New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1927, Page 1

S b e A il e Mt News of the World Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg 14 555 Feb. 12th . By Associated Press “NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, ESTABLISHED 1870 —TWENTY PAGES. 6. HAROLD GILPATRIC DIES PRICE THREE CENTS TERRIFIC STORM TAKES BIG TOLL AT ATLANTA PENITENTIARY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN CALIF. FRUM HEMDRRHAGE UF BRA'N ;F{‘f,l,':fsoé' :tscl:eFl;I: :iif::fi:‘;fi"gfimghbo“ng \American Hopes for Effecti we EI_EVEN DEAD IN AWFUI_ I_ANDSI_“}E Y ,000. Conference Severely Jolted ' g1 F State Treasur- ; | . . ::ma::l P:t:am Bank- HARVESTINfi NEWS | Burning like so much tinder and|last evening by a blaze which started | by Italian-French Stand Trestle COIIGPSGS, T,al" Drops Double A valamncihe CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1927. Large Area Threatened When |[TALY ALSO WILL Fire Destroys Naples House; ’ REJECT PROPOSAL | Incendiarism Is Suspected | FOR ARMS PAR[[Y; !Two Empty Cans Whlch Mav Have Contaired Gasoline! siving off sparks and large embers on the top floor from an undeter- | . which were carried more than l er Stricken Last Night —Serving 15 Years Sentence For Embez- zlement. Shot Which Blinded Him When He Atten'\pted Suicide in 1924 Is Be- lieved to Have Finally Caused His Death. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 16.—F— G. Harold Gilpatric, former treasurer of Connecticut, died at the Atlanta penitentiary today. He was serving a sentence of fifteen years| for violation of the National Banking act. Prison officials sald that Gilpatric suffered a brain hemorrhage last night and died early this morning. He was from Putnam, Conn., and his brother was notified of his illness and death. Gilpatric began service of his sen- tence on October 24, 1924, Bullet Also Caused Death Sentenced at New Haven, Conn., early in 1924 to 15 years for a vio- lation of*the national banking laws, Gilpatric attempted suicide. The bul- let which blinded him also is held ible for his death by prison physleians who think that the hemorrhage was due to complica- tions resulting from the cld wound, according to Warden W. Snook. The sightless Gilpatric was twice rocommended for the Christmas clemency as the most deserving of more than 3,000 prisoners at the Atlanta federal penitentiary, it was said here. Sentenced In 1924 Putnam, Conn., Feb. 16 UP—G. Harold Gilpatric, former state treas- urer of Connecticut, who died today in the federal penitentiary at At lanta, was sentenced at New Haven to 15 years' imprisonment on Octo- ber 1924, after he had pleaded guilty or nolo contendere on 25 counts of embezziement of funds talling $353,000 from the Tirst National bank here, cf which he was treasurer and cashier. Gilpatric was totally blind as the result of an attempt at suicide. A bullet fired August 7, six days be- fore the shortage became known publicly, lodged in his brain and had er been removed. (Continued on Page 17) TAXATION PROBLEMS FRANKLY DISCUSSED :: Blodgett Talks of Auto and | Real Estate Levies and Collections State Capitol, Hartford, Feb. 16 (#) — Legislative proposals that would revamp three fundamentals ot Con- necticut’s taxation procedure were expounded by Tax Commissioner W. H. Blodgett today at a meeting, ealled at his request, of all members of the general assembly who are town officials. Commissioner Blodgett yrged con- | sideration of three bills having to do respectively with the fundamental rule of value for taxation purposes the placing of tax liens by collectors on property on which the taxes are overdue and the ta mobiles in this state. “This is the first instance so far as I know,” said the commissioner, | legis *where members of the who are town called together to talk over ta problems. cards on the table and letting every- body know what you are up to." Regarding the taxation of auto- mobiles, Commissioner Blodgett scored the present practice of using a dealers’ book of second hand car prices to determine valuation and said that it any such book was to bo used by the assessors, it should | be an official one and that the same book should be used all over the sta he measure which he dis- CUSSC in this connection would re- payment of taxes on r to registration. ssioner Blodgett said 2 informed that last year s were regi of Granby ion quire mobiles 1 Comn had b 16 aut from the town not a per town with motor veh the local 7 omohil but on could be found in the| tha th to the names commissioner cssors came to collect the tax. He said there was a