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

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 THREE KILLED IN COAL MINE BLAST; TWO ARE ENTOMBED Tragedy Occurs in Shaft of Glendale Gas Coal Company ot Moundsville, W Va. SON VISITING FATHER ONE OF THE VICTIMS Parent Stood by Boy, Trying to Keep Off Deadly Fumes, Until Life Was Extinct—Some Hope is Held Out that Couple Still Remaining Un- derground May be Rescued Alive. Moundsville, W. V., Nov. 15 (P)— Two miners and a boy met death, two others were seriously injured and two of their comrades were en- tombed by a gas explosion early to- day In the Tirst Street mine of the Glendale Gas Coal company here. Eleven workmen escaped the blast which occurred in the south entry | about a quarter of a mile from the | shaft. They were brought to the surface in the mine cage four hours after the explosion, apparently none the worse for their experience. Two Are Trapped rst reports were that four miners were entombed but a check- | up of those in the mine at the time accounted for all but two. Rescue crews were searching for them and held out some hope they would be found alive. Saw Own Son Die When Jesse Fogle, mine foreman, staggered from the mine uninjured ho was heartsick, for far down in the dark recesses he had stood by helpless until his son, Walter, died. Fogle was In the north ventry. His boy was not employed in the mine, but had been visiting his father. When the blast came Fogle and ten fellow workers fled before a cloud of | smoke and gas. They dragged the boy with them, but before the suc- ceeded in erecting a brattice the lad was overcome. The father covered the boy’s head with a coat, hoping to keep out the deadly gas. He stood by until the lad died and then made his escape up the shaft. Probably Killed by Damp A. Y. Lafferty, deputy mine in spector, said he believed the three victims were killed by after damp, as the bodies bore no marks. The n P; nterests of Cleveland. The normal working force of 300 men were not scheduled to go to work | until 8 a. m. The workers in the mine at the time of the blast were getting the mine in condition for the regular force. LYON NOW BELIEVES DEATH ACCIDENTAL Retreats From Stand It Was Due to Foul Play Reversing his attitude of Satur- day morning during the early part of the inquest of the body of the un- identified man who died in the New | Britain General hospital Friday night, Medical Examiner Lyon Sat- urday evening announced that he was satisfied the man did not meet his death by foul play. This state- ment was borne out by Detective Sergeant, William C. McCue who was ssigned to the case as soon as he | returned to the city from Ilorida | Saturday. Saturday morning during the in- quest Dr. Lyon pointed out that the injury to the man's skull was of such a nature that it would require | some | a blow from a hammer or similar instrument. While he did not specifically use the word “mur- der” the inference was plain. “If he had fallen off a train he would h shown evidence of other in- juries,” he explained. Although no one connected with | the police department was present in the room where the autopsy took place at the time the remark made, any assumption of foul play was denied a few minutes after-| wards by Chief of Police William C. Hart, who admitted the department | did not know how the man met his death, but said Dr. Lyon had told a sergeant, presumably Detective Sergeant George Ellinger, that the man had a tuberculor lung and an alcoholic stomach. Sergeant Ellinger and Policeman Thomas Dolan were in the hospital during the autopsy | end the greater part of the time were present at the autopsy, but had | temporarily stepped out of the room when the body was being dissected. (Continued on Page 11) Mayor Weld to Present First Veto Wednesday Mayor Weld will present his first veto to the common coun- cil Wednesday night, when he will return without his approval the council's vote on parking laws passed at the October meeting. There is no disagree- ment between the mayor and the councll, but the executive has found that the resolution passed was confused and did not ovpress the wishes of the council, « is operated by the J. A. | NEW BRITAIN HERAL e E R a, “If I’d Only Had a Brick,” Mourns Elderly Irishman After Holdup o— ‘Washington, Nov Michael M. O'Conn¢ old, and all his li Irish. “rgy, » A young negro ., tol at him and dem... money. ‘Hold "m me up, will you""‘ Michael growled, and started forward. The negro fired once at his feet. But Michael was galning momentum and the fel- low fled. Michael pursued for two blocks, and then a dark alley tricked him. He couldn't find hide nor hair of the holdup man. “If I'd only had a brick,” he mourned to a policeman. WED UNWILLINGLY, Gonsuelo and Duke Never