New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1929, Page 1

¥ ‘ News of the World : : By Associated Press v ESTABLISHED 1870 PEASE T0 ADVISE ON PREPAREDNESS Will Appear Belore House Miti fary Alluirs Commmittee 0. 8. C. OF C. DELEGATE Will Urge Keeping Industry Inform- ed of Regquirements for Munitions and Supplies in Cass of Emee- gency at Washington Hearing. By GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Correspondent, N. B. Herald). ‘Washington, D, C, Jan. 10—H. H. Pease, president of the New Britain Machine Co., New Bdtain, Conn., is a member of the special committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States which will appear be- fore the house military affairs com- mittee Friday to urge the author- ization of educational orders as & means of keeping industry informed of the requirements for munitions and supplies ia case of emergency. Philip B. Gal president of the Hartford Machine 8crew Co., Hart- ford, and E. Kent Hubbard of Hart- ford, president of the Manufactur- ers’ Assoclation of Connecticut, Inc., are also members of the special committee. The chairman ia Er. nest T, Trigs, president of John Lu- cas & Co., Philadelphia, The committee includes many manufacturers who took a conspic- uous part in the production of munitions and military supplies during the war. REPORT KING AS GAINING STRENGTH English Monarch Showing Improvement After Fair Night London, Jan, 10 UM—It was au- thoritatively stated at Buckingham Palace that King George had passed a fair night and that there was no change in his condition this morn- ing. * Last night'a bujletin reporting a gain in strength for the patiént was one of the most satisfactory features of the recent development of the case, indicating that the king was on the upgrade. Comment this morning in authoritative quarters confirmed this impreasion, The Iimprovement is extremely slow but not slower than was anti- cipated. ‘The Prince of Wales called at the palach this morning and was still there when Lord Dawson of Penn and Sir Hurh Rigby left after an hour's consultation with 8ir Stan- lay Hewett, 884 CASES OF FLU REPORTED IN STATE Is Largest Number of New Sufferers of Disease This Year Hartford, Jan. 10 P—The largest single day’s influenza report since the beginning of the present epidemic was received from the sfate at large this morning, amounting to 884 new cases. The total since January 1 iy raised to 2,124 cases in Connecti- cut. oday’s report of new cases includes 645 in Bridgeport, which is the largest single day's total of new cases in any one city or town this year. Fifty-five new cases were re- ported in Hartford this morning to the office of the state board of health. Forty-five were in Danbul 25 in New Haven; 20 in West Have: 18 in New Canaan; 9 in Plainvil and 9 in West Hartford. Infirmary Full New Haven, Jan. 10 (#—An in- crease in the number of cases of “flu” and grippe in the last 24 hours has been noticeable in the returns made to the health department. The Yale infirmary 1is reported to have more patients than it could handle and Nathan Hale Inn was taken over for accommodation of some of the students who need medi. cal attention. In the Inn 54 beds were installed. The number of new cases in the city at large, aside from Yale, was given gt 25. Inqlr\r)' at the office of the state department of health in Hartford as to the increase in influenza cases brought answer that Bridgeport alone had reported 645 new cases in the last 24 hours. Shows How Westerner Beats to the Draw Chicago, Jan. 10 UM—Robert W. Limbert's lecture on “The Old West’ before the Lake Forest Young Men's club last night ended in unexpected gunfire and the wounding of 15- old Francis Kelly. nd now, gentleme: explorer, marksman and writer on the wild west, “1 will illus- trate how a westerner would beat one of your city gunmen to the draw.” Young Kelly volunteered from the augience to assist. The lecturer handed him a pistol and stuck an- other in his own holster. The boy shouted “Stick ‘em up!™ °t the same time starting to level is weapon. Limbert’s right hand hot to his holster, his fashed, ond a bullet burrowed into Kellv's knee, own gun Confers With Hoover ©. BASCOM SLENMP, HOOVER'S GALLING LIST INCREASING Continnes Crowded Schedule of Conferences With Leaders DISCUSS SPECIAL SESSION President-Elect Talks With Bascom Slemp About Maintaining Advan- tages Gained in Winning Southern Mtates in Recent Election. ‘Washington, Jan. 10.