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New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
CONSTABLE BEATEN UP,
 TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Stark Hit With Bottle, Has COncussiOn of the
 Brain

Constable George A. Stark was found lying unconscious in the hall way of the block at S25 Main street this afternoon and was taken to the New Britain General hospital where he is suffering from concussion Of the brain, Hospital authorities were unable to determine his condition until n further examination is made
 His condition, it Is alleged, is the result Of being hit in the head by a bottle hurled through the glass in the door Of the house at 3s6 Broad street by Louis Nilegynsko, on whom the constable was serving legal papers. Wilczynsko was arrested after tho as- Fault by patrolmer Edward K eley and John Lieblcf. The bottle struck him just over the left eye and seven stitches were necessary to close the wound. He was in dazed condition after being hit, but was able to get around.
 People living in the building where MT. Stark was found said that he had been sitting on the railing in the hail. way for quite a while before he was found by Attorney Irving Rachlin lying on the floor. Dr. David Wasko- wiH was called and ordered his re- moval 10 the hospital
 Wilezynsko is being held under 5000 bonds on charge Of assault.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
FIRE CAUSES S2,5OO LOSS
 IN GRAND STREET HOUSE
Hm Ashes Ihruwn Against Partition In Cellar Thought To Have
 started Blane.

Damage estimated at sz.sG0 result ed from d fire in the twO-family house at 45-47 Grand street last night that started among rubbish in the cellar. An investigation make by fire officials revealed that hot ashes had been thrown against a partition which was burned and set fire 10 rubbish that mad been allowed to collect.
 An alarm from box i6 Ras sent in about 1o:S0 o'clock and apparatus from companies 1. 2 and answered. They succeeded in conTning the blaze to the cellar and first floor of fine house. but were not able to put out the fire until the damage reached about sz.560. The woodwork in the cellar was total loss and the fire ate up through the partitions of the first floor
 The furniture of II. l.. Ryder. the owner Of the house, who occupied the first floor tenement, was badly dam aged hy smoke and water. The thick smoke that filled the cellar and house hindered the firemen in their work
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26

Total 10 date .,,.2S0T si7.S70,97
 Members of inc Hiwanis club wore blue bandanas tied about their nccks dcnoting labor. The Kiwnnis motto is, We Build,' and the club color Is blue.
 The speaker today vas Rev. Sanuel F.. lfiske of Berlin. Mir fiske told of the passing of the old and fasle idea Of getting ahead Of the other fellow and Of the develop ment Of tho broader community spirit Of helprulness and service.
 "If the world could be SO organ ized that each man could take care of himself, if would not be worth liv- ing in" he said. "Wc need to be touched by the constant needs or the boys and girls with whom largo part of inc community life is com posed.
 "We shall go into this affair from community spirit, instead Of from selfish standpoint"
 Tle spoke about tho need of vol unteer and spontaneous effort in this age for the bctterment of mankind and said: "1f laws were sufficient 10 save the world, Rome would not have gone down. IT knowledge. grace and beauty were sufficient 10 save tho world, ancient Greece would have survived. Wonderful as these things are they will not save America. We have not found anywhere that this republic will endure to Inc crack Of doom. Unless we are free from the false notions uf a large portion there is trouble ahead for America"
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
HOLD-UP VICTIM HERSELF
 WAS ONCE DARING CROOK
sophie Lyons Burke. Famous Con" Woman of Sears Ago. Feels
 Sorry for Youths.

Detroit. March 2G.-Thrcs natiiiy dressed yonths held up a little lunch- room here last night. showed a wom- an. the only person in the place ex- cept the proprietor. under the table and escaped with $50 and the proprie- tors watch. The woman. roughly brushed aside by the youthful bandits. was Sophie Lyons Burke. former fa- nous confidence woman. and q netn= her of a bank robbery gang which ranged the world In its hunt for loot.
 Mrs. Burke. who served innumer- able prison s'rtences. lived as the wife Of two famous criminals. and vas a member Of a gang which police say obtained sS.ooo.oOo in one 'hefi from the Manhattan bank in New York. sX- pressed sympathy for The three youth- ful bandits and their petty iunchroorn hoidup after the robbery.
 Those poor deiudeI boys" Mrs. Burke said. anerward '1 pity them so If l. could talk 70 them for five minutes ] know I could make them see that crime never will pay. I've proved that in my own life.-
 The little gray woman. 7s years old. who Is author of a book entitled Why Crime Doesn't Pay" and ac- coraing to her own statements, has probably forgotten more about crime than the youthful bandits who held her up ever knew. turned from crirn- inal activity about 70 years ago and is nov doing etangeiistic work in De- troit's underworld.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
Amateur Radio Operator
 Reports MacMillan Safe

