New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1920, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870. \\/ /3 MEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, SEP'IEI’V[BER 16, 1920. —TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE ( TYLER FOR GOVERNOR WHILE |DEMOGRATIC PLANK |FRENCH ASSEMBLY |SCORE KILLED, HUNDREDS INJURE LONERGAN IS SELECTED FOR CANDIDATEFORU. S. SENATE 0. Wagner Of Lake- ville Nominated For Lieutenant Governor By Conn. Democrats WOMAN ON TICKET FOR SEC. OF STATE s Fanny Nixon Welch of Columbia on State Ticket —Session Late in Starting New [Haven, Sept. 16.—Rollin U, ler, of Haddam, was nominated as mocratic candidate for governor at state convention of the party here pday. Congressman Augustine Lan- gaw, of Hartford, was nominated for Pnited States senator; E. O. Wagner, Lakeville, was nominated for Meu- nt-governor, and Mrs. Fanny fixon Welch, of Columbia, was named date for secretary of state, \Emil Marzano, of Hartford, was n candidate for state treasurer, Mred B. Walsh, of Danbury, wa inated for comptroller. Selection of presidential elcctors left to a committee composed of Jite Chatrman FitzGerald, former fonal Chairman Cummings and pvenjlon Chairman Spellacy. « Assemblage Meets Lato. deolegates gathered slowly and 10 o'clock, to which hour the con- on stood adjourned there were delogates in the hall and none who had spent the night in nees trying to pick a ticket gommittees on permanent opzani- in and credentials had not met ‘no one knew where the platform ifta had gone to. Bxplanation was forthcoming later large number of the delegates idegd the solemn high mass of for Mrs. Alexander Troup, of the late Alexander Tron ® of the New Haven Union gnce & dominating figure in dem« e polities in this state, who die onday. Uncertainty Fxists, certainty as to n ticket still ex- fpr It was understood that the jerence which lasted until 4 a. m. not arrive At any conclusions on place on the ticket @ Connecticut Federation of or, through State Organizer Ira [} Ornburn presented to the resolu- s gommittee at a hearing the @ drafts of five bills as went be- the republican resolutions com- teo last week These were for nges in the Volstead law low of light wines and beers, &n ht Mour day for women and chil- n, popular election of judges, for Ith and social insurance, and nges In compensation laws. 1. B, Bulllvan of Derby was chairman of committee. A sub-committee of drew up the platform Meets At 11 o'Clock. It wis 11 o'clock when committees eredentinls and organization lod meet by Temporary n Spellacy, who with others, had arrived. Delegates filte in, tled in their seats and awalted nc- n. A few women were leriés but very few other Mr. Spellacy continued a gavel a half rung of a foh State Chalrman FitzGerald last ht wrenched off a chair gavel had heen provided t took many minutes to get order the delegates to break away from ups in the rear of the hall. These ups were discussing reports that onference settled nothing, that senatorial nomination was be- en FitzGerald and Lonerg with inclihation on either side to re- . Previously Mr. Lonergan In quoted as saying that he the governorship plac Recess For Half Hon, 11:15 Sherift Rellly moved a re- of half an hour saying that de- @ due to the attendance of so delegutes and the stute chair- at the funeral of Mrs. Alexander p. The motion as put was a re- “in honor of the memory of noble woman, Mrs. Troup.” Lonergan Selected. e ebnvention reassembhled Spellacy wae made man B. O'Sullivan Abh was adopted minations for ealled for and Rober ! the name of sine Lonergan. There was .xl.nn reception of the name. rising vote nominated Mr. Lon- 3 to were Chair to in to use because pre and permanent read the platform | S P senator Butler mas N. Hewes Rollin 17, Tyler of or. The name Acclamation. rnor, U'. 8. Marshal d offered the name of thd Haddam was ne- offered, ¥ had Congressmarf | | | the ! specta- | chair | L ment ! perfod. GILL QUERIES MAYOR ABOUT OFFICE HOURS Second Warder Suggests Curtis Spend More Time In City Hall. Remarking that it would bea fine thing for the constituents of Mayor Orson F. Curtis If he could so arrange matters that it would be possible for him to be in his office at times when people would like to see him on bus- iness, and also devote one evening a week to his duties as the city's chief executive, Alderman John F, Gill of- fered such ‘a suggestion to the mayvor last evening at the meeting of the common council. The alderman from the second ward went on to say that while it may seem strange that a humble member of the council would have the temerity to suggest to the mayor what methods he might employ in performing the duties of his office he felt that tha benefits to be obtained warranted Mayor Curtis replied t he feare Alderman Gill was acting too hastily in bringing that matter to the council. He claimed for himself that he spent more time in his office than any previous mayor of whom he knew. When the bulletin boards which are now in the paint shop are placed in the main hall of the City Building, it will be possible