New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1928, Page 1

e News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDA MAY 9, 1928 ~TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Average Daily Circulation bo: wysn 14,912 May 5th ... PRICE THREE CENTS BIG CITY HALL SHAKE-UP CHANG TSO-LIN COMMANDS ARMY TO STOP CIVIL WAR DUE 70 JAPANESE MENACE ry Cssationo HOOVER TELLS OF Temporary Cessation of Chinese Civil Strife Ordered Today By Manchurian War Lord to Save the Country. Situation in Tsinan Criti- cal as Virtual State of Armed Conflict Exists Between China Nation- als and Nipponese Inter-' vening Forces. Lordon, May % (P--Chang Tso Lin, the northe dictator, sent out | a tolegram to all civil and military wuthorities throughout China toduy, L Reuter dispateh from Peking said, proclaiming a temporary cessation | Of the war between the northerners 2 the sontherners, because of the Critical situation which has arisen Tetween Japan and China in Shan- tung provinee, . Chang's telegram declared that 1 been in progress in several years while com- had been attempting to run civil war the country. He always apprehend- i ihat the war might impair Clhing's friendly relations and un- ortunate incidents now had oc- curred Accordingly he issued orders to his troops to cease hostilities to save the country Shanghat, May & P—With a vir- taul state of war existing between Japan and nationalist China, neawy { 1 Arcericans in the blood-bathed | v of Tsinan were believed to be on thor way to gafety today. Seventeen Americans. mine men, | =ix women and two children were on | in beaded for Tsingtao from | an. Tour British and one Ttal- ! subjects and one French citizen also were aboard the train. Japa- e and Germarn however, re- wained in the war zone. The Japanese offered to evacuate | &) consuls because of “fear that a state of war might be forced upon om at anytime.” The American, ritieh and German consuls, how- v, decided to remalin In Tsinan, fin Japancee consulate at Shang- hai announced that the nationalists | ha ev J refused to comply with a Japa- | vitimatum. In all save a for- mal declaration of war Japan there- fore was at actual hostilities with nationalist China. The Javanese demands included first, withdrawal of natlonalist troop to a distance of seven miles on each | side of the railway between Tsing- | 110 and Tsinan. Second. punishment of commanders of troops responsi- | Dle for recent “murders’ of Japa- nese at Tsinan: third, disarmament | of southern troops who have been ! guilly of excesses at Tsinan. and fourth, cessation of demonstrations | azainst Japanese as well as of all hosiile preparations. Present Demands These were presented at 4 p. m.. Monday with a 12-hour ultimatum. Tive minutes hefore the ulttmatum | expired an unidentified Chinese. who was without credentials and claimed | 4o represent the Chinese ghairman | ofthe political and military affairs | corumittee of Tsinan, appeared at | Japanese lines but General Vukada, Japanese commander, re- <1 to receive him. This individual | <tated he brought verbal word that | encral Chiang Kai-Shek, national- (Continued on Page 18) | Miss A malie L. Traut's Betrothal Mre, George W Corbin avenue has ement of her Louise Announced | Traut of 1290 | announced the daughter, Miss | Traut to Donald | Charles Caufield. grandson of Mr. ind Mrs. John Caufield of Garden | strect. H Miss Traut was graduated from | college in 1927 and is en- s secretary in the Girls' Res rve of the Y. W. €. A, Mr. Can- fleld was graduated from the New Writain High school and Pittsburgh | : ¢, He is employed Ly the | of thi: city. | rhe wedding will take place in | e fall 1‘ Amali OYSTERMAN MIS! idgeport. May 9 (UP)—Return | of the oyster hoat city brought news of the William Pawza, 34. ovsterman, was believed to have len over- | board in Long Tsland Sound accord- | ing to the crew. He was last seen aboard the hoat Monday morning. ROUTINE DISCUSSIONS | Rome, May 9 (UP)—The senate today continned discussion of routine | legislation. i 1 o1 CAMPAIGN EXPENSE Declares His Own Costs Prob- ably Won't Exceed $200 HITS BACK AT QUESTIONER Tells Committee They are Dealing With “Pretty Low Type of Street slander” as Result of One Ques- tion Propounded. Washington, M Herbert Hoover underwent rehing ex amination today at the hands of the senate campaign funds committes, stifying that his personal expendi- tures might total 3200, and telling | his “interrogators at ene time that hie wondered if they were not dealing n oa “pretty low type of street de No Promises etary of ecomunires presidential ¢ The publican an andida