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ESTABLISHED 1870 GANGSTER BOMBS COST VINDY CITY ABOUT $200,000 More Than 100 Have Been Br-| ploded in Chicago Wars s Yo OFFICIALS SAY HURLING IS NOW A PROFESSION Though Many Suspects Have Beem Arrestod Folice Fal to Obtain Single Oonviction During Yoar— Claim Handicsp by Nature of Crime and Surreptitious Mcthods Used by Those Responsible, Chicago, Dec. 31 (®—"Pineap- ples,” the fruits of violence sown by gangsters and racketeers, have cost Chicago at least $200,000 this year, probably much more. Since 1901 bombs have been toss- ed and “planted,” but it has been only in recent years that this form of terrorism played much a big part in the eity’s crime. More than 100 bombs have ‘been exploded in Chi- cago this year. Officials Are Targets Cafes, gambling places, homes, business houses, garages, soft drink parlors and hotels were objects of | attack. Even officlals high in public life were targets. Although many suspects were ar- rested in almost every case, no one has been convicted of a bombing during this year. Police are handi- capped by the very nature of the crime and the surreptitious meth- ©ds of those responsible. Officials say the hurling of bombs has become a profession practiced by speclalized crews or gansm Bombs began popping early in Jan- uary and during two months, Jan- uary 26 to March 26, the homes of ‘six-public oficials were bombed end others, including Mayor Willlam Hale “Big Bill" Thompaon, were threatened. o Homes Attacked During that time the homes of Charles C. Fitzmorris, city comp- troller; Dr. Willlam H. Reld, & sup- porter of Mayor Thompson: United States Senator Charles 8. Deneen; Judge John A. Swanson, now atat attorney; Lawrence Cuneo, secre- tary to Robert E. Crowe, then state's attorney, and Judge A. Sbar- baro, were bombed. Politics is Cause All were attributed to politics. The explosions that damaged the dwell- ings of Cuneo, Reid and Fitzmorris, | were ascribed by police to profes- sional bombers, acting in reprisal for the administration's war on gambling. Politics was blamed for the Deneen and Swanson bombings. Judge Sbarbaro was hurled from his bed by the blast that damaged his home and an undertaking parlor nearby. It was there that the bodies of Dion O’'Banion and -*Schemer” Druccl, gangsters, lay in $10,000 cas- ketsa—the victims of gang guns. The apartment in which Cuneo lived was damaged to the extent of $10,000. He moved the mnext day. Cily and county officlals posted re- wards amounting to $65,000 for ar- (Continued on Page 22) 12570 BE GRADUATED | FROM H, S, ON FEB. | Exercises in Auditorium of Central Junior High School The next senior high school grad- wuation will be held in the auditorium of the Central Junior high school instead of in the senior high school | auditorium which i being razed in | connection with the construction of the addition on Bassett street. It will be held on Friday evening, February | Because of the loss of the audi- torium and gymnasium the school administration had been forced to !ting a hole in the door after goin 'NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, ‘CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 381, 1928 -TWENTY-FOUR PAGES MAYOR CHANPIONS CARE IN DRIVING Appeals to Public fo Cut Down Accidents During 1929 CHILDREN IN DANGZR City to Celebrate Advent of New Year Tomight With Parties at Clubs and Homos—Iate Trolleys After Shows in Theaters. A New Year's resolution to exer- cise more care in the operation of automobiles and by so doing de- cresse the accident toll in New Brit- aln, is suggested by Mayor Paonesas in his annual New Year's message issued today, which reads “New Year's, and the time for 2004 and determined resolutions is| now here. “Let us forget the financial phases of our community life. We are all striving for an honest living and we all look with pride upon our neighbor's successes in this direc- tion. We may have had our differ- | ences of opinion, but when we stop and analyze every act and deed, we find we can regard past perform- ances with satisfaction. Tet Us Look to Future “With the coming of the New Year, let us forget the past ana look ‘to the future. Let each ask himself: ‘What can I do for my neighbor and for my city in the year 19297?" “There is one thought outstand- ing in my mind as I look back over the year 1928, and recall the hun-| dreds of men, women and children who have been injured or killed as a result of automobile accidents. We all realize that in most cases the accidents were unavoidable. But, can we not reduce the number of accidents in our city next year? T belleve we can if we carry on a campaign of safety and exercisc more.care in driving, particularly in the center of the city. Children Have Right of Way city administration has ‘made every effort to develop parks, playgrounds, provide