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New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
PLANS TO BE MADE FOR
 BIG LEGION CONVENTION
Comnnitte Chairnen Meet Tonight to Discuss Finances and Other Im-
 portant Subjects.

Preliminary arrangements for the American Legion state convention in this city September IS, IA and IS will be made at meeting of the committe chairmen tonight at B o'clock. Finances will be one of the principal items discussed. A survey will be made to determine how much money will be needed and how it can be spent to best advantage.
 Chairmen of the committees who have been appointed by Maurice H. Pease, chairman of the general con vcntion committe. are as follows: Pa rade, Curtis L. Sheldon; entertain ment, Rodman Chamberlain; traffic, Arthur Podts; quarters, Harry c. Jackson; parade luncheon, Clifford Hellberg; decorations Stanley Eddy; publicity, William W. T. Squires; sou venirs, Col. Herbert A. Johnson; badges, George Rawlings; program, Boost and Pull" staff; finance, Wal ter Milkey.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
HARDWOOD IS LEADER
 IN DAYS GOLF MATCH Heads Morning Qualifiers With 2 Under Par
 Birds Score Is 89
By The Associated PresJ.

By The Associated Pres1.
 Inwood, N. Y, July 1o.-Joe Kirk wood, the Australian star led the morning round qualifiers of the na- tional open golf championship with a card of 70, two under par.
 Kirkwood went out in 37 and played the second in 3s, His incom- ing card was featured by five threes.
 Kirkwood's 70 was pew course record in competition. His cards:
 Out .. 4 3 3 5 5-37
 In .. 43 3 5 3 5 4 5-33-70
 Jess Sweetser, amateur champion, had card of 7S. It follows:
 Out .. 4 6 8 5 4-42
 In =. A 4 4 4 4 4-36-7S
 Gene Sarszen, the defending cham pion. led yesterdays qualifiers with 14s. The highest qualifying score was 160. Chick Evans was the only amateur to qualify.
 Scores for the first 8 holes in to- days qualifying test
 Jack Forester, Deal. N. J.. 76; Fave Spittal, Toronto, 7S: Eddie Mur- phy. St. Joseph, Mo, 80; Eddie Towns, Pittsburgh, S2; John McKen- na, Bayside, N. r., (withdrew); Elm met French, Youngstown, 75; Ru- dolph Knepper, Sioux City, la, Ss.
 James A. Donaldson, White Plains S3; Alex A. Bird. New Britain, Conn. S9; Frank W. Clark, Asheyille, N. C.. 79.
 Jack Bowling, Roslyn, N, T., S4; James A. Kennedy (amateur), Tulsa, Okla, Ss; J. J. Rowe, Philadelphia, S2; D. Williams, Westfield. N. J, 75; J. Ford (amateur), New York, SS; Andrew Campbell. Wallingford, Pa. sS; Walter Chinery, New York, SS; George Heron, Waterbury, N. T.. s3; Willie Hoar, Chicago, 92; l.. Myers, Providence, S7; G. F. Lamprecht (amateur), Cleveland. S1; D. D. Hackney, Lawrence, Mass, S7; Charles Clarke. Pittsburgh, so; Frank Gilman, Augusta Me, S6; c. P. Nichols. N. Y, SS; Joe Sylvester, St, Albans, N. T., v; B. A. Conroy, Ar cola, N. J., withdrew; Louis Costello, Baldwin, N. Y., s6; Harry Hampton. Rochester, Mich. 7s; J. $. Worthing- ton (amateur), Mount Vernon, N. Y. S3: S. Covington, Wethersfield, Conn.,, 06
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
DANDONE QUESTIONED
Bridgeport Coroner, With Court Sten- ographer. Takes Statements From Confessed Murderer of HultZ.

Danbury. July 1o-It became known today that Coroner John J. Phelan of Bridgeport. came to this city late yesterday afternoon in company with Leonard W. Coggswell, superior court stenographer, and took the state ment of John Dandone. self confessed slayer of George Hultz at Topstone, May 1 The result of the examination of Dandone by the coroner has not been disclosed but it is understood that prisoner was questioned concern ing the statements he had made in the Bridgeport jail last Saturday night and afterwards signed
 The state police, have not been en- tirely satisfied with some portions of Dandone's original story. Dandone, who had been confined in the police station here during the day, while the state police were checking up some Of the details Of his story was taken to Bridgeport last night.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED
stamford Man Hld On Charge of Dri, ing Car That Brushed Boy
 From Another. Causing His Death.

