davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
MOt0rbOat Tour Of Stricken YiI- Ia8es DiScloseS Night Of
 Horror in Water
MOUNTAIN OF WAVES HITS
 BURN PENINSULA TOWNS
UphcaNal on Ocean Bed Sends Ter rife Seas Across Villages. Sweep ing People, Homes, Fuel nd Food Before Them-Hardships and Distress in Wake of Disaster Almost IndcScribablC.
Almost lndcScribablC.

St, Johns, x. F., Nov, 9 UP)- The complete story of Monday nights devastation by earthquake and tidal wave along the southeast crn coast Of Burin Peninsula, de scribing the deaths Of women and children swept away by a wall Of water which crushed their homes was brought here by the United Press today by motorboat from Burin.
 | Preceding many relief vessels con- Verging on the clm-g guarded town, the motOrboat visited Burin and the stricken villages along the coast southward. A death toll of 40 was listed as follows:
 1 Burin 9, Port AuN-B Bras :, I.ama- line Gncluding Point Aux -GauD l5 Lords Cove and kollcy's Cove ! and Taylor's Bay 2.
 Find Distress Everywhere The motorboat party found chaos | tragedy and distress evcrywhera they penetrated along the rocky coast from Burin southward 10 the village of Lamalinc, on the south emmost tip of the finger of lan1 which juts out in the Atlantic from the mainland Of Newfoundland. It will be days before actual TO lief work can get under way. All means Of communication are par alyzed, cables. telegraph and tcla. l phone lines have been broken by the earth trcmor, the center Of which was only few hundred miles from the peninsula. Home less and without fuel, the villages 1 even are without means Of com munication by boat, the tidal wall of water having swept away hun drcds Of dorics and s&iifs.
 Although the entire scaward coas'
 felt the wave, the stretch from Bu- rim southward was hardest hit. Thn French islands of St. Pierre anI Miquelon apparently escaped dam age as did the western coast Of the Peninsula.
 From cye-witnesscs at Burin, q | town Of 2,50O, the most graphic l stories of the disaster were obtained. 1 Their stories dated from 5:3U D. m. 1 Monday when the entire peninsula was rocked by the earth trcmor 1 Barely recovering from the earth shock which in itself did consider able damage, the villagers were seat ! cd at dinner when the tidal wave. ! created by the trcmor, struck the l coast with terrifying force. Houses ROc;,ed By Quake
 The tremor lad lasted about two minutes. shaking every building for miles along the sparscly populated southeastern coast. The rumble like 1 that of distant thunder was broken | by the crash of household crockcrr, 1 glass, pictures shaken from walls, cracking buildings and the screcch | oi twisting dwellings,.
 Women and children, most Of
 (Contmucd on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
THREE STEEPLEJACKS
 ARE KILLED IN FALL
Missed After Being Dead at Least Twelve
 Hours

New York. Nov .2 (P-Threa workmcn who were cleaning the in tcrior of a huge smokestack in Brooklyn fell to their death yestcr- day, but the fact was not discovered until today. Anxious inquiries of the wife of one of the victims, who was worried because her husband did not come home last night, led to an iu- veStigation and the discovery of the bodies.
 The men went to work yesterday noon scraping the grimy inside of the 160-foot chimney at the plant of the American Sugar Refining com- pany, not far from the Brooklyn bridge on the waterfront. Only I few persons in the plant knew the men were working.
 Their sCatfolding collapsed at a height of T5 feet from the base of the smoke stack, but the noise of the 2cCident vas drowned by the racket of machinery in the plant and the roar of traffic over Brooklyn bridge and busy nearby streets.
 hl S' Nl,il h, Nllt Vt " lllltilll 'lbl N of North Arlington, N. J., called the superintendent office this morning end asked if her husband had been seen, as he had not returned homo last night. Michael Walsh. the en- gineer, was ordered 10 investigate. Opening the door at the base of the stack, which is t7 feet in diameter. he was mortified to find thr"c manglcd bodies, buried under t@e wreckago of the scaffOlding.
 William Clark's body was quickly identified. Another victim was his brother. Alton Clark of Park ave nuc, Westerly, R. I. The third man has not been identified.
 The medical examiner said tn, men had been dead for at least l , hours.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
'''IT Truth Serlrn'' and ''Lie Detector'
 Used to Obtain Murder Confession

