New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1928, Page 1

{e News of the World By Associated Press SEVEN FIRE DEPT. MEMBERS ‘GRILLED BY COMMISSION ON PETITION FOR Commission Holds Star * Charges of Insubordi- pation - May Be Hearing Is Behind Bolted Door, Reporters Being Bluntly Repulsed When Information Is Sought. Seven members of the fire de- partment were before the commis- sions at a “star chamber session” of the board last night for preliminary hearings which may result in charges of insubordination arising out of their unsuccessful campaign for higher wages. Those “on the c William Hartnett, Firemen Arthur Gaudette, -John Finneran, Frank Loughrey? George Scarlett, David Moore and William Shaw. Each ‘was before the board for at least half an hour, with considerably more time being given to Lieut. Hartnett, et” were: Lieut. who was chairman of the firemen's | committee, and Private Gaudette, its secretar Chief -William J. Noble met with ners who convened an hour at which City hall is com- paratively free from callers. commissioners were in session Mon- day night also, but were unable to take up their inquiry at that time, and theréfore adjourned the meet- ing until last night, Reporters Find Door Bolted Reporters found the door of the fire board room Dholted. Peering through the window they could see the board members grouped around the table directing questions at & firemen, When Chairman Dehm and Clerk Meskill glimpsed the newspapermen’s faces at the door | they waved the reporters away, A request for admittance to the pro- ceedings brought a blunt: “No!" The sbven men were excused “for the present” they were told upon heing discharged from the commit- tee room last night, Salary Raise Petition Questioned, Last night's hearing resulted from the firemen’s action in causing to be brought hefore the common councit a petition for increased wages after the fire board had rejected a similar petition and their action in causing literature referring to wages paid in this and other citics, to be included in the official proceedings mailed to members of the council their mecting. At last week's mecting of the council the application by fircmen for higher pay was denied as were numerous othe petitions. Alderman | the | William H. Judd brought to council's attention the fact that the (Continued on Page 12) POLICEMEN MAY WEAR GUNS OUTSIDE COATS Board Members Believe ] Force Should Be Ready for Action Policemen’s firearms will be worn outside their coats if an appropria- tion for the nccessary equipment iy voted in the budget for the next fiscal year, Chairman R. W. Cham- berlain of the hoard of police com- missioner announced after an execu- tive session last night. He said the commissioners are satisfied that the firearms should be worn outside and indicated that the recent holdup of Officer Eugene Kieffer was a factor in determining on the new policy. The cost of furnishing belt and lolster with patent lock for the Ns-[ tol is estimated at $8 per man. Officer Kieffer was before the board last night and waived his right to a hearing, accepting a sus- pension of two weeks without pay on the charge of neglect of duty. Kieffer was given a hearing by the committee on rules and discipline. following his suspension by Chict ‘W. C. Hart on Saturday, January 14, and the committee decided to place the case hefore the full board. Of- ficer Kieffer was in an automobile on East street the morning of the and relieved him of his service pls- tol. The gunman was apprehended in Hartford the next day and is awaiting trial in superior court. In addition to the suspeusion, Of- ficer Kieffer will be on probation for a vear, the commissioners decided, which means that another offense against the rules of the department will probably result in dismissal. He will resume duty Sun his sus- pension being dated January 14. The commissioners last night con- sidered a request from Rev. Lucyan 3ojnowski to Mayor Weld for police protection in the vicinity of Alden and Burritt streets, and 4t was de- ided to have the patrolman on the beat put in duty calls from Osgood |landing on a and Farmington avenues, some dis- (Continved on Page 14) notice at 5:30 o'clock, | The | prior to 14th