New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1922, Page 1

Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business o MEN THOUGHT KILLED AND $100,000 DAMAGE IN EXPLOSION Acids In Tank Car at Richards and Company’s Warehouse Blc_)ws Up When Water Leaks In Victjms Believed to Have Been Torn to Bits and Re- mains Destroyed by Flames. Stamford, Conn., Feb. 24.—Explo- slon of acids in a tank car which was on tracks between warchouses of Richards and Co., makers of artificial leathers, caused the probable deaths of Joseph Hogan and Joseph Taxter, workmen, both of this city, and a fire which resulted in $100,000 loss today. The men are thought to have been blown to pieces. Warehouses Were Filled The warehouses werc low wooden structures alongside the tracks. Two of them were entirely burned and the third was gutted. In the two buildings lost were stored eight hundred thou- sand pounds of cotton and 200 drums of alcohol used in manufacture. In another building close by were 30 metal tanks containing 12,000 gallons of alcohol but the fire did not reach these. The plant in Canal street, of Richards and Co. is below the railroad tracks. Nearby is the plant of Baer Bros. and the coal yard of David Waterbury and Son. Water Cause of Explosion The coxplosion is thought to have been produced by water coming in contact with the nitric of sulphuric acid which the two employes were handling. Apparently there was no actual witness to what occurred a few moments before the explosion. As the fire followed immediately in the near- est warehouse it was not possible to search for men's bodies, and the bhe- lief was held hy firemen that both weer torn to pieces and these pieces destroyed by the fire which spread over the immediate section. Main Plant Not Hurt warehouses were each about 30 feet in width and of considerable lengtli and were located near the main plant of Richards and Co.: the main plant however not heing involv- ed in the fire. The Stamford fire department was assisted by apparatus from Glenbrook and from the Yale and Towne Mfg. Co. Joseph Hogan lived at 45 Walnut street and Taxter on South Atlantla street. The Working On: Cars Hogan and Taxter were at work on the tank car transferring the acids from the tank to metal drums each of which had a capacity of 50 gallons. The initial explosion blew the tank car to pieces and for this reason it was immediately®believed that the men were destroyed. The three low warehouses or sheds had metallic roofing. The acids from the tank car fell as a spray of flame on these roofs and inside of five minutes the fire area embraced the three sheds. Short Iy after there were minor explosions as the drums of alcohol burst and the contents took fire. Shock Felt Far Away. While the vibration of the car ex- plosion was hardly felt in the city resi- dents at Sound Beach, some distance away claimed to have felt is distinct- ly. No damage appeared to have been done near the Richards plant by the explosions and very little win- dow glass in the plant itself was shat- tered although one end of a building was only 150 feet away from the tank car. No oné was hurt during the fighting of the fire. The blaze was under con- trol at noon. Hogan Well Known Hogan was a single man, was known as an athlete and was captain of the Richards and Co. baseball team. Taxter was married and leaves a wife and baby. He lived with his mother. After the fire it was found that a sewer manhole cover which had been | near the car had been lifted and car- | ried 600 feet. It weighed 200 pounds. A fragment of the tank weighing about 300 pounds was hlown 60 feet against a brick wall and then re- bounded and went through a small shed belonging to Baer TBros. A wrench that one of the men had heen using was found on the ground. PLEADS NOT GUILIY William M. Ingles of Prominent Fam- ily Arrested in South Norwalk for Obtaining Money Under False Pre- tenses. South Norwalk, Feb. 24.—William M. Ingles, said to come from a prom- inent family in East Radford, Va., was bound over to the May term of the superior court in bonds of $2,000 on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Ingles cashed checks to the amount of $400 here in Jan- uary and then left town. After a chase through Canada, Akron, O., Jouisville, Ky., and other piaces he was airested in Chicago. He pleaded | not guilty to the c.'xrgc. AT STAMFORD CITY MEETING BOARD T0 CONVENE MARCH 7 21 and 20 Mill Budgets Will Be Considered; Lively Meeting Expected Curtis issued a call session of the to be held Tues- at the Gram- Mayor Orson I* this morning for a i Meeting hoard, day evening, March 7, mar school auditorium. The hoard will receive the budget drafted by