New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 8, 1927, Page 1

News of the World Average Daily Circulation For ; . Week Ending .By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 STATE 10 GOLLEGT OVER 10 HILLION DOLLARS JULY 20 Exactly $10,777,944 Will Poar Tnto Cotiers From Five Dil- ferent Sources PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS. WILL PAY BIGGEST SUM 3 Second Largest Income to Treasury Will Be From Inheritance Tax— Public Service Corporations This Year Are Contributing $157,000 More Than They Did A Year Ago. Franchise Tax Nets $979,725. Hartford, Jaly § (A—The State of Connecticut will collect a total of $10,777,914 in taxes from five L DRITAIN HERALD Leviathan’s Skipper Is Offered . Position In Flight Over Ocean Cherbourg, France, July 8.— (M—willlam Randolph Hearst has sent a wireless message to Commodore Herbert Hartley, commander of the United States liner Leviathan, offering him the post of navigator on Lloyd Ber- taud’s projected flight from New York to Rome, of which Mr. Hearst is the sponsor. Commodore Hartley replied that it would be up to Mrs. Hartley to decide. HAWATIAN FLIGHTS WILL START SO0 Wednesday or Thursday Flint, Michigan, School Teachcr and Smith Is Likely (o Hop Off WOMAN ALSO IS ENTERED| umg wonsemeoy NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1927.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. GREAT WELCOME IS PLANNED FOR FIVE - WHO FLEW OVERSEA iNew York Will Rival Reception Recently Tendered the Dar- ing Charles Lindbergh Pleads Not Guilty Prisoner Escaped In 192 (UP)— (James Mineola, N. Y., July 8 “Boston Billie” Williams, Monahan) debonair and nonchalant GHAMBERLIN’ DROUHIN IN |despite a bullet wound in his lett leg, pleaded not guilty before County FLIGHT TO LONDON TODAY |sudze Lewis 3. smith today to two lindictments charging him with bur- | glary and larceny in connection with Levine Tlas Engaged Latter to Pllot |the theft of $100,000 worth of jewels ! £ |from the Jesse L. Livermore home Columbia Back to United States, |on Long Island last spring. With Himself as Passenger, Prob. | Monahan was capturcd near New 3 g {London, Conn., yesterday after a ably Within Next Thece Wecks—- |fEht with detectives in which he was |shot in the leg. | Trip Over Channel Made Without | Monahan was dressed in full ac- |cord with his reputation as a night Mishap Today. iclub and golf course frequenter and | New York, July 8 4P—A reception |MiXer on the fringe of society. He [rivaling that ‘extended to Colonel [WOr¢ a malty brown sult, from the Charles A, Lindbergh awaits the five | Pocket of which emerged the corner | American trans-Atlantic fiiers now |°f @ Silk handkerchief. His hair Boston Billie, Fashionably Dressed, Worcester Authorities Have Claim Want Him Extradited to Serve 8 to 10 Year Term— Jail Steps—His Family Reticent. 1 When Arraigned 1 While Being Taken Up he was taken back to jail after his plea. the county Willlams' not uninteresting ca- reer from an uneducated New Eng- | |land boy to suave and well dressed |New York burzlar suspect was re- Ivealed by Nassau county officials to- | aay. Started As Gambler | Twelve vears ago, he was a youth |starting humbly on a notable career by facing a charge of “gambling on |the Lord’s day” in Worcester, Mass. 1t was a small Leginning, but Mona- han was a go-getter and soon grew | to bigger things. Less than a year |later he got on the books on the| charge of breaking and entering, and was releascd on probation. The next i,\'ear he was arrested again on the |same chcrge and went to the re- | formatory. A vear later he faced TAXIHITS TROLLEY IN BLINDING RAIN; FOUR AUTOS CRASH (uadruple Collision on Hartford Road When One Machine Skids Into Three Others OPERATOR DRIVES CAR | AGAINST STORE WINDOW Series of Collisions tn Al Parts of | City Blamed On Wet Highways | and Recklessness—Police Collar | Speeder Going 40 Miles an Hour Through Traffic in West End, Re- sulting in $15 Fine. At least four accidents were | caused by the condition of street ’—'———— Excited, Tongue-Tied Autoist Arrested as Drunk, Is Discharged Waterbury, July 7 (#—An ex- cited tongue-tied man might easily be erroneously judged to be under