bathing, fish- ing, skating and other attractions, to draw the children from the streets to place of safety. But we have about 30,000 children who must go to school, and in so doing must cross highways. The supreme court ruled some time ago that the ! children have the right of way, ana | it should he so. We must be more | careful. I appeal to every motorist | to make asresolution to this end, and | in so doing insure safety to the in- | nocent and unprotected children or| our city. To the entire populace of the City of New Britain goes my | best wishes for a happy and pros- | perous New Year. “A. M. PAONESSA, “Mayor.” New Year's will be ushered in in | (Continued on Page Two) GUT HOLE IN DOOR, RIFLE DRUG STORE Burglars Get Cash and. Stock on Broad Street ‘Two cash registers were rifled and | ten boxes of safety razor blades| values at $6 a box were taken be- sides a number of 50 cent pieces, by | burglars who gained entrance to Curran & Pajewski's drug store at| 111 Broad street last night by cut- into the cellar under Adam Grecki' store at 117 Broad street and work- ing through, without taking any- thing out of the latter place. In one cash reginter was $4.25, and in an- other, $18 in $1 biils. Joseph Grecki, son of the owner of Greckl's store, told Officers Thom- as Lee and Otis Hopkins that he was above the store and heard e of wood breaking in the cellar., He hurried down and saw | a man with & light in his hand, at the foot of the cellar stairs. Run- ning back, the boy tried to arouse his father, who was sleeping. and in the mcantime, the man escaped. Officers Tee and Hopkins dis- make several arrangements to care ! for the extra-curricular activities. | The class night program will prob- | ably be given in the auditorium of | the Central Junior” high school, the class banquet will probably be held ' in the auditorium of the Walnut Hill | schoo, the senior club and the school orchestra will use the girls' gym- nasium in the vocational building. and the Amphion club will probably | continue presenting its plays in one | of the achool auditoriums, probably the Central Junior high school. Principal Louis P. 8lade who has permission of Bupt. 8 H. Holmes to make arrangements for the activities this month, will negotlate with Prin- cipal, W. C. French with a view to using the Central Junior high school. Since the new senior high school addition will not be ready until next February, at least one other gradu- ation and possibly two will be held away from the school. Mr. Slade estimates that 125 persed a crowd of boys at Grove nd Orange streets about 11:20 o'clock and on their return they saw | Ofticer L. E. Harper talking with three boys. The three officers made an investigntion and this afternoon Detective Sergeant G. C. Ellinger was working on the case. Officers | Le» and Hopkins turned in a knife | which they found under the back | stairs leading to the cellar under Grecki's store. Plant Cancers May Solve Human Problem | New York, Dec. 31 UP—Discover- | fes having to do with “plant can- cers” which may eventually con- tribute toward the solution of the hurgan cancer problem were re- ported today to the plant doctors of the American Pytopathological society. The plant disease, known as| crown gall, causes extcnsive dam- pupils will be graduated from the renior high school. This is the larg- vst mid-year class ever to be grad- nated and it doubles in size the first 1ald-year graduation class of 1934. age to vegetables and fruit trees, NEW YORK-PANAMA FLIGHT FAILLS taking off. EXHAUSTION OF KING PRESENTS DIFFICULTY Reports This Afternoon In- dicate Monarch Is Hav- ing Restful Day London, Dec. 31 (A—It was au- thoritatively stated at Buckinghain palace at 3 o'clock this afternoon that King George was having a rest- ful day. Photo sh;)\vs Mrs. Anne Stillman’s plane, d make a non-stop flight to Panama. Engine trouble developed and the ship landed shortly after | win be nominatea fo the statt of Inset left is Capt. Lewis A. Yancey, right is Oliver C. Le Boutellier, navigator | Governor John H. Trumbull, his fu- orth Star” which and pilot respectively. Proposed Reservoir for Hartford Would Affect Big Stanley Works Official Declares Generation of Power for Use In New Britain Factory Threatened by Project Which Capital City Intends to Present to Legislature —Conference e failed today in an attempt to ! Rainbow Plant, J ['520R003H PORTRAIT BOUGIIT BY OHi0 MAN| ~own Painting of Child Sold Flesh of Plqua DN CODLIDGE T @ BEMADE A HA°OR Expects Appointment fo Siad of Governor Teumbull MEASURED FOR UNIFORM ;i cc Fiowe: -, | dan, son of Richard G. .lcy Sheri- = right and orator. Chiet Exccutive Ref Gainsborough painted Confirm Report While President’s Dy picturcs of the Sheridan fam- ily, one of which fs in the J. Pler- Son Says “Legislature Must Ratify pont Morgan collection here and al others of which have been Appointment.” 