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

\ [y B News of the World By Asspciated Press NEW BRITAIN HE"%:« a0 Average Daily Circulation For 15,287 Week Ending Oct. 11th ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, o0 INJURED WHEN EXPLOSION WRECKS GARMENT BUILDING Los Angeles Blast May Have Been Result of Labor Troubles —Many Rescued L0SS T0 STRUCTURE MAY BE NEAR MILLION MARK One Victim in Critical Condition — 11 Story Block Swept By Fire After Detcnation—Police Believe No One Killed, Although People Were Knocked Down Four Blocks | Away By Force of Blast. Los Angeles, Oct. 17 (A —District nttorney's detectives after investi gating the explosion which injured more than 40 persons in the Gar- yuent Capital building today, said they believed the fifth and sixth floors had been “loaded” with a heavier-than-air gas in a planned explosion. Los Angeles, Oct. 40 and 50 persons were injured in an explosion which wrecked the Gar- ment Capital building about 7:30 a. m., today. Only one of the victims was reported in a critical condition. With the resultant fire under con- trol an hour ard a half later, no bodies had been found in or about the shattered steel and concrete 11 story structure. Loss May Be Million Early estimates of the loss were | set by fire officials at $1,000,000 to | the wrecked building. Three other | nearby manufacturing structures suffered heavy losses. Windows were shattered for four blocks around. Police and fire offic immediate investigation into alleged indications that the explosion may have been the result of labor troubles. By 9 o'clock 40 persons had been taken to the police emergency hos pital for treatment for cuts and burns. Several others had been tak- en to other hospitals Hyman Schulman, 46, manufacturer, was the most jously hurt of those rescued that hour when the building Dbeen fairly well searched. He suf-| sered second and third degree burns of the head, face, hands and legs. Strike in Progress A strike of the International Gar- ment Workers' Union has been in progress for seven weeks and police Liave been watching the garment capital building for two “weeks, Cap- tain William J. Hynes of the police “red” squad disclosed following the explosion. The blast occurred in the rooms of the Beverly Hills Frocks, Inc., the fiftth floor, where police said ser- at | (Continued on Page Two) DR, MARTIN DENIES UNDUE NEGLIGENCE Dentist, Sued for Burns on Woman’s Leg, on Stand Dr. Henry Martin of this city nied in superior court today was negligent while treating Mrs. Bernice Lehr Larson, wife of Wil- liam R. Larson of 107 Columbia street last November, when she al- de- that he leges she sustained burns on the leg| and foot caused by the overturning of a ene ounce bottle of trichlorace- tic acid which was on a tray in Dr. Martin's office in New Britain National bank bailding. Mrs. Larson, through Cyril F. Gaffney, brought suit against Dr. Martin for $2,000 and Judge Larnest (. Simpson took the papers at the conclusion of the trial this torenoon, reserving decision. Attor- ney Cyrgl Coleman of 1 Berry & Reynolds of Hartford, counsel for an insurance company with which Dr. Martin is insured, appeared for the defendant. Dr. Martin testified that he has been practicing dental surgery in New Britain for 20 years and has been acquainted with Mrs. Larson for 15 or 18 years. On the day in question she was in his chair under | treatment for a growth of tissue epidemic of whooping cough in the | street, over a wisdom tooth which breaking through the gum was using the acid to remove the s tissue. The acid is used in- stead of a knife because an instru- was (Continded on Page Two) Young Heflin Fined in Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 17 Thomas Heflin, son of United States Senator J. Thomas Heflin, of Al bama, was fined $10 and $2 costs 1 | yolice court today after pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disordorly. Heflin was booked on the charse after his arrest early this morning at a downtown hotel. He first gave his name as “J. Thomas" of * fayette avenue, Atlanta.” An offi- cer recognized him, however, and police said he admitted he was the on of the Alabama senator and that his home was at Lafayette, Ala. Heflin was unable to pay the fine and costs, and telegraphed an uncle