New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1920, Page 1

+ « people. News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERAL ESTABLISHED 1870, Better Bus MEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920.—TWENTY PAGES. PRICE THREE CH PONZI CONTINUE T0 PAY CREDITORS 'Boston Money-Wizard Has Re- turned at Least $1,600,000 KEEPS PROCESS A SECRET Frightened Investors Seem Satisfiod Their Money Is Spfe—Schemer Says He FHas omerd 810, I 000,000 for His Business, Boston, July 30.~Charles Ponzi, style financier who claims to within a few the new- have amaased millions and who has paid to the puh- investments months Me Iarge profits on their n his dealings in International chunge, appeared to have mBst satisfled question among his in- ex- todny vestors as to his solvency Odly a short line tormed before the payment window of the Ponzi office and clarks sald they were paying oft Almost as much on notes n.atured for the 50 per cent. profit in 45 days as they were roturning to frightened in- vestors In principal without intgrest on notes surre ered we turity. The virtust L e day run w Whi. with few adai- tiaps ‘nx' appearing 1in 300,000 Paid Out. The amount paid out by Ponzl sinca the run began on Monday was esti- mated by his mandger, Miss Lucy Mell, at $1,500,000. “And we have twice as much money right here in Hoston as Mr. Ponzi owes, 8o there is no need of anyone being nervous,' =he added Ponzi a few days ago announced that his la'ilities were about $3,000,- 000, Indicating that public participa- tion In his schemes aiready has been reduced by one-half, with further re- «coipts stopped by his agreement with the authorities to accept no more funds until investigation of his ac- counts is completed., “Ru Seems Over, The run of frightened Investors to cover, Miss Mell said meant more money in the already bulging pockets of Ponzl, as unmatured notes were paid only on the basis of the actual investment. ““Their money has been working for W all this time she =aid, “and Mr. Ponzi now can kecp the 50 per cent. profit which would have gone to these You will realize what this means when you know that nearly $1,000,000 which we have paid out has been on unmatured notes, a sav- | ing te Mr. Ponzi of almost $500,000." Ponsl's manager #ald she had seen nothing of any investigators as vet, althouglv federal, state and county in- auirics ure under wal. Her books, . she continued, were open for inspec- tion by anyone In _authority would show that Ponzi had more t enough money to satisty all claims. ‘Will Keep His Secret. ¥xaminatioh of the books, however, she says, will not solve the mystery of how Ponzi has made his monev. With his ready satisfaction of all de- mands for payment, question has turned from his solvency to “how does he do 1t \_In reply to the statements of Post- minster Patten of New York that thero are not enough International postal coupons in the world to build up the fortune which Ponzi claims 1= his, Miss Moll declared that her chief's manner of “cashing n" on his opera- tions was a bhusiness secret which he intemded keeping and which examina- tion 6f 4+ i bouks would not show “We have.the money: there has heen no violation of law: the public has received and will receive dollar for dollar on every preomi let investigations "ome; What e an?" she exe! poiy t he titlon in pa nt. in 90 da offered $10 and roed had heen husiness banker whose identity he refused divulge has made the offer, Punzi said. He added that ho had not decided whether to accept but would hold another conference with the banker here within a few days United States Attorney Gallagher announced that a firm of auditors had begun work on Ponzi's books in be- half of the federal authorities. The entire staff of the firm will be em- ployed to complete the work quickly Chief Post O Inspector H. R Mosby detailed one of his force to bo prosent at tha audit Discussing the case today agher said 1t s manifestly here s ‘anything wome persons receive the money they have put into the concern as an in- vestment in advance of other credit- ors, as it places them 1n the position of preferred creditors.” Two Years in Prison For Hoarding Sugar New Yark, July 30.