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New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
u. s. JOURNALIST |. DIES IN FRANCE
William Alonlo Hopkins Was |
 Founder Of 'Le natin''

Paris, Feb. cs R}-William Alon- 20 Hopkins, of Brattleboro. Vt, one of the founders of the Paris news paper, Le Matin, is dead at the aga of s. He was reputed to be the dean Of tho American colony here.
 Mir. Hopkins was the intimate friend of General Grant. Ferdinand de Lesseps, Governor Leland Stan- ford. founder of the university which bears his name. and other leaders on both sides of the Atlantic.
 Madc Big Fortune
 He made a fortune in bronze in New Jersey. inventing . now type which was used largely in tho White House. He came to Europe in 1S7S in ill health.
 Despite his health, however. he became all the more active. With Whitclaw Reid. of the New York Tribune. he founded tho Morning News of Paris in 1Ss& with . French translation. Le Matin. When James Gordon Bennett bought the News merging it with the Paris edi- ton of the New York Herald. MT. Hopkins retained 1.e Matin. He opened the French papers columns to all leaders and made it an im- posing force in France. The paper was largely responsible for the fall ure of General Boulanser's royaltst movement and foremost in showing the impracticabitity of De Lesssps' Panama Canal project. He after ward sold the paper to its present ownsre.
 Founded Hospital
 During the war Mir. Hopkins founded La Providence hospital near his country homo at DinArd. He es- abolished q model vegetable garden from which he gave tho people h. 900 plants to supplement their food supplies.
 He leaves three daughters. Sister Mary Emanuel, who founded . Benedictine convent at Antilles, May Dewitt Hopkins and Sister Mary Dolores of the Franciscan order in India. and a son Maurice Hopkins of Seattle, Wash.
 The founder of his family fought under Oliver Cromwell. Another an- cestor. stephen Hopkins. signed the Declaration of Independence. A branch of his family founded Johns Hopkins university.
 The funeral services will he held tomorrow with interment at Dinard on Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
EDUCATORS CONVENTION
 IS STILL IN SESSION
Election of Officers Without Oppcei.
 tion Takes P1acc on Third

Boston. Feb. 2s trP)--rhe tsth annual convention of the national educational association entered its third day today with the election of officers of the department of super- intendence the principal business of today's general session.
 Frank D. Boynton of Ithaca. N. r., who has no opposition, will be. come the new president of the de- partment. According to the usual procedure, the retiring president, Dr. Joseph NJ. Qwinn of San Francisco. Calif., will become first vice presi. dent.
 Frank Bickelt of Montclair. N. T.. also unopposed, will become Aecond vice president, while Sherwood D. shankland Of Washington, D. C., will continue as executive secretary.
 ''The profession of educational Ad- ministration" was the topic for to- days general meeting of the depart ment of superintehdence, while vari- ous other departments of the asso- SidtAUu HcIN AcctSu85 VII tVpACU VI particular interest to them.
 Sightseeing, historic pilErimages and visitation of exhibits was plan- ned this afternoon for tho supefin- tendents' department. and no meet ings were scheduled after noon to- day for that department
 The convention will close tonlor- row with the meeting at which Mrs. Evangeline Lodge IAndbergh will re- ceive a life membership medal in the National Education Association.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Pop" Schwarz of East
 Hampton Dies in R. I.

East Hampton. Conn.,. Feb. 29 R Frederick H. Schwarz, known to many thousands who had been sum- mer guests at his camping lodges OH salmon river and to whom he was Pop" Schwarz. died at the home of his daughter. Mre. s. J. A. Root. in Mapleville. k. T., today aged 77. Mr. Schwarz had been in ill health for the past year.
 Born in Germany Mir. Schwarz came to this country when 19 years old and spent some time in New York city. Leaving New York he went to Leesville where he estab- lished a series of summer camps. The first year he had about 12 boarders. Last year he had over a thousand.
 He was widely known among thou sands of campers as Pop" Schwarz and his wife as Mother" Schwarz. He leaves besides his wife, two sons and a daughter.
 The funeral will be held from the home Of his daughter in Mapleville, R. l.. Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock after which the body will be brought to the vault at 1.akeview cemetery where it will remain un- til interment in Dashon Hill ceme- tcry in Leesville.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Patrolman Faces Charge
 Of Manslaughter Today