for the money. He said he was re- leased yesterday from a hospital at smyrna, Ga., and came to Atlanta last night. e 17 (P—Between | als began an | on | Attorney | and he| ®’r—J. | he had| el James Gallagher (left) and Th life imprisonment in Michigan after they held up the Old Nat | shot and illed a state trooper. time after the robber; CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1930. —THIRTY-TWO PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS Speedy Justice For Bandits Associated Press Photo omas Martin were sentenced to state prison less than 24 hours ional Bank of Battle Creek and They were captured a short and pleaded guilty. REAL ‘MURDERER" OF PLAY EXECUTED iMan, Around Whom “Tast Mile” | GOUGES OUT BOTH EYES' Joyce Shepard Pays Death Penalty Texas in Penitentiary—Insanity Teint Failure, Man Accepted Fate Calmly. | Huntsville, Tex., Oct. 17 The last curtain of “The Last Mile,” a broadway drama of death row in garment |a penitentiary, was rung down in |early today, true life here today. Joyce Shepard, maddened mur- | oh Jones!" were cchoed in the pla that thrilled New York audience: | was executed at the Texas state pen- itentiary at 12:11 a. m, for the mur- der of a peace He was pronounced dead utes Ite: | Shepard Gouges Out Eyes Shepard, cell mate of Robert | Blake, who, while awaiting execu- |tion for murder, penned a death cell | plece that was enlarged into “The | Last Mile,” went to his death blind- ed. Two weeks ago, In a fit of rage, he gouged out his eyes with a meat | bone, whetted to razor-like sharp- | nes Joyee from | feigning insanity | death row once had gained death in the electric che He was taken from nd declared insane aftc he had shrieked the senseles “Jones, oh Jones” continually and stripped the clothes from his body (Continued on Page Two) INPANTILE PARALYSIS' , APPEARS DN NEWINGION Marie Backus, 3, Taken to Hartford Isolation Hospital After Discov- ery of Malady Yesterday al to the Herald) | on, Oct. 17—Marie Back-| | us, three-year-old daughter of Mr.| and Mrs. Fred Backus of Ellsworth | street, is resting comfortably in the Hartford Isolation hospital, whei [she is confined with infanti paralysis. The child was apparent- |ly in good health up until yester- | day, when it was discovered that she had paralysis. Her removal to the isolation hospital followed promptly. Reside he belief caused by Newi; of the that poor the dro 1t caused the child's illness although | |this is a theory not held by health |officials in other communities where | |the disease has made its appearance. The Backus girl is an only child. ‘ Although no other cases of in-' | fantile paralysis have been found in the town there is said to be an| town drin expres ing water may have | first grade at the Center school, where several cases of this diseas | have been l’(‘"(\flznl | Was Written, Dead y wp)—| officer two years ago. | X min- | 'THREE MEN DIE IN TRAIN WRECK. Mail Specials _Crash Headon in Cleveland FOUR OTHERS ARE HURT Mixup Causes Fatal Accident On Big Four Road—Onc Man Saved By Leap—Two of Dead Severcly Scalded. Cleveland, Oct. 17 (P—Two mail trains of the Big Four railroad |smashed headon within the killlng three of their |crews and injuring four others. Through some mixup, a was on the same track as another train coming into the station from the ional yards at Linndale. They collided rounding a curve | the Fulton road bridge, Death and Injured List | Engineer Henry Sprouse |eastbound train and Charles Graff, 85, Jerry Dickson, 50, of the westbound train were killed. Engineer Frank McCarthy of the westbound train and Fireman Clarence Sheffield, 85, of the eastbound train were serious ly led. Thomas Henahan, fireman of th William 1%, Dee, wesibound train, Juri All wert Officials of the comment on the nes: u happened. Each locomotive , pulling two mail coaches. Sprouse and Graff were scalded | to death by escaping steam. Dickson was pinned between the cab and the tender while trying to jump, Mec- of the Fireman the in- flagman on suftered minor from Cleveland. 