New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 CODLIDGES STOP AT NORTHAMFTON Visit With Mrs. Goodhue at the Hospital ON WAY T0 VERMONT President and Wife Going ¢ Home State to Spend Two Days On Tour of Inspection of Flooded Area. Northampton, Mass,, Sept. 20 (P ——Anxious to ascertain for them- selves the condition of Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, Mrs. Coolidge’s mother, who has been ill for many months, President and Mrs. Coolidge paused here today on their way to Vermont for an inspection trip. Arriving in Northampton after an overnight rail journey from Wash- ington, Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were greeted By a small crowd and a few friends, including Mrs. R. B. Hills, long an intimate friend of Mrs. Cool- idge. Brief Stop After a brief stop at the house where he lived until he was elected governor of Massachusetts, the pres- ident and his wife proceeded to the hospital where Mrs. Goodhue has been & patient since last December. They found Mrs. Goodhue conmq- erably weaker than she was on their last vieit in May., She was cheer- ful, however, and hospital attaches said she rallied a little as a result of the visit. Mrs. Coolidge entered her moth- er's room alone and stayed at her bedside for a hglf hour before the chief executive joined her. They Loth left her to return to the station. Mirs, Coolidge promised to return to stay with her mother several days on the way back from Plymouth to ‘Washington. Allowed by his schedule only an hour in Northampton, the chief ex- ccutive expected to reach Brattle- boro, his first stop in Vermont, soon afterward, and to recelve a local committee of welcome on the train. At the next stop at Bellows Falls, Park H. Pollard, a first cousin of the chief executive, had been invited to join the presidential party. Four More Towns Four more brief stops, at Windsor, White River Junction, Bethel and Montpelier Junction were nrrang?d for this morning before reaching Burlington early this afternoon. At Montpelier Junction Governor Weeks planned to board the train to accompany the president on the rest of the trip. While Mrs. Coolidge has found frequent opportunities in the past for visiting her ailing imother, the.chief executive held in Washington by his duties, was only able to do so on those occasions when he passed in the neighborhood of her residence. His last visit to her was in May. Before tonight, which Mr. Cool- fdge will spend in his old home Ip Plymouth, he hoped to see enougn of the state to gather a compre- hensive idea of the extent of Ver- mont's rehabilitation, after the floods of last fall. Additional stops will be made this afternoon _nftcr leaving Burlington where President and Mrs. Coolidge will lay a wreath on the tomb of Captain Andrew L Goodhue, Mrs. Coolidge's father. MOSES T0 SPEAK T0 CHIEFS OF POLICE New England Association Also Invites Mayor Walker of New York Bridgeport, Sept. 28 (P—United States Scnator George Moses of New Hampshire will be the chief speaker at the banquet of the New England Assoclation of Chiefs of Police here September 27 at 5:30 p. m. His letter of acceptance was re- ceived by Superintendent of Police Charles A. Wheeler today. A letter of invitatiom has been forwarded to Mayor James Walker of New York. The convention will be in se here three days. At the first sessi Mayor F. Willlam Brehens will wel- come the delegates and guests. Chiet Ellis A. Cranston of War- wick, R. L, will preside at the ses- sion and will address the conven- tion. Besides the rcports of officers, two addresses are scheduled by Kuests of the association, a talk on “Police Training” by Inspector Cor- nelius Cahalan of New York city. and one on “Firearms and Their U'ses,” by J. H. Fitzgerald of Hart- ford. N. & J. MFG. C0. DIVIDEND Doard of Dircctors Declares Regular Quartcrly Disburscment of 2 Per Cent at Mecting Today. At the quarterly meefing of the board of directors of North & Judd Mfg. Co. this afternoon, a regular dividend of 2 per cent was voted, payable on September 30 to stock- holders of record at the close of business on September 1 Man Falls on Timber Studded With Nails Earle Homan, aged 26, of 128 Cherry street, fell and struck his back on a pile of timber from which nails were protruding while at work this forenoon at the Spring lirook Tce company establishment. He was taken to New Britain Gen- vral hospital for treatment for painful injuries. NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928 —TWENTY PAGES. Main Street In West Palm Beach After