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New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
Boy and Girl Electr0cuted
 Drawing Water From We'll

Montmagny. Que, June SO.-Joseph Marticotte, IS. was killed yesterday evening when he grasped live wire while drawing bucket of water from a we'll. His sister. Marie. aged 1T died attempting to wrest the wire from his hands and their father was seriously shocked when he ran to the rescue
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
Retiring Highway Chief
 Is Given Farewell Party

Hartford, June 30.- About 300 persons connected with the state high way department gave retiring Com missioner Charles J. Bennett party at the Oasis club in Glastonbury this afternoon. presenting travelling out ft and some other gifts. John A. McDonald wffo succeeds MT. Bennett .;uIy 1 was among the guests.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
Duke KahanamOku Makes
 New Record at Swimming

Yosemite. Cal. June so.-Duke Kahans moku. noted Hawaiian swim mer. established worlds record of ten seconds fiat here yesterday in a 25 yard swimming event Lester Smith, San Francisco. Pacific coast swimming champion. negotiated the distance one-ffth of a second behind the Hawaiian.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
Cast Off HorseshOes to
 Re JJsed on PlaygrOundS

New Haven. June 30. Cast off horse shoes from the park department horses have been saved as an item of salvage. Some of these are to be used this summer in quoit competi- tions on the public playgrounds. un- der the sports schedules announced today by Supervisor of Athletics Sch nelle.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
seYern Rcnrersion Ordered.

By Tn. Associated Press.
 Brussels. June so.--When informed this afternoon of the bombing of the Belgian troop train at Duisburg, the minister of national defense sent Gen. Rucauoy. chief of the general staff, to Duisburg immediately with in- siructlons 10 inaugurate the severest measures of repression.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
CHASED HAT. KILLED

New Haven. June 3o.--William Sal minen. 40. of 15a New York avenue. Jamaica. L. l.. jumped out of an au- tomobile to retrieve his hat which the wind had taken today, and falling heavily to the pavement, died later of fractured skull.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
TRUCK AND ALCOHOL SEIZED

State Policemen O'Keefe and Smith last night held up a Massachusetts truck on the Berlin turnpike, Weth- ersfield. and took possession of $40 gallons of alcohol The men in the truck were to have been tried in the Wethersfield court today.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30

Hartford, June so,-Judge A. w
 Creedan, in police court today ever ruled pro forma demurrer iled hy Attorneys Benedict NJ, Halden and Donald C. Mecar,hy in behalf ot their client. N, W. Rassett, ioweler st lhoh Main street. charged with violating a law passed hy the 1893 legislature concerning the standard nf time, A fine of s6 was imposed and bond of sio0 was fixed by the court when the lawyers for the accused moved for appeal. 4 bond was furnished and
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
WOMAN STRUCK BY AUTO IS DYING AT HOSPITAL
Mrs. Anna Carlson of "A Grand Street Knocked Down by Auto Driven
 By William ~. Rice

Mrs. Anna Carlson, aged about SO, of 24 Grand. street. is dying at the New Britain General hospital as the result of being struck by an automo- bile driven by William c. Rice of e5 Columbia street on Franklin square this afternoon, She has compound fracture of the skull and compound fracture of the left leg. No arrest was made as the police are convinced that there was no negligence on Rice's part.
 Mrs Carlson was attended by Dr. George W. Dunn.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30


 it might perhaps but there are indi- cations that the effort to obtain $4.5OO will be a success. The city of New Britain, it is expected, will make contribution and there should be nu- merous small ones from individuals about the city,
 Meanwhile the authorities of the camp are anxious that everyone in New Britain visit the institution at some time while a part of the 800 children are there. The need of the vacation for these youngsters will be immediately manifest, their enjoy ment plain to be seen Automobilists will find the camp easily by drying to the center of Burlington on any of the various routes and there asking further directions.
 The fund Is being raised for the purpose of giving 300 children. who are physically in need of a vacation, two weeks apiece in the country at the Farm. The Fresh Air Editor Of the Herald will be glad to receive and acknowledge subscriptions from Her. aid readers to this worthy cause.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
WHITFIELD NOT EATING
Alleged Slayer of Cleveland Police man on Hunger StIike--Hasn' t Eaten in S7 Hours.