—A. Lersen, pro- prietar of a small grocery store, has been sentenced to two years in prison for hoarding 200.000 pounds of sugar. Federal Judge Ilowe, in imposing sentence, said he might have fined Tessen 060, but he d'd not want to “put the doilar mark on this judg- eausd h 000 for ¥ A Now York to Mr. Gal- . in case to have unfair irregular D BY AU Withiam Fuch- hospital here ved Tuesday # struck by an anthorities of towns tocher, 22 the today of in when his motoreycle w automobile The Priqgeport and surrounding b thus far to § |MACOMBER, DONAHUE AND PARSONS ARE NAMED FIRE COMMISSIONERS; FIRE HAZARD COMMITTEE CHOSEN J. W. Allen, W. £, Latwam,| B007E WOR August | Howard Wilson, TH $115,000 Bergstrom and H. S. Tnl-' IS TAKEN BY RM"ERS lard Appointed By Mayor Curtis Today. Iatud annewncesmefilt of the ap- pointment of Fred A. Parsons to be a mwember of the board of fire commis- sicners was made this afternoon avhen Mayor Orson F. Curtis made public the appointment of Willlam J. Don- ahue and F. W. Macomber to serve with Mr. Parsons and. Commissioncr John Tomazewski on that board. Com- mission reons was traasferrol trom the of health « ssion - ere to the fire commission about = month ago, but at that time public announcement was withheld by th mayor, in conformance with hf »olb lcy to make no annoumr-sient untl: o flled. ent o Issions w e im0 Accepted. eeing the mayor formally “:‘,":"‘ ihe resignations of Chairman wred Magne!ll and Commissioner nk Conlon, also relieved Commis- wioner Moran from his duties as a member of the board. Mr. Moran's term had expired, but he was held over as o member of the commission awaiting tlie appointment of new members, Mr. Parsons is connected with the H. R. Walker company. Mr. Ma- comber is assistant treasurer of the New Britain Trust company, and Mr. Donahue is treasurer of the local branch of the Connecticut company. Commissioner Macomber's term will expire next June; Commissioner Don- ahue's in June, 1924: Commissioner Parson, June 1, 1922, Commissioner Tomazewski, who is the only member of the old board who is to remain, will leave office in 1923. New Board Named. As ardered by the council at its June meeting, the mayor has named a special committee to investizate the handling and . storage of explosive and inflammatory materials. The fol- lowing will serve on that group: John W. Allen, Wiliam E. Latham, How- ard Wilson, August Bergstrom and Henry & Tallard. The purpose of the committee is to determine whether gasoline is being stored in too large guantities about the city and if the methods used in handling the matferial are like to cause a fire hazard. HKxplosives and other inflammable nraterials will also come under the committee vision. Since the council authorized the mayar to name such a group, he has reccived communications from Hartford and from the state of Penn- sylvinia relative to the methods to be employed in preventing a fire haz- VARDON LIKES LINKS For the Fru English Golfer Speaks W Coursc at the Shuttie Meadow Club in This City, “Phe Shuttle Meadow links are the best that | have played on in this country, from the standpoint of sur- rounding scenery nd excellence of greens and fairways.” sald Harry Var- don the Rritish « ihitio team which went thirty holex pares 1} vouth, here yes it very favorab orkee ) wland his re- with the inlund cousyes af Thus did the Britisher pay ¢x ta the couniry club which the of New Rri s butlt up given to nee or prane and he says a thing we may be best spots game is conw ain N exuiy when Therefore of the honorablg e not flatt ied that r the ancient located at onr ¢ The Englishmen for Roston, where appear today STEAMER KEHUKU SAFE to Wave Exploded Is Re- one yor-step left. they evening, due to last are Tanker, Believed Off Jersey Coast Tuesday. ported Near Palm Bench, Fla. July 30.—The tank which, her owners feared, was the unidentified steamer belleved to have becn destroyed by an explosion off the New Jersey coast Tuesday morning. is safe, according to word received here today. The vessel was off Palm Beach, Fla., at 11 o'clock last night, accord- ing to a wireless report SEEK MISSING HUSBAND Detroit Man Wanted for Murder of His Wife. Whose Body Was Found in Trunk. in New York. York, Kehuk New steamer New York, July 30.