New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1928, Page 1

i ESTABLISHED 1870 SITH PREPARING ACCEPTANCE TALK Starts to Work Immediately Upon Return From Chicago 10 LISTEN 70 HOOVER Governor Will Tune in on Radio to Hear What Rival Has to Say in the Stanford Stadium When He Abandons Silence. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 11 (®—At an hour this morning when ordinarily he still would have been sound asleep, Gov, Smith got back to Al- bany from Chicago, where he at- tended the funeral of Brennan, Illinois democratic leader. Contronted with the task of whip- ping his acceptance speech into final form, the George E.| Visits Scenes of Her Youth on 98th Birthday MRS. ANN K. HAGUE democratic presidential | nominee went from the train to the | executive mansion where he plan- ned during the day and over the week-end to apply himself to that job. To Hear Hoover The governor also was expected. with members of his family, to lis- ten in there this evening to the ad- dress of his rival, Herbert Hoover. at the republican nominee's notifi- cation in California. The governor had only begun te tackle the work that piled up dur- ing his recent vacation on Long Is. land when he was called to the mid- | west by Mr. Brennan's death. The governor was prepared today HALE AND HEARTY \Mrs. Hague, Shuitle Meadow Q‘ — \LOOKS BACK ON LONG LIFE Fond of Auto Rides and Wishes She | Mountain Resident, Takes Trip | to hegin in earnest work on his ac- Could Have Airplane Ride—Dis- ceptance address. He has had the general outline of this speech in mind for several weeks and only re- contly found time to begin putting aproves Modern siress of Women —Danced Until More Than 80, it on paper. | A little white haired figure, at- | To Carry Ilinols tired in a trim blue polka dot dress, He returned to the executive man- | sitting in a rocker on a veranda #lon today bearing in mind the as- | overlooking surances of various Tllinois demo-!majestic 1 cratic leaders that he would carry | further grove etudded with tall 's and some distance rden of Mlinois, a hard task in previous years | flowers, towards which the little for a democrat. These assurances|person gazed with eyes that could were given him during his brief | not see too far, yet whose n stay In Chicago, despite his disin-|could reach far back before the ad- clination to discuss politics on the vent of the motor car and other up- game day he had attended the rites | to-date contrivances, was the pic- Hold Meeting to Discuss Argument With Gov- ernor Smith for his staunch supporter. Indica- |ture seen yesterday by a Herald re- tons were that the governor would | porter, when he went to the old devote as much of his time as pos- | Andrews homestead on Shutile sible to resting over the week-end. |Meadow mountain to interview Mrs. During the governor's absence | Mary Ann Kenworthy Hague upon work. has been pushed nearly to|the occasion of her 9Sth hirthday. completion on the great wooden Cheerful and Keen platform covering most of the sev-| Checrful and possessed enty-seven steps at the east entrance |gense of humour rarciy evident even of the capitol, from which his o%n |in persons in the prime of their lives, address of acceptance Will be deliv-| Mrs. Hague has a charming way of ered. |greeting cverybody that might seck | her acquaintance and responds with alertness to any questions that STRAT“N s TRUSTEES | might be asked of her. She will not |only answer the questions but will continue the conversation without MAY Nl“‘ UKE nEBATE heing urged and her ennunciation is lsnmvlhm; to marvel at, with a |clearness that is extraordinary, especially’ for one of her Has Had Good H The diminutive near-cente is in perfect health and has had lit- tle sickness throughout her 9§ years | of existance. A hearty cater, she will |cat most anything and her favorite beverages are coffee and tea, 7 doctors orders, foods New York, Aug. 11 (UP)=TRe| oy 00 " pocome il are kept Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton's board | away from her. Despite her age her of trustees may object to his pro- |mind is alert and until about four posed debate in Calvary Baptist Years ago, when her eight was im- il vtk Governor. Alfred B, r:;fimin.h:.ml"\l abreast of news and Smith, the democratic candidate for Senps Abrenit of Tiwse president. Though handicaped, she manages The subject will be discussed at & 4, ycep in touch with the affairs of meeting of the trustees because Dr. |y " oua theouch her ghter Straton has encountered OPpoSition fnfrq Henry Hague Moore, within his own flock