New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 JEALOUSY MOTIVE OF SUNDAY FRACAS Johm Scott Shot in Somach by Richard Shelton BOTH LIKED SAME GIRL| Hartford Avenue Man in Critical Condition At Hospital As Result o( ¥racas in Housc on Hurlburt St.— Principals Are Negroes. Shot in the stomach, John Scott,; 1 28, of 99 Hartford avenue, lies critically ill at New Britain General hospital and may not recover, and Richard Shelton, aged 23, of 386 Elm ct, who, according to the police, admitted firing the shot, is held with- out bonds on the charge of assault with intent to murder. Mitchell Pric ged 27, of 134 Winter street, on whose story to the police Shelton was prompted to make the confes- sion, is held on the technical charge of breach of the peace as a material witness in $5,000 bonds. The men are colored. The shooting took place about & o'clock last evening at the home of William Johnson, colored, 27 Hurl-} burt street, and although there are lieve a colored woman named Emma Smith is the innocent cause of the trouble, as she formerly was friend- ly with Shelton only to transfer her affections to Scott, which fact so angered Shelton that it is alleged he shot Scott at a time when both were partially under the influence of li- quor. Shoots ‘With 38 Calibre Gun There v 4 a and when Scott stopped playing, he and Price went into an adjoining room where Shelton was seated. Scott was sitting on a piano bench a short tigie later when Shelton, glar- ing menacingly at him muttered: “I'm going to do something dirty | tonight.” Scott, apparently unaware that Shelton was carrying a revolver, replied: “No, you ain't going to do rothing dirty,” whereupon Sheiton, rising, drew a .38 calibre revolver from beneath his shirt and fired one ghot, which struck Scott. Price, ned at the sight of Scott bleed- g from the wound, ran out, and a few minutes later Shelton, support- ing his vietim, rcached the veranda downstairs. Denics Shooting at First Licutenant Bamforth at police headquarters having been mnotified, detailed Detective Sergeants McCue and Ellinger, Sergeant P. J. 0'Mara, Officers Feeney, Harper and Wagner to Investigate. They found Scott on the veranda, Shelton holding him up by a grasp under the arms. Detec- tive Sergeant McCue demanded know of Scolt who shot him and the latter replicd by asking to be sent to the hospital. & the sergeant for infc to the gunplay, down the street when he heard the shot, and running in, found Scott. Taking Shelton upstairs after or- dering Scott to the hospital, Sergeant McCue learned from Mr. Johnson that Shelton had been in the tene-| ment. Shelton denied it, even when Mr. Johnson repeated it. geant McCue was told that a small | girl had seen Shelton throw the re- volver info a snow pile in the yard. The revolver was recovered in the snow and found to be of .38 calibre, although the cartridge fired was .32 calibre. The police realize, howeve: that it is possible to use .32 calibre | bullets in a .38 calibre revolver. Scott ses Shelton At New Britain General hospits Shelton confronted by Scott, nd the latter accused him of ti hooting. Woods and Sergeant P. J. O'Mara 1 game yesterday | afternoon in the Johnson tenement | to] Iton, asked by ' mation relative | 1 he was coming| ow Comes Champ, Raw Egg Eater } “’1 Record of Four Doz... o Cambridge, Ohio, Feb. 21 (UP) Grover Bowersock, a railroad employe, today laid claim to the raw egg ecating championship. He consumed 48 eggs in two consecutive **'sittings.” Friends of Bowersock engaged him in argument over raw eggs shortly after breakfast. *“I could suck 24 eggs now, although I've just had a hearty breakfast,” Bowersock ex- claimed. Eggs were brought, and he ate two dozen. The argument was resumed and Bowersock said he could dupli- cate the feat. He did. ‘TRAIN HITS TRUCK AT Engineer But Effort Is Futile Disregarding a gateman’'s flag and | the desperate struggle of two men to | Main railroad crossing, a street port, rounded a curve, crashed into { morning. Severino Mattiollo, 28 years old, of | 35 Carlton street, a bricklayer in the employ of Carison & Torrell, was re- turning to his home with a load of coal in the back of his small truc: It was his day off and he was tal ing the opportunity of getting some fuel. He was proceding slowly over the crossing in an effort to avoid ruts when the motor stalled, the truck coming to a stop. According to the reports