New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1930, Page 2

2 5 | outskirts of the | a dramatic story MAN WHO FOUND -5 heavens to predict the presence of (Continued From I lic | | the planct long before it was viewed {by the lenses of telescopes. | | Curious irregularitics of movement | in the orbits of Saturn, Uranus and | | Neptune started a search years ago | for heavenly body. Professor tHarlo pley, director of the |Harvard Observatory, said yesterday Attractions of the known planets tc cach other would give no explana- tion. One rst Page) me one at all. ' I'm just interested in stars and have been all my life. ‘When 1 was a kid back on the farm in Kansas an uncle used totell mc about the stars. Then I got all the books about stars and the skies I could find. “One told me telescope, During t months when we wery monkeyed around with ronomical things. T even r e rude tele- scope. grinding my own lenscs from directions out of this book Sister's Prophecy Truc “T guess my kid sister sized t in the high ool prophecy & Burdette, for shc discoveri world “One 1 anew Bl leaders in the Professor Der | Lowell, brother of President | Lawrence Lowell of Harvard u In the nineteenth cer cptune had been cans and Professor Lowell, Defort de in a on trans the search late of how to make a the long winter snowed in T was 1th 1 memoir tunian Sets Forth Conclusions had me The memoir, the r t of four claborat predicted and sk for the un- t Flag- hi on a January 28 ocated wus observed n whici which re “I guess T'll t 1 la i th c & of I hlnas ke to do. the Ten to time.” Tnds 80-Yea 0. March 14 a Father Search Pr— A hide-away Sol's fa is the system 1 hody 1 ssfully i er since astronome pape computec vosition of an unknown pla was causing Uranus {o ding to the telescop Neptune in 1§46 ve been gropi vond Neptune for her of the terminate to 1t miles NEW HAVEN' PROFITS INCREASE $6,000,000 1 Distorie times ninth and outer pl covered o) then had consisted of planets, hundreds and small planets, or plar of planctary satellte casional visiting comet i | ] i 11 nd imd New Yo toi Hartfor and an i i c in income for the year. Al-| Sty Known to Ancients though thare was: an improvement | Slx of the pl Me Venus. | oo nared with 1928 Barth, Mars, Jupiter Satu : | 2 or or to build up traftic b JNaLejEmoRLolLl Hartford and New York. t cam- stars in {1 ¢ “Hartford” and “Middietown™ “j;"f‘_”' o sold Ly the Hartford & N :], \‘i;‘;f‘v‘l'v;"” Transportation Co. to the N Pt ind which has A operation of Connecti- Liftor improye have fumph of Steamship Co astronomy. of a planct or net outside the orbit of Ne has been the sul of speculation and the objeet of search tor years. The late Percival Lowell haps is best known for | sive studies of the y Mar dicted mathematically the csi of this outer planef. : William H. Pickering of 1l Observatory, in 1909 ~work on “A Search for vond Neptune,’ ‘and announced mathematical tions for the position of based on the perturbations of Uranns nd Neptune. This planct he sur ssed was a companion to Neplune an orbit which was within tha h for however, was without Pickering Also Comm Prof. Pickering also p dence of the existence large planet local tune. Saturn was probably planetary body known fo ihe cients. Uranus, the first planct cver discovered” found a Dy the Eider Herscl 1781, while “sweeping Interesting objects with a reflector of his own construc More than a half was noted that move precisely in the for it, and that it some influence to a could almost be scen cye. In Paris astronomer, 1 conclusion th tranus was ¢ And he such a he er i to port +a of the sections car he pro i ings have viase b car in boin 1l J and passcii- ising peets It cor Marth has freight L frig s Viney enger an vigh 1.ondon lin wrovement ¥d 1cket contit A mn publis 1 Plant two yeurs calc W 1in no ing the Eross wes and nditures du progrim to city yav also t Lo Improvement 1d Stre nsolidat whi respee- addition T s this body ported in th 11 Worces o = Sprin sul v s £r L nted ¢ 1l companies on ) i w00 and yond Nep- has be far mpr ingland ficit incon in a results ¢ pany and th rail sery Motor tr 1 in th truc n cor motor with tion fron later iled nputed ded by a it coord servieo anu: to misgui extent vith the nake a yo matical to 1he syond caleuli planet VICTORY FOR POLICE o IN COURT DECISION alculations bein erricr finding of > ptember 2 searched scopes at The planctoi vears ther investigation tween of Sol's near has been from time en the nz tdence of en conc Story Heveal M Prama A bric of fhe BELIEVE IT OR NOT