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New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
LOBSTERMAN KILLED
 IN FIGHT ON TRAPS
kennebec Fisherman Dies Case Claimed
 Accident

Calais, Maine, oct. tq)- Sherman Merchant, 4&, a lobster fisherman at K"nnebcc, three miles from Machias, died in Calais hospital today of the gunshot wound received yesterday afternoon while pulling his traps in kenebcck Ba".
 George Manchester, also Of Kennc- bee. who surrendered 10 the author ities immediately after Merchant was shot and was released on bail for court appearance, was alleged to have explained that he discharged his gun with the intention Of fright ening Merchant while they were en- gagged in a dispute over their traps, the rough sna causing the gun to point straight toward Merchant as the trigger was pressed.
 Merchant was said to have nc- cusod Manchester of destroying his traps.
 The charge penetrated the left side and lodged in the abdomen. Merchant, who was accompanied by his wife. was taken ashore and hur- ried to Calais.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01

New Haven, Oct. i (P)-North Sheffield hall of Yale, on Prospect street, was badly damaged by fire early today when flames originating from an unknown source on the sec ond floor swept through an elevator shaft to the third causing a loss of probably $100,00O. The fire started about 3 o'clock this morning while the building was vacant and when fire apparatus arrived, flames were shooting through windows on the third floor and the roof at the rear.
 The first and second floor of the building has been used as the math- ematics department of Yale univer- sity, while the third floor was used as the drill and club rooms of the Yale naval unit.
 No one was in the building at the time of the fire. according to fire department officials. The building is a three story brick structure con- taining 34 rooms and is used daily for mathematics claSSt..
 The fire. starting on the second floor, spread rapidly in the inflam- mable school material and then shot up the elevator and dumb waiter shafts to the third floor.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
CUBA CANE SUGAR
 GETS RECEIYERSHIP
S110,OJO,OO0 Concern Un- able 10 Meet De-
 bentures

New York. Oct. 1 LP)-A receiv- ership for the Cuba Cane Sugar corporation, with assets in excess of &11O,000,0 was ordered in United States district court today. Charles Hayden, chairman of the board and of the reorganization committee, said the plan of reorganization would be presented to the court.
 Owing to inability 10 meet the maturity of $25.OOO,0OO in debep- lures due Jan. l. q plan of reorgan- a.ation was submitted last summer. Tho security holders. however were slow to deposit their holdings un- der the plan. The final date for deposit was sucCessively extended until Sept 25. when only 7S per cent of the dcbenturcs and 76 per cent of the capital stock Was de- posited. which was deemed insuf- ticicnt to attempt to carry out the plan.
 The company owns or controls more than S80,0Q0 acres of sugar producing lands and nearly 1000 miles of railroad in Cuba. Owing to the depression in the sugar in- dustry, recent earnings have been unsatisfactory. Net income las. year was but $214,0OO, and in 1926. there was net. loss of S1,9S2,000.
 Mr. Hayden said he believed the receivorsnip would benefit the com- pany and the security holders who deposited their holdings under the plan.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
(Snncial 10 the lIerallO

Southinston, oct. 1-State police, accompanied by photographers, have been in Southington the past few days. carrying on an investigation into the origin of q fire that broke out and caused damage of about $1.200 in the Adj building on Lib erty street. The blaze was discovered shortly after 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. September 22.
 After battling the flames, which threatened for a time to consume the entire structure, Southington frcmcn discovered two cans in which was a liquid identified cithu as kerosene oil or as turpentine. Fire Chief John Cronin suspected arson
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
MILL HEAD'S DEATH
 AROUSES SUSPICION
Elizabethton, Tenn, Off ciaI Found With
 Wrists Slashed

