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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-13
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nemos derecho a una jus4a pro-
porci6n de dichos puestos, y asi %
hemos pedido en- Ell seno del Co.
mite.
u.-Que aprobanos una reso
luc.6n aceptando el necho de que
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II fliaci6n polftica, per Ia ra-
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miento de que teniamos derecho
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nisionado dc obras PdbIicas, y
porque e1 selior Marin, IN repu5li
cano, habfa sido nominado para
el Departamento de instruction,
aunque sin consulta prevta q los
miembros repubIcanos Gel Conf
te de Ia A1ianza.
IIT.-Qre la resolucion COMO
fu6 redactada nos concedfa q los
miembros repubhcanos Ell privile
gio de presentar una terna para
ell Conisionado de Obra9 Pabli-
cas-, y los Unionistas en- mayoria
Sc reservaban ell derecho de dis
cutirla, v como es natural lie des-
aprobarla, 81 no era de su sintpa-
tia Y agrado.
Iv.-Porque no concedemos al
(Continda en- Ia p&g. s.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
Eight Children Live On Macaroni,
Father Crippled And Mother Dies
PlainviIIe Town Authori-
ties Target for Criticism
Because Of COlella Home
Conditions.
tSrcrIal 70 the Herald ,

Plainville, oct. 2G-A pitiful story
of destitution combined with alleged
neglect on the part of the town au-
thorities, was revealed today in con-
nection with the death at the New
Britain General hospital yesterday
of Mrs. Susie Colclla, SO, wife of
Joseph Col,lla of Peace court. Eight
children, who having been living on
small portions of macaroni for
weeks, are now thrown on the town,
as their father is crippled and un-
able TO work.
Colella WIS injured in an automo-
bile accident several months ago, his
left hand being permanently Grip
pied and rendered useless. His bene-
fit society soon ceased payments 10
him and his family was left without
cent, facing starvation. He ap-
peaIed 10 the town authorities fol
aid. hut, being the owner OF the
house in which he lived, he was ad'
yised to sell his property. II is said
He was unable TO do this and was
forced TO depend upon a few friends
for the necessities of life,
These friends tell of the pitiabl'
conditions in his home during th'
mast months. The children havl
been inadequately clothed, the who'll
family has lived on insufficient por
tions Of macaroni, and the housi
has been heated by whatever WOO
lColella could pick up. Mrs Colella
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CONTINUED on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
SUSPECT GiLPATRIC
OF JUGGLING BONDS
Liberty Issue, Held by
Bank, May Have Gone
Into State Treasury

Hartford, Oct. &C Suspicion $
entertained that G. Harold Gilpatric,
former cashier OF the First National
lank OF Putnam. used Liberty bonds
held by the bank for safe keeping
10 make up the sl45,000 additional
funds necessary 10 make good the
shortage OF sSS0,OOO in the state
treasury. II had been definitely de-
termined, It is claimed. that SlS5,-
coo was forwarded TO tie federal
reserve bank at Boston by Gilpairic
and consisted of s1s4O00 OF the
banks funds, and the remainder OF
the funds Of the Cutler and Gardner
estates. but no definite inform tior
has been obtained from the checkuT
where the remaining sl45.OOo had
been secured.
The accounting firm of Hadfeld
Rothwell and Soule OF Hartford haI
been working on the cLeck up fol
the last six months. and Is now en-
deavoring to trace the Liberty bcnrs
held by the bank In trust. 10 ascer
tain how they were used. For som
time. II is claimed, the suspicion ma
been entertained that these bonds =
4 consider Bile extent wIre used ii
the transaction OF February 1921 {
replace bonds taken from che sat
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
GALECAU USES SEVEN DEATHS
MMOR7HA7ZAN77C STATES:
REATDAMAGE WOBURN
HORN PLAYER ENDS SOLO
SLIPS TO FLOOR. DEAD

