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New Britain herald., 1929-12-13
States Attorney Hints at County Cleanup In Request for Gran d Jury in Speakeasy Death-Has Addition al Information"
Possible New Britain Con- nection Seen if Wide h. vestigation Is Begun Confessed Slayer Sur renders to Police in New York.

Hartford, Dec. 1% (R)-Authority for u general investigation into the liquor traffic in Hartford, and possibly throughout the county, was granted 10 the grand jury ordered for the indictment of Sebastian x. Aliano, charged with murder, by Judge Allyn l.. Brown ill superior criminal court here this morning q the request of States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. Tie inquiry vii, be called for Friday, January ,, at It o'clock.
 Nr Alcorn told the court that 'othcr phases of this case, than the specific charge of murder, have come to the attention of my office, and in the interests of the state, l want the July to have authority 10 proceed further into the matter, if in the judgment Of my office the sit uatiou warrant it,
 Makes No Direct Reference
 Mr. Acorn made no direct refer enc" to "IiQuor,' and refused to am
  the court room, other than 10 say that the inference is obvious
 Since the murder of Alfonso Min mi shot to death in a Front strcGt spcakeasy the morning Of Dcccm- Der 1, by AlIauo, his employer. nunI- erous reports of corruption ill con ncCtlon N.,h the liquor laws III Hartford have been received.
 Aliano gave himself up to the Hartford authorities yesterday, after ninc-day search by the Hartford police had located him in New York. County Detective Ed ward J. Hickey said AlianO admit ted that he had committed the crime in self dcfons" and fled be cause he feared r,trlDutioms at the hands of MinriU's friends.
 The victim was a fall guy in q chain of speakeasies the police say that Aliano operated.
 Relations between the Now Brit ain police department and th- states attorneys office are har- monious, so far aS is known, it WAS said this afternoon. About a veal ago, however, there was criticism ol the action of the states attorneys office in sending agents into New Britain to obtain evidence of liquoi law violations. unknown to Chic Hart or any other members of thu department. The result was tha several arrests were made but tin cases collapsed when the "aScntS failed to present themselves Il court and the alleged offenders Wer' released on nOllc.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-13
Moves Aimed at Lewis

Springfield, H., Dec. 1% (Pl-Thc matter of mining Coai in Illinois today was a mixture of strike, legal maucuv,rs aimed at President John l.. Lewis of the United Mine Work CTS of America, and measures by enforcement officers 10 arrest strike leaders on charges of melting to riot.
 Since the beginning of the strike Monday, the National Miners union. which called it, has been success full chiefly in Christian county, where pickcting has been ConCcn- tratcd. Their announced plan 10 picket inc Panther Creek mine at Auburn yesterday was abandoned when state highway policemen ap- rearcd there to keep the highways clear. The union transferred its campaign 10 two mines at Pana, with the result that miners there endorsed the strike.
 pickcting Points Chosen
 The Bellcvlle district, employing between 5000 and 5000 men, was marked for pickcting today. Coun- ty enforcement officers said they would not interfere with peaceful pockcting." and anticipated no trouble. One of the strike leaders, George Greenwood, was at Belle vile to direct the picketing, which he said would be operative at all mines in the district.
 States Attorney Harry Grundy ir | Franklin county obtained warrants charging 49 sympathiZers of tho | National Miners union with melting to riot and rioting. Six men atreSt' cd last night were released or | bonds.
 The federal government, throuG' Mark Costello, an arbitrator for tho department of labor, continued et forts to bring peace. He engage in q, series of conferences last nigh with leaders of the opposing groups
 SlO.000 In Pay Lost
 The cost of the strike in lost p1. cheeks for the first five days ha | ICC1l est I1IldltI dlo 'lolii'tIii'lto '''Si than $40.00U-a loss that must com out of pay envelopes that are tn last to be received by the miners be fore Christmas. The number o miners who have been idle one d1 or more, including several hundre who later returned to work, has beel placed at 3,G35, most of them il Franklin county.
 The new move against preSldeA of the Unitel Mine Workers-th union group which does not recoS nize the strike call-Was made her late yesterday. More than 200 al fidavits were filed in district cour by officials of the Illinois district c the |. M. w. in support of theI contention that Lewis has no rigf to the presidency he now hold The affidavits made various Charge attacking Lewis good faith, Juds ment, management and integrity.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-13
FIGHTERS HELD
 IN CITY BLOCK
300 Men Stopped While Depu-
 ties Make Arrests
400 OBLIGED TO LOAF
50 Strikers Divert Workers with Northumberland Barragc Against Lewis Begun by A@itaturs Seek ing Removal.

