New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1926, Page 1

News of the World y Associated Press . ESTABLISHED 1870 FRENCH RUM RUNNING BOAT RECAPTURED AFTER TRYING T0 KIDNAP U. 3. DRY AGENT Coast Guardsman Also Held Prisoner With Prohibition Adminis- trator in Spectacular Dash For Liberty. Craft, After Being Taken, | Breaks Its Tow and | 'Again Went Free in Gulf | of Mexico. Moblle, Ala., Dec. 1 (A—The local Tropical Radio company station an- nounced at 11:30 a. m., today, that the French rum runner Arsene J., which ran off with two prohibition officers, had not been retaken as re- ported from New Orleans. It was stated that the station had just pick- ed up a radiogram from the coast guard vessel Tallapoosa asking =11 vessels to search for the rum run- ner. Recaptured, Free Again New Orleans, Dec. 1 (A — The French schooner Arsene J., with two prohibition officers- on board, broke its tow after being recaptured by the coast gulird boat Tallapoosa and again went free in the Gulf of Mex- ico, 0. D. Jackson, prohibition ad- ministrator said today. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 1 (RI——-Anlsh.ntlw Prohibitiez Administrator J. B.| Matthews of New Orleans and a chiet motor machinist mate from l‘ patrolboat of the Biloxi, Miss.,, base | have been kidnaped by a French auxillary rum runner, according to 8 ‘radio message recelved here to- day. The coast guard cutter Talla- | poosa has gone in pursuit of the rum runner and the two men. The prohibition officer and guard were left on board the rum runner to | watch the vessel while patrolboat went after more fuel. The radio despatch gave the fol- | lowing details of the capture of the prohibition officer and guard: H Details of Capture Two patrolboats from Base 15 at | Biloxi, Miss.,, on Monday last took | in tow tHe French rum schoomer Aresene J., loaded with liquor, 65| miles off Southwest Pass, Mississippl river, They started to .tow the schooner to the Mississippl river quarantine station,-but on . account of strong winds the fuel was ex- hausted. Base Commander Edmonds | from Biloxi took the.two patgolboats | and went to Southwest Pass for fuel. Assistant’ Prohibition Administrator J. B. Matthews of New Orleans and a chief motor machinist mate, well armed, were left on board the rum schooner as a guard to hold her un- til the return of the patrolboats. No Trace Is Found On the return of Base Command- er Edmonds to the place whera he had left the guarded schooner, he found that the rum runner had de- | parted with his guard and prohibi- tion officer. The facts were com- municated to the coast guard cut- ter Tallapoosa Tuesday morning and the cutter procceded to sea at full speed and has scoured the gulf for | the kidnaped men, but has not | found any trace of the schooner. It is possible, officials said, that the schooner will take the officer and guard to Nassau or some other foreign port. As all this happened | Latest Dispatches Show Rumanian | | Bucharest on the Simplon express at ATEXYX Amm uus mwmo ok ¥V BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES SIMPSON'S DEMAND FOR MISTRIAL REFUSED BY COURT AND LAWYERS BEGIN FINAL ARGUMENTS IN CASE ROBS BUS DRIVER AT POINT OF GON North Burritt St. Line WORKS AT END OF ROUTE Charles Goudreault, Operator of Machine, Says Stranger Pressed Revolver Against His Body—Po- lice Scour Neighborhood in Vain. The second holdup at the point of a revolver in this city in two days was reported to the police at 10:20 last night, Charles Goudreault of 116 Smith street, driver of a Wagner bus on the North Burritt street line, be- ing relieved of approximately $30 as he was turning his bus around at QUEEN MARIE HAS VISIT WITH CAROL Calls on Her Wayward Son in Private Room of Restaurant FERDINAND 1S IMPROVED Monarch Better—King Himself | | street, corner of Osgood avenue. De- Admits He Doesn’t Want Carol to | tective Sergeant George C. Ellinger, Succeed Him. Sergeant P. J. O'Mara, Officer G. W. | Hellberg and Supernumerary Officer Parls, Dec. 1 (®—Queen Marle, who arrived at midnight from her | Michael Brophy scoured the north- American trip, lost no time today in western section of the city for half an hour after Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth recelved word of the