New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press v “ 1‘0‘ \\\“ = BRITAIN HERALD 9"' EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1928 —EIGHTEEN PAGES TAX CUTTING BILL ENGLAND TO LIFT WILL BE REPORTED, RESTRICTIONS ON COMMITTEE STATES RUBBER ON NoV. | Equipment Not Capable of Accommodating All Citizens : S : " o if They Wish to Cast Their Ballots in City Election, |Hous¢ Finance Body Qunets ; Meantime Existing Scheme, Selectmen are 'l;‘:‘;fi'l“e;"“““‘“‘ May Rumors That Reduction Meas- Known as Stevenson Plan, ure Will Be Sidetracked Will Remain Unaltered ‘Pfllll ACTIVITIES | ‘ 'ARE ALREADY AGREED BALD ; - SHOVEMARKET UP | PREMIER BALDWIN MAKES | what ANNOUNGEMENT HINSELF Wall St Opens Nervously But preference in the mayoralty elec- | the third ward ma?”hmc access to }"‘Nlm"""‘ NEW HlGH PRICES HIT tion next week. | the machines; 549 cannot be given | ESTABLISHED 1870 FLORIAN VERDICT [5 LIKELY TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY Trial of Southington Man, In- volved in Bank Robbery, in Final Stages DEFENSE LAWYER PUTS WHOLE BLAME ON MEYER Judge Gangster Might Well Have Made PRICE THREE CENTS REGULAR REPUBLICANS IN WISCONSIN MAKE BIGGEST GAIN SINCE DAYS OF "16 Sinclair Trial Judge Lack of Voting Machines Claimed by Democrats, Who Say Thousands of Electors May Lose Privileges Incomplete Returns 3 ' Show Progressives | Badly Routed in At- tempt to Name Cons vention Delegates All for Noms Democrats today ing a formal protest to officials erve for use in case of a strain in |any other district, or in the fourth. 1f no additional machines are | rented or purchased, the democrats | is a glaring claim 1,264 of the 3, "4 voters in | elec- tion against they claim inefliciency on Hyde Argues That Cicero Committee Votes Reduction Only Imposed on - Exports to 12 Per Cent Instead of (1 1-2 From Ceylo d N Opposed Informed that each voter is al-|full accommodations on the two | lowed one minute behind the cur-|machines of the fourth district: tains of the machine, the demo-|616 may be disenfranchised, in a crats called attention to the | sense, in the fith ward, and the that there are not sufficient ma-|sixth, with a voting list of 3,754, chines to permit all voters to do|may find it impossible to register 0. First Selectman Lewis W. Law-|the hallots of 1,594 voters. With a yer Is considering setting up only|voting list of 17.492 it would be Hartford, April ¢ P—The trial of |1 machines in the fourth ward|necessary for each machine to reg- Suart R, Florian, —Southington |ingteaq of three, since this ward |ister votes, In average, where youth, who is charged with aldingly g 1o Jowest voting registry. The |the law makes provision for but ang abetting in the looting of the fyirg maching would be held in re-| 720 in each. Vlantsville National bank in South- | ington. entered its final stages today JUDGE. SINCLAIR'S TRIAL | - OFF UNTIL MONDAY " Continuance Granted—Principal Plans for Holdup Which Have 5 moot. Feels Sare that $200.-| ENANNGS BATLEY by Dealers Themselyes—Report . 0. P. Wins Elgh( Ope ponents Seven and Sever§ Are Doubtful — Smith To- Gets Entire Democratig ; Delegation. ! | stock | Been Accredited By Prosecution Accused 000,000 Limitation Will Be ‘ll- From London s Followed Tmu to Defendant — Strongly hered to—Action Within Week | diately by Price Drop in - New paikard Motors, Tudlin Steel Ce By State, Seems Likely. York Rubber Eachange, 4 A in the I r Ribbon, Park & Tilford and ‘Washington ‘ tion of the 13 1 tion tax to 12 per cent April 4 (P per cent London, Baldwin announced commons today that on the export of rut Malaya and Ceyloy i November 1 i house April Other Issues Start Skyward of strictions corpor day rather i 1 by 11 1-2 per Ne house cent as propose W York, April 4 P —The was voted today by 28 way with the making of arguments by | counsel and the charging of the jury by Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin. The ury was expected to return a ver- diet in the case during the after- noon, Gideon Opens For State { stant State's Attorney R, L. Gideon opened for the state, tracing the alleged conncetions of the ac- | cused with the operations of the three Cicero, 1llinois, men in the | robhery of the bank June 22, ile declared that unless some ar-| rangement with the accused had :n