the bouard of fimance and taxation and amended by the common council, and another proposal drafted by P. 8. McMahon. The city budget will propose a fax rate of 21 mills while that drafted by McMahon is for 20 mills, What changes McMahon will offer g0 us to make possible reductions amounting to one mill, a matter of conjecture, although indications that the school board, public works department and the New Br n In- stitute will be cut. The sala , it 1s understood, will not be interfered with in any respect. Such new items a the dental clinic, a contagious dis ease nurse, a new piece of apparatus for the fire department and six new patrolmen for the police department, will appear in neither the finance board's or McMahon's budget. Ap- propriations for these propositions (Continued on Sixteenth Page). PLOTTERS SENTENCED Romher Who ‘Iried to Kill Ring Alexander (0 Die—His Accomplice Gets 20 Years. Asso heen the have responsihle Ieh. 24, Sentene Relgrade, (By ciated Press) pyonounced on tho the attempt to assassinate King Alex ander here on June 29 lasl, when he was serving as prince regent. Death was decreed for Steiteh, who threw the homb. His chief complice Czaki was sentenced to |vears at haed labhor, and com munist deputies were given two year each, but the women accused we acquitted. Nine persons were waurded homb, which exploded under the car riage preceding the one in which Alexander and Premier Pachitch were proceeding to the national assembly. FOUND DEAD IN BED A. Kotowski s ac 20 sin hy the | Mrs. Mary of 132 Tre- mont Street, Fapires Suddenty Dur- ing Last Night. A. Kotowski, aged 67 Tramont ahout 7 Mrs. years, found this morning, had heen in ill and was heing treated hy a physician. Medical Examiner lLyon viewed the Lody and gave the cause of death due to heart trounhle. Surviving her are two daughters and a Mary of 132 dead street, was in hed o'clock daughter. She few hy her health for days, son., for | et CONNECTICUT, TRINITY FRESHMAN, ARSON SUSPECT, I§ ORDERED EXAMINED |Judge Elsner Wants Alienists to Find Mental Capacity of George Mulligan, Aged 18 IN HEANTINE HIS CASE GOES OVER T0 MARGH § Accused Youth Was Arrested Early This Morning and Is Betg Held on Technical (harge of Breach of the Peace—| Found in His Room, Hartford, Ieb., 24 George Mulli- gan, 18 years old, Trinity college freshman arrested early this morning by the local police on a technical charge of breach of the peace fol- lowing i fire believed to be of in- cendiary origin in his room in Jarvis hall, Thursday evening, is to he ex- amined by alienists to determine his mental capacity by order of Judge Solomon Isner, Case Continued, Young Mulligan was presented court shortly after 9 o'clock. cuting Attorney Nathan A, asked for a continuance in to March 3 under a hond [and “also requested the lof doctors to examine Mulligan. Dr. ‘aul Waterman and Dr. A. M. Out- erson were named to examine Mulli- lgan in the police effort to solve the mystery of the seventh fire in the college buildings during the past two in Prose- Schatz the case of $1,000 appointment scems to Act Odd. Mulligan's actions since and during the hours that he was being grilled by detectives were said by the police to he odd. Some of his replies (o questions were said to be vague and not direct answers to questions asked. Three of the students who and talked with Mulligan just bhefore fhe fire was discovered were at first reluctant to talk fo the police and themselves appeared to be puzzled concerning actions of Mulli- zan. When they finally did consent to answer questions and tell all they knew of Mulligan's activities just before the {discovery of the blaze the three men wept as they told their stories, know- img that their testimony would tend to implicate rather than free Mulligan [ from sispicion. | Challenged dolinson. i is recalled that Mulligan some [time ago challenged Woolsey ~McA Johnson fo a fight following the an- IS alincement -y -dohnson: ‘that, 1 e | would try for the world's heavyweight | ehampionghip. Mulligan is about half lthe size and weight of Johnson, who lis now under treatment at the hos- hnml for insane at Middletown. his arres! AW ‘ledenl of Fram‘e Will Not Aid Landru Ieh. 24, -(By Associated President Millerand has re- {o commute the sentence of Landru, the “blucheard of (GGambais,”" it was announced this afternoon The guillotining of lan- dru for the murder of ten women and boy some 4ime ago to oc- this week. I7e b, Henri of Gambais” on the guillotine at hreak tomorrow, this afternoon. | ¥ odl Henri |a was sef ‘l‘HV‘ Paris, I'ress) beard Associated the “hlue- will bhe execnted Versailles at day was announced (Ry Landru, 4 it MABI NORMAND First Jap