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New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
MISS BENNETT LOSES
 MIAMI LINKS BATTLE
Strong in First Is Holes But Wavcrs After
 Valiant Effort
lsnc-ial to tnc IIcraldl
l.sno-.Al u 1Ln Llur.Lnl

Miami Fla., Feb. 10 - Miss Marian Bennett, of New Britain, Conn.,, was unsuccessful in her at tempt to romp off with the Miami Womcn's golf championship yestcr- day. She was defeated in the 3G hole final over the country club course by Miss Maurccn OrCott, of Englc- wood, N. J., metropolitan and east ern champion, by s up and 6 to play.
 The New Jersey girl was never down the entire day, establishing a lead of two up in the morning round, and clinching it on the first nine holes in the afternoon.
 Miss Bannetts sensational putting kept her in the running during the first half The winner of the quail flying medal kept Miss Orcutt at bay in the opening IS holes by bril- liant rccove"ics from traps and by putting accuracy,
 The new champion was Wo up at the first turn. iShc held the same margin at the 18th holc increased il 10 six up at th" 27th and ended it by taking the 29th and 30th.
 Miss Orcutts long game was out standing. Her drives averaged 240
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
King and Day, at Com mittee Meeting, At- tack Paonessa and Auditors Who Report ed No Invoices in Files for Sl2,0OO.
lnsinuation That Vouchers Were Dug Up After Check of Department Books HotIl Resented City Hall Procedure Menace 10 City"

Methods employed by the auditing trm of Hadticld, KothWolL Soulc X Coatrs or Hartford, whose audIt iu- cudod the allegation that the school department did moi have invoices for Sl2,oG1 ,Npcuditur"e. Mayor A. II. Paonos+a and the man who writes his lettera," and the board of finance and taxation were criticized by the school board at a meeting yesterday afternoon.
 Most cf the criticism was made by Chairman r. r.. King. who is in the midst of controversy with Mayor Paonossa, and William H. bay.
 KcDutations At Stake
 Almost immediately after the board meeting was called. Commit torman bay, who is one of three members of the finance sub com nittoe was called upon. His report was given at the time when his sub committee usually recommends its reports.
 Speaking of the audit Inc said: '"rhcre has been a Very erroneous opinion created probably by the scar"hoads ju the press. He said he was not aware whether his fellow members took the matter as serious ly as he did but hc believed the sit ualion should he given consideration.
 "'ro some if sounds like a lot of petty politics but 10 d great many people the impression has been taken root that &t2,oUO has been lost,' he continued. "Our reputWions are at stake. Al Nr Kings request 1 was asked 10 work with the rcprcsenta- tive of the aGdtin@ company in re- checking of their report The mayor, strange to say, also requested it.
 Accuses Auditing Company
 Mr. bay expressed the belief that the auditing company did not adopt the right procedure when il selected the same clerk who had done the original work, adding that d mcm- Der of inc firm should have been del- egated to check up the work Of an In addition he declared:
 "It IS making d mountain out of q mole hill because the thing docs not amount to that (snapping his fling clD. Whether il was just included in in the report or whether a ncwspaprrman or the mayor brought it out is a question, nam" the news first adviSedlN.'
 Recommends system in Use
 Mir. Day reported that the auditor has been told ct a new bookkeeping system which had been installed in the school department recently, and
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
PRETTY CASHIER HELD
 IN BANKS COLLAPSE
Built S35,0O0 Home, Had
 Two Cars, Prosecution

