New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1921, Page 1

NE\V BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. SATURDAY, MARCH 26, RMUNISTS AWAIT |(§ MEN INDICTED ENTS’ ARRIVAL Bat trol j o ¥ | ents 'ONTINUING FIGHT 11 YEAR OLD GIRL HELPED SUPPORT 13, IN BASEBALL FAKE Cook County Grand Jury Brings Charges Against 10 Players | SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES ,u«masnxmnsuooo(orl-mml Father Works Two Days a| Week—Is Prohibited From Selling Papers. An 11 year old girl, whose name is withheld as are all names iu similar circumstances, appeared with her mother before Judge George W. Kilett in Juvenile Court this morning to an- swer to the charge of selling ,New Britain newspapers upon the street. Sho was discharged with a warning to do so no more. The case was brought to the at- tention of the court through the Char- ity organization, which has protested the sellinmg of papers to the mother previoualy. In reponse to questions from the Herald it was stated that the family had not appealed for aid to either the Charity organimation or the!' City Charity Department and the mother was described as being ‘‘very independent.” .The father, in court, when telling of his trouble in support- ing the family, wept. It was stated by the parents that the child was selling papers for the purpose of obtaining new pair of shoes for Baster. The | Charity organization s said to have | promised a new pair of shoes to the youngster, which will be the first time that the family has received. public ald. The earnings of the girl, however, will be cut off by the action of the court in compliance with a city ordinace. The mother of the girl explined that there are thirteen people in the family dependent upon the father of the girl and that the sum realized in her paper selling has béen an addition to the family funds whidh is sorely needed. Thé father has been working but two days a week latély and earns in the neighborhood of 39 a week, we- ually jess. The girl has huilt up a route calling for %0 pupers, 60 “HemM"™ and 30 “Records” trom which she ob-. taing o revenue of $5.40 a week, an ap- preciable amount wher ethers 13 mouths to feed and the -ufl:- of a Job. . - hnlén.on, ‘:( - oot 8 m . respective offioes sind. t the who sells them. 'l‘hcn are wix’ ohildren in the family, the aged father and mjother, ¢the and 4 brother and sfter k- ahe, the burden uTu THe d-‘\on Counell, some yeurs Or %0 4g0, phased the ordinanee | Prohibits girls under 16 to weil Pupers on the street. MARRIES DYING MAN Boston Girl, Aged 19, Becomes Wife of Man, Shot In Brawl, Who Canmot Recover, Boston, March 26.—Misa Eva Corthell, 19 years old, was married late last night in the presence of city hospital doctors and nurses to Joha F. McCarthy, who is believed to be dy- ing from a: bullet wound received in & maloon quarrel last' Thursdsy when John P. (Larry) McLean a former major league baseball catcher, was killed. ‘When McCarthy. was told that there was virtually no chance of his recov- ery he urged that the marriage to Mifs ' Corthell take place at’ once. They had been engaged for several months and filed marriage intentions January 13, NO FUNDS. Commander Harry C. Jackson and Chairman Willlim W. T. Squire of the state fund committee, American Legion, wish to anmounce that there will be no checks distributed SBunday morning. The fund, at present, is exhausted an no payments have come through 0 New Haven. If funds come later in, week, the checks will be malled men. STEAMER ARRIVALS. London, March 26.—Arrived: bandile State, New York. Glasgow, March 26.—Arvived: goria (Br) New York. Soutbampton, March 25.—8 Kroonland, New York. Texas Man, to Collect In: | —Prosocutor Crowe Says Therc lflf no Joke About it and Ohee WIII be | Pressed to Limit. Chicago, March, 26.—One hundred , and forty-four indictments naming 18 ' men were returned by the Cook county grand jury as a result of the second investigation into the alleged throwing of the 1919 world series to Cincinnati by Chicago White Sox. Eight separate indictmrents against | each person were returned. Those Indicted » [Eddfe Clcotte, pitcher, who confeas- ed to receiving $10,000 to throw games; Claud Williams, pitcher, who confessed tol receiving $5,000; Joe receiving $5,000; Fred McMullin, util- ity infielder; Chick Gandil, first base- man; Swede Risberg, shortstop; Oscar Felsch, outfielder; Buck Weaver, third baseman; Hal Chase, former major league first baseman; Bill Burns, for- mer major lengue pitcher; Abe Attell, once champion featherweight fighter; Rachel Brown, alleged gambler;. Jo- seph J. Sullivan, alleged gambier. ' The chargés against Cicotte, Me- MuMin, Jackson, Felsch, Weaver, Ris- | borg and Willlams recently were dis- missed