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New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
'BUS7ER' LOU GUEST
 AT LIONS MEETING
(Continued from First Page)

which gave him the biggest thrill. and caused a hearty laugh when he told of the first and only football he ever played. while soldering in France.
 Tho All.Amerlcan team is ono of Americans unique institutions" he said. "and one of our Queerest. It was started by Walter Camp and the American public has been mar rsed to 1t ever since. And Golfers has been throwing rice ever Aince."
 There were a large number O visitors present at the meeting. many of them professional men who had been shining lights in the field ot sports in their younger days. and many who still remain sports pro- moters. The attendance prize was awarded to William Moulton. James Donohus and Joseph Hafrey enter tained with solos.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
Fau River Operatives
 Accent Cut In Wages

yA0 Niver Nas0.. Jan. Sl N}-The cottoa mills ef this city. which put into sAsct yestsrday . wags reduce ton ef 10 per cent found no fur thoe lefsctions from the ranks of tleiY operatives when they opened for work today. Only two mills were affected by walkouts or discontented workers yesterday.
 fAe Davol mills. which were c'osed after some of the loom fx- CTS end weavsrs had walked out. were Idle today. The management snt no date for their reopening. The Davis mills continued to operate in spite of . walkout of 100 weavers.
 rhs Fall River textile council. with which the majority of tho tex tilo workers are affiliated. voted last night to stand by the decision vot- ed last week by . narrow margin to refuse to call . strike in protest a,ainst the wage cut.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
Tunney to Fight Before
 Oct. 1. Rickard Says

New York. Jan. 31 (UP)-Tex Richards office announced today that . guarantee of $lO0.0o0 would be posted this afternoon insuring Gene Tunney . heavyweight cham pionship fight before October l.
 The deposit. e required in the Rickard-Tunney contract. will be made at the New York Trust Co. by Henry Aitkin. assistant treasurer of Madison Square Garden. Under the contract, 1t must be posted be- fore February 5.
 Tho terms provide that the time and place of the light and Tunney's opponent must be announced 70 days before the fight.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
FAMILY SKELETON RATTLED ID AID
 YOUNG HICKMAN
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Different Walks Of L,fc

uuncICut W SlRS OI kIuc
 The eight men and four women who will decide the fate of Hickman occupy various walks of life and q wide range of age.
 The four women. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bullis. Mrs; Emily Lindrum. Mrs. Virginia Roess. and Mrs. Sara h Roach all are middle aged and are housewives.
 Of the men. Elias Kahn. retired merchant Ario Rickett. dry goods merchant. Edwin Venables. retired. J. A. Ruggles, retired United States army colonel. and Howard skews. farmer. all are well advanced in age.
 Robert L. Bowman. salesman, Harry H. Wood. citrus grower and Howard Atkinson. occupation not given. the remainder Of the jury are younger men.
 "No Laughing Matter"
 Spending Christmas day in tail and facing mob violence just be- cause you resemble William Edward Hickman Is no laughing matter ac- cording to Lewis D. Wyatt, of Cory. Ind.
 For the indignity suffered and since his life was endangered. Wyatt believes he should share in the re- ward offered for capture and convic- ton of Tho Fox.''
 A lengthy treatise on the subject in letter form was received by Chief of Detectives Herman Cline.
 Hts Letter
 ''It's no laughing matter" Wyatt wrote. Tt was only . miracle that the mob didn't take mo from the of- ficers because they seemed sure l was the man wanted. Then too. I have wife and three little girls and the time I spent in Jail in Las Vegas kept mo from getting home for ChristmaA"
 Wyatt was taken from . train at Las Vegas, New Mexico. and held for Identification by Los Angeles authorities. He was the first sus- pect arrested.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
Temporary Housing

Washington, Jan. Sl.-(UP)- More than 2s.00o soldiers, including nearly 1000 officers, are quartered in temporary housing. Maj. Gen. C. P. Summerall, chief of staff. told the house appropriations committee in testimony made public today.
 Summerall did not 50 into de- tails about housing conditions. his discussion of which some time ago resulted in his recall from 2 speak ing tour at President Coolidge's be- hest.
 Maj. Gen. W. c. Rivers. inspector general of the army. described housing conditions as bad" in sew eral places, when he appeared before the committee. He said some guar. ters are fire traps. adding "they burn up all the tims."
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
Coolidge Does Not Mean
 To Take Further Action