Mr. Le- vine of a neighboring coal vard, came out to help the driver and they pushed and tugged without success. After a few minutes of struggle, the crossing © ell rang and the men told the gate-tender, John Cazata, of Lafayette street that their efforts were hopeless to stop the train. gateman ran down the tracks to a point near the curve. The first time the engineer appear- ed to sce the signal was after he had rounded the curve, It was too late then. The accident occurred at 9:15. The truck was completely wrecked. CROOK HIDES IN STORE, ROBS IT DURING NIGH Drug Addict Believed to Have Com- mitted Burglary in Church Street Pharmacy. A mysterious burglary was com- mitted during Saturday night, at the Miller-Hanson drug store, 30 Church strect, apparently by someone who ccreted in the store when it 1 S s closed, ing by removing hasp on the rear door by use serew driver. | A number of fountain pens, about 1815, in cash and a quantity of drugs The value of the drugs cn given to the police up afternoon. The nature of iw | the to this Then Ser- | some of them indicates that an ad- | dict may have committed th | burglary. | When the store was opened Sun- | day morning discovery was made of ‘muon showed that it is an “inside ob.” There is no indication that |a key was used to gain entrance, and | as there are no windows broken or! ampered with, the police b [the burglar was hiding in the store | h awaited Detective ating. t closing time, and chance to operate. geant Ellinger is investi Prosecuting Attorney J. G. | tried to obtain an ante-mortem state- | ment from the wounded man, out with- ccees, due to his condition, and later in the evening another attempt was made but Scott was unable to speak coherently, Two colored men, who are to assist the authorities to ob. fain A statement. but were unable ta coax him to talk on the subject. He appeared to be in a semi-con- selous eondition. shelton, at the police station, stub- bornly maintained that he had not Deen in the Johnson tenement at the time of the shooting, despite Mr. atement to the police s identification. In the meantime, information had come to \e police that Price and another man had witnessed the shooting and Price was brought in from his home on Winter strect. police he described the attempted nur a Shelton, on listening to the details, is said to have weakened and made a complete confession. RBullet Cannot Be Found Dr. I.. T. Fromen performed an operation on Scott last night but was ibla to locate the bullet, it was said today at the hospital. It is b lieved the lead took a downward course after enfering Scott’s body. ternoon his condition was ) his recovery doubiful. police court this Shelton and 1 n cases of tinned until plea of not Prosccuting Atto The men had no cou Breaks ON Handeufls rgeant Ellinger and Officer y were attempling to learn thing of the shooting, near the hnson home, Jame 1don, lored, aged 38, of 25 Hurlburt o, interfered with them and in ddition to using abusive language, id o have told the ¥ not to give the n. He was the police g w ity soni D tried well acquainted with him, | According to the | worning, the | crowd which | police | cod | t McKeesport, Years Dies as Result of Drinking Moonshine. McKeesport A, bl 21 (UP)-—— The youngest vietim of alcohiolism in ! brother and sister, were ill from the effects of drinking moonshine. The dead child is Miller Solitch. | The mother, Mrs. Peter Soliteh, and | George, 6, and Ma | When the father, Peter Soi turned from work Saturday found his wife and children intoxi cated. Restoratives were administer. | ed to the two boys, who were most seriously ill, and they were later re | moved to a* hospital, where Milier | died. The mother and Mary are un- ! der a physician's care. | Mary said her mother h | | 1 pur- chased liquor after the father went to work § morning. Danbury Child Died From | Effects of Kerosene Burns Danbury, Feb. 21 (A—At the Dan- bury hospital was stated that John Kovel ged 4, of 123 street had early this from the ts of burns | L mor die eife whes iz mot { ploded in th . | The ski, and a you still at the but they survive. Their condition to reported to be fair. MAKING APPROVE Feb, 21 (A—Rail- methods of the in- mission for ir home 3 Mrs, or mother, are will was son, RATE Washington, ro=d valuation T making pur in effect today by the supreme court | E. MAIN 3T. CROSSING Flagman Tries to Warn| push 2 stalled auto truck off the East | : speeling train en route to Bridge- | some details connected with it \vh|ch= are not entirely clear, the police be- | s Ll PRurEly C1F |the truck, and drove it 200 feet this| The | and succeeded in escap- | the rear door entrance and infls(!