"Chicueu Fob. u tPl-N 2o. Miss I.aycrne Ludgrcu Was dcmonstrd-- ing kitchen appliances, Today. as the 95-ycar-old cashier ol the clos cu Peoples state Bank of Haywood, she awaited grand jury action unde,' bonds of $lUOV0 on charges Of GIL bolzlemcnt and receiving deposits while the bank was insolvcnt
 Elmer r. l.augguth 55-ycur-oiI president Of the bank, is under bonds Of Sloo,oou on the same charges. He IS under family sur- vcjllancc in a samtarium suffering a nervous breakdown.
 >urrcndCr, to Officers
 The pretty cashier. missing sin., the bank was closed hy the state auditors office nine days ago. su-- rendered to authorities iu May wood. a suburb. lust night. S,nul- taucousIN, Patrick I. Roche, iuvcsti- gator for the states attorneys o. fec, disclosed the results Of his in- qulry into the banks affairs,
 In 1925, Lauggulh was clr,t .d tax collector for MayWood lown- ship; soon aftrrward the People B bank was organized. Roche saiI IIngsuth purchased 500 shares Of stock in the new bank at SIlo each, and more at $l%0 each; thls lu later voted to make himself presi- dent.
 Roche said Lungsuth told him he had used township fuuds to pu'- chase the bank stock and later us'd
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
Paon2ssa Asks School Committee Whether 1t IS Aware of Penalty for City Officials for Exceeding Appropria- lions.
Kings Demand for Frank Statement Whether May or Believes There Is Reason to Suspect Graft
 Goes UnansVered-De- cIareS All Facts Revealed

QHorn- from the school commit toe report that contracts amounting to Sj5GG2S.26 were made with an appropriation of $J%4,3S2.9O on hand, Mayor Paoncssa today direct od attention Of board members to a statute which makes city officials liable 10 a line of $100G and year i'll Jail for exceeding appropriations.
 \ suggestion that board members who voted for the Senior High school addition contracts read this section of the general statutes. IS contained in a response to Chairman r, F. Kings letter to the press, pub Ishcd yesterday.
 Question of Honesty Unanswered
 Mir. King asked the mayor to state plainly whether he believed there had been dishonest use Of public money by the school committee. The mayor answers this by declaring the issues are already being clouded enough without introducing discus sions of all possible interpretations that might he made on the auditors report, and that until such time as he makes a statement Of any kind. he finds 1t unnecessary to prove any.
 In reply 10 Mr. Kings sugscs- ton that the board Of finance and taxation h" asked 10 fix rcsponsi- biIity for the deficit, the mayor an sWers that the school boards own report 10 that board shows where the overhaul came. and that the committee, it again brought before the finance board. could do nothing i but admit responsibility or impeach Its own report
 The mayors statement reads:
 'From last nights statement by Chairman r. r, King of the school board. l gather that he is not sat isiicd with the extent to which he 1as already gone in clouding the discussion over $l2,000 in expendi- lures lacking invoice record, but wishes to further muddle the situa- ton by referring to the board of finance and taxation. question that is by no means an issue in the audit, namely. the high school building de- flcit.
 Undressing, and very important, is tn" fact that my unqualified state ment that the school committees inability 10 plan a financial scheme and a structural scheme for the building is responsible for the en- tire amount Of the deficit, has gone unanswered. In fact it has been al lowed to stand undisputed while Mr. King beats about the bush and seeks 10 have the discussion shifted to an other branch of the city government the board of finance and taxation.
 Calls Public the Jury
 "Thjs entire proposition was threshed out in detail before that board. Figures were presented to show the amount of contracts. the extras, the deficit, etc. From these very figures have shown that the school commIttee is responsible for the $62,op0 deficit. and with no ifs. and or buts', have proclaimed that fact 10 the highest jury in existence the public. 1T the school commit ice can prove me wrong, the same privilege is open to the board. l know that no public declaration con- corning uc would be allowed to stand upcontradictcd if It was not
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
TRACESKI REBUKES
 PAONESSA ON AUDIT
Says Mayor Had No Hand in Keeping Debts
 Of Books