for anyone to know during what hours the Mayor might be found in his office, he explained. HEAD OF MACHINE (0. DEMIES ALL RUMORS Current Report About Lay-' ing Off Many Employes Branded As False. Treasurer Herbert Pease of the New Britaln Machine Company, today, denied rumars which are current on the street concerning the laying off of hands at the factory. When interview- ed thisx afternoon, Mr, Pease said that the fuctory was naturally more busy in some branches than in others and that the laying off of help was not any more than it has been In the past few months, Mr. Pease also stated that no branch of the factory had suspended operations, and expressed surprise when told of the rumors Edward Glass of the tractor depart- ment would not make a statement, referring the reporter ta Treasurer Pease. TAFT COMES FORTH AS REPUBLICAN SPEAKER Former President Offers to Devote Two Weeks to Campaign. New York., Sept Howard Taft has volunteered his #ervices to the republican natianal committee and will devote two weoks to campalgning for Harding and Coolidge, it was annouced at republi- can headquarters here today While no speaking dates have been arranged for the former president, Thomas W. Miller, chief of the party’s speakers’ bureau, said Mr. Taft prob- ably would participate in the m- paign during the lasttwo weeks of October, speaking in New York for one week and in other states for a like MARRIED 52 YEARS 16, —William Mr, Mrs. Frederick Wessel Maple Street Have A of Quict Fam Reunion on ersary. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wessel of Maple stregt observed their fifty-sec- ond wedding anniversary yesterday with a quiet family reunion at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Mitchell of Lincoln street. Other children are Howard H Wessel, pres- ident of the Mosel Manufacturing compar of Rerlin, Miss Clara Wes- head of the kindergarten depart- of the Montclair, N. J., High| hool. Miss Jane Wessel of this city ederick Wessel, Jr., and Raymond Wessl of Windsor foth My, and Mrx Joying fairly good 1 TO ATTEND R The fifty-four annual reunion of the 16th regiment of Civil War Vet- | erang will be held in Hartford tomor- row at the Robert O. Tyler post rooms, Willlam F. Sternberg of Maple TNl will be the K only New Britain G 9 ma INSISTS ON BONUS FOR WAR VETERANS State Convention Platiorm Also * Demands Legislation to Wipe Ont Proliteering REAFFIRMS ALLEGIANCE T0 WILSON'S GOYERNMENT San Francisco Platform is Also Held Up By New Haven Convention as Model of Virtue—Recommends Ad- visory Board to Settlc Dsputes. New Haven, Sept. 16.—The Demo- cratic platform reported by the com- mittee fallows., *“We, the representa- tives of the democratic party of the state of Connecticut in convention as sembled hereby renew our appro of the administration of Woodrow Wilson, affirm our adherence to the principles of the democratic party as expressed in its San Francisco plat- form and declare our contidence our candidates for president and vice- president who have been chosen to lead their party to another victory, and to continue and complete the tas af reconstruction which the democra tic administration has so auspiciously begun.” “We congratulate the women of the nation upon their admission to equal participation with men in the govern- ment of the country and we feel cer- tain that their use of this power will be wise and beneficial and that it will be employed in this election for the perpetuation of democratic principl and extensions of democratic power.” An Arbitration Board “It is essential to the well being of the state that there shall be adequate means for the adjustment of disputes between emplovers and employes and for this purpose we favor the es- tablishment as a part of the depart- ment of labor of an advisory board which shall consist of an equal num- ber of employe nd employes, with full powers necessary for the inves- tigation of disputes and the duty of making their findings publi¢. we favor legislation estrblishing suitable health and social insurance, the eight hour day for women and children and the upward revision of the awards pro- vided under the Workmen's Compen- sation act, especially by changing the method outlined in Section 53 of the general statutes, so that a full and complete weekly wage shall be the basis of computation.” War on Profiteers “Swift remedy is needed to stamp out profiteering in rents and neces- sities of every sart. For this purpose we demand immediate legislation of the general assembly at the special mession in being, and we favor the immediate passage of measures which will secure an adequate number of homes for the people af our state.” “We favor the payment of a gen- erous bonus to the honorably dis- charged saldiers, sailors and marines of the world war proof that the gratitude of their commonwealth is not merely of words and as a simple duty to those who endured much, (Continued on Eieventh Page) MEETS SEPT. 2 T0 ARRANGE ELECTION | President Deschanel’s Resigna- tion, Presented Today, Neces- sary Because of Ill Health WAS FOUND RECENTLY WANDERING NEAR LAKE| Have Developed, But Patient De- clares He Felt Himself Being Drawing Irrestibly Toward Water —Meceting Tomorrow to Discuss Convocation of Parliament. Rambouillet, France, Sept. 16. (By Associated Press.)