New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 . STUDENT BODY AT WOMEN'S COLLEGE BACKS MARSHALL " A0 Nembers of “Goveramest Association"Hand in Resigns- tions in Suppors of President " ACTION TAKEN POLLOWING CHAPEL EXERCISES TODAY Resclution Drawn Up by Members Says Body Has “Feeling Resigna- tiom of Marshall Will Prove of Serious Consequence to Principles of Intelligence and Liberality in Educagion.” New London, Feb. 14 (#—Resig- | nation of all members of the student | government association of the Con- necticut College for Women, marked the means by which the student gov- ernment chose to express its abso- lute trust and corddence in their president, Benjamin T. Marshall in chapel today. The action was the reply of the students .to an appeal fn chapel by President Marshall for the students to continue their college ‘work, spirit, and morale, after the president officially told the students that his res!;nation had been ten- dered to the board of trustees fol- lowing some differences between the president and the board of trustees and between the president and some members of the faculty. Special- Meeting ‘The resolution, drawn up at a spe- elal meeting of the student body, was read by Miss Dorothy Bayley, pres- ident of tke student government as- soclation as follows: “We, the members of the student government assoclation of Connecti- cut college, feeling that the resigna- tion of President Benjamin T. Mar- shall will prove of serious conse- quence to us as students, to the future policy of this college, and to the principles of intelligence and lib- erality in education upon which it ‘was founded, hereby tender our res- gnations as members of this associa- tion, to become effective immediate- ly. “Convinced that we can in no way honorably support any purpose s0 completely at variance with his own that it must result in such a decision on his part, the student body of this college hereby places its principles and purposes entirely at his disposal to be directed in such manner as he may see fit. i Expross Faith - “It 13 the definite feeling of the student body that the policy upon which President Marshall has con- sistently based his efforts and accom- plishment is of deep significance to the welfare and best interests of this eollegs as an educational institution, and the action of this body is an ex- pression of faith and confidence in him rather than of partiality of feel- ing towards misunderstandings un- known to us out of which his de- cision has arisen. “We henor him for his dignity and integrity, for his steadfastness of purpose, and for his achievement in making this a college of progressive worth and distinction. WELD ASKS COGLIDGE T0 SHAFT DEDICATION President Invited to At- tend Exercises on June 9 Mayor Weld today addressed a letter to President Cdolidge inviting him to be the city's guest at the @edication of the World War memo- rial on Walnut Hill park, June 9. ‘The mayor's letter reads as fol- lows: *Dear Mr. President:— “The City of New Britain will, on Juhe 9, 1928, dedicate its World War Memorial. The event will mark one of the most important days in the Distory of New Britain. “It is my pleasure to extend to you & most cordial invitation from the citizens of New Britain, for the hon- or of your presence on that day. “Respectfully yours, “GARDNER C. WELD, “Mayor of New Britain.” The shaft is nearing completion ‘with little more to be done than the flacement of the 14-foot eagles ‘which will surmount it. The shelter and bath-houses at either side of the lake have been completed. Prominent Odd Fellow Dies in Naugatuck Waugatuck, Feb. 14 (P—Henry Hobart Squire, 82, chiel veteran of the Veteran Odd Fellows association of Comnecticut died at his home here yesterday. Mr. Squire had re- slded here for the past 3¢ years. He was a member of Middlesex Lodge 1. 