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

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 ASSERTS EGAN GOT CASH AND JEWELRY Woman Tells of Her Firm Faith in Husband’s Stock Business SAYS SHE ALLOWED HIM T0 INVEST HER $8,000 Seattle Friend of Convicted Broker Testifies Egan Advised Him To Get Out of Town When He Came To Hartford To Learn Why Mrs. Watkins Was Permitted To Stay in Jail. . Hartford, April 10 (P—Ed- ward J. Hickey, Hartford coun- ty detective, nemesis of Roger ‘W. Watkins, convicted stock broker, was a witness today in the trial of William E. Egan. He testified that Judge Ed- ward M. Yeomans had been asked by him to issue a bench warrant for Watkins, and the judge had declined to do so & the ground that as he was leav- ing the city, he did not have time, Hartford., April 10—Mrs. Roger W. Watkins, as a atate witness against Willam E. Egan, attorney charged with criminal conspiracy in eonnection with her hushand's brok- business, today told Judge Isaac Wolfe of the faith she had had in her hu:band’'s business deal- and how she had turned money and her own personal jewelry over to Egan, According to her testimony, all the money obtained when Egan rcashed a $50.000 draft went to him even- tually, as the $25,000 which he had given her was later given to Egan by an attorney at Santa Fe after her arrest for Hartford officers, Another witness today was Charles H. Barber, of Seattle, a friend of Watkins, who told of his efforts to find out from Egan for Watkins why the attorney did not do comething to help Mrs, Watkins out of her pre- dicament when she had been locked up in jail in default to find bail, Barber 5ald the second time W saw Egan, the latter said he was leaving for Ireland to settle an es- tate, and was placing Mrs, Watkins' erage ings (Continued on Page 11.) GATTS ACCUSED IN COUNTERFEIT PLOT Florida’s Former Minister- ial Governor Indicted on Federal Charges Jacksonville, Fla, April 10 (®—- Eidney J. Catts, Sr.,, former governor ot orida and a Baptist minister, today faced arrest on charges of aid- ing and abetting an alleged million dollar counterfeiting ring. Two federal indictments linking the former governor with financing & counterfeiting conspiracy were returned here yesterday. Others named in the indictments were Julian Diaz, Tampa attorney, ar- rested recently in Miami; Mateo Mir, Armando Doniinguez and Madeline Leah Burwell, Diaz’ former secre- tary. With the return of the indictment Judge Lake Jones set bond at $35,- 000 for Diaz, alleged head of the syndicate, and $17,500 each for the other Catts is alleged to have furnished $5,000 to the ring to finance the purchase of printing presses and equipment, with the understanding that he was to receive $25,000 of the counterfeit money as his part in the investment, the indictments charge. Diaz was arrested in Miami when he is said to have attempted to pass a spurious $100 note through his secretary, Miss Burwell. When de- tected, the woman, led federal oper- atives to Diaz's hotel where he was arrested. He claimed, the officers said that he received the notes from & Tampa bank. Diaz and the former governor were said to have been great friends, Diaz being one of his warmest sup- porters during the recent state primary, when Catts sought renom- ination to the office of governor, Says Majority of Should Quit for Benefit of Party Paonessa Recommends Reorganization, Declaring There Was No Head or Tail to Efforts at Polls Yesterday—Believes Board of Strategy “Fell Down on Job.” i Mayor Paonessa attributes the un- satisfactory showing of the demo- cratic party at the election yester- day to its town committee and be- lieves the party's greatest need to- day is the resignation of a majority of the committee members. “The committee has no organiza- tion. It is without head or tail, and while there are a few of its mem- bers who are workers, the greater part of them would do the party a service if they resigned and made way for others,” the mayor said to- day in the course of a severe ar- raignment of those in whose hands the guidance of the party is sup- posed to repose. Suggests Fagan for Chairmanship | The mayor suggested in the reor- ganization of the committee that John L. Fagan, fifth ward member, be placed in the chairmanship. He