New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1929, Page 1

(), News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 ORDERS PROBING OF ARMS CHARGE Tennessee Strikors Complain That State Police Are Using Foderal Arms LEADER SAYS STRIKE CAN LAST FOR YEARS Points Out That Mountaineers Are Self-Supporting — Trial of Pickets Resumed Today — Union Ousted From Headquariers for Failure to Pay Rent—Further Explosions and Shooting Occur, Elizabethton, Tenn., May 20 UP—A charge that federal arms were being used by Tennessee state police in the textile strike here was the basis of & projected inquiry ordered last night by Secretady of War Good. Coincident with the war depart- ment investigation, which Mr. Good said was not directed into the strike situation but merely into the claims of the state labor organization of the use of federal arms came an an- nouncement from Adjutant General W. C. Boyd that martial law will not be ordered unless it becomes neces- sary and that authorized courts fail to function. The charge concerning federal arms was made in a communication ‘rom Tennessee Federation of Labos leaders addressed to Secretary Good in Washington last Friday. The in- quiry was to determine whether such arms have been made available to state police. National Guard men patrolling the strike situation here have been sworn in as special depu- ties. Adjutant General Boyd's an- nouncement regarding martigl law came after a conference yesterday aitended by representatives of Gov- ernor Horton, the state attorney gen- eral and county officials. While interest centered chiefly in Recretary Good's move and the pos- sibility of martial law, an important development was expected today in the trial of several strikers on charg- es of contempt of court which, it was helieved will test the legality of picketing in Tennessee. The original charges of intimida- tion against the strikers grew out of picketing activities in which charges of rioting and blocking the highways also were made, Apprehension here centinued high with reports of disorders coming in frem the outlying mill workers' com- munities. Guardsmen were taking extra precaution after being inform- ed that strikers would engage in demonstrations today on picket duty. Demonstrations were held through- out yesterday. Many reports of dynamiting. riots and minor pillage in the neighboring communities, were found to be groundless. * Two More Explosions Flizabethton, Tenn., May 20 (UP) —Weck-end developments. in the Bemberg-Glanzstoft strike Included: Two explosions in a strike break- ers' community near Johnson City. (Continued on Page 13) ROXBURY ROAD STATUS PERPLEXES ENGINEER Council Order May Delay Completion of Im- provements City Engineer Philip A. Merian today went to Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham for assistance in the solution of a problem presented his department by the common council’s order that inquiry be made into the advisability of having a re- Learing on damages and benefits for work on Robxury road, which was started several weeks ago and is now well on the road to completion. " The engineer is anxious to deter- mine whether this order requires him to stop work on Roxbury road. He is also interested to know who 18 ordered to make the inquiry, since the resolution adopted by the eouncil does not designate any com- mittee or official. The resolution does not author- fze the board of compensation and assessment to rehear the matter and 1f it is decided that this shall be done, a report to that effect must be made to the common council at its June meeting. If the council accepts this report, the board must hold the hearing and report back at the July meeting after which property owners have the usual period of time in which appeal may be taken. Following out this procedure will result In a delay of about two months during which, it is likely, the partly completed road and curb must be left in its present state. President Hoover Receives a “Shiner” Washington, May 20 (UP)— President Hoover is suffering from the most prosaic of human afMictions—a black eye. o While rnmhlmg through the woods at camp in the 8hen- andoah National Park during the week-end, he was struck by a branch of a bush that whip- ped back he passed. The in- jury s not serious but the eye is thoroughly discolored. Dr. Joel T. Boone, the presi- dent’s personal