New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1926, Page 1

Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 14’015 Dec. 18th ... News of the World By Associated Press EW BRITAIN HERALD NTY PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1926. —TWE BASEBALL AGNN _ FIVE. CHILDREN KILLED BY GAS FUMES IN BRIDGEPORT; Gambling Players to Be Driveni; 1 ESTABLISHED 1870 THEFT AND GRAFT, BORAHS CHARGE: HILLIONS STOLEN Claims Bight Years of Tlegal Dealings in Alien Property Custodian's Office |GIRL ELOPER SUSPECTED | OF STEALING DAD'S $300/ e sua v s vwron TAUIND CLEAN UP | | | Vile, Poisono Qe ey it o 7 o ‘AIRIQY] 8IS JRIIUUO) of Drin ' ble, Blamed By ju;): l:'(:: E:i:e Wave MORE AUTONOMY FOR PHILIPPINES . | | | | IE The police are investigating a re- | | | | | Daughter and Relative Have Run Away. Report in Suffolk County, Mass., Asserts Liquor Gives Youth False Courage and Says Dry Law Has Not | Brought About Good Results Expected—Demands | Deportation of Any Alien Carrying Revolver. FATHER, MOTHER OVERCOME | Both Parents Taken to Hospital in Critical | Condition—Cause of - Tragedy Being Inves- tigated. Out, Johnson Says DENCE UNCOVERED Married Nearly 50 Years; Ask Divorce Franklin, Pa., by Carmi Thompson T by Anna Badel, aged 15, of ‘ her of the girl, told cav-iMORE EYI This I§ Recommendation Made ported elopement and theft of $300, ! [iatn tcay today that he has in-| ~ | Report to President Advised Post- £ poning Absolute Freedom But |5 mation that the couple left to-| Navin Field Employe her and she took the | Admits He money. | | s no clug to their Boston, Dec. 22 (/) — Bad liquor, |slaughter by driving automobiles |prohibition, and the unrestrained {while under the infiifence of liquor. |license of youth play prominent| “We make no comment on the| parts in the commission of crime, |attempts at enforcing prohibition. the Suffolk county grand jury,|We are concerned only with the which has been sitting for six|results of the failure to cure the months, has found. drinking habit. People have been THREE STATES CLEARED IN CAMPAIGN INQUIRIES v ; The grand jury concluded its|drinking the poisons that have b7 § |sitting with an official report in [been sold under the guise of Whis- |for the Philippines, but the grant of Oregon, Mississippi and Washington |which it recommended immediate |key. The deadly stuff gets in its | further autonomy in internal affairs and mandatory deportation of any |dastardly work sooner than it is Charges of Irrcgularity TRroWn ... "convicted of carrying a re-|expected, with the result that the volver without legal right. false courage it instills in the!in the report of Carmi Thompson Oiit: by SenntoBaking S Merger | M8 s e e e iation” fori|dmnker: cabseal him ol sommit |mada mublla today: (15,000 STAMPS DAY'S MARK where- Dec. 22 (F—On the threshold of their fiftleth wedding anniversary, Grove Guild, 71, and his wife of 49 years, Mrs, Della Guild, 67, were living apart today while Guild's action for divorce was pending in the Venango county court. Guild charged his wife serted him after quarrels which she accused him unj of improper conduct with other women. Mrs. Guild countered with a eharge that her aged helpmate wants a divorce to marry another woman and with failure to provide her suitable clothes. “It seems a shame that they can't stay together long enough to haye their golden wedding an- Carried Mysterious Sealed En- | Suggosts Greater Sel(-Government | velope Between Certain Players [ IAlnfemal ANaicy Away Back in 1919 Game. Chicago, Dec. (P—A seven | ar old skeleton jerked out of base- | | ball's sceret closet, today gripped | |the rulers of America’s outstanding | sport as they prepared fo cleanse | |the game even more thoroughly | than during the famous houseclean- ing of 19 which followed the 1919 | | World's Ban John- son, president American League, declared today that both Ty | | Cobb and r resigned |from the managerships of the De- [troit and Cleveland clubs to fore- stall the expose that rocked base- ball yesterday. Washington, Dec. 22 (#—Post- ! ponement of absolute independence | 22 | BREAK RECORDS AT Gt ST OFFIGE HERE recommended to President Coolidge Hore Than 250,000 Pieces of |Oldest Victim 8 Years and f Youngest Six Months— ’ Family’s Second Experi- ence of Similar Kind, Probe Started — Bill Approving (prevalence of crime among the |acts, Which, if he were rational and | Independent Dept. |young, the report read: sober, he would not think of com- | pgtanlishment of an independent | Manufacture of Whiskey Intro- " .youth of today drinks liquor mitting. government department to adminis {because it is considered smart and | “We are of the opinion thatpro- |ter the islands and other