New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 6, 1928, Page 1

" Custom News of the World By Associated Press READING QUITS A |A. H. Parker of This City Elected Conn. Most Puissant Grand Master by Grand Council, R. and S. M. M. Selection Takes Place at Convention in New London Today—Harry E. Scheuy and. Frank E. Goddard USES BUT RIGHT WORDS Become Grand Steward and Grand Sentinel— Grand Council Here in 1919, ATTORNEY GENERAL Action Follows Impeachment by Massachusetts House Hands in Resignation to Gov. Fuller Saying, “I Hereby Resign the Of- fice of Attorney General’—House 0 Act. Boston, June 6 (A — Attorney General Arthur Reading today sent his resignation to Gov. Fuller and to the presiding officer of the sen- ate and house of representatives. His letter relinquishing the office read simply: “I hereby resign. the office of attorney general.” To Elect Successor The choice of a successor to fill the vacancy in the office of attorney general will be made by the legis- lature. Joseph E, Warner, assistant attorney general and former speak- er of the house, announced shortly after Reading’s resignation became known that if the legislature should accept the resignation he would be & candidate for the office. Is Impeached The attorney general's decision to resign followed closely the vote of the house of representatives yeater- day, 196 to 18, to impeach him “for misconduct and maladministration,” During the course of the long drawn out investigation into his conduct in office Reading had re- peatedly insisted that he would not resign under fire. The house committee of investi- gation, of which Representative George F. James of Norwood was chairman, unanimously recom- mended impeachment. In the house yesterday Mr. James made a long address detailing the testimony which the committee had heard concerning Reading's acceptance of fees from the Decimo Club, Inc., and subsidiaries of the United L. A. W. corporation of Worcester, In the debate which followed several representatives defended the attor- ney general and opposed impeach- ment, To Be Bpeaker Hull announced last night that the articles of impeach- ment would be reported at today's ®ession of the house. The attorney general's resignation was read in the house this fore- noon and was referred to the com- mittee on vules. ‘The senate this afternoon without debate concurred with the house in referring Reading’s resignation to the joint committee on rules, HARRY THAW CANNOT LAND IN ENGLAND Officers Prohibit Him From Leaving Ves- sel at Southampton Southampton, Eng., June 6 (UP) —Harry K. Thaw was refused per- mission to land in England when he | arrived here today after a voyage from the United States via Cher- bourg. Thaw had remained aboard the liner, talking to newspaper men, be- fore the decision was amounced by customs men. It was thought Thaw might ap- Peal to authorities at London. ‘Thaw's passport bore a British visa obtained in New York but no French visa. Authorities said he | therefore could not go to France, Thaw’s baggage, which had been unloaded on the docks, was carried back to the ship when the immigra- tion official made his announcement. London, June 6 (UP)—A spokes- man for the home office told the United Press today that he had no knowledge of the order prohibiting Harry K. Thaw from landing at| Southampton. He emphasized, however, the fact that immigration officers at all local ports are permitted to bar aliens whom they consider undesirable without consulting the home office. LINDBERGH IS AWARDED NEW YORK UNIY. DEGREE “Lone Pilot of Skies” Is Given De- groe of “Master of Acromsut- fcs” Today. New York, June 6 M — Colonel Arthur H. Parker of this city was elected most puissant grandmaster of Connecticut at the 109th annual assembly of Grand Council, Royal and Select Master Masons, in session at New London teday. Mr. Parker Immediately announced the appoint- ments of Harry E. Scheuy, former commander of the American Legion of this city,” as grand steward and Frank A. Goddard as grand sentinel. This is one of the highest Masonic offices ever to come to New Britain. Mr. Parker, although one of the younger men in Masonic affairs, is one of the most active in the city and has been the head of each Ma- sonic group in the progressive steps as he has risen in Masonry. His Masonic record is as follows: Raised in Centennial lodge, 118, A. F. & A. M, May 3, 1911. Exalted in Gidding Chapter No. 25, R. A. M, June 17, 1915, | Recelved and greeted in Doric Council No. 24, R. & 8. M., Novem- ber 10, 1915, Knighted in Washington Com- mandery No. 1, K. T. of Hartford, in 