Cleveland, June 3o.--John l.. Whit field. charged with the murder of Pa tdolman Dennis Griffin, who is on a hunger strike, at nine o'clock today had gone S7 hours without eating. His guards reported that since Thursday night he had declined even to drink water. Food is left with him at all times.
 If he doesn't want to eat it's his own business" Prosecutor stanton said. 'T am not Uorried.'
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
OIL NELL ON FIRE

Beaumont, Tex. June 30.-Obsesson we'll No, 10. in the Orange field In which a. heavy gass flow has been burning is reported to have ignited adjoining oil wells threatening a large part of the field.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
Marks Worth S47,600 in Pre-War Days, Cost S1 Now

New York. June 3o.-Two hundred thousand German marks. which had a nominal value of s47,eoo before the war, could be purchased in the local foreign exchange market today for d.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
FOUR U. s. JACKIES ARE KILLED IN
 BLAST ON DESTROYER WILLIAMSON
HARTFORD MAN WHO SHOWED CLOCK
 WITH DAYLIGHT TIME IS FINED $
Appeal Taken to Superior Court and From There It Win
 Re Taken to Supreme Court For Test Case

,he ease goes over ia the September term af the superior court The ae- ton was anticipated hy hoih sides, i' being a test rase, it is predicted iha' similar course will he taken when inc ense reaches the superior court and that it will he fought out in the supreme court,
 Mir Rassett early this week display ed daylight time on the street clock in front of his store with view t" testing the ennstitutionnliiy of the standard time law recently enacted
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
Connecticut State Librapa,i' Adyt. Dept. .su s."'
 Hartford, Conn. aug

TO nave neen raFrian out ny me same organization that arranged the eSpio' sion that killed two Germans In the waiting room of the wieshaden rai'' way station this week
 The train which was carrying ann men on leave left nuisburg shortly before 2 o'clock, The bomb exploded as tho train was crossing the Rhine It completely demolished the car kill ing or badly woundlng every man in it. and moriaily iniuring the sentinel who was guarding tho bridge. He yns struck by n fragment Of iron.
 The wounded are being cared for in hospitals in the vicinity Of puispnrg' Several of the wounded are not cx- pnctod to li,e.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
g Others Hurt

Philadelphia. June so.-Nine sailors were injured this afternoon in an ex- plosion on the scout cruiser Richmond at the Philadelphia navy yard The men were taken to the navy yard hos pital. All were said to be badly burned.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
CHAUTAUQUA RAISES
 s74.47 FOR AIR FUND
Tag Day by Children Nets Good Fund--Other Con-
 tributions Made Today

A contribution of s74.F in bills and small change. collected by New Britain children at the sessions or the Chautauqua yesterday and turned in to the treasurer today. materially sweled the total of the Fresh AIT fund. The figures now are:
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
Internal Machine Placed in Train Carrying Troops Home on Leaye-More Than 25 Seriously Wound ed d-Teutonic Plot, Mili- tary Officials Assert.
Rg The Assaelslsa Pres.

Ry The Associated FEsss,
 nussseldaFf, June aA, - Nine Bel gian soldiers were killed today hy the explosion of a hemh in a passenger ear af . train carrying Belgian sel' diers on leave hack to Belgium from the Rnhr,
 Between ss and sn soldiers were wounded
 The explosion Is regarded in mili' a-..- .l..ln. lnrn ina lannaan nAnlA
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
MARRIAGES IN JUNE, 1928,
 FEWER THAN IN JUNE, 1922
Only 71 licenses Issued During Month
 of Brides This Year-S3 Last Year

