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ESTABLISHED 1870
NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1927. -EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE THREE CENTS
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M. H. FOX FATALLY INJURED
WHILE EXAMINING WRECKAGE
ON ROAD TO WEST HARTFOR
Car Driven at 'Terrif
ic" Speed Hits Over
turned Machine Vic
tim Was Inspecting.
Richard Sline, 21, Hart
ford, Under $3,000 Bonds
for Manslaughter, Reck
lessness and Evasion.
Myrck H. Fox, aged 4fi. of 9H
Hartford avenue, former deputy !
sin-rift and well known in local busi- j
iu-ss circles, waa killed about mid-
right last night when an automo- j
liile which hud been overturned in a '
collision on the West Hartford road,
about 50 feet north of Gillette's
corner, was struck by another car,
the force of the impact, throwing the '
ri timed car against Mr.
Pox, I
with I
knocking him to the ground
such force that, his skull was frac
tured. He died in an automobile
driven by Wilfred Shei han of 4'i
I! nrison street, on the way to New
Hriiain General hospital.
Richard Sline, aged 21. of 6S4
Laurel street, Hartford driver of tin
ar which caused the fatality, faced j
Judge Henry 1'. Roche in police this
morning on charges of reckless
driving, manslaughter, and evading
responsibility. He pleaded not guil
ty and on recommendation of Prose
cuting Attorney Joseph G. Woods.
his ease was continued until Mon- I
day. November 7. Bonds were fixed
at $.".,()c,n. At. tho same time, the
(uses of Thomas A. Crowley. Jr.,
aged 22, of 49 Alden street, Hart
ford, charged with reckless driving;
Leo Weinberg, aged 16, of HO Lenox
street, Hartford, charged with rcek
, I- ss driving, and Jack Jordan, aged
25, of 43 Hawthorne street, Hart
lord, charged with breach of the
peace, were also continued until
November 7. The charge against
Jordan is technical, Prosecuting- At
torney Woods said, and bonds of
$1,000 were fixed. Weinberg is In
New Britain General hospital, hav
ing be"n injured by the impact
which caused Mr. Fox's death.
Car Overturned in Collision
At J I:5n o'clock as Motorcycle Of
ficer Louis E. Harper was patrolling
Hartford road, cars driven by Crow
ley and Weinberg collided as the
former was going towards Hartford
and the latter towards New Britain.
Weinberg's car was overturned and
(he other car went off the road
short distance, away. The occupants i
of both cars escaped practically un-j
hurt, and all scrambled out to ex- I
amine the wreckage. With Wein
berg were Manuel Goldstein, aged
Jit, of 138 Westbourne Parkway,
Hartford: Simon Hurras, of Hart-
ford, and Milton Sehlossberg, aged ;
17, 'of 207 Blue Hills avenue, Hart
ford. In Crowley's car besides the
driver, were Joseph P. Sullivan, aged
SI, of 275 Holeomb street, Hartford,
an employe of the Hartford street ,
d-partment. and Edward F. Crowley '
20 School street, Hartford
Sline Driving at "Terrific" Speed '
officer Harper called to the men '
end asked if anyone was hurt. "No, i
Aihody hurt badly anyway," came
nft T-nnlv TliA nfflr-r thrn Ttrn-
ceeded to obtain statements from the j
principals, meanwhile asking a pass- j
ing motorist to notify Officer Wil- j
Ham Politis. who was on duty in
the Belvidere section, to help him I
with the investigation. Standing in
the center of the highway waving
his flashlight, the officer heard a
car. driven by Sline, coming from
New Britain at a rate of speed
described hy him as "terrific." On
i' came, he stated in his report, and
as he began to realize that the
driver did not intend to stop, the
officer sounded his police whistle I
and increased the rapidity of his
signal with the flashlight. Others
w ho hud gathered around sensed the j
impending danger and tried to warn
'he driver of the oncoming car, ,
without avail.