physician who accompanied the party, treated the eye immediately, TOFLY ON FRIDAY Plans o Bnng Teppelin Back 1] Friodrichslnlm POSTPONES OGEAN TRIP No Long Voyage Until Cause For Motor Failure Has Been Deter- mined—Says Ship Proved Air- worthiness, May com- Friedrichshafen, Germany, 20 M—Dr, Hugo KEckener, mander of the transatlantic air liner Graf Zeppelin, hopes to bring his ship back to Friedrichshafen from Cuers on Thursday or Friday of this week. At the same time he told the cor- respondent for the Assoclated Press that a transatlantic journey was out of the question until it has been definitely determined what caused the failure of four of his five mo- tora last week when the ship was well on her way on a second voyage to the United States. “I arrived last night in order to confer with Ludwig Duerr, director of the Maybach company (manu- facturer of the motors) before bringing the Graf here from Cuers,” Dr. Eckener told the correspondeh:, “It goes without saying we will not attempt any greater journey, es- pecially not a transatlantic flight, until we have determined beyond preadventure of doubt exactly what caused the motor mishap and until the necessary changes have been ef- fected and tried out. The cause of the defect can only he determined after the motors have been shipped here and a scientific examination made with all the means at the dis- posal of modern technical science. Proved Airworthiness “There is this much that I would like to say now:—The breakdown and resulting difficulties for the airship have nothing whatever ro do with the dirigible itself. No ob- (Continued on Page 10) GIRL TURNS ON GAS IN SUICIDE ATTENPT Theater Usher Found Un- conscious in Talcott Street Home Lena Bianca, 17, of 58 Talcott street, was found unconscious on the floor of her home, in front of a gas stove with every jet open, about 11.30 this forenoon, having made an attempt to commit suicide, in the opinion of the police based on the circumstances surrounding the case. She was taken to New Britain Gen- eral hospital and this afternoon it was said she will recover. Abraham Gorfain, who lives in another tenement in the house, de- tected the odor o gas and investi- gated. Lena, who is an usher at the Grand theater in Hartford, had apparently opened the four jets on the top of the stove, also the oven door and the jet leading to the over, %0 that the full force of the gas sup- ply was pouring out upon her. Officer Thomas C. Dolan was de- tailed by Captain Kelly to investigate and Dr. David P. Waskowitz, who was called, ordered the girl's re- moval to the hospital. Officer Dolan learned that the girl's mother is a maternity patient at the hospital and there are three children of school age in the family. On the way back to police head- quarters, Officer Dolan stopped at the Welfare Association headquar- ters on Center street and reported that there were no signs of a noon day meal in the house for the chil- dren. Miss Cora M. Beale, secretary of the association, promised to at- tend to the case. The police and hospital authori- ties were unable to learn the reason | for the girl's act. 8he was hysteri- cal for some time. after reaching the ! hospital, arre sted. The Associated Press Textile mill workers at Elizabethton, Tenn., and striking pickets clashed on a highway. Na- tional guardsmen used tear gas bombs to quell the disorder, More than 100 pickets were FOR NATIONAL BEE New Britain Girl Ready for Final Test Tomorrow Afternoon Friends and classmates of Teresa Chiaravalloti, the of the Herald's fourth annual spelling con- test, gathered at the station yester- day shortly before noon and staged a farewell demonstration as she and her chaperon, Miss Elizabeth C. Mc- Grath of the Herald, departed for ‘Washington. Miss Chiaravalloti and her chaperon will spend the week in ‘Washington as guests of the Herald. ‘This evening they will attend a ban- quet at the Hotel Hamilton, where they are located. Tomorrow afternoon Teresa will compete in the national spelling con- test. Prizes in the National Spelling Bee, will range from $1,000, for the champion, to $25 to the child who is eliminated first. The champion of the South Bend, (Ind.) News-Times is the defending titlist, and representa- tives of 20 other newspapers in states from Maine to Nebraska will try to wrest the championship from the 8outh Bend speller. Newspapers