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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
INSANITY PLEA ONLY
HOPE OF CONDEMNED
Mrs. Lebouef and DIR
Dreher in Last Ditch
Fight for Lives

Franklin, La, Jan. I W>-Counse
for Mrs. Ada Bonner Lebouef ant
DR.. T. E. Dreher entered the las
ditch fight today for their two con
demned clients who are under sen
tence to hang tomorrow for the
murder OF the husband OF the WON
an. James ]. Lebouef.
Sleepless and emaciated aftel
their long death cell waits, th'
widow and the doctor nervousl,
awaited the decision Of Judge Jame'
Simon in Parish Court here today o.
the application for appointment o
sanity commission.
When Mrs. Lebouef and DR.
Dreher were told yesterday by Sher'
III Charles Pecot that Governo,
Huey P. Long had disregarded this
recommendation for commutatior
from the pardon board. both broke
down and sobbed.
Mrs. Lebouef's ~ year old son
Ernest, tainted at the door Of hel
prison cell while visiting her.
An open hearing on the applica-
tion for the naming Of sanity com
mission was announced for today by
Judge Simon. the dissenting men,
Der in the pardon boards decision.
Counsel for the condemned pre-
pared to apply to the supreme court
for a writ of mandamus to compel
the trial Judge to appoint the COM
mission should their petition before
him meet refusal.
Today the breach between Gov
ernor Long and Lieut.. Governor
Paul N. Cyr. member Of the pardon
board. widened over Cyr's charge Of
favoritism In Communication Of sem
tences.
Governor Long. In a statement 's-
sued at Baton Rouge, declared that
after careful study of the records
'in my mind there was not the
slightest doubt that Ada Lebouef
and DR.. Dreher were guilty Of as
cold blooded murder as was ever
plotted and carried out In the state
of Louisiana.
mot one person IN Louisiana
thinks that any pistols or guns
went of accidentally on Lake Pa
lourde when James Lebouef died
The dismembering OF Jim Lebouefs
body and the weighing OF 1t down
with angleirons was no accidental
happening"
Mr.. Cyr. in his statement attack
ed the governor. saying, "Ir Ada
Lebouef and Thomas Dreher are
hanged 1t will be a case OF judicial
Leboues was killed July 1. 1927,
during a night boat ride on Lake
Pa,ourde.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
DANCER TIRES OF ROMANCE
Mumtaz Begun, Who Figured IN
Dethronement Of Mallarajah of
Indore, Goes Home to Mother,

Bombay. India, Jan. 4.-lR--
Mumtaz Begun, dancing girl, af-
fection for whom cost TukoN Rao.
maharatah OF 1ndore his throne and
who was married in 1926 to Abdul
Rahman. son of a wealthy Moham-
medan, has been divorced.
The divorce was agreed upon
mutually at Karachi where Abdul
Rahman was quoted as saying to a
newspaper man:
Il have no ill-will toward Mumtaz.
was obliged to agree to a divorce
in response to the wishes Of nv
father who wants me to enter bus
mess seriously"
Both Mumtaz and Rahman shed
tears on their final separation. Num-
taz left karachi for Bombay and on
arriving here said she was tired ~
romances and would lead a Quiet
life with her mother in the future.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
ARMED POSSE SEEKS
BANK HOLDUP MAN
Three Robbers Get $2l.5O0
One Dead, One Jailed.
One Sought

Mexico. Missouri, Jan. ~
Armed men were patrolling the
wooded sector Of the country near
AUX Vase today in search OF Tom
Davis. 40. Of Chicago. one Of q band
or three men who yesterday held up
and robbed the First National bank
of Mexico Of s21,50O.
One OF Davis pals is dead from
wounds received in the attempt Of
the trio to make a getaway after
the robbery. The other IL In tail
here' having been captured during
a chase through the woods. Davis
slipped through the posse and
rushed a garage, where he held
up an attendant and made his e.
cape in stolen automobile.
Seeing the posse approaching him,
DAVIS turned the car about. Later
this car was found abandoned in a
snow bank several miles farther on.
and still farther down the road the
posse came upon a second stolen
machine which had been left by the
roadside by the fleeing robber. In
this vicinity Davis was chased across
AUX Vase creek and took refuge In
the high wooded ground, where eev-
eral cabins offered shelter. He was
known to have been armed with a
rifle and a revolver. stolen from m
automobile.
The dead robbers name was
given by the man captured as Willie.
Hightower OF Fort Worth. Texas.
He was shot rs the robbers sp>d
through Aux Vase. He dumped
over the steering wheel Of the car,
which he was driving. and ~ DAVIS
attempted to control 1t the snachane
skidded into a ditch.
The captured robber. who sava
the name Of John E. Bruck and who
said his home was New York city,
and Davis took to the woods, but
the posse soon overhauled Brpck
and he was sent to Jail here. pevao
went on. however. and after his a.
periences with the stolen auEonso.
biles again took refuge In the woeAe.
where the posse believed thsy -
him surrounded. Part ef ~ reennr
sse& sasss = sasA. ~ seeosuk
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
Lawyer for Niedzwecli
and Dobrowokli,
Held in Connection
With Automobile
Theft, Tries to Obtain
Their Freedom.
Attorney Thomas F. Nc.
Donough Appeals to
Judge Molloy Claiming
these Men Are Being
Held on a False Charge"
Hearing Today

