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New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
JURY REC0NS|DERS
 IN POISON DEATHS
Shifts Finding to Surprise Of
 Public in Croydon

London. July 31 {P}-Croydons murder mystery, involving the deaths of three members of the same family by poison, took a new turn today when the coroners jury at first decided that Mrs. Violet Sid ney had been poisoned wilfully and then shifted it's position deciding there was not sufficient evidence to show this.
 The jury which returned a verdict of murder in the case of Mrs. Sid neys daughter, Vera, several days ago first declared that the poison had been administered by a person Or persons unknown in the case of Mrs. Sidney. Thus forming the basis for a murder charge.
 Then to great surprise the jury retired and altered its decision, re- turning a verdict that the woman died from acute poisoning but that there was not sufficient evidence to show whether it was -adminis- tered or whether she was murdered.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
POWER MERGER IS
 LEGAL, WARD SAYS
Opinion in New York State Case
 Handed Roosevelt

Albany, N. Y, July 31 (P,-Attor- ney General Hamilton Wards opin- ion that the so-called Morgan Power Merger" in New York state does not violate any state law was in Governor Roosevelt's hands to- day.
 The merger proposals contemplat- ed formation of a holding company to take over the common stock of the Buffalo, Niagara X Eastern Power corporation, the Northeast ern Power corporation and the Mo- hawk Hudson Power corporation The general territory served by these operating companies extends from Hudson, on the Hudson river, to Buffalo.
 The Buffalo, Niagara &o Eastern controls 17 affiliated power com- panies. The Mohawk Hudson owns the stock of 10 subsidiaries, and the Northeastern controls nine other companies. The attorney general told MT. Roosevelt in a preliminary report.
 These operating companies own the public franchises and present their schedules for approval of the public service commission" the at torney general said. The stock corporation law permits them 10 purchase the stock and bonds of other corporations.
 That is all the Niagara Hudson company has done or proposes to do so far" the attorney general said. T find no decisions in the which declares such thing unlaw- full"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
CLIFFORD ADMITS WIFE
 IS TO SEEK A DIVORCE
Telephone Official Says Incompati- bility Cause of Trouble
 in Family

New York, July 31 (UP)-Walter S. Clifford. president of the Ameri- can Telegraph & Telephone com pany, confirmed a report today that his wife has established residence in Reno, New, for the purpose of applying for a divorce.
 "Of course I cannot definitely say that my wife is planning a divorce, |" Clifford said and there is really nothing behind it, just incompati- bility.
 Its extremely disagreeable. a divorce, but one must put up with such things occasionally. I feel most kindly towards my wife, and 1 am sure she feels the same to- wards me"
 The Gifords are said to have been separated for about four months. They have two children, Sherman, II, and Richard, ', who had plan ned a summer outing with their father to begin today Mrs. Clifford was Florence Pittman of Brooklyn before they were married, Oct. 2S, 1916.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
DRUNKEN FARMER
 SHOOTS WIFE, SELF
16 Year Old StepSon Sees
 Murder From Ambush

Townshend, Vt, July 31 P-A bring the COWS home. That was the quiet preface to a tragedy which left a 16-year- old boy alone today with the bodies of his mother and step-father, killed in family strife.
 Began to Drink Heavily
 Eighteen months ago Elton Will Hams, 56, brought a bride and her son by a previous marriage, Horace Sleeper, to his farm here. To all appearances, everything went we'll until a few days ago. when, author ities said, Williams started to drink heavily.
 Yesterday he rode over to nearby Brattleboro and bought a .32 calibre gun. Returning late in the after noon he quarreled with his wife and then disappeared. At the ac- customed hour, Mrs. Williams walk cd down to the field where the fam ily's herd of COWS was rgazing.
 As she passed a clump of bushes her husband jumped out at her with his|new gun. She screamed and ran. Williams fired and she fell dead. shot through the back. Her son happened to be on a neighbor's doorstep in full vieW. He tore shotgun from the wall and raced after his step-father.
 The farmer ran down by a rail road track but he was no match for youthful speed. Just as the boy caught up with gun poised, Williams turned his own gun upon himself. He was carried back to his house. where he died beside the body of his wife. In his pockets were found a bottle of liquor and S175.
 Authorities planned an inquest to- day.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
City Items

