New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1800 WICHIGAN GUARLS CALLED FOR DUTY 70 PREVENT RIOT Plint Tody 15 Armed Camp s Crowd , Threatens Violence Altr Kinape’s A CONFESSED SLAYER 1§ " UNABLE T0 GIVE REASON Prisoner, Charch Deacon, Respected Citizen and Fagher 'of Five Chil- dren, Clatms He Does Not Know Why He Murdered and Mutilated Little Child—Police Tipped Off by Fellow Workman. Flint, Mich., Jan. 17 (UP)—Two hundred national guardsmen and po- lice ofticers patrolled the streets around the coypty jail today await- ing possible attack from would-be Iynchers of Adolph Hotelling, con- tegsed kidnaper and killer of five- vear-old Dorothy Schnelder. Hotelling, past 45, an elder in the Church of Christ and father of five children, admitted the murder last night. He had been traced through clews offered by a fellow workman. Story an Amazing One His story was an amazing one. He had lived an apparently normal life, was respected in his church and community, but apparently through those years, he had suppressed tendencies which remained in the background of his mentality. In the last few weeks he had. read of the Hickman case in Los Angeles -—how a 19-year-old boy had kid- napped, murdered and mutilated & little girl. The Final Impulse It proved the final impulse, his confession said, which pushed him over the border line. He coldly kid- nuped Dorothy Schneider, as she was returning home from kinder- garten, took her into a nearby wood, stabbed her through the heart, mutilated her body, and then re- turped to his home and his usual sociations, without giving apparent sign of his guilt. Hotelling was held today in & cell! at the lonla reformatory, a prey to the thoughts which caused him to (Continued on Page 1, Part 2) INDIGNANT STUDENTS PLAN NASS MEETING President at Clark OI.'dCl‘l Committee Out of Office (Spectal to the Herald) Worcester, Mass., Jan. 17—With President Atwood of Clark Univer- sity and the student body deadlocked over the question of reinstating Francis Bchweitser of New Britain and Betrand Levesque of New Bed- ford, college publication editors, a new threat of action was seen today with the announcement that the stu- dents will hold & mass meeting late today. Preaident Atwood, who refused to meet with the students yesterday afternoon to explain his position in having suspended Frank Phelan Colapinto, formerly of New Britain, author of an alleged obscene article for the Clark Monthly, and Theo- dore Rothman, @ committee of students. from hi office after the necting late yester- ' day pefusing to talk to them. The students at their meeting yesterday passed a resolution demanding that fichweitser and Levesque be rein- stated. Worcester, Mass., Jan. 17 (#— President Wallace W. Atwood of Clark university, called a special meeting of the faculty and studen at 11 o'clock M:f and iasded a final statement on the' controversy be. tween him and the students over the suspension of two members of the Clark Monthly editorial board, Fran- cis Bchweitser of New Britain and Bertrand Levesque of New Bedford. He stated that the matter is closed, that the men are definitely out of school and that nothing the students could do, singly or as a body, could bring about a change. He refuses to be intimidated by any action they may take and he said he considered thelr petitions demanding the rein- statement of the suspended pupils are impudent. Man Whose Arm Was Torn From Socket Survives Milford, Jun. 17 M—Caught in a hoisting winch on a tanker, which Llore off his right urm and threw him overboard nearly three months ago, Ralph Buettner of Erie, Pa., has won his uphill battle for recovery and was today discharged from Milford hospital. Buettner, manglo and then almost drowned at Devon where his ship, the Mohawk, was unloading barrels of oll when the « cident occurred -was rushed to th hospital n what physiclans describ- ed as a dying condition Two operations and several blood transfusions alded his recovery and combined with the battle he put up for his life, have made him a well man, with the exception of the arm Te lost. the editor, ordered { Pacific Coast Airmen On Enduraace Flight 8an Francisco, Jan. 