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New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
OLDEST MEMBER OF
 SOUTH CHURCH DIES
Mrs. Alice B. Moore, 97 Years Old Joined
 in 1864

Mrs. Alice R. Moore. widow Of Henry w. Moore, died yesterday afternoon at her home on Lincoln street after an illness of nearly four weeks. Mrs. Moore recently celebrat- ed her 97th birthday and at the time of her death was the oldest member of the south Congregational church, which she joined in 1864.
 Born in Canada on September :. 1880, Mrs. Moore me to New Brit ain about 1850. shortly after she was married. and has lived here ever since. She is survived by a granddaught Alice M. Peirce, who lived with her, and by q son. Arthur Moore of I.akeville, Conn. Mrs. Moore outlved her two daughters, Mrs. John Peirce. who died about 35 years ago. and Mrs. Alice Stanley Martin, who died in 1918. Mrs. Mar tin gave the Stanley Memorial church in memory of her husband, Frederick x. Stanley, and was in- strumental in starting the Esther chapter Of the Daughters of the American Revolution, being it's first regent.
 Mrs. Moore had always shown a generous and helpful interest in the welfare of the Stanley Memorial church as well as in the welfare of her own church, the South Congre- gational.
 Mrs. Moore enjoyed splendid health and to the last kept up an ac- tive interest in everyday affairs. Be- fore her last illness she was able to take frequent automobile drives to places as far distant as New York.
 The funeral will be held at the late home. 256 Lincoln street, to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. George w. c. Hill, pastor of the South Congregational church, will officiate.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
PROSECUTOR TAKES PITY
 ON ERRING BRIDEGROOM
$50 Fine for Young Man Who Issued Worthless Checks for Wedding
 Expenses.

Expressing the conviction that the bridegroom lis not the ordinary bad check man." Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Woods recommended to Judge M. D. Sake in police court today that a fine of $50 and costs and suspended jail sentence of 80 days be imposed in the case Of Robert Drachcnberg, aged 24, Of Sixth street, Bristol, who was arrested In Bristol and New Britain for issuing worthless checks in payment for wedding rings, wedding cake and other essentials for the transfer from bachelorhood to the married state. Mir. Woods said Drachenberg had displayed stupidity with regard to his business affairs and had un- willingly caused a burden to fall on others.
 Judge SaXe accepted the recom- mendatlon, taking into considera- tion Drachenberg's statement that the checks had been met and mo- body had lost money through the transactions which resulted in the arrests. Ordinarily the charge would call for severe punishment, but the circumstances in this case differed from those of most cases, Judge Sake said. Attorney H. H. Milkowitz, representing Drachenberg, said the bridegroom has been in great deal of difficulty during the past week, and has been put to considerable ex- pense
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
BOSTON BAR LEADER
 DIES SUDDENLY TODAY
Charles r. ChOate, Jr., stricken in Court, SuC>'umbs tn Few Hours
 This Morning.

Boston, Nov. 3o GPs-Charles F. Choate, Jr.. leading Boston attorney. died suddenly today after being stricken ill while appearing in a case in federal court here. Mr. Choate was 6l years old.
 MT. Choate was in court as coun- sel for the Boston Elevated Railway. defending a suit brought by the Union Car Advertising company of New York. when he was taken i'll, His son, Charles r. Choate, Sd, mo- ticed his fathers condition and the trial was halted and he was removed to the United States marshals office nearby. Physicians were summoned and he was taken to the Massachu- setts General hospital. where ho died about an hour later.
 Mir. Choate had been a leader of the Boston bar for many years. He began his practice here after he was admitted to the Suffolk county bar in 1890.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
MOB LYNCHES NEGRO AND CREMATES BODY Colored Man, Arrested for Killing Mine Engineer,
 Shot
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Jenkins, Ky, Nov. 30 P-soar- ing flames from the top of Cumber- land mountain signalled the death of Leonard Woods, negro, who was lynched by mob of more than 200 armed men early today.
 Woods, arrested for the staying of Harshell Deaton, s5, mine fore man for the Elkton Coal corpora ton at Fleming, Ky. was shot to death as he faced a half circle of rifles. Then his body was placed on platform recently erected for the dedication ceremonies at the opening of the Virginia highway. Gasoline was poured over it and a match touched off the structure.
 The negro had been arrested near Fleming shortly after Deaton's body was found Sunday. Growing excitement caused officers to take their prisoner to Whitesburg yes terday for safe keeping. Late last night motorcade of more than 15O cars arrived at Whitesburg. An un- masked throng of men approached the jail. sawed through It's iron bars, placed chain around the negro's neck and led him away.
 Mrs. Fess Whitaker, the taller, said that the mob made no dcmon- stration at the jail. She was power- less to resist the intruders. she said. Two negro women. who were arrest cd with Woods in connection with the staying were unmolested.
 Deaton was shot to death when he refused to allow Woods and the two women to ride in his automo- bile Sunday night, authorities charged.
 The governor of Kentucky, hereto fore has pursued a policy Of sum- mary dismissal from office of any jailer or state authority who has permitted the removal of his charges by unauthorized persons without physical resistance. Mrs. Whitaker is the first woman officer to have become involved In such an affair in the state.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
CHANGES IN EFFECT AT
 STANLEY RULE PLANT
Beecher, Supervisor, Re- signs; Baldwin, Metallur-
 gist, Leaves Position

