New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 LOGALNEN GHOSEN AS GRAND OFFICERS Crandall President of American Order, Sons of St, George SESSION OPENS HERE TODAY Forenoon Meeting Given Over to Routine Matters—About 125 Dele- gates in Attendance — Mayor Grects Visitors, Williard M. Crandall of New Brit- | M: aln was unanimously elected grand president of the American Order, Sons of St. George, which opened its 40th annual grand lodge session at The morning by James Alley of Rockville. The ofcers elected last August were in- ducted into office by Supreme Mes senger, John W. Unsworth of James- noon was given over to the registra- A. P. MARSH tion of delegates and reports of of- ficers. Important committee reports and action on a proposed new con- stitution will take place this afte noon. The officers elected this morning are as follows: Grand president, W. M. Crandall, New Britain; grand vice-president, Charles Craig, Torrington; secretary, Henry Hewitt, of Hartford; grand assistant messenger, M. Mycock, of Torrington; grand assi tary, Charles Price of Naugatuck; grand chaplain, James K. Chapman, of New DBritain; grand inside sen- tinel, A. J. Adcock of Norwalk; grand trustee and supreme repre- ‘W. M. CRANDALL, sentative, tain; A. P. Marsh of New Brit- chairman finance committee, A. A. Slane, New Britain; chairman law committee, George E. Woods, Bridgeport: chairman of appeals and grievance committee, George E. Wyre, of Ansoma. James Alley of Rockville was pre- sented with a past grand pr Jewel by Grand Messenger 1- The official address of welcome to the delegates on behalf of the city (Continued on Page Gets Word of Death 17) Per J. Olsson of 34 Rockwell venue, organist and choir leader at the First Lutheran church, received notice this morning of the death of his father. S. D. Olsson, whom he has not seen for 22 years. The elder Mr. Olsson resided in the town of Vaxjo, Sweden. He was 73 yvears old and a widower. The local man, who was the oldest of 15 children is the only member of the family to come to this country. The other 14 children survive their father and still reside in Sweden The deceased was a musician in his native town and was or¥inist in one church for a half century. New Londoner Jailed for Non Payment of Taxes New London, Aug. 14 (Mm—New 'London jailed its first tax delinquent today, when Tax Collector Hibbard IN. Alexandercommitted Harold Berg to the workhouse for failure to pay $40 and $50 in back por- taxes. betwe soral and property City Sheriff Lawrence Fardy took the men to jail after he had been given | | tant secre- | Of Father in Sweden | the Jr. O. U. A. M. hall on Glen | street this morning. There are about 125 delegates attending the convention. | | grand | Abram Clegg, of Water- bury; grand treasurer, John W. El- lis, of Torrington: grand messenger, | | pected. ession was opened | 1 1 | statement which will clear ater portion of the fore- 54 14 SAILORS REPORTED |An Unconfirmed Dispatch {the steamship William {ing a tropi | captain 3. jtrom June 18 to pay up. nent men in the prof Gibbs girls in the Park W No Attempt to Separate Siamese Twins Unless Prominent Medical Men Endorse {Publicity Attached to Proposed Operation on Holyoke Girls Brings Forth Bulletin from New York Institution Where They Are at Present Undergoing Obsexrvation. New York, Aug. 14 (P—Dr. Har- hospital had no intention of an attempt to separats “the Siamese twins,” Mary and | et Gibbs, now at the institu- unless such procedure re: ceived “the endorsement of promi- ion." Dr. Hays said that certain confi- dential medical reports on the 17- ar-old girls had been “surreptiti- ously removed from the hospital.” He did not indicate whom he sus- His statement was as fol- lows: “Because of the unfortunate pub- | licity due to the residence of the st hospi- 1 feel it necessary to make < up the | matter as far as the hospital is con- | tal, |cerned. “A few weeks ago Dr. Francis P. | Weston asked us whether we would |be willing to allow them to come to our institution so that he might | old M. Hays, director of the Park [make a thorough study of them lo] West hospital, announced today that |determine whether it would be pos- | the permitting ter should not be made public and lout how this data has got out |our hands. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1928 —TWENTY PAGES. FOURTH TROPICAL It, Hospital States sible to operate upon them. “At the time I stated to him that 1 was most anxious that the mat- at no time has the hospital given out any information. 