by the state on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence avallable to convict. The cases against the other men:indicted last fall were taken off the court call. 148 Indictments Bach indictment today contained | three . counts charging conspiracy to | defraud, obtaining money under false ; pretenses and conspiracy to do an il- légal act, Bonds were fixed at $3,000 for each indictment or $24,000 for each man. Robert H. Crowe, state’s attorney, announced after the indictments were returned that he aiready had startaed ! extradition proceedings against the men named and every effort would be made to, apprehend them at.once. Will Press Charges ‘“‘There will bé no joke about this investigation and no dropping of Jackson, outfielder, who confessed w, i ‘caretully, made sure of every egal de- tall and we will not mis our mark— which s m“ sentences for n-—:hpm und guilty.’ o Crowe refused to say when the m. might be broaght to trial but in- dicated that the trial would not start dmmediately. j | l WIDOWER 1S ARRESTED ‘ T St. Albana, Vt., March 26.—Ed- ward Garrow, a prosperous farmer of Frankiin, who was brought to the county jail here last,K night charged with the murder of his wife on No- vember 30, 1920, wv protested his innocence today. Mrs. Garrow was found deed with two bullet wounds in her head. A theory of suicide was accépted at first but- when rumors of-trouble over a sérvant girl, to 'whom it was alleged Garrow had paid attentions, reached the ears of State's Attorney A. B. Rowley he ordered am inquest. The ody of Mrs. Garrow was exhumed and an autopsy performed late iIn December. The report of the au- topwy has b’en nnv.r e public and ;‘:...‘:'.:'é.".'uf..‘"‘i,!‘.‘.' " gl Kentucky Governor Pu Fakes Own Funeral and Has Empty Caske Aspermont, Tex., March 26.—Byrd Jackson Cochraim, charged with de- frauding a life insuwrance company of Dnlms by having an empty coffin burfed for himself, was found guillty last night and u-u-u W two years in the More than 18 months after his “death”” and “burial™ Cochrain was ArTested on a goat ranch after the grave had been opened and found empty. At that time Cochmain said he be- lm ! two children there. ENSIGN MISSING SO IS MUCH CASH Said to Be $22,000 Short in Funds. March 26.—The disappear- ance a ‘eek ago of Ensign Joscph J. Lynam of Newport, assistant pay- master of the scout cruiser Chester, | was followed today by the discovery that he had left a shortage of $22,000 of naval funds. Lynam, who rose from the ranks, en- . listed from Tennessee but in recent years his family had made their home at Newport, R. I. He has a wife and | He is 31 years of | age. Officers assigned by Admiral Dunn to inquire into Ensign l.ynam's absence | within a few days of his departure were | called on to imeet complaints that checks signed by him were returned unhonored, with the statement that | there were no funds to meet them. ; These complaints iiccumulated with the result that It was decided to open L.y- nam's safe. A bulky carpet in which | $90 was rolled was disclosed. | 'SEARCH FOR BALLOON MEN IS UNSUCCESSFUL May Have anted Inland and ' Dirigible is Now Scour- | ing Florida Forests. , Pensacola, Fla., March 26.—On the theory advanced by Lieut. J. F. Reeqa, instructor in meteorology at the naval station here, that the naval balloon missing since it left here Tuesday eve- mng with five men aboard could not have drifted to sea in the face of | { southerly winds prevailing where it was last reported, a naval dirigible with two days supplies and a doubie crew aboara left here early today to search the for- ests of west Florida. i Meantime seaplanes and naval vessel: continued their search of the coast and in some instances ventured far 1o sea in ‘ an effort to find a trace of the balloon | or its occupants. e | Lieut. Reed believes that the crew | of the drifting bag would have cut| away the basket to prevent it dropping | into the Guif and would have taken refuge in the rigging. Af the basket had been cut AWAY, | 1t. Reed; suid, the bag. would havep nd he believes that the prevailing ' winds would have blown it inland. He added that the bag if it reached land might have come in contact with a tree on descending, causing the injury of | the men or that they might have been | brushed from it by the treetops. i Washington, March 26.—In their | search for the naval balloon missing ! from the air station at Pensacola since last Tuesday, airplanes, dirigibles and naval ships have covered approxfnate- | 1y 8,000 square miles of territory with- | out sighting a trace of the big gas bag, the navy depurtment was advised to- day by the commandant at Pensacola. ANTI-SOVIET RISING Kazan, 500 Miles East of Moscow, Is Soene of Reported New Outbreak Against Reds. ; Stockholm, March 26.