New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 W BRITAIN HERALD HOUSES FLOATING AROUND, HOGS AND COWS SWIMMING, - AS ALL LAND IS FLOODED Captain of Rescue Ship Pictures Graphically Awful Conditions in Vicinity of Vicksburg. Engineers Claim Safety of | New Orleans Is Now ‘Assured—Rescue Fleet Seeks Marooned Persons. Vicksburg, Miss, May 3 (A— Fatigued form exposure and a bat- tle with flood aters for four days and nights, Captain Harris Clifford, 31, of the steamer Vicksburg, has landed his second boat of refugees here. The Vicksburg left here Friday morning, moving up the Yazoo and Sunflower rivers in response to re- ports that hundreds of residents of the lowlands were marooned ‘and in danger of drowning. Pictures Bad Conditions. Captain Clifford, who bore a deep flesh wound in one hand, inflicted by an insane Negress whom he forc- ibly rescued, said today that condi- tions in the area were bad. At Choctaw landing the Vicksburg loaded 85 persons who had fled from their homes. At Onward 200 stood in the water waiting for re: cue. Nearly all of those were wo- men and children. At Holland's Landing Bridge, where Captain Clifford had rescued 200 Negroes on his previous trip, farm animals were standing in three feet of water on the bridge, he reported. “They are sending out all women and children from Rolling Fork, Captain Clifford said. *“And all of them are coming out when their private levee breaks—and that won't be long. The town is cover- ed with water already but not so King George Wires Sympathy for Those Affected by Floods London, May 8 (UP)—King George today cabled President Coolidge an expression of sym- pathy for the flood sufferers in the Mississippi Valley. “I have heard with profound sorrow,” said the king’s message, “of the, serious loss of life and damage to property caused by floods in the Mississippi valley. I hasten to offer my heartfelt sympathy both to yourselt and to all those suffering from the results of this sudden disaster.” The cable was signed “George R The government also cabled || through Ambassador Sir Esme || Edward, an expression of sym- || pathy directed to Secretary of State Frank B. Keliogg. RED CROSS DOUBLES FLOOD RELIEF GOAL | Contributions Continue to Come in—Benefit Con- cert Thursday Night NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1927.—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES DESERTS MACHINE | T0 OPPOSE CHANGE INMONEY CONTROL But Mrs. Meritt's Plea Fails and State Boards Merger Is Adopted 10 MILL TAX AFFECTING INSURANCE STOCK KILLED House Rejects Mecasure Desplle'} Stirring Plea By Alcorn Who De- clared “That Powerful Influences” Were At Work to Have This l‘m-l posed Measure Voted Down. ‘Hartford, Conn, May 3 (UP)— Despite the stirring plea of Mrs. Alice P. Merritt, state senator from Fairfleld county, that the bill merg- Ing the state board of finance and board of control not pass, the sen-: ate today accepted the committee report and adopted the measure. Mrs. Merritt and Senator I posito of New Haven were the only | members of the body to vote against | the bill. | With her voice choked with emo. tlon, Mrs. Merritt spoke for the sec- ond time against passage of the bill Protests Rapid Action “Why should you askk us, sir," she said, addresssing Lieut. Gov. Brainard, “to pass on this legisla- tion so hurriedly? I would not vote against the bill if we had time to | | | Mrs. Whitney for the first time and Two Much Married People Still March Up To Altar To Say “I Do” 55 Year OId Actor to Take| New Haven Divorcee, Motlmj of Eight, as His Sixth Bride. Mrs. Locke, Former Opera Singer, Acquitted of Slaying One Husband, Already Weds Fifth. Boston, May 3 (UP)—Five times a widower, J. Theodore Murphy, 55- year-old New York vaudeville actor, | will say “I do” for the sixth time Sunday. | Accompanying him on his latest trip to the altar will be Mrs. Aldena Marie Fanion Whitney, 27, of New Haven, Conn., who last year divorced the father of her eight children. Here's Murphy's matrimonial record: 1892—Married Annle who died in 1894. 1896 — Married Addie actress, who died in 1899. 1901—DMarried Isabelle Maxwell, who died in 1905. 1908—Married Emily Leask, who died in 1909. 