New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALIL: g ad‘ t. D’ uvt(m ¥ Sept. 13th Daily Circulation For veek Ending 15,099 ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW oBRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1930. = L8] —EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS ALLING GOES UNDER. KNIFE FOR APPENDICITIS ATTACK CONDITION REPORTED GO0 Attorney General is| BUTLER [;[]N[;E[]EI] *Removed to Local SENATORIAL FIGHT With Operation oanassachusetts Dry Victor in| Patient Taking Place ./Two Hours Later. Battle Against Draper Home in Lowell, Mass., | SmasheS Auto and nght ‘ for Governor—Wet Trails Ex-G. O. | Standard in Walnut Hill | S - | Boston, Sept. 17 (A—William M. on W ay to Institution in Butler, former United States senator, running as a dry, won the republican 3 v | nomination for U. S. Senator over Early Morning. I his rival, Eben S. Draper, Hopehale | manufacturer, in the Massachusetts | primaries. Marcus Coolidge, Alling is | former mayor of Fitchbirg, a wet Britain ,Gen. | démocrat, ‘was nominated. eral hospital he und o an operation for appendicitis at o'clock this morning. Alling, who nominee for Attorney General B. W. a patient at the New rwent | 3 where Butler red Boston, Sept. 17 (A—Williath M. { Butler, dry candidate for the re- publican nomination for United States senator from Massachusetts, scemed assured of victory in his primary contest, according to : ns tabulated here today. Mar- Al-|cus A. Coolidge, former mayor of The surgery was performed by | Fitchburg, a wet democrat, was Dr. George W. Dunn and Dr. Ernest | ncminated to oppose him in’ the kS searan e Dr. | November clection. St A In spite of Mayor Curley's efforts | Marshall L. Alling, a brother of the | (5 ohtain the nomination of Fitzger- attorney al, here | ald, \Boston alone gave Ely 3 from M votes to 59,716 for Fitzgerald. Fitz- I tormEalo b hie et gerald, h;nm hisr)\u.\m{ul sick bed; B 2 | was quick to offer feli Dr. Alling’s Car Hits Pos 3 KL EET ST (E57 I e | the successful candidate from w In \ tance from Judge Alling's home, is the republican judge of probate, was hospital at 1 m. after he had been in intense pain for hurried to the several hours following an acute ta this city, and gene who Lowell,” came ss., when he was Valnut Hill park, ern ) chusetts. Butler gave Draper edly stiff battle for and knocked | YOt€ In a short dis- | Dr. | ¥ when an unexpect- Alling narrowly escaped inju the liis automobile struck down an clectric light standard, |0 14825 for his wet opi blowing out a tire on the car and | (he state metropolis. With the men otherwise damaging the machine, |Virtually deadlocked in Boston, the requiring the doctor to continue on | FeSUlt hinged upon the vote of 1310 his way in the 25 cities and by foot. At 12:30 o'clock, | Preeinets Licut. William P. McCue e et formed of was in- - 5 the accident. He dis.| Butler carricd his home city of New Bedford with 6,387 votes to 3,- $74 for Draper and 2,234 Gillis. Gillis won_his own city of Newbury- port with 913 ve {ler and $21 for D Fitchburg threw wholly to Coolids 1,023 votes agai | of 143 for his four opponents. West- field gave Ely 2,055 votes as against a copbined total of 32 far Cum- mings and Fitzgerald. Norwood w ongly for Allen | who carried his home town 659 to 55. opponent in per its vote who almost received Claggett Leads Claggett of Newton margin over Michael C O'Neill of Everett his nearest op- ponent in the contest for the demo- eratic nomination for governor. The four-cornered was close, however, for when pIsdinciS DN EHR ERORIRE, vete stood Glaggett O'Neill R John F. , Newton Charles S. Murphy, Wor. Alonzo Coolk, republi | ditor seeking renomination, | demonstrated his political strength in® Massachusetts in his contest with Jeseph N. Carriere of Fitchburg. With 1,021 election precinets report- ed in this contest, Cook led Carriere 108, , assuring the pres- renomination. n contest for state | treasurer developed into an appar- ent neck-and-neck