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New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
YOUTH OF Y IS HELD
 ON KIDNAPPING CHARGE
Chester, Pa., Boy of t7, Sought to
 Emulate Hicl.man-Ncctlcd S1,O00, He Says.

Chester. Pa, Jan. 20 R-A IT, year-old youth. who said he was drvcn desiperate by his need for s1,- coo. is in Jail here today facing 8 charge of attempted Kidnapping asan amateur emulator of William Ed ward Hickman.
 The boy. Joseph Jennings, of West Philadelphia, was captured last night when he picked up a "dum- my parcel deposited at an appoint ed place by a brother of the girl Jennings threatened to kidnap and slay.
 On Tuesday. William Collinson, foreman of the J. G. Brill Car Works and Mrs. Collnson, whose home is at Collingdale. received q note signed 'N' demanding $1,o00 in bills of $oO denominations if they didn't want their daughter. Gladys l4. to 'die within month"
 Four brothers of tho girl station- cd themselves at vantage points while another brother planted the package containing folded paper under 8 tree at the place and time designated in the letter.
 Jennings was leaning over to pick Up the bundle when the five broth- CTS bounced on him and summoned Chester police. The prisoner on ques- tioning admitted writing the letter. hut said he had no desire to harm the Collinson girl ''i needed the money badly" he said. according 10 the police, 50 I thought l would teS Hickman's stunt, although l didn't go as far as he did.'
 Memb ITS of the Collinson family later said Jennings had attended a party recently where Gladys Collin son had also been a guest.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20

His extremely moderate view on this question are the same in prin- ciple>as the views of every president from Jefferson to Wilson. and for every democratic candidate for president except Bsyan. In what respect can 1t be shown. then. that this mans attitude on the mooted temperance questions is fundament- ally and historically undemocratic."
 Of the religious question, the edi- torial said:
 And so he is a Roman Catholic. But the constitution of the United States. child of the founding fathers proscribes the religious test for public office.
 ''ls the present not an ideal time to test the character and patriotism of Roman Catholic president? Would it not mean . great deal to the peace, the security and the hap piness of the American people to get that perennial doubt forever behind them?'
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
SenOrita Gales to
 Fly to Havana. Cuba

New York, Jan. 20 fUP)-Sen- orita Alicia Gales. daughter of Pres ident Gales of Mexico. accompanied by her sister and her sisters hus- band. Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Arnold Robinson, will depart early next week for Havana in the Sikorsky amphibiah plane "Pan-America."
 Stops will be made probably at Washington. Fayetteville. N. C., Jacksonville. Miami and Key West, Fla, on the planes maiden voyage. officials of the Pan-American Air ways announced.
 The Gales party is making the flight to attend sessions of the Pan- American conference in Havana and to enjoy social functions in the Cuban capital.
 The "Pan- America" is sister ship of the ill-fated amphibian Dawn" wherein Mrs. Frances Grayson at- tempted a transatlantic flight. It was designed for commercial serv- ice between the United States and Central America.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
|CAlSSON MRlSoNS
 SEVEN UNDER WATER
Search Beins Made for Bodies of Men Held in 65 Feet Of Water
 by Concrete Form.

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 Panama City. Fla. Jan. 20 R-- Divers were working today to re- cover the bodies of seven men drowned and pinned to the bottom of East Bay yesterday when cais- son on which they were at work sank and carried them with it.
 The huge steel shell, which the workfhen were putting in place for pouring cement to mould concrete piers, was dislodged and held the men imprisoned within it while 1t toppled to the water and sank to a depth of 55 feet in mid-bay.
 The victims were H. O. Bates, St. Andrews. Fla: B. Q Turner. Pana- ma City: Archie Welch. Erngadine, Mich: Andrew Hyovalt. Aitkin, Minn.: c. o. Oxdafer. Royalton. Minn.: Ed Suiner. Royalton, Minn.; A. A. Holden. home addres un- known.
 The men were members of steel TNetlH8 crew dt WoIk on tHe ncW Alfred Dupont bridge across the bay. Two other men, at work on the outside of the caisson when it fell, were rescued by fellow workmen when they were thrown into the water by the toppling shell.
 Work which began immediately, seeking to recover the bodies. was reinforced by arrival early today Of sacola.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
WANT CAMP LAND
 FOR SCHOOL DEPT.
Board Hints Condemnation Pro.
 ceedin8s Will Be Brought