1924, Member of all the Ancient Accept- ed Scottish Rite bodies up to and including the 32nd degree. No. Joined the Actual Past Masters’ asgociation of Hartford county, in 1916, Anointed and consecrated in Or- der of High Priesthood of Connecti- cut on May 8, 1923. In Centennial lodge, No. 118, A. I, & A. M., was senior steward in 1912 junior dcacon in 1913; senior dea con in 1914; senior warden in 1915; worshipful master in 1916, In Giddings Chapter, No. 25 R. A. 19 captain of host in 1921; excellent king in 1922; most excellent high of the in 191 1919 Heads Grand Council R. & S. Master Masons ARTHUR H. PARKER priest in 1923. In Doris Council, No. 24, R. & §. M., was conductor in 1916; captain guard in 1917; deputy master ; thrice illustrious master in was elected recorder April 12, and has held this office con- tinuously since that date, In the Grand Council, was grand M., was grand master of first veil |steward in 1921; grand standard in 1918; grand master of 3d veil in |bearer in 19 grand marshal in 1919; principal sojourner in 1920 |1923;« grand conductor in 1924; (Continued on Page 12) Southern Cross Will Hop Off On Final Lap of Australian Flight at 7 This Evening, Pacific Time Start Will Be Made From STATE HOUSE LIQUOR | Albert Park, where they landed aft- {er a 3,138 mile flight from Hawaii, Beach at Naselai, 16 Miles From Suva—Bris- bane 1,750 Miles Away— Two Americans Remain- ing With Party—Graph- ic Description of Trip. Suva, Fiji, Jun€’ 6 M—The South- ern Cross will hop off at 3 p. m. to- morrow from the beach at Naselai, 16 miles from here on its 1,750. mile fiight to Brisbane, Australia, Flight Commander Charles Kingsford- Smith announced late tonight. This would be 7 o'clock Wednes- day night, Pacific ocast time, Have Fine Runway A stretch of sand three miles long, described by Kingsford-8mith as “equal to the best runway in the | world” will serve to get the South- lern Cross in the air in continuation | of its long flight from Oakland, Cal., Sydney, Australia. | The government yacht Pioneer !will leave at 7:30 a. m. tomorrow (11:30 a. m. Wednesday, Pacific coast time) for Naselai, carrying 800 to bricating oil. The four aviators, Kingsford- Smith, Charles Ulm, Co-Pilot Harry Lyon, navigator, and James Warner, radio operator, will hop off from at 10:45 a. m. (2:45 p. m. Wednes- day, Pacific coast time) for the beach at Naselai. " Addresses "ftizens Ulm addressed a large gathering of Fiji officials and citizens tonight at the civic reception and banquet, and described a phase-of the flight that was fraught with many perils. “I am telling you on behalf of myself and ‘Smithy’ that we would have been very cold meat but for the aid of our two American friends, (Continued on Page 12) Charles A. Lindbergh today recetv- ed an honorary degree from New York university at the same time that statesmen, financiers and edu- cators were similarly honored. Dr. George Alexander, president of the council of the university, in presenting the name of Colonel Lindbergh to Chancellor Elmer Ells- worth Brown said: “First in order, because first in the hearts of his young countrymen, ¥ present for the degree of master of aeronautics, the lone pilot of the skies.” Daniel Guggenheim, Vincent Mas- sey and Charles Evans Hughes were among others to receive degrees. Indianapolis, June 6 (UP)—Col- onel Charles A. Lindbergh left here at 8 a. m. today for an unannounced destination. He had spent the night here, presumably looking over In- dianapolis, as a possible stop for the T ~nscontinental Airways line in vhich he is interested. SOLYE DANBURY MYSTERY War Veteran Who Died There a Few Weeks Ago Identified as John Roache of Ottawa, Can. Danbury, June 6 (UP)—Mystery surrounding the identity of a war veteran who died at a hospital here & few weeks ago from the after- effects of gassing was solved today when police discovered he was John Roache of Ottawa. First belief he was John Roche of Bcranton was abandoned after a visit here of Roche's brother. Identification was established by | Ottawa police aided by military | documents in the dead man’s pos- session. Roache left a wife at Detroit, Mich. A brother-in-law, Phillip gxilons of petrol and a supply of lu- | -lasked whether PARTIES ARE PROBED Clergymen and Detectives Testify in Boston Investigation Bobton, June 6 (#—Three Boston clergymen and the state superin- tendent of the Anti-S8aloon League were called as witnesses today at the opening session of the legisla- tive investigation of charges that “wild parties” at which liquor was servel were held at the state house on the night the 1927 session was prorogued. Eact testified that he had no personal knowledge of such parties. William M. Forgrave, the league superintendent, was the first of the witnesses. When he took the stand he asked permission to read a state- ment in which he said he would place in the right light statements made by him to the newspapers on which, he said, the press had placed “gross misconstruction.” 