overs | fashionable. These boys after get- [hibition has not brought about the |territory was urged in the report, Washington, Dec. 22 UP)—"Thett, |ting & taste know no bounds in good results which it was generally |which said also that Mindanao and graft and extravagance” in the ad- |their efforts to obtaln money to|belioved would come from the|Sulu should not be separated from duced For Action Today. | Bridgeport, Conn.,, Dec. 22 (Mj— ministration of the alien property (buy liquor and engage in nightly custodian's office “over a period of eight years” were charged in the senate today by Senator Borah, re- publican, Ohio. Answering inquirfes whether h intended to proceed with the inves- tigation previously authorized by the enate, he said he was ready to do so if the senate would appropriate for expenses. “1 have no doubt,” he sald, “that millions of dollars were purloined or illegally taken by those charged with the responsibility —of protecting private property.” Receipts in Full Borah said that to his amazement he found that “all the victims have been forced to give receipts in full unless their property was returned, relieving the administration of any malfeasance of office or mal- administratio “1 am afraid these receipts are | valid,” he continued. “It has put these people in a position where they cannot benefit if we did uncover any wrong.” f it was found that the property could not be returned or the wrongs orgies. Robbery, breaking and en- tering, and sometimes murder, is the result. Liquor is at the bottom lof it all “Day after day we heard evi- dence about youths committing robberies, stealing automobiles, breaking and entering stores and |dwellings and committing man- abolition of liquor by law. Maybe | prohibition has not been glven suf- ficient test, but meantime major crimes are being committed while persons are under the influence of the stuff prohibitlon has given to the people instead of that which was recognized by the law of the | land prior to the passage of the | 18th amendment.” | { 40 Below Zero But Ice Cream Selling At $1.75 Per Quart Circle, Alaska, Dec. 22 (A — Ice cream sold like hot cakes at $1.75 a quart while the ther- mometer stood at 40 below zero here yesterday. The ice cream was received from Zatta as a | | | Man Injured in Accident Sues Wife and Daughter for $5,000 b o— | { |Frank Ballochi Claims | | Auto Was Wrecked Through Negligence of | been suggested in congress. Strengthening of American control in the Moro country was recom- mended. eral months recently in the Philip- pines as President Coolidge's person- al investiggtor, made these addition- |al recommendations. Other Recommendations. That such steps be taken as may be required to re-establish co-opera- tion between the executive and legislative branches of the Philip- pine government. That the governer-general be pro- vided with the necessary civil ad- visers to relieve him of the present necessity of selecting such advisers from the United States army. That the federal reserve pine Island. That one or banks should be established in the Philippines to provide loans at rea- Girl at Wheel. | | A family attair will be fought out | sonable interest ratcs for the farm- s who now pay from 12 to 30 per cent interest. That the ment of agricu United States depart- Iture establish a suf- Colonel Thompson, who spent sev- | more federal land | the remainder of the islands as has | Santa Claus Receives Heavy Trist { of Letters—Parcel Post Arriving by Carload—TForce of 110 Keeps Mountains of Mail Moving. Pos flimsy things at the post office have The first two records, which seem to be been broken again. s of this week have knocked all | | previous records for volume into the or traditional cocked hat. method of | provert Uncle n's favorite | packages has set a new New Britain. | Yesterday was the busiest day and the biggest day from a standpoint of should be extended to the Philip- and carriers yesterday received, dis- patched, weighed and delivered more than 12,000 packages and con- iderably over a quarter of a mil- n other pieces of mail. Monday was the peak day for first ass mail and if every man, woman communication and transporting of | figure in| 110 clerks | Furthermore, resident Johnson declared bettin, mong American League players would not be toler- | ated and that they would be driven | out of baseball as quickly as un- covered. “Cobb and Speaker evidently saw the ‘c h' was impending and stepped out before the scandal be- | came a public byword,” the Ameri- | can League president sald. This thing of betting on ball | games was common condition previous to the World’s Series scandal of 1919. Now we've got | most of that type of player out of the