Lewis B. Beecher, for several ears employed as supervisor at he Stanley Rule & Level division of he Stanley Works will leave the company's employ in the latter part of the month, his retirement coming closely on tho heels Of Reynolds C. Baldwin, metallurgist, who has al- ready quit and is now living in Iitchtield. Ellmorjngs of several oth- "r rcsignations could not be con- tirmod at the company's offices to- day.
 MT. Beecher will not announce his plans for the future until after the first Of the year. he said today.
 Miss Ernestine Connolly has been appointed factory nurse at the stan ley Rule X Level plant, succeeding Miss Grace Claifey, who is now talk Ing postgra duate work ill New York city. Miss Connolly is gradu- ate Of St. Francis hospital training school. class of 1921. Up to the time of her appointment here she was en- gagged in private nursing.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
Defendant in Sensation al Murder Grins as States Three Star Men Suffer a Sudden
 Attack of Indecision.
Jerseys Trump Cards" Prove of No Material Assistance as Each Fails to Remember - Widow. Beaming, Appears to Re-
 joice as Court Adjourns.

Court Room. Mays Landing. \. J.. Nov. 30 tP'-Willis Beach grinned 50 that he showed every gold tooth in his gaunt jaws today when three star witnesses TOT the state suffered a sudden attack of indecision at the I.illiendahl murder trial.
 Beach and Mrs. Margaret Iillien. dahl are charged with the murder Of the woman's aged husband, and i until today all the testimony has been directed against her. Today, however, the state put on the stand L. l.. Collins, William Driver and Harry Sanderson. through whom they hoped to place Beach at the scene Of the crime. None of them was of material asa sistance to the prosecution. one be. ing unable to identify Beach as . man seen near the crime location and another forgetting whether or not he had pressed them to ''re- member" having seen him at homo al the time Of the crime, thus es- tablishing an alibi.
 Widow Happy, Too
 The state was plainly surprised by the testimony which had been fully expected to be positive and harmful to the defense.
 AS court recessed for lunch. Beach grinned broadly at friends and ! winked at the reporters. Mrs. Iil- ! liendahl heamed at him. | Rider Ts Produced l A. J. Rider, Hammonton cranberry king. who looks considerably like the defendant. was produced by the de. fense as a man seen near the scene Of the crime who the state is at- tempting to prove was Beach.
 The state called William Driver. . Trenton contractor. who drove along the Atsion road, where the killing occurred. on September Ia. He said he saw man in an automobile at l1:4O a. m. coming out of lane about a mile from the lane where Dr. Lilliendahl's body was found.
 Falls in Identification
 Driver said he could not identify beacn as the man in the car.
 We just flashed past" he sad. We were doing from 40 10 90. and he came out about %. remember thinking he shouldn't shoot out of lane like that. He didn't look to either side, just wheeled into the main road and off he went"
 Although Driver said he could not identify Beach. he did say that . picture of Beach in a car looked like the man he had seen.
 'I noticed his eyes and his handsH he said
 Then Hedges called for man in the back of the room 10 stand ana A. J. Rider Hammonton cranberry king walked slowly forward.
 He is Reach's size. has white hair like Beach. and the same pallid and somewhat tlabby face,
 Did you ever see that man be. foreo' Hedges asked the witness.
 No"
 Rider, whose resemblance to Beach is slight, took his seat and whispered to reporters that he had passed tho lane where Driver saw man in a car at just about the time in o,1es. ton.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
PILOTS BODY FOUND
 BESIDE PLANE WRECK
Missing Air Mail FEer Killed in Crash Near
 kendallville, Ind.