David Pereau of 419 West Main Officer F. A. Peterson last night that d poodle dog which he bought Mon day from the dog warden was untieu about o'clock yesterday and ran away.
 A. M. Peterson of BPS Maple street complained to Officer John O'Keefe last night that boys on Cherry street threw stones at his apple trees and insulted his wife when she spoke to to them.
 Boys on their way home from Walnut Hill park broke a number of lanterns which workmen put in place on street work. according to a report turned in by Supernumerary Officer Charles McGrath, who does duty at the park.
 A. A. McMillan, who was reported yesterday missing from the Hotel Belmont for two weeks, is at the Town Home, according to word re- tendent John L. Doyle of the public welfare department
 John P. Wynne and Ella Wynne have purchased the property locat- ed at 79 Prospect street, owned by the estate of Lucius Merrill, through the Commercial Co.,, real estate de- partment
 John Higgins, Jr., A, of S2 Cedar street who was in police court last week on the charge of non-support, has agreed to pay S7 a week towards the support of his child and the charge was nolled in police court to- day by Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Woods. Attorney David L. Nair rep resented Higgins.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
Bosch engineers, always on

Bosch engineers, always on the alert to give Bosch radio users the utmost in perform ance, have incorporated into the new grid models 3 features, the combined use of which gives the most superb reception you have ever heard. The great powered detector circuit, push-pull amplifcation plus the use of 3 screen-grid tubes produces the ultimate in rich tone and volume, yet former noises, such as line hum and other disturbing ele- ments seem to be gone forever.
 In every new screan-srid model, whether the semi-console, a unique Bosch creation, or the handcomo full console models, the amazing eff ciency of this remarkable comb!na- tion is giving listeners the thrill of their lives. Regardless of what model you decide to purchase re- gardless of how much you spend, in
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
Chinese Eastern Railway History
 Provides Bone of Contention In
 Sino-Russian Trouble At Present

ia, to one of the finest harbors in the Orient
 Planned Sale to America
 Prince Katsura, prime minister made preliminary arrangements for selling the railway to the Hartman syndicate. The American rail wiz ard planned trackage rights over the trans Siberian to link up American round the world con- munications, but Baron komura re- turning form Portsmouth had his own dream of a Japanese railway empire in Manchuria. Hariman's plan was opposed and frustrated, and Japan began the realization of her dream of security in Asia.
 Russia was left with the main railway across Manchuria a thou sand miles long with a short south ern spur from Harbin to Chang Chun. The railway had cost the Tsar 350,O00,0O0 rubles to build, and every year until his own tragic fall he poured millions more into a con- mercially profitless venture.
 Despite gestures of relinguishins special rights in China, the Soviet government has held tightly to the strategic railway built on imperial dreams. By the original concession after 36 years, or in 1889, China could buy the railway upon payment of cost, interest and other obliga- tions, or after so years the line would revert to China.
 Road Has Made Money
 Since the World war the Chinese Eastern has made money, S5,O00,O0O or more annually, with China and Russia participating in the profits under an agreement for joint man. agement. The entirely new element of profit from the railway has creat- ed new problems and new ambitions by the nations concerned. Disputes have increased as the situation has grown more and more tense, with Japan watching developments.
 Old China dreamed of the past new China has visions of railways and the future. Russia used her share of the Chinese Eastern profits for communist propaganda in China, Chinese charged. So they seized the railway in what informed observers consider but move in China; S campaign to recover lost control in her northeastern provinces.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
Dreams of Nations for Railroad Development Cause Strife-Harriman Once After Property.

New York, July 31.-tP>-Danger of actual war in the Far East seems averted for the moment, but threat of serious trouble involving world powers will continue, in the opinion of observers, until the problem of the Chinese Eastern railway is set tied. Foreign dispatches describing the task of starting Russo Chinese negotiations indicate the difficulties of this dispute.
 It is rooted in history and not, perhaps, until Russian, Chinese or Japanese dreams of railway empire in Eastern Asia are materially changed, as a somewhat similar American dream was blasted 25 years ago, is anythingslike a perma- nent settlement probable.
 Hartman Had Plan
 The late E. H. Hartman, "em- pire builder" of the west, in 1905 had visions of a round -the-world rail and steamship service when he almost gained control of part of the Chinese Eastern lines But railway dreams in Manchuria had long pre- dated Harriman's plan.
 In 1894 Japan tested her new army on China in short victorious war Russia. Germany and France intervened to keep Japan from de- manding heavy spells. But Russia soon sought reward. International politics in the Ear East were like modern racketeering. In 1896 Rus sia forced the Chinese Eastern Rail- way concession from China, a 600 mile cut off 10 Nladivostok. Silent ly, ominously, Japan watched Rus sian hijackers take her war spells.
 Then came Japan's swift victory in the Russo Japanese war of 1904 0o. Russia's railway dream having been major cause of the conflict The Portsmouth, N. H., peace gave Japan the southern branch of the chinese Eastern. from Chang Chunk to Dalny, through Manchur-
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
g Speedb0ats Burned
 In Buffalo, N. Y., Blaze