1 declined to accident and wit- were was, Carthy and Sheffield were too seri- | ousl, ocru injured to tell how the wreck whose left arm d the eastbound the curve at a was 10 warn- he said, and he had of the headlights of locomotive before the was ain was slow | rat {ing of the crash only a glim | the oncomin impact. Saves Life By Leap Dee saved his life by jumping and was knocked unconscious. The two locomotives telescoped, then sank back with their {buried into each other. The heat of the steam rushing from the broken boilers was so Intense that rescue workers were forced to work several hou with acetylene torches to free the body of Dickson. Thieves Break Windows, Steal $2,000 ir Watches Bridgeport, Oct (P —Thieves smashed .a window of the G. W. Fairchild & Son jewelry store here early today and escaped with 50 gold | watches valued at $2,000. They cut the plate glass with a glass cutter and then waited until a street car was passing along Main to drown the noise before they smashed it in. It is believed they escaped in an automobile after scooping up the _watches. Patroiman Gets Man Wlth Ruse; Lynn, Mass., Oct. 17 (UP)—Soon- er or later, Patrolman Thomas J.| Grady always gets his man. i | He was ringing a duty call at mid- | night when he saw an automobile stop at a nearby fire alarm box. A man stepped out of the car and ounded an alarm. Seeing no fire in the vicinity, the policeman suspect:d that it was a false alarm, and ran after the de- | parting automobile. The driver put | on speed and Grady fired three shots, | one of which struck a rear tire. The | | car @isappeared Later, the policeman went to headquarters, made his repon, ana started home. Arriving, he noticed an | automobile parked in his backyard, with two men bending over a rea ~ Halts Lynn False Alarm Epldemic. Court for Drunkenness | wheel. “What's the matter?” asked Ha- | trolman Grady. “Oh, a cop just shot a hole in one | of our tir explained one of the men “Wait ‘I've got house. Grady said Grady, patch in the minute," blowout a a and tele- One of name a lem, W drunken se alarm. entered the home phoned for a patrol wagon. the men, who gave his Richard C. Lysett of charged with drunkenness, driving and sounding a The other, describing ‘rank E. Paine of Wrentham, was charged with drunkenness. Police records showed that 13 false alarms were sounded during the night. city | west- | had | derer whose frenzied cries of “Jones, | ound train, departing for St. Louis, | near | and Conductor | castbound train and ! able to explain how it | noses | himself as| Loeb and Leopold to Start at Hard Labor Joliet, Ill, Oct.' 17 (A—Hard work—the first since their impris- onment six years ago—was the order of the day for Nathan Leo- pold and Richard Loeb, slayers of Bobby Franks of Chicago. Both were directed to report for duty in the state prison shops. Heretofore Loeb has been em- ployed as a messenger. Leopold has been secretary to the prison chaplain. His faildge properly to deliver a summans to a prisoner the chaplain wished to interview was assigned as the reason for Leopold’s transfer to the work- shop. Warden Henry C. Hill said Leo- pold had been transferred to the state’s old prison while Loeb had been sent to the new one at Stateville, near here. I do not believe they should be under the same roof,” he said. LABOR DELEGATES FAVOR LEGAL BEER 'Federation Reiterates Stand in Boston Convention REPEAL HOTION DOWNED| Liquor Return Re:olution Sponsors Only Ones Who Speak In Its Fav- or—2.75 Beverage Urged As Mod- ification Move. Boston, Oct. 17 (#—The American ed its commitment to a policy | favor of modification of the Volstead |act to permit 2.75 per cent beer and | | deteated resolutions demanding re- ‘heal of the 18th amendment and the | Volstead act. The prohibition problem was dis posed of without the debate that had been anticipated since the oper ing of the convention. The only delegates to speak on the defeate | resolutions were the authors, Arthur |J. Beauregard of the Providence Central Federated Union, and Ed: | ward Flore, of the Hotel and Res |taurant Employes and Beverage Dis- pensers International Alliance. Flore protested that the delegates had been deprived by “the clever | maneuvering of the resolutions com- | mittee” of an opportunity to dis cuss the defeated resolutions. First Report Received The first of the three propositions ‘on prohibition to be submitted |the resolutions committee was th cxecutive council's report recom mending reaffirmation of its stand by resolutions committee advocated its |adoption and the