New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1920, Page 1

ez [NEW BRITAIN HERA LD =3 ESTABLISHED 1870. EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1920. —SIXTEEN PAGES. ~NATIVES KILLED IN HAITI - BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN. D PAST FIVE YEARS TOTAL 2250 DEATH AS SUICIDE > Brlg. Gen. Barnett, For- PRIZES OFFERED FOR TO TERM M’SWINEY ., mer Head Of Marine HOSPITAL FUND Mm’m sult of Heart Failure, Due to Corps, Tells Investiga- | tion Committee 3250 Is Wrong Major Edmund McClellan . Testifies That All But Few of These Were Killed in " Actual Fighting. ! Washington, Oct. 27. — Natives killed In Haitl during the five years of American occupation numbered 2,250 instead of 3,260 as previously an- nounced by the navy department, it was losed at the opening of pub- g on today of the naval court of inquiry, recently appointed by Sec- retary Daniels to Investigate the con- duct of the marines In the island re- publie, Brig. Gen. Barnett, former com- mandant of the corps, the first witness hefore the court testified that a mis- ® In addition had led to the erron- announcement. Major Edmund B. MeClellan, attached to the casualty record office of the corps, testified that wonly a few of the natives killed had mot fallen in action with the marines or the gendarme. Gen. Barnett was on the stand less n ‘an hour and the first session of court lasted only a little more than that time. The hearings will be wontinued tomorrow morning. TROLLEY RUNS WILD Aieriden Trolley Runs Down Oity Hall Hill and Orpshes Into Another— Six People Hurt, Meriden, Oct. 27.—8Six painfully though probably not ser- fously hurt this morning and many oth severely shaken up when »| ear ran wild down city hall mruh-d Into another car at the East Main street . turnout and shot them in another car just entering the Aurnout. The cars were filled with factory warkers. The injured were attended by phy- lans and severnl removed to their omes, It Is belleved tHat slippery lls cmused the first car to become manageable. Motorman 8, Schwartz stuck to his post and was only slightly injured although the front end of his ear was smashed In. The throe cars were lnllf'h dn.mnttd Heavy Storm Reported o Due Here Tomorrow ew York Oect. 27.~<The weather bureau today received tho following ! Storm warning Southwest storm warning 10 a. m. Sandy Hook to Hastport, Disturbance over Lake re- glon will move northeastward attend- ed by strong southwest winds this afterncon and tonight probably yeaching gale force and shifting to :School Pupils May Compete in Contest to Boom $600,000 Drive. A meeting of the publicity commit- tee for the coming drive for funds to be conducted by the New Britain Gen- eral hospital was held last evening to discuss plans for the drive. One of the matters decided upon which should prove of much interest to the pupils in New Britain schools was that a slogan for the drive should be selected by the committee from specimens submitted by the children. There will be a cash prize of $25 for the best slogan submitted by any schoolboy or girl, one of $15 and one of $10 for the two next best slogans. It is just as possible that one of the smaller children should win the prize as that it should go to the High school. All that is required is that the appeal for funds should be there. As the appeal for $600,000 is to be in full swing very soon it was found necessary to close the contest one weck from today at noon, The names of the winners will be 'announced probably the next day. Johnstone Vance and Bernard G. Kranowitz, of the Herald and Record respectively will act as judges. While there is no restriction upon the number of slogans submitted, school children are urged to hand in their best ones only as the task of the committee on making a election will be difficult. The slogans should be given to the teachers who who will hand them to the principals of the schools, fraom whence they will reach Supt. of Schools Stanley H. Holmes. The rules of the contest are as fol- lows: Any school boy or girl may enter the contest. This includes the HiZh and parochial schoold as well the ‘elementary city grades. The slogan must be short—not over six words— ith brevity will be a decided point in its favor, The slogan must carry the idea that the people of theé city should give freely to the hospital which tends the alling of the community in which they live, that the blessing of*a few dollars néw may be returned mani- fold when one is ill. Slogans must be written upon one side of a plece of paper, with the name and address of the child upon the other side. The prizes to be awarded are $25 for the first, $15 for the second and $10 for the third. In the event of there being two simflar slogans winning first prize the money will be equally divided. Submit slogans through the teach- ers in the schools. No slogans will be accepted after Wednesday noon. No- vember 3. The committee has organized witn Herbert V. Camp as chairman and Hernard G. Kranowitz as secretary. An informal conference, regarding plans for the campaign, was held with Chairman Clarence F, Bennett. Those