years as few men before him d ruled that bod “Un Joe” was then a veteran and in the heyday of his power. Around him had gathered a lore of tales, some true, some false, but all pleturesque, and through the news columns and cartoons his person- ality had been stamped indelit the minds of men all over the land. Tost Power in 1910 | et gréat as his place and power had grown, great too was his fall en the house in 1910 -revolted gainst his Czar-like rule and strip- ped him of his power through a combination of insurgents in his own party with the democratic nority. Lven then, however, when attle in the house reached g pitch of excitement that swepb every other happening in the world into he background for all Americans, ‘Unele Joe” fighting with grim ige to the last, was to know something of the feeling men would have for him later. The triumphant =15 of the house refused to take he last step and oust him from the speakership. Content with stripping the post of its power, they voted to hold him still in place. In the political deluge that fell upon his party two years later, “Uncle Joe" failed of reelection for second time in his national career. Once before he had practic- od law in Danville after his defeat ongress. When he came back in at the next election, age had to cool ardor. He sat days without sharing in de- s only in flashes that showed when he took the many ate and it is old fire the flcor. lut n to the last he in loubi as to the hearing the hou: would give him, never did he fail o 1 full audience among his colleagues and of decp inferest in his remarks. Barn in a little Quaker settlement Guilford, N. C., Ma 1836 1 named for Joseph Gurney, a famous Quaker, Mr. Cannon remarked that he scemed to have drifted away from the faith and habits of the plous people whom Gurney led. For he was a fiery vough and tumble fighter alwa On the floor he fought with whirling arms and contortions of his body to drive home his words In one exciting battle, Champ Clark, dubbed him Daneing Dervish of Danville” brought down upon his head the wrath of “U'neie Joe." Once, in the heat Mr. Clark said he (Continued on Page 34) ‘The and of debate, con- | ;| request came b often | lnte | LASSOCIATED PRESS (QUNDERIV0OD) “UNCLE JOE” CANNON ATTWOOD DISAGREES WITH JUDGE GAFFNEY {Believes Masons’ Petition for Exemption Was Voted Down Chairman Willlam E. Attwood of |the zoning board of adj | day declared he is of the opinion that |the request of the Masonic Temple |corporation for a special exception |on Russell street, was denied at its |first hearing, the &rporation’s peti- tion failing to receive five concurring {votes. Judge Bernard I, Gaffn {member of the board, has | with a statement that it is his opin- {lon that the petition was not denis: another | come creating a difference of interpreta- | |tion on what mem!ers of the board |say is one of the most vital prir leiples of board procedur Juds Gaffney points to the fact that th efore the board of ad |justment before a permit had been |Tetused by the building department | The ordinance provision mentioning {five concurring votes refers situation neceseary to overrule a city department. Tn this instance no city | department s to be overruled and therefore the m rity vote prin- ciple rule: ffney opines. | The petition received three favorahle ‘\'mrg with two con With t state of fac judge believes t1 potition was gran Judge Gaffney's followed immedi |of Chatrman licves the principle of the ordinane is one requiring five concurr |to grant an excentior being 2 3 to 2 Masonie corporation’s case tition is denied. Chatrman Attwond s will bring " matter Iboard at its next me dication. Should concurring votes when a city d | overruled, the proccdure in ng exceptions will changed, since propert find it much easier to come {to the board without applvin permit, since refusal by the inspector {will necessitate additional pport !from the board of adjustment me ‘hflr( ration atemen ttwood \g Vot and ii¥erann: for adju- the hoard rula that vill ! rectly or a m- 1ent to- out | to the was | be | evidence, | |vised the commission to allow con- | | summation of the consolidation. | New England Routes The big question of public inter- est in the situation, in the examliner's |opinion, is in maintaining the ef- | | fictency of rail routes into New Eng- {land from territory southwest of |New York harbor are becoming of sing importance because of traffic congestion, he held, and the line of the I.ehigh and New England |is consequently of great value to trunk line railroads generally. The Reading, In taking it over, should | be required to allow the Lchighs use other roads. $1.069.000 Year Rental | As to detabls of the proposal, the | report said that the Reading’s con- {tract to lease the Lehigh for 999 years at an annual cash rental of ,000 is fair, The consolidation | would be productive of economy in 1 railrond operation and 1h| nee with the spirit of federal | 1 on providing for railroad | merging, it was held. Would Use Jersey City. The 1 ntatiof of the coast line | nds to force traffic through Jersey | Sity and the harbor and the concen- | tration of population and traffic ren- | | ders increastngly difficult the utiliza- | this natural route, the report | “The route over the rail lines| [ north of New York harbor are be- | coming of increasing importance. At | ! present thern are two of these lines, & New England and the gh & Hudson River. The pur-| ose of the Reading in seeking the ase of the Lehigh & New England | is to facilitate the movement of | freight from points on the Reading land its connections to points on the Lehish & New England, and beyond. “Should the lease be approved, it (he announced purpose of the| \ding to establish rates via the w England. It is also proposed to make the new routes over the New gland available to the Reading's | connections. “While establishing these new routes, the Reading declared its in- | tention to maintain every through ate and route in which the New | England now participates. With this Jition, the commission should find | that the terms and coaditions of the | lcase and the proposed considera- | on are just { should approve | props d acquisition The examiner's report now must be passed on by the commission. v, Hot Dogs | Are Banished as Food York, Nov. 12.—(P-Dies, and frankfurters were ban- | from the lunchrooms of the gh schools today by Dr. Wil 1ea, superintendent o school in the interest of digestion. A recent of the school chrooms, O'Shea said o formed the | art meal of the udent. isn’t a pie staring the | the face they will eat | need meal,” he said. is |R reasonable and | the and and authorize | | | | survey 1 articles of the Tt dents ther in |a more b 1 Drunken Driver Tr Policeman: | Thieves Steal Data of Wallingferd Police Dept. Wallingford, Nov. 12 (&> i} broke into the police | Wednesday night and stole all the memoranda and blotter entries from | Chiet George C. Abbott's desk, it was learned today. After locking it ugh the documents, they c fully removed all t and placed the buildi nearby. It is believed | thieves succee in unfasten {1ock on the door as t e of a forced er that ng a no ringfield Grid Team Will Play Heve Sunday The 1-Ne Dritain footbhall team will play the 1ve le of Springf E: Memorial Willow Drock park Sunday noon. Announcement to this effect was made this afternoon by Man- ager Edward Dailey after he had ro- ceived a telephone call from the {manager in the City of Hom@s. The local team have played in }R:’nnl:l\!\ unday, but hec the Brooklyn Hors deei (disband, the ime was cance 1 !The Springfield team b New Dri- {taln in ne here this season 1 of 7to 0 hnt with the nree f linenn of the a ult is antici- pated Sunday afternoon. iSpl | oW town Fi n 1 in after- was to this 156 to od men its forme t loeals, an entively ot v . 3 i to—R;m Down ot Fails to Halt Him| o o | , | | Patiolman | | Aside as Machine Bears | at 1:15 | . 