New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 FARM RELIEF BIL ONCE AGAIS COMES UP BEFORE SENATE Revamped McNary-Haugen Measure Would Work fo Sta- hilize Five Basic Commodities SURPLUS GONTROL PLAN EXPLANATION DECLARES Moasure Which Is Introduced By McNary Himself Is Explained As Designed To Facilitate the Hand- ling of Surplus Crops and Pro- tect Standards of the American Farmer. Washington, Dec. 14 (P—The Dbattle over farm relief legislation was reopened today in the senate, when the famous McNary-Haugen bill, revised in an effort to win nec-i essary support, was introduced by Chairman McNary, of the agricul- ture committee. Through its presentation, reliet advocates, who have awaiting a vehicle of debate, from now on will be in a position to press their cause whenever the opportun- ity presents itself. Described By McNary The measure, which is designed to facilitate the handling of surplus crops, was described by Senator Mc- Nary as necessary to improve the condition of the American farmer and to protect his standard of liv- ing. “It combines the plan for stabiliz- ing five basic commoditics,” le said, “Cotton, wheat, corn, hogs and rice through the use of a stabilization trust drawn from each with a credit | plan for stabilizing all farm com- modities insofar as it can be done‘ through the wide extension of clcdlli to cooperation. It is not in any par-| ticular a price fixing device or plan. | Tor Surplus Control | “The Dhill is essentially a S‘\lrphxs- control bill, the sole alm being to stabilize prices through control of | the surplus. For that purpose, & separate ‘stabilization fund’ is pro- vided for each of the five hfl»slc} commodities. These stabilization | funds are to be drawn farm been from the markoted units of cach commodity and aro to be employed in dispos- ing of tho surplus by cooperatives, or by persons cngaged in processing| such commodities. No public funds may be used| directly in cffecting such controls, | put loans may be made from a re- volving fund of $250,000,000 to thl"l several commodity stabilization fees —_all such loans to be repaid with interest. The federal farm boatd| which would be created by:the bill will not itself buy or sell anything| on its own account. Prices Are Omitted “All reference to price levels and | over, he tried to overpower the gun- { man by knocking the revolver out price standards are omitted. The aim is to provide funds drawn from| each commodity to be employed in| stabilizing the market for that com- | modity by sound commiercial meth-| ods.” | The federal farm board would | have a nominating committee chos: en by farm organizations, to make| nominations to the president for membership of the board. Non- salaried commodity advisory coun- sel for each commodity would be (Continued on Fourth Page) SENATOR FRAZIER 1S FORMALLY WELCOMED G. 0. P., Which Banned | rth Dakotan Two Yrs. Ago, Recalls Him ‘Washington, Dec. 14 (A—Banned after the 1924 election as a political undesirable in the republican ranks, | Senator Fra North Dakota in- surgent, Wi formally welcomed back into the fold today by unafi- mous vote of the republican umate; committee. Senator Frazier was not prs"snnt‘ when the action, which will auto- matically invite him to all party con- ferences in the future was taken. It| also was voted to confirm recom- mendations made by the committee on committees putting Senator Trazier in line for the chairmanship of the Indian committee after March 4, and reinstating him to his former place on other committees, Designation of Senators Norfls.‘ Nebraska¥as chairman of the judi-| committee; McNary, Oregon, | as chairman of the agriculture com- mittee; Phipps, Colorado, as chai: man of the irrigation committee, and Couzens, Michigan, as chairman of | the education and labor committee, ! also was approved, The action in the I'razier case was designed to heal the breach caused by the ejection from the party coun- cils of those republican millrg('msw who supported the late Senator lru Follette of Wisconson, in his ln'k‘-‘ pendent campaign for the presi- dency. | The North Dakota senator is the| only one of those deprived of his party status now in the senate, and scon after the election last month which reduced fl\t‘ republican m1»‘ Jority to the v: ing point, steps| were taken to bring him back into | the party conferences, | declared, | or the place of NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1926.