New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 CHICAGO VOTERS RISING I 'NEW BRITAIN HERALD wg REVOLT BURY- THOMPSON'S MACHINE UNDER AVALANCHE Belated Returns Show Ever Increasing Ma- jority for the Faction Headed By United Despite Cold 930,000 Fans Flock States Senator Charles S. Deneen. Small, Crowe and Mayor Himself Swamped by Ballots of Record-Break- ing Proportions. Chicago, April 11 (®—Rising 1n mighty revolt against the political |* faction headed by Governor Small and Mayor Thompson of republicans of Illinois buried them under an ava tostile ballots that swelled to record- Chicago, | vesterday | che of | l i QUARTER MILLION 10 VIEW OPENERS to Big League Parks Today HORNSBY IN OLD NEW YORK to See What Big Crowd on Hand His Bostonians Will Do Against His Former Teammates—Other Teams Play to Big Stands, Also. By the Assaciated Pres Cold weather, cast a chill about seball's nemesis, a majority of the ight parks for the major league openings today but the lot impatient fans enthusi was such that 30,000 customers ¢ 10 move to the battle- shortly after noon were res flelds. The cold, raw weather, with breaking proportions today as belat- | heavy «louds in castern cit cd returns piled up the totals, Swamped under the load of bal-!players would be only a merica first” ban- | r as the Small-Thompson-Crowe [in an advance opening ve lots with their candidate for governor, the tional candidate for United senator, all the candidates for lesser state offices, the factional leader running for state's attorney in Cook county and even Mayor fac- States committeeman, Deneen Wins Emerging victorious from the hot- test and most acrimonius prima campaign was almost an entire sla sponsored by United States Senator C‘harles & Deneen with heads of the ticket carrying majorities ex- iected to reach or exceed 400,000 votes, Virtually the enly solace the Small-Thompson-Crowe faction oh- tained was control of the republican wachine in Cook county and nomin- ations to a few minor offices in the county while Representative Martin B. Madden, sponsored hy this fac- tion had won over William Dawson, his negro opponent, Len S8mall, two-term sceking republican renomination at the head of Mayor Thompson's “America first” ticket, was crushed under the ballot-loaded roller which flattened his political ambitions thoroughly in Cook county (Chi- cago) as it did downstate, Crowe Tallen Robert Emmett Crowe, who prose- cuted Loeb and Leopold and who personified the “America first” as- pirations of Mayor Thompson in ook county, apparently had fallen in his attempt to mount the third term step of state’s attorney. Even the mayor himself, not candidate for any post more im- vortant than committceman of his home ward, seemed to have lost the | solace even of that slight victory. Emmerson Winning Louis Lincoln Emmerson, 64-year- | could do against old sccretary of state, was the can- | Giants. 1t wa (Continued on Page 14) BODY OF NAVAL FLIER WASHED UP ON BEACH Com. T. G. Ellyson Found Near Norfolk, Va.; Miss- ing Since February 28 Norfolk, Va. April body of Commander T. a native of Richmond, V one of three naval airmen who disappeared with a seaplane after leaving Hamp- ton Roads for Annapolis at 2 a. m., February 28 was recovered this morning at Willoughby, a Norfolk suburb, where it washed ashore. Tdentity was established b radiogram from his wife, 11 one of his pockets, telling of the ill- | ness of their child. It was in re- sponse to this message that the flight from Norfolk to Annapolis w.‘lh‘ undertaken. Charles D. Surber, of Ocean View, | who was walking along the beach shortly before daylight this morn- ing, stumbled over the body and notified police. Commander Ellyson's face had been badly crushed, pre- sumably when the plane crashed, He wore an aviator's suit over ci-| vilian clothes. r To Be Buried at Annapolis. Annapolis, Md., April 11 (®—The body of Commander T. G. Ellyson, victim of a naval plane crash Febru- ary 28, which was found near Nor- folk this morning, has been ordered brought to the United Statecs Naval Academy, it was announced today. Burial will be in the naval acade- my cemetery with full military hon- ors but the day of the ceremonies and other details were not settled today. A memorial service for Com- | mander Ellyson was held at the | academy about two weeks ago. Mildred Ellyson, his 12 year old daughter whose critical illness with typhoid fever caused Commander Ellyson to start with two other offi- cers on the ill-fated flight from Hampton Roads which was intended to carry him to the child’s bedside Thompson | himself who was defeated for ward | governor | i alpy (PI—The | ¢y 3. Ellyson, | | | | | has recovered from her illness. 