New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1921, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870. SEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICU1. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY \ A 12, RALD 1921. —TWELVE PAGES PRI "TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS |CALDER IS CALLED |ATTEPT T0 WRECK | EMERGENCY TARIFF AGAIN SHi OF HEARING MATEWAN CHIEF | T0 GIVE EVIDENCE OF POLICE THREATEN MURDER Girl Testifies That Hat- field Declared He Would Kill Detectives Before They Could Get Out Of Town MEN WERE THERE TO DISPOSSES FAMILIES State’s Witness Declares He Saw But One Man Actual- ly Shoot, Althoough Sev- eral Were in Vicinityi From Whence Shots Came: Willlamson, W. Va., Feb. 12.—John | MceDowell, a Baldwin-Felts employe, | present at the Matewan battle last ay, was the first witness called lu‘[ he prosecution when court convened this morning. The first shot of the battle that resulted in the death of | ten men eame from the doorway of | # hardware store neaf the rallroad | n, according to McDowell's tes- Hatfleld, Matewan's police chief, bert Felts and Mayor €. C. Tester- i were gathered about the door- ay. McDowell said that Recce hambers, one of the defendants was the only person he saw do any shoot- because after firing two or three iots he retreated from the scene. No Sick Are Evicted. MecDowell was uncertain as yto the mber of families evicted by the dwin-Felts detectives that day but id he helieved there were five o “How many sick persons were | cDowell was asked. None that I know of.” i “Isn’t it true that a sick woman s turned out of her house?” Mr. niff asked. H “Not that I know of,” MeDo ell‘ wered. Tells of Shooting. ‘ “While a few of us wero taking th‘t! REnitdre from _a house,” he con-! led, “Myg, ¥ who was in charge hig two or three of you had bet- your rifies for yonder comes yor, Sid Hatfleld and a gang moen.' We did as we were told. theld, Mayor Testerman and two three others came up and protest- against the eviction.” Felts answered the protests of the yor by saying he had authority evict the miners. ‘““Then Testerman /said,” continued witness ‘well you don’t pull any- ng like that and get away with down here.’ ‘When Felts and his men were pre- ng to leave Matewan they were pproached by Hatfleld who told Its that warrants for their arrest d been sworn out in Williamson and re coming on the next train. Both Men Langh. 'o this the witness sald, Felts re- i, T've got a warrant for you tfield laughed ed and a*sm In arm he walked h Felts toward the hardware ., in front of which the first shot fired. oor leading to a jury room bhe- 'fiv Judge's bench was used by MecDowell con- niff to illustrate the doorway hardware store, man was shot. from the stand to the doorway there had him point out where principal actors in the tragedy standing during the shooting. Girls Testify. ay Chafin, a 17 year old telephone or and a niece of Reece Cham- sald she overheard Sid Hatfleld where the Tony Webb, former chief deputy | Iff to Inquire when warrants could obtained for the arrest of Awin-Felta detectives. ) Chambers, a daughter of Chambdrs sald she. too. had the conversation. Each declared that she heard Hat- tell Webb “we'll kill the —— be- they get out of Matewan.” @ Balley then announced that would be adjourned until 9 k Monday morning NION ORGANIZER JAILED Who Olaims to Have Formed tional Hodearrier's Unifon Oanght In Freight Car. 12.—Ev the ' TWO ARRESTED AFTER | ATTACK ON JITNEUR {Accused Admit That They Attempted to Rob Taxi- cab Driver. New Haven, Feb. 12.—After the New London police had asked them to find “two short men,” a sailor and a civillan, who had held up a jitney driver last night between New Lon- don and Norwich, detectives today tound at the railroad station two mcn so described except that one was over six feet tall and the other five foot eight. They gave the names of Earl McCormick of Wheeling, W. Va., lot- er changing to Columbia, 8. C., in civillan togs, and James Burns of Chartlotte, N. C., in sailor's garb. The men, the police say, admitted the at- tack upon a driver who was so badly mauled that he had to be taken to a hospital. The New London police reported that a fitney man was engaged to take the men to Norwich. The passengers hit him on the head