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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
CURB PRICES ADVANCE.
Utilities. Alternatives and Special
ties Lead in Gains.

NEW YORK, January IS (P).-Curb
Market prices turned sharply upward
today after somewhat easy opening,
with utilities, automobiles and few
specialties leading the advance.
Checker Cab again responded to buy
ing influenced by reports of an increase
in untitled orders, extending its gain
another 4 points. Continued buying.
much of it said to represent foreign
orders, brought further support to Ford
of England, but the gain here was
small. Newmont Mining advanced.
probably on copper prospects, although
other mining and metal shares were
not particularly active. Charts, Deere
and Westvaco Chemical, we're PROM
inent among advancing induStrials.
United Gas Improvement, which adj
vanced about 2 points, was a feature
of the buoyant utility group.
England has new non-skid high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1929 TO DATE

B & D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
BOND TRADING DULL.
Irregularity Appears in Rail and
Utility Groups.

NEW YORK, January IS tP.-Trad-
ing continued to fall of in today's bond
market, with changes few and frac-
tional. There was some irregularity in
the rail and utility groups.
International Telephone Convertible
AIS were active and steady at yester-
days closing level in sympathy with
strength of the stock. American Tele-
phone 51as. yielded fractionally to SELL
ing. The rest of the list was quiet.
Seabord Air Line IS slumped points
and in the industrial group the
Anaconda issues displayed sErengt-,.
The foreign and United Stat ~ov-
eminent lists were quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. January 26 R).-5ar
silver, 569s. Mexican dollars, 42ss.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30
Florida PREPARES
FOR A SENSATION
Trill Of Former Governor Elk.
pectd to Create Uproar

Jacksonville, Fla, April 80 ~
Prosecutions by his political enemies
10 expected to be a strong claim OF
Sidney J. Cats. Sr. former COVER
nor Of Florida. when he goes on
trial in the federal courts ut Miami
and Tampa. charged with aiding and
abet,ing sn alleged counterfeitins
ring.
The former governor who in
private life is Baptist minister
and a reputed large property holder
in West Florida, probably IL the
stormiest figure in the states po-
liticai makeup.
Veteran of many campaigns. Cats
always has appealed to his constitu-
ents and audiences by highly de-
veloped sense Of the dramatic.
He has been the target in egg
battles. He even has left the
stump on speaking campaigns 10 20
into his audience and offer to fight
heckiers who disagreed with him n
who harassad him continually.
Once. during one Of his several
state carhpaigns-he has run for
governor three times-he was in
dicted on a charge Ct peonaee The
indictment. brought by enemies of
his campaign, proved boon for the
fiery orator.
Ever observant Of his sense of the
dramatic. Cats secured pair of
handouts and took them on the
porters.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30
new NAVY OFFICIAL
LUCKY TO Be Alive
Commander Towers Thrown
From Plane IS Years Aeo

Washington. April 80 R,-Pitched
out Of an airplane at a high alti-
tude without a parachute IS years
ago. Commander John H. Towers
has lived to become assistant chief
OF the navy bureau of aeronautics.
Al the oldest pilot In the navy in
point OF service. he has encountered
most OF the thrills others have ex-
perienced ana. in addition. this par
ticular experience which he shares
with no one In the service.
He made his unique escape during
q flight over Chesapeake Bay In
June. 1913. With Ensign William n.
Billingsley, he was 'bucked" from
the plane. The ensign fell to his
death. but Towers grabbed wildly
for strap and caught It. Hanging
onto the plane as it dropped 1900
feet, he was hurled into the waters
of the bay.
He came out of it with several
broken ribs and internal injuries
and spent months Commissioning.
While regaining his health. he re-
eei.ed a telegram from Iosephus
Daniels. then secretary of the navy,
which read: "Your courage has
brought lasting glory to the navy
The new assistant chief OF the bu-
reau has seen the naval flying serv-
Ice grow from nucleus Of three
airplanes and as many pilots to it's
modern aerial armada of S25 MAJ
chimes and more than 700 pilots.
With two other young naval officers
he learned to fly in 1s11-the first
OF the navy pilots. The other two
were Commander John Rodgers
who was killed in 1926, after making
fight from the Pacific coast to
Hawaii. and Commander T. G. Ely
son. who was killed in 1928.
The trio gained their first flying
experience at Greenbury Point, near
gar was erected and three land
planes purchased with S25,00O APP
preparation by congress. The planes
were strange contraptions as COM
pared with modern planes. They
were Of the ''pusher" type and were
powered by 80 horsepower engines.
The pilot sat on small chair
without a fuselage in the front Of
hts plane with his back to the en-
gine. The plane lacked dual control
and had to be taken up and landed
alone by the student pilot The fly
ing skill was mastered slowly after
series of ground hops followed by
lights of increasing height.
Commander Towers also has es-
tablished two other records for the
navy air service. In October. 1912,
he set what until 1915 was the
worlds endurance flight record OF
six hours and 10 minutes. Again In
1919 he commanded the flight of the
three navy NC seaplanes across the
Atlantic ocean. Only one of these
planes, the NC-4. was successful.
The flagship flown by Commander
Towers was forced down by fog IS
miles off the island OF Fayal in the
Azores, - DEF -r..
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30