Nokomis, IT,, Dee. F tF}-Thrcc hundred members Of the striking National Miners union, invading Nokomis carly today intent on pickcting Mine No. n of the 1lli- nois-Indiana Coal corporation, were "bottlcd up" in a downtown city block by deputy shcriGls and held prisoners while deputies from Christian county served warrants on 35 who were taken to Taylor vile for arraignmrut.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-13

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New Britain herald., 1929-03-12
Honeymoon Of Angel Of France
Ends When Husband IS Killed

Mrs. Mclean escaped with minor
injuries. as did the chauffeur and
Ida Trumbac, Mrs. Mel cans maid,
Of the occupants of the Evans car,
barbara Allen Comfort, > years of
age, Was seriously injured. Her SIX OH
was fractured, Her mother, Mrs.
Leah Evans Comfort. of Ell Cerrito
Cal; the iatter's sister. Mary Evans,
and their parents. Mr. and Mrs, J.
Herbert Evans, Wee injured slightly
All are in hospital here.
Colonel Mclean was Al Years old
During the World war he command
ed the 36.th infantry. After the
Armls'lct. he returned to his pro-
fesslon of mining engineering. His
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Me-
Lean and a sister. are resident of
Phoenix. Arz
The most decorated woman in
the World war" was the title earned
by Mrs. Mclean. then Kathleen
Burke, a nurse. for relief work
abroad during the war. Along The
battle lines she was called 'the
Angel Of France" She met Colonel
Mclean when he entered a field hos
pita to receive treatment for
wounds. She also met Peabody dur
ing the war and married him several
years later. He died in Santa Bar
hara two years ago.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12

higher rates seemed near rcaliza-
ton today through special master $
report in favor of the company.
The report of Isaac r. Oeland
appointed in 1924 by Fedora! Judge
Knox. held that the rates for New
York city and state fixed by the pub
nc service commission on Jan. %
1923; May 26, 1926, and June %,
1926, "have not, and do not now
and will not afford fair return to
the telephone company on the fair
value of its properties and invest
ment."
He recommended that a perma-
nent injunction be issued against the
public service commission. the attor-
ney general of the state of New
York. and others rest timing them
from enforcing orders based on the
rates fixed on the foregoing dates
and from enforcing penalties for dis
regard of such rates.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12
Americans Escape Mexico.
Tell of Rebel Advances

Nosales. Ariz.. March 12.-P-A
southern Pacific of Mexico train
from the southwest coast of Mexico
brought %, American citizens TO
Nogales today from Culiacan. Sina-
loa, and surrounding country
Which has been traversed by the
rebels in their march to the south
against Mazatlan.
Tn" Alnericans, most Of them
leaving Mexico until the revolt is
ended confirmed news dispatches
from the south that rebel troops
have penetrated beyond Culiacan.
The federal gtrriSons. most OF
them small, and the police forces OF
many towns through which the
rebels marched. fled before the ad
vance. the travellers said. Culiacan
was without police for "A hours be-
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12
SHAFT OF LIGHT IN SKY
FROM MYSTERIOUS SOURCE
Bright ;eam Remains Visible for
Half Hour. E>citin. Wonder
Among Star .aXcrS.

Cnsi1cra lle interest was excited
last night IN the appearance Of a
brood beam Of light extending across
the sky from he north western sec
ton Of the city in a southeasterly
direction. Although the shaft of
light appeared to be coming from
some place III the vicinity Of Water
bury Inquiries made in that city
brought the reply that no one re-
portd having seen il. The light ap-
peard similar to that of an air
najlbeacon, the revolving mechan-
ism " which had gone out of order.
causng il to become fixed in one d.
recton. 1t was visible from about
1879 O'Clock until after II O'Clock.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12

system was reported as stating that
tn" plan specified 81 uurlli.l must lt
lndiu IN the pOtIse n Signed 10 'ht,ni.
during their -four years at II, uni
Nersity Whether they intend 10 study
scientific or cultural ,oIl 'ses. H..
fnrt her asserted that this Would
mea the eventual aba ndonine 81
the Sheffield Scientific school as "A
separate unit from Yale college.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12