Washington. Jan. II. = ~ - Pr sident Coolidge contemplates no further action relative to the soft cosl situation.
 It was said today at the White House that he had suggested two or three methods of treating the subject ,o congress- but that 50 far as re- r,:'ts had como from them, 1t was cear that tho majority of both mine ,erators and mine workers were in opposition to the steps recommend ei.
 Any further investigation or ac. lion. as the president now views it. must be left to the discretion of congress.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT

Tho police were notified today of the return of tho operators licenses of Joseph Zak of a Lyman street. John Keywsky of 357 High street. e. Albert Grabinsky of 270 Linwood street. and the suspension of the licenses of Cornelius Curry of 1o8 Seymour street and Alex Kijewski of ~ Albany avenue.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
NEW SLEUTH ASSIGNMENTS
SrGeants T. ,. Feeoey and J. c. Stadlcr Go Into Detective Bureau, Succeeding Flynn and McAvay.

sergeants NJ. J. Flynn and P. A. McAvay having completed their per- iod of servcie in the detective bu- reau. will return to night street duty tomorrow. Chief Hart announced to- day. Sergeants T. J. Feeney and J. C. Stadler will go on detective bu. reau assignment, the former on the 2 p. m.. to midnight shift and the latter on the ' .. m.. to 5 p. m. shift. Sergeant Flynn will be on duty from z p. m., to .. m., and Sergeant McAvay from . p. m.. to a. m.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
One New Case of Smallpox
 RepOrted in MiddletOWn

Middletown. Jan. Sl.-lFe-One new case Of smallpox was reported here today bringing the total for Midd.esex county 10 i21 cases. Health authorities reported that the epidemic here was we'll in hand and that normal conditions' were prev alent.
 Many cases were discharged and quarantine lifted from several families.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
WALTHAM co. DIVIDEND

New York. Jan. s1 R-Wanham Watch Company has declared divi- dend of $S a share on the per cert preferred stock. the first distribution on this issue since reorganization in 1929. The company cleared up back dividends on the per cent prior preference stock on July 1. 1927. with a payment of $13.6O.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
ANOTHER SMITH CLUE
Letter Allegod to Have Been Writ ten by Missing Girl Says She Dis liked College Life.

Northampton. Mass. Jan. s1 tUP) Frances St. John smith. missing college student, wrote & letter to her governess in New York. dated two days befors her disappearance on Jsnuay II. in which she said among other things that 1t was hateful" to be back at college. authorities learned last night.
 Scraps of the letter which had been torn up and then rewritten were uneasthed in . wastepaper receptacle in the cellar Of the Dewey house where the girl had roomed.
 The letter. which had been re- ceived by her governesA a Miss Hamilton in New York. ts now in tho possession of Major Thomas J. Hammond. legal adviser of the Smith family here.
 Mir. and Mra St. John Smith. parents of the missing student. left for their home in New York yes- terday. after two weeks in North
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
FLYER IS DELAYED.

Etowah. Tenn, Jan. 31 (UP)- Low visibility caused Captain Charles nonnellan, good will flyer. to delay his take-off from here for Atlanta today. He was forced down late ycs- terday by fog.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31

clusion the entire period under the care of physiciana.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-31

