New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 THURSDAY SEEN AS EARLIEST DAY FOR AVIATORS T0 JUMP Indications Are Noue of Con- tenders Will Dare Hazard Weather Before Then MONOPLANE “AMERICA” TESTS SATISFACTORY Bertaud Has Open Break With Le- vine, Chief Backer—Claims Inter- ferenccs and Contract Changes Are Being Made to Hamper Him —Hints that Levine Would Wel- | come Excuse to Call Off Trip. Roosevelt Field, L. I, May 17 (P | —The big three-thotored Fokker | monoplane, America, was given a weight lifting test today that was deemed satistactory by the fliers. The American flew off with Bert Acosta, her navigator, and Lieuten- | ants Noville and Balchen, carrying 11,350 pounds of water and sand. H The monoplane rose from the | ground after a run of a quarter of a | mile and made a short flight. Lieut. Noville sald the America “acted | fine.” Later the America will have a test with loads of 13,000 and 14.- 300 pounds. The menoplane, which will be flown by Commander Rich- ard Eu Byrd, will attempt the cross- ing of the Atlantic with a load of 14.207 pounds. The announcement of the Ameri- ca's two further weight carrying tests illustrates the great pains of | Commander Byrd to remove in ad- ' vance doubts of success. Captain Fonck's flight failed last fall. when his plane failed to rise from the ground with {ts full load, Command- er Noel Davis was killed this spring in a test to determine whether his trans-Atlantic plane could lift its full load. Today's announcement in- dicates that Byrd intends to make a test flight with almost 300 pounds more than the weight planned for take off on the flight to Paris. | The second flight of the America was made with a load of 1,280 pounds. The huge craft took to the | | air easily after a run of approxi- mately 1,200° feet.” * * Break Occurs New York, May 17 (P—An open break between Lloyd Bertaud, navi- gator of the Bellanca monoplane Columbia and Charles A. Levine, chief backer of its proposed trans- Atlantic flight threatened taday to eliminate the plane from the tri- cornered race to Paris. Bertaud's lawyer, Clarence W. Nutt, issued a statement charging | Levine with . deliberately delaying the take-off of the Columbia in order | to allow Commander Richard E. Byrd's Fokker monoplane America and Capt. Charles E. Lindbergh’'s Ryan monoplane Spirit of St. Louis to get away first. This, he asserted, would provide an excuse for cancel- | lation of the Bellanca's flight. | Weather Also Bad | Meanwhile, continued unfavorable | (Continued on Page 22) | OPPOSE PAYING FEES FOR ELECTRIC TESTS | Council Members to Pro- test Against Examin- ers’ Charges | | Opposition to the bullding com- | mission’s recommendation that John A. MacFarlane and William T. Wil- | son, electrical examiners, be pald for | their services is crystallizing and will | be vigorously presented at a meet- | ing of the common council Wednes- | day night, it was reported today in | city hall. | MacFarlane and Wilson have billed the city for $5 for preparing test papers, $5 for presiding at examin- | ations and $5 for correcting papers, making the cost of giving examina- tions $30. They did not specify that they were to be pald when appoint- ol to the board of examiners and the opposition favors refusing to meet the bill even though it Is certain to result In a shape-up in the com- wittee. Heheafter persons wishing to take clectrical examinations will be re- | quired to post a fee of $3, this amount to apply on the $12 license | ‘harge in the event they are suc- | cesstul and to be forfeited to the city | when they are not. This movement | s starte dto meet the costs of con- ducting the tes In the last ex aminations only one candidate pas: a1l and he received his license for §12, less than the cost to the city of holding the examinations. A second recommendation of the building commission sald to be cer- taln of opposition is the proposal that an Essex car b purchased for the building inspector. So impres- sive was the opposition to similar purchase by the police board that a change from that type of car to, Studebakers was determined upon. The park board’s proposzl that a Dodge sedan be purchased for the superintendent may meet some oppo- sition