New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1927, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 SCREW DRIVER JAB FATAL TO ZIENBA l)e Pietro Held Under $10,000 Bond for Manslanghter BRUTAL ATTACK DESCRIBED Witnesses Say Assailant Ground Heel into Face of Man During Brawl Before Causing Death of Another. Two Held as Witnesses Sebastiano DePietro, aged 30, of 1635 Corbin avenue, was bound over to the September ‘term of superior coiirt in '$10,000 bonds by Judge Morris D. Saxe in police court today od the charge of manslaughter, as a'result of the death of John Zienba, aged 28, of 1525 Corbin avenue, at| 7:10 last evening at New Britain General hospital, Zienba having Dbeen stabbed in the left ear by De- Pietro near their home between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning of J@y 4. A screw driver was the weapon, according to the testimony. Phileppo Gusliatto, aged 22, of 22 1-3 Front street, Hartford, was discharged, and Paul Gayda aged 24, of Lakeville and Albert Kata, aged 23, of 20 Broad street, this city, were bound over to the September term of superior court in $500 bonds each also on the charge of man- slaughter, although it is improbable, according to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Greenstein, that the charge will .be pushed in their cases, the purpose of requiring them to post bonds being to insure their presence in court. Zienba, who bled profusely from the wound in his ear, was taken to New Britain General hospital short- ly after he was injured. His condi- tion was critical and it was realized that his chances for recovery were slight. Judge W. F. Mangan appeared for Kata and Gayda. Attorney 8. Gerard Casale appeared for DePietro and Attorney Bauby of Waterbury ap- peared for Gugliatto. No arguments were offered by any of the attorneys, but at one point Attorney Casale ob- jected to Judge Mangan's line of questioning, and remarked that the state was represented by the assist- ant prosecuting attorney. Judge Mangan replied that he was repre- senting two men accused of man- slaughter and he certainly intended to look after their interests. Attor- ney Casale replied that he must do so without injuring DePletro's case. Judge Saxe overruled Attorney Casale’s objection and told Judge Mangan to proceed with his ex- amination. DePletro Claims Self Defense Sergeant Stadler testified that he arrested the four men. Officer Hell- berg and Liebler were there at the time. DePietro had gone to the po- lice station voluntarily. Kata and (Gayda were at the hospital when Sergeant Stadler spoke to them, the injured man being in the emergency room at the time, DePjetro told the sergeant ‘that he was attacked by four men as he sat at the wheel of s car and he defended himself. In reply to Judge Mangan, Ser- geant Stadler sald Gayda and Kata had accompanied the injured man 10 the hospital. Detective Sergeant McCue testified that he went to the hospital shortly before 7 o'clock after having been notified by Lieutenant Rival of the Fracas. Zienba being unconscious, the sergeant was unable to obtain any information from him, so he went to the police station where he questioned those who were under arrest. Attorney Casale objected to .ad- mitting statements made by De- Plelro, on the ground that warning ¢ his rights had not been given him belore he talked. Judge Saxe over- ruled the objection. Sergeant McCue said he learned from Kata and . Gayda that there was a fight and the latter showed cuts on the back apparently caused by an instrument. DePietro, accord- ing to the sergeant, said that he had been struck on the head with a stone and he retallated.. Dr. David P. Waskowitz testified that he reccived a telephone call about 1:30 in the morning telling him to meet a man at Broad and Curtis streets, When he arrived Kata was in conversation with Super- numerary Officer Waltef Wagner. Dr. Waskowitz asked the Jatter that a policeman be sent with him as the circumstances of the call were unusual. Kata, 8riving a car, led the way and Officer John Liebler was picked up further on. Zienba Found in Pool of Blood Zienba was in a pool of blood, Dr. Waskowitz said. After stopping the flow of blood Dr. Waskowitz had Zienba removed to the hospital by Kata. DePletro approached the