The Post-Star from Glens Falls, New York • 1

it Lit. 1 L'A NY Y. i-h 4 r. THE LATEST NEWS FIRST The Post-Star I delivered throughout Warran, Washington and Saratoga countits on tho day of publication. WEATHER Fair today and Thursday; cooler to-- day.

At 2i80 o'clock this i -morning Ths Poat-Star thermometer registered 44 degrees above zero. rvr A GLENS FALLS, MORNING, APRILS, 1925 Vol. XXI. Whole No. 6083.

SIXTEEN PAGES SIXTEEN PAGES Price Three Cents --Jt JnLJC JT OS Ji XV nurnin niiinnin Capture Fast Boat That Took Booze In -Code Jamestown Lawyers Argue Legality of Home Rule That Affects Glens Falls liniiTiiirrtrkTnnhvi lilJliliH hi ill ulJUl COII OR i- Former City Employe Seeks to Upset Amendment 'u Extendmg Terms of City Uiticiais OF BABY HE SLEV Religious Differences Figure In Tragedy of Distraught 4 Widower TRIED TO HANG HIMSELF Confesses Infanticide On Hos-pital Bed After Emerging s. From Coma SCHENECTADY, April 7. Thomas town, have held over a year in office. Their terms otherwise would have expired Dec. 81, 1924 It was said the act affects also Olens Falls, -Cortland, Lockport, North Tonawanda, Narwlch and Ogdensburg.

Mr. Cawcroft asserted that the law passed by the 1924 legislature postponing city elections on even years to the ensuing odd year must of necessity have modified any previous acts and court decisions. "On the eve of the elections of 1925," he declared, "the attorney-general can ill-afford to cast any doubts on. a situation which Is facing many cities of the state. These cities should not be put In chaos by keeping this situation In the air." Mr.

Dean replied that the city, council and Mayor Carlson already were keeping the city of Jamestown in chaos. ti. ttogem, 01 vvaieroury, placed under arrest In the hospital here a 1 .) In thu death of 'his infant child. In an alleged -confession to police-Rogers is said to 1 v.have admitted ne cnioroiormea me T-. child.

Placed, the body in' a suit case ft'. and checked it at-the parcel room of a. New Haven, railroad station. Chief of Police William H. Funston ALBANY, April 7.

The "home rule" amendment" was attacked as a "wretched Diece of legislation, abso lutely absurd and without any Intelli gent foundation, at a-neanng ioaay before Attorney General Albert Ot-tinger on an action to test the titles to office of Mayor Carlson and members of the city council of Jamestown. The action was brought by August Nelson, former city employe, through his attorney, Benjamin S. Dean. Ernest Cawcroft, corporation counsel- appeared for Mayor Carlson and the city council. Deputy Attorney General Wendell C.

Brown heard the arguments on behalf of Attorney General Ottinger and directed the attorneys to file briefs within 30 days. The basis for the action Is" a test of the constitutionality of an act designed to provide for election of mayors of cities in off-years, under the "home rule" amendment. As a result of the legislation mayors of Jamestown, Hudson, Mecnanlcviue, ana Miaaie- Wife's Lawyer Asks Judges to Compare Guv's Picturej With Beavais's AT.RAN"V-, Anrll 7, With the COUft of appeals now rests thedecision as to the -parentage of baby Guy Stlllmani Counsel for James A. fcitijlman, Jew York banker; for Mrs. Aniie U.

man. who divorced him. and for the child concluded before the court today their arguments In the appeal brought by the Banker1 from the Vdeclslon of Referee Daniel J. Gleason in- the n-vorce actions Referet Gleason Wad ruled baby Guy was the legitimate spa ot James A. and Anne U.

Stlilniflti ana MILLER ARGUES BARRING ST1LLMAN LETTER "-i to whom the confession was made, said Rogers admitted he was not telling the Sj truth -when he said earlier today he had left the child with a cousin in New Britain. Conn. but had killed the in- ant. because It was sickly and also ai because he did not wish it to be yl brought up under a. religion other than his own.