made, the three Illinois men, ctically without funds, would not | come from Chicago to this Tty Mr. Gideon insisted that Plorian was the only man in Con- | yceticut known to the three. Defense Argument Florian Judge William S.! Jlyde advanced to the jury the ! theory that Meyer, not Florian had | written the letter which was shown | 10 Di Marco and Kapela, and which induced them to come to Connecti- | cut “not to rob the bank, which | would have been against their] norals, but to receive money which 5 10 he handed to them.” Mr. Hyde's argument tended to show that the plans for the robbery night well have been planned by | Meyer. who had ample opportunity {o study the interior of the bank when he was there eashing a check for $80 received from the govern- | ment as a pension on June 3. The Florian went to the jury 30 p. For 1t ADVANCE MADE IN TRANSMISSION OF PICTURES BY WIRE AS MOVIE FILM IS SENT Lad Bent on Revenge Breaks Auto Window Thinking It Stebbins A 15 year old hoy who threw a stone through a window of a clased car owned by Jocl Fresen in front of the Washington school several days ago, was taken into custody today by Sergeant J. C. Stadler and admitted having don the damage, but, he explained, he thought the car was the property of Attendance Officer E. Ty Steb- i him before juvenile truan few weeks Secing the car, the desi venge overcame him and he hurled the brick. He told the police he would not have done the damage had he known it was not the attendance officer Sergeant Stadler also appre- hended five boys for doing dam- age to a house at 132 High str owned by Joseph Dzicek. hoys had used a vacant tenement for clubhouse purposes and on becoming tired of the privileg: they broke windows and other- wise damaged the property, court for SHI]PLIFTER MAKES THREAT TO END LIFE| Mother of Six Tells Judge | She Feels Disgrace Keenly Declaring that Leyond reproach, to Kill he If and her gix children | if the disgrace of her arrest be-| comes known to relatives who respected in the community, Mrs Sophia Leczyk, aged 36, of Newing- ton, admitted on the witness stand in police court today that she had stolen a dress valued at $10 in the W. T. Grant store on Main street lust Saturday, but defended her tion by accusing employes of the| store of having refused to permit her to exchange a dress when she found it would not fit her, Holding an infant in one hand, Mrs. Leczyk used the other to open her handbag and take out papers which she| showed Judge Saxe, telling him be- tween sobs that she had numerous hills to meet and was sorely pressed for the means with which to support her children. When she bought a dress she did not try it on because she had small children with her, she testified, and later, after finding that it was not the correci size, she brought it back to the store and asked to have it exchanged. The clerk to whom she spoke about 1t would not accommo- e her, she id, and she deter- mined “to get square.” On Saturday she went to the store and bought a bat for $2.98, and while the rales- ludy was busy making change for her, she seized a dress which she had been admiring, and stuffing it under her coat, made off with it, leaving the two cents change. In reply to Judge Saxe, Mrs, Tee- zyk saild ghe is the mother of six children and she and her husband and the little ones occupy a single hedroom, as their home consists of only three rooms. She stressed her good reputation but Judge Saxe, im- posing a suspended jail sentence of 15 days, warned her that there was no excuse for theft and the next time she is detected taking articles belonging to others she will go to Jail. Officer Joseph Kennedy testified that he arrested Mrs, Leczyk on Main street about 4:50 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon on complaint of Mrs. Eckford Hawxhurst of 17 Lyon street, who had followed the woman from the store. Mrs. Hawx- hurst testified that she recefved the report of the theft in the store where she is employed, and followed Mrs. Leczyk into the street, finding her concealing the dress. Ilorence Tatitals of 112 High street, Bristol, testified that she was in the store on husiness and saw Mrs. Leczyk take the dress off a reel and hide it under her coat. She at once re- ported the theft to a saleslady. her reputation fs and threatening |in