Murderer New York, IFeh, Saito Taizo, 23, the only of murder in was sentenced by the electric chair week of April 3rd. Mitario Yasin Hara, a countryn with a scarf in an upper Broadws hotel, October 5 last, and robbed him of $300, Japa New city, Judge Nott to die in at Sing Sing the York today n Convicted in N. Y. | ever convicted | 1izo strangled | MABEL NORMAND, OVERCOME BY DEATH OF TAYLOR CRITICALLY ILL HERSELF | Has Recovery | [)nctor S Hopes —Police in Latest Clue Doubt Murder Mystery. i of Her The film actre her physi- Los eh. condi- | tion reported cian last | this relinble | Miss |serr some | Altadena, said to be led case of the Altadena Angeles, £ Mabel Normand, critically i1l by night, remained unchanged morning, acording to the most information obtainable here. Normand who secluded her- time ago in a residence in a suburb of Pasadena is suffering from an aggravat- influenza. She moved to residence shortly [the funeral here of William [Taylor, motion picture director who | w ain in his apartments on the levening of February 1. { Condition is Serions Although her condition last night |was regarded as serious her physi n said he had hope she would re- lcover. | Miss | Tayior, o Normand, a close friend of and one of the last persons known to have seen him alive col- |1apsed at the funeral services and at Ithat time it was stated she was on |the verge of a nervous breakdown. Aficcted by Murder Deeply affected by the mysterious shooting of the director the film com- her Los Angeles apart- after she was question- led by the district attorney as to any |clew she might be able to give to aid in the solutioa of the erime. Then, |gecluded in the foothill residence where she today lies in in a serious |condition, Miss Normand suffcred a nervoua collapse, according to her physician, the result of continued de- over the tragedy in which medienne left ment shortly pression (Continued on Second Page) ! |attacked after | Desmond | I<RIDAY FEBRUARY 24, SALES TAX FOR BONUS REPORTED AS KILLED, Washington, Feb, 24, A pro posal to finance the soldiers bonus by a sales tax is under stood to have heen rejec 1 to day by the special snh-commit lee of the republican mem bers of the house ways and means committee. The proposition was said {0 have heen supported hy only three members, Representative Longworth of Ohlo; Watson of Pennsylvania and Bacharach of New Jersey. It is understood that the proposal will be ||| brought up again late today at ||| 1 meeting of all of the majority members of the wauys and means committee, GLOVER RETIRES AFTER | 40 YEARS IN BUSINESS Changes Made in Am. Hard- ware Officers—Colleagues Voice Appreciation from of Charles ‘Glover today retired his position of first vice-president the American Hardware corporation after forty y continuous sery- ice with the organization or one of its components, many of them in high office. He entered the employ of the P. & I, Corbin company at the time that that organization started in the man- ufacture of screws in 1877, The de- velopment and growth of that hranch | of the business reflects his care, skill | and management as superintendent of marufacture from the as president of the screw ¢ from its formation in 1903, president of the American corporation since 1911 and vice-president since 1917 His health makes it necessary 1o seek relief from his previous respon- sibilities and his colleagues in the directorate of the American Hard- ware corporation have expressed their | recognition of his long and faithful service, its great value to the corpor- ation during the period of nearly half a century, and their hope that his| better health will quickly result from his freedom from business cares. ‘ George T. Kimball elected first vice-president to fill the vacancy cansed by Mr. Glover's resignation, A N. Abbe succeeds to Mr. Kimbail's formar position as secretary of fhe corporation and WL Booth 1o M1 Abbe's position as assistant NURSED IN THREE WARS | Holmes of Hartford Served | of heginning, | rporation | a8 viee- Hardware its first was Amy Boer and in Spanish-American, | | serv- | a al World Strifes-——Funcral Today. Funeral formerly and 24 Holmes Conn,, sick and wound- York, Ieb. ices for Amy resident of Hartford, nurse who cared for ed soldiers in three wars, were (o be! held in the chantry of Grace church here today. Miss Holmes who was 52 vears old died yesterday at the New| York hospital. Interment will be made in the national cemetery at Arlington, Va. | She received her New Yerk training and cared for sick diers in the Spanish-American war, | When the Boer war broke out she | went there to continue her work and offered her servi at the outbreak of the world war. She was engaged as a nurse from the beginning of the | struggle until after the armistice. NEGRO IS EXECUTED Convicted New fraining in the hool for nurses | 2 wounded sol- | Baltimore (‘hauffeur, of Felonious Assault on White Girl, Pays Extreme Penalty Today. 