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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
PRESIDENT is CONVINCED THAT
BLACK HILLS FILLS HIS WANTS

TherA is no railroad Between
the game lodge and Rapid City.
Convinced that the presiden:
will go to the Black Hills, White
House officials are busy making
multitudinOuS arrangements for
setting up lines of communication
between here and Rapid City and
between that city and the presi-
dents prospective home.
1t is the presidents present
intention to leave washington
Monday, June l3, stopping at
Hammond, Ind, the following
day for flag day address. He
will be accompanied by a num-
Der of clerks, secret service men,
reporters and photographers, ana
one of his concerns in making y
selection of Summer home site
las bee1 to have ample accom-
mOdaticns available for them.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
IS
THREATENING
FLOOD VICTIMS
Secretary Hoover Attacks
Epidemic Menace In Ref
ugee Camps.
HIGHER GROUND
Tented Cities Being Built
Like Army Cantonments
With Sanitation.

LA FAYETTE. La, May p H1
The menace of an epidemic
among the thousands of Acadian
refugees huddled in small tent
cities presented problem 20
Secretary of Commerce Hoover
tcday.
Visiting the largest camps
housing the Atchafalaya river
Basin refugees at Opelousas ana
Lafayette, hoover, found That
the. crcwding of flood victims,
white and negroes, into small
tented cantOnnlents and under
cotton or sugar baling warehouses
had created serious mcnaces to
health.
He at once made a re-alioca-
ton of encampments to dry,
higher areas and ordered them to
be fashioned like army cantOn-
nlents with board floors for the
tents.
The refugees in both camps
we're busy building the new tent
cd cities today with women ar.
ranging the mess Kitchens.
Heavy rains this week had
badly washed out camps in both
cities and the refugees suffered
considerable hardships. Those at
Opelousas fled to cotton ware
houses when their tents were
washed away.
The last of the vaccinations
and typhoid irnoculaticns were
under way. more than half of
the refugees in both camps al
ready having been treated.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
Nitro-Glycerine Blast
Extinguishes Gas Well
Fire That Killed Eight

BORGER, Texas, May 27 lP).
The 2O0-foot torch of fire
flaming from a gas well in the
heart of Sanford, Oil boom town
near here, was blown out at
11:15 o'clock tonight on the Sec
ond shot of nitro-glycerine.
The first charge was fired at
10:10 p. m. to clear away the
jecting casing in the well.
An explosion started the fire
yesterday and claimed the lives
of eight workmen. The well is
known as the Mcmillan No. l
and is rated as making a million
cubic feet a day.
With the fire snuffed out it
was believed workmen could
easily cap the well and stop the
flow Of gas.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
BRITAIN ORDERS RUSSIANS TO LEAVE
Los Angeles Acqueduct Is Dynamited Friday

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
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French Senators Upset
Wine Tradition Out OF
Difference to Lindbergh

PARIS, May a. (P.-Tradi-
+ tions of the French senate we're
: upset today in favor of Captain
Lindbergh's known abstenious-
+ ness.
The flier's visit to the senate
: building was shortened by the
elimination of the customary
gathering in the large senate
: bar, where champagne the vim
D'Honneur" is always forth
coming.
Lindbergh made a rather
hurried visit, that he might
!. keep. his later engagements.
After he had gone, the senators
: went back and had their ''toast"
+ themselves.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28

NEW ORLEANS, May 27 P--New
flood ravages appeared along both
oxtremit1es Of the Atchafalaya r1v
er today. Waters sweeping through
a crevasse at McCrea drove hundreds
from their homes as backWater
welled up into the northern tip of
! Pointe Coupee parish.
Along Bayou Teche, near the
southern extremity Of the same river,
torrents from the stream were join
ing backwaters to flood the streets
}of New Iberia and threaten the
town with isolation While some
residents made themselves ready to
withstand the Watery siege, other
hundreds deserted their homes for
refugee camps.
The McCrea crevaSse, on the east
side of the Atchafalaya river, is
approximately 130 miles northwest OF
New Orleans and on the opposite
side of the Mississippi river. The
has widened to 1000 and mere thar
230 square miles OF fertile cane lands
have been covered by the stream
pouring into Pointe Coupee parish
| The flood moving into New Iberia
is a part of the huge volUmne OF
water which already has covered
Avoyelles, ST. Landry, st. Martin
and a good portion Of Iberia par
ishes on it's move toward the Gull
of Mexico down the west size OF the
Atchafalaya basin since the breaks
along Bayou Des GLASSES, more than
, hundred miles above New Iberia
released the inland lake which COW
cred IS northeastern Louisiana par
ishes.
| A portion of the water swept over
ridges along the western boundary
] CT the Atcilafalaya basin swell Bayou
Teche TO such proportions it left
/ its banks BackWaters from Grand
! lake and other bodies OF water in
the vicinity of New Iberia moved
forward to meet the Teche and the
town is being covered by waters
moving in from two directions.
Many OF the inhabitants already
had moved out of New Iberia into
concentration camps es a b Ii S h c
nearby, but several hundreds Wert
taking up quarters in high SclIoo
buildings, planning to remain neal
their homes until the waters recede
In the upper east Atcnafalayf
basin, in Pointe coupee parish, many
persons, even with the waters arount
their doorways and splashing be
reath their homes, still clung to tht
belief that the flood would not III,
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New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
TWO LAB0RERS BURIED
 WHILE DIGGING TRENCH
One Bridgeport Workman Taken to Hospital in Critical
 Condition.