-i , Youngster of Thirce | | Senator Willis, | pr ¢ Kovers | scs were sustain- | NEW BRITAIN, SE90T (HARGES }"«:.:.:;g ERRED S . Insull's Lawyer Declines to Give| Out Names ADMITS CAMPAIGN FUNDS| | Chicago Traction Magnate's Part In Contributions Still Clouded—Crowe Changes Mind and Gives Testi- | mony, Washington, Feb. 21 (P—Danicl F. Schuyler, attorney for Samuel In- sull, Chicago utilities magnate, will be cited to the senate for contempt for refusing today to answer ques- tions put to him by Chairman Reed of the senate campaign funds inves- tigating committee. | Afte: State's Attorney Robert E. |Crowe, of Chicago, another recalci- |trant witness, had replied to queries |put to him, Schuyler took the stand and, although disclosing that Insull, | who contributed heavily to the sena- {torial campaign fund of Frank Smith, had also given $45,000 to the | local Cook county campaign, he re- | fused to answer questions as to who |the money was paid to. Additional testimony adduced to- day showed that Insull spent a min- | imum of $227,925 in the Illinois re- | | publican primary Crowe Gives Testimony { Reversing his former position. Crowe told the committee that In- sull gave $5,000 for the Cook coun- ty primary campaign last year. Upon his appearance at Chicago last August Crowe declined to state this amount, taking the position that | it was a county contest and was not a proper subject for senate inve gation. Recalling Crowe, democrat, Missouri, read the previous Senator Reed, the chairman, | testimony and | | “I now ask vou to tell the com- | mittee the moneys vou received | from Mr. Insull to be used for any | | purpose in the primary elections| held in Illinois on April 13, 1926.” | “I received between $15,000 and | $16,000 for the campaign of Captain | Savage. I got $5,000 from Mr. Schuyler, which he got from Samuel Insull, | Joseph P. Savage -as a candidate | for county judge. 7 “Is that all the money Samuel In- | sull contributed in the primary?” | m»d asked. i | fy recollection is that he gave| {810,000 to Roy E. West, §15,000 m | George ¥. Brennan and some | Smith’s campaign. That $5,000 m‘ |ail he gave to me.” ! | When Crowe had concluded Schuyler reversed his former posi {tion by answering questions he re- | fused to answer at Chicago on last | | August 5. But after disclosing that | Insull gave $45,000 to the local! |county campalgn, Schuyler flatly | |refused to answer any questions as to whom the money was paid. | DECLARES MELLON I§ | | AN OIL LAND OWNER® |He, Doheny and Sinclair Control 82 Per Cent in Mexico, Reporter Says | (UP)— ! Mello Sincla. Washington, ry of the . Doh mI magn own 82 per cent of tY lands involved in the United States controversy with Mexico, and ¢ state department has notified rall three not to comply with the | Mexican oil laws, Walter Liggett, of Plymouth, 3 4 “nate eign relations sub-committee. ‘The present crisis in M said, has not grown out of M confiscation of lands Amcricans, ut out of Americans to force the gov ‘to a wh of con Tre; for- | 0. he vico's owned by mous ban- further, ted for Dohe point of 2 i for almost esman securing then sell nothin Ligge fairs, on a r t, a writer on Mexican af- | appealed during the hearing | solution of S:nator Frazier, republican, N. D. ng President | “oolidge not fo send troops into Mexico during the congressional cess. The resolution attacked by | republican, Ohio, &s | “the grossest sort of an insult to the ident."” Dr. Hub hairman of the committee of the congressional church, commended efforts of the Calles government to establish law and order in Mexico and eriticized the state deartment's poli | Herring said that Nicaragua the symbol by which Mexico scrving notice to the world that she has a right as a sovereign nation to | and upon ler sovercign dignity e | Kansans Organizing Club | Composed of Tallest Men | Topeka, Kansas Feb. 21 (A—A| score of tall Kansans today organ- | ized the National Society of Longfel- lows. The purpose of the organiza- ~ rt Herrin of Toston, ocial relations “s | 5 | tion is to unite tail men in demand- | ing longer hotel beds, higher doors and more elevated automobile