Coos ¥ 'DISTRESS SIGNALS OF VESSEL ARE IGNORED Skipper Says Tanker Re- fused Food or Assistance Astoria, Ore port here after April 4 (®—Safe in 118-day voyage from Adelaide, Australia, Capt. of the four-mas ted schooner, K. V, Kruse and his crew of 14 today told | a story of their distress signals hav- | ing been deliberately ignored by an unidentified oil tanker, Their ill-luck mid- A Russian sailor—the men could not remember his name— lost overboard in a sudden squall. As the started in ocean, 1S Kruse neared Ame shores she was caught squarely by a gale, She attempted to run be- | fore the storm, was driven back to sea, attempted again to reach shelter . and again was forced about. weeks the most meager rations. week their food con- sisted almost entirely of eight pounds of rice, intended originally for the skipper's parrot. In the storm while off Coos Capt. Ash said, they hailed a pa; ing tanker. A signal was whipped to the Kruse masthead. “We are short of food,” it said. The skipper said the tanker sig- nalled back: “That is very appetiz- | ing. “We are unable to bay,” a second signal flew schooner, “That's too bad,” the tanker sig- | naled and continued on her course, according to the crew of the| schooner. All spare wood aboard the was burned in order to warmth for the half-starved, soaked crew. used, chairs were broken up boards ripped from the deck. BOY BADLY BURNED Five Year Old Bridgeport Young- to put For three sisted on the During the p cross Coos ship | obtain | rain- | and | ster’s Clothes Catch Own' Backyard. Bridgeport, April 4 (A—William Wynne, aged five, is in §t. Vincent's hospital in a critical condition from burns received at noon today. was playing around a pile of rub- G | bish which was being burned in the when his | screams | back yard of his home clothing caught fire. His brought help and the flames we bheaten out but not hefore scrious burns had been sustained. ican | 15 men sub- | from the | All spare rooms wers 2 | Fire in His | He | OUT FROM CHICAGO ate flnancs | work on ure, committee in beg the house revenue made to the committee yesterday Qulckl\' Relayed to New | York Where It Will Be Displayed—Ten Feet of E Negative Used in Ex- periment. Chicago, April 4 (P'—An advance in the transmission of pictures by | wire was made today when for the first time a motion picture was sent | lover telephone lines to | city for display there. | A close-up of Vilma Banky, tion picture star, was taken in the telephoto offices of the Ameri Telephone and within half an hour New York mo- an the film had been developed and was being trans- | mitted over the wires. Ten feet of film were used in the experiment. The film was cut up into short strips and sent as “stills,” |or ordinary pictures. At the other jend of the line, the strips were | pieced together and then photo- graphed on a regular motion picture film, Off“jals of the company said the entire process would take about four hours, from the time the picture was take here until it was ready for {showing at New York city. This form of transmission, it was explain- ed, could be used for movies of news | events. Miss Banky was on her way to Angeles with her husband, Rod Roqu 'DISGRUNTLED LOVER KILLED BY ONE BOMB. Ash | Little Girl Also Dead, While Four Others Are Hurt in West Virgini Wheeling, W. Va., April 4 (UP)— | A hand-made bomb killed a dis- gruntled lover and a 13-year-old girl, {injured four persons and wrecked | the home of Mrs, Katie Karp, 42, at McMechen in the hills near here la night, police learned today. | The bomb made by John Se- | bert, | the Karp house if Mrs. Karp per- ! sisted in returning to her estranged husband at Wellsburg, W. Va., polict and Mrs, Karp's daughter while Mrs Karp, Jo his wife, and Donald removed to hospi- ert | were kil | Makoski, ! Butier, 1 tals. The little girl was hurled through a window and fell 50 fect from the wreckage of the house. Mrs. Karp nd her friends, who had been visit- ing here, were caught bencath the { talling wall. | Mrs. Karp; from her hospital cot | today, said Sebert had been forcing his attentions on her and had often threatened to kill her and dynamite { the house. | When he came to the house yester- | day, he carried a package. Sebert ced the parcel under the dining room table, attached a wire leading | to a small