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New Britain herald., 1922-02-28

'"''''"'' '''"a'' oI SNlnUllnE SOClct women out of nearly sl,oo0.OO0, il fake stock deals. today confessed tha many or the charges against him wer true, according to Richard C. Mur plly, assistant district attorney.
 Lindsay was arrested last night n oNerbrook, Pa, after having been in dlcted here for grand larceny.
 Accepts All Blame.
 He was brought here today. Fl, accepted blame for the alleged trans actions Mr. Murphy said, and de cared that when he was exposed ir the newspapers he and his wife dis. cussed the possibilities of douhc suicide. He broke down and sobbcd while dictating his alleged confession 10 a stenographer in the presence oi detectives and others in the district attorneys office, according to Mir Murphy.
 Admits Taking Money.
 Mir. Murphy said Lindsay admitted frankly taking money from Mrs. w II. Arnold and Mrs. Dorothy Atwood which he was unable to pay back. and also said he had received large sums from Mrs. Lillian N, Duke, divorced wife of Benjamin B. Duke, "The Tobacco King" He declared, how ever, according to Mir. Murphy, that the amounts he is alleged to have re- ccivcd were grossly excessive" Paying Back Weekly.
 Lindsay, according to Mir. Murphy. said he had been paying the none, back to some of the women in weekly installments.
 He is alleged to have said in his 
 Mrs. Atwood has been getting S325 q month and l gave her S125 to pay her rent and have been paying her for three years. Miss Carlotto Mill son Gan actress), received from me S2,060 during the month of Dccem- Der. They have all been receiving it. l did not leave anybody high and dry although I got into mess. Miss q month for years" .
 Not "Or,linary skunk"
 WV ll't NClIll 't So ''oNll d5 q common ordinary skunk" Lindsay is said to have declared at another point, according to Mir, Murphy, and my lawyer has told me to make no statement l feel that you ncn have treated me so regular that want 10 help you if can."
 Asked if he had received as much IS s30o,o0o from Mrs. Duke, Lindsay, according to Mr. Murphy, responded without hesitation: That is rub ,ish."
 Wife IS Innocent My wife never knew anything hont my affairs" he said. according o Mir Murphy and has been won ering why ! have been jumping from | ity to city, and shc iS nearly crazy | nd asked me to commit suicide with | er'' Lindsay admitted that he had | ra ded on the stock market and that | e had lost, Mir. Murphy declared
 Women Arc Mistaken.
 These women say that when you 'ok their money you told them that on were in a pool with George r. aker. Thomas Lamont, Prey Rocke- 'ller and Charles Sabin, is that So?" They are mistaken about the atement," was the alleged reply e denied that he ever heard of the Domino Club" until he read in the awapapers about it and denied he 1d ever told his victims that there as such club or that he belonged
 it, according to Mir. Murphy.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-28

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New Britain herald., 1922-02-28

Unless present plans are changed, Mayor Olson r. Curtis will formally announce his candidacy for re clcc- tion next Saturday, and simultaneous ly will come announcement of n cam paign manager whom il is reported was selected several weeks ago.
, 1922-06-12

turned is more bodies hat had been
sweep out to sea last night. Four
more bodies were at Hunt
ers island md two were reported to
have bee ~pickerup at rnvers island.
City Island-haven for Sunday
pleasure seekers and amateur fisher
men-was the hardest hit point in
the metropolitan area but casualties,
mostly by drowning. were reported
from many other points. The beach
at City Island today presented n desc
late spectacle. Several hundred per.
sons. relatives Of tho missing-worn
by hysteria. waited in little groups
among h wreckage on the sand for
some word of the fate OF their loved
ones.
Marine squad police. exhausted by
their all-night vigil, continued their
cruise. keeping a sharp lookout for
additional bodies.
The full toll of the storm may not
be known for days. II ever
Boatmen at City Island said there
were 46 small boats as yet unaccount
cd for. Occupants of many OF these
undoubtedly were saved by United
States coast guards and by members
/ OF yacht clubs about the island. WIFI
put out as soon as h terrific blow
had subsidized. but h police believe
many more were lost. There were al
lease $50 small boats and canoes out
when the blow struck.
All the damage was wrought in les.
than a quarter. of an hour. Fbe-Rew
York weather bureau reports the storm
lasted officially only five minutes.
II was described as severe thunder
sauall'' during which the wind aver
aged ~ miles an hour. These was a
brief period when the wind velocity
touched IS miles an hour and it was
at this point. 1t m believed, hat most
OF the damage was done.
, 1922-06-12
STILL ON
WATCH AT

