New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1928, Page 1

gl News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 RESCUE MAN ALIYE | IN MATHER MINE Frank Bucsha Saved Alter 55| Hour Entombment WAS AWAITING DEATH Bays to Rescuer “Bruce, Where You Bren—1 Been —Something Choke Me Soon"— Here Three Days More Victims Taken From Mine. Mather, Pa. May 22 (UP)—Life was found today among the men trapped in the underground work- lugs of the Mather coal mine. I'rank Bucsha, one of the 210 min- ers entombed when an explosio - wreeked the working Saturday, was | rescued alive after 55 hours of im- prisonment. ) The news o Bucsha's rescue apread rapidly throughout the lig/( tle mining village and new hope .6 horn that more of the 129 mjfers 8till missing would he found . The death toll stood at 72 /nd the eurvivors at 13 when Bucgha was rescued by Bruce Veal Waiting For Deatlf Sitting upon a rail, v\a’ing for death or rescue, Bucsha yas found hy Veal one and a half fiiles from the shatt entrance to t /, mine and more than 300 fect up er ground He was in Butt 22,/ The bodies of six more Victims were taken from the mine a few hours after Rucsha's rescue. Unless more miners are found alive the death foll may reach 196 “Where You Been™" “druce where yon heen® inguired as Veal entered the com- partment in the mine. "I been here three days now. You not come svon nomething choke me."” Bucsha With the-aid of other rescuers Bucsha was carried to the mine &haft and lifted to surface. He was able to step from the stretcher to the cot and scenied to have strength. Rescue Described The rescue of Bucsha was de- £oribed in a dramatic manner. by Veal, who wanted to return to the underground workings immediately for he was sure ‘“‘more men are alive in the mine.” Bucsha wam in a small dark hele | between two trap doors. His con- tentment to remain in one position had saved his life. T heard the ex 4 >sion and started to run when someone pushed me * Bucsha said. “I could de- ot gas coming upon and I rapidly tetreated to the little hole where T had been working. There 1 re- mained for gas had failed to enter and I knew I was safe, if rescuers could reach me ia time." Bucsha said another man whose name he did not know. remained with him some time but became 1estless and started out. Rescuars said they passed the body of Bucsha's friend only a short dis- tance from Butt 2 as they were carrying the live man to the sur- face, Three or four other bodies were #een by the rescuers. Joe Blanket s another member of Veal's rescue team, Had Six Men had a rescue team of six men,” Veal said. “l was not using a gas mask but 1 had sent the other men on ahead with the canary bird to test the air. “There was fresh air where we found Bucsha in a low spot in the mine. Although he had barricaded himself, the gas had not reached him by some freak maneuver of the gas and air currents, “Bucsha was sitting in the dark on a steel rail. He was hunched up like a bird when we came upon him. 1 don’t believe he had had anything to eat or drink during the 55 hours he was in the mine.” “Bucska had lost his mine lamp | andewas in total darkness. He rec- ognized me as an old buddy in the glare of our lamps and spoke to me accordingly. “We started to carry him out of tiie Butt and he began to tell us of his long vigil. Heard Explosion “'I heard the explosion,’ he said (Continued on Page 16) 0LD HOME TOWN OUTDONE AND WITHOUT REHEARSAL Truck, Afire, Continues While Con- siables Operate Hand Fire Apparatus. Beacon Falls, May 22 (#—With- out previous rehearsal, a comedy was staged here by three constables and a truck driver with a hand drawn chemical wagon, a five ton truck and a small blaze, which has been voted by residents, one of the best ever seen at any price. The comedy started when a Wa- terbury furniture truck passed through here at a slow pace, the driver peacefully unaware of the fact that the rear of the truck was afire. A constable saw the blaze as the truck passed him. So did two other constables, The three ran to the Beacon Hosc company’s house and emerged tug- ging at the business end of the chemical wagon. Down the strect the furniture van glided and after it hopped the three constables and their fire chariot. The distances between the two lessened and soon the volunteer firemen were in position to turn loose the fire- squelching fluid on their little wagon. When the flames had been extinguished the constables, their mission completed, returned the chemical to its house. The truck is still going