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

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 POLICE SAY HOPPE EXCELS CHAPMAN elieve Him More Versatile Than Skelly’s Slayer UNCOYER HIS RECORD, Gain Much Useful Information From Sweetheart of Man Who Refused to Divulge Information—\Women His Only Weakness. Hartford, March 28 (UP)—While Stephen Hoppe recovers bullet wound in his lung and awaits trial as a “super-bandit” in June, bit by bit of his colorful career is being brought to light by detegtives. | Won't Discuss His Past Hoppe himself has refused to ais- | s his past. Tight-mouthed, e when he believed himself dying | from the wound he received when Patrolman Daniel Hurley halted his | pe here last month, Hoppe has haffled officers who sought to obtain a confession. But the prison with a table fork guised himself by plastic had a weakness. Police say they have obtained valuable evidence from a mysterious “Helen" hom the prisoner lived in Hartford r half a year. Woman His Downfall The trail of banditry and violence which police say they have uncov- cred through “Helen” has caused detectives to regard Hoppe as iminal more versatile than Gerald n. famed “super-bandit” s hanged his crimes in “trail b was plac convirtion and entering ou n | surgery, for an in 1922 when Hoppe lowing king on a charge of at here ies and vicinity followed @ serics of robber- burglarics in Boston and in which evidence indica Hoppe was implicated, police The next definite trace of the man was when Maine authorities sought him in 1924 for robbery and he apprehended at Boston, seated thie wheel of an automobile ing burglars' tools. Escapes From Returned to Maine, sentenced in Februa serve a term in state at contain- Prison Hoppe 1925, prison for North Anson and Nor- ridgewock. Three months later escaped through a ventilator with the utd of a clothesline and ed two prison mates to flee with him. One of the men, Edward J Rasmussen, was recaptured, but Hoppe and the other escaped. Realizing his prison rceord had him well known in police Hoppe went to New York where a plastic surgeon upon his nose, chin and ears, Caught in Vermont Hoppe apparently believed him- self immune from recognition, police think, for he next was heard trom in Vermont where a series of bold crimes boge the imprint of his handiwork. He was shot and cap- tured while attacking a Proctors- ville, V1., storckeeper with a sledge hammer. Vermont hars could no more hold the prisoner than could Maine. Sen- tenced to Windsor state prison for a term of 15 Hoppe dug way out of a cell with a table and a piece of his cot, outer wall and escaped. One October night last year, Pa- trolman Alfred N. Hollis interrupted a burglary in a Quincy, Mass., store, He was shot an'd killed, but before he was fork (Continued on Page SHANK FAILS T0 SET ENDURANCE RECORD 18) Forced Down by Plugged | Gas Jet After 12 Hrs. and 10 Min in Air St. Pgul, Minn, Gene Shank, St. his (hird unsuccesstul attempt to establish & new world's endurance flight record he :24 a. m. to- day when a plugged gas jet forced him down after 12 hours and 10 mingtes in the air. Shank said he had keeping awake. “The cold weather made me very slecpy,” he said. Shank hopped oft on his new flight at’7:14 o'clock last night. He carried a load of 143 gallons of Plans had been made in the air from another plane. Shank’s first eiforts a week ago March 28 (P— Paul av difficulty ended after 12 1-2 hours when a gas | line feed broke. He was forced down a second time when gasoline and oil tlooded his engine, In a note dropped from his plane to the St. Paul airport field, S reported that it was unusually but that the six suits of undercloth- ing he was wearing helped to keep him warm. He said the few sandwic had were frozen, and that most of ‘his coffee apparently had leaked out of his thermos bottle, Holds Pen in Teeth to Sign Dying Statement York, March 28 (®—Edward dying from three bullet ounds, held a pen in his teeth to sign & statement accusing Joseph Goldberg of the shooting. Teday Goldberg was arrested on a charge of homicide, Hirsch died soon after he put his mark on the paper. There had heen no witnesses to the shoot- ing ou a lower East Side street, N *h, from s with | d on probation fol- | Quiney, | was | to| assist- | il | operated | his |1 scaled the ! ator, ended | in | gasoline. | to refuel him | : | being accused of killing John Mas- - NEW BRITAIN HERALL: Superstitious Baron May Start Irish War Dublin, Irish Free State, March 28 (P—Baron von Huenefeld, passenger on the proposed Ger- man Atlantic flight declares he is superstitious about discussing the flight before he makes it and says that he believes it may have been the cause of failure of his previous attempt last year when the Bremen had to turn back when it encountered gales off the Irish coast. A new Irish war may break out, however unless the baron yields to the persistent demands of Irish journalists to tell them about his plans and protests have been made to the Free State government offices to President Cosgrave and to the minister of defense regarding the secrecy maintained by the Ger- man flier, (TRADING SLOWS UP IN STOCK MARKET TODAY | | homes {Price Movement Is Still Going to Higher Ground 1 man who escaped from and dis- | | New York, jing in the stock market perceptibly today after the breath- less pace of the past few sessions but the price movement was again to higher ground. Several of March 28 (#—Trad- slowed general the old favorites, Motors, ©1 commion, { i cluding General | outs Radio and fultered at the et but their places at the {of the “bull’ head 'parade the were taken new ders in | tobicco and oil Record high hed in railroad, grouy can, prices were estab- {1 the Rrst few trading by New York C. etrie, Amcrican cral B tinental Can, Commercial and Sinclair Oll, the g jfrom a few cents to $4 Pan American quickly ad a share in reflection Mexican oil regulations hed in the morning pape clerks and book- Thousands cf | kecpers who had worked far into up With yester. |the night to catch 1 record-bycaking turnover o 00 shares breathed when trading return: normal basis Customers' room commission houses packed and whereas yesterday {lays of an hour, or lon |place before confirmation could be received, prompt replies were the rule today. The ticker, which had fallen more than 20 minutes behind the market in first half hour yesterday, was ke With transactions through- first hour today. | Price movements continued {derly through the first hour. profit-taking forced recessions of $1 to £2 a share in the early lead- ors while General Mot and Radio shook off their heaviness and 1 the up-wing. he demand for stocks was more diversitied around the middle of the | i when the of prices con- ,tinued despite a tightening of call !money rates. General Motors and adio fluctuated within a radius of $2 or $3, mostly under yesterday's last quotations. Texas & Pacific |soared $10.25 on a few transactions | |10 $134.75, a record price, and Rock [Istand went up $2 to $11 Montgomery Ward again command- | {ed a big follo and reached | $151.50, a new peak, before noon. | \FRED EDEL REPORTED | minutes or ntral, Gen- Can, Con- Solvents S ranging 4 share, anced of the pub- 33,50 T 1 b | more in the were gain took of males lout the or- fi Some« a rise Former Meriden Man Is Wanted for Murder of Actress in New York. St.*Paul, Minn, March 28 () — Police asserted today that Fred W. Edel, charged with raising money s here and in other citles, is New York under the in connec- last Decem- ber of Emeline Harrington, an ac- tress, Bertillon experts said | finger prints corresponded with those of Hall and photographs are the same. Edel, police said, admitted he knew Miss Harrington. but denicd any connee- tion with her murder. Edel s in custody postal inspectors. New . Haven, March 28 (B—F ru!! W. Edel, arrested in St. Paul, was ught here by New York officers | ecarly in January after some of Mrs. ! Harrington's effects had been found |in a hotel room which he had occu- | pied with a woman. Edel was traced to Wallingford and eluded the officers. He was well known in Meriden and was acquitted on a murder charge last year after ord wanted in name of Richard Hall Ition with the murder | | del’s exactly that their | Paul | | of St triano, Jr., of Meriden. | Favorable Report Given | On Muscle Shoals Plant ‘Washington, March 28 (UP)—The house military affairs committee voted a favorable rcport