—(P—Pres- 1dent-elect Hoover continued today his crowded schedule of conferenceh with political leaders with a view to determining if possible before his departure for Filorida next week whether and- when ~he would be obliged to call a special session of congress to consider farm legisla- tion. Recommendations for cabinet ap- pointments eontinued to pour in on ‘Mr. Hoover from his callers, who in- cluded Benator Gillett of Massachu- #setts and Senator Phipps of Colorado. Sees Slemp ‘With C. Bascom Slemp, a former répudblican representative from Vir- ginla, Mr. Hoover discussed means of consolidating in that state the ad- vantages galned by hisjparty In the election. Mr. Blemp told the presl- dent-elect that with Virginla's swing te the republican column last No- vember the chances were excellent for the election of a republican governor this year, After the conference Mr. Slemp said that he himselt was not seeking any presidential appointment. Senator Phipps sald he had re- viewed with the president.elect the leginlative outlook in congress with special reference to the likelihood of a special session, and Benafor Gillett, who intimated that cabinet appointments had been discussed with Mr. Hoover, declined to go into detalln. Labor Appointee @G. W. Laughlin, national legis- lative representative of the National {Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, submitted to Mr. Hoover the brotherhood’s selection for appoint- ment as secretary of labor in the next administration. Laughlin said after his conference that he did not feel at liberty to disclose the name submitted. It has been known for some time, | however, that friends of W. N. Doak, vice president of the brotherhood of railway trainmen and a leading rep- resentative of organized labor here, have been urging his name upon the (Oontinued on Page 15) HART ORDERS AGTION ON NO PARKING LAW Instructs Policemen to Tag Vehicles Left Over- time at Curb Orders were given today by Chief W. C. Hart of the police department to patrolmen to enforce the parking ordinances by *tagging” vehicles left on the streets longer than the speci- fied time limits or in other forms of violations. Complaints have come to headquarters, the chief said, about violations of the parking ordinances, and it has been learned that some drivers, particularly business and professional men, have been making a practice of leaving their cars in 30 minute districts for periods ranging (from an hour to three or four hours. In the future, such violations will be punished by a $2 fine if paid at headquarters, otherwise the owners or drivers can go into police court. Chief Hart said it is difficult to enforce the ordinances on parking to the very letter, because there are in- stances of violations which cannot be precluded. Motorists having ap- pointments in physicians’ or dentists’ offices and intending to drive away within the time limit, have been known to be detained, and when this excuse is made and found to be true, the police have destroyed the tags without collecting $2. Likewise, bus- iness men frequently are detained in offices longer than they expected to be and could not leave to move themselves or others beyond reason. In such cases the police have exer- cised leniency. Chief Hart maid, but abuses of considerations have crept in and it has been decided to clamp on the lid as tightly as possible. their cars without inconveniencing | EW BRITAIN HERAL NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1929. —EIGHTEEN PAGES BOOTH 10 RETIRE Beliere-Salvation Army Head " 1o I o Continue WOOLD RETAN TITLE tom of Gemeral Would Not “m of Dignity or Influ- lution asking Booth, leader of th. for the past sixteen years, to dre from that post because of the condition of his health. At the same time it was made clear that in retirement he - -ould retain his title of general and con- tinue to enjoy the honor and digni- ties attached to it. Issue Communique The resolution was made public in to communique {ssued from Sun- bury court this morning. It was adopted after the council had con- sidered & letter dated Jan. ¢ which had been received from the head of the Army. The text of this letter was not given out, but it is under- stood that in it, the general askea the high council to appoint a com- mission to act for him until his re- covery. The council's reply was & re- jection of this proposal, saying it was impossible that at his age he would recover sufficiently to resume the labors under which he had broken down. A deputation was ramed by the council to visit the general at his seaside retreat to put |the retirement suggestion