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New Britain herald., 1927-06-16
COURT PUTS BAN ON STORE
USED FOR SELLING LIQUOR;
DOESN'T TURN PADDOCK KEY
WOMAN COURTS Death
BY Sitting ON TRACKS
Previously Stood in Street
in the Path of
Traffic
Threatening to kill herself and

Threatening to kill herself and
her two year old daughter, Mrs.
Stanley Roman Of IS Oak street,
who yesterday fought four police
men at her home. stood in the
middle OF the roadway on CONNER
cial street near the police station
after court this forenoon until the
police forced her to move. and
later she sat on railroad track
near the City Coal and Wood Co.
on Elm street. waiting for a train
to run over her.
Last night Chief Hart released
her after Mrs. Mary Metty, police
matron. reported to him that she
had been acting strangely and talk
ed Of suicide. The chief found that
She had torn the bed clothing and
fashioned a rope which she said
she would use to strange herself
and the infant. Rather than have
her watched all night the chief
sent her home, as the confinement
OF the cell seemed to have affected
her.
While her husband was awaiting
a bondsman after court today. Mrs.
Roman refused to leave police
headquarters. She was finally eject
ed. only to sit down in front of the
fire department headquarters. Cap
tain Kelly next learned that she
had taken up her position in the
center of the street. and fearing
she would be run down he sent
Mrs. Metty to persuade her to 60
home. The woman left the street
but would not go home.
About this time. arrangements
| were made for the release of her
husband and Captain Kelly thought
his worries were ended when they
left the station together. They had
gone only a short distance down
Commercial street. however, when
! Mrs. Roman left her husband and
as he and the infant continued
along one side Of the street. Ile
went on the other until she reached
! Elm street. A few minutes later
the telephone rang. bringing the re-
port OF the woman's dangerous po-
sitiou on the tracks. and Sergeant
O'Mara. Officers McCabe and An
| derson were detailed to bring her to
her home.
Chief Hart said the woman had
not actually made an attempt at
suicide but she threatened to do so
by hanging and by shooting. she
having told her husband she knew
there was a revolver in the house
which she could use.
The fierce struggle which Mr.. and
Mrs Roman made to prevent police
and Connecticut Humane society
from taking three children out OF
their custody yesterday noon. was
graphically described in police court
this morning by Detective Sergeant
George C. Ellinger. Officers, Alfred
Tanguay and Axel Carlson. The
couple stood charged with causing
dependency OF their children and
neglecting them and interfering with
an officer. On suggestion OF Mrs.
Brent Of the Connecticut Humane
society, the hearing on the depend
ency and neglect charge was con-
tinued until June 81. which is the
date OF the hearing relative to COM
hitting the children to the county
home. and after hearing the recital
Of yesterdays fracas. Judge Hunger
ford ordered a continuance until the
same date on the charge OF interior
ing with the officer.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-16
Strikes New Haven Cop,
Doesn't Stop Machine

New Haven. Conn. June Is Cup
policeman Henry II. Miller. at
tached to the motorcycle division
of the New Haven police force. was
injured today when he was struck
by an automobile which did not stop
after 1t crashed into his machine.
Miller and his wrecked motorcycle
were found lying in the road.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-16
BUENOS AIRES PROTESTS
SACCO-YANZETTI DECREE
Strike Is Held Throughout Countr,
Some Newspapers suspend
Publication For Day.

Buenos Aires Argentina. June is
P1Wide response was given to the
syndical unions declaration OF a
24-hour general strike throughout
Argentina yesterday in protest
against the death sentence pronounc
ed up on Nicola Sacco and Bartolo-
meo Vanzetti convicted of murder
in Massachusetts.
Laborers in practically all trades
stopped work. but the public serv-
ices functioned normally. No dis
turbances were reported. Resolu-
tions in favor of the condemned
men were passed at various meet
ings.
Several small newspapers in Bue-
nos Aires and other cities suspend
ed publication for the day. The
most noticeable effect of the Demon
stration in this city was stoppage
of work at the docks where only
foodstuffs were unloaded The
factory district was deserted.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-16
EX.German Commander
To Die as British Spy

MOSCOW. June 16 Up - The milf
tary and naval tribunal at kron-
stadt has sentenced to death Com
mander kleipkoff. who formerly
commanded a ship in the Baltic
fleet. on charges Of espionage for
Great Britain.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-16
Legates to Belgrade
Urging Settlements