large mount of this fictitious registration ind that frequently incorreéct names were given, be correct. He gestion that auto taxes might be collected by the motor vehicle com- misstoner hy saying that they might be but that it would probably “break down the department.” given arswered the (Continued on Page Ten.) state | Yesterday | cation of auto-| lature ! officials have been | 1 believe in throwing your| auto- | he | when | though the town might | sug- | {W. J. G Myers of Associated Press Speaks to Kiwanians TELLS HOW 1T IS DONE | tion Employed in Bringing to Readers Happenings (n All Parts of World. An example ow how rapidly news is handled in & modern office was {llustrated at the meeting of the New Britain Kiwanis club to- day. President J. M. Ward, excited because of difficulty in members quiet during announce- paper a little too wide. Paul E. Lucas of | Herald staff occupied a seat to Mr Ward's left and was struck on the head with a gavel. The story was {handled by the regular Kiwanis re- | ported so. rapidly that hardly had i)!rx Lucas dropped in a faint before | adlines, “Lucas knocked out at the story while he was wiping the bhlood from his vietim's face. Mr. Lucas recovered immediately. The spealer of the meeting was W. J. G. Myers, Connecticut cor- respondent of the Associated Pre: He was introduced to the club by Johnstone Vance, managing editor of the Herald. Mr. Myers gave a comprehensive account of how news is gathered members of His address newspapers which are the Assoclated Press. was as follows: “It is a pleasure to be the guest of | the Kiwanis with the opportunity of | speaking on a phase of a great pro- | | tession and industry of which those | who use its product know so little. | From the outside, looking in, the ! popular opinton has been that issu- ym[: a newspaper i8 one of the easy tasks of life. That is, one will say, { all you have to do is to get the news, | put it into type and then run it off a press and distribute the paper to the public. “A newspaper Is one of the very fow things which costs month, each year, to produce and yet !the prico of its output can hardly | be increased. The newspaper reader 1 of the buys a paper than he can get ou {anything else he can find in market place. Tribute to Herald “The printing of a newspaper is a i complex thing, and each step in its production is well worth while a lit- tle attention. But, just now it is my purpose to take up only one phase of the newspaper, and that is on the news side—where it gets the news and where someone else get the news and puts it into shape |to deliver to a paper like your ex- cellent daily, the Herald. { (Continued on Page 10) FOR A. P. SERVICE : All Modern Means of ('onmumh'fl-‘ keeping | ments, accidentally swung the gavel | newsboys rushed in with copies 0{; the Herald stating in eight column ll\iwams club.” President Ward read | throughout the world and flashed to | more each | gets more for his money when he | Here 13 a | ! paper which gives you each wegk- | quarter of a mile, threatening se eral homes and actually starting | several small fires on roofs and ver- | andas, the unfinished Naples dwell- | ing on Hart street, near Vance| street, which has been the subject of | | unparalieled controversy due to ob- | \;omons to its erection by Vice Pres- | !idents C. B. Parsons and B. A. Haw- | ley of the American Hardware cor-| |poration, was practically _destroyed| mined source. That the fire was| | set is the belief of Chiet W. J. Noble o e e gemsremer, wao voins FOUR POWER AGREEMENT NOW SEEMS IMPOSSTBLE which the building could have| taken fire, nor are there furnaces. | stoves or other heating apparatus on | the premises. | House Unfinished and Unoccupied The house has been untouched for | Commenting on French Kellogg Thinks Coolidge's’ Idea (Continued on Pags 10.) Has BCen Misunderstood, P Wants Divorce; Charges Cruelty; Had to Do Her Own Work, Wife Asserts Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 16 (UP)—As proof of her claim hat her husband had been cruel Mrs. Helen G Harlow, 20, declares seeking a divorce here, he has forced her to do her own housework. RESCUE WORKERS ARE . TRYING TO SAVE DOG |Canine Imprisoned Since | Saturday in Carolina } Cave | o eb. 16 (A—A ! | fox that led “Rip,” a valuable fox| hound, into a cave den, where he | {was trapped by a fall of rock 30 | teet from the entrance, was captur- | od alive today, giving rescus work-| ers hope that they might rescue the | imprisoned since Saturday | Woodruft, §. | dog, night. Trapped along with the dog, the | fox is believed to have