entered include the Portland Express, Burlington Free Press, Omaha World-Herald, Des Moines Register, Worcester Tele- gram Gazette, New Bedford Stand- ard, Waterbury Republican Ameri- ew Britain Herald, Albany Evening News, Buffalo Evening News, Carlisle Sentinel, Louisville Courier-Journal, Atlantic City Press, Jersey Observer, Memphis Pres: Scimitar, Akron (winner of the 1927 National Cham- pionship), Hartford Times, Grand Rapids Press, Detroit News and Mil- waukee Journal, The spellers, all pupils of the eighth grade or under, will be enter- tained for five days, heginning today in Washington, the first event being a apelling bee banquet at the Hotel Hamilton. Prizes are $1,000, first; $500, second; 250, third; $15 fourth; $100, fifth; $75, sixth , seventh; $40, eighth; $30, ninth and tenth, and $25, eleventh to twenty- first inclusive. winner SUES FOR DIVORCE Alleging desertion, Clarence Coon has brought an action against his wife, Mrs. Helena Cullen Coon, for divorce. The suit, brought through Attorney Harry M. Ginsburg. is re- turnable in superior court the first Tuesday in June. Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz served the pa- pers. Police on Main St. to Trains Flag If Fire Dept. Wants Right of Way ven railroad in conference today with city officials planned an ar- rangement by which policemen will in fire cooperate with crossing tenders preventing future holdups of apparatus. Under the new arrangement, offi- cers on duty in the locality of the Main street crossover will be in- structed to make haste to the ten- der's station and procure a red flag in readiness to halt trains nearing the crossing whenever the fire sirei sounds, Last Thursday, Chief Willlam J. Noble’s’ car, carrying the chief, Deputy Chief Eugene F. Barnes and Driver Robert 8mith, together with the aerial truck and Engigne Co. No. 1, were delayed more than fonr minutes while responding to an alarm sent in from Box 18, for a fire at the James Reynolds home at 319 West Main street. Had the per- son who sent in the alarm becn aware that Box 18 is located a short distance from the Reynolds home and had used that station instead of running to Box §, at West Main and High streats, the $5,000 damage attributed mainly to the delay would have been much greater. Box # calls out the pumper gompany and Representatives of the New Ha. | the ladder truck from Station House 2, on Elm street, and those two companies reached the fire while the other pieces of apparatus were tied up at the crossover. Box 18 would not have called the Elm street companles out. M. J. O'Hanley, district superin- tendent, J. J. Casey and J. E. Leitcn, local agent of the railroud, confe red with Mayor. Paonessa, Fire Chi W. J; Noble, Police Chief William C. Hart, and a member of the firc board today, and expressed their re- gret at the occurrence. The plan of cooperation by the police was ap- proved by Chief Hart and was ac- cepted by the other officials as be- ing the best solution suggested as yet. It was the fecling of all concern- ed, as expressed at today's meeting, that Gate Tender Thomas Glynn, exercised good judgment in remain- ing at his station at the gates, in- stead of running down the track to flag the train, and possibly cause a greater delay. During the general discussion of crossover difficulties, Supt. O'Han- ley made it known that Main street crossing is the busiest in the entire “New Haven" system. both from a standpoint of rail and -vehicular travel, Beacon-Journal | SPELLERS ASSEMBLE !First Degree Murder Indictment Returned Against Earl F. Peacox MILLIONS FACING POTENTIAL DEATH Cleveland Clinic Disaster Stirs Inquiry Into Con- | ditions Elsewhere Cleveland, May 20 (®—Potential | death for millions, imprisoned in X-ray film stored in hospitals and archives everywhere, was in the minds of officials today in their in- vestigation of the fire and explo- ons at Cleveland clinic which took 124 lives from poison gas. The burning film generated suffi- |cient poison to kill four million people, federal investigators said. They were cooperating with state and local agencies in learning t properties of the deadly gas, and the means of averting similar ca- lamities, Meanwhile, hospital and surgical centers wiithin a radius of 1,000 miles had received hurried calls for “oxygen tents” for use in treating the remaining victims. Thirty-six persons were in