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New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
CASE AGAINST OKLA. GOVERNOR DROPPED Impeachment Charges Dismissed
 by Members of Senate
 MIDNIGHT SESSION HELD
Legislators, Seeking to Dust Execu- tive, Informed That They Must Serve Without Pay-Rcpresenta- lives Avted Without Authority.

Oklahoma City, Okla. Dec. 29 P) -Impeachment charges against Gov. Henry s. Johnston and two other state officials were dismissed today by members of the Oklahoma sen- ate sitting as court of impeach- ment.
 T. Tom Right, house leader, who has fought for several months to bring charges against Governor Johnston, Chief Justice Branson of the state supreme court and Presi- dent Harry Cordcll, of the state board of agriculture, said the senate vote meant efforts to convene the legislature against ruling Of state courts and the resistance of the gov- crAOr were at an end.
 By q vote of 22 to 16, the senate adopted motion by Senator Guy l.. Andrews holding that the house of representatives had no authority to convene itself and bring the charges No adjournment vote was taken.
 Return to Hotel
 They then returned to the hotel, where they have staged several in- formal and formal sessions, and vot- ed 2f to ? in favor of a resolution that the court of impeachment had jurisdiction over any state tribunal.
 This was regarded as open deti- ance of several unfavcrable court orders and opinions, including the state supreme court ruling that the legislators had no authority to call a special session refused by the gov ernor.
 At midnight several senators con- gregated in q hotel lobby with the reported purpose of converting se- Crctly to forestall further action by the administ ration.
 It was understood that the sheriff declined to interfere with the hotel sessions until they had been cited for contempt.
 Dispcrsc All Meetings
 Tn issuing the injunction. which was made returnable January 3. the district court directed the sheriff to disperse all meetings, but explained it was the duty of the persons bene- tited by the order to file complaint ii it was violated.
 The legislators, prevented by an- other injunction from collecting pay since they convened Dec. 6, pointed
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
SANTA CLAUS C0NFESSES
 HAVING SIXTEEN WIVES
Bridgeportcr Who Imper>onated Saint Nicholas Rattles on List of Names To PoIiCe

Bridgeport, Dec. 29 R'-Santa Claus has been arrested for having 16 wives, or at least he says he has.
 This particular santa Claus who bears little resemblance to his pa tron but who was impersonating him in local store in the days preceding Christmas. is otherwise known as Frank Wills and boasts of having wives in New York. Wash ington. Baltimore. Boston and New London.
 Wills was arrested on the com plaint Of one of the New York wives who charged that her husband mar ried her in November and within a few days decamped after forging her brothers name 10 two substan- tial checks.
 After his arrest Wills told the po lice that she was but one of hls many wives and then proceeded 70 rattle off a list of them.
 He confessed to bad memory and declared that one wife whom he wooed In New Haven and mar. ried ill Portchester N. 1.. WIS known to him only as Mrs. Russeil. Another, Effie McClennon. was woo- cd in Boston and wed in Portland. Me.
 Wills refused to waive eytradl,ion on the forgery charges when sr- raigned in court today and his caSc was continued until such time as pa pers from New York state reach here.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
Hickman Shows SeF
 As Double Murderer
Slayer of Parker Girl Confesses He Killed Pasadena Druggist and Links Young Friend in Shooting-
 Mysterious Suicide Now Investigated

los Angeles. Dec. % CP-William l.. Hickman, confessed kidnaper and slayer of Marian Parker, late last night confessed to jail officials that he had taken part in the murder of Ivy Thomas, a druggist, in Pasadena on Christmas
 Hickman, whom the officers quot ed as saying he shot and killed Thomas, a druggist on Rose Hill. a suburb between here and Pasadena, implicated Willoughby Hunt. an AL hambra, Cal. youth in his newest confession.
 Hunt was arrested and held in the county jail for questioning. Scars found on Hunt were pronounced bullet wounds by the jail physician. Hunt said the scars were the result of boils.
 Hunt is the son of a reputably prominent Alhambra citizen who was reported to have committed sui eide some time ago by leaping from the Pasadena bridge.
 The new confession of Hickman ,t was believed, will reopen the police investigation that followed the death of Hunts father. 4 suicide note. left on the bridge and attributed to
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
US. NAVY REGA|NS
 TEAPOT DOME O|L
Judge Kennedy Enters Decree in
 Federal Court
SINCLAIR MOTION SPURNED
Cheyenne Judiciary Follows Recent Decision of Supreme Court Hold ing Reserves Had Been E'raudu- lcntly Leased.