squeezed | repeated Dlasts of workers. It was scampering for | Rescuers in shifts, throughout the night, e ; a faint bark that “Rip” emitted sterday afternoon. larm“ork was forgotten ¢ rallied to the aid of a dog in distress. Abandoning efforts to reach the trapped anlmal through the en: trance, the workers began sinking a | shaft through a solid rock strata to a point immediately behind the ob- | struction caused by a fall of stone. Today they believed they were with- | in a few feet of the dog. The work progressed slow however, as every precaution was taken to pre- vent injury to “Rip.” Charges of | | dynamite have removed tons of| earth and stone, and several small trees were uprooted as the relief effort went forward. “Rip” was close on the fox's heels | Saturday night when the quarry| darted into the cave. By the time| | the hunters had arrived the dog was | out of sight. Sunday a search was Legun which revealed the fall of | roc... Rescue work was begun fm- mediately and volunteers joined in | large numbers, “Rip” is owned by Vandy Kelly land is one of the most highly prized |in this section. labored Two Men and One Woman i Into Side of Engine Pull- ing Passenger Train. (Special to the Herald) | Bristol, Feb. 16—Three local peo- | ple narrowly escaped instant death | ple] | the touring car in which they were riding toward Forestville, collided with the side of engine 1317, attach- ed to westbound passenger train | ville. The car was picked up L engine and hurled through fence near the crossing, tally demolished, and Michael Kin- dinbalik of Stafford avenue were picked up by the train crew, placed on board the train and taken to the | Bristol passenger station, from | which they were removed to th Alexar | i | | Bristol hospital by Dr. B. B. Rob- Lins, police surgeon, accompanied by Officer Edward O'Connor. The | | woman, after receiving medical | tention, was able to return to H home but the two men are still in the hospital where X-rays will be taken today to determine the extent of their injuries. Train 1721. in charge of Conduc- |tor Frank McGrath and Engineer | James L. Roberts, en route Hartford Forestville left to Waterbury, ! tation on tim | master James H. Greer of Water- Lury, who was interviewed by telw- phone, Engineer Roberts stated that the automobile ran into the rme of the engine with such mo- (Continued on Page 17) ‘Train Tosses Auto Through Fence at E@ql Crossing; Three Hurt in Car Which Smashes| owly escaped instant death at | at 12:05 o'clock this morning, when | | 1721 at Davitt's Crossing in Forest- | the | a guard | being to- | The owner of the ca Michael | ‘/‘;uuhk of East Bristol, and his two ssengers, Mary Dunnell of According to Train- | |City’s Water Rights in Burlington Subject of Hearing in Assembly | | | (Special to the Herald) \ | Hartford, Feb. 16.—The leg- | istative judiciary committee will | | hear a petition of William hwartzman for the repeal of | Chapter 264 of the Special Acts | of 1911, concerning water rights of the City of New Britain, in the town of Burlington, tomor- row at 1:30 o'clock. Along with | the petition is a bill for the re< peal of this act, the idea being | to neutralize the rights held by | he New Britain water board in the Town of Burlington. Officials of Burlington and New Britain are expected to be | out ih force at the hearing. Fractures Shoulder in Fall Going to Fire‘ | While hurrying to the fire at the | | Naples residence on Hart street last evening, W. J. Neidl, aged 83 of 81 | | Liswood street, slipped and fell on the ice in the vicinity of Vance street and received a fractured shoulder and internal injurics. He removed to his home and is be- ng attended by Dr. Waterman Lyon. | An examination of OR BANKRUPTS the bankrupts will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the office of Referee in Jankruptey Saul Berman of Hart- |ford in the matter ot A. aud G. Widlak of this city. ir & Nair !appears for the trustee, Leonard | Appell. | ATTY. D. . NAIR HONORED Attorney David L. Nair was pre- | [sented with a Past Regent's Jewel by Past Grand Regent Fred Elliot at a meeting of the New Britain Council of Royal Arcanum last eve- ning. Attorney Nair is the retiring HEARING FALLOF HANGCHOW | Rival Chinese , Factions Have Re- through a small opening made by, safety when caught. | couraged | | city of Kiukiang. |Vance, one of the pioneer publi lers of Connecticut, | board [ tion. |the age of 22 clally Since Briand Said He ‘With Plans of League of Nations, Washington, Feb. 16 (P—Hopes of the Washington government for \an effective naval limitation confer- S