on previous 0C- whom she makes her home. She is casions when unusual 8ervices | gronty interested in the progress of brought wide publicity to the church, [ 4viation and hopes to sce the day | leretofore he has always been "‘“'.whvn transatlantic passage via the | torious. lair route will become a reality. “I feel certain that the trustees | woulq she like to take a ride in an will not permit the church to be lgirplane? Why the mere mention used for this purpose,” said O. M. |of it makes her wish that she might Johnson, one of the trustees. Other |someday have the extreme pleasure members of the board declined 10 | of going up in a plane and whenever talk about the meeting. she has the opportunity to see a The pastor himselt expressed & |plane, her eves will follow it with preference for Madison Square Gar- | keen interest, As it is, den as the scene on the debate In |satisfies herself with frequent auto- which the governor wants to an- mobile rides of which she is ex- swer Dr. Straton’s charges againsttremely fond and occasionally takés his legislative record. Smith, how- |long trips with her relatives and ever, insisted that he be permitted |fricnds. Distance, rate of speed, to reply from the same pulpit from | condition of roads and weather are which he was so severely criticized |the least of her worries and a trip and Dr. Straton has consented. |on a rainy day is just as enjoyabie Dr. Straton is vacationing at his | to her as one on a fair day. summer home on Greenwood lake, where he is receiving a flood of telegrams and letters relative to the projected debate. Telegra have 1o be delivered to his cottage by mes- senger from the post office and there is an extra charge of 25 cents for the delivery. Dr. Straton has to pay that charge. “I wish my friends, ‘said the pas- tor, “that my well wishers would just send thelr communications pre-paid. The family purse was never more stretched than it is now.” One of the letters resignation from the (Continued on Page 14) NEW BRITAIN MEN HELD | Joe Russo and Angelo Domino, Both of This City, Arrested As Rum Runners In New Milford. New Milford, Aug. 11 (®—Acting on a tip, Policemen Andrew J. Near- ing and P. J. McMahon arrested two New Britain men and confiscated 150 gallons of alcohol early this morning t h after bottling up the car in which from Willlam J. Willlams. He de- |, ontraband was being carricd. seribed the attack on GOVernor| “yc\ahon in one automobile pulled 8mith as “outrageous! in ahead of the rum running car 3 e . | while Nearing in another machine Find Toledo Counle cut off cscape from th- rear. Shot in Suicide Pact | In the car were Joe Russc, 24 and Toledo, O.. Aug. 11 (UP)—The Angelo Domino, 23. Domino claimed the load as his but both men were bodles of A young man and a WOMAN | arrested. were found huddled together |hhl. capl ok s K house under constructon in_the . B i section mers today. Botn | Safe in P‘“‘!‘“t‘. had been shot to death and police But Can’t Find Plane belleve the double tragedy was the | Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 11 (P— fulfiliment of a lovers' suicide pact. | Lieut. D. E. Gates, United States Ar- Both the girl and the man had |my aviator, stationed at Mitchell been shot in the temple. An auto- [ Field, N. Y., took to his parachute matic lay near the girl's body. Of-|and landed safely yesterday when ficers sald no marks to ald them in | his engine became disabled while {dentification, were found on thelr | flying over Randolph county yester- clothing. Both werr well dressed.|day. An attempt to find the plane They were about 2% years oid, was without result. brought a congregation ! vari-colored | with a | but for | that might | with | Mrs. Hague | [mam] NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1928 —SIXTEEN PAGES STORM UNGOILING IN THE CAROLINAS (15 Sluggishly Wearing Itself Out After Varied Course \DAM 1§ BELIEVED SAFE Structure at Inglis, Fla, Will Not Coliapse if Flood Gates Opened Officials Declare—Stand- ing By Are | Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 11 ®—The |storm which originated almost & week ago as a tropical hurricane in the Caribbean, was sluggishly | uncoiling itself along the South | Carolina coast today, while parts of |Florida, worst sufferer along a ‘(‘1pnuuu9 path of destruction, still labored under the scourge of tlood waters. In the 19 mile stretch between the Florida Power Corporation's huge dam at Inglis, Fla, and the gulf, 200 familics were evacuating | their homes under a warning that | one of the flood gates of the struc- ture would be lowered late today to avert disaster, Step Necessary Necessity of the'step became ap- parent when lake behind the | dam, burdened by the steadily ris- ing Withlacoochee river, mounted |closer toward the foot of depth between safety and danger. While it was believed ant | charg | dam, relievethe situation be lowered df necessary. by W, Howell, production manager in of the constant watch at the that only one open gate would | all three will | Commander Richard Byrd, The dan- | ger point was between 4 and 5 p.