Bridgeport. Conn. April 2S.-(P' Two labor,rs were buried in a sewer trench while at work today. and one is at St. NluCent'S hospital in a critical condition. They were; Manuel Amaral, @$. Of 54 Lexington avenue. and Manuel ForaVa, 35, Of 100 Lexington avenue.
 They We're employed in the city construction department on q sewer line in upper Main street. The ditch which was fifteen feet deep had been soaked by last nights rain so the sides were weakened. Both men with many others were at the bot tom of the ditch clearing away dirt when q side CaVcd in. Amaral and Forava only were caught by the dirt and they were saved from i'm mediate suffoCauon by the fact that a number of large stones held back much of the dirt. They were pinned under considerable weight and their injuries came mostly from this cause Amaral suffered more and h" may not recover. Fellow workers oN- tricated the mon with aid of fire men and policemen.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
HOPE AGAIN HELD OUT
 FOR PARALYZED YOUTH
starts Second Week of Life | nder Stimulus of Artificial
 Respiration.

Roanoke, Va, April 2S tEt-Wal- ! ter l.. Boothe, youthful mountain farmer today entered tn" second week of his friends attempt to keep him alive by artificial respira- ton.
 Last Thursday just before noon 1 his lungs gave way as he was about 10 submit to an operation for dislocatcd vertcbra and since then companions have raised and lowered his arms to pump air into
 his body. Although his frame has weakened from the long strain, the lad has retained consciousness and late last night his physicians noted a slight improvement Of heart ac- ton.
 As his father and mother sat by his bedside from time to time, young Boothr spoke softly 10 them of the death he believed was near. Otherwise he maintained his cheer full attitude and spoke cncoura ging- ly to the 25 or 30 men who fo"
 more than 16O hours have worked in shifts to keep him alive.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
FOUR HURT IN CRASH
 BRING $30,o0o SUIT
Name Northampton Rail- way Co. Defendant in
 Action

1 Four separate law suits. tn which ] damages aggregating s30.000 are l claimed. have been brought by local residents against the Northampton Street Railway Co. of Northampton, Mass, as a result of collision be- tween an automobile and q trolley car on south street. Northampton.
 October 17. 1926.
 Mrs. Anna Michalman Of Austin street claims Si0,0oo. her husband, Joseph MiChalman Of the same ad-
 dress claims 5000. as does their son, Robert Michalman. while Miss
 Louise Perschy Of Jubilee street.
 who was riding with them when their car was struck. claims S10, ,0oo. Attorney $. Gerard Casale of this city and Attorney Ralph W. IIcmon- way of Northampton represent the plaintiffs.
 According 10 the allegations. th~ local people were riding in a lawful manner. Robert Michalman driving, hen the trolley car struck their car and demolished it. The operator of the trolley car. was nnskilful and negligent. it is alleged. Mrs. Mich alman suffered fractures Of the right wrist and left collarhone. a cut over the left eye and m injury to the spine. Her son suffered fractures O. several ribs. her husband was in- jured about the body and Miss ncrschy's right collarhone was frac- lured. All but Joseph Nichalman were patients for II days at the Cooley Dickinson hospital in North ampton following the collision.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
HUSBAND HAD WIFE, NO. 2 ASKS RELEASE
Girl Claims Man She Mar. ried Was Not Free
 to Wed