majors, and we won't counte- | nance any wagering again if we | | know about it. I know the club own- | ers are with me in this.” Admits Carrying Envelope Detroit, Dec red O. West, Navin Field mentioned in baseball’s lates ndal as the man who placed bets for se players on the game of Sept. 25, 1919, ad- mitted today that he had carried a sealed envelope “from one place to | another” on the date mentioned. On the following day, he he “called at the second place, got an- other sealed envelope and delivered 2 said, niversary,” Judge Parker re- marked in reserving decieton. WITHSTAND SIEGE ALL NIGHT, THEN GIVE UP Two Jersey Farmers and| Sister Hold 30 Troop- ers at Bay Clinton, N. J., Dec. 22 (P—Two brothers and their sister, who for 12 hours withstood the attack of state troopers on their farmhouse at the foot of Jugtown mountain, at Jutland, near here, were captured today when the officers made a con- certed rush on the house. James and Beatrice Meaney were slightly wounded by the fire which the troopers poured into N. 30| the | rambling old house throughout the | | Five children of Mr. and Mrs, Alberg | C. Ayre, of 216 Deforest avenue | were found dead by gas asphyxie |ation at 11 o'clock today. Both the | mother and father were taken to & hospital in a serious condition. Two Jets Turned On The children are William, aged 8; Winslow, 7; Richard, 5; Jessts, 3, and Irene, 6 months, The discov-. ery of the tragedy was made by the landlord of the house, Carles A, Igeltinger. Two jets were found open on a gas stove. Mr. Ayre, who is 29, is employed In a meat packing house here, He retired last night with his wife, Winifred, 28, and their children. Tl?ey Were not seen about the house this morning and when Charles Igel- tinger, owner of the house, who lives next door, went to investigate he detected the odor of gas. Finds 7 Prostrate Bodies Calling assistance, he battered down the door and came upon the seven prostrate bodies in two bed- rooms. All the children were dead | when they were carried into the outer air. "Mrs. Ayre was breathing faintly and was rushed to Bridge- port hospital In a d righted, Senator Borah said, he was not enthusiastic about proceedipg with the inquiry. | All Parties Involved Replying to Senator Reed, repub- ltcan, Pennsylvania, the Tdaho sena- |in the superior court when the ae- | ficlent number of experiment sta- tion for $5,000 damages, brought by |tions in the Philippine Islands to Frank Ballochi against his wite, | PFOPCTIY develop the agricultural re- | 2 night in reply to volleys from the occupants, Timothy Meaney was uninjured. The three offered no re- istance when the troopers broke |into the house. The fight betwe Christmas delicacy and is said to condition, be the first ever to be received in the Arctie circle. d child in the city hasn’t had at least one Christmas card by this time somebody else has more than their share. On that one day alone the general delivery clerks passed over tue little plate glass in front of the that,” West declined to name the player who handed him the sealed envel- ope, although admitting it was one of the four play in the scandal. He refu | Ayre, also under the influence of the | fumes is in a serious condition. Medical Examiner Dr. H, I, Peters and-the police started inyes- tigations. * | sources of the island. | Eliza, Ballochi, which is returnable | fThat the fundamental law govesn- |the first Tuesday of January, comes | ing the Philippines, known as the n the farmers and | ! Jones be not ammended or tor said tha “wrong doing has con- tinued from the outset nor does it belong to any one political party.” “Whree States Cleared Charges of senatorlal campaign irrcgularities this year in Oregon, Missourl and Washington were thrown out today by the senate campaign funds committee. In & partial report to the senate, the committee said it found no evid- ence to support the charges it in-| vestigated in theso threc states. It| submitted at the same time a re-| sume of its inquiry into the Penn-| sylvania primaries, but made no recommendation. The Indiana inquiry was not men- tioned in the report, but will be treated later. A partial report om the Illinois investigation, contain- ing no recommendations, was sub- mitted several days ago. In its review of the evidence re- lating to Pennsylvania, the commit- tee said it could not glve the totals of the campaign funds of the three republican scnatorial candidates, as it had not yet completed its inves- tigation. The Vare Case Although Representative Graham of Pennsylvania has denied that he asked the committee to reopen the inquiry into the situation in that state, it was apparent today that after the congressman’s talk yester- day with Chairman