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New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
MISS ADELE ), MURRAY IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Prominent Berlin Woman and H. $. Teacher Re-
 ported Dying
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AS the result of relapse suffered last night at St. Raphaels hospital, New Haven. to which institution she has been confined for several weeks with serious illness, Miss Adele D. Murray of Berlin, a teacher at the Senior High school, this city and a woman who has taken an active part in democratic politics, both in Der lin and throughout the state. is not expected to recover, according to word from New Haven this after noon.
 A report from the hospital stated that Miss Murray is in a critical condition and her death is expected within short time. Members of her family In Berlin hastcned to her bed side last night shortly after 10 o'clock when word was received that she had suffered relapse.
 Miss Murray underwent two oper ations at the hospital last summer and was confined there throughout the summer. Early in the fall she Ltt LII lICN u I>ci iIll anu dPtCoISd 'O be considerably improved. After re- maining at her home for about month she returned to the hospital, where her condition has been ser ious. It is reported that she has been unconscious since Sunday last.
 Politically, she has been one of the most active women in the state. She is leader iu democratic poli- tics in Berlin and has been active on several of the town committees. She was also instrumental in form ing the Kensington branch of the Connecticut League of Women Voters. A champion of the visiting nurse idea for Berlin. she worked earnestly in it's behalf throughout the early fall. She Is always on the side Of progress and IS well known for her frank attitude and business like manner. She has always been a popular member of the teaching staff of the New Britain schools
 Miss Murray was, for several years, a member of the democratic state central committee, but re- signed last spring because of the fact that she thought the party was not aggressive in child welfare work.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
0RM|STON CAUGHT IN HARRISBURG, PA. Former Radio Operator at Mrs.
 McPhersons Temple LONG SOUGHT AS WITNESS Starts For Chicago Today-Declines to Discuss Eyangelist's Case Chides Detectives For Failure to Find Him Before.
LONG SOUGHT AS WITNESS

Harrisburg. Pa. Dec. g LP-Ken- meth Ormiston, missing radio opera tor wanted in connection with the Aimee Semple McPherson kid mapping case in Los Angeles, left here today for Chicago in company with Charles Ellwood and Harry Donnelly. private detectives of Chi cago, according to Chief of Police Thompson.
 Ormiston, in company with two detectives, left the Penn-Harris hotel where the trio spent the night. The chief of police said he had no knowledge of their destination other than that the party was heading for Chicago.
 Chief Thompson expressed the opinion that Ormiston was Spirited away" but admitted that Detective Oscar Carson, who was with the Chicago officers. said Ormiston said he was satisfied to return after he admitted his identity.
 Chief of Police Thompson said that Ormiston had been caught in a rooming house on South Front street here between and 10 o'clock last night and had been housed in q hotel all night in custody of Chicago detective and one from the Harris burg force.
 Surprised by Police
 Ormiston was surprised by the officers when they visited his room overlooking the Susquehanna river last night. He had been living here under the name Of Fred Lininger" anl told the officers that he had come to Harrisburg from Atlantic City. He expressed surprise that the authorities had failed to locate him until now.
 Ormiston formerly was radio oper- ator for Angelus Temple, Los An geles, where he is wanted on a charge of conspiracy to defeat jus tice.
 Police officers expressed surprise at the arrest of Ormiston and Cap tain Page denied any knowledge of why he had been taken to hotel
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New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
ATWOOD THREATENS
 TO QUIT ZONE BOARD
fingered Because Col leagues Disagree With
 His Viewpoint