0'Clock This Morning. Hopkins Leaps Down on Him roadway to com- | r of an automobile | to stop, Officer Otis Hopkins nar- | cseaped 1 eing struck, on South Main street, near Ash street, at 1:15 o'clock this morning, his report to Chief Hart. according to waying from e street to the other pecting that the driver ted, attempted to stop The driver steered straight at ccording to the report, only the officer’s alacrity in ing back onto the curb saved him. After the car passed, Ofticer Hop- | Kins fired a shot from his revolver, it had no effect on the speed- | who was out of sight within a | ew seconds. Officer Hopkins was ble to catch only part of the regis- tration number and it is being used in the investigation today. He noti- ant Rival at headquartehs Sergeant Flynn was sent ont fo investizate. Up to this after- noon no progress had heen made to- | lwards apprehending of the driver. one 1 and | the officer, him, him, intoxic: {in the circular sent | § the Red Cross roll call fund to- | sherift of Mayville, RS || Killings From Autos after noting that the patient has a car on the upper lip as described out by the’ tion, was wearing a cap fastened in (Continued on Page 33) Eastern Football Conferencé Is Being Considered As Outgrowth of the Harvard-Princeton Break Possibility of “Big Ten” With Yale, Columbia, Penn.,| Dartmouth, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, Army, Navy, and Syracuse or Colgate Is Seen—Columbia Spectator Defends Lampoon As “Tactless But Honest.” New York, Nov. 12 (A—While|Penn alumni of Harvard moved to pour | outline oll on the troubled waters to restore| In the face of apparent determi- athletic relations between the Crim- | nation on the part of Princeton to son and the Tiger, new football stand firm in its decision, Howard alignments came to the foreground | Eiliott, chairman of the Northern today as an outgrowth of the most| Pacific railroad, and president of the senational rupture in years. Harvard board of oversecrs, was A new “Big Three,” consisting of | joined by Yale athletic officials in Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth, and |asking for pea resumption of a long discarded | Hopcs For Peace. | Refusing to regard the break as permanent, the latter the best interests of Am collegiate sport o the | perriluient friendly relations between Harvard, Yale and Princeton, Q] Hope that authorities of t sum ¢ 'institutions “will bury the hatchet,’ | was voiced by Mr. Elliott, who ex- | | plained that the break “affects much i of these two his- | ! more the gradu 3 |toric colleges than it affects the j ! ([Fe H {taken by G. H. Ch dean of th | otal to date . [} ol at Harvard, who 0 ) ”‘"'_\ looks upon the rupture as “bound to JOY RIDE S608 ENDS “It will put more life and good sortsmanship in football in the ast,” he sald. "Harvard, Yale and Caught at Mayville, N. Y., Admit Taking Mec- Auliffe’s Car vlvanfa-Princeton series were e RED CROSS ROLL CALL FUND SHOWS INCREASE The sum of $153 was added to ican inter- two making a substantial a6 the result of the first day and a half of the drive. The quota for New Britain $6,000. Recelved yesterday ... Received today $ 80 153 t view of the situation is Princeton have been tied ther Itoo long in football. This break will | force an enlargement of their play- ing schedules and may lead to t (Continued on Page 21) WA G S THIS PREACHER AVERS Warrants were preparcd local today, heft of an automobile owncd Manager T. P. McAuliffe of the local division of the 8. N Co., against Joseph Sk £ 109 Orange street Mankus, aged street, this city by the char, authorities ing Fundamentalist Believes Women Should Consult Pastors by %, Telephone r aged 18, and Adolph of 360 Burr who were arrested ccord- unde 20, E | | | | Assen, Holld sinful for a to ing to a telegram rece ning from JYrnest A. Gosset, This question recently before the Rev. Dr. K president of the Dutch church synod which som¢ expelled the Rev. Dr. J kerken of Amsterdam for doubt upon the story Adam Eve and the serpent in the Garden den. The applicant vice said he felt burder as to how, as a true could cut off a woma light of Paul's f Corinthians, Chap to the effdct that her glory. The Rev. Dr. ligious journal, has extent of five colum no one in doubt tion that womr cuts The young men were arrested for theft of an automobile in Pough keepsie, N. Y., and confe: they had stolen Mr. McAuliffe on Court street, this ci st T ater near Poughkee, MeAuliffe’s car was found early this week and a travel- ing bag containing men's clothing was in it. Mr. McAuliffe nt to Poughkeepsie and claimed the car, after which the bag was turned over to the local detective burean Yesterday afternoon, Ser J. O'Mara learned that t which was in the cleaned at a local establ was unable to learn the name of