New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 13, 1920, Page 1

- L] o . POLICE BAFFLED BY | ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1920. —-TWELVE PAGES. 10 PROHIBIT FISHING |ALLIES GIVE GERMANS MORE TIME TO REPLY TO ULTIMATUM ON COAL: AT CITY RESERVOIRS * LACK OF MOTIVEIN |o..cs o v e * gection. 7 i and expected y York M STONINGTON CRIME 'New York Woman Shot an Killed on Lonely Road by Chanffear, Who Then Commits Suicide VICTIM WAS SHOT TWICE; MURDERER A MARRIED MAN Dead Woman Was Wife of Arthur Do Took Her to Eastern Point to | Cordova, New York Broker, Who | i sSummer—Chauffeur’s t Spend the Wife Prostrated at News of Tragedy Stonington, Conn., July 13. —Little fnformation was obtainable here to- day In the tragedy yesterday in which Mrs Arthur E. De Cordova of New | York city was killed by her chauf- ur, Bernard B. Geissier who, him- solf died today from wounds inflicted at the time. The body of the woman and Gels- slpr just allve were first scon bY Jumes Frank Hrown, who lives on this road. He stated today that while drving a pair of horses on the Ston- ington road, seven miles from the berough, he noticed an xunumnmlfi‘ drmyn up on [the left side of the road heading horth towards Nort Btonngton. Oy) reaching it he saw A woman aeppgrently asleep on $ie kround beside Jthe car. She was fully attired n- to her hat. OUn Brown says he on the ground on the left tlose by the knees also on t side, was & revolver. i Woman Dead, Man Dying. Examination showed that the wom- wn was dewd having been shot through the breast and thére was another ound at the #houlder. The man vas breathing faintly. Mr. Brown sent 4 to nelghbprs and after Dr. | ¢ of Ptorfington nd Dr. Gray, thit medical exafine of Mystic, had goen ‘*he woman body It was sent to an Gndertaker Mystic. The man | was rughed ty w London for hos. pital erteritior we his life. that today a neigh- @ t during the after- en the car beside the person was in sight. Mr. Brown #Aw it at 5:30 o'clock. Al the nearest house, half a mile way it was stated that some time after 4 o'clock, possible about 5 the report of firearms was heard but no atten- tion was paid to this aas it was sur- mised so “e was hunting in that soad at the point where /@ had been stopped is the nearest dwellings are about J (f a mile on one side and 0 feet on the other. The loca- n is close by the George Wheeler face y Coroner Begins Inquiry. Corner Brown of Norwich ‘came here from Gales Ferry his forenoon to take all day in his the auto wooded, inauiry. From the effects in the automobile It was ascertained that the woman bad been a guest at the Griswold, at Eastern Point and that she left there ! Whigville reservoir with rubber boots ! math a $100.000 | cusing her of misconduct. In the machine in the early afternoon, Her body will be forwarded to New city later in the day, it was expected, upon the conclusion of an Rutopsy. Wife of New Yorker . New York, July 13.—~Arthur De Cordova, New York broker, whosa wife was killed yesterday by their chauffeur at Stonington, Conn., left At once for New London on learning of the tragasly. The couple left their apartraent here on July 1 for Eastern [Point, driven by Bernard B. Geissler, the uffeur, who himself died tod.iy m wounds inflicted after he hat shot his employer's wire, After seeing his wife sett] summer, Mr. De Cordova home yesterday. At the De Cordova home here new. of the shooting was first regarded as tncredible. Geissler, emploved for five years by the Do Cordovas, was sald geover to have shown any signs of in sanity d for the returned Wife Is Prostrated. , Mrs. Gelssler, when Informed of fhe wshooting, was prostrated Sho @aid she had rectived only one letter from her husband since he left for Connecticut. O'Connor E. De Cordova, cousin ot Arthur De Cordova, is vice-president of the New York Consolidated Ex- change and a member of the board of governors. Mystorions Lock of Halr, New London, July 13-~The body of Bornard issler, chauffenr of Ar thur De Cordova who, on Monday @vening, shot and killed Mrx. De s in a lonely =pot on the 4, near Stonington, and who aft ards shot himself through the hoad, ng ot the Lawrence Memorial hos tal thls morning, was removed (o- y to undertaking rooms here. M ‘Sielssler, who resides in New Yo cjty, telephoned to the undertaker (Continued on Eleventh Page.) | district, at