vroof of anythin (Reg. EXTINGUISHES FLAME / | A LIGATED TAPER | PLACED IN THE CHIMNEY | 0F A LANTERN WILL | CoNSUME THE OXYGEN THEREIN AND | bxminguish THe FLAME Tom WHITE AND DANNIE DALY FOUGHT A DRAW LASTING (6 HOURS, S MINUTES THIS 1S ONE CONTIHUOUS LINE No line crossed er rélraced E The Book Stall—To ar on companies hoth show de- fate, An Oak Tree Severed From twe-n is severed from its decayed stump. Amahd » 1890 from e TOWER OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIM, Tenn. IT15 POSSIBLE TO SEE INTO 7 STATES ON A CLEAR DAY Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carohina North Carolina, Vivginia, and Kentucky. B 1950, King Feniures Symbicaie Tnc. Groat Briain rhts rower’s © 3 pe o RY g Its Stump and Still Lives: (W0 request, seut with stamped, ad- dremsg euvelops, Mr. Ripley will furuish g depicted by bim). U. & Pat Of.) PLANATION OF YESTERDAY'S CARTOON rive-at the enormous number of transpositions necessary to place 15 rrans- | books in all possible combinations it is necessary to factor 15. The formula is 1x2x3x4x5, | This tree gets its nourishment In an endeav- | from the adjoining tree, a limb of which has grown directly into the trunk of the tree which 1t is on the property of Melvin C. Mobley of Atlanta, Ga. TOMORROW—He Was Emperor of the United States Will look after its own guarantee it- | self. The Irench figures have been 724,000 tons, it was also mentioned | {hat Italy while insisting upon parity with France had failed to present the figures of her own require- ments. The only hope expressed in official circles was that some formula might be found to prevent the London con- ference ending in complete failure. Safe to Manufacture Liquor in Connecticut Hartford, March 14 (UP)—Its still safe in Connecticut to man- ufacture liquor for personal use at home if one watches out for the federal agents. Superior Court Judge Newell Jennings made this clear while instructing a jury considering the case of Joseph Jvanauskas of West Hartford, charged with manufacturing liquor with intent to sell. Judge Jennings told the jury ; Connecticut statutes permit home manufacture for personal use, al- though federal law is often inter- il - e Sraraal as HoPIAAIAE IE | It was added that messages were ‘he turv disagreed in Jvanaus- | | being received from London as has La:‘he o ddls“"g‘rvud .",‘,,J.““"“Js | been tlio case throughout the confer- u at sltom e J | ence but that no messages of any |ney of a boiler in the milk n | rature had been sent o the delegates | Harry I Rowley ignited the cast- | within the last 72 hours. erh part of the barn | front of the buildig and as ch vel- | | the three local companics were low plle burst into flames, huz uled and responded promptly, buv clouds of smoke covered cven the| their efforts to ight the flames with ted glow of the flames. the booster pump were handicapped Most Disastrous in City by @ high wind. and it-was necessary The $500,000 los didn't any to lay 2,000 feet of hose and pump where near tell the entire: story 1 | water from a small stream on New the fire, the most disastrous that| Britain avenue. T milkk room Everett has ever scen, The constant and equipment were saved, but a dangers that came from the burning | quantity of furniture was destroyed. | | | NEWINGTON BLAZE RAZES LARGE BARN Loss Exceeds $4,000—Firemen Lay 2,000 Feet of Hose BY RIPLEY Hoover Benics eports Washington, March 14 (P—Pub- lished reports that President Hoover had sent new instructions to the| American delegates at the London | naval conference were denied today | at the White House. (Special to the Herald) Newington, March 14—A large barn, owned by Mrs. Catherine ¢ Rowley and located at the southern end of Willard street, was destroyed by fire this afternoon with.a loss mated at more than $4,000. s it is thought that sparks from a chim- WANTED AT H. 5. (Continued From First Page) embers that settled down on-the | The loss is covered by insurance. huge gasoline and oil tanks of the The fire was :{ill blazing at press Beacon Oil company and spread | time, but the wind was blowing the themselves over the oil soaked | flames away from other nearby marsh lands and the wooden tene- buildings, which were not consider- ments and dropped atop the explo ed endangered. SCHOOL COMMITTEE - AFTER FOUR YEARS rom First Puge) | publican- party's candid for tho | comptrollership in the spring elec- | tion since his nearest rival for the | honor, Bliss W. C is not zoing to {run. Mr. Day will attend his lost | school board meeting this afternoon. | Mr. Taylor's Record | Mr. Taylor is experienced in school | work, having behind hini 10 years | of experience in parents and teach- associations. ent he s | president of the high school | Parents and |and prior to this he has been head |of the association of the Central Bristol, March 14—Herbert I.