New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1926, Page 13

PN-10 N0, 2 HAD INTERESTING TRIP Log of Norwalk to Panama Plane Chronicles Voyage ‘Washington, Nov. 27 (®—Proving that modern naval seaplanes can be moved quickly from Hampton Roads | to the Panama Canal, Lieutenant Commander H. T. Bartlett and the three other intrepid .aembers of the crow of the PN-10 No. 2 have ac- complished the main objective of thelr hazardous flight. The arrived at Colon, C. Z, late yesterday, completing their mile flight over the vast reaches of water in the face of unexpected motor lubrication difficulties. The plane’s fallure to make the trip without stopping may have robbed tha venture of a little of its glamour but did not diminish its value from & technical standpoint. As it is, the log of the flight con- tains plenty of romantic appeal Taking oft at Norfolk shortly before dusk Tuesday with heavy burdena of fuel, Com.nander Bartlett's plane and its companion, the PN-10 No. 1 headed south on a practical test of the new machines which wad in- tended to surpass the world distance record for their class established by the late Commandcer John Rodgers on his nearly disastrous flight from the Pacific coast to Hawail last year. Soon it was found that the lu- bricating system of the motors would not stand the strain, resulting in a greater consumption of oil than had been counted on. This difficulty brought Commander Bartlett down on the Isle of Pines, hut the No, 1 plane continued for nedrly 300 miles arther Ynto the Caribbean until a break in an oil feed pipe so compli- cated its trobules that a forced land- ing at sea was necessary. was lost for more than 14 hours, until the cruiser Cincinnati, one of 2,060 | | | | There, it | the guard ships which had been sta- | tioned at intervals of 150 miles or more along the route, picked it up. Meanwhile, Commander PBartlett obtained a supply of oil and gaso- to Cape Irancis, on the western end of the Isle of Pines, to await more adequate supplies hurried to him by the cruiser Raleigh, Recelving th he took off at 6:65 a. m.,, yvesterday, and landed at Colon, 825 miles away, 28 p. m. 'Everything functioned well from Norfolk to Panama,” he reported, "except that Ilubricating oll con- sumption was too high.” He described the operation of the radio equipment as ‘‘excaptional.” His average speed on the second leg of the flight wgs 73.6 knots, Walks Into Automobile, Receives Leg Injury Jacob Abraham, aged 60, of 24 Clark street rear, was knocked down by an automobile driven by John Seremet of 23 McClintock road, on | RBroad street near the corner of Grove street about 10:15 last eve- ning and suffered an injury to his leg. He taken to New Britain Goneral hospital by Mr. Seremet and later was taken to his home, According to Mr. Seremet, man was intoxicated and walked against the automobile the left front | fender striking him, Mr. Seremet ryeported the accident to Lieutenant Bamforth at police headquarters. An automobile owned by Stanis- law Krupo of 44 Granby road, Chi- copee, Mass., was damaged about the mudguard about 9 o'clock last night, when it was struck by a trolley car, | according to the report of Officer Santucel. The automobile was parked in front of 134 Dwight street when the car, going west, struck it. \Violent Explosions At Mount Vesuvius Naples, Italy, Nov. 27 (®—Vio- fent explosions within the cone of Mt. Vesuvius terrified the inhabi- tants of Portici, Torre Annunziata and other towns in the surrounding walley carly today. For several weeks the destroyer of Pompeil has been active, glving vent to dull rumblings and spout- Ing columns of smoke, With a tur- gld flow of lava marking gradual | collapse of the crater formed fn 1905. Today's vigorous reawakening i3 believed to have been aided by water which gathered within the crater during the recent heavy rains. Experts hare believe there is no @anger of a violent eruption, but tho populations of the surrounding | towns are restive. New Haven Merger Has No Opposition Hartford, Nov. 27 (#) —No oppo- sition developed yesterday at the hearing before the public utilities commission on the petition of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad for permission to merge | with that road the Central New Fing- land and the Hartford & Port Ches- savings of $80,000 in the accounting department