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New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
CITY TO QUESTION FEE
 FOR PURCHASE OF LAND
Finance Committee of Council Holds Up Attorney Traceski's Bill
 For S5..

Payment Of a bill Of S51 to Stan ley J. Traceski for services as agent of the City of New Britain in nego- tlating a land deal for tn" water board has been withheld by the finance committee pending investiga- ton into the circumstances sur rounding the deal.
 Last month the city paid 5000 for plot Of land Bordering on its watersheds and il was the under standing of aldermen who comprise The finance committee that Traceski. acting as agent or the seller. was re rolNing his commission on that end. The bill now in the hands of the committee indicates that the attor- ney IS looking 10 the city for his pay.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
SISTERS, AGE II AND IS
 BELIEVED RUNAW AIS
Missing Children Talked of Going to New
 York

Police today are assisting Mir. and Mrs. Angelo Montauni of S65 Stanley street. who appealed this morning for aid in locating their two daugh- ters who have been missing from home since yesterday morning.
 The girls-Teresa, aged 13. and Jennie, II years old-left home at 9:30 o'clock intending 10 go to church. When they failed to return at mealtime the parents instituted a search. From boy acquaintance they learned the girls had expressed their intention of going to New York city. After inquiries through the night and in the early hours this morning had failed to produce re- suits, the parents visited police headquarters this morning to ask further assistance.
 Detective Sergeant Ellinger learned that the girls were in local theater last night, but was unable to trace them further
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
Worlds Largest Tank, Containing Five Mil-
 lion Cubic Feet of Gas, Rises Like Ball of Fire Into Air-Factories, Stores and Houses Disappear As Streets Are Torn Away-Blast Believed Caused By Work
 men Using Acetelyine Torches-Many Persons Trapped and Dying in Wreckage.

Pittsburgh Nov. II (AP-Ffteen persons were known to nave met death and more than 500 injured seriously here today when giant natural storage at the Man. chester Works o the Equitable Gas Company exploded spread ing death and destruction one mile souare Fire men, police and volunteer rescuers digging into the ruins o1 scores o1 buildings In the belief that others had been killed and their bodies buried in the debris.
 Indications that the death toll would increase were found in one wrecked building aonehe plant of the Pittsburgh Clay Pottery Company One hundred and fifty escaped from the building with cuts and bruises while eight or ten others trapped in the basement believed have been drowned by the water rushing in from broken the street Fire men were pumping out the basement effort to locate add tiona bodes ~
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
SCHOOL INSURANCE RATES TAKE JUMP Premiums Increased on Contents
 in Every Instance
 10 BUILDINGS HIGHER
special Committee of Board of Ed ucation In Session This Afternoon studies New Schedule Compiled by JndcrWritcrs.

Fire insurance on the contents of every school building has been in- creased, and insurance on the build ings proper has been increased in 10 out Of 23 cases, the underwriters re- port which has been submitted to the school department shows. The special committee on insurance held meeting to discuss the items in tn" report this afternoon.
 Tho school buildings which will feel the increase are the Walnut Hill school, the academic building Of the senior High school the vo- cational building of the Senior High school. the Smalley school, old Bur ritt school, Rockwell school. Bartlett school, Open Air school, Trade school and Washington school The Robert J. Vance school has not been rated.
 Decreases have been noted in the two buildings of the Central Junior High school and the annex on Elm street, Y. B. Chamberlain school. Ehlau Burritt school, Smith school, Northend school, Lincoln school, Monroe school, I. Putnam school stanley school. Nathan Hale school Roosevelt school. and the new Lin- coin school on Steele street.
 Tho 1Iei in full f01Inu-S.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
DRIVER 0F DEATH AUTO HELD FOR HIGH COURT
Slime Bound Over for Fatally Injuring
 M. H. Fox

