New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1928, Page 1

“FORCE OF BLOW GREAT {INSURANGE MEN IN [MANY MINERS POLICENAN WHEN PAULDNG T $-4 SAYS SHIPS CONMANDER Bayliss Tells Story of Accident to Naval k- quiry Board at Bostoa ~Feels Loss Deeply. MAY TRY FURTHER SALVAGE OPERATIONS Boston, Jan, 9 M—An eye wit- ness account of the collision , off Provincetown on December 17 in which the coast guard destroyer Paulding rammed and sank the sub- marine 8-4 with loss of 40 lives, was presented today at the naval court of inquiry investigating the disaster. Showing signs of deepest emotion, Lieut, Commander John 8. Bayliss, who commanded the Paulding at the time, told of the submarine emerg- ing suddenly under the port bow of the destroyer as it approached Pro- vincetown harbor. The periacopes were first taken for spars, fish stakes or markers for nets. The whee) of the Paulding was thrown *h: right” and the engines were ordered full speed astern but with the vessel moving at 18 knots it was not “humanly possible” to avold the crash, the witness sald. “We hit with a terrible crash,” the graphic tale went on. “There was the feeling as of running up on the Beach over rocks, a terrible deatroyer seemed to come up out of the water.” After relating the story of the col- lision and the sybsequent rescue ef- forts, Cemmander Bayliss closed with an expression of sympathy for the victims of the 8-¢ and their relatives, “I feel very deeply concerned over this accident as my whole life has heen devoted to saving life and property at sea,” he said. “When & thing of this kind happens, the first in my experience, I cannot help but feel it very deeply.” Rear Admiral L. A. Bostwick, president of the naval bureau of in- spection and survey, arrived today from Washington and peared as the second witness at the inquiry, At ;+ the time of the disaster the B-¢ was " ‘making submerged trials on the Provincetown range under the di- rection of Lieut. Commander W. F. Callaway, representing the board of inspection and survey. That officer perished - with all others on board the submarine. Commander Leroy Reinburg, head of coast guard destroyer division three, who is acting as counsel for Commander Bayliss, announced that he had consulted Read Admiral Fred A. Bullard, head of the coast guard service, and had ' been in- structed to assist the court in every (Continued on Page 15) WOMEN NOST SERIOUS OVER MARRIAGE YOWS Miss iloyden Says They Have Just Found Out Male Attitude Boston, Jan. 9 (UP)—Woman's discovery that man does nat take marriage seriously is responsidble for ihe companionate marriage idea, in the opinion of Miss A. Maude Roy- den, English preacher and authoress. Miss Royden, whose lectures have been cancelled in sonte cities hecause of her views, discussed companion- ate marriage in an interview after delivering a mild address at 8ym- phony Hall here yesterday. “I, myself, am distinctly old-fash- ioned,” she said. “Perhaps because I am not married, I believe that mar- riage should be permanent and monogmous. “I de think this discussion on companionate marriage is a phase, but it is more widespread than just a passing phase. “You see, women have become disillusioned on man's attitude to- ward marriage. They are realizing for the first time fhat man does not take it & bit seriously. It never has been & monogmous program for him. “And so the women now are say- ing, ‘well, hang it all, why should I take it seriously? Men don't. I can be just as inconsistent in this mat- ter a5 & man. Why should it be so binding for me? Do J not give up #0 much more for it than a man'?"” Miss -Royden said, however, that the race always had been a more serious question to women than to men, and that the future of the race always had meant more to women. “Woman has given so much to it and she will continue to give up %0 much more that she cannot take marriage lightly as a fleeting al- liance,” the authoress said. “Just now she is passing through this pe- riod of dillusionment, and I am no prophet 50 1 cannot say how long it will last and predict a solution.” George W. Traut in Will Leaves All to His Wife The will of the late George W. Traut was admitted to probate today. The document leaves his estate to the widow, Mrs. Amalle 8. Traut. | The will is dated November 2, 1911. BULLET TAKES TIRE OFF SPEEDING AUTD Dective Fires of Fugitives Who Jump Out and Flee Threo Charges (0 bo Brought Against Driver it Yo s Appeehendod— Ouly Ome Marker Found on Abandoned Vehicle, Chasing a coupe in which two young men were riding, about 10:30 o'clock last night, Sergeant Thomas J. Feeney in a police automobile, fired a shot from pistol and struck one of the rear’tires of the coupe and