0. O. F. and Columbia lodge of the Masonic order. His widow, one son and one daughter survive him. OPPOSES NAVAL HH.L ‘Torrington, F 14 UP—The Litchfield County Ministers’ union at & meeting here yesterday adopted resolutions strongly opposing the proposed naval bill now before con- gress providing for the construction Of new ohips. The program, accord- ing te the resciutions is ‘“such as to afisct eur standing a8 & peace lov- iag aad Christian mation.” To Make 650 Mile Flight; Might Sink in 15 Minutes Havana, Feb 14 (UP)—Cap- tain Joseph F. Dopnellan, of 8t. Joseph, Mich., plans to start be- fore dawn tomorrow on a 650- mile flight over the Caribbean Sea to Belize, British Horduras, on the next stage of his Chicago- Santiago, Chile, flight. He wfil cross the path of Paul Redfern, who was lost last summer on what was to have been a non-stop flight to Brazil from the Umited States. Donnellan is taking no life-; ing apparatus. His 90-horsepower ‘Waco plane has no pontoons, and would sink witkin 15 minutes. He haa no life belt and no rubber boat. He will take 120 gallons of gasoline. BRITTEN SUPPORTS BIG NAVY PROGRA Tllinois Congressman Will Not However, Insist on § Year Limit BACKS COOLIDGE'S VIEW Believes President’s Idea of Having Larger Navy But Built Within Dictates of Sound Financial Policy * is Best, Washington, Feb. 14 (®—Repre- sentative Britten, of Illinois. one of {the leaders of the “big navy” group HIGKNAN CALN AS HE HEARS JUDGE ORDER EXECUTION Sentenced to Be Hanged April 87 Tor Murder After Motion for New Trial Is Overraled DEFENSE INTENDS 10 FILE AN APPEAL SOON Court Also Imposes Prison Sentence on Charge of Kilnaping Parker Child But Fixes No Length Since Death Penalty Would Eliminate Necessity of Stating Term of | Years, | Court Room, Los Angeles, Feb. 14 (UP) — William Edward Hickman today was sentenced to be hanged Friday, April 27, for the murder of | Marion Parker, 12-year-old Los An- | geles school girl. | The death penalty was imposed by | Judge J. J. Trabucco in superior | court after he had overruled the | motion of Jerome Walsh, attorney | for the defense, for a new trial. ! Is Not Surprised | The extreme penalty was no sur-| prise to Hickman. As he entered the | court room for the brief session he ' | | | | | New York Banker Cites New York, Feb. 14.—P—Mil- lionaires have increased in number about 600 per cent since 1923, juds- ing from statistics showing million dollar estates for which trust com- panies have acted as executors or trustees. Francis H. Bisson, vice-president of the Guaranty Trust company of New York, speaking here today be- the American Bankers association, sald that a survey of the national fleld indicates that in five years the institutions have handled 668 estates valued at $1,000,000 or more. Recalling that George Washing- ton, one of the wealthiest men of his STOCKHOLDERS GET Financial Standing Improves in Year, Presideat Reports DIYIDENDS NOT IN SIGHT told the guard, “I know that I'm fore the mid.winter conference of ; REPORT ON HOTEL Millionaires in United States Increase 600 Per Cent Since 1923 Statistics as Indicative of Wider Spread of Wealth in This Country. time, left an estate worth only $530,- 1 000, Mr. Sisson reported that in 1923 trust companies handled 48 million dollar estates; in 1924, 69; in 1925, 101, in 1926, 151, and in 1927, 298. The large estates were not confin- ed to cities, Mr. Sieson said. In one |small towrt to which a boom had brought weklth as well as ell the local trust ecompany handled five $1,000,000 estates in one year and six the next. In some sections banks reported Mandling few or no estates of ‘large elze, but pointed to & re- estates ranging in value from $500,- 000 to $1,000,000, a fact Mr. Sisson | suggested was indicative of the wid- i" spread of wealth in this country. TOWERS DECLARES KEARNEY 1S UNFIT Good Road Builder When Sober, (Chairman Tells Board 'WARES PORMAL STATEMEN imarkable growth in the number of | TETEGTIVE BURNS DENIES ANY PART INTRIAL SCANDAL { . Shadowing of Fall-Sinclair Jurors FIVE SENATORS TELL | OF SLEUTH'S HONESTY { |Accused Tells Court He Was Not cerning Sinclair's Employment of Detective to Shadow Jurors—De- nies Statements Given Out b Government Star Withess. Washington, Feb. 14 (UP)—WIil- |the witness stand in the Sinclair- |Burns contempt trial today that he had any connection with the shad- |owing of Fall-Sinclair jurors, which Iresulted in contempt charges |against him, Harry F. Sinclair, and four others. Senators Testify Burns testified after five United States senators and two others had Cost of Operation Reduced $15,000 Commission Informed Why Superin- | estified unqualifiedly that his repu- Saps Ho Has No onpetion With Consulted by Hix Agency Com- | liam J. Burns, deteetive, denled on | in the house, said today he. would not fight for the building of the ad- | ministration’s