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New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
CONN. Co. DECLINES TO
 IMPROVE ON CROSSING
Tracks at Main St. Cross Over Deemed Satisfac-
 tory by Engineer

There is no reasonable ground for complaint against road conditions at 1 the Main street railroad crossing, J. Jackson Tippctt, division engineer of the Connecticut company has re- ported to his superiors in q letter. copy Of which was received at the office of Mayor Weld today.
 In his letter, which concerns sug- gested improvements recommended by the mayor Engineer Tippctt in dicates that no money will be eX- pended for anything but needed re pairs at the crossing this year, and no effort will be made toward Ii permanent repair.
 Division Engineer F. J Brcth, re- porting to Mayor Weld. submits the following statament
 "In reply to your letter Of Octo- Der 3, regarding Main street cross ing, wish to advise that l have deti- niteiy had this matter lip with Mr. II. Jackson Tippctt, division engi- necr of the Connecticut company. and under date of October 4, Mir. Tipp2tt advises me as follows: In reply to yours Of the 2lst inst, referring 10 letter received by you from Mayor Weld Of New Brit ain il regard to reconstruction Of Main street crossing
 - regret that conditions have not changed since my letter ot Sep tember 23. Our forces will be re- quired for some time yet on the ln- stallation of a new nine track lay out at the Chestnut street car house, which work was nccrssitIttd hy inc city paving program and has ln- Volyed expense on tn" street and in the car house amounting to $25, ,U0O and by the time this work is con- pIeted the season will be too far | advanced to make possible q satIs- factory job at Main street crossing this year.
 As stated in my last letter. we | are keeping the pavement in oul | portion Of this crossing in q good state of repair and will continue tc do so until We are able to make q more permanent job.
 I inspected this crossing recent 1 ly and found no reasonable cause | for complaint of conditions i'll our area
 Tt is my thought that the Con- necticut company is very sincere tc thoroughly work out the problem al Main street as quickly as their con ditions permit and warrant, and dc you not consider 1t advisable to con- sider the matter on this basis as outlinedr
 l Approaching your consideration, am,
 "Yours truly, "R. J. BRETH, Division Engineer
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
Coats Worth S2,GC0
 Stolen From Yale

New Haven, Oct. 31 A')-t'ive fur coats, valued collectively at more , than $2,boo, wore stolen from Yale dormitoIics and fraternity houses during the Dartmouth game Saturday, according to complaints received by the police. Two girls coats were taken from Chi Psi in Grove street. a students coat from Wright hall and one from
 Van Shelf.
 Besides the theft of the coats, the police are investigating fhelts of
 hundreds of dollars worth of per 5on1l property from machines park
 lcgc buildings.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
BASE S25,000 SUITS ON TWO ACCIDENTS
Girl Sitting on Berlin Turnpike
 Fence Hit by Auto
ASKS FOR S15,O00 DAMAGE
Death of Joseph Charamut of New ington Results in StO,OOO Claim Brought Against Mcriden Driver by Administrator of His Estate.

When an automobile operated by Percy Bentley of Bridgeport ran off the Berlin turnpike and struck Mary TomaSZeWSEi, q minor, of Newing- ton, who was sitting on a fence along the highway, she was severe ly injured, according to her com pIaint and today she filed suit for $l5,000 damages through her next best friend. Anthony Tomaszewski. The plaintiff is represented by E. J. Monkiewicz. and Deputy Sheriff Matthew Papciak served the papers
 According to the plaintiffs allcga- tion, she was perchcd on the first rail of a fence on land of Anthony TomaszeWski which runs parallel with the New Haven turnpike. The defendants machine struck her, tn- turing her seriously. She claims that she sustained two fractures of both legs and that she received other in iuries which may be permanent and tliat she may be permanently dis abled. She claims negligence on the part of the defendant and she also claims that he was trespassing at the time Of the accident
 Asks Sl0,O00 For Deaths
 As a result of the death of Jo- scph Charamut of Newington, Frank Hharamut, administrator of his es- tate, has brought suit for S10,000 damages against Frank H. Drcher of Merldcn, claiming that an automo- bile operated by the defendant struck the decedant, causing injuries which resulted in his death. Attor- ncy E. J. Monkiewicz is coi al for the plaintiff and Deputy sheriff Mathew Papciak served the papers.
 It is claimed by the plaintiff that Joseph tharamut was walking along Queen street in Southington on Sep tembcr last and that he was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant. He died three min utcs after the accident, according to the complaint. Negligence on the part of the defendant, is claimed.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
Denied Dry Law ViOlator