knocked it off the wheel, yet the speeding coupe continued until the driver steered it into & bank on Osgood avenue and aban- doned it. The driver and his com- panion escaped through the nearby lots, and today an investigation was under way by Officer W. 8. Strolls. Charges of reckleas driving, disobey- ing an officer's signal and having & car with improper markers on the highway with be placed against the driver if he is apprehended. Bergeant Feeney was on Booth street when his attention was at- tracted to the speed of the coupe, according to his report to Chief Hart. On Myrtle street he attempt- ed to pass the coupe but the driver pulled to the left and blocked the police car. On Byrritt street, be- tween Myrtle and West Main streets, the sergeant shot the tire off the coupe turned west into West Main street and north on Corbin avenue, again blocking the sergeant's at- tempts to pass. Firing two shots into the alr, the sergeant attempted to frighten the occupants of the coupe, but it turn- ed east into Osgood avenue while the tireless whegl bumped along the road, and at the corner ¢f Farming- ton and Osgood avenues both occu- pants jumped out. . A woman's para- #ol was in the coupe but nothing to lead tq the identiNcation of the men. Examining the car, Bargeant Feeney found it to have only marker, SUPREME COURT REVERSES OYER “WIRE TAPPING” Will Consider Validity of Liquor Ev- idence Taken by Listem- . ng In. Washington, Jan. 9 (#—The su- preme court reversed itmelf today and decided to consider the validity of evidence obtained in prohibition céses by wire tapping. Three cages from the Pacific Coast brought by Roy Olmstead, Charles 8. Green, Edward H. McInnis and others challenged the right of the government in prohibition cases to use evidence obtained by listening in on telephone wires. \ In all three the supreme court had refused to grant reviews, but today it announced that it would go ex- haustively into the subject to deter- mine whether government has been violating the constitutional rights of individuais. Predict Tax Revision Will Be Sidetracked Washington, Jan. 9 UP—A predic- tion that the $290,000,000 tax re- vision bill would be side-tracked une til after March 15 when first tax re- turns of the year are due was made today by Chairman Smoot of the scnate finance committee. ‘HOTRERLY TODAY Trying to Justily Himsell Atter b i T PRODUCE NEW PREMIUNS Information Wanted by Ressd of Education Member Was Procured e Rapidly as Possible, They Say n Reply o “Stalling” Charge. A statement to refute the claim of School Committesman Willlam B. Day that the Commereial Co. has “stalled” in_an effort to defeat the movenient to install sprinkiers in achools, was fssued today by a com- mittee of the New Britaia Mire Un- derwriters’ Assoclation, ‘The answer to Day’s charges came in the form of a letter to Chalrman Patrick F, King of the achool board. It is claimed that an effort was made to secure apeedily a report on pos- sible reduction In premiums in the event that sprinklers are installed. Accompanying the letter is a state- ment giving the ‘nformation sought by Committeeman Day. Among other statements made in the committee's answer is that Mr. Day is not acting legailly in trying to insure aschool property with a mutual {insurance company and that hs is making & “frantic effort” to justify himself after the fire at the Israel Putnam school on Osgood avenue. Reparted January 7. The report on the sprinkler in- stallation which Mr. Day felt was being held up so that the achool committee would not recelve it on time to figure in the appropriation for next year was sentto the finance committes under. date of January 7 by the committee. The report was 1eleased for publication by the Com- mercial Co. todsy. Although the committee claims it was unable to get a detinite guotation for the cost of the aprinklers it is their opinion that it would cost between $175,000 | and $200,000, Letter to Mr. King. Following is the letter, answering | Mr. Day's charges: “Mr, P. F. King, Chairman, *‘8cheol Board, “City of New Britain, | “New Britain, Conn. “Dear 8ir:— “The New Britain Board of Fire Underwgiters through the under- signed, o special committes, at this time to chalienge Matements made by Mr. W. H. Day, and published in the New Britain Herald in its January 6th, 1928, is- sue, “The charge made by Mr. Day against the Commercial Company for mo-called ‘stalling’ on reporting of sprinkier apecifications is not wer- ranted or justified as a complete or even partial knowledge of the perti- nent facts would show. “At the request of Mr. R. G. Wil- bur, assistant secretary of the Com- mercial Company, & special meeting of the New Britain Board of Fire