1 have noticed the reports in the newspapers and regret to say there has been undue | publicity and that certain confiden- | tial data has been surreptitiously removed from the hospital. | “We are still attempting to findi‘ of *“We feel that because of the high standing of ovr institution and in | all fairness to the doctors who work there, that the hospital should defi- nitely state that it has no intention | of allowing any surgical procedurs to be attempted without such pro- cedure receiving the endorsement of prominent men in the profes- sion."” SWEPT FROM STEAMER Tells of Disaster on Board Boston Bound Boat | Boston, Aug. 14 (P—An uncon- firmed report was received here to- day that 14 members of the crew of A. McKen- n swept overboard dur- al storm while the ship was four days out of Los Angeles bound for Boston. ney had b Officials of the Mystic Steamship Iines, owners of the boat, said that they had received word that the MdKenney had signalled a passing ner that its radio had been swept overboard during a storm August 8. The report was that the ship, car- rying a cargo of lumber, had been badly damaged during the storm and was in need of help. Among those said to have been lost were Roy McDonald of Melrose, first as- sistant engineer, and his son Alton. The chief mate was Leslie Coffil of | Marblehead. At the company it was said that the last report from the ship wa that it was making slow progress toward the Panama Canal and was expected there within few days. F. Rose of Newport, R. L, was in command. SMITH'S ULTIMATUM IS GIVEN DR. STRATON| Must Debate in Calvary Baptist Church or Not at All, He Says 14 (P—Gov. Rev. Smith Roach their proposed debate Albany, Aug today notified Straton that on his public carcer must take place | in Calvary Baptist church in York city or not at all. John In a letter to the clergyman who has expressed an unwillingness to meet Smith in his own church the governor said he had no intention of conducting a political debate with him. It was from his pulpit that Dr. Straton recently declared Smith was the “deadliest foe of the forces of moral progress charge leading the governor to de- mand the opportunity to reply. “The answer to my request to ap- pear in yvour church before your parishioners under the conditions T mentioned s ves or no,” said the governor in his letter today. “Un- less and until 1 hear from von in the affirmative, the matter is closed The text of Governor Smith's let- ter to Dr. Straton follows: “I have your letter of August 9, covering three pages in answer to my simple request that T be permit- ted fo come to vour church and there have you repeat in my pres- ence the statements you made about me, with such proof as you care to adduce, and give me an opportunity to answer you before your own pare ishioners and in the place where you made the statements. “Your reply shows that you mis- understand the situation. T have no intention of conducting a political debate with you. T wrote vou not in the capacity of a candidate or personally but as the governor of the state of New York whom vou have traduced. “The answer fo my request to ap- pear in your church before your parishioners under the conditions T mentioned is yes or no. Unless and until T hear from you in the affirma- tive, the matter is closed.” POLK IS APPOINTED New York, Aug. 14 (P—John J. Raskob, chairman of the democratic national committee, announced to- day the appointment of Frank L. Polk, former under secretary of state in the Wilson administration, as president of the college league for the election of Governor Alfred FAKE WAR VETERAN IN COMPLETE CONFESSION | Tells How He Posed as Am- | | nesia” tale of a fake war veteran is | rev | 1t was on Jan. 1 |liams was admitted to the National | Military in America.” This | nesia Victim—Accepted as Man’s Son Rochester, N. How scores of citizens were Y. Aug. 14 (UP)— officials and private hoaxed by the “am- 1lcd in a copyrighted story pub- lished today by the Rochester Times- Union. The h, Hansel C, Williams, of Dallas, Tex: «lias Harold Payton, and Lawrence Kesling, six years ago perpetrated a fraud which not only victimized trained investigators but 1ed George G. Kesling, Lewiston, Montana, oil operator, to accept him his missing son, according to the Times-Union story. Williams is now in Utica, N. Y, where he revealed his tale in what he calls an effort to “square him- self with the world.” . 