race between Fred Jefferson Burrell of Medford, Charles Lawrence Burrill of Bos- ten and Russell 1. Chase of Long- Strabo maintained I race 1,003 the 01 1,130, an state au- ATTY. GEN. B. W. ALLING an to make inquiry were made to taken to a gar- patched a policer and arrangements have the automobile age for repairs. After Dr. Alling had examined the patient, it was agreed that he should be taken to the hospital for imnie- diate operation. Condition Reported “Very Good” At noon today, Dr. Shoemyen pro- nounced the copdition of the patient (Continued on Page Two) DRYS SAY ILLINOIS WILL G} FCR WETS Anti-Salocn League Head‘ Admits Referendum Defeat [Wesleyan Head Says Modi- fication Probably Solution (Continued on Page Two) Soga e W CONAUGHY ADMITS WETS MAY BE RIGHT Chicago, Sept. 17 (P—George B. | Sanfford, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League ,today conceded victory to the wets in the referen- dum to be voted in Illinois in Ne- vember. The Anti-Saloon League, supporting an independent dry can- didate for the United States senat previonsly had urged its members to disregard the referendum The league recently announced of the major party can- didates for the senate could be de- pended upon and later indorsed the | candidacy of Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neill, running on a dry platform. ! ; : : i a t > curbin A statement issued, by Stafford Personally I think, the curbing today said “the wets are in control |Of liquor an undoubted social ad- of the clection machinery and will | Y2nce.” he said, “and T believe that by Tals means oaitot | colleges are hetter off under prohi- The statement also criticized Ruth | Pition than they were before. I, Hanua McCormick, republican nom- [however, in certain cities and states inee. for her decision -to abide by |the present laws and methods are {he werdict of the voters in {he ref. |Proving ineffectual and are cansing erendum . / | other ev 1 for one, am willing eat d |to revise my definitions and frankly face the necessity of modification Fractures Leg Bone of the law. T urge upon vou, Turning Over in Bed |voters of the immediate future While ill in bed, Mrs. Frank Har | upon whom the responsibility for of 34 Newfield avenue, turned in|the solution of this great question such a manner as to fracture a bone | Will shortly rest, to be open-minded in her leg yesterday, and she is under | enough to recognize any possible treatment at New Britain General | fallures and likewise to be willing hospital. Her condition today was eported comfortable, Middletown, Sept. 17 (P—Presi- | |dent James L. McCopaughy, in ad- dressing Wesleyan - ‘university stu- |dents at the opening of the 100th college year today, spoke of the need of enlarging “our horizons and definitions” and said that if present | wws and enforcement methods are ineffectual, he was willing to face the necessity of modifying our pro- | nibition statutes. (Continued on Page Two), BT DEMOGRATIC VICTOR| Brother Hastening From |yesgeia an Has Good Lead Over | Fitzgerald in Race for Nomination | re- | tations to to 91d for But- | a combined total | lieutenant | s | politi again | the | CONG, FENN DROPS OUT OF CONTEST | FOR RENDYINATION :Withdraws From Race, Leaving Field to Col. Seymour—Says Health His Reason PLEDGES HIS SUPPORT 10 NOMINEE: OF CONVENTION | Serious Tiness in Washington Ap- parently Fought Off During Vaca- tlon in Nova Scotia, Makes Pos- sible Danger of Recurrence Loom —~Quigley Apparently Not Aware That Incumbent Planned to Aban- don Race for Ofticd. Hartford, Sept. 17 (A—Congress: man E. Hart Fenn today announced | his withdrawal from the congre: onal contest in the first district, leaving Col. Clarence W. Seymour of | West Hartford appargntly assured of the nomination at the republican congressional convention this month. In a statement to the Hartford Times, Congressman 1'enn said his | decision to withdraw was due large- ly to the advice of his physician, Dr. Sterling Ruffin, of Washington, D. C The