New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1929, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 J.L DOVLEESTATE VALUED AT S 354 Tnveatory of Publisher's Hold- " ing Filed in Probate - HAD MANY INVESTMENTS Appraisal Shows Interests in Indus- prae s RO Co. of Which He Was Presideat. The inventory of the estate of James L. Doyle, president and man- aging editor of the New Britain Record, and for 40 years active in the life of New Britain, which has been filed in probate court dis- closes & value of $350,354.76. The estate consists of the follow- ing: Real estate in this city, Hart- ford and New London, $60,000; stocks in American Hardware Corp., Stanley Works, Landers, Frary & Clark, North & Judd Mtg. Co., New Britain Machine Co., Union Mfg. Co., Commercial Trust Co., New Britain Gas Light Co., Burritt Hotel Oflrv‘.. New Departure Mfg. Co. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Co., Humason Mfg. Co., Babcock Printing Press Mtg. Co., Torrington Conn., City Service Co., majority stock in the New Britain Record Co. cash and securities, $289,694.76; personal property and automobiles $660.00. The appraiscrs were William G. Dunn and John W. Lockett. ARNER OPPOSES SLIDING TARIFF Texas Democrat Would Abolish President’s Au- thority to Alter Kates Washington, Feb. ¢ (M—Coinci- Jent with the opening of hearings by the house ways and means com- mittee todsy on the jute, hemp and flax tariff ' .utes, Representative Garner, democrat, Texas, announced he would sponser a plan to abolish the flexible provisions of the tarift act permitting the president to raise or lower duties up to 50 per cent on recommendation of the tarift commission. Mr. Garner, who is ranking demo- crat on the committee, said ha fav- ored & plan under which the speak- er of the house would appoint the membera of the commission instead of the president. ’ Declaring there was too much “Jolitics in the present system, Gar- ner said his plan would make it possible for the commission to re- port its findings from time to time, and the house could act upon the reports. “This would make it possible,” he sald, “to revise the {tems and schedules from time to time as they would be needed. There would be no necessity to wait for a general revision, while the rules that could be adopted for consideration of the bills would prevent any danger of disturbances of business by many changes in the tariff. There would be no more danger of this kind of disturbance than there would be under the present flexible provi- sions.” Ransdell Urges Duty Appearing before the committee today, Senator Ransdell, democrat, l.ouisiana, urged a duty of 3 cents 1 pound on raw jute and waste bag- #ing, now duty free, and an increase (Continued on Page 12) “PERPETUAL STUDENT” AT COLUMBIA IS DEAD Villiam Cullen Kemp, Who Has Stadicd There for 80 Years, Succumbs at 78 New York, Feb. ¢ P—William ‘ullen Kemp, known as “the per- vetual student” at Columbia univer- sity, died yesterday at t age of 78. He studied at the university for ixty years. During his years of study he aon- juired 13 degrees. It was sald in university circles that when he start- cd as an undergraduate, he had no liking for study and that a wealthy relative, in order to urge him on, teft him $2,500 & year as long as he cemained in college. His friends, nowever, said that he want to study and remained at Columbia to in- dulge in this desire, Undergraduates for decades called him “Doc” and conferred upon him a degree not listed in the catalogue —D. P. M.—"Doctor of Perpetual Motion.” Aside from his studies, he traveled extensively, but always made certain that he was registered us a student. ’ Notwithstanding his scholastic bent, he was greatly interested in student activities and always at- tended the annual ‘cane sprees” and junior promenades. He was a member of the Sons of ‘the American Revolution and sever- al prominent New York clubs, Engineer Killed in Alabama Train Wreck Columbus, Miss., Feb. ¢ UP—The engineer was killed and the fireman scriously injured when the the Sun- nyland, Frisco passenger train, was deralled this morning at Mergargel Spur, Ala. The engine was overtur 'ed when it went over the spur switch, which was reported to have been tamper- od with NEW BRITAIN HERA NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1920.