New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1928, Page 1

\ | Tormer Ambassador to Mexico, & ! A L] 7 dl - News of th: World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 FLETCHER INVITED 10 GIVE VIEWS ON "HEARST'S PAPERS and Otbers Asked to Appear i Iomom"s Hearing ' PHLADELPHIA LEDGER " REPORTER ALSO CALLED Will Be Asked to Tell of Alleged Oficial Documents wllk"ll His Newspaper Declined to Publish— State Depagyment Denles Report That Government Itself chased Numerous Papers, Washington, Jan. 1. Sheffield, former ambassador to Mexico, and Arthur Bliss Lane, of the Latin American div state department, were invited to- day to appear tomorrow before (h.l.‘ speclal senate committee investi- gating documents published in the Mearst newspapers and purporting to have come from the Mexican of- ticial archives. Other Subpoenas Issued In addition, the committee issued a subpoena for officials of the Radio | Corporation of America, requiring them to produce copies of any eless messages that may hav passed between Arturo M. Mexican consul general at ) York, and Mexico City in connm tion with charges made in the doc- uments. These officials also are to pro- duce copies of any messages that may have been exchanged between AMiguel Avila, procurer of the docu. ments,_and John Page. who pur chased them for the Hearst publi- cations. witness in the investigation had testificd that he had been told American embassy in Mexico ity was a “generous” purchaser of ch documents, but this has been denied by the state department. lLane was formerly in Mexico City attached to the embassy staff. The committee also is to take up reports that Page, while corre- spondent for the Philadelphia Pub- lic Ledger at Mexico City, offered that publication a document porting to relate to United States senators and which the Public T.edger did not publish. HERALD DISTRIBUTERS ENJOY TURKEY DINNER About 300 Carriers Have Annual New Year’s Banquet C Herald newsdealers from the high- ways and byways of the adjacent rritory, had a capital time indeed | the annual turkey dinner yes- day afternoon. It has been the tom of this paper to furnish a 'eed” and get-together for its car- rlers for many years, more than this generation is able to recall. In ever-increasing numbers, a reflection @ the esteem which the Herald is ivileged to enjoy among folk from is district, the clan has gatherd jn New Year's day. Formerly a all hall held them, or even an or- dinary lunch room. Yesterday about 300 carriers, mostly from New Brit- | ain, but also halling from Kensing- eon, berlin, East Berlin, Plainville, Forestville and Bristol were on hand to eat, drink and be entertained. And they were, all of that. Willtlam Ziegler, registrar of vot- ers, was among the elders who visit- #d the aftair during the afternoon. #He proudly exhibited a badge which galned admittance for #milar dinner 30 years ago. Rep- gesentatives of the Herald were as proud of his souvenir as he was and appreciative of his memoirs. Shortly after 2 o'clock the bhand . proceeded from the Herald office to 044 Fellows' hall, where W. J. Fal- | . lon and a group of faithful assistants had laid out a steaming, succulent array of morscls that would tempt | the palates of the most fastidious, et alone those of a group of healthy oungsters. And alongside each late was a.nice bidbottle of orange da pop. the generous gift of the very Bottling Works to the boys. ¥ tmmediately the group was seated | vedibles started to disappear—and ihow! 8o did the pop. The Schwartz | Tirothers, magicians of no mean or- # der, appeared upon the stage. They {made things appear and disappear © well, but the Herald boys had em calling for help when it came tucking away turkey, potato, stuff- g and so forth. Despite their at ntion to things edible the youngs. rs got a big kick out of the ma. clans’ act and gave the brothers Dbig hand when they had conclud- 4. With the mosi difficult audience 1 the world the performers did heir stuff to perfection. They de- crved the hand they got. An then—the fce cream was fol- owing