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T0 PLACE WILSD UPON STAND AGAIN Grilling of Commissioner in Bos- ton Probe Not Finished Boston, April 8.—(P—TFurther lengthy questioning of Police Com- missioner Herbert A. Wilson was in order today with his return to the witness stand at the reopening of public hearings in the investigation of Oliver B. Garrett, pensioned po- lice liquor raider. The commissioner. who continues a warm defense of officers and men in his department despite floods of charges, was expected to testi most of the day. Special Assistant Attorney General Damon E. Hall will again do the questioning for Attorney General Warner. Methods of handling charges against Garrett and other policemen, related by Wilsop in testimony dur- ing a day and 4 half on the stand last week, were examined at length by Attérney Hall. The questioning was suddenly in- terrupted late Friday by the at- torney general's surprise introduc- tion of Jéhn F. Sullivan, former proprieter of the Ritz hotel. Sen- sational revelations of payments to Garrett and other policemen were made by Sullivan. A resolution was passed by the eity council yesterday approving the e fnvestigation. It endorsed the action general and his| of the attorney “attempt to correct alleged evils that existed in the Boston police department.” Tug Assists Freighter In Trouble Off Boston London, April 8.—M—TLloyds re- ported today that the tug Roode Zee has taken in tow the Dutch Freighter Binnendijk and is now proceeding to Boston. The Binnen- dijk lost her rudder post a week ago and sent out calls for aid. The Roode Zec connected with the freighter last night in lat. 40.44 north, and long. 50.43 west, ‘about 1,200 miles east of Boston. A second tug, the Zwarte Zee | also is proceeding to the assistance of the freighter. The Binnendijk, a vessel of 4,240 tons. owned by the Holland-Amer- fca line, left Rotterdam March 22 for Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk. Inmate;_ of Reformatory Panic Stricken by Blaze | Framingham, Mass., April 8.— (U)—Three hundred inmates of the | Sherborn reformatory for women became panic last night when fire, raging only a few hundred \drd; away, destroyed two buildings. automobiles, and threatened 100,000 gallons of was estimated at tanks holding gasoline. Loss $100,000. Matrons calmed thes women in- mates and firemen from this town and Natick prevented a spread of | the flames to the reformatory build- ings. . One of the structures destroyed | was used by the Butler Motor corp- oration for storing new automobiles, and the other formerly was used as a factory. Judge Flays btudents Who Drive to Classes New Haven, April 8 (UP)—Mo:il- ern high school students who speel to and from schooi 1 high-power=1 | automobiles drew the fire of Ci Court Judge Sheridan T. Whitak today when Charles Barney 18-vear- | old Hillhouse high school senio was arraigned on = charge of reclk- less driving. Declaring he would ask the mo- tor vehicle department to revoke Barney's license until he had gradu- ated. Judge WhitaKer youth $25 and costs. The judge criticized parents who walked five or ten miles to attend high school and now permit their children to drive automobiles 1o their classgs. fined ths | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1930 EDGAR WALLACE WILL SEEK PARLIAMENT POST Author of Detective Stories to Enter Politics—Has Been Soldier, Re- porter and War Correspondent London, April 8 #—A man who has known the bitter struggle agalnst poverty and the oft-recur- ring rent bill, who has been private soldier, a reporter, war correspon- dent’ and finally, a writer of “thrillers” has decided to turn his hand to the political plough. He is Edgar Wallace, novelist, who has announced he will run, as a liberal in a Buckinghamshire con- stituency at the next clection. Edgar Wallace was born in 1875. He reccived a little education at the London board school and then took the Kking's shilling and went into the Royal West Kent regiment. In South Africa he became Reuter's (Dritish News Agency) war corres- pondent and later wrote from South Africa for the Daily News and the Daily Mail. He began writing when 20 years of age with a book of songs but quickly switched into the field of fiction and brought out “The Misslon That Failed” in 189, when he was 23 years old. In the last ten years he has won increasing success as a novelist and playwright. MOURNING PERIOD