congressman, whose renom- | ination is opposed by Colonel Se | mour, who claims an overwhelming majority of delegates, pledged him- self, however, to give all his support to the nominee selected at the con- vention, Bagk From Washington Congressman Fenn returned to { his home in Wethersfield last night | from Washington, D. C., where he | was summoned on Thursday by his republican | Boston, polling 14,678 votes | CONG. E. HART F! physician for a general physical ex- amination, Mr. Fenn became seri- ously ill in Washington the past win- ter and ng and was under Dr, Ruffin’ At the time M. IYenn’s condition was known to have | been a source of anxiety to the doc- tor, but he recovered and was abie to carry on his congressional duties as usual. Lollowing the adjour | ment of cong Mr. Fenn took his customary vacation in Nova Scotia, and felt physically competent to seek renomination to congre: In view of the activities another al on would demand from congrdesman, Dr. Ruffin sum- the SHELETONS CLUE T0 ANGENT GOLD N Woman May Have Found Site of 52 Year Old Bonanza | Newhall, Calif, Sept. 17 (UP)— | Four skeletons were hunted by 2 |sherifi’s posse in the ‘Tehachapi | mountains today the belief they would solve the old | | mystery of the \"old mine. Leading in the que: Anna L. Rose, for 20 3 pros- pector, who came across two skulls while digging for the mine. She did not stay to investigate, but hur- ried to inform authorities. If the bones of two more persons are found, officers said, that “Irish” Charlie Reilly told on |his death bed 52 years ago will be | substantiated, and Miss Rose may [become unbelievably wealthy. | Back of the 46-year old prospec- |tor's find, with its evidence of liv | sacrificed to a lust for gold, lit m:o tale of a wandering Franciscan | padre who came upon a band of In- | dians working the mine in 1543 | The padre left hjs secret with them, but in 1878—after ghe Ameri- can occupation—an old Indian chict- tain offesed to lead *“Doc” Benja- min Franklin Bragg. an associate of “Lucky” Baldwin, to the mine in ex- change fory a string of Baldwin's norses. The Indian refused to reveal the original shaft, but Bragg sunk an- other and took §80,000 in gold from (Continued on Page Two) in half-century fabulous lost “fiors was | HIG! )T‘Dl-}— EPTEMBER 18 New London 5:15 a.m.. i | | I i —_— | (Standard Time) | | | New Haven 6:29 a.m.,6:53 p.m. | Former .\chv Mxllcr Miss | the story | * | “It has been a confessed failure; ICF BOX BANDITS GET PRISON TERMS PR e . Slain in Sleep | o thmisean o Gaplocki Seatenced to 4-7 Years and Salamon fo 25 Years \LOCKED CLINTON ST. MAK IN STORE REFRIGERATOR Robbery Planned in New York Exe- | cuted in This City After Grocer Is | Rendered Helpless in Cold Storage Vault—Cash Register Emptied at Point of Gun—Woman's Screams Associated Press Photo | Give Alarm. James (Cov [ merly of 3 | was 4 to of New street, boy) Caplocki, 18, for- 3 Burritt street, this city, sentenced td state's prison for vears and John Salamon, 19, York, formerly of 196 Smith this city, was sentenced to a term of 2 to 5 years in suffrior court at Hartford today on the charge of robbery. They were hound over in local police court on July 14, in | bonds of §10,000 each. The young men walked into Klem- ens Kukuc's store at 74 Clinton | street on a Saturday night after 12 {o'clock, having waited until a num- ber of customers left accompanied by a third young man who was not apprehended, and after Alice Woltman, | while she slept in | South Bend, Ind. rejected suitor 17, was slain her home in Police believe a was the slayer, CENSUS REVISION . HGURES ISSUED New Britain Still Set at 68,095 —0”]81’ g{ate Cl ieS ‘f}lf'r‘l]tlr]:\;;nl\tl!