New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 10, 1929, Page 5

SURVEY OF GRINE [z “TACKLEDBY STATE Peunsyivania Group's Findings Proceue Those of Hoover Body Washington, June 10 (® — The nearest approach to the work about to be tackled by President Hoover's law enforcement commission ap- pears to have been made by the commission appointed by the Penn- sylvania legisiature to study the laws, procedure and other factors pelating to crime and criminals in a state of about 10,000,000 inhabi- tants. ¢ How closely the methods and find- ings of the Hoover commission will paraliel those of the Pennsylvania erime commission cannot be fore- cast, but the size of Pennsylvania end the fact that it has cities and towns of all sizes as well as nearly all types of law enforcement prob- lems makes a summary of what the minor body discovered and accom- plished of national iinterest, Eight prominent citizens were members of the Pennsylvania com- mission. Ity chairman was Charles Edwin Fex, a former Philadelphia district attorney and veteran penol- egist and social worker. Attorney General Thomas J. Baldridge was chairman ex-officio. The group was instructed in 1927 to study all mat- ters which had relation, directly and indirectly to the crime situation. Its term of office is about to expire. Questioned All Judges The commission started out in a big' way. It asked ‘Chief Justice Von Moschzisker to call together all the judges in Pennsyivania who had any contact at all with the adminis- tration of criminal law. The chiet justice did ‘his stuff and in April, 1928, ‘there assembled in Philadel- phia seven supreme court justices, five members of the superior court, 8¢ judges of the common pleas court, 10 members.of the Phila- delphia municipal bench, two coun- ty judges and a few others. This Judicial conference is to be a con- tinuing body, subject to the call of the chief justice. The judges considered only the trifl and sentencing of accused per- sons. With virtual unanimity, they passed nine resolutipns ‘as-follows: That the law forbidding adverse comment by court or counsel on a defendant's failure to testify in his own defense be repealed. That evidence indicating that a defendant is a professional crimi- nal be admissible in evidence in the discretion of the trial judge. That the trial court be given the right to separate or .consolidate trials of defendants jointly indict- «d for capital offenses. That the examination of prospec- tive jurors be conducteéd exclusive- ly by the trial judge, subject to the right of counael to suggest addifion- al questions. That the time for making appeals in criminal cases be l¥mited to three weeks and that in all but capital cases and cases involving constitu- tional issues appeals should be per- mitted only after allowance thereof by a judge of the appellate court where the appeal lies. That the courts be given more latitudge in adopting and enforcing such rules as would cxpedite and and standardize trial and punish- ment and that a uniform rule be established of four days after the trial in which ‘motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment must be filed. That trial of criminal cases not involving higher felonies be per- mitted by a judge without a jury, it the accused voluntarily consents. That & system of gradyated pen- alties dependent upon the number of former convictions be incorporat- ed in the penal system. That the state law forbidding the maximum sentence be repealed. by Commission ‘These proposals, all calling for legislation, would immensely in- crease the power of the courts, but the crime commission endorsed them in large part. It explained in its report to the legislature early this year, that permitted comment on the defendant’s failure to take the stand, was the custom in many states, that all facts about criminals ought to be known to judge and jury in the. past interests of society, that defendants equally guilty of the same crime were often treated dif- ferently when tried by separate jur- fes, that the federal judicial coun- cil headed by Chief Justice Taft had recommended questioning of tales- men by judges conducting federal Jury tria s, that a cardinal defect in adminigration of criminal justice is the possibility of incessant delays between original trial and final dis- pasition of the case and that trial fsithout jury immensely speeds up administration of criminal law. The state District Attorneys’ asso- elation, meeting later, generally con- curred with the proposals of the judges and added recommendations for higher penalties for involuntary manslaughter and more effective ex- tndmon arrangements with other YALE EXCAVATORS FIND RARE RELICS Uncover Ancieat Syrian Rem- panis on Site of Doura Damascus, Syria, June 10 UP—A Greek papyrus, the first discovered in 8yria; three parchments, all as yet undeciphered; a wooden panel with a rare painting of Victopy, graftiti and small sketches of Par- thian horsemen, have been dug up by the Yale Expedition which has been conducting excavations on the site of ancient Poura, 20 miles from the frontier of'Irak. The expedition, headed by Clark Hopkins, professor of classics at Yale, and Jothan Johnson also of €onnecticut, has been at work in the old Syrian city for five months. They also excavated a Roman bath, a Parthian or Seleucid palace and a small Roman temple on the altar of which was a long Latin in- scription of the third century. A. D. About 200 other inscriptions were unearthed, of which the majority refer to an earthquake of 160 A. D. Special attention was paid to the great towers of the Great Palmyra gate, where the soldiers were quar- tered, as proved by the leather shields, arrows, spearheads. and fragments of sheet-mail and shoes found there. Doura, founded by Nikanor, the general of