New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 WORLD POWERS INVITED TO JOIN U. 5. AND FRANCE IN TREATY ABOLISHING WARS Great Britain, Ger- JARDINE RALLIES many, Japan and 1217 () DEFEND HOOVER Asked By Secretary Kellogg After an Ahsolutely Denies That Latter Agreement With Has Usurped His Powers French Foreign Min- 10//c v co.opeRamion ister. G ) | Declares that Departments of Agrl- | Text of the Treaty Is Prac-| cuttre and commerce Have | tically Identical With| Worked Together in Harmony | " | Throughout Administration, | That Proposed by Buand‘ Washington. April 13 (@ — A| Last | strong defense of Sccretary Hoover | against charges that he usurped | some of the powers of the agricul- | to This Country June. ture department and otherwise has | oA worked to injure the farmer was Washington, April 13 ®—Great 'm:;‘l" ‘m:ai\' by ;\'v(r;mx-_\' .xur;llmv. d{ et ! n a letter dated Apri an, Britain, Germany, Italy and Jupan, | 5 T o lh:-‘ e were invited today to join Franes | oretary told Charles 8. Wilson, | and the United States in the negotia- | former commissioner of agriculture | tion of a world-wide treaty hindi of New York.state and now a farm- the nations not to resort to war with °F at Hall, New York, that “there ! one another. |1s not the slightest essence of truth The invitation was extended by | these charges, and T would re- Seeretary Kellogg, after an agree- |Sedt them if they were made with ment on the procedure with Aristide houest intentions. | Briund, foreign minister of France. | Wrote dJardine i Sonds Naps, | Mr. Wilson, under date of April In a note to the four governments |y, pq wpitten Jardine saving he vepnascniegd el cngons ! had heard the charge made that don, Berlin, Rome and Tokyo today, | up Hoover, as secrotary of com. by American diplomatic representa- | perce hag encroached upon the tives, Mr, Ke l‘logg‘ outlined the dis- Ao T I R A o Re s cussions on ihe 'proposil belween |y,.. .5 in other ways has hin himself and M. Briand, and submit- |\, S0 (L SACE TR WE fed & draft representng in & gel- |, ¢ ;" ¢ho interest ot the: farm- | eral way the form of treaty the o | United States is prepared to sign. |75 B o i Its language is practically identical | xn“’:l?: : "g"”:‘ "‘I“_“g‘ : "_"":‘"‘“ with the original treaty proposed by "% 'm_ these c f.rg-a‘ we r‘ X}“f“,p M. Briand to the United States last | (07 ulterior motives, but HYe come fo the conclusion that the June, The four governments were told the United States “would be pleased 10 be informed as promptly as may | be convenicnt whether they a position to give favorahle consid tion to the conelusion of a freaty =uch as transmitted, and, it not, w hat farmers of New York state and of the country at large are deserving jof a frank statement from you, for | thes arges involve that branch of the federal government designed [to render service to American agri- | | culture.” o specific modifications in the text ! Jardine’s Reply would make it acceptable.” | Replying, Secretary Jardine said | Present Text {that he had ‘“consistently rcfused With the note and draft treaty 'ty be drawn into a controversy on | were presented a copy of the text Lo unfounded charges,” hecause of M, Briand's original proposal and coptes of all the correspondence on 1he subject between France and the 1 nited States, which have been made publie heretofore. The views of the two governments, Mr. Kellogg said, | he fully understood the “motives of {the small group that has heen re- | sponsible for making them." | “nder normal circumstances,” he | | wrote, “I would not dignify these | attacks, but I have come to the con- wers “‘1103”3‘ set forth in the €O [ )ygon that the farmers of this e ment of the Uniteq | OUNLYY are entitled to know the | REEOVE rn':\‘; ;‘“ i& nov“ it ’: ;) | facts because these charges serfously | lect upon the work of this depart- ruaty 27, 1928, desires to see the In- | 1o "05q 4110 twenty thousand spien stitution of war abolished,” Mr. Kel- . e 1 did people who are listed on its rolls. loge's note declared, ~“and stands|“.ppine (he three years in which eady to conclude with the French, | : S British Itali ni Js I have been of agriculture udeh, German, Rlalian and Japand ;) enjoyed the whole-hearted sl ,m‘_'.mm‘lm‘_ Itary Hoover in all matters pertain- i By, 0 CLAnT L S ing to the administration of the de- | hinding the parties thereto not to | ! ] partment of agriculture, and his ac- 1es0rt to war with one another, ! 