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New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
GAME WARDEN ASSAULTED
Bridgeport Official Claims He Was Badly Beaten by Two Men Whom He Had Arrested.

Bridgeport, May 10 LPl--A Joseph Williamson, chief game warden in Fairfield county. was beaten to the point of insensibility by two men whm he came upon as they were fish ing in Beardsley park reservoir Sat nrday night. according to report he made to the detective bureau Of the police department yesterday.
 Warden Williamson discovered two men with a boy about IT years of age near the edge Of the reservoir with fish poles. He addressed the boy and said he didn't want him but he wanted the two men. He placed them under arrest and ordered them to ac- company him to the police station.
 The party started to move away from the water when without warn- ing one of the men struck William son on the head, knocking him to the ground This man and the other man then fell upon him, beating and kicking him until he was dazed When Williamson came to, he made his way to his home.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
CHEATS GALLONS WHEN
 HE COMMITS SUICIDE
Oregon Bank Robber Leaves Note seeking to ENoueratc His
 Two Pals.

Salem. Ore, May 10 UPl-Lxou. erating two pals sentenced to hang with him for the killing oI two prison guards in a jail break. Tom Murray. bank robber and outlaw. wrote a note asserting he and a dead convict were the murderers and hanged himself with a bed sheet in the Oregon state penitentiary last night.
 Murray was sentenced to hang on Jan. s, but execution was postponed pending an appeal, James Willos and Ellsworth Kelly are under death sentence for the same mur- ders. The three men, with Bert (oregon) Jones, escaped from the penitentiary Aug. l2, 1925.
 They robbed tho prison arsenal and in a battle to get over the wall killed John Sweeney and Milton Holman and seriously wounded Luts Savage, all guards. Jones was killed in the break. Murray was captured at Centrala, Wash. after ten days freedom. Willos and Kelly were captured shortly afterwards.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
STATE HEALTH FIGURES
71f Casese of Measles, 25 of Diph- theria, 55 of Whooping Cough and Three of Typhoid Fever.

Hartford May 10 t4I-More new cases of measles were reported last week from the town of Norwalk than from any other town in the state. The total number for the state was I'll, or fifteen less than for the previ- ous week.
 Of the total reported 128 were from Norwalk. New Haven had IF; Bridgeport had five; Hartford 25; New Britain 28, Darien 29, and Hamden 23. There were 25 cases of diphtheria reported, or six more than in the previous week.
 Casese Of whooping cough in- creased from 39 to s, the highest number from a town being that re- ported from New Haven which had 23 cases.
 Cases of typhoid fever increased from one to three for the state. The three cases were two from Hartford and one from West Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
American First To Reach Top Of The World Via Air, Max ing Trip From Kings Bay And Return In Is Hours And 10 Minutes Where It Took Admiral Peary Eight Months.

New York May 10 LP)--An air plane has flown over the North Pole for the first time.
 The second successful polar ex- petition, like the first, was Ameri- can, as was the first transatlantic airplane flight
 Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd shares with Admiral Robert E. peary the honors of hav- ing led the only expeditions over the top of the world. Commander Byrd sailed over the North Pole yes tcrday in an American built plane the first Of nine Arctic expeditions this year to achieve its goal.
 Only Eight Have Seen Pole
 Only eight men have seen the North Pole. Four were Esquimaux, with Admiral Peary. one was Matt Henson, Admiral Peary's negro fol-
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
MEDICAL EXAMINATION FOR ST. MATTHEW'S SCHOOL
Request of Rev. A. C. Theodore Stccgc to Board of Education
 Will Be Granted.