Underwriters was called. It was his opinion and was supported by unan- imous vote that through the har- monious cooperation of all of the interested agents, more favorable re- sults could be obtained for the bene- fit of the School Board. The under- signed committee was elected by the members of the New Britain Board to secure and present to the School Board specifications for sprinkler in- stallations and tentative rates. “Every effort was made by this committee to secure from the New England Fire Insurance Exchange & prompt report. There was no un- necessary delay. Our report covering the installation of sprinkler systems in the school bulldings and tentative rates is now in .the hands of Mr. Louls Young, temporary chairman of the finance committee. Claim Procedure Tllegal “Furthermore, Mr. Day is for the moment sponsoring a plan to insure the school bulldings and the contents with the so-cilipd senjor group Mu- tual Insurance Companies. This pro- (Continued on Page 4) SMITH WILL NOT TALK ON SNYDER-GRAY REPRIEVE New York Governor Has Other Things to Think About — Mother '~ Col- lapses, New York, Jan. 9 (P—Governor 8mith announced today that he had too many things on his mind to talk ubout the Bnyder-Gray case or any- thing else with newspaper men. He did say that he would not make known his decixion today on the clemency hearing last week for Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, who are scheduled to be executed Thursday. “1 will talk about the 8nyder-Gray case when I'm good and ready,” he said, “but I will give no decision today. I do not want to be asked about that case again.} He sald that Mrs. 8mith, recover- ing from an operation for acute ap- pendicitis, was recovering very nice- Iy. The governor is in New York city, where Mrs. 8mith is in a hospital. It hag been the executive practice for many years to make no an- rouncement in cases where €lemency is refused. ' Theodore Roosevelt when governor, oroke this precedent Mrs. Traut is named executrix. (Continued on Page 16) PERMANENTLY INJURED, BOY BRINGS $33,000 SUIT Irving Supremant, Nit While Riding Bicycle, Names Meriden Awto Driver Defendant. Suit for $35,000 has been brought against Peter Salvadore of Meriden by Irving Suprenant of Berlin, through his father, Henry Suprenant of Berlin, the allegation being that Irving was permanently injured on April 9, 1927, by being thrown from his bicycle on Berlin turnpike by an automobile driven by Salvadore. Judge William F. Mangan issued the writ, which is returnable in superior court the first Tuesday in February. According to the writ, Suprenant, who is 17 years of age, suffered a concussion of the brain, a fracture of the collarbone and permanent in- juries to his arm. It is alleged that Salvadore was not in exercise of due care, while Suprenant was rid- ing on the right side of the high- way and was careful. POISONS SELF ON STREET. Boston, Jan. § UP—A yeung wem- ad who collapsed on a street corner early toGay after saying that she had taken poison, died while being taken to a hospital. No marks of identifi- catien were found ea her clothing. | | searched. TWO KNOWN TO BE DEAD; FIRE FOLLOWS EXPLOSION Accident Occurs Mile Below Surface in Property of Coal Company in Illinois — Rescue is Being Attempted by Crews From Nearby Mines. West Frankfort, JIl., Jan. § O— Two miners were known to- have been killed and 34 were missing four hours after an explosion today in the Industrial Coal company’s mine No. 18 near here. The dead were Carl Jones and David McFail. Their bodies still were in the mine at neen. Of ap- proximately 100 men in the section ©of the mine where the explosion oc- curred all but 24 had been accounted tor, Fire followed the explosion and made rescue work difficult. A res- cue team from Benton entered the mine at 10:15 & m. and a team from Valier entered an hour later. The explosion occurred in the gec- East 600 feet below the surface. George Watkins, the first man to 3 YEAR BABE KILLED BYHORRIBLE TORTURE Farmer and Housekeeper, Hidden From Mob, Ac- cuse Each Other Greenup, Ky, Jan. 9 UM—While approximately 1,000 excited and curious visitors from three states viewed the besten and scorched body of Mary Magdalene Pitts, a three year old baby, here, some- where in Kentucky the child's father and his housekeeper, secret- ly jatled to prevent mob violence, accused each other of slaging the sirl. The father, Robert Pitts, 35, sald |his housekeeper killed the girl {while he was away from his farm, | according to officers. In & atill un. |finiahed confession ho accused the woman of putting the baby through & long course of forture, the offi- cers declared. He told that she held the haby over a stove its back