| m. today. >art of the town suffer discomforture undation, it was said, |plant below the dam and major | [plant will be flooded. It was be- lieved that current could be fur- { nished by hooking into other lines territory, however, St e Emerg While the state of Florida gen- crally began to emerge from the discomforture occasioned by the storm still another spot on the east {coast around the north cnd of Lake Okecchobee on the fringe of the Everglades was bearing a heavy burden of flood water. Although | the muddy sheet of water was sub- siding, a road between Okcechobee city and the lake, a few miles south dynamited last night to divert the water from 1,000 fertile acres | west of the town. Already a 30 mile stretch between Okecchobee and the east coast near Jupiter was a solid sheet of slowly receding wa- ter. Local Red Cross officials from ¢ Palm Beach had sent several res- cue expeditions into the area and fod with difficulty a hundred or | more refuge who had been stranded on high ground. No major casualties resulted in the territovy. | alepaiv Roads | Elsewhere in the state highways were being repafred, homes re- roofed and the situation generally was approaching normal. Damage to citrus crops in the rich central area ranged around the 25 per cent mark, in spots although not yet definitely estimated. Along the path of the storm in South Georgia, North Georgia and South Carolina, it was a story of wrecked communication lines, un- roofed homes and potential food conditions. There came reports of seven casualtics, all persons caught in storm flattened homes. | _The storm, which struck Florida | Tuesd morning from the south- (Continued on Page 10) 1 | | THIS WEEK'S AFFAIRS (Y T onbeRsTanD) NEW OR(TAIN \6 xwow AmsrICAN operafed by the corporation in this | | post, American Legion, of which he of Inglis will |is a member. from minor in- | mittee and a power | Ginsburg and Harry | LEGION FAREWELL 'HE LEAVES HOME TODAY | pen and pencil set upon which is | Byrd EIGHT BADLY BURNED IN CHICAGO EXPLOSION One May Die—Fire Foliows Blast of Supposed Bomb—I'our Story Building Wrecked. Chicago, Aug. 11 P—Eight per- sons were burned or injured, one of whom may die, in an early morning fire following an explosion on the south side today. The blast partly | wrecked a four story building and drove fifty persons from their beds. Many were saved from windows and fire escapes by firemen, but several jumped and were injured. Police were investigation to deter- mine whether the blaze might have been caused by a bomb, TO FRANK FRITSON {Make Him Present of Pen and|: Pencil Set Also Sends Invitation to Command.- | er Byrd to Re-Visit New Britain | on His Return, After Exploring | Antarctic Regions. Frank Fritson of 328 South Main stret who left this morning to join the south pole aerial expedition of was sig- | nally honored before his departure | on the adventure by Eddy-Glover | He, through a com- ot Past Commander Harry | Jackson, was | presented Wwith a valuable fountain | engraved his name. The local man leaves with the best wishes of his brother members of the post for a | successful trip. At the same time, been despatched to Commander containing the greetings of | Eddy-Glover post for a successful | expedition over the south pole. The missive recalls the fact that last year Commander Byrd appeared at the Strand theater in this city un- der the auspices of Eddy-Glover post and delivered a lecture des- cribing the perils of his trip over the north pole. The letter congratulates Com- mander Byrd on his cholce of | a letter has Order of Events at The Notification U. 3. SWIMMERS IN Stanford University, Cal. Aug. |11 ®—Here s order of events |]at the Hoover notification cere- monic 12 Noon—Pacitic coast ard time—stadium thrown to public. 2:30 p. m—Salvo of aerial bombs followed by daylight fire- wor stand- n ops Make Runaway Race of 800 Meter Relay Event : {ALSO SETS NEW RECORD |:mimuce ioreroate aying o tnes march across arena and ta places in s inds. Negotiate Distance in 8 Minutes, 36 | 8:45 p. m.