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New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
ONE KILLED, 3 INJURED
 IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH
Accident Occurs Near AnsOnia -- Party Was Returning From
 Waterbury Fights

Ansonia, May 23.-tAP)-One man was killed and three others were injured near here last night when an automobile carrying six New Haven men returning from Waterbury boxing bouts overturned on the Scymour-Ansonia road.
 The man killed was Peter Chcrio, of 50 Stevens street, 25 years old. Death was due 10 a fractured skull and internal injuries.
 Those injured were Edward Abe house. 27, of 216 Oak street, several decorations and bruises.
 Frank Sauro, 22. of cC7 DavCn- port avenue. decorations about the scalp, possible fractured skull and probable internal injuries. He is not expected to recover.
 Anthony Sauro, A, Of % Vine street. disIocation Of the left shoulder bruises and decorations.
 The accident occurred at what is known as King Cedar Hill curve. The machine failed to make the curve, mounted the cmbankment, struck q tree and then overturned. The gasoline tank exploded setting fire to the car which was destroyed.
 Anthony Mares, the driver of the machine was held for hearing which Coroner Mix held today.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
WATERBURY GIRL
 DIES OF BURNS
Four Year Old Child Dies Alone
 in House

Waterbury May 23,-tAP)--Two burned matches on the floor and kerosene stains from can that stood on the stove in the kitchen Of her home at 234 Walnut street ex- tension, told the story of the death late yesterday afternoon of four year-old Olga Popovich.
 Found by Mrs. Mary Boldus, a tenant in the house, the girl was sitting nthe steps Of the back porch shrieking from the pain of a badly burned body. She died at st. Mary's hospital shortly after 4 o'clock. three hours after the ac- cidcnt
 While her father, Michael Popo- vich, was at his work and her older sisters were attending school, Olga was left alone in the house. Previ- ous 10 a week ago she vas in the care of Mrs. Boldus.
 The exact cause Of the childs death is unknown. The father be- lieved she attempted to light few sticks of wood which he had placed in the stove several days before, spilled kerosene on herself anI while attempting 10 light the wood, touched a match 10 her dress
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
ALCORN WANTS MILLS CASE
 BACK IN SUPERIOR COURT
Will Ask Federal Judge To send
 Former Prohibition Enforcement Agent To State JurisdictiOn.

An effort will bc made 10 have the ease Of ]. Willie Mills, federal prohibition agent arrested at the Southington Inn in a raid on tho place conducted by other federal agents, removed to the state courts. according 10 States Attorney Hugh M, Alcorn, representing the state Of Connecticut Liquor was found ex- posed al the time Of the raid.
 Mills is charged by Mr. Acorn with having been a frcQuentcr Of the raided inn and also is charged with having accepted beer and whis- key for the purpos" Of influencing his behavior us police officer, The case was removed to federal court where it will be heard Tuesday be- fore Judge Thomas.
 Henry J. Calnen and William Walsh. counsel for the former pro- hibition agent, will contend that federal officer must be tried in fed eral ecourt.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS
 CHARGE AGAINST LAWYER
Mass. Bench Declines to Reserve De- cision Made Against
 CorcoFan

Boston, May 2S.--(AP)-The full bench of the supreme court today oyerruled exceptions Of William J. Corcoran, former district attorney of Middlesex county, and of Theresa Duggan and J. Warren Kane, and upheld a superior court decision ad- judging Corcoran guilty Of threat ening Kenneth Merrill with a crime and attempting to extort money from him, Mrs. Duggan and Kane were found guilty as accessories before and after the fact
 Corcoran is under sentence of from seven to 10 years imposed by Judge Whiting In superior courti Mrs, Duggan, five years and day in the sherborn reformatory for wom- on, and Kane, three and one-half to five years in state prison.
 The three were arrested in con- nection with the operations of an alleged blackmail ring which made practice Of Turing men of wealth and prominence into compromising situations with women members of the ring" and then extorting money under threats Of exposure and prose- cution.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
Assets and Liabilities
 Of New Britain Compiled