naval program in five | years, but that he intended to sup- | port President Coolidge, whose it is to have no time limit spec Has Been Leader Britten heretofore has led the fight | for the construction of the various | elements of the naval program with- | in & specified time limit. After a call at the White House today he said that he had been convinced that | the president was right in desiring to round out the navy in keeping with the condition of the treasury and that he expected to support both in the house naval committee and on the floor the program of Mr. ! Coolidge as submitted recently to| ngress. - | This plan centemplates the con- | . struction of 25 cruisers, five airplane ‘,;:“n,l,':"gf. 'I:::dheu %“ l::: carriera, nine destroyer leaders and g Co0 o 0" ’f } 32 submarines t a cost of $740,- (LT ,.D,‘."{,‘W_ etz o) hws 000,000 over = period of possibly | . 5 eal’ e eight years but without any stipula- gfg{;gn‘*‘“ 44 nEtpetAl I irh o tion made In the biil as to when ! Judge Trabucco was affected as he bullding should begin or be com- | tmposed the death penalty. going to get the noose.” After Judge Trabucco overruled the motion for a new trial, the de- fense made various other moves to delay the sentence, but all of the motions were overruled. Also Tmprisoned Before imposing the death wen- tence, the court also sentenced Hickman to imprisonment for the kidnaping of Marion Parker. No term of years was fixed on the kidnaping charge, the court assum- ing the death sentence would elimi- nate the necessity of stating a term of years. Hickman stood rigidly at atten- tion, his knees pressed tightly to- gether as he listened to the death sentence. | | Does Not Flinch pleted. Backs President’s View “I am now of the opinion,” Britten sald, *‘that the president's idea of building these craft as rapidly as possible but still within the dictates of a sound financlal policy is best and I intend to support him in every phase of the administration’s pro- posal.” Replylng to charges that the ad- ministration’s program was a highly expensive one, Mr. Britten declared that if it were carried out over a period of eight years it would add only 29 per cent over tue navy budg- et for appropriations submitted this year. This figure, which, he said, would represent an increase from $362,000,000 to $416,000,000 annual- ly for the entire navy budget. would include pay for 10,000 additional men, the construction of three addi- tional dirigibles and-the completion of the battleships Oklahoma and Ne- vada. President’s Latest Opinion -Washington, Feb. 14 (UP)—Pres- ident Coolidge has sent word indi- rectly to the house naval affairs {committee that he will be satisfied iproposed naval bullding program, whose size has arouscd 50 much pro- test, it was learned today. Phe committee was informed the president would insist only upon the 25 new 10,000 ton crui-ers proposed and is willing to drop at this time |the rest of the program, which con- sists of 32 submarines, nine destroy- er leaders and five aircraft carriers. The president is making these | concessions because of the numer- ous protests coming to members of ithe committee, it {8 understood. The | protests have become 0 insistent |that the committee has decided to |hear aonfe of those in opposition, and they will begin to appear before the committee tomorrow. ‘The proposed changes favored by Coolidge have been discussed by the committee in executive session. They were laid before the committee by Representative Darrow, rep., Pa., He did not use the words “Hang iby the neck until dead,” and his |volce dropped to a monotone as he | | concluded his brief statement with | |the words, “May God have mercy on your soul.” | !" Hickman was hurried from the| |court room but was returned a few [ minutes later to have his picture | | taken. | He apepeared posed with a smile. Will File Appeal Defense Attorney Richard Cantil- lon told the United Press that the | defense would exercise their right to {file an appeal to the supreme court {two days after sentence is passed. Cantillon said the appeal prob- filed before unaffected and fably would Thursday. To Go to Prison | Hickman probably will be taken to | |san Quentin prison within & few | | days, there to await outcome of his | attorneys* fight to save him through |actton of high courts. ‘ | The possible appeal to the