Rogers was held under police guard X. in the hospital here tonight as a lugl Bald he has acute spinal meningitis, jl-v 'i heart trouble and Is suffering also "ft from an overdose of sedative. He was found unconscious In jt otel room here Saturday noon, with a halter around his neck, and attached to the bedpost Notes on a iailrORd tlm table V. in lijs room were taken to Indicate he gf' been despondent slnoe the death of his wife abut a 'JttontH ago, and jf, jntenaa to commit Ja Brother Faints ii E. Rogers of Troy, a brother, came to the hospital today to talk i.

with the sick man. Later he collapsed and upon being revived told police his i brother had admitted; him the slay-kki ln of the B. Rogers leff 'toi night to. visit a third brother who-Uves In-Ljcndhurst, N. J.

and to obtain legaj aid in New York city. it According to CMet Vdhtt6tt iitia miA nut iHiiimM a ii.irj.imwtop-c- Hanover, an: expert in ex- District Alexander T. Bless Large Force of Men Fight Flames That Bum Over Sixty Acres FANNED BY STR0N GRINDS Bangers and Railroad Gangs Require Hours to Bring Oon-' flagration Under Control Fire, which threatened to destroy the farmhouses 'of Charles Starks and Timothy Sullivan, swept, over sixty acres owned by the Delaware and Hudson company? Abraham VaiTassell and laurence Baker on the mountain west of the D. and H. tracks north of Comstock yesterday afternoon and last night.

Through the efforts of Fire Warden Herbert Barber and a crew from Whitehall, along with three D. and H. section gangs, the fire, which started about 2:30, was under control at 9. Although some standing timber was burned, the fire confined itself almost entirely to leaves and stumps. It is believed that the fire was ignited from sparks from passing train, a careless fisherman or sparks from burning ties, although no definite cause be cited.

Fanned by a. strong east wind, the fire-burned westerly away from the tracks up the mountain in the vicinity of Dolt Pond "towards Lake peorge. Great Loss From Forest Firs DEERFIELD, N. It, April 7. A forest fire, which had its origin in a brush fire In a saw mill yard here today, at midnight tonight had reduced to ruins one house, three barns, a garage, rfhd about three million feet of standing and cut timber and damaged five other buildings.

No estimate tf the actual amount of damage- could be obtained -tonight, owing to the great consternation among the residents in the path of the fire. Fire departments from neighboring towns were dispatched oveir the rough roads and men from the hill and val leys responded with picks and shovels. ana -takes and fought the fire for twelve hours before gaining control: Homes, near the devastated section, were -thrown open to the fugitives women and while the men took utf posts for an all-night vigil over the smouldlng area; Summer Colony In Danger ASHLAND, N. April 7. A forest Are which threatened to wipe out the summer colony here today was apparently brought under control tonight after all local Industries had released more than 400 men to battle with the flames.

Village Destroyed MARQUETTE, April 7. Fire today virtually destroyed the village of Chatham, In the -upper peninsula, leaving one dwelling, the Anger county infirmary, the school and railroad station Fifteen buildings were destroyed. The fire was started by two girls playing with matches in the haymow of a barn? The-village was without fire fighting protection. Poor Spelling Dooms I Man to Prison at Trial On Extortion Charge PHILADELPHIA April 7 Four misspelled words in a typewriting and spelling test to which he was subjected in the federal, court today resulted, in conviction of Chauncey L. Pyle of Aledla, for attempting to work an extortion scheme on T.

Woodward Trainer, wealthy manufacturer of Chester, Pa. A jury found Pyle guilty of being the author of six letters in which Mr. Trainer was Informed that his 18-year-old son, not drowned at Cape May, July 28, as his parents believed, but. was alive and well aboard a "rum runner" and would be returned If his father paid $12,000. Pyle's fate was decided on his spelling of the words "expenses "prompted," "truly," and "definite." He spelled them "expences," "promted," "truely" and "definlate." The words were used several times in the letters and were misspelled as Pyle misspelled them in the test.

Judge Thompson postponed sentence until Monday. APPEAL AGAINST DEPORTING' P0NZI WASHINGTON, April 7. Attorneys for Charles Ponzl, Boston financial wizard, today appealed to, the- labor department for cancellation of the warrant under wJIlch he is to be deported. The warrant, charges Ponzi with being in this country illegally on the ground he had been convicted of forgery' previously in Canada, Ponzl's attorneys contended he had In this country for; more than five years since conviction in Canada, and therefore, under the law, may not be deported. LL FIRE DESTROYS FIRE HOUSE IN HUDSON HUDSON, April 7-Six fire companies were called out tonight to combat a fire which had destroyed a two-story- brick building housinga volunteer fire department, a wholesale tobacco store, a grocery store and had jumped to a lumber, yard one block away.