on the claim that there is no apparent need for a car capable of carrying several passengers. Sceveral members of the council have been approached in the Inter- ast of & movement to block a $700 increase in salary for Thomas Lin- der, who is soon to be chairman of the beard of assessors. but it has been pradic that this protest will uot reach the council. ] franchise here. Wedded 49 Years, Two Ask Divorce; Refused Taunton, Mass., May 17 (®— Pardon T. Kirby of Little Comp- ton, R. I, and his wife, Clara H. Kirby, who now lives in West- port, got along together pretty well for 49 years but in the 50th year of their married life Mrs. Kirby brought suit for divorce. She charged her husband with misconduct. In the hearing of the suit Kirby asserted that his wife had been gullty of misconduct. Judge Mayhew R. Hitch of the probate court carefully weighed the tes- timony and today he dismissed the suit. NEXT WAR O TEACH ~ HELL A FEW TRICKS {Rev. T. A. Grene Declares { Strife Threatens Human Race OUTLAW 1T, HE PLEADS, | New Britain Minister Speaks for In- | ternational Understanding and Concord Through League of tions and ‘World Court. (Spécial to the Herald) Bridgeport, May General Sherman’s familiar phrase that “war is hell,” Rev. Theodore Ainsworth Greene of the First Con- gregational churchi of New Britain sald in an address here today that “The next war will teach Hell a few tricks that Dante's Inferno never heard’ of.” Rev. Mr. Greene was before the Connecticut speaking committee, 'REV. THEODORE A. GREENE League of Natlons Non-Partisan assoclation. He took as his subject “First Steps in International Un- derstanding.” He said: “We today about the necessities of ‘in- ternational understanding’ and ‘world citizenship.” We are told Jthat young people must learn to (Continued on Page 14) McDONOUGH IS AWARDED ROLLER POLO FRANCHISE Game Will Be Played in Casino On Church Street When Season Opens. Frank McDonough, proprietor of the Casino Bowling alleys on Church street, has been granted the fran- chise in the American Roller Hockey | league, according to a notification re- ceived by Edward J. Dalley and Mr. McDonough today. mittee was appointed by the league heads at a meeting last month to in- vestigate the situation in and members of it inspected the M. 1. A. & B. society hall on Main | street, proposed playing surface of the Dailey-Perakos combination and the Casino where Mr. McDonough plans to stage the game. President A. W. Keane of league notified both men today that the committee had voted in favor of the Casino and Mr. McDonough. The league heads are scheduled to meet again next Sunday and the matter will be ratified at this session. Thig ends a long race between Mr. McDonough on the one hand and Messrs. Datley and Perakos on the | other for the franchise. Daily and Pcrakos had completed ments to use the Tabs' hall for the games while Mr. McDonough had planned to use the Casino for polo. The letter sent to Mr. Dailey by President Keane follow: “Dear Sir: “The committee which examined the T. A. B. and the Casino halls in following applications for franchise in the American Roller Hockey league from Mr. McDonough and yourself, has voted in favor of the Casino and Mr. McDonough. “I am therefore returning to you your check covering the amount posted by yourself and your jartner as guarantee of good faith. “Please accept my personal appre- ciation for the fine co-operation you ave me in this matter. American Roller Hockey League.” Plans have been considered for some of the Casino building. A few weeks ago, Mr. McDonough sold all the bowling paraphernalia in the building to George K. Rogers on condition that if he received the franchise for this city, he would desert the howling game. This sale will take effect nqw that a declsion has been reached recgarding the 17 — Quoting | are hearing a lot of talk A special com- | this city | the | arrange- | time to renovate the interior | 'BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1927.