New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1922, Page 3

FRENZIED MAN CUTS HINSELF AT ALTAR Mania Near?y—causes Panic at St, Patrick’s New York, July 31.—Obsessed with the idea of shedding his blood to atone for the wrongs of the world, Johannes Gabriel, an artisan, leaped the altar railing at the ten o'clock mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday and ai’- er slashing himself across the heart attempted to take the place of the celebrant, p The Rev, Father Patrick Daly was the priest saying the mass at the main altar at the time. If it had not been for the coolness with which he con- tinued his priestly functions on being confronted by a man at the height of a religious mania a panic might have ehsued among the congregation. Siabriel timed his interruption care- fully. I"ather Daly had just conse- crated the bread and was about to congecrate the chalice of wineswhen those sitting in the front part of the rave saw a heavily bullt, smooth thaven man dart from his pew on the eouth side. He had removed ,the woiled sheepskin coat he had worn upon entering the cathedral, and as he went up the alsle in full view of the large congregation he was clad only in corduroy trousers, a white woolen undershirt and a workman's belt about six Inches wide. Draws Knifc as He Kneels. Reaching the railing Gabriel hesi- tated a moment and then bent the right knee in reverent genuflection. The congregation stirred uneasily, but there was no outcry. People were eraning their necks in apprehension of the next move of the strange looking man who had intruded at one of the m.ost solemn moments of the mass. Rising, Gabriel vaulted over the altar ralling and with the congrega- tion, gaping altar boys and acolytes watching him strode to the foot of the altar. He knelt for a moment and then drew forth a knife. Father Daly described it afterward as a pronged instrument with bent points, such as he had never before seen. Some wor- shipers believed the man intended to kill the priest at the altar. Warning cries, some in frightened whispers and others in loud tones were uttered by the worshippers. Father Daly did not turn around. In that tense moment, when he did not know what was happening behind him, he said he remembered only the rules of the church and the necessity for keeping up the faith and cour- age of the congregation whatever might be the impending danger. It was his duty in any circumstances to continue the office of celebrant. Carves Cross on Breast. Gabriel bared his chest and wijth two vicious stabs:carved a crude s(]gn of the cross in blood across his treast. Then he ascended the altar steps The first inkling the priest had of the cause of the commotion was when he saw a red stained hand be- ing placed on the mass book at his Jeoft and a drop of blood fall on the white line of the altar cloth. Then he turned in a half circle and saw the in- ®ruder standing directly beside him. Gabriel held his knife in one hand and with the other pointed to the chalice in front of the priest. Although the man spoke English brokenly— with a German accent—and was la- tering under a tremeidous stress of emotion, Father Daly understood in- stantly that what he wanted was to mingle his blood with the symbolic wine that was to be offered in sacri- fice a few moments alter. “I knew I was dealing with a maniac and that the only thing to do was to humor him,” said the priest. “I said, ‘Wait a minute, now. You *must kneel down first.’” He kept on talking excitedly and I finally said, ‘You must go down to the pulpit and t€ll that to the congregation'.” Seized by Worshippers. The first man to reach Gabriel as he stood gesticulating upon the altar was Frank J. Liebhauser, a retired Newark policeman, who rushed from his seat in a front pew and pinioned the man's arms from behind. Others by this time had run forward and Ga- briel was carried away and turned over to two policemen. Father Daly took no part in the struggle, his duty being to continue the mass. 5 KILLED IN MOTOR CRASH. Their AutoMobile Struck by Speeding Interurban Car Near Detroit. Detroit, July 31.—Five persons were killed and one injured when an automobile occupied by the five at- tempted to avoid collision with an- other machine and was crowded in front of a speeding Detroit & Pon- tiac Interurban car just north of here yesterday. The dead are John W. Murphy, 45 years old; his sons, John W. Jr., 6 and James F., 4; Mrs. Josephnie Gay, 50, and Miss Marie Flanagan, 17, of Owosso. All but the last named were residents of Detroit. Nelson Ogden of Pontiac, the motorman, was badly cut by flying glass, the vestibule of the Interurban car being crushed in by the force of the collision. The automobile caught fire, and Murphy's body was virtually inciner- ated. The victims died almost instantly. Witnesses laid the blame for the accident on the unidentified driver of the other machine, who disappeared after the collision. . DEMPSEY BOXES FRIDAY. Appears in Exhibition Contest, and Will Wear Protective Armor. Boston, July 31.