tops. Only men at least 6 feet and one inch tall are cligible for membership. State Senator H W. Behrens of Lin- don, who Is six fect, seven inches in ght, was elected president, CONNECTICUT, |named today | the failure of Joseph F. {and the selection of Victor F. | Judge Kirkham states a man | Jury | paid a v {H, 1 | Houser, owner of the | erator | be |7 | York city involving the 0Old Fashioned Bar Is Found in Operation in Discarded County Jail Dover, N. H,, Feb. 21 (UP)— Though prohibition recently re- sulted in the closing of the county jail here, the jail still has its uses. Dropping in unannounced, police found 40 men and wom- en enjoying wine and beer at an old-fashioned bar. George Freewood, lived at the jail since it was officially closed, was arrested after the party had been dis- persed. who had IFIRE DEPT, INQUIRY COMMITTEE SELECTED ‘Bartlett, Bengston and Maerz Named Today by Mayor Councilmen Donald L. Bartlett and Thure Bengston, and Alderman John . Maerz will comprise a committee to investigate recent appointments to the fire department in which men who have reached the age of 35 years are involved. The investigating committee was by Mayor Weld fol- lowing adoption by the common council of a resolution to have a probe of the conditions surrounding Ryan to re- an appointment two years ago, Davis and John Fay as regular last week. | Ryan was 35 years of age when the fire board rece Corporation Council John H. Kirl ham in which they claim the coun- sel advised a man who has reached ceive the age of 35 is not eligible to ap- | pointment. Davis and Fay are 35 vears of age, according to their ap- plications. The fire board has on |file & more recent opinion in which 1s cligible to he becomes 36 The claimed discrepancy was brought to the common council's at- tention t week by Alderman | Maerz. His was not the only men- !tion, however, Alderman J. Gustav appointment until | Johnson having made an attempt to have Judgs Kirkham explain the variance in the two opinicns. When Johnson was denled an answer on a ruling of the chair, he accepted it with a smile and declared he would ind out at a future meeting. : BLEVEN WEN SENTENCED IN LIQUOR CONSPIRACY Federal Court Hands Out Penalties In Casc Which Has Been Pending Two Years, Boston, 21 Ifeb. even men | were sentenced here in federal court for conspiracy to smuggle Just two years ago of the steamer Van with a large cargo of liquors. Thomas Craven of New York, the only defendant to stand two trials on the charge Sentence W suspended pending an appeal which he indicated he would take. I'red Bush, Boston truckman, who changed his plea to guilty after the at the first trial had disagreed, ne of $1,000. ‘William H. Burtor the Maine Coast and Canada Steam- ship Company, who held the under charter, was fined $300 after the court had been told of the as- sistance he rendered the prosecu- tion. ight others, all members of the crew of the ship, were fined $25. They were, Harry D. Oakes, Wi acey, Millett Worcester, Charles W, Kelley and W Jonesport or Machias, Me., and Rob- crt Haliday of Spokane, Wash. Three others, prevented from ap- pearing today, will surrender seatenee later. Captain O. M. Lean of Van and Engineer, E. L. Atkinson of Lynn were both at sca on other ships. Leland J. Smith was i1 to have been marooned hatcher's Island by the storm. DEFECTIVE WIRING IN president of AUTO CAUSES BIG FIRE: This is Given as Reason For $100,000 Blaze in Westvillo—Partly Insured Feb. 21 (Th—Defec- the generator of an amtomobile was the c o of the fire which destroyed the West Rock Wagon & Auto Co. plant in Westville yesterday, Fire Mars ing found during his inv ch he completed today. The machine, owned N tive w Haven, wiring in by Henry plant, was inding in a small shed next to the main building. A new battery had been installed recently and the gen- had not been functioning prope lately, Mr. Houser said. A check up on the damage yester- day showed that the loss would not high as first believed, eming saying he estimated the damage at $100,000. A third of that amount is covered by insurance. GOVT. LOSES TAX VERDICT Washington, Ieb. 21 (F—The fed- | eral government lost in the supremc court today in three cases from New efzure of property for additional taxes after five years had elapsed from the fil- Ing of th: original return, | ived an opinion from was sentenced to two | | years in the federal penitentiary