was blistered sud hed and then when the wounds had partly healéd, rubbed sslt and turpentine into them and later tried twice to hang the baby in the barn. He de- clared the woman did this, officers sald, because she fearpd the baby's mother, who had left Pitts, might return, Mrs, Marie Fragier, the house- keeper, who is an expectant moth. er, said Pitts killed the girl “be- cause he wants me to hang.” The baby died Thursday and Pitts and the housekeeper were ar- rested later when Dr. H. T. Morris, who treated the child, told officers that he found an iron poker in the home which fitted & wound in the baby's head.' He also sald her in- ternal organs were bruised, her en- tire body was cut by switches and her stomach contained brown spots which he thought might have re- sulted from pepper. A special grand jury will be Im- panelled to try Pitts and Mrs. Fraz- ler before the burial of the child. HICKNAN REPUDIATES WRITTEN CONFESSION Tells Lawyer He Does Not: Know Why He Killed Marian Parker Los Angeles, Jan. 9 (P—Officials of the county jail where Willlam Edward Hickman is confined today expressed the belief that the youth desires to repudiate those parts of confessions made by him which re- late to his motive in the slaying of little Marian Parker. This belief was supported by a statement by Hickman's Los Angeles attorney, Richard Cantillon. Cantillon, who interviewed his young client at length at the jail yesterday said at least a part of this questioning related to Hickman's metive in the slaying. “I begged him to tell me why he 4id this atrocious thing,” Cantillon said. “He told me he did hot krow, that he had searched his brain and could find no reasen or a motive.” In his verbal and written confes- sions to the officers who returned Bim to Los Angeles from Pendleton Ore., Hickman had been reported to narrated in elaborate detall his mo- tive for the crime. In a confession written for & newspaper, the youth #aid he killed the kidnaped girl be- cause he feared his apartment would Be located by the police and Self protection, he de- clared, moved him to dismember the body in order that he might carry the bundies from his apartment un- noticed. He alse mid he considered the $1,500 ransem as more import- ant than the life of the ehild. He told of a “peculiar complex” which he said he had been obsessed with since his high achool days. Prosectition attorneys smaid they Wwere preparing to combat any pos- sible repudiation of sections of his confessions. They said the youth tréquently had asked to be given the etiginal copy of his sion. the exploaion ares, reported seeing several men apparently dead and others struggling as i they were in- Jured. Watkins said he crawled on his hands and knees to an air shaft through which he escaped. He said he did not know the cause of the plosion, which occurred about ene mile from the bottom of the shaft Just after the day shift had gone on duty at 7:30 a. m, Mine officlals said after’ damp which formed after such explosions often caused more deaths than the blasts themselves. Brattices, or temporary canvas partitions, were moved into the section in an effort to reestablish alr circulation, An emergency hospital was es- tablished near the mine and doctors and nurses were hastily summoned make his way to the surface from to give first aid to the injured.— TWO THUGS KILLED IN ATTEMPTED HOLDUP Chicago Police Shoot For- mer Convicts Ten Days Out of Jail Chicago, Jan. 9 UM — Two men only 10 days out of prisén found death awating them last night when they sought to pick up the thread of crime which prison sentences had cut three years ago., A police ambuscade lay concealed in the shadows of the Burlington railroad station at 18th street and Western avenue when the two recent convicts—Valentine Sliwa and John Bonk (“Jack Rabbit”) each 21 years old—waylaid E. F. Hulquist, theater owner, on his way home with his theater's Sunday receipts. Eleven bullets entered Bonk's body and mseven Bliwa's, A third rob. ber who had remained in a waiting motor car escaped under & rain of fire from police who forced his car into the curb, where it was wreck- ed. The man leaped clear, climbed a fence And was lost In the darkness of a lumber yard. A mysterious tip concerning the holdup was given police by Assistant State's Attorney Walker who had re- ceived it from a jilted sweetheart of one of the three men. Walker would not go into detall concerning the sources of his information, but said he belleved the robber who escaped was known as “Stanley.” All three, he added had come to his attention when he was employed in federal prohibition work. Three aquads of police officers, 15 | men altogether, stationed themselves around the