New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1921, Page 1

+ News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870. EWIBRITAIN HERALD (=5 ABE RU y ACCUSES BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921.—TWELVE PA GES. IS OUT OF SERIES:; Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business PRICE THREE CENTS FATHER AS MURDERER; _RICHARDSON SEES STATE’S ATTY. TONEY AND HARPER OPPOSING PITCHERS Pewster Takes Rutl’s Place in| Yankee Ontield FRISCH IS GIANTS « STAR National Leaguers’ Third Baseman Now Has Batting Average of 500 for Entire Scries—Ruth’s Injuries Re- ,;m as Rather Serious. { 123456789 YANKEES " per and Schang. Harper taken out and Shawkey replaced. New YOtk Oct. 11.—“Babe” Ruth announced this morning that the in- jury to his arm would keep him out of the game for the rest of the seriss. His physician warned him, he said that to take further chances wonld risk Lhe loss of his arm. The Yankee star spent most of this morning in the office of his physician, Who was reported as hopeful of pre- venting fyriher spread of the infection which settled into the player's elbow after a slight injury in one of the) early games of the series. ¥ Minor Operations Several minor operations have been performed on the abscess which de- yeloped, - sald his medical ad- 44 that any use of the atimulate drain Jof very grave con- orning Mrs. d her husband would attend 'today’'s game and was hope- ful of seeing the series through, sdd. g the champion home swatter was as confident as ever that ‘his team would win the world’s cham- pionship. Frisch Hits 500 The Giants, despite their setback, were not without sparkling achieve- ments, Frisch kept up his remarkable stick work, holding his series mark at 500 by touching Hoyt for two singlss in his four appearances at the plate. Long G Kelly shuffled off what- ever had n afflicting his batting power ~nd made three hits. His back- band grab of Pipp’'s hopper in the ninth was one of the flelding gems of the day. Batting. Order The batting order for today: Giants:—Burns, f; Bancroft, Frisch, 3b; Young, rf; Kelly, 1b; Mogsel, 1f; Rawlings, 2b; Snyder, Toney, p. Yankees: —Mmer, cf; Peck, s3 Schang, R. Meusel, 1f; Pipp, 1 Ward, 2b; McNally, 8b; Fewster, r Hatper, p. Umpires:—Morijarity at the plate; Quigley at first; Chill at second; Rig- ler at third. Harper’s Curve “If Harper géts that old curve| swishing across the corners of the _plate the Giants will be through for the day.” K “Hackensack” Harry Harper his mates say is like the girl with the curl—when he is good he's good and when he’s bad he’s not good. Mana- ger Huggins said Shawkey and Quinn would be held in reserve. The Yanks with one game lead can take a gamble today: not so with the Giants who must capture the contest to have even a fair chance of winning the series, Manager McGraw looked to Big Fred Toney who was kpocked out of the box last week and to Jess Barnes who went to Toney's rescue and pitched a brilliant .game. The Yankees fans bemoaned the loss of Babe Ruth. Manager Huggins was prepared to play Bob Meusel in left and Wilson Fewster in right field. It was learned at the clubhouse that ‘Waite Hoyt had pitched eight inninss yesterday with a finger split by a grounder from Frisch’s bat. He re- fused to leave the game. BOY, PAGE KING SOLOMON A. B. Burgess, Savannah Negro, Has Three Wives and is Father of 26 Children. . s Savannah, Ga., Oct. 11.—A. Burgess, a negro employed by the lantic Coast Line Railway probably has the largest family in Georgia. He is the father of 32 children and has had three wives. Twenty six of the children are living. The negro has had seven sets of twins and two sets of friplets. When the last set of twins were born, Burgess and his wife had run out of names for them and they went nameless, untill own names when school. Burgess shied at selecting B ey selected thelr hey entered public names TONEY, ONCE WHIPPED BY YANKEES, MAKES EFFORT AT COMEBACK TODAY BASEBALL EXTRA. At the close of this after- noon's game The Herald will pubnsh 1baseball extra, giving A 4 2516 amd sabng prayr b)' plfly * TROLLEY-BUS CRASH COURT SEQUEL TODAY Wil T2 B Evidence Presented in Superior Court in $15,000 and $3,000 Suits This Morning. : “Evidence in the $15,000° suit of Frank Ott vs. Arthur Harris akd Joseph Farr and in the $3,000 sdit of Farr and Harris against the Con- necticut company, was heard this morning in superioy court by Judge C. L. Avery. The cases are being heard \jointly. A Ott’s foot was crushed Qctober 20, 1920, when he was riding in Harris & Farr's bus as it was struck by a trolley car on Stanley