and left him be- side the road. A touring car hap- pened along and took him to New London. The men under arrest told the offi- cers that they did not get anything from the driver as an approaching car scared them off. Burns said that McCormick hit’'the man with an 13- inch hose nozzle which they got at the Crocker House. Neither could drive a car so they abandoned it. McCormick said he deserted Irom the submarine base in January and Burns said that while in the navy for fourteen months, and at the base, he did not meet McCormick until a week ago. 21.7 MILL TAX RATE IS ONE RECOMMENDED —— To Keep It As Low As That, Many Items Are Cut Frota Budgets." - —— Unless the city meéting which will be called to ratify the action ‘of the board of finance and taxation sees fit to disapprove, the tax rate which New Britain citizens will be called upon to pay on the new grand list of 1920-1921 will be 21.7 mills, a re- duction of 3.3 mills over the exist- ing rate, The tax is apportioned at 18.2 mills on the second taxing dis- triet and 156.5 mills on the first tax- ing district. In this connection it should be remembered that the first taxing district i8 included in the second, although the second is not included in the first. Thus, with the 3.6 mill tax already levied on next year's list the total tax will be 21.7 mills. This was decided last eve- ning when the finance board, after slashing the budgets, announced appropriations of $2,165,325.50. In order to bring the tax rate even down to this figure, it was nec- essary for the finance board to cut out many pet projects, one of the chief ones being the two platoon sys- tem for the fire department. This takes off a lump sum of $72,000 from the fire department budget. (Continued on Ninth Page). CONFISCATE MUCH BOOZE Booze Worth $12,000 Is Found Hid- He took the wit- | den In House and Garage Owned by Stamford Man. Stamford, Feb. 12.-—Liquors wvorth , $12,000 were taken from the nouse | and garage of Max Swit, 72 Clinton avenue, by federal and local officers last night under a search warrant is- sued by a federal commissioner. The whiskey, wine and alcohol were in the cellar or in especially built lockers in the garage which were broken open by the ralders. An automobile had compartments for carrying liquor and in it was $3,5600 worth of the contraband goods. The machine it- welf was appraised at about $4,000 by the .officers. Swit was in New York at the time and when he returned he was held in $500 for a hearing. He has a sa- loon at West Park. The federal offi- cers claimed that much of the liquor shipped out of New York and New Jersey of late has been . handled through Swit's house and garage, and in them broken up into packages for e to retailers. ——— . TRAIN FRUSTRATED Summoned to Tell of Raid on National Coal Assn. Offices LAFOLLETTE IN ARGUMENT Order for New York Scnator to Ap- pear in Result of His Clash With Scenator Reed—Investigators Prob- ably Over Zealous. Washington, Feb 12.—After a clash | between Chairman La Follette and Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, Senator Calder, republican, New York, was called before the Senate manu- facturers committee to tell about the offices here by agents of the Calder committee at the time it was inves- tigating the coal situation. “Somebody did some pretty coarse work at those offices, if my reports are correct,” said Senator Reed. Senator Calder, of the coal control bill now before the manufacturers committee, said some of his committee agents might have been over zealous but added that they had been given free access to the as- sociation’s - records. Have No Complaint. The coal association, he added, “had no complaint against us.” W. T. Chantfleld, counsel Calder committee, said -many papers were taken from the coal association files during two days’' search. Some were taken the first day of the search, | he said, adding he didn't “know who took them, or what they were.”- | The witness produced a batch of the papers. 