of the New Haven road alone, it was atated. The three roads are alrcady under the same management, it was point- ed out, and a merger would be in the Interest of cconomy in operation, The commission did not indicate its decision, but it {5 considered prob- able that this will be favorable, BOY Two boys, 13 and 1 ‘were turned over to Miss Bristoll, assistant probation by Sergeant Patrick J. O'Mara to- day, after they admitted, xccording to the police, that they were impli- cated in the theft of money from a gas meter at the home of John Dadarian of 16 Spring street, and | that they also tool money from a small bank in the same house. One of the boys obtained a pasy years, Ruth officer, | | key which he used to enter the house on Wednesday, according to the police. The other boy stood watch outside. The $2.76 in the meter, which was in w pantry, and $1.15 In the bank, which they opened in the rear of a garage on | the | | | Tast Main str According to the police, the boys divided the money. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS | in Maine," sald Arthur R. Gould, r¢ s tor railroads, which would result in | the su Gould Concedes LEAYES PART OF ESTATE T0 PARENTS IN POLAND Frank Pearl Bequeaths $1,500 to Mother and Father—Trust Fund Created for Children The will of the late Frank Pearl ‘was flled in probate court today. He leaves to his parents, 8himon Pearla and Hyah Pearla of Dutrove, Poland the sum of $1,600 jointly, this going to both or to the survivor. One- third of the remainder of his es- | tate he leaves to his wife, Ida Pearl. | To his sister, Bessle Pearl of New | York city, and to hig wife, he leaves the remaining portion of the eatate, in trust for his children, their shares to be given them when they reach the age of 21 years. His sister, Bessle Pearl, and hly wife, Ida, are appointed executors The will was drawn September 16, 1925, ELEVEN RAILROADS VOTE WAGE RAISES Hundred Thousand Men Are to (Get More Pay Chicago, Nov. 27 (P—Eleven rallroads operating out of Chicage have granted wage increases that will add three millions annually to the pay of about 100,000 shopmen. The advances range from one to three cents an hour, in most cases an hourly increase of two oents, and either are alrcady in effect ov will be by the end of the calendar year. The move was negotiated through local employes’ associations, but railway officials said that the first major and general increases since those incident to the strike of shop workers in 1922 were voluntarily granted and not forced by demands. There have boen advances on some of the roads since 1922 but of | smaller proportions. line at Neavo Gerona and proceeded | Roads Involved are the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacifie, Atchison, Topeka and Santa F Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; Chicago 'and Eastern Illinois; Great Northern; Missouri Pacific, and Chicago and Alton, and on some, the new scales | month or | hava been in effect a more, although unannounced pub- liely. In most cases the increases are | effective after December 1, but the Santa Fe's went on the books November 1, the Missourl Pacific increases went into effect August 1, and the Rock Island on September 15. Loud Singing by Inmates Makes Guards Suspicious Datrolt, Nov. 27—A prodiglous outburst of melody rattled the inter- jor the state prison at Flint yester- day. The inmates were doing a job on “The Prisoner's Song."” They were putting their hearts and souls into it. They were putting so much vim and vigor and heartfelt emotion into the rendition that deputies took notice | and investigated. They discovered something. They found out that the emphasis on the musical effort had an object. It was to drown out the noise engendered by an attempt to break jail. And it seemed the same would have been a success had not several too ambi- tious baritones roared considerably too loudly. Drain Skating Rink Fighting Island Fire Orrs Island, Maine, Nov. 27 (P — After the water from two wells, the only avallable water on the island had been exhausted, a boy's skating rink was pressed into service and the business section of the island saved from destruction by flre yes- terday. One store was destroyed and other property was damaged, the entire loss being estimated at $6,000. The island has no fire department and apparatus and men