—TWENTY PAGES. Robber Escapes With Loot After Knocking Down Ch Hold-up —Hopkins Bound Ov The eighth holdup to occur in this city since Manager Carlyle G. Barrett of the Capitol theater on West Main street was bound and gagged and robbed of the theater payroll two weeks ago, was regort- ed to the police at 12:10 o'clock a. m. today by John Carneval of 68 Cherry street, who was covered with a revolver in the hands of a tall man at the corner of Cherry and Lilac streets and robbed of $22 in addition to being knocked down by a blow in the chest when he resist- ed. The gunman escaped, running down Cherry street, and had not been apprehended today. It is be- lieved he escaped through rear yards on Maple strect. According to Carneval's story to| Detective Sergeant George C. El- linger and Sergeant Michael J. Fiynn, he was walking towards his home about midnight when the gunman ordered him to throw up his hands and hand over his money. He complied by handing the’ gun- man his pocketbook, but the latter told him he wanted the money, not the pocketbook. Carneval took the money out and as he was handing it of his hand. A scuffle ensued and Samaqy1 VIS {John Carneval, Returning Home At Midnight, Robbed and Felled When He Tries to Capture Assailant v\ g Cs tw JSH -mg WPV w:m:)fl‘lb.) Yictim ets $22 er to Superior Court ing caught red-handed, struck Car- neval a blow in the breast, break- ing the crystal of his watch and knocking him down. He then took to his heels and escaped despite a search of the entire neighborhood by the police, who worked until about 2 o'clock in the hope that they might make a capture, A significant fact is noted by the pollce in the description given them by Carneval, in that it tallies in some respects with that given by Robert Hopkins, 21, of 131 North street when he was arrested yester- day for robbing a West stree. store. Hopkins told Officer Stadler he was| wearing army trousers, high shoes and a dark sweater when he com- mitted the robtery, and Carneval said the man who robbed him wore army trousers, high shoes, a light| cap, a short, dark coat and a brown | shirt. He has a mustache, accord- | ing to Carneval’s o' servation. Today Officer Stadler accused Hopkins of not telling the truth vesterday relative to his attire and!| Hopking readily admitted he was not wearing the army trousers and high shoes. The police are working on the theory that Hopkins knows the gunman who held up Carneval. | the gunman, frantic for fear of be- (Continued on Page Eight) DEMENTED MOTHER CHILDREN AND TAKES HER OWN LIFE | Triple Tragedy Occurs At Waltham, Mass., This Morn- ing—Drowns Children, Then Drinks Poison Waltham, Mass., Dee. 14 (P—A young mother today drowned her two small children in a bathtub | and then ended her own life by taking poison. Neighbors found Mrs. Phillip Locasio dying and her two daughters, one three and one- half years old, and the other three months old, dead. Mrs. Locasio was taken to a hos- pital where she died a few hours later. drowned her children, Betty Ann and Pauline, She recently had suffered a ner- The police said that before |she died she admitted that she had | DROWNS HER TWO vous breakdown from which she never had recovered fully, the po- lice were informed. She had been |living at the home of her mother, [Mrs. Martin Kennedy, but Mrs. Kennedy was not at home when the tragedy occurred. The police believed the killings and sulcide due to a recurrence of her iliness. The tragedy today was the sec-| ond to enter the life of the hus- band, Philip Locasio. His sister, | Ala, a nurse in Belmont, ended |her life a few years ago on the ilawn of a physician by whom she | {had been employed. HOLY ROTA EXPLAING DIVORCE PROCEDURE Issues Statement Follow- ing Many Unfounded Annulment Reports Rome, Dec. 14 (A—Continuved un- founded reports of annulment of