to {the compromise measure creating government corporation to operate the Muscle Shoals plants. The measure was approved 17 to 4. Voting against it were Ransley | Pennsylvania; Glynn, J and Forthingham, Massachusetts, re- publicans; and Hill, Alabama, dem- lOCI’iL I3 Judge | with the | posted $5,000 tn- Khs of | to o ving | de- | the | | night in front of the Beer Pump and | | Supply store of Emil & lably will result in | members ARESTED IN ST. PAUL| | has propinquity of the primaries and the | | forces. Other Deneen NEW BRITAIN, 40 CHICAGD HOVES ARE UNDER GUARD Bombing Miscreants {NINE PLEDGE 85,000 EACH | i State’s Attorney Crowe Offers $10,- 000, and Mayor Thompson $3,000, to Persons Causing Arrest and Conviction of Bombers, Chicago, March 28 (P—Homes of |some 40 prominent under guard today | gregating 36 were offered for the arrest conviction of . mis- creants who have bombed domiciles of persons prominent politically. The activity been accelerated by the bombing Monday night of the of United tS; Senator Charles 8. Denneen Circuit John Crowe State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe, who is Judge Swanson's opponent for the republican nomination as :'s attorney at the April 10 pri started the reward jackpo! largest single offer—$10,- Police Commissioner Hughes from his contingent und, and Mayor Thompson followed persons were and rewards ag- and es and '\\'i(h a personal offyr of $5,000, 1¢ nine others 1 pay $5.000 rs or leaders of the who said they Thompson- county and city ticket in the field against the Deneen group, City, county, state national inquiry into the iombing have been strongly hinted, but thus far the police and state's attorney's office have been the only tive agents secking the bombers. The result of the police tion was summarized last night Commissioner Hughes' terse, developments.” double No No Clues The Deneen-Swanson bombings, like the four previous “political | bombings” since January 26, have left the authorities virtually with- out clues. The motorcars used by bombers were see in both in- nces by persons passing by, but {heir stories have proven of but little value to investigators. Since October 11, last, there have been 62 bombings in Chicago. complete list wae made public last night by Walter Walker, in charge of bomb nvestigations. No convictions have | resulted and few arrests hgve been | made. Various causes have been as- signed, including politics, labor troubles and personal motives. The 62nd bomb was exploded last iler on South Halsted street. Seiler attributed it to his refusal to permit a political fac- tion, which he did not name, to nlace posters in his windows. The damage was slight. “Uhe state’s attorney’s investigation is under way, Crowe said, and prob- grand jury sift- ing of the facts. The state's attorney believes that the $65,000 reward, coupled with his personal promise of immunity to his informant, bring solution of the latest bomb- ings as well as of earlier political bombings of the year. The four pre- vious attacks were directed against of the Crowe-Thompson aetion Each Says Other Did It Tach side insists the other respon- sible for the Monday explosions. {Both Mayor Thompson and State's Attorney Crowe in statements said Dencen forces were throwing hombs at themselves in an effort to create cntiment favorable to Deneen can- didates, Interest in the political situation been heightened both by the fact that all candidates are concen- trating in Chicago for the final drive for votes. Senator Dencen indicated at Washington that he would spend the remaining days before the voting in Chicago in personal _charge of his leaders have been urging him to do so for the past fortnight. Johnson’s Statement Federal District Attorney John- son said that his office is looking into the bombings, but gave no de- | [ tails. sald, “that by se- off my, 1 have found,” he more can be accomplished crecy than by shooting | mouth.” 