the influence of liquor Judge Abner P. Hayes decided in the city court this morning when James Condon of Ansonia was ar- raigned before him charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor. Witnesses testified that they thought Condon was drunk be- cause he could not talk plainly. After listening to Condon try to testify Judge Hayes decided that he was tongue-tied and not drunk at the time of his arrest and ordered his discharge. GUNMAN ARRESTED ONNURSE'S STORY Girl Tells Local Man of “Boston Billie's” Whereabouts July 2nd .... PRICE THREE CENTS SHEFRIELD QUITS 1S POSITION AS ENVOY TO HEXICO ?American Ambassador Formal- Iy Tenders Resignation to President Coolidge Today 'BRCONES EFECTIVE WHEN RXBCUTIVE S0 DECIDES ‘il‘k‘llr‘emml of Ambassador Comes | at Time When Relations Between ! Two Countries Are Admittedly | Strained—Really ‘Made Arrange- | ments to Resign More Than a Year Ago, It Is Reported. Rapid City, 8 D.,, July 8 P — James R. Sheffield today gave "his resignation as ambassador to Mex- | pavements during the rain last night, as carefully combed. A small ! sources due on July 20, according to figures submitted today by the state treasurer's office. The largest item will come from the gross earnings tax on public service corporations which amounts 1o $3,900,521. The second largest income to the treasury will come from the inheritance tax which runs ahead of last yéar's figure by $94,- with'a tctal tax of $2,601,557. Paying $157,000 More. The public service corporatfons contribute $157,000 more to the state this year than they did in 1926. The net income to be collect- ¢d from the miscellaneous corpora- tions constitutes the third largest to- tal tax of $2,586.851, as compared with a tax of $1.955,923 for the pre- 627 vious fiscal vear ending June 30, 126, an increase of $630,927. Although the state has already collected half of the vear's tax fron cavings banks and savings depart- ments 260 more will be collect- ed ‘from these sources on July 20, making the total for the year for these taxes $1,418,520. Of the $709,- 260 tax, the savings hanks pay $527,244; savings departments of trust companies $109,437; departments of national banks $72,- . The assessment for these tax-' was made in January. The franchise surance companies will 0.725. WATER PURIFICATION bring in 10 GOST CITY MILLION| “Shuttle Meadow tail” to Be Safer After Filtration Water bonds to make possible the purchase plant, the cost of which will be more than $1,000,000, are expected to reach New Britain shortly and will be offered for sale as soon as inarket conditions are Mayer Weld announced foday. Sale of the bonds has been au- thorized by the common council and the boare of finance and taxa- tion, and the water board's pro- gram has been approved. The fil- ters will not increase the water sup- | ply, but will improve it. As out- lined by Allan Hazen, consulting en- gineer with the water department, the filtration scheme will occupy about fofir acres of land. Discussing | the plan, Hazen reports: “An electrically driven centri- trugal pump on the main outlet, to be started when necessary, will ac- complfsh the result. The lift will be relatively small, only reaching 50 fect with the reservoir drawn to the Lottom. The average lift when the pump is used will be only a small! A 100 horsepower part of 50 feet. wotor will 1ift the water from the present flowline of the reservoir to the filters at the rate of 15 million gallons per day.” Through this system Mr. Hazen predicts a 10-pound water pressure inerease, but the plan will require new pipe line to the center of the city. When Engincer Hazen prepared the plan in 1920, it was estimated that the cest of this portion of the work would be §530,300. Tt is now certain that some additional costs will be entailed. Leaves Driver § 5000 - And All Her Cars Cambridge, Mass, July 8 (P— Public hequests totalling $250,000 and $2 lier chauffeur. are contained in the will of Mrs. Harriet Adelaide Hovey of Waltham filed here in probate court. Goransen. Mrs. Hov in addition, is given all s automobiles and equip- nient and the furnishings of her Itockport summer home. The will provides that when he dies he Is to