Capital aSscSts and liabilities ol the Cornora,ion of Nv Britain have h.en listed by Comptroller II. l." Curtis as follows. Fixed properties and cash. Sll,1o&.SS4.oS; wcoMcotcd taxes and accounts receivable, $27G.- l25Hq; assessments payable. S6&,- GGN.gu; interest rocci}uhln, $2S.252,- 9n; sinking funds, SiS9,Ng21g: po- lice and fire pension funds, $76,loo.- tG: reserve ltqnor licenses, $GH.&75.- 75; town deposit fund. SI2,13F"2; suhways, S3,o95.5@. Total $L'>o.- 49o.1A
 Bonded debt, SI5f2.ooa; city notes. &G6,Qnu: -urrmurara'n. property, S.l16.7o2.4.; romp:ro vrs warrants outstandioc, stlGs&: un- paid biUs S41,5aG.Go: capital ST. plus, S&,57o.G7C.GP: r,umh"g truI>. 230.ooo; unpaIi bi.s. iN>"-2.>2. .0- tlrost coupons c0ts'ar1tHs, $"7--.- 5o, comptroIers warrants &to.1 -1. town deposit fund. $l2I@r9-. rc- serve for liuuor licenses. S->.@-.-,5; oxcass of cUrr"nr ard trnst a-- s's, $qSb.I7AS2. Tota. Sl6>o,4toil
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
'GENEVA BALKS ON
 POISON GAS BAN
No Agreement on American Proposal tO Prohibit It in War

Geneva, May 93 (AP)-The American proposal that traffic in poison gas be prohibited struck stumbling block today in the legal committee of tho internatlonal con- ference for the control of the traffic in arms, the committee reporting itself unable to reach an agree ment.
 IL asked the full conference to decide the question, This action was due to the apprehensions Of the n-manufacturing states. which felt they would be at serious dis advantage If they did not possess gases.
 Much Work Ahead
 The conference finished the first reading of the proposed convention, but it has much work ahead, in- cluding solution of the questions as to poison gas and the exclusion of warships from the control list, as well as the determination of the zones into which the shipment of arms will be forbidden. To give the committees time 10 digest these problems the conference adjourned subject to call.
 The suggestion Of Representative Theodore E. Burton. heading the American delegation, that the sig natorics should be free 10 denounce the convention at the end of three years, instead of ten as the draft provides, and that it could be re- vscd at the end Of three years in- stead of five. was favorably received.
 Hopes For Agreement
 Mir. Burton said he hoped some agreement for peace, more far reaching than the convention, would soon be reached. The revision of the proposed treaty would be necessary, he avowed. He thought 1t possible that the invention of new engines cf destruction and the development of air forces would require an early revamping of the convention.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
NEWCOMER MAY WIN AUTO RACE HONORS
De PaOla Has Made Best Time
 Recorded at Indianapolis

Indianapolis. Ind, May 23 (AP)- A paratively newcomer in the automobile racing world threatens the popularity of the stars of years standing.
 He is Pete De Paolo, nephew of Ralph De Palmo. De Paolo is con- sidered the bright light of the quartet which will drive Indiana polismade spe 2dsters in the So0- mile race at the Indianapolis motor speedway week from today.
 In practice the youngster who has been behind the wheel Of race car less than three years, drove a lap at III miles an hour-the fast est time for the distance ever made at the speedway. The timing was unofficial.
 De Paolo likes 10 ride fast; he enjoys the thrill of the skid on the sharp corners of the local track and the plaudits of the pre-race crowd His daring has won him a hosts Of friends already and he is expected 10 be one of the most prominent contenders.
 He finished sixth in the 1924 race here. He is topped this year only by Tommy Milton in the contest for the driving championship. De Paolos most notable performance this spring was a victory in a 150-mile ] dash over the miie board track at Fresno, Cal.
 De Paolo gained his first experi- cnce riding as a mechancian for De Palma and handles. a machine in much the same manner as his uncle.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
CHAPMAN ID ASK
 COURT FOR S4,6O
Convicted Murderer Wants
 Money Taken From Him

An attempt to regain s4560 taken from his person at the time of his arrest in Muncie. Ind, will be made by Gerald Chapman. now under sen- tence of death, at the Hartford ses- sion Of the federal court opening Tuesday. The money was taken from Chapman by Post Office Inspector Edward Kelley. Judge Thomas will hear the case, Chapman being repre- scnted by Nathan c, Freedman, junior counsel in his recent trial for the murder of Policeman Skclly Of this city. Assistant United States Attorney John A. Danaher will ap- pear for the government.
 Chapman's counsel is 10 claim that the money seized by Inspector Kelley was assigned by Chapman to his senior counsel. Judge Frederick J. Grochl, three weeks before it's seizure. Mr. Freeman will also argue that money found on Chapmans' person at the time Of his arrest was in the possession of the law" and hence could not he attached.
 Mf Danahcr will claim that as Chapman was previously convicted of the &2,400,000 Leonard street mail robbery in New York. the money taken from him in Muncie is part of the property which the United States, acting as custodian through its post office deliveries, was responsible and 10 which the government is entitled
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
MEMORIAL DAY PLANS COMPLETE
Three Divisions in Parade Start.
 ing at 3 a. m.