at ! Atlanta and fined $1,000. for | Me- | on | Mr. | HEADS OF GHINESE ' BEING LOPPED OFF Reign of Terror as Shanghai, Executioners Ply Trade FOREIGNERS NOT MOLESTED Land Troops, Cantonese Are Told e ngland Gives Up Some Rights in Hankow. Shanghal, Feb. 21 (A—The sword, | wielded swittly to behead strike fo- menters, was used in the native sec- tion of Shanghal today to combat the pen of nationalist propaganda. Continuing a death-dealing pro- gram started yesterday under orders |of General Li Pao-Chang, defense commissioner of Shanghai, to check | the spread of a general strike order | | Saturday, executioners with | swords patrolled the | summarily, trial, s large streets, and without semblance of a decapltated on the spot men found making seditious speeches or | | disrupting strike literature. Many Are Beheaded Reliable Chinese sources placed |the number of beheadings at { which while the nationalists declared that there had been 90. !economic reasons, but in reality to celebrate the recent nationalist vic tory in Chekiang province and their subsequent capture important center 113 miles south- west of here, from the forces of Marshal Sun Chang-Fang. Effect Ts Noticeable | The efect of the reign of terror, though unnoticeable vesterday, was pronounced today. Strike activiti lessened, even in the foreign settle ment beyond the jurisdiction of the Chinese authorities, and the natives started an exodus from the Chinese section to the protections of the foreign area. A heavy rain a | helped to discourage mass demon- strations. Advance Ts Checked Although the situation on the bat- tlefront south of here remained about in status quo, Marshal Chang Tso-Li ern forces, struck a snag in his pro jected drive against the southerners by a march through Honan province when forces of General We-Pei-Fu, nominal master of the state, dis- armed a number of Chang Tso-Lin's | soldiers and seized an ammunition | train. Reports of this setback were re- | © lcetved here after it had been made {known that the generalissimo had i telegraphed Wu pleading that he be | allowed to send Honan. However, soldiers through the incident w Inot taken as an indication that Wu | will oppose the northern commander | although | Wu and Chang have been at logger- | in the present campaign, heads several times In recent yea Stores Reopening The department stores of Shang- | which | | hai's foreign | closed Saturday, settlements, reopened today and some of the mill hands who joined in the walkout returned to wor Busses resumed operation on a sk etonized basis, but other transpo | tion services remained at a s still. The elty also continued without postal service, the post office being locked and picketed. Eight hun- dred strikers held virtual possession of the central post office, preventing the clerical force from going to work. Newspapers have suspended, owing to the workers’ demands that they print the entire strike The journals are unwilling to do this, fearing the repressions of General | subordinate of Marshal Sun. Minor Disturbances The strike was marked with a number of minor disturbances ye terday. A mob of boys and loafers stoned the billets of a small detach- | ment of British and Punjabl sol- diers. The crowd was dispersed by the police, who in turn were stoned when the mob took refuge in alle way! s0 was stoned. assumed no anti-foreign irst authentic reports from Chekiang battlefront said the na- tionalists occupied Hangchow t and rallwaymen returning from that sector report that the ad- vancing southerners entered Linping, 11 miles northeast of the captured city Saturday; 40,600 of Marshal Sun's troops were reported be ! forming a line of resistance between | Kashing and Sungkiang. The latter point is only 28 miles from Shanghal. Tooting of Hangchow The looting of Hangchow by the northerners just prior to their re- treat was laid to the troops of Gen- eral Chow Yin-Jin, former governor of Fukien, who lost that province during the northward sweep of the Cantonese. His soldiers were de- clared to have looted 400 houses, but spect. the their plundering was cut short by a | rain storm nationalists. In occupying Hangchow, tionalist plainciothes men and the arrival of the the na- entered first and were followed by the reg- | ular soldiers. Shortly after their arrival the stores reopened and the flag of the Kuomintang, the dom- inant political party of the national- ist