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VONELN OUSTED Sl Continie IENGRATS WILL |13 FRON GOLF PLAY BY YATES TODAY {498 Coumpion nd One of This * Yor's Fvorie Victim fn Snsatonal et WINNER TOPS RIVAL BY (OUN TOF THREE AND TWO Phil Perkins, British Title Holder, vwbmllmnmu by Margia of Onme Up—Evans, Ouimet and Marsion Also Are Eliminated—Bobby Jomes One of Last to Start in Today's Play. Braeburn Country Club, Newton, Mass., Sept. 12 M — George Von Elm of Detroit, 1926 champion and one of the tournament’s biggest favorites, was the victim of a sen- sational upset in the opening round of the national amateur golf cham- plonship today. He was beaten by Arthur W. (Ducky) Yates of Roch- ester, N. Y., by a margin of 3 and 2 in the first 18 hole match of the day and summarily eliminated. Plays Par Golf Playing par golf in a drizling rain, Yates obtained an “early lead on Von Elm, made the turn at the ninth three up and settled the issue on the 16th to eliminate the player who had been generally expected to reach the finals and there meet the defending champion, Bobby Jones. Von Elm's ragged work around the greens was the princi- pal faflure in his downfall. The marathon match between Don Moe, young Portland, Oregon, star, and Phil Perkins, British title holder, was decided on the 22d hole when Perkins, with a par ¢ to Moe's 5, emerged the victor by a margin of one up. The Briton had staged a great rally to square the match on the 17th and prolonged the fight when Moe missed a 3 foot putt on the 18th green to a win, The fourth former national cham- pion to meet his Waterloo in the opening round fell when Francis Ouimet, Boston, favorite, lost .to young Phillips Finlay, a fellow townsman, 3 up. Ouimet, after lead- ing at the turn by 3 up, frittered away his chances in the last three holes with a wild iron play and poor putting. Previously, Von Elm, Chick Evans and Max Maraton, all former title holders, had been eliminated. The vanguard of the 32 contenders for the national amateur golf cham- pionship now worn by Bebby Jones, got away this morning in the rain. Two rounds, each at 18 holes, were acheduled for the day to cut the fleld down to eight. George Von Elm of Detroit, 1926 champion, and Arthur W. (Ducky) Yates of Rochester, N. Y., led the pack out through the mists that overhung Brae Burn's hills and dales. They were all square at the end of three holes, halving the first in par fours, while Yates took the second with a birdie, and Von Elm the third, 4 to 5, as the Rochester star missed his approach. i Yates halving the fourth with Von Elm, in par fours, became one up on (Continued on Page 10) JOHN COOLIDGE 15 20 MINUTES EARLY President’s Son Taking No Chances of Being Late for Work New Haven, Conn., Sept. 12.— (UP)—John Coolidge is taking no chances of being late for work, He arrived at his New Haven rail- road job today at §:10 a. —20 minutes early. Yesterday he was ten minutes ahead of time. As yesterday, the president's son 1ked to work from the Yale Grad- uates’ club, where he is a temporary guest, accompanied by Willlam Wood, secret service man. A crowd watched him enter the yellow building, road headquarters. The newspapermen and photog- raphers who flocked here yesterday had dwindled to a persistent handful. John smiled but hurried in.. ° After dismissing Wood, John went to work . at his desk in the general manager's office. Yesterday on recommendation of his superiors, he spent most nt the day getting ac- quainted with fellow employes and general office routine. Today he buckled down to the job he was hired to do. Probably most of John's work will be of a mathematical nature, since his immediate superior is Don Meis- nger, assistant general manager in charge of operating statistics. That he is the president’s son is not affecting the attitude of John's employers. He is treated as any other junior clerk. Yesterday he was not dismissed until 5:30 p. m. As he walked to the club with Wood his step lagged and he appeared fatigued in contrast to his sprightly appearance as he walked to work in the morning. ‘Wood appeared fresh and untired. His chief task will be to find some- thing to do while his charge is work- ing. 3 ¢ *NEW BRITAIN HERAL NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1928 —TWENTY PAGES Gen. Butler Ames of Lowell (above) and Benjamin Loring Yourig of Weatoa (below) are can- didates in the coming Massachusetts primary for the republican nomin- ation for senator to oppose Sen. David I. Walsh, democrat, NON-STOP DERBY 10 COAST BEGINS Clford McMillin First t0 Take