New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 STATE EXECUTIVES VOICING OPINIONS ONNEXT CAMPAIGN O 17 Republicans at Conven- tion, 9 Indicate Strong Goolidge Sentiment BIGHT DEMOCRATS SEE N0 DEFINITE TENDENCY frumbull Says Connecticut is Strong for Coolidge—Law Enforcement. Prohibition, Farm Relief and —Flood Control Are Looming Up As the Biggest Issues Likely to Confront Political Leaders, Mackinac Island, Mich., July (UP)=—A cross section of present national thought on the next presi- dential campaign, its possible can- didates and outstanding issues, ob- tained from governors and of representatives of states attend- ing the annual con nce of gover- nors, is presented herewith by the United Pre: Nine for Coolidge Of 17 republican governors, nine indicated strong sentiment for Pre ident Coolidge, six said their states appeared undecided and two re- ported strength for former Gove nor Frink O. Lowden of THlinois. champion of the farm bloc. Eight democratic governors indi cated a wide divergence of sen ment toward presidential ties and left th imp! ion purty today was concerned chiefly in finding a solution of the virtt impasse that developed at the 1924 convention between the rival forces of Governor Alfred k. Smith of New York and Wm. G. McAdoo, former ecretary of the treasury. Divided on Issues Executives of both parties ap- peared equally divided on the matter of issues between law enforcement prohibition, farm relief measur and flood control. Governor Al .. Ritchie of Maryland, commenting upon the presidential outlook in said “the democratic hope for an ssue is to join on a platform of lecentralization of fedcral author ity it his state, Other expressions of opinion were: Governor Bibb Graves, Aluban “At present the democratic senfi- ment in Alabama sems to be anti- Smith. Law enforcement and farm relief will be outstanding issues.” Governor John E. Martineau, Ar- kansas: ‘T'here is no erystalization of sentiment for democratic candi- dates in our state. 1/lood control, and farm relief will be important issues.” mbull's Statement Governor John H. Trumbull, Connecticut: ‘Coolidge sentiment is dominant in Connecticut. 1t is too early, to say what the g 3 will Be.” Governor Delaware: nothing but Coolidge in Delaware. T wouldn't be nd farm re- tes in surprised i7 prohibitior lief are prominent campaign.” Governor Johp W. Martin, Flor- ida: “Sentiment in Florida does not appear to have crystalized upon any one issue. Former Governor Gary A. Hardee, Florlda: “T personally feel Ritchie is n a strategic position and would make a better compromise candidate for the democrats than any other. T have no definite idca what the out- standing tssue will b Governor Ed Jackson, Tndi “It s too early to gauge the ment of Indiana cither on dates or issue out in Minols Governor Len Small, “There Is a lot of Coolidge sentiment in Illinois, and some opposition. Tn the middle west farm relief will be an important issue.” Governor John Hammill, Towa: “Sentiment for republican presiden- tial candidates has not crystalized in Towa, but farm relief will be the big issue unless congr s a bill at the next session.” Governor Ben . Paulen, Kansas: ‘The sentiment of Kansas probably is for Coolidge but there is a lot of Lowden strength. Farm relief will be the issue so far as Kansas is con- cerned.” enti- candi- Tllinois: Hart, of New Orleans, representing Governor O. H. Simp- son of Louisiana: “Smith has a lot of friends in Louisiana. Proffibition ought to be the issue. T advocate strict enforcement. Maine for Coolidge Governor Ralph 0. Brewster, Maine: “Coolidge is more or less , taken for granted in Maine. Honest enfBrcement of prohibition is going 10 become more and more import- ant as an issue.’” Governor Albert C. Rifchie, Mary- land: “There is no other way to get the democrats of America together than on a platform of general oppo- sition to centralization of authority at Washington.” Ritchie declined to discuss democratic presidential pos- sibilities. Hon. John C. Hull, Massachusetts housc: course is the choic sctts, The matter of issues h crystalized in my state.” ernor Fred W. Green, Michi- it was Coolidge. ounder economics, ¢ prominently in peaker of the he eampaiyn ¥arm Relief Tssue » Thcodore Christianson, Miniescta appears un- ecided about republican presiden- #al eandidatca Parm rellst ofcourse {Continued ea Page Ten) 28 | possibili- the | without | democratic | Robinson, | the | Lepers Run Wild, Try To Invade Town and Contaminate People Rio Janeiro, July 28 (P— Lepers living in a settlement near the town of San Pablo are reported to have invaded the town with the evident intention of contaminating the inhabi- tants. The police, alded by the populace succeeded in chasing them back to their colony. PROFESSIONAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT ASSURED C. C. Pyle Announces Event at Forest Hills in September New York, July 28 (P)—A profes- sional tennis tournament with the leading players of the world partici- pating wilt be held in _mid-Septem- ber, probably in the West Side Club dium, stronghold of amateur ten- Inis at Forest Hills, it was announced |today by C. C. Pyle, its sponsor. Negotiations for the use of the {famous Forest Hills stadium have ! progressed to the extent that a come mittee has been appointed by the club’s board of governors to confe with Pyle, who has had plans for a *pro” tournament in 'hand ever since | the transcontinental tour of Suzanne | Lenglen, Vincent Richards, Mary | Browne and other stars of lasf winter. | In tennis circles this development was amicable understanding between Pyle, as a protessional tennis promo- tor, and amateur tennis authorities, many of whom are influential in the de club. At the offices of the ates Law Tenr cia- a1d the matter was pure- an affair for the West Side club to tion it was regarded as a step toward an | © o) ‘propysH ! ] BB} FUSGIONLL) : | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927. —.TWENTY PAGES. NAVAL CONFERENGE [More Killed By Autos During Past " Eight Years Than U. S. Dead In War WILL FAIL THINKS JAPANSPORESHAN Various Powers Fail fo Reach Kny Agreement at Mesting This Afternoon MONDAY'S SESSION WILL PROBABLY BE FINAL ONE Bridgeman, Britain's Chief Delegate, However, Issues Statement in Which He Denies Conference Has i Collapsed and Insists That the | Conversations Are Certainly To Be Continued. Geneva, July 28 (P—No agree- ment was reached by the tri-partite naval conference at the meeting this i afternoon, and the Japanese spokcs- man sed the opinion to the Press that the plenary session convoked for Monday will robably be the last. The spokes- an said indications are that the conference will fail, W. C. Bridgeman, chief British { delegate, denied that the conferenc had collapsed. Mr. Bridgeman said {that the conversations would con- tinue but he declined to predict t the prospects will be. | The Japanese spokesman said that the British and American view- points on the problem of §-inch gun | | cruisers would be extremely diffi- {eult to reconciliate. He added that |this would be the real cause of the {rupture if a rupture came. {handle and that there was no sig- | | nificance to the fthe stadium ,for professiol PUPOSCS, In conjunction with Pyle’s plans ifor a professional tournament. to be {held the third or fourth week in | September after the national ama- | teur singles championship at Forest | Hills, arrangements also are on foot for an “open” event, to which lead- | ing amateur as well as “pro” talent will be invited. The open tournament, according to Pyle, will be handled by Vincent ciation with the club of Brooklyn. Tt' probably will be held on the | Crescent courts, Pyle said. Questioned about whether the TU. A. would he a: to ap- such an “open” e Pyle use o ent, “If enough of the leading ama- teurs enter, the association will just about have to approve the event.” Pyle's professional tournament is planned for men but the promoter said Suzanne Lenglen might return for an exhibition match with “some ! noted American star.” iGRAY WON'T TESTIFY Lawyer Advises Him to Be Silent in Her Suit to Collect Hus- band's Insurance Ossining, N. Y., July 28 (P—Henry {Judd Gray, on advice of his counsel, lwill mot testify against Mrs. Ruth | Snyder, his one-time paramour, in her legal fight to save $100,000 in- surance for her nine-year-old daugh- ter, Lorraine, The Prudential Insurance company is contesting the payment of the in- surance which was taken on the life of her husband, Albert Snyder, {for whose death Mrs. Snyder - and |Gray have been sentenced to death. “Ho cannot with any degree of de answer any questions which may reflect upon a woman,” said iSamuel L. Miller, his lawyer, Gray testified against Mrs. Snyder at the murder trial but Miller ex- plained that “it is different for a man to testify against a woman when his life is at stake, but he should not testify against her in a civil suit, FOUR FIREMEN OVERCOME | Several Others Tess Seriously Injur- ed By Chlorine Fumes at Brock- | ton Fuctory Fire. | Brockton, Mass. July 28 (UP)— Four fircmen were overcome and several others less seriously affeeted by chlorine gas fumes while fighting a fire at the plant of the New Bed- ford Specialty Company here tod: The fumes spread over a Wi ca and pedestrians within a radius ofa quarter of a mile sought refug in buildings. 