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ESTABLISHED 1870 DEATHTOLL 10N EUROPEAN STORM Gales Swoep Over France, Bel- ginm and England PRINCESS MARIE IS HURT 280 Trunk Telephone and Telegraph Lines Down—80 Towns Isolated— Steamer Takes Four Hours To Cross Channel. London, Nov. 17 (M—The death toll of a southwesterly gale that aswept over Wales, England, France and Belglum yesterday atood at ten today with several scores of persons injured. Princess Marle, sister of former King Constantine of Greece was cut by flylng glass while walking din Paris, Former Premier Amsay MacDeon- ald and Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, minister of labor, had narrow es- capes when trains on which they were riding in England ran into fallen trees. Damage to property in England and Wales were enormous and wide- spread. Thirty families were home- less today, their dwellings having been wrecked by the gale. Roois were swept off several large build- ings. 200 Wires Down Two hundred and eighty trunk telephone and telegraph lines out of London were down and eighty towns either were cut off from communi- cation or able to communicate only by round-about routes. Seventeen broadcasting stations were isolated. A passenger steamer from Calais to Dover took four hours to cross the English Channel, usually an hour's trip. The passengers were roughly shaken up. Most channel steamers suspended service. Many fishing boats were sunk along the shore and several lifeboats had a terrific time in answering calls of distress. Postpones Trip The big Cunard liner Alaunia postponed her departure from Southampton. The coasting steam- er Edith crawled into Liverpool without her funnel, which had been swept overboard by heavy scas on a voyage from Creetown, Ireland. The crew had been without food for two days and was forced to crouch in, the stokehold because cabins and galleys were mwash. A man was killed at Bethune, France, by a falling chimney. Prin- cess Marle was saved from serious injury in Paris by an umbrella. She was walking in the Place Vendome when a huge plate glass window was shattered by the wind, pieces of glass fell all around her but only a few went through her umbrella and she escaped with slight cuts. Plane Forced Down A plane which left Le Bourget for London was forced down at Deauvis and overturned and wreck- ed, the passengers escaped injury. All other air sevice from Le Bour- get was suspended. The harbors of Brest, Lorient, St. Nazalre and Cherbourg in France were storm bound craft. Large garage in the course of construction in Paris was wrecked. Chimneys were blown down and trees were uprooted in the parks. Several persons were injured. One person was killed at Antwerp, Belgium. and numerous other per- sons were Injured. Chimney and tiles were blown down and much damage was done in the country- side. The gale was moving northeant- (Continued on Page 14) FIND LOTTERY TICKETS AND ARREST SINSKIS Greenwich Police Take New Britain Couple Into Custody (Special to the Herald) Greenwich, Nov. 17.—Policemen patrolling the Boston Post road at 3 o'clock this morning halted an auto- mobile being driven in the direction of New York city and placed Luke and Laura Sinski man and wife, of New Britain, under arrest on the charge of having lottery tickets in their possession. They claimed to have found a quantity of treasury balance slips in the car. They were presented in town eourt and were later released under bhonds of $300 each for a hearing next Friday. They had retaincd counsel but as their lawyer wanted to g0 to the Yale-Princeton football game in Princeton this afternoon, a postponement was granted. Luke Rinski, 132 Farmington av- enue. His occupation in the city directory is given as farmer. May Disbar Reading As an Attorney Boston, Nov. 17 ‘UP—Arthur K. Reading. former attorney general of the state who resigned last spring after the house of representatives had voted his impeachment, has been invited to appear before the executive committee of the Masea. chusetts Bar association to show cause why disbarment proceedings should not be instituted against him before the supreme court. It became known today that the action