government, was displayed every- | where, L Forcigners Safe. ‘Washington, Feb, 21 (A—Official lrex)orl! from Shanghai to the state department today said there had (Continued on Page 14) THE WEATHER ‘ New Britain and vicinity: Light snow tonight; Tucsday | | { partly cloudy, not much | ‘ change in temperature. | | Great Britain Reserves Right to | 28, of | 16 were carried out today, | The strike was called allegedly for | of Hangchow, | . generalissimo of the north- | story. | A Chinese owned cotton mill | Thus far the strike MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1927. —SIXTEEN PAGES Italy Is Reported ! Dispatch Quotes Mussolini Rome, Feb. 21 () — Italy's re ply to the proposal of Presid Coolidge for a limitation of armaments conference was deliv- [cred to Ambassador Fletcher this {morning. The nature of the ver |was not announced, but it be lieved certain it is in the negative. The reply will be given out offi- clally this evening. 21 (UP) — Ital day declined President Coolidg Invitation for a conference to di cuss further reduction of naval armaments. Italy’'s reply was d vered to American Ambassador Fletcher. | Mussolini's reply, it was authori {tatively stated, remarked that nav |defense was a question of life or death for Italy rather than a mili- tary or political problem and that |Ttaly's geographical position in the Mediterrancan sca &poke for itself |more than could any technical ar- guments. is Rome, Feb. London, Feb. 21 (UP)—Premier Baldwin announced in the house of commons today that the British |government's reply to |Coolidge’s naval disarmament stions was being held up pending eipt of the opinions of the do- | minions. No date for the reply had {been set, he said. Washington, Feb. 21 (UP)—See- |retary of State Kellogg waited with | misgivings today the text of the Italian reply to the Coolidge pro- posal for a five-power naval lim To Discuss Naval Arms Reduction! Question of Life or Death for His Country —Note to Be Made Public Tonight naval | to- | 2l President | sug- | as Declining as Saying Naval Defense is reply was de-! Ambassador |tation treaty. livered Fletcher Report: would The to indicated that ct the plan or with broad reservations, in line | with the French rejection already received. Great Britain is expected to agree to the plan. | Japan's acceptance stimulated hope today in official quarters that pite France, a three-power pact between the United Gr Dritain and Japan may ble. Informal negotiations will be ndertaken for the alternative plan | LY the three pow during the | ieneva league preparatory arms |commission reconvening March 21. cretary Kellogg issued a state- | expressing gr tion over the Japanese reply and accepting | its suggestion that discussions be- | gin June 1. He said “I am highly gratified at the re- of the Ja government | which reflects the spirit of friendly {cooperation in which the principal | {powers must approach the problem of competitive building if a real |solution is to be found. i “The Japanese suggestion that | sions should not begin until| irst of June seems to me en- lmly reasonable and not at all in-| sistent with this government’s | proposal, which was that the nego- |tiations should take place during ithe forthcoming meeting of the | preparatory commission. It s | probable that the preparatory com- and its sub-committees will ession for several months.” Ita re acel hanese ON S0. MAIN STREET Rails Between Ash' and Whiting Streets to Be Removed | | i Elimination South of trolley rails Main street \\hmnn street to Ash street is planned by the hoard of public works when paving ¢ that thoroughfare is to be under- "L’l}\(-l\. | This will bring about substitution from | will not effect the Berlin traffic since the Maple street tracks will be continued and all trolleys will be routed that w if the change is made. An incrcase in the number | of busses and a proportionate de- | crease of rail service would accom- pany the ripping out of tracks. Road conditions not only would | be improved, but a dangerous curve at South Main and Whiting streets would be avoided under this plan. A house standing near the line at the south corner makes Ber- lin bound trolley traffic dangerous to inbound vehicular travel, city and trolley company officials have learncd from experience. It is not | expected that there will be oppos { tion on the part of the Connecticut ! Co., or the public