hospitals today, five of them seriously injured and of these two were expected to die| at any time, physicians said. | The “tent” is a hood fitting over the patient's head, excluding the air and permitting administration of | pure oxygen. Its sides are fitted | with transparent material for obser- vaion. Two were available in| Cieveland when the blasts came. Two more arrived, one from Cin- cinnati and the other from Pitts- burgh, Coroner A, I, Te completion of his secret inquiry into the explosions. His present of- forts are directed toward assembling all available witnesses and collec ing all possible information before opening a public inquest later this week. Clinic officials will be summoned, he said, but it was not expected that Dr. George W. Crile, director, | and Dr, William E. Lower, a mem- s | (Continued on Page 13) JOSEPH T. WALSH, FORMER U. 5. NAYY MAN, IS DEAD! s today neared Restaurant Chet For Many Years Served As Steward On Ship During World War Joseph T. Walsh, 39 years old, who served with the U. 8, navy dur- ing the World War, died at the hone 47 Brooklawn street this morning at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Walsh was stationed on the U. 8. 8. Severence during the war. He was a staward. He made several trips across the Atlantic and at one | time his ship was lost at sca for 31 days. Mr. Walsh was born here on Sep- tember 13, 1889. His education was | received in St. Mary's parochial | school. Tor many years he was a chef in New Britain restaurants. He was especially known at McEnroe & Smith lunch on Main street where he was employed for a long period. | Because of his experience in this | line he made steward on tie | ship and was in charge of the bar- | racks at Bay Ridge, L. I After the war he was put in charge of the grill at the Burritt hotel and when New Britain lodge, B. I’. 0. E.. co ducted a grill he also was in charge of that. His Thomas parents were the late| and Frances (Quirk) | Walsh. Surviving him arc three brothers, Thomas J., James H., and William P. Walsh, and four sisters, Mrs. Danicl Cavanaugh of Hartford, Mrs. Michael Curry. Mrs. George Brown, and Mrs. John L. Conlin, all | charging Earl . of his sister, Mrs. John L. Conlin, of | i Date Set for Trial of Confessed Slayer of For- mer New Britain Girl. White Plains, N, After hearing Y., May 20 (I— witnesses for two | hours today, the Westchester county | grand jury voted an indictment Peacox with mur- der in the first degree in the slaying of his wife, Dorothy, whose burned body was found in a thicket last | month. In announcing the indictment had been voted, District Attorney Frank A. Coyne said it would be drawn up and formally handed down by the grand jury on Wednesday. He said the date for arraignment of Peacox, a radio repair man, had not been set Peacox was separated e. He is charged from his w wo.h having induced ‘her 1o accompany him to| their former home on the first anni- versary of their wedding and to have killed her thére, hiding her body |and later pouring kerosene over ll; and setting it afire. Subpoenas for 10 witnesses were issued. Joseph Silvey, who found the mur- dered girl's body; Alphonse Neinzel- man, her father: Detective Michael Silverstein and Herman Matties of Mount Vernon: Mrs. Muriel G. Clarke, owner of the apartment in which Peacox lived and Dr. Amos O. Squire, county medical examiner, were among the witnesses summon- ed. Henry Remby, garage attendant who sold Peacox the kerosene with which he is alleged to have burned his wife’s body, also was subpoenaed. No Trace of Poison D. Squires announced today that the vital organs from the body of Mrs. Peacox failed to show any traces of poison when examined by Dr. Alexander O. Goettles of Belle- v hospital. This fact was present- ed to the grand jury, he said. The investigation was made following re- ports to the district attorney that Peacox was familiar with poisons. {MR. AND MRS. L. W. LAWYER MARRIED FOR 85 YEARS | First Selectman and Wife to Receive Friends From 8 to 12 . M. Tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Lawyer of 7 Barnet street will observe the 35th anniversary of their wedding tomorrow. They wiil be at home to their friends from 8 to 12 p. m. .