New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1926, Page 15

WARNS SENATE OF INPENDING ACTION Senator Reed Hints at More Impeachments Washington, Dec. 18 UP)—The sen- ate was warned today by Senator Reed, démocrat, Missouri, that it was faced with the conduct of additional impeachment proceedings. During argument over whether the house recommendation for dis- missal of the charges against former Tederal Judge George W. English, of eastern Illinois, should be accept- ed, the Missouri senator said that if he was correctly informed, ‘‘other impeachment proceedings will be necessary.” “I regret to make this statement he sald, “but I belleve it justifies Senator Reed, who was chairman of the senate campaign funds inves- tigating committee, did not go into details as to any such proceedings. DIPHTHERIA INCREASES This s Only Case Where Communic. able Disecases in State Have Gained in Wecek. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 13 (#—The figures of new cases of com- municable diseases throughout the state for last week as printed in the weekly bulletin of the state de- partment of health show that the general condition of the health of the state continues satisfactory. The increase in the number of cases of diphtherfa from 32 to 37 was the only instance of an increase. Cases of scarlet fever fell from 58 to 52 and those of measles from 69 to 89. £ But for the 16 cases of whooping cough reported from New Britain there would have been a notable falling off in the total for the state, and as it was with a total of 30 the number was three less than in the previous week. There were two cases of typhold fever while in the previous week there were none re- ported. POLICE HUSTLE OUT ON FAKE HOLD-UP-SCARE Six Respond To Alarm Concerning Theft of $17 From Street Home Park Shortly after 1 o'clock this after- noon Captain Kelly was notified by telephone that there was a hold-up at Park and Stanley streets. He detafled Sergeant O'Mara, Officers Kiely, Dolan, Walencius, Masscy and Feeney, and they learned that Mrs. Angelo Blancota of 387 Park strect suspected three men of theit of $17 at her home shortly after noon, The men were in a store at Pleas- ant and Stanley streets when the police arrived. They were taken to Mrs. Blancota’s home, but the charge was not substantiated and New Haven Woman, Real Widow, Gets Home and Other Woman Gots Personal Property and Note. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 13 (P— The ten-months-old fight of Mre. Elizabeth Flynn Ward of West Haven to obtain possession of the cstate of her husband, Charles . Ward, veteran New Haven road en- gineer who died in Bridgeport in February leaving his estate to Mrs. Mary Creighton Ward, with whom he had lived for 12 years, has been brought to an end. Judge Frederick M. Dartlett of Tairfield county probate court has allowed a settlement which gives her possession of & house valued at $6,000 in Allingtown. The settlement glves the mother of Ward's two children in Bridge- port personal property valued at $4,- 600 and a mortgage note of $3,000. The settlement brings to a close an action brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Flynn Ward in superior court here to prevent executors of her hus- band's estate from taking possession of the Allingtown home. BANQUET FOR BLOCK A testimonial dinner was tendered Ausher Block at the Burritt hotel Saturday night in observance of the ,completion of his first year as super- lintendent of the New Britain distrlct of the Prudential Insurance Co. Mr. Block has been an employe of the firm for more than 15 years. Members of the field force of the | New Britain district, together with | superintendents of neighboring dl tricts were included among the guests. He was presented with a large bouquet by his assistants. Among the guests present were Superintendent Roland H. Benjamin ot Waterbury, Assistant Superintend- ant J. J. Keating of Bristol, Assist- ant Superintendents W. A. Walsh of Middletown, George F. MacLachlan and Howard R. Sheldon of this city, P. A. Welti of Meriden and Joseph M. Skelsky of this city. Stanley Sczykowsql of this city spoke briefly and was followed by Assistant Superintendent F. A. Mon- | aghan of Meriden. Tracing Typhoid Fever Epidemic in Rochester Rochester, N, Y, Dec. 13 (A — The city departments of health and public works today were investigat- ing a number of deaths from ty- phold fever and the illness of other persons believed to have been caused by drinking contami- nated water in a Rochester depart- ment store. e ‘While authoritles would not fix oxact figures, it was rellably report- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, BLIZZARD RAGING INTHE FAR WEST (Continued from First Page) Six Deaths Result Seattle, Dec. 13 (A—The Pacific northwest