5 “iremen overcome were Deputy ank 1. Dickinson and Ho Before he succumbed, succeeded in entering the tank room and closing the gas valve. Those overcome required only first aid treatment. All had donned gas masks before entering the building, but it was believed that in their haste they Tad failed to properly adjust safety devices. New York, July 28 (UP) — Steal the pennies and, the dollars will take care of themselves, runs the old copy book maxim. Or does it? .three men were arrested y carrying a baggcontain- one-cent picces®ut of a penny arcade in Brooklyn. Five patrolmen spent two hours counting the pennies to make sure |that the amount represented was $183.50. | AGAINST MRS. SNYDER chief issue | Geneva, Switzerland, July P— W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the | admiralty and chief British delegate I'to the tripartite naval conference, called upon Hugh S. Gibson, chief of the American delegation today shortly after arriving from London | where he had consulted with the British cabinet. Mr. Bridgeman was accompanied by A¢miral Pounds. Both Mr. Gibson and Mr. Bridge- m 'OH the visit, but did announce that a meeting of the chief delegates of Gireat Britain, Japan and the United States had been convoked for 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. It is understood Mr. reve d to the American plenipo- tentiary a rough outline of the Brit- ish suggestions as to how the naval | conference might be brought to a successful issue. ! ‘Want No False Hopes The correspondent und ands that the reluctance of the Americans and British to discuss in any way the British proposals is due to the feel- ing that any statements might give false hopes or false fears as the ¢ might be to the general public. Both delegations apparently pre- ferred to await the termination of this afternoon’'s meeting of all the delegates when Mr. Bridgeman is expected to explain more completely the British ideas before making any statement whatsoever. American Clause Prior te the meeting of Mr. Gib- son and Mr. Bridgeman, an Ameri- (Continued on Page 17) QUEEN MARIE MAY BE FORCED TO SELL GEMS King’s Death Has Left Her Practically a Poor.Woman Bucharest, July 28 (A—King Fer- inand's death has left Queen Marie tively a poor woman. Unless the state comes forward with help for the now dowager queen, she m: ohliged*to convert some of her cIs and other possessions into As already announced, Ferdi- | nand’s 300,000,000 lei fortune i(uhou! $1,800,000) will be appor- tioned among king's five children in- cluding Prince Carol who will re- ve about $400,000. The queen re- ceives nothing beyond the use for life of certain of the king's proper- and palaces, The government now proposes to split up the 30,000,000 lei civil list which Ferdinand received (about $180.000) among Queen Marie, King ichael, the Princess Mother Helen, Nicolas and members of the | regency. This would allow the queen only about $30,000 annually for the upkeep of her palaces, the wages of { her staff, entertainment purposes and other expenditure. This sum is very small compared with the laries and allowances of other royv al figures, King Alexander of Jugo- slavia, Marie’'s son-in-law for in- stance, receiving more than a mil- (lion dollars annually and King reorge of England commanding in the neighborhood of $10,000,000. Queen Marfe feels keen distress over her financial situation and ef- forts were started today by friends. to induce the cabinet to “recom- mend to parliament a liberal allow- ance to enable her, as dowager queen, to maintain the former dig- nity and liberality of her court. It is true, friends said, that the aueen will receive a fraction of the income from Ferdinand's property, but as the total annual revenue from the king's holdings are less than $200,000, Marie's share Is almost negligible. The quneen's receipts for her American writings