19 Married Marie Delmar, who died in 1922. Consumption, childbirth, a com- plication of diseases, pneumonia and brain trouble were the respective causes of death. Murphy, plump, genial veteran of wo wars, told newspapermen here, after filing marriage intentions, that he never had proposed. His plan, he said, was to merely announce hat he and the girl in question were to be married and then not wait for her reply. Ho saild he tried this in New Haven two wecks ago when he met New York, May 3 (® — Lydia Locke, former opera singer, who had been married four times and acquitted of the murder of one husband, has been married once again, the New York American says today. Her fifth hausband, with whom she is at present honeymooning in Ragusa, Jugoslavia, is Carlo Mari- novic, & New York shipping man, says the American. News of the marriage has been received by cable by friends of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Marinovic plan to live at her Westchester county es- tate, Locke lodg: The establish- ment contains a $50,000 organ, 24 wandering deer and a private lake. Lydia Locke's first marriage in 1908 to A. W. (“Prince”) Talbot, a race track gambler, ended vio- F. Downs, Gilbert, bot was shot to death at a con- ference with his wife in an attor- ney's office. She was tried for mur- der but acquitted upon his death- bed statement that the shooting was accidental. After marrying Orville Harrold, operatic tenor, in 1913, and being divorced from him in 1917, she married Arthur H. Marks, pre dent of the Skinmer Organ com pany. A divorce in 1924 brought her $100,000 in settlement from Marks and promise of another as usual, it worked. Mrs. Whitney said she was not the least bit super- stitious over the fact that each of |lently in Reno the next year. Tal-| STATE WILL HAVE | INCOME OF MORE ' THAN 42 MILLION \Senator Hall Presents State- ment Showing Figures for Next Two Years SAYS ESTIMATES GIVEN ARE CONSERVATIVE ONES Program Wil Work Now and the Submits Report Legislative Permit | Essential Next Session of Assembly Can | Proceol With Work Without | | Need of Bond Issucs. State Capitol, Hartford, Conn., May 8 (P-—The sources from which Connccticut will receive $42,178,700 during the next two years to meet appropriations totaling $42,158,063.- 40 that have been recommended by the legislatuce appropriations com mittee were given by Senator E: ward F. Hall, of New Britain, chairman of the committee, in a lenglhy statement to the senate to- day. EDWARD F. HALL. STAND PAT DECISION ON OVER-AGE FIREMEN| Investigating Committee : The Building Program. Senator Hall pointed out that the immediate building program for the state's institutions had been arrang- ed for. “With these projects he- hind us,” he said, “we believe that t will be possible for the next gen- eral assembly to construct whatever buildings are found to be necessary for Mansficld and for the insane draw a better one. If the commis- sion on state institutions s wiped | out I feel it will simply be saving | money by not spending money where it 1s needed. thing constructive has been | done by this senate; nothing worth while has been accomplished at thi session of the legislature. Improve- Following the appeal of Presi- |dent Coolidge to the American Red Cross to increase its quota from five million to 10 milllon dollars for | the relief of flood victims, the |New Britain chapter has been re- | quested to double its quota and to keep on accepting contributions as long as the present situation con- tinues. The request was embodied Inthe telegram received today by Curtiss L. Sheldon, chairman of the New Britain chapter of the American Red Cross. The telegram was re- our insane and feeble-minded peo ple should have received proper | legislation but it was not forthcom ing. And now I am told that the; door to the appropriations commit- tee’s room is closed and the keys! Murphy's five wives had died. Asked for something in the way of advice to the lovelorn, Murphy ever marry a woman near your own age. Take a young chap of 20. He will marry a girl of the same ! but she has lost her A man of 45 should oung man, charm for him. ments were needed at Mansfield and , marry a girl of about 20. ,And then | { when she is 40 or 45 he will be too old to chase around, as the saying goes. And then if he does die she still young enough to marry again and not spend her last days in a rocking-chair of the Old Ladies’ Home."” When he is 40 he is still a| ilarge sum at end of a year if she| would not annoy him during that | time. Counscl for marks, however, averred she failed in good behav- for by appearing in New York witi a child from a Kansas City sani- tarium and claiming it was hers and Marks’. The case got inte | court and the child was return to the sanitarium. former | singer's fourth marriage was to| Harry Dornblaser, a broker, and! ‘took place a few days after she {was divorced from Marks. This {marriage was quietly disrupted and | isince then she had been living in Paris. | and the new office building without the necessity of resorting to bond 5,000 From Moxles. 