New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1928, Page 1

- By Associated Press News of the World ESTABLISHED 1870 TWO MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS WON BY YANKS IN MAJOR EVENTS AT OLYMPIC EVENTS Caforsin Eight-Oured EXANINERS HUNT Crow Captars B {35 () Ribbon Event From Thames Rowing Club Eight Insurance Oficials Prob- By Three-Quarters of ! ing St. Louis Company Length. L0SS IS NOT EXPLAINED Doubles Scullers From U, |Stockholders Ask Federal Court to S. Also Win—Myers De-| "t Ther feated by Pearce—Borg President, Roy Toombs, From Disposing of Inter- national Life Stock. Dodges Clash With| st Louis Auz. 10 ®—The an. Isence of $3,600,000 from the assets Weissmuller. of the International Life Insuran company unexplained by s presi- dent, Roy C. Toombs, Chicago, oc- |cupied the attention of eight insur- lance examiners here today. Sloten, Holland, Aug. 10 (P— Olympic rowing champions Are Investigating crowned today in the finals in The meeting of the commission- the seven classes are: |ers was another step in the investi- Eight oared shells—United |gation of the company, for which States (University of Califor- |receivership was asked yesterday by nia.) |two of its stockholders, Mas: Wil- Double sculls—United States |son, St. Louis, founder of the (Charles Mcllvaine and Paul |pany, and C. P. Long, of Tupelo, Costello, Penn. A. C., Philadel- Miss. In their petition, the two phia.) stockholders asked the federal court Single sculls—Bob Pearce, |to restrain Toombs from disposing Australia. of any stock of the International Fours with coxswain—Italy. Life; to order the restoration of the Fours without coxswain — missing sccurities, and to prevent England. reorganization or reinsurance of the Pairs without coxswain—Ger- | company until a thorough examina- many. tion is made Pairs with coxswain—Switz- Today was the date set by the erland. eight commissioners for Toombs to appear and produce the securitics. His attorney, Walter K. Chorn, of Kansas city, said, however, that Toombs was not able to be present Sloten, Holland, Aug. 10 (A—The University of California eight-oared crew won the blue ribbon event of the Olympic row'ng regatta for the |but would arrive in time for the United States today, defeating the|meeting of the International Life English eight in the final for the |stockholders Monday. world championship. California's To Issue Statement {ime was six minutes 3 1-5 seconds. | In Chicago last night Toombs The Golden Bears' margin of vic- |again promised to iswe a statcment tory over the expericnced ‘Thames [today which would “clear up ev- Rowing «'ub crew from London was |erything,” according to an official of three quarters of a length. the Toombs and Daly comnapy of < Chicago, of which Toombs is head. Holds Lead All Way s n|The official said Toombs expected Californla took the lead early In |y roceive the report of the bank ‘heAtmzC:n “dqhem"‘,: ":Iro‘wh: ere | examiners today, and atter time for Gt ol °r® |analysls of the situation would level with both cights hitting a high ‘mak’& e s beat. At 500 the Californians wers e b Eite @ quarter of & length ahead and the | yyoan ey ™y margin was slightly,more than Wis | g5 4, Baker of Missouri the in- &t 1,000 meters, the half-way point. | yigstigation of the company proceed- At 1,500, the Golden Bears lod by |eq today under the dircetion of Rob- one length and the furious British ert E. Daly, actuary and acting stretch drive could get back only & |commissioner of the state insurance quarter-length of this. department. A Glorious Climax In the receivership suit brought vesterday, Toombs was charged with The victory was a glorious climax |3 . to one of the most remarkable row- | lll€gally disposing of 12,000 shares of the International Life to the souri State Life Insurance company n fo transfer the business of his company to the State for one-third its ing campaigns any crew ever waged as it meant the completion of the Californian’s season without a sin- gle defeat although opposed by