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New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
AGED WOMEN FOUND
 SLAIN IN CHICAGO
Mystery in Killing of Rich Widow and Eccentric
 Maid

Chicago. April { R-What at first appeared to be an attempted mur- der followed by suicide had turned today into a mystery in which A third person may have played a murderer's part.
 Two aged women--a wealthy widow and her maid-were found in the formers apartment yesterday. The maid. Mrs. Ida Peterson, was dead, bread knife plunged in her neck: her mistress. Mrs. Helen kel- 50, 70. was near death from ham, mer blows.
 The first theory of police was that the maid. 67 years old, had beaten Mrs. kclso over the head with a hammer and then had taken her own life. Mrs. Peterson, who had been maid for Mrs. kelso for 27 years. at one time was an inmate of the state hospital for the insane and suffered from what her physician
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
THREE MEN PERISH IN BURNING PLANE
Doctor, Salesman and Pilot Killed in Scott City,
 kans., Crash

Scott City. Kan, April 1 P,- Three men were burned to death to- day when & monoplane crashed to the ground and burst into flames. The dead are Dr. c. C. McGinnis, Scott City surgeon: Chester Riley. Scott City. a travelling salesman. and John Flournoy of Wichita. the pilot.
 Flournoy had taken the plane. be- longing to Bert Schmidt, a Wichita oil operator. into the air to warm it up preparatory to starting on . fishing trip to Colorado with q party of men. After circuling the city. the plane crashed from an al- titude of about 500 feet, catching fire as it struck the ground.
 schmidt and two other men. who were to have been passengers on the trip 10 Colorado. saw the crash They could ascribe no cause for the accident Tlournoy had been Schmidt's personal pilot for several months.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
VALIDATE WEDDING BY ASSEMBLY ACT
Halt Business to 0. K. Ashley. McKirdy Nuptial Contract
BILL IS RUSHED THROUGH
senate and House Put Aside Affairs O1 State to Take Special Action on Wedding Of Couple Now OH Hon. CyniOOn.
Especial to the Herald)

Hartford, April An legislative proceedings were side-tracked at the aptol today, to give clear sailing to Senator l.. w. Christs bill to validate the marriage of Stanton |. Ashley and El,a Mckirdy. both of New Britain which took place at 'the Shuttle Meadow club, Berlin, last Tuesday afternoon.
 Senate Majority Leader Peasiey, chairman of the judiciary commit tee from which the validating act had to originate, explained to the senate that the marriage which took place in Berlin with q New Britain license was technically illegal. He further explained that all parties acted in good faith. and the error was a natural one because many residents Of New Britain regard the Shuttle Meadow club a part of that city. After the senators heard Sen ator Peasley he moved for suspen- sion of the rules in order that the measure might be immediatel! transmitted to the house of repre- sentatives for passage.
 When the bill reached the house, Majority Leader Raymond Johnson of Manchester explained the meas ure. saying that the couple were now on the high seas and could not be reached. Following the explain atio&-in the house, the bill was or dered to the office of the engrossinG E cleyk. and then to Governor John H. Trumbull's office for his sigma i ture.
 Senator Christ followed the bil
 through both houses 10 the gover' nor. office and will have the pa pers when he arrives in New Brit ain. after the appropriations com, mittee hearing scheduled for this afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
WUHAN ARMIES IN
 GENERAL COLLAPSE
Retreat on All Fronts Be fore Nationalist Forces
 in Hankow Region

Hankow, China. April Rp-The Nuhan armies which have been op- posing the advance of the National fist government troops on Hankow collapsed today and were retreatinG on all fronts.
 The Wuhan general commanding 10 the Ranking government, thereby permitting Ranking troops to pene- trate the defense line of the Wuhan forces. Wuhan troops are retreatina in confusion. Panic ,reigns in the Chinese city of Hankow.
 Refugees streamed into the for eign concessions area. Martial la" has been proclaimed.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Woman Accused of
 R0bbing no Banks