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. DEATH STALKS IN FLOOD DISTRICTS: SITUATION WORSE Main Levee of Atchalalaya River Breaks—Town of Melville Tnundated MORE THAN SCORE DEAD IN DEVASTATED AREAS Many People Are Refusing to Leave Homes, Despite Apparent Dangers From Rising Waters of River and Authorities Fear That Mili- tary Force May Be Necessary to Take Them to Safer Places. Baton Rouge. La., May 17 (#— Reports that the main levee at Msl- ville, La., on the west bank of t Atchafalaya river broke today and that the residents were forced to | tlee were received here today. The information came from a telephone operator at Melville, who stated that virtually everything in the town was destroyed. Melville lies abogt 130 miles| northwest of New Orleans and fis | on the opposite side of the river from the Crescent city and is 45| i | | [ | | miles northwest of Baton Rouge. All Probably Safe. The levee was from 15 to 18 feet high and John M. Parker, state flood director, was advised that | two hours after the break, which | came about 6 a. m. the crevasse | had widened to 700 feet. Confidence | was expressed here that no lives, had been lost as most of the 1,028 inhabitants of Melville had sought refuge on the levees. J Two rellef trains of the Texas & | Pacific railroad were reported standing by to remove the flood victims. | Describes Scenes. | The scene that followed the break | Neill, wife of a Meiville drugsgist. She was the first refugee to escape from the town. Everyone was aroused by shots fired by the levee guards and rushed from their homes in night clothes, .Mrs. Mac- | Neill said. | “They imimediately scrambled up | upon the levees where they waited | for the rescue boats. They have absolutely nothing, most of them i did not have time to get any clothes,” Mrs. MacNeill continued. “The waters rushed through the break with a roar and swept away nearby houses from their founda- | tions, lifting them up and tossing away the boards and heavy timbers | like feathers. Mingled with the | | roar of the waters could be heard | the screams of the ‘women and chil- | dren. Fears Lives Lost. “They sat on the levees on the riverbank crying and shivering. It ! was dreadful.” Although in a state of nervous tension from her experiences, Mrs. MaeNeill went to former Governor Parker begging him to send boats at once to rescue the people. “The shots may not have aroused everyone—I don’t know" she addea. “I am afrald that people wWhose | | | | | | | (Continued on Page 10) i | NO SPECIAL SESSION i | i | { i | i | | Coolidge, Acting on Flood | Report of Hoover, Is Un- changed in Opinion | i | Washington, May 17 (P—After receipt of a report from Sccretary Hoover containing a definits pro- gram for relief and rehabilitation in the Mississippi valley, it was re- iterated at the White House today | |that President Coolidge sees no | Ireed for a special session of con- gress to handle the situation. In a lengthy message to the president, * Secretary Hoover de | clared the response of the Amer |can public to appeals for funds “makes it reasonably safe” that with the money in hand and in| | prospect the Red Cross will be able to the work “on an eflicient di Mr. Hoover has divided the pro- ! igram into two phases, flrst, relief and then reconstruction. He |said the governors of cach of tl | states in the flood regions had ap- pointed commissions under chalrmanship” to aid in struction measures. rec TRINITY PARISH MEETING | i i Asscmbly Called For Friday E\(’nlu! to Discuss New Church Site On | | | Farmington Avenue. Persons interested in formation of the Holy Trinity parish will hold a ! | mass meeting Friday eveni 130 4 {o'clock at Ratner's hall, corner of | Broad ana Washington streets , and | will hear a report on the proposed purchase of a site on Farmington avenue, Since the last meeting held for this purpose, articles of association ave been prepared and placed on{ ‘fila at the office of the town clerk. More than 50 names have been sign- ed by fncorporators. A plot of land for the proposed mew church has "been selected. 