Discussing the condition Of th. accounts in tho office Of the clerk or the city court. Judge stanley j. TraccshI sad today that shortly after he and Judge NJ. D. SaXe went on the bench they conferred on tho matter and orders were issued for the collection Of money owed by at torncNs ptaclicins in the court, with the result that d large percentage of the standing accounts were clear ed off.
 This action was taken long be- fore tho accounts were audited. Judge Traceski said. "I understand the mayor is trying 10 claim credit for it but he had nothing 10 do with it whatever" There was one account, Judge Tracesl> added, that had been on the books for 10 years, yet il was collected when ho insist ed upon it.
 The auditors report fixes tho amount due at about $2,900. not $29.n0O, the amount enormously re- ported in a standardization in the Herald yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
Electrical Workers Arm Severed, Body Critically Burned by 33,OoO
 VclEs as He Climbs Wrong Pole
William Hayden 20 Mistakes Instructions and Ascends to Power Line Instead of Dead Wres-Offcias
 of Company Blame Accident to Slip of
 Mcmory-Fa!ls 15 Feet to Ground

Westerly, E. |, Feb. IL LPD-Wn- liam Hayden, 20, of Pawtuckct was critically burned and his left arm severed above the elbow today when he came in contact with q high vol taSc wire of the New England Pow "r assoclation's sub-station. Dr. Michael II. Scanlon, physician for the power association. said there was very little chance for the yOuth's recovery.
 Besides losing his left arm, Hay den was burned about the chest, face and both legs as 3&,oOo vols passedi through his body. He was taken 10 the Westerly hospital.
 An error on the youths part, power association officials said. was responsible for the accident. Hay den had been assigned 10 climb q
New Britain herald., 1930-02-15

pole 10 q lightning arrcstor. The wires on this pole were dead. For some unaccountablc reason the youth climbed up another pole To- catcd near the ono he was 10 have climbed.
 Power association officials attri- butcJ the mistake to A "slip O. memory"
 Hayden was thrown to thc ground falling about 15 feet. when he cumc in contact with the wire which feeds power from the station to the Eastern Connecticut Power com- pany. His brother. Robert Hayden. was working in the same crew at the time but did not sec the Hcci- dent, Charles Gaffncy of Boston. upcrintcndent of construction for the power association. was in charge of the crew at the time.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
MussoIini's Daughter
 Engaged to Diplomat

Rome. Feb. l5 P)-The cngag. mcnt of Edda Mussolini dauGht r O. the Italian premier and dictatOr, 10 Galleazzo Ciano, son of the mia ister of communications. Costanlo Clano, was announced today
 Premier Mussolin will give a re- caption for a few friends and off cIals this afternoon at his home the Villa Torlonia where he will make a formal announcement of the bctro- thai.
 The date for the wedding has not vet been set. Young Ciano is @7 NcHrs old. He is secretary of the Italian embassy at the Holy City under Count Dcvccchi, one of the uuadrunlylrs in the march on Rome. t.dda is the Ducc's eldest Chil ]. She IS lJ years old.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
JURY STILL OUT
 N AUBURN CASE
CODViCtS Wait to Hear Fate in
 Murder Trial
EACH CASE TO BE SEPARATE
Judge Avoids Mention of Scrond De- gree NcrdiCt-IcIlS Members Of Panel to Consider Reasonable Doubt.

Auburn, x. Y. Feb. 15 Gr-Thc jury holding the fate of the six Auburn prison convictS charged with murder, first degree, today still had not reached verdict
 After some hours of dclibcration last night, Judge Benjamin B. Cum ninGhan sent the l2 men to bed with orders to resume deliberations after breakfast today. He recessed court until II o'clock today unless a vcr- dict is ready before that time.
 Each Case Separate
 The case of each man must be considered separately, the judge told the jury in his charge. They can find some guilty and others innocent of the charge of killing Henry Sulli- van, convict, in the December riot at the prison.
 The defendants are Jesse Thomas. Claude UdWino, Prank Leagan. AL bert Cassidy, William Force and Leo Lewis.
 The jury got the case at 4:&3 D. m. yesterday retired, recessed for lunch and then dcliberated from $ ?. m. to | D. m.
 Not once in his charge 10 the l2 men did Justice Cunningham men ton the possibility of d verdict Of murder, second dogrcc. If they find that the state proved certain points, which he outlined, he told them they should find the defendants guilty us charged" He refused d defense request that a definition of the de- %rccs of homicide be given to the jury before. it retired.
 Stresses Reasonable Doubt
 If there exist in the minds of the jurors q reasonable doubt" as to whether convictS killed Sullivan. he said, "aIl defendants must be ac-
New Britain herald., 1930-02-15