New York. April R- Charged with having obtained from ll0 banks about $250,000 on forged checks, Mrs. Florence Garland, 3s; Miss Bessie Farrell. 35, and Julius Goldberg, 40, were held in sloo,0QO bail each today by Judge Jonnellan in general sessions court. They have been indicted for second degree forgery.
 Mrs. Garland, first of the trio arrested. told police that Gold berg was an expert penman. and that she and Miss Farrell had passed checks. The specific complaint against her was made by Louis Smiegel. whose forged signature appeared on $40 check drawn March 16 on the Title Guaranty & Trust Co.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
JACKSON SLAIN BY
 PERSON UNKNOWN
Coroner Bill Releases Find. ing in Killing of County
 Detective

Danielson, April 4 P>-Coroner Arthur c. Bill today released his finding on the inquest in connection with the murder January o9 in Will limantic of County Detective Will liam E. Jackson, the purport of i; being that Jackson came to his death as the result of shooting by some person or persons unknown.
 The inquest ended yesterday fol lowing Coroner Bills interview with Deputy Sheriff Trenor A. Rice. who has been held as a suspect.
 The inquest started February IS. Under Connecticut law. the coroner must submit his findings 10 the su- perior court.
 The coroner completed his find ing yesterday and has filed it with the clerk Of the superior court. The finding is as follows:
 Text of Finding
 "The undersigned. coroner with in and for the county of Windham. having received notice that William T.. Jackson of Willimantic, had been found dead at his dwelling house in Quarry street. in said city Of Willi- mantle on Tuesday, January 29, 1929. about 6:S0 p. m.. viewed the body of said deceased. and ordered an autopsy made therein by Henry N. Costello of Hartford. and on the 18th day of February. 1929. at 10 a. m.. I held an inquest as to the cause and manner of said death at the police station in Willmantic and | by adjournment at my ofiice in Danlelson, Conn, on the 18th. 23th and S0th days Of March. 1929. "On the testimony taken at such inquest on the report Of said autopsy. find that said William L. Jackson died in said city of Willimantic on the 29th of January. 1929, about 6:30 D. m. from gunshot wound in the head. I further found that said wound was inflicted by some person or persons unknown.
 T delivered the body of said de- ceased to his family for burial. T file with this finding the report of said autopsy and copy O. the testi- mony taken at said inquest. Dated at Danielson this third day of April, 1929.
 (Signed) Arthur c. Bill, Coroner of Windham county.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
.PAJEWSkI EAV0RS NEW ASSESSMENT
Pledges Efforts to ReValuaion Of
 Fifth Ward Property
OPENS DRIVE FOR VOTES
Republican and Democratic Candi- dates For Common Council Speak American Club Rally.

With a little less than week 10 go. the republican candidates for the council from the fifth ward. Peter l J. PaieWski, candidate for alderman. and Joseph Mlynarski ca. i"te for councilman. launched on a cam paign last night, making their initial addresses at the regular meeting of the Polish merican club No. l at the Falcon hall.
 After the regular business of the club was dispensed with. Pajewski made . short speech in which he asked for support for himself and his associates at the polls next Tuesday. promising that if elected he will fight tor the re-assessnent Of the fifth ward in the council. He assured his listeners that he had the welfare of his fellow citizens at heart and that if successful, he would look after their interests while in the council.
 Attorney B J. Monkiewicz. chair man of the fifth ward republican town committee, also urged the peo- pie to go out on election day and vote fou Pajewski and the other republican candidates for the coun- cii and stressed the fact that Pa jewski had never before gone back on his promise to look out for the citizens welfare. The speaker re- minded the members of the club that it was in their power to give the candidates their full support and that they should poll a 100 per cent vote on election day.
 B. A. Grzybowski. treasurer of the club. and Joseph Mlynarski. co-run. ner with Pajewski and Luther Ab- rahamson also spoke. asking full (Continued on Page TWO)
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
300 Animals to Act
 In "Talking" Movie

New York. April { (UPo-Up at the Bronx Zoo. 300 unrelated forms Of jungle life are rehearsing their parts for the first all-animal. all- talkie movie ever produced.
 Under tho skillful directing Of Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars. curator of animals and reptiles at the Zoo. the crick of the cricket. the squeaky lyric of the tree toad and the sounds of more brutsh animals will be reproduced and filmed for lecture purposes
 Of the 800 actors, Dr. Ditma-s said. Slithers, the hyena, is the most temperamental.
 "Once he starts laughing. there's no stopping him." Ditmars said.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Kellogg Catches Cold
 Bv Sleeping on Deck