Paris. Oct. 2s. R,-Francois
Lamouret. first horn player of the
Lamoureux orchestra, after play.
ing the solo passage in Vincent
lD'lndy's "Saugefleurie" at a con-
cert last evening slipped gently
from his chair to the floor, dead.
The conductor, Paul Paray, re-
assured the audience, telling them
that Lanouret had merely faint
ed, but the members of the or
chestra had the presence Of mind
to play through the remaider of
the program knowing that their
comrade lay dead in the ante
room. 1t was remarked that the
last selection, Wagner's wonder
ful musical setting to the death
of Isolde, was played with un-
Lamouret, although compara-
usual fervor.
lively young was regarded as the
finest horn player In France, and
one Of the greatest In the world.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
FRENCH CABINET
IN STORMY SESSION
Breach Over Question of
Capital Tax Levy APP
pears to Be Critical

Paris, Oct. &c P)-The interna-
tional dissension in the Painle1o
cabinet came to a head today at n
meeting which had been called as
the preliminary TO one under the
craftsmanship of President Dou-
mergue for final decision on the final
program.
While the ministers adjourned
without definite action and the
meeting postponed until tomorrow
the breach between Finance Minister
Caillaux on the one hand and Pre-.
mier Painleve and Foreign Minister
BRAND on the other reached polnt
considered by political quarters "a
beyond healing.
NJ Caillaux this morning is re,
ported bluntly to have refused a re
quest by Premier Painleve for hi
| resignation. The finance minister
said that he had come to the meet
ing in pursuance Of his duties, Il
present his project for the flnancia
restoration Of the country,
He had no intention OF bein!
made a scapegoat for the who'll
government, which was equally re
sponsible with him for the prcsen
situation. He declared vehement
that he would not. by rcsigning, lie
it appear to the country that he wa
in any way accountable for til
ministerial crisis"
The cabinet then listened TO hi
plans for sterilization OF finances
but put over action on them unit
tomorrow,
Echoes OF the violent discussion
reached the lobbies of the wa
ministry where about one hundre
reporters were awaiting the resul
of the meeting.
Foreign Minister BRAND was take
with q violent nose bleed after tn
session, and it was announced tina
he would be unable to preside owe
the league of Nations council meet
ing on the Greco Bulgarian questio
this afternoon.
News of the foreign minister's II
disposition at first caused great e9
citement, being momentarily take
as evidence that wordy QUAR-
between the ministers had develoI
ed into physical clash. 1t wa
/. however. only the return of a phys
cal symptom to which NJ. BRAND
subject. His place at the leagl
council Is being taken by Premi
PainleVe.
Minister OF Finance Caillaux
sticking 10 his financial guns. l
, will not consent to a levy on ca
ital which Is desired by a majori
Continued on Page FifteeO
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
DRIVE AGAINST AUTO
TAXES IS RESUMED
House Ways and Means
Committee Hears Rep
resentatives on Appeal

Washington. Oct. IS P1-The
drive against automobile taxes was
renewed today before the house
ways and means committe as it start
ed its second and final week of pub
lie hearings on revision OF the rev.
cnue law.
Automobile association represen-
tatives seeking repeal of the five per
cent levy on passenger cars were fol-
lowed in the committees allotment
of time today by representatives OF
many other fields of business and
manufacture who sought relief from
the special levies now applying
against them.
Taxes on jewelry, capital stock,
arms and ammunitions. photograph
fc lenses, brokers and boats all came
under fire. Twenty-Five persons
were apportioned time In the day
hearing to present appeals for re-
lief from these levies, most of them
seeking outright repeal.
With the conclusion Of the hear.
ings this week, Chairman Green will
call the committee into executive
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26