were insignificant compared with the cost of her American trip. an declined to make any comment | Bridgeman ! Lost 120,050 O Washington, July 28 () — More | people have been Killed by automo- biles in the United States during the past eight years than the American soldier dead in the great war, the National Automobile Chamber of | Commerce said. From January 1, 1919 to Decem- | ber 31, 1926, 137,017 persons were killed by automobiles, while the to- tal casualties of the war in - the American armed forces was 120,050. ‘BOSTON BILLIE’ GETS | 0 YEARS IN PRISON| Sentence Includes 40 for Burglary and 10 for Grand Larceny Mincola. N. Y., July 28 (P—Jamés | I°. Monahan, better known as “Bos- ton Billie” Williams, the “gentleman burglar” was sentenced to 50 years | |in Sing Sing prison today for par- ticipating in the $90,000 jewel rob- bery at the Jesse L. Livermore tate, Monahan was as dapper and suave as ever In court today. He had nothing to say when brought to the rail, and took his sentence withowt wince. “He comes before you neither as | a braggart nor a whiner,” his coun- | sel told County Judge Smith, asking the court to be as merciful as pos- | sible. Judge Smith pointed out that he | could have sentenced him to life as | an habitual criminal. | Boston Billy's mother, Mrs. Mary | Monahan, of Worcester, Mass., was in the court room. His sentence was based on two of 13 indictments brought against him. | He received 40 years for robbery and | 10 years for grand larceny. | Both charges were in connection | with the robbery of Mr. and Mrs. | Harry Aronsohn, guests in the Liv-| | ermore home. | New York, July 28 (UP)—"Bos-| | Billie,” today sentenced to spend | | the nest half century behind prison | hars, was sentenced to 40 years for | | burglary and ten for grand larceny. | | Six additional indictments charging | {him with nearly a score of jewel | robberies are pending against him. Williams has been sentenced to | jail in New England halt a dozen times for breaking and entering and | on other similar charges, but has served only a few months in prison | during his long career of crime. He has shown exceptional ingenuity In escaping from jails. While he was held in Nassau | county jail at Mineola a spoon filed | into a key was found in his cell and | he spent several days in sohmry; confinemient as a result. | Williams was a dapper and suc- cessful burglar, frequently operating | in dinner clothes and planning his | robberies from information obtained from society columns and from gos- sip at golt clubs where he managed to play without membership. The Jivermore robbery and several oth- ers were executed with Arthur Bar- vy, another “full dress crook,” who | is serving a 30 year sentence for| burglary. Barry's confession led to | Williams' capture after a long search in New York and New Eng-| Jand. He was trapped in New TLon- | don, Conn., and was shot in the leg \iy detectives when he attempted to escape. | Barry and Williams entered the Livermore home during the night of | May 29. They awakened Mr. and, Mrs. Harry Aronson, guests of the| Livermores, and took their jewel returning some which the victims| sald had sentimental attraction. | Then the burglars went to the| room of the Livermores and took all the jewelry they could find there. | es- Williams and another prisoner, shackled to a deputy sheriff, we taken to Sing Sing later in the day. | ‘As “Boston Billie” walked out mfI the courthouse to & waiting auto- mobile, two young women lnnncd} from a window to look at him. He | threw them Kkisses. Williams' mother told newspaper men she thought the judge had been | fair in imposing sentence. i Caught Through Tip Here | The capture of Monahan came about through information (urnlsh-; ed the New Britain police by a local | yoan, who had learned the identity of the notorious burglar _rronv, a mutual friends at Sound View. DL‘-» {ectives who had pursued Mmla{mn seyeral months learned in Wor- | for Ma that their quarry had cester, (Continued on Page 11) —%| THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair and slightly warmer to- night, followed by thunder- | | showers and cooler Friday afternoon and night; south- west shifting to northwest winds. | * * HIGH TIDE l (July 20—Daylight Time) | ‘ New London 10:44 a.m. 10:55 p.m. *. New Haven 12:39 a.m,, 12:48 pm. | jage | swept [ifn a barn on his farm. From January 1, 1919 to December 31, 