New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1922, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press Brig. Gen. Graves De- scribes What He Terms “Unregretted”’ Slaying of Russians and Ameri- cans ‘ Senator Borah Is Leading Fight to Have Anti-Bol- shevik Commander De- ported From the United States. Washington, April 12.—Details of what were described as wanton and unregretted killings of Russians and of some Americans in Siberia by the forces of Gen. Gregorie Semenoff were given the senate labor commit- tee today at the first session of an investigation which Chairman Borah has asserted is designed {o bring about the deportation from the Unit- ed States of the anti-Bolshevik |guder. Army Men Present, Principal witnesses were Brig. Gen. Graves, who commanded the Ameri- can expeditionary forces in Siberia, and his chief aide, Lieut. Col. Charles H. Morrow. Gen. Semenoff was rep- resented at the hearing of John Kirk- land Clark, New York attorney, who informed the committee that the gen- eral desired to be present but “the reception he received in New York was of such a nature that he could not come.” Mr. Borah granted the attorney the right to question wit- nesses. Accuses Semenoff. Gen. Graves gave an account murders and mistreatment of Rus- slans with now and then other nationalities, including Americans thrown in, all of which he charged to the direction of the anti-bolshevik leader. His statement was broken by questions rrom Mr. Clark who sought to show that*Semenoft might not have been responsible. In a general reply to Mr. Clark's questions, Gen. Graves declared he did not believe Semenoff had any re- gard for human life. American forces were frequently in trouble with the Semenoff forces the general said. No Report Made. After the killing of two American soldiers, Gen. Graves said he waited for some report from Semenoff re- specting it but none ever came. He added: “There was no sign of regret and I do not believe there was ever one bit of r(‘grr-\l, felt hy spmmoff" PAONESSA IS THIRD of City's Choice For Mayor Is One of Three Not Born in United States So Honored. Alderman A. M. Paonessa is the third man not horn in the United States who has been honored by elec- tion to the office of mayor, the others being Ambrose Beatty and John Walsh, both of whom are deceased. All three were democrats, The late Mayor Beatty was clected in 1879, and resigned August 1, 1887, Mayor Walsh was elected the follow- ing year, retiring in 18093. Mayors Beatty and Walsh were hoth horn in Ireland. Mayor-elect Paonessa is a native of Italy. Introduce Resolut?oh for New Jewish Home Washington, April 12.—A resolution proposing endorsement of the project for a Jewish national home in Pales- tine, in accordance with the Ralfour declaration was introduced tod 3 Senator Lodge, republican, Massachu- " setts. TWO PLANTS CLOSED Frick Coke Company in Pittsburgh Compelled to Take Action Because of United Mine Workers. Pittsburgh, April 12.—Two more plants of the H. C. Irick Coke Co. were closed today by the united mine workers in their campaign to carry the coal strike into the Connellsville region, but the important leisenring and Trotter plants, employing some 2,000 miners and coke workers were in operation with what the manage- ment termed an increased force. The closed were Colonial No. Oliphant. They are important in ordinary times, but about 150 men have in both. 1 and plans recently only been cmployed H VY LIQUOR F New Haven, April 1 cases took all of Judge tention in the federal Harold Tl.ockwood, a bellhop in Bridgeporf, who was charged with selling a quart of liquor to Knforce- ment Officer Eno, was fined $100 and costs, John Gary,.a hotel man in Middle- town, was fined $300 and costs for having a quantity of liquor in hani. Leroy Bennett of Moosup who had a still and materials in his place wa fined §200 and costs. Micharl Deluba of the same village was fined $150 and costs for having a still and Ralph Rivers, likewise of Moosup, paid $200 and costs for having liquor in his fruit store. NES ~Liquor Thomas' at- court today. NEW BRITAIN, CONNEC’]‘ICUT, WAYOR-ELECTGETS RUSSIANS DECLARE ALLIED DEMAND SIR ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR London, April 12.