from Bruns- wick responded. With the flames ap- parently overcoming the efforts of the fire-fighters and the water used up, attentlon was called to a dam puilt across the end of a swamp by ® group of local boys. This water checked the blaze at a time when all of the business zone seemed doomed. Praises Position Of College “Frats” New York, Nov. 37 (®—The fra- ternity 1s the only hope of the mod- ern college youth, Dean Fioyd Iield of the Georgia School of Technol- ogy told 250 delegates and guests of the inter-fraternities conference. There is no other group, he as: serted, which can change the stu. dent bodies' ideals and put honesty | {in every phase of campus life. Dean Thomas Arkle Clark of the Uni ty of Illinols asserted that cess of fraternities in the fu- ture will depend largely on each member’s realization of the ideals of | sacrifice and unselfishness that are back of the fratcrnal idea., He said too much attention has been pald in the past to the me- chanics and financing of fraterni- ties, Hold New Haven Man For Embezzling $3,566 New Haven, Conn., Nov, 27 (@ — Charged with embezzlement of $3,566.21 from hls employers over a period of three years, Joseph P. Lynch, 45, of this city, was last night arrested and held under bond of $5,000. Lynch has heen em- ployed for some time by a concern selling houschold goods, and it is alloged that he has been systemat- | ically robbing the company of a fow dollars at a time. | | | Redman K. K. K. Vote Portland, Maine, Nov. 27 (®—"1 do not believe that the Ku Klux Klan controls the republican party publican candidate for United Stat enate last night. “With their vote | for Redman I shall still win by & very substantial majority."” | graduate manager. BROTHERS OPPOSE EACH OTHER TODAY Army and Navy Both Have a Born on Teams | New Haven, Conn,, Nov. 27 lM—-‘ Major V, E. Prichard, a Iormer‘ army football captain and now a| member of the Yale football coach- | ing staft, belleves that today's game | between the Army and Navy at Chi- | cago will be one of the best foot- | hall games of the year. | “From an outsider’'s point of vlew,” he saym in a statement given ta the Yale Daily News, “the game | {looka like a toss up, particularly if | i played on a dry fleld. It they ghould | | be unfortunate enough to have to| |play in the ‘mud’ the advantage| | would probably lie with the Army. | | "It looks as it the lines of the| {two tcams were about at a stand- | off. The Na with Captain Wick- !horst and Eddie at tackles and Cross |and Born at guards will be able to | | give the army tacklers, Sprague and | | Saunders together with Schmidt and | Hammack, a battle. From the sea- {son’s performance, Daly the Army | center, seems to he a little stronger than his opponent, Osborn. An interesting sidelight on the personnel of the two teams is the | fact that Born, who is playtng guard on the Navy team, s a brother of [the Army’s spectacular and resource- |ful end. So far, from the games | played, Born seems to be the best | end that will be on the ficld, Har- | bold 13 also good and will have to ba_taken care of hefore the Navy will be-able to do anything with the | Army's right flank. | “Lloyd, one of the Navy's ends, Is 'tha man who picked up a fumble in | the Navy-Colgate game and ran {more than 90 yards for a touchdown. | Williamson, tha other end, has al- | ways given a goed account of him- | | self. | Congressman Thomas S. Butler, of Chester, Pa., father of Gen. Bmedley Butler, holds the congressional rec- ord for successive elections. His| constituents have sent him to Wash- | ington for 16 terms in a row., Only one other member—Representative Cooper—has served in the House louger than Butler. MRS, HALL WILL TESTIFY TODAY (Continued from Iirst Page) go home and that he would send for him at once. Pfeiffer was sworn next, Worked on Murder | “In the backfleld it scems that e ‘ | [the two teams are ahout of cqual | yociner Sdid he was employed by i ) Mrs. Hall on September 26, 192, calibre and each of them 15 Well | 15 dave atior the wreraons. Heaui fortified with plenty of reserve | o s : Rih. S| that he hired DI Martini, and that | the detective worked under his di- rections, “being employed to find | out who committed the murder.” | strength, ASKS $10,000 BALM AS “Did you ever have any knowl- | CURE FOR BROKEN LEGS 5o i cxitmes oS Care | —r———— of def