New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1929, Page 1

News of the World Average Daily Circulation r-r‘ Week Ending By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 REBEL LOSSES NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1929, —THIRTY-TWO PAGES THIRD WARD G. 0, P, “Nicky” Arnstein Again Falls Into Police Clutches Accused ESTIMATED AT 3,500; REPORT ALMAZAN IS TRAPFED Government Put Insurgent Dead at 1,000, Wounded 500 and Captured 2,000 as Result of Destructive Jimenez Battle. West Coast Campaign Said to Develop in Favor of Loyal Forces—Situation Continues Tense at Naco on Arizona Border as Bomping Continues Naco, Sonora, Mexico, April 6 (P—A rebel monoplane ap- peared over Naco this morning, dropped four hombs and turned to its base at Del Rio. There were no troop jnovements by the rebels encamped before the federal entrenchments here. By the Associated Press Now far into the state of Chihua hua, federal cavalry ranged rapidly north today nants of the once strong rebel army reported virtaully destroyed in fight- fnz at Jimenez and Le Reforma. Official government figures on rebel losses placed the number of dead at 1,000, the wounded at 500 and the captured at 2,000. Rebel headquarters at Juarez, stated that it had received no advices of the “extermination” 1eported by the government. On the other hand, messages com- ing from rebel commanders and travelling from Diaz, north of Jim- | enez, stated that General Almazan, federal advance commander, had been trapped between Iscalon and Jimenez by strong rebel forces. he campaign on the west coast also was reported developing favor. Jly for the government. The rebels ¢ stated to have evacuated Cu- acan and to be retreating further nerthward Naco Situation Tense The situation at Naco on the bor- der was still tense, neither the rebels nor the federal engaging in any rial warfare. In this the federals suffered heavily by the loss of the one plane stationed there. A force of 800 federal sympathi. vas reported forming in north- w ern Chihuahua for the purpose of | (Continued on Page 32.) THREE MEN LOST IN COLLISION AT SEA Schooner Fleet Destroyer Crash Off Hampton Roads Washington, April 5 tain and 1wo membe of the schooner A. Ernest Mills, were reported missing in advices to the navy department today after a collision between the schooner and the destroyer Childs of the scouting fleet off Hampton Ronds Wednesday night The missing Chaney of East Kingham, N. H., George Barnes, Portsmouth, and Paul Ferguson, Norfolk, hoth seamen First news of the accident was received at the navy department to- day. 1 of the schooner's crew were rescued by the Childs but the master and the two seamen are be- Nheved to have drowned. The Childs, aided by the two other destroyers of the scouting fleet, the Coghlan and Bruce, are searching for the missing men he A from PRahama Islands and the Childs was on its way to ceouting fleet in Guantana mo Bay. Cuba, when the accident red about 50 miles sontheast of Hampton R The schooner had to he ndoned and wa reported awash. The bow of the Childs was damaged in the collision and (Continued on Page 23) British Papers Ask Who Owns South Pole london, April 5 (A—Reports published in the United States that the American government preparing a diplomatic note ting British claims to reignty in the Antarctie, +4 on the explorations of ander Richard E. Byrd were published prominently in th Evening Star and Evening News today Who owns the south pole?"” and 17 & challenge to Britain in Antarctic,”” were streamer headlines clear across the front pages of the two papers. I~ Star does not think that the lates reported fiurry in Anglo-Amerizan relations needs serious treatment. It prints a picture of the frozen Antarctic wastes captioned: “What's All the Argument About?” 5 (P)—The cap- of the crew and Va., join the ocet Figures| in pursuit of the rem- | and Scouting | Captain A. C. | Ernest Allls was en route | to Norfolk | she | NEAR ESCALON ‘RAL ALMAZAN STIMSON DISPATCHES WARSHIP TO MEXICO | Destroyer Ordered to To- polobampo to Protect American Interests Washington, April 5 (®—Secre- tary Stimson took energetic {today to protect Americans in the state of Sinaloa by requesting the navy department to send a destroyer to the port of Topolobampo, The sccretary of state asked Sec- retary Adams to dispatch the de- stroyer to protect American and | other nations whom Mr. Stimson de- |clared to be endangered by the re- treat of Mexican rebel forces in Sinola. As another measure of protection for Americans in Naco, Ariz, Mr. | Stimson requested the sccretary of war to convey to Rebel l.ea Sonora an additional warning that |airplane pilots must refrain from dropping bombs into the American city when they raid the federal [forces in the Mexican town of | Naco across the border; the secre- tary requested also that the war department