Reed, the com- mittce changed Its plans to receive briefs in behalf of Senator-elect Vare. The committee ponted out that Cyrus K. Woods, whose nomination (Continued on Page 18) G0L. GREEN AGAIN 15 PROKIBITION OFFICER Promptly Reinstated Upon His Acquittal by Cali- fornia Jury ‘Washington, Dec. 22 (P—Colonel Ned M. Green, acquitted ‘n San Francisco yesterday of charges of embezzling confiscated liquor, ordercd reinstated today as prohibi- tion administrator in that city. Lincoln C. Andrews, chief of the prohibition enforcement service, who suspended Green when charges were first brought against him, acted im- mediately upon learning of Green's v in the court: est congratulations,” An- aid in a telegram to the ad- “Orders issued for your tem ; drews ministrator. immediate rein San, Francisco, Dec. 22 (A—Noti- fied that he had been reinstated as federal prohibition administrator Colonel Ned M. Green, said: hat's fine. 1 have not yet re- the official telegram from General Andrews, but when I do re- ceive it, T will arrange an appoint- ment with him. My future in the prohibition forces will be determined by that pointment. 1 will go to Washington at the earliest poasible moment to meet General Andrews.” Asked if he would discharge the prohibit xenis and others in the pro who testified agairst him. Colonel Green replieds “Ob, I don’t know.” JAIL TERM SUSPENDED TILL AFTER HOLIDAYS Judge Grants Plea of Man Convicted as Drunken Driver | | {up for trfal. The action grows out of an automobile accident. The |plaintift is represented by 8. G.| {Casale and Constable Frank Clynes erved the papers. | | The plaintiff was riding in an au- |tomobile owned by his wife and op- | erated by the “defendant’s daugh- ter,” Anna, on July 16, last. The | presumably happy family was pro- |ceeding along the Plainville-) | Britain road, but a telegraph pole | linterceded and changed the “happy {family” to plaintiff and defendant, battling against each other in the {courts. | The plaintifft states that the daughter operated the car so nigli- |gently, recklesely and carelessly as to cause it to come into violent con- tact with the telegraph pole which | was In its usual place at the side of | the road. The car turned over, as & | esult and the plaintiff was injured. | | He alleges that the operator of the | | vehicle was proceeding at a greater | |speed than necessary and that she ! id pot cause the car to slow down | where necessary, hence the pile-up. | The plaintiff sets forth that he re- ceived crushed ribs, injurles to the | | face and head and other hurts which | |caused him to be “sore, sick, lame and disabled.” Tt is clearly stated |by the plaintiff that he had nothing {to do with the affalr and that he were merely a toy of fate, He !states that the injuries he received | were caused by negligence and care- {lessness on the part of the defend- |ant and her agent. | The following civil actions have been brought today, the papers in | all of which were served by Con- | stable Frank Clyn | For $250 damages, by Charles |Bence against Paolo Cianci through L. J. Golon, returnable in the city court the second Monday of Janu- ary. For 3250 & Wood company | Joseph I. Topa, aged 8, of 269 | High street, after being fined $100 and costs and sentenced to jail for |five days by Judge Alling in police court this morning on the charge of loperating an automobile while |under the influence of liquor, re- | quested the judge in chambers to ! postpone executive of the jail sen tence until after the holidays. The request was granted. Topa was arrested about 11:30 Monday night by Officer Gigliotti on Grove street. i The officer testifiel that he saw |Topa In an automobile which was | stuck in a snow pile and he ap-| | proached it with the intention of |agsisting the driver to proceed. Notlcing Topa's condition he ordered |him out of the car and arrested [Blm. Topa was unsteady on his feet and jn no condition to drive a car. Chief Hart testified that he was | at police headquarters when the call ‘\ms received, so he and Officer Brophy went out on it. Topa was |under the influence of liquor and {admitted having had two drinks of ! wine, the chief testified. Topa testified that he was mak- |ing business calls Monday evening land In one house he was given two drinks of wine and in another house |he had one drink. He admitted he | was intoxicated. On Grove street, he went to the side of the road to |allow a trolleycar to pass and then he was unable to continue because Clinch, through Edward of the snow pile. |Returnable in the city John Perry, aged 22, of 46 Cres- first Monday of January. |cent avenue, Bristol, pleaded not| For $40 damages, by Louls No- | guilty to the charge of indecent