Chief W. G. Hart Of the police de-
partment was served with two wrtts
OF haoeas corpus today. ordering him
10 present Joseph Niedxwiecki and
casimer Dobrowolski in the court Of
common pleas at I o'clock this arter-
noon and show the cause Of the i'm
prlsonment. which, 1t is ALLEGED In
Wlthout law. Deputy CherifY M. H
Horwltz served the writs on Chief
Iiart at headquarters. after Judge
ihomas J. Molioy had signed then,
on application OF Attorney Thomas
f. McDonough, their counsel.
Nledzwiecki and Dobrowolski vere
IN police court today on the TECH
meal charge OF breach Of the peaoe.
ss was Leo Sokolski. and Assistant
prosecuting Attorney W. M. Green
sSeln recommended continuance for
one week, to which Attorney Me-
Donoush offered strenuous objection.
Ihere Is no such thing a. . tech.
nical charge" he asserted. "rhese
men are being held on q false
charge and there IL no authority In
law for SO doing. They should be
Tried at once or discharged from the
custody OF the court"
save Orders Cases Cnufiunad
Judge SAKE said he felt that thu
state had reason to recommend the
continuance and he wanted to set a
date that would be satisfactory to MI
concerned, but Attorney McDououxh
replied that no date would be eatis-
factory to him. He and MI. 0reen-
stein had a tilt over 1t before Judge
SAKE ordered the cases continued
until January IL. Attorney David L,
Nair, representing Sokolski. told the
court he was not seriously opposed
TO continuance, but his client was
being injured by the publicity Of the
case and actually was not connected
with It,
Immediately after court, Attorney
McDonough arranged to have Med
zwiecki and Dobrowolskt surreuded.
ending their liberty in bonds, ana ho
appeared before Judge Molloy with
their applications for the wrtte of
habeas corpus. Meanwhile. Sokolski
is at liberty in the custody Of Attor-
ney Natr. as he has been since his
first arraignment in court, and he IL
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
BOY CALMLY KILLS MAN
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
Police Mystificd Concerning Motive
Of Double Tragedy Near
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. 1 R-
A 17-year-old high school boy, with
out apparent motive. shot and killed
a man whom he called to the door
and then committed suicide.
The boy, Orrin H. Hoover, son of
Clayton Hoover. a farmer near here,
went to the home Of Joe skablan-
kas. Ss, just outside the city limits.
To q query OF who's there?" the
boy thrust his fist through the glass
OF the door. Mrs. SkabIankas OPEN
ed the door and the boy stepped
into the room.
why don't that man say some
thins?" Hoover asked. and pointed
at skablankas, standing behind his
wife.
Without further warning he pull
ed gun from his pocket and fired
killing Skablankas almost instantly
Then without a word he placed the
gun against his own head and again
fired.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
BATEMAN'S CASE