delegates accepted |the report without debate. { The resolution proposed by regard, asking the convention to go record as favoring repeal of the Vol- ad act was reported unfavorably the resolutions committee. The resolution would be inconsist- ent with the convention's vote on the executive council’'s report, tk resolutions committee said, in rec ommending its defeat. Beauregard then obtained the floor and declared that “We in the east want this amendment Bean- by (Continued on Page Two) GROSS DEFENDS OLD AGE PENSION LAWS Says Plan Better | Poor House for t Feeble Than New Haven, Oct. (P—Frontal attacks upon the republican position on campaign issues begun by the democrats in the person of De Emeritus Wilbur L. Cross, nominc for governor, were completed for the time being when the second eply was made to the lette tenant Governor Er Rogers. The first reply to the rejoinder of the lieutenant governor dealt with three things—prohibition, tuberculo- sis and rural roads. handled old age pension and busi- ness depression. Frof. Cross again challenged the to public debate and added that if the latter were personally reluctant to make an appearance it was agree- able that a member of the demo- cratic party meet a member of the | republican party to argue the issu Discussing the cost of Mr. Rogers in his of reply having said it would run into the millions, Prof. Cross said that the plan “is less than the in- | describable system of the house.” Even if this were not so Prof. Cross gave his opinion that he would favor it since he believed “in when they have lost the ability to be producing units of industry.” Prof. Cross on industrial depres- | slon said the question was not as to responsibility © of the republican party for the coming of hard times but rather “did the republican party deal fairly with the people in stantly assuring them that such a thing could never happen under a republican “Yegime."” Prof. Cross spoke last night in Hartford where Thomas N. Hewes of Farmington presided and duced Augustine Lonergan, nomine for congresw as “the great white -hope in the prohibition fight” in Hartford country. Federation of Labor today r(‘ller(\l-‘ in‘ in favor of modification of the Vol- | \stead act to legalize 2.75 beer. The | (the 1th) | The second | lieutenant governor | poor | adequately providing for our citizens | con- | intro- (GERMAN FASCISTS OUTLINE POLICIES; REICH IN UPROAR Leader Says Party Would Ab- Togate Treaty, Resort to War il Necessary to Rule RACKET LASTS FOR HOURS, SCORES IN STREET RIOTS tion Regardless of Steps Necessary —Other Speakers Forced to Bel- low Addresses to be Heard Above | Catcalls—Snipers Fire on Police in Wedding District. Berlin, Oct. the treaty essary to Germany's were proclaimed by fascist party spokesman, before the | Reichstag today to be key-points of | German fascist policy. Her Strassar’s decharations were { made after his fellow partisans had hc“l d down other speaker: who | were forced to bellow their -argu- ments for and against the govern- ment's program of economic reform, which, expounded yesterday by Chancellor Bruening, was up today for debate. Racket Lasts Hours At one point in the proceedings. socialists, sitting on the left of the Reichstag plenary hall, shouted: “Throw them out! Throw them out!” The replied: *Come |and do it The bedlam lasted for hours, and did not cease even when [ Herr Strassar took the floor. | Strassar declared that the fascists were not seeking to embroil their nation in war, but “won’t from it if it should become th: last means of sceuring German indepen- dence and social freedo: Of the | treaty of Versailles he contended that it was “immoral, and hence void.” The Reichstag while working cla. city, such as Wedding, and, if nec- salvation, Gregor Strassar, cists | session was sections of the seethed with | disorder. In early morning rioting by | communists, who fought with police, three persons were injured before the disorder was suppressed. Police Use Clubs During the lunch hour police again had to use clubs to disperse the crowds insthe Wedding district and late this afternoon the streets were heavily patrolled by mounted police in anticipation of possible renewal of the rioting after factory closing hours. After Strasser's address the fas- clsts introduced a motion in