the turkey and the magicians’ pot was closed. Rut the entertain- ient was by no means over. Vol nteers from among the boys them- clves aprang up on all sides for ongs. dances and story telling. Tt surprising the talent that ap- cared. One young chap did a Rus- (Continued on Page 16) Pur- I $ (A—James | | |made her way in her night clothes, | n of the | pur- | him to & Rat, Fed to Rattlers, Turns on Them, Five Before It Dies Lexington, Jan. 3 (UP)—A rat—like the proverbial worm— can turn. This was proven here when a fat rodent was placed in a cage as food for five rattlesnakes. Sensing it faced a formidable array of -enemies, the rat set upon the snakes and killed all of them before it succumbed to bites of the reptiles. | NEWBURYPORT HAS GENUINE CLEANOUT R . NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1928. —-TWENTY PAGES. Woman, Thei_SP_owered Hollywood. Resident, Visit- ing in New York, Finally Saved After Adventure More Thrilling Than Any in Her Native City'’s Movies, New York, Jan. 3 (P—A woman from Hollywood, Cal., visiting in Newly -Elected Mayor Ousts | | DveyiyHeCm "“GRAVY”FOR THE WINNERS «Rad Boy” Gillls, Former Gas s-a~i tion Owner Who Entered Race | for Spite, Is Saapping Mean Whip | in Massachusetts City, Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 3 (P-— The “outs” were decidedly out to- | day but the only on| thelr way, as a new city adminis- | tration swung into action @ with |“Bad Boy” Andrew J. Gillis at its | helm. The red headed former gasolin: station proprietor, who entered poli- {tics when a former mayor refused Ihim a license to conduct his busi- “ins” were - Iness on his favorite site, made puh- lic the list of those who must walk {the plank, It included just abor | everybody. | Clean-Out Starts It started with Fire Chief John Erickson, City Solicitor J. F. Carcns, Highway Superintendent C. H. Kul- leher and such lesser political lights as the assessor, building inspector, overseer of the poor, city messen- ger, health commissioner, re of voters, harbor master, library director and four policemen. There would have been others too, but unfortunately civil service requirements made charges neces- sary for removal in certain cases |and they were temporarily secure in their jobs. Mayor Gillls, who is better known locally a8 “Bossy,” started off with | zent. *“Would the mayor be pleased to announce his appointments, if any. and his dismissals, if any?” he was sked as the new councilmen werc {sworn. Real Secretive Mayor | | “Try and get away without listen- ling to ‘em,” shot back the newly {sworn executive. *And forget that |'it any’ stuff.\There are plenty There were. | “What the hell,” he lamiably as the list was finished. |“We won, didn't we? Don't the | winners deserve the gravy?” | Bossy was wholly willing to ex- | plain his choices and his discards | {but he gave considerably more time to the latter and as his eye roamed |to the doorway where a motely jam | |ot onlookers was gatbered, he roar- | ed: grinned Wants ‘Full Publicity *“All right, you birds. Listen hard | ‘and go out and tell your friends | why the axe fell.” It was a long | |story, much Yonger than the enu: varalion of the qnalifications of the | {incoming office holders. | Not that thé “boys” who were to | receive the spolls haven't 'helr[ "poim.s. Some “h had good hum-“ ness expericnce,” some “necded a | pay envelope,” some joined ' the navy when the war came,” whil |others were just “damned good fel- - {lows." | Then “Bosey” . turned to - the “outs.” First there was the rash person who had “pinched’ him for [selling gasoline without a permit. {Then there was the “guy” who, when the present mayor was a boy, {had told Him to “run along hémc, {puppy dog.” Those two were “out |0t luck for life.” There was the man who “spent ia lot of jack to beat the present mayor, who was always a friend o [hie.” “That fellow don’t need a city {salary if he can afférd to toss' his {money around after votes.’ (Continued on Page 11) GRANTED NEW TRIAL | Former Canton, 0., Police Chief Had | Been Convicfed of Murder of Don | | Mellett, Editor. { Canton, O, Jan. 3 (UP)—Former {Police Chicf 8. A. Lengel, convicted | of murder in connection with the slaying of Don. R. Mellett, publisher of the Canton Daily News, on July 16, 1926, was granted a change of | venue and a new trial today by | Common Pleas Judge Edwin W.| | Diehl, | Lengel was recently released from | he state penitentiary under $25,000 | bond, pending the court's decision. | |He had been sentenced to life im- | prisonment. Shortly after his re- | |lease, the state supreme court ruled | the court which convicted him, had | | erred. s | The killing of Mellett aroused the | nation. The publisher was shot {down at midnight, after he had gone {10 the garage at the rear of his {home. He had been the central fig- ure in an anti-vice crusade. Lengel | land three others were accused of jconspiring to bring about the pub- | lisher's death. ‘The mew trial will be held in Lis- bon, Columbian county, probably isome time in Febrnary. {with injurics New York had an adventure today more thrilling than any cinema sen. sations of any movie queen. Mrs. Eva J. Newhardt of 1438 Tourand avenue, Hollywood, was one of about 100 guests in the Carol lodge, a hotel in 32nd street just off Fifth avenue, when fire broke out. Hidden by Smoke While firemen were carrying other |guests down ladders Mrs. Newhardt | in the freezing weather, down a fire escape. While still one story above the ground she was cut off from her perch, firemen who could not sce a stream of water upon her. Almost torn from the fire escape by the force of the water Mrs. New- {hardt finally attracted attention by, have been notified. her screams and was saved. She as taken to a hospital suffering from burns and exposure. One other woman, Mrs. Minnie Silverstein, was injured when she jumped from a third story window to an extension. B. Burnbrier of Toledo, Ohio, was trapped in his fourth floor room b waited until firemen made their 10 R, ‘Was Calmly Waiting When fivemen entered Burnbrier's rooni, they found him sitting serene- ly in a rocking chair. “I knew you would rescite me,” he “That's what the Toledo bo; would have dons 1 suiil ‘TWO FOUND SENSELESS * AS POLE WRECKS AUTO {New Britain Men in Seri- Te ous Condition at Hospital John Walsh, 48, of 105 Sevmour strect, 18 in a critical condition the: New Britain General hospital received about 3:30 c'clock last night when an automo- bile in which he was riding crushed headlong into a telephione pole on Whiting street, Plainville, just south of the A. M. K. Zion church. Cornelius Curry, 60, of the same ad- dress, is also a patient at the hos- pital as a resnlt of the accident, but his condition is considered better than that of Wal How the acci- dent occurrcd is not known, It was not witnessed by anyone and a neighbor who heard the crash and was first at the spot found both men Iying unconscious in the road beside the wrecked machine, A worman believed to be a nurse was in a car which came aloug im- mediately after the crash and she rendered first aid. Dr. Lawrence H. | Frost was summoned, and sent an | °f urgent call for the hospital ambu- lance, in which the two men werc taken to the institution. Both men suffercd almost corres ronding injeries, hospital authoritics stated today. They have possible fractured skulls and numerous lacerd on on the head and extremities, while Walsh has 0 a possible frac- tured wrist. ay photographs were taken this morning. The car, which is a sedan and i registered in the name of Corneliu Curry of New Britain avenue, Hart- tord, sfruck the pole with such o terrific impact that the raised figur of the registration number and th. year “1928"” were impressed onto the pole and can be read easily. The yrints of the radiator cells and th front bumper can also be seen, and the pole, which is 16 inches in diameter, was cracked through and shoved back hard enough to turn up a large cake of frozem earth Lehind it . The radiator of the car was driven into concave shape by ther blow against the pole as if the shell flowed around the obstacle. The hood was torn in