1926, 137,017 Met Death By Automobiles While American Army n Battlefields, The injured in automobile accidents reached since the 0,000 armis- tice, Twenty-six per cent of the Killed and injured were children under the of according to the figures. Last year it was estimated 23,000 persons were killed, an in- crease of 1,000 over 1925 and the largest death toll ever recorded by automobiles for a year. DRY AGENT CONFESSES MURDERING HIS CHIEF Makes Admission When Confronted by Wife— Eternal Triangle Case gerstown, Md., Confronted suddenly by after more than five hours’ ques- tioning, Reginald E. Walters, prohibition enforcement agent of this city, broke down and confessed to State’s Attorney Harper Hallentine last night that he killed Hunter R. stotler, chief of the agents operat- ing in Maryland, because the latter had been too attentive to Mrs. Walters, Throughout a period of interroga- tion yesterday morning, and for hour after hour last night, Walters had clung to the story told when he drove his bullet punctured automo- bile into a nearby town late Tues- day night with Stotler, dead, beside him. This was, that as the two were driving through the mountainous and wooded neighborhood of Boons- boro in search of moonshine and bootleggers they had been fired upon from ambush. The numerous bullet holes and grooves in the body of the machine, and the smashed windshield, lent color to Walter's recital. But powder marks and burns about the three wounds in Stotler's hody indicated to police that the shots had been fired at close range. Three bullets had struck Stotler from the left. Walters, who had heen driving, dis- played only a slight wound in one hand. “I'm going to kill you Stot. You broke up my home,” Walters wa said to have told his companion b« fore opening fire, while they wer driving together Tucsday night. Wal- ters then is said to have admitted his wife, western firing a dozen shots into his machine | © to stimulate the effccts of a fusillade from the roadside. Walters, 36, and the father of two | children, is held in the city pending a coronar's inquest to held tonight. Stotler, who was 52 years old, and married, made his home with the Walters when working in this dis- trict. WINSTED MAN, SON AND HELPER BARELY ESCAPE Bolt of Tightning Strikes Barn in jail Which They Were Working Unloading Hay. 28 (P)— armer, in the Mill Brook section, his son, Lloyd, and Lawrence McCarthy, farmhand, n. rowly escaped injury and even death during the electrical storm late ves- terday. The elder Tuttle was pitch- ing hay from the wagon to the loft and the others were in the loft when the bolt struck. The hoy was | made unconscious for an hour, the father was throwm to the floor and McCarthy was slightly stunned. The last named, hmowever, was able to put out a blaze which followed. The handl: of a pitchfork was &liv- ered, one of the pair of horses was killed, and a thick taken out of a post which supported a beam of the barn The bolt ripped off several beards on the side of the barn, Roston, July 28 (UP)—Two per- sons were reported dead as vesult of the severe clectrical storm t through New England yesterday. late Blinded by the torrential rain, six | vear old Starley Luinis of South Boston stepped in front of taxi cal and wi fatally hurt Arthur Stevens, 58 of TBryant Pond. Me. was killed when struck by lightnin was destroyed by fire, Stevens' body being partially consumed, Minor damage from lightning bolts was reported throughout New England. PROPOSE LAW CHANGES T0 CUT INSURANCE COST Reviston of Ordinances and Tm- provement in Fire Fighting Facilities to be Outlined Recommendations for changes in | jordinances and fire fighting fac os which are intended to raise the city's Insurance rating and lower premi- ums will be forwarded to the office of the mayor shortly, George W. Booth, chlef engineer of the New England Fire Underwrite: vised Acting M Judd. July 28 (B— { family that had she known her son a | | thought to Sliver of weod | The barn | { brother, MOTHER O SLAYER DISOWNS M, SHE TELLS REPORTERS |Winsted Woman Would Have Killed Son Hersell Had She Known He Was Murderer DECLARES SHE WILL LET LAW TAKE ITS COURSE Docs Not Intend to Engage Counsel | For Billadela Who Has Madc Full Confession of Brutal Slaying of 10 Year Old Rose Bordino— Accused Youth Himself Said to Maintain an Indifferent Attitude Winsted, Conn., July 28 (®—DMrs. . Mary Delutre, mother of