—EIGHTEEN PAGES European Storms and Avalanche Exact Toll of 4 Lives; German Freighter Sinks With Crew of 26 Deister Founders In Violent Gale Off Coast of Portugal After Wave Hurls 20 Sailors to Death In Sea— Eleven Perish In Trotzky’s Former Exile Town of Alma London, Feb, ¢ UM—At least ¢4 persons met death in Eprope over a week-end of unprecedented atorm and cold conditions, the Balkan Btates and Turkey being particular- ly heavy sufferers. , Shipping was everywhere derang- ed especially in the Black Sea, where numerous minor wrecks were reported. ‘The most serious disaster was off the coast of Portugal where the German freighter Deister foundered yesterday after being driven on the rocks during a violent gale. The crew of 26 assembled on the top- most deck, but a huge wave hurled | ga 20 of them into the sea. The remain- ing six went down with their ves- sel. Buries 11 Landslide The second largest disaster was in the Russian Turkestan town of Alma Ata where a landslide on Sat- thelr deaths. It was in this town mnl urday swept 11 persons to WHITING HOPEFUL FOR NEW ENGLAND Secretary Tells Boston Chamber Region Is Economically Sound SEES FAYORABLE FPORCES Commerce Department Chief As- serts Manufactures Other Than Textiles Are Steadily Improving— Praises New England Oouncil. Boston, Feb. 4 (UP) — There should be no doubts or misgivings with respect to economic New Eng- jand, Becretary of Commerce Wil- lam F. Whiting told the Boston Chamber of Commerce at & lunch- eon here today. He declared that “the heartening factors are many” and that “the faverable forces are strong,” pointed to the cooperative spirit of the New England Council and kin- dred organizations as the foremost factor contributing to this optimistie view. “Owing to the relative depression in the textile industries during re- cent years,” he said, “the increase of New England manufactures con- sidered as a whole has been some- what less marked than in the en- tire country. ““This section is adjusting however, and is making steady strides in most of the non-textile manufactures. The eficiency of New England factory workers, the abun- dance of capital, and the ability of the business men are encouraging factors with respect to New Eng- land's future as a manufacturing section.” Becretary Whiting, himself a New Englander, devoted much of his ad- dress to a discussion of New Eng- lahd industrial conditions and de- velopment possibilities. Tells of Federal Work Discussing the work of his de- partment, Whiting sald that its co- operation with manufacturers, dis- tributors and others “has done much toward convincing the American |business man that we must check the waste in our industrial life.” | “We have come to the point |where we must utilize more of our resources and energies,” he contin. (Continued on Page 16) “BOY WITH HUNDRED SWEETIES” T0 HANG Clarke, Once of Princeton, Is Convicted of Killing Woman in England itself, Liverpool, Eng., Feb. 4 M—Jo- seph Reginald Victor Clarke, who had an adventurous career in Eu- known as “the boy with a hundred sweethearts” was sentenced to death today for the murder of Mrs. Alice Fontaine. It took the court just four and one-halt minutes to try, convict and sentence the youth, who pleadod guilty, for killing the woman, with whom he boarded, by strangulation. Young Clarke, who is 21 was stated to have had a brilllant school career and to have visited his mother in Virginia when he was 16. He was sald to have spent a year at Princeton university and then to have returned to England at the age of 17, He studied psychology and hypno- tism particularly and, police said, then began to entangle numerous women over whom he exercised powers that kept him free from financial worries. Dozens of young women in Liverpool became his dupes but he also was said to have vietima in Southampton and Hali- fax. Nova Scotia. In the case of Mra. Fontaine, he boarded without payment when courting her daughter, fleaced her of her life mavings and eventually mur- dered ‘"T and rope and the United States and was : Alta, In Turkestan. Leon Trotiky, former leader of the Red Army, was in exile for many montha, ) Four workmen sent to clear the tracks of the Simplon express in ‘Thracean Turkey were frozen to death and the work of digging out the train, which has been blocked by snow for three days, was called oft. Three persons were frozen to death in Budapest and many others ‘were suffering from exposure. Jt was the coldest day in 50 years, the tem- perature dropping to 20 