the | owner, however, becanse of the check system used by the tailor. Skinger and Mankus will be tried in Poughkeepsie, after which they will be returned to this city for the local theft. The police said today that both youths have records in this city. time G. Geel- casting of a i in mind believer, he in the to the 15, s hai st epistle 11 woman cant P. coat been ent. He < F replied He his convie- inferior. hair, to mere leaves to off her diependence, or a silly fash doubtedly commits a ys8 the fundamentalist | turther th; |symbolical of the |dained subjection man, Certain exceptions, allowed and it Christian women hobbed or shins la permit to th | elder, who will ¢ | rcasons * for the 1 step n e un- 1 action, pastor. long hair is divinely pre-or- of to ts woman howe 1 who w ed shall ir pas are that to be apply for or chief Exceeds Army Deaths During World Strife . 12 (M—In a increasing death rate due to automobile operation in the United States, a commit- | |theologically admissible or not tee of the national conference on || Pastor Fernhout wears a full street and highway safety has ||beard, because, he says, he has Imated that deaths from this entious objections to shaving. cau: had exceeded American = army losses in the world war, * Approximately 165,000 per- | [ | | is h Propose are sons have Tost their lives in this THE WEATHER manner in the last 20 years, and it was estimated that, if the present rate should continue for the next 20 years, the death losses from automobile operation will be 440,000 person. New Britain Fair tonight. creasing cloudiness, rising temperature. and vicinity: Saturday in- slowly *| insisted that | ago | ll\*‘ rtify whether the | | ceiling. | The other four men drew re- | volvers, lined up five customers | waiting at the cages and took charge {ot the institution. About a dozen persons, including employes, were in the bank. All were torced to lie on the floor while two robbers stood guard over them. George McClane, president of the the bank, was forced to lie down | with the ot s was a woman, who entered w] ¢ robbers were jat work. ile One Man Killed. Minto, N. D., Nov. 12 (A—Three | bandits held up the Citizens’ State | bank of Wheelock, Williams county, |today, and shot and killed H. | Peterson, 45, cashicr of the bank. LD MAIN ST. BLOCK MAY BE DEMOLISHED | Repair Bill Would Be High A Main street building situated ol for in the heart of the business district | |is marked for condeinnation witi' I1ist of necessary repairs that is ex- pected to run into a figure which | may result in the present building being razed. | The structure was under surveil- lance several years ago when the | building commission, under the lead- crship of Israel Wexler, at that time chairman, insisted on thous- ands of dollars worth of improve- ments in centrally located proper- ties. Some changes were made in | this structure at the time, but the churacter of the building is such that no permanent repairs, unless begun from the very foundation, could be effected, builders’say. Inspector A. N. Rutherford late this afternoon admitted conditicns sugh as reported exist in a central- ¢ located Main street building, but » refused to divulge the name of the owners. The inspector has | adopted a policy of withholding in- | formation of this nature, declaring it unfair to property owners to have their buildings proclaimed as in need of extensive repairs, except- ing in cases where there is actually al ises The building under surveillance is one of the oldest on Main street. It contains two stores and living quar- | ters. Consulting | Ba of New Ei I gineer W. Vincent aven, was in tor Rutherford concerning buildings in course of con: and others which are beir This afternoon at 3 o'clock, building commission made tour of iInspection. The bt {under surveillance and others now | being constructed were examined. \GALLED 0UT OF ALLEYS, BEATEN BY PIN BOYS Lewis Homan Badly Bused Up and | Tens rolice His Mystified by Assault. of alleys mid the bowling shortly before low pin bo: Called out on Arch street night by five Homan, aged 19, of 54 Cherry strec was set upon and badly beaten, ac- cording to his report to Officer John Smigel fact that Homan Y| knows their addres to result { re 3 [ the officer s found tru When Homan met Officer |and one eye was closed from the | beating he said he had received. He | did not know why the boys invited him outside, aid, but as soon as he went they cked him without giving him a chance to defend hi self, He said the boys are a few years his junior. |Estimated Population of | New Haven Now 218,000 | New Haven, Nov. 12 (P — mates on the population of New H ven, based upon the number names in the 196 city directory, just |issued place the total at 218,000, the federal census ta the population as 1 A There are’in the latest directory. /83,600 names, an Increase of 4,000 |over the number of names in {1925 hook. | the list, there being more than 700 smiths in the new directory. |Considered Unsafe But ‘ zard to persons using the prem- | Smigel | on the street, his face was bleeding | of | the | The Smith family leads | | Next Week as Planned. tion. | Jersey City, N, 1., Nov. 12— 'A blood transfusion will be made | later today on Mrs. Jane Gibson, | who is seriously ill with pyelitis and is wanted by Prosecutor Simpson to testify in the Hall-Mills trial. | The announcement was made by | Dr. Charies Charles B. Kelly, staft | gvnecologiet, after he had exam- | moted and inspired” by the Daily | ined Mrs. Gibson this morning. | Mirror, a New York tablold news. | The transtusion will be made to| .0 | correct a “moderately severe sec- | % | ondary anemia which was discover-| The statement was mads during led at the first diagnosis last Mon. | Cross-examination of one of the two, day and' confirmed today,” it ms"wnnn ses of the forenoon session, SAntad, | Phil Payne, managing editor of the It was said by those In authority | MITTOr. Payne, who had testsified that the transfusion did not indicate | 2% t0 Photographing in his office of | Mrs. Gibson's condition was grave, | €alling card the state claims bears but was to be made in an attempt | Willie Stevens' fingerprint, was aske to vitalize her anaemic condition. |4 OR cross-examination how much Blood tests were being made to- | the Mirror has spent “on this inves- {day of two firemen, Patrick Scott | gation. and Thomas Kent. ot etlon a3 prompily raised by | Pt | th state and Robert H. McCarter, 1 ’l;rlf;r;d"::;mm;‘.:?;l;‘c'::r Mos, | S010r defense counsel, said in his s Mrs. | argument as to the competence of Jane Gibson was completed this|the question that it is a theory of afternoon at the City hospital. 4 | the defense that “This matter now | At the conclusion of the operation | being prosecuted as a solemn trial | the doctors announced that the con- u |in this court was promoted and in~ | dition of Mrs. Gibson was satisfac- | spired by the Mirror for financial | tory but they would make no com- chumns and to promote circulation." |ment on the prospects of getting| "Phe question was excluded by the Mrs. Gibson to Somerville to testi-'| court. |fy at the trial of Mrs. Frances| In approaching the problem f; | Stevens Hall and her brothers, Wil- ot | another angle, defense counsel ate lie ‘and Henry Stevens, on Tuesday | tempted to question the witness as as Scnator Alexander Simpson, | to the newspaper's connection iwith special prosecutor, hopes. | attorneys’ fees in a case of, Arthur The blood for the transfusion was | Riehl against his wife, who was given by Thomas Kent of Engine Co. | Loulse Geist, was & maid in the Hall No. 5, one of the men on the volun- | home. This, too, was overruled tary blood donor list kept at the| Barbara Tough, maid in the i‘au local hospital for such operations. home at the time of the crime, was | The transtusion and the tests pre- | the only other witness of the morn. liminary to it required nearly three ing, hours. It was made under the Unp Maid Resumes Testimony. ger system and was a direct transfu. Recalled to the witness stand on sion, the blood passing from the left | resumption of the trial today, Bar- arm of the donor to the left arm of | bara Tough, former maid in the the patient. y | home of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, After the transfusion Mrs. Gibson | continued her story of what occur. thanked the donor of the blood, and | red in the home the night Mrs, the doctors. She said she was feel- | Hall's husband was slain, g ing better. | Miss Tough, under direct examin- TBH ARLflTTE'mENEU e e " BY DEATHS IN FAMILY water to the bedroom of Mrs. Hall Courthouse, Somerville, N. Ty Nov. 12 (P)—Defense counsel in the Hall-Mills case today said in argue ment to the court that it has a the« ory that the present trial was “proe every night, but said she did not take anry to her room on Thursday night, September 14, 1922, the night of the murders. She also said she did not pass the room of Willie Stevens in taking the water to Mrs, S i | Hall's bedroom. 