1922, that Wil- home at Dayton, Ohio, as la victim of amnesia. He was fak- ing an aftack of loss of memory to | get his “picture on the front page of every newspaper in America,” he says in an alleged confession print- ed here, He had on his p from the United States navy for physical disability issued to one “Harold Payton.” Stories and pic- tures of tha “mysterious sailor” were published widely by American news- papers. Reporters, war veterans, psychia- trists and even hypnotists visited him at the Ohio hospital either to prove his claim fals ) or aid him in estab- g his real identity. By feign- ng loss of memory whenever he per- ceived a trap for him he was able to convince them all. Finally pictures of the youth came to the attention of Kesling, the oil operator, whose son had disappear- el in 1916, Kesling came to Ohio and after seeing the youth who was | registered at the hospital as Harold T'ayton, positively identified him as A few days later he took Montana ranch, his son. him back to his New |where the youth remained until he | GOVERNOR GOES SATURDAY | could no longer deceive the man who s <0 kind to him. He left the ranch, presumably for Los Angeles, and disappeared. Now, six vears later, he turns up in Utica with the confession that the whole affair was a hoax. His latest story is substantiated by a close check of names and dates, by a com- parison of photographs and finally by a tattoo mark which it has been proven both Williams and “Payton” tore. METEOR HITS PAVEMENT Narrowly Misses Striking an Auto as it Crashes to Earth at Newark, N. 4., This Morning. Newark, N. J, Aug. 14 (UP)—A falling meteor missed a moving au- tomobile by a few feet today and made a noise like booming cannon as it crashed into the pavement of Main street here. Patrolman William Artlip said he had watched the flaming star drop- ping from the west, twisting and turning. The driver of the imper- |illed automobile apparently was aware of his danger, the officer said. for he put on speed to escape the meteor. Mother Rescues Children From Burning Home Newton, N. H., Aug. 14 (UP)— Wrapping her two small children each arm, Mrs. Charles Ilisley ran through a wall of flames to safety when fire destroyed her home here. Explosion of an oil stove in the spread rapidly and the mother, with her children on the second floor, was trapped. | rson a discharge | in blankets and placing one under kitchen caused the fire. The flames While neighbors tried in vain to ACHT 15 WRECKED BY GAS EXPLOSION Five Men Seriously Injured in Portland, Me., Harbor Accident BOAT ABSOLUTELY RUINED Fifty-Footer Blown to Bits AM\'!‘: Water Line and Below It is But Mass of Junk—Owned By Green- wich, R. I, Boat Firm. Portland, Me., Aug. 14 (A—Five men from Massachusetts and Rhode Island were seriously burned today when an explosion wrecked the Yacht Marilyn in the harbor here. Only one member of the party of six cscaped injury. The yacht was blown above the water line. The injured are: Dr. E. W. Web- ber, Pawtucket, R. I. charterer of | the' yacht; Walter Mclnnes of Bos- ton, yacht designer; James Sullivan of Boston; Hugh Riley, engineer, A. | Oxer, cook; Alexander Carleson of | Boston, escaped injury. 1 Gases Caused Explosion Gascs which had settled at the base of the yacht's engine were re- | sponsible for the explosion, it was | declared. The fixe injured men were under |treatment at the Maine General hospital today. At the time of the explosion the | Marilyn was in the midst of a fleet of yachting vessels, and standing by was a gasoline barge carrying 20,- 000 gallons of the fluid. Completely Wrecked Above the water line the Marilyn was a complete wreck. The deck of the 50-foot yacht was blown off, planking on her starboard side was blown out and her cabin and fore- castle were converted into a pile of plinters. Pilothouse and roof were wrecked and below deck she was transformed into a jumbled mass of partitions, vacht equipment and per- | sonal eftects. The Marilyn is owned by the Knox Boat Yard at East Greenwich, R. 1., and had been chartered for a cruise | in Maine waters. She arrived here yesterday from Tenant's Harbor. WIFE FINDS HUSBAND to bits Failure of Factory Whistle to Blow Causes Her to Rush to Plant New Haven, Aug. 14 (P—Every morning at half past six for the past ten years, John Bosselli has blown the big factory whistle at the Wood- ruff plant in Mount Carmel. To most residents of the community the lone blast has been the cheery signal to |rouse themselves for another day's work, To Bosselll's wife it meant more than that—it was her hus- band's “all's well” signal. Yesterday morning the whistle did not blow at half past six. Mount Carmel awakened automatically and wondered what the trouble was. Mrs. Bosselli awakened but she did not |stop to wonder—she knew something {was wrong. Hurrying to the factory she entered the boiler room where her husband would be, had he gone to blow the whistle, and found him lying face downward on the floor— dead. A shock had taken his life. This morning the whistle at the | Woodruft plant blew at half past six and Mount Carmel roused itselt as usual—that is all but Mrs, John Bosselli. | Oft For Vacation in Maine But Re- turns in Time For Republican State Convention in