Seattle, Wush Nov. 92 tRN-Tho Times today quoted County Prose cUtor Ewing D. Colvin as having an- nouuccd that DccaSto Earl Mayer had confessed the staying in 1928 Of James F. Bassett of Annapolis. Md.
 Tho purportcd confession follow nd he Use by the prosecutor of lie detecting devices" against which Mayer yesterday obtained tenn porary restraining order.
 Arrested in 1928
 Mayer and his mother. Mrs. Mary smith. were arrested in Oakland. CaL. in September. 1928. when found in possession of Bassctt's au- tomobilc. Strenuous efforts were made 10 locate Bassctt or his body, hut thcs" were unsuccessful. Lack ing q corpus deliCti, Seattle authori- ties cXtraditcd Mayer and his moth
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
FREE PHONE FARCE
 HALTED BY OFFICIALS
Tramps Call Germany ScrubWonan Calls Old
 Country, on County

Chicago. Nov. 22 LP'-Thc taIr- phone known as Franklin BOSS has been disconnected until such a time as payment of $2.274 is made for last months long distance calls.
 The telephone was in the press room of the county building. The unanimous opinion was expressed that if the phone company waited for the reporters to pay the bill it would be years and years and years Even to reporter $2,274 is a lot of money As far as the coun- tvs paying the bill, it is pointed out that there already is a $5.00O,"pO deficit.
 Somehow, Franklin 30S3 got the name of being a free telephone. Anyone wishing to call distant rela- lives, friends and the like, simply called them, There was no other
 (COItIUC1 on DgrC H60
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

Pennington, H., Nov. 22 (P(-F. $. NanderslOot, the postmaster, has two musty bottles, their squat nccks circled with black ribbon. They are souvenirs of a rendezvous that never was kept.
 Today was the anniversary of that conference.-the 50th anniversary. Though they contain wine more than half century old, Vandersloot said they never would be opened, either by him or any other. Their asso- citation is too sacred.
 There were four of us" he ex- plGined, -four boys. Chums and pals. When we reached manhood We met, rc-pledging our friendship on the eve of going our separate ways. We filled eight bottles-two for each. We solemnly swore to meet again ten years later, to the day.
 We never met together again. Watt Brown went east; George
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

CT from California and charged them with theft of the automobile. Bassott's wrist watch also was found in Mayors possession. Mayer said he bought the car and the watch from Bassctt
 Because Mayer had a long prison record, his conviction on the theft charge subjected him to life term aS a habitual criminal Since his conviction Mayer has been in the county jail here awaiting the out come of an appeal
 Yesterday Mayer appeared in court with his attorneys, charging that Ewing D. Colvin. county prose cutor, and Sheriff Claude G. Ban rick had tortured him with the truth serum" and the truth ma
 Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
Wissman and Paris in Deal to Play Stock Market Short Come to
 Parting of Ways Over. Money When Former. Asks for Showdown.
West Havener Pursued
 Twice Through Streets
 of City, Quizzed at Police
 Headquarters - Vehe- ment!y Denies He Is Guilty of Law Violation.

A man who is known in a general way in local stock and bond sales offices as Edward F. Wissman and also as scott, and whose home is said to be in West Haven, was turned over to the police after d spectacular chase through West Main and Washington streets about i:i0 o'clock this afternoon. The complaint against him was made by George Paris. q stock salesman,; who accused him Of giving a worth less check for Sl,400 in a stock deal on November l4.
 Paris told the police that the stranger gave him all order to sell loo shares Of stock of Columbia Gas X Electric Co. at 4 1-4. and 70 protect himself in the market he gave a check for $I.500 drawn on the Commercial Trust Co. of this city, his plan being to play the market short" The market value Of the stock increased instead of de- creasing. vet Paris had not received the certificates from his customer. Also it was learned that Wissman had no account ill tine bank, accord ing to Paris
 Thought Wissman Had Gun This forenoon. Wissman was in he office of the concern employing Paris, and the latter became alarm l Wissman's pocket. They talked about the deal and went out. Paris going into another brokers office. where 1 Wissman reached him by telephone within q few minutes and told him he wanted to see him about the check
 Paris saw him on West Main, bert Neloy, who was at the corner of High and West Main streets, but at sight of the officer walking down West Main street after directing school children at the crossing, W'issman turned around and ran. Paris followed him into Washington street but lost him in the rear of the Leonard building until small noy working on a roof nearby point nd him out hiding in the hear of an automObio.
 Crowd Gives Chase
 Paris went into Fallon's rcstaur- ant and out to Main street. where he met Officer Alfred F.. Atwatcr and brought him back to arrest Wissman. but the latter could not be found. In the meantime, several mon had seen Wissman running across Washington street and through the Farley, McDonough &5 Levitt property, and some of them gave chase Among them was Sc loctman Harry A. Witllin and with in | few minutes. Wissman was, brought back, having been ovcrtak- on near the M. J. Kenney ,G Co. funeral home on High street. ' Officer Nelcy. seeing Wissman' run. had communicated an automo-, bile on Washington street and sought to head off his man by dril-
 Continued on Page SO
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
PHYSICIANS ADMIT CLEMENCEAU NEAR
 LAST FIGHTS END
Uraennia Develops in Illness Of 88 Year Old French States
 man Today
TIGER" SLOWLY DYING IN
 VAIN BATTLE WITH POISON