Woburn. Mass.. Feb. 20 w. Patrolman Daniel Mckinnon of stoneham was charged with man. slaughter today in connection with the death of James McHill of Wake field. His superior, Chief Sumner Green. filed complaint against him.
 McGill. who was shot by McKih- non in stoneham on Sunday night. died last night ir the Winchester hospital. McKinnon claimed that McGill had disobeyed his order 10 stop his automobile and that he fired at McGill when the latter put his hand in his pocket as If to draw a pistol.
 The shooting. it was said. occur red after McGill and Walter Davi- son. another Wakefield youth, dis obeyed a Wakefield policeman's or der not to drive their automobile be- cause they had teen drinking. When they started the car the Wakefield police notified the Stoneham au- thorities and McKinnon was in- structed to watch for them.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
POLITICS ACTIVE
 MOVEMENT STARTS
Hoover ind Ant-hooYT Cam.
 paisns Get Busy Today ~,

Washington. Feb. es (UP)-The Hoover and anti-Hoover groups showed fresh activity today.
 Hoover organization work was being started in adjacent Maryland following an application at An- napolis late yesterday to place Hoov- er's name upon the ballot in the primary to be held May !.
 Senator Moses, republican, New Hampshire, manifested some dis- pleasure that Hoover has failed to get more than two or three prospec- tive Iowa delegates and announced he was going with Senator Edge. re- publican. N. J., to the Hoover head quarters here with an urgent de- mand that the leaders ''get some fight into the campaign" Moses was one of the first republican leaders to declare for Hoover. Lunches With Dawes
 Vice-President Charles c. Dawes invited to lunch Governor Adam Me- Mullen of Nebraska and thereby set political tongues wagging. McMullen protested several weeks ago against the ''favorite son" candidacy of Sen- ator Lowden of Illinois. More recent reports indicate, however, that Me- Mullen will go along with the Nor ris movement for the time being. Norris told the United Press he did not know McMullen was coming to town and that he had arranged no conference with the governor al- though he would like to see him.
 Dawes IS supporter Of Lowden and fs himself regarded as a possi- bility for the nomination. although he has publicly announced he was not candidate. Candidates for the nomination must file for the Ne braska primaries before March 10.
 The Maryland petition for Hoover would not have been filed until the final date April q. except that the Hoover people there desired to per- feet their organization work and thought it would be best to carry on their campaign officially. The situa- tion in the state is said here to be favorable to the secretary, although there was some disagreement recent ly over the action of J. Craig Me- J.anahan in forming a "Hoover-For- President" club.
 Iowa For LOwtlrn
 The Moses-Edge agitation over Iowa results was not accepted by party leaders generally as any seri- ous dissatisfaction with the progress of the Hoover campaign. Iowa has generally been accepted as a Low den state. The district conventions held there Monday endorsed Lowden for the most part. although two or three indicated they might elect Hoover delegates.
 If Hoover gets two or three dele gates there, most of his leaders will be clated. Hence. many are inclined to believe that Moses displcasure is not to be considered as too serious
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
INJURIES PROVE FATAL
D. D. Brewer of Bridgeport Suc- cumbs to Automobile Injuries Was One of Old Forty Miners.

Bridgeport. Feb. 20 R-Duane n. Brewer. typo" of the old days. a member of the '49 club. died at St. Nincent's hospital today from injur- ies received when struck by an auto mobile on February 10. He was 's years of age and president of the Brewer-Colgan Company. printers.
 On Sunday evening February 10, Mir. Brewer left his home to attend church service. Al Wayne street and Bronx avenue he was strrck by the car of Dr. William F. O'Connell of Westport, former ambulance sur geon at the Bridgeport Emergency hospital.
 Dr. O'Connell picked ur Brewer and took him to the hospital. He had Ibroken hip, and internal injuries.
 MT. Brewer was born in dranby October 6, 1S4S. and because of his natal year he bees . 49er. here, a club made up Of men born in that year which marked the gold rush to California. He was a descendant Of Samuel Brewer who came from England in 1882 and located in Rox- bury. Mass. Tho Brewer family moved to Springfield. Mass. where it became one of the best known families there
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
INVESTMENT FIRM
 NOW IS ENJ0INED.
PftTmtM From Selling C9.
 tidcltE