Newington, Jan. e0-Negotiations have again been opened by the school beard with Misses Mary and Laura Camp for the purchase of . strip of property belonging to them which adjoins the Elm Hill school The board feels that larger play ground should be available for the children and it is also looking into the future when an addition will be necessary at the school.
 The property has 150 foot front age on Maple Hill avenue and a depth of about 400 feet. extending through to Eleanor Place. The school board has been attempting to purchase this property for the pas two or three years but as yet Is un- successful. The owners refuse to set a price on 1t. preferring to have the : board make an offer.
 At the last meeting of the school board committee composed of Mrs. E. V. Woodruff and Miss Anna kel- logg was appointed to confer with the Misses Camp on the purchase of the property. The owners have un- officially been approached but refuse to change their attitude. Several members of the school board are in favor of bringing condemnation proceedings and if negotiations fail this method may be resorted to.
 It Is understood that the board has also made an attempt to pur- chase property on the south side of the building but this property is not as we'll adapted to the purposes. The Elm Hill school is filled to ca- pacity even with the two sessions which have been instituted since the Christmas holidays ill the first and second grades.
 Tax Delinquent Assessed 3c7.78
 William R. Mercy, formerly of this town, and now of Winsted, was brought into town court last night before Judge C. S. Barrows by Con- stable John r. Walsh on a charge of failure to pay the 1926 personal tax. The warrant was issued by Grand Juror Harry A. Webster. Con- stable Walsh has been making an effort to locate Mercy for the past several months. He was assessed the $c for the tax and also the court costs which made a total of $27.76. On default of payment. he was talk en to the Hartford county jail.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
Lowell Police Arrest
 Women With Cocaine

Lowell. Mass. Jan. 20 R1-Four women were arrested and ls grains a local lodging house conducted by local police and Federal Narcotic Agent Henry O'Malley. Mrs. Vlara Paquette. 39. proprietor of the house, is held in s1.S00 bonds on charge of illegal possession of drugs and with keeping liquor. Mrs. Blanche Con- voy. c5. Irene Laville, 20. and Mrs. Dora McGowan. 3l. are held in $c0o each for being present where drugs were found. Mrs. Paquette alleged she bought the drugs from . local doctor, but the latter denied the charge and was not arrested.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
PALACE NOW MUSEUM
Former Home of Ancient POpCs tn Rome Has Been Converted Into Usc as Pathological Studio.

Rome. Jan. 20 R-The I.ateran palace. which was the residence of the popes from the time of Constan- tine to the migration to Avignon has been made tho home of an cthno- logical museum.
 Among the exhibits two magnifi- cent buffalo hides and mounted heads as we'll as Indian hcad-dresses and implements from Arizona to the Canadian border ara striking.
 Objects for this museum have been collected by Roman Catholic missionaries from Patagonia to Alas ka and from the Solomon Islands to Japan.
 = Sioux war bonncts and poisoned 'spears from the cannibal islands of the south seas are only two of ihe contrasts of this collection, while an ornate Chinese bridal chamber is 'bnly q few steps distant from grass hut of the Solomon islands.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
Sir Thomas Lipton Lauds : Climate in California

New York. Jan. 20 R-Sir Thomas Lipton. returning from a transcontinental trip, said he has travelled all over the world but has never found finer climate than that of California.
 'Eevcr," he said. "have I seen healthieE lot of men. women and children than in California
 Asked whether he had any rcla- tises in this country. Sir Thomas smiled and said "The only blood rel atives l have in America are some New Jersey mosquitos that well comed me when came here % years sgo."
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
BANKRUPTCY PETITION

New Haven, Jan. 20 @ - The Capitol Fish Market. Inc, of Hart ford. through its president, John Adams, filed petition in voluntary bankruptcy yesterday with the II. s. court clerk listing liabilities of B. 643.74 and assets of $1,O77.S5.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
APPROVE FRENCH REPLY

Paris, Jan. 20 (UP)-The cabinet today approved the reply 10 Secre- tary of State Frank. B. Kellogg's lat est note on the proposal for a mu- tual anti-war pact between France and the United States.
 The reply was to be forwarded im- mediately to Washington.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20

The name "Audrey' is of teu- tonic origin and means noble threatener."
New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
ALABAMA NEWSPAPER
 ANSWERS SEN. HEFLdN
Montgomery Advertiser Declares Itself In Favor of Governor
 Alfred E. Smith for President.


 Montgomery. Ala, Jan. :0.-(UP) The Montgomery Advertiser. a newspaper in the home state of Senator Thomas J. Heflin. today de- clared itself in favor of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for president.
 An editorial, captioned. For President, Alfred E. Smith of New York;" described itself as the Ad- vertiser's conception of an answer on the part of Alabama democrats to Senator Thomas J. Heflin's fanat- ical outburst in the United States 
 The editorial deals with two topics-prohibition and religion, of the former the Advertiser said:
Evening star., 1928-12-29
FLYER, KILLED IN APRIL,
WAS BURIED HERE
Lieut.. K. w. Boyd, Graduate Of
Local High School, Died In
Crash Last Spring.

