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New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
Four Known Dead in Fireworks
 Explosion Early This Afternoon

West Hampton. Mass. May 10 killed and several fellow employees were more or less seriously injured when an explosion demolished the powder mill at the National Fire works company's plant here this afternoon.
 and another worker named Knight. both horribly mangled, were taken from the debris about 45 minutes after the explosion.
 The other two men who were thought to have perished were be- lieved to have been working with them in the powder mill.
 Six injured employees were rushed to the Brockton hospital in ambu- lances and several others were re- ported to have been hurt.
 Fire which ragged in the debris and issued huge clouds of black smoke cast a veil over the scene of the tragedy which interfered seri- ously with the rescue work.
 Local authorities with police from Brockton and many volunteers searched the smouldering ruins as best they could for victims who might be lying helpless amid the debris.
 Brockton, Mass. May 10 R-A terrific explosion wrecked part of the plant Of the National Fire Works company at South Hanover
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
TARIFF BILL BATTLE
 THREAT BR0ADENS Dissatisfied Republicans Represent Farm and
 Oil States

Washington, May 10 R,-Dissatis- faction in republican ranks over a number of provisions of the tariff bill broadened today as the house continued with it's second day of general debate on the measure. A group of republicans along with many democrats from oil producing states decided 10 band together jn an effort to obtain a duty on oil im- ports while republican members from Indiana decided to ask for an increase in rates on mint and onion and a lowering of the schedule on certain types of wool.
 Republican members from ten western farming states also have re- quested a postponement of any de- oision regarding procedure for con sideration of the bill to give time for an. adjustment of differences over several of it's provisions on agricultural products.
 Conference has been called for late today by republican leaders to discuss the procedure for consider ation. especially that pertaining to the offering of amendments. A num- Der of the leaders favor restricting the offering of amendments to mem- bers of the ways and means com- mittee which framed the house bill but many members have indicated they might oppose this unless as- sured of an opportunity to have cer- tain changes suggested.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
HICKEY SAYS COLLEGE BOY
 HAD MOTIVE FOR SUICIDE: BLAMES ACT ON ILL HEALTH
ESTATE OF DR. KELLY VALUED AT ;III,s3s Investments in Stocks Are InventOried at
 S88,447

The late Dr. John Lawrence Kelly fleft an estate valued at $111S3S.5S according to an inventory filed today in probate court by the New Britain Trust Co.,. eAecutor.
 The bulk of the estate is repre- sented by large stock holdings with an aggregate of $SS,447.s7. The largest of the stock items is 205 shares of the Southern New England Telephone Co.,. valued at $3s,745. Other holdings include 173 shares of New Britain Gas Light Co.,, val ued at S12,s75; 50 shares of New Britain Trust Co.,. $11.000; 1So shares of American Hardware Corp. tS,S4o; 112 shares Stanley Works. $6.720: 164 shares, Bristol Brass, $5,576; 100 shares Colts Patent Fire Arms Co.,. S3,50O. Other holdings include 10 shares Central Realty Co. '$250; 2S shares Union Works, $53e: and 25 shares Vadsco Sales Corp, S309.37.
 The inventory also includes the home at 219 Vine street, valued at $20.0o0: cash on hand. $45.5o; out standing checks, S47.S5; deposit in the New Britain Trust Co.,, $4le.57; deposit in the Commercial Trust, $476.7s; deposit in the Savings Bank of New Britain, S50.09; deposit in the Burritt Mutual Savings bank, $4s.4a; household furniture, $450; rgold watch, 310: contents of office, $200: automobiles, $1.650, and l certificate of the Investors Syndicate of Minneapolis, no given value.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
EARTHQUAKE KILLS HUNDREDS