BuffaIo. N. T., July 5l R|Flfe early today destroyed 32 speed boats, among them craft which had won fame in races of international importance. Bremen estimated the loss as exceeding S100,o00. Faulty ignition on one of the boats was be- lieved to have started the blaze.
 Eighteen of the craft were remov- ed safely. A check-up of the boa-s destroyed was being made.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
STANLEY SCOUTS
 GET CAMP THRILLS
Memorial Church Troop at Tyler
 Pond in Goshen

Camp Stanmore, Tyler Pond, Goshen, July 31-Members of Troop II of the Stanley Memorial church Boy Scouts have established camp at Tyler lake.
 With assistant S. M. Heisler as chief cook and bottle washer many tempting palatable dishes are en- joyed. His "top kick" Scoutmaster krans has his hands full in the planning and executing of the gen. eral routine. Although his duties are numerous he seems to have plenty of time to keep himself and his companions happy and con- tented.
 Al krans astounded all by his speed and distance in swimming. Other specialists in their respective lines are: Katie" Tibbles, doctor; Noisy Robertson, bait digger; Sure Shot" Wenz, alarm clocks rival, and Happy Brotherton, camp clown and jester.
 Camp Stanmore is complete in every sense of the word. The camp motto is something doing every minute"
 The camp staff consists of: Camp director, L. F. Krans; life guard, A. C. Krans; director of boats, k. Olson; director of sports, w. Schwab; camp chef, M. c. Heisler.
 General orders of the day are;
 Morning o'clock, all out; TOO to 7:15, setting up exercises; 7:15 to 7:3O. wash and dress; 7:3O to 7:45, roll call and inspection; 7:45 to 500, make up beds; S:00 to S:45. breakfast; S:45 to 9:15, clean lip camp grounds; 9:15 to 11:15 game period and boating; 11:15 to 12:O0 swimming; 12;00 to 1:0O dinner.
 Afternoon and Evening-1:0O to 200 clean up and rest period; 200 to 500 games, boating and hikes; 500 to zoo supper; FOO to S:00 retreat; 500 to S:30 swimming; S:30 to 1o:00 talks and stories; 10:00 sleep.
 Arrangements have been made for a hike to the Bristol Boy Scout camp Thursday, where the boys will engage in an indoor baseball game.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
Baptist School Head
 Resigns Under Fire

Portland, Ore, Jul 31 P-The board of deacons of the Hinson Me- morial Baptist church here voted last night to bar Dr. John Marvin Dean, who until recently was pas tor of the church and president of the Western Baptist Theological seminary.
 The action was taken after the board of deacons had sustained charges of conduct unbecoming a minister against Dr. Dean. Simul- taneously the resignation of Dr. Dean from the presidency of the seminary was announced.
 Members of the board said the charge had been based on Dr. Deans conduct as president of the seminary, which is attended by many young women,
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
POMEROY FATE ID
 BE KNOWN TODAY
Famous Lifer, 53 Years in
 Prison, Opposes Removal