Funeral services were held at the
Chapel at Fort Myer, Va, this morn
ing for Second Lieut.. Kenneth w. Boyd,
Army Air Corps native Of this city,
who was killed IN an airplane accident
near Baton Rouge. La, April IL last.
Interment was made in the Arlington
National Cemetery, with the usual mill
tary honors. Lieut.. Boyd met his death
en- route from Kelly Field, Tex, to
Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, for duty.
His plane nose-dived into 10 feet Of
water In the Mississippi River. Lieut..
Boyd jumped when the ship was only
so feet from the river and his parachute
failed to open.
He attended the Washington High
Schools and joined the Student
Army Training Corps in September,
1918. He later entered the Air Corps
as a flying cadet and was made second
lieutenant, June 80. 1926. He is sur
vived by widow, Mrs. Lorene p. Boyd
of San Antonio, Tex, and his father,
William E. Boyd Of 1441 Chaplin street,
this city.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
ARBITRATION PACT DRAFT
SENT TO CHINESE ENVOY
Treaty Is Similar to One Signed by
France and Ten Other
Countries.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Negotiation of an arbitration treaty
between the United States and China
has been initiated, the State Depart
ment announced yesterday, by trans
mission of a draft pact to the Chinese
Minister. Alfred SEE, to serve as basis
for agreement. 1t is similar to the
treaties recently signed with France and
10 other countries and those now in
process of negotiation with 20 other
nations.
China is the last of the nations hav-
ing diplomatic representation in WASH
ington to be offered the pact by Secre-
tary Kellogg except the Latin American
republics, which now are negotiating in
Washington a multilateral treaty of
similar nature. Canada and the Irish
Free State have not been offered the
treaty individually, both being consid-
cred under the arbitration pact being
negotiated with Great Britain.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
FLORIDA REALTY GROUP
is SUED BY INVESTORS
Three Accused Of Falsely Repre-
senting Development at Boca
Ration During Boom.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Decem-
ber 29.-Addison Miner, New York and
Palm Beach architect; Paris Singer,
society leader and president of the
Everglades Club of Palm Beach, and
Porte F. Quinn, real estate dealer, were
made defendants in three suits filed
here yesterday by E. r. Thomas, E. B.
Davis and S. j. Tucker.
The suits asked damages aggregating
$116,500, and alleged that false and
fraudulent representations made in ad-
vertisements of the Miner Develop
ment Corporation caused them to in
vest and lose money in connection with
the developments at Boca Ration, Fla.
The concern, the declarations stated
was adjudged bankrupt in 1927 and its
assets sold for $4,000. Miner was
president and a director of the COM
pany, while Singer and Quinn were di-
rectors until July 20, 1925, the declara-
ton said.
Three other suits. aggregating $3,-
100000, have been filed against Singer
as president Of the Ocean q Lake
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Evening star., 1928-12-29
15-CENT DEBT COSTS LIFE
Man Knitted in Dispute Over News
paper Subscription.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, December
90 LP).-Dispute over 15-cent account,
weekly subscription price of a local
newspaper. cost the life of w. D. Sulli-
van, 43, who was knitted to death on the
street near his home here last night.
Arrested on a charge of murder. Her
man Blair, 19, told officers that he killed
the older man because he refused to
pay Blair's younger brother the 15-cent
account. Sullivan claimed, he said, that
he had paid the bill to another news
boy.
Following his arrest, Blair was taken
to a hospital, where it was found that
he was suffering conclusion of the
brain and other injuries. He and Sui
Ivan were fellow workers in an indus
trial plant here.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, December ga frog
which emerges directly from the egg as
froglet. omitting the tadpole stage,
has been collected for the Field Mu-
scum of Natural History. The report,
received from the Crane Pacific expedi-
ton, was made public yesterday by
Stephen G. Simms, director of the mu-
scum.
The report said the specimens proba-
bly, are the worlds most precocious type
of frog. The specimens were collected
in Bermuda. 1t Is tree frog and is
believed to have originated in Jamaica.
Unlike most creatures of its lowly
estate in the animal world. said Karl
P. Schmidt, leader of the scientific sec
ton of the expedition, the mother frog
Evening star., 1928-12-29
ADMIRAL BILLIARD HEADS
CONFERENCE DELEGATES
Named With U. s. Group to Join
Canadians in Discussing CONNER
cial Liquor Smuggling.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Admiral F. C. Billiard, commandant
of the United States Coast Guard, will
head the group of American delegates
who will participate in the conference
with Canadian officials at Ottawa, be-
ginning January z, to discuss commercial
smuggling. including the revision of the
liquor treaty between the two countries.
The complete American delegation, an
nounced yesterday by the State De-
partment, besides Admiral Billiard, will
include:
James M. Doran, commissioner of
prohibition. Treasury Department; E.
w. Camp, commissioner of customs
Ferdinand L. Mayer, counselor of the
American legation at Ottawa; Irving N.
Linnell, American consul general at Of
tawa; Francis Colt De Wolf, assistant
to solicitor, State Department; Harry j.
Anslinger. liaison officer between the
State and Treasury Departments; Ar
thur w. Henderson, special assistant to
the Attorney General. and Lynn w.
Meekins, commercial attache at Ottawa.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
REPLY TO BE FILED.
Shipping Board Resents Attack on
New York-Havana Project.