|Junior high school. He hus three Butler, 33, of 257 Main strect, is in | sons who are now going through the a serious condition at the Bristol | public schools. Two are in the prime minister yesterday pulled the |hospital suffering from burns sus- | Senior high and onc in Central conference from the brink of a|tained when he came into contact |Junior high school. precipice, not as head of the British |with a 13,500-volt high tension wire | Candidate Taylor is chicf cngincer delegation but as chairman of the [at the New Departure Mfg. Co. this|of the Berlin Construction Co. Ile |conference charged with Xeeping | morning about 7:350 o'clock. Ll s lived in this city for the 21 the machinery going, and today Sec- | rccovery is considercd doubtful. [years. He is chairman of the court retary Stimson was hard at work on| ;o was on a ladder, making | Of honor of the Boy Scouts and has |the negotiations. | repairs to the in the South church for the construction of partitions at the State Trade school. Award Contracts 1t will be recommended that contracts for the construction of the Benjamin Franklin school be award- ¥led to M. A. Connor for $48,909, | general contractor; Erickson & Johnson, heating and ventilating. $7,063; Claude J. Leroux, plumbing. | $1,018; and Billings Llectrical Co., | clectrical, §1,971. 1t will be recommended that sev- ral lots in the locality of the ‘runklin school be purchased for Evening School Graduation evening school commitiece ecommend that the graduation ses for this school be held on T Gl e s (Continued | lana the Iranco-Ttalian problem. | Sceretary of State Stimson, who shared the task of pulling the con- ference from the brink of deadlock | with Prime Minister MacDonald | | vesterday, today was assuming an | |even more important role in the di- | HIGH TENSION WIRE I S P BURNS BRISTOL MAN tary and Foreign Minister Grandi of | erbert Butler I'alls on Strand Car- | Ttaly this aftcrnoon featured re- | newed energies of the conferen [The Italian foreign minister later | will see Foreign Minister Briand of | France. | From all directions pressurc was | being brought to bear on the Fran- co-Ttalian deadlock. The British o | | | | 1ying 13,800 Volts at Factory— | | Liccovery Considered Doubtful —= (Special to thie He: is past petitioner,—in place of mnickels in | telephone hooths. By looking into | a small window in the machine, the | player knows, providing the machine is in working order, how many tok- | s Iic is to receive on the next play. | This does not change the character | however, since he | low many he may | play. | i court of cquity can stay of poiice oflicers and offi- | state courts charged with enforcement criminal | statufes, it must afiirmatively appear | that the property which peti- | tioner is praying the court to protect | i mot only legal in itself. hut also | that it is not with his knowled used @ medium of ud. espe- | cially where the aid federal | Equity court is'sought. The petition- | er claims that unless an interlocu- | injunction issue, he will be de- of his property without due | But it seems 1o petitioner is secking the court to prevent duc Jaw in the state cou an adequate remedy already if, in a given case, the no illegality. The rule to show cuuse is fore, discharged. So ordered.” e machine, does not know on any succeedi o the hands cials of the of the of tory prived proie that aid proce Jaw {0 of this exists, facts oy there SUSPECT FIRE BUG OF DESTROYING INN Al | (Continued From IFirst Dz like an abandoncd harp- aling what it onee d remains of a poliec uardian of the place A chain was still about it had 1 1 to rd, s charr night 111 " Puller ihing Kicks in Door e w fire | southwes abla flames on sround e in- the the ol 1 il but mak to s in th 1 floor able prone on o r) Hur Place Under Attachment Hot | for the | Th Pianist Given $24,000 For Injury to Finger White Plains, N, Y., March 14 (®—A crushed finger. if it longs to 4 concert pianist, worth $24,000, a jury in sta preme court decided toda awarding that amount to Mis Marguerite Volavy, of Blmsford N. Y., in her suit against the In- terborough Rapid Transit com- is su- Britain, placed an the buildjng on a Otis 1. 