Maplewood. N. j.. Jan. 4 F-The
congregation which at first refused
to accept the resignation OF the Rev
Elmo l.. Bateman, OF Hilton Chris.
tan church. mas ordered that his
rastorate be Terminated immedi-
ately. The minister is awaiting
trial on a charge OF criminal libel,
for alleged circulation during the
presidential campaign of an oath
attributed to the knights OF Colum-
bus
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
WHALEN'S RAIDERS
| Land 50 IN JAIL
Speakeasy Proprietors in New
York Facing Courts
STRONG Arm SQUADS OUT

men and Crooks As Expected
May Have Left For Chicago and
the West.
New York. Jan. I R>-Another
sortie by Police Commissioner
Whalen's liquor raiders had landed
another batch of more than so
speakeasy proprietors in Jail today.
Meanwhile the first tour Of pool
rooms and other hide-away places
crooks and gangsters by the
newly revived strong g-arm" squads
brought out the fact that under
world characters known to the po-
lice had deserted their usual haunts.
The Manhattan squads visited
places on the Bowery. In Chinatown
and along the wharves and then
swung up into the midtown white
light district without finding any Of
the undesirables they had been in
structed to drive out. in one place
the squad demonstrated strong-arm
tactics
The detectives entered a basement
resort in West 51st street, searched
and questioned patrons and ordered
them out. Then after seizing a
quantity OF beer and LIQUOR, they
wrecked the place. Crowbars and
axes were used, to smash the bar
and to break furniture, mirrors and
glassware. The bartender was ar
rested.
This was the second place de-
molished in the campaign against
"crime-breeding speakeasies." A
place in Greenwich Village was
wrecked in a similar manner We'd
nesday night.
Raids In Harlem
Members of the liquor raiding
squads concentrated their activities
In Harlem where about two thirds
OF the raids were made. In each
instance police confscated supplies
pf liquor and made one arrest on a
charge of possessing liquor.
Commissioner Whalen announced
he would avail himself of the
weapon placed IN his hands by the
court OF appeals yesterday when it
ruled that speakeasies violated the
state nuisance law. PROCEEDINGS
against liquor dispensing places un-
der the nuisance law would permit
taking cases into the state courts as
we'll as the federal.
The commissioner said the drive
against so-called "smoke-houses,"
places where low grade or poisonous
liquor is sold. would be continued
until the city had been rid of all
crime breeding resorts.
Orders to Squads
The strong-arr squads were sent
out last night with specific instruc
tons to make things uncomfortable
for the lawless element of the city
and to break up their den., not
necessarily to make arrests.
Harking back to phrase he used
When he took office Commissioner
Whalen said: There is a lot of law
IN the end of a night stick. The
men are being sent out not neces-
sarfly to make arrests-we do not
wish to clutter up the courts-but
Continued on pare oeN
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
REFUSES COMMISSION

Franklin. La, Jan. 4 R-Judge
James D. Simon in the st. Mary
Parish district court today refused
to appoint commission to inquire
into the sanity Of Mrs. Ada Bonner
Lebouef ard DR.. Thomas f. Dreher.
sentenced to be hanged tomorrow.
but said he would hear evidence as
to their sanity.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
Five Determined Men
Still Driving Army
Airship Among Clouds
in California Taking
Fuel and Food From
Other Planes.
Motors Showing No I'll
Effects From Long Grind
Stunt Already Being
Hailed Us Epochal by
Aviation Experts in This
Country.

Imperial Valley. Cal, Jan. I Ne-
After peacefully sailing over the
Imperial Valley since yesterday. the
army monoplane Question Mark
headed back towards Los Angeles be-
fore noon today in it, fourth day OF
4 flight to set a new endurance rec
ord through refueling.
Word Of Major Carl spatx' deci-
sion to quit the valley and journey
northward came from Captain r. g.
Hoyt, pilot OF refueling plane No. !.
The flight started at Los Angeles IS
hours ago.
They're all happy up there. :"
Captain Hoyt said. Seem to be
feeling good and everything running
fine. Guess they're BIT tired Of
watching this desert and SO we're
going to fly to Los Angeles"
Captain Hoyt said his ship would
accompany the Question Mark and
that a gasoline contact probably
would be made en- route to Los
Angeles.
The return OF the Question Mark
to the northern airport will mark
the first appearance Of the ship ut
Los Angeles since late yesterday
when 1t abandoned its course there
because Of fog and sailed TO the
clear atmosphere over Imperial
Valley, where it spent the night
roaring peacefully above the sandy
plain.
with Captain Hoyt are Neuts. 4.
G. Strickland and I. A. Woodrins
Five determined men who have
driven the army's monoplans Cues
tion Mark through ait existing rec
ords for sustained flight by heavier
than air machines. continued their
epochal adventure today. showing
no inclination to come back to earth.
The Question Mark began It's
fourth day In the air at 1925 o'clock
this morning.
When taking on $50 gallons Of
gasoline at $50 a. M. the plane
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
Submarine ''Defender" Is
Listed as Fishing Boat

