New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By.Associated Press KING JABS MAYOR IN NOTE TO HALL ONH. 3. ADDITION Ao Asks Tor Hearing S0 School Commitise Can Explain “Intoleable Situation” RAPS “ONE INDIVIDUAL" FOR BLOCKING PROJECT Public Commissions Superfiuous If They Are to be Restricted to Consideration of Only Such Meas- ures as May be Approved in Ad- vance by Lone Official Education Department Head Asacrts, With & thin veneer of restraint covering thrusts at Mayor Paonessa, Chairman P. F. King of the achool committee returned today to resume the fight for a bond issue with which to erect an addition to the senior high school plant. Mr. King once more asks Edward F. Hall, chairman of the finance board, in a letter recelved today by Mr. Hall, to call a meeting of.that board in order that the school com- mittee may explain its plan of pro- cedure to correct what the school committee chairman calls “the pres- ent intolerable housing stituation at the high school.” Mr. King also re- veals that a general survey on school housing needs in this city is Dbeing made by experts furnished by the state hoard of education. ‘Why Maintain Commissions? Referring to the inability of the school committee to get its case be- fore the finance board, Chairman Hall having refused twice at the suggestion of Mayor Paonessa to call @ meeting, Mr. King says: “I believe it is true that if twelve citi- zens of New DBritain were to peti- tion the park board, or the firc board or the police board for a hearing on any subject proper to come before these boards, that such a hearing would be granted.” Continuing his argument along that line, he says, *I maintain that it 18 an unheard of stiuation if this committee cannot he allowed to pre- sent thelr casc to your board until they can get approval in advance from one individual.”” Later, he writes . , . “and if the commissions (Continued on Page Vour) LARRY SEMON, FILM COMEDIAN, SUCCUMBS Noted Actor Wages Losing Battle Against Double Pneumonia Victorville, Calif., Oct. § (P Larry Semon, motion picture comed- ian, dled here today. The comedian had bren waging a losing battle against death since last Friday, when he was stricken with double pneumonia. He sank rapidly, and his life was despaired of saturd Semon went to a ranch near Vic- torville about six weeks ago in an attempt to recover {rom a nervous breakdown, which came several months ago after a series of financial reverses incurred in the motion pic- ture business. Never of robust health, he seemed to rally from the depression and illnes. His wife, Dorothy Dwan, screen actress, and her mother. Mrs. Nancy Smith, attended him during his ill- ness. Semon was born in West Point, Miss, 3% years ago. The stage claimed him as soon as he was old enough to appear in juvenile parts. He played in several small theaters | in his home state in juvenile roles and then became a magiclan. Later he worked as a newspaper cartoon- ist but the stage called him again and he toured in vaudeville as a tumbler. Semon’s first efforts in the films were in comedies of the “slapstick™ variety, He wrote some of the first photoplays in which he apepared. On turning to the producing field he cncountered both happiness and tragedy. While working as an actor- producer he fell in love with Miss Dwan, his leading lady. They were marrled in 1925 in New York. The business of producing films was said to have led Semon into a program so ambitious that it swamp- «d him financially. Last March he filed a voluntary petition in bank- ruptey, listing liabilities of nearly half a million dollars. Just before his first illness Semon tried directing. meeting with little snccess. He was working again as a film actor when his health failed. U. S.-Polish Trade At New High Record Warsaw, Oct, 8 (P—Trade be- tween Poland and the United States 1 hed a new record in the first half of this year with a total value of $27,927,580. Polish imports of Amegican 99ds increased 47 per cent over the imports ‘or the same od last year nd exports from Poland to the United States in- cased 10 per cent. The United stateg retained : ond place among the countries of origin for Poland's imports, accou.ting for 16 per cent of the total. SPAFFORD DESIRES UNIVERSAL DRAFT Logion Head Wants Legislation Enacted for War Time CONYENTION IN SESSION Temth Annual Gathering of World War Veterans' Amociation Opoas in Sam Antonio, Texas, Today— Los Angelos Arrives Safely, San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 