present at the meeting in addition to those mentioned, were Arthur E. McEvoy, Alfred E. Magnell, Donald: L. Bartlett, Michael J. Smith, Leon A. Sprague and Dr. T. E. Reek: "l'. and northwest Thursday - Democratic Senator Opposed League; Harding Is For Tariff; Cox Wails Negroes Are Against Him -3 Thomas of Colo., Berates Treaty—G. O. P. Leader ' Qutlines His Positi6h— M Hatred Fomented to Defeat Him, Ohio Gover- nor Says, { Denver, Colo., Oct. 27 —The peace aty itself and not the League of tions s the greatest reason why e United States should not ratify t §3onator Thomas of Colorado de- fed In a campaign address here t night. “As long as T am tes senate 4 will never vote to rati- 1" he declared in asking support n his campaign as a “nationalist” pandidate for the senate he pow holds as a democrat. “The platforms of both rtios are silent, practically on the reaty and both are ready to accept Jt with some reservations,” he said »It i» not a treaty at all. ery treaty )« & contract and the pact of V pallles has falled in that regard The senator charged that the Unit q States “is directly violating its romise to Germany, made before the rmistice, In demanding Indemnities,™ which he declared were indefinite and "such as Germany never can pay. in the United seat major Harding Near Conclusion. fsm and constitutional government expucted to be headliners among the issues discussed by Senator Hard- Ing on his final campaign swing through Ohio beginning today and ending Saturday night with a speech in Columbus. Leaving Marion the senator's (Continued on Second Page) TRIPLE FUNERAL Services Held at Meriden For Pather and His Two Sons Whom He Murdered. - Meriden, Oect. 27.—A triple funeral was held this afternoon from a local undertaker's rooms for John A. Tay- lor and his two sons, Arthur 14, and Fred 12, wha was shot to death by their father, while fishing from a boat at Black Pond Monday afternoon, after which he killed himself. The Rev. David R. Johns, assistant rec- tor of St. Andrew's Episcopal church, conducted a private service and burial was In Walnut Grove cemetery. It has been determined that there are no relatives in this country. Mrs. Taylor is believed to be in England. Polish ’h-oops Attack And Defeat Lithuanians Cogpenhagen, Oct. 27.—Polish troops have attacked positions held by Lithuvanian forces near Oranzy, ac- cording to a dispatch fram Kovno, o be R - Exhaustion for Lack of Food PERMIT FREELY GIVEN T0 - TAKE BODY 70 IRELAND Wife of Dead Man Refers to Him Only As “Volunteer Officer of Irish | Republican Army” — Shows That MacSwiney Death Was Near, Yet Refused to Testimony | Knew Partake of Food. London, Oct. 27.—A jury of ten men after 12 minutes’ ,deliberation this morning returned an open vef-— dict at_lie inquest over the body of | Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork, who died in Brixten prison early Monday from the results of his 73 day (LONDON JURY FAILS | ALL MURDER THEORIES ARE SCOUTED BY POLICE WHO DO NOT DOUBT THAT RENALDINI TRIED TO MISLEAD THEM Gomner’s lnquest Terms It Re‘ Authorities Claim As Additional Proof, Statement of Un- named Man Who, They Say, Has Told Them He Saw Renaldini Alone Near Scene of Tragedy Few Minutes Before Shooting. (Special to Herald). Hartford, Oct 27.—Dr. Philip unce, coroner’s surgeon, has report- ed to Coroner J. Gilbert Calhoun that the death of Eno Renaldini of New Britain was caused by a bullet wound in the head, probably suicide. The coroner has not as yet made his find- B | ing. The manner of death of Eno Renal- dini, whose lifeless body was found in his new Hudson touring car near the Hartford reservoir, No. 4, on the outskirts of New Britain continues to be a mystery to those who saw the body and to the friends of the man. His young wife reiterates that he “Was- ngt-y suicide and it is ad- mitted that several " "euwmn-,gy point in that direction, although the arguments for the police theory that Renaldini killed himself stifl exist. hunger strike. The verdict was that the deceased had died from heart failure due to a dilated heart and acute delirium following scurvy which was due to exhaustion from prolonged refusal to take food. Widow Shows Composure. The widowed lady mayoress, dressed in black and heavily veiled was the only witness on behalf of the Mac- Swiney family and was the dominant figure of the proceedings. Her com- posure was indicated by her quick and pointed replies. Mrs. MacSwiney successfully re- sisted the continued attempts of the coroner to have her characterize her late husband’s occupation otherwise than as a “volunteer officer of ‘the Irish republican army.” . Coroner G. P. Wyatt opened the proceedings with the suggestion that the brother of the late lord mayor might desire to testify for the fam- ily. Solicitor MacDonald, represent- ing the family interposed, .however, with the reminder that the lady mayoress had been summoned for that purpose. The coroner asked Mrs. MacSwiney if she wished to tes- tity. She replied: 'Yes,” laid her veil back over her hat, stepped to the end of the table opposite the coroner, and took the oath. Was An Irish