Bridgeport, Jan. I CP)-The
rebuilt rescue and salvage sub
marine Defender" which will
undergo navy tests next week Is
listed by the commerce depart
,ment as a fishing boat because
the law makes no allowance for
private submarines, 1t was learn
cd today
The Defender is the only COM
mercial submarine in the world.
Under commerce department
regulations, only fishing boats
may operate without six certifi-
Gated mariners aboard. The De-
lenders entire crew Is only six.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
favor INCREASING
CITY Legal STAFF
Lawyers May Advocate Assist.
ant Corporation Counsel
OFFICE DOES NOT EXIST
Program Embraces Asking Charter
Revision Committee to Create
New OGace Not Connected with
Ktrkham's Associates,

Pointing to the fact that Hart
ford has three corporation counsels
and several other Connecticut cities
two, members Of the legal frater-
nifty are pi>nnsns to recommend to
the charter revision committee thht
the office Of assistant corporation
counsel be created here.
Should the suggestion meet with
favor. 1t is probable that a recon.
msndatton will be made that the
new official be Independent Of the
office OF Judge John H. kirkham,
present counsel for the city. so that
the full responsibility OF adviser to
the city government can be recos-
nized at two points. rather than In
one Office where. 1t is argued. the
responsibility of the second position
might not be felt so strongly.
Attorney Mortimer H. Camp has
been assistant to Judge kirkham
and has represented him at many
meetings OF municipal boards and
while his name appears on some Of
the city stationery az assistant cor
poration counsel. there Is no such
position in the makeup Of the gov
ernment. Other attorneys connected
with the law firm Of which Judge
kirkham Is the senior member have
also acted In the city's interest.
without compensation from the city
The chapter makes 1t possible for
the corporation counsel. with the
consent Of the mayor. to engage out
side legal assistance and this char
ter grant has been exercised In
many cases in the past.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity:
Fair and colder tonight. sat-
urtIay increasing cloudine<s
with slowly rising tempera-
ture, probably followed by
snow Or rain Saturday night.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
Senators DEBATE
ON KELLOGG PACT
Argument Hinges on Question
on Monroe Doctrine
RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE
Otherwise Foreign Countries Misht
Attempt to Make Peace In South
Amcrica-McLean Voices Oppost-
ton.

Washington, Jan. @-Senate
debate on the Kellogg treaty to re-
nounce war revolved largely today
around a hypothetical question
whether aggressive interest by the
league of nations in the Bolivia
Paraguay dispute would have con-
stituted violation of the Monroe
doctrine.
The question was put by Senator
Glass. Virginia. democrat, while
Chairman Borah OF the foreign re-
lations committee was continuing
his explanation Of the workings Of
the Kellogg treaty. Senator Borah
agreed that it was a hard question
TO answer. but he did mot think
the doctrine would be infringed or
challenged by any effort of foreign
governments to establish peace be-
tween South American countries so
long as they did not seek to estah-
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-04
ESTIMATE INFLUENZA
CASES NUMBER 1000
New Instances Of Disease Reportetl
Today to State Department
Total lO4.