8 P— Enactment of legislation providing for a universal draft in time of war should now be the first aim of the American Legion, Edward E. Spaf- ford, retiring national commander, told the tenth annual convention of the World War Veterans' organiza- tion bere today. Ald For Poace “The universal draft, said, carth than anything written on the statute books. It should be the first order of business for the American Legion until enacted into law.” Commander Spafford recommend- ed that Legionnaires determine the attitude of presidential nominees and of every candidate for congress on the question of universal draft legislation. “Next month,” he said, *we will | be electing a president and there will be elected 435 congressmen and 32 senators. Every one of them should be contracted and their stand on the universal draft should be known by the voters. We must keep the faith and prevent slackers and profiteers.” All Subject to Draft Under the universal draft in time of war all citizens would be subject to the draft and civilian occupations would be regulated by the govern- ment. Commander Spafford devoted much of his speech to rehabilita- tion and child welfare of the Legion during the last year. Monetary vards up until June 30, he said, totaled $2,788,301 and more™ than 28,000 claims were handled by the committee in charge of the work. Veterans’ Rellel An executive department to deal with all forms of veterans' relief was advocated by Brig. General Frank T. Hines, director of the Vet- erans’ bureau in an address today Lefore convention. The main advantage in sych ycon- soifation, he said, *“would be in bringing together in one' definite agency, under the president, mat- ters which are so closely related at this time as to make it essential for those cifarged with the administra- tive duties to be familiar with all rhases of the problem.” A total of $1,280,189.194 was paid to World war veterans and their de- pendents by the burcau up to Aug- ust 31, he said, and disability com- pensation totaling $12,000,000 s being paid to veterans every monthy He placed the total disbursements to August 31 for all forms of vet- crans relief at $4,416,880,986. The peak of hospitalization need for veterans suffering from mental and nervous disorders will probably riot be reached until 1947, he said, noting that the hureau's greatest need, at the present time, was for a larger medical personnel. (Continued on Page 10.) MRS, WILLEBRANDT ATTAGKS GOV, SMITH Says Nominee Unfair to Church by Trying to “Hide-Behind It” Hardinsburg, Ky., Oct. § P Mrs, Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general in :n address here today charged Governor Smith with “doing the unfair thing to his own church by trying to hide behind it* and renewed her denial that in ap- pealing to religious organizations to oppose his prohibition :tand she was dealing in religious prejudice. Mrs. Willebrandt read a letter from P. H. Callahan of Louisville, Ky, representing the association of Catholics favoring prohibition, who declared that her previous speeches had not dealt at all with religion. “I was attucked by the democra- tic candidate because at a meeting sponsored by Methodists 1 against his liquor proposals, Willebrandt said. *“He , insinuated my appeal was because of his re- ligion. He made an accusation en- tirely unfounded and so today I am touched and gratified that®one of vour Kentucky gentlemen steps for ward to defend my intellectual honor.” “Mr. Callahan as a prominent Catholic favoring prohibition does not stand alone in his church,” Mrs. Willebrandt continued. “It has been championed by scme of the great- est spiritual leaders of half a cen- tury. Governor Smith failed to realize the extent of passionate de- votion of dozens of organizations comprising hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States have given to the cause of prohibition. When he attacked the elghteenth amendment, he stirred up among them such a recoil that his plight s like that of a boy who has overturned a hornets nest. “May it be said to Mr. Smith’s everlasting credit that he does not run from opposition, but he does re- sort to the well known Tammany (Continued on Page 17.) Alamo City Greets American Legion The tenth annual national convention of the American Legion opens in San Antonio, Tex., today. Sessions will be in the city’s new $2,000,000 municipal auditorium (above,) a war memorial. Edward E. Spafford (lower left) is national commander. Some of the delegates are