EliZabethton. Tenn. Oct. 1 (P- Konsul W. C. Hammer, acting presi- dent of the American Bembcrg and Glanzstoff corporations, rayon mills, was found dead in bed at his home shortly after s o'clock today. his wrists slashed by razor blade.
 The body was discovered by a maid who aroused members of the family .and summoned officers. The by the side of the bed Spots of blood led into the bathroom from pr. Runners room, and his bed was covered with bloodstains.
 Ben Allen. county attorney gen eral, immediately sumomned detec- tives from Washington and Atlanta, and held up the inquest until after the detectives have arrived and made an investigation.
 No motive for suicide could be advanced by members of the family or officers. Officers would not dis cuss the probability of murder. A front window of the house was open, ana a mower DON OH the cuSe had been smashed.
 Yhe house was placed under guard, Sheriff>~J, NJ. Moreland and John Made, chief of police, taking charge. No one was admitted. A. B. Williams, a deputy sheriff, who. with Sheriff Moreland were the first officers to reach the house, said it looked like suicide.
 Dr. Hummer had suffered an at tack of gall stones last night. and was attended by Dr. J. B. Shoun. He appeared resting comfortably when he retired. Members of the family said no sound of a struggle had been heard throughout the night.
 pr. Hummer became acting prcsi- dent of tho textile plants shortly after the lengthy Strike last spring. He relieved Dr. Arthur Mothwurf who went to Germany for visit.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
3O,OOO Men Who Plodded WeariIy Over She'll Torn Roads In France
 March Again In louisville Today
American Legion Parade Co!orful Spectacle - 150 Bands end Drum Corps Lead Varously Uniformed Narc.:erc-Wait for Hours to Begin March
 Gi: Hour Event Reviewed by Notables

Louisville, Ky. Oct. 1 P>-Men who dragged blistcrod feet over shell-torn roads in France, today blithcly kept step with a thousand drums in honor of a memory and for the entertainment of a host of applauding onlookcrS.
 Shoulders eleven years ago droop- cd dejectedly under cruel pack straps were held in positions Of military squarcncsS as more than 30,000 men who were the boss" of 1918, passed the reviewing stand Tn the parade of the eleventh national American Legion convention.
 It was a hour parade for those who took part in the exhibition. for every delegation was ordered to be at it's allotted place at 10 a. m., and the official closing time was 4 D. m. The line as formed oXtenGc ed from the memorial auditorium. a few blocks from the downtown district, three miles out Third street 10. the
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01

campus of the University of Louis vile.
 To put on this big show the men went through history's greatest war. whether on the Battlefield or in the tense atmosphere of the homeland. waited for hours at their stations along the line of formation. When the march started for the last group. the parade was just about over, be- cause the time required 10 cover the parade route was considerably less than that needed 10 complete the spectacle.
 fo3 Musical Organizations
 In the line of march Were apDroyi- mately 100 drum and buaIe corp; and almost half as many full-fledged bands, coming literally from the four corners Of the nation end r.presont- ing every one of the IS states. Tnc members of these organizations. h.ln
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
EXPERT AUDITING
 RECORDS OF CITY
Accountant Begins Task in Office Of Town Clerk Thompson
WILL SUGGEST REFORMS
System of Bookkeeping to Be In stalled and Duties of Office Em- p!oycs Alloca:cd-"CoIoncr" Must Replace Missing Money.

Following a conference between Mayor Paoncssa and Chairman Ed ward F. Hall of the board of Charles F. Coates of the firm Of Hadfeld Rothwell, Soule 6; Coates, has been sent into the office of Town Clerk Alfred l.. Thompson to make a thorough audit and suggest reforms in the financial system of that department.
 The accountant began his work today. The decision to make an audit at once resulted from the dis closure that three pay envelopes. containing nearly S15O, had becl taken from the office of the town clerk in recent weeks. Salaries due Registrar William J. ZiegIer; Miss Katherine Dalton, clerk in the Of flee of the board of assessors, an1 Plumbing Inspector Olaf A. Peter son were missed with no trace left to point to the persons responsible. When this fact became known to Mayor paonessa and Chairman Hall, they determined to take steps at once 10 stop the financial leak hy installing q modern system through which payrolls and other funds m the office would be safeguarded.
 Iio Suggest Improvements
 Accountant Coates will first de- termine the present condition of ac- counts in the office and make a re port. He will then set up q system of bookkeeping, employing all of the facilities of S950 cash registe" placed in the office a few years ago but said to be practically unused and will recommend such allocation of office duties as he believes will be conducive of efficiency.
 Meanwhile, the city government will look to the company holding Clerk Thompson's bond for reim- bursement in the amount lost. and it is expected that he will be called upon to pay.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
Sen. Moses Urged Him to Help Conferred With Liggett Sea Power" Article e He: Wrote Adopted and Used By Party.
Refers to ex-Secretary Kellogg as Nervous Nellie Insists Sen. AL len, Member of Examin- ing Committee, Impli-
 cated as Publicity Head.