Fox Hurled 10 Feet
M. anwhile, Mr. Fox and Pub
lic Welfare Commissioner Samuel
i Iree-nbcrg. who were driving past,
vith Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Greenberg,
left their car to examine the wreck-
age of the Weinberg and -rowlcy
accident and offer aid if it was nec- ,
ssary. Mr. Fox recognized Wein- i
berg and stopped to speak to him ;
while the latter was going into the 1
overturned car to get his registra-
lion to show Officer Harper. .
Officer Harper, standing in the .
center of the highway as long as
he dared, leaped back as the car .
driven by Sline reached the spot j
where the accident had occurred, !
and as others who saw the danger
dispersed, Sline's car struck the
I
overturned car, throwing Weinberg '
out. Fox. who was a few feet from I
tho overturned car, was thrown ten
feet, striking on his head.
As Officer Harper ran to Mr. Fox's
side, Mr. Greenburg also hastened
over to his companion. The officer,
finding Mr. Fox lying face down
ward, lifted him and recognized
him. Observing that he was fieri
ousiy hurt, the officer had him tak
en to the hospital at once, and as
Officer William Politis, who had ar
rived In the m-antime, saw Wein
berg staggering about in a dazed
condition, he had him taken to (he
hospital In an electric light company
truck-.
Offers Self as Driver
Officer Harper was certain that
(Continued on Page 13.)
MOREjNDANGER
Carol's Valet Tells oi Thett ol
His Master's Papers
TROOPS READY FOR BUTTLE
Governmcnt Reported to Have For
bidden Convention to Assemble
London Iress Reports Scores Be
ing Killed in Street Clashes
Paris, Oct. 29 P The foiling- of
Cnrolist plans in Rumania and the
arrest of jr. Manoilescu, former
Under-Secretary of finance of Ru-
mania, today appeared to be direct
ly connected with the. burglarizing
of the villa of former Crown Prince
Carol at Neuilly.
Carol's valet, on being questioned
by the police, admitted the theft of
papers belonging to Carol took place
more than a week ago but that he
was afraid to say anything about it
at. the time.
Love of gossip, however, proved
stronger than discretion and he told
tho whole story of how he had been
lured from his post of duty by a
woman to a friend of Carol who had
called to ask when the latter would
return. The frh-nd informed the
Xiolice, who started an investigation
and telegraphed Carol, who was at
Saint Malo, to return
Police Doubt Story.
Police at present, although re
garding the valet's story with some
suspicion that he is concealing
something, favored tile theory that
the burglary wa.s inspired by politics
a.nd not pelf. It was suggesied that
the information found in the stolen
papers had been abstracted and
telegraphed to the Rumanian gov
ernment. This, it was pointed out,
would have led to the capture of
Manoilescu with the comprising
documents last Monday in Rumania.
How a woman lured hiin from his
J post, of duty was told by the valet,
i She engaged him in conversation, he
j said, and then bought his supper.
After that he remembered nothing
' except that he awoke the next morn
i ing with a bad headache. "She
must have put a drug in my win1-,
he surmised.
Found Box Rifled.
When he returned to Carol'svilla,
the valet said he found the letter
nox ruled, une ot tne letters was
from the valet's wife and mentioned
names of Rumanians who were
iamiliar with Carol and also contain
! ed a list of those who had called on
Carol. The valet said ho found some
of his master's letters and papers
had been stolen.
Carol i returning from his seaside
retreat to enable the police to deler-
mine exactly what was stolen.
The recent utterances of Prince
Carol in which he expressed his
willingness to return to Rumania by
constitutional means were refused
distribution in Rumania when for
eign newspapers containing them
arrived. Any article containing tin:
name of the former crown prince
is declared contraband.
The printing of several hundred
copies of in interview Carol gave
Le Matin in which lie voiced his
aspirations, led to the arrest in
Jassy, Rumania, of former Prefect
j Axinte. Two other former officials,
j charged with complicity in a Carol
ist conspiracy, were also arrested in
Rumania. They were former Deputy
Danielo Vassu, seized at Rrasoy, and
former MayOr Brocancea. of Grop
nita. I Dispatches from Bucharest said
'"at. compieio orcier anil tranquillity
prevailed throughout Rumania,
Border advices, however, said that
at Kishinev, Bessarabia, government
forces clashed with peasants who
had been told that Carol was in
Rumania commanding an army.
