New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1914, Page 1

3 *l HERALD BEST OF ALL l LOCAL NEWSPAPERS e e NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS e PRICE THREE CENTS. NE}X’ BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1914 —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHET 1876. HING SUMMONS COMFERENGE ON IRSH QUESTION caders of Pofitical Parties in Great Britain to Discuss Crisis in Province of Uister. HOUSE OF COMMONS SPEAKER TO PRESIDE Premier Asquith in View of Develop- ment of Situation Decides Not Ask House to Discuss Today the Bill to Amend the Home Rule Bill. ~—Invitations Members of Each Faction, ! London, July 20.—Premier Asquith at the opening of the house of com- inons today announced that King George, “In view of the grave politi- cal situation has considered it right to summon a conference. of the rep- resentatives of' the political parties hoth British and Irish, to discuss the outstanding points of the of Irish government.” The premier added that the Right Hon. James Lowther, speaker of the house of commons, would at his majesty’s request, preside over the conferences. Postpones Amendment Debate. In view of this development of the situation Premier Asquith said he would not ask the house to discuss today the bill to amend the Irish home rule bill. The invitations to the conference {have been accepted by two represen- tatives each of the regular opposi- tion, of the Ulster unionists, of the Irish nationalists and of the govern- ment. Premier Asquith said he hoped the meetings of the conference would begin tomorrow. Loyally Accepts Command. Andrew Bonar Law, leader of the opposition on its behalf remarked that it had “loyally accepted the com- mand” of his majesty. John Redmond, leader of the Irish nationalists, scarcely.appeared. fo-ze-.| gard the proposed conference as at- tractive. He said: “My colleagues and myself take no responsibility for the policy of calling this convention and I do not think I am called upon to express an opinion as to whether the result will prove useful or the contrary. The jnvitation came to John Dillon and myself in the form of a command from the king and as such we at once obeyed it.” ! Interjects Warring Note. Lawrence Ginnell, a nationalist member, interjected a warring note into the otherwise peaceful interlude by asking if there was any precedent for the premier advising the king to “place himself at the head of a con- spiracy to defeat the wishes of the house.” The question was ignored and the house then proceeded with other bus- iness. 3 ! Causes Pleasant Surprise. News that King George had called a conference of the leaders of all the political parties in the United King- dom to discuss the crisis in the Pro- vince of Ulster caused a pleasant sur- prise today in political circles 'here. It was felt that a conference under the direct auspices of the king could only result in a settlement which even the extremists of both sides in TIre- land would be almost compelled to accept. Premier Asquith and the other po- litical leaders returned to town early this morning but none of them would discuss the latest developments of the Irish situation. The king also curtailed his visit to Spithead and returned quickly to London after reviewing the fleet. He went at once to Buckingham Palace, where the conference was to be held. HELD WITHOUT BONDS. Bridgeport Man Arrested in Connec- tion With Drowning of CGompanions. Fairfield, July 20.—Pending the investigation of the coroner, the case of Louis Kanaki of Bridgeport, ar- rested in conmection with the drown- Ing of Steven Vargo and Paul Aurlich also of that city, off the Penfield light yesterday, was continued when it came up before Justic Bacon Wakeman here today. The three men went out fishing yesterday, all baving been drinking, it is said. When the party first attracted atten- tion, according to witnesses, Kanaki was standing in the boat apparently striking” with an oar at his two com- panfons who were struggling in the water. Before help could reach them the two struggling men sank, and Kana- ki started to row away from the spot. lle was intercepted, arrested and giv- :n a preliminary hearing before a justice of the peace last night ana held for further proceedings toda. The continuance was granted to await the result of the coroner’s action and meantime Kanaki is held without bonds. i to Accepted By , Two | problem | i [ | | these tin star’ detectives that I ‘take |Sammons Conference[ \ KING GEORGE V. DEAD GRL'S HAR DIFFERENT COLOR Dr. Winters Says Body Ex- humed in Hlinois Is Not His Daughter’s, Chicago, July 20.