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New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
GYPSY GIRL CHEATS
 HUSBAND 0F SP0|LS
Elops, Taking SLIGO Stolen
 From New Britain Man
FLIRTS WITH NEW ADMIRER
Pedro Nichols Fighting ExtraditiOn to Connecticut on Charges Of Swtndling Dominic ROssi of Booth Street, This City.
tspectal to The Herald)

Washington. D. C., April 27-Al- legged to have swindled Dominick Rossi, 124 Booth street, New Brit ain, Conn. out of S1,100. Pedro Nichols, Hartford, today is fighting extradition to Connecticut. The Dis trict of Columbia supreme court has set May as the date of a hearing on Nichols petition for writ of habeas corpus. one of his moves to prevent extradition.
 Meantime. Nichols is offering . reward of $500 for information con- cerning his wife. who is alleged to have taken the money obtained from Rossi and to have eloped with another man. Mrs Nichols, who is . gypsy fortune teller. left her hus- band and their seven children.
 Dan Mccarthy. Hartford police man, identified Nichols here as the man who figured in the swindle. The Nichols family, according to Walter M. Shea, assistant United States district attorney in Washing ton, aiding Connecticut authorities in seeking extradition of Nichols, began to work on Rossi when they were living on Lafayette street, New Britain, where Mrs. Nichols piled her trade as foreseeing the future. Rossi was sick and consulted Mrs. Nichols for a cure. That was Feb ruary !. Several treatments follow ed and when the Nichols family moved to Hartford February 1T Rossi followed to continue the cure.
 Mrs. Nichols is alleged to have told Rossi that it would bring him good luck to carry out a large sum of money in & silk bag, a special bag which she made for him, and into which he placed SLIGO. She returned the bag to him, ordering him not to open 1t until he was told. He carried the bag around for two weeks. Then after failing to find the Nichols at the old Hartford ad- dress he opened the bag and found two one dollar bills.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
COMPANION OF BENNETT
 ON MANY TEST FLIGHTS
Insurance Man Often in Air With Dead Ace While At Hamp.
 ton Roads, Va.

Peter M. Scopetski, an agent in the local office of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co, was &C., quainted with Floyd Bennett, the deceased aviator. MT. Scopetski was at the Naval Air station at Hampton Roads in 1923-24 when Bennett was stationed there as test pilot. Ben- nett and Scopetski worked together overhauling and testing planes for the Aircraft squadrons of the scout ing fleet and often flew together in the same plane.
 scopetski claims that Bennett was one of the navy's best mechanics and an expert stunt flier. At the time Byrd chose Bennett 10 accom- pany him to the North Pole. great satisfaction was expressed by his mates because Byrd selected an en- listed man. Scopetski was in the navy from 1920 to 1927 and received a medal denotine fidelity. zeal and obedience.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
CITY 0f NEW YORK PAYS TRIBUTE TO
 MEMORY Of FLYER
Funeral Services Attended by
 Mother and WidoV-Buri at Arlington Today
THOUSANDS MARCH PAST
 AS BODY LIES IN STATE

Funeral Train Leaves Penn. TeEmi-
 nal at 10:1O A. M.-Interment tn
 National Cemetery VIII Be Ac-
 oompanied By Full Military Hon.
 CTS - Radio Stations Broadcast
 Services.
 New York. April 27 R-New York saluted in reverent tribute today as Floyd Bennett came home on his way to a grave in Arlington ceme- tery at Washington.
 In less than three hours from the time of the arrival of the body from Quebec to the departure of the funeral train for Washington. ofYi- cial New York, the army and navy and thousands of citizens extended to Bennett a hero's farewell on a day which had been reserved for triumphant welcome to the men he had tried to rescue from isolation OAA AoASly III CCHly l6ldHO.
 In a fag-draped coffin the body left Pennsylvania terminal at lO:25 a. m.. for the journey to Washing ton for burial near the grave of Ad- miral Robert E. Peary.
 Thousands Pass Bier
 The aviator's body arrived at Grand Central terminal at 7:30 a.. m., and under escort of military, naval and police details was taken to the 71st Regiment armory in lower Park avenue where 1t lay in state for more than an hour while thousands filed slowly by.
 While WEAF and associated radio stations carried the ceremonies to millions throughout the land, great crowds pressed about the armory in & vain effort to view the body.
 Clersyman's Eulogy
 "He wins the crown" said the Rev. Daniel A. Polling, pastor of the Marble Collegiate church and presi- dent of the Church Federation of greater New York, at the conclusion of the radio service. His memory remains as an unsullied escutcheon to be worn by all who follow worth fly his high calling and his spirit shall live again and yet again in the youth of the word"
 At the head of the coffin stood . large cross of roses, the tribute of Mayor Walker. There was a wreath from Bennett's Brooklyn neighbors, from the Royal Canadian air force, the American Legion post of which Bennett was a member. and scores of individuals.
 Outside the armory. the usually rumbling traffic of the city was still ed while the body lay inside and during its movement from Grand Central to Pennsylvania station. the lag-draped casket was carried on an artillery caisson to the slow, measur- ed tread of the escort while throngs in the streets barred their heads.
 Planes Soar Above
 Four airplanes scared high above and their pilots dropped floral trib- utes to their departed comrade of the skies.
 Mrs. Cora Bennett, the widow, who left sick bed in her Brooklyn home to be with her husband when he
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
Leave Ste. Agnes at 7 A. M. and Land at Curtiss Field at l:48 P. M., Having Follow ed Hudson River.
AviatOrs Announce That
 Because of Rainy Wealth
 CT They Will Continue Trip to Capital by Train.