Seleukos. was one of the eleven famous Greek cities of Meso- potamia in the third and second century B. C. The British, during their military operations in the world war, discovered frescoes there, but were too busily engaged’ with the Turks to carry on excava- tions. Franz-Cumont, the Belgian schol- ar, went to Doura in 1922 and last Octoher this American expedition began a six months campaign. The Yale expedition, which em- ployed: 200 men, has divided the finds between the Syrian govern- ment and the Yale museum. several cases having been sent to New Haven, LOGKER ROON AFIRE AT COUNTRY CLEB Stall Shows Pluck in Fighting Smoke and Flame The town of Berlin must pay the city of New Britain $100 for the fire at the Shuttle Meadow club late Sunday afternoon. This is the first fire which has occurred in Berlin since the town entered into the new agreement effective SBaturday with New Britain concerning fire protec- tion. Albert Kalbach, a waiter at the club, discovered the fire, which originated in the lockér room under a wall hose. The hose, when he discovered it, was burned off close to the pipe in the wall. Kalbach turned on the faucet of the pipe and the rushing water, unguided by any hose, aided considerably in ex- tinguishing the blaze. Other members of the club staff, along with Kalbach, estinguished the fire by blanketing it with wet tow- €ls. A hose from downstairs was also used. The fire was out when company No. 2 of New Britain ar- rived. At the time the locker room was deserted as Harry Whitehead, the attendant, was down stais he heard the call of *Fire’ ed to the locker room, snatching a fire extinguisher from its hook in the hallway as he ran, and plunged into the smoke. The woodwork in one corner of the room was scorched and a table and some shelving were destroyed. It was estimated that not more than $200 damage was sustained which is covered by insurance. » Members who rushed in from the course were loud in their praise of Whitehead's work. His presence of mind in covering hi ce with a wet gbwel -probably saved him from being overcome. \ Whitehead is a war veteran, hav- ing served with the British army and navy. He has been at the Shuttle Meadow club for several vears and is popular with the mem- bers. Pardon C. Rickey, of Berlin one of the members of the committee who arranged, with the New Britain fire board, the terms of the new con- tract was the first one to put in & call to the New Britain fire depart- ment under the contract, which went into effect June 8th. Corns New, scientific way— relief in one minute * No sfter-effects as with harsh liquids oc plasters. Avoids risk of ewting your corns— 100 % safe! Imagine—in one minute you ‘won't feel even the slightest cor pain when you apply Dr. 8choll's lim-udl! You never experienced anything like it before. It's the only eci- entificwaytotreat corns. Re- moves friction and pressure of shoes; relieves and heals. Dr. Scholl's Zino-pads are :/BOY SCOUT: TROOP 4WINS CITY NWTLE FOR 15TH TIME Maintains Perféct Record With Overwhelming Victory at Willow Brook — Lincoln School Troop Finishes Second to-Championship Center Church Organiza- tion—Ten Troops Figure in Scoring — First Aid Wm an of Judging Experts. More th-m doubling the acore-of its closest:gpponent and piling up a greater, tofal of points than any three ofher troops combined, Boy 8cout Troop 4 captured its 15th con- secutive city championship by win- ning the annual field meet of the local scout council at Willow Brook park Saturday afternoon and there- by preserving its record. Troop ¢, which is located at the First Congre- gational church, has won these com- petitions every year since they were inaugurated in 1915, making a rec- ord which is , believed unique in scouting. The winning troop scored four firsts and four seconds, being shut out in only one event, and ran up 52 points, while the best any other troop could do was take two firsts and a second for 21 points. This was achieved by Troop 20, located at the Lincoln schoel, while Troop 9 of the First Baptist church, with a first and a second, wound up in third" place with 13 points. Others troops scored as follows: Troop 21, Nathan Hale Junior high school, 13 points; Le- gion Troop 68, of Kensington, 11 points; Troop 1, Berlin, 8 points; Troop 2, South Congregational church, 6 points; Troop 19, 8t. Jo- seph’s church, 6 points; Troop 17, First Lutheran church, 5 points; Troop 3, Trinity M. E. church, 3 points. American Legion Troop 7, which was runner-up last year, failed to score a point Saturday, nor did Troop 25 of the Central Junior high school. The victory was the most over- whelming of recent years, but in al- most every event, figured by itself, the competition was keener than in nust years and the decisions in many cases were made only after consid- erable deliberation on the part of the Jjudges. However, by proving just the necessary bit better in four evénts an by placing in four others, the winners piled up a staggering point total which was only 20 short of perfection. Off to Fast Start Troop ¢ got away fast by winning the scoutcraft event. Presenting three eagle -scouts with eight palms and backing these with points for five life and 12 star acouts and a host of merit badges, the victors piled up 624 points, which was near- ly dounle that of Troop 21, the clos- est competitor in this évent, Fi ther advantage was gained when Raymond Mainer made fire by fric- tion in 4¢ seconds and bested the Troop 9 cntrant by a few seconds. Troop 9, however, took the Mors signaliing, and the Benson brothers gave Troop 20 a start by capturing the semaphore signalling. In this event the Troop 4 message was torn into bits in the opening of the en- velop2, but some remarkable send- ing by William Baker gave it sec- ond place despite the ensuing loas of valuable time. Troop ¢ was far ahead in Kunot-tying, with Troop 20 zecond. The latter troop continued its assault n the fire building and water boiling, its team dethroning the Troop 4.team which w; de- fending its 1928 title. The vent was exceptionally close and only one second separated the two winners. Other troops then began to have I’ARIS COLORS =50 eas with Tintex ....hu—l{o-yh-fl-n <amartness . . . t0 ya-v.i fl- -.lthm amart wo- 0 thin, dainty, cushioning, soothing, guaranteed safe, sure. Can’t harm the tender- est skin, At all drug, shoeand -nldn..d-p.