United | in Eyes of Church {BISHOP MAKES STATEMENT Rt. Rev. Peter Amigo Explains That | As Miss Vanderbilt Consented Un- | willingly to T riage, There Never Was Contract. London, Nov. 15 () — Consuelo Vanderbilt's consent to her rlage to the Duke of Marlborough mar- of the Catholic church, the Evening News quotes Bishop Peter Amigo of Southwark as declaring. It was the dlocesan court of South- wark which annulled the marr with the confirmation of the verdiet by the Holy Rota tribunal in Rome. The bishop is quoted as saying: Never Was Contract “The marrige of the Duke of N borough and Consuelo Vanderbilt was declared - 11 because, through | fear, she did not give her willing, but | only her unwilling, consent to the contract. “Therefore there never was a mar- ago contract, and, though they ms |have lived together for over | years, they were neve Aside from thy I i story, it is admiited in ec cles that the plea of the former duchess, who is now Mme. J | Balsan, was that, at the age of e was virtually forced into the |union with the duke. She alleged |that she was inc.ced to marry | through pressure brought to hear by her mothar and other relative Petitioned In 1925 Her petition, it is presented to the Southwark dioce: court toward the end of 1925, he absence of Monsignor William I, Brown, titular president of the court | who was in Rome at the time, ti | diocesan proce: Jir {by Canon John Sheen of the South- | wark diocese, sitting with three an- | ditors, which is the number prescrib- |ed by the rules of the court. | Both the former duchess and the duke appeared in person, together th witnesses for hoth sides, and o a diocesan theologian act “defensor vinculi,” or defender of {T bond, whose duty s to maintain the validity of the matrimonial tie, Court Finds Grounds After mature consideration, |court found terms whereby it was able to declare that the conditions | essential to marriage had not existed in the eyes of the church, which | does not admit divor: | The court’s verdict for | required confirmation by the Holy | Rota tribunal. This was given to- |ward the «nd ¢ last July, and the | diocesan court was privately advised of it 1 August. Du'ie Not Admitted Feclesiastical circles declare pos tively that the duke has not yet been | received into the church, but |annulment of the marriage | him free to be admitted. It is understood the former duchess' second hush: Balsan, is a Catholic v {her desire to have her f | annulled. | | TAFAYETTE YOUNG DEAD Des Moines, Io Nov. 15.—P— Lafayette Young, editor of the Des Moines Daily Capital, and a former | United States senator from To died here today from heart disc was | MARRIAGE IS VOID was given unwillingly, and therefore | they were never married in the eyes | ening News | were conducted | the | annnument | leaves | se. | enforce the city NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1926 —SIXTEEN PAGES FOUNDIN HALLWAY { SEVERELY INJURED os"oves {, Man Unable fo Ex- ‘a ""a"w Gondl ion “ R ACCIDENT Jocsph Kizlis, 67, Has Internal In- | ASme juries and is on Danger List at Hospital—Can't Help Police to Solve Mystery. Lying in a critical condition at New Britain General hospital with |injuries about the head, face and chest, Joseph Kizlis, aged 67 years, | of Grove street, is unable to glve the police and hospital authorities any information throwing light on the circumstances surrounding his case. He was found about 6:30 this morning in a rear hallway of the se next to to the one in which he Ell\:s. Sergeant Flynn was notified |at police headquarters and started | an investization which,” up to press tine, was unproductive of anything definite, Sergeant P. J. O'Mara of | the detective burcau is on the case | and he interviewed several men in u.r neighborhood but made no ar- hou I e & stk baveibemn itk ing yesterday and last night and it is possible, the police say, that he | was beaten and left when unable to [vise. On the other hand, there is (he theory that injured himself. |at lengih at the hospital but could not tell what happened to him. Late this afternoon it was said at the hospital that he has internal in- juries and his condition is regarded as very grave. He has possible frac- | tures of the ribs. The injuries to | his head are not considered as seri- about the body. | according to the hospital | at Landers, | is employed Frary & Clark’s facto {ANOTHER HUGE STILL IS FOUND BY POLICE “Wild Wood” Cottage Near Derby ails In West Haven Is Raided. 15.