New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1926, Page 1

Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending. 13’943 ov. 13th . o] NEW BRITAIN HERALD AR Nk“ By W»wv‘ Ry B1eiS JRaneuns’ Commander of Eddy-Glover Post \CTICUT, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS OVER 7 MULION. HENRY STEVENS CALLED TO STAND ESTABLISHED 1870 MEREDITH THINKS McADOO WILL HAVE SUPPORT FROM DRYS IN WEST AND SOUTH Predicts That He Will Therefore Be Nomin- ated For Presidency in 1928—Sees Smith Out Of It Does Not Believe New Yorker Would Have a Chance for Nomination Because of His Stand on Prohibition. New York, Nov. 20 (B—Dry democrats from the west and south will nominate Willlam Gibbs Mc- Adoo for the presidency in 1928, it is belleved by Edwin T. Meredith, secretary of agriculture in the Wil- son administration, himselt a demo- cratic presidential possibility. Thinks Smith Out of It Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New Yark will be eliminated as a possi- bility by the adoption of a dry plat- form, in Mr. Meredith's opinion. The formed secretary «I agricul- ture, who has been widely men- tioned as a possible compromise nominee, sald yesterday he is not a candidate. Later he gave his views as to the democratic prospects. “In my judgment,” he said, “the next democratic national convention will be controlled by the progressive democrats of the west and south.” Th platform will not be wet and | undoubtedly will include in its dec- laration of party policy and program a prohibition law enforcement plank. | This country is dry today. I do not belleve that Gov. Smith consistently could run on the sort of a platform the 1928 convention is mos. likely to adopt. McAdoo “Rallying Point” Mr. McAdoo, he said, would be “the rallying point,” for the pro- gressives in the 1928 convention. “He is the only man within our party around whom any considera- b!. group of “progressives,” a ma- jority of whom also happen to be drys, would gather to make their stand against the wets and what | they regard as the ‘“reactionary east.” Mr. Meredith sald he thought Mec- Adoo's relatlve strength would be “about the same” as in 1924. He “sincerely hopes” introduction ot McAdoo’s name will not bring about a repetition of the 1924 deadlock, | which required 103 ballots to break. “However,” Mr. Meredith remark- ed, “I expect it to be an interesting convention.” Probably in the West The convention will without a doubt be held somewhere in the middle west or west, in Mr. Mere- dith’s opinion. “Cleveland, St. Louls, | or possibly Kansas City,” he’ sug-| gested, he was certain it will not be held in New York. Governor Smith's recent election for a fourth terr: in this state “has undoubtedly strengthened him,” in the opinion of Mr. Meredith, but not enough to overcome sentiment against him. 4 The New York World, an ardent supporter of Governor Smith, con- | siders the Meredith pronouncement | a move to counter momentum ac- quirgd by Gov. Smith in his reelec- tion to a fourth term. FOUR SHARING ESTATE APPRAISED AT $39,400 New Britain Relatives of Mary C. Moran Get Bequests (Special to the Herald.) New York, Nov. 20—Four resi dents of New Brtain, Conn., share in the estate of the late Mary C. Moran, which was appraised here today in the office of the state transfer tax department and was found to have a net value of $39,- 400, The decedent died April 3 last. Mary J. Moran, mother of the de- ceased, receives a life estate in $14,- 800. John L. Moran, brother, re- ceives $2,000, and Elizabeth M. Sullivan, receives $5,000. All reside at 38 Hillerest avenue. James W. Moran, brother, of 811 East street receives $2,000. $25,000 Judgment Found Against Young Vanderbilt | Los Angeles, Calit, Nov. 20 () — Judgment of $25,000 against Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., former publisher of the Los Angcles Tllus- tratod Daily News, was awarded by a jury here yesterday to Edward J. Ralph, a former oxecutive of the paper, in a suit charging libel. Ralph charged that in a purport- ed interview with Vanderbilt pub- lished by a magazine in 1924 the publisher said that difculties with his Los Angeles paper were due to his executives plotting against him and that a number were dismissed for treachery. Although Ralph's name was not mentioned in the fnterview. he contended that Vanderbilt had dls- charged him and that inferred that he was implcated. He asked | has been possible for $160,000 damages. IMPORTANT GAMES LISTED FOR TODAY Yale and Harvard Chiel Interest in the East EACH HAS LOST FOUR And In the Mid-West, the Cham- plonship of the Big Ten Conference Hinges On Results of Fights This