United | 'Smtes supreme court, Cantillon ex- | | plained, would be made on the con not be | prived of his liberty and life without | | due process of law because he never | was convicted of the crime with which he was charged. Hickman pleaded “not guilty by | renson of insanity,” and the court | (ruled that the plea admitted the | crime. Thus the jury was called upon to rule only on whether Hickman was sane when he kidnaped and | | murdered Marion. | and Local Management Is Called | Successtul—H. T. Burr Added To Board—Officers Reelected, | | | | December 31, 1927, but no expect- ancy of paying ‘dividends were re- ported to the stockholders of the |Elihu Burritt Hotel Corporation, |Inc., at their annual meeting this jafter by the president, Isaac Black. |'The corporation is in a “healthy con- | dition” having $38,613.33 in working | | capital and facing $26,498.73 of eur- rent labilities, Mr. Blick pointed {out. | Income derived from operating the hotel was about the same in {1927 as in 1926, Mr. Black report- | {ed, byt operating expenses were ap- | proximately $15,000 less. | At the stockholders’ meeting, th- 1 icl A stock, C; F. Bennett. G. |Hidrt, J. R. Andrews. P. C. Rickey, {¥. M. Holmes, G. P. Spear, B. F. |Gaftney, H. L. Judd, W. L. Hatch; |Class B stock, Isaac Black, J. C. |Loomis, E. J. Porter, A. M. Paones- isa, H. L. Platt. W. C. Hungerford. | The place of the late George W. (Continued on Page ¢) CORONER STILL HOLDS UP GUILFOYLE REPORT Calhoun Admits Complica- tions But Declines to Explain Nature | Hartford, Feb. 14 UM—Although the state's attorney’s office charges Dr. Harold N. Guilfoyle, veterinar- ian, with the murder of Mrs. Maxi- min J. Gaudet of New Haven en January 18, something has vened in the case which is prevent. [ing Coroner J. Gilbert Calhoun from with & censiderable reduction in the |tention that Hickman is being de- |supporting the state’s view of the double shooting in the apartment house at 691 Maple avenue. Coroner Calhoun said today that he is not ready to issue a finding in his inquest and maintains abso- lute secrecy as to the reason for its incompletion. Asked to explain what is holding up his finding, the coroner replied, “I can’t tell you what it's all about.” He had previously declared that Improved financlal standing as of | fowing directors were reslected: | : ¢ of Strects Was Dismisseq | 21100 for integrity was good. These nlen e | witnesses were Senators Watson At Special Meeting Held At City | (Ind.); Shortridge, Moses, Cope- !land and Wagner; Joseph P. Tu- Hall This Morning. o |multy, secretary to the late Presi- Breaking the silence he has main- |dent Wilson; and James M. Beck. | tained since the discharge of Street | SOlicitor general at the time Burns | Superintendent Thomas F. Kearney, headed the justice department in- | Chairman Regniald J. Towers of the | Vestigation bureau. | board of public works today issued | Burns said he was not consulted !a statement declaring that Kearney |by his agency concerning Sinclair's | was dismissed because he would not jcmployment of detectives to shadow | remain sober on the job. jurors in the Fall-Sinclair oil con- | “On different occasions, 1 have spiracy case. He said he knew \found him unable to attend to his nothing about it until November 1. duties properly but felt he should /the day after government agents have sufficient opportunity to prove |raided hotel that it would not recur, but as time |detectives here. He sald he did not went on conditions became worse, 'know that certain reports of Wil- leading to his dismissal,” the chair- ljam J. McMullin, Burns detective man informed his board in explana- |who informed the government of tion of the discharge. {the jury shadowing, were false un- Towers' til several days after Burns testified {before the grand Jury. He had backed mach reports, telling of an |alleged * contact between Juror |Glascock and a department of jus- tice official, in belief they were true, |he maid. Statement Members of the commission were called to a special meeting st 11 o'clock today and the chairman's statement was read to them by Scc- retary George H. Johnson, as follows: “Board of Public Works, headquarters of the | | “City Hal, “New Britain, Conn. | (Continued on Page Two) Is Only an Adviser | Burns, now 67, said he moved | from New York to Sarasota, Fla., | |last