approach of the station an hour before Hulquist, who had not been informed of the attempt that was to be made against him, was due. The three bandits arrived shortly | before Hulqist. Bonk went to the top of the atation stairs, Sliwa re- mained in the shadows at the foot, while the third man stayed in the car. A few moments later Hulquist stepped from a street car and started for the Burlington station. Sliwa, cap pulled down over his eyes, point- ed a pistol at Hulquist and told him to throw up his hands. That was the police cue. Detee- tive Sergeant Andrew Barry, armed with & shotgun; stepped forward shouting: “Police officers; put ‘em up!” He opened ‘fire when Sliva swung the point of his weapon to- ward him. As the detective ran forward to get Bonk, they found Hulquist, arms still above his head, standing be- tween them and the bandit. Bonk, standing on the stairs, was emptying his weapon at Sergeant Barry who, unhurried took aim and fired. Bonk's body rolled down the stairs and lay still on the muddy pavement. The third robber by this time had gotten under way in his automoblile. Two police cars, however, were after him and forced his machine to the curb two blocks away, but he scrambled from the wreckage of his car and dropped ovér a fence. Al- though the lumber yard into which he disappeared was surrounded im- mediately, no trace of him was found. Police are certain he was ‘wounded. Interurban Car Jumps Track, Two Are Killed Baliston Spa, N. Y., Jan. 9 (UP)— Two were killed and three injured when an interurban car on the Schenectady railway, bound for Sar- atoga, jumped the track on a sharp curve just outside of this village early today. ‘The car, which was reported go- ing at high speed, crashed into a tree and then overturned in & diteh. The dead are: Jack Norton, con- ductor, of Schenectady, and Willlam Martin, a passenger, who had board- ed the car just a short time before the accident. ‘There wers but four passengers in the car at the time of the accident. ‘The injured were sent to the Saratoga hospital. e e L BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1925 —EIGHTEEN PAGES FELLED PRISONER WITH NIGHTSTICK Ald. Zapatka Talks to Chief Hart . But Rumor of Charges Against Carry Is Denied | WRANGLE ON BROAD ST. CAUSES STIR IN GOURT Supernumerary Alleged to Have Struck Man with Violence—No Siga of Intoxication Soon After Mangan, Defense Counsel, De- clares This Is Not Russia, Struck on the head by Supernu- merary Officer Joseph Curry, who wielded his nightstick with telling effect, Ignatius (Whitey) Wisk, aged 27, of 104 Cabot street, denled in police court today that he was intoxicated or had committed any offense prior to being arrested on charges of drunkenness, breach of the peace and resistance, and Judge M. D. 8axe discharged him with the remark that while Wisk might have been more tactful than he was, the evidence against him was not suf- ficiently strong to warrant a finding of guilty on any of the charges. Officer Curry testifled that he had orders to prevent men from con- gregating about the street near the Rialto hall on Broad street late at inight, and when he saw Wisk and Ihu cousin, Joseph Wisk, arguing with each other in the doorway of a restaurant about 11:45 Baturday night he ordered them to move. Others who were with them obeyed the order, but the Wisks did not o until the officer repeated his or- Then they went as far as the curbstone and he egain ordered them to go home., He noticed that “Whitey” had been drinking and.he made it plain to him that unless he obeyed the order to move he would be’ arrested. Wisk used vile language towards him, according to fthe testimony, and the officer seized him by the coat collar and placed him under arrest. Him on Head Instead of going along with the eMcer, Wisk resisted and forced him against & large plate glass window, alos attacking the officer in a man- ner intended to cause injury and pain, the officer testified, so he “tapped” him on the forehead with his nightstick. Supernumerary Offi- cer Todzia in plain clothes came to Officer Curry's assistance and efter Wisk was subdued, Officers Lee ana Collins came along. The officers walked Wisk to the police box at North and Lee strects and all the way along the route, Wisk hurled vile epithets at Officer Curry, the latter said. At the box, Wisk whis- pered to Officer ILee but Officer Curry said he did not know what was said. Cross-examined by Judge W. F. Mangan, representing Wisk, Officer Curry said the reason he did not ar- rest Wisk for drunkenness when he saw him first, was that he did not consider him sufficiently intoxicated to deserve arrest. He used his nightstick only in self defense, he said. Officer Todzia testified that he saw Wisk “battling” with Officer Curry and the latter had his hands full. The witness assisted in sub- duing Wisk and he could not say intoxicated. He said Wisk forced Officer Curry against the window before the officer used his nightstick. Knocked Down With Club Wisk and his cousin denied that they were arguing in a loud tone. They were “talking about some bus- (Continued on Page 12) Arrest, Physician Assets—W. F.