battery in his coat pocket, | then turned to Mrs. Karp and de- | manded she accept him. | Before she could answer, the bomb | cxploded, Mrs, Karp said. That was | the last she remembered. STABBER SENTENCED rw Haven Man Who Attacked Girl With Penknife Gets One to Two Years in Prison, New Haven April 4 (®—Eimer | Lawrence found guilty today of as- ult with a penknife upon Beatrice Korn, high school girl, was sent to state prison for one to two years. Lawrence followed the girl and slashed her in the face without /led by others who saw him. Law- rence claimed he was drunk at the time, elegraph Co., and | 50, who threatened to blow up | warning or cause. He was pummel- | llvy retary Mellon, who insisted ‘th'u the t 000 x reduction of by th the 1 000,000 at the highest, $201,000,000 Limitation With the solid support of thu publican majority on the con |tee, Chairman Smoot propos: {the outset today that the §2 limitation be adher to. vote was taken, but Senator Smoot expects the figure to be approved By unanimous vote the comm tee decided to report a tax reduc- tion bill, quieting reports that the legislation might be sidetracked view of the demands of the tre jury that the reduction voted by house was too large. Wants $300,000,000 Cut Senator Simmons, of North ¢ |lina, ranking democrat on the mittee, argued today for a cut of $300,000,000 and urged that t least the house bill should b y cepted, Senator Barkley, democr: of Kentucky, asked the committe m cut the corporation tax from 13 1-2 iper cent to 11 per cent, and nm was defeated 11 to 9 a strict party division with the republican majority opposing the motion. S ator Simmons then proposed the {11 1-2 per cent rate which w ap- proved by the house but this lo: by the same vots The motion of Senator publican, of New Jorse per cent rate carried 1 this vote Senators Reed, Penns vania, 8hortridge, Culifornia, Couzens, Michigan, republi voted with three democrats, mons, North Caroli King, nd Barkley, Kentucky, voted house must i rimmed by te re- nit- at 000 No the aro- com- Idge, for a 12 Sim- against were understood to be in the 12 1-2 per cent rate while the democrats who opposed the 12 por cent provisions wanted a lower rat at Full Speed ahead at full speed on committee was hope- action possibly within would set a record ation. Tn the in- was decided to hearings favor of Plunging the bill, the ful of final [a week which | for revenue terest of specd it abandon any open Denial of Seeretary Mellon's statement Defore the gommitteo that “the insistent demand for the repeal of the three per co motive tax docs not come from the antomobile purchase was mad today by the Americ Motorists association, “That | statement aving that n the the committee antomobile pur- | part. of hefore the 1 | {in the repeal of th tax is not has lon fact” declared B. Wer | president of the organization. Utah, | The three negative republican voters | Says He's Confident | ’J:M.u follows the recommendation INSISTS TRUTH WILL A[D 0il Deposition of Former Fall Will Help His Case erably. Washington, April 4 @) 1 of Harry F. Sinclair in connection with the I lease was postponed today next Monday. Justice Jennings Bailey 1 motion of defense couns they be given opportunity the deposition of Albert B. taken last week at Fl Paso. Owen J. Roberts, ernment oil counsel, interposed | abjection to the postponement, s ing he was content to leave r to the court. Pomerene Not Present Former Scnator of Ohlo, who cross-examined at Bl Paso, had not returnca Washington at the time court ey not il B 1 (Continued on Page 16) Magnate Declares Belief That | secretary Consld- | mation would be for con- un- | ranted | t That | righ to study Fall, | of special gov- the {4 Atlee Pomerene i con- | schen restriction evenson plan : existing known . whieh t mitted to e of duty varied crud o will be jalte intime, today on nervous liquidation in- e spired by the huge increase of $31 in stock s last month, vred its balan, in impressiv ties w ment Not un ion o exported at excha member but quickly recov- © and moved upward fashion as pool activi- re resumed in a wide asort- of 1 industrials. s present wild up- i sturted a month ago has the market been faced with such or- dinarily unfavorable news. In addi- tion to the record-brea aking loan |total, there was a