direct the American | military commander at Naco to see that the warning is effective. Rebels Arrested in Arizona Major General Lassiter at San Antonio informed the war depart- ment today of the arrest of civil authorities at Naco, Ariz, of one | captain and 10 enlisted men of the 38th Mexican federal infantry on the United States side of the interna- tional boundar 'WORLD COURT OUT OF SPECIAL TERM Hoover Opposed to Inject- ing Issue at Approach- ing Session | | | i Washington, April § (®—The | raising of the world court issue at !the approaching session of congress throngh submission of the new for- | mula of Elihu Root for American | adherence, is now regarded as ex- tremely unlikely. Senate approval of the formula, | worked out by Mr. Root and the in- | ternational jurists at Geneva, modi- fying the senate's reservation on ad- { visory opinions which proved unac- ceptable to the world powers, will be neceseary before the United | States goes into the court | The work of Mr. Root, who went {to Geneva duiing the closing days | of Calvin Coolidge's administration. {dropped the world court issue on | Mr. Hoover's doorstep before he had | time to hecome comfortably settled in the White House There is no indication that Mr. Hoover was consulted about the pro- posed Root visit and there has been no indication of his attitude toward its results Varm Relief First But there are definite indications {that the president does not propose {to injet the world court issue into tra sescion he has called for nsideration of farm relief and d tariff revision. Friends of Mr. Hoover realize he is a firm advocate of the court and believe, therefore, he will be in- clined to favor steps looking toward American adherence. But a stiff fight is brewing in the senate on the Root formula the republican ranks. Senator Johnson. republican, Cali- fornia, already has unloosed an at- tack on the proposed modification of the senate reservation, which stipulated that the court should not render an advisory opinion in any case in which this nation has, or claims to have an interest, without its consent. | guage. their | CANDIDATES SPURN FOES’ INDORSEMENT Bartlett and Curtin, Candidates for Places in Gommon Coun- cil, Reject Approval SCHEUY MAY FOLLOW SUIT IN FIRST WARD CONTEST | Rartlett Declares Interests Are With Republican Party and He Will Uphold Its Policles—Curtin Says He Will Try to Represent All Vot- ers In Third—Action May Be Too Late to Change Situation. Councilman Donald L. Bartlett, republican nominee for alderman in the third ward and last year's mayoralty hope of the G. O. P, to- day flatly refused to accept the in- dorsement of the democratic town committee, as did Attorney William F. Curtin, who topped a field of four candidates in the republican coun- cilmanic primary last week. Messrs. Bartlett and Curtin, and William 8. Scheuy, who won nom- ination as councilman in the first ward republican primary, were in- dorsed and placed on the democratye ticket at a meeting of that party's town committee, Wednesday night. Mr. Scheuy said today that he was not prepered to make any statement “‘as yet,” which was taken as an in- dication that he has in mind rejec- tion of the minority offer of support. The refusals of Councilman Bart- lett and Attorney Curtin wer: couched in somewhat diffcrent lan Councilman Bartlett antici- pated the possibility of questions arising in which political lines might Le drawn, and made it known that under those conditions he would be found in the republican alignment. Attorney Curtin made no mention of political affiliations, but promised, (Continued on Page 23.) JUDGE GAFFNEY AGAIN HEAD OF COUNTY BAR Resolutions Adopted on Death of Judge H. P. Roche Judge Bernard F. Gaffney was re- elected president of the - Hartford County Bar association, at a mect- ing today which followed memorial exercises in which the character and 2bility of the late Judge Henry P. Roche were exalted in resolutions presented by a committee, and by fellow members of the bar. Judge Gaffney stated that he would not accept reclection at the expiration of his new term. Judge Gaffney presided at the memorial exercises. Judge Morris D. Baxe, who had been associated and it is brewing in | JUDGE B. F. GAFFNEY with Judge Roche on the city and police court benches here, Judge William Mangan. and Judge Francis A. Pallotti of Hartford, com- prised the committee on resolutions. Judge Pallotti delivered the eulogy. After the resolutions had been read and had been ordered inscribe on the records of the superior court, culogies were delivered by Judge Mangan, Prosecutor Joseph 6. Woods and Attorney Thomas J. Ca- belus, who had been the deceased jurist's law partner. The regular bar meeting follow>d the memorial exercises. Elected to serve with President Gaffney werc John T. Robinson of Hartford, as vice president, and Joseph F. Berry, also of