street. Per- manent injury causing a shortening of the leg resulted. As a result of the accident the jitnetirs claim dam- ages to their car. Ott alleges negli- gence on the part of both the jitneurs and the trolley company, while the jitneurs enter’ a similar complaint against the trolley company. Ott is represented by Judge William F. Mangan of this city; Farr & Har- ris by Lawyer R. H. Deming of Hart- ford and the Connecticut company by Lawyer Joseph H. Berry of Hartford. SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT Northend Parents’ and Teachers’ As- sociation Will Have First Meeting of Fall Season Thursday Evening. The first meeting of the Northend Parents’ and Teachers’ association will be held in the school building on Thursday evening at eight o'clock The teachers will be in their respec- o’clock, to become acquainted and re- of the children. tal clinic in this city. will be served. POLICEMAN SUSPENDED Police Board to Act Later. Policeman Thomas Tierney, lice force for nearly a year, tion while on duty. imgs preferred the lice commissioners last night, action on the c: ti the next mtmng. held Friday night. detail when he found that progeny, he had been “doubliyg up having two “Willies” and two “Sallies™ k. among hiu ~idere section of ‘the city, beat will be established days. in tive rooms from seven -thirty to eights| new acquaintance with the parents, and to talk over and discuss the work A pleasing program has been drranged. An assigned speak- er will outline in a short snappy talk, the present and future needs of a den- Refreshments Policeman Thomas Tierney Accused of Being Istoxicated While on Duty— who has been a member of the regular po- has been <uapended on the charge of intoxica- Chief W. J. Raw- charze against Inm at a meeting of the board of po- but e was postponed un- which will be The hoard empowered the chief to 2 policeman to patrol the Bel- and the MERIDEN POLIGE NOW | FACING ACGUSATIONS — Charged Wifl! P,ér;eqz’ting Foreigners: and \Shielding Charges in open edufk that the po- lice are discriminating st for- eigners in their liqudr raids and turn- ing a deaf ear to complaints’that some of the city’s “best” citikens are: ped- dling booze, coupled witth. statements from prominent clergythen that the city is going to ruin morally, and the refuting-of these claims by the mayer, prosecuting attorney and| others, are occupying the attention'of the City of Meriden. The fireworks were lightod: by Law- yer C. J. Danaher when he' was pre- senting a defense to liquor charges brought in the Meriden pgjice ‘court. Dr. A. J. Lord and Rev, P.'S. Lappitt followed up with statéments deploting the conditions of affaits, morally, and intimating that places ef ill repute = being protected Mayor D. J. Donovan has come' o)zt with a statement upholding tne potice and Prosecuting Attorney Henry Diy- hurst has invited suggestions for; bet- terment, while Chief ot Police |J. . Landrigan has adopted ¢ policy of ig- (Continued on Eleveith Page). /i Ponzi Scheme in Clucagt)' Police Se(eek Three Men Chicago, Oct. 11.—Pulice |+ were searching today for Sidney Gr ‘Mah- rats and two,assistants who wiere al- leged to have fle from the! office they established here after borrowing $75,000- from foreign-born | megidents on promise of high interest rates. In- tegest varying from $40 of $100 for five months to $75 on the same amount until February 15, were al- leged to have been offered prospec- tive creditors. Woman’s Club to Hol First Meeting On (Pct. 18 The Woman's ‘club will hola its first meeting of the season’ on’ the: after- noon of October 18. It will ake the form of a reception given by t! g dent, Mrs, B. B. Bassette at h¢\ home; 27 Emmons Place. Mrs. Bassitte ex- tends a cordial invitation to al| mem- bers to be present between th¢| hours of 4 and 6 o’clock. 5 2 Lake County Selected Springfield, 11, Oct. 1l.—Lake county has been selected as the jlace of the trial of Governor Len Smajl on charges of embezzlement and |\én- spiracy to defraud the state while state treasurer, it was announced|to- day. Lake county is in the noith- eastern corher of the state adjoinng Cook county. presi- For Ill. Gov.’s Trial Jacob Winkle, Accused With Former Detective Sergeant, Also Called Into Conference With Alcorn This Afternoon- Lawyers For Both De- fendants Are In Corri- dors Of County Court House This afternoon Detective Sergeant Richardson. his sons, Walace and An- drew and Jake Winkle, all of whom ‘are being held under heavy bonds in connection with the rum ring and auto theft investigation were taken from the jail to the county court- house