1 ““Here’s one, from - Mr. Tierney, treasurer of the association,” he saiq, ‘‘suggesting that a mecting be post- poned until after electioh, because some of the members Were having a strong fight in some states to prevent election of some parties who might be adverse to coal operators in legis- lative matters. GERMANS ANNOUNCE PLANS | i Will Make General Offer of Repara- | tions at London G)-lem—? { raid on the national coal association | who is the author | } for the| Six Bandits About to Pull Up i Rails, Driven OF by Posse NEAR TAPPAN, NEW YORK | Effort of Robbers to wreck and Loot Money Train of West Shore Rail- road Thwarted By Keen ‘Eyed Man, Former Railroad Employe. i New York, Feb. 12.—Warning given in the nick of time thwarted an attempt to derail a “‘money train” of the West Shore | railroad near Tappan, late last night, { it was reported here today. Six al- leged bandits who attempted to pull up the rails escaped before a sheriff’s posse could be mobilized. The train was called the “money train” be- cause it collects the daily receipts from way stations. Discovers Men at Work. Alarm was first given by C. L. Kaufman of Tappan, a former rail- road brakeman whose attention was (attracted by intermittent glows of flashlights. He crept near and found ‘the men drawing spikes from a rail. | He ryshed to the Tappan station | whence the warning was flashed along | the line and | were held up. all southbound trains Townsfolk caught the reports and someone, misinterpreting them turned in a fire alarm. Hearing this the train wreckers fled. I FULLY EXPLAINED Would Not Take Away Rights of Parochial Schools. Washington, Fgb. by Roman ‘Catholic organizatioms- to the Smith-Towner = education bill was said by Senator Hoke Smith, democrat, Georgia, In the senate to- 12.—Oppasition Won't Be Dictated to. | Berlin, Feb. 132, Press).—Germany iy not going té the London reparations conference to be dictated to; Dr. Wirth, the minister | of finance declared in a speéch to the Bremen chamber of commerce today. . Great economic questions could not be solved in that way, he added. “We are prepared to accomplish jall we can,” continued Dr. Wirth, “be- | cause we feel under a moral obli- | | ®ation to assist in recomstruction and we will make reparation proposals of our own in London. ‘“The newspaper’'s reports on this subject are correct. Our offer will | not be a small one. The n#ftion must ! learn to realize that what we, shall of- ! fer cannot be ex the na- tional wealth but must''be Pproduced | | by work. | “Work will have to be or- | 8anized om a great scale and what we offer must be made good.” POLICEMEN MUST WORK Chicago Chief Plans to Weed Out Loafers—Thinks 500 Will Be Dis- missed. Chicago, Feb. 12.—Captains of every police precinct in the city were summoned to appear before Chief of Police Fitzmorris to receive instruc- tions that they must discover and re- port five hundred loafers in the de- partment .whom the chief has an- nounced he will dismiss. “My three months as head of the department have convinced me that jout of 5100 men on the force we ‘. have 500 who will not work’ the chief isaid. ““They do not wish to succeed in carrying out the mayor's orders to clean up Chicago and I am not | going to let them ride along and get | the credit for the great record the {other 4,600 are making. Let them tie their hats on for they are going for a rough ride.” YALE CORP. MEETING | Session Is Being Held This Afternoon l pected. and Some Announcement Is Ex- | New Haven, Feb. 12.—The Yale ! corporation met today and it was ex- | pected that some definite action : to selection of a successor to Presi- day to be based ‘“‘on utter ignorance of the measure.” “I think the whole = propaganda begap’-with ‘a. speegh of a priest. at Georgetompemiversity “in “Jitne 1919 which was based on utter miscon- ception of the bill” Senator Smith said. *“If a parent wished to send his c¢hild to a Catholic parochial school, he could do so. That right is not denied.” HOLD-UP IN WATERBURY Marketman Robbed and Two Men Arrested As Robbers, Protest Their Innocence. Waterbury, Feb. 12.—It becamo known today that John B. Macken, a well known marketman, was hell up and robbed last night while on his way to his home in Watertown from Waterville. The highwaymen, who wore handkerchiefs over their faces, took $50 from him and then fired one shot as a warning to him not to give pursuit. The police were informed and later in the night Christopher Yoos and Ralph E. Swartfugure, both of this city, were brought in on suspicion. One of them had a revolver and $50 in money. The two men claim they are the inno- cent victims of circumstances and counsel for them in the city court to- day secured a continuance of their cases until Wednesday. WORK ON INCREASE Dunham Mills at Naugatuck to Re- sume Opcrations Next Week, Em- ployes are Notified Today. Naugatuck, Conn., Feb. 12.