Marriages during the month of June show falling off in comparison with those of June, 1922, a perusal of the records at the town clerks office at the close of business today shows. In the past month II permits to wed were issued while the number during the same month last year was s3.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
THE WEATHER

Hartford. June 30.-Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair. not much change in tenn perature tonight and Sunday.
Evening star., 1923-06-07

morrow. and the latter will sail Sat
urday for her home in England. to
Ensnd the summer, returning to
Washington in October. Mr. Broder
lex will remain in New York over the
week end and return to the embassy
the first of the week.
Mrs. Joseph e Davies and her
younger daughter, Miss Rachel
Davies. will leave today for Vassar
College, where. Mr.. Davies will join
them Monday, June IL, Miss Eleanor Da-
v!es. their elder daughter. being among
the graduates. Mr.. and Mrs. Davies
and their two daughters will return
to Washington for short stay be-
fore sailing for Europe the latter
mer.
Mrs. Christian Herter left this
morning for Long Island, where she
Will spend the summer. Mr.. Herter
Will join her there later In the month
Miss Helen Griffin will entertain
at a supper party this evening at the
Little Tea House, in honor of Miss
Mary Laning Palmer and her hance,
Capt. Norman Bemis Chandler. The
guests will include the members of
the wedding party.
AdPt. H. u. IlarK, VINO mas peen
stationed at Fort Riley, Kan, and re-
Gently appointed to station In Wash
ington, left the western post June 4,
accompanied by Mrs. Clark, and they
ar Ell route TO this city by motor.
WilsOn-Griffin Wedding
In All Souls Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Yancey Grif-
fin announce the marriage of their
daughter, Mary Orme, TO Lieut.. Com
mander William Walter Wilson, U.
S. n. The ceremony was performed
this morning by the Rev. U. G. D..
Pierce, pastor of All Souls Unitarian
Church, in the presence of only the
members of the two families, and
Commander Wilson and his bride left
imm ediately after for a wedding trip
In the north. Commander Wilson is
in command of the U. 8. 8. Maury,
now at the Boston navy yard. but will
join his ship at Newport the first of
August and Mrs. Wilson will be in
Newport through that month. They
will spend the month of July in Maine,
In the camp of the commanders
one Of the old families of George
town, being granddaughter of the
late Mr.. Joseph Libbey.
A wedding of direct interest to
Washingtonians was that of Miss Al
lison Swan and Mr.. Philip Pratt. which
took place in St. Thomas Church.
New York. yesterday. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Henry L.
Durant, rector of Grace Church,
Georgetown, D. c.
Col. Thomas Miller was best man
for MIR. Pratt On account of a very
recent death in the family of the
bride only the immediate members Of
the family were present
Mrs. Pratt is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Allison Post Swan and
granddaughter of the late Edward
III. Swan, who lived for many years
at Oyster Bay, Long Island. The
brides mother is the great-grand-
niece of Washington Irving. and the
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bridegroom is the son OF Mrs. Fred
erick w. Pratt.