{:‘_\”: ‘:;,nrv ,v: "o \jmgwire_. | locki flashed a loaded revolver and up.” Woman Screams for Help Kukuc obeyed, as did Albin Bu- | Massachusetts, New Hampshire and | o it 20300 A8 00 G0 B0 W employed in the store, but Ku- | kuc's wife screamed in fright. The bandits locked the icebox.door, dip- ped into the cash register, and fled. | Mrs. Kukuc ran into the strect through a rear hallway and spread the alarm, New Jersey Show Highest Eastern | State Percentage of I in Population, Washington, Sept. 17 (P—A re- | vised list of American cities having | car James Kolly, on motere in 1930 between 25,000 and 100,000 | o MUMIS stroot’ noar Bureit | inhabitants, issued today by the cen- |anq Officer Anthony Pechor sus bureau placed the total number | was on patrol duty near ot such communities at 270. bena) ottt aiveele Schenectady, N. Y., was the larg- | Salamon was stopped by Officer est in the group with 95,652 inhabi- | Pechout, who turned him over to tants. Johnson City, Tenn., was the | Officer Kelly and then sprinted after aplocki, catching him when he mallest with Dearborn, Mich., led in percentage of increase, | stumbled and fell in a swanmp near Armistice street. He was armed, and rowing 1,926.7 per cent to a total | ot 50,060 in the past decade. Six |bad $30 which he admitted having | states had no citics in this popula- | taken out of the cash register. § tion group: Delaware, Idaho, Min-|mon had $15, of which Nevada, Vermont and |own, he claimed. They that they planned the able | New York and selected Kukuc's New | Store because they knew the Satur- ub. | day night reccipts would be large. the time of his cap- | e duty street, wiho Clinton A= admitted robbery in in the following | for New England and Jersey and Nc still are ject to revision in the final official | {count, except tho. marked (x) which are final. Those marked (z) | have been revised. Minus signs in | the increase columns indicate de- creased populations. The figures tates v Yor | Caplocki, ai ture, was a fugitive from justice for [ two years, having escaped while be- ing conveyed in a bus from superior court in Bridgeport. He was under | commitment to the sttae reforma- tory at Cheshire at that time. 170 Cases On Docket Judge E t C. Simpson | ed at the opening of the September {term of superior court at Hartford ternoon, approximately s being on the docket. | Henry Wagner of Cheshire was sentenced to a term of 1 to 2 years in sttac's prison for theft in Plainville and his wife, Mrs. Ella | Wagner, was ‘ sentenced 1o )| months in jail for the same offense. Curtis Stella Connecticut 1930 Increase tion Number 28,402 7.7 City ristol Meriden New Brit New Londo [ Norwalk Stamford Torrington Masss Poj ‘Rlor“dn)\ elsea | Chicopee | Everett . | Fitchburg . Haverhill Holyoke | Lawrence Malden Tedford (Continued on Page Two) ' DERRICK BLOCK HITS LABORER ON BUILDING | Guide TLin Break and Workman Standing on Wall is Struck Taunton On Head ]\\'a!tham James Morri; | Main street, ey, 36, of outh New Fampshire was struck on the fore- | Concord (x) 228 3,061 | ~1,550 3,084 Manchester (x) 76,834 | Nashua (x) .. 31.463 l Maine Bangor (x 25,749 working on a building at forenoon and sustained a painful cut. He was on a wall while the derrick ‘ “w‘,”mr’d :n’ - was, being shifted and one of | ! guide lines broke, releasing block with great force. Sergeant T. J. Feeney 2,711 of the de- Expects Second Child Paris, Sept. 17 (UP)—The Ma rajah and' Maharani of Indore, the |latter formerly Nancy Ann Miller of | Seattle, are returming to France to | await the birth of a second child | to the maharani. They will arrive in Marseilles tomorrow from India, |where they have lived since Decem- | {ber in the Indore palace at Bar- | went. The maharajah has Informed in- timate friends in Paris fhat he [hoped the second child would be a |boy. Princess Sharada Raza, 20 {month old daughter of the mah rajah and maharani, is accompany- ing her parents to Paris tain Kelly to investigate and he had Morrissey removed to New Britain | General hospital. Morrissey | borer in the employ of | Hoppe of 43 Clark street. James B. | |Blow Up Sewer Plpe Filled With Powder The detective bureau is investigat- |ing a report by John Majewicz of 14 lmd been filled with powder plm]r‘ll in his yard last night He brought the remains of the pipe to