A request by Rev. A. C. Theodore Steege, pastor of St. Matthew's Ger man Lutheran church and principal of St. Matthew's school that the pu- pills Of his school be given the hene- fit of medical examination and treat ment by the school physicians and nurses will be granted by the school board, it was stated today.
 At a recent meeting of the board letter from Rev. MT. Steege was read. He stated he was anxious that the pupils of his school have medical examinations and that he would be willing to assume any expense at tached to the privilege. The special commiteee appointed to decide on the question voted in favor of grant ing the request. Final confirmation of the vote will be made at the school board meeting Friday after noon.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
Sends Greetings by Air
 To Mother and Grandma

Many agencies were employed yesterday to carry the message of Mothers Day, but the most modern was that employed by Robert Hattings, son of Mrs. Bessie Hattings Of S7 Arch street, who sent @ radio message to his mother from the sub marine base at Coco Solo, Panama. Hattings. who is a first class electrician on the |. S. S. O-4 stationed at Coco Solo for the past four years, sent his message from Balboa by way of Washington, D. c. The message reads: Greetings to mother and grandmother on Mothers Day" Mrs. Ratings also re- ceived a bunch of roses ordered by wireless.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
FIVE TRAGEDIES IN
 STATE OVER SUNDAY
Three Killed by Autos, One DrOwned-Fall Fatal
 to Another

New Haven, May 10 LP-Deaths from automobile accidents and oth- CT causes of a violent nature mount ed 10 five throughout the state over the weekend.
 Peter \. Neyin 36, and unmar- ried, fell into @ spring while cross ing q field ill Winsted and was drowned in four feet Of water before aid could reach him. The cries of 8 woman companion brought assist ance, but the man was dead when he was taken from the water.
 Edward J. GiIligan, 27. Of Wind sor was instantly killed in that town when the automobile he was driy- ing skidded from the highway and struck telegraph pole,
 Roger Scott, 10. died in the hos pital in Norwich as the result of in- juries received when he was struck by an automobile operated by Hen ry Filliger of Taftville. The boy was training along behind a piece of fire apparatus and stepped out directly hANS tiS paul OA L4LJ nppL baNIAAI 5 automobile.
 The body of man found lodged below bridge over the Quinnipiac river, remained unidentified at an undertaker's establishment in New Haven.
 Daniel zuk, 3S, who fell from the third story Of the telephone build ing in New London last Friday died last night in a New Haven hospital.
 Philip E. Kyle, G prominent young man residing in Bethel, was killed in an automobile accident in Schenectady N. Y He entered Union college last fall and had planned to take up a course later at Mass. Institute of Technology.
 Automobile accidents were nu- merous over the weekend through out the state.
 A baby sitting in its mothers lap escaped serious injury in New Ha- ven when it was thrown from a ma chine operated by it's father Eugene Russo, Of this city. following col lision with another machine operat- ed by Mariana Sabatino, The acci-
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New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
Safe Crackers Get S2,OOO
 From Safe in Worcester

Worcester, Mass, May 10 Lf1 = Professional safe crackers made R s2,OOO haul from the Olympia thea ter last night, getting away with the Saturday and Sunday receipts and the receipts of the Family thcatcr which is under the same manage ment. Entrance was gained through rear door leading from an alley and the safe, three feet square, was removed from the ticket sellers of- flee to the main office where the combination was knocked off and the locking apparatus in the outer and iner doors punched out.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
SHADE SEEKING DATA
 ON VALUE OF SCHOOL
Principal Sends Question. naires to Graduates of
 New Britain High

In an effort to determine how the former graduates are employed, what their successes have been, and how far their school work has tn- ducnced their later work, Principal Louis P. Slado Of the Senior High school has sent a questionuaire to graduates for five years back. Tn his letter he asks that they supply suggestions that their experience has led them to offer.
 Mir. Slade explained that the questionnaire will also be sent to students who have been enrolled at the school but who did moi finish the courses and graduate. Letters with a stamped returned envelope were sent 10 about 1,159 graduates, and 1t is expected that about that many non-graduate will be recipient of a similar letter.
 This plan will be the first step to establish q permanent record sys- tenn at the school. All data will be sent to the state school board to be tabulated and returned to the local school to be filed. The plan is said 10 be the best put forward by the school department in some time, and the cooperation Of the alumni body is needed in order that a 100 per cent return may be depended upon. The plan was brought forward by Franklin F. Pierce, supervisor of secondary education Of the state It will cover q period between Septem- Der, 1920, and June. 1925.
 One of the questions is, What did you do after you left school? First year? Second year? Third year? Fourth year? Fifth year." 4 list Of subjects used at tho school is printed with the request that the former student mark subjects that were of use in later life.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10

