New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1917, Page 2

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917. to the Theatre '2il to stop here and provide r fair companion a box of our s chocolates or bon-bons; No the theater 'te without a box of candy. you ask her she’'ll undoubtedly it of all candles she knows she prs the best. Just ask her. kinson Drug Co. 69-171 Main Stree! hsiders a visit to Cily Items y Milkowitz has resumed his at Syracuse university. S. G. Ohman of Bassett street ering from a recent operation. weekly payroll of the water de- nt is $590.78. The sewer de- int payroll is $428.92. 1d S. Vibberts., son of Mr. and ana L. Vibberts of 166 Lincoln leaves tomorrow to enter Pratt te, Brooklyn, N Y., to take up dy of architecture. k Stahelec of 33 Lawlor street .ined to the police elast night s coat, a watch and $10 in cash ‘en stolen from his room when t out and left the door un- sne Leach and Raymond Hen- left today by automobile for ork where they will attend the aces at Sheepshead Bay tomor- lard H. Bassett of Bassett will leave next Tuesday for 'rbor, Mich, to enter the Uni- of Michigan to study engineer- ailding permit has been granted dio Cianca for Mrs. B. Wil- to erect a three-family frame hg on Clark street, 30-39, to jbout $7,000. Julius Olander of Detroit, ‘has returned to her home after with Mrs. August Peterson of street. and Mrs, James Degnan of m street are recelving congratu- 3 on the birth of a daughter at Vagle's sanitarium. s at shimmer prices at Mesh- —advt. ter Kopf of Beaver street will Bunday to take up his studies idard Preparatory school. 0 and $5.00 Trimmed Hats at Goldenblum Millinery Co., Y. A. Bldg.—advt. IMETABDE CHANGES. Fall Schedule Goes Into Effect Secpt. 28. hortant change of passenger train les on al] divisions of the New New Haven & Hartford will go into effect with the fall ard, Sunday, September 23. usual seasonal curtailment of r train service will be effected, rincipal changes being as rail- ph Federal Fxpress trains operat- ptween Boston and Washington he Hell Gate Bridge route, will half hour later than now sched- in now leaving South Norwalk 0 a. m. will start from Stam- bn present schedule and the train hg New Haven 6:50 a. m. for ork will leave stations Bridge- to South Norwalk, inclusive, one e earlier and make an addi- stop at Darlen, 8:01 a. m. bal express leaving New Haven a. m. will make additional stop eenwich 9:25 a. m., arriving New 10:14 a. m. e train from Poughkeepsie reach- vaterbury at 7:52 p. m. will leave | 50 p. m., stopping only at Bristol, ville and New Britain, due Hart- 9:00 p. m. Green ag Springfield eave at 6: 45 p. daily, ue New York 11:41 p. m. er the withdrawal of the Bar regular b of Maine Express will be re- last The first trip from New York be on October 7, and from Port- or Express trains,. the d with same schedule as . October 8. metables giving detailed informa- arrangement agents pror 'he date on whch these schedules regarding the ncw be in the hands of to effect. SELL-ANS bsolutely Removes 1digestion. One package ovesit. 25cat all i fol- | Mountain IIXpress now 5 p. m., due New Ha- 8:56 p. m. and leave at 9:25 p. WISE IS SUDDENLY UNWILLING TO TALK Declines to Comment to Police on Mrs. Tobin’s Death Although the police seem confident that they already have secured enough evidence to pin the guilt of murdering Mrs. Anna_Tobin, whose lifeless body with the throat cut from ear to ear was found on Pearl street early Wed- nesday morning, on -her paramour, William J. Wise, of the regular arm there are many about the city, par- | ticularly the friends of the accused soldier, who think that he is innocent of the crime and there are, in fact, a number of things which the authori- | ties have not as yet cleared up. Wise, who is recovering from his wounds at the local hospital under police guard, was again visited by de- | tectives yesterday but, they te, seemed to have undergone a change of spirit and, contrasted to his wil- ljngness to talk on the previous day, )Ie became very uncommunicative. In this respect he is being emulated by the detectives themselves, who only state that there is nothing new on the case. The police did admit, however, that Wise made no statements yes- terday relative to the murder and it is assumed that the only comments from him concerning the tragedy are the ones made as he was being taken to the hospital Wednesday morning and when questioned by Prosecutor Klett and the two detectives. In this, it will be remembered, he told a tale of being suddenly attacked by an un- known man who knocked him down, chased Mrs. Tobin, returned, took Wise's razor from his pocket and slashed the girl and then cut him. In many quarters it is thought that if Wise will continue reticent on the subject until he has the advice