17 P—The tri-motored Fokker monoplane “Spirit of California” took off from Mills Field at 8:09 a. m., today on an attempt to break the endurance flight record. Captain Kingsford-8mith, Brit- ish air ace, and Lieut. George R. Pond, U, 8 N., plloted the plane. Before the take-off 1,636 gal- lons of gasoline were poured into the tanks. The fliers must stay in the air 63 hours, 23 minutes and 31 sec- onds to break the world's record. PRIVATE SLEUTHS ARE HUNTING GIRL No Delinite Trace However, of Smith College Stndent /IS YOUNG MILLIONAIRESS Said to be Worth Two Milllon in Her Own Right—Love Theory Abaudoned and 50 is Suicklo— | Reported in Philadeiphia. | Northampton, Mass., Jan. 17 (®— Two detectives in the employ of St. John 8mith, New York broker, ar- ed here today to take up the search for his daughter, Miss Fran- ces St. John Smith, Smith college freshman who has been missing since last Friday. These detectives were In conference all morning with the Smith family and representa- tives of the college. They had no statement to make regarding their intended course of action. ' 8tate Detective Joseph V. Daly of this city, who i8 in charge of the search for the missing student, dis- {tra alarm fires, W BRITAIN HEVALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1928, —TWEN: FIREBUG LOGSE N NATIONAL CAPITA (1Y ALL EXCITED Five Extra Alarm Fires, Added| tq Several Minor Ones, Koep Fire Dept. on the Jump BALTIMORE, 40 MILES AWAY, SENDS EQUIPMENT Twenty Firemen Are Overcome by Gus—Police Arrest One Suspect, & Temporary Psychopathic Patient at Walter Roed Hospital—Found Near Scene of Fire Wearing Fire- man's Badge. Washington, Jan. 17 UP—Five ex- | interspersed with several minor and a few false ones, | threw the natlonal capital into = | state of turmoll last night and early | today and led the police to believe | firebugs were at work in the city. | The blazes, the first of which be- | gan shortly before midnight, contin- ued until after 9 o'clock this morn- ing, bringing apparatus from many | nearby Virginia and Maryland citeis | and towns to aid an exhausted| Washington crew and starting a| { Experimeats Being Made to De- H. A. Smith Announces Candidacy For G. 0. P. Mayoralty Nomination Resident for Two Years Will Not Be Made Voter Until Henry A. Smith of ¢¢ South High street, today formally announced his candidacy for the republican nomin- ation for mayor and he will enter his name in the G. O. P. primary this spring. Mr. 8mith s reputed to have con- siderable backing for the nomina- tion, his adherents clatming one for- mer republican mayor as a sup- porter. They point to a record of public service including two terms on the board of aldérmen in New York city, and two years in the office of city clerk at Brooklyn. He serv- RADID WAVES MAY HELP MEDICAL EN €d in these offices as a republican. In 1893 he was a candidate for the New York assembly as a democrat, and in 1895 he was a candidate for congress at the republican conven- tion, withdrawing in favor of another candidate. In 1912 he stumped the state of Connecticut for Theodore Roosevelt and the Bull Moose ticket and was that party's nominee for senator in the sixth district of Brooklyn. He has been g resident of this city for the past two years and will be made a voter here this spring. WIRELESS PERMITS ARE BEING ARGUED Federal Radio Commission Opens Hearings Today NO DECISION LIKELY NOW | tine T Bl WORKMEN ARE AFFECTED. hort Waves Said to Cause a';lluldenh High Blood Pressure—White Mice Being Used to Ascertain Action | in Medical Tests, i Future Guldance—Short Waves or High Frequency Broadcasung is Subject of Conference, Board to Lay Down Policy for| & N GE® . Oy YNGES. 1 TAXREDUCTIONS SIDETRACKED TILL AFTER HARCH 15 Senate Fisance Report—Reed’s Committee Votes Against | Seating Sen.-Elect Smith INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION BILL Measure Provides Funds for Host of Bureaus Amounting to $526,193,- | 111—Action on Nomination of Lowman Delayed in Senate—Ac- tion on Tarift Postponed at Re- | qwest of Tilson. | Washington, Jan. 17.