New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1922, Page 18

MRS. HALL T0 SAIL - FOR FAR EAST SOON Wile of Slain Pastor May Decide to Live Abroad New Brunswick, N, J,, Dec. 20— Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of the murdered rector of the Church of 8t. John the Evangelist, will sall for Italy and the Far Fast on January 20, accompanied by her close friend, Miss Bally Peters. 'Her stay abroad will be indefinite and Mrs. Hall may decide to make her home somewhere in southern Europe. Preparations are being made to close the Hall home on Nichol avenue and servants received notice yesterday that they would not be needed after the twentleth. Apparently the authorities will make no attempt to prevent Mrs. Hall from starting on her tri» znd the only comment on the announcement was made by Detective Fred David who said, “I did not think that she would #0 80 soon.” Timothy N. Pfeiffer, the Hall attorney, was not in New Bruns- wick today, and no one at the Hal! home would make any statement. Among the servants to be dropped are Barbara Tough, the seamstress, and Louise Geist, a maid both of whom were staunch friends of Mrs. Hall during the murder investigation, and who have been in the Hall famfly for several years. It was on testimony given by them before the grand jury ‘that Mrs. Hall's statements as to her movements on the night of the mur- ders were corroborated. The only employee who is retained is Peter Tumulty, the Hall chauffeur, who will . be left as a watchman of the property. Willie Going Away Wille Stevens, Mrs. Hall’s brother, will go to Florida, where he will make his home until Mrs. Hall decides 1 either to return to this country or remain abroad indefinitely. Recently A the restrictions placed on Willle by the family were removed and he i8 now seen dally in the streets of Ne® Brunswick, usually in company wits some of the firemen or street cleaner . friends. Occasionally he takes a ride on the big ash carts. He rarely makes any reference to the murders or to his recent exile in the Hall backyard and garden, but has talked considerably of the money left to him by relatives, which is still in trust for him, g . Henry Stevens, Mrs. Hall's other brother, visited New Brunswick yes- terday and had . a conference with Willlam E. Florance, the attorney engaged by Mrs. Hall at the beginning of the case. It is understood' that . Btevens made arrangements to place Mrs. Hall's affairs in Florance's charge while the former is away in Europe. Stevens will leave for South America within the next.few weeks to be gone indefinitely. He will close his home at Lavalette, N. J. Detectives from Somerville and (New Brunswick held another secret conference here yesterday and visited sevral witnesses living near Mra, Gib- . son’s farm, but daid not stop at her home. They also admitted that they _have several new witnesses who may be called before the grand jury which convenes in Somerville next Wednes- day. BARS NEW YEAR REVELRY. Buftalo Hotel Says Snch Parties Do Not Attract Desirable Element., Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. 20. — The Lafayette, one of the largest hotels in Buffalo, will not permit New Year's _Eve revelry in its dining rooms. { “There i8'no good reason for hold- ing a New Year’s celebration in the hotel,” Manager Alfred J. Ireland * sald. “‘S@ch affairs do not attract a desirable element. In my observation in past years I have noticed that those who attended the New Year's . partles were never seen around the hotel for the remainder of the year. “New Year's parties in hotels are costly because of the damage to furniture, dishes and everything else.” KEEPS LAURENT IN ACADEMY. Denby Reverses Dismissal Verdict for Senior Who Hazed. Annapolis, Md., Dec. 29.—The ver- dlet in the case of Midshipman Francis W. Laurent of Wisconsin, one of six senfors recently convicted of hazing and recommended for dis- missal, has been set aside by Secre- tary Denby, authorities of the Naval Academy announced yesterday. It is said that certain mitigating circum- stances led to reversal of the verdict. Laurent was accused of compelling ‘Wendell-B. Allen Jr, a plebe from Oklahoma, to do certain physical axercises. COMMENCES TUESDAY, JANUARY 2nd, WITH A COMPLETE TRUCE 1S SIGNED IN OFFICE FIGHT Irish ¥ree Staters and De Valera Aldes Temporarily Abandon New York Office Fight, New York, Dec. 29,—~An armistice has been signed in the siege of the Irish consulate carried on for two days between the forces of the Free State and the republic in the bellef of reporters who called at the bulld. ing where the consulate s located early today and found the outer en- trance locked, Late last night Lindsay Crawford, newly appointed consul general of the Irish Free State in New York city was holding his inner office grimly, with a look of determination and a growth of beard on his face which be- spoke his vigil beginning Wednesday afternoon and lasting all Wednesday night and all day yesterday. In the outer office Lieut. Robert Briscow, an officer of the Irish republican army, Mrs, Muriel MacSwiney, widow of the former lord mayor of Cork and half a dozen other representatives of the republic were on watch. Strolling in and out of the offices were uniformed policemen under command of Detee- tive Tieut. James Gegan. Both sides had announced ,that they were there to stay. ’ The policemen had made it known that any violence or disturbance would bring swift action, Everything seemed prepared for another long *Lght of watchful waiting, when the wspapermen left for their offices. What happened in the interim was not recorded but when the unofficial observers returned they found the door to the building locked and they could not see any lights on the tenth floor where the consulate is located, or anywhere else. CROSBY HALL MAY BE A DORMITORY Unusual Education Project in Eng- land Would Utilize Famous Structure. London, Dec. 29,—An unusual ed- ucation project is being forwarded by the British federation of university women. It contemplates taking a five HKundred year lease on Crosby Hall, a 15th century structure on Chelsea embankmefit, for use as a residence for foreign women graduate students. Besides being considered one of the best architectural models of its per- lod, Crosby Hall is immortally famous for the many historic events with which its name is associated. was originally built in Bishop’s Gate in 1446 as the Great Banquet hall and city residence of that wealthy and popular ‘knight, Sir John Crosby. After Sir John's death the hall be- came the residence .of Richard Glou- cc:ter, who was afterward, Richard ur. The hall was later purchased by Sir Thomas Moore, who occupied it for several years, entertaining Henry VIII and other noted visitors. At the beginning of the present century the bullding was torn down and removed piece by piece to Chel- sea embankment, where it was recon- structed and used during the war for housing Belgian refugees. If the university women ralse the 25,000 ponds necessary, they plan to build an extra wing capable of pc- commodating forty graduate students. 