Numerous arrests were said to have
been made.
Clashes Are Reported.
(The London Daily Express today
reports from Budapest and Vienna
of figh'ing at Kishinev and other
points in Bessarabia, saying that
score.s were killed in the clashes and
that nlore nian :ftn .(,,-e arrested by
the BOVernment In suppressing the
r,n,olt, The same sources reported
,h.lf SOveraI Rumanian garrisons
Wftre d jsnrm(,,i and confined to
iUar,ers , ,,rovent mntinvA
Qu(l(,n M.He moth(lr of Carol,
cet,brat(,(i nr fjrtv-first birthday
today t tllo royal ,laIn(,0 at slnaIa.
p.,, n,,.,n!. and Prince cieh..l
were with her.
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Official PaSe.S Aw3V
! Greenwich. Conn., Oct. 29 WP)
Charles R. Sherlock, vice president
of the I'nited Cigar stores company,
died at his residence here last night
after an illness of two years, aged
G9. He had been connected with
the organization since 1902 and he
fore that was a newspaperman in
Syracuse and Albany.
THE WF.ATHF.K
New Britain and vicinity:
Mostly cloudy tonight and
Sunday; cooler tonight.
SCORNFUL NOTES
MADE RUTH ELDER
HOP FOR EUROPE
Americans, Now Pleased, Trans
form Her Hotel Suite Into a
Bower c! Flowers. v
i PARIS SHOWERS HONORS;
MOVIE OFFERS POUR IN
-Still Wears -Mannish Outfit neeause
She Has no Other Clothes Ke- i
celves a Hundred Imitations to go j
Shopping With Parisians le-
clarcs She'll Fly Atlantic Next j
Year Hut With a Man as Pilot, j
Paris, Oct. 29 (CP) -Having over- Milner, of the superior court on an f ousted her along- with her husband.
whelmed I'aris, Ruth Elder hepes ini,lnrtio" Puit nl''d b' Claude E. j Holmes contends that, this pro
I " Xee-Iev. annointod mnvor of the eilv '
i to lly to London before lioardintr
! the Aquitania, New York-bound, on
November 5. j
When the fascinating aviatrix
l awakened this morning in the royal i
; suite of her hotel she wa.s preparing j
to relegate her world-famous plus- j
j fours and plaid sweater to history j
; as she eagerly anticipated visits to i
Paris modistes and a tour of smart 1
j shops-.
I Scorn Made Her Try.
j Referring to the flight of the i
American Girl, Miss Elder told the j
l.'uited Press that although she real
ized it was quite late in the year for j
an attempted air voyage to Europe, 1
jthe stinging criticism which she re-
ccived in hundreds of lett. rs had
I almost, forced her to fly. I
! "Believe me." she said, "when we !
saw the steamer Barendrecht I
through the clouds, she looked like I
I a east.-, for five hours we knew 1
wo had to come down soon as the. i
engine was making a pounding noise '
I had been dressed in mv swimming !
suit for more than an hour before1
we sn w it.
I "I'll try again next summer, but. j
I never alone or with a woman. I
j have learned the lesson of the iieces- '
I sity of having a man as navigator
and pilot for the first few hours, as 1
i then it is 1h hardest to keep tile
heavily loaded tail ui
"It was r-'ally very bad of those
people to write me those nasty let
ters without realizing tho hazards
of crossing the oeiau even in fine
weather. But anyhow. I couldn't
have waited another six months
i more."
Referring to the mannish outfit
i which she still was wetirmg yester
day whin she and Captain George
Miablenian, her co-pilot of the plane.
; American Girl, arrived by air from
; Angle!, .Miss Elder said:
i "I'm sick and tired of breeches,
you know. They call me tomboy,
but I'm a woman after all, And
really, I have nothing to wear except
. this outfit. That story about my
I sending two trunks ahead was1 all
press, ngentry. I have nothing except
' what T carry in my pockets and
wear on my back. I'm afraid I'll be
! ostracize. 1 if r go to New York now
(without the proper frocks."