marriages by the Holy Rota, as in the case of Richard Washburn Child, form(-r ambassador to Italy, have brought an explanation from vatican | clrcles of the procedure which must be followed in such cases. The Holy Rota, it is stated, is a tribunal of appeal, hearing cases re- terred to it by other and lower ec- clesiastical courts. A couple desiring | annulment under Catholic canon law must appeal first to the diocesan court in the place where the mar- riage was contracted, or if that is | impossible, at least to the court in the place where the partics reside. It is further declarad that the pro- cedure testifies to the church’s se- vere and scrupulous attitude toward such cases, since at least two judg- ments and two sentences—by the diocesan and Rota courts—are exact- ed before annulment or refusal of annulment becomes definite. Even after these two steps it is possible to appeal to the pope, Who | can always reopen a case, either hav- ing it rejudged by the Rota or sub- mitted to a special commission of cardinals appointed by him. In some ways this procedure, it is resembles that of the American federal courts, the Rota the circuit courts and the pope, aid- ed by his legal and ecclesiastical ad- visers, the supreme court. In the case of the former ambas- sador, a divorce was granted Mrs. Child by a Paris civil tribunal early last month, If elther or both parties desired annulment of their marrlage by the Catholic church, the proce- | dure necessitates an appeal to the | diocesan court either in the place where the marriage was contracted dence. Unless such a step was taken long before the civil court in Paris grant- | ed their divorce, it is pointed out, there has not yet been time for even | a dlocesan sentence, since the pre- liminary investigation .usually takes | four on five months and must prove | the existence of one of those rare “impediments” of canon law war- ranting a sentence of annulment. Child Dies From Burns; | Playing With Matches Danbury, Conn,, Dee. 14 (P— Mary Jane Corbin, three, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clement Corbin of Pawling, N. Y,, died in the hospital here yesterday from burns, The child climbed up to a shelf, when | her mother was out of the room nnd accidentally set fire to her {‘IOH\!H;{ with matches. Her. death occurred | within an hour after she was| | brought to the hospital, JUDGE DEAF T0 PLEA | FOR DRUNKEN DRIVER |“Public Incensed”, Hun-| gerford Says, Imposing Jail Sentence “The public is incensed at drunk- | en drivers,” Judge W. C. Hunger- | ford said in police court today, in reply to a plea by Attorney P. F McDonough to suspend the sentence of five days in jail in the case of Leo Zyjewski, aged 26, of 33 Smith (rect, because of the death of Zyjewski's infant and the fact that his offense will force him to obtain other employment through the sus- pension of his operator’s license. The defense counsel did not object to a $100 fine, but asked that the circum- stances surrounding Zyjewski's home conditions be taken into consider- ation. Judge Hungerford insisted | that the fine and Jjail sentence stand. Following Zyjewski's arrest on December 5 after a taxicab which he was driving collided with anoth- er automobile on South Main street, Chiet Hart released him without bonds because his infant was dying. The child died and Zyjewski was not required to present himself for trial until today. Attorney McDonough entered a plea of nolo contendere and Assistant Prosecuting Attorney W. M. Greenstein told the court the facts, without making a recommen- dation. Attorney McDonough pointed out | that Zyjewskl earns his livelihood | driving a taxicab, and in the three| years he has been driving he was never arrested until December 5. He lost considerable wleep because of the Infant’s illness and his mecals| were also Irregular, so that the wine | he drank prior to the accident af- fected him and caused him to lo: control of the taxicab, the lawyer said. It seemed to the attorney that, Zyjewski has had so much trouble and will now lose his license, he might well be granted clemency. Judge Hungerford said his atti- tude toward