Hartford, as secretary. Solo- mon Elsner and W. A. Countryman were again named on the examining committee. First Lowell Airship Starts for Michigan Lowell, Mss., April 5 UP— The City of Lowell, built here, took off at 7 o'clock this morning for Detroit, Mich., by way of Cleveland, O. It was piloted by Captain Charles F. Evans, British aviator connected with the Moth Airplane company of Great Britain. The ship was assem- bled at the new Moth Airplane Cor- poration’s plant here and will be ex- hibited at an airplane show in De- troit. Evans will pick up A. B. John- son, general manager of the Moth corporation, at Cleveland. the first airplane to be | of Robbing Taunton Hotel Man New York, April 5 (—Thomas Kearns, of Raynham, Mass., owner of a hotel in Taunton, Mas: today to identify Jules Arnold, bet- ter known as “Nicky” Arnstein, one of the three men who stole $32 000 from him in Taunton last De- cember. He likewise failed to identify Harry Fields, arrested with Arnstein last night, but did identify James Thompson, self-styled *‘promoter, who was arrested with the other two. Kearns identified Thompson in an improvised lineup in the basement of | police headquarters after the three prisoners had spent the night in & headquarters cell and had appeared in the regular lineup, His identi- fication followed that of Charles Correia, 16 year old bell-hop in the | hotel Bellmore, in Taunton, where the theft occurred, who positively asserted he had seen Thompson in the hotel at the time. owed “Good Faith” Kearns' money was stolen after he | had drawn it from a bank to show | his “good faith” in three men who | styled themselves New York thea- | trical preducers and who asserted | that they planned to build a theater in Taunton. | Thompson, 40, said he lived at the Waldorf Astoria. He denied any knowledge of the theft, asserting | that he was either in Cuba or Flor- ida at the time. All three men were | arrested on Broadway last night as [from a bank |agreement lin a Taunton Fannie Brice’s Former Husband Spends Night in Cell, ' But Man Who Brought Charge of $32,000 Robbery Fails to Identify Him in Police Line-up. fugitives from justice. Despite the failure of Kearns to identify them Arstein and Harry Fields, self styled theatrical mana- ger, were held without bail for ex- amination tomorrow as suspected fugitives from justice. Donnelly was held in bail of $25,000 for ex- amination tomorrow after Kearns!: identified him as a member of the trio. Donnelly has been {indicted in Taunton for the crime under the name of Edward Perry, alias Merg- ler. Arnstein, former husband of Fan- ny Brice, was arrested on Broadway with James Thomson, 40, and Harry Fields, 63. Thompson, police said. was the only one connected definite- ly with the Taunton robbery. Arn- stein and Flelds, however, were held on suspicion. ‘Thomas Kearns, the hotel owner, told the police that three men had interested him in building a theater in Taunton, that he drew $32,000 d held a definite and Kearns had the | money in a bureau drawer. Later when he looked for (e money ft| was gone and the men had disap- | | peared. | Telegram Gives Clue By means of a telegram, !aund{ hotel room, police | (Continued on Page 23.) BODY OF HERRICK ON FINAL VOYAGE French Cruiser Sails From Brest Vith Ambassador's Remaios DUE IN NEW YORK APRIL 131 Ships and Harbor Defenses Roar Salute of 19 Guns When Casp Is Removed from Train—Touch- | ing Tributes as Vessel Starts. Brest, France, April 5 — The French cruiser Tourville sailed at | 11:30 a. m. for New York with the | body of Myron T. Herrick, Ameri- | can ambassador to France. The cruiser is due to arrive in New York | April 13. | In the brief interval between its | arrival here aboard a special train | from Paris at 7:30 m., and the transfer to the Tourville in Brest Roads another impressive ceremony took place, as imposing in a small {way as that at Paris yesterday. | Ships and harbor defenses gave the ambassadorial salute of 19 guns | jas the body was removed from the |train and placed in the private re- | | ception room of the railway station | while French infantry stood at pre- sent arms and a marine band played |the Star Spangled Banner and “Aux | Champs.” | Recar Admiral Pirot, commander . |of the naval base at Brest, deliverod |a brief eulogy, to which Brigadicr |General William Harts, American | military attache at Paris, responded Others standing around the bier were Louis Pontana. prefect of the Erest region: Harold Collina, American consular officer in charge: General Durand and Rear Admiral Herr. Band Plays Dirge The colonial infantry battalion band played “La Mort Dase™ funcral | march as the cortege started toward the harhor, a platoon of mounted republican guards leading the pro- cession. When the cortege reached the Avenue President Wilson it | halted while a naval band again played the Star Spangled Banner