Curtiss Field. April 27 P-The German-Irish crew of the German Irish transatlantic Bremen which landed here today at 1:zS p. m, from Lake Ste. Agnes, will continue it's trip to Washington by train.
 Because of the rain it was decided to abandon the proposed flight in the Ford relief plane.
 The Ford relief plane which had brought the transatlantic tliers from Greenly Island appeared suddenly over the field at 1:45 and after cir cling about, settled gently to the ground.
 Few people were on hand to greet the fliers. A large delegation of re- porters and photographers had been sent from New York on the chance that the plane might stop at the Long Island field. but almost all of them had gathered at Mitchell field, a mile away from Curtiss field.
 The relief plane left Lake Ste. Agnes, Quebec, this morning at [ o'clock on it's way to Washington, where the transatlantic fliers will pay tribute to Floyd Bennett. who died on his way to their assistance. The f1iers left the Chamberlin- Dixon escort plane at the St, Lawrence river and took the Hudson river valley route to New York.
 Wanted to Avoid Crowd
 No stop had been scheduled here, it having been announced that the only possible stop on the way would be Hartford. Conn. In some quar- ters it was believed that the plan to stop here had been Intentionally kept quiet to avoid the gathering of crowd and a premature reception.
 It was just two weeks ago this afternoon that great crowds gather ed at Mitchell field to greet the fliers from across the seas, a greet ing that was delayed when the Junkers monoplane Bremen was brought down on Greenly Island where it still lies.
 (COntinued on Papa on\
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
Italian Officer Killed
 Making Parachute Jump

Rome April 27 N-Lieut. General Alessandro Guidoni. former Italian air attn at Washington, was killed tc when a parachute with which h. .amped from an airplane over the Montecelio flying field failed to open. 's''
 Lieut.. Fieri. who was piloting the plane. said that the general possibly had made the jump too quickly. The ropes wound around his body and the parachute failed to spread.
 This was the first time in more than 2.ooO launchings that this par ticuiar type of parachute failed to open. It is said that if the air au- thorities had known that General Guidoni intended to try the para chute drop. he would have been pro- hibited from taking the risk.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
ILLINOIS MEMBER
 OF CONGRESS DIES Congressman Madden Fatally
 Stricken in His Office HAD ACUTE HEART ATTACK Suddenly Stricken and Dies While Fellow COngressmen, Two of Them Doctors, Administer First Aid- Was Administration Supporter.
HAD ACUTE HEART ATTACK