drunken drivers is well | known and the circumstances in this case do not impress him to the ex- | tent that he feels he should allow | Zyjewski to escape jall. Ordinarily he imposes sentences of 30 days in such cases, but he is taking into con- | sideration the man's misfortune at home. Zyjewski endangered his own |1ife when he drove the taxicab in his | condition and also jeopardized the lives of others. He might have had | passengers in his cab at the time of the accident and they would have ftered as a result of his condition. | icab drivers are servants of the public,” he said. Attorney McDonough sald he knows Judge Hungerford's attitude towards drunken drivers and ordi- | narily he would not request that the Jail sentence be suspended. Relative | to the danger to passengers, ZyJew.l ski's cab was not occupied and he| was to conclude his day's work on his arrival at the cab stand. Judge Hungerford "set bonds for an appeal at $1,000, | | to Hawaii, DOHENY'S LAWYER FLAYS PROSECUTOR Resents His Alleged Slanderous Gondemnation of Accused MAKES IMPASSIONED PLEA Asks Each Juryman Pointedly If He Believes Doheny Is a Orook— Maintains Only Loan, Washington, Dec. 14 (P—The de- fense began today its final attempt to beat back the tide of prosecution argument in the Fall-Doheny oil conspiracy trial. $100,000 Note Was With every prospect that the case| would be in the hands of the jury, by sun-down tomorrow, a succession of defense attorneys were allotted a | six-hour period in which to tell the | jurymen there was no taint of guilt| in Edward L. Doheny's loan of $100,000 to Albert B. Fall, while Fall was in the cabinet and before Doheny was awarded the lease to the Elk Hills oil reserve. Except for a half hour opening of court, during which Owen J. Roberts, for the govern- ment, completed the prosecution ar- gument begun yesterday, the de- at the fense was given all of today's session ! for their replles. Roberts Repeats Charge Roberts repeated the charge that the $100,000 was part of a conspir- acy to defraud the government. “Fall knew that this loan was dirty business” sald the prosecutor. “Fall told the senate committee in a letter written on Christmas day, 1923, (two years after the loan was made) that he never had approached Doheny in connection with the loan. “And what has been the essence of the defense case? To excuse, explain—and forget.” He also asked the jurors to con- sider that Joseph J. Cotter, vice- | president of Doheny’'s Pan-Ameri- can company, and Doheny's fidential agent in the oil neg ations had not been called to witness stand. Important Man Not Called “Cotter was the one man who! knew all the angles of the case. He was In these negotiatio: from May 1921 until December 1 He talk- | ed with the navy officials, the in- terlor department officials, he went to New York, Washing- ton, Three Rivers, N. M., (i"all's home), Los Angeles—Cotter was ev- erywhere—and he sat within 20 feet of this witness stand for days, was never called to the stand.” Frank J. Hogan, chief counsel for Doheny, was the first of the defense lawyers to He denied directly Roberts' that any wrongdoing $100,000 transaction, con- oti- the | charge which he de- | seribed as nothing but a loan given by Doheny to his friend of thirty years' standing. Calls Charge Slander. The defense chief then described Robert’s closing statement as “an argument of slander and character wrecking.” “Gentlemen of the fu man in that position is on secure ground. The law leaves you without a remedy. In court the counsel is beneath the protective mantle of the law, there is no remedy in law, and (Continued on Page Two) $100,000 | and take up the argument. | aftended the: | ¢ he sald, | Sought by Police on Suspicion of Robbery PETER CHILICKI Peter Chilicki, | who is wanted for the robbery Sun- day morning at George E. Freder- ick's store at the foot of Arch street, is still at large, and nothing definite as to his probable wherecabouts has been learned by the police, it was said today. In some quarters it is eved that Chilicki is in hiding nearby, this theory being strength- | t that he was forced is automobile and