8he passed®the. crisis the night her father was lost, | gested that the “warmin, W ted terday un unfavorable weather conditions ipped themselyes in blankets and indications today were that fans in several other cit capital example. Officials Busy Governors and mayors were ready to 10ss out the first hall and the presidents of the two leagues and Commissioner L 1ding a touch of distinction to three cities, Thirty-five thousand spectators were expected to see the and Athle on their w delphia in spite of penetrating cold, Mayor Mackey stood by to throw the first ball to Lefty Grove, pitching choice for the Athletics. Pennock or Hoyt were slated to do the throwing for the Yanke President Bar- nard was on hand to see his second opening game in two day Cool In Detroi Clear cool weather greeted the St [Louis Browns and Tigers at Detroit | With a sell-out expected to pack {85,000 to 40,000 fans fn the park larl Whitehill and Sam Gray were {nominated as the pitchers. | Twenty thousand attendance ws advance estimate at Boston ispite of cold . weather. Fuller was named to to ball with Mayor Nichols raising the flag. Wiltse for Boston for Washington hington fans who participa der Wi were the warmer but cloudy in Chi- Lyons for the White for Cleveland choice Ma Ray , who has made catching the me an institution, w forced a bad arm, to give way to Moe Berg, the infielder-catcher linguist. Boston at New York | Cold weather could not keep the | faithful away from the Polo Ground to see what Hornsby and the Braves Hogan and the S0X and Uhle ined pitching Schalk rema; i |tators would show up hefore Mayor | Walker made the scason opening | offic Larry Benton was rcady to pitch a Braves had Bob Smith Greenfleld “warming up.” Hopeful Bro yn fans numbering some 20,000, moved on to Ebbets field to pass judgment on the Robins against the Phillies. Jess Petty was selected to oppose Alex Ferguson on the mound. Under an overcast sky |sioner Landis and 34,000 | were expected to see the {storm the citadel of the {Reds. Root, thé Cub: named to match curves balls with Luque, the rejuvenated an pitcher. Governor Donahey was 10 pitch one ball. The sun 18 shining at &. Louis and although the weather was crisp a capacily crowd of 100 was ex- pected to sce the Pittsburgh inv sbn. President Feydler was to at- tend. Kremer for the Pirates and | i | Commis- othere incinnat ace, w. and fast | Haines for the Cardinals were pitch- | 1 STEAMER IS DELAYED on Board Held Up by Broken Shaft Near New York Dock, New York, April 11 (P—Five hun- dred passengers of the Fall River Line steamer Plymouth were dclayed more than an hour in landing thi morning. The main shaft snapped when the steamer was lcss than a mile from its dock in the North river. Few of the passengers were aware of the accident, bevond observing that engines and paddlewheel had stopped. Captain R. W. Robinson summoned tugs by sounding the whistle and the vessel was soon in tow. Officials of the line said that it | would take nearly a month to replace the broken shaft, which was 30 | inches in diameter. Another steamer will replace the Plymouth tomorrow night so that only one sailing will be missed. FRENCHMEN AT KARAS Karachi, Indfa, April 11 (UP)— The French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Le Brix, arrived here today from Calcutta at 7:20 p. m.. Indian time. The distance is 1,- 900 mils, I 31eyg g, s would tollow the | in and Mar- | expected 45,000 spee- | nst his former mates. The | and Kent | Cubs | .')00} "WU9Y ‘projrary aq py; H2ouuo)) . ts Is Big News in England London, April 11 (®—Chicago's primary election result is the big ngland today. The London afternoon papers played it up with flaring headlines such as “Rule of Big Bill Thomp- son at End,” and “School Book Foe of King George Iails in Elec- tion Struggle.” The papers make much of re- ports of one murder and rioting and what is ¢ #o's Reign of T S newspape showed obwious evidence of what was gen- ally conceded to be intense pub- lic interest in the outcome of a campaign affecting a man who has been one of the most talked about and severely lampooned fig- ures in American political life by the British press and public. FALL RIVER BANKS | | i | 1 | i | | | i | Cotton Industry — IS HOMER LORING'S IDEA | | B. M. " Durfee Trust Co., Massa- soit-Pocasset National and Meta- comet National Banks Are Insti- tutions Included. Fall River, n Mass., April 11 (P — ! Plans for the consolidation of three | large banks of this city as the first | step