the police station and showed them to Lieutenant McCue early this I morning. Home Brew Mash Clogging Sewers, a new interpretation of the Volstead act to make beer of about five per Sewers clogged with hops, erain and other ingredients nsed in the | manufacture of intoxicating bever- | cent or thereabouts available, should ages and truckloads of the same ma- | be had, 1 do not favor return of terial being scrcened at the sewer |the saloon, however,” said the beds give ample proof that the “dry” | mayor. law has not worked out successfully | Quigley today related | here, Mayor Quigfey commented to- | serious blocks in the sewers and in- | day. vestigations which disclosed that | As a member of the resolutions |cheesecloth bags of hops were re- | committee in the republican state | sponsible. Heaps of ¢he same mate- | convention, Quigley was one of the|rial and tons of mash have been | most enthusiastic advocates of a|taken from the sewer bed sqreens [*wet” plank in the platform. Fmrv prohibition became effective, he reporta =4 f FOR HOLDUP HERE They were | which was heard by Offi- | presid- | of chickens | ¥ six | and Arthur Piltz, Jr., | head by a derrick block while he was | the | the | tective bureau was detailed by Cap- | is a la- | Gilbert street that an old sewer pipe | and ex- | Quigley -Says, Arguing for Repeal stories of | SHAMROCK MAINSAIL HALYARD BREAK = !\ Rises to Power ) Adolph man Hitler, head of the I'ascist party, is the man of the hour in Germany today as a re- sult of the gener: elections, his party 1 seats | Reichsta The Fascists {terly opposed to republica government in Germany. in the are bit n form of THO VANKEES VIE | 'FOR GOVERNORSHIP \Both Candidates Are~of Old| | New Enflland Families 'ROGERS ALWAYS CAUTIONS | “'m(-u‘d Gubernatorial Post From was his | His Childhood Days, Close His Friends Relate—Rose Step By Step in Poliitcal Carecer. New Haven, Sept. 17 (UP)—Con- | necticut's gubernatorial race has be- come a contest between two “Con- lxm ticut Yankees"—both of rural| upbringing and both over 60 ye | age. | Brnest ™. Rogers. who w inated by the republican vention at Hartford [#orn on a farm at wWa | i.ondon county, 63 ye Wilbur 1. « lemocratic opponent, condant of English stock which ttled in Connecticut 300 years ago ind gained a precarious livelihood on farms between skirmishes with | the Pequot Indians. | In appearance also the candidates | are not unlike. Both are tall, | haired and of dignified | With these | cnds, for while Rogers was a poor \hm md peddled milk to help his nily, Cross was the son of a \hn«wm “country gentleman” and vorked in a general store only be- | cause he enjoyed its responsibilitics inied on Page Two) PASTORS SAY LEGION nom- Ve erford, rs ago. Like 68-year-old oss, his 3 is de- he is a demearior. (Con Main street about 10:30 o'clock this | Find Spiritual Appeals “Christless” and “Ad- dressed to Idols” Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 17 (®P— Two hundred pastors of the Wiscon- sin and Missouri synods of the Evan- gelical Lutheran churches today were on record as condemning the prayers of the American Legion as addressed to idols” and nable to the, sight of a Christian.” Meeting in conference here, the pastors failed to take action regard- ing Rev. John Henning, pastor of the Iron Ridge, Wis.,, church, whose ouster was asked his board of directors hecau mit several Li munion. Rev. hy onna to com- Henning said he con- sidered the American Legion “anti- Christ since it did not officially re- cognize Christ in the prayers of the organization.” The pastors approved a statement that “prayers of the American Le- gion ritual are Christless, are ad- dressed to idols and are abominable to the sight of a Christian.” ‘While the meeting was called, delegates said previously, to deter- mine if Legionnaires should be de- nied church membership, the con- vention failed to take action for or against the proposal. s | THE WEATHER | — ‘ | New Britain and vicinity: | | Fair tonight and