the greatest aggregations of America and Europe. It left them supreme and unquestioned as the rowing champions of the world in their | nfiggouri state, said the Missouri class and kept the Yankee BUring|giato had never owned any stock in of efght-oared victories in the Olym- | o International Life. pics unbroken. The Naval Academy | Toombs, 41-year-old former tele- crew won for Uncle Sam in 1920 | gruph operator, who left the Kan- at Antwerp and Yale at Paris in s prairies 13 years ago to scck his 1924 but neither more impressively | fortune in the Chicago money mar- Ket, obtained control of the Inter- national Life last September by pay- ing $3,200,000, which, he made known, He obtained in the ¢ The present investigation is said to have disclosed thut shortly after gaining control he withdrew $450,- 000 in cash and that within three months had obtained $2,900,000 and to date had taken out a total of $3,500,000. asse Missouri value. Makes Denial Hillman Taylor, president of the (Continued on Page 19) $10,000 FROM TAXES TO DEFRAY EXPENSES Statutes Permit Use of Funds for Such as Me- morial Dedication 0 Securities Sent Last December 31, the Interna- tional Life financial statement which is demanded by states where it does business, sho that date of B ties from Toombs and Daly hous , the Chi- of which Tpon being informed by Assistant (280 investment Corporation Counsel Mortimer & Camp that state statutes permit of | ' tax money being expended for pub- lic exercises such as the dedication | of the World War memorial, the | finance committce last night voted to recommend that $10,000 be set | Wheat Prices Plunge aside. ik = Chairman E. F. Hall of the finance | Do‘?_““!fildw“\l\ldlf‘f committee had expressed a belief | Chicago. —Aus. —Whea that the statute was not broad |Prices plunged wildly downward to- enough, but his Interpretation was [42¥ as soon as the market opencd, questioned Dby Charles I° Smith, iPitial trades being as much as chairman of the board of directors |° 9-5¢ & "““""',IY‘I"";", :{"f""";“: of Landers, Frary & Clark, and for- | C108ing figur he break in values mer committeeman, The question |I¢SUled chiefly from the fuct that :;,':,‘:;f,,‘,’f;",‘f:; ,‘:;';“"“”"‘e" to the | uch Jarger than expected. 4 s % News that the Liverpool wheat lariyor el was In the stute 16~ |;yirket was demoralized because of B e wrinb R ;’e"‘ezfmfi,’:;‘ the American government report erection of memorials, ete.; ware'.gf‘r'i"d"‘i, e f:;:‘:flflhf'h}‘,‘:\“':"";‘g "“‘“"‘d]' “’.”" i l“"; :‘,:5 ‘;""“"'j“"d“'g:“mcn signalized the beginning of B e b ot of e ot fthe trade in Chicago a tremendous e 3 - Irush of selling set in. The interpretation placed on the law | bogry S IE ot e et by ,\lr,"l,ampf r':neve:dg;::tznr;-l:;' limits in order to stop losses were committee of the a conducting a campaign for public subscriptions, a drive which, in his expressed opinion, might be unsuc- cessful in view 0f present economic conditions. Tfe $8.000 now in the emergency fund will be drawn and money which is to be paid the city by the state may also be used to meet the costs. Chairmen of sub-committees |tc 6:39 p. m., eastern standard time, who have conferred with Senator |Raturday, for opening the broadcast Hall estimate their needs at $8,000. |of the Hoover A few of the chairmen have not monies at Palo Alto, Calif., was an- | completed their budgets, and to|nounced today. Previous plans| cover these an additional $2,000 has |called for the start of the broadcast been included. at 7 o'clock. 