of a competent attorney the state may ul- | timately find that it has a more diffi- | cult undertaking to establish first de- gree murder than first appeared. No | one apparently saw the crime com- | mitted and unless there was actually a third party on the scene as the as- sailant, Wise alone knows of the tragedy and that which led up to it. Thus far it has been largely on his own statements that the police have linked their chain of circumstantial evidence connecting him with the deed and had he kept silent from the start they might have been materially hane dicapped in geting a clue. As it is they are convinced that his story is entirely a myth concocted on the spur of the moment in an attempt to shield himself and Prosecutor ‘Klett himself, states that he is confident the police are holding the proper person. The suicide theory is scouted by the pros- ecutor, who has in his possession a large batch of letters which may be more or less incriminating inasmuch as they undoubtedly reflect the true situation as it existed between Wise and Mrs. Tobin. Girl Had Mentioned Suicide. In support of a possible suicide theory and in support of Wise's plea of innocent are several strange things. It is now thought to be firmly estab- lished that it was Mrs. Tobin who called Wise to the telephone at the Jewish banquet at the Hotel Nelson at 10 o’clock Tuesday night, follow- ing which conversation he departed. Those present at the banquet state that the young soldier drank no intox- icating liquors during the entire eve- ning and at all times, even after re- ceiving the telcphone message, seemed ! in excellent spirits. They say that he seemed like anything but a man who was mediating murder and as he left he shook hands individually with 50 or 60 guests. At the time he seemed like any healthy young man, his mind apparently clear of any morbid thoughts. Upon leaving the hotel Wise i movements are not positively known, but it is believed that he met Mrs. Tobin within a few moments and that the two strolled to Walnut Hill. It is known that this section was a favorite trysting place for Mrs. Tobin, due partly to its seclusion and also, pos- sibly to the fact that during the days of her childhood she lived in this vi- cinity. When a child Mrs. Tobin re- sided on Camp street in what was then | known as Fort Sumpter and The Bar- racks, a strangely constructed house near where Rogers' tennis court is now located. It is not known how long ‘Wise and Mrs. Tobin remained in this neighborhood, but at 1 A. M. they are known to have been gsitting in the doorway of the Corbin Cabinet Lock | factory, only a few steps from her home. Those upholding Wise's inno- cence point out that had the young soldier contemplated murder it would have been natural for him to have taken the woman's life either in the shadows of the Normal school or on deserted summit of Walnut Hill park where the body might have been thrown into the bathing pool, giving the murderer a better chance to make good his escape. The fact that when the couple were seen at 1 o'clock in the morning they were not apparently | quarrelling also lends some credence to the supposition that Wise may be innocent. The sulide theory, which the police laugh at, is nevertheless be- lieved by many of Wise's friends. They claim that the nature of Mrs. Tobin's wound, one clean deep cut, shows that it was not made upon | a victim struggling for her life. Li¥e is always sweet and had Mrs. Tobin been attacked by Wise, it is argued, she would have struggled or squirmed from his grip sufficiently to have caused the wound to have been rough and jagged. Mention made in one of her letters to the young soldler of possible suicide is said by some to denote that the thought of taking her own life was not a stranger to Mrs. Tobin. Tt is furthermore argucd that the young woman was deeply in love with Wise and was possibly despondent at the prospects of his lcaving her. She knew he could never | ‘marry her and likewise rea- lized that he could not take her with In such a despon- ol { him in the army. dent mood thelr conversation may have drifted to such an extent that Wise either showed her his razor or she knew he had it and she took it, | ashed at him and he fled. where- upon she made one desperate slash at her own throat and fell dying in the road, the razor falling from her lifeless fingers only to be found a short time later within a few inches of her hand and many feet from the place where Wise, the supposed mur- derer, was grovelling on the ground. If this theory has any strength much of it is lost by the fact that apparently Wise has never intimated suicide but insists that he was the victim of another man. The decision of the authorities not to hold an autopsy on Mrs. Tobin's body continues to be food for talk Now is