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

News of the World By Associated Press 'NEW BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For Weekn‘n’ndiu Aug, 18th ... 14,580 ESTABLISHED 1870 DOZEN CATHOLIGS HELD IN MEXICO FOR CONSPIRAGY Alleged fo Have Plotted Calles’ Death as Well as Obregon's —Accused of Bombings SEVEN WOMEN AND FIVE MEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY Ace- Mother Superior Concepcion NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1928 —EIGHTEEN PAGES (CAcewed a pier ] FEDERAL LIQUOR SEIZURES DROP; - STILLS GAINING {Government Destroys 23,377 Gallons of licit Liquids in State During Year 46,87 GALLONS LESS THAN DURING 1926-27 beda Said to Be Chief Plotter— | | Police Report S That First| Plan Was to Both Leaders —Confessions Are Obtained. Aug. 22 (P—Seven women and five men, all Catholics, were under arrest today accused of having conspired to kill President Plutarco Elias Calles, as well as the late President-Elect General Alvaro Obregon. Nun Chief Plotter Mexico City, Mother Superior Concepcion Ace- beda de la Llata, in custody since aving of General Obregon in v, is charged with having been the chief plotter. The police declare the conspirators planned to Kill the two officials last April by pricking poisoned pin at a dance attended in the town of Celaya. This plan, as well as a later plot to homb a bridge near Celaya over which Obregon and Calles were to pass, was abandoned as impractica- ble, it is alleged, but the conspira- tors continued their efforts and suc- ceeded In slaying General Obregon. “Heaven” to Be Reward The police attribute to Rafael En- riquez Vidal, a 22 year old law student who is one of those arrested, the statement that he was invited to join the group, being promised en- trance to heaven if he should be- Have Dance Prick | With Potsoned Pin | ‘Trend of Production Toward “Big Methods Indicated Throughout Nation by Declines in Business” MOTHER CONCEPCION | Manufacturing Paraphernalia Seiz- Faction Leaders Agree to Promote Victory MAYOR PAONESS CHAIRMAN KEEVERS ed and Increase in Amount of Beverages Confiscated by U. 8. By GEORGE H. MA (Washington Bureau of the N, B. Herald) Washington, D. C, Aug. 22—A BOSSY’ GILLIS FINED; Newburyport’s Mayor As- ment as “itlicit” last year flowed in- E NING Leaders of Democratic Factions Agree to Forget Differences So sessed 31,110\ and Gets | to Connecticut earth instead of into| consumers. the gullets of potential This was 46,287 gallons less than| i 330 Days—Appeals | H RAuib & ) | ; e | y | it they will not be punished AR | was confiscated during the preceding | ank Cianci of Berlin, aged || Bury atchet Durmgi ButThe el year, || 70 years, was named defendant Long C , Tl e i T s e ) | 5 - ] ng Conference | Jussi e | 3“‘“"”;“‘”" o &" l‘l*”"“l lwl} Without stopping to discuss the ] in an action for divoree and ali- g ce at City Scotch whiskey in the bottles | —Andrew J. (Bossy) Gillis, the “bad 2 PR 1| mony broug] oday by his wife, was ourcd into th Hudso rprising implications of the word | z S —Atty. il D ! son | boy” mayor of this city, who deficd | o 2" ane {| Mrs.” Annita Cianci of this city. Hall—-Atty. P. F. Mc river from the pier. The names g £ | “illicit,” with its suggestive conno- || \irs Cianci, who is 5! years of | | A of the pair who brought the the (@uehorliiesiby \ouRNINE 8 ENSH= (1 ons, the | fisures: for ithey ‘entioe || metcelioges Tt et am Il Donough in Role of liquor were earcfully Kept {linelstEkon DR e ARERE e GRS o | e tralc e toriay. by il ] Beenteniliy ot infolarable orusity | secret, ¥ of town, was found guilty on four| .. mont prontbition bureau for || towards her since August 1, 1922, Peacemaker. AA Wontlan e e it charges at procecdings before et ling June 30, 1925, || ., The couple were married in | body of Amcrica’s Olympic athletes | | 1 the fiscal year ending June 3 Modica, Italy, in July, 1893, and — e R R Judge Nathuniel Jones foday. The|yey on to show several other sur-|| have not lived togother for some o \ll‘!lnll‘l \nxnl.n_\ from Amsterdam on | mayor was sentenced to pay fines | pricing features. time. Cianei, according to the Dellninuy oo RAEalEn | Ixr'ru:;v»lxnlur n' .x.v“:\y hll n‘n‘u‘maphll [of $1,140 and 1o serve 330 days in | pootlegging Now “Big Business” allegations in I'"P' writ, s "‘”I oita ie Memednitlol pantyin dhe {Ueni ssielof te Rl s I‘H.