planning a Mour of Mexico after the convention and will s€e the Monterrey arch (above) and inany other points of interest below the border, —TWENTY PAGES. MINNESOTA STILL A DOUBTFUL STATE Both Democrats and Re- publicans Claim Its 12 Electoral Votes St. Paul, a strange pirations, some of them the common heritage of which has drawn into a conspicuous role in the political ex- travaganza of 1925, Farm relief, prohibition, the tariff, the St. Lawrence waterway, and the racial and religious characteristics of a large foreign pupulation all are coming into play in making up the decislon of Nov. 6. What thaé decision will be still is disputed in thesc early days of Oc- tober. By tradition Minncsota's i2 Minn, Oct. § (# It is mixture of political® as- the whole northwest, Minnesota republican column, and the repub- lican leaders declare that within the past two weeks they have seen the tide setting in stéadily toward Hoover. This assertion is cont dicted by the democrats Gov. Smith's visit here gave impetu to his campaign, and who are claim- ing better than an even chance to pry the state away from its long- established republican anchorage. The farm question has been the principal lever of the Smith men, and in public discussion this issuc has outstripped every other. The republicans have taken up the chal- lenge of their opponents, and are presenting Mr. Hoover to the voters as better qualified than Gov. Smith to deal with the problems of agri- culture. The democrats are claiming wholesale republican defections armong the farmers, hut the Hoover people pronounce these clhims greatly exaggerated, The bulk of Minnesota's delegi tien to Kansas City was for Lgw- den and the MeN: - ugen bill Afterward, there was a period of uncertainty and d before the y drawn. Senator Schall, a publican, at first said he could not- he announced that he would do so. ers in the state, both republicans, took the stump against the republi- can national ticket. One was Frank W. Murphy, legislative representa- tive of the corn belt (‘Onln“"r\r,‘ who as a delegate at Kansas City had helped carry the McNary-Hau {gen fight to the floor of the conven- tion. T'he other was JI. . Reed, who resigned as president of the state farm bureau federation and now is head of the *Minnesota All-Party | | Smith-Robinson '1u Minnesota’s farm population is predominent of foreign descent, and here the farm issue crosses with prohibition and religion. The largest group is German, rather wet, and | the next group in point of xize are {the Swedes and the Norwegians, | rather dry. Thousands of all three | nationalities are members of the Lutheran church, and there s among them all much talk of the religious issue. The tariff is strongly to the farmer, and ther is wif - \spread interest, particularly in northern Wisconsin, in the St. Law- rence waterway. | Such ir the jumble of clements which make up the high lights of the picture—a picture which is better understood when it is mined lxgaimfil the background of (he re- cent political history of the north- west. Throughout this whole region, i for one reason or another, the voters | have been divided along lines other |{than the old accepted party |im-.\i The Dakotas have had their battles | over the non-partisan teague. In Wis- { consin the La Follettc off shoot doni- inated the whole political field for years. In Minnesota, the farmer- labor party rose to a strength which | has permitted it to debate seriously | for state control. | These various movements have | not followed paratlel lines in all respects, but they all are illustrative of the tendency toward a breaking | down of the ordinary party distinc- (Continued on Page 17.) electoral votes should belong in the | who say | MRS, HAROLD HERRICK 7 wsrsiecc:. KEY WORKERS ESCAPE | Hoover lines in the state were l]f"h‘ Two of the best known farm lead- | by the other ¢ urged by the republicans as an aid | Armed Bandits Hold i * HICKMAN APPEAL NOT | ALLOWED BY JUSTICE Youthful Slayer of Marion Parker | Scheduled to Go to Gallows October 19 Oct. § (UP)—Wil- Hickman, youthful Kidnaper and murderer of Marion Parker. ar-old school girl, to- day was denied a United States su- preme court appeal of his sentence to the gallows. He is scheduled to be hanged October 19 in Los An- geles, Justice George Sutherland, who las jurisdiction over appeals from the Pacific goast, refused to grant an appeal from the California su- preme court decision upholding the sentence. This appeal, would have automatically