New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1920, Page 1

v [ n [ News of the World By Associated Press. = INEW BRITAIN HERALD ! Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business. ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1920. —_TWELVE PAGES PRILE THREE CENTS. NEW HAVEN TRIAL CONTINUES TODAY Statement Made by Jones to] Grand Jury Admitted VICTIM SOMEWHAT QUEER = Hopcroft Was In- | L d Witnesses Say Mrs. Child and jurcd When Always Showed Effects — Cowles Ques- tioned About/ Finding Body in Barn 10.—A ate- M. Jones, on murder of | the grand was ad- Greene to- New Haven, March ment made by William trial charged with the Mrs. Esther Hoperoft to jury which indicted him, mitted by Judze Gardiner day. The question of advisability w brought up late yesierday. Jones had 1id that he did not put up his carin the barn in which the woman was murdered on the night before the day. June 21, on which the body W found. The statement was offered by Frank C. Cowles, a witness vesterday, who told of what had heen asked of him in the grand jury room. It was during his reply to questions by the Joreman of the jury, Cowles had said, that Jones, who w, present had corrected him in regard to the Jones automobile being in the barn on the night referred to. Is Closcly Questioned. Cowles today was further ques- tioned about the barn and the finding »f the body, and his wife, testified to | various details about the : barn and | house of her mother, Mrs. Ells. On the Thurs two d before the | body wes found the witness and | members of the family had potato | salad for supper. The autopsy showed 1hat Mrs. Hoperoft had had salad shortly before death. It was shown that Mrs. Hoperaft | had supp h Mrs. Ells and the | (‘owles that night. Mrs. Cowles saw ‘her mother, Mrs. Ells, go into the barn with Mrs. Ioperoft. Later her mother returned she said, Mrs. Hop- ! croft had a light in her room and also heard her lock the door. { Often Acted Queer | Cowles closely = ques- | to Mr Hepc habits, | i and her | id that Mrs. Hopcroft | ious. She had been | head when a child and often acted a little strangely: Jones camic to the house in May, | 1919. He was told the former oceu- pani was John Rodemeyer who wrote Lis editorials in the rooms which Jones and his two chiidren had. GASOLINE BOOSTED New Price, Efficctive Today, is Third Mrs. tioned mode Phe witne: was very struck on the E oft's mentality Made Dealers Notified. Increase This Year—Lo | the make . | Effective today, a hoost in wholesale price cf gasoline wi necessary a retail price of 32 ‘cents a gallon, a local dealer s and fur- ther increases during the summer | months may xpected. The in- | at this lime comes as a he sur- | prise to those who have studicd the %il and gas market as the winter sus pension of practically all automobile traflic has resulted in a saving of 200,000,000 gallons of gasoline, one local man says, and in all quarters reduction rather than an increase wa jooked for. Automobile oils increased | rom 5 to 10 cents a zallon last week. PETERSON A CANDIDATE e | Park Street Man Will Seck Election | % i Fourth © As Councilman From the £ For Alderman. Peterscn of Park street, i lieutenant in the army and t present filling out an unexpired term as councilman from that ward will be a candidate for nomination and election to the council next month. Mr. Peterson has announced | his candidacy it is not thought | Jikely by th imidiar with the ward | political activities that he will be op- | #ng councilman. has not de- | cided however, whether he | will be a candidate H. P. Richards from the fourth, tion. Ward—R:chards BEdward formerly ‘ i i 1 e definitely or not alderman ! re-elec- present will seek BOMBING ICE GORG Aviators Breaking Up Jam Susquchanna River. Port Deposit. Md.. March 10.—The aerial bombardment of the ice jam in the Susqueha 1+ river which ex- tends several milcs helow this town will be resumecd this afternocon by | the army aviators who all day yes- terday dropped Lomb after bomb in their attempt to dislodge the rge. The ice in the low part of th river is considerably broken up. due the continued bombing of yes but the main barrier still The army officers ex- | themselves as their work, thus fur and they plan nse several planes today hoping finish opening a channel before thaw sends down more ice from ther up river. Army in | is today satisfied with | to | to a far- { ! said the i that , of the public utilities commission { charge will { ana | complete I will be i mobil | bathing | state parks i the | The BURGLARS GAG WATCHMAN AND MAKE AWAY WITH 50 BARRELS OF WHISKEY Baltimore Distillery Looted of $25.000 Worth of Liquor —Auto Bandits in Canton, Ohio, Shoot Three Men and Rob Restaurant of $5,000. 