Waving examination, Richard
 Slime, aged 21, of 6Sl2 Laurel street
 Hartford, was bound over to the De cembcr term of superior court on charges Of criminal negligence and eyadlng responsibility, by Judge M D. Sax" in police court today. Slime was driving an automobile on West Hartford road the night of October 2S, when Myrek H. Fox, local busi- ness man and former deputy sheriff, was struck and knocked 10 the road with such force that his skull was fractured and he died within q few minutes. According to witnesses, Slime left the scene of the accident and Jack Jordan, agcd 25. Of 43 Hawthorne street, Hartford, told the police he was al the wheel, but when informed that Fox was dead, Jor- dan Implicated Sine, who was ar rested few hours later at his home. Attorney James \. Curry ap- pcarad Tor Slime. Bonds were con tinued at s5,o00.
 Jordan, who is held as q material witness in Sl. .000 bonds, will be defense witness, Attorney Curry said, arguing for q nollc, but Judge SaXc accedcd to Prosecuting Attorney Woods request that he be held. At torncy Curry said there is no ques- ton but that Jordan will bo on hand when the trial is held in superior court, and he will have difficulty obtaining $1,0O0 bonds. He said he was released in bonds after his ar rest. as q matter of accommodation
 Thomas A. Crowley and Leo Vein berg, both Of Hartford who were charged with reckless driving. had their cases nolled. Mr. Woods told Judge SaXo he felt that the criminal court was not concerned with the collision between their cars. which preceded the fatality, Mir, Fox having left his own car 10 view the wreck age just before he was struck.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
15 KILLED, 500 INJURED
 IN PITTSBURGH BLAST
PatrOlman Rescues
 Boy After Explosion

Pittsburgh, Nov. If (P}-Patrol- man Sylvester Steohr was stroll ling along his beat on a street fronting the Orio river when the big gas tank went up. The offi- cer. just a few seconds before, had noticed q small boy playing on the river bank. The force of the blast knocked the lad into the river. The policeman threw off his coat. jumped into the water, and rescued the unconscious lad.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
FIRST CHURCH SINGER
 NEAR DEATH BY POISON
Mrs. Jane $. Futile Recovering from Illness Believed Caused by
 Eating Grapes

Mrs. Jane Sartoris Futile, widely known contralto singer of the First Congregational church, has been seriously ill from poisoning but has taken q decided turn for the better the past few days, it was learned today.
 Mrs. Futile. who only recently un- derWcnt an operation, had fully re- covered when stricken down with the new ailmcnt, the exact nature of which nearly deticd medical science In diagnosing. One belief has been that she ate grapes that had been sprayed with the arsenic compound GScdhy grape growers and agricultur.Sts generally in combat ting ara1siteS. Whether this was the exact cause. however, has not been determined.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14

Meantime. hundreds o, fireman ana rescuers were digging into other piles of debris, searching for victims.
 With a shock like that of an earthquake. the huge tank, contain Ing several million cubic feet of gas was rent asunder. It was believed the blast was caused by workmop. who were repairing the tank with acetylene torches.
 A check up of workmen known to have been nearby when the tank la, go. showed more score missine, or the thirteen Riter- -ConIey Company men at work on the tank at the time eleven were unaccounted for. In the City Asphalt Works nearby, a uozeh employes were listed as miss ing, rescue workers expressed the pcAel that some of these men stricken with fear. escaped from the district and failed to report they were safe.
 Hampered In the work of rescue by wrecked buildings, streets flooded py broken water mains and dang ing electric wires, police and fire men hnally penetrated part Of the oeVastated area. They recovered seven bodies within a few minutes and newspapermen at the scene said they had counted at least twenty dead in the streets and the wrecked houses.
 Said to Be the Worlds Largest
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
REPORTER DESCRIBES
 SCENES AFTER BLAST
Men, Women and Children Have Bodies SWathed
 in Bandages