Teheran, Persia, May 10 UP)- Earthquakes continued today in the Khorassan district, where hundreds of villages have been destroyed and many lives lost. Some reports have placed the dead at as many as 1,- 900.
 \ Russian Red Cross relief expe- dition arrived at khorassan yester- day. A Assure 10 miles long and half mile wide was found in the earth Thousands of tents were sent for homeless refugees.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
GOVERNOR GUEST IN RICHMOND TODAY With Mrs. Trumbun Arrives for
 Blues Anniversary REVIEWS BRILLIANT ARRAY
Governors Foot Guards and Put
 nam PhaIanx. His Escort Win Applaust-ls Guest of Governor

hppldu>s-ls "ueNt ut "usCtuOS Byrd.
 Richmond. Va, May 10 R-Gov- ernor John H. Trumbuh and Mrs. Trumbull of Connecticut with bril- liant rctinue of guardsmen arrived today for the opening ceremonies of the 19Oth anniversary of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues which were well under way in the afternoon. The Connecticut execu- tive was accompanied by his military staff andS'E E:s accon.pan' ng escort was the first and second companys, governors Foot Guard, and the Put nam Phalanx of Hartford. These cid- days military organizations are not strangers in Richmond and the welcome given them was full of southern warmth and hospitality such as they have had in hearty measure on previous occasions. The celebration which will cor- tinue through three days opened with parade which was under smiling skies overhead and with the principal streets lavishly decorated.
 With the Connecticut troops in the line were 22 famous military units of long lineage from ten of the or iginal 13 states. Governor Harry r. Byrd reviewed the parading column and Gov. TrLmbull joined him after the Connecticut troops had marched past.
 Both the Foot Guard and the Phalanx won the applause of the great throngs of Richmond residents along the curb.
 After the parade a presentation of colors to the various centennial le- zion groups was made.
 Tonight there will be another parade to be wound up with a mili- tary ball.
 Gov. and Mrs. Trumbull are guests of Gov. Byrd during their stay.
 Receive Key to City
 At city hall square the Connecti- cut troops received key to the city from the mayor. Clustered round about as spectators were hun- dreds of members of the other visit ing units and the Richmond Blues.
 Sight seeing will fill in the hour tomorrow and there will be a pill grimage to Yorktown. Sunday. aft- CT church service, the Connecticut units will start for home.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
Three Fall to Street
 As Sedan Door Opens

As Hubert Wiley Of Maple Hill. Newington. was rounding the corner of Linwood and Hart streets to 50 east on the latter, about $50 last night. the right front door of his sedan opened and his wife and two children were thrown out.
 Supernumerary Officers San dcrs and Spoorier assisted them hack into the car. and reported that they did not appear to be injured. The policemen. advised them 10 see . physician.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
|TRY BLACKMAIL | ON YOUNG WIDOW
Demand for $to,ooo Made on Mrs. Oliver Beardslee
HUSBAND X REGENT SUICIDE
Police Surrounded Place for Ap- pointed Meeting But Failed to Find Anyone Attempting to Keep Appointment.

Find Anyone Attempting to kecp
 Appointment.
 Stamford, May 10 R-A demand that $10,0O0 be given to woman carrying lilac bloom who was to be in the west bound side of the Stamford railroad station on the eve ming of May 9th was received by Mrs. Gladys Foster Beardslee, young widow of Oliver Beardslee of Strat- ford, who killed himself last month, police announced today.
 The station was surrounded by officers that night but the woman carrying lilac bloom did not appear although woman wearing an arti- ticial lilac cluster took train. She was followed to New York and her identity established as a person who had nothing whatever to do with the demand.
 The demand was in a letter writ ten in New York on May and sent to Mrs. Beardslee at her home in
 
 Stratford.
 The letter went to her attorney, w. r. D. Fitzpatrick, however. who notified the police and sent the let ter to them.
 As precautionary measure the police threw a cordon of officers about the station during the evening.
 The letter said that the writer, name not given. had evidence to show that "You tMrs. Beardslee) murdered your husband" and the s1O,0O0 in exchange for the evidence was to be in $l00 and $50 bills.
 The letter which the police have is as follows:
 You murdered your husband. You know you did. l have evidence to prove it and l will give it to the po- lice unless you come to the Stamford railroad station on May s at D. m. with $10,0O0 in $1OO and $50 bills You will not see me. A woman with a lilac in her hand will be waiting Give her the money and she will give you the evidence. Don't say any thing.
 ''P. s. West bound station plat form"
 The letter was well written on good quality of note paper, and po- lice were unable to say whether il was the writing of g. man or d woman.
 When . woman who had an arti. ficial lilac cluster on her coat board ed train an officer went also but in New York it was determined that she was on her own business and was not the expectant visitor at the station to get the money.
 Mrs. Beardslee was not in Strat- ford when the letter was received and given to Mir. Fitzpatrick. So far as known here, she did not know Of tine demand made.
 Oliver Beardslee shot and killed himself and Coroner Phelan deter- mined his act was suicidal and that death was not homicide.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
KING GEORGE ABLE TO
 HOLD PR|VY COUNCIL
Meeting to Dissolve Parlia- ment First Since
 Illness