he supreme court refused to re- view case involving the right of the coast guard to board and search British ship outside the l2 mile limit after it had been observed cruising within that zone. Jacob Woitte and others convicted in the federal district court or Oregon on the charge of violating the federal prohibition law aboard the "Pescaw- ha,' brought the case.
 Early in 1925 the "Pescawha" picked Up nine members of the crew of the "Caoba" which had been wrecked in the Pacific during a storm. The revenue cutter Al sonquin" was cruising looking for the shipwrecled crew when 1t sight ed the "PesCawha" about six miles off tme Washington coast. The Pes cawha' was finally intercepted 16 miles off thecoast, and notwithstand- ing the protests Of her captain and officers she was searched and lowed
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New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
ADVANCE TICKET SALE
 FOR H. s. GRID CLASSIC
All Seats to Be Disposed of Prior to NOvem-
 Der 19

In ar effort 10 avoid abuses which have accompanied an oVer-Crowded field in the annual football classic between Hartford Public High school and New Britain High school. Princi- pal Louis F. Slade and Comptroller Newell S Ames of the Senior High school have decided to put all tickets on sale and 10 dispose of hem before the game or Saturday, Nov. 19. Me morial Field in Willow Brook park. the site Of the proposed game. will accommodate S.700 people, Mir. Ames estimates.
 The school authorities have de- cided 10 have about six entrances opened anu numbered so that peo- pie going to one section will have a certain entrance. As far as is pos sible the Hartford rootcrs and New Britain rooters will be separated to prevent any altercation.
 The principal and comptroller have decided the best plan would be to establish some central place for the sale of tickets in both cities and 10 push the sale as much as possible through various forms of advertising
 Before the tickets are put on sale MT. Ames expects to determine the number of omplimentary tickets which will be allowed the press, the family of the players and the mem bers of the school faculty and put the balance on sale at the rate of 15 cents for pupils and sl for adults
 In the meantime the State Trade school is making a blueprint Of the field. When it is completed sever; copies will be made and post;l throughout the city so that fans vii have an idea of where they are to sit at the game.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
Jersey Youth, Who
 Escaped Death, Says Parents Fought Over Fathers Wage Cut and Mothers Nerves.
Hears Brother Shout in Terror and Shot Silence Him-Sees Sire Point Gun at Temple and Drop Dead.

South Orange, x. J., Oct. 3l CUP) -Crazed by family quarrels, Fred = erick Sanborn, A9. today shot and Killed his wife, Maude. wounded two of their sons and then fired q single shot into his right temple, ending his own life.
 Sanborn tried unsuccessfully to in- lGre another son, Albert, q. It was Albert who described the shootings 10 police.
 Parents Quarrclcd
 Albert said this mother and father qparreIcd recently since the latter wages were reduced and that once his father had complained that Mrs. Sanhorn's attacks Of nerve" were getting under my skin"
 Sanborn was an cmploye of the Hubherset company for IS years and The family had lived in fairly com 'ortable circumstances, police said.
 The two wounded sons were taken 10 hospital. Jack, 10 years old, was shot in the left temple and is in critical condition. Fred. r, was pounded on the head with a ham, ucT.
 The on"-family house in which the Sanborns lived had three floors. AL bert slept on the third floor and his parents and brothers on the second floor.
 Albert said his father arose. as usual, about 6 q. m. and went down stairs to the kitchen to make coffee Then the youth heard Sanborn go back upstairs
 Hears Mother Scream
 He heard tho sound of shots and Hls mothers scream. Soon after Jack shouted in terror and another r.hot silenccd him. Albert said he thep heard the noise of q struggle in Fred,S room. The youth then came downstairs and found his father. lhe revolver pointed at his temple, in the middle bedroom.
 As Albert approached, his father aimed at the son and pulled the trigger The weapon clicked but the cartridge vas not discharged. Albert fled
 Albert WAS ioir~d by Jack and Fred and t''''. .a".d to the street They hcar' l3.r shot and when police, .d by ncighbors, reached 'ls . a.,e they found San born deaG.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
Treasury Head Pre- sents Program to House Ways and Means Committee in Washington.
Five Major Reductions Recommended No Change for Individuals With Incomes Less Than S1s,0O0