—An anti- soviet rising is reported to have oc- curred in Kazan, about 550 miles east of Moscow on the Volga, sccordir.t to dispatches received here today. ! of the members of ,the, ext: commission in the 8 have been killed | headquarte Fightin | bottles ' which ' contained alcohol. “oski $100 and costs. 1921. ——TWELVE PAGES 'PREPARING IRELAND | LEGISLA TIVE COMMITTEE e once s o oosr FUR HOME RULE LAW; HOLD PUBLIC MEETING HE , TO TALKABOUT NEW SC. 'Elections to Be Held ‘Held Daring lay ' SALARIES AT MACHINE l | Assemblage At Preliminaries on April 19— FIGHTING STILL GONTINUES Seven Rallroad Stations Burned Antrim—Military Governor Issues Orders to hoot—Crown Forces Take Part in Reprisals. Dublin. March 26.—The day ap- pointed for the preliminaries neces- sary to bring the home rule act inte operation has been fixed for April 19, both northern and southern parlia- ! ments starting simultaneously. On ! May 3 the lord lieutenant for Treland will issue proclamations for the elec- tions' under the act, which will be held in May both in the north and | south. Will Shojt Gunmen. A series of attacks were made Fri- day on seven stations of the northern counties railway in Antrim. All of the stations were burned. General Allgood, commander of the military forces in northwest Ulster [ today issued a warning that owing to the number of “evilly disposed per- i sons” in the Londonderry district and } the prevalence of revolver shooting, the military forces have orders to fire promptly at gunmen. A tighten- ing of the curfew regulation also is hinted at. Soldiers in Reprisals. Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, March 26. (By Associated Press.)— Pandemonium prevailed here early to- day when crown forces engaged in reprisals for a recent ambush near here. There was continuous gunfire in { virious parts of the town for several ! hours. Houses and shops were wrecked with bombs and furniture and other ef- fects were burned. For several days past many persons have been sleeping outdoors in antici- pation of reprisals. HAD BOOZE IN WAGON Portland, Conn., Baker, Jogging Along Highway, Held Up by Official 'and Liquor Found. ~*PEiand, Conn., Mfl-—&‘- Suchoski, a baker, was jogging along over the highway towards wddhmwn behind his horse, today, when con- stables Clarence Ellsworth and Michael Lynch stopped him and gave the buggy a look-over. In it were a jug and two A search warrant was secured and at the baker’'s homeé near the station of the highway department was found a still in operation. Justice Hale fined Such- A federal officer then ordered him to appear before Com- missioner Corbett at Hartford Monday afternoon. - Te man has nine children. Harding Discusses Plans For Aiding Servicemen ‘Washi: n, March 26.—Charles G. Dawes, of\Chicago, who served as a brigadier general in the American Expeditionary force, was called into consultation today by President Hard- ing on various questions affecting vet- erans of the World war. It was um- derstood that problems of soldier compensation and care for the wound- ed were the principal subjects dis- cussed, ene ven Today 26.—Laundry- ecticut gath- endance upon of their tate J. Duggan, jements com- put 100 for 111 close was giv- of laun- » licers. C0. DOWN 20 PER CENT. | All Office Employes, Includ- ing Officials, Are Affect- ed By Reduction. Office employes of the New Britain Machine company were noti- fied toduy of @ reduction of 20 per cent in' pay to be effective at once. The reduction affects mryonHt- ficers as well as employes. President Herbert H. Pease address- ed a meeting of the office force, frank- ly setting forth the circumstances and speaking of the general business con- dition, especially as concerns the ma- School Hall M Evening To Get Opi Of Local People Normal Buildings MAYOR ISSUES CAL . FOR BIG ATTEND | ! !Neanta’ in Will Be | chinery trade. While the New Britain | Machine company has continued operating its plant many other ma- .clunery manufacturing concerns have closed their plants indefinitely. The New Britain Machine company, ' ap- preciates the personnel of its organ- ization and the announcement was received in the epirit of loyalty that ) 'hu marked the employes. Because of business depression throughout the country the compeny is confronted with the necessity of exercising one of two options—the closing of the plant until such a time as business improves, or making economies by a reduction in wages. Feeling that the latter eouru‘ would render less' hardship it was offered to the employes President Pease, in his statement,, said that the New Britain Machine company is fortunate in having in its linés of production materials other than machinery. He anticipates good ' business