Albany. N. Y.. Feb. 20 (UP)-An injunction restraining the New Eng land Investment Trusts, Inc, the New England Investors Shares, Inc, and the New England Collateral Shares corporation from selling any Of its investment Trust certificates in this state was obtained from supreme Court JustNe Strong of Brooklyn today by Attorney General Ottinger. pending an investigation of tho corporations by the attorney generals office.
 An affidavit by Deputy Attorney General William H. Millholland said the corporations have been collect- ing large sums on partial pay ment plan. representing tha: securi- ties were deposited with the Liberty National bank and that trustee cer- tificates providing for payment on the stocks would be issued.
 "As . matter of fact" the affida- yit said. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been collected, notwith- standing that none of these under lying securities were purchased: no collateral trustee certificates have been issued and the money has been dissipated by these corporations and their officers"
 It was charged that A. E. Ben- esch. ''the moving spirit" directed affairs of the New England Invest ment Trust, Inc, but endeavored to escape all responsibility by not hold ing any office in the corporation"
 'This is the best illustration pos. sible," said | statement from the attorney general, "of the need for regulation of investment trusts. While the attorney generals investi- ration has shown that conditions here disclosed are quite unusual, the present case does serve to show the need of legislation to provide some protection to the public. for it was represented and people believed that they were securing interest in valu- able securities actually deposited with . responsible trustee or finan- cial institution of high standing which was the inducement to many of these people who invest their savings in this manner"
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
WANTED-A MOVIE ACTOR
 AND COMBINATION PILOT
Chamberlain Says Levine Almost Discarded Him as He Might
 Not Film Well.

New York, Fet. 29 (UP)-Charles Levine wanted a combination pilot and movie actor when he set out to select someone to fly his Bellanca monoplane to Europe last summer. Clarence Chamberlain reveals in his book Record Flights"
 Chamberlain says he almost got left behind on the transoceanic flight because Levine thought he would not film we'll after the adven- turc.
 "Mr. Bellanca's insistence that ! flew well and knew his plane bet ter than anyone else was all that saved me-" the pilot says.
 Chamberlain reviews the history of the long controversy between Levine and the three pilots availa ble for tho flight. Floyd Bertaud, Bert Acosta and Chamberlain.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
AGRICULTURAL BILL
 NOW BEFORE HOUSE
Calls for StB,sis,As Appro.
 priaton for Varied ThinGs

Washington, Feb. c9 R>-Activi- ties ranging from the furnishing of weather data for the fast growing aviation industry to the fights against the Mexican pink boil worm, the gypsy moth. the European corn borer and the Japanese beetle were provided for today in the appropria- tion bill for the department of agri- culture which was reported to the house.
 Big Total
 The bill carried grand total of s1f3,319.349 for the fiscal year be- ginning next July l. and standing high in its recommendation was one for the expansion of weather bureau service for aviators. An ap- propriation of $2.709.000 was rec commended for the bureau. of which S25 900 would be for the establish ment of additional meteorological stations and service on commercial airways. the committee declaring that for tho benefit of aviators, aA contemplated by the air commerce act of 1926" A total of 377,600.- 900 was recommended for road construction of which $71.00o,000 ia for federal aid to states.
 Appropriation for various activi- ties of the department included:
 Farmers cooperative demonstra- tions S1.4e2.0o0; cooperative agricul- tural extension work $1,3O0,00O: flood devastated farm area relief &4oo.0oo; eradication of tuberculosis S5,70S,000; inspection and quaran- tine S712.0o0; eradication of the cat tie tick s7os.ooO; eradication of hog cholera &4i1,0oo: enforcement of packers and stockyards act S374,000; meat inspection S2,176,0Oo.
 For investigation by the bureau of plant industry; fruit diseases $174,0Oo; blister rust control 9446,- GOO vegetable and forage diseases $2O0.5O0; crop physiology and breeding &s0,16o; cotton. rubber and tropical plants s:b5.so0: seed test ing laboratory &70.oO0: cereal crops and diseases s72S.oo0; tobacco in- vestigations t6oo.Oo0; sugar plants &1s3.l79; dry land agriculture $:oS,- o5o; western irrigation agriculture &14.,095; nut culture S44,040 and forage crop investigations $14c.so0.
 Other appropriations included for the forest service &11,035.105; bu- reau of chemistry and soils $l.:1o,- 6I3; bureau of etymology $l.952,- c4S; bureau of agricultural eco monies which is in charge of CO., operative marketing activities &S,- 54S.2S0.
 Appropriations for plant quaran- tine and control included the fol- lowing end control included the fol- lowing: pink boil worm $6S7.s0o: gypsy and brown-tail moth &5b6.- sS0: European corn borer sss7.86o; Japanese and Asiatic beetle 1265.S0o.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Woman Arrested for
 Passing Bad Chnclfs