—Herbert Hoover, g {| Mrs. Hoover and others in of- 1-5 Seconds—Have Now Won Six | ficial group enter and take place Lk & in speakers’ stand as massed Out of 11 Aquatic Championships bands play “California.” at Olympics—Other Events, 3:55 p. m.—Governor C. C. Young of California calls mecting Amesterdam Stadium, Aug.. 11 ® |to order and introduces chair- —The United States today annexed |man of notification committee another water sport Olympic champ- 4 p. m.—Senator Geor H ionship when the American relay || Moses of New Hampshire, de- team making a runaway race of it |iivers notification captured the finals of the 800 meters 4:10 p. m—M nds play and brought the total of American | «rpe Star Spangled Banner.” held championships 1o six out of e 5 % Hoolarh besins eleven events complel reading his acceptance speech. In winning the race the United States team set a new Olmpic record of nine minutes, 36 1-5 seconds. Clapp Leads Jap Finale—Massed bands play. Austin Clapp led Yoenvama of Ja- pan by three meters when he fin- ished the first 200 meters, s lead ‘Walter increased to ten over Arai of | Japan and Thompson of Canada who | TO ISSUE STATEMENT were racing close 10g n(r { meter mark. George Kojac at w,uu meters passed the race on to Johnny Weismuller with t United 'Uts % Sentles by fittesy wewms, Kol Slaw in Toklo Over Week- having outdistanced hoth End Due to Manchurian | Japan and Ault of Canad 1nhri handsomely. e | Welssmuller's Lead | Crisis Whether Weismuller loafed or | | Takaishi of Japan and Spence of | * Canad were faster swimmers, the| TOKYO, Aug. 11 (A—Premier Ta American tipped the side of the pool aka has abandoned his usual week- | failure t Average Week B :-d-. Aug. 4th . 14,643 PRICE THREE CENTS HOOVER WILL DELIVER HIS ACCEPTANGE SPEECH TODAY IN'PAIA ALTO, CALIFORNIA AT "y ) 27 AUTOISTS ARL.: s m,f:;a ko Be Laid in Football INIERSTAESTATT k' Pl Two Had Failed to File ed Rows of Thousands Proof of Financial | on Thousands of Peo- Responsibility I | ple. For t rst time in the history | of the New Britain police court two . lmen were arrested and fined for|-\Mphitheater Gates Will file proof of financial re- Be Opened at Noon to ponsi in connection with the | uosiip or Grldng of a1 dalees-| Take Care of Vast Num- bile this morning. | John Urbanas, owner of a truck, bers—Airplanes to Circle and Boniface Piendak, 16 years old, were summoned to court by State | Earth Bowl, Policemun George Carey on orders from | Robbin Motor Vehicle Commissioner B. Stoeckle. The boy is but | Stanford University, Cal, Aug. 11 16 years old, and according to law (P —A new pathway, at the end of both he and the owner of the car|which stands the White Houne, was he drives must be insured or in |opened today to Herbert Hoover. some W show proof of financial From the far corners of the na- responsibility. The boy is a licensed |tion, men and women of great and driver 4 sometimes drives his%snull degree came to bid him god- father's car, which is properly reg- istered and complies with the pro- visions of the law. speed upon the journey routed for | him by the republican party. The setting for his official notifi- at the end of the race only meter ahead of the Japanese w was the same distance “anadian. Johnny may seven lend and is remaining in Toyko ow- ho o e ol Mo e It is known that the premier is | The Urbanas truck does not meet all legal requirements and recently | figured in a slight accident. The de- | :ndants were represented by Judge | cation and for the delivery of his first message to the voters of Amer- ica war of his own choosing, here {among t.e hills where he won the | |Capture 400 Yard Relay Frank Fritson of this ¢ty to be a member of his crew and hopes | that the New Britain boy will be of | great assistance in the realization | of his great ambition. In conclusion, the local post ex- | tends to the commander a warm and cordial invitation to return to this city upon his return from the | expedition and tell the public of the | city about the south pole adventure. | Commander Richard E. Byrd, | New York, N. Y. | Dear Commander: Our post has followed with Kr-‘at: interest, your proposed expedition | to the South Pole. Your visit to New Britain last | winter, and your personal contact | with us, makes us feel that you are very close to us. { What is more, you have conferred | a great honor and distinction upon | (Continued on Page 11) concentrating his energics in the preparation of a statement to be issued short This is expected to ving himself for the one hundred meters later in the day. scheduled for Japan's time was 9:41 2.5 and|Present the historical background Canada’s §:47 4-5. Spain which had |0 the Manchurian problem and to aualitied for the finals owing to the |Piead Japaw's claiims regarding & disqualification of Germany and Sprcial “osition there. 