Memorial Day plans were virtually completed at q meeting of the Ex- SerNicemcn's Bettcrmont council last night in the rooms of the Eddy Glover post. American Legion. Full and definite announcement of the days program will be issued Monday or Tuesday.
 Although the entire makeup of the parade is not as yet known, the col umn will be split into three divisions The first division will be composed Of all the military companies; the second will include the Boy Scouts the Girl Scouts, patriotic, welfare and fraternal organizations, and the city governments; and the third will be made up of the veteran organi- ZatiOns. All these groups have been invited and 1t is expected that all will be in the line of march. In ad- dition, there will be two bands, the Philharmonic and the American Le- zion, and three drum corps, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts and the Boys club, all five organizations having already volunteered their services.
 As announced last week, Com .mander Spencer H. Wood of the c. A. R. will be honorary marshal of the parade, the marshal being stats Department Commander Theodore Johnson Of the U. & w. V.
 Committees will decorate the graves at 8 o'clock with flowers and flags, and the parade will organize lat S;S0 o'clock, being ready 10 march at Q. The line Of march will be identical with that announced last Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
TAMPERING WITH
 JUROR ALLEGED
Chicago Politician Held in
 McClintOck Investigation

Chicago, May 23.-(AP)-A charge Of contempt of court faces James o. Callan, politician, accused by Philip J. Bary of attempted jury tampering in the trial of William D. Shepherd on charge of killing his foster-son. William N. NcClintock, with typhoid germs
 Callan was arrested last night as he was leaving the offices of'his at torney. who throughout yesterday had promised he would surrender him to the states attorney. He ad- mitted he had been retained as de- tense investigator and had talked to Barry, but denied making any at- tempt to influence him.
 He knew Barry, Callan said, and merely asked him is he was ve- nircman after Barry had first asked him the same question. He was held overnight in a police station and his attorneys said if he was not released before tonight, they would seek writ Of habeas corpus.
 Beyond the investigation Of the alleged jury tampering attempt and search for Robert White. vanished states witness, the almost compet- ed first week of the trial lfhs pro- duced only four tentative jurors to try Shepherd,
 Examination of S5 vcniremen dur ing five days resulted in acceptance by the prosecution and defense Of F. e. James, 45, Des Plains, H., florist: 1: H. r. Pillar. 22, chauffeur; A. R. Hoyt, 25, former school teacher and now real estate agent. and F. r. Scdgwick, 34, purchasing clerk.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
SEC. WEEKS IN BOSTON
Plans to Consult With Specialists Regarding Need of Having an Operation.

Boston, May ?3 Secretary of War John w. Weeks who has been ill since April arrived here today from Washington for con- sultation of Boston specialists con- cerning a possible operation for gall bladder trouble, He plans to spend the next three months in New England, most of the time on his farm in New Hampshire.
 On arrival here Secretary Weeks was taken direct to the home of Henry Hornblower of the firm of Hornblower and Weeks, and it was said that he would remain there un- til the consultation had taken place. Members of his family who accom- panied him from the capital said he stood the train journey well,
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
"WHITE COURT" READY
Summer Home Of President at Swampscott Has Been Renovated and ReCOnditiOncd

Swampscott, Mass. May 2@,-lATD White Court which will be th" summer home ot President Coolidge here has passed through the hands of decorators and is now ready for occupancy. The house. recently ro- conditioned, is spick and span aul cheery, in readiness for the pr"si- dents first real vacation in TWO years
 The dining room and various others have boen entirely renovated according 10 general scheme. The rooms in which official calls" will he received now hold different as pect from those in which the Pr@si- dent and Mrs. Coolidge will meet persona, friends and live dTrIng tho }acation HenGings, upholstery and wall paper have been done over in obtaining tho new effects,
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
MIDDLE WEST HEAT
 RECORDS BROKEN
Mercury Jumps 20 Degrees in
 Several States