Plainly perturbed at the action of hls colleagues on the board of ad- justment who had opposed him en maSse in his attempt to have the Masonic Temple exception request turned down, and who later, with one exception stood out against him in his opposition 10 another pe- tition, Chairman William E. Atwood last night threatened to resign.
 His threat came after the meet ing had adjourned and members were putting on their overcoats pre- parng to leaiye the mayors office.
 The members of this board are bucking me-" Chairman Atwood de- clared in tones savoring of anger. Referring to the application of A. P. White for special exceptions cover- ing four houses on Logan street, which Atwood opposed. with Com missioner J. E. Cooper alone stand ing with him. Chairman Atwood warned: If this White exception goes through. I will resign."
 The chairman's remarks were die rected at no one in particular al- though Commissioner S. M. David- son, who had moved that White be granted the desired exemption. was standing nearest Atwood.
 This Is the first disagreement in the board of adjustment that has been carried beyond the meeting rooms. Nearly every meeting has been marked by disputes. some of which were long drawn out, and in few instances has a unanimous vote vote been recorded.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
Authority Is Clear, Says Corporation Counsel in Ruling on Question Brought up By (. H. Mitchell.
kirkham Declares State Acts Sanction Changes Subject to Appropriate Conditions and Safe
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Replying to a question raised by Attorney Charles H. Mitchell, who declared the board Of adjustment assumes a prerogative of the com. mon council when it grants a special exception to zoning, Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham last night furnished that board with q lengthy statement Of its duties and powers.
 The opinion was handed down at the request of William E. Atwood. chairman of the board. Its effect is 10 ratify the practices of the board followed out since its inauguration. Attorney Mitchelrs contention was that special exception is in effect change of zone, and therefore the power vests in no body other than the common council.
 Atwood Ask for Facts
 Judge kirkham's statement was in reply to the following letter from Chairman Attwood.-
 Dear Sir:
 "The board of adjustment desires your opinion as to the construction of paragraph G section 13 of the zoning ordinance:-
 Do sub-paragraphs 1, and 3 of paragraph (g). section 13 of the
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New Britain herald., 1926-12-09

til Saturday morning. Jerry" victim of amnesia, is the name the doctors in hospital around the coun- try gave this man who Is apparently suffering from shell shock received in the World War. He recalls cer- tain battles which the Americans took part in but does not know them by name. At the Legion national convention in Philadelphia. he was given a place in the spotlight on the platform and an ex-member of the marine corps recognized him as join- is all he knew about him. Jerry" Is of the opinion that he is known by some members of the 18th division and was especially desirous of visit ing New Britain and the Herald gave him the opportunity of doing so.
 On Friday morning Jerry will be taken to Mayor Welds office for a visit to the former member of the 101st Machine Gun battalion of the 18th division. Mayor Weld's friends in the 26th are listed among the thousands. and as the mayor is also a Legionnaire "Jerry" has expressed a desire to meet him.
 On Friday night Jerry" will be at the Legion home on Washington street and will greet the men as they attend the monthly meeting of the post. The Legion home will be open to anybody who wishes to see Ter
New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
MASONS ARE ALLOWED
 10 CONSTRUCT TEMPLE
Adjustment Board Vote 6 to 1 With Atwood
 Opposed

Chairman William F. Atwood of the board of adjustment alone stood out against granting a special ex- ception to the Masonic Temple Cor poratlon to allow erection of . lodge room on Russell street, and the deviation from zoning regula- tions was allowed by to l vote at meeting of the board last night.
 Mrs. Elizabeth M. Roche, repre- sented by Attorney Lawrence J. Colon, was granted a special excep- tion to permit the building of . business block at East Main and East streets. now zoned for resi- dence purposes. and the Fidelity Finance Co. was given an exception to permit erection of a banking house at the Beach property on West Main street, opposite the New Britain Institute.
 Two hearings on the Masonic cor- poration request preceded last nights favorable action. Tn their first application the Masons asked
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New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
MIDDLE70WN HAS B|G FIRE TODAY
Middlesez lheater Destroyed
 With Loss of S100,00G
THREE FIREMEN OVERCOME
Salvation Army Serves Doughnuts and Coffee-Other Offices in Building Are Saved By Brick Fire Wall.