STMARYSSCHOOL LIEUT. THOMAS AND Watson Leads Hoover By 25,000 aid friends had his campaign in, nd, and that the money he had spent personally was largely for telephone calls. He said he had made no promises of pa the event of his election There was a flare up when Sena- tor Barkley, Democrat, Kentuck ked if Mr. Hoover lad rccon mended that the price of chinaw be increased 5 per cent. This brought an emphatic disclaimer from Mr. Hoover, with the added remark hat “I wonder if the gentlemen of cowmittee are not getting down dealing in a pretty low street slander. Eplains Reason Barkley said the question had been suggested from a respousible source, and Chairman Stejwer explained that 1ge in It had been reported that the china | to | manufacturers had contributed Mr. Hoover's campaign, and that therefore he had permitted the question to be asked. Mr. Hoover said that neither he nor any of his relatives had made any campaign contributions, re- ferring the committze to other per- sons for information as to con tributors. He had in mind no sub. stantial contributions from any one, he said. Discussed Campaign The commerce secretary said one | of the questions considered when he | entered the West Virginia primary | was his chance to get second choice delegates. He agreed that he had discussed the matter with a senator. whose name he could not recall Asked i¢ he was willing to give the senator's namie, the secrctary eaid he would consider it. finally sayving type of | Jtest, that he wanted advice before making | it known, and adding that he did not sec any object in the question. Committee Disagrees disagrees with vou on Senator Bratton, Demoerat, New Menico, replied. “I don’t think that qu e pressed at this tim said. adding that Mr. Hoover had told the committes he would cooperate with it fully. Toward the end of the examination Senator Dale, Republican, Vermont, suggested that the secretary seem- ed “rather reeentful of the pro- ceedings of this committee.” Mr. Hoover replied that there was no resentment, but that he felt “the committee was going in for rather minor details which 1 think it could get from the men who are conduct- ing this movement for me among the American people.” Mr. Hoover testified that John T. Adams of Towa. former chairman of the republican national committee, had had pe part whatever in his campaign. He added that if George getting a salary of $18.000 a yvear he knew mothing of it, declaring that Lockwood was a volunteer in his (Continued on Page 10.) ion shiould WINNER OF CROWN WECHANIC KILED IV SPELLNG TEST ~AS PLANE CRASHES Auna Murpby, Aged 13, Carries Flier Who Recently Attempted O City Tite in Contest | Endurance Test Meets Death Gonducted This Noon at Moonachie, N. J. WILL GO T0 WASHINGTON MACHINE GOES INTO DIVE WHILE FLYING RAPIDLY AS GUEST OF THE HERALD | | | | iy Finishes Second—List of Words | Exhausted Leaving 26 of Originnl\ tory to Making Another Attempt spellers Still on Their Veet and | | at Record—Mechanic Was Em- . Votes in Primary Election in "ndiana; Seems Certain Victor| Secretary of Commerce Sees Early Lead From Up- State Dwindle to Nothing as Hoosier State Rallies to Support Favorite Wi Son—Robhinson Also i India United E. Wat- son gradually pulled away trom Her- I'bert Hoover for the republican pr. election as returns filtered in Watson having 155.837 to 5 for Hoover when 2,720 of the state's 5,610 precincts had been counted, Days Overhauling Plane Prepara- | Although unopposcd for the de cratie. presidentfal nomination in Indiana, Tvans Woollen, TIndian- Iapolis banker, was given 89,319 votes in 1,828 precincts. Clamoring For More at Kiwanis! ployed by Wright Aeronautical Luncheon, | Corporation. Atter the Teterboro Airport Hasbrouc Terald Heighte, N. J., May 9 (P—Lieu- in which the s - {tenant Royal V. Thomas, who re-| ile words was so completely ex-lcantly tried for an endurance rec- hau lat it was ne 10 EO{ord in the Bellanca monoplane Re- ov original Jist th nd | : | tiance, and a man named Weather- time, @ contest lasting an hour and a today ended with Anna Murs were Killed day when the phy of &t Mary's school as the city's 1o crashed at thia field spelling ehamy crash oceurred over Moona- Anna is 13 years old, one of the|chie, just northwest of their field. Youngest conte She isa mem-! Thomas' plane had been at the Ler of a prize winning family, her|Teterboro serviee feld for two or andfather, Michacl (Fop) Murphy three days, undergoing overhauling in preparation for another endur- ance record attempt. Word of the crash was telsphoned 1o the field by George Brankeroff, superintendent of the New