—%ugene Leroy of Detroit, now being sought in Mex- ico in cannection with the murder of his wife whose body was found jammed in a trunk shipped here from Michigan, may now be in this ecity, according to a clue picked toda by the poli Leroy was seen here last Friday, the day the b.dy was found. by a man who knew him in Detroit, according to Information which has come to the authorities. The Detroit man had not then read of the finding of the body. Later, when he learned JLeroy was bein up He | 100 Federal Agents Kept Busy in New York Run- ning Down Liquor Ring. York July 30.— liquor raids late vesterday in Newari and Jerscy City by nearly 100 federal agents were followed today by seizure in the Bronx valued at | $115,000. Fede a buildir New tens of whiskey gents made (he seizure at icged ¢o have been occu- SR | | BRITAIN WILL NOT | AGREE TOPLAN OF - DISARMING POLAND, Prance Sides With Rogland and, Also Refuses to Accept Russian Soviet Armistice Demands HUNGARY ASKS PERMISSION Vast stocks of Munitions From Allies Have Been Sent From Danzig to Warsaw—Letyvia, Finland, Rumania pied by Bernard and Nat Bornsteir Who were arraignetl vesterday on a charge of illegally transporting liquor. While 1.672 cases were being placed on motgo trucks to be taken . to a warehouse, the federal agents say they were frequently interrupted by tele- phone orders for large quantities of whiskey There are fuily 100 internal reve- nue and prohibition enforcement agents in New York idling about ¢the streets, keeping an eyve open for sus- picious locking trucks, according to prohibition agents. Threp a were made today. U. S. NAVY MAN WINS AT OLYMPIC SHOOT Commander Osborne Takes Individual Championsh#p; America Has Two . First Places Out of Three. . Beverloo, Belzium, July 30 (By As- sociated Pres).—Commander Carl L. Oshurne of the United States navy to- day won the Olympic individual target shooting compctition with army rifles at a distance of 300 meters in stand- ing position. His score was 56 out ot a possible 60. Madsen, a Dane, 55. ’ Lawrence A. Neusslein of Wash- ington, D. C; Loarsen, a Dane; Jann- sen, a Belgian, and Tiechi, an Italian, were tied for third with scores of 54. This win xives the two firsts in the three events of the target shooting competition. Ameri- can sharpshooters yesterday won the match at 300 meters, lving down, with @ score of 289 out of a possible 300. America did not win a place in the 300 meters individual competition, Iving down. Four competitors in this event who had perfect scores of 60 must shoot off the {ie. They are John- son and Paroche of France, Kuehen of Switzerland and Oelson of Norway. was second with MOVE COAL EASTWARD Interstate Commerce Commission Wil smipment of Send Emergency 1,250,000 To* 20.—Chairman clark of the commer commission today details of an emergency movement of 1.250.- New Juty interstate Washington. announced 000 tons of coal a month 1o England The coal will be moved in estimat- d monthly guantitics of 30,000 tons through New York, 100,000 tons through Philadelphia. 250,000 tons throngh Baltimore and 650,000 tons througn Hampton Roads NEW RECORD FOR TAXES American rdware Corporation Pays $181.635.30—Total for Month of July Has Now Reached $765,000. A check for $181,635.30 was handed Tax Collector Bernadotte Loomis to- day in payment for taxes due the city for the year 1920 by the American Hardware Corporation. The amount is by far the largest Collector Loomis® books show, ever paid at one time to the city treasurer for taxe: To date $765,000 approximately, has been col- lected. The office will open this evening. be New York, July 30.—City officials announced today that traffic over the Williamsburg bridge to Brooklyn might have to be suspended for a month as the result of a fire in rail- road ties due to feed wires. Twent nine steel girders must be replaced. GOVT. SLEUTH KESIGNS. Washington, July 30—Frank Burke, assistant chief of the bureau of in- vestigation of the department of jus- i as tendered his resignation. ef- fective August 1, to become assistant to Chairman Benson of the shipping board. Burke has been prominent in the investigation of radical activities. NAVAL MAN A SUICIDE. New York., July 30.—Lieutenant njamin Hinman, on sick leave from the Great Lakes naval trair st tion. affer a nervous breakdown, to- day leaped to death frogn a window in United States | and Hungary Anxiou~ o Wage War Paris, July 30.