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New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
COOLIDGE'S Stand IS
BRANDED 'BUNCOMBE'
LaFollette Says Announce
ment Is Clever Political
Maneuver

Madison, Wis. Aug. - F-The
statement of President Coolidge that
Il do not choose to run for presi-
dent in 1928" is a clever piece Of
political maneuvering in the opinion
of Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette of
Wisconsin.
Since the announcement has been
made" Mr.. LaFollette said, many
interpretations have been placed
upon his carefully selected words.
The presidents most intimate
friends evidently think the an
nouncement is pure political bun
combe.
civilian NJ. Butler. ex-senator
from Ma ssachusetts, chairman of
the republican national committee,
the presidents closest political ad-
wiser, says that Mr.. Coolidge will
take the nomination if it is handed
to him.
The great army of federal job
holders, the party henchmen and
the hangers.on have taken their cue
from Chairman Butler and the cam
paign is on to create demand for
Coolidge which will be irresistible "
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
b00TLEGGERS IN JAIL
FISH and HAVE RIDES
Sheriff Says They're Not
Like Other Prisoners
Probe Is Started

Denton, Nd, Aug. II P)-Because
lS convicted boot!eggers lodged in
Jail here aren't like other GRIM
mails" Sheriff William H. Jackson
says he permits them to fish in the
Choptank river close by. loiter
through long afternoons on. its bank,
and play baseball in the Jail yard"
An unwalled plot behind the lock-
up. The sheriff said he also has
aiken several of the boys" for a
ride at night SO they could get some
air.
II believe in treating the boys
fair, and in return they do not
cause me a bit of trouble" he said
They are locked in their cells at
night, and then ! left them out in
the Jail yard. The boys can fish in
the river If they feel like it, or some
tines they play pinochle or base
ball, just as they feel like doing.
None of them ever made an attempt
10 escape"
They may not, however. sit on
the front porch of the building,
which also is the sheriff's residence.
"Once the boys sat up on the
front porch of the Jail, but they
threw too many cigarette stubs
about, so my wife made them stay
in the yard. Then they went upon
the porch of a neighbor to sit. but l
soon stopped that and told them
they must stay around the jail yard.
Nevertheless, the sheriff asserted
that his charges were never allowed
to leave the jail premises without a
guard.
The prisoners were sent here when
Baltimore authorities refused to
maintain them for the 60 cents a
day allowed by the federal govern
ment.
When informed Of the situation,
United States District Attorney
Woodcock said he would investigate
and prosecute those responsible II 1t
is found that the prisoners are
granted illegal liberties"
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
LABOR HEADS regret
coolidge WON'T RUN
Sec. Davis Says Leaders
Are Virtually Unanimous
in This Opinion

Rapid City, s. D.. Aug. II R>-
A survey conducted by the labor de-
partment disclosed that labor lead
ers were virtually unanimous in re-
GREETING President CooIdge's an
nouncement that he did not choose
to run for reelection, Secretary Da-
Wis declared today upon his arrival
for visit at the summer white
house.
The secretary reached Rapid City
by train, having taken an airplane
from Moose Heart, ILL.,. yesterday
to catch the train at Huron, S. D.
His visit was described as purely
complimentary and as not having to
do with any particular problem
Our survey showed" Mr.. Davis
said, that the labor leaders we're
sorry Mr.. Coolidge decided not to
run. They had learned not to expect
any favors from him but believe he
gives them square deal"
Davis said that he didn't think
that the Bituminous coal strike
would cause hardships for the con-
sumer.> The non-union mines, he
said. were producing about 1,000,-
900 tons short of consumption but
if they were run to capacity they
could produce all that is needed.
There is a reserve on hand. he ad-
ded. of between fifty and sixty mil
lion tons which on the present ba-
sis OF production would prevent a
real shortage for a year.
Union miners in Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois are still out nearly 100
per cent, Davis said, and a portion
of the miners in Pennsylvania have
not yet returned to work.
The secretary declined to COM
ment on the Sacco-Vanzetti case
He confirmed news stories that
his department was making an in
vestigation to determine whether
deportable aliens are under the
jurisdiction Of the state or federal
government.
There has been an increase in I'M
employment, he said, in some divi-
sions of industry, but he declared
conditions generally were favorab BILE.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
BROTHERS UNITED
Officer Reprimanding Speedster
Finds Him Brother Coming All
the Way from Oklahoma.