Request of State Depart- ment of Health. By request of the staie department of health, the board of water com- missioners has voted to prohibit fish- ing on the banks of the reservoirs from which this city draws its wate- supply and all permits issued by the water department will be revoked at once. The action was taken last eve- ning at the regular meeting of the board of water commissioners. The move followed report by otfi- cials of the state department after a tour of inspection of all watersheds reservoirs in the state of Con- necticut, in which they reported that a man had been found fishing in the on. Such conditions, the report stat- ed, wera detrimental to the purity of the water supply. It is planned to have sign-boards placed around the lake upon whizh | a warning will be painted in three languages, English, Italian and | Polish. GETS $11,000 IN CASH AND $30,000 IN TRUST Mrs. Gladys W. Jacobs of | Hartford Given Alimony As Well As a Divorce. Hartford, July 13.—Alimony amount of $11,000 will mediately Gladys representatives of to the paid W. Jacobs by Raymond B. from whom Mrs. Jacobs ob- tained a divorce last month. Repre- sentatives of Mr. Jacobs will also de- liver $30,000 to the Hartrord-Con- necticut Trust company to be held under a trust agreement by which the income shall be paid to Mrs. Jacobs for her support and towards | the support, education and mainten- ance of Gerald B. Jacobs, their minor child. Under the supplemental judg- ment, signed today by Judge Maltbie, the $30,000 must be delivered to the | trust company within 50 days. Kay- mond B, Jucobs left Hartford for New Orlens on Saturday. The judzment } by stipulation signed today ends the legal entanglements of the Jacobs di- vorce suit, which had an, after- Hbel salht by Mrs. her husband for ac- | With the | settlement of the alimony feature of | the case the iibel suit was withdrawn | today. SEVERAL REALTY TRANSFERS be ame- Jacobs Jacobs ngninst POLES AWAITING WAR AMMUNITION Have Army of Million and Count on Allied Aid Un- less Soviets Agree to Arm- istice At Once. BOLSHEVIK FORCES HAVE TAKEN MINSK Spa, Belgium, July 13 (By The As- sociated Press).—The allicd pren:iers have decided not to iusist upon the Germans replying to the allied uvlti- matum regarding coal deliveries at 3 p. m. today. The Germans will be permitted to defer their reply until tomorrow. The experts on both sides spent the day re-examining the situation. The allies originally demanded a monthly delivery .of 2,200,009 tons of coal by the Germans. The Germans offered 1,100,000 tons and the allied demand was reduced to 2,000,000 tons. The ultimatum informed the Germans that they must agree by 3 o'clock Lhis afterrcon to this monthly delivery ‘or the allies would take measures to enforce the treaty of Versailles. Expeet Early Deliveries, Spa, July 13 (By The Asso-iated Press) . —Ladislas Grabski, the Po" sk premier, is due to arrive in Warsaw today from Spa bearing the assur- ances of the allies that ample arms and munitions will be supplied Poland in case the IRlussians do not agree to an armistice or unduly delay their reply. The Polish military authorities have informed the allies that_ they can put in the field an army of 1,000,000 but that they nced 400,000 rifies, 500,000 machine guns, 1,000 field guns, armored cars, tanks and a great variety of munitions. The Poles count on the allies sup- plying this material, the deliveries beginning in about 15 days, unless the soviet government immediately ac- cepts an armistice. The soviet government had not re- plied tcd to the allied quest for an armistice sent by wirelés® through the British government. Minsk Is Captured. London, July 13.—Minsk has boen captured by (e Rolsheviki, accord- ing to a wireless dispatch from Aos- cow, which savs the soviet troops oc- cupled the town on the morning of July 11. Minsk i& the capital of the Russian government of the same name and is situated on a branch of the Beresina river, 250 miles northeast of Warsaw. | Soviet forces had been converging on John Begosian Sells Property at Cor- ner of Stanley and Seymour Streets to Anthony Bodiach. An imporiant real estate deal was | completed today through the Camp | Real Estate company, when John Eo- gosian sold his property at the cor- ner of Stanley and Seymour streets to Anthony Bodiach. The property con- sists of a brick block