At midnight the fire was not under control and" the damage -was estimated at more than (60,000. The fire Is believed to have started In the tobacco store and to have spread to the building housing Volunteer Hose and Chemical Company No. 8, and the other structures. OVER LAST YEAR Board Raises Salary of Attendance Officer From $900 to $1,000 a Year An Increase in the 1925 school budget over that of. last year was- indicated at a meeting of the Board of Educatlon last night when preparation of the budget was begun.

The work will be con tlnued tomorrow night. John H. Quinlan, attendance officer, was granted an increase in salary from $900 to $1,000 a year. The item for fuel Is $8,500. A new item in the budget this year is for part time school.

This feature of school activities was discontinued last year on the assumption that there are not 200 youths here who would be eligible. The State requires a'dlstrict to maintain a part time school where there are 200 eligible iSTse board insists there are not 200 Tiefe, but has HOOfr for the resumption' ot this branch if. the state census: to be taken: iri June reveals that there 400 In this New teachers were tngVgfoT for next. follows Miss Ethel F. Rusk, Saugerties First year "Knglisli; Miss Gladys Hayner, High School English; Miss Sarah H.

Angelica, N. Hiatory; Miss Beatrice C. Buchanan, Johnstown, Miss Janiece Goodwin, Bangor, girls' athletic instructor; Miss Elizabeth L. Renner, -Walkill, N-. French; Miss Muriel V.

L. kindergarten at "Ridge street school Ralph Honian, physical director. Miss Fifield is a former resident of GlenH Falls. Members of the faculty who are resigning this year are Miss Fhebe Mills, Miss C. Estelle Irving, Miss Louise W.

Peeks, Harold W. Jenkins, Arthur Ferguson, Miss Margaret L. Knight and Miss Aroline H. Clark. Miss Miles and Miss Irving are retiring under the pension system.

MARCONI, 51, TO WED BRITISH GIRL AGED 18 LONDON, April 7. The Daily Express says it understands the engagement will, be announced seon of Guglielmo Marconlj the wireless inventor, and Elizabeth Marclsso Payn-ter, Miss Pnyntnr Is 18 years old and the daughter of Colonel George Cam-born Beauchlerk Paynter of Bosquenna Cornwall, an Intimate friend of Slgnor Marconi. Sighor Marconlj who is 61 years old, wasi divorced last year at Flume by his wife, who- shortly afterward was married to the Marquis di Montecor-cona. Col. Paynter is the commander of the Scots Guards.

WARREN VAN SLYKE DIES NEW YORK, April 7. Warren Clark Van Slyko, one of the "first attorneys to argue the Lusltania claims, and Assistant Chief of Naval Intelligence in Washington, during the world war, died at Roosevelt hospital tonight, after undergoing an operation for gall stones. TO REBUILD CROCKER HOUSE NEW LONDON, April 1.K new Crocker house will replace the one which was practically demolished by fire early this morning, it was announced today by the trustees of the B. F. Mahah estate.

This loss in the fire, which swept 'the Upper two stories of the building and spread downward to the third floor, was estimated at approximately $400,000. The 200 guests lost property valued at $4,000. TO LOCATE KIN OF DEAD The Glens Falls police wore requested yesterday to locate relatives of Charles Harrington -who died a- few days ago in Rutland, Mr. Harrington hSd relatives Glens Falls. testified against him in -Hartford last week, where ho was charged with the murder of.

a polloomani officials and Insurance inspectors declared the fire was incendiary. Snyder and Miss Bourne identified Cba.pman as the man who stole a sedan here year ago. The automobile Is reported to have-figured in the rob. bery the night Patrolman Jam(-9 Skelly was slain. Chapman was- convicted ot tho crime.

