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New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
Sea-Story Writer Sees
 Sister Die in Ocean

Stamford, Sept. 15. - Mary Manning, 34, sister of Captain A. F. Dingle, sea story writer, was lost at sea off Nan ucket last week. it was learned here today. Captain Dingle. accompanied by his sister, who was his "crew" and heroine, was on one of the voyages which form the basis for most of his tales of the sea, when the tragedy occurred.
 While cruising along in a heavy sea the Gauntlet" Cap tain Dingle's craft, struck the partially submerged wreck of g boat and the steering gear snap ped swinging the craft around with such audiences that Miss Manning was thrown into the sea. Her body sank immediately and although Captain Dingle cruised about the spot for some time did not reappear.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
Searching Steamer Gives Up Futile Hunt for Three
 Missing Airmen
WINDSOR PLANE DELAYS
 ITS FLIGHT BACK HOME
Will Continue Journey Tomorrow. Ruth Elder Arrives In New York Determined to start Her Attempt to Fly Over Atlantic Sunday Round World Pliers Finally Heed Pleas Of Loved Ones.

St. Johns, \. F.. Sept, Is IPi-- With only the battered hulk of the giant monoplane Old Glory on board. the coastal steamer Kyle was headed for St. Johns today after a futile search for the three men who fell from the sky into the storm swept north Atlantic in the dawn of Sept [.
 The search had yielded no trace of the planes rubber life raft, the one object that was believed to fur nish the last hope Of rescue for Lloyd W. Bertaud and James D. Hill, pilots and Philip A. Payne, manag- ing editor of the New York Daily Mirror, passenger on board the plane.
 The search was continued in the hope that the crew might be found afloat on the life raft, That failing, the ship sent g. message yesterday that it would continue the search until dark before heading for this port.
 About two and a half days will be required for the return voyage. Meanwhile tentative negotiations were under way for the ship to con- tinue on 10 New York with the wreckage
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
BUILDING OPERATIONS
 HALTED BY RUTHERFORD
Contractor Applies for Permit t' Make Alterations to Store on
 Main Strcct-Starts Work.

Alterations in progress in q store at ITO Main street were halted this afternoon on order of Building In spcctor Arthur x, Rutherofrd. no permit having been issued for the work. X Waterbury contractor had applied for permission to do the al tcring and while awaiting blue prints of his plans proceeded with the job. doing several hundred dol. lars worth of building as well Ls removing practically the entire front
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
BROTHER, NOT ABLE TO HOLD SISTER
 BY HAIR, SEES HER DROP 3 STORIES

New Haven. Sept. 15 P' - No longer able to retain his grasp on
 his sisters hair. James Sullivan of
 92 Mechanic street, saw the woman,
 Mrs. Nellie Driscoll, 30, of 1902
 Lexington avenue. New York. plunge
 to the ground three stories below.
 Her leap is believed to have been due 10 Il temporary Arrangement
 brought on by a nervous breakdown.
 She is now on the danger list at New Haven hospital and is suffering from a fracture of the leg. broken jaw and internal injuries.
 Mrs. Driscoll has been staying with
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15

the Sullivan family for the past week and appeared to be recovering from brother heard her pacing about her room and when he heard her raise window, rushed in just in time to see her clambering out on the win dow sill. He reached the window just as she was topping out and grabbed her by the hair but his strength was not equal to the task of dragging her in and after few minutes during which he hung on desperately, the hair slipped from his grasp and she dropped to the pavement below.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
! \kIlI. SI.NTl r..

Bangor, Me, Sept. Is (Ps-A bronze statue of Hannibal Hamlin. vice president of the United States under Lincoln, was unveiled here today by his -granddaueh- ter, Miss Louise liamlu of New York. His son, Hannibal F.. Hamliu Of Ellsworth. and sailors from the |, $, $ Putnam took part in the ceremonies. and the high school students attended in body
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
WALKER CALLS ON MRS. NUNGESSER
 AND OFFERS NEW YORK'S COINCIDENCE