with muffled drums and muted in- struments. A group of French vet- erans in civilian clothes in the | Place President Wilson saluted as the body passed them. (Continued on Page 14) | STATE BUDGET IS (Laid Over to Tuesday Because of led, when they designated Iriday as TABLED IN SENATE Controversial Nature TAX TIME IS REDUCED lpper Brauch Passes Bill Cutting | Period for Payment of Personal Levy to 30 Days—Pharmacy Measure is Also Enacted. State Capitol, Hartford. April 5 (#—The 1930-1931 state budget was before the sencte today and because it may prove a controversial matter. it was passed on the table to next Tuesday. The budget, calling for a total of $39.642,864 for the biennium was calendered for action today, but the general assembly leaders had decid- a session day, not to consider con- troversial matters on the last week day. Adopted in the upper body was | the Dill decreasing the time for pay- | ment of personai taxes from 60 to 30 days Under senate action, the pharmacy | bill, raising registration fees pro- viding a three year course for pha macists and registration of assistant | pharmacists and apprentices, was enacted. Federal Tax Bill Fails Thought the state would realize an additional revenue of $200,000, | the senate today rejected a bill which provided for legislation that would allow Connecticut to benefit under the provisions of the so-called | credit clause of the federal estate | tax. Scnator Parsons, of North | Canaan, reporting for the finance | comnmittee, of which he is chairman, | declared the entire principle is| wrong. Under the clause, all the states are required to make certain pay- ients to the federal government on tate tax, in a manner whereby if | a state tax equals §0 per cent of the | federal rate, that amount is retained | by the state, and the remaining 2v per cent is paid the government, but it & states tax is below 80 per cent it retains whatever percentage at- crues, under its own rates. anm a'v< estate. and pays the balance government. Thus, in the (ax o»i (Continued on Page 23.) Lives of 25 i Washington, April § | Twenty-five persons were killed dur- |Ing the last 15 months in enforce- ment of the federal prohibition law. an official report made public at the treasury disclosed today. Twenty-three persons were killed in 1928 and only two in the figst three months of 1929. This tm- | provement was attributed to an or- der issued by the treasury against the promiscuous flourishing, display and use of firearms in enforcement work. | Among the 25 killed in the last | 15 months were 16 civilians and | nine government agents. Raids and other enforcement operations by the prohibition bureau accounted for the death of 11 citizens and seven | agents. | Two mounted inspectors of the customs patrol were killed by smug- | glers, but no civilians met death at | the hands of agents of that bureau. | Coast guard activities accounted | for the killing of five civilians. The | coast guard was the only enforce- | ment branch that had no losses' within its own ranks as the renul(‘ (UP) — Prolnbltlon Enforcement Costs i f | | | in Last 15 Months' of prohibition enforcement. The report, prepared by Assistant Secretary Seymour Lowman. said | that in all cases reaching the cours | the government officers have becn exonerated from criminal liability. The two deaths included in the report for this year were the drown- ing of Leon Maingui, a negro sea- | man in the crew of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone which was sunk by a coast guard patrol boat in the Gulf of Mexico recently, and that of Joseph O. McGuire, of Larime, Wyo., who was shot to death while resisting arrest. * The shooting of Mrs. Lillian De King, of Aurora, Tll, was not men- | tioned in the report. THE WEATHER Probably occasional showers ; slight- tonight and Saturda ly warmer Saturday. ‘ New Britain and vicinity: | | | *. [ty to make | known as |seemed in good health B | Keep the officer on the force. WISE CRACKS BY WATKINS ENLIVEN EGAN PROGEEDINGS His Checkered Stock el G 'SAYS HE SIDE-STEF L PITTSBURGH su..mwf Sentenced to 16 Months, He serts, But By Political Influence “Never Served Omne Day’—Ex- plains $200,000 Note Was Pre- pared By Egan to Correspond ‘With Sales Agreement. Hartford, Watkins, stock broker no sentence in state prison today was called as a state witness against Wil- llam E. Egan, Hartford attorney in- dicted for conspiracy in the finan- clal affairs of Watkins investment companies, loday and gave the court, over which Judge Isaac V/olfe pre- sided, a general summary of his stock selling abilities. Watkins, in replylng to questions by Hugh M. Alcorn, the state at- torney, seemed to lose no opportuni- what was popularly “wise cracks,” with here and there a touch of sarcasm. Watkins, who was quite pale, and was neatly dressed in a dark blue suit. He said he was 31 and when Mr. Alcorn