Santa Maria, Cal. March IL Up
The honeymoon of Kathleen Burke
Mclean, war time Angel Of
France was turned into a cycle Of
mourning today because of The death
OF her husband, Col. John Reginald
Mclean, wal veteran and Arizona
mining engineer.
Colonel Mel can. who on March ..
was married to the former kathleen
Burke Peabody, died here last night
from injuries received in an automc-
bile accident last Sunday Mrs Nc
Lean. whose former husband was
the late Frederick r. Peabody, mil
lionaire collar manufactures. was
slightly injured in the accident.
The tragic ending of the honey
moon came while Colonel and Mrs.
Mclean were returning to Montec.to
from Del Monte where they had gone
after the wedding After a week of
festivities planned for them by their
friends in Montecito. the couple had
planned to visit President Hoover in
Washington and then to sail for
Italy TO spenG a season before gong
10 Argentina, where Colonel Mclean
had valuable mining interests.
Cars Meet Head On
Colonel ano Mrs. Mclean were in
the rear seat of the family automo-
bile driven by James Irwin. chauf
feur, when Irwin attempted to pass
truck on the highway and sedan
driven by J. Herbert Evans Of
Mather, Pa. suddenly appeared ami
in an instant the Mclean car crum-
pied under the impact of head on
collision.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12

contract h. and Miss Smith rad
agreed to share with each other III
/ properly esei acquired. The petitio1
ilso recjted other alleged domestic
arrangements of Miss Smith, IN.
Guiding another common-iaw mar.
riage and her divorce from q Ger
man count. Raditchevitch Is Sc and
Miss Smith is 81.
Miss Smith is the daughter of the
late obeilin Smith. machinery man.
ufacturer and inventor.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12

You have never heard real radio
until you have listened to . Bre-
mer-Tully. This hne high grad
set in this splendid, beautiful
H;ghboy cabinet is one OF the
greatest price values Of this great
sale.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12
French COnmon Law
Decree Held Invalid

Camden. n. J.. March II tP; -
Vice Chancellor Edmund H. Lean
ing. OF the Camden rhaucery cour'
has refused to courrn. the deere,
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12
New York Telephone
Rates Nav Increase

New York. March - tP-Nictory
in an eight-year court battle by the
New York Telephone company for
New Britain herald., 1929-03-12

One hundred scholarships of the
value of 1000 lire tabout $3.50 have
been bestowed on children of Ital.
ian school teachers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
U. S. APPEALS TO SOVIET.