on the corner with two stores and seven tenemen a two-family house and store, and a | one-family house. The property is assessed for $24,000. John W. and Emma Anderson sold through the Camp Real Estate com- pany a threa-family house at 3 South Main strect to Herman K. Kal- manawitz and Samuel Silverman. Leon H. Leonard sold, through the same company, a two-family house at 103 Columbia street, to James L. Doyle. STORM CRIPPLES SERVICE Monday’'s Downpour Puts 391 Instru- ments Out of Commission in the Hartford District; Subways Flooded. Hartford, July 13, Monday's downpour, telephone | lin and 291 instruments were put of commission in the Hartford The flooding of manholes nning of water into service cn- bles caused a very serious traffic tie- up in and around the city. Crews started out Monday night and con- tinued all day today in an effort to result of out and r repair the damage. Nearly three inches of rain fell, Water Board Plans Tour of Inspection The first ocial tour of inspection for the present water board on the propertics owned by the city, includ- ing the watersheds and the reservo! proper, will be conducted Thursd fternoon. The purpose of the tonur 1o jequaint the new members of the board with the city’s holdings. | James H. Riley Named National Bank Teller H has been Riley of 101 Tremont promoted to the po- sitlon of toller the New Bri National bank and has assumed new duties. He will suceeed Horace W Eddy, who will devote his entire time in the future to the company’s books - the city from the north and south The fall of Minsk indicatesthat Vilna, about 110 miles to ' the safthwesl, is in imminent dangeér of capture by the Bolsheviki. The communique also anmounces the capture of Sventsiany, 93 miles south of Dvinsk and 50 miles north- cast of Vilna. 2 Americans Fice Vilna. Warsaw, July 13 (By Associated Press) . —American relief workers have been forced to flee from Vilna, Lemberg and other cities and towns near the lines where Bolshevik and Polish forces are engaged in battle. The work of providing for the des- titute has been taken up by Bolshe- vik organfizations in areas wrestad from the Poles, The American relief organ has in Polund supplies worth $5, 000 and continuing to feed 1.10 000 persons daily. It has no inten- tion to cease operations until cox pelled to do so by the Bolshevik ad- Two hundred thousand chil- dren. formerly cared for by the Americans, now are within the Bol- shevik lines or in danger zones. vance Poles Admit Loss. Warsaw, July 13.—The loss of the city of Minsk by the Poles is an- rounced in todav's official statement from Polish army headquarters. The Bolsheviki occupied the city after a desperate all-night battle. DRASTIC LIQUOR RULE After July 31. All Pormits to Carry It * Will Be Revoked and New Orders Effective. Hartford, July 13.—It is expected that the number of permits for trans- portation of llquor will take a decided drop on July 31, when the new rui- ing of the federal prahibition commis- sioner takes effect. At that time all permits now in cffect will be cancelled and to renew the permit the carrier will have to put up a bond varying from $1,000 to $5,000, according ‘o the number of s he will operate. Under the new ruling each holder of a permit will have to prave that he is regularly engaged in the trucking bu: iness and has property by which he can be made accountable for any liquor which is lost while in Ius charge There are present about 100 transportation in this state. at permits NORTH ADAMS WAS 22282, Washington. July 13.—The popula- tion of North Adams. Masas. was an- nounced today as 22,282; increase 263 or 1.2 per cent. v STATE MAYORS FAVOR REGULATING JITNEYS R R o, PRICE THREE $150,000 WORTH OF | LABOR PARTY AMALGAM SECURITIES MISSED! WITH COMMITTEE OF 4 FORM NEW POLITICAL | LOSES HIS FREEDOM |Meeting Ope New Jersey Broker Loses‘ Port- folio From His Automobile AUTHORITIES ON THE ALERT Association Adopts Resolu-: ;... 10st Just Outside of Norwalk tions Urging Restrictions of Motor Bus Lines. New Haven, July 13.