Mrs. Viola IT, Dutcher of Milford. formerly Miss Viola Hawksworth Of Ne"inSton. has brought an action for annulment Of her marriage on July 8, 1926. 10 Floyd A. Butcher, on tho ground that Dutchel had q legal VII" at the time of the marriage. The writ, which was issued by At torney Michael X. Sexton. is return able in New Haven county superior court the first Tuesday in June.
 According to the complaint. Dutch CT was married 10 his first wife on July 30. 1920. in Bridgeport. and the marriage was not dissolved by di- vorc" or annulment at the time he married Miss Hawksworth. IT. is understood hc had divorce action pending and it has since been granted.
 In addition "a annIlmont. the plaintiff asks that her name be changed 10 Viola Wordsworth. Butcher, who has not llycd with his second wife of late, is said to be living in Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
AN7I-SAL0ON LEAGUE
 OPENS ITS CAMPAIGN
Ayowedly Out to Ditch Any "Wet Presidential Nominee"

Wcsteryillo. O.. April o6 tP -- Probability that Governor Al Smith of New York will be one Of the leading contenders for the demo- cratic nomination for president next year resulted in an announce ment today from the national headquarters Of the Anti Saloon league here that a campaign is 10 be started at once to stir up scnti- mont against the selection by either party of q wet presidential nominee"
 The statement said: This means that a determined fight will be waecd against the candidacy Of Governor Al Smith Of New York, for the democratic nomination as records of the league show Smith has been consistently opposed 10 prohibition lsgislation.'
 Ii also means that ncithe" Gov ernor Eitchie, Of Maryland, nor Senator Reed, Of Missouri. who nope to be the recipients of the Smith following when it becomes certain Smith cannot be nominated. would be satisfactory as their rec ords are also unfavorable."
 The program for the campaign as announced by league officials calls for more than 100000 meet ings in all parts Of the country.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
SMITH CAN'T WIN
 /. ON WET PLATFORM, SEN. GLASS STATES
Would Be Fatal to Party, He ThinkS-S0uth Not SoIidly
 Behind New Yorker
BUT SEEMS STRONG FOR
 COOLIDGE ON (. Q. p. SIDE

President Reported Certain To Get
 All Southern Delegates If He Runs
 Again - Favorite Sons Rooms
 Would Take From smiths
 Strength-Mrs. Ross Wants "Al''
 On Dry Platform. She says.
 Now York, April cS Op-sonator Carter Glass Of Virginia iu the cur rent issue of Review Of Review. gives his views Of Governor Smith as a presidential possibility.
 should Governor Alfred F.. Smith in a square, stand up contest" ," Sen ator Glass says, get the democratic nomination for the presidency upon sound and sane declaration Of fundamental democratic doctrines and policics-one of which is moi the avoWed right to sell or buy or transport intoxicating liquors he should not, and I venture to think he would not, be made a sacrifice to religious higotry in Virginia or the south or the country
 "Wet' Would Be Fatal
 An attempt to make "autaConism 10 prohibition test of party tealty" in next years presidential election, the senator asserts. would result in swamping' Of the democratic party.
 Al smith, Senator Glass de Clares 'has, perhaps. made the
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New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
N. '. BO0TLEGGERS
 PAY HEAVY TAXES Income Revenue in Gotham
 TotanM 5 Million in Year OFFICIALS GIVE ADVICE
Pay This Levy Under the Clause of Revenue from Other SOurces'- Names Are Not DisclostSl-Om- Cials Sounded Out"

New York, April oS (E} -- Total federal income taxes paid by boot leggers in this city last year amounted 10 s5,o0o000. TIueh Me Quillan, chief Of the Investigating unit attached 10 the internal rev. enue department here, revealed to- day.
 McQ'illan said his department was not concerned with any law violations except those dealing with tho federal tax and hc had given this information to six or more prominent bootleecars" who camo to his office to sound him out on
 the question Of paying their 1926 income tax,
 They made their returns under the clause, revenue from other sourccS,' in the tax blanks" he said. Tt is not mp to us to turn their names over to the prohibition authorities"
 McQuillan said the amount oe taxes paid by known bootlegeers" was about SS00.o Other bootleg- gers, whose sources of revenue were unknown 10 the internal revenue department, brought the total up to S5,00o, ,000, he added
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
MRS. SNYDER WILL
 TESTIFY TOMORROW
State Completes Case Against
 Her and Gray Today
MANS ALIBI SHATTERED
Hahd0n Gray and Plat of syracuse Tell of Efforts To Aid Accused Even Admitting They Lied Them selves.