Stamford, July 10.-Joseph Mar tinelli, of 4S Saltwater avenue. this city, was held today on the allega- ton that he was driving the motor truck which yesterday afternoon at Riverside brushed off the running board of another truck Dhlmis Word en of Cos Cob, resulting in the lat ter's death,
 The police say that while denying that he was in any accident, Martinel- Ii says he was in Riverside with the truck about the hour of the accident He says he knew nothing about the death of the Worden boy. He recalls cutting in" on another truck.
 Martinelli was arrested because he failed to have d marker on the front of his car. The police had stopped him and entered complaint for viola ton of the traffic laws and then they came to the conclusion that his WAS the truck they had been looking for since yesterday afternoon. The num- Der on the rear marker correspond ed with the number reported to them as having been on the car that brushed off Worden.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
PAPLARSKI AND KOWALSKI
 NOW HELD FOR BURGLARY
Alleged Auto Thieves Arrested By Southington and Unionyile Police
 for Breaks There.

Bruno Paplarski and Ignatz Kow- alski, brought to New Britain from Boston yesterday by Sergeant Mich ael J. Flynn, were arraigned before Judge B. W. filling in police court this morning on a charge of stealing an automobile valued at $500 from John Smyko of this city. The cases were continued until Monday of next week with bonds for release fixed at $1,000 each. Following court they were re-arrested by Southington and Unionville police officials on charges of burglary, one of which is alleged to have been committed in Unionville on June II and the other in South ington on June IA.
 These two young men, with Joseph Dionne and Joseph Kowalski, were ar- rested in Springfield by the federal auth critics on charges of violating the Dyer act in reference to transporting a stolen automobile from one state to another. The four are to be given a hearing in the federal court at Boston Thursday morning.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
REPORT OF THE ELKS
Membership Now Is S26,s25---Total Assets of Grand Lodge Amount to S1,O99, ,912,25.

Atlanta, July 10.-Meeting in the "old south" for the first time in 25 years the grand lodge of the Ben evolent and Protective Order of Elks opened the business sessions of it's 59th annual convention today,
 Interest centers in the selection of the new grand exalted ruler. It gen. erally is expected by the delegates that the 1924 convention will go to Boston.
 The annual report of Grand Secre- tary Fred Robinson showed that the order now has a membership of S26,- S25, an increase of 14.16S since the last meeting, Fifteen new lodges were chartered during the year, making the last numbered lodge 1.470.
 Total income for the year ended May 3t last was given at s41S.3O2.75, a net gain over expenses of s107,4S and the total assets of the grand lodge were placed at s1,099,912.25.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
SIX AUTO BANDITS HOLD
 UP TRUCKER AT MILFORD
Blind Driver By Use of Red Pepper Then Bind Him and Throw
 Him Into Ditch.

Milford, July 10.-Held up by six automobile bandits on the Devon side of Washington bridge early today, An tonic Cuzzaerea of Orange. the driver of a, motor truck owned by Nicholas Cimino of 30 Olive street, New Haven, was temporarily blinded when red pepper was thrown into his eyes, and was then gagged with handkerchief. tied hand and foot with rope and thrown into a ditch alongside the Mil ford turnpike.
 The bandits after holding up Cuz- zaerea on the pretense that they were police who wanted to see his license papers, took him with them in their high powered motor car. The leader of the gang then directed one of his men to drive the Cimino truck to- ward New Haven.
 Cuzzaerea made his report of the affair to the Milford police after he was picked up by an automobile driv- en by John A. Ramus of Bridgeport. The police have not apprehended the bandits nor recovered the truck up to this time.
 The automobile truck which was stolen is described as a i've ton ma chine. with a red drivers cab. blue body and brown canvas cover. It was loaded with fruit.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
TALES OF GRAFT AND
 WEALTH FROM LIQUOR
Chicago Daily News Prints Alleged Expose of So. At-
 lantic Rum Running
By The Associated Press.

