New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 30, 1928, Page 8

e 1 PROMINENT MEN - AMONG INVESTORS President of Harvard Has $70,- 000 in Securities Co. Boston, Aug 30 (P—President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard uni- versity and D. Brewer Eddy, mis- sionary, were among the investors in Western Farm Company securi- ties. the sales of which by middle western financiers have been under investigation by the federal grand jury here. the federal authorities have disclosed. President Lowell i vested $70,000 and Mr. Eddy $ 000 A number of prominent Massa- chusetts residents invested in secur- fties of the Missouri Kansas Farm Company, the Farm Company of Masachusetts and the Farmers' Fund of Illinois, the concerns named by U. S. Attorney Frederick H. Tarr as being under investigation A sim- ilar inquiry in the west end led to the arrest and conviction of Guy Huston, a middle western financier, in Ohio. Mr. Tarr explained that the ad- vertised purpése of the companies was to provide funds to be used in loans to farmers in the middle west, to banks in that benefit of the farmers and to ta second mortgages on farms already mortgaged to the Stock Land Bank. He said the se- cudities taken over by the men in charge of the companies under in- vestigation were worthless securi- ties of their own which they turned into the company at full face value, farms which had been foreclosed upon and which were transferred to the company at three or four times all possible value and worthless notes of irresponsible individuals. KELLEY DEFENSE TODAY Accused Californian to Claim Mrs. Mellus Died trom Alcoholism or & | Bruise on the Head. | Los Angeles, Aug. 30.—(#—An at- tempt to establish the death of Mrs. Myrtle Mellus, prominent society woman, resulted from alcoholism or & bruise on the head received in a | fa!l, was planned today by defense counsel in the trial of Leo P. Kelley, | charged with her murder. | The defense alleged that Mrs. | Mellus and Kelley drank consider- ably the day of the slaying. | Dr. A. F. Wagner, county autopsy | surgeon, who took the stand yes- | terday after Frank Mellus, the woitan's husband, testified on cross examination that a bruise on the head would have caused death. Efforts of Mellus to control his emotions during his testimony and the weakening of Kelley in his com- re, created a scene of drama in t. Kelley winced and often fought sperately for self control, when iellus, at times near collapse, told of | finding his wife's nude body on his | 1 turn from a fishing trip. The young mcat cutter, however, still was ahlel Venus and the earth. A GIFT FOR EVERY KIDDIE OPEN FRIDAY UNTIL 10 P. M. PHONE 787 N THE SQUARE ALL SIZES section for the | Federal Joint| B to muster a smile for news photog- raphers at the end of the day's ordeal Mellus was almost overcome by the sight of a photograph of his wife's mutilated body. His face cov- ered by his hands, he hesitated sev- eral minutes betore he 1dentifid it. Mellus said he had known Kelley | only as a butcher boy to whom he | some times had taken ducks to be | cleaned | Weather Forecast is | for Continued Warmth New York, Aug 0 (A—The greater part of the castern seaboard today was experiencing its third successive day of op) ve heat and high humidity The weather forec for today and tomorrow was continued warm with no prospect for relicf at least until tomorrow night. Thunder- storms were predicted for some lo- ities but were that wperatures would he unchanged predictions | In New York maximum tempera- |ture of 8% degrees was recorded | vesterday, and while the thermome- | ter showed a drop last night the humidity climbed steadily Phila- | delphia had a maximum tempera- |ture of 91, and 93% wa ccorded lat Washington wh govern- in‘fln! offices were closed and em- ployes released from duty Chicago Taxi Man Killed Chicago, Aug. 30 (P —They took Tony Soverino, a taxi driver, for a ride in his own cab last night. | Police passing a lonely spot in Twenty-Fifth avenue saw Tonv's cab parked on the wrong side of the street. was still tickivg It read: Soverino was slumped over the wheel. Two bul- lets had been fired into the back of his head. Near the cab, in