New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
PARIS REPORT 0N
 SMITH GIRL FALSE.
All Other Clues as to Where
 abouts Also Lad Nowhere

2WuN ALSO lo2Q NOxnNe
 Paris. Jan. 2s (UP)-Mtss Franc es Smith. student missing from Smith college at Northampton, Mass. A not at the Astor hotel the management told the. United Press in answer to reports circulating in the United States.
 Reports gained headway in New York Sunday that Mtss smith had registered at the Parisian hotel. The French cable company received two dispatches. one from . girl named Ann" and addressed to Mrs. Pat rick Smith sf New York. The other was from . French detective to the effect that . Miss Frances Smith had registered at the Paris hotel.
 Northampton. MaAs.. Jan. 13 R Smith college buildings were searched from basements to attics today by state patrolmen and col- lege employees in another effort to find some clue to explain the disap- pearance of Frances St. John Smith. missing college freshman. Although the searchers even dug into ash piles and wastebaskets they found nothing to aid them.
 Today's investigation was con- ducted by State Detective Joseph V. Daley, and five state patrolmen and Franklin King. college superintend- ent of grounds and buildings. as- sisted by five college employees. They went into every part of Dewey House. in which the Smith girl oc- cupied room up to the time she disappeared January 1s. and searched through Clark House, the adjoining building, but in all of their search they failed to discover even scrap of paper that would shed any light upon the mystery.
 During their search the men went into the basements of the college buildings, and dug through refuse piles and probed into closets and coatrooms.
 Reports of all kinds continued to reach the investigators and all of these were considered, but few con- tained any information. Most of them were reports that the girl had been seen in one place or another.
 The belief expressed at the outset that the girl had left tho college oF hor nu-p 1.nyjttoo ou1 For ro. .oos which have not been disclosed grew firmer in the opinion of the investi- gators as their search locally failed to develop anything new.
 New York, Jan. 23S Ex-Governor Smith today issued through the press an appeal to Miss Frances St. John Smith. missing Smith college student. to return to her parents or to communicate personally with him so that he can assure her that ev- erything is all right. The girl disap- peared on January IS.
 While the governor was making his statement, a thousand circulars bearing the full face and profile photographs of the missing sudden, were delivered It police headQuar- ters to be distributed. The circulars which contain | description of the girl, offer a $1o.000 reward for her return alive and t1.0o1S for informa- tion of her whereabouts.
 Governor Smiths statement fol. lows:
 T note that Governor Fuller of Massachusetts has interested himself in the sudden disappearance of Miss Frances St. John Smith. from Smith college. He had rendered his good offices to discover the whereabouts of the young lady. I appreciate bis efforts.
 "As governor of the State of New York, I will do everything in my power to restore Miss Smith, to her parents. as a father. I sympathize with them. I know I am speaking for the fathers and mothers of the State of New York. If Miss Smith had voluntarily disappeared, ! hope she will return to her parents, who, l know, are eager to receive her and will be glad to forgive any mistakes which she has made in leaving col lege. If she Is laboring under any impression that what say may not be wholly true. I will be glad to hear from her because I feel in the po- sition to give her the personal as- surance that everything is all right"
 The governor is not related to the missing student.