the i FLIES STINSON PLANE Rema'ning Contostants Have Until 4:30 0o'Clock This Afternoon to Take Off On Dasi to Los Angcles, Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Sept. 12 P—A telephone mesmge re- ceived here early this afternoon from Clifford McMillan, of 8yta- cuse, first to ‘take off in the transcontinental air race, said that McMillan had been forced down on a mountain 8 miles west- of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The flier reported that his plane had not beeén damaged, but he requested 2 ship with spare parts be sent to him at once. Roosevelt Field, N. Y. Sept. 12 (P—Clifford McMillin was the first tc take the air today in the trans- continental. non-stop air derby to Los Angeles. He left the ground at 10:37 eastern standard time. McMillin, accompanied by C. A. Herrick, was flying a red and green Stinson monoplane with a Wright Whirlwind engine. McMillin is from Syracuse, N. Y., and Herrick from Hempstead. When McMillin's plane, the Onon- daga (race. number 101) took the air, the only other of the eight re- maining -entries to be ready at the starting line was Mra. James = A. Stillman's North Star. 1,000 At Field About 1,000 persons pressed against the police lines and held their breath as McMillin.raced down the famous transatiantic runway and lifted slowly into the air. He gained altitude slowly, The weight of his 450 gallons of fuel proved a serious burden. But before he was out of sight he was (Continued on Page 17) WEISS MURDER CASE NOT ON GOURT LIST But Trial Will Take Place This Month, Police . Say Hartford, Sept. 12 (UP) — The docket of Hartford county criminal superior court announced today listed 107 cases for trial before the BSeptember term. The most important cases were those of Roger W. Watkins and his alleged accomplices in embezzle- ment from the National Associated Investors, Inc., and Btuart R. Flo- rian, Southington youth, alleged to have plotted a bank robbery at Plantsville executed “by. Chicago sanggters. Juries ‘have disagreed re- garding Florian twice. It will be his third trial. The case of SBamuel Weiss of New Britain, alleged to have caused the death of his brother by poisoning his -beer, .was not listed. o Detective Sergeant McCue said this afternoon that the reason the Weiss case is not listed on the docket is that all the papers have not been completed. The case will be heard at this term of the court. he said, its abience from the dock- et ‘menning that it was not in cleri- cal shape to be included in the, docket when it was being made up. The case of Russell Waugh, whe was bound over on charges of car- rying. a concealed weapon, and im- proper conduct, is. alse off ‘the docket for & similar reason, but will be heard at the September ur-, Sergeant McCuwo suid. FIND TROUBLE IN THE MIDILE WEST Ohio, Indiana and Illilois Are Almost “umwl Maine, Survey Sbow: MAY MAKE LARGE GAINS IN GITY OF CLEVELAND Smith Adheremts Foresce Plurality of 50,000 for New York Governor in Country’s Fifth Largest City— "Fact that State Ts Overwheimingly Protestant Seen Detrimental to “Ar's” Chances; Columbus, Ohio, 8ept. 12.—(P— As it looks toward November from a back-ground of traditional re- publicanism, the mid west presents serfous problems for those demo- crats who hope to capture electoral votes hereabouts for Smith and Robinson. Although they still are spoken of as normally debatable, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois—spanning the north from the Pennsylvania line to the Mississippi—have been voting the republican ticket for these many 'years now in national elections, with almost unbroken regularity and for the most part by overwhelming ma- jorities. By long habit they have be- come almost as “regular” as Maine or Michigan, It is so different that whereas the democratic national or- ganization has made the eastern group one of its principal objectives, it has shown no particular haste about spending its money and its ef- forts here in the midwest, and has mentioned this section only casually in its electoral claims. True of Ohio Of the three states, this is particu- larly true of Ohio. In Indiana and Illinois special considerations, hav- ing to do largely with problem and local political tangles, have aroused hopes that eventuate in determined offensives for the demdcratic national ticket. In Ohlo democratic prophets base their prediction rather on demonstrated independence of the electorate, although in the past it has been the republicans who have almost invariably profited nationally by the inclination of split their tickets, Home of a long succession of re- publican presidents, this state has voted for but one democratic presi- dential nominee since Buchanan. It is the -native state of the Anti- Baloon league, which still main- tains-its national headquarters at Westerville and keeps careful vigil over local politics. The country towns and even a good percentage of the cities of Ohio are dry terri- tory. 