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NEW BRITAIN HEKALB Newt of the World By Associated Tress Average D a 1 1 jr Circulation Werk Kaiing 1A AJQ ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THUKSDAY, JULY 17, 1921. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS TERRIFIC STORM THIS NOON DOES CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN CONNECTICUT AND MASS. Trees And Crops Suffer Heavily In Wallingf ord Lightning Strikes Tree In Waterbury Green Several Hurt In Fitchburg. Northern Missouri Struck by Rain and Wind Early Today and Albany, N. Y., Also Suffers. NEW HAVEN MAN IS KILLED 'BY BOLT Wallfngford, July 17. A- storm which swept through thli town thli noon wrought 'bavoe with trees and oops in a belt of considerable width. Trees were toppled over In Main street blocking traffic. In Whittlesey avenue a. tree fell . on a barn roof. Tree Hits Auto. Waterbury, July IT. Lightning thla noon struck a. large tree on the city's greea and sent a huge branch crashing down onto an automobile smashing its top and windshield. No one was in the car at the time. Ac cording to the automobile directory the car is owned by James Taylor of New Haven. Fatality In New Haven New Haven. July 17. At least one fatality resulted front the severe storm which swept the city and surrounding territory early this afternoon when Oliver Neat, JO, of Grassy Hill, Orange, was struck and Instantly kill ed by a lightning bolt. Neal was working with his father, James Neal, and several others In a hay-Held. The approaching storm caused them to hasten to complete the work. Veal was standing apart from the others when the lightning; bolt struck. When the others hastened to iis aid he was found to be dead. He is survived by a wife and two children. UNDERGROUND STILL FOUND IN COVENTRY Proprietor Is Fined $500 and Sent to Jail for Thirty Days Fitchburg Is Hard Hit Fitchburg, Mass., July 17. One man Is missing and a number of per sons were injured as a result of a ter rific windstorm which swept this city today. The roof of the Parkhlll Mill in the Sleghorn district was blown off and carried a hundred feet, lodging against the Grant mill. Several mill workers were hurt and It was feared that the missing man was burled In the debris. St. Louis Hard Hit. St. Louis, July IT. A severe elec tric storm followed by heavy rains and a high wind, struck St. Louis early this morning, tearing down tele phone and electric wires, throwing parts of the city In darkness and breaking windows In homes and of fice buildings. Several persons were reported slightly Injured by flying debris. Telephone and telegraph lines Into central and northeastern Missouri crippled to the extent that railroad and Western Union circuits were routed through Arkansas to points west and southwest, Jefferson City, Mo., reported several thousand dollars' damage due to rain and wind. j aieagre reports that the storm reached heavy proportions In central and northeastern Missouri could not be substantiated due to cutting of communication. Damage In Albany. Albany, N. T., July IT. Trolley traffic In four cities and one village waj paralyzed today In consequence of a heavy electrical storm. Lightning struck the power house of the Adirondack Light and Power company, at Watervllet, burning out .a transformer on 'the circuit which furnishes power for the traction com pany operating In Albany, Troy, Rens selaer, watervllet and Green Island, and not a car moved for several hours. 1 Coventry, Conn., July 17. An under-ground distillery was unearthed, by federal and state officers In a raid' yesterday noon on the farm of Aleck Checqucrs In the li II la at North Cov entry, It became known Inst night when Checqucrs was arraigned brfore Justice William B. Ilarklns and fined $500 and sentenced to 30 days In jail on three counts of liquor law viola Hon. Prohibition Enforcement Agent W. fl. Congdon, County Detective W. E. Jackson and Officers Henjnmln and Blslcy of State's Attorney Alcorn's office who conducted the raid, say the underground establishment was one of the most complete uncovered In the state. The underground chamber was about 12 by 20 feet, boarded over and concealed, with a passageway leading to a shed, the entrance con cealed under a huge refrigerator. In the place, which was electrically lighted and fitted with fans for ven tilation and other equipment for drainage were found one 60-gallon still In operation, a 40-gallon still for reserve use, 80 gallons of distilled liquor, a quantity of mash and com plete paraphernalia. The Hartford officers visited Chec- quers' place last Sunday and asked for liquor, they stated, but were re fused. They had traced Checquer by means of liquor sold In wholesale lots. It Is claimed. The officers stated that Checquer was formerly arrested in Hartford on