London, May 10 R-The British parliament was prorogued shortly after noon today following delivery by proxy of speech from the throne. Dissolution was to follow later this afternoon by an act of the king in his privy council at Criag- well House, Bognor, where he is recuperating from his long illness.
 London, May 10 R-The British parliament which has been in exist ence since the general election of 1924 when the Ramsay Macdonald labor government was defeated came to an end today.
 In accordance with British prac- tice limiting the life of parliament to five years, nominations for the new parliament will close on May 20 and a general election through out Great Britain will be held ten days later.
 Parliament was prorogued shortly after noon today following delivery by proxy of a speech from the throne in which the work of the parliament was reviewed.
 Soon after a priNy council met at Craigweil house, Bognor. and King George signed proclamation. dis solving parliament.
 Parliament met early today and as soon as a few odds and ends of business had been cleared up, mem- bers of the commons were summon ed to the house of lords to hear the proroguing speech read on behalf of the king.
 Meanwhile arrangements had been completed at Bognor for the king to hold a privy council and to dissolve parliament as soon as word of It's propagation was received from Lon- don. This was an act which the king must do himself and had to await actual propagation before it could be constitutionally performed. Little Ceremony
 Parliament's end came simply and with little ceremony. After the last bits of leftover business in commons had been cleared up. the black rod appeared summoning the commons to the house of lords to hear the king's speech and the pro- rosation proclamation. Led by the speaker of the house. the compara- lively few members present trooped through the corridors to the house Of lords and silently heard the lord chancellor. acting for the royal com mission, read his majesty's formal summing up of the governments ac- tivities during the session.
 After the speech was read the commoners returned to their own chamber where the speaker an- nounced the propagation. Immedt. ately afterward, in accordance with
 custom, formal farewell by the
 members to the speaker began. The speaker, seated at the clerks table
 first shook hands with venerable T
 P. C'Tay Pay") O'Connor, father o1
 the house, who is suffering fror
 rheumatism and was wheeled up ,r
 chair. Premier Bald win, followet
 by other ministers also went througt
 the formula of farewell handshakcs
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
Dedication Ceremony to Take Place at 4 O'Clock
STURGES WILL PRESIDE
Public Invited to Inspect New Building Sunday Afternoon From to 6-l4adies' Night Observance Scheduled for Monday Evening.
 Illustrations of the interior Of the Masonic Temple are printed tma Page 32 of this edition Of the Herald.

Fifteen hundred New Britain Masois and several hundred sojourn- ing Masons or those living here who belong to other lodges will partici- pate either actively or in spirit in the dedication of the quarter mill lion dollar temple. tomorrow. after noon.
 The dedication ceremony will be in charge of the Masonic grand lodge of Connecticut, the presiding officer being Grand Master George R. stur- ges of Woodbury. It will begin promptly at o'clock tomorrow afternoon when Harmony lodge, the oldest Masonic body in the city, will open in special communication in the main lodge room. while the grand lodge officers will hold a session of the grand lodge in the smaller lodge room on the main floor.
 The grand lodge will adjourn to the Harmony lodge meeting, where the grand master and his Staff will be received officially and welcomed with all the honors of the grand lodge.
 The dedication ceremony will be ritualistic and will be conducted in connected with the joint meeting of Harmony lodge and the grand lodge with other lodge members present. The meeting of Harmony lodge will be opened by William c. Gibney. master.
 Music during the ceremony will be furnished by the Colonial quartet.
 Dedication Banquet
 At 6 D. m. the dedication ban quet will be held in the assembly and banquet room. George T. Kim- ball, president of the American Hardware Corp. will be toastmaster. John C. Loomis. chairman of the board of directors of the Masonic Temple corporation and president of the Commercial Trust Co.,, will open the meeting and present the toastmaster.
 Speakers will be Grand Master Sturges. Judge Arthur Brown of Norwich. Rev. John l.. Davis, D. D., of New York and Charles F. Smith, chairman of the board of directors of Landers, Frary and Clark.
 The Colonial quartet will sing during the dinner. The quartet consists of Maurice Wallen, first tenor: Raymond Grant. second ten- or: Robert Mercer. baritone; Harry Coe Olmstead. bass: Albert Stanley Usher. accompanist,
 Public Inspection Sunday
 Sunday afternoon from until o'clock the temple will be open for public inspection.
 Monday evening from until 1e o'clock ladies' night will be observ-
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New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
CIGARETTE WAR ENDS