9se enlisted men who will bs ssnt to college. was advocated q . nsw step by the army.
 ''Ths purpose of this battalion." " he said. '1s to create | group of young men in industry in the pro- curement of munitions in time of war;"
 Coast Guard
 All but eight of the Notifications guarding the coasts. of tho United States are in the hands of caretak- err. 1t was revealed today in testi- mony made public by the house ap- propriations committee, stmultAne- eualy with its report Of the army appropriation bill.
 Major General Andrew Hero. Jr.. chief of coast artillery. who attri. buted the condition to reductions the coast artillery had suffered along with other branches of the army and to transfer Of many of his men to the air corps. said the caretaking de- tashments consisted of from ls to et men at each fort.
 While they maneuver the guns and installations once . week. or every day." he said. the armament and power plants do not receive that daily attention and functioning at drill that Is necessary and that Is normally the case in Hanama and in Honolulu.
 When . national guard unit or reserve officers training corps unit come to shoot one of these guns, usually something unforeseen hap pens. something that the caretakers would not In normal course of their duties have foreseen.
 50 am not quite sure about the real efficiency of thoss harbor de- lenses in the hands of caretakers."
 General Hero said the garrisonS at the eight excepted stations were fairly reasonable" and that the system of coast defenses generally was in q satisfactory condition.
 Washington. Jan. 31 N-The pre- diction that 1t will take eight or nine years to complete existing river and harbor projects upon the basis of a 5o,ooo,oo0 annual expenditure was made today by the house appro- priations committee in reporting the army appropriation bill.
 oil 1Nt, sS35o0 for work of the army en- sineers. of which a lump sum Of $50, o,0oo is for work on projects already authorized.
 555 Projects
 There are 55S projects 10 which this appropriation Is applica ble." the committee said, either for maintenance or improvement. or both. Of this number 363 have been completed 50 far as tho present needs of navigation warrant and are on a maintenance basis. This leaves l92 projects on which improvement work remains to be done to the ex- tent justified by commercial uses and the chief engineers estimates that to complete these projects to the ex- tent necessary to met the demands of commerce will cost approximate ly &?5o.0oo,0oo.
 The committee said tt had heard many witnesses interested in im- provement of navigation on the Mis- souri river between Kansas City and the rivers mouth. The estimated amount required to complete this project is $6,340.ooo.
 Subject to Revision
 This figure is subject to revision but 1t is the latest available" the committee said. The chief of en- gineers has indicated his wish to push this project to completion as rapidly as circumstances will per- init and stated that the allotment may be as much as $3,o0o, o,000."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
Fourth Series Game
Ordered Postponed
Because of Rain
Drizzle Following Down
pour Prompts Rul-
ing by Lands.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ST LOUIS, october 8.-The fourth
world series game between the st. Louis
Cardinals and the New York Yankees
was postponed until tomorrow by Judge
K. M Lands, commissioner of base
ball, because of rainy weather today
A hard downpour shortly after 8
am. was followed by drizzle with
overcast skies.
The forecast was for cloudy this aft
ernoon and fair tonight and Tuesday
Three defeats at the hands of the
enemy and the early morning rain
meant nothing in the lives of the
dyed-in- -the-wool base ball fans bent
on witnessing void series game. AS
early as 80 am About 200 pavilion
and bleacher fans were on hand at
Sportsman's Park. holding paper car
tons and newspapers over their heads
and hoping for clearing skies.
Some 30 enthusiasts spent the night
outside the park in order to be first
inside when the gates opened at $50.
Six small negro boys in the group of
bleacher fans entertained with songs
and interpretations of the "black bot
tom" until exhausted. Then they curled
up in large paper carton anad went
to sleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
HICKMAN ISDEN|ED
HIGH COURT APPEAL
Convicted Parker Girl Slayer
Now Said to Have Little
Chance.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
william Edward Hickman of Los An
geles, Calf, under sentence of death on
October 19 for the murder of Marion
Parker, a 12-year-old school girl, was
today denied an appeal to the Supreme
Court by Justice Sutherland.
Jerome Walsh of Kansas City. Hick-
mans lawyer, held long conference
with Justice Sutherland. who has charge
of cases in the Pacific Coast circuit, ex-
planning to him in detail the grounds for
asking an appeal. He was unable, how
ever, to convince Mr.. Sutherland that
there had been miscarriage of justice.
Had Justice Sutherland granted an ap-
peal, Walsh intended to ask for a stay of
execution.
Walsh said that he had not aban-
doned hope of getting the case before
the Supreme Court. He will be unable
to take IL before the court as whole,
but he intends to call upon other JUS
tices in the hope of finding one who will
grant an appeal.
Under the practices of the court 1t will
be necessary for Walsh to explain fully
to ther justices the refusal of Justice
Sutherland and in most instances that
of itself has been controlling. Those
familiar with the procedure were of the
impression that Walsh was not likely to
find a Justice who would give him an
appeal after it had been refused him by
Justice Sutherland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
Il DIE AND 81 ILL