Thursday; | | 1 cooler tonight. | | *| Ger- | which | white- | points the resemblance | PRAYER ‘ABOMINABLE” “abomi- | e he refused to ad- | GIRL HIT BY AUTO REPORTED GRITICAL Youth Driving Machine and His Mot her Under Arrest CHILD'S SKULL FRAGTURED Witness Tells Police Car Bore Down On Little Victim at 30-35 Miles An Hour Without Warning Sig- nal. 4, of 313 Wash- | . is in a critical condi- | Jennie Zak ington stre tion at the New Britain General hos- | [ pital, wt wski, she was rushed about | 5:30 last night after being run over | {by an automobile driven by Chester | | Paczkowski, 17, of 29 Curtin avenue, | Helen | Paczkowski of the same address. The | little girl's skull is fractured and she |and owned by his mother, Mrs. | was placed upon the critical list Young Paczkowski was arrested at 5:40 by Officers Louis E. Harper and William J. O'Day, charged with | | reckless driving. His mother w | notified to appear in court, being in- | formally placed under arrest at 6:30 | ‘“hrn the little girl's condifion had | been ascertained. Auto Runs Over Child According to young Paczkowski he was going north on Beaver .\m% at aerate of speed between 20 an 25 miles an hour, and when opposite | 300 Beaver street, saw the little girl | dart out into the road from behind | a parked car. She was struck and run over before he could stop the car. He went back and picked her | up and asked a passing autoist to | take her to the hospital. He then re- | ported the accident to the police. Paczkowski said that two boy: | Victor Jurewicz of 18 Curtin avenue |and Wil were riding on the seat with him, and Francis Mee- | han of Beaver street was standing lon the right running hoard. Witness Reports No Signal Given The police were able to find eye-witness of the accident, Teofil | Mackiewicz of 241 Broad street whose story differed in many respects from the driver's statement. Mackie- | wicz said_ that he was leaving _the | | house on Beaver strect near where the accident occurred and saw the | car come along at a rate of speed of | from 30 to 35 miles an hour. He saw | ~ | two little girls step out and stand in the middle of the street for a mo- | ment. Then one girl darted hack to the sidgwalk, but the other girl ap- peared rooted to the spot, and the car, without horn being blown | down upon her without swerving a ran over her. The man on the run- { ning board was riding with his head within the car and was talking and laughing just before the girl was | struck. | | Boy and Mother tn Court Paczkowski pleaded not guilty in | pilice court today to charges of | reckless driving and failure to show financial responsibility upon oh- taining an operator's license. His | mother pleaded not guil to “Vf'( charge of violation of the law con- | cerning financial responsibility, and both cases were continued until Sep- sember 23, on request of Judge W. F. Mangan Bonds of $500 were or- {dered in the driver's case and no | | bonds in his mother's case. SHOKING FORBIDDEN AT GENTRAL SGHOOL, ‘Pum‘lpal Issues Warning to Both Boy and Girl Pupils Pupils in the Central Junior High | school, including boys and girls, were asked today to refrain from smoking on the school grounds and in the school basement in notices sent about the school by Principal William C. French Mr. French asked cooperate with the ties by not smoking while going to and from sc The principal ex- plained that the school officials feel they have an interest similar to that | of parents in the welfare of the chil- dren and they feel they should be | | concerned about the conduct of the | children while under school care. In taking this step Mr. French ex- | plained today that he was acting |according to school board regula- | tions which require the faculties of schools to supervise the conduct of | children while they are in the | school building. He said that al- though the modern tendency ,is to make some allowances, regulations forbidding practices should be en- forced. It is Mr. French's opinion that the hoys are no worse