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New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
GIRL HURT IN CRASH
 BRINGS $7,ooo SUIT
Bristol Man, Involved in Accident, Sued by
 His Guest

3 Mary Turell of Pequabucll has brought suit for s7,0oo against Mi chael Jarosinski, alias Michael Yarosinski of Bristol. based on an automobile accident which occurred ir- this city.
 The plaintiff claims that on De cember 3l, 1929, she was riding as the guest of the defendant owner and operator of the car, on West
 Main street in & westerly direction. When the car was about 2o0 feet from Wooster street the defendant. t is claimed, swung the car abruptly
 to the left of the road and struck a pole.
 The plaintiff claims that she WAS removed to the hospital, where t was determined she received injur- ies to her right leg, g. strained bacl;, and contusions and abraSions on the | head and body. She also claims tn t | she was obliged to spend money on medicine and doctors.
 Deputy Sheriff Mathew Papciak
 attached property in Bristol and the
 case will be tried in the superior
 court on the first Tuesday on April
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
SPANISH.AMERICAN
 WAR HERO IS DEAD
Man Who Fired First Shot in Struggle Succumbs
 Today

Norwalk, March t9 P'-Com .uandcr Provost Babin, U. $. N, re- tired, captain of Dewey's 1agshin the Olympia at the battle of Maslil2 Bay and the man who fired the first shot in the Spanish American War, died today at his home here. He was 57 years of age. Commander Babin. who was a. native of Glaston- bury, will be- buried in Arlington Ma tional cemetery, Washington, D. C., where his father, Rear Admiral Hosea John Babin, U. S N, 1. in tered.
 Commander Bsbin was in com nland of the northeastern coast de lenses during the World War and after he had relinquished this posi- ton, he was asked to resume com mand when the Boston police strike broke out. He refused active com mand, but consented to aid the citi- zen's committee and subsequently, drew up the plan which ended the chaos following the strike.
 Commander Babin graduated from the Annapolis naval academy in 1891, There are no survivors.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
New Short Wave Ray May Cause
 Death Or Be Cure for Diseases

Philadelphia, March 19 Pt-Dis- coyery of a new short length wave, that easily may be developed into 0 Aath ray, but also may have great curative properties, was an nounced here last night by E. l.. Manning, of the General Electric companys research laboratories
 Raises Blood Temperature
 Speaking before the Engineers club of Philadelphia, Mir. Manning said: ''We have learned to build vacuum tubes which will broadcast such short length wave that peo- pie in the neighborhood will have their blood temperatures raised This means that we can produce artificial fever, and hold it under control. within any limits We choose"
 Manning said that if natural fcv- CT was "an attempt on the part of the body to kill off bacteria that attack it, as is believed, this new discovery may prove of startling value in the treatment Of disease" :"
 The ray, Manning said, could eaS- fly be used to induce such & high fever in human beings that it would
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
HUSTON USED CASH
 FOR STOCK MARGIN
Recalled to Stand to Elk. plain $36,1O0 From
 Company

Washington, March 19- Pt-Re- called to the stand again today by the senate lobby committee afte- testimony had been given concern ing s36,100 deposited to his ac- count with Blyth & Bonner, New York brokers. Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the republican national committee, said he had turned over the money to the Tennessee River Improvement association.
 The s36,1o0 was given Huston by the Union Carbide company for the improvement association and it was deposited by Huston to his personal account. Charles A. Krickl, mem- Der of the brokerage firm, said that two cheeks had been deposited, one for $22,0O0 and one for $14,100 and that funds in the latter deposit had been used by Huston to buy stocks.
 The republican chairman explain ed that he had turned the $36, ,t0U over to the improvement association and added that he did not distin- guish between deposits after he had paid out the money.
 Huston is a former president oI the Tennessee River Improvement; association which has advocated ac- ceptance of the bid of the Ameri. can Cyanamid company for Musclv Shoals, he was called for question ing in connection with lobby com. mittee's Muscle Shoals inquiry.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
Arrest On Contempt of Court Count May Follow Handbill Distribution
 By 'TooP of Communist Agitators
Assistant Prosecutor Greenstein Proposes Hunt for Official of Trade Union Unity League Who Issued Pamphlets Attacking Action of
 Judge In Fning Trio.