before him. The Statement The official statement issued from Sunbury court on today's develop- ment was as follo “The council resumed its sitting this morning and after the usual opening services proceeded at once to consider business in connection with a letter of Jan. 6 received from the general. As a result of the d=- liberations following recemtion of this letter, the council resolved to communicate with the general and submit to him the following resolu- |tions which was passed by the council without a dissentient vote: * *The council desires to place on record its high appreciation of the life and labors of the general and (Continued on Page Three) MOSES ASKS EARLY YOTE ON WAR PACT Request for Settlement Comes on Floor of Sen- ate When Debate Lags Washington, Jan. 10 (®—An un- derstanding for an early vote on the Kellogg anti-war treaty was asked [in the senate today by Senator { Moses, republican, New Hampshire, who has led the fight for an inter- | pretative resolution to accompany ratification of the pact. The move for settlement of the | difference Of opinion among sena- tors, herctofore handled in off-the- ‘no!r conferences, was broached opfnly in the senate when debate {on the pact began to lag. Chairman | Borah, of the foreign relations com- mittee, who is sponsoring the treaty, replied that he would be glad to consider the suggestion of Moses for an agreement. Thus far Borah has steadfastly rejected all proposals for & compro- {mise on an interpretation of the |pact and on Tuesday night broke off all negotiations to that end. | Pending a renewal of the negotia- |tions proposed by Senator !the senate went ahead with debate, Senator Barkley, democrat, of Ken- tucky, taking the floor. At the out- set Borah assured Senator Re repubiican, Pennsylvania, that |@ld not consider the treaty would |preclude “any nation from secking |any readjustment of its boundaries {80 long as it is undertaken by peace- |ful metirods.” In an effort to speed up debate Ithe senate had met an hour earlier :mdny. and an immediate vote ap- peared imminent on Senator Moses suggestion, but 1t |{when Senator Barkley asked to de- |liver the speech he had prepared. He indorsed the treaty. but ex- | pressed disappointment that Secre- |tary Kellogg had not sald “just a |little more” in explanation of the | position America takes in adhering |to the pact. | 90,000 SUITS POSTPONED Tiness of Lawyer Forces Delay n Action Brought by Dead Girl's Es- tate Against Petuskis. - Because of the illness of 8. Polk ‘Waskowitz, counsel for the estate of the late Stella Smigiel in the $10,000 action against Andrew Petuskis, the hearing has been postponed indefl- nitely. The case was scheduled for trial In superior court this morning with the suit of the estate of Alice Orzelok, also for $10,000, against the same defendant. Both girls were killed in an automobile accident on the Poquonock bridge in Windsor | Locks last September. ' he was deferred | COUNCIL REQUESTS (Col. Goebel Plans Flight Around World With Refueling Planes to Aid Ship; Fokkers In Competition American Announces From Sick Bed That He Will Attempt Air Journey From Wichita to Wichita Next August — Dutch Company Gives Out Plans for Similar Undertaking in June. Wichita, Kansas, Jan. 10 UP—The most daring project of aviation—an attempted non-stop flight around the world—which heretofore had been regarded as beyond the realm of pos- bility of a race to realize that dream . |ation within the present year. Furthermore announcements of projected flights, made here and in Paris yesterday, suggested the possi- bility of a race to realiz ethat dream of all endurance and distance fliers. Both flights would be refueling ven- tures and were suggested by the sus- tained flight of 150 hours made by the American army monoplane Question Mark in California. From a sick bed, recovering from severe iliness and an operation, Col. Arthur C. Goebel, noted distance and speed pliot, announced that he in- tended to be first to take the air in an effort to girdle the globe without a stop. He tentatively set August or September for the flight, which he sald would be west-to-east from ‘Wichita to Wichita. Fokker to Compete Almost simultaneously it was re- vealed in Paris that the latest pro- Ject of the Fokker aviation irm was & non-stqp flight in the same direc- tlon from’ Paris to Parls, possibly in June, when it was believed the best weather would be encountered. Both projects call for refueling | planes at intervals along the 24,000 mile route. Goebel made no an- nouncement