New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 EIPECT BIG VITE IN HASSACHUSETTS Primary Elections to Be Held in Bay State Today MANY RON FOR OFFICE Both Democrats and Republicans to Nominate Men For Fall Election —Walsh Only One Who Is Not Contested. Boston, Sept. 18 UP—An unusual- ly heavy vote was expected at the polls today as members of both major parties reacted to the ‘most active primary campaign Massachu- setts has seen in yea Practically every important nom- ination within the gift of either party was the subject of spirited contest with one exception. U. 8. Senator David 1. Walsh was unop- posed for renomination on the democratic ticket. Lack of Harmony Elsewhere there was little unan. imity and in this respect the re- publican party was faced with a volume of candidates for several important places seldom ever seen before. Both parties had two seekers aft- er the gubernatorial nomination. On the republican side Lieut, Gov. Frank G. Allen and Frank A. Goodwin, deposed registrar of mo- tor vehicles were rival contenders. while Gen. Charles H. Cole headed the democratic organization slate for the post against John J. Cummins an independent. Three it Sided Contest The contest for the republican nomination for the United States senate was three sided. Ebgn 8. Draper, Gen. Butler Ames and B. Loring Young made whirlwind fin- ishes to active campaigns and all announced themselves as equally confident. Two Candidates The democrats have two candl- dates for the lleutenant governor- ship while the republicans have cight including John C. Hull, speak- er of the house of representatives and Willlam 8. Youngman, state treasurer, whose eleventh hour tiits brought the Anti-8aloon league. in- to the fight and did much to en- liven the campaign. Another lively battle which went to the voters for decision was the republican fight for state treasurer in which Fred J. Burrell, who was forced out of the office during the administration of the then Gov. (Continued on Page 18.) FIVE SURVIVE CREW OF TWENTY-THREE Boat Founders in Georgian Bay—Drift on Raft 60 Hours Owen Bound, Ont., Sept. 18 (P— Five men, believed to be the only survivors among the 23 members of the crew and passengers on the cattle boat Manasoo which founder- ed in Georgian Bay early Saturday niorring were recovering from ex- posure here today. The five were taken from a life raft by the Canadian Pacific steamer Manitoba yesterday and brought to this port. They had been adrift for 60 hours. All are expected to re- cover. The other sixteen members of the crew and one passenger are believ- ed to have perished. Chief Engineer Thomas Mc- [Cutcheon of the Manasoo died jaboard the raft shortly before the rescue. His body was stripped of its clothing and tossed into the bay to lighten the raft, awash at the time, because of its heavy burden nd leaking pontoons. His clothing was given to Arthur Middleboro, the purser, wha had escaped clad only in his underwear. McCutcheon {8 survived by his widow and two small children. He was a native of Fife- shire, Scotland. The survivors told Captain F. J. [Davis of the Manitoba that the Man- soo sank almost without warning, iving no opportunity to launch life- hoats or to warn the members of the rew who were below decks. ‘The ship foundered before day- reak, and in the pitch darkness the jmen on the raft had no opportunity 0 rescue any of those now missing. When dawn came they saw two life- oats, one overturned with twa men linging to its sides, the other ap- Jparently unoccupied. The boats soon drifted away however and were not een again. It is not believed the wo men could have hung on long. In the hope that some of the miss- ng might have escaped on other afts or in lifeboats, rescue forces were mobilized to search the bay oday. ‘Without food and constantly men- pced by the waves which broke over he raft, the five men drifted help- icssly before they were sighted by h: Manitoba. At one time, they aild, the raft drifted almost to Christian Island. Then the wind changed and carried them out again. As s00n as they were taken aboard he Manitoba Capt. Davis gave them timulants and put them to bed. hey said they could not have hung on the raft another night. Those saved were: Captain John McKay. sborn Long. Mr. Middlebro, the purser, Ray Fox, an oiler, all of lOwen Sound and E. Wallace, cattle