New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1929, Page 1

News of the World By Assgciated Press A Week Ending A verage Daily Circulation For 15,018 ug. 17th ‘STABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1920.—THIRTY PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS *_RAF ZEPPELIN 600 ..(LES EAST OF TOKYO ON ROUTE TOWARD CALIFORNIA SHORE ladios Position Fre- quently After Perfect Takeoff From Japan- ese Airport Early This Morning on Third Leg of Tour. COUPLE EXECUTED IN QUEBEC TODAY Pay for Poison Plot WOMAN ~ REHAINS CALM| Vative Crowds Cheer as Mighty Airship Sails Away Into Blue Horizon Before Appointed Hcur—Crowds Gather Despite Curtains Obscur- ing View of Scaffold. Hull, Quebee, Aug. 23 (P—Philip Lefebvre, 32 year old trapper from the Gatineau Hills and Marie Vian, 42 years old, mother of eight ch dren, were hanged today for tie murde: of the woman's husband seveh months ago. Trapper Pays First As rain poured down in the fail yard, the trapper went to the gal- lows first, followed 16 minutes later by Mrs. Viau. woman in the history of the Domir |ion to be hanged. They were con- victed of poisoning Zephyr Viau. Although wooden screens and cur- tains had been placed about the scarlet_scaffold to hide it from the curious. a large crowd milled about | the walls of the jail yard during the | double execution. Two masses were |said for the condemned before thuy [ were led to the seaffold. Mrs. Viau was the more composrd of the two as they waited in their cells. While she sat stern and wn- moved Lefebvre sobbed and fretted Although Mrs. Viau had expres: a desire to see him before they wat | to their deaths, he expressed no |such wish. One of his last acts w»s to write a letter to his father asi- ing forgiveness for what he had don. . The couple authorities found poison in Viau's ShaiaE: body. His sudden death and hasty The Graf, after leaving Japan, ap- | Purial aroused the suspicions of *he »arently struck out directly to the | Village priest of Montpelier, nvar ust instead of swinging northward. | here, Who communicated with au- ‘n the six hours that she had been | thoriti 1 the air since leaving Kasumigaura e had covered altogether approxi- ely 360 miles at an average of miles dn hour, Dr. Eckener's course, a8 previously innounced, will carry him toward he Aleutian Islands and it. was| hought that he had gone due east >ut to sea, instead of Swinging in a northerly direction immediately in srder to avoid local storm areas. —Average Speed Thus Far Estimated at Nearly 100 Miles an Hour. Tokyo. Aug. 24 (Saturday) (P— “ie world voyaging dirigible Grat ppelin radioed here at 1 a. m. to- y (11 a. m. E. 8. T. Friday) th; * was approximately 600 milas nost due east of the Kasumigaura wal base near here, from which he started at 3:13 p. m. yesterday. Early Report Received Tokyo, Aug. 23 (F—The American | ound Graf Zeppelin wirelessed her sitfon at 10 p. m., Tokyo time (8 m. E. §. T.) as 35.40 north lati- | de and 147.40 cast longitude or out 400 miles east_of Tokyo, her eed apparently being about 100 niles an hour Radios Position Tokyo, Aug. 23 (A—The Graf Zep- selin, erf route to Los Angeles, re- orted her position today as about i00 miles east of Tokyo at 9 p. m. anese tinfe (7 a. m. E. S. T.). The position given by the Graf Zeppelin in a radio message was 16.40 north latitude and 145.20 east l\chlmr Denled Charge At their trial Jast spring, neitber | made any attempt to deny e charges. Testimony brought out' that the murder was tho climax of alove affair which began while the hus- band, who like his rival was a trap- per, was away in the woods. When | he returned the pdison plot was put [into excention. Ship Hears Wireless San Francisco, Aug. 23 (P—First -adio contact telling of the tfrogre: of the dirigible Graf Zeppelin on it flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles s made here this morning when the Standard Oil tanker Astral, a short distance from San Francisco, heard the German air craft reporting her position as 300 miles almost due cast of the Japanese capital at 9 p. . (7T a. m., E clemency were carried to the Domor- ion cabinet, which rr‘(uwd to act ‘aflor reviewing the ca SNOWDEN DECLINES . Weather Report Bad S\n Francisco, 3 weather report indicating unfavor- able”weather conditions were devel- oping over the great circle route, the announced course of the Graf Zep- pelin as