and western Canada to- day were in the clutches of winter with six deaths attributed to snow and blizzards which swept down from Alaska. The first snow Qf the season fell in Washington and Ore- gon yesterday and the mercury dropped below the freezing point. Two persons were killed near Ta- coma, Wash., when their automobile skidded on newly fallen snow and a man and his wife were crushed to death in Kitsap county west of here, by a tree which crashed through the top of their car. A woman and her daughter perished on a farm near Hanna, Alberta, while they were seeking another child. ! Alaskans were concerned over the safety of persons in the Aleutian Is- lands and the adjacent mainland, when radio stations continued silent after a three-day storm. Since 6 o'clock Saturday night no word had been received from the powerful naval station at Dutch Harbor, in the Eastern Aleutians, which {is usually in hourly communi- cation with navy headquarters Cordova. with United States station at Unga, off the peninsula, likewise were fruitless. The last message from Driffield, received at Cordova Saturday, said wind had swamped small boats, blown a fishing schooner to the beach and torn shingles from house tops. 10 to 20 Feet Deep Calgary, Alta., ! berta and Saskatchewan were swept over the week-end by the worst bliz- zard in ten years. Two deaths are ‘reported, traffic and wire communi- cation cut off, and some buried under 10 to 20 feet of snow. Mrs. John F. Stewart and her two-year-old daughter lost their way in the blinding storm while crossing a farm yard near Hanna, Alta., and were found dead in the snow at the bottom of a gulch. The snow was driven by a 40-mile wind here and in Edmonton. The latter city experienced the lowest barometric pressure in 12 yea Cando, in the north of Saskatche- wan, reports one-story buildings burled in snowdrifts, There was lass snow in Manitoba. BANDIT ADMITS WEST ST. HOLDUP l (Continued from First Page) Grove Street Holdup Three young men held up Joseph Montinelli of Broad strect and John Staskiewicz of High street late Sat- | | ing to information received by the police. They were walking the street when the young men de- manded $30 from Staskiewicz, and a fight ensued, during which Mon- tinelli recovered the money and re- turned it to Staskiewicz according to the story. The reluctance of the men to give tho details to Detective | Sergeant Ellinger caused a doubt in { th> latter's mind as to the serious- ness of the alleged holdup. A knife was flashed by one of the trio, ac- cording to the story, and Montinelli had a slight cut on his hand, which, he sald, was caused by the weapon., | The alleged highwaymen made their | escape. ARREST FOR USING | | (Continued from First Page) concern i3 a fraud and a number of persons throughout the country have been taken in through it. Hoffman, it is said, advert d that jhe was formerly an oparative with the Pinkerton Co., which has been confused with the Pinkerton tional Detective Agency. The Pink- erton Co. was conducted by Mat- | thew Pinkerton and was sued by the Pinkerton National Detective Agen- cy and put out of business in 192 according to the postal authoritie Last Friday, Hoffman was sum- | moned to the post office, where he { was grilled for several hours by a postal inspector and Sergeant M Cue. At that time, he Is said to have made admission on which the war- rant is based. This morning the lo- cal police were notificd by United | States Attorney Cohen of Hartford that the warrant was ready, and the arrest followed. Has Police Record records, was fined $15 and costs on Oct. 8, 1920, on the charge of viola- |tion of the trade mark registration act; on Dec. 3, 1922, he was sentenc- ed to jail for 30 days for obtaining | | on | money under false pretences; May 27, 1924, the charge of obtaln- ing money under false pretences nolled and he wcs put on probation on the charge of violation of the in- surance act, after having been ar- rested on the two charges. On Oct. 110, 1926, he was arrested for drunk- enness. He is married and has five children. |Safe Crackers Loot Boston Office of $500 Boston, Dec. 13 (#—Safe break- ors obtained money -and securities valued at $3,000 from a vault in the law offices of Emery, Booth, Janney and Varney on Congress street, during the week-cnd. The burglars made thelr way in and out of the offices without forc- ing or breaking any lock and were equally successful in opening the outer door of the safe. The inner door, however, had been ripped open. Papers were undisturbed, but ed six were dead and approximate- ly 80 ill, all said to be employes of the store, a thousand dollars in cash and two thousand in negotiable securitics at| Attempts to communicate ! Commissioner ! | Driffleld, who maintains a private | Dec. 13 (M—Al-' sections ' urday night on Grove street, accord- | along” MAILS T0-DEFRAUD. Hoffman, according to the police | MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1926. FUND FOR SNOW REMOYVAL IS ALREADY EXHAUSTED Appropriation For Keeping Streets Clear Meets With First Storms of Season The appropriation granted for the removal of snow and ice for the| entire winter has been exceeded al- | ready and the funds for street work | were greatly reduced by reason of necessary withdrawals to keep streets open for traffic, the depart- ment of public works announced to- day. If there are more storms this winter the money for snow removal must be withdrawn from the de- | pleted street account and it now appears certain that a deficiency in the department will result. Much of the wogk to be done for the re- | mainder of this year is classed as; emergency work for which over- drafts are aflowed. PAROLED CONVICT SOUGHT AS BANDIT (Continued from First Page) ) | Officer Wagner emptied his revolver at the fleeing car and one bullet went through it but did not stop | the bandit. Jumping into his own car, Officer Wagner gave chase through Rent-! schler street, Buell street, across South Main street to South street. Near the South street rallroad cross- J ing, the bandit's car broke down,| |down the stairs of her home at City Items | Confident that his mother had | passed & critical stage in her illness, Physlcal Director George M. Cassidy of the Senior high school returned to this city last cvening from his | home in Poultney, Vt.,, where he had | hurried Friday evenlng upon hear- | ing of his mother’s serious 1illness. Upon his arrlval at his farm he| immediately made arrangements for her removal to a hospital. New Britain chapter of Hadassah! will hold a meetyng in the Burritt hotel this evening. ®ho police were notified today of the return of the operator’s license of Joseph » Negrelle of 239 Brook street. Dr. C. M. VanDuzer reported to Supernumerary ~ Officer Crowley the Y. W. C. A. cloak room Sat- urday night. Reports from the New Britain General hospital indicate that Mrs. Wall St that his oyercoat was stolen from |~ reet Briefs E—— Holders of common stock of Gen- cral Motors corporation who receiv- ed the regular quarterly dividend of $1.75 a share for the fourth quarter | had ¢ ‘'reas to 30,210 from 27,446 | in the third quarter. Coemmon and preféerred shar holders totalled 50,- 569 against 47,805 the quarter bew fore. Representing a union of the Irving Bank and Trust Co., and the Amerl- |can Exchange Pacific bank, the con- solidated institutions began business today as the . ican Exchange |Irving Trust Co., which with re- | sou of more than $600,000,000, |is the largest trust company in the d the third largest bank in Steel operations In the Youngs- town valley are maintaining an aver, age of 65 per cent of capacity. | Rose Johnson is still in a serious condition from the effects of a fall 79 Spring strect Saturday noon. She is 52 years old. Mrs. Willlam Coffey of street has entered New Britain Gen- eral hospital toundergo an opera- tion. Stella Rebekah lodge, No. 11, will hold a Christmas party for the chil- dren of lodge members Friday after- noon at 4 o'clock followed by a reg- ular meeting and Christmas party in the evening. The Sunshine society will hold its Christmas celebration at the Town Home, December 18 at 2 o'clock. Those desiring to attend may take the Chapman street bus getting off at Kelsey street. Stanley Quarter Park Pond to Be Cleared | the wishbone giving away, and he | jumped out after making severel vain attempts to start it. The driver of a Standard Oil Co. truck from Hartford who was nearby, waiting for the local plant to open g0 that he might deliver a load of oll, offered to pull the car out of the snowbank, but the bandit re- plied hurriedly that he would go along and get a wrecker. Not know- ing anything of the holdup, the driver did not make any attempt to halt him. Two employes of the Gulf Reflning Co. saw the bandit run past the plant but did not give ,any thought to the fact until the police arrived several minutes later. | Gets Ride From Ex-Cop Officer Wagner arrived as the gunman was talking to the truck driver. His revolver was empty as a resuit of the shooting at the store and his first thought was to head off the gunman. The latter, how- ever, saw Meddrick Perry, a former pollceman, backing his car out of is yard af 307 Stanley street and asked him for a ride uptown. Perry i | Provided there s no raise in the temperature, the park department will have the pond tn Stanley Quar- | ter park cleared ror skating this|p week. A shelter house arM refresh- ment stand is betng ouilt and the lights about the lake will be in service within a few eays, the de- partment announces. CLASS FOR