New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1927, Page 13

BENSON ADDRESSES | 0 o v lEfimN__L”N[;HESM Cross Tiellet Total Now Fasses \ $11,500 Mark In Today Report by Tels Why ity Needs CHAET ove oo cons of Commerce The Red Cross reliet fund for flood | sufferers has passed the $11,500 Ralph Benson, secrctary of the local Chamber of Commerce, Was the speakér at the Eddy-Glover post, | American Legion luncheon club this: Us and Boys® orch noon at the post home on Washing- an Mission, South chureh, ton street. Mr. Benson told the i Nathan Hale Glirl Scout troop gathering that the chamber was not | % $32; Bukers' Union and Confec- us active as it wanted to be, due tioners. $23; Junior Aid, Trinity 10 the desiro to get out of debt, He Mcthodist church, = §5; Carpenter @lso said that the chamber was ‘\r:"‘j::L(Z‘X:dcza;‘;:r i necessary in every community t0 as- | Ging olub of New Britain Trust C sist trade. 1If, by any chance, a gig45. Japders, Frary & Clark Chamber ot Commerce was discon- | yfich ‘srcet division, tinued in any city, a similar organi- | une0 givision, $32.20; aluminum zation at once was started, he said. | givision, $11; H. & B. division, $9; President Clesson Parker called | office employes, $27.50; fire depart- on Lester Goff who told about the ment employes, $41. Mray 23 to May 28, H. C. Jackson | PYTMIES May 23 to May 29. H. C. Jackson | Supper, Picnic and Memorlal Cere- port today is as follows: Total Saturday Added today g Special contributions—Girls' ehor- .$11,110.16 told about Memorial Day plans. Theodore Johnson will'be . marshal and H. C. Jackson will be chief of staff. The P. O. S. of A, will have & delegation in the parade <which will start from Franklin square at 10 o'clock sharp. The graves of| | mony Among Functions Planned | the ex-servicemen will be decorated | on Sunday, May 29. Speakers will | g0 to the public schools on Friday and Edward Ogren will make the assignments for the Legion. lodge of this city, at a supper to- Speaking on the national outiook jmorrow evening at the Jr. O. U. A. of the Legion, Past State Com- M. hall. The supper will follow the mander Jackson said that the execu-| regular convocation at 8 o'clock. tive committee in Indianapolis was| Chancellor Commander Theodore exceedingly pleased with the mem- | Johnson has appointed a memorial bership, there being over 60,000 | committee to take care of deceased more today nationally than there members' graves, as follows: Thom- were a vear ago at this time. The|as P. Orchard, Elmer W. Ripple, Yegion membership is now well over | Roland Ripple, Edward R. Bar- 600,000, according to a recent report. | bour, Charles W. Bailey and Lo- There is a proposition being con- | thair I. Siegel. sidered for the entire membership, On Memorial day the Pythian of the Disabled American War Vet- | Booster club will sponsor a Pythian erans to come into the Legion en|picnic on the grounds of the Con- masse. This matter will be taken up | necticut Farm association at Lyme. by the Vets in the next national con- | R BOWL GAMES WILL BE DISCONTINUED. be given to the Ladies’ auxiliary be- (Continued From Firat Page) for Balance of Month. Members of Ethan lodge. Knights of Pythias, of Bristol, will be en- tertained by Washington L. Morgan for the "“big feed” May 30th. HIS STAGE IN CELL, POLICE FOR AUDIENCE (Continued From First Page) opponents n from | was to arrange with all | except Harvard to ref) being taken to the police station for questioning. A short time later, the | police permitted him the theater in their custody, and re- peat his act as he was required to do. Then he was returned to the po- lice station and held when the Bos- ton police reported that he had de- faulted a $500 bond. those colleges Yale went to Har- to retur 10 yyy (nat to Harvard had agr | Yale and Yale not to scout | opponents. Harvard's position was ordained when the question was put | by Yale. Tt had to acquiesce. . “The fact that Harvard has agreed Murphy told the police the news- | not to scout Yale may mean that it | paper stories ot his marital experi- \jl| not scout any other opponents ences were “the bunk”, created by | this year. & press agent. He was married once, made on that subject at the athletic he said, and divorced about seven | committee mebting tonight. Again, years ago. The child in the Eufllcd‘flar\nnl may declde to scout all its abandonment case is not his son, | opponents.” he said, but he made arrangements | e to place him in a private home in | Denied at Brown Newburgh when the boy's mother, | Providence, R..L, May 15 (?