the Reichstag demanding “expropriation | without indemnification,” for the | benefit of the Gern entire capital or t magnates, of east and others of foreign race who had immigrated to Germany since Aug- ust 1, 1914, To make the motion more sweeping, it w extended to the relatives of these and to “moneys invested and increased since date through war, revolution, infla- tion, deflation and profiteering.” Demand Bank Control The motion also demanded that nk and boerse European Jews (Continued on Page Two) 'WATER MAIN PLANNED FOR EAST BERLINITES Officials Not Anxious to Talk of Expansion Scheme | There is a mystery in the | department. That is there is a mys- tery in the actions of the water de partment ins they concern the press and ens of Britain. And all seems to be over possibility, of laying a water, main from the nears est point now &erved by city in Berlin to East Berlin Herald was unable to obtain any positive information concerning the plan from the water commissioners’ of- fice today. The engineer was sai fied to give evasive answers and when he was finally asked point blank what water department work- ers were doing running a line alo the highway from Berlin to Berlin yesterday he advised the porter to “ask Mr. Watson chairman of the board, J Watson, was reported phone calls to his house today Having definitely established fact that there is a shall proceed with w be the reasonable solution according to rumors from | sources—in line with our polic a newspaper. Down in F |there is a concern known as the Stanley Chemical company, a child |of the Stanley Works of this city. Naturally the concern u water for drinking and in its processes of manufacture. These are dry days and the water supply of the Chemical stuft the re- The a5 on the we ems to of it— several (Continued on Page THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness with showers tonight; Saturday partly cloudy and colder. 17 (P—Abrogation of | war, | ~hrink | n peoples of the ! that | water | PRISON BOARD DENIES EX-CHAPLAIN'S WELCOME GHARGES OF CRUELTY TO CONVICTS; S SWEEPING INVESTIGATION RACE FOR LIPTON AMERICAN CRUISER. Members Mest at CUP POSTPONED Lack of Wind 1THEBAUD’S SKIPPER ILL Race Committee’s Action In Post- poning Heat Because of Squalls | Roundly Criticized By Skippers As | Well As Gloucester Residents. Glouc e se enbur the ter, Mass, Oct. 1 ond race between t fisherman the Bluenose and Gertrude L. Thebaud of Glou- | for the Lipton Cup was post- poned again today because of lack of wind. At 8:30 a. m,, had pos i o'clock e Lun- cester the race committec the start until 11 of lack of wind. race was off definitely for beeause the day Want Capt. Pine Back Gloucester hoped that when the breeze w strong enough for a old skipper, Captain Ben te, would be back at the wheel. | No one thinks that Captain Charlic Johnson, who went aboard when ill- ness sent Captain Ben to a ho. doesn't know how to sail a v with the best of them, but they do believe that Captain Ben is more familiar with the sailing qualitic the Thebaud than anyon this old port Captain Ben's return rested on the | decision of his physicians. He drove Thebaud to victory last Thursday in the only race of the series thus far ;s;\llcd to a finish. i | Bluenose was made ready to re-| sume the international champion- | | ship races after ships carpenters la- | bored all day yesterday to replace a shattered fore trestle tree at the head of her foremast. The old picce | of rigging shattered in Wednesday" blow, in the most exciting conte of the races, which was ended by race committee that said the skippers could not find their else in a rival way (Continued on Page Two) FRANGE T0 REFUSE OBSERVER REQUEST Declines to Allow United States to Watch Liquor Isle Paris, Oct. 17 (UP)—The French | | government has decided to refus | Washington's request for permission | [to place an American observer on | the French Islands of St. Pierre and | Miquelon, near the Newfoundland | coast, to watch incoming and out- | oing liquor shipments, it was dis- closed today. | The request was part of the pro- | hibition enforcement war against | he §1,000,000 a month liquor traf- | fic between the once-poor islands ind the United States. The United States embassy here denies having | handled the request but suggested | the