bridegroom Is the son OF Mrs. Fred
erick w. Pratt.
The assistant secretary of the
Treasury, Col. Edward Clifford. who
has been in Europe about q month,
will sail for this country Saturday,
June 9. Mrs. Clifford and their
daughter Helen and young son
a year. will return to Washington
later in the summer.
: Col. and Mrs. Howard Dickinson
entertained at dinner last evening
at the Chevy Chase Club. In compIi-
nd ment bsr to rsns. Miss Mary tsnlns
Chandler. The other guests were
Gen. and Mrs, john L. Hines, Gen.
and Mrs. John McAuiey Palmer. Mrs.
Chandler. mother OF the bridegroom;
Col. and Mrs. Edgar Collins. Col.
Miss Frances Chandler, Miss Diana
Cumming Miss Marguerite Munger.
Miss Elizabeth Zoinay, Miss Jean Dar-
rah. Lieut.. Col. Winthrop Green.
Knight. Lieut.. Harris r. Sherer and
Lieut.. Mccarthy.
Mrs. Dickinson and her son will
leave next week for their summer
home in Southampton, Long Island.
Col. Dickinson will join her there
tion.
Mrs. A. Dallas Tucker and Miss
Ethel Tucker have gone to Atlantic
City, and are at the Hotel Glasiyn.
The governor of Virginia. Mr.. f..
Lee Trinkle. was the guest of honor
at dinner given last evening by
Commissioner Cuno Rudolph at the
Racquet Club. The other guests in
cludsd Col. Kenneth Ogden. Mr.. Mar.
shall King and Dr. S. NJ. Johnson.
mond today after being the guest OF
Mr.. Marshall King during the Shrine
convention.
Mrs. Harreld. wife of Senator John
w. Harreld. has returned TO Wash
homes at Oklahoma City and Ard
more. Okla She will remain here
with Senator Harreld until July I
when they will sail for Europe on the
Leyiathan.
guests at the Westward Ho break
fast. Saturday. the Secretar.' of Agri-
culture. Mr.. Henry c. Wallace: Mr..
John T. Adams. Mrs. John Walsh,
Mrs. Mary E. Waller, Mrs. William
G. Goodrich, Mr.. and Mrs Paul De
Laney and Mrs. James C. Davis.
Miss Isabelle Huntington Powell
entertained at luncheon today at
Miss Jean Tucker. whose marriage to
Mr.. Allen Hunt Roberts will take
place Saturday In Christ Church of AL
exandria, Va. The guests included
Mrs Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, sis
ter of Miss Tucker; Miss Mary Tay-
lor, Miss Rosemary Browning, Miss
Roberts. Miss Mary Hunt Roberts,
Miss Newell, Miss Helen Campbell,
Miss Ruth Lawton. Miss Frances Peck
and Mrs. Gilpin Wilson of Staunton,
Va.
Mrs Frederic William VILE, accom-
panied by her small daughter. Helen
Isabelle Vile. will spend July and
August on the shores OF Lake Mich
igan, Indiana.
Mrs. George X. McLanahan. who re-
turned from England to attend the
graduation of her son, Mr.. Duer Nc
Lanahan. from Yale. is spending a
few days in Washington. Mrs. Nc
Lanahan will return to England
shortly. accompanied by her son ard
her younger daughter. Miss Louise
McLanahan, who Is attending school
in Virginia.
The Chilean minister to the court of
St. James and Sonora de Edwards
-ere the guests OF honor at dinner
last evening of Col. and Mrs. Henry
Huddleston Rogers, In New York,
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who entertained on the roof of the
Rttz-Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles c. Glover. jr..
will go to Nonquitt. Mass. at the end
of the month to spend the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Glover, sr.. will
leave about the same time for their
summer home at York Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs H L. Chester Of El
Paso are at Wardran Park Hotel,
where they have joined a party from
their own state. who are making an
extended visit in Washington.
Mrs. c. NJ. Anderson entertained
informally at luncheon yesterday for
Mrs. George B. Christian, ir.
Mrs. Henry Kirke Porter has leased
Glipston Grange. the villa of Mr..
Frank *. Sturgess on Kemble street.
at Lenox, Mass. for the season, and
with Miss Anne Hegeman will take
possession shortly.
Mr.. Henry Dawes. controller of the
Evening star., 1923-06-07

currency. has returned to his apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel after
CONTINUED on Ninth Page.l
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The United States ambassador to
Japan and Mrs. Cyrus Woods, who
ere now at their home In Grcensburg,
Ia, will come to Washington for a
short visit before going to San Fran
cisco They will sail from there June
Is aboard the President Taft for the
formers new post.
Evening star., 1923-06-07

The commercial counselor of the
british embassy and Mrs. John Joyce
Frederick will go TO New York to-
Evening star., 1923-06-07