as far as anyone knows. FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR | ciate. said to finally have told Mass Psychology” Is Cause of Collapses Newton, Mass ay i (®— “Mass psychology” was invoked today to explain a succession of collapses among members of the family of William M. Duncan here early today. Duncan suffered from a faint- ing spell. While unconscious on the floor he was discovered by his wife, who followed him into that condition. A son, entering the room and finding both his par- ents inert, Was ovefcome while a second son, who chanced upon the other three, managed to re- lain his facultics long enough to telephone a physician. The physician found all four on the floor and revived them without further ill effects. With the exception of the fat all had suffered an attack of * psychology,” he decided. mass VETERAN PASSES AWAY W. J. Neidel, 84, Inventor, Dies at Linwood Street Home Wilham Joseph Neidl, who, dur- ing his long life in this city, had invented many articles for house- hold use and who was awarded a £old medal from the government for his ability as an ingntive genius, died this morning at his home, §1 Linwood street, of pneumonia, after an illness of two weeks, He was §4 vears old Mr. Neidl had an unusual career. He was born in Germany April 17, i844, and lived in his native ccuntry until he reaghed the age which would make him eligible for military service. He took part in the Franco- Prussian war and was actively en- gaged in that siruggle for almost aine years, When he emigrated to this coun- try he settled in Massachusetts. Later he moved to the west where he enjoyed exciting experiences in Nebraska which was then a wild-un- civilized country. He established himself in' Humbolt, Nebh., where he opened a repair shop for firearms and othcr material used by the cow- boys. At one time he repaired a gun owned by “Buffalo Bill" Cody. He moved to Hartford and.after a short time as a resident of that city, he came to New Britain where he spent a great many years. He cstablished himself in business and was lated employed by the Stanley Works for 5 ycars and by Beaton & Cadwell Co, for nearly 10 years. At one time he, the late Carl Lor- enzen, ex-Mayor George A. Quigley, and George LeWilt opened a small factory in the southern part of the city, but with the coming of the World war and the difficulty in ob- taining steel and other material the factory was discontinued. It man- ufactured many of Mr. Neidl's in- ventions. Mr. Neidl patented approximately 20 inventions, among them being a combination lock fo. #safe or post office box, window lock, shelf brack- et, level, door check, door holder, and at his death he had one patent pending. He was a tool maker by | trade. Among his fraternal connections was his membership in the Bohem- ian Eagles, St. Elmo lodge, Knights of Pythias and the German Benefit society. He was one of the oldest members of Harmony lodge, A. F. & A M He leaves his wife, (Pilz) Neidl; a son, William (. Neidl; a daughte! M Valentine Bollerer; and six grandchildren. Officers of Harmony lodge will conduct the Masonic ritual at the funeral which will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. Mrs, Clara Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, will offi- Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. DROPS DEAD FOLLOWING - ARGUMENT AT FACTORY Port Chester Man Victim of Apo- pleay—Nothing Criminal in | Tragedy, Says Coroner. Stamford, May 22 ()—A few mo- ments after he had been a party to a heated argument, Walter B. G. Nolan, 68, of Port Chester, dropped i NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, MRS KNAPP ILL; TRIAL POSTPONED, Court Adjourns Case Until To-| morrow Morning UNDER DOGTOR'S CARE Justice Callaghan Satisfied She Wil Be Able To Attend Court Tomor- row—sisters Believe She Has Col- 1 oed. Court House, Albany, May 2 @ —The second trial of Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp, former secretary of state, on a charge of grand larceny was suddenly postponed today by the illness of Mrs. Knapp. Mrs. Knapp's sister, Miss Julia A. Smith, of Bedford, Mass., in on hand response to a subpoena by the prosecution, said: “I rhouldn't be | surprised if she had just collapsed. It is wonderful what she has done 1 couldn’t have done it Doctor's Care The announcement of Mrs. Knapp's illness was made by P. C. Dugan of her counsel. He stated she had been attended by Drs. A. R. Davignon and Arthur W. Elting of Albany, who advised her not to attend court foday. Justice Joseph Callaghan presid- ing at the trial announce that the physicians had called on him and explained in detail the nature of Mrs, Knapp's illness “1 am satisfied the condition is only temporar, id Justice Cai- laghan. “Possibly she will be out late this afternoon, but I thought it better that she he not rcquired to come here until tomorrow. 