of the Bar association's com- mittee had been taken at a secret mesting in this city last Thursday. CHINESE EXECHTE 16 FOR LOOTING STEAMER Authorities Continuing Efforts to Capture Rest of Pirates Who Shot American Hankow, China, Nov. 17 UP—Six- teen Chinese arrested in connection with a raid by Pirates on the steamer Shasi on Nov. 3, were ex- ecuted last night at Chinese military headquarters. % Henry Henvie, formerly manager of a Hankow firm who was en route to the United States, was shot by the pirates when they took possession of the steamer. A Mr. and Mrs. Pep- per, described as Americans, were among those who were robbed. The Chinese authorities are con- tinuing their efforts to capture the remainder of the pirate band. COURT OF HONOR 10 BE RETAINE Park Department Will Ask Fund for Maintenance ELLINGYO0D DETERMINED Superintendent Plans to Renovate Meniorial At Entrance to Walnut Hill—Fear of Its Loss Kept Public Astir. ‘The Court of Honor in Walnut Hill park will not be domollshed, destroy- od or removed. It will be retained as long as possible.’ This statement, made today by Park Superintendent Clyde Elling- wood will bring cheer to thousands of New Britain pcople who felt that with the erection of the monument on top of the hill, the city’s unique ‘memorial would be destroyed. Th2 statement follows closely that made to the Herald a short time ago by Arthur E. Berg, clerk of the board of park commissioners, that the Court of Honor would remain in ‘Walnut Hill park just as long as he had anything to do with it. “Next spring I am going to ask for an appropriation to put the Court of Honor into condition, repair it where needed and repaint the posts. I am going to try and Kkeep it there an long as possible and when a post wears out if I am still on the job, I will try and see that it is renewed’’ said Mr. Ellingwood today. x 80 many people have expreased their desire that the Court of Honor be retaluned as a permanent fixture, and so many have expressed the fear that it might be demolished, that Mr. Ellingwood was moved to state that so far as he'knows there has been no serious consideration given to the removal of this memorial. What complications two me- morials on the park might have next Memorial Day, when the placing of wreaths will form part of the cere- mony, no one knows. The assump- tion that wreaths will be placed on (Continued on Page 14) ‘HOOVER’ NARKET HAS NEW MARK TO MAKE All Time Record of 6,714, 000 Shares Disposed of on Exchange New York, Nov. 17 UP—A mighty torrent of buying and selling orders again poured into the New York Stock Exchange today, but the price movement turned irregular as a result of heavy week-end profit-taking, early gains of $1 to §5 a share ‘were offset by losses of similar extent, although the main price tendency was still upward. The opening was not as wild as that in yesterday's recordbreaking session of 6,714,400 shares, but there were several blocks of 5.000 to 15,000 shares changing hands in early trading. New York, Nov. 17 (® — The “Hoover” bull market had a new mark to shoot at today—an all time record day’'s turnover of 6,714,000 shares on the stock exchange. Last spring a 4,000,000 share market was considered a first page newspaper story. Every full trading day this week but one the market has gone over 5,000,000 shares. The five days’ trading also set a new record for that period of time of 27,946,900 shares. The record for the last five days follows: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 4,747,000 Friday 6,714,000 The strain on the human machine has led to recurring sentiment for a holiday for the stock market, similar to that ordered last spring 80 as to allow the bookkeeping staffs of brokerage houses to catch up with their work. Even the mechanical facilities have been swamped. The ticker y terday was two hours and three minutes behind the market at the close. Tt 15 hoped that the high speed printers proposed and the leaving out of sales volume up to 500 share blocks will take care of that end of the situation. But the system is not expected to be put into effect before next fall. With nearly every order a rush |one “at the market” the scenes on 5,670,600 5,387,400 5,426,800 (Continued on Page 13.) NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1925.