Afternoon. New Haven, Nov. 20 (M—A capa- city audience of 18,000 will fill the Yale Bowl this afternoon to watch the Yale Bulldog and the Harvard Crimson in the 45th episode of their traditional football rivalry. Both teams : announced to be fit and ready. The playing fleld is in perfect condition, despite the recent rains, To date Yale has won 23 of the 44 contests, Harvard 15, and six games were tied, including that of last year when the Crimson held Yale time after time in the very shadow of the goal posts. It is the memory of that scoreless tie, when Yale was an odds-on favor- ite, that today spurs “Tad” Jones' Blue charges to determination that history must not repeat. Lincups Uncertain The Yale lineup appears to be |settled, but has not been officially announced. The Harvard lineup glven out last night by Coach Hor- ween took all the dopesters by sur- prise, and on the Yale campus was declared a complete upeset of reas- onable ex ‘ctations. The probable lineups: Harvard ... Rudman Left End ... Coady (Capt.) Tackle Richards ...... Left Sturhahn .. Left Guard . Gamanche Stewart F. Clark Fishwick ..... .. Meadows Right End Bunnell (Capt.) Quarterbac! oble . Guarnaccia Fullback C. Quigley, Bowdoin; Umplires, P. J. Thorpe, Columbia; Linesman, F. W. Murphy, Brown; vield Judge, J. E. Ingersoll, Dart- mouth. Each Have Lost Four. Yale and Harvard have lost four games each, but despite their low Referee, rank 78,000 persons came from far | and near to attend what may be the last football game of the Big Three here today. . Hotels have been sold months and last night ‘he were filled with visitors looking for lodgings. The bulk of the crowd did not begin to arrive until early this morning, however, they came by automobile and train, the New Haven railroad alone having 92 special trains comprisi. its schedule, and it was estimated that between 11:46 and 12:55 o'clock trains would arrive at the New Ha- ven station on the average of every two mintues and ten seconds. A_cold cloudy day, highly favored for football was forecast. crowds were well equipped with coonskin and other fur coats for the chill winds that sweep ths bowl. Solemn Note In Program. Both teams were anxious for the | kick-oft and both were as fit as It to get them this season. Choice seats were reserved for the Princeton team that clinched the Big Three championship last week. The day's program carried its solemn note in the form of a tribute to Walter Camp, Yale's greatest football son. The ceremo- nies were arranged as a climax to those held in almest every college throughout the country this season. A bugler was assigned to blow taps from a distant post in the bowl as a signal for the Yale and Ifarvard bands, massed as one, to play the Yale song, “Bright College Years. The football fans were happy this morning when the day broke | clear and crisp, ideal weather for the annual classic. 60,000 Grads There Some 60,000 graduates of the two universities are expected to make New Haven their home for several hours today and early this morning. reports from the surrounding towns and cities showed that thousands were coming by automobile. The highways were filled with cars prac- tically are bearing banners which indicated - the team they would cheer for in the afternoon. The automobile traftic record for the football season is clean and Connecticut state police were out early and planned to work late to keep the record spotless. The thous- ands that came by automobile for the Yale-Army and Yale-Dart- mouth games got into the state and city and away again with no serious accidents, and cvery effort was be- ing mado today to continue that record, Cheering plays a big part In the Nale-Harvard game, whether it s played at Cambridge or here in New Haven, and assurance was given (Continued on Page Nine) Stafford | out for | strects | g 916 cars on | The early | and Official HARRY GINSBURG LIVED DOUBLE LIFE, HONEST AND CROOKED |Disguised, Denver Adver- tising Man Also Sold Forged Bonds Denver, Col, Nov. 20 (P—Con- |tronted by evidence collected by |state afd federal authorlties, Earl | A. Pivan, 28-year-old Denver ad- vertlsing man, has confessed to liv- ing a “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" existence here for five months as head of a brokerage firm that sold $240,000 worth of forged Denver | municipal water works bonds. Much |of the business was transacted with | eastern firms, he sald. Pivan was arrested yesterday aft’ er several banks and brokerage houses reported that he had opened ‘\Imge accounts with them recently |under the name of C. A. Coe, of {Coe and company. He told District | Attorney Foster Cline and Roy Nel- | son, chief district post office inspec- tor, that he forged $600:000 worth of the bonds and had traded $240.