Washington, April 27 Rl-Martin Madden, veteran member of con- gress from Illinois, died suddenly today.
 MT. Madden expired within a few minutes after being stricken by an acute attack of heart trouble.
 MT. Madden was in his office at the time the attack occurred and breathed his last within a few min utes after Representative Sirovich of New York. 8 physician, reached MT. Maddens office.
 Passes Away Quietllk
 Representative SummefS of Wash. tngton, another physician, arrived a few minutes later. They adminis- tered first aid treatment but Mir. Madden did not respond and passed away quietly.
 The representative was chairman of the appropriations committee and in this position was one of the most influential members of the house.
 He was a staunch supporter of the Collage administration and just re- ceptly took leading part in trying to put over the desires of Presiden Coolidge in connection with the Mis- sissippi river flood control bill.
 Stricken While Talking.
 Mir. Madden was conferring with Representative Sproul of Illinois at the time the attack occurred. While he was talking he suddenly slumped down in his chair.
 MT. Sproul called to clerks in an office adjoining. they assisted MT. Madden to couch. He never regain cd consciousness.
 Picturesque Statesman.
 This was a fitting end to the ca- reer of this picturesque statesman. For years he had stood his ground against undue drains on the treasury and in upholding the position of the house whenever 1t had differences with the senate.
 He was in his 73rd year but was active for his age and a number of his colleagues have commented fin recent months over the apparent i'm provement in health of the commit tee chairman.
 The house adjourned immediately in respect to the veteran representa- time on motion of Representative Williams, republican, Illinois.
 MT. Madden's death brings to q close the career of great legisla- tor" said MT. Williams in an- nouncing the death on the floor.
 For many years MT. Madden has served as member of the house and chairman of the appropriations committee, and he was probably the greatest chairman that important committee has ever had"
 MT. Madden will be buried at Hinsdale, Illinois, his home.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
DOYLE FURNITURE co.
 CHANGES OWNERSHIP
Main Street Establishment Sold to William Rulnick,
 Hartford

The Doyle Furniture Co. business at 500 Main street has been sold by Thomas J. Doyle and Joseph Hager to William Rulnick of Hartford, who plans to conduct the business un- der the same name.
 The company was established four years ago by MT. Doyle with Mir. Hager as his associate. MT. Doyle had previously been with the John A. Andrews Go. as store manager for several years. His experience in the furniture business has been in many cities through the east He has not made announcement of his future plans.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
Three Couples Still Are
 Dancing in Big Marathon

Pittsburgh, April 27 (CP)-Three couples were still dancing as the s6th hour passed today in the en- durance dancing contest here. Five couples dropped out or were ordered to quit by physicians during the night.
 The three remaining couples were Albert Bonach and Cora Dean: Tony Phillips and Tiny Nieman: and Ed |die Lonard and Marianna Jacque.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
Several Thousand Wait in Vain at Brainard Field, Hartford, to Greet Conquerors of North Atlantic.
Chamberlin and Dixon Make Brief Stop to Re- fuel Plane, Having Left Others in Canada.

Hartford. April 27 LPl - Clarenco aviator, and Lieutenant Carl A. Dixon of the 43rd division. air sery- ice. c. N. C.. who left Lake Sic. Agnes as escort to the German flyers this morning, arrived at Brainard field at 12:30 o'clock.
 A crowd of several thousand peo- pie which increased rapidly as the expected hour drew near for the Bremen flyers and their escort plane gathered at Brainard field. Cover nor Trumbull was among those pres ent to give the transatlantic flyers q
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
DRIVES AUIu AflRE
 FROM GARAGE; HERO PAINFULLY BURNED
Lawrence Chabot, 2S, Yailly Tries to Save Machine Aaame
 in Dwight Street Building
TOURING CAR DESTROYED
 IN SPITE OF HIS DEED

Awakened by Thirst, He Discovers
 Nearby Garage on Fire and Suc-
 ceetis tn Preventing Destruction of
 koplowitz Building.
 Rushing into & garage at 59 shooting out of a touring car owned by Samuel Koplowitz. Lawrence Chabot. aged 2S. risked his life to back the vehicle into the open and in SO doing suffered painful burns about the hands and feet this morn ing. He is under treatment at New Britain General hospital.
 The automobile was badly burned, only the tires and mechanical parts escaping destruction. Chabot, who is employed by the Chevrolet agency, was sleeping in his car in another garage in the Koplowitz yard and becoming thirsty, he went to get a drink about 3:30 o'clock. He saw the blaze in the other garage. short distance away, and, finding the door unlocked. he attempted to save the car. He accomplished his purpose of preventing the spread of the flames to the building but had a mar row escape from death.
 Co. No. of the fire department responded to a still" alarm at 3:52 o'clock and extinguished the fire with little difficulty. Chabot, whose parents are in Virginia. has been sleeping in a vacant tenement in a house on Washington street, owned by George Koplowitz, father of the owner of the car, but he reached the garage so late last night that he decided to sleep there. Otherwise. the fire might not have been dis covered until the garage itself had caught fire.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
Two Bremen Crushed to
 Death in Paterson Blaze