October, and that he is con- inter- | Inected with the agency which he iat a salary of $5,200 a year. | Burns sald he was a treasury se- jeret service agent from {1903, when he was transferred to {the interior department. There he organized a group of detectives to investigate the famous Oregon land plot for three years. In 1908 he re- |signed from government service to investigate San Francisco graft and !in 1909 organized the detective agency which he directed until he was dppointed to the justice depart- ment post in 1921. Burns SUIT OVER GRAVESTONE %IlEIIIIlEIl FOR PLAINTIFF ;Court Orders Woman to Pay T. C. Smith Sons $1,620 Expressing himselt as feeling sat- |story and you will be taken carc | well done and that the contract was | op 3 | 101" at & time when Burns, visiting | performed, Judge Morris D. Saxe, in | Washington, was conferring on the city court today awarded a judgment |jury-shadowing charges then unde, for $1,620 and costs in favor of T. 8Tand jury investigation. | C. Smith Sors in their action against | S TR s | Rose Miklosz. The plaintiff was rep- “Ew OPPOSIT]OH RISES resented by Donald Gaffney. | | The firm, constating of Thomas C. | |Smith, Edward J. 8mith and Philip | |J. Smith, sought to recover from the { g {defendant the sum of $1,500 for a| | granite monument erected at the de- | | fendant’s request, and for extras for 1a foundation amounting to $117 and | for posts amounting to $60. The claim was based upon a writ- | apatka and Wacora Will Ask Coun- cil to Send Finance Board The common council will be asked |founded only in advisory capacity. | 1890 to ' emphatically dentied he | lisfied, that the plaintiffs work was 014 McMullln to “stick to your 10 PROPOSED TAX RATE | “several complications” were delay- LEAP YEAR BRINGS 00T HEAYY VALENTINE MAIL ] | Girls Said To Have Sent Tokens of | Affection To All of Male Population | Girls of New Britain are taking | who discussed the situation vilhlnom of every possible opportunity | President Coolidge at the White | oftered them during leap year to ing his report. His statement today was that he could not say when he would make his report because he d not know when he would com- ete his inquest. The coroner whether the delay was caused incompleteness of testimony di »l by or |Whether unexpected developments coming from evidence submitted by witnesses has given a new turn to the case which needs further in- vestigation before he can render a finding of criminal responsaibility or House. Public Sentiment The reaction of public sentiment against the large expenditures pro- posed for the naval establishment, which would total approximately $4,200,000,000 in the next 10 years, is beginning to reflect itself in con- gress, with the result that insistence upon the 71-ship program probably (Continucd on Page 16.) Massachusetts Man Is | capture the heart of youthful swains accidental shooting. Dr. Guilfoyle is |ten order which contained a pro- | | vision that the monument was to be |cemetery monument. The written |order also contained a provision that {charge. The defendant pald to the plaintiff on account of said contract, { therein, | The evidence adduced at the trial |was to the effect that the defendant was shown the Burke stone and she expressed a willingness to have the monument which she ordered, sim- | ilar to the Burke stone and lurhi | phrase was therefore incorporated in the agreement. The plaintift tomorrow night to refer back to the board of finance and taxation the | Tequest that further consideration {be given all appropriations with a This announcement was made this afternoon by Alderman Frank would not ®a¥|ino gum of $50, which was recited Z3Patka and Counciiman Luclan | Macora of the fifth ward. The two {councll members made an unsuc- ;cell’!ul attempt last year to bring | about & tax reduction. the budget | | being accepted over their vote. Both council members have given study to the estimates, they said this afternoon, and they are of the opin- !ion that the board of public works | — Classification of Girls Meets Much Objection Elizabeth, N. J.,, Feb. 14 (UP) —Clvic organizations of Roselle Park, a suburb near here, today protested against a story appear- ing in “The Quill,” high school publication, classifying the girls of the high achool as those “who walk home from automobile rides” and “those who do not.” The