similar charges. The case Is being further Investi gated by federal officers who expect to prefer charges against the ac cused, It was stated. AND CALLS POLICE Elderly Bridgeport Woman Gets Demand lor $9,000' ONE MAN IS ARRESTED lis Protests Innocence, Claiming That lis Was Hired llr I nllentln1 Man To do To Address Ami I'lck I p I'srkaire. Bridgeport, July 17. An attempt to extort money from Mr a Jennie Van Tuns!, gjjio North avenue, elderly widow of Nelson C, Van Tae and daughter of the late Edward Sterling lor many years prominently Identified with manufacturing and civic Inter ests here, was chucked by the police today which had been called upon to handle the matter. A letter received hy Mrs. Van Tas sel signed "The Clang," demanded that (5,000 cash bo left in a pack it go on her front porch. The letter warn ed her under pain of death not to notify the police. The package was to bo called for at It o'clock last night. . Tollee were secreted In bushes and shrubbery walling for the blackmailer at 11 o'clock, Mrs. Van Tassel having disregarded the warning and turned the matter over to the police. No one showed up at, 11 o'clock, but early this morning thre appeared on the scene rtohert W. Nolan, R2, a teamster lllvng In a lodging house at 615 Water street. As soon as Nolan walked Into the yard and picked up the package, he was seized by the waiting police. He said he had been engaged by a young man, a stranger to him, to get the package and had been promised a couple of dollars. Police rushed In automobiles to the spot where Nolan id the youth was walling In an au tomobile, but found no trace of him. Nolan Is held in bonds of $2,500 on a technical charge of breach of the peace. FEUD AT FUNERAL Police Escort Necessary afi Ghetto Services Today THOUSANDS LINE STREETS Trouble Caused When JewUh Ctrl, W ife of Italian, Riiioiuh attli of Htr r'atlwr ami Ak lo I Hurled a ('hrlMlsn, PAONESSA DEMANDS JUDD RETRACT OR. PROVE INSINUATIONS HITTING AT POLICE FOR BLINKING AT LAW Tribe OfApe-Men, 7 to 8 Ft. Tali, Reported By Washington Trappers NORWAY STILL DR T Chrlstlanla, July 17. The Odel sting yesterday rejected the govern ment's bill to abolish prohibition in Norway. Yale Crew Wins Championship of World By Taking Olympic Race Crosses Line Three and Half Lengths Ahead Helen Wills Defeats Molla Mallory and Richards Trims Le Coste At Tennis. By The Associated Press. Argenteull, July 17. Tale's un beaten varsity crew won the Olympic championship rogatta for the United States today when the eight powerful Eli oarsmen swept to a brilliant vic tory by three and one-half lengths over Canada with Italy third and with Great Britain which had been expect ed to give the Americans their hard- HAD BROKEN NECK Michigan Farmer, Now in Hospital Has Been Working for Two Months With Neck Broken Didn't Know It Grand Rapids, Mich., July 17. Liv ing for two. months with a broken neck without knowing it, was the ex perience of James Scott, a farmer living near Boyne City. Scott came to a hospital here to have an exami nation made after suffering pain In his' neck and after paralysis had de veloped in one arm. . An X-ray photograph showed five fragments pt Scott's spine were frac tured and the spinal cord was In jured at the .seventh vertebra. He was placed on a cot and warned not to move. Scott was thrown from a wagon two months ago. LEONARD YS. WALKER Big Hall Stones. Lawrence, Mass., July IT. Hall stones of unusual size did considers ble damage to greenhouses here snd In Methuen today. Awnings were slso damaged In some sections. Just Out of Jail, He Goes Back for Sixty Days More Merlden, July 17. Julius Valdes, 24 and Louis Gallls, "S, who yesterday ended a four months term in New Ha ven jail were sentenced to So days more In the jail today by the Merl den court on a charge of stealing men's clothing from Harry Israel's store on Pratt street, last February. They were first arrested In New Ha ven and detectives found considerable loot In their room. Mr. Israel Identi fied suits and shirts taken from his store end he understood that the men concealed the loot cleverly under their coats while posing as customers. Welterweight Title Bout Will Bo Held At Boyle's Thirty Acres on Evening ' of August 21. New York, July 17. Benny Leon ard, world's lightweight champion, and Mickey Walker, world's welter weight title holder, today signed ar ticles to meet at 147 pounds in Boyle's thirty acres, Jersey City, the. evening of August 21. Walker's title will be at stake. Each of the champions, who signed the articles In person, agreed to meet Dave Shade In the event of victory. The articles were signed In the Madtson. Square Garden offices of Tex Rlckard, under whose auspices . the match will be held. Rlckard said the New Jersey boxing commission al ready had sanctioned the bout