also | > of the quick alarm that fol- |lowed the robbery and shooting. | In the opinion of Manager Bar- rett of the Capitol theater, Chilickt was the tall man who held him up with the tance of a confederate two weeks ago. Mr. Barrett exam- ined the belt of Chilicki's overcoat | | which was among his belongings | confiscated by the police, and is of the belief that it matches the coat worn by one of the men who bound iand gagged him. Chilicki is said to be about 6 feet 2 fnches in height, and the gunman who had charge of the Capitol theater job was at least | 6 tect in height, Mr. Barrett states. MUTINOUS CREW 1S THREATENING VESSEL ‘Shlp Aground Off North | Carolina—Coast Guard Returns for Guns ened by the | Imington, N. C., Dec. 14 (P— The schooner Charles Bean, loaded with cross ties, Baitimore to vannah, is ashore on I'rying Pan shoals w threatened by a mutinous crew. A message from the coast gua sald the captain refused to permit the guardsmen to board the vesscl wuse of the mutiny and that the coast guardsmen had returned to | their station for arms with which to force their way on board the ship. Four tugs from Wilmington and Southport have started for the scene, BOSTON BANDITS ACTIVE Boston, Dec. 14 (A—Three armed men early today forced two em- ployes and three patrons into the kitchen of a Back Bay lunch room. They took $45 from the cash regis- ter and overlooked $150 in the ¢ Y. W. And Y. M. C. A. Conducting Qulet Campalgn Against Petting \Kindred Organizations NEW BRITAIN MARINE 1§ | HOFFMAN HELD FOR TRIAL Aligned With “Person to| paroled convict, | h her officers reported ° BITTER WINTER 1§ jB[llWlNli EASTWARD Deaths, Traffic Blockades andv Suflenng in the West |COLD THWARTS BANDITS | At Woonsocket, N. D., Robbers Fail Meantime Auto Freczes And They Flee, Abandoning That. 14 (P—Bitter win- | eastern half of the lcountry today from western states Istruggling in the grip of zero | weather and deep drifted snows. Swirling winds bore the cold wave across the Mississippl valley and flung it in a broad fan that brush- ed the Atlantic seaboard and reached to the Gulf const. Normal Life Halted | Normal life came to a virtual standstill in the northwest, and down into the central states trains were running behind schedule, schools were closed and crippled communi- | cation told of a mounting death toll Blizzards and winds of near-gale velocity played havoe with the air mail. Extreme temperatures hnndlmp- ped efforts to loose the hold of the | heavy snows, and the weather bu- | rean promised little relief for at least | two more days. In Montana, Wyom- ing and Colorado the mercury drop- ped to 30 below, the southwest shiv- cred in below freezing weather and Chicago, Dec. {ter swept into the temperatures hovered about zero in | midwest thermometers. Cold In California California reported cold hut not severe weather. Smudge pots were mounted about the fruit groves, and motoreyele riders watched the ther- mometer, ready to ride with a warn- ing when the mercury approached the danger point. Ranchers in the plains states were warned to pro- tect their livestock from the weather. In western Wisconsin several towns were dark last night through inability to repair broken electric power lines, @nd water supplic pumped by electricity, were in grave danger. Much Suffering | There was much suffering in the hl:: cities. At Chicago, where official reading at 1 a. m., was three degrees below zero, half a hun- dred families were driven fo streets by fires, most of which ‘wer attributed to over-heated furna d stoves. In the 18 lours end- ing at midnight, §2 fire alarms were swered. Locomotive Stalled Outside Minneapolis, a locomotive stalled in the drifts and passeng stryggled a mile afoot to shelter. One of the coast guardsmen 1I|>0HI\R to free a car ferry stranded on the rocks off Milwaukee col ed. ght persons were dead in the wake of the northwest's storm, four leaths were counted in the plains tes and two men were frozen to h in the heart of the corn belt. Woonsocket, S. D., old man winter played policeman, and | thwarted the plans of thieves who hroke into two stores. After failing | to