she left Tokyo, was broad- tory to British, He Announ ces The Hague Snowden, | exchequer, this afternoon rejected the new compromise proposals of- | fered him by the other four princ pal creditor powers to satisfy the British demands for an share of German reparations. Revived belief that the conference might yet surmount all obstacles and finally agree on adoption of the | Young plan, were shattered by the Made | rejection on' the part of the British | chancelior. Mr. Snowden, after considering verbal proposals presented by Pre- micr Jaspar of Belgium last night and a further detailed offer made to him this morning, consulted his colleagues and decided the offer rep- | resented little advance on those al- ready rejected and could not be ac- | cepted. Aug. 23 (Continued on Page Two)' CANOE FOUND IN FOND MAY BE INDIAN RELIC 14 Foot Craft From Log on City Watershed Discovery of a 14-foot canoe hewn@ut of solid wood at the bo tom of a small pond on Wolcott mountain which is being drained by the New Britain water departmen has opened a controversy concerning | its origin. Officials believe that it s of Indian creation. The canoe was found yesterday | afternoon by men working undcr the direction of Supt. James Towers of the water department, Tt was partly buried jn the mud at the bot- tom of the pond. Chairman Janws J. Watson of the water commission summoned and he expressed | the belief, which corroborates® the vicws of Mr. Towers, that the canos Hope Still Remains New hope that an agreement cventually m arations confercnee.was raised how- cver, today with the announcement | that tomorrow's full s ion of the | conference, which had been expected | to be the last, had been postponed Postponement of the full session was announced after this morninz's meeting of the groups seeking & compromise belween Great Britain (Continued on Page 27) Trapper and Wile of Victim| Philip Lefebyre Sobs and Whines | She was the sixth | were arrested af'er | After their convictien, appeals for COMPROMISE. OFFER | |New Proposal Unsatisfac- | (P—Philip | British chancellor of the | increased v be found at the rep- | Two Men Hurt, Auto Wrecked As Driver Tnes to Clear Freight Stopped On Plainville Crossmg‘ |Machine Thrown Against Gate Standard and Occupants Hurled Into Road—Six Gallons of Hard Cider in Car—Both Victim¢ Brought to New Britain General Hospital. (Special to the Herald) Plainville, Aug. 23-—While wt- tempting to avoid hitting a freight |train which was stopped across the | East Main street crossing this | chin, lacerations of the face and | morning at 2:15 o'clock, an auto-|knee, a poksible fracturs of the hip mobile driven by Albert Malone,!anq possible fracture of ribs. 20, of 481 South Main street, Tor- | Hard Cider in Auto |rington, crished into the gate | While investigating the accident, | | standard, resulting in severe injur- | Constable Schubert discovered six fes to the driver and his compan- gallons of hard cider in the wreck- lon, Frank D'Emanuel, 23, of Ber-(ed machine, He found that the lin avenue, Southington. | freight train had been stopped for Men Found in Road | Constable George Schubert hur- | ried to the scene of the accident | accompanied by Dr. George I CooK. ' They found the two men| sprawled across the road and Dr Cook immediately rushed them to the New Britain General hospital At the institution today, it wa stated that Malone was sufferin; | | from a laceration of the forehead REV. G. B, COWLES EXPIRES IN AFRICA Former New Britain Resident, |and a sprained right wr | uel is the more seriously hurt, ac- | cording to the hospital authorities. | having a deep laceration on his | ome minutes before the auto came | along. Evidently the machine was | traveling at a fast rate of speed for | it was completely demolishe when | t crashed into the gate standard. | The driver of the car attempted to void hitting the freight train by driving off the highway between a warning sign and the gate standard | | (Continued on Page Two) PATRICK WWAHON HURT IN ACCIDENT ‘SHHEIS Broken Leg in Plainville | day declared that the ultimate \ made the PUBLIC SENTIMENT Mlssmnaly for 86 Years DIES IN DURBAN HOSPITAL Ordained to Ministry at First Con- Mishap—Brother Injured GRUPSIS I FELD Turn, TForcing | mer Local Men to Leave Road | Auto Ahead Makes gregational Church in This City in| I 1903 While On Iirst Turipugh— —Residents Pull Both From U To