—Notice was posted today at the Dunham Mills, Inc.,, manufacturers of knitted |woolen goods, that the carding and spinning departments would resume full time next Monday, it is expected | other departments will be in operation in two weeks. The mills have been | closed or two months, and the 250 employes have been in idleness for that period, { Pay Your Income Tax In City Hall Office Officers of the federal income tax collection office at Hartford have opened up a branch office on the dent Arthur T. Hadley would be tak- , en. Mr. Hadley expects his resigna- | tion to become effective in June, aft- er commencement, and it had been his desire that his successor be chos- en early enough to work with him on administration problems. fourth floor of City hall and will he there from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily beginning next Monday to receive re- turns and assist those who are mak- ing them out. The agents urge upon local people the advisability of mak- southbound | TO PROVIDE Council Committee Gives " Hearing to Veterans’ Or- ganizations and Will Pre- sent Above Resolution Next Wednesday. A resolution calling for an ap- propriation of $11,000 to provide a paid secrctary and suitable quarters for Jocal ox-scrvice men will be sub- mitted at the commor council meet- ing next Wednesday by Councilmen Crusberg, Mlynarski and Carlson, a special committee of the council ap- pointed to consider the matter of a | .requested $8,000 appropriation for this same purpose, introduced at tha last session by Private Walter Smith Post, V. F. W, At a meeting last evening the committee gave hearings to repre- sentatives of all the ex-servicemen’s organizations in the city, feeling that SUITABLE QUARTERS | CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT Columbus Prosecutor Takes Drastic Step to Stop Care- ! less Driving. ; Columbus, O., Feb. 12.—What is be- lieved to establish a precedent criminal annals was . the holding to- day of Jesse B. Haley on a first de- gree munrder charge as result of an automobile accident in which Henr Seibert was killed last Sunday night as he waited for a street car. Accord- ing to police Haley has confessed that he was driving the automoble which crashed into a group of peaple. “In the trial of Haley,” Prosecutor ; Herbert said, “I believe the Jjury | i if the city is to make any donation it should be for all, rather than a single organization. Alleged griev- ances of the ex-service men were aired and it was the consensus of opinion that the city should provide suitable quarters for its former sol- diers. Tentatively, they want an of- fice where all claims of former sol- diers can be given speedy attention, and in addition a hall or suitable roonr 'in which the different organi- zations can hold meeting. Also, they desire funds to equip a moderate clubroom where the former seryice mer may congregate for social diver- sions. Tt was suggested that such quarters be thrown open to the Civil. War and Spanish War Veterans as| well. Discussion showed that the $8,000 asked would be insufficient and al new -resolution was Introduced eal-| ?ng for $11,000. */The additional 3,00 ices of a professional executive ‘sec- retary, a local man, who could care for claims of ex-servicomen. The | petitioners explained last night that they felt sure the public would not object to an additional one-eighth of a mijll tax to provide this desired fund. | | | JOHN HAYES DEAD Former Well Known Resident Passcs Away Last Night at: St. Francis’ Hospital, Hartford. John Hayes, a former resident of this city for many years, died last night at St. Francis hospital, Hart- ford. For the past few months he has been making his home at 54 Sumner street, Hartford with his son. Recently he was stricken with a slight shock. He was 75 years of age and is survived by five sons, Rev. BEdward, H. Haves of Waterbury;| John J. Hayes, of Bristol; William Hayes of Hartford; George Hayes, of New York, and Frederick Hayes, of this city. He was one of the oldest members of Daly council, Knights of Columbus. The funeral will be held at 8:30 o’clock Monday morning from the home of William Hayes, at 54 Sum- ner street, Hartford. The funeral mass will be conducted at 9 o'clock at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hartford. The body will be brought to this city by M. J. Kenney & Co., undertakers, who have charge of the arrange-| ments, for burial in St. Mary’s new | cemetery. SPOIL THEIR OWN GAME Detectives, Seeking Man ‘Who Threatens Wealthy Philadelphian, Arrest Curious Passerby. Philadelphia, Feb. 12.