driver of Oil Springs, Ont, a pas- nger on the ship. First Mate NEW BRITAIN HERAL %o —~TWENTY P:%%Q °, Directs Relief Henry M. Baker, director of dis- aster relief of the American Red Cross, who is on his way to San Juan to direct workers aiding refugees of the Porto Rico hurricane. SELININATION’ NOT ALLOWED IN TRIAL Judge Stops State’s Method in Ice Box Bandits’ Case TRIED T0 IDENTIFY CAR Method State Planned Was to Show Where Every Other Car Than Al- leged Murder Car Had Been on Night of Murder. Willimantic, Sept. 18 (#—Press- ing its case against Roland G. La- lone and Albert J. Raymond who are charged with murder of State Trooper Irving H. Nelson, in Pom- fret, April sixth, the state today directed its attention to establish- ing the ugg of a certain green sedan of a particular make by the two defendants that night. State's Attorneys Howard C. Bradford and S8amuel B. Harvey in- dicated by their presentation of tes- mony their desire to link up the s0-called “ice box bandits” with the car in question now that the state has shown that caps worn by them and found in Dudley where the car was abandoned were sold to Lalone and Raymond. Buperior Court Judge Edward M. Yeomans stopped the state in its ef- fort to offer as witneases those per- sons who have the same make of car as the green sedan and whose registration in Mass. began with the figures 401, saying that such effort was “impractical and immaterial.” The state had called by subpoena those Massachusetts car owners whose car and registration number coincided with the line of evidence it was planned to offer. The two young defendants follow- ing the evidence closely exhibit lit- tle worry over the developments in the case. In the court room today were Mrs. Nelson, the widow of the officer, her two very young children, and the officer's mother. Detectives Testifies For the first time since the ‘trial opened, Raymond and Lalone were connected with the search for the Springfield “ice box" men. Detective Lieut. William F. Finneran, while testifying to the {dentification of Lalone and Raymond by Paliceman Ray Gallagher at Worcester police headquarters admitted ~that there was a third man in the line-up who was suspected of being one of the three “ice box bandits.” He was also asked regarding a photograph which had been given Gallagher to identify the driver of the machine which he was chasing. Gallagher ,in his testi- mony, said he was shown a picture of a youth ‘a little bigger" than the man he was looking for. Finneran was asked to tell whose picture that was. He was reticent about giving the name but on the appeal of the defense counsel to the court Fin- neran had to answer. He sald the photograph was of John J. Mattson, and added that his only reason for refusing the name immediately was that Mattson was not connected with this case and might get pub- licity he was not looking for. Fin- neran was asked by defense coun- (Continued on Page 8) STICK-UP MEN GET $200 FROM BRISTOL RESIDENT Joseph Ducas Held Up and Robbed While Nearing Providence on Motorcycle Providence, R. 1. Sept. 18 (P— Joseph Ducas, ‘Bristol, Conn., was held up and robbed on Hartford pike, just over the city line. shortly before 3 o'clock this morning by two young gunmen who took more than $200 In bills and a diamond ring from their victim. Ducas was rid- ing a motorcycle when the bandits, on foot, commanded him to stop. The pair escaped in an automobile which was parked nearby. (8pecial to the Herald) Bristol, Sept. 18.—Joseph Ducas, who figured in a hold up near Provi- dence today, was formerly manager of the Tidewater Oil station on the Memorial boulevard and lived on Btearns street but more recently he has been living on King road. He lef” home yesterday ostensibly to go to Fall River, Mass., and was ex- pected home today. His landlord said today that he did not know Du- cas was the owner of a motorcycle. 