The American Government has ap-
pealed unofficially but directly to the
Soviet government of Russia to res
cue two American aviators, Lieut.. Ben
Eielson and Earl Borland, who disap-
peared of the bleak Siberian coast six
weeks ago while flying to the tce-bound
fur ship the Nanook.
The Soviet, whose icebreakers smashed
their way through the Arctic ice to res
cue members of the crew of the Italia
two years ago in one of the thrilling
chapters Of the heroic history Of the
northland, was asked by Secretary VIII
bur through the Soviet News Agency to
send rescue parties from two ships 1t
has In the vicinity.
The Interior Department head, whose
action followed an urgent appeal from
Vilhjalmar Stefansson, famous Arctic
explorer also instructed Gov. Parks OF
Alaska to appeal directly to the ice
breakers Lipke and Stavropol, the two
ships in the vicinity where EielSon and
his mechanic were last seen.
The State Department, informed OF
the proposal TO appeal directly to the
two ships, made no objections nor did
| it make a decision on the message sent
directly to Moscow, since Secretary
Wilbur did not submit 1t for a ruling,
I'VE had made every effort to rescue
the men from United States territory y
| Secretary Wilbur said. bad weather
and the lack of craft adapted for use in
| the Far North frustrated our efforts
With human life at stake, especially the
| lives OF brave men, we have asked the
| Russians to assist us"
Eielson and Borland had a months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
OFFICIALS DEFEND
LIQUOR LICENSES
Testify in Court That MuIIan
Idaho, Has Always Been
"Wide-0 Open Town."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, December
24.-More defendants In the licnlor
conspiracy trial involving the city Of
Mullan, Idaho, prepared to take the
stand in Federal Court here TODAY In
short session preceding adjournment
for the Christmas holiday.
Mayor Arthur Harwood and mem
bers OF the city council. who are ac-
cused by the Government of collecting
license fees" from bootleggers, gam
blers and keepers of disorderly houses
in order to pay the expenses of run
ming the municipality, occupied the
stand yesterday.
Mayor Harwood and Councilmen
Henry Foss and Charles Ristan testified
yesterday that Mullan had been a
'wtde-open" town as long as they could
remember. HARDWOOD defended the right
of the council to collect license fees
in order to save the town from a
financial emergency.
Harwood also admitted that his
property, including a drug store, a
hotel and house, which he had rent
ed, may have been used by bootleggers,
gamblers and disorderly persons.
II had heard that they were being
used for these purposes" he said, but
had never seen it with my own
eyes,
Harwood said he had not checked
very closely into the practice of col
lecting license fees" as they were
'just custom carried cut by the
chief of police" He asserted that the
fees were collected solely for the wei
fare of Mullan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
THREE MORE LOST
IN SIBERIAN FLIGHT
Pilot and Two Passengers
Not Heard From Since
December II.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NOME, Alaska, December 24.-The
names Of three more men were addec
today to the list Of flyers missing in the
frozen wastes of Siberia, across Berine
Strait from here.
Already busy with preparations fol
an aerial search for Carl Ben Eielson
noted Arctic pilot, and his mechanic
Earl Borland, the group of aviators al
Teller yesterday diverted some of theil
efforts to q hunt for Phil Graham, g
pilot, and his two passengers, r. B
Julian and w. B. Miller, who left the
Alaska mainland December II on q
flight to Elephant Point, Siberia
Nothing has been heard from them
since.
Frank Dorbandt and Mechanic Pope
who have been participating in the at
tempts to fly to Eielson's rescue, took
of from Teller yesterday to search for
Graham, Julian and Miller.
Heavy fog over most of the region
forced Pilot Ed Houng to return to Tel
Ter yesterday after making a second at
tempt to carry gasoline supplies to two
flyers who are operating from the ice
bound ship Nanuk on the Siberian coast
in the hunt for Eielson and Borland.
Harold Gillian and Joe Crosson, who
are making the Nanuk their base, were
reported to have taken of from the
ship yesterday and to have returned
without finding trace Of either Eielson
or Borland or their plane.
With flve men now missing, pilots
here are facing the worst conditions OF
the year under which to carry on q
search. Daylight lasts only few hours
limited gasoline supplies curtail the
use of planes on long flights and the
work Of radio stations which depend
upon that form of fuel to generate pow
err. Unfavorable weather has handi-
capped the rescue attempts. Efforts Will
be continued however, to establish 9
base on the Siberian coast.
Railroad officials at Seward were re.
ported to have made arrangements t.
start three big cabin planes on theil
way to Fairbanks, within two hour!
after their arrival at Seward tonight Of
tomorrow. The planes are being moved
from Seattle to Seward aboard thu
Coast Guard cutter Chelan. A squad o.
Canadian airmen on the relief expedi
ton aboard the Chelan then will fly thu
planes from Fairbanks to Teller ant
join the search for the missing men.
Flyers here now lack closed cabiI
planes such as those coming on thu
Chelan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
48OWOMAN DRIVERS
WIN CERTIFICATES
Prizes Awarded and HonoKS
Bestowed Following A.A.A.
Lecture Course.

-Four hundred and eighty woman
drivers received graduation certificates,
$50 received certificates of attendance
and prizes totaling $500 were dis
tributed to 9 who passed the final
examination of the American Automo-
bile Associations lecture course on au-
tomobile mechanism with the highest
grades, at luncheon given yesterday
at the Mayf1oWer Hotel. The lecture
teach the woman drivers of the District
what makes the wheels go round"
Miss Hazel v. Reynolds of 500 River
road, Bethesda, Md, won the first prize
of $35 in gold; Mrs. Mary E. Richard
son, 3525 Thirteenth street, whose en-
animation grade was but a decimal
point lower than that of the first prize
winner, was accorded second honors
and $25 in gold; the third prize OF
SIS went to Mrs. Arthur Beach, 4535
Thirtieth street: the fourth of $40 to
marie street. the fifth of SIS to Miss
Sara d. Kemmerer, $3.50 Colorado ave-
nue., and the four sixth prizes of $25U
each were awarded to Mrs. Carrie
Lusner, 2034 o street: Miss Gladys
Gordon, 1416 Buchanan street; Miss
Madge L. Cooke, 1870 Wyoming ave-
nue., and Mrs. Walter r. Metz, 1927
Taylor street.
At the speakers table were: Ernest
Smith, executive vice president Of the
A. A. A; Charles p. Clark, general
line, director of safety; DR.. F. v. Co.
vile, Stanley Horner, Edward M. Bra
shears and A. M. LOOMS, members Of
the advisory board.
The judges were Rudolph Jose, H. H.
Allen and E. M. Cornell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24