BELIEVED NEAR ! f | ence have been jolted severely by | 2 1 ion f France, and Marshal Sun's Troops Sufler s soiie roscin, fom e, o 3 cline to participate Serions Defeat e s ee! France, the opinion here was that {Italy would accept, and still make KELLOGG'S * PLAN KILLED | touched upon at the Washington fused His Suggestions to Hm‘c:conleroncn, Italy Also Unfavorable A semi-ofticial communique iss lin Rome today announced |Italy would follow the lead of By the Assoclated Press. | I'rance in dem ng to the propos- Shanghal, goal of the Cantonese |al of President Coolidge for the {or nationalist armies, apparently | conference, leaving as a matter of again is threated by the sudden and | conjecture the . step of the unexpected defeat of the forces of | American government in Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang, defender | methods of obtaining the of the city, on the southern battle- | ments it was hoped for. front. | Tentative consideration had been! Hangchow, province, is in imminent danger of | falling before the southerners who have recaptured Chuchow. ed Shanghai Declared as Neutral ‘ Zone in War. agree- ference, participated in by the | Unitea states, Japan, Italy and Reports | Great Britain, even before the un- of desertions to the Cantonese ranks | favorable French reply was receiv- | are in circulation. o Refuscs Kellogg's Plan. [ vitation were considered as having Marshal Sun has declined to ac- | boen assured from Japan and Great [ cept Secretary Kellogg's proposal to | exgmpt Shanghai from the war area. Two additional battalions of British: | Punjabi troops have arrived at Shanghal. | The situation in the worth of Chind grew steadily more compli- | cd as Marshal Chang Tso-Lin | with his Manchurian troops and his |ally General Chang Tsung-Chang of | | Shantung pushed on into the prov- | ince of Honon, now occupled by th allied northern troops. | No word has come from Marshal | Wu Pei-Fu, nominal master of | Honan, as to whether he will per- | | (Continued on Page 16) PLAY, ‘THE CAPTIVE’ 13 T0 BE WITHDRAWN {So Will “Sex” “Virgin Man,” Broad- way Hears New York, Keb, 18 (P—Shortly | before time for the legal curtain te Irise on a “court room matince” of The Captive,” one of three plays aided in last week's stage clean-up campaign, producers of the produc- was stopped by the northerners last | 100 announced that they had de- cided it would be “unwise and im- December. | Although officlal advices at Lon. | PoOlitic” to continue the run of the | play. don were incomplete no indication | was received that the negotiations Lhe cases of “ lat Hankow concerning the British concession have broken down be- Itween the Cantonese Forelgn Minis- ter Eugene Chen and British Charge O'Malley, new points raised by Chen being forwarded to London. | SCHOOL BOARD HONORS R J VAN[;E’S MEM“RYmouncmg cessation of production, Calls New Unit of Educa- | criticism in some quarters” but re- - | iterated his belief that the play was tion System Robert J. |2 fine production, worthy of the Vance School mit the Manchurians and Shan- | tungese to continne through Honan toward the nationalist controlled | 120,000 Men Massed. Feng Yu-Hslang, potential ally of | ! the nationalists, is reported to have | massed 120,000 men preparatory to esuming his drive on Honan which " and “The Vir- tor hearing in special sessions terday Magistrate Renaud ruled !that the 12 members of “The Cap- tive’ cast must appear for arraign- | ment today despite the fact that this ,500 matinee performance. Three hours |court hearing Gilbert Miller. aging director for the Charles man company, producers of Captlve,” issued a statement man- h: he an- best traditions of the stage and as- serted that the authorities had been “grossly unfair to class ‘The Cap- | tive’ with plays of less distinguished Johnstone | character.” He denfed reports that the Froh- man concern was negotiating with The late Robert former mayor, congressman, city cle labor com- | any other producer to take over the {missioner and founder of the New |play. Britain Herald, was singularly hon- “Sex” and “The Virgin Man” are jored- yesterday afternoon when the continuing production while the of education unanimously voted to name the new school at Vance street and Shuttle Meadow |« avenue the Robert J. Vance school. | courts consider thelr cases. Miller said that at today's court ‘matince” Magistrate Renaud would be requested to drop the complaint Not a single volce spoke in op-|against members of “The Captive” ‘!