—Dr. who is an actress, was obliged to| Fred Marvel of Brown university enter a sanitarium in Newburgh | today denied that Brown has en- several years ago. Murphy said the tered into any agreement with any family having custody of the boy |other college to eliminate scouting apparently believed him to be the |of Yale football games played at father and for that reason the |New Haven next fall. There has been abandonment charge is being press- | some talk with Yale about it, ed. said, but no agreement has been Intending to be married, Murphy | reached. Dt Tt MRS, SNY"ER AND GRAY TAKEN T0 SING SING their plans by arresting Murphy on - (Continued from First Page) all opponents pr od not to scou the abandonment charge. In Bos- ton municipal court, Murphy's case was continued and he was released in $500 bonds, which were defaulted | when he failed to appear. | Explainjng this matter, Murphy | told Sergeant McCue he had in- | tended to take a late train to Boston Saturday nighi so as to be in court Monday morning. He had not in- tended to default his bond, he said. He wired the National Vaudeville Protective association at New York to provide counsel to defend him in Newburgh, Murphy appeared resigned to the week-end of confinement, and his demeanor made htm popular with attendants at the police station. He talked freely of his life and the many experiences he has had, and maintained good spirits, although he said he was ill late yesterday afternoon and a physician prescrib- ed for him. deputy sheriffs rode with him. Im- mediately behind was Mrs. Snyder and she sat between two prison matrons, with whom she was seen chatting as the scencs she had once | viewed with/ Gray as they toured away on their illicit “honeymoon” flashed by. ‘Through little Hudson river towns the roaring motors swept lagers stood open mouthed along the way to stare. As the prison came in sight the steel outer gates were seen to be open. The motorcycl swung to a stop outside. The two prison cars swept into the courtyard, and the gates crashed shut, leaving the reporters in the outer world that the two prisoners were never to see again. Commission to Pass On Lunch Cart Locations| The pace up tho river road was so The future of lunch-cart business | SVIft that one motoreycle skidded fn New Britain may be determined | O® & 8Pot of oil on the rain-slip- this afternoon at a apecial meeting ' PeTY Macadam and the police driver | wa m clear ov wind- of the building commisslon, to by | 58, TPV e Ner o S 3 g £ EENS: ¢e Of| party roarcd on he was seen climb- Inspector Arthur N, Rutherford |y gejectedly from the ditch and it Soveral applications for placement | (1 deloctediy from fhe ditch and it ot buildings of this type has result- | .o raqes to the prison and returned ed in protest to the nspector as & |,o Now York with them result ot which he has decfded to "y ! Mrs. Snyder will be put in one of refer the matter to the commission- | ) o cells in the death house re- ers for instructions. ser\(‘d for women prigoners. ‘Another Murderer Today Gray will occupy one of 12 cells | for men, and will have as his nearest o s Hh‘lghhor Thomas (Red) Moran, 4 Sentenced to Execution | ;o5 two Brookiyn atrolmen: New York, May 16 (UP) — As|\joran, who has misbehaved, s in Judd Gray was taken today to the death house at Sing Sing prison an- other murderer whose crime attract- ed far less attention, was sentenced | to die in the electric chair. Peter A. Seller, 21, high school graduate, heard Judge Donnellan pronounce sentence. Seiler was con- victed on May 5 of the murder of 1o prevent conflict and embarrass- | Patrolman James Masterson, who | ment, was slain January 81 during the| The condemned men in the left hold-up of an up-town speakeasy. ]\\-mg of the death house, where Mrs. o AR AR Snyder will be confined, will *be Hartford Cop Accused taken to the yard for exercise, when Of Driving While Drunk | | she receives visitors. Hartford, May 16 (UP)—The ca: of William Revett, 30, Hartford po- liceman arrested Saturday night on a charge of driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor, | was continued in police court tod: until May were