Paris, Sept. L. CPl-Mayor James J. Walker, following in the footsteps Of Lindhergh and Byrd, paid q fleet ing visit to the mother of Charles his own sympathy and that of the great city Of which he is chief exc cutive in her bereavement.
 As a concrete evidence of this sympathy he presented her with a fund collected in New York by ad- mirers of her aviator son.
 Tt is mark Of the esteem and sympathy of the citizens of New York" the mayor said, and at the
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
FIND 400 BODIES
 IN JAP WRECKAGE
2,000 Troops Search 7yphoon Debris for Hundreds Missing
IS HOTELS SWEPT AWAY

800 Fishing Boats Reported to Have
 Been WreCkcd-path 60 Yards
 Wide swept Through Large
 City.
 Tokyo, Sept. Is LP-About foo bodies thus far have been recovered about the western part Of the Island of kiusGiu which was struck by a typhoon and huge tidal wave on Tuesday.
 Dispatches from the island state that force of 2,O00 troops is assist ing local organizations in the search for. the thousands Of persons report d missing and in clearing up the debris from the towns. and villages in Kumamoto prefecture, the center of the storm swept area.
 Five hundred fishing boats were reported 10 have been wrecked oft Nagasaki with the loss of al least @5 fishermen.
 At kawahchi Hot Spring, l@ or 1S hotels were swept away and the 18th was badly damaged.
 2,300 Injured
 Previous adviCcs received by the government placed the injured at 2.50o. and the number Of houses de- stroyed al 700,
 The damage caused at Yokohama which was struck by the tail Of the typhoon is estimated at 500, GOO yen labout S25o,00o).
 The storm, about f0 yards wide, left q trail of wrecked buildings, tangled wires and showers Of broken glass in it's wake. Two large Struc- lures and several smaller houses and storcs in the vicinity Of the railway station were dcstroyed while 80 per sons were injured.
 aGragcs containing 50 taXiCahS were wrecked and most Of tn" Nc- hiclcs damaged while four freight cars on q railway siding were over turned and smashed. Telegraph posts were torn up, windows smashed and iron girders were bent like match sticks.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
Would Link MiddletOWn
 And Meriden With BuSSeS

Middlctown, Sept. 15 tP'-Mayor F. ]. i5ieletieli today received R copy of a petition of the Connecti- cut Company asking that it be per mittod to substitute buses for trolley \ hearing on the petition will be held before the public utilities con- mission September 25. The Connec- ticut Company holds that the trolley lines does not pay.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
PARENTS ACCUSED
 OF KILLING SONS
James Dies Suddenly and Brother SuCcumbs After Funeral
WIFE FATALLY STRICKEN
Authorities Charge Father and Mother Benefited by Large Life Insurance Policies of De- ceased,

Blakely Ga, Sept l5 MT. and Mrs. Harris Hayes. well known residents Of this section, were ac- cused today Of having poisoned their daughter-iu-law Mrs. Amos Hayes. Is. formerly Of Detroit, were under investigation in connection with the deaths Of their two sons, James and Amos.
 The couple were arrested yester- day after a coroner's jury had re- turned verdict that Mrs. Amos Hayes died h days ago as a result O poisoning administered ly them. She was the third person iu the Hayes household to tie unexpected lv and as 3 result authorities began an ipVestlgauou.
 Dies After Funeral
 James Hayes died at his parents home two months ago. Amos, his brother, a resident of Detroit, came home to attend the funeral. He re- mained for a visit and shortly after wards hacame Ill and died. Before his death he asked q nurse to tell his parents Of q wife and child he had left in Detroit
 The parents sent for their daugh- ter-in-law and granddaughter. short ly after her arrival. the younger Mrs. Hayes became violently i'll and died.
 The similarity of the illness Of the trio excited the suspicious of phy- sicians who requested an autopsy over the body ot the woman. The coroner who attempted to perform this function was denied admission to the Hayes household and a patholosist was summoned from At lanta by the sheriff. His report to the coroner's Jury yesterday, de Clared traces of poison had been found in the young Woman's Vlscera.
 Couple Is silent
 The elderly couple was present yesterday at the Coroner's hearing, but made no statement then or fol- lowing their arrest.
 Authorities declared that the par onts were bcnctiCiaries of large life insurance policies carried by their two sons. being named jointly with his wife in Amos policies.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
BOYS OUTNUMBER GIRLS
This Is First Time Fair Sex Have Been In Minority At senior High School