state department may have | dealth directly with thé French em- | . hington. stry of colonies explain- ‘v"? that the government feels therc is no fraud in the normal commerce in liquors in and out of the island though it was admitted quantit r than normal have been nsported recently. According to the official version he tion has apparently given ds their first chance to considerable money receiy and storing Kuropean wines, liq and champagne from the Antille Atter the business of receiving and oring the liquors is completed the islanders have nothing to do with the final transportation of the stores to the United States. It was conservatively estimated that an American syndicate with a large fleet of all types of ship plies isla make th ied on Page Two) | Classif | with Kansas City Playmors; SAILING TO BRAZI strassar stresses «satvation” ot Na-| Seo0nd Mafch Called OF Due to | Pensacola to Remove Americans Who Want to Leave THREE STOPS ORDERED Rebels Claim Capture of Itarare— General in Charge of Insurgents Also Says Sao Jaoa D'El-Rey Has Fallen to Him. Washington, Oct. 17 (P — The American cruiser Pensacola was or- dered to Brazilian waters today as a precautionary measure for the re- moval of any Americans who might desire to leav The cruiser's orde! ara, Perna o ar Secretary n, announcing the order for th cruiser to proceed from Trinidad, said further direc tions would be issued later The se said no requests cither direct to the department or through the American consul had been received of Americans desiring to leave Bra: American advised the that the prese the vicinity ot Br serve as a precau The commander been empowered Americans who leave. s are to stop at b Bahia. Stims consular officials have epartment, however, wce of the cruiser in ilian ports would nary measure. to off migh any Claim Capture of Town Copyright 1930, by A ciated Pr Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Oct. 17 (®—The capture of the important town of Itarare, rail- head leading toward the city of Sao Paulo was claimed today by General Miguel Costa, generalissimo of the Brazilian revolutionary forces. Other Cities Taken svideo, Uruguay, Oct. 17 (P official= revolutionary —com- unique to id that insurgent s had captured the important Geraes city of Sao Joao D'El-Rey. The 110th federal | infantry stat unconditionally. Sao Joao D'El-Rey is located on one of the two rail routes from Rio De Janeiro to Bello Horizonte, capital of the state, and is a city of 60,000 populatiol y egiment had been be 1 insurgents since beginn revolution. Brazilian fed Rio De Janeiro cl federal armies all fronts” in Mi by the of the from the “on and aimed advancin Gera were 1ed on Page 'HOCKEY PLAYERS BANNED AT BORDER BY STATES (Contir 29) Classed as “skilled Help” in Appli- cations For Passports—Appeal Rushed to Washington Octy 17 hel; Winnipeg, Man., (&) d * on their applications for passports to the United States, five m league hockey players are stranded today in Winnipeg. The quintet, all members of the Chicago Black Hawks Nation- al league team, were refused entry from here as they sought to report for training at Tower, Minn., where the Hawks are in camp, Appeals have been sent to Wa ngton by Black Hawk ow Waiting here are Art Some ter star; Harold “Mush” March, sarl Miller, Johnny Gottselig and “Duke” Dutkowski, all forwards. her hockey players who in a are likely to be refused y when they seek to enter to re- port to American teams, were Jim- my Creighton and George Hay, of the Detroit Cougars; Jack St. John, former Manitoba varsity star now or- New Haven, i league eddy Met- Alex Wood s, cen- Proudham of Conn., Canadian-Ame team and Carl Ber calfe, Johny Achtze and Frank Ingram. man ne Daughter Says Father s Bequest For Womanless st Berlin | Le Mars, la, Oct. 17 (P — His| daughter today had written a post- seript to what T. M. Zink, donor of the world's first womanless library, had indited as his final word on his favorite antipath; Through attorneys, Mrs. Margaret Becker, petitioned that her father's will bequeathing $300,000 for the library, be probate. She termed the final testament of her father “an insult to the womanhood of America, a libel, and a slander public morals” and said that hatred of femininity had | wn into a partial insanity Zink’s will provided that