Cleveland. Nov. 30 P-The body of Edward Exberg. missing air mail pilot, was found today beside his wrecked plane in a field near Ken dallville, Ind, said reports received by Major John Jerry, superintendent of the Cleveland airport.
 The report said that the location of the ship and of Exberg's body in- dicated he had made no effort to Jump. His parachute was unused
 Exberg was making his first flight from Chicago to Cleveland as an air mail pilot when he encountered an electrical storm about 10 o'clock last night in northeastern Indiana. The last word of his location in the air received at the air field here said he was flying westward at Wolcottville, q few miles northwest of Kendall ville.
 Word Of the finding of the body and the wrecked plane came as air mail authorities here were holding a fleet of ships in readiness to start 8 search as soon as weather conditions permitted. A heavy fog hung low over most of the route between Cleveland and the spot where the ship crashed.
 Exberg was flying alone.
 Neighbors near the scene of the accident said they heard the throb of the plane about 10 o'clock last night and that it sounded as if the pilot was having difficulty with his machine. Then the sound ceased and it was supposed that the fiier had gone on.
 The pilot was a little south of the regular air mail route from Chicago to Cleveland.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
WOOSTER ST. PEOPLE
 VOICE INDIGNATION
Appeal Sewer Case to Mayor and Threaten
 Protest to State Dept.

Tales of alleged unhealthy condi- tions, storm water flooding yards and cellars, neglected sluiceway, streams running across sidewalks. overflowing cesspools permeating the atmosphere with reeking odors and unhealthy fumes: and threats of an appeal to the state and city health officials, were combined with charg- es of discourtesy, sarcasm and eva sion on the part of the city engineer at meeting of Barnesdale residents last evening.
 The meeting vas held under the auspices of the Wooster Street Con- munity society and was held in the Quartette clubhouse. Emil II. R. Vogel. assistant secretary of the American Hosiery Co.,. and president of the society, presided.
 The major portion of the meeting was given over to discussion of the petition for a sewer submitted to the board of public works about four months ago, and upon which the res idents of that section claim they have had no satisfactory report. The installation of sewer there would involve a new trunk line and means inclusion In the annual budget.
 Patrick Ringrose, reporting for himself and President Nogel, who were a committee 10 investigate the fate of the petition, reported that the result of the committees visit with Josph D. Williams, city en- gineer, was so fraught with sarcasm and evasion of any definite informa- tion that the committee felt com pelled to appeal to Mayor Weld. The mayor was visited in his office Mon day. Mir. Ringrose said Mayor Weld met the committee courteouslv. ap- peared interested in conditions, took notes and promised the Wooster street residents a hearing on their petition.
 A general discussion brought out the fact that conditions in Barnes dale are so bad that Sanitary h. spector John A. Dolan already has investigated them and was said 10 have found that cesspools are run ming over and contributing to dangerous and disagreeable situation while streams of water run down the sidewalks and added to the unpleas- ant conditions. which people there want remeded
 A sluiceway which was built 10 carry off storm water was left for months without repairs after it was broken. 1t was reported, and finally incomplete repairs were made. Be- cause of this condition during the re- cent heavy storm it was impossible for people to get within 100 feet of the trolley station without wading in water. Planks and boards placed In es were washed away. Correctly re- paired the sluiceway would have carried this surplus water off through the fields and avoided this condition. it was reported.
 According to Mir. Ringrose, Mir. Williams intimated that sewer could not be constructed In that vii cinity In less than two years. un- less there is action sooner than that the committee informed the en- gineer, it was reported, the matter will be taken to the health authori- ties and If necessary the state board of health will be asked to investi- gate.
 The business session last night ran
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
5000 Reported Killed in Ukraine; Bodies Of l,500 Lying in Streets
Thousands Fall in Battle Culmnating Three Months Fighting Along Russian Boundary, New York
 Times Says in Copyrighted Dispatch