Declaring that statements con- tained in handbills distributed about the city last night, border closely on contempt of court. As sistant Prosecuting Attorney W. NJ. Greenstein suggested in police court today that the case of Michael Kar- bonick, 40, of 177 Hartford ave- nue, be continued until Friday, in order that the police may have an opportunity of learning the iden- tity of those responsible for circu- lating the printed matter.
 Attorney Greenstein called Judge Saxe's attention to the fact that karbonick was charged with breach Of the peace under the statute which specifics that the distribution of abusive, offensive and indecent" matter is an offense and gave it as his opinion that an underscored as- sertion in the handblls constituted a violation. It is as follows: Tn view of the conviction of these workers in
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
EARL OF BALFoUR DEAD IN ENGLAND Noted Statesman, Active in Politics Since 1878,
 Succumbs

Woking, Surrey, England, March t9 VP}-The Earl of Balfour. veteran British statesman, died here at S;45 a. m. today in room at the home of his brother, the Honorable Ger aid Balfour.
 The end came peacefully 10 the statesman, who was in his $2nd year. He had been ill for a lons time with laryngitis. He came here after an improvement in his condi- tion to convalcsce, He had several setbacks, however, and was never able to return to his home at Whit tinghame, Prestonkirk, East Loth- ian.
 Long Political Leader
 From the time he entered parlia- ment in 1874 as Arthur J. Balfour until the closing years of his life, he figured as an important factor in British politics. He visited the United States as head of the British commission in 1917 and was a mem- Der of the British delegation to the Washington arms conference in 1922.
 Secretary for Scotland in 1886, chief secretary forIreland, first lord (Contiuued on Page TWo)
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19

the police court of this city, this protest must be greatly increased. This conviction is direct thrust Of the bosses against the workers
 Believes Karbonic is "TooT'
 1>arbonick. in Attorney Green stein's opinion, was only "a tool'' used to distribute the handbiIs and was not in any way responsible for the subject matter. Questioning him, Attorney Greenstein drew an cx- pression of willingness to point out the man who, he claimed, gave him the handbills last night. should he sec him again, and in view of the fact that there is a meeting sched- uled at Ukrainian hall, II Erwin Place, at s o'clock tomorrow night, Attorney Greenstein suggested that Karbonick be given a chance to do so, as the alleged communists who prepared the handbills will probably
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New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
POPE HOLDS MASS
 ON SOVIET DEATHS
10000 See Pontif Deeply Moved
 as He Urges Divine Aid
CROWD CHEERS FRENZIEDLY
Prays DcvoutIy For Safety of Church
 in Russia, Once Catholic Strong
 hold-Pomp and Solemn Cere- niony Mark Exercises in Vatican.

Vatican City, March 19 Pl-Popc Plus NI this forenoon made solemn and dramatic protest against all legged maltreatment of Christians and mockcry of religion in Soviet Russia.
 Taking his stand at the altar just above the tomb of the martyred apostle. St Peter, the Pontiff said a mass of 'eXpiation, propitiation, and reparation,' as he himself termed it before 8 congregation of 10000 which filled every corner of St. Peters Basilica, the largest church in the world.
 All Races Attend
 The ceremony, announced some six weeks ago, was attended by rep resentatives of all the slavonic races, and by peoples of every Catholic country. It evolved with all the elab- crate ritual attendant upon a papal mass. The great crowd of wor- shippers.t gathered long before the hour set for the Pontiff's arrival, broke into frenzied cheering the minute he appeared from the chapel of the Sacrament, borne high upon the ''sedia gestatoria'' or portable throne.
 "Evviva il papa" (long live the Pope) was heard on every side. The trumpeters of the noble guard. from g. balcony over the central door of the mammoth editice, sounded the papal march on their silver instru- ments. Enthusiasm prevailed as Plus NJ made his progress up the center aisle.
 The Pope appeared lost in medita- ton on the horror of the reports he had received from the land of the soyiets. once known as ''holy Rus sia." Enveloped in a gold-embrod- cred red mantle that covered his severely plain white cassock, the Pontiff made the sign of the cross. right and left, in token of benedic- tion to the throng below Ills coNn- tenace, which can at tit: es elaX into
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New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
PRISON FOR LIFE, SCHMALz PENALTY
Slayer Of Mary Yelicka to Plead
 to Second Degree
IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON
Married Man Whose Romance With Young Factory Worker Ended in Her Death By Shooting Will Go to WcthcrSfield.
Special to the Heraldl