Washington. Oct. 1 (P}-The sen- ate's shipbuilding investigation vecred suddenly for a time today from the events of the 1927 Geneva naval conference to the part William E. Shearer said he played in the last presidential campaign.
 Appearing as a witness for the second consecutive day, Shearer testified that upon the suggestion of Senator Moses of New Hampshire, Representative Bacon of New York. and a Mir Archer, he had gone to Massachusetts, looked up Louis K. Lisgett, republican national commit teeman for that state, and made a speech and that others had used his article eptitled Sea Power"
 Worked For Leaders
 Moses and Bacon were prominent in republican campaign activities, while Archer was described by Shearer as ans assistant to Senator Allen, republican. Kansas, who was director of publicity for the repub- lican national committee and now is 9 member of the investigation com- mittee
 Scn%tor Robinson, democrat, Ar kansas, turned the committee to- ward thc campaign after Shearer. who received S25,ooo from three shipbuilding corporations for repre- ..senting them at Geneva. had said s. w. Wakeman. head of the Bethle- hem Shipbuildiur Corporation, con- caived the idea of keeping secret his employment by the shipbuilders.
 He testified Wakeman had given him his instructions at private conference and that T. P. Palen, vice president Of the Newport News s'hipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.,, ac- ouicsced. Asked about Clinton l.. EarGo, Shearor said Wakeman and Palen said he would trail along"
 pacifists Got Too Strong
 "What reason did they give?' in quired Robinson.
 "They considered that the so- called pacihst influence in the Unit- cd States had become so great" the witness said, and that 2G Broad- way was so near-you know J. b. Rockefeller in a way is affiliated with tha Bethlehem interests. Ivy Lee is the press agent of the Rocke- fcllcrs and also of the Bethlehem crowd and l believe of the British government. The shipbuilding had paid him $15O,0O0 and I sup
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
B, GEORGES INDICTED FOR HIDING ASSETS
Bankrupt Jcwclcr Accused Of F&l>i- fyin@ ECcordS-trrcst> May
 Follow in Other Cases.

E. Georges. bankrupt jrwelor of this city. has been indicted by q grand jury in federal court in New Haven on charges of conccaln% as sets and of falsiiyin@ records while preparing for bankruptcy, it was re- lraled today by a representative" Of the National Credit Mems assocla- tion of New York city.
 A hearing in tn" ease was held before the jury in New Haven q week ago today, and q true hill was returned q week ago tomorrow.
 According to the representative Of the credit association, an inNcstiga- tion is being carried on at the pres cnt time into several other bank iTIpt eases ia this city and, it is eX- pcctcd, these men will, if the inves- tigation reveals anything wrong in connection with the eases, be also indicted.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
DAWES WELCOMED
 BY SUDBURY FOLK
Ambassador Returns to Town
 Alo9Si0? FI0l From
GIVEN FREEDOM OF CITY