wit- ness and asked if he had attended Zienba, He then asked the witness what to do and the latter advised him to lose no time reporting the whole affair to the police. At the hospital Dr. Waskowitz found that Zienba had two punctures in the auditory canal of the left ear causing the flow of blood from the jugular bulb. I'rom the appearance of the punctures Dr. Waskowitz said he be- licved there was no question that an instrument had caused them. In reply to Attorney Casale, Dr. Waskowitz sald there was “ a con- siderable odor of liquor” from. Zicnba but because of the fact that was unconscious it was impossible to learn whether or not he was in- toxicated, Kata also * appeared to have been drinking but only slight- Iy, the witness said. It was Kata who drove' the injur- ed man to the hospital and he handled the car properly although it was necessary to drive at a fast rate of speed, Dr. Waskowitz said. In reply to Judge Mangan, the wit- (Continued on Page 18) NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1927. —-TWENTY PAGES. TAFT, NEARING 70, WILL REMAIN AS CHIEF JUSTICE; SAYS HE WAS NEVER FITTED TO BE PRESIDENT Has No Interest in Politics or Controversy, But is anpy to Be On Supreme Court Bencll By JOHN T. SUTER (Mr. Suter has been a Washington correspondent for more than 40 years. Since 1921 he has been a member of the Washington staff of The Associated Press, assigned to the supreme court.) Washington, July 6 (P—Un- troubled by the maddening swirl of politics, William Howarl Taft s nearing his seventieth year happier in his dally work than he ever has been before, in or out of office. ' As he looks back over the two- score years of public service, the only man who has been both presi- dent and chief justice says quite trankly that he-does not consider that he was “fitted” for the political arena, and that he would rather be where he iIs today than in the White House, Health Improved He is so well satisfied, and so greatly encouraged over the recent improvement in his health, that he has no intention of leaving the bench when he becomes cligible for retirement. He will be seventy years old in September, and ‘it he chose could retire on full pay in 1931, when he completes 10 yeirs’ service as chief justice. But he prefers to remain in harness. ‘These disclosures were made to the Associated Press by Mr. Taft in a friendly and intimgte talk just before he left Washington recently for his summer home in Canada. He now has consented to publication of this talk, in which he touched on W. H. TAFT. many personal subjects and discus- ged, with a knowledge no other man ever possessed, the comparative re- quirements of the presidency and the chief justiceship. The talk took place in the study which he fitted out for himself some (Continued on Page 15) Defamation of Character Claimed In Woman’s Suit Against Priest HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS TOOK HEAVIEST TOLL More Than 1,200 Crashes Reported, Sets New Record for Conn. Hartford, Conn., July v /P—The Fourth of July holiday week-end took the -heaviest toll in property and personal damage in motor vehi- cle accidents in the history of the state, approximately 1,200 accident reports having been received by the motor vehicle department up to noon today, but based on a conservative estimate there was an average of 160 accidents &’ day on Saturday, Sunday and Monday on Connecticut highways, an average considerably in excess of that for the Labor Day weck-end last year, which brought the heaviest toll in lives ard prop- erty damage ever recorded up to that time in the motor vehicle de- partment. On Labor Day week-end, 1926 there were 123,137 and 139 acgidents for the three days, respectively, and on the three day period of July 3-5 1926, the accidents recorded num- bered 104, 123 and 122, TWO AVIATORS KILLED Captain Wheeler and Lieut. Sack of 27th Division Air Service Death in Crash. Watertown, N. Y., July 6 (P— Captain Curtis Wheeler and Lieu- tenant Carl J. Sack, both officers of the 27th division air service, “in training at Pipe Camp, near here, were killed today when their plane crashed to the ground one and one- half miles from the camp. Captain Wheeler was 36 years old and lived at 55 East 76th street, New York. He was a graduate of