John Billa- ed to slaying Bordino, today her first talk with othcrs than immediate members of the had killed Rose she “killed him Eerself. Won't Hire Lawyer. Delutre was made ill through t after she realized that her son had made his confession. Today, she was better and talked freely, ying that she had no sympathy with her son, would not even en- gage counse. for him and desired that the law take its course. Ske said that the acts of her son had brought immeasurable disgrace up- on her and her family. Mrs. Delutre said that while she was keeping s sisters indoor as the police were scarching for Rose Bordino she did not release hat right in her own home she was harbori the slayer of the girl. She said: “Had I known this I would have killed him myself before the police got him.” Has Disowned Son. Mrs. Delutre said she had owned her son. “I have more sym- pathy for the girl's parents than have for my own son,” she said. would have M dis- i She told of a visit made to the re- form school to get him out so that she could take him to New York to e examined by a specialist. Her re- lest not acceded to at that time but after the son did get out on parole, a short time ago, she tried to have him secure life insur- ance but his application was turned down with the endorsement that he needed examination and treatment hoth mentally and physically. The quest- into the homocide by Coron- muel A. Herman waits upon the recovery of Mrs. Bordino who is in the hospital, the coroner having | id that he would not resume his inguiry until he could talk with her. Tt was understood that Billadella remains in indifferent n the jail at Litchfield. ANSONIA CITY DEPT. HEAD HANGS HIMSELF John Healey Was Supt. of Board of Public Works Ansonia, Conn., July Superintendent of Public Works John J. He: of Prindle avenu committed suicide by hanging this morning after having partaken of a light breakfast at his home, Supt. Healey who was looked upon as a most efficient man was said to have worried lately over his work ¥e s heavy storm, which did not do great amount of property damage but necessitated much wor by the public works department. © caused him to com- mitted the He ate fast shortly hefore § o'clock n departed for the supposedly to hitch a horse but quite a while later when he w; not seen to leave the premis members of the household investi- ed and found his lifeless body dangling at the end of a rope suspended from a rafter of the struety He was unmarried and made his home with his sister. H is survived by several brothers and | sisters, It was said that Supt d much have brought on a spell of mental ahe job until 10:30 o'clock last night © to city Mr. Ma proper Healey was appoinied Michael J. Cook last Refore that time Mr, Heale foreman in the strcet de for 10 years, receiving his appoint- ment to that position from former Mayor John C. Mead. Mr. Healey's sisters are Mrs, Nel- MecCarthy, Mrs, Patrick Rowley Mrs. William Moher, and his william, all of this city. ny or year. lie and Marriage Licenses Drop Under New Law Requiring Five Days Public Notice month under the rriage law requiring s" notice will show few- er weddings than in the cor- responding month of last year. Town Clerk A, L. Thompson has issued 20 licenses since July 1, and has slx announcements upon which the five day period will be reached by Saturday night. Tn July, 1926, 33 certificates were lssued. titude. | and Healy had | this worriment being | ration. He was on the | Homesick for Norfolk; Penniless But Crosses Continent in 11 Days Norfolk, Conn., July 28— Homesickness for his home town brought fourteen year old George Cowie across the conti- nent in eleven days without a cent in his pocket. And George | says he is glad to be here. Mrs. i Cowie and her boy went to Cali- ’ fornia recently. The latter wanted to come back and after much persuasion his mother sald he could return. Then George started out to get back In his own way and by begging rides and doing a little walking he reached here. He says his longest ride was from Philadel- phia to Waterbury. He walked less than forty miles. George did not suffer a bit in health. He says he had rather be in Norfolk than In California. Average Daily Week Ending July 28rd ... 