1y exhibited. he Tom Sheridan portrait has By Doyd Lewis : il | meanwhile been hanging in the Sher- (‘;‘““‘HP"”CS“‘“ ;°”‘ s:’°('£"[°;‘" idan family mansion in Dorset, Eng- 'ew Haven, Conn., Dec. 3 JP)— A New Haven rallroad clerk will be | land, whence it now comes here from the eldest grandson of the boy in known as “Major John Coolidge” after Jan. 9, the United Press the picture. i learned authoritatively today. ‘VILL PAY Lite 1. C0y 4, %0 ", Uy 7,7 000, 7y, “, ’n& New ‘g <% % known chi. = ough has bee. 24 ‘@—A little 7, “ainsbor- | | | 1 | fes i John Coolidge, the president’s son, | [, N H. & (. §750,000 Tncrease in Capitalization Yoted By Directors of Former ture father-in-law, when the gen- eral assembly convenes on that date. ‘Won't Comment While the governor refused either to aftirm or deny the intended ap- pointment, it was definitcly learned here that John expected the honor. In fact. he has even gone so far os | to be measured for his uniform, ‘BUY INDUSTRIAL ASSETS which will be one of the new blue, brass-buttoned, fancy-dress affairs | Articles Heretofore Made By Hart with which the army has recently been equipped. News of John's expected military status cansed speculation to whether his forthcoming marriage to Miss Florence Trumbull would be a military affair. with John and the ture By Hart & Hutchinson as Re- sult of Transaction. & Ccoley Will Be Produced in Fu- | In Progress This Afternoon. A 20-billion gallon capacity reser- | Works and others along the Farm- | voir and hydro-electric plant which the city of Hartford sceks authority | |ington river. The plan 18 belng developed Wwith governor's danghter marching away from the altar beneath the unraised | swords of the 17 other members of the gubernatorial staff. Both of the enpaged parties, how- PRICE THREE CENTS P — B OLIVIA ACCEPTS PROTOCOL ASKING FOR CONCILIATION Slight Changes Will Be De- manded in Docnment Which Requests Mediation PRAGUAY SHOWS D"SIRE 10 ARBITRATE TROUBLE | Tatter Country Also Demands Modi- fications—One Paper Incorporat- ing Both Country'’s Requests to Be Drawn Which Will Then Become Actual Protocol Under Which Agreement Will Be Made. Washington, Dec. 31 (P—Bolivian approval, “with slight modifications™ ? the proposed protocol for concilia- {tlon of its dispute with Paraguay vas announced today by the Bolivian legation, Draft Approved The legation said it was not In- |formed by its government as to the Inature of the modifications desired. {The only announcement it received | was that “the government of Bolivia |has approved with slight modifica- !tions the draft protacol of concilia- tion of its dispute with Paraguay As soon as the Bolivian reply in {tull is received by the legation it will be forwarded to Secretary Kel- |10gg as chairman of the Pan-Ameri- ean arbitration conference and to Directors of the Hart & Hutchin- son Mfg. Co. at a special meeting today voted an increase in authoriz- ed capitalization from $300,000 to| | Dr. Victor Maurtua of Peru, chair- | man of the conference’s special com- mittee on the Bolivian-Paraguayan | dispute. Since Paraguay already has indi- Presents Difficulty London, Dece. 31 (M—The ex- hausted condition in which King George's prolonged serious {liness has left him is presenting a difficult problem to his physicians which they frankly acknowledge in this morning’s official bulletin. Five of the seven principal doc- {tors who have been attending His ito construct on the east branch of {the Farmington river, will reduce the efficiency of the Stanley Works power plant at Rainbow unless an adequate compensating reservoir s { constructed, Erncst W. Pelton, su- | perintendent and engincer for the ‘local concern said today. | Details of the Hartford scheme a view to future needs of the wa- ter department of Hartford, ani' while its ultimate cost has not been fixed it is agreed that it will run into several millions of dollars. | Tests have been made in recent imontha and conferences have been | held between the Hartford officials fand those whose rights are con- cerned. ever, dislike display and have been quoted as desiring a “simple, home wedding." Interviewed at his New Haven rallroad office, where he is a hum- ble clerk in the department of op- erating statistics, John hesitated to make any statement concernine the report of his pronssed nomination: TUp to Temiclnture “T don’t evnect to know definitely $1,000,000. The capital stock is |ne - £250,000, although authorization 'has been given previously for an |additional §50,000. | The new stock, amounting to | $750,000, will beturned. in-to the | Hart & Cooley Mfg. Co. n return for |certain manufacturing assets which {are to be taken over by the Hart & |ARMO™Y AT HUDZON. N. Y., | tion From Reaching Ammunition Majesty signed this morning’s report | have not been worked out, but a which was more dctalled than reebill i to be introduced at the 1929 cently and although it recorded a session of the gencral assembly to rather disturbed night it announced |authorize construction of an eight- some improvement in the king's ap- | mile rescrvoir about one mile north petite and that he is holding his of the present compensating system, own as to gencral ecndition. extending into Hartland. All five doctors were in Bucking- I'ke Neprug Dam Situation ham palace before 10 o'clock this| A similar situation arose when the morning, but the hulletin was not Nepaug dam was constructed some issucd until after 12:30 as a long 'yeara ago, and at that time the pres- consultation followed the examina- |ent compensating reservolr was de- tion of His Majesty. | veloped with a capacity large enough Todny was one of the coldest ang 10 Provide for the needs of mill own- most disagrecable of the winter, but * €™ and power plants which other- a large crowd was outside the Wise would have been aftected by palace anlous fo learn the news the Withdrawal of water from the from the royal bedside. river. The Rainhow generating unit There was goncral gratification | 105t none of its efficiency at that among the public that the king had 'ime, but there is some apprehen- had no setback and that the bulletin 300 of fallure to properly compen- Wan mot without satisfactory fen. ®Ate If continued diversions are per- tures but public anxiety §s bound | Mitted to continue while the patient re.| A conference this afternoon at the mains in the present statc of ex. OMice of Mayor Walter Batterson in Srerie oainong _Hartford has under consideration ! ta In.palace cireles it was indicated ‘(he riparian rights of the Stanley the bulletin was not regarded in| Three Plans Considered until after Jan. 9. John told the To rccompense the Stanley WOrks | Unitod iress correspondent. “The and others along the river route, |lcsislature has to approve the nom- three plans are under consideration. | ination hafore it gnes inte effent” | | The first s the hydro-electrle| Tt will not he the first time a plant which it i3 propos'd to lease 'Coolidge ham held military title r [to the Hartford Electric Light Co.|member of the staft of a governor. to 'generate and supply the nceds|John's grandfathor. fathar of the of those affected. If this plan is|president, was Colonel John Cool- carried out, the plant will operate |idge, once a memher of the staff of from a 60 feet drop worked from |a governor of Vermont. the new basin and the compensat- T0 EXTRACT HIS PAY dom, engincers have projected as a possibility, 2 new dam and com- pensating reservoir, permitting tha |Woman Assisted by Chil- dren in Woodland St. | Home Scuffle | mills and present hydro-electric } plants to draw as their needs re- quire. A third scheme contemplates purchase of the water rights of the | Stanley Works and others. This, it is believad, would be the most cost- ly and the lcast demrable since ft ‘would take away the power rights iand replace no part of them. Mrs. John Bakanis of 74 Woodland too satisfactory a light. It waa pointed out, however, that there was NI]N.S'"]P Fum."‘ '"l no definite setback and that the ! doctors are satisficed with the way | things are going except for the M ENI] l KLY patient's weakness. | ‘Mrs, Stillman’s Plane Is ~There was an expression of hope- fulness that the increased readincss Forced Down Because of Motor Trouble of the king to ta%~ nourichment may help to remrdy this candition which is felt to be the real erux of the whale sitnation at the nresent time, The dicauieting feature of the hnlletin was the stress laid on His Maiesty's stata of exhanetinn which, as nrevieusly indicated and ix now reitarated, 13 haffling the efforts which hia hig ~taff of erinont medi- cal attendants are making to over- come, Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Dec. 31 (P —The monoplane North Star, owned by Mrs. Anne U. Stillman, took off from Rooscvelt field at 12:14 p. m. today for a 2,500 mile non stop flight to France fleld. Canal Zone, ibut was forced to land at Mitchel field after being in the air three minutes. DESTROYED BY BLAZE Firemen Battle to Keep ‘Conflagrn- rode with Lewis A. Yancey, naviga- tor, had reached an altitude of ,about 400 feet over Garden City, a Stores of Machine Guns (Continued on Page 22) Hudson, N. Y., Dec. 31 UP—Fire! Oliver Leboutillier ,the pilot, wha[ street has a way of her own for com- ing into possession of her husband's pay envelope. She does not wait for him to retire and then steal about and empty his trousers pockefs. She knocks him down with the assistance of her children, and it was because of this that the police were called in Saturday forenoon to arrest Bakan according to testimony in police court today. Mrs. Bakanis testified that when