NEW YORK. June 12.-(By The
Associated PresseDaybreak this
morning found hundreds of parents.
children and relatives still standing
vigil at the docks at City Island.
awaiting the arrival OF police boats
which during the hours of darkness
had searched the waters OF Long Isl.
and sound for additional victims of
yesterdays terrific storm. Powerful
searchlights played over the water as
the CHASTITY quest went on. but the
swift tide apparently had borne away
the bodies not recovered last night.
and esrly today the police reported
that the list of known dead had net
been augmented.
More than so persons were thought
to nave lost their lives and upwards
OF 100 were injured in the tempest,
which reared out OF the hills of north.
ern New Jersey. beat the Hudson in
foam-capped breakers, swept across
New York city and then seemed to
center its wild energy on City Island
and vicinity.
Thousands of rowboats and launches
dotted the sound off City Island Jus,
before the breaking of the storm.
when 1t had passed the water was
strewn with overturned craft. and the
buildings IN shore resembled a battle
torn village in Nc Mans land. Many
Continued on Page Four.)
, 1922-06-12

Fink In n OF two men recently ar.
rested near Sheridan and returned 70
Casper authorities in connection with
the hold-up OF a pool hall at Salt
Creek. in which he il said to have
taken $50 in cash. Dean. who was ar.
rested on a charge o. forgery here
recently. and is held for cashing a
forged check for SITS on the Jewelry
store OF Joseph I. Schwartz. His ar.
rest came as the result of an attempt
clothing gtore.
The stories OF these two men as re
vealed through an interview with
each, Monday morning at the county
Jail. read like books OF fiction.
Fink. whose age Is now rs, was con.
victed N the murder Of Fred ellis,
six years ago. A jury at the tim. set
his term OF Imprisonment at so to
so years. at Deer Lodge, Mont. Be
cause OF his extreme youth. and good
behavior, his sentence was later com
muted to S to 10 years for burglary.
Il was innocent of both charges
Fink told u reporter for the Trib-
une. They held me only on circum-
stantial evidence, Fred Gilis was a
friend of mine. not an enemy.
IT was sore. sore at the authorities,
who wrongfuily held me. I deter.
mined to escape. but my chance never
came untiA so days bcfore my time
was UP. One lark night, I pried a
board from the prison wall. near
where ] was working in tho foundry,
and made by escape"
For a year. Fink tried to 60
straight When his money gave out,
he became Identified with a second
rate hold up at Salt Greek and was
placed in the count jail. Fortunate
lly for the warden and unfortunate
placed in the county Jail. Fortunate
Montana fo- forgery. was also held
in Casper pending the arrival OF au
thorities.
Although Warden Potter had seer
Fink only twice during his stay a
Deer Lodge. he, recognized his ma
lby a scar on the right knee. a larg,
Continued on Page Four,
, 1922-06-12
Ban Placed On
Red Literature
By Royal Edict

TOXIC, May 1s.-tCorrespondence
of tht Associated Pressl-An imperial
ordinance, overriding the wishes OF
the majority of the diet, was put into
effect to prohibit the dissemination
of bolshevist propaganda either by
speeches or literature, according to
the reported intention Of home office
officials. The original prohibition was
embodied in the bolshcvik control act,
which failed to pass at the last session
of the dict.
At present the police deal with bo-
shevist orators and publishers under
the prevention Of disorders regulations
and arrest them or break up their
meetings on the ground thai they may
lead to breaches of the peace
, 1922-06-12
F0RGER HELD
AT OAKLAND