Chicago, July 10. Rum running along the south Atlantic seaboard has assumed such tremendous proportions that the inhabitants of poverty strick en little islands have become rich al- most over night and the section has become known as "bootleggers para dise,' the Chicago Daily News said to- day in a copyrighted article describing conditions along the Florida coast
 In the Bahamas from the city of Nassau alone the article said. official clearings of liquor bound for the United States increased from ST,821 gallons in 1917 to 1,340,443 gallons in 1922. ..,-
 Miami, first stop of the investigat- ors, was described as "a city where you can buy all the whiskey you want at S5 quart"
 Havana and Nassau were described as only two of the ports that were flooding the United States with liquor, some of it from American distilleries.
 Upon the payment of the proper amount of graft" the writer said, you can clear out of a port with bl CdbtS Ol WIllshGE Dlllcu to legitimate point, unload 1t on the American coast, sail into the afore- said legitimate port with an empty ship and receive landing certificate showing that you arrived there with the very whiskey you smuggled into the United States"
 Tn the course Of our participation in this business on the Atlantic coast" the writer continued, Terry and I bought booze in Havana, brought it through the customs at Key West and sent it to friends in Chicago through the United States mails We bought other booze in Nassau and landed it in Miami at the pier"
 Bahama rum runners," the writer said "are sore because London and Glasgow are sending booze to Ameri- ca, 30,O00 to 10000 cases at a time, in bigger rum ships that the Bahamas ever dreamed of before."
 Prohibition, establishes by order ly process at the ballot box is being systematically impugned and denied by selfish interests the statement said. "Allen infiuences,S not simply but in many cases anti American propose to establish con dition of nullification of the prohibit tion law,
 These men, XXX desire to weaken of the law to encourage it's violation to incite hostility to 1t by subtle jests, false rumors and dis torted facts.
 ''The Christian people of this coun- try demand that all political parties shall declare for full enforcement of prohibition and against any weaken ing of the national prohibition act" XXX
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
N. H. DIRECTORS IN
 FAVOR OF MERGER Approve of Consolidation Plans
 'ln Principle' Today STORROW REPORT HELD UP Formal Approval of Committee Plan to Put Through Recapitalizatton and Consolidation to Be Considered Further.
STORROW REPORT HELD UP

New York, July 10.-Approval in principal of the plan for consolida- ton and reca pitalization of New Eng land railroads was voiced by directors of the N. Y, N. H, and H. after a meeting today. Approval of the Storrow committee plan to achieve this end was withheld however, pending further consideration.
 The directors statement said:
 "The board is in hearty sympathy with the purpose of the joint New England committee to secure a New England system of railroads and " the committees proposed policy ,.e,sk mobilization by cooperation ,,se sse, not yet had time to cer COS v. the various means X hN AfCts committee for reachih sA9ys feasible or desirable. %M Soard is giving special attentionSf the report to making statement at a later date"
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
Dr. Cook, Explorer, Indicted in Ohio
 As Fake Promoter

Cleveland, July 10.--Twenty- six oil promoters, including pr. Frederick A. Cook, former Arc tic explorer, were indicted by the federal grand jury here to. day on charges of using the mails to defraud and conspiracy to make fraudulent use of mails. The indictments were returned after federal District Attorney A. E. Bernsteen had presented scores of wit nesses to the jury in the gov ernment's drive to stem the flood of bogus oil stocks. Cook and 2S of his associates are al legged to have defrauded Ohio ans through the sale of the stock of the Petroleum Pro- ducers Association, a Fort Worth. Tex. oil promotion en- terprise of which Cook was president and sole trustee"
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
Burglar Alarm in Church
 Traps Alleged Burglar
3y The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Sofia. July 10.-"BuIgaria must have her promised outlet to the Aegean; she will not be thtottled, de clared Premier Zankoff in an inter view today in connection with the out come of the Near East peace confer ence at Lausanne. The action of the conferees in giving Karagatsch in the Adrianople district to Turkey had put Turkey and Greece in a position to bar Bulgaria's way to the sea he pointed out.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
IMPETUS IS GIVEN TUBERCULOSIS WORK
Fun-Time Physician Engaged by
 New Britain Relief Society
SECURE DIR. SAMUEL DELANO
Clinic in Booths Block, Medical Work At City Sanitarium, School Nutri- tion Work and Fresh Air Camp in His Field Of Activity.