'GARS DERAILED AT RUSH HOUR ON L. I. RAILROAD Ouly One Hurt Scriously Though 600 Passengers Were on Train. New York, March 28 (® — Five cars of an electric train of a Long Island railroad train bound from Speonk to New York were derailed at the rush hour of the commuting service near the oWodside station, Queens, today. Although all of the 600 passen- \gers of the North Shore flyer were joited by the accident, only one, man was reported as seriously in- | jured. He was Leo Simons of Bay Shore, 78 years old. Four other passengers were ken to hospitals for treatment of Rewards of $65,000 Offered for, are either office | i wing of the republican party | which has a complete state, and possibly | m\.xhg.n-{ A | blank space on the Assistant State’s Attorney | will | CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDA Van Lear Black of Baltimore Sun Completes Preparations for Air to Cape Town, Then Back to Cairo — Next to India and China — Will Return to London, Retracing Same Route, | London, March 28 (UP)—Prepar-! ations for the longest tight in history—about 3 jover three continents—hay completed by Van L 4 lisher of the Baltimore Sun. The flight will be made in stages over Europe, Africa and Asia according to the following itinerary: London te Cairo, thence over the heart of Africa to Capetown and re- turn to Cairo, thence by w Mesopotamia to India, Siam China, China and Japan. Then tl publisher will turn around and r trace his route, the flight ending in London. k flig’ to asoline note points in Much of t carried on the heads of Black fly plane piloted by was flown the ntaiis a great rk out shipme oil to dozens jungle and supplies will have to the stopping places natives. in a Dutch organi- nts oof of re- LE w asy mono- No speed record will be attempted. Black will stop in India for several weeks to hunt tigers from the bulky backs of clephants. J. B. ALLEE ‘WALKING TEAP[]T COMMITTEE Tl] AS FUSION EANI]II]ATE RESUME NEXT WEEK | |Wants Nomination for ‘Largc Number of Wit Mayor on Both Major nesses Are to Be Heard Tickets at That Time | Indo- | 1 | | | J. B. Allee is a candidate for the | Inayoralty nomination. He stressed | the point today that he is not “run- ning™ for office, but is walking. He | wants to be nominated on a fusion ticket of republicans and democrats, Mr. Allee's official proclamation announcing his intentions is as fol- |lows: | The spokesman for the president of the Third Ward Republican club | Legs to advise that at o meeting of | the exceutive committee at republi- can headquarters at 8 o'clock to- {vight, Mr. Allee will address the | committee as candidate for the ;lufiinn nomination for mayor. *'He states that he is standing for { the nomination at the republican and | democratic primarics Friday next on | the blank space on the ballof | “The voters will select the candi- |dates. They may write the names | of such persons as they wish in the ballot. Mr. Allee Bpaces mus al primary bal- at the Washington, March 28 (®) — Al- number of witnesses prospect, the senate Teapot Dome committee probably will defer though a large re in its public | Continental Trading company. Some of its investigators are in New York today examining the rec- tort to find the numbers of more than $1,000,000 worth of the bonds, the trace of which has eluded the committee in its now two months’ uld Inquiry. While members of the committee were without official information on the subject, reports were current at thie capitol that John D. Rockefeller, lad forced H. M. Blackmer, a missing witness in the oil conspir- acy case of Harry F. Sinclair, to re sign a director of the Midwest Refining company, a subsidlary of the Standard Oil of Indiana, in which the Rockefeller interests have stock holdings. Blackmer shared in one-fourth of the profits of the Continental com- pany and left for Paris after the ofl scandal was uncovered by the sen- te committee in 1924. He resigned as chairman of the board of the Midwost, but retained his position as a director which carried no salary. H. M. Blackmer, Jr., testified re- cent before the committee that his father's resignation as chairman of the board had been tendered volun- arily after he had decided to take up his residence abroad permanently. Young Blackmer recently resigned as vice-president of the Midwest. s “Under the law, scrts, such blank I provided on the off] lots, This was not done primary held March 10, The executive commitiea consider recommending the ap- pointment of an official expert ad- viser for the city