OAKLAND. Cal. June 12.-Ralph
e. Trotter- alias Howard C. Williams.
81 years old, at youngstown. Ohio.
said by police to face charges Of cash.
ing s25.o o in forged pay checks in
various cities of the United States.
was under arrest here today. He was
m-asquerading as a Shriner last night,
according TO police. Trotter has been
sought since. police say. he disap,
peared from Youngstown with a pad
Of blank pay checks from the Truss
con Steel company of hat city.
, 1922-06-12
NO CHANGE IN
HEADQUARTERS

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Tune 12.-By
The Associated Press).-B- NJ. Jewell
head Of tho railways employees depart
ment Of The American Federation Of
Labor, denied emphaticaIty today that
the railway shop crafts union have
under consideration a plan to move
their headquarters from Chicago &c
Canada to escape any suits brought
against them under the Coronado de
cision recently handed down by the
United States supreme court
W. have no such move under con
~sideration. and 1 have heard no talk
among our leaders Of doing such a
thing" Mr.. Jewell said.
I'VE not running away from any
fight. We are not seeking a fight. but
, 1922-06-12

means of evading the recent decision
of the United States supreme court
holding unions liable for damages
caused by their members
Leaders of the rail unions said to be
contemplating h move viewed the es'
Enlistment of Canadian headquarters
as legitimate in view of the conditions
caused by the supreme court opinion
because the unions ar international
organizations. Financial penalties in
case of a walk out could thus be avert
ed. 1t was said.
The expected new wage reduction or
der will increase the total cut from
railway workers wages to approximate
ly $3.50, o00, 900. Clerks. signal men.
stationary firemen. oilers and marine
department employees. will join the
shop men mt maintenance OF en-
ployes as victims of the slash.
, 1922-06-12

company.
Several tank hottoms. weighing in
the neighhorbood of 5000 pounds.
which were resting against the side of
the car. became o~verbalanced lit fell
the sharp edges of the steel plates
catching Auborn and Lindley across
their feet and legs. Neither lost con
sciousness but h pain suffered by
the pair was terrific. So heavy were
the huge plates that it was impossible
for the other workmen to remove them
severally. thus ~proloneing the anguish
OF the suffering men.
Auborn, who is married and has a
o six months old. was rushed to the
State hospital Immediately following
the accident, where it was found
necessary to amputate his right foot
at the ankle There was not even a
remote possibility of saving the foot.
as the member. was almost severed,
lhe bones crushed TO pulp, an the
Continued on Page ~
, 1922-06-12

office, again is in power. He came to
Picking yesterday and res vmed office.
and his first official act was to nomi-
nate DIR. WI Ting Fang. former min
lister at Washington. to be his pre-
mier. It is understood that DR.. WI
had consented to accept this office
before Ii left his retirement in Tien
Tsin to e-enter again tho turbulent
theater of Chinese political life.
DR.. WI has been a power in the
Canton regime since that administra-
ton arose as a protest over the very
circumstances which ousted Ii. and
his adhesion to the new executive. IL
confirmed. is likely to do much to-
ward solidifying the country in its
support.
Ii comes at the behest Of many
members of the old parliament which
he dissolved in 1917 and at the urgent
appea lof WI Pei-Fu. dominant mill
tary leader Of China He was reluc-
tant to come and stood out for more
than a week against the almost fran
tic pleas of leaders in the movement
for a unified China that he reclaim his
office. Az assets of his new venture
he may count on the solid support
Of WI Pe.-Fu. the good will and o
fidence of a largo proportion of the
former parliament, now r~eassembling
and re-establishing itself as at least
the temporary representative of the
people and a moro nearly complete
suppression Of banditry than has been
the case in many years. This last
largely is due to WI Pel-Fu's ener-
getic campaigns, particularly that
against Chang Tso-Lin. the Manchur-
ian war lord. who recently sued for
an armistice-
, 1922-06-12