Death Within 2t Hours Certainty In Opinion of DOCtors-War Time Premier in Great Pain, Which Even Morphine Fails to Relieve Oxygen ECsorted to This After noon to Hold Slender Thread of Life.
 Paris, Nov. 22 LRJ-Former Prem for Georges Clcmcnceau, SS-year- old veteran French statesman, is dying. "The Tiger" is fighting his last battle. it was admitted by his physi- elan, Dr. Degcnnes, as he left the aged patients bedside late today.
 Uraemia has developed and unless some extremely unexpected improve mcnt is shown during the night, his doctors have abandoned hope.
 The physician said that the for mcr premier was suffering from q
 
 lasted s hours and could not possi- bly last another A.
 Cannot Hope to Live
 Unless an unexpected improve mont is shown within a few hours, Dr. Dogennes concluded. the former premier cannot hope 10 surmount the present crisis.
 il.i. i., 1.4 rlemencoau sent for oxygen tubes shortly before i o'clock this after noon.
 Suffering intense agony, the SS year old French statesman was being watched constantly by his physicians and members of his family.
 Even injections of morphine gave him no relief from the pain caused by digestional disturbance and only , injections of camphorated oil kept his heart going.
 "Is there any hope, doctor?" pr. Degonnes was asked.
 ''I don't know" was the reply.
 The physician said NJ. Clcmcnceau was in the greatest pain and had Nisibly tried to restrain himself from crying out.
 Resistance Used Up
 One of Clcmenccau's closest friends told the correspondents
 "ClcmcnCeau'S extraordinary phy- sical resistance is used up."
 Georges Mandel, former cabinet chief for "Thc Tiger" visited the bedside this afternoon and later said; His condition is very scri- ous and very disqucting.'
 In official circles and the inn mediate cntOuragc of "The Tiger" there was no attempt to hide anX- icty. All the immediate members of the former prcmicr's family were called to the bedside this morning and remained in the ClemcnCeau house in the Rue Franklin during the day. President Doumcrguc, Premier Tardicu and Foreign Min istcr Briand either called personal ly or sent representative to in quirc for the latest news.
 Possibility of appendicitis, or pcritoncal complications resulting from the acute indigestion which :. Clcmcnceau suffered yesterday was ''discounted by Dr. GOsset after q careful examination this morning. The former prcmier's heart, how ever, suffered under the inevitable strain.
 Dr. Degenncs, who left the house
 tContinucd on Page 2S
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
BROKER DESCRIBES
 STUD POKER GAME
Woman Heard ShotS- Titanic"
 Thompson Tesjiiies
q Q. US" GIVEN ON DEBTS
Gambler Tells Details of Famofis session ln Which State Claims NcrH:cd Acquired Hatred for ItCthstrln.