lowar. and another WIS Gii,- Petty Officer Floyd Bennett, Commander Byrd's mechanic.
 Radio and cable brought back to the New York Times and St. Louis Post-Dispatch yesterday news that the Byrd expedition had made in 15 hours and 10 minutes trip tha. took Admiral Peary eight months by ship and dog sled. The objective was achieved 33 days after the cx- petition sailed from New York for Kings Ray, Spitzenbergen.
 Gets Congratulations
 The news brought congratulations from President Coolidge, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur. Secretary of War Davis, and from fellow ex- plorors. Roald Amundscn and Lincoln Ellsworth. whose Italian built dirigible the Norge, is ali Kings
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New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
STEPHEN RAKOWSKI DIES
 IN WASHINGTON ST. STORE.
Retired Mason Contractor Expires Suddenly-Had Suffered Heart
 Attacks For Four Years

stephen Rakowski of 159 Pleasant street, the first mason contractor to establish himself in this city, dropped dead in a store at 229 Washington street this morning. Dr. John J. Purney, medical examiner, found that death was due to heart failure, an ailment he had been effected with for the past four years. He was 52 years old.
 Mir, Rakowski had just entered the store when he collapsed and before he could be given aid. died. He was a mason contractor all his life in this city, Q period covering about 25 years. Illness overcame him about four years ago and he was forced to retire from the trade.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
Dunn, Jackson, Lange And Parker Asked To Tender Resigna- lions At Once.
Explanation Made That He, as Mayor, Should Make His Own Appoint ments to Body.

Complying with Mayor Weld's re- quest, the four members of the board of police commissioners resigned to- day, effective at once. This Is the first board to be entirely cleared out by the new administration with one sweep. Since Mayor Weld's election. 1t had been reported that some of the commissioners would be replaced, and the mayors action in requesting the entire board to re- sign occasioncd some surprise in city hall. That Chairman David L. Dunn, democrat, and Commissioner Edwin A. Parker. republican, were certain of replacement, had been believed, but until today there had been a possibility of the retention of Thomas F. Jackson, democrat, and William F. I.ange, republican, &C., cording to reports.
 Mayor Weld requested that the resignations be in his hands not later than tomorrow. The regular meeting of the board Is scheduled for tomorrow night.
 The new commissioners will be ap- pointed tomorrow the mayor said. He refused to reveal their names. The board will organize by electing a chairman and clerk, and ap- pointing a, committee on rules and discipline.
 The outgoing board was appointed by ex-Mayor PaOnessa soon after his election in 1922. and Mir. Dunn was at once elected chairman. Commis- sioner Parker had been a member of the board under the Quigley admin istration and Commissioner Lange had been a member of the board of health. Commissioner Jackson was new in public life. Commissioner Parker had served in the common council as councilman and alder man in the Fourth Ward and had been president pro tenn. Commis- sioner Lange had also served in the common council.
 Remarking on the change, Com missioner Lange said this afternoon that he wished the new administra- ton success and as his chief concern IS d COullulSSlOueG udu al way $ bSClh the interests of the city in general, he stood ready to step aside for someone who, in the mayors opinion, is qualified to fill his place.
 The other outgoing commissioners had no comment to make except that they have compiled with the mayors request.
 Mayor Weld's letter to the com- mission follows:
 Dear Sir:
 AS I have been elected mayor of our city I feel that it is quite natural for me 10 wish to make my own appointments. Although there is nothing personal in the matter it would be of assistance to me if you would be so kind as to offer me your resignation as a member of the Police Commission.
 T would like your resignation on Tuesday,"
 Yours very truly
 GARDNER c. WELD,
 Mayor"
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
SAVED FROM DEATH
Hotel ArrigOni Chef in Middletown Was Trapped in Ammonia Fumes Filled Cellar.