Washington. Oct. 31 P-Llmita- ton Of the prospective tax reduction 10 approximately s225, ,ooo.o .oo0-a lower figure even than previously estimated-was recommended today by Secretary Mellon at the opening Of the tax hearings by the house ways and means committee.
 The tax reduction program he submitted follows;
 1-Reduction Of the corporation tax from 13h per cent to l2 per cent.
 2-Extending permission 10 cor porations with net income of So5,ooo or less, and with not more than 10 stockholders, to file returns and pay the tax as partnership or corpora tions at their option.
 3-Revision of the surtaX rates applying on individual incomes be- tween s16,NOoo and s9O,OoO.
 4-Repeal of the estate tax.
 5-Exemption from taxation Of the income derived from American bankers acceptances held by for eign central banks of issue.
 Would Keep Auto Tax
 Contrary to expectations the sec- retary opposed any change whatever in the remaining wartime excise and miscellaneous taxes. He argues at length for the retention of the present three per cent levy on auto mobiles and the ten per cent tax on admissions applying to tickets selling for more than 75 cents on the ground that these duties and the excise tax on tobacco should be kept "in the interest of a well balanced tax system"
 "Business conducted under the corporate form" he said. ''is today overtaxed as compared with indi- vidual business enterprises and part nerships, a condition which spells particular hardship to the small corporations with a limited net tr-  limited means, whether he be stockholder in large or small cor poration. Corporations are not ohlS large contributors to the federal treasury. They pay their full share of the cost of local and state govern ments.
 There are only o.5o0,00o indivi- duals who return taxable net in- come, and the average rate of tax on their income has been reduced to APO per cent. as compared with B. o0O,0o stockholders who are vir- tually taxed on a part of their in- come at the rate of 13ie per cent. There are less than 5000 individual Income taxpayers whose average tax as returned equals or exceeds l312 per cent Of their taxable income.
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New Britain herald., 1927-10-31

increase in this disease, and urges the cooperation of every health of- flcer and doctor in an effort to curb Its spreading. He strongly recom- mends the use of diphtheria toxin antitoXin for immunization.
 Special attention is called by the commissioner to the fact that chill dren are more susceptible to the disease than adults and stresses the need of minimizing them. Sixty four per cent of all the diphtheria cases in the state since 1921 have been among children under ten years of age and the larger number of the other cases have been among per- sons from 10 to 20 years Of age.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
ENGULFED IN SW AMP,
 CLINICS TO TREE ROOT
Michael KehOe Has Terri. flying Experience in
 Quagmire

Michael kchoe, aged 66, of 6s Fremont street, sank in a swamp off Hunter road, in the extreme north western section of the city late yes- torday afternoon and for more than three hours waged game fight against death until the police. who had been called by someone who heard his cries for help, rescued him and brought him to New Britain General hospital, where he is under observation and will be able to go to his home shortly unless pneumonia develops.
 Not many persons have approach ed death by accident to the degree of proximity that fell to the lot Of liehoe, and have lived to tell of it. Today he was able to relate his eN perience and his auditors maryeled at his good fortune in escaping the dreadful suction that was slowly but surely pulling him down when he made frantic grab at the roots of q tree and held on with all the grim ness of a man drowning in mid ocean. His grip, strengthened by he realization that he had a hard fight facing. him, kept the upper part of his body out of the boggy marsh, but he could not have held on a great while longer, as he was practi- cally exhausted when the police ar rived.
 Yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock kehoe, who is a caretaker at St. Mary's cemetery, went out for stroll and it is believed he was talk ing a short cut through the wooded section near Hunter road when he suddenly found himself sinking. He tried to cxtricate first one foot and then the other, without success. and as he felt the heavy mud firmly en- casing his legs, he shouted for help. None came and he shouted again until it seemed that every cry would be his last.
 About o'clock a telephone call was received at police Headquarters, notifying Lieutenant Bamforth that the shouting had been heard but the cause of it was not known. Ser geant Stadler and Officers Hellberg, Moore and Brophy investigated, and by following the sound of the fran tic shouting they came upon Kehoe,
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New Britain herald., 1927-10-31

read her set speech with much ner- vousness, her hand trembling and her emphasis sometimes misp' lced Just as any school girl orator.
 Miss Elder, bearing under her arm book entitled All You Ought to See in Paris" appeared in the second version of her Partisan out fit on which she has been busily engaged shopping. Every item was different from that of yesterday. She wore faWn- -colored hat with a raking bow of the same ma terial, a beaver-trimmed coat Of soft woven material with rose gray dress to match, sheer stockings and black shoes.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
AVALON SURVIVOR
 RAPS LINER CREW
Seaman Tells of ''Death" Chase 1 in Dense Fog
LIFEB0ATS ALMOST USELESS
Sturdy Nova SCOtian Talks as Two Mates Lay in Hospital, Unable to Tak-Only Three Rescued as Eleven Drown in Rough Waters.