below zero centigrade in some places of Hun- ry. While London groped through a Asia. Shipping along the China coast was bucking an ice barrier 30 miles out to sea ana clear across k ‘rope and Asia there was a cowu ®ave (Continued on Page Four) IGARDINER DENIES MALICIOUS INTENT Complained to U, S. Oficers in Good Faith, He Says ANSWER TO HART SuIT Former Candidate for Mayor Ex- piains Purpose in Filing With Federal Authorities Statement On Conditions tn This City, Hartfore, Feo, 4 — H)enry E. Gardiner of New Britain, who is one of the two defendants in the $25,- 000 slander action brought by Chief W. C. Hart of the New Britain police department, sets forth that the com- the United States prohibition au- thorities was "made or implied, toward either the plain- tft or any other person, and was communicated in good faith, and in the public interest, and with the honest and worthy purpose of per- forming a public duty”, in an amendment to his answer by way of ecparate defense, filed with the clerk of the superfor court here on Jan- uary 28. Gardiner, through Attorney 8. Gerard Casale, sets forth in the amendment that he communicated with the federal authorities “Iin the bona fide discharge of a public duty”, having had accusations against Chief Hart made to him by Peter Pajewskl on June 21, 1927, at Gardiner’s home and in the presence of Ira Leonard, Mrs. Henry E. Gar- (Continued on Page 12) SCHOOLS CROWDED BY WINTER INFLUX Pupils At Senior High School Forced to Use Laundry ‘Two of the three high schools reached the limit of their capacity and a third went beyond ita capacity {today when the mid-year pupils en- tered today. The 8enfor high school made use of its laundry room and is |at the end of its accommodations. The Central Junior high school s |exceeding its accommodations and "llm “floating classes” are accommo- |dated wherever there |room. The Nathan Hale Junior high {school with the largest increase of all three has no more room. Net Gain in Three Schools In each case the three schools have |larger entering classes than those ,which were graduated Thursday and Friday of last week. At the Senior high school the graduation class was 128, but the class which entered is 190. Bince many of the graduating class will return for a post graduate | course the increase. will be more than {70. The expected total enrollment will be approximately 1,276. Early in January the school's enroliment was 1.204, Principal L. P. Slade announc- ed. According to figures released by Principal Willam C. French there will be an increase of approximate- {ly 100 puplis at the Central Junior | High school. His graduation eclass | last week numbered 135 and the en- tering class approximately 235. The be approximately 1,400. |two classes which will have no defl- { nite room. They will move to various |rooms which will be vacant during certain perlods. | The greatest increase was in the | Nathan Hale school which cares for the thickly populated north end of ithe city. According to Principal | Harry Wesnels his entering class will be approximately 248 pupils. This will be an increase of 156 over the class which was graduated last !Thursday afternoon, numbering 92 pupll, Mr. Wessels announced to- day that his achool had reached the Hmit of its capacity. ‘There are munication which he ferwarded to without any malice whatsoever, whether express KING AND HARVEY |National Commander of Legion WILL DEFEND RICE| ~ Pays Tribate to Our War Dead Jackson's Alleged Slayer Is Held " Without Bonds ACCUSED FAILS T0 PLEAD Fearing Is ot For Thuraday of Next Wock—Former Constable At Ease As He Sponds Few Minutes At Routine Appearance in City Court. Willimantic, Conn., Feb. ¢ P— Trenor A. Rice, who was arrested last night charged with the murder ot his friend and benefactor, County Detective William E. Jackson, in the latters farmhouse last Tuesday eve- ning, was held by the city court to- day for a hearing next week Thurs- day without bonds and returned to the city lock-up. Rice was not required to plead as the court room was a formality, He court room and the corridors of the | building jammed with townspeople. Former Atty. General Willlam A. King stepped forward when the case was called and told Judge Frank H. Foss that he had just been retained by Rice as counsel and he desired timq in which to obtain information from his client. He suggested Tues- day for the preliminary hearing but the state