than they were 120 years ago and that the school is |in a very healthy condition from a deportment standpoint. As in tha Senior High school and other places |the adoption of the smoking habit by women has made it necessary to |include the fair sex in smoking reg- the pupils to school authori- | doing but | protest that an | | defender, | immediately | today's problem, |ed bore | nd |* | about 9 o'clock | the | ulations at the school, FORCES CHALLENGER TO LEAVE RAGE, GIVING AMERICA THIRD STRAIGHT WIN Dlsabled Craft First Tries to Catch De- fender Using Smaller Canvas, But Abandons Attempt and is Towed to Harbor. Lipton’s Yacht Gets Best Start Draws Away of Series . and From En- terprise Through Benefit of Windward Berth on Course. K'J;V\t'l. K,O;l:;r.»ltl per of the pr I.. Sept. 17 (A—Com- S. Vanderbilt, skip- American defender En- can decline to accept the victory of his yacht today even if he finished out the course as he must do under the rules, Captain Edward P. Therien, harbor master, 1 Captain Therien, virtually the | only nautical expert left ashore, sald that although under the rules Enter- prise would be declared the winner, the recommendation of the win- ning skipper as to whether the race should be declared *no contest” or recorded as sailed, generally is eon- sidered by the committee before | making an official decision. The harbor master saifl that Van- derbilt must sail out the course un- less prevented by accident from so he was convinced the terprise’s commander would in- that the race be sailed over again There was some question as to whether the committee would con- sider wiping the race frorh the books, as in 1920 the Shamrock 1V won the first race under similar conditions and was declared the winner despite Sir Thomas Lipton’s “Lopton doesn't like to win races that way." sist During the trial races that led to the choice of Enterprise as the eup accidents to contenders brought about cancel- lation of the race, Therien said. There is no rule covering exactly Therien said. The tate only that an ‘“unfinish- race,”" by inference meaning & contest not completed under the five and one-half hour limit, must be sailed over. No mention is made of the decision to be rendered if one boat is disabled during the contest. Therien said the nlishap to the amrock, if confined only to break- ge of a halvard, could be repaired here within a few hours. S. Kane, Off America's Cup Sept. 17 (A) —(By Radio to the ociated Press)—The third race of the series for the America's cup today ended disastrously for (Continued orff Page Three) BOLT OF LIGHTNING SKIPS ALONG FENCE rules U. & Cofur: ;I‘pmots Posts and Exca- vates Stone Near Chil- dren’s Home With the exception of damage |caused by one freak bolt of light- ning, no loss was reported follow- ing an electric storm which broke last night. Indica- tions of a heavy storm to the north of the city were manifest, and con- siderable flickering of lights, was noticed. There was no damage to lights in New Britain, although a bolt of lightning in Plainville put the lights out of order for less than a minute. No damage was reported by the telephone company. A bolt struck a wooden femce within a few feet of the Children’s home. The fence enclosed an area of about square feet and con- sisted of wooden posts strung to- gether with wire. Lightning struck the wire and followed all around fence, tearing posts out of the ground and in several cases splin- tering the wood. A large stone was lifted out of the ground near one of the post Mother and Daughter Back in Their Home Detective Sergeant P. J. O'Mara learned terday that Mrs. Walter y 32, of 315 High street and her 16 year old daughter, who were reported missing with Steve Ttodzen of 48 Talcott street, had returned home. Rodzen also re- turned. Mrs. Mlynarski's husband reported Monday evening that the trio had gone on an automobile ride Sunday and he had heard nothing of them. Sergeant O'Mara sought an interview with them yesterday but could mot locate them, 500