Storm AGCUSED DECLARES POLICE BEAT HIN Raymond Tells Jury of Being Abused During “Third Degree” ALIBI DEFENSE CONTINUES Man Accused of Being Partner In Murder of State Policeman Nelson Recitcs Tale of Alleged Brutality By Springfield Officers. Willimantic, Sept. 20 (®—Contin- uing his testimony which was started late yesterday, Albert J. Raymond, one of two youths charged with murder of State Trooper Irving H. Nelson on April 6, told Judge Ed- ward M. Yeomans and a jury in su- perior court here today of the al- leged punishment which he received at the hands of Springficld police officers. Raymond, who is on trial with Roland G. Lalone, said he was taken to that city on April 11 and placed in a lineup after which he was locked up for an hour. Then La- lone was taken upstairs for an hour. When Lalone returned Raymond was taken upstairs, questioned by Licutenants Bickneil, I'leming and cthers for a half hour and placed in a cell. Later he was taken to Chief McCarthy's office and was told he might use the phone if he wished to turn state's evide: Said He W At this point Defense Counsel Moynihan asked Raymond: *Did the Springfield detective use vio- lence at ths time, during their ques- tioning?" Raymond said they did. He said Lieut. Bicknell had slapped his face cach time he answered a question and knocked him down several times. He said Lieut. Fenton backed him up against the wall, put his thumbs under his ears and, raised him off the floor. He said that while in this position Bicknell came in, slapped his face and punched him in the jaw. When they had finished with him, Raymond said it was after 2 a, m. Was Badly Battered Asked how he appeared in court the following day, Raymond said: “I had five cuts under one car, three under the other, a black eve and my face was swollen. Lalone's face was swollen and his eyes were not blacked, but they were sunk in his head.” Moynthan asked: manhandling by the d you put in a lineup?” answered: “Yes." He was asked to describe what he aid on April 4, which was the date on which: Policeman Ray Gallagher of the Springfield department was shot at by one of two men in a green sedan. Raymond's descrip- tion of his activities up till the eve- ning corresponded with that given by Miss Mary Bickford, a defense witness yesterday who told of hav- ing gone for a ride with him. Speak- ing of the evening of April 4 Ray- mond said he, with Lalone drove to Webster in his coupe and after walk- ing around for a time went into a Junch cart and had something to eat. While they were there Rene Lange- vin and an acquaintance dropped in and they had a few words with him. Leaving the lunch cart, Raymond and Lalone drove up and down Main street, finally leaving for Worcester at 10:15. Meeting a third party who was in a sedan Raymond drove his coupe to a garage which he and Lalone had previously rented and were followed by their party in his |car. Arriving at the gage Raymond Isald: “Lalone drove the sedan into the garage because the other person was not familiar with the place.”” ‘Asked if the third party was with them when they hired the garage. Raymond said he was but remained in the car while they made the ar- ements. e added that the night of 4 was the only time he had been to the garage since it was hired. He was then asked to recount the hap- penings at Brooklyn jail where State Trooper Pettingil taken down part of the conve tion between Raymond and Lalone when they were first brought there. Ray- mond was asked: “Did you see a fellow in the cell next to you?" He id he did. The lawyer as “Did you have any suspicion as to whoi ' he might | be? Raymond said he did. He asked if he thought he might have been “planted there,” and Raymond said he did. Moynihan said: “And some one else was placed there by the state police later were they not?" Raymond said: » Coming down to the day before the trial opened Raymond told of being visited by County Detective W E. Jackson and Licut. Ross V. U quhart of the state polic Jackson came to give him “a break,” Raymond said and suggest- cd that he “squeal” on Lalone. *“I told him I would not squeal on La- lone because there was nothing to squeal.” Moynihan asked: “Did you have occasions to call Urquhart or Jackson a liar during the course of thet conversation?" Raymond said: “I did.” Moyni- han asked when that was and Ray- mond said when they told him that Gallagher said, “I was in Pomfret on the night of the shooting.” Moynihan asked, “Were you ever lin Pomfret or Willimantic?” Ray- mond replied, “I never was in Pom- fret