New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1928, Page 1

L] | 7] | \ . women and + Alabama and © can federal troops and rebels in the | in ! William | ? * ESTABLISHED 1870 U110 EiYeYS I8N0 " THREE WOMEN AND PATRIOTIC AUTHOR NINE MEN AREON HICKMAN PANEL Slayer Nervously Paces GCell| - Kwaitng Court Sesson Monday |DEATH COMES FROM GOLD) When Trial Really Begins WALSH OUT-MANEOYERS | - KEYES IN CLEVER WAY | Legal Tangle Prosents Itself Hc-: garding Right of State to Chal- lenge Jurors Whom It Waived, | on Grounds It Passed Them but ‘Iemporarily—Hickman Even Bes | comes Interested. | Los Angeles, Jan. 28 (UP)—Wil- liam Edward Hickman nervously | paced his jail cell today awaiting| the opening of court Monday when the state of California is expected to begin its attempt to send him to . the gallows for the murder of‘ Marion Parker. Quick Maneuver | By a quick legal maneuver three | nine men—who had | been passed tentatively by the| state—were accepted as the jury by defense attorneys late Friday. The state {ssued a quick protest, that they intended to challenge sev- eral of the jurors but had passed up the challengo just for a few minutes, but it seemed likely that the jury would be accepted. Argu- ments will be made on this score | when court resumes Monday. | The Jury The twelve who were in the jury hox when the defense made its sud- den move of acceptance were: Mrs. Elizabeth Bullis, Mrs. Sarah A. Roach, Virginia L. Roess, How- ard Atkinson, Elias Kahn, Judson Burch, J. A. Ruggles, Howard Skewes, Edward Venables, Robert L. Bowman, Arlo C. Rickett Maurice J. Maehl. All are well past midde age and and some were white haired. They had | successfully answered the list ou questions asked by defense attor- neys—long questions concerning’ in- (Continued On Page Five) 48,387 CONNEETICUT NATIVES LIVING HERE New York Contributes' 2,695 and Massa- | chusetts 1,862 Probably the most striking char- icteristic of the American people 18 their migratory instinct—an onward nrge to new flelds of endcavor, suc- cessor of the pioncering spirit that made the America of yesterday and ioday, This i3 seen in the statitics of states of birth of the population of any of the cities, great or small. For instance there are few citles the ma- jority of whose inhabitants were born within the limits of the city. By far the greater number were born elsewhere in the United States or are of foreign birth, Taken as conversational material states of birth are in the old reliable | class—in towns big and little, at Ro- tary luncheons, Chamber of Com- merce spreads or in the more refined precincts of the Woman's club the talk will drift to the “back home” state and its merits. They will agree on the superlative excellence of the town and state of their adoption but it is unending warfare on the rela- tive standing of Illinois and Ohio, Georgia, or Massa- chusetts and New York. And when Florida and California clash it's’ likely to be pistols at sunrise. (Continued on Page 14) MEXICAN FEDERALS AND REBELS IN ENGAGEMENT American Consul Scnds Dispatches Telling of Fight — More Than 50 Casualties. Nogales, Ariz, Jan. 28 Recent engagements between Mexi- state of Nayarit have resulted more than 50 casualties, Blocker, American consul at Maz atlan, Mexico, announced on arrival here en route to Los Angeles. « The principal engagement, he said, . was at Ixtlan, Nayarit, on the west coast of Mexico. Government troops under com- mand of General Juan Beltran, en- gaged the rebels there and 37 rebels and 14 government soldiers were killed, Blocker said. The American consul said there were several engagements last week. In one General Zertruche federal troops at Acapong this battle \gainst a rebel army a, Nayarit. Details of : not made known, Blocker said. but it reported there were scveral casualties, | He said there were also reports of vigorous fighting along the borders it and Durango. Federals Zeriruche were said i General ‘n hard pressed by a rel in that section. + were unconfirmed reports of corualtics in those border en gagewments, the consul said. i Opposed King, Was Diabetic | | pneumonia developed. Yesterday his | won the battle with the writer who { had gone into exile for denying a | but labored industriously to realiza | his dream. (UP)— led his | DIES AS AN EXILE Blasco Ibaner, Spaniard Who i Most Famous Work of Author Was | ‘War Novel “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”—Lived in France, Mentone France, Jan. 28 UP— Vicente Blasco Ibanes, famous Span- ish novelist, died at his villa here at 3:30 o'clock *his morning, a peli- tical exile, His son Igfrido, who hurried here