No debate was on tho program for
tho opening session because OF the pre-
liminary routine and Introduction OF
resolutions, some of these possibly pre-
senting new Issues. Delegates here
for tho opening were estimated to
rumber 500, forming what Samuel
Gompers, the federation president. de-
scrfbed as the parliament OF labor"
"Our consideration of industry and
Industrial problems" said a formal
statement by MI. Gompers. forecast
ing the conventions work, will be
from h point OF view service to the
masses of our people. Our considera-
ton OF political problems will be from
the point of view freedom nj progress
for humanity"
The big national guard armory far
removed from the city's business dis
trict, is the seat of the convention.
Delegates. forming il parade down
town, marched on it in a body for the
orening of the session at 10 O'Clock.
A thousand Tags formed the decora-
tions and "A band of 100 pieces played
the accompaniment for delegates sing
ing America as the first item on the
program.
After a prayer by the Rev. Father
Peter Dietz, the program centered
about a series Of welcome addresses by
Governor Harry L. Davis, Mayor
George p. Carrel, Secretary T. ].
ponnelly Of the OHIO state federation
of labor, and 'others, ending with
Adolf Hummer, the temporary chair
man, presenting a gavel. made by
Cincinnati carpenters to Mr.. Gompers-
As Mr.. Gompers' took charge OF the
convention the delegates rosc and
greeted the veterans labor leader with
a tumult of handclapping.
Addressing the convention. Mr..
Gompers said that organized labor was
NOS in a mood to have constitutional
rights and privileges taken from US
by n subtle reasoning or assump-
ton of power no matter whence it
emanates."
Labor demands, Mr.. Gompers con
tinued. employers to meet in confer
ence for settlement of disputes, but
he said genuine conference was i'm
possible unless both sides meet on
equality.
Asserting that labor was confronted
by foes, MI. Gompers added hat 1--WE
do not becloud our minds now, and
fool ourselves into any fancied secur-
ity."
, 1922-06-12

Winston Churchill. the colonial sec
rotary. announced in h house of com
mons that 1t would be o conven'
tional and in the general public inter
est II he.deferred his statement on Ire
land, which IL had been expected he
would deliver today until wednessy
or possibly Thursday.
, 1922-06-12
Man Is Caught
With Stolen Car

PRATT, Kan, Jan. 12.-S. A.
Thompson of Fresno, Cal. was held
here on a charge of transport
ing a stolen automobile from Fresno
to Mullan, Idaho. Thompson, accor
ing to the sheriff. has admitted his
identity.
He was arrested on information
from the federal secret service bureau
at Kansas City.
, 1922-06-12

of the agreement my be made sim
UNANIMOUSLY in London and Dublin.
The whole six points raised by the
British signatories to the A~nglo-Irish
treatdy in connection with the franz
ing Of the constitution have been ad
justed. the newspaper declares. and
the problem of the immediate future is
a settlement between Michael Collins
and Eamonn Dc Valera
, 1922-06-12
DISTRIBUTION ABsoRBs HALF OF COST OF BREAD
INTERESTING REPORT IS MADE BY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON. June IA loaf
OF bread. the joint commission on
agricultural inquiry said in a report
published today. offers a striking
example of what happens to the
farmers product in the way OF costs
and profits before 1t reaches the
family table.
About fifty cents out of each dol
lar the consumer pays for bread.
, 1922-06-12
RAILROAD STRIKE MAY BE
DIRECTED FROM DOMINION
Did You Ever Stop to Think