4 climax at Paterson NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1928, HOOVER GETS BIG HANDFROM CROWD Caries Campaiga Into eart o Industril East CHEERED IN PATERSON Pasacs Through Lines of Humanity in New Jersey—Workers Throng to Windows to Catch Glimpse of Him. Paterson, N. J., Sept. 18 P — Whirling through Pasmic and a number of samaller towns Herbert Hoover today carried his drive for votes into the heart of the industrial east. His progress through the region was marked by a continuing ovation from the crowds that lined the streets along the way. It reached a where a huge crowd had gathered about the city hall. Here the candidate left his ma- chine for the first time and ex- pressed his appreciation for thg greeting extended to him in New Jersey. “I do not know when a private citizen such as 1 has received so fine a greeting and such a courteous reception as I have been given in New Jersey,” he said. “I appreciate it and I thank you for it. It is very heartening in the task ahead of us.” The crowd applauded lustily and the school children on grounds of the high school, directly across the street, sent up a cheer. Motorcycle Accident As the automobile bearing the candidate moved through the closely packed mass of humanity, a motor- cycle ridden by one of the New Jersey state policemen became un- controllable and broke into the crowd, knocking down a woman. A few minutes later three of the po- {licemen’s machines became tangled throwing them to the pavement. Children Acclaim Him Hundreds of achool children cheer- ed the nominee on his way from Newark through the smaller towns to Passaic and Paterson. As his au- tomobile procession moved into Pas- saic, whistles were tied down and workers thronged to the windows of mills to catch a glimpse of Mr. Hoover. Moving from Paterson, Mr. Hoover sped through the smaller towns to Jersey City. His route then led back to Newark for lunch, after which another automobile trip was to carry him through - Princeton and Elizabeth to Trenton. His day of travel began early. He moved direct- ly from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison through Newark to Passaic and Paterson. Newark, Sept. 18 (#) — Herbert Hoover today had his second taste of campaigning in the east. ‘With a schedule that called for stops in many of the towns in ter- (Continued on Page 18.) UNFAYORABLE WIND DELAYS THE ROMA Transatlantic Flight Now Scheduled for Late This Afternoon 01d Orchard, Me., Sept. 15 () — Unfavorable winds delayed the pro- posed start for Italy this morning of the Bellanca monoplane Roma, Roger Q. Williams, chief pilot, said the take-off would be made late this afternoon if wind conditions changed. While the fueling of the plane was in progress under the super- vision of Piero Bonnelli, radio operator and navigator of the rcew. Willlams went aloft with Captain Harry M. Jones, Portland aviator. for an observation. He reported a strong northwest wind blowing from shore. The heaviness of the Roma's load, some 14,000 pounds, Willlams indi- cated, would require a hop-off into the wind. The cross-wind would seriously hamper the take-off, he said. Tide conditions will again be favorable for a start at about 6 p. m. While awaiting Williams' report Cesare Bebelll. in charge of the flight, walked the beach and etudied the sky. Dr. L. N. Pisculli. folrth member of the crew, remained at the hotel. A crowd of more than 200 people had gathered on the beach to wit- ness the start. Babelll said he had arranged with governor weather exports in New York to send a report of weather conditions this afternoon. The last report received by the fliers indi- cated 72 hours of favorable weather over the Atlantic. The limit h now expired and decision as to the take-off will rest upon the report ex- pected today, Sabelli indicated. Fuelling of the Roma was com- pleted about 11 o'clock this morninz. The plane was not run cut on the beach but remained partially in the hangar. which was not large enough to completely cover it. SAM WEISS MURDER Hartford, Sept. 18 (UP)—Addi- tion of 46 new cases to the docket of criminal superior court has rais- ed the total to 214 cases. Among the 46 was the case of Samuel Weiss of New Britain who will be tried on a charge of causing his brother's death by poisoning his beer, THRONGS IN OMAHA GREET GOV, SMITH Refuse to Wait for Train to Stop in Station GITY IN GALA ATTIRE Democratic Presidential Nominee Will Make Opening Speech of Western Campaign Tonight — Challenged to Answer Questious. Omaha, Sept. 18 UP—Bearing an appeal to the farm voters of the middlewest Governor Smith arrived in Omaha today and found ittle wanting in the way of a reception. Tonight he will deliver a speech on farm relief, the first formal address in his presidential campaign since the notitication August 