- {007 worth for good bonds or cash. | Ho said he had burned the rest. Pivan told of purchasing a $1,000 | water bond and sending it to a St. | Louis lithographing firm for publi- |cation. Ho then obtained a dupli- cate of the Denver city and county |seal at Omaha and established an office under the mame of Coe and company. After tracing the signa- | ture on the original bond he said he |traded the forged securitics to Chi- |cago, Boston and New York bond | houses on their local branches. | Every morning he would leave his {advertising offices and go to a hotel room where he made up with iron grey wig and moustache. He then went to his brokerage office | where he was known by employe as an astute business man. He attempted to escupe a'short time after his arrest, while being taken to the city Jjail. from an officer, he ran for two blocks and was cornered in a base- ment after police had fired at him several times. Following his confession, Pivan |sald he could account for all the bonds he had received from east- ern firms. Police believe all the securities will be recovered without loss to his clients. His father, Jacob Pivan, a retir- ed iron dealer, said he was astound- ed by the confession BARNESDALE FOUNDER DIES AT AGE OF 67 Charles L. Barnes Won Success in Real Estate Field Charles L. Barnes, one of the most prominent business men in this city, passed away at his home at 100 | Wooster street, Barnesdale, this |morning. e was born in Burling- |ton, and was 67 years old. He | had been a resident of this city for | over40 years. Upon his arrival in New Britain | he opencd a coal and wood business and continued in this line until about 1912 when he entered the real | estate business. He purchased the Cornclius Andrews farm on the | western outskirts of New Britain and began a land development there | which today forms an important section of the city and s called Barnesdale. He is survived by his wife Lucia | Bunnell Barnes; three sons, War- | Raymond Kenneth Barnes, an elee- | trician on the U. 8. New Mexico, [U. S. N, and Paul B. Barnes of | Barnesdale; three daughters, Mrs. Millicent B. Peer of Winsted, Mrs. Esther B. Smith of Barnesdale and Miss Gertrude U. Barnes, a teacher in the state normal school in this city; his mother, Mrs. Nellle Barnes of Barnesdale; a sister, Mrs. Kate Banning of Bristol and three broth- ers, Amzi Barnes of Cleveland, O., Clifford 8. Barnes of Bristol and Luther M. Barnes of New Britain and Georgla. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon with services at his home at 2 o'clock, Burial will be in Bur- lington, an | Breaking | ren I. Barnes of Long Beach, Cal, | He is Succeeding ARTHUR H. PETTS GINSBURG COMMANDS EDDY-GLOVER POST Succeeds Arthur H. Petts| as Head of Local Legionnaires Harry Ginsburg, lawyer and veter- an of the naval service, was elected of Eddy-Glover post, American Legion, at the annual} meeting last night. Arthur H. Petts, retiring com- mander, presented a comprchensive | report of the post's activities dur-| ing the past year. He was elected a | member of the executive committee | for three years, Officers sclected to serve with| Commander Ginsburg are: first vice- | commander, Nathan C. Avery; sec- ond vice-commander, Maurice H. | | Pease; adjutant, Fred Lock: treasurer, Edward E. Ogren; exe- cutive committee, Arthur H. Petts, Harry Wessels and William Turner, for three years, and William J. Kel- { Iy for one year. Commander Petts’ Report Commander Petts' report was as commander “In accordance with previous cus- | tom, T herewith submit my report | |as your commander for the year |ending November, 1925, | “The actlvities of this administra- | [ticn have been many, and began |early in December with a drive for | renewals and new members, which | netted the post approximately | | eighty members. The success of this drive was largely due to the gener- csity of Past Commander Harry C. Jackson, who offered a beautiful { Legion ring as first prize. The prize was won by Past Commander Harry Scheuy, with Stephen Charamut a second. hristmas 1925, was fittingly ob- | served by the Post®n holding exer- | cises at the Memorial Arch, Sunday afternoon prior to Christmas, at { which time wreaths were hung on the individual pillars in honor of those who made the supreme sacri- | tice. We also remembered the dis- | {abled veterans at Allingtown, and | disabled New Britain veterans lo- | | cated at various hospitals through- | out the country. i | “our Christmas Tree sale netted | us aproximately $300. | “On January 