BY the Associated Press.
Vice Chairman Plummer OF the Ship
ping Board declared yesterday that the
Cunard Lines letter terming the as
signment of the steamship President
Roosevelt to the New York Havana
passenger trade as an illegal act "does
not concern the board as it was a
personal one addressed to Chairman
O'Connor."
He predicted that the chairman, after
his return to Washington Monday, will
make an Interestingly sufficient reply"
If he deems an answer necessary.
With regard to the question of the
legality of the boards assignment of
the steamship. Mr.. Plummer stated that
the board has claimed no monopoly
rights for American shipping in trade
between the United States and Cuba and
and that it made its position on this
point clear in letter to the Cunard
Line sent last September %. In this
letter the board emphasized that the
proposed Cunard Line to Cuba consti-
tuted competition which warranted the
boards protection of American ship
ping lines.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
BIG AMPHiBIAN PLANE
TO FLY TO WEST COAST
New Craft Arrives Here to Pre-
pare for Second Transconti-
mental Flight of Kind.

A new Sikorsky amphibian airplane,
one Of two purchased by the Navy De-
partment this week, is in Washington
today in preparation for flight to the
Pacific Coast, where it will be used by
the Navy for patrol and training pur-
poses.
The big plane was flown here late
yesterday from New York by Lieut..
w. G. Tomlinson of the Naval Air Sta
ton, Anacostia, who had as passengers
Lieut.. A. r. Simpson of the Navy Board
of qInspection; Lieut.. Comdr. Harry
Baugh and Lieut.. Carl Harper. A me-
chanic of the manufacturing company
also was aboard.
The second of the planes still is in
New York, where test flights were made.
This is the second plane Of the same
type brought here by the Navy, one
being stationed here permanently. The
flight to the West Coast will begin as
soon as the weather clears over the
mountains. Lieut.. Rutledge Irvine, op-
Grafton officer at the naval air station,
will fly the plane on its long trip, the
second transcontinental fight ever
made by an amphibian.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Frog Skipping Tadpole Stage by Emerging
From Egg as Froglet Found in Jamaica

of the species shows great devotion In
guarding the eggs until Matched
Another unusual type of frog was
collected in the dungeons beneath the
old palace and fortress of Christophe at
Cape Haitien, Haiti, Schmidt wrote. He
also reported collecting some rare hum
ming birds, including one so small that
a safety-match box is an ample coffin
for it.
The Crane expedition, which sailed
from Boston in November, has been do
ing preliminary work. in Bermuda and
Haiti and is now at Balboa, Panama,
making final preparations for the main
part of its voyage, years journey
during which the Pacific ocean will be
circumnavigated. Cornelius Crane of
Chicago and Ipswich Mass, heads the
expedition and the trip is being made
on his yacht, the Illyria.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
$139, ,282. SO LAWYERS FEE
Millionaire Indian Oil Owner
Ordered to Pay Bill.