further falling oft in freight traffic, an increase in | crude oil production, heavy gold ex- ports and this morning came the announcement of a removal of Brit- ish rubber export restrictions on No- vember 1 next. Losses Recovered | Tarly losses of $1 to $2 a share were quickly recovered when a flood of the floor and in many cases were superseded by substantial gains. b a minimum the price continued un- with of red in me ing to the that there and questions, prem- would be debate that full infor- given to the house. the situation Baldwin re notice of the question thought it could be of the colonial office. | lubozite, there interjecte “If you have the; to remove restrictions or to impose restrictions, what is the use of having a debate upon them?” Commander Joseph Kenworthy, Haborite, intimated that he would raise questions tomorrow, Prices at |der fon the mat Asked whether ired t | mons, Premicr he would like but that he done by order Neil M upon w com- plied that cLean, B0 noon still were un- @ pound below yester- ons, but thie ton At one time prices itions had declined cents, with September extr low at 22,1 as compared yesterday. just cents ay's closir was a hit firme of all active p more than all | yeaching 1 to o juo! nsational feature. Opening $5 a share Jower at $127, the stock sud- denly shot upward to a new high record at $141, rall from a low of $83.50 §80 National Tea soared $11.7 1op at §21u. New High Prices ¢ high prices for the year, or were registered by Packard Ve its @ pound 0 at the W close The W l (Continued on Page Jour) [longer. Bartlett Demes He ls Su orted ' for Mayor by Repubhcan Machine; Paonessa Insists Charge Is True fonf On “I Am Runnlng Because of | Bemocrat ‘ My Own Choice,” G. O. P. Candidate Tells Wo- men of Fifth Ward “Your vote means as much in next Tuesday’s election the said Councilman Donald L. as !vepublican candidate for mayor, | nt auto- | |m seeretary’s [of “hnflrri themselves have no interest [eivie duty to run for the offic. held last night under the women's rally Falcon hall e Fifth W lican club. “It the mak long as you vote and vote right, the only way top lever of the voting machir want to make it clear that T 1o controversy 1d 1 want to make it clear tt am not running under compul 1 am running for mayor because own choice and not the iy machine, and T am respor only to those who elect me part 1 felt that it v n ble no all o my platform is known to (Continued on Page Four) men's,” Bartlett, auspices rd Women's Repub- no difference }\\)m vour party affiliations are, as and to vote is to pull the with the other side, on choice and my and vou = [Motors, hon, w Ludlum Steel, Century Rib- Park iford, Maryland second preferred. the stock market, chief interest centered in a stern Outsid |speculative jrubber futures on selling inspired by Premier Baldwin's announcement that the Stevenson export restriction scheme would be abandoned on No- |vember 1 Railroad Gossip Reports that eastern railway ex- ccutives meeting Thursday would discuss an agreement on the trunk line consolidation controversy found further reflection in strength of east- ern railro Fittsburgh and West Virginia leaped 15 a share to a new high of $150 and Nickel Plate, Ches- ape 1 Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio advanced smartly. i cwhere the market tlittle influenced by Radio and other rec pools bidding up pri wtilities, copper, motor and oil groups from $3 to $8 a share. Wright Acronautical came down from its peak price to around $132 and Radio fell from its day's top of $152.30 to $184.50. WOUNDED MAN DIES | B8 | Declares Any | | Candidate of G. O. P, Or- ganization Is Machine- Bound, at Noon Rally. ake appeared heaviness of nt leaders, es In public Al by the ndidate existing republican organiza- for mayor put forth machine-hound can- tion political Mayor A. M. Paonessa, didate of the democratic ) rgued before a group of several Jundred P. & F. Corbin and Corbin whinet Lock workers this noon. He 1sked the gathering to consider the record in public office established by himself and that of his opponent, T Councilman Bart and I whichever they in t position to ha Pro’ N ernient publican adn eriticized MeDonough s of the public works ¢ estigation discussed eclarati is at in former vote for best s of Victim of nshot