—The situation in which Jack Dempsey found himself, forced to defend his world's heavy- weight boxing champlonship against RACE WAR IN MACON FOLLOWS SHOOTING Deputy Sheriff Shot in Back and 8,000 Look For Negro Slayer— Two May Die, Macon, Ga., July 31.—I"ollowing the wildest night In years, Macon returned to normal conditions yesterday, Ne- groes who were pursued Saturday night were safe last night. Two hours after the fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriq Walter C. Byrd, only an occasional negro could be found on the streets, and the police had to rescue him from mobs, Shooting was general In all negro sections, more to terrorize crowds and | bring forth John Glover, the negro| who Is alleged to have killed Byrd, than to do the negroes harm. Two of the wounded negroes, George Marshall and S8am Brooks, are expected to die, They were innocent | of any crime and were shot the battle between white deputies and | negroes in a pool room, where Byrd | was killed. Deputy Sheriffs say that the killing| of Byrd was a plot, the result of his| activity in rounding up the slayers of | T. L. Aligood, a street car conductor last Christmas eve. It was six o'clock Saturday nlzhti when Deputies Byrd and Raley re- celved a telephone message to go to the pool room. They carried a negro deputy with them. As Byrd stood in the doorway, with the others close by, Glover is sald to have shot the deputy | sheriff in the back. Other shots di-| rected at the deputies went wild Glover leaped through a window and escaped. Three thousand persons en- gaged in a hunt for him. Threats have been made that Glover will be lynched if he is captured. CHICAGO IS MECCA OF STRIKE LEADERS Will Take Up Harding’s Proposals Tomorrow during | Chicago, July 31.—(By Associated Press.)—S8trike leaders were arriving from all parts of the country today | for Tuesday’'s meeting, called to con- | sider President Harding's plan for a settlement of the railway shnpmen's“ strike, and hopes were expressed that | the men would be back at work be-| fore the end of the week. | The position of the striking shop- men was expressed by A. O. Wharton, | labor member of the U. 8. Railroad l.abor Board, who declared: “If either the roallroad executives| meeting in New York Tuesday or the shop crafts policy committee meeting in Chicago should reject Mr. Hard- ing's peace proposal the group that rejects it would face full responsibil- | ity for continuation of the rail strike and all that might result therefrom.” The unfon leader, however, ex- pressed the belief that the peace plan would meet with the strongest pos- sible opposition from railroad execu- tives attending Tuesday's meeting in New York at the call of T. Dewitt Cuyler. They expressed belief that the president's plan would be accept- | ed finally but only after a bitter strug- gle based on the refusal of many| roads to consent to the restoration of | senjority privileges to the strikers. A member of the labor board as-| serted, however, that the general out- | lines of a settlement had been agreed | ti last week at conferences between| President Harding and Mr. Cuyler and | Bert Jewell, head of the striking shop- men. Peace In Sight. “If peace had not been in sight on| toth sides,” he declared, "n&‘ltht-rl would have consented to the separate | meeting to consider a peace proposal submitted by the president of the United States, because neither could | afford to be placed in the position be- | fore the public of bearing the respon- | sibility for a continuation of the walk- | out through rejecting the president's plan.” The seniority f{ssue which arose after the beginning of the strike, he declared, was not as formidable as it appeared at first sight. One of the plans under consldera- tion, he sald, would return pension privileges and seriority rights to the strikers but would rank them on the shop liste below the men who re- mained at work but ahead of the new men who had been taken on during| the emergency. . Must Take Cuts. In rallway circles it was asserted | that any settlement would insist on a return to work by the men under the reduced wages put into effect hy the labor board on July 1 pending a re- hearing. The question of national or reglonal adjustment hoards, it was said, might be put before congress while the boards would yield on the main grievance at issue by agreeing to the abolishment of outside con- tracting for shop work. Disorders in the strike showed a marked falling off Sunday. Three | men exchanged 50 ots with the state guardsmen at Denison, Texas, in the| most serious outbreak reported over the Sabbath. | |bers by Senator MclLean, who argues |that th§* tarift |"“holding up a return of prosperity,” | ifr. | adequately NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MUNDAY, JULY 81, 1922, PRISONER ESCAPES WITH TWO OTHERS WLEAN 5AYS LABOR WANTS HIGH TARIFF Workers Know, He Says, It Is Needed for Prosperity James Ayres, Who Held off Posse for Several Hours, Makes Good His Getaw Freehold, N.J, July 30.