his for- | tune be placed in trust for 75 years, when the accumulated sum, $300,000 * | should be given this city or another Library ““Slander”’ v in ac- These which would build a libra cord with his stipulation: barred th eshelves of the library to | | tomes by women authors and open- ed the institution to men and boys | only. The rift in domesticity caused by the announcement of the will and the many arguments which followed in this city of 5,000 were gradually narrowing. tire agreement with Mrs. while the strong, silent sex were unanimous in agreeing that Zink had done well to save his bombshell | until after his death. The city council, in the mean- | time, has delayed action on the bene- faction awaiting | court contest. Becker L ned there surrendered | The women were in en- the result of the| Wethersfield Today to Discuss Rev. Smith’s Claims - Insist Prison- ers Not Chained Up In Dungeon as Reported. Public Airing Suggested to Prove Statements Un- true—Hadley, Trumbull and Oshorn Say Story False—Hurried Session Called at Noon. rtford, Oct. 17 (A—The board irectors of the state prisom at ersfield today demanded an in- tion of the prison administra- ion was taken at a meet- g of the board to consider charges made by Rev. Dr. Willlam H. Smith, former chaplain that prisoners in | solitas confinement have been shackled to the bars of their cells r hangs held high above In a statement the aid it welcomed and de- ded an investigation, provided { was open to the public, as a means of letting the public know *just what truth there is in these maleve- lent statements.” The statement referred to reports that a “sweeping” inquiry was to be pressed by the state department of public welfare. These reports, however, were denied today by Ju- lius J. Hadley secretary of the board. Text of Statement The following is the text ef the statement issued by the board of directors: “The attention of the board eof directors of the Connecticut state prison has been called to an article printed in the Sunday issue of the | Hartford Courant, from the pen of a former chaplain of the institution, | which was quickly accepted, for rea- sons which a thorough investigation of the conditions, which he has so maliciously misrepresented, will dis- close, and a statement in this morn- ng's edition of the Hartford Cour- ant that a movement is under eon- mplation to institute a ‘sweeping inquiry’ into them The directors, not only welcome uch an inquiry. but in justice to ir administration of the prison ey demand it. The sooner it is ndertaken, and the more thorough the investization, the more welcome it will be, provided the investigation, is held in open session and in the presence of the press a means of letting the pub- know, as it is entitled to know (Continued on Page 31) LAKEVILLE WOMAN JUMPS T0 STREET Mrs. H. G. Buehler Com- mits Suicide in Phlia- delphia olphia, Oct. 17 (M—DMrs. H. of Lakeville, Conn., was in a leap from & win- on 14th floor of the Stratford hotel. In her de- struck the canopy over the entrance and was de- Philad Buehle killed toda dow balcon Bellevue scent Walnut ted An effort was made by hotel de- tectives and other employes to pre- vent the woman from killing herself, but they reached the balcony too late. Persons in an office on the 17th | floor of a building opposite the ho- tel saw Mrs. Buehler sitting on the | balcony and gaze toward the street. The hotel was immediately called on the telephone and told a woman s spiciously on an upper he phone call did not give he floor and emploves rushed to the 19th floor. Two hotel cleaners on the 15th floor saw the woman. Mrs. | Buehler apparently heard them, | looked up and then jumped. G. (Continued on Page Two) National Marine Lamp Co. Petitions for Bankruptcy pecial to the Herald) Oct. 17—A petition of bankruptcy has been filed by the National Marine Lamp Co. of Forestville, it was learned | today, although President William P. Calder stated that the receiver- ship would be only temporary and was sought solely to protect the concern’s creditors The Bristol American Bank & Trust Co. acting as receiver, | while the firm is being represented by Judge William J. Malone. FY ures regarding the sssets and lia- bilities of the Forestville company nill not be available until next week. Bristol, voluntary is