Be Buried at Scene of Labor: cer Machine. e when for a turn, lis avenue, in o (Continued on Page Two) Mus. Lindbergh Aloft At Controls of Plane Hicksville, N. Y., Aug. 23 (UP)— Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's wife, the former Anne Morrow, today be- came a full fledged flier when she completed her first solo flight. | Tor several days Lindbergh his bride had been in practice. | w Lindbergh was in the plane | | }nnd instructed his wife in the in- 53 | tricacies of take-offs, straight flyir and landing. Wednesday Mrs. Lindbergh handled the controls for the f time, ending nine hours of instru | tion, Today, after she and her I had spent the night at the he |of the Aviation Country club, Mrs. | Lindbergh took a fledgling open cockpit plane aloft alone and did | her first solo work. street has been advised of the death | Tlinville, Aug. 23 idently of her brother, Rev. George B,|(raveling at a rapid rate of speed to South Africa. He died Wednes- | evening, and becoming confused day in a hospital at Durban where | another motorist a signa! a year. by The deceased missionary was born | erminston, suitned machine into a 1ot on the side of the ew Britain with his parents when | 2 young man. He graduated from | o i Oiereh ! the New Britain high school ang | Urhed. resulting -in _mmi _,m\ later from the Springfield college in | 3°0rge and his brother, Patrick aged 19. For five yeats Ke wis employed hy[ The brothers wera taken to the | D. M. and D. O. Itogers. After his Brita L 2 | graduation from the Springfield col- | nvestigation showed that _ Patrick | |lege. known at that time as the y.|as suffering from a broken illowed o return to his M. C. A. work in the vicinity of Bos. | home after recebving treatment for | ton. s 'to Wbiien 11 d60% | The accident was investigated by A member of the Iirst Congrega. | Constable B. Judd Wadsworth. A Dlces; of ‘tha' Nirat and South Gon.| by the officer the MeMahon car was gregational churches, he went fo|{raveling at hxalelof aneedlion |@ commission from the American | When another motorist gave a sig- T nal for a turn, George McMahon of @ sehool for boys. Seelng the need |1 €OUId mot continue without hit- | for trained native teache he ting the cth car. He drove his, Sloa et kot e e Tip come back ing of native primary teachers. nto the highway, Lk A Lear schools in Natal. In this capacity he | WRing the car. Icople i "“‘\” rode thousands of miles each year, |Cinity helped to remove the Mc and equipping schools for Zulu chil- | Machine. The officer made no ar- aren. LERtS; In 1903 he came to America on |New Dritain. They are the S his first furlough. A year later be- | Mrs. Maggaret McMahon of Iarm- dained at a special ordination serv- | former New Dritain theater owner lice in his home church, the First|@nd hotel proprictor. For the past few years he and |mitaed to the General hospital this Mrs. Cowles have had charge of na. |Afternoon for treatment for a bruise daughter, Miss Ruth Cowles, also a | S | Lands Frem | Mrs. Marcus White of 99 Forest (Special to the Trerald) | Cowles, missionary from New Britain | While driving along Cooke stree, last | he had been a patient for more than Goofge MoMahon ot Wil Tuckahoe, W. Y., and came to highway, where it completely over Springfield, Mass. New Brifain General hospital where | leg. M. C. A. college, he engaged in Y. |Gtorge was |a road burn on his face. tional church, in 1§93 under the aus. [¢ording to the information gathered | South Africa as a missionary under | U00Ke street near Pinnacle rock. | His first work there was in charge | P2Came confused when he saw that lablished at Adams, the first normal | Machine off the side of the road Later he had charge of native Wheels slibped on the grass. over- supervising teachers and crecting | Mahon brothers from the overturncd In Ordained At First Church | Both brothers are well known in | fore returning to Africa he was or- | ington and the late P. S. MeMahon, Congregational, of this city. eotes W bIcHalontnass tead tive Work at Umzumbi, while a|on his fac Still in I<oit Worth A erby First | Place Tulsa, Okla McPhetridge maintained her (A —T.ouise Pittsburgh of ad in the haden 1 | women's derby landing first | |at Tulsa municipal airport today at 10:46:16 from Worth She was followed immediate- Ruth Nichols of 24, O'Donnell of Long Beach, | third to land, bringin her ship to earth at 10 