ied in the Hovey family lot. Hovey was the widow of :umblin 1. Hov philanthropist, who died in 190 Her public gifts included her 260,000 residence to be used as a women’'s home. LTS REPORT July 8 (P—Brad- B cempilation of bank clearings shows an aggregate of £10,574.487,000, an Increase of 16 por cent over last vear. Outside of New York there was an increase of 2.8 per cent. savings | tax on stock in- | Cock- | of land for water rights | and for construction of a filtration | favorable, | 000 to Edwin R. Goransen, | Male Flier Announce They Are to Try for Dolc’s $25,000 Flight Prize. San Francisco, July S(#-—Prepa- rations for more flights frem the jmainland to Honolulu were being | {rushed today, while the army flyers | |who accomplished the feat were en route ‘back by steamer. May Go Next Week Captain William H. Rtorle, new maneger for Ernest L. Smith's pro- | posed flight from California to the | Islands, announced that ably would take off n2 day or Thursday. Smith started just behind Lieutenants Lester J. Mait- land and Hegenberger on their recent successful hop, but was forc tc return because of a oroken win shield. Royal said a navigator for Smith | probably would be selected today. Smith's plane has bz:n taken to Concord air mail flying ficld some {20 miles from the Oakland munici- pal airport, where the army fllers took off on their successful Hono- lulu hop. Smith himself was sent to a mountain resort to conditicn him- | self after the strain of s failure to take off, and the subs,iient quar- els among his backers a:ier owncr- chip of the plane. Woman 1Is Inclnded News was received her: yesterday | that Augle Pedlar, pilot, and Miss | Mildred Doran, school tcacher at | Flint, Mich., would take off at Flint | next Sunday en route to the Pacific ccast to participate in ths Mainland- Honolulu flight for which James D. Dole, Hololulu millionaive. has of- fered $35,000 in prizes. Dispatches ; said the couple expected to hop off | from Long Beach, Calif, but air- {men here expected them to start rom San Francisco, whish is nearcr ihe Hawalian Islands. The chift also | enabled them to compet2 in the San | Francisco-Honolulu flight for which ' a $50,000 purse is being raised. | | Another Flier Enters i i Charles W. Craddick, former army aviator, announced in los Angelcs flans for entering the Dole race, | taking oft from his home city Aug- | ust 12, in a tri-motored Fokker. E. B. Koger, Honolulu manager for Richard Grace, movie fiver, whose plane crashed while he was trying to take oft from Hawaii for the mainland Tuesday, announced that Grace would come to the Pa- cific coast by steamer and enter the Dole race. | Meanwhile both San Francisco and | Oakland were completing plans for receptions for Maitiand :1.d Hegen- herger on their arrival Yere Tues- day next from Honolula with the question of precedence Letween the | two cities not definitely decided. | WILLOW BROOK OVERFLOW SCHEDULED FOR HEARING | | | Petition For Injunction .-\gulnsl‘ City to Be Considered in Su- | perior Court Monday. Hearing on a tion to enjoin { the City of New Britain from using | Willow Brook as a means et carry- | ing of storm water sewage is set | down for Mor.day morning in super- | ior court. The application is wade | by the Donnelly Brick Co., owner | of the claypits in the vicinity of Wil- | | low Brook, and is the outgrowth of | |a recent finding by the supreme court of Connecticut that the com- | | pany should not have the denied | lamages for pollution when the case came before the ru- | perior court, Dxtensive changes in | Ithe storm water sewerage system 1 will result if the court signs a per- | | manent injunction. WALKS INTO GLASS | Folkstone,” Eng., July 8.