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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
TROLLEY CAUSE OF
CRASH AT Center
Car Standing in Street Blamed
for Auto Accident
STUBBORN FOREST FIRE
Schubert and Squad Fight Flames
For Hour>-John Coolidge Week
ends at Governors Home-Young
People to Present PLAYS,

4 standing trolley car at the
head of Whiting street Is blamed for
a crash between two automobiles at
the center yesterday afternoon, and
today the ill-starred trolley stop Is
| being subjected TO i further burst
OF criticism. one auto was operated
| by a New Britain man and the
| other by a man from New Haven.
| the drivers names were not learned.
Constable Andrew HOGAN investi-
gated but found no cause Tor arrest
! the accident apparently being due to
| the blocking of the operators vision
! by the standing trolley. Slight
! damage was done to both machines.
| Minor accidents of this sort have
| been all too frequent at the center,
and many of them have been laid to
| trolley cars standing in the middle
OF the road. Through some run of
good luck none of these crashes have
been very serious or resulted in In
! juries to persons, but with the sum-
mer traffic on the horizon it is
feared that the streak of good for
tune may end. This matter will be
brought before the special town
meeting on Friday night. a commit
tee headed by +. l. Benzon being at
work on parking and traffic condi-
tons for the Chamber Of Commerce
Fight Forest Fire
Fire Warden George +. Schubert
and a squad of 10 men worked Tor
several hours Saturday to subdue 9
stubborn forest fire which had
broken out on the lodges behind the
White Oak quarry. Starting in &
30-acre tract of woodland. the fire
mad an hours Roadway before War.
den Schubert was notified. lie
quickly gathered a corps of men ant
fastened to the spot. checking tbs
| fire without much trouble because
of the absence of any wind. While
| they We're able to halt the advance
| OF the flames with ease, the fire
| fighters had a much harder time ex
tingulshing the last traces of the fire
from the many crevices where leave:
: had collected, and It was severa
hours before they We're able e
leave the scene. Duffy Gnazzo, on,
! Of the volunteer firemcn. twisted al
| axle climbing over the rocks.
; It was reported to Mr.. Schuber
. that one man saw the fire ant
watched 1t for an hour before tn
alarm was turned in. The fir
I warden asks prompt cooperation il
I reporting forest fires, as speed I,
s getting into action is the principa
e weapon in fighting them; once the.
= get under full Roadway 1t is almos
= Impossible to stop them. Saturda.
= the trcmen We're able to save ?
/ acres of valuable hardwood and al
: other property Of value. but anothe
G time they might not be so fortunate
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
Fair Committee Named

Wheeler. Mrs. Henry Trumbull. Mrs.
Ernest Griswold, Mrs. Harry Hib-
bard, Mrs. Samuel Lackey and Mrs.
Edgar Harlow Will compose the
committee in charge OF the Easter
fai.' 10 be held in the Church of Our
Saviour parish house on Thursday
afternoon and evening by the Parish
Guild. Gifts for Easter and
Mothers day, as well as many other
articles. will be on sale.
Baseball Meeting
A large number of enthusiastic
baseball prospects attended the
meeting held at Murphy's bowling
alleys yesterday morning to talk over
preliminary plans for this year 5 All
Plainville team. Several new play
ers We're on hand and looked Ike
good prospects. A good season from
every angle is in prospect. and the
fastest baseball ever played here il
promised. Several means OF raising
money were discussed.
Notes
Mrs. Mary Alvina Knowlton has
/ =
Mass, after spending the past four
months with her sister. Mrs. J. G..
Ward OF Maple street.
| Rev, \. y Ball, pastor OF the
Methodist church will address thu
/ meeting Of the Advent Christian
church Mems Brotherhood tomor-
row night at s o'clock.
Sterling Wyckoff, son OF Rev. and
/ Mrs G. S Wyckof OF West Main
street, returned Saturday from a
concert tour with the Amherst col
/ lcge gleo club. He went back to
college last evening
Another public whist in the
series being conducted by the Pyth-
ian Sisters will be held in odd Eel
lows hall Wednesday evening.
A son has been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Catucci OF Pine street.
Frank Real. has moved from
Arch street. New Britain, to 19s
Broad street
a daughter has been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Archambault o:
West Main tsrec'.
Easter vacation in the local pub
lie schools will begin Friday.
The advanced class in Christian
doctrine will meet at : o'clock to,
morrow afternoon at the Church O.
Our Lady of Mercy.
The W. c. T. t. will meet at SO
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at tbs
home Of Mrs. G. II, Bronson. 4;
West Main street.
To Present Plays
Three one-act plays Will be pre-
scented Thursday evening in th'
Congregational church parish hous'
by the young people of the church
They are saif to be above the aver
age type of amateur play in boil
theme and treatment The cast in
cludcs Roland Hale and the Mise
Viola Spencer, Rachel Smith, Flor
ence Thompson. Madeline Hays
, Doris spencer Amy Josephson ant
Winifrcd kensel. Ray Schwab vii
he stage manager. Between tn
) plays there will be program o
! music. Miss Nellie BiXby will pla
. Il Beethoven sonata; piano, VIC
lin and mandolin trio composed q
: Elizabe Forshaw. Walter Lin
and David Johnson will play.
Joint Meeting
S The Odd Fellows and Rebekaf
of Union lodge, l, O. Q. f.. {
Plantsvillc Will entertain Sequasse
lodge No. -. and Martha Rebelia
. lodge No IS, at s o'clock ne,
Monday evening in Odd Fellow
\ hall here Entertainment and dane
ing for members and friends wi
follow the ceremony All member
are requested to attend.
The Victory barber shop ha
moved into new quarters next TO III
:, Strand theater. Ladies' hair bob
bling specialty-Advt.
= a. T. Nash Co suits. topcoats an
= overcoats, s23. A. i. Denton, agel
-adVt.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
Under ADDRESSES WOMEN