'The state is reckoned two- thirds industrial and but one-third agricultural. In the country sections McNary-Haugenism is said never to have been the factor it is farther west. Ohio Protestant Besides all of this, Ohio as a whote is overwhelmingly Protestant, and althopgh the religious issue has not received the prominence given it elsewhere in public political de- bate, the leaders of both partles agree that it is talked about throughout the state by the voters themselves. In their struggle to offset these handicaps, the democrats are cen- tering their attentions on the cities hoping to make such sensational gains as to overturn the Hoover strength in the country and land the state in the democratic column for Smith, where it went in 1916, on a different set of issues, for Wil- son. In 1920, choosing between two favorite sons, Ohlo gave Harding a plurality of 402,000 over Cox, and in 1924 Coolidge polled 340,000 more ' than Davis and La Follette gether. Thus if the democrats can gather all the votes cast four years ago for both Davis and La Follette they still would be far short of a majority. The remainder they hope to make up from several sources. They will talk farm relief in the country sec- tions, where many votes were cast against Hoover in the republican pre-convention primary. In the cities they expect to get a certain num- ber of republican wets, They also count on a statewide turn over in the (Continued on Page 10) SWEETSER LEADS FIELD IN STATE GOLF TOURNEY Shuttle Meadow Club Player Turns In Card of 74 Out of 85 Contestants, * A. C. Bweetser of Bhuttle Meadow club with a card of 74, is leading the entries in the on» day state tournament which, is being held at Bhuttle Meadow club today. There are 101 golfers entered in competi- tion and 85 have already turned in their scores. 8. 8m. of Goodwin park, ‘Hartford, with a ecore of 75 1s second. Amelia Earhart Leaves For Los Angeles Today El Pase, Sept. 12 (UP)—Miss Arelia Earhart will leave today for Los Angeles to attend the national air races. ‘The ocean flier arrived yesterSay frem Pecos; Tex., where she was de- by meter trouble on her trans- i’ gt the farm | may the Ohioans to 083 Pupils In Public Schools, Increase of 638 Over Last Year; Shifts to Result From Condition Transfers Necessitated In Franklin, Washington, Put- nam, Stanley, Northend, Rockwell and Camp Schools Because of Overcrowding—Princi- pals Report to According to figures filed with Supt. Stanley H. Holmes at a meet- ing this noon of principals of 19 public schools, the enrollment in the public schools this year is 13,083, or 638 more pupils than on the first day last year. An increase of 500 pupils is fig- ured upon by school authoritics every year, but this year the in- crease was above the average with the result that many schools, espe- cially those in the northern section, are crowded to capacity. Bupt. Holmes announced today that many of the pupils will be transferred. Schools Seriously - Crowded The schools which are most seri- ously affected are the Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Israel Put- ram schools in the northwestern section and ihe Stanley school in Stanley Quarter. Mr. Holmes ex- pegts to meet the situation in the northwestern section by the trans. fer of puplls from one school to the | other 0 that the present. buildings in that section will be able to care for the pupils. With the reopening of the Israel Putnam school on Os- good avenue after & reconstruction HOOVER CAUTIOUS WITH HIS PLEDGES Tells Women He Will Make No Promises on Equal Rights 10- STUDY QUESTION FIRST Frankly Tells Delegation He Will Not Commit Himself Until He Has Made Exhaustive Study of Possible Effect of Change in Law. Washington, Sept. 12 UM—Herbert Hoover today frankly told a dele- gation from the women’s party that he would not pledge himself to an equal rights amendment to the con- stitution until he had completed an exhaustive study of the effect of such a change in the fundamental law. Mr. Hoover received the woman's party delegation in the spacious ballroom on the second floor of his general headquarters, and listened to pleas for a constitutional amend- ment. “I