New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 5, 1920, Page 1

News of the World | By Associated Press. \ /3 PRICH ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920.—TEN PAGES * PRESIDENT OF CONNECTICUT | PoLicEnaN kN diswissen, i | STEAM ROLLER METHODS OTHERS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION Cabelus, Souney and Wal-| BYMEMBERS OF 6" 0’ P’ C enczius Charged With! AUTO TRUCK I(NI]I]IF ITU SPEED TRIALS OF | ; N " CONN. DRAFT DODGERS : to Aid Ac.|C- D- Noble Feund Unconscious Amid Wreckage |Accu TROLLEY OFF TRAGK | CONN. DRAFT! | comd Oy | Of His Motee Car Near New Londen Early Today | U. S. Dist. Atty. Smith Has = Colton D. Nobie of Forest street, Chestnut Street Car Senti 1.203 Inf. G Agsinst |GRARE « Chomg s B o e CK SUSPENDED |gon of B. C. Nobis sresident of tee When Advised That Union' Will Probably Reject| Wage Offer, He Makes This Statement. INCREASE ALREADY He was taken to the home of Arthur B. Rudd at Golden Spur, where he was attended by Mr. Miner of Wa- pany, terford, and then taken to the hos- e v L) ' today WORRIES OFFICIALS New Haven, June 5.—No inform tlon as to the count of ballots cast by members of the various Trolleymen's wnions on the wage offer of the Con- cticut company was made known to- Py by members of the state confer- nee board It was understood that Ihe board will be In session until late | night preparing a report upon which il be based the reply to the com- y. Adverse Vote Expected. The board saw Mr. Punderford. the eral manager, today, and it is sa'd it he was informed in a general way t the vote was adverse upon the estion of acceptance of the com- ny's offer. As the Bridgeport vote not been tabulated, tho board was nable to tell the majority against ac- ptance. Members of the Trolleymen’s unions have expressed an expectation that the company would make a further offer, which they termed a compromise one. President L. 8, Storrs, in an interview today, said that he did not know what was meant by the employes referring 10 & sompromise. Sald he: Nothing to Compromise. ““There is nothing to compromise, wpless the employes aoccept the offer ds made. The company made a fat incrense of 10 cents an hour, and this is rendy a great deal more than it afford at this time. Ten cents an ‘fi’l‘lr means a very great expense in operating the system and it is a ques- tion If even this increase is. a safe move by the company. 8o, how can there be any compromise? Any great- or Increase is entirely out of the question.” 30 ACRE FARM ON BLAKE ROAD SOLD Most of Property Will Be Cut Up; Into Building Lots by Owners, It Is Announced. ¥. C. Monier, Jr.. and John Andrews purchased the Munson farm of 30 acres on Blake road, together with | all stock and tools. It ia the intention | of the new owners to at once dispose ! of about elght mcres, a house, a barn, | four cows, one horse and B0 chickens, | The remainder already has been | mapped and plotted into bullding lots. [ APPEAL FROM VERA CRUZ Plaguo in Vera Cruz Today—Call Sent to New Orlcans, * Six New Cases of Bubonic Vera Cruz. June 5.—8ix new cases of bubonic plague were discovered in this city yesterday and two of the vie. tims died during the day. In addition five suspicious cases are under obser- vation An appéal has been sent to New Orleans for anti.bubonic serum and | other medicines needed in the fight “EAiast the disease. N* London Bridge to | and a bunch of roses. Operate By Electricity New London, June i.—The state highway dept, will make changes in the Thames river highway bridge which will enable the lift to be oper- ated by electricity instead of steam. | It ls estimated that the cost of “ho changes will be about half a millien dallars The machinery is now on its way here and the work will be started as soon as possible wfter the Yale- Harvard race Lynn Monlders Strike To Aid Erie Workers Mass., June i.—~Moulders at the local plant of the General Elec- tric Co., numbering about 150 and #ald to represent all but a few of the men emploved in the department, falled to report for work today. They wnnounced their action as in sympathy with a strike of moulders at the Erie, Pa. plant and sald similar action was planned at Schenectady, N. Y. Lynn, EARTHQUAKES IN FTTALY London, June 6.—two violent earth- ! quake shocks occurred Friday at Fer- rara, Italy, causing a panic among the people of the city according to a Cen- tral News dispatch from Rome. Fer- mra is 26 miles northeast of Bologna and is o cify of gredt commercial im- portance in northeastern Italy, YANKS RETURN TO PARIS Paris, June S.