4. Samuel Smith, hanged ai the at Towson to-| Baltimore, 17eb. negro chauffenr wa Baltimore county jail day for attempted criminal assault upon Miss Marita lLyon, of Glen | Ridge, N. J. Goucher college student | and volunteer settlement worker. | On October 18 last Miss Lyon was | by a negro driver of an automobile who offered to bring her| to Baltimore from fhe Rosewood | training school. She was shot several | times and left supposedly dead in the Smith was identified by her was found guilty. HSCAPE DURING PRAYER San road. and | Three Convits Flec Quentin | Gives Religious While Clergyman Lecture There. | E While IPrancisco a religious penitentia San Rafael, Cal, Feb, Rev. C. B. 1Forbes, San clergyman delivering lecture at San Quentin last night three convicts took ad- vantage of the assembly to scale the | walls and escape. A fourth donned the minister's robe and hat and walked past several guards but was recognized and stopped at the outer gate when he betrayed a strange nervousness in the way he said “good evening.” a was *. THEE WEATHER 0 Hartford, Feb, 21.—Forecast for New Rritain and vicinity: Fair, colder, with a cold wave tonight. Saturday fair, strong northwest winds. SOSESERERES S, Offices Will Be Proflered Women | women | promises of candi | that [any treasurer, | | local 1922, —TWENTY PAGE FOREIGN RELA (win: | NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, ; H e "l' A., STAM, -l.” n, mklgm 11U News of the World By Associated Press PRICE THREE CENTS MITTEE IS AGREED ON RESERVATION SHOWING U. S. NOT PLEDGED T0 AN ALLIANCE DEMOCRATS SEEKING FEMALE CANDIDATES at First Rally Tonight 6. 0. P, CAMP IS SILENT of Quigley See Better | I Followers Chance For His tion In En- trance of = Dehm Into Mayoralty Race. of the at | in| | democrat women city assemble tonight for a rally Democratic ¢dub headquarters Booth's block on Main street, an offe will be made to, them to nominate candidates of their sex for several of the minor offices on the city ticket. Women Candidates. Democrat leaders have approached number of the more prominent voters in an effort to induce them to become candidates for office. T'hey report tha while their words have not fallen entirely on stony ground, there have been no final sy, It is expected sion will be produc- , however. When the tonight's tive of candidacic The nomination of women for of- fices on democratic tickets clsewhere s heen responsible in a great meas- ure for the succ es of that party this year, the local members of the party feel. Nimilar results are sought| here and the town committee pro-j poses to sanction the nomination of women candidates to whatever extent their inferest indicates is advisable. Will Get Places On Boards. Assurance will be given the | women that commissionerships will | be awarded them if the democrat | party is placed in power. This | been the principle of that party | where, the committeemen explain, and | they are sure that there are a suf- ficient number of capable women in| this city fo manage the business of commission. The town committee, appreciating that the female candidates are enter- ing an entirely new field and are with- out previous experience in campaign- ing for office, has named a campaign | committee. This committee will sist in mapping out meeting schedules, ward canvas ete, A staff of canvassers tained by the demoerat duct personal visits to democrat leaning who have made voters. They report orahle results. G. O. PP. Camp Silent, On the republican side of the politi cal fence, everything is quiet today.| George A. Quigley, the only announced candidate the G. 0. P. ticket, is out of the city. Mayor O. I, Curtls| maintains a characteristic silence con-; cerning his reported intention of se: ing office. In the meantime, the can- vass for financial backing for the present incumbent is reported fo bhe| going merrily on | Reports that William Rossherg had been notified of an sment’ of $300 toward the Curtis campaign also has been re club to con- women of not been most fav- on B Casse [victed i cward MAN SLAIN IN COLRT BY GIRL HE WRONGED Waco, Tex., Young Woman Takes Law Into Her Own Hands 1eh. 24, Miss years old, shot and in- stuntly killed J. 8 Crosslin today dur- ing proceedings in the district court here. He was charged with eriminal- ly attacking the girl two years ago. Crosslin, aged tried, con- mnd sentenced to 9 years in the but the case was reyersed Waco, Tex,, Matthews, 