Paterson. N. J., April 27 @ - Two firemen were crushed to death and Il others cut and bruised when tho second floor of Lind's depart ment store collapsed in an early morning fire. The injured were sent to hospitals but their condition was reported not serious.
 The dead were Marimus Baker and Edward Tribe. Baker was brought out alive, but Tribe was dead when found beneath the de- bris, several hours after the crash.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
GREEN, BROWN, THEN GREEN

Bridgeport, April 27 R-Victoria Green of Greenwich became Brown on March G. 1919, when she mar ried Joshua Brown, also of Green wich. Now she would become Green again. for today in superior court she filed an action for divorce. charging her husband with deser- ton on August 10. 1921. She asks for . change of name.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
FIRE IN WINDSOR

Windsor. April 27 R - A large barn on the dairy farm of Louis Evans was burned today. the third fire here in 10 days. The loss was 47.500. Twenty COWS were saved.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
DIGS UP OLD RELICS
North HadIey Farmer In Flowing Field Finds Great Collection of Indian Implements.

North Hadley. Mass. April 27 R Theodore Russell, q North Hadley farmer. today possessed the largest collection of Indian spearheads ever discovered in the Connecticut valley. While blowing on his farm he un- covered | heap of charcoal and single spearhead. Digging nearby revealed 300 additional spearheads buried two feet under the ground. The weapons varied from two to six inches in length and were in rood condition. They had been fashioned from flint. Remains of fires and the condition of the ground indf- cated that the spot where the spearheads were found might have , been an Indian burial or camping around.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-27

welcome on their brief stop here on their way to Washington.
 Crowd Overwlselms POlice
 Al the plane landed, accompanied by . National Guard plane which met 1t short distance out of the city, the crowd of 5000 at the field broke through the police lines and surged onto the landing field. cheer ing Justify. Many thought that the
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Evening star., 1928-12-08
GIRL, IS, IS HURT
IN OVERTURNED CAR
Driver Also Suffers Injury.
Retired Army Engineer
Knocked Down.

Thrown from the automobile in which
she was passenger when it overturned
after striking a telegraph pole near
Upper Marlboro, Md, early this morn
ing, Miss Dorothy Murphy. Is years
old. AZ Rhode Island avenue, was
rushed to Casualty Hospital and found
to be suffering from severe head in
iuries ana cuts and bruises about the
body. Her condition is said to be
serious.
Miss Murphy is said to have been
riding IN an automobile with Thomas
w. White, 81 years old, 1872 @ street,
and Walter NJ Wilson, jr., address un-
known. White was brought to the hos
pital with her and treated for cuts
and bruises, Wilson, the driver, was un-
injured and was arrested by Prince
Georges County authorities on a charge
of driving while intoxicated.
Passing MotOrist Gives Aid.
The crash occurred in front of the
home of Lloyd A. Douglas, on the Marl-
boro pike. He hailed passing motor
ist and sent the injured to the hos
pital.
The same accident indirectly resulted
in the injury of Policeman Charles w.
Cummins, 81 years DID, of the ninth
precinct. Cummins, who lives at ZIG
Eleventh street northeast, had gone to
the hospital to get report on the ac-
cident and was riding his motor cycle
out of the driveway when it skidded,
throwing him to the street. He was
carried into the hospital and found to
to have broken leg.
Col. Fitch Severely Injured.
Col. Graham DENLY Fitch, IS years
old, 2400 Twentieth street. prominent
retired Army engineer, was injured last
night when he was struck on Columbia
road near Nineteenth street by an auto
mobile operated by Miss Helen Koontz
1913 Twentieth street northeast. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital where
his injuries were found to consist of
severe cuts. Col. Fitch is the father Of
Lieut.. Graham Newell Fitch, who lost
his life in the sinking of the submarine
S-51, year ago.
Miss Barbara Morris, II years old
1908 Thirty-fourth street, suffered
lacerations to the forehead last night
when the automobile she was driving
was in a collision at Twentieth and 2
streets with a street car operated by
Motorman G. H. Henderson, 1887 q
street southeast. Miss Morris was treated
at Emergency Hospital where her ccndi-
ton was said to be not serious
Evening star., 1928-12-08