—Detectives to- day believed that they had exhumed the body of Catherine Winters in the Potter’s fleld at Urbana, IIL, but Dr. William A. Winters of Newcastle, Ind., father of the child who dis- appeared in March, 1913, said the hair of the dead girl did not cor- respond with that of his daughter. “I don’t think she was my little girl,” asserted Dr. Winters over the long distance telephone. “My girl had brown hair,” Dr. Win- ters said, “while ‘the little girl whose body they exhumed has very light blonde hair. 1 don’t believe it is she.” , “I've been 'treated so badly by very little faith in their discoveries any more. There's no use of my go- ing to Champaign but I have sent an officer over there just to make sure,” Dr. Winters added. “It’s another plot to ruin my char- acter,” Dr. Winters said. ‘“Why these detectives even went around town this morning trying to get the neigh- bors to swear that my little girl had blonde hair. Everybody who knew her knows that she had brown hair.” Katherine ‘Winters disappeared March 20, 1913. Every detail of the descrip- tion of the missing nine-year-old daughter of Dr. William A. Win- ters, a dentist of Newcastle, Ind., tal- lied with that of the body, it was rumored. The clothing she wore on the day she disappeared also was identified, it was said. It is alleged that the body lay for thirteen months in the receiving vault of the cemetery and then was bur- jed unclaimed in the ‘potter’s fleld. Private detectives who arrived iIn Urbana two days ago told the cor- oner, J. J. Hanmore and Sherift Davis, that they had traced the body of Catherine Winters to Florida and thence to Champaign, where it had been buried. Theodore Brawn, sex- ton of the cemetery, told the detec- tives he could identify the stranger who brought the body to Champaign, and he and the two men left imme- diately for Newcastle. ! ‘When the body was first brought to Urbana in April, 1913, it was given to Guy Stewart, an undertaker. “He told me to take care of it for a few | days and have it placed in a re- ceiving vault and that some one would be along to claim it,” said Stewart. The body remained In the receiv- ing vault for thirteen months, but no one came to claim it. ' Two months ago it was buried. The detectives stated that the man who was transporting the box reg- istered at various places. PRIEST SAVES WOMAN. | Rev. John J. Downey of Hartford Rescues Hospital Patient from Death. Hartford, July 20.—A female pa- tient of the Hartford Retreat for In- | sane jumped from a carriage into Goodwin Park pond this afternoon and while a policeman who saw the act, ran to a pavilion some distance away to get rope, the Rev. John J. Downey, pastor of St. Michael’s church who was playing golf nearby threw off his . plunged in .and | The woman resisted the priest and scratched his face. He also lost his spectacles. At the retreat the wo- man’s name was withheld. It is be- | tieved she acted with suicidal intent. i formation which reached District At- | CONVICT LABORERS ROBINSON FACING MURDER CHARGE Jury Being Selected to Try Alleged Slayer of Boston Police Inspector. Boston, July 20.—A special venire of 340 names was drawn from which was to be chosen the jury to hear the evidence in_the trial, beginning today, of Lawrence Robinson, charged Wwith the murder of Thomas J. Nor- ton, a police inspector. Arrange- ments were made to handle a large crowd of spectators. Robinson, who was wanted in Grand Rapids, Mich.,, on charges of murder and jewelry robbery, is al- leged to have shot Norton when the’ latter with several other inspectors surrounded him in the Boylston Cafe on the afternoon of June 19. Rob- | inson was seated at a table with Jo- seph Duddy of Pittsburg. A number of shots were fired. Robinson him- self was wounded and Duddy was ar- rested for complicity in the affair. Duddy will be given a separate trial. Henry J.” Homrich of Huntington, W, Va., brought suit today to secure possession of about $15,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry taken from Robinson and Duddy when they were arrested. Homrich . claims to have identified much of the jewelry as hav- ing been stolen from his store in ! March. He also asks that the court | order $861 in cash found on the two | men turned over to him as represent- ing proceeds of the sale of some of his property. Unusual precautions to prevent derfonstrations during Robinson’s trial were taken by county author- itfes. Officers refused to admit any one to the court room without iden- tification and plans were made to keep the prisoner in charge of an armed guard day and night. These precautions are said to have been decided upon as a result of in- torney Pelletier and Sheriff Quinn re- garding any possibility of the presence in the city of western friends of the defendant. . ESTABLISH CAMP Sing Sing Prisoners to Build High- way in Catskills Between Al- bany and New York. Albany, N. Y., July 20.—A perma- nent camp of convict laborers, the| first established in the state today, began work on the highway in the Catskill Mountains that is to form a connecting link between Albany and New York on the west side of the Hudson river. The twenty men came from Sing Sing prison. A similar number will follow from the same institution soon. It is expected the camp will be main- tained the greater part of the win- ter, if it is an open ome. An appro- priation of $190,000 was made by the legislature for constructing the road. but it is expected that the utilization of convict labor will make the cost less than $100,000. The men work without restrictions. They leave and return to the camp at will except during working and sleeping hours. A guard is with them, but he carries no rifle. Commissioner Carlisle of the high- way department today granted a re- quest for a list of articles the con- victs desired with which to entertain | themselves. Included are baseballs and bats, quoits, checkers and cards. A ‘“staff correspondent” of the .Star of Hope, the Sing Sing newspaper, has been dispatched to'the camp. He is a man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for Kkilling his sweet- heart. BILLARD RESIGNS. New Haven Road Director Quits Presidency of Meriden Savings Bank. Meriden, July 20.