this afterncon: at .2:30 and brought to the office’ of State’s Attor- ney Alcorn.. The prisoners were in the custody of Sheriff Gabb and depu- ties and werc not handcuffed. In the ante room were Attorney P. F. McDonongh, representing the Richardsons; Attorney W..J. Malone of Bristol, co 1 for Winkle and Lawyer Calnen. The latter is coun- sel for Dry Agent Thomas McAuliffe, now out on bail. . It was not known in what.capacity Attorney Calnen was pretent. The lawyers stated that they were on hand at the request of | the state’s attorney for a confercnce. They did Dot know the nature ol the meet- ing. Constable Fred Winkle o( this city, an uncle of Jaké Winkle, was also observed in. the corridors. / Tt veported, in the ButiGing that G .45 o lof from four to six additional war- rants in egmitection with the rum run- ning cxpose. OFFICIAL BUSINESS, county DETECTIVES ASSERT| Other Than That, Decline to Ex- plain Presence Here NO ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED Two Members of Force Make Short Stop on Main Street, Then Return to Hartford—Nothing For Publication, They Explain. State Policemen Flynn and Pinnell were in the city this morning on ‘“‘offi- cial business,”’ but when approached by a reportet declined to discuss the nature of the business. Both express- ed a belief that there would be nothing for publication. in their visit, indicating that there would be no arrests today. The duo arrived’in the city about 11 o’clock and departed in about a quar- ter of an hour after making a brief stop on the west side of Main street, be- tween the Hudsord lunch room and the railroad track. ‘When a series of questions was di- rected at the two state policemen they replied with remarks concerning the weather. Dental Clinic Fund United Parents’ and Teachers’ Association (conditional). . Italian Department, — South $500.00 Bakery Workers U. S. DELEGATES MEET. Washington, Oct. 11.—Secretary Hughes today issued calls for the first meeting of the American rep- resentatives to the armament limi- attjon conference tomorrow at the state department. TARIFF TO FEBRUARY 1. Washington, Oct. 11.—The emergen- cy tariff instead of expiring November 27, would remain-in effect until Feb- ruary 1 under a bill favorably report- ed today by the house ways and means committee. The life of the dye em- Pargo would be extended as well as the rates carried in the emergency act. | Local Theater Decides ° The announced management at Fox's theatlr : pre-war scale will be in order. At matinee balcony seats will be 10 cents and oM a few chestra seats, 20; evening shows, or chestra, 30, and balcony, 20 cents. To Cut Down Its Pricls today that effeetive nel: 1 | * THE WEATHER. egh Hartford, Oct. 11.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy and unsettled weather to- night, and . Wednesday; colder Wedriesday. IRISH CONFERENCE WILL BE LONG ONE George’s Secretary Says TODAY'S MEETING IS SHORT Sinn Feiners and English Gather at Downing Street This' Morning and Then ‘Adjourn Until Later in the Afternoon. London, Oct. 11, (By Associated Press).—The conference of represen- tatives of the British government and the Sinn Fein, called to endeavor to find a solution of the Irish problem met at 11 o’clock this morning in the cabinet room at 10 Downing street, Premier Lloyd George’s of- ficialy residence. After a seksion whl% lasted untjl one o’clock the conference was adjourned uptil Iater in the afternoon. A communique issued after ad- Jjournment was taken merely said that the first session of the “‘conference on Ireland” was held at 11 o’clock. It gave the names of those present and concluded by saying that the con- ference was adjourned until 4 o’clock ghis afternoon. All Are Silent. The Irish delegations were cheered as they drove away from No. 10 'Downing street in motor cars. They refused to answer questions put by newspaper correspondents. One of Mr. Lloyd George's secre- taries who received the newspaper men just after the conference opened | smiling said: ‘“You cannot e’yect ‘any’ news for weeks‘ver. “ NEW. IIITlZENS W RECEIVE. DIPLOMAS Rotarians Will - Entertain Them At Luncheon On Thursday Noon. At the Rotarians’ luncheon Thurs- day noon at the Elks’ club, Judge Bernard F. Gaffney will present 49 toreign born residents with diplomas entitling them to full fledged citizen- ship of the United States. These men will be the guests of the, Rotary club. Howard Bradstreet, director of the Americanizatiorr bureau at Hartford, will be” one of the spegkers as will also F. P. O'Brien, local director of Americanizaltion. The following is a list of the men who have