FOR TAFT ENDED Government Buildings | Washington, April 8 (P—The biz| American flag that flutters over the | White House today was raised fron: half to full staff, signifying-that the |1ast ofticial tribute of the nation to |the late Willlam Howard Taft was| at an end. ] At the same time the flags at the | capitol and other governmentul| | buildings both here and throughout | the country, as well as at distant| army posts and American warships| at sea, also were raised again to the | top of their staffs. The black bunting which draped for 30 days the picture [the former president and chief jus- [tice that hangs in tie White Hou |also was removed. Likewise, the| black mourning bands that officers of the army have worn were order- | ed removed. During the period of mourning official as well as many private so- cial events have been postponed but a number of social activities stiu will be delayed until after the cnd | of the Lenten season. has DU PO‘ TS BUY PROCESS New York, April 8 (# — Three | officials of the . I. Du Pont de| [Nemours company of Delaware ar- | rived in New York on the Cosulich \hnrr Vulcania from Italy teday and |announced they had obtained for| | their company a new process for| | prolonging the life of rubber. They would not discuss the pro-| cess, beyvond stating that 1t would | |be of great value in the manufac- ture of tires. The three officials are | | Dr. Arthur D. Chambers, manage |and Dr. Harold W. Elley, chemic director of the dyestuffs department, {and James C. Lawrence, engineer. | | | Washington, April 8 house judiciary committee mda\ \ |adopted a report censuring the con- duct of Federal Judge Grover M.| | Moscowitz of the eastern New York | district. The report declared Judge | | Moscowitz's conduct was “deserving |of condemnation” and added it was |“unethical and dangerous,” but rec- lommended that no further action he |taken because insufficient evidence | was found to warrant invoking the high power of impeachment. They introduce buyer to seller— Herald Classified Ad dept. Womon's ond (Misses @ppard _—215 MAIN ST.— For Wednesday Only Seeing Is Believing Record Purchase and Sale NEW SWEATERS Formerly pr 39 Sizes 34 - 42. $1 'BANK BANDITS ON Flags Back at Full Stafi on‘fl | changed her methods. ¢|though they are purported to have| | that | fortably and is improving as f |summer temperatures | Texas in April iced to $3.98 Our Famous Cannonette Brand Exclusive in New Britain with Jordan's Unconditionally Guaranteed SILK STOCKINGS $1. Service Weight — 6 Week’'s Guarantee A new pair 35 if they run. Pre-Easter Sale of HIGH GRADE UNDIES Non- Vests, Panties, Step-Ins, Dancesets, Bloomers. Value $1.25 880 Run ewspaper Reports Kidnapers of Bristow Have Accepted Ransom San Angelo, Tex., April $.—(P— Tepic by rail tonight. The San Angelo Times says an emis- | Various ransom demands sary of Mexican bandits holding J. |, " g Eristow, 840 Angelo oll and min. | P5P0 Teported to have bsen made | ing operator, had accepted 000 by the Kidnapers from time to time. pesos gold ransom, and that Bris- | Dispatches from Mexico City tow’s relcase was believed certain, | terday said the bandits had sought 40,000 pesos, ($20,000). The money was said to have been paid yesterday at Ahuacatlan, Na-| Obig Bristow, former Oklahoma varit, Mexico, with the understand- | university football star, and a son ing that the amount was satisfactory | of the captured man, entered Mexi- to the remainder of the kidnapers, | co soon after his father's capture three wecks ago, in an effort to ob- | in retreat in the mountains south tain the elder Bristow's release Ly of Ahucatlan. Bristow, if plans are carried out, |the payment of ransom. It was be was expected to be taken to Jala and | lieved his negotiations have resulted |in acceptance of the money. released. He was to leave Jala for have yes- City ltems The regular meeting of Martha chapter, O. E. S. will be held in Masonic Temple on Thursday eve- ning at 7:30 o'clock, followed by an | TRIAL IN COLORADD Murder Charges Face Three in : it 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. 1 Enjoy Hoffmann's hot cross buns Ea[ls GO[][‘{ T()day |all through leat.