pointed to Fagan's consistent work in ‘he intercst of the party over a period of many years, and branded him one of the outstanding examples of a party worker who can be re- lied updn te work consistently and honestly, irrespective of the politi- cal outlook of an election. Mr. Fagan is a member of the board of public works. He was ap- IESGOBAR COLLECTY SCATTERED FORCES Rebel General Takes Personal Command of Sonora Armies NAGO IS FIRST OBJECTIVE Defeated Insurgents Retreating From Chthushua Pour in From Two Directionss—Leader Is Met by General Topete. Nace, Ariz, Apri 10 UP—General J. Gonzalo Escobar, revolutionary commander-in-chief, assumed per- sonal command of rebel armies in Bonora today as his forces, retreat- ing from Chthuahua and Sinaloa, came pouring into the state from two directions. Apparently they were heading for Naco, Sonora, heid by a little garrison of federal soldiers. General Escobar arrived at Agua Prieta, 16 miles east of here, last night by airplane, havipg flown from Casas Grandes, Chthuahua. He was met by General Fausto Topete, rebel tacked the Naco garrison without success. Topete's troops remained encamp- ed just south of the garrison. Behind Escobar wah sis Chihua- hua army, the advance guard of which was reported to be moving through Pulpito Pass, the only con- venient route through the mountains that divide Chihuahua and Sonora. Near Federal Garrison On the other side of Naco, rebel troops retreating from Sinaloa were moving closer to the federal border garrison, which is menaced by rebel forces on three sides, with Arizona to the north. Early today several hundred rebel soldiers and four 75 millimetre guns were reported to have passed through Nogales, Son- ora, en route to Naco. Reports reached the little town of (Continued on Page 22 SATISFIES BRITAIN Appointment as Ambassa dor Proves Agreeable to King George commander, who has repeatedly at-| yvaluable service for it. |—Former President Calvin Coolidge | SELECTION OF DAWES (s et & e Ty PAJEWSKI VICTOR BY MARGN OF 2 IN FIERGE FIGHT Republican Wins Contest for Alderman Over Zapatka in Election Day Feature Town Committee pointed in the earlier administra- tion of Mayor Paonessa and in spitc of his open efforts to bring about the defeat of Gardmer C. Weld in 1926, he was retained on the board DENOCRATS' HNJORITY when Weld was elected. He was| l“ SIXTH A SURPRISE works commission to hold his place |Conlon and ‘Sablatsky Run About jon the board when Paonessa came back to office last April. 098 Ahend ol Opponcats—Eenis- Does Not Blame Hagearty The mayor does not believe it is| fair to attach any part of yester- day's shortcomings to Attorney Wil- lectman—G. O. P., With Attorney liam E. Hagearty, youthful third| Ginsburg at Helm, Captures Five warder who kept vigil during the St . day in an almost totally desertcd| ©f CIy's Six Wards. {party headquarters on Main street.| pegor 3. pajewski won the Afth |Hagearty had been placed in charge| ; 8 |for the day with less than 15 cars|ard aldermanic chair from Frank available for work In the six ward.|Zapatka in yesterday's clection by a In the spring campaign of 1928, the ( majority of §2 votes, and today was democrats had more than 160 cars|contented that he had vindicated operating throughout the day, himgelf in the eyes of the public, Mayor Paonessa insists the town committee “fell down on the job™ but not making proper preparations for the election. He favors the elec- | tion of younger men to the commit- tee places, and would displace many. (Continued on Page Eight.) COOLIDGE JOINS INSURANCE FIRW Former President Becomes Di- rector of New York Life TAKES HERRICK'S PLACE Kingsley Announces Acceptance of Nomination in Letter Lauding In- surance as Instrument for Promo- tion of Character. PETER PAJEWSKI the reason for his candidacy. of $1.001 was directed in a slander #uit brought by Police Chief Wil- P, Kingsley, president of the New | York Life Insurance company, an-| nounceq today that Calvin Coolidge will become a director of the com- pany, succeeding the late Myron T. | parts of the city excepting the fifth | ward, considered to be the weaker |of the two candidates. This under- | estimation of his strength is trace- 1able to the fact that it was not (Cortinued on Page 11.) call at the