—(By the Asso- ciated Press) —King George has con- ferred an earldom upon Sir Arthur James Balfour, it was officially an- nounced today. BALFOUR COMING HERE TOFIGHT U. 3. TARIFF If Proposed Rate Is Adopted It Kills English Steel Trade, He Says Southampton, April 12. — Arthur Balfour, British steel magnate, sailed for New York today on hoard the |aviation steamship Olympic. He plans to go to Washington for interviews with President Harding and leading sena- tors concerning the proposed 66 per cent. import duty on high speed steel. \Ir. Balfour declared that if this provision was retained in the pending tariff bill, it would kill the steel trade in I'nghmrl SENATOR CROW DYING Was Appointed to Pittshurgh Man Succeed Tate Senmator Knox When Latter Died in October. Pittsburgh, April 12.-United States Senator William E. Crow who has been ill in a hospital here for months was reported today as having relapse and his life was despaired of. His brother, Dr. Crow of Uniontown, Pa was summoned to his hedside and it was sdid that upon his arrival the attending physicians would decide whether they would resort to hlood transfusion in an effort to prolong Mr. Crow's life, @ Senator P. C. Knos, to whose place | in the senate Mr. Crow was appointed | by Governor Sproul, died Tast October and Senator Roies Penrose died on New Year's Eve. QUITS AMERICAN LEGION | Naval Aviation Post At New York| Surrenders Charter — Disapproves Bonus Attitude of Iegionnaires. 12.—The naval post of the American legion with 200 members displeased at the attitude of the Legion on the bonus question has surrendered its Legion charter and re-organized as the Naval | Aviators club, an independent organi- zation, it was learned today. The club is composed of young men who enlisted in the naval flying service at the outbreak of the war and most of its members are listed in the social register. Many came out| with honors and promotions and the majority now are members in the of- ficers’ reserve rve corps. TELLS 0F KIDNAPPING New York, April | 1s1ana [torn from Stratford Woman, Found in Boston, | Tells Queer Tale of Robbery—Gives Police Clue, Boston, April questioned Mrs. when found in the night, said two men had her carlier in the day at JConn. The men brought her in an | automobile fo this city, she said, after | taking $5 and her wedding ring. The woman gave the police the teense number of a New Jersey automobile Rose The police De Brazzi who, | today | south station 1..\1‘ Kidnapped Stratford, Woolworth and Company | Gives Extra Dividend | New York, April 12— Directors of | F. W. Woolworth & Co. today declared an extra dividend of $2 a share on | common stock in addition to the res | ular quarterly dividend of $2 a #l\;\rr'.i Both dividends are payabie June 1 o stockholders of record May 1. . R.| Winslow was clected guperintendent of buying to replace the late A. Bar- ton Hepburn, | out | passenger | at GIRL PERJURERIS | GIVEN SEVEN YEARS Once Freed of Murder, She Con- Tesses Her Part in It SLAYER 1§ NOW IN PRISON Girl Prisoner Tells of Luring Former Sweetheart to Meet Garbe, Who Killed Him During an Argument— Maximum Penalty 15 Years, New York, April Gussie 1, Humann convicted last week of per- jury in her testimony at the recent murder trial of her sweetheart, Jo- seph Libasci was sentenced today by Supreme Court Justice Lewis in Long City, to not less than seven years and months and not more than 15 years in Auburn prison. Miss Humann's trial for perjury was her second trial in connection with the slaying of Garbe, time sweetheart, on October Freed of Murder Charge 1 21, WEDNESDAY, APRI MANY MESSAGES Paonessa Recipient of Gongratula— fory Telegrams From Many Places THANKS HIS SUPPORTERS Also Declares That He Appreciates port Given Him By Defeated Re- publican Candidate. | Thousands of personal messages of | congratulation, hundreds of phone calls and scores of tele her one- | First indicted with Libasei for mur- | der, she was freed by the court be- cause of insufficient evidence. She appeared as a witness for the defense at Libasci's trial and testi- fied that Libasci was with her in a dance hall at the time that Garbe was killed, Libasci pleaded guilty despite her testimony and she was indicted for perjury. During her trial Libasci expressed a desire to marry her but she was dissuaded by her family and Justice Lewis. Tells of Shooting Just before the girl was arraigned on this charge, | for sentence she confessed to Justice | Lewis that she was present with Li- basci and Harry Ricca when Garbe was shot. The justice gave out her confession after she had been sen- tenced. “I had known Harry or five years' she said, “but I