8t. Arnauld, ploye who claimed $78 due him. He brought ihe owners for $17 Three persons wer deputy sheriff keepers of the place and business -has been con- ducted there. Two of the keepers. N Anna Bristol and Charles Schultz, reside in New DBritain. No Clues Found Constable Fuller said today that had no clues to the identity of person or persons responsible destructivesfire. He could no reason for the action. that he had learned, definitely, that the pla open as late as 3 o'clock this morn- ing but he had had no time to int view those present in the building at the time. He stated that he in- tended to tusn in an official report that incendiarism had been cause of the fire and it that the stute police might be called Lo investigate. Dog Valued at §300 writ issued by former em- for wages suil against named by the he the stated + German wid to death valuable canine, sons who knew placed his worth animal had apparently chained in one of the rooms was not discovered until his body was found in the ruins later today No ctin this morning ne. The police dog that in the firc according the anin as high as $300. been and of the by the officials building iteelf large framme structure of two storics, Or 1y the plot w d home by George K. Macaul of New Dri This Luildin, desiroyed by about cizht It wa rebuilt, n was as . now in, was firc not About two years later, building was creeted on e en completed, it Triangle Inn. Within the ownership 1me other spot called I and wa the cha Lnown the Tan. the building i contents of it were de about a dozen 1 the small ated the booths. Included loss arc the furnishings Kitchen appara hiture EDEL DENIFD If, all the troyed except rs. o few ta- pertitions that in in the and FRED NEW TRIAL TODAY Continued From T of exe On that fore he Govern nted ich later « ition until ght but 30 it was been ctrocuted, D Klin of dolail in trial seontion i th | | | | [office had withheld tes trial which would have been able j | wrote " | police or the district attorney's of- attachment on | ee b | mater ling to show that ti innocent of the c ¢ had been |© the | is possible | | £hort | week beginning March $1. Today's talks may have a Yu(l‘(\‘l: or |trial, but previously had told po- | {lice [founa in his room at New Haven | 5 outside of the build- | Membership Meetings Have Vast Significance He fell forward, and his head | and Shuttle Meadow club. 1fc is al- and shoulders touched the live wire, | S0 @ member of the American 8 {throwing him to the ground and in- “ ty of Civil flicting tirst degree burns about lh‘,‘ scalp, face, | ! bearing on the conference although no offfficial meetings of the delega- tions have been arr Prime Minister ned to go to Cheque afte noon and tomorrow will altend the {annual British-Scottish rugby |in London. Sunday has been set aside for an important confercnce with Premier Tardien of 1'rance at which the British and French states- men will review the whole confer- ence position The renewed life of the confer- clce was signalized today by tiy ap- pointment of a new techiucar com- | |mittee to study what changes may be required in the rules under the Washington treaty for scrapping old | | ships. Evidence “Purely ‘Hearsay” In a 31 page fypewritten opinlon, | Judge Nott held that much of the | new evidence on which the plea for | a new trial was partly based was “purely hearsay” and was admissi- ble. In police and PLAN coMMI Washington, new two cent torATIVE sTamp b March 14.—(U)—A amp to commemo- doal e the 500th anniversary of the ¢4 founding of the Massachusetts pulmotor | o1, s ordered issued by Post- neral Brown foday. The st be placed on sal on and Salem, M neck and left arm. He was taken to the New Depar- ture hospital and then to the B tol hospital. where he was t by Dr. P. A. Nestos. A answering the plea that the [ the district attorney's fmony at the favor- to the defendant, Judge Nott mast g | stamps will 1 April § at Bos LI CLASSIVIED ADS US| Hi: at 4 “I am unable to find that either supressed or conceale al evidence or any facts tend- endant was | ime. not call stand Edel take did the witness his any himself at Plans Tor Week-End London. March 14 (A-—A supreme and possibly last attempt will be made over the coming week-end to he had given it had Leen sent him |Pring the five power naval confer- by Mrs. Harrington shortly before | 1Ce out of the stalemate info which i eraonn % {it has fallen and find the way for At the time of the murder Edel |effecting a five power cruiser limi- was on probation here after con. tation treaty which will not involve viction on a charge of carrying a such high figures as