Chicago, May 2S.--(AP)---The
 eather man apparently overlooked icw places and possibly only one \ hen he blew hot blast on the thermometer yesterday and sent the mercury at a Nurmi gait to unpre- codented May heights throughout the middlewest.
 Duluth, Minn.. complacently read ing reports of sizzling temperatures rom Nebraska 10 Michigan, claimed that it's reputation for coolness had leen maintained when the mercury only was able to struggle to 6S in midday, dropping to 40 by night. Elsewhere in Minnesota, however, record breaking heat wave was re- ported, Minneapolis and Fairmont, 10th registering s9 degrees, with the top al St. Paul, 97, the highest on record there for a May day.
 Cooler weather was predicted for today and tonight over most of the affected area, with local thunder. st torms across the northern belt. The cooling off process started In Chi- cago soon after midnight with an electrical storm with prospects that top coats and other spring regalia, hastily discarded yesterdays would nave to be recalled today.
 The hot wave, sudden and unex- pected. swept out of the plains Of Nebraska and in many places pushed ne mercury up score or more de- erces in a brief period. At Milwau- kee a rise of 2S degrees was record d in 20 minutes.
 The temperature of 94 in Chicago rqualled the record set May 2s, 1911, and waws q new city record in it. self for any May day up to the 29d. At Boone, Iowa, 101 degrees was registered. while Charles City, Iowa, and Dodge City, Kansas, each re- ported an even 100.
 Two heat deaths were recorded. In Lincoln, Neb., a railroad section r!npoye dropped dead and a build lng constructor worker al Omaha was overcome with fatal results. Cli- matic conditions of the night before accounted for six other deaths. A storm almost Of the proportions Of a tornado swept over southern Illinois Thursday night causing three deaths nd three fatalities likewise were re- corded in Colorado.
 The heat offering was mixed with ioleDt wind and rain storms in Nestern Minnesota and in portions "c South Dakota. Thousands of dol 0;,rs' damage was done 10 buildings ;nd wire communication in some treas dernoralized. Considerable loss of livestock also was reported but here was no loss of life.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
Indiana Associated
 Press Man Is Dead

Indianapolis, May 2S.-(APJ - John Logan Stuart, correspondent in charge of the Indiana service, died carly today at his home here. ITc had been in the Associated Press service since 1910.
 NIT, Stuart was born December 27, 1885 at Bloomington, Ind. and was graduated from Indiana university in 1905. He then entered newspaper work.
 He was married June %. 1920, 10 N"rna A Smith. He is survived hy his wilow one son. two sisters and one hrotbor, J. 4. Stuart. managing editor of the Indianapolis S'ar.
 Funeral services will br held Mon- Jay afternoon. The boly IS 10 bc Crrmatcd,
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
Flood at Leningrad Is
 Feared But Waters Drop

Leningrad. May 23.-AP)-Con- siderable fear of flood of the river Ncva was held here today, but the high water later subsided,
 A heavy snow fall, accompanied by strong winds from the Gulf of Finland, @eaused the Nova to rise three feF. Cannon were fired to give a flood warning and persons living near the river prepared to flee. After several hours Of anxiety the storm abated and it was announced that all danger had passed.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
Writes Own Death Notice,
 Makes Good by Suicide

New York. May 23.-tAP)-After writing his own death notice for the newspapers in which he said that he had died suddenly" William Ed ward Coffin, a broker, yesterday made good the description by shoot ing himself through the temple. The hody was found in NIT. Coffin's office !n a downtown building several hours after he had died. police said. On his desk were death notices 10 newspapers, reading Coffin, Will liam Edward. May %, suddenly in his 10th year, Funeral and interment rricate, Please omit flowers" Mir. Cohin's Nife Lydia Roberts Cofn died last Juns al the Greenwich, Conn, Country club
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
LAWYER ASSA|LED
 FROM THE BENCH
Bridgeport Judge Makes Charge
 of BIaCkmail

Bridgeport. Conn. May eS (AP) --"This is the most barefaced at tempt at plackmail ever saw. That's the way 1t looks 10 me. Your whole outfit is lucky if it es- capes suit for false 'imprison- mcnt."
 Judge Newell Jennings stated his 10 Attorney George Ferrio, Jr., in superior court yesterday aft rrnoon, during habeas corpus hearing instituted for thel release front county jail of John Pallo, ST Orchard street, jitney driver on the Earnum avenue route, who was ., ized in a $5,OoO breach Of prom lse suit brought by Mary Simshak, II, d hotel servant.
 Attorney X. l.. Delaney, counsel ,ur Pallo, declared that the state statutes and decisions of the su- prcme court had been violated by The methods pursued in sending the }oung man to jail when he was un- ..hle 10 furnish a s5,000 bond and had no attachable property.
 Attorney Ferrio, Judge Jennings vas informed, is counsel for Mss Smshak and brought for her the sj.0o0 action against pallo. He likewise drew up what was pur- ported 10 be a minimum authOri2- ,n gthc arrest and confinement of paIlo in dcfaut of a bond. It was hy virtue of that document that tity Sheriff Oscar DannenbCrg ar rstcd PaIlo on April 2S. The young nan has been in jail since them
 Attorneys are specifically for ,iddan 10 act in a magistcrial ca racity in connection with any cause m which they are interested as counsel. Tho state statute concern ing mittimuscs says: NO person saall be commlttcdto prison with rut mittimus signed by a "proper magistrate declaring the cause of commitment"
 The Palo mittimus was signed nly by Ferrio.
 The declaration was made by Attorney Ferrio that he acted as commissioner or the superior court md that Pallos seizure and con lincment were regal. Al this point Judge Jennings interrupted with jhe statement that your conten- ion Is wrong" and the mention or attempt at blaCkmail,"
 When Judge Jennings declared your whole outfit is lucky if it rscspes suit for false imprison- ment," Attorney Delaney PalIo's counsel. said: They won't. your honor. if they continue 10 deal with me"
 Pallo was released from cust ody it once.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
80 IN GRADUATION GLASS
 AT ST. MARY'S SCHOOL
23 Will Receive Diplomas at St. Jo. seph'S Exercises to Be
 Held Next Month