New York, May 10 H1The Eve- ming Post says today that an early advance in prices for leading brands of cigarettes will be made, thus ending the cut-rate war" that has existed in the industry for more than a year. Conferences with represen- tatfves of several of the leading pro- ducers have been held within the past two weeks at which they have discua6ed the situation from vari- ous angles and are understood to have reached solution of the prob- lem-increased prices. At these meetings 1t was emphasized that the war" was becoming too costly and was resulting in no benefit to them- selves.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
Report Lindbergh Will
 Wed Soon After June l

Mexico City. May 10 tUP)-The marriage of Miss Anne Spencer Nor row and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is expected to take place soon after June 1, judging from plans of A,n- bassador Dwight w. Morrow, father of the bride.
 The ambassador will leave Mexico City for the United States sometime between May 25 and June l. it was learned and it was expected the marriage would be held soon after his arrival,
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
FOUR HURT IN CRASH

Wayland, Mass, May 10 tP-Four persons were injured today when two automobiles collided on the Bos- ton Post road. Those injured were Miss Helen Lamaire. Mrs. Irene Beaudreau. Charles Morrissey and Edward Beaudreau, all of Marl- boro. Miss Lamaire was the most serously injured. She was thrown from the car. receiving a fractured skull. All four were taken to the Waltham hospital.
 The automobile in which the four were riding was in collision with a car driven by William H. Flynn of Walpole.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
HAGEN IS AGAIN
 BRITISH CHAMPION Wins Open Tournament for Fourth Time With Total Of 292 SAME SCORE LAST YEAR
Johnny Farrell Scores 2tS t0 Go Into Second Place-LeO Diegel Hits :oe lo Land in Third-Abe Mitchell and Percy Arliss Arc Tied for 4tls.

Muirfield, Scotland, May 10 tR- Walter Hagen today won the open golf championship of Great Rritain
 for the fourth time with score 0: '2s2 for the 72 holes of champion ship play.
 For & time after the champion
 finished there was some confusion al
 to his score. a question of doubt
 arising as to whether his tota! should be 292 or 293. It had been
 reported that his ball moved as he addressed it on the third hole of his last round and penalty strike was Tentatively added. Later it was of
 fcially announced that the champ ionship committee found no evil dence that the ball had moved. so his final round was scored 1o for a ground total of :92, the same score by which he won the title last year at Sandwich.
 AS the champion reached the home hole with a score of n for the final round, his second 15 on a day of high scoring by his fellows, luC CIV"u 6ACC|Cu nun 0o lAC tS- beating champion in spite of the fact that some of the cream Of the g0'firg fraternity were still to be Eeard from.
 AS reports came in on the progress of the few who could overhaul him by 2 golting miracle it was seen that there was no chance for him to lose. 1 Only Johnny Terrell and Leo Diegel had ar outside chance to catch Hagen as he finished. When Farrell took 39 strokes for the first nine holes of his last round he was eliminate and Diegel with q score of
 Il for the first nine socp after re- moved himself as a possibility. Bobby Cruickshank finished with a score of 301. Watrous 303, Armour 305, Jimmie Thompson 3OS. Johnny Farrell, open champion of the United States, finished with a sparkling round of 75 and with = hole score of 29S went into second place.
 Leo Diegel returned a score of v tDn4
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
NANTUCKET GIRL FOUND

Pawtucket, R. l.. May 10 @ - Anna Rodgers. 16 year old junior high school pupil. who ran away from home April 30. was in custody of the juvenile court today. She was found last night in Providence and brought back to this city by the po- lice.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10

ernOon.
 Brockton hospital has been asked to have emergency room ready for several injured.
 A full complement of from 15 to 100 employees was at work in the plant, which consists of several small cement buildings. There were four distinct explosions heard in this city. 13 miles distant.
 It is believed that several have been killed although the fire which followed the explosion has made it impossible to check up yet.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
Will Recover From
 Swallowing Peanut