York cemetery at Moonachie. He sald the |plane was fiving over fhe town a* high speed. and suddenly went into a dive Thoma companion w; {fled as Vaughn Weather) anic in the employ of the Acronautical corporation. | Both men were killed instantly. The ambulance drivers and three | physicians, returning to Hacken- ick without the hodies. brought v meagre detalls of the tragedy. there belng no telephones fn the vicinity. Wing seemed JLoose Those who saw the crash said th iclieved one wing had come loose from the plane and that Thomas realizing this, was attempting to make a landing on the local field. The plane {8 a crumpled wreek (near the third hole of the Teterboro ! golt course a mile north of the fleld. Both bodies were crushed bevond recognition. That of Weatherby was casily removed. but Thomas' was (Continued on Page 18) identd am Wright Lor ANNA MURPHY First Prize bemng the holder of the second priz in the Connecticut state fiddling con. Her father is Michael T. Mur- phy, a postal clerk and past presi-| i ney, [ lican {\ote from 2.467 precinets was 141.- Senator Arthur R. Robinson con- tinued to increase his lead over At- torney General Arthur F. Gillion 4 Solon J. Carter for the repub- senatorial nomination. Mis 714 as compared with 653,978 for Gillion 9 for Carter. At the time Senator Robinson had a comfortable majority. Albert Stump, Indianapo!i attor- also forged farther ahead in democratie senatorial race, his 9 s ning. | 474 votes from 2. precincts | ziving him 31,889 more than the combined total of Walter Myers and 1. William Curry. Myers collected 41,981 and Curry 15,304 at the time the compilation was made. | Convention chosen eandidates for tl:e governorship appeared more cers tain as additiona! returns gave no! contestant anything approaching a wajority on either the republican or democratic ticket Frederick E. Schortemeier, secre- tary of state, led the republican i¢1d of ten with 69.285 votes from 32 precincts. while Frank C. Dailey topped the seven democratic contenders with 69,935 from 2,158 precinets, Former Congressman | I’rederick Landis was second in the publican race with 49,302, and! lomas H. Adams, Vincennes pub- | lisher, was third with 87,348, John I5. Frederick, president of the In- diana state Chamber of Commerce. second among the demacratic | zubernatorial aspirants with 41,585 votes. Others were far behind. | CAROL PLEADS T0 STAY IN ENGLAND Says He Will Report All His Movements WRITING T0 JOYNSON-HICKS Beze to Stay i Brivish Tsles With Host—Denles Pursuing Subversive Propaganda or Returning to Ku- | manian Throne. London. May 2 Former Carel of Ruman hoped today to convinee the British government that its heme secretary was mistaken when he announced in the hause of commons “the prince’s stay in this country is no longer desirable.’” Through his Crown Prinee host, M. Jonescu, Carol announced that he was writ- | Joynson-Hicks, | ing S&ir William (Continued on Page 10) dent of the Connecticut Association | of Postal Clerks, Washington, srance leaders predicted today thae !the prohibition question would be scttled at the presidential election November by “an indirect refer- cndum.” lican candidate, opposing Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, as the democratic nominee, would win “by an avalanche’ and thus clearly indi- cate that the United Etates no longer ognizes a “wet” issue. “If the demoeratic party makes ruinous mistake of choosing MARY W INS Second Prize Sccond prize went to Mary Hie- zins of St. Joseph's school, who | 1alled on “conscientious” by forget- | ting one letter. Miss Higgina 1 hearer at Houston they will be heat- t MeBride. general superinten- ren b President ENN W. Pape of | g S Beal s e & T Jent of the Anti-Saloon League said the Kiwanis club. Miss Murphy will s Got the Herald trip to Washington. |!°08¥ in an interview with the Unit- {ed Press. The family lives at 114 Brighton | it | “I base this forecast upon reports received by me from democratic (Continued on Page 21) Nobile to Use Kings Bay as Operating Base Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, May (UP)—General Umberto Nobi intends to remain at Kings Bay for n month, during which he will tour the Polar regions in his dirigible Italia whenever the weather permifs, he announced today. Nobile said it would he impos- sible for him to make his first flight before Friday be the necessity for engine reps The Italia’s first flight, said, would be around the pole itself. Possibly. he said, the ship would be taken down to the carth’s surface and moored by means of a special anchorage system efficient either on water or on fce. ‘ The weather outlook 1= good caders of conscquence in various rts of the country,” he sald hese men are unable to prevent the machines in their states from vielding to the bhandishments of ther persuasive methods which are Tammany's spectalty.” Ernest H. Cherrington, education- 'HARTFORD P. 0. BUILDING WILL REVERT 10 CITY Senate Authorizes Pederal Govern- | al director of the league, told the ment (o Return Structure. When | United Press that the recent propos- lal of Louis A. Cuvillier, New York | assemblyman, for a rehearing of all | prohibition cases before the supreme court is “but a feeble move for pub- | New Headquarters is Finished. 