4 ; ; N - tions always have been in the inter- France Fager v 1 % WOl s ’ est of the department’s work and of The government of the French re- : : ! the American farmer. In fact, the public, while no less cager to pro- : : S records show that in many instances inote the cause of world peace and | {00 FIOR THE BTN TN 1o cooperate with other mations in | 1 MRICR (he Work of the 1wo de- any practical movement towards that | FENIC'E MO8 IYOIVEL Be W o +nd, has pointed out certain consid- | ;m}' "l:‘" LR, LIS AT vrations which in its opinion must | #ErlCujture. “tic support of Secre- | “alli a i at sl be borne in mind by those powers | “‘l’:”;:::-d l"r::u?n l‘: \: rlleu,;-rh '1‘1"3 which are members of the League ™% ars: s e 57 = Hoover desired to absorb the foreign of Nations, parties to the treaties of | l.ocarno, or parties to other treaties Luaranteeing neutrality, “My government has not conceded that such considerations necessitate | any modification of its proposal for i multilateral treaty, and is of the | PAnion bills “clearly defining” the opinion that every nation in the | fOrcign service activities of the two world gan, with a proper regard for | dpartments. - He challenged any- its own interests, as well as for t .‘hml\ to “find a single fault” with interests of the entire family of na ‘lhh bill ax it stands today, tions, join in such a treaty. It be-| Other examples of joint interest lieves, moreover, that the execution |cited by Jardine were the co-opera . | by France, Great Britain, German tive project now being carried on by | Jtaly, Japan and the United States ' {he two departments to find new | of a treaty solemnly renouncing |uses for cotton and Hoover's sup.\ war in favor of the pacific settlement | port of his proposal to take the an- | nual agricultural census Nov. 1 in- | | stead of April 1 as some persons had | | suggested. Agricultural representa- | tives, Jardine said, favored the later dat service work of the agriculture de- partment Jardine said the commerce secretary had signed a joint letter | with him to the agricultural com- | mittees of congress endorsing com- (Continued on Page 26) TELEPHONE WIRE CHIEF GOING T0 TORRINGTON Thomas F. Stammers Transferred After Scven Years in New Britain District Thomas F. Stammers, wire chief | of the New Britain division of the Southern New England Telephone Co., has been transferred to the Tor- rington district, where he will oc- cupy a similar position, effective May 1. Departments Co-operate. “During my administration,” he |1 added, “the department of agricul- | ture and commerce have been close- ly co-operating, and there has not been the slightest evidence of fric- tion or misunderstanding. The full significance of such a happy state of affairs can only be appreciated when it is understood that in some lines of work there i3 great similar- | ity, and it is difficult to prevent | some duplication of effort.” Mr. Stammers came to this city CHILD D[Es ]N FIRE { from Willimantic seven years ago. | At that time there were 5,200 tele- | Greenwich Youngster Meets Death shones in this district; today there| are 10,600. Since coming here he | When Flames hag thoroughly recorganized his de- partment, bringing it to a high point of efficiency and greatly improving the service. Mr. Rtammers is popu- lar with his force of men. who re gret that his recent ill health, when | his life was despaired of. has made the transfer desirable in his inter- ! cats. He is a member of New Rrit- ain lodge, B. P. O. Elks, and New Britain lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, being held in high esteem by both organizations. Michael Slattery, pole test man of the Hartford division, has been ap- pointed to succeed Mr. Stammers as wire chief of the local division. Destroy Parents’ | Greenwich, April 13 (—One child was trapped in an attic fire and burned to death and two others es- | caped last night. The charred body of Frances K. Ray, seven, was found by firemen in the smoke filled room Iying on a pile of rags. The three children were asleep when the fire broke out and Mrs. Frances Blackwell, grandmother of the girl, fought the flames with a broom and buckets of water until aid arrived. The fire of undetermined origin, | was contined to the attic, I Arnagry apmg wuaagum | beginning of the war for heavier W, “¥3g 3apy BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For | i 14,900 NEW BRITAI 1. 