—EIGHTEEN PAGES El Hopes to Get Even With Tiger FAVOR PRINCETON T0 WIN FROH YALE Tigers Primed lor Supreme Effort Against Blue ELI TEAM IS CRIPPLED Garvey Will Not Play—Replaced by “Butch” Loud—Orange and Black Out for Revenge for Defeat Last Fall. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 17.—(UP— Yale Blue challenged the Orange and Black of Princeton in colorful pageants of pretty girls, coonskin- clad colleglans and hoarse, beaming old grads through the ‘hospitable streets of Tigertown today, while the elevens of Captain Max Eddy and Captain “"Chuck” Howe made ready to resume the football rivalry of the two universities which dates back just 55 years. S Across the picturesque Princeton |campus, shifting groups flaunted the Blue against the Orange and Black, basket parties snatched early lunches or belated breakfasts on the green slopes leading down towards Palmer stadium, and train after train from thousands to the game. Scason’s Climax Today's game against Yale is the climax of Princeton’s season, and the youngsters coached by Bill Roper are | primed for their What happens against week will not worry the sons of Old Nassau, if Yale is beaten. It was a crippled but determined Bulldog eleven which arrived here to rest for the battle. Johnny Garvey was not among the prospective backs which Mal Stevens will shoot in against the Tigers. In his place stood Buteh Loud, who was assigned to the ball carrying during the famous Eli drives inside and outside tackle. The Tigers were slight favorites. Seven to five was offered by some enthusiastic Princetonians, but not by many. Under-dogs have a way of coming to life in startling and devas- tating fashion in these Yale-Prince- ton affairs. The history of the foot- ball rivalry of the two schools s strewn with the wreckage of false hopes raised on the eve of battle. Yale's victory last fall, after los- ing Bruce Caldgell, proved a bitter disappointment to the Tigers, and they were out for revenge thi noon. The game starts at 2 p. m. Eastern Standard time, *The probabis line-up. Princeton Lawler greatest effort. Yale Walker LE Hockenbury Marting LT Moore Greene LG Howe Charlesworth Mestres Stewart RG Barfleld Eddy RT Stinson McEwen RE Norman Hoben QB Requardt Loud LH Wittmer Hubbard RH Miles Decker ¥B AIL CARRIER HELD Hartford, Nov. 17 P —Charles W. Metcalf, a ‘rural delivery carrier of East Hampton, was before Commissioner Charles J. McLaugh- lin here Friday afternoon charged with embezzlement of $7.30 from RURAL M New York brought | Navy next | u. 8| HOOVER'S ITINERARY 15 UP TO FLETCHER Ambassador to Italy Will Be President-Elect’s Adviser Stanford University, Cal., Nov. 17 | nounced. | One day before the president-elect to-board the battleship Maryland for the voyage.down.ibe.. jthere still were many gaps in the | schedule, and doubt existed as to whether some of the stops that have been tentatively announced would be i made. | Formal announcement issued at {the Hoovér home, sald no definite after Mr. Hoover has | with Henry P. Fletcher, who will be Ithe officlal representative of the | state department on the trip, who is |en route to California. Mr. Hoover | ‘has enlarged his personal party to !include a friend of long standing, |John Griffin Mott of Los Angeles. Mr. Mott has spent much time in | South America and is familiar with |the various countries that Hoover [ will visit, | Because of the limited accommo- | | dations on the Maryland, Mr. Hoo- | ver has been obliged to restrict the ‘flxze of his party. Including himself and Mrs. Hoover, their son, Allan, land Ambassador Fletcher, there will !be an even dozen personal party, exclusive of the 28| newspaper correspondents and news | and motion picture camera men wWho (Continued on Page Five) members of his | | THIS WEEK'S AFFAIRS POST MEMOEN'S WOl MEMOMIAL — ket L& STANL AAM, NT 70 GE AT ANNA his good will tour before the details Virtually destroyed {of his itinerary for the trip are an- Milton D. Smith, Darien tree warden, on Old King's highway. | were rescued when Smith dropped | was to leave his