of where attendant (Continued on Page Four) TWO WEENS VACATION FOR FIREMEN FAVORED Councilmen Object to Pen- alties Being Imposed for Errors ‘That the policy of the board of fire commissionera in fining officers for answering calls incorrectly does not | meet with favor among some mem- bers of the common council became known last night at the meeting of the ordinance cammittee when Coun. |climen W. D. Boyle and D. L. Bart lett spoke against it and nobody ‘chamnloned it. “Firemen are human and of course they make mistakes,” {Councilman Boyle declared. “Every- one else makes mistakes, too, but the whole world does not know about it. I belleve if the records were looked up it would be found that not all who went to the wrong boxes were penalized.” The committee approved the | recommendation of the board of | |fire commissioners for a change in the ordinances to provide 14 days’ vacationn for members of the depart- OOUL, ARTHUR GOEBEL. COURT CASTIGATES EVASIVE WITNESS Judge Saxe Declares Bar- ber Is “Untruthful and Unreliable” Michael Klukenskl, a barber, with a place of business at 338 East Main steeet, was severely scored by Judge M. D. 8axe in police court today as “an untruthful, unrellable and un- happy witness for the defense” and practically ordered off the witness stand. He was testifying in the case of Raymond Stok. or Stock, 37, of 142 Winter street, who was charg- ed with violating the liquor law In his smoke shop gt 328 East Maln street, and had claimed ownership of a pint of alleged liquor which was found by Officer E. B. Kiely In & rear room of the building, but his explanation of how he happened to have come into possession of it did not ring true, in Judge Saxe's opin- fon, and he told Assistant Prosecut- ing Attorney W. M. Greenstein not to “spend any more time with him.” “Until he took the witness stand there was some doubt in my mind |ment instead of seven days as at | present. Councilman W. 8. Warner | sald he was convinced that the pres- | ent vactaion period was not long | |enough but he favored increasing it | only to 10 days until such time as | |the improvements necessary for rafs- | |ing the classification of the city to |first grade as regards insurance | |rates; are made. Councllmen Boyle |and Bartlett were strongly in favor jof 14 days, however, and it was | |unanimously voted to make the {recommendation. The fire commissioners’ recom- | mendation that the office of assist- {ant master mechanic be created. | { with the pay of a lieutenant but not | |the rank, was discussed at some |length betore it was decided to de- | |fer action and ask the commission- | |ers for records showing in detail the | juse to which the fire apparatus fs | put, the extent of repairs made, fre- | quency of changing oil and otherwise | |looking after the mechanism. | | Chairman J. J. Butler of the board | | of fire commissioners was questioned | said Hoseman John Blair is acting as |assistant to Mechanic E. G. Burke and is favored for the appointment |1t the new office is created. Mem- bers of the committee felt the situ- |ation should be 150ked into in de- |tail before taking action, which | means a delay of at least one month. 'TWO MILLION DOLLAR " GIFT 10 BAPTISTS Money Recetved to Perpetuate Name | of Mrs. John D. Rocke- feller, Sr. New York, Jan. 10.——Receipt of a gift of two million dollars, per- | petuating the name of Mrs. John D { Rockefeller, Sr., was announced to- |day by the Northern Baptist con- vention. The gift was made by the Laura | Spelman Rockefeller memorial as | the largest contributlon to the de- | nomination's missionary funds that | has been made in years, and will be divided equally by the Woman's | | American Baptista Foreign Mission soclety and the Woman's Home Mis- sion society. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has gi en the denomination $260,000 and | has agreed to give another $250.00 if receipts from the usual donation sources for the fiscal year show an | increase of that amount over me“ year before. It there is a gain of tens than $250.000, Mr. Rockefeller | has offered to give dollar for dollar with the donation when it passes last year's records as to Stok’s guilt, but this man made an untruthful, unreliable and , un- happy witness for the defense Judge Saxe said. “I'll impose a fine of $125 and costs on the charge of selling and suspended judgment on the reputation count.” Ofticers Kiely and Liebler testi- shop yesterday forenoon and seardy ed for liquor. A number of men came In while they were there %ut all