objected and by agreement it was set for Thursday of next week. Also Retained Bamuel B, Harvey announced that he had been retained also by Rice. Harvey was a special state’s attor- ney in the prosecution of Roland G. Lalone and Albert W. Raymond so- called “jce box bandits” wio are now life prisoners for killing State Troop Irving H. Nelson, and Judge Foss was of counsel for these two men. Rice appeared at ease as he en- tered and left the room, His stay in court was so short that he hardly had time to other than look at the Jjudge and the attorneys. He ap- parently had slept well and was neatly dressed. Later he will be sent to Brooklyn jail for safe keeping until the day of the hearing. Edward J. Hickey, chief investiga- tor in the case, today had nothing to say about the report current last night that Rice had made certain admissions as contained in an allega- tion statement of Lieut. Edward P. Teahey of the Willimantic police that Rowe H, Wheeler, who has been assisting Hickey, had told him ' that Rice “broke down” and told of the homicide. Today all declined to speak and Hickey said he would not talk on this angle of the case. Harvey Is also counrel for Thomas Mazzola, who is being held under an indictment charged with the mur- der of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Rosario Lorella. Rice Was Bearer Mrs. Jackson and her daughter, Juanita, have remained at home since the funeral of the husband and father on 8aturday afternoon. Rice was a bearer at the services. Rice was questioned by Hickey and Wheeler for many hours with little let-up after he was placed un- der survelllance following the funeral. 8o far as known, the of- ficers have not yet obtained a clear idea of the manner in which Jack- son was ghot. They have learned that Rice and Jackson had an argu- ( Continued on Page 16) is a vacant | | disposition of funds Barnett recelved total enrollment of this school will |, Left to right—Maurice Pease, commander of Eddy-Glover post of EDDY-GLOVER POST | HOST 10 HENUTT ational Gommander of Ameri- “ can Legion in This City DENIES BELLIGERENCY “Treaties Only Friendly Gesture and Cannot Stop War,” He Declares— Pratical for Nation to Defead It- self to Preserve Peace. While & cold wind swept across the summit of Walnut Hill Park yesterday morning, Paul V. McNutt, national commander of the Ameri- can Legion placed a wreath at the base of the World War memorial in tribute to the World War dead for whom the impressive pile of stone was erected. The ceremony took place after the commander had in- spected the memorial to its minutest detail and had lingered over the bronze plaques upon which are in- scribed the names of New Britain's war dead. Calls Memorial Reautiful With the sppreectarton o its beauty reflected in hiw aye, .the-com- mander exclaimed upon his arrival at the memorial that it is one of the most beautiful that he has seen in his travels throughout the na- tion. More than 100 members of Eddy-Glover post and of the Eddy Glover post unit of the American Leglon Auxillary witnessed the cere- mony which, though devoid of speeches and other incidentals, was a solemn and impressive tableau. Escorted from Hartford where he spoke Saturday night, Commander McNutt arrived in this city yester- day morning at 10 o'clock. He was accompanied by Paige Seaton of Waterbury, commander of the Con- necticut State Department; Harry C. Jackson of this city, past depart- ment commander; Maurice Pease, commander of Eddy-Glover post and State Policeman Alvin Backlel, a former sergeant in Company 1, (Continued on Page Three) Rich and Aged Indian Describes How He Was Wooed and Wed By White Woman Against Will| Jackson Barnett Tells Senate Committee She Proposed to Him — Says He Didn’t Want to Marry and Objected to Double Ceremony — “That Wasn’t Fair,” Washington, Feb, 4 P—Testifying | in the presence of his wife, Jackson Barnett, aged millionaire Creek In- dian, bashfully told the senate In- dian affairs committee today that he had not wanted to be married and that he had not asked the woman to marry him. Barnett appeared in response to a subpoena issued by the committee which questioned him about charges that he was kidnaped at the time of his marriage. Committee members also sought information as to the from royalties on oil lands in the old Indian territory. Answering questions by Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, about his