her husband came home partly in- toxicated, she asked him for some money and he gave Ler $2. She said | that was not enough and he gave her $2 more, declaring that he was going | to go out and get drunk on the bal- ance. i This was the signal for the attack, | and in the scuffle, Bakanis tore his | wife's dress. The dress was an old one and tore very easily, she told | Jud-» Roche, apparently cooled off considerably since ins that Officer Thomas Woods make the arrest. Judge Roche told Bakanis would fare better all around if he had less love for strong drink. A continuance for one month in charge of the probation officer was ordered, and upon his behavior in the intertm depends the final disposition of the ! POINCIRE AGREES 70 REMAIN IN CABINET French Leader Wants to| Quit But Others Won't Allow It Paris, Dec. 31 P —Premier Poin- | care today frankly told his cabinet | that he had accomplished his main tasks and was ready to resign be- cause of present unrest. But the cab- | inet persuaded him he had much to do, particularly in regard to repar- ations, and M. Poincare agreed to regain. | At the opening of the cabinet ses- | sion Premier Poincare told his col- | leagues that he had rcorganized the Armistice Day ministry in order to insure prompt adoption of the (Continued on Page 22) swept the New York state armory here today. The interior and fur-, nishings of the building were expect- | ed to be a total loss. Firemen sum- moned by a general alarm were bat- tiing_ to keep the .flames from spreading to largé quantity of am- munition stores in the building. About 6,000 rounds of machine NO HERALD TOMORROW Following the annual cus- tom there will be no issue of The Hcrald tomorrow, New Year's Day. = | case. Authorities Nah Cruiser With Liquor Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 31 (®)—Three men were arrested and a cabin cruiser containing 70 cases of ale and 300 cases of whiskey were sgeiz- THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness follow- od by rain or snow on Tu day. Not much change temperature. gun ammunition were stored in the ed Sunday by federal authorities. basement of the building and sev-| eral small explosions occurred, but firemen kept the flames from reach- ing the main'body of the ammuni- tion and prevented a major blast Portions of the walls crumbled after the fire had becn burning for' hours, and it was expected the building would be a total loss. Barbershop for Men Is Found at Last Chicago, Dec. 31 (P—Edreka. gents! There is some justice in the world. A barbershop in the Rookery building on La Balle street hung In response to s The consensus is the the manufacturers and hankers. attacking them chiefly at the point ‘where the root joins the stem. Like many human diseases it 1o caused by, bacteria, this sign on the door today: “No ladles served here.” ! *“They bother the big broker and bond men,” the boss barber ex- posindig working men. Optimism for 1929 in H'gh Placas licitation by the Her.ld, moulders of financial and industrial thought have contributed their views on business prospects for 1529 to this Special Financial Edi- tion. The reviews will be found on other pages of this issue. first half, will be good for busincss and that sound conditions will prevail commercially. Almost without exception those whose opinions were sought express the belief that the busi- ness situation is due for improvement. note of optimism incorporated in the statements made by If their forecasts become reali- ties, New Britain, during 1929, should enjoy one of its most prosperous periods, prosperous for investors, merchants and Those arrested, charged with smug- gling liquor, gave their names as| I Richard Woods, Bridgeburg, Ont;! Harold Kel'v and George Howard. both of Buffalo. The crulser was chased by a coast {guard boat and haited only after & shot was fired across her bow. Lieut. Mendez But | 75 Miles From Goal Bogota, Colombia, Decc. 31 (- Licutenant Benjamin Rendez, Co- lomblan aviator who is on & flight |from New York to ogota, was at | Girardot today. about 75 miles from | |the Colombian capital. |" Licutenant Mendez, whose flight was delayed for some time by an ccident on his landing in Panama on Dec. 1, was greeted at Girardet coming year, particularly the There is a strong he | by 10,000 spectators. He planned to continue to Bogota today. Hutchinson Co. and the latter com- pany will hercafter manufacture the lines. The articles of manufacture concerned in this shift are closely allied to the general business of the company whose capital has been in- creased, President Howard H. Hart | explained this afternoon. Stockholders of the company met several weeks ago and authorized the directors to bring about the in- crease, ¢ HUNTED NEGRO GIVES SELF UP TO POLIGE Charley Shepherd Thought to Be Killed and Kid- naper Surrenders