22 at Al- bany. A round of activity before the time set for the address tonight mn the city auditorium had been mapped out for the democratic presidential nominee and his wife and daughter, Mrs. John A. Warner, including a visit to the Omaha stockyards and stock exchange, a luncheon and a reception for Mrs. Smith, Arrives at 9:15 A. M. After a brief stop on the other side of the Missouri river at Council Bluffs, Ia., where a group of Iowans waited in vain for a glimpse of the nominee, not long since arisen after an overnight ride from Chicago, the long democratic special pulled into Omaha at 915 a. m. A large crowd had gathered at the Union station to welcome the governor and it refused to wait for his train to stop before it bellowed forth a noisy ovation. A reception committee, made up of local leaders and Arthur Mullen, democratic national committeeman, edged through the crowd inside the train gates to approach the governor and escort him to his automobile. A band struck up “The Bidewalks of New York” and after posing for photographs, the party got under way for the Fontenelle hotel, which will be the governor's headquarters while here. Cheers of "Hello Al" and “Wel- come Al" went up from the chowd as it followed the nominee into the station waiting room to the long line of gars waiting for the parade up town. Omaha's streets had been decorat- ed for the occaslon and the route to the hotel especially was in gala attire. Many lined the streets along the way and gave the governor a cheery tribute on his first visit to this Nebraska city since 1920, He had made his first visit here in 1908 on his way back from the democrat- ic national convention at Denver and his second 12 years later while re- turning from the San Francisco | democratic national convention, | Finishes Outline L The governor had completed an ‘outline of the speech he will make tonight tn which he expected to make an appeal not only to the agri- cultural workers in the immediate vicinity but to those of the entire midwest area. A nation wide radio arrangement will carry the speech from coast to coast. Challenged to Answer A full page ad in the Omaha World-Herald signed by ten men who called themselves ‘*citizens of both parties,” and propounding eight questions to be answered by the nominee in his speech tonight was taken to the governor's suite but no comment was forthcoming. In the same issue, National Commit- teeman Mullen described all of the signers as republicans and as hav- ing been assoclated with the repub- lican party for many years. Among the questions were: “What specific federal legislation do you propose for farm relief?"” “Do you believe the country will be more prosperous with liquor or without? Why? To Visit Stock Yards Aside from the trip to the south side for a tour of the stock yards and a call at the luncheon arranged for the women in the party, the governor was expected to put in most of the afternoon resting. Sev- eral democratic leaders, however, —de (Continued on Page 4.) COL. S, B. HORNE Winsted Man Dies In Hospital To- day — First to Auswer Lincoln's Volunteer Call. Winsted, Sept. 18 (UP)—Colonel famuel B. Horne, the first man to enlist after Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers in 1861, died at Litchfield county hospital today in his 86th year. Born in Ireland in 1843, came to America as a youth. After eerving through the Civil war,: he eettled here and in 1584 was a rep- resentative to the general assembly. In 1880, Colonel Horne was ap- pointed United States consul at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, and served for four years. Returning to Connecticut, he was state labor commissioner fram 1§35 to 1899, Next month, Colonel and Mrs. Horne would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. Betides his widow, Colonel Horne left a daughter, Mrs. Edwin F. Law- ten of Hartford. Horne * | THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinit FLORIDA HURRICANLSS P Average Daily Week Ending Sept. 15th ., 14,738 PRICE THREE CENTS AVES 33 KNOWN DEAD AND THOUSANDS HOMEL _3; LOSS IN PALM BEACH AREA WILL REACH TWENTY MILLIONS; RELIEF STARTED In Direct Path of Tropical Hurricane Photograph shows Fort Lauderdale, Fla., which is located on the east coast of the storm-swept state, about half way between STORN IS TRAVELING NORTHEAST TODAY Headed