Volunteer. The lady mayoress said her name ‘was Muriel Frances MacSwiney, and that she lived in Cork. Her husband was Terence James MacSwiney, aged 40. “What w An Irish volunteer,” he?” asked the coroner. was the an- swer. “Did he make a living by that?"” No,” answered Mrs. MacSwiney. “Had he any other occupation?” “He was a school teacher for a number of years,” replied the lady mayoress. The coroner pressed the point and Mrs. MacSwiney replied: “My husband did nothing for years but work for his country.” Coroner Raises Objection. Coroner Wyatt objected to the wit- ness describing her husband as an Irish volunteer, to which she re- joined: “I don't see why; Ireland has an army of its own; don't you call that an occupation in your army?” *“Yes,” said the coroner, ut that is a different thing entirely.” “Quite,” was the monosyllablic re- ply of the witness. Solicitor MacDonald sought to ques- tion the lady mayoress about the charges upon which her husband was arrested. The coroner objected to this, saying he did not desire the in- quiry to go beyond the cause of death. Mr. MacDonald said the family re- garded the death as the result of the lord mayor’s arrest and court-martial. “He went on a hunger strike the day he was arrested, as they had no right to arrest him; it was an offense against the laws of the Irish repub- lic,” replied Mrs. MacSwiney spirited- ly to another of Solicitor MacDon- ald's questions. Dr. Griffiths, the senior medical of- ficer of the prison; said he began attending MacSwiney September 1. “He was then weak and had certain signs of tuberculosis in the chest,” added the physician. Refused ta Take Food. He said the prisoner had consistent- refused food all the time he was in prison; that his body had deteri- orated slowly, scurvy developing October 11, and the patient becom- ing worse until he had an attack of acute delirium on October 20, grow- ing very restive and requiring fwo officers to hold him In bed. He then became unconscious.” On October 22 the heart became weakened and di- lated, upon which the attendants ad- ministered food. “There wns some slight improve- ment,” continued the doctor, “Then, between two and three o'clock in the morning of the 25th I called to him.” “1 found his breathing labored and his pulse feeble and quick-vhe ob- viously was in a very critical condi- tion. T did what I could and having got to the end of my resources told the priest to go to him. He died at 1y Notwithstanding, the police authori- ties are convinced that the case was one of suicide and claim that this theory is strengthened by the appear- ance of an individual who was thought to be the last man who saw him alive. 3 According to the police a local man, whose identity the police will not divulge, reported that he had seen Renaldini before the tragedy at a spot not far from where the body was found. The man who saw him, the story goes, was on his way to this city from Farmington at about 9:50 a. m. Monday. He saw, a short distance ahead, a Hudson touring car stopped by the roadside. He ap- proached Rnd fecognized Renaldini who attempted to keep his identity unknown. Renaldini got into his car and #start¢d towards Farmington as the local man drove by. John R. bempke, of Carlton street\found the 1 hours later not far from t wh Renaldint was found bnt t Automobile was tvrned around and headed towards New Britain, Motorcycie Policeman William P. Hayes who was the first local official to view the body, today gave some found them on his arrival. It has been stated in some quarters that the natty polo coat that Renaldini owned might have been use “as a stretcher to carry him from the ac- tual scene of the shooting to the car, where his body was placed. Accord- ing to Policeman Hayes, the 'coat was hanging over the front seat neat- ly folded when he arrived. Renaldini, it would appear, was very anxious that the $2,000 endow- ment insurance policy which he had in his possession, and which he took from a safe in a local garage on Monday morning should be among the first things discovered. The in- side coat pocket, containing the policy, was turned out in such a Tavner-that the policy was one of the first things~ {)-.view on looking at the body. R The dead man was, the argue, of powerful physique and 6i who would resist any attack made on him. There is not, the police say, any signs of such a struggle. The local police learned today that besides Antonio Mancini and Joseph Totire, there are other creditors of Renaldini. The authorities have had reports of five notes of §$178 each; two for $500 and one for $1,000 which are held by others than those previously mentioned. Mancini is re- ported as having said that the de- ficit of his employe would not total $2,600. There is in the possession of Constable George A. Stark a writ of attachment for $600. Mr. Mancini is also quoted a# having said that he offered Renaldini _ terms of settle- ment if he would return to his employ. The reports that Renaldini was.en- gaged in whiskey running is vigor- ously denied by his intimate friends, of course. There is oenly one ad- mitted instance where he