1 Members of the government m-~‘ (Lonunun-l on 3 lieve that such a declaration is necessitated by developments i Manchuria the direction of the cri in which Japan may be called upon to act to safeguard interests vital to her national being and by the keen- ness with which the world chancel- | lorm are awaiting Japan's next| ve, some of them critically, Th\, premier in a speech yesterday | \said that Japan would not ne r- lily oppose an agreement between | the Chinese nationalists and Man- |churia nrovided Japan's rights and |interests in Manchuria were |dangered. Despite thts speech it |was not clear today whether Tokyo | was willing to seck a compromis Stamford Bridge Field, between Mukden and Nanking a (P —England’s capital city, bouyant |tyally effected and then wait to see | with British track victories OVer |tho effects on Japan's interests while Americans at Amsterdam, poured |holding in readiness nece v mea her thousands into this big football (ures to prevent or redress infring bowl this afternoon to sce a minia- | ments on Japan's rights. This que ture Olympics between the Britisn tion the premier and the membe | empire and the United States. The | |of the cabinet are considering over program of 14 events consisted o. ‘lhe week-end in connection with the |six field and eight track, all but|expected declaration of Manchurian one of the latter being relay events. | policies. All events of the meet are to be| It was learned, however, that Bar- | decided on a team basis, for exam- [on Hayashi, Japan's envoy to Muk- | ple. the three American entrants in |den was leaving there tomorrow his |the shot put being aggregated mission being consldered comple | against the total distanc: made by [Hence it was not believed that any the three British entrants. The re- [fresh “advice” would be lays range from the regulation 400- Chang Hsueh-Liang, military gover- vard event, with each man running |nor of Manchuria. In authoritative circles it is said |that the declaration will probably U. . ATHLETES S[]llRE FIRST LONDON EVENT, Race at Stamford Bridge Field Today London | given | (Continued on Page 11) # — *| Irecall Russian ageression in Man- WEATHER |churia prior to 1904, Japan's pur- New Britain and vicinity: chase by blood of a special ]-oq']nn‘ Partly cloudy tonight and ‘ there in defeating Russia, Man-| Sunday, probably with show- ers tonight. Somewhat cooler Sunday. o~ vL lw “v um » 5% Sousow ¢ SONSATION v wem— |churia’s development into a_stable | New London 7:41 p. m. land prosperous region under Japan's | New Haven 9:37 p. m. e | * (Continued on Page Five) by Knight | | | EVERYOODY SAID, 7MY GOOPNESS TWIS 1S GOING TO 8e 4 vEAR WTHOUT(| | A sumuez — ‘i‘}é’ DPA TOM Gy AAVE WO Sum A THEN OLD MAN WEATHETHAN UST HAVE OVER— FOREST FIRES ON | of fire | bla | county that had covered more than Inlece, Mrs. Charles Seaman of this m F. Mangan. Decause of the |first struggles of an orphaned boy- al unfamiliarity with the law | hood. < was the first sccution in this city under this| The scene itself was laid in a vast Henry P. Roche im- |bowl erected long after he had com- minimum fine of $10 in |pleted his own achool days at this picturesque university, and afford- Four drunks who bad previously |ing room for & crowd far exceeding been on probation were sent to jail [in numbers any that has attended a for 10 days cach, Edward J. Farrell, | similar ceremony in this country. 29, of 40 Wolcott street; Thomas| The official message itself was Coyle, 39, of 51 Scneca street; |brought by Senator George H. Moses Christopher Murphy, 36, of 5 Wa- |of New Hampshire, permanent | verly place, and William Jones, 30, |chairman of the convention which of 225 West street were arrested by |nominated him at Kansas City neas- {1y two months ago, and chairman of the notification committee made up |of representatives of every state in {the union, Hoover had selected the governor {of his adopted state, C. C. Young, as master of ceremonies. To him went the honor of presentiyg the commit- |tee chairman who had prepared per- |haps one of the shortest notifica- RAMPAGE IN GALIF. . . v 4 hi inute Scores of Recruits Battling |fo’;, reivire ony cight minutes Blazes Tl‘reatening At its conclusion massed bands National Forests In Vast Bowl (Continued on Page 11) |were to play the national anthem, |and Hoover then was to launch