5. CHAMBER OF | - GOMMERCE ASKS FOR BIG TAX CUT $304,000, 00 Recton Wantd | —Exceads Ollical Requests | for Lower Assessments —— ALSO URGING REPEAL OF INHERITANCE LEYY Reduction of Corporation Income i Tax to Not More Than 10 Per Cent and Repeal of War Excises on Particular Businesses Also De- manded—Chamber's Position Un- changed. I Washington, April 13. The administration and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States fought out their differences over tax reduction before the e Finance com- mittec today as the Chamber re- peated demand for a total slash of $400,000,000 or double that proposed by the treasury. its In a heated reply to the Chumber's program, Under Recretary Mills declared it Syuld force a treasury deficit, cal? for a complete change of treasury policy and stall off debt retirement, Washington, April 13 (r'PIAbland- ing pat on its program of tax reduc- tion, the United States chamber of commerce which came to grips with | the administration on this subject | early in the present session, present- ed its recommendations today to the | senate finance committee. Submitted by Felix M. Vlc“ hlrter of Indianapolis, 8 member of the chamber's committee on federal , taxation, the program calls for a | total tax cut of $394,000,000 more | than $100,000,000 higher than that recommended by the house and | nearly $200,000,000 above that now suggested as safe by the treasury. | The proposals, first submitted to | the housc ways and means com- mittee last November, and now re- peated, call for: Reduction of the corporation tax 10 not more than 10 per cent. Repeal of the remaining war ex- | cise taxes on particular businesses, Repeal of the federal inheritance tax. The administration is in partial agreement with this program, but differs widely with the proposed cut | in the corporation levy. It now | favors a reduction from 13 1-2 to only 12 per cent. The house has proposed a 11 1-2 per cent rate, Position Is Unchanged Mr. McWhirter said that nothing had developed in the last four months to cause the chamber to change its position; that the recom- mendation of its membership at the and drastic taxation was ‘‘consistent with its position today for repeal of those war-time measures,” and that it always had been an out- standing advocate of ‘“property budgetary procedure in the fiscal operations of the government.” McWhirter took exception to offi- clal cstimates on corporation re- turns and back taxes and said the chamber could prove that its recom- mendations for cuts in 1928 and 1929, if accepted, would “still leave ample funds for stautory debt re- and a 1929 year-end excess of $229,000,000, r a $69,000,000 surplus even under continued use on debt retirement of $160,000,000 of foreign interest payments.” Exception Is Taken Exception also was taken to offi- cial estimates of receipts and ex. venditures for the last five years, (Continued on Page Six) FALSE AUDIT IS FIRST CHARGE AGAINST KNAPP RS ) Expense Voucher of $89.16 is First Matter to be Disposed of April 30. ! | Albany, N. Y., April 13 (#—The first indictment upon which former Secretary of State Florence E. 8. Knapp will be tried on April 30 will be that charging false audit of an | expense voucher for $89.16, covering a trip supposed to have been made by her secretary, Mrs. Luella V. Ninde, to the Eastern States Exposi- tion at Springfield, Mass, ‘in Sep- tember, 1925. Tmlmony at the grand jury investigation: showed hat Mrs. Ninde did not file the \ouch»r and did not make the trip. Announcement to this effect’ was made today by John R. Schwartz, of the prosecuting staff. Notification of the decision was given at noon to | John J. Conway, chief of counsel for | Mrs. Knapp. Conviction on the charge, which | constitutes a felony, carries a pen- alty of imprisonment of not more than seven years, a fine of not more than $1,000, or both. Decision on the order in which the indictments would be tried was understood to have been reached as the result of a trip to Springfield yesterday by George Z. Medalie, spe- clal prosecutor. The whereabout of , Mr. Medalie today was not disclosed !at his office here. Deputy Attorney General Albert J. Danaher and W. Earl Ward, of the prosecuting staff. also were out of the city last night on missions Knapp case. connected with the CONNECTICUT, {nauts of the air. | ebjected, on the RIDAY, Crew of Bremen Here. they' are~—the