story appeared under the title of “The R-ason Shoemakers Do a Good Business” and was said to have been written by John Race, =enfor at the achool. The publication was sold out within an hour after it was offer- ed Immediately the Roselle Parx civic organization and represen- tatives of other groups expressed objections. Mayor Alfred N. Bagley said he could not under- stand how such a story could be printed while Councilman Charles T. Wilgus said it was not the sort of thing a high school student should write. | COURT REFUSES TO PENALIZE STUDENT Finds Yale Man Not Guilty o Punishable Ofense ECHO OF HANDBILL CASE ‘Test Case Results in Court of on mon Pleas Judge Commenting Whole Thing is Much Ago About Little. New Haven, Feb. 14 (#—James T. Patterson, Jr., of Milford, a Yale senior, who stood trial in the test case of 19 students arrested for dis- tributing handbills in & labor con troversy here, was declared guilty of any offense punishable by the court” by Judg: Walter M. Pickett in common pleas today. | | | | i In Court Ou Appeal Patterson faced the court today on an appeal from a $2 fine im- posed in the city court on a charge of violating section 729 of the city ordinances which makes it an of- | fense “to throw affix, maintain or deposit any paper advertisement (within the limits of a public high- | way.” d | Judge Pickett in handing down his decision said that “it would seem that out of a trivial episode there {has been an attempt to manufac- {ture an epochal event.” Took Uncivil Liberties Of Patterson and his 18 panions the court says “‘the posture of these ardent young guests in the city joyously enlisting in a con- troversy not their own and so gen- ! |erously complimenting the laws, the | {departments and the institutions of their temporary abode suggests that | they have taken uncivil liberties |rather than that they have been de- | | prived of ‘civil liberties’ by this ex- | tra-mural activity attributable to! | the throes of experimental soctology, | undergraduate efferverscence, or un- seasoned solicitude, under the or- dinance as I interpret it, the de-| fendant is guilty of no offense pun- | | ishable by the eourt.” | | Those Affected | Those affected by the decision | other than Patterson are: Fred erick C. Hyde, Plainfield, N. J.; Wal ter F. Myers, York, Penn.; Henry C. | | Lynch, Greenwich: William F. Save, ' | Paris, Mo.; Virgil E. Lowden, Suf- !fleld, W. Va.; John R. Troop, Phil- |adelphia, Penn.; Guy Miller, Haven; Edward M. Fleming, York City; Howard H. William York City: Michael J. Vicari, sonia; John C. Sprinkle, Salisbury, N. C.; Lewis S. Pratt, Detroit, Mic! John Lester Lewine, New York Cit; {Roy V. Damron, Huntington, W. V. Saul Smieber, Loveland, Colo.: Wil- liam A. Davis, West Barrington, | |R. L Patterson's case is now finished but the 18 other | men will face the city court on| March 17 on a continuance. On |their first arraignment, their cases | connection with the “similar to the Burke stone,” another | proposed 26% mills budget with a |were continued pending disposition iof Patterson’s case. Counsel for both sides agreed to be governed by ithe foundation was to be an extra | '1©% to reducing the taxes one mill. the disposition of his appeal and it | is expected that prosecution of the 18 men will be halted. 'ENPLOYE OF AWNING 0. IS HELD AS EMBEZZLER Ernest F. Senell Charged With Fail- ure to Tum in Moncy Collect- *not | court | com- v | years. It is payable v | holders of record March 9. PRICE THREE CENTS SAYS AR ROUTETD SOUTH AMERICAS ENTIRLY FEASIBLE Lindbergh Returning From Good Will Trip Declares a Commer- cial Service Is Practicable 'WON'T DISCUSS VALUE OF HIS LONG ATR JAUNT | Fiying Colanel Believes There Are No Obstacles in Flying Through the Tropics—Thinks Spirit of St. Louis is in Almost Perfect Com- dition After Cruise of More Than 8,000 Miles, 8t. Louis, Feb. 14 P—Aviatiod on a commercial basis is practicable and feasible between the United | States and Central American coun- | tries, said Col. Charies A. Lindbergh | on his return here from a good-will | tour of the southern countriea. | He smilingly refused to say what effect his flight might have on the dovelopment of aviation and the promotion of friendly relations be- tween the United States and the southern republics. “I would rather someonc els: more qualitied than I would discuss those