—(P—A woman absent-mindedly walked | through a plate glass window in a| {local dry goods store. When asked | for an explanation she sald she must | |have been thinking of something | | clse. | FAMOUS MOTOR WILL | announced today, {in the monoplana of its pits | Ing ir. France. Grover A. Whalen, the mayor's reception chairman of committee, | sald definite announcement of sai ing plans of Commancer Byrd, Acosta, Noville, Balchen ad Cham- berlin only was needed to set in action the welcome plans The America crew anl Chamber- lin have tentatively set tieir depar- | ture from Europe for July 12 aboard the Leviathan, duc he: the 1Sth. If the five aviators returncd togeth- er, it was said, a hugs juint recep- tion would be staged for them “In any event,” Mr. Whalen said “whether they come together or sop- arately. New York will nccord them a reception that befits their magnifi- cent achievements,” A fleet of zirplanes has been sug- gested to greet the liner at Quaran- tine and escort the airmen fo the Battery from where the celebrity rcute over the lower Broa von would be followed. The question of city medals and othar Lonors for the fliers has not yet been decided. Flics To Londorn. Croydon Airfield, London, July 8! (®—Charles A. Levine will be ready to hop off from Le Bourget field, Paris, within a fortnight on his sec- ond transatlantic flight, with rice Drouhin as pilot, he said foday upon his arrival in the monoplane Columbia from Paris. He expected that the Columbia would be in per- fect #hechanical order by that time, he added. Levine denied that there was a serious dispute between himself and Clarence Chamberlin, his pilot on the New York-to-Germany flight, as orted, but admitted that th were practically on a business basis. | Levine is returning to Paris this afternoon in the Columbia and will fly back to London with his wife tomorrow. Chamberlin, who piloted the Co- lumbia from Paris today with Drou- hin and Levine as passengers, was greeted here by his mother, and there was an affecting scene as they embraced. He will remain in Lon- don until next Tuesday, when he (Continued on Page 22) BE USED IN FLIGHT One That Made Endurance | Record All Ready for Columbia Curtiss Field, N. Y. July 8 (®—| John Carisi, factory superintendent | for Charles A. Levine's Columbia Aireraft corporation, will sail to- morrow on the liner France with| the airplane motor with which Clar- | ence Chamberlin and Bert Acosta made the world rccord for endur- ance flying. This engine, which has been com- | pletely rebuilt at the Wright factory, | Joseph B. May. Levine's sceretary, | will be installed | “olumbia for th proposed westward transatlanti flight of Levine and Maurice Drou- | hin, French pilot. | After the endurance ht a new., ine was installed for the flight | mberlin and Levine to Ger- many, but it was decided that one trans-ocean trip was enough for one ! so the original motor is be- t over. 1t was learned today that Carisi had planned toleave for Europe to- | day on the Olympic, but delay in ob- | taining a passport caused postpone- ment until tomorrow. Carisi will take with him, in ad- dition to the endurance flight motor, a new steel propeller, replacement | parts for the earth inductor compass | various spare parts for the plane and motor, and a rubber boat simi- lar to the one carried, and used by | (Continued on Page 12) Geneva, Switzerlund, July {That the erlsis in the tripartit { naval conference is far from healed and not only continues put has be come more acute, was indicated b a statement Issued to the press thi afternoon by W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the British admiralty. Without naming the United States Mr. Bridgeman hinted broadly uml maintenance of large-sized warships 'GENEVA NAVAL CRISIS MORE ACUTE, BRITISH STATEMENT HITS AT U. S. A. 8 UP— |might be construed as ag: ite | rather than defensive, Japanese Worried. Japan, v § (AP)—Press | and public are bee ! ly irritated over wr as the “expansionist” trend of the | Geneva naval discussions. Great y can- | Mau- | [ Wellesley and a guest of Miss Smith | fora | der | prostrated b | associated with T | Feininzer of New Britain in | the same charge a third time, and. {was put on probation In 1917 he faced his first really | flower graced the buttonhole of his coat lapel. He cli 'y was some- | what bored. |good charge—larceny from the per- | | He smiled while the indictments |son—and got five years. In a year | |\were read and was studiedly indif-| he was released. In 1919 he col- |ferent during the rest of the for- locted an 18-months' sentence on his | malities of arraignment. l | Handcuffed and carefully guarded, (Continued on Page 22 Slave Ship, With Unfortunates Held | In Barred Pens, Being Investigated | | Coolies Drugged With Doped Cigarettes and Shang-f haied, Australian Authorities Told—Six ‘ Thrown Overboard. 