1 Senator Hugh A. Cregg, chair- man, refused to admit it, saying it was beyond the scope of the investi- gation. |~ The three clergymen were Rev. A. | |7 Conrad of Part street church,| tev. Lynn J. Radeliffe of the Tre- mont street Methodist church and | Rev. Frank M. Swaffield of the West Somerville Baptist church, all | |signers of a letter gent to Governor | Fuller asking a full investigation of | the reports. ach was asked if he had per-| sonal knowledge of the parties and each answered “No.” No further ev- idence was given by any of them. At the opening of the hearing Chairman Cregg said the commjt- tee would divide its inquiry into two | parts, first the report that a drunk- | en party was held on prorogation night and second charges that liquor had been removed from the custody of the department of public | safety. After Forgrave's statement had.| been refused admission he was he had any knowl- cdge of wrong doing at the state house’ and he said he had not, but learnkd of it through his agents, Philig Chardon and James E. Holt. He said he sent agents to the state house as the result of an anonymous telephone call. After the ‘three clergymen had testified, Holt was called. He said he was a detective and that on the night the legislature was prorogued, April 28, 1927, he was sent to the state house to look for rooms 245 | and 435. He said he went there at 6 p. m. and found both rooms quite. At 7:30 he returned with Chardon and |- then saw the first evidence of a party. He said he and Chardon saw five men in_the corridor and the five met another who addressed one of the group as ‘Senator.” The senator asked' the sixth where he was going | and he said to room 446 where “there’s a party on.” Holt said he followed and when the door opened FLIERS AWAITING LEARING WEATHER Friendship Plane Will Take Of Today if Possible OTHER AVIATORS ANXIOUS Mabel Boll and Thea Rasche Both Hope to be Able to Start For Europe as Soon as Miss Earhart— Three Cornered Race in Sight. Trepassey, N, F., June 6 (P)—Last minute preparations for the attempt of the monoplane Friendship to cross the Atlantic were made today. |Only a strong wind from the north- west delayed the start. The three filers, Miss Amelia Ear- hart, Wilmer Stultz, pilot, and Louis | Gordori, mechanic, had a good sigep |last night and awoke with renewed determination to get away as soon |as a moderation or shift of the wind |should make it safe to try to lift |the plane with its heavy load of gas- {oline from the harbor and head it out over the ocean. Early in thy {forenoon Stultz and Gordon wenf {out to the plane. Although the. refuelling was thought to have been completed yes- terday they decided to put a little |more gasoline aboard. They attend- |ed also to o few other . details of final preparations. Miss Earhart did not go to the plane with them at that time. The sky was clear and the fliers were hopeful that the start could be made some time today. i { | New York, June 6 (A—With Miss Amelia Earhart delayed at Tre- passey, N. F., by unfavorable wifid for her take-off for Europe in the monoplane Friendship. two other women were pushing plans here for transatlantic flights. The monoplane Columbia, in {which Charles Levine and Clarence |Chamberlin flew to Germany last year, was reported ready for the ocean flight Miss Mabel Boll 1is planning and Miss Thea Rasche, the German aviatrix, received from its builders the Bellanca plane which she hopes to fly to Germany. Miss Reil Elated Miss Boll was elated when she learned that the take-off of the Friendship had been delayed. “That's good news for me. May- be T'll be first after all” she said. There were still several matters [for her to settle, {she could start her ocean attempt. !She has not definitely chosen a pi- |1ot, although Charles Le Boutillicr, British war flier, had been men- tioned, and Levine, owner of the | Columbia, sald the plane was mot vet ready despite the report of T. Harold “Doc” Kinkade, Wright motor expert, that it was all set for Miss Rasche was not rushing her preparations. “Not later than July (Continued on Page 11.) BLAZE DESTROYS OLD- | LANDMARK IN BRISTOL Sherman Scoville House Was Built More Than 200 Years Ago (Special to the