marriage a few years ago in Ok- lohoma, Barnett grinned constantly, replying usually in monosylilables or with a nod of his head. Says She Proposed “Did you want to get married Wheeler asked. The Indian shifted his gaze to hia wife, his grin growing a little broader. “Never mind wife. Look Wheeler. “No,” saild Barnett with a giggle. he asked you to marry?” “Yes,” and with this Barnett again shifted his position. “This wasn't Leap Year was it?” continued Wheeler and the crowded committee room rang with laughter. Mrs. Barnett, who had come here from Los Angeles with her husband stared fixedly across the room at the looki me,” at your at shouted aged Indian. “Did you tell them you wanted to get married?” Wheeler pursued. “Never told them nothing,” replied the soft voiced Creek. Then Senator Wheeler took up the He Declares. story from the time when Mrs. Bar- nett first called the Indian from his home for a ride. Barnett lapsed in- to broken English at times, requiring interpretation by one of the two Ok- lahoma senators present. Asked where he had formerly lived, he re- plied “south of here.” He said he didn’'t know how much money he had. “How did you come to get mar- ried?” asked Wheeler. “1 don’t know.” “You did know that you were get- ting married?” “Yes." Barnett said that his wife pro- posed the second time he met her. He said she and a man from Kansas City came to his home one night and | asked him to go for a ride, “Did you want to go?" “No. Getting dark.” ‘The witness said he went to Oke- meh and that they remained there all night. “Did you have anything to drink asked Wheeler. on ( Continued on Page 16) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; Tuesday in- creasing clondiness; not much change in temperature. SKATING SCHEDULE Skating at all parks. *| choking fog, a belt of bitter cold | was brought in from the lock-up a this city; Paul V. McNutt, national commander, American Legion; Paige wrapped itself around Europe and |ghort distance away and saw the Seaton, of Waterbury, Connecticut State Department Commander, —Photos by Arcade Studi. National Commander McNutt placing a. wreath at base of war memorial in Walnut Hill park, ARCHITECT CALLED ON PLANS FOR H. 3. Addition Rejected LAYOUT UNSATISFACTORY Building Department Reports More Than 20 Tons of Stecl Have Been Cut.From Original Plan, Despite Contrary Claims. With more than 20 changes or- dered in the second steel plan for the Scnior High school addition, mem- bers of the board today were await- | H. Holmes from‘Lansing, Mich., to wet Building Inspector Arthur N. utherford and Engineer C. R. Bald- win, the city's consultant. The buildirg dcpartment ordered a hke number of changes in the first plan and it was agreed that they w -uld be incorporated in a se oni sketch. The architect instead scnt a redesigned layout. Inspector Rutherford had hoped to issue the permit today, but found it necessary to dciay action on account of the consultant’s refusal to accept the new plan as it stands, and it now ap- pears certain that at least a week's delay will result. Chsfiman P. F. King and George LeWii* of the school committee, ex- piaining the difficuities with this job to tlie board of {inance and taxation last i‘nday night, said it was their fropression that only one ton of steel was eliminated in the second design but the engineer's check shows ap- pravimately 20 tons less than ap- peared in the original proposal. PRENTICE MFG. GO, ISSUES MORE STOCK Shareholders to Be Offered Issues On Basis of One for Five At the annual mceting of the G. E. Prentice Mfg. Co., of Kensington this afternoon, it was voted to issue 1$50,000 of treasury stock to stock- holders of record on February 1, | allowing them to subscribe for one share for every five now held at | par, $25. This will bring the out- standing stock to $300,000. The stockholders same board of directors, consisting . J. E. Martin and |F. 8. Troup. Officers re-elected | were: President, George E. Pren- tice; secretary and treasurer, A. . Porter; first vice president, R. O. Clark; assistant treasurer, F. 8. Troup; second vice president, R. C. Legat. Executives reported a successful business year. Buckley Renominated for Federal Attorney Washington, Feb. 4 (M—John Buckley today was nominated for reappointment as United States at- torney for Connecticut. Second Set of Specifications for ing tne arrival of Architect Warren | re-clected the | of George E. Prentice, A. B. Porter, | NICARAGUAN REBEL Jiron, Sandino's Chief Aid, Cap- | fured By Marine Lieutenant HINNEKEN SCORES AGAIN Lieutenant Who Won Fame by Snaring Charlemagne, Notorious Haytian Insurgent in 1919 Adds Scalp of Terror of Coffec Planters. Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. ¢ UP— | First Lieut. Herman Henry Hanne- ken, U. 8. M. C., of Missouri, has |captured Manuel Maria Jiron, one of the chief leaders of Agustino Sandino’s forces and head of the ex- pedition which destroyed American | mining property in the Pispis river district last April, The capture took place in the de- partment of Jinotega where Jiron | has been terrorizing coffee planta- tions. Details of the exploit have not been received. Lieut. Hanneken gained distine- tion in Haiti in 1919 when he cap- tured Charlemagne, a notorious Haytian rebel leader, Raided Pispis River Mines General Jiron, one of the leading |Sandino chieftains in northern Ni- | caragua, last April captured the La {Luz and Los Angeles mine and the Bonanza mine in the Pispis river mining region. The raiders were re- ported to have carried off $1,800 in cash and merchandise and livestock amounting to $8,700. One of those captured by the raid- ers was George Marshall of New York, assistant man:ger of the La luz and Los Angeles mine, For a long time there was much doubt as to Marshall’s fate and it was only last October that fairly definite news of his death was recelved. Marine headquarters studied the identity of a body found near the Coco river and from a description furnished by Mrs. Marshall came to the conclusion that the body was that of the missing man. Although first reports were that three bullat wounds had been found in the body, it was later believed : t Marine head- quarters that Marshall died from malaria in the jungle country, The name of General Jiron ap- peared at one other time in the Ni- caraguan situation. This was in January, 1928, when a so-called bat- tle plan of Sardino to attack Ocotol was captured. This plan revealed that General Jiron lLad been ae signed to attack the American avis- tion camp and to destroy American planes, ADMITS HE KILLED GIRL 4 YEARS AGO Former Jersey Farm Hand Gives Himself Up to Police in Seattle Scattle, Feb. 4 M — Harvey Lee Selhaver, 36, walked into a police station here late last night and told officers he had killed his sweetheart, | Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, in Kings- ton, N. J., August 14, 1924, Selhaver said the slaying was part of a suicide pact, but that he ran away after shooting the girl. The pact was made, he sald, when the girl told him she was soon to become a mother. Extradition Sought Kingston, N. J,, Feb. ¢ UM—Chief Detective Ferguson, of Middlesex county, has communicated with Seattle authorities to arrange for extradition of Harvey Lee Selhaver, who is reported to nave confessed the killing of his former sweetheart, Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, in Kings- ton, August 14, 1924. The body of the Johnson girl was | found in a cluster of bushes on the grounds of St. Joseph's college, a few hundred yards from the shore of Carnegie lake. The body had been placed there weeks before, carefully laid out on a newspaper. When detectives tried to raise the body, the head crumpled and a .22 i calibre revolver bullet fell from the | skull. | Sarah was the daughter of Joseph A. Johnson, a farmer of Aqueduct, a all settlement at the head of | negie lake, near Kingston. De- | tectives and state troopers overran the Johnson farm in a search for a (Continued on Page 12) FATHER OF AUTO VICTIM BRINGS SUIT FOR $10,000 Thomas J. Barron Named Defendant in Action Filed By Stanley Plenkos. | Stanley Pienkos, administrator of | the estate of his 11 year old son, Joseph, who was killed in an auto- mobile accident last August, brought suit today against Thomas J. Bar- ron. The father claims $10,000 dumages. Attorney L. J. Golon is- sued the writ. The boy was killed istantly while standing on the sideboard of a truck on Broad street near Gold, when an automobile driven by the defendant struck him. Excessive and unrea- sonable rate of speed. and failure to keep the vehicle under proper control are given as causes of the accident. Barron was arrested and charged with mansiaughter, but was | found mnot guilty. Papers were served by Constable John 8. Recor. The writ is return. able in city court on the third Mon- day in February. 