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New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
STARVED INTO WORK,
 MRS. CHAPLIN WALLS
Wife of Film Comedian Says She's Returning
 to Movies

los Angeles. March l6 CP'-FoiloI by her wealthy screen star husband in her recent fight to collect S4,uoO q month temporary allmony, LAta Grey Chaplin turned toward the mercury lights of Hollywood again today for her livelihood.
 Announcing that she had been starved into the necessity Of going back to work. the wife of Charles Chaplin, who has been living theo- rcticalIy penniiess in his 4n-room mansion at Beverly Hills since her recent failure to extract an income from the comedians alleged vast but mobile fortune. Mrs. Chaplin said last night she would return 10 the movies within two weeks.
 Mrs. Chaplin disclosed that she had been dclugei with motion pie ture and vaudeville offers since the filing of her sensational suit for di- vorCc, but at the outset had refused them. They included an offer Of $500 a week and royalties for the appearance of her two chilDlren and herself in a picture, sine declared.
 Since the eStraugemCnt last No vemhar Mrs. Chaplin has been living on money raised by friends and rel atiycs. The upkeep Of the mansion, which Is given at S3.00O a month, and the accumulation Of unpaid bills, forced her, she said, to 80 to work.
 Mrs. Chaplin said her babies will not be permitted to appear on the screen. Vaudeville offers were re- jccted for the reason that stage tcur would take her away from her children.
 The film comedians young wife stressed the fact that her return to pictures is not signal of surrender in her fight for share of Chap lin's fortune and provisions for the support of her children. She an- nounccd her determination to "gct what the children should have" If it takes her five to twenty five years to get 1t for them.'
 "Mr. Chaplin cant starvc me out. though that seems tO be his obvious intention" Mrs. Chaplin declared. If he refuses to make any sort of provision for the support and main- tenance of the two babies, as he hes done so far. than I can do only one thing and that is to return to work
 He has shown that I cant de pend on him to do anything except what he is forced 10 do. He has shown not the slightest sign of in- terest in the welfare of the two babies he declares to care for over whelmingly. There hasn't been word of inquiry regarding their health since he left for New York. Neither has there been even mere post card of remembrance to chil- dren from him. He doesn't know whether they are starving or not and apparently he absolutely does not care jot, since he has failed to advance anything at all directly to maintain them or even provide them with food"
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR
Men Are Burned to Death in GaNo- line Absorption Plant Near sham rock, Tcvas, Today.

Amarillo, Texas, March 16 Pl- day in an explosion of gas at gas olinc absorption plant one mile west of Shamrock. The dead were all Of Shamrock.
 The plant, being erected by the Columbian Gasoline Corporation, suddenly burst into flames without warning. trapping the wor|imen, two of whom were inside the large ab- sorption units and two on ladders on the outside. Those on the outside were hurled 50 feet to the ground, their clothing in flames. The bodies of the others were removed from the bottom of the gas chamber.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
Only 5, Q, ,se Cocktails" Will
 Be A>%%,$sn After April First
Prohibition Authorities ,aim This Will Be Only Liquor Available to Bootleggers- -Adehol Is New Denatur- ing FOrmua-Taste Is Terrible

Washington, March 16 UP) - "Crani:case cocktails" will be vir- tually the only kind Of liquor boot legeers can supply after April 1, federal prohibition authorities said today.
 On that date the new denaturinE alcohol formula goes into effect substituting aldehol for pyridine. The change takes out q deadly poi sonous fluid but inserts a liquid that is absolutely undrnkable, it was sad.
 We feel tha. the new tormulae will end diversion of industrial al cohol into bootleg channels" Dr. J. Doran. chief prohibition chemist, told the United Press. Tn two or
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
SAVED AFTER I3 HRS,
 OF FRANTIC DIGGING
North Carolina Man Is Trapped Forty Feet
 Down in We'll

Fuqu0y Springs, \. C., March 16 tp - Entombed for l% hours in q 7o-toot well, Jeff Aslwor;h was rescued early today.
 Ashworth hal been pinned by caNod-in walls A feet down in the well and was ,Ntricatod after q group Of rescue workers dug away the debris all night by the light of automobile headlights, farm lan- terms and candles.
 Ashworth was placed in the hands Of physicians when he was rescued. H. sail that he rested easily for the last five hours of his entomhment.
 When the rescuing party pulled AshWorth out he was exhausted but no outward physical injury was in dic2ted in tine words of thankful ness hc mumhled.
 Ha had read of Floyd Collins and the Kentucky Cayc-in. h. said, just before he dropped off to sleep in his own homo at dawn but he was 'J'A'p!''t '4A'! iAtFN iiAl IT 1'N'' ith because he could talk with his companions above him all during his Imprisonment,
 Early yesterday Ashworth de scended into the well to clean it. He was being lowered in loop and when he reached the 40 foor level part Of the well side above him caved in and the stones formed a roof over his head. cutting off sunlight and air. His lack Of air circulation was considered the greatest possible adverse circum- stance to his recovery.
 As soon as Ashworth's plight be- came known < crowd Of volunteers assembled and began romoving, the rock curbing of the well, working
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New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
BRISTOL MAYOR FAV0RS
 COUNCIL SALARY RAISE
Makes Recommendation In Annual McS>asc-Brings Jp Proposed Inn proNcncntS Needed In City.
Especial to the licraldl