as- [taro against Paulina Calvo, through damages, by City Coal against John A. Mag court the !sault and was bound over to the March term of superfor court in $500 bonds. |12 year old girl, said by Dr. N. B. The complainant is a | L. J. Golon. court th For $3 Returnable in the city first Monday of January. damages, by John Ko- pucienski against Bill! Schultz, 50 was through §. J. Traceski. Returnable |in the city court the second Mon- |day of January. |_For $100 damages, by Vincent |Ringrose against Guido Giantonio. |Returnable in the city court the | [fourth Monday of December. Miner, Read & Tullock, through 'MCKINLEY ASSH. DINNER High Spot on Republican State So- The writ is returnable In the city |court the first Monday of Januar: and Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Hor- witz served the paper: . Suit for $100 damages has been Association [Instituted by J. Benjamin against | the |Steve Suraskl, through Alfred TLe- re- |[Witt. The writ is returnable in the Jaffe to be mentally defective. torney Thomas F. McDonough rep- resented Perry. | clal Program Scheduled for | This City. The next McKinley dinner, an outstanding event in ' soclal calendar of Connccticut i publicanism, will be held in New |©it Britain, I court the first Monday of Jan- | {uary and the papers were served by | The exact date not been de- |*“’"5““"‘ John Regor, [termined, but January 29 is a tenta- - {tive sclection with the days pre- |Mass. Businessman Sent | ceding and following that date also | b 2 | |being considered. The speakers To Prison for 4 Years Worcester, Mass., Dec. 22 (P— committee has not yet completed L | | negotiations for the services of a |George W. Rice, aged 27, head of a | inationally known orator and is |coal and wood company in Millbury, withholding announcement on that |Was sentenced in district court here | account. “The dinner will be served |today to serve four years in the| at the*Burritt. | House of Correction on charges of | Judge B. W. Allig of this city 1s | driving an automobile while under | president of the McKinley Assocla- | the influence of liquor and of driving | tlon of Connecticut and Willlam H. |away from the scene of an accident Judd is treasurer. | without revealing his ldentity. changed at this time, That the Philippine legisiature should amend the Philippine land lay (with proper safeguards) so as to bring about such condition: will attract capital and business ex- perience for the development of the production of rubber, cofice, and other tropical products some of which are now controlled by mon- opolies. That no amendment be made at this time to the Philippine land law by the American congress. That the Philippine government from private business at t possible date. In a message transmitting the re- port to congress, President Coolidge said Colonel Thompson's recommen- dations closely follow the recom- mendations included in his annual essage to congress. He repeated that Governor-Gener- al Wood has administered his office “with tact and ability and to the ad- vantage of the Filipino peep Some of the recommendations in n. the report do not agree entirely with | , he added, but he believ- “an excellent his vil ed the report to be one.” HEFLIN AGAIN MAKES POINTED ACGUSATION Declares Mellon Advanced Republicans 5 Million in 1920 Washington, Dec. story that Secretary Mellon vanced $5,000,000 1o the republican committee for Harding ign of 1620 was repcated on the senate floor today by nator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, who told his collegues that “Secretary Mellon has not denied the truthfulness” of ad- |the charge, waved his hand, d it was a de- Senator Heflin continued. “Then he paraphrased a line from the poets: “0ld distiller of rum, “Mellon, thy name is ‘Delirium’.” Turning for the third time within a week to a discussion of the charges against former Attorney General Daugherty's friend Jess Smith, the Alaba continued: “Mr. Mellon's name was connected with the bootleggers ands bre in this matter, not but one of the prominent, and at time very important republicans of the Harding administration, Jess | Smith. He is the man who told confidential fricnds that Secretary Mellon had loaned the republican | national committee $3,000.000 and that $3,000,000 of it had been paid back. beer, wine and ries by one me TH TO ARREST (P—Wil- PREFERS D Nashua, N. H., Dec. lam M. Stearns, 50, chose death to- | v in preferences to t on a federal court charge of having an unregistered still. When officers called at his home to take him into custody he asked them to wait until | he got his coat. While they waited, he went to another room and shot himself, ‘i windows more than 75,000 two cent stdmps. While