hold- getting in touch with her errant son, former Crown Prince Carol, who last ;‘avx;ngm'r:?latmf oi(n\t'::lib::hd;g :;‘: January renounced hls right of suc-| SV O esenialbne S cession to the Rumanian throne. Slg;ulls to Halt Bus. 5 She emerged from the Ritz hotel = at 10 o'clock this morning, entered a taxi and was heard to instruct the According to Goudreault, he saw a tall man, apparently about 35 or 40 driver to proceed to the Boulevard | Vineau, in Neullly. years of age, signal to board the Meet at Restaurant. bus, and he opened the front door, to admit him. There were no pas- 4 board at the time. Without This is the street in which Carol's | 5¢"8¢TS & villa is situated, but she did not cau‘:““k‘"gn“‘y S Loghide “:fc‘;f‘;' there, meeting him instead in a pri-|tures the man put a r P vate room at & fashionable restaur. |@88inst Goudrealut’sstomach and or- ant on the edge of the Bols Debou- logne. dered: *Come across with the dough.” The change carriers near | | the driver's seat were filled and the | The chauffeur of the queen’s taxi| g < , eluded the machines hastly com-|D2ndit emptied them, but was not mandeered by the newspaper men, | %-tisfled with the amount. “Come on, and made a clear getaway. The you've got some more on you,” he queen and Carol were not d&sce\'eredem’ and Goudrealut gave him the by the reporters until 11:30 when | their conference terminated. Marie has decided to leave for upon the gunman backed out, and disappeared in the darkness. Believe Auto Was Nearby 8:35 o'clock tonight instead of wait- ing until Friday evening, as she first | intended. was wearing a light colored hat and |had no overcoat. The police be- lieve he had an automobile nearby | and probably left his overcoat in it, London, Dec. 1 (P—Latest dis-| S0 that he would not be hampered patches to the Rumanian legation ' In the gunplay and also that he from Bucharest, it was " said this| MISht confuse the police in thelr morning, showed ‘“great improve- |Search, as he would be reported as ment” in the condition of King|being without an overcoat. He Ferdinand. | probably drove to Farmington or | Will Not Abdicate. | circled about the northwestern sec- Bucharest, Dec. 1 (P—It is not the'flfln and made his way back into | purpose of King Ferdinand to abdi- | the center of tha city with other cate the throne, and he is strongly | traffic, the police believe. That he opposed to the return to Rumania | Was walking is doubted, although ot tormer Crown Prince Carol in an | there is the possibility that he lives | endeavor to displace his young son.rm the vicinity of the end of the Prince Michael, as heir apparent. |bus line, and was safely in bed be- In a letter to Premier Averescu, |fore the police started seeking his | which was read before the senate, | trail. the king says his health and strength J are returning and that his advisors | Ferdinand Much Better. May Be Theater Robber That the gunman was one of -the of the nation “and form a rampart | G. Barrett of the Capitol theater about the throne to enforce respect | Monday morning and took $257 is for my ‘decisions and acts “which | possible, the police said: today, al- have‘been taken and realized in con- | though they are inclined to doubt formity with the laws and interests | that the risk of arrest would be of the monarchy’and,the state.” | taken so soon after the theater hold- + 1 carol Is “Out.” | upa especially in view of the cer- The letter, couched with singular |tainty that a comparatively small vigor and not without pathos, makes | amount of money would be found clear to Carol and those who would | in a bus. It is possible, the police | seek to put him forwa™l as a party say, that someone in need of money leader in Rumania, that Carol has was prompted to hold up the bus | driver by the apparent success with | which the theater robbery was 15!1 ed. CAROL'S MORGANATIC |y st o o WIFE LOSES LAWSUIT! HARTFORD ROAD CRASH | Sald to Be Rcspomlble for Col- French Court Declines to Pass'on Rumanians’ Dispute (Contlnued on Page 11) lision, But Disappears From Scene After Accident An arrest will be made, the po- lice said today, as the result of - a outside of the three-mile limit, the master of the schooner may have considered it within his rights, and this may cause serious complica- tions, it was pointed out. The Tallapoosa today was con- tinuing her search for the kidnap- ing rum schooner. 