—(P—State and New "rooper West Haven “Wild Wood,” Haven, Nov. William police hatzman today raided a two story frame rediately Inn and discovered a equiped distiller; under arrest and charged, it w with threatening the life of Trooper Harry Mitchas, pro- r of the Derby Falls Inn, is ing held under a technical charge t of the raid. men locked up tely men are comp Two one be may sald, Haven Police, who said the place had been under suspicion for some time, confiscated the elaborate plant. The entire house was given over to the plant and its various pipes and cooling devices extended even to the | attie. The huge still gallon capacity. It was in full opera- tion when the plant was discovered | by_Schatzman this morning. Hiding in the woods at the rear of | the place, the state trooper waited {until the brothers had entered the | place and then telephoned to the { West Haven police. | When the raiding part Carl Ursini, the police said, the front of the house. | Ursini was found in another room land as the trooper entered, leveled a gun at him. | Schatzmans w { but was barged was not un in uniforms t the weapon, entered, was in not in uniform | as a hunter and it 1 other police entered Ursini surrendered e | Nebraska Foothall Men Arrested in Poker Game | Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 15.—(®—| star end, and John | ackfield star of the University football [team, were a sted early today to- gether with six other students in raid upon what the po d was a poker game. Mandery is a special police officer ose du curfew law, o W v Hunter, Attacked by Wounded Fox, Kllls It Barehanded After Fxght‘ Ben Smith of Kensington Believed Animal Was Pick It Up. A story that savors Boone tale was acted Hills Kensington, of a Daniel out in Blue Saturday when | his hands. According to Smith's story, he | had used two shots to down the f and believing the animal dead had aproached it and, while | stooping to lay down his gun the fox | sprang at him, just grazing his cheelk with her fa Smith was Kknocked over by he “the Dead Until He Went to | | Ben Smith of that locality fought a | | bullet crazed red fox to a finish with | surprising | rush leg, % and the animal grabbed his worrying it as a dog shakes a Smith scrambled to his feet time to mcet the second rush of | TReynard and succeeded in fending off the fox’s teeth with arm, the animal gripping his wrist in a buildog hold. Unable to reach his gun or a stick for f of the beast's slashing attack, Smith tried | !to pry the al's jaws apart and after a considerable struggle suc- ceeded in accomplishing the feat, | immediately swinging the fox against a tree and ending its death struggl Smith reported that in all V' of fox hunting, this was the first instance of a fox ever attack- ing him in earnest although they had often snapped at him as they lay wounded. The fox was termed as one of the largest female animals that Smith had ever shot. The hunter’s wrist was badly lacerated hut he snifered no other effects from the battle, he fell down and | He was questioned | adjoining | in West | are Carl and William Ursini | was of 1,000 | William | al his right | | the | \DECLINES RESCUE BUT RESCUER IS INSISTENT| New Haven Restaurant Manager fs Pulled from River by Divinity Student. New Haven, €onn,, Nov. 15.—# —ZEdward T. Lowe, 37, treasurer of the Charles E. Longley company, restaurant owners, was rescued from the Mill river this morning after he had jumped into the stream. Lowe drove his automobile onto | the Chapel street bridge and then jumped over the driver, Willlam D. Pardee Orange, who was passing at the time, saw Lowe struggling in the water and threw a rope tc the man. According to the truck operator, Lowe said he did not want a rope and that he wanted to drown. Pardee then jumped into the ri and carried Lowe to shore. Lowe was taken to New Haven hospital and after receiving treat- ment was taken to his home. It was said that Lowe had un- dergone an operation recently and that he had been suffering from nervous spells. Pardee is a student at the Yale divinity school and is employed on part time by the New Haven Gas Light company. Pardee said that Lowe was wearing an overcoat when he jumped into the water and tha this kept him afloat. Lowe did not struggle during the rescue, Pardee sald, and was able to help himse! up the ladder when the shore was | reached. 