Yale and was assistant editor of the New York Herald-Tribune’s Sunday magazine. . Lieutenant Sack was 36 years old and a chemist employed by the Pennsylvania railroad. The officers were members of the 102nd observation squadron of the 27th division, Lieutenant Sack was pilot on the flight this morning and Captain Wheeler was observer. Two planes made the ascent together and the accident was discovered after the second plane had reported to head- quarters that the machine piloted by Lieutenant Sack was missing. The squadron arrived at Pine Camp last Saturday. The wrecked plane, a Curtiss JN-4 was built ‘in 1916. Chamberlin Laughs at War Department Offer Paris, July 6 (UP)—“Why, I was a lieutenant in the war before I ever flew,” Clarence D. Chamberlin com- mented laughingly today when he received a letter from the war de- partment offering him a reserve aviation commission as second lieu- tenant, Regarding reports from Washing- ton that he would not be awarded the distinguished flying cross for his flight to Germany, Chamberlin said: “What can I do about it? I don’t feel slighted.” Chamberlin is seeking an emer- gency passport for England so he can embark there on the Leviathan for New York Tuesday. Meet ADOPT NEW PRAYER BOOK London, July 6 (UP) — The Church of England's assembly adopted the revised prayer book to- day by a.vote of 517 to 133. |about 175 women, Mrs. Anna Piorkowski Brings Action for $5,000 Against Rev. Anthony Gorek of Sacred Heart Church. Charging defamation " of char- acter, suit for $5,000 damages has been brought against Rev. Anthony Gorek, curate of the Sacred Heart| church, by Mrs. Anna Piorkowski, | through Moses A. Berman of Hart- The writ is returnable in the | ford. superfor court the first Tuesday of September and Constable John Recor served the papers today. The plaintiff alleges that on De- cember 26, 1926, the defendant, who was standing near her at a meeting of the Holy Rosary soclety of the Sacred Heart school, tended by about 175 women, as- saulted her by raising his clenched | hand and threatening to strike her with his fists. The said assault caused the plaintiff much shame and embarrassment, it is claimed. She further states that on Jan- uary 31 1927, at a meeting of the same soclety, and in the presence of the defendant, Fr. Gorek, said to her in Po- “If you were a decent woman you could have gotten more votes than what you did get. There is a his- tory of Empress Catherine who was an indecent woman: you are just like her.” At the time, it was the under- standing between the defendant and those who heard the remarks, that the plaintiff was unfaithful to her husband and that she was guilty of misconduct with various other men, according to the complaint. The statements were false and malicious, the plaintiff claims and she says in her complaint that her reputation in the community has been damaged and she has lost the affection of her husband. Romance Started Fifty Years Ago Culminates Springfield, Mass,, July 6 (A—A romance that began 50 years ago in Dorchester, N. B., when Gilbert Tay- lor wooed Emmma Louise Buck cul- minated yesterday in East Long- meadow, ncar here, when Taylor, now 74, and his former sweetheart, 68, were married in the Methodist parsonage. Taylor, a sailor, returned from the sea to find his sweetheart, lonely in his absence, receiving at- tention from another admirer. He departed in a auff and both subse- quently married. A few months ago they attended a reunion in Boston of old residents of the New Bruns- wick town, and, both having been widowed some years ago, the old ro- mance rekindled. Pole Marathoner Is Given Fine of $25 Boston, July 6 (®—Frank S. Holl of Framingham, aspirant for long- distance flagpole honors, was fined $25 today in municipal court. He was found guilty of maintaining a public nuisance by Judge Murray, who sald that Holl's perching on a flagpole 14 stories above Tremont street endangered traffic and was therefore a common nuisunce. He appealed. Holl Wwas ordered down by the po- lice, recently, after he had spent two days aloft. DIES OF INJURIE! Maynard, Mass.,, July 6 (P—Mrs. Frank Alexandrovich, whose chest was crushed yesterday afternoon by the wheels of a two ton truck that passed over her as she was asleep under a bunch of