home at Stanford |them from a second story window after- | University to journey to fan Pedro i@ their mother's arms. o year-old S8eymour 1 found the floor " naw!ourywuexpefl-olu\emrmmnllemmmun‘ | forefront when Yale and Princeton renew their annual warfare at Prince- | ton today. Since the war, the Tigers have won § gamgg and Old Elf 4. INFANTS SAVED FROM BURNING DARIEN HOME {Dropped by Father Into Mother’s Arms—Loss Is $12,000 Darien, Nov. 17 (UP)—A father (P—Herbert Hoover will be well on |and child were severely burned to- his way toward South America for day when an early-morning fire the home of Th- crylng fou _his parcats at lower floor of the house. Smith lowered his wife 10 feet to | killing were advanced by detectives | lan embankment at the rear of the |today, and one was that it was a re- | house and dropped their sons, Cur- | prisal executed Two bables ey investigated and of the nursery burn- |ing hot. Fire was raging on the [ itinerary would be available um“[llfl. 1,'and Daniel, 2, into her arms. | Tim. conferred | ., Meanwhile the oldest boy had be- | me panic stricken and had hidden | himself in a closet. In searching for | bim, Smith was severely burned. Seymour was rescued after receiving | (Chicago Gangsters Pump Bullets Into John Clay (SHOT SEATED AT DESK Bitter Fight Starts in Windy City to "Gain Control of Business Which is Worth Millions to Victor in Ever Increasing Factional Warfare. | Chicago, Nov. 17 ®—Guns of the |racketeers, mute since they deait death to Big Tim Murphy in mid- | summer, pumped eight bullets last ! night into the body of John G. Clay, ! boss of the Laundry and Dyehouse | Chauffeurs’ union. | Ggod Target | Killers neyer had a better target | | than the 59-year-old man. He was | | seated at his desk. facing a front | | window of the union's headquarters {on South Ashland avenue. Bathed | |1n the bright light of his office Clay | was a perfect mark for the gunmen | | who crept up on the porch and seat | the bullets of a machine gun and | a shotgun through the glass. | The sound of running feet, the ! roar of a motor, the red tail light of a curtained automobiie vanishing down the street, and the slayers had escaped. Seven stewards of the union were in a room adjoining that ot Clay" They ran into the street too late o | catch more than a flceting glimpse of the automobile in which the slayers fled. Key Position Clay, according to police investiga- tors, held the key position in the | Chicago ~ cleaning and _dyeiig | “racket,” as it is called. He was, in & position te have an important say in the distribution of business from small tailoring shops to the cleaning establishments. His or- ganization, police said, was the link between the retail Cleaners and Dyers' unfon and the Chicago Mas- | ter Cleaners and Dyers’ association. The “cleaning racket” is reputed by police and by other investigating | business groups to have taken mil- lions of dollars from Chicagoans. The warfare between rival groups seeking to control the business has been marked with many bombs and sluggings. ‘The police theory has been that Big Tim Murphy's assassination wuy fabte to hig éfforts to “mustle in” on the ecleaning and dyeing “racket.” A number of motives for the Clay t. by friends of Big | Another theory was that gangsters from other cities, attracted by what appeared to them to be big money in the Chicago “racket,” had killed Clay. inaugurating a cam- qr] T3S 1RPNLI) NEW BRITAIN HERATIi) CLEANING ‘RACKET' OFFICER OF VESTRIS SAYS LEADER 15 KLED) e DjD NOT INSPECT COAL TURNPIKE CLAIMS less severe burns. pi caused 8mith was taken to Stamford hos- tal. The fire was thought to have been | 5 oil heater. | Al Capone's name, inevitable when by a defective Loss was estimated at $12,000. New Britain and vicinity; Unsettled, probably showers tonight and Sunday, contin- ued warm tonight; colder Sunday night ‘and Monday. RADIO WOrKI NETAET 1S P S, oo‘uc‘zw GOAID Dismrssas SUSPENDS RVE— paign to drive out those now in con- trol. | Capone Mentioned | Then there was the mention of gang guns roar. Capone several months ago became involved in the cleaning and dyeing business, being associated with the Sanitary Clean- ing company, organized by Morris Beckner, a wealthy south side busi- | ress man. Beckner organized the | |company, he said. to fight the | |“racket.” and his purpose in inter- | esting Capone, he explained, was to | |{frighten away any who might at- {tempt intimidation by bombs and violence. Capone's name alone, * (Continued on Page 15) FINST GAPTIST CarH TES (T3 120° B(RTUHDAY — ‘quo) ‘PIORIH =daq WPV Ave) Dd'ly Circulation For Week Ending Nov. 10th ... 