Plymouth. Eng. April 4 LP - Frank B. Kellogg, former secretary Of state. who is visiting Europe for d vacation. was abed with a cold whcn the He de France reached Plymouth today,
 MT. Kellogg caught cold while slccI.ng on deck. He was unable to see reporters. Mrs. Kellogg said that rest and quietness were impera- tive. but that there was no cause for anxiety.
 The Kellogg party later proceed cd 10 Hayrc en route 10 Paris.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
ACCOUNTANTS TELL ! OF TANGLED BOOKS
E8ln Trial Witnesses Say Wat.
 kins Records Were Muddled
HADPlELD URGED COUNSEL
Declares He Advised Watkins to Consult Lawyer and Latter SatJ When He Wanted To "put SOmc- thing Oycr' He Saw Egan.

When He Wanted To "put Somc-
 thing Oycr' He Saw Egan.
 Hartford. Apri! 1 Rl-Public ac- countants as state witnesses testify today in the trial of William l.. Egan. Hartford attorney indicted for conspiracy in connection with mismanaged affairs of investment companies promoted by Roger W. Watkins. now state prison inmate, described to Judge Isaac Wolfe the
 'haphazard" condition Of the books of those companies.
 These witnesses testified that they found records where stock certifi- cates had been turned over to Egan and sold for him when originally they had been bought for the in- vestment companies. One of these accountants, Seth Hadfeld. having failed to straiEhten out the muddle in the books of both the Winthrop Gregory company and the National Associated Investors. Inc, 10 a point where . balance could be struck. voluntarily advised Watkins to get an attorney to straighten things out. Watkins reply. Hadfield testified, Continued on Page ID
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Captain Missing and Crew Drunk,
 Schooner Seized by Coast Guards

Atlantic City. x. j.. April tP- The schooner yacht Nomad. flying the colors of the New York Yacht club, was seized by the coast guard and lowed 10 the harbor al Cape May this morning. The craft. ac- cording to 1928 registry. of the Bureau of navigation, is owned by Leland Ross Of New York city.
 John B. Scofield, Cape May. said to be the sailing master of the
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
FIREMAN BREAKS WRIST
 WHILE CRANKING ENGINE
Acting Lieutenant kcnncy Injured Testing Apparatus at No. [
 Engine House.

Acting Lieutenant Patrick kenney, attached to No. 4 engine company. fractured his right wrist last night while cranking the fire apparatus for a motor test.
 kenney. who was in charge Of the house in the absence of Lieut.. Thomas Hinchey. who is ill al his home. had just started the crank in revolution when the motor compres- sion threw it back with great force. Dr. Frank Zwick placed the wrist in splints and X-ray pictures were talk en today with the result that a frac- ture was found. Fireman henney will be required to remain away from duty for several weeks.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Ihousands Stand With Barred Heads While Eulogies are Pro- nounced By Per,hing and Poincare Both Visibly Affected.
People and Government Pay Affectionate Fare we'll to Beloved Ameri- can Envoy Whose Body Starts for Home on French Cruiser Friday.

Paris, April 1. P-Still grieving at the loss of their great war com- mander, Marshal Foch, the people and government of France today poured out unbounded tribute to the memory Of Myron T. Herrick. deeply beloved American amba ssa dor who so greatly endeared himself to the hearts of all Frenchmen in the days of the World war.
 Gathered around his brier, drapcd with the stars and stripes in the sunny salon of the American Em- bassy, the French cabinet, the army and diplomatic corps and many Americans now in Paris paid their last affectionate farewell to the late American am bassador.
 Notable Gathering
 No more notable gathering ever paid their respects to the memory of foreigner in the French capital. With the exceptions of Marshais Joffrc and Lyautey. too aged to ex- pose themselves again 10 fatigue, all the leaders of the French army were present. including such noted 1igures as Petain. Franchet D'Es- percy, Gouraud. Dubail aid Lass-cn. Members of the government were there in full headed by nremier Poincare and Foreign N1p'sfer Bri- and. ---.-------z
 Nose of the a.>mbero sf the dip1o- matic corps were present while as many other notable figures of France. the United States and other nations as could crowd into the em- bassy salon also attended.
 The ceremony at the enlbassy was of the utmost simplicity. The short
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New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
STATE POLICE WORK ON WILTON TRAGEDY
Bodies of Yates Girl and Farmer Await Order
 From Coroner