Herald) Bristol, June 6. — Fire, which broke out at 11:30 o'clock last night, completely destroyed the old Sher- man Scoville house located on the cross road leading from Hill street at the foot of Johnnycake Moun- tain to Lampson's Corners on thol Bristol-Burlington road in the town | of Burlingtor. The house, which was | the only one on the street, was one of the first built in that section and at least 200 years old. It was re- cently sold, together with a large tract of farm property by Carmella Loquidice to the New Britain water department. . Loquidice, who was given permis- sion to remain on the farm for the summer, and his young son had a narrow escape from suffocation. The father was awakened by the smell of smoke and after several attempts managed to stagger outside with the | boy in his arms. Mrs. Loquidice was | not at home at the time, having for the past few weeks been undergoing ! treatment at a Waterbury hospital. She was expected home today. Neighbors, attracted by the flames, arrived too late to save the house or any of the furniture and devoted their efforts to saving near- by barns and sheds. The origin of | the fire is unknown. AGED CODPLE OYERCOME Bridgeport Woman, 70, Killed By Gas While Husband, 85, is in! Bridgeport, June 6 (#—Gaspare Leone, 85, who was found uncon- scious from gas inhalation at his home yesterday afternoon was in a critical condition at St. Vincent's | hospital today, with chances for re- | covery very poor, according to phy- sicians. Mrs. Marie Leone, 70, his wife, was found dead and the house was filled with iluminating was which had escaped from a gas stove. The gas came through a quarter- meter, and had stopped flowing be- fore the tragedy was discovered by Mras. Francesco Fillone, who occu- pled the apartment underneath that of the aged couple. Medical Examiner De Luca made Fortin of Ottawa gave police the clue. (Continued on Page 15.) an examination and stated that the poisoning was accidental. in: however, before | the ocean flight. | Brewery Clerk Wins $625,000 on Derby London, June 6 P—Miss Helm a clerk for a brewers firm in Barrow in Furness won the £125,- 000 (approximately $625,000) prize as the holder of Felstead's ticket in the Stock Exchange éweepstakes on today's derby. DERBY 15 WON BY ARANK OUTSIDER Felstead, 33 to 1 Shot Romps in Yictorious BIG CROWD AT RACE —_— 148th Running Over Epsom Downs Course Finds WHorses in First Three Places at Big Odds— $15,000,000 in Bets, Epsom, Eng, June 6 (#—Dupli- cating the victory of his sire Spion Kop, Felstead, a rank outsidér at 38 to 1, captured the historic English Derby at Epsom Downs today lead- {ing in a field of nineteen horses over the famous mile and a half course, Flamingo, quoted at 9 to 2, was second a length and a half behind {the winner, while Black ®atch, quoted at 33 to 1, was third six lengths behind Flamingo. 148th Running. It was the 14Sth running of the great English classic and the usual great crowd of English racing en- thusiasts was on hand at the course, some of the spectators hav- ting waited 24 hours for favorable positions, Feltsead, a bay ‘colt by Spion Kop out of Felkington, s owned by Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen. | The tapes were broken three times before the field got away for a good |start except for Royal Crusader which was left behind. | Flamingo, which was the second ! choice for the derby, led all the way to Tattenham corner. Sunny Trace, which also was among the favorites, pressed hard, but at the last quarter Felstead drew ahead and led the rest of the way winhing fairly easi- ly by a length and a half, Record Time The official time was two min- lutes 34 2-5 secondw, equalling the record made last year by Call Boy. { Fairway, owned by Lord Derby and the favorite over the rest of the field, was never up in front during the entire race and didn't threaten /the leaders. King Goes on Foot So great was the crush of spec- |tators that King George and Queen Mary had difficulty in getting to the royal box and had to leave their automobile and make their way through the crowds on foot to the doorway leading to their stand. The Prince of Wales, with two big bobbies had to fight his way through the throng to reach the royal party while the Duchess of York needed the assistance of the duke to squeeze through the great jam of people. Huge erowds thronged the course to witness the running of the great English classic.. 