toward the rehabilitation of the | I"all River cotton industry were an- nounced today. The directors of the | 1. M. C. Durf rust company, the | Massasoit-Pocasset National bank nd the Metacomet National bank have voted unanimously to recom- 4”\( nd to their stockholders a merger i‘" accordance with a plan proposed i by Homer Loring of Boston. he Consolidated bank, it was an- ced, will be known as the B. M. . Durfee Trust company, operating under the original charter of that | Institution with capital stock of $1,- 1 200,000, deposits of approximately 1 814,000,000 and a trust department with a s $8,000,000, | 250 Valuation To carry out the plan a valuation of § a share was placed on the stock of the B. M, C. Durfee Trust company, $217 a share on the stock of the Massasoit-Pocasset National bank and $145 a share on the stock of the Metacomet National bank. The B. M. C. Durfee Trust company will increase its capital stock from $00,000 to $1,200,000 and its shares rom §,000 to 12,000 and and offer 0 per cent in cash and 50 per cent in stock of the company for the as- scte of the other two institutions. Dircctors of all three banks will re (Continued on Page 14) | WON'T MARRY ALWARD IF DIANOND COVERED Miss Wenzloff Puts Stop to Talk of Romance With Man in Jail | | If Harry E. Alward of 288 Park street, is building a castle in the air |ihout his marriage to Lillian IR 7ioff of 1412 East street, this | ¢ity, when he is freed from jail he |18 due for a severe shock., He has I said that he will make Miss Wenzloft his bride, “I wouldn’t marry him if he wa ung with diamonds,” said Mis: | Wenzloft to a Herald reporter today. “There isn’t a spark of manhood in ! him," | ! days in New Haven county jail for ‘,Issuing a ‘“rubber” check for $50 to the Toggery Shop in Meriden. He released from Hartford county 1il Monday after serving one year tor passing a worthless check on a Hartford company. Since 1924 he [has been prominent in the public {prints. He disappeared in Jone, ith a 15-year-old Poquonock ymrl and in December of that year | he and the girl were arrested in | Quebec, Canada. He did two years ifor that at Wethersfleld. Before | that escapade he had been arrested for bigamy but the marriage was | annulled and he was placed on pro- | bation. He has also been behind the | bars for obtaining goods under talse | pretenses from Windsor merchants. | Ada to this record the fact that | when he is released from the New Haven jail he must go to Washing- i ton to face a charge of violating the | Mann act, being held in $3,000 honds for that crime. Miss Wenzloff met Alvard on | Christmas eve, 1926, and they soon | grew to love each other. She did not know he had a wife and three children, Upon his promise to marry her, Miss Wenzloff went south with him and he was arrested in Wash- ington. “He was always gentlemanly in his conduct until we got out of town,” Miss Winsloff said today. “Then he showed himself in his true j colors. Several times he threatened to kill me and atetimes he carried a revolver. T always lived in fear of him. When he was arrested I told the police I intended to marry him but I said that only to prevent him from going to prison. I don't intend to marry him. I never want to sce him again. I have suffered terribly from the publicity I have received and I just want to forget e PLANNING MERGER First Step in R;habilitating; Mayor-Elect Expected to Ri | { | { | sion Change: The biennial "matter of histo Jture today .turne i ships and the ing,” Mayo augurate after he takes the office next Tuesday noon. Of es interest is the of the chairmanship of the board of finanee and taxation, which is held {by Senator Edward F. Hall. Hall {was appointed e: v the Paonessa administration and was retained by Mayor Weld. Chairman Hall took |an active intercst in the campaign 10 elect Councilman Donald L. {iett and took occasion to contradic Mayor-elect Paonessa on the sewer age question, one of the matn topics of the democratic campaign. Hall | and Paonessa publicly questioncd | ch other's knowledge of the mat- ter under discussion, and in view of this fact political prognosticators to- day forecast the remaval of Senator | Hall. arguing that to retain him would be inconsistent on the part of | Paonessa. i Linder To Lose Chairmanship Tt is believed in democratic circles to be a inty that Thomas| Linder will removed from the chairmanship of the board of as: sors, although he will continue to the city’s appraisal engineer under a contract which eral y ¥ viection now a political _conje to commissioner- | “house clean- will in- outh of question | Jart 1 | | 1 | of Assessors—Vacancy in Chairmanship of Public Works Board to Be Filled—Police Commis- j&encral shake-up in commissions 1s Paonessa May Displace Hall From Finance and Taxation Commission; King to Lose Post on Fire Board: | emove Linder as Chairmnn‘ s Expected. in. y as chairman | is $250, and as ap- r he receives $4,950, board sal enginee nst giving one POWLT OVer proper doc in v to the man too much appraisals and not approve the scheme now whereby Linder is adviser board of which he is chair- man The effect of a change such as said to be in contemplation would be to reduce Linder's salary { id place his work under on of another, blic Works Chairmanship of the cts will 1ill 4 of public works, vacant since > resignation of Regniald Towers. t superintendency is also to Several changes are cer- made in the board. is tain to be expected and city hall payrolls will have names substituted for others now on the eity malary list. Fire Commissioner King to Go While the police and fire boards are certain to come in for reorgani ion eventually, if the mayor-clect pays heed to the urgings of fellow democrats he will speedily dispense with the services of Fire Commis- (Continued on Page 15) HNAPP TRUL TO START APRI30TH Eight Indictments Returned Against N. Y. Woman WAS STATE SECRETARY | Accused of Criminal Acts tn Con- | nection With Administration of State Census in New York in 1925 Pleads Not Guilty, Albany, N. Y., April 11 (P—The trial of former Secretary of State Florence . S. Knapp on several jeriminal charges growing out of her conduct of the 1925 state census | will begin Monday, April 30. The {time was fixed at a brief session of supreme court today at which Mrs. | Knapp appeared to plead not guilty to the seventh and cighth indict- ments returned against her. The prosecution had desired the | trial to begin next Monday, but at Mrs. Knapp's request, and after a conference between John J. Conway, of her counsel and George Z. Me- dalie, of the prosccution, the April | 30 date was decided upon. | Justice Callaghan, presiding, told | Mr. Conway that the attorney-gen- eral would let him know before the end of this week which of the eight indictinents so far returned would be tried first. The last two indict- ments! returned yesterday by the special grand jury, were for false audit and certification of state rec- ords. Bail of $1,000 was posted for | each. i | | | | Indicted Eight Times A total of eight indictments have | been returned against Mrs. Knapp. To six of them she has entered a| plea of not guilty. The six indict- | | ments to which Mrs. Knapp answer- | |ed last Thursday charged false audit, grand larceny and aiding and | abetting a notary public in the mak- ing of false affidavits. The additional indictments return- ed against Mrs. Knapp yesterday | | | HLAN WITNESS 15 | | BRANDED AS LIAR | Spectator Ejected for Halting Gourt Procedure SHOUTS FROM GALLERY William J. Hohman, Mentioned By | i Dr. Hunter, Creates Disturbance— | More Tales of Rioting and At- | temped Relgn of Terror, 1 Pittsburgh, April 11 P—The trial of Ku Klux Klan injunction suits was temporarily halted in federal | court today when a spectator was ejected after he had called a witness & | a liar, Dr. Charles R. Hunter, one of five | anished” Klansmen, was on the | tand describing a tilt between Van ' A. Barrickman, a co-defendant, and Dr. H. C. 8haw, grand dragon of Pennsylvania, at Barrickman's trial | before the order, at the time of the | interruption, Dr. Hunter sald a man put his | hand in his pocket and said “I'll get | him,” (meaning Barrickman.) “Who was that man?” asked Lew- | is C. Walkinshaw, counsel for the former Klansmen. | “William J. Hohman."” | “You're a liar!” shouted Hohman. “Put that man out,” directed Judge W. H. 8. Thomson. Hohman, exalted cyclops of num- ber one Klan, Pittsburgh, was led from the courtroom by a deputy U. 8. marshal, “Your honor, 1 apologize,” said Hohman as he was escorted into the corridor. | Resumes Testimony. | Dr. Hunter resumed his testimony, | declaring that Barrickman was ac- quitted at the trial despite the al- | leged efforts to Dr. Shaw to halt it | on the ground the tribunal was not | recognized by officials of the Klan. Barrickman, In the ‘“banish- ment” decree issued by Hiram W. | | came at the conclusion of the tak- Alward is serving a sentence of 60 | ing of evidence from 27 witnesses. | was charged with violating his oath Of this number, ten were entirely | i (Continued on Page 14.) | Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan, | of allegiance to the Klan and its | (Continued on Page 14) In