Greenwich. Feb. % M - Helen Eichler. who said shs was 70 and lived in Cold SpringA N. T., VII arrested today charged with fesgesy and her court hearing was put evsr until Friday.
 The complaint was that the woman cashed . check ter ol1S made out to bearer and ApDafeatiy drawn by Mrs. Horace Daaoe& ef this town and later tried e eAah a check for $7s at . local sseesty and one for $500 at the HutAam Trust company. It was whils q the bank that she was arreste1. The police reserved information e to the motive which led Miae Elehler to use the name of Mrs. Banett un- til she is in court.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Student Teachers Read
 Books About Beauty

Boston. Feb. 2s.-1At-weighty tonnes about history and philosophy give way to books on beauty culture and etiquette when women students in the teacher training institutions of 3s states read in their leisure hours
 Miss Amanda Lee Beaumont. dean of women at Marshall college, Hunt ington, W. va.. told the National As- sociation of Deans of Women here today that this was disclosed fin . study of the leisure reading of these students.
 In an experiment at MarshAll coi- lese. she said. a popular book Of etiquette was placed without com. ment in the reading room. Later questioning revealed that 70 out Of a possible 11o readers had read the book and were interested In its eon. tents.
 A list Of approximately 1900 titles is being prepared for use of deans who are asked to recommend suit. able books for leisure reading.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
Bride Falsiifes Age and
 Husband Pays 3l25 Fine

London. Feb. 2S (uP)--Miss Mar saret shotter. promising 1S-year-old actress, reversed the usual theatrical custom and raised her age-at . cost of SIPS.
 Instead of obtaining her fathers consent to marry Captain Alastair Miller. racing motorist, Miss shotter gave her age as 2l years when the marriage license was obtained.
 Prosecution followed. Mis- shotter pleaded guilty, and her new hus- band paid her fine of $125 at Clerk enwell police court.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
SC0TCHMAN JOkE IS GIVEN THE LIE
Not One Takes Advantage ol "Leap Year Gifts"

New York, Feb % (UP) - A blow to popular superstition which perhaps is fostered most by the Scotch themselves was furnished at the marriage license bureau to- day.
 Although this was February c9 and a wedding anniversary with it's accompanying gift will come only once every four years. not q single scotchman appeared during the first two hours after the bureau opened.
 The first couple to be married in tho municipal chapel were Juan Ortega. P, and Leticia Miranda, B. who came here from Havana, Cuba, and Ponse. Porto Rico, re- spectively.
 They chose the Leap Year day for . wedding date. they said, be- cause it just happened that both had days off. Juan operates an ele- vator and Leticia typewriter.
 It was a Coney Island romance, they blushingly told reporters. that had it's inception when they met at Luna park last May. The engage ment came a month later 50 that it wasn't Leap Year proposal at all.
 But I would have proposed if Juan hadn't" Miss Miranda said.
 Officials of the bureau predicted that upwards of 70 licenses would be issued today but that the num- Der of marriages performed in the chapel would be considerably less than usual.
 Although 1t is possible to choose your own wedding date there is as yet no known way of deciding when you are to be born so that February 29 was just like any other day in the citys maternity wards.
 Four girls and one boy baby, for instance, were born this morning at the Borough Park Maternity hospi- tai, Brooklyn.
 Each, granted life, will be able to vote when he or she has cele- brated only six birthdays. And pos. sibly one of the girls will be mar ried soon after her fourth birthday.
 The tenth wedding anniversary Of Mir. and Mrs. Carl Schneider of West Orange. N. J.. will be cele. brated tonight. They have been married 40 years. Friends have mo- tined Schneider. who is the deputy sheriff of Essex county. that in- stead of recognizing the event with rubies for the 10th anniversary they will offer gifts of tin pans for the 10th anniversary.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

der.
 Ussrs Of opium. hs sayA aso. small in number in the UM1ta9 States and nearly all sf 1t eeaAsa iDs through smuggling in Seattle. UF,; tually none Of tho domestic lnAan-s factured narcotics reaches the IT. legal trade.
 The drug ring spetatss a1&aS. systematic linea federal e0@aaa maintain. The lare3 tmpertesu ssl1 the drugs in large quantities te tAs wholesale dealers for as lev os tlt an ounce and 1t passes tAfeagA various dealers until tho aA1tet Y required to pay 1lS1.so sn sunes. which he purchases in sne geaio capsules at one dollar each. Thia enormous pront. they point cut. is a constant lure for the dope AealerA
 Commissioner Mutt ridicules the idea that school children are large users of drugs in the United States.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
IA Year Old Chicago
 Girl Th0uGht Kidnaped