10.—A D Mt. Vernon distil- bound and gagged agent and two watch- the plant and Baltimore, March men entercd the lery here today zovernment men in charge of hauled away between rels of whiskey worth luation about $25,000. 5 robbe were all masked and wh key was taken aw or at government the on three Three men exchange of automobile Canton, O., March 10, were wounded in an shots when five armed | restaurant four automobile trucks. ! arty of bandits 40 and 50 bar- | The guards | {000 held up the restaurant of Steve Boldi, Columbia Heights, M: silon, this morning and escaped with $5,000 cash. More than a score of shots were said to have been fired. The wound- ed are two waiters bandit gang, who was carried by his comrades. When the five men entered and demanded the money seized revolvers and opened fire. Boldi had drawn the $5,- from the bank preparatory to cashing checks for steel workers to- day. aw; the waiters REACH COMPROMISE ON CITY LIGHTING RATES! | Budget Conn. Light & Power Co.! to Drop Demand Charge For Minimum Rate. (Special to Herald.) Hartford. Margh 10.—At a meeting in the State Capitol this morning for the purpose of hearing the protest of George A, Quigley and 102 New Britain patrons of the Connecticut Light and Power company a com- prom agreement was whereby the company will drop objectionable “demand charge’” rectify old bills for those who ask such a course. A minimum charge will be substituted and patrons will he allowed to use electricity to that amount without further payment. Announcement of the minimum be made as soon company is prepared to put in into effect.. The system will be operative, officials say, before May 1. In en the minimum charge set is regai € 4 unfair. an opportunity for hearing will be given the petitioner: or George Danijel Sullivan ers of the protest at the session this morning and the . Connecticuv Power Co. was represented by J. sruback and Attorney Camp- its and local A. Quigley and Henry Dbelld $40,000 FOR BATHHOUSE State Park Commission Votes to Com- Structure at Hammonassette This plete Beach in Madison—For Use Summer, Muarch 10. The state purk commission yesterday voted to the state bath house on Hammonassette Beach in Madison, at outlay of $40,000. The structure ready for use soon after June Hartford, an fir Hammonassette Beach is the only portion of the Long Island Sound shore which the state of Connecticut has been able to obtain for a public beach. The bath house to stand on it will be permanent in character 1d will be the place to which auto- i ts may go in summer for shore in mak a tour of the and reservations which are t aside and developvd by the being s commi; American, Reported Prisoner of Mex- Is Now Reported Safe. Washington, March Arthur, manager of Consolidated Mining Co. kidnapped by Mexican is safe near Nogales, Mexico, the American consul there reported fo- day the state department. Mrs. Arthur who is in Nogales, Ariz., telegruphed her father, F. kK. Avery, at Columbus, O, yesterday saying that her husband needed 100 and this was said to have led to the reports that he had been kid- napped. icans, 10.—James M. the Mexican has not been bandits, but to reached * patrons | represented the sign- | Light | as the ! another | ' vote was cast, |LOW TAX RATE IS CHOICE OF PEOPLE Submitted by New Britain Taxpayers’ Association Is Favored in Vote at City Polls. By a majority of S42 votes. budget submitted by the New ain Taxpayers' association was cepted in preference to the budget of the board of finance and taxation at the city polls vesterday. A light only 2014 ballots hav- ing been taken and of that about' one-third were dropped the bhallot box during the last hours for voting, between v'clock last evening. In only one ward, the Third, was a majority given the budget of the city department and in that instance the lcad was by but 40 votes, The heaviest vole was cast in the Sixth ward with a total of and that ward also gave the largest majority to the low tax rate budget, 284 vote: The lightest vote, 247 ballots was in the Second ward. The result by waids Ward 22.9 Rate the Brit- two DOBSGN BLOCK SOLD Realty Deal For Building At Corner of Washington and Broad Streets Involves About $45,000. A $45.000 