the road, police found five empty .38 calibre car- | tridges, in a pocket of the dead | man's coat was a slip of paper on which was written: “Call for Shorty, 122 §. California avenue, 1 Police said they believed a wo- man was in the cab and that Sover- ino had been shot from behind as, unwittingly, he “put himself on the spot” for his own assassination Soverino was 22 years old | apartment ! "Philippine Assembly Has Opposition to Quezon Manila, Aug. 30 (P—The firs revolt against the legislative policy of Senators Quezon and Osmena relative to the proposed liberaliza- tion of the land corporation laws was manifest yesterday. The sena- tor's policy is mm support of the basic elements of Governor General Henry L. Stimsons' plan for econo. mic development of the Philippires. The revolt was regarded with som concern Several senators of the legislature | 1ed by Jose Clarin, acting floor lead- | er of the Nacionalista (majority) | party, were said to have made a se- | cret compact to resist efforts to | liberalize the land laws to permit | holdings of more than | The lower house of the legislature was reported to be showing a simi- [ 1ar opposing attitude Mars is a little larger than Mer- cury and considerably smaller than in His Own Parked Auto | 5000 acres. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1928 AMERIGANS STILL IN TENNIS FIGHT Two International Matches On Today’s Program At Brookline Brookline, Mass. Aug. 30 (P— Two pairs of young American ten- nis players today remained in the emi-final round of the national doubles championship tournament staged on the courts at the lLong- wood Cricket club. With them were a pair of Frenchmen and two Aus- tralians. Today's play called for two inter- national matches. George M. Loft. Jr., and James Hennessey, the top- sceded American pair, were to face Henri Cochet and Jean Brugnon, the | French Davis Cup players, and the other Americans, Johnnie Van. Ryn and Wilmer Allison, were down to clash with Gerald Patterson and | Jack Hawkes of Australia | Sofar in fhe tournament, the vouthful hor: breds have played good tennis but the foreign semi- finalists have eghibited a much bet- ter game. Thepefore the Americans will be forced to steady down if they hope to prevent an all-foreign final for the championship title won last year by “Big Bill” Tilden and cellar Keep a bottle or two in your ice chest and a case or two In your Francis T. Hunter. While these four pairs strive for the doubles honors, three other tournaments will be under way on Longwood courts. Six teams, includ- ing the top-seeded Helen Wills and Jack Hawkes, were down to engage |in third round matches in the na- |tional mixed doubles play and Mrs. |F. 1. Mallory, New York, and Har- |ty Hopman, Australia, were to meet Sarah Palfrey. Boston, and H. W. | Austin, England, in a second round match| The other second round match on the schedule was that of | Penelope Anderson, Richmond, Va., and George M. Lott, Jr., Chicago, versus Mary Greef, Kansas City, and L. C. Collins, England. Moses Says Hoover’s Vote Will Not Fall Below 276 New York, Aug. 30 (#—Senator George H. Moses, eastern director of the Hoover-Curtis campaign, asserts today that Hoover's electoral vote |would not fall below 276, or ten |more than the number of votes “e- | quired to elect He ridiculed John J. Raskob's | prediction that Gov. Smith would win 309 of the 531 votes in the | electoral college, and refused to concede. to Smith any certainty of winning electoral votes north of the Mason-Dixon line “Instead of chasing rainbows in other sections of the country,” | Moses said, “the democratic man- agers would do well to take steps for the preservation of the solidar- ity of the south.” TOMORROW—FRIDAY WHETHER YOU BUY - WHETHER YOU DON'T THE YOUNGSTER GETS HIS AY-COB Special for Friday Saturday DECIDEDLY LOW PRICED at & A <0 FALL STYLES Necklines, nug Hips, V odets, Flares. Jow Knots, 168 MAIN STREET DRESS EVENT and Beaver (Coney) American Wombat .. American Broadtail .. $88.00 Materials: Satin, Georgette Crepe and Chiffons. $48.00 BRANCHES EVERYWHERE 1000 FUR COATS At Guaranteed Lowest Prices In the City. 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