"Looka there. boys" he called o
his hearers, 'i.ooka there what
they did to me when tried to fight
the peoples bsttle-your battle
He raised his manacled hands.
"Whoopee, Sidney. don't you wor-
ry We'll take EN- off" his audience
yelled back almost in unison. He
was elected.
A native OF Alabama he came to
Florida in 1910. He had held several
pastorates in Alabama, his native
stats.
During the w,ld campaign of
1916. when Cats sought the demo-
cratic nomination for governor, he
was beaten in the primary. Coming
out in the general election on an in
dependent ticket he carried himself
10 the governors chair by wide
margin. He WAS governor until
1921, when he retired 10 his home
at DeFuniak Springs. where h. had
lived since coming 10 the state, and
where his pastorate was,
Win Inc power 10 sway audiences,
Cats stumped the state 10 the tune
of steam calliop". He was a j. Ella
lively poor man. it was said. and
often after speaking engagement.
would pass the hat among his hear
ers. 1t was said that he went into
the governors office in a campaign
so financed.
The war time governor again
turned to politics last year and
sought the democratic nomination
for governor, running second in a
field OF FIVE.
Just when he had retired to pri-
vate life again, he was indicted
jointly with five others on the coun
terfeitinG charge The government
indicted him as Sidney j. Cats. ali
Cato a Spanish word meaning cat
He was alleged to have financed
counterfeiting ring headed by JUL
Diaz. Tampa attorney, who was
dicted on a charge of manufacture
500 notes Cats was alleged
have furnished 5000 as the init:
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30
Kenney Resigns Post
In KNIGHTS of Columbus

Walter J. kenney, former grand
knight of DAILY Council. Knights of
Columbus. resigned the chairma
ship of the buildin. association at
q meeting last night. and Ernest J.
Millerick was named as his sue
CcSsor.
Mr.. Mill,ricN has been vice rhulf-
man, and upon his elevation, Thomas
J. M"skilI was elected TO that Of
fee. Mr.. i'"skiI is navigator Of
fishop Tiernay Assembly. Fourth
1'"gree Knights Of Columbus
Mr.. kenney Was elected to III,
Craftsmanship of the building aTsu-
citation last November. IL explain
Sd to the board that he feels unanir
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30

which cannot be seen with micro
scopes. When chemists by synthe-
sic convert the molecules Of waste
substances into something different
and valuable, they merely induce y
chemical change In one section OF
the molecule. As their eyes cannot
see the units in these reactions,
the theoretical knowledge Of struc-
ture IL all-important.
In the farm symposium, William
S. Haynes. of New York. presidiny,
said chemistry IL no eure-all, but
that with work and patience, 1t can
help the farmer who has foresight.
Henry W. Jeffers Of the Walker
Gordon laboratory, Plainsboro. N. j..
foretold that artificial curing OF for.
age crops. would supplant not on.v
much field curing, but perha pa ev Ell
in silos.
AFTER two seasons of large scale
operations" he said, I'VE have made
sufficient progress to justify our be-
lief that in the humid regions the
artificial drying of forage crop may
be made to be very profitable
practice. During the summer ~
1928 We produced at Plainsbo7o
something like 100000 tons OF dry
forage. The artificial drying has
been checked by chemical and bio
logical studies. We find that artifi-
cially dehydrated alfalfa has a very
much higher feeding value than
ield cured alfalfa.
Certain of the vitamins are not
affected by artificial dehydration
and this material Ia very much SUI
perior to field cured forage as 70
growth promoting qualities
c. H. Mcdowell Of the Armour
Fertilizer company, Chicago, sail:
over large areas there are def
ciencies of supply not only Of the
more common plant food elements
such as nitrogen. phosphorous, po-
tassium. calcium and sulphur. hut
also of the rare tidbits such as
iodine. magnesium and manganese.
The effect OF total lack Of these la
ter is often as insidious and far
reaching as a poor supply of the
former. If the crops are deficient.
there may result thinner and weak
er livestock. and poultry on the
farm, milk lacking in vital miner
ais and vitamins. and so indirectly
ill-health and deficiency diseases in
the city"
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30
HUSBAND ADMITS
TORCH Staying
Continued from First Page)