\l‘(\and Mrs. Lawyer were married in riden by Rev. Mr. Husted of the First Baptist church. Following the wedding they came to this city and have resided here since that time. They have two sons., Lam- rhere A. and Leroy 8., and three grandchildren, Doris Eleanor and Ruth Elizabeth, daughters of Lam- phere, and Mary Louise, daughter of | Leroy. Mr. Lawyer, who is first selectman, is employcd as foreman of the print- ing department of Landers, Frary & Clark. | Boy Fr:ctum Arm While Cranking Auto Edward Mongillo, 16, of High street, Southington, who was arrest- | ed 1ast week for overloading an au- tomobile truck, fractured his arm cranking the truck Saturday, and was in police court today with the arm in a sling. The case was con- tinued until Saturday. Mongillo was hauling crushed stone from the quarry on Plainville road to a street job in the eastern section of the city when he was ar- rested. (ot bk | THE WEATHER of this city. |1 The funeral will be held Wednes- | day morning at 9:30 o'clock at the home and at 10 o'clock with a solemn high mass of requiem at St. Joseph's church. Burial will be in | St Mary's cemetery, New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy. probably oocasional | rain tonight and Tuesday; continued cool. U, 5. MAY REDUCE Hoover Confers on Plan to Cut Reparations EUROPE GROWS HOPEFUL News of President's Intention RBrightens Prospect of Success at Paris Conference of Financial Experts. Washington, May 20 () —Presi- dent Hoover and congressional lead- ers today were studying a proposal for revision of payments due the United States in connection with American army of occupation costs and the private war claims of American nationals against Ger- many. A new plan for these payments was outlined at a White House conference held last night after President Hoover's return from a week-end outing in the Virginia mountains. The new program was outlined by Under-Secretary Mills of the treasury and suggested a revision of the time-schedule for German payments on the American army of occupation costs. It was explain- ed that this contemplated a spread- ing out over a longer period of these payments and also what was described by some of those present as an ‘“inconsequential” pairing down of the amount. Included in the plan also is a suggestion for a realignment of the plan for pay- ments by Germany to American na- tionals growing out of war claims. The White House conference was attended by several members of the cabinet, administration con- gressional leaders and Represent- ative Garner of Texas, and Senator Simmons of North Carolina, rank- ing democratic members on the house and senate committees which will be called to pass upon any recommendation from the adminis- tration for a revision of the pres- ent payment agreement. A number of senators this morn- ing expressed approval of the sug- gested revision and several said it was their opinion that in the near future a formal recommendation for such a change would be trans- mitted to congress by President Hoover. Sent to Delegates | Tt is understood terms of | proposed agreement today were in |the hands of officials at the Amer- yican embassy in Paris for presenta- tion to Owen D. Young and J. P. Morgan, the Americans who have |been serving unofficially with the committee of reparations experts. The White House conference was | (Continued on Page Four) ATTEMPT T0 SET FIRE TONORTH END BLOCK Paper Found Blazing in Building on Lafayette Street An investigation was being made today into conditions in a building at 73 Lafayette street which point towards an attempt to burn it down last night. Officer John Riley re- ceived a report from J. R. Kaplan one of the owners, at 11:30 o'clock, that a door on the second floor had been broken open and a pile of paper ignited on the floor. The paper had burned the wall, but a bundle of excelsior wrapped in newspaper and tied with string had been thrown out before the fire reached it. A quart bottle and a gallon jug, hoth having the odor of kerosene about them, were in the room. In his report, Officer Riley men- tioned that the room is in the build- ing where a destructive fire occurred a few months ago, damaging the (Continued on Page 10) WORLD WAR CLAIMS the! PRESS (UNDS RWOOD) JUSTICE McREYNOLDS RAILROADS VICTORS IN O'FALLON CASE Win Billion Dollar Fight Over Valuation De- cided Today Washington, May 20 (UP)—Rail- roads won the billion dollar O'Fal- lon valuation case in the United States supreme court today. The high court reversed the de- cision of a