\0 tion to the move at the meet- | cast in return for voluntar with- ing when the special committee drawal of the play after tonight' consisting of Mrs, Effie G. Kimball performance. Joseph M. Halloran and Henry T.! Shortly after announcement that Burr brought in fthe recommen The Captive” would close it was in- oo |dicated that both - 1992 | Virgin Man” would « the | rorestall prosecution. Mr. Vance died on June fter a notable career. Since anly s ym ln Fhoy Qliynls e '”:"5 The motions for pcrmanent in- was one of con\unur;]d succ; e 1 junctions restraining the policg from vears he founded the |intertoring with the latter Mow: Evifsin Ghedesr. About 101 D008 BB EE LD TUN of e vears later the paper was consoli- | ok, MoTRee Of tne L rned dated with the New Britain Her-| 5o ® SEIencir Bty o # Sourned ald. While still retaining his posi- | 1ol IMGIraN A0t e he :::l"ll{;;l(még:flto(: é’r’(‘““:r e e | presented to the court by the pro-| D | ducers this afternoon. EL S It was said unofficlally that in| An ardent democrat. he WaS . . no0tion with the flling of thes member of the state central commit- tee and was a delegate to national conventions on several occasion: Party ties were discarded in 1 when he ran for city clerk with the result that he was carried into of- fice by a large majority, He continued in the office for nine years, his nomination being equiva- lent to election until he was elected to the general assembly. In 1886 he served as state labor commissioner. He was a member of congress in 1887 and 1888 and in 1896 he was elected mayor of New Britain. His widow, Mrs. Matilda J. Vance affidavits an offer would be made b the producers to halt the the criminal proceedings dropped. It was sald that this ac- tion would be taken to meet the pro- | test of the actors in the two casts that they were being made the vie- tims of a situation for which were not responsible. — [ THE WEATHER I New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled and warmer to- | night, possibly rain; Thursday | | partly cloudy and warmer. | (Continued on Page Seventeen), |# * R('I\L\al | Espe- | Thought Proposal Would Conflict possible the gathering of representa- | {tives of a sufficient number of na-| |tions to bring practical results inj !the lmiting of armaments not that | eking | capital of Chekiang | given to a possible four-power con-| Acceptances of the Coolidge in-' and “The gin Man” are already held under bail | and \\ould necessitate cancellation of a before time for the! “'strong | \wrn' they | - Into Swtrlmg Water of Ravine Fne Reported Dead in | California Joking Congressman Urging Boxmg Board Disaster — | Bridge Weakened hy it (\\e:m ! Feb, 16 u'm«,‘\ Bloods'— Daning ™ Gap | e snéaker as exoriialo ghats: s proposed in ed today by Rep- demoerat, of Cook in Heroic Rescue. Whit Feb. 15 (A—Res- s and wrecking crews battled the raging flood waters of Puente creek, five miles north of here today in their effort to search tie forward | Colu committee resentatives B! 1d oth 'Sombthing must be do Bloo Ga section of the Los Angeles-Chicago | |Union Pacific fiyer which last night ' to make certain that 'broke through an undermined stee nts re more evenly trestle.across the stream, causing 2 *hed hereafter. Personally I {known loss of two lives. :{n n\(lm‘;d‘ to think t ese are | More Bodies Sought s s hols g The swirling currents of the flood- | stream up to an early hour to-| had prevented searchers from |~ e breaking into the overturned dining car, which landed in mid-stream and |is belicved to contain the bodies of |at least three more persons. MAGDONALD l]PP[lSES oo e, ment, nv o 1IIS HOR TRAFFIE and the locomotive, tender, diner and | a baggage car plunged into the tor-| rent below. The initial casualty list tood at two dead and six injured. Engincer Is Killed Charles Ireland, engincer, was ground to death when he attempted | {t0 leap from his cab as the locomo- tive dove into the water. | An unidentified man, said to have | been a cook aboard the diner, is| Atlantic City, known to have lost his life. {of the present nf automatic Spectacular Rescue | traffic signals and the recommenda- e e tion that municipalitics using thos: water, smashed his right hand lights return to the use of traffi i through the window of the compart- | policemen were the outstanding ‘mcnt and crawled out on the roof of | points emphasized by John A. Mac- |the car and then helped his two as-| gonalg, Connecticut state highwa |sistants to saf The trio pulled 2 ; commissloner, in an address on memseho, up on the superstructure m( tnc Lridge which remalned stand- | traffic regulation délivered here to- | day before the third annual