when a gunman held him up | SALARY RAISE EEHAN NAMED TO VETERANS RESERVE Incapacitated Policeman Re- lieved From Active Duty WILL RECEIVE HALF PAY ——— Patrolman for 22 Years Has Stiff Knee as Result of Being Struck by Automobile While on Traffic Duty April 4, 1923, | Officer Michael Meehan of 61 {Buell street, who has been incapa- citated for the past several weekwm {because of injuries sustained when |he was struck by an automobile :while he was doing traffic duty at {the corner of Main and Commerctal | streets, April 4, 1922, was placed on |the veteran reserve force with half | pay, at a meeting of the board of {police commissioners last night. He is the first member of the depart- ment to be placed on reserve, under a charter provision which gives the commissioners power to provide for policemen who' become incapacitated, the commissioners having the right in such cases, to recall them back ve duty in the event that their condition warrants. When lon active duty the reserves would re- lceive full pay. Officer Mechan went off duty No- vember 21, 1927, becatse of a stif- fening of his knee and has been un- der medical care at home and in Hartford hospital. In his request for transfer to the veteran reserve force, he wrbte, in “I am sorry to be obliged to this request as my connections | with the police department for the past 22 years have been very pleas- ant, but conditions aro such as to make it necessary. Should my knee become entirely well I would be very glad to return to my duties as | patrolman in the police department, which I am hoping for but which seems very doubtful.” Dr. G. W. Dunn of this city and {Dr. B. M, Yergason of Hartford have given the police commissioners | detailed reports bearing on Officer | Mechan’s condition. Both trace it [to the injuries he sustained in the iaccident, and they are convniced |that the officer will not be able to |do police duty again. Ofticer Mechan was born in Ire- {land and is 53 ycars of age. He | was appointed a supernumerary of- ficer in December, 1906 and became a regular patrolman June 1, 1912 |He had a good record in the de- partment and in the letter from the commissioners, notifying him of the favorable action on his application, appreciation is expressed of his faithful service, with sympathy for his condition. reserve force is effective as of De- cember 1, 1927. As the pay of pa- |trolmen Jof Officer Meehan's grade is $42 per week, the officer will re- ceive $21 per week as long as he re- | mains on reserve. JOHN WUTHRICH DIES | Engincer at Factory of P. & F. Cor- bin Passes Away Today at Age of 67 Atter Short Iliness. | John Wuthrich, 67 years old, & stationary engineer at P. & I, Cor- bins' for the past 20 years and a | resident of New Britain for the past |40 years, died this morning at his {home, 411 South Main strect, atter la short illness. Mr. Wuthrich was born in Switz- erland and was one of the foremost | Swiss residents in this city. He was active in the 8wiss society. Surviving him are his wife and four stepsons, Theodore, Otto, | Frederick and Albert P. Metzke, all l'ot this city. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home. | Rev. "Theodore 8. Dunn, assistant | pastor of the South Congregational | church, will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. {Cabot Stree Garage Built Without Permit 4 Building Inspector A. N. Ruther- | ford today reported to fhe police an | alleged violator of the building law | on Cabot street where, it is claimed, {2 garage has been built without u ! permit. The matter will be referred | to Prosccutor Joseph G. Woods. | pour TENCED TO DIE Ribinsk, Russia, Jan. 25 P—The district court today sentenced to |death four of the most active mem- | bers of a gang charged with com- ! mitting armed robberics and at- llill'king the peasantry. The court {ruled that in view of the serious- ness of their offenses amnesty was not applicable. CHAMBERLIN FORCED DOWN i Altoona, Pa., Jan. 25 P—Clar- ence Chamberlin, transatlantic avia- tor who deficd the elements in an |attempted hop from Middletown, Pa, to Altoona, today was forced |down at Mifflintown, 50 miles from ims goal. The wing of his plane was damaged when he made the forced baseball