8 the belief that no such sccur- Chi- tional Life here, by Tooml's ago investment honse, Corn plunged down with wheat. All new crops deliveries of corn went quickly under the lowest previous level this season. Change Announced in Hoover Broadcasting New York, Aug. 10 (#—A change com- | i) order of Gov. Mis- | 1. | Toombs is head. Examiners now ex- ities were ever sent to the Interna- | | W Standing | automatically forced into operation. | notification cere- | EW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1928 —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. SMITH IN CHICAGO T0 HONOR BRENNAN | Nominee Rushed From Station to l Dead Man's Home |Is Backing Up More Than a Thousand Acres of Water — Which If Released Will Inundate Part of the EGETS NO DEMONSTRATION Town and Also the Village of Yankeetown. Dam At Inglis, Fla., Said To Be Endangered By Rising Waters Of The Withlacoochee North Of Tampa| tropical disturb- ance central last night over an area | Met by Crowd Because of Being Lake Okeechobee region beginning |just south of the waters between | |to subside, & new threat left by | Haiti and Cuba, 500 to 600 miles on a Miss of Sorrow—Sev | 5 = Hission W—Several | the storm in Florida arose today at |southeast of Florida, and heading | Inglis, a emall community some 70 |West-northwest. While its course = | miles north of Tampa near the west | Was problematical, the general di- | (.hl(ugf), Aug. 10 W)v—Governorl(oas'v where the Florida Power |rection of the hurricane, which was | Alfred E. Smith of New York and & | Corporation's large dam was report. |$3id by the Washington weather bu- |party of castern democratic lead- |¢q endangered by rapidly rising wa. |Te8u to be gaining in intensity, ap- ers arrived in Chicago at 10:22 &.|ters of the Withlacoochee river. | Peared to point in the general direc- £ Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 10 UP— | gress of another Nominee Requests His Train Be Not | witn menacing flood waters in the Hundred at Station, m. today to pay their final respects| he dam, which ordinarily forml““on of Cuba, rather than the ! to George E. Brennan, the late |a large lake, was backing more than | B32hamas. | democratic chieftain of Illinois, &t |, thousand acres of water from the | Tucsday’s storm was reported | 18 fupsral s Thelr train, the | torrential rains which accompanied | 871y today from Mobile to have | Twentieth Century Limited, pulled |the tropical hurricane. | dissipated itself In the Gulf of Mex- into the station minutes ahead | although somewhat 0 The dam is located about 18 miles | €0 heayy |85 Gehsaule, | from the mouth of the river and the | Vinds were blowing In toward the | | Several Hundred There gulf, and it was said that if it gave SUlf states. | Despite the carly arrival of the way a small part of Inglis would | The National Red Cross and local Itrain, a crowd of several hundred | pe jnundated by the waters. Yankee- Telief agencies already had taken a | people were gathered at the station | town, an even smaller community at | hand in the }(e_ greet the presidential nominee. | 1he mouth of the river, would be di. | 1eft by the hurricane when H. C.| | With less than three hours 1o spend | rectly in the path of the water, a |Hull. residing just west of Jupiter | in the city before entraining for the | resident of Inglis said. lon the east coast, reported dis- cast, Governor Smith did not linger | Meanwhile with clear skies last | tressing conditions in the sparscly | in the depot to exchange greetings, |night and by bright sunshine today |Settled rich farming country east of but was taken dircetly to an auto- | which followed almost 36 hours of |lake Okeechobee. His information, | mobile with his associates and a | constant heavy rain, reports were | however, concentrated attention on | group of newspapermen who had and immediately food : | received from Okeechobee that flood |that area, {accompanied him from Albany. | waters which had cut off that town |and roofing material was dispatch- | Because of the nature of the occa- | completely by rail and highway and | ed. Last night 100 persons sion there was little demonstration. | submerged a 25 mile stretch of rich | homes had been flooded and who | t Hurries Away |faming lands eastward to Fort |were cut off from the nearest city | The party Pierce on the coast began receding | had been fed. | whose | was immediately hur- ried away in automobiles to the | this morning at 6 o'clock. Brennan home, where a few of the Meanwhile the state eyed the pro- (Continued