3 timated income which included $425,000 from the proposed tax on were figured conservatively, Sen- ator Hall said. They are based on past experience. The movie tax is the only new source of revenue mentioned. The budget of the appropriation committee will allow for the com- pleting of the program for the Connecticut Agri- cultural college, Newington Home, The motion pictures immediate huilding | Makes No Recommenda- tion for Changes With the excoption of a few minor | details, investigation iuto recent ap- | | pointments to the fire department with reference to age requirements, has been completed and Chairman Lonald L. Bartlett of the common | council's special committee sces no | | grounis for altering the status of |any appointees, he said today. committee was instituted to | | investigate the cases of Victor | Davis, Jr., and John Fay, both of | 5.{8 Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending April 30th ... 14,158 PRICE THREE CENTS GRAY IS CALLED TO STAND T0 TELL HIS STORY AFTER MRS. SNYDER ENDS RECITAL Accused Woman Ap- pears Near Collapse as Her Former Sweet- heart Begins to Talk. Previously She Had Be- come Badly Muddled Under Rigid Cross Ex- amination by State’s At- torney. Queens County Courthouse, May & {P—Henry Judd Gray, co-defendant with Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyder in their trial for the mucder of her husband, took the stand this after- noon. Gray, scemingly composed, waived his constitutional right to refuse to testify against himself dnd told calmly of his early life. Samuel Miller, Gray's counsel, conducted the direct examination and brought out that his client was a constant church attendent. M Snyder Near Collapse. As Gray testified, Mrs. uth Snyder, his former sweetheart, sat in hér chair almost in a state of col- lapse. he had finished more than 12 hours on the stand just before Gray took it and her eyes were red from suppressed weeping. Gray told of becoming a corset salesman and of his marriage and the birth of his daughter. He sat in the high chair with hands in his lap and head erect, speaking in a clear voice apparent- ly devoid of emotion. His territory, he said, was all of New England, New York Pennsylvania and part of Mrs. Snyder occasionally put her deep as it will be when thelr levee |ceiveq from National Vice Chairman thrown away. gives way. The water was still rls- | james L. Fleser, and was as fol- hand to her forehead as he spoke. “There is nothing Connecticut School for Toys, Mystie | Whom had passed their 35th birth- | that can be ing. Animals Swim About. “In the Rolling Fork territory everything is under water. There are no knolls in sight. You can see houses floating about and hogs and cows swimming everywhere. We did not see any people swimming. “In the railroad station at Ritchie when we got there, there were 65 Negroes gathered. They were pray- ing and they kept singing ana praying all the way to Vicksburg.” Question of Endurance New Orleans, La., May 3 (®— Buccessful termination ot the fight to hold the levee line against tho charge of the Mississippi river to- day became a question of grim en- durance in the Natchez sector while a relief squadron ploughed through the muddy waters to remove resi- dents from the inundated lowlands parishes of northeastern Louisiana. The flood waters from the Red and Mississippl rivers, streaming from breaches in the levee systems, continued their invasion, widening their territory northward and west- ward as they moved to meet the coming flood from the Arkansas river. Desperate Dike Flood The dike fight became desperate on the west bank of the Mississippl in the neighborhood of Vidalia and a crew worked throughout the night on electrically lighted embank- ments. At Newellton also the situ- ation became critical as waters slop- ped over levee tops and emergency measures were speeded to stop the flow. The' crisis was expected be- tween Delta Point and Deep Park, in the same territory, within the next two days. ‘With thousands of persons al- ready "driven from their homes in northeastern Louisiana, the crest was but approaching Vicksburg, Miss. Many towns in Concordia, Catahoula, Avoyelles and neighbor- ing parishes in Louisiana already had been deserted, but in others re- liance was placed in the protection| of levees. Residents strengthened their defenses before the coming flood. Rescue Fleet Active. | A rescue fleet, composed of six | steamboats, four coast guard patrol | boats and half a dozen surf lannch- es, left Natchez today to scout the | area covered by water. Meanwhile, the Allegheny, naval tug, with a barge in tow, moved to St. Joseph to stand by to remove citizens in | | case of a crevasse there. A cry for relief came frqm a number of refugees Frogmore, Concordia Parish, arrangements were boats to the nearest point on the Black river. Sicility Island in Cata- houla Parish, also was being flood- ed by waters from the crevasse be- low Vidalia and was being evacu- ated. New Orleans Safe. Engincers said the safety of New Orleans was assured as the Poy- dras break, below the city was wid- ened to 1,000 fect, releasing a suf- ficlent