government instead of the proposed advisory council. Mr. Allee thinks there are enough debating societies at the city hall. “Mr. Allee stands on his record | as unofficial ativiser. “He states he regards his I opponents for the |mayor as estimable ecentlemen of {unquestioned ability but with the unfortunate habit of agrecing on wrong policies at times Mr. Allee says he ning'’ for the nomination: h {ing, 80 to speak, to give the parf voters an opportunity to have choice. “The event is in the hands of rests with the pencils of the voters, Y ours truly, J. B. ALLF “Official Sp Lottery Ticket Agents Pay $500 in Fines Imposed by Judge Saxe Six Assessed $50 and Eight [ DOBROWOLSKI FILES SUIT $25 Apiece After Plead-! ing Nolo Contendere in | Police Court Today. ; Fourteen men who have heen en- | |gaged in the distribution of lottery | ‘I“‘ kets in this city pleaded nolo | contendere in police court today. to | |the charge of violation of the law | relative to the offcnse, and on rec- {ommendation of Prosccuting Attor- {ney J. G. Woods, six were fined $50 ind costs each and eight were fined $25 and costs cach, a total of xam and costs. Detective Sergeant G. | Ellinger explained the operation o{ newly formed Holy Ithe lotterics to Judge M. D, Saxe, |bought land on Farmington aven |showing him tickets bearing num- the parish alleges, now fails to |bers which are compared with the release it to the church. treasury balances and cash prizes and mortg awarded according! Those who paid $30 and costs were: Patsy Sanatro of Hartford, George Hallaby of Middletown, John Walsh, Patrick C. Bridgett, Henry Ferraris and Louis Sinskie of New Britain. According to Mr. Woods, | they operated the lotteries. ‘Those who were fined will rading nomination for o SNOW COV A Malone, N. Y., March 25 (P—In sharp contrast to the spring like condifions that prevailed over the past week-end in northern New York, snow covered the | today to a depth of six inches. Plows were in operation clearing streets cte” | and sidewalks in the village. kesman, Action Over Ownership of Land Released. Action for the dissolution of the suit of the Association of Holy Trin- ity, Inc., against William Dobrowo the d H. H. ax filed herift <kl was brought today by fendant through his attorney Milkowitz. The application lin the city court by Deputy Martin €. Horwitz. Dobrowolski, as trustee of the ages owned by him sald to 400 have been tled up by the suit | brought by the church. Stinson and Haldeman | Jacksonville, Fla., March 28 (UF) 25 and | —George Haldeman and Eddie Stin- costs were: Christopher Begle: |son began an endurance flight at Schmarr, Walter Donohue, J'unos‘ 36 a. m., today. ( ronns, George Peterson, Louis Vog-! The two flyers used a Stinson-D. Dennis J. Donahue and Alfred | troiter monoplane carrying 550 gal- \an:nne They acted as agents in lons of gasoline which they hoped distributing the tickets, Mr. Woods |would keep them aloft for 0 hours. said. The record is slightly more than 52 The case of “Connie” Lewis of hou Bridgeport, who, it is alleged, oper- rccord attempts in Michigan, (ates a lottery which s “played” in | this city, was continued until April 11 because of a trip to Bermuda on bruises and cuts while ambulance surgeons were reported 10 have aided nearly a score of others. i The cars did not overturn, | al. Connecticut, ‘vhough windows were smashed and | .1\.11“.- W. F. Mangan, ,the trucks torn from some of ¢ Spreading rails are said to have caused the accident. { which Lewis started yesterday | felder was nolled. | or and the case of Fred Noll- THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight. Thursday in- creasing cloudimess, slghtly warmer, probably followed by showers at night. * | today, | Clerk E. J. Danberg read the | charge against Hallaby, after which representing | entered the plea | I Lall those charged. . (Continued on Page 15) . | | | | *. Flight of Almost 35,000 Miles! { Trip Will be Made in Easy Stages From London to Cairo | ert. | until next week the resumption of | hearings in the effort to | trace more of the liberty bond profits | ds of brokerage houses in-an ef- | landscape | 10 FREE HIS PROPERTY Want< Holding Tied Up by Church | s fents, Property | have a value of approximately £100.