placed at §250. Revett's arrest occurred when his automobile struck a parked machine. A police surgeon pro- nounced him as unfit to drive a car He was immediately suspended trom | READ HERALD C IFIED ADS| the force. | FOR BEST RLSULTS \\ar(l-‘n Lawes of Sing today announced that Mrs. Snyder's | visiting days will be Monday, Wed- Inesday and Friday, while Judd | Gray's will be the regular visiting da Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day. This change was made, he said, Dbe here under sentence of the court and people. They are entitled i and consideration, t ted no better th the other 13 sondemned men here,” said Warden Law For dinner today, Mrs. Snyder will have pork, heans, bread and tea. For supper she will have fried egge, potatoes, prunes and milk, mark today, according to the laws[' report apd still is climbing. The re-; 410.98 | , South church, | $45.68; electric | | scouting during 1927, Having line up | | vard’s athlctic director and Informed | those Decision probably will be he | decreed | ing prison | to | but will be | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1927 MEDICAL ASSN. IS VERY CRITICAL Objects to Law Limiting Pre- scriptions 1 Washington, May 16 (P—A recent | {article in the Medical Journal de- | scribing as a triumph of legislative | {imperialism unequaled even in the | middle ages that law which limits | the amount of whiskey a physician may prescribe, was read with ap- proval today by Dr. Mendell Philiips, president of th: American Medical association at the opening of the organization's annual meet- ing. Citing the supreme court decision | | by a five-four vote that the law was constitutional, Dr. Phillips read from the articlg: Not even the middle ages may boast of a greater triumph of legis- lative impcrialism over the methods jand achicvements of science. Con-| gress included medical restrictions in the Volstead act in contravention (of a promise to the nation by the senate judiciary committee that the use of aicohol as a medicine would not be interfered with.” G | some of the prohibition enforcement united restrictions upon the medical protession. “I need only mention,” he said, “the statement on the back of & r tion books: ‘You are persenally re- sponsible for this book. It will not | {be replaced it lost and failure to revocation of your permit.’ Such a statement may be characterized only as insulting to an honored profes- sion.” Jabez N. needed to study and proclaim exposition of medical ethics’ overcome the fact that ‘“‘our poses are misrepresented by cnemies.” “The point of attack,” he said, “is ‘an to pur- our our enemies as a secret code for ment. Our opposition to charlatan- JEany and ignorance is atrributed to |nercmmry envy. When doctors | themseves more fully understand | | our principals the ywilibe better pre- pared to represent our profession in- telligently and to defend its ideals. It is estimated that 8,000 phy- sicians, including 100 woemen, attend the session of the convention. | President Coolidge will Jduliver address before the visitors tomorrow {night. Conventions plans Inzlide a me- | morial service in Arlington cemeter or members of the association who Icst thelr lives in the wor'd war, and | President Phillips will place a wreath on the tomb of the unknown {soldier on behalt of the organiza | tion. | JUVENILE PURSE THIEF IS GAUGHT IN THEATER : Boy Seen Crawling Away on Hands and Knees After Stealing Woman’s Pocketbook. During the performance at a local | who was with his wife, heard the clink of a coin on the floor, and, looking down, saw a 13 years' old boy with the woman's purse in his hand. on his hands and knees when the dropping of a”coin betrayed him. to the police station, where Detec- tive Sergeant Ellinger questioned him, boy is a persistent offender and has been in juvenile court a number of times. Completes 12th Year As St. Andrew’s Pastor Rev. Edward V. Grikis yesterday completed his 12th year as pastor . Audrew's Lithuanian church, I the only one of that denomination in this city. He came to this ci as the successor of Rev. Joseph bris, who with his housekegper wa murdered in the rectory on Churc! street and since that €ime he has made many alterations and im- | provements to the property Father Grikis was born in § andoah, Pa. and with his parent of n- He attended the elementary s in Naugatuck and preparcd