22nd, T ‘ (Continued on Page 13) CHINGES HER WD A5 *SHE SEES EATH PLOT “Wife Then Helps Convict | Man Who Would Slay | Husband had the } Port Orchard, Wash., Nov. 20 (@) | —W. G. Walker, electrical engineer, | faced a sentence of possibly 20 | years in the penitentiary today be- | cause the woman in the case chang- ed her mind, nipped Walker's al- leged plot to slay her husband by electrocution, and became, instead of a conflderate in the plan, the | means of convicting him of attempt- | ed murder. | A jury here last night returned | the verdict against Walker after a few minutes of deliberation. | Mrs. Herbert J. Kenniston testi- |nea Walker plotted with her to| {kill her husband by attaching an | electric transformer to a switch in | the Kennison home and connecting |1t to a metal plate on the floor— la contrivance which, testimony | showed, would have killed anyone | who stood on the plate and touch- {ed a light switch overhead. Walker promised her, she testi- fled, that he would shoot Kenniston it the contrivance falled to work, |and that if it were a success, she could sue the light company for | $20,000 for her husband’s death. But when the time arrived to put {th> machine into use, Mrs, Kennis- ton reported the plot to the police. The defense contended Walker had no intention of committing murder with the contrivance, but set it up only to frighten Mrs. Ken- niston. After the verdict was read Walker turned to his wife, who was among the spectators, and offered her his hand, It was refused. He bowed his head and marched oft to Jall. | i idase . | propriated for [ plan led to the statement that for | | follows: ' | the | ground and not to spores BUDGET IS NEEDED FOR U. 3. DEFENSE $804,345,000 for War Dept. and $322,001,000 for Navy— $89,000,000 for Aviation OVER $1,500,000 WILL BE FOR RATIONS POR MEN Unless Navy Can Obtain Necessary Funds, Several of the Older Battleships of Scouting Fleet Will Have to go out of Commission— Five-Year Aviation Program Also Estimated. ‘Washington, Nov. 20.—#— Ap- propriations for the army and navy for the fiscal year 1928 have been estimated by the $354,345,000 for the war depart- ment and $322,061,000 for the navy, while provision has been made for approximately $89,000,000 for avia- tion in all services, the army and navy journal say Yor strictly military purposes, it will set forth, the war department is given $269,345,000, an increase over the current appropriation of ap- proximately $3,000,000, and for non- military us including Panama Canal activitics, $85,000,000 is pro- vided. For the navy, the figure provided Adds to Expenscs | is estimated at $7,000,000 above the budget's “direct appropriations” and may include indirect appropriations | and contract authorization which annually raise the total, but is al- most $5,000,000 less than this year's total. Reason for Increase The increase for the military es- tablishment is necessary, the Journal will say, to largely bear the expense of the flve-year aviation program authorized by not yet ap- by congress. This | the first time “it is definitely known | | that the administration is commit-, ted to a pollcy of absorbing this additional cost in the appropriations for the regular establishment.” The article further points out: That a million and a third dol- provide rations for the 8,000 men which a shortage this year made it impossible to carry. Must Curtail Strength That the estimates for the navy will force adoption of serious cur- tailment of existing strength, the budget providing for only 80,175 cnlisted men against a recommend- ed $3,000, That the navy, In‘event a higher tigure is not eventually provided for, is prepared to place out of commis- sion flve of the six older battleships { of the scouting tleet, leaving one to serve as flagship for the naval forces in the Atlantic, That naval aeronautics, will re- celve about $1,500,000 less, but it is cstimated that about three-fourths of the planes scheduled for con- struction the second year under the five-year program can be built be- cause of standardization of type and quantity buying now in effect. That while funds available for the army air corps will permit in a large measure new plane construc- tion provided for increase in funds does not carry out to a great extent the ma- | terial development and other phases of the program. That the marine corps faces & curtailment of funds and a subse- quent reduction of 1,000 men. serves are well provided for in both services. PLAN T0 KILL BLIGHT East Hartford Man Offers Sugges- s of tion to Fight Discase that Chestnut Trees. East Hartford, Conn., Nov. 20 (P) —Possibility that the disastrous