8ome of the thous- ands that eagerly watched the ho: es thundering down the stretch had spent 24 hours campedd out in Gypsy fashion, Virtually everyone had a bet, small or large, on the race, and at last £3,000,000 or about $16,000,000 will change hands in wages or sweepstakes. The Calcutta sweep- stake alone, the largest of the Brit- ish sweeps, was worth more than $1,000,000 to the winning ticket. There was a drizzle for an hour before the race, but the skies later cleared. 100 Special Trains By noon more than a hundred special trains had left Victoria and Charing Cross stations and electric trains were leaving London bridge station eevry few minutes. Trainloads of racing fans came from the west and north of Eng- land. WHO'S GOT TICKE? Somewhere There's a Lottery Stub that Calls For $1,310,000 as Re- sult of Derby Race Today. \ London, Juhe 6 (A —Somebody somewhere is holding a slip of paper worth £262,000 (approximately $1,- 310,000) by reason of Felsted's der- by victory. This is the first prize in the Calcutta Sweepstakes. The holder of the titket has not yet been discovered. Flamingo's number is held by a Calcutta syndicate, will pay £131,000 ($655,000) while £65,000 ($325,000) will go into the pocket of the per- ~ son holding the ticket on Black Watch, who finished third in the classic. This lucky one as yet is nameless. John Flexman, of London who drew Fairway, the favorite, in the stock exchange sweep, is not down hearted. He sold half his ticket, which cost him £1 for £16,000, and one-eighth of the=ticket for £4,000 before the big race, yith this £20,- 000, in addition to the few “quid” he gets from Fairway’s participation, Flexman seemed quite content this afternoon. NO TRACE OF LOST EXPEDITION FOUND {Two Relief Parties Fail to Sight Dirigible Italia Chasseurs Hunting Nobile's Party on Foot Not Heard From in Week ~—Lieut. Holm Makes Flight Over Arctic Wastes in Vain, Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, June 6 () —Two expeditions searching north- ern Spitzbergen for the missing diri- gible Italia have found no trace of it. The ice breaker Braganza, which today was off North Cape, northeast land, found no clue to the fate of Gen, Umberto Nobile and his crew along the northern coast of west Spitzbergen. This region had long been held a likely place to hunt for the Italia. The ship reported that it had found messages indicating that an- other expedition seeking the Italia had been unsuccessful. This expe- dition of four Alpinists guided by a hunter named Kremer took an east- erly course overland from Kings Bay. Othel' wide territory will be ex- plored by Captain Sora and four Al- pine troops which were landed by the Braganza on New Friesland. This peninsular separates Widje Fjord from Hinlopen Strait. The sealer Hobby with Lieutenant Luetzow-Holm and his seaplane aboard today was off Biscaya Hook, the west point of the entrance to Broad bay, a shallow indentation on the north coast of West Spitzbergen. It was understood that the vesse would try to get farther east. Since she carries no wircless reports of her researches were scant, Reports from Russia that wireless message had been picked up from the Italia stating that she had landed on Franz Josef land {with much skepticism at Kings bay Isince it was generally accepted here that the airship was not blown that far east. Holm Makes Flight Oslo, Norway, June 6 (P —Ad- vices from Spitzbergen today said that Lieutenant Luetzow-Holm, Nor- {weglan flier, had made one flight {in search of the missing dirigible Italla and found nothing. Holm, the first flier to try to find the tlalia from the air, operated from the seal- ing ship Hobby now off northern coast of West Spitzbergen. 8 Searchers Missing Aboard the Steamship Hobby, rear fpitzbergen, June €.—(Copy- grew today for cight chasseurs who have not been heard from since they were landed on the coast of Spitz- (Continuad on Page 11.) HOOVER SPENDS MORE THAN ALL COMBINED Campaign of Secretary More Expensive Than All Other Candidates Washington, June 6 (UP)—The presidential campaign of Secretary of Commerce Hoover has cost more than the combined totals of all oth- er candidates in both parties, ac- cording to tabulations submitted to the senate campaign investigaling fgommittee by its accountant, According to the official figures, Hoover campaign managers have re- ceived $339,028 and spent $380,822. Governor Smith of New York is second, having received $120,911 and expended $121,471. Other expenditures follows: Candidates Received Spent Lowden ....... $68,123 $60,922 Watson ....... 35851 36,472 Reed . 