find any loot in a safe the rob- bers found their automobile radiator | frozen and were forced to flee Throughout the entire portion of the United nowfall was un nably s hoth as to depth, as much as !rn cet in some places, and as to arca [covered. In western Canada the blizzard which began Sunday night | |was called the worst since 1907, anc Alaskans were alarmed for the safe- ty of residents of the Aleutian islands, where even the three radio tions have not been heard from ince the blizzard began. gers ASSIGNED T0 GUARD HAIL: Person” Drive Although No Sensational on Spooning Is Contem- | plated—. Dec. 14 (P—A quict, erson to person drive against “pet- ting"” is under way by the Y. M. C A, Y. W. C. A, and kindred or. ganizations. There is no “war” in against the frivolous practice, nor is any sensational compaign planned, social workers for the organizations declare, but they acknowledge that educational work is being carried on persistently to climinate that class of youth who consider themselves more progre | to be petted than censured. Some Approve Petting And not all of them agree that petting is an unmitigated evil. Mrs. Eleanor Wembridge, woman referee | of the Cuyahoga county court, Cleve- land, believes that petting in mode ation is regarded in certain circles as a soclal asset. “Whether they pet or not Mrs. Wembridge, “college girls as a rule hesitate to have any one believe they do not. Since petting may lead | to romance, most girls say they must | pet or be left behind.” | Cultivates Low Love There have been rumors here of a general (‘1m1nlgn to be waged by | the Y. . A. against petting, but worke: or the organization declare | these reports grew out of a popul demand for republication of an arf cle in a “Y” magazine by Dr. Max J. | Exner on “The Question of Petting.” Dr. Exner, head of the Amer Social Hygiene Assoclation, says in it {that “the essential harm of petting | lies in the fact that it is a cultiv tlon of a low order of love.” (Continued on Second Page) “War” | | Thomas Needham, Edwin D. Lea Picked From Corps at Quantico, Va., to Shoot Bandits (Special to tho Herald) Quantico, Va,, Dec. 14—Among the U. S. Marines who were first se- lected to guard the mails - against possible attacks by bandits is Edwin D. Lea, of New Britain, Conn., who was stationed here prior to his as- signment to this important d He i3 one of several picked men from Quantico who began thelr duties as malil guards immediately fter President Coolidge had given his approval. They are now furnish- ing proteetion to the mails in trans guarding important postal centers, nd insuring the safe delivery of valuable mail packa They not return to this post for several months, BEdwin lived at the home of his father, Alfred Edwin Lea, 33 Wood- ruff Court, New Britain, before he joined the Marine Corps at Hartford, in October, 19 1t is the first time Marines have guarded the mails since November, 1921, when they were assigned this task for about four months. During this period no mail robberies occurred. EX-BIG LEAGUER DI Stcubenville, 0., Dec. 14 (P— 47, former Na- tional league catcher and recently scout and coach for the Chicago White Sox, is dead at his home here. Needham played with the Boston and Chicago Natlonals a score of years ago. THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight; Wed- nesday fair and much colder. #* | Pleads Not Guilty to Using Mails to | ; Defraud and is Released on Bond | | of s250. i Pleading not guilty, William Leo Hoftman, aged 39, of 108 Seymour | street, this city, was bound over to | the February term of the State district court at New Haven by United Statcs Commissioner F. J. Corbett at a hearing in Hartford yes- terday afternoon, on the charge using the mails for fraudulent pur- poses. Hoffman was released on $2.