POLISH WOMEN T0 TEACH CITIZENSHIP Amcricanization Work to Be Direct- ed By Principal of Sacred Heart School An Americanization class to pre- pare Polish women of the north- western section of the city for ad- | mittance as voters will be inaugur- ated this week with Mies Mary Smoczinyski, principal of the Sacred { Heart school as the instructor. replied that he was going as far as | St. Joseph's church, and the: gun- | man boarded the ear and accepted | the ride, lighting a clgarette as he |stepped out at the church and [continued up South Main street Meanwhile, Officer Wagzner police headquarters notified by tele- phone from the Gulf Refining Co. plant. At headquarters the mes- sage was Interpreted to mean that the plant had been held up. About 15 minutes had elapsed from the time the holdup at Fredericks’ store was reported to the recaipt of the message from the Gluf plant. Offi- cors George Moffitt, James McCabe ! and Thomas J. Feenev were on the case and as they were in the vicin- ity of South and South Main streets, a car answering the description of that of the gunman. passed in the direction of Kensington. Officer Wagner told Officer Feeney the driver resembled the punman and the chase was resumed. Snsnect Taken from Church Pulling up in front of St. Paul's church, Kensington, the driver parked his car and went into church. On Officer Wagner's as- sertion that he resembled the gun- man, Ofticer Feeney went into church and took the man out. Tt developed. however, that he was in- nocent and he was not held. He is a Incal resident. Meanwhile, Fredericks, the blood trickling from the wound in his side. had struggled to his feet and gamely tried to overtake the sun- man Running into the vard be- hind his store, he saw the ‘car {speeding awav with Officer Wagner in pursnit. He was then taken to New Britain Generdl hospital where | X-ray pictures were taken and his | Infury was dressed. Desplte the advice of phvsicians to remaln in bed. Fredericks inslsted on return- ing to business. Todav. he was in bed at home but will probably be able to be up and abont In a few Aavs.© This morning he said he | expected to be out this afternoon. | Toot Only 815 Fredericks gnid the mimman took ~nproximatelv ¢ He apoeared ~nwered, Fredericks said. by the lat- tor's refusal tn ohey commands on fhe Instant. That he meant to kill is evldent, Fredoricks said, from the | ~licking of tha trirzer as the re- | vnlver was levelled at his forehead | Fredaricks gonerally has a lnaded | ravolver In the store and If it was #there vesterday he helieves he could | have nsed it as the gunman al- Tawed him to hand aver the money withant searehing him for {t. y Fireman Fdward Callin af No, 6 sfation, which {s a few hundred feet | <onth of Frederick's stare. went in | o rat 2 newsnaner as Officer Wag- | ner entered. Conlin heard Freder- irks sav “Ciat Wim, he fust went ont | | the back door” hut he was unable to see the gunman. He saw fhe an- tomahila as it made the hend in the rond near the fire hanse, , CHNAki's Yiome Police Record. Chillekl's familv lives on Tubilee street but he has heen rooming on Church street for some time. Ac- cording to the nnlice records, he was committed to the state refarmatorv at Cheshire Mav 11. 1918, for theft. and on August 21, 1920 he and gev- | eral other vonths were arrested for highwav robehrv after having hlack. facked a loral man. On Avszust 23 thev were bound over to sunerjor court and on Anrust 24 the charee of stealine an antomoahila awned hy the late Judea Genrge W Kieft was preferred again<t them. The car was recovared, with the upholsterv cut to ribhons. AN those implicated were sent to state's nrison. Chil- lckl's sentence was from seven to ten years, hnt ha and nis compan- | | | | Decision to create such a class was reached last night at an Ameri- canization meeting held fn conjunc- tion with a celebration of Polish Independence at the Sacred Heart |parish hall. Among the speakers | were P. B. O'Sullivan, former’ con- gressman, Miss Helen Hennessy of Hartford, Paul Nurczak, Joscph Kulas of Hartford, and Father Gorek ! of this city. WORK ON GRAND LIST Beloin, Raphacl and Cohn Expected to Head List of Individual Tax- payers Ready on January 14. The city’s grand list of approxi- mately $110,000,000 will be made public January 14, and it now ap- pears that Fred Beloin, Louis Raph- acl and Morris Cohn will be the highest taxed individuals with the | names probably standing in that or- | der. The American Hardware Cor- | poration will again stand as the highest. A meeting of the board of relief | will be held January 15, to receive assessments. The | reductions in | assessment department today enters the last month of its preparation of the grand list. IMMIGRATION DEPT. UPHELD Washington, Dec. 13 UP)—Rulings by Boston immigration officials the supreme court. A ruling exclud- ing ¥Fong Hang Leo) g was affirmed, and Chin Wey was denied a writ of habeas corpus to test out his right to enter the country. Deaths Miss Mary Thomason News of the death of Miss Mary Thomason, formerly of this city reached this city today. Death oc- curred at Holeyon, California, November 9. Elizabeth F. Reney Elizabeth F. Reney, three months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reney of 223 Clark street, died last night at her home. Funeral servic were held today. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our gratitude to the attending physician, and clergy for their untlring efforts during the illness of our friends and acquaintences for thelr floral offerings. and expresslons of sympathy. TH Josenh A, Haffey UNDERTAKER Phone 1625-2. Opposite 8t. Mary’s Church. Residence 17 Summer St.—1623-3. BOLLERER’S POSY SHOP Tinest roping wreaths, etc., of Ever- greens for Christmas decorations. Order FAMILY. ow, A3 W. Main St. _Prof. Bidg. Tel. 386. were missing. fons were paroled. 3 “The Telegraph Florist of New Britaln,” Elm ! the list and prepare for appeals for | were upheld today in two cases by | on| nurses | brother, | | Steven McNamara, and to the many | Stocks of refined copper on De-| cember 1 were 147,712,000 pounds an incraase of 11,246,000 pound |over the month before, and the | largest monthly gain in a year. No- |vember shipments were 241,398,000 ipounds of which 92,894,000 were ex- |ported. Production of refined cop- per was 252,644,000 pounds, a gain |of 6,400,000 pounds over October. | | MRS. HALL IN HARTFORD | Principal in Famous New Brunswick Murder Trial Spends Week-End in Capltal City. Hartford, Dec. 13 (A—Mrs. Fran- evens Hall of New Brunswick, , recently founa mnot guilty in famous Hall-Mills case, left to- after spending the week-end here. Mrs. | Al Ch & Dye |Amer Can . [Am C & Fay [Am Loco [Am Sm & F | Am gar Tel & Tel. !Am Tob . .... Am Woolen | Ana Cop | Atchison . Bald Loco ‘lhkll & Ohio. 1 | Beth steel if Pet o [cer De Pasco” 6 IChes & Onio 1 leM & s P ICR I & P Chile Cop vas the guest of Mr. jand M . Belknap Beach of Pros- t avenue. While in Hartford she attended the musicate glven by Mr: John C. Wilson o1 prospect avenu Saturday evening. There were no special events in her honor, | Hall came here to rest, Mrs. Beach | says. BURGLARS IN MIDDLETOW ; | Capitol Theater Safe Droken Open i Recempts, Middletown, Coun., De | Burglars broke into tne ater early this morning, opened the office safe and escaped with the Saturday and Sunday receipts of both that house and tne Grand the- ater, next door, which is under the same managemens The loss will amount to several nundred dollar er David P. K | It is believed the burglars climbed to the roof of the building and en tered the playhous= rarough a win- dow. They picked the lock of th office door and made their escape through an exit door which was found unlocked this morning. Worcester Safe Robbed Worcester, Mass., Dec. 13 (P—The of the Persons Majestic Man- cturing company on the seventh | floor of the building at 54 Commer- cial street was roboea of $200 over {the week-end, apparently by the same cracksman wno tried unsuc- | cesstully to rob tme safe of the | Waite Hardware company at 189 | Front street Saturday night. FT $1.817,891 nn., Dec. 13 (P— known as Connec- ice king” who killed himself just six months ago, left an estate which is appraised at $1,817,891. The report was filed in the probate | court for Fairfield district as it was {in Fairfield that Mr. Walker had | his residence. Out of the grand property 1is listed at which mortgages of § | net equity of $646,500. ICE KIN G L Bridgeport ticut's total real $568,000 on 500 leaving JURY MUST DECIDE Washington, Dec. 13 (R—Defense ! plea for an instructed verdict quitting Albert B. Fall, former sec- rctary of the interior, and Edward L. Doheny, in the oil trial was de- nied today. LAND TITLE MUDDLED | Some of Property Deeded Connecti- As Memorial Park. New London, Dec. 13—A tract of land between Williams and Bayonet streets, in this ci which was deed- l ed to the Connecticut colle for women several years ago, is the crux of a problem involved in the Imin- istration of the will of Harriet Allyn, late of this city, which di poses of an estate of approximate $1,000,000. According to the will which was executed March 10, 1 in Hartford, the major part of the cstate is placed in trust with the | Connecticut Safe Deposit and Trust company, of Hartford for the main- tenance of a public park and mu- seum to he known as the Lyman Allyn Park and Museum in memory of the decedent's father. A part of the land which is bequeathed to the city for the park and museum site has since been conveyed to the Con- necticut college. | | Govt. Maintamm; 11 Subs That Are Useless experts told the House naval com- mittee today that the government is expending $164,000 annually to maintain 41 submarmes which are out of commission. Of a total of 124 submarines, Rear Admiral Eberle, chiet of naval op- erations, testified tnat 80 were in condition to go into actlon immedi- ately in case of a narronal emergan- cy. He considered the annual ex- out of commission was justified. Japan now is leading the nations in submarine construction, the wit- ness said, and to put the United States on a par with that country would cost $110,000,000. | MUCH INVESTING Mrs. | cut College Also Given For Use| .