THAI. the classified columns Of your newspapers III known as the
CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE7" Use them and read them.
THAT agriculture is the basic business of the country? BETTER
FARMING MAKES BETTER BUSINESS.
THAT farming in the future will be a business of work. organize
ton and intelligence?
THAT organized effort for BETTER BUSINESS will make any city
a better place in which to live and make a living?
THAT the average real estate mi is looking for buyers? He wants
to know how to find them, how to interest them and how to sell
them. He should ADVERTISE. s. the buyer n know where he
is and what he has.
THAT the progressive business a can't meet everybody, every
day, facetoface? He can meet you halfway through the adver-
Using columns of your papers. READ YOUR PAPER, meet him
halfway.
THAT you should be so gracious to visitors that when they leave
they will be glad they came Inc want to com again7
E. r. WAITE, Secretary.
Shawnee Oklahoma Board of Commerce
, 1922-06-12

the report said. is absorbed in cost
OF distribution. The farmer gets
only 2s.s cents in the local market
for the wheat needed to produce it.
A survey showed that the average
cost OF getting the wheat ready for
the ebaking stage W a "a cents,
while the average cost OF manufac-
turing it into bread was 1915 cents.
A considerable factor in the bak.
, 1922-06-12

er's cost Of distribution which aver
ages 1876 cents Of the consumers
dollar is the service element" said
the report.
"our inquiry does not Indicate
that h manufacturing baker has
exacted n undue profit in taking
the 80 cents from the consumers
dollar for manufacturing bread and
distributing it to the retailer"
, 1922-06-12
|PREM|ER'S ASSASSIN SENTENCED
KOREAN GETS Indefinite TERM

TOXIC, June ls.-Ry The Asso-
ciated observation-disclosures for an
indefinite period a the sentence
impo.e1 to-day on Ryichi Eakoia,
the Korean lad of 10. who assass-
mated Premier Takashi-Hara. in a
railway station here las November
4.
Hashimoto, who was charged with
, 1922-06-12
Bill In French
Senate 81 Years
Made Into Lau

PARIS. June IA bill introduced
in the French parliament twenty,sev-
en- years ago has become law with the
favorable action OF the senate. II pro
vides a penalty of from six days 10 one
years imprisonment or a fir OF from
sixteen to five hundred francs in the
cases OF persons convicted OF opening
mail not addressed to them.
, 1922-06-12
Gotham Broker
Is COnUicted
OF 'Bucketing'

NEW RoRK, June 12.-Irving B.
Nettler. the seventh broker to be con
victed for bucketing the order of a
customer since the district attorney
began his inquiry early in the year,
was found guilty by a jury In the
criminal branch of the supreme court.
, 1922-06-12
Hitchcock Out
For reelection

OMAHA. Neb.. June ia.@By The
Associated Press).-Anrouncement was
made here today that United States
Senator G. NJ Hitchcock of Nebraska
will enter the July is Democratic pr-
mary for nomination as a candidate
for reelection.
, 1922-06-12
RETURNS.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-Pesi-
dent Harding returned to the White
House shortly before 9 a. m. today
from an over-Sunday cruise down the
Potomac on thee Mayflower.
, 1922-06-12
Ii Xm0m-Hmmg Aeaim
President fChimu

executveh head funcionng in Picking again has president and the nucleus of a cabi
Moreover, if indications are borne out the w will have fair share of support IRON
the south Chnas section whoseo opposition to the Did government hasd done much, if not most
to keep alive civil war for the past five years.
Lii Yuan Who wasp president until the monMchialc coup of 1917 forced lin from
, 1922-06-12
irish SITUATION now HINGES
ON settlement between DE
VALERA AND COLLINS, REPORT

LONDON, June 12:-(By The Associated Press The
articles of the new Irish constitution have been revised so
satisfactorily, the Evening Star asserts today, that Arthur
Griffith will return to Dublin with them tonight. 1t adds that
Colonial Secretary Churchill may postpone his statement in
the house of commons until tomorrow so that announcement
, 1922-06-12

instigating the murder. was acquit-
ted
Nakoka slipped through the
guards on the station platform and
stabbed the premier fatally. The
boy was arrested on the spot. Hashi-
motto was arrested later Nakoka
was questioned quoted at the time
as saying hat no objected to the
liberal policies OF Premier Harp-
, 1922-06-12
Canadian Headquarters Rumor Denied
byB.M N. JeweH for Federation Unions;
Mem Wage Reduction Is Pending