September. Hartford, Aug. 14 (®—Governor Trumbull will leave Saturday for a vacation at his camp at Moosehead Lake, Me. He will do so with the realization that when he returns to Connecticut again it will probably be to hear himself nominated for an- other term as chief executive of the state. He plans to go to New Haven from Moosehead for the republican state convention September 6 and 7; and his stand on the question of the governorship remains unchanged. Yesterday he pointed out that he has not said that he will run or will not run. He does, however, on the eve of his departure, make it em- phatically clear that he is “not secking the oftice” and “would pre- fer to have my time to devote to my business and other pursuits.” He does believe, however, it his party is of the opinion that he “has filled the office and performed the duties of governor to the best of my ability, as T have tried to do* and wishes him to be a candidate for re- election, that it is his duty to serve. BIG TOURIST TRAVEL Fredericton, N. B., Aug. 14. (®— New Brunswick’s tourist travel from the United States this year has in- than 1927, government statistics re- veal. province up to July 31. THE WEATHER Sweeping on Toward Cuba From }al Red Cross for aid in caring for | first DEAD IN HOUNT CARMEL | creased by about 30 per cent more United States motor cars to the number of 146,475 entered this STORM IS RAGING Garibbean Sea FLORIDA IS RECOVERING West Coast Getting Back to Normal After Blow But Fate of Two or | More Vessels Still is Unknown— | Liner Yet Aground Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 14 (®— The fourth trepical disturbance | within a weeX was gathering force in the Caribbean today as it swept toward Cuba while the Florida peninsula grapped with the destruc- tion and dangers left in the wake | of its predecessors. The west coast of the state was recovering from the effects of a gale which swept by northward last night although the fate of two or more vessels, distress flares from which were sighted at St. Peters- burg, was not determined. Asking Red Cross Ald | On the east coast, the Lake Okee- | chobee region, west of Palm Beach, was sending out calls to the Nation- i several hundred persons left desti- tute by the flod aftermath of the hurricane which roared in from the Atlantic a week ago today. The liner Munamar, New York bound from Miama and Nassau, was still held fast on the sand near Hole-in-the-Wall, Great Abaco, Ba- hamas, where it was blown Sunday. Her 75 passengers were landed by tug at Nassau last night and the vessel was expected to get off the |sand today. The freighter, Lake Treba, Santo Domingo to Havana, struggled into port at Tampa yes- | terday leaking badly from a four days sojourn on a sand bar in the Bahama channel. More Trouble Feared Further trouble was anticipated today, particularly for small ship. | ping, as the weather bureau at St. Petersburg warned that tides along the west coast and through the Keys would range up to nine feet | with the passing of last night's storm. The Kissimmee river continued to rise, flooding thousands of fertile acres along a 30 mile stretch ap- proaching Lake Okeechobee The ‘condmon of the lake itself was un- determined. - From Okeechobee City came word that the water was at |the 17 foot danger level but F. C. | Elliott, chief state drainage engin- | eer at Tallahassee said advices to him indicated that the water stood only 14 feet and that there was no |damage of a serious overflow. The | Kissimmee river, however, had spread over a channel three miles wide in many places, and continued to rise. o | Flood Conditions Temporary flood conditions ob- | tained along the west coast today as rivers bore the burden of torren tial rains accompanying yesterday's | storm. Tidal water swept into Fort Myers to a depth of 3 feet, and all creeks in the Punta Gorda arca | were out of their banks. Sarasota, Tampa, St. Petersburg, and other towns were in darkness during the night, and damage was comparatively heavy from the winds. Wire communication was disrupted and several towns had not been heard from, including the vil- | lage of Pass-Grile on an island near St. Petersburg. Boea Grande and Gasparilla were struck by the high- est winds, the velocity at times ranging to §0 miles an hour, with correspondingly serious damage. Clearwater escaped with a 30 mile blow, the storm evidently having turned out into the Gulf beforc striking that locality. COOLIDGE'S MESSAGE Congratulates Hoover Both on Text of Address and the Way it Was Received By Public. Superior, Wis, Aug. 14 (P—A telegram of congratulation for both the tenor and the reception obtained by his speech of acceptan~e last Sat- urday was sent by President Coolidge to