Appraisal Engineer Thomas Lin
der was the speaker at a meeting
of the League Of Women Voters in
the town of Salisbury this after
noon. Mr.. Under explained details
OF the assessment system installed
under his supervision here and in
other Connecticut cities.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
What They're Doing.
FiSkc Funeral.

t1Skc Funeral.
The funeral OF the late Dr.. David
t'iske of Chicago, brother of Rev.
Samuel A. Fiske. pastor of the Bcr-
lin Congrc gational church, who died
in Chicago on March 81, was held
this afternoon in Shelburne, Mass.
Several local residents will attend
the services as DR.. Fislle was well
known in this place, where he mas
often visited.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
SNATCHED FROM DEATH

Amherst, Mass. April up -
Temporarily paralyzed by slight
stroke while walking along the
tracks yesterday. George Packard.
we'll known Cushman farmer. was
saved from death under the wheels
Of a Central Vermont locomotive by
the quick action Of Ellis Harlow,
who dragged him off the rails.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
WOMAN SAVED
FROM NIAGA ARA
Relatives Form Human
Chain for Rescue Feat.

~ United Press
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Oct. 90.
-Rescuers, in human chain effect,
cheated the American Falls Of
another victim last night when Mrs.
Blanche Race of Detroit, was taken
from the water about $50 feet above
the brink of the falls.
Daniel Vandergriff of Peoria, ILL.,,
his wife and the latter's sister. Mrs.
w. j. Taylor of Cleveland, joined
hands and as Mrs. Race passed
them, Vandergriff grasped her dress.
She was taken safely ashore and re-
moved to hospital
According to Vandergriff, he heard
the woman scream and saw her be-
ing carried toward the falls. He
waded into shallow water, but
realized Mrs. Race would be carried
past him unless he ventured several
feet farther Calling his wife and
cousin, Vandergriff formed the
human chain successfully.
Mrs. Race told police she must
have suffered a dizzy spell. Mrs.
Frank Warhous of Buffalo, Mrs.
Races aunt, said she had received a
telegram about an hour before the
rescue dated Niagara Falls and
saying that Mrs. Race had been
drowned in the Niagara River, near
Goat Island. The telegram was
unsigned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
HouU the Market
Opened

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Oct 29.-Mixed
movements characterized early
trading on the stock market today.
The opening was narrow, with
United States steel and General
Motors both fractionally higher.
Steel, however, promptly dropped to
1907, off 1s, and new low on the
movement.
White Sewing Machine dropped
IL to 351a on selling based on its
poor earnings report. Later it raj
lied slightly.
Railroad issues were moving with
the best display of strength on the
list. C.. & o. opened unchanged at
2O5 and then advanced u point.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas was bid
up to 43, a gain of 13s from the
previous close. New York Central
and Pennsylvania gained fraction
ally, while most of the others held
unchanged.
Mack Truck, which started of a
at 1O2a4, rose to 1882 and other
motor issues ruled steady to firm,
in response to strength in General
Motors.
Stocks we're slightly firmer in
early dealings, due to the feeling
that pessimisni regarding business
activities were being overdone. De-
scriptions of general trade condi-
tions by weekly mercantile reviews
helped to offset bearishness regard
ing the state of business throughout
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
Victim Found in His Office,
Bullet in Heart; No Trace
of Killer.