'BUS FARE INGREASE MAY BE UNOPPOSED | Weld to Attend Hearing on Jerome Street Line Boost Mayor Weld will attend a hea ing before the public utilities com- | mission tomorrow morning in | Hartford at which Ired Roman | operator of the Jerome street b line, will present his arguments in support of a two-cent fare increase, 'and if the arguments appear to be |sound, the city will not go on rec- |ord as opposed. | Last year when the bus opera- jtors sought a one-cent fare in- |crease A. M. Paonessa, at that time representatives and several city governmentiargued Hm ully against the hoos | Mayor Weld explained this after- {noon he has not had sufficient in- | formation to base an opinion | mayor, of \hearing with an open mind. He h had little information and prv\'(‘r« to wait until the operator has pre- isented his case before attempting to dccide whether he should offi- ‘(‘L\H_v oppose. | Romani now charges six cents |fare on his route, which is one of the longest n the city. He requests permission to increase the fare to cight cents. LOWELL CANDIDATE HIDNAPPED TODAY : |J. W. Mahan Taken Four Armed Men in Closed Auto by Lowell, Mass., | W. Mahan, Nov. 15 (A—John | policeman candidate for | mayor of Lowell, whose principal {campaign talk lLiad been aimed |against so-called bootlegzers and |srafters, was kidnapped from his !home early tod - by four armed men | who forced him to enter a closed | automobile. Entrance to the apartment was |through a window from which a |heavy iron grill has been removed. | Mahan, who stands six fect four | |inches and bears the reputation of a fearless fighter, * s unable to put up | |a battle, his wife said, because of |the surprise attack. The police who were called by Mrs. Mahan, found no clue to his whereabouts, As the hours passed today and no ier husband’s fate, | Mrs. Mahan expressed anxiety for | his safety. While she admitted that | fword came of it 1s to |it Was possible that the affair was a | remark, the ared that she had no t to be one. If| said, it was * The election will [hoax, she de | reason for believing it was a joke, sh pretty serious one., be held tomorrow. Mr. M han, who had been on a| {two weeks' lea e of absence during the campaign, returned home at 12:30 this morning. Fifteen minutes later, Mrs. Mahan said, she head a ecrash. Men' voices said: |we want you,” and then she heard her husband calling her name. She |hurried to answer her call but said Ishe was only In time to see four |men apparently pushing and pulling |Mr. Mahan across the street where The cord ¢ the telephone was cut although the instrument actually |had been out of Inight. A ladder in a nearby alley | led to a flat roof which reached to the window from which the grating | was snipped awi Mr. Mahan had served much of him time con the force in districts where Ithere were several well organized gangs and where there was much police work to do. During his cam- paign he had made charges against the liquor squad and others. Brib- ery was included in the accusations that he made. A meeting at the Memorlal forum is scheduled tonight where Mahan and nine other candidat accord- ing to city custom, have heen sched- uled to present thelr views, railing. A truck| of | on | ® the subject and he will go to the a ‘Come on. | they thrust him into an automobile. | order before last | EXPECTS SIMPSON T0 REVEAL HAND Charlotte Believes He Will Tie Up Loose. Ends AMAZED BY WITNESSES : BROWNING'S MORALS ASSAILED IN' COURT| Peaches’” Lawyers Say That Her Leaving Him Was Justified l | | | | 1 | | | Mills Girl Cannot Understand How | —Disgusted with Attitude Spectators in Courtroom. BY CHARLOTTE MILLS (Copyright, 1926, Famous Ieatures | ate, Inc.) | Somerville, N. J, Nov. 15—A | m-;mge thought comes to me as 1/ wait for another week of the trial | Ito begin. I have been thinking that | this whole case so far has been very | {much like the gnarled old tree un- |der which my mother and Dr. Hall | were killed. | Many phases of the evidence pre sented in court are like branches on the tree — a branch here and a! branch there. Sometimes the evi-| dence has seemed like disconnected branches, but this week Senator Simpson will connect them and show how they all lead to the trunk of | the tree and downward to the roots, against which my mother and Dr. Hall were found dead. No matter how far the case seems to go astray at times, everything always leads back to those poor bodies at the' foot of the tree. Of course the lawyers for Mrs. | Hall and her two brothers are try- ing to eaw off whole branches of cvidence, but the tree is tough; and strong trunk always remains. They will not he able to chop up this tree of evidence for “souvenir like the original crabapple tree w: chopped up. Tt is too strong with | the vital sap of love and hate and | memories. | Yesterday, during an automobile ride, we possed near De lane. T had to shudder when I saw the great crowds of curiosity seeking people there. Sometimes T am jhst disgusted with the whole world. Glad Week Is Tnded T am glad that the first phase of the trial—the present action of the state's case—is drawing to a close. It will probably be over by the mid- dle of the week. Then the defense | | will have its day in court. What can |they do, T wonder, to tear down the levidence that has been built up? | It seems very strange to me that somie of the witnesses that were on stand last week changed their in several important de- v can they do that? The truth