chestnut blight which has nearly ex- terminated that tree in North Amer- ica is duc to infection carried into the trees by moisture from the carried from one tree to another by wind, birds or insects is suggested in a let- ter to the United States department | of agriculture by I, Laver of 353, ast Hart- | ford, who, after two and a half years | Cennecticut Boulevard, of study and experiment, believes that a sufficlent quantity of lime in t ground around the tree will check the spread of the disease and help reestablish the chestnut in this country. In experiments, it is said, Mr. Laver has eliminated the cankers on the bark which indicates presence of the disease and completely cured young sprouts which had been in- tected. JUMPS FROM MONUMENT Washington, Nov. 20 (® — De- budget bureau at | LAW OF MEXICANS Pope Pius Gondemns “Bloody Tyranny” Suflered by Clergy |EXHORTS ALL TO PRAYERS Encyclical Published Today Pictures Horrors of Abuse In Mexico And Lauds Heroic Stand of the Bishops And Priests. Rome, Nov. 20 (P—Pope Plus in |an encyclical published today con- demns the “bloody tyranny” suffer- ed by the clergy and faithful in Mexico, exhorts those in other lands to continue prayers in behalf of the Mexicans, and expresses faith In the final victory of the church. |increasing violence of the persecu- [tion, including attecks on young women and the growth of courageous though peaceful, resistance. Calls It “Bloody Tyranny” He examines especially “the ar- bitrary character of the so-called po- litical constitution of 1917 and the intolerable way in which the condi- |tions o the Catholics have been ren- dered even more traglc by the recent and ever more odious law and by its violent application accompanied by the grossest abuses of authority, |reaching “bloody tyranny. The principal excesses of this the second year, | |tyranny, verified by Incontestablc {testimony, he says, have been direct- jed not only against holy places and persons but also against those citi- |zens who are most openly Catholic, and who therefore are suspected of aversion toward the anti-religious {laws of their rulers. Describes Conditions | The description of condition In Mexico, the encyclical says, recalls |atrocities of the worst period of per- {lars of the fncrease will be needed to [secution, including the French revo- |lution, whose martyre the pontiff re- cently glorified. “thinking also of |their imitators. the martyrs of Mex- {ican persecution.” | In contrast lo the gloomy picture lof the horrors of the persecution, the Pope describes the courageous spec- |tacle of resistance offcred by bishop: | priests and laymen, especially the {members of the principal Catholic {associations, which he praises by name. Praise For K. of C. These include the Knights of Co- lumbus, the Federation for Defense lof Religious Liberty, the Association of Mexican Catholic Youth, and the Union of Mcxican Catholic Women, all of which, he says, have earned ‘[ht‘ gratitude of the church and their jcountry. He mentions the principal heroes lin the fight for religious liberty, re | calling *with especial love and pride {those youths who, being asked to cheer for their persecutor, preferred death, which they met with rosaries in their hands, exalting Christ as king. He also recounts the even more Lorrible fate of Christian virgins {who, the encyclical says, have with | |“Satanic hate” !een imprisoned and treatment. The Pope then recalls the driving ‘prmnisc of future victory and the im- mortality of the church, even amid ‘lhn most terrible storms, and ex- | presses the hope that the persecutors |themselves may repent, realizing {how much thelr country and they |themselves owe to the church and |the Catholic religion. Catholics Take Credit All good. civilization and progress existing in Mexico, declares, came through the Catholic religion, which first saved the coun- | try from the greed of its conquerors, {and later from the reaction of the natives; then enriched it with | splendors of religion, with the bene- fits of the Catholic religion, with in- | stitutes of charity and beneflence, and with schools of all grades and | kinds subjected in prison to the worst ill- | the Encyclical | the | BANDITS LOCK TRIO. " IN REFRIGERATOR ‘Brandish Guns and Force Store| Employes Into Ice Box RIFLE CASH REGISTER Forestville Market Scene of Daring | Holdup Which Nets Armed } | Crooks About $200—No Custom- ers in Place at Time. (Speclal to the Herald.) Bristol, Nov. 20—The Eagle Mar- T0 DENY MURDER GHARGES AND TO EXPLAIN ALIBI FOR OWN DEFENSE PAPAL NOTE HITS Mrs. Hall and “Willie” Stevens Also Will Tes- tify in Attempt to Re- fute Allegations of