Miss Elder expected to have little
I difficulty in her shopping tour, for
! she confided to Sidney Yeit, repre
; se-n'ative of the Enited States Na
itional Aeronautical Association, that
dozens of socially prominent persons
; had offer- d their services anil auto-
mobiles to guide p.r 0 the dtvss
' makers. And all were desirous of
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7MS WEEK'S AFFAIRS
CCAoGridTULAflOv.'S.CHlEP I
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T.'Sr&fSfe JWR PRES.
From Four Indianapolis Now Has
Hague, One of Ruling Quartet, Presents Plan Requiring
All "Mayors" to Waive Their Claims and Let
Court Decide.
Indianapolis, Oct. 29 P A new
side to the many faced mayoralty
situation in Indianapolis was turned
uppermost today when Joseph L.
Hague, city controller in the admin
istration of the lata Lew Shank,
presented a compromise plan under
which all claimants for the mayor's
office would waive their claims and
agree to let the nine judges of the
Marion county courts select a mayor.
With two active "mayors" and two
more in the offing, including Hague,
I the1 proposal gained some attention.
Hague said that legal qualifica
tions of any man for the mayor's of-
tice would not be decided for six
months or more as the case would
have to be finally decided by
the
si.ne .supreme coun.
The muddled situation will be
partly cleared up today however
Willi a ruling by Judge Joseph M.
I ,., ,
: council, asking an Older restraining i
DAWN' IS READY
FOR FOURTH HOP
Mrs. Grayson Says Chamberlin
' Not Asked to Be Pilot
STDLTZ GLAD TO RESIGN
New Wright Motor Installed, Crow
Awaits Weather Favorable For
1 light Expect Take-Off By Tues
day Jests Tin-Ill SiM-etutors.
(Jbl Orchard, Maine, Oct. 23 M
Tiie disposal of rumors which placed
L larence
.N. Chamberlin, transatlan-
tie Ilier, in Wiiiner Stutz's place at
the stick of the Dawn, and the suc
cessful completion of tests of a new
motor, left the big mollODlane and
1 a,
' awaiting only favorable
we.uner louay lor a tourth attempt
' J to K.-t aw ay on their long projected
l.ntlit to Copenhagen.
! -Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson,
i loading spirit of th expedition, was'sor, the PoqucAanuck Cove bridge!
; baek from Boston where she con- 'and one or two other pieces of work !
Jet-red with Chamberlin. To those ' ;ir,? those which must see completion
who suggested that she had attempt- j lllt',r thnn 1927. but the New Brit
ed to obtain the noted tiler's serv- , ain-Herlin. Hartford-Farmlngton.
ices in place of Stultz. with whom 1 Middletown-Hnddam, Branford-East
she admittedly has had differences ; Haven, Meriden-Middletown, tho
-Mrs. Grayson denied that the man
who carried the first passenger over
the Atlantic had been asked to join
tile Dawn's crew.
Asked Chaniberliu's Adice
She declared that she and Stultz
were on amicable terms and said
h-T talk with Chamberlin had been
.-.clely for the purpose of obtaining
iiis advice.
Stultz himself denied he would
quit the projected flight although he
admitted he had twice submitted his
resignation. "I would be delighted
if Mrs. Grayson
would t-et some
ottu-r pilot hecauso i do not hen
we will h;i, nnv- .jtiitnlit.. Ovine'
iv ath'-r this reason." he declared,!
.v.,,. ,, j nui.i-i Kjior expenditures or iu,utM',uuu ap-j
in th
its
present abandonment.
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others from interfering with
i assumption of the office.
his
Claude L. Negley bases his claim
to the office on a pro tern, appoint
ment he received from the city
council, when that body ousted
Mayor John I.. Duval!.
The other, Ira M. Holmes, assert
ed he succeeded to the mayoralty
from the office of city controller,
after having been appointed to the
latter post by Mrs. John L. Duvail.