things,” he adde. No Obstacles. He said he saw no obstacles in fiving in the tropics that were any worse than those encountered in the United States. He spoke highly of the behavior of his plane saying: “I think it i3 in almost perfect condition although it will be over- hauled here. Of course it is not in {as good a condition as when I first left with it.” The manner in which ‘ the plane stood up, he said, seemed {to him to be proof that airplanes will stand more use than most péo- ple believe. The plane will eventual- 1y be given to the Smithsonian Insti- tution at Washington. Didn’t Oasry Chute. “No I did not carry a parachute on the flight,” he replied to anothe: question. “Parachutes are nasemihyy. {in military maneuvers but wet in: passenger transportation and ahwo “they are of no use on the type of | plane I'm flying.” | “The ‘Spirit of St. Louls’ * he sald, { “is s0 constructed that it is possiblc | to 1and without injury to the pilot | or passenger in case of necessity. ] believe a parachute should be car- (Continued on Page 16) NEW AVEN DECLARES §, STOGK DIVBEND Special Declaration on Common First Payment by Railroad in 14 Yrs. New York, Feb. 14 (P—Directors of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad company today de- clared a special dividend of $1 a share on the common stock on which no dividends had been paid for 14 April 10 to This special dividend, a statement said, does not signify or indicate a fur- ther dividend on the common stock, unless and until in the opinion of the board, the net earnings and prospects for the future warrant a further dividend declaration. The New Haven paid its last divi- |dend on the common stock in 1913 at the rate of six per cent. The quarterly payment was omitted in December of that year. idends at the rate of 10 per cent from 1873 to 1893 and in 1894 mine per cent was pald. From 1895 to March 1913 inclusive eight per cen: was paid, and in June, 1913, the dividend was reduced to six per cent. Declaration of a spectal dividend on the common stock of the New | York, New Haven and Hartford rafl- road is regarded in financial cireles |as forecasting possible end of a dark |era for a carrier which until 1913 never had failed to declare an an- nual dividend. 8o strong was the railroad’s finan- |clal position and so established its It paid div- if the number of valentines that |have passed through the post office | yesterday and today are to be taken as & criterion. Tha entire post office force has | been kept busy handling the valen- !tine mail. One of the oldest em- i ployes in the post office said that |this year's valentine mail was the largest he had seen in years. In |other years, Valentine day itself | generally brought a heavy siege of valentine mail but this year the mail began to stream in the day before Arrested in Iowa City Iowa City, Ia., Feb. 14 —Rob- and this afternoon, it was still com- ing in large numbers. Most of the ert Burnham, claiming Fitchburg, Mass., as his home, was held under arrest here today for New York po- lice on charges of larceny in that state. Burnham enrolled in the Univer- sity of Towa last week, being well recommended by members of the alumnl. He was reported to have been star prep school athlete. He ‘was taken iInto custody at a fratern- ity house where he had been a guest r the last few days. Police belleve he bas operated in fraternities in 10 or more schqels through eastern states, including Colgate and New Tork universities. valentines were addressed to young men, which Indicated that leap year was taken scriously by New Britain girls. VETERAN RATLROADER DIES Springfield, Mass., Feb. 14 (P— Edward L Sackett, 83, formerly ai- | | vision superintendent of the Boston and Albany rallroad with head- quarters here, died today. He em tered the employ of the raliroad fn 1861 as a brakeman at the age of 17 and retired in 1901. During his time as superintendent the large b'n:l‘ Springtield freight yards were t at the Hartford hospital convales- cing from a wound in the eye said |by the police to have been self-in- flicted. Trumbulls Are Guests of Coolidges in White House ‘Washington, Feb. 14 (UP)—Gov- ernor and Mrs. John H. Trumbull of Connecticut and their daughter, Miss Florence Trumbull, are guests of the President and Mrs. Coolidge at the White House. They arrived yester- day. ‘Tonight they will