Insane Asylum, Time When He Goes to of 133 is at dohnny Sedor, aged 4, Winter street, whose mother New Britain General hospital under surgical treatment and whose father is a patient at Norwich State hos- pital, tumbled out of a fourth story window at the home of Mrs. Sophie Biajkowski of 193 Hartford avenue last night, injuring his spine and suffering an abrasion of the face and a laceration of the scalp, the latter injury necessitating one stitch to close. The seriousness of his con- dition cannot be accurately de- termined at once, it was said at New Britain General hospital today, as the extent of the spine injury is! problematical. | | uel Bamforth at police headquarters was notified by telephone that a child had been found in a dying condition, and Sergeant T. J. Feeney and Officer G, W. Hellberg, who in- vestigated, found that Mrs. Harry him and the mistake I made of trusting him.” Hatman of 225 Hartford avenue had At 9:35 o'dlock Lieutenant Sam. | picked up the boy and carried hnn‘ With Mother in Hospital and Father Boy, Age 4 Years | | Falls Out of Fourth Story Window Woman Acting as Foster Mother Leaves Him for Short ' Sleep—Later He Opens Window and Loses Balance—Injuries to Spine Make Case Serious. into a store at 189 Hartford avenue. No time was lost in taking him to the hospital. | According to Mrs. Biajkowski, she has been doing everything possible to care for the Sedor children, of whom there are several, and she had taken all but Johnny to their home to put them to bed, as has been her practice since Mrs. Sedor was taken to the hospital a few days ago. Johnny had fallen asleep and Mrs. Biajkowski thought it safe to leave him for a short time, but | during her absence he awoke and being frightened at finding himself alone in the darkness, raised the | window and fell outs ! * i | | | *. THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Rain tonight and Thursday: little change in temperature. . * | | { | | * v i court ""TAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1928 —EIGHTEEN PAGES ANGELO M. PAONESSA RETREATING BULLS RECOVER GROUND Lit Score of Issues to Record Prices CALL ~ MONEY ~LOWERED| Placed at 5 1-2 Per Cent Today, Which Resul in Renewed Bullish Confidence—Utilitics Show Unusual Strength, New York, April 11 (B—Wall street bulls who were forced to re- treat yesterday by the large volun of selling which followed the in- crease in the call money rate to 6 per cent charged forward again to- day and lifted more than a score is- sucs to record high prices. R. H. Macy scored a sensational gain of $28 a share to a new high record at $350, and at least a score other is- | sues were marked up $3 to $14 in & | mad frenzy of buying. Lowering of the call rate to §5 1-2 per cent, reports that steel mill op- crations were being maintained at a high rate after a record-breaking first quarter output and an increase in Denatured Alcohol prices, all helped to revive bullish confidence. Buying was distributed over a broad list with the public utility, tobacco, motor accessory and merchandising issues giving the best demonstra- tions of group strength. U. 8. Cast Iron Pipe, which drop- ped nearly $13 a share yesterday, soared $14 today. Wright Aeronauti- cal climbed nearly $10 a share, Bor- den and Union Carbide each ad- vanced $7 and gains of $4 or more | were recorded by the American To- bacco lssues, National Biscuit, Sears Roebuck, Montgomery-Ward and Brooklyn Manhattan Transit. Trading was conducted at a brisk pace, with several blocks of 10,000 shares each changing hands during the early part of the session. SIMILARITY OF NAMES CAUSES POLICE MIXUP Two “H. B. Hemingways” Held for Issuing Fraudu- lent Checks coming from New vd that two men Hemingway" Information Haven today discl claiming to be “H. B. WOVING RAPIDLY {First Move Is to Call Blackmer, Missing Witness 'MANY TAKE THE STAND Calling of Blackmer, Who is in France, Seen as Foundation for New Contempt Proceedings by | Government Against Oil Man. Washington, April 11 (®—Driving -ad with the same rapidity which all along has characterized the pres. ent Teapot Dome trial, the govern- ment today put a mass of testimony both oral and documentary into the record which will tell whether Har- ry F. Sinclair is to be convicted of | conspiring with Albert B. Fall in the leasing of the Wyoming naval ol Te- serve. I | | | } | Starting out by calling | H M Blackmer, who is in Europe and | | who has refused to return, Owen J. | | | round work for another contempt procedure against the former asso- | ciate of Sinclair in the Continental | Trading company deal. Then