—advt. Applications for marriage licenscs % have been filed by the folloWing: Eads, Colo., April 8 (UP)—Three | Marguerite E Williams of 301 West men wRho the state of Colorado|Main street, and Albert M. Charsky charges filed out of the Kansas bad-jof 16 Roosevelt strcet; Doris A. lands less than a month ago with | Odette, Hartford, and Robert Boni- Llazing guns, faced a charse of mur- | bard, Hartford. der here today. AIR MARKE They are the Manter bank bandi New Haven. April § (P—A su who, after robbing the small Kans e R town institution of $4,000, are al- h' * of commerce ows that 41 Con leged to have slain Sh Tl e e Charles Hickman of in their |ed for the guidance 0( aviato; ht. |ty-six signs have been painted As the residents of Kiola county | oors of factories, sheds, state arm gathered here Lo witness the trial it|o'v ® 0% S B S e justice KNOWR | o1 jeads the state with seven air old west hatl|pyurked buildings. Meriden has s |Hartford five and Plainville Jnh Lalker | siamford three cach. RS SURVEYED |vey was apparent that the in the days of the The three men—John Ciaude and Andrew Ifallida undoubtedly never would have peared before a court of law hnfl .\1“‘,"“1([’ H} they committed their alleged crime| NeW Haven 8 in the days of Col, Chevington and |Bruce, 24, nesro. of Bridgeport. was v arrested carly this morning follow- ing an alleged attack upon Willian: | his volunteers. ‘ Col. Chevington is the hero of | ISforwa county. LIS andl Risktcllow: | Boucom negro, in a house here. | crs dealt instant death to Cheyenng |Baucom’s “abdomen was slashed with | Indians and whites who preyed on|& razor. He walked to a hopsital | scttlers. where he collapsed. When the Manter bandits appear- cd in court today they were accorded an attorney at Kiowa county’s ocx- pense to insure fair trial, even April & nk DOYLE OPPONENT ‘. Waterbury, April § (#—Promoter { George Mulligan, of the Water-! bury A. C., today announced that | | confessed shooting Hickmann. {he has secured Mickey Doyle of | The precedent established By Col.| Allentown. Pa.. as a substitute for | | Chevington in dealing with terror-|Benny Hall, St. Louis negro, to meet |izers has not Dbeen forgotten herc, Rat Battalino, world's featherweight | however, and authorities took cx-jchampion, in a ten-round non title treme caution to guard against vio- uout here neat Monday night. lence. Hall will not be able to appear, |against the Hartford Italian because {Report Judge Mar\ln Was |of an eye injury Worse Denied in Hospital | rean Hartford, April 8 (P—A report Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin of West Hartford. who is at the Roos vetl hospital fn New York city, s fered a relapse last night was dz- nied this noon at the lhos where it was said he is resting com 7 ONLY ONIONS (P—For a FORTUNE’ Haven, April § “VAST New his possession. an ‘“‘immense for- tune’ entrusted to him by a strang- er. His trust wes secured by $300. Then Pisonc opened the bundle and found a couple of quarts of onions wrapped in old newspapers. He told police about it today, asked them to |8et back his $300 and swore hc ;Houl(l never listen to a stranger can be He is conval from an abdominal operation, and is expected to be in the hospital two or three weeks longer. Mrs. Marvin is staying in York to b~ near her husband a daughter left here today | nim. expected. and o visit| — WEATHER IN TEXAS ex.. April 8 (®P-—Mid- have come to Millions use Lucky Tiger for scalp i\ troubles and Whyte Fox for ailments. _Both sold under Money-Back Guar- eltering weather was ;u»ponmlf e e Tiees from all parts of the state vester.| AR grees was recorded at Wichita Falls. TE-FOX NO. 2 An unofticial mark of 106 degrees | WMX ESEOX ND. was set at Vernon. At San Antonio | | EAD OLOS AND siin “"""‘;!:;,’;: the mercury reached 93 degrees. 14 setive ingredients of valne Forth Worth reported 97 degrees. "STRAUSS-ROTH o | member | being mailed to the week Louis Pisone, a grocer, held in | | RALLROAD INQUIRY FIELD 1S BROAD {Investment Trusts, Roads aod| Forwarding Concerns Involved Washington, April 8 (P—Seven hundred holding and trust companies, 175 class one ral- roads, their sudsidiaries and scorcs ol forwarding companies are (o ccme within the scope of the hous interstate commerce committec investigation into railroad owner- ship, As plans went forward to resume | open hearings tomorrow with Cor sioncr Joseph B. Eactman of th tate commerce commission on nd, Representative Raybure, s the ranking minorii of ths committee that questionnalres would sent to the holding and investment companies bafore the end of th: neck. Already questionnaires wer class one rail- 10ads which demand