is the truth and four vears doesn’t change that. T believe | wator Simpson will have more to | cay yet about Louise Geist. T wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks about her pretty soon. | I can't that T the re- | opening of the trial with much vig- or, although T spent the week-end 'at the home of a girl friend in 2 Brunswick. All day yesterday my mind was haunted by those letters | from Dr. Hall to my mother they Iread in court. | T nave never read them myself, ‘nnd T couldn’t sit in the courtroom | while they were being read. T had | |them In my possession quite a while | ter mother was killed, but T always | felt that If T read them T would be |committing a sacrilege against her | [tove. Then T was tricked out of | [them four years ago and they were | | published for the whole world to| {read. | | Dut there 1s one consolatlon for |me. Although T don't know what is ‘In those letters, T am sure they show {how beautifully my mother and Dr. Fall loved, and they ouzht to be a Irevelation fo those who think theirs {was a profane lovi The spectators m tained. | Spectators Think It Is a Show | 1 can’t quite get accustomed to |the attitude of most of the specta- |tators in the Somerville courtroom. |A person, not knowing, would get {the impression that he was watching |seme dress rehearsal and that those ismnnl around were friends of the actors or critics, ready to find fault and just as ready to give praise. | There aren’t many actual outside spectators here—most of those oceu- pying seats are either state wit- es or ropo but as far as of them is concerned, it isalla great show. When Sena- | tor Simpson makes some brilliant is usually a buzz| t—some express- others disapproval, of the state witnesses hat this is a murder they are important | One of them on the | stand, several days ago—I don't | want to mention any names — {secmed more concerned with how |the answers impressed the report- | ¥ 4 (Continued on Page 13) S be enter- |among those pre |ing approval, Even some |seem to forget |trial and that figures in it |] RED CROSS ROLL CALL FUND OVER $100 MARK The Red Cross annual roll call fund today passed the $400 mark in its drive towards New Britain's goal of $6,000. The report to date is as follows: Saturday's total Received today | $353.00 103.00 Total to date THE WEATHER New Dritain and vicinity: Rain tonight and Tuesday warmer tonight; colder Tues- day afternoon and evening. They Can Contradict Themselves | of |1y set | abandonment, | counter twith | motors, | thre |ed and grabbed him. | flames Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Nov. 13th .... 13,943 PRICE THREE CENTS MRS. MILLS OFTEN SAID SHE LOVED HALL'S FINGER MORE THAN HER OWN HUSBAND'S BODY, SISTER DECLARES | | ‘White Plains, N. Y., Nov. aration beween Frances (Pea Browning and Edward W. ches) Brown- ng, wealthy middle-aged New York | real estate man, which was original- for December 4 at Pough- keepsie, N. Y., will probably not be- gin until the middle The counsel, of January. request of Mrs. Browning's Henry Epstein, for more time in which to prepare his case, | was granted by supreme court Jus- tice Morschauer today, at the hear- ing of a motion to fix alimony for he girl wife and to set a sum for | counsel fees, | The court reserv decision on both awards, aft attorneys for both sides had agreed she was en- | titled to alimony and counsel fees, | but differed on the amounts. Mrs. Browning is asking $4,000 a month | uimony, on which to live in keep- ng with the “plane to which she was lifted by her marriage,” and $25,000 for counsel. d 15.—) | —The sult and countersuit for sep- | des Man Said He Saw Mrs. Hall and Brothers Near Scene of ‘Vlmder Courthouse, Somerville, N. J.. Nov. 15 (A — Ira B, Nixon, proprietor of an ofl company, took the witness stand in the Hall-Mills c this afternoon to testify that four years ago Elijah K. Soper told him th he recognized Mrs. Hall and her two brothers in an auto- mobile near De Ru 1 on the night of the slaying of Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills. Soper had testified earlier In the day that he saw an automobile occupied by two men and a woman about midnight but could not recognize them, Soper also sald on cross ex- amination that he had not told an acquaintance, Ira Nixon, that he recognized the automo- bile’s occupants. MRS. GIBSON WILL BE | | Coming to Court Stretcher to Tell of Hall-Mills Murder on Mrs. Browning’s attorney declared that Browning's suit ing her with cruelty and abandonment would be answered by admitting but that she would the ertion that abandonment was justified. | “From the marriage,” said Ep- stein, “to the time she left six months later, Mr. Browning pursued | a course of conduct which rendered | life impossible with him