A1iddletown, Conn.,, May 10 LE) - A faint tapping on glass attracted a pedestrian going by the Arrigonl hotel today and saved the life Of Joseph Adams, hotel chef, who had been trapped in the basement which was rapidly filling with ammonia fumes.
 While Adams was after some supplies. a packing in a pipe of the refrigeratng apparatus was blown out, letting out ammonia fumes. He vas unable 10 escape by the stairs and summoned aid by knocking on the window. Bremen summoned by the pedestrian removed a grate over the window and Adams was brought out by two firemen who entered the cellar wearing gas masks.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
Government I a k 6 s Over All Available Paper In Order To Assure Publication of Official Newspaper Others Must Discon- tinue.
No Serious Outbreaks Military Forces COncen- trate to Insure Food Supply-Strikers Have Not Called Out More Men.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
 London. May 1n.-A summary Of the British strike late this afternoon is:
 Concentration of military forces to insure q complete food supply and the lack of prospects for peace marked the seventh day Of the Brit ish general strike.
 The government reported the gen eral situation improved but hints have been made that labor will call on it's "second line of defense" which would bring the total strih- CTS up to about 5,000,001.
 The Trades Union congress, how ever, denied that decision has been reached to call out the "sec- ond line of defense"
 Little Weekend Disorder
 There was little disorder over the weekend, the only noteworthy dis turbance being at Camden Town. where 4o persons required hospital attention, Edinburgh, Nine Films. Battersea and Shipley, Cardiff and Glasgow, where disorders have been frequent, were quiet.
 Transportation and shipping in general were better. Tha suburban railways provided a skeleton service and the London underground ran more trains. manned by volunteers. Liverpool and other ports reported q freer movement Of ships.
 The Trades Union congress with drew permits to nnion members to assist the government in the dis tribution of food.
 Protest Use of Guards
 Labor leaders claim that displays Of heavy armed guards over food conveys are uncaIled for and un- necessary and charge that motor buses frequently appear to invite attack.
 Tho government reported a quiet weekend with indications from the north that the workers are dissatis- fled with the strike,
 T. was unofficially suggested that King George act as mediator in the strike, although how was not ex- plaincd
 Communist literature seized at Shipley appealed to the military not to fight the strike.
 Irish markets are being hit and the Irish labor party has advised shippers not to forward food 10 Eng land saying that Irish labor wishes to keep clear Of the strike.
 NcwSprint Communicated
 The government today com mandecrod all supplies Of newsprint hot in the hands Of publishers.
 Chancellor Of the ExcheGuor Churchill explained in tho house of commons that this move was tenn porary and had been caused hv shortage of paper hc said that the necessity of the government continu- ing publication of the official British Gazette Of which moro than mil. lion copies are printed daily. also was determining factor.
 This action will mean that all other publications, including the lahorite British worker. must dis continue when their present small supplies of paper are exhausted. un- less the embargo should be lifted meanwhile.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
Thirteen Injured When
 New York Cars Crash

New York, May 10 Pl-Thirteen persons were injured, none of them seriously, today when a train of the Lexington avenue subway line crashed into the rear of ten-car train standing at the elevated station at 1SOth street and Morris Park ave nue. the Bronx. Both trains were all steel. The rear car of the first train was partly telescoped.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
Hail Storm Does Damage
 Amounting to a Million

Dallas, Tenn, May 10.-Damage to Dallas property in Saturdays hail storm today was estimated at az proximately &1,OOOOOo, Thirty per sons were injured, none seriously. in the 10-minute barrage in which stones fell measuring more than two inches in diameter. A large amount of plate glass was broken and street car and automobile tops perforated.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
RUTHERFORD PLANS LICENSED BUILDERS WITH BOND POSTED
Deputy Inspector Will Make Recommendation to Control
 Situation at Next Meeting
WILL ASK FOR AUTHORITY
 TO ARREST LAW BREAKERS