an account of all their holdings and oi their securities, 15 Months to Be Required Representative Rayburn cstimat- i that the investigation would re- quire 15 months. About thirty days re to be allowed the holding com- nies in which to answer the ques ionnaires, while the railre - will Dbe granted answers are to be studicd taft of cxperts under the dircc- tion of Dr. W. M. W. Splawn, spe- 1 committee counscl. Upon the recommendations of th ff of experts, the committee will determine whether the books o he different railroads holding and investment companies are to be ¢x- amined at their headquarters. Sub- | committees are to be appointed Lo H\‘]h\l into the holdin of the Al- [1cgn corporation, controlled by {the Van Sweringen interests of Cleveland, and the Pennroad Cor- poration, allied with the Pennsyl- systeni. These inquiries, to be made until late by however, not in the vear. are | Books of other companies probably | Will be examined. Although the investigation is be- ing conducted to arcertain what 1e lation is necessary to place the holding and- investment companies under the jurisdiction of the inter: state commierce commission, Repr sontative Rayburn pointed out tha the committee also must determin whether nceessary authority exis RIS NENF Y SHORT TIME TOP IS COV CHAIR SEATS STORES, INC. 357 MAIN STRFET NEAR COMMERCIAL STREET 'Wednesday Specials SHOULDER STEAK RIB LAMB CHOPS 24c AUSAGE JT) 18 (¢ Boneless Chuck POT ROAST 29c SIRLOIN STEAK LOIN VEAL CHOPS 29C 1b ) FRESH HAMBURG, PURE PORK RUMP or LEG | VEAL | 24c VEAL STEAK . Forequarter SPRING LAMB 186 h LOIN LAMB . 1b 390 CHOPS FRESH Bolognas PIGS’ FEET 250 I 7¢c COUNTRY ROLL BUTTER ....... = STEWING LAMB 12%‘: b Frankfurters GUARANTEED FRESH EGGS . ... HADDOCK FLOUNDERS MACKEREL HALIBUT SMELTS NO. 1 SALMON SWORDFISH 9(: 1b 29C 1b SLICED BLUEFISH ......occoveennenn. Ib 12%0 FRESH CUT FILLET OF HADDOCK SLICERQ CODFISH investment | announc- | the owners | Y EAR UP CONVENIE} USE. YOU NEED NEVER APOLO- GIZE TO YOUR WHEN YOU SET UP to place them under the supervisio of the governmental agen: wdertaken on Authority The inquiry was undertaken upos | the recommendations of the inter- | state commerce commission which | fcared that the plans of the govern- ment to bring about the consolids- | tien of the country’s fifteen hun- dred rallroads into twenty-one large systems werc being thwarted { by holding companies which do not operate railroads. but which control | substantial voting power if not ab- solute control. | Interlocking directorates and widely distributed holdings by bota railroad and holding companics were discussd Saturday by Commis- _|sioner Lastman at the opening | hearing. Temorrow he will reveal | his obscrvations of the operations of forwarding companies, which handle freight shipments dver tlv various railroad lines. Ritchie to Run Agam For Maryland Office | timore, April § (F—Albert C. , democrat, who has been Rte governor of Maryland 11 years, is a candidate for a fourth term. He has been in officc continuously since | 1010, Thoe present term is four | year, overnor Ritchic's announcement | | published today followed an open letter for his candidacy. It was | signcd by 1.500 business and pro- fessionzl leaders of the state, among | whom was Dr. William H. Welch whose 80th birthday today is the oc- | on for an international celebra- | Record Withdraws Bid On Black Rock Bridge | A. Record, low bidder on the West Main street reconstruction job has withdrawn his offer. The action ves Tomasso & Leardl the low bidders, with a price approximately $700 higher than Record’s. The bid {of Tem & Leardi has heen ap- | proved by the raflroad company and the contract will be awarded to that firm, | WHEAT VALUES RISE | Chicago, April § (P—Sharp up- | {turns in wheat values took plave | parly today., widespread drought again becoming a chief market fa tor. Emphatic assurance from Chi- | |cago elevator interests that the| | quality of wheat in storage here would be guaranteed tended further te stimulate buying and to lift prices. Opening 1-2—2 1-4 up, wheat |afterward rose highvs and then re- cted somewhat. Corn, oats anj provisions were also stronger, with corn starting 1-§-—3-8 higher and scoring additional R UGGED Free Guest Tickets To the Capitol Theater Given away with each half pound package of Salada Tea purchased at your regular grocers. 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