deal through toda, at the corner of Washington and Broad streets was sold through the Cox & Dunn agenecy to Stanislaw Sy molon. Mr F. Dobson and George R. Dobson acted for the F. Dobsen estate. The block _realty was is of recent construction and contains two stores on the ground | One of the floor, and six tenements. stores was occupied for several yes by Walter Donahue who conducted a saloon on the prem but it has now been converted to other use: The other store used as a tailoring establishment. RELIEF BOARD BLAMED cated Increase in Care of Added Assessment. Although he ha the first encounter been successful in tention of P. S. his drive particularly in “placing blame where blame belongs” in gard to rent profiteering. He the irstance of one prominent grocer who has extensive rea] holdi The grocer applied to the board of relief for an abatement taxes and was told, P. S. “You're a poor businessman. don’t vou raise the r ants like everybody ¢ Such action as ihat on the part of members of the city government, and not the avaricious tendencies of land- lords is responsible for rent increases, the low tax-rate enthusiast claims. Whp your ten- SPECIAL CITY MEETING ON TUESDAY NIGHT TO VOTE SCHOOL BOND ISSUE One Item is For $50,000 For Normal Training School, $65,000 For Additions and $525,000 More For Other Needed Improvements, Etc. to Dbe March At a meeting held in action special city Room 201 at City hall will.be taken on the of rescinding the action meeting hell December 1917, ien school honds to amount of $55,000 were voted action of be s 1910, the amoint meeting of sch amount of construc nected with as authorized ot 238, the and a specis bonds to voted. school of $80,000 were will also consider the bhonds, now to the 000 for the purpose Ny a training school con- the State Normal school by & special act of the when issue al ad- | f | | | | a meeting held Novem- | | i | legislature May 16, 1917. Also, the advisability of school bonds to the amount 000 to school buildings and buy land, for. An issue pose of erecting a school or school buildings, enlarg existing school building or buying or securing land buildings and for ihe thereof;™ a time and place payment of principal and and the amount and kind will be determined in the favorable action on the of # 000 “for the ging buildings for school pment for the interest of bonds cvent of issue. equ | and one of the! the ! number | into 6 and S | | voting power | Senator Owen. | dent Wilson’s ! tors OFANE ‘mild v i ing put | when the Dobson block | Advo- | with city adminis- | trative bodies, it is apparently the in- | McMahorr to continue | estate | in ! erect | there- | PEACE PACT FIGHT Little Hope of Agreement Ex- pressed by Senators ' DEMOCRATS SEEM -DIVIDED Not Sure As to Exact Meaning of President Wilson's Letter—20 in Attendarnice At Senator Owen's Spe- cial Mecting, Washington, March 10.—The treaty ratification fight in the entered its final. and most contested phase today, with Article X and the reservation thereto, the unfinished business until disposed of. While debate on the much disput- ed section of the league of nations covenant is in progress negotiations looking to a compromise on the re- publican reservations will be contin- ued though both sides frankly are without much hope that an agree- ment will be effected. Several repub- lican leaders drafted a substitute res- olution yesterday for which they said peace senate bitterly | they obtained the support of 28 dem- ocrats but even that number is from i two to six short of the minority votes needed by the majority to ratify the treaty c ving qualifications which President Wilson has declared cut the “very heart from the pact.” € Voting Power Reservation. The reservation on voting power in | the league declaring the United States declines to be bound by decisions to which congress has not assented until made equal was re- adopted yesterday 57 to 20. About twenty democratic senators ttended the meeting called today by Those present said no concrete action was taken by some of them predicted afterward that more than a score of democrats would vote for ratification with the modified re- publican reservations. Little Hope of Succe: There were evidences as the debate Article X began that the situation both sides of the chamber again though in general sena- tors expressed little hope of an agreement that would bring two- thirds of the senate together for rat- ification. The democrats were divid- ed over the exact purport of Pres recent letter, while republicans several sema- servation zroup complicated the situation by circulat- ervations of their own to Ar- on on was in flux, among the v ticle For Three and One-Half Per Cent. Alcohol Drink Albany, March 10.