conven- n of the Association of Highway Officials of the North Atlantic states, of which he is past-president. In discussing t op” and “Go! ights, the Connecticut commission- er said: “It is my opinion that the automatic traffic sigual, under present method — e J day Highway (.'ommissioner Would Abolish Auto- matic Signals Feb. use 16—Criticism Sihe dining car steward along.” Barkdoll later related, “and ked what had become of the passcngers who were waiting to be! served. We hadn't seen them so the boys and T broke the glass windows and pulled out five men and two wo- men. One of the women said that mother, who was very fecble, |developed into the most objection- r. There was able impediment to traffic that high a lot of confusion and I don't know | way engineers have to deal with whether anybody got her out. Those and traffic congestion “is growing | who got out crawled on their hands | continually worse as the remedy i and knees along the tor of the car | administered in its present form. until they reached the bank in safety. | He said that the use of the traffic The car then settled down into the light had grown because municipali- water. ties had been reluctant to advance funds for enlarging their forces to meet the needs of traific regulation, and he urged that steps be taken to remedy this situation Commissioner Macdonald that the “stop” and “go” ligh |not only resulted in loss of time and wasted gasoline, but were also infair inasmuch as the lights often | held back long lines of traffic | while a few vehicles or none at jall were passing the came 1 was still inside the ca Weakened by Flood | Railroad officials reported that the | trestle had been weakened at both | approaches by the force of flood waters which have assailed it for | three days and had buckled under he weight of the locomotive. feeler” locomotive had been sent safely over the bride a few minutes ahead of the limited and the train was given orders to pr jceed. ia Was Fast Train The flyer, with a running time of | out {63 hours to Chicago, left Los An- that this difficulty overcome only by could be the use of tr: geles at 6:00 p. m., yesterday. The fic policemen, since the lights be- | Continental limited. another ea ing automatic could not be adapt- bound flyer, was stopped at the ed to meet the requirements o bridge five minutes after the wreck. ! br traffic. He also sald that the traf The two frains were consolidated fic lights tended to make the mo- and re-routed early today. torists race to beat the signal thus | TR S increasing the chance of accident. FRATS RESTRI 'I‘ Among other recommendations | |made by Commissioner Macdonald for the reliof of traffic congestion was the infliction of heavier penal- USING BURRITT HOTEL ties for violators of the motor code, and fewer regulations for the s verage driver who never resorts | 3 recklessness to make time. He Management Outlines Bans dvised municipalities making trat- 2 KR surveys to cover as much terri in Letter to Principal as possible in order to learn exact ds of traffic, and not | Slade to be satisfied with a limited str- | which might suffice to meet s =s ent needs, but which would be | pressing his w ess to inadequate for future regulation. have the high school nities| The Connecticut commissions: and sororities return to rritt | recommended particularly the use ‘hotel for their social functions, | of the “cut off” system by which Manager Carlos 8. Sm through traffic is diverted by other Burritt hotel has furni routes and from the most ol iis P. Slade of congested He advised this a list of regulatic method especi for streets upon der which the school organizations |which trolley cars were operated. function during al he {He ressed the opinion that this otel, | was only solution for speeding Some of the mo. nt{up fic on such streets, for in|* regulations are lding of | his be olley cars would neither ngs” the privile the hotel, | be repla by busses nor would iding the da absolute restriction of parking any part of the of ver take place. He urged the | ballrooms, allowir of only |highway engineers present to con- four-piece orc s | the ap-|tinue their work of eliminating bad | | pointing of patrons and paironesses |curves and les in order who will st hrough the entire|speed up traffic without iucreasing | ‘lh ctions. {the h: rd to safety. Principal Slade s-| Commissioner ~ Macdonald will | isage at a special ra- | preside over tomorrow afternoon’s | |ternity and sorority members at fsession which will take up the sub- | {the school auditorium this morning | ject of concrete pavement. during