A@ S@NS 1thatitNikuliiy
 ton Work and Fresh Air Camp in
 His Field of Activity.
 A full time physician to look after tuberculosis patients in New Britain will be engaged under contract for one year, with the possibility of keep ing man engaged in this work per manently according to a vote taken at 8, meeting of the Tuberculosis Re- lief society yesterday afternoon.
 Dr. Samuel Delano of the Hartford county sanitarium has been engaged and will assume his duties probably about September 1, or sooner. No salary has been mentioned.
 Dr. Delano will take full charge of the tuberculosis clinic in the Booth block. conducted by the board of health. He will also take charge of medical work at the New Britain sanitarium, formerly the Rocky Hill sanitarium, will supervise the nutri- ton work at the fresh air school and will have charge of the medical work at the New Britain fresh air camp.
 Dr. Delano Harvard Man
 Dr. Delano is a Boston man, a graduate of the academic as we'll as the medical courses in Harvard uni versity and has been at the Hartford county sanitarium for the past two years and a. half. He has practiced in Europe and is Phi Beta Kappa member. He is said to be an expert on tuberculor subjects and Is the man who first started the general medical clinic at the Boston city hospital
 While no salary figures are avail able it is understood that Dr. Delano is coming to New Britain at salary far less than he could earn elsewhere because he is interested in the tuber- culosis problem and the methods used in fighting it in this city. The nutri- ten classes and the Fresh Air camp are features of fighting the dis ease which are not met in all com nunities.
 Heretofore the work of supervising the health clinic has been in charge of Miss Ventlie Logan and Miss Der nadette Labarie who have had charge of the fresh air school and it's nutri- ton classes, as well as the board of health clinic. Miss Logan also is re- sponsible for the nutrition periods al the fresh air camp, which are con ducted under the supervision of Miss Freda Lund. another nurse who stays at the camp all summer.
 One of Dr, Delano's many duties will be the examining of children for the fresh air camp, work now being done by volunteer physicians in the city.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
ROUND UP OF MIGRANTS
Al Tramps fin Westchester County to Be Arrested in Search For Slayer of Dorothy Kaufman.

Scarsdale, N. Y. July 10. Westches- ter county authorities have ordered that every vagrant found within the county's bounds be taken up in the search for the slayer of Miss Dor othy Kaufman of Westover, Md, governess in the home of Magruder Craighead. The girl was found hacked to death last Wednesday.
 Frank Vendal of Sorel, Canada has been taken into custody as suspect.
 The search continued today for the spider gated negro.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
Clergyman Wants to Aid
 Man Who Assaulted Him

New York, Ju.y 1o.-Rev. Dr. John 1T. Kerr. 66, pastor of Arlington avenue Presbyterian church, Brook lyn who was attacked yesterday by 3 burglar armed with an axe today sent d message of forgiveness to his as esilant He s0:I he was willing to eyLend the helping hand to him.
 He has a possible fracture of the skull.
 Pawn shops were searched todaS by the police in the hope that the burglar would attempt to dispose of some of the s1.5't worth of vainables stolen from the rectory
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
MINE WAGE DISPUTE
Operators and Miners Organize Sub- Committees to Consider Demands Presented by Union Workers.

Atlantic City, July 1o.-Operators and miners Of the anthracite coal fields today organized a sub-commit- tee to consider the demands present. ed by the union men for incorpora- ton in the proposed new wage con- tract.
 After all the demands have been reviewed the operators are expected to refuse all save those that relate to the 12-hour day and calling for speedy decisions by the umpires to whom deadlock questions from the board of conciliation are referred The operators yesterday signifed their willingness to abolish the 12- hour day SO far as practicable and as soon as it can be done. About 5000 men are employed 12 hours day.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
Arrested in Stamford for
 Auto Theft Down in Penn

Stamford. July 1o.-George Cart lidge. alias Dr. Harrison. who is wanted in Pottsville. Pa, on a charge of stealing an automobile, was ar rested at Pear Tree Point this morn ing. He was brought to Stamford and will be held for return to Penn sylvania. Cartilage who has been known here as Dr. Harrison has been living in New Canaan.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
Military Funeral for
 Lieut. Roth, Ralloonist

Cedar Rapids, Ia, July 1o.-The body of Lieut. Louis J. Roth, who lost his life on Lake Erie will be brought to Cedar Rapids, for interment, his father, former Mayor Louis Roth said today. The flag on City Hail was at half mast today Funeral arrange ments will be in charge of Hanford post, American Legion.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
German Official Beaten
 By Two Belgian Soldiers
Associated Press.

By The Associated Frees.
 Brussels July 1o.-The German charge d'affaires here was assaulted last evening by two former Belgian soldiers who followed him from the legation to his private house. Enter ing the vestibule the men attacked the diplomat and administered a se- we're beating. The assailants were arrested and released on bail.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
BRIDEGROOM SOAKS
 CLERGYMAN ON JAW ReSentS It Because Divine Had Given His Bride "Paternal KiSs' EX-NEW HAVENER IS VICTIM
Lieut.. Wesley NJ. Hague Ignores Outstretched Hand and Sends Right to Chin of Rev. George Lyman Payne of Boston.