hay in the yard of her home, died today. She leaves her | husband and three children. which’ was at- | STANLEY WORKS WILL ISSUE 6% PREFERRED FOR ITS 7% Lady Godiva Modest Compased to Woman Wearing Carefree Look 8t. Louis, Mo., July § (UP)— ‘Wearing only shoes, stockings and a carefree expression, Mrs. Eva Btergin of Chicago ran through a crowded night club here and was captured by a delicats policeman who followed ‘with a tablecloth and persuaded his quarry to don it. Mrs. Stergin was fined $100 on a charge of intoxication. WHALE OF TRIP AND AFIGHT WITH WHALES Skipper of Munson Liner Tells Story of Experi- ences Off Norfolk New York, July 6 (P—A whale of 2 trip was ended by the Munson liner, Munorleans today when she' came into port from Nassau and Miami with an abashed look. Whales did it. The vessel's captain, W. W. | Clark, broke down and confessed that he had fought two battles with whales and could claim only a draw for his efforts. Captain Clark ran into a conven- tion of whales off Hatteras as he went away but declined the issue when the Leviathans tentatively challenged him. The school was composed of 40 or more whales, enough porpoises to stock a college | and small fish in sufficient number to recrult a university to full strength. The ship went away while the whales stood by, so the liner got a draw. The defeat was to come on Inde- pendence Day. On the way back, !the whales, apparently the same | ones sighted on the outward journey, | grown confident by the failure of the ship to accept the earlier challenge, bore down on the vessel with what passengers belleved to be whale language for “here we core.” Cap- tain Clark wanted no part of a whale in his propeller and changed his course. This was off Cape Charles, 75 miles south of Norfolk. ‘The whales had a star performer ‘m reserve in the form of a heavy- }weight diver. This fellow took up i the whales' burden all by himself \lnd single handed charged the ship. tHe came up under the keel and, unless crew and passengers were | feeling things, the vessel trembled from stem to stern. Captain Clark steered his ship hard aport and had to keep due east for 20 minutes to get away from the attacking forces. ‘When last seen the whales were in formation again, dpparently wait- ing for something else to turn up. Some of the passengers thought the | were laughing, as whales do when they send a ship off its course. | Others, more conservative, were not | | willing to concede more than a grin. Captain Clark was able to dismiss the incident with a laugh today. He was not laughing July 4. H. C. Carpenter, secretary of the ! Miami Chamber of Commerce, de- clared he had not seen anything like it in nine trips up and down the coast. The vote seemed to be that the whales have it and it is so ordered. MARRIES OWN NIECE New York Man Under Arrest—In Eloping He Left Wife and Five Children. Chicago, July 6 (UP)—Charged with marmying his brother's daugh- ter and deserting one wife and five children ‘in New York, Nicolai Mareno, 38, was held today awaiting return to New York. Mareno is alleged to have eloped from New York a year ago with Marie Mareno, his niece. He mar- ried her and came to Chicago, bringing his 15-year-old daughter, Mary with him. He left Mrs. An- geline Mareno, 419 West 135th street, New York, behind with their five children. Mareno and his daughter were ar- rested by Chicago police when the girl was found with a revolver. In- vestigation of their status followed. HIT AND RUN TRAGEDY Windsor Locks Tobacco Farm Em- ploye Killed By Car That Con- tinued Without Stopping. Windsor Locks, Conn., July 6 (® —Apparently struck by a speeding | automobile and dragged more than forty feet, the body of Charles Bu- las, 35, an employe of the American | Sumatra Tobacco Company, was found by the roadside in the west- ern part of the town early today. Marks in the shoulder of the road | indicated that the car that struck him did not stop. Bulas leaves a wife. Halo About Sun, Seen by Many Today, Is Explained New Haven, July 6—The halo about the sun which was easily vis- was caused - by sunlight shining through ice crystals at a high alti- tude, Professor Frank Schiesinger, director of the Yale observatory, ex- plained. The phenomenon brought about in much the same manner as