Ncca.cd Acquired Hatred for
 Eothetoln.
 Criminal Courts Euild.n%. Nsw York. Nov. = (P'- Ma@uorre iub- b.II. oG the IaIai, Vi2ar hotel. Mon rcaI testified today at the trial Of Caor~o \. 3TcManus. race track hooI,i,, for the mmder Of Arnold Eojhst"in. that while seated in her room on the third floor of the Park Central hotel the night of November 1. l92E. @h" heard "an explosion" ." which she at first thought sounded like shot"
 Miss IiubboU said she occupied Room %g7 at thr Par, Central in the sam" wing as Room 349, in which lho state says Arnold Roth stein was shot.
 She said she was seated in her room. reading a newspaper, W hen she heard the noisr. It Was about 1o o'clock. she said-the time when the state says Rothstrin was shot.
 Thought Noise In Hotel
 q thought it was in the hotcl' ' Miss Hubbell said in reply to a qUes- jiou by Assistant District Attorney Ferdinand poaora. bat on protest from McAIanus' attorney, the judge ordered her answer stricken from tho record
 Miss lIubbcu was still on tho stand when court adjourned for tho noon roc"ss.
 Five sheets Of paper. on which th" state maintains that EotEstcin t&buIat"d inc gains and losses of himself and other participants in the = hour stud poker session q couple Of months before h" was shot was introduced as evidence to- Gay in the trial of McMaul&.
 The sheets of paper were idcut- fled. but not positively. as tho-c Nothstcin had. hy "Ti,anio" Thomp- son. Stato witness whose illness in Milwaukee delayed the opening of McManus' trial q week.
 "Titauic' said they "loohcd like tho sheets Of paper Eothstcn Was keeping the records on"
 Dealer Was Inexperienced
 This witness also revealed on the stand that the chauffeur, who acta.l as dealer in inc poker session in which nearly 2&o0,o0o was won and lost, was so incNpcrt that they had to show him how 10 shuttle the
 Continued on Page 9N)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
KENT REITERATES
 COALITION CHARGES
Banker Repeats Statement to
 Senate Lobby Group
ADMITS GAMBLING HURT
Quoted Correctly When He Said Tarin Debate Contributed to Market slump -- Explains Other Causes.

Washington, Nov. 22 tP'-Fred ]. Kent, a director of the Bankers Trust Company of New York, reitcr- atod today before the senate lobby committee that the action of the sen ate coalition on the tariff bill was partially responsible for the recent stock market disturbance.
 Kent. T small man who is rather deaf, told the committee he was sorry 10 cause any inconvenience.
 Before beginning his testimony. he set up mechanical contriyancc 10 aid him in hearing.
 Was Correctly Quoted
 He said he had been correctly quoted in a recent speech holding the senate coalition partially rcspo?- siblc for the stock market decline but he added hat that was only one of the causes named.
 Other reasons for the fall in stock prices. the witness said, were the increased issuance of new securities during 1929, the increase in brokers loans and an increase in the cap- ital tax.
 Senator Glass, democrat. Virginia, q former secretary of the treasury, who is not a member Of the lobby committee. asked Kent if he omitted to say that 90 per cent Of the trans actions on the stock exchange "wcre as much gambling as if they would bet on the point of an arrow on q roulette Wheel.'
 "I think speculation had quite a little to do with it," the banker rd piled.
 Kent said the psychological ef- feet on the people" because the senate did not function on the tar if bill" was a contributing factor in stock disturbances.
 TcStifeS on Loans
 He testified the deposits of his bank were between S45O.00O.O .O05 and $55O. .O0O. .000 and that it's loans to brokers "wcrc only about s40,- OOO, ,QO0"
 Asked by Senator Walsh, demo- Crat. Montana, what effect the fed eral reserve board warning that brokers loans shoud be restricted had, the witness answered.;
 Continued on Page 3O
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
HOOVER COVERS
 WITH NEW GROUP
General Building Field Repre-,
 scented in Meeting Today
PROGRESS IS ENCOURAGING
Iifta Session Expected 10 Help Stabilize Construction Field = More Conferences Arranged for Next Week. Starting Mcnday.

Washington, Nov. - CP- Pleased with the far-roachlng agreement en- tered into by industrial and labor leaders to maintain wage stability during the present business situation, President Hoover today turned to representatives in thr general huild- ing field for cooperation in the ua- tion-Widc program for promotion of economic progress.
 More than d dozen Spokcsmcu for contractors. manufacturers. and real estate board were in Washington for au afternoon conference at the White House. the last to he held this week and the fifth in the series of seven which AIr. Hoover has arranged aa a means of oIfsottiug anay general ct- feet of the fall in stock prices.
 To Meet Men Monday
 On Monday the chief executive will meet with Secretary Hyde. Chairman Lcggc of the farm board. and Representatives of farm organ izatCns. The conference with spokcs- men for public utilities set for Mon- cay, has been postponed unul rrp- rcSentatiVos of that industry have held a meeting 10 determine upon the precise program of expansion and construction they can undortak" in the coming year.
 Government officials generally to- cay viewed the agreement a-ams, wage cuts and industrial disputes during the period of Stabllzation as perhaps the most outstanding doyol- oDmcnt that will come from th" con-
 (COntiuucd On Page %D
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
TIE " FATHER

New Britain and vicinity: lncrca sing cloudineSs. Erob- ably followed by snow Satur- day. Not much change in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