in these lines and expressed the hope that the reduction would not be in effect long. Some departments at the New Brit- ain Machine company are operating three days a week. The tractor divi- sion 1s working full fiine BLOOD TRANSFUSION IS MADE Operation :-w At Local Doctors: George H.' iton, Joseph Draper and E. T. Fromign, performed the operation for a bloéd transfusionm to the ex-service man 7 at the New Britain hospital yesterdny morning. Clarence Smith, ‘of . LaSalle street, gave a pint of the precious fluid in an effort to save the man’s life. Hopes are held out for the man’s recovery | and the doctors are anxiously await- : ing the outcome. The operation was pronounced a suocess and both men were reported as resting comfortable. Smith is an ex-soidier and was among the dozen or more men who offered their blood to save the life of the “buddy.” WANTED IN WATERBURY Victor Zukoff Arrested’ Here Today On & Warrant Charging He Ob- tatned ' Moncy Falsely. Victor Zukoff was arrested today by Patrolman Walter Malona, on a com- plaint from the Waterbury police, on a warrant charging that he obtained money under false pretenses. Zukofl was taken into custody in a Main street thirst emporium. It is claimed that cecently Zukoff disposed of poolroom in Waterbury, mehlng $700 for it. The new owner was get- ting along well in business until the rightful owner arrived at the place and assumed management after noti- fying Zukoff's alleged victim that the man arrested today did not own the place and had no right to sell it. FED POISON T0 CHILD Two Seven Year Old New Yorkers Ar- rested—Administered Deadly Medi- cine While ‘‘Playing Doctor.”” New York, March 26.—Accused of feeding poison to four year old psephine Olsen while playing doctor, seven year old boys were held in each when they were ar- da in Brookiyn children’s Roy Strom and Laeffie Jur- nd two bottles while play- y in a vacant lot. They d to have ‘‘prescribed’’ one d to be slow poison—for the to have given her some Man— ' Senator Challenger will be i city Monday evening with othe: | egated by the legislature to d the sentiment of the city to proposed mew Normal school. O. F. Curtis has issued the fo call for a meeting to be held Grammar school for the purp hearing the senator: ‘“There will be a meeting at ,Gmnm-r school hall Monda ning, March 28 at 8 o’clock, fi purpose of securing an expres opinion as to what action sho taken by the City of New Brit] regard to the disposal of the State Normal school and ground the building of a new school, 4 tories, etc.,, on the site now ow i the state, on North Stanley and | streets. ‘““The plans of the proposed school and what the state p to do will be stated and explain ' Principal Marcus White and m of the state legislative com who will be in attendance for purpose, ““The continuance and e D an institution of this nature is ter of great importa.nce to .4 Wrowth, and the additin to buildings and institutions of lic nature. In view of the fii tance' of this question, there be a large attendance at the ing. “ORSON F. CUR! M $1,500,000 Entailed. | Hartford, March 26.—The le tive committee on education hai pointed a committee consisting BSenator H. H. Challenger of BF port and Representative Charl , Persiani of Southington to e with Mayor O. F. Curtis of New. ain and the common council of] lch.y at a public meeting in Ne .ain Monday cvening regardin; | erection of a proposed $1,5 ' State Normal school on land owned by the state in New The committee on education sidering a bill appropriating tK 500.000 and authorizing the board of education to consti buildings and improve the connected therewith. The gen ! sembly of 1919 made an ap tion for the purchase of the I i the state how owns a tract of |ultunted in the so-called Stanley ter of New Britain. Purpose of Mceting. The purpose of the meeting see what action the City of New jaln is willing to take in assistin | state to dispose of the Normal # property now situated there. [ been proposed that the city pu the land and building and thu lieve the state of the bu-den of 'erty which will be useless to {the plans for the new school are { thorized. It is possible also | some proposal will be made at ‘meeting Monday evening to assh the developing of the ney ract ow by the state. “I have heard of no opposition the new school,” said Mayor | today, “the only question seems to just how far the city will go in hej ing the project along.” BOY AIDS IN MURDER 14 Year Old Grand Rapids Yo ster Tells of Helping Motheg 'O Stepfather to Death. I Grand Rapids, Mich., March Caspar Didia, 14 years old confes today, according to the police he helped his mother club to des bhis stepfather, Joseph Scalbius, night. Then, according to thg ¢ fession, he and his brother Ja