for the priesthood at St. Thoma: in Hartford. He studied theology at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass, and later at the seminary at Old Orch- ard, Mc. He was ordained to the | priesthood on June 17, 1911, and served as a curate .at St. church, Waterbury, and at' the He was pastor of St. church in New Haven for two years before coming to this city. Among the many plans Father Grikis has in mind for the future |is the erection of a parochlal school for Lithuanian children. The steady increase of the people of that race has made this a long felt want in the parish and Father Grikis hopes to see the ambition realized soon. LODGE CONVENTION Meriden, Conn,, May 16 (1 Sons and Daughters of Liberty open- | a two day state convention here ‘I)"i afternoon with a meeting of the past councilors assoclation at G. A. | R. hall. Tomorrow morning dele- | gates from nearly overy city and Itown in the state will assemble at | Grange hall for the business session of the order and the election of of- | y!\r(‘r; Tonight 1. C. Lewis council Irs. Snyder and Judd Gray will of this city will serve a supper to | balloon altitude record set fn 1901 by | Following the sup- will be guests at the delegates. per the celegat an entertainment. JARDEN CLUBS MEETING w Haven, May 16 (P—Garden {elubs of the state, some 30 in num- ber, have been asked to send ecach | two delegates to this city on Thurs- day, May 26, when with the New Ha\ en Garden club as hostess, & sug- gestion will ba made to federate them into a state organization. | | will meet Tuesday evening. ling at Dr. Phillips had sharp words for | cent issue of the Volstead prescrip- | properly safeguard it will result in| Jackson, president-clect | of the association, declares doctors ! usually our etchics, interpreted by selt protection and selfish advance- | will | an| | theater yesterday afternoon, a man | He was about to crawl away | Officer A. C. Walinczus took him | According to the police, the | y |in his ma ${he was so drunk that we didn’t wa { moved to Connectlcut when a child. | Seminary | Joseph's | «church of the Assumption, Ansonla. | Casimir's| -The | Week’s Activities in Catholic Churches St. Mary's Church Rev. Matthew J. Traynor, pastor of St. Mary's church, announced at the masses yesterday that until | turther notice, mass will be cele- brated every Sunday at 8 o'clock lin the upper part of the church. {This movement is taken to relieve the congestion at the services at 9 o'clock. According to figures just released | St. Jodeph's Church {from the school department on the An anniversary mass of requiem |Matter of building construction start- | will be celebrated at St. Jo ph‘](xl or completed during the past year, church Saturday morning at 7 \\"' ¢89.05 1 needed to complete the o'clock fof John J. Sullivan and on The amount due is $233,- the same day at 7:30 o'clock, an ! while the amount of money anniversary mass for ) Bridget javailable is $135,294.18. Sheehan will be celebrated. |, Jtems contalned in the report are The joint committee of men and \“ RSO RO e R Rober i) - women of the church making Shcolachadingelntaclioolion rangements for the church circu . the Nathan Hale annex, ‘It school, the Smalley , the Stanley school, the Israel nam school on Osgood avenue, the Washington school. Other item t lary of the super- visor of construction, for the costs the purchase of < 1 for the NEED MORE CASH FOR NEW SCHOOLS { Dept. of Education Will Require §97,989 Additional St. John's Church A monti’s mind mass of requiem will be said at the church of St. John the Evangelist Friday morn- 7:45 o'clock for Mrs. Julia Donahue. Blessing of the new statue of St Theresa, “The Litila Ilower,” will take place Tuesday evening s | votions at 7:30 o'clo fces Wil consist of the devotions, blessing {and benediction E of bonds and 25,58 An appropriation of $3 lowed the V which §177,477.93 has already Ispent. Approximately $303,70 liowed for the construc- tion of the Lincoln school has been be presented member of the |spent. Work on the Smalley, the LaSallette Order of Missionaries of [’utnam and Washington schools has Parkyville, [been comy The Altar so will, hold its| Theay weekly card party ay after- [of the Oak ook ats 608 Mo {proposed new school is $25,000 of The Building Fund Association . Which T"has been spent. The will meet tonight at 8 o'clock