become citizens and re- ceive their diplomas: Mike Hlavati, 45 Wilcox street, Austrian; Frank Pauch, P. O. box £3 Plainville, Conn., Austrian; Isador Novich, 218 North streét, . Polish; Charles Urban, 80 Rockwell Avenue, Czecho Slay; Salvatore Lanza, 16 Beaver street, Italian; John Loezyn- ski, 181 Rhodes street, Polish; Herb- ert Bremer, 127 Smalley street, Ger- man; Antonfo Pannullo, 957 Stanley stréet, Italian; Isaac . Joseph, 176 Grand street, Persian; Joseph Rich- ards, 30 West street, Canadian; Peter Pola, 957 Stanley street, Italian; Pas- quale, Apruzzese, 11 Broad street, Italian; Angelo Palumbo, 470 Arch street, Italian. / John Seremet, 23 McClintock street, Polish; Alex Bessoff, 14 Tremont street, Russian; Patrick Fox, 10 Spring street, Irish; John G. Erick- (Continued on Eleventh Page.) LOCAL WOMAN DIVORCED Decree is Granted This Morning in Superior Court on Adultery Charge of Complainant. Annie Leroy of this city, was zranted divorce this morning at a ses- sion of the superior court, from her husband, Peter A. Leroy. The com- plainant .alleged desertion and adul- tery. The decree was granted on the latter change, it being proven by rec- ords of the superior court that the de- fendant was found guilty of that of- iepse in 1915. Judge C. L. Avery presided at this morning's session of the court. Women Barred From Jobs In Highland Park City Detroit, Oct. 11.—Highland Park, an adjacent city, has decided to strike from its payroll all women employss. Married women were recently ordercd discharged from city positions and last night the council adopted a resolution prohibiting officials from hiring un- marreid women in the future. The council was prompted i~. its action by the large number of men out of em- ployment. it was sa1d. No News “for Weeks Yet,” Lloyd| THEIR BODIES NURSES’ HOME JOB IS GIVEN MERIDEN FIRM H. Wales Lines Co. Bid is $78,803—Local Labor ta Have Preference. ? —_— The first step in the expansion of the New Britain General hospftal, which was made possible by the g}reat hospital drive of last year, was taken yesterday afternoon by tlre board of directors, in letting the contract for the new nurses’ home. Elisha H. Cooper, president of the board, gave out a etatement today as follows: “The successful bidder was the H. ‘Wales Lines Co. with a bid of $78,803. There werz in all sixteen bids, rang- ing from the lowest to over $100,000, and the hospital authorities feel high- ly . gratified to secure the proposed building at so low a price from the H. Wales Li;\es Co., who long:ago es- tablished ‘a reputation for high grade ‘workmanship. “With a full apprechfion that this construction was only ‘made possible through the generosity of New Brit- ain citizens, a clause is written into the contract under which the con- tractors ‘agree to give preference in T and | _Mfl:h en- ruction of the build- to New Britain, .parties. yuilding are by n, who are ex- perts in hospital construction and do no other work. .The plans have been appmved by Dr. S. S. Goldwater, su- ! (Continued on Second Page). 64 YEARS A MASON Late E. Stevens Henry, Who Died Last Night, One of Veterans of This ¥ra- ternal Organization. Rockville, Oct. 11.—The funeral of ‘the late E. Stevens Henry, for many years A member of congress from the old first Connecticut district, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from his home. The interment will be in the family lot at Grove Hill ceme- tery. Mr. Henry died at last midnight after a short illness. In his active political life he was an outstanding figure in the state. As a congressman he was for many gessions on the agri- culture committee. In business life he was very active and was one of the oldest bank treasurers in the state, having served the People's BRank of Rockville since 1869. He was a mem- ber of the Masonic order for 64 years and served Fayette lodge as treasurer 58 years. MERCHANTS ELECT E. J. Porter Is Selected As Chairman of Mercantile Bureau for Coming Term. b The annual meeting of the mer- cantile bureau of the Chamber of Commerce was held this morning at 10 o’clock. E. J. Porter was elected chair- man for the,coming year. This of- fice automatically making him first vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce. A. A. Mills was elected vice-chairman. The following board ‘of directors was elected: A. A. Mills, George H. Dyson, Eu- gene J. Porter, Leon A. Sprague, Du- gald McMillan, Fred O. Rackliffe, Steve Robb, Maurice H. Johnson, Howard C. Wilsbn, John A. Erickson, Frank E. Klosowski, David S. Segall, Clarence W. Buckey, Samuel Schnei: der and David Manning. Prunes, 6 Cents in Cal., Sell At 40 in Chicago San Francisco, Oct. 11.