New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1914, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAI'V WERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 191 EUGENE LEACH FINED; RUNS DOWN OLD MAN Reoker G- Agan i Chembers; Her Case Continued. Found guilty of driving his auto- mobile ‘in such a manner as to en- danger ‘the life of Daniel Minning, of No. 27 Maple street, Eugéne Leach, of Stanley Quarter, was fined $25 and costs by Judge William F. Mangan in police court this morn- ing. An additional chargé of reck- less driving was dismissed because of the, good character of the ac- cused. " Testimony Against Leach. The laccident for which Mr. Leach was fined occurred Saturday morn- dng at the corner of West Main and Main streets when he rounded the corner.and struck Mr. Minning who ‘was-at that time crossing the street. Traffic. Officer Lamphere testified that Jleach drove up the west side of Main street .at a good clip but slackened ‘his: speed” as he approached the cor- ner. When he was given the sig- mal to go ahead he spurted on, said the officer, and rounded the corner At & fast rate of speed. As he did S0 ‘he ran into Mr. Minning, knock- Ang: him against @ post and letter box. TFrafic. Officer Malone, who was sta- tioned ‘at- the corner of Arch, Main and Walnut streets, said that when Leach passed him he had to warn him for failing to fully observe the traffic - rules. Mr. ‘Minning told of being hit and said that he was just stepping ontp the curb in front of ity Hall when the’car hit him. e .. .Says Officer Is Too Big. - Mr. Leach declared that he had observed the traffic rules and that when: he rounded the corner he was not going faster than fiftéen miles an hour. ' He sald that as Officer Lam- phere is so big he could not see Mr. Minning until he was about to hit him. He, exercised all possible cau- tion, he said. Clifford Talmadge, a friend of the accused, testified to his good character and skill as.a driver, and said that he had exercised all due caution. Miss Minnie Martin, who was with Mr. Talmadge at the cor- ner of West: Main and Washington streets when - the accident occurred, gave, similar testimony. Miss Edith Atwell, who was with Mr. Leach at .the time:of the accident, said that because of the position of the police- man, it was impossible for the oc- cupants of the car to see*Mr. Min- ning until it was too late-to avoid running-him down. Other witnesses for Mr..Leach were M.. P. Leghorn, R. W. Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. Sweitzer. . & ? Fair Amelia in Court. Amelia = Reicker, daughter of Flor- eon Reicker of 91 Seymour street, was again in chambers this morning. The &irl, who is quite. pretty, but not es- pecially. strong of will, is in danger of falling into, habits of vice and her father and sister, who have been car- : ing for her alternately, say they can do nothing with her. The girl was in court on June 27 and .placed on'probation, in care of ‘her sister, at that time. Since then she has. not. .mended her way, it is claimed. While it is not thought that she-is a bad girl at heart, her ignorance and shallow mind will make her an easy prey for unprincipled people, Judge Mangan, after hearing her case, had it continued until tomor- row and.in the meantime ordered her father to take her to see Father| Coppens, pastor of St. Peter’s church, of which the family. are members, to see. what influence he may have, on the = In One Door, Out Another. s:<In one ‘door and out another and #hén the:saine process all over again ‘Wwas the merry little program carried out by Officer Hellberg and Val Bol- “lerer -and his bartender last night avhen ‘Bruno Achman began to cut up capers in the Commercial street saloon. Achman created a distur- bance and after being ejected three times continued to return and look for more trouble. When Officer Hell- berg “was called in he was compelled to chase the” accused all around the premises” before he could ‘catch him. A fine of $10 and costs was imposed. APPEALS TO. NEW HAVEN., Public. Service Commissioner Asks Road’s Counsel ta, Agree to Act. - Boston, Mass., July 7.—George W. Anderson, a public service commis- siorier, sent ‘an’ open letter yesterday to Moorfield Storey, counsel for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railrogd,’ urging thé acceptance by the directors of fhe enabling act of the l¢gislature, pyoviding for the separa- tion of thé New Haven and the Bos- ton and Maine.. .The directors have announced their intention of reject- ing the. legislation, because of the go-called “string” attached to it, hy which <the state reserved the right fo take the Boston and Maine stock at any time at' its face value. : Mr, Anderson’s letter said that, ivhile he was personally opposed to “string” .provision, he believed the sentiment of the Commonwealth was *‘overwhelminglyy in favor” of it. He expressed the opinion that the state has already had the power to tzke the stock and: that the provision in the bill was unnecessary. SCALPED TO DEATH. . Toledp, . O., July 7.