on Page 19) Imost intimate friends of the dead leader were to join members of his | family in private services. The pub- | lic rites in Our Lady of Mount Car- | imel church were to begin within | the hour. T Hours in City I Less than three hours were allow- | ed the governor in Chicago between | the arrival of his train and its start | on the TRY T0 SEPARATE ‘SIANESE' THINS, fic oot o st i 1o'so 1o Bt Are Badly Damaged and Sisters in New York for Deli-' Jrennan home or the short g P e nd then ve our| - Beached on Gallup's Island cate Operation LI UL, NONE REPORTED LOST HAS NEVER BEEN DONE the governor's accompanying the funeral party to the cemete | | At Gov. Smith's insistence, every | Excursion Stcamer Nantasket and precaution was taken to prevent | any demonstration in his behalf dyg.| TW0 Masted Fisherman Isabelle | Parker Come Togcther While Pro- Doctors Studying Case of Holyoke, | Mass., Giris To Sec If It Is Wise | to Attempt Cutiing Them from | Each Other. |ing the brict hours he was to be'y <‘L‘mcnxro Hls mission, he explained, | |was one of sorrow, and he m.uesur' ceeding in Dense Fog. led that Chicago party leaders assist| 5 him in making his visit as unosten- | Boston, Aug. 10.(UP)—The ex-, tatious as possible, |cursion steamer Nantasket and t New York, Aug. 10 (UP)—On a/| wide bed in West Park hospital to- Bl Datcated two-masted fisherman Isabelle Park- | g, o€ yor 1B FE RTE RRRIL 10 The desire of the family to have |¢f collided in Boston harbor today. |y i ™ AR SHarREER, GIOb A7 wple funcral services was de-| BOth vessels were badly damaged | the report of a scientific observation which may result in an operation to free them from each other. Might Marry Dr. Francis P. Weston, the sur- geon who has undertaken this ug- | use of the but were beached at Gallup's Island numbers of | With the aid of the quarantine boat [ friends and political associates of Waterhouse. { Mr. Brennan that they be permitted | None Lost | |10 show their respect and sorrow at| There was no loss of life and no | the passing of the party chieftain, |one was reported injured. The ac-1,.,. cose geclined to confirm re. sides Gov. Smith there ware cident occurred while the ! \.«lu:;.]pm SR e e many prominent figures in national |operated by the Nantasket Beach |y (O € PRET BOTE SOR democratic circles here for the Steamboat company between Boston |y ¥ FH T I apart so that one of | serviees. Several lvaders from the [and Nantasket Beach, was en route |y @ (0 b BRI IS UL one B | cast, including representatives from | from Boston to Pemberton. There |y 6" o1a™ e t'niteq Pross, how. A A e lllinois de- | were no passengers aboard but W | TIHGR (B EIE ERTE Fress howe | ed in large part bec expression of mocracy was largely represented. |lives of 20 members of the crew CiCh U6 BT RS ST 8 Ehe The building, offices of the were imperilled. was considering the advisability of suni district and the city hall| The Parker carrled & erew of "o bcavion to separate them. were closed. Sl | “I do not care to comment exten- A ments called for Gov. (Continued on Pae 19) {sively on this,” Dr. Weston said. “It | Smith’s prosence at the Brennan | }is a delicate matter and does not {concern the public. The girls are ioined together and It may be pos- | for him at a hotel near the Bren. stble to scparate them. That is all nan residence so that he might meet GIYEN HONOR IN “‘ALY‘; can sa i party leaders briefly in time per- aEY Only Ones In Country | o, | Extra police were detailed to the Sheridan road neighborhood in i . Mary and Margaret are the daugh- | Miss Angela Lacava First Woman |io.5 of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gibb | s Flr ' YEAR %2, | Nominee Cele, “2 %, ay To- 7 0% FIT AND EAGER . . FIGHT Will Deliver Opening Gun of Battle | Tomorrow When He Makes fllsl Acceptance Address in Stanford's Football Stadium, Stanford University, C: Aug. 10 (M—Herbert Hoover came to the fifty-fourth milestone ot life today on the eve of embarking upon t greatest adventure of his colorful HOP®™ - *NTERING ‘wm » \ T to in tl stra x;mm‘ as good sime he i Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Aug. dth .... 