CHICAGO June 12.-While additional wage cuts swung
over the heads of $500 more railway employees and awaited
only. formal release by the railroad labor board to slash
another $40, 600, 900 from the payrols of the carriers, it was
rumored today that any rail strike growing out of present
threats may be directed and financed from Canada as a
means of eyading the recent decision II re are forced ineo n we will bat
, 1922-06-12
FOOT CUT OFF
BY TANK STEEL

Robert Auborn, 1925 Virginia street, suffered injuries
which necessitated the amputation of one foot, and F. Z.
Lindsay, 1131 West Thirteenth street, had both legs broken
in an accident at 10 80 this morning while unloading a car
load of %50O-barrel tanks for the Parkersburg Rig & Reel
, 1922-06-12
AND
DEA I'll SPREAD
BY HURRICANE
MetropoLti 3 Area and Water Front Held
in Grip of Terrific Tempest for Brief
Period Last Night; Incoming Tides Re
turning Bodies Swept Ont to Sea

NEW, YORK, June 12:-(By The Associated Press)-
The death toll of the brief but terrific hurricane that swooped
down on the metropolitan area late yesterday passed the
sixty mark today with indications that the total number of
dead might go much higher.
The death list leaped ahead when an incoming tide re-
, 1922-06-12
HAY FIRST TO
FILE PETITION

Wyo, June 12.-(Special to The Tribune)
nominating petition of John w. Hay of Rock Springs,
for the Republican nomination for governor, was
in the office of the secretary of state this morning. Hay
Is contesting for the Republican nomination with Gov. Robert
D. Carey. Hays petition is n frs Tiled y
, 1922-06-12
GIRL ACCUSES
CHESTER AGAIN

KANSAS CITY, June 12.-Following a sworn statement
hat she was with Densel Chester the night Miss Florence
Barton, local society girl, was slain in October, 1920, and
saw him fire the shot that killed the girl, Mrs. Bessie Curtis,
%, was held today by the Kansas City, Kan, police. Chester
was acquitted of the murder of Miss Barton in May, 1921.
, 1922-06-12
LABOR DISCUSSION TO
COVER BROAD SCOPE
Federation Conpenes oday for Two Weeks Conpen
tion at Cincinnati; "Serpice to Masses" to Be Basis OF
Consideration of All observation-disclosures

CINCINNATI Ohio, Tune 12-CBy The AsocmtedP rex)- e"open shop"u nen.
poynent wage reductions, ecognfion OF Soviet Russia, the me big umon, court decisions
and njunctonsa affecting labor ad other subjects fomed the major issues that confpnted
the American Federation of Labor when it opened its TWO weeks convention here today
The report of the edeutonse executive council on many If these issues was ready frp pres
to the delegates.
, 1922-06-12

Two Identified as
Escaped Conwcts

John Fink, alias Howard, the boy whose chief delight was
to shoot a revolver, and Kenneth Dean, alias P. H. Little,
escaped convict whose desire for strong drink mastered his
better judgment, will leave Casper Tuesday morning, accom-
panied by Warden M. w. Potter of the Montana state peni-
Tertiary. Fink is n II VIC men recently IT.
, 1922-06-12

The FIRST petition of candidacy for
the state legislature was filed this
morning by Lewis II. Brown who seeks.
the Republican nomination for sena-
tor from Sweetwater county.
, 1922-06-12

Luther Hibbs of tho n. W. Moore
company. Denver, was a visitor at
the Rotary club today.
, 1922-06-12

OPPOSITION OF
SUN VAT SEN PREDICTED.
AS liabilities he may count upon the
Continued On Page ~
, 1922-06-12

C. n. Townsend returned from Ore
-gon by way of Cheyenne Saturday.
, 1922-06-12
Weather Forecast

Generally fair tonight and Tuesday,
EXCEPT possibly showers in extreme
southeast portion Not much change
in temperature,
, 1922-06-12

II we are forced into one we will be
tie to the last ditch"
, 1922-06-12

hi 5 ptUVEUH 10 VHc THEt THU q
a candidate for a state office.