3 1. MAN ston Bureuu of tie L Washington, May 9—The se licity. today passed the bill authorizing the | “The foes of the secretary of the treasury to return [amendment are not more likely to fo the city of Hartford the present|succeed in their new attack upon federal bmilding and site there as|that measure than they wonld be in !soon as the new federal building 1¢ | trying to bring ba completed. The site of the present | crown social policy whieh 1 out of Hartford federal building was or- |harmony with our advancing eivil- |iginally donated by the city to the ization.” Cherrington said | United states for federal uses. The| Cuvillier proposed some prohibi- bill which was introduced by senator)non cases involving George P. McLean, now gors to the:the eighteenth am house of representatives for action. | Vol act be 1 yent and the { o v 0,600,000 en" F, ' | Bl Thotiiroo of Atuncls, Indisnu, was | presshited with = Waterman fountatn | ° ¥ &t 1R 10,000,000 scten - T May 8 (UP)—Tem- |supreme court as several de | were close and that chang : 'Temperance Leaders Say ‘“Dry” 7 Against Governor Smith Would Win Election “By an Avalanche” | Believe Prohibition Question Will Be Settled By “Indi- | | rect Referendum” — Advocates of Non-Liquor Policy Quote Statistics to Show Country Is Better Off Without Whiskey. by that tribupal en other points s in the since the original court personnel jrulings might result {n America’s highest judicial body reversing it- self. They confended that a dry repub- | cighteentl | k any other out- ' e validty of | ard before the # Judge James J. Britt, chief coun- #e] for the prohibition bureau, said hiowever, that there has never been a close vote decision by the court on | constitutionality—the only elose de- rislon being on administration and procedure, Cherringtor; sald that changes | wrought by prohibition have been so mith of Tammany as their standard | 3reat the United States is living in a new world, both politically and eco- nomiecally. “Economic and industrial demands | had much to do with the adoption of prohibition. Those demands are more imperative by far today than they were when prohibition was adopted efght years ago. “Beverage alcohol belongs to a lower and slower civilization,” he ad- ted. Deets Pickett, secretary of the Methodist board of temperance, pro- libition and public morals, pointed out that before Volstead Americans | we © paying about $2,506,000,000 a ar for intoxicating beverages, “Now the death rate has decreas «d, more money is heing used for cducational purposes, there is less invenile delinquency, crime is falling off, there is leks pauperism, less in- <anity, and saving deposits have in- creased.” THL. WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Rain tonight and possibly | Thursday; slowly rising tem- perature. TAKES GIRL FRON_ | | sioners to be courteous toward lhutm* 30 Norden strcet. Plainville Man Under Amest m':pumc and eliminate cause for crl- Explain His Actions 'SAID MOTHER WAS SICK (Spofal to the Herald) tdward Courchaine, Father of Fam- ily, Alleged to Have Takem 13 Year OW4 Child Away From Studies for an Auto Ride. Plainville, May 8—-Edward Cour- ! chaine of 95 West street, Bristol, was arrested today by the Bristol police at the instance of the Plain- ville authorities and turned over to Constable George 8chubert of Plain- ville for trial in the town court to- night. The specifie charges to be brought against- him were not re- ealed by the authorities today. The arrest has ended a search which began on April 19 following a complaint to the authorities made { by Principal Leon C'. Staples of the | Linden atreet school. Mr. Staples {told the Plainville police that on | Wednesday. April 15, Courchaine called at the Linden street school and asked that a young girl in one of the grades whose age is less than (12 years, be excused from school. | When the request was refused, | Principal Staples allcges, Courchaine | stated that the