Wilton. April 4.-State police to- day were at work clearing up the salient facts which might further explain the tragedy of late yesterday when Edwin Melhuish. farmer. killed his daughters chum. Mary Yates. IS, and then killed himself.
 The bodies were viewed by Dr. Ernest smith, medical examiner of Bedding and removed to Georgetown to await an order from the coroner.
 Accepting the offer Of her girl friends father to drive her home from school. the Yates girl was shot and killed when she resisted his at tentions.
 Melhuish had stopped at the Nor walk high school for his daughter and the Yates girl. who were school mates. He took his daughter home and then drove toward the Yates
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
VACCINATION BILL IS LOST IN HOUSE
Optional Measure Rejected After Reimers Fights for It
PECK WARNS OF MENACE"
Bristol Judge Holds Smallpox Peril Is Too Great to Permit Personal Willingness to Enter Question Of InOculattOn.

State Capitol. Hartford. April R) The house today rejected the 'op- tonal vaccination" bill after. it's sponsor. NIT. Reimers of Durham had made d staunch fight in its be- half, telling the body that the judi ciary committees unfavorable re- port was Unconstitutional"
 Mir. Alcorn. of Sufield. judiciary member, said the bill was moved from ks table. on which it was placel qesterday because of Mir. &yeinl0tF absence, ssd he moved re- Jection on the grounds that the pro- visions are medical. and medical testimony had opposed the bill.
 MT. Reimers said he supported the bill because he had taken an oath to support the constitution, which gives people the right to have opin- ions and to reject religious. medicai or other ideas not acceptable to them emotionally or intellectually He said Optional vaccination would not do away with vaccination but would allow those who believed in 1t to follow their beliefs, "hn' those who did not believe could cschew it.
 Judge Peck of Bristol, said small pox is too great q menace to allow vaccination to be discussed on the tasis of personal willingness or opinion. Mir. Delacour of Stratford a World War veteran. said the war proved the efficacy of inoculation. House Leader Johnson. of Man. chester. expressed surprise that a committee report could be attacked on the basis of its constitutiopality He said medical opinion is favor able to vaccination and as such opinion can be the only basis for the ret ention of a vaccination law, the (Contjnued on Page III
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Woman Doctor Hangs
 Herself at Niagara

Niagara Falls, N. r., April 1 tP) Miss Marguerite Schleffinger, 3S years old. d doctor of science and a graduate of the department of chem isters Of the Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass. ended her life to- day by hanging herself with dress belt in her room at local board ing house.
 A member of the society of chem iral industry. Rasle, Switzerland Miss Schleffingcr came to this coun- try ill 1921. She secured a position in q local chemical concern ih 1926 but lost thc position.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Man Hurt in Factory Must Remain
 in Bed Motionless for Two Weeks

have been killed.
 The wheel had been turning at the rate of about 2,500 revolutions a minute. Sections of the broken wheel went flying through a win- dow for a distance of about 100 feet.
 Treatment of the peculiar skull crack will require him to lay on his back with his head motionless for about two weeks. doctors say.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04

Mexico City, April R - The month-old Mexican rebellion emerged today from a four-day encounter in southern Chihuahu waNerinR shadow of the movement which on March 5 threatened the existing Mexican government.
 Penned like rats in a cage by the fire of coordinating units of federal cavalry. infantry. artillery and air service. the army of the north yes tcrday at Lefornia. Chihuahua, was almost annihilated in what was de- scribed in government dispatches as horrible slaughter" Many hun- dreds of rebels were believed to have been killed.
 Considering his sangujnary work in the north well done, General Plu- tarco Elias Gales, federal comman- der-in-chief. announced diversion of 5000 of his troops to the states of Guanajuato and Jalisco, to wage a similar war Of "eXtermination' against the so-called religious insur- gents of those states.
 Those of the rebel infantry who were not killed are our prisoners General Juan Andreu Almazan. fed eral field commander. wired Presi- dent Emilio Portes Gil. 'The Neri. table butchery among them Wal stupendous."
 General Gales wired the president that the encounter at La Reforma was "the greatest battle in Mexico's revolutionary history"
 'It was definitely decisive" he added. Tn it the rebels paid dearly for this infamous revolution"
 Fetierals Get Some Sleep
 More complete field reports today permitted a fairly comprehensive account of the action. After the
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New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Glenna COllett Wins
 To Finals in South