- | After Endurance Mark | They have failed In previous | MARCH 28, 1928.—EIGHTEEN PAGES DEMOCRATS AFTER BOARD OF RELIEF] TRANSATLANT GERMAN'S J MYSTERY PLANE WiLL | TRY FOR NEW REGORD. Lieut. Champion Will Also| Try to Make Height Mark {Will Attempt to Gain Control on Election Day {R. B. VIETS IS NOMINATED| C | | Republican didates Active | in First and Fourth Wards and | Democrats in First—Ald. Johnson | Sends Letter to Voters. u selects Richard B. 1t board of for Lawrence the present | Seinntion ate Mangan, member ot board who is up for 1« Mr. Viets was chairman of | building commission during the 1 |vear of former Mayor A. M. Paoncs- b administration. democrats will attempt to repeat the feat of four) ars ago when they took cc trol of the board for the first time in |.1 great many years, electing two | democrats, the republicans taking |but one place. Michacl A. McCra was a ymnm.r of the board and be came its ch Wi Ameri tude pl ngton, March an efforts to set and endurance records are | ned for this spring, in two su-| -airplanes now in the capital. A “mystery plane” in a locked | wngar at Bolling field here is ex- | prcted to he the vehicle for the .-n.\ (durance effort. All details of the| monoplane, built by the Bellanca ctory, have been kept secret, in- | {cluding the name of its present own- or report said the Duponts of Delaware were backing the venture, | © plane arrived here Sunday evening, and its pilot, who gave his | name as “Royal,” instructed Bolling | {field mechanics to allow no one near it. 28 (UP)— new alti- | nn One nan. Emil Humc and B. C. Morey, re- | )pum.un members of the board are | both candidates for re-elcction. In both parties today pre-primary | activities were noted, the republican i\m»rs being concerned chiefly with |the first and fourth ward balloting, | | since the nomination for mayor will | be a mere formality, and the demo- |erats centering their attentions on ‘Hw sixth ward aldermanie race and | the battle of ballots to be waged by candidates for constable sl b anoinmes | councilmanic nominations in the | ward are active, two of prominent in the ward ca Roger Whitman and Louis W. Vogel, both making ti irst appearance |as political office aspirants. Mr. Whitman is connected with the American Hosiery Co. and Mr. Vogel 13 an advertising man. Other candi- | dates are W. G. Gibney, a member of the present council, William 1%, Hub- er and Charles May. Rivalry in Fourth Ward In the fourth ward there are two stery plane” s said to have a gasoline capacity of 750 gal- lons, nearly twice the amount used ol. Charles Lindbergh on his| York-Paris flight of 33 hours, wo of the tanks are in the wings. It is a cabin plane, like Lindbergh's plane, and is said to be equipped | with a special Wright air-cooled mo- {tor, similar to those used on all American flights last year. The present duration record is 52 hours, set by two Germans. The dis- tance record s 3,000 miles, set by Clarence Chamberlin in his flight to | Kottbus, Germany. In the altitude record fleld, Licut, C. Champion, navy flyer, who al- ady holds the altitude record of 38,474 feet, is preparing to go up {again this spring in the Wright Apac uipped with a Pratt- | Whitney 450-horsepower air-cooled | tickets one headed by Alderman J.|Wasp motor and superchargers, Gustave Johnson, candidate for re-;This plane has been in process of | election, with Bernard L. Alpert and | repair all winter since Champlon | Walter H. Nelson, running for coun- | blew out an engine at approximate- i climen; the other headed by Coun- 100 feet and glided safely to | cilman John A. lLarson, rival for |carth, putting out four fires from the aldermanic | broken oil lines by skillfully swery- Johnson’s place in | row at city hall, and George Moland- | ing his plane so the rush of air ex- ‘linguwfiwl the blaze. i e TAR DRIVER BLAED FOR PATRON'S DEATH Alderman Johnson has mailed a letter to the voters of his district | 'New Haven Cab Openun- Held Responsible by calling attentlon to his service in the Coroner for- first common council and pointing to the | fact that he was instrumental in | having the incinerator project drop- ped, taxes reduced, and that he has | | voted according