and I never was here until 1 as brought here.” Wit then turned over to the state. State’s Attorney Bradford asked Raymond if the garage which he referred to was the same onc which Mrs. George Contois had referred to in her testimony as a state witness. Raymond said that it was. Mr. Con- tols in her testimony had told of renting a garage to two young men in March, who on the night of April 4 put a green sedan answer- Abused “After that ective, were Raymond was Copyright NEA, Transmitted by Telephoto wreckage, As Palm Beach and West Palm Beach recovered from the' shock of the terrific West Indies hurricane, they found that every building had been damaged and about a third of them destroyed. This NEA telephoto picture shows the main street in West Palm Beach soon after the wind had abated. Store fronts are caved in, roofs crushed and the street littered with ROUSCH SENTENCED T0 LIFE IN PRISON Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder of Cheshire Guard Waterbury, Conn, Sept. 20 (UP) —Pleading guilty to murder in the second degree, Philip Rousch of | New Haven, 28, was sentenced to |life imprisonment by Judge Carl Foster in superior criminal court here today. Rousch was charged with the murder of Albert Hoag, a guard at the Cheshire reformatory. Hoag died |in trying to prevent Rousch from ping nearly five years ago. he prisoner was captured in orida after a nation-wide search. The murder occurred Dec, 10, 1923, Rousch and Hoag left the institution for nearby wood lota where they were to cut down some big trees., Six hours later another innfits found Hoag dead, a dpep axe wound in his head. Homesickness proved Rousch’s undoing. After escaping, he join- ed the navy and traveled in Europe for several years. Becoming home- sick, however, he obtained his dis- charge and returned to the United States, At Jacksonville, Fla., where he returned last fall, he was arrested for passing a worthless check. Au- thorities recognized him as the man wanted for the Cheshire murder. THREE WOMEN HURT IN TURNPIKE CRASH Auto Tips Over as Driver Applies Brakes on Wet Road While attempting to pass a truck cn the Berlin turnpike near the leriden-Berlin - line this morning | Ansonia was forced to apply his brakes suddenly when a car ap- proached from the opposite direc- | tion. The slippery condition of the i to have |road caused the Walsh car to skid | 1 alaimed i | L. Bartlett of the club will be toast. | and crash against the truck. The {impact of the crash turned the car {over on its side. | Mr. Walsh escaped without in- jurics but the other occupants of |the car, Miss Anna Grady, Miss Catherine Grady and Mrs. Julia Waish, all of Ansonia, were severe- | {1y shakea up and badly cut up about the face and hands. The am- | bulance from the Meriden hospital removed the injured women to the institution. ~ After recelving treat- ment, Miss Catherine Grady was able to leave the hospital. | investigation of the accident. Traf- fic at the point of the collision was held up for about a half hour. Cardinals Lead Giants 1 to 0 in Fifth Inning Polo Ground, Sept. 20 (P—Some forty thousand persons swarmed the concrete confines of the historic Polo Grounds this afternoon to watch the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals do battle in a double header that may virtuaily determine the winner of this year's National League championship. The New Yorks were confronted with the task of winning both games to bring the Giants to a tie with the St. Louis Cardinals. An cven break with the Cardinals would be almost fatal to the New York championship aspirations. The score at end of fifth inning, when the Herald went to press, was: New York L00000 St. Louis . 01000 STRIKER KILLED Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Sept. 20 (UP)—One striker was_reported killed and eight policemen and sev- en strikers wounded today in distur- bances on the Tsland of Billiton, 100 miles north of Batavia. A strike was started by tin workers, the majority ing the description of the car Gal- lagher had seen in her garage. of whom returned to work when their leaders were arrested. The state police are making an) Man Who Had LONGWORTH TO SPEAK AT THIRD WARD OUTING Dwight Davis, Secretary of War, Unable to Attend ! Nicholas Longworth, congressman "trom Ohio and speaker of the na- tional house of representatives, has been substituted for Secretary of ‘War Dwight Davis as the principal speaker at the Third Ward Republi- can club barbecye at podice, September 29, Davis has found it impossible to be