White House today Sena- tor Watson leader, said President Hoover will clected at the May meeting. most effective instrumentality for be a cooperative aociety for the ad- | Hoover’s Message Will Go Kinglsey said in a statement that of soctal service.” From 1905 until Coolldg: has been a policyholder | Infroduced on Wednesday, Herrick, ambassador to France. Mr. | Coolidge was nominated at a meet- In making his announcement Mr. | Ringsley made public a letter from | the former president of the United | States accepting the nomination “be- the promotion of industry, saving and character ever devised. Mr. Coolidge added he believed a vancement of the public welfare and g said that if elected he would be glad to Special Session on | to participate in the administration = Previous Day Mr. Coolidge was the second ex- president of the country “to lend his name and influence to the pro- | his death in 1908, he said, Grover | Cleveland acted as a trustee of the majority stock of the Equitable Life |in the company he will now help to | direct, for 37 years, Mr. Kingsley raid, and a young lawyer in ing of the board today and will be | lleving that life insurance is the AID BILL WEDNESDAY well managed mutual company to| | of the New York company. motion of life insurance as a form Assurance company. Massachusetts he performed some Thursday work,” the be ready Monday, but that since the presidential message was fo discuss it, the measure could not be pre- sented earlier. Band Screnades Cal Northampton, Mass., April 10 (P | was serenaded today by the Unfted played for Vice President Curtis dur. | V2. Scnator Watson said, the sen- ing the inaugural ceremonies in |2te Will take up the reapportion- Washington. | ment measure and then the bill pro- The band assembled viding for the taking of the 1930 the Masonic building, These will be acted upon in front of where the | Census. one selection. He also shook hands | meantime. s with Chief 8humatona, leader of the | The house will spend Monday or- band, and Princess Young Blood, the | ganizing and then, in conjunction | Washington, April 10 UM—Formal | announcement of the appointment | of former Vice President Dawes as ambassador to Great Britain was | made today at the White House, | The announcement was made aft- er receipt of word from the state department that the British govern- ment had advised that the appoint- | which he held frem 1916 to 1920, (Continued on Page 18.) Cuts His 'l‘hmat~ To Save His Life Copenhagen, April 10 P — Anders Hansen, elderly me- chanic, cut his throat to save his life today. Hansen was found with a gaping wound in his throat and taken to a hos- pital where, when he had been treated and was able to tell his story, he related that he had swallowed a piece of bread crust the wrong way and was choking to death. He decided he must apply herolc remedies and drawing his pocket knife made an inci- ion under the' spot where he felt the bulging crust. to give himself air. His drastic surgery saved his life but physicians ment of General Dawes would be en- tirely acceptdble to Kiug George. General Dawes’ nomination will be | sent to the senate next week and after its confirmation the new am- | bassador will be given such leave of absence as is necessary for him to complete the work of reorganiz- ing the finances of Santo Domingo, | upon which he is now engaged.| When that is completed about five | weeks hence, he will return to Washington to confer with 8ecre- tary Stimson regarding British- American relations before proceed- ing to the London post. Belection of General Dawes was made last week and later in the week a communication was sent to the British foreign office through the American embassy asking if he would be acceptable as the successor to Alanson B. Houghton, who is to leave London for the United States on April 27. It was explained that the delay in receiving a reply from congratulated him on his luck | n avoiding big arteries in the throat. the British capital was due to the fact that the communication had to| (Continued om Page 22 ] only woman among the musicians. | “ith the senate, will appoint a com- Mr. Coolidge also received a visit mittee tc notify the president for- at his office today from Lynn Atkin- |mally that the Tist congress is in 0. and 