'seeking to establish the status of the collision between automoblles owned | by Vincent Ribes of 90 Broad street, | this city, and Fannie Nair of 291 | Broad street, Hartford, about 11:30 |last night on Hartford road, near | Paris, Dec. 1 (A—Zizi Lambrino | has lost Rer court fight against for- mer Crown Prince Carol of Rumania six-year-old son Mircea, born of ] the Paragon. |Fronch coue which heara e cass | Tibes was belng driven home by | treet ltwo woeks ago ruled today that it | Doniel Todell of 90 Broad - stree Highwayman Gets $30 From! the end of the line on North Burritt | Golfer Claims Gull Caught Ball, Dropped It Out Over the Sea - Del Monte, Cal, Dec. 1 (P— Now James A. McKenzle, for- mer president of the California Golt Association, will tell one. While golfing with Gouverneur Morris, McKenzie's mashie shot was caught on the ‘first bounce by a sea gull which flew out to sea and dropped it. Morris claims it was lost In a water hazard, WORCESTER EDITOR E DIES IN Hl]SPlTA[ LP Ghristy's Suicide Attempt Ends His Career KEPT MOTIVE T0 HIMSELF. \ Even Family Not Informed As to Reason For His Shooting Him- self—Was Prominent In Worcester County Politics. | ‘Worcester, Mass., Dec. 1 ® — ‘Au:tln Phelps Cristy, founder and { tor 35 years owner and editor of the | Worcester Telegram, died early this morning at City hospital, where he had been since Monday afternoon suffering from the effects of a self- money he had in his pockets, where- | Goudreault noted that the man will be able to rally all the forces|pair who held up Manager Carlyle | | Inflicted bullet wound. | Late Monday afternoon he shot | himself in the left side just below (ha heart in the brokerage office of ‘J Bache and company, where he ‘ma\ntamul a private office. | Motive Not Known The motive for taking his own life remained his own secret, and many and varied were the conjectures on the reason for the deed. It has been said that poor hcalth had preyed on | his mind, while others thought money losses had playdd some part. | Intimate friends and his bankers, {however, believed that his losses, if any, had been slight. | During the day yesterday some ‘hcpe was held for his ultimate re- |covery, if, as his personal surgeon, Dr. Royal P. Watkins said, he had the will to live. Late last night, however, he began to fail, and short- |ly before midnight became uncon- sclous. The end came slowly, and carly this morning he passed quietly into the *‘great beyond.” With him |through the long hours vesterday |were his wife and his two sons Horace W. and Roger Cristy, anc Dr. Watkins. Native of Vermont Mr. Cristy was born in Morris- town, Vt., May 8, 1850, the son of (John Baker and Louisa Lydia | (Cooke) Cristy. His elementary ed- ucation was received in the public schools of Reading, Mass., to which Itown he had gone with his parents at an early age. Following prepar tory work at Monson academy, he entered Dartmouth with the class of 1873, from which he graduated with a B. A. degree. | Springfield called him first, and he ‘entered the fleld of law there after passing the bar examinations. kept him but a little time, howeve and within‘a short time he was in Marblehead where he maintained a law office for a year. Becomes Publisher ‘Worcester, his final battle ground, was next, and it was not long after his arrival here that he receiyed the appointment of assistant cld#k of iCPntr'\l district court. That lasted wo years, and then he resigned to launch tige Sunday Telegram. Speak- ing of the labor of those first years at the testimonial banquet tendered | him by his associates, staff, county | correspondents and Telegram alumni {in December, 1919, when he relin- quished command of the Telegram, |Mr. Cristy said: “In the early days |ot the Telegram there was little mmu;vm of bullding a busir The |Tclogr:\m was started to accomplish certain public results. The Telegram | was started to square accounts with those who had been hostile. T knew |that it had been written that we | must forgive our enemies, but the text did not say when. T was then convinced that the missing word was —never.” Was Great Influence All through his career as editor and publisher he fous fearlessly after having left a Hartford Young gorwhat Ke believel to be right, and CROWE INSISTS ON GETTING ON “INSIDE’ %Asks Towers Why City Em- | ploes Hate Been Dropped WANIb OPEN DIDGUSSION Public Works Commissioner Asks Chairman Questions Straight | From Shoulder Regarding Re- | cent Discharge of Foremen. 