Chicago. Feb. 3S tUF)-eearch for Jeanette etitchberfy. l4. miss. ing since Monday night. centered in Chicaso's west side today in belief that the girl was being held prisoner there by kidnapper.
 Jeanette left for home Monday night to go to . confectionery store for her mother and did not return.
 An anonymous telephone cali to the Stitchberry home eave the in- formation that Jeanette was forced into an automobile by some men," Identity of tho infsrmer was not learned.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
LEFT BIG ESTATE

New York, Feb. p R-Cleveland H. Dodge, finarcicr and capitalist, who died June 24, 1926. left gross estate of S15,s.c.705 and . net of $14.5.9,410, according to . transfer tax advisal filed today. Grace Par rish Dodge, his widow. and his four children received the bulk of the estate. made up chiefly of stock aAl bond holdings,
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
MRS. MCGOWAN PAYS FINE

WIFE hdtc "C0OWdH, COlOFeu Ol If Willow street, who was fined $50 and costs and given a suspended jail sentence of 30 days by Judge NJ. D. Sake in police court Monday, has paid the fine and will not carry her appeal to superior court. Arrange menta were being made today to ob- tain the release of her husband, Cephus McGowan. on a bond. notice of an appeal to superior court hav- ing been given in his case. He was fined $50 and cbsts and sentenced to Jail for 30 days. It was alleged that Ihe couple maintained a house of ill fame,
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
LAST DAY TO FILE

Hartford, Feb. c9 Rt-This is the last day allowed by law for the filing of annual statements by insur- anoe and surety companies with the state insurance department. There arc some $50 such corporations re- Quifed to file these statements and of those approximately forty are yet due. Insurance Commissioner How ard D. Durham said today.
 Section 1c94 of the insurance laws of Connecticut provides that com- pany shalt be fined not more than $500 for violation of any section of these laws.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
SUES NOR xtt.OOO.

Bridgeport. Feb. 29 R-Charles B. Squire and Emile Hemming of Norwalk arc named defendants in an action filed in superior court today by Bertrand E. Salzman Of New Ha- ven. q stock broker. He asks dam ages of $11,000 claiming that the men failed to keep an agreement whereby they were to deliver to him trolling interest of the Central Fair field Trust company of Norwalk.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
FIVE ARE INDICTED
Special Grand Judy Acts Promptly
 in Recent Chicago Mall HOlilup

h0 ItCltAt NuCNSO MNu I1Nuup
 Case.
 Chicago, Feb. 2S tuP)-A special federal grand jury today returned robbery indictments against five men in the $l33,000 mail train rob- bery at Evergreen Park last Satur- day.
 The men indicted were Ch;Si les ''Limpy" Cleaver. accused as leader of the bandit gang; William Dono- van, Frank Meccia, Virgil Litsinger and William Jackson.
 Cleaver's wife, whose confession before the grand jury last night was largely instrumental in bringing the indictments, and Mrs. Donovan. who previously had given police in formation against the indicted men. were held as accomplices.
 Federal Judge Adam c. Cliffe set bail at t100,000 for each of the five men.
 They faced 95 years imprison- ment in case of conviction.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
FUNERAL TOMORROW

Tuckahoe. N. r.. Feb. 2s ND-Ths body of Bishop Ethelbert Talbot, of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Bethlehem. Pa. was taken today ts Bethlehem. wlerc funeral services will be held tomorrow. Hih daugh- ter, Mrs. Franklin Donaldson and a number Of friends and relatives. ac- esmpanied the body.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
APPROVE INTERPRETATION

Washington. Feb. 29 @ Ap- proval of tho McSweeney bill to promote reforestation was voiced today by spokesmen for newspaper publishers, the paper pulp industry. forestry organizations and the 1zaak Walton league,
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
VOTE NOT REACHED

Washington. Feb. 4S Nt-The senate irrigation committee today failed to reach | vote on the swing Johnson boulder canyon bill ee any of the pending AmSa4Doa4A
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
PLAN ANNIVERSARY SUPPER

The Ladies of Bohemian Eagle will hold a monthly meeting at Odd Fellows hall tomorrow afternoon at .:30 o'clock. After the meeting they will observe their 10th anniversary with a supper and entertainment to which all members are invited.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-29

In 1868 it required 1881 hours 10 make 100 pairs Of shoes by hand.