—Paul Deschanel president of France, resignation from that office today. The president at his residence here gave his letter of resignation and a ential message to accompany it to the documents to the senate chamber of deputies on Tuesday. Sept. 16.—The national as- will convent at Versailles Sat- urday, September 25 to consider the election of a successor to President Paul Deschanel, according to an of- ficial announcement today. Health Very Poor. Deschanel's resolve office which President to res! from he is expected to announce to Premier Millerand today s reached upon the advice of his physicians, ac- 3cho de Paris. The president reached a decision in the matter several days ago and since that time has seemed to be much re- lieved over the prospect of a release from the burdens of public life. Forced Near Lake. “The latest chapter in the life of M. Deschancl” says the newspaper, “reads like an act from a Shakespear- ean drama. A few mornings ago he was found walking toward a lake in the park where his valét was fish- ing, and it seemed that he was drawn toward the water by some mysterious force. He was led back to his apart- ments and physicians were hastily summoned but they found no serious symptoms had wmade their appear- ance. Premier Millerand, after consult- ing several members of the cabinet this morning and taking lunch at Versailles, started in a motor car for Rambouillet to see President Des- chanel. Letter Already Written, The report that the president’s l)ow of resignation has already been !'written still lacks confirmation but it I\\ expected the resignation would be offered verbally to the premier at today’s interview and in written form for presentation the parlia- ment at a moment chosen by Prem- Eleventh Page) cording to the ‘Dm Say No Dangerous Symptoms i to (Continued on City Plans ktoiErlrat;rtain FraIfldin R(;);evel; Here Tomorrow Afternoon; Parade Is Planned Party’s Choice For Vice- Presidency Will Speak At 5 o’Clock At Turner Hall. Franklin D. Roosevelt. democratic nomin resident will speak tomo at Turner Hall from Mr. Roosevelt is condu irlwind campaign through cities and towns in Connecti- cut in the interests of his own and G6™ James Cox's campaign. The local democratic town committee has made arrangements for his entertainment from 4 to 6 o'clock after which he will go to Hartford to fill a speaking engagement there. A committee will meet Mr. Roose- velt after he concludes his speaking engagement in Manchester, which will be about 2 o'clock, and he will be es- corted to this city. Those on the com- mittee are Joseph M. Halloran, Henry 8. Tallard, Mrs,_ Lillian Beardsley and Miss andys Andrews. At the center a band concert will be held after which a street parade will take place through the central streets, returning to . Turner Hall where the speaking exercises are to be held. King is Chairman Chairman P. F. King of the board of police commissioners will introduce Mr. Roosevelt. S0 that the nominee may bhave a sufficient amount of time to touch upon the several issues of the present campgign. there will be no other speakers. His address will be concluded s o'clacigind ‘he will Le escorted to Hartford" by @ reception committee from that city, Tamorrow’s meéeting will be attend- ed, the committee anticipates, by a large number of prospective women voters. Invitations have been sent to a num of women. Preminent res- jdents of nearby cities and towns have been extended i + =pecial PORTER—PARKER Wedding Ceremony Will Take Place October 2 at Home of Mr. and Mrs, C. A. Parker of Vine Street. Miss Rachel Estelle Parker of Vine street and Maxwell Stoddard Porter of Lexington street are to be mar- ried on Saturday evening Octaober 2d. Miss Parker was a member'of the class of 1920 at Connecticut college, but left college to do war work, and has subsequently held responsible po- sitions with the U. S. Fuel adminis- tration, and with the Connecticut State Board of Education. Mr. Porter was graduated from Yale Sheff. with the class of 1918, and is at present connected with B. C. Porter Sons, furniture dealers. The marriage ceremony will be performed at the home of Clayton A. Parker, who is an uncle of Miss Parker, and will be.a private family affair. After the marriage there will be a reception and dance for the young friends of the couple, at the Shuttle Meadow club. After a honey- moon trip Mr. and Mrs. Porter will reside at No. 18 Lexington street. $15,000 FIRE ORWICH Norwich, Sept. 16.—Fire last night destroyed the new house of Burke Hewitt, a contractor, in Uncasville. The lyoss W $15,000. —— | | WEATHER | —0— Tartford, Sept. 16—Forec: | for New Britain and vicinity: | Unsettled tonight; Friday fair | t and cooler. presented hiS ' oonoressman W. B. McKinley for the WHEN SUPPOSED BOMB EXPLODE WALL STREET, NEAR MORGAN OF. 0DDS ON THOMPSON IN |Men, Women And Children, Blood And Dying, Lying On Pavement After Explosion—One Theory Infernal Machine Was Set Off, Ang That Wagon Load Of Dynamite Bl New York, Sept. 16, (By the Associated Press.)