sta Washington, liam Edward yed the case. Jerome Walsh, young Kunsas City lawyer, who represented Hickman, I'said after his conference with the justice in chambers, that he intends | to take his plea before other mem- bers of the court, any one of whom can allow such an appeal. Justice sutherland's not bar such ac | KILLED IN COLLISION |Former Irene Swift Fa-| tally Injured at Mineola, L. I. Mrs, Harold Herrick mont, N. Y., was killed and her hus- | band was slightly injured Saturday | fternoon at Mincola, Long Island, | when their automobile was struck {by another machine and hurled {against a telephone pole. Mrs, Hr | rick, hefore her marriage, was Mi | Trene Swirt, danghter of Talimadge Swift of 43 and {to the inter of Latch- | Herrick was driving tional pory polo match actively support Hoover, hut later, Petween the United States and Ar- |vouth whose gen Lo tean As they were struck | rdriven by a woman, | their machine was turned aroun. and thrown against the pole. Mrs | Herrick roceived an injury to her I head which rendered her uncor jous and caused her death about | an hour later at the Nassau hospital | Mr. Herrick was scratched and | bruised. Nrs. ford on married {192 Herrick was born in Hart Decomber 1, (1596, S Mr. Herrick on April Mr. Herrick is connected with | the cales department of the Parker | Shirt Co. of this city, his territory [being New York city and environs | Besides her husband and father, | Mrs. Herrick is survived by a broth- | Orlando R. Swift of Lowell, and a sister, Miss Barbara ‘ Tallmadge Swift of this city. | The hody will he brought M funeral services will be at her father's home on Cedar Yomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Tn- terment will be in Warren, this ate, | herd held street | Up New Haven Store New Haven, Oct. § (® — Two armed men held up Peter Cunnur- rins, proprictor of a confectionery store, early today anid escaped with £400. One of the bandits poked his gun into the storekeeper's ribs | while his companion, to prevent an | outbreak, hit Qunnurrius on the nead with the butt of his weapon The robbers then rifled the e which was open at the time and also got a small amount from 1 cash register. They made their getaway before police were notified * | [ (| Tuesdny increasing | | cloudiness and warmer: pro | by followed by showers at night. | % if grarited, | counsel execution pending argument of the | | had seen the | garage, declared he had noticed no HOPPE'S FATE MAY BE KNOWN TONIGHT Final Arguments Being Made in Murder Case Today Dedham, Mass, Oct. § (UD) —The case of Stephen J. Hoppe, notorious safe-blower and Jjail breaker, charged with murder- ing a policeman, went to the jury at 1:45 p. ., tod Dedham, Mass, Oct, 8 (UP) Atiacking government evidence being purcly circumstantial, Afto ney Jame: Cassidy of defense presented his final argu- ments at today’s session of the trial of Stephen J. Hoppe, charged with murdering a paliceman. Hoppe is aluged to have slain Patrolman Alfred N. Hollis during a robbery in Quincy last October. It convicted on the first degree mur- | er and jail-breaker faces an auto- | matic sentence of death in the clec- tric chair. In opening, (‘2 jury against holding Hoppe's long | idy cautioned the fense lawyer said, merely on evidence, and the jury must remain open-minded. Alleged inconsistencies in the tes- timony of two state witnesses were mentioned by Cassidy. He pointed | to th act that J John Westherg testified that Hoppe walked with a limp when they saw him in Quincy on the night preced- ing the murde Tund and Westherg saw the man identificd as Hoppe from across a stroet on a misty night, Cassidy said. whereas a garageman who also tes- | tified for the governmetn and who same man in a lighted | Hmp. Cassidy asked the jury it was going to believe “empty-head od youths like Lund and Westherg or the defense's chief alibi witn I'rank Hickey, whom the lawyer de- seribed a8 honest and upright and a testimony had never | been shaken. | 1t was Hickey, a former pal of | whether } \FANS IN LINE ALL NIGHT | Louis Cardinals and the New York | withzovercast skiea. |afternoon and fair tonight and Tues- i sleep, | der charge, the notorious safe-blow- | 'ph E. Lund and | g the WEATHER PREVENTS FOURTH BALL GAME Field Too Wet in St. Louis— Contest Postponed to Tuesday Thirty Remain Outside Gates to Be First at Ticket Office This Momn- ing—Cards in Their Last Line of Defense. St. Louis, Oct. § (#—The fourth world series game between the St Yankees