The reaction to this was not encouraging, so Shoot gathered up his tariff books and called it q day.
 No Vote on Tariff
 Not one tariff rate was acted upon during todays brief session Woolen goods duties were to havc been taken up, but these were put off after a long discussion. and sill; was brought before the debaters.
 AS no action will be taken to- night on the tariff bill, the measure at recess time stood less than half completed. Committee amendments to nine complete schedules and to two paragraphs in the wool group had been acted upon, leading pro- posed changes in Woolcn goods rates, and the entire sugar. silk. rayon, papers and books and sun dries schedules yet to be considered.
 The free list then must be agreed and individual amendments to all fifteen schedules disposed of be- fore the bill is ready for passag, ,.
 The measure, which began to take form at hearings began last January, will come up again in the regular session beginning Decem- Der ,. after the Ware case has been settled.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

Session Ends Tonight Washington, Nov. @2 P}-A con- Grcssional session notable for the Continued on Page 36)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

(Continucd on Page Two).
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

(COrtiuCd on Page 36)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

(ContinUcd on Page @N)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

Continued on Page 37)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

Average Daily Circulation For SsS. Mssh ls;s aG'i"s ing: 15,687|
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

(Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

(Continucd on Page 2S)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

Washington Nov p E9 The senate today postponed until
New Britain herald., 1929-11-22

Continued on Page SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12

TITS Toasted"-the phrase that describes the extra
'toastine" process applied in the manufacture of
Lucky Strike Cigarettes The finest tobaccos-the
Cream of the Crop-are scientifically subjected to
penetrating heat at minimum 300 maximum,
500, Fahrenheit. The exact expert regulation of
such high temperatures removes impurities. More
than slogan, ITS Toasted is recognized by millions
as the most modern step in cigarette manufacture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12
j. S. IRON HOLDINGS
IN POLAND GROWING
Acquisition of New Plants by
Americans Centers inter-
est in Industry.

The recent acquisition by American
interests of important holdings in some
of the major Polish iron and steel
plants has focused attention on this in
dustry, W. H. Myer Of the Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the
Department of Commerce, writes in the
Bureaus fastest weekly report.
The importance of the eight operating
plants in which American capital has
been invested is shown by the fact that
they produce 1913 per cent Of the total
Polish output of pig iron, so per cent
of the steel ingots and castings, 1914
per cent of the rolled products and 56.5
per cent of the iron and steel pipe.
Although Poland has considerable
supplies of iron ore, the quality Is not
high, and it Is necessary to import much
high-grade ore-amounting in 1927 to
more than "a per cent of the total con-
sumption. Russia is the chief supplier
of ore and Sweden is second.
OF coal, however, the large reserves
of good quality are not only ample for
domestic needs but also supply sur
plus for export, which amounted in
1927 to more than 10000, 900 tons.
Iron and steel are produced in the
Provinces of Kielce, Krakow and Silesia,
the last named making about two-thirds
of the Polish output. The industry
centers largely about the city of Kato-
vice, near the German border, forty
odd miles west of Krakow, in the Upper
Silesian territory, awarded to Poland as
a result of the plebiscite of 1921.
Though Poland's production is small as
compared with that of the great steel
producing countries. such as the United
States. Germany. France, England and
Belgium. the industry is, nevertheless,
of great economic importance to the
Republic. In 1927 and 1928. respec-
lively, production was as follows, in
metric tons: Pig iron, 618,327 and
6S3.Sl1 steel ingots and castings, l,243,-
69l and 1.437047; finished rolled
products, 1926 and 1,044 1903.
In addition, there is considerable
production of pipe, amounting in 1928
to a total of 100, 1873 tons of welded pipe
and seamless tubes. The rolling mills
are equipped to turn out wide variety
= of products, such as rails, heavy, light,
and girder; rail accessories; steel ties:
bars. structural shapes; wire rods;
hoops and strips: plates and sheets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12

they seem to be going too fast and TO
be building far ahead Of their needs.
To this they reply that that Is not the
case, that they must make the most
far-reaching plans because Of the rapid
growth of their population and the
steady drift from the farms to the cities.
We were unfortunately not able to go
into the farm problem and did not get
into single village or see q govern
ment farm. This was not because Of
any unwillingness on the part of the
Soviet authorities, but simply because
our schedule called primarily for a
study Of industrial conditions.
regret this the more because the
peasant problem Is the hardest nut
the Soviets have to crack. There are
many who feel that the success Of the
Communist experiment depends upon
the winning Of the peasants. did not
find a single competent American OBJ
server resident in Russia who thought
that the Communists could achieve
success in their struggle with the peas
ants without seriously modifying their
plans.