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New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
CHARLESTON AND ITS
 OPPONENTS IN CLASH
Dancing Moguls Meet Valencia" Fox Trot
 Hailed as Latest

New York, Aug. A Lp - The "Nalencia," described as Span ish fox trot," was demonstrated to dancing masters today and hailed as the successor of the Charleston.
 Mrs. Edna Passapse, Newark dancing teacher, glided over the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria in q demonstration of the new dance before delegates 10 the first joint convention of the International and American National associations of masters of dancing. She said the music was without the vulgarity of the Charleston and will appease the moderns' desire for new steps,
 Ned Wayburn, instructor of stage dancing, defended the Charleston. Tt has lived three years" he said, and it will con- tinue to live. It is an outgrowth of postwar restlessness, but it has basic in that it will keep it alive. It is moral dance, since the dancers have to stahd from four to six inches from each other"
 The new "black bottom" dance was described by Weyburn as "one of the four hundred versions of the
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
BYRD PRAISES FRITSON
 IN LETTER TO JACKSON
Did Some Fine Work On Expedi- tion," Leader of North Pole
 Flight Says

Frank Fritson of this city, who accompanied the Byrd north pole eX- petition as master electrician. has been invited by Department Com mander Harry c. Jackson to attend the state convention of the American Legion in New Eaven as the guest of the department. Invitations were also sent to Commander Richard E. Byrd of the expedition, to his pilot, Bennett, it being planned to have the three men at the convention, but Byrd and Bennett have been forced to decline owing to their interest in the proposed New York Paris flight.
 In his letter to Commander Jack son, Commander Byrd expressed a high regard for the local man who accompanied him, saying: He is a fine fellow and did some fine work on the expedition"
 Regarding attendance at the con- vention, the polar fiier said, T re- gret very much that I am tied up elsewhere on the dates you mention, as otherwise it ' ould have given me pleasure to be with you. I am a Legionnaire myself and am deeply interested in the great work you people are doing"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
HART STANDS PAT AS
 BOSS OF POLICE DEPT.
Makes It Plain He, Not Woods, Is in Charge
 of Force

| insist on knowing where tba
 members of this department oro
 "orKnG. The department is always
 at the service of the prosecuting at-
 lorney's office or any other pronar
 oILlclaL We are always willing to
 cooperate, but in cases where men are 10 be detailed for the prosecuting 1 attorney or anyone else. I insist on
 Delhg consulted" This was the only comment Chief w. c. Hart of inc
 ponce department would make today relative to the reported disagreement
 between Prosecuting Attorney I, c | woods and himself, which resultad
 i'll the chiefs countermanding inc order of the prosecuting attorney to sergeant P. J. O'Mara to investigate
 reported violations of the ordinance prohibiting the operation of gasoline pumps on the curbs.
 MT. Woods said it has been his practice for years to ask police off cers to investigate cases coming 10 his attention. Frequently, Chief Hart
 IS not available at the moment an officer is wanted and there is such a volume of work of a police nature connected with the prosecuting at torney's office that DIr. Woods has felt free, he said, to detail the off Icers without consulting the chief. He admitted, however, that as a matter of courtesy, it would be proper to consult the chief
 T have no desire to take over the duties of the chief of police. My only purpose is to have the cases at tended 10. and if the chief is at the
 seaShore or at a convention, I do not think I should be required to wait until he resumes duty before detailing an officer" Mr. Woods said.
 About 4 o'clock yesterday after noon. Mir. Woods telephoned 10 Chief Hart and asked that an officer be detailed 10 investigate the curb pump situation, also that an officer be detailed on case of the viola tion of the building ordinance which was heard in police court this morn ing. The chief readily assigned Ser geant O'Mara to the pump case and Officer Feeney to the other case.
 That the friction which has exist cd between the chief and the pro- scouting attorney for some time will be eliminated seemed likely today. Neither official was inclined tO take the situation seriously, although both admitted that the feeling has been strained.
 II has become known, through the ] clash on the gasoline pump case, ! that several weeks ago the chief and 1 the prosecuting attorney engaged in | a verbal duel precipitated by the all legged action of the latter in granting | permission to a canvasser to operate l in New Britain after the chief had . withheld his approval pending pres entation of proper credentials.
 At that time, Chief Hart told MT. | Woods tho canvasser would be ar rested if she operated. and the pro- scouting attorney is said to have re tortcd that he would refuse to pro- secute the case. The battle of words became heated and personalities are said to have been indulged in.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
Estate, Fought for by
 Two Wives, Is Divided