3 s Townzville, Queensland, Australia, ‘shanghaled from the French conces- | July 8 (UP)—A story of privations 'sion Kwong Chow after smoking | |aboard ship reminiscent of the'slave drugged cigaretfes distributed by la- | traffic v:. 5 brought to the attention bor recruiters, the messages said. of authorities today in messages| During the voyage from China six | [smuggled ashore from the steamer coolies were thrown overboard, it | Hainum en route from China towas alleged. Bscaping steam from | I'rench concessions in’the New Heb- i the ship’s engine is the coolies' only rides. source of heat for preparing theii According to these messages, 400 scant portions of rice, the messages , most of them youths of 15 said and less than five feet tall, are pen- Off ers of the Hainum when ques- | {ned in behind iror bars under armed | tioned, said that the coolics had been | ! guards aboard the vessel. They were signed on legally. | | REV. C. . EWING DIES |STEMPIEN HAS PASSED AS AUTO TURNG OVER, BAR EXAMINATIONS Escapes Threat in China New Britain Man One of 57 | to Meet Death in Out of 118 Who Took Connecticut State Tests New Haven, July 8 (A—Fifty. seven of the 118 candidates who took the bar examination of the state last month, passed, it was announced | here today. The successful candi- dates will be cworn In July 12. cre: Frederick W. William L. Beers, New Ha- homas J. Birmingham, Iart- Bradford Boardman, Bridget- port; James K. Bradl Robcrt I Broder, C. Candee, Norwal Meriden; ve Rev. Charles E. Ewing, aged 38, uncle of Mrs. Douglas Johnston of Maple Hill, who was with Rev. A. D. Heininger of this city in China and who was the author of an fu- terview the . Chinese situation published in last Saturday's Herald, on was killed in an automobile ‘acei dent near Guilford last night. Rev. Mr. Ewing with his wife and daughter, Marion, Miss Clara Smith of Northford, professor "of mathe- matics at Wellesley college and a relative of the Ewings, and Miss L. | V! T. Copcland, also an instructor at|{ornelius ford Mark ; Cyril Coleman, Arthur T. Connor, New Ha- nes P. Doherty, Hc 1den; Driscoll, Branford, Bernard Jubin, Hartford; John | Galvin, Waterbury; Emanuel Gold- stein, Hartford; Paul J. Goldstein, New Haven; Arthur T. Gorman, New Haven; Moses Hartzmark. East Hartford; Milton Horwitz, Hartford; Trwin M. T ew Haven; Jesse M: Jaco, New Haven; Joseph Klau, of Hartford; Isracl Libby (Lebeshev- sky) Rockville; David R. Ressler, Bridgeport; Benjamin Markman, Hartford; Howard T. Mather, Bris- were in the Miss Smith was driving. The car, party was going from Guil- to Northford. The road was wet and the car skidded as 1t turned onto the Boston Pest road near the Branford line, Miss Smith was un- able to right the skidding vehicle and it overturned throwing the party out. The minister's neck was broken and he died on his Way to o1: Tuomas E. McHugh, New Ha- the Guilford sanitari Mis$ | ven; James B. McMahon, South Ner- | Smith sustained a fr. houl- {\ealk; Vincent A. Miller, Waterbury; | d Miss Ewing also was in-. pqward G. Moran, Norwich; Iran- jured. Both were taken to Grace cig J. Moran, New Ha Bverett hospital in New Haven, They were B, Morris, New Haven;' Aaron Nash- injured when they were pinned bes'ua, New Haven; Richard G. Osborn, h the overturned car. Miss| Bridgeport; Sydney C. Perell, Star- Copeland also received cuts and fo.d; Edward § Pomeranz Hari- bruises but Is not in the hospital. ford; Raymesd J. Hadin, West Hart- | Mrs, Ewing eseaped injury but is ford; Abraham Reback, New Haven: the shock. Robert B, ell, New Haven, g was one ‘of four Charles N. § . Boston ul Seid- the father 'man, Hartford; Glorge Shea, and three sons were ministors. He Simsbury; John J. Smith, Water- was born in Enfleld, Mass. the son bury; Richard J. Smith, East Hart- of Rev. and Mrs, Edward C. Ewing. | ford; Martin F. Stempien, New Brit- His fathor was pastor of the Enfield : ain: Francis J. Summa, Waterbury; church at the time, He graduated ! Sidney Svirsky, New