—#—The senate finance committee voted to- | day to sidetrack the $290,000,000 tax reduction bill until after March 15. An effort by Senator Simmons of | North Carolina, ranking democrat, on the committee, to obtain imme- diate consideration of the measure' | was defeated by a strict party vote, | 11 to 9, with the republicans stick- | ing by the postponement program. Simmons’ Terse Reply | Informed by Chairman 8moot that the republicans intended to delay | | consideration of the tax bill until | ! i { | { | Nair Shaves Upper Li To Help Lions’ Froric While fellow members of the Lions club sacrificed their time and effort to make the annual benefit frolic a success, Attorney David L. Nair went them one bet- ter and sacrificed his moustache, 1t became known today. The show was billed as a “Society Circus,” and to assist in drawing attention to the opening as well as to add to tke circus appearance, several members, including Nair, were asked to dreas as clowns and gambol in front of the Capitol theater. Nair found his mous- tache did not fit well with the clownish make-up, but rather than® refuse to do his bit, he shaved the hirsute adornment and jolned in the fun in front of the playhouse, PRISONER RELATES 'THREAT OE WURDER Frank Salinardi Rccuses Leo Laurito in Waterbury Trial RELATES DEATH WARNING Star Witness, in Custody of Vermont Authorities, Tells Underworld Story of Feud and Murder Plot- tings. Waterbury, Jan. 17 P—Frank wide search for suspects believed to ' have deliberately set fire to the| - = places and to have turned in falso| Toronto, Ont., Jan. 17 (M—Ether alarms to divert the fire fighters. | waves, originally harnessed for One Man Is Held radlo, may prove a boon to medical The first man taken in the huntiycience in the trcatment of con- was a temporary psycopathic patient | 1 at Walter Reed hospital, Mo gave | Valescent patients. Prof. J. C. Me- | the name of John Jacob Fisher, £9 |Lennan of the University of Toron- appeared today, It is surmised that he is trying to trace down a report that a girl resembling Miss Smith waa seen by George B. Wood, a Bris- tol, Conn,, lawyer, in Deerfleld Sun- day while he was taking his son to Eaglerock school in that town. He reported that a young girl, evidently fatigued, approached him when he stopped in front of Memeorial Hall and asked him if he was looking for her. He replied that he was not, whereupon she walked away. No Troubles Miss May Hamliton, personal rep- resentative of the Smith family, to- day emphatically denied rumors that there had been any estrangement between Mis Smith and h¢r family. She said that on the contrary, Miss Smith's relations with her family ‘were affectionate. Mrs, Smith is bearing up well un. der the strain, but is said to be in highly nervous condition. President W. A. Nellson of the college, today took occasion to praise the preas and the activities of the newspapermen in the case, declaring these were of great value. This is taken in some measure to offset the statement of the college press board yesterday warning students to keep clear of the newspapermen. Abandon Suicide Theory Northampton, Mass, Jan. 17 (UP)—Patrol of the nearby Connec- ticut river and inspection of numer- ous ponds in this vicinity proved fruitless, discounting to some ex- 1 (Continued on Page 8.) BRISTOL CLUES MAY LOCATE SMITH GIRL Ward Family Tells of In-' cident With Disheveled | Stranger ! (Spectal to the Heraid) Bristol, Jan. 17—Belief that t young girl who approached his auto- | mobile in Da~rfield at 5 o'clock last | Sunday afternoon with the question 1 “Are you looking for me?” was Miss Frances 8t. John Smith, 8mith Col lege student missing since last F day, was expressed today by George B. Ward of 1334 Summer street, thiz city today. | Mr. Ward, in conversation with a | Herald representative stated that {with Mra. Ward, he was taking his two sons back to school, Rockw:ll +Ward attending Eagle Brook lodge, 'and Trenwith Deeihead Academy. He had just stopped to permit the latter to alight when the girl ap- proached his car and placing her hand on the handle of the rear door, opened it and asked if he was looking for her. At that time, he thought that she had come from one of the houses nearby and thinking that Fis son might know her, he