a succession of witnesses was called to trace through banks and lockboxes the Liberty bonds in- volved in the transaction which the | government contends went to Fall as | a bribe and which the defense up- | holds as an honest business deal by | which Binclair bought an interest in Iall's ranch. May Show Letters | Whether a considerable batch of the correspondence between Fall and other persons concerning oil lcases will be introduced in evidence will be determined by Justice Bailey at a later date, as a result of & de- fense move today. ‘When Roberts attempted duce the correspondence, { Hoover, Binclair's lawyer, objected on the ground that Fall's corres- pondence, with others than Sinclair | could not have any bearing upon the charges against Sinclair. Roberts withdrew all of the letters except one Fall wrote July 8, 1921, to Ed- ward L. Doheny in which Fall said he was going to have complete charge of all oll leases. Meantime, the defense withdrew its objection to the letters withdrawn, and Roberts told the court he would reintroduce them after Justice Bailey's ruling on the July 8 letter. The other docu- ments had been used at the first trial of Sinclair and Fall, and were considered of importance to the government's case. Introduces Lease Roberts finally introduced the Teapot Dome lease and read all of the long document. Prior to that the | | | | | 1 | o intro- orge P. jurors were bank accounts of Fall, his son-in- law, M. T. Everhart, ad the Tres Ritos Cattle and Land company. They also looked at deposit slips showing the deposit of Liberty bonds to these accounts. After completion of the reading of | the lease, its attest page bearing the Ave; Weekn‘E'ldlu April 7th ... |and sixth wards, | third term, th | having | i Circulation For 14,900 PRICE THREE CENTS' DEMOCRATS ELECT PAONESSA IN RECORD BREAKING FIGHT AND TAKE OVER TWO BOARDS SINCLAIR'S TRIAL ~ Bartet, Republican Candidate for Mayor, Defeated by 296 in Total of 14,314 With 82 Per Cent of Vote Brought Out. Fifth and Sixth Wards Give Winner Big Mar- gins While Lower Wards Fail to Support Loser. Substantial majorities in the fitlh and the failure to the “lower wards” to send in the ex- pected plurality for the repubii | ticket, resulted in the clection yes terday of A. M. Paonessa for tuc democratic nomines a lead of Yotes over uncilman Donald per cen {in the eity. Bartlett avd by 1 the carried the arried the first wa by 3 Paoness Roberts, special prosecutor, laid the | [OUTh ward by four votes, this he ing the spcond time a democratic mayoral nomince accomplished the feat and on both occasions it was Paonessa. The fifth ward gave Pao- essa a plurality of 783 and his home ward, the sixth, came through with a 1,315 lead for its *‘favorite son,” Demnocrats Control Two Boards The democrats took control of the board of relief and the board of sc- lectmen. Emil Hagist, republican, was defeated for the board of relief and his running mate, B. C. Morey, was elected. 1. P. Mangan and Richard B. Viets, democrats, were clected and Mangan will probably be- come chairman. Lewis W. Lawyer, first selectman for several years, aropped to third selectman, and Darius Benjamin, democrat, running for public office for the first time, was named as first sclectman. Kasimir Majewics ‘be- comes second selectman and AlWert M. Peterson went off the board, fail- ing of election by the narrow margin of five votes. The constables now in office were re-clected, Stephen Roper failing of election. The successful candidates are: John 8. Recor, Michael Haber, Charlea T. Nowland, Fred Winkle, Francis Clynes, James W. Manning and John E. O'Neil. No in Council Balance Although there will be new faces in the common council as a result of (Continued on Page: Eight) THIS DRAB OLD WORLD A WONDERLAND T0 BOY shown ledger accounts containing |Lad, 7, Had Never Seen Train, Trolley or Movie A new world where vehicles a str are world Ly oa moved gnature of Fall, Secretary Denby | Myaterious power—has been opened and Sinclair was shown to the jury | t0 Lawrence Rand. uge en years, by defense counsel. of Hamburg, & community near Ol E. C. Finney, assistant secretary | Lyme. | of the interior, then testified that he | Lawrence has been adopted are under arrest at the instance of | pag not been consulted in the Tea- | PFOUEhL to this city by Mr. and Mrs, the Elm City authoritics on charge of issuing fraudulent checks, and one of them, who was appre- hended in Allentown, Pa., has been released on bonds and threatens to bring suit for false arrest er, who is known by several aliases, will be arraigned in local police on