 Hartford, March 1s-George r. Schmalz, fl, of New Britain, will le brought into superior court this afternoon and will plead guilty to second degree murder for killing Mary Nelicka, IT, on February 25.
 Schmalz was indicted for first de- gree murder last Monday. He shot and killed the Velicka girl whose home was at 1 Ann street, while sllo was returning from services at St. Andrews church. He was ar rested near the home of his mother on Armisticc street and admitted shooting the girl.
 Schmalz said that he and the girl had been sweethearts for more than 8 year and that she broke up his home.
 It was understood that the man would be sentenced to states prison for life this afternoon.
 Mrs. Schmalz said that the girl had stolen her husband and refused to give him up when she begged on her knees for an end to their af- fair. Besides his wife, Schmalz has q son and daughter.
 The love affair had it's inception while tho Nelicka girl was employ cd in department of Landers, Frary So Clark of which Schmal1 was foreman.
 Attorney Thomas F. McDonough is counsel for Schmalz.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
Horace D. Taft of Wa tertown Reveals ex- President Changed Mind on Liquor Ques- ton Before Death Votes Meaningless.
Josephus Daniels to Testify Today AIso-Prof. Irv- ing Fishers Statement Expected to Be Intro- duced This Afternoon by Leader.

Washington. March 19 P-The late William Howard Taft, one time president and chief justice. was quoted at the house judiciary com- mittees prohibition hearing as hay ing said in later life that the re suits of the 18th amendment had been glorious, although he at first
 had despaired of success.
 His views were presented by his
 brother, Horace D. Taft, head of th'1
 Taft School for Boys i'll Watertown. Connecticut, who also testified tkSr straw votes on prohibition meant nothing. Even though he cstina .sai there was more drinking" at Tale university than when he was .n
 school, he said he doubted if thsie was "one twentieth of the drunken ness"
 As soon as Mir. Taft conct.ds1, J. w. Jenkins, Q colonel in the Saiva- ton Army, presented a statement
 by Commander Evanse!inc Eoosh saying she felt prohibition lad re-
 moved ''clncerous growth oh American social lie" and tnKt the improvement of the patients health
 was simply marvellous Daniels to Take Stand
 -Esong others listed to take the stand today was Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy under Wood row Wilson, who in 1924 issued the
 now famous order aboiisI1inS the | wine mess of officers on Ameri-
 can war craft. During the day Mrs. Lenna l.. Yost. in charge of pres
 entation of dry witnesses. also ex-
 pected to present a statement in support of prohibition from Profes- sor Irving Fisher at Yale. 'The persistence with which the
 people maintain in congress two- thirds majority in both houses," the Taft letter said, 'gives me much hope and I am inclined to think that this will wear down the moderate
 vets to q consciousness that the only solution is pressure in favor of en- Gorcemcnt."
 The late iurist added he had been much embarrassed by publication of previous views when he had des- paired of success under the amend ment.
 While the letter was being read, Daniels, secretary of the navy in the Wilson cabinet, waited to add his voice to those declaring in favor of the dry law.
 Horace Taft Heard Horace r. Taft, a brother to the late chief justice of the United States, was the first witness at to . days session. He presented a letter the former president had written to Professor Irving Fisher of Yale Uni versity, under date of November q. 1928. It read:
 My Dear Irving:
 Thank you for sending me your new book. l shall read it with 3 great deal of pleasure. Tn the late campaign I found my self in a very awkward situation. l counld not issue any publication dur l ing it., because of my being on the (Continued Gn Page 1o)
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
QUIGLEY TALKS TONIGHT
 AT RALLY IN NORTH END
Candidate for Mayor to Address First Public Meeting Outside
 Own Headquarters.

In his first public rally outside ot his own headquarters, former Mayor George A. Quigley will speak tonight at Ukrainian hall on Erwin place where a rally will be held for republicans living north of the tracks"
 Quiglcy's talk tonight will concern his reasons for seeking the republi- can nomination for mayor. It is m the districts making up the northern section of the city that Quigley has his greatest primary strength. II will speak in the fifth ward next week.
 Noon-day rallies will start Friday noon when Quiglcy will speak on Orchard street, where employees ol tho F. S r. Corbn and Corbjn Gao met Lock gather. He will spcal, Monday noon at the gates of Lan- ders, Frary & Clark.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
Samuel Weinsky, Mar
 ket Man of l27 Hart
 ford Avenue, Watches Through Window of Ice Box While Armed Visitor Opens Register
Timid Marauder Vanishes
 After Glancing in Empty Drawer, \ Overlooking
 Cash in Other Recep- tacles - Proprietor Es-
 capes Through Ice Door.