Secretary Hoover today. our speech of acceptance ranks very high in political discussions,” the telegram said. “I congratulate you upon it and upon the reception which has been given to it by the country.” Spellacy to Visit Raskob In New York Tomorrow Hartford, Aug. 14 (P—National Committeeman Thomas J. Spellacy of this city will go te New York to- morrow for a conference in that city with John J. Raskob, chairman of the democratic national committee. It is expected the ~eneral political situation as it relates to Connecticut will be discussed. Mr. Spellacy will give first hand information to the national chairman of the plans fo mulated for the campaign in this state. Thomaston Man, 99, Lives In House of His Birth Thomaston, Aug. 14 (UP)— Edward Stevens celebrated his 99th birthday today in the house in which he was born and always has lived. The house has been owned by Stevens' family for 150 years. Until a few years ago, 8tevens was an active farmer. New Britain and vicinity: reach her, Mrs. Tlisley, slightly Fair tonight; Wednesday in- burned but otherwise unharmed, creasing cloudiness; not much emerged from her blazing home. change in temperature. The children, John, 3 years, and E. Smith as president. Ruth, ¢ monthl.‘!eu not hurt, HIGH TIDE — AUG 1 Radville, Ellington Fatalities Caused by Negligence of Truck turning a finding today of en: 2 @ 220z responsibility on the part of Josepdg ‘”p, of Hartford, for the death of three young tobacco work- | |crs, Deputy Coroner M. Dom 0'Con- nell of Stafford Springs denounced | Connecticut child labor laws. 43, The children were death when a truck lorZed with 40 young tobacco workers overturncd here and caught fire. O'Connell found Radville was op- | nvestigation of this ca astonished to learn that Child Labor Laws of This State Severely Criticized by Coroner Probing Tobacco Farm Tragedies' | i | | Driver, Is Fin# _~—Advocates Change In Statutes to Preve; ~n of Tender Years From ; v %, 'b%o n Farms. 1 Rockville, Aug. 14 (1 1s ?J ldfl * age of nine years were &eloyed at the time of | in the Ellington tobac 1 there is no law to pre- | vew, “Th.. deplorable accident has brought to the surface a defect in | the child labor laws of Connectieut | which should be remedied to the to cnd that the unfortunate conditions existing where children are employ- | ed in agricultural pursuits may be | abolished.” The boy burned who lost their lives were erating the truck in a ‘“negligent |Samuel Mazzie, 12, Hartford; Ro- manner.” | bert Wells, 11, Manchester, and He continued: “In conducting an [Dominic Mucci 11, Hartford. A se, 1 was children of score of others I:;c riously injured. 'STATE FIREMEN HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION Sessions in New Haven— Chief’s Club El New Haven Aug. 1 45th annual convention necticut State Firemen's association | opened here today wi from all parts of the day was the election scheduled for this afternoon. At the annual meeting of the Fire Chiefs' club held this morning, of- ficers were reelected President, Rufus F. Mercer of Westville. ‘Waterbury: William P. Carlton secretary, D. W. Harfo Norwalk; treasurer, M. New Britain, and chapl: J. Ryan of Meriden. While in this city, the being extended guest they will be guests Haven police departm annual field day at Point business meeting tomor! NECK SEEKING Quarreled broken drove neck received his cab, as a with whom he had just The dead driver, Fra and midnight when they qu Paar's parking his cab of Murphy, in front of driver was getting muc of the battle when pol: red. patrolmen started them cars in different directi policemen walked up th, saw Paar's phy's car. Commandee: automobile they follow Murphy, unaware th: following him, stopped Just as he stopped crashed into his, the excavation. his cab and collapsed a the two patrolmen who in their commandeered A police surgeon sai by the gudden jar wl was uninjured and hi damaged. the three foot hole. sonia Was Formerly as an Athlete About Ansonia. Aug. Edward C Hayes, of pital this morning at neuphrisc with which weeks. Attorney Hayes, who the Georgetown the bar in was quite an athlete New Haven 11:55 a. | New London 11:01 p.m. 16 pm. player. His mother, | #———erere— | # c—rr—— (804 ODe sister survive, Souney an Official | tendance. The most important bus- | iness on the program for the first Fancher of this ‘The present officers of the asso- are president, Jumes McCo; frst vice of courtesies by | all the local theaters and tomorrow | Committee appointments will be |announced by the new TAXI MAN BREAKS New Yorker Killed Trying to R-lm‘ Into Car of Man With Whom He | New York, Aug. 14 (P)—A taxicab | driver died early this morning of a easure, against the car of a man Christopher