Haven; Max from Amherst college in 1890 and Tavlor, Cos Cob; Joseph H. Thal- from Yale Theological Seminary fin Pers: New Haven; John C. Thomp- 1393, _Shortly after his graduation |80 New Haven; Willlam C. Ward, from Yale he was ordained fn the SOUth Norwal': John E. Whalen of Congregational church. He was sent e sl AN I TR to China as a missionary by the Ply- Alexander Winnick, New :n; Nathan Winnick, New Ha- mouth Congregational church of 8047 e New Haven and the American Miehasl Ovibew | Stewiford ¢ Toard of Foreimn Missions ot Tos. | 1obert H. Wrubel, Middletown; John ton. Mo spent 33 years in China, |1 Ycomans. Andover. During his residence in-China Mr. Ewing was in the Boxer norising and also in the siege of Peking. Re. | cently he and Mrs. Ewing were lo- cated at Techow where they were and . Mrs, A, D. mis. sionary work. Mr. Heintmger had !, charge of the educational work while | Mr. Ewing wa¢ superintendent of THE WE. ! churches, Both families were ealled home when the war sitnation iIn China appeared to he threatening. The irony of thie situation is that both men nerend they were per. Rev. Mr. hoys of a family where o1 city Hav GIVEN GOLD MEDAL Terni, 1t July 8 (UP)—Deputy Rossi Passavanti, who was decorated [with the gold medal, was nominat- ed today to be extraordinary com- missioner to reorganize local fascism. New Britain and vicin Fair tonight and Saturd not much change in tempir- ature, (Continued on Page 22.) | (Continued on Page 19) wl jtrolley car, a store window, and re- | | the left side of the taxicab, its rear |cab became caught in the | were caused |capes from injury [ posed cr I plains, and had injuring three persons and causing | damage to eight automobiles and a | sulting in two arrests. A Yellow taxicab driven by Steve Sutkowski of 105 Sexton street, col- | lided with a Farmington avenue trol- ley car at 11:24 o'clock, damaging | axle and a fender, and the left front of the trolley car. Raymond O'Neil of 418 Farmington avenue, & pas- senger in the taxicab, suffered cuts | on the first, cond and fourth | fingers of his left hand and a cut on | the head, in addition to a painful injury to his side. He was treated | at New Britain General hospital, ! atter which he was able to return to | his home. According to the police report of the accident, the taxicab was going north on Farmington avenue to- | wards O'Neil's home, and the trol- | ley car, in charge of Motorman Ed- | ward Hummell, R. F. D., No. 2, New | Britain, Wwas going in the epposit direction, The wheels of the taxi- trolley being considerable | water on the street because of the | rain, and despite the chauffeur's ef- | forts to steer his machine out of the | here, {path of the encoming trolley car, the collision occurred. O'Neil's cuts by broken glass. He was at the hospital today for X-ray pictures to determine whether or not he was injured internally. Hum- | mell and Sutkowski were séverely | shaken up by the impact, but wem,\ not injured. Skids_Into Three Cars ! John R. Whitfield of Garden | street, Hartford, driving a touring| car owned by Spencer Hurlburt of | Farmington, lost control of the car and it skidded on the wet roadway | {between Gillette’'s corner and Hartford road, | evening. crashing | one owned by A E. Burnham of 52 Sharon street, Hartford, and driven by Joseph Hood of 88 Vine street, Hartford, | Paragon on West about 9:45 last into three cars, |and the other driven by Frank Le- | |pre of 9 Lawrence street, Hnr!ford.‘ and James Bouvier of 332 Broad street, Windsor. | Sergeant Flynn, Officers Hellberg. | Gigliotti and Brophy investigated the accident and arrested Whitfield | on charges of operating without a li- | cense and reckless driving. He suf- fered cuts about the left side of his | face and meck. necessitating four stitches at New Britain General hos. pital. A companion was slightly cut on the head, and the occupants of the other cars had narrow es- The four cars | (Continued on Page 12) 'OBJEGTS 0 BLOCKING ALLEN STREET TRACK Hoffman Claims It Has Caused Drop in Property Value John Hoftm land near the 1, owner of a tract of intersection of Allen and East streets made inguiries concerning the procedure followed ! out