1 there- fore recess the court until 10 a. m. tomorrow." Smiles &t Jurors Mrs. Knapp sat through the en- tire first trial, which lasted eight days, todk the stand in her own de- fenge and told her own story of the 1925 state census and the connection of her various relatives with the cen- sus work and payrolls. She frequent- ly smiled at the jurors, often shook her head vigorously as certain testl. mony was given and at times was even restrained by her counsel as she sought to make comments. Yesterday when she appeared in court she seldom smiled, although she declared herself ready for the second ordeal of facing the charge that she misused a $2.875.06 census pay check. Mrs. Knapp was taken suddenly ill upon reaching her room in the Ten Eyck hotel last night afters the long court session yesterd Friends placed her in bed was stated, and the two physicians were called. Miss Smith, who is a trained nurse, said she had not been to her sister's room today, as she had to answer the subpoena in the court room. She said she did not believe her sister would be well enough to appear tomorrow. “I fear it is more serious that,” Miss Smith said. FIYE NEW DIRECTORS OF Y. M. C. A. NOMINATED Under than First By-Laws Admitting Non-Evangelistic Protcstant Church Members. Five were nominated to hecome additions to the board of dircctors of the Y. M. C. A., at a meeting held at noon today. The noniination was the first held under the recent change in by-laws which permit others not members of Evangelistic Protestant churches to become di- rectors or to hold office in the Y. M. C. A Those nominated and who will be | elected at the meeting of the gen- eral membership to be held within a few days are as follows: George T. Kimball, Reuben_ C. Twichell, Charles F. Stanley, Stanley R. Eddy, and Thomas W. Crowe. About 30 selected members of the association will meet with Chairman H. H. Pease of the finance commit- Lee this evening at a supper at 6:30 o'clock, when the financial plans for the coming year will be discussed. " WISK IS FINED $200 New Britain Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court on Liquor Law Vio- lation Charges. dead at the Yale and Towne Lock Company plant here today. The cause of death was given as apo- plexy. Nolan recently returned from a trip abroa¢ and brought with him presents for several fellow workers, among them a razor for E. Law- rence Slamson. Shortly after hia re- turn, Slawson and Nolan quarreled ‘and Nolan {s said to have asked Slawson to pay for the razor. Until today. payment had not been made so when Nolan heard that Elawson had gone to the paymaster's office to draw his pay and quit. he follow- ed him. The men argued the razor matter over again and Slawson is the pay- master to take $5 from his pay en- velope and put it in Nolan's. Nolan then left the office and was on his way back to his own department when he fell to the floor dead. There will be no inquest nor is there any crimin: responsible for the death according to the medical examiner. AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION, ‘Washington, May (UP)—Auto- mobile production in April totalled 409,948 units, of which 364,877 were passenger trucks—a slight decrease from the preceding month when 413.379 pas- cars and 45,071 were senger cars and trucks were manu- factured in the United States. Hartford, May 22 (#-—Judge War- ren D. Burrows presided at the opening of the May term of -the United States district court in this city today. Five cases were pre- sented by Assistant United States District Attorney George H. Cohen to the grand jury for indictment. On pleas of guilty the following liquor cases, presented by Assistant United States District Attorney John A. Danaher, were disposed of as follows: Joseph Wisk, New Britain, fine of %200 without costs; Mrs. Camilla Matthies, of Greenwich, fine of $250, sentence of six months suspended; ¥red J. Seaman of Greenwich, fine of $250, sentence of six months sus- pended: Fremont Burke ot Baltic, £150 without costs. NOTE FROM U. §. Washington, May 22 (P—The United States has presented a note to the nationalist government in China requesting that the slayer of Dr. Walter F. Seymour, American Presbyterian Missionary at Tsining, Shantung., who was killed April 16 be arrested and executed.’ SINCLAIR REELECTED New York, May 22 (P—Harry F. Sinclair today was reelected chair- man of the board of Sinclair Con- solidated Oil corporation. and E. W. Sinclair was reelected president. | Lieut. William R. Sweeley Over Lieut. immediately, it | 99 CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1925, —TWENTY PAGES AIR MAIL PILOT | Memphis In Dawn-Dusk Buffalo | FALLS T0 flEATHi to Galveston Airplane Flight| * | {Lost in Fog Plane Drops Near Leaves Lake Erie at 5:15 A. M., Today on 1,525 Mile: RiCh[flOlld, Va. Flight In Army Standard Plane—If Successful, i Will Demonstrate Greatest Distance of i FIRST FATAL]TY WAS J Morrissey, Daylight Flying. Tenn, May 22 (P — good, only a light fog dotting the William R. Sweeley, army |countryside as the aviator took off flier making a dawn to dusk flight |1Ust Pefore sun up and headed west 2 for his first stop. Good weather was from Buffalo, N. ¥, to Galveston, | ¢orocast ail along the route o Gal- Memphis, 35, of Aurora. 1L, Plunges to Destruction—Found in Wrechage With Flashlight in His | Texas, landed here at 11:10 a. m. to- | veston. Hand. day to refuel. He left Louisville at During the flight, which takes the! 0o A | §:05 a. m. and Memphis was his &ir man from the northern “U‘"‘; north-bound mail plane on' the 3 {dary of the country to the GuIf of | youie connecting the east with south | ::!“' pehdilod slop dhelos SBRlae b G u Sweeley expected 10| . yaciicd ont of 4 fog laden sky here : = cross ten states, New York, Pennsyl-| early today and killed ils pilot, B. Ohia, Indiana J. Morrissey, 33, of Aurora, 1L Leaves Louisville Nang, A y. B, 0 Louisville, Ky. May 22 (@ — nessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louis-1 pe plane hound from Richmond Lieut: William R. Sweeley, army ana and Texas | for Washington ana Unn.m;mM aviator en route on a dawn to du The aviator's schedule provided fjogt the Byrd airport here flight from Buffalo, N. Y. to Gal. [0r @ landing at Louisville, about|, m. and shortly afts |u,<.,1 was a veston, Texas, landed here at 7.3» !0:13 o'clock, eastern daylight time, s of wreckage just off the Seve n a. m.. to refuel and took off at §:05 ind at Memphis about 1:45 o'clock. | 'ines golf conrse near Sandston. for his next stop which is expected €astern daylight time. He said he Lost In Fog {to be Memphis, Tenn. would stop in cach place ahout 15 M. A. Eiliott, local manager for | | minutes. Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., contractors Hops at 5:15 A. M. Before he took off, Licutenant|jor the mail route, said Morrissey | Buffalo, May 22 P—Lieut Wil- Sweeley said if the flight is success- | apparently hecame lost in the fog liam R. Sweeley army aviator, took | ful it will he the first time a #tan- | while seching to land on the golf off at 5:15 oclock this morning dard army plane has covered 80| course. In the pilot's hand was, castern daylight time, on a dawn-to- |great a distance from one bundary | clasped a flash light | dusk flight from Buffalo to Galves- of the country to another during Several residents of Sandston. | ton, Texas. | daylight hours. awakened by the roar of the motor Flying alone in a new Curtiss Fal- | 1,525 Trip above their roofs, rushed out and con A-3 plane, Lieut. Sweeley ex- Members of the first pursuit!saw the plane’'s lights spiral dizzily pected to land at Galveston at 7:3v |squadron last vear flew from Sel-{tonard the earth o'clock, eastern daylight time to- fridge Field, Mich., to San Antonio.| Elliott said Morriesey expressed night with only {wo stops. one at |Tex. but the distance of that trip)ihe intention of flying above the Louisville, Ky. and the second at| was several hundred miles short of [ eavy fog, which would have re- Memphis, Tenn., to refuel. [the 1,525 mites Lieut. Sweeley ex-[auired a clinb of approximately 1.- Weather s Good pected to cover today. o f fo apparently hecam The plane is powered with a (2-| The aviator is a member of tho | lost in the fog" Biliott said cylinder, 460 horsepower Curtiss third attack group at Fort Crockett ) First ITnh‘{\ i motor and has a cruising speed of |in Galveston. The plane is a new one | ‘The crask hrought the frsl m\A about 125 miles an hour. completed at the Curtiss fac- |11y on the New York-A lznu-.