General Pas T''';;..:;.;o to Puritan
 Stock Of English Town-Mal1cs
 Hit Wiih speech Accepting Hos
 pitaIiiy of People.
 Sudbury. Eng, Oct. 1 C9l-This ancient Suffolk town which 800 years ago made things so hot for Puritan named Dawes, that he fed 10 widest America. turned out today with flags. smiles and hearty hospitality to a descendant of that self-s2mc Dawes.
 The visitor was General Charles G. Dawes, American ambassador 10 Great Britain. He with Mrs Dawes arrived by motor ear this afternoon and vas met by borough officials who escorted the ambassador to tn" town hall. where Mayor Fitzgerald presented him with the honorary freedom of the borough.
 Pays Tribute to Ancestors
 The mayor paid tribute 10 the "stifrnecked" citizens of Sudbury, who early in the seventeenth cen tury fled to a strange land rather than submit to religious perscCu- ton. That same stubborn, frank character, he said, was as necessary today in working out the An@io- American move for world peace.
 The crowd in the council cham Der chccred as Ambassador Dawes signed the roll of honorary free men and he was applaudcd again and again in his speech of acEnowl- ed"ment.
 General Dawes seemed 10 make il real hit with his auduncn when, ro- ferring 10 William Dawes who left Sudbury in 1928 and founded the American Dawes line, he said:
 No one could have picked a bet ter ancestor for an American family than a Puritan stone mason from Sudbury, q builder not destroyer, not a critic, also man who did not run with the crowd"
 Cushion Cue Gift
 Tn order to maE" clear that Sud btWy's welcome included the whole Dawes family, q cushion made of silk, handwovnn in Sudbury. was presented to Mrs. Dawes. Iatcr she was also presented with minia- ture old English room with oak furniture made by member of tn, town council
 After the ceremony at the town
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
NEW BRITAIN MAY
 BE LINK IN CHAIN .:5 ,5.;%S ''!'''ul7F '!'11.7 SLAVERS
lpv l., Missing After Securing better Jobs' il
 New York
PARENTS ARE NOT ABLE
 TO LOCATE DAUGHTERS

One Girl Told Her Mother She Had
 Been Transferred to Metropolitan
 Branch of Chain StOre-Anotheg
 One Promised Marriage-2,-
 900 Girls Believed "SlavcS" in
 Trade Throughout Eastern States.
 That New Britain may be one of the operating stations in the white slave ring which is alleged to be operating in the eastern states be- came known today when it was learned that a second girl from this city has disappeared in a New York automobile under almost the same circumstances as those under which a friend of hers disappeared some time earlier.
 One young woman resident was driven away from her home in a New York car about two months ago, telling her mother she was go- ing to New York to better job She carried no extra clothing and tool, no money with her The firm with whom she had worked in this city, a chain store, which was SUD- posed to have transferred her to New York, has had no knowledge of the girl since she left its employ here.
 Along about the latter part of August another young woman resi- dent disappeared, also, it is said, in a New York automobile. The two girls worked side by side at the same stofe. One is said to have been promised marriage by g young man with whom the other girls in the store had had no acquaintance
 Police have tried in vain to To- cate any trace of the latter. The others disappearance has not been reported to the police.
 One girls mother stated to a Her aid representative today that she did not report the disappearance of her daughter because she still hopes tC get a letter some day. A motherly trusting type, she clings fast to the hope that her girl has obtained q job in New York and some day will write.
 She was good girl. I am sure she is net in any trOublp " she said her eyes filling with tears.
 Went With Fake Manager
 The day of her disappearance she came home at noon with three strangers, whom she told her mOth- CT she had invited home for lunch She said they were officials, one of them being the zone manager Of the chain store with which she was connected. She added that the zono manager had offered her a better position with the same firm in New York. This story was corroborated by the mA who was pointed out as the zone manager.
 After lunch the men drove her back 10 the store. They did not gc in with her. At the close of busi- ness for the day they drove her to her home and remained outside
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
BOMB TEARS GAP IN DERBY HOUSE TODAY Five Narrowly Escape h. jury-No Motive
 Discovered

Derby, Oct. 1 E9-Mrs. Rose F: Lattanzio, widow, her two daugh- ters and son, and a boarder John Caruso, had narrow escapes from death or serious injury when a bomb tore through the roof of their home at 33 Gilbert street shortly after midnight. The bomb went through the roof, through beams and the ceiling of the room where Mrs. Lattanzio and her daughters were sleeping. A splin- ter foot long from one of the beams pierced the pillow few inches from the head of one of the sleeping daughters, but no one was hurt.
 The source of the bomb and the motive of it's throwing were mys- teries which the police confessed 70 be unsolved after an all day inves- tigation. Mrs. LattanAo, who has long been respected resident of Derby, IS not known to have any enemies. and has no suspicion as to the cause. Close questioning of John Caruso, the boarder. satisfied the police that he had no quarrels or enemies which might have led to the crime.
 Investigation of the premises led to the theory that it was the iu- tentton to throw the bomb through the window of Mrs. LattanziO's room, but Lad aim took it to the roof instead.
 Another peculiar feature was that Mrs. Lattanzios police dog, which usually would have given an alarm had anyone approached the house. gave no sign, and the police have . theory that the dog was doped.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
Brighenti Is Rewarded
 By Suspended Sentence
(SDecial to tbe Horoldl