Worcester Mass, Aug. ~ tP-
Two brothers who haven't seen each
other in years, are reunited today.
But they haven't gotten over the
shock of the strange way in which
they met.
You must think you are on a
speedway or going to a fire. It's
against the law to speed in this
town" was the greeting given Peter
Satti when he arrived here to visit
his brother, coming from Okla
homa.
Satti explained he was on his way
to see his brother. The policeman
told him it was "old stuff Then he
asked the name of the brother and
found that he was the man sought.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
HOUSE OF david king
We'd WITHOUT DIVORCE
Admits He Married Queen
Mary Minus Dissolution
of Previous Union

st. Joseph, Mich, Aug. II Up
king" Benjamin Purnell, on the
stand as witness for himself in
| the states dissolution suit against
the House Of David, today admitted
on cross examination by Assistant
Attorney General George E. Nichols
that he had never secured legal
divorce from his first wife.
Eighteen or nineteen attorneys
told me 1 didn't need one. I was
only an ignorant boy then" he said
1t has been the contention of the
state that Purnell was a bigamist,
his wife, Queen" Mary, had previ-
ously insisted that Purnell had Sc
cured a divorce and that she was
legally married to him.
The admission came after COM
paratively brief direct examination
by PurnelTs own counsel in which
in a monotone of noes" and Il
never did" Benjamin categorically
denied charge after charge that has
been laid against him by state wit
nesses.
Purnell said he was born March
81, 1861. He was somewhat vague
concerning his early life but said
that he and Mary Purnell who testi-
fed yesterday, had been members OF
a colony headed by Michael Mills IN
Detroit some 90 years ago.
Il don't think I did, was his an
70 ny
had written two pamphlets intro
duced by the state which instructed
colony members to perjure them
selves if necessary.
| He denied fatty any nistreatment
Of girl or woman members OF the
colony and also denied ever having
offered "hush money to Ruth
Swanson, a state witness, TO per
suade her not to testify about mis-
treatments alleged by the state.
When Purnell admitted he had
not been divorced from his first VIE
his Attorney, William J. Barnard
interrupted with statement that a
divorce was not necessary in Ken
lucky il a couple separated before
they we're IS years old.
Purnell testified that a petition
for divorce was filed long before he
married his present wife" but the
proceedings were never completed
because his attorney advised him a
divorce was unnecessary.
Purnell told his cross-examiner
that he married Angelina Brown In
Greenup county, Kentucky when
he was IS years of age.
He described what he termed the
Fighting of the graph" He ex-
planned there was a spirit of truth
taking its place in him. 1t happen
ed he said. while he was a pillar
of the Michael Mills colony, and
led him to break away from Mills
faith and set himself up as the
Seventh messenger At the time
Mills was serving a Jail sentence on
charges of abusing girl members OF
his colony.
Purnell said he broke away from
Mills because Michael never had
any faith"
After an hour and 35 minutes Of
testifying, counsel for Purnell in
sisted that Purnell was exhausted.
He was wheeled back to his am
bulance and returned to the colony.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Condemned Are Hopeful

Boston, Aug. ~ CP,-The gloom
Of the death house had lifted its pail
from Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo
Vanzetti today and although bne
twelfth of their stay from execution
hadalready expired the men were
distinctly more cheerful as their
counsel hurdled the last legal bar
rier to presentation of their latest
contentious to the state supreme
court.
Together with Celestino Madeiros,
who because of his identification
with the case was respited with the
other two. they occupied freshly pre-
pared cells in a part of the prison
remote from the deaf hhouse where
they waited until Is minutes before
the scheduled execution in ignorance
that a stay had been granted them.
In the meantime the full bench
of the supreme court, or as much of
it as was available. had been sum-
moned to meet next Tuesday morn
ing to hear arguments by defense
counsel on the last two lines of lega
recourse left open to them in the
state courts.
The way to both of these was
paved yesterday when Judge Web
ster Thayer, superior court judge
who presided at the original trial,
and Justice George A. Sanderson
Of the supreme court, consented to
allow appeals from previous adverse
rulings.
In Judge Thayer's case, the
jurist signed the defense bill of ex-
ceptions to his rulings of lack of
jurisdiction on motions for a new
trial, as we'll as to denials of a stay
Of execution and revocation of exc
cution based largely on affidavits
alleging prejudice on his own part
during the celebrated trial
Judge Thayer's refusal to with
draw from the case in favor of an
other judge, was also made a point
for determination by the supreme
court.
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New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
FIRE DOES DAMAGE
TO BANK BUILDING
Blaze in Incinerator Discovered BY
Policeman Injuries Two Floors
Of Booth Block.