Just and wall paper. around the streets. In the recent Taft taxi-cab murder, where the cause of death, a heavy calibre bullet wound at the base of the brain, was just as obvious was this razor In the Gilmanaitis murders au- sies were held despite the obvious- ness of the cause of death. When Louis Saxon shot his wife and admit- ted it an autopsy was held and at the time of the Booth street murder a little over a year ago an autopsy was held, although there had been witnesses to the shooting. Asked today concerning further de- velopments in an attempt to connect Wise with the Taft murder, the po- lice had no information to divulge, but it is not thought that they have any evidenve in support of such a theory. The funeral of Mrs. Tobin was held this afternoon from the home of John J. Tobin, 310 Maple street, her father- in-law. Rev. Harry 1. Bodley con- ducted the services, which were pri- vate ,and interment was in Fairview cemetery. BOY SCOUT NEWS At a meeting of the Scout officials held Tuesday evening, September 18, the following men were appointed to serve on the athletic committee, Scout- Exccutive Dwight Skinner, Scoutmas- ter Marshall Cook, and Assistant Scoutmaster Robert Voight. At a meeting of this committee held in the Scout Office Thursday, September 20, the following plans for a football lea- gue were made. All games will be played at Walnut Hill park and there will be two games played each Satur- day. Any Scout who is not in good standing in his troop will not be al- lowed to play. No Scout weighing over 125 pounds will be eligible to play. The average weight of the team must not be over 120 pounds. The league will open Saturday, October 6, at that time troop 4 will play troop 10, and troop 12 will play troop 14. The first game will start at 2:30. Each Scoutmaster is requested to hand in to the eScout office as soon as possi- Dle the names of Scouts In thelr troop that are eligible to play and their weight. Assistant Scoutmaster Robert Voight has been appointed head coach and will be glad to help any troop that needs his services. Scout Com- missioner E. W. Pelton, Scout Fxecu- tive Dwight Skinner, Scoutmasters Marshall Cook, Harry Bonney, Fred Firnhaber, Robert Voight, Well Wil- liams and Burlingham Schurr, natur- alist at the New Rritain Institute will leave the city Saturday for an over- night hike up in the Walcott moun- tain. Troop 9—The Scoutmaster took some of the members of troop 9 on a hike Sunday afternoon. Next Sunday they are planning to have another hike, leaving the Baptist church at 3:00 o'clock and taking supper with them. The evening meal will be eaten around a camp fire somewhere in America. All members of troop 9 are requested to be present at the meeting next Friday night when the rules for the patrol contest will be an- nounced. Troop 12—The regular meeting of troop 12 was held Tuesday evening at 7:00. The Scoutmaster gave an inter- esting talk of his trip through the West. Saturday afternoon at 2:00 theroavill be football practice at Wal- nut Hill park. All Scouts should be at the meeting next Tuesday, Septem- ber 25 as new patrols will be formed. EVENTS TONIGHT High class photo dfama, Fox's the- ater. Superior photo plays, Lyceum the- ater. Vaudeville and moving pictures, Keeney's theater. Admiral Schley lodge, meets at 187 Arch street. 0. D. New Britain Circle, C. of F., meets | 34 Church street. New Britain lodge, L. O. O. meets in Judd's hall. at M L. D. Penfield Camp, S. of V., meets in G. A. R. hall. Stella Rebekah lodge, 1. O. O. F. meets in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. Valkyria lodge, O. of V., 59 Arch street, meets at ! CITY BUYS FARM. The board of water commissioners vesterday closed a deal whereby the city takes possession of the Mary E. Wright farm in Burlington. The farm consists of 30 acres and is located on Milford street in the Whigville dls-. trict. It will form a part of the wa- tershed for the new reservoir. BERLIN SHORT OF MEAT. pt 21.—The muni- cipality of Berlin announces that the cattle merchants have almost dis- continued the shipment of meat. Ber- lin gets only one-sixth of the quan- tity needed and the greater part of the population is unable to obtain Copenhagen, etc. THE JOHN the Time to Do That Papering and Painting. Interior Work A fine time to renovate your rooms with fresh paint We Are Ready to Estimate on all necessary exterior painting for the early spring A large supply of Varnishes, Floor Stain, rushes, BOYLE CO. 3 and 5 FRANKLIN SQUARE Painters, Decorators and Sign Makers Patriots Enlisted in Name ........ Agediu Ay, Address ...... Parents’ Name When Enlisted In Army or Navy In What Branch Nearest of Kin ar ~o From New Britain Parents) (Fill This Out and Return to the Nation’s Service. Editor of The Herald.) FOUR MEN DID NOT APPEAR--DESERTERS, Ten Others Who Missed Train Go Tomorrow and Monday The first district exemption this morning announced that have on file slackers, men they the of three who were ordered to leave for Ayer with yesterday's quota but who did not appear and seem to have left the city. In the second dis- trict there Is one such slacker. In addition to these men there are six men in the first district who missed their train yesterday but who will be sent to the cantonment tomorrow. There are four in the first district who were absent yesterday and these men will go Monday morning. Mem- bers of both boards stated that in reference to these ten men no re- flection should be made on their courage or patriotism as in every in- stance their excuses for missing the train were good on The first district slackers are Jo- seph Jelleski of 121 Broad street, Lawrence Goulet of 70 Beaver street and Mathew Ugerchowski of 31 Hor- ace street. Neither the police nor the draft officlals have been able to ascertain the whereabouts of any of these men except Goulet and he is believed to be in Canada. He noti- fied the board that he was going to his home in the Dominion over Labor Day and would return. Since then nothing has been heard from him. Nick P. Taueania of 331 Park street is the slacker in the second district and it is evident that he has skipped town. Members of the two exemption boards, including Judge B. F. Gaffney and Judge J. E. Cooper, yesterday presented a soldiers’ polished steel shaving mirror to each of the depart- ing men and Mrs. J. A. Traut fur- nished a box of cigarettes for each man. Mayor Quigley and Judge Gaffney also furnished cigars. March in Downpour of Rain. teports from the Connecticut del- egation which arrived at Ayer yes- terday indicate that the men had any- thing but ideal conditions to con- front them After arriving at Ayer the men were compelled to march two miles in the. drenching rain teo Camp Devens At the quartermas- ters’ storehouse at the entrance to the camp they had to stand in line drenched and hungry, awaiting their registration and a hasty, superficie! examination The Connecticut men have been assigned to the 304 Infan- try, batteries D, E and F of the 302 Light Field Artillery, the 301 and 303 Machine Gun Battalions and ths Second and Third Battalions of the Depot Brigade Tt is reported here by wire that 675 men from New Britaln, Farmington and Manchester have been assigned to the 301 Machine Gun Battalion Other reports from Ayer last night indicate that scores of men from Connecticut were drunk when they arrived and It was necessary for the hospital ambulances and the pro- vost guards to do some hard work to names 1 any meat. hoard ! !round them up and care for them. Major Rhinelander Waldo is reported as having remarked, when he saw a | detail of sixty men hustled out to care for the mob of recruits, “‘Gee, this must have been a great day in Connecticut.” As far as has been learned the New Britain delegation was among the most orderly, although in a spirit of fun they attempted to cut several cars loose from the special train en- route by pulling out the coupling pins. The men had been epecially warned in reference to the use of intoxicants and when they left this city yester day morning every man was in per. fect condition, although it is known ! that there were several ‘little brown bottles” scattered through the crowd. WILL TRY WITKIN. State's Attorney Alcorn Confirms Re- ports Concerning Soldier. State’'s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn last evening substantiated the report in last evening's issue of the Herald to the effect that Adolph Witkin, who left with the drafted men for Ayer, Mass., yesterday, would be brought back to Connecticut to stand trial for his alleged complicity in the forgery cases against Witkin, McNamara and Gordon. The trial of the trio along with Frank Osborne is scheduled for next Tuesday in superior court. Judge W. ¥. Mangan will defend McNamara, Attorney B. M. Holden, Witkin and Attorney A. A. Green- berg, Gordon. Witkin told friends on the eve of his departure for Aver, that his action in leaving for the army cantonment was taken on ad- vice of counsel. TRIED TO BUY WITNESS. Mrs. Smith Tells of Bribery Attempt By Oxman, San Francisco, Sept. 21.—Mrs. Es- telle Smith, an important witness for the state in the bomb murder trials here of Thomas J. Mooney and oth- ers, has been subpoeaned, it became known today, to testify against R. C. Oxman, now on trial for alleged sub- ordination of perjury in connection with the Mooney case. Mrs. Smith recently charged in an affidavit that after the conviction of Mooney, who was sentenced to death, Oxman attempted to persuade her, by the promise of a sum of money, to give certain testimony against other defendants in the bomb cases. F. E. Rigall of Grayville, IlL, testi- fying vesterday In the Oxman trial, implicated District Attorney Charles Fickert and his chief assistant, Ed- n the alleged ‘‘frame- MAKING 'EM AMERICANS Boston Women Workera Find Whole Blocks Where Dwellers Understand Nothing of Our Ideals. Boston, Sept. 21.