utilities commis- sion to the removal of the rails. | BIRTH RATE DECLINES Inlllng Off in Philadelphia Reaches An Alarming Figure, According to Health Bulletin, Philadelphia, Feb. 21 (#— children were born in Philadelphia | st year in proportion to the popu- lation than any year since 1880, Di- rector of Public Health Krusen said n his weekly bulletin today In 1926 the bulletin showed that i births had been registered, 5,000 fewer than in 192 based on population it represents o 19.25 per thousand. “We are confront alarming fact that the b rapidly approaching the mortality rate,” said Dr. We are interested, however, guarding zealously the lives of those babies, although fewer in number, which go to make up our infant population. Infant mortality h ! been reduced from 144 1,000 births in 1908 to 77 in a rate per o0 Agreement Reached In (oal Negotiations Miami, Fla., ¥ 58 committee of the joint w ference, after a twa hour here today suddenly adjo out reaching an a wage scale for the tive field | Rice Miller, chairm conference announced committee would report ¢ reach an agreement lx conference at 10 o'cloc morning \ge con- sion ed with- a new peti- on 1 com an of the joint at the sub- 1 failure to e joint tomorrow | o |Two Children Burned to Death at Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 21 (UP) | Two children were burncd to deat | today in a fire resulting from ar overheated electric iron placed in a |bed by the mother, Mrs. Glenn M. Cavender. The dead are Mary Kathi- 4, and Joseph, 18 months. Cavender placed the iron in the children’s bed to keep them warm and went to a neighbor's hnusa for a few minutes. When she returned the bedroom was ablaze. Firemen found the charred bodies of | i the children in the ruins of the bed. erne, Mr DOOM TROLLEY TRACKS of bus service for street cars but it | street | ~The sub- | JANUARY BUILDING 1S UNDER THAT OF 1926 Statistics Show New Eng-| | land Over Million | Behind on| | Toston, Feb. 21 (UP)—The total! volume of building permits granted | uring January in 26 representative New England cites amounted to $6.- 539,200, compared with $8,014,800 | for January, 1926, according to sta- tistics compiled by the F. W. Dodge Corporation. | Only seven cities reported gqmv\ for last month as compared Wwith the | same month of the preceding year. These were Brockton, New Bedford, Springfield, Salem, Somerville, \\'ur-‘\ cester and Manchester, N. H. i The decrease in the total volume | | was largely accounted for by the | fact that Boston's total for last| month was only $2,058,700, com- pared with $3,249,000 in January 1926 i Other Massachusctts cities and their reports for last month as com- | pared with January, 1926, were list- | ed as follows: Beverly, $24,600 and $31,800; Brockton, $62,900 and $57,- 400; Cambridge, ,800 and $367,- 000; Chelsea, $11,100 and $26,100. all River, $56,500 and $1 Fitchburg, $600 and $15,800; hill, $12,700 and $30,000; $25,600 and $109.900; Lawrence, $33,500 and $58,40( Lowell, $30,~ 00 and $77.100; Lynn, $91,700 and | $223,600; Medford, $136,900 and 000; | Haver- | Holyoke, | Dedford, $64,300 and $62, Quin §158.000 and $476,100; Salem, $46,700 and Spring- 522,100; and $102,600; 700,700 and $362,400, | Portland, Me.. reported $612,100 | h as compared with $122,-| January, 1925; Manchester,' 01,300 and $36,900; provi- | . $912,600 and $670.200; 600 in Mo .. $151,100 | RUM MAKERWSTED ‘ Haverhill Man of 72 Years Issucs Statcment Following Raid in | Which He Is Taken Into Custody | Haverhill, Mass., Feb. After Daniel G. Tenne: . had been arrcsted here on charges of making old-fashioned New England nml.\ssw“ rum, he issued this statement to the! pre “Please vour cat 21 (UP)— insert papers, to the following in wit, there will be! rejoicing by the know-noth-| ings and the do-nothings over the fact Daniel G. Tenney of 39| Curtis street has been pinched—rum, still and all, and that he rejoi over the fact and feels like a big sunflower that nods in the breezes| and his heart is light as the winds. | “The lover of good, pure rum will | be sorry and so will the gas com- pany, groceries company, telephone| company and his landlord. He only| wishes he could have been square| with his plumber, as he is with the| wtormentioned business men. Tenney, who formerly drove af municipal water wagon here, will be |in court Friday. as | BUS CORP. LOSES APPEAL | Washington, Feb. 21 (®—The In- |terstate