Toward Cape Hat- teras—Diminished in | Its Intensity Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1 §P—The lo- cal weather bureau announced to- day that the tropical hurricane ap- parently was moving northeastward along the Atlantic coast between &: vannah, Ga., and Charlleston, S. (", that 11 inches of rain had fallen in Savannah in the last 24 hours. The barometer which had been falling steadily at Savannah since last night was reported at 25.92, a| drop of 10 points in two hours, and a 48-mile an hour wind was blow- ing. The coast from Savannah north to Charleston was cut off from com- munication today and the last word from Charleston shortly after 3 . m. was that a 50-mile wind was Llowing there. In addition to Charleston, Beau- fort, Georgetown and Parris Island, the United States marine training station, also were cut off, and the local weather bureau stated that be- cause of wire conditions it was fm- pos#ble to forecast the direction of the storm other than generally northeastward. The bureau said that the storm had diminished great in intensity throughout last night. Its reports, far from complete, tended to show that the storm, was headed toward Hatteras, with the possibility of & | change in course, according to the high upressure obstacles it might | meet. Tracing the progress of the dis- turbance, which originated in the Caribbean last Thursday as a “very | dangerous hurricane,” the bureau said it held to a fairly straight course through the West Indies. and as usual began losing force and | meeting pressure on entering the mainland south of West Palm Beach, Fla. On reaching south central Florida. where 24 were known to have been killed near Lake Okeechobee the disturbance was turned back, wall- | ed in by high pressure areas of air until it pushed its way out north- castward toward Savannah. The high pressure areas weakened its momentum, and the greatest of these pushed the storm back toward the Atlantic as it progressed north- ward. The northwesterly wind which blew lightly in a clouded sky over Atlanta today was indicative of this conclusion. The bureau pointed out. A long distance telephone message from Savannah just before \\‘!YF: communication was interrupted said | that extra coaches were placed on | the train to Tybee Island to bring | out the residents of that summer | resort. At this season of the year there are normally 200 residents there. Some were believed to have | left there last night for Savannah ! after weather bureau forecast the coming of the storm. | Word came last night from the Brunswick News that a 55 mile wind | bad carried away electric light wires | and left the place in darkness. Atl the time the barometer was report- ed at 29:20 and still falling. Savannah reported early today that rain had been falling steadily | since 8 o'clock yesterday morning. ‘[ A report from the Savannah News last night sald the city had feit the force of 40 to 50 mile gale which uprooted trees and broke some plate glass windows. The rainfall up to Miami and West Palm Beach. damage, P R Ball That Killed Boy to Be Buried With Him Mount Kisco, N. Y., Sept. 18 () —Little Paul McCord just seem- ed to live for baseball, and it was a baseball that caused his death. When he is buried tomorrow the ball that killed him will lie be- side him in his casket, by special request of his mother, Paul, who was eight years old and passionately fond of the na- tional game, took part in a gam« between two boys' teams Sun- day. He was coaching at first base when a thrown ball struck him above the heart. The funeral will be attended by all members of both teams. PASSENGERS TELL OF HORRORS IN FLORIDA Scenes of Terrible Desola- tion Viewed From Rail- road Train Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 18 (UP)— Passcngers who arrived here 15 hours late on the Havana special | from southern Florida have provided a vivid eye-witness account of the destruction caused by the hur H. Hilliard of Easton. Tex.. who boarded the train at Miami, told the following story: tropical ane. “After we left Miami. we ran into the path of the storm about 15 mllfls) south of Palm Beach. Cars Rocked “Torrential rains and wind struck the train, rocking the cars from side | to side. The noise of the wind sounded like a hundred sirens blow- ng at once. “In preparation for clearing path through