—A bill defining int ating beverages as those con- taining more than & 1-2 per cent o aleohol by Weight was introduced in the legislature today by A mbly- man Maurice Bloch, democrat, of New York The measure, according to the introducer, is “‘Governor Fd- wards' New Jersey bill adapted 1o this state.” Three Aviators Killed When Plane Crashes | nisht to buy 10.—Maxwell pilot. and . and Ken- Miami, Fla.. March Blanchard of Chicage, | Charles Sims of New Yor neth 'Earle of Montclair, N. J., me- chanicians, were killed Jast night when a three seated aeromarine ma- chine crashed to earth mnear Hills- { horough light, 35 miles north of Miami. The cause of the accident has not heen determined. Two Men Killed In Powder Mill Blow-Up March 10.—An ex- plosion in the charging room of the Aetna. plosive Co. ut Goss station, 10 miles south of here this morning resulted in the deaths of John Bowser and Thomas Mehaffy. emploves. So far as known they were the only pe sons in the building which was com- pletely wrecked. JUDGES' DINN March 10.—Judges of courts in Connecticut Hartford club this noon Jue .. P. Waldo city presided at the was attended by Springfield, O ATTEN Hartford. the probate met at the for luncheon. Marvin of this dinner which judges. the was judge of Britain, ™. Gafinex. oriNEW: attendir B. court those OPENING CAR LINES. w Haven, March 10.—The | necticut Co. expects to open its Haven-Waterbury lines, via Ch tod Men working from hoth enc have hecn digging out the rails since Saturday. Judge probate one of Con- New WOMAN, 77, A SUICIDE Westbrook. March 10.—Mrs diah Bushnell, 77, took her life taday | by usin pocket knife she had ol tained from her husband's She had shown signs of mental ble. trou- pur- building | any | d vicin- tonight itain a cloudy ecast for New | ity: Generally | and Thursday. IN FINAL STAGES hire | clothing. ! be no room Lnis ‘ranged SIMS BLAMES NAVY DEPT. FOR LOSS OF HALF MILLION MEN, 15 BILLIO EXPENSE AND WAR'S CONTINUAN 'ROUND UP OF FREIGHT | CAR THIEVES IN R, 1. Six Are Arrested in Their Homes After Making Good Their Escapes. Bradford, R. T, March 10..—A band of car thieves, nine or ten in number, trapped in a box car on a siding here by Specia] ent Green of the New Haven railroad, who had discovered them while they were in the act of | looting the car, made their escape by blowing out ‘one end of the car with automatic revolvers after Agent Green had succe~ded in capturing one of the men. Barly last evening Agent Green discovered that one of the doors of the car which had been en- tered ,was still open. Suspecting bur- glary he remained in hiding nearby and w rewarded by seeing the rob- bers return. One of the men came out of the car with a bag of plunder and was caught and handcuffed by Agent Green, who succeeded in clos- ing the door of the car and locKking the remainder of the party inside. Taking his prisoner in tow Green went in search of help and during his | absence the trapped bandits blew out the end of the car and escaped. Word was sent to New London and a posse of railroad detectives was hurried to Bradford in an effort to round up the band. The man captured is said to have made a confession in which he has disclosed the names of his confedei ate: Bradford i Westerly, R. L. Six men were arrested in their homes in Westerly and clothing and other goods valued at $3.000 believed to represent many freight robberies were rccovered. Another man wha was sought jumped through a window and escaped after exchanging shots with the officers. Joseph Murano, the man who was caught at the freight car, was over- pgwered by Special Agent Green and Richard Parkinson railroad patrol- man, bef. he could draw his pistol. As the officers were locking the car door to entrap the rest of the band they were saluted with a volley from inside the car. All the shots went wild. about four miles from MURDERED IN TAXI Alleged Bootlegger Killed By Men Who Wanted to Buy Liquor From | Him in New Castle, Pa. New Castle, Pa.,, March 10.