twe, the ecarburetor was spapped off clean, the steering post and wheel were driven up against the windshield, and the glass in the windshield and on the dashboard was broken into almost infinitesimal bits. The machine wis towed to Parselle’s garage. The Plainville authorities are un- able to, understand the manner in which the accident occurred. al- though the force of the blow which | Weather more comfortable than snapped the pole and made the car recoil some ten feet show that the (Continued on Page 16.) Nicholas Hayes, Former Tammany Official, Dies New York, Jan. 3 #P—Nicholas J. Hayes, an old-time Tammany lead- er and one of the chief advisers of the late Charles ¥. Murphy, Tam- | many chifetain, died suddenly today, | this year was ten 2ged 72. He was commissioner of | the department of water supply, gas | five deaths and electricity. Born at Troy, N. Y. he started his political career here with a elerkship in the supreme court. Later he be- came fire commissioner and sheriff of New York county. He is survived by his widow, a son, Matthias, and thrce daughters. the Misses Katharine; Helen and Nora. Escaping Flames in Night Clothes, Trapped on Fire CONGRESS ALMOST CERTAIN T0 TAKE UP PROBE OF §-4 AT WETHERSFIELD| i vty o e e Kl 8, Hans i tigation Tomorrow | Selin Prison Washroom GOL) WEATHER TODAY i s {Too Cold TUne Vater for Long ugatuck Man Had Once s i * Continued Work — Commander Paroled But Sent Bl('k—Sull‘flM“ % \ berg Doubts Boat Ci From Tuberculosis and Was in gt 5 o8 | Raised Before Spring—Feels Sure Hospital Ward. | All Possible Was Done to Save Harttord, Conn., Jan. 8 (P—John | Kelleher, 39, of Naugatuck, a pris- | Men- | oner at the Connecticut state prison | ’ by Firemen’s Hose Washington, Jau. 3 |at Wethersfleld, committed luiclde]prrssinnfll investigation of the 8-4 at the prison early this morning by | isagter virtually was assured today | hanging. { He m. immediately Rep. Vinson, Georgia, I her for the enveloping smoke turned | Medical Examiner Edward @. Fox of |democrat on the naval affairs | Wethersfield. The body is now at | mittee, said the committee will make the prison morgue awaiting instruc- |an investigation of its own which /tions from Naugatuck relatives who [requires no special authorization, and Speaker of the House Sentenced iy 1925 Kelleher, a World war Wwus sentenced to the state prison in September, 1925, for one to five tion is found necessary. vears, for indecent assault commit- | “I am not certain that a congres- ted at New Haven. He had been 2 |Sional investigition is necessary, tubercular patient at the Veterans' Loungworth said. *“But if the public Al at Allingtown. West Haven, |demands a further inquiry after the 2547 Bt Tuppsr Tk Y., before nhaval hoard report, such heing sent to Wethersfield, and at |should be thorough. the prison spent practically all his | “There should be tite in the tubercular ward of the aPpointed by the president, the vice- hospital i president and the speaker of the He was paroled in October, 1926, {house to investizale the whole mat- nd again sent to Allentown and |ter.” wien that hospital closed was sent | Vinson suid the naval committee 0 Tupper Lake. While on parole |Would summnion submarine cxperts as drank heavily, and on December | WeIl a8 those who participated in TS welizoad te | fhe maikan, rescue efforts. The investigation Kell-her left the ward four times | Will begin as soon as the commit- | during Monday night it was noted finishes aearing Rear Admiral [by Officor Schmidt, who because of | Thomas P. Mugruder, who will ap- the glassed-in features of the tu. PS4l again tomorrow, Vinson said., sercular ward was able to note all | man was gone so long the | fourth time that the offfeer investi- | the nay gated and found that Kelleher had |the subr to fashion a rope, and had attached = Itear Admiral Richard H. Jackson, it to the bars covering the window |former commander ~of the b of the room. He was dead when flcet, will be president of theshoard, The board also will include Rear Admiral Julian I.. Latimer, com- jmandant of the fourth naval di Ity ubmarines; and Commander inquiry might hold some of its s stons ¢n Provincetown to hear te | mony of some of the men now Sccretary of the Navy Wilbur has - ; . ordered the board to make “a thor- After April 1. the municipal home | gugh nvestigation into all the cir- oM [the causes thereof, damages to prop- a mml,m;..w u;\,«..; only, n!