purchased liquor in any great quantity and this was for a local friend. The wife in commenting on his un- timely end, has told of her h@sband going riding with some strange men. The identity of these men has not ~pelice statements regarding conditions as he * been ascertained. ERNEST LATHROP HIT BY TRAIN; WILL LIVE Berlin Branch Baggage Mas- ter Has Narrow Escape At Station. Ernest Lathrop, baggagemaster on the Berlin dinky, was painfully in- jured this morning near the passenger station when he was struck by the fender of a switcher. He was knocked to the ground and rendered unconscious. Dr. John L. Kelly was called to attend the injured man, whom he found to be suffering from severe bruises about the hips but with no apparent fractures. Lathrop ‘was taken to the hospital in the.police ambulance, where it is expected he will be released in a few days. The accident occurred when Lathrop was throwing a switch to allow the Berlin dinky to move from the station. The switcher passed along the open track and hit him. The brakes were applied in time to prevent a fatality. CHILD BADLY HURT Ladislaw Perzan, Aged Five. Years, Has Fractured Skull and is in Ser- ious Condition Following A@cident. Ladislaw Perzan, aged 5 years, of 24 Beaver street is in a serious con- dition at the New Britain General hospital as a result of an automobile accident on Lafayette street this morning. The hospital authorities re- ported this afternoon that the boy was suffering from a fractured skull and other injuries. The little lad was struck by an automobile on Lafayette street this morning, and following an investigation by the police, James Degata, was arrested on a charge of Teckless driving. He was liberated later on bonds of $300 for appear- ance in the police court tomorrow morning. COAL DEALER FINED Bridgeport, Oct. 27.—Joseph Bo- rowsky. a coal dealer, was fined $100 and costs today for short weight in selling caal. In filling a customer's order 500 pounds of coal was short. * ] | I | * WEATHER. —_— Hartford. Conn.. Oct. 26.— Forecast for New Britasin and | vicinity: Rain probably tonight or Wednesday, not much chang s {ROOSEVELT PROGRAM OBSERVED IN SCHOOLS Special Exercises Held in Grammar and High in His Memory. “Roosevelt Day” was observed in the local schools today with appro- priate exercises. In the graded schools programs arranged by Lhe various teachers were carried out. At the High school, Herbert Knox Smith of Farmington and a close personal friend of the late Theodore Roose- velt, delivered an address before two assemblies. The first assembly in- cluded all pupils of the three upper classes and all members of the R. O. T. C. unit. The second assembly was composed of the freshmen and sub- freshmen. The assemblies were opened, with the ordinary devotional exem- cises and after the interesting talk by Mr. Smith closed with the singing of America by the entire student body. A special program was carried out in the Grammar school auditorium for pupils of the Pre-vocational Grammar school. M. H. Norton, an active member of the Patriotic Sons of America, was the principal speaker. The following program was rendered by the pupils of the school: Introductory remarks by the presi- dent of the Civics league; “Life of Roosevelt,” by Aildred Goodwin; “Letters of Roosevelt by H& Friend: by Lucille ‘Watrous; vorite selec- tions of Roosevelt,” by Raymond Onivian; *““Theodore Roosevelt,” by Ida Kramer; a solo by Martha Earn- est; violin solo, by George Wester- man. FEDERAL WARRANT OUT New Haven, Oct. 27.—Federal war- rants were being served today on al- leged violators of the Volstead act and it will be some days before the number ta be arrested will be known. Prohibition enforcement agents have been making inquires and it is thought the warrants were based on evidence they furnished. MAJOR WEED DEAD New Haven, Oct. ~—Maujor Smith Weed, senior major of the second company, Governor's Foot Guards, died today from heart failure. He was born in Newtown, this state, and re- tired from active business a few years ao. A, STLVERMA New Haven, 27.—Abraham ~ilverms . PRICE THREE G WILSON TERMS AMERICA NOW BEING PREACHED T¢ SPURIOUS, BORN OF POL lG 0. P. Campaign Ace’ BaorAaM SENATOR BORAH WILL SPEAK HERE TONIGHT G. 0. P ’l‘nufir. QOrator to Address Two Big _ Rallies. United States Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, regarded as the country’s foremost republican cam- paign speaker and one of the leading opponents of the League of Nations, will speak at Fox's theater this even- at 8 o’clock and will deliver an- other address following that talk in Electric hall. The purpose of the Tlectric hall meeting 1s to relieve the overflow crowd which is expected at. the theater. Doors will open at 7 o’clock. The’ republican town com- mittee has announced that there will be no reserved seats with the excep- tion of the balcony loges which have been reserved for members of the ‘Women's Motor corps and other wom- en workers who assisted the party during the registration and making of voters, ad who are to take part in the election day activities to bring voters to the