Hartford. March es.-Donald B.
 MacNillan and his party of Arctic explorers ar" safe. according to re- ports receited at headquarters Of the American Radio Relay league here today. An amateur radio operator in Lancaster. Cal. talked with Donald H. Mix. ra.sic operator of inc MacMillan tNue1inio8. Sunday. and iB reply re- c"1yed fyint signals which he was un- able tn understand. Mrs. Lewis Mix of Bristol. mother of Mix. has re- ceised a short letter from her son .rrlayeJ to her by a radio amateur in Fargo, \. D. F. II. schneIl. traffic manager of the league. today ex- pressed the belief that Nix was hay ing troufse with his transmitting set and that technical difficulty has been the reason for his long silence. Anna teurs throughout the country have been anxiously listening for signals from the arctic station since Febru- ary IS. when the last message was received.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
FIVE MEN MADE B MILLION W OH
 M FALL OF 1922, SDAI7H TOLD MzSS S7zNSON SENATE COMMITTEE LEARNS
EGGS S2I.5O DOZEN
 AT DRIVE AUCTION Teams in Community Drive Report Total Receipts
 of S17,S70

Two dozen eggs sold for sis or al inc rate of s21.50 a dozen at the sec ond meeting of the United Community corporation workers in the commun- ity chest drive for s5O.00O today. The workers were guests of the New Brit ain Kiwanis club and the eggs were auctioned off by Charles w. Hawkins. president of the club.
 MT. Hawkins started the auction by offering both dozen at the same time. Bidding was spirited and ran up ra- pidly until it stopped at SIP. when they were sold 10 Judge w. c. Hun gerford. Judge Hungerford immedi- ately turned them back 10 be auc- tioned again and they were sold in a few minutes to W. l.. Hatch for S10. Again they were auctioned and this time A. J. Leventhal purchased them for sio. Upon Mfr. Leventhai's insist ence that they sell them again. Mr. Hawkins announced that because Of pressure of time they would be sold just once more. He sold each dozen separately one dozen going to Fred o. Rackliffe for s5.50 and the other to Sidney Curran for the same price, making a total of si3, or sei.5O dozen.
 Corrections made by number of team captains to their reports yester- day made the first days total s. 7i5,65 instead Of sS,76S.66 as was rn- ported yesterday. Today's total amounted 10 s9,i55,Ss bringing the total 10 date up to si7.S70.97.
 The report by teams was as fol-
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
AT PINEHURST
sienns Collett Wins as Does Mrs. Du. hoie and Mrs. Bariow--Miss Ben. nct Loses Her Match and Chance at Se1ni.finals.

Pinehurst, \. c., March 26. After being one down at the turn. Miss Glenna Collect, north and south cham pion title holder and former national women's champion today won four Of the last eight holes of her match with Miss Ruth Perry of Philadelphia, and won the second round of the north and south women's golf tournament today. The score was 3 and |.
 Miss Louise Forlycc. Youngstown, Ohio. defeated Miss Marion Bennett. Now Britain. Conn. C and l.
 Dorothy Richards Of Cleveland went down before Mrs r. F.. Dubois Of Rye. x. Ya . and 1. Miss Richards was 3 down at the turn and was able 10 regain only one hole coming in.
 Mrs. Roland Barlow Of Philadelphia was out in 43 to 45 for Mrs. j. D. Chapman of Greenwich. Conn. and, turning into the last nine holes with an advantage of three holes she fin- ished five up and four 10 play.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
THIRD SMALLPOX CASE
 IN THE SAME FAMILY
Miss 1hcima Daniclson of Fair, ,icw street Taken to Isolation Hos
 pital Today