Midlletown, Conn.,, Dec. g LP- Tho Middlesex theater here was swept by fire early this morning, the auditorium being destroyed and the stage badly damaged. The house seats between six and seven hun dred persons and a stock company had been playing there this week. The loss is estimated at $100,000. The theater Is owned by the D. and G. Amusement Company.
 Three Bremen Overcome.
 Three firenien were overcome by smoke. The fire was discovered by Policeman Edward Hill. Bremen fighting the blaze were given hot coffee and doughnuts by the Salva- ton Army.
 The owners of the structure are William Deitch of Westerly, R. l., Max Goldberg of New York and Abraham Deitch of New York. They had leased the playhouse for fifteen years to the Connecticut Val Icy Theater Corporation. an Alfred Gottesman enterprise. The theater was q part of the Middlesex Mutual building on Main street. A bank and insurance offices and other of fees in the front of the structure were saved by a fire wall.
 Had Big Start.
 The fire started shortly after 5 o'clock this morning near the cen tral heating plant in the basement and had gained a good start when the firemen arrived. A second alarm was sounded and called out all of the city's apparatus and the fire de- partment of the Russell Manufac- turing company. It was several hours later before the flames were under control.
 There is s3o,o0o insurance on the building and s5,Go0 on the contents. The flames soon broke through the floor of the auditorium and swept through that portion of the house and to the stage before they were The stage was saved when an asbestos curtain was dropped.
 The building is Of brick construc- ton 125 feet by 60 feet and GO feet in height.
 Nelghbors Move Belongings.
 All of the equipment of the stock company playing at the house was removed by firemen. Thirty families in the neishborhood were ordered by the police to remove their be- longings when 1t was feared the fire might spread.
 The theatcr was built and opened October l. 1892.
 Its predecessor, also a theater building, was built in May Of that year but was destroyed by fire a few nights after the opening perform 0nce.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-09

in particular are invited to step around to the Legion .home on Washington street Friday evening to see Jerry" although anybody in or around New Britain may see him.
 The American Legion has taken 8 kindly interest in this unknown soldier" inviting him to all the gatherings. He is at present touring the country in hopes somebody will tell him his true name. For the past few days Legionnaire c. II. Barrett of New Haven has been keeping Jerry" at his house in the Elm City in order that this wanderer might make his limited means go further in his tiresome search to find him. self and take his rightful place in his own community. On Saturday morning Jerry" will again go back to New Haven and keep meeting people here, there and everywhere. until his name quest is ended.
 State Commander Harry c. Jack son of the American Legion an- nounced at a late hour this after noon that he would take "Tarbot" to Legion gathering at Unionville this evening. Commander Jackson will be a speaker at the banquet and has invited "Tarbot" to join him for t e evening. Both Commander Jack son and "Tarbot" will return to this city after the banquet
New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
FACTORY THIEF HELD UNDER BOND OF sI,5o0
Tabotta Not Allowed to Return to Home in
 Italy

The manufacturing corporations of dollars worth of products through the thieving of employees, and 1t IS high time the practice was stopped, Prosecuting Attorney Joseph G. Woods told Judge B. ". filling in police court this morning, as he rec commended that a finding of prob able cause be made in the case of Dominick Talotta. aged 29, Of 62 Cherry street, rear, who was charged with theft of hardware, sandpaper and rope at the Russell & Erwin factory. An example should be made of this man. as a warning to others of his kind" MT. Woods de- clared. He deliberately stole these articles and carried them away. He is of vicious type and should be bound over to the superior court under heavy bonds" Judge Alling found probable cause and ordered Talotta held in sl5(0 bonds for his appearance in superior court the first Tuesday of March.
 Attorneys S. Gerald Casale and Angela Lacava, representing Talotta, made a plea that Judge Alling take jurisdiction and impose a jail sen- tence, suspending execution with the understanding that Talotta go to Italy as he had planned. and never return to New Britain. Miss ,t torney's charge of viciousness on the part of Talotta and contended that on the contrary he has always been an industrious. honest man, who worked hard and has always observed the laws of the United States since coming here in 1918. Until he was arrested for this theft he had never been in a court, not even as a witness, and If he stole the articles In question the ends of justice can be met by imposing a suspended sentence and ordering him not to return to this country, Some of them. al least. were of the scrap type and Talotta thought the corporation would not need them or value them.
 Judge filling pointed out that many of the articles on display in court could not have been scrapped, as they were packed in paper pre- paratory to being shipped or retain ed as stock. It is not proper, In his opinion, to permit people to commit theft and encourage them to do as they please until they are caught. and then grant their re- quest to be allowed to leave the country with the farewell: God speed you" He said said it was ap- parent that Talotta carried on his thievery over long period Of time. He did not merely pick up one ar ticle and carry it off. He was com hitting theft for long time and he knew the articles he was taking did not belong to him.
 During his argument for a finding of probable cause and a substantial bond. Prosecuting Attorney Woods recalled that a few years ago, alu-
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New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
.U|NEMAN SHOCKED,
 CUTS LIVE WIRE
Anton Baest Receives 1S,S00
 Volts While on Pole
RESCUED BY COMPANIONS
Rcsuscitation Crews Work For Hours In Relays As He Lies On Stanley Street Sidewalk With Faint Spark of Life In Breast.