CASUALTIES 131 EARTHQUAKE loscow, July IT. Three persons are reported to have been killed and many houses destroyed by an earth quake at Tashkent, Wednesday. A number of villages felt the shook. Still No Trace Found Of Missing Aviators By The Aftftorlatso' Press. Toklo, July 17. No trace of A. Stuart MacLaren, British aviator overdue at Paramashlru Island, 'In the Kuriles, and his companions In a round the world flight, had been found up to f o'clock tonight. MacLaren then was more than 81 hours overdue. Japanese destroyers were continuing a search for the missing aviators. est fight, fourth and las,t. Yale won by three and' one-half lengths. The time was 6 minutes 33 2-5 seconds. The Yalo crew which represents the United States In the elght-oared Olympic final today Is made up as ioi lows: Stroke, A. D. Llndlcy, Minneapolis. no. 7, B. JI. Stock, New Haven. No. 6, H. T. Klnsbury, New York. No. 6, J. L. Miller, Larchmont, N. Y. No. 4, J. S. Rockfeller, (captain) Greenwich, Conn. No, 3, A. M. Wilson, Minneapolis. No. 2, F. S. Sheffield, New York. Bow, L. G. Carpenter, Minneapolis. Coxswain, L. R. Stoddard, New Rochelle, N. Y. America's victory In the eight-oared event made her the winner of the Olympic rowing competition, giving her 33 points to Switzerland's 82. KcUy-CostcUo Win Jack Kelly and Paul Costello, who retained their Olympic title by win ning the double sculls, gave the United States Its only other victory of the day, W. E. Garrett Gilmore, of Philadelphia, meeting an unexpected defeat at the hands of Jack Beres ford, Jr., of Great Britain, in the sin gle sculls while the United States pair oared and four-oared combinations with coxswains each finished third. Switzerland won two events, Great Britain two, and Holland one. Helen AVllls Wins. By The Assoclnted Press, Olympic Stadium, Colombes, France July 17. Miss Helen.Wills, the Amer ican woman lawn tennis champion, to day defeated Mrs. Molla Mallory, for mer American champion, represent ing Norway In the Olympic tennis championship, 8-3, 8-6, 6-8. Mrs. Marion Z. Jessup, of Wilming ton, Del., was eliminated In the round before the semi-finals by the Wim bledon champion, Miss Kathleen Mc Kane 6-2, 6-0. Mrs. Jessup tried hard In her match with the fleet-footed and versatile Kngllsh champion, but Miss McKane's superfine game was simply too much for the American. , Williams Put Out. , R. Norris Williams II was elimin ated from the Olympic singles compe tition," losing to Henri Cochet of France. French Win at Polo. France won the Olympic water polo champonshlp today defeating Belgium In the finals 8 to 0. The United States won two out of three final Olympic swimming events today, finishing one, two, three In the spring board fancy diving and first and third in the 200 meter breast stroke swim, thus adding 83 points to the American score and placing the United States far ahead of Aus tralia Its nearest competitor, In the water sports. he United States gained 1 points In the diving competition In which Albert C. White, Leland Stanford unl (Contlnued on Pact HI i New York, July 17, Mob demon titrations or racial and religious an tsgonlam, which for two days had sundered the Jewish snd Italian seec t'.nn of the Ghetto, were subdued by force today at police escorted th body of Jennie Lefkowltx, wife of Dominlck Scola, to the Church of th Most Previous Blood and thence to Calvary cemetery. The howling throngs who ha clamored outside the home of Pom Inlrk day and night, lined the funeral right-of-way by thousands. They gestured, threateningly and muttered but there was no violence. Well armed and mounted police prancsd at the head of the little con 'tege. Officers of the bomb aqua brought up the rear. Alongside, crowding the ominously murmurln humanity to the curb, strode patrol men and detectives. Gets Christian Burial. Authority was compelling th peaceful fulfillment of Jennie's dyln wish. She who had forsaken the Jewish religion for love, who had embraced the Roman Catholic faith of her Italian husband, and who dur ing the months of her dying had been an outcast, "already dead" to her parents and her sect, was receiving a Christian burial. Born and reared In Ghetto, Jen. nle and Dominlck had been playmates since ho was 11 and she 10. Two years ago they hurdled the Invisible stone wall of prejudice which Jews and Italians of the Ghetto rear against each other. They married. Jennie's parents told their friends "she's dead." and Pomlnlck's parents told their friends, "we have no son Dominlck." Last June, when she learned death await ed her, Jennie renounced the religion of, her father and joined the Roman catnoue cnurcn or ner nusoana. She died Tuesday night. The ever alert eyes of the Ghetto soon pried Into the Jester street home and the news spread like prairie nre. Boon the adjacent streets were