Bristol, March 16 -- A number Of improvements were mentioned in the annual message of Mayor John r. Wade. delivered to the city Coun- cil last evening Chief among these Was the extension of the present sewer system to include Forcst>illc and East Bristol; the building Of q sidewalk from the east end Of the Memorial Boulevard to the center Of Forcstvillc; the building of d street running parallel to Main and North Main streets connecting up Church and Valley streets and cutting through from Race 10 North street. and the cutting away of the hill To- Cat"l on south street between Downs street and Pine street. The mayor also recommended an increase in salary for the councilmcn, which has been fixed at $guu year since Bris- tol became q city iG years ago.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
IMPRISONED IN SEDAN IN
 NINE FEET OF WATER
Two Philadelphia Women at Allan tic City Rescued by
 Daring Policeman.

Atlantic City. N. J.. March is 70 Trapped in their closed automo- bile which they inadvertently had driven over an emhankment into the waters Of the Thorofare. two Philadelphia women were saved from drowning early today by policeman who swam inside the car 10 rescue them.
 Tho two women, Mrs. Charles nooin, wife of the former manager of the Philadelphia National base ball club, and Mrs. A. D. Allsn were revived in nearby homo and later taken to Mrs. Dooiu's home in a taNcah. The policeman, Will liam Coleman, was taken 70 City hospital suffering from immersion.
 Mrs. Dooin had been driving tho car and evidently becoming con- fused as to the location Of the AL bany avenue pontoon bridge. drovc to the right, over the emhanllment and into the water.
 Patrolman Coleman heard the roisc of the crash and running to the bridge dieed into the water The machine was lying in nine feet of water and Coleman. break ing window. swam inside. He graSped Mrs. Dooin and swan with her 10 the shore. He then return ed and found Mrs. Allen in semi conscious condition with her head under water. Her leg had been caught under the steering wheel and Coleman was unable to extri- cate her Others. however. had been attracted 10 the scene and Coleman managed to keep Mrs. Aliens head above water until fire men could lower . ladder and re- lease her,
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
DEATH ENDS STRANGE
 LIFE OF DR. HASTINGS
Started Career as Doctor and Ended as Eccentric
 Toy Mender

Erie, Pa, March 16 (JP)-One Icf the strangest cases Of dual per |sonality on record came to an end |here today when Dr. Charles r. Hastings, founder of the Harlem IBaby Dairy and Kindergarten in New York and known here as John Hugh, eccentric toy mender, died in |St. Nincent's hospital following an |operaton for a mastoid.
 Hastings, who received his M. D. From the New York Homeopathic college and Flower hospital in 1907. |spent seven years as an inmate of
 Insane asyums al Astoria. \. Y, and |Middletown. N. |.
 During the world war he passed the Pennsylvania medical examina- ttion and served as an iuterne in the Homeopathic hospital in Pittsburgh. He was found here on May 25, 1925, |efter search had been made for him throughout the country as an fh"ir to s50,0o0 left by his mother, Mrs. Caroline r. Hastings. then of Ithaca. x. I.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
COnfesses She
 Killed Two Children

Salt Lake City Utah, March It OP) Mrs. Bernard Peterson of Murray, Utah, confessed last night that she administered poison which resulted iE the death of two Of her children March s. The confession signed by Mrs. Peterson stated she had plan ned to kill her husband and four children. Love for another man prompted her action. she said.
 A search is being made for the man she named
 The poison was placed in meat served at the Peterson home. Two of the children. the oldest 10, refus- ed to eat the meat because it tasted bitter and escaped the fate of the children.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
WANT LOCAL TAXES
 PAID UP 0N AUTOS
Officials Urge State to Withhold
 Car Licenses
MANY ESCAPING PAYMENT
Bill Providing That Lcvics On Mo- tors Must Be Paid Before state Gives Permit Is Given Strong Support.