here for the barbecue and through the efforts of members of the club, Congressman Longworth has been substituted. Longworth has wide acquaintance in this state. Congressman Longworth has been a member of the house of repre- | sentatives for 23 years. Before go- ing’to Washington, he served in the Ohio state assembly where one of | his colleagues was Warren G. Hard- ing, with whom he afterwards served in the national government. He was first clected to congress at the age of 33, being known as the i"boy congressman.” His service in | that capacity was broken in 1912 (when his father-in-law, Roosevelt, split the republican vote in Ohlo by running on the pro- | gressive ticket for president. In |that campaign, Longworth support- ed the regular republican nominee, ‘William Howard Taft. Srevice on the fmportant ways and means commitfee, activity for soldiers’ bonus in spite of President | Coolidge’s veto, and opposition to April |about 10 o'clock, Adam Walsh of | the 18th amendment have kept the congressman in the foreground | national affairs. | Governor Trumbull, Senator F. C. | Walcott and Katherine Byrne will be the other speakers. President D. | master. TWO CRASH IN PLANES | England Shocked by Fatality to Woman Flier Which is First Aviation History there, London, Sept. 20 (P—Two air- | plane accidents, one of which was the first English fatality to a wom- an flier, shocked aviation circles to- day. The second accident seriously injured Jack Noakes, who has re cently won fame as one of the most intrepid stunt fliers of the royal air force. The victim of the fatal crash was Miss Honor Wellby of Weybridge. She was making her sccond solo flight “from the Brooklands flying school when her machine went into a spin at a low altitude. It crashcd on a railroad track and she was dead when workmen extricated her trom the wreck. Noakes was flung out of his plane when it overturned above Martle- sham Heath In Suffolk. He suffer- ed injuries to his spine. face and He is a squadron leader in the roy al air force and had been selected to attempt soon a new world's en- durance record flight. Banker Raps Those Who Have Bad Credit Gary, Ind., Sept. 20 (M—The con- viction that persons who have toi- lowed unsound credit practices must themselves shoulder the blame when they “get burned” and not attempt to shift it to someone elsc, was ex- pressed today by Roy A. Youne, governor of the Federal Reserve hoard, in a speech before the an- nual convention of the Indiana Bankers' assoctation. ‘r-kn - Com- \ ‘Theodore | forehead but is expected to recover. | Threat to Blow Up Raskob’s Home Results In Arrest of 65 Year Old Demanded $100,000 Taken Into Cus- at Philadelphia | | Prisoner tody Post Office When He! Calls for Letter Sent Him as Decoy. Philadelphia, Sept. 20 (Pl—A six- {ty-five year old man, giving a Phil- |adelphia address, was today held in 1$10,000 bail on a charge of threat- |ening to blow up the home of John |3. Raskob, democratic national chairman, unless he was paid $100,- Hoygave the name of Frank ney. Tent Ty {000, Moo Loy, The threats wgp,. ™ ioiwind in three letters sent through the mails, and according to private detectives | Mooney admitted the charge, The letters were addressed | Mrs. Raskob at her home in Cl | mont, near Wilmington, Delawar: |The first threatened to dynami {the home unless the money | forthcoming. Mrs. Raskob paid i tle attention to it, but when the sec- lond arrived she turned it over to !detectives of the Dupont company lof which her husband is an officer. A trap was laid for the writer, but in the meantime a third letter was received. Mrs. Raskob was in- structed to answer it and she did addressing it to general deliv- ery, Philadelphia post office, as directed by the writer, Mooney called for the letters last night and was arrested by detectives of a local agency. The only witness against the pris- oner at a hearing before Police Magistrate Evan T. Pennock was | Willlam I. Stauffer, manager of the detective ageney. Mrs, Raskob was | not p.resenl. FALK BLOCKS PAYMENT " OF$101 BILL T0 FASELLE to Superintendent of Streets’ for Money From City Falls to Win Approval. Eugene Faselle, superintendent of strects, failed in an attempt to | have his claim for back pay acted on by the common council last night when Aldcrman Walter R. Falk, acting chairman of t commiitee, refused to affix his sig- nature to a resolution which would have brought Faselle a payment of | $101. The superintendent worked for several weeks at the rate of week while the council and board