17 was penitentiar on an error in the mony and remanded for trial, The preliminaries had been pleted and Miss Matthews had called to the witness stand, She walked toward the chair, then turned with a pistol in hand and fired straight at Crosslin, who sat beside his attorneys 15 feet away. She then took two or three steps forward and fired again. Advancing to within three feet of the man who had collapsed in his chair, she shot a (hird time, the bullet penetrating his side. Officed Burton seized the girl in his arms and carried her out of the courtroom. He took the weapon from her and locked her in a room with the sheriff’s offices. “Ha disgraced Ith and deprived she stated he will never com- ruined my of school the Kkill- another me, me after ruin h privileges’ ing. “But girl."” MARRIES HIS STEPMOTHER Frederick “rvmk\ nl‘ Bangor is 20 and His Bride is More Than Twice His Age. 24 —Frederick whose recent his step- N. B., Feb. Brooks of Bangor, Me |futile attempt to marry |mother attracted attention, The pair cloped B. wedding was performed, but when they aftempted to return to Rangor they were refused admittance fo the Unifed States by the immigra- tion autharities and returned to St. John Mrs. from her leged that marriage Brooks is bride more OVERSTROM A GW)[DATE Fifth W nrrlvr secking Nomination on 8t John, to Mc- | Adam, | The Rrooks who had been divorced bridegroom's father al- the law forbidding such a was inoperative in her case 20 and his stepmother than twice his age. Republican Ticket—Is Assistant Hospita) Engincer. Carl Oversirom of 54 Osgood aven ne, has announced his candidacy for the ofice of councilman in the fifth He is a registered republican. Mr. Overstrom's petition will he cir- enlated in a few day: The candidate is employed at the New Britain hospital as assistant en- (Continued on EKighteenth Page). gineer. [ELOPING PREACHER LOVED THE GIRLS, ACCORDING TO THOSE WHO KNEW HIM iEllsworth Was Emploved For Three Week: Store, But Was Amorous Activi Hsworth the 29 year old | Methodist preacher from | terlin, who eloped with Marjorie Turner the 19 year old Normal school girl of that village a few d ago was a lover of the ladies and confine his affections very individual member of the feminine sex, Is shown by the statement that he dis-| charged as assistant manager of & store last summer, because of being too attentive o the salesgirls Why He Left the Church Jillsworth resigned from the | odist church in Berlin, al the expira tion of the term for which he had been engaged. According to one mem- ber of the official board, he resigned on his own accord. According to neighborhood rumors, he resigned he the board had intimated prev that this was the only course to adopt, his open attentions Turner having caused some among the congregation. Lasted Three Weeks, That Leon s did long to any not was Meth canse jously for him to Miss criticism July 18 of this year he came to Rritain and secured employment | local five and ten cent store, | where he remained until August 6 when he resigned very suddenly, at the request of the manager. It wi common rumor in the store at the| time that his attentions, not only to| Miss Turner, but also to the young ladies employed in that establish- ment had considerable to do with his| discharge. | Wife Leaves Suddenly. | Flisworth and his wife lived to-| gether in Iast Berlin for awhile, and to all intents and purposes were a happily married couple. During the On New in a Discha in Local arged Because of His ties, It Is Said. time he was with his wife, it stated by of the village, s paying open attentions to Miss Turner Mrs, Ellsworth left for New York very suddenly, stating that she was going to that city to undergo treatment for a mild affection of the throat. For some reason unknown to the villagers, but surmised she never refurned Shortly after she andt was taken home where he was health 1t was at this time he re- auested the parents of the Turner girl to permit him to pay his attentions to her, sating that he abont to get 1 divorce from his wife. The request was not considered, the Turners say. Priends Speak Well, Both Mr. and Mrs, Turner are under a physician’s re at their homs today, suffer from shock and worri ment, hecause of the unfortunate af- fair The clopement has stirred up quite a little excitement in the village, be- the prominence of both parties. Miss ‘Purner was a popular girl there and also at the New Rritain State Normal school has been con- sidered ahove reproach I'riends dis- cussing the case this morning, insisted upon stating that “Miss Turner is a perfectly good girl and comes from a good family,” she was just a little headstrong, that's all.” o far as