14,643 PRICE THREE CENTS IS KILLED BY AUTO. TEGANER OF FARMINGTON AVENUE AND MILLER STREET FOLLOW SWEDEN 1§ HAPGOOD'S ADVICE {Author Declares Scandinavian| Country Has Real Temperance | of the United States | Eoreeremtne quest of e presaency TALKS AT WILLIAMSTOWN The birthday anniversary found 3 | the republican nominee fit and eager Blographer of Smith Declares To In- | for the pre-election fight and b celebrated it by discussing polic: and strategy with his chict politi lieutenants, and receiving reports to the progress in perfecting the survey of conditions |natiom-wide organization which will| be thrown into action soon in behalf. Walcott To Ata These liteutenants include Dr. Hubert Work, chairman of the re- publican national commit Sena- tor George H. Moses of New Hamp- shire, chairman of the notification committee; Gov. John §. Fisher of Pennsylvania: former Governor Per- cival P. Baxter of Maine, and State Senator Frederick C. Walcott of Connecticut, Dr. Work and Gov. Fisher arrived here late last night and are house guests at the Hoover home. Sena- tor Moses, Baxter and Senator Wal- cott came on from San Francisco, where they arrived yesterday, along with a number of other party ers who are gathering for the noti- fication ceremonies tomorrow in the university stadium. The conference with the nominee brought face to face around the ta- ble Dr. Work and Senator Moses at. odds over campaign matters. Before the meeting Dr. Work said in reply to a question that there had been no differences between them so far as he was concerned, while Sen- ator Moses made a positive denial of the rumors. Hoover set aside a part of morning to do some work on the the | speech he is to deliver at his nirth- place at West Branch, evening of August 21. This now s almost In final form and will be ready for distribu‘ion to newspapers before the candidate leaves here next Wednesday for the return irip to Washington. The only social enga ver had made for his Ia., on"fhe gement Hoo- (Continued on Page 22) PASS MEDICAL EXAMS Bristol Man Also Among Thirty Successful in State Tests John M. Renehan and Walter J. | Blogoslaski of tnis city are among | the 30 out of 36 applicants who have passed the state medical ex- amination conducted recently, ac- cording to Dr. Robert Rowle; secretary of the Connecticut Medi- cal examining board, today. Two 2 |who brought them here where they Feom 1138 4o Frcskle Ose il L0 15 6 0 Sonebred and stildieahy {Dr. Weston. They are sald to be |the only “Siamese Twins” alive who | LA Attorney Angela Lacava, daughter |were born in this country. They are | of Mr. and Mrs. James Lacava of |joined together at the base of the | 26 Hawkins strect has been honored |spine, which in itselt gives indica- NEw JERSEY Wl]MAN ls | with an appointment as honorary |tion of the hazards they would un- | judge at the opening section of a |dergo should they be scparated by | where she is visiting her sister. Siamese twins,” Dr. Weston said, “is a misnomer. It has come to be applied to any two persons who are born joined together at any part of | the body. | which Mr. Brennan lived. (Continned on Page 11.) Italian Court. Three Others Injured in| Bridgeport Auto Acci- dent This Morning Failed So Far | Thus far science has failed in all | attempts to separate persons who are joined by an abnormality liko | |that of Mary and Margaret. In sev- | |eral cases operations have been at- | Bridgeport, ug. 10 (P—Mrs. Ga- dar Sarajian, 65, of 116 Hudson ave- !tempted when one of the twins is nue, Ridgeficld Kk, N. J., was ai- about to die of pneumonia or some | niost instantly “killed and three | |other discase but the operation al- | others were injured about 10:30 ways has resulted in the death of | o'clock @his forenoon when a sedan | {both {inadividy Is. | in which they were travelling to | The Gibb twins received wide pub- Springficld, Mass., crashed into a | | Neity about a