London. June 1s (UP)-The
Daily Telegraph's diplomatic cores
pondent reported today that the
British, French and Italian govern
ments had instructed their ministers
at Tirana and at Belgrade to- urge
Albania and Jugoslavia to settle
their differences automatically
without further delay.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-16
DIES AT AGE OF OF YEARS

Warren, Mass. June l6 Ps-Ntrs.
Sarah Ann Johnson. who at 81 was
the oldest woman in the town. died
at her home here yesterday. She
was a native of Springfield but had
lived in Warren for Is years.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-16

Asuncion. Paraguay, June Is up
The a4-hour protest strike for
Sacco and Nanzetti was carried out
in orderly fashion IN the Paraguay
an capital with the adherence Of all
trades. The newspapers did not
publish.
During the afternoon mass
meeting vas held at which speakers
denounced the sentencing Of the two
men.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
BY WILLIAM j. WHEATLEY.

A great eXpanse of water, in two
great lakes, miles long, as against
miles of beautiful scenery the like of
which cannot be found anywhere else
around the National Capital, will be
the two matters which will have to
be decided between by the Federal
Power Commission after July 20,
when it will determine whether it will
permit the construction Of great
hydro electric power plant in the
Potomac River, using the Great Falls
and the lower gorge, or to leave the
land open for development into a
beautiful parkway for the enjoyment
Of posterity, either as Federal park
way or as an interstate parkway to
be provided by the States of Maryland
and Virginia.
There will have to be weighed the
question as to whether the preserva'
ton of this beautiful scenerJ out
weighs the proposal to give cheaper
power by using the waters Of Great
Falls, and whether, even If built.
there will be sufficient demand for the
current to pay the promoters for the
construction of the plant, and II not
! who is to pay the cost Of the invest.
ment. The proposition has been urged
as a Federal project for many years,
and Congress has authorized the ex'
penditure of thousands of dollars by
the Army Engineer Corps for the pur'
pose OF making surveys, and these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
MODERN SOCIETY DEPENDS
ON INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

as they kept within their own
boundaries. Then practically every.
thing was done and accomplished by
individual hand labor. There was
little utilization of the forces Of ma.
ture. Men could work alone, pro-
duce alone. harvest alone and trans.
port what little surplus products they
had alone.
Now all that Is reversed. We know
now that water falling over Niagara,
rushing down some mountain stream.
or pouring through an inlet from the
tides Of the ocean. applied to water
wheel turning a bunch Of wires ar
ranged in certain ways between mag.
nets. can be made to heat great fur.
naces, turn the lathes and spindles.
throw the shuttles in shops and fac.
tories, wash the clothes. sweep the
floors, milk the cows. skim the cream,
cook the food and keep the refrig.
orator colder than ice on farms and
in homes, hundreds of miles away
from the falling water.
Then, If one wanted nails to build a
house or a box, he pounded them out
by hand at forge and anvil. Now he
the exertion of any muscular effort.
pours them out by the bushel, the car
load. the shipload, without limit.
Then, IL cloth was to be had to keep
the children warm, mother carded,
spun and wove the wool into the cloth
by the hardest Of physical labor. Now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

william L. MacCracken. 1F. uHSCI government
subsidies, which range from 40 to so per cent
of the actual operation COSTS The European
governments feel that the advantages gained
to their national commerce and industry and
to their air defenses by the DEVELOPMENT of
air transport lines are we'll worth the cost
involved.
This system of subsidies has created in
Europe a definite market for transport air.
planes, has been great help to the aircraft
industry, and has resulted in bringing forth
some excellent equipment. From the standpoint
Of air transport operation, however, it has not
in general resulted in the sound business meth
DDS and organizations essential to the
success Of any commercial enterprise. Nor has
it offered the incentive to develop public de.
mand for air transport and to build up the
volume of business that would have been
necessitated by healthy competition between air
transport companies operating under Govern
ment supervision the strictly commercial
basis so characteristic of our American
industry
The development of through day and night
service on the transcontinental air mail route
and the establishment of the contract air mail
routes have been great factors in getting the
air transport industry Of the United States
started on a sound healthy basis.
The enactment by Congress of legislation.
known as the air commerce act, 1926, which
charges the Secretary of Commerce with the
encouragement and regulation of the use of
aircraft in commerce. has had a very STABILIZE
ing influence on all commercial aeronautics in
America and has given it definite legal status
and placed the Federal Government squarely
behind its development.
The policy of the United States Government
toward commercial aeronautics, as outlined in
the air commerce act, Is to supervise and
regulate the use of aircraft in commerce.
thereby assuring airworthy craft and qualified
pilots: to collect and disseminate constructive
information on subjects having to do with
commercial aeronautics; to foster the develop
ment of the art through the medium Of scien-
tifc research and to extend to air navigation
hird
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
Tourists Flocking
To Constantinople