went out without making a pur- chase when the proprietor spoke to them in Lithuanian, with the ex- ception of one who hought a paper of tobacco. Officer Kiely found the disclaimed ownership and knowledge of how it happened to be there. Before going to the police station under arrest, Stqj asked to be shav- ed in Klukenski’s barber shop which is separated from the smoke shop by a partition, and after letting him out of the chair the barber, accord- ing to Officer Kiely, recalled that Moses |relative to the recommendation and |the bottle of liquor was his. He had it at a wedding the night before on Park street and after taking a drink or two out of it, hid it under the burlap bag because he sighted a policeman outside. Nevertheless, Stok was arrested. Cross examined by Attorney Law- rence J. Golon, Officer Kiely said the smoke shop was very poorly stocked. In fact, he said, there was hardly a trunk full of merchandise in the place. Men of drinki g habits have been seen in and about the premises, the officer said, but only one complaint of alleged liquor law violation had been rec-ived. Officer Liebler testified that Stok was trembling while the search was being made. Four glasses were near a cider barrel and Officer Liebler brought them to the police station. At one time, the officer said, he saw 15 men in a back room of the place | where there was cider, beer and soda water being dispensed. He has seen men under the influence of liguor (Continued on Page 16) Bank Robbed in Jersey Of $14,346 in Bills Hawthorne, N. J., Jan. 10 (® — Two unmasked men held up the First Natioral bank while being {cpened for business today and es- caped with $14,346 in bilis. f l THE WEATHER I New Britain and vichity: Generally fair and cokder to- night and Friday. | * ROCKEFELLER GOES AFTER OIL LEADER Opposes RoEicton of Gl Stewart as Board Chairman ASKS FOR STOCK PROXIES Sends Out Letter Saying Many Sup- port Him in Stand Against Man Who Was Acgquitted by Jury for Contempt of Scaate. New York, Jan. 10 (M—John D. Rockefeller, jr., has sent letters to stockholders of the Standard Oil company of Indiama seeking thelr proxies for the annual meeting of | |the company in March to oppose| the re-election of Col. Robert W. | 8tewart as chairman of the com- | pany, it was learned today. Asked Resignation Mr. Rockefeller requested the | resignation of Mr. Stewart after he was charged with perjury in con- pection with his statements to the | senate Teapot Dome committee. Mr. | Stewart declined to resign, and was acquitted of the charge on Novem- ber 20. In his letter to stockholders, Mr. Rockefeller, who is a large stock- holder in the Standard of Indiana, outlines his letter to Col. Stewart which sought his resignation last |year, and adds “definite assurances have already been given me by stockholders representing a sub- stantial amount of stock of the company that they are opposed to Col. Stewart's re-election. “If this is your position,” the letter continues, “please send the enclosed | proxy to John D. Rockefeller, jr., R. W. Aldrich or Willlam Roberts.” Mr. Rockefeller indicated he did not seek other changes in the man- agement of the company. Protect Interests “Under the loyal and devoted lead- ership of the president ¢f the com- any, Mr. E. G. Seubert,” he stated, “who has been with the company over 30 years, backed by the whole- hearted support of other members of the board, most of whom have also been connected with the company | for many years, the interests of the | company will be fully protected and its business well handled without Col. Stewart.” Rockefeller first asked Stewart's resignation on May 9 of last year. On Feb. 9 Rockefeller had sent & telegram to United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh reporting that in a personal conversation Stewart had (Continued on Page 16) LO§ ANGELES GROPES THROUGH THICK FOG Appears Over Florida Clty: After Bucking Heavy Winds Port St. Joe, Fla, Jap. 10 P— The navy dirigible Los Angeles, which groped about in a heavy fog| over western Florida last night,| poked its nose through the clouds over 8t. Joseph's Bay at 11:30 a. m., eastern atandard time, today | |and proceeded toward the tender | | Patoka, anchored & half mile off | [fled that they went to the smoke 'shore, to mioor. | When first sighted here, the | dirigible, on a cruise from its New | Jersey base, was approaching from |the east, cruising leisurely. Virtual- | ly every one of this tiny gulf coast town rushed int0 the streets to greet the air liner. Many persons \from