For the first time in the history of the senior High school there are more boys than girls in the enroll mcnt of the school, fact which, according to Principal Louis r. Slade. is most unusual in high schools. \ revised enrolment ot 1l6i. gain over previous list, was left with Supt, $. II. Holmes this morning.
 Boys at the school number 5S5 while girls number 516
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
DRUG CLERK CONFESSES

Bridgeport, Sept. Is R-George Smith, 27, drug clerk who was iden- tified by John Nicho as one oC two men who robbed him in a grocery store on April 1a, has confessed to the police, it was learned today.
 Nicho noticed smith on the street Tuesday night and had him arrested. Smith is being held in 900 bonds for a court hearing.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
RIOTERS AND POLICE DIE

Constantinople. Sept. IS R}--Two revolutionists and two policemen were killed In an exchange of shots yesterday in the main street of Para when the Turkish police raded q meeting of a revolutionary commit tee composed Of three Armenians and one Turk.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
CANADA WINS SEAT

Geneva, Sept. 15 NP)-Canada, Cuba and Finland today were elect cd permanent members Of the league Of nations council. They sue ce"ded to tho places left vacant by expiration of the terms Of Belgium, san Salvador and CzeChoslovakia.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15

same time tribute Tn memory of the son for whom you weep"
 Greatly moved, Madame NuuCes- ser dried her eyes and replied. "I ou are too good, you Americans"
 Then with a touch oC bitterness, she added;
 You have come to encourage mo, but it is my son I want. but l have you will understand my sadness when think 1t is four months since he disappeared"
 "I know" she added with a
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New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
CUT IN BLIND CORNER
Stanley Works Gives City Land at Corner Of Elm and Church Streets 10 Aid Motorists.

A small plot of land al the south west corner of Church and Elm streets has been conveyed to the city by a uuit-claim deed filed by the Stanley Works today and will be used to round out the intersection and reduce the hazard at this point. The land runs from the southwest corner S3.14 feet along Church street then easterly and southerly on a circular curve with a radius Of 36 feet.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
CHURCH JANTTOR \ SUICIDE

Winsted, Sept. 15 tE --- Charles kozlik. 55, ianitor Of the Methodist Episcopal church, who cut his throat and took poison Tuesday. died In the Litch1eld County hospi- tai today. Hs is survived by his widow and one daughter.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
FRANCE DEMANDS
 RECIPROCITY IN TARIFF QUESTION
Foreign Office Replies to Ameri. can Representations Asking
 Further Negotiations
READY FOR DISCUSSION, ENTIRE RELIEF DOUBTFUL

Text Of Reply Not Made Public But
 l, InmediateI! Put OH Cables 10
 Nashiugton-AmeriCan Embassy
 Awaiting further Instruct ions
 Importers Of [. S. Goods Suffer-
 tug.
 Parts, Sept. 15 uP-France asks the United States for reciprocity in the complete sense Of the word as the only acceptable basis for q tariff treaty between the two coun- tries
 In note replying to American representations concerning the new French tariff schedule, the French foreign office today set forth the fruitful negotiation Of a tariff treaty,
 Nothing less than the present high rates in force are offered until the American reply 10 his note shall be received. When a reply from the United States is received 10 the ef- feet that the American government is ready to start such discussion. then the French government will substitute for the present scale modified schedule giving American goods considerably lower rates but not up 10 the limit Of those granted 10 countries with which France has commercial treaties, notably Ger many. So far as is known, Germany was not specifically mentioned but that was the effect of this paragraph of the French reply.
 The impression in both Trench and American circles was that the note was simply the first step in opening what are likely to be pro- loneed treaty negotiations. In the ministry of commerce the feeling apparently was general that such an agreement would not he concluded in less than three or four months. Received By Nhitchouse. The note. which was not made public but was immediately cabled to WashinEto. was handed to Shel- don White house. American charge d'affaires. who called at the foreign office by appointment, He was met by NJ. Arnal a high official in the cconom}c department who delivered the note of three typewriter pages explaining verbally some of the fea- lures of the reply,
 Later the American embassy is sues this communique:
 As Is we'll known, upon puhlica tion of the new French tariff, the American embassy made representa- tions to the foreign office as to the extremely onerous incidence of the new French general tariff with re spect 10 large number of American products and requested that. pend ing negotiations for a commercial treaty between France and the United States. the application Of these new tariff rates be suspend ed,
 Answer JnsatiSfactory.
 "The embassy is now in receipt Of reply from the foreign office which suggests negotiation of gen oral commercial treaty on a differ- "nt basis from the embodied in the draft treaty as submitted and re- turn envisages partial reductions on the new general tariff rates as ap- piled to American commodities. The French answer cannot be said completely to meet the situation and the form in which 1t was pre- sented necessitates further instruc- tions and negotiations which need less to say. will be pushed with the utmost Celerity."
 Washington May Reject. Too.
 Washington, Sept. Is Pt-Frepch rejection Of American proposals to
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
SEES LONG SLIDE IN STOCK MARKET
Babson StatiStician Forecasts Downward Drift in Industry
PREDICTS NUMEROUS LOSSES
Urges Greater Care in Purchasing
 as Countless "IuCk' Investors Are Headed For Rude Awak-