R. Murphy, gaged in a fist fight shortly after in the midtown section. Separting the two men the two taxicab whirl around the | corner and start in pursuit of Mur- 53rd street just short of a three foot | sewer excavation in the street knocking it into | The taxicab hung with its front wheels in the hole. The taxicab driver stepped from of a broken neck, probably caused | crashed into Murphy's ear. 1t had landed upright in | YOUNG LAWYER DIES Tuorney Bdward C. Wayes of An- |, orning at 5:07 ciclock follow- fhe was the and the | mother of Policeman Hanford Dart 14. (PM—Attorney street, died at the New Haven hos- i1l for the pase several months. He was a patient at the hospital for 18 of age, was graduated from the An- sonia High school in 1914 and from university school in 1922. He was admitted to Connecticut in 1926. When a young man, Attorney Hayes reputation as a talented baseball TRUMBULL, COLLYER'S GUEST, “LOST IN AR One of Party in 'Round World Plane Trapped by Conn. Fog lects— 4. —(P—The | Hartford, Aug. 14 (P —While of the Con. | people were quietly enjoying their | half holiday on the ground last Sat- urday, Governor Trumbull three friends were keep above scarcely and rocks in rugged eastern Conn- | ecticut, were fighting a heavy fog [and “low ceiling” unknown territory and narrowly escaped hav- ing to make a forced landing well th members state in at- struggling to visible trees of officers | over, as follows: city; first vice president, George .| over in Rhode Island instead of Pitt of Middletown; second Vice landing at the Groton Airport, president, D. J. Johnson of Bridge- | whither they had set out. port; secretary treasurer, D. B.| Governor Trumbull, Colonel |Charles H. Allen, of Rockville; Ma- ljor William F. Ladd, commanding 118th observation uadron; afd €D 3 Coftyer, the .x:an who I8 clty; | with John Henry Mears recently rd of South |beat the moon around the world, T. Souney of | were lost twenty minutes from ain, Rev. M. |pome port in the plane which found |its way with accuracy thousands of mites through unfamiliar regions of Europe, Asia and America. firemen are | of the New |or two wandering around in fog- ent at thelr | hound ski thelr running gear Lighthouse | harely skimming over waving |branches or jagged hilltops and go- ing—they hadn't the slightest idea president at | where. TOW. | " Mr. Collyer was visiting Colonel ‘Alh‘n at his home in Rockville the 0wu |latter part of last week. At a small | dinner ¥riday night it was decided REVE“GEHML the governor should have a trip in the famous “City of New York” in which the intrepid racers made most of their trip around the world. So Saturday the four of them hopped off from Brainard Field, First they headed off toward Rockville. ssing over Colonel Smith's they turned toward Groton. It was about this time that a heavy when he llmnk of fog settled down over the retaliatory | central and eastern parts of the }s'al“. and the next thing the men had a fight. nk M. Paar, en- knew they were well over Rhode Is land. Getting lost was something, but to get back was something more The ceiling was very low and for the next half hour or so the plane was ekimming over tree tops: was clearing rocky coast line by enly a few fect. No altitude could be gain- ed, and the tangled = undergrowth | from time to time suddenly went up | directly in front of the plane over off in their (the numerous hilis and rocky ons. As the | crests. e street they arreled over | next to that | a restaurant The cab | h the worse ice interfer- Heading back from Rhode Island. the four men finally did get their | bearings, but they weren't in Grot- | on or anywhere near it. Lost, |ha\ had fought their way over oast»rn Connecticut, not exactly the best | region for forced landings, and found themselves well over Rhode Island. Tere the fog lifted enough for them to find out where they were. ring another | ed. at Paar was | his car en | Paar’s car | | coast and finally reached the state airport at Groton t the feet of | _— had tved cr. -\ MRS. CATHERINE DART d Paar died | were more or less | and | | The party experienced a bad hovr | They worked their way along the DIES AT AGE OF 87| PRICE THREE CENTS DUPONT GIVES BlG SUM T0 DEMOCRATS Delaware Milliomire Gontributes $50,000 to Funds \LARGEST DONATION YET Heretofore the Largest Ones Were Two For $10,000 Each—No Limit To Be Placed On Size of the Gifts. New York, Aug. 14 (P—Pierre 8. Du Pont, ot Wilmington, Del., who is on a leave of absence, as chairman of the board of the General Motors Corporation, and who recently de- clared his support of the candidacy of Governor Smith, has contributed $50,000 to the Democratic campaign tund. This was announced today by