this total was not quite equalled yi day, there seems no question that an equal distribution of the stamps of that one classifica- tion alone for the two days, would have permitted e who write at least two lettc Heavy Santa Clau Mail Al grist of Santa Claus let- glish to send out | The (Continued on Page 17) BRIDGE SPAN FALLS, " FOUR WORKMEN LOST. Believed Drowned in West Virginia Construction Tragedy—3 Badly Hurt P— missing been Huntington, W. Va, Dec. Four men were reported d were believed to have drowned today when the center span | of the Midland-Atiantic bridge over the Big Sandy river at Catlettsburg, collapsed. Threa other mer rking on the bridge, which is un- der construction, were removed to a hospital. tio T by water, above normal stage, having been swollen by rains of the past ten days. The missing: Paul Carter, Al Campbell an Gorman, all of Catlettsburg, Burt Slack, Huntington Lander FElders, of was injured internally and held little hope for his recovery. John Swan, of Carnegie, Pa., taken to an Ashland, Ky., hospital, suffered a broken jaw and crushed foot. It was Swan's second accident this month. On December 15 he fell from the bridge but was rescucd. Edward Dodst, Columbt was bruised and suffere He was taken to a Kr hospital. The new bric : Sandy between Kenova and ( burg, mear the spot whers dy empties into the Ohio. Seventeen men v rking on hridge when the center span, weakened by high waters of the Tig Sandy, crashed into the en of the work swimming to sh The river wa and Slachys, Va., toctors 8P the Big the stream. Stores Remain Open In Evening Until 9 Stores In this city will r open evenings until 9 o'clock this week with the exception of 1ri- day evening when they will close ock to allow employes to for their observance of as. nain * THE WEATHER rw Britzin and vicinity: Unsettled and probably rain tonight; Thursday generally fair, ry one in the city | Bud here he took the er velope,” West said. * and I'm not in the habit of opening sealed envelopes.” Leonard Will Talk. Fresno, Cal, Dec. 22 (P—When the “proper time comes'” Hubert B. { (Dutch) ILeonard, former Detroit | pitcher, will make a statement con- cerning his connection h the revelaton of a baseball scandal con- nected with a game played between | the Detrolt and Cleveland teams in 1919. This was the statem today of the baseball playc Leonard was not scen by paper men. Speakers Friends Rally. |land baseball ning his future course day. Speaker retu night after a scries of conferences with Judge XK. Landis, commission- er of basel resulted in the | story of atteged complicity \ong with Ty Cobb, Joe Wood and Dutch Leonard in the throwing of a | game on Sept. 25, 1919, Friends of the Texan who believe nim to be innocent of the allega- tions are urging he make a court | tight to clear his name of the stig- a attached by the charges made to dge Landis by Leonard. BEACON FOR AVIATORS ERECTED BY THIS CITY Light at Town Farm Will Guide Air Mail Pilots One is in a critical condi-| A beacon light to guide air mail planes on the nightly trips through Connecticut was installed on the town farm property be in operation before J The light 50-foot s ward at ¢ grees. ing the sk from a distance Because of the light the city ited on top of a and is tlited up- ¢ about two de- revolves, sweep- king itself ‘seen of about 10 miles. d angement lears” all buildings in and for the same reason it is hardly visible, excepting from points higher than the standard. The beacon next to the north is at Hartford and that next to the south is below the Cheshire reformatory. beam nd m | Noank Man Arrested for Trying to Wreck Trelley New London, Dec —(P)—Frank | M. Porter, 27, of Noank, was arrest- d by the state police last night a4 with attempting to wreck a | of the Groton and Ston- tion company at Poquon- | noc st Monday morning by | | throwing a switeh. The car, with a few passengers was derailed at the | switch but no ome was injured. | State police investigated and learn- | | ed that Porter was discl 1 by | the trolley company last August aft- | er serving six years as a motorman. Porter is being held under bonds of | $1,000 pending his appearance in | the Groton town court Monday morning. trolley ington t |The brothers refused to allow officers when two agents for the 8. P. C. A. |went to the farm to investigate com- plaints of mistreatment of cattle. the agents to inspect the stock and the agents got a search warrant. Troopers expressed surprise that the brothers and their sister with- 6lood the gas from tear gas bombs which were hurled into the house during the night. Two troopers were wounded in the ttle last night. Corporal Mat- arted yesterday afternoon | Second Expericnce This