2 Chairman Regi- board of public| to impart to his Col- | to the “shakeup” in has not been suf- | Thomas W. Crowe, Prosecutor Submits Af- | fidavits to Support Hls Argument That Jury is Prejudiced and Not Impartial. J a4 tormer chaprman, Statements Declare Some \less additional facts in sup- of the program are made pub- sioner Crowe threatens to cr the traces.” to give Informa- me after a rift appsared in an otherwise harmonious gathe of the commissioners last night eft- cr Commissioner Crowe had direct- those responsible for which has already the jobs of one foreman spector. | of the two employes ers are in line used Commis- V. Crowe to direct e criticism at those responsible for this pr m. City Engincer Ignored mmissioner, who during ition of A. M. Pao- . was chairman of the board, 1 to know why the city en- sulted in connec- opping of Joseph F. 1 e engineer has previ- busly made known his opposition to disturbing the force of foremen. “It has always been my impres- this board consulted the engineer regarding the hiring ‘firing’ done in his office,” Com- sioner Crowe remarked. 1 Chairman Reginald an had ever been re- as Inefticient and the chair- . In reply to another question Towers sald the position is-not to be dispensed with but will be filled by another. Discussion Sub Rosa | The presence of newspapermen promptod an abrupt ending on a de- | bate ¢ Mr. Crowe as to the of dischar compe- “hairman Towers promis- > more information after city and mecting Commissioners and Crowe conferred briefly. former explained that on grounds of economy it has bcen de- cidad to curtail the force of inspec- tors and foremen, but according to oner Crowe adequate fig- ures and facts in eupport of this claim were not forthcoming. Neither was the discharge of Ryan explained to the satisfaction of Mr. Crowe who is personally acquainted with yan's work under the present and mer board. Chairman Towers' promise to have further facts for Mr. Crowe's perusal brought the zestion from the latter that the per place to present these facts at the meeting of the board, Crowe declaring he felt himself en- titled to no more information than ciher commissioners. Commissioner Crowe was the storm center of a serious break in the official family during the admin- | istration of A. M. Paonessa. The mayor disagreed with the board on the paving of Grove Hill, but the public works department refused to | recant, insisting that the course mapped out wis to be preferred After several days of open dispute between the chairman and the may- or Crowe's resignation was a He retired trom the board | To Improve East Street Several petitions for catch basins were laid over for inspoction last| night. City Engineer Williams read a letter from the state highway commission regarding the layout of st street from the railroad cross- | to the city line, stating that the| department is anxious to start work on that particular st The city cngincer explatned that action from Jurymen Slept, Others Talked With Outsiders and State’s Lawyer sand Star Witness Were Ver- hally Assailed. e, Somerville, N. J., Dec. ! r Simpson, special the Halls-Mills mur- ase, today moved for mistrial, alleging that mbers of the jury had committed improprieties which | made it impossible for him to ob- tain a fair trial. The motion was pletion of the Mrs. Frances Steve brothers, Willie and & ey have been on t for four weeks on charges of killing Mrs. | Eleanor R. Mills, soprano in the | church of which Mr hus- band, = the Rev. seler Hall, was rector. Jury Is Excl L | Immediately after court convened, | Simpson said that he had a motion | to make and asked that the jury be | aken from the courtroom. Robert H. McCarter of defense, said that since the motion which the prosecu- tor was to make would refer to the , it should be pr udge Charles W. ing at the trial, directed that the jury be taken from the room, while counsel argued the action | Grouped