the rainbow, the ring about the sun being colored somewhat like rainbow, i# not unusual, but is sel- dom as bright as it was today. |stockholders |of the dircctors last ible during the middle of the day| " Directors Vote to Recall $3,800,000 in Stock Now Outstanding in Favor of New Shares. At a meeting of the directors of the Stanley Works today it was voted to call a meeting of the and recommend to them that the 7 per cent preferred stock of the company be retired and to issue in place thereof 6 pec cent preferred stock. The amount of the preferred stock to be issued will be $3,800,000, substantially the same amount as the 7 per cent pre- ferred stock now outstanding. The original issue of preferred stock in 1920, at the time of the purchase of the Stanley Rule & Level com- pany was $5,800,000. Since that time $2,000,000 has been called and retired. The directors also voted to sub- mit to the stockholders the ad- visability of accepting the amend- ment to the charter of the company passed at the last session of the legislature. This amendment trans- fers to the Stanley Works certain franchises owned by the American Tube and Stamping Co. of Bridge- | port. No date has been set for the stockholders’ meeting, but it is ex- pected to take place next month. BOMB IN RUBBISH FIRE BLOWS UP, BURNS BOY| Explodes While City Em- ployes Are Cleaning Up Park Debris An unexploded bomb or other form of fireworks was set off in a heap of debris resulting from the | municipal fireworks display, when park department. employes Tere burning it late yesterCgy afternoon at Stanley Quarter park, painfully injuring Emil Tynik, aged 12, of $8 Derby street, who was standing nearby. The boy has painful burns from the flames and powder about | the face and hands and while his recovery is anticipated at New Brit- an General hospital, he will prob- ably be permanently scarred. Ofticer Walter Malona learned of the accident and made an investiga- tion during which he was informed that the eXplosion was entirely un- cxpected, as it was thought there | was nothing in the debris of a dan- gerous nature. Dr. Nathan BR. Jaffe attended the injured boy. At the hospital this afternoon sald he was resting fairly comfort- ably. BABY PEGGY’S APPEARANGE | HAS NEWSIES' APPROVAL Herald Carriers Strong for Little ' Star—Cartelli Goes to the Strand. Several hundred Herald newshoys invaded the Strand theater this afternoon to watch the performance as guests of the Strand management 2nd Baby Peggy, who is giving her last performance of a three-day en- gagement there today. The atten- dance of “new bears good wit- ness to the attraction of the child stage and screen star to other youngsters, as scarcely a notice of the invitation was necessary to get a full attendance of Herall carriers. Her act, needless to say, was a source of great pleasure (o the news- mongers who expressed their satis- faction in a most boisterous manner. In addition, Doininic Cartelli, city marble champion, who went to Af- lantic City last week to contend in the finals of the national champion- ship, appeared upon the stage and | as personally introduced to the little actress. Arrangements for Baby Pegs: appearance at the Newington Home for Crippled Children wevs cancelled at the last moment as the youngsters had been taken to Hartford to see the circus playing there. Baby Peggy is to go from here to | Stamford where she will play the latter part of the week. She will play in Hartford the first pact of next week. G. E. F. Bean Is Director Of City National Bank George E. I'. Bean was elected a ;member of the board of directors of the City National bank at a meeting night. Mr. Bean, who resides in Newington, is general manager of the Vulcan Iron . Works division of the Eastern Malle- able Iron Co. Fall and Doheny Must Stand Trial, Court Says Washington, July 6 (#—The Fails- Doheny bribery indictments which grew out of the Hills naval oil recerve were sustain- jed today by the supreme court of | the District of Columbia. it was | leasing of the EIk | \w““ T0 POLAR FLIGHT Prefers Byrd fo Make Trip of More Practical Nature WANT NAVAL AIR REVIVAL Byrd However, is On Leave and Can Do As He Pleases—Moffet Dis- closes Ocean Flight Planned Back in 1920 Washington, July 6 (UP)—Secre- {tary of Navy