8. A. Lindaver of Los An-|session and ready to receive any geles, members of the engineering | communication the president might company which built the Coolidge | desire to make. Dam at San Carlos, Ariz. They in- min Defcated in Contest for Sl-| Pajeweki, against whom a verdict land the United States as New York, April 10 UP—Darwin|jym ¢ Hart after accusations of |12:30 p. .. yesterday, an. raute. te "bootlegging activity had beenytraced ; the bor@er and had been expected | Nle;Es to the former.alderman, w48, 74n all here late yesterda; i Washingon, April 10 (—After a lar at 110 and 112 Hartford avenue of Indiana, republican of the send his message to the special ses- Liebler and E. B. Kiely, and are in | sion of congress next Tuesday and the police department the McNary farm relief bill will be pending the outcome of a trial on | | A “'As soon as the farm bill in intro- jPasMn! duced the senate will adjourn umu“hzuls in some time in this city. and then get down to. e Indiana senator said, lice station by Judge F. B. Hunger- adding that the farm measure would |{ord. who went into conference With [4;,4,ceq by Senator Dennis of Hart- After the farm bill is out of the, | former president has his office, and | While the scnate finance committec ! he came out and stood in a snow |18 considering the tarift bill which |storm while the musicians played | the house is expected to pass in the NEW BRITAIN HERALD _ NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1929. —-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES WIFE OF WATKINS [Mayor, Stung by Election Result, | G AssociaTed bRl COL. CHARLES LINDY REFUSES TO TELL WHERE HE WAS LINDBERG Nobody’s Business Where He Spent Night, Flier Declares Brownsille {Col. Tex, April 10 (P— Charles A. Lindbergh landed Ihere at 9:30 a. m., today from the {interior of Mexico where he spent | |the night after taking off from Mex- | ‘Il’fl City yesterday. The flier declared 1t was of inter- | est to himself, and no one else, |\here he spent the night, and ex- | /plained he had no intention of fly- | ing beyond tne border of Mexico | yesterday when he left Mexico City. | | Friends of Lindbergh here said |they believed he might have stopped | at a ranch near Tampico. “I regret very much that the press has seen fit, by an unauthorized | statement, to cause unnecessary | |anxiety for my safety,” Lindbergh | said” The flier's arrival ended anxiety | which had been created in Mexico to his safety. Col. Lindbergh left Mexico City at | Nothing further was heard from him until his unexpected landing | here this morning. POLICE MAKE LARGE CIDER AND WINE HAUL Hundreds of Gallons Re-/| moved From Hartford Avenue Cellar | Nine barrels of cider, each con-| taining 50 gallons, and five barreis | ot wine of the same capacity, were | taken out of Charles Passinisi's cel- tlus forenoon by men in the employ Walker Trucking Company under direction of Officers J. M. cell room | !liquor law violation charges against | It is one of the largest Passinisi was preceded to the po- | {destination her car skidded, careen- | {ed over to the left side of the road, (ness, will adjourn definitely May & VERMONTERS PAID $8,000 70 SETTLE Givil Action Against New Britain. Woman Seftled Belore Case Comes {0 Court —_— H MRS. HELEN F. SMITH | NAMED AS DEFENDANT| ‘uuy 1210 o PIonIRy = t \pyr m and | AE)S 1 | | ) n Ac-| | cident on Christmas wvay, An-!| | | nounce Librarian at New Britain | | High School Has Satisfied Claims | For Thelr Pains, | (Special to the Herald) Rutland, Vt.. April J4—More than | $5,000 has been paid to Ora Hara- don, a farmer here, and Mrs. Doris Spear, & neighbor, in settlement of their case against Mrs, Helen Kish- er Smith, librarian at the senior high achool, New Britain, Conn. The two suits filed by the Vermonters, in which they sought ] damages of $12.000, had been put | on the jury docket for this term of A . Rutland county court and were to| . FENRY "‘“m';"f” i have been heard this week. At the| () o coApaIng Favano:. 