--large numbers of fopmer American soldiers finding con- | ditions in America unsatisfactory, are returning to France to seok employ- ment, and finding work for them in 1his country is proving quite a :erious problem f(or officlals of the Ameri-mun Polytechnic, has san Legion In this city, Dooryard. Foliowing an impact with a heavily laden automobile ‘truck shortly after | 11:30 o'clock today, the Chestnut street trolley car darted across Lhe Interscction of Elm and Chestnut streets, mounted the curbing, crashed through a picket fence and stopped imbedded in the soft dirt a few feet from a house on the northwest cor- ner. little fuster and picket fence, not encountered the witnesses say, it would have crashed into the house, which is a frame dwelling, with possibly disastrous results. Fortunately, although the crew and several passengers remained in the car while it went over the un- accustomed route, no one was in- Jured. The car was returned to tracks by workmen from the car barn and towed in for repairs. An- other trolley was placed on the line and trafc sumed with but a few minutes’ delay. At the time of the collision, the trolley wus coming toward the center of the city and the automobile truck was traveling in & northerly direction. Both reached the intersection of Elm and Chestnut streets and when the impact came the trolley, being of the light type used on the Kast Main and Chestnut street lines, was unable to resist. It left the tracks at once and hefore the hand brakes could be applied effectively, had made its way into the nearby yard. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS STEAL ICE CREAM woen Spanish Class Meeting Ends Refreshments Are Foand to Be Missing from Basement. A group of High school boys who, apparently, have a strong liking for lce cream, discovered the presence of several containers of that brand of refreshment in the basement of the school yesterday afternoon and, as a result, when the Spanish class meeting was declared at an end and opened for a soclal hour last evening | against | | register for | | | | i | i | | was but one quart with which to sup- | ply about 30 mouths. Not content with ecating the hovs carted away a part cream with which to treat their friends. Incidents of thefts of refresh- ments such as that of yesterday are by no means unusual, those familiar with social activities at the school say. their fill, MARRIED FORTY YEARS Vega Street Couple Are Honored by ] Fraternal Organization in Observ- ance of Happy Event. Mr. and Mrs. William Gleed, of Vega #treet, were entertained of the ! { done about fireworks lherqi""‘fl"""‘" so it is doubtful Alleged Slackers. Hartford, June 5.- 8. District Attorney Edward L. Smith has filed with the clerk of the U. S. court 1,- 203 informations containing charges so-called slackers alleged to be violators of the =selective service law. Trial in the U. 8. district court will be asked for as rapidly as pos- sible. The slackers represent viola- tions from almost every draft district Had the car been going but a !in the state and the charges are di- those who failed to the dzaft, those who neglected to file (&suonnnxrns and those who did not comply with or- ders of the respective draft boards. FIREWORKS DISPLAY IF PEOPLE WANT IT vided among . Mayor Curtis Wahts Expression of Public Opinion Before Support- ing This Measure, Mayor O. F. Curtis and Harry C. Jackson, of the Publilc Amusement commission, were in session yester- day afternoon tc see what could be at Walnut Hill park this Fourth of J»'v At present there is no allowance in the «-i budget for this form of amusemculiPrinsing and the only hope for fireworks this year is a special appropriation by the common council for that purpose. The mayor explained to Mr. Jackson that he was not against the fireworks plan, but that he would have to have an *xpression of public opinion be- fore he could give the proposition his support. Mr. Jackson is especially enthus- jastic about securing fireworks this vear for New Britain, pointing out that there were 42,000 people at the park from surrounding towns came to wit- ness the display. There are two contracts to be con- sidered, one calling for $800 and the other $1,000. It was also explained to Mr. Jack- son that there existed in this city an emergency fund that is tied up with whether or not it can be used for this pur- pose, but it is possible, however, that this fund might supply the mon for a band concert that evening. The way to get a consensus cf ! opinion. according to Mr. Jackson, is | | yesterday | afternoon at their home by members | of Worthy temple, Pythian Sisters, in | honor of the observance of their 40tn wedding anniversary. The couple were the recipients of a cut glass vase A luncheon was werved the feature of