counsel, referring to a . Istate witness who said Di Martini | Albert Gres Sues Driver And Objects | haq’ oftered her & $2.500 bribe 1o | to Transfer of Car to | “keep quict” about what shel | claimed to know. | Friend. “I ne heard of NI Demarest | until 19 answered Pfeifter, Albert Gres has sued Alilo {and Vincenzo Mercurio in an action |1n which he asks $10,000 for injur- |ies caused when Valario's machine struck him, and for the sctting aside of a transfer of the car to Mercurio. | He alleges a fraudulent transfer twas made after the accident {o save | Valario's assets. The accident hap- | pened at the intersection of Broad |ana Silver streets, September 6. The | Txplained Non-Payment | Regarding Sipel’s letters, Pfolfer | said he sent Di Martini to thank | Sipel for whatever help he had been | to Mrs. Hall by telling his story at the original grand jury investiga- | tion, and to explain to Sipel that | Mrs. Hall could pay him nothing, | because it might be misconstrued. | “We never paid anything to Mr. | nor anyone said Preif- | plaintift suffered two leg fractur reforring to witnasses {and a nervous collapse, he alleges. | ““0 T8 VT NE 00 WOSSER o vt Unskiltul operation of the machine | | "W ¥oU HTd 10 DI Aartinh™ put) and violation of the rules of traffic | are charges brought against the de- | fendant Valario, Caso then modified the question to exclude money paid to those em-| | ployed to work on the case. | Y Pfeiffer said that he had offered De Molay ,onc!ave | his services both to l'rosrcutol'l Opens in Springfield | Stricker of Middlesex county and to Springflold, Mass., Nov, 27 (P— | Special Prosccutor Mott, four years| With more than 500 delegates in at. | 380 and that when Stricker asked | tendance, the third New KEngland | [0 the chance to —question ~Mrs. andlova Bl the. ardswiar me Hall, ho had offered to absent him- Molay | | [openad in this city yesterday after- | 5¢lf during the questioning. Offered to Tell Story | noon. The afternoon activities con- |, g slated of registration, roll call ana | “Dld Mrs. Hall offer to waive | inspection of the new million dol- | !mmunity and appear before the | | lar Masonle temple, headquarters of | 57and jury of 19222" Case asked. | | the conclave. Last night a supper| ‘"YeS on the lust day of the jury| | was served for the delegates after | S°Ssion she was here In Somme | all day wt ng to be called but ation ; | was not questioned,” replied Pfe le | he | | Which there was an exempllfic of the second dogree of Springfield | chapter. Louis Lower, grand senti- | 7 e | nel of the grand council spoke. | Preiffer testified that after the | | omorraw more than 225 meore |ETand jury of 1922 had failed to dologates eve expected to arrive for|TCtUrn an indictment ho entered | the biggest program of the gath- |into correspondence with the late | {ering. There will be group con. | -ttorney feneral MeCran and got | ;um"cml committee reports and sev- | 4 interview with him by telegram | | eral addresses, inciu o " by, | 0% AADEiL L2, 1D ol ] Aol neiuding one bY | upih vou place whatever evi Frederic W. Cook, secretary of the | commonwealth. g The convention will close Sunday morning when the delegates will conduct the services in North Con- gregational church. | depce you had before him?” Case “I did,” replied Pfelffer. Pfelifer then produced copies of a number of letters which Preiffer Isald he had written the attorney general and which were reported missing from Trenton files, He also had copies of McCran's replies. “Are you going to offer these in| evidence?” the court asked. “Yes,” said Case, | i H | | i | | DOCTOR TO DISHWASHER New York, Nov. 27 (A — W. { Morrison Robinson, who told the court that drugs had reduced him from the high estates of a promi- nent southern physician to the low self- | degree of a restaurant dishwasher | 1 shall oppose them as |in New York, was sentenced to an serving declarations,” Simpson an- % nounced. | indeterminate term in the peniten- | tiary yesterday. He pleaded guilty | to possessing mnarcotics. Rohinson said that graduate of the University of Geor. gia, had been for many rs a prominent practising physician in Columbus, Ga., and prior to com- Tried to Reopen Casc Arguing for the admission of the . letters, Case said: “One of the at- Lo ey * |tacks made by the state on the de- | | fendants was that they