was postponed until tomor- | row by Judge K. M. Landis, com-| missioner of baseball, because of rainy weather today. | A hard downpour shortly before $ a. m. was followed by a drizzle, T ‘orecast was for cloudy this day, Crowd Out Early Three defeats at the hands of the enemy and the early morning rain meant nothing in the lives of the | dyed in the wool baseball fans bent on witnessing a world’s series game. As early as 7:30 a. m. about 200 pavilion and bleacher fans were on hand at Sportsman's park, holding paper cartons and newspapers over their heads and hoping for clearing skies. Some 30 cnthusiasts spent the night outside the park in order to be first inside when the gates open- ed at 8:30. Six small negro boys in the group of bleacher fans edter. tained with songs and interpreta- tions of the “Black Bottom™ until exhausted. Then they curled up in a large paper carton and went to Field Too Wet The postponement was made after Sam Breadon, president of the Cardinals, had inspected the dia- mond. Although the infleld was covered with waterproof canvas, he found the remainder of the field muddy with pools of water standing in low places and rivulets pouring from the edges of the canvas, Breadon immediately telephoned | dudge Landis at Hotel Jefferson and told him that, in his opinion, the ficld would be in no fit condition for @ championship game even if the sun came out. Judge Landis con. curred and autherized the an- nouncement of postponement. Shortly before noon the drizzle |stopped and the sun was making feeble efforts to shine. Tickets for the fourth game of the series will be honored tomor- (Continued on Page 15) ved in Beaver Street House When Alarm Is Given Once again, the key workers who for several weeks have eluded the police and have operated on several streets about the city, escaped arrest by @n eyelash about-9 o'clock last night, after having added three jobs to the already long list, over the week-end. Despite the vigilance of police, which has taken on a form that is expected to prove suc- cessful but cannot be disclosed for obvious reasons, tenements continue to be ransacked and jewelry stolen. and not a, clue has been left to the identity of the marauders. Hoppe. who testified he saw the de- fendant in Hartford, Conn.. shortly | after Patrolman Hollis was Killed in | Quiney Cassidy also held as being import- ant the testimony of Helen Rra <haw, Hoppe's sweetheart He declared that while Licutenant Fallon of the Quiney police, who directed investigation of the crime. was undoubtedly a reputable official. | Fallon’s zeal had carried hin 100 far in building up a weak case. | Police Inspector Thomas Hickey of Hartford also was attacked by | Hoppe's counsel. who fold the jury | that three bullets found in Hoppe's suitease in a New Haven, Conn., | warehouse, might have been “plant- ~d by Hickey. Indications were that Hoppe might | Lknow his fate tonight. Stone Picked Up by Tire ‘ Smashes Store Window | A one on the pavement on | Commercial street was struck by a | passing automobile this afternoon | in such a manner as to propel it | throngh the air with the force of a missle fired from a slingshot. It crashed through a window in Tel kin's wholesale fruit and produc iblishment, but fortunately did not strike anyone, nt T. J. Feeney was called to investigate, nobody having seen | the stone and conscquently great | wonder having been aroused as fo | the cause of the hole in the win- dow. The mystery was cleared up | when the sergeant found the stone, | which fitted the hole in the window., | and showed the mark. of having | been struck on one side by the au- tomobhile tire. | MARITAL CRUELTY Nice, France, Oct. 8 (®—Because her husband -answered all her ques- tions at night by means of formal printed cards, such as “Yes, I have hrought the cat in,” “Yes, the win- dows are closed.” a woman here lias been granted a divorce. | shortly ! the Motoreyele Officer Louis 1. Har- per was riding through Beaver stre arter 9 o'clock last night | when Rocco Macholo of 158 Beaver street called him and reported that his tenement had been entered and he believed the burglars were etill inside. Stationing Macholo in a po- sition where he commanded a view of one part of the house, Officer Harper took up his stand in another place which he sent a boy to sum- CAPTURE BY MINUTES | {year doubt | declarea. 