bg tHS Aa5OCihItu AIths
Bay Shore Park, Baltimore, Nd,
Oct. 26-Great Britain's Schneider
cup challengers were definitely re-
duced TO one this morning when
Pilot Berk Hinkler, In Britain's re-
serve plane, a Gloster Napier III,
went through his pontoons in land
ing on the Chesapeake at the start
OF his third attempt to qualify his
plane for the international race this
afternoon. The Gloster was towed
to her hangar with its pontoons
smashed and its under rigging torn
loose, one wing bent and his pro-
peller blades in the water. The pi-
lot, brought in by a gig from the T.
$. S. Shawmut was not hurt. He
said he found the surface upon
landing rougher than he expected.
Captain Hubert Broad in Great
Britain's Gloster Napier III which
passed its navigabiity test last Fri.
day will be the only British plane
! TO enter the race this afternoon.
Captain Broad's Gloster Is thu
only one of the three seaplane'
brought to this country by Grea
Britain for the Schneider cup race
to escape misfortune. The super
marine Napier S-4, in the cockpit 0
which England's fondest cup hope
rode, crashed last Friday, with Cap
tain Henry c. Biard. Two previou
attempts by Pilot Hinkler to quaIif,
the reserve Gloster, had failed.
| Captain C. B. Wilson, leader o
the British team, held out hope tina
another attempt TO put the rcsorv
plane in the race might yet be mad
until the damaged Gloster reache
the hangar runway, riding with he
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
SEVENTEEN dead
FOLLOWING TORNADO
One of Victims Over 100
Years Old-Aid Rushed
to Stricken District

Troy, Ala, Oct. &c (R-Reports
today indicated that the tornado that
struck widely separated places in
this section Of Alabama killed II
persons, injured about 80 and caused
property loss estimated at $250,000.
Relief was being sent today to the
stricken communities in Barbour,
Pike and Crenshaw counties which
were hardest hit, but as they are
prosperous farming areas little more
than first aid is expected to be need
ed. Among the dead in Crenshaw
county Is Mrs. John Peacock who
had lived to the age of 105.
Numbers of persons saved them
selves by entering storm pits and =.
negro in Crenshaw county became
violently insane after spending sev-
eral hours in safety In u storm pit
and had to be locked in Jail.
The tornado seemed to have lis
origin in CrenSlaw county where 1t
swept down with tremendous force,
| tearing its way across the breadth
OF Pike county and on eastward into
Barbour where it appears TO have
spent its force.
Near Luverne, county seat Of Cren-
shaw two were killed, both Of 'h9m
aged, and one past 100 years of age
The death list could not be COM
plcted as to names, owing to the
widely scattered districts, some Of
them remote from telephone and
telegraph communication, and the
general impairment to wires by the
tornado.
In addition to two dead IA Cren.
shaw county there We're eight deat
in Pike county and seven III Ear
bour, Of the eight who iost theil
lives in Pike, four were children O.
the same family, while their fathel
and mother were seriously injured
and are not expected TO live. TW'
other persons of the family name
Knight, were also injured.
In Barbour county, six nagroc
were killed.
Residents near the paths Of th'
tornado were aroused by thG ro5r {
the twister and the cries If the In
jured. They rushed into a sftickri
area In deluge Of rain, workini
for hours in a search for tho dea'
ami giving aid to the injured.
An emergency call to Troy sen
doctors, ambuances and nurses fror
here In the storm path and 500
scores OF injured were hciu
brought into the city, taxing hosp
CONTINUED OF Page 16
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
Property Damage Large.