—Great Britain and France have notified Poland that they will not accept soviet armistice de- mands involving Whole or partial disarmament of Poland A change in the Polish s government dictated brought ahout by the soviets. Acceptance by Poland of a oundary line less favorable than that provisionally drawn by Pre- nuier-Lloyd George v The use of Poland #s a bridge- head between dGermany and Russia. Supplies on the Way. Vast stocks of munitions from the Allies are moving toward Warsaw to- day from Danzig, op the Baltic, and from Rumania and Czecho-Slovakia. These munitions wefe for the most part originally dispatcher for the army of General Denikine but were delayed on the way until too late to be available for his use. The muni- tions being sent from Dan: how- ever, were shipped recenily for the | especial use of Poland. Othe tions are expected to be in process of shipment from France and Great Britain for Poland within a few days. Hungary Wants to Fight. Hungary has asked the permission of Great Britain and France. to at- tack the soviet army. Such an at- tack would involve permission, like- wise to reorganize the Hungarian army, the demobilization of which was provided by the Hungarian peace treaty. The Allies are hesitating over Hun- gary's request. according to a high French official, because ther fear Hungary would evact too many con- rstem of o . cessions in the terms of the treaty by | way of amelioration Others Feel Belligerent. Information which has reached the French government was said today reveal that Letvia, Finla and Hungary were all “®nxions make common cause againsi the Bol- sheviki now rather than be compelled later to defend themsclves individual- ». To this end, it declared, the four countries named are making ! overtures to France and Great Britain for support, moral and otherw This situation, it stated. on high French authority, is the final card France and Great Britain will have in hand to playv if necessary in order to Poland. TURKS ARRIVE | e Diplomats Are Waiting in Versailles to Sign Treaty Which Place Next Wecek. Paris, July 30.—The Turkish dele- gation which is to sign the peac treaty arrived in Paris today. Tt was the intention to sign the treaty on Thursday at Sevres, but the Turkish delegates were delayed. . The signing of the treafy probably will not take place until next week. The delegation meanwhile is stopping at the Hotel Des Reservoirs, in Ver- =ailles, which was the headquarters of the German delezation which signed the treaty of Versailles last vear. | 0. wve Brig. Gen. Lucas Has Escaped Sinn Feiners | London. eral C. H. July 30.—Brigadier Gen- T. Lucas, commander of the Fermoy iwilitary area, who was kidnapped late in June by the Sinn Feiners, has escaped. He reached the Tipperary military barracks today, it is announced in advices received here. Christy Mathewson is Il With Tuberculosis Saranac Lake, N. Y. July 30.— Christy Mathewson, former manager of the Cincinnati National league baseball team and more recently coach of the New York National club, s seriously ill with tuberculosis, it was learncd today. He has been here for several weeks, coming here im- mediately after I the New York club. WEATHER —— Hartford, J —Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Sat- urday. * | | | | | ! | o s e o TO ATTACK SOVIET FORGCES ' s muni- | Rumania | to | EIGHT BRIDGEPORT JITNEY MEN MUST FACE COURT OVERCROWDING THEIR VEHICLES ASSIASSlNS ESCAPE |N e Mt Vehicle Depart- LATEST DUBLIN MURDER Officer Shot Down As He Aligiits From Train at Westlandrow Station. Dublin. Xuly 20.—Frank Brooke, one of the most prominent men in Ireland and the closest friend of \Vis- count French, the lord lieutenant, was ssassinated by three men at noon to- ¢ in the directo room of the Dublin and Southeastern railway in Westland Row. Mr. Bros s talking with one of .the direcrors. a Mr. Cotton, when the ssins entered the room and fired eight shots. Three shots hit Mr. Brooke and thrfee just missed Mr. Cotton. The assassins escaped. The murder generally is attributed to political motives. Robert Barton, Sind Fein member of the house of commons, was recently sentenced to prison after conviction on a charse that gt Shillelagh last year ‘he made threats, against Viscount French and Mr. Brooke. | NORTH & JUDD CO. ' ELECTS OFFICIALS | l { | H. C. Nohle Ts Again President; E. F. Nettleton, of New Haven, Is a New Director. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the North and Judd Manu- facturing was held in the company’s ®eneral office this after- noon beginning at o'clock. s The following were elected dircctors for the ensuing vear: H. C. Noble, E. M. Wightman; F. M. Holmes, G. M. Landers, A. J. Sloper, George C. | Clark and Ctharles Glover. Immediately following the stock- holders’ mecting the directors mct and elected the following office President, H. C. Noble; vice-pres dent and secretary, E. M. Wightman; vice-president and treasurer. F. M. Holme: ice-president, E. F. Nettle- | ton; assistant secretary, Samuel Mc- (atcheon; assistant treasurer, F. J. Ward. The newly Nettleton, formerly the 'W. and E. T. Fitch company, ew Haven. which company recently was taken over in its entirety by the North and Judd company. i ANOTHER RACE RIOT | Sheriff Wounded Killed company 9 elected official. BE. F. was president of ! of | Youngstown. Ohio. and Unidentified Negro in Street Battle—This Is Third Clash. Youngstown, Q. July 30.—Deputy | Sheriff W. @. Fisher was in a serious | condition at a hospital today and th unidentified body of a negro was in a morgue here with four bullets in it as the result of a fight between eight negroes and three officers. A telephane Sheriff message to Will Take | | groes were acting suspiciously. Morris called the officers to the cit limits with a report that eight ne- The opened fira as soon as the sheriff’s automobile stopped. Seven of them cscaped. This is the third clash between negroes and officers in which shots have been exchanged. SCARED TO DEATH Explosion in Havana Catholic Church negroes Frightens and. Resolts in Death of One Woman. Many Havan; 30.—Explosion of a bomb a window St. Fil- ipe’s Catholic church during a service resulted in the death of one woman and slight injuries to a few other per- night. The church strewn hats, fans and other ar- ticles dropped by the frightened con- zregation The one victim’s death was due to fright, She collapsed in the street and died shortly after being taken to a; hospital. Only slight damage was done to the church July aced in af sons last was with { national open championship | CONNECTICUT § ' ALLOWED NEW Public Utilities Comu cides Upon Relief } ON CHARGE OF | e i | ment Has Three lnrspec-! tors Watching Conditions | oy Nep GOMING IN in Park City. Commission, in Gene to Be in Favor of IITNEURS PROTEST ALL RESTRICTIONS Seven Cents—New But Temporary., Any Hartford, July 30 utilities commission ®IVe solief to the Conng by allowing it to ing and to suspend its ord the present zone sys lished. The commissi 30.—Eight 100 or inspected by Bridgeport, July bus operators of the whose busses were ficers of the motor vehicle department were today summoned to appear in the police court tomorrow at 9 a. m. to anSwer to charges of over- crowding. Tlrese eight were the most | this afternoon in dra Z for a new schedule o “hairman Richard the commission, said the trolleys were to ¢ ice it was necessary pany relief by the ad: that would add to its Favors Seven-( The commiasion. would favor a seven. but it is not in accor My more of- extreme cases, the inspector said to- day. The drivers appeared in court this morning, but had their cases con- tinued. Operators with one or two over capacity were not ummoned. Three inspectors of the state motor vehicle department have been as- signed o watch the jitney drivers in this city. Protest Restricuons, Both John. G. Schwartz and larry l ~rank, presidents of the two local jit- ! pany in the plan whil ney associations, said today ¢hat they ! submitted for appra felt that the jitneymen should not be | mission is working o molested even though they were car- | would be gifferent rving more people than the law Per- | the wompany. desires. R . j is in distances comn “We are doing our best to serve the | ro g0 "noe® oyt ot people of Bridgeport during this | S0 P08 TR0 T I8 emergency caused by the suspension ! 0 e 5 of trolley service,” Mr. Frank said to- | Z01es: e present day, “we were led to believe that no , 1ot Produced ihe state motor vehicle officers would be ; ©XPovted of it by She sent into Bridgeport to arrest operat- | Suspension ‘has beo ors for overcrowding. The jitney bus | The rates which jw men are desirous of observing the law | Will be a temporary | but they are powerless to prevent the | cording to Chairman rush of peaple from getting into their | added that he was un machines.” when it would be. VARDON AND RAY PLAY oo, s e submit it to the pany, he said. and ve | rates would be in course of a few d British Golfers Are Three Up on | Ouimet and Guilford., After 18 Holes ' AMERICA’S E . TRADE DR( on 36 Hole Match, Belmont, Mas: July 30.