in 1 he T severely stration was | Attorney a4 the part- Both criticized it he is Fight Succumbs as Result of of iy Thomas T, Blood Poisoning. i- o S Norwalk, 1 ey \R—TFugene living in Burritt avenue, who was shot in the foot in a free for all t last Thursday night in the yard of Louis Kiska in Bouton street, died in the Norwalk noon from blood poisoning. It ie Aprit 4 iny B MeDonous tiett: ttor mi crats good men than t reminded th nine the commiis- position to for commissionerships demo- MeDonon that re. wdicnes of Stamford, April 4 @ — Miss die from in- which came to hospital today may juries and exposure her when her new highway on Great Ridge, N. Y. during opened a gap in a stone turned over many times. Miss Reid was found soon after daylight this morning by 8 W. Hyde of Bedford. N. Y., who was on his way to Stamford. | Mies Reid lay unconscious in a {field all night. She left home about R o'clock last night and police be- lieve that the accident occurred within three hours of that time Hyde saw a hole in a stone wall, tracks of a machine and following it parts of the fittings. Then he saw Miss Reid. He carried her to his car and drove Hill, Pound last. night, wall and placed | Emily Reid of Cos Cob in Stamford | roadster left the | 'Cos Cob Woman Lies Unconscious ' in Wreckage of Auto All Night: Condition Regarded as Critical Exposure and Injuries May Cause Death — Machine Leaves Road, Crashes Through Stone Wall and Turns Over Fully Twenty Times in Wild Plunge Down Hill. in the hospital roadster was the police estim; turned over no less than 20 |on its plunge down the hill. 'Reid's injuries are mostly Until she ins will not be possible to get an planation of the accident. She dently was alone for anyone her would badly hurt, lice. The wreceke ing in the opinion Probably | completely times Miss internal. consciousness ex- evie with ve been killed or very of po-| charged that Kiska used a shotgun. The latter is in Bridgeport which he was sentenced y 40 days with a fine of § law violation. police have been unalle to zun which Kiska is sald to sed and which will be his hands during the fight. v had gone to the Kiska place liquor. The seizure o were appoints 1 by the serving ler the administration and r t mayor beeu they could not be im- Of the cight commis- sions whose chairmen were nally selected by the republicans, two had 0 be d for their conduct in of- fice, it was brought out. Criticism Bartlett fnconsistency in voting on was also made by MeDonough | |who said the republican candidate Mot vaten for T et S Former Yale Student he was surrounded by leaders of the | Falls to (,et Dnorce republican machine and dictated to. | g Bt (e TE T he prompt f;ls.\vwv]‘I ;\: vote and |y denied Earl Jerome Nettleton, went on record for high taxes. oot Birings up Public Works Incident | [70Iner YA sudent and o of Br The public works investigation. | 1" prout SCgan “ ont < respondent the admission that the city had Madgs Daly. Sebiston, | purchased cement from a company | y.ved Nettleton in New York on in which the present mayor is an | geoner 1, 1 officer without compctitive bids, the | 40" !charge that graft had been taken | .o for giving city work, and numerous | yiq other alleged flaws in the republi- can eity administration were enu- merated last night by Aftornev Thomas ¥. McDonough, who shared rme republica a by 1 press onessa s or tair e | a liguor oV T the n to got for 5 made tity of a whiskey, wine and beer. it t New York university. In of omplaint, it bill physical condition at time of mar- | riage and her answer was that he was fully aware of her condition and the speakers’ platiorm in the fi that he had never supported her sixth ward rally of the campaign, | | since marriage. with Candidate Paonessa. * | THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: nswttled and warmer to- ight; Thursday probably showers and warmer., into .the city and % | COX'S CASE CONTINUED New York, April 4 UP—James M. from the |Cox Jr. 24 vear old son of the for-| republicans that mud i being ‘mer Governor of Ohio, was granted | !thrown, but he asked his audience |a postponement today until Monday ! if anyone present believes it is mud |for hearing of charges of assault, | |throwing to tell the truth about 'lcaving the scene of an accident, |and driving an automobile while ! arunk. McDonough forecast that the mention of the public works scan- dal would bring a claim *| (Continued on Page 4.) 