IftdSHfcf ol allcu Bank, De-
 fcndant in Action for Non-Pay-
 mcnt of Money Due on stock Sales
 Special to tAc Ilerald)
 Bristol, Feb. 1o-Suit for $@0,0H0 has been brought against the City Deposit X Discount Co.,, local banN ~ which failed this week, by pcarl < Co.,, Waterbury brokerage firm. it being charged by the plaintiff th3t he Bristol institution issued d check on ;t New York bank for a larger sum than it had to it's credit there. Dr, BiaEjo Ecalu, treasurer Of Inc local bank, who has assum- "d the blame for its crash, is nam "d defendant in further $l5,Up1 action instituted by the Waterbury concern for alleged payment If moncy due to stock sales ConstarEo Roscoe l.. Sessions today served the Writs. which were issued by Attor- Ecy John II. Cassidy of Waterbury.
 In the suit against the discount company il is alleged that on Feb ruary . the defendant issued q check for $27.54S.g5 10 Pearl X Co, and directed it to the l)i SiciIia Trust Go. of New York city. The brokcagc house presented the cheek to tlr New York bank for pHymcr;. Mhicn was rotus. .d it is statcd iii the complaint. It is alleged that @L the time the check Was issued inc local bank had only $15.502.1O To its credit with the Di Sicilia Trust O.
 Pearl &s co. craims in its suit against Dr. ErHlc that on February | he owed it &I&,&&$.7l as the bal ancc duo To 1hc sale of yariors stocks. Constable Sessions has d. 1@chod the defendants property on LivIni'y street. Both Writs are te- turnablo in the court of common pleas at Waterbury at it's Marcn term.
 Dr. Rcalc, who is reported on the verge of a breakdown, is said to have admitted that the collapse ot inc discount company WAS due tG his injudicioua Use Of bank funds ln playing the stock market without 1he permission Of the investment committee or directors of inc insii- tution. He is also said 10 have sui tcr"d heavily personal losses in stock trading within the past several months. It is not believed that he appropriated any of the banks funds for his own Use, and no criminal action against him has been considered as yet hy the state bank ing officials.
 The affairs Of the City Deposit and Discount co. are now being
New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
BINGHAM ASSAILED
 IN NORRIS SPEECH
Connecticut Senator Accused Of
 HiSjndSin5 Fiery NebraSLan
DID NOT OPPOSE WALTER
N",tcrnrr Makes Direct Attack On Floor for Statement He Inter- prctcd as EcHcctiug on His Honor and Fairness.
aHI Fairness.
Ug GEoEGG H. NNNNI>G

Uy GEORGE u- NN>NI>G
 Washington Bureau. %. F.. Hrr5.HI
 Washington, Feb. I5.-Jumpn% at a conclusion is dan2rrous business. There IS at least oh" senate clerk N ho admits it. SoHutor Hiram liiu@ham took ligorously tongue flashing because of it. Jacob n. Walter, conrirmcd late yesterday aft- cruoon as |. <. marshal for the dis trict of Connecticut. will not deny il. and, finally, Senator George W. Nor J'i-. of Nebraska, who, keeping with i'm the limits of senatorial dccorum. all hUt applied to ihc senator from Connecticut that short and ugly W Word which Teddy Roosevelt on oc- caSloUs dId not hesitate 10 use, un- doGbf~dIy will agree that jumping at a conclusion is dangerous business.
 Old Letter Causes Trouble
 GatUn@ GoWn to tho primary cause. a senate clerk failed to note the dat" on a letter which came in with the nomination of Mir. Walter to a third tenn as marshal. The clerk just corcludcd that II was q recent letter when as q matter ot fate it Was nine years old. He fur ther concluded that if was protest against Mr. Walters appointment, and he so noted on the form which he filled out for the information of the chairman Of the Judiciary com miltc", Senator Norris The senator concluded that the form was cor rect and following the usual pro cedur" appointed a subcommittee 10 investigate tho protest
 Getting down 10 final effect. Scua- tor Norris on the floor of the senate denounced the charge made by
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
OFFICIAL REPORT
 CENSURES MOBILE
 FOR LEAVING MEN
Finding Says Italian Polar EX- pIOrer Failed in Duty as
 General and Commander
CHARGES OF CANNIBALISM
 EXCLUDED FROM FINDING