— ous explosion, disastrous in its effect occurred at noo Wall street, killing more than a score of persons an ILLINOIS PRIMARIES His Faction is Leading But Contest is By No Means Decided. Chicago, Sept. 16.—Late returns this morning from the Illinois pri- maries yesterday gave leads to the republican candidates favored by Mayor Thompson’s faction but did not decide the contests. Len Small received 195,088 against 170,399 for Lieut. Governor John G. Oglesby for governor in returns from 1,520 precincts in Cook county (Chi- cago) and 1,620 outside. Congressman Frank L. Smith led { nomination for U. S. renator 185,596 [ to 170,455. remior Millerand, who will read | and | i I | { { These returns were nearly all from city precincts with country pre- cincts, believed to be the Lowden faction strongholds yet to Teport. 'PUBLIC ITSELF MAKES PRICES GO DOWNWARD Federal Reserve Board Mem- ber Explains Demand is Growing Less. Charlestown, W. Va., Sept. 16.— The buying public has “rebelled against ever-mounting prices and has forced a period of readjustment of valueg” Vice-Governor Platt of the fed 1 reserve board declared today in a speech here before the annual Nryg\'enflon of the West Virginia bank- e association. Analyses of the country’s business condition with re- spect to the price situation -disclose a ;marked lessening of demand, he said, adding that the refusal to buy wag traceable directly to public senti- ment against high prices. Mr. Platt’s speech, the first since his appaintment, was designed as a reply ta critice who had charged that the board's credit restriction and re- discount policies were responsible for the closing or part operation of scores of manufacturing establishmgnts. Discussing the drop in prices of several consumable commodities, Mr. Platt said the courses followed by the markets indicated a restoration of the old law of supply and demand but he would not forecast the extent to which prices recessions would go, A lower range of prices would material- 1y “ease up the credit situation,” Mr. Platt declared, expressing the fear that it also would increase grumbling and criticism The speaker explained the board sought to conserve credit for producte | night. and crop moving purposes and did not desire “to open the floodgates of credit far speculation for such would ab- sorb credit which might be employed in useful purposes.”™ GROTTOITES PICK SHOW Hoop-La Will Be Presented at Dy- ccum Theater on Evenings of Oc- tober 11, 12 and 13. The committee of Aziz Grotto plan- ning for the minstrel show next month has arranged to present Hoop-La, a combined minstrel, vaudeville and musical extravaganza, at the Lyceum theater on the evenings .of Octpber 11, 12 and 13. This was recently presented successfully in Pittsfield. A cast of about 75 is necessary and re- hearsals will btgin a wtek from to- On Tuesday next the commit- tee will hold another meeting prepar- atory to the selection of a cast. Bridgeport, Sept. chil- dren were killed in ts of Bridgeport by automobiles and other vehicles during the past year. In all cases but one no criminal respon- sibility was placed. These statistics were made public today following the scoring of negli- gent parents by Coroner John J. Phe- lan, who is investigating the death of six year old Michael Lesky, ran down by an ice wagon on one of the main thoroughfares. WIRELESS STATION HERE. A complete radio station has been placed in the Barry and Bamforth store on Main street where messages are received daily from government, public and private operators. An in- vitafion has been extended to ¥ interested_in -wireless D visiet the hundreds. Office workers were just hurrying into the stree noonday meal when a jet of black smoke and flame ros center of the world’s great street of finance. Then caf] A moment later scores of men, women and children blood covered, on the pavemcnts'. Men had turned from the exchanges had closed. Two minutes later] errand of mercy—and there was need of it. While the police toiled for hours seeking the injured trained investigators were trying in vain to definitely whether the explosion had occurred from dropped in front of the office of J. P. Morgan & Co., 4 an automobile dashing into a wagon loaded with expid taken its toll. Frank Francisco, one of the most _a!)le investigatd department of justice declared after arriving on f.he scq was his opinion that not a bomb plot but a collision responsible for the blast which rocked skyscrapers, tore from office buildings for blocks missiles in all directions. . New York, Sept. 16.