which was wedding cake decorated in the colors of the Pythian Sisters. Mr., and Mrs. Gleed were married in England, but have been of this city for many years. Three children have blessed their union— George Gileed. of Northampton, Mass.; Willlam and Kitty Gleed, of this city Mr. Gleed is employed at the New Britain Machine company. TABS' BUILDING ENTERED President of Organization Discovers Visit of Burglars Last Night—s$50 and Oigars Comprise lLoot, William J. Boyle, president of the Young Men’s Total Abstinence society reported to the police this morning that the society’s building on La- fayette street had been entered by burglars during the night. Aboua $50 and some cigars comprised the loot secured. Entrance to the place was effected with a key. Mrs. Charles McCarthy reported late yesterday afternoon to the police, hat an attempt had been made Thurs- day nigbt to enter a garage in the rear of the store at 38% West Main street. TION OF N. Y. Washivgton, June 5.—Population figures for New York. Boston and Buffalo will be announced at 9 o'clock tonight by the census bureau POF TAPPED AT RENSSELAER, Henry N. Wheeler, of this eity, edi- tor of the Renssclaer coliege. paper, a on to the Chl Ph P residents | | Washington at to have each alderman and couneil- man talk over the matter with their constituents, and then vote, when the matter comes before the council, the way they believe the majority of the people of their wards desire. THIS CITY’S POPULATION Washington Will Make Announce- ment at 10 o’Clock Tonight—Esti- mates Put Figure ‘at About 60,000. The census bureau announced this | afternoon that the population of New Britain will be announced from 10 o’clock tonight. Estimates are that ulation will be in the of only ahout 60,000. neighborhood Berlin's fig- { ures are expected to be in the neigh- ! borhood of 4,200 people while Plain- ville than expected 4,000, is not to show more about HIGHWAYMEN HELD Two Bridgeport Men Must Stand Trial on Charge of Highway Robbery— Bonds $2.500 and $2,000, Bridgejort, June - Guiseppe Clabria and William Nichols were hound over to the superior court to- day on charges of higshway rohbe:; Bonds were fixed at £2.500 and §2.0¢ respectively, During the arraignment of Nichols, Mavor Wilson, who was in the court, charged Prosecuting Attorney A. L. DelLaney with suppressing evidence against the accused men, saying also that the bond fixed was too small. A wordy hattle ensued City Judge Wilder refused to increase the amount of the bond. Chicago Women to Buy $16 Shoes For Only $4.50 Chicago, June Shoes now retail- ing at from $9 to $16 will be sold to women employes of the city hall for $4.50 a pair next Tuesday, Alderrian Max Adamowski announcéd today. He said he had completed arrangemients with a large Chicago shoe co for the sale. He is . city coutiels high cost of:f last year, and that many people] this city's pop- | FOR FALLING ASLEEP Patroiman Frank Hahn, suspended , three weeks ago by Chief William | J. Rawiings for conduct unbecoming an officer, following his capture in the cellar of Frank Slapski's house at 13 Florence street, the police departnient last night. The | board of police commussioners, con- tinuing their investigation of the af- fair, arrived at the decision at a lats hour, after going into the matter very thorcughly Mayor Orson F. Curtis was in attendance during the entirc proceedings last night. As a result of . the muddle into which the ex-officer { finds himscif, the fate of three other members of the police department who were witnesses in the =affair, is now in the hands of Chief Rawlin The board. through Chairman P. F. King, today issued a statement saying that action will be taken on the re- port of the chief. These officers are Peter Cabelus, driver of the night patrol; William Souney and Anthony , Wallnezius. Caught in Man’s Ccllar. On the worning of Sunday, May 15, Sergeant George J. Kelly received a telephone call shortty after 6 o'clock that “burglars” were in the cellar of a house at 13 Florence street. Of- ficer George Ellinger was detailed to £ and on arrival found Of- and two other men. Oa Rhn to the station, Officer fe his usval report, | | Ilinger HA fair. he had received in illicit still was being micintained in the cellar of the house. Ai‘ar com- pleting his night's work, he =..1 e went there to make an investigaticn and while entering the house was stopped by two men residing there. On the following day, he was 3us- pended by Chief Rawlings. . The police board took up the ease | af'once, and at the first meeting there were matters that necessitated n post- ponement_of the case until last Fri- ;day. In the meantime, Officers