the storm zone, a wreck train had preceded us out’ of Miami and we were stopped con- stanly behind the wreck train while the crew removed telegraph and telephone poles from the right of “ In many instances portions of houses were blown on the track and the crew labored for hours clearing the way. “It took us five hours to get from : the south end of Palm Beach to the | north end. When we halted at what had once been a station, the wind had stopped and groups of people were wandering about as though in a trance. Under Martial Law “Two men hoarded the train and had to show special officers their military passek. Then we knew the city was under martial law., We staved there long enough for us fo find out that the Palm Beaches had been the worst hit. “The city was without lights. The sight from the train was one of com- plete desolatian and ruin. It was a ghastly sight to see wrecked build- ings all about, and many persons homeless. “Those questioned said almost the whole residential section of Palm Beagh had been levelled. They said about 100 persons had been hurt and were being housed in emergen- cy hospitals and buildings which were still standing. Wonden Bufldings Collapse “People sald many of the constructed stone buildings had been only slightly Adamaged. and that it was the wooden structures well 8 o'clock last night was recorded at |which went down before a wind es- 2.52 inches. p. m. was 29:50, a drop of 13 points in an hour and a half. All shipping remained inside the (Continued on Page Eight) ing at 150 miles an hour. Others The city suffered considerable 'DONNELLYS MISSING IN FLORIDA STORM Former New Britain Resi- | dents in West Palm | Beach Jfforts on the part of John Tobin ot 35 Hawley street to get in com | munieation with his sister, Mrs. | John A. Donnelly who was in West {%Palm Beach, reported leveled by | tropical storms, have been fruitless and new efforts are being made to- day to determine whether the for- | mer local resident, her husband and | their infant chill have been victims | of the hurricane, | Mr. and Mrs. Donnelly went to | West Palm Leach three years ago, | Mr. Donnelly later assuming the | management of the Flamingo thea- ter and the Tower theater. Mrs. Donnelly is the former Miss Mildred | Tobin of this city. The hurricane has already swept over thousands of miles of sea and land, devasting parts of the state | of Florida and moving onward to | Georgia and South Carolina. Thou- sandd have already been killed and | the property loss has run into bil- lions ot dollars. West Palm Beach, the city in | which the Donnellys are located, is | believed to have borne the brunt of | the storm. The city is harder hui | than was the city of Miami in 1926, | carly advices say. Thousands have Leen left homeless and the business and industrial districts have been |1aid low. Martial law has been set up and relief agencies are rushing supplies and medical assistance. Because of the complete demoral- | ization of means of communication | in and about West Palm Beach, lo- cal relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Don- nelly have virtually given up hope of locating them through these methods and will probably resort to government agencies to obtain the information they have eagerly | millions of dollars, Three Killed at Del Ray, 15 in Okeecho- bee City and 14 Re- ported Dead in West Palm Beach. Latter City Is Virtual Wreck With Hardly a Building Escaping In- jury—Worst Storm in History of Florida. .J:uhson\ille. Fla, Sept. 18 (P— With 83 known dead, more than 150 | Injured, several thousand homeless and property losses estimated into the huricane stricken sectors of Florida today en- Geavored to ascertain the full extent of the blow, Howard W. Selb; Red Cross chapter in West Palm Leach estimated the damage to that area at $20,000,000, of which he said §10,000,000 was for the Palm chairman of the | Beaches. : Varying Accounts While relief nieasures got fully under way at Palm Beach, expedi- | tions were entering the Lake Okeg- chobee region where varying ac. counts of loss of life and property damage have been given by persons Who came out seeking aid for those behind. Fiftcen were known to b dead in the Okeechobee city and while the relief committee at West Palm Beach counted 14 dead the police at Del Ray seported three lives were lost there. Five of