She was national air by nd ngars 2, Iort Texa ly Rye, had been at the bottom of the pnol since the days when the Redskins made their homes fn the vicinity. That it was made by woodchop- pers another theory given con- sideration by the officials. Why a large canoe was used on - such a small pond was explained by the theory that, possibly years and years ago. the pond was much larger. As the surprised workers could oniy stand on the brim of the pond and peck at it, the canoe wgs towed to dry land by Mr. Tower's automo bile where cverybody gathered | around to inspect it closely. As the canoe was cut out of solid won?! and the workmanship crude, sho ing the lack of modern tools, it was claimed by not a few that it was an Indian relic. Any Indian scholar may see it anytime he w to accompany Superintendent To: ers to the pond. Policeman Wins $3 Patrolman James Sullivan will re- | cover damages of $300 from Mrs Katherine Farmer as a result of an ccident on October 19, under a decision made public ‘oday by Judge Stanley J. Traceski Who also ruled that Sullivan | collect the costs of defense (o iim in which $500 dam- sought from him. automobile k. tion in city court when the William M. Har- rtford, condemned police cfficers who investigated the accident Promoted Lawyer’s Sharp Criticism Trial of the suit was featured by | ‘Inllfl\\ul nine minutes later by Amelia Earhart. 00 In Suit Which Pecos, Te (®) — En- trants remaining in the nationa! women's aerial derby were reduced |to 16 today when Florence Lowe Jernes of San Marino, Calif., de- and who testified for their brother |cided to withdraw after a thorough policeruan, |inspection of her damaged plane The accident happened at 5 o'clock [showed it could not be repaired in in the morning at the interscction of | - and Park streets. M - | mer’s car was being operafed by Jo- | seph Babula. In Policeman Suili- |y | van'’s machine were Officers Ernest | Blpomquist and Stephen Coftey. Po- i liceman Charles Weare investigated | | und found no cause for arrest, a fuct | | which brought crilicism from Attor- ney Harney. Babula and Sullivan accused each | | other of recklessness and the :nd cross-complaint followed. —(Continued on Page 13) i —% | THE WEATHER | New Britain and vicinity: | © Showers tonight and possibly | Saturday morning: not much | | | change in temperature, | | | ment negottations re lof thanks to the lord {dom of the city was presented his | © |ably | Tec | Baseball | censed over r | the charming little Talks on Arms | Ambassador Charles A. Dawes m»} position of the disarmament question | sts with public sentiment and ve- | action to plans of statesmen rmlmr‘ | than with plans and azrcements, Il | speech in Scotland thus | afternoon. WILL DECIDE PLAN | commission Davies Tells Scottish Audience| Disarmament Problems PRAISE FOR MACDONALD | Ambassador Says Peoples of Nations Must Ciearly Understand What is Proposed—Fate Rests in Their Hands, He Asserts. Elgin, Scotland, Aug. ultimate fate of the 3 (A—The aval disarma- ts in the public sentiments of the countri ed, said Aml Ch Dawes today posing a vote provost here | which the free- to concern- dor pr rles in at a ceremony in nier MacDonald. 0 the prime minister his sense sponsibility must be ever pres- ador Dawes. “At all times and everywhere he is sought out, evon upon his tion in Scotland, and sometimes by ambassadors who are by no mears st of his disturbers. his leads me to say a word bout the discussions which in car rying out the directions of Presi Hoover I have recently Mr. MacDonald. “It should he remembered that naval negotiations may have favor- advanced, although they may not have reached necessarily the | proper stage for useful in detail by the press.” the American | ambassador declared. a arbitrators of had with he the ultima | fate of this naval effort will be the respective public sentiments of naval powers, and time must taken to reduce them to the plest terms before any public di cussion of the problems involved. so that the average man can under- | stand better what it is all about. Problems Must Be Clear “If the problem is not mastered so |that the final solution is clear ana satisfactory to the average man, the be | sim- | even though the governments may (Continued on Page Two) LEGION MEN AROUSED BY BUFFALD CRITIC, ewspaper Writer Finds Fault With Walnut Hill Diamond New Rritain Legionnaires, espeet- | ally