—:: ’l'intex TINTS ano DYES a look-in and Berlin organizations profited. Troop 68 of Kensington captured the pacing and, while Troap 4 failed to place, neither did Treop 20, and the Center church boys had the meet clinched. Troop 1 of Berlin won the verbal message relay, making only one mistake in the relaying of the following difficult message. “Dr. Bagdasarian, 551 Main street, New Britain, is re- quested to call the New Britain Gen- cral i telephone number Troops 4 and 68, with two mistakes each, took the other places. First Aid Remarkable The final event was first aid and produced what the judges termed a “remarkable display.” The charic- ter of the work done was of a much higher standard than ever before and the judges consumed nearly an hour in examining the bandages and methods of moving the patients 2nd in questioning the boys on just what they had done. When points were tained by Winthrop Warren was found to have won frst place by a substantial margin, with Troop 21 second and Troon 3 barely squeczing in for third. At the conclusion of the meet E. L. Warren, president of the council, presented the first place cup to Sen- ior Patrol Leader Baker of the win- ners and then awarded the second and third place trophies to ihe troops winning them. The troops lined up in parade formation and marched down the field before Scout Executive Oscar A. Erickson’s mo- tion picture camera—which ran out of film as the procession got under way. The winning troop is officered by Scoutmaster Kermet E. Parker and Assistant Scoutmasters Euclid V. Martung and Merton J. Clark. Lionel M. Depot, high school track coach and scoutmaster of Troop 19. wr~ head judge and was assisted by a group which included Dr. Raoul J. Benoit. Deputy Commis- sioner Neil MacDougal, George Loomis, Bliss W. Clark, Adjutant Carl Fredrickson, Emil Dashner. and Dt. L. E. Dury. Ralph Marigold was official announcer. Summiary of Events The summary: Scoutcraft—First, Troop ¢: ond, Troop 21; third, Troop Friction fire lighting—First. Troop 4; second, Troop 9; no third. Morse signalling—First, Troop 9; second, Troop 4; third, Troop 21. Semaphore signalling — First, Troop 20; second, Troop 4; third, Troop 2. Knot tying—First, Troop 4; sec- ond, Troop 20; third, Troop 19. Fire building and water boiling— First, Troop 20; second, Troop 4; third, Troop 19. Pacing—First, Troop 68, Kensing- ton; second, Troop 17; third, Troop sec- totalled up, the Troop 4 team, cap- |9 Verbal message relay—First, Troop 1. Berlin; second, Troop 4: third, Troop 68, Kensington. First aid—First, Troop 4; second, Troop 21; third, Troop 3. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS WEIGHING SOALES FOOL GUSTONERS Platforms on Main Street Give Yarying and Startling Results Do you really know how much you do weigh, or are you only guessin| If you weigh vourself at one end of Main street how does it come that you mysteriously gain five or six pounds by the time you reach the other end of Main street? That is a question to puzzie philoso- phers. A reporter started out again Fri- day afternoon to ascertain just how much he did weigh. For ten times he tried to learn his exact weight, ahd for ten times he failed. In fact, the ten penny-in-the-slot scales on which he weighed himself varied by ten pounds—the lowest registering 150 pounds, and highest just a trifle over 160 pounds. Only two scales were found that agreed, and they claimed his weight to be 153 pounds. Both kinds of scales were tried: | the ones with the swinging hand. where your friends and others who are not your friends can stand around in open mouthed wonder when you jump on the platform and the hand casually registers something in the neighborhood of 200 pounds; and the ones which are more secretive about it and deliver your weight printed on a little card. with your for'un.l' on the back of Which scales to believe then? ..In @ cigarette | TE/ TASTE above everything £ There's a natural flavor the | It reverts to the old story: de you know just how much you do weigh? HART UNINPRESSED BY LAND OF DIXIE Finds Standards Do Not Com- pare With New England Conditions in the south are not such as to tempt Chief V. C. Hart of the police department to make his home there, he said on his con- vention of the International Asso- | ciation of Police Chief. He was ac- companied by Mrs. H: and their | daughter, Miss Ruth C. Fart and Chairman M. W. Bannan of the board of police commissioners. The roads in the south cannet compare with those in New England and elsewhere in the north, Chief Hart said. They are poorly built and narrow. Industrial and business |conditions observed by the local party were also poor by contrast to the standards of New England. Going by train from Savannah to jAtlanta, the local party was sur- prised to find no accommodations for dining, the passengers being obliged to satisfy their hunger by practically mobbing a boy loaded down with cakes and similar deli- cacies in one of the passenger sta- tions on the route. Visiting the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, the local party saw the place where “Dutch™ Anderson tun- neled to libertg with Gerald Chap- man several years ago. 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