DISCoNerS BiS Beam improperly
 Supported in Store Heavily Pa
 tronized-Amended Plans for
 Naples House Not Completed and
 Board VIII Not Hold Meeting
 Scheduled for This Evening.
 Licensing Of all builders and re- quiring them to post a bond to indemnify the city in the event of lawsuits arising as a result Of faulty construction will b. proposed to the building commission at its next meeting by Arthur N. Ruther- ford. deputy inspector.
 Inspector Rutherford in the course of his drive against unlicensed building operations, which in little more than one week disclosed more than a score Of ordinance violations, says he has found convincing proof that more sweeping control Of build CTS and their operations is advisable.
 The inspector found an I-beam weighing many tons suspended across q room in q store through which many persons pass daily, with support not sufficiently strong to safely carry fraction of the weight imposed upon them. The likelihood of a suit in which the city might be named as a party prompt ed him 10 draw his recommendation at once, If bond is posted persons injured through the negligence or poor workmanship of any contrac- tor can sue with possibility Of col lccting damages whereas many now engaged in work have no properties in their own names which might be seized in the event Of court pro- cedure, he explained.
 The building commission was scheduled to meet tonight, but the amended plan for the Naples house has not yet been submitted and the meeting will be held later in the week, probably on Wednesday night Cellars Beyond Building Line.
 Inspector Rutherford plans to bring to the attention of the com mission two cases on Oneida street in which cellars have been built for dwellings, both of which extend far beyond the building line. In one in- stance the cellar costs represent the life savings Of one Of the men. Both were informed by former coun- cilman, they claim, that it was all right for them to proceed.
 The inspector will also ask the commission for permission to pro ceed with prosecution of any wilful violator of the building ordinance relative to permits found in the fu- ture. He is convinced that many of those heretofore brought 70 his at tcntion disobcyed the law through misunderstanding, although he is positive some were wilful violations.
 Bremen to Report Buildings.
 Members Of the fire department who will conduct a check-up on cleanup week orders will be asked by Chief W. J. Noble to make note Of building operations in the dis tricts they cover and report them to the building department.
 More than q score of reports were received at the offices of the de- partment today from police officers who, in response to Inspector Ruth erford's request, made notes of building operations Saturday night.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
FAILS AT SUICIDE

Greenwich, May 10 P9 - James Foley, S5, painter. was taken to the Greenwich hospital today after an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. He was found in a pool of blood in his room at boarding house. He had cut his throat with a razor. No motive for the act has been found by police. Foley's con- dition was said to be critical"
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
HENNESSY TO BE ASKED FOR
 RESIGNATION AS INSPECTOR

The purpose of the meeting. 10 which Hennessy was to be invited later, had been made known to the inspector slated for retirement ear Her in the day. It is understood that he will be asked to remain until his successor assumes the duties of office.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10

Members of the building commits sion were scheduled to confer this afternoon with Mayor Gardner C. Weld for the purpose of drafting request for the resignation of Ed ward J. Hennessy as building in- spector and to discuss the engaging of his successor.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
THE WEATHER

Hartford, May 10.-ForeCast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled, probably Occasion- al showers tonight and Tues day; not much change in
 temperature
New Britain herald., 1926-05-10
MAYOR FIRES POLICE BOARD;
 COMMISSION SWEPT CLEAN
CAT EYE ANNIE NOTED
 JEWEL THIEF, ESCAPES
Is Believed to Have Broken Out of Prison at
 Auburn, N. Y.

Auburn, N. Y, May 1 Q LP1-Lillian Mcdowell. known as Cat Eye An nie" and by numerous other aliases, made a sensational escape from the Auburn prison for women today, leaving behind her an unexpired term of nine years and six months. Prison officials said her escape was one of the cleverest on record here, and that she had been planning 1t for some time.
 Her program for escaping was put into effect about month ago, when, by the commission Of several minor infractions of the prison rules, she managed to have herself trans ferred to a punishment cell. Ther0 are three punishment cells in a wing of the main prison. The woman was placed in the center.
 Annie evidently obtained some ln- strument with which she tunnelled a hole in the rear of her cell, placing the debris in her mattress and sleep ing at night on top Of cement and fragments of brick.
 She was counted present" at 4:30 this morning, but evidently crawled through her tunnel immediately afterwards into the prison yard. At the prison greenhouse, only a few steps distant she obtained a plank which she used as a ladder to reach the top of the outside wall. She then lowered herself to the ground by means of rope which she had con- structed in her cell and which was found behind a grocery store just outside the wall.