41 ; | cluded in the picture is Henry, last minuté attorneys for the plain- Frade deadid g tiffts announced the settlement i i On Christmas day, last year, Mrs. T, | Smith was on her way from MMZAJK"WSKI HMSE“ { Britain to Vergennes, Vermont, to | visit her mother over the holidays. | As she reached a point on the main two went into a ditch, then swung back into the side of Haradon's car, which was approaching from the opposite direction. Mrs. Smith was only slightly in- jured, and her car. was not greatly damaged, but the Haradon machine was reduced to such a twisted mass of wreckage that it was necessary to use crowbars to extricate his pas- senger. Mrs. Spear was taken to a hospi- tal nearby, where physicians made a frantic attempt to save her |life. They were successful but they an- Policeman to Be Cited for | Arresting Wife Shooter Supernumerary Officer Henry Zaj-.| | kowski will be commended by Chief | W. C. Hart in a citation to be read at roll call to the various shifts go- ling on duty, for his capture of Sal- vatore Pavano of Hartford after the |1atter had shot and stabbed his wife last Thursday afterpoon at the home of Salvatore Urso of 367 North Burritt street, according to a vote | paased unanimously by the board of | police commimioners at the monthly (meeting last night. Chairman M. W. Bannan brought (Continued on Page 18.) Average Week April 6th ... FAIRFIELD MAD MAN CUTS Daily Ending Circulation For 15,371 PRICE THREE CENTS sursror DanAGe THROAT OF SON'S WIFE AND v THEN ENDS HIS OWN LIFE rMayher, Former In- mate of Norwich Hos- pital, Kills His Daugh- ter-in-Law After Wild Struggle in Which She Uses Hammer. NeighborsTeak in and Find Bodies After Wom- an’s Mother Tries Vainly to Enter, Keeping Ap- pointment to Go Shop- ping in Bridgeport. Bridgeport Mayher, Fairfield, April 10 (#—Joseph 62, of Longfellow avenue, Killed his daughter-in- law, Mrs. Elizabeth Mayher, 27, of ihe same address by cutting her throat with a razor shortly before 11 o'clock this morning, and then committed suicide by cutting his own throat. The slaying of the woman appar- ently followed a ferrific battle in the house in which ghe fried to defend herself from Mayher Ly using a hammer. The hammer, with the handle broken, was found naear her body when neighbors broke in shortly. after the double killing. Mother Discovers Tragedy The bodies of Mayher and his daughter-in-law were discovered when the woman's mother, Mrs, Mary Poch, went to the house to meet her daughter for the purpose of coming to Bridgeport to do some shopping. The younger woman had visited a nearby store at 10 o'clock this morn- ing to make some purchases and returned to her home, planning to meet her mother a little later to make the trip to Bridgeport. When the mother arrived at the house she was unable to get tn. In | view of the fact that her daugiier had arranged to meet her, she be- | the officer’s act to the attention ef the other members and asked that a | motion be offered directing the chief | to make the citation. He said the |ofticer used excellent judgment and | did his work well, and he belleved | the board should take notice of | such acts. “That's the kind of men we want on the force,” he said. “Men who use their heads in emergencies.” Commissioner E. A. Parker made the motion and it was |seconded by Commissioner Leon | Tomikowaki. Ofticer Zajkowski, who lives next | door to the tenement where the !shooting and stabbing affray w staged, was asleep when his wife aroused him at sight of Pavano and his wife struggling on the rear veranda. Mrs. Zajkowskl ran into | [the yard and tried to stop Pavano's flight, and in the meantime the of- | |ficer had dressed and taken up the | pursuit. Firing a shot in the air. {he commanded Pavano to halt, and the arrest followed. But for his | prompt action, Pavana might have escaped. He is awaiting trial in! police court on the charge of as- ; Resolution Designating May 8 Will Be Presented Tomorrow State Caplitol, Hartford, April 10 (#—The general assembly by mov- ing swiftly through its 1929 busi- under announcement made on the floor of the house today by Majority Leader Johnson of Manchester. Johnson, who, with Senate Leader Peasley of Cheshire, has been en- trusted by the legislators with the detail of session length, said that unless serious objection develops, he will present a joint resolution to- morrow calling for closing of the 1929 session on May 8. A survey, he declared. shows dis- position of all pending business by that date to be possible without un- Cue haste. He had