questioned him. The youth, however, ad never seen the girl before. After apologizing the girl started walking back up the main highway at a rapid rate. Mr. Ward's attention was attract- ed to the girl's rather haggard ap- pearance. Her hair was disheveled and as he recalled, she was wearing no gloves. The incident caused him considerable thought but it was not until yesterday that he read of the disappearance of Miss Smith. He |immediately communicated with Mr. |8mith by telephone and last night jadditional information was sought from him by Attorney Hammond of Northampton, who was assisting in he search for the missing girl. Mr. Ward also stated that he wes talking to parties in Deerfield by telephone this morning at 10:30 o'clock and was informed that both Mr. and Mrs. 8mith were in that city today following up what the authori- ties believed the most plausible clue years old. On his person was found |to said today. a fire badge of the town of Falls-| pyocriments now under way, he T atio, Tl He wus Beld £05 014 members of the Canadian club, Fisher was arrested after three |indicate the possibility that by ap- men said they had observed hime act- | plication of the waves introduced ing suspiciously at a fire box in the | 540 yhe plood, any known tempera- Heckington scction where a grain | g0 Ll Lt (Y o elevator was burned at Fourth and | corming organisms can be attained O streets, Northweat, s g ; Other fires were at the Wocuwm-m:;:l'::‘s‘;“'t Aaer_ 9t regptien. on te store on Penasylvania avenue be- 4 tween Ninth and Tenth strects, a) ([he dangor of collapie after the number of produce stores near Cen- | CFisi8 in pneumonia, brought on by !inability of the body to raise its ter Market a little more than a; block away, A graln store on M |OWND temperature, may be overcome street, Northeast, near the Union |If 1t in found that the waves can Station vigduot, and » lumber yard {be controlled satisfactorily, he sail. | at Fourteanth and W streets, in t: Discovery Is Made | northwest residential district. e explained that the discovery resulted from _ experiments with waves for radlo purposes. found that operators exposed to the | waves experienced & sudden rise in {body temperature, physicians were icalled in, the theory was pursued, \and it was found that the waves |could be controlled to increase the |body temperature to a given point| but no further. (Continued on Page 18.) INEW BRITAIN TRUST Washington, Jan. 17 (#)—Hearings on the wide variety of claims of commerce and industry for alloca- tions of short wave or high frew quency radio broadcasting channels were opened today by the federal radio commission. The claims of the commercial in- terests will be weighed by the com- mission against those of the gov- ernment to determine the possible interference such assignments might have on wireless transmission by the army, navy and other government agencies operating on similar wave lengths, In opening the hearings, Commis- sioner Bykes explained that the com- mission would make no disposition of the waves at this time, but would seek to lay down a general policy for future guida Short Wave Scope Dr. J. H. Dellinger of the bureau of standafds radso laboratory, also Buve a brief statement of the scope of short waves, declaring there were It was |y o proximately 2,000 channels avail- able. He cautioned, however, that careful scrutiny of the applications for allocations should be made to avoid Interference, Newspaper and press service rep- resentatives were teh first to be heard. . PICKS NEW TRUSTEES “Continuing progress of the ex. periments,”” Prof. McLennan said, Joseph Pearson, representing the American Publishers' committee, d clared that the radio had proved in- |after March 15 when first tax re- Sellnardi, 23, of this city. was the fturns of the year are due, Senator star witness for the state when the Simmons devlarcd “You will hear |trial of Leo Laurito, charged with trom us on this later.” ! Democratic members on the com. | “I1éMPpted murder and with carrying mittee were called for an early CONcealed weapons, opened here this | conference at which tie North Caro- | morning betore Judge Ernest C. lina