Queens County Courthouse, New York, April 2S IqI-The state rested it's case in the Snyder murder trial at 1925 p. m. today. Adjournment was then taken to allow defense lawyers to prepare motions. Closing of the case against Mrs. Ruth snyder and Henry Judd Gray came after testimony ot a group ot SyraCuSans.
 E. r. Hazelton of defense counsel announced that Mrs. Snyder will take the stand in her own de fenso tomorrow morning. It was generally understood that when court is resumed at I o'clock today it would stay in session only for the hearing Of motions, Hazelton said the schedule called for his opening address, outlining Mrs. Snydcr's defense, the first thing tomorrow morning.
 Immediately after that, he said. he would put Mrs. snyder on the stand as the first defense witness.
 More Details of Trial
 How q Queens Village policeman spcnt the early morning Of March 2U shooting at q signboard target while man whom the state asserts had committed q gruesome murder side and "kidde4'~ him, was told in the Snyder murder trial yesterday.
 It was the first testimony to be introduced to show that Henry Judd Gray, was actually in Queens Nillag" the night Albert Snyder was killed other than the sworn confessions Of Gray and his co-dcfcndant, Mrs. Ruth Snyder. widow of the dead man. These confessions were re- pUdiated soon after they were made.
 Nathaniel Willis. lanky resident of queens Village was called to the stand and in answer to a question said he had seen Gray before.
 When? 9" asked District Attorney Ncwcombc.
 T saw him." Willis replied, About o'clock on the morning oi March 20 Ohe day of the llilling> standing at q police booth where 1 went to get 9 bus
 What was he doing?"
 He was watching the policeman stationed at that booth. The po- liceman, whose name is Charles M smith, was shooting at a sign and this defendant was watching him"
 Was the policeman hitting the sien?'
 Well. he was and he wasn't. I joked him about missing it."
 Did this man you know 10 be Gray say anything:'
 "Ycs, he said: I'd hate like Hell to have him shooting at me"
 The court room crowd laughed at this and ballilfs shouted for order.
 Willis then told Of Gray asking him when the bus was due and later ! entering the bus with him and con- timing on in if toward New York | after he himself got off. The sworn 1 and ropudiatcd confessions tell of | this bus and say that after reach | ing Now York Gray took train for | Syracuse. Whcr" he had prepared an | llihi to prevent anyone knowing ho | had left the upstate city.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
Jewish Rabbi to Aid
 In Installation of
 Protestant Preacher

Pawtucket, R. |. April oS ttP)-A Jewish rabbi will de- liver the principal sermon at Christian installation services here Sunday night in what, 1t is believed, will be the first pro- gram ol its kind ever held.
 The Rev. Charles Huntington P"nnoNer. who is to be installed as pastor Of the Church ot our Fathers (UniversalisD. has an- nounced that Rabbi Israel M. Goldman ot Temple Emanuel. Providence. will officiate.
 Several prominent ministers. representing four or five denon1,- nations. will be among the guests,
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
HURT IN EXPLOSION
One New York Girl May Die Fol lowing Bursting of Hot Water Boiler in Bungalow.

Coney Island, N. Y. April IS OiP) Two girls were injured. one perhaps fatally. when a hot water boiler in the cellar of a bungalow exploded here today.
 Miss Shirley Harris, r, was hurl- cd twelve feet by the force Of the blast and her left leg was cut off below the knee by a fragment of iron. She is not expected 10 recover. The other girl. Miss Rita Wasser- man, l5, received internal injuries. Both were taken to q hospital.
 The explosion occurred while Miss Harris was throwing coal into ? stove to which the heater was at taChnd
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
Wife Begs to Share Police Cell
 With Husband Who Assaulted Her
Goes to Headquarters te Comfort Him, Bringing Supply
 of Sandwiches and Cigarettes

the marks Of the alleged beating. Her request to go into his cell was refused.
 Supcrnumcrary Officer James NJ, McCue served q warrant on Saros al q Church street restaurant where he tJ employed. Mrs. Saros had pre- 10 Captain Kelly. who referred her 10 the prosecuting attorney.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28

After Mrs. William Saros of y1 Church street had her husband ar rested this noon for a&saulting her last night, she embraced him at the police station and asked that she be permitted to share his cell. She bought him sandwiches and cigar cites and expressed the greatest con- cern for his comfort. despite the fact that she was carrying on her face
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
This, Senator Hall Ex-
 plains, Will Allow New State Construc.
 ton Work Without Resort to Bond Issues.
Senate Approves S1 Pen- alty for Delay in Pay ing Personal Tax-GOv- ernor NOminates Mun- ger for Judge.

