New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1928, Page 1

[r===] NEW BRITAIN ITERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 FILES WAL BALLO, SAYS IT IS FIRST Laconis, N. ., Woman Yisiting This City, Sends Vote PREFERS HERBERT HOOYER Mra, Annle M. Morgan Belleves She Has Semt Earliest Voto tn OCoun- try Under Absentes Permission Legal in New Hampshire, The first vote for Herbert Hoov- er in the United Btates is said to have been filed in New Britain. The elaim that the republican candidate for the presidency had received his first vote from a guest in & New York hotel is disputed by & New Britain visitor who says she has filed the first vote, beating the New York visitor by 3¢ hours. Mrs, Annie M. Morgan of lLa- conta, N. H., a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Young at 335 West Main street, is the Hoover en- thusiast whose bailot for her choice bas been filed. When the New York Herald Tri- bune printed @ statement that George Kelly of 8eattle, Wash., had filed an absentee ballot by mail on October 24, also voting for Herbert Hoover, Mrs, Morgan immediately checked the date and learned that her. ballot had gone in on October a3, Mra, Morgan is the daughter of a democrat. “If my father were alive today he would not vote for Smith, he'd vote for Hoover,” she said. 8he sald she felt that Mr. Hoover is best fitted for the job, *“Although,” she added, “I think all political parties are very apt to be crooked when it serves their purpose.’” Assisted by Bank Official Last Tuesday Mrs. Morgan went to the Commercial Trust Co. with & form for an abasentee ballot sent her by the town clerk of Laconia. She had Assistant Treasurer Louls Thomas help fill it out. Mr. Thomas is a notary public and administered the afidavit to her signature. Ac- cording to law she signed the bal- lot first, with Mr. Thomas and Mr. Young witnessing the signature. Then she was required to fill out the rest of the ballot in sight of the two men but far enough away sq that they could npt learn how she was voting. The ballot and afidavit were sent by Mr. Thomas to the town clerk of Laconia, N. H., who dn November 6 will place it in the ballot box of Ward 5, that city. “There's no secret about the way I voted,” says Mrs. Morgan. “I voted for Hoover, and I don't care who knowa it. I think he is the best man for the job.” l Mrs. Morgan has a genéral youth- ful and vigorous appearance, which belie her halr, which Is almost snowy white. Predicts Age Bhe is keenly alive to current events and reads the newspagers | with great interest. *I think avia- tion is a coming thing and the time will soon be here when everyone will be traveling by plane,” she sald. “I don't think I'd ride with anybody except Colostel Lindberg.” Later she admitted that from what she had heard of Lieutenant Carl Dixon of New Britain, she might also ride with him with a feeling of patety. COUNCILMAN FROM FOURTH WARD DIES Albert Anderson Had Been Resident of This City Since 1887 Albert Anderson of 200 Jubllee street, 57 years old, councilman from the fourth ward, one of the city’s best known Swedish residents and at one time a prominent Main | . street business man, died about 4 o’'clock yesterday at the New Britain hospital, following an appolectic stroke which he suffered about 11 & m. while at work at the Corbin Cabinet Lock Co. Until the time he ‘was stricken he apparently had been enjoying good health. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the First Lutheran church. Rev. Henning Johnson of Bristol will officiate in the absence of Rev. Dr. Abel Ahlquist, who is ill. Mrs. Harry 8. Christensen will sing during the funeral service and Per Olsson will be at the organ. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery. Mr. Auderson was born in Sjoftoa, Sweden, and came to New Britain in 1887, having made his home here continuously since that time. Upon coming to this city Mr. Anderson entercd the employ of the Stanley Rule and Level company but sub- sequently entered the employ of the Globe Clothing House where he was manager of the shoe department for a number of years. Later, with his brother, John A. Anderson, he en- tered the men's clothing business himself and for 14 years they con- ducted an establishment in the John A. Andrews block on Main street un- der the firm name of Anderson Brothers. Following the dissolution of the