Fire, which did damage to the
extent of several hundred dollars,
was discovered in the rear of the
Victory lunch on Church street ear
ly this morning, by Policeman Will
liam Grabeck. The blaze broke
into Booth block, before it was ex-
tinguished.
The policeman reported to Ser
geant John c. Stadler and called
Engine Co., No. to the scene
Captain Porter OF the Engine Co.,
ordered a box alarm sent in, calling
out Engine Companies /, 3 and 4,
and Hook and Ladder companies
and 2.
The fire was In an incinerator
which was attached TO the rear of
the Booth block, a five story brick
building occupied on the first floor
by the New Britain Trust Co. The
flames spread through the brick
work in the walls on the second and
third floor doing several hundred
dollars worth Of damage.
The fire was discovered az 2:11 a.
i+i- Az IVA diol III Ndo oVi!L III a
PIT a. m. and the recall an hour
and four minutes later.
A double mystery featured the
fire. Deputy Fire Chief Eugene F.
Barnes, Building Inspector A. n.
Rutherford and Harold W. Hatch,
representing the Hatch Co., which
owns the building made an inspec-
ton this afternoon and We're unable
to determine the cause of the blaze.
Chief Barnes, while he would rot
say definitely that the fire was of
incendiary origin, said he could not
understand how it could have start
ed and that he could find no cause
for the blaze. He said Mr.. Ruther-
ford also thought 1t looked funny.
The firemen also found a COM
partment in the building, the exist
ence of which was not known before
even to the owners of the build n &.
An opening OF chimney shape about
four feet square reaching from the
cellar to the second floor was dis
covered by accident when the fire.
men chopped through the floor.
The opening was of brick and look
ed as though it might have been
meant for an elevator shaft. 1t was
entirely closed In on all sides
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Milford Turnpike Holdup
Nets Two Bandits $500

New Haven, Aug. - P-Two New
Haven men we're being sought today
by police in connection with the rob-
berry of c. c. Wilson of Amherst.
Mass, on the Milford turnpike last
night. Wilson told police that he
was relieved of $500.
Wilson who had been playing
cards with the two men at Savin
Rock was taken for an automobile
ride by them on the turnpike. After
they had gone a short distance, ac-
cording to Wilson, his money was
taken from him and he was thrown
out of the car.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
FULLER SUSPENDED
BY N. Y.EXCHANGE
Wide Open Breaks in Pools After
Manhattan Fall
is YEARS FIRST FAILURE
Stock Market Prepared For An
nomcenlent-FYrm Reported to
Be Identified With Sensational
Collapse of Thursday.

New York, Aug. IL R-shortly
after A. L. Fuller & Company,
members of the New York Stock
Exchange, were suspended today for
inability to meet their obligations,
an involuntary petition in bankrupt
cy, with an application for the ap-
pointment Of a receiver, was fled
in federal court.
The firm is reported to have
been identified with the pool in
Manhattan Electrical Supply which
collapsed in sensational fashion
yesterday when the stock broke
more than 60 points.
Manhattan Drops 6.
Manhattan Electrical Supply
opened point higher today at 81,
advanced to 64ls and then broke to
So on the Fuller announcement
from the rostrum of the exchange.
This was the first stock exchange
failure since July 3. 1925 when the
firm of Dean, Onativia & Co., an
nounced It's inability to meet its
obligations. This firm later paid
its debts and was restored to good
standing in the exchange of which
1t Is now a member.
Curiously. the Fuller collapse
closely followed the receipt of a
stock exchange QUESTIONABLE m
tended to prevent such occurrences.
This questionable, seeking informa-
tiou regarding all transactions in
Manhattan Electrical Supply since
last May, with names OF buyers and
sellers and the amounts involved
was sent to all members OF the OK
change two days after persistent re-
ports had been circulated in Wall
STREET that the pool had created a
technical corner" in the stock.
Prepared For News.
The Stock Market apparently had
been prepared for the announce
ment as the firms name had been
whispered about Wall Street yester-
day as being heavily involved in
Manhattan stock. Except for ner-
vous liquidation OF few pool rpe-
cialties. particularly White Sewing
Machine the market continued to
sweep forward, with several issues
mounting to new high ground.
At the Offices OF A. L. Fuller and
Company 1t was said that the firms
difficulty resulted from inability to
arrange new bank loans for four
OF their accounts which had been
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New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Grade Crossing Crash
But No One Is Killed