daring argo- 1NVOKe a rule to prevent the address Top picture is of Pt Was overruled by Vice-President Col. Fitzmaurice. The middle pic- ture 18 of Von Huenefeld and bottom one ig of Captain Koehl. PROSECUTION RESTS IN SINGLAIR CASE, Gonspiracy Case Goes Over Un-- fil llonday Mormng JUDGE NOW DELIBERATING i Considers Allowing Evidence Con- cerning $25,000 Sinclair Gave Fall For Trip to Russia—Counsel Ob- jects to Its Admission, Washington, April 13 Blocked, temporarily at les ») — t, from going into two lines of evidence it had offered, tively rested its casc toduy Harry F. Sinclair. The evidence which Owen J. Rob- erts wanted to put into the record concerned the $25,000 Sinclair hand- ed over to Albert I. Fall for a trip to Russia made by the former cabi- net officer and the transaction be- tween Fall and E. L. Doheny, Sr., against lessee of the Elk Hills naval oil re- ! serve. Littleton Objects Martin W. Littlcton, for Sin, grounds that this evidence was not germane, and Jus- tice Bailey took the question under advisement until Monday morning, and adjourned court over the weck- end. Coincident with the adjournment of court, the bribery charges against E. L. Doheny, Jr., who carricd $100,- 000 in a little black bag to Fall, were nolle prossed on motion of the gov. ernment. Roberts hopes to call Doheny as a witness if the court rules for him. The evidence on the $25,000 loan to Fall, who leased Teapot Dome to Sinclair was through J. E. Denton, vice-president of the First National bank at El Paso, Texas. He identi- fied letters received at the bank in June, 1923, and the defense protest- ed that they were written long after the date of the changes against Sin- clair. Roberts said he wanted to show that Fall tried to conceal the trans. action. this time he was inclined to rule for the defense. Under stipulation Roherts today read the testimony of Harry M. Daugherty, attorney general in the Harding cabinet, which was given in the Fall-8inclair trial. In that tes- timony Daugherty said he had not been asked about the Teapot Dome lcase to Sinclair and had never ren- dered an opinion on it. If the government is permitted to present its evidence Monda erts sald he would require less than an hour. If Justice sustains the objections it w evidence testimony intended to show the frame of mind and procedure of Fall. The defense will not make a mo- tion for a directed verdict or dis- missal of the charges against Sin- (Continued on Page Six) the government tenta- | Rob- | out of | HEFLIN LAUNCHES ANOTHER ATTACK Catholic Political Machine LFOR AMERICAN STANDARD senator Curtis Interrupt Argument. Washington, April 13 (F)—Scnator Hefflin, of Alabama, another attack on Governor Smith of New York today in the senate, that he was the head of the political machine made Roman | Catholie in Ameri- | “There | country!” are two standards in this Hefflin shouted to a full crowded and galleries. chamber “They are the | the American standard. When they | clash one must go down and it will not be the American standard.” Heflin obtained the floor immedi- |ately after the senate convened Senator Curtis of Kansas, the repub- can leader, invoked the rule of the !regular order of business and took him off his feet, but it was not for long. A few minutes later a house Lill was laid before the senate and the Alabaman announced that he would speak on that. | Curtls Objects | After he had procecded a little | way, Senator Curtis again sought to Dawes. The Kansan then reminded Heflin that the senate was to go into executive session at 3 p. m., and it | was ‘he desire to dispose of the | 1 appropriation bill first, fhe senator’s speach can just as |wdll go over to some other day,” Curtis said. “Not this speech can't go over,” | Hefiin retorted. “Why is the senator 50 nervous about this thing?” Hef- len l! nanded, ator from Kansas is not Curtis returned. “Well, he seems to object to this ‘g,wch being made,” the Alabaman | sain. The senator from Kansas has no erest in anything the senator !from Alabama may say,” the re- publican leader and candidate replied. | Heflin Replies | “If the scnator had let me go on at the outset,” Heflin retorted, “he | would have saved himself a good | deal of embarrassment in {ing his posit | stituents,” Tirade—Senator Steck | of Towa Also Enters Into Spirited Says Al Smith Heads Roman' of Kansas Tries to | | charging i Roman standard and | but | | | from Kansas | | presidential | | explain- | here to his con- | | Basing his address upon what he | said had been a threat made against {the pcople of the south hy | comptroller of the state of New York, Heflin quoted the comptroller | as having said in a speech in Vir- ginia that the northern democrats would punish those for the presidency by having their | congressmen vote against legislation of interest to the south. “They claim Arkansas has gon {Continued on Page 29) lQ iSaved From Hangman’s Noose for Fourth Time Salem, Ore., April 13 (UP)— lew Willows and Ellsworth Kel- condemned convicts, learned to- that they were to live through Friday the thirteenth. Scheduled 1o be executed here today, they were granted a last-minute stay April 19, It was the fourth time that the August 12, 1925, stormed the war- den’s office, obtained revolvers and shot their tiary, Killing two guards. Waves Farewell as He Goes Over Niazara Falls Niagara Falls, N. Y., (UP)—Waving his hat in farewell to the crew of a trolley car on the Canadian side of the Niagara river today, an unidentified man rode to on a cake of ice. cide, T. Moyer and A. Manette of Niagara Falls, Ont.. said the man wore a dark gray suit. They said they could sec him being carried | rapidly toward his death, and just as he reached the brink of the falls he waved his hat in careless fare- jwell. Both responded by waving their hands to him as he went to his death. | New Britain and vk Generally fair and slightly colder tonight; Saturd n- creasing cloudiness, probably followed by rain in afternocon or at night. ity *— of the south if | they did not go along with Smith | the | | to fill the pulpit of the APRIL 13, 1928 THIRTY-TWO PAGES PLANE OVER NOVA SCOTIA MAY HAVE BEEN BREMEN, OVER FIVE HOURS ELAPSE WITHOUT FURTHER REPORTS; IS OVERDUE AT NEW YORK Intense Interest Here In nght Over Ocean Not since day Col. Lind bergh land Paris has much public 1 mani- ed in aviatior lay veral thousa were received ¢ from residents had been aroused by a definite information planc Bremen, Now from Treland. From early morning until lat this atrernoon th phon wires Burned with inquirics con- cerning the fate the plane Calls came in the Hera switehhoard at a 1 pace, in- dividuals expressing concern over the dauntl en and all ex- pressing the that the ven- ture would terminate sstul- Iy When it pinpoint in 1 Scotia at 9 ing was h en, tations ran 1 flected a spirit o and few failed 1o voics lief that the thres Captain Herman ace, and Col so 151 when calls Herald oftice anxiety nee of the air- York hound telophons the of on = rm hope suces a that a Nova o'clock this morn- the nd expee- re- anship the he- ahoard, German James Fitzmaurice Irish flier, it the tro and Gunther von Huenefeld would skim down the New sngland and land safely at Mitehel Ficld. Wis report. - sky over li inquirers ro 1 1o be 1 {0 he iced Brem- public sportst men Koviil, who wers con- Jaro const Pastor ] REV. WILLIAM H. BARSCH MINISTER DUE JUNE | T0 TAKE OVER CHURCH Villiam H. Barsch Becomes German Bap- tist Leader Rev, ester, William H. Barsch of Roch- has accepted the call serman Bap- tist church of this city and will offi- ! cially take over his duties here June Mr. Barsch is a ative of . He has studicd in Texas and e state of New York. huving been a student at the University of Roch- ter and the Rochester Theolog- {1cal seminary. until | vouths had been saved from the hangman’s noose. They were mem- bers of a convict band which on | way out of the peniten- | In Rochester his work consisted of being one of the chief officers of the Monroe county (. E. union as well as one of the leaders of young people’s work at Lake Avenue Me morial Baptist church, He w nt superintendent of the Peo- ple’s Rescue mission, the largest of its kind in the t. This mission 'n endorsed by §2 churche ter and Rev. Mr. found great results working assists in co- | operation with them. April 13" i his death over the Horseshoe Falls | Justice Bailey said that at | The men who' witnessed the sui- | | | | [ * THE WEATHER { ! the jc. s {tist church and an estimate Of late, Rev, Mr. religious premotion ¢ ger for E. C. Mercer, a nationally known evangelist He will this phase religious work in to begin his service with the nan l(;\):’\<' church of this cit MOOSUP CHURGH BURNED Baptists’ House of Worship on Main arsch has heen upaign mana- resign My Street Is Destroyed by Flames Today. Moosup, April 13 (®—The Baptist | church in Main street here was burned today, the fire apparently starting from an explosion in the | basement. The flames seized upon structure, quickly and apparatus, pumper from Daniclson, able to save it The pastor of the church is Rev Nightingale. It was generally known as the Union-Plainfield Bap- of its the local fire reinforeed w wood, fighting as un- value was $25 The building was ereciced many 000, * | yeurs ago. in | Barsch | which was largcly of | by a' April 7& ‘PRICE THREE CENTS CITES INDIGRANT Mot o Cannia AT HA”_’S BHAREE Cutter Sights Mono- plane Flying in Direct Deny Owing State $15,000 o Line for Cape Cod But Fines Against Drivers | Failed in Positive Identificati , LOGAL DEBT IS NOMINAL entification Clerk Danberg s Fuel of Aviators Will Last Little Longer Than One Nays New Owes Only Money Not Collected— ‘; Hartford and New London say Hour More—Weather jeciyare ficon, Favorable to the Flight. B Dunberg, clerk of tiwe po- lice court in this city, stated today | R {that there is no question that the BY Asdociatad: Tress | state of Connecticut was owed money | The fight of the Germun plan. | by the city on fines placed on offend- | the Bremen. from Irclaud to Nes |rs of the automobile laws, but the | YOrk had been under way 38 1.2 | amount is a nominal one. | hours &t 5 p. m., castern standarg | Claims of Edward F. Hall, state time. today and in al that time th feommissioner of finance and control, jonly report of its probable progress [that more than $15,000 is due the Came from the Canadian press, state from motor, vehicle violation | Which stated that fwo incn a1 Kings- fines collected by the clerks of the |POTt, N. &, thought they saw it high courts in several cities in the state |Overhead at 9:30 a. . No Canadian and not remitted to the state treas- |Planes were in that vicinity at the ury, were partially denied by Clerk |time, so tar as is known, fl;dn]:.. re. \lr‘ Huliit(liall]mml that the | The Canadian Press quoted (hes: clerks of courts in Middietown, Hart- ! . men as saying that the plane was too ford, New Britain and New London |\ % 83¥ing that the plane was tov | were delinguent in paying the fines | 1ER for them 1o distinguish any thus levied in the police courts. detall but they wero. confinant ik Clerk Danberg explained that | it Was the monoplane which took off {liere are two instances where fines, | &t Baldonnel airdroms vesterday for not collected immediately, are not |ENt to Mitchel Field, N. Y. In the five and one half hours raid to the state immediately after : the cases have been tried and a |that followed, no confirming reports dgment has been reached, One, he | WeFe Teceived anywhere along the “aid, was where 5 man was fined {n | Atlantic seaboard. It was pointed out court and also sentenced to jail. | that much of the route would lie off While serving his sentence, the con. |5hore and that at the previous rate vieted person either worked out hin | 0 flght the plane could not be ex- fine or paid it to the jailer and this |PeCtediat New York before 3:30. Kt ‘moncy was sent to the city of New | WAS believed to have sufficient fuel Britain direct loss five per cent com- | OF fght one hour after'fhat. mission for collection by the jailer, | Captain Barkhouse, master of the The other was in cascs where the | Canadian cutter Arras, lying at probation officer was collecting the | Kingsport. was the man who firs. incs. No accounting of this money | FéPorted the airplane and becausc is made until the fines are collected | 0f his long service Halifax officials in full and sometimes all of the fines | had great confidence in his judg- © never collected due to the fact | ment. t the judge may deem that the, It was a monoplane, he said, fly- person fined has been sufficiently | ing very high in a west-southwestly punished and persons £o fined may | direction under a clear sky. A have skipped without settling up. geport resident, who did not see He and Edward C. Connolly, pro- |the plane, said he had heard its l-ation officer, spent some time in | motor for five minutes, liguring out what the city owed to . Captain Barkhouse, who in his the state in this matter and & pautical experience has often made |complete adjustment was made UP | qujck determinations of the course [to January 1 of the present year In|of gther cratt, maid that the plane all cases where the fines had been | (.. on a direct course for Cape Cod, collected. b