'grounds offered in |is guaranteed by the i The same contention was made rela- itive to the illness of Howard §. Bid- ! decided 1. | mediately. flood | g | Giri, | tide, | out success. | when | | NEARS COAS Big “Battle” In Army 1 Newport, R. I, May 17 (P—Ten the “war” which threatens the | southern New England seaboard, the | defense forces in the jcint army- | navy maneuvers had failed to locate the hostile fleet of 78 war craft with jts theoretical convoy of 73,000 troops. Although the little blue fleet, which is aiding the blua army in !guarding the Narragansett, | against the impending attack, had |it had been unable to accomplish {its mission of obtaining it formation { regarding the position of the enemy armada which last night was report- {ed 150 miles off the coast. Soon after dawn this morning a squadron of marine corps scout planes joined the fleet in the effort to locate the black enemy. These air- craft which are capable of a speed of almost 200 miles an hour, flew far out to sea but they also’could mnot find the black invaders. Meanwhile at the headquarters at Fort Adams for th defending rces, the radio intercent office had been busy snatching from the air ! messages suspected of oeing trans- mitted between vessels of the hostile fleet. The messages were decoded by sector | i been at sea since midnight last night | ENEMY FLEET OF 78 SHIPS CONVOYING 75,000 TROOPS T IN WAR GAME avy Maneuvers Off New Eng- land Likely Late Today—Planes and Mine Sweepers Sighted. expert cryptographers under the dt- | hours after the official opening of |rection of William Friedman, assist- | G. Montrose and | military intelli- | led by Captain | Lieut. C. J. vog gence reserves. The only report of the intercept office made public this morning {read: “Large amount of rzdio activ- {ity between submarine division No. |3, black fleet, to commander-in | chief. Our intercepts unable to ob tain bearings. Destroyer division No. 3 active with sub marine division. | The expected theoratical comba | between the blue defenders and th | black invaders drew nearer this af- | {ternoon as reports | headquarters o scouts, Three enemy sighting black lanes were seen fly- ing west and southwest over Wood's | Hole (on Cape Cod) and Cuttyhunk (Vinevard Sound Island). A “strange | sighted off | |vessel” was reported ! South Dartmouth, near | ford, Mas: Hill, R. L. near the Connecticut |line, saw a mine sweeper, believed to be an enemy, approach within 1 i miles of the shore. | These scattering reports. however, gave no inkling to the defenders as New Bed- to where the main attack was to| | talL. i Chinamen On Trial At Hartford - May Know Their Fate By Evening reached blue | and observers at Watch | KING BENJAMIN'S * TEACHINGS GIVEN * AIRING IN VOURT Immorality, Fraud and Perjuy| | Called Honorable, Prose- cutor Declares 'SAYS PURNELL FOLLOWED Michigan's Famous Religious Sect | Under ‘With Special Way Today Assistant Attorney | General Bitterly Arraigning Lead- | er—Judge Torbids Taking of Photographs. St. Joseph, Mich aching that licentiousness, jury and fraud were honorable in the eyes of God was among tenets | of “King” Benjamin Purnell, leader f the House of David religious colony, the state charged today. George E. Nichols. special assist- ant attorney general, made his opening statement before Judge Louis W. Fead in the state's recei hip case against the celony. “We will show,” Nichols said, “that Benjamin was a follower of | ‘Prince’ Michael Mills in his ¢ in | Detroiz prior to 1902 | *“We w'll show th: | what Benjamin taught and prac- | tices—the same thing for which | ‘Prince Mike’ went to prison. | Code of Fanatics. : “The code of these fanatics was i\\'Ithou.! moral standards. It is a manifestation ot a licentious mind. May 17 (UP)— | Mills taught One of Two Accused of Manchester Murder Is But 19 | Under the guise of religious.,caze- and Defense Lawyer Forget, He’s Exhorts Jury “Don’t Just a Boy.” | mony they glorified in lust’ | _The state's special prosatutor fure {ther charged that the “K | schooled his charges to dodgs * j tile” inquisitions with perjury fraud. Hartford, May 17 (P—The trial of | he believed the jurors are and have | Judge Fead forbade all ' are charged by the state with having shot to death Ong Ging Hem, Man- | chester laundryman, March 24, en- tered on its final day today. Be- fore nightfall, it is expect cused will know the verdict of the jury as to whether the state will exacl the supreme penaity. Prior to the calling of the jufy, Attorneys Frank E. Healy and Fran- cis P. Rohrmayer offered a motion