State Capitol, Hartford, Conn,
 March Is GPl-Nearly fifty tax col
 lectors and assessors from various
 towns and cities Of this state today
 voted in favor of bill which pro
 vldes that no person shall be en-
 titled to an automobile registration
 from the state until the local tax
 on the vehicle has been paid. The bill which was heard this afternoon
 by the committee on finance, also provides that the basis Of the tax shall be the weight Of the vehicle
 rather than the value as at present.
 Tax Commissioner William II. Elodgett called the meeting of col lactors and assessors for a discus
 sion Of the bill and practically all
 were in favor Of the proposed tax
 by weight.
 Many Escape Taxation Collector Otis J. Hart Of Hartford suggested that the state motor ve- hicle department be required 10 |spnd q list of monthly registrations to the collectors of the various towns in order that the present practice Of evading auto taxation by the purchase of q car just after the tax date and selling it just before |such date might be halted. Several collectors present said that this practice is a common one and that hundreds of cars thus escape taxa |tion.
 The proposed law provides that the tax on motorcycles shall be |s2.50 a year, on cars weighing not more than 2,000 pounds, s5 q year: on those weighing more than 2.00O bound but not more than 2,5p0 bounds, S6.o5 on those weighing more than 2,500 but not more than |3, 000 pounds, s7.5o per year; on |those weighing more than 5000 bounds but not more than $500 bounds sS.75 a year; and so on up Ito a maximum of SIPS plus $1.25 for each 500 pounds above 45O0 bounds.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
STAY SOBER 25 YEARS
 OR PAY FINE OF S6.6O
This Is Unique Penalty Given Clark burg Man Drunk First
 Time in Quarter Century

Chrhsnars. ". Va, March l6 Uio-E, W. Moats must remain sob for years or pay a fine of >6.50. Tha fine would be paid 10 'h" city e Clarkshgrs.
 Tho seu,"uco was handed down in police court by Judge 0, L. Me Donald
 Moafs was arrested on an intoXt- cation charge. Ne,shbors tailcd him out and apDnared in polire court with him, He pleaded guilty with a statement that ha had not been drunk for -5 year. The cause or his downfall. he said was some 'sf1f' rha. was 3 little ".oo strong
 "S,~'"mauts mad" ivy your neigh oors 1,ar yoW out in your claim of good record" Judge Mcdonald stll. so will impose the minimum penalty oc Sf6o or five days in tlfl. and suspend the sentence upon the condition that you do rot E., drunk for -5 years"
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16

three months we will be able 10 dete.rnine whether the test is sue Cessful.'
 Taste Is Terrible
 Dr. Doran described aldehol as oNidized or burned kerosene oil, having smell similar to fumes from the exhaust pipe of an auto mobile with too rich an oil mix tuvo.
 The taste is terrible and f is very nausea'ing." he continues. Persons who attempt to drink li- quor containing ald.hoI will be come violently sick at the stomach but will suffer no serious after es-
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New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
DARR0W WILL WORK TO FREE POMEROY
Scores Long Imprisonment Of
 Famous Mass. 'Liier"
51 YEARS BEHIND BARS
Ialls Ii Crime to Keep Man ImpriS- oncd All His Life for Oflcnsc Com mittch When He Was But a Boy. Willing to Aid

Boston. March 1G tPl-"Thc state of Massachusetts ought to be in the hands of a receiver for ksepirE Jesse romcroy in prison for jn years" said Clarence parrow. Ch- cago lawyer, famed for lis liberal views. He arrived here today to do bate tonight With President Cli,ton n. Gray of Bates college on whether man is q machine. Mir, barrow au- nounced that he was about 10 take ID the cudEols for Massachusetts most notorious ljfer who has been confined since conviction Of a,rocious crimes as boy.
 51 Years In Prison
 Pomeroy last November %, Oh served his 51st birthday in prison and the 9th of his life, In 1876, when only l5 years Of age. romrroy was convicted ot murder and scu- -onced to death hut was saved bc- cause tn" governor had au aversion 10 capital punishment.
 For q littl" more than 4o years he was in solitary confinement until iN 1917 he was permitted to eat with other prisoners and share in their religious services and entertain ments. His crimes had rcnu horrible assaults on little children resulting in the death Of two.
 During his solitary confinement h. made at least 1@ attempts 10 escape, showing almost supsrhuman cunning in fashioning tools although all like ly materials were kept from him.
 Since 1912 he has followed moro pursuits, is reported tu and q knowledge ot criminal law and has written verses which have appeared in the prison paper
 Darrow's Si0tcmrnt
 The statement by DNrrow today that he is prepared 10 fight for the liberation of the ag.I criminal adds his name to the long list of those who have sought pardon for Pomeroy through the years. Pom oroy himself has been persistent ta seeking freedom and from timo to time scores cf prominent persons have rallied to his aid
 Stating that a wealthy Chicago resident had approached him with t View toward working for the re lease of Pomcroy, Mr. Darrow said.
 T hay" told him I am ready to aid him at any time. I may at any time lead q rescue party to the state house here and try 10 gain liberty for him.
 Tt is an outrage to keep this man confined for half q century for q crime committed when ha was but q boy and not responsible. Tho fact that he did commit such q crime during his teens does not mean that h. would per petrate such a crime during ma turity.
 T have received 2 number Of letters from him (pomoroN. Thoy were fine. He could dc the world much good in his freedom. Thor is no doubt that he has become brilliantly educated through his own efforts. The world would profit by the knowledge he might impayt were he given freedom Of mind.
 "Before 1 take any steps toward his liberation, however, l must be assured that some responsible per son is prepared to take care Of him.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
Eliot Tuckerman Ad- vises New York As sembly of What He Declares is Newly Dis covered Evidence.
Quotes Letter Written bv Gouverneur Morris Who Was Draftsman of the Federal Constitution.