Pittsburgh, Nov. IA Lp-Scenes of utter destruction greeted an Associ- ated Press reporter today as he made his way through the stricken lower north side district which was laid waste by the explosion Of q huge storage gas tank.
 An area of approximately one square mile, fronting on the Ohio river. was devastated by the great blast, believed to have been caused when q blow torch, in the hands Of Wcrknen, came into contact with the tank and ignited the gas.
 The gas works, located at an in- tersec.ion of Royce street, Reeds dale street, Allegheny avenue and the ohio river, was in the very heart of q district crowded by the homes of Workmen, factories, warehouses and industrial plants. The reporter made his way over the flooded streets. water gushing from broken water mains and sewer pipes. On all sides the devastation was great Many buildings collapsed. In some instances only the roofs were lifted from houses.
 Bremen, policemen and volunteer rescuers worked feverishly, digging into the ruins in an effort to find trapped injured persons or recover the dead. On all sides were men, women and children, their arms sWathed in bandages. These victims had been treated at emergency. sta lions set up by Red Cross nurses and Salvation Army workers.
 In one doorway sat q mother, her four children standing nearby. stricken beyond speech. the woman sat waving her head back and forth.
 Eight blocks from the tank, in the middle of a street. rested a twisted mass of steel, a section of the big gas Container.
 Only Q great black scar marked the spot where the tank stood.
 Many homeless families found shelter in houses outside the wrecked zone. Several hours after the tank exploded the entire region was choked by the odor Of gas.
 The force of today's disastrous gas explosion on the north side was felt in all sections of Pittsburgh and many suburbs.
 Windows were shattered in Home wood, nine miles from the scene. MlllNdlo residents their homes rocked by the blast. rushed 70 the streets, fearing an earthquake. Some farm residents reported the force of the blast was felt as far north as the Butler county line, 30 miles away.
 In the Negley avenue district sev- eral plate glass windows were shat tered. Bellevue felt the rush of air sent forth by the terrific eX- plosion. Schoolhouse windows were broken in Hardwood. At St. Johns hospital, several miles away, a num- Der of student nurses. seated in a class room, were knocked from their chairs. Fifteen minutes later these same nurses were on the way to the scene of the disaster.
 X vivid eyewitness account Of scenes which followed today's gas explosion on the north side was told
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
Wrecked Gas Tank
 The Worlds Largest

Pittsburgh, Nov. 14 P,-The gas tank which exploded on the north side here today was said by gas experts to be the largest storage tank In the world, hold ing 5,00o00o cubic feet Of na- tural gas. Owned by the Equi- table Gas company, the tank was used for emergency storage pur- poses. The gas was piped from tn" southwest fields and stored in the tank, being released when the regular pressure fell below normal.
 A twin tank Of one that ex- ploded, located nearby, did not let go.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
CROWDS SEE RENUS CONDUCT OWN CASE Former Bootleg King Goes on
 Trial for Wife Murder
 DAUGHTER WILL TESTIFY
Judge Chester K. Shook, Once News
 boy Like Defendant, Presides-- Young Son of Chief Justice Is ProSecutOr-75 Ecniremcn Called.

Court Room. Cincinnati. Nov. 1 (UP)-Georeo Remus went to trial in Hamilton common pleas court to- day for murder
 Wouldbe spectators came as early as 7:S0 a. m, two hours and a half before the opening Of court, to see the brisk little man who is charged with the staying Of his wife, Imogene.
 But the high-ceilnged. marble court room was too small to ac- commodate all who would hear the case against the man who made many millions out Of the bootleg business and who, less than six Weeks ago. shot Imogenc Remus as she was on her way to appear against him in a divorce hearing. So the early corners were banished and prospective jurors permitted to oc- cupy the rear seats.
 Remus was the first attorney-tor he is a qualified member of the bar and will conduct his own dofense- to enter the small court room.
 Wears Blue Suit
 He was attircd in blue business suit, black shoes and socks, and cream silf shirt, stiff collar and a black four-in- hand tie from which glistcned a solitary pearl. His head is partially bald and he is heavy featured.
 His quiet dress and the bulk he carries so well seemed to confer upon him an air Of stolidity that was an ironic contrast 10 the busl- ness at hand.
 Remus entered with an armful of law books and briefs.
 I'm sorry 10 meet you under such circumstances" Remus greeted every new acquaintance.
 He sat down beside his prema- turely gray counsel, Charles II. l2l- ston, and looked vacantly out at the 'all windows fronting on Sycamore street, which served as the inlet for noises betokening paving construc- ion.
 Judge Chester R, Shook. who like Remus, was once newshoy. mount cd the bench exactly on time. He is a slight man Of grave court room
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
Police Aid StOrk Which
 Is Hamrcred by Explosion

Pittsburgh Nov l4 F-Patrol- men from the Centre avenue station. among thc first to reach the gas tune to rescue a woman who had given birth to a baby in q wrecked Ridge avenue house. The mother was cut by flying glass but the in tant was unharmcd
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
SHARKEY. BOUT WILL NOT TAKE PLACE
Boston Heavyweight Suf- fering From Fracture
 of Left Hand