0@ NEW SSV'0 0YORK, Oct. ga search
started today for "the man with
three bad molars" as police delved
into the peculiar murder OF DR..
Jacob Gross, dentist, found shot to
death in his Office Friday.
DR.. Gross had an Office jointly
with Timothy Healey, a radio man.
The doctors Office was the typical
small dental laboratory, with much
used couch, well-thumbed magazines
and the door of various medicines.
Gross and Healey had only one
telephone.
Yesterday when Healey returned
to his Office he asked Gross if there
had been any calls. When he re-
ceived no answer, he walked int1
the room which served as DR..
Gross laboratory and there found
the dentist dead-a bullet through
his heart.
In one of the dentists hands was
dental pick, in the other a dental
mirror.
A towel near by had three small
spots OF blood on it, evidently where
the dentist had wiped off his pick
after probing a patients mouth. On
the dental tray hung a chart Of up
per and lower teeth with three low
er molars crossed-indicating the
doctor had been working just before
he was shot, on a patient who had
three defective lower teeth.
Police were unable to find mo-
tive in the curious murder. There
was no robbery. So far as known,
DR.. Gross had no enemies, as he
lived quiet and orderly life.
Healey recalled a man of some
what disreputable appearance called
at the dentists Office yesterday just
before he left. A search is being
made for this man in the lower
East Side.
nnIANh 4oGo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, OCT. 29, 1927
Paris Sh0wers Gifts ON Ruth Elder

sweater and knickers, which Is destined to become
craze in the CITY,
And meanwhile Haldeman almost has been for
gotten in the strife to bestow honors upon the
bewitching avatrix He trails along among her ad-
mirers almost lost to notice. He had some difficulty
in getting past the doorman at the Aero Club re-
ception because he wore chamois sport coat.
Referring to the fight of the American Girl
Miss Elder told the United Press that although she
realized it was quite late in the year for an at
tempted air voyage to Europe the singing criticism
which she received in hundreds of letters had
forced her to fly.
Believe me-" she said when we saw the steamer
Barendrecht through the clouds, she looked like a
castle For five hours we knew we had 10 come
down soon, as the engine was making pounding
noise I had been dressed in my swimming suit tor
more than an hour before we saw it.
"Ill try again next summer, but never alone or
with a woman. have learned the lesson OF the
necessity of having man as navigator ana pllot
for the first few hours, as then it is hardest to
steer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
MAYORS FROWN
ON HOCUE PLAN
Let Courts Settle Matter,
Say NegIey and Holmes.

Mayors" Negley and Holmes
thought little of the Hogue compro-
mise plan of settling the mayoralty
contest and expressed their senti-
ments regarding it when it was un-
folded to them today.
The plan is to have all contest
ants for the mayorship agree to
submit selection to a board OF ar
bitration composed of the nine Ma
rion County judges.
1t was announced Friday night
by Joseph l.. Hogue, Shank admin
istration controller, and also a con-
tender for the mayors chair.
Walter Meyers, defeated Demo-
cratic candidate, also contends that
he has legal title to the place. The
Hogue plan would be for all four
candidates to sign waivers agree
ing to abide by decision of the
judges board, selection to be made
from the four contestants, or any
one else whom the judges would
consider fit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
Commissioner Declares He
Will Not Tone Down
His Findings.

Attempts to "tone down" the orig
inal report of Commissioner Calvin
Mcintosh on the Emerson Ave.
crossing accident Oct. IA, which re-
suited in the death of twenty Sa-
hara Grotto members, wives and
friends were opposed today by the
author of the report.
Presented at the weekly confer
ence of the Public Service Commits
sion Friday afternoon, the report
brought forth prolonged discussion.
Mcintosh defended his data and
recommendations, but at last was
ordered to tone it down" and re-
port back at a special meeting Tues
day.
Hold Driver to Blame
The original report, based upon
investigations by Mcintosh and
Railroad Inspector David Matthews
Of the commission, held the truck
driver and party participants to
blame. 1t pointed out that evidence
showed there was light on the in
terurban car which crashed into the
truck trailer.
1t also pointed out that the driver
testified he did not know he was
crossing the tracks, that he was
tired from the days work, was alone
in the seat and did not know the
exact destination Of the party.
"he Investigators felt that he
should have been provided with an
assistant as guide and lookout; that
he should have been more alert and
Cautious, where so many lives were
involved.
SOftens His Words
Harry Stewart, 3s, of 6 S. West
St., was the driver. At the time
of the accident he was held on a
manslaughter charge and later re-
leased by police on his own recog-
nizance.
In revamping the report today,
Mcintosh softened the phraseology
somewhat.
Nothing vital will be changed"
he asserted. ITO do so would be
unfair both to investigators and the
public"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
MAN CHARGED
AS Slayer IN
FLAME Death
Lloyd KimbaII Held at Delphi
After Mrs. Janet Taylor
Talks.
HOLDS ROBBERY MOTIVE
Woman Tells of Drinking
Party Before Death of
Daniel Sinks. /
BIZ United Press