| definitely whether or not Wisk was LINDBERGH LANDS AT PANAMA MET BY USUAL BIG CROWD; LEFT SAN JOSE AMERICAN GIRL TO MARRY MAHARAJAR Miss Miller of Seattle, in| Bombay—To Become | Hindu London, Jan. 9 UM—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Bombay says that an American girl, a Mise Miller, has arrived at Bombay for the purpose of marrying the former | Maharajah of Indore, whom she met while he was visiting in America. The American consul is said to have failed in an attempt to dimsuade Miss Miller from the marriage which is to cccur at Indore after which she will adopt the Hindu religion, In November, 1925, when the for- | mer Maharajan was in Balt Lake City Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Seat- tle, Washington, and her mothes were members of the former ruler's party. He was traveling incognite as “Mr. T. Raje.”" Recent reports from Bombay that the former Maharajah intended to marry an unnamed American girl | brought from her mother, Mrs. Jen- nie Miller in Seattle the statement | that the match was a possibility, “The Maharajah of Indore gained notoriety in January, 1925, when Mumtaz Begum, a dancing girl, was slashed in the face and her escort, a wealthy Bombay merchant was killed by nine Indians, later jdenti- fied as having connection with the Maharajah’s train. Mumtas had been a former favorite of the Ma- harajah and it was declared that the Indians were seeking to kidnap her. The incident later led to the abdica- tion of the Maharajah. “Mumtaz Begum was rescued from the kidnapers by the interven- tion of a party of British officers who happened to be passing. The officers armed only with golf elubs, routed the Indians, Later three of the attackers were sentenced to death and four others departed. In March, 1926, Mumtos was married to Abdur Rahman, a weaithy skin dealer and a municipal commission. orm SENATOR KING URGES INQUIRY INTO NAYY Utah Democrat Wauts Gemeral Probe in Connection With 8-4 Disaster demand for investigation of the 8-¢ disaster by & senate committee in- stead of by a special commission to be appointed by the President was made today before the senate naval committce by leading democrats of that body. Senator Swanson, of Virginia, the ranking minority member, and Sena- tor Walsh, of Massachusetts, served notice that if the committes ap- proved the resolution in the form the house adopted it last Saturday, they would take their fight to the floor of the senate. After a heated debate which last- ed for more than an hour, the com- mittee deferred action on the reso- lution until Thursday at which time Senator King. democrat, Utah, who is not a member, plans to appear to | urge a senate inquiry not only inte the 8-4 sinking, but also inte other naval disasters as well as into the condition of the whole naval estab- lishment. iBerlin and East Berlin ease Reaches Total of 26 Cases, Berlin and East Berlin pupils who attend New Britain schools will not be excluded as a result of the small- pox epidemic in the environs of their towns unless they have been In ac- tual contact with cases of the disease. None but vaccinated boys and girls arc allowed to attend school here and since there is no record of & vaccinated person having acted as & carrier, the chance of contagion is most remote, health authorities have advised. The situation occu- pled by them is similar to that of thousands of pupils during the epi- demic in this city when none but actual contacts were required to re- main away from classes. The only New Britain school at- tended by Berlin and East Berlin residents are the Senior high and State Trade schools. Berlia Orders Vaccination Inquiry in the districts where the cases of smallpox are prevalent indi- cate the possible exposure of certain children attending schools in Ber- (Centinued on Page 15.) NO SMALLPOX FEAR AT H.S. FROM OUT OF TOWN PUPILS Pupils Vaccinated—Dis- i {ADMITS SHOOTING, IS READY FOR CONSEQUENCE il’om\ulcs'- Confessod Slayer of Girl Knew What He Was Doing, He Tells Police. Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 9 (P—"T knew what I was doing and I know what to expect,” was the only expla. |nation given today by FElveres Miguel for the shooting to death of Miss Louise Jacks, 19, at her board- ing house last night. He safd the girl and he were the only ones who knew what it was about, and he Washington, Jan. 9 (P—Persistent | THIS MORNING Famous Aviator Con- Hours in Flight of Sev- eral Hundred Miles. WENT TO BULLFIGHT AND SOCCER GAME Panama, Jan. 9 (M—A fine flight from San Jose, Costa Rica, to Pana. ma City today carried Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to the end of his Cen. tral American tour, He took the air at the flylng fleld at San Jose at 9:45 (eastern standard time) and landed safely at Cape Lindbergh, on Panama soil, at 1:51 this afternoon, As the famous aviator came over Balboa and awept swiftly toward the landing place, there was a tropical shower and a stiff wind was blowing, A great crowd had gathered at the fiying field, including many Ame; cans, who had come in from the canal zone, and Lindbergh has his usual enthusiastic welcome, There was some confusion at the landing. Colonel Lindbergh taxi ed down the fleld paat the presie dent’s stand mounted Panama troops galloped beside his plane to keep the rushing crowd back. The crowd would not give way and it seemed for a several seconds that many lives were in danger as the propeller of the Spirit of #t, Louls kept whirring. The landing was safely made with no one injured., The American air hero was imgmediately escorted te the president's grandstand while the crowd surged about him and cheered wildly, President Chiari in greeting bim said: ‘olonel Lindbergh, others have secured the liberty of America, you with your ability of shortening dis- tance are establishing a basis of fra- ternity and are bringing together all the American countries on a basis of real understanding.” LRSS San Jose, Comta Rica, Jun. 9 UP— Colonet Chisles -A. Lindbergh hop- ped off for Pansma on the last lap of his Central American tour at $:45 &. m., central standard time. At Panama Lindbergh will decide definitely on the route te follow on his coming visit to Havana, where the Pan-American conference will be in session. The airline distance to Panama is 310 miles, Lindbergh, who met with enthu- siasm everywhere in Costa Rica, was on the fleld early this morning pre- paring for the hop. He arrjived at the Sabana flying field at 6 o'clock and studied carefully maps of the territory over which he was to fiy. At Havana January 16 After a stay of several days in Panama, Lindbergh will start north from Paname, having abandoned any intention to go to Colombia and Venezuela at this time. Making one or more stops en route, he plans to arrive at Havana, Cuba, during the sessions of the pan-American congress, which opens January 16. ‘Without protest or advance pub- licity Lindbergh yesterday attended another buil fight. His attendance | (Continued on Page 15.) MOTHERS DELEGATION DEMAND GOOD ROADS. Overlook Ave. and Gover- nor St. Women Pro- test to Mayor A delegation of 14 mothers eame to the office of Mayor Weld today to protest against road conditions em Overlook avenue, Governor street and the rurrounding district, claim- ing that it is difficult to get food and coal delivered to them and that phy- sicians hesitate to attend their sick because of conditions through which they must pams to reach their homes. The committee of protest was on. of the most unusual that has filed through the doors of the mayor's of- fice in years. Led by two spokesmei for the movement, they told of the numerous petitions for betterments, not of a permanent nature but only sufficient to make the road pas- sable. “We pay taxes the same as peoplc in other sections of the city,” one of their number _said, “and although we did not come down here to fight. would tell his atory to the court. Miguel said he was a graduate of | Union college at Schenectady, N. Y., where he played on the baseball team. He was also a student at a Philadeiphia dental school. The slayer is a Cuban, and for some time was employed as a boot- black at a local hotel. Miss Jacks was employed as assistant in & dental office. The shooting occurred in the kitchen of her boarding house, two shots being fired into her head, after ‘which Miguel surrendered to the po- lice. leau, archbishep of Quebec, who re- cently recelved the red hat, left for IQuebec this atternsen. we feel we should be given some rc- lief. Put anything in the road— ‘stone, ashes, dirt, or even garbage - 1f it is then possible for automobile: and wagons to come to our doors w¢ will be satisfied.” Mayor Weld reminded them that excavations for sewers, such as werc made in this locality in pecent months, always leave unfavorabl. .conditions, and he promised te do whatever is possible to better th: roadway. In leaving the office ene mothcr calied back to say that, wniem th:- no longer in she