amount of water to lower the level at New Orleans fro .1 to 2.5 feet. Residents of Bunkie and Marks- ville, in the path of expected breaks at Eche and Big Bend on Bayou Des Blaise hoped that they would be able to repel the invasion should the levees crumble. Protection levees at Bunkie were strengthened end it was believed that Marksville was on sufficiently high ground to (Continued on Page 21) lows: “Secretary Hoover and myself have just returned from the d ter area. The central committee has decided in view of the vast increase in the flooded area that an emer- gency situation now demands a minimum of ten million dollars. “This means doubling your original quota for each chapter. It you have already raised double your original quota please continue your efforts to secura as large amount as possible in this crisis. Confident we can de- pend upon your loyal and devoted efforts.” One thousand and eight dollars additional has been received by the local chapter since yesterday's re- port, making New Britain's total re- ceived to date $6,391.48. Today's re- | ceipts are expected to bring the total up to at least $7,000, making $3,000 still to go. Among the contributions received was one for $50 from Aziz Grotto; $24.23 from Rev. Mr, David; $38.50 from the employes of the Skinner- Chuck Co.; $31 from Morgan, Kings- ley & Thompson employes; $93.70 trom the Newington chapter; $51.22 from the First Lutheran church; $80 from Trinity Methodist church; $10 from Martha Chapter, O. E. S. $25 from Eddy-Glover Post, Ameri- can Legion, and Auxiliary; $8 from a ‘“colored church missionary;"” $33.29 from employes of the P. & F. Corbin plant; $10 from the office done. I.am through.” Esposito A™:0 Opposced In speaking against the bill, Sena- tor Esposito said, “it is an attempt to run the business of the state as a private corporation. We have heard of the czar of Russia and we know of Mussolini in Italy. It is my henest bellef that Connecticut has | not much reason to boast of better condition: Mrs. Merritt had first addressed the senate for more than 40 minutes, glving in detall her objections to the {bill. “In conclusion,” she said, “I wish to state briefly my opposition to this | (Continued on Page 3) |SHASHES BOTH GATES AT ELM ST. GROSSING Youth * Disappears But Later Surrenders to Police Driving in an alleged reckless imanner, Thomas Murtha, aged 19, of 330 East Main street failed to employes of the W. L. Hatch Co.; $13 from the staff of the New DBrit- ain institute, and $8.25 from the Cabinet Lock office workers. A request is made that checks be made out to Leon A. Sprague, treas- urer, New Britain Red Cross. Checks may be sent to Mr. Sprague, Mr. Sheldon, the Chamber of Commerce or any local bank. A concert for the benefit of Mis- sissippt flood sufferers will he given at the South Congregational church Thursday night. No admission will be charged, but a silv:r collection will be taken. It is the hope of the sponsors of the concert that a large crowd will be present and that a goodly sum of money can be raised, which will be turned over to the lo- cal chapter of the Red Cross. Among those who will take part stop an automobile after it crash- ed through the gates on both sides of the Elm street rallroad crossing about 12:30 this morning, but at 4:30 o'clock he surrendered to Ser- geant J. C. Stadler and Officer Otis {Hopkins and was arraigned in police |court on charges of reckless driving land cvading responsibility. He { pleaded guilty to the former and not | Builty to the latter and the case was |continued until tomorrow morning | {on request of Sergcant Stadler, who said Lieutenant Rival wanted time |to notify certain witnesses, | At 12:30 o'clock, John Coffey of 155 Judd street, Bristol, gate tender lat the crossing, notified Lieutenant Rival at police headquarters that an automobile had broken the gates and |the driver had not stopped. Mr. i Coffey did not catch the registration in the program are Israel Rosenberg, jof the car, but ten minutes later, pianist, who will play some of his Officer William O'Day reported that | most elaborate nui ' Local Student L To Prevent Ra To Get Diploma She Earned Back in 1878 ey Lebanon, Ind., May 3 (UP)— Although she refused a high school diploma in 1878 because she was the only graduate, Mrs. Cora A. Bynum will get her sheepskin from the High school here this spring. Authorities learncd of her case recently and arranged for her to take part in this year's graduation exer- cises. eads Agitation dicals’ Execution |Frank Colapinto Accuses | Gov. Fuller of Mass., of | “Waving Bloody Shirt"‘i in Sacco-Vanzetti Case. | | Forty students at Clark University | al Worcester, Mass., led by Frank { Phelan, a New Britain youth, have | | forwarded a petition to Gov. Alvan | T. Fuller asking him to intervene to prevent