did noth- ling to help the authorities nor to! | apprehend the perpetrators of this | has at- | [ !ing to New York five months ago | lcrrible erime. The ,q;;r;» z | had had an office at 420 West Gay | tempted to besmirch the charac-| | atreet, Richmond, Va. | ters of the defendants by saying 3 that they dragged a red herring He becamo addicted to drugs, he | sald, and his downfall was rapid. | across the trail of the investigation. S We seck to introduce these Jetters KENNETH MACGOWAN QUITS |0 show that we sought to re-open Now York, Nov. 27 (P —Kenneth | the investigation ourselves.” | MacGowan, diroctor of the reorgan-| Case maintained that the defense iz6d Actors Theater, has resigned, | had a right to answer the “innuen- | and will be succeeded by (;uu,m} does and insinuations” made 1“\-_ the | McClintic, Francis Wilson,, president | prosecution during the trial. Simp- | of the group, announced yesterday. ‘ son interrupted with the charge that | The change, it was sald, would | Case was trying to “throw a smoke sereen” ahout the trial, and accused not be effective until the closo of a revival of “Beyond the Horizon," | the defense counsel of “making a the Fugene O'Neil play, opening|stump speech,” Case ohjected stren- | next Tuesday. Although falling | uously to this. The argument grev | more heated, until finally Judge | Parker ordered the jury taken from the court room. Jury 1s Excused When the jury had been taken | from the room, Case asked the court | if the defense could not be protected from the personal remarks of Simp- son. Judge Parkor told him to pass over the subject of personalities and confine his argument to the admis- sion of the lotte Case then told the court that tho situation making | it necessary for the defense to prove that it sought to solve the crime was | created by the state itself, and there- | fore the defense had a right to intro- | duce the letter to relieve itself of the onus placed on it by the s “If ave can't prove that we s that matter he reopened —what posi- cstimated gross | tion are we in against these insinu- ations?" asked Case. health and a need for a rest are given as reasons for his resignation it is also understood that opposition within the group caused him to scek | relief from his duties. GAME Beaver Falls, Pa., Nov. 27 (#— Geneva college has boen awarded a place on next year’s football sched- ule by Boston college, It was an- nounced today by A. C. Edgecombe, The game will be played at Boston, October 12, STRAU PATE New York, 7 (B—Appraisal | of the estate of Oscar 8. Straus, | former amhassador to Turkey, who | died May 3, last, was filed today in the offlce of the state tax com- | misalon, revealing assets of $1,295,906, | | had a story that a prominent bu | letters had offered to make it po: Letters Are Excluded "The letters will be excluded, nounced Justice Parker. DOLLAR WORTHLESS The jury was bro t back and cross-examination begun. “Were you in the Hall home fre- | quently four years ago?” Simpson | asked, “Yes." “Most of your work on this case in trying to find the murderers was done there was it not?" “It was not."” “You say you were trylng to find the murderers?" “That's a fact." There Sandwiches Sell Iorf $1.25 Each New York, Nov. 27 (—1It's nois LR {and not the stuff sometimes mixed | “Oh, you may say it's a fact, but| With the costly water and ginger | I disagree with you,” replied Simp- ale that makes night club life ex- | son. “Did you offor any reward? | pensive, says the proprietor of one ,,wfl"’D“l°'h-hr"f“"l“°:“'d"“. ‘Z’Y‘:‘;l?r of New York's most succesful ren- il Lo r i) devous for those who play between “He was not.” i “Why, it you were trylng to find| midnight and dawn. A thirst is an extra vagant thing the murderer, did you advise your to get rid of in a night club, in clients to pay $5,000 for DI Martint| comparison with prices elsewhere, | whose work brought no results?