the | deaths reported by the relief com. | mittee were at Pahokee and were ac. counted for 1 in a large measure while Lake Okeechobee overflowed its dikes and flooded the country side. Hundreds of homeless families | were being cared for at refugee homes in West Palm Beach, Lake Worth. Boynton and Del Ray. | Hotels, apartment houses, schools, | churches und courthouses were thrown open for this purpose, The city of West Palm Beach is virtually a wreck. Hardly a building escaped injury. The business district looks as if it had been shelled by enemy guns. Residential sections of - the city are but little better off. Hard Hit Palm Beach proper also was hit hard. Many buildings were com- pletely down and a part of Royal Palm avenue was under water. The surrounding country suffered to a similar extent. Beginning - at | Stuart, on the north, to Pompano, 35 miles to the south, the hurricane left nothing but wreckage and de. struction in its path, Deerfield and Boynton are devas- tated. Lake Worth was severely hit. (Continued on Page 17) SEVEN POLICEMEN TO HAVE HEARINGS {Five Regulars and Tw Supernumeraries “ on Carpet” Five regular and two supernum. songht since the storm broke. The sum of $1.500 has been set as w Britain’s quota in the Red Cross appeal for funds for victims of the hurricane, according to a tele- gram received this morning by Ralph H. Benson, eecretary of the New Britain Chapter of the Ameri- can Ited Cross. The fund will be known as “The West Indies Hurricane Relief Fund. ”‘ l.ocal checks should be made out 1o Leon A. Sprague, treasurer, and | marked “Red Cross.” | o telegram is as follows: Ralph H. Benson, American Red Cross, 99 West Main street, New | | Britain, Conn. | Latest reports Porto Rico and Vir- | gin Islands indicate increasing de- | mands upon Red Cross for emer- | geney relief and rehabilitation with growing prospect of further needs in Florida and other southeastern | states. | President Coolidge accordingly to- v by proclamation called for gen- | erous contributions to Red C(Cross | West Indies hurricane relief fund to care for all areas affected. Information too incomplete to en- able us to state total amount needed erary policemen have been ordered | to appear before the discipline com- | mittee of the police board at 7:30 | o'clock tonight to answer to com. | plaints of alleged infractions of de- | partmental rules. They are: Officers nest P. Bloomquist, William Po- }hf!i, John O'Keefe, James Sullivan | #nd Clarence Kumm, Supernumer- ary Officers Giuseppe Gigliotti and . W. Riley. It is understood that some of the officers missed duty calls while | others in the group are alleged to | have committed other offenses. The committee, which is composed of - Commissioners H. E. Morton and E. A. Parker, will make a report at the next meeting of the board. Hoover Pleased That Walcott Is Nominated Hartford. Sept. 18 (M — Herbert Hoover, republican presidential can- | didate, is greatly pleased with the action of the republican state con- | vention at New Havem in naming | State Senator Frederic C. Walcott of Norfolk as the party candidate | for United States senator from Con- . ;n-c()rut. he states in a letter to National Committeeman J. Henry but clearly evident Red Cross faces | Roraback, received here yesterday. | serious responsibility and your | | present effort should be at °least | | comparable with your effort at the time of the Florida campaign in | herefore suggest the goal for | E. Hart Fenn Is Again Running for Hartford, Sept. 18 (PM—E. Hart Fenn of Weihersfleld was today re. | vour chapter be 1.500 dollars. | nominated as the republican candi- i JOHN BARTON PAYNE. Chairman. | + President Urges Aid Washington, Sept. 18 (#—Forti- The barometer at 9:30 | timated by some to have been blow-| fied by an appeal from President | Coolidg=, the Red Cross turned to ; date for congress from the first com- gressional district. It is his Afth nomination. He was unopposed. KELLEY I8 SENTENCED Los Angeles, Sept. 18 UP—Les (Pat) Kelley, convicted of the mur-+ said they thought the wind had not|the American people today for fi-|der of Mrs. Myrtle L. Mellus, his gone beyond 100 miles an hour.” (Continued on Page 4.) nancial assistance in alleviating (Continued on Page 8) sweetheart, today was sentenced te be hanged at San Quentin pemites. tiary November 33 mext. .