from Valencia, Spain, and arrived at 1 a, m, was the only member of the Ibanez family pres- ent at the bedside. ‘Was Diabetic. Ibanez, who was a diabetic, caught a cold a few days ago. The cold settled in his lungs and bronchial condition grajually grew worse, Specialists who were summoned gave little hope for the author's re- covery. They remained all day at his bedside and at midnight, Ibanez’ Lreathing was less labored. It was | feared, however, that because of his critical condition this improvement ‘was only temporary, Death Wins, Three and a half hours later ceath king. Ibanez returned to Fontana Rosa, his home here a few weeks ago from Parls. He Iimmediately began to work on plans to make the property surrounding his villa a retreat for the writeras of the world, wishing to leave it as a “garden of novelists.” He had not neen in good health, He talked of little else during the last few days until he was forced to take to his bed by his illness. His Works. Ibanez, who first gained promi- nence in America through his novel of the war “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” also planned fur- ther literary work. One of the books he had In mind was to deal with the crusades and another the' mysteries of the inquisition. Vicente Blasco Ibarez, after at- talning world wide renown as a novelist, attracted attention as an opponent of King Alfonso and the administration of government in Spain. His caustic attacks againet the king led to his conviction for Lese Majeste but Ibanez kept out of reach of the Spanish government {by exiling himself in France. i Opposed King. The purpose of his campalgn against the ruler and other govern- ment officials, ‘ncluding Primo De Rivera, the military dictator of | Spal the novelist admitted in sev- | eral of his pamphlets, was to over- throw the monarchy and have up in Spain & republican form of government, “It is not the military directory, but the degenerate Alfonso who is | mainly responsible for the troubles 'in Spain and the catastrophe in Morocco,” Ibanez wrote in one of the earl; manifestos of his cam- paign. Never has history shown a monarch more deceitful and less powerful than the cruel and faith- - (Continued on Page 14.) FORMER TYPIST WIFE INI‘\ tmu | W OF TITLED FOREIGNER One Time East Side Girl Marries Count of Vallombrosa New York, Jan, 28 () — A for- mer typist, born on New York teeming East Eide, was on her | honeymoon today, wife of a titled Sardinian who to 1300 A. D. The new Countess of Vallombrosa was born Ruth Angela Obre Brower, daughter of an East Side electri- {cian. After a girlhood spent {Nyack, N. Y., she returned to New | York at the age of 17 in search of |a job and secured a place as a ! stenographer. Her beauty won the attention of Walter Goldbeck, portrait painter, and she smiles from several of his | canvases. 8he and Goldbeck were married and lived in New York un- til_his death. She met the Count of Vallom- brosa in Paris where she was in partnershipwith Yvonne Davidson, ,dressmaker. He was attached to the | Paris branch of the Bankers Trust ! company. | The count traces his descent to {Jaime Manca of the island of Bar- {dina, who founded the line in 130v {A. D. The dukedom was created in 11720 by the Duke of Savoy, who | became king of Sardina. The count’s | father, the Marquis De Mores, was noted sportsman and for a time was engaged in ranching in North Dakota. The count’s mother was Miss Madora Von Homan of New York. He was educated at Harvard. The titled couple left last night for Palin Beach where they will be the s of Mrs. John Emerson | (Anita Loos) and her husband. Mrs. Emerson and the countess were close friends in Paris. | After the honeymoon they will |20 to Paris to live where the count is o partner of the Paris brokerage 'hiouse of Saint FPhalle and company. traces his nncenry" i Bicycles Kill More In Paris Than Auto Buses During Year Paris, Jan. 28 UP—Police sta- tistics for a year shows that bi- cycles are worst killers than the heavily loaded autobuses that weave their fast and ponderous way through Paris traffic jams. There were almost twice as many people hurt by bicycles as by buses last year and almost exactly the same percentage of the fatalities. ‘The tigures show only 118 ac- cldents charged against buses during the year. PRESIDENT GROSSED BY L. 5. SENATE Government-Owned ~ Merchant Marine Monday WHITE HOOSE UNFAYORABLE Scnator Hiram Bingham One of Solons Who Attack Jones Bill As Handicapping Private Interests— Offers Resolution, Washington, Jan, 28 (P—The sen- | ate, which more and more s put- ting itself out of line with the White House, will decide Monday | whether it shall go on record | for a government-owned merchant marine, in direct opposition to the wishes of President Coolidge. Jones Bill Up An agreement to bring the Jones shipping bill to a vote on Monday was reached by senate leaders yes- terday and just afterwards it was made known at the White House that President Coolidge sees no merit in the measure. He has con- sistently recommended return of the merchant fleet to private intcrests and he belleves that would be made virtually impossible under the Jones bill, particularly one provision of it. | That provision stiplates that unanimous consent of the shipping board membership would be neces- sary before any of the government ships could be sold to private opera- tors, As President Coolidge sces it, one opposing member of the board would in fact constitute a majority, preventing sale of any ships. He believes that a drastic revision of the Loard's personnel would thus be made necessary, since one member has gonsistently voted against such sales, » . Although the Jones bill, sponsercd by Chairman Jones of the com- merce committee, has met with vig- orous opposition from administra- tion senators, the unanimous con- sent provision was voted irto bill by a two to one majority, Supporters of the bill, who include virtually all of the senate democrats, made inroads yesterday into the re- publican opposition, Senator Johnson of California, making a plea for de- velopment of the country's sca strength, commercial and naval. The addition of Johnson was offset, how- ever, by Senator Copeland’s opposi- tion to the bill. The New York democrat joined with Bingham, re- publican, Connecticut, in attacking the measure as handicapping private interests in the shipping industry. Bingham Objects Senator Bingham offered a resolu- tion, which was accepted, requesting the (Continued on Page Seven) RELIEF BOARD CUTS | | CITYS GRAND LIST ‘Reduction in Property Assess 'ments Aggregates Only $12,900' % APPEALS REIECTED Petitious From 17 Favorably Acted On At Annual Sessions—Net Tax- | able Property in Community Now Placed At $114,086,233, A net reduction of $12.900 has been made in the grand list by the board of relief, placing the new figure at $114,086,233. Seventeen applications for reduc- | | tions were approved and 36 rejected. | Additions were made to the list of the amount of $7,650 by the board | of assessors, these items including assessments made in a re-check of |the city. The total cut was $20,550. List of Reductions Reductions made arc: Edward M. Ayer, military exemption, $200; Jo- | | seph’ Berdino, military exemption, [$600; Anna Gozzo and Angeline Mor- rocco, 643 West Main street, $1,600; Ernest Nyquist, buses registered | twice, once as automobiles and again |as public service cars, $7,100; Wil- {tiam C. Raphael, for junked automo- | bile, $200; Anthony and Martin Wekaitis, land at 118 Linden street, $500; Antonio Wilk, land, $200; Valeria Adamowitz, land, $500; H. 8. Dubowy, et als, 27-23 Hurlburt street, $3.000; Lucina Bedard, 122 Landers avenue, $400: L. & B. Steinke, 76 Prospect street, $500; Charles S. Wilson, 149 Siunley street, 1$1,000; Samuel Greenstein, reduction | on house, $1,400; Sam Abrahamson, |14 Talcott street, $950; Paul Nur- | c2ak, et als, $1,000; Victor and K. | Kozlowski, 163 Broad street, $500; Ludwig Dydzuhn. 483 Park street, $500; Michael Kordak, 308 High street, $500. MILITARY HONGRS AT | WAR NURSE’S FUNERAL |Legion to Pay Tribute to Mrs. Bertha Hanna'’s Services | Full military honors will be ac- corded Mrs. Bertha (Linn) Hanna, ! wife of James D. Hanna and & World War nurse, who died in Charlemont, Mass, Thursday night, at her funeral which will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of August Burkhardt, 74 Wil- iam_street, and at 2:30 o'clock at Matthew's German Lutheran | lchurch. Rev. A. C. Theodore | |Steege, pastor, will officiate. Burial | will be in Fairview cemetery, at a |time which will be convenient for the family. Commander Nathan Avery of Ed {dy-Glover post, American Legion, is making arrangements for the funer- al. A firing squad, color bearers, and pall bearers will be chosen from the ranks of the post. | Mrs. Hanna, who was a native and | resident of this city for the greater | part of her life, was a past com- | mander of Catherine McGurdy post, | American Legion, Bridgeport. She | was 41 years old. 1 She was educated in this city and lived here until 1910. She entered i (Continued on Page 11) HOLLUP GANGTER ROB CLUB MEMBERS Wisconsin A. C. at Milwaukee Is Looted Early Today ONE VICTIM IS SLUGGED Bandits Boasted They Were Chicago Machine Gun Gangsters—Loot Totals $25,000—Man Beaten Low- ered Arms When Tired. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 28 P — Ten men, believed to be Chicaf gangsters, Wwho boasted of being armed with machine guns, held up members of the Wisconsin Athletic club shortly after midnight, slugged one man, cut telephone wires and escaped with currency and jewelry worth $25,000. Escape tn Auto The club is located in the heart of the downtown district but police did not learn of the robbery until almost 6 a. m. The entire detective force was assigned to hunt for the robbers, who escaped in automobiles. The bandits forced their way into the club, lined up the 25 or 30 mem- bers and leisurely robbed them. One club member, whose arms became tired, started to lower his arms. He was struck over the head with the butt of a gun and knocked uncenscious. MEAL NOT PREPARED, SON ATTACKS MOTHER {McNamara Tells Judge De- natured Alcohol Made Him Crazy “I drank a glass of denatured |alcohol and it made me crazy and I didn't know what I was doing," was the explanation made by Henry McNamara, aged 24, of 21 Hurlburt street, in police court today, of his attack on his aged mother yester- day, and his assault on his sister- in-law, who stepped in to prevent him from striking his mother again. Judge Roche committed him to the state farm. McNamara admitted that he had not discontinued drinking since a recent arraignment in court, and he pleaded suilty to charges of drunkenness, breach of the peace and assault. His mother showed Judge Roché a discoloration near her eye, and his sister-in-law tes. tified that she was punched in the face. Officer Walter Malona testified that he and Officer James H. Mc- Cabe made the arrest about & o'clock last evening on complaint. McNamara’s sister-in-law was bleed- ing when the officers arrived. Mrs. McNamara told Judge Roche she did not have a meal ready when her son came home and he displayed his displeasure by attack- ing her. 8he sald he has been drinking steadily. * | [ THE WEATHER | New Britain and vicinity: Snow, possibly heavy, this | afternoon and tomight; colder tonight. Sunday generally fair. * BRITAIN HERALD 'NNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1928 —SIXTFEN PAGES Irishman Hits Scot; Latter’s Economy Is Real Blow to Court Liverpool, Jen. 28 P—A Scots- man appeared before police court with his head swathed in band- ages. He charged an Irishman with striking him with a kettle, “That's all show,” the Irishman protested to the judge. “He was walking about yester- day without bandages." “Is that true” the court asked. “Yes,” replied the Scotchman from his bandages. “Why?" the judge demanded. “To keep them clean for to- day."” | | | | i WOMAN DECLINES " INPORTANT OFFICE ;Reluses Vice-Presidency of B | New York Advertising Agency 00 MANY “MOSSHEADS’ Explains That These Old Fashioned Men With Ideas of Women Be- | longing to Stone Age Head Big Corporations, New York, Jan. 28 (UP)—A pret- ty, 27-year-old girl declined the vice- presidency of a large advertising agency today because ‘‘too many { mossheads, whose opinions of wom- |en's ability in business belong to the big stone age, head our tions.” The girl 18 Louise Luckenbill, who six years ago was an advertising solicitor for the Schultz-McGregor corporation and now holds the posi- |tlon of secretary. Would Lose Business | “When I was offered the vice- presidency 1 told my superiors that the firm would lose business if I accepted it,”” she explained to the United Press in an interview, T wasn't trying to be noble, because it's to my advantage to have the company for which I am working be successful. “So I turned it down. there is to it.” The girl said she was convinced that “there are still many business men so prejudiced against young women that they would throw up their hands in horror at the idea of a woman being the first vice-presi- dent of an agency which served them.* corpora- | That's all Prejudice Exists The prejudice is waning, she be- lieves, but it will exist for many years. “Women have brought it on them- selves,” she saild. “Too frequently they have taken advantage of their sex appeal. You will find that few business women with pretty necks wear shirts and collars and few with pretty legs wear long skirts.” Miss Luckenbill's own dress came just to her knces. “T think most men still resent bob- bed hair,” she sald. Miss Luckenbill's hair waved and blonde. Definite Place For Women “In my field there is a definite | place for women,” Miss Luckenbill said. “Women are best qualified for advertising cosmetics, houschold | goods and feminine attire. is short, “On the other hand there are | some things distinctly masculine, \such as mechanical devices and men's wear. Real estate advertising, (Continued on Page. 9) THIS WEEKS AFFAIRS . . . . . T — ] S DE \ Fye W-TREGAN, % APPOINTED T’ PUTY INTERAAl C.OFC. COMMITT| CONSIDER THE REVEAIV <oL WASUINGTON SCRO0L SECT(ON ATER BOARD WANTS $2 700, YTEuSon OF seruice gvos?saao 245 LECTORA— PLAN VIEW— TIN HAT 1S THE ARTST'S QWA Sy H Dy ANNBXAT(O, / / fare ano fifir y GE TO ALE. e By CLEE four — L0S ANGELES BACK IN HANGAR TODAY Returns Safely After Alighting - on Deck of §. 