Incident, Center of
 Bitter Controversy, Is Barely
 Touched pon-Cummand Of
 "Norgc" Is Roundly Criticized for
 His Handling of Diri@iblc on EN-
 petition in l92S.
 Rome, Feb. T. U.r)-umDrrto vbo led thc djrjgibIc Italia polar expedition to the North Pole in 1928. Was found by an official iu- Ncstlgaling committee today 10 have "proyed himself by his Econduct to have Limited technical ability and to have lacked the ability to com mand,"
 The Italia crashed in tllo Arctic jrn fields on its return from the Pole and Inc lives of eight members Of inc expedition and nine rosrucrs were lost in the disaster. Nobilc, who was rescued, later resigned his rank
 The official report said:
 "Nobilc, after the catastrophe in saving himself first on Captain Ejuar Lundborgs machine, aDan- doninG his companions on the ice pacl, 10 q fate which might have L"en mortal, failed in his duty as a general and q commander"
 No CannihaliSm Charges
 The committee Of Investigation, which today issued it's story of one of the most disastrous Arctic cx- petitions in history, excluded any cf cauuihalism against the survivors of the wreck of the dirig- iblo.
 It quoted Capt. Alberto Mariana as saying he had urged his com paniou. Capt. tiIipo Iappi. to drinN his blood or eat his flesh in order 10 save Iappi's life. The report s;uI Mariana claimed these words were misunderstood when the two men were taken aboard the Soviet ice breaker krasajn, which rescued them.
 Center of Controversy
 The most heated controversy Of the entire expedition ragged around MariHno, Iappi-bolh ltaliaus-auG the we'll known Swedish mcteorolo- Sist, Prof. Finn MalmSrcu. who died in the Ice fields. The three men had started out to walk from the party which was stranded on the ice after the diri@iblc crashed to land. where they might summon aid
 IIppi and Mariano were picked up days Iatc! by the Krassin Zappi was strong and witnesses said h." rope over the ships side. Mariana was weak and almost dcId from lack of food. They told how NalmErcn-cXhaustcd from lack Of rood-had demanded that they dig .C grave in the ice and leave hm here to die.
 The report also excluded previous claims that Iappi wore the clothing Of Malnercu and Mariana when he was rescued by the krassin. 1t said that all dcpostons Of witnesses con- trmcd that Malmgrrn's death was due 10 physical frailty.
 The report cited the fact that EoaId Amundscn, who later died in t vain effort 10 aid tho expedition Of Mobile who had been his most bitter personal enemy, told the Italian min istrr at Oslo that "ir was almost inn
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
AMERICANS MAKE EFFORT 10 ASSIST
 IN NAVAL 7ANGLE
Delegates IDterCede Between
 France and Italy, Hopeful Of Reaching Parity Agreement
MORROW HAS FIRM GRIP
 IN PROBLEM OF 2 NATIONS