filled, to the narrow brim with Jostling, frenzied thousands long-bearded men, most of them who screamed denunciation of her who had joined a forbidden church. All night, all yesterday and last night they swarmed to the streets of the Ghetto. Police reserves were called, but for hours It was feared an open outbreak of religious rioting was inevitable. Early today, now. ever, the demonstrations waned, un der the ministrations of police clubs, and today the crowds which lined the path of Jennie's funeral car were silent, though menacing. But the police were taking no chances. Instead of taking the young wife's body from her home to the church next door, Our Lady of Sor rows, the funeral directors were or. dered at the last moment to proceed to the church of the Previous blood where secret arrangements had been made for the services. CHILDREN HELP CAMP Have Program on Sands of Beach Near Saj brook and Raise $3.60 for Fresh Aid Fund. Five girls and a boy, all under 10 years of age, who are Interested in the welfare of the children at the New Britain Fresh air camp, last Monday held a play on the sands of Chalker Beach, Saybrook. Those who took part were Misses Virginia Munson Hunt, of New Btitaln, Vir ginia Huntoon of Rocky Hill, Bar bara and Marjorle Smiley of New burg. N. Y and Mary and Stanley Hunt, Jr., of New Britain. The children collected $3.60 through their play which they have sent to the Herald fresh air editor. The fresh air fund today is as fol lows: Previously acknowledged ...1,864.76 H. F. Hodge B.OO Six children 3.60 Hairy tot murr) 'pjAji.iv j "lata Cabin Xcar Mount d y ly Helen'sSearchers Start Today. Kelso, Wash., July 17. While awaiting reports from parlies who have gone to the vicinity of Spirit Lake, on Mt. St. Helen's, In quest of verification of a story told by trappers that they encountered a bund of ape men there last week, residents today were Interested In statements attribut ed to George Totagl of the Clallam Indian tribe that the ape-men are members of a tribe of Indians known as the Seeahtlk tribe. The trappers reported their cabin was bombarded by the ape-men dur ing the night. Totagl was quoted as saying that members of the Seeahtlk tribe are huge In stature and hairy, like beasts. These Indians, he snld, talk the Clallam language and are adept In Imitating the sounds of birds. Last Heard of 15 Years Ago. 'The Seeahtiks were last heard of by the Clallam Indians about fifteen years ago and It was believed by the present Indians thnt they had become extinct," said Totngl. "The Seeahtiks made their home In the heart of the wilderness on Van couver island and on the Olympic range. "The Seeahtiks are seven to eight feet tall with hairy bodies, like bears. They are great hypnotists and also have a gift of ventriloquism, throw ing their voices great distances." Totagl declared that his facts had been corroborated by Henry Napoleon, Clallam tribe, who met one of the Seeahtik Indians while hunting on Vancouver island recently, P. J. James, Lunml tribe, and George Hyasman, Qulnault tribe. Stories Are Confirmed. Although no reports have been re ceived from several' parties who left here to search for the Indians Mon day, Individuals who returned today from trips to the cabin of the five prospectors confirmed parts of the story of being bomparded in their cabin with rocks from "mountain devils." Rocks were found insids the cabin. No tracks were discovered, however. Four new expeditions were outfitted and started today to Spirit Lake, 45 miles from Kelso. One is composed of local hunters, two from" Castle Rock, and the fourth Is headed by Chief of Police George Millar of Kelso, and County Game Warden Chester Lelchardt. FATALLY SHOT AS HE GOES TO SISTER'S AID Worcester Young Man Vic tim of Midnight In truder's Revolver Worcester, July 17. Herbert Jacobson, 27, of this city, was prob- ably fatally shot shout 1:30 this morning by a masked man who fore ed his way Into the room of Miss Lil lian Jacobson, the victim's sister, In a summer cottage on the Shrewsbury shore of Lake Qulnalgamond, where the Jacobson family was passing a va cation. The young woman was arous ed from her sleep by the unknown Intruder grabbing her by the throat and threatening to shoot her If she made an outcry. She shrieked for help In spite of the threat and her brother, who was sleeping in an ad Joining room, rushed to her aid. As he entered the room, the masked in truder fired at him and the bullet struck him In the abdomen, passed through his body and went through the thin wooden wall of the cottage. The intruder jumped through the win dow of the girl's room and escaped In an automobile In spite of the efforts of Worcester and Shrewsbury police officers to catch him Jacobson was brought to a hospital here where it Is reported he has only a slight chance