Boston, Mass, July 31 UP)- Jesse Harding Pomeroy will know before nightfall whether he will him for 5S years.
 For years it was Pomeroy's one desire to step from behind the for bidding gray walls of Charlestown state prison, which he entered Hl 1876 at the age of IS for murdering Horace Milan.
 That desire may be fulfilled, even if but for d few fleeting hours, shortly. Governor Frank G. Allen and the executive council were scheduled to meet today to vote on Pomeroy's transfer to the Bridge water state farm.
 Wants to Stay in Prison
 But Pomeroyr or grandpa" as the 6S-year-old prison veteran is known to his fellow inmates, has made it known he would prefer to remain in his present familiar sur roundings if he cannot secure a full pardon.
 John F. Daly, attorney for tEe man who holds the worlds prison endurance record, vii! appear before the council pardon committee to protest against Pomeroy's transfer. The only transfer he will ask for his client will be an unconditional one to freeman's world. Tha SalNa- ton Army is ready to provide home for the aged prisoner if he is released.
 pr. A. Warren Stearns, comnls- sioner of correction, will recommend to the governor and council that Pomeroy be moved becausa he is, both physically and mentally 'ntirm. He will contend thaS the prisoner is suffering from hernia and defec- tive eyesight and that his mental status is that of a 5adist.
 PomerOy Case Unique
 Pomeroy's case is one of the most unique in American crimlnology. and few have attracted so much at tention. Occasionally efforts have been made by individuals and or ganizations in his behalf to at least let h.m have a me,e peek Ut the modern world.
 A little more than q year ago. Pomeroy, through his counsel, Daly, sued Alice StoHe Blackwell for S5.- 900 for having written a public Iet- ter in which she accused the prisoner of having skinned d kitten aliv" in his cell. Daly attel pted unsuccess- fully to prodIce Pomeroy in court. Damages of $1 were awarded tho prisoner.
 When Pom eroy .l,lled Milan on April %, 1874, he was but If years old. He was tried before a jury m the supreme 90 rt jor Suffolk county Tn December 1871, found guilty Of murder in the first degree and seG- fenced to hang Because or his youth, his sentence vas commuted 10 life imprisonment. For the first fl years of his incarceration he was kept in solitary confinement.
 Studied in Prison
 During his stay in the lonely re- cesses of the Massac chusetts bastille, he studied to improve his reading and writing He contributed several poems under the pen name of "Grandpa" to the Mentor" the prison paper.
 Al Pomeroy knows of the outer world he has learned from word of mouth, reading and an occasional motion picture,
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
Farmer Hangs Himself
 From Tree in Shelton

Shelton, July 31 (UP)-Y esterd1y Carl Schmidt, S3-year- old chicken farmer, surprised neighbors with whom he had been secretive by an- nouncing cheerfully he was going to visit "a daughter in New York;
 Today they found his body under a tree beside the Housatonic river. He had hanged himself.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
CAMP ENJOYING SNOW

sweltering in the excessive heat. Herbert " Camp is in Ranier Ma tionaI park, Washington, in several feet of snow. he told them in postals received here today. Among those who received a card was Mayor A. M. Paonessa.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
SUES TO VOID DEED

Joseph A. Carlson, through the law firm of Kirkham, Cooper, Hun gerford & Camp. has brought suit against Frank Malone, otherwise known as Frank Modugnio and An gelina Modusnio together with George Satalno, all of this city, on two claims. Tie first is for damages of $l75 and the secord to declare a decd for property void.
 The plaintiff claims that he ac- cepted a note from Malone for a loan of $155, payable in one month and tie time limit has expired ana $l19.10 is due.
 He claims that Malone executed a deed on real estate whereby he transferred property 10 George Sat alino with the intention of avoiding his debts and duties. In furtherance of the fraud, the plaintiff claims, Satalino conveyed the property to Angelina Modugnio and it is now in her name. The plaintiff claims $l75 damages and the decd. void.
 The papers in the case were serv- cd by Constable Fred Wrinkle and an attachment has been placed on pro- perty on East street.
 Traffic congestion in Paris has become a serious worry to the city
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
SCHOOLS WILL PAY
 SIDEWALK EXPENSE
Department Agrees to Settle for
 Bills Long on Books

Settlement to the amount of S64o- .6l was made by the school bead to the public works board last night for sidewalks put in by the la,er board as far back as 1922. The pu.. hc works board has been trying 10
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
Library Model in Demand

The much admired Bosch semi-console, a new Bosch creation selling at S119.50 less tubes S24,50, is another exam pie of Bosch ingenuity, See how this remarkable radio can be bought, and how, later, the console addition can be purchased to complete it at d very modest cost.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
STRESEMANN BACK TOME

Berlin. July S1 P-Foreign Min ister Gustav Stresemann returned 10 Berlin today from a rest cure at Badwildungen to assume temporary control of affairs appertaining to the chancellorship during the illness of Chancellor Mueller,
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
Personals