could be learned, nothing | has been heard from the eloping| couple, heyond the first letter signed by both, stating that they had gone away together, Ellsworth is shid to be about years older than Miss Turner, living residents left, Ellsworth fell into the Turner nursed back to il was canse of 10 admission of " testi- Mariene | been | succeeded | | tory |a | proper. | were Neither Is America Com- mitted To Armed Force Or Obliged To Join In Any Defense Senate Will Vote Tomorrow On Four Power Treaty and All Its Proposed Re- serve Clauses. Washington, Feb, 24,—-A modified hlanket reservation to the four pow- er Pacific treaty, said to be satisfac- both to President Harding and to a majority of the members of the senate foreign relations committee, was debated by the committee today and an agreement reached to vote on the treaty itself and all proposed res- rvations at tomorrow's session. Brandegee's Report, The new reservation was laid be« fore the committee by Senator Bran- degee, republican, Connecticut, after a conference with President Harding. The Connecticut senator was said not to have reported it as embodying the president's views, but the under- standing of committee members was that it would be acceptable to the White House. Text of Reservation. The text of the reservation follows: “The United States understands that under the statement in the pre- amble or under the terms of this treaty there is no commitment to armed force, no alliance, no obliga- tion to join in any defense.” Not Unanimous. Although apparently acceptable to most of the republican and demo- cratic reservationists on the commit- tee, the reservation, according to to- day's decision will not receive unan- imous committe approval. Senator Johnson, republican, California, was sald to have shown opposition during the meeting and it was generally ex- pected that Senator Rorah, republi- can, ldaho, who was absent, would take a similar position. Is Shorter Than Other. The compromise reservation I8 more direct and shorter than the or- iginal Brandegee blanket proposal, to which majority of the committee members previously had indicated their support. Under the original reservation the United States would have set forth in detail that it whs to assume no moral or legal obligation under the treaty or any adjustments resulting from it without the consent of COngress. Preamble Important. Particular reference to the pre- amble of the treaty is said to have been made in the new draft because the preamble states that the agree- ment is made with a view to the pres- ervation of the general peace and the maintenance of the rights of the sig- natory powers. The word main- tenance does nol appear, however, mong the commitments of the treaty Fight May Be Short Committee acceptance of the com- promise, if formally agreed to tomor- row, is expected to shorten the reser- vation fight which was developing in the senate although it appears cer- tain that various other proposed res- m-\ununs will be brought forward mfl\ in committee and on the senate floor and will lead to considerable de- hate. Senator Johnson already has lone pending in the committee which attempt to define the word “rights” as used in the treaty. Final favorable action on the reservation and the treaty in the committee is not expected to result in an immediate report to the senate, the leaders indi- ating that they will hold all the re- maining arms conference treaties in committee until a report on all of them is ready. It is the hope have such a report end of next week by which time it is expected that senate debate will be concluded on the separate treaty with ) relating to the island of Yap. Today the senate met an hour cariior than usual in order to expedite the Yap treaty debate, the treaty be- ing given the right of way and re- puhl\(‘fl'\ leaders hoping for early ac- WEDDING SET FOR MAY would of the leaders to completed by the Ja csent Plans Calls for Miss MceCon mick to Marry Oser FEarly in Springtime, Asso- Miss Oser (Ry the wedding of Zurich, 1%eb, ciated Press) - The Mathilde McCormick to Max of this city will take place in May at the McCormick country seal near Chicago according to present plans. Oser who is still absent from Zurich the conditions under the McCormick family gave consent to the match, which that he take up his residence n the United States and become an American citizen, Oser's father was a cavalry riding master of Basle who lost the greater part of his fortune by an adventurous expedition into Africa, later founding the Basle university riding school. The mother belonged to a good old has accepted which their Basle family named Morgold, which was not of German origin.