Aged and incurable cared for in
homes, 400
Several hundred Little Brothers and
Little Sisters given SUPERVISION.
Children cared for in day nurseries,
1,155.
Dependent children cared for in
homes for this purpose, 5,494.
Unmarried mothers and their babies
given care in maternity homes, 210.
Children protected from cruelty and
neglect, through the Ohio Humane So
ciety, 6,485.
Travellers Given Service.
Travellers given advice and direction
by the Travellers Aid Society, 1898,
and 4,782 more given aid where there
were real social problems to be worked
cut. (The number of individuals in
this group is three or four times as
large as the figures indicate, because
the figures represent cases which are
as apt to be whole family or group
of individuals as single person)
Boys and girls of teen age enrolled
in scouting and similar activities, 1907
Patients visited by the nurses, 1851.
Deaf, blind and otherwise handi-
capped individuals receiving service,
886.
More than 5000 homeless men and
women given lodging and care.
The agencies doing public health
education have distributed. 188,745
pieces of health literature and have
given health addresses before 41,927
people
There is considerable duplication be-
tween the different services which is
unavoidable, viz: family may be
getting relief, have a child in a day
nursery and another in scouting.
Hours of labor given opportunity
workers by goodwill industries, 1886.
Wages paid opportunity workers, $24,175.
Social Service Exchange-Total in
quiries, 31,l21, of which 16,690 were
identified.
Homes Are Inspected.
Better Housing League-Visits made
to families, 5,3l2: house inspection and
supervision visits, 1926; repairs made,
1898; convenieaces installed, 2,443;
fire risks removed, 1901; parts of
houses cleaned, papered and painted,
1909; houses torn down, 68; houses va
Gated, So: families moved, 2O8; over
crowding eliminated, 1873; eviction cases
handled, 260, and interviews with own
ers, 1,346.
Smoke Abatement League-Inspec-
tions made, CAT; furnace tests, 1877;
furnace repairs, AZ; fuel changes, AZ;
steam air jets installed, SO; new stacks
erected, 80; stationary stack observa-
tions, 1898, and railroad observations,
4,805.
| Families to the number of 1922 re
given major care and assistance by the
family welfare agencies. The average
number receiving relief monthly was
592. Minor care cases numbered thou
sands. The amount of direct relief
given, not including that obtained from
! other sources was &147 725
Evening star., 1928-12-08
AMBULANCE MEN
FREED BY COURT
Policeman Unable to Identify
Driver in Traffic
Violation.

Inability of a policeman to identify
the driver of the Emergency Hospital
ambulance, which he said passed on
the wrong side of street car Tuesday
prevented a test case yesterday to de-
termine whether such tactics on the
part of an ambulance driver constitutes
reckless driving.
Subpoenas were issued for DR.. I. Rut-
koski, staff physician, and William
Pierson, colored driver, who appeared
with another colored driver in the as
sistant corporation counsel'S office at
Police Court yesterday for preliminary
hearing. Pierson claimed he was off
duty on Tuesday, and the policeman de-
clared neither of the two drivers looked
like the driver who went on the wrong
side of the street car. Accordingly the
case was dropped without any papers
being issued.
The policeman stated the ambulance
was going north on Fourteenth street,
at 1. street and although he claimed
there was plenty of room for the vehicle
to pass on the right, the driver, he said,
got paralyzed" and drove to the left.
Officials of the corporation counsels
office told the men they considered it
more dangerous to pass street car on
the left than to drive on the wrong
side of the street, and were ready to
send the case into the Traffic Court
when it developed the driver could not
be identified.
Evening star., 1928-12-08
RED CROSS REMOVES
ROLL CALL QUARTERS
Work to Be Conducted From
Chapter Offices Until Quota
Is Obtained.

The roll call headquarters of the Dis
trict Chapter of the American Red
Cross were moved today to the chapter
house, 821 Sixteenth street, from 1342
G street, where they have been since
before the roll call opened Armistice
day.
In order to enroll the quota of 4O,-
600 members for the District chapter,
the roll call will be continued until
that number Is obtained The roll call is
now more than 10000 short of this
membership and it is urged that citi-
zens enroll as fast as possible in order
that the quota may be reported by
Christmas day.
Among the reports which came In
yesterday in donations and member
ships were the following:
National headquarters Red Cross, ad-
ditional, $164; The Evening Star per-
sonnel, $734.50; Miss Madeira's School,
$23907: the Misses Eastman School,
$106; Naval Air Station. $141, and the
Department of the Interior, $628.63.