IDA PARK SCHOOL BUDGET TO SHOW INGREAS Fifth Fire In -Citv- )nUfi Tuesday Furnishes Luminous Spectacle REDUCES BARN TO ASHES Firemen Have Little Rest All Day Yesterday With Alarm Clanging Frequently A horse was burned to death, and hay, wagons sjia other implements Tvere consumed in a spectacular fir which destroyed a barn in Crandall park at 10 last night. The fire was th fifth in Glens Falls yesterday. When the fire department arrived at the scene in response to an alarm from Box 29, the fire had-enveloped the building and it was quickly re- duced to The motor pumper was used to pump water from, one ot the park ponds onto the ruins to pre vent sparks frbm setting fire to grass and timber nearby. The fir bnrt gained such headway that it wan im. pomible to save anything, and although mere were rumors that a horse owned by Orvllle C.

Smith, a member of the Crandall Trust, was in the barn, it was not definitely ascertained until the building had been destroyed. 1 With the building virtually destroy ed when they arrived. Chief Gates and thetpther firemen set to work' to prevent spread of the flames through the dry grass. One or two trees caught' fire, but the fire, was prevented froni spreading through the park. Hundreds of spectators attracted by ths glow in" the sky watched the fire bum for more than an hour and some of the more timid kept quite a distance from the barn as a series of detonations like cartridge shells exploding were heard.

The cause of the fire is unknown. With exception 'of two hoiirg, the, fire department was fighting fire irom yesteruay atternoon until eSrly this morning, after having answered wo--aIarms "eorHer-ln- the "day. Fanned by stiff wind; a grass fire hj th-traat in DIx aVenue, -east of Byrne, recently developed by City Judge Frank Hurley and Wi Stanilaus -Kelle-. -her; garer-the firemen a hard battls yesterday afternoon. The fire was too" far from a hydrant to permit the use of'hose 'and the men fought it with shovels, brooms and other Implements and after more than two hours work had II tinder control after It had swept over about ten acres.1- Telephone poles and fences caught fire as the flames spread with, lightning speed through the dry grass, but none was destroyed.

The Ridge street company was summoned to the home of Clifford II. Allen, 276 Glen street af 7:30 last night to extinguish a chimney fire. "Sparks from a bonfire set fire to the shingle roof on, the home of LeRoy 12 Broad street, yesterday noon. The firemen, summoned by an alarm- from Box 122, Broad and Staple streets, confined the fire to the shin- gles. At 10.30 a', m.

the 'Ridge street firs company extinguished a grass fire in Harrison avenue. Fireman Edward Eldfldge was slightly burned on the-backs of both hands at the Crandall park fire. Launch Saratoga, i World's Largest Airplane Carrie5 CAMDEN, N. April 7. An experiment, as significent of the ultimate evolution of naval warfare, perhaps, -as was the first trial- of iron armor plating on battleships, was Initiated today by the United States navy in-the launching of the U.

S. S. Saratoga, which will be commissioned the worVl largest airplane carrier. In the words of Secretary of the Navy Wilburs Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Chief of the bureau of aeronautics and other high, naval officials, the Saratoga, being the pioneer -of her type, la an unknown quantity in a new field of military combat the air.

Heretofore the United States navy has not possessed airplane launching -vessels and carriers of more than small auxiliary size. Therefore, the possibilities of this 33,000 ton steel monster, -with its awkward appearance, flat deck and its giant electric motors, which will drive it at a 33 knot speed, will be oritically tested. Emir of Kurds Has No Country But He Gets Plenty of Salt Air NEW YORK, April 7 "The Emir of KurdeBtan," like Philip Nolan, the flc- tional of Edward Everett Hale's story, was placed in the role of man without a country tdday. The transformation was accomplished by a special immigration bpard of inquiry'at Ellis Island which de-; cided that the self-stoled. ''emk-'' whose i name Is Prince Motfafimed Tftiid Zer-decheno, must be deported to England on the earliest eastbound steamer of the White Star line.

He just got back here a few days ago, after Ellis Is- i land officials had deported him on ths steamer Celtic on March 14. The British authorities refused to. gi-ant him entrance at the port of Southamp- ton, and started the transatlantic. game of shuttlecock with him. The "emir" says he isn't Joath to leave, declaring he wants to get back to Kurdestan to lead his army, now in the field.