Boston, Oct, 31 (UP) sea- men-sole survivors of tragedy that took ] l lives--lay in their beds in Chelsea Marine hospital today, recovering from shock and immcr- sion.
 Only Eldin Elect, sturdy o2-year- old Nova Scotian, was able to de scribe the accident. The others Nicholas Walsh and Frank Hcmeon, lay still-like shell-shocked men.
 Fleet was helmsman of the Glou- cester fisherman Avalon which was sunk after the great steel nose Of the liner prcsidcnte Wilson had stove her side off Cape Cod Saturday morning.
 Tried to Escape.
 According 10 Fleet, he had seen the big transatlantic liner bearing down upon his boat in the fog and had turned to port to escape being run down, though. according to maritime practice, it was the place of the overriding vessel to steer clear of the ship it was Ovcrtaking
 As he did so, Fleet said. tho prcsi- dente Wilson also turned to port. Observing this manouver, Fleet. Un- der order from Captain Edmund Nogler, swung 10 starboard.
 Again the larger vessel was said to have made q similar turn.
 Before the Avalon could escape, the 12,000 ton vessel crashed into her side.
 There was a rush for places in the schooncr's two dorics and both Were swamped. Only Fleet survived when one of the dories, overloaded, sank. Swimming through the water filtered with drowning men and debris. Fleet reached the other dory which was overturned.
 Accuses Liner Officers.
 Fleet charged the officers of the Presdcnte Wilson were slow in floating Iifcboats and that when two boats finally were in the water they saved few Of the fishermen because of incfficiency and excite ment.
 Fleets story differed in several respects from that of Harold J. Festal, New York representative of the CosuliCh Line, owners of the Prosidnnte Wilson.
 Fcistal had charged that schooner changed her course after the liner turned out to pass and not before as Fleet said. Six llfeboats had taken the water according to Fcistal
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
SOVIET RUSSIA ENTERS
 DISARMAMENT CoUHCIL
Lea gue of Nations Notified Country Will Aid in
 Preparatory Work

Geneva, Oct. F31 R)-Russia has
 notified the League of Nations that the soviet government will partici-
 pate lu the work of the prepara ory
 commission on q disarmament con ference, it was announced at league ! Headquarters today
 The absence Of Russia had been considered one of the biggest obata- clcs to the Convocation of q confer ,ace which would stand a chance of success in the reduction of land ar maments. The commission meets here November 30.
 The agcnda of the conference in cludcs an examination into the rcso- lution recently adopted by the league assembly and council con cernirg disarmament. especially tho
 question Of appointing q specla, committee to study the question ot
 security raised by the French dele
 gates al the last assembly.
 The Soviet government hitherto has refused collaboration in the dis armament conferences of the league, it's refusal being accompanied by the declaration that the Soviet govern
 ment was declined to send delegates
 to Switzerland because of the then
 unsettled controversy that grew out of the assassination of Naslav Nor-
 ovsky, Soviet representative at the
 Lausanne conference in 1923.
 1 Sir Eric Drummond, league secre- tary, today received q telegram from
 Foreign CommisSar TChitcherin say ing that now the Norovsky incident has been settled by protocol of Apri i 14 signed in Berlin between Switz- erland and Soviet Russia, Moscow was willing to participate in the la borS of the disarmament commission
 A request for information as to the 1 place, date and agerda of the next meeting was included.
 i League circles regarded Russia $ decision to cooperate in the disar- mamcnt commission'S work as oi the greatest importance 10 the fu- ture Of disarmament. In principle il is regarded as removing the chief objection 10 the nations bordering Russia 10 serious discussions of the disarmament problem. Several oi these nations have made their ac- ceptance of any treaty conditional upon the adherence of Russia to the same.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
PILOT OF 'DEATH'
 PLANE PAINTED AT
 CONTROLS, TINTED
Woman and Three Men Lose Lives in 5OO-F0ot Plunge
 Into Jersey COrnfeld
DEAD AVIATOR WIDELY
 KNOWN IN NEW BRITAIN