girl's mother had suddenly been taken seriously ill and it was imperative that the girl go to her home. Thereupon, the achool part with the Bristol man. The next day. Principal Staples recelved a note from the girl's mother asking that she be not allow- (Continued on Page 21) (GOES TO JAIL RATHER THANPAY C. N. G. FINES Soldier Absent From Drills Is Under Military Arrest Joseph Burrell, Kepsington, a mber of Company I, 162th regi- nt, Connecticut National Guard, was arrested last night by Constable I'rank Brown of Berlin on a charge of non-payment of fine imposed upon him by the military autheri. ties for not attending military drillsi{ are constantly in the public eve, as | regularly- When Constable Brown appeared at the place where Burrell is em- ployed last night to advise him that the authorities had issued a writ against him for his arrest and at- tempted to persude Burrell to make weekly payments of a small amount and therehy avoid any arrest or other inconvenience, Burrell is al- leged to have made an oftensive atement concerning the military authorities and the statc govern- ment and to have said he would rather go to jail than to pay am tine. He was then brought to New Britain and handed over to (1on—v‘ stable John 8. Recor, who. before | taking him to jail at Hartford today. | authorities allowed the girl to de- |aw should have, he sald. MAYOR BRINGS DOWN AXE AND HEADS ARE CUT OFF Only One Old Member to Remain on Building Commission—Brooks and Rogers Dropped From Park Board and Supt. Wainright Goes Out Tonight—Jackson Quits Recreation Com- mission by Request—Gans Succeeds Carlson as Assessor—Compensation Board Changes. | In a wholesale sweep of city commissions and employes, Mayor Paonessa today shook pr.fi\‘e boards, filing the re- ‘qulestqd yesignmions of several commissioners, dropping others {who refused or neglected to | Advised to Avoid Drink and:quit. and paving the way for 5 | the displacement of severai Women While on Duty | officials. The most extensive change com )Jn the building department whes TOLD T0 BE COURTEOUS|iiree oo Commismionce W —_— iR enn was dropped, and but on: {of the old members was allowrd fv Commissioners Lecture Bluecoats on |/ 1 ¢ Thomas Heslin, 196 Cherry str Type of Service Expected of Thes * « was appointed and designated fo: —Several Must Improve Work 1| e chairmanship of the building/ St MAAE? commission to succeed Alva 1% =y A achon. Leavitt who resigned today. Com- missioner Komeo A. Grise also T pursuant to the mayor's re- i nd he was replaced by Jos- [tast night by the police commis-{ ., \wratechko, electrical contractor The place of Commissioner Willam R. Ienn, the | Whose resignation had heen asked, e as taken by {temptation to drink wowid be met | put ‘was not-recelved, was, taken | Charles Kiett, a plumber, of 493 fand to discontinue the practice of | sommonwealth avenue Iugene Dy- {talking to women whi Regular and supernumerary mem- !ticism, to aveld places where duty. [son of 581 West Main streei, presi- { These tnstructions were given at lh(\‘d?fl' of the New Britain Master nnual inspection of the deparumncnt | Bullders' assocition, wont on the y the comtlssion. man Leavitt. Wilbur F. Dunlay, a l Chairman M. W. Bannan, in an/member of the electrical firm of |informal talk, urged that fmlhful-ikarr_\- & Bamforth, is the only mem- o & ex ber of the old board who remains. Ef'""“;‘": i:":::;{rb;'h:(‘\pl'&pl;fl;l“‘“‘l‘_1 The new chalrman of the building 1 2 3 a native of this city :‘m(‘nt might always be a credit to and has been a mason contractor for [the city and to the individual mem- s Fie 8 promitent 10 €hw MC foner E. A. Parker, who iy S ommissioner E. A. Parker, wh } 15 ax sbrvelion formes ptilce boariy |l CUEUSHD Succel ANGIENG | warned the men to bear in mina| At a meeting of the commission {that the public is critical of wear-|tomorrow night, the resignation of {ers of the brass buttons and it be- | Klectrical Inspector Mason P. An- | hooves each Individual 1o mo con-|drews will be requested and former | duct himselt that nothinz but fay. | Flectrical Inspector Cyril J. Curtio on orable eriticism can be justly made. wil return to the position he re- He urged the men to “do unto oth-|linguished one vear ago. ers as you would have others do un-| Mr. Curtin held the office of 1 fo soi” snd when on duty to be|spector for three years He had careful out their habits, avoiding previously been in the electrical con tracting business and had worl especlally places and occasions nes dud bad worked where the temptation to indulge in | his trade in New York city, hoiding strong drink |8 present. There