- 500 bonds furnished by Gustave Hoffman, his brother. The arrest was made noon by Detective Sergeant McCue on a warrant United States Attorney George Cohen of Hartford, to whom was turned over the results of an invest made by Sergeant McCue postal authorities over a period of several wecks. Hoffman advertised a course in instruction in detective work and guaranteed positions at $35 per week, charring $25 for the course, the authorities allege. Num- nts were made by ap- id they paid for the e but did not receive the posi- c vesterday W P cour: | tions. [ vestig: t Hoffman has been under in- ation and suspleion for some | time, became known today when etary Ralph H. Benson of the r of Commerce discovered a report that organization had secur- ed on Hoffman more than a year ago. The report, which came from Cap- tain Harry Haynes, at that time | manager of the New Britain Credit Rating bureau, was of an investi tion conducted by Captain Ha |the Federal Toy and \0\01!\' Co,, {now said to be under investigation | by the federal authorities. The report, made public for the | first time, says in part: “The firm is a blind for two persons to operate from their apartment some mail or- |der or clever money."” to Find Loot In Two Stores— ! the | and the | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Dec. 11th ... 13,969 PRICE THREE CENTS FRENCH BOXER, FIGHTING " FIRST BOUT orwegian Steamer Reported Sunk and All on Board Lost g London, Dec. 14 (A} dispatch from land, says the ship Balholm has be at Arrar, crew and pa No details are given. The Balholm left Akreyri the northern coast of Ice arfjord on Dec patches do not me of the crew or of passengers, A Lioyds Tce- cam- 1 wrecked the } The steamer B: home port is Berg: of 1,044 gross tons, 214 fec || ana was bufit in 1917, Bay Is a large fjord on tI ern coast of Icc s R capital of Iceland, southeastern shore of the BIRTHS, DEATHS DO DOWN, MARRIAGES INCREASE Statistics for 1926 Com- pared With Those for Last Year holm Norway, i [ | The marriage report for 1926 will show a higher figure than of 1925, while births and deaths are expected to be fewer in preliminary figures for the calendar year, gleaned from the records at the office of Town Clerk Alfred L. Thompson, shov With one-half the of the yoar passed, 602 deaths and 1,449 bi ded, as against 502 mar- deaths and 1,642 births losing month 632 The marrlage report for 1026 with the figure for thedcorrespond- ing month in 1925, enclosed in brackets, for the purpose of parison, isi— inuary, 29 (23); [(34); March, 11 41 Ty, (11); April : June, S8 (98); zust, 47 (4 p- October, 5 )i Novembe 0); December, 8§ in 14 days*® A ed this year January, T \(,,, | (60); July, September, 8 (50); November 39 (36) 18 in 14 days (51). irth records for ion of deaths record- nd last fo! June, 46 114-1v 42 ; December, | ary, 146 (131); February, 118 ‘(13 March, 131 (140); April, 1), May, 135 (144); June, 13 ‘(1 5); July, 155 (1 August, 134 (124); September, 107 (135); Octo- ber, 135 (133); November, 101 1(130); December 38 in 14 days, 1(127). WANT INVESTIGATION OF CITY EXAM. BOARD gFriends of Spaulding to Ask Inquiry Into Elec- tric Test An official inv practices of tk committee of the |sion is desired by Spaulding, Sanley who failed to p the t planning to peti inceil to that end, friends Works el¢ of 8. Y. etrictan | and on the sts, common et United | Spaul cilman ppealed to Coun- the third or Weld W announc d not rea nd at ki ere re-ch ing committee fou. he mark gestion of pers were t > exan to rted. i turned over to author of the the ba and Mr. May higher mark, hut to pass and give him a lice A sul examination of the test paper mitted by Spaulding and com with those of other candidates show- ed inconsisteneies in marking. This fact was pointed to in support of Councilman Warner's later state- ment that the committee had erred ‘at le A decided to is for ex- allowed a not suff did. ent the nse. sub- son add to the one tradesman who is not in munici- 1 government office ion with other tradesmen here. | now functioning. ago that Sy re-checked this has and the k the common why. not been done, MAN WHO SHOT SELF DIES. Washington, Caldwell, of Berkeley, shot himself yesterday | capitol building, Calif., tificate of suicide, number, | com- | 1926 and 1925 | 114 | > lach result of this finding it was examining | or in compoti- An | structor at the state trade school | ed and this committee is Although Mayor | Thursday afternoon Weld requested more than a month | Rev. electrician’s friends plan to | council to learn | Dee. 14 (P—John W, who | while in the| died“today of his|Scheuy; a sister, Mrs. J. R. Gould ot scheme to make |wounds. Coroner Nevitt issued a cer- IN AMERICA, IS KILLED IN HARTFORD 1Charles Pegulihan, Light Heavyweight, | Dies at Hospital After | Being Knocked Out ' By Elmer Friedman. Was 21 Years Old and Had | Fought 31 Bouts as Amateur and Pro.