think you will agree that any plea based on equal opportunity and removal of restrictions of any group will make a great appeal to me,” he said. “I have long regarded that as an ideal of American life, but it has not been my habit to rush into determinations on any public questions. “I would go to any extent to re- move restrictions on equality of op- portunity. I have the utmost sym- pathy for you in your problems and I have asked some of my friends qualitied to penetrate the mazes of this problem to make a thorpugh in- vestigation of the effect of such an amendment as you propose. Study is Needed “There is on the statute books of all states a mass of legislation de- signcd primarily for the benefit of women and children. I would hesi- tate to say without a thorough and exhaustive study that all of - these fhould be brushed aside with one sweep of the hand. “I want to be honest with you. I do not know of anything more seri- ous for any public - man than to pledge himself to a change of the constitution. I am not going to ® | pledge myself until I have exhausted my information on the subject. If I find to my satisfaction that this is necessary to obtain equality of op- portunity I' will be with you. “I could not be more frank with you and T hope you will receive this in the spirit in which it is given.” The women, who were led by Miss Maud Younger of California, con- gressional chairman of the woman's party, applauded vigorously as Mr. Hoover bowed himself out of the room. Besides Miss Younger several other members of the delegation addressed the candidate urging his support of an amendment which would remove all restrictions on women in industry, giving them an equal place with men. Miss Gail Laughlin, vice chairman of the party, of Portland. Maine, told Mr. Hoover that the amend- ment was hound to come and that all human beings could do would be to speed or retard its arrival. Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles. of Dela- ware, said the women were not representing any fanatical view- point and that she believed she would be false to her own inheri- tance if she did not urge removal of restrictions. Mrs. Mary A. Murray, a transit ticket agent of New York. also urged upon Mr. Hoover that he take a stand for an equal rights amend- ment, outlining some of the difficul- ties she herseif had had in continu- IMICMIMMM‘mIefl & widew with'five children to sup- port. Supt. Holmes. program following a fire, the port- able echools at the Washington achool have been abandoned. Part Time At Stanley School Two rooms have been put on a part time schedule at the Stanley school because of the over-crowded condition in the Belvidcre section. One class goes to school in the morning and the other in the after- noon. A shift of pupils in the Northend. Reckwell, and Camp schools will al- 50 be nmecessary because of the fact that the Rockwell school was forced to give up the upper floor of the building for Benior High school use. The other two buildings are not so crowded so that Rockwell pupils will be divided between these ' two schools. The list of schools and their en- rollments is as follows: Senior High, 1240; Central Junior High, 136 Washington, 1261; Etihu Burritt, 978; Smulley, 1232; V. B. Chamber- lain, 74 Roosevelt, 554; Levi O. 8mith, 500; Lincoln, 509; B. Franl lin, 611; Vance, 540; Camp, 406; Rockwell, 271; Stanley, 417; North- end, 363; Bartlett, 318; Israel Put- nam, 336; Walnut Hill, 124; total, 13.083. LID BLOWN OFF AS WARKET ROARS UP Fitty [Issues Soar fo New High Marks TICKER FALLS . BEHIND More Than 800,000 Shares Change Hands Hourly in One of the Most Active Days in History of Wall Street. New York, Sept. 12 (P—The lid was blown off the stock market again today and prices soared $1 to $11 a share in one of the most active ses- |sions in Wall street’s history. By early afternoon the ticker had fallen half an hour behind the = market, with hourly sales averaging more than 800,000 shares. Fifty issues, Including such popular shares as U. 8. Bteel common, Texas Corporation, Johns-Manville, Briggs Manufactur- ing, Anaconda Copper, Loose Wiles Biscuit, Republic Steel and National Cash Register, sold at new high prices for the year, or longer. Temporarily Halted A bad Lreak in the amusement shares on the traditional “selling on the good news” following . the an- nouncement of a merger of Warner Bros. Pictures and S8tanley Co. of America, temporarily halted th vance. Warner Bros. A, Fox F arJd Stanley broke about $10 a share from their high levels, but buying support was quickly