15,749 PRICE THREE CENTS PORTS BEFORE FATAL TRIP | ANOTHER VICTIM Unidentified Man Killed in Mil-| ford Auto Crash \DRIVER OF CAR ARRESTED Machine Leaves Road on Curve, | Hits Pole, Turns Over Three| Times—Two Hurt, One I‘mbflbly:‘ Fatally. 1 Orange, Conn, Nov. 171 (UP)— | One man was killed and two others jured, one probably fatally, on the | Milford turnpike here today when | their automobile left a curve, n(ruck‘, a pole and somersaulted three times, | Man Unidentified | The dead man was unidentified {several hours after the accident, des- pite the efforts of Orange and New | Haven police to learn his name. Marty McMahon. 24. of New Ha- ven, was believed dying from a fractured skull at St. Raphael's hos- pital. New Haven. Thomas Withy- combe, 2% of New Haven, was less seriously injured. John Kennedy, 35. of New Haven, said to have been the driver, was jarrested and given a continuance in | {New Haven city court. Joseph Bur- | dy, also of New Haven, was held for questioning. Travelling Fast According to Constable Horace C. Stevens, the automobile belonged to a Yale student and was borrowed without the owner’s permission. Stevens said the car apparently was | travelling at a terrific rate of speed when it left the road. It was a com- | plete wreck. The constable said he would ar- rest all of the uninjured men on a charge of drunkenness, and later may turn them over to New Haven police, who will prosecute & theft t.}.lK". Biriee the hew concrete turnpike was opened here about two years ago, between 35 and 40 deaths have occurred in automobile accidents. PIMPLE ON CHIN FATAL TOLOUIS H. PHILLIPS, {Former New Britain Man’s | Ailment Puzzle to Specialists Five operations and the attend- < of some of the leading mem- bers of the medical fraternity in the cast failed to save the life of Louls H. Phillips, 54 years old, who died |in Stamford hospital yesterday af- | ternoon. An infected pimple on his chin spread a poison through his system, meningitis developed and toward the end an abacess on the brain was formed. Physicians from Bellevue hospital, ork, and many of the leading physicians went to Stamford to ob- serve the case which is said to be one of the strangest cases with which they have contended. They agreed that the death was caused by septic streptococcus poisoning. Mr. Phillips was born in Bridge- port but lived in New Britain for about 10 years until three years ago when he went to Stamford to form the Connecco Roofing Co., of which he was the president. While he lived in New Britain he was employed by Rackliffe Brothers Co. and the Rackliffe Ol Co where he was a salesman When the pimple was first devel- oped he did not regard it seriously Fhy ans think that copper might have entered the blood when the pimple was open and that it antag- onized it. For five weeks Mr. Phil- | 1ips lay on a hospital bed while all | the medical assistance obtainable was called upon. The last operation was performed yesterday. Mr. Phillips was widely known in this city during the comparatively short time he lived here. He was af- filiated with Harmony lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Everyman's Bible Class and the Odd Fellows of Bridgeport. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. | Sally Phillips; four daughters, Mrs. | F. W. Phelps, wife of Dr. F. W.