'Spe'Itl tu lIe I1'tald)
 Hartford, Oct. 1-Frank Brighen- Ii, 20, of New Britain, who turned states evidence against Harry (Dukie) Keogh Of New Britain in superior court last week, received his reward today in the form of a suspended jail sentence of 90 days, upon recommendation of Assistant States Attorney Donald Gaffney, which was adopted by Judge Arthur F. Els.
 Attorney Gaffney said that Brig henti's part in the theft of two au- tomobile tires from the Honeyman Auto Sales Co. of New Britain was less willful and vicious than that of Keogh. Keogh was sentenced to 30 days in jail last week.
 Judge ". r. Mangan appeared for Brighenti.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
State Police Investigating Fire
 In Adj Building ln Southington

in the ease and took the matter up with the state authorities. and an immediate investigation vas started. The results have not yet been Giyuigcd.
 Tie building, known as the Titta Adj place, is now owned by Felicia lngriselli of New York and has been occupied by Leo CarfCi, who con ductcd an Italian book and music store there.
 Carfci claims, and has witnesses to prove, that he left the place about 10:30 o'clock Saturday night, the night preceding the fire. He claims to know nothing of the origin or cause of the fire. According to reports. he carried insurance on all of his property.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
HURRICANE MOVES ACROSS GEORGIA
Diminished Intensity Noticed-
 Fears Feit for Towns
COMMUNICATIONS CRIPPLED
Gulf of Mexico Damage Reports still Naguc-Disturbancc Believed Headed Back Out Into Atlantic
 Ocean TCday or Tomorrow.
By the ssociated Press.

By the Associated Press
 Describing a huge arc, the trOpi- cal storm that swept the Bahama Islands last week lashed the south ern tip of Florida and then ntoved northeaStWard up the Gulf of MeXi- co to strike the mainland between Pensacola and paIachicola, today was Curving northeastward across southern Georgia, apparently head ing back toward the Atlantic sea- board.
 Intensity Diminished
 The storm that threatened but did not seriously damage the coast Of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida evidently has diminished in intensi- ty as weather bureau reports said there now was no danger of hurri- cane winds. Winds still prevailed along it's path, however.
 Northeast storm warnings were ordered from the Virginia Capes to Charleston and southwest storm warnings from Charleston to Day tOna Beach.
 The disturbance was central over extreme southwestern Georgia this morning, moving notheastWard with diminishing intensity after flashing the Florida mainland from Talla .. hassec west to Pensacola. No seri- ous property damage or casualties have been reported either in west crn Florida or southern Georgia.
 Communications Crippled
 Railroad, telephone and tclcgraph communication was crippled, how
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
TO REORGANiX!G SOCIETY

Washington, Oct. l P}-Naming of a committee 10 reOrganize the National Merchant Marine associa- ton was agreed upon today at a conference of Atlantic coast an1 Gulf shipping men who discussed the situation at a conference in the capital.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-01
HAS HEART ATTACK
 IN MAYORS OFFICE
William D0bgOW0lSki Stricken
 Aite7 Figures Arc DjSp7oVe1
WRONG ON ALL POINTS
Assessors Hcfutc Claims Of Iaxpay- CTS Association Head That His Property lncCmc Is Low - pao- nessa Ipbraids Ii;nl fer Action.

Confronted with a refutation of his statement Of low income on Pennington avenue property made to Mayor paoncssa and Chairman Thomas Lindcr of the board of as sessors yesterday, William Dobro- WOlski, president of the Citizens