| phut the cost is computed so as to| Why didn’t you offer a reward? Did he find the real murderers?” “He came nearer finding the guil-| ty than you did. Declines To Tell “Whom did he turn up as real murderers?”" “I decline to name them unless| the court commands me.” “The question is overruled,” ced Justice Parkel ou are still eager to solve (hi\'l cas asked Simpson, “I am,” “Then why didn't you look into cover some of the noise, and the eye | and ear refreshments as well. Min- eral and charged waters and ginger | ale, the most popular beverages, | which sell for about 30 cents a pint | at the corner drug store, apreciate in value to a dollar and upward when they reach the table that al- | ready has a $4 or §7 couvert. an-, sandwiches $1.25 Up Epicures may tickle their palates with caviar at $3, or perhaps with a bit of celery at 60 cents. The per- | son with an after-theater appetite | can appeasc it with & steak at $1.7 this allegation in Sipel’s letter to)to $2.25, but when the beef Is the effect that the county doctor|served as filet mignon and garni ; with mushrooms the price is $2. ness man had seen Henry Ste A representative night elub menu | in New Brunswick on the night of | includes broiled lobster at $3, sand- the killings?” wiches at $1.25 upward, deserts 60 “I knew Henry Stevens had a |Cents, potatoes 50 cents, asparagas | perfect alibi and that his story must salads 90 cents to $2.25, cheese be gossip,” replied Pfeiffer. 75 cents to $1, bread and butter 25 The answer was stricken out. Sents and coifos 38 canre 1t's Due To “Overhead” “Did you ever inform any of the “Overhead” is responsible for the | authorities that Sipel n one of his A i el OE | tras ‘account for $750 to $2,000 or| |more a week. Most of them rececive | the n ble for the authorities to subpoena him in the event of a re-opened in- |4+ jeast $1,0 Rent, furnishings | vestigation?” and entertainers are other items “We received that letter after the | represented by the figures on the 1922 grand jury had failed 1o | customers's checks indiet." Tips that fall into the hands of “Well, did you ever tell any of |the hired help are hardly paltry. | A as ters have heen given as much | $50 for a single tip. | 1t is the desire of men and women the authorities about this man's of- “I did not.” The Culminating Blow ;'o play that causes them to go t3 Mrs. Hall’s testimony in her own | the night clul ¥s Texas Guinan, defense was considered by defensc | hostess of her own club. The noise informal atmosphere, ter night, largely cars ago. attorneys to be u culminating blow | ; at the story of Mrs. Jane Gibson, |draws them back night witness for the state, that she {she says. The clients pS Hall and her brothers, | the same as it was five saw g Henry and Willie Stevens, at the scene of the murder four y of the Rev. Edward Wh and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Supreme Court to Make Ruling on Drug Law 20 12 Witnesses Heard Washington, Nov. 27 () — The Pwelve witnesses aftacked Mrs, |question of the constitutionality of the Harrison anti-narcotic law, Gibson's testimony yesterday, in- cluding Felix Di Martini, a detec- |reached the supreme court today in tive formerly employed by Mrs. Hall, |& fnr"\l_ which seems to require a vho wa sgled into court as a |NeW ruling. Aelin. Yy OB Recently the court it surprise witness and arrested after he left the stund as an accessory after the fact. e was relcased in 3,000 bail pending a hearing today on his application for dismissal. DI Martini was Brooklyn Jast month but his releas was ordered by the New York court of appeals after Gov. Smith had ordered his extradition to New J sey. Special Prosecutor Alexander | gimpson has had New Jersey offi- | cors ready to arrest him the moment | he entered the state, Her Reputation Bad Eleven of Mrs. Gibson's neighbors testified that her reputation for veraclty was bad, but DI Martini specifically denled the truth of her story that he had warned her to | “keep her mouth shut." The detective also contradicted testimony of Mrs, Mary Demarest | that he had offered her, while guard for Mrs. Hall affer the mur- ! der, & bribe of $2,500 to keep quict. | died last night at the Maine Gen- He nlso denied the truth of testi- | rral hospital, a few hours after he mony by Peter Sommer, also a de- | had been found in his home, where might consider it case anew upon the ques comes hefore it in proper form. Today the circuit court of appeals it at Paul asked it to pass upon . [the law’s validity aftected the | contentions of Harry R. Alston, who {had pleaded guilty to the possession of narcotics and who rted that {the states under the reserved police power, had exclusive jurisdiction to | regulate narcotics. He argued that the state had not, by constitutional | amendment, delegated such