| Conn. General ‘Washington, Dec. 13 (A — Navy | penditure for maintenance of #hips | W oo Stocks| |PUTNA Result Is That Prices Have Upward Tendency New York, Dec. 13 (P—Unde- terred by higher money rates rep- csenting preparations for large -end disbursements, investment funds continued to flow into the stock market today, accelerating the | sing trend of price Railroad shares assumed th leadership of the market, with the TEL. 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Damage estimated at several hun- dred dollars was done by fire in the of Samuel Block, 244 North street, yesterday fere lepartment W from Box 47. rear of the store. 0il thrown into a stove to kindle laze at the home of Arch strect, yes B S S wee U U U 05 at Stanley White Motor e Willys Over Woolworth LOCAL STOCRS Bid tnar Automobi store Hartford < rm re started he 1130 fire started in t 15 Manufacturing Stocks. | Am Hardware . 85 Am Hoslery ..... Beaton & Cadwell Bige-Hfd Cpt Cc Billings & Spencer corn — Billings & Spencer pfd — Bristol Brass . . | Colt's Arms ex . | Eagle Lock atnir Bearing Co. . | Hart & Cooley | Landers, ¥ .... B Machine ... B Machine pfd iles-Be-Pond com North & Judd Peck Stowe & Wil Russell Mfg Co. Scovill Mfg Co. .. tandard S Stanley Works . Stanley Works pfd | Torrington Co com | Union Mfg Co. Public Utilities | Conn Tlec Service Conn Lt & Pow pfd | Hfd Elec Li N B Gas | southern 1140 ) 1600 1 fire o Pefer Agostini terday noon and Co. No. 6 was 1. The dam s slight. s7 e W 0 3 4 [ com WILL PRESENT PEFITION The petition circulated by Georg Hamlin and s by more th 50 residents of city who »sirous of having the | honor at Walnut Hill park ated will be presented to the mon council Mayor Weld ha spite of the matter type of com- | nesday evening already disg , another memorial naving been se- Six Masked Men Get Away With $39,280 in Phila. Philadelphia, Dee. 13 (P—Six masked bandits witn sawed-off shot- guns held up ane robbed three wholesale jewelers of §39,280 in cash, dlamonds ana jewelry here | early today. | Israel . his son Simon, and Jacoh J. Cohen, tne men robbed, Stocks. TREASURY BALANCE Treasury balance $130,193,282. | a consignment of gems. 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NEW BRITAIN MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Tel. 2-9161 Tel. 1253 Tel. 3786 HOUDIN'S FIVAL " HESSAGE SOUGHT: ‘Belieed {0 Have Written Ong on Spiritnalism Worcester, Mass,, Dec. 13 (F— Harry Houdln! and spiritualism may yet engage in posthumous bate tle, The possibility that the famous magician who throughout life waged ,unrelenting war on psychical phe- nomena, will deliver a final blow om the grave was seen here last ight with the announcement that it was believed he had prepared a last manuscript designed to close the two weeks symposium on spiritula- ism which has been held at Clark Universit | Dr. Carl Murchison, chairman of | the symposium, revealed yesterday that Houdini had planned to be the final speaker, Murchison said he would ask Mrs. Houdini to search for the man- |useript and, if found, it would be cluded in a volume of addresses ore the In closing the gatherings, which ive been addressed by representa- tive leaders on both sides of the question, Dr. Murchison declared k had done what few universi- °s would dare and asserted that & srsity was the proper place for s of “timid” subjects. “There is never reason for timid- ity, if all sides are discussed,” he said. “A social service is perform- | ed whether the result is to obtain | recognition, or discredit for the sub- | ject.” He forecast other symposiums on mooted questions. Dr. Yochelman Gives Up To Police; Hearing Dec. 21 | Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 13 ® — A charge of manslaughter in the death of Miss Mabel Derry, 20, was | formally lodged against Isidore | Yochelman, disbarred eclectic physi- cian of this city, when Yochelman was arraigned in cxy court today, following his surrender to Bridge- port police on his arrival here from |New York Saturday night. To permit his attorney to prepare | his defense, Yochelman's case Wi |continued to December 21.