of public works made attempts to reach a saliry | figure acceptable to both. Finally | wage of $2,200 a y s agreed | upon. Faselle computed the difter :fllcv: between the old rate and the new and presented a bill covering the period elapsing between his ap- | pointrmaent and the fixing of a defi- I nite salary. At a meeting of the | finance committee several days ago, |the bill was pigeon-holed. Fasclle prepared a new bill and filed it with |the comptroller, who referred it to [the comnion council last night. Al- | derman Falk's refusal to sign. he- cnded the present, at least |ever, matter for the | W Y KILLED LN CHINA | Shanghai, Sept. 20 WA—Twenty | laborers were killed today in the | collapse of a Chinese weaving fac- | tory. The building had been weak- ened by the typhoon which struck | China last week. |* l THE W New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tonight; Friday generally fair; not much change in temperature, | *. Petition | finance | $36 a Week Sept. 15th .. Circulation For 14,738 PRICE THREE CENTS % State Lj WLD GRLEBRATIN Statewide Demonstration Occurs in Oklahoma TRAIN AN HOUR LATE Smith So Tired That He Was Not Awakened When Train at Enid—Dau Crowd Mcets ter Appears On Platform. Oklahoma City, Sept. 20 (P—Ar- riving in the capital of Oklahoma today, Governor Smith immediately found himself the center of a mon- sier state-wide demounstration. A great crowd which had been wait- ing since early morning sent up a tremendous shout of welcome as the democratic presidential special train pulled into Island depot at 10 a. m., late, nominee's the Rock an hour Thousands At Station Delegations from every county in the state, which the democrats car- rled In the last presidential election, were included in the throng, as well as thousands of citi- zens of Oklahoma City, all dressed tor the New York exccutive. Lining the streets on the route to the governor's hotel were additional thousands, waiting for a huge pa- rade arranged in honor of the nom- | inee which he was to lead. Tonight, Governor Smith will make the second speech of his cam- vaign in the west in the capital's coliseum. By working late last night while his train moved through south céntral Kansas he had completed a rough draft of his address, which is expected to be one of the most im- portant of his series of six in the middle and far west. stops At Enid Since daybreak, when an extra car carrying 16 members of a reception committee joined the 11 car demo- cratic special at Enid, crowds had watched the governor's train speed by. A stop of ten minutes was made at El Reno while Bruce Krem- er, democratic national committee- man from Montana and a member of the governor's party, spoke to a large group that had been waiting to give the first real Oklahoma grecting. Charles W. Berry, comptrolier of New York City nd Governor Smith's phvsician 50 1 - tarr, s Addnerer d w‘ e i Jexpressing regul \sut-tie, goverir could not appear becouse he had been up late working on his Okla- homa City speech and needed r |Mrs, John A. Warner. Governor Smith's daughter, went to the rear platform and greeted the group on behalf of her father. She was pre- sented with a basket of flowers. 'H, 5. DOORS WILL CLOSE 10 WILLFUL ABSENTEES Pupils Who Remain Awa¥$ Without Explanation Not to Be Carried reception on Rolls. Warning was issued today by Principal Louis P. Slade of New Britain High school that “five d: of unexcused absence in any semester « =t a denial of the school privilegcs for the remainder of the semester, The te .t of the notice follows: “Ordinarily the only acceptable ex- cuse for absence is illness. The mere fact thc® a student has free periods, | or that he is scheduled for work | for which he is not prepared, does not constitute an acceptable excuse. “Students who anticipate absences | for other reasons than illness should | make sure by consultation with the principal or with his assistant, that the reasons will be acceptable. “Five days of unexcused absence in any semester effect a denial of th school privileges for the remainder of the semester."” WATERBURY COURT HAS MANY CRIMINAL CASES Leavenworth Sentenced to n Tor Stealing an Automobile From | Naugatuck Man. Waterbury, Sept. 20 (P)- Leavenworth of this city was sen- | tenced to the state prison for a term of from two to three years on a charge of theft of an automobile in supreme court today. Leaven- | worth had previously aded not guilty but this morning changed his plea. He was charged with taking a machine owned Grant of iugatuck on July . John Lazeski of New Yerk, a for- mer resident of Waterbury, was sen- | tenced to the county jail for a term of three months on a charge of | automobile homicide. He was ar- rested following the death of Mrs. Frances Toletti on Scptember 2. She was struck by the car driven by i on Cherry street. Giuseppe tuck, changed s plea of not guilty to an assault with dangerous weapon to one of guilty and was sentenced to the county jail for two months. He was charged with using a knife on Jos- eph Wolcin i~ Naugatuck on June 24. The court was informed that Ma- rlanno had purchased liquor from the man stabbed on }he day of the offense. Francis Mahoney, 30 bury pleaded not guilty 3ertrand of Water- to a charge of using an automobile without per- | ed him and took an appeal from the |and blankets. 1,500,000 food. mission and selected a court trial. MEXICO STRUCK BY TERRIFIC STORM Loss Will Exceed Five Million, Despatches Say OIL COMPANIES DAMAGED Region Affected is On North Side of State of Vera Cruz—Worst Blow in 30 Years — Barges Carried Away. | Mexico City, Sept. 20 P—A prop- | erty loss of $5,000,000 raging river floods and extensive damage to crops and buildings are described in news- paper dispatches from Tampico as the result of a heavy storm which | has been raging in the region be- tween San Geronimo and Tuxpan for | several days. Petroleum companics suffered considerable damage. On North Coast The region affected is on the north coust of the state of Vera Cruz. William Green, superintendent of the La Huasteca Petroleum com- pany, was given as authority for the $5,000,000 estimate of damage. He was also quoted as declarinf that the visitation was the worst of its kind that he had seen in his 30 Years of experience in that zone. Heavy rains, lashed by strong| winds, destroyed crops and Mr. Green said that he had seen flelds | levelled as though they had been swept with a scythe. Rivers quickly reached flood stage, sweeping bridges | away and destroying numerous | houses and drowning cattle. No loss of human life has been reported. Carry Away Barges The J.a Huasteca and the EI Aguila Petroleum companies suf- fered their losses when the floods damaged docks and other equipment and carried away barges whose steel moorning cables were snapped by the forceful waters. The ches said that the Laja and Tanchincuin Fivcrs. raming cagtiee-parts of bulld. Yige Laa otiee storm wreckage Into the Gulf. NEW BRITAIN TEACHER GIRL SCOUT DIRECTOR Miss Irene L. Hagis Unani- mous Choice of Council - | Miss Irene L. Haigis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Haigis of 125 Columbia street, has been selected by unanimous choice of the local Girl Scout council to succeed Miss Gladys Cline as director of Girl Scouts in this city. Miss Haigis is a teacher at the Vance school and will resign her position there to take over the duties of Scouting October 1. ‘It is understood the school authorities |already have agreed to release her | from her contract. The selection of Miss Haigls was | made by the committee consisting | of the commissioner, Mrs. E. L.| Warren, chairman; Mrs. Leon A.! Sprague, former commissioger, and | Mrs. F. Chester Halt. The commit- tee’s recommendation was given the unanimous approvel of the entire council. Miss Haigis is a New Britain girl who has grown up in Scout work here. She is a typical product of Girl Scouting and one to whom her supetiors im the work point with pride. She has been a Scout for seven years, during which she had earned | five year service stripe, a medal of merit, has taught picolo playing Ito the fife and drum corps and has | won 17 merit badges. She is a duate of the local High school. st June she was graduated from | the New Britain state normal school. | In the course of her Girl Scout| career Miss Haigis has qualified for | and been awarded merit badges in | the following tests: Scribe, home service, scholarship, needlewoman, | laundress, hostess, home nurse, citi- zenship, cook, craftsmanm, dre maker, economist. first aid, handy- woman, health winner, health guar- dian and home maker. Her medal of merit was awarded upon recommen- dation of the council and without her previous knowledge for growth, | character and service in Scouting. For the balance of this month th Scout office will be in charge of Miss | Mabel Spring, assisted by members | of the council. It will be open after- | noons from 3 until 6 o'clock and Saturday forenoon from 9 until 12. Linder Case Nolled In High Court Today The case of George Way Linder, son of Assessor