! Wellesley Hills, Mass. Sept. Is i P)-Whlle temporary firmness may occur this fall the general drift of industrial prices will continue gradually downward for several years, Leroy D. Peavey. president of the Babson Statistical organization declared here today.
 Peavey discussed high spots In the current situation' before the 4th annual national business con ference.
 This means that bonds and other true investments must rule strong as the months go by" h. said. "The outlook is necessarily for & plentiful supply of money. and easy money means high investment values. Not only is this applying to bonds, but also in less degree to stocks which have any appearance of fair earnings and stability of dividends. This is what is pushing up certain stock issues in such a re- marhable manner, but a scrutiny of the entire listings of the New York exchange will show more divergence O. movement than ever before. The finest discrimination was nec- cs"Ary in the purchase of stocks to- day, he said as some companies with biggest earnings soon would strike q year when their high earnings would suffer a big slump. Urges Care in Buying
 How far imitation Of credit and yet to be secn," declared Peavey. but the army of new investors who are now buying stocks regardless of prlce and regardless of the old law of action and reaction are headed for q rude awakening. This will probably occur before 1928 is over.
 To-day the thing for the stock buyer to do is to select his com- panles only after the most careful dcjiberation and at the same time re- tain llenty Of liquid funds for later bargains, These are the rules for investment success"
 Dr. Milton In Address
 fNlI'iI'i SItdh'E dl lDldN S'S- sion was Dr. 4. 4. Mitten of Nit- Zen Management. Inc, Philadelphia. Declaring that present prosperity could not last forever, he said the day would come when every member Of the economic community would be called upon to justify that which he gets by that which he produces.
 When that day of reckoning comes,' he said, there will be in teAse suffering for the nation or the industry which has run afoul of this economic law. Most of our troubles. even in these prosperous times are due to our failure 10 understand that house divided against itself cannot stand"
 Dr. Mitten declared the strength Of America as a nation lay in the political unity of her states and of her people.
 Tt is our great advantage over Europe, where racial antagonsms and national boundaries stand in the way of permanent peace and prog rcss,' he asserted. America must be just as strongly united industrial ly as she is politically.'
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
United Gas Improvement Con- pany Will Take Over Big
 Holdings in Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD
 GAS PLANTS INCLUDED
Officials, in Statement, Declare that Grouping of Properties in Nutmeg State Will Result in Economies Which Otherwise Could Not be Brought AbOut-Bctter Service to Public Promised.