—Prunes for which the California producer receives six and seven cents a pound, have Te- tailed in Chicago at 40 and 45 cents, according to John Richert, heading a delegation of Chicago aldermen visit- ing, California to investigate the cost of food staples at the source of their production. Richert, in a statement, cited the price of prunes as illustrat- ing & wide gap between prices to pro- dacer and consumer. ) FIND ST. JOHN'S TOMB Paris, Oct. 1l.—Archeologists at work in the ruins of ancient Ephesus have discovered a cript believed to be the tomb of St. John the Evange- YOUNG SCHUTTE DESCRIBES HOW THREE WERE SHOT AND THEN BURNED/ Witness Admits That He Himself Fired Twice At Wounded Youth When Latter Aimed At His Assailant Husband, Wife and 17 Year Old Son Shot Down From Ambush, Then Maltreated and Cremated. Middletown, Oct. 11.—Julius Schutte, second son of Emil Schutte who is charged with the murder of three members of the Ball family today, as a witness for the state in the second week of Schutte's trial, described how he saw his father set fire to the Ball's shack and then shoot the three Balls as they tried to escape. Carried Can of Kerosene. He testified that he carried a can of- kerosene for his father who used the fluid to saturate two bags of -h-v< ings which were placed door, of the shack and 'therd ignhed_ The son then'| that he saw his ras 4 angs | scream’ fhere 'Wak another when | Ball came out and still another shot when ob, the 17-year-old sen eme: The -wituéss swore that Jacob, . a8 he lay updn the ground, raised a revolyer and pointed it at his {father, and that he. the witness, fired twice at young Ball with a. rifie | he was carrying but did not hit the 1ad. ‘The witness swore that his father kicked yourg Ball. A few minutes later, the witness said, his father took first Joseph Ball's body and dragged it into the shack, then the mother’s and then the son’s body and they were burned. Other Brotber Testifies. Julius Schutte followed his brother Walter . on the witness stand ' today. The latter’s testimony was of minor character as he was atvay from home at the time, of the. alleged murders which the state claims were committed on the night of December 15, 1815. Julius Schutte, as he took the wit- ness stand was only a few feet from his father who sat at a table close by his*counsel. The witness said he was 22 years old. He knew the Ball fam- ily. He and a brother had trouble with them and in passing their shack the Balls often called names. His father, he said, owned a piece of land near the Balls shack which the Ball family claimed. Tell of Shooting Affray. On the afternoon before the deaths of the Balls, the witness said he and his father went to a bungalow near the Balls to be with some woodchop- pers who had been engaged by his father. On the way home as they passed the shack, the witness said, Ball came out with a gun and fired at them. Witness said his father whipped up .the horse. “We got out pretty fast and father said not to re- port it,” said the witness. Continuing, young Schutte said: *“After supper that night father said some one had to go to the bunga- low, which the woodchoppers had , left, to protect it, for Ball was suspect- ed by father of a desire to burn it down.” Witness said that he went with his father and carried a can of kerosene while his father carried a shotgun. When they arrived at the bungalow, the witness said his father told him he had something to tell him and he was to keep it a secret. Father took an alarm clock™” said the witness “‘and set it and said ‘when the ralarm goes off we will go to the Balls and burn them down.™ Wakes Up at 2 a. m. Witness said his father fell asleep but he remained awake. His father woke up when the alarm clock went off at two a. m. Witness said his father took the two bags of shavings and out in the corn- field the bags were soaked with oil and carried to the shack. Witness sald that under direction of his father he placed the 'bags against the door. His tather then set them off with a match. ‘Witnesse said his fathers told him to shot the Balls if they got him (his father) and to be sure “that he got all of them before he went home. Fires Through Window Witness said that shortly after the fire started he heard a shot fireg father was standing near the perhaps five feet away. A screamed. Mr. Ball came out. said he heard another shot moment later ‘Jacob Ball and there was another shot. third shot the witness said Jacob, who was on the grou list, it is said in a dispatch received here. (Continued on Eleventh