\H. | Chief among these is the fact that owner .0’, Irf‘n and 2 [Y,\“yrsfl"-:i | November elcction were taken this | disappointed at the showing of their He appealed aud was 1 ».l}“-hm» the number of stills and dis- grop_vrhl val ued ‘m‘ $10,0 ;-} fl;} morning at mecting of three of | teams abroad, Major-General Do |without bait. | tilleries scized is steadily on the| 'r°"v5‘fl“-°|1‘m”\ Brown of Berlin §i iy narty legders, Mayor Angelo M. |1as MaoArthur expressed the official | Several hundred persons gathered |decrcase, there is a corrcspondingly | | attached "-q s | Paonessa, Chairman John E. R.|attitude by issuing a statement in in the courtroom to hear the pro-|steady increase in the amount of li-|| Attorney & G“”j‘"d o | | Keevers *of the democratic fown | Which he had high praise for the im. | ceedings but Judge Jones or {auor seized. If the confiscations are || su¢d the writ, which is return- || o0 veiae "oy Attorney Patrick F. | Proved quality of athletic competi- all those without scats to leave. At |to be taken as an ac te indica- Wife Seeking Divorce From Husband, Aged 70 able in superior court Party May Be Unit |Paonessa and Keevers | the first Election Day lcDonough. OLYMPIC ATHLETES GET BIG WELCOME | INNEW YORK CITY | He's Throngh—Weissmuller May Also Stop Competition 'SADNESS MARKS RETURN FOR TWO TEAM MEMBERS Miss Doris O'Mara Notificd of Her | Fatler's Death and John Kuck, New Shot-Put Champion, Leaves at Once for West to See Mother Who Is Critically Ill—Amsterdam Track Too New, New Yo Four jugs liquor were the . Aug. AP — and 16 bottles of discovered ahoard President Roosevelt on which the United States Olym- to | pic athletes customs oflicial id. In: as the two persons in luggage the liquor were frank enough returned wch whose was found to declare | tion abroad and pointed to what he “Bob” Mol\llister Announces| come one of the ““martyrs least a hundred remained outside |tion of producing conditions, then || Tuesday in September. | Tt is planned 1o have a delogation |54 is an unprecedented number of o Confacsions Mane | while the hearing was in progress. | the hootlogging industry is tending |of 17 instructed to vote as a unit | Fecords broken. by the American en- In a sigmed statement Chict of Po- | , "B ' was found guilty on | tow big busin: methods. |for the state ticket which is to be | ¢ indicate the strength of lice Antonio Rios Zertuche said that | Yinriquez and others among thosc under arrest made confessions. En- riquez, “he declared, told of Mother Concepcion showing him picture of young men executed for religious ac- (Continued on Page Four) HURLED DOWN BANK, R. R, WORKER HURT { Employe Drops From Swiftly Moving Electric “Hand” Car 1 (Special to the Herald) Plainville, Aug. 22.—Scized with a sudden dizzy spell or caught in a wheel of a small electric “hand" cur as it was spceding along be- tween Plainville and Farmington bout § o'clock this morning, Louis ‘enan, about 60, of Scott Swamp, hurtled from the car and down a 25-foot embankment, injuring two | every count of the a charge line, he on | four charges. of illegally Keeping gaso- | was sentenced on four counts, receiving 30 days on ecach count and a fine of §400. Threc ! counts on another charge of il ly keeping gasoline resulted in | 3300 fine and 90 days in jail. M. was found guilty on four counts of |illegally selling gasoline and fined 18400 ana sentenced to serve 120 | |days in jail. Finally he w fined | $40 on two counts of changing th grade of a street, a The mayor's defense was that he thought he had been right in fssu- | ing a permit to himsclf and estab- hing the station. The case will be taken fo the su- | | perior court. In the meantime, the ity council will meet next Monday |evening to pass on the mayor's ap {plication for a permit to sell gaso- | lin Bossy.” usually loquacious, he comparatively little to at the proceedings today. He appeared in | the courtroom promptly at 9 o'clock | | because, he said, “he didn't want to {keep the judge waiting.” Attired in a new brown suit, his | face beaming with a new s nd | his shoes shined, the “Bad Boy" mayor made u neat appearance as he | fingers so badly that they had to be | hurricd into the courtroom, He bar amputated and sustaining other seri- ous injuries. Tenan was picked up by the other four men who were riding on the car and was hurried to the freight depot here, where he vias treated by Dr. George F. Cool He was