—Three prisoners, one of tham James Ayres, who stood off a posse for several hours at Little Silver Jast Tuesday, escaped from the Monmouth county jall here yesterday at noon, going down a scaffold which had been used by carpenters making repalrs to the building. TNropping from the s:affold to a courtyard, they walked out an alley alongside a theater and got away. Besides Ayres, the prisoners Stanley Kaminsky, accused of the murder of John Brannigan at Bel- mar a few weeks ago, and Joseph Lewis, sent to the jall from Asbury Park to serve a sentence of ninety days for disorderly conduct. The escape occurred at a time when all of the prisoners were at food. The three men went up to the top tier of the jall, tore out an iron bar which had been placed there after the work- men left the jail on Saturday. Then they ripped a hole in the ceiling and got into the attic. The carpenters had opened the roof at this point, and the prisoners went out through the Fole the workmen had left. Several persons saw the three men walk out of the courtyard of the jail and down the alley. The warden was not told until an hour later. Washington, July 31.—The deter- mination of the republican leaders of the senate to pass the Tordney-Mec- Cumber tariff bill before any adjourn- ment is taken, no matter how much it may be delayed, was emphasized in an interview last night by Sena- tor McLean of Conngcticut, a mem- ber of the finance committee which framed the high wool rates the sen- ate is now adopting. The slow progress of the bill s blamed upon the democratic mem- are is responsible for and says that ten International labor unions and over 300 individual unions in the country have petitioned con. gress to speed up the bill. Mr. Mc- l.ean makes publc the names of these organizations in an effort to show that there is ‘“widespread interest among the working men and women" in the tariff debate. Blames Democrats, “The republican majority in the senate has been struggling since April to pass a protective tariff in the in- terest of American workers,” sald Senator McLean, “but progress has been slow because of a protracted democratic filibuster and a campaign of misrepresentation by the importing interests, who are flooding the coun- try with false statements about the tariff and the cost of living. The re- ,ublican majority, however, intends to fight the opposition, no matter how long it takes, because we are deter- mined to pass the Fordney-McCumber bill before congress adjourns. Says Workers Are Aroused. “The United States cannot be pros- perous unless the producers have work and can prosper, and the petitions which have been received from labor show that the working men and wom- en of the country are aroused to the danger and demand a protective tar- If Congress legislates to make it possible for the people of this coun- try who want to work to find profit- able enployment against any kind of foreign competition, every consumer will benefit by a wide distribution of prosperity. “According to reports from many sections of the country, the tariff de- lay is holding up a return to prosper- ty. No one recognizes this more than I do, and for this reason 1 wish to state to the people of the country that the republican party is not re- sponsible for the protracted debates in the senate by those democrats who think that by talking they can pull the wool over the eyes of the workers of the country and make them think they don't need a tariff. “Ten international labor unions and over 300 individual labor unions from | all parts of the United States have pe- titioned congress to speed the enact- ment of the pending tariff bill. This does not include the thousands of pe- titions which individual members of the senate have received from em- | ployers. 