three-judge St. Louis federal court which refused to con. sider the validity of the interstate commerce commission’s system. Railroads sought to overturn th commission’s system because it was not based on the ‘“current repro- duction” theory valuation. The interstate commerce commis- sion purposely made this a test case. the government's decision directing the nine-mile 8t. Louis and O'Fallon road in southern Illinois to pay over $226,000 in alleged excess préfits for the period 1920-24 being calculated on the commission's valuation of $850,000. The commission went generally into the valuation ques- tion and defended its valpations as lawful under the 1920 transportla- tion act. The O'Fallon ani the Manufac- turers’ Railway, a £t. Louis terminal road, both owned hy the Adolphus Busch estate, took up the gagd of battle and went into federal court seeking an injunctioa, attacking the valuation and many other aspects of the recapture order. The “billion-dollar” valuation fs- sue was taken up and argued broad- 1y, the railroads contending they were entitled to larger valuation based on enhanced prices which have been in effect since the World war. This “current production cost” factor was considered but given lit- tle weight Ly the commission, which based its figures on 1914 commodity costs, plus present value of land, property and actual cost of additions made by the roads since 1914, These valuations are used by the commis- sion both in rate-fixing and in cal- culating profits recapture under the 1920 transportation act provision, directing the taking by the commis- sion of 50 per cent of the profits over six per cent. This recaptured money is to be held by the commis- sion for the use of lcss prosperous roads in emergencies, The commission’s valuations of all roads aggregate approximately $23,- 000,000, made up from an $18,900,- 000,000, figure as of 1918, plus the cost of later extensions. Justice McReynold’s opinion said the court was of the opinion that the interstate commerce commis- sion has not given weight to cur- rent values, “The question before us,” he said, “is not what weight is to be given to this factor. “Congress has said that weight must be given to (Continued on Page 10) North Haven, Me., May 30 (UP) —The second anniversary ot the start of his epochal New York-to- Paris flight today found Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh poised for an- other take-off —into matrimony. Just as the eyes of a skepticai world were focussed upon him on May 20, 1927, so was he the center of the news spotlight today, for all the world loves a lover, and, as everybody knows, the colonel is planning to marry Miss Anne Mor- row sometime, somewhere, soon. As Colonel Lindbergh quietly re- flected that two years had elapsed since he flew to fame in the “8pirit of St. Louis,” and probably remark- ed to Miss Anne how time does fly. residents of this little island town continued to speculate over the air idol's wedding plans. Silence and secrecy surrounded the rambling white mansion at Deacon Brown point, where the colonel and Miss Anne were in seclusion at the probale scene of the forthcoming wedding. Deadline For Reporters Kept on the off side of deadline established by a amall army of guards half a mile from the Mor- row summer home, newspapermen remained very much in the dark as regards the date of the marriage. Oaly once since they arrived here Anniversary of Flight to Paris Finds Lindy Ready for Marriage |unexpectedly with Miss Morrow's mother in a giant amphibian plane late Saturday had the “Flying Colo- nel” and his prospective bride ven- |tured forth. | Early last night they left the | house in a beach wagon driven by one of Miss Morrow’s sisters, rode at high speed through the streets of the village, and returned to the se- clusion of the guarded mansion be- fore :lewspaper representatives could either photogriph them or question them, All in all, it probably was one of the most praceful sabbaths that Colonel Lindbergh has enjoyed since he became a vorld figure. With the cnlonel and Miss Anne at the summer home wera Mrs. \or- |row, her other daughters, Constance and Elizabeih, her secretary. Miss Josephine Graham, and one of Miss Anne's girl ‘rionds. Rumor of Death Threat The only two persons admitted to the house yesterday were leon B. |Stone and Herman Crockett, mem- bers of the board of