ers: John Lewis Smith, lawyer, and
president Of the Hoover and Curtis
Club; Mrs. E. A. Hartman, president
League OF Republican Women of the
DlStrlct; Joshua Evans, 1r, banker, and
secretary of the State committee; Meyer
Cohen, lawyer and banker; Thomas P.
Littlepage, lawyer, and president of the
Alfalfa Club, and Avery e. Chaffee Of
kansas, reading clerk Of the U. s. House
OF Representatives.
With the exception of Mrs. Harri-
man. Mr.. Littlepage, Mr.. Page and Mr..
Chaftee, all of the members of this
board are members of the executive
committee of the State committee.
The officers of the club have not yet
been decided upon. An election will be
held shortly. The general impression is
that Mr.. Prescott, because of his famil-
iarlty with the management of the Re-
publican activities in this city in his
capacity as chairman Of the State COM
mlttee and campaign director and his
personal efforts in the formation of this
club, will be chosen as the first presi-
dent.
1t has not been determined just what
the initiation fee and dues for member
ship in the club will be. The founders
are DESTROYS Of bringing the club within
the reach Of every Republican and
therefore the fees and dues viii be
MADE as moderate as possible. There
Will be several different kinds of mem
berships, which will answer the aims of
the organization, but there will be no
life memberships, nor will there be en-
pl0yed any professional membership
statesmen or club promoters. This work
will be done by a committee of well
known citizens.
Large Membership Seen.
While the founders do not wish to ex-
press themselves too optimistically re-
garding the future Of the club, they feel
certain that before the club moves into
its Scott Circle home it will have a
membership of more than 1000. There
are now five Republican organizations,
including the State committee, with q
combined membership of more than
1000 functioning In Washington, and
this fact furnishes the basis for the
predictions as to the possible member
ship of the National Capital Republican
Club, Incorporated.
Since the founding Of the Repub-
Hcan party, nearly three-quarters of a
century ago, there have been Repub-
lican clubs Of one kind or another in
the District Of Columbia. AS q rule
their individual life was short. Some
were organized during the heat of q
campaign, and after the excitement was
over the interest in a party club Jagged
to such an extent that the club closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
PARK GIVEN TIMBER.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, December "a
RD-Timber rights on an eight-mile
strip Of forest land, some $50 feet wide,
have been decided to the Tennessee
Great Smokey Mountain Park Commits
sion by the Little River Lumber Co. and
the long dispute regarding the Little
River tracts has been ended, the COM
mission announced today.
Col. d. G.. Chapman, commission
chairman. said the commission soon
will be ready to turn the park lands
over to the Federal Government. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24

rations apiece when they took off from
Fairbanks for the North Cape, where
the Nanook is held in the ice. The
plane was reported from two Russian
villages go or 10 miles east of the fur
ship, but it never landed near the YES
sci.
Three planes equipped for such flights
were one by one smashed up as they
attempted to go to the rescue, due to
heavy cargoes of gasoline and unusually
heavy weather
In his appeal to Secretary Wilbur,
StefanSson said hope for rescue from
the American side Of the Boring Straits
was dim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
TRIP TO INJURED SON
PROVES TOO STRENUOUS

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, December 24.-An
S3-year-old woman who Travelled from
her home in Philadelphia to spend
Christmas at the bedside of her son,
seriously injured in the. crash of the
T. A. T. plane here on Sunday, today
occupied hospital bed in a room adj
joining his.
Mrs. G. M. Kline found the exertion
OF the journey and the shock of the
accident to her son, C. Mahlon Kline.
too much for her, and on the advice of
hospital physicians took to bed irnnne-
diately upon her arrival. Special ar
rangements were made to give her the
room adjoining that Of her son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
Ice on Windshield?
Just Salt 1t Down
And Vision Clears

Motorists who have been an
noyed by ice on the windshields
of their cars in the past few days
may be interested in the follow
ing tip from George E. Keneipp,
manager of the District division
Of the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION:
Sprinkle a little salt on your
windshield wiper and your vision
will be made perfect. The salt
causes the formal ton of a saline
solution which eliminates ice."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-24
Civil War Veteran Dies.

SAN FRANCISCO, December "a up.
William G. Herbert, Civil War vet
eran and one time pony express rider,
died here yesterday at the age Of So.
Born in New York, he came here In
1870. During the Civil War he served
with the 1880 New York Regiment and
was wounded at Gettysburg.