surrounding towns who had {bottle under a burlap bag and Stok |learned that the craft was coming also were here. A light rain that had fallen| |shortly before the dirigible's arrival had stopped and a strong sun was !attempting to peep throguh a heavy | JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. LEGION COMMADER HERE NEXT HONTH Panl V. McNutt to Visit Eddy- Glover Post February 2 PLAN BIG ENTERTAINMENT Drum and Bugie Corps to Have Place of Honor in Program to be Given at State Banquet in Hart- ford on the Same Evening. Paul V. McNutt of Bloomington, Ind, natlonal commander of the American Legion, will pay his first official visit to New Britaln and Eddy-Glover post, on Sunday, Feb- ruary 2. Members ot the local post will make special preparations to entertain the commander during his PAUL V. McNUTT National Commander visit here. He is expected to ar- rive about 9 o'clock in the morning and will take his departure about 2 o'clock. On the evening of February 2, & banquet at which members of every post in the department will be pres- ent, will be held at Foot Guard hall in Hartford in honor of the national commander. This has grown to be the biggest event of the year for Leglionnaires. The Eddy-Glover post drum and bugle corps, the leading band of its (Continued on Page 15.) MISS HART BETROTHED 10 LIEUT. S, B. CHANDLER Engagement of Chict Pllot of Aerial Service Announced at Shuttle |fog bank that had hung over the bay since last night. A mild wind |that had whipped across the bay | jand slowed up the airship's pro- |gress across the state also had abated and conditions were becom- {ing more favorable for a mooring at the Patoka. The captain of the tender stated, however, that he believed th¢ | dirigible would continue to cruise |about the bay for an hour or more | until the weather improved. Finally Located Jacksonville, Fla., Jon. 10 (P— After a night of cruising over north- | western Florida, the naval dirigible ilm Angeles was located early today £4 miles east of Apalachicola, ap- parently headed for the mooring mast on the tender Patoka anchored in nearby St. Joseph Bay. | The glant ship had been prevented from mooring last night after her larrival over Florida by head winds | which she bucked on the latter part of her journey down the South At- | lantic coast. A radio message direct from the airs | her position as 34 miles east of | { Apalachicola, or 54 miles east of the | | Patoka. This message, which was directed |to the naval station at Lakehurst, | N. J., requested that the local station | furnish hourly weather and wind bulletins. | The message indicated that all well aboard the craft and that it probably would moor at the Patoka soon. The Patoka later received a mes- cage from the Los Angeles saying she probably would arrive at St Joseph's Bay about 11 a. m. and that brisk winds were slowing down her speed to about 25 or 30 miles an (Continued on Page 16) | condemned Meadow Club The engagement of Miss Maxine | Hart, the only daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Maxwell 8 Hart of Lincoln | road, was announced to Lieut. San- |ford Ballard Chandler. son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton F. Chandler of Au- turn, Maine, at a large bridge tea given yesterday afternoon at the Shuttle Meadow club. Miss Hart attended Ogontz school, Rydal, Pa. and is a popular mem- ber of the younger set. Lieut. Chandler attended the University of Mains. He is vice president and chief pilot of the H. H. Acrfal Serv- ice, Inc., of West Haven. Slayers Pace Cells Awaiting Execufion ranklin, la., Jan. 10 (UP)— With their scheduled execution onty 4% hours away, Mrs Ada Bonner Leboeuf and Or. Thomas E. Dreher, slayres of Mrs. le- boeuf's hushand, paced their cells nervously today while defense attor- court. Briefs, appealinrg the decision of | Judge James D. Stmon refusing to appoint a sanity ocmmission. will be heard by the supreme court tomor- row. Dancin~ Teacher Found Dead With Wonnds Little Rock, Ark. Jan. 10 UP— Miss Florence Lee Newsum, 29, |former dancing instructor here, was f{Commissioner found dead today with two bullet wounds in her head and one in her body in the rear of the home of her divorced husband, Robert W. Baker. A pistol was clasped in her hand and a note purported to have been written by her was fousd nearby. A PRICE THREE CENTS MAN SLAIN AS HE_ ATTENPTS NURDER Assussination Plot Foiled by Detroit Police \THO OTHERS CAPTURED |Attack Made Against Ralph A, Wood, Comstruction Company Head, While Authoritics and Re= porters Look