to Ilooseveit account shows a balan complete arrangements for the min- |0f §10.0 nd the Stanley school rel show to be given for the bene- |2 balanc $4.480.74 fit of the funds in the Taba hall | With the exception of a few minor day night. letails, the school accommodations | Rev. Thomas J. Laden, pastor, committee ac pted the Lincoln will continue taking the census of |S¢hool in its formal inspection of | the parish this week jthe building toda St. Peter's Churcl The building was €onstructed by St. Anne’s French society of St |I’¢ck & Williams Co. Peter's church will give a benefit | o | card party for church purposes on | May 25 in St. Jean Baptiste hall. Instructions for the first com- munion class wili be given on Mon- | day and Tuesday after school hours. The children will receive the sacra- | ment on May 29 at § a. m. St. Andrew's Church. Banns of marri were publish- od for the first time Sunday at St Andrew’s church between Constant Murzyn and Miss Helen Bizis and | for the third time between Joseph Azukas and Julia Malaskas. ! A class of 110 boys and girls will | k ecelve their first Holy Communion | aturday, Ma S, at 8§ a. m, I'Hmk the marker “ouH hr 'lk when arned of this tncident, they | ere Imlvv ul that it_might lead to ‘ © apprehension of the vandals o operated Th but he hoy and his companions profess ignorance of that a CITY COURT CALEY The docket will alled at next londay's short calender scssion of the city court, it was announced (u.“ - All cases brought to court b fore July, . will # stricken from | is shown tion for the purchase strect property for the Boy Plays “Strong Man,” Smashes Grave Marker A year old b anxious to display his strength for the edifica- tion ot his companions, pushed over a grave marker in the Old Catholic cemetery on Beatty s nesday, Detective S loarned today in dals who w monuments hursday night. stioning, the ! | geant Eelling his hunt for the cked more than last close boy insisted that he of the affair Thurs- ht and his story could not . On Wednesday, in the he was M he and other boys | he said, and | He did not | (Continued from First Page) | cre he was going and | re the car | he not | Lot told her | that she did not know whe is. As far as she knew | have any friends in Milford or near- | by towns. Besides his widow, Sach |is «umwd by two children, Anita, nd Walter J That Sachs was Killed |of young thugs who attacked a m |in Bridgeport carly Sunday |is & possibility that is re |lice consideration. James Morris, reported to Diridg port police that he had been robbed Sunday morning by several you {men who beat him over the head {until he was unconscious before tak- |ing his valuables. | Shortly bafore moon four men and a woman were taken to the of- fice of Coroner Eli Mix for question |ings in connection with Sachs' death. Sachs spent most of yest | day afternoon at a housc in Or police learned, and it was believe <l that the men and women had bcen companions. Nine persons were the coroner during One of them, Gus Zelinsky, a farm- er, on Marsh road, Orar said that Sachs who had been drinking, to his home early last night. | While there he had some mo \drinks and by 11 o'clock had becor drunk. At 11 o'clock he wanted us to ne and go to his ho street,” Selinsky said by a gang an | gned by Judge W 4 Hungerford this afternoon, _las follows mond Murta ve. Francis Kel- v et al, May 17 at 10 a. m. T. F. McDonsuglh for plaintiff, Dodnes for ndant. John Zuvelli vs. Isaac May 1 a. m. Green- 1 for plaintift, ir & Nair for tepdant. Thomas I. McDonough W. H. Hall Construction Com- t 10 a. m. Mag for for defends Mrs. Mary Smith, May 24, at 10 a. m. Kirkham, ‘voper, Hungerford and Camp for plaintim, for defendant. Ja- cob Sarg Frank Pepe, May 24, at 10 a. m. Milkowitz for plainti Perkins, Wells & Davis for de ndant. Counecticut Furriers, Ine . Harry Alpert, et ux, May 24, a 0 a m. Nair & Nair for plaintiff, Alpert for defendant. Nathan Jaite vs. Joscph Gontarski, M 10 a. m. Golon for plainti swicz for defendant. | examined by the forenoon came de Mass. Law Providing for ( ut of State Suits 0. K. | on, May 16 (®—The la providing for | n t opc damages grow- was sustained court in an W. Hes: of | |in Oak him to drive the car. Some one took the key to it away from him the car is still in my farm yarc “When he saw we would not with him and would not give him he key to his