in elimination of a railroad grade crossing at this point by means of a fence former crossover, and he is considering for- | mal protest’against continued block- ng of the track Hoftman that ction will decrease the value of his land, particularly since his an of development provides for a | which would be a continu- | ance of Allen street. He was not consulted with reference to the pro- | sing climination, he com- he known it was planned to terminate Allen street at the foot of the hill he would have| filed formal objection, he says. the HE INFORMS DETECTIVES Thief Accused of Looting Homes of Wealthy Men Sald To Have Brag- | ged of His Success, Revealing Sclf As Criminal, A young woman James Monahan, Billie,” notorious two gun man, and a local man whose name the police are withholding, may share in the acquaintance of rewards offered for Monahan's ap- | prehension, b at present at the local man t : the former, who Sound View, guy irst intimation h is had of the identity of the gunman. ! The young woman, nurse who was forn Britain General hospital, was friendly with Monahan and: his pal, Arthur Barry, m their com New York. )y very frequently in The local man, who is she was in this ssion of much information econecrning through conversations with her, and the detectives who effected Mona- han's capture yesterday after shoot- ing him, were to make their coup because of th story given them by the local man ain police department. Often Visits Sound View According to information gleaned | today, the young woman told Mona- | would be | 5 cottage on Hartford | han last winter that she at her si avenue, Sound View, this summer. » went to Florida and communi- th her, arranging to meet ¢w London three weeks ago. Sodn after his arrival he purchased an automobile and registered it in the name of James Francis Thayer. who, it was learned, was one of Monahan's robbery vietims. He was very attentive to the young wom it is said, and visited at her siste cottage practically every day. When Barry's photograph ap- peared in the newspapers recently to illustrate the stories of his 25 years' prison the younsg woman is said to have called it to Monahan’s attention with the mark that it was the photog of the latter's companion in New York last winter. Monahan, it is aid. admitted that Barry was his nd in sentence, ph pal cscapades they had figured in. The local man, learning from the young woman that Monahan hau ‘agged of his success in the authorities, told the local po- lice and asked that they look oves their circulars in an effort to de- termine whether or not photo- graphs of ‘Boéton Billie” corre- sponded with Monahan. The local police had no circulars bearing on the case, but a few days later, when the detectives who made the capture vesterday, came to the po- lice station seeking information as to Monahan’s brother, who lives here, the local informant was eent for and he repeated the story he had told originally. Going to Sound View. tives hid in a garage at the corner of Hartford avenue and the main road from New London and waited for Monahan's car. It happened however, that Monahan spent Wed- nesday nizht at the Totel Lafayette, New London, and did not return to Scund View. so the detectives had their wait for nothing. They de- cided to wait one their vigil was rewarded yesterday forenoon when Monahan, his red car, passed. The young wom- an was in the cottage when Mona- han entered. and a few moments later the detectives arrived. Mona- han saw them through the window and realizing that he was cornered. ran upstairs and aftempted to es- cape through a rear door, only to (Continued on Page 25) 'FOUR BOYS DROWNED WHEN AUTO RUNS WILD AND DIVES INTO NIAGARA RIVER Buffalo, N. Y. July 8 (®—Four the automobile in which they were | sitting ran down an incline into the | Niagara river at the Fort Erie. Buffalo ferry landing. The father of the children had left the car to pur- chase ferry tickets. | The dead are: Raymond Baran- | owskl, §; Frank Barano mund Zielonska, 8; and Marion Ziel- Iboys were drowned here today when Oonska, 11. Stephen Ziclonska, 10, and Ben- jamin Zielonska, who also were in the automobile, escaped. The accident was witnessed