New York, Nov. 14 (P) - The heavyweight match scheduled this Frlday at Madison Square Garden between Jack Sharkey of Boston and Tom Heeney, New Zealander, was called off today as q result or an injury to Sharkey's left hand. A-ray examination in Boston today revealed a fracture. Sharkey will De unable to fight before January.
 Sharkey hurt his hand while in training for what was to have been his fifst comeback attempt here since being knocked out by Jack Dempsey last July. Word that the injury will keep the boxer out of the ring for at least six weeks was received by Tex Rickard from Sharkeys manager, Johnny Buckley. A substitute card vii! be arranged.
 Sharkcy was examined in Boston Today by his own as well as the sachuscttS boxing commission S physician. Three X-ray photographs were taken, revealing an ''incom- pl"te fracture of the small finger Of the left hand. IL will take q months rest and then two more weeks of training before Sharkoy is able to liSht again. his manager told Rick ard.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
LEGISLATURE CALLED

Concord, x. H.. Nov. l4 LP,-The New Hampshire legislature will be convened in special session on No- v"mbrr 29 to consider plans for flood relief and determine financial policy for roconstructing roads and bridges, it was learned unofficially today at the state house.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
INJURED IN COLLISION

Mrs. Laura Peach, wife of Ed ward Beach of Oscood avenue, vas cut about the face and left hand and Washington streets shortly be fore } o'clock this afternoon. She was taken to New Britain General hospital. Her condition Is not re- garded serious.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
SEN. MOSES SENDS APPEAL

Concord, N. H., Noy. fl LPi-rele- grams urging that the New Hamp- tour of inspection directed by Presi- dent Coolidge were sent to Washing ton this morning by United States Senator Gergo Fl. Moses.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14

Boston. Nov. II tP-Jack Sharkey has an "incompIctc transverse frac- ture at the base of his fifth meta r&rpai of his left hand" which will prevent his fighting for q month, l'F. Martin H. Spellman, his physi- elan, announced today after an K hospital here. The fracture lies at the joint of the little finger with the hand. The physician was cm- ph&tie in stating that tho injury should not inCapacitato the local contender for heavyweight honors for moro than q month.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
Hold Up Local Man

Prior to reaching New Britain that night, the quartet held up Joseph Perry of 235 Oak street and Joseph Marholin of 165 Hartford avenue. about three quarters of a mile from Pratt's Four Corners in Southington, and also made an attempt to hold up the hardware store of A. J. Hcines of Maple avenue, Cheshire. but Raymond Hcines, son of the pro- prietor, repulscd the attempt by hurlng wrench at two of the gun men. At the Dickcrman gasoline station in Hamdon, the bandits fill ed the tank of their car, and it Is said they were implicated in other robberies.
 Last night, while Sergeant Feeney was driving Lieutenant Rival to po- lice headquarters. where the latter was to begin his tour of duty at mid night. they received information that rodZia was at home. They were joined by the other sergeants and made the arrest.
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-14
LOADED RIOT GUNS
 FOR BANDIT POSSE
Police Go in Search of Robbers
 Armed for Battle
ONE ARREST MADE HERE
Frank Todzta, PC, of Nash Street, Accused of Being Member of Band Which Staged Holdups Last Wednesday Night.

Admitting his part In the series
 of holdups which have terrorized ! the residents Of Cheshire, Southing- ] ton and vicinity during the past few nights, Frank Todzia, aged 26, of A Nash street. this city. is in custody i on the charges Of theft Of an auto | mobile, burglary and highway rob i bery and a search is being made for three men who. with Todzia, are
 said 10 have comprised the quartet
 of bandits operating with some sue
 cess.
 Todzia, who was arrested in this city for the first time in 1918, at
 the age or r years, was arrested
 shortly before midnight last night at
 his home by Lieutenant Matthias
 Rival and Sergoants r. A. McAvay. T. J. Feency and J. c. Stadler, and after grilling at police headquar- tcrs until an early hour this morn ing, he is said to have given the au- thorities valuable information. He has been arrested for plain theft and theft Of an automobile and has been an inmate Of Cheshire reformatory, according to his record at police headquarters.
 Posse Has Loaded Riot Guns
 This forenoon, County Detective Edward J. Hickey. Constable Thomas Murphy Of Southington, De tective Sergeant William r. McCue and Sergeants P. J. OMara and NJ. J. Flynn left police headquarters armed with riot guns, fully loaded and ready for use. Their destination was Southington, where they ex- pected to obtain further information about the movements of the ban dit quartet and possibly make an arrest. Todzia accompanied them and 1t is understood he was to di- rect them to the scene Of some of the gangs activities, including the hiding out places.
 Last Wednesday night, Todzia and , his companions were almost apprc- hended by Officer John Kennedy. . who saw their car on West Main l street and followed it to Cedar street l where it stopped for q few seconds ! and then went through Lake street, ! Grove Hill and West Main street. ! with the officer in pursuit in a car driven by Fred Beloin, well known | resident of West Main street. Tod i zia is said to have admitted that it ! Was fear of arrest that drove the i bandits to make the reckless dash . and for a time they were appre- hensive of the speed of the pursu-
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-03
THIRD MAN DIES
 IN FAMILY fEUD
Three Go to Death as Result ol Elopement 12 Years Ago