automobile Jim I¢ the house, and that is the last saw of him, Later Zachs attempted to use phone at another farm house, p. | misston being refused because of the |man’s intoxicated condition, police |learned. The Zelinsky farm is lo- |cated about two miles from (i place where the body w found Police theery is that Sachs fo {his way to the Milford turnpike was there picked up by a robbed of his uables, inc about $200 in bills and t! near Jackson's Inn. Although it was first believed t a blow on the head had causcd his death, the medical examiner made a second examination to determine whether he was killed by a blud or by a fall to the h'\\vmr‘l‘l. pool of blood in whieh his hody wi found covered an area | across. .\! wsachusclts <0 against motor vel accidents the supren lappeal brought by 1L I'hiladelphia suit followed the wloski at Wore served with ¥ mail challenged the consti- ionality of the law, insisting that " he could be compelled to apprar in :h.-\\l achusetts courts o by persdnal service | inju i Mass., | notice of a | Bng Bridge Span I‘alls, [ One Man Is Drowned | Cohoes, N. Y., May 16 steel truss weighing 108 tons broke from a crane as it was being lifted | into position on the ncw Mohawk river bridge of the Delaware Tiudson railroad here, and fell into way a portion o lding but not causing muc a bridgs worker, ped to aveid being hit by the nd was drowned. Two Robert Cole and dy,. dived af Pangle ble to reach m and to land an lition. WILL ATTE A number ot Grotto M. 0. V' ing to go to Cleve 29 and 30 and July 1, ional convention. hose | Captain Gray’s Record | For Height Is Approved | Scott Fleld, Belleville, Ills., May 16 (—Captain Hawthrone C. G Iballoon ascension here may fourt {to 42,470 feet was authenticated by {the bureaw of standards as the high- est altitude ever reached by man, | according to motification received | | here today from Washington. i Gray's record shatters hoth th James MeC but w un were ought | hausted cot n in | on, to two Germans, Suring and Vi land the world airplane top, feet, reached last year by the Ir WIlL go from here fncl | fiver, Callizo. Hein, William Leupoid, | | Tlorwitz, rwood M. bpeclal Otlt’e lana William H. Crowell who | Raymond | There will be a bridge and whist | party Tuesday afternoon, T. A. BN new hall. Several prizes have been phine, by the terms of nhis donated, also door prize. Admis- |today in prohate court sion 25¢, Public is invited.—advt. lment was drawn May his wite | will, docu- t to | {flood wat | tion on its way to th |pare to flee before the [east describing | worst of the flood |at “her apartment atter discove end the | o | Locke | | town, COAST GUARDSHEN FOUR IN HOSPITAL AND AVIATORS IN VALIANT RESCUES wioe, ¥ (Continued from First Page) path of the flood. Flood Rolls On New Orleans, La., May 16 (P— Rolling relentlessly down the fertile west side of the hafalaya Basin, from ten major crevasses Bayou Des Glaises levees to- T to St. Mary and St spreading devasta in the day drew clo: Martin parighc co. The threatened section is in th center of the angeline country made famous by Longtellow. The Bayou Des Glaises cre Ses are approximately 150 miles north- west of New Orleans, on the west side of the Atchafalaya river. Thousands Are Fleeing Avoyelles and St. Landry parishes, with their green crops of corn and |sugar cane already have been the torrents through the Bayou Des levees and thousands of have been driven from their ’vomss Other thousands are preparing to seek safety. Work on the protection loevee be- tween Port Barre and Butte La Rose in St. Martin parish was abandoned last night when it became apparent that the flood moving down the n through the Bayou Des Glaises vees would be from two to three merged by [feet higher than the dyke. For 30 days, crews have been strengthening embankments. Scores who had volunteered to aid in the work left for their homes to pre- tide, 600 Square Miles Covered Gulf of Mexi- | advancing | Army engineers estimated that the | flowing from Bayou Des had covered 600 square but that the rapidity with Glaises miles, which it spread would be lessened Mision at the corner of Wells somewhat from now on. Engineers o said that the entire stretch of 0 miles of levees along Bayou Des Glaises probably would be carried aw Airmen re the dyke: lovees were turning from trips over id that the Big Bend practically