—The Mayors"' association executive committee dis- cussed transportation and traffic prob- lems here today after formally or- ganizing with Mayor E. F. Morgan, of New London, as chairman, and Dr. J. Milton Coburn, of Norwalk, secre- tary. The following resolution was adopted: “Resolved, That it is the sense of | the Mayors' Association of Connecti-; cut that the public must be protected and the besi interests of the com-| munity conserved. To that end the public service vehicles should be res- ulated as to service, schedules, rates, routes and liabilities, as are the trol- ley companies. All municipalites should guard carefully their ~vested rights to regulate traffic and thus pro- tect the safety of the general public. It is further “Resolved, That the Mayors’' Asso- ciation of Tonnecticut invites co-oper- ation with all municipal organizations and semi-public bodies interested in the welfare of their respective com- munities throughout the state to the furtherance of this end.” STILL INVESTIGATING United States Secret Service Men { Working on Case Against Lawyer D. E. O’Keefe and. Aloysius Young. O.P. McKenna and Raymond King, members of the United States secret service, were in this city again yes- terday afternoon continuing their in- gation in the Lawyer Danied 9. eefe-Aloysius Young alleged fraud case. Their trip yesterday was marked with the same secrecy that accompanied their first arrival in this city, with the result that very little information is available. From a fair- 1y authentic source, however, it was learned today that the officers paid a ! visit to the New Britain Machinc com- pany, where an ex-scrvice man was interviewed. It is reported that the O'Keefe Young duo were greatly in- terested in this man's case, and suc- ceeded in securing him $700 from the government, Of the original amount, however, the alleviators of ex-sérvice men’'s troubles were sald to have been reimbursed to the extent of $300. The more the investigation is gone inta, it is said, the more serious the plight of those connected with it be- comes. Meriden Woman Donates $50,000 For City Hospital Meriden, July 13.—Mrs. Etta War- ren Lawbaugh today made a gift of $50,000 in memory of her parents to the Meriden hospital which is com- pleting a drive for $300,000 to re- construct its buildings. The fund has reached $250,000 and the amount re- maining is in sight. Later this afternoon Clarence P. Bradley, a manufacturer contributed $50,000 to the Meriden Hospital fund. Breaks Neck in Dive, Bridgeport 3Man Dies Bridgeport, July 13.—Harry Bene- dict, 25, is dead as a result of break- ing the fifth cervical of his neck in a dive from raft at Fairfield Beach Sunday. In an effort to sale himself as he slipped from the raft the youth took a straight dive and struck the shallow bottom. He was brought to Bridgeport hospital and despite the efforts of physicians died late yester- SENSATIONAL ESCAPE Seven Prisoncrs Saw Out of Cells and With Blanket Ropes Climb Down Three Stories at Asheville. Asheville, N. C., July 13.—Seven prisoners ull charged with serious crimes, escuped from the Buncomb county jail early today by sawing their way out of individual cells and then dropping with the aid of bankets tied together from a third floor win- dow where waiting automobiles car- ried them to freedom. SOLD “GOLD NUGGETS” New York, July 13.;-The ancient gold brick swindle came to the front again here today when Morris Rosen- berger was arrested on a Philadelphia warrant charging him with selling “gold nugge made of brass while posing as a western prospector. The arrest ended a two year search. e Hartford, July 13.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight: Wednesday partly cloudy. *® B | | | | e | | had placed it on a post. i to —Police Scek Three Men in Ma chine Who May Have Found It—Say They Hung it On Post. New Haven, July 13.—The loss of $150,000 in negotiable securities from an automobile, just outside of Nor- walk, today was reported to the police by George E. Hudson, a stock broker, of Bloomfield, N. J. The state police, highway inspectors and police & cities between New York and Hart- ford have been notified. Three Men Suspected. According to Mr. Hudson’s state- ment he was in an automobile with others and the securities were in a portfolio which had been placed on a seat. Just after leawing Norwalk it was noticed that the door had swung open and the portfolio was not on the seat. It could not be found. The machine was run back and another machine's occupants stated they had seen machine containing three men v.