John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national cominittee. Largest Contribution Du Pont's donation {is the st contribution on record this The two largest donations ot wera $10,000 each, one by John D. Ryan and the other by lflhn 'l Smith, counsel for the Gen-, Motors Corporation. \\'h:n Mr. Raskob made the an- nouncement today he was asked if he thought there should be any limit |tixed on the amount of campaign |contributions. He replied that he saw no objection to a campaign con- Itribution of any size providing that |the nioney is used properly for legiti. mate_purposes, such as “selling the issues” and the candidate to the pes | ple through education. |" Du Pont, in declaring for Smith last week, emphasized that the chief issue ‘was modification of the prohi.. sition laws and that he was for t New York governor because he !favorea modification. Commenting on the statement wade in San Francisco by State Senator Thomas Love of Texas that |the Republicans would poll between 400,000 and 500,000 votes in that ate, Raskob said: | “I have not the slightest worry about Texas. 1 think statements of that kind discredit themselves.” Senator 'Love bolted the Deme- cratic party to support Herbert | Hoover, the Republican candidate. | Raskob today announced the ape | pointment of Frank L. Polk, undere secretary of state in the Wilson ad. i ministration, as president ot the Col- legs Teague, to campaign ‘finfl College students. BflllY OF LOEWENSTEIN |French Specialist Who | Made Examination Think This Caused Death Boulogne-Sur-Mer, 11 (UP)—Traces of found in the intestines of Alfred | Loewenstein, Belgian banker, 'M fell from an airship into the En‘n‘ lish Channel last month, it was dtl' |closed today. Dr. Paul, the medico-legal expert who made the examination, said unJ | France, Aug poison we! officially he believed the banker died of poisoning, as he found traces of toxic poison. Dr. Paul reported hu findings officially today. The coroner’s court received Dn Paul's findings and will determine. whethor the poison was present in sufficientily large quantities to ine; dicate murder or suicide, or wlmh. er it was a minute quantity of natel | ural origin. 5 Dr. Paul's findings appeared ta | substantiate suspicions expressed by, {the banker's family. A brother-ine; ten days ago notified th ench court at Bologne that he ine tended to file a damage suit against | an unamed person i the court, acte ing on the legal doctor's reporty Opnnvd an inquiry on the pohollnc | charge. WIFE BEATEN T0 DEATH - Springille. N. Y., Farmer Charged i With Murder After Fatal Beating | \ —Also Killed Crippled Som Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 14 (P—Mray | Mary Grabowski died today in & Lackawanna hospital, second victing of beating by her husband on thei | Springville farm yesterd ‘Thet: | son, Phillip, a cripple, was beaten’ |to death with a cane. Police said the husband, Johm Grabowski, who is 70 years old. at- L b e ;"',:r;;r; {tacked his wife and son because g% car dnie | they taunted him for being lazy. Five Children—Hanford Dart a Son. 50 years, died at Hartford hospita Well Known State. ing a short illness. widow of Robert Dart of this city. 15 Murray bia county, New 3o0'clock of he had been | moved to New England. She lived a she moved to Newington. was 33 years Mrs. law Dart of Newington, Dart of this city, and four grand. children, Funeral services will her home Thursday afternoon at and had a two brothers Ceater cemetery. Was Resident of Newington—Teaves | | Mrs, Catherine Dart, 85 years old, |a resident of Newington for nearly She was born in Hillsdale, Colum- | York and lived there for several years before she first in West Hartford after which Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. John Cotter of Hartford and Fred Hackett who made her home with her; three sons, Frederick Dart of South Manchester; Normal and Hanford be held at o'clock. Burial will be in Newington | The son was killed in the kitchen | of the farmhouse, and the wife was | found nunconscious near the barn. Grabowski was in jail today | charged with murder. | Mexican War Veteran Is Dead at Age of 101 Yrs. Lodi, Ohio, Aug. 14 P—Augustus Markel, 101, one of the few survive ors of the war with Mexico is dead here at the home of a son. Mark observed his 101st birthday only & week ago. The veteran enlisted as & dru mer boy in the Mexican War {19 and served under Ulysses Grant, at that time a lNeutena: After the Mexican War he enl |in the Ohio volunteer infantry served in the Civil War. Markel was born in w-t-mh.nq county, Pennsylvania. i t| VETERAN DRUGGIST DIES Middletown, Aug. 14 UP—John Pitt, a pharmacist here for the 50 years, died at his home today the age of $3. He is survived by ‘umm-umm