for recovery. FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT AYERY AND ENSMINGER ORDERED TO ABERDEEN New Britain Military Men to Report to Government Proving Ground's August 8. BY GEORGE H. MANNING. (Washington Buroau of N. H. HeraM) Washington, D. C, July 17. Cap tain Nathan Carlos Avery, New Brit ain; First Lieut. Leroy Christian Ens mlnger, 3 Armistice street. New Rrlt- in: Colonel James Dudley Skinner, 024 Main street, Bridgeport; First leut Earl Naramore, 812 Wood avenue, Bridgeport; and Second Lieut. Clarence Colvin Stevens, Lake avenue, Bristol, were, by orders of the war de partment Issued today, ordered to ac tive duty August 3, and directed to proceed to the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md for training until August 17, when they will ro- turn home. Woman Killed, Another Seriously In jured When Car Turns Turtle Xcar Glen Head, N. Y., Today. Glen Head, N, Y., July 17. One woman was killed, another was crit ically injured and two men were hurt when their automobile turned turtle on a sharp curve between Glenwood and Glen Head early today. Mrs. Anna McLaughlin, of New York, is the dead woman. Her neck was broken. Mrs. Anna Langione, also of New York, is in a hospital suffering from a possible fracture of the skull. John Harrington, driver of the car, who received minor In juries, was arrested on a technical charge of manslaughter. f,, The fourth member of the5 party, whose name was given as "Bill" O'Neill, of Newport, R. I., disappeared after the crash. It was believed he was seriously hurt and a search for 1)1 m was started. Agreei To Appoint Probe Committee With "Star Witness" As Chairman If Latter Would Like Investi-gation. "Nigger in Woodpile Rome where" Third Ward Al derman Says Commis sioner Parker Insists on Explanation. $500 FIRE IN BRISTOL Blaie In Heart of City Tills Morning Endangers Business Blocks Appell Stoekhou.se Gutted. (Special to the Herald.) Bristol, July 17. Damage of about $."i00 was caused this morning when fire of unknown origin gutted a store house owned by David A. Appell In the rear of the Public Market, on North Main street. Squad A, Hose company No. 1 and the Uneas No. 2 company responded to the call as the Are threatened the heart of the North Main street business district. The fire men found lltle difficulty in subduing the flames. Total ..13,863.36 Former Chief of New London Fire Dept. Dies New London, July IT. Charles Lewis Ockford, until recently chief of the fire department, A former member of the city council and retired laun dryman, died at his home In Alger Place last night in his Tth year. In 1881-1885 he conducted a summer re sort known ss Osprey Beach, near hers. HIGH TIDES JTMf 1 (Standard Tune) At New London 10:85 a. m.j 10:59 p. m. At New Haven 12:27 p. m. THE WEATHER. Hartford, SiiJjT IT. Forecast for New Rrttatn and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Fri day) somewhat oooler tonight. dwards and Quinn Both Will Attend Convention Torrington, July 17. John R. Quinn national commander of the American Legion today notified officers of the Torrington Legion post that he would be here August 80 for the stato con vention of the Legion. Inasmuch as he must be In New York at 6 o'clock that evening to board a train for the west, the post will endeavor to have an army airplane come here to carry him from Torrington. General Clarence R. Edwards com mander of the Yankee division has also accepted an invitation to attend the convention. Rybeck Resigns Position WithL.F.&C.inMeriden William H. Rybeck, a former resi dent of New Britain, has resigned his position as sales manager for the Merlden Cutlery division of Landers, Frary & Clark. J. R. Palton, em ployed by the Landers concern In the western states, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Rybeck. Judge Anderson Silent on Becoming LaFollette's Mate Boston, July 17. Federal Judge George W. Anderson, mentioned in Washington despatches last night as among those most prominently under consideration as the vice-presidential candidate on the LaFollette ticket, was asked today whether he would accept if the place were offered him. "I thought that dog days did not begin until July 22," was his only comment. 