—Emil Hadasy of Girard, O., was murdered and robbed of $3,000 in a while on his way to this place last moonshine whiskey. Alexander Ross, driver of the tax cab, also was robbed of $300, ac- cording to the story told lice by Ross Hadasy according to the police met | two men in Youngstown, O., and ar- with them for the purchase of the liquor. They engaged Ros: to drive them to this place but when five miles aw one of the men, ac- cording shot Hadasy, took the money his pockets and threw the body into a snowdrift. The men then rohbed Ross ordered him to drive them to mer. This he did. Then he told the police. Hadasy body was found this morning. Ross was de by the police pending an invest tion. s from and Bess RUSSIANS RELEASED 88 of Thos¢ Arrested in Waterbury Raid It go on Their Own Recog- nizance Today. h 10 —F Russian M ed Hartford, of the brought Tu were aile radicals from Waterbury on s released today on their own recognizance. Thirteen, as mem- Lers af the Communist party or the Union of Russian Workers, were en to the Hartford county jail, where 90 others, supposed to be members of the same organizations, already are being held as liable to deportation. With the arrival of the latest batch { alleged reds there appearcd a new nization on the scene of the fed- 1 agents’ local activities the f Russian Citizens. Since no has been made with respect nization, instructions in the are bei awaited from and mcanwhile since the for ordinary pr the palice cells if the fede ers should he kept there th been rel here y mai- re would soners at on- have ton; WILSON OUT RIDING. March 10. took his third since he October. n open Mrs. Wilson., Miss son ind 1le Admiral physician, accempanied ashi Wilson to hile ride hed last used and w automo- ed car Marg & him. wis orde to was taxicab | to the po- | shiy-eight | Washing- | President | ARGUMENTS COMPLETED I Determination of Validity of Prohi- bition Enforcement Act Now Rests With Supreme Court. Law and Washingten, March 10.—Determi- nation of the validity of the prohi- bition act and parts of the enforce- ment acts now rests with the supreme court. Arguments were completed to- day in appeals brought by the Ken- Ky Distilleries and Warehause Co. following the presentation yesterday of the Rhode Island and Massachu- setts cases. A decision by the court is expected by the court officials before adjourn- ment early in June. Motions made last Monday by At- torney Gen. McCran of New Jersey, asking permission to institute for that state original proceedings attacking the prohibition amendment and Vol- stead act, still are pending. A deci- sion is not expected before next Mon- REV. COOK TO LEAVE Pastor of Trin Methodist Church Will be Given Farewell Reception ‘ Thursday Evening. A reception will be given at the Methodist church Thursday evening after the mid-week service to Rev. H. A. Cook and his wife. Rev. Mr. Cook has been acting pastor of the church for several months and he and his wife will leave next week to retuin to their home in Kansas. They have made a great many friends and ac quaintances during their stay in this city and all are invited to attend. Rev. Warren F. Cook and Mrs. Cook of Montclair, J., will be present. For the emsuing two Qunda\s the pulpit will be filled by a temporary pastor who has been secured by the church committee. Until the annual conference of the Methodist churh convenes no one will be appointed to fill Rev. Cook's vacancy. It is expect- ed that a permanent pastor will be appointed at that time. fIKS CLOSE CALL Claude J. Leroux’s Automobile Runs Amuck On Main Street This After- noon Striking Boy Bicyclist. An automobile belonging to Claude Leroux behaved badly this afternoon in front of the New Britain Trust company on Main street and as a re- | sult a young man who was riding { bicycle up Church street had a nar- | row escape from injury. Mr. Lero I had cranked the machine preparatory | to starting and the gears became en- | { meshed, causing the car to start hack- ! ward. Tt swerved to one side strik- ing the bicycle, and throwing the bo: o the ground. The front wheéel passed over his leg, but he claimed | that 10 injury was felt. Mr. Leroux displayed cool judgment, and running after the car he managed to get on the seat and gain control of it. The | boy was taken to a physician for ex- amination. Water Board to Buy 40,000 Pine Trees The hoard of water | has approved the | smail pine trees Burlington and planted on tl ter bearin, q need of more commissioners purchase of 40,000 o be brought to huttle Meadow and watershed. The wities of pine and trees on the waters the heds tion mneccessary. The trees will he brougnt from Northern New England. Trolley ‘Car Men Quit For Raise in Atlanta Atlanta, Ga.. March 10.