Holmes' contention is really based
on Mayor Duvall's charge that he
was not ousted by the council, but
resigned
j met.
shortly before that body
The mayor's resignation allowed
: Mrs. Dllvall. who was i-llv control-
, ier, to succeed him. Mrs. Duvail,
; according to her contention, then
j appointed Holmes as city controller,
j and resigned before the council
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NEARS NEW RECORD
State Officials Hope to Complete
SIX MILLION DOLLARS SPENT
Xow Ilritaln-Iterlin, Hartford-Farm
ington, and
Meriden-Middletown
Roads Anions Those Slated to He
Finished This Month.
Hartford, Oct. 29 tP! Provided
tho unusually good weather contin-
j ues for ten days or two weeks long
!er, the state highway department
jwill probably establish a record in
Iroad building this year and will be
,alde to complete this fall nearly all
of the 12G road and bridge construc
tion Jobs now under way in the state,
. State Highway Commissioner John
! A. Macdonald said this morning.
j The Mansn.-ld-Ashford. the South-
j bnry-Washing'on, the South Wind-
Stratford jobs are practically done
or will be, it. is expected, this fall.
;The commissioner emphasized, how
ever, that there may be delay due
to weather. Payrolls for many of
the workmen have been for 12 hours
a day during this present good
weather.
1025 Record Eclipsed
Two years ago the department es
tablished a record when it built 113
miles of new or reconstructed high
way. Last year this record was in
creased 75 per cent by the construc
tion of iust over 200 miles. Indi-
:..,. hB. n,mK.
, see
the completion
of about 220
mil
for 19
Koad construction work under!
way In this state during 1927 called :
; proximately. Mine oi me jons were
i begun last year, however. Of this ,
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(Lr,f'-5El-'G'C,U EDUCATION
lEives ran ononaviue n v
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epunnurn Aim ?a onn
curiums ftmu
BOSTON; THREE 0
FAILS TO ESCAPE
WITHJJGHTS OFF
Skoner Apprehended After Mad
FINES OF $228 IMPOSED
Judge Ro he Brands Actions of Ac
cused Man After Main Street j
Crash as "Most Flagrant'' In- j
t
stance, of Evading Responsibility. I
After crashing into another car,
Fred Skoner, aged 21, turned oft his
headlights and sped down Park
street, at 10:30 o'clock last night,
j only to be apprehended and brought
to court for evasion of responsibil
ity, reckless driving and operating a
car without a driver's license, for
which offenses lie was assessed a
total of $228 and costs today.
Prisoner Is Sulky
Judge Henry P. Roche in sum
ming up tho case this morning,
branded the incident as the most
llagrant case of evasion of responsi
bility that has come before him.
Skoner, sulking in the prisoner's
pen, merely mumbled "guilty," as
K lerk L. J. Danberg read the var
ious caarges,
and he declined to
I make any comment on the evidence
onered by Patrolmen Peter Skier
kowski, Benjamin Huek and Peter
Cabelus. For evasion of responsi
bility, a fine of $20o was imposed,
for driving without, a license the
penalty was and a fine of $25
was handed down in the reckless
driving case arising out of his dash
for freedom down Park street.
Patrolmen Skierkowski and Huck
were standing at the intersection of
Main and I'ark streets when Skoner
came out of Franklin square, struck
the rear fender of Waller Brazen's
coupe, turned oft! the lights and
"stepped on the gas," they testified
today. The police-men gave chase,
but in the. meantime, Patrolman Ca
belus, sighting the iightiess, speed
ing car, had brought it to a halt at
John and I'ark streets.
The policemen questioned Skoner.
who gave as his only reason fur his
actions the fact that he didn't have
a license with him and feared the
consequences.
Bond Returned, Fined SIOO
D. Blair, Lanning, aged 2 7, of
Hartford, was represented by Judge
William F. Managan and through j
his counsel asked that a forfeited
bond be returned and his case of
operating while under the influence I
of liquor be reopened. Prosecutor f
Joseph G. Woods offered no opposi-
lion. Lanning then pleaded guilty '
and paid a fine of $100 with a sus
pended jail sentence of 30 days being ,
recorded.