then removed to the New Britain General hospital The ' cause of the accident is not known. It was at first thought that Tenan, who had not been well of late and who had recently been di charged from.a hospital after a three months’ stay, became diz and fell from the car. At the hosp tal it was said that his overalls caught in one of the car wheels, pulling him from the platform and (Continued on Page 14) ‘TRAPPED BY FLAMES, FALLS T0 HER DEATH ISalt Lake City Woman Un- tossing him down the bank. The tips of two fingers on his right | hand appeared to have heen caught in the wheel; they were crushed and | had to be amputated. Tenan also has a probable skull fracture, a pos- | sible broken shoulder, back and leg | injuries, a severe scalp wound, three | deep lacerations on the leg, and lacerations on the left arm. His con- | dition is serious but is not thought | 1o be critical. i LOSES MONEY AND CAR New Jerscy Man Robbed of Both By Man and Woman to Whom He | Had Given a Ride. 22 Audubon, N. J., Aug. 72 Playing the role of good samaritan cost Charles Clark, Pittshurgh sales- man, $160 and his automobile today, when a man and women to whom he had given a lift held him up and | then sped away in his car. Clark told the authorities the pair hailed him in Camden as he was on his way to Atlantic City and asked for a lift to their home in Berlin, N. J. The man said he had been rob- Led while attending a motion picture show and was without funds. On the outskirts of Audubon Clark said the man suddenly pointed a pis- tol at him and ordered him to stop the car. Clark said he was forced to alight and while the man held him at bay, the woman went through his pockets, taking $160, his watch and license cards. The pair then leaped into the automobile, warned Clark not to give an alarm, and sped away, | Fewer stills, increased output and more cmploy all indicated by | the figures on operations of govers.- ment and state agents. These are all regarded as features attending | the growth of the “capitalistic sys- tem,” Development of monopolies among hootleggers outside of Chi- go is not anticipated, however, by local observers, Production k Connecticut lities Increase does not follow so clos the trend of other states in this respeet. During the past year, pite the tremendous decrease in contiscation of liquor, there was considerable gain in both stills and distillerivs destroyed. Nineteen ¢ tilleries and 33 stills were captured the past year, compared with eight distillerics and 13 stills the year be- fore. The state, however, followed the tiend of other states in showing a larger percentage of malt liquors taken than of spirituous. Of the to- tal of dlons of liquors, no less than 18,577 were of the malt variety. There is no indication as to whether this indicates the of the cston s toward malt, or it the scene of activity of the agents is confined to that field. $19,800 Value of Property Scized The total appraised value of the property seized and destroyed by the agent is given as zero for the state, another stronge contrast with the figures for other localities. The propetry I by agents but not destroyed was $49,800, more .han double the $13,200 worth taken in 1926- In the matter of persons arreste: Connecticut registered a decide gain during the period under con- sideration, Federal agents captured 165 persons the past year, as against lonly 116 for the preceding 12 able to Hold Onto |o%,! | One more automebile fell into Window Ledge {1egal snares this year than last. | The figures were 15 for 1927-28 and 14 tor 1 Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 22 (®) —Huanging by her finger tips 1o a third story window ledge of a burn- ing apartment housc here carly to- day, Marjorie Hyde, 18, relcased he grip when flames reached her hands | and fell to her death. A quilt held by spectators stand- ing on the pavement below failed to break the girl's fall Mrs. R. R. Hyde, the leoped from the third floor and was dangerously injured. R. T. Salis! jumped from a sccond story win- | dow. He suffcred a fractured hip. R. R. Hyde, father of the dead girl, was scriously burned, Dick Hyde, 10, and Ada Hyde, 16, wer overcome by smoke and are in serious condition. About 65 occu mother, a ants of the build- ing, which had no ° fire escape were forced to the street in night clothes. | A Broadcasting Will Begin | From Albany at 6:30 p. m. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 22 (UP)—| Broadcasting of the ceremonies | here tonight will begin at 6 east- ern standard time, when ator Key Pittman of Nevada starts his speech notifying Gov. Alfred E 8mith of his nomination. | Gov. Smith is expected to begin | his acceptance speech about 6:4 eastern standard time. Tt will Iz little over an hour. Prior to Pittman’s speech will be a band concert and the address of | welcome of Mayor John B. Thacher of Albany. These will not be broad- cast. Chairman John J. Raskob of the democratic national committee will preside. t | the | he | per MERIAN SUES FOR SALARY, CLAIMING $1,000 DAMAGE Brings Action For Re- rration Denied Him By City Engi mu Common Council City Engineer Philip A. Merian to- day brought suit for $1,000 against City of New Britain, alleging that he has not been paid at the te of $5.200 per year as provided by ordinance. In his complaint, he alleges that he was appointed city engineer April 2 by the board of public works and from that time until August 15 was paid at the rate of $3,000 vear, the ordinance. He has made de- mand for the amount due him but it has not been paid, he alleges, The writ is returnable in the court of common pleas the first Tuesday in | Scptember. Attorney Donald Gaff- ney represents Merfan and Con- able Francis Clynes served papers in the suit on City Clerk A. L. | Thompson. MARRIAGE REPORTED London, Aug. 22 (#—The Evening | News says that Lady Twysden, for- mer wife of 8ir Roger Twysden, has been marricd to Clinton Blair King, a young artist who is the son of a Chicago candy manufacturer, The newspaper states that the wedding occurred at the registry office with only & few friends present. taste | despite the provisions of | |named at the Today is the last those desiring to b register for the caucus to be held |in democratic headquarters Friday Davis Straits Today Swept by o s sviock i Menin until 9 o'clock this evening. day in which delegates may received Realizing that when the 17 dele- : : |gates are chosen there would be : wmds flfld Ra"] |members of two factions represent- | AR Dt «d, Attorney Patrick 1. McDonough and Judge William F. Mangan be- gan the work of uniting party lead- NO TRACE OF ROCKFORD re d, | | S. Coast Guard Cutter Mariol It was | argued that the democrats | Continuing Hunt—Suggestion fs |on both sides should forget peity | rivalries and put the Jeffersonian Made That MacMillan Remain fn o0 0 ©00 BE0 G S The conference in the mayor's of- fice lasted for more than two hours. North and Join in G Chicago, Aug. 22 (P)—Storms w ping the waters of Davis Straits king the efforts of those King some trace of the mis Rockford-to-Stockholm flic | Hasscll and Parker Cramer. ’ The reports that came from the north were uniformly discouraging. The United States coast guard cut- | ter Marion radioed that it had failed [to find any trace of the plane, the Greater Rockford, after a day spent ral Search. [ swe | toa o and Attorney McDonough were nres- ent and many of the difficulties which have been hanging fire for several months were “ironed ou Fear was being expressed by members of the party that the town (committee and the members of the Alfred E. h for President club would not b Although M: officer of the yor Paonessa is not an club he is looked up- : PNt {0 Ly its members as their leader, | [SDmohtalil e iilie y Syaters B oIt Cape iy o\ 5158 M ol atprram bk i | Chidley, where the monoplane last | 17108 TS el el reported its position. 1 S Carnb HhiL ot A united | | Members of the Rawson-Ficld | party in the city last election the | Muscum expedition, under the direc- | jemocrats were able 1o carry the {tion of Commander Donald MacMil- |city, and when the conference came lan, which is now at Nain, Labrador, |to an end this afternoon it was be |advised the Associated [ wircless that it, too, | successful in efforts | fate of the plane. "It is raining hard and the barom- [ter is falling,” MacMillan wirclessed last night. | Trappers Are Aiding The Hudson Bay company ad- { vised the Rockford, 1Il., chamber of | Commerce, sponsor of the flight, that |it would broadcast an appeal to its |thousands of trappers, ttered |through the north, to aid in the | search. Pr by had been un- to learn the lieved that the party factions we once more in harmony. MRS, PULFORD IS FOUND Hartford Woman, Monday, Had Committed Sui- cide by Poisoning. Hartford, Aug. (#—Mrs. Kath- Wircless