membe: of the committee in charge of the arrangements for the | nt 1th regional championship | ries in the American Legion Junior League, e become in- m, contained in a column written by Bob Stedman of Buffalo Evening News, August criticising the diamond on which mes were played at Walnut 15 | house at the comment was as follow | “As readers of this column were told last week, New Britain is a| city and its citizens most hospitable, but why so im- portant a series was awarded in so solated a place could not be ex- plained. True, it was neutral ground but mighty inconvenient for team flom other states to reach. N did New Britain boast either a suit- able or an enclosed ground. The diamond on which this crucial series was played was not level. The in- field dropped at least two fect and the outfield notsonly dipped two more feet but was uneven, filled with ruts and hol ind generally most unsatisfactory. If authorities Ligher up wanted to please Con- necticut with the series they could ave found neutral territory for all in the Yale Iicld at New Haven or in one of the many other cities in s (Continued on Page Two) HIGH TIDES—AUG, 2 New London 12:55 New Haven [ \ |of the | Connecticnt | grade | be G. | vaca- | discussion | | Alleged to Have Stolen 36 Spheres at least | LEVITT DEMANDS BODY’S REMOVAL OVER CROSSINGS Re1dmg Professor ~ Girculates fition Against Public Utili- | u'es Commission Members [EfilflN flf F IfilAL oms smarore viowmos- | ATTACKS HOOVER AS CAUSE FOR PROPOSALiNational Vice Commander Whit Urges Cruiser Building o oo FLAYS. ENGLANDS POLICY Group, Admits Rule Not Ob-| | () | Law Says Grade Cross-Overs Must MARGELOT THOUGHT DYING | AFTER BERLIN ACCIDENT; DRIVER ADMITS DRINKING Auto Crashes Into Pole at Feot of Galpin’s Hill ~Sheffield Street Man in Critical Condition at Hariford Hospital -Driver Also Hurt. served As It Is “Physically Im- |IDsists Delay Caused Many Naval “ illiam Hallin, in Lecal possible” to Proceed at That Rate,| Officers to Resisn—Wants Betcer | Bridgeport, Aug. 23 (F—Charg Care For World War Injurcd By mate neglect of duty on the state public utility commis- | for failure to comply with| Hartford, law in the matter of |yoover was s ing elimination, Prof. | Wit Albert Levitt, of Redding, sc y of the Republican League of Con- |national comr necticut, today announced he was|American Legion, moving to have the members of the & of removed *from office. Ulvehtiontor A petition carrying the names cf 100 electors is in process of prepara- tion, Prof. Levitt says, which wil presented to the attorney gen- cral requesting that official to de. clare the offices of the comm sion vacant. Failure to P Government, sion, Aug. 23 (P—President | wrply taken to task of Westville of the business o sdward vice nander the | enth annual con- | Connecticut Legion, he ele the ment, American Guard hall today. Mr. White criticized |dent’s delay in pu building of the for in the na | that Hoover for the resig v number of naval officers, who he said, “were disgusted with the administration’s naval polic Knows National Sentiment The “vice commander said talked with leading proponents the cruiser bill and he knows sentiment of Englishmen on subject of naval parity. ngland will never p it fleet to reach parity with us.” M | White exclaimed. am a republican, but T cannot understand why he is | hesitating to put into effect tha cruiser act. We must build ships to depart- in oot the hing for 15 cruis bill. He was Jargely ion of an p presi- ard the alled intimatad to blame unneces- sce that the law is ¢ 1, according to Prof. Levi, result in the attorney genernl declaring the offices of the commis- sion wacant on his own initiative, | doing so at the order of the gover- | nor or at the request of 100 dly fo | may has o th Information Recently the . Levitt recently required the commission to inform him to wnat | degree the grade elimination law was heing enforced. He has faiied | to receive a reply to his query, the | professor and the only infor- mation given out on the subject so far, he points out been in tue lequal Great Britain's and if we ar. form of an interview with Richard [to have adequate defense the pro. T. Higgins, chairman of the public gram ouzht to hegin at once.” utilities commission in which t. Mr. White warned again: commissioner, - according to Prof. danger of Legion posts try 1o | Levitt, evaded the question by