author- ity to the federal goyernment which ch powerless in the absence of & mendment to regulate narcoti AMAN DI Portland, Maine, Nov. Captain Elmore W. Ramsd who for 30 years plied between this Harrington and Boston on the er Grace G, which he owned, tective formerly employed by Mrs. | he is believed to have been lying for Hall, that he had told Sommer he |five days in @ comatose condition was under instructions to v | pounding his face on the floor and “galoons, elgar stores, and other [otherwise endeavoring to bring help. | His condition was the outcome of a shock, physicians report. Tound by a friend who insired to invite him out for Thanks- giving dinner, Captain Ramsdell al- most met death in an auto crash on the way to the hospital. places where poople congregate and writo down names and remarks of peopla who said anything offens about Mrs. Hall,” In addition to Mrs. Hall, three minor witnesses were take the stand today. Denles All Knowledge Mrs. Hall declares that she knew nothing of the murder until th bodies wera found two days after- wards, and that she was in her homs at the time of the slaying. Henry and Willie Stevens, testi- fied earlier with a great part of W lle's testimony going also toward establishing an alibl for Mrs. Hall. Henry De La Bruyere Carpende a cousin of Mrs, Hall who is await- ing trial on a charge of having mur- dered Mrs. Mills, completed such testimony as the court would allow when eourt opened yesterday. Carpender was not permitted to testify as to his Innocence of the crime on grounds that Mrs. Gibson, alleged eye witness to it, had not identified him in her direct examin- ation last week. His testimony was confined largely to denfal that he had taken letters from the T home after the murder and destroy them, two or listed to | HELP FOR JEWS Washington, Nov. 27 (> A move- ment o onlist §0,000 Protestant and Catholic clergy in an organization to savo five million starving Jews in castern and central Europe was he- gun here yestorday under auspices of the American Christian fund for Jewish rellof, Dr. §. Parkes Cadman, president f the Federal Council of Church and Judge Vietor J. Dowling, a rep- resentative Roman Catholic layman, re joint chairmen of the fund. The call for the movement said one third of the Jewish population of the world is in distress and t in soma parts of Europe the de rate among Jewlsh babics is almost 100 per cent. OAUSE OF EXPLOSION Moundsville, West Va., No » —A broken door in the main entry was the primary cause of an explo- sion November 15 in the First street mine of the Glendale Gas Coal Com- pany, which cost five lives, a coro- 's jury found yesterday, The ct in clrculation permitted a pocket to form and a spark pstick comedy and his yearned-for from a mine motor ignited it, the s name is mentfoned. ury verdict sald. No one was held | rolc. ielling Mys responsible. for a visit to Honolulu. | the | The Other Charli But there is still another Charlie—the plain American dad! Lita Grey Chaplin and Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., goodby as they sail from Los Angeles 1t's the first time the three ever have been photographed together MODEL INSURANCE CODE IS DRAWN UP Aumerican Bar Assn. Committoe Gompletes Work Hartford, Conn., Nov. 27 M—The revised draft of a model insurance |code for states has been completed {by the committee on insurance law iof the American Bar assoclation, it | was announced here today by Wil- tiam Brosmith, vice-president and general counsel of the Travelers In- surance company, and chairman of the committee. The draft, drawn up in accordance with a resolution adopted at the an- nual convention of the Bar associa- tion at Detroit, has been in tho course of preparation since then, and in its final form will be sub- mitted for approval to next year's convention. Coples have been mafled criticism and suggestions to insur- ance organizations representing dif- ferent kinds of companies, to statc supervisory officials and to more —NEA Service, New Robert Barr (abo York Bureau has succeeded | the late Peter A. Mallon as warden of the Tombs Prison in New York, |than one hundred leading attorneys Mallon was fatally shot during the Of the country. The monumental document con- =ists of 211 printed pages and the | contents, if enacted into law in its entirety in any of the states, in the opinion of the committee, *“will pro- vide adequate and proper regulation recent attempted jafl break City Items There will be a luncheon Monday |of insurance and {insurance com- noon at the Eddy-Glover panies of all kinds."” American Legion hous Most of the provisions “have ton street, Commander Harry Gins- burg has requested all interested t ittend in order to boost * borne the best of time and experi- ence as laws in & number of the states, Mr. Brosmith’s announce- lhw]".r“!