Souney, Cabelus and Walinczius were called as witnesses. Officer Herbert 1 C. Lyon, driver of the day patrol, was also summoned as a witness, During the investigation last week, the testimony of the three officers, Cabelus, Souney and Walinczius was | to the effect that they left the station house on May 16 with Hahn and, after taking a ride in an auto, Haim { left them in the eastern part of the city. Al three denied knowing whore Hahn went after leaving the car. Of- i ficer Lyon, at last week's session, told { of seeing the four officers pass him Inen" the corner of KEast strect and lNc\vlflxlon road, as he was removing the lantern from the traffic post. The officer said that no recognition was passed between himself or the four officers in the car. Agree to Tell Same Story. At the outset of last night's session, all officers connected with the affair were questioned as to whether or not an agreement had been reached wher=by one story would be told at the hearing. This was found to he so by the commissioners, it is said. It als> developed that Hahn had prac- | tically agreed to assume the blame alone in the affair, so that none of the others would be implicated. Con- flicting testimony was given when the officers testified that they had not been on East street other than to reach the corner of Newington road enroute frem the south part of the city. Officer Lyon stuck to his story that he saw the automobile. come down East street in a southerly direc- tion before it turned into the New- ingten road. The officers’ statements were that after leaving the police headquarters they went out- toward Plainville, and drove around the city toward Towers' brickyard and theuce up to East street. Evidence was presented last night which showed that Hahn, after being caught in the house, had asked the men there to say that a drunken man had been at the house. and it was search for him that brought the o:%ccr there. In view of the facts, as clearly proven in the case, the commissioners { deemed Hahn as unfit for police duty, ., and voted to dismiss him from the de- partment. Asleep on Duty—Suspended. The board heard the case against Supernumerary Officer William Gra- beck, who was asleep while on dut ! and voted to suspend him for thriec months. Grabek magle a clean breast of the affair. He said that prior to the night he was on duty he had been fishing, and was tired out. He went into his own home for a few (Continued on Third Page.) WEBATHER. —_——. . Hartford, June 35.—Forecast New Britain aud vicinity: tonight, Sunday clearing Warmer. was dismissed from | ‘ne-s in Bridgeport, is at the Law- | rence Memorial Associated hospital !in New London with a slight concus- sion of the brain, injuries to his left leg and right shoulder, as well as bad cuts and bruises about the head and | body as the resuit of an automobile ac- i cident in -which he figured at 1:15 o’clock this morning on the road at Golden Spur, between Waterford and East Lyme. Although Mr. Noble was alone at ‘the time of the accident, indications are that he was going at a fast rate of speed and his big enclosed Cadillac machine skidded on the slippery road and crashed into the guard rail of a , bridge. The crash awakened people i in the neighborhood and they rushed | to the scene. The automobile was | entirely demolished and lying in the debris was the unconscious form .of | the man later identified as Mr. Noble. 'LOCAL MEN FRUSTRATE | NEW YORK AUTO THIEF Cowlishaw, Doolittle And Dunbar Capture Would- Be Car Robber. William Cowlishaw of South Bur- ritt street, Burton Doolittle of An- { drews & Doolittle and Joseph Dunbar of Bristol now appear in the roles of anti-auto thief vigilantes. On Thursday the local men motored te New York in Mr. Cowlishaw’s ma- d parked the vehicle in front West 97th street while they Hearing lishaw rush man making machine with of stealing it. he shouted for K and the trio held the police arrived. The man was given hearing be- fore Judgn Max S. Lewi\e yesterday on the charge of attemptyi automo- | bile theft and was bound cler to the Inext term of the genera: gessious court under bonds of $1,000,\which he was unable to furrish. effort to start his evident intention captive until | REINSTATE REDGA’ IN BRIDGEPORT D Head of Police Force Fxomerated— Will Be Retirgd on July 15. Bridgeport, June ment of Superintéhdent of Police John H. Redgas to be followed by retirement on Jifly 15; the retirement of Assistant 8, derintendent Charles H. Suckley, C} in Edward O. Cro- nan and Door .an William Lundberg, and the promdftion of Lieutenant Pat- rick Flanagar to be superintendent of police and Lieut. Thomas H. Flood to be assistant superintcndent to take effect on July 15 together with 47 other promotions and appointments, was the work accomplished by the police board here in a session that lasted until 1:30 this morning. A ‘statement was then issued which said in part: “After careful investigation ex- tending over the period of suspension it was the unanimous opinion . of the board that nothing derogatery to the character of Superintendent Redgate was disclosed and it was therefore ordered that he be reinstated as of June 5, 1920.7 Superintendent Relgate was sus- ‘pended several weeks ago following a viee raid conducted by an outside detective agency. -Robbers_'l:hrow Pep;er And Secure $100,000 New York, June 5..