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Aug. 24. P- Stipulations filed in the superior court here today bring a settlement to the tangled affairs which followed the death of Charles F. Ward, q railroad man, who died here last January. After his death, Mrs. Lizzie F. Ward of New Haven made a claim for the body on the ground that she was his legal wife who has been deserted 20 years ago. Her request was granted and she took the remains to New Haven for burial.
 Then Mrs. Ward contested the admission of the will of MT. Ward in which he named two sons by his common law wife with whom he had lived for the past Is years, as his heirs. The probate court ad- mitted the will and this action was later sustained by a superior court jury. Pending an appeal stipula- ton has been agreed to by counsel, allowing the legal wife one third of the estate and the two sons by his common law wife and the re- mainder. The state is estimated at S4,000.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
PLAN NEW GIRLS SCHOOL
Three Dwellings And 50 Acres of Land Acquired As Part of Loomis Institute In Windsor.

Windsor, Aug. 24 R-The pur- Lchase of three large dwellings and 50 acres of land in the historic Pal isade section of the town to be used as a girls school was announced to- day by Headmaster N. H. Batcheld- CT of the Loomis institute, a day school for boys. The buildings in that part of the town which was settled first include the Chassee House, home of Abdey S. Chassee who married James Loomis and who was the mother of the founder of the institute. Hooker house, home of James Hooker and also the home of Edward Rowland Sill, poet, and the modern dwelling of Charles H. Dan iels.
 The institute plans to have at least one of the buildings ready for the opening of school year in 1927. The girls school will be two miles from the boys buildings.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
INVESTIGATORS AT ODDS
 IN MELLETT MURDER CASE
Prosecutor McClintocl1 and Special Agent Roach Come to Open
 Breach

Canton, Ohio, Aug. A. - Declar- ing that he will not be "coerced or intimidatcd,, Prosecutor c. B. Me Clintock today struck back at Jo- seph R. Roach, special investigator into the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, and said he in- tends 10 yield his powers and duties to no one. Roach attacked McClin- toclI yesterday for alleged incom- potency and interference with a federal inquiry.
 At the same time S. A. Lengel, dismissed last night by Mayor S.. VI. Swarts as Canton police chief, announced he would fight the charges.
 McCIintock said he has implicit faith in the Stark county grand jury which meets tomorrow to con- slider the murder case and that he will do his best to submit all the evidence in the Don Mellett murder case"
 T have given Roach all the in- formation we have and he has given us nothing in return" McClntock said.
 Detective Ora Slater, employed by McClintock the day after the murder today sent the prosecutor the names of 27 witnesses.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
PRISONER NEARLY STARVED
Iifcr in Illinois Penitentiary Had Been Hiding, Awaiting Chance to Escape, For Eight Days.

Stateville, H., Aug. 24 Pl-Half starved, after hiding eight days un- der the tin shop, a small temporary structure in the new prison enclo- sure here, awaiting an opportunity to escape, Clarence Langford, slayer imprisoned for life, was found early today by Warden Elmer Green and two keepers.
 Langford sawed his way out of his cell more than a week ago. He stuck to his crowded subway quar- ters except for two brief periods when he emerged at night and sought an opportunity to scale the 30-foot prison wall.
 The convict was weak from lack of food and was suffering from a sprained ankle, sustained when he dropped from the third tier of cells. He seemed happy to return even to a solitary cell. During the eight days Langford had eaten but two slices of bread, he said. A nearby waterpipe provided water.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
MEDICAL STUDENT IS HELD FOLLOWING DEATH OF GIRL
 FOR WHOM HE PRESCRIBED
HUSBAND AND WIFE
 FINALLY REUNITED
Couple Had Been Sepa- rated Since Civil
 War