'This is almost entirely the | voice of union labor. Despite the statements made and constantly re- peated that there is no sentiment in the counry for the passage of a tariff at this time, the labor organizations which have petitioned congress will prove to any one who wishes to be fair and face the facts that the great majority of workers in the United States, men and women producers, want this tariff bill." Gives Out Union Petition. Senator Mclean made public a let- ter received by President Harding and members of the Finance Commit- tee signed by the International Broth- erhood of Bookbinders, the American Flint Glass Workers' Union, the Unit- ed Textile Workers of America, the American Wire Weavers' Protective Association, the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers, the International Union of Leather workers, the National Print Cutters’ Association, the Painters, Paper Hangers and Decorators, and the steel and copper plate engravers. “Representing thousands of skilled American wage earners,” this letter read, “a large percentage of whom | served their country on the blood- stained flelds of Furope, and who on | their return to their homes have found it impossible to obtain employment,we | again reiterate our desire for the en- actment of laws by congress that will protect all wage earners of our country against the loss of em- ployment through any industrial in- vasion on the part of the products o4 any other nations, “We believe that any person will admit that thousands of our American workmen are idle to- day solely because of the increase in the importations of merchandise from foreign countries.” TWO KILLED IN AUTO WRECK Three Others Are Injured in Maine When Car Turns Turtle. Gorham, Me,, July 31.—Two persons were killed instantly and three ser- ouisly injured Sunday when an auto- mobile, in attempting to pass another car near Gorham, turned turtle. The dead are Marjorie B, Ware, 16 years old, of Salem, Mass., and Hugh A. Sweeney, 56 years old, of Port- land. The injured are Leon Ware, a brother of the dead girl; Sadie Hop- kins, 18 years old, and Mary Hopkins, 19 years old, of Portland. CIGARETTE STARTS $100.000 FIRE. Grand Junction, Col,, July 31.—Fire originating from a cigarette stub de- stroyed an entire block Sunday in the business district of Grand Valley, an oil town, forty-five miles east of here. The loss was $100,000. fair-minded FOOD LINE. Value Drops Off More Than Half Bil- Hlon in Year, Report Shows. Washington, July 31.—Foodstufts exports during the past fiscal year fell off in value by more than $500, . 000,000 as compared with the fiscal year, 1021, according to foreign BURGLARS ARRESTED, Bardo's Are Caught Trying to Roh Residence in New Haven., New Haven, July 31.—An attempted robbery of the home of C. L. Bardo, general manager of the N. Y., N. H. | & H. rallroad, 149 Fountain street, Westville, was frustrated yesterday when police arrested two men, one of | whom was caught in the cellar of the | Rardo residence. Mrs. Bardo, who| diecovered the prowlers, screamad for help and nelghbors called the police. The men were Charles McNally of New trade reports issued today by the commerce department, The total value of foodstuffs ex- ported during 1922 amounted to $780,000,000 as against $1,335,000,- 000 in 1921, the bulk of this decrease due largely to the decreased price the department explained falling on wheat, flour and cotton seed oil, as theer was a very marked increase in the exports of coarse grains such as | barley, corn and oats. STOP TRAIN; SAVE MAN ELM CITY PRIEST FLAYS MOMAUGUIN Criticizes Extremes in Girls’ Clothes There New Haven, July 31.—Severe criti- ciem of the conduct of of some peo- ple who visit Momauguin and some people who have cottages there formed the basis of two informal ser- mone by Father Willlam George, pas- tor of St. Vincent de Paul's Roman Catholic church t Haven, at the £:30 and 10:30 masses yesterday I'ather George said that it is time for all Catholies in that parish to con- sider conditions at this beach. He sald that it was because of the number of complains in regard to the moral tone of this resort that he spoke on this subject. Tt is the duty of people who live in that commun- fty, he sald, not to let anything oc- cur there that they could prevent, He said that what he wanted to do at this time was to caution all Cath- olies to be watchful of their conduct when they go to the heach, Urges Catholics To Lead. He said that all roughness must be kept out of the parish and that it was not for Catholics to take a lead- ing part in creating a public opinion that would make the presence of a certain type of person unwelcome in the future. He said that little hy little conditions have grown worse in this community until the time has come when the church, which has the moral welfare of the people at heart, has to come out strongly against the abandon, the lack of modest and the many other bad in- fluences that are to he found at this | beach. He said that someone had | to make a move against certain| practices for the tendency 1is for| things to get worse if something is not done to remedy them Criticises Girls' Costumes, | He frowned upon the attire that! some girls have seen fit to wear on the | beach as well as in