NEW YORK, December 20 Op).-Jack-
son Barnett, Oklahoma Indian whose
oil land made him millionaire over
night and whose gifts of $1,000 900
were set aside in Federal Court because
he apparently had no idea of the value
of the money, yesterday was ordered by
Federal Judge John o. Knox to pay his
lawyers $139. 9.28293.
-Four law firms handled the case on a
40 per cent contingency basis, but Judge
Knox held this too liberal and reduced
the fees to 25 per cent. plus $l4,282. SO.
Elmer S. Bailey of Tulsa, Okla, guar
dian of Barnett, was given $500 for
his labors in behalf of the Indian.
Barnett, 8l-year-old member Of the
Creek tribe, eloped six years ago with a
white woman, giving her $50O,000 as a
wedding gift, and at the same time es-
tablished trust fund of equal amount
for the American Baptist Home Mis-
sion Society.
1t is understood that Barnett is liv-
ing with his wife in California.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
NEXT HOUSE FACES
13SEAT CONTESTS
Eleven Democrats, Seven
Reelected, involved in
Membership Fights.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The next House of Representatives
may have bumper crop OF election
contests to decide before rounding out
its new membership. Nearly all of the
contested seats, it is indicated, will be
sought by defeated Republicans.
The Office of the clerk of the House
has been informed that IS seats, pos
sibly more, will not be filled at the
next session without a fight. Oficial
notices of six contests already have been
or are in prospect of being filed, while
seven more may develop.
OF the 13 seats. IL we're captured
last November by Democrats and may
be sought by like number Of Repuo-
licanS, four of whom are now sitting
in the House. Seven of the Democratic
victories were reflections.
Seats Involved.
The contests already begun or re-
garded as likely to develop follow:
Illinois, twenty-first district; Repre-
sentative j. Earl Major, Democrat,
against Frank M. Ramey, Republican,
elected.
Texas. fourteenth district-Harry NJ.
Wurzbach, Republican, against Augustus
McCloskey, Democrat, elected.
Missouri, ethird district-N. r. Law
renee, Republican, against Jacob L.
Milligan, Democrat, elected.
Indiana. fourth diStrict-Charles S.
Hisey. Republican. against Harry C.
Garfield, Democrat. elected: seventh
district-Representative Ralph E. Up
dixie, Republican, against Louis Ludlow,
Democrat, elected.
Maryland. third diStrict-John Philip
Hill. Republican, against Vincent L.
Palmisano, Democrat. elected.
Virginia, fifth districts. F. Lam
dreth, Republican, against Joseph
Whitehead, Democrat. elected.
West Virginia. sixth district-E. T.
England, Republican. against Joe L.
Smith, Democrat, elected.
Oklahoma. first district-E. B. How
ard, Democrat. against Charles O'Con-
nor, Republican. elected; second district
e. L. Kirby. Republican. against Will
liam w. Hastings, Democrat. elected.
Nebraska. first district-Elmer j. Bur-
kett, Republican, against John II. More
head. Democrat. elected.
New Jersey. eighth district-Fred A.
Hartley, jr., Republican, against Paul
j. Moore, Democrat, elected
Fight on Mrs. Owen.
Florida. fourth district-W c. Law
son. Republican. against Ruth Bryan,
Owen. Democrat. elected.
Although the defihite reasons for the
contests either already filed or probable
were not given at the clerks office,
since 1t Is not acquainted with such
details until three or four months after
an election, the fight on Mrs. owen,
daughter Of the late William j. Bryan.
probably viii resolve about her citizen
ship status because Of her marriage to
q British army officer.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
BUREAU REPORT READY
ON FISCAL RELATIONS
Strict Secrecy Maintained in Con-
nection With Document to
Be Submitted Soon.

The Bureau of Efficiency's report on
it's study of fiscal relations between the
Federal and the municipal govern
ment here will be transmitted to Con-
gress early next week, it was indicated
today.
Four official copies are being pre-
pared and will be forwarded to the
House appropriations committee, the
Gibson subcommittee of the House Dis
trict committee, the Senate appropri-
ations committee, and to Director Her.
bert M. Lord of the Bureau of the
Budget.
Strict secrecy is maintained as TO the
nature of the report 1t deals with the
question of support Of the municipal
government here, and the proportion
which should be borne by the local and
the Federal treasures.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Gift Wine Refused
AS Woman Escapes
Liquor Law Arrest

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, December 29.-Mrs.
Alexander Hayden of New York and
Clearwater, thought friend in New
York was joking when he told her
he might send her few bottles
or wine.
So it was a total surprise to her.
she told United States commits
sioner Thursday, when shipment
of 68 bottles of liquor was delivered
at her home She refused it and it
was confiscated later by Federal
agents.
She was acquitted of charge OF
violating the prohibition law.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
Anundsen Death
Note in Bottle
Reported Found
BY the Associated Press.

TROMSOE, Norway, December
29.-It was reported here yesterday
that bottle had been washed up on
the coast Of Finmarken which con-
tanned message signed by Roald
Amundsen and giving an account of
the tragedy of the French naval sea-
plane in which he. Capt. Rene Gull
baud and four others were lost while
en- route to the rescue of survivors of
the Mobile disaster.
The report gave no details and
local authorities are trying to de-
termine whether it was authentic.