Paul's Valley, Okla, Nov. "VS-- Henry Martin was shot and killed an a downtown street here yester- day the third victim, police peneEe' of family feud that had It's ln- cention F years ago in an eloPe- ment of two children of the tami- lies.
 In 1915 George Carlton. hama on the Martin ranch, fell In love with Dora Martin. Returning rom the war, he eloped with her. James Martin. the father of Dora ana Henry, tried unsuccessfully to nave the marriage annulled. The girl owned a considerable estate by Vir- inc of her one-fourth Chlckasha" Indian blood.
 The bridegroom shot and Killed the father May 4, 1926. Carlton was released on bond and himself was shot to death by Henry Martin t1Ve months later. Martin was convict ed and was under o5 year prison term.
 The killing of Henry Martin today resulted in the arrest of Buster Cane 29, and W. H. Finley, B. who had testified against him at his trlai for the killing of Carlton. Witnesses said Cape fired four shots and Fln- lev seven. Authorities quoted the two men as saying they thought Martin was coming to fire upon them. but the dead man was found fo he unarmcd.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-03
Urge League to Set
 Day Aside for Prayer

Ottawa, Ont, Nov. [P'-An ap- peal to the league Of nations to set aside day Of prayer for the re demption" Of Chicago was suggested yesterday in a telegram to the prime minister from a Canadian reused by Mayor William Thonpson's anti British crusade.
 The telegram, signed by John Wallace, citizen Of Hamilton, Ont petitioned the prime minister to:
 Kindly instruct the Canadian rep resentative at Geneva to appeal to the league Of nations to request the civilized world to set aside the first Sunday in December as a day Of prayer for the redemption of Chi cago."
 Several other suggestions of ways in which Canada might come to the aid Of the mother country in Mayor Thompson's campaign also are said to have been received at the of flee Of the prime minister.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-03
AUTHOR DEFENDS
 THE DAWES PLAN
Cites Its Fairness and Its
 Practicability

New York, Nov. 3 tPl-A vigorous defense Of the Dawes plan, both as to it's fairness and it's practicability, is made by George r. Aud, who was accountant general of the rep arations commission and also assist ant to Owen D. Young. co-author and first administrator. in installing the plan in 1924, in his book The Dawes Plan and the New Econom- ics," to be published tomorrow, Aud ridicules the predictions of J. M. Keynes and other economists that the plan will break down early in 1928; fouts the idea of Germany's' loans to Germany should continue, and describes the much discussed transfer problem as "bugaboo."
 The author says that the success of the Dawes plan is dependent upon public confidence in American investments abroad, and he opposes the cancellation of separations, as serting that the only drain on Ger many resulting from the payment of separations is the drain on the German taxpayer. There is no capi- tai drain whatever on a debtor coun- try" Arguments to the contrary, he says, are meaningless.
 Apropos of the agitation caused by the statement of President Schacht of the Reichsbank that the American loans to Germany are un- productive of reparation transfers. he says:
 The mechanics of transfer are being cared for today through for eign exchange provided by foreign loans to Germany, chiefly by Amer lean investors. American loans to Germany not only relieve this prob lem in technical sense but also, by replacing destroyed capital and stimulating productivity, they help to relieve the exhaustion which is the fundamental cause of the prob lem"
 The publishers describe Mir. Auld's book as the first of an insider, in- timately familiar with the subject, and who deals with the whole prob lem from a purely economic basis and with full knowledge of the facts.