—Op- ponent Held in $1,000 Bonds on Manslaughter Charge. DIDN'T UNDERSTAND '! | MANAGER'S WA Dec. 14 B — French light« died at 8t. Francis 1 early today following his ring fight with Elmer Friedman of Boston at the state armory last It was his first fight in this ‘riecdman was held by the Hartford, Conn., Charles Pegulihan, heavyweight, ho | night. | cou | police, Opponent Is Held riecdman, Boston pugilist, 1y ordered held in bondsof $1,000 by Judge George H. Day in the Hartford police court on a charge of manslaughter growing ‘ou' of the death of Pegulihan. \ Fricdman was not represented in |court by counsel, appearing with his manager, Charles C. Cotter. Tha * was continued to December 23 pending an inquiry by Coroner J, Gilbert Calhoun. The court room well filled when the case was t writers and sportsmen rom all parts of the east predomi« | Hl'st Fight in U, S. Pegulihan came to America early ptember. The Hartford fight w stxth professional engage= ment, and the first in America. He had fought in 28 bouts as an ama- teur, winning 24 of them. He was accompanied to American shores 1d to Hartford by his managgr d trainer, Robert Eudeline. His home town was Pau, in the southern part of France, though his fighting headquarters were in 5 | Paris. His father, Louis Pegulihan, proprictor of a gymnasium and swimming pool in Pari Pegulihan was 21 years old, and >s his parents leaves a brother and a sister. i Didn’t Understand English | His inability to understand Eng- lish probably cost the Frenchman both the fight and his life. Peguliian had the fight *“In the (bag,” but lost out in the final |round. He had stored up such a de- cisive margin over Friedman that only a knockout would turn the tide in favor of the Boston battlery 1d it was just such a possibility, {that Al Cipriano, in the French« |man's corner, wanted to avoid. [ Knowin that the boy from Paris had the fisht well won, Cipriano tried to tell him to “stall” through the eighth round and keep outside the range of Iriedman’s punches, ntenting himself with using his left, It was his lightning-like left jich had worrled Friedman through the five early rounds, in |which Cipriano calculated would |carry the youngster through. The | Fr youth seemed totally un< |able to understand the instructions, however, faced Friedman, tired by b own efforts, and took thres punches solidly delivered to the I:o‘} in Out on His Feet Cipriano unrestrainedly gave way, fo his emotions today as he dis« cussed the fight, “Charley was out on his feet,” he said, in reviewing the final round of the fight, an opinion entertained by sport write ers and speculators alike who wit« nessed the go. In the eighth, Fried« man delivered a blow in the stoms just under the heart, and fol« this with two which landed lowe on | Charley “(‘nt back against the (Continued on Page 8.)! SHOCK FRON FALL FATAL | 0 BASSERT ST. WONAN Mrs. Katherine J. Scheuy, Aged 74, Dies at*Hospital From Injury | Last Thursday Mrs. Katherine J. Scheuy, 74 years old, of 08 Bassett street who broke her arm tripping on the kitchen floor of her home last Thurse died from the shock of her ine juries at 10 o'clock last night at New Britain General hospital. Funeral services will be held at C. Porter Sons Funeral Parlors at 3 o'clock, Theodore A. Greene, pastor of B. aulding’s paper be again | the First Congregational church, will | officials. Interment will be in Fair- view cemetery. Mrs. Scheuy was well known in this city since she moved here years ago from her native home in Forests ville. She was born there on Oce ;lohnr 14, 1852, and was given her preliminary education in that town, Surviving her are a son, Willlam Plainville and a brother, 8. W, Ware renier of New York city,