Hartford, Conn. April cS U-P)- A surplus Of approximately s6,oG0.- Goo will be in the state treasury a, the end of the fiscal year June 90. il was announced today by Senator Edward Hall of New Britain.
 This money. according 10 Senator Hall, will allow the appropriations 10 exceed by far it's original estimate for new construction work through out the state. IL will not make il necessary to resort to bond issues.
 These new projects, which will bring the total Of the state expondi- 'ure to a little less than s39,000. .06n. are as follows:
 New Haven armory s70n,0O Bristol armory s15n, ,o00. New Brit ain Normal school dormitory sG50,- 900, trunk line highway construc- tion si.000,0 900, disease control s17.- 300. development of state parks S5N,0oo. commission on forest and wild life s1o0.o0o. land for Long Lane Farm, S2o,000 and supplement tary maintenance budget s72,0Q0.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
FLOOD RELIEF FUND
 REACHES S|,600 TOTAL
Ten Contributions Repre-. sent Half of Red Cross
 Receipts

Officials of the New Britain branch Of the American Rod Cross expect To send the second check for $1,oo0 for relief of the flood victims in the Mississippi river val Icy 10 Washington tomorrow. The total raised here by II o'clock this morning amounted 10 s1.6o0.5O.
 What is expected to materially swell this amount by the end Of the week is the proposition received today from PeJ"r Perakas manager or the Palace thoator. MT. Perakas oii'r"i to donate to the cause 15 per cent Of the gross receipts Of the throt"r Saturday afternoon and evening. The offer was accepted by CurtiSs l.. Shellon. chairman.
 The report today is as follows: IW"nty-seven contributions at Sf each. II contributions at s2 each. two contributions Of S each. one contribution of St5Q, 37 Contribu- tions of S. each, one contribution Of Sd, 19 contributions Of $1O each. three contributions of SEQ each, 1o contributions of Sa5 each. seven contributions of s50 each. two con- trihutions Of Sl00 each and one contribution Of S950.
 The tabuIation shows that half the total amount. or $500. has been given hy 10 people.
 Checks should he made payable to tho American Red Cross. They should be sent to Leon X. Spraguc. treasurer at the New Britain Trust O.. to the Chamber of Commerce or any local bank.
 The following letter was sent out this morning to $500 people:
 'Tbr Mississippi river Hood has made 2oN,0oo people homeless and the number is increasing every hour, The American Red Cross. by reason ot its experience and organ l2ation, Is equipped to handle this disaster as 1t has others in our history, but relief lund or five million dollars is needed, New Bgitain's quota is $5.go0. and tt must be raised af once. Think Of the homeless people who must be given food clothing and shelter for several months and give Nbcral- ly and quickly.
 If you hayo others in your cm- ploN there are probably many who would be glad of an opportunity to contribute their proportionate gifts in cash. Will you not appoint some one tO accept voluntary Contrhu- tions from your employees. desig- nate their name below and post this appeal where f may be read fly secn'
 "Curtss Sheldon,
 "Chairnau"
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
SCIENTIST HOPES
 ID SILENCE NOISE
PrOf. A. N. Low to Try to Eliminate JangIes of New York
SAYS THEY SHORTEN LIFE
Noted British Research Student Also
 Predicts That NRay Will Become Greatest Weapon in Future Wars.

London, April cS G-P)-Humar tty's greatest enemy is noise. not war, Professor A. NJ. Low told the United Press today, and thcreupon announced that he expected to sail for New York in June to see what could be done about eliminating harmful sounds in that city. The subway vii be . subject of especial consideration 10 Low. who has ex- perimentcd a great deal with noise prevention in the London tubes.
 Noise kills many persons annual ly," Low said.
 Noise Shortcns Life
 Noise shortens life by diminish ing human resistance. Our bodies are used as sound shock ahsorhers. l expect to spend a week in New York 10 take sound photographs Of the New York subways. not in an effort to make New York Q sound less city but merely 10 eliminate some harmful sounds"
 Professor Low, whose device in vontions and speculation have made him famous in this country. also had some engaging ideas on war weapons. He predicted that the H-ray would be the principal wea- pon in the next war and that even tually it would become the great peace maker.
 Would Affect Armies
 Use Of N-rays. he said, would Sterilizc advancing armies so that those who were not killed in battle would he unable to create children for future warning when they re turned home.
 Indeed" he said, 'it already is noticeable that the N-ray makes it's operators sterile, most Of them are childess. Science will be a greater preventive of war than the League of Nations ever will be despite the leagues amusing efforts 10 prevent fighting. After all. fighting is na- tural process and will continue so long as there are two living beings on earth. life itself being hut the Of the tittest. For example. take the plants. Tho ivy climbing slowly up q tree noisoNs ii to death and even chemical crystals fight among themselves"
New Britain herald., 1927-04-28
TuNNEN GIVES $500

New York, April @S Up)--Gene
 Tunney, heavyweight champion. to-
 day handed a check for $500 10 Shor- Tiff Charles A. Culkin, who is raising q fund to send 1000 New York chill dren to the mountains this summer