de- |c out too large a program. The claring it was a financial impossi- | most pressing need now is for re. bility to enforce the law. The sta- |habilitation of disabled soldiers par. tute provides, says Levitt, for the |ticularly in regard to hospitaliz commission to sec that the railroaas |tion. National Vice Command minate the crossings in the | White' declared in a report of his amount mentioned and it the rail- | u‘tl\ltm with the national organi- road fails to do so the commission |zation. He warned against the Le. I. The only provision that I gion’s tendency to try to carry out § the number of climinations is [t00 large a pr m the rhilroad earnings shall have | Advocates Simple Prog been exceptionally low. | “We must get back t He charges that the commission |and sterner program,” Mr | cannot refuse to eliminate the cross- |said. ings for this reason, as the New H “At the next session ven soad shows net earnings of 9 [\We must compel Cong cnough money for a better rehabili- millions in the last year, while the maximum cost, using the commis. |tation p! 1.8 Wi imustibrink fon's own figures, for full com. |SUCh a roar to Washington that nona | pliance with the law would be less [®3% OPPOSé an appropriation for e more hospitals. You must report Tollowing. the completion of the [MeR Who deserve care. Think ho- petition, which will be circulated fn | Pifa\® talk hospitals and get hos- Aians paxbsiofith stale fitn éintlinl| B S GR L CRRamen dl) 1 will be taken to have the commi; L \hjh‘ o it sion ousted. The action i teemen s | 2CHYILY of the Legion is to obtain an 2 i b “ {adequate army and navy for suit to declare the office vacant. |own protestins : Uses Recent Statute Two St Referring to the commission's as- | mhe conteet sertion, made by Chairman Higgins. | has narrowed that the cost of climination was 100 | qates. vy, & A great, Prof. Levitt says the commis- and "Theqdore B sloner refers to the more recent |1or vice command five of the atute of 1925 seven districts have made their The 1925 law supplants the older | nominations and all will probably be statute and provides that the com-|approved by the convention {orwo | mission may elimina sings as- |row morning he caucus choices ng the cost against the railroad, |are: st district, Elmer N, the town and the state. Levitt charg- |inson of Glastonbur- es that the commission has tried to |I. Poulsen of fourth, make it appear that this law super- Charles . Batz of Ellington: fitth. Joseph Bellefleur of Norwich: sixth. John Miller of Watertown; seventh William Hyatt of Bssex. The convention, by resolution near | the cla of the morning se: ssion, supported Mr. White's stand in e icism of the Hoover cruiser The convention White's complaint against the | Hoover cruiser policy by adopting | the following resolution, introduced by the Hayes-Velhage post of West Hartford: *Whe: the American | E in favor of the e of the cruiser bill, and tais the ng am mpler White of Congre ress to provide “our king Ofice for state commander down 1o two candi- ander of Meriden Burr of Fairfield. (Continued on e Two) FOUR CADDIES ARRESTED FOR GOLF BALL THEFTS policy. supported Mr. Watch and Money—Adult Ad- mits Buying Four have heen em- ploved as caddies at the Shuttle Meadow club were turned over to the probation department last n ht by Sergeant J. C. Stadler for theft of 36 golf balls during the past three days, and theft of a watch and mone: of clothing in the tool club. Sergeant Stadler recovered some ! of the balls and rcported that one caddy directed him to the home of who admitted having paid cents for four balls. The balls were taken by the sergeant and it is pos- sible that prosecution may be| brought against the purchaser for | receiving stolen goods. Four b who (Continued on Page Two) — Cemetery Petting Is )ulsance Town Says rrington. Aug. (P—"Pet- ting parties” in cemeteries here have become so common that no- tice was given today by officers of the Center cemetery that un- less the practice is stopped the cemetery gates will have to be closed and locked at dusk each evening. out ‘Formet Ne | gro Slave Buned Today In Beloved Arlington Cemefery | | | _ Washington, Aug. 23 (®—The war | coffins tment lifted the ban against | civillan burials in Arlington ceme- long enough today to permit Inele Jim” Parks to begin his long sleep of death in that rescrvation, where he spent his life as a negro