On. Detroit, Jan. 10 (P—A crime that |cameras captured was committed in suburban Wyandotte last night |when a gunman was slain and am {officer criticaliy wgunded during & spectacular, but unsuccessful, ate tempt to assassinate Ralph As |Wood, head of the Wood Construes |tion company. Hidden Newspapermen and photographersy informed with police that an effor§ was to be made upon Wood's lifey were hidden with officers about the construction company chief's oficé when the attempted assault took place. They saw a man advancd upon Wood with upraised blacke jack, and they saw Wood and ong !of the officers fire almost simule taneously, dropping the attacker, Wife Heid Less than an hour later Wood'§ estranged wife, Grace, 48 years old, was arrested. She was found il iw bed at her home and was taken te the city dentention hospital. Officers sought to question her concerning the story of one of the plotters that she had instigated the attempt om her husband’s life so that she migh§ inherit his estate, said to be large, and become beneficiary of a $100e 000 life insurance policy. Two Caught Early today Taylor Pierce and Willlam Thompson, each 22 years old, were arrested as the two whe |escaped during the gun battle bee {tween police and Wood's assallants, Shortly afterward their automobile | was found, marked with many bule (let holes. They sald the dead man was Ame brose Haggerty. Police learned of the plot through Cecl! Holt, one of the conspirators, who told Roy Smith, chief of pos !lice of Riverview, a Detroit suburty |that Mra. Wood had paid & premPegs on his $135,000 insurance polley ‘& return for his promise to ammist in the plot. ¥y The plan, Holt said, was to | | | | | | hll‘l»l'. (Continued on Page ¢) CITY’S FIRE LIMITS DUE FOR EXTENSION Modern Safeguards for Larger Area Under Consideration A general extension of the city's fire limits is soon to be proposed to the common council by members of that body who regard the present limitations as ineffective, and whe hope to impose additional safeguarde against conflagrations by bringing some of the newer developmenty | within the pale of greater restrice | tiona. This is & development of the agls tation to bar wood shingles from the list of approved roof coverings. Fire resistive roofing is now required within the fire district, but the cons | gested districts in the northwesterm isection, particularly, and several {other areas in a lesser degree, have |given the fire department and the |commen council considerable cone cern, are now allowed to use mates | rials which have little or no fire res | sistive qualities. The question of broader limits in |the fire district finds favor with |Councilman W. Spaulding Warner, |Councilman William D. Boyle and | others who have sponsored the antie | wood shingle legislation. | Two years ago, the present limite were fixed. Kor 13 years prior to that time, no change had been made, Hugh §. Mc na, manager of {the Hardware City Lumber company {and who was among the opponents [to the proposed ordinance which would prohibit the use of wood |shingles throughout the city, wlen the matter was alred last night be- fore the ordinance committee of the |common council, said today that an ierroneous interpretation had gone |abroad, of his statement relative to the use of asphalt shingles not ap- proved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. | Members of the committee under- stood Mr. McKenna to have declared that unapproved shingles were used within the fire district. and Council- man W. D. Boyle and Councilman D, L. Bartlett were in favor of asking him to provide fur‘her information |to the building inspector. Mr. Me- Kenna said today that he intends to ip picked up ‘at the Pensacola | MeYS prepared argument to support |convey to the committee the declar- | naval station at 8:10 a. m., reported | AN insanity appeal to the supreme |ation that unapproved shingles were |used in the city, and he did not spe- |cify that they were used within “he |fire district. If the members gath- ered the fmpression that he was criticizing the building inspector of laxity in not detectiig violatons |along ths line, they were mistaken, he said. He is positive these shingies are used outside the fire district. The proposed ordinance came be- fore the committee without the ap- |proval of the building commission, Eugene Dysom fn- |forming the gathering that the com- mission was unanimously oppased ‘o its enactment but had mo @lterna- tive in view of the request of the common council that the erdinanes (MV-M" ]