8. Saratoga HAZARDOUS EXPERIMENT First Time Giant Lighter Than Air | Machine Has Ever Attempted Such | ! | 1 a Feat and Navy Men are Wilily | Enthusiastic Over Results, Lakehurst, N. J, Jan. 28 OP—| {After alighting on the deck of the | airplane carrier Saratoga at sca off [Newport, R. I, the first dirigible {ever to have accomplished that feat, the Los Angeles was safely back in her hangar today. Although Commander Charles E. [Rosendahl was non-committal on | | his return, Read Admiral W. A. Mof- | fett, chief of the bureau of naval | |acronautics at Washington was en- thusiastic in his praise of the feat and the possibilities it shows. Was Hazardous Feat The operation was a hazardous | one as the big silver bag is 680 feet | long and the entire length of the PRICE THREE CENTS COLONBIANS GREET LINDBERGH WITH A WARN CORDIALITY More Than 100,000 Persons Tarn Out for American Airman at Madrid Field in Bogota {FLEW TWO MILES HIGH T0 CLEAR MOUNTAINS | Had Difficulty in Locating Landing Fleld, So Circled City Several Times Till Lone Colombian Plane Rose to Escort Him to Earth— Kissed on Cheek by Native Maid ens, Bogota, Colombia, Jan. —The spontaneous and 28 (UP) warm cor- ! diality of the Latin peoples today was bestowed upon Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, the American good will fiyer, whe flew here from Cartagena !over a dangerous airpath that had atoga is only 880 feet, little more half of which is availabe as | landing stage. Although navy officlals here re- | |fused to discuss the details, referring | lall inquirers to Washington, it was| |assumed that the operations took iplace in the following manner, as| {they had been carefully rehearsed on | paper: Was Going Fast With the ships making good speed that of the Saratoga being at be- tween 15 and 30 knots, the Los An- geles nosed gently down and came to a stop with its control cabin just barely touching the deck. She lay with her nose just abaft the funnels and superstructure of the airplane mother, her stern sticking far out over the stern of the Saratoga. To bring the dirigible down, lines were thrown to the crew of the Saratoga who helped warp the big ship into position. This was ex- tremely hazardous to the men on the lines, it was pointed out, especially lif a heavy sea had been running, but it was decided in the interest of | naval science to take that chance. (Continued on Page 13) 'BOARD AGCEPTS GIFT FOR PLAY EQUIPHENT School Committeemen Are Grateful for $2,000 From Mrs. Vance Individual members of the school |bourd expressed personal gratitude and the board voted unanimously vesterday afternoon to accept a gift of $2,000 from Mrs. Robert J. Vance to equip a playground at the Robert J. Vance school at the corner of Vance street and Shuttle Meadow avenue. The contribution was ten- jdered through 8chool Commmee-{‘ {man James J. Butler. On a motion of Committeeman |TL.ouis W. Young. the board selected |land on the north side of the build- |ing for the playground and voted |to forward the fund to the common council with the request that it be re-appropriated for use by the pub- | lic amusement commission. | Committeeman Butler sald he has made a personal inspection of the |land in question and found it satis- factory. He said he talked over the matter with Superintendent Stanley |H. Holmes who expressed pleasure |and satisfaction concerning the gift. | Just before the close of the meet- ing, President P. F. King sald he| |felt some acknowledgment should | be expressed, but thought that per- | (haps when the matter was formal- | Iy disposed of, the committee could | |express its appreciation in a better | w: Mr. Vance, In whise memory the gift was presented, was a former mayor of this city, former city clerk, |state representative and congress- | |man. He was the founder of the| |New Britain Observer {later consolidated which was | Britain Herald, with the New| The school department budget for | the coming fiscal year was accept- ed. An appropriation for $1.261. 