Wilbur's opposition to Ithe proposed south polar flight of Commander Richard E. Byrd has caused ‘speculation as to what will be the outcome of the difference of view. Wants to Boom Navy. Wilbur opposes the south polar flight, it is believed, because he would prefer that Byrd make an of- ficially sponsored flight of immedi- ately practical nature to give the navy a part in the present aviation revival. Byrd, retired, is now on active duty. Though he is on indefinite leave he might, as a naval officer, be expected to let the navy's desires influence him. Wilbur has issued no order prohibiting the south polar venture, but has made it plain, without stating his reasons, that he considers it inadvisable. Called -Off Flight. A high navy official said today the navy had planned a round-the- world flight previously, but had called it off when the army decided on its globe-circling stunt two years ago. Byrd himself had planned a non- {stop transatlantic flight as early as 1920 and was all ready to make the | hop when it was called off. Admiral | William A. Moffett, chief of the {navy's burcau of acronautics, re- vealed aiso today. Moffett said he and Byrd, who was working with him here at the time, had laid out the route and selected | {the plane that was to be used. The ladmiral declined to reveal why the t was cancelled. An Equator Flight The su~ stion for the equator {flight, it is understood, grows from the desire of the navy to stage such an air trip as the transatiantic ventures and the Hawaiian hop | |which brought credit to its sister | |service, the army. la year ago to Hawail failed and the department had no part in the recent |spurt of fliying except in its connee- ]vmn with Byrd, who, however, was {backed by private ‘ndividuals, and !was the third, not the first to cross {the Atlantic i~ one hop. That was {in no respect | flight as was the army hop to Hono- lulu. | A south polar flight would be of an explor: scientific nature, lacking the practical aspects of a long distance flight across main- traveled highways. Wilbur, it is be- |lieved, would rather see an official {navy flight that would vield some |new light upon practical commercial and military aviation. As an outstanding flier, Byrd {would be Wilbur's choice to lead an lofficial navy flight, it is said. It is held likely the navy secretary will ipoint out to Byrd, on the latter's return from France, that while the |navy obtains a certain glamor from | Byrd’s exploits, the aviator has re- |ceived the benedits of navy co-opera- tion and navy air instruments in his adventures. Whether Byrd will re- !gard this as obligating him to defer |to Wilbur's wishes in the south pol- {ar-equatorial flight is one of the angles watched with interest here. STILL IS UNCONSCIOUS {Los Angeles “Mentally Dead Wom- an” Has Been Unconscious 95 Days—May Live. Los Mumbling howing slight Angeles, July 6 (UP) — unintelligible words improvement daily, {Mrs. Clara Drummond, “the men- tally dead woman,” entered her 95th day of unconsciousness today. | Six days ago, Mrs. Drummond ! was brought to a hospital here from | Fresno, where she went into a coma after an attack of carbon | monoxide poisoning. While physicians worked lessly, although expressing little (hope that she would recover, her {husband never gave up the battle. | TFeeling that everything had been jdone in Fresno by physicians he brought her to Los Angeles where he placed her under the care of |Dr. W. J. Peacock, a specialist. “I've never lost hope. She will {recover. She will live,”” he told the [ United Pre A shrill ser the night and P attempt newed Drummond’s | wife's recovery. tire- am of fright the futile to speak, faith but des- in his Florence Reed, Actress, In Critical Condition Los Angeles, July 6 (®—The ill- ness of Florence Reed, actress, who (‘\)H'\p‘-ul Sunday night at the close >m‘ the st act of “The Shanghai la in which she is starred, cian as nervous breakdown and { her cond n w: id to be critical. Her condition is said to have been aggravated by an abscessed condi- tion of the throat. 7y . THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Mostly cloudy and probably showers tonight and Thurs- day; somewhat warmer to morrow. 