that the case be taken from the jury and be declared a mistrial. The support of the motion were that Willls W. Hall, of Marlborough, a juror, was stricken ‘ill, the trial at one time being sus- pended for onme day and again for 10 days as a result. It was contgnded that the defen- dants were deprived of such a trial as constitution. well, a juror of Glastonbury. In support of the motion, evidenc: | was introduced in the form of testi- mony by Doctors John C. Pierson jand Henry M. Costello, who had at- tended the men. Dr. Pierson said the second day he saw Mr. Hall he should remain in bed, as he had a mounting temperature. Mr. Bidwell's condition cleared up tm- Dr. Pierson said that while Mr. Hall {s not physically able to do a day's work, he is able, entally and physically, to sit in e jury box. Judge Jennings said the situation [in this case is unusual either in his OF GONGRESS NEEDED, experience or in the state. He said he had been in constant touch with the situation, had received daily written reports from doctors, ha had long conferences with them, and d, the ac- was described by Mrs. Julia Mac- 590 Hoo Wing and Chin Lung, who /been able to give the accused a fair | trial. | He.denied the motion. On motion of Mr. Healy, arguments of counsel were made a part of the record. It was 9:55 when the two accused were brought inte the court room for what mav prove to be the last time. Two iainu*fs later Juror Hall entered the room/‘aided slightly by Deputy Sheriff Jossph Casey. At 10:01 Judge Jennings took his place on the bench und his decision denying the motion for a mistrial was made at 10:15. Assistant State's Attorney Reinhart L. Gideon im- mediately commenced his opening argument for the state and talked for just half an hour. He related the | evidence as presented by the state calculated to.connect the two ac- cused with the murder of Ong Ging | | Hem. He carried the story from the en- gaging of the taxi driver at city hall the railroad station, then to Man- ester, where the killing took place, and on to Meriden and New Haven, where the arrests were made. He claimed the telephione number, “Mitchel, 1465" was a significant part of the case, indicating that while the accused men had suffi- cient funds with which to get back to Newark, N. J., they would later be cared for there. Mr. Gideon concluding, said this sort of murder must stop. He called it a planned assassination Mr. Rohrmayer sought to impress jury with the fact that Soo Hoo g is but 19 years old, rather than 2, as claimed by the state, and then recited a verse, once given by the state’s attorney in a civil case, the concluding line of which is. “Don’t forget, he's just a by LOBSTERMAN DROWNED | New London Man Gets Caught fn Lobster Pot Overboard. Lines and Pulled New London, Conn.. May 17 (#— Julio Giri, 18 years old lobster erman of this city, was drowned in the waters known as The Race, be- tween Fishers Island and Plum Is- { 1and about £:30 this morning whe he became entangled in the pot lines and pulled overboard. Smeline B. Lake, companion of irl, was stearing the lobster boat at the time. Before he could circle back to the spot where Giri went overboard, Emory Rogers of this city. in another boat nearby, reach- ed the spot and pulled up the lob- or line but could find no who is believed to h carried away with the swift moving Lake and Rogers reported the tragedy to custom house officizls here after waiting around for more than an hour in search of Giri with- It was Giri's first sea- son as a lobster fisherman. i Glastonbury Marine Is | Wounded in Nicaragua Washington, May 17 (P—Private William F. Simmon, Jr., one of two marines slightly wounded yesterday a band of llberals attacked an American detachment in Nicara- gua, was identitied by the navy de- partment today as coming from Glastonbury, Conn, where his father lives. THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; Wednesday un- settled, probably showers and slowly rising temperature. | MERIDEN BOY DIES Injuries Recelved {n Accident at Traffic Tower in Center Are Fatal w0 Youngster, (#—The frst at Meriden's and Colony ets, occurred today when Stan- v Surwicki, aged 14, > 115 Wil low street, died at the Moriden hos- tal