Aliegations. Simpson grouped his alegations under three heads: That members of the jury had been asleep; that they had been im- properly guarded, one member hav- ing been observed in consultation with members of the defense; and the manifest hostility of some mem- bers of the jury to him and to the state’s case. It was in a charged atmosphere that he began his discussion of the | flidavits. “Who is this person \\ho n\al\cs the first affidavit?” aske McCarter, of defense counatl “L object to your extreme ness, in this matter,” replied Simp. son. “Youw'll know all about it in duc time, Courthou, 1 - pros der e's case Hall against | and her | Stevens. ial Saw Juryman Aslecp. With that Justice Parker rapped for order and Simpson went on to te that the first made by Ralph Crimm, who stated that he had been in the courtroom | cvery day and that he had seen | Juror No. 2, John W. Young, farm- | er of Middlebush, nodding and ap- | parently asleep. | The next affidavits were by Frank Barnhardt and his wife, Elsie. Mrs. DBarnhardt is a sister of Mrs. Mills. Another Sees Talking. | They alleged that another juror 1ad been seen talking with McCar- and Mr. Studer of defense coun- . This incident was believed to refer to a day earlier in the trial when a brother of Juror Tillman had died and he went to McCarter to ask where he could find the jugde. McCarter in explanation at that time said that he expressed h pathy and got away from at once. 3 Another Curses Simpson. The next affidavit was concerned | | with a hllor which Simpson said he | had received in hich one of the jurors was quoted as cursing him A Suggestion Made to Have Marines Take Up Enforcement Job Dec. 1 (A—The q doing such a good Jjob at guarding the mails that they are now suggested as the men to dry up the country, President Coolidge has been requested in a resolution adopted here by the International Re- form Iederation to *“suggest” such a course to Secretary Mel- lon. Employment of the navy to stop the rum flow from the high seas was urged. The actlon was taken after Representative Blanton, demo- crat, had remarked briefly on the efficiency of the marines. “Over in the post office,” he sald, “there is a man walking up and down who means busi- ness. He is a marine and is guarding the mails. If the marines, the army and the navy were put to cleaning up boot- leggers and enforcing prohibition we would have the entire coun- y dry in shert order.” Washington, marines are | render | conviction | murder. ez on ), 5, MARINE TO GUARD MAILS IN THIS CITY Assigned by Washington, Postmaster Erwin Is Informed A marine guard has been assign- cd to protect U. S. malls in New Bri according to a notice re- d today by Postmaster H. E. Who the guard is or when come to New not been stated. Mr. Erwin said he had no further information beyond the bmf noting that the local post o had been assigned a marine win. he will ! guard. The marine probably will be as- signed to ride on mail trucks back and forth between the railroad sta- tion and the post office, although the local post office has not yet been advised as to his specific here. Postmaster Erwin reports that he has received a limited supply of White Plains two cent stamps which are available now. ... CHARLOTTE OVERCONE BY NEW DEVELOPMENT affidavit was Bitter at Jury Trying Trio for Mother’s Murder BY CHARLOTTE MILLS Copyright 1926, Famous Features Syndicate Inc. Somerville, Dec. 1—I am pertectly miserable. I feel so wretched to think that after all these years of patient waiting, all my hopes for justicé seem to have evaporated in the atmosphere of utter indifference | and actual hostility created by the ry. T was so confident that these 12 men would listen with fairminded attention to the evidence and would a fair verdict. It was not that T hoped they would favor the of defendants for I simply trusted they would assume a neutral attitude, favoring neither the prosecution nor the defense by absorbing carefully | presented by both | testimony then coming to a just Weck Endlng Nov. 27th . Britain has | duties | verage Daily Cireulation For | 14,027 PRICE THREE CENTS Judge Parker Makes No Comment As He Announces Decision— McCarter Speaks First For Defense. Tomorrow Case Will Sum Up Evidence and Will Be Followed by Special