diamond. Chamberlin was not hurt. Chamberlin later took a train to Altoona. His transfer to the | 'W BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1928. —SIXTEEN PAGES HIGKNAN'S LAWYER FIGHTING HARD O SECURENEW JUDGE Socures Briel Delay When, On Opeuing of Trial, He Argues For “Fair Trial” ACGUSED BOY'S BROTHER IS SPECTATOR IN COURY Watches “The Fox” Closely—Judge Presiding to Announce Later To- day Whether or Not He Will Grant Defense Motion That Trial Be Heard By Another Justice— Jury Will Hear Evidence in Case. Court Room, Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 25 (UP) — William Edward Hickman won a brief delay at the opening of his murder trial today. The confessed kidnaper and slayer of little Marton Parker en- tered court certain he would “swing for it” but his attorneys were de- termined to postpone as long as pos- sible the doom toward which their client believed himself to be head- ing, Moves For Delay The first move for delay was a motion by Jerome Walsh, young Kansas City attorney employed by Hickman's mother, demanding that Judge Carlos Hardy remove himseclf from the case on thé grounds of prejudice and allow the trial to be heard before some other jurist, Judge Hardy, because he had pre- slded at the arraignment when Hicl man pleaded not guilty on the grounds of insanity, could not give the youth a fair trial, Walsh argued. Court Withholds Decision The court held to the contrary on that point but reserved decision on the motion demanding a new judge pending a conference with attorneys for state and defense. Court then (Continued on Page 13.) BRISTOL PLANTS ARE Power Lines Broken Down —Many Shade Trees Al- 80 Felled by Gales Bristol, Conn., Jan. 25 (®—A wind of gale strength during last night necticut Light and Power company between Bristol and IForestville, cut- ting off power to factories in the (latter place. It was late morning be- | fore a hook-up was made, permit- ting resumption of power té the var- ious plants. A section of the high board fence {at Muzzy Field, the city's athletic grounds, was blown down, and some expense will fall on the city in re- placing it. The wind also did considerable damage to trees and street signs, and other objects which yiclded easily under the pressure, (Bpecial to the Herald) Bristol, Jan. 25—A large amount of damage, according to an early morning check, was caused st night and early today by the he: rain and wind storm which visited this city. Numerous streets, particu- larly in the outlying sections were badly washed out and a number of trees were blown down. A section of a tinroof was hlown off the house of John B. Nclson, CRIPPLED BY WINDS Vi One SENATE COMMITTEE SINCLAIR PAYMENT WITHHOLDS ACTION FULLY DESCRIBED No Decision On Proposed Nica- | Fall's Son-in-Law Testiles raguan Pylicy Investigation | $283,000 Was Paid for Ranch MARINES ARE ADVANCING T00K NO CERTIFICATES While Washington Deliberates, | Everhart Tells Committee That After American Fighting Mcn Progress Paying Mouey, Sinclair Did Not and Another Sandino Stronghold| Take Any Tangible Evidence of Falls Ipto Their Hands. ‘Washington, Jan. 25 (P — The! Washington, Jan. 26 (®—M. T. senate foreign relations committee discussed the administration's Mc-;}hfemm LD RC IAEhAL L oy araguan policy for neerly an hour |Mittee today that when Harry F. today, but did not decide whether Sinclair turned over $233,000 fn an investigation should be récom- |Liberty bonds to him and his father- mended to the senate. e B e Chairman Borah, who favors a | '1aW. Albert B. Fall, in exchange “constructive” inqulry, which he|(Or an interest in the Fall-Everhart thinks might be helpful in improv- | ranch holdings, the oil man took in ing relations, with the Latin-Ameri- | ourn no tangible evidence of his can republics generally, had expect- R Rl e a|DEWly acquired interest in the pro- resolution for an investigation. The | Perty. chairman said the matter would be| Everhart Makes Statement |taken up again. | oplyi el Vi D A :“Rtplymg‘?a Senator Walsh of Committee members, democrats | ontana, Everhart sald that if Sin. as well as republicans, said there | clair should make claim to the stock was no disposition to report out & lin the Tres Ritosv Cattle and