Stamford, Aug. - ReDuring the
excitement which followed the suds
den stopping Of passenger train on
the New Canaan line when 1t struck
a truck at the Crescent street cross
ing in Glennbrook today. several wos
men passengers tainted. Richard
Johnson, driver OF the truck which
vas badly damaged, was cut and
bruised. He was treated by DOCTOR
Johnson was tho only one hurt. al
though the engineer. A. c. Newcom1
Of this city, was badly shaken IN !.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Taxi Driver Fined
$40 for Wreck; Bee
Stung Nose, He Said

New York. Aug. IL CUP)-
William Welt escaped with
SO fine when he offered a novel
explanation Of how he happened
to drive his taxicab onto a side
walk and into a lamp post. "A
bee lit on my nose and stung lie,
I swung at it and the steering
wheel slipped out Of my hands"
he said.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Bootleg Grew Flees Police and
Sails Wildly Through Dark.
ness on to Sandbar
CARGO Is VALUED At
HALF MILLION DOLLARS
Boat Is Taken to Statue OF Liberty
and Anchored Under Heavy
Guard-Seven Large Trucks and
Three Expensive Automobiles
Setzed-Total OF % Men Arrested
In --latest Seizure.

New York, Aug. ~ R,-A single
stacked freighted steamboat said by
police to contain a half-million dol
lar load of contraband liquor was
anchored under guard of the Statue
Of Liberty today after 1t had fled
from the surprise attack OF almost
half hundred Staten Island police,
had cut a sand barge in two in the
Kill Won Kull and had run upon a
sand bar where it. was captured by
the coast guard.
% Are Arrested
Twenty-three men were arrested
by Staten Island police who also
captured seven 7-ton trucks and
three expensive automobiles.
The steamer taken to the Statue
Of Liberty by the coast guard today
was the second rum runner to be
captured in New York harbor with
in "a hours The British steamer
Sebastopol was taken yesterday with
a load of liquor estimated by the
coast guard to be worth 100000 at
bootleg prices and the crew Of II
men was held for hearing later.
The Sebastopol was also technically
classified as a pirate ship because
it was said to have changed its
name at sea to the Westmoreland.
Patrolman F. Dauria of the St.
George precinct was on patrol this
morning at 1:45 o'clock when he
ci, ef {icd Tvs at
an abandoned dock Of the defunct
Downey Shipbuilding Company at
Arlington. Investigating he saw
what he estimated to be 100 men
gathered around a fleet of waiting
trucks and apparently preparing to
unload the steamers cargo.
Surrounds Rum Runners.
without revealing his presence to
the men gathered at the abandoned
dock Dauria telephoned for rein
forcements and then took charge OF
surrounding the rum runners. The
armed patrolmen rushing to help
Dauria, revealed their presence SO
suddenly that the mon on the dock
were taken completely by surprise.
There was a wild scramble in the
darkness as whistles blew and the
police called upon the throng to
surrender and it was believed In the
excitement that many were able to
escape.
Twenty-three men including those
police believe to be the ringleaders.
we're arrested.
Carcens Through Harbor.
While the police were busy TAX
ing their prisoners the crew of the
steamer, which had not yet begun
to unload, cut the boat loose from
the dock and started at full speed
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New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
DR.. ROGERS DIES
Deadly Streptocorcic Germ Proves
Fatal to Physician at Camp Trun1s
bull, Mantle.

Waterbury, Conn, Aug. l2.-tF-
DR.. Forest Rogers, lieutenant in the
medical detachment OF the 1o2nd
regiment, C. n. G., died at the Wa
terbury hospital at 7 o'clock this
morning following a weeks illness.
The deadly streptocorcic germ, con-
tracted during the period Of en-.
campment at Camp Trumbull.
Mantle, is given as the cause Of
death by DR.. Dennis O'Connor. one
of the attending physicians. who
stated that the germ could have
come from milk. Mr.. Rogers leaves
his wife, Mrs. Florence Wakelee
Rogers, his mother and father, Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Rogers of Bath.
Me, and a brother, Ernest.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Police Force Must
Answer Fire Calls
As Firemen Strike

Williamson, W. Va, Aug. r.
@-With firemen on strike be-
cause Of a pay dispute. Mayor
Hatfield today ordered members
Of the Williamson police force to
respond to any fire alarms.
None of the striking firemen an
swered an alarm Wednesday
night 1t proved to be a false
one.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
N-Year-0ld MiddletoWn Miss
and Cromwell Man Who
Attempted Rescue Die
LUNGMO7OR RUSHED TO
SCENE BUT IS USELESS
Capital Theater Cashier Grabs Rex
cuer About the Neck and Pulls
Him Under Surface With Herr
Bodies Recovered In 10 Minutes,
But Efforts OF Resusc1tation Provo
Futile.