Cheyenne. Wyo.. Dec. 29 (P-The United States navy today regained possession of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve in Wyoming under a de- cree entered by Judge T. Blake Kennedy in federal court here.
 The court overruled motion of counsel for Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, to have included in the decree a provision whereby the quit claims given the government by Sin clair at the time the lease was made would be returned to him.
 In making the formal transfer Of the lands to the navy, Judge Ken nedy followed the recent decision of the United States supreme court holding that the oil reserve had been traudulcntly leased to Sinclair by Albert E. Fall. former secretary Of the interior.
 Counsel for the government and for the oil magnate agreed to the terms of the decree with the eXcep- tion of the point relating to the quit claims. When Sinclair obtained the lease from Fall, the then secretary Of the interior required the oil man to quit claims to titles of Teapot Dome acreage based on placer locations
 Sinclair's attorneys argued that the titles should be returned by the government, but counsel for the gov cTnmcnt headed by Owen J. Roberts contended that since the courts had declared the lease invalid all details of the transaction also were invalid.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
HOSPIIAL AUTHORITIES MAY INSTALL
 CLINIC 70 CONSIDER MENTAL CASES
oupt ReeAs and Dr. Leak Head of State Institution at Middetown, Confer on Desrability of Service for
 This City-Would Be First of Its Kind in Conn.,

The possibility of the establish ment Of a mental clinic at the New Britain General hospital was ad- mittcd today, when it was learned that Dr. Roy L. Leak, superintend- ent of the Connecticut State Hospi- tai at Middletown. and Dr. T, Ehen Eecks, superintendent of the local hospital, have discussed the matter ard plan to carry II farther.
 Dr. Leak recently addressed n gathering of nurses and intcrnes at the hospital, at which time he point ed out that there is no such thing as insanity. There arc no crazy people," he said. There are the mentally sick, and their sickness ranges in degree and seriousness ex- actly the same as the physically sick. Some people have a slight acute at tack which can be cured. Others have chronic condition for which
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
ATLANTIC CROSSED 5 TIMES N 1922:
 24 DISAPPEAR ON OCEANIC FLIGHTS
Disaster More Often Than Fortune Rode the Wings of Planes Which Too Often Scared Into Silence,
 Never to Return Or to Be Seen Again.

New York, Dec. 20 (uP)-The "air year." rcplete with unparalleled feats of aviation, apparently has claimed in the closing days of 1927 the lives Of four more 1licrs who braved transocean flights, bringing the total as 1927 closes to "A.
 Absence of any trace of the am phibian Dawn" in which Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson, Oskar Omdal. Brice Goidsborough and Fred koehler left Roosevelt field for Harbor Grace, preparatory 10 flight 10 Europe, increased to 24 the number Of aviators who since May s have scared into silence.
 Casting up aerial accounts for the year. one finds disaster more often than fortune rode the wings of the planes in which men and women sought to span the Atlantic and Pa Citic.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
FINDS PEARL IN OYSTER
New Britain Man Had Been Discuss ing Just Such Situation When Teeth Bite on Large Gem.

A pearl, the size of large pea was discovered in an oyster served as part of a meal in the Cafe Mel lone. New Haven. last night by Stan- ley Samoraczyk. a pharmacist at the City Drug Store in this city. Just prior to the discovery, Mr. Samor- aczyk was discussing with an ac- duaintance similar discovery made recently in Hartford.
 MT. SamorcZyk attended an ice Jockey game in the Elm City and after the contest, he with his friends entered the cafe for late dinner. Oysters were served on the half shell and as the local man bit into one of them. his teeth struck something hard. Pulling the oyster apart, he discovered the pearl.
 Mr. sam oracZyk has no knowledge Of the worth of the gem but an au- thority on the subject told him last night that the find was q genuine pearl. After showing it to number of admirers. lie planned to take it 10 a jeweler and have it's worth as &aycd.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
WATER RENT INCREASE
 $ PROPOSED BY BOARD
Commissioners to Make Recommendation With
 Budget Draft

In connection with the budget be- ing prepared by the board of water commissioners for action by the board Of finance and taxation Is a proposal that water rentals be in- creased to help meet the costs of ex- tcnsive improvements which are to be made Tn the system and in the service.
 Chairman William l.. Hatch said this afternoon members of the board have kept this idea in mind through the year, but it has not yet been in- corporated in the estimate of in- come. On occasions in the past the finance board has disapproved high CT water rents,
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
.kOPPERS COMPANY
 BUYS COAL FIELDS
Twenty Million Dollars Paid for
 N,000 Acres
LAND IN WEST VIRGINIA
Coal Supply Will Be Shipped up to Elm City in 5000 Ton Golfers, Company Explains in Statement Issued Today.