1 a bit at the open- | buying orders swept onto | Wright Acronautical was again the | Curtiss Aeroplane | Skelly Oil and | |break of 5 cents a pound in crude | Free for All| hospital this | | the said he | of fluids | considerable total in quan- | and son of Dr. | She | while he was a stu- | Later Nettleton completed his | Nettleton | | charged his wife with concealing her | | Milwaukee, v W Wis., April 4 will have the larg ssive delegation in the national convention g the result of tie unege pectedly strong contest made by republicans to elect uninstructe candidates over the La Follette mes§ pledged to U, Senator GeorgQ W. Norris, Nebraska insurgent, fog | the presidential nomination, t Incomplete returns from the | primary election today showed the 1“‘ publicans had made the greates§ showing since 1916, with the likee ;nhouu that they would have af least a large majority voice in the state’s delegation at the Kansag City convention. Vits Leads Republicans republican forces, led by Vits, national committese red likely to capture two of the four delegate at large seats, with the La Follette forces | conceded the other two. In the s battle for the 22 district delegates | the republicans appeared sure of | cight seats, progressives seven, with the other seven in doubt, Ot the republicans, former Govs I Frank O. Lowden was assured of two delegates and Hoover one, | Most of the others were uninstructe ed with all progressives pledged to Norris. Senator Norris had the pref erential vote sufe, being the only candidate on the ballot. Hoover [was second. Lowden third and | Vice President Dawes fourth, Smith Gets Al vernor Al Smith captured the state's delegation of to the democratic national convention, His champions decisively defeated pledges of Senator Thomas J. Walsh | for the four delegate mt large seats Smith had no opposition in the consin anti-progr republican years, as The | George | man, app (Continued on Page Four) HOVING GYPSIES ELD FORS, 100 THEFT HERE {Accused of Getting Rozzi'g Savings by Faking § Cure i Domenick Rozzi of 25 Booth ~u-en | went to Hartford this forenoon prepare an affidavit necessary to the extradition of two gypsics who ard alleged to have fleecad him out of $1,100 geveral weeks ago, word have ing been received here from Detece tive Sergeant John F. Mudigan of thq Hartford police that they have beem | located in Washington, 1. € Rozzi made complaint to the locaf | police on March 4 that the gypsiesy [ while occuping headquarters om Lafayette tin this city, had une dertaken to cure him of an ilinesy of several years duration and afteg to Hartford, he had continued to visit them, with the ree sult that they worked a game whichj cost him hix savings. H d draws money from the bank withou§ fear or suspicion that he would losa {1t, despite the fact that it had ree quired the utmost frugality for him to accumulate it over a period of 20 years. ccording to Rozzi's story, a 1 by the | to sew the stre | they had mov he wag gypsies 1o allow them oney i ck onto his underclothing, and Yo firmly believe €d it had been done. but when he iled to locate ther Harte ford address and began to experience | a suspicion that he had been fleeced, | he opened the sack and found two $1 bills instead of $1,100. For some time, the gy eS8 pres !scribed the burning of incensc and & number of other stunts intended te pacify the evil sp which were responsible for his iliness. He did everything they told hin: to do, place | ing implicit fuith in his advisers, and | was greatly surprised to learn that he had been deceived. According te the Hartford police, the gypsies have {operated in other places. One of |their favorite methods of flimflane, is to have the victim produce a white | Tooster and by stroking it. one of the | EYpsies chunges its color to blacky | indicating that the discase is passing | from the afflicted person into the ’roo!l»r. Then the rooster dies and the gullibic victim is instructed 4@ cast it away in a lonely spot, being careful not to look back at it. Ross did this, and also submitted to come siderable blessing which. it was ems plained to him, would drive out My fliness in due time. PV B "