—A campalgn for the Americanization of the foreign population of this city was opened today by the Home Guard. The or- ganization is composed of women from the rank of the workers who canvassed Boston for food conserva- tion pledges. In the course of their canvassing the women found entire blocks where little ¥nglish was spoken and where the alien residents showed absolute ignorance of American ideals and ' standards of living. Crasillova e -, ) ] HARTFORD NEW FALL SUITS Large Assortments At Special Prices. $10.75, $22.50, $27.50, $29.75, $35.00, $39.75, 47.50. The largest and best selected stock of Tailored Suits we have ever presented. No favored style has been overlooked, all fashion- able materials are well represeented, such as Broadcloth, Burella Cloth, Tricotine, Poplin, Serge, Gunniburl and Velour. There's a splendid variety of colors including the popular shades of taupe, beet- root, brown, smoke, grey, Oxford and plenty of blacks and blues. NEW FALL COATS Assortments Are Complete With the Scason's Values at $14.75, $16.50, $19.75, $22.50, $25.00, $45.00, $65.00. We are headquarters for new Fall Coats in all the choicest styles of the season. Hundreds to choose from, of such fashionable mater- fals as Velours, Pom Pom, Bolivia, Broadcloth and other wanted materials. The new shades are shown in splendid variety such as Pekin blue, beetroot, brown, greens and many other popular colors. Best Styles—Special 29.75, $32.50, $39.75, A HAT of established merit is by far the most desirable. Doubt doesn’t enter into it at all. A Knox Hat represents a degree of merit established 50 years ago and carried right down to date and the Horsfall endorsement is an added dis- tinction and assurance of quality. KNOX SOFT HATS KNOX DERBIES KNOX VELOUR HATS Large lines of $3 Hats in Fine Styles and all Colors. HENRY HEATH HATS MOZZANT, VALLON and FRENCH HATS Horstails IT PAYS TO BUY OUR KIND 03-90 ASXLUM ST. comectingwitn 140 TRUMBULL ST MARTFORD ( | e e e | LIBERTY SAVING SALE ‘We are out to ‘help you! By the combined of 8,000 Rexall Stores—scattered in every part are enabled to offer to the discriminating public unheard of In response to the popular demand for wholesome ities life”’ at cheaper rates, we intend offering on Sept. 20, 21, ARGOD purchasing power of the Union—we alues. “neces of Actual Value One Pound Opeko Coffee .. $0.38 50 Onc Half Pound Opeko Tea . .. ... One Half Pound Symond Inn Cocon One Bottle Symond Inn Vanilla . Total Value SPECIAL 'Clark 8 Brainerd DRUG STORE CThe Pexall Store FOR 89 CENTS ’ HEARS OF OLD FRIEND. The board of health will meet this | ASSASSINATION AND DEATH OF LINCOLN evening when, it is expected, some ac- tion will be taken to reconsider the acceptance of the resignation of Su- | perintendent T. E. Reeks. Although Dr. Reeks has already declded to ac- | cept the position with the state health department he has said that he will | reconsider and remain in New Britain should it appear that his services are needed here most and regarding this fact there is little doubt in the minds of those who have followed health de- partment affairs and noted the mas- | terful way in which he has conducted the office. “Billy" Rice Presents Copy York Herald of 1865 to Muscum. Quartermaster Sergeant Rice of the State street, William J. Arch has presented to the Museum of Natural History and Art of the ew Britain Institute an issue of the New York Herald April 15, 1865, which contair full accouni | of the assassination death of { President Lincoln. armory on dated a and MISS NORDSTROM HONORED. M Myrtle Nordstrom of Maple | The paper is well preserved and Hill was tendered a farewell Party the entire contents can be read cloar- last evening at the home of Miss Fs- /1. A wood cut of Lincoln ther MacArthur of Hart street, by as- . duced on the front page, ; : quite unlike the pictures of 4 'S the 1] Sta 3 sociates in the oflice of the Stanley | ijent as secn nowiday Works. Miss Nordstromn is soon to In the same paper are numer leave to enter Yale Academy of Mu- intercsting accounts of the move sic. During the evening monologucs of the Union and Confederate armies, were given by Miss Ruth Ward and Curator Schurr is having the paper Miss Nordstrom favored with is pro- which is i the great - suftably med and it will be placed sclections. The narty presented L on xhibition with other of Nordstrom with a leather music port- an historical nature during “Muscum folio. A dainty collation Week,” October $ to 13. objects was served.