'bmro“ Stalks Footsteps On Wednesday, Miss Tough had : tostified that she had seen neith of Daughter of Slain Mrs. Hall nor Willie Stevens in their Woman house on the night of the murders although she did hear Mrs. Hall en- ter the bathroom about 2 o'clock in the morning. Willle Rarely Out. Today Miss Tough testified that, in her almost seven years of service in the Hall home, she rarely saw Willie Stevens out of the house after six o'clock in the evening. For the first time, Danfel Mills, sixteen year old son of the slain woman, attended the trial today. He sat beside his sister, Charlotte, who has been a daily spectator and hes twice appeared on the witness stand, The girl has been separated from her father, by three scats. Mills also has testified as a witness for the state. BY CHARLOTTE MILLS (Copyright, 1926, Famous Features Syndicate, Inc.) | Somerville, N. J., Nov. 12 — It truly seems that 1 am destined to | sorrow. As I sat in the courtroom | this morning I tried to listen to Bar- bara Tough's testimony, but my | mind Kept straying away to thoughts | of how sorrow secms to pursue mie. Wednesday, Uncle Fred Reinhardt, mother's brother, died. About the same time the husband of one of mother's sisters received news that | his grandmother had died. I hear that both passed away just about the time one of the doctors in court here | was demonstrating how my mother's | throat had been cut. Isn't that| strange and startlin My family didn’t tell me about the deaths until | today ause they wanted me to have a good r sterday. Oh, why can’t deat ands until | have }id time to recover just a from the other troubles which on our minds and hearts? | Will there ever be a time when 1| be free from suffering? | Mrs. Hall Very Calm. Mrs. Hall, dressed in black, as on every day e the trial began, en- tered the court room early as usual, still wearing the calm expression that even the most pointed thrusts of the state prosecuors have been unable to shatter. Occasionally she speaks a word to her two brothers, who sit on either side of her, but by her outward mannerisms it would be difficult to tell that she is being | tried for her life. enator Case took up the ¢ examination of Miss Tough. adding | another pronunciation to the incream {ing list which have been emploved |in calling her Scotch name. Vary | ing from “Tuh” to * he finally | asked the correct way, and rd another shading between those two, Nothing Unusual, “Was there anything unusual in the house when you came in on the night of the killings?” asked Case. othing at a replied You didn’t pass the bhedroom of Mrs. Hall in going the third floor?"” bec littl weigh (Continued on Page 31) 08 Drinks 62 Cups of Coffee in 12 Hours To Become Champion L Fergus Falls, Minn., (P —Gust Comstock, shop porter, to to a new world’s c consuming 62 table coffee, defeating petitors who pa race at the 2 Nov. 12 30, a barber ank himselt implonship, sizo cups of eleven com- ed out of the cup. Barbers gave Comstock a championship belt studded with 62 coffee beans. He finished the contest in good condition, after 12 hours of drinking, which started at 7 a. m. Comstock entered the mateh with special training which in- cluded the drinking of 20 cups a day. No sugar and a little ‘cream was added to each cup to aid the flavoring. It was esti- mated that six cups were cqual to a quart, bringing the total mount to 10 1-3 quart —_— she to h You couldn't see it?” Did Mr. and me room 2" Yes.” nd the Yes. On cross-examination of James Mils, Senator Case had brought out that Mills and she occupied separate rooms. “During the night, about 2 o’clock you heard Mrs. Hall going to the bathroom 2" Mrs. Hall occupy the same bed (Continued on Page 17)