Lanning originally had his case
continued for one week, but being
anxious to have the matter disposed
of he asked for hearing on the fol-
lowing day. but, failed to put in an I
armcarancc. As a result the bond :
was forfeited. Lanning appeared
this morning, however, within the
time of the original continuance. In
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GIRMEffS LIFE
Mangled Body Found on Roof of
New York Hotel
LEAVES NOTE TO MOTHER
Young Woman Telephones To Clerk
she's Going To Commit Suicide
Police Unable To Find Clue To
Her Identity.
New Y'ork, Oct. 2 9 (Pi Leaving a
note to her mother saying: "You
know I do not love Buddy and this
New Y'ork life is driving me mad,"
a 24-year-old young- woman who
registered as M. E. Greene of Pas
saic, N. J., jumped to death from
her eighth floor room in the Hotel
Knickerbocker early today. Her
body landed on the roof of a secona
story extension.
She had registered at 8 o'clock In
the evening and had gone to her
room late last night. This morning
the telephone operator got a call
fro . her room: "I am going to take
poison. I am going to commit sui
cide." Try To Fnter Room
Two bellboys and an elevator op
erator tried to enter the room, but
I the door was bolted on the inside,
j About this time, the hotel manager
heard a thud from the roof ot the
extension. Investigating, he found
th mangled body of the girl.
In the room, hotel officials said
there were found an empty Scotch
whisky hottle. an empty ginger ale
bottle, three empty cigarette pack
ages and one full one, and on the
dresser this unsigned, scarcely legi
ble note:
"Darling Mother:
"Please forgive me. You know I
do not love Buddy and this New
York life is driving me mad. I donrt
see how anyone can stand it. Please
do me a favor and have Mao call
William King at 114 West 70th St.
; If Mac cannot get him get Dr. (the
I name is Indistinct) or Dr. Murray
on the phone and have him call
Joe."
Police reported that no other clue
to the girl's Identity was found In
tier room, sne had received no vis
itors, the hotel management said.
WIFE OF COM. HOLT
DIES IN NEW1NGT0N
Was Member of Grace
Church, Grange, and Har
mony Chapter 0. E. S.
Hartf'nrri
Oct. 29 UPi Mrs. Mary
wife of Dairy and Food
i. n.. ui.
Commissioner Thomas Holt died at
her home in Newington Junction this
morning. She was born in England
land was 74 years old. She was a
member of Grace Episcopal church,
Newington Grange and Harmony
chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, j
of Southington. : mackerel seining grounds off Cape
i Besides her husband. Mrs. Holt j Cod. The Avalon was built at Es
I haves a daughter. Mrs. Alice Gilbert, 8"n 'n 1903 and was valued at $20,
; and two sons, J. W. Holt and George j 00-
! Holt, all of Southington. The I Steams to Port
funeral will be held Sunday after- ! T!le President Wilson finally gav
j noon at 2 o'clock at Grace church, up the search for additional survlv
Newimrton Junction. Burial will be ' ors and started for Boston at 9:15
in the Center cemetery, Newington.
CARPENTER IS HELD
IN WOMAN'S DEATH
llnily Found in Rear of His Store
Admits Waking With Blood
On His Hands
Brooklyn, Oct. 29 (CP) William
C. Raynur. carpenter, was held for j Knight M. Crawlej. of Piedmont
j questioning in connection with the ('alitorn.a. convicted in the I'nited
jdv.itii of .drs. Josephine Cassel, 37. 'states court here of defrauding
whose body was found in the rear 'Chinese representatives of General
! of P.ayuor's Shop early today. j Yang Sen, military chieftain of
j There were wounds on the worn- . Szi ehuan province, to-lay was sen
, an'.-; Ugs such as might have been ; tein.-ed to 15 months' imprisonment
I iiil'.icted w.th an ice pick and herein the federal prison on McNeil
i body f-howed other bruises and
abrasions. An autopsy will be. por-
loniicd later.
lC.iy.ior appeared at a police sta
tion shortly after 2 a. in. and said
Mrs, t.'itssol had b. en injured. He
told detcctn.s tnat both he and i
Mrs. Cassel had been intoxicated j
when they went to bed. When he -
awakeiud. he said, he found blood !
on his hands but "could remember i
nothing that happened." I
I'.VTAIj EXPLOSION'
New York, Oct. 29 (P) One per
son was killed and five injured in
a premature blast at the West Tor
tal. N. J., tunnel of the Lehigh
Valley railroad today. Reports to
the railroad otllces here said the
the injured were taken to tn
Phillipsburg, N. J., hospital.