provided, new leaders brought for.ard, and the advance was resumed. Curtiss Aeroplane and Stanley Co. of America recorded extreme gains of $10.75 a share. One block of 30,000 shares of Stanley changed (Continued on Page 17) JOHN E. JOHNSON DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION Main Street Business Man Patses Away at New Britain Hospital John E. Johnson, 48 years old of 77 Osgood avenue, a member of the firm of Occupin & Johnson Co., painters and paper hangers, died at 10 o'clock this morning at New Brit- ain General hospital following an operation. He had lived in this city for the past 25 years: Born in Sweden, December 7, 1878, he came to Hartford in 1902 and after staying in that city for a year he came to New Britain. In March, 1919, he and Walter P. Oc- cupin formed a partnerthip which has been carried on since that time. The store is located at 46 Main street. Mr. Johnson was a member of Andre lodge, 1. O. O. F., and the First Lutheran church. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Selma A. Johnson: a daughter. Miss Edith Johnson; four sons, Lawrence, Rudolph, Everett and Walter John- son; two brothers, Algot Johnson of Hartford and Carl Johnson of Swed- en; two sisters, Mrs. Luther Abra- hamson and Mrs. Edward Johnson of Sweden. Funeral arrangements, in charge of Erickson & Carlson Co., are in- complete. * THE WEATHER ew Britain and vicimity: Clowdy with probably occas- fonal tonight and much change "“'“f)d Paojrzy ApY Qs ‘muaouuo ) VACATION ENDED, COOLIDGE AGAIN IN WHITE HOUSE President Grested by Hoover|_ When He Arrives in Wash- ington Early Today CABINET MEMBERS AT RAILROAD STATION New and Retiring Leaders of Re- publican Party Have But a Few Moments in Which to Talk—Post- pone Later—Mrs, Political Conference Until Coolidge Radiantly Happy. Washington, Sept. 12 (®—The new and retiring leaders of the re- publican party — Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge—greeted each other today at Union Station on the return of the president from his vacation in Wisconsin, but their conference on political affairs was deferred until a later time, Follows Custom Following a custom he always ob- served while commerce secretary, the republican presidential candi- date motored to the station with Mrs. Hoover and Dr, Hubert Work, chairman of the republican national committee, arriving a quarter of an hour before the presidential train. They remained in the president's room until train time, and were joined there by the Secretary of State and Mrs. Kello.g, Attorney General Bargent and Dwight Davis. secretary of war. Becretary Kel- logg was the first to greet the presi- dent as Mr. Coolidge stepped from his private car with Mrs. Coolidge immediately behind him. The pres. ident smiled as he shook hands with each member of the group, Mr. Hoover being the second one he greeted. The candidate and the president had time for only a hand- shake and a word or two. Mrs, Coolidge Exclaims Mrs. Coolidge received the cabi- net ladies cordially, exclaiming over each one as she shook hands. She and Mrs. Hoover chatted for a moment or two before the party moved on to the president’s room. Secretary Wilbur and Becretary Whiting, who were tardy arrivals, shook hands with the president on the way. There was a sall crowd in the big concourse and it ap- plauded Mr. Coolidge wko doffed his gray fedora hat in response. Walk Behind Mr. and Mrs. Hoover walked well behind the chief executive but the president beckoned the candidate forward when the photographers halted the party at the front of the station. Passing through the crowd of several hundred outside the sta- tion the president and Mrs. Coolidge drove to the White House. Mr. Hoover was applauded hy the spec- tators as he and Mrs. Hoover drovc away en route to thelr home. At Headquarters Mr. Hoover went to his general headquarters shortly afterwards to put his final 0. k. on the draft of the address he is to deliver at New- ark next Monday night and to en- gage in his daily round of confer- ences with party leaders and other callers. Tasks Await President A variety of official tasks, await- ing President Coolidge's immediate attention upon his return to Wash- ington today, spelled a definite end to the days of leisure which the chief executive has been enjoying since he left the capital threc months ago for a vacation in the solitude of northern Wisconsin. The president was rested and in- vigorated by the open air life he led on the banks of the Brule river, and health of Mrs. Coolidge has been completely restored by the bracing