had not seen him since Christmas FEve of 1919. -1 made the acquaintance of Jo- seph Libasci six or seven months ago and he is the father of my child. Sometime in October we had an argu- ment. Joe wanted to meet Garbe and suggested T call him on the telephone and make a date with him “I called him on the night of Oc- tober 25 but could not get him. T call- ed him again on the night of October 27 and Joe and Barry Ricca and I met Garbe, Joe Told Her to Lie “Libasci and Garbe had an argu- ment. Garbe attemptea to run away and Joe TLlbasci shot and killed Wim. Ricca, Libasci and 1 then welt to Schwaren hall, Brooklyn, and stayed there until we started home. We were then arrested.” Justice T.ewis said he asked the girl why she lied to detectives and why she lied at the trial and she answered: “Joe told me to.” Garbe for four Barn Blown Away But Cow Is Not Disturbed Wooster, O., April 12.—A cow con- tentedly chewing a cud, tethered to a manger which apparently was built in the middle of a field, was a sight at Georgetown, east of here, after a violent wind storm had:swept by to- day. The barn was whisked away from the cow. Manger and cow were unharmed. Two other barns were their foundations and wrecked by the storm. ANGELO PAONE Angelo M. Daonessa, who came through with a victory at the polls | yesterday, being the i accomplish this feat in eight years. From the time the first announce- ment of Mr. Paonessa's victory given out, the telephone at the suc- cessful candidate's home and at the democrat headquarters was kept busy continually. Paonessa's Statement. The successful candidate, election, made the following ment to The Herald: | “I realize fully the honor that the people of New Britain conferred upon me yesterday, and 1 will not, my term of office, take the responsi- bilities that have been imposed upon me by the electors. lightly. T w1l do my best to serve the city, in my new possition, well, ag T endeavored to do in the former office of alderman. T certainly thank all of my friends that aided me in the ambition, and sincerely hope that their expression of faith in me will be Justified by an administration that will bring to the commonwealth and to its people the greatest possible benefits. “My opponent, G. A. Quigley, did me the courtesy last evening of con gratulating me and offering his assist- ance, which 1 appreciate. 1 also ap preciate the actions of other possidle contendants, Mayor Curtis and ex- Mayor Halloran, throughout the cam paign, realizing that it a clean one, with no regrettable mud-sling- ing. My intentions towards the city are the begt, T sincerely hope that T after hik state- was (Continued on Thirteenth Page) Connecticut River Breaks Record For High Water; Govt. Advises of Danger of Big Freshet—Floods and High Winds Demolish Homes in Arkansas. Springfield, Mass, high water years broken in the upper reaches of the Connecticut river, a government flood warning was received here to- day saying that heav rains north April have swollen the river fiearly to the | twenty-seven foot stage at White River Junction, Vi, and predicting a “big freshet.” Tracks Are Threatened At Bellows Falls, Vt, today the river has risen three feet since last night and a further rise of eight inches will flood a tunnel on the Bos- ton and Maine lines and force a de- tour of train service. Trolley service is cut off by the flooding of the hlgh- way. At this city the river stood more than 17 feet above low water, (which is higher than the 1920 mflrk- when the steel bridge at Brattiehoro, Vi, was swept aw Heavy Downpour Itutland, Vt., April 12, — Melting snow in the mountains caused by the heaviest one-night rain in two years caused washouts on the Rutland rail road at Danby and Proctor today. The southbound night express Mont- real, for New York, ran into a wash- at Danby and four cars, one a coach, were derailed. No one was injured, Traffic was tied up as a result. of water fell in 12 hours. Tornado In West Helena, Ark., April 12.—Scores of farm buildings have been swept from their foundations by the floods and high winds near here, reports today stated and a number ot tenant houses Ratio have been demolished. An estimate of the reported damage was not available, i 12.—With ,records for the last nine | One and six tenths inchen | Wa 1rning Is Issued MERIDEN MAN HELD AS LOOTER OF U. 5. MALS - K. J. McCarthy, Postal Clerk, Accused of Steal- | ing $1,500 From Letters | L Meriden, 12.