—When the lo- comotive of a Toledo, Ann Arbor and .Jackson passenger train jumped the rails and toppled into . a ditch near west Toledo this morning, Frank Breitner, 35, engineer, was scalded to death, “and Roy Porter, fireman, was severely scalded. Forty. pams- | agency, sengers were shaken up and bruised, pone severely. lwhlch its teams are playing. SENT TO BELLEVUE FOR LOVING WIDOW Bridgeport, Millionairess Says Valet, Hong Wong, Annoyed Her Ter- ribly With Love Letters. New York, July 7.—Mrs. Belle Mui- cahey of Bridgeport, Conn., who a | year ago inherited a fortune of more than a million dollars from her hus- band, Frank J. Mulcahey, president of the Kane Steam Valve company. appeared in the Harlem court yes- terday to prosecute Hong Wong, a Corean valet, who was so anxious to marry her that she caused his ar- rest a week ago at her home in Eridgeport. When Hong Wong was arraigned in Bridgeport after he had pursued Mrs. Mulcahey and two of her women guests through the house Mrs. Mu cahey felt very sorry for him, ax her intercession caused his release. He promised not to annoy her fur- ther with his love letters and his rersonal attentions. 1 But since his release Hong Wong has been writing the most fervid of love letters to Mrs. Mulcahey. She employed a New York detective and yesterday detectives found him in the rear of a Chinese laundry in Harlem. It seems that Hong Wong, who had been Mr. Mul- cahey's valet several years, had writ- ten to Mrs. Mulcahey that if she would elope with him she would find him any time at this laundry. In court Mrs. Mulcahey, who accompanied by several lawvers and two women friends, recited the an- noyances to which she has been sub- jected, and Magistrate Marsh sent the valet to Bellevue hospital for ten days to have his mental condition ob- served. In court he loudly pro- claimed his love for Mrs. Mulcahey. MARCONI STATIONS TO AID AERO RAGE was ‘Wireless Inventor Assures Arnold Kruckman of His Co- operation. London, July 7.—All Marconi sta- tions on land or sea will give every pessible aid to patrol the course of the werld air race in 1915. Mr. Marconi gave emphatic assurance to this effect when seen vesterday by Arnold Kruck- man, aeronautic commissioner of the Fanama-Pacific exposition. Mr. Marconi predicted successful flights. He said the exposition couldn’t have a greater feature than the race. He expects to visit the ex- pesition. Mr, Marconi will call immediately a special meeting of the heads of the Marconi enterprises to complete the patrol plans. Speaking to Mr. Kruck- man, he revealed the fact that Gus- tav Hamel, the lost aviator, who was expected to participate in the world race, had spent many hours with Mar- coni working out the patrol plan. This plar Mr. Marconi expects to in- corporate with his new plans, Mr. Kruckman everywhere finds great interest in the exposition, as well as much criticism of the failure of the British to take part. Marked at- tention is being paid him. He was entertained at luncheon today by the lcrd mayor of London, with the lord mayors of Liverpool- and Manchester in attendance. The lord mayor of London expects to go to the exposi- tion. ‘COMPANIES CONSOLIDATE. New Cofrporation to Be Known as the American Mills Company. Hartford, July 7.—Archer J. Smith, president of the American Mills com- pany of Waterbury, today filed a cer- tificate of consolidation and merger of the American Mills company, Water- bury; the New Haven Web company of Hamden and the Narrow Fabric corporation of Orange, the merger be- ing dated July 1, under the name of the American Mills company. The capital is $1,200,000, divided into 12,000 shares. The stockholders of the three con- cerns will surrender their shares and receive stock of the new corporation. ‘A meeting is to be held in Waterbury July 9. Those signing the document are: Archer J. Smith, K. F. Griggs, H. L. Chase, Julius Maltby and F. M. Chambers of the American Mills com- pany; Mr. Smith, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Maltby, B. Hartley Mann and Julius B. Smith of the Web company; Mr. Smith, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Maltby, J. B. Smith and C. B. Twitchell for the Fabric company, The fee paid the state was $245. TAKEN TO INSTITUTE. Torrington Woman Was Pet Coach Dog. Torrington, July 7.—Mrs. S. Edson Gage of Flushing, L. I, who was bitten by a pet coach dog at her summer home near Litchfield several days ago, has been taken to the Pas- teur Institute, New York, for treat- ment. It is feared the dog was suf- fering with rabies. It was killed and the head sent to the Pasteur Institute for examination, Before biting Mrs. Gage the dog bit a valuable horse owned by Mr. Gage and a dog owned by a neighbor. Bitten By CREDITED TO ENGLAND. Folkestone, July 7.—The first sine gles match in the preliminery rouna between England and Belgium in the Davis cup tournament was creditea to England today, T. M. Mavragore dato defeating P. De Borman by 6-1, 6-3, 8-6. CHILDREN’S DAY. Chicago, July 7.—President Gil- more of the Federal league {oday set July 14 as a day on which chii- dren in orphan asylums will be the guests of the league at the cities in SENATE: CONFIRMS RESERVE. MEMBERS Nominatiors of Hamin, Harding and Miller Approved. Washington, July 7.