Land resolution at this time; that the|, i whole situation was canvassed |\r(1-‘l('ompany' Mol as et (M08 T0r ty thoroughly and would be dis- | bim, he would have to rely upon | cussed again next Wednesday. the word of the witness and Fall | 1t was generally agreed that the | that he had bought the stock. jcommittce should await action by| . Ithe Nicaraguan legislaturs, on the| 7 tendered the certificates to him, Stimson agreement for the conduct | YUt he did not accept them,” Ever- of the August presidential elections | hart sald. under Amcrican supervision. The| FEverhart, who told yesterday how Nicaraguan house and senate are in ¢ handled the bonds that changed greement as to the terms of the hands in this deal, was recalled to- it | day after the committee had notitied Senator La Follette, counsel for Robert W. Stewart, Wisconsin, introduced a chairman of the board of the Stand- today directing the committee ard Oil Company of Indiana, now in Interest republican, resolution “to | make a thovough investigation of | Havana, that Stewart was wanted the United , here immediately for questioning. es and the countries of Central | Sinclair To Be Called nd South America and the Cari-| Sinclair himself, will be called be- | bbean.” It was referred to the com- | fore the committee, but Senator | mitte. | Walsh, the prosecutor, expects to | make no effort to compel him to Marines Advance testify, Mana Nic., Jan. 25 P —Amer. | Instead Senator Walsh will give ican marines were installed today on (he man who l¢ased Teapot Dome an {the slope of EI Chipote mountain, ' opportunity to voluntarily tell about |the stronghold which the Rebel | Fayments totaling $269,000 which he l‘(:pnuml Augustino Sandino consid- made to Former Interior Secretary | ered impregnable. This was the sec- | Albert B. Fall in 1922, after the | ond rebel headquarters to fall before | lcase had been signed. Yesterday the marine advance in which San-|the committee heard testimony by dino is believed by marines to have M. T, Everhart, Fall's son-in-law, been wounded. = that for ‘this payment Binclair was ! The Sandino headquarters at Quil- | to receive a one third interest in {211 was seized by the marines on De- | Fall's ranch holdings. cember 30 after” a- battle in which | Fall Makes Statement - five marines were killed. Sandino| At his ranch home in New Mex- then withdrew to 11 Chipote and|ico, Fall confirmed last night Ever- | entrenched himsclf on the mountain. | hart's story of the ranch deal as cor- On January 14, American marinc | rect, but declared the transaction | planes flew over the mountain, | had no connection with Teapot | bombing and raking the rebels with | Dome. Fall told newspaper men machine gun fire. They brought | that the ranch deal was “open and | back reports that 40 of his followers | above board” and that there was | had been slain in this attack. ! nothing to conceal about it. Fall Sceking to verify veports that said transaction grew out of fandino had been killed in the' en- | Sinclair's desire to own a south- Chipote, last weck. They noted no | on the same theme in his testimony. aetlvity there, only signs of death! One witness, A. C. Downing, and evacuation being evident. Marine | secretary of the New York Trust patrols procecded carcfully through | Company, already has given the | the mountainous jungle toward the | commiitee records showing that ! stronghold Liberty bond transactions totaling | Yesterday, Major Archibald Young, | more than $1,000,000 by Blackmer | commander of the marines in the | were completed through that bank. | affected section, advised headquar-! Blackmer now 's in France and hag ters that a columu | established itself on th2 slopes of El | the Fall-Rinclair case, | Chipote. Everhart's story to the committee More Rebels Slain | concerning the Iand deal was that Patrols operating in the vicinity | it was to divide his and Fall’s branch | have killed between six and ten| holdings into thirds, one portion to | rebels in the past few days. | B0 to Sinclair in exchange for the oil Colonel Louis Mason Gulick, in!man's payments to Fall, He testified | command of operations, said it Was| that the details were arranged by | tairly well established that Sandino | gai and Sinclair befors he got into ‘!