Woburn, Mass, Oct. 26 P)-After
belt in the Unitarian church crashed
troops patrolled storm Uttered streets
TO prevent looting, this town today
began organized efforts to repair the
devastation wrought by a miniature
tornado which twisted through the
business center causing one death,
half dozen injuries and property
damage running into hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars.
The storm struck with terrifying
suIdcnnes5 yesterday when three
tunucl shaped clouds rushed togeth-
or over the town and in three min
utes LETT a swathe of ruin three miles
long and a quarter of mile wide
behind it..
George T.. Cunningham received
injuries from which he died later
when an uprooted tree fell on him
In his yard. The spire and five ton
bell n the Unitarian church crashed
into the street demolishlng an auto
mobile and injuring It's driver, Miss
4 I1eIeIl IllA5tlcIus - pOS was SNS ~
4 flying glass as he lay in bed at his
4 home, and scores Of motorists, driv-
& ing through storm -darkened streets
were injured by flying debris.
Scores Of buildings were unroofcd
4 crushed in or moved from theiI
& foundations. Storm windows along
q the main street were blown, in and
with fire alarms, telephone and elec,
trio light wires broken, Mayor DuffA
called out one company OF ESQ ma
tionaI guardsmen TO halt lootin'
which began when the town wa
plunged into darkness.
While offers of assistance wer'
advanced by adjacent communities
Mayor Duffy asked all contractor
and builders TO volunteer for repai
work. Soldiers and police were or
dered to start rehabilitation worl
and they were aided by the citizens
(Continued on Page iS)
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
GREAT BRITAIN HAS HARD LUCK
AS INTERNATIONAL RACE OPENS
Accident to Machine Reduces Number of Entries to But
One-Winners of Former Meets.

nose in the bay. Repairs will be
possible. Captain Wilson said, but
not in time for the race.
Hinkler had taken off for q trial
spin, had made one short circle over
the bay and was landing for his
first taking test, when he hit the
water In shower of spray. the tail
of his pontoons striking first and
buckling under the strain.
Lieutenant James H. Doolittle,
driving the United States Army Cur
tiss racer which won the Pulitzer
trophy, took off across the starting
line in flash Of black, rose grace
fully above the wages to lead off the
international iJacques Schneider
Trophy seaplane races. His unoffi.
cial take-off time was 2:40 p. m.
Captain Hubert Broad in Grea'
Britain's Gloster-Napier III, roaret
past the stands and disappeared II
the direction Of the first pylon.
Lieutenant George T. Cuddihy, II
the navy's No. Curtiss, took of
across the starting line shortly afte,
the third signal rocket was fired.
Lieutenant Doolittle, in the blacl
army plane, clipped off 223.157 mile
per hour on his first lap.
Italy's No. 6 Macchi flying boat
to have been piloted by Riccard
Morselli, was backed into It's hanga
d few minutes before it was due t
take off in the race and Mario Cas-
toldi. its designer, said that engin
trouble would prevent its entry.
Shortly after 1 o'clock the Italian
tuning up, were in trouble with thei
CONTINUED on Page 16)
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
Ten Navy Seaplanes Wrecked
Beyond Any Hope Of Repair
Storm Blows Airships
Ashore-May Salvage
Motors Successfully.

Baltimore, Nd. Oct. &c Pl-~Ten
United States navy seaplanes were
battered into shapeless heaps and
seven less seriously damaged yester--
day when, under the buffetings of
terrific southwest gale, they dragged
with them or broke loose from AS
pound anchors and piled up along
several miles of sea-wlll and beach
at Sellers Point, near the mouth OF
the Patapsco river. Six other ma
chimes safely rode out the storm.
The planes were a double detach-
ment from Hampton Roads, ten al
tached TO scouting squadron V ST.,
six to torpedo squadron V TT. while
the 18th machine wrecked was a
staff plane. All had been at anchor
off the point since last Friday, whcn
they were brought here TO take part
in an aeerial pageant in connection
with the Schneider seaplane trophy
race at Bay Shore Park.
One of three planes anchored in
the Chesapeake off Bay Shore also
broke from its moorings and drifted
ont into the bay. II had not been
located early this morning. None oi
the machine was occupied when they
crashed.
Commander 7. G. Ellyson, ir
charge of one seaplane squadron
said that seven Of the ships would
be repaired and flown back TO Hamp
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
Three Fatalities In New
York Storm Bad AT
Sea, Several Rescues
Made Tug Loses
Dry Dock.
NATIONAL GUARD
PATROLS MASS. CITY