of injuries received last Friday when he was struck by an operated Paul L. r, of 93 Liberty strect. boy steppsd from the curb nt of the car and was thrown e road Patrolman Henry Wagormann, on duty resulating the traffic tower at time of the accident, stated th s were set in favor of a and against the pe when the lad stepped inty the path- ay of the machine. Medical Exam- iner Dr. E. T. Bradstreet notified police and Coroner Eli Mix of Haven of the boy's death. Coolidge Able to G;) to His Offices All Right Washington, May 17 (UP)—Fresi- dent Coolidge remained in the tem- porary White House this forenoon until his personal physician couid further diagnose the slight bron- chial disorder which yesterday forc «d him o go to bed. Instead of going to work at the usual hour, h» summoned Dr. James 1. Coupal to go to the house. Dr. Coupal found, however, that the malady had not developed any serious symptoms and parmitted Mr. ! Coolidge to go to the White Hous: shortly after 10 a. m. for the cab- inet meeting. | 1In lay language, the president’s allment was said to be a cold which Meriden, May 17 fatality tower, Main B had settled in the bronchial tubes. |fled the coroner, who instructed DI | g gaveral weeks by cold and rain He has been subject to such colds |W. J. H. Fisher, medical examiner, | yn the preparing of the ground for in the past. | sraphing in the courthouse & | dered that no photographs be taken of any persoig court ground without that 3 | consent. HE Nichols charged that Gev. ¥t idge N. Ferris, now U. S sen was induced by Mary Purnell Tsther Johnson Hansel in f stop state investigators jnf cult b ¥ Esther at that time ‘tw confidante and she now - the: state’s star witnese. Chaghhy “Arranging group mm-dm, | cover up Ben's depravities’ Wisw declared, “was among Esther's du- ties. “We will show a document which will startle you of Esther's visit to Ferris.” Hazel Wirth, another of the girls {alleged to have been attacked by the “King,” took her case direct to President Woodrow Wilson, said, but his efforts to investigate the cult fell through. “Queen” Mary Purnell. heavyset and dark featured. entered the court some time after the argu- ments opened up. She is reputed to be about 50 vears old, but looked at least ten vears vounger. Her dress was shabby. GARONER IS PROBING DEATH OF WAITRESS |Milford Restaurant Owner | Ordered Held Pending l Autopsy “te ~vas Miiford, Conn., May 17 (P—Elliot Barker, 28, restaurant owner, iwas delained by coronmer's order today following the death of Mary Palaski. t wour, aged 22, who had been bis employe as a waitress. Coroner Mix had ordsred an au- topsy. 'he young woman died early today (after an flluess which wus said to have been less than three days. She was dead in her room over the res- taurant in Daniels strect when Dr. Clinton J. Hyde was called to make |a visit to her. Barker was questioned Ly oner and s: Vi of the caus Palaski's d began ro work ago, having come, E ymour, where she had lived with her aunt and uncle on Wheele ked per- g in the upied over the she did not want to leave tt farm. Barker said Le gave her permission to do this, Barker furt said that a week ago Miss Palaski complained of be- ing ill, that Sunday night she be- came so il that she could not go to the house in which she was living 4 asked to be permitted to say for the night up stairs. Barker said he assisted her up stairs and after she had goue to bed he called in a phy- n who prescribed for Miss Pa- ski. Barker further said: “Last night 1 went to the movies and later on coming home went to bed, but was lawakened about 3 a. m. by Miss | Palaski, who asked me to get a doc- . 