attend a dinner given by BSecretary of In- terior Work in honor of the Cool- 1dges. John Coolidge, son of the presi- dent. has been a guest at the Trum- bull home in Connecticut previously. necessary foundation and there was | sibilities tor tax reductions. evidence that the sum of $117 was | Ex-Model’s Body Is a reasonable charge for the founda- | tion work, according to Judge Saxe. | . Found in Apartment New York, Feb. 14 (P—The body The defendant made the claim that ] the monument furnished was not| similar to the Burke stone in some of Madge Campbell, details, but her defense was not model, today was found on the floor |amply supported, even by her own |of the apartment at 159 West 66th witnesses, according to the court's |street and Willlam Sherry, 48, for- finding. There was considerable dis- |merly of New Brunswick, N. J., was cussion as to the meaning of the held on suspicion of homicide. erected the stone and supplied the and the school department offer pos- | 24, a former | |stock that the common was a faver- |ite investment for “widows and or- |phans’ funds,” particularly in New |, Charged with embezzlement Of|jngiang It paid 8 per cent yearly | funds amounting to about $100 while |trom 1896 to 1912 and prior to that |1n the employ of the Eddy AWNINE haq paid as high as 10 per cent, but |and Decorating Co~ of this city, jn September, 1913, payment of a | Ernest F. Senell, aged about 35, was 1% per cent dividend indicated to arrested this forenoon by Sergeant|the financial world that the road had | P. J. O'Mara, and will be arraigned | reached th in police court tomorrow. m,.wid o Tane er e TG The warrant issued by Prosecuting | president Edward J. Pearson in Attorney J. G. Woods alleges that 1934 blamed the road's condition to Scnell, while in the employ of the increased operating costs and failure «d By Him For Eddy Co. | word “similar” at the time of the | trial. Judge Baxe found that the plaintiff Sherry, police said, could not ex- | plain how she died, although he dis- |claimed responsibility for her death. complainant, collected several ac- [to make additions and betterments counts and falled to turn in the at a rate sufficient to keep trans- furnished the monument ordered by | $herry said he had not worked for money. took place during the year 1926. the defendant and that there was substantial similarity between the | two stones and that the stones were | in minor detail unlike only in so far as it became necessary to change the pitch of the roof of the stone, due | | to additional lettering which the de- | tendant required on it. { Regarding the claim made by the plaintiff for $60 for posts, there was evidence by the defendant that the Pposts were to be placed without extra charge, according to the court, and it was the opinion of Judge Baxe that the plaintiff did mot intend to make sny charge therefor. three months, but prior to that time had been employed by John Wald- rin Motors of New Brunswick. RAG RUG DUTY ‘Washington, Feb. 14 P—Under the flexible provisions of the tariff act, President Coolidge today pro- claimed the duty on rag rugs of the “hit and miss” type at 35 per cent ad valorem based on the do- mestic selling price. The class of rug is defined as & fabric of mized colors with mo re- The witnesses -u?oenud to tes- tity for the state indlude, besides the the following: Minnie Alpert of 12§ Hartford avenue, Mr. and Mrs. An- drew Balinsky, J. Breit of 74 North | Main street, Bristol; T. Spada of 237 Washington street; The Famous Store of 188 Main street, N. Mango of 284 Arch street, Andrew and Mary Grant of 198 Oak street, L Alpert of 125 Hartford avenue. Senell recently opened a place of business at 443 West Main street. Eddy Awping and Decorating Co., | The alleged embezzlement | portation capacity equal to demand of growing traffic at & time when the trend in New England was te- ward all-rail movement. When the i was Increased industrial activity, Mr. | Pearson explained, the climax of | transportation congestion resulted ia the situation which made it almest | hopeless to look forward either teo | providing watisfacteory service or profitable operation. | More recently E. G. |financial vice-president, placed | blame for the 1918 deficit to ure of the & roads, gurd for eeler sequence or srrange- | He had mot been released in bonds |eral con this afterncoa.