operators of the Rurgess arine Pultord of Tremont street, | Battery company station at Madison | Missing since Monday morning was |who have been listening for word found dead in Keney park this from the plane since it left Coch- aft“rnoon Ny rane, Ont., Saturday noon on the She bad committed suicide b [hop to Mt. Evans, Greenland, aban- | $Wallowing poison. The body was |doned their vigil last night. It was | foUnd by . f"”‘k employe on the {felt that the possibility of direct | baNk of @ brook mear the Windsor |communication from the plane's |“VihUt AN Mentited . ahout radio set now is most remote, even if the two fiiers are alive. One Ray of Hope Dr. Charles Sceleth, a Chicago |radio amateur, provided the only |ray of hope. He said that on Mon- ) this afternoon by Detective Ser- goant Thomas Hickey who had been directinz the search for the missing woman since Monday evening when | the 1 her disappearance was reported to the police by her hus- |day night he had received over and |y, Alrred E. Pulford and her over again the letter “R,” broad- | parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ansel G. Cook cast for nearly an hour. {of Asylum avenue. |the code tetter by which Ha t of “R" was ell and jCramer had arranged to advise thefr WHITIN TO RETURN | backers that the plane was 75 miles | Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 22 (UP) — |oft Cape Chidley. The signal did not come on the |plane set's wave length of 32,84, |instead. Dr. Sceleth said, he picked |it up on a wave length of 24 mcters, The “R” he said, came very feebly, William F. Whiting, newly-appoint- ed sceretary of commerce, is expect- ed to return to his Holyoke home from Wisconsin Friday to place his bu, i Washington to | duties early next assume week. his Whiting (Continued on Page 12) his close ! ceed Herbert Hoover, | THE WEATHER | }» | | New Dritain and vicinity: | || HIGH TIDE — AUG. 23 5 Unsettled, 'fioh.hly showers | r Now Sives S i | tonight; ursday partly e G ¥ | 1 .-u.::,'; not much change in 1 ’ | New London 3:53 a.m.,4:20 p.m. | | temperatare. 11 | *. * | % * J cmocratic state con- [ | vention to be held in New Haven on | | | September 7 and § | : 4 i has | the ers 50 that the organization will he | dy for its best battle on election | | Only the mayor, Chairman Keevers | united in the election. | DEAD IN KENEY PARK Missing Since | siness affairs in order and go to | new | was appointed by President Coolidge, | friend, yesterday. to suc- | s Olympic ficld. rade Called OF » Olympic ship met at quarantine at § o'clock by the may- or's committee aboard the officiul re- ception boats, the Macom and Man- | hattan, and escorted up the bay to companiment of the shrickin, of sirens, tooting of whistles, th blaring of a band and blasts of water | flung high into the air by a tireboat | off the Battery, Because of the rain was which was | falling when the vessel docked, it | was decided to have the city's offi | cial reception to the t i tely and at the pier, dispe scheduled parade 10 the city hall. | McAllister 1s Through | Bob McAllister, the veteran New | York “flying cop,” returncd declar- ing he would never put on his run- ning shocs again, McAllister lost out in the Olympic 100-meter print after pulling a tendon and he said it nearly broke his heart to lose. He had been training hard for two years with the Olympic race as his goal, he said. | Johnny Weissmuller, who succes | fully defended his Olympic 100~ | meter free style swimming cham- | pionship, caused something of a sen- | #ation by announcing that he doubts | whether he will participate in the | next Olympics. He was asked if he would go into the movies and r that that up in the air.” | Johnny will remain in New York for several days to give some exhibi- tio He said he has not entered linto any agreements with C. ¢, Pyle, the professional sports promoter. Weissmuller added that in a weeks he expects to go to Japan as n immedi- sing with up Broadway | plied few © | the guest of Prince Chichibu, broth- | er of the emperor, who extended him {the invitation at Amsterdam. | Barbuti Is Welcomed One center of attention when ‘he athletes debark=d was Ray Barbuti, of Inwood. N. Y., the big ex-Syra (Continued on Page | 1,200,000 FUNDS SPENT | Red Cross Expended This 12) Amount In Its Relief Program After Floods of Last November. | Washington, Aug. (#--The American Red