1 tricd to get Dr. Tullers, who ihad been called bef but could not, and through the telephone op- | erator Dr. Hyde was summoned.” | As the cause of death was unde- termined at the time Dr. Hyds noti- to make an autopsy. CULT STARTED BY MILLS yo f¢ A formal it ichols | - | words, W Average Daily May 14th ... eek Ending Cireulation For 14,314 PRICE THREE CENTS Brothers, 83 and 60 to Meet for First Time =5 Rutland, Vt, May 17 (UP)— Two brothers, one 83 and the other 60, will see each other for the first time here Memorial Day. The older of the pair. Freeman York of Rutiand. has just learned that he has a younger brother, Jokn York of Bangor, Maine. At the age of 17, Treeman, then the youngest member of his family, left his Bangor home and joined the Union army. After the Civil war he was unable to locate his relatives. For 40 years. John tried to find his older brothsr, and re- cently succeeded in locating him through the pension bureau at Washington. WIDER MAIN STREET EXPECTED INYEAR Project Cannot Be Ondertaken. Now, Mayor Weld Says VISITED BY BUSINESSMEN Unloading Cargoes at Curb, Display of Obfectionable Advertising Signs | and Proposed Oue-Way Traffic | North of Tracks Criticized. Widening of Maln street. betwsen the railroad crossing and East | Main etreet, cannot be undertaken | until next year at least, whila i | tension of the latter highway to Washington street is a project which { must be delayed even longer, Mayor {¥ield told a delegation of business- gien from the district concerned at conference in his office today. protest against one- ay traffic was lodged in anticipa- on of a renewal of the police de- | artment’s program of trafic regu- ation, defeated last year. Atten: on was also attracted to condl-! fons at the railroad crossing, al- eged laxity in enforcing the clty fregulations for removal of rubbish fund inflammable accumulations, the practice of unloading and unpack- ing on the sidewalk and the promis- | cuous use of large cloth advertis- Ing signs. Businessmen Present { Attending the meeting were: F. C. {Kelly, cashier of the City Natfonal | tbank and a member of the board of tinance and taxation; Thomas J.| Doyle, president of the Doyle Fur-| Initure Co.; John A. Ericson of | Ericson & Carlson: A. A. Kaplan; | Dr. M. S Dunn, owner of several | | properties in the affected area; Wil- | liam C. Kranowitz, representing. the | Raphael interests, and Ralph H. | Benson, secretary of the Chamber | | of Commerce. | Mr. Kelly, acting as spokesman | | for the delegation. inquired of the | | mayor as to the status of the wid- | ening project. He was informed that | | surv have been made and much | data obtained, but further study | | must be given with particular refer- | |ence to the problem of sub-cellars, | hydrants, poles and overhead wires | for trolley service. This, the mayor | | estimates, will require several | ex- | (Continued on Page 'VERDICT FOR FRIEDMAN ' INYOUNG SLANDER SUIT i | Bristol Butcher Awarded Costs in | Action Brought Against Him i by Customer. (Special to The Herald) { tol, May 17—Judge Thomas J. Molloy, in the court of common | |pleas at Hartford, has handed d a verdict in behalf of the de- fendant in a $3,000 slander suit brought by Bruce A. Young against | {Max Friedman. Some time ago| Judge Joseph® M. Donovan, cousel |for Friedman, made a motion be- | fore the court that a cash bond of | be posted for court expenses. | bond was never filed and after | la time limit had expired, Judge Molloy rendered the verdiet which that the defendant may col costs of the case from t The suit was B a placard b Bruce A. Youn, Seat,” which was posted by | Friedman in his meat store at the corner of King and Broad ets, Iast Bristol. 1ff. about by Pinedo Sighted Flying Over Lake Erie Today Cleveland. ©. May 17 (#—A| plane identified by observers as that |of Francesco De Pinedo, Itallan| | flier, seemingly was somewhere over | |Lake Erie early this afternoon on, bis flight from Chicago to Montreal. | Picked up by watchers at Bryan. | iin the northwest corner of Ohio, the | course of the plane belleved to be | his was followed past Toledo and on | {to Vermillion, Ohio, about 50 miles | west of here where it was said to; have turned north and disappeared over the lake at 11:26 a. m. | The fact that he turned from his ! course at Vermilion led to the belief | {that he was steering A straight| | course from there to Montreal, di | rectly across the length of the lake. | 2 ‘ PLANT BY MOONLIGHT | Aurcra. 1ll, May 17 (#—Kendall | county farmers tock advantage of | the bright moon last night to plow ! cornfields. They have been delay- l the grain: | wite, Joseph | holdup men entered. | melman, JEALDUSY GAUSES NORWALK HAN'TO SHOOT HIS WIFE 19 Year Old Daughter Wounded When She Tries to Protect Her Mother ' WOULD-BE ASSASSIN IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT LATER Woman, Recently Recovered - from Serious Operation, is Expected te Die But Girl and Father Probably Will Recover—Husband Starts Shooting as He Chases Wife tute Daughter's Bedroom. Norwalk, May 17.