IarlS LOOK on on Bfief sight Seeing
 Flight Over New York-Friend, Say Thompson Had Just Recover. ed from Attack of Grippc-Hat
 Distinction of Flying First Plano
 Over New York to- Boston Route
 south Plainfieid, \. J., Oct. 21.- P,-A pleasure jaunt in new air plane ended at Newmarket, near here yesterday in the death Of an airplane pilot, his fiancee and two other passengers when their craft plunged 500 feet into a cornfield five minutes after the tatc-off.
 One explanation Of the crash which was advanced suggested that Thompson may have fainted at the controls, as he was known to have suffered an attack Of grippe and was said 10 have been looking in III health the last few days.
 The dead are:
 Leroy Thompson, 2S, of Woodbury, Conn, pilot and manser of opera tions for the Colonial Air Transport company at Teterboro airport.
 Elizabeth McGowan, 20, school teacher of Hills1ale.
 Wesley Hubbcl. 2. Of Southburv. Conn, Thompson's roommate and lifelong friend.
 George Haubner, 26, Of HiIsda,c.
 Near Where Seven Died
 The plane fell about a mile from the field in which q Reynolds Air ways plane loaded with twelve pas seag'rs who paid their fare on q penny pound" basis, crashed on September 12 resulting in the deaths of seven.
 The Thompson party took off on what they intended 10 be q brief sightseeing flight over New York from Tetorboro field the machine rising easily and circ'ing over the field 10 the Soutn About q mile away. it banked sharply and began 10 fall. Witnesses differed whether the plane went into q tail spin or sideslipped, but they said the ma chine dove from about 500 feet and crashed to the ground, the engine still roaring
 George iToolcy plainfiela. and Charles Drake, Newmarket hunters, were almost directly under th., ma chine when it began 10 fall. They ran from the path of the falling craft and saw the plane plunge into the ground, the engine buried out of sight and the tuselage crushed flat
 With Mrs. simon IIalpcr. far
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New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
Dr. Cook Gets Review

Dr. Frederick A. Cook was grant ed a supreme court review of the decision of the circuit court of ap- peals holding that the district court In which he was convicted or, the charge of using the mails to defraud had no authority 10 release him on probation.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-31
Mrs. 1rimble Believed to Be Wandering, Minus Memory,
 Somewhere in Connecticut
TRACE HER TO HARTFORD,
 BUT LOSE TRAIL THERE
Missing Woman, Placed in Sanita- rum as Victim of McIancholia Disappears -- Buys New Clothes, Orders Old Ones Burned -- Seen Riding on Bus Carrying Man $ Coat,

Hartford, Oct. 3t LP,-Traced to this city after disappearing from Dr. Rlggs' sanitarium in StoCkbriagc. Mass, where she had been a patient for two weeks, Mrs. Barbara Camp Dell Irimble, wife Of Dana N. Trim ble' treasurer of the Aspinnook Mills of Norwich today is believed to be wandering in this vicinity suffer- ing from loss of memory.
 Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York state police, the Hartford police, relatives and friends have been asked to join the search for the missing woman, the mother of two children, and years old. State police, Detective Sergeant Peter Gavin Of the local detective bureau, Mrs. G, II. Campbell of Ipswich, Mass. mother of the woman, R. II. Campbell of Fitchburg, Mass, her brother, and other relatives and friends made q thorough search over the weekend, but all trace of her ended near the railroad station where She propaD!} alghted from q Winsted bus al o'clock Friday af ternoon. Detective Sergeant Gavin made a search at all the hotels here following visit to Lieut.. Frank Santoro of the detective bureau by q New York lawyer late Saturday afternoon, but he reported today that his investigation was not suc- ceSStul.
 Taken to Sanitarium
 Mrs. Trimble was taken 10 the Stockbridge sanitarium two weeks ago after suffering from melanchol- la for several months. She had imagined she was getting nowhere in life and was possessed with the idea that she ougat to do some thing to improve this imagined con- dition. At the close Of one Of the compulsory rest periods at o'clock on Thursday afternoon it was found she bad disappeared from her room and a search was begun al once by
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