submerged for 20 miles. The stream of refugees into Mansu ind Marksville, con- tinued unabated as ti tilla of 5¢ coast guard surf boats, manned by trained life saving crews from the Atlantic, Great Lakes and Gult 1st stations, combed the area, bringing out marooned residents, who had stayed in their homes in the face of repeated warnings. Increase is Likely official weather bureau the flood maeving down the Atchafalaya basin said that it would “gradually increase to vory great proportion: Some relief for the levees along the M ppi was be- icved to be in sight, as the weather cau announced that within the next two days, “the rise in the Mis- ssippi below Old River should diminish. fore- An main line of The end is not yet in sight, how- Enghus]as(m Audience cver, as the crest of the flood mov- | ing down the Tensas Basin had not veachied Ferriday, though slisat falls have been récorded at Ne and Tallulah, while the Mississippi river at sburg remained higher than the record established in 1922. Refugee Camps Refugee camps were under con- tion at St. Martinsville and Opclousas to care for the lower part of the Atchaflaya basin, Advices from \St. Martinsville were that 20,- 000 persons would have to be cared or there, while between 4,000 and 5,000 were expected to be concen- trated at Opelogsas. Herbert Hoover, secretary of com- merce, who with James Feiser, of oss, has been in the Bayou ction, returned here | today. Mr, Hoover predicted tha should become known during the present week, and that until determined it would be “impossible to estimate either the losses or the dimensions of our | Rey, Charles Coppens problem.” Opening of a new sub headquar- ters at Alexandria for relief work was announced by Secretary Hoover, in order to facilitate caring for 3 000 persons already in refugee Kely to increase to 75,000 or 100,- 1000 within the next ten days. |Pretty Cleveland Girl Found Stabbed to Death Cleveland, Miss Elizabeth Reegan, and pretty, was found stabbed to death in her apartment here last yester- and four men who appeared v of were held for question- her ing. The girl was found gagged, lyving jon the floor with 19 knife wounds {about her face and head. She wore a hat and coat, and residents said they saw a man enter her apart- ment late last night. A fifth man, said to have heart of the slain body Hainin girl, was Five Men Killed in Grade Crossing Crash Kenmore, Ohio, May 16 (P—TFive persons were d and another probably fatally injured here last night when an automobile in which they were riding was struck’ by a Peunsylvania passenger train dur- in a heavy rain storm. Three of those killed wera men, one a woman and the other a child. A woman was serious 1t watchman, maintained at the where the accident oc- was held by police questioning. COMMITS SUICIDE Schenectady, N. Y., May 16 (#— Richmond, who committed at agleville, near Norris- Penn, day, was the only son of Dr. Charles Alexander Richmond, president of Union col- lege. Dr. Richmond left for Fagle- ville immediately upon receipt of the news of his soir's death. suicide injured. Al ellton | t Messrs. the | Woodruff, and ators {camps in that area, which number 1s in Waterbury where he had served Onhio. May 16 ® — Six Girls | for | CENTRAL JR. H. . NOTES Exercises at the Central Junior High school were held this morning in the auditorium. The program was in charge of Miss Stearns, who ilafi returned to her duties after her ecent illness at her home in New \hl'or‘ AFTER COLLISION ather and Two Chil- dren Injured o Chesire ' For Feet That Burn, Ache, Sting or Perspire Reliet in Five Minutes. Also Great ons and Callowses. Mr. and Mrs. Boleslaw Konopka | and their daughters, Nellie, aged 13, | and Anna, aged three of 196 Curtis street, were painfully injured in a collision between their automobile and the “Milldale Special” trolley ar near the dividing line between Cheshire and Milldale about 10 o'clock last night. Mr. Konopka, who is 37 y of age, is at Meri- den hospital with a fractured right collarbone and other minor injuries, and his wife, Pauline, aged 35, is in the same hospital for treatment for cuts and bruises about the head and body. Their condition is not serious. Nellic and Anna, who were taken to New Britain General hospital. will be scarred for life as a resuilt of cuts about their faces. The for- mer was able to g0 home today atter ten