and Mrs. Thomas Linder of this city, has been nolled in superior court on payment of costs, it was learned today. The young man was convicted and fined on the charge of reckless driving, in local police court, the case having resultéd from an accident on Lin- NUMBER OF KNOWN DEAD IN FLORIDA STORM OVER 300; REPORT MANY AS “MISSING 35 Whites and 250 Ne- groes Lost, According to Statement Issued By City Manager of West Palm Beach. Caskets Hurried Into Stricken Regions So That Dead May Be Buried at Once—Total Lost Thought 600. West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 20 (#)—The known death total from Sunday's tropical hurricane mounted above 300 lives today. ™ A. G. Parker, city manager of West Palm Beach, said an official check showed that 35 white persons and 250 negroes all victims of the hurricane have been buried here. 17 Drowned Seventeen were known dead in the vicinity of Okeechobee City while reports from fleld workers said bodies were piled at several places in the lake region awaiting trans- portation to high ground for burial, Mr. Parker said that 100 rough coffins have been sent to the glades area to care for bodies already re- covered or which may be found in the saw grass and debris of houses. Estimates of the total dead ranged from 450 to 600, with hundreds miss- ing but Mr. Parker stated his belief that the boxes sent will take care of the remainder of fatalities. Officials believed that many of those missing would be found in refugee camps and at other towns where they fled before and after the storm, Food, clothing, medical supplies and building material were hauled into the stricken Lake Okeechobee area by train and boat, while trucks and other conveyances continued thelr missiens of me to the in- Jured aud gick P out for burln.l.’;' < Adjutagt General ‘Vivien Collins already was here making a survey of the conditions, and Governor John Martin was en route to lend his aid if needed. Before leaving Tallahassee last night, the governor in response to urgent requests for aid from local authorities called upon the people of Florida to con- tribute funds to the sufferers. Estimates of the dead continued to vary between 325 and 400 persons, the majority negroes who were em- Ployed as laborers on the farms and Red Cross officials placed the num- ber of homeless at 15,000. Approximately 350 persons are dead in the Okeechobee section, swept both by hurricane winds and by a wall of water loosed from the lake when the dikes broke, General Collins reported to Governor Martin. Howard W. Belby, chairman of the Palm Beach chapter of the Red Cross, estimated the death toll would reach nearer 400, saying that 200 were known dead to his workers. Compilation of lists of the dead was hampered by the difficulties un- der which the recovery squads worked. Many bodies, in the water since they were overwheclmed by the lake flood were in such a state that it was necessary to bury them imme- diately. In some instances, search- ers lacking means of conveyance, tied the bodies to trees and left them for the trucks. RED CROSS RENEWS APPEAL Chairman Crona Says Conditions In West Indies Require Immediate Response From Contributors. An additional appeal to New Britain people to send in checks and contributions to the aid of the West Indian relief fund was made today by Peter Crona, chairman of the New Britain Red Cross chapter. “It is an extreme situation,” Mr. Crona said, “and the worst we have been called upon to face.” Adjutant Carl Fredrickson of the Salvation Army has offered the use of the army hall on Arch street for the accumulation of clothing for sufferers in the West Indies and Florida hurricanes. The directors of the Red Cross will meet this evening at 5 o'clock tc discuss the local situation and methods of bringing in contribu- tions. Today only $55 has been received. All checks should be marked Red ‘(‘ro!s and sent to Treasurer Leon A. Sprague at the New Britain Trust Co. Girl Leaves Hospital, There Since February 6 Stella Sowa, aged § years, of 73 Union street, who was run down by an Oak street bus on Bpring street February 6, sustaining serious in- juries. left New Britain General hospital last night and returned te her home. SUPPLY SHIP SANLS New York, Sept. 20 ULP—The sup- ply ship U. 8. 8. Lridge salled today from the Prooklyn army base fer coln street several months ago. At- torney P. F. McDonough represent- finding of the local court. 8an Juan with food and supplies relief of the Porto Rican hurriase victims. The ship took besides temis pousds at