Miss 1hslma Daniolson. aged 23. Of i25 FairYiew street was taken to the isolation hospital this afternoon, the contracted smallpox.
 Because the two other cases in the house are conyalescent, they have not been removed to the hospital. but the removal or the latest patient will in- sure earlier release from quarantine for the others and also give her the benefit of hospital treatment
 Mrs. Aaron Danielson. the girls mother, and Lincoln Danielson, her brother, are now under treatment at home. The house has been quaran- tined for about two weeks. Symptoms of the disease were discovered in the latest victim Monday and she has been closely watched for new symptoms since that time.
 Mrs. Eva Wright of 91 Whitman street. Hartford, who is suffering from smallpox. may have contracted the disease in this city, according to a statement issued from the office of Dr. Charles F. Botsford. superintendent of the health bureau in Hartford.
 Mrs. Wright is a trained nurse. She was employed here up 10 March 10. and then went on a case in Hartford. Saturday she became i'll and has since been under observation. the diagnosis of smallpox being made after mem- bers Of the city and state health de- partments had consulted. The patient was taken at once to the isolation hospital.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
SIX CANDIDATES FOR
 P. Q. BERTH IN BRISTOL
Five Seek S3,50O Position Now Held By William
 A. Hayes
RT GEORGE II. MANNING. --..ta..t.,.. t,..rran nf x IA iin..

"AliHEtoh l3uTeaa or Ns B. heialul
 washington. b. C., March 25.-Six ladidAtes have filed their applica- ons and paper with tho civil service 5mmission for the examination to se- srv c'igibes for appointment as post taster at Bristol to succeed Postmas- i William 4. Hayes, whose term ex- .r.s June 5. The candidates are auIe J. Bryce, Beul J. Ferguson, .Iain r. Whitley Brayton H. Good n. William IL. Russell and Postmas- r Hayes. The time for filing appli- .liOn papers closed at midnight last gnt, but the commission will accept formal any applications received iay which show they were mailed .0r 10 midnight last night. The salary of the Bristol postmaster
 s5.5pD year and the appointment
 ,Ur four years.
 The commission will take about r.n we.bs to rate inc papers of the .pIiuanis privlded nothing unusual encountered ana 10 certify the elig- tes tc the post office department
 The department Bill then notify congressman E. Hart Tenn and ask i'm to name the postmaster from mong the eligibles. With more than NO months remaining it is expected hat all fhese details can be worked Ut and a ne. postmaster appointed Y ihe time Postmaster Hayes term xpircs June 5.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
PHYSICIAN SEES BURGLAR
Dr. George II. Bolley Calls On Police When He Discovers Man Trying To Climb in Window Of His Home.

Dr. George II. Bodley Of IS Hamil- ton street reported to the police last night that a man was trying to get in through window Of his house. The man saw the doctor and ran away before he could get description of him.
 Police were sent 10 the ntiglllbUT Eood. but after a thorough search. were convinced that the man was not in the vicinity.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
POLICEMAN MUSTN'T FLIRT
Neither May New York BIuccoats Tell Their Oficisl Business to Wives. is New Ruling.

New York. March sG.--No longer may New York's policemen-there are almost thirteen thousand Of them ---fiirt while on duty.
 Nor may they tell any of the details Of their business 10 their wives.
 These are two Of a long list of 'don'ts" issued today 10 all members of his force by Police Commissioner Enright.
 It's long list and, among others, includes admonitions not 10 criticise superior officers, not to be a "grouch," not to lean against walls or posts, not to keep their hands in their pockets. not 10 neglect their appearances. not to be abusive or threatening to prisoner and concludes with the ad- vice that all officers make honesty. sobriety and truthfulness your all."
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
ED. LOCKHART, FAMOUS
 BANDIT KILLED TODAY
Shot in Gun Fight With Oklahoma Sheriff and
 Six Deputies

Tulsa. Okla. March 26.-Ld Lock. hart, bandit and bank robbcr was shot and killed in a gun fight today with Sheriff Bob Sanford. of Tulsa county and six deputies. six miles west of Sperry, Okla.
 Receiving tip that Lockhart was in house on the Fred Walker farm. the sheriff and his party surrounded the place just at daybreak. Mont Grady of Muskogce, a special officer, knocked at the front door. The door flew open and Lockhart covered him with rife. commanding him 'to stick 'em up." Grady complied and Loekhart took the officers revolver.
 Jack Quasi, deputy sheriff, enter cd the house from the rear and as he came upon Lockhart and Grady, fhe bandit thrust Grady il front of him, finally backing out of the house and striking for the timber still using the officer as a shield. As he neared the edge Of the clearing about the house he fired at Sheriff Sanford.
 Deputies who had circled about tockhart and Grady then opened fire.
 Grady whirled. seized his own re- volyer. which was in Lockhaft's pocket, and without removing it from the others clothing fired once, the bullet entering Lockhart's body from the back below the kidney.
 Iockhart fell with the words you have killed me-" on his lips and died with his boots on"
 The death Of Iockhart brings 10 an end the career Of what peace officers described as the ''big three" of Ok lahoma outlawry. Henry Starr and Al Spencer. with whom Lockhart was alleged to have been closely associated in many acts of brigandage in Okla homa and Arkansas. also died from the bullets Of officers guns. and all within comparatively short span.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
EAST HAVEN BOOZE
 SMUGGLERS CAUGHT
Raid Made as Rum Ship Docks at
 Talnladse Inn Early Today
CLEANUP IN SOUND TOO
Four Vessels Have Been Captured By U. s. Cutter Seminole Since Sunday -Seized Craft Brought in to New London Harbor.