firm, Mr. the employ of Louis R. Raphael as manager of the shoe department, but later resigned because of ill health. Upon recovering his health, Mr. Anderson entered the employ of the Corbin Cabinet Lock Co., where (Continued on Page 11) Anderson entered | Last of Brown Derbies Tossed in This City The browa derby tossed by Al Smith to the crowd assembled at the Main strect crossover last night was the last of a trunkful of the characteristic headgears !] taken by Smith when he started out on his tour. In each of the important cities and towns where the candidate stopped as he crossed and re- crossed the continent, he threw a derby to the crowd and in each city someone recelved the hat as & souvenir of the governor's visit. ! ‘When Governor 8mith reached Waterbury he stepped out onto the platform wearing & brown 1] fedora, his tirst appearance with- out a derby since he left Albany. LF.&C.TOBUILD $100000 ADDITION New Stractre Will Be Located on Stanley Street T0 ENAMEL OWN PRODUCTS ‘Work Heretofore Done Out of Town Can Be Handled Here Whea Bullding Is Compieted — Boston Firm Gets Contract. The directors of Landers, Frary & Clark have authorized the con- struction of a bullding as an addi- tion to its factories on Stanley street now used for the manufacture of electric ranges. This building will ‘be 200 feet long, 120 feet wide and will be equipped as an enameling plant to furnish enameled parts of electric ranges heretofore purchased from plants outside of New Britain. The cost of the building itself will be not less than $100,000. The growth of this portion of the company’s business and the addition to its line of other articles requiring to be made in white enamel, make this important addition to its plant necessary for the economical produc- tion of its wares. The contract has been awarded to the Morton C. Tuttle Co., of Boston which has built recent additions to the main plant. HUNTER WOUNDS SELF, STAGGERS T0 BUS LINE Discharge From Gun En- ters Left Arm of Frank Bartnik Frank Bartnik, aged 21, of 17 Richmond avenue, accidentally shot himself in the upper left arm this forenoon in the wooded area near his home in the extreme northwest- ern section of the city,. He was hunting and had put his shotgun ithrough a fence, intending to follow ;at once, when th trigger came in icontact with the fence or something about his clothing. Although suffering considerable ipain and bleeding profusely, he ;made his way to Farmington ave- nue, where h® boarded a' Connectl- cut Company bus and rode to the corner of Main and Commercial streets. In the meantime, Captain Kelly was notified by telephone of the accident and detailed Detective Sergeant G. C. Ellinger to meet the bus. The sergeant and Officer Jo- seph Kennedy transferred Bartnik to the police patrol and drove him to New Britain General hospital. Bartnik displayed commendable grit throughout the ordeal, com- plaining of the pain only once when Ofticer Kenncdy applied pressure with his hand just above the wound, for the purpose of stopping the flow of blood. At the hospital an opera- tion was performed and it was sail Bartnik was as comfortable as could be expected. The arm was not amn- putated. PICKPOCKETS AT WORK Three Report Losing Wallcts During Jam on Main Street— Loot Totals $26 Eric F. Olson of Robbins Station, Elm Hill, Newington, complained to the police last night that his pocket- book containing his automobile operator’s license and $19 was stolen out of his pocket while he was in the crowd at the governor's recep- tion, and a little later, Fireman Victor T. Davis, Jr., reporfed that his pocket was picked and his pocketbook containing his operator's i licensc taken. John Gierule of 152 | Oak street made a similar complaint reporting that there was $7 and his operator's license in his pocketbook. So far as was learned, these were I the only victims of pickpockets. | Prefers Death to Workhouse Sentence Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 26.—P— i Oscar Mcreakin of West Frankford, I, preferred death to a probable| sentence of 30 days in the work-| house after a conviction on a charge iof driving an automobile while in- toxicated. Mcreakin conferred with his at- ‘torney yesterday just before he was to return to the courtroom to re- AT SMITH RECEPTION| | Grove street while engaged ceive sentence, and when advised of the probability of jail sentence, went to his apartment, where he shot himself to death. He left a note say- ing he had been lasely convicted. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1928.—THIRTY-SIX PAGES DIRIGIBLE MAKNG |WARMTH OF WILD WELCOME TONEW BRITAIN ASTONISHES HOOVER WILL NOT REPLY 0 SHITH Steers Clear of Any Gontroversy With Democratic Nomines LETS OTHERS ANSWER l!e‘u\llnl Candidate Belleves 2t Better for Party Leaders to Take Up Any Arguments With New York's Governor. Washington, Oct. 26 UM—Events of the presidential campaign down to the present time have caused no change in Herbert Hoover's major political strategy of confining hia speeches to a discussion of what he concelves to’be the issues and to keep clear of exchanges with his democratic opponent and others. Leadors to As has been the case in the past, party leaders and speakers are re- plying to the latest attack of Gove ernor Alfred E. 8mith. However, in his next address at 8t. Louis on the night of November 3, Hoover will take up two subjeets which Smith has emphasized — waterways devel- opment and farm relief. The republican standard bearer already has spoken on these, having declared for a coordinated system of inland waterways and for federal financial aid to a farm board to as- Harry J. Tucker and C. B. D, Collyer (right) just before the; 1 hopped off from Roosevelt Field, New York, on a non-stop das! to Los Angeles. The trip was completed yesterday in 24 hours, 51 minutes, for a new east-west record. The plane, Yankee | sist in meeting the problems of sea- | Noodle, also holds the west-east record of slightly over 18 hours. ‘Tucker was a passenger on"h bo'tll:i trips, He is the owner of E e ship, sonal surpluses in the major farm crops. He also has stated that if elected he would invite farm leaders, such as former Governor Frank O. Lowden, into conference to hel, work out the details, Session Undecided Whether he would call an extra session of congress to tackle the problem has not yet been conclud- ed, it was stated in an official state. ment made public at the candidat personal headquarters yesterday after Governor Adam McMullen, of Nebraska, had sald Hoover had in- formed him he would call the new congress into extraordinary session for this purpose. Additional detalls of the final western trip which will take Hoover to his California home to vote are now being worked out and the nom- fnee will make a number of ad- dresses aside from the one at Bt. Louis during his four days' journey to Palo Alto. Talks In Maryland The first of these will be at Cum- berland, Maryland , within~ & few hours atter the journey begins at § (Continueu on Page 32) U, S-AUSTRALIA HALF AN HOUR TALX Short Wave Broadcasting Stations Connect Two Continents Early Today Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 26 UP— The United Btates talked with Aus- tralia for more than half an hour today and early rising radio fans listened to the conversation. ‘Through the medium of two short wave broadcasting stations, W-2 XAF, an experimental station of the | General Electric company, and 2ME, operated by the Amalgamated Wireless Australasia, Ltd., conver- sation was maintained over ten thousand miles of space between this city and Sydney on the other side of the world. The voices of the Australian speakers cathe through so clearly that WGY, the General Electric company's regular broadcasting sta- tion, put them on the air from 6:30 to 7 a. m. The American end of the conversations was located in a small upper chamber of a farm house in Bcotia, five miles north of here, where the equipment W-2XAF operating on 31.4 mecters is located. In the Antipodes station ZME, us- ing a wave length of 28.5 meters, was the scene of the experiment. It had been planned to begin the demonstration at ¢ a. m., but at that hour reception was marred by sta- tic. But, as the sun rose in North America and the night advanced in Australia, atmospheric conditions improved. Both the transmitting and receiv- ing apparatus were connected by wire with the WGY transmitter at Bouth Schenectady, and broadcast from that point. Martin P. Rice, manager of broadcasting for the General Elec- tric, opened the demonstration, talk- (Continued on Page 23) LEG BROKEN IN FIGHT, ASKS $3,000 DAMAGES John Bilumstein Accuses Carlo Orachefski of Maiming Him During Grove St. Scuffie John Blumstein, who on August 23 was assaulted and battered on