Immigration officials asserted that the "royal" visitor has a police rec ord in' the United (States, France ana England MZ NEW YORK. Aorli 7-Capture of the speed boat Cigarette, described by customs officials as "the official mail boat and express carrier of the ram runners" along Rum Row, revealed today an apparently elaborate system for delivering code orders for liquor to supply ships off the Coast. Five men who were aboard the speed boat captured Monday by the coast guard, were today charged with violating the postal laws and held for examination after Federal Attorney Buckner ordered an investigation of the mall carrying aspects of the case. The Cigarette contained no liquor when captured, but searchers discov ered a quantity -of mail, some from Canada, which they said consisted of code orders to-various rum row supply ships, as well as cancelled orders. rJdward Barnes, assistant solicitor of the legal division of tle-customs house, said a large number -of -the found on the Cigarette were for the vessel Abbe-.

Chapelle; reported to be lying- about 25- miles off shore and suspected of being a liquor supply KAROLYI TO SAY IN CANADA WHAT Before- Departing His Wife Beards State Dept. For Explanation of-Muzzle NEW YORK. Auril 7. Before leaving for Canada tonight' the Count and Countess Karolyl, of Hungary, Is sued statements thanking the public and the press for their courtesy to the count, who, was admitted to the coun try by the state department on the stipulation that he refrain any mention of politics while here. Tomorrow morning the first president of Hungary and his -wife will arrive" In Montreal.

The state department's restriction, will riot be in force there and. the count said tonight: "When I arrive in tuimua jl tie pieasca iu tell the story I should have told there had I. been free to tell it:" Speaking of her call this afternoon on Castle. of Uh' Western Muropean division of the de partment of state at Washington, tne. countess- jh went to see Mr.

Cast! i tt YIOT' out the reasons -why. my husband was not permitted to speak, on politics, while he. was In this country, and to explain our attitude in the case. I did not ask that, the restrictions lifted, as we are leaving. orCanada.

in, a hours. I was "very courteously." The countess, when asked if she had been told the stats department's rea sons for its action in regard to tier husband, answered: -j. "Our conversation was private and I feel that if anything is given out about It should come from "Mr. Castle" The count, in his parting statement, said in par "In the stay that I have made there liave been many things that I should have been pleased to say had I been permitted to say them. But as the gen eral public knows, the passport tnat had been issued to me was a conditional Ane and I Immediately accepted it without protest, as I was enxiouS'to get to the hospital bedside of my wife.

The general public was quick see the embarrassment that I labored under and has been most considerate in helping me accept the stipulations which I did accept." 'v I SETS WOIVIAN FREE IN FORGERY CASE Handwriting On Notes Not Mrs. Sutherland's Whom i- Man Accused of Crime When Everett McClellan of Cambridge was arrested for forging his father's name to notes totalling $4,000, he said that the actual forgeries had been committed by Mrs. Lillian Sutherland, for whose husband he had worked on a Cambridge farm. McClellan admitted Intimacy with- the woman. She was.arrcsted.

Yesterday sh was released, freed or the cnarge of forgery by a handwriting expert, District Attorney Wyman. S. Bas-com sent the forged notes and specimens of the woman's handwriting to Dr. Albert H. the- Auburn crlminolglst, a8Bing him to- determine If the signatures on the.

notes were In the hand of Mrs. Sutherland. Word came back that they were not. When she was arraigned yesterday before Justice of theKPeaoe Lawton In Cambridge she was allowed to go. McClellan Is now, In the Salem Jail, where he has been since Charles McClellan, his father, a Cambridge happened Into tffe Cambridge Valley -bank one: day recently, and by chance learned that he was the endorser on several of his son's notes.

He denied ever endorsing the notes. Events followed rapidly. The young man. was arrested. He Implicated the woman, -saying she not only held the pen used In the forgery but that she had received most of the proceeds of the forgeries in tho shape of household furniture and, other presents he had purchased for hor with, the ill-gottert gains.