quarrel ensued. There was a strug-
gle and she started to CLAW" him
with her finger nails. Finally he
reached in his hip pocket and drew
80 caliber pistol, striking her on
the head with the butt. when the
body was found there was q heavy
bruise on the head.)
The struggle continued. said the
confession. and she knocked the
weapon from his hands. Both reach
ed for the pistol. She was screaming
continually and Peacox said he
placed one hand over her mouth and
the other on her throat.
After time she appeared to faint
and he discovered that her body was
cold. Peacox said he was in daze
after the struggle. When he realized
that his wife was dead he wrapped
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30
SAYS ATOMS HAVE
HEADS and TAILS
President d American Chemical
Society Describes His Work

Columbus, Ohio, April 30 R-A
wizard of chemistry. DIR. Irving
Langmuir. president of the American
Chemical society. today described .
| theory which starts with an idea as
simple as the fable of Newtons
apple. and which is designed to pro-
mote the chemists Job Of transmit
ing waste into things OF commercial
value.
At the same time another section
OF the convention held symposium
on what chemistry may do to help
the farmer.
DIR. LanGmuir started with a drop
of Gil spreading on the surface of
water. familiar example of what
chemists name surface tension of
liquids. He explained that this ten
sion common to the surface of Ii
quids, as known to everyone who has
studied water in d glass, is due 10
downward atmospheric pressure.
He related how various men, in
Guiding himself. set out in recent
years 10 find exactly how the pres
Gated that the films are only one
molecule thick.
Now there are evidences that these
molecules arrange themselves all In
the same attitude. as if all had their
heads" upwar' and their tails
downward, instead of moving about
freely as in body Of the liquid.
1t is now thought that even mole
cules have properties on one side
differing from those on the other. 1t
has been found. DIR. Langmuir said,
that In some films the molecules at
tach themselves SO firmly az to be
true solid surfaces, while others are
somewhat like sand, and still others
are gases.
One use Of this Information Is to
find out more about the head and
tail' structures of these objects
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30

capital for the venture. Tor v hich
+ IIe was 10 nave received So Dhu in
spurious bills on his invest m-nt.
| It's all a frame up." the former
governor said when infoi med h. had
/ been named in the true biils-there
! were two OF them:
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30

Neptune is 80 times as far from
the sun as the earth. or nearly :
billion miles. 1t takes this planet
165 of our years to make one circuit
around the sun. 1t is 10000 miles
in diameter.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30

his overcoat about her and placed
her In his car. after wiping the blood
from his hands and face. He also
wrapped towel about her head no
the blood would not show on the
car. he said.
Before taking the body to the
automobile. however, he took off her
shoes and placed them In her hope
chest. (The shoes were later found
in the chest.)
The body was too long to At in the
car. said the confession. so he had
to bend her knees. Finally. he start
ed out aimlesly. and his route took
him through Mount Vernon and
Yonkers. Along the Ardsley road
near GreenburE. he stopped his ma
chine. and carried the body to .
thicket. A. he did SO. he Uncovered
that his shirt was bloody and he
threw it away. tThe soiled shirt was
found this morning at the spot Pea
cox described.)
Eurned Body Later
Then he returned home. Last Sat
urday morning. about 8 o'clock,
Peacox said he saw two milk bot
ties in front of Mount Vernon res
taurant. He took one Of them. went
to a nearby garage and purchased
five cents worth of kerosene. He
then drove out to the spot where he
had thrown the body. saturated the
towel and clothing with kerosene
and set fire to the clothing After a
time he returned to his home.
In answer to inquiries by the po-
lice Peacox said he had q permit to
carry a pistol. The permit was dated
two days before their marriage.
Questioned closely As to the mo-
tive, Peacox told the police they had
had many bitter quarrels over the
kind Of life she was leading"
Sweetheart Held
Frances Murray. 10 years old. 10
being held In the Mount Vernon
Jail as 4 material witness. Miss Muir
ray. the police allege. Is Peacox's
sweetheart. She was arrested last
night at her room in 151st street.
New York.
The girl told police she had stay.
ed with Peacox in his Mount YER
non apartment and that he had
given her some of his wife's cloth
ing.
New York. April 80 Rl-Captain
Philip McQutllan of the Greenburs
town police said this morning that
E.arl Francis Peacox had confessed
to killing his wife Dorothy. whose
burned body was found near Scars
dale. in Westchester county.
Captain McQuillan said Peacox
told the officer he killed his wife
in their apartment at 80 Edison
avenue. Mt. Vernon, n. Y. early on
the morning of Monday last week.
The alleged confession was made
at police headquarters at Mt. Yer
non after Peacox had been question
ed by police almost all night. Hand
cuffed to detective. peacoX was
taken to the office OF District Attor-
ney Frank A. Coyne at White Plains.
where lie underwent further Ques'
Peacox walked steadily to Mr..
Coyne's office and his face betrayed
no emotion. No further details of the
confession were made public.
Peacox later was taken to Mount
Vernon. County Medical Examiner
Squire announced the charge against
the confessed slayer had been
changed to first degree murder.
After arraignment Peacox will he
brought back to the county jail
here.
DR.. Squire released the body Of
the slain woman to her family. He
said he was unable to account for
the comparatively good condition Of
the body. Decomposition hardly had
set in. he stated. notwithstanding
that the body had lain out in the
open for nearly a week.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30
i Oan.ystcrs in Ai.l..:e,it
Over Ones Bls-tla.