New Haven, Dec. o9.-tP(-Coal properties iii West Virginia cover ing approximately 27,0Oo acres have been purchased by the Koppers con- pany, subsidiary of the United Gas and Improvement corporation at a price said to reach $20,000,Oo0 ac- cording to an announcement, made here today.
 This city is the base for the east ern operations of the company.
 The properties acquired are those of the Houston Coal and Coke com- pany, Houston Galleries company, Keystone Coal and Coke company, Kind Coal and Coke company and Tidewater Coal and Coke company.
 Coal from this distance will be shipped 10 New Haven from Hamp- ton Roads in 5000 ton co,liers for the present. If the Hopper company succeeds in having the channel here dredged to depth of 30 feet at low tide water. boats up to 5000 ton capacity will be used.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
WARRANT IS ISSUED
Former New Haven Bank Clerk to be Arrested on Charge of Em- bcZZlcmcnt.

New Haven. Dec. % LP-The New Haven Register will say today that a federal warrant for the arrest of Milton T. Clark, 26. former teller in the Second National bank has been received by |. S. Marshal Jacob D. Walter from |. $. Attorney John Buckley at Hartford but has not yet beer served.
 The Register will say that Clark was recently discharged when an audit of his books showed a shortage Of 1000 and that the loss was made good by d bonding company. The warrant charges cmbeZZlement Clark lives in Hilbert avenue with his widowed mother.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
there is no hope"

there is no hope"
 pr. Leak and Dr. Reeks have had considerable correspondence on the subject of mental clinic here. It is understood that it is the de- sire Of the state health expets to establish several such clinics in Con- necticut and that New Britain has been selected to be the first.
 Dr. Leak and Dr. Reeks will have a conference within few days to discuss further details.
 A mental clinic, if operated here. would be maintained for after treatment for those who are dis charged from the Middletown hos pital. for observation for cases not consedered serious enough to send to Middletown and for consultation purposes by physicians and patients
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
Hive Atlantic Victories

The Atlantic was crossed success fully five times Uindbergh, Cham berlin, Byrd, Brock and Costes), and the Pacific as far as Honolulu four times (Mait!and. Smith, Goebel and Jcnsen. But against these victories must be written q score of defeats.
 Ten of the 20 unsuccessful at tempts did not result in loss of life The pilots either were able to get back to land or were forced like Ruth Elder 10 land on the water and be picked Up by a passing ves- sel or. like Francesca De Pinedo to land at an island before reaching the mainland.
 Ten Never Return
 But the other 10 seemingly met death at sea. The full list of fatali-
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
GARAGE MECHANIC BLUFFS SALvAGERS
 AT PROV|NCE70VN
Submarine ResCuerS Do Their Best to Entertain Obscure
 SightSeer
CIVILIAN FINDS SELF
 "BIG DIVING EXPERT"