Locked in an ice box while a gum man hurriedly rif1ed a. cash regis ster, Samuel Welinsky, proprietor of market at 127 Hartford avenue, was able to furnish the police with a description of the man, who ran >out of the market and went south on Hartford avenue, making his escape, this forenoon.
 } Welinsky said he was alone in the market when the man entered, wearing a soft hat and dark over coat and appearing to be 2S or 30 wears of age, and about 5 feet, 6 inches in height. He asked for liver and Welinsky told him he had none on hand, whereupon the man asked kNyhat kind of meat was available, to which Welinsky replied that he had a supply of steaks and roasts.
 The stranger asked for veal and -Welinsky stepped into the ice box So get it. Turning to come out, he found the door closed and the stranger. pistol in hand, silently mo- tioning him to stay inside. Welinsky 1obeycd and the stranger ran to the register but opened only one drawer, which contained no money. Appar- ently afraid to spend few minutes going through the other four draw trs, the gunman ran out or the store, Welnsky watching him through a window in the ice box,
 When Welinsky started to come out he was unable to open the door through which he had entered, the gunman having pulled down the catch, so he climbed through an other door which is used for putting in ice. Examining the register. We hnsky found nothing taken, the money having been in drawers Z other than the one which was tried. Sergeant J. J, King was notified Of the incident and he detailed Of fcers W. S. Strolls. II. C. Lyon and T. c. Dolan to investigate. Sergeant fP. A. McAvay of the detective bu- reau was detailed by Detective Ser geant c. C. Ellinger, and he inter- viewed WelinSky but was unable to tlocate anyone answering the de- scription in the neighborhood.
 Welinsky was positive the stranger was armed, the pistol being shiny like d nickelplated weapon, he said.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
.NURCzYk ENTERS RACE
 FOR C0MPTROLLERSH|P
Treasurer of Peoples Bank Candidate on Demo-
 cratic Ticket

Paul Nurczyk, banker and mem- ber of the board of finance and taxa ton, has filed petition of candidacy for the office of comptroller and will probably be the democratic se- lection to oppose William H. Day, re- publican incumbent who took office less than a month ago.
 Harry A. Morris, Church street business man who has been mention cd as a democratic possibility, indi- cated to members of the town com mittcc last night that he would all low Nurczyk 8 clear field for the party nomination and urge his elec- ton.
 Mir. Nurczyll lives at 232 Grove street, and is treasurer of the Peo- pies Savings bank, an institution with which he has been associated
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19

for nearly 15 years. He was one Of the organizers. has been g. director of the bank since it's incorporation. and is now treasurer.
 Born in Poland, he came to New Britain in 1901, as a boy nine years old. He was educated here and work cd in the employment department of the Stanley Works before entering tho banking field.
 For the past year, MT. Nurczyll has been president of St. Elizabeth S Theatrical Circle, one of the most active organizations in the Sacred Heart parish. He is also treasurer of the Citizens committee, composed of presidents of all Polish organizations. Tho committee under whose direc- ton a monument is to be erected in honor of Gen. Pulaski was headed by the candidate for the comptroller- ship.
 MT. Nurczyll's connections with the
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New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
Bartlett to Address
 Two Rallies Friday

Two rallies will be held f'rid%y evening in the interests of Dona:,l L, Bartlett who seeks the repub'i- can. nomination for mayor. The first will be held at 7:30 o'clock at 1592 Corbin avenue and will care for the interests of the people in that pa; ot the fifth ward and the second will be at headquarters at 8 o'clock for voters in the third ward.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
i'll death.
 Results Not Conclusive 0

result in death.
 Results Not Conclusive
 At present our experiments arc conclusive to us but they must DC repeated a hundred times as often as we have them before wc can an- nounce definite results. We are eX- perimenting with rabbits and rats and the results are most encourag- ing. Diseases corresponding to those of humans appear to have been eliminated by these artificial fevers,' the speaker said.
 Personally, l believe a door has been opened" he continued, ito q new thought in the treatment of human ills. The powers of these short waves are only commencing to be studied. They are still mysterj- ous to even those farthcst advanced in their study"
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
WITCHCRAFT MURDER ' TRIAL STARTED TODAY First Juvyman Chosen in
 Buffalo-Adjournment ' Plea Denied