Albany, N, Y. March ts Gp - In tho beliet that the right to question the eighteenth amend ment may not have been lost. es- peeially by New York state" Eito. Tuckerman today laid before th, state legislature newly discovered evidence he believed 10 prove thu, lhe United Stats supreme court ha, acted under mlsapprehension in national prohibition cases.
 Correction ot this misapprehen- Sion, he asserted. would involve possible revision of the supreme courts decision and would alfoc- the status o. the eighteenth amend ment although it would have no effect on either the prior amend ments or the nineteenth amend ment.
 The New Evidence
 Inc new evidence included ! Hitherto unconsidered letter h, GoNerneur Morris, draftsman ofth, constitution, indicating that Morris conception Of the proper method e proposing an amendment to the states was diametrically opposed 10 'he ilnding of the supreme court Tn cases based on the eighteenth amendment and which accepted famous two-thirds ruling of the late Speaker Reed. II was contain. ea Tn petition asking for appoint ment of joint bipartisan con- mission to study the whole oues- ton and propose such action as if found within the power of tbe state.
 Iuckerman pointed ont that the whole question of the cons,irutioo- .a!i'y Of the eighteenth amendment and Of the prohibition laws deponds upon the interpretation of on. phrase in the fifth article of the constitution. which defines hoy, amendments may be opposed, and contended that Speaker Reeds and the supreme courts interpretation IS now shown 10 be opposite to the ''>''N'''- VI tA'' toiII poStTS or the constitution. and so at fault.
 The petitioner hopes" he said. that We may return to the mean ing of the fifth article of the con- stitution with which that letter lthc Gouvernour Morris latterl shows it was written, and was pro- posed to and ratified by the peo- pie.
 This will neccssitate a recon sideraton and modification by ths supreme court of it's decision on ms point in the national prohibi- ton cases"
 Limits Authority
 The fifth article limits the au- thority on which amendments may be proposed by congress 70 th. states for ratification in the follow Ing words: The congress. whep- ever two-thiris Of both houses shall deem 1t necessary shall pro pose amendments to the constitu- tion."
 IL is on the interpretation Of inc phrase "two-thirds ot both houses that the whole constitutionalitv oF eighteenth amendment hangs and the interpretation on which tho
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New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
100000 Is Largest,
 ' Cts. Smallest Payment

New York, March l6 P-The largest single quarterly income tax payment made in New York was s5,- 500,000 and the smallest cents, 1t was said today at the customs house where an increased force Of clerks were busy sorting out the returns. The names Of those paying were not made public.
 When the tired clerks showed up for duty today they faced pile Of 10000 returns, mailed before the time limit last midnight.
 Collector Bowers predicted that the returns exceed those for 1925. The exact amount received here will first be made public in Washington.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
Normal School Dormitory RN
 10 Be Pigeon-Holed This Fear
URGE INCREASE FOR
 PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Common Council Scheduled 10 Have Debate on Boost Rejected By
 salary Committee.