vear ago when one | telegraph pole after skidding for \n! them developed a severe cold, about 50 fect on the west pave- | {thus endangering the life of her si ment at Connecticut avenue and ter. At that time it was said that| erman street, this—city. | he driver, Vartan Aslanian, 38, of 1S Bergen avenue, Ridgefield Park; | N. J., is under arrest as a result of the accident. i Mrs. Sarajian was seated in the | |Mary and Marzaret had the same| blood system, and that their emo-| |tions were parallel and that when |both were hungry, food for one| |would destroy the other's apy\e‘tlh‘.; |Save for the union at the base of | ck of the car on the side which | |the spine, however, they have sep-| shed against the pole. She re- | |arate and normal organa. ived severe lacerations of the | Physicians regard an operation to chest and a fractured skull and died |separate them as extremely danger- | before the ambulance could be sum- lous In view of the fact that they ddetbl This honor. it is sald, 1s the first |}, 'y common circulatory system. The injured parties were placed in |to come to an American girl. Ac-| the city ambulance and taken to the | cording to newspaper notice received | 5 - Bridgcport hospital. {by Mr. Lacava, no other American | | | They are Vartan Aslanian, the |girl has ever presided over a court | | WEATHER ‘ who sustained injury to his |in Italy. i 1 right shoulder and minor bruises; | Miss Lacava is a native of this New Britain and vicinity i his wife, Mrs. Parenzen Aslanian, |city and was educated here. She|| gpowers tonizht and Satur- | | who received lacerations of the fore- | was graduated from the New Brit-| | day; cooler Saturday after- | |head and scalp as well as body |ain High school and Boston Univer- | | noon and night. 1| ! bruises; Mrs. Rose Basmajian of 453 |sity. After completion of her educa- | | | Teaneck avenue, Ridgefield Park, N. | tion she was admitted to the bar | #. * | | 3., daughter of the dead woman, and has been associated with the |, - who sustained a fracture of the col- |law office of Kirkham, Cooper, || Il ar bone. Hungerford & Camp. i HAIGH TIDE—AUG. 11 | A seven year old son of the driver, | She has been visiting with her | | —_ | Sorak Aslanian, who was sitting on |sister, Miss Eleanora Lacava, for| | {1 a small’seat {n front of the fatally |several months. It is her plan to | | | injured woman escaped uninjured |return to this city during the latter | | | although he was badly shaken up. |part of September. . * i | —The so-called radical texti failed and the status of four is withheld pending further inquiry by the board. ot who passed are: Henry B. Moyle, Kerchial R. Holt, William H. MacCready, Fred A. Patterson, James 8. Van Leuvan, David L. E rich, Louis M. D'Esopo and Francis W. Brecker, all of Hartford; Ber- nard W. Leonard, Lewis C. Foster, John R. Paul, Donald T. Hughson. Frank Mongrillo and Joscph Ka- lepp, all of New Haven: P. A. Nes- pos, Bristol; John Miller, Green wich; Merrick E. Thomas, Miami, Flori. William F. Wild, Bridge- port; Reinhold F. Herd Stam- ford; John M. Mahe jast Haven, Fritz M. Mcyer, Bridgeport; Thom- as J. Danaher, Thomaston; Robert “aplin, Middle Haddam; James E. Kerrans, Willimantic; Haroll Levy, South Manchester; Milton I. Little, Waterbury; John C. ¢ zella, Meriden, and John S. low, Rocheste rroz- Stanes- Fall River Strikers Return to Their Work River, M Ang. 10 (UP) o mills committee, directing the Fall River | textile strike, suffered a setback fo- day when 150 operatives who walked ) Fall out at the Algonquin mill yesterday returned to work. Aside from this development there was little change in the situation. The only plant now affected by the strike is the American Printing Company, officials of which stated | that the number of men out | dwindled since vesterday, when less than 300 failed to report for work. This company employes about 4,300, | Reckless Driver Jailed | By Hartford Court Judge Hartford, Aug. 10 Fancher. 