from a | physical standpoint and made life with him also impossible from a oral standpoint.” Epstein sald Browning's income exceeded $300,000 a year, and that his reputed statements that he in- tended to live with the bride on a budget of $5,000 a year scemed “incredible.” he upkeep his including the salaries of a uffeur and assistant, “amounted | to $800 a montk John E. Mack of P representing Browning, was granted days to file additional affi- davits on today’s motion. Justice Morschauser would decide on the alimony and counsel fees requests Saturday or Monday and that on December 4 | ifd set a date for the probably in January. | cha | b 1ghkeepsie, sald he ‘GLENBROOK MAN BOUND AS BANDITS LOOT SAFE | Arrival of Employe, Just As le'c Catelics Fire, Probably Saves His Life. Stamford, Nov. 15 (# — Henry i Scofield of Da * n, one of the own- ers of the Davis-Scofield Grain com- pany, was held up in the office of the concern at Glenbrook early this morning by two men who with $60 taken from the Scoficld reached his offi o'clock and was s small stove when the e. at 5:30 ting a fire in a tw. men enter- He was taken to a store room in the rear of the place and tied to a post with his hands above his head. His shirt as cut by the robbers and he suf- fered a- slight w The robbers then rifled { 5 took the $60 from and then made their escape. the fire started burned so briskly some papers on The blaze a box ia the that it ove had set fire to e to the desk when a driver arrived, broke into the office, and extingnished the He then released Scofield been tied up for some who had | time, It is by robbers wera camp nearby. rived at th New Yor believed the police that from a railroad Eleven new men ar- camp last night TRADF Washington, Nov America's foregn trade for Octoher showed a favorable balance of $74,- | 000,000 with exports of $457,000,000 and imports of $383,000,000. |gered by the po lan emergency ope (r‘iuL | escaped | In the meantime | from | . J., Nov. 15 (® — the Hall-Mills murder trial plans to have Mrs, Jane Somerville, The prosecution in Gibson, its key witness, brought in- | {to court Wednesday on a stretcher ! to give what may be death-bed tes- timony. The plans, however, are ation to for a short time the life of ! | person known to claim to I the slaying four years ago Rev. | Mrs. ihe | Mr. Edward Wheeler Hail and Eleanor Mills. son, who is also known as saston, to collapse while attending | court 10 days ago, is now diagnosed as nephrolithiasis, or kidney stones. Her condition was reported to Ihave improved after a blood trans- fusion Friday. but Dr. Charles Kelly one of the physicians attending her, bolds that this apparent improve- {ment is only a natural phase of the disease and has no great significance | as it may be reversed very eud- denly. Mrs. Gibson's doctors declare that (Con((nucd on Page Five) BUllllERS’ HARDWARE - EXPORTS INCREASING -‘Biggest Business of - Year | Recorded in September BY GEORGE M (W NING shington Bureau of the New Britain Herald Washington, D. C., Nov. ports of American-made locks of | various kinds, hinges and butts, and other builders' hardware, jumped in September to the highest value recorded this year since April. 15.—Ex- ment of commerce has complete re- ports, $352,416 worth of builders’ hardware of these classes was sold in foreign markets, whereas only $310,085 warth was sold in August, nd $373,609 worth in july. During April, the peak month, $483,900 worth was exported. Hinges and butts led the list 96,149 dozen pairs, sold abroad during the locks came second, with 22 en, valued at $52,485, Other exports of builders’ dozen door Alued at $51.783; 1 en cabinet and other lock: |at s and other bullders’ hardware valued at $178,828 | Great Britain and its were the big markets for padlc nwmm T locks and 114 ks, (Continued on Page 11) Port Huron, Mich., Nov. “A flag of tolerance,” waves today |from a pole in » yard of the First | Methodist Episcopal church. The flag was donated by the Port Huron Ku ux Klan 1 the church whose pastor, I'r. Russell H. Bready, has been an open foe of the Klan. | The mast’from which the flag flics was presented to the chureh by Jacob 8. Goldn prominent Port Huron Jew, The flag was raised aloft by Archibald Wayner, war veteran, and the dedicatory ad- dress was made by Monsignor Pat- rick R. Dunigan, a (‘atholic. To 10,000 persons who gathered 15 (P— n, negro | Protestants, Jews, Catholics and Negroes Join Anti-Klan Movement {for the ceremony yesterday Monsig- |nor Dunigan said: “This observance, with its diver- sity of elements assembled so obvi- | {ously for the common good, means nothing if not the convincing burial community. It should splendid example to all |ities.” Despite a warning Dr. Bready re- ceived last week that 400 