1 sparta, Wis, Aug. 24 Rl-Separat. ca slXty-three years since they Iost gach other during the Civil War Thomas Mann, SS, and his wife Nancy, so, have been reunited. ! Tn the meantime Nancy has had two husbands and Mann has had an other Wife. Mann's second wife died several years ago, and Mrs. Mann's third husband last March.
 Enoch Arden's long voyage was Just walk around the block com pared with Mann's absence from his bride. They were married in 1863. Mann enlisted in the Union army serving a hundred days with the I59th Indiana infantr.-. Discharged, he took his bride to farm near Ironton, Wis, and renlisted in the seth Wisconsin infantry.
 lie served until the war ended in 1863. When he got home his wife had left for the home of her parents Tn Indiana. Both sought each other for several years without success.
 Alter some years, assuming her husband dead, Nancy married Will liam Burns of Indianapolis, and be- came the mother of four children.
 Burns died in 1890 and his widow welded James Tracy of Grand Rapids, Mich. He died five months ago.
 Mann meanwhile gave up the search for his bride and married Mrs. Maria Young, a widow of On alaska, Wis. They had five chill dren. The second Mrs. Mann died some years ago.
 Several months ago Mrs. Mann asked the federal pension bureau to allot her the pension of Thomas Mann. The bureau notified her that Thomas Mann was a resident of Sparta. and that he was drawing his own pension. She wrote Mann and discovered him to be her bus band.
 They were united at Sparta, and Attorneys held that no marriage ceremony was necessary.
 This time I'll keep track of her." Mann declared.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
Woman h Rage Hrows Burning
 Liquid On Policeman; Daughter
 7ussles With Officers h Court
Mother Falls tc Floor in Convusion When Judge Fines
 Her-Child Forcibly Removed From Scene

Intoxicated and in rage, accord ing to the police, Mrs. Ursn:o Kas- paraitis, aged SS, of g. Willow street, refused to admit Officers Feeney and Temple to her tenement last night and when Officer Feeney was attempting to enter through the bathroom window, the woman doused him with a liquid that burned his hands and arms. The of ficer persisted, however, and finally entered through bedroom window and arrested the woman for breach of the peace and drunkenness
 Judge filling fined her S5 on each count in court this morning, and after hearing sentence pronounced, Mrs. Kasparaitis fell to the floor in a conyulsion, while her 13-year- old daughter fought policemen and others who tried to take her away from the scene. Mrs. Kasparaitis
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24

was revived after Probation Officer Connolly brought her a drink of water and Officer Feeney applied aromatic spirits of ammonia.
 Officer Feeney testified that he and Officer Temple were detailed tc the woman's home about 10 o'clock last night, and found crowd in the yard, while Mrs. Kasparaitis was screaming and beating her daugh- fer in the house. Mrs. Kasparaitis testified that her daughter is dis obedient and she was forced to chas- tise her.
 Asked if she had been drinking, she admitted having had three drinks of whiskey yesterday, but she insisted that she was not intoxicated. She admitted ownership of a still, a quantity of mash and a gallon of liquor, which Officer Feeney con- fiscated.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
FLASH" DANIELS HELD
 ON NUMEROUS CHARGES
May Answer to Operating Auto While Under Influence of
 Liquor in Silver City