New York, Oct. 26 R}--A disas-
trous Sunday gale swept the middle
and North Atlantic states.
An -mile-an-hour rain-bearing
wind caused seven deaths and much
property damage in five states. At
Woburn, Mass. 500 houses were
shattered and troops were called out.
Seventeen navy seaplanes were
streWn on the beach at Baltimore,
with seven demolished. Ocean and
coastal shipping was demoralized.
The fatalities were:
New York City-An expectant
mother dragged from tifth-story win
dow by Wlnd-whipped clothes lines.
Mother and child died after Caesar
ian operation.
Two fishermen drowned In a cap
sized motorboat off Rockaway Point.
Baltimore-Child killed by falling
tree.
Paterson. N. J.--Child killed by
falling brick walls.
Woburn, Mass.-National guards
man killed by falling tree while re-
pairing his automobile.
Several towns were in darkness
last night and others were cut off
from wire communication.
Greatest damage apparently was
in Woburn, Mass, where Mayor
Thomas II. Duffy has issued an ap-
peal to contractors to cease their
4. regular building work and concen-
trate on repairing shattered homes,
Damage TO Shipping
Seafaring men in New York said
It was the worst storm known in
years. The two-masted schooner Co.
lumbia was saved by the coast guard
cutter Raritan In New York harbor
less than 100 feet from the rocks
\ of Governors Island after both her
anchors were torn away. The tug
De Bardelen returned to port after
losing In the storm a drydock she
had In town.
Two women and Is men we're res
cuel by a coast guard patrol of
Sandy Hook after drifting for hours
on a string Of y empty barges
which were abandoned.
Forty feet of shed over a Brook
lyn elevated railway station were
torn off, the roof of a fivestory ten
emcnt was peeled off, and 24-incf
smokestack weighing several tons
fell from the top of five-story Of
fee building without injuring any
one. although heavy traffic had to b'
o'rcd afterward.
Trolley and other traffic was re
ported halted or delayed in q score
of places in the metropolitan ant
suburban area.
Personal injuries and propert,
damage we're reported from Bayonn
and elsewhere in New Jersey, Phil
adclphia and other parts Of Penn
sylvania. and from towns In Nev
York state and east to Boston.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
Wife finds
White HUSBAND DEAD
Arch Street Man Killed
by Gas, Brother Near
Death

Returning to her home at 22G
Arch street about O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, Mrs. Ambrose Reynolds,
colorcd, found her husband, white
man. lying on the floor Of of a bed
room dead, and his brother. James
Reynolds, on the bed unconscious
while the house Was titled with the
fumes OF Illuminating gas from a
gas heater in the next ROOM DR.
Joseph Walsh succeeded in reviving
James sufficiently to have him re-
moved to the New Britain General
hospital where he was reported to-
day as being out OF danger.
Chief William c. Hart received a
telephone call from the woman
about o'clock asking that a police
man be sent to her house. The chief
I asked her what the trouble was and
the answer he received was come
up and find out, that's what you're
getting paid for" The police service
machine and the patrol happened
to be out at that time and the chief
waited for a few minutes, as Patrol
man George MOffitt, driver of one OF
the new police machines. was due al
the station, The policeman arrived
and was sent to the house TO lcarr
what the trouble was, but moi
knowing that it was case of ga
lsuffocation, he did not take the pul.
motors with him
After calling the police, the
woman notified DIR. Walsh. and h
told her to open all the windows il
the house while she was waiting TO
him to arrive. In her eXCitemon
she did not wait 10 raise the win
doWs but crashed them through Will
her bare hands, receiving numerou
cuts from the broken Tanns.
DR.. Walsh pronounced the hus
band dead on his arrival, but find
ing faint sign signs of life in james
he set to work on him. After abou
80 minutes labor the unconsCiou
= man began to show signs of revivin
but It was some time before his con
dition made it possible for him to b
taken to the hospital in the ambu
lance, which had been summoned.
Medical Examiner Watcrma
Lyon was notified and after an il
vestigation pronounced death due
accidental gas poisoning 1t wa
found that .he pet cock on the e.
heater was open, but as it was vel
loose, the medical examiner was
the opinion that after the men shl
I it off before going 20 bed for ma
they accidentally turned it on aGai
Ambrose was the nearest to II
heater, DR.. Lyon saying that tn
-. fact explained why he was killed
. The fumes.
Besides his wife, Ambrose wi
was 81 years old, is survived by
six year old daughter. James Re
nolds is SO years old.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
SHOOTS HIS UNCLE
IN GAMBLING ROW
Thomas Lee, II, Sends Bullet
Into Jack Perry, 45
GUN PLAY At BRICK YARD
Youths Mother Says He Shot In
Defense OF Stepfather, But Police
Discredtt Her Story--Older Man
Expected TO Recover.