—Detectives ! early today inadvertently spoiled | the capture of a man alleged to have attempted to etxort money from E. T. Stotesbury, widely known banker | and member of . J. P. Morgan and Co., New York, on a threat of harm to him and his family. A letter had been sent to Mr. Stotesbury instruct- ing hi to place a sum of money in a black box at the entrance of a cer- tain church.‘ Detectives carried out the ‘instruction and 5 . corner. _WHh J{l - 0 is wanted ‘to pay for the serv«} !and weighs three tons. | as much as 80 feet of it. Sharks were | atively shallow water. should have the right to infer that ! after Seibert was hit and while he was carred on the fender | of the car, in plain view | of the driver and in a perilous posi- | tion, and from the fact that death re- | stulted from him being struck that | Haley’s continuing involved an intent to kill. Haléy made no effort to stop' ' and his car was going as fast or faster | the first person in the group.” BARTENDER FINED ON LIQUOR CHARGE Solve Msfiw d SBaloon. Joseph Orzik, -bartender in. John: Dziczek's saloon, at the corner wof High and Lafayette streets, was ar- rested last night by Sergeant Wil- lia C. Hart and Patrolman. Patrick MocAvay and John Anderson on charges of offering lquor. for: sal, and was arraigned before . Judge George, W. Kilett in police wcourt this mortling. A fine of $150 .and costs was imposed. Several bottles of contraband lquor were seized and a bottle of celoring flwid was also taken by the ‘police. The arrest of Orzik disclosed a new method of handling the liquor in a place of business such as a cafe, which requires the services of an.as- sistant to thd dispenser. Accord- ing to information received by the police, the proprieor, Mziczek, has a stock of liquor in a place where it e (Continued on Eleventh Page.) \ FINDS SEA MONSTER Strange Denizem of Deep, With Skull 15 Feect Yong, Discovered in Water Off Miami. Miami, Fla., Feb. 12.—Scientists and deep water fishermen here are puzzled over the finding of a huge sea monster off Soldiers Key, a few miles south of Miami, which they are unable to name. The body of the creature was found three weeks ago by Elmer E. Garritson of Hunting-/, ton, L. I, who today towed part of the skull to Miami. This fragment is 15 feet long and seven feet wide Mr. Garritson said he did not knpw how long the monster was but he saw devouring the flesh “when he first found it. He said the creature evi- dently came out of the deep waters of the Gulf stream to die and this accounted for its presence in compar- L LIVED IN EXHAU New Yorker, § | first degree TO ONE SIDE WHILE SENATE | UP CONSIDERATION OF OTHER |EX-SERVICEMEN TO ASK CITY FOR | $11,000 TO PAY SECRETARY, ALSO Although 4 Definite Matter Come UF Early V. $15,250,000 FOR WATEI Favorable Measure—_ propriation $206,000,001 Bombs Al Congress. \" ‘Washington, tariff bill was show ate again today to ! sideration of the | and judicial approp Although there, agreement, it tariff bill would status Monday W vote on it early For Ri The house ri | when it hit Seibert than when it hit | carrying a lun $15,250,000, the semute mittee house: to turn over to one obsolete bat destroyers experimental ‘The ‘resolutions of development o craft might be the proposed exp Heavy Losses Ne Cars Come 1 to Upset in the Batsford, Conn.,. loss was caused burning of four | between freight Haven railroads trains, which Haven to Mayb bury came k collision and two & the rear of the fi turned. Coals from of the cabooses s and the flames that had been sion and they, - general merchand at many thousand stroyed. No one ¥ wreck. DOCTOR'S Mrs. Ruth Ru Must Serve Lo of $1,000 Ches New York, Fe Ruickholdt, wife Conn. physician, ch tenced by Judge general S 1 from two ye four years wo