made a public request yesterday that all commit- tees bring in their bills as soon as possiple so that early adjournment (Continued on Page 22) | | IChief W. C. Hart, who first asked aj 181,000 bond for Passinisi's release | | but lowered it to $500 after ex-| jamining the department records which show only one previous con- viction for violation of the liquor law. That was in 1923 and Pas-| sinisi paid a fine of $200 and costs, | having a suspended jail sentence of | 50 days also imposed. It is said, that he has a record out-| ew Britain. He has becn arrested in New Britain severul times for assault, breach of th peace, and similar offences. Passinisi gave his age as 43 years| and his occupaticn storekeeper. He was, released on $500 reaity | bonds furnished by George Gordon of Gordon Brothers, for his arraign- ment in court tomorrow. Accogd- ing to the police. Passinisi has been selling cider in his store. i vited him to attend the exercises s s v+ voune o Beer, Wine and High Balls Urged : by Specialist for Angina Pectoris photographs of the project and a| pocket piece bearing his name on one side and an engraving of the dam on the other. Tremors Knock Over Boston, April 10 : Chimneys in Italy | aiconoiic beverages in the treatment | Rome, April 10 (®—Earth- ;nr angina pectoris was upheld by Dr. quake shocks were felt through- Harlow Brooks of New York in a | out onrthern Italy today, but | paper rcad before the American no casualties were reported. | College of Physicians here last night. 8hocks were felt at Bologna | Discussing treatment of this con- | at 6:44 a. m., at Florence at the | dition, he stated he believed the same time, and at Parma six | proper use of alcoholics was bene- minutes later. Belogna experi- | ficial. 3 enced two distinct shocks, pre- “This is especially true in ceded by rumblings. A few |in adult life or in old age.” he said. chimneys fell but there were no | “The use must not be confused with victims, the abuse of alcohol, however, and Florence experienced only one | the determination as to the benefit | quake and there was no damage | of alcohol in any given case depends | while Parma felt two undula- |upon clnical study as definitely as tory tremors. is the case with any other agent | The Padua observatory noted | utilized in the disease a violent shock at 6:43 a. m. “Wine or beer with dinner, or a the center of which esti- | highball just before retiring, will mated to be about 63 miles | not infrequently ward off attacks or | away. Modena registered a | mitigate their severity. | slight shock at 6:45 a. m. but “Tobacco has been generally con- there was no damage. demned for usage in cases of angina cases | (LP)—Use of pectoris. | den | The reader is one of those who believes that there distinct demarcation between tobac- | co angina and true angina, nor does | he feel that tobacco alone is ever| capable of causing the lesions essen- | tial to the development of true lethal | angina pectoris. | Nevertheless he is convinced nm‘ | tobacco in truly anginal cases in- | creases the severity and occurrences | of the attack. in pract the complex.” It should be forbid- ally all instances of THE WEATHER —— : ] New Britain and vicinity: Rain towight and Thursday; | not much change in temper- | ature. F to strong north- | f— is a very the cost, Secretary Higgins has pro- could be taken. | M E Veterans behind the measure, in- FOUND IN FLORIDA| ford, providing for the state's ap- propriation of $10.000 for a Connec- ticut building at the national homw for veterans of foreign wars at came alarmed and notified neigh- | bors. The neighbors tried the doors without success, and it wus finully decided to force the lock. Mayher is believed to have gone suddenly insane. He was foruerly an inmate of the Norwich hospital, (Continued on Page 18.) WARRANTS OUT FOR SEARS AND WELCH Embezzlement Charges Brought Against Former Naugatuck: Officer Waterbury. -April 10 (®—Bench warrants were issued this morning for Judge Frank.A. Sears and Ed- ward J. Welch of Naugatuck by Judge Ernest C. Simpson of the su- perior court. State's Attorney Law- rence L. Lewis appeared before the court at a special session of the criminal superior court and request- ed that the warrants charging em- bezzlement be issued and the two men are expected to be arrested lat- er today. Eaton Rapids, Mich., lost their effort in the senate today, though Senator Father of Missing Girl The warrant against Judge Sears charges that on dates between May Dennis strove to prevent it. e 11919 ana May 1920, between Janu. New Dirt Road Bill Says He Talked With ... 