\\‘ulu l:if'rll!l\ |erty resulting ther injuries to agread at a conferenc: at the office [\ 7 personnel incident <to, and th Mayor Weld today at which the | ! 2 Hatch and Secretary Harry C. Jack- | 5 5ion th ; pholie e - P *TI8.g will be stationed at the navy T¢ it is decided at that thne that vard 50 members of the board muay Legion or some other military or- | e e g zantzation will be asked to take over | oo Cottilionay the flles and carry on the work, the | Urovincetown, Jan.3 will be possible to continue service | tures delayed and thre s at present for the remainder of |salvaging work on th the fiscal year. Definite decision as ma € The year's budget. vy’ helmets, Mayor Weld last week expressed |the temperature helow doubt as to the need for this o i was much tou cold for jnstsd_compensation has passed. He 'wounted slightly, offic igreed with the argument advanced { i ope by members of the comuittee that | 1n. atrernoon months more and he has given his |y op | sanction to continue on this basis, fleet took up stations nez of the di ecause her mooring buoys were overed with ice and the rom the cold water. Captain Henry the movements of the prisoner. | Dead Body Found | committed sufclde in the' wash room. | oif Provincetown Dec. | He had used a hed sheet with which |ioss of 40 lives. discovered. shich will meet at the Charlestown i o navy yard at 10 a. m. tomorow. trict, Philadelphia; Captain Josep V. Ozan, submarine expert, who re ratton, judge advocate. Naval officials said the court of gaged in salve of the disastor. serviee bureau in city hall will pass | oymgtances with the loss of the S-4, out of existence or be conducted on | | responsibility ther: mayor discussed the work of the | \h: . i While the court inquiry ‘s in burean with Chairman William 1 NI e o Al 188 for a city hall office, the American SN RNY Sl iDnent. city furnishing an appropriation for a calm sea ran off it. With the balance now on hand it own today, 1 to the future of the hureau will be over made during the preparation of next s tests of th in view of the fact that the time work limit for filing applications for ad- As the temperature: present industrial conditions make it | ywater cnough so dfs - advisable to operate for a few:|gowy ship Falcon anchors the spot where 1 S Hartley, comu the sared that the mooring lines would veteran, |by a special joint commission o congress and experts if an investiga- a commission Probe Opens Tomorrow Boston, Jan, 8 (UP)—Prepara- tions were completed here today for inquiry into the sinking et ine 8-4, which went down 17, Functions May Be Taken Over by Ex-Service- men’s Organization en- fore, Mass., P tempe sunken sub- diving operations until the afternoon waut mad. indicated that the prolonged the ai s directing 1 hope that would warm the s could be sent expre sun the vissels in the salvage r the scene Four B;Evr Zero at Northfield This Morning Boston, Jau. 3 (#——The New Year continued its frosty ways in New England today with a vigor which | sent the temperature down to four below 0 at the weather bureau stations gt Northfield, Vt., und Greenville, Me. Clear skies and ab- sence of wind this morning made the today e 00 yards off went down which are almost directly above the unken submarine. The submarine der with the $-6 alongside, sweeper Lark and the tug Wandank were anchored near the Falcon, La Guardia a Visitor During the morning the snbmar- ine 8-8 arrived on the with “ongressman Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York, who came to obtain first hand view of the salvage oper- ations and familiarize himself with jsubmarines. Mr. La Guardia left New London yesterday in the S-§, which Rear Admiral Frank H srumby, commander the