Approximately so pupils will he graduated from St. Mary's parochisl school next month, while @3 will re- coiye their diplomas at St. Joseph'E school. These numbers are slightly above those of the classes of last year,
 The graduation exercises at st. Joseph's school will be held at o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, June 14, while those al St. Mary's will probably occur on June 91. all though the date has not yet been definitely fixed,
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
Bones of Man Who Lived 2,0OO Years Ago Unearthed

ian,a =, \. NJ, Iay 23-Bones ot q hu, an b. ns spout 51a feet in stt Jre, we'd 10 he 2,OO0 years old, have been unear.Aed sr a min ihG cH. ,h Cottonwood GIuch, Rio Arriha county. acco- lirg 10 Pro- lessor I-yctte A. Jones, mining Geologist Jo. said the bones were dug from under eight feet of hard, compact ceh.ntcd clay, un- u cd by river deposits. Three successive strata Of charcoal a foot ( two apart were pen atrated before the bones were encountered. Cedar trees, apparently several hundred years old, had grown above the lonos, Iro, sor Jones said.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
AUTOPSY IS BLAMED
Waterbury Driver Held Responsible For Death of Little Child-Negli- gent, Says Coroner.

Waterbury, May g. - Coroner John T. Monzani, in finding is- sued today on the death of Antonio Cont, four, who died at St. Mary's hospital, on March 29, after the child had been struck by an auto mobile driven by Joseph I. Brown, 19 Kingsbury street, finds that death was caused by "the gross and criminal negligence" of the driver. The accident occurred at the corner of Union and Cole streets, shortly after noon on March % when Brown was driving from Mill street, near Baldwin street, to Union street.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
New Haven Woman Dies
 At Age of 99 Years

Now Haven May 2S. tAT)-Mrs. Maria B, Evans. go years old widow Of William A. Evans, died st her home here late yesterday after s 'ew dags' illness She is survived hy tWo sons, G. r. Evans and Prof. AirVandor Evans who is Eaton pro- lessor ol botany and curator of the Eaton herbarium and other hotsnl- cal collections at Yale. Burial will he in Buffalo, N. Y.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
BELIEVED LOST IN FIRE
Lawrence, Mass, Man, Proprietor of Razed Establishment is Reported 
 Missing,

Lawrence. Mass, May oS.-AP) Andrew Pappas, proprietor of the Modern Sanitary Baths, damaged in a general alarm fire last night, was missing today. Although last night 1t was, believed no one was in the establishment when the fire started, 1t was discovered today that Pappas was in the place a few minutes be- fore an explosion occurred which started the fire. His coat hat and watch have been found inside the store, Both doors were locked and keys were on the inside. He failed to use his room last night for the first time in two years.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
Ammonia Fumes Flood
 Factory Power House

Ammonia fumes filled the power
 cuse at the P. & F. Corbin factory vesterday afternoon when a dia- phragm blew off an ammonia tank, 'ausing employees of the power house O make hasty exits from the build ing and send in a call 10 the fire do- partment. Engine Co. 2 and Chief William J. Noble went to the fac tory and one of the hremen and a roWerhduse foreman donned gas masks and succeeded in getting into th. building aud turning of the am monla
New Britain herald., 1925-05-23
Attack Made by kurds
 RepuIsed by British

Ragdad, May 2S.-(AP)-British forces in Irak repelIod an attack of Kurds on Tuesday, tnficting severe casualties dispatches received here today said The British cavalry, composed of natives under the com mand of British officers of The man. dated territory, had only slight losses. it was stated.
 Intermittant fighting between troops in the British service and the Kurds has been under way for some time according to reports here,