Constantinople is becoming increas-
ingly popular as tourist center. For
the last three months there has teen
scarcely day when some big trans
atlantic liner has not been lying in
the Bosporus. Usually the tourists
spend two days in Constantinople.
being taken on personally conducted
trips to places of interest. The grand
bazaar. the Mosque Of st. Sophia and
the Palace of Dolma Bagtche are
among the places which are always
visited. while in the evening Yildiz
Casino Is the most popular attraction
Americans make up the bulk of the
tourists. after them coming the Brit
ish. Germans and Scandina vians. Last
year the Turkish authorities were re.
preached for having put too many
irksome restrictions in the way of
tourists, but this season there have
been no complaints. Turkey would
seem 10 have realized that the tourist
traffic constitutes a valuable source
Of revenue which should be accol ded
prefet ential treatmentAA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
''PETTY OFFENSE" HELD WEAK LINK
In THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW
Requires in Every Prosecution Trial by jury, in Most
Eases Preceded by Indictment, Is U. S. Attor.
ney's Criticsm-Reform Is Urged.

clded that at common law there was
a distinction between offenses classi.
ned as crimes" and offenses of a
minor character not involving danger
TO society or serious infraction of the
moral law. These minor offenses
were, at common law. as the Supreme
Court pointed out, proceeded against
summary In any tribunal legally
constituted for that purpose, without
trial by jury and without necessity of
Indictment by grand jury.
In my opinion there is nothing in
the, Federal Constitution which pre-
vents authorization by Congress of
summary jurisdiction on the part
Of the United States commissioners
and judges in dealing with petty
offenSeS.
Existing Agencies Sufficient.
The existing judicial agencies are
sufficient. All that is required is
the extension to them of ancient
and historic common law powers,
Our United States commissioners,
while authorized to determine
whether there is reasonable ground
for believing guilt on the part Of
the arraigned, have no power to &C.
cept or act upon a plea Of guilty in
even minor offense, but are obliged.
even when the truth of the charge
is admitted, to hold the defendant
for the grand jury except in a few
Instances. 1t should at least be
possible for the District Court, where
the truth of the charge is admitted
before the commissioner. to proceed
at~ once to sentence-thereby elimi-
mating the delays, expense and risk
consequent upon present circuitous
procedure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

it is all carded. spun and woven by
the mile by machines which require
only attention. no muscular effort.
But, with all the wealth. the eman-
cipation from toll, the ease with which
we live, has come something which
did not exist then. In the complicated
relations individuals now bear to the
community and to each other the bur.
den Of dependence on and duty toward
one another has increased.
That burden must be borne, that
duty must be discharged by each one
for himself; no one can do it for him.
But when comforts and luxuries
come easily, when the necessity for
long and steady application to toll
yields to improved methods and ma.
chinery. bringing shorter hours and
freedom from exertion and WEAKNESS,
there Is a tendency to forget the seri-
GUS side of the shield; to turn liberty
under law into indulgence regardless
Of the law. 1t then becomes necessary
that law, with positive sanctions. shall
intervene to compel the observance by
each of what is best Cor all.
(Copyrigh 09T.1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

United States Attorney. New York

The weak link in the administra.
ton Of the Federal criminal law is the
petty offense. The reason is not far
to seek.
The Federal system of criminal law
requires in every prosecution the full
pomp and circumstance of trial by
jury. Indeed, except in a very few
specified instances, indictment by d
grand jury must institute every Grim
inal case. In consequence, the inflic.
ton of SO fine or of 10 years in Jail
alike requires the presentation of the
evidence before grand jury and
again before petit jury.
Until 20 years ago, this inelastic and
solemn system carried little of menace
TO the administration of justice. Fed
eral offenses were few in number and
grave in character. Their trial by
grand and petit juries fulfilled Ameri-
can tradition and comported with the
dignity of the courts. But within the
last two decades, successive statutes
and departmental regulations have
progressively inundated the Fedora.
courts with a flood of trivial business,
which under the Federal system has
almost drowned out the administration
of justice.
Says Dangers May Be Avoided.
The present evils and future dan
gers, however, can in large part be
avoided by the adoption into the Fed.
eral system of the machinery which
the State system already possesses for
the disposition of petty offenses. Vital
and fundamental as is trial by jury,
It's application to petty offenses is no
more justifable in the Federal courts
than 1t is in the State courts.
III,
form has been the common assump
ton that the Federal Constitution i'm
posed jury upon every offenSe.
The two provisions often supposed
to be obstacles are the declaration ir
the United States Constitution thai
the trial OF all crimes, except in case
OF Impeachment, shall be by jury
and the declaration in the sixth
amendment that ''in all criminal pros
ecutions the accused shall enjoy the
right Of a speedy and public trial. BY
an impartial jury of the State and dis
trict wherein the crime shall have
been committed"
Caution i'm Reading Advised.
Broad and sweeping as this Ian
euage apparently is. it must be reat
in the light OF the caution so otter
given by our Supreme Court that th'
statesmen and lawyers who TRAINED
the Constitution and those who ratl
fed it were born and brought up II
the atmosphere Of the common law
and thought and spoke I'm it's Vocab
uiary. The necessity for so inter
preting these two provisions or TN
Federal Constitution guaranteein;
trial by jury in the Federal court
has twice been declared by our Sn
prems Court. which in two cases de
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
LONG LAKES MAY REPLACE
BEAUTIFUL RIVER VALLEY