State. Today’s First Witness Tells Court This is His 57th Birthday — Was Trap- shooting Expert Remington Arms Co. for the 7:10 Iford avenue, Forestville, was i scene of a holdup at about last evening, when three armed | bandits, one of whom was masked, |torced the proprietor, | Plasznskl, and his assistant, Stephen | then proceeded to rob the cash reg- | ister of more than $200. | Accoding to the story told | Egler, he was leaning against the |shelf in the rear of the counter | when the door was pushed open and |three men stepped inside. Each | brandished a revolver and he was |instructed to remove his hands from ims pockets. | Plasznski, who was standing in the certer of the floor, was asked by one of the bandits, who ap- peared to be the leader, if he had |any money in his pockets and when he replied in the negative, he was forced to enter the icebox. Egler was given similar treatment and {one of the holdup men locked the | {door from the outside. The leader Ithen proceeded to rifle the cash register, after which the three un- welcome guests departed. The imprisoned men endeavored to attract the attention of passers- {by by their shouts and also broke a window in the ice box but without avail. They then exerted their ef- | forts toward breaking the lock and |after about ten minutes succeeded | in gaining their freedom. Pla ski_telephone police headquarters and Motoreycle Policeman Henry | Jeglinski was dispatched to the scene by Capfain Thomas | The officer and the proprietor made a hurried search of the surround- |ing strects in the market delivery [ truck without result. | At the time the holdup men en- {tered the market, there were no cus- {tomers in the place and a young boy {who resides in the vicinity told the |Herald reporter that prior to the {Tobbery, he had . cticed three men |standing in an alleyway a short dis- |tance away from the store. It is be- {licved that the bandits simply wait- jed until the time when the market |was empty of customers to facilitate heir tas) Fgler was able to secuer a fairly good description of the men and fur- nished that information to the police. |He stated that they were all about |the same height, 5 feet, § or 9 inches. The leader wore an overcoat and soft hat and his face was broken {out with a rash. The other two {members wore caps and one also |wore an overcoat. It is belleved that |the same trio was responsible for |the holdup of the Economy store on Main street several weeks ago. CHARLOTTE LISTENS TOMRS. HALL LAUDED Would Have Laughed if She Were in That Mood BY CHARLOTTE MILLS, | (Copyright, 1926, Famous Features Syndicate, Inc.) | Somerville, N.J., Nov. 20—The courtroom is crowded again today ket and Grocery Company on Staf- | Anthony | | by | Guckin. | Courthouse, Somerville, N. J,, Nov. 20 {#) — Henry Stevens, who |is a defendant with his sister and |brother in the Hall-Mills murder trial, took the witness stand to | testify in his own behalt on open- He enlarges upon two themes, the | gler, to enter the refrigerator and | \’S Of court this morning. He was the first of the defendants to be called. Others to Testity Too | S. I'rances Stevens Hall and Stevens, the two other de- fendants, will take the stand laters | The three are being tried for the | murder of Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, | choir singer, who was slain four | years ago with Mrs. Mills' husband, the Rev. Edward W. Hall, who was | pastor of one of New Brunswick's | leading churches, | Henry Stevens as a witness fafled | to draw any such crowds as flock- ed to the courthouse corridors, and ;L‘\(v-n‘flo:»\'cd to the outside of the ihul(dlng when Mrs. Jane Gibson, state's star witness, testified from | her sickbed on Thursday. It was 10:07 o'clock when Steve ens began his testimony. “How old are you, Mr. Stevens?* |asked Clarence E. Case, of defense counsel, His 57th Birthday fty-seven years; this happens to be my birthda answered | Stevens, The witness spoke in an easy man- - |mer, but explained he was slightly ‘lmrd of he ng. He told of having i been born in New Brunswick, where ‘,!l»: lived until 1890. Then he lived in Roselle Park, N. J, for a few months, where he was married. Later he moved to Lavallette, N. J.. where he now lives. During the life of his father Mr, Stevens said he lived in an apart- m‘unt in New York city during the winter months. Upon his father's death, in 1922, he began making bis home in Lavallette the year around. The witness had some difficulty remembering the year he gave up his New York apartment. In previ ous statements he had sald he went from the Hall home, after the fu- neral of the Rev. Mr. Hall, to New York