bU UHWeu HftSS
DELPHI, Ind, Oct. pa ring
owned by a dead man and worn by
a woman who was his neighbor, had
resulted today in the arrest Of the
woman's friend, Lloyd Kimhall, 40.
alleged bootlegger, on a murder
charge.
Kimball is accused of having
slain Daniel Sinks, 10, a recluse,
whose body was found in the charred
remains Of his home, near Burrows,
Carroll County, Aug. "a.
Sought Hidden Money
Mrs. Janet Taylor, 81, who has
been under arrest for a week on a
charge of larceny in connection with
her possession of a ring owned by
Sinks, gave Harry E. Gates of the
State fire marshal's Office, an alleged
confession. She charges Kimball
had killed Sinks to get $3.50 that
the elderly man had concealed in his
home.
Mrs. Taylor said the murder oc-
CURED during a drinking party at
the Sinks home. Kimball, Sinks
and herself all became drunk, she
declared, and talked about money.
Tells of Firing House
The story she told was some-
what hazy, but she insisted Kimba1
struck Sinks on the back of the
head with a buggy spring, removed
a pocketbook from the aged mans
person, dragged him into a corner
and fired the house by igniting kero-
sene.
Mrs. Taylor said she and Kimball
escaped in his automobile, and de-,
clared she did not know whether
Sinks was dead before the house
caught fire or perished in the
flames.
o,.aJ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29

teresting and sometimes just as
much of a problem.
This type has had the closest
of supervision at homee; it has
been taught to be cool, aloof, re-
served and dignif1ed. 1t has been
taught of the dangers of the outer
world.
-OMETIMES after a parent
c has devoted several years
IL to carefully rearing a girl,
something happens that throws
the girl on her own resources.
She finds that she must face the
outer world-and she finds to her
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
RY John O,BRIEN
United Press STAFF Corr


@ARIS, Oct. 29.-Miss Ruth Elder disappointed
- Paris crowds today by wearing smart green
= frock under fur coat.
It was the first time since she took off from
Roosevelt field than two weeks ago. that Miss
Elder had appeared in public without her plus fours
and sweater.
tomboy,' she, said.
AS have other trans-A Atlantic fers Miss Elder
and George Haldeman co-pilot in the flight made it
their first duty today to place wreaths on the tomb
of the Unknown Soldier.
It has become evident that Miss Elder need not
worry over the extensive clothes buying she had
planned before her departure from New York
The leading dressmakers of Paris are fightlng
among themselves for the right to outfit her with
out cost
Her hotel has been bombarded with gifts OF silk
stockings, perfumes, hats and jewelry.
One of the first gifts in Paris to Miss Elder was
an "Flder doll" miniature of herself, dressed in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
TWO WOMEN HELD ON
SHOP-LIFTlNG CHARGES
$500 in Merchandise Is Found in
Homes, Police Say.

Two women are held in city prison
today on petit larceny charges, fol-
lowing their arrests Friday by op-
eratives of the gley-Hyland de-
tective agency in a downtown de-
partment store.
The women, Mrs. Maria Baker, 81,
of 2443 Bellefontaine ST., and Mrs.
Sadie Preux, 38, of 35014a N. Illinois
ST., were arrested after they had
been watched as shop-lifting sus-
poets for several days. When detec-
tives searched their homes they
found lott valued at more than $500,
said to have been stolen from down.
town stores.
Detectives say they recovered
coats, dresses, hosiery, linens, laces
and other valuable goods. Opera
tives of the detective agency said
that the two women had been shop
lifting regularly from Ayres, Gold
stems, Blocks, Wassons and the Pet
tis Dry Goods Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
ASK HE MAN MAYOR
Don't Choose a Councilman,
Says Bartholomew.