Railroad officials had not re
ceived details concerning tho explo
sion but said that the men involved
were working for a contracting
company making repairs to the
tunnel.
AND SINKS
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ARE RESCUED
Twenty Sailors Believ
ed Missing Vessel
Gives up Search for
Additional Survivors
and Starts for Port at
9:15.
Message Reports Two
Bodies Picked Up III
Fated Craft Property of
Gloucester Company
Coast Guards Hurry to
Scene of Disaster.
Provinoetown, Mass., Oct. 29 )f
The Gloucester fishing schooner
Avalon was rammed and sunk in a
heavy fog off Highland light at 4:15
o'clock this morning, eastern stan
dard time, by the Consulich liner.
President Wilson with the presum
able loss of more than 2D member
of tho fisherman's crew.
The collision occurred within sight
of here and about five miles off th
top of Cape Cod.
After standing- by for hours th
President Wilson reported it had
only been able to pick up three sur
vivors. The liner was inbound for Bos
ton from New York from -which
port it sailed yesterday for paler
mo, Italy. The Avalon was a two
masted boat, tho property of Wil
liam H. Jordan company of Glou
cester. She ordinarily carried a
crew of 25 men. The vessel was
formerly tho Kaiser Franz Joseph I
and is registered as of 12,588 tons.
Carried 25 Men
Boston, Mass., Oct. 29 A) The
schooner Avalon was later identi
fied as a two masted fishing boat
owned by the William H. Jordan
company of Gloucester and carrvimr
ia i,rooaoi crew of between 20 and
I 25 men-
I Jne coast guard cutter Ossipee
I was reported steaming to tho scene
pf the disaster,
Three Are Rescued
Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 29 OP
Word of the rescue of three mem
bers of the crew of the Gloucester
fishing schooner after she had been
rammed and sunk by the liner
President Wilson off Highland light
this morning was received by the
schooner's owners, the William H.
Jordan company. Their names
were given as Nicholas Walsh, Eldin
Fleet and Frank Heneon.
The same message said that two
bodies had been picked up. The
Avalon, a two-masted auxiliary
schooner, ordinarily carried a orew
ranging from 16 to 19 men. She
was in command of Captain Ed-
tmund Bogler. No accurate crew
list was available here but it was
known that among those aboard
were Clifford Bogler. engineer, cous
in of the skipper, Harry Anderson.
Frank Calder and Charles White, all
of this city. Yeslerday afternoon
the Avalon landed 9,000 pounds of
mackerel at Boston and last nleht
she set out on her return to the
a. m. It was thought it would
i reach there in about two hours. Th
weather was hazy with a strong
- northeast wind.
SENT TO PRISON
American Who lofratidcd Chinese
Military Officials Get.s 15 Month"'
Term.
Shanirb.il. China, (let -o ,m
Island. Washington. Crawley was
I charged w ith having agreed to sup
; ply Yang Sen w ith 2,ooo,ye0 rounds
j of rilie ammunition to be shipped up
:he Yangtze river aboard the Cnited
i states gunboat Mor.o.acv. accepting
' HH) (Mexican) for doing so.
Crawley voluntarily returned his
sh:ll"e of the money, amounting to
?30-('00 (Mexican) to representatives
of Yang
Sen. The defense will np
. higher court in San Fran-
peal to
Cisco.
Tired of Living at Age
Of 11, Attempts Suicide
New York, Oct. 29 tPI Tired of
living at the age of 11, Alexander
Szostak of Elmhurst. L. I., tried to
commit suicide today by inhaling il
luminating gas. He. left a note to
his father saying, "I am sick and
tired ot living and being treated
like a dog by my sisters. I am go
ing to end it all and am saying
goodbye." He was found uncon
scious and taken to a hosnltal where
it was said he would recover.