—Kingston J. | McCarthy, son of Police Of- ficer Jeremlah McCarthy of this city April aged 23, | was today arrested by postal inspec- the | tors charged with thefts from |mails. McCarthy is employed as mail |clerk at the local post office and it |13 charged he has been opening let- ters addressed to the Pelton Publish- |ing Co. of this city and appropriating | funds to his own use. His arrest fol- |lowed an investigation of several Imonths, Tt is clalmed that 75 letters a month were missed and that total remittances in them amounted to $1,600, Norwalk Pcnple Will Adopt Daylight Saving | South Norwalk, April 12.—Norwalk | lis to go to work an hour earlier be- ginning April 30, fn observance of daylight saving, according to a vote passed at the meeting of the city council last night. There was objec- tlon on the part of some of the mem- [bers of the council to the plart but they were voted down, * —= THE WEATIIER l oSy Hartford, April 12.—Forecgst for New Britain and vicinity: Falr, cooler tonight and T day. Congratulations and Offer of Sup- | | cach, rams poured | in last night and today to Mayor.elect | t democrat to | | was | during achievement of my | —_— | L 12, 1922, —SIXTEEN PAGES. =1 Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business AS PRICE OF RECOGNITION WOULD YOUNGSTOWN MAYOR TO CUT DOWN BOTH FIRE AND POLICE PERSONNEL 0 Youngstown, O, April 12 With the approval of the Cham- her of Commerce, Mayor George L. Oles announced today that he would reduce the police and fire departments to men There are 135 police and firemen at present Those who want additional fire and police protection must band together and hire it, the mayor said. The city has no money to pay salarics and the banks have refused to lend any. about 80 SAVE BOYS 15 URGED [New York Police Commis- sioner Asked to Give Offenders a Chance | New York, April 12.—New York is lattempting to throw a barricade across the path that leads to prison for s0o many of its boys. The city is to test an idea, report- ed to have been successfully tried in New Haven, Conn. by John C. Col- ling, organizer of the Friends of Boys. |In New Haven the police, instead of |arresting a boy for misdemeanors, [take him to the station house where |his parents are notified, the lad re- leased in their custody and the family told to report to Collins | The results of disrespect for the law and the reasons for its enforce- | ment thus are carefully explained to both the hoy and his parents and Col- lins himself decides what punishment |if any is to be enforced through the iparents, Thus the stigma of arrest is avolded. New Yorkers who have observed the |New Haven experiment have enlisted |the co-operation of Police Commis |sioner Enright and the system under he direction of Collins will be tried out in two precincts on the lower east |side. These precincts have a popula- tion of more than 750,000 and about 7,000 boys under the age of 14 get |into trouble with the police each year Mr. Collins who claims to have founded the first boy club in Am- erica s 72 but looks 50 INAUGURATION NEXT WED. City Clerk Thompson Will Administer Oath of Office to Mayor-Elect | Paonessa’ At Noon. Mayor-elect A. M. Paonessa and the newly elected aldermen and council men will receive the oath of office one week from today, at noon. The inauguration ceremony take place in the common chamber at City hall. City Clerk A, 1. Thompsen will swear in the new of- ficials. The will badge will be pinned by retiring mayor, being the first time |in eight years that the insignia of of- |fice has been presented a standard | bearer of the democrat party. mayors’ on Mr. Paonessa Orson F. (‘urtis, SAYS IT WITH MUSIC San Francisco Seeks to Soften Sting | Penalties With Old Time Melodies. | San Francisco, April 12.—0ld mel council | EXPECT MILLS T0 BE OUSTED FROM OFFICE of Mayor-Elect Calls for Removal of Official Platform One of the most important features { Alderman A, M probability of the clection o Paones: is the that the office of personal sd A48 mayor, tax collec tor will be climinated and the incum J. Willie Mills, put out of a job This was one of the platform that Mr. elected on. The requires the collection of personal taxes, allowing the mayor of cach city to determine in what manner they shall be collect ed. Tt is expected that the work will be combined with the present duties of the tax collector, If so, it is ex- pected that at least one new clerk will be placed in that office. WOMEN VOTERS’ LEAGUE Mrs, Herbert Knox Smith of Farming- hent, of planks in the Paonessa Wis state ton Will Head Connecticut Delega- tion to National Convention. New Haven, April 12.