in a conversation, brought suit today against his alleged assailant, Carlo Orachefski, claiming $3,000 dam- ages. The writ was issued by Attorney Harry Ginsburg. During the scuffie the plaintiff was the recipient of many fierce blows and as a result suffered a fracture of his left leg, he alleges. He was a patient at New Britain Genéral hospital for some time. Constable John 8. Recor served the papers, attaching property to the amount of §5,000. " \YANKEE DOODLE SETS NEW FLIGAT RECORD Reaches Los Angeles in 24 Hours, 51 Minutes From New York Los Angelea, Oct. 26 (P — A monopoly on trans-continental non- stop air records was held by Harry Tucker's trim little’ Lockheed-Vega monoplane “Yankee Doodle” today, after the plane's successful from New York which epded at Mines field here yesterday after- noon, The “Yankee Doodle,” with Cap- the around-the-world travel record, at the controls and Tucker in the passenger seat, set & new east-to- ‘west non-stop record of 24 hours, 61 minutes when it came to earth. The previous record of 26 hours, 50 minutes was made in 1923 by Lieu- tenants John Macready and Oakley Kelley. ‘With Art Goebel, Pacific fiier, at the controls and Tucker aboard the cigar-shaped craft flashed to an as- tonishing west-to-east record of 18 hours, 55 minutes & few weeks ago. The flight was from Los Angeles to New York, and the fliers later an- nounced & mew and shorter route had been discoyered, which, with a counted for the fast time. The course of both flights lay over McKeesport, Pa., Columbus, Indianapolls, Terre Haute, Ind., Wichita, Albuquerque and through the S8an Bernardino mountain pass. The west-cast flight was the only while yesterday's flight was the sec- i ond non-stop flight westward across the continent, The latest successful flight for the fleet little monoplane was a de- cisive victory over adverse wind, fog and rain about the Alleghenies and again over the -Rocky Moun- tains that threatened to send it down short of gasoline before the 8oal was sighted. The “Yankee Doodle” after suc- cessfully battling the head winds of jthe Alleghenies in September yforced down at Prescott, iwhen the western winds wasted away the ship's gasoline supply. At (Continued on Page 11) HEINACH FINED $350 FOR DRIVING DRUNK Yankee Pitcher Has Automobile License Revoked for Two Years in Now Jersey. Mullica Hill, N. J.,, Oct. 26.—(P— Fred Helmach, member of the New York Yankees pitching staff, was fined $200 and had his automobile driver's license revoked for two years by Justice of the Pcace ‘was overturned here last night. Helmach, accompanied by Joseph Hyde and James Campbell, was driving to his home in Camden, N. J., after calling at the home of Leon (Goosc) Goslin, outfielder for the Washington Senators, about organiz- Ing & basketball team. His car side. swiped rnother driven by Frank G. Sparka’ and overturned. No person ‘was injured. At the office of the justice of the peace Heimach was pronounced un- der the influence of liquor by a phy- siclan, R THE WEATHER New Britaln and vicinity: Fair and continued cool to- might amd Saturday; light flight | tain C. B. D. Coliyer, co-holder of brisk wind at the ship's tail, ac-| successful non-stop hop ever made, | was | Arizona, | Friant, of Woodbury, after his car | MUSIC TEACHER SUES HARTFORD FOR $5,000 ‘Miss Miller Claims She| Injured Ankle on Defective Street The city of Hartford is named de- fendant in a $5,000 personal injury | suit brought today by Emma N. Mil- who charges the city with negligence in maintaining an unfit and danger- ous highway which was the cause of a aex injury suslained by her wliie alighting from a trolley car. The writ issued by Justice of the Peace Morris D. Baxe states that on March 17 the plaintif was a pas- senger on a trolley car traveling from Albany avenue, along Vine street in Hartford and when the car stopped at the corner of Vine and Westland streets she alighted, fell and sprained her right ankle, The injury, it is claimed, was due solely to the street. As a result of the injuries the plaintiff wag confined to bed for a long period of time and expended large sums of money for medical at- tention and care, she claims, and was prevented from following her pro- fession as a music teacher for three weeks. The plaintiff claims that her average net weekly earning is $50 and further alleges that the injuries, will hinder her in the future from continuing her profession inasmuch as she is still unable to walk { naturally. { Papers were served by Deputy Sherift Martin H. Horwitz. 