Boston, July 1o.-Lieut. Wesley McLaren Hague, IT.. s. N. admitted today that he had engaged in a scuffle with Rev. George Lyman Paine yesterday in the course of which he knocked the clergyman through the glass panel of a door in the offices of the greater Boston federation of churches on Beacon street He said his anger had been aroused when the clergyman, after admitting that he had kissed the lieu tenants bride of two months, had in sisted it merely was a display of fatherly affection.
 Gave Him Tlrashing
 T believed he needed a thrashing and l gave it to him." said Lieut. Hague. T considered the matter had ended right there and wanted it to end there"
 Rev. MT. Paine, who is executive secretary of the church federation, said that Hague had attacked him. through a misunderstanding of oc 'T"~ences while the lieutenant was on duty at Baltimore. He officiated at ,4la marriage of the lieutenant to Miss Priscilla Redgrave of Baltimore while he was assistant rector of Christ Episcopal church. Cambridge. Short ly before the marriage he baptized Miss Redgrave and he said that when he kissed 1T after this ceremony Lielr .,.,Ny. did not offer any pro- .kakS ut for Stroll. ,utenant was away l.. .n, ook Mrs. Hague for COZ .'e ride to Belmont. He
 -s that while they were strolling .Snrough a meadow he kissed her on the cheek, but asserts that 1t was merely a paternal and friendly act and that he did nothing offensive to Mrs. Hague,
 A Right to the Jaw
 Yesterday afternoon Lieut.. Hague visited the office of the church fed eration, ignored Rev. Mr. Paine's out stretched hand and swung at his chin. The two grappled and the clergyman crashed through glass door. suffering several cuts about the head and arms. The lieutenant apologized to others in the office for creating disturbance and departed.
 Formerly in New Haven
 Rev. MT. Paine is married and ,, the. father of two sons at Harvard. He is Harvard graduate, and was prominent in athletics while in col lege. From 1911 to 1918 he was rector of St Paul's church, New Haven, Conn.,, and during the war did Y. M. c. A. work in France. Later he taught at Berkeley divinity school, Conn.,, coming to Cam bridge in 1921.
 Lieut. Hague for many years lived In Chicago and his family now resides In San Diego. Cal. He was gradu- ated from Annapolis in 1919 and from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech. | ast month. He is a naval construc- ton officer and will leave in a few days for duty at the Bremerton, Wash, navy yard.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
FATHER IS JAILED.

Sioux City. Ia, July 10-Found guilty of chaining his four year old son 10 cot in barn. Carl Grinsav- age was sentenced to So days in jail During the first and last five days. Grinsavage will receive only bread and water.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
S175, ,000 Fire When 300
 Gals. of Gasoline Explade

Long Beach. Cal. July 1o-A loss of approximately s175,0o0 resulted from a fire started in the Signal Hill oil district early today by the explo- sion of 500 gallon tank of gasoline in the Gilmore Refining compsny's plant.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
Sharp Decline in Birth
 Rate Reported in Mass,

Boston, July 1o.--Vital statistics for Massachusetts for 1922, made public here today. show that last year there were s7, ,636 births as com pared with e2,2O7 in 1921 Mar riages numbered 32,6s3 in 1922 and 33,5e0 in 1921. Deaths were 51.115 in 1922 and 47,7so in 1921.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
TERRIFIC THUNDER STORM
England Experiences Awful Electrical Disturbance -- Many Fires From Lightning.

By The Associated Press
 London, July 10.-England experi- enced one of the worst thunder storms in many years early today. It lasted from midnight to about a. m.
 In London the fire brigade respond ed to some 40 calls occasioned by fires through lightning striking vari- ous houses.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
Two Springfield Truckers
 Arrested as Rum Runners

Stamford, July 1o.-Dominlck De co, of Long IIii.. Springfield, Mass, and Eugene 3saInig of Water street q at city were arrested today with a 100 gallon still a2d a quart of " his key on an automobile truck. They were turned ovar to federal officers to be taken to Bridgeport for 2 ~~Arine.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
HOLLAND PLAYERS OUT

By The Associated Press.
 Eastbourne. Eng, July 10. - The Spanish lawn tennis team in the Davis cup competition today eliminat- ed Holland from the European semi final by winning the doubles The spaniards took both singles yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
Danhhry Fictory Fire
 Does Damage of S20, GOO

Danbury July 1o-Fire of un- known origin early this morning caused damage estimated at s2o.oeo to the factory of osmsr and Brennan. Inc, hat manufacturers at g River street.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
Sentenced to Die
 Can't Understand
 What Court Ruled

Chicago, July 10.-Mrs. Sa- belle Nitti Crudelle, convicted yesterday of the murder of her husband Frank, remains un- aware that the verdict carried with it a sentence of death by hanging. She does not under stand English and it was ascer- tained this morning that no one has had the heart to tell the woman the verdict.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-10
BOOST COAL PRICES.

Bridgeport July 1o.-Retail coal prices were advanced s1 a ton here today. The new price is SIS for household sizes and s14 for pea sire coal