sub (Continued on P the mine- ! terda The minimum temperature in Bos- ton as 14. Portand, Me., re 10, Eastport, Me., 4, and Burlington, Vt., 6. Poison Liguor Kills Ten | Less This Year in N. York New York, Jan. 3 UP—A check- up by police today showed that the lioliday#death list from alcoholiem less than during {the same perlod last vear. Thirty- from alcoholism oc- ear between Christmas T of curred this A and New PICKS PANSY BLOSSOMS Providence, R. L, Jan. 3 P—For- mer Governor Emory J. San Souc now collector of the port of Provi | dence. picked pansy blossoms in his ivard today with the temperature ,below 20, THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; continued cokl, | % (UP)—a con- His lifeless body was discovered |°% the eve of reconvening of con- | |escape by fire and as she clung to | V¥ Officer Herman s Long- | {worth advocated a thorough inquiry | inquiry | tle Prov- | surface | lines stift | Falcon, | snap if he tied his ship to the buoys, | Bushnell, | ~ AMERICAN LINDY SIGHTED AT Miles of Fighting Zone 'BIG WELGOME AWAITS HIN | Crowds Throng Streets of Tegucigal- | pa Looking For Some Sign of { World Famous “Lone Eagle” Soar- | ing Towards Them. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. §8 () The t of St. Louis, bearing 1 Charles A. Lindbergh, was | sighted from the aviation fleld here [at 1:42 p. m. central standard time. I r, Balvador, Jan. 3 ) harles A. Lindbergh hopped off for Tegucigalpa on the next stage of his good will flight to Central {America at 11:45 a. m. today (cen- | tral standard time.) The 140-mile hop to the Honduran capital carried the American air icro close to the one of recent fight- ing in Nicaragua betwecn American | marines and rebel forces. Tegucigalpa is only about 25 miles ,from the aguan border in the |vicinity of which the fichting is {going on. 1 Anti-War Memorial A memorial directed against the “hostilities” by American marines in Nicaragua was presented to Col. | Lindbergh by a group of private cit- |izens of Nicaragua who are living in | 8an salvador. The memorial greeted Col. Lind- !bergh as a flying ambassador and representative of the true spirit of the United States, as a hero of the jair as well as a messenger of peace. 11t requested the colonel to use his good offices so “that the American With & |marines may cease their hostilities | he said. !in Nicaragua,” as this would help to make “friendship prevail instead of ! distrust.” | The memorial referred to various declarations of President Coolidge concerning respect for right and |freedom and stated that the presi- dent’s words were not evident in the | Nicaraguan situation, Awaiting World Hero Tegueigalpa, Honduras, Jan. 3 (@ stars and stripes adorned the streets of the capital of Honduras today as the inhabitants scanned the v for the approach of the Lone Cagle over the mountains. In honor of the coming of Colonel : work at the scene |Charles A. Lindbergh electric_ signs | . obliged to obtain flashed their welcome in English |saying: “Welcome Lindbergh.” | The papers published many pie- tures and much biographical data on the flyer. Renacimiento called Lindbergh !“The man who out eagled the American cagle.” Several pages were devoted to the aviator's life and hi exploits. DR, COOK MUST REMAIN | INLEAVENWORTH PRISON | Supreme Court, Among Other Deci- sions, Rules Against Giving Him Probation. 2 #—D granted Dr. Texas and Glen the supreme hat federal conrts ce prisoners begun Wasnington, Jan. probations Murray in court held today have no authoriy to pl on probation afier they have rving their sontences. . Cook, of fortune and explorer, must remain in Leaven- worth prison. wiwre he has served rs of ae months jmposcd wails to defraud, in oil promotion opera- sold a sentence 14 3 w { for using th connection wit diving | was sentenced ‘o three months in the Douglas county jail lat Omaha pleading guilty charge of having violated the fed- eral prohibition law, Both men were granted probation After they had hegun serving their sentences, ovor the protest of the | government Washington, Jan. 3 (#—The su- | preme court refused today to pass on an order of the intendent of insurance, issued fin 1922, making a ten per cent reduc- tion on fire, lightning, hail and wind- | storm insurance issued hy stock in- | surance companics. | The casc was brought by the | Actna and 156 other insurance com- | panies authorized to do Lusiness in | Missouri, hut the court held that “it present>d no federal question. OWBOUND Pan. 3 (€P)— snows fell over the falo district today. piling up ten | Inches within the city limits and Yis- !rupting traffic considerably. The storm started about 3:30 a. m. The weather bureau predicted it would continue throughout the day and | probably into the night. A 30-mile wind accompanied the snow and the [temperature stood at 10 degrees above zevo, 73064 it =5 HONDURAN CAPITAL “Lone Eagle” Now Within 35| to the | Missouri super- | ITAIN HERALD" PRICE THREE CENTS U.S. ORDERING ONE THOUSAND MORE MARINES TO NICARAGUAN WAR ZONE: BOMBERS ATTACK REBELS Reinforcements Will Swell Forces to 2,500 Men—President Cool- idge Concurs in Plan to Stamp Out Revolt. Meanwhile Congress Be- comes Uneasy — Criti- | cism of Exposing Sol- ‘ . || diers to Dangers of [ _ Guerilla War Is Heard. ‘ 1 Nicholas Longqworth hington, Jan. P—Rein. {forcements to the number of 1,008 | marines were ordered to Nicaragus |today as a result of the growing situation con- | seriousness of the frmnuug American forces in their |eforts to clean up outlaw hands headwd by General Sandino, i Geueral In Charge | One battalion of 500 men is to Judge Story sait from an Atantic coast point 2and another 500 will go from the y and Mental | Pacific coast. A marine general of- ficer will head the expedition, which Agony will swell the marine forces in Ni- | jcaragua to approximately 10 men, | The forces there now are in com- ause of his inabil- |mand of. a colonel. ity to find employment, Albert| Pending the arrival of the addi- ¥ £ E tional marines, American bluejackets itk r, Spgen of T4 Woodland | rrom the ficet in central American jstreet, has repeatedly threated to | waters will land in Nicaragua to take lend his life, he told Judge M. D.|up guard duty and relicve marines | 8axe in police court today when he o0 the ground for the more import- |was arraigned on the charge of |*Rt 4ULY agaiust the bandits. | breach of th “It T havi orage I | the peace. “If I have 10| Orders for the new expedition fol- &0 on like I have heen for the past |lowed immediately after a confer- scven months I might as well put|ence at the White House today be- | myselt ot the race of the eartn»|tWeen President Coolidge and Becre. “I have been everywhere | ''¥ gl 2L {looking for work. from Bristol to| , At the same time criticism of Hartford and Tl bet I have filled | AMmerican policy In allowing martnes [out 200 applications but they an | '® S¥POse $hemselves to such dangers s ; ¥ Mls have faced them in the last few {say the sune thing, that they'll let | o2 JAYE Teced TR o tle Iast few Ime know when something turns up. | Ca ; | I've found out that the reason I can. | “°"ETeS% Criticisms Are Heard | not get work is that I've heen black- 5 & it Speaker Longworth expressed the ! o o |OPinion that something should be* | Bergeant P. A McAvay testified | gonu 1o stop the sporadic clashey that he and Offlcer E. B. Kiely ar-|peiyoen the marines and the basdits rested Tischer shortly betore 13 |10V 0 B o 0 8 e e e or o'clock lust might on complaint. |wy o gemc B (e Bembtor Fischer's wife told the palice her | g0 Lo B et hushand had a revolver and on being | z.yion of the administration’s Ni {question Fischer admitted having | fopuan ‘atritude, charged that insuf- [ hud the gun, also that he had con- | fojent men 6o <o hand %be Jsnin e alde 8 | troubled country adequately to pro- | Mrs. Fischer testified that gshe (o0 0 BTy o “mployment | vy Tongworth said he had ne In- | because her husband was idle. and | formation on the sitdation other { when ghe came home yesterday she |ipan that provided in press accounts found that he had left their infant|ang while he was not prepared 