askod him his address he replied “Wethersfield prison.” Watkins began relation of his early ramblings abo't the United States and Mexico selling stock. He said he was once in trouble in Pitts burgh over the sale of stock and was given a sentence of 11 to 16 months. Alcorn asked him what then hap- pened and Watkins said he went over to the prison, but through the influence of politics he never served a day. He said his specialty for 12 years was in making a market for the sale of stock which he regarded as a highly specialized field. Explains $200,000 Note In the course of Watkins' testi- mony about the affairs of the Wat- T | As-‘ April 5 (P—Roger W. | serving | SHOOTS AND $ March 30th 15,407 PRICE THREE CENTS LASHES WIFE WHILE IN JEALOUS FRENZY; wimarvssara TRIES 10 CUT OWN THROAT SALVATORE PAVANO HUNDREDS MAROONED IN DETROIT FLOODS Water Five Feet Deep Sweeps Parked Autos Several Blocks Detroit, April § (7 —Hundreds of families carly today were marooned in their homes by flood waters from Connors Creek on Detroit's east side, caused by a torrential rain shortly after midnight. Water to a depth of five feet swept over streets and many families were forced to the second floors of their homes for safety. Police received reports that members of one family had been kins company he said that the $200,. |Overcome by gas, but had not been 000 note which had been ref.rred to iuble to reach the house tc attempt a (Continued on Page 20.) .| HANNON GETS $3,300 FOR CRASH INJURIES Settles Suit Against Con- necticut Light and Power Co. 8. John 8. Hannon of Berlin, who brought suit against the Connecti- cut Light and Power Co., after one |ot the compan had collid- ed with his automobile in Meriden, and he had suffered a fracture of the skull, today settled the case by accepting a cash payment of $5,500. The case was ready for trial in superior court when Attorney . Polk Waskowitz, counsel for Hannon, and Attorneys Alian BroSmith and Warren Maxwell, representing utility corporation, announced that settlement had been reached out of court. | rescue. | All available police from a nearby | precinct station were sent out in | boats to remove men. women and {children to dry ground, a swift cur- rent prevented reaching one section nd occupants of houses took to sec- ond floors. An area a’out a mile square was | flooded and automobiles parked on the | Hannon, formerly a garage owner | in Berlin. now employed United States postal service, operating his car on Westfleld roa, Meriden, November 23, 1928, when the accident happened. Robert Peary Lee of Meriden. was driving the power eompany's truck whicn collided with the Hannon machine. in the | was | Hannon was a patient in the Mori- | | den hospital for several weeks fol- lowing the crash. PIILII]EMAN BANKRUPT, . WILL FIGHT FOR JOB $1,000 and Has No Assets Supernumerary Officer Samuel | every stre. © were swept away, some of them several blocks. Basements of stores in the district were filled with water but shop keepers opened up to sell hip boots and waders to rescu- ers. So quickly did the waters rise that many families were unaware of the flood until it was too late make their way to safety. In additio . to the work of remov- ing these most seriously in danger, police and other worliers were con- fronted with the problem of clearing clogged sewers. One fire company was called out and aided with lad- ders in removing marooned persoas from their homes. Following a flood in 1925 a new pumping station was ordered built, but it proved ineftective today. CORNELL BALL TEAM HURT IN BUS WRECK. Every Member Injured When Vehicle Tips Over Near Quantico, Va. Washington, April 5 (UP)—A highway motor bus, carrying mem- bers of the Cornell University bas ball club to Washington from Quan- tico, Va., was wrecked last night on chmond-Washington highway. passenger of the carried | receiving injury. 'Supernumerary Cole Owes | | ment necessary. Five of the number were xo seri- ously hurt as to make hospital treat- | The wreck occurred six miles | trom Quantico when, on a steep hill | Cole filed a petition in bankruptey | |in Hartford, according to informa- tion received today from Attorney S Gordon. The liabilities are isted at approximately $1,000 with no assets. It was intimated by Attorney Gor- don that efforts will be made to The matter of releasing Cole from serv- ice will come up at the police com- mission’s meeting Tuesday evening. Mr. Gordon stated that a fight wiil be made to retain him, and that he cannot sce why he should suffer the loss of his position. The law was provided for poor pcople and applies | to all bankrupts, and just bhecause | the officer is poor, there is no reason why he should be released and de- prived of his position, the lawver said. CAT SMOTHERS INFANT Alliance, Neb. April 5 P—A large Maltese cat smothered death a five-months-old baby on the farm of Charles Marcek. 