East Haven, March a6.-Liuuors which made up total of 122 eases Scotch whiskey being the larger part of 1t and power boat. Sparkler, tied up at the wharf of Talmadge Inn, in East Haven river, at Short Beach. Branford, were seized by state police early today, The inn was also search ed and an outfit for bottling liauor was seized together with q quantity of liquor.
 Charles and Nellie Talmadgo who are said to be the owners of the inn and Theodore Reiter, of Greenport, Long Island, who was in charge of the Sparkler were arrested and each held in 5000 for a hearing tonight in the East Haven town court. 1t is said the liquor seized on the boat has d value at bootleggers quotations at se0,000.
 Four Men Make Raid.
 The raid was made by four police. men just as the Sparkler docked at the inn. Another man on the craft besides Reiter jumped ashore and ran. He was later identified as the engineer of the boat and also lives in Greenport. The papers of the craft were in his name.
 The Sparkler is ss feet long and is valued at s7,00O according to Prose- cutor John confrey of the East Ha- ven court.
 Mrs. Talmadge before her marriage Na11iA s,N,~ oa years or more has been one of the best known along the east shore.
 Rum Running Common.
 Rum running is said 10 have been almost continuous along the east shore from East Haven to Madison for the past two years and much liq- uor is said to have been landed by way Of EaSl Haven river which separ- ates Short Beach and East Haven. State officers cal,zd by Prosecutor Confrey worked mean tho inn for several days as laborefs. 1t is said and watched the neighbprkood. In the inn was found the bott!ing plant, and its accessories were. corks. sealing wax, labels for bottles said to be counter felt. straw to .Tacking, and wire for strapp'ng boz,
 Talmadge f'.fnishei bond imme- diately aftes arrest aud his wife gave a bond later Reiter found a bonds man.
 The papers of the Sparkler indica,- ed the craft was registered in New York and was built for hard usage and for service at sea.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26

v the Associated Press
 Paris, March e6.--fhe Poincare
 nistry fell today. Premier Raymond oincare, after an adverse vote in the amber of deputies handed the res nation Of his cabinet to Presiden, 'illerand. 27i to 26i, who accepted ii. he premier announced he had de-
 led irrerocably to give up power.
 'Gentlemen." he said to tho news aper men as he left the palace Of the lyseo this afternoon after the cab net meeting with the president at which the resignation had been pre- 7cnted, my resignation is final" He plsed his hat, entered his car and rove off lWmcNar,l.
 Falls On Trivia Issue
 The fall of the cabinet, after it had lrviNed long struggle in putting trough parliament its program of tavily increased taxation to balance he budget during which it was con iantly obliged to ask confidence, fcli 70 comparatively trivial issue.
 The chamber was considering a re- sion of the civil and military pen s,ons. with only a couple of hundred members present. Socialist Deputy lIousssou demanded that tho measures gnder consideration be referred 10 the unanre committee 10 be considered in connection with the senate bills on he same question.
 Finance Minister dc t.asteyrie, in harge of the measures objected. He pointed out that the senate bills in. , olyed a heavier out'ay than those in he chamber.
 Polneare was moi present, but the hnance minister declared himself obliged, in line with the economy pol icy Of the government, to make the question one of contidence
 Vote is 2sI to 2si
 When the vote was announced .howing that the government had been defeated by seven sotes--264 to 2I1--there was surprise, with con- sternation on the majority benches while the radicals and socialists cheer cd and gied, "Resigni resign!'
 The fpance minister reported to his chief. who called the cabinet togeth- er and if was decided 10 resign. They
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New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
Birth Rate Declines As
 U. $. Death Rate Goes Up