—Three of the five members of the federal reserve board nominated by President Wils son—Charles S. Hamlin, W. P. G. Harding and A. C. Miller—were con- firmed late yesterday by the Senate. The nominations of Paul M. War- burg, of New i ed upon by the banking and currency committee; and probably will not be before the end of the week. ‘Will Take Oath. Mr. Hamlin, Mr. Miller Harding take the oath of office with- in a few days and the work of setting in motion the new federal banking system can begin at once. The secre- tary of the treasury and the comp- troller of the treasury are ex-officio members of the board, which con- sists of seven members. The five will constitute a quorum to do practically all preliminary business. Mr. Jones was before the commit. tee for nearly four hours yesterday to tell about his relations with the Inter- national Harvester company and the New Jersey Zinc company, both so- called trusts. He was questioned at length by the members. No proposal senate on his nomination, but it regarded as possible that if approval is given it will be by a close vote. Senator Hitchcock’s Report. Senator Hitchcock was authorizea to give out the information obtainea from Mr. Jones. His report in sub- stance was: Mr. Jones appeared in answer to was asked gquestions about his rela- | tions to two large business enter- prises, one of which was the Interna- tional Harvester company, now . be- ing prosecuted by the government as a trust. 'Mr. Jones said he became a director of that company in April, 1900, purchasing one share to qualify as a director. He became a director at the request of Cyrus H. MecCor~ mick, an old friend. He sald he ful- ly approved of all the actions of the company since he became a directo: and believed that they were proper and legal. Mr. Jones announced that he was in accord with the policy of the Harvester company at present and said that there was no difference of opinion among the directors. He re- ceived no compensation, he said, oth- er than the nominal director’s fee. When elected he received the votes of the voting trust which contrplled the company, George W. Perkins, Cy- rus McCormick and William Deering. This voting trust has since been dis- solved. - Mr. Jones said he had noth- ing to lose: or gain by the decision of the courts in the anti-trust suit in the Harvester case. Owned Zinc Company. Prior to 1897, Mr. Jones told the dent of the zinc company at Mineral Point, Wis., capitalized at $400,000, which came to him and his brother in satisfaction of a debt. This com- pany was taken over by the New Jer- sey Zinc company, which. at the time was capitalized at $4,000,000 and the Jones brothers were given $900,000 in stock of the New Jersey company for their $400,000 in the Wisconsin com- pany. The New Jersey company acs quired other properties and increased its capital to $10,000,000. It now produces 20 per cent. of the spelter of the United States, 3 per cent. of the sulphuric acid and 85 per cent. of the oxide of zinc. As a result of vari- ous considerations the dividends of the New Jersey company last year were $5,500,000 and the year before $4,000,000. WILSON SECURES RELEASE OF MAID Former Domestic in President’s Home Freed From Jail Through Chief Executive’s Efforts, Trenton, N. J., July 7.—Through the personal efforts of President Wil- son, a woman who was employed in his Princeton home as a domestic fen years ago, will be released from the Mercer county jail, t6 which she was committed on a charge of habitual drunkenness. The woman’s name is withheld at the request of the president, who de- sires to give her a new start in life Her predicament was discovered by a former Princeton school teacher, Miss Katherine Welsh, who wrote to the president. Governor Fielder of New Jersey was asked by the presi- dent to investigate the case and later crdered the county authorities to re- lease the woman. REITERATES STATEMENT. Washington, July 7.—Comptroller Willlams before a senate committeo today, investigating charges of misuse of official letter heads for promotion of a North Carolina gold mining pro- Ject, reiterated his previous statement that he had no interest whatever in the property, and denied that he ever arranged a conference betwen the Promoter and the prospective buyers. PROMINENT EDUCATOR DEAD, Waterbury, July 7.—James Edward Madigan, fifty-four, principal of the | Webster Grammar school, and acting principal of the Mary Abbott school, died at his home here this morning. Mr. Madigan has' been prominent in educational circles here and in west- ern Connecticut for the past twenty- five yegrs. | FOURTH AHAPPY ONE | York, and Thomas D. | Jones of Chicago, have not been act- | and = Mr. | was made to vote on a report te the ! the invitation of the committee and ! committee, he owned and was. presi- | FOR TWO IMMIGRANTS New Britain Citizens-slect Saved From Deportation on Holiday. (Special to the Herald.) | Washington, D. C., July 7.