Thrown in contact with Hive wire carrying 13,S00 Its of cleo. tricity, Anton Eaest, an employe ot the Connecticut Light & Power Co.,. was badly burned and shocked while working on high tension wires over Stanley and Ellis streets, at 10:15 o'clock this morning. and at press time resusC Citation measures were still In progress in the hope oi reviving him.
 Baest has been In the employ of the Connecticur Light & Power Co., for the past five years. His daily duties required just the type of work in which he was engaged in this morning, and he was regarded as an efficient and capable linemsn by Dis trict Superintendent B. H. McElhone, who was On the grounds shortly after the nlishap and who remained through the afternoon directing first aid crews WIG worked ever tho un- fortunate man as ne lay face down. ward on the sidewalk.
 Res citation Crews At Work
 Dr. John Purney, deputy medical examiner. and pr. NJ. A. Kinsela were summoned and they supervised the resuscitation work. stephen Sinskie, captain of the first aid team of the local division. and a force of workmen trained In this kind Of work, induced respiration and strove to awaken pulse normality and heart action, with indication of some body heat as the only favorable response this afternoon. Fearing that the time that would elapse while he was being picked up from the sidewalk and carried into the ambulance might spell life or death. the at tending physicians advised against any attempt to move him from the 
 Neighbors furnished materials for an improvised stretcher on the walk. From the factory of Landers, Frary & Clark nearby heaters and heating pads were secured and placed near and about the body.
 Urged on by the knowledge that men who had come in contact with Tive wires" have been known to come to after suspended animation extending over as long as period of six hours. the first aid crews re- lieved one another In a never r-end- ing artificial respiratory work.
 Cuts Into "Iive" Cable.
 Baest and a crew of workmen
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New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
DOHENY EXPLAINS
 HIS LOAN TO FALL
Tells Jury It Was Honest Help
 for an Old Friend
DENIES THOUGHT OF BRIBE
Aged Oil Magnate Also Recites His Romantic Career From the Days When He Was Poor, Hard Work ing Prospector.

Washington. Dec. g CP-Edward L. Doheny made his own plea of in- nocence today before the jury that must decide whether he is guilty Of criminal conspiracy.
 In a quiet, even voice, the seventy year old millionaire told the jurors as man to man that he had no feel ing of culpability and that when he advanced S1O0,000 to Albert B. Fall, he had no thought but to help an old and very dear personal friend out of personal financial troubles.
 Denies Ultcrior Motive
 He disclaimed firmly that the money had connection with the award Of the Elk Hills and Pearl Harbor oil contracts to Doheny in- terests while Fall. now CO., -defend- ant under the conspiracy charge, was secretary of the interior.
 For the first time he disclosed that in 1925, more than three years after the S100,000 "Ioan" was made, Fall gave him as secretary block of
  cipal of the debt.
 Wife and Son Called
 Following on the witness stand his wife and son, who had told the jury also that the S100,OO0 was purely personal loan. Doheny went over many picturesque details of his years of intimate association with Fall in the old west and told how in later years of prosperity they kept touch and were 'very. very good friends"
 He was on the stand more than an hour during the morning session of court and when the noon recess was taken at 12:S0 o'clock his direct ex- animation still was incomplete.
 Appears Feeble
 As he began his testimony with the usual trite recital of his name. occupation and past connections, the elder Doheny showed plainly the weakening effects of the arm infec- tion which has kept him in bed much of the time for the past week. He spoke softly and deliberately.
 Frank J. Hogan, chief of defense. devoted several minutes to setting the stage for the witness. He pre- sented numerous documents. includ- ing the four power Pacific treaty. to make references easy for his client.
 Dramatic Career
 No picturesque detail of Doheny's varied career was overlooked in the preliminary questioning. He related how he had been successively a surveyor in the old west. a book agent, waiter in a restaurant at Wichita, Kansas, driver of shave tail' mules, trapper, pioneer meat packer and mining prospector first in the Black Hills.
 "In 1SS0," he said. "I found the first mine-The Dream. MT. Fall at that time was prospecting there. It wa3 then I met him."
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New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
ADJUSTMENT BOARDS POWER ON SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS TO ZONE LAW PASSED SCRUTINY
Gas Stoves Spout
 Gasoline as Wrong
 Pipes Are Linked