polis. Senator Borah's stand against the league has brought him forcibly to the fore during the present campaign. Overflow audiences have greeted him in eveny city in which he has ap- peared for the past several months. His oratorical abilities have been re ognized for years although his ad dresses on other subjects have never been regarded quite so good as those on the league. Accommodations have been made for 3,000 listeners tonight by utiiz- ing the stage and the two halls in the building with Fox's theater. Four hundred seats have been placed on the stage. These seats anybody is at liberty to take. The two rooms which comprise the Electric hall will be filled with seats and, by placing the speaker’s stand between the two, it will be possible for those in each | hall to hear his remarks. The Harding quartet has been hired by the town committee to furnish a musical program from 7:15 to 8 o’clock. The quartet sings campaign songs and is a distinct novelty. At a recent rally in Waterbury at which Senator Brandegee was the speaker, the quartet was called upon for sev- eral encores for each number ren- dered. BIG WHISKEY HAUL Liguor Vilucd At $4.000 Taken From Cars in Broad Daylight at Stam- ford—Autos Confiscated. Stamford, Conn., Oct. 27—Whiskey worth $4,000 was taken from mobiles in broad daylight today, and | the machines confiscated. was stored at police headquanters where there is already $75,000 worth of whiskey and alcohol. The first roadster was driven by Jacob W. Shaw, of 3234 North Main street, Providence, who had his wife with him. On the second roadster, driven by Leo Abercom of Newark, who was on his way to Providence, were one thousand half pint bottle of whiskey. In a touring car driven by Patrick auto- | tertained. President Addre League Republs Appeals For Achievement sented by W Warns That Ge Only Nation Th perialistic Schem Points Only Way, Washington, Oect. ‘Wilson, speaking o a league republicans ‘White House declared called Americanism wh 50 much prating about ous and invented for only.” Appealing for the the ‘‘great moral ao he said the war repre dent asserted that “tl been fought in vain sacrifices thrown a plete the work we “There is only one the world of peace,” he & that is by making it so break the peace that no will have the audacity to | The president warned n?t to be deceived into imperialistic schemes defeat 0f Germany or *‘thi is the (oly nation that, such schei?®s Or Was mov ambitions aid long stand to attack the Very s c zation.” < Text ot His & President Wison “My fellow e “It is to be feared “ issue p nted for yoar & in the ent. campaign more Gbscure rather- reason of the many the discussion of editors and publishers 9 would render a great would publish the tull 't covenant of the league of cause, having read that ‘would be able to judge for} a great many things in wi now in danger of being 1m sincerely that it will -be- and generally published with a desire to reolarify to assist your judgment th liberty of stating again th mitted to you, in. as simp possible. “Three years ago it was summon you to the concery join the free nations of th meeting and ending the n peril that had even been ai the irresponsible politics world. Your response to th: ly settled the fortunes of will remember that the the German people broke before the strength of ‘th armies was broken. Th viously because they felt moral force which they coul in the face had come into and that thenceforth all th sions of right were disc they were unable to pretend, continuation of the war support of a government violated every principle of every consideration of hu “It is my privilege to now to the concert of peag completion of the great mo ment of your part which{ represented and in the P which the world found a and a recovery of force whig have experienced in no oth entered the war, as you reme merely to beat Germany, |l the possibility of the renet iniquitous schemes as Gel The war will = zht in vain and our imm! 3 fous The liquor ) fices thrown away unless the work we then Degan, ‘ you to conmsider that there iy way to assure the world of p is by making it so dange the peace that no other have the audacity to attem should not be deceived intd ing that imperialistic scheny with the defeat of Germas Germany is the only nation tertained such schems=s or by sinister ambitions and 10 Farrel of Newark, was eighty quarts of whiskey. 30 Communicable Disease Cases Now in the City With six additional cases of diph- theria and four cases of scarlet fever in the city during the past two days, the total of the former disease is now 22 and the latter 8. It is unusual to have SO many cases of scarlet fever at this tilne of the year although it is not indicative of traces of epidemic ing jealousies to attack the ture of civilization. There nations which are likely to H fully moved or are already commercial jealousy, by the dominate and to have their in poliiics anfl in enterprise, necessary to check them a praise them that the world united against them as it wa Germany if they Afl.cn!‘pl an thinsg. “The mothers and sbt of the country know the: war. They will feel