41.430 Walsh . Goff Willis Hu.l . Pomerene . Curtis .....o000 George Hitchedek Dawes ... Norris none Totals, including Hoover and 8mith, received $683,003, spent $731,087. PORTERS 10 STRIKE Sleeping Car Employes Decide that They Will Stage Walkout on June 8. Nation-wide New York, June 6 (#—A nation- wide strike of members of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por- ters, on Pullman company property. to start on June 8, was declared today in a call issued by the union strike committee. The strike vote was taken among members of the union early in “No,” he sald, “I am not going to Monte Carlo.” T o —— THE WEATHER !fi Britain and vicinity: Rain tomight and possibly Thursday morning; warmer, April, and the present call, accord- ing to General Organizer A. Philip Randolph, was issued because the Pullman company had refused to negotiate with representatives of the union. Randolph stated that the porters now receive $72.50 for almost 400 hours work a month, and the mem- bers seek a wage of $150 for a 240 hour month, o1 | énvironment in which one's lot met | right 1928, by United Press)—Fears DETROIT NEWS ROCKEFELLER RAPS NDOLENT STUDENT Better to Get Job Than 6o fo Gollege TALKS ON EDUCATION Delivers Commencement Address At Fisk University, Negro College in Tennessee — Tells His Idea of Knowledge, Nashville, Tenn., June 6 ¥—John D. Rockefeller, Jr., expressed the opinion in a commencement ad- dress at Fisk university today that large numbers of boys and girls who rush off to the colleges would in all probability make more of their lives if they went into some useful occu- pation in their home town, Not An Education “For after all,” he said. *“Just 6pending so many years in school or college does not necessarily mean one has gotten an education. On the contrary, during that period one (may simply have formed habits of indolence, acquired an unwarranted sense of superiority, or become dis- satisfied with the circumstances and H 1s jcast and in which one is fitted by |patural endowment to live.” Education, Mr. Rockefeller be- lieved, should fit one to lead a use- +ful, well-rounded life, but he thought it failed of its full purpose unless it fits the individual to live such a life in the environment in which he finds himself. “It is easy to say how useful and | well-rounded a life we would live it | We were somewhere else,” he said. “but education’s problem is to fit us to live that kind of life where we jare. Wherever our lot is cust,” Gives Out List Mr. Rockefeller gave the follow- |ing list of what he considered not | to be the purpose of education: To |cram the mind with dates, jacts and | igures; to make shrewd lawyers Wwhose chief aim s to make momey; to turn out doctors who reckon their success in dollars; to train teachers who think of their profes- slon simply as a way of making a | living; to fit men for a business life that is sharp, slick, shady; to make | artisans and agriculturalists whose interest centers in even shorter hours, maximum pay, minimum out- put. {to put up his hands. PRICE THREE CENTS OFFICES ARE HELD UP AND PAYROLL IS | STOLEN BY BOLD BANDITS EIGHT SEARCHERS MISSING| Six or Seven Men, Arm- ed With Revolvers and Sawed-off Shotguns, Stage “Wild West” Thriller in Business Section. Cash Totalling $63,000 Is Taken But Some of It Is Lost in Flight—One Po- liceman Probably Fatally Wounded. Detroit, June 6 P—Six or seven men armed with revolvers and saw- ed off shotguns held up the business offices of the Detroit News in “wild west” style shortly after 11 o'clock this morning and escaped with a greater part of the newspaper's pay- roll after wounding two officers, one probably fatally, The payroll amounted to approxi- mately $65,000 but the robbers dropped some of the money fn es- caping. The amount obtained was not determined pending a check up. More than 150 employes, many of them girls and women, were working at their desks in the business offices on the second floor of the building when the robbers entered. Jumping up on a counter, one of them shouted orders for everyone Two other robbers vaulted over a2n eight-foot partition around the cashier's eage, covered the four men inside and be- &an scooping up the money. About that time a girl employe standing near a wall reached up to pull o fire alarm and the ribber standing on the counter promptly fired two shots at her, both of which lodged in the wall. The shots attracted other em- ployes who rusjd into second fioor hallwty and the: T8, be- {coming nervous, started to leave. They had not obtained all the money in the cashier's office and dropped some of their loot as they raced downstairs and out of the building and jumped in a waiting au- tomoblle. Patrolman Craig was shot'in the foot as he and other po- licemen opened