“ as wounded in the raid on January | ¢ho geal and that he merely acted | 14. It was not known how seri-|,s agent in transferring the money | ously. | and handling subsequent details. He said that Sinclair had intend- ed to develop a hunting and riding club on the property, although that project has not materialized. The marines | MONey received by Fall, Everhart A | 53id, was to pay off Fall's debts on ! his property and to acquire other thousand marines| of the | Eleventh Regiment are marching in- o the district to take the field | gainst Sandino, | Further replacements of { were announced in Washington. | third transport plane will be flown propriétor of the Purity Ice Cream | from Anacostia field, Washington, to company, of 82 West Washington ' Managua. making a stop at Miami | street, and carried by the wind a | en route, distance of about 50 feet from the|of Observation Two officers and 58 men | Squadron 6, sta {dwelling. The section located at the |at Quantico. . will go to N ‘corner of Stafford avenue andgua aboard the alrplane carrier Brook street was also badly flooded | Saratog: an avialion replacement Both the plane and the men | re expected to leave Saturday. | iand a large amount of damage done. |State highway cmployes were busy | | this morning making the necessary | road repairs. ! Police Duty 1t is believed that this ycar the| Colonel E. dle, U. S, marine icity will be obliged to spend a large | COrps, who is chief of the aguan lamount of money on both centrally | national guard, is despatching to the : |located and outlying streets due to | Atlantic coast a detachment of ma- the numerous rain storms and mno|!ive guards, officercd by marines, snow. Many of the streets, which in | One officer and enlisted men. The | | former years were repaired at small | T€Sponsibility of keeping law corder will rest with this detachment, | who will do police duty "There are more Amcrican inter- expense in the early summer, will re- quire extensive wepairs this year. In anticipation of such work, an appro- priation of over §100,000 has been | ©StS on the cast coust of Nicaragu asked for by Superintendent of Pub- | &N in any other scction. including lic Works Oscar Anderson, This| (W0 large Amcrican fruit companic [amount, it is understood, will take |4nd four or five Mahogany _com-, care of only centratly located strects, Panics. Tor ycars these companies | have had to pay for police protec- tion, one fruit company providing 31 PEOPLE m sHACK ! o0d, lodging and wages for 30 Nic- \ araguan police, amounting to some | $10,000 vear : .. . The American companies for some Turkish Peasant With Seven “""‘!Hme past have been requesting na- and 23 Children Must Divorce | tional guard protection. Major A. | | B. Sage, who organized the guard | Three to Comply With New Law. | at Chinandega, will be in charge of | ,the detachment, which leaves in a| Uzumlu, Turkey, Jan. 25 P—One ! fo days. The trip to the east | of the world's largest families has | coast overland and by river is con-! been found in Uzumlu living in a one | sidered so slow and dangerous that | room shack. It consists of & 50- the men will proceed by way of | year-old peasant, Agha Froha, his| Panamu. | seven wives and 23 children. i The old Moslem law permitted a R B e 1 man four wives and as the new law | ‘r abolishing polygamy is not r:-!ru-’ | active, the peasant's first four wives in order of marriage will be left to him. He wiil be required, however, divorce the last three to his great sorrow. For the last three are the youngest and best looking. * New Dritain and vicinity: | | Generally fair tonight and | | Thursday; much colder to- | | night. I | land. % | department, The witness said the pay- ments by Sinclair were in honds ;#nd cash and that the money was anded over personally by Sinclair ther at various meetings in Wash- "m:mn or in New York. Military Honors Paid Veteran of U. S. Navy Full military honors were ac- corded today to Willlam Krech, a member of the U. §. navy for 16 years, who died in Brooklyn naval hospital Saturday. KEighteen sailors from the submarine hase at New, London acted as pall bearers, pro- and i vided the firing “squad