Requirements for the next mayor
of Indianapolis were outlined by
Councilman Otis E. Bartholomew
Friday night before the Garfield
Park and Surrounding Civic league.
The man to be named by the city
council, if court action, does not
require other procedure, must be a
regular "he-man," an outstanding
citizen and not council member,
Bartholomew declared.
The league voted in favor of i'm
mediate issuance of bonds for widen
ing and dredging of White River.
Protest was voiced against re-
ported removal of Mrs. Jennie Robe
son, Of 2O28 Olive ST., by the park
board as matron at the park shelter
house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
Hourly Temperatures

alarm that she must fight a con-
tinual battle if she is to live up to
the good teachings of her parents.
TIT was so with DIANA"
heroine of Vida Hurst's
new and amazing serial
story, DIANA" which starts
Monday in THE INDIANAPOLIS
TIMES.
Only Diana's mother had proved
a bit too strict. She never had al
lowed her daughter a bit of free
dom, where she would be called
upon to develop a method Of her
own in dealing with others.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
YOU'LL FIND. DIANA A NEW TYPE GIRL; READ THE STORY

E7IANA found herself in big
n city. She found that she
L. was totally unlike the girl
friends she met. She could not
understand herself. Nor could her
friends understand her. About
her character, Vida Hurst has
woven a wonderful story.
This story will start Monday in
THE TIMES. 1t is the type of
story that will be found deeply in
teresting by both men and women.
Start reading DIANA" Monday.
You will be sure to complete it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
PLAN INSURANCE MEET

M. Albert Linton, vice presidnet of
the Provident Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Philadelphia, will
speak on Life Insurance AS An In
vestment" at the Indianapolis As
sociation Of Life Underwriters
luncheon at the Spink-Arms Thurs
day.
Frank L. Jones. past president and
past chairman of executive commit
tee of the national association, will
speak on the American College Of
Life Underwriters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
II MISSING IN
CRASH AT SEA
Steamer With 552 Aboard
Rams Fishing Vessel.

B1 United Press
BOSTON, Oct. 29-Nosing slowly
through a dense fog, the steamer
Presidente Wilson, with $50 passen-
gers aboard, rammed and sank the
Gloucester fishing schooner Avalon
off Cape Cod early today, with a
possible loss of eleven lives.
Only three members of the two
masters crew were safe aboard the
big steamship five hours after the
crash which occurred about five
miles off Highland Light.
Two bodies had been recovered.
Radio dispatches to the United
Press from the master Of the Presi-
dente Wilson reported nine men still
missing.
Tn TnnTANA mills
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
BATTLES HUSH ON
GROTTO CRASH QUIZ
HOnOred

Four Tiffany color classics
have been selected by the ma
tional board of review for
their yearly Photoplay Guide.
These four short reel gems
are: "The Barefoot Boy"
"The Isle Of June" Fisher
mans Luck and "The Trail
of a Ranger"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
ALL RUMANIA ARMS
Situation Grows Serious,
Say Reports.

BJ United Press
Vienna, Oct. 29.-Reports alleged
to have come from Bucharest dur
ing the night indicate that the Ru-
manian situation is becoming more
serious hourly. These reports have
received wide distribution in Vienna.
Premier Bratiau has ordered
troops in readiness to arrest as revo-
lutionists persons arriving to attend
the convention of the peasant party
which has been summoned to meet
at Alba Julia on Nov. l, the reports
declare.
The government is reported to
have forbidden the convention to
assemble.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
DENTIST is SLAIN;
TEETH ONLY CLEW
Here's Why
BB Times Special

By Times Special
VINCENNES, Ind, Oct. 20
No money to feed his family
and eight hogs, nor to pay
taxes; a neighbor refused free
pasture for his cow-so John
Styles, At, burned his home at
Aliceville in an effort to obtain
$1,000 insurance, he confessed
to Chief of Police Thomas M.
Martin here. According to
Styles, he set fire to his home
last Sunday night while his
wife was attending church
services.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-29
SIX DEAD AS ENGLAND
IS SWEPT BY STORM

Flood Waters Enter Sanitarium,
Derrick Blown Over.
BU United Press
LONDON, Oct. 29-Six persons
have been reported dead as the re-
suit Of a violent rain and wind
storm which swept England last
night and this morning.
In downtown London a giant
crane atop a new building crashed
to the street, partially demollshing
adjacent buildings and wrecked a
taXicab, from which the occupants
escaped without injury.
Three of the deaths were reported
to have been caused by floods in
vading a sanatorium in Lancaster.