Washington, March 2s.--The death fate Of the country continues 10 in crease, while the birth rate continues to decline.
 Statistics compiled by the census bureau show the annual death rate to have been 12.g per 1.0pg Of popu- iation In the first nine months Of 1928, compared with if.S for the same period Of 1922. The annual tirth rate was 2eS per 1.00O compar- cd with 23.1. Montana had the low est death rate with 70 per 1000 pop ulation and Vermont had the high est rate with 15.S. North Carolina had the highest birth rate with SO.2 per 1000; Montana had the lowest zith 17.5.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
Yale-Harvard Race May Be Rowed Early in Afternoon

Cambridge, Mass. March 26.--The Harvard-Yaie varsity race on the Thames at New London. Conn. on June 90 may bs rowed as carly as 2 o'clock in tine afternoon. Fred w. Moore. graduate treasurer of athletics pointed out today that high tide that day would come at noon and that because Of shoals along the course il was necessary to row the race within few hours of food tide.
 As result 0f a meeting of liar sard and Ysie officials at New Haven yesterday 1t is considered likely that an agreement will be reached 10 row and race some time between noon and o'clock. Old time race followers say that the 1900 varsity race was the most recent in the HarvafI-Yale series to be rowed early in the afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
WOMEN TO HEAR RETURNS
 FROM PRIMARY CONTESTS
Results of Ward Ri,alries Will Bc Announced at Rally Next
 Friday Night

Women interested in the success Of the republican party who attend a rally Friday evening at womcn's headquarters on Main street will learn the results Of the primaries. which will be held Friday. The names of the winning candidates and their plurali- ty will be announced.
 Judge F. W. Ailing. who will bc the republican nominee for mayor. will make his first appearance before the fair sex" Chairman William H.. Judd Of the republican town commit tee will also arrange to have a woman speaker attend Refreshments will be served.
 At the last rally held by the party about 100 women were present.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
Witness Declines To Give Names But Says Both Daugherty And Jess Were Angry Be- cause They Were Not In On It.
Daugherty, Coolidge
 and Sen. Lodge Meet

Washington, March 26.-At- torney General Daugherty and Senator Lodge conferred with President Coolidge today, but White House officials said their conferences were separate and that the republican leaders conference did not concern Mir. Daugherty's situation. Mir. Daugherty said his conference was about routine matters"
New Britain herald., 1924-03-26
MOTORIST MURDERS WOMAN HE ASSISTED.
Staten Island Mother Of Two
 Killed Near Own Home
NO CLUE TO THE SLAYER
Young Man sought hy Police, Picked Up Victim Whose Car Was stuck in
 Mud-IIusband Speeding West at
 Time of Tragedy. -

New York, March @G.--Although a score of detectives worked on the case | throughout the night, no clue had been found early today to the youth ful motorist who last night saulted and murdered Mrs. Maud Bauer, 35, on lonely road several miles from her home on Staten Island.
 Brutally Salin
 Mrs, Bauer's mother and her two little children were within one thou sand feet of the spot where the crime was committed. but heard no sound, although, the police said, the woman had been shot in the abdomen, stab bed in the throat and struck on the jaw after she had been assaulted.
 Have Good Description
 The police have a good description of the murderer furnished by the vic tims mother, who saw him twice. She first saw the youth when he drove up in sedan motor car and offered to assist Mrs. Bauer, whose car had stuck in mud puddle into which she had driven a few minutes before to avoid colliding with motor truck. The motorist took Mrs. Bauer into his car. saying he would drive her to a nearby house to get a rope with which he would pull her car from the mud. Finds Daughters Body
 The mother, Mrs. Mary Pero, next saw the youth half hour later when he drove his car by her at furious pace. Suspicious. she walked down the road a thousand feet and came upon the body of her daughter.
 Every ferry communication between the Brooklyn and Manhattan shores was closely guarded throughout tho night and passengers scrutnized by police and detectives. \ general police alarm was sent out and a description of the suspect forwarded to nearby cities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
 Husband on Way West
 The police said that robbery was not the motive, declaring that the wom- ans purse, containing some money, had not been rlfiod.
 Mrs. Baner's husband, who is a me- chanical engineer. had left home but n few hours before the murder for De- troii where he was to have taken a job with the Cadillac Moidr company.
 suspect Being Watched
 X suspect, said to be a well known resident Of the Staten Island district, was under police surveillance today as the murderer Of Mrs. Maud Bauer, B, whose body, with bullet wounds in abdomen and in the neck and throat, was found off lonely staten Island road late yesterday.