the opening period. He also | !gave a short a ss putting forth 100 000 Ga"(mS of Wine |the aims of the school in the mat- ‘ Seized by Dry Agents S ) Y & ter of fraternity control. i Manager Smith's letter follows: New York, Feb. 16 (#—Two hun- “Several committees from the |dred thousand gallons of wine, sup- fraternitics and sororities have | posed r sacramental purposes, con- | were seized by prohibition agents| talked with me relative to | ductipg their dances at the hotel tmm in a raid on the Brownsville and I have told them that possibly | Fruit Distilling company in Chrystie |we may be. able to develop a(street. Three men were arrested and |scheme mutually satisfactory and|a woman bookkeeper was served which would be a credit to them.|with a summons to appear before a United States commissioner for & hearing. (Continued on Page 17) of operation, has | police | intersection | in the other direction. He pointed | Sweeps Over Moun- ‘ tain Camp 75 Miles | From Fresno, Burying Men and Houses Deep in Debris. Autoists and Movie Troupe | Stranded in Mountains— Food Sent by Airplanes —Disturbance Worst in History of Pacific Coast. ail end of the the Pacific coast states in tory of the Unit reau continued but with diminishing viol outhern a central Califor: ch property damage ‘Avnlanche Orshise Camp The greatest tragedy was in the mountain np of the Southern Cali fornia Edison company, 75 miles cast of Fresno, where 11 persons re killed in a double avalanche carly yesterday. The first snowslide crushed bunk houses and sent ten men to their death. As rescuers dug in the accumulated snow for the bodies of their companions, the sec- ond avalanche struck and tock an- other life. Other Tragedies Two were Killed in Los Angeles affic accidents. A boy was drowned n he fell from a San Diego r: road tressel into a raging torrent which two days before had been a dry creek bed. One hundred subur- | banites in the San Fernando Valley, Inear Los Angel marooned in their {homes by the flood water, rescued by police in row boats com- were |mandeered from an amusement park In the stricken mountain ecamp rescue crews worked late into the night in sea of bodies in the snow but awaited the arrival of the cor- oner of Fresno before continuing the | work today. Belief was expressed today that some of the bodies are buried so deeply that they would not be re- covered until the spring thaws. Rude Coffins Made Edison company officials said all of the injured were recovered. Rude | coffins were fashioned out of the available lumber at the camp for the bodies which had been taken out of the slide. One hundred men of the camp were at work in a®tunnel about a mile under the surface when the first avalanche struck. They were brought out immediately. | The slides merciful left the camp hospital building standing but | demolished every structure near it. |Seven buildings were crushed to splinters. The loss was put at $2 1600, | The entire Pacific coast felt some | manifestation of the storm. A slight carthquake shock was felt In San rancisco yesterday afternoon. The temblor caused some excitement in Watsonville and was felt in other (Continued on Page 16) DENVER ELKS MEMBERS - RESCUED IN BLIZZARD Marooned High in Rockies —City Ravaged by Gale- Like Windstorm Denver, Colo., Feb. 16 (UP) Fitty members of the Idaho Springs Elk lodge, who had been trapped in |a blizzard on Berthoud pass, 11,000 feet high in the Rocky mountains, were safe today. The party had intended to go to the Moffat tunnel for a lodge initia- tion and celebratfon of the tunne) |opening. The blizzard, however. swept down when the automobiles were crossing Berthoud pass. The |temperature fell to far below zero | Fifteen men and six teams to buck |the drifts were sent from the w. [portal of the mine when the F did not arrive on time. The 12 | miles of highway between the tunnel |entrance and Berthoud pass was blocked in manv places by drifts of snow several feet high. | Storms in the mountains brought |a freak windstorm to Denver. Al- [thougd the thermometer did not fall {and the sun did not cease shining, |the wind assumed almost the velocity |of a gale. Part of the bleachers at |the city baseball park were wrecked, sign boards were blown over and awnings were ripped. Thirteen fire alarms were turned lin during one hour when the wind |was at its peak. All of the fires ‘\\ erc caused by sparks carried from chimneys. They were extingulshed |before serious damage resulted. ! Wreckage from the ball park was blown into Broadway, Denver's prin- cipal thoroughfare, Traffic was blocked temporarily. st