L et b 7 3 “Some’ fincs from cases last year | VDICH MIght explain lack of other | have not yet been paid in full,” sid | TePOrts since much of the interven- | ing distance is water. Mr. Danberg “and as we have no | guarantee that they will be paid, we B 2 will not make an accounting until | Kingsport. N. . April 15 (@A plane, fiying very high and proceed- ling west southwest, was sighted over Kingsport at 10:30 o'clock At- they are paid. Stories to the effect | that this city owes a great deal of money to the state treasury, are not true. T suppose that every other lantic standard time this morning court in the state has followed the by Captain Barkhouse of the Can- same course as we have. This city ladian government marine stcamer cwes to the state only what money Arras. Captain Barkhouse said it as not vet been collected.” was too high to distinguish any ——— markings, but he was sure it was Hartford Slate Clean the German planc Bremen. Hartford, April 13 (UP)—James He gaid several other persons s Breslin, clerk of Hartford police and heard the plane. court, said today he had investi- zated the records of his court and Kingsport is on t west shore of ound no unpaid fines due the | Minas Basin. on the north coast of state. Breslin said he had been ex- | Nova Scotia. four miles from ¢ {amining his accounts for several 'ning. Tt is a rail point. Tt is a vs after state finance authorities | 500 miles from New York in an ai [had begun an investigation of imounts due the state on automo- sighting at :30 a. w., easter i1k daw: siolations. standard time, would mean that th State Commissioner of TFinance | blane, if the Bremen, was very near- | 5 ly on course and time for her flight (Continued on Page 29) | to Mitehel field, New York. AT Sl Aviators eved that the mono- 1 Plane would have ample fuel left for Prisoner ' Tries Suicide 1 ! the balance of the flighi. It would W hen Held in Waterbury |tace westerly winds but clear i iy, April 13 UP—William | Weather over most of the remaining | distance. | orts were of 336 Bank street, at- suicide by hanging in the being made to ascer- cmpted detention room at police headquar- | 1ain if the plane was seen or heard ters here this morning. | farther west, on the coast bordering Pawers was slowly strangling on | the Bay of Fundy, but it was point- ihe end of his necktie which he had | ©d out that the craft probably passed {i6d Sround B bed ipest: | over this district without being de- Police discovered him and cut him | tected, owing to the height at whieh He recovered within a short | it was flying. Jine | Clarence Patterson, an overscas | Powers and Elbert Moore, 20, of |Man, said he heard the plane for {247 North Main street, had just |five minutes while working here hut n arrested on a charge of at- |could not see it. The weather was {empting breaking and entering at a | clear. Both Captain Barkhouse and local store. | Mr. Patterson said no other plane was known to be operating the | district, ) wn. in Glen Curtiss, Pioneer Air Man, Hurt in Auto Auburn, N. Y. April 13 (UP)— Glenn Curtiss, pioneer aviator who {risked his life hundreds of times in |flimsy planes before flying became ‘rump.lrd(l\(l\ safe, was injured to- | day—in an automobile. .\‘- ated with Victor Vernon of | in a parked motor car, as slightly hurt when an- Ottawa, Ont., April 13 (By the Canadian Press)Offic of the air force here stated today that so fur (Continued on Page 2 MIAMI TRIAL POSTPONED Miami, Fla., April 13 (UP)—Fail- ure of veniremen to appear caused postponement of the trial of Police [ Cur |other machine rammed his automo- |Chlef Leslie Quigg and three sus- i bile, pended members of the police de- i partment until April 18. The men SNOW IN MINNESOTA are charged with murdering a negro 4 | St Paul. Minn., April 13 M—For | bell boy. . the second time in a week a he snowstorm swept parts of Minnesota HELEN WILLS ARRIVES i and the Dakotas today accompanied Chicago, April 13 (UP)—Helen by a sharp drop in temperature. Nearly six inches of snow had fal- Wills, former tennis champion, ar- rived here today from Berkeley, Cal., |len before noon in some central [on the way to New York. She wil | Minnesota cities with that mark sail from there for England to on- Inearly matched at Aberdeen and {ter the Wimbledon tournament this | Watertown, in South Dakota. Grand [=pring. Mise Wills was accompanied |Forks, N. ., reported & lighter fall. iby her methes