1,200 WEST POINTERS T0 DRILL ON GREEN New Haven to Sce Cadets March Prior to Yale-Army Football Game. New Haven, Oct. 26 (M—One of the spectacles of the football s-a- son that anrually attracts attention { of the public as well as gridiron fans, will be witnessed here tomorrow on the green prior to the Army-Yale game at the Bowl when 1200 West Point cadets march in exhibition. The drill will be held at noon and it is expected that several thousand people will witness the parade who otherwise will be unable to attend the game because of the limited ca- pacity. Officials including Mayor ‘Tully, President Angell of Yale, Governor Trumbull and General Brown of the first corps area will review the future officers. The cadets will march to the green from the rail- road station accompanied by the { military academy band. After the public drill march to the Bowl and one-half hour before game time at 2 o'clock, will go through their formations be- fore 75,000 spectators. In order to ndle the heavy traffic, motorists | -will be compelled to take one route; to and from the bowl. Twelve extra trains will be run from New York and one from Boston to accommo- date those from out of town. | The game will mark the 28th ! meeting of these two colleges and will witness the climination of one of them as likely mythical eastern champions. Both are undefeated.| The Elis have won 17 of the games | they will being tied. TORRINGTON VOTING LIST Torrington, Conn., Oct. 26 UP— | There are 9,256 names on Torring- | ton's voting list. men and 3,603 women. NEW LONDON REGISTRATION New London, Conn., Oct. 26 P— | The total registration of voters for | the city and town of New Lonaoni s 10,175, ler of Arch street, a music teacher, | played and lost four, the other six " PLANS FOR RETURH Western Trip Cancelled—Ready to Start Sunday NAYY DEPT. CO-OPERATES Prepared to Furnish AU Bl and Hydrogen Desircd— § Will Go West On His Nex %, 0 U. §, He Declares. % Lakehurst, N. J., Oct. 26 (P—P2, Commander Zeno H. Wi of the naval air station, today made rcady to furnish the craft with all the blue gas and hydrogen its commander may desire for the flight across the ocean which is not expected to begin before Monday. Wicks who was in charge of re- pairs made to the damaged fin of the German ship said that 735.000 cubic feet of blue gas were available at the station and that he expected to furnish about 140,000 cubic feet of hydrogen. He made this announcement after Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin had regretfully cancelled his plans for a flight to the middle west, because of unfavorable weather, In this announcement Dr. Eckener said that he preferred not to prolong his stay in this country beyond two weeks at the present time. ‘The Zeppelin arrived from Ger- many on October 15. Ready To Go Sunday Washington, Oct. 26 UP—The Graf Zeppelip will be ready Sunday to lcave the naval air station at Lake- burst, . J., and will depart as soon thereafter as practicable, the navy department was advised today by her commander, Dr. Hugo Eckener, who conditions over the rout: of the air- ship's contemplated flight. Lakchurst, N. J., Oct. 26 (®—Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the transatlantic dirigible Graf Zeppe- lin, today abandoned his plans for a flight to the middlewest before re- turning to Germany. Cancellation of the trip was announced after numerous postponements caused by unfavorable weather cither at Lake- hurst or along the proposed route of flight. Dr. Eckener's Statement Dr. Eckener (Continued on Page 31) SENATOR REED T0 Hughes Will Talk Over Columbia Chain from Buffalo—Smith Speaks Tomorrow. New York, Oct. 26.—(®—Political speakers over the radio tonight and tomorrow include: Tonight. Democratie. Willlam B. Wilson, former secre- tary of labor, at 10:30 p. m. over ‘WJZ and network. Scnator James A. Reed of Missourl over WEAF and red network. Franklin D. Roosevelt, candidate for governor of New York, from Troy, N. Y, at 7 p. m. over WGY and WEAF. Republican, Charles Evans Hughes from Buf- folo at 8:30 p. m. over WOR and Columbia network. Representative Gilbert N. Haugen and Senator Smith W. Brookhart, both of Iowa, at 6:30 p. m. over KYW, Chicago, and midwest net- work. Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, at 9:15 p. m. over WOV. ‘Tomorrow. Democratic. QGovernor Alfred E. Smith from Philadelphia at 8 p. m. over WEAF and network. Scnator George W. Norris of Nebraska from Omaha at 9 p. m. over WOR and Columbia network. Republican. . Julius Rosenwald and Hanford MacNider at 9 p. m. over WJZ ana blue network. (Time is eastern). {ARMY STARS 0UT OF BATTLE TOHORROW Jones Says Messinger and O'Keefe Won't Play but May Lead Team. Bridgeport, Oct. 26 (A — The Army football squad consisting of Sprague 36 players and coaches arrived in | this city on a special train at 11 o'clock this morning. The &q was immediately quartered at the Stratfield hotel where the players were served luncheon after which they were to don their football togs and make a short trip by bus to the Yale bowl for practice this after- oon. “I expect a close, hard-fought me,” Capt. Jones stated when questioned about his predictions on the outcome tomorrow. “I always have respect for Yale teams and I do not want to allow mysclf or the There are 5,653 boys to get too optimistic. We have | a strong team mo doubt but we have a real fight on our hands.” “Captain Sprague -may be able to play but I have my doubts that either Messinger or O'Keefe will get into the fray,” the Army men- tor added. 2 Q2 paring for the return of the Gra% Zeppelin to Germany, Licutenant 3 requested information as to weather | issued a statement saying he would “look forward to making the western flight after our ship has been proven by another BROADCAST TONIGHT trom Elizabeth, N. J., at 9:30 p. m. | CANZIDATE FOR || Betting Odds on Hoover l Now Down to 3% to 1 New Yors, Oct. 26 (UP)—A flood of money backing Gov. Alfred E. Smith poured inte the ¢ fices of Wall Street betting mmissioners last night and to- . *, bringing the odds in favor 5 Tlerbert Hoover from 4 to 1 “tol. = to one odds prevailed all terday, it was sald at the 152, % 3.8 Fried & Co. but “ 9% onts of the last two days -he democratic candi. . reception at Boston, great- | s nave increased the number of wagers on Smith. SHITH HOE AGAIN AFTER DAY OF JOY Reception in Connecticut Eclip- sés Trinmph by Lindbergh (RIDE MARKED BY TUMULT Policemen Injured During Hartford ‘Welcome as Crowds Break Down Lines—Invades Pennsylvania, Re- publican Stronghald, Tomorrow, New Haven, Oct. 26 (UP)—Con- necticut's welcome to Governor Al- fred E. Smith, democratic nominee for president, surpassed that given Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Never before in the history of the state have sueh crowds swarmed to sce one man, Connecticut seemed anxious to do its best to outdo the riotous recep- tions given the candidate in Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island and at every station at which his special train was: scheduled to stop—even many at which it did not halt—hun. dreds and thousands gathered. From the moment the train en- tered the state shortly before 3 p. m. to its departure a little before 11 p. m., the dem . cratic atandard bearer was given & vociferous re- ception, Police Injured in Hartford At only Hartford did Smith leave his train. Here while police battled vainly to restrain the tens of thous- ands of frantic cheerers, the nomi- nee and Mrs, S8mith was taken for an automobile tour of the city. Po- lic lincs were broken and several officers were injured in the crush. Scores were trampled upon and bruised. The scene was repcated with less- er magnitude at New Britain, Wa- terbury, Derby-8helton, New Haven, Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford. At New Haven, a dclegation rep- resenting the democratic town comy mittee was waiting with & huge bouquet of chrysanthemums for {Mrs. Smith. By the time the com- {mittee battled its way through the jcrowd to the train platform the ) (Continued on Page 31) MISS BROWN HEADS STATE LIBRARIANS ew Britain Woman Is Chosen President at Bridgeport Meeting were clected at the convention of the Connecticut Library association here | today as follows: President, Greta E. Brown of the New Britain library; vice presidents, Martha 8. Bartlett of . the Curtis Memorial library of Meriden; Dr. lerick H. Dart, trustee of the t Lyme library; John D. Young, assistant superintendent of Bridge- port schools and trustee of the lem, Mass, library; Miss Gertrude Whittcmore trustee of the Nauga- {tuck library; Samuel Spencer, trustee