senator expects to map out a ! Simpson and a jury. | plan for carrying his fight to the fioor | Salinardi, who is to be released tor early consideration of the gax |I'riday from a 30-day term in the bill. 5 Tillsbury county jail at Manchester, Scnator 8moot expressed confi- N. H., for transporting liquor, testi- dence after the meeting that the re- | fied fhat Laurito said to him one {on the floor for delay of the bill to watch himself, we're golng to which has far exceeded the limita- shoot him.” tion on tax reduction proposed by ! Masone Was Object the administration. | Masone, otherwise Alexander De Nicola, is the alleged object of the Tariff is Tabled accused’'s attempt at murder.sThe By a vote of 183 to 164, the house affray took place at Bank and South today tabled a senate resolution pro- | Leonard streets here on December posing a downward revision of the|19, and two days later De Nicola tariff. This action, taken at the instance |at the Stoffe Inn, Bethany. of Representative Tilson, of Con-| He was exonerated by Coronar Eli necticut, republican leader of the |Mix on the ground of justifiable housg, has the effect of virtually kiil- | homicide, (Sontinued on Puge Five) | | land a New Haven man he knows lonly as “Kike" were present at |Laurito's apartment on Grand street here on the Sunday morning. He {conveyed the message to De Nicola at La Porta's undertaking establish: ment, at which time Joseph La . ONGE MORE IN DOUBT r:: ., wius, e oo 22 present. The witnems admitted that 'he had heard that Andriacclo had Prisoner Unknown at Ad- fnce been killed. publican majority will stick together | Sunday morning, “You tell Masone | shot and killed Michele and Riaccio | Salinardi testified that Andriaccio | Average Daily Cireulation For |- Week Ending % Jan, 14tk 14,944 PRICE THREE CENTS SHALLPOX GAINING N WIDDLETOWY; 4 HORE GASES FOUND Noonday Checkup Report Also Shows Additional Patients in Cromwell and Moodus (NEW HAVEN OFFICIALS AFRAID OF AN EPIDEMIC City Court Staff is Vaccinated and Health Officer Advises Factories to Prevail Upon Employes to Be- come Immunized—Many Persons Quarantined in Elm City and Nelghboring Towns, Middletown, Jan. 17 () — Four more cases of smallpox in this city were shown by the noon report of the health officer today and Crom- well had one more, making 17 thers ;and Moodus has one. This brings the about 55. One more patlent was taken to the isolation hospital over night making | three there. In Moodus 625 persons were vac- cinated yesterday. The city clinie was open this afternoon ‘with many applications for immunization. | | | | | county total to New Haven Worried New Haven, Jan, 17.—The untire city court staff headed by Judge Sheridan T. Whitaker visited the board of health quarters at the con- clusion of the morning court sessian and received vaccination as a pre- cautionary measure against the chances of contracting smallpo: Members of the city attorney's staff were also vaccinated, Health Officer Rice issued a bul- letin to factory heads today urging them to prevail on those of their employes who have not been vac- cinated within five years to again be inoculated. In his bulletin the health officer points out that a wom- an employe of the New Haven Clock company with a “fragk case of smallpox” visited three ‘central theaters and continued her daily work until finally brought down with the disease. 4 The depariment of health expects 0 be confronted by a number of | (Continued on Page 17) PATENT BATILE WON BY PRENTICE MFG. CO. Automatic Interlocking i was S. R. Eddy and S. M. Da- vidson Chosen at Meeting Today ‘ The afinual meeting of the stock- holders of the New Britain Trust Co. | “strengthens the belief that medical | dispensable in the collection and di ience fs on the threshold of an-|semination of news and that its use- | other great victory." {fulness was increasing. Wire com- | munication cannot handle the com- Short Meter Waves | plete news report, he said. Scheno tady, N. Y., Jan. 17 (®— | News Man Testifics Although professing no efforts to | delve into medical sclence, it was,San Francisco Examiner and Hearst John B. Costello, representing the Faces Other Oharges