704 Howard avenue, New Haven, was sent to jail for 15 days and fined $125 and costs for reckless | Fancher's car struck Myra Soule of Fall River, Mass, at Washington and Park streets, on the afternoon of August 6. lead- | who long have been reported to be s |chin were badly cut by stitute of Politics That Vast Ma- jority Must Favor To Make Law | Enforceable. Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 10 UP— The United States has a good exam- ple to follow in Sweden in the mat- ter of liquor control and real tem- perance, Norman Hapgood, editor, | writer and biographer of Gov. Smith [told a geneal conterence of the In- stitute of Politics today. | “Sweden never undertakes to en- | force the idea of a mere majority," | Mr. Hapgood said, “referendums are merely advisory and if 65 per cent |of the Swedish people voted for ab- |solute prohibition tomorrow the leg- |islature would refuse to act on the ground that the percentage was too low to make enforcement possible.” Misuse of Power On the other hand, passage of the eighteenth amendment was describ- {ed as “an example of the majority's misuse of its power by attempting an |impossible control of the minority. | iis attempt is made a far more rious blunder, it might almost be |called a political crime, when the | temporary majority puts its views |into a instrument almost as hard to |change back again as were the la\g; of the Medes ana the Persians,” | Mr. Hapgood continued. “Practi- |cally we have thrown away the es- sence of frec government, which i to keep laws in touch with chang- |ing_opinion.” | The way out of the difficulty, he {believed, was for the rederal gov- ernment to confine its enforcement |activities to distinctly federal field® |and leave to the states elther to carry out, or leave undone, the rest. | Smith Points Way Governor Smith, Mr. Hapgood sald birthday was 'had pointed the way to true enforce- . | ment of the eighteenth amendment }m this country by urging modifica- |tion of the Volstead act to allow the a drink intoxicating. Mr. Hoover's position, e added, had not been made clear but “if he is not much clearer tomorrow, Gov. Smith will force him to be much | |individual states to decide what con- Twu NEw B‘“TAINITES it»m of alcohol they believed made | clearer before the election.” The economic effects of Belglum's policy of semi-prohibition, were told {by Dr. Louis Plerard, of Brussels, |who sald that production had in- |creased in some trades, the people | were drinking less, and accidents |were fewer. “After the war,” he said, “the sale of spirits was prohibited in all pub- lic places; only wine and beer could (Continued on Page 10.) WOMAN SHOT T0 DEATH BY ANGERED WIFE ;‘Lmu-r Gets on Kentucky Train Fir- | ing Two Shots at Girl ‘With Husband Somerset, Ky, Aug. 10 (UP)— Miss Pearl Owen Louisville, was shot to death today by Mrs. Logan Perk Whitely City, Ky., as she was riding on a train with Mrs. Perking' husband. The shooting 100k place as the traln neared Fer- | guson, Ky Mrs. Perking is believed to have hoarded the train at Danville. She d twice at Miss Owen. Before she 3emeen, was able to fire a third shot, Dan conductor of the train, the revolver from her. Perkins was occupying a seat with Miss Owens when Mrs. Perkins ap- pearcd in the aisle and started shooting. wr ' GHILD IS BADLY BITTEN Bristol Youngster Attacked By Dog While Berrying on Johnnycake Mountain, (Special to the Merald) Bristol, Aug. 10—While berrying on the Johnnycake mountains in the town of Burlington Thursday after- noon Arthur Gustafson, young son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Gustafson, of 266 Garden street, Forestville, was attacked by a dog and badly bitten. The animal bit the boy on the up- per part of his nose, splitting it to the bone. His cheek, forehead and the dog's teeth. The wounds were cautherized by Dr. T. M. Kent who later ordered (M —Albert | the removal of the boy to the Bris- | ol hospital. Here he was given the asteur treatment. According to in- formation received the dog was | driving, by Judge John L. Bonee in |Wearing a New Britain tag