OF POISON LIQUOR
Raw Alcohol Causes Heavy
Death Toll in New York
SIumS.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October S.-Four more
deaths, believed by the police to be due
to alcoholic poisoning, were reported to-
day, making total of II In New York
over the week end.
Two unidentified men were picked up
in East Side streets and two dodgers
were found dead in Bowery rooming
houses.
With 81 other persons in Manhattan
and Brooklyn hospitals suffering from
the same complaint, police said it was
the largest week end death toll from
that cause since New Year
DR.. Charles Norris, chief medical ex-
aminer, ascribed the unusually heavy
death toll to the increase in the num-
Der of private stills in the slum districts
and the spread of the habit of drinking
smoke" or raw alcohol. Most of the
dead and many of those in hospitals
came from the lower East Side.
Smoke, the name being derived
from a chemical which is introduced to
soften the burning effect on the throat
and which gives the alcohol smoky
appearance. is distilled out of corn
mash. potatoes, fruit and so on, DR..
Norris said, and sells for from to 10
cents drink
This stuff is not poisonous in the
ordinary sense of the term" DR.. Nor
riS explained, "but an ounce or two
of it has an effect on the heart equal
to that of whole bottle of hard liquor
that has been properly aged in the
wood" t
Six of the dead we're picked up on
the streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
LOS ANGELES FLIES
OVER SAN ANTONIO
Dirigible's Arrival for Legion Con.
vention Greeted by Thou
sands in Texas.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. october g.
The giant naval dirigible Los Angeles
arrived over San Antonio at 9:40 o'clock
today.
Thousands of people crowded the
streets for a view of the silver colored
airship, which was flown here as fea-
ture of the opening of the national con-
vention of the American Legion this
morning.
Radio operators at Kelly Field said
after communicating with the ship that
the dirigible planned to cruise over San
Antonio until late today, when 1t will
leave for Fort Worth to be moored for
the night.
AS San Antonians and the thousands
of legionnaires followed the Los Angeles
with their eyes through clear sky, T.
G.. w, Settle, a member of the dirigible
crew. radioed the following message:
Greetings from the Los Angeles. San
Antonio looks mighty good to me-.
With a crew of 40 officers and men
aboard, in command of Lieut.. Comdr.
H. v. Wiley. the dirigible left its base at
Lakehurst, N. j., late Saturday and was
flown to San Antonio by way OF New
Orleans and Houston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
HINES ADVOCATES
DEPARTMENT FOR
VETERANS RELIEF
Legion Convention Told Con-
soIidation of Agencies Would
Aid Efficiency.
EXPENDITURES BY U. S.
PUT AT S4,416,8S0, ,986
Pershing Gets Great Welcome in
San Antonio-SeSsions Con-
tinue Five Days.
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. october g.
An executive department to deal with
all forms of veterans relief was advo-
Gated by Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, di-
rector of the Veterans Bureau, in an
address prepared for delivery today be-
fore the American Legion convention.
The main advantage in such con-
solidation, he said. would be in bring
ing together in one definite agency, un-
der the President, matters which are so
closely related at this time as to make
1t essential for those charged with the
administrative duties to be familiar with
all phases of the problem"
A total of $1,280, ,189,194 was paid to
World War veterans and their depend
ents by the bureau up to August 81, he
said. and disability compensation total
ing $12,000,000 is being paid to vet
Grams every month. He placed the total
disbursements to August 81 for all forms
of veteran relief at So, ,880,986.
Reach Peak in 1947.
The peak of disqualification need for
veterans suffering from mental and nerv-
Gus disabilities will probably not be
reached until 1947, he said, noting that
the bureaus greatest need, at the pres
ent time was for a larger medical per-
Sonnel.
The rhythm of drums and the blare of
bugles resounded through the streets
until dawn and showed signs of abating
as the tenth annual convention opened
here this morning for flve-day session.
The frolicsome spirit of the veterans
asserted itself throughout Sunday, but
with the arrival late yesterday of fresh
throngs of visitors and delegates, includ-
ing Gen. John j. Pershing. the horseplay
which has marked every Legion conven-
tion 10 date suddenly came into its own.
The pillow stunt, in which a large
number of Legionnaires cut holes in pill
lows and shake the feathers into the
street. ushered in night of carnival
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 3D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
27 ARRESTED IN CLASH
AS TEXTILE MILLS OPEN
Workers Refusing to Acknowledge
Strike Settlement Jailed in
Rows With Others.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. october B.
For the first time in Is weeks op-
eratives Streamed through open gates
into New Bedford Mills this morning.
The return to work after the long tex
tile strike was watched from distance
by textile mill committee sympathizers
who have refused to acknowledge the
strike settlement, and there were re-
peated brushes with the police, which
led to 27 arrests.
Most of the mills we're slow in starting
up. Officials in these plants took the
names of applicants and turned hun
dreds away to await further call.
Mill officials said they would have to
inspect their equipment before announc-
ing to what extent work could be re-
Sumed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
NEAR RETALIATION
ON GAS COMPANY
Depreciation and Land, How
ever, Declared to Be Still
in Dispute.