execution of Sacco and Van- |zetti, radicals under sentence of BLEACHER FINANCING TAKES FORWARD STEP Serious Consideration Be- ing Given Bank’s $9,000 Offer Almost final assurance that the annual football game between Pub- lic High school and the New Brit- ain High school will be played in this city was given today when Supt. S. H. Holmes stated that the proposal of a local bank to finance the erection of bleachers at a cost of $9,000 is being considered se- riously by the committee appoint- ed to investigate the matter. The bank's proposal is being made with the understanding that 100 men of reliable financial standing sign the note for that amount. Principal Louis P. Slade, a mem- ber of the sub committee appoint- ed at a joint meeting of members | of the school and park boards, stated ‘that the committee is await- death for murder. | Phelan, who is also known as |Frank Colapinto, attended w | Britain High school several years ago and was active in the social and | | athletic activities of that institution. | | He was employed as High school re- | porter for local newspapers and was | also night telephone operator for the | Connecticut Light & Power Co. He | entered Clark University two years | ago. The local student was booed and hissed by some of the students as he read the petition he had drafted at a stormy assembly of the students |vesterday. Accusing Prosecutor Katzman and Judge Webster Thayer {of “waving the bloody shirt instead of holding the scales of justice” | Phelan called upon Gov. Fuller for immediate intervention. “It is up to you whether you will see justice done or whether you {will allow a fish peddler and shoe- | maker to be electrocuted and so clectrocute your judiciary in the s of all intelligent people,” the -tition reads. After reciting that | the men “were tried not for murder | |for draft dodging, for circulating | radical literature and for speaking disrespectfully of Harvard college,” the petition asserts “that makes it iplain the men were convicted for | Oral school, Connecticut tural Experiment station, prison, and armorics Dristol. at New Haven Other Incomes, The state board of finance esti mated the income from ta 1, Hall years beginning July $34,009,50( Senator that to this would be treasurer’s estimated in the civil list fund June 30, that will not be used and lapse from the amount of the 1925-192 appropriations $3,166,000 of sources, The appropriations recommended for the first time in the history of the state, total more this session, than $40,000,000, Senator Hall said in full convic- tion, realizing how difficult it is for (Continued on Page Two) ABSENT BRIDEGROOM RETURNS, WEDS GIRL Worcester Young Woman, Agricul- state New Britain Normal schoo! and ation and other sources for the next two 1927, at said added the cash balance this year of $3,055.000, a million dollars the motor vehicle department fees and almost a million dollars from other day before being named as regular | tircmen. In the course of their meet- |ing it developed that Joseph I, Ryan 1had failed of appointment to the de- partment because, his record showed, | | he had passed his 35th birthday, and Albert Freysinger had resigned | because he was told that, having be- come 35 years of age he was no | longer eligible. The committee, consisting of Councilman Barilett, Alderman | John E. Maerz and ex-Councilman Thure Bengston, agreed that the ordinances permit appointments up to the age of 36 years, although the | specific order of the council was to |the contrary and placed the maxi- |mum age at 35 years. Reports that Davis is actually more than 36 years of age were investigated in the meantime but Councilman DBartlett today declined to state the findings, jalthough his declaration that there| |is no cvident reason for changing tl‘mna' status is taken to mean that | these reports were found to be un- true. The special committee will ommend to the council that | ordinances be changed to make impossible to appoint regular fire men after they reach the age of 33 years. CHAUFEUR ARRESTED Bridgeport Man TIs Under Arrest on | rec- the i | but for not loving the United States, | Deserted Yesterday, Married Today Charges Preferred by Young Wo- man Companion. Bridgeport, May 3 (#) — Thomas Gaffney, 25, a chauffeur, was arrest- : od today on charges of criminally assaulting Lillian S. Graze, 22, a| clerk and daughter of Mrs. Frederick Graze. Gaffney is locked up in 1t of $3,000 bonds. ¢ allcged assault occurred at noon yesterday near the northern boundary of Beardsley park, close to | the Nichols town line, where Gafney carried the girl in an automobile after he had offered to give her a! lift to her place of employment. Gaffney admits the assault, accord- ing to the police. The police con- | ducted an all night search and ar-| sted Gaffney