engineers have determined that it is
practical as a project, but not, of
course, touching the question as to
whether or not the current can be
sold in such quantities as to pay for
the heavy cost of construction of such
a plant.
1t was pointed out by members of
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, which organization
has gone on record as entering a
strong protest against commercializ-
ing this bit of scenery. that it is
doubtful If users can be found
promptly for the large amount of
current which can be produced. There
will be more current provided than
can be used in the District of Co
lumbia, it was said, and this leads
to the necessity of attracting in.
dustries to the section which would
use the current. In order to make
the current cheap to them the
Industries must be within an area
which would keep the long transmits
sion charge down at least on a par
| with that produced by steam.
The arguments used primarily for
the development of such\a plant. is
cheap power, but, accordiH@&to those
who have looked into the matter. this
becomes a. question unless all of the
current can be used within the cheap
! transmission area. 1t was pointed
tout that il the industries which
nr uSL;.1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
Great Transportation Era Envisioned
By Uncle Sans Three Air Secretaries
Highlights in Predictions
As to u. S. Future i'm Air

Discussions as 10 regular Transatlantic
operation Of aircraft are too brightly
optimistic.
Transatlantic pilots ha0e completed
their undertakings qvith a re-enfoyced
consciousness Of the need of still better
navigating deaiccs.
Arrays qciN stretch from coast to
coast and, qr}lo can say, some day Ameri-
can air lines may span the Secen seas
There is close relationship bct1reen
military aid commercial agitation.
The more done to expedite the gro1oth
of commercial a1iation, the more done to
strengthen the aerial rcserUe of this
country tn case Of aedr.
The United States offers a aconderfM
field for the Development of q successful
dir transport service.
Subsidies Of foreign governments haze
not led to sound business methods AID
organisation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
Fetes Taboo in Italy.

Mussolini's declaration mo more
ceremonies" made at a conference Of
representatives of Italian mayors, IL
taken to be the final order to the
effect that receptions. banquets, Of.
fetal teas, "vermouths Of honor" and
the like interfere with the serious
work which Italy must accomplish in
the next 10 years. Throughout the
almost five years Of Mussolini's ten.
IRE of Office there havs been extremely
few of those ceremonial functions
which In most countries appertain to
the Office of prime minister. In fu.
ture. he promises. they shall be almost
mill, and all the little functionarieS un.
der him must follow this example.
This is real "self-denying ordinances"
to race which is notable for its love
OF gracious ceremonial. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
BY JOHN GARIBALDI SARGENT,
A+orray ceneraI of the United States

Attorney uSuefdl VI tuS OhAbSo SS0tSS'
From a society whose units were
Independent of each other we have
become a society in which, If one
member fails to function at his best,
the immediate result is inconvenience
and injury to many others.
Millions Of people in the great cities
cannot live week unless those en-
gagged in transportation keep at their
speci work Of directing the ma
chimes which bring in food.
Millions engaged in transportation
and manufacturing must go cold and
hungry unless those engaged in TAX
ing from the earth the raw materials
from which machines are made and
with which they are operated keep at
their special work.
Millions engaged in the production
Of food must go without the furni-
ture, clothing, automobiles, tele-
phones, radios and toys which make
life and living so full and rich today
unless the makers Of those things, and
those who transport the products Of
both, keep at their work.
Under the old order people gen.
orally were wol king for themselves,
conducting thew own business, ham
ding and dealing with and in their
own property. In such a state of so.
ciety it made but little difference to
one family what were the habits, the
practices. Of its neighbors. so long