of the Kent Memorial librar; feerctary, Miss Marjory Dean of the t Hartford library; treasurer, Miss Frances Sheehan of the Connecticut Public on the executive committee, Orlando C. Davis of Bridgeport and Christian Due of the law library at Hartford. WOMAN LOSES HER SHOES IN CROWD GREETING “AL” Rushed About in Her Stockings Un- til Foot Apparel is Found and Replaced. Raised aloft by the rush of a crowd that took her completely off her feet, one of the women waiting to see Governor Smith last evening lost both her shoes as she kicked about for terra firma. She was rushed several feet from where the shoes dropped and was in her stocking feet for some time be- fore she recovered the shoes and sufficlent clearance was given her to low of replacing them om her foet, Bridgeport, Oct. 26.—M—Ofcers ' ,did not see the demonstration Ubrary; | R PRESIDENCY Tkousands Shout Wel- come to Gov. Smith as He Smiles and Waves Brown Derby From Rear of Train—Too Noisy for Speech. Gives Statement to Mayor Paonessa Saying He Would Not Place New Britain Industries in Jeopardy by Changes in Tariff Schedules, A swaying, milling crowd compos. ed of thousands of men, women and children who for more than an hour stood patlently awaiting the arrival of Governor Alfred E. Smith at the railroad station, went wild at the first glimpse of the smiling candle date, borne down on a temporary sgrandstand and reduced its uprights to splinters, crashed through a plate Jless window at the Schulte Cigar store and formed a solid mass of humanity about the governor's coach. The Smile and the Derby ‘The candidate’s train pulled inf the rallroad station on time, ale though it was reported an hour late earlier in the afternoon. The first coaches were filled with newspapere men and members of the Smith party, and as the train gradually slowed down, the private car “St. Nicholas” came into sight with Gov- ernor 8mith, Mra. 8mith and Mayor Paonessa standing on the rear plate form, the governor smiling and wave ing his famous brown derby. As the traln came in, the American Legion band was playing *The Bide. walks of New York,” the governor's campaign song, and the erowd was being led in singing by John L. Sullivan, chairman of the musie committee for the celebration, whe used a stick of red fire for a baton, Smith's arrival transtormed the singing erowd to a howling mob, Proscnted With Chost of Silver ‘The most enthusiastic demonstra- tion this city has ever witnessed ac- companied the arrival of Governor Smith's train. Crowds engulfed the rear and the candidate reached out and shook hands with scores of (Continued on Page 31) RORABACK DECLARES CONN. IS FOR HOOVER But Walsh Says It Will Go to Smith by 10,000 to 15,000 Hartford, Oct. 26 (M—"Connecti- cug will go safely for Hoover,” sald Chairman J. Henry Roraback et the republican state central come mittee today in commenting on the political situation in Connecticut. Mr. Roraback declined, however, to give any estimate at this time a8 to the plurality he expects Connec- ticut to give to Hoover. The expectation of Mr. Roraback is at variance with that entertained by Chairman James J. Walsh of the democratic state central committes, who yesterday informed Governer Alfred E. 8mith that the state would give Smith a plurality of from 10,000 to 15,000. Mr. Roraback had no comment to make on the demonstrations for Governor Smith in Connecticut cities yesterday. He in Hartford, being engaged elsewhere out said he would like to bave seen it. Chatrman Roraback has called & meeting of the republican state central committee to be held at the Hartford club next Thursday. The committees will have lunch at the club at 12:30 and the busi- ness meeting will immediately fol. low. Mr. Roraback said today that nothing of unusual importance will come before the meeting, it having been a custom for years to have a committee meeting during the week immediately preceding as election. DRIVER FATALLY HURT ON WALLINGFORD TRACKS Meriden Youth, Taken From Wreck- age of Machine, Dics in Two Hours Wallingford, Oct. 26 (UP)—A ool- lision between'a north bound New Haven train and an automobile en the Hall avenue grade crossing here early today took the life of Chester Kwasmewski, 20, of Meriden. Kwasmewski dicd at & Moridem hospital less than two hours after the accident. He had bess to Meriden on the train after body was found in the wreekage ¢