dress Given in Holyoke, Mass, | The correct name of the {man who was arrested in Hartford young | Wlen released Friday from the | | New Hampshire prison, Salinardi must await trial Saturday on a state “rap,” he told the court. His federal “rap” sent him to prison on Decem- 20. Both are for the wame | { Millions of dollars in future bust- by Attorney E. B. iy are involved in a decision over Fastener Rights Gained by Kensington Firm ber iy o charge. Questioned revealed today at the General Elec- held this morning at 11:30 at the banking quarters. The fol- lowing trustees were elected: |tric company that experiments are, being conducted with white rats to jdetermine the effects of short radio {news services, said that the point- to-point communication by short waves was supplementing the wire service which in many cases has (Continued on Page Kight) | sistant treasurer. | Botanical gardens in Bronx park. | W. E. Attwood, A. W. Btanley, W. L. Hatch, W. H. Cadwell, George 8. Talcott, F. G. Platt, George P. Hart, Frank J. Porter, Isaac D. Russell, Charles F. 8mith, J. E. Cooper, C. J. Parker, Norman P. Cooley, F. G. Vibberts, C. H. Baldwin, H. H. Pease, E. H. Cooper, P. B. Stanley, C. B. Parsons, C. F. Bennett, F. A. Searle, F. W. Macomber, Louls 8. Reynal, Noah Lucas, Louis W. Young, H. H. Howard, A. G. Way, W. C. Hungerford, Willlam H. Hart, Harold W. Hatch, Maxwell 8. Porter, Stanley R. Eddy, 8. M. Davidson. Two new trustees were added to the board at this meeting. Stanley R. Eddy of the brokerage firm of ddy Brothers, and Samuel M. Davidson of the firm of Davidson & Leventhal. A meeting of the corporators of the Burritt Mutual Savings bank was held yesterday. Officers elected were J. E. Coop- er, president; "W. E. Attwood, vice- president and treasurer; F. G. Vibe | berts, secretary; Walter Meyer, as- | Directors—W.'E, Latham, J. 8.! North, A. N. Abbe, W. H. Booth, Walter Meyer, E. W. Pelton, R. C. Twichell, J. R. Andrews. The following were elected ex- ofticio members of the board-of di- rectors—J. E. Cooper, -resident; W. | E. Attwood, vice-president and treasurer; F. G. Vibberta, secretary. Three Persons Overcome By Gas in Capital Ciity | Hartford, Jan. 17 (M—Mrs. Annte Hathaway, 60; Burt De Vose, 40; Louis Ladano, 40, ropmers in a house on Buckingham street, and Henry -Cairns, an inspector for the Hartford Gas company, were over- | | | i nating gas escaping from a leak in a pipe about a foot outside the] rooming house. All four victims' were taken to the Hartford hospital. Mrs. Hathaway and De Vose, most seriously injured, will not he able to leave the hospital for sev- eral days. NS OF SPRING New York, Jan. 17 P—In mid- winter daffodils and hazel bushes are beginning their spring growth on the grounds of the New York This is so unusual that Dr. N. IL. Britton, director-in-chief of ~ the come early this morning by illumi- | ‘pole region in June, 1929, but added ibarrier to within 1,000 miles of the waves. Recently while experimenting with & high frequency tube it was discovered that workmen were af- fected by the waves, and it was de- cided to postpone further experi- ments until it could be determined whether the waves were harmful. An examination of one of the ex- perimenters revealed that he had high blood pressure after eontact with the waves. i It was sald that the short waves and not the long meter waves were the basis of the experiments now being conducted on animals. been inadequate. “Radlo has infringed the press,” he said. “Three million dollars has been spent for radio advertising in the last ten months throughout broad- casting chain alone. The new: papers’ revenue has thus been cut down materially and it seems only |fair to allow newspapers to use the !radio for mews gathering.” Others Interested Others interested in the short wave hearings and whose claims {will be heard include ranch owners, resort operators, department stos 'chains, interurban bus systems, air- plane operating companies, navig: tion, raflroad and mining interests, |farm cooperatives, motion picture | producers, police and fire alarm {svstems, radlo manufacturers, tele- vision inventors, packers and ship- pers, lumber