5 | * ATAL GAFAGE EXPLOSION go, July 6 (UP)—At least s killed and property damage 0,000 caused today when a smoker's m tch ignited accumulated gasoline fumes in a garage, causing a series of explosions. Firemen found one body, cHarred The navy’s flight | a governmental service | during | have re- | was diagnozed today by her physi- | July 2nd WALKS WHEN Levine to Fly Back to America If He Can Get Pilot to Go With Him et Paris, July 6 (#)—Charles A. Levine, who accompanied Clar- ence Chamberlin in his flight to Germany, intends to fly back to New York as soon as he can find a French pilot to go with him. He made this declaration at a luncheon given today by the American and British cor- respondents here. Levine said that Chamberlin, because of other engagements, would not be able to pilot him back to the Unjted States. He added that the name of the pilot to be designated would be made public in a few days. AGED WOMAN IN AGONY AS DRESS IS BURNED Mrs. Mary Biers, 84, En- veloped in Flames at Southington Home (Special to The Herald) * Southington, July 6.—Her clothes igniting as she attempted to light a bonfire, Mrs. Mary Biers, aged 84 years, of West Queen street, was ter- ribly burned this morning about 10 o'clock. Her clothes were practically burned off and she was badly burned about the fact, body and limbs. A Mr. Kennedy, at whose home she lives, heard her screams, ran to a tub of water, and attempted to put out the flames. He succeeded but was burned himself. Dr. George F. Cook of Plainville was summoned and gave first aid, |after which Mrs. Biers was removed | to the New Britain General hospital. | Her condition there this noon was reported as very serious but not critical. SUSPECT ARRESTED AS “THE PHANTOM STABBER” ¢ Alex Johnson in Custody in Derby —Bridgeport Police Hope to Identify Him Too. Derby, Conn., July 6 (/—A man {glving his name as Alex Johnson {was held by the police today as a | suspect in the “phantom stabber” case in which Miss Anna Kulawics, 14 year old Ansonia girl, was at- tacked last Thursday night near |the Derby public library. The man was arrested shortly before 11 olclock and taken to the police sta~ {tion where he was questioned. Johnson is a Russian and com- pares well with the discription of the girl’s assailant on the night she was attacked. Miss Kulawics, her sisters and another young girl who were with her the night of the affair had seen Johnson at the police station, the lpolk‘e decided to hold the man un- til the Bridgeport police send an officer here to see if they can identify Johnson as the man who a year ago was terrorizing women in the Park City. A Bridgeport of- ificer was expected here this after- |noon. SQUABBLE IN MADISON Police Chiet Arrested For Auto Violation and Addis Carden Also Taken Into Court and Fined. Madison, Conn, July 6 (A —Ar- rested by Chief of Police Burton Page on the complaint of First Se- lectman Howard Kelsey, Addis Car- den of this town was fined $100 by Judge George Dowd in town court here today for operating an auto- mobile after his driver's license had been suspended. Carden filed an ap- peal bond and the case will be heard in the court of common pleas in September. The trial of Carden was the cen- ter of interest here today, inasmuch as this case is declared to be direct- 1y responsible for the arrest yester- day of Police Chief Page, who was taken into custody by state police on a charge of driving an automo- bile having an improper registra- tion, Page was arrested on a war- rant issued by Justice of the Peace Arthur W. Marsden who is counsel for Carden. Year Old Child Victim Of Accidental Shooting Seneca Falls, N. Y., July 6 (UP)— Accidentally shot as he lay in his baby carriage, one-year-old Charles Rotunda, one of 13 children, died in 'a hospital here today. The child {was removed to the hospital after a rifle, in the hands of an elder brother was discharged. The accident occurred last night while the child’'s mother was at a physicians’ office with a daughter, Jennie, three, who had swallowed poison pills. ROWING COACH RESIGNS Seattle, Wash., July 6 (#—Rus- sell 8. Callow, head crew coach of the University of Washington, has Ibc,ond recognition and believed two more might be in the ruins. resigned to accept a similar post at the University of Pennsylvania. 