—John L. Billard, president for the last eleven years of the Meriden Savings bank, resigned that office at the annual meeting of the trustees of the bank this after- noon. In a statement given out it was said that his action was in accordance with a determination made known some time ago to the bank authori- ties, not to serve any longer, He was made a vice president of the institu- tion. He is also a director of the Meriden National bank and a trustee of the Meriden Trust and Safe De- posit company. Mr. Billard is succeeded in the presidency by Eugene A. Hall, who first became connected with the bank as an office boy in 1883. He resigned when he became teller but had main- taired a connection with the bank as trustee. ROBBERS MISSED RING. Neglecting to search an unlocked safe which contained a diamond ring valued by the owner at $300 spelled failure for the unknown robbers who attempted to rob Barney Miller's store last night. An entrance was effected through the rear window but nothing of value was taken. PAVING STARTED. The Union Paving company of | Schenectady, N. Y., began this morn- ing its contract to lay 25,000 square yards of semi-permanent pavement in this city. A start was made on ‘Washington street. The company has sent a brand new plant to New Brit- lnln to carry out the big contract, ,in the pocket of his vest, i is about two hundred feet south 'FIND BODY OF DEAD 'MAN N KENSINGTON Meridea Coufls&cr it While Picking Berries. HAS BEEN DEAD PROBABLY 14 DAYS Yeatures Unrecognizable Owing to Advanced Stage of Decomposition and Body May Not Be Identificd— Suicide Theory Suggested. Reclining in a comfortable position, with his legs crossed and a cap under Tis head, the dead body of a well dressed man was found on “The Ledges” in Kensington late yesterday afternoon by Herman Donbroski and wife of Meriden, who were berrying in the vicinity. Owing to the ad- vianced stage of decomposition, the features of the man’s face are un- recognizable and the body has not been identifled. Until a late hour this afternoon, Medical Examiner Roger M. Griswold of Kensington had made no finding in the case, but was in- clined to the opinion that the man committed suicide about ten days or two weeks ago. Reported Discovery This Morning. The discovery of the dead, body was Lot reported to the authorities until this morning. Shortly after 7 o’clock, Mrs. Donbroski walked into the Meri- den police station and told of her finding it. She and her husband were about to return to their -home about dusk when they suddenly came across the body, which was lying, partly secluded, under two trees. One look was sufficient to convince them that the man was dead, and, thorough- iy frightened, they hurried from the scene. Accompanied by Mrs. Donbroski Detective James H. Burke of the Meriden police department went in an automobile this morning to the place where the body was found. Detective Burke saw that it was in the town of Berlin, however, and he noti- fiecd Medical Examiner Griswold at once. X ‘Woman’s Picture in Pocket. Nothing was found in the man’s pockets which could help the author- ities determine his identity. In his trousers-were found eighteen cents in change and a rusty pocket knife, A picture of a middle-aged woman, which had apparently been clipped from a group photograph, was found Besides these articles the medical examiner found on the dead man’s person a box of cigarettes, a tin box of tobacco, cigarette paper and a number of paper drinking cups. There were no letters which could aid the author- ities in identifying the man. ‘Was Well Dressed. He was neatly attired, wearing light gray woolen trousers, a blue coat and vest, tan shoes, black socks, a soft shirt and a linen collar. In the judgment of the medical ex- aminer the man was about fifty years old and weighed about 160 pounds. He was five feet, seven inches in height, was clean shaven and slightly bald, his hair being gray. The cap, upon which his head was reclining when found, was of a light gray color. After a superficial examination Dr. Griswold gave permission for the re- moval of the body to John A. An- drews’ undertaking rooms, where an autopsy was in progress at press time. Previous to the autopsy Doctor Matthew H. Griswold, who accom- panied the medical examiner, stated that it looked to him as if the man had committed suicide by taking some narcotic poison. It is possible, also, that death was due to heart failure. There were no marks of violence on the body and no weapons were found, excepting