atmosphere of the head of the lakes. Uneventful Ride The long ride back from Wiscon- sin was one of the most uneventful ever taken by President Coolidge. Although some crowds collected at the few stops which the presidential train made, these were smaller than usual, and only once, at Chicago. was their insistence for a glimpe> of | Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge satisfied by the chief executive. At Newcastle Junction, Pa.. Sec- retary Davis, of the labor depart- ment, joined the presidential party (Continued on Page 10) ABATE PERSONAL TAXES FOR 147 PETITIONERS Inability to Pay Because of Unem- ployment Reason Explain- ed by Many. Conditions of unemployment brought personal tax exemption to a considerable number of men and women who came before the mayor. board of aldermen and the tax col- lector at a meeting last night in the common councilechamber. In almost all cases it was found that the reasons given in conjunction with requests for abatement were legitimate ones and 147 names were stricken from the personal tax lists. Physical disability, inability to make the payment because of finan- cial conditions and statutory ex- emptions were among the reasons offered by the petitioners as they SHITH'S DAUGHTER T0 ACCOMPANY HIM Will Go Silently Stumping for Father's Election WILL NOT MAKE SPEECHES Wife of Major Warner Has Had Ex- perience With Two Gubernatorial Campaigns Which Will Stand Her in Stead. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 12 (®— For the third time Mrs, John A. Warner, elder daughter of Governor Smith, will go silently stumping for her father's election. Mrs. Warner, the second of the Smith children, has taken an active part in her father's last two guber- ratorial campaings, though she has never taken the speaker's stand to tell a waiting world what a daugh- ter thinks of her father. Her role this year will be the same. Leaves Housghold The business of leaving a large household, her husband, who is su- perintendent of state police, and her year old baby, Mary Adams War- ner, in good order when she leaves on Sunday with her father's private party on his first campaign trip is keeping the slim, quiet young poli- tician busy this week. “Gt course on this trip I shan't do any speaking. Who would want to listen to me when they could listen to father, or even look at him?" she smiled broadly as she placed herself in the proper position of an “interesting figure on the trip.” And with the smile the rezemblance between father and daughter was increased noticeably. Quiet Dignity Bhe has the same large mouth that unashamedly spreads itself when she is glad to see somebody. She is short, as most of the Bmiths are, but with her small body she maintains a wealth bf quiet dign.ty. During her father's 1924 cam- paign she took charge of a special car that was decorated to resemble a huge teapot, symbolic of the Tea- pot Doine scandal of the republi- can administration. S8he directed its movements and for a period of sev- eral weeks toured all sections of the state. With Anuna Roosevelt, daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Elia O'Day, daughter of Mrs. Caroline O'Day, vice chairman of the demo- cratic stat> committee, Emily Smith then helped to spread the doctrine of Governor Smith and his party. The car picked up at various times, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Mrs. Montgomery Hare and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, leading women democrats, who spoke to gatherings of women all over the state. No Speaking “None of the girls did any speak- ing, explained Mrs. Warner. “In the first place I guess we were too young, and in the second none of us could do it." Emily was married in 1926 and shortly after the wedding another gubernatorial campaign started. This timt she was accompanied by her husband, Major Warner, as she traveled with her father, attending (Continued on Page 10) MRS. AUGUSTA BORN DIES AT AGE OF 84 Ellis Street Woman Would Have Been 85 on September 29 Suffering a shock four days ago at the home of her son, Walter Born, of 43§ Ellis street where she had been making her home for the past four years, Mrs. Augusta Born, %4 years old, died at 2 o'clock this morning. Had she lived until Sep- tember 29, she wonld have observed her 85th birthday anniversary, Mrs. Born was a native of Ger- many, but the greater part of her Iife was spent in Meriden where she lived before she came to this city. Surviving her besides her son in this city 1s a son, Rudolph Born of Mer- iden. She was the widow of