and the| | bugler, Funeral services were held this ifternoon at, the funcral parlors of C. Porter Sons, 19 Court street. Rev. Frederick W. Schaefer, pastor 1of the Evangelical Lutheran church, | officiated. cemetery. Burial was in Fairview CANNOT REPAIR STREET Strects in the Overlook section of the city cannot hope for repair of a permanent nature because they are on the list of unaccepted highways and must be graded before extensive operations can begin, City Enginecer Joseph D. Willlams sald today by way of explaining the city's failure to meet the demands of property owners. \ It is the engineer's hope, however, that money will be found in the new work account with which to provide some relief. : SIGN LOOSENED BY WIND. Captain Kelly was notified by Of- ficer Walter Malone today that s large sign on the roof of McCabe's block on Main street was in a dan- gerous condition because of having | been loosened - by the high wind. Captain Kelly | | l | blew down power lines of the Con- ' counter marine planes tlew over El| western ranch, and Everhart touched | of marines had | rerused to come here to testify in | I REPORT MISSING GIRL. IN VARIOUS PARTS OF COUNTRY Frances St. John Smith Believed Seen In Georgia, New Jer- sey and [Minois EFPORTS BEING WADE 10 TRACK DOWN RUKORS Depugy Clerk of Court Says Girl Looking Like Lost Atlanta Foderal Tried to Obt Him College Freshm Passport From — Lo Branch Has “Hot Tip" as Has Chicago. Atlanta, Jan. (P—Charles A, McGrew, deputy clerk of the federal court here, said today that a young girl who applied here yesterday for a passport to France resembled pic- tures of Franc . John Smith, the missing Smith college student, | Northampton, Mass. Went Away When told that she would have to have proper vi nd a photograph, the girl went away saying she would return this morning, Mr. McGrew, who talked with her for some time, and ihree other court attaches who observed her closely expressed the opinion to newspapermen that she was the| missing Smith college girl and on being shown photographs they suid they were positive. Answers Description Mr. McGrew said the girl talked with him with her head turned somewhat over her said to have been pose in her photog £ and others eaid she wore a reddish brown coat, with fur collar and cuffs against an orange facing, and that she had gre) blue ey and dark hair with a tendency to show reddish tints. This was said to have been the description of Miss Smith when last seen on Smith college campus. right shoulder, (Continued on Page 13 Gives Life for Patients DR. DR, LOUIS W. RAPP LOUIS W. RAPP DIES OF PNEUMONIA Specialists Come Afar But Efforts Are In Vain Dr. Louis William the youngest specialists in this city where he had heen practicing for the past nine months, dicid of pneu- Rapp, ene of monia at his home, 300 South Main street, «this morning at 10:30 o'clock. He 29 years old. Everything the mcdical profes sion could do was done to save him from death as he lay in a critical | condition at his home for the past wo weeks. Specialists traveled thousands of miles, gratis, to offer their services. Dr. Samucl J. Cher- niak, a personal fricnd of Dr. Rapp, stayed by him day and night. Physicians of international fame who are at the head of large yni versity medical schools in the st came to him and held consuitations but their efforts failed to accom- plish the purpose. Dr. Rapp was born in New Brit- ain. August 1, 1558, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Ray His home had always been in the uthern section of New Britain. He graduated from the Central Junior high school when it was the old gr in June, 1913, and from high school in June, 1917, Dr. Rapp then went to Tufts col- lege, Medford, Mass., and was grad- uated from its medical school in 1922, After his graduated he did |mospital work in Washington, D. ., Providence, R. 1., Conn. and Waterbury, About nine months ngo he opened an office in the Professional build- ing on West Main street and had since been specializing in children's discases. He won city-wide reputa- tion in his work and was regarded ag one of the community’s foremost notified the hulldlnx“ I (Coatinued on Page 12.) | referring to the From | Jan, 218t ... gy m,% TERRIFIG .. AT 70 MILE CURTIS DECLARES FOR ENFORGENENT Announces Favoring Republican ' Platlorm Plaok To This Elfect STRONG FOR VOLSTEAD Nomination Candidatc | Announces, Also, Opposition to’ E States Determining Alooholic Con- tent of Drinks. sidential ‘Washington, Jan. (#)—Benator 1 Curtis of Kansas, who is a candidate for the republican presidential nom- ination, declared today for a plank in the next party platform pledging I strict enforcement of the prohibition laws, Opposes Repeal Senator Curtis also announced his opposition to the states determining what alcoholic content should be { permitted and said he was against or the Volstead act. Senator Curtis's views were stated in a letter to §enator Borah of | 1daho, who is questioning all repub- lican presidential candidates on the wet and dry issue, “While I have no desire to dic- © what shall be in the next repub- an national platform,” | wrote, I, personally, favor a plank 18th amendment and the laws enacted to carry it into efiect, and I favor a plank pledging the nominee to a fair, vigorous and faithful enforcement of them. Greatest Moral Issue “In my opinion, it is the greatest | moralejssue of all ages, and public sentiment demands that both of the i political parties declare themselves unequivocally upon it. Should I be nominated and elected president, 1 favgr meeting the issue squarely and believe in the strict and energetic cnforcement of the laws to carry out the constitutional amendment. 4m opposed to a policy which | will allow any state to determine for itself the alcoholic content of bever- ages to be manufactured, sold and transported throughout the country, but I believe the states should join with the officers of the United States in enforcing the laws of con- gress, as was contemplated by the | constitutional amendment. | Cites His Record “As you are a former citizen of Kansas, I have no doubt you re- member my record as prosecuting attorney of Shawnee county Kansas, from 1885 to 1889. You will recall | promised if elected to enforce the saloons were running wide open in the city of Topeka, and that I had | ' promised if elected to enorce the law. This promise was, as you know, fulfilled, and every saloon was closed within 30 days and remained closed for the four years I was county attqgney. “I believe in meeting the issue | squarcly and am heartily in favor of faithfully enforcing all our laws, and {1 am opposed to the repeal of the 1§th amendment or the Volstead act.” LEAYES UNUSUAL WILL Man 53 Years Inmate in Insanc Asylum Amassed $8,000 While Working There. | Northampton, Mass., Jan. 25 UP— n unusual will by which Willlam repeal of either the 18th amendment | Curtis | Daily Circulation For 14,867 PRICE THREE CENTS SWEEPING ALONG “ATLANTIC WATERS AN HOUR RATE {Starting in Tennessee | Storm Takes Four | Lives; Then Tears ' Across Eastern Sea- Thrilling Rescues Enacted | By Coast Guardsmen ‘Who Save Lives of Barge Crew Off Rhode Island | | A wind storm that spread wrecke jage across eastern and southern | states continued without abatement |today and the weather bureau warn. |ed that a disturbance of great ine Ilonlil)‘ centering over Maine would | cause west and northwest gales. Four Children Killed In Tennessce a rural schoolhouse was blown over and four children | were Killed. In several counties trees | were uprooted and houses unroofed. ‘Wind reaching a 7u-mile veloeity swept across Maryland and Delaware |and in Delmar, a town straddling |the border of the two states, dam- |age to houses was severe, electrie light was cut off and for a time com- | munication with the outer world was | destroyed. Schooner On Rocks From Rhode Island came the re- port of & schooner being borne to- ward rocks from which nothing {could mave it despite all efforts of ]the coast guard. In Massachusetts i“’utel’l moorings gave way and an- ichored craft set adrift by the wind, | Pennsylvania and New Jersey suf- fered chiefly from damage to win- | dows, wires and trees. | New York state felt the full force |of the gale, with a wind that ap- | proached 70 miles an hour. In the {Coney Island section of New York city a two story untenanted house |was torn from its foundation and |rolled along the street until