Paul Glaeser, Arthur Pekrul, and Ernest Leupold, are enjoying a motor trip through the White mountains. to Canada and Niagara Falls.
 Mrs. John Pinches, Jr., and daughters, Dorothy and Ruth. are spending the summer at Saybrook Point.
 Mrs. John O'Dell and daughter Irene of Forest Hills. N. Y, are the guests of Mrs. Matthew Clark of Crown street.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Rowley and family of Connecticut avenue will spend the month of August at Cres- cent Beach.
 Miss Ethel Lewis, detian at the New Britain General hospital, left today to spend a vacation at Camp Albans, St. Albans, Me.
 Mrs. Helen NJ. Elliott and son, Charles Of Homestead avenue, ana MT. and Mrs. Frank Hart of New field avenue, have returned from a two weeks stay at Raymond, Me.
 Mrs. M. Murphy of New York city is visiting MT. and Mrs. Frank Kelly of Hart street
 Miss Gladys Warnoc< of the New Britain General hospital staff of nurses has returned from a months stay at Lake Wangumbaug, South Coventry.
 Miss Anne Gabriel, Miss Catherine Gallery, Miss Rosemond Gallery and Miss Katherine Hohensee have re- turned from vacation stay at Long Island, Me.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31
New models so quiet nearer says: "This is every
 thing had ever hoped radio might be- All objec- tonable noises seem to have disappeared entirely"

actual performance your new screen grid Bosch will delight you.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31

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New Britain herald., 1929-07-31

Traffic congestion in Paris has become a serious worry 10 the city government.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31

Paul Glaeser, Arthur Pekrul, and Ernest Leupold, are enjoying a motor trip through the White mountains. to Canada and Niagara Falls.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31

Mrs. NJ. Murphy of New York city is visiting MT. and Mrs. Frank Kelly of Hart street.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-31

Mrs. John O'Dell and daughter Irene of Forest Hills. N. Y, are the guests of Mrs. Matthew Clark of Crown street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-31
RADIO TO REPLACE
GAS AS AUTO FUEL
Marmon Motors President
Prophesies Change
Within Century.
BY the Associated Press.

6y the Associated FreSS.
CHICAGO, January 31.--Prediction
that gasoline will be abandoned within
the present century as fuel for automo-
biles in favor of radio-derived motol
power was made here by G.. Williams
president of the Marmon Motor Car Co.,
at tn eautomobile show.
The automobile of the future, Will
liams prophesied, will be operated elec-
trically through radio equipment, the
power being furnished by central pow
er stations. He declared that engineers
are now considering plans for such
automobiles.
st can forsee with a reasonable de-
gree of accuracy. each automobile own
er being assigned specific power re-
ception designation or wave length ana
all that would be necessary for him TO
start his car would be to pull switch
ON the instrument board" Williams
said
"These automobiles would be built
in different horsepowers. their power
receptions being controlled by rheo-
stats, used similarly to the accelerators
of today. A meter would be installed
in each car so that its owner could pay
at stated intervals for the amount OF
power actually used"
Elimination of moving parts and
noxious gases, minimizing OF mainte-
nance costs, simplicity of operation and
greater acceleration and deceleration,
thereby speeding up traffic. will re-
suit from the radio cars, Williams pre-
dicted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-31

It's difficult to make your views
clear to a thick-headed man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-31
INVALID CAPITALIST WILL WE'D
GIRL PURSUED ACROSS NATION
Mystery That Hid Plane Race
With Train Also Shrouds
Wedding.
Father of Bride to : Be
Blamed Her Poor Health
: for Flight to Coast.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS January 31.-Today
was the wedding day-perhaps-of Miss
Ruth Mcconnell, 26, Indianapolis art
and music student, and Kenneth B.
Coulter, 43, Clifton Springs, N. Y, cap
italist.
But the mystery which has surrounded
their romance since December. when the
gir' fed from Rochester, N. Y, to San
Francisco by train, pursued in an air.
plane by DR.. D. O. Meeker, who appar-
emily was commissioned by Coulter, per-
sisted, and whatever wedding plans they
may have were kept secret.
The couple, Coulter appearing in a
wheel chair. obtained a marriage license
Tuesday. To the license clerk Miss Nc
Cornell explained they would be mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-31
WOMEN TO BE SPEAKERS.

Women from every part Of the coun-
try are scheduled to speak at hearing
tomorrow morning on the equal rights
amendment before Senate judiciary
subcommittee composed of Senators
Waterman of Colorado. Steiwer OF
Oregon and Nicely Of West Virginia. The
proposed amendment, sponsored by the
National Woman's Party and introduced
in the Senate by Senator Curtis, pro-
vides that men and women shall have
equal rights in the United States and
every place subject to its jurisdiction.
The hearing will be held in the Sem
ate Office Building at 9 o'clock.