New Haven. May 10 R-Recov- cry of four-year old Mabel Stevens of Mulberry Point, Guilford, who swallowed a whole peanut which lodged in bronchial tube yester- day. was expected the hospital re- ported today.
 The child was in serious condi- ton last night and artificial respir- atiOn with oxygen was needed but the acute condition passed as the nut softened.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
First Straw of Season
 On Main Street Today

season seen in public this year rode jauntily atop the pate sf a travelling salesnan e he strode along Main street this noon. His straw oa1jor was like . chip afloat on . ga Of felts-
 New Britain merchants have hesitated to display straw hats in their windows because of the. cool weather. The straw ho3 season for males opens on May IS. Thus far there has been uos demand for this type of heal- gear in the gtorea
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
Gibson Reprts

Washington. Ma 10 R-Ameri-
 can Consul Gibson at Guadalajara,
 Mexico, has reported to the state department that Thomas Decker, an American. was killed at Cinco Minas on May : by two Mexican miners. Gibson said that the motive for the
 killing was not known and that the authorities were making an effort
 to apprehend the slayers. State de-
 partment records did not show any
 information regarding Decker.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10

THEY CALL IT "STUTTERING'
 Hamburg. May 10 R-"Stutter- ing is popular in Germany. The country learned it from the United States after the war. "Stottern" is the popular name for installment buying. The term was originally ap- piled by some wag who compared fulfilment of finanical obligation to a sufferers painful completion of sentence. Usage is such that the word is to be given recognition in the dictionary.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
AMERICAN ENGINEER KILLED IN MEXICO
Thomas s. Decker Stabbed by Miners He Caught Asleep on
 Their Jobs in JalesCO.

Mexico City, May 10 R Dis patches to Ell Universal from Qua dalajara today said an American mining engineer, Thomas g. Decker, whose United States address was not known here. had been stabbed to death inside the shaft of Cinco Minas mine at Interchangeable, Ja- lisco.
 His slayers, two angry miners whom he had reprimanded because they were asleep on their jobs, es- caped. The body has been taken to Guadalajara for burial. He is sur- vived by his widow and two daugh- ters-
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
SPANISH PLIERS UP AGAIN

Managua. Nicaragua. May 10 uP)-Captains 1snecio Iglesias and Francisco Jimenez, Spanish trans- atlantic fliers. left for Guatemala at s:47 a. m. today in their plane Jesus Del Gran Poder. They are en route to New York for the return flight asross the ocean.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
FROST AT SPRINGFIELD

Springfield, Mass, May 10 @ - An overnight drop in temperature hereabouts took the mercury down to minimum readings of 24 degrees and brought white frost in many localities. So far as can be learned tation.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
Y. V. [. 4. CAMPAIGN
 PASSES GOAL SET
Workers Report $14,323 at Final Luncheon This
 Noon

Workers in the annual Y. w. C. A. campaign had the pleasure of learn ing at the final luncheon this noon that tine amount sought. $14.000. had been exceeded. The total pledged and received amounted to 4,232.16. Mrs. Marcus White spoke.
 Team reports were as follows: Amount forward .$S,4O235
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10
THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity: Fair with slowly rising tenn Ucrature tonight and SAtWf- day.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-10

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THEY CALL IT "STJTrERINGv

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-18

DON'T MENTION MY NAME"

and say the same things to his face.
If everybody would adopt that rule
we would put an end to goSsipS and
there would be fewer scandals.
There has been whispered around
this town for the past six months
a yarn that a prominent lawyer IN
this town had shot another lawyer
in this town for being intimate
with his wife. That yarn has been
brought to me a dozen or more
times and not man who has re-
peated it would have the CUTS to say
it out loud. SO far as l can learn,
the two lawyers mentioned are the
best of friends and there has never
been so much as an argument be-
tween them. That's the way 1T goes
with goSSipS; and all because every
body is willing to talk about every
body else provided they can cover up
their talk"
you're talkin' mighty high
falutin." said the Soda Jerker; why,
don't you know that if I got out
Gn the corner and said right out
loud some of the things I know to
be a fact about certain folks in this
town, 1 would be shot at sunSet?"
People who stick their damn
mouths in other peoples family and
personal affairs ought to be shot,
SnOrted the Bank Clerk.