| Phelps of Hartford; Mrs. Henry| Hucton of Hartford; Mrs. Frank B Racklitfe, Jr., of Maple Hill: and| Sally Lou Phillips. a 15 months old | daughter. Funeral services will be held Sun- day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the bhome of Mrs. Racklitfe of 96 Golf | street, Maple Hill. Burial will be in | Newington cemetery. | {an CLUE TO IDENTITY Norwalk, Nov. 17 (®—Finger- prints of a man, believed to be Manlio Papa of New York city whose mutilated body was found on Keyser's Island yesterday were sent to the New York police department today. Police believe that the vic- tim was “taken for a ride” in an au. tomobile bearing New York markers by two men one of whom sat in the back seat, and that it was this back seat passenger who crushad the victim's skull with an axe as Johnson, Just Promot- ed, Admits This Was His Responsibility But He Gave Orders for Carpenter to Do it. Man He Assigned to Job Among Survivors — Im- possible to Fasten These Watertight Doors From - Inside, Witness States. e Federal Building, New York, Nov, 17 @P—Frank Johnson, & wind- browned whisp of a man who was promoted to be first officer of the steamer Vestris just before it sailed + on its fatal voyage, testified today that he had not inspected the coal ports, although their condition was his responsibility. Other survivors of the Vestris dis- aster have charged that coal ports just above the water line were im- | properly closed and that water | poured into the ship through them, at least contributing to ita sinking | with the loss of more than 100 lives. Johnson, who took the stand at | the federal inquiry today after de- | partment of justice agents had sought him for two days, said he had ordered the ship's carpenter to close the ports Lut had not himself looked to see if the work was properly done. | He said he never had examined the ports. Johnson was the first witness. He said he was promoted to post of | first officer on the Vestris the day before she eailed on her last voyage a week ago teday. Loading of Coal “Who had charge of loading coal on the Vestris?" U. 8. Attorney Tut- tle asked. “Well, the chief engineer.” “You had nothing to do with it?" “No." “Where was it put in?" “Two coal ports five feet above the water line. They were about three feet square.” “How were they closed 2" “A door on a hinge, fastened from the outside.” “Any way te close them from in- side No. Gave Carpenter Orders Johnson, who appeared after de- partment of justice agents had sought him with a subpoena for two days, said that he had the respon- sibility to see that these coal port doors were properly fastened. “What did you do about it on this trip 2" “I gave orders to the earpenter, a man named Wahl.” “Was he among the survivors?”’ (Continued on Page 14) WOMEN SURVIVORS * REACH NEW YORK Present Pathetic Picture— Lost Husbands and Children on Vestris New York, Nov. 17 (P—Thres women survivors of the Vestris who were picked up by the battleship Wyoming, arrived trom Norfolk, Va., this morning. They were Mrs. Marian Calvin Datten, of Brooklyn and Mrs. Elvira Fernandez, Rua, of 8 Me- Cabe street, New Bedferd, Mase. whose husbands were lost, and Mr: Dolores Barreiro Dosil. of Brooklyn. Mrs. Rua was a pathetic figure in her wrinkled clothing, with three fingers of her left hand broken and in splints and both legs bandaged. Mrs. Rua, who speaks only Spanish, was met by her cousin, Sioerio Alves. and Louis Cordira, the steamship agent who sold the tickets for the voyage that ended in the death of her husband and her two-year-old on. She was haggard and weak and cried hysterically. She was taken in an automobile by her cousin and Cordira. both of whom live in New Bedford. Mrs. Batten and Mrs. Dosil were met by relatives and friends and taken to their homes. May Form Aviation Unit of Naval Militia Hartford, Nov. 17 UP—Formation of an aviation unit of the maval militia is forecast in an order 4 sued today by Adjutant General George M. Cole in which Lieutenant John H. Tweed is assigned to duty with the 18th division. naval militia. “pending organization of aviation unit.” Tweed owns and operates the New Haven seaplane terminal. In another order issued by the adjutant general, dates for the fed- eral and state inspection of the naval militia are announced. They are as follows: Dec. 13, 19th divi- sion, Hartford: December 13, 20th division, and headquarters divi- sion, Bridgeport; December 14. the car swung into the road lead- ing to the island. headquarters staff, and 15th @ivh- |sion, New Hyren -3

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