—A terrific ex- plosion which irocked all of lower Manhattan occurred at noon today outside the offices of J. P. Morgan and Co. on Wall street. Several per- sons were killed and many others in jured. Junjus Spencer Morgan, son of J. P. Morgan and a member of the firm, was badly cut by flying glass. Of- ficials of the company denied first re- ports that a bomb had exploded in the Morgan buidling. ‘The list of casualties mounting as excited word passed from mouth to mouth, at 12:30 was reported to have reached 15 killed and 50 injured but an accurate count was impossible in the inte) confusion that swept the financial district. It was equally impossible half sn hour after the explosion occurred to determine either its exact nature of location for spectators were held back by the police. Mysterions Automobile. It was reported, however, that shortly before noon an automobile with two men drew up in front of the Morgan offices and that when Morgan detectives approached the machine one man alighted and either acci- dentally or purposely dropped what appeared to be a bomb Occupants of a skyscraper looking down on Wall street told another ver- sion of the automobile story. They declared they had seen the car draw up and the men leave it. These spec- tators advanced the theory that the bomb—if it was a bomb—had been timed. This version differed from the first, as regards-the two passengers and their chauffeur. The first story had it that they were among the dead or injured. Excitement At High Pitch. Never in its history has lower Manhattan witnessed such excite- ment as prevailed today. Trading on both the stock and curb exchanges was ordered suspended for the day a few minutes after the explosion oc- curred and from then on lower New York forgot all its business matters in attending to the needs of the in- jured. j Fire apparatus and ambulances dashed through the narrow, crooked | streets of the financial district on which lay a covering of shattered glass and the broken remains of men and horses. Among the bodies were those of three girls, terribly mutilated. A police cordon was hastily thrown around the entire financial district when thousands, hearing the explo- sion, flocked to the tip of Manhattan Island. Police reports at 12:35 had fifteen dead. Unofficial reports had 30 dead. Treasury Building Guarded. The United States sub-treasury, immediately opposite the scene of the explosion was placed under heavy police guard to protect the millions of dollars in gold, silver and paper money lodged i» the great granite structure. The first efforts of the police were directed tward aiding the injured and removing the dead. At 12:40 14 bodies were seen lving on the side- walk and 10 others were reported to have been taken away by volunteer workers. Trying to Find Cause. Heads of the fire department on reaching the scene directed their ef- fords toward ascertaining ihe cause and location of the explosion. This was difficult because of the shattered appearance of buildings near the Morgan office, but the authorities vere inclined to abandon their theory t p explosinon had occurred Sgln . the Morzan office itself or cobar o aa D ™ & arounid and scatterq up had occurred in the One fire marshal exj opinion that the explosid one of dyramite. Coup theory was the au Jigured in other aster. This autpmobile to have collided with a with dynamite. The repprted casualty was more than a score about 75 injured. Many of the injured working in office dreds of persons were th sidewalk with terrific ford plosion and dozens of automobiles were pres ice to carry away th Little information from the Morgan offices. gan himself is now abro Police reserves hastily found difficulty in copin; crowd of many thous: who tried to press then ‘Wall street, that narrow which automobiles can each other with ease. | service was shut off from lic booths in the vicinit] banking offices were placeg traordinarily heavy gua Wrecked Auto A wrecked automobile; New Jersey license nun was found wrecked near building and the potice tablish whether this was'§ which had figured so p! versions of the disaster. Underneath the wrecl bile was found a New J¢ feur’s license made out of Jeromre H. McKeen of avenue, Bronx. ( An hour after the e curred, the police we the theory that it had a collision of a T. N. T, automobile on Wall the Morgan office and ury building. They pointed to the fa molished truck was foun point near the wrecked The authorities switched from dynamite to T. N. of the fact that there great hole in the payeme would have been blaste downward force of dynani So far as could be Prominent financiers or o the stock exchange were the explosion. Thomas W. Henry P. Davison, mem} firm, were in the Morgan time but were not hurt. Seventeen victims of th were taken out of the side Margan banking house at U. S. Soldiers Called United States Regulars nor’s Island arrived on t 12:50 for guard duty. At 1:05 doubt was cast cident theory when mem} bamb squad expressed tI that a bomb had exploded.| ed that fragments of m up on the street were being on the theory that they been bits of the infernal Police summoned all from the 34th street sow available police reserves ilized. The financial 'district ar{ plosion presented a scene demolition. Building Spattered Wit In additian to the bodies beings and horses scattere pavement, great blotches of] peared on the white walll strect's affice buildings, Al pane of glass in the vicinity fered and beside 2 mantle crystal the stmNem o}