men would {be presen’ “to see that the service was 1fever carried out,” there was no sign of disorder. The entire police department, augmented by a com- pany of Natfonal Guardsmen, armed, was present. stand as a commun- B R 1 GALLED WEDNESDAY' | An aitiient that caused Mrs. Giba! Mrs, | During September, the last month | for which the United States depart- | hardware | doz- | valued | dominions | of the bitterness of bigotry in this | 'Her Affection No Secret and Mills Himself Heard Her Declare She Thought More of Preacher Than Him. Defense Again Appears to Be Pointing Finger ofl Suspicion at Widower— Woman Also Cared for Clergyman. IREALLY WAS RIVAL OF MURDER VICTIM Court House, Somerville, N. J, Nov. 15 (P—Mrs. Eilsie Barnhardt, sister of Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, slain with the Rev. Edward W. Hall, said | on the witness stand today that her | sister told her that she loved Mr. Hall's little finger more than her husband's whole body. Testitying ;as a state's witness at the trial of | Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her | brothers, Henry and Willfe Stevens, | charged with Mrs. Mill¥ murder, | Mrs. Barnhardt said that Mrs. Mills | had taken her into her con- | fidence in telling of her love for he rector of the church where Mrs, Mills was a member of the choir. Told of Her Love “Eleanor told me she loved Mr. Hall’s little finger more than Jim's whole body,” the witness said. | "Jim" is James Mills, husband of the slain woman. Later Mrs. Barnhardt added that her sister repeated the statement in the presence of Mills, and their two children, Charlotte and Daniel. “She said it seve Barnhardt testified. Didn’t Care Who Knew It Mrs. Barnhardt said her sister'met her warning that Mrs. Mills' friend- ship with the minister was unwise with the reply “I don't care who knows I love Mr. Hall.” Mrs. Barnhardt was calm as she spoke of her sister's confessed love for the minister but she spoke in a low voice and the jurors leaned for- ward as thcugh they were having difficulty in hearing her testimony. | Mrs. Barnhardt told of “the last heneh in Buccleugh park” as a place her sister told of meeting Rev. Hall “and helping him with his sermons™ there, omewhere in Aston avenue” was another meeting place, she said, and another “in New York.” Opens With Clash, The tenth day of the trial opened today to the accompainment of an- other verbal clash between state and defense counsel such as has fre- quently enlivened the trial, The state had called to the stand, as its first witness of the day, James A. McKeever, a stenographer of Hudson county, who took down a statement made by former Sheriff Bogart T. Conklin of Somerset coun- ty to officials who last summer were investigating the slaying. McKeever was called by Alexan= | der Simpson, special state prosecus | tor, in an attempt to bring out ale leged discrepancies between the tese timony given by Conklin on the wit= ness stand Saturday and the state- ment which he made before the | trial. The first question asked the | witness by Simpson was objected to by Clarence E. Case, for defense counsel, resulting in the clash, dur- ing which Simpson stated that the nse had intimated that he was “manufacturing evidence.” Case rea plied that he made no such intima- tion, but that the point which he had made was that Simpson had pretended surprise at Conklin's tes- timony, whereas the prosecutor “knew perfectly well” what the wit- ness' testimony would be. Big Crowd On Hand. Crowds besieged the courtroom doors for entry this morning as on all other days of the trial. Mrs. Hall and her brothers entered the courts room several minutes before trial resumed, sitting quietly and occa- sionally speaking a few words to their lawyers as preparations were made for another day in court. Saw Carpender Teave. | Alfred Butler, New Brunswick taxicab driver, testified that on the morning of the day the bodies were found, he saw Henry Carpender come from the Hall house with a bundle under one arm and three or four hoxes under the other. He said he thought the hoxes contained husiness papers, and that Carpender. placed them in a large green car | and drove away. | Senator Case on cross-examination drew from the witness the admis- sion that he made only a “very casual” inspection of what was tak- ing place. The taxi driver said hie y“as busy making change for a pas- | senger whom he delivered at the house. He could not describe the | car other than to say it was a large | green machine and admitted that he was 80 busy with his passenger that he did not see it drive away. Defense Hammers Police. The defense began hammering early today at activities of the Je City police in the investigation which led to the indictment of Mra | | (Continued on Page Fo!