to no party's dic tates. With reference to the garbage sit- uation, the alderman writes: “Not- withstanding the asscrtion of the health department that no dumping grounds were available in the city or | |in surrounding towns, it was sub- | sequently found that there were | | many such available places and that | t no incinerator was necessary. Nor | did I have to make several junketing trips at the city’s expense to ascer- tain this. Consequently the health department found a method for the collection of garbage for the next three years at a saving of approxi- | mately $25,000. Johnson who New Haven, March 28 (P —Wal- {ter Connolly, of West Haven, opera- tor of a taxicab, was held to be {criminally responsible for the death {of William Spencer, elderly negro. |employed in quarry work at North | Branford, who was hurt when the | cab collided with a trolley car in | East Haven by Coroner Mix today. neer died in the hospital, In evidence it appeared that Spéncer hired the taxi at the rafl- |road station here to be taken to North Branford. On arrival, there | | was a dispute over payment of the for the people, regardless of part. | fare, Spencer insisting that he paid politics, and for this reason, some- | ¢ fare to the taxi starter. |times, my actions have not been | 1t wag agreed that Connolly should | agreeable to the leaders, or so-called | qrive Spencer back to stralghten out machine of my own party. |the fare question. In returning over {unfamiliar roads Connolly collided |with a sign board and proceeding carried on the taxt a portion of a [board. In East Haven the taxi ran |close to a trolley car and the board | struck it. The collision involved the | taxit and Spencer received a fractur- | 4 skull. The coroner found that if Connolly had been careful and ob- | servant he would have avolded the |trolley car which was leaving a private right of way. His failure to exercise care led to the collision and injury to Spencer. 'SENATE. PASSES FLOOD ' CONTROL BILL IN 1 HOUR Newark, N. Y., March 28 (®—A| $325 frequently criti- | cized the republican organization de- clares: “My policy has always been and always will be to do my best (Continued on T‘\‘rn (8} MYSTERIOUS KILLING PUZLLING IN NEWARK ! Father and Mother Burned to Death—Son Slain by Bullet | |family of three—father, mother and | |son—was found dead in their home today when firemen broke into (h‘-‘ house after extinguishing a blaze which burned the bofies of the par- 000,000 Measure For Control of | Mississippt River Ts Adopted Washington, March 28 UP—After {an hour of consideration the senate today passed the $325,000,000 meas- ure for control of the Mississippi river floods The speed of the action fairly took | the breath of the senate, which has | {been working on the gigantic pro-| posal for weeks in committee. The | { hour’s ission brought two minor | mendments, | Senator Robinson of Arkansas, |the democratic leader, proposed the {sudden vote. The small membership on the floor seemed startled. But | the suggestion took. Senators McKellar, Tennessee, and Ransdell, Louisiana, democrats, rushed forward with amendments. | Hurricd conferences wera held with |Chairman Jones of the commerce commission, who had held the floor |during most of the brief debate. Senator Robinson jolned in the | parleying in the center of the floor. | Assent was given to both amend- ments and within two minutes the clerk was calling the roll on final passage of the bill, Benator Robinson laid aside a long The dead are: Frank S Warren, his wife, Edith J. Warren, and | |their 13-year-old son, Jackson &, | The boy was slain in his bed ap- | parently as he slept, a aliby {bullet passing through his body just above the heart and lodging in hix | pajamas. He had been shot while the bed covers were pulled back {and the covers had then been drawn lover him so that firemen at fir thought he had be overcome by {smoke. The bodies of the parents, burncd o that it was difficult to disti guish them, were found I¥ing acro the bed springs in Mrs. W ren's |room. The bed and other furniture had been burned to ashes by the flames which were confined almost ientirely to that reom. The automatic pistol with which the boy was Killed and a discharged