20 north of here yesterday. had put the baby to slecp. They re- entered the room to see the cat leap out of the cradle and baby dead. miles | found the | the bus plunged from the road. crashed into a tree and overturned. The five eeriously injured are: Five Seriously Injured Thomas Crooke, Washington, for- o ,\my‘ onal ball player, now an pire yuantico Naval hospital h a compound fracture of the left | { thigh, internal injuries, bruises John Russell, Pittsburgh nager of the Cornell team, at Quantico Naval hospital with com- | pound fracture of the right leg and strained right shoulder. Frank Sheehan, trainer of the team, at Emergency hospital, Wash ington, witha fractured left arm and several broken ribs. John Haddock, Svracu N T, coach of the team. former member of the Baltimore baseball team, Quantico Naval hospital with a frac tured right shoulder. H. W. Faggert, Washington, driver ' | of the bus, at Quantico Naval hos- pital with a fractured left leg. The Cornell team scheduled to | to meet the George Washington Uni- versity nine here today but it is be- who were in the bus, the (Continued on Page 14.) to| cuts and | student at| licved the game will be called off parents | because of the accident. According to stories told by some ! driver Salntore Pavano of Hartford Empties Re- volver at Spouse When She Refuses to Return to Live With Him— Under $5,000 Bond. iMarital Discord Ends With Attempt to Kill Woman at North Burritt Street House Where She Was Employed as Domestic— Hearing April 30. Determined that his wife would __|return to Hartford with him and re- sume her place in his household aft- {er having left him in January, or he would kill her, Salvatore Pavano, 34, Of 65 Charles street, Hartford, call- ed on her at the home of Salvators Urso. 46, of 367 North Rurritt street, vesterday afternoon, and when she repulsed him, he shot her and at- tempted to cut his own throat with a table knife. His wife, Mrs. Pauline Pavano, 18, is.expected to recover from two bullat wounds, and Pa- vano is held by the police in de- fault of $5000 bonds. In police court today, his case was continued until April 30, the charge being as- sault with a dangerous weapon, but Prosccuting Attorney J. G. Woods intends to chapge it to assault with intent to kill. Piecing together the threads of the near murder and suicide, Detec- tive Sergeant George C. Ellinger learned that Pavano found his wife alone about 3 o'clock, and after she admitted him to the kitchen of the third floor tenement, he de- | manded that she return to Hartford with him. She refused point blank, having resolved when she left him for alleged cruel treatment that she would not live with him again. Fires Five Shots at Wife With a quick movement which took the young woman entirely un- awares, Pavano pulled a .32 calibre revolver from his pocket and emp- tied the five chambers at her. One lof the shots cntered her left side, labout four inches below the heart {and passed through to her back, where it lodged against the spine. Another shot grazed her Lips, caus ing a flesh wound, and the three others went wild, (Continued on Page 28.) CHIFF NOBLE FROWNS ON GRASS FIRE ALARMS Urges Use of Boxes Only When Buildings Are Afire Calling attention to the hazards which exist when fire apparatus is being driven through the streets, | Chief William J. Noble of the fire | department today issued a state- ment asking the public to make use |of alarm boxes only when buildings are burning and to telephone head- quarters when there is a grass or automobile fire Alarm boxes have heen used for many grass fires this year. Two en- i gine companies and one ladder com- pany, at least, answer each alarm from a hox. For a grass or aute- mobile fire, the ladders are useless and one company can do as effe tive work as several, the chief poin out. One company answers a tele- phone ¢ | The chief hopes to enlist the co- operation of parents and teachers in impressing upon school children the necessity of following out the sug- gestion contained in his statement, which follows “Weather conditions and the time the vear considered unusually large | fof | had an | : 3 | (Continuea \ we have Being an Earl Makes No Hit With Farmer | London, April & (A—All that glitters is not gold to the new Earl of Egmont, who ur ntly was plain Mr Alberta farmer <0 sure but that pier back in C: “I have a complained to a of the Daily M tral estate at shire. “And I ble with like the hrea ) 1 expect " it i the chanze 1 am used to hard work. Now ] have noth- ing to do but hang around “l have been here for three weeks but 1 cannot make any- one out,” he added Meanwhile the villagers are rving to “make out” the new carl and his son, Viscount Per. ceval, who, oblivious of the dig- nity of his new state, ~lays around with them in the market square. val not P He is 1 at the ances- gwood, Hamp- m having trou 1 don't