NcWSpapcrmen Commander TaxtS-
 Rush To See Noted "Hero" Who
 Dined With Admiral, Enjoyed His Hotel Suite, and Rode on Destroy CT Only To Find He Never Saw
 q Diver Before.
 Boston, Dec. 20 Pl-A Iafayette Ind, garage mechanic and sub marine expert for q day" was speed ing home today after an amazing round of adventure in the course of which he inspected salvage opera tlons at the scene of the S-4 disas- ter at Provincetown, was dined by Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby, whisked across Massachusetts bay in a destroyer and finally sent to his hotel here in an admirals private car.
 Charles Shambaugh, as he was in- troduced to newspa apermen by a cap tain in full uniform in the office of the Charlestown navy yard, may not have realized 1t, but he was a virtual King for day. No mere millionaire would have commanded the atten- tion that was his.
 It was late in the evening when telephones began to iangle in news paper offices here.
 "A civilian expert on salvage op- erations has spent all way watching the work on the raising of the s-4.' spoke crisp official voice, and he is returning to Boston on the destroyer J. K. Paulding and will be prepared to meet newspaper men and cameramen at the admin istration building of the navy yard.
 Press Dashes to Him
 A hock of newspapcrmen dashed to the navy yard Some even com mandeered tavicabs. They were ready for mass Of technicalities and feared that they would com prehend but dimly the conclusions of the expert"
 A marine captain and an orderly escorted him In. Other officers heavy with gold braid edged their way into the room.
 Reporters found themselves con- fronted by a middle aged man, so- berly dressed with well worn but polished shoes, a leather coat n suit of plain mixture. a plain white shirt and sober tie. He clutched a gray cap in nervous hands.
 This is the expert, gentlemen" {" said the captain. He will tell you observations and conclusions"
 Doing Wonderful Work
 The navy is doing everything possible.' Shambaugh began, some what haltingly. T have been watch ing them ali day, and they are doing wonderful work. Why. do you real lze, those divers have to go down 100 feet before they begin to work. think I'd be doing pretty good if just got down 100 feet. with all those weights and heavy shoes, to say nothing of getting up again"
 He had a little difficulty In re- ealing when he had left Iafayette but finally concluded it must have been at noon Monday. He had driven to Indianapolis and taken the afternoon train. arriving at the navy yard Tuesday.
 It was too late 10 catch a destroyer which had just steamed out of the harhor so the naval tug Mohave was used.
 Did they know you at the navy yard ?' he was asked
 fCOntinuel on pnra Tbrao\
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
TAX LEGISLATION
 POSTPONED UNTIL
 EARLY IN SPRING
Administration Leaders Desire to Study This Years Returns
 Before Voting
SECRETARY MELLON SAYS
 DELAY HAS HIS SANCTION

ton May Be Postponed, is Fear
 Treasury Departmnt Insists Upon
 Holding Total Slash to S225,OOO,-
 900 Instead of S29o. .OOO, ,OOO House
 Approved.
 Washington, Dec. 29 PHPost- ponement of tax reduction legisla- tion until after March 15 has been agreed upon by Secretary Mellon and Chairman Shoot, of the senate finance committee. on the theory that better understanding then can be had of the condition of the gov ernments finances.
 The secretary, in a statement is- sued today, said that only after March l5 would the treasury be in q position to know with reasonable delniteness the income for the cal ondar year 1927 reported for tax purposes on which We may rely for tax receipts during the first half of the fiscal year 192S.'
 Those sponsoring the plan for postponing the legislation have ar gued that it would show whether the tax reduction should be held to the treasury figure of s225, 000,0OO, or increased to $290,000,0 as voted by the house. The tax bill now is in the hands of the sendte finance committee.
 easier after March 15 to determine whether receipts from back taxes are to continue at a high level or whether the decreased receipts from back taxes, which have been expect ed for some time. have definitely set in. Present indications are that they have, he continued.
 During the first five months of the present fiscal year, as compared with the same months a year ago. Mir. Mellon said. back tax collec- tions aggregated sSS, ,000 as com pared Wlth Ssl2.b s,uOQ. Urge Monthly Collections Our estimate of back tax collec- tions for the present fiscal year is $2S0, 100000. To obtain this amount an average of s23,300,00O a month For the first five months of the present fiscal year. the average is a little less than s1s.o00,o00 per month.
 Finally. the estimated expendi- lures in the budget message do not take into consideration new legisla. tion.'
 Secretary Melons statement was in reply to a letter from Chairman Smoot, in which Mir, Smoot said that inasmuch as the bill carried re- duction of about s29O.0oO,0Oo. he wanted to inquire whether any ad- ditional information which would modify the original estimate was available.
 There were indications at the capitol today that the republican regulars were preparing to get be- hind the move for postponement This is expected to stir up a political row in congress.
 MT. Mellon has been represented as looking favorably upon the pro- posal as a means of settling the dis pute over the amount of tax re- ceipts which will be available on in come of the year now closing.
 Sen. SmoW Seeks Delay
 If approval of the administration is given the program, Senator Shoot
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
EXAMINING PHYSICIAN

Hartford. Dec. 20 Rs-Dr Rodney w. Rowcll of Stamford has been ap- pointed by State Athletic Commis- sioncr Thomas F. Douohue Of Hart ford to represent the athletic com mission as official examining physi- elan at all professional boxing bouts in Stamforl
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29