the closed pocket knife in the man's pocket. Body Found Near Meriden. The spot where the body was found of what is known as the Ledge road in Kensington. There are no houses in the immediate vicinity, the nearest being that occupied by John T. Mo- lumphy, proprietor of the Connecticut Valley Orchard company. “The Ledge” is only a short distance north of the Meriden-Berlin town line and is nearer Meriden center than the bus- iness section of Kensington. Tt is thought that the dead man was a resident of Meriden and the police in that city are at work on the case. They have no knowledge of any man missing from his home there, however, and it is probable that the body will not be identified. Detec- tives doubt theories of foul play. Undervaker’s Driver Lost. Owing to the fact that the man driving the undertaker’s team lost his | way in the Kensington hills and wan- dered into Meriden, the medical | aminer’s autopsy was considerably de- layed. WEATHER. Hartford, July 20.—For Hartford and vicinity: Fair, warmer tonight. Tuesday fair. e e On Trial for Murder of Editor l MME. CAILLAUX MRS. ARTHUR F. CONNOR IN CRITICAL CONDITION Overdose of Opiate May Have Been Taken In- tentionally. Lying at the New Britain General hospital in a critical condition is Mrs. Arthur Connor, of 39 Harvard street, wife of ex-Officer Arthur F. Connor, the victim of an overdose of some deadly poison. Whether or not the woman took it intentionally is not known. However, it is thought, and the evidence bears out the theory, that she had made a willful attempt to take her own life. At a late hour this afternoon Mrs. Connor was still in an unconscious condition at the hospital. - .Mrs. Connor has been boarding with a Mrs. Sharpe, at 39 Harvard street, and last night the latter telephoned for Dr. D. W. O’Connell, stating that her boarder was ill. The physician found Mrs. Connor lying in a coma, brought on by an overdose of some opiate, but after administering stimu- lants she apparently rallied. This morning her condition was much im- proved and it is understood that she’ was able to be up und about the house. However, shortly after 11 o'clock this morning Dr. O'Connell was again called to the Harvard street residence and found that Mrs. Connor haad taken another dose of the poison and from her condition it was evident that she had taken a much larger dose than she did’ last night. She was un- conscious and did not respond readily to the restoratives aaministered. On the advice of Dr. removed to the hospital. time the patient had not consciousness, TRis case At press regainca is a peculiar one and while appearances are that the- un- fortunate woman has made an at- tempt on her life, it may be that it was unintentional, as the attending physician states that she has been ad- dicted to the drug habit for some time. At the hospital it has not been definitely determined just what sort ‘of poison Mrs, Connor did take, but they are certain that it was some sort of a drug with opium as one of the ingredients. As she was brought to the hospital unattended and as none of her friends had been seen at a late hour much mystery still shrouds the whole affair. 3 " COURT GIVES PRESENT. Automobile Ordinance Violators Fined In Hartford. Hartford, July 20.—Nearly five additional automobile ordinance violators were in police court this morning in pursuance of the crusade ingugurated some days ago. Some were charged with over staying the time limit in the restricted district and others with carrying dazzling | head lights within the city limits. | Most of them were lined $2 each. ’ Fred Connor, chauffeur for Win- chell Smith, the playwright, informed the court that he expected to be mar- ried in New York today and begged to be let off. Judge Eberle suspended twenty- O'Connell she was | { stood was by consent of a son, INQUEST INTO DEATH OF BALLOU RESUMED Expected Coroner Will Ad- mit Mrs. Helen Angle to Bail. Stamford, July 20.—The inquest into the mysterious death of Waldo H. Ballou, on June 23, was resumed by Coroner John J. Phelan of Bridge- port today, and the expectation was that it would be concluded. The cor- oner expected to reserve his finding and for the time being it was furgher expected he would allow Mrs. Helen M. Angle, who is held as a material witness to be admitted to bail in or- der that she may be taken to some insane retreat and given treatment for nervous collapse. Mrs. Angle was more composed than on Saturday when she had another at- tack of acute hysteria. Her counsel, Judge N.C.Downs, prior to coroner's resumption of his inquiry, had not changed his position of declining to have his client give testimony. The coroner expected to have the final re- port of Dr. Bruce F. Weaver on stains found in Mrs. Angle’s ' apartments. The analysis in some-instances, 1t is understood, will + show ' that those | ¥ains do- not contain blood crystals, | Another witness who will be called will be Patrick Rabbitt, who had made a statement that he heard a body fall downstairs on the offier side of the partition, his room being | in an apartment adjoining the stair- case down which Mrs. Angle claims