Huntington. W. Va, Dec. 3 LT Residents of the Marshall col lege section of Huntington yes- terday reaped a harvest of gaso- line from their gas pipes when the pumps at the Standard Oil company storage tanks became connected with the mains of a gas company.
 Pumps unloading several river barges Of gasoline were con- nected with the gas line instead of the gasoline pipe line.
 Gas stoves spouted gasoline while many Of the residents were said to have drained quantities of automobile fuel from meter connections.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
Imperial Valley Cut Off
 From All Communication

los Angeles, Dec. g CPl-1mperial Valley was cut off entirely rom outside communication for a time today following a series of storms and earthquake shocks last night.
 Telephone company reports said the principal wire leads were cut near San Bernardino. when high winds blew down numerous poles at Cucamonga. Indirect communica- ton was had with Fl Centre for few minutes early this morning, but the feeble line soon failed, No more shocks were believed to have been felt there since last evening.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
MAURICE STANLEY
 HEADS FAFN|R CO.
Elected President, E. H. Cooper
 Becoming Chairman of Board
H. s. HART LEAVES OFFICE
way Elected vice Presidents and A. G. Way Becomes Secretary No Changes Made in Dictatorship.

Following the advancement of Elisha H. Cooper to the chairman ship of the board of directors and the resignation from this position of Howard s. Hart, Maurice Stanley yesterday was elected. president of the Fafnir Bearing Go.
 The election took place at a reg ular meeting of the board of direc- tors. MT. Hart, who has been in terested in the plant ever since he first helped organize it, was elected to the chairmanshlp and the ad- vancement of Mir. Stanley followed.
 Other Changes in Officers
 Other changes in the officers as a result of MT. Hart's resignation were as follows:
 R. R. Searles remains as vice pres ident, there being no change n his position. E. R. Carter. Jr., and Ru- fus N. Hemenway have been ad- vanced from assistant secretaries to vice presidents.
 A. G. Way, treasurer. retains that position and also becomes secretary, now being secretary treasurer.
 George r. Atwater remains as as- sistant secretary.
 Charles F. Stanley. manager of the industrial bearing department, has been elected secretary.
 Tha hoor5 of ba same personnel, the members being as follows: E. H. Cooper. chair man: H. s. Hart. NJ. P. Cooley. James E. Cooper, E. Allen Moore, George P. Hart, Frank c. Vibberts, Maurice Stanley, R. R. Searles and A. G. Way
 Howard S. Hart was one of the original incorporators of the Fafnir Bearing Co. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Hart & Cooley plant, of which tho Fafnir Bearing Co.,. is an offspring. He was chairman of the board of directors of the Fafnir plant since 1919, He was the first president of the Faf- mir Bearing Go.
 Cooper President Seven Years.
 E. H. Cooper. second president of the plant, became president when Mir. Hart took over the chairman ship of the board of directors, seven years ago. Because of his activl- ties in the other factories in which he is interested. MT. Hart's activities  fined mainly to an advisory capacity
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New Britain herald., 1926-12-09
STARVING CHINESE ARE REPORTED
 BUYING AND EATING HUMAN FLESH
Streets of Sianfu Srewn With Dead and Hundreds of
 Others Are Dying in City Every Day.

treat of the troops of General Liu Chen Hua. the besieger. but this cannot be confirmed.
 The Baptist mission has received a letter dated Sianfu. November l 9, from the British missionary doctor, Clement Stockley, telling Of terri ble conditions in the city and urg- ing that every effort be made to get permission for the hospital staff to leave the city.
 "We are truly In desperate strait. Nothing but starvation stares us in the face" the let,er says. Hundreds are dying in the city daily and It is impossible to buy food You cannot understand the state of affairs; 1t is just awful. It is difficult to bury all that die of starvation and many lie in the streets for days unburied."