the charge of passing a worthless check for $50 on the Bur- ritt hotel when his case is disposed of in New Haven. The Willimantic police today re- quested the New Haven police to hold the same man, who claims his correct name is W. G. Cookman, and a warrant will be lodged against him for issuing a worthless check for 9 to the Nathan Hale hotel in |that place. The check was drawn bank of bank on on the Hamilton National New York, which is the ' which the check he passed in this city was drawn. Willimantic authorities, According to the the check ! passed there was drawn March 31 and came back protested. The local police were without in. formation relative to the mix-up re- ported from New Haven. Detective Sergeant Ellinger said a warrant i being prepared to cover the alleged offense committed here and be that, the local authorities are concerned. Smyrna Again Rocked By Tremors of Earth Constantinople, April 11 (P— Quake-wracked Smyrna again was struck by a series of heavy quakes late last night. The 8myrna region. where persons lost their lives on March 31 in & series of quakes, again was filled with terror as four houses crashed in the city proper and 40 in the neighboring village of Tire. Seven quakes rocked the village of Tourball which already had been practically destroyed. No further not | casualties were reported. ~ the | vond | with it of Harry F. Sinclair, the | | failed to respond. seized by the government. Blackmer then was subpoenaed for the present (Continued on Page 14) MAY START TONIGHT Clearing Weather Holds Out Hope That German-Irish Aviators Will Hop-off for America Late Today. Baldonnel, Irish Free State, April | 11 ®—Cheered by favorable weath- er reports, the crew of the Junkers plane Bremen was making prepara- | tions late today in the hope of get- | ting off before dark on their pro- Jjected transatlantic flight. The weather depression in West Ireland had cleared away this aft- ernoon and flying conditions were good there. An uncertain state of the weather was threatenipg off south western Ireland and for that reason the fliers—Capt. Herrmann Koehl, Col. Fitzmaurice of the Irish Free State and Baron Von Huenefeld—were hopeful of getting off in time to es- cape further delay. Colonel Fitzmaurice and Captain Koehl are in touch with the British air ministry which is sending them latest weather repcrts. It the fliers leave this evening, they will fly about 70 miles an hour and by dark would be approximately in the Atlantic steamaship rpute. 1 pot lease and had had nothing to do | Edward French of | many care Bradley strest, Things he sees are just as remark- In calling H. M. Blackmer, miss- | #ble a8 what Alice saw on her visit ing Teapot Dome witness in the trial | to Wonderland, govern- | The ofh- | ment Jaid the groundwork for an- | MeVer seen a railroad train, a irolley other contempt proceeding when he | Car or motion pictures, Until he was brought here he had Young Rand was rearcd in a fam- Blackmer, who is in Paris, failed | ily of 16 and since the death of their to answer at the first trial of 8in- | mother a fow clair and Albert B. Fall last October | had to look out for itself. and $100,000 of his property was |their little home years ago, cach child Room in was not abundant and & bed was any space that was large enough to lic down, without proper shelter or cover from the | cold in the winter. | Living in such conditions the boy | never dreamed of any other kind of |life. He attended the little country {#chool, but outside of learning how | to read and write he had no know | edge of the outside world. Neverthes less he showed keen interest in hig | studics and although never in any company other than his brothera and sisters, he showed some cour- tesy and refinement when brought to the city. The first time he had soen a train in Saybrook when on his way to thiy city, he was amazed and could not make out how the *thing” could run, ‘When brought to the city he did not care to ride in a bus hut pres ferred a trolley, wondering all theq time what made it go and when his new guardian explained to him how and what makes it run, he showed deep, intelligent interest. The firsf time he was taken to a “movie” he looked with wonder at the figures on the screen, but never made any exclamation and sat throughout thd performance quietly. The boy attends school regularly now and shows great interest in hig studies. but every time he crosses the railroad bridge on his way to o2 from school he lingers waiting fos & train to pass by, still trying In hig young mind to figure eut the powes that makes one locometive pull sq