15,287 HIS WAY TOWARD BRITISH HONDURAS Colonel Makes Havama From Miami in Quick Plight Toen Heads fo Belze HOPES T0 END SECOND HOP BEFORE EVENING Air Mall Route Between North and South America Opened By “Lone Eagle” on His 27th Birthday—No Reception in Cuba by His Requess Havana, Feb. ¢ PM—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off for Belzse, British Honduras, on the second lap of his inaugural airmail flight to Panama, just one hour and four minutes after his arrival here from Miami, The weather was favorable and the colonel hoped to reach Belize by mid-afternoon, Colonel Lindbergh was accompae nied by Col. John Hambleton, vice president of the Pan-American Air- ways, as passenger and H. L. Burkey, as mechanic and radio operator, J, T. Trippe, president of the Airways company, who was in the plane on its flight here from Miami remained in Havana, 27 Years Old Today ‘The youthful pilot, celebrating his 27th birthday, told the Associated Press here that he considered this flight of great significance, not only as a medium of quick transportation to Central America and the West Indies, but also because the mnew service would bring the nations of the new world into close. contact, He added that with the avid inter est in aviation south of the canal, it would only be a question of time before through routes would be op- erating from the United States te the southermost countries of the hemisphere, Because he had resumed his old role of airmail pilot, Lindbergh had requested that there be no undue ceremony in connection with his stop at Havana. Alwut 300 persons were at the fleld, including _Col, Noble Bandon Judah, Americar® am- bassador. He, however, came ‘o the fleld with the primary purpose of congratulating the flyer on his birthday. ‘There will be one overnight stop on this flight to the Canal Zone and Colonel Lindbergh hoped to be Cristobal on Wednesday afternoon, (Continued on Page 11) NICKS GAS TUBE, DIES FROM FUNES Thomas Malarney of Kene sington Found Dead in Room Believed to have accidentally dis- lodged a tube leading to a gas heater with his foot as he closed the door of his room prior to retiring for the evening, Thomas Malarney of Main street, Kensington, was found dead in bed this morning at 7:30 o'clock from the effects of gas fumes. Dr. M, M. Griswold was called immediately but found Mr, Malarney beyond all help. Mr. Malarney was heard moving about his room at 11 o'clock last night. He usually arose at 7 o'clock in the morning to prepare for work. When he failed to appear this morn. ing, James Peretta, with whom he lived, started up the stairs at 7:30 o'clock to investigate. ~When he was about half way up the stairs, he detected the odor of gas and rushing to Mr. Malarney's room, discovered him dead in bed and the gas tube disconnected. Death Accidental Dr. Roger M. Griswold, health cfficer of Berlin, stated that it was a case of accidental poisoning by gas. The tube leading to the gas heater which was near the bed, was raised a few inches from the floor, Apparently Mr. Malarney, in closing the door, disconnected the tube with his foot and immediately went to bed. Dr. Griswold said that rigor mortis had set in and that he had been dead five or six hours. Mr. Malarney was 43 years old and was a lifelong resident of Kene sington. He was employed for many years in the paper box department of the American Paper Goods Co, He was the son of the late Hugh and Hanna (Hannon) Malarney. He 1s survived by a brother, Dan. iel, chairman of the democratie town committee of Berlin. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 8:15 o'clock at the funeral pariors of Joseph A. Haffey of 565 Main street, this city, and at 9 o'clock at St. Paul's church in Kensington. Rev. John C. Brennan, pastor, will be the celebrant of & requiem high mass. Burial will be in 8t. Mary's cemetery. Stimson Portfolio Rumor Flatly Denied ‘Washington, Feb. 4 (UP)—Re- ports that Gov. Gen. Henry Stimsom of the Philippines has been offered and has acceoted the portfollo of the state department in the Hoover cabinet were flatly denied today by persons closely associated with the president-elect. The possibility of Stimeon for 8 cabinet post was suggested some time ago and has been in the back. ground of the scene over gaining considerable = emphasis the last few days. However, the domind. was given without hesitation.