Dr. sun Fo, minister of finance, have resigned.
 Dr. C. c. Wu. who is the son Of Dr. Wu Ting Fang. a former Chinese minister at Washingt on, was educat cd in the United States. He re- turned to China in 1904 and entered the public service playing a promi- nent part in foreign affairs.
 With Chiang Kai-Shek, he was one of the leaders in the Cour D'Etat at Canton in March, 1926, and again with Chiang played prominent part in the setting up Of the Ranking na- tlonalists government as distinct from that at Hankow early in 1927.
 Ever since then he has played q prominent part in the foreign rela- tions of the nationalists, more or less supplanting Eugene Chen. for mer foreign minister of the Hankow government. as the leading spokes- man for the nationalists in their relations with the foreign powers.
 Dr. Wu has been an opponent of the communists for some time and only recently blamed soviet Russia for the Canton communist uprising which has just been crushed after ruthless slaughter. D. Wu also re- gently urged the American authori- ties to bar any loan by Americans to Japan on the security of the South Manchurian railway. declaring that Japan was using the railway as "an instrument of imperialism"
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
SCHOOL ESTIMATES
 SHOW CITY'S GA|k
State Board Of Education Figures 2,S41 Increase Here
5000 MORE IN HARTFORD
Population of State Figured at 1,- 590, 90,935-EstimatcS Show People Drifting from Country to Cities in Most Instances.

Hartford, Dec. 29.1Pl-The pop ulation of Hartford increased by al- most 5000 during the year ended September 1, 1927, according 10 | board Of education estimates from the school enumeration figures for 1927.
 New Haven's population was in- creased by about 3,70O. while Bridgeport grew still less, gaining only about 500.
 The enumeration figures, showing the number of children between four and sixteen years of age living Tn each town in the state, are now all reported to the state board of education and the annual estimate Of population is now being compiled.
 The state total has not yet been worked out. Last year. in Scptem- Der 1926, the board estimated Con- necticut's population as 1,542,397.
 In September. 1927. the bureau of vital statistics in the state depart ment Of health estimated the state population at about 1,59o.935, as compared with it's estimate of l. 5S6.435 in July. 1927.
 Population Shifting
 The estimates show q decided tendency in the population to shift from the smaller towns to the cities, although some of the smallest towns in the immediate vicinity Of a large city have gained slightly as subur- ban homes have been sought.
 New Britain Figures
 The population estimates for the larger cities and towns are as fol- lows. giving first the board of edu- cation estimate as of September. 1927 and then that for September, 1926:
 Ansonia 17,7l7-lT,22&; Danburv 26. l96-25 5,9S7; Mcridon 4o020- &9,655; New Britain 7IO41-74,7oO: shelton 11,4G6-11,541; Torrington 25,6$4-24,97S; Waterbury 74,497- 15,534; Derby 11,lo7-10,SSG. 73,534.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-29

New York, Dec. % P)-Hundreds of little coves and inlets along the coasts of Nova Scotia and New fomdland were believed today 10 offer the only possibility that Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson and her three male companions in the Dawn still survive.
 Five destroyers, which yesterday combcd 4,500 square miles of sea south of Sable island, today sep ara:ri to cover a new area 10 the south and to patrol the north side of the island from east to west.
 Commander E. k. Stewart, direct ing the dcstroyers, believes that to- days search will eliminate the last of the area from which might have been sent the radio call which the wireless station on Sable iSlani heard Sunday night. and believed to have come from the Dawn.
 Thea Rasche Plans Hop
 The mysterious termination of he DaWn's flight, and the possible tragic fate Of Mrs Grayson and her CreW--Osllar Omdal, pilot; Brice Goldsborough. navigator. and Fred koahler, motor eXpert-has not dis Suadcd Thea RaSche, German avia- triN, from attempting q transatlan- tic flight next spring.
 Miss Rasche told the Associated Press that she had wanted to go with Mrs. Grayson, as co-pilot, but was not given the opportunity. She said she would undertake the flight herself, however perhaps with an other woman as o-pilot, but with TWO men as navigator and me chanic. She said she would use d seaplane built to survive rough seas if forced down.
 Additional reports from persons who are certain they heard an air plane Saturday night and Sunday
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