—Delegates from Connecticut to the national con- vention of the TLecague of Women Voters were chosen at a meeting of the executive committee of the state league here today. The delegation will b headed by President Mrs. Herbert Knox Smith of Farmington. The members of it are: Mrs. William H. Deming of West Hartford, Mrs. James Rourke of Bridgeport, Mrs. T'red . Chase of Waterbury, Miss Mary Bulk ley of Hartford, Mrs. William Lyon Phelps of New Haven, Mrs, Caroline Runts Rees of Greenwich, Mrs. Wil- liam P. Couch of Cromwell, Mrs. Rol- lin U. Tyler of Tylerville, Mrs. Fan- nie Dixon of (*olumbia The standing committees represented by the following Committee on women in Mrs. Mary Welles of Committee on American citizenship, Miss Hazel Porter of Stamford. Com- mittee on the civil status of women, Mrs. Ruth C. Dadourian of Hartford. On food supply and demand, Mrs, I C. Rursch of Greenwich and from the department on efficiency in govern ment, Mrs, T MeDermott of New Haven, The alternates will be appointed by Mrs. Smith later, BIG SCHOONER SINKS will be industry: s Three Master Grace Van Dusen in | | Hara Gale Outside of West Quoddy Boy, Me.—Crew Saved. Lube, masted | sunk while Me, April 12.—The schooner Grace Van today in West Quoddy bound here from New |with coal Captain Britt and the | erew five were rescued by coast guards in a heavy sea. There was |said to be a possibility of salvaging | part of the cargo, hut the schooner | | three Dusen York of was regarded as a total loss Van Dusen and was - ELECTED PRESIDENT | Mes. Thumas Gray of Siaitor) Heads registered owned in Women's Baptist Missionary Society | odies will be tried out to dispel from| h|= court what Police Judge Sylvain zarus termed “the customary air of rvannlmont and hatred."” | He seeks a way to take the sting from “ten and costs' and got his idea | when a phonograph which a said was stolen, was brought into court and “Ben Bolt" was played dur- ing the trial of a drunken man, The rub comes, Judge Lazarus said, in that some selections “might soften lour hearts too much.” MINER'S HOUSE BOMBED | Beckley, W. Va., April 12. house of James Penn, a negro miner |employed by the Raleigh Coal and Coke Co. in Sylvia was damaged today by an explosion of dynamite. The Raleigh Co. operates five mines in the New River field. KE! SUSPE New Yor April 12 York curb exchange today suspen Charles V. Kelly a member for fz |ure to meet engagements. K, The New detective | The | —Other Officers, South Norws Thomas & Gray clected president ing the wome ary society of the 1 tion h here this officers were Pirst vice ler, Bridgeport | Mrs. Harold D, | secretary, Mrs | Bridgeport and Mrs, T ‘l'-l’\wl;;r;m['h‘ treasurer k, April 12.—Mrs, of Stamford was at the annual meet Raptist mission- field associa- morning. Other 8 of n's Mrs. K econd vice YR -president, Bridgcport; W. Collin: Denchfield, president, Sylvester, Norman G ‘Stukc at W oonsockeet Ended by Agreement Woonsocket, 1. 1., April 12 The ‘\’H'\l weavers bunn Worsted | Mitl, & small plant, was ended today | by agreement and the operatives will return next Monday morning after four weeks of idleness, The walkout differences the and of at | followed | tion of \ goods, looms on plain fancy Three Die as Train Plunges Into Lake Sunapee : Heavy Rains Flooding River, Weaken Roadbed | Boston, April 12.—Thre are dead at Sunapee, N. H., |of a raiiroad freight wreck are bank-full at several points iy northern New England after a heavy rain storm that swept that section last night. | The engineer, fireman and | brakeman of a Boston and Mainc | freight train were drowned when the | [ locomotive and five cars through the road bed, made weak by persons the result | | raine, and plunged fgto Lake Sunapee. | The Merrimack, Pemigewasset “dLE“m‘ over the dam, and rivers | head | broke | were New Hampshire but flood con- regarded as imme- Part of the dam on at Hanuog rivers high were in at sta ditions not | diately menacing. the Piscataquog went out last night Weare, N. H The Connecticut river through southern Vermont and west orn flood stage was rey seven in its coursc Massachusetts was at It in cars at Bellows Falls, 20 feet of water was at several points the highgst level Springtield, while Vi, more than Newington. bay, | Hal-| PUT AN END TO COMMUNIST REGIME Delegates Staggered At Terms Which They In- sist Would Impair Sov- ereignty of Russ Govt. Lloyd George Unofficially ' Reported Preparing Plan Asking for Limitation of Land Armament in Europe. BRITISH PREMIER WARS AGAINST WAR. et Genoa, April 12, (By Asso- clated Press).—Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain is ex- pected to propose at the earliest opportunity, probably at tomor. row's sitting of commission numhber one a pact or under- taking that no nation shall at. tack another, thus abolishing the possibility of war for the duration of the pact, Reuters correspondent today says he has learned. Genoa, April 12.— (By Assoclated | Press)—The Russian soviet delenn! tion to the economic conference- is staggered and amazed at the sweeping | political changes in the soviet gov-l ernment suggested in the report of! the allied experts in Russia, now be-l fore the sub-commission entrusted with formu'ating plans for Runlul reconstruction. l.enine, Trotsky, Chitcherin lnd' other of the bolshevik leaders have | repeatedly said that recognition, of | Russia's old debts would be a sub- ject for negotiations looking townrd‘ the recognition of the soviet republic, ! The demands embodied in the report for general recognition of the rights of personal property and better pro- tection for foreigners, contemplate changes in the soviet gavernment, however, which would in the opinion of the Russian delegation as express. ed today, wipe out communism utter- ly and impair the sovereignty of the Russian government. Lloyd George's Plan, Premier Liloyd George of Great Britain, contemplates suggesting an agreement for limitation of land are maments in Europe for a definite period, according to an unverified re= port before the adjournment of the present economic conference. The “army holiday" it is thought would be patterned after the naval holiday arranged ul the Washington confers ence Disarmament continues to be the; most discussed question among the delegates here although barred from formal consideration following the! initial tilt between the French and | Russian delegations when M. Chitel cherin, soviet foreign minister, eng! deavored to bring it before the cone! ference. 1 France Unchanging, The statement of Louis Barthouy head of the French delegation to the Associated Press yesterday explaining why France cannot discuss disarmae ment at Genoa will probably remain the basis of the I‘rench attitude om this question, despite the attempts of the Russian delegation or other nas [ tional groups to raise the issue. “This is 4 purely economic confers, ence,” said the Irench leader last night, again emphasizing France's position, “and we have simply got to stiek to our agenda as America did at Washington; otherwise we will get nowhere,"” Is Not Decided. ance would be disposed to discuss disarmament at some lates conference M. Barthou replied: “TIf 1 wanted to say the easy, please. {anf thing, my answer would be yes | und yet the real answer of France is, don't know. “Don’t forget that we have before us o great army in Russia, and, while Gtermany is not a menace at present, have a menace in the potentially Germany army of the future. | You have perhaps observed the anodyne texture of the German chancellor's speech before the Genoa conference. We do not know what Germany will do but 1 can say this— my latest official reports from Paris do indicate that Germany is in a tractab'e spirit concerning the vie tal matters embodied in the Versailles treaty.” Russin Aske Questions George Chitcherin, head of the Ruse sian delegation has asked Signor Schanzer chairman of the prinei- pal sub-committee, for exact interpre- fation of several points in the plan for the restoration of Russia handed to him yesterday. M. Chitcherin desires specifically an explanation of that part the report dealing with the guarantees to be extended to foreign- 'rs in Russia, remarking that in other i'l iropean countries foreigners were treated like citizens of the countries in which they reside Only 11 copies of the report, which was prepared by the allied experts at their meeting in London have beem made for the members of the sube committee examining it. Report 1s Long One The Russiun experts are carefully digesting the recommendations of the l.ondon experts but the document is so long and so involved that the Rus- Asked if we | we eat not | of [ (Continued on luurlctn(h Page)s