-“‘ ;mim‘!: xv:“\' \'»1 ment said, “The arrangement is be er at the Capitol t e g = bl uch that this code or any of i parts may be submitted to legisla- SRR tive and other bodles engaged in | Allowance Made for | preparation of laws regulating in- . o . | surance.” Disputed Contracts ™1"tion 10 . Brosmith. the s l"f‘:”’f;n’”’“' Ne Xy "",‘ . ‘ph members of the committee are H. : et gl l““\'\‘.":, g Tt ¥ M. Garwood, Houston, Texas; Jay R. 4 3 3enton, Boston, attorney gen f against the Remington Arms com- | Lono® Bo stforiey. gansiad Mase.; Alfred Hurrell, Newark, N. J., and David Rumsey, New York. MEXICO PROTESTS ON pany was announced here. Col. Al- lison was munitions agent for the Canadian government in the World Allison sought to recover commissions alleged due him in | MAG“[NE PIGTURE obtaining for the Remington com- | pany a contract for shell case rom the British government. The | . ; Consul Says Cut Is Not Ome of tion was instituted in federal dis- | trict court and a verdict of $20,-| Catholics Drawing Funds 000 and costs was appealed to the | circuit court of appeals, Which at- | From Bank ‘“‘\‘:J;“’”,“‘l‘:o"f‘:f““‘l“‘_') ¢ ot tne| New York, Nov. 27 UP—Arturo M. tarms was mads, It 18 underaton | DLakcottURen i lintiMEs oY op that Mrs, Alllson and a daughter |60t to the newspaper, “in the 18- Will recalve a considerable atiow- | (SFC2L2 Of faik play o theipsople 61 ance under the ssttlement, Col. Al- | LX00/ A protex; Asalota picture | appearing in the November 6 issue of the weekly magazine, Liberty. | The photograph, entitled *‘Cath- olic withdrawing deposits from the | Bank of Mexico in protest against the seizure of church property,” in reality, he said, is not a picture of persons taking funds out of the bank, but one of the persons wait- ing to put funds into the new bank when it was opened by Presfdent Calles ven months before the at- tempted bhoycott. At the office of Liberty, it wi | said that the picture was obtained | from a newsphoto agency in Mex- | ico City inscribed with the caption as it appeared in the magazine, and was published in good faith, Navy’s Outfits Are . . ‘ Especially Designed Chicago, Nov. 27 (®—The An- | napolis midshipmen, saflors that they are, were prepared today for the heavy weather promised for the Army battle by leaden skies. The middle outfit weighs only | eight pounds and five ounces, sald to be the lightest complete equip- ment yet devised, and is so designed that it will not pick up more than | threc pounds extra weight om the wettest of days, The features are supplied by Irish ° pants, a cloth helmet, specially con- he plans call for the generation of | structed pads, and lightweight fer- power from the high winds which | sies and stockings. constantly sweep the magnificent | snowecapped smoking peak of the| New York—Clearing House—Ex- mount, and a beacon of a millloa | changes $1,100,000,000; balances candle power light. | $111,000,000. in American Dad! lison died in 1 FIGHTING IN BRAZIL S (P—several ilian revolutionaries vernment troops are reported have heen killed and many others wounded in at Bella Vists fo Grande Do &ul ices reaching he razilian frontier. The revolu- e said to have waldo Aranha, chief forces, prisoner. om Os- state .500 FOR York, Nov. 27 (P—What is 1 to be a record price for a paid when Dr. A, nbach purchased an aufo- w. S graph of Button Gwinnet, signer of Declaration of Independence from eGorfgia for $28,500. The pur- chase announced today was from the collection of the late Theodore Sedgwick of Stockbridge, Mass., last yeara Button Gwinnet signature was 1d for 32 Catania, Sicil; tion of-a gigantic searchlight at the mit of volcanic Mt. Etna to ve as a night guide for aviator: and Mediterranean aerial routes is being studied by a group of experts. e Cluplin — Eh igedy are the things of which most folk think when Charlie Chap- Here he is in that