Garland w. (FlaSh) Daniels. we'll known local young man, is under arrest in Meriden on the charge of operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor, and an investigation is being made into the circumstances surrounding the presence of District of Columbia markers on a car he was driving. The local police will also interview him relative to the alleged theft of Q set of markers from Harold Ramm of Stanley street, this city. and Joseph Arbour & Son, local truckmen, today reported to Chief Hart that they have reason to be- lieve Daniels obtained gasoline and oil to the amount of S40,69 in At lanta, Ga. on their courtesy card.
 Having heard that Daniels was in Meriden, the local police telephoned yesterday 10 have him taken into custody. A short time before the message went from this city. the Meriden police had Daniels under arrest. It is said the charge of driving while under the influence of liquor may not be pressed as there is a question of the strength of the evidence.
 Everett Arbour handed Chief Hart the bills received from a gaso- line company operating in Georgia, also copies of the correspondence relative to the invoice for $40.69. It is said that Daniels, who was form erly employed by the Arbour Co, continued to use the courtesey card used by the company, and the gaso- line station proprietors neglected to notice the markers by which they could have ascertained whether or not the holder of the card was en- titled to recognition.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
PLAYS CIGARETTES AS
 ENEMY OF YOUNG BOYS
Humane Assn. Convention Also Sees Evils in
 Motion Pictures

Portland, Ore. Aug. 24 P - Strict motion picture censorship control of tobacco sales to minors and improvement of home condi- lions were advanced as remedies to prevent the spread of juvenile delinquency by speakers at the 50th annual convention of the American Humane association here today.
 Speakers included: John F. Poucher, Omaha, manager of the Nebraska Humane society; ". F. H. Wentzel, Pittsburgh, secretary of the western Pennsylvania so- ciety, and D. c. Mcleod, superin- tendent of dependent and delin- quent children, Edmonton, Alber- ia. Mcleod urged association off, cials to try to keep normal chil- dren out of institutions. declaring if suitable homes could be pro- vided in such cases juvenile crime soon would beo n the wane.
 Cigarette smoking by youths of this country is more devastating than the World war, Mr. Wentzel said.
 Pointing out that efforts to en- force anti-cigarette laws doubt less have been negligible" he de- clared:
 If l were asked what is the most blighting evil that numbers the largest army of victims in the boy life of today, l would have to say, mentally blighted, physically blighted and morally blighted - and the cigarette smoking boy heads the list!
 He related how a survey in junior high school of Pittsburgh, Pa, with an enrolment of about 1000, showed that more than 50 per cent of the boys admitted the cigarette habit. A checkup of the honor rolls he added, showed that not one of these cigarette smoking boys was on the list.
 Baby farms" were criticized by MT. WentZel as the most devilish exploitation of the helpless ever revealed in the work of any so- ciety." and fragrant abuses remain despite the work that has been done by humane workers. The orphanage as substitute for home has proved a disappoint- ment, he said.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
George Washington Is
 Arrested in Elm City

New Haven. Aug. 24 Pl-George Washington, 26, negro, is being held without bail pending develop ments in the condition of Max AL derman. 60, who was taken to the New Haven hospital today follow ing an attack, police allege. made on him by Washington. The latter refuses to talk but police believe he attacked Alderman in an at- tempted daylight hold-up, and be- coming frightened when he saw Alderman fall unconscious, ran from the scene without robbing the latter.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
PRESIDENT WON'T ENTER N. '. FIGHT
Decides on Hands Of Policy in Gubernatorial Campaign
GIVES GENEVA. VIEWS, TOO
Coolidge Lets It Be Known That Other Nations Must Consider U. s. Reservations Withoul Regard to Economic Concessions.