284 will be asked by representatives | of the board at a meting of the| hoard of finance and taxation next | week. The only change in the budg- {et which was presented last week was in the repair item. An increase {of £10,000, from $50.000 to $60,000, | was made. This move was made when Presi- ‘don! King asked if the committee thought the department repairs could | |be taken care of by a $50,000 ap- | propriation. When Committeeman | Young, chairman of the finance committee, said he thought the {board would exceed its appropria- tion in this item, Committeeman Joseph M. Halloran moved that the |sum be increased to $60,000. The |ped the Colombian citizens. | with whom he been conquered only once before. Great Oceas It was one of Bogota's grea occasions and the Colombian cap tal made good use of it. From the moment that a tiny speck appeared in the skies over the city — the speck that eventually turned out to be the Spirit of St. Louls—a frenzied excitement grip- More than 100,000 had gathered at the Madrid fleld—about 20 miles out of the city—or lined the roadway which Lindbergh must use to go into Bogota. lands at 8 P. M. He landed at Madrid field at 3 p. m., just as he had announced he would do. His course had taken him over jagged mountain peaks and at times the Spirit of St. Louis had to ascend to an altitude of §,- 600 feet, almost two miles, in order to clear the mountains. Lindbergh had difficulty in locat- ing the landing field. He ' circled Bogota several times, soared over Mount Monserrat, flew low over sev- eral suburbs and then was greeted in the air by the Colomban aviator, Daza. Escorted to Field He was escorted to Madrid field, made a perfect landing, and then ‘was al crushed in the vigorous enthu, of the Colombians. Everyone rushed upon the engag- ing fiyer. They shouted. They cheered when he smiled upon them. Everywhere there were comments as to his youthfulness. Kissed on Cheek The *“queen” of the students, se- lected especially for the occasion, was escorted to the fiyer and kissed him on the cheek. He grinned boy- ishly at this demonstration of friendship. Then he was escorted into Bogota and it was a sight unprecedented in Bogota's history. Along the entire course of the trip there were cheer- ing thousands. The crowd threw streamers over Lindbergh's head and kept shouting a welcome. (Continued on Page 14) ‘HAVE A DRINK', LAST MESSAGE OF SUICIDE Former Husband of Pearl White Generous Host Even in Death Los Angeles, Jun. 28 (#—A scrib- bled invitation to “have a drink” found on a note for which a half emptied liquor bottle served as paperweight, was the only message left when Wallace McCutcheon, for- mer British army officer, artist, ac- tor and once husband of Pearl White, the film star, took his life in his hotel room. The note was found by the police in the same room where Mc- Cutcheon's body was discovered yesterday, sprawled across a bed. A pistol lay at his side and there was a bullet hole in his right temple. The police said it was clearly a case of suicide. The officers were told by friends that a few years ago, MeCutcheon had disappeared and was missing for several months. A war time jn- jury was blamed for this disappear- ance and police were of the opinjom that this also might have caused him to take his life. Reports that McCuicheon was destitute at the time of his death were denfed by close associates. Although born in America, Me- Cutcheon spent most of his life in England. He made his stage debut at the age of 16 with Willie Collier, toured America, Europe and Australia. He later played juvenile leads in support of Elsle aJnis. During the World war he served !board exceeded last year's repair ‘mm by $30,000, it was pointed out. | Twenty Persons Killed In India Train Wreck ! Rangoon, Jan. 28 (UP) — Twenty | ipeople were killed and 29 njured to- {day when a train, en route from ‘l(vmpoon to Mandalay, was derailed {and fell into a ereek. | The wreck was about 100 |from Rangoon. Several fish plates — connecting bars between rails—had been moved from the track, indicating the wreck had been planned. Awuthori- tics started an immediate investiga- ton. miles with the British forces. He enlisted as an ambulance driver and officers’ chauffeur and then transferred as & private to a British regiment. Rec- ognition of repeated acts of bravery brought him a commission and he was mustered out as a major. He married Miss White soon after he returned to this country. She obtained a @ivorce in Providence, R. I, in 1921. He did not contest the suit. Coming to L.os Angeles a year ago he renewed acquaintances with thea- trical and motion picture people. A note found by the police contained the names snd tclephone numbers of & dozen or more film celebrities.