selectmen. |There was divergence of opinion as to the purpose of their visit. SBome [thought they discussed with the Morrow family the feasibility of augmenting the force of guards as a (Continued oa Page 18), (Zosiver opmon ) PLAINVILLE CRASH KILS 1, HURTS % WAN, 1,15 DEAD Michael Cullen of Naugatuck Instantly Killed Whea Auto Hits Back of Truck CONSTABLES ARREST TWO; BONDS FIXED AT $1,000 William J. Nixon, Driver, of Nau- gatuck, and Frank Amodio, Own- er of Truck, of This City, To Be Questioned—Police Say Commer- cial Vehicle Was Parked At Side of Road With Lights Extinguished (Special to the Herald) Plainville, May 20—One man was killed and three others injured here last night about 10 o'clock when a car driven by William J. Nixon, 4§, of 14 George street, Naugatuck, struck a parked truck and crashed head-on into an automobile near the Plainville-8outhington town lne. Man’s Neck Broken Michael Cullen, 47, of Oak stre Naugatuck, was Kkilled instantly, sus- taining a broken neck. Joseph W. Reynolds, 63, of 139 Cherry street, Naugatuck, received a fractured nose and a possible fracture of ribs on his left side. He was also bad- ly shocked. Robert Curran, 13, of Galpin street, Naugatuck, received abrasions to his head and was bad- ly shaken wup. They were pas- sengers in Nixon's car. The injured men were taken to New Britain General hospital where they wers reported resting comfortably today. Their condition is not regarded s serious. An X-ray examination was |laken during the day to determine nature of Reynolds’ injuries. ixon escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Returning From Visit to Sons The party was returning home from Worcester, Mass., where Mr. Cullen and Mr. Nixon had spent the day ting their acns at Holy Cross college. Nixon drove almost upon a parked truck owned by Frank Amodio of 221 Elm atreet, New Britain, and swung to the left but was too late to avoid striking it. The rear right side of his car was jtorn off, Cullen being thrown against the side of the car. As Nixon's car awung to the left of the highway it struck a machine being driven north by Frauk Kirche gessmer of 41 Fair street, Forest- . Neither Kirschgemmer or Ame< hud dismounted from the truck, was Injured. Truck Tall Light Out Constable George Schubert was called to the scene of the accident and upon investigation, placed Amo. dio and Nixon under arrest en charges of criminal negligence. He was aided by Constable B. Judd Wadsworth. The men were taken to the office of Grand Juror Charles F. Conlon where they were released in bonds of $1,000 each. According to Constable 8chubert, the truck was parked on the main highway and all lights were extinguished. He found the tail light to be out of order. Hundreds View Wreckage Hundreds of people gathered at (Continued on Page 10) FRENCH PAIR DELAY FLIGHT OVER OCEAN Threats of Storms Hold Lefevre’s Plane—Wil- liams May Start New York, May 20 (#—The pres- pect of storms over the Atlantic for the next three days has forced post- ponement of the start of the French plane Bernard-191 on a proposed flight to Paris. Armend Loti, Jr., sponsor of the flight, said it was unlikely an at- tempt to start would be made for three or four days. He said weather reports indicated squalls, fog and wind over the entire course frem Roosevelt Field, N.'Y., to France. The soggy condition of Roessvelt Field after heavy rain yesterday also was a reason for delay, he added. Rene Lefevre and Jean Asselant are the pilots of the Bernard-191. Roger O. Williams, with Lewis Yancey and Kenneth Boedecker were preparing to take off frem Teterboro Airport, N. J., today fer Old Orchard, Me.. from where they plan to start a flight to Rome. Wil liams had set tomorrow morning as the time for the start for Rome, but his take-off also was contingent upon weather conditions. Girl Changes Mind When Shown to Cell ‘Westport, Conn., May 20 (UP) Proudly Miss Ruth M. Clancy of Arlington, Mass., tossed her head when booked by state police on a speeding charge. T'd rather spend a week in jail.”” she declared when Desk Officer George Allen demanded $25 bonds for her appearance in town court today. “Do you really mean that?” asked Allen. Miss Clancy nodded. . The officer led her to the Jail door and hesitated. The young woman pesred fearfully about the dingy el “If you den't mind, I think it would be better if loft bead " she sald. :