14,021 PRICE THREE CENTS FULLER' ADSES COMMITTE HASKT ENDED ITS DUTIES Mass. Governor Confers Again Today With Sacco-Vanzetti Tnvestigators WARDEN GETS RULING ON DEATH HOUSE ACTIVITY (GIRL PAYS $50 FINE A3 RECKLESS DRIVER Held Responsible for Ac cident at Intersection of Streets : I | After a lengthy hearing, Judge| {Roche made a finding of guilty in | ilhe case of Bertha Babula, aged 18, of 238 Broad street, charged with ,reckless driving, in police court this ;morning. and imposed a fine of $50 fand costs, with the remark that ac- cording to the testimony, the speed ! ‘nl which the young woman was driv- |ing her car at the corner of Rock- ;“»n avenue and Glen street last ! Sunday forenoon about 11:30 o'clock. |and the reckless manner in which | she was handling the car, caused the | | colision in which a car operated by | | Theodore Bostoski, aged 17, of 185 ‘Inaly avenue, was overturned. Bos- | | toski, charged with operating with- Harry Bonnie of 33 Booklawn street, Alford Schade of 98 Lyons street and Miss Anna Brown, sten- ographer in the law ofiice of Monroe S. Gordon, testified that Miss Ba- {bula was driving too fast at the time of the accident. Miss Brown added | that Miss Babula had only one hand ion the driver's wheel and was fixing {her hair with the other hand. In |reply to Attorney Harry M. Gins- | burg, Miss Brown admitted that she {frequently keeps only one hand on | the wheel, especially when she finds | it necessary to adjust her hat. She added that she uses only one hand to | drive around corners, the other hand { being used as a signal. | Lawrence C. Demeritt of 208 Glen street testified for the defense that | Miss Babula was not driving at an | excessive rate of speed. He judged {that she was handling her car in a manner other than reckless and was not responsible for the accident. Mis Babula testified that the other car was going too fast, while she was driving at the rate of 18 or 20 miles an hour. She told Sergeant Ellinger {after the collision that her car was | going 20 to 25 miles an hour, but she {was excited and became confused and made a mistake as to her speed. She said she obtained an operator's {license about one month ago but had | driven under instruction for ahout three years. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney W. M. Greenstein said there appeared to he no doubt as to the young woman's uilt. The corner is an exceedingly dangerous one and demands extraor- dinary care on the part of drivers of automobiles. Miss Babula, accord- ing to the testimony, did not exercise due care and was driving altogether too fast, Mr. Greenstein said, while Ginsburg maintained that car which turned over would not have done o hut for speed at which 1t was traveling when struck by Miss Babula’s machine. Bostoski admitted that he has never had an operator’s license, but | e felt obliged to drive out of traffic as much as possible. Reminded by Mr. Greenstein that he will be un- able to obtain a license for some time on account of his arrest, he re- plied that he does not intend to drive a car again, as he has no de- sire to do so. Judge Roche remark- ed that it was a deliberate violation. WOMAN PAINFULLY BURNED Fumes From Gasoline Used in Clean- se ing Dress Explodes Through Con- tact With Gas Stove Flames. Mrs, Eleanor Arvecwski, aged 32, §3 Orange street, was painfully burn- | ed about the hands, face and legs at her home this forenoon, when fumes of gasoline became ignited by the flame of the gas stove as she was cleaning a dr¢ Dr. David P. Was- kowitz called and he the woman to New Britain General hospital at 9:50 o'clock. Her burns are considered serious, but her re- | covery is anticipated. 32 Story Hotel Sold in New York for Vast Sum New York, July 28 (P—Sale of the 32-story Park Central hotel at a price in excess of $15,000,000 was announced today by R. F. Brooks and company, real estate brokers, who said the negotiations represent- ed one of the largest real estate |(l(‘;\!s of its kind in the history of New York. The building, an apartment hotel, completed July 1, is located on Seventh avenue between 55th and 56th streets. It was purchased by the Hotel Park Central company from “The 55th Street, 56th Street and Seventh Avenue corporation.” The hotel is the home of Radio Sta- tion WPCH. out a license, was fined $15 and costs. | removed | Asks Attorney General's Office When +to Remove Condemned Men — Prisoners Themselves Enter Tpon Twelfth Day of Hunger Strike Which, They Say is Not Protest Against Methods Employed. Boston, July 28 ()—The advisory committee which has completed a review