12 Year Old Glastonbury Boy Drowns Despite Frantic Efforts Of His Mother To Save Him Hartford, July 17. Sinking from sight In the waters of the Connecticut river In view of his frantic mother who Jumped Into the river to save him little Warner Taber Howard was drowned opposite the steamboat dock at Glastonbury about S o'clock yes terday afternoon. The boy was the It year old son of Mr. snd Mrs. Frederic W. Howard of No. T21 Wethersfield avenue, this city, who have been spending a vacation on their motorboat. Warner snd his mother got Into a rowboat yesterday afternoon and went out to the motorboat wbJcfc was moored In the stream. A l1 5"par old brother of the boy stood on the shore watching them. Mrs. Howard and Warner transferred to the motorboat safely, but a moment afterward the small boat drifted away. Warner Jumped Into the water and started to swim sfter It. Suddenly he sank and did not rise again. The mother, gl most delirious with fright, Jumped In to the river In a futile effort to save her son. The water- was up to her chin snd she had to grasp the gun wale of the motorboat to kep from being carried Into the swift current She was rescued by, bystanders at the dock, Mayor A. M. Pannessa today sent a communication to Alderman William H. Judd demanding that Judd either prove or retract Insinuation that Chief of Police W. C. Hart had been ordered by persons "higher up" to allow gam. hllng games with the Coloman Broth crs shows to go on uninterrupted, and that similar games with other shows had been stopped. The mayor also expressed a willingness to aonolnt Alderman Judd chairman of a eom- miii.ee to investigate the entire affair. The mayor's letter Is the aftermath of charges made by Alderman Judd at last night's common council session. The slderman snld Councilman D. L. Nalr had complained to the ehtef of ponce tnat gambling was going on at the carnival grounds, but that noth ing was done to stop It While the Murphy shows were playing hers gambling games were discovered and put off the grounds, he said. The mayor's letter follows: "Aid. W. H. Judd, 'City. "Dear Sir: "As chief executive of the city of New Britain, it is incumbent upon me to demand that you either furnish proof of veracity or Immediately re tract insinuations made by you at a regular meeting of the common coun cil held Wednesday evening, July 16, during a discussion on the carnival situation, in which you said. In part: -'I don t know who "higher un" told him (Chief Hart) to "lay off," but nothing was done. "In subitance, you deolared that gambling games had been allowed to go on uninterrupted at one carnival. and this despite a complaint by a member of the license committee direct to the chief of police, while, similar games with another carnival were closed up at once. You Insinu ated that the chief was ordered to overlook a breach of the law in one Instance and to enforce the same law In another. "The city of New Britain cannot afford to have aspersions cast upon Its police department or upon the offi cials of its government. Having in mind your oath of office as an alder man and as mayor pro tem. of our city your action Is not bringing a writ ten charge before the police commis sion or th common council, provided you have evidence, Is to say the least, surprising. "It is my duty to demand and your duty to respond to the end that sub stantiating evidence shall be pro duced to back your Insinuation, or a retraction of the statement be given publicity. "A statement such as you have made at a meeting of the city's gov ernmental body Is of grave concern to the city and I believe the public Is entitled to all the facts. Feeling as I do, I would be very glad to appoint an investigating committee and would be pleased to name you as chairman of this committee. "Respectfully, "A. M. PAONESSA, "Mayor. "Nigger In Woodpile' Judd "There's a nigger in the woodpile somewhere," was Alderman Judd's comment this morning as he discussed the events of last night. The alderman repeated his insinua tion that someone had told Chief Hart to "lay off" the Coleman shows and that, the Murphy shows had been kept clean of gambling devices by contrasting zealnusness of the police department Alderman Judd could not say who Issued the orders to the department, but he said he was con vinced they did come from someone other than the police commissioners. The third warder said he was in formed that the Murphy shows had their application for a permit in he fore the Coleman shows, but that the latter company was given the prefer ence. He reiterated his statement, made lo the common council last nipht In which ha declared that de spite Councilman Nalr's complaint nothing was done to require the clos ing up of Coleman's gambling wheels, but when the Murphy shows came around the police became active. He Is convinced that the police action was ordered to punish a local man who conducted a wheel with the Mur phy show snd who had been active in trying to secure a license for Murphy. On the day following the closing of (he wheels, the local concessionaire called at Judd's office and asked If he had made a complaint Judd re plied he had not, whereupon th con cessionaire advised him that the re ' port made to him was that Alderman Judd was responsible for the closing of the wheels. In conversation with Councilman Nalr later in the day. Alderman Judd Informed him ef th Continued on Pag Ihlrtnj k r