Thomas Lee, II, Of Kensington. Is
being sought by the police in con-
nection with a shooting affair at his
home about o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon, in which he is alleged TO
have shot his uncle. Jack Perry, IS,
OF Christian Lane, through the chest.
Lee escaped before the arrival of to
police in response to a phone call.
and Perry Is at the New Britain
General hospital under treatment
for his wound, which is considered
serious.
The bullet that struck Perry en-
tered the chest just to the right of
his heart, but travelled on an angle
and lodged on the right side Of the
chest. missing his vital organs in its
passage. The bullet was removed by
DR.. Raymond McGilvray at the hos
pttal and turned over TO the local
police, who gave it to Constable
Frank Brown of Berlin.
Accused of "TricLing" Dice.
Perry told Sergeant Patrick j.
O'Mara, Detective Sergeant George
{. Ellinger, Policeman Thomas J
Fecney and Constable Brown tha,
the shooting occurred when he and
his nephew became embroiled in al
argument overNa crap game. Perry
said that he won some money from
the youth and Lee didn't want Il
pay it, claiming that the victim
had "tricled" the dice. Perry sale
that an argument started and h
suggested lighting it out, but Let
pulled the revolver on him and fire,
point blank at his chest.
Lee lives with his mother an,
stepfather. Mr.. aud Mrs. Davi
Yopp, who occupy one OF the hou$e
in, Holmes brickyard. The mothp
and father, and several other rela
tives gave the police differen
story of the affair, but Sergeun
O'Mara discreits it. They claim tina
Perry came to the house yesterda
afternoon in drunken conditio
with revolver in his hand, tellin
, them that he was going to shoe
David Yopp, Lees stcpfather, The
claim that Perry fired about thro
shots in the house trying TO ct
Iopp, so young Lee then secured
revolver and shot him in an CffOl
to protect Yopp. A careful search {
the house by the police failed I
e reveal any bullet holes or signs c
shooting, which would be found
i this story were true.
A report of the shooting was re
= ceived at the local police station
D and not knowing that it had occur
d red over the line in Berlin, Chic
s Hart dispatched the three policeme
g to the scene, Arriving near the Yop
a home, they found Perry, who tol
4 them what had occurred. After ge
y ting hasty details they sent II
wounded man to the hospital an
:, then took up their investigation an
:, search for young Lee. The youth eV
s IDENTIFY ran away Immediately aft'
Il the shooting. for no trace OF hi
y could be found.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
rnNGMAN SEITENCEn

New York, Oct. &c P-Sam Wing,
CMnese On Leong Tongman, was
sentenced today by Supreme Court
Justice Lewis OF Brooklyn TO death
in the electric chair for The murder
of Tom Wong. Hip Sing Tongman,
on September last. Wings eXecu-
ton was set for the week Of Decem-
her ID
New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
KARRLNG MA TEOMS DEFIANT
AS LEAGUE COUNCIL OPENS
IN EFFORT TO STOP STRIFE
INCRlMINATEs SELF
TALKING IN SLEEP

Dusseldorf, German, Oct, 26
P-Talking In his sleep promises
to prove disastrous to a criminal
named Schramm. who uncon-
sclously betrayed himself 10 his
cellmate.
Despite Schramm's later de-
malls in court, his cellmate told
Of mighty babblings in which
Schramm described tying r rope
about a mans neck and throwing
him into the Rhine,
The body OF such n victim was
found last year, weighted as de-
scrbed and the court condemned
Schramm to death.