Perthshire, Miss., Dec. Charley Shepherd, charg 31 P negro convict, d with the murder of J. D. Duvall, an employe of the state prison farm at Parchman, and the kidnaping of his 18-year-old daugh- tur. Rutn, surrendered today. rd’s brother works on the plantation of Miss Laura Mae Keel- cr and he received word this morning that the aped convict was in a vacant house on the plantation and “needed help and needed it right away." The message was delivered by a negro named Bill who also worked on the plantation. The brother informed Miss Keel- er, who got in communication with a guard at Parchman and the brother was sent to sce Shepherd. After a time Miss Keeler went to the house and pherd surrendered to her Miss Keelor and several neighbors started with him for the state prison 5 miles away. ! was killed in his home iday morning and Miss Du- vall was kidnapped and kept pris- oner until she escaped Saturday and | made her wa; Mrs, W, boring planter, ed her hu to a prison camp. mith, wife of a neigh- aid Miss Keeler call- hand shortly before 9 a. ! m., and told him she had the negro 1o cd in a cabin on her farm and 4 Mr. Smith to help her get him. “Mr. Smith went over,” Mrs. Smith said, “but when he got there the ne- gro had surrendered. He called me later from £helby and said they had the negro and were trying to slip ihrough to Parchman with him be- fore anyone started violence.” 3,030 APPLICANTS FOR LIGENSES IN LINE TODAY Approximately 7,000 Cards will Be Handled by Motor Vehicle Dept. Refore Closiag. Hartford, Dec. 31 UP—More than 3,000 applicants for motor vehicle registrations were in line at 11:00 o'clock this morning at the state capitol. Approximately 7,500 appli- cations will be handled today at the motor vehicle department. The last day crowd of applicants is said to be appreciably less this year than last. cated its endorsement of the same protocol, also with slight modifica- tions, the special committee will have to try and reconcile the pro- |posed amendments into a _single !document which will then become the mctual protocol under whose iterms the conciliation will be ef- fected. Action Delayed Action by the special committee i« delayed at present by the illness of Chairman Maurtua, who developed pneumonia. Hospital authoritics said today he had spent a fairly con fortable night and was progressing as favorably as could be expected. Rumblings Heard ‘Washington, Dec. 31 (P—The Pan | American conference today was con- fidently awaiting a favorable reply trom Bolivia to a conciliation proto- |col, while from the border where | Paraguayan and Bolivian troops arc | gathered came rumblings that some |feared were the prcliminaries to | another rain of bullets. A Buenoa Alres newspaper corres- pondent sent word to his paper from | Asuncion, Paraguay, that another clash seemed imminent between the Paraguayan and Bolivian troops in |the disputed Gran Chaco region. He reported that Bolivian troops were near the Paraguayan Fort Galpon | ond that Bolivian airplanes flew over | Bahla Negra Saturday night and | aropped fire rockets. Is Confident Nevertheless, a special committeo Inamed by the conference to bring about peace between the two coun- tries was confident that before the week is over a tribunal to bring about a settlement of the quarrel would be named. Paraguay has al- ready replied to the protocol sent | her, ohjecting to only minor parts |of it. Bolivia's reply is expecied tc be as favorable. | The protocol calls for an interna- tional panel of nine judges, two to be named by Bolivia and Paraguay ond the other five by the confercnce. It would go into the recent border clashes and be given a year to bring about conciliation or to report on the facts and fix responsibilit ‘MRS, MILLER DENIED NEW TRIAL BY JUDGE |Faces Life Sentence as Fourth Cffender Under Michigan Laws Lansing, Mich., Dec. 31 (P— Mrs. Etta May Miller, was found guilty by & jury in circuit court here this afternoon for four convictions of liquor felonies. The jury was out 13 minutes. Judge Charles B. Collingwood immediately sentenced her to life imprisonment in the Detroit House of Correction. Lansing, Mich., Dec. 31 (A—Mrs. Etta Mae Miller, facing a life sen- {tence as a four' time offender against the liquor law, was denied a new trial by Circuit Judge Charles B. Collingwood today. Judge Col- lingwood also denied a motion to quash the information against Mrs. | Miller. Selection of a jury to try her on an habitual criminal charge began immediately after the court had overruled the two motions. The state will endeavor to establish proof of identity on former cenvie- tions and if Judge Collingwood de- | cides proofs submitted to the jury |are adequate he may direct the jury to return a verdict ‘of guilty. If the jury finds Mrs. Miller guilty on the habitual ecrimiaal charge & lifs seatence will be man- datory.