Paul Smiths, N. Y, Aug. 24 (P}- The intention of President Coolidge to maintain hands-off policy in the selection of a republican nominee for governor of New York this fall was made known definitely at the summer white house today.
 In announcing the position of the chief executive after a series of conferences with republican leaders of this state, officials made clear that the conferences had not con- cerned the governorship and Mr Coolidge does not expect to take any part in that question.
 There is a state convention for the purpose of nominating a governor, it was asserted, and the president is perfectly willing to intrust any in- terest he may have in that nomina- tion to the convention.
 American Entrance
 The matter of American entrance to the permanent court of interna- tional justice, President Coolidge ex- poets to be considered on its merits with the other nations concerned deciding their positions merely in the light of the senate reservations to the protocol of adherence.
 Any suggestions that the question of American entry to the court will be conditioned upon economic con- sessions such as tariff reductions, MT. Coolidge considers untentable. In fact, it was said today at the summer white house, the president doubts if any informed authorities in other countries would think of making any such suggestion.
 If such were made, it was added, the matter of tariff changes would have to be taken up by congress and the move, in the official opinion here, would be entirely impractical.
 Bclittlcs Unfomdcd Reports
 Unfounded reports that appear in the press of this or other countries in such connections, it was empha- sized, in behalf of the president, only contribute to misunderstand- ings between nations in way that may lead to an endan- gering of friendly relations.
 As for reports that the agricul- tural west could be expected in the new congress 10 seek tariff changes, it was said MT. Coolidge had heard of them only through the press. He had read the views of Senator Cap per, republican, Kansas, that the farmers would seek higher rates on some agricultural products, it was added, but neither the senator nor other visitors to White Pine camp had mentioned the question to him turing their discussions.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
DIRIGIBLE Td BE
 MASTER OF SKIES
It. Com. RoSendahl Predicts Giant AirShipS for Travellers
lNYULNERABLE IN WARS
Present Experiments But Leading Up To This, He Says-European Trip in Three Days, Is One of His Predictions.

Lakehurst, N. J., Aug. 24 P)-Tht navy dirigible Los Angeles is, in eff feet a 700 foot test tube w'th whicf aviators-scientists are conducting ex periments looking toward eventua complete conquest of the air by man
 Luxurious ocean air lines for tour, ist service twice as fast as steam, boats, giant airships several thous. and feet long able to carry airplane. for war, improvements in radio anC weather forecasting and reduction il cost and maintenance-these are bu few of the results being sought by eXperimenters at the air station.
 These men are working ceaseless. ly under direction of Captain F. S Jackson, commandant of the station and Lieutenant-Ccmmander c. E Rosendahl, commander of the Los Angeles, and survivor of the Shen- andoah disaster.
 Experimenting Constantly
 "We are experimenting all the time" Commander Rosendahl told the Associated Press. "We have to work largely by trial and error We know what we want and we keep trying until we get a method that works, and then we go on to some thing else.
 We have our regular work to do, such as the calibration of coastal ra- dio compass stations on which we have been engaged in good flying weather all summer. This is i'm portant in increasing the flying safe ty of airplanes.
 Asked if the Los Angeles was the ideal size for rigid airship, Con- mander Rosendahls eye lighted with Q vision evidently dear to his heart.
 Bigger Ones Planned
 "Airships this size ate just the be- ginning" he said. "The English are now building two ships of 5000, 900 cubic feet each, more than twice as large as the Los Angeles, and we ourselves have been sauthorized to construct two of 6,OO0,000.
 Designers know that as the size of airships increase, the comparative strength is greater, but of course there must be some limit to the practical application of this safety factor.
 Science h2s not yet been called on to determine actually what this limit is, but ships of 10,0O0,0o0 foot capacity are now in prospect"
 Speaking of the commercial future of airships, Commander Rosendahl said:
 Commercial Future
 "Airships can beat the trains. The speed and potential comfort are about the same. but the train can carry more passengers and cut in- dividual expense in that way. But when 1t comes to crossing the water, the traveller can get luxurious con-
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New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
Newtown Man Dies While
 Planning Sisters Funeral

NeWtown, Conn, Aug. 24 VIZ While making arrangements last night for the burial of a sister, John o. Bradley died suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage at the home of an other sister, Miss Margaret Bradley of Sandy Hook.
 He was 55 years of age. The sister who died earlier was Miss Nellie Bradley of Brooklyn, N. Y. Her funeral was held this morning.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
FIRST CASE OF ITS KIND
Shrewsbury Man Arrested For Oper- ating Row Boat While Under the Influence of Liquor.

Worcester, Mass, Aug. 24 P)- David Duquette, S7 years old, of Shrewsbury, has the unique, though unenviable distinction of being the first man ever arrested in this city on the charge of operating a row boat while under the influence of liquor. Wthile boating with two women on Lake Quinsigamond last night it is alleged he stood up and rocked the boat while in deep water. In district court today the case was continued until tomorrow.