@) they described as foreigners stop auu pick up something. Mr. Hudson says that further in- quiry ws made of other automobilists along the highway until a machine containing three men such as had been described was stopped. These . men, declared by sign®that they had picked up something in the road and Mr. Hudson went to the place which was thought be the one indicated but the port- | folio was not there. The police are { understood to be looking out for the | machine which had the three men ! who apparently picked up something. GOES MAD IN AUTO Rochester Man, Acting as Host With Omly a Dime, Shoots Boston Man and Kills Himself Near Worcester. k7 Worcester, fh&, July 13.—A man believed to be James Rree,’ of Ro- chester. N. Y., acting as the host of an automobile party with only 10 cents in his pocket, apparently went mad while the car was passing through here on the way from Boston to Hartford early today and, after shooting Harold P. Jovce, of Boston; threatening Abraha Smith, of Bos- ton, the driver, and exchanging shots with Patrolman Joseph F. O’'Malley, killed himself. * A letter found in a sealed envelope in oge of Ryce’s pockets said: “Bury me in Rochester, N. Y., or bury me in quickiime.” To Build Dwellings On Woodruff Court Frank Monkiewicz took out a building permit this afternoon for the construction of a $10,000, three family dwelling, 25x50, on Woodruff court. He also took permits for two two-family dwellings to cost $6,500, both of which will be built on Wood- ruff court. Washington Has Received ‘ No Report of Killing Washngton, July 13.—No report of the killing of an American officer dur- ing street fighting at Triest or the par- ticipation by American naval forces in recent disturbances there has been received at the navy department. The cruiser Olympia and several United States naval destroyers are stationed in the Adriatic. Bar Harbor Fire Does Damages of $20,000 Bar Harbor, Me.,, July 13.—The water front of this summer resort was the scene carly today of a fire which illuminated the harbor aad forced hasty removal of yachts and small boats anchored off shore. A dock was destroyed. The loss was $20,000. l AND ALSO HIS PANTS Prisoner Suffers When Many Friends Try to Rescue Him From Sheriffs. South Norwalk, July 13.—Deputy Sheriff Lincoln Taylor of Stamford, Deputy Sheriff Benjamin J. Crawford of White Plains, N. Y., and Peter Vasca of this city, figured in a three- cornered battle on Railroad 'avenue here this morning at 10:30 o'clock when friends of Vasco attempted to rescue him from the officers who had placed him under arrest on a warrant issued by Govenor Holcomb. Vasco, who is wanted in New York state for wife abandonment, was seized by the two sherffs and pulled towards Tay- lor's car. One of Vasco's friends grabbed the prisoner by the legs and a tug-of-war commenced, the end ar- riving when Vasco’s pants were pulled from his body. He was hurried to Taylor's car and an attempt was made to start so that he could be taken to Stamford, from whence Sheriff Crawford was to ‘“rush him through” to New York state. The car refused to start. Vasco's lawyer, At- torney Paul Cannery, known as Con- necticut’s youngest representative in the state legislature, arrived with a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge John J. Walsh of the court of com- maon pleas, thus blocking the attempt to spirit away Vasco. A crowd of sev- eral hundred people who had gath- ered by this time and Vasco and the two sheriffs were taken to police head- quarters where matters were straight- ened out. A hearing will be held on the case Thursday morning. 0SCAR DOERR DEAD Head of New Britain Ice Corporation Died at His Home on Shuttle Meadow Avenue Today. Oscar E. Doerr, president and man- ager of the New Britain Ice corpora- tion, died at his home at 150 Shuttle Mceadow avenue at 2:10 this after- noon. Death was due to a complica- tion of diseases by which the deceased had been confined since April. Mr. Doerr was 54 years of age. He was born in Saxony, Germany, and came to this country in 1869. His life since that time has been spent in this city where he became interested in business. He was owner of a large tract of land on Shuttle Meadow ave- nue and had long been interested in the ice business. He had been con- nected with the New Britain Ice Cor- poration for vears and worked his way to the head of the concern. He left his active work with the company in April and since that time had been in failing health. He was a member of New Britain lodge of I. O. O. F. He leaves his wife and four children, Herman E., Clara M., Louise W. and Helena E. Doerr Funeral arrangements have not been completed. THE GREAT UNWASHED Crew of Diner Cretic Refuse to Take Bath and as Result Are Forbidden to Land at Boston. Boston, Jully 13.