companies, forest and case dropped and began to les |watershed controls, electric rail- Bastone and Thomas Perry, 22, [roads and power transmission com- who was with him, were arrested. | panies. Com. Byrd to Leave New York On Antarctic Expedition Sept. 10 'Hopes to Return in June, 1929, But May Be Delayed Another Year—Plans Practically Completed. Chicago, Jan. 17 (M—Commander| The several bases a landing Richard E. Byrd announced today flelds, Byrd explained, will enal that he would leave New York on|him to conduct air flights at right his Antarctic expedition next Sep- angles to the main course of the ex- tember 10, pedition. He has purchased the ice ship, |emergency should his plane on the ‘Sampson” for the trip. The vessel | climatic flight be forced down. now is at Tromso, Norway, and is| The 55 or 60 mén who will a being fitted up for an early trip to company Byrd into the Polar reglon, New York. have not been selected, he said. Byrd declared he hoped to return| Comimenting on other trips to the 1o the United States from the south | Antarctic, and paying tribute to ex- plorers who lost their lives in the that conditions there might make it jeffort, Byrd said: “Oh, a fellow who necessary for him to remain until takes an airplane on such an expedi- June of 1930. tion is not brave.” Byrd eluborated on his plans for! the Antarclic experition by saving Ih_ i THE WEATHER the ficld of 1 LIFE'S DARKEST MOMENT Hartford, Jan. 17 (UP)—Joe Bastone, 34, a New York chauffeur, experfenced his most embarrassing moment here today. Alighting from a train, the handle of his suit case broke. The suit that he would take 100 dogs instead of 50 he first thought necessary. With these he will establish bases | New Britain and vicnity: 2nd landing flelds on the Ross fce | Generally falr tomight and garden, jssued & bulletin about st today. south pole. The final air flight wm! | probably Wednesday; slightly be 2,000 miles over an ice field never| ' colder tomight. before revealed to man. i * They also will be for an! - | held up Officer Eugene Kieffer and | |took his pistol from him while the |latter was in an automobile on East |street about = o'clock last Saturday | morning, but Michael Kaplan is not| known there. | Chief W. C. Hart of the police de-| partment said today it has been rlv-‘ jcided not to bring Kaplan to this| {city for court arraignment, but war- ' rants charging him with burglary| and highway robbery in this cily will be sworn out and lodged against !him when he appears in superior | |court in March, He was bouna {over in $10,000 bonds in Hartford I police court yesterday and in de- | .fault of bonds was taken to Hart- [ford county jail. Chief Hart said he { will be arraigned in the local court in the event that he is able to raise [the $10,000 bond, which does not seem probable at this time. Officer Kieffer. who has been un- der suspension since the hold-up told his story of the incident to the! committee on rules and discipline last night. and it was decided to wcquaint the full hoard of police commissioners with all the facts in the case. The board will decide whether to punish the officer on the cvidence at hand or give him a hear- | {ing. Meanwhile, his suspension re-| mains in force. Tt is probable lhat‘ |a meeting will be Jeld sooner than the date for Yire regular February meeting to take action. {Holyoke Man Kills Wife . And Slashes Own Throat Holyoke, Mase, Jan. 17 (UPY— | . . | Morris Levine, 66. a painter, killed | his wife, Rose. 60 here today and |then attempted suicide. He was taken to a hospital and probably will 1‘ not recover. The tragedy occurred at their | South Sumner street home when, during a quarrel, Levine seized a | bone-handled stzak knife and slash- | ed his wifc's throat. As she collapsed | mortally wounded, he cut his own | throat with the sampe knife. HICOCOUGHS ENDED | for 69 da; cians announced. HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PINNED AGAINST POLE Skidding Auto Injures Miss Knapp on West Main Street Pinned against a telephone pole by an automobile owned by Nathan E. Mag and driven by his son, Samuel | Mag, of 73 Lincoln street, about 7:50 last evening, Mrs. Idella