Joseph Born who died in Meriden several vears ago. Funeral services will be held at B. C. Porter Sons funeral parlors, 19 Court street, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. William Ross, pas- tor of the First Baptist church, will cfficiate. Burial will be in Forest- ville, Chanda Denies Guilt, Held Under $500 Bond With the third member of the trio of alleged proprietcrs of a store at 122 Lafayette street as yet un- apprehended, Joseph Chanda, the second one arrested yesterday on the charge of violating the liquor law, pleaded not guilty in police court today to two counts, und his case was continued until Friday on rec- ommendation of Prosecuting Attor- 4 | PRICE THREE CENTS NEW LUNDON MILKMAN FIRES FOUR BULLETS INTO BANDIT WHO ATTEMPTS TO ROB HIM Early Morning Holdup Averted When Driv- er Knocks Gun From Robber and With Other Hand Fires Own Weapon. Police Scour Countryside for Two Men Who Way- laid Deliveryman—Both Men Escape Following Shooting in Isolated Soe- tion, New London, Sept. 12 UP—Held up at the point of guns by -two masked highwaymen on a lonély section of Fitch avenue, near ‘Bays onnet street, at 5:30 o'clock .this morning, Theodore C. Goodrich,: ¢6 year old milk man of East Lyme, in a revolver duel shot one of the bandits and routed both of ; them. and escaped unscratched. 3 The local police today were dely- ing into all suspected crimihal hang-outs in search of suspects and were maintaining a strict watch at the hospitals and at the offices of city physicians, The state police at the Groton, Centerbrook, Hartford and Danielson barracks were scan- ning the highways for the autoro- bile in which the two desperadoes are believed to have escaped and the police of all cities and towns in Connecticut and western Rhode Is- land were requested to canvass all physicians and hospitals 'in the hopes of locating the man who was shot. Thought Badly Hurs It is believed that the man was badly, possibly fatally wounded, and acting on the theory that the man might have died and his body thrown from the car by his com- panion in crime, Police Captam Charles A. Pinney, Bergeant Patrick Murphy and Patrolmen Elwood Bailey, Harry Watterson and Albert Iverson combed the woods and un. derbrush along the highways in the vicinity of the holdup in the hope of finding the body. Up to a late hour the search had proved unsuc- cessful, Revolver Handy In reporting the holdup, rich been Good- told the police that he had held up at gunpoint about a year ago by two masked bandits near Golden Spur, Waterford, that since that time he has carried, under state police permit, a .23 cali- ber target revolver on his milk truck. The weapon was in a holster nailed beneath the seat and handy to his right hand when Goodrich started out on his milk deliveries this morning. As he was driving slowly through the desolate section of Fitch avenue, near the plant of the City Laundry, he said that a man suddenly Ilcaped from the bushes at the side of the road ento theleft running board, and pushing a gun towards his head said “Bob- by put 'em up.” “With my left hand,” Goeodrich said, “I swept aside the bandit's re- volver and with my right hand, I swept my gun out of its holstér and fired four shots at the map. He was within a foot of me and I am sure that all four shots struck him and it seemed to me as though one of them struck him full in the face, and the other three In the neck and chest. “The bandit fell backwards eoff the running board, and his gun went off as he did so, but the bullet went wild. 1 put my foot on the gas and as 1 did so the second man come around the front of the car from the left side and towards me. I hastily fired one shet at him. but don’t believe I hit him. He jumped aside as I went past ahd fired a shot at me.” HOLY CROSS PLAYER REPORTED A3 DYING Football Star Near Death as Result of Injuries in Practice Worcester, Mass., Sept. 13 (UP) { —James J. Fenton of Lawrence, 1 Holy Cross college foctball player. was reported near death at St. Vin- cent hospital here today as result of injuries received in practice yes- terday. Fenton, playing tackle, received injuries which paralysed the lower portion of his body, when he fell heavily after tackling Patrick Burns, another player. The injured athlete's paronts, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fenton, were *— moned from Lawrence whea it was ¢ discovered at the hespital thet Feu- ton's injuries were likely to prove fatal. 'l'lmyunup.m member of the ety O s preéented their cases Mfl!t)‘m'ooh cnuunnlm-nuu b 9up 8 commlittes. i ”’0)-“