Prosecutor Who Will Close for the State— Makes Plea to Jury. | _Court House, Somerville, N. J., | Dec. 1 (A—Justice Charles W. Park- er, presiding, this afternoon denied | 2 motion by the state for a mistrial the Hall-Mills case. Judge Parker made no comment beyond saying that he had studied the affidavits and that he had de- ded to deny the motion for a mis- Neither state nor defense "ounsol commentcd. The jury, which had been taken | from the courtroom, was brought | back in and preparations were | started for the defense’s summation. Former Attorney General Robert | H. McCarter spoke first for the de- ‘hnsfl He will occupy the entire | afternoon session and will be fol- !lo\\cd by Clarence E. Case, tomor- |row. Alexander Simpson, special | prosecutor, will close for the state. Praises Jurymen The motlon for a mistrial having been denied, former Attorney Gen- eral Robert McCarter, chief of | counsel for the defense began sum- | ming up. “There is no discharge of a high- | er duty than yours,” he told the | jury. “Patiently and so far as 1 | can tell, intelligently, you have been discharging your dutics day | after day for a month. ‘ “I know I speak for all members of defense counsel when I say the state of New Jersey is under ever- lasting obligation to you.” Points To Defcndants. Pointing out that the defendants | were charged with having *‘deliber- ately, with malice aforethought, maliclously, maligrantly and hor- | ribly slaughtered” Mrs. Mills, Mc- ‘(‘ar!er asked. ‘‘Are they thu:s? | Are they people who go out to | achieve their ends with guns?" They were “church-going Christians,” he ‘5:1141, and outlined in detail how | church work threw Mrs. Hall, her husband and Mrs. Mills together. Then the defense attorney went on to picture what he called the “domestic -scone’” of the family life of the different defendants, saying that Henry Stevens was living a quiet life at Lavallette, Mrs. Hall lived in a happy home, devoted to her husband, and that Willle | Stevens lived in pleasant surround- ings, “happy to run to fires, as are | many boys.” His sister was Willie’s | idol, McCarter said. After ovelining the “domestice scene,” the attorney asked: “You wouldn't expect to find in that environment brutal | cruelty, would you?"” | Mrs. Mills was pictured as a wo- man who lived a drab home life, | seeking an outlet for her spirit in church work. MecCarter emphasized | that Mrs. Hall had carried Mrs. | Mills to a hospital in February 1922. | had visited her there and had help- | ed to pay the hospital biil, all of which, he said was proof of devo- tion. Early in his address, McCarter emphasized his contentlon that James Mills, husband of the mur- dered woman, had a much better opportunity of knowing about the love relations between the Rev. Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills than did Mrs. Hall. He pointed out that while the | TWELVE BELOW ZERO IS |was inggmpetent to pass on the dis- | the common council had been held |woman at her home. Miss Mary ' no amount of threatening could sway and calling hm an unspeakable RECORDED IN N. DAKOTA. Winter Starts Off With a Vim in Western States—Cold Wave Moving Eastward Chicago, Dec. 1 (A—Winter, set officially to attack on December 22, laid down a preliminary barrage over the middle west today as the new month was born. Temperatures, which dropped as low as 12 degrees below zero at Devils Lake, N. D., brought. a touch | of the real thing to many localities, | but the weather man promised u‘ counter attack would bring a reac- tion by Thursday over much of the territory. The cold wave, which moved in from the Mackenzie river valley of | Canada, struck first in North Dakota | Tuesday, moved rapidly ecastwlird | and southeastward, and was destin- ed to overspread most of Wiscon- | sin, parts of Towa, Illinois and In- dlana today. Kansas, Missourl and | the southern portions ot llunols.