Courthouse, Buffalo, N. Y. March sls (UP)-Indication that the an- clent witchcraft of the Senecas would play an important part in the trial of Lila Jimerson, Indian model, Aon a charge of murdering Mrs. ' wClothilde Marchand was seen today shortly after the case opened before Judge Bret Thorn.
 Joseph II. Stanard, the first ven tremen to be called, was asked by District Attorney Guy Moore:
 DO you believe in witchcraft?"
 No" Stanard answered.
 He was dismissed.
 Miss Jimerson is jointly accused with Mrs. Nancy Bowen, aged Sen eca woman, of killing the wife of Henri Marchand, famous work artist. The state contends Miss Jimerson was in love with Mar chand, and employed witchcraft to persuade Mrs. Bowen to beat the sartist's wife to death with a ham, nler. Mrs. Iowen's trial will fol- low tbat of Miss Jimerson. Mar Nldid 10 iiSiu do d illdleIIdl llueSS. An hour and a half after the state moved it's case, Norman J. Shea, a Buffalo business man, was accepted as the first juror.
 Defense counsel moved immedi- ately for a four-day adjournment, contending that insufficient time had been allowed to prepare their case. The court denied the motion, but \ said temporary adjournment would be granted at any stage of the trial when it became apparent that the
New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
PECK DISMISSED :, BY SCHOOL BOARD WITHOUT REASONS
Meriden Institution Trustees Discharge Man Who Started
 Present Brutality Inquiry
OFFICIALS REFUSE TO GIVE
 BASIS FOR THEIR ACTION

Farm Superintendent Told He Must
 Leave at End of Month-Not Sur
 prised, He Says, for Members
 Showed Resentment at Public EX-
 posture Of situation When They
 Questioned Him in Investigation.
 Hartford, March t9 tP(-With no statement of explanation for their action, the board of trustees of the Connecticut School for Boys at Mer- iden yesterday afternoon ordered the summary discharge of James $, Peck, farm superintendent, whose protest to the state board of public welfare prccipitated the recent sen sational disclosures of conditions at the institution, it was learned today.
 Mir Peck himself today told of hi: dismissal, stating that he had been notified at the school by Superinten- dent Edward S. Boyd, yesterday afternoon, immediately after the board of trustees had adjourned an all day meeting.
 Refuses to Make Statement
 Stating that he should not be au- thorized to do so by the board, Ernest s. Fuller, of Somers, it's sec retary. this morning refused to make any statement explaining the reasons for the boards action.
 Supt. Boyd pointed out that he had not been present at all the meetings of the trustees, having been occupied with sessions of Governor Trumbulls special commission and stated that he had been authorized to notify Mir. Peck of his dismissal by the board. Asked if it was the result of recommendation made to the trustees by him, Mir Boyd said that the action might have been the result Of a feeling among officials of the school that ill view of the facts which have recently como out, they could no longer work in harmony with Mir. Peck.
 Q Allowed Time to Move
 Mr. Peck said that he was in formed by MT. Boyd that the dis charge would be effeffctive at the end of the month, and that he would be allowed as long d. time as neces, sary to move his family from the in stitution.
 He had no plans for the immc, diatc future. he said.
 T have expected some such ac- ton on the part of the board Mir Peck remarked, from the time undertook this work. l do not fec that I have failed. if I can accom- plish some good for the boys at the school. At the time 1 was summon- cd before the trustees during fheil inquiry, I felt that their attitude was one of enmity toward me, rather than of seeking to get to the bottom
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New Britain herald., 1930-03-19
Police Asked to Watch
 For Escaped COnyiCtS

Torrington March l9 tPl-PoliCe throughout north western Connecticut have been asked to be on the look out for Anthony Corella and Michael Quinn, both of New Haven. who cs- capped this morning from the county jail at Litchfield, where they were serving terms for a burglary Com- mitted in Litchfield.