14,194 WILBUR OBJECTING VERDUN VETERAN, HELPLESS SINCE 1918, MIRACULOUSLY BYRD ARRIVES Paralyzed French War Aviator Actually Ac- companies American to Tomb of Napoleon Near Hotel Des Inval- ides. U. S. Flier Gets Legion of Honor Cross—May Ex- plore Brazilian Jungles After South Pole Flight. Parls, July 6 (UP)—Wnile nurses screamed, a broken, pain- wracked human war wreck, his body held together by braces, walk- ed for the first time in nine years today when his fellow aviator Com- mander Richard E. Byrd shook hands with him, Byrd and ks crew of the trans- atlantic monoplane America weres visiting distigured and maimed avia- tors, all deformed, many of whose faces were masses of scald-scarred flesh, the result of crashes in burn« ing warplanes, at the historic In- valides. ‘Was Terribly Wounded. Captain Le Gendre was sitting in his ‘wheel chair as he had done in daylight hours since his ‘“recovery” from a crash in 1918, when nearly every bone in his arms and legs and many in the rest of his body were broken. With the aid of steel braces to hold his shattered frame he could sit upright. “You give me courage” he said" suddenly when Byrd shook hands with him. Arises and Walks. Without hestitation, he got to his feet for the first time since the war, | and started walking with the Amer- ican airman. “8it down! Sit down!" nurses and attendants screamed hysterically. “No, 1 want to walk,” Le Gendre replied, and, leaning on the arm of Lieutenant George Noville, of Byrd's crew, walked fifty yards to Napo- leon's tomb and bacle to his chair. Tears streamed down his face. Byrd, his face plainly showing his emotion, said: “This is sufficient recompense for the hardships I went through on my flight—nothing compared to yours.” Calls It a Miracle. “It is a miracle; nothing less”™ said General Mariaux, commander at the hospital, who himself lost a leg in the war. Le Genrde, resuming his seat, watched Byrd eagerly as the trans- atlantic aviator resumed a round that took him to all of the maimed men In the hospital. Byrd handed to Gen. Mariaux a letter he had brought with him across the Atlantic from Rodman ‘Wanamaker, backer of the Ameri- ca's flight, to the organization known as “Broken Wings.” Qualification for membership Is disfigurement from war wounds. General Mariaux gave Byrd a let- ter in reply. Gets Legion of Honor Paris, July 6 (A—Premier Poin- care pinned the decoration of the legion of honor on the breast of Commander Byrd this morning. The ceremony took place at the ministry of finance, in the presence of Shel- don Whitehouse, American charge d'affaires, Captain White, the naval attache, and H. A. Gibbons, personal representative of Rodman Wal maker, who sponsored the America’ flight across the Atlantic. Visit Is Brief One The visit of Commander Byrd and his three flight companions to the premier was a brief one, for M. Poincare had to yield to the pres- sure of parliamentary work and hurry away for the opening of the morning session of the chamber. The premier chatted pleasantly for a few minutes with the airmen, congratulating them on their cour- age and endurance and the great scientific success of their exploit. Then he formally pinned the legion of honor cross on Commander Byrd's breast and gave them the traditional embrace. ‘- Expresses Thanks The commander thanked him simply, and expressed in behalf of his comrades and himself deep ap- preciation of the warm-hearted wel- come they had been accorded in France and the sympathetic interast with which the French people had followed the flight, especially the last few hours of the early morning battle with the fog. The aviators’ visit to M. Poincare ‘was not widely heralded. There was only a small crowd in front of the entrance of the ministry when they arrived, but it was an enthusiastic one. The fliers responded to the cheers by bowing and tipping their hats. ’ Commander Byrd’s rank in the legion ot honor is that of officer. giving him the right to wear a red rosette. Lindbergh was made & chevalier. Those of the latter rank wear a red ribbon. Regardless of what Lindbergh does in the immediate future to win the further admiration of the French he will have to wait seven years at least before he can attain the high- er rank, as parliament only & few days ago passed & law stipulating (Continued on Page 10),