Philadelphia, Sept. i5 LP,-Stock- provement Co. at 3. special meeting today voted to increase the authoriz- cd capital stock from 2,036,52S shares of tn. par value of $50 each to 2,1So,oSS shares of like par value.
 The stock increase is for the pur- rose Of taking over certain Connec- tlcut utilities companies and Day and Zimmerman, Inc, which con- trol many public service companies
 The directors were authorized to issue 3S,46 shares in exchange and payment for 3,656 shares of the common stock of Hartford Citv Gas Light Co. and for 204,4S1 shares of the mo- par common stock and s. %Nl shares of the no-par preferred stock oi the Connecticut Gas and Coke Securities Co., which owns 2l5,394 shares of the capital stock of New Haven Gas Light Co. and 4,hOO shares of the common stock of Hartford City Gas Light Co. each s25 par.
 The stockholders also authorized the issue Of 53,oS2 shares in ex- change and payment for 5S,9SO shares Of the no-par common stock Of Day and Zimmerman, Inc, and 2,017 shares in exchange and pay ment for like number of shares of the no-par stock of Day and Zim- norman. Inc.
 Exchange of Stock
 The exchange Of stock with Day and Zimmerman will give the United Gas Improvement Co. a controlling Interest in that widely known Public | tillty Co. Day and Zimmerman, Inc, is interested in and operates properties in l5 states, serving 935 communities with a population of c,369,Ooo. Gross earnings of the larger properties under the Day and Zimmerman management approxi- mated $34,000,o00 last year. Among the larger properties controlled and managed by Day and Zimmerman are the National Public Service Corporation, the General Utilities co. and the Southern Ohio Service Co.
 The stockholders also voted 10 increase the number of directors from nine to l2, including the prcsi- dent of the company who will be eN-officio 8 member Of the board The three new directors elected are Charles Day. of Day and Zimmer- man: Morris Stroud, president Of the American Gas Co, and Thomas s. Gates of DrcXel and Co.,, Philadel- phia.
 Arthur w. Thomson, president of the |. C. l., in a statement 10 the stockholders said that the control of tn" New Haven Gas Light Co. and the interest in the Hartford City Gas Light Co. brings 10 the Connecticut properties, which are controlled, in fact largcdly owned by the United Gas Improvement Co. a grouping Of properties in Connecticut that will function with economies because of this grouping, that could not other wise be done and will make for bet ter financing and operating results that will give 10 the patrons of these companies in Connecticut an in- creasingly better public service
 The acquisition of these proper ties not only does not impose any burden on the net earnings of the nted Gas Improvement Co.,, but is more than a self supporting propo- sition."
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
Quartet Saw Their Way to Liberty at New Haven
 County Jail
ONE TO ESCAPE IS MAN HELD ON FEDERAL CHARGE
sensational Break Discovered Short iy After 1 O'clock and Shcrin Posse Which Starts on Trsil of Fleeing Men, Last seen Headed For Beaver Park Section In Out skirts of the City.


 New Haven, Sept. 15,--Four pris- oners, including one federal pris- oner, escaped from the county Jail here today.
 The men saved their way out Of a section ot the Jail known as "the padded cell' shortly after 1 o'clock. They were missed when the pris- oners were returned 10 their cells after lunch. They were William Mit'ler. Waterbury. under federal sentence for forgery; Charles Zem- brick, awaiting trial in superior court after having been bound over from city court here on serious statutory charge Edward Burns. d prisoner committed from the Wa torhury police court and Charles 10th, sentenced to the lail from Wal lingtord police court
 After getting out Of the cell into the shop yard the four men climbed the fence which surrounds that part of the yard, fleeing it was thought toward the Beaver Hill section of the city.
 Sheriff Geddes immediately or gani2ed a posse and began a search for them Police of surrounding towns were notified Of the break and were given descriptions Of the mon.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity:
 Showers this afternoon. gen orally fair tonight and Fri- day; somewhat cooler tonight.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
Answer Unsatisfactory.
Washington May Reject. Too.

Washington, Sept Is Pl-Frerch rejection of American proposals to
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-15

main purpose. Nothing of a private
nature, therefore, should be permitted
to stand in the way of the purpose OF
the founders.
1.-The new plans were not original.
Actually and professedly they were an
enlargement and extension of the CEN
tury-old plan prepared by LEnfant
under the immediate direction and
supervision of Washington and Jeffer-
son.
Naturally. the plan of 1901 began
at the Capitol 1t was recommended
that the chief legislative building, of
the Nation be surrounded by struc-
lures dependent on or supplementary
to legislative work. The Library or
Congress had been completed in 1897.
Offices Provided.
1.-THE idea of office buildings for the
members of the Senate and House or
Representatives waS-in the air when
the plan was being made. The two
buildings have been designed and con-
structed in such manner as to make
them an integral part or the Capltoi
group. BY common consent, the re-
naming space facing the Capitol on
the east has been assigned to build
ing for the Supreme Court of the
United States, which is now located in
the Capitol.
I 1.-THE area directly west of the Capt.
toll Grounds was marked on the Len
FAINT map as an open plaza. affording
an approach to that building similar
to the one on the east. The plan of
1901 restores this area to its intended
uses as a broad thoroughfare, so en-
riched with parterres of green as to
form an organic connection between
the Capitol Grounds and The Mall.
anticipating the improvement of