17 CONVICTS THOUGHT LOST WHEN FIRE DESTROYS OHIO GIRL KLLED, CHUM IN GRITICAL STATE Mary Jennings, 19, Victim of Berlin Auto Accident WALKING AT ROADSIDE Alice Chapman, 19, At New Britain Hospital—Bcrnard Solomon Under $2,000 Bonds—Three Drivers Ar- rested During Week-End. Mary Jennings, 19, of Percival avenue, Kensington, was killed in- stantly and Alice Chapman, 19, also of Percival avenue, was critically in- jured last evening at 7 o'clock on the Beach Swamp road, Kensington, when they were struck by an au- tomobile driven by Benjamin Solo- mon of 193 Francis street, this city. The accident occurred about 19 yards from the auto parts garage owned by 'eter Rosso. A third girl, Mabel Chapman, who “vas walking with the two other girls escaped without a seratch. Girl's Condition Ntill Critical The three girls were walking on the south’side of the road in the di- rection of Kensington. According to Solomon's report to the police he was driving in the same direction and as he neared the girls they stepped out farther onto the pave- ment and the front part of his car struck Miss Jennings and Alice Chapman. to a stop almost immediately after hitting the girls he said and took them to the New Britain hospital. The Jennings girl was found to be dead on their arrival at the institu- tion and the Chapman girl was placed on the critical list. The hos- pital authorities reported this morn- ing that she had passed a very poor night and was still in a critical con- dition, Solomon Held Uwidcr $2,000 Solomon was arrested on u techni- cal charge of manslaughter and re- lcased on bonds of $2,00 for ap- pearance in the Berlin ‘town court on Tuesday evening, October 16. He is well known in real estate circles in this city. 4 Constable Frank Brown investi- gated the accident and stated today that he had not ascertained wheth- er the girls had been waiking on the pavement or on the side of the road. There is a distance of about two yards from the road to the white fence that runs along the highway. As far a8 he could learn, therc were no witnesses to the acciaent. Girls’ Skull Fractured Upon examination at the hospital t was found that Miss Jennings had died from a fractured skull. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Jennings of Percival ave- nue, Kensington. She was born in Brogklyn, N. Y., in 1909 and spent most of her life in Kensington. Be- sides Tier parents she is survived by two brothers, Willim and Joseph, (Continued on Page 10.) WHITING DECLARES BUSINESS IS BETTER No Disturbances in Election Year Washington, Oct. 8 (®)— Secrita Whiting, of the commerce depart- ment, said today that business con- ditions in the United States w showing steady improvement. turbances expected from election had not eventuated, he The list of business indications mon Supernumerary Officers Spoon- er and Curry from Washington and | Beaver streets, il Surrounding the house, the quar- | tet planned the capture, but Officer | arper found that the front door locked and the key was on the | inside, so he put his foot through the | Ela and v ching in, tried to un- lock the door. It was impossible to | do so, even with Macholo's key, as | lock had been tampered with, probably while the burglar's key was being fitted into it i Making his way through a kitchen | window, Officer Harper found the in dressers in two hedrooms had been ransacked and the con- tents strewn all over the floors, while a screen, pushed out of a rear bed- room window, told the story of the escape. In all probability, the bur- glars made their exit when they | heard Macholo trying the front door, for the police had the house entirely surrounded within a few minutes | after Officer Harper was summoned, and several minutes had clapsed be- tween the time Macholo was at the door and the time he met the of- ticer. The missing articles included a lady's wrist watch, a lavalliere, a diamond ring, two rings with em- erald settings, two rings with ruby settings, and a baby's ring. Macholo also reported a chest of silver miss- ing but this afternoon he called at police headquarters ' and corrected this part of the report, having lo- cated the silver. He was out of the (Continued on Page 17.) |an upward trend, compiled by the commerce depart- ment demonstrates that stability characterize business situation, he continued Construction contracts let last nionth involve amounts 12 per cent gr than last year; there was an incr last week of & per cent in che ments throughout the countr steel industry is operating at 85 per cent of capacity which is b per cent above normal for the period; there as been an increase in ratlroad ¢ loadings