—{(M—Joseph Voula, €6 of Harbor avénue. his e, 42, and his daugh- ter Rose, 19, are patients in Nor. walk hospital suffering from bullet wounds recelved when Voula . at- tempted to kill his ~wife and kill himeelf at their home at 1:45 a. m, ! today. The daughter was shot as she tried to shield her mother from her father's attack. The girl:and her fatir are expected to recover.: Mrs, Voula probably will die. ° Mrs. Voula was: discharged -from a Bridgeport hospital a week ago after undergoing a serious’ opér- ation. B R Insane Jealousy;. Police investigating the case ascribe Voula's act to a- fit-of.in- sane jealousy. Although gut of .the hospital but a few days, Mrs. Youla was suspected by her husband of going out with other men and al- though she denied his accusatipns in a heated argument early this morning he secured a revolver and shouted that he was going to kill her, ) Mrs. Voula ran from her own bedroom to thst of her daughter, Rose. Voula rushed after -ier. The woman ran to the foot of.:her daughter’s bed and the gifl jumped up and threw her arms about her mother's neck. Voula began to fire tered the room. as he .en- , Fires Several Shots The fist bullet fired from Voulw’ revolver passed through thes: | part of the girF's rigitt army, entére | her right breast and lodged near the center of her chest. She sank uncen. scious at the foot of her bed. Voula fired a second time. This bullet struck Mrs. Voula in. the-centér-of the chest, was deflected by a rib and lodged in the mucles of the womdn's back near her right shoulder blade. A third time Voula fired, again ainming the revolver at his wife. This | bullet shattered her right knee and passed thraugh the leg.. A fourth shot went wild. - Voula then turned the: revolver-on hime self and pulled the trigger. The bul- let shattered his right jaw. passed through his mouth and lodged in the left check bone. The revolver shots awakened Rachel, a 12 year old daughter who ‘was ‘asleep In another room. She rushed into her sister's bed.chamber and found her mother father and the 19 year old sister lying on the floor. Uttering a scream of fright ! she ran from the house in her night dress and burst in upon the watch- | man of the Connecticut Gas: Works next door. The watchman had — (Continued on Page 26) DETECTIVE SLAIN IN RESTAURANT HOLDUP {Another New York Sleath Shot—Gunman Seriously Wounded New York. May 17 (M—One de- tective was shot and killed and ane other seriously wounded early:today in a pistol battle with three armed men who attempted to hold 'up restaurant on the lower east side im which the detectives were dining. Police later found a man shot be- | low the heart in an automobile and arrested him as one of the holdup | men, The detectives. Morris Borkin and Beitjamin Cantor, were seated at a able near the door of the restaur- nt at 152 Forsythe street, when the As they heard the command of “stick them up,"” Borkin drew his gun and fired, | striking one of the holdup mea. The threc men returned the fire and Borkin collapsed with five bullets in his body. Cantor, {n the meantime, also drew his pistol, but before he could fire received a bullet through the chest and crumpled ‘over.the ta- ble. Nine persons were in the res- taurant at the time and Jacob Kim- an entertainer, was shot in the hand as the holdup men fired a volley of shots in departing. The holdup men fled in an aute- mobile and out-distanced ‘a patrol- man who attempted' to pursue them in a taxicab. A short while later, however, Patrolman Rouss neticed an automobile making erratic pré- gress in Second avenue and ‘wi the driver failed to stop lespad ‘¢ the runboard of the car. The v drew a pistol, but befors he could use -it Rouss subdued him L blow from his night stick. ‘As N pulled the driver from the mac he noticed blood and ‘summened i ambulance. At the hoapital it w said his condition was seriews Tefused to give bis name oe ad £ Agbinipe ey e ol &