Andrew DoDeck OF Is puk steel
complained to Officer iIuni"l !. Coz
grove at 5.ou H,st evening that i
boy living at 10 OAK street had
Ia KEN a bast ban from mis- SOU ana
WHEN Mrs. Dob.ck went after II shs
was thrown oil Il Neranda ps Nesta
k"uchuka OF ~ Dak sOre,t
The officer rncuN erred int I'll ana
learned from several Wttnt Ss,s thai
h. woman hal not been Tia own Of.
the Neranda Sin had nc inifkA to
Sub>tantlatc the ASIA mt complaint
The reason the i.alt was t"l Il tren,
hpr son WIS hal hp was 'itroWlaa
II against The sid, OF a gaI@ig. a
~ Oak STREET
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called 10 the Herald Oh ssifi-l Ads
New Britain herald., 1929-04-30

10 devote the time necessary To iht
p. Cper tui,IltH,nt OF the dutino D
thr office Ia Vas about 10 VacAts
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
FIVE ARRESTED AFTER
 SMOKE SHOP BATTLE
Two Injured in Fight in Broad Street
 Store

Five arrests were made carly to- day as a result of Q fierce fight in q smoke shop at 50 Broad street. two of those taken into custody being in iulcd 10 such an extent that the serv- ices of Dr. Moses Kupelan, police surgeon, were needed. Although it
 vas denied in police court that liquor
 was on sale in the place. there was also testimony that the injured men became intoxicated there, and it was apparent from the line of question ing employed by Prosecuting Attor- ney J. G. Woods that the police have
 the place under suspicion.
 Frank Skonicczny. 2S, of 14 Gold street, and Costill Fredcricks, 25, Of 9 Pennington avenue, were the vic
 tmS of the assault for which Fred
 Harrington, 2S. of 40 Horace street,
 Walter Wisk, 19, of 1G4 Cabot street, and Joseph Stanulonis. 22, of 2O4
 Washington street, were arrested. Harrington, admitting that he as saultcd both men, was fined $l5 and costs, while Wisk and Stanulonis were fined $5 and costs each on the charge of breach of the peace
 SkonieCzny ana Fredericlls pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness and the former was fined S5 without costs, while the latter had no penalty
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
BUTLER AND WOODS
 BACK IN OLD POSTS
Fire Department Captains Resume Stations For
 merly Held by Them

Capt, Michael Butler, who was transferred from Station to Sta ton 3 several months ago, will re- turn to his former post on Stanley street Monday. and Capt. Edward J. Woods will again report for duty at Engine House No. 3, under or ders issued today by Chairman James J. Butler of the fire board.
 Capt. Butler was one of several firemen asked to appear at meet ing of the fire board January 3f, to explain complaints against the mechanical department and alleged careless keeping of department rec Grds. Capt. Butler was transferred on the night of the meeting, but the absence of any entry on his service record indicates there was no serious infraCtion of rules found.
 When the transfer was made. Capt Woods was asked to take the assignment at Station |. and he is now being returned to the post he left at that time.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
MAID RESPONSIBLE 1. FOR DEATH OF BABY
Inquest Shows Woman Left New Born Child
 n Woods