Friends Of Plumbing Inspector c. X. Peterson have interviewed mem hors of the common council with q view to obtaining an increase in his salary, and it is forecast that an cf- fort will be made to defeat q con trary recommendations of the com mon councils salary committee at tonlsht's session.
 The committee has recommended that Peterson he paid S2,a00 which is the same as the salary of his predecessor. Philip J. Tormay. Tho huildiug commission recommended figure Of SS.oe0 but Councilman samuel Sahlotslly stood out alone for boost over the present figure.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
SEEKS TO PROVE SUPREME
 COURT HAS ERRED IN ITS
 RULINGS ON PROHIBITION
CONNECTICUT 10TH IN LIQUOR PRESCRIPTIONS
2l2,251 Filled by l79 Drug gists During Year
 1926
nI GEORGE II. MANNING


 l"1z a-'.a .'..".l -: ,.y \. B. He-s,G)
 Washington. D. C. March l6- The 479 ,rIsgIsts in Connecticut who hold permits Tor dispensing medicinal li."or filled 2l2.254 liquor prescriptions during the fiscal year 1928.
 Connecticut consumed only about one and one-half per cent Of the total amount Q: medicinal liquor dis penSoi on physicians prescriptions and ranked 10th in the number ot liquor prescriptions issued ln the Hscal year which ended June 3c, 1926, according 10 statistics just compiled by the prohibition unit ot the treasury department.
 But this ls 8 larger number Of H. quor prescriptions than were filled during the previous year in ConNec- ticut. During the fiscal year 1923, lSl,dGb liquor prescriptions Were is sued by Connecticut physicians. out of total ot l3,463,097 In the en- tire United States.
 During the fiscal year 1926. IT, 9g6. 1927 prescriptions for liquor were issued in the states allowing me dicina! liquor 10 be sold. and Con- neoticut physicians issued 212.254.
 IL is charged by both vets and "drys' that so to 90 per cent Of all medicinal liquor" is diverted for beverage use.
 The number Of prescriptions is sued is an accurate gauge of the amount of medicinal Hquor con- sumcd, IS no one person may get more than one pint of Spirltuous dis titled liquors ,whickey, rum, brandy or gin) within 10 days, or more than one quart Of wine in 10 days-that is, no amount of liquor containing more than one-haif pint of alcohol in lo days. Thus each prescription represents liquor or wine containing one-haN pint Of alcohol.
 Representative Grant NJ. Hudson of Michigan uses these figures to show that the bulk Of the medicinal liquor issued on prescription in the United Statcs-NcH York, pennsyl- yania. Illinois and California. These are the only states In which more than half million prescriptions have been issued in any one year.
 During the fiscal year 1926. these five states issued q total Of S.27l,164 prescriptions out of the total 2,996,- 3221 prescriptions Tn the country. New ! ork led with its S,l25.lS4 pre- scriptions. Illinois was second with ?, 2,lSS.9Sl. Pennsylvania was third with I,19i,755 prescriptions. Cali tornia was fourth with l.o44,573 pre- scriptions. Massachusetts was fifth with Tl1,1ll prescriptions.
 Twenty-cyen states, Hawaii, Por issued liquor prescriptions in 1926. Twenty-one states prohibit the sale of distilled liquors other than pure grain alcohol. and only II of these permit the sale o: pure grain alco- hol.
 States other than the leading five in which large number of liquor pre- Scriptions were issued last year in cluded: Missouri, 670,37y prescrip- Uons; Ohio, 5l5,664 prescriptions; Wisconsin, 497,000 prescriptions; Texas. 4S1.lS4 prescriptions: Mary land and the District of Columbia, 454.56S prescriptions: Kentucky, %S@,So5 prescriptions, and Minnesota, 30T.064 prescriptions.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
BLUFF WAS EFFECTIVE
Brooklyn Cop Holds Whistle, Rau, dit Thinks it Is Gun, and SurrCn- dCrs Without Fight.

Brooklyn. x. Y, March 16 UP> Leo Marshall. r, captured after d chase through busy streets today, attempted holdup 10 get money for a trip to Boston to see his sick fath- CT, he told police.
 Tanner Siavey, owner Of q delica- tessen store, was beaten about the head by a blackjack in the holdup, but fought Marshall off. The latter ran from the store and several blocks through busy streets until he was stopped by Patrolman William Feency, who bluffel him with a po- lice whistle held so that it looked like q pistol.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-16
PRISON FOR J0HANSON
Hartford Man, Guilty Of Bigamy, Is Sent Up for Period of One to
 Two Years by Judge

Hartford. March 16 UrP)-After pleading guilty 10 charge of big amy, Charles F. Johanson, who was brought back here from California a few weeks ago, today was sentenced to from one to two years in the state prison.
 Joseph M. Friedman. counsel for JohanSon, pleaded for leniency stat ing that the relations between the man and his second wife, Elizabeth Hansen, were extremely happy and that a severe sentence would end their matrimonial bliss.
 The maximum sentence for Johan- sons oifcnse is three years in prison.