to arrange for closing his apartment there, “What had been your business?” asked Mr. Case, Was Expert Marksman | “I retired in 1920,” said Mr. | Stevens. “Previous to that I taught | people the art of trapshooting at | Atlantic City. Previous to that I | was with the Remington Arms come What was your work with the latter company 2" 3 “Demonstrating trapshooting, calls ing on dealers, etc.” “In your work h the Remings |ton Arms company, did you have to |do with shotguns? “Yes'’. | “Did the Remington Arms com« | pany make pistols?” ! “No”, the witness answered, but he then recalled that the company | did manufacture an old-fashioned pistol which they had sold for about 100 years in the south, Knew About Pistols | “Have you any knowledge of pls« |tols?” asked Case. | “Yes”, replied the witness, “our company made cartridge for pistols and I had to know about them.” “I had one about 25 years ago, | Finally, the pontiff invokes our The mews that Henry Stevens would | but gave it away before 1915.” Lady of Guadaloupe to forget the offenses she has suffered and get for the Mexican people peace and con- cord, and if this should be delayed, to intercede for divine comfort for the persecuted Mexicans, consoli- dating them in their resistance to laws which deprive them of the liberty of professing their religion. "Boy and His Dog Hide | _Until Cop Steps on Tail | Worcester, Mass, Nov. 20 (A— | For move than an hour last night | two policemen and two detectives | searched in vain for a suspiclous [person in a rag shop on Bigelow |street. Then Patrolman Harvey take the stand brought hundreds of | people to the doors carly this morn- |ing, eagerly wondering what he | would say and how he would stand up under the fires of the littie ma- |chine gun prosecutor. Has he some | |of the warmness of his brother | Willte, or is he cold 1lke his sister, [Mrs. Hall? Is he a hard, ruthless | man as pictured by the prosecution, jor is he the mild, wholehearted the defense? His lawyers, of course, have told him to be as kind-appear- |ing as possible on the stand. | I suppose everything is fair when {any one is trying to escape the elec- [tric chair, but it was certainly | strange to me to hear Senator Case, spite extra precautlons to prevent.Stepped on a police dog's tail and |in his opening speech to the jury, suicides at the Washington monu- { ment, Henry Anderson, an inmate of the Soldiers’ home here, killed himself today by crawling through | the iron grating at the top of the |Protruded. ¢ | shaft and leaping to the pavement|Of the policeman’s more than 500 feet below. THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair and slightly colder tonight and Sunday. *. * | the mystery was solved. The dog {and his 14 year old master were | concealed under a covering of | waste. Only the ! il of the dog The dog tore the leg trousers and escaped but the little fellow was lugged off to police headquarters to await trial in the juvenile session of police court, 9 HORSES SUFFOCATED Barre, Vt, Nov. 20 (P) — Nine horses were suffocated when fire swept through a large barn off West street ocarly today. Py | talk about what a friendly and like- | able person Mrs. Hall is. It 1 were |in a mood to laugh, T think I should 'jaugh at that, espectally when Mrs. iHnll has sat during the whole trial |looking like a graven image. | Friendly? Who can believe that? T have had some éxperiences with Mrs. Hall myself. She was my Sun- day school teacher. She was so cold and inhuman that she never won the love of us children like other teach- |ers. But T can't hold that against her. She was just made like that,and l (Continued on Page 15.) sportsman, as he is represented by | | “Have you owned any small fire- arms since then?” | Bought Gun For Mrs. Hall | “In 1924, T brought a .38 calibre | automatic for Mrs. Stevens.” “Before that did you own any re- volver?™ “I had one in 1891 or 1592.” “From 1915 to 1924 did you have |any | “Nor The defense was going thoroughly into the suhject of small firearms, as Mrs. Mills was shot three times in the head with a .32 calibre pistol. The witness said he had not fired a pistol in 25 years “Your experlence has been with shotguns?'"* “Yes,” answered witness, During the direct examination Mrs. Hall moved over to the defense | counsel table so she could get a ‘clear view on her brother on the witness stand. Stevens explained that to go from Lavallette to New Brunswick by rallroad. it was necessary to change traing at Sea Girt, Brunswick, and then at Monmouth Junction. “What is the distance between Lavallette and New Brunswick by road?” “Approximately fifty miles” ane (Continued on Page 15.) £SY