\ and Indiana, felt the intruding cold | to a lesser degree. A marked fea-| ture of the Invasion was the rapld- ity with which the mercury dropped. | Reaction already had begun to- day on the western edge of the cold wave district, and will extend Thurs- day over most of the middlewest and the western upper lake region. The weather generally was falr, a though there was somo snow and raln in the lake reglon. {ceiving 110,000 French francs pute between these two Rumanians and assessed 'the costs against Madame Lambrino. Clanflone of 27 Sexton street was with them. According to Todeli, he was on the right side ! driving not faster than 25 miles an hour, when the other car, going to- | wards Hartford, forced him off the | road. Pulling his car over as far as | possible, Todell tried to avoid the | collision but the other car con- tinued towards the left and after the collision, went 78 feet, accord- ing to measurements made by De- tective Sergeant Ellinger. Todell' asked the other driver for his license but the latter showed only the registration. Todell re- ported the accident at police head- quarters, leaving his car where it was struck. When Sergeant Ellinger arrived, both cars were unmoved but the other driver eould not be | found. A wheel was off the Hart- ford car. This afternoon Sergeant FEllinger was endeavoring to learn the name and address of the driver, who will ba arrested for reckless driving. The police belleve the driver was pleked up by another automobile, or board- ed a bus and went to Hartford. 20 of 55 Brides Are Under 21 Years of Age Zizi Lambrino sued to establish the right of Mircea to the name of Hohenzollern. At the same time she demanded that Carol pay the bursar of the Lycee Michelet for the boy’s education, and that she be awarded ten million francs damages. In support of the claim, her at- torney asserted that Mircca was born before the decree annulling their marriage became effective. Carol’s attorney alleged that Mircea, from a strict legal standpoint, could not be considered born within 300 days from the issuance of the |ullity decree and was therefore born out of wedlock. He declared also that Zizi was re- an- nually, which would go to Mircea | in event of her death, and that the Hohenzollerns of Rumania had winked at her infraction of a signed convention with the Bank of Ru- manfa in which she engaged not to bother the royal family under pen- alty of losing her whole fortune of 2,200,000 francs. After annulment of his marriage |to Zizl, Carol married Princess | Helen of Greece, daughter of the Twenty of November's 55 brides late King Constantine. Thelr son, were under 21 years of age and re- Michael, was named Rumanian heir | quired parental consent bafore apparent last January when Carol's| Town Clerk A. L. Thompson could abdication as Crown Prince was Ie—‘lssne a llcense. Only two of the |galized by the Rumanian parliament | bridegrooms wers under 21 years. following his flight with Mme. Magdo Lupesco, daughter of a mer- chant of Jassy. The youngest person to wed in No- ember was 15 yoars old and the most elderly 55 years of age, of the road, ! him from his course, once it was i started. He has long been consid- ered one of the greatest influences in Worcester county politics during | the 35 years he dictated the policies of the Telegram. up by the opposition of scveral property owners on the street. Tt| as voted te rofer the matter to the common council to request (Con‘ ued on Page 15) 'WHITE ARCTIC AT SHUTTLE First Bird of Its Kind Shot Ben Smith of Shuttle Meadow is credited with shooting t first white Arctic owl to be shot in this part of the state for the past 30 years, according to reports from the old residents of this city. Smith | | brought down one of the birds yes- terday and upon measuring it found | the wing spread to be four feet, two | inches, from. tip to tip. The gun- ner found the bird on the chimney of a nearby cottage and got it with | the first barrel. Although Arctic owls are reported as being plentiful in the eastern part of the @tate and Rhode Island, none of tha snowy. creatures have heen | reported as wandering as far west as this before. A cold winter In Canadlan districts has driven the preying birds south and numerous occasions of their belng scen in and | | By Ben Smith W | kind that he has ever OWL BAGGED MEADOW LAKE - in 30 Years Brought Down ith One Barrel. around Providence por | Smith intends to stu® and mount| the bird, which is the of its seen. Old residents in that scetion of the city say that they do not remember any sich owl being shot in the past 60 years but there are rumors of a white Arctic owl being shot near Plainville about 1895, although no data accompanied the report. have been re- * THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Mostly cloudy an¢ much colder jonight; Thursday fair and colder. 