Cross mouiiced to- i ¥ that it had completed its flood |reliet program in New ILngland |which was instituted last November. | More than $1,200,000 | which 74 was spent, of ved in con- was re tributions and the remainder from [the organization's national treasury. | Work in Masachusetts, Conneeti- | ’vur. New York and New Hampshire was ended some time ago but the |last relief payment has just been made in Vermont and the headquar- ters at Montpelier closed. n- cial aid was given 3,504 families of | which 2.721 families were in Ver- mont. | Notification Weather | Report: “Partly Cloudy” Albany, N, Y., Aug. 22 (®—"Part- ly cloudy tonight” was the officia! (forecast issued this forenoon by the |Albany office of the United Statcs weather bureau. Forecaster Lindgren said he be- |lieved that the rain which had been falling intermittently during the forenoon would cease and that the ceremony attending the official {notification to Governor Alfred E. Smith that he had been nominated |as the democratic presidential can didate could be held |planned. F. McDONOUGH IWDONOUGH DECIDES 1 TO RUN FOR SENATE 1 ATTY. T. Lawyer Will Seek Nomina- | tion of Democratic Party % Attorney Thomas F. McDonough | tod made uncement that he would be a candidate for the demo- cratic nomination for state senator. He plans an active campaign which he lopes will hring him the nomina- | tion of his party and his election lover the republican nominee, T is the first formal move At- torney McDonough has made in the | | direction of an he office. Since 1 his name stricken from the ublican lists to join the demo- tic party shortly before the last | eity clection he has been mentioned | for several places, but has declined lin every instanc L'riends have approached him with a vicw to having him as the party candidate for the upper house in the state 'mbly and after | weeks of consideration he has de- cided to run. | Attorncy McDonough has made | himself one of the party's foremost !leaders in the short time he has been in its ranks. Shortly after the eleef he was offered a place on one of the commissions, but refused stating that he was not in the party who have been working for its success should be annud reward When James Butler resigned from the school board to take over | of the Attorney board of Me- the to the chairmanship fire commissioners, Donough was mentioned for |place and councilmen offered Iback him, but he again declined. | In the democratic national con- {vention held at Houston, Texas, he | was an honorary sergeant at arms. | Attorney McDonough is a student of politics and has already gathered |much material which he expects to use in a campaign similar to the city election when he, Mayor Paon- |essa and Judge William F. Mangan !carried on an active speaking tour. 1t is probable that Ernest W. Christ, vice president and secretary |of the Stanley Works and a republi- |can party leader since 1908, will be his opponent. GOEBEL 1S OVERDLE AT BRAINARD FELD 'En Route to Hartford But | May Have Been Forced to Land Hart Aug. 22 (P—At 0 this afternoon when Col, Art Goebel famous cross country aviator, was about an hour and a half over-due | at Brainard Field, Charles W, Deeds | secreta treasurer of the Pratt | and Whitney Aircraft Corporation, and Lewis MacClain, test pilot for the company, took off in a De Haviland plane to sce if any trac could he tound of Goebel's plane, the Yankee Doodle. Belief was ex- pressed 1 mad 're that Goebel must hav a landing somewhere between Field, where he took off shortly after 12.30, and this city. i Curtiss Ficld, N. Y., Aug. 22 (®— Colonel Arthur Goebel and Harris Tucker, transcontinental aviators, left at 12:50 o'clock this afternoon for Hartford, Conn. to have their Lockheed-Vega monoplane Yankee Doodle overhauled in preparation for the national air derby in which they are to take part next month. Five Persons Killed by Contact With Live Wire Phoenix, Ari Aug. 22 (P—Five persons were electrocuted here last night when they stumbled across a bar 2,300 voit high power line blown to the ground during a terrific wind- storm about midnight. Three of the victims, Miller, his wife and a son, were in- stantly killed. 