Italian Delegate to Devote Week.
 Ind to Study of eituation-Statc-
 mcnt Expected as Result of Work
 Outlining Nations stand.
 London, Feb. l5 Already faced with the problem of helping 10 reconcile the French naval program with the positions taken by the oth- CT powers at the naval conference, the American naval delegation stri>cd today 10 aid in an under. standing between France and Ita'y of thc difficult parity problem which in itself may threaten complete .suc- (, Ss of the conference.
 Dwight W, Morrow. American am baSSHdor 10 Mexico. and member or the American delegation, went into conference this morning with Dino Grandi, chief of the Italian dcIrga- ton, and Premier Mussoliui'8 right hand man. The meeting Was at Mr. MorroW'S hotcl
 Morrow Has Firm Grip
 Ii WaS Of more than passing ln. tcrcst that Mr. Morrow was q party to all the conversations the Amcri- cans previously have had with tho French delegation. The ambassador was said 10 have q firm grip on the whole complicated Frauco-Italin problem with is many ramilications.
 TodaY'S meeting represented hu cn" of th" many activities Of tn" young Italian delegate, for he Will devote his weekend to study Of the situation. one of the first developments of next week, it iS uO- dcrstood. probably will be the issu- ancc Of an Italian statement outliH- ing Rom-'; requirements. Thus tbc series of pronouuccmcuts by inc five powers in tn" conference will be completed. II was said this state mcnt will again present Italy's dc sire for q radical reduction of armH- meuts but at the same time will make clear that she insists on hay ing the right 10 equip herself with naval armament equal to that Of any other continental power.
 For preparation Of this projected statement Foreign Minister Grandl abandoned his usual weekend trip to tir country in order to spend to- morrow consulting with his advisers and drafting the document.
 Ministers to Meet
 Another important event of next week will likely be meeting ha- tween Foreign Minister Grandi and Premier Tardicu Of France. This probably will bo immediately after inc French premier returns from Paris on Wednesday. Thc possibIl~ ity Of this meeting has somewhat strengthened hopes that Il solution Iuay be found Tor th" parity problem.
 Consider Whole Range
 The couciiatorS in approaching this Franco Italian problem. are taking into consideration the whole range of subjects involved and are exploring the possibilities Of q DO litical compromise. Such q political agreement might take the form of q pact of security of some sort II might even deal with adjustment Of the boundaries between French and
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
SUFFERERS FLOCK 10 CANCER CLINIC
More Than 100 Seek New Tfeat- nlent Of San Francisco Doctors
CURES NOT YET CLAIMED
sponsors, However, Arc Hopeful of Results of Using Sheep Gland Ex- traCt-patiCnts Come in Autos, On Foot, On StrctChCrS.

san Francisco. Feb. u bP'-Nic- timS of cancer. the malignant disease which kills II 1000 Americans every year and for which there is DO known cure. nockcd 10 san Fran cisco hopefully and in iucreaslGg numbers today to receive the urW treatment originated by Dr. Waite" E. Coffoy and John D. Humber.
 Facilities of the Southern Pacific hospital, to which pr. Coffcy and Dr. Humber arc attached. were put at the disposal of the suiforGrs and ar rangencnts were made to open other clinics in the hope that the new ! treatment would prove itself cffcc- tive against the scourgc which modi- cal science SO far has been unable to conquer.
 Dr. Coffoy and pr. Humber, still insistcnt that their treatment has not proved itself as q cure, have oD- talned results which indicate that the serum they secured from the cortct Of the adrcnal glands of sheep is abia to disSOlV" CanCcrOuS tissues. It ' of cases and some of tbc patients ap~ pearcd to have been freed of the disease, although in no instance was a patient pronounced absolutely cured.
 Victims Bcsic.c Clinic
 Rich and poor patients. sharing the common desire to rid themselves of cancerOus groWths, bosicEcd the clinic yesterday, more than 100 of them receiving injections of the new serum. They came in expensive limousincs, rattling old automobiles, on foot and on Str"tChCrS.
 With a corps of assistants. Dr. Humber worked steadily with his hypodermic needle. Patients too i'll to move from their cars were treated at the Curbing. There were ab0u&
New Britain herald., 1930-02-15

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