into I his speech of acceptance, breaking the silence self-imposed since he had won the highest honors it is within the power of his party to impose. San Francisco, Aug. 11 (®—Ald- ed by scores of recruits, the armies fighters today were battling tires in several sections that threat- ened California’s forests. Big basin Redwood Park was in danger form flames and extra men were on the fire line today. After burning two days the fire had spread in three directions. Only & single hill early today separated the : from Big Basin park, which between San Francisco and Santa (Continutd on Page 13) 300 MILE ROW TO NEW BRUNSWICK ON {Richards and Withington Cruz. A donkey engine spark started a I fonest fire between et prancn| Pull Away From Boston and Bute Creek near Chico which was out of control when additional fighters arrived today. Two hundred men were working on the fire line. ¥ Sparks were falling on the town of Boston, Aug. 11.—{®—Veterans Butte Meadows, seven miles away |0f many a long d&stflnce wherry row, and every effort was made to keep |Pr. T. K. “Tommy" Richards, Har- homes from being fired. vard athletic association surgeon, Fifty men were fighting the |and Lothrop Withington, attorney flames that threatened big trees in |and former Harvard football and Big Meadows and Merced Grove, ‘rru\\ etar, pulled away from the | Union Boat club float in the Charles Early This Morning ten miles below Yosemite. The fire | < less than five miles from the | Fiver basin at 6:28 o'clock this morn- | towering trees. A hundred extra |ing on a 500 mile trip to 8t ajan. | men were rushed from Porterville |N. B. to the Keweah river fire where 10, | The start was made under the first 000 acres of brush had burned and | auspicious weather conditions in the Scquoia National forest was |several dave. As the seagoing threatened. | wherry headed toward the ocean a Two hundred acres of pine timber | heavy fog which had enshrouded were wiped out in a fire near | the port for 24 hours was lifting and Chowchilla Creek and Miami moun- | shortly afterward the sun broke tain close to Northfork in Madera |through on what seemed likely to be a perfect day. 2,000 acres. Although the trip may be the longest of its kind on record, neither of the men contemplate any record | breaking performances. It records, | distance or otherwise are broken, it DIES AT AGE OF 84 Dora Paulat of 111 Rhfiu\wepks' \'nca!lon. “We may row all the way to St. Street Had Long Been a Resident . L John and back or we may never get of This City—Born in Russia, to St. John,” Dr. Richards said be- Mrs. Dora Paulat, fore he shoved off. “We are out for 84 years old, of | the fun of it and if we feel like 111 Rhodes street, died this morn-|rowing hard and long, we'll do so, ing at her home. She was born in|and it not, we will quit.” Russia and had lived in this city for In keeping with this spirit neither many years. She was the widow of John Paulat. rower would attempt to predict where the first day would bring Mrs. Paulat took an active inter-|them. They intend to camp along est in St. Matthew’s German Luthes- |the way in a tent which welghs but an church of * hich she was a mem- | 29 ounces and sleep on air mat- ber. She is survived by two nephews | tresses and in sleeping bags that add John Youknat of this city and John |but two and a half pounds to the Yekell of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and a|heft of the cargo. They expect, however, to man the oars an average of 10 hours a 4 rowing at night when it is advan- tageous to do so with the tide and, if past experience is a guide, prob- ably will cover 75 miles every 24 hours. Their boat combines three types of veesels, In speed and lines the craft is a wherry but for sea- worthiness the shape has been modi- fied by the Eskimo kyack and the fisherman's dory. It is built of Span- ieh cedar with a brass keel, 28 fost long and 22 inches wide all over. Dr. Richards and Nr. Withingten have made several long trips te- gether. Their longest was from MNeee tolk, Va., to this ity Mrs. city. Funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and at St. Matthew's Ger- man Lutheran church at 3 o'clock. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. FALLS, FRACTURES HIP Mrs. Margaret Clark of 33 Crown street, fractured her hip yesterday yhen she missed her step and fell on the stairs leading to a veranda at her home. Mrs. Clark, who s the mother of Lieut. Hugh Clark of the fire department, is one of the ploneer settlers of the northwestern section of the city. Her condition today was comfortable. -