is the Ayre family's s experience with gas. [Last winter several members were overcome while asleep with coal gas fumes, Efforts were being made to learn ‘JIIS( how the accid | is the theory of the police the | mother arose and went downs rs | during the night to get something for one of the children. In passing the gas range, it is believed her sleeve brushed against one of the pet cocks, opening it | | nd i | wounded Daly and Smith, May Recover At the hospital shortly after noon |1t was said that while Mr. and Mrs, Ayre were in a critical condition they had a fair chance of recove ing. The conditions of the beds where the bodies of the children were found indicated that they awakened and had struggled against the deadly fumes but had been overcome before they could escape, thew Daly was taken to Somerset hospital. Somervillé, with a charge from a shotgun in his jaw and leg. Trooper Smith, slightly wounded, re- turned to the battlefront after treat- | ment. One of the three attacked Trooper Larson with a club when the latter went to the farmhouse to investigate the complaint. Larson opened fire with his revolver and the three ran into the house. Daly and three troopers, who an- ewered Larson’s call for aid, were met by shotgun fire from the farm- house. Uninjured, the troopers dropped to the ground and started POINTS OUT PURNELL |Alleged Victim Testifies Somerville, N. J, Dec. 22 | £ i G Miss Beatric Meancy. wounea| A8ainst King Benjamin at Benton Harbor when the farm home occupied by her two brothers and herself, at Jutland, near Clinton, was besieged by state troopers, 1s in a serious | condition at Somerset hospital, this city. Benton Harbor, Mich,, Dec, 22 | —-Benjamin Purnell, “king” of the Physicians said today that the bul. | HOuse of David Colony, was carried let which struck her hip had glanc- [OR @ stretcher into Justice Ara ed from a bone, passed through the | \eldon's court this morning to be abdomen. They cXpressed doubt a |Arraigned on the first of two wars tofher eoovai | rants charging crimial assault. The The condition of her brother |Warrant was sworn to by Mrs, Bessie James was good, physicians said, | Woodworth, former member of the sl celony who led state police to Ben- George Bernard Shaw fa Novoritas o R Would Abolish Christmas| Justice Weldon's court was crowd- London, Dec. 22 P—George Ber. | ed as the aged leader of the cult nard Shaw thinks that Christmas|Was brought in. Benjamin was ac- should be abolished. comparled by “Queen” Mary, his Writing in the New Leader, Shaw “It has become an unbearable ance, but the difficulty is to draft a bill making the celebration {wife, and his attorneys, H. T. Dew= hirst, member of the colony, and W, |J. Barnard. The state was repre- sented by George H. Bookwalter, /it all in the long run.” of Christmas a ecriminal act and compensating the shop-keepers who are just enabled by the Christmas trade to pay their rents, net to mention all the other people who nake money out of it and who do not know that tho landlords pocket prosecuting attorney of | cour with Clare Retan, attorney | general of Michigan, present as observer, Following the appearance in Jus- |tice Weldon's cour enjamin is to |appear in Justice ¥ beth Forhan's {court for preliminary examination on a warrant sworn to by Mrs, Gladys Bamford Rubel and her |sister, Mrs. Ruth Bemford Roed, | making similar charges against Pur- |nell. | Several of the more prominent {members of the colony also sur- |rounded Purneil's strotcher. Justice Weldon recited the allega- tions that Purnell criminally assault- | ed Mrs. Woolworth when she was 15 years of age, under the guise of “blood purifying” rites. Deputies were forced to clear & | passage in the corridor leading to {the court when Mrs. Woolworth was called to the stand. There she re- |told her story, detailing the charges that Purnell attacked her and that |other young girl inmates were simi- {larly treated. Mrs. Woodworth told Justice Wel- don that she was first approached by Benjamin on Feb. 5, 1921. She Chance for Santa Claus To Provide Companion For Man Who Is Lonely Col. Alfred L. Thompson, whose dut s town clerk em- brace everything from the reg- istering of bees to placing his finger on the name of the man who owned tracts of land in New Britain 50 years ago, had a new request made of him this afternoon, when a visitor asked him to assist in locating a “woman companio: desirous of gaining a comfortable home. The applicant, a middle-aged man, was of the impression there wag a bureau in city hall to which such requests might be referred for action but the town clerk informed him there is not. He was referred to the New Britain Welfare assocla- tion. (Continued on Page 17)