1o with Mrs. William Spoor, who lives | recommend any specific. course of in another tenement. She became angry at this, and when he came | home under the influence of liquor she berated him. Among other |things she told him he should be ashamed of himself to have her working while he was out drinking. | He seized her by the throat, she said, but released his hold when she slapper his face. The revolver was | in the bLuffet drawer in the dining| o room and he went to it and returned | Elsewhere in South King with a cartridge of .38 calibre. He 2 2 |did not flourish the revolver, she| Winter Reigns—Oranges isaid in reply to Assistant Prosecut- . ing Attorney W. M. Greenstein. . Freeze on Trees | Relative to his period of unem- | ployment. Mre.-Fischer sald he has| worked only three weeks in the past | seven months, She has heard that 3 JOBLESS, DESPONDENT, * DECIDES T0 END LIFE }Prlsoner Tells | | of Wor Despondent b (Continued on Page 18.) MEMPHIS HAS FIRST SHATING IN DECABE Atanta, Ga. Jan. 3 (P—Wreak- ing heavy damage to truck crowvs one of . the reasons he cannot oh- and leaving widespread suffering in tain employment is that “he did not [its wa winter's frigid = breath leave his Jast place right.” | tenaciously held the soutbland fu its Fischer. who pleaded not guilty. | srip today, dippi mto the sub- tostified that he had not intended to | tropics of Florida to take its heav- lvave the house yesterday but the!iest toll. Howling gales “ied the cold linto ¥lorida tut to the northwurd |the high winds were subsiding and {the mercury g noraily stood 14 to 16 degrees above yestorday's low marks, which in severil instances were be- ilow zero. Betore (Continued on Page 11) " REMUS LOSES AGAIN Refused New Sanity Hearing—Now the bt ? night in Kent Secking Liberty Through Medium B8 ° 10 200 South Caroii: lover a wide region, the fall w: Cincinnati, Jan. 3 (P—A new san- [ alight in the ar south, but drifted ity hearing for George Remus, wife- | heavy in the vicinity of Ashevill er, was denied today by Judge!C. Spartanbuig, S. C.. and local William H. Lueders of probate court, |ties higher in th ghenies. who last weck found Remus insane | While St. Petorshurg, Fla., exp: jand ordered him committed to the |ienced it coldest day in 11 yeur: | state hospital for the criminal in- ' with the thermometer registering 2y sane at Lima. Judge Lueders also |degrecs, Tampa, Jacksonville #ud nied bond for the former “KIngother citics had their lowest read- of bootleggers.” lings for several years with temper- In the court of common pleas|atures varying from 19 to 26.5 ¢=- Judge Charles £ Bell heard Inng;‘nms. Teuder growing crops and « arguments of a petition for a writ |citrus were of habeas corpus to free Remus and |south as Ok: s in the frine announced he hoped he might befof the Everglades and no relief w able to.give his decislon at 10 | promised befors another 24 hou | o'clock next Thursday mornine. |Oranges were frozen on trees in i —_— — | parts of the citrus belt, though th. | COOLIDGE'S WRIST LAME | dryness of the cold was believed to Washington, Jan. 3 ®—Presidont |have mitigated the damage which Coolidge's wrist is again giving him |was unestimated yet. some trouble and he has been forced | Memphis children skated freciy | to apply a bandage. | for the first time in 10 years, whil The ailment is a recurrence of the [snow games were in - vogue in A {swelling of the tendons around the |lanta. where the first snow in sever:i jsmall wrist bope which caused him |years fell last night. some diffficulty a vear ago. The| Loulsville, Ky., with 2 degrees - | present inflammation is believed by |low zero. was the south's coldest |the President to have been caused |today, but Memphis and Nashvi | by the many hours of handshaking |with 4 above, Asheville with 6, apd {in which he was required -to par- |Atlanta with 9 showed t: “the | ticipate yesterday at the White [eral cold from the .q%& House New Year's reception. zard still was widespread. is died down Tennessee, = North Carolina and sifted snows W it of Habeas Carpus Writ.