—Harry Vardon and Edward Ray were three up on Francis Ouimet and Jesse Guil- ford aft, 18 holes in a 36 hole best ball match at the Belmont Springs Country club today. i Tnusual interest attached to the {3 match because of Ouimet’s victory as a boy over the Englishmen in the tourna- ment at Brookline in 1913 when he won the playvoff of a triple tie. The best card of the first round was by Ray, with a combination of longer drives and effective putting, went araund in 73. Guilford used 7 strokes, Ouimet 78 and Vardon 79 The best ball of the English pair was 71, that of the Americans 74, | Ouimet and Guilford were two up for a time, but beginning with the ninth hole, the Englishmen won three holes in succession and went into the lead. CONFESSES, BUT T00 LATE Says Falling Off During Amounts to More 1 000, Washingtao Washington, July i trade balance with | cal vear just endea $500,000,000 comparg before, according to today by the depa: merce, while trad| America for the same| { an unfavorable bal | $400,000,000. Exports to Europ $4,864,155,166, compa , 453,898 in 1919 and 1 $1,179,460,699 as agal for the previous year. Imports from Sout ated $369,944,300 568,374,904 in 1919, totalled $490,944,179, $400,896,901 in 1919, Imports from A amounted to $1.368, ports $798,186,458. Exports to Great H scal ar totalled $2 imports $524,020,49 France = $716,811,629| $172,022,935; exports| 065,795 and imports ports to Belgium §3] imports $29,748,468; many $202,176.079 al 085,975; exports to Ja and imports $527,228 LEAGUE COUN Discuss Ways and M| New Yorker He Muygpder for Which Another Was Electrocuted Last Night at Ossining. | New York, July 30.—Robert Baron, 30 years old, was taken to Bellevue hospital today for examination as a result of his confession to responsi- bility for the murder of Patrolman O'Brien of Rochester, for which Elmer Hyatt was electrocuted last night at Ossining, Baren, who the police say tipped his confessian, refused to sign it B.fver‘ being told that Hyatt had been ex- ecuted an hour before. i “My life hinges on this: I must see my lawyer first,” he said. He also re- fused to sign a similar statement writ- ten by a detective on the ground that it contained too many misspelled words, Baron told the police he had noth- ing to do with the O'Brien murder. Union Rolling Mill Co. Raises Capital Stock question of making Hartford, July 30.—The Union | in Europe. Roliing Mill company of Unionville, ] The council probs town of Farmington, has increased its | the international tra capital from $6C0.000 to $3,000.000 and the number of shares increased | |y from 12,000, each of the par value of | ;or¢ $50, to 30,000, each of the par value | now dclay of §100. The registration fee paid frontiers, the state was $1,200. enacra European Travel Commission Empow San Sebastian, The Associated I'resd of the League of Nat! ing session here toda and customs re] internatiol ausing ani i Returned Canadian Soldier, Reported Dead;i"-in.d; Wife Wedded to Former Rival; He Wins Her Again | Kansas City, ¥ 30.—When Hen- ry Curtis, the husband whow she had believed dead in France returned, Mis. Esther Warren Curtis Peel de- cided that she loved him better than she did Ilugene Peel, whom she had married after being informed that Curtis was dead. Today she was free, Pecl having been granted a divorce here yesterday. Tsther Warren married Henry Cur- tis in Carthage, Mo.. in Ausust. 1914. Pecl was another suitor. according to testimony in the divorce suit. KILLED BY B Excite] army and after the second batttle of Mons his wife was officially informed by the Canadian government that he had died as the result of being gassed. On September 10, 1916, she mar- ried Pcel and in June, 1919, Curtis re- appeared. He said he had been gassed, had spent much of the time deliripus and that all marks of identification had been lost, Curtis discovered that his wife had married Reel and he asked her to cheose. She choose the returned sol- dier. Thus was Enoch Arden re- of Two Trains, Locomotive. Bridgeport, July 30 tha, of Danbury, of a New York hound the New Haven rail Stratford railway stat tin ' was working on t is believed hecame train came along, an one track to the oth and instantly killed 1)