and the estimates of ship- pers as to their transportaticn nicds for the last quarter of the your in- dicate a further increas: All of these are evidences of the wencrally | good state of trade and industry in the country.” Settlement last week in the Bedford textile strike, Mr. Whiting added, would have “at least a gocd moral effect.” STOLEN IN NEW YORK| Four Ma:ked Robbers Hold West 16th Street Diamond Mer- chant and Escape New York, Oct. 8 (P—As noon- time crowds thronged the streets below four armed and masked rob- bers held ug a West 46th street dia- mond merchant in his 12th floor offices & half block from Fifth ave- nue today and escaped with gems valued at $400,000. Solomon brought his car | Commerce Secretary Finds | i = f | New | STATE-OWNED BRICK PLANT 275 Prisoners Asleep in Dormitory as Con- flagration Starts Fight Madly to Escape From Burning Building " Early Today. Check of Missing Reveala 20 Unaccounted for— Authorities Believe Tha¢ Three Escaped From Guards While Others Perished. Junction City, Ohio., Oct. § P Seventeen convicts. are believed te have burned to death while an equal rumber were injured when fire at 1 o'clock this morning swept the wooden dormitory at the states owned brick plant near here. Thers were 275 prisoners locked in the building when the fire broke out. | A check of the prisoners after |the fire revealed 20 missing, but of these, officials believe three escaped from custody of the guards during the confusion. See 11 Bodies When the ruins had cooled sufe ficently to permit a search to be started, officials said they could make out the charred remains of at |least 11 bodies. None had been ree moved, however, before noon. Twelve of the most seriously ine jured were taken to the central prison hospital at Columbus. All were expected to recover but some were said to have been burned sers iously. The fire was discovered by Peter O'Day, of Dayton, and Edward Tils lotson, of Toledo, prisoners, accorda ing to guards. They had been listen- ing in on the radio and had shut it oif about midnight. Shortly aftere ward, O'Day said, he smelled smoke coming from the south end of the building where the commissary was located. Me opened the commissary door and found the room filled with smoke. A moment or two later it burst into flames. O’Day and Tillotson cried “Fire!*™ and the alarm was taken up and echoed through the dormitory (Continued on Page 10.) 3,000-APPLICATIONS BY WOULD-BE VOTERS Will Be Increased by Tomorrow The applications of more tham 3,000 prospective voters have ale ready been placed in the hands of Registrars Thomas J. Smith and William J. Ziegler and it is belleved | that a considerable increase in this [ number will be found when the time | for filing closes at 5 o'clock tomore row afternoon. Both parties have had men's and | women's organizations working in & systematic canvass of the city to list prospective voters and the large number of applicants has been the result. | It is the expectation of the regis- Itrars that a great many duplications will he found when the sorting is | completed The board of selectmen will meet | Saturday. October 13, and Saturday, October 20, from 9 a. m. to § p. m. ‘o accommodate the larger list of. applicants, special sessions will be “|held during the week. First Selecte man Darius Benjamin will fix thess ~ | dates shortly. Plans for the last day drive will | e made by the committee of demo- cratic women who have been carry- ing on the work for that party, tee night at 7:30 o'clock at headquar- |ters in the Leonard building. Mrs. | Michael Hannon, chairman of the | committee, will be in charge. | Supreme Court Won’t Review Tapping Decision | Washington, Oct. 8.—M—The supreme court today refused to re- {view its five to four decision of last |term holding that evidence obtained | by wire tapping could be used tn | criminal prosecutions. The question was presented in {three cases from Seattle, Wash., brought by Roy Olmstead and others | convicted of a conspiracy to violate {the federal prohibition law. The principal evidence against them was ohtained by tapping telephone wires and listening to conversations alleg- lawful sale of intoxicating liquor. They contended that such evidence was excluded by the fourth and fifth amendments to the federal comdile tution protecting them aganingt wie lawful search and seisure and against being compelled to give evi- dence against themselves. Registrars Expect Total: - ed to have been conducted in the uR. . ESERear &