is|® license from the hoard of examin danger in drink, he pointed out, .N”Pr' in the metropolis, a certificats policemen on duty take a great risk |*2id to be the most difficult obtain- when they indulge. Jle in the electrical craft. Durina He also advised the men to avoid | his tenure of office, the electric; the practice of friendliness with|code of the National Board of Inir women on their beats to the extent Underwriters was made effective by | that eritielsm and suspicion are jus- | 1M- and the licensing of electriclans {tified. In the past he has known was also brought about. It is ex W“c;mn who seemed always to be | Pected that he will be back at bis talking to women when on duty and |desk in city hail Monddy. the reputation they incur as a re-| Curtin left the electrical inspec- ;KUII is not the kind an officer of the tor's job in March 1927 when the huilding commission which was re- 'tired today dropped Building Inspec tor E. J. Henaessy, Plumbing In spector P. J. Tormay and Curtin Fay Deputy Building Inspector Another change to be made wi Testimony on Witness Stand Addressing himself particularly te the younger policemen, Com- { misstoner Parker said he had learn- ed of a tendency to overcmphasize | | festimony of an unfavorable mature | Place Councilman Thomas B. Fay 1 i to defendants in police court. Every |the position of deputy building in policeman should train himself to |Spector, which is now h 14 by Wal [testity 1 a strictiy disioterested | 1°7 L. Carpenter. This will requir. manner. telling only what he knows ”: ;?"f’(‘:"}’:{&[“" Pay from the and sees, and belng careful at all | oM couneil < fand Sesk, nid = |" In placing Councilman Fay in th times to be truthful and accurate. | |1t 18 highly improper for a police- man to stoop to unfair tactics to | obtain convictions, he said. There | ‘are many details connected with | |the work of policemen and they { bear upon the chances of the indi- | vidual for prometion. The men who | are faithtul and conscientious about i thelr duty are in line for rewards when the oceasions present them- |selves, he said. Commissioner Morton had nothing !to add, and Commisstoner Tomik- | ‘owsk! said the other members had | | covered the ground thoroughly and | he merely wished to impress upon 'the men that when on duty they office of deputy, the commissioners will create a type of inspection new (Continued on Tage 10) N. H. HOTEL BURNED Waumbeck Destroyed Early Today ~Was Landmark to White Moun- tain Visitors in Jefferson. Jofferson, N. H., May 9 UP—Fire early today destroyed the Waum- beck hotel, familiar for many years to thousands of visitors to the White Mountains, together with several cot- tages and other small buildings con- nected with the hotel. The flames jumped across the street to the proven in a report that came to {him about a policeman who was seen in a store on his beat early in |the evening and again a few hours| Starr King hotel, which was damag- [1ater. Policemen should conduct | od but was saved by firemen called | themselves in a manmer that will |trom Lancaster. leave a minimum of ground for un-| Frank Shute. owner of the Waum- favorable criticism, he concluded. | heck, estimated the loss at between | School for Policemen Prafsed | £500,000 and $600,000. The hotel | The school for policemen,® which | was the largest in this section of the w instituted a few months ago | mountains and was elaborately fur- and is conducted by Detective Ser-|nished. It was located high up on geant W. P. McCue, has had the | the mountain slope. | effect of improving in a large meas-| The fire was discovered within {ure the fitness of members of the|the screened perch of the hotel, for their duties, and|which was unoccupied and would | have been opened for the reason in ! June. The few persons in the vicin- { department (Continued on Page 15) i ” - lity could not cope with the flames A e ol el CHARGES DROPPED {and help was sent from Lancaster. e aade Nim understand that he| Washington, May § (P — Im.|Rerlin and Whiteficld. By the fime 1 not care fo have any ofticer of |beachment charges brought againat | fircmen arrived trom these towns the state or city do him any |Judges George A. Carpenter. James | the fire in the Waumbeck was be- favors. Constable Recor placed him | H. in his automobile and took him to |of the federal where he will have to work out dismi Jail ,his fines. yond control and they turned their attontion to saving eurrounding property. The cause of the fire eeuld not be determined. 'fikeérson and Adam C. Cliffe district court were cd today by the house ju- |diciary commitiee.