1 *. A | the case in the restaurant | name and a liar. | One of the affidavits was by Char- | lotte Mills, daughter of Mrs. Mills, who said she had Juror No. 5 talking with McCarter. This was the incident which was also set forth in the Barnhardt affidavit. Tell of Dozing Jurors, A newspaperman, in another affi- | | davit, said he had scen one of the jurors dozing during the testimony of \1r« Jane Gigson, state's star wit- another affidavit by a an said Jurors No. 2 and 5 were scen nodding at another time. Juror No. 5 was named in another affidavit as having been seen asl€ep. Juror No. 2, it was stated in anoth- or affidavit, was observed as “nod- | ding and apparently paying no at- | tention to the testimony This One Was Impatient. | One newspaperman's affidavit stat- | ed that during the testimony of Wil- lie Stevens, Juror No. 2, was heard to make a remark showing impa- tience while Simpson was cross-ex- | amining the witness about the time he said he left his home the morn- | ing after the slaying. Two affidavits st forth that the | jurors had been heard discussing where con | jury | and early in the trial we But it seems they have never had | v haven't acted ! such intentions. Th as jurors are supposed to act. Ac- cording to the affidavits presented in court this morning by Senator Simpson In his request that this be | called a mistrial, certain men on have of the evidence presented Stmpson, they are vote acquittal. Then too, both my aunt and I have seen several of the jurors actually dozing while im- portant testimony was being given saw Mr. | McCarter, the defense lawyer, talk ing to one of them. 1 just worried and worrled over all this until my emotions simply overwhelmed me yesterday. I felt as it T were going to pleces. T tried to fight off the feeling but I couldn't I was restless all night but ¥ made up my mind that I simply had to steel myself to this ordeal. I am determined now to hold up until | this case is settled one way or the other. by GUARDIAN REMOVED Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 1 (P —E. S. Bailey of Oklahoma, who brought suit to set aside the agree- insisted that regardless| Mr. | determined to | | Halls were spending their vacation in Malne, Mrs. Mills wrote letters to the minister at the place where Mrs. Hall was, but these letters wers formal on the subject of | church work, while love letters by Mrs. M were being addressed to Seal Harbor, which was a ten or fifteen minute motor boat ride from the camp where the Halls were staying, and which was visited by the minister alone to get the letters and to mail letters to Mrs. Mills. | On the other hand, McCarter said the minister's letters were sent di- rectly to the Mills home, where James Mills would have had the | chance to learn of them. Tha at- torney also pointed out that Mills had slept in the Hall home alone during the summer that the Rev. Mr. Hall and Mrs. Hall were in Maine. In his recounting of cvents on the day of the crime, McCarter again | pointed a finger at James Mills, over |the objection of Senator Simpson. | Emphasizing that Mr. Hall hed | stopped at the church for a moment lon his way home to supper, Me- | Carter pointed out that James Mills, husband of the murdered woman was there. Then the attorney quoted the test- they have dined since the trial |ment under Which Jackson Barnett, | ymon"of Loutse E. Gelst, 8 mald in began. Talked With Citizen A resident of Somerville stated in an affidavit that he had seen Till- man, juror No. 5, stop as he was | walking along the street and talk | with another citizen of Somerville. (Continued on Page 18§) laged and wealthy Creek Indian, placed large sums of money in trust for his white wife and a mis- sionary society, was removed as guardian of Barnett by a decision of the Oklahoma supreme court late yesterday. The court held the appointment of Bailey invalidy | the Hall home to a telephone talk which the minister had with Mre. Hali that evening. Quotes Phone Talk The ministe part of the tele- phone talk was: “Yes™ (Oonfi.nm_:"l' w -