it fell ‘»Ju\m‘t. A section was torn from the roof of the Hotel Ansonia, at Broad way and 73rd street and pedestrians on the crowded sidewalks were ini- perilled by the falling debris. Starts With Rain. The storm began with rain in | most sections but today the tem- | perature was falling and in some places the rain had turned to snow. The weather bureau said that the drop in temperature would be con- ilmel‘nhle but severe cold was not | indicated. Two flivver nlares figured in the storm. Harry L. Brooks on an at- tempted non-stop flight from De- troit’ to Miami in a Ford fliv: plane, was forced down by th | storm at Asheville, N. C., but in spite ! of the high wind Clarence Chamber- NRS, CORBAT RETURNS AFTER LONG ABSENGE Says Accident Delayed Her, Arrival At Home Here | Mrs. Eisie Corbat of 45 Maim | street, whose ubsence from home has been unexplaided, arrived in this city last night and told the Herald mmar school | New Dritain | ott, an inmate of the state insane|today that she had been detained hospital here for 53 years, disposes| While on an automobile trip from lof an estate of $8,000 which he| White River Junction, Vi. to thix | carned by harbering and conducting | city, by an automobile accident. She |4 tobacco and candy business while | had been to the Vermont town te an inmate, has been filed in the reg-| visit her mother and left on Janu- istry of probate. The will, drawn in | ary 18 to make the return trip.. Mre. 1907 by a firm of local attorneys, | Corbat said her sedan was in a col- provides that $100 shall go to lhe'll!lon between Claremont, H., apd |city of Northampton for the per-| Windsor, Vi, and was badly dam- petual care of Scott's cemetery lot; |aged. 8he then went to Brattlsboro, 00 is to go to Dr. E. W. Whitney | Vt., to visit fricnds. Because of the lof the hospital staff in recognition | serious illness of her mother, she ex- lof favors shown the testator, and Plained, she did not notify her of | the remainder is devised to Miss|the accident. She likewise failed to Amelia V. Seaman of the hospital | notify ler husband Edward Corbat Staff, a sister-in-law of Dr. John A.|not wanting him to know that sh | Houston, superintendent, had been in an accident. Scott died January 1. The ques-| Mrs. Corbat emphatically declared fion has been raised whether the will | today that she and her husband be allowed or whether Scott’s estate | have never quarrelled and that their may not be confiscated by the state married life has been haviaonious, ause of the fact that Scott dur-| Referring to a statement in the Her- ald yesterday that she at one time [left her hushand for three months, | Mrs. Corbat said that her only pro- i longed absence from home was dur- ing the flood in Vermont. At tha! time, she said, she was visiting her 'MERGHANT LEAVES 841186 | Charles Brown's Holdings Consist | home because of swollen rivers and Chicfly of Real Estate, Ap- washed out highways. praisers Report to Come | Automobile Quits Road, The estate of the late Charles | rown, Whiting street merchant, is | Alth cf“., s,,'r'nl“g:r Jf“_}r"'l’?:ed |valucd at $31,786.21, according to . {Linden street was admitted to Ncw i inventory filed today in probate | pijtain General hospital at 1 o'cloch court by the executrix, Anna Brown. |yl BEberal hosnial 4t T OHeeh | Property on Whiting street i5|;,rioq to his face, arms und legs, in- lucd at $20,000 and real estate on | tormation as fo the details of un Main street amounts to $760. A autoraobile accident in which he fig- grocery store, stock and fixtures, on yred was not available this after- | Whiting street is valued at $700. A J noon. Howard suid he was in an real estate holding, together with |automobile driven by another man buildings, at Stanley and Bain when it struck a tree or a pole in strects, totals $9.500. Other items|Farmington. Dr. George W. Dunn, nre, musical instruments, $50; cloth- who is attending hjm, said the seri- e ing his long period as an inmate of | the hospital paid no board. Britain Trust Co., $524.71; deposit, |Savings Bank of New Britain, 1$236.50, determined. | Howard is an electrician about 36 years of age. and i ing and jewelry, $25; balance, New |ousness of the injubles had not been § 1 : # §