siave boy, a freed slave, an aging worker and a guide. | A slave of Geo Parke Custis, the George Washington and father-in- | law of Robert E. Lee, he saw H\(} | battle tides of the civil war roll over the wooded hillsides and fields | where he played as a boy; saw !lul acked like cordwood” aiter Manassass. Then, puzzled and aging, eyes watched the ever- ing wave of white headstones roll farther and farther through the | {lanes and glades of Arlinzton tate; the nation buried its heroes | of that and later war: Home For 90 Years Tor almost 90 years the Place was | home to him. He was born there plaved ard toiled and was married therc -in the crinoline davs of his Lalf forgotten past. He was ‘fussed ‘os- Washington | adopted son of (Continucd on Page Two) Hospital, Under Arrest —Tells Confusing Story and Third Man Temporarily — Faces Serious Charges. Implicates One man is dying in the Hartford hosmital and the New Britain General hospital witli severs body inju as the result of a drunken midnight drive that ended when the car struck a pole at the foot of Galpin's hill in Berlin on Middletown road about 1 o'clock this morning. Julius Margelot, 1 field street, is in th pital suffering from a fracture of the skull, jaw fractures on both ides, several fractured ribs, several deep lacerations about the body and knee, and internal injuries. Hospi- tal authorities extend little hope r his recover William T. T one is in of 61 Shef- Hartford hos- lin. 19. of 85 Lin- den street is in the New Britain General hospital with a laceration of the scalp which required six stitches to close. He is suffering from loss of hlood. Hallin Admits Drinking Hallin, the driver of the car, is under arrest at the hospital and is charged with drumken and reckless driving at the request of Con- stable Frank Brown of Kensington, who investigated the accident, Hal- lin admitted to Brown that he was the driver of the car. There were no other vehicles on the road at the time of the accident, he told the officer. Traveling at a fast rate of speed, car slid off the side of the road, and he was unable to get it under control in time to avoid hitting the telephone pole. The car was demolished by the impact and the pole was broken off at the base. Hallin admitted that he had been drinking at the time of the accident, the officer said. Dr. T. C. Hodgson of Berlin was called to the scene of the accident nd he rushed Margelot to the Hartford hospital. Hallin walked at least part of the way to New Brit- ain, Constable Brown believes. At 2:45 o'clock t ficer Daniel J Cosgrove and Super- numerary Officer Spooner © of the New Britain police saw Hallin and his brother, with Robert Telke of 9§ Belden street, walking south on Main street from Chestnut street., Hallin's head was bandaged and he was bleeding profusely, so the .po- licemen questioned him, Police Dishelieve Story He said he was in an automobile (Continued on Page Two) STEALS AXE IN CELLAR 10 BREAK INTO HOUSE Burglar Gets Only $5 and Watch After Much Effort s morning Of- Bursting open her back door with an axe previously stolen from her cellar, an unknown robber ransack- ed the home of Mrs. C. F. Conlon, Stratford road, yesterday and his trouble, carried away only and a woman's open faced gold watch Mrs. Conlon reported the robbery [to Lieutenant Rival at police head- quarters when she returned home last night at 7:15. Officer Louis Harper, detailed to the investiga- tion, found that the cellar had been first broken into, an axe obtained, and used as a jimmy to force the back door In the bed rooms of the house the bureau drawers were pulled out and their contents spread over the floor. Drawers in the dhuing room buffet were also thoroughly rone through. The silverware remained untouched. However, a strong box was taken from one of the buffet drawers and brought to the cellar Where it was forced open with the same axe used to pry an entrance into the house. As the hox contain- for | ed only personal papers, they wers not taken. In one of the buffet drawers tha | man found a $5 bill and the watch, Some pieces of bills, valueless be- cause they did not bear a serial number, were also taken. During his investigation, Officer |Harper discovered that a man | dressed in a brown suit was seen, | coming out of the house at about three o'clock yesterday afternoon. The informant could not give a; 'irur(hor description of the man,