shops. It is a de-| moralizing influence, he said, and| must be stopped. He appealed to the conservative element in the Catholic | church to do all that they can to keep | out of Momaugnin all persons who have the looseness of character to make a show of themselves as is done at this beach every day and especially on Saturday and Sunday. Members of the congregation were o RS R heard to express approval of Father[by the ¢ George's remarks as they filed out of | His fAirst Sunday as governor found the chuweh after the second mass, |General Fend attending a joint serv- Home took what he sAid rather light- |ice of all the Christian denominations ly, as judged by their attitude, but|in Kalfeng at the Shend Kung Hui, or the older members of the church ap- [ Episcopal church, Here the Christian peared pleased that the subject had|general preached a sermon from thé heen touched upon they have|text: 'To him that knoweth to do6 watched with increasing disn the [good and doeth it not, to him {s sin.' development of the p]vw'nl day beach Cares For Beggars a8 girl “He appropriated out of his pri- Other citizens in this community of | vate funds a sum sufficient to care for cottages have already expressed their |the beggars who Infested the city un. dirapproval of conditions at the beach. | til employment could be obtained for The parading of young girls in one- them, at the same time announcing plece suits without capes to cover|that those who wouldn't work for & them when not in the water, as is the | living must leave Honan,” custom at many European watering Feng, according to Episcopal mis- places, has caused them particular sionaries, became a convert to Chris- displeasure. | tlanity 11 years ago, when attacked 15 A CHRISTIAN health by the ministrations of a | Christian medical missionary. Thous- Feng Yub-Siang Attends Services at Y. M. C. A. and Is Convert ands of his soldiers have embraced the religious faith of their leader and victory on the field is frequently fol- lowed by a service of thankegiving of a Christian character which is led by General Feng himself, it {s reported. “General Feng is somewhat of a Cromwell in his religious {deas,” Bis- hop Graves sald, “but there {s ne question at all of his sincerity. He shares hard conditions with his men." New York, July 31. — A personal picture of General Feng Yuh-siang, known as the Christian general in the forces of Wu Pei-I'u, is contained in a letter from Bishop F. R. Graves of Shanghal which has heen received here by Protestant Episcopal leaders. Bishop Graves is said to have known General Feng for a number of years. “Feng has been elevated to the governorship of Honan province,” writes Bishop Graves, “and it is char- acteristic of him that when he attend- 1 a big reception recently in his hon- or he rode to the Y, M. C. A. hall on a bicycle with a few unarmed at- tendants, instead of heing surrounded 000 LOSS IN BARN FIRE, 45 Tons of Hay Consumed in Blase in 4-Story Structure at Winsted. Winsted, July 31.—Fire, supposedly due to spontaneous combustion yes- terday afternoon totally destroyed e four-story barn at Highland Lake, owned by Bertram E. Moore. The loss 1s estimated at $35,000, covered by about $10,000 insurance. The blaze started on the §op floor where forty- five tons of hay was stored. The up- per part of the structure was in flames when the firemen arrived. The barn is said to be one of the largest and most modern in Litchfield county. ™ FAMDUSForQUALITY going to do| wfugust Jst I | P S BRIl I 20 TR 1l 4 Bl T this city and Milton Maynes of York city. Both were charged with burglary. Mrs. Bardo reported that nething had been taken. Mr. Bardo| was away on railroad business. his sparring partner at Buffalo re- cently, will not be repeated in Massa- chusetts, Eugene Buckley a member of the boxing commission declared to- day. Dempdey is to box an exhibi- tion bout here Friday night and it had been stated that Massachusetts laws like those of New York state required that a decision be rendered. Over-sized boxing gloves and head| gear will be worn by both Dempsey and his sparring partner, Commis- sloner Buckley said. | Farmer Fighting For Life With Bull Rescued By Crew of Passing Freight. | Waterloo, Towa, July 31.—Fred |Partledd was rescued from an infur- |iated bull by an Illinoils Central |freight train crew near Manchester P NEW BRITAIN BUIC 225 ARCH STREET 10 KILLED IN BATTLE. Limerick, July 1.-—Ten of the ir-|vesterday. regulars holding the Kimallock area| Bartledd was passing through a field against the free state forces were|when attacked by the bull and was killed in Saturday night's operation, |exhausted when trainmen stopped a it is learned and several were cap-|passing train and rushed to his as- tured. isls(ance. CO. TELEPHONE 2607