1222 ang sy, 1504 ana e, The cffort to solve the dirt roads | |tween May, 1925 a Ma 1928, as problem, a bugbear of severai gen- | Her on T'lephone borough clerk, he unlawfully and eral assemblies, reached another | point of progress today in the draw- i ril 10 (P— ing up of a substitute bill by Secre. | 2OORR® s AR D i tary of State William L. Higgin:. ht ‘a wealthy Brookline | |one of the state officials collaborat. |2ushter of a wealthy Brookline | ing with committee chairmen in tn. &MY missing for three months. has been located in Miami, Fla., her effort. Secretary Higgins' bill differs from the original, offered by Senator Pier- son of Cromwell, in that it provides a $10,000,000 appropriation annual- ly instead of $500,000 from the re- ccipts of the motor vehicle depart- ment toward construction, improve- ment and maintenance of roads not a part of the trunk line or state highways. father announced today. “I talked with her over the tele- phone last night.” said her father. {Edward W. Morse, Jr “and she seemed weil and happy and appeared anxious to r J INVESTIGATE SHOOTING Vo arrests have been made in the shooting of Monday | wrongfully appropriated and con- verted to his own use the sum of $7.460 belonging to the borough of Naugatuck, The warrant against Mr. Welch charges that he as borough clerk on dates petween May. 1920 and May, 1621, and from May, 1 1825 wrongfully and unlawfully ap- propriated and converted to his own use the sum of $1,395 belonging to the borough. Judge Simpson civil session of the here. At the of § torney Lewis he took a recess on t is presiding at a request This_appropriation would be night. but | | under investiga- civil side and opend a criminal ses- lotted by the highway commissioner- | ti0N. it was said today by Detective 'sion to issue the warra i in Y ) s Sergeant G. C. er, who is tem- | probably bhe served tod s -quall 1 ing for | SerBeant G. ¢ w ::m-;sy among towns applying for T of the detective | Sears resigned as borough judge this In place of the original proviston la.u‘rn?o? I:v;g week that the towns bear 25 per cent of L Empty ehel | _ having picked vided that they pay one ¢ighth A s ) Mrs. Gann Wins In “Status” Row ‘Washington, April 10 (#—The diplomatic corps at a meeting at the British embassy today de- cided to accord to Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister and official clieved the shooters were the lot as a range, firing sev- caliber bullets which crashed windows rough 100d in the neighbor- BANK ROBBER CAUGHT Buffalo. April 10 P—Three men 1d up at gun point and rob- hostess of Vice President Cur- bank here today of $5.200, tis. the social status which aptured 45 minutes later by would normally be accorded to policemen after an exciting the wife of a vice president. ‘ The decision of the corps was reached after more than an hour’s discussion and was con- tained in a ietter to be sent to SO THIS 1S BOSTON oston, April 10.—(UP)—On the heels of record-breaking spring Secretary Stimson in reply to | heat waie, Boston experienced one which the secretary com- | snow flurries today. The tempera- municated to the corps yester- [turc at § a. m. was only cight de- day, through Sir Esme Howard. the British ambassador and dean of the corps. grees above freezing. compared with a maximum mercury of §4 Sunday and Monday. ' Knees Will Be Worn Again This Season New York, April 10.—(P— Skirts of knee length will con- tinue fashionable this summer. t was indicated last night at the style promenade of the gar- ment retailers of America held at the Astor. The popular daytime wear, will be slim and straight, while the bouffant znd princess style will predominate for formal wear. The ensemble was the outstanding style for both street and evening wear. The popular colors were peach. Nile green and sky biue Bathing suits were featured in flared and fancy styles with open backs to permit ample sunburn. There were many es- hibits of beach pajamas silhouctte for