Busses corporation of Con- Inecticut was denied a re-hearing in |the supreme court today on its ap- | peal in the controversy with the Hol- |voke Street Railway and other over the Massachusetts law requiring the | probably New Yor {out |licensing of interstate vehicles, Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg Feb. 19th 14,525 PRICE THREE CENTS SWEPT BY FURIOUS SLEET, WIND STORM 119 Known Dead and Property Damage Running Into Mil- lions Reported in Check-up EIGHT COAST GUARDSMEN DROWNED OFF MASS. SHORE Patrol Boat Wrecked at Provinces town—Dcep Snowfall and Intense Cold in Some Places—New York Harbor Devastated—Parts of Ate lantic City Inundated—New Fnge land Coast is Stormswept. New York, Feb. deaths and millions 21 (P—Nineteen of dollars in | property damage were caused by a furious snow sleet and wind storm that had abated today after raging on land and sea in the Atlantic coast states for the past 48 hours. From Main to Bay nountanous seas tossed ships about like match boxes, shatiored dwellings and swept away plers and board- walks. High tides which carried the raging waters hundreds of feet ine shore added to the havoc in the coastal towns. Heavy Fall of Snow Snow fell to a depth of two fect in some places while the tempera- ture dropped to ten degrees below zero. Transportation lines were hampered. Relief in higher temperatures was in sight today for Pennsylvania and aid the weath- er burcau with the storm center ting to New England. The turmoil at sea attributed by a scientist of the American Museum of Natural History to the combination of a full moon and a northwest wind, started to subside with a change of the wind from northeast to east and later to west. Heavy Toll at Sea The storm took its heaviest death toll off Provincetown, Mass., whéra cight coast guardsmen lost their lives when patrol boat 238 was tossed ashore. The entire boat's crew was Delaware | lost as two destroyers vainly rushed to rescue them. Other deaths attributed torm included five in one each from e: to the Pittsburgh, osure in Boston, (Cominm»d on Page 11) SUMMER RESIDENCES DANAGED BY STORMS New London and Other Re- sorts Affected—Norwalk Man Frozen to Death New Haven, Feb. 21 (UP)— Towns along Long Island Sound were the heaviest sufferers from the blinding gale that swept the eastern board over the week-end, re- ports here today indicated. Mountainous seas, made more damaging by record high tides, crashed over the sea wall at New London, flooded Neptune Park and did heavy damage to summer resi- ences. At Milford, near Bridgeport, the seas also broke over protecting walls and inundated cottages, roads and trolley tracks. Piers suffered from \hr pounding waves. No damage was reported to shipe ping in the Sound, all smaller craft having put into port when the storm threatened. At the height of the blizzard early Sunday, fire broke out in the factory of the West Rock wagon and auto works here and, nned by the bft- ing winds, quickly ate its way through the building, causing $100,« 000 Joss. The entire snow fighting force of the state highway department was pu* to work and many trucks la- bored 36 hours. Early today, 193§ of the state’s 1950 miles of highway were open to traffic and the re- ning 15 miles were to be open- ed this morning. Litchfield county, in the northwestern part of the state, was the heaviest sufferer from blocked roads. Telephone and illuminating come panies were hard hit by the gales, wires in many inaccessible spots be- ing broken. New London was with- electric lights and telephone service for several hours Sunday and railroads and street car lines were greatly hampered. DAnbury was thrown ness last night just and theaters were fill power line snapped somewhere. One death occurred in the state tribnts to the storm. An un- identificd man was found frozen to death Norwalk. He w he- lieved to be a steward on a tugboat. Telegrams were sent to addresses in: Tall River and York which were found in his pockets. Jea]om‘Hi;zh School Boy Kills Girl and Himself Marion, Iowa, Feb. 21 (UP)—A high school boy's jealousy of his schoolmate sweetheart ended in & double tragedy last night when Ken- neth Fehr, 18, shot and killed Dor othy Oxley, 17, and then killed him- self. The shooting took place as Miss Oxley, with Miss Lillian Zak, 16, and Earl Blggs, 17, were walking home after attending church servicesy into dark- < the cht up when &