by a city policeman and a number of by- standers, and calls were immediately sent to the United States Coast Guard, the marine police station, i known as “Boston | and last winter was | Monahan | accuracy of the | a boastful manner told | the young woman of the numerous | eluding | the detee- | day longer and | ariving | {ico to President Coolidge. The resignation is to take effect {at the will of the president, - whe {has not indicated his intentions. Mr. Sheflield, however, has indefi- nite plans for returning to his post and upon leaving here expects to |80 to Europe for six weeks. The retirement of the ambassa- dor to Mexico comes at an adm| tedly critical time in the relations between this country and Mexleo. Mexico has recently institutedin ‘extreme” form the application of its oil law, it is understood here, nd there is some concern over this development in the administration. ving no reason for his retire- ment, Mr. Shefficld likewise de- ned to comment on Mexican rela- tions. It was said at the executive'of- fice here that his resignation had been agreed upon a year ago when the ambassador returned to his post against his wishes but apon the |Tequest of the president. Situation is Strained Washington, July 8 (F)—James R. Sheffield's service as ambassador te fexico covered a perlod during vhich relations between the Amerf- can and Mexican government fre. quently were severely straimed. The Mexican oil and Mnd laws | were the underlying causes of the | and’ the detectives of the New Brit- | Jifferences between the two govern iments, differences which gave rise |to the exchange of several sharp notes and public statements. From time to time there were per- sistent rumors that Ambassador Sheffield and Secretary Kellogg were |rot entirely th accord. But this was | officially denied by the state depart- ! ment. Subsequently President Cool- o. | idge made it known that Mr. Shef- !field had his full support in carrying |on negotiations with the Mexican government. Sclected in 1924, by Charles E. Hughes, then secretary of state, to |succeed Charles B. Warren, “of | Michigan, Mr. Sheffield first directed [ his attention to Mexico City to ob- {taining redress for American citi- 1zens whose land holdings had been | taken. | After the negotiations * had pro- ceeded for months, Ambassador Sheffield returned to Washington to confer with President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg. As a result, Sec- retary Kellogg issued his now cele- | brated statement that the Mexican | (Continued on Page 22 13,900 MILE RAILWAY MERGER NOW PLANNED Hill Interests Ask Right to Combine Four Western Lines ington, July § (UP)—The -called Hill interests today filed with the interstate commerce com- | mission an application for permise sion to unite the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Spo- kane, Portland and Seattle railroads {into a single network 15,900 miles long under the name of Great Northern Pacific system. The transaction submitted to the interstate commerce commission for | approval involves §1,708,000,000 that | being the total of the investments of the three merged roads and the Chi- cago, Burlington and Quincy which, | although operated separately, s controlled by the Northern lines through stock ownership. The C. B. and Q. mileage is 1f,- 400 miles The Great Northern Pacific com- pany. a Delaware corporation, would absorb the two northern companfes by exchanging its new stock share for share for their old stock. The Great Northern and Northern Paci- fic now operates the Spokane, Port- land and Seattle road jointly, own- ing all its stock. The new company is authorized, under its incorporation papers, to is- sue 5,000,000 shares of stock, and today’'s application asked the com- mission for authority to issue 4,974 976 shares of no par value stock.te be exchanged for the stock of the Great Northern and Northern Par companies, the par value Ot wi is $100, a share. e The investments of the four great railroads involved are approximate: ly as follow: Northern Paciffe, $684,000,000: Great Northern, $480;- 000,000; Spokane, Seattle and Popt- land, 1, 2; Ed-|and the nearest fire station for help. | 000,000.