New York, Nov. 30 tPt-Suppres- sion of revolt in the Ukraine at | cost of 5000 lives during three months of bitter fighting is reported in a special copyrighted dispatch from Kishineff, Bessarabia, to the New York Times.
 The dispatch, telling of massacres and street clashes in towns along the Dneister which forms the Rus sian -Rumanian boundary line. con- firms In large measure recent dis patches to the Associated Press from Bucharest, citing an account of fighting in the Ukraine reported by the Rumanian newspaper Dimineata
 Soviet endorsements which have arrived Tn the Ukraine in the last two weeks turned the tide of the revolutionary movement and after series of clashes in various towns the revolt was crushed out in a bloody disaster for the revolution aries.
 Soviet officials have denied any extensive revolt in the Ukraine, spe- officially denying any fighting at amenetz-Podolsk but the sound Of prolonged firing beyond tn. UE- rainian hills can be heard daily from the Rumanian side of the from tier, the dispatch says.
 The town affected by the revoIu- tionary movement were stated to be Tiraspol, Moghileau, kamenetz- Po- dolsk and smaller villages, The revolutionists obtained possession Of Tiraspol, Goghileau and kamenetz- Podolsk. killing many Soviet off cials, but were driven out after Il few days when Soviet forces re-took
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
VERMONT HEAD
 ASKS SS,5OO,OOO Legislature Meets in Special
 "FlOOd" Session 1,258 BRIDGES DAMAGED
Offers Plan for State to Take Over Entire Burden Of Re building All Roads and Bridges and Revision of Present Laws,

Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 30 P>-The vermont legislature met here in spe- clal session today to act upon the recommendation of Governor John F. Weeks that it authorize issue of SS,500,000 in bonds for state high way and other flood reconstruction purposes.
 Important among his detailed re- commentators was plan for the state to take over the entire burden Of rebuilding all roads and bridges. Present laws limit bridge relief 10 towns to s5,0O0 for each new span but with 1,25S bridges either de- stroyed or severely damaged. the governor urged that new enabling legislation be adopted.
 A complete survey of the damage 10 the highway system had shown the total estimated damage to be ST. 5000 for bridges and roads alone while more than S5O0,000 more was needed to restore losses suffered by other state departments.
 Asks Library and Hospital
 In that connection the executives message urged that the contingent fund be increased by siOo.000 and that S40o,000 be made available for expenditures principally at the state hospital at Waterbury, the free H. brary and the state library document room and printing plant which suf- fcred extensive damage.
 'Our roads and bridges must be e-cstablished," MT. Weeks declared Our state departments and institu- tons must be restored. Without these our state as such cannot func- tion. I can see but one practical way Of raising this sum, namely our state must issue bonds on the best possible terms
 Discussing his proposal that the state take over from the towns and cities which in many cases are un- able 10 finance road repair, that burden, the governor said:
 Must Change Laws
 "Our present laws are inadequate to afford our towns the state aid which they must have in order to re- our highway system.
 Bridges and highways are no longer built and maintained princi- pdlly for the good and convenience of the people of the town where they are located but for the entire state.
 'Therefore, the matter of repair ing the flood damage to all highways and bridges. whether they are select ed highways or not, should, in my opinion, be undertaken and carried out by the state under full control of the state highway department
 Although the estimated loss 10 highways falls short of the sS,o00.- GOO asked by the governor for that by sc50,000, the executives message emphasized the importance of raising @ sum sufficiently large to meet any and all unforeseen con-
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
Ex-Prosecutor in Distillery Case Admits Having Heard Of
 Death Plot
ESCORTED BOOTLEG KING
 IN SAFETY TO RAILROAD
Marshall Tells Jury He Was in In- dianapolts Hotel When St. Louis Post-Dispatch Reporter Unveiled Conspiracy Plans-He Informed Victim and Saw Him Safely On Way Back to Cincinnati.