—Terese | Novak and Anna Mohap, each thirteen | years of age, prospective citizens of | New Britain, have special reason for celebrating each July 4th in the fu- ture, the Independence day of the land of their adoption. Their high { hopes for finding happiness and long | life in “the land of the free and the home of the brave” were about to be blasted July 4 by deportation from its shores, when Congressman Lonergan stayed the execution of the order. i The holiday of Uncle Sam’s immi- gration officials was broken into to | prevent deportation and it now ap- pears that the little travelers will be | permitted to join their friends in Con- necticut. Terese and Anna arrived at Ellis | Island July 1 on the steamship Kroon- land of the Red Star line. The immi- gration officials at Ellis Island did not think the ‘little girls: met all the re- quirements of the immigration laws and they were not permitted to land. | A deportation order was issued and | the girls were told they must take the next steamer back to the land from whence they came. Johann Gaspar of 32 Booth street, New Britain, is a relative of the girls and, upon hearing of their predica- ment, appealed immediately to Con- gressman Lonergan in Washington. The facts in the cases were not brought to the attention of the con- gressman by Mr. Gaspar until the morning of July 4, and as that day was’a holiday in Washington, as else- where, this circumstance came very near rendering it impossible to stop the deéportation. Busy Fourth of July. Mr. Lonergan immediately endea- vored to get into communication with the secretary of labor for the pur- pose of securing an order that de- . portation proceedings be held up un- til relatives of the girls could have a hearing. He was informed that ow- ing to Saturday being a national hol- iday, the secretary’s offices were closed for the day. An. effort was then made to locate Hon. Anthony Caminetti, commission- er-general of immigration, but the only information which could be se- cured was that the commissioner was celebrating the Fourth and would not be accessible until Monday. This Wwould be too late to secure the can- cellation of the deportation order, so Congressman Lonergan set out in a taxicab and after numerous calls, lo- cated one of the immigration bureau | officials in his club. Deportation Stopped. After explaining the details of the cases, and emphasizing the necessity for prompt action, the congressman finally arranged matters so that the Hon, Byron H. Uhl, commissioner ot immigration at Ellis Island, was com- municated with by telegraph, ana the order to deport the girls on the next vessel was cancelled. Steps were also taken for a re-hearing of the cases, and in all probability a bona of a sufficient size to guarantee that the girls will never become public charges will be filed by their frienas who are anxious to have them ad- mitted to this country. Owing to the fact that all of departments of the government were closed, and that practically all of the officials were either in attendance at the big Fourth of July celebration arranged by the citizens of Washing- ton, or else were witnessing the Bos- ton Americans taking the good end or a 1-0 contest with Walter Johnson's the | associates ‘on the Florida avenue grounds, the girl immigrants case occupied Congressman Lonergan's en- tire forenoon. To an immigratton of- ficia] who commented on this fact the congressman sald that he was better pleased at being able to ' as- sist the immigrants in thelr predica- ment, alone as they were and in a strange country, than to have been taking part in the Fourth of July fes- tivities. TO VISIT CAMP. Governor Baldwin and Staff Will Spend Two Days at Niantic, Hartford, July 7.—According to in- formation given out at the adjutant general’s office today Governor Bald- win and members of his staff will spend two days at the state military camp at Niantic next week, going there Wednesday afternoon. They will sleep under canvas. Major Shutelworth, U. S. A., de- tailed for the C. N. G. encampment, went to Niantic this afternoon to re- main until the close on July 18. Major Wise of the quartermaster’s de- partment and his office force will go down Wednesday. The camp is prac- tically ready for the reception of the troops, - HAULS DOWN FLAG OF REVOLT Chicago, July 7.—*“Mrs.” Behe Squire, head of the No Vote, N¢ Tax league, who refused for a number of years to pay taxes and who maln- tained her refusal after the granting of partial woman suffrage by the last Illinois legislature, hauled down the flag of revolt yesterday and notified the assessor that she would pay. Though a spinster she assumed tne title “Mrs.,” as a right, assertinag men had no right to indicate her wedded or unwedded condition. COLDEST IN HISTORY. New York, July .7.—This was the coldest July 7 in the history of the New York weather bureau. Up to 1 o'clock the minimum temperatllrel was 64 degrees, the maximum 63, No Good Property Should Be In the Hands of a Bad Tenant r is prudent and partic- ular, he’ll make “short shift” of acars- less, delinquent or destructable fenant. Profect the Owner and---- finds, quickly, the fenant who OUGHT to live in his house or apariment.