stitches w taken to close a cut in her . but Anna, with ten stitches in a long cut in front of and behind her left ear, and one stitch to close a deep gash about five inches in length in the left side of her face, had a restless night and will be unable to leave the hospital for several days at least, it is be- liev It is believed Konopka lost con- trol of his car when it skidded on the pavement. The collision hap- pened so quickly and with such slight warning that it could not have been avoided, it is said. Pass motorists conveyed the injured ily to the hospitals. Three Injured in Crash M Rose Mintz of §6 E street Hartford; Mrs. Christine Weaver of 40 Woodland street, and four vears' old son, George Weaver, were in- jured shortly after 4 o'clock vester-| day afternoon in an automobile coi- nd Clarence reported Here's for Painful Bun the world like Ezo, a ic ointment for dry or tender feet. out agony. It's 5 it on, that's all achy feet f minutes—no fuss- b in nd rub ¥ to use—just rub d make your poor, o and dandy & ing around to g Never mind_about t ve tried—Ezo is sen- and different. Get a package today a Fair Dept. Store or your fav- store and end all foot misers. of happy feet. other things you v Our New Frederick Process in Permanent Waving No More Heavy Tubes On Head Latest Process in Permanent Waving Margaret W. Hepp Beauty Shop - 81 WEST MAIN Si. Phone 1746 |LEGHORN& THOMAS, Iac. Platinum & Gold Wedding Ring 87 WEST MAIN ST. Ofticer ed, ion. Stanley streets. Kumm, who investiz no cause for pol David Mintz was driving a car owned by David Marholin of 1122 Main st Hartford, d Geor Weav mpanied b and son nd Mr: 14 Fairview his own car when the curred. There was a the right of way, the ported. Mrs Thompson . was driving collision oc- question of officer re- Mintz, suffered a slight cut on the right knee and Mrs. Weaver had a bump on the forehead. The Weaver boy also had a bump on the forehead. Dr. George H. Dalton at- tended Mrs. Thompson, Michael Patrus of 154 K street notified the police at this afternoon that as he was driv- ing east on Myrtle strect an auto- mobile truck ahead of him turned, into Grove streep and the rear end | struck the front of his car, damag- | ing it considerably. The truck driv- er did not stop, according to Patrus. He gave the police the number the truck and an investigation being made. At Violinists’ Recital A crowded auditorium of 750 music lovers was present at a violin ital given by pupils of Herman J. Zahnleiter at the Senior High school Thursday evening. Thirty | pupils took part and each excelled in his particular number. The pupils were Frances Henrietta Dubowy, Louis Older- shaw, Derrol Rogers, Regina E. | McGrail, Edith Cohen, Frances Sallee, Fugene Goldstein, Noah Kaplan, Harold Friedman, Winifred Reynolds, Beatrice Appelbaum, | izabeth Jakel, Joseph Dermott, William Sneiderman, Irving Ruther- ford, Raymond Roloff, William Cowle Thomas Murphy, Rose Meltze Ralph Gidlund, Edla Sims | and Misses Rau and Pagella and Gainerm, Bruce, Jeronczck, Zahnleiter. Harvey, a school to Finish In the race for Results, Herald Classi- fied Ads are never headed. They -carry your colors under the e in record time. TheOdds Are Against You If you ignore this entry. It's simply a one-horse race, for Herald Classified Ads have won so often in the past that their su- premacy is unques- tioned. : Russell, member Miss Ilga F. | acuity, of the Senior High was accompani; | In This City 27 \eals Rev. Charles Cop; completed 27 ¥ Peter's church in this city. to this city from St. Anne's church You Can Pick a Winner with a Classified Ad cars. He | hneider or since on J s curate for a number of succeeded Rev. N. F. X, who had been appointed p: the church was dedicated 19, 1591 The Herald Just Phone 925 Capture All ‘ | Meriden H. S. Honors Meriden, May 16 (®—Six girls cap- | tured the grad:ation honors of the | class of 1927 at the Meriden hith | school, according to an announce- | ment today by Principal Paul S. Miller. Miss Helen Dorothy Karl has been selected as valedictorian and Miss Agnes Ellen Wooley lutatorian, The four other hi honor students are the Misses Arline | Hazal Cook, Achsah Roberts, C! lotte Butler and Mabelle Warner. $10,000 SUIT SETTLED. The $10,000 action of milowicz against his wifo, Nell been settled out of court. 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