The opening today of hearings before
the Utilities Commission on the revalu-
alton of the Washington Gas Light Co.
brought out that the experts for the
commission and the company are not
far apart on the estimated cost of re-
production of the physical property, but
that they will differ considerably on
the question of depreciation and on land.
Another factor that will enter into
the final determination of their value
Is the question of what should be allowed
for such intangibles, which have not yet
been gone into.
The morning session was taken up by
detailed testimony of r. o. Luqueer,
member of the consulting firm which
made the inventory for the gas COM
pany, explaining the methods he fol-
lowed in arriving at unit cost OF the
various classes of property.
Little Difference in Estimates.
Before Mr. Luqueer started. Ralph
B. Fleharty, peoples counsel, placed on
file the results of the inventory made
for the commission by H. Carl Wolf
showing a difference of only $350,280
in the estimates of himself and Mr.
Luqueer of the costs to reproduce new
the tangible property of the Washing
ton company, exclusive, however, of
land and the item of depreciation.
The cost to reproduce new the tan
gible property of the Washington COM
| pany was placed at $20,579,510 by the
| company expert and at $20,229 230 by
| the commission expert, making the diff
ference $350,280.
The commission engineer, however
estimates the accrued depreciation at
| So 1882, ,688. The company estimate on
depreciation as contained in the reports
filed two weeks ago was $826,750.
Reproduction Cost.
Mr.. Wolf estimates the total repro
duction cost now, less depreciation, at
| S17,346,542 Mr.. Wolf also deducts an
item of $147,154 under the heading of
property not used or useful The COM
pany's estimate for reproduction cost
of $20,579,510, less its depreciation
estimate Of $826,750. leaves 9,752, ,76O.
These comparisons do not include
differences expected to develop between
the company and commission experts
on land value allowances and on going
concern and other intangibles, which
will be gone into before final valla-
ton for rate-making purposes is ar
rived at.
The commissions present valuation
of the washington company is $15,500,-
600.
Mr.. Luqueer confined his testimony
today to the inventory of the Washing
ton company, with view to taking UP
separately at a later time the figures
for the Georgetown company. The
companies are being represented at the
hearings by Attorneys Swager Sherley,
Benjamin Minor and George P. Hoover.
Ord Preston, president of the company,
also attended the hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
u. S.-POLAND TRADE SETS
NEW HALF-YEAR RECORD
Total Value for Six Months Is
$27, ,o27, ,55O-Latter Country
Takes More u. s. Goods.
3y the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WARSAW, October 8.-Trade between
Poland and the United States reached
a new record in the first half of this
year with total value of $27.927, $50.
Polish imports of American goods in
creased AZ per cent over the imports
for the same period last year and ex-
ports from Poland to the United States
increased 10 per cent. The United
States retained second place among the
countries of origin for Poland's imports
accounting for Is per cent of the total.
In Poland's total foreign trade, for
the half year, the imports also estab-
liShed a new record, amounting to
$198, 8,176,421, an increase of "a per cent
over the first half of last year Exports
remained in approximately the same
volume at $134 ,955, ,169. The continuous
growth of imports is partly result of
the expansion of industry and trade.
Operation and production of the princi-
pal industries were well above the av-
erage of the first half of 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
REILLY, DEMOCRAT, QUITS
WISCONSIN SENATE RACE
Leaves La Toilette Only Major
Party Candidate-Conservative
G.. o. P. May Enter Man.

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE, Wis October 8.--M.
K. Reilly of Fond Du Lac today an
nounced his withdrawal as Democratic
nominee for United States Senator.
Unless the Democrats choose a candi-
date to succeed Mr.. Reilly Senator
Robert M La Toilette. the Republican
nominee, will be the only candidate of
a major party in the field.
Unconfrmed published reports have
said that the conservative wing of the
Republican party is considering putting
an independent candidate in the field
against Senator La Toilette, mentioning
prominently the name of w J. Campbell
of Oshkosh. long prominent figure in
its group.