—Two robbers enterit'g the jewelry establishment of the Schonfeld Mfg. Co., at Nassau street in the very heart of New York's business district today threw pepper in the eves of one of the proprietors and fled with a wallet said to con- tain $100,000 worth of diamonds. 5. — Reinstate- LACK 4,700 EMPLOYES. Bristol, R. 1., June 5.—The Na- tional India Rubber Co. still lacked approximately half of its 4,700 oper- atives today after all the employes who wished to work had gone to the plant under the protection of Na- tional Guarismen. BRAY—MURPHY. The marriage of Miss Anna Murphy of East Main street apd Dr. Henry T. Bray will be sol d at St. Mary's ch and identified himself in bu!fial pital. On the way he recovered con- sclousness sufficiently to identify him- ! sel. This afternoon it was stated i that his condition is not regarded as critical. Mr. Noble was returning from a ! business trip to New London when the accident occurred. Until inquiry at the Noble resi- dence in this city made the identifica- tion complete, there was a mixup in the identity of the injured man. Within the past few weeks a man | giv gnitheanoemf giving the name of “Colton D. Nable” and whose description answered that of the local man in every particluar, went to work in Chester. A few days ago he disappeared without leav- ing any trace and although he did not apparently own an automobile, it was at first thought that he was the victim of the accident. PRESIDENT SCORES PRESENT CONGRESS Indignant at Failure to take Action Against H, C. of L. and to Pass treaty ‘Washington, June 5.—Pres. Wil- son in a telegram today to officials of the railroad brotherhoods, criti- cized congress for failing to take ac- tion with regard to the high cost eof living, the conclusion of peace and important domestic legislation. The telegram message asking vent the adjou day. The execu light of the o4 gress 1 hg hope that would resul®t urés for the conditians to tion,” “It must b president said, motivé which gress is pol) than lofty pj welfare.’ The pres| accepted s ted paig ‘(" WEDS APTER GRADUATION 1 Ensign Paul Pihl, of This City, Takes Ellwood (Ind.) Girl as His Bride at Annapolis. Eneign Paul Pihl, son of Rev. Gua- tave E. Pihl, pastor of the Swiadish {Bethany church of this city, was mar- ried Thursday afterncon immediately after graduation from the URited States Naval Academy at Ani Md. Mr. Pihl met his bride, ias Charlotte Wilki, of Ellwood, Ind. while he was in the academy. 'The bride is the sister of Ensign Pihl’s former roommate at Annapolis. Miss Wilki attended the University of Indiana and the Colonjal Schoel for Women at Washington, D. C, Ensign Pihl and his bride will spend a few weeks visiting the bridezroom’s parents in this city before Mr. Pthl reports for duty aboard the “Bridge- PORTENS—DOBSON Street Young Woman and Stanley llartford Real Estate Man Will Be Married June 16 at Milford. Announcement has been made of the approaching marriage of Miss Marguerite J. Dobson, of Stanley street, to Harvey Portens, of Hart- ford, which will take place day, June 16, in St. Mary's ‘Milford. Rev. Peter McCle ' perform t1:¥ ceremony. | Miss Dobson is the daughte and Mrs. Edward Dobson, of tH and has been employed in the o the Union Manufacturing Cdg Portens is the son of Mr. and John M. Portens, of 5 Forest Hartford, and is engaged in t estate business. GEN. GOETHALS RESIGNS New York, June 5—The resign! 9f Major Gen. George W. Goethals president of the American Ship Comumerce Corp., was announced® today from Gen. Goethals’ office. reason was assigned as.to why resignation was tendered. ' HEARING POSTPONED Washington, June 5.—After he ing Col. E. H. R, Green of Texas, soil ! of the late IHetty Green, the “son ate committee investigating > BDGT anyrr o better: 5 - ! several ¢f mittee s H. F: man_fro the Mo for Woo Neithe Procter, port chi New commif Ny Waod his takes." OCEA] New York, Ju ported afire 150 and early toda: the fire w=-_ u ve gers for No on| ther dan averted ceed on PN