Pinehurst s. C., April PI- Glenna Coilett. national womcn's champion, won her way 10 the finals Of the north and south women s golf tournament today with a thrill ing one up victory over Marion Tur- pic of New Orleans in a match that was not decided until the eighteenth hole.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04

Frank c. Humphrey of School
 street vas seriously injured yester-
 day at the Hartford plant of Hart
 X Hegeman. when an emery wheel
 broke and a corner of the heavy grinder struck him in the forehead. He was taken to St. Francis hos pital where it was discovered that he has . cracked skull. Had he been bending over the wheel at the time
 it broke, surgeons believe he might
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Alleged Gunmen Held
 In SlO,OOO Bonds Each

Stamford. April Colour Of seven men and boys arrested March 27 after a running gun battle on the Post road between Stamford and Greenwich with the police Of both towns were held in sl0,6on bonds each for the superior court today on charges of carrying concealed weapons. resisting an officer and theft Of an automobile.
 Two other men arc in the hos pital and one boy is held in the juvenile court.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
GIRL BITTEN IN FACE

Armand Gaudettc of 14 Orange street complained to the police today that his eight year old daughter Geraldine. was bitten in the face by a dog owned by man named Damorct who lives at the corner oi Grove and Broad streets. An in. vestigation is being made.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
BLAST KILLS WORKMAN

Marietta. Ohio. April (UP)- Willard Cronin, 50. plaster for the
 Marietta Torpedo company. vas kill
 ed today when the company's nitro glycerine magazine at Lebanon. near here, exploded. Cronin was loading
 his truck with explosives when the blast occurred.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04

MAN SHOOTS AND STABS WIFE;
 W0MAN'S CONDITION NI,sa':: sr':S'; <; )US

Mrs. Pauline Pavano. IS. ' hospital about 3:45 o'clock this afte bullet wound in the left side and a husband, Salvatore Pavano is under a dangerous weapon. He will be Mrs. Pavano is expected to recover
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
Army Of North Is Nearly An- initiated in Slaughter at
 LefOrma
MANY HUNDREDS OF
 INSURGENTS KILLED
Alma gan, Federal Field Commander, Wires President Gil "Butchcry" of Opposing Troops Was StupendOus -Calles Calls Battle Greatest ID McAiCO's Revolutionary History and Definitely Decisive.

La kcforma. Chihuahua. Mexico. April (NighU-tde- layed)-P-The back of the Mexican revolution in the north was broken today when 2,l00 rebels failed by a hairs breadth to escape from federal cavalry. AS q result 800 rebel dead lay piled in three stacks beside the railroad tracks tonight. One thousand reNolutionists were wounded. f'ortyt-Wo federals were killed. The rebel force was the last to leave Jimencz. about 6 o'clock yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04

By GEORGE IT. MANNING
 Washington Correspondent. N. B. Herald) Washington. D. C.. April 4-Stua rt w. Parsons Of New Britain has been granted a patent by the L. $. Patent Office on his invention of a door catch, it was learned here.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04

yacht. together with the los, are missing.
 Four men were found in the cabin of the yacht, in an intoxicat- ed condition and are being question: cd by coast guard officials in an effort to learn what happened to the cap- tain. Tn the cahin were found 40 bottles Of alleged Scotch uhiskey
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New Britain herald., 1929-04-04

Pavano is said to have been nv-
 ing in Hartford, apart from his
 wife, for some time. and he came to 3e7 North Burritt street, where she has been living. to demand that she return to live with him. She is said to have refused and he shot
 her and stabbed her.
 He fled through the yard and was caught by Officer Henry Zajkowski,
 who lives nearby. The officer was asleep and his wife awoke him. He
 gave chase. firing one shot in the air and overpowering Pavano.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04
PARSONS GETS PATENT

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as ,ss,osue Britain General r. alg1~ v .ilous condition with ,und in the forehead and her
 st on the charge of assault with aigned in police court tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-04

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The Washington times., 1929-09-12
DOWN
Maybe I'm Wrong
Matrimonial Martyrs
By John P. Medbury

Nowadays unless a woman
has been married three or
four times, she's considered
an old maid.
The Washington times., 1929-09-12
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