Winstcd, Oct 19 LR)--Coroncr Samuel A. Herman in a finding to- day held Miss Elizabeth Fitzgerald. go, a domestic in the home of Thomas OHara, Salisbury, criminal Iy responsible for the death of her two-day-old child. Louis, on August 7.
 The coroner said that testimony at the inquest showed the woman had left her child, born August 4, in the woods half mile from the OIiara home, lying under pine boughS and the child, subsequently taken to Titchfcld county hospital by Mrs. O'IIara, died there two days later of exposure
 State Policeman Leonard II. Wat son of the Canaan barracks. seek ing Miss Fitzgerald on a subpoena to the inquest, reported she had dis appeared Mrs O'Hara testified Miss Fitzgerald told her the father of the child was q New Haven man.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
.CITY'S FIRST AIRPORT
 WILL OPEN TOMORROW
Swanson Field to Provide Regular Passenger
 Service

This city's first approved airport will be formally opened tomorrow at Osgood avenue, where Lieut.. Charles Wright and another pilot from the l.. &o II, Aircraft Co., of Hartford, will set up passenger carrying service.
 The airfeld, measuring l ,00O by 1,500 feet is the property of Arthur k. Swanson and members of his family. Mr. Swanson has spent scv- eral months in clearing the land of trees, stones and other Instructions, has graded the property and pro- vidcd for drainage. Several weeks ago, Lieut.. Wright made q landing on the premises and later took off without mishap. The pilot rccom- mcnded number of proVcments, all of which have been executed in the interim, and when Deputy Com missioner of Aviation Harry Gcner- ous and State Policeman George Pranaitis inspected the port Friday, they gave their approval for pas scnger carrying service.
 The plot lies in the block bounded by Osgood avenue, Corbin avenue and Slater road. The Osgood avenue entrance is about onc-quarter of a mile west of the intersection of North Burritt street, just northwest of the high pressure reservoir. The land adioins property of the City of New Britain and of John A. An drews, tracts now under considera- tion for a municipal airport.
 MT. Swanson is planning to install hangars on the field at q later date.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
MACDONALD TALKS
 PEACE WITH KING
Prime Minister Through Most Strenuous Part
 of Trip

Ottawa, Ont, Oct. 19 UP)- James Ramsay Macdonald, prime minister of Great Britain, rested to- day at the country home of McKcn zie King, prime Iaini,tcr of Canada, with the most strenuous part of his trip. 10 the North American conti- nent behind him, put with much real work ahead of him.
 A fortnight hence he will be back at 10 Downing street, the traditional home of prime minister, where his task of helping the world to certi- fled peace through naval disarma- ment and parity is to be carried on.
 Following MacDonald's Thursday night speech before the civic and political leaders of Canada in which he said he would soon return to take up conversations with France, Italy and Japan preliminary to the January London conference, ampli- fication was asked today of that statement. A spokesman for the prime minister said Macdonald had not determined upon his methods ot conversations with the other nations.
 Twill those representations be made through the usual diplomatic
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-19
DICTATES HIS WILL
 10 HIS SWEETHEART
Dying Salesman Outlines Last
 Testament on Hospital Bed
DOCUMENT IS FILED HERE

Badger R. Tower, Who Expired At
 Fort Hamilton, Ont. Made Pre-
 parations For End-C. ]. Curry $
 Will Written As Death Pended.
 There was no hope for his recov- cry from his illness and Badger k. Tower, Stanley Works salesman, realized this fact as he lay on the operating table of the Fort Hamil- ton hospital in Hamilton. Ohio. He turned to his muse who also was the girl he intcnGcd 10 marry and asked her if she would aid him in writing his will which was filed in the probate court in this city today.
 There were tears in the eyes Of all present SIS the nurse, Miss Ruth Helt, took a pad and began to take his dictation. The automobile which had taken him on several successful trips as a young 2G-year-old sales man and his pa@S were at the Ter minal garage in Hamilton where they were left when he was stricken suddenly with an attack of appen- dicitia in July, 1929.
 He said in a voice which was hardly audible.
 "Thc ear at the Terminal garage with hunting outfit and one per sonal bag, Please put same in dead storage
 He continued:
 T hereby give my sister, Lena M. Tower, $2,0oo, my father $1.O0O and $2,0o0 to Mrs. X. C. Wclcher of Springfield"
 His next thought was of his sweetheart with whom he had cx- pcctcd to spend what for q time seemed q bright future.
 stanley Works stock. II shares in New Britain Trust Co. l hereby give them to Miss Ruth Hclt.
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