Ballou fell. Exhumation of the body of Ballou at Winchendon, Mass., it is under- the | object being to determine exactly the nature of the wounds in the head | and for comparison of the marks on | the forehead with the indentacions in | Ballou’s straw hat. LICENSE FOR HOTEL GRAND, | Comunissioners Announce Toduy That | It Is a Suitable Place, It was announced at the office of the county commissioners today that it had been decided to grant a license to Isidore Simons for the Hotel Grand | on Myrtle street. A hearing was held some time ago and the delay in making the grant was caused by the desire of the com- | missioners to inspect the place, This has been done. There was no remon- strance against the petition at the hearing. AUTO ACCIDENT HEARING, Woman Charged With Reckless Driving, Fairfield, July 20.—Charged reckless driving of an automobile Mrs. F. M. Chichester of Danbury, | was put on trial before Justice Bacon Wakeman here tods While driving Danbury with ON TRIAL FOR I(Iil!lfi EDITC Wife of Former Freoch Pre Charged Wilh Marder of Gaston Calmette of fhe Figaro. PARIS AFFAIR HAS DRAMATIC SETTIN Government Officials Take Me to Provent Outbreak During ceedings as Royalist Threaten to Oause D cused Brought to Court by Ways to Evade Jeers and Hisses. Paris, July 20.—Foremost in thcughts of Parisians today was opening of the trial of Mme, Caill for the murder on March 16 of @ ton Calmette, editor of the Proceedings began at noon In ralace of justice, with Judge Albanel acting as president of court. The dramatic setting of the involving political {ntrigues in the prisoner's husband, a fo French premier and minister of nances, was a prominent figure, just to the public taste. Added this were the rumored threat of ro; ist hotheads to create a distu during the trial and the precauts taken by the government to an outbreak. Police Keep Order, Long before the opening of fI palace of justice, crowds defying drizzling rain, had assembled in vicinity, and special forces of pol were called out to keep order. From an early hour long formed on the Place Dauphine the Boulevard Du Palals, hoping secure the few places left for general public in the court moo which had been for the most part lotted to press representatives barristers, Efforts to make profit the sale of positions in the lines frustrated by the police, / Secretly Brought to Conrt. Mme. Caillaux had been conduct from the Prison of the Concierge to the court by secret ways, wo th those outside had no opportunity cheering or hissing her according their sympathies. The other lead fizures occupied with the case, how: ever, were the objects of demonstras tions. Among them were the curator-general, Jules Herbaux, charge of the prosecution, and rand Labori, the famous advpe who appedars for the defense, N The newspapers today were Blig with references to the case and th Figaro came out with a violentl) werded article on the opening of trial from the pen of Alfred Cap the recently chosen -ademiclan, “immortal,” who now occupies editorial chair of the Figaro form held by Calmette. In it he declares “The party which assassinated Cal mette iz guing to do its best Lo de his memory, for which purpose it hi stopped at nothing and hus not sery pled to violate confidences, thus gi ing a foretaste of what s In stove* Panegyric on Editor, Tre article continues with a pa gyric on the dead editor and g cludes: “Those who have slain from benind would like to tran bim into a man invplved * in firance—a pirate. Caillaux, go 130 not put vourself out. You well sharpened teeth, a heavy jaw, appetite excited by the smell of bl but the honor of Calmette is wra in marble. You will not bite inte it. As 800n as the jurors, who had beon| drawn by lot in a private room, and) the four judges composing the court| had taken their places dent Albanal called out: “Bring in| the accused,” and the moment f which the people crowding the court] reom had been’ waiting had come, Accused Enters Tribunal, Pepublican guards then opened & small door, in the wall of the court room beneath the bust of the God- dess of Liberty and Mme. Caill stepped into the center of the tribui Light Startles Woman, The strong light from the opposite seemed to startle the woman, or perhaps it was the lute silence in the court room ol T | the massek of faces turned her that made her hesitate on threshold and reach out unst to catch the arm of the repul guard standing at her right, spoke a word to her and she ent the prisoners’ enclosure. Mme. Caillaux there stood with eyes downcast and her shoulders bent, a timid looking figure in black, wore cloth jacket sult, & smail through the ‘town op July 12 she struck a boy named Sala, inflicting | wounds which necessitated his remoy- | al to a hospital at Bridgeport A number of witnesses were to examined and it was expected hearing would run well into the the af his fine as a wedding present. ternoon. black hat with a black birG wi cocked on one side, a white linen ¢o lar edged with lace and an embi ¥ collar held tozether by une ebtiusive pearl pin. i The prisoncr sat b (Continued on Eleventh Page.) %‘ - down, but as )