Mr.. Eliot Wadsworth, assistant sec
retary of the Treasury, who has spent
several months abroad attending the
conference held in Paris regarding
the cost of the American Army of Oc
cupation on the Rhine, returned to
New York yesterday on the Olympic.
Mr.. Herbert B. Smith of the Depart
ment OF Commerce, who acted as
commercial attache at the American
legation at Warsaw, arrived in New
York from the same ship.
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Mr.. Henry Dawes. controller of the
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who entertained on the roof of the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-23

at about the moment of its occur
renee, he would be near TO knowing
who was behind the bear raid.
OF course, some stock Spectator,
passing in his own motor, gould
have seen the collision between Corn
wallis's limousine and the other cars.
But, even had he recognized the old
man., and seen that he was uncon-
scious, he would hardly have assumed
that his accident was serious. No
sensible man would have risked
hundreds of thousands on such Il
chance. And yet, according TO further
Information given him by the De
vines, thousands of shares Of Fed
Grated Motors had been offered for
sale the minute the exchange opened,
a good two hours before news OF the
accident had become public.
The accident had occurred at 9:30
and the old man must have been in
DR.. Leclerc's hospital by 9:iJ. Be
tween that time and ten o'clock, in
formation as to the financier's CON
dition must have reached the client
of Simmons & Leidy. Who had given
that Information?
BY Tuesday morning he had def
initely learned that only one tele-
phone call had been recorded in the
central office as having been made
from the hospital between the hours
of 0:30 and 1915. That call had
been put in at five minutes of ten
and was TO Mrs. CORVALLIS. And
the CORVALLIS telephone had not been
used, for an outgoing call, until after
II o'clock.
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Clearly, then, The intersection as
TO the injury 10 the financier had
come from neither the hospital nor
his home.
Senator Devine by Tuesday, was
close 10 nervous prostration. For
the attacks on Federated Motors
seemed - have gathered new vigor
over the weekend. The stock slump
ed badly on Monday and sank even
lower on Tuesday. At first almost
testing in his retaining of Pelham S
services, the lawyer, catching at 4
straw, was frantic in his appeals to
the detective TO do something
Pelham went to the police sta
ton TO which Cornwallis's Chauffeur,
and the drivers OF the taXicab and
truck. had been taken on the morn
ing of the accident. Here he learned
that. in view of Cornwallis's condition,
the three chaffeurs had been held on
heavy bail. Ten thousand dollars in
each case.
Downtown he found out the name
of the lawyer who had represented
the drivers. And now his pulse be-
gan TO quicken. for the same lawyer
had represented all three men. Pei
ham called upon him and pumped
q question at him:
who retained you to act for the
chaffeurs involved in the accident to
Jonathan Cornwallis?"
The criminal lawyer lost his
smile. "Thats funny" he said. I've
been puzzled myself. | wondered why
the same man was interested in all
three. However. he had fairly plau-
sible reason. Said that he was rep
resenting a new insurance company:
Said that these three men all had
policies protecting them, guarantee
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ciates in the amalgamation rallied TO
the defense of their stock, but shortly
before closing hour drive of sales
depressed the price badly. 1t closed
two points worse than the day before.
On the next day the stock rallied in
the early hours, but after luncheon it
reached a new low level.
During all this time Drs. Madison
and Lecler issued bulletins and the
world learned that Jonathan Corn
wallis seemed to be losing steadily in
his battle for life. He had not re-
covered consciousness. His wife had
finally been admitted into the sick
room, but was permitted to remain
only a moment; her own condition
was near to collapse.
son Saturday. at closing time, Fed
Grated Motors had dropped twenty
five points, representing a loss of
over seven million dollars. Those
men interested in keeping up the
price visited the physicians in charge