with the the police court here this morning. | license number 45242. The files at the city clerk’s office show the num- bers given to correspond with the license issued to R. C. Poglitach of 74 Seymour street. | | | | | ing, Mrs. Mary Backiel, 34, of Cabot Street Dies Instantly When Struck By Machine Driven By Andrew Zuder — No Actual Witnesses. Victim Was Returning Home With Noonday Meal When Fatality Oc- curred — Car’s Brakes Faulty, Say Police. Struck by an automobile driven by Andrew Zuder of 91 Farmington avenue, while on her way home from the corner grocery with a basket of food for dinner for her three chil- dren, Mrs. Mary Backiel, wife of Kaetan Backiel of 84 Cabot street was instantly killed shortly after 12 o'clock noon today. Dics in Man's Arms Mrs. Backiel had just left the store owned by W. Zaiko, at the cor- ner of Farmington avenue and Mil- ler streets and was crossing the street toward her home when she was struck by the side of the car & five-passenger sedan driven by Zuder. She was knocked to the street with her head crushed. Mr. Zaiko, who heard the crash rushed into the street and helped to pick up the woman, She gave but one or two mild gasps and died in his arms. The police department was noti- fied about 12:20 o'clock of the acci- dent and Motorcycle Policemen Wil liam 8. Strolls, David Doty and Wil- liam Hayes, Patrol Driver James McCabe and Sergeant George El- linger hurried to the acene. Sur- weant Ellinger and Patrolman Mec- Cabe taking the police patrol. A call to the New Britain General hos- pital brought the ambulance, but the woman was past hospital aid and the ambulance did not stay. Dr. John E. Purney, deputy medi- cal examiner, ordered the body turned over to Undertaker Stanley Barowski. (Continued On Page 25) SALARY TANGLE SEENS EVEN MORE INVOLVED Corporation Counsel Gives Opinions But Mayor Is Not Satisfied Legal guidance in salary matters demanded of Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham by Mayor Paon- essa i& given in a letter received at the mayor's office while he was |away on vacation, and perused by him when he returned to office to- day. The questions cleared up by the opinion are: It was not necessary for the com- mon council to fix the salary of Chairman James J. Watson. Unless there is action by the com- mon council to readjust the salaries of the chairman of the fire and po- lice boards, board of public works, board of compensation and assess- ment ,and members of the latter two boards, they will remain the same as paid their-predecessors; The prosecuting attorneys, etc. having been re-elected, rather than appointed to vacancies, no council action is necessary to fix their sal- aries; The salary of the chairman of the water board will be $1,200 whether the mayor vetoes the council resolu- tion or not, and if it is vetoed no precedent will have been set. All of these questions had been asked of the corporation counsel in a letter in which the mayor de- manded “straightforward statements of law,” and hinted that he would g0 elsewhere for legal advice if the corporation counsel did not furnish him with the information sought. After reading the letter this morn- the mayor was asked to com- ment. He answered that the infor- mation is rot entirely satisfactory. and that he is convinced the corpor- ation counsel made an error but is unwilling to admit it. Judge Kirkham's statement fol- lows:— “Replying to vour letter of July 27, T will state that in my opinion it was and is unnecessary for the common council to again fix the salary of Mr. Watson, the new chairman of the water board, who was elected to flll a vacancy. “The salary of the chairman ef the fire and police boards, of the board of public works, clerk of the fire board, members of the board of public works and of the board of compensation and assessment con- cerning whom you inquire, sre fized by the common council and they are entitled to receive the salaries fixed by ordinance until and unless the council changes the same; wa- (Continued on Page 19) *