at his mother's home | Worcester, Ma: 3 P Twenty-four hours after he had failed to appear for his wedding th Miss Beatrice E. Breault, Clar- snce T. Rocheford, prominent Wor- cester contractor, was this morning | married to Miss Breault in St. Jo- seph's church by Rev, Hormidas | itemy, assistant rector. | ‘en relatives witnessol the cere- { mony, in vivid contrast to the mo | than two score friends who ye day gathercd to witness the nuptials | and who were agog by the failure of | the groom to put in an uppearance. Mr. Rocheford, although posing for a photograph with his bride, de- | District clared that he had nothing to say as this morning. Gaffney has a wife but has been separated from her. bers; the Or- o, consisting of Marcus Fleitzer, violin, Walter Oc- |cupin, 'cello, and Charles A. John- son, piano; the Wennerberg Chorus, under the direction of Dr. A. A. All- quist, which will sing one of the in- | pheus Instrumental marooned at |spiring choral masterpieces from its ‘the front, and all the circumstances and |1arge regertoire; Mrs. Mary T. Crean, |indicated that It had been in an ac- made to scnd |soprano, who will sing solos; John |cident. |J. Crean, who will preside at the or- | |gan; Mubelle Ryder Stevens, so- |prano, Mabel Finlay Armstrong, | contralto, Frederic Welch, tenor, and | Burton Cornwall, baritone. The last four mentioned, although members of the regular South church quartet, will not sing as a quartet, but eact |will contributo solos. Earl K | Bishop, organist and musical director {at the South church, is making ar- rangements and will act as accom- | | panist. These have all contributed their |services to the cave of helping in {the emergency created by the Mis- !sissippi flood disaster. Arrangements |for the cc:cert naturally had to be made hurriedly, but the singers and instrumcata ists were prepared for the emergency and those in charge are gratifled at the prospect of pro- viding one of the most delectable programs given In the city in a long time. | Frank Chase of 1556 Stanley strect, had notified him that there was a car parked on Elm street, near East Main street. The radiator was warm, |the door was open, and a splinter {0t wood was stuck under the wind- Ishield. The car was damaged about Officer O'Day drove the car to the | police station on Licutenant Rival's orders, and Officer George Collins was detailed to go to Murtha's home. {After Murtha's mother failed to |arouse him from his sleep, his brother, Raymond Murtha, succeed- ed with some effort, but Officer Col- |lins reported that the young man ap- | peared dazed and unable to carry on 'a conversation. At 2:15 o'clock Sergeant Feeney |notified Lieutenant Rival that he; {saw Murtha in an automobile on ‘!\L'Ain street, and at 3:25 o'clack |Murtha telephoned to the lieutenant and said he wanted to report an ac- cident at the Elm street crossing. He said he was telephoning from Spring- field, Mass., but according to Lieu- tenant Rival, the call came from Hartford. At 4:30 o'clock Murtha surrendered and was released on a bond posted by his brother, Ray- mond Murtha. l {played in the { Principal Slade permission to take | aga inst “the organized liquor traf- | being intelligent.” ing a reply from Corpordtion Coun- i ST e e sel John H. Kirkham to decide ECKE E 0 which board will have title to the B R R FUSED PARD N bleachers if they are erected. The matter of providing bleach- | ers at Willow Brook park for the | game, scheduled to be played in this city next fall, has been under discussion for several months. It is felt that the game will have to be Velodrome in East Hartford it it there are not enough accommodations in this city. The school board has already given Appeal to Board by New Britain Man Who Shot Hartford De- tective Turned Down. Arthur Becker of this city, who is serving from ten to twenty years in state's prison on the charge of as- sault with intent to murder, was refused a pardon or reduced sen- tence by the board of pardons yes- terday. He was represented by Judge W. F. Mangan of this city. Becker, who is 30 years of age, shot, Detective Sergeant Lawrence Lowe of Hartford in the Hartford passenger station when the sergeant attempted to arrest him as he left a train, The sergeant recovered from the bullet wound. this action if bleacher. accommoda- tions can not be provided. W. C. T. U. CAMPAIGN Boston, May 3 (P—It its war fic” the Woman Christian Temper- ance Union is “building a wall of defense against a wall of de Mrs. Alice G. Ropes of Wollaston, state ‘W. C. T. U. president, said in the opening address at a New Eng- land conference of the organiza- THE WEATHER tion here today. New Britain and vicinity: Showers late tonight or Wednesday; slightly warmer. NEW HAVEN CONTRIBUTES. New Haven, Conn., May 3 (P— Flood funds for the Red Cross