Her arrest also followed at once in Schenectady where she and her husband recently moved from Cambridge. ORBADE EXPER HI "Your so-called home rule act is a wretched piece of legislation," he said, "It is absolutely absurd and without any intelligent foundation." KILLS All SUES! Spark Causes Explosion Fatal to One Man and Starts Disastrous Fire HANOVER, April man was killed, several persons were severely burned, and damage estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000 was caused when a spark from new ma chine used for mixing powder Ignited hundreds' -of pounds of black gun powder at- the? plant of the National Fireworks Conipany here A o6reof Bj'nall buildings used as "mixing sheds were destroyed in the series ot ox- site of a shed in which the -list ex- Dlosion occurred. i Officials of the opmpahy said that more thaw pounds-of black gun powder, were, in the shed, at -the time. plant', 'situated -on a -wooded ivsbct 'In West Hanover, consists of several hundred small buildings set well apart MA. four larger structures used for offices, shipping department, CCLper warehouse- and sawmill, mime diately after the first heavy blast a series -of lesser explosions ihdlcated the blowing ud of other small build ings scattered about the woods.

The trees and brush caught fire from the explosions and it was with difficulty that a force ot 150 firemen lougnt tne flames away4rom 'the powder magazine and the shipping department In which were stored, hundreds of tons nf finished products. Several worlters who were in the mixing shed with Goodwin escaped by leaping through windows into the Little Drlnkwater river, which flows by the nlant. The explosion occurred at 12:45 -just as work was resumed after the lunch Up 'to that time, the work of mixinjg powder in 300 pound lots for the manufacture of fireworks had been done by hand, and tho first test was being 'made of a new machine for the purpose. It was believed a spark from this machine ignited the powder. WRECK BLOCKADES TRACKS AT ALBANY.

DRY BRIDGE ALBANY. April 8 Traffic on the New York Central railroad tracks to the west was halted this morning when an- engine and fifteen freight cars were derailed and overturned at a dry bridge spanning the Albany Schenectady highway near this city. Railroad men said the engineer and fireman had es caDed-: by lumping, -but it was not known how the train crew had fared. CHICAGO VOTERS REJECT MUNICIPAL TRANSIT CHICAGO, April 7. Chicago voters today rejected a proposition for pur chase by the city of the street railwaj'i and elevated lines and the building ot a subway, said to be the largest muni eiiml ownership project ever attempt ed, a majority of nearly 100,00 voters.

With the rejection of the ordinance for purchase of the city transportation svsteni. there also went by the board a proposal for municipal operation of the lines Which it was proposed to buy bv about the same majority. Less than one- half of rthe' Upward of the million Chicago voters went to the polls. wife and three children in 'Lancaster county." Mrs. Treler admitted she had mar rled a man by the name- of "Chapman l'h Philadelphia when she was but 17 years of age, had lived with mm do spite his unfaithfulness but finally ell vorced him about eleven years After visiting Mrs.

Treler, the men called on the Chapman: children, one of whom is married and working in Lanca-Bter, MACHINE FOR JUG POWDER fessions of Mrs. Stillman 'that the ohild the son of a half-breed Indian "guide; Frederick" TCf Beauvals. "The question before' the (jpurt is whether the' chlldv 6f an Indian Is to be foisted upon the other children of this family as a blood relative" for--mer Governor Nathan -L. Miller, Counsel for James A. Stillman, told the court In concluding his arguments.

Governor Miller protested that Mrs. Btlllman's alleged' confession to a Russell, Buffalo osteopath, and a letter to her husband admitting misconduct with Beauvais should have been admitted as evidence and that both the referee, in the divorce action, afid. the appellate division, second department, in the appeal, erred when they ruled out this testimony. John E. Mack, of Poughkeepsie, guardian ad' fltem and counsel for baby Guy, asserted Mrs.

Stlllman's conversation with the osteopath was of a' confidential nature, as between physician and patient, and that a wife's letter to her husband similarly was of confidential nature. Therefore, he contended, referee courts were within their rights In excluding the testimony. -Mr. Mack declared the alleged confession letter, to Stillman had been much "over estimated" by the Isaac N. Mills, counsel for Mrs.

Still-man, produced photographs 'which he asked the court to examine. They were pictures of baby Guy and the In dian "That dark-colored half-breed Indian never begat that light colored child," said Judge Mills, "and if your honors will examine these photographs you will see that I am "Aren't you asking us to. go far in this Chief Justice Hisoock asked Mr. Mills. "Perhaps I am," was the, reply, "but I trust you will give photo-aranhs careful study." The case now being regularly before the court, decision is expected when the court after the present session, but no decision is looked for until May.