\r v here here for delivery to the army. | Orleans air mail route, opened May ‘Weather conditions 5 Morrissey, marvied, of three children Owing to unfavorable flying con- ditions. the mail of the wrecked | MONSIGNOR M'GIVNEY |~ | HOUSE OVERRIDES VETO OF PRESIDENT COOLIDGE was the father TRUCKMAN ARRESTED | WITH STOLEN GOGDS' Wife and Local Employer Declare He Is High Officials of K. of C. Will Be Honorary - | Takes Action On Bill Granting In- Innocent Pall Bearers : ' creased Pay o Night Wallingford, May 22 (#—Tony Bridgeport. May 22 (R—Honorary Postal Workers o e 5 . | pallbearcrs for the funeral of Mgr S e Eprter of S0 Nerfic-Gpduo) silsc (1 o 3. MoBilvuey, paslor 4L S| Washinglon May 22 (P—Tho local truckman arrested in New o unced to. | OUSe in rapid order today twice | Charles’ church, | day as follows: Past Supreme Knights, K. of C.. John J. Phelan, Bridgeport; John J. Cone, New York; James A. Fla- herty, Philadelphia; and E 0| Hearn, now in Italy: Martin H. Car ‘onnod( vetors of President Cool- idge. Despite the president's expressed disapproval a bill to provide in- d pay for postal employes as- signed to night work was approved | York city today for questioning re- garding alleged stolen goods on hiy truck, is the victim of circumstan- tial evidence, his wife said. Portor, Mrs, Porter said, was employcd bring goods fram New York by & inodv, supreme knight; John F.|DY & vote of 319 to 42 Then, just Wallingford shirt factory and by & | \artin, deputy supreme knight; | &S quickly as the roll could be cailed. New Britain garment factory. When | \wijiam J. McGinley, supreme sec- | !¢ house voted 319 to 45 to pass arrested he was unable 0 show In- | . iary: Daniel J. Callahan, supreme ! the bill to grant allowances tp fourth ventories of the goods on his truck | (.eagurer; Luke k. Hart suprcmcl"‘“s postmasters for rent, lfght and because the papers had been or | iiocate: Dr. Edward . Fahey, su- | LU were to be forwarded by mail, his | ,..mo physician; John 8. Conway,| The senate still must act on both | wife said. She was notified of her assistant suprcme secretary; Fran. |Mieasure husband’s arrest by telephone. cis P. Guilfoyle, mayor of Water-| On the first show-down many o(\ bury; Dr. Andrew McQueeney and |Uhe republican stalwarts in the house | A member of the firm ot Sokol |y, .y £ (olgan, trustees of St.| Brothers' local cloak manufacturers (pac’ & (OESh (EEEE of verified the claims made by Mre. |, .01, MeGovern, Bridgeport. Portor this afternoon, explaining " .,ngements for bringing the that the Wallingford truckman had |, 0 "0 his city tomorrow after- been directed to take on & load of | ;0 were completed today. The re- materials at New York city today ,qing of Mgr, McGivney will be re- and deliver them here, turned against the president who was supported by a bare handful of members — administration republi- | | cans and three democrats, Crisp of | Georgia, Woodrum of Virginia and Douglas of Arizona. The vote this time wus 7S more than the two- ; moved from 8. 8. France at the|thirds necessary o override the Information of the arrest was| (G0 iplnin’ trect dock at |president. conveyed to the manufacturers by | .. o1 somom 0w afternoon and will| On the second bill the same num- the Herald this afternoon and member of the firm took immediate steps to bring about the release of Portor. by As explained by one of the So- | kol brothern, it has been found fo |2nd St Charles men 7 et ba & more eficient practice to have companying automobiles. A ths the inventories mailed to this city A mass for parishioners and th: rather than carried by the trucker children will be celebrated at h since the possibility of loss is re. oclock Thursday morning and t 4 |funeral will be pontificated at 1u duced and confusion is avoided. e i be brought to Bridgeport by auto-[her of members—319 lined up in | mobile hearse, escorted by motor- | cpposition to Mr, Coolidge while cycle policemen, relatives, clergy-|only 45 rallied to his support. | men, representatives of the K. of C.| The lineup on the second vote was ac- | practically the same as on the first. ' HOME FOR AGED RECEIVES HAWLEY BEQUEST OF $5,000 hishop of Hartford. Nearly 300 FARM RELIEF BILL IS BB iarantn ik ol ats | mwccutb ot DERIae Y scnds Cheaid tend the services, as well as a L ; | number of Protestant ministers, city Which Brings Warm Thanks officials, officers of various civic or- STILL AT WHITE BOUSE rzrver 7 Nary- Measure Remains |fire departments. Burial will be in| WL DR St. Joseph's cemetery, Watcrhury with Coolidge—Expect Him Waterbury, Thursday afternoon 0 Veto it. _ Washington, May 22 (@ — Mc- LT. REDDINGTON DIES reposes at the White House without | piunges to Death in Pacific