given here stood at §21,620 at noon today. | i | { | to the reason for his mysterious ab- sence yesterday. Relatives from | Providence at whose home he ap- peared yesterday morning at o'clock said that the Worcester con- tractor arrived fatigued end appar- ently in a daze. They put him to bed and called a physician who prescribed rest. At 6 o'clock last night, he awoke and in- sisted on returning to Worcester. The start was delayed, however, and he did not arrive in Worcester, it was said, until 11 o'clock. The wed- TRIAL OPENS TODAY | Taking of Fvidence in Case Against Two Chinamen Begins in Hartford | Court. Hartford, Conn., May 3 (R}—After |five days spent in sclecting a jury, the taking of evidence was begun ding took place this morning at 9 |this morning in the trial of Chin olclook, |Lung and Soo Hoo Wing, two Chi- Lifort was made to keep the news |nese accused of the murder of Ong of the wedding secret. After the|Ging Hem in Manchester on March | ceremony had been performed, thelsy The state will attempt to prove | bride and groom hurried from the |that the two accused committed the rear of the church and into a wait- | crime in connection with an out- jugican. break of Tong warfare. At the home of the groom's fath-| After a number of maps, diagrams er, Lizine Rocheford, after a short|and photographs of the scene of the reception to relatives, the couple|crime had heen submitted in evi- prepared for the motor trip through ' gance Robert T. McKone, Hartford, { New York and Washington, which is | ¢axi driver, was called to stand. He to be their honeymoon. Afterward, | remembered driving two Chinese they will live here in & new home pagsongers to the raflroad station as though suffering from an almost unbearable headache. She looked as though she might collaps: any moment. “You and M rs. Gray lived in com “When did you first Soyder?"” “June or July of 1925 when Har- ry Folsom, a friend of mine, intro- duced us in a restaurant.” “What conversation was there? “Oh, stories were told and we were drinking.” Did she drink?” “One or two drinks.” “How many did you drink?” “Oh, several.” “When did you see her next?” “In July, for dinner.” “What happened? “I gave her a corset she wanted, taking her to my office where I fit- ted her.” At this point Mrs. Snyder put her handkerchief to her eyes. “How long were you in the of- fice?” About an hour.” The testimony then dealt with unprintable matter and Mrs. Snyder bowed her head as Gray described his recollections. “When did you see her next?" “In August. She phoned me and an appointment was made. I met her at the restaurant where we first met.” Little Lorraine Called Previously Lofraine, Mrs, Sny- der's 9 year old daughter, had been called to answer two questions. She said it was daylight when her mother told her to run to a neigh- bor’s for help and she said thdt she went just as soon as her mother told her to go. Lawyers Near Fight Counsel for M Ruth Snyder and for the state almost came to blows lier. Under examination Attorney roessel, Mrs. Snyder said she downstairs on the night her husband was Kkilled when she had previously testified she was bound upstairs. Froessel asked if she had made a or lied and her lawyer, r F. Hazelton walked, shouting toward the prosecutor, who moved belligerently to meet him. A clash was narrowly averted by the stern admonition of the court. Disposition of Insurance Mrs. Snyder, if acquitted, will re- ceive the $96,000 insurance which 2 took out for her husband some time before he was murdered. If the jury finds her responsible for her husband's death or renders a verdict in the first or second de or homicide the insurance money will go to her dauzhter, Lorraine, Sticks To Her Story. Matching wits against the constant booming of Assistant District Attor- ney Charles Froefsel and the suave, velvetry questioning of William Mil- lard, of counsel for Gray, Mrs. Sny- der yesterday clung to her story that her former lover alone murdered her husband, but discrepancies in her meet Mrs. of Assistant (Continue on Page 183) Davis Will Return to Flood Zone With Hoover Washington, May 3 (#)—Presi- dent Coolidge has directed Secretary Davis of the war department to ac- company Secretary Hoover tomor- | just buitt by Mr. Rocheford, who iS | here early on morning of March 24, now engaged In the construction of |ang identified a light Fedora hat several school buildings for the city [and a light coat As “similar” to ot Worcester and for country towns. |clothes worn by one of the passen- The bride was a stenographer at |gors. a local jewelry company’s store, The two accused seemed bland. l row when Mr. Hoover returns to the Mississippi flocd area in order that the engineer corps of the army and the Mississippl river commission may expedite a report on flood pre- vention measures,