'Two others, Miller's | son Wesley and a neighbor, Carl Mecks, died attempting to rescue the three. Miller stepped on the wire while en | route to work. His screams brought | his wife and son to his aid. Both | died when they came in contact with the wire. Wesley, another son, e caped from the wire once, and his | shouting attracted Meeks, The two returned and attempted to drag the outdoors as | bodics loose, both being killed in the attempt. ”"‘)’loauau 4py several | leng cnough and that he felt older | Imembers Iy Richard | PRICE THREE CENTY ALBANY, BEDECKED, AWATTS CERENONY - OF NOTIFICATION | Crowd of 150,000 Perscas Will Seg, j(h_ile Millions Will 2 Paonsg, ~ Radio p PROGRAM 0pLns AT SIX: LIGHT RAIN IS FALLING | Speech of Acceptance is Expected te, | Take More Than an Hour For Dee livery—Special Trains and Boats as Well as Automobiles Brioging Throngs to New York's Capital City All Day. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 22 P—A ;llghl but steady rain which began | early today and was continuing long after noon sent thousands of visie |tors indoors to speculate gloomily over weather prospects around dusk | for the notification of Governor Smith, | The forecaster nad predicted cloudy weather for the early eve- | ning, but an absence of wind in the i“"]'v afternoon made it appear that | the steady drizzle would keep up at | least for several hours more, Preparations Made Arrangements had been made, 1% event the skies loosened up with a heavy downpour, to hold the cere. mony inside the assembly chamber of the state capitol, where Governor Smith received his political schoole ing, but unless the weather is ex. tremely bad, he was expected to go through with his speech of accepte ance in the little flag draped canoe pied enclosure on the east steps. The emergency wired assembly chamber, it was pointed out could accommodate only a small portion of the notification and national com- | mittees, friends of the governor and newspapermen, who have been as- signed 8eats in the reserved section on the steps and lawn. For this reason it was believed only a bad |storm would prevent outdoor exer- cises. Smith Sleeps Late The democratic presidential nom- {Inee slept late, as he did not return |to the executive mansion until |around midnight from the nearby Berkshires, where he played golf ‘nnd dined yesterday at the home, in | 8tockbridge, Mass., of Norman H. (Continued on Page 12) MANSLAUGHTER COUNT WILL BE PROSECUTED Driver to Face Charge as Result of Boy’s Death Prosecuting Attorney J. G. | Woods said today that the charge of manslaughter in the case of Thomas J. Barron of 771 Farminge ton avenue will be pressed in police court tomorrow. Barron was driving an automobile on Broad street last it struck a truck | parked at the curb, knocking Joseph | Pienkos, aged 11, of 96 Gold street [to the ground and killizg him n- | stantly. | “The information in my hands in- | dicates that this case is different | from those in which children and |adults have been killed by running {in front of automobiles on the city | streets,” Mr. Woods said. “Investi-- | sation into many such cases has re- | vealed no cause for prosecution, but | T cannot nolle this case.” | Sergeant P. J. O'Mara, who was | asigned to investigate the case, ha |turned over to Mr. Woods statea | ments by the following witnesses: Anthony Dlugolenski of 136 Smith |street, Hieronim Sobieray of 161 { Broad strect, Frank Kosawowski of | 445 Burritt street, Alex Milseczuk of | 151 Broad street, Benny Przygoda of 1120 Stanley street, John Lada of | 164 Grove street, Leo Losek of 148 Grove street. | Sunday when | ANOTHER CANDIDATE 0UT | Mayor Phillips of Stamford Today Comes Forth as Active Candidate for Democratic Senate Nomination New Haven. Aug. 22 (P—Among, items of political information which {came to democratic state headquar- | ters here today was one which stated | Albert N. Phillips, Jr. mayor of | Stamford, was an active candidate |for the nomination for United | States senator. Town Chairman John |A. Walsh of Staraford had pre- iously stated locally that Mr. Phile | lips would be available as a candi- date and that he had promises of | support in Fairfield county, | With Mr. Phillips in the race the | democratic state convention may have four nomes before it, E. Kent Hubbard of Middletown, P. B. O'Sullivan of Orange, Augustine Lonergan of Hartford and Mr. Phillips. It was also reported to state headquarters by democrats from Fairfleld county that Mayor Bunder- land of Danbury would be well sup- ported in the congressional district convention which will name Com- gressman Merritt's opponent.