Of the unconscious financier and
pleaded with them TO issue more fav-
orable bulletins, or, to cease issuing
any reports whatsoever concerning
the condition of CORVALLIS. The
doctors Indignantly refused, justly re-
plying that Jonathan CORVALLIS was
a national figure, and that the right OF
the public TO receive information con-
crning him was superior TO the
rights of clique of stock traders.
Even the representation made to
them by CORVALLIS attorneys - that
they were costing their patient mil
lions-failed to move them.
-"The most ethical bunch of throat
cutters 1 ever ran into," declared ex-
Senator Devine of Devine, Bellows,
Devine & Devine, attorneys for Corn
wallis.
He was speaking to his nephew,
the junior member of the firm, An
thony Devine. They were dining at
their club.
The young man grinned. "If l
weren't a practicing lawyer, and didn't
know better, I'd say that there ought
to be 4 law Certainly doctors ought
not TO be permitted TO ruin their
patients"
His uncle smiled wryly. "Not
financially, anyway"
He called to an Immediately dress
ed gentleman with grazing hair, keen
eyes, and a thin, sensitive nose.
Hello, there, Pelham" he cried,
"Why not show a friendly spirit?"
Smilingly, Jimmy Pelham, the ST.
lent partner in the Tryon Detective
Agency, approached and dropped into
chair at the table of the two De
vines.
q dislike TO seem to offer advice to
distinguished member Of the bar.
but if l were you, Id gag the To-
quacious physicians of your client,
Jonathan CORVALLIS, hear talk TO
the effect that theis, garrulity has cost
their patient, and your client, millions
"You hear truth" declared the
senior Devine. If the accident to the
old gentleman had been foreseen, and
his doctors bribed, it couldn't have
worked more strongly to his disad-
vantage"
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= who's. behind the bear raid?" Pei
ham asked. 80
Devine shrugged. Simmons &
Leidy are the brokers handling prac-
tically all of the selling in Federated
Motors. Why?'
Pelham's forehead wrinliled. "What
sort of firm are they? Seems to me
that I've heard rumors about them. y
"Wcll," replied the elder Devine
cautiously respect the libel laws
highly. But will say that if they
hadn't had excellent counsel they'd
have been suspended last WINTER
"Who are their clients in this at
tack on Federated Motors?' asked
Pelham.
Young Devine laughed grimly. "lf
we could answer that, don't you think
we'd have been TO see them"
"Why, we'd have arranged some
sort of compromise" calculated the
elder lawyer.
Young Devine vented some of the
anger within him. YOU'D think that
Simmons 4 Leidv knew the exact mo-
moment when old CORVALLIS was go
ing to have his accident. They'd been
selling quietly from the moment the
exchange opened, and the minute that
news of the mishap reached the ex-
change, their floormen began unload
ing with both hands. 1t couldn't have
been timed prettier.'
Pelham's brow came closer togeth-
err. "Unless this accident, which pre-
vented the closing of the amalgama=
ton, had occurred, the stock would
have gone way up, wouldn't it,"
"Bound to-" assented Tony Devine.
"No sane trader then, would have
tried 10 bear the market on Federat-
ed Motoros?" asked Pelham.
"No sane one" answered the eld-
err Devine emphatically. --
"And it didn't look like a spon-
taneous movement, this selling? 1t
looked like an organized plan, eh?"
The two lawyers exchanged
glances. "What are you driving att"
demanded the older man.
+ Pelham ignored the question. "Since
they were so close to bankruptcy and
suspension last winter, have Simmons
& Leidy numbered any big operators
among their clientele?"
The Devines shook their, heads.
Tony answered: They've barely kept
above water"
at wouldn't be possible to find
out whom they're acting for?" in
quired Pelham.
We've tried" said the elder De-
vine, "but there are no leaks in that
office"
Suppose 1 try" suggested Pei
ham.
"What are you driving at?" ask
ed the senior lawyer again.
Il made a suggestion; do you wish
to retain me?" fenced Pelham.
you're retained" said the former
Senator.
The more Jimmy Pelham thought
about the bear raidSon Federated
Motors, the mofe he became con
WINGED that design, not coincidence,
had timed the beginning of the sell
ing operation. If Pelham could find
out who had learned of the accident