of the Sacco-Vanzetti case visited Governor Alvan T. Fuller at the state house again today. The visit of the three, President A. Law- rence Lowell of Harvard, President Samuel L. Stratton of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Robert Grant, former probate judge, late vesterday afternoon gave rise to re- ports that thelr opinion had been given the governor. The reappearance this morning in- dicated however that their work was not yet at an end. Governor Fuller continued his independent investiga- tion of case for an hour before re- ceiving the committee. Warden Visits Attorney Gemeral Warden William Hendry of the state prison where Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are confined was another morning visitor at the state house. He consulted with per- sons in the attorney general's office and in the department of corrections, He refused to make known the pur- pose of his visit but admitted that i the prisoners today entered upon the twelfth day of their hunger strike by refusing their breakfasts, Later it was learned that the war- den had sought an opinion from the attorney general as to when the condemned men should be removed from their cells in the Cherry Hill section of the prison to the death house. The last respites : granted them expire on August 10. The at- torney general ruled that, under the law, it is within the discretion of the warden to fix the time for transfer- ring the men: Ordinarily condemn- ed men are placed in the death cclls ten days before the date of execu- tion. Solitary Confinement. The men are now in solitary con- finement cells and the law holds that if an execution is delayed by respite or other legal process the convict may, ir the discretion of the warden, “be confined in a cell used for solitary confinement.” The adviscry committee left the | state house after being in confer- cnce with the governor for an hour and a quarter. None of the mem- bers would make any comment. When Judge Grant shook hands with one of the office employes | Some of the onlookers took it as an indication that he might not be planning to see the governor again soon. After their departure Governor Fuller remained in his office. Mrs. Sacco visited her husband at | the prison today, accompanied by | her little daughter. The strike is not being undertaken Vanzetti declares in a 40-page paper as an effort to “cheat the chair” nor as a gesture for sympathy form the governor but as a self punishment in the hope of furthering the cause of radicalism. The men perviously had been re- ported as fasting in protest agalust the closed door policy which has imarked hearing before the advisory |committee and that which the gov- ernor has conducted. Gov. Fuller has paid two visits to the Charlestown state prison where {he has seen Sacco once and Van- jz€tti twice and in addition has in. terviewed a third slayer, Celestino Madeiros whose confession implicat- ing others in the Killing for which the two radicals have been con- victed has been instrumental in ob- taining for him several respites from electrocution. Present respites for all three ex- pire the week of August 10. Unless the governor intervenes before then, {they will be removed to the death house next Monday, in accordance with prison custom. The board of street commissioners is to act today on a petition of the Sacco-Vanzetti defense committes for the right to hold a parade and | mass meeting on Sunday in conjunc- |tion with an international protest on that day against the execution {of the two men. The committee's requost has been opposed by police and its members, admitting that they did not look for imuch greater success than attend- | ed refusal for a permit for a similar | demonstration several weeks ago, in- timated that some sort of a meeting would be held regardless of the city’s attitude. Accused of Arson, Held By Bridgeport Court Bridgeport, Conn,, July 28 (A— Jack P. Segall, 26, of 5000 Fifteenth avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, was held in bonds of $5,000 on a charge of arson when arraigned in eity court here today. He was arrested in New York a month ago and tried in ef- fectually to avoid extradition. Se- gall is the former proprietor of the Reduso Rubber company, which was destroyed by fire last May. The stock of the Reduso Rubber com- pany said to be worth $5,000 was. covered by $30,000 insurance aceord- ing to investigators.