Off Air- any indication as to when President Coolidge will act upon it. Even | From Sister M. Julia. A $5.000 check has been r St. Lucian's home for the Aged, on Burritt strect, from the exccutor lof the estate of the late Benjamin \. Hawley, who had directed in his will that the sum be e*icn to the In- stitution for the purpose of helping |the poor and the age In gratitude for this well appreciated gift, Sister | M. Julia, superior of the home, has ceived plane Carrier Langley—First Fa- issued the following expression of friends of the measure expect him : (hanks 40" vétb. i, | tality Ship Has Had in Six Years. ._“"' half of 1 8t. Lu s ] | n beha he s Lucian’s It was learned today that lhe] Washington, May 22 (®—The|Home for the Aged. I wish to here- president is prepared to approve a | measure promptly which meets the views he laid down in his annual message, but there was no indic: tion that this meant he had defi- |death of Naval Lieutenant William ‘ Harold Reddington of Coronado iuvm"\ for the sum of $5,000, the California, in an airplane crash | sum bequeathed to this institution yesterday in Hawaiian waters was by the late Mr. Benjamin Hawley. the first fatality resulting from an| “I‘or this munificent gift T wish to nitely decided to veto the McNary- |aircraft accident aboard the carrier | cxpress my sincere thanks to the Haugen bill. | Langley since she was converted in|family of the late Mr. Hawley. His The various phases of that meas- | 1933, thoughtfulness and generosity shall ure have been put under epecial | Reports to the navy department|always be an inspiration to those in study for the president. Several de- |(oday said that Licutenant Redding- | charge of this institution. We shall partments have been asked to make |(on was drowned when his plane. in reports to him upon it. | which he was taking off of the land- | ing deck, struck the ‘slip stream™ of | “St Crockett Recommended a plane which had just taken off For P. M. at Unionville ahead of him. By GEORGE H. MANNING Reddington was graduated from y 5 N| "n (Washington Bureau of the N. B. Herala) | th® naval academy in 1922, Washington, D. C., May 22 — ¥ Mt o Congressman E. Hart Fenn today | Won't Approve Medal recammended to the post office de- 1 partment the appointment of Ve For Challlnes Le"“c_ Washington, May 22 (UP)—Ap ey J. Droacl, 4 postmaster | proval of & congressional medal of at Unlonville. Crocket will succeed (}onor for Gharles A. Levine, trans- with acknowledge the receipt of a Respectfully vours, an’s Home for the SISTER M. JULIA, Superior GETS YEAR IN JAIL. Bridgeport, May 22 (#—One ycar in jail was the sentence given Judge John Richards Booth in su- perior court today to Harry Harri- son of this city who pleaded guilty |to a charge of breaking and enter- | ing. He was arrested about a month | v |ago when caught breaking into the s aft, who resigned. atlantic flier, was refused today by |Woodhull company warehouse on the house coinage, weighis and | \afer street. » ——# |1ncasures committee. i It reported favorably a measure THE WEATHER 4 I fponsored by Rep. Cohen, democrat. | .o, Moy 23 P—_Governor Ful- New York, for a congressional medal for Clarence A. Chamberlin, who pi- loted Levine's plane across the At- lantic, but declined Cohen’s request in temperature. today to amend the measure to in- |lation of the liquor laws be paid out ! | lclude Levine, as had been done in |of the proceeds of the sale of such * % the bill passed recently by the senate. | vehicles. New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tomight; Wednes. day cloudy, mot much change ler today vetoed a bill providing that persons having lienes on motor vehi- cles confiscated by the state for vio- thim intoxicated on the steps of his! Judge M. D. ! while he always cherish his memory. | e Investigate Origin | Of Poisonous Gas Berlin, May 22 (UP)—Mystery veiling the origin of poison gas that terrorized Hamburg caused authorities today to begin an in- vestigation. i A man who formerly owned the * s said today that it was left over from the World War supply. But rumors were thickening that the gas had been manufac- tured since the war, in violation || of the Versailles treaty, probably for Russia. The firm that now occupies the premises at which the gas was stored, said that since its tenancy it had called the attention of au- || thorities repeatedly to the gas, || but had received no satisfactory || response. | The Egfarben Company, which under the treaty is permitted to manufacture phosgene gas for