Knapp, a members of the Senior High school faculty was painfully though not serionsly injured. She is contined to bed at her home, 50 Vine street, and will probably be unable to attend to her duties for several days at least. Mrs. Knapp was standing on the sidewalk at the corner of Vine and West Main streets. waiting for a trolley car, when Mag's automobile, golng west on West Main street, | skidded on the car tracks and swerv- ‘ ©d to the side of the roadway. Mrs. Knapp did not have time to cscape being struck. She was taken to her home in Mag's automobile and Dr. George W. Dunn was called. Officer | Peter Cabelus reported no cause for police action. The pavement was slippery, he said, and according to Mag, he was driv! mate speed of 15 miles an hour. Officer Cabelus questioned Arnold L. Mills of Cedar street, who was with Mag and J. E. Andrew of 157 Green street, Bristol, who witnessed the ac lent, and both said Mag was powerless 10 prevent it. Automobile drivers ' experienced difficulty controlling their machines throughout the city last night be- cause of the slippery condition of pavements. Numerous minor acci- dents were reported. Machines were unable to climb even slight grades and it was no unusual sight to seec groups of cars standing at all angles to the cubstones. DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL Bridgeport, Jan. 17 (P—A finding | !of accidental death was returned by street Coroner John J. Phelan today in the ulso of Stamford. g at the approxi- ) a patent involving parties which has been decided in favor of the Prentice Mfg. Co. of ! Kensington. Notice that the company |had won a fight which has been in | progress for {wo years was receive today by George E. Prentice, presi- !dent of the company. The patent is on an automatic interlocking fasten- er. Other claimants were Freising f New Britain, Draher and Kreig. of Waterbury and Peterson of Iowa, As a result of the two years' litiga- tion, one of the most important pat- cnts ever issued will come to the’ New Britain industrial area, 'The company will continue to produce the fastener at its planf at Beech Swamp road in Kensington and other corporations which have been manufacturing the article will be orced to desist unless granted spe- holder ot the | Sunday afternoon for theft of an| Reciley, Salinardi defense counsel, he 3 | automobile and carrying a concealed | denied that an offer had besn made tive contesting | weapon, was in doubt again today, | {when word was received from Hol- | | yoke, Mass., that there is no Michael | | Kaplan at 20 Lyman street in that| place. There are Walter, Raymond | |and George Kaplan at the address ! given by the young gunman, who ad- mitted to the local police that he! cial licenses by the | patent. The Prentice Mfg. Co. labout 175 hands, the greater pa lof its products being manufactured by automatic machinery. There are about 70 stockholders in this city. Mr. Prentice hslds more than 78 Gomesiic and approximately 200 for cign patents AMERICAN MARINES KILL NICARAGUAN LEADER Injured Skirmish in Which U. Troops Take Part. Arother Rebel in Sharp Matagua, Nicaragua, Jan. 17 UP— ! One of the leaders of the General Augustino Sandino group of rebels has been killed in battle by United States marines, according to official advices today. The leader. General Mendes, was leading a group of Sandino followers in the Geronimo range near San Al- bino Sunday morning when they en- countered a marine detachment. A sharp skirmish followed 1In | which Mendes was killed and anothi- er rebel injured. There were no marine casualtics. Raiders Find Whiskey In Arch Street Home Mack D. Hall of 170 Arch was notified Ly Sergeania O'Mara and Flynn today to be in Mrs. Falls City, Neb., Jan. 17 (UP)— |case of Howard Baines, 8, of Btam- | police court tomorrow on the charg James Goldman, 69, who hiccoughed | ford who was struck and instantly | of violation of the liquor law. The for no apparent reason. killed in that city on January 11 by |sergeants seized a coffee pot contals has completely recovered, his physi- |a car operated by William Gilbert, 'ing all-ged moonehine liguor and several bottles of alleged whiskey.