fire on the robbers in Lafayette boulevard as they dis- appeared in the heavy traffie. MOTOR LAW TEST CASE ON HIGH COURT DOCKET “Driver” At Wheel of Powerless Car Without Plates Scheduled For Hearing A test case to determine whether a towed car is being “‘operated” Wwhen a man is sitting at the wheel steering it, and whether a vehicle being used under those conditions must be registered, will be tried out this afternoon in superfor court with State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn prosecuting and Attorney Thomas F. McDonough defending Fred Schwarm, whose arrest by a state policeman in Newington, brought about the test case. Schwarm, a local man, was at the wheel of the towed car, which was minus gasoline, spark plugs and oth- er essentials to self-locomotion when he was placed under arrest under a ruling made by the motor vehicle department that the automobile was being *“‘operated” within the meaning of the statute. The purpose of the trial is to fix the law as a precedent for future cases, In the event of a successful | prosecution no penalty will be im- posed, it has been' agreed. KLAN LEAVES TRIBUTE Places Floral Offering on Statue of Nathan Hale in Morgan Memorial Yard in Hartford, Hartford, June 6 (#—Represen- tatives, apparently of the Nathan Hale Kian, No. 15, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, realm of New Jer- sey (Dover, N. J.) this morning dec- orated the statue of Nathan Hale that stands in front of the Morgan Memorial on Main street. The dec- oration consisted of a small bunch of peonies tied with a ribbon to which a card with the following in- scription was attached: “In loving memory and appreclation of the |supreme sacrifice you made for our I country on this the anniversary of jyour birth. Nathan Hale Klan, No. and American Krusaders, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, realm of New Jersey, (Dover, N. J.)" . Nathan Hale was born in Coven- try, Conn., on June 6, 1755. INJURIES PROVE FATAL Derby, June ¢ UP—8tephen Joyce of 848 Congress avenue, New Haven, driver of the automobile which was wrecked on the New Haven-Derby turnpike Sunday. night, died in Griffin hospital today. Joyce's car plunged 20 feet down an embankment. Three others in the car wers injured. KELLOGG RECEIVES PRESENT FROM ITALY Accepts for U. S.‘Repm- dueflonll of “Fountain of Seahorses” Philadelphia, June ¢ UP—A gitt of Italy to the United States, a re- production of the “Fountain of 8eahorses,” was accepted by Secre- tary Kellogg today on the occasion of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the declaration of American in- dependence. “It would be difficult perhaps, to devise a gift mnore suited to the oc- casion or more expressive of the spirit and the external manifesta- tions which have made Italy truly the mountain-head of art for cen- turies among the nations of the world,” Secretary Kellogg said. “Since the very earliest times we find art woven like a golden thread through the history of the life and attainments of the great race in- habiting the Italian peninsula. Hence, it is fitting that the Italian government should have chosen to send us as its gift a visible reminder of one of the salient characteristics of the race—a genius which has never failed through endless wars and the final great struggle for liberty and national unity, ® ® @ Jt is most gratifying that this gift, in- spired by the noble sentiment of sister nation, should commemorate the 150th anniversary of our inde- pendence; the vear that saw the birth of the first constitutional representative democrative democra- ¢y which was to exert such an in- fluence upon the world. * “It is likewise appropriate that this enduring and graceful reminder of the bonds of friendship which unite the two countries should have been erected in this city of Phila- delphia, where our declaration of independence was signed by a few chosen spiritsa willing to stake their possessions and their lives, not only for themselves, but for their fellow citizens and for posterity. “It gives me pleasure to be pres- ent here today «s a representative of the president of the United States to accept this memorable gift on be- half of the government and people of the United States and to express to his excellency, the Italian am- bassador, as representative of the Italian government, their sincere gratitude and appreciation.” The original “Fountaia of Sea- horses” is in the celebrated Borghes Gardens in Rome and was the work of a sculptor of the school of Gio- vanni Lorenzo Bernini, a celebrated Neapolitan sculptor of the 17th een- tury.