in- dustrial purposes. denicd toda: that the gas that escaped at Ham burg had emanated cither direct Iy or indirectly from its plant. - BATTLES POLICEMEN, " SUBDUED WITH GLUB N it Prisoner Puts Up Furious Fight and Kicks One Captor Supernumerary Officer Charles Ramneault was kicked in the ahdo- men by Joseph Glowacki, aged 38, of 98 Beaver street, shortly after & o'clock last night, and while an examination by Dr. John Purney !did not disclose any injuries, there is a possibility that he may be hurt | internally and he will be examined lagain tonight. Glowacki, who was rrested by Offi Rainault and of- | ficer Daniel grove, who found home after Mis. Glowacki had com- plained to Officer Cosgrove that she had been assaulted by her hushand, gave the policemen a stiff battle | from his home to the police box on | Broad street, according to their tes- {timony in police court today, and | |Officer Raineault, after being kick- | 'ed. used his club on Glowacki. The language Glowacki used was de- cribed by Officer Cosgrove as “ter- rible” and the scuffle on the way to | the police box was so rough that| Saxe inquired of Offi- tor not the charge of resistance had been pre- ferred. Officer Cosgrove replied | negatively and Assistant Prosecuting | Attorney Greenstein remarked that | probably the charge should have been made. Glowacki, besides being charged | with drunkenness and breach of the peace, was accused of refusing and neglecting to support his wife and two children, aged 13 and 11 years. His wife testified that he does not work steadily and frequently he contributes not more than $3 or $5 towards the household expenses. |She works every day in a factory and supports him and the children, | drinks every time he can | |get anything to drink. She told Judge Saxe she does not want to live | with her husband, as she is dis- gusted with his laziness and does not propose to tolerate his abuse any longer. Last evening on her return from work, she went to a store to pur- | chase food for the evening meal and | her husband followed her, scratch- | ing her face and pulling hair out of | her head. She displayed the hair | and the scratch was visible. She | sought out Officer Cosgrove at Broad and Washington streets and | lodged her complaint. | Glowacki admitted that he was | intoxicated but claimed not to have | |any knowledge whatever of the | breach of the peace count. He oubted that he had kicked Officer mmruull and he denied that he is| heavy drinker. His wife's accu- ..mon of assault was also untrue, he claimed. He felt it proper for her to work in a factory because the chil- | dren are able 1o look after them- selves and “it is befter for her to work than be going around to| | houses looking for hooze.” | Judge Saxe imposed a fine of $15 and costs for drunkenness and breach of the peace, and ordered | Glowacki to post a $£300 hond to| guarantee payment of $18 a week | to his wife and family. with a 30| day jail sentence in default of th bond. FLIERS GO HOME JUNE 9 | Brenven Crew To Sall For Europe On Columbus—Bruno Says Origi- nal Plans Called For Flight. New York. May 22 (UP)—The |! crew of the trans-atlantic plane Bremen will return to Euro, on‘ the North German Lloyd liner Co- | lur sailing from New York on | {June 9, it was announced today by | | Harry Bruno, their personal repre- | sentative here. Bruno was advised of their plany by Baron Von Huenefeld by vhone from Montreal. Von Huenefeld said he a | companions, Capt. Hermann Koehl | land Major James Fitzmaurice, had | intended flying back in the Bremen, | but the latest accident to the plane | i attempting to get it off Greenly | Istand made it impossible. The fliers will leave Montreal to- |day for Quebec, which they will | |leave tomorrow afternoon for New tele- 1 his | | York. After a day at the Rita-| Carlton hotel here, they will go into ’rdll'emflm until sa g time and | will be unable to accepi any turther invitations for public functions. | HIGHWAYMAN JAILED. Hartford, May (UP)—A six- month jail sentence was imposed to- day upon Clarence Hatton of New York for robbing Peter Jackson of Hartford of $45 in an alleyway Sun- day night. Average Daily Week Ending May 19th ... {urban communities {to the |an " etdant b | the liquor | pleat of not gmil | continuance | sk, 14.925 PRICE THREE CENTS JREDS GASSED YEEADLY FUMES ve Lives of Ham- r:g Citizens wil ""‘.