East Hampton, Conn, Aug. u ~
A 17-year-old Middletown girl and
a man who attempted to rescue her
were drowned In Lake Pocotopaua
here today They were Olive Cullen
and Ernest Nordgren, 81, OF Croms
we'll.
Miss Cullen and Nordsren werl
members Of party OF 1--WE who had
gone for morning swim at
Strong's pavilion.
Miss Cullen, first OF the party ia
take the water dived from shord
into the waters of the lake which
is quite deep at that point. and
started swimming to a float about
100 yards from shore. A few yards
from land she was seen to be in die>
tress and went under after callinn
for help.
Sink Together
Nordgren plunged into the wateA
to go to her aid. AS he reached tho
girl, who had come to the surface.
she grabbed him about the neck and
both went under.
The bodies were recovered Within
10 minutes by three other batherss
but an hours desperate work to rec
vive them was fruitless. A lung mos
tor from the Middletown fire departs
ment rushed to the scene was used
without success.
The girl was cashier OF the Capfs
tai theater of Middletown. She II
survived by her parents. a, brother
and sister.
Nordgren was the operator of the
motion picture machine at the Cap.
itol.
The other three members Of the
party were Gilbert Lane and Misses
DIVA and Dorothy Dean. all OF MIDI
dletown.
The bodies were recovered by W.
R. Farquhar Of Southbridge, Mass:
Robert Wall of Bridgeport and
Robert Wright of New Britain.
DR.. F. T. Fitch, acting medical
examiner, gave permission to have
the bodies removed to Middletown.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
i. Louis Post.DIpatch Says
Honor Of United States
Is at Stake
RADICAL NOW IN 9th
DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE
Full Bench of Supreme Court Sum-
moned To Meet Tuesday To Hear
! Arguments By Defense Counsel
On Last Legal Recourse-Case
May Go Later to Single Justice,
It Is Believed.

st. Louis, Aug. IL R>-The St
Louis Dispatch today telegraphed
President Coolidge urging him tc
intervene in behalf of Sacco and
Vanzetti and to open the records Of
the department of justice to "shoN
there relation of the government tc
this case"
The Sacca-Vanzetti case has
reached a point where, in our opin-
ion, only the intercession of the
president of the United States can
save the country from dishonor in
the eyes of the civilized world" the
newspaper telegraphed.
1--WE respectfully ask you to re-
quest of Governor Fuller that he
reprieve Sacco and Vanzetti for the
period OF year. We further request
you to assure the governor that if
he will do this you will open the
records of the department of justice
and give justice itself the benefit of
whatever those records show the re-
lation of the government to this case
have been. This phase of the case,
Mr.. President, is a scandal"
The newspaper referred to "the
grave dougt of their guilt" and ad-
ded: Guilty or innocent, Sacco and
Vanzetti have long ago assumed a
political Importance that cannot be
ignored"
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
German AViatorS Planning Hop
off by 6 A. N. Tomorrow
Or Earlier
CALIFORNIA RONOLULU
START AGAIN PUT OFF
Pilots VIII Get Away Next Tuesday
Levine and Drouhin Again at
Odds-Boston Offers $4,000 For
Nonstop Flight From Europe
Seattle Talks OF Backing Aerial
Jaunt to Tokyo.

By the Associated Press
If announced schedules are main
tanned, at least three transoceanic
flights will be in progress in the next
As hours.
Race from Paris to New York is
waiting later weather reports, but
Leon Givon was ready to jump today
and the Blue Bird" and "Colum-
bia" take offs were tentatively set
for tomorrow morning.
Two Junkers planes at Dessau re-
ported ready for take-off in New
York fight at a. m. tomorrow.
Otto Koennecke plans to jump
sometime ahead on the Junkers on
the same route.
At Southampton, Courtney Is re-
ported waiting more favorable
weather reports.
Start OF the aerial derby from
Oakland, Cal, to Hawaii has been
postponed by unanimous agreement
Of the entrants until next Tuesday
morning.