FIRE TRUCKS EXEMPT- FROM VEHICLE TAX NEW YORK, April 7. A fire fighting machine is an instrument of public utility and therefore Immune from the imposition of the three per cent on motor vehicles under the revenue acts of 1917 and United States circuit eourt of appeals ruled today. The ruling was a victory or- the American LaFrance Fire Engine company in its suit Vincent M. Riordan, -collectQr of internal revenue, for the return of taxes totaling paid under protest. decision reversed the ruling of a federal-district court.

lug, who Jieard Rogers's confession, the child's mother died when the child was born 'about a mOntTj ago. Since that time, they said -Rogers told them, he had been "in a and hardly knew what he Was doing. Dissension oyer religious aifferences, wnicli had caused difficulties between Rogers and his wife's family for some time, he was said to have told' the authorities, was increased after the child's birth since the mother's family wished to have -the child reared as a Roman Catho lic. Finally, in desperation, Rogers Is said to have admitted, he took the baby to a New Haven park, poured chloro form on a handkerchief, and placed handkerchief and child In a suitcase. He took the suitcase to the New Haven station of the New York, New Haven i and Hartford railroad, be explained, and checked It at the parcel room, few days later he decided to return for the but on the way to the station read In a newspaper that the child body had been discovered.

Then, the authorities said be told them, Rog ers destroyed the parcel check and left the city. "Sent Baby to Heaven" Rogers' explanation of the child' death, police say, explains the state ment Rogers made In writing on a rail road timetable left in his room "I have sent -my baby to heaven." Earlier to day police had tried to question him regarding the statement and fye told mem ne naa leu ms cmia wun a cou-sln, Slgred Nordgren, at New' Britain. 'Rogers was clothed only In underclothing and vest when found Saturday; He remained unconscious until last night when ho came from the com enough to ask for "milk and toast" and to say his name was "Rogers of JVaterbury." Communication with Waterbury disclosed the fact that the relatives were seeking a Thurlow Rogers who had disappeared from the Connecticut city. In notes scribbled "on thte time table Rogers indicates his despondency since his young wife died- and said she had once told hiiii she would drown herself if ever he was- lost to her. Rogers had written Intelligibly at first, but toward the end, as the sedative pois- 'cning- apparently took effect, became Incoherent in his remarks.

"WATERBURY, April 7 Mrs. Nellie Rogers, -mother of Thurlow H. Rogers, when told tonight that her son had confessed' he chloroformed his baby' and left the body in a suit case at the railroad station in New Haven, said that she thought the. loss of his who died on her twenty first birthday mdre than a month' ago, coupled with tho fear that the baby would be kidnapped, was responsible for his act, Mrs. Rogers said her son was wor-- rled over the safety of the baby.

He held It constantly and would allow no i one to touch it, she said. Mrs. Rogers denied that the question of the baby's 4i, religion had anything to do with her son's act. Chapman Bares Enough of Past to Lead Chapman Wreaks Vengeance in Fire, Town Says as Witness's Garage, Burns Sleuths to Woman Believed His Wife ROSE COHEN INJURED WHEN AUTO SWAYS Police headquarters early this morn-; Ing reported a slight automobile accl- dnnt.on the Gahsevoort road near Glens Falls. Rose Cohen of 100 Broa street was thrown from an automobile as it swayed on rounding a sharp curve.

Bhe' was slightly injured. The accident was reported to the police by i Charles J. Kan tor of Albany, with whom Miss -Cohen, was driving. The Injured woman was taken to Glens Falls Hospital where It was saJd she was not in serious condition. STEUBEJNLLE, April -7? A fire described as "Gerald Chapman's destroyed the Stanton motor company's garage with a.

loss' jpf. $50,000. Earlier estimates placed the loss at $200,000. Snyder, part owner of the garage, and Miss Katherine Bourne, secretary, who told police that they had. received warnings of reprisals from CUapHian's friends since they LANCASTER, April" 7.

Interest in- the case of Gerald Chapman, facing In'rConnecticut for the slaying of a. policeman shifted to Lan-castereounty today when two detectives visited Mrs. Charles Treier, of this city in the belief she Was the first wife of the mail" looter and robber. They contended that Chapman had recently disclosed enough of his past history to warrant a search for "ft.