‘:\'V ) -u\W - 5 \MANY PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS Death May Take Then a Week From Today as Effects Are Not Fatal For Some Time—League of Na- tions Many Conduct Inquiry, Hamburg, Germany, May 22 (P — I'he cloud of phosgene, one of the deadliest of the war gases, which bung over Hamburg and claimed 11 lives has been dissipated, but its menace still lingered today 200 in Hospitals More than 200 persons hospitals suffering from voisoning and efforts were heing made to save their lives. The au- thorities said many of these patients might die since the gas sometimes lid not have fatal effects until a week after it was inhaled. A con- tent of only a half a gram to a cubic meter of air is sufficient to cause death. Al a ble milk in the city was requisitioned to as antidotes at the hospitals for those stricken. There were 48 persons in Hamburg hospitals, about 100 others at Wil- helmsburg and 30 at Harburg. Phos- Zene poisoning causes a purulent in- lammation of the lungs and, in cases were in phosgene serve where consciousness s retained, (eath comes after horrible suffer- ings. Cattle Lie Dead lay dead in the fields, and ducks in the farm vards and dogs and cats in the city streets—niute evidence of the ter- | rible aeath which crept through the sleeping city. Trees, grass and arowing crops shriveled as the silent destroyer spread. Families Return Three hundred and fifty families driven from their homes in terror of death’s silent approach were per- mitted to return when the authori- ties were convinced that the gas had been dissipated by wind and rain. They returned apprehensively. They shuddered as they reflected upon their close escape from death and |upon the terrible sufferings which might be inflicted upon a defense- less people by gas bombs dropped from airplanes in time of war. As they watched experts from { Berlin remove the phosgene con- tainers from the neighborhood of the city, the people advocated that the storage of deadly gases near be prohibited. | They demanded the providing of an adequate supply of gas masks, ac- cessible for public use at any time. Cause Not Known The exact cause of the tragedy was not established- The gas was in containers in the free port section of the city when a tank containing ‘ught cubic meters (282 cubic feet) burst. The lid was forced off and a section of the corrugated fron roof- ing was torn oft the building. Ex- . | perts thought the explosion due to warm atmosphere as phosgene vaporizes at a relatively low temper- ature. Once free, fitful breezes carried | the vapor back and forth across the | district Killing alike man and ani- mal who chanced to be in its path. I'wo brothers peacefully fishing on the banks of a canal near the leak- ing tank dropped unconscious. A Panic A shift in the wind carried the zas to a pleasure resort where men, women and children, among them a wedding party, were making merry. Some fell unconscious from their | chairs which were grouped about (the table set for the feast. Promen- ders dropped in terrible agony. Soon the cry “poison gas” arose and panic reigncd Word of the disaster spread. the entire section of the city near the tanks was terror stricken. Police nd troops herded the populace in- emigrant sheds of the part. °d on Page |FUGITIVE UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSING LIQUOR Tried 10 Throw Away Evidence But (Contin 15) Rottle Would Not Break, Police Claim Majkowski, aged 32, of ©t, may have expected d forget all about wring April 15, when le is alleged to have thrown away a bottl= of liquor, but if he had that ef hir was mistaken, for Sergeant . J. O'Mara and Officer E. B. Kiely pounced on him shortly after ® o'clock last nigit as he was sitting in front of his store in the basement of the building in which he lives and charged him with violation of law. In police court to- Judge W. F. Mangan entered a and obtained a of the case until Mon- to a bond. Attorney day, day, May Assistant 8. Relative Prosecuting Greenstein recommended $500 but Judge Saxe set it at $750, observ. ing that Majkowski has a record and was listed ns a fugitive since April 15. Should there be difficulty obtaining the bond. he would be ready to consider a request to lower it. he said. According to the police, Majkow- at sight of Officer Kiely and Officer William O'Mara, tried te de- stroy a bottle of alleged liquor n his store but the bottle was made {exceptionally strong glass and it did 'nnt break when thrown away. Since 15. Majkowski had been sought. and vesterday Officer Kiely received information that he had been about the store fn the eve. ning. 50 he and Sergeant O'Mara tried out the “tip” sad it werked. April