Hartford, Jan. 1 R-state health
officials estimated today that there
were 1000 cases OF influenza in Con.
necticut. basing their figures on the
number OF cases officially reported
and those that have not been called
to the attention of authorities where
the malady prevails in a mild form.
New cases Of the disease reported
to the state department OF health
today numbered 1o4. a slight de.
crease from Thursday although the
total number of new cases for the
first three days In January stands at
362. compared with only 70 cases
during the same month in 1928.
Places reporting the largest num-
Der OF cases today were: Mansfield
is. Hartford 16. Glastonbury H.,
Suffield Is, Bridgeport 10 and Man
chester Z. The epidemic appears to
be spreading rapidly throughout the
state and since the first OF the year
many new locations have reported
cases for the first time.
Waterbury. Jan. I R-Six cases
OF influenza were reported to the To-
cal health department today. Many
more children than adults are VIC
tins OF the disease here.
Health Officer DR.. E. J. Godfrey
announced today that the disease
had not reached epidemic form
here. None Of the big factories are
seriously affected by the disease.
An average of less than two per
cent Of the employees OF the large
factories are out because Of illness
This includes illness OF all kinds.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28
NAVY POLICY HIT
BY So PROBERS
Subcommittee Report Urges More
Liberal" Safety and Salvage
Funds.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Adoption of more liberal policy" to-
ward supply funds necessary to install
safety and salvage devices on undersea
craft was recommended to the Senate
yesterday in report of a subcommittee
which investigated the sinking of the
submarine S-4.
The report criticized the Navy De-
partment for not availing Itself of the
services Of the Navy Consulting Board,
consisting of some of the greatest en-
gineers and scientists in the world, as
much as it should have" 1t recon-
mended that the board meet more fire.
quently, declaring If it had instead of
meeting only once a year, more life
saving and salvage devices could have
been developed.
This has been shown" the report
said, "by the results of what has been
accomplished since the accident" The
1927. and 40 members of its crew were
lost in a collision with the Coast Guard
destroyer Paulding
The report pointed out that board
of technical experts, appointed by Sec
rotary Wilbur in June. found that the
most frequent cause of laundering is
collision" and recommended adoption
of four masthead lights, or some
equally distinctive" night mark for
submarines, and that the question be
placed before the International Confer
ence on Safety of Life at Sea to be
held in London probably in April.
when the question Of human life Is
at stake" the report declared, 1.-THE
question Of cost should not be con-
s!dered."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28
K|NKADE SPEAKS
ON EXPERIENCES
Tells How He Felt After A.
proving Planes for Haz.
ardous Flights.

His experiences in sending famous
pilots off on flights where their lives de-
pended upon his word that their motors
we're In perfect condition were described
by T. H. Doc" Kinkade. one Of the
ocuntry's most noted aviation motor eX
members of the Washington section OF
the Society of Automotive Engineers at
a dinner meeting in the City Club.
Il think the hardest words I ever had
to speak were those which sent Comdr.
Richard E. Byrd and the late Floyd
Bennett off for the North Pole" Kin
kade said. Their lives depended upon
the ability of their motors to take them
over the trackless, frozen wastes and
bring them back. I certainly felt mis-
cradle when they flew away from our
base-wondering whether l had forgot
ten anything or whether there was any,
thing that might not have been made
just a little bit better.
Elated by Safe Return.
THE sweetest music I ever heard in
my life was the hum of those motors
when the plane came back to SpitZber-
gen after l6 hours of continuous fight
in sub-Zero temperatures.
klnKaQe spoke Jne WOTQ winch sent
Col Charles A. Lindbergh off behind
his single motor on the flight from New
York to Paris When Comdr. Byrd made
his transatlantic hop he left only after
he had received motor 0. K. from
Mr.. Kinkade.
Kinkade said he once was sent into
the Red Lake wilderness of Canada to
repair the motor of a plane which had
landed on a wilderness stream, where
the pilot attempted motor overhaul
and couldn't get going again.
Four Days of Hard Going.
"It took four days of hard going be-
hind an Indian guide from Winnipeg
to get to the plane" the speaker said,
but it took only 80 minutes to fly back
after the motor was reaSsembled."
The speaker described to the en-
gineers the technical features of the
inspection of aircraft engines in pro-
duction. At least four separate and
thorough inspections are made of every
part of the motors by reliable manufac-
turers before the motors leave the
plants, he said. Every metal casting Is
examined for exterior defects and Is
analysed chemically for quality, he said.
At each step in the manufacture of
parts and motors inspectors go over
each part. The completed motors are
subjected to running tests on the blocks
and are then torn down and each part
inspected individually before the motor
is reassembled, given final block test,
and sent out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28

Macon, many persons were forced to
evacuate their homes in the East Ma
con lowlands when flood waters swirled
about the streets and fields.
Rainfall for the last 40 hours In
Macon and vicinity had totalled 100
inches at 8 am. today, the Weather
Bureau reported. Clearing skies gave
some indication of relief during the
morning, however.
Other parts of the State also were
suffering from the deluge of water. The
Oconee River continued its rise and
Milledgeville was marooned by the
swollen waters. Highways with the
general exception of those we'll paved,
are reported impossible. and railroads
are having trouble maintaining sche-
dulles. The tracks of the Southern Rail-
way between Macon and Atlanta were
under a foot or more Of water where
they parallel the Ocmulgee, and trains
were being re-routed over the Central
of Georgia tracks.
In Central City Park here workmen
labored throughout the night and early
morning placing sandbags on the leVees
to keep out the raging waters, which
were said to be growing more threaten
ing every hour.