cartridge were found among the covers of his bed. A 38 calibre rifle was found in the room of the par- ents. Both weapons were said to have been owned by Warren. Warren, an Insurance and | eatate broker, who was intereste |two landscape schools here, | | |42 n | real in was re- i [Will Leave |cabins. The cathedral jchurch, PRICE THREE CENTS WEATHER ALONE HOLDS UP IC FLIGHT OF UNKERS PLANE Airmen Spend Day Testing All Parts of Ship They Hope Will Carry Them to Shores of America. Nothing to Chance as Far as Human Ingenuity Can Go—Hope to Arrive in Daylight. Dublin, Irish Free State, March (A —Foresight and methodical pre- parations were pitted against the elenents and the fate which has sent other aviators to their deaths by three Germans, who waited here |today for favorable weather to take | off for New York. It was considered hkely that they would get away to- morrow morning. *“De not think v are tempting the fates,” Arthur Spindler, mechanic of the Junkers imonoplane Bremen wrote to friends in Dresden, Germany. “We merely wish to he pioneers in the service of humanity." The other members of tie Bre- men's crew are Baron Ehrentried Gunther von Huenfeld, who gave the last pfennig of his personal fortune to finance the venture, and Captain Herman Koehl, pilot. Spare No Efforts These men apparently are leaving nothing to chance in their attempt to be the first to flv the Atlantic from east to west. Their plane which waits for the long hop at Baldonnel- airdrome has been tuned to perfec- tion. very part underwent a contin- uous inspection and was tested with characteristic (German thoroughness by mechanics who came in advance { from tha Fatherland. The flyers themselves watched the weather patiently, showing no dis- position to hurry oft or grab at chances. They had proposed to take off at 5:30 a. '"J"NH"" reports to recon- overnight induce sider. When they are satified that the outlook Is favorable there will be no delay. The start may be sudden but the flyers are prepared to wait until they are satisfied they can try the hop without turning the flight into a ‘“foolish adventure” which all of them deprecate. Will Follow Lanes Present indications are that the Bremen will follow the steamshiy lanes. It may go even further south it the flyers regard it as desirable since they are particularly anxious to avold the risk of ice formiig on the plane. “The experience of former Atlan- (Continued on Page Four) 10 DEAD, 40 HURT IN TALIAN EARTHQUAKE Relief Trains Are Moving Into Stricken Area Near Udine Udine, Italy, March 2§ (#—The fear prevailed today that the loss of life and limb in the earthquake of yesterday in the Friulian region may be even greater than estimated be- cause crippled telephone and tele- graph lines prevented the obtaining of a full report of the disaster. At noon the toll stood at ten dead and 40 injured. Two relief trains and a column of motor trucks loaded with food and blankets and medicines moved into the stricken region. Detach- ments of infantry, Alpine troops and the fascist militia had preceded them. At Tolmezzo the panic caused by the earth tremors was accentuated by a landslide. Two great masses of earth knocked over chalets and bell tower of the was 80 badly dantaged that it was feared that it might fall at any moment. Another the prefecture, courthouse and barracks were also badly dam- | aged. The populace fled into a great rocky lair between the Tagliamento river and another stream. The Tol- mezz0 hospital was evacuated. The fascist federation of the Udine province launched an appeal for subscriptions. Will Ask Sinclair Trial Be Held After April 4 ‘Washington, March 28 (¥—Post- Pponement beyond April 4 of the trin! of Harry F- Sinclair, on a charge of criminal conspiracy growing out of the lease of T-apot Dome is to be asked of the District of Columbia upreme court by defense counsel. George P. Hoover. chief local attorney for the wealthy oil opera- tor, said today the trial should net be started until after deposition ef Albert B. Fall, former interior sec- retary and principal defense wit- ness, has heen filed with the cewrt |prepared addreas he had expected (Continued on Page 15) to make, {tunity te study 1, and counsel have had ample oppor-