in realty to dangerous weapon. He was tried in |SMack of a building program agree- 7 for the murder |M€N- ’ | John Mastriano, jr.. of Meriden, | A new, and possibly all important e R tor, will be lent the conferenc turday with the arrival of Andre | rdicu, French premier, for the st time in nearly a month. | Intensive cftorts to lead the con- | ference out of that the clothing and jewelry or being worn by women to whom of cveral years ago Bdel, who was irl residing in Meriden at the time, was | the center of interest in the David | Dudley murder case. lidel and Dud- ley were seen together in a Pratt street lunch . Some time later Dudley’s murdered body was found near Middlefield. )del claimed he knew nothing of the crime. He was wlso prominently identi- fied with a Cheshire bootleg racket | which ended fatally for onc man but again Edel knew nothing of the Killing. he said. He was tried and quitted on this cha | its difficultics began | vesterday. They culminated after a | {round of almost continuous private meetings between delegates in a atement by Premicr MacDonald at he was encouraged by the day’s events. Aristide Briand, Irench for- cign minister, jovially nounce Iso that he was not at all discour- ged, and that he had been uisun- derstood when quoted saying th he leaving the confer Grandl Gives Statement | A approach to the problem | presented by the French demands | was seen in the part player here yes- terday by the Ialian head, Dino Grandi. ¢ od, it was understood, ment of Ialian pressed in figures less tangible continental The that if the 2 was \ce. . EVERETT BATTLES $500,000 BLAZE; SCORES OVERCOME new delegution ndi was for a naval demands ex- rather than in the “parity with power,” any other strategy this move was Ttalians could be inducrd fignre sufficient for their needs, there might be an added in- ducement to Paris government 1 its estimate of 00 naval | the end of 19 were indicatiol have assumed these new THERES YOUR STATION (Continued 1rom First Page) sulphur fumes to keep the from a 40,000 gallon gusoline rese:- | voir and two outlying plant build- ! ings that housed high explosive The flames jumped from building to building and shack to shack in space of time. cach jump as- d by a dull rvoar as Som inside the burning strue- ture set off. With cach dull roar the red flames that reachel high into the air swung out towar the firemen and forced them Three Soon Overcome Chicf Iamm of Lverett and Deputy Chief George J. Hateh were | considered by e delegations Lalt carricd and half hauled frow | though their negotiations sonic- it choking and spluttcring | What in the background owing to the from sulphur filled lungs, and Loo- ser issues of the conference. 1t ton's fire chicf, Danicl Sennott, took | undralooditromiteljabloigources)| control. Within a short time he was | that a compromise sirtually has been ST veached but is dependent on the out- | Officials of the company at th | g = i SPECIAL TE scene thought that from 1 10 5 " Guaranty Belicved Lost men might have been working 3 ot Mot AL London, March 14 (P—Trench of- flames {he A permanent investment in pleasure, the new Edison does for you what no radio has ever done before. At a touch of your fingers it signals the perfect tuning-in of your station with a quick FLASH!} of light... brings it in with unfaltering accuracy ... assures you the full beauty of radio repreduction for which the Edison is noted. At last has high crt been combined with exact science, Hear the Edison Light-O-Matic Radio. * Prices from $197:’0 Complete with Tubes Ready to Operate re Trench toward in the scrver that the n attitud cfforts express words of a conference ob- | “We must have cither the | tonnage we believe we need, or the | security pact which you won't give | us; we are waiting most respectfully | !for some proposal w! will show out of the difficult pancse ne tions ratio still arc being 1 compan chemical v baci:. { come of the French impasse. ARRANGED seeni- atl got Hug ane sulphur piles in the 1 of the plant the tire open i burned one worl the blaze. Nobody at the firc s London conference. . - fely away. CONNECTICUT'S BEST FURNITURE STORE wrantce of security from (he other 1{\-" m"«.w \\h‘v n fhl- 1in1-c1 :J\:!l ‘,01”; ficial circ expressed the feeling to- OIS (UBEERULCINESORCt ol ihy v guarantee of security for | quite sure of the exact nUMb.T (oo (horoughly serapped at the L . working there or whether they It was added authoritatively th [ having failed to obtain on r, mnst build up such a navy as | 2 i ied - alons | poy