-—Atlanta’s street car syvstem was tied up by a strike of motormen and conduc- who voted to walk out becaus dissatisfaction with the was award made by a board of arbit st night. The men said the 15 per cent. increase granted them did not bring their wages to the level of the } cost of ‘living tors of POLICE H tak- | Thieves Stcal Carpenters Valued at $150. Harr Albert and carpenters employed | Hibbard company, police today that had been stolen from a | Newington on March 5. An abandoned automobile later was found to belong Hart of South Main street, sred by policeman this Mill street. The number ind rack were missin explained that these a machine were lost Plainville Road William by the reported Litkie, B to the house which was mo: P coy ning 1te, Mr, cessories night P on tire | Hart j to the m the S1,100.000 Y IN GOLD. ork. March 1 Kuhn, Loch ounced that gold valued was shipped to it he trom Lond in shipment £1,250.000 same firm made a few days ago New & Co $1,1 day an 06,090 s lition to the i n. a of A wa- | of the local supply has made the ac- | today | tools valued at $150 | in | to Juck | dis- | al If U.S. Had Fully operated At Fi Allies Would Hg Won By July, 191 KEPT IN DARKNESS ON NAVAL P Says Daniels’ Message Ignorance Made Him Like Jumping Ovebd Himself. ‘Washington, March 10 —Fail the navy department to fully operate in the war during the six months after America's cost half a million lives, $15,000, 000, 2,500,000 tons of shipping] prevented a victory over Germa July, 1918, Rear Admiral Sims| the senate investigating comn] today in presenting documentar: dence in support of his charge: delay against the department. Tells of Six Months’ Delay. The officer read to the comnf recommendations he had made t department immediately on his § al in London in 191 A cable sent’late in April, 1917, said the ical area where the war would b or lost was in the eaStern Atlan the focus of all lines of ocean munication to England and ¥ Admiral Sims told the committed although he repeatedly urged every destroyer and small craft] could be sent to sea be despaf immediately to this area his rd mendation was not complied w. til about six months later. Failure Was Expensive, He also recommended, he said, two divisions of the American d noughts be sent to bade on B guard aguinst raids in the Er channsl by German cruiser but this recommendation was e Iy disregarded. Failure of the ment to throw the full force o navy into the struggzle, he said] sulted in the “unnecessary 1 1,500,000 tons of shipping by sul rine attack in 1917 and 1,000,009 in 1918, American Troops Held Up. “If the tonnage lost in 1917 been saved by the prompt co-o tion of the navy,” he said, “Am] could have had a million me France at the beginning of 181 tead of 300,000." Admira] Sims said the Germai fensive of 1918 was due to the fa { of the German submarine camy | and that m all probabili it of would have been undertaken and morale of the German people have broken if the American t had been more promptly dispat to France. He estimated on the of what happened when the Amei forces did arrive that vietory { have been achieved by July, 19 the tonnage had been preserved. Plans Made Too Tate. The navy department's first cision as to participation in the Admiraol Sims said, was containd a cablegram to him 27 days America, entered the struggle. me: aid, the department in ed to send 26 destrovers, one td i and mother ship to the B | Isles. and asked for minute infol tion regarding the possibility o tainin ary supplies at Bri i haven. the probable base. “All the: » should have worked out long before we en the war'” said the admiral should have been placed in effed substance al jeast, we cn the war.” necc ans & With Wilson. that whe his own effo to im nt the ded Admiral found that upon 1he navy departme ne of the sitnation were unavaj he invoked the aid of the late bassador Page London who| April 27, 1917, sent_ a . confidd ablegram to Secretary Lansing| sident Wilson declaring ‘there ason for the gr i alarm about tk ue of the cauze dby the increasing succeg German submarines. Declaring that Brilish rine forces were entirely unahjl stem the rising tide of sinkings ambassador ed immedi | ment of every available ited troyer and submarine _cha h waters. ‘en this request Admi W a 1917 app at ¥ is re anti-su te wils months. witness riment mment in re Didn'i viral Sin 1 tha ‘ heas o of th tment Keep’ Know rane. Ad fa him (Coutinued on Eleventh Page,