—The steamship Cretic, which has been detained at Quarantine with her 1,700 steerage passengers for four days because the crew refused to submit to a bath, was released today. The passengers were landed, but the crew, still unwashed, nwere placed in the detention pen at Commonwealth pier. After disinfection of the ship which is considered necessary because of a dispute with the health authorities at Naples over requirements for the in- spection of prospective American im- migrants the crew will be placed aboard the Cretic again. They will be kept under guard while the vessel is in port unless in the meantime they agree to take the re- quired bath. Bridgeport Jitney Men Laugh at Order Not To Infringe on Trolley Co.’s Regular Lines City Council Passes Regulatory Ordinance and - Conn. Co. Will Give New Plan 30 Day Test. Bridgeport, July 13.—Despite adop- tion by the common cou.cil early to- day of an ordinance that would bar them from operating their buses on any routes leading to the center of the city, jitney men here today de- clared that they will operate as usual Thursday morning, when the or dinance becomes effective, in order to get a court ruling in the matter. John Schwartz, president of the Jitney Men's asseciation, at the conclusion of the common council meeting early to- day instructed scores of operators to take up their regular runs Thursday ! morning. President Lucius Storrs of the Con- necticut company was expected here . this noon for further conference with Mayor Wilson As a resull of the passage of the ordinance the passenger trolley ser ice will not be discontinued July President Storrs said last night that the trolley company would keep op- crating for 30 days at.least to see whether jitney restrictions enabled 1 the trolley lines to do business with- | out a loss. Prayer Sayi Are Not Cg With Heaven Clergymen Decl: lican Candidates ders Nc%t From From Wall St DN ASKS HIS B FOR DEBS I Chicago, July 18, of the committee of to join the national formation of a new hold a joint convention Partisan Leaguers. conwention and didate for president night. o Three Big O Three proposals of th however, stood in the agreement on party pri were a capital tax & ization of mines and the Plumb pian for control, in the new par Rev. Gearge O. Ric Louis opened the forts vention with a prayer ceived with cheers. “We are not heaven and hell,” he world in which we are Jesus failed, so do we.” Scores G. O. P. in The prayer charged candidates ‘‘take ordef Jesus but from Wall democratic party * those forces which and spiritual desoluti he said, “the gove sites are cursed 3~ j‘ ness.” He added: 3 ‘“Wee are corrupt,’ ioned and selfish.’ " God, and in the great coming, save us from solution.” 2 Asks Blessing fo Dr. Richmond spég thanks for the revol for the new spirit of among negroes” and asked for the destruc ism, Penrosism and of paganism’ Would Serve Purp Dr. Reeks Beliey Becauss of the fay department ordir a sweeping streets in th city only within ce passed previous to the's present schedule of B Dr. T. Eben Reeks is fort to ascertain the fy nessmen as to what a that ordinance would to them. He confer: man Howard C. Wilse cantile bureau of the Commerce this morni that 2 meeting of merg be held soon, possibly ber of Commerce room As a possible remed health superintendent an amendment to the| make the .sweeping ho to ‘9 o'clock in the of from 6 o’clock to ¢ ter, he explains, is © chiefly, although it m stitute a health menacd 18 Members of S Crew Held H Toledo, O., July members of the crew d City of Toledo were today after it was repo caused the drowning off who was alleged to ha 17-vear-old white you American Admiral End to Spak Rome, July 12.—The miral controlling the the armistice zone nea matia, ended an enco ctred recently betwee and Italians in the tow was announced in a sen munique today. The vened with the local storing order. LONGSHOREMEN | New York, July 13— longshoremen of thé O tion Co. today t fter less than a Union officials’ elai because they wanted ted contract. Tegal | prot been (hreatened. <