Court Room, Cincinnati, Nov. 30 (UP)-Testimon relating to a sup posed plot against the life of George Remus at the time he was in h. 1 dianapols to give evidence in the Jack Daniels liquor conspiracy was introduced today at the trial of Re mus on charge of murdering his wife, Imogene. ! John B. Marshall, who prosecuted the Daniels distillery case, came here from his present home in Juneau, Alaska, to testify about the plot.
 Marshall said he received long distance telephone call from John T. Rogers, reporter for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. In which the latter told of having heard of such con- spiracy.
 Marshall was in the Claypool hotel at Indianapolis at the time and he gave Remus the substance of the telephonic conversation. The next day. the witness said, he accompanied Remus to the railroad so that the latter could return to | Cincinnati. Judge Interrupts Lawyers
 Carl F.. Easier, assistant prescott tor, objected to every question ask ed by Charles H. Elston, co-counsel for the defense. The examination was frequently interrupted when Judge Chester R. Shook called the two lawyers before him for whisper ed conferences. Did Remus seem to recognize any man in the hotel lobby the morning after you had received the call from Rogers?" Elston asked. "Yes. Remus told me one of group of men was a Chicago gang ster by the name of Mullen"
 What did Remus say and do when he received the report of a plot?"
 He didn't consider it serious matter"
 What did he say when he saw the men in the lobby?"
 He said he thought there might be something to it."
 Saw Three Men
 Remus then went to the station. Marshall reiterated, and when he reached there he saw three of the men who previously had been in the hotel.
 Was Mullen among them?" Elston pursued.
 He was"
 Another man, named O'Neil, who had been convicted of burglary or robbery also was in the trio, Mar shall went on.
 Was Remus' attention directed to the men at the station" Elston asked.
 "Yes. After seeing them Remus returned to the hotel"
 "Who did Remus say he thought was responsible for the plot?"
 He named Mrs. Remus and Dodge"
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
English Low Lands
 Flooded After Storm

London, Noiv. 90 P1Serious floods in many places especially in the low country to the west of Lon- don have followed a heavy 24-hour rainfall exceeded half of the average for the whole of November.
 The Little River Brent, which overflowed during the day, burs, it's banks early this morning, flood ing scores of houses near Greenford. Police entered the district quickly 10 awaken the inhabitants who had to leave their beds hastily to save what they could. Miles of the dis trict are under water and the roads are impossible. The local electric plants were flooded. cutting off light, and increasing the difficulties of the area.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
CAPPER IN PLEA ID END DISPARITY Senator Demands That West Be
 Given Assistance "SEC1I0NALISM IS MENACE"
congressman Claims Eastern Pros- perfty Will Eventually Fall if Other Parts of Country Become Financially Unable to Support It. Says Farm Relief One of Mos, Urgent Needs,

Philadelphia. Nov. 30 (P,-sound- Ing warning against a continuance ot the sectional dspa rity" of the east and west lest the whole United states becomes economically imper- iIled, Senator Arthur Capper, Of Kansas, in an address here today. extended a plea for congressional all deviation Of the ills of the asricultur- al western region. He spoke at a luncheon of the Chamber of Con- merce.
 There are two possible methods ot rellef for the present condition, Tn the vest Senator Capper said. Either lower the tariff on what the farmer buys, so he can get the bene- mt Of lower prices on goods made in Europe; or extend the aid of the government in disposing of our sur plus farm products abroad so that the excess will not disastrously de- press the home market.
 The west wants to raise it's level to that of the prosperous east. It has no desire 10 depress the business or the east by bringing down com modity prices.
 West Waits Patiently
 The west has waited as patiently as possible for the same degree of lpgiSlatiya asSjctapco o,d .o,;., ..z the government nearly always has extended to the industrial east. But the west cannot wait forever"
 The speaker claimed eastern in- dustry must depend to a large ex- tent on the purchasing power of the west and added:
 Eastern prosperity will eventual ly sag unless the buying power of the middle west is substantially in- creased through economic justice to the farmer. whose dollar is smaller than that of any other class of work CTS.
 Dcplores Misunderstanding
 Sectional misunderstanding and lack of economic balance brought
  about the Civil war, sectional dis parity in 1927 threatens the position of America as the worlds most fav- ored, most prosperous nation. United the east and west stand, but divided against each other by lack of under standing they are bound to fall into economic peril gravely menacing to both sections.
 This country cannot permanent lv remain half prosperous, half un- prosperous, any more than it could continue half slave, half free. There is no room In America for the clash of sectional political biocs and the farm problem is not a political issue, though it may become one"