'WON'T WORK—PRISON Court Convinces Idler That Taw Has Powers New York, Dec. 29.—"T don't think it is good for me to work,” said Abra- ham Carmel, aged *19, of 159 Wav- erly avenue, Newark, when arraigned vesterday before Judge Grice in the police court at Newark on complaint of his mother. “I won't work, either, and the law cannot make me work.” ‘“You're not used to work, I guess?” asked Judge Grice. “I've never done any of youth said. “All right,” said the judge, “we'll give you a chance to get used to it. Two months in the penitentiary.” it,” the MATADOR MEETS DEATH Several Spectators Also Hurt in Crash of Officials’ Box. Monterey, Mexico, Dec. 29.—While a holiday bull fight was in progress at Pachuca, the arena box, occupied by Governor Azuara and other state officials and a number of young women social leaders of the city, col- lapsed, seriously injuring several. The accident diverted the attention of Gilbert Islas, the bull fighter, and he was gored to death in the arena. ’ NEW YORK CITY 13- STORM BOUND TODAY Several Fatalities--Coal Supply Nearly Exhausted New York, Dec. 20.—Thousands of volunteer snow handlers were called to the shovels todayito help dig New York city out of its first big storm of the season—a blizzard fof snow and sleet which, starting yesterday under moderate temperatures, be- came overnight an ley gale which threatened to paralyze all transpor- tation, . " The storm took its toll of hundreds of Injured. From early last evening until daybreak hospital ambulances were bringing in pedestrians with | broken arms, fractured legs or cracked skulls, who had fallen vie- tims to the treachery of ice covered streets. Most hospitals were crowded to capacity and thé problem of cur-I ing for new arrivals became increas- ingly grave as the list of injured mounted. Two Are Killed. At least two persons were reported to have been killed in falls on the city’s thoroughfares, The wind reached high velocity. Combined with the unaccustomed burden of snow, it worked havoc with above-ground power and ' telephone lines, street car transgission, cables, roofs of buildings and large trees. Roats Are Damaged. Lives of pedestrians in some sec- tions were ehdangered by falling signs, tumbling chimneys and smoke- stacks. Thopsands of dollars of, damage were believed to have been sustained on Long Island and Staten Island where numerous small craft were washed -‘ashore. ~ Along the water front the toll of damaged buildings ‘was reported heavy. City officials were out bright and early today in a personal canvass of Bowery “soup kitchens" “flop houses" Bowery “soup kitchens,” “flop houses” and “bread lines” recruiting snow shovellers with which to aug- ment the force of 24,000 advertised for last night. Traffic Tied Up. Throughout the storm six thousand reinforcements, armed with shovels, labored with the city's snow remov- ing engines. ' But the mechanical plows were unable to do more than keep the thoroughfares passable. The sleet encrusted the tracks so thlckfy that part of an elevated train left the rails, The slow speed at which it was crawling through the blinding storm is believed to have saved its several hundred passengers from a serious accident. Rallroads were asked to concen- trate on maintaining unimpaired freight service in order that the city with barely 48 hours’ reserve supply of coal on hand at harbor terminals, might not be confronted by an actual fuel famine. Fuel stocks anthracite and . bitu- fminous in addition to those in the bins of déalers or consumers, were estimated by fuel administration ofl- clals at less than 62,000.tons. SUSPECT ARSON ATTEMPT 8t. Patrick's Church at Quebec Under | Clgse Guard—Benzine Odors Per- - meate Edifice. Quebee, Dec. 20.—Interest in the inquiry into the cause of the Basilica fire was increased yesterday when the pastor of St. Patrick’s church stated that last evening there was a persist. ent odor of benzine throughout the edifice, No work was beeing carried out in the church and the Redemp- torist Fathers in charge cannot ac- count for the.strange happening. The church, one of the oldest in the city, was closely guarded all night, and to- day speclal police were put in charge. In view of the burning of other churches it is generally believed an- other attempt at arson was made. The -possibility of = startling de- velopments within twenty-four hours was stated to newspapermen today by Mgr. La Flamme, parish priest of the destroyed Basilica. He would not in- dicate the clues being followed, but sajd he was still of the opinion the fire could not have originated from natural causes. T ———E——— THE HERALD The A-B-C Paper with the A-B-C Want Ads | EXPECT ARREST IN MAIL BOMB MURDER Marshfield, Wis., “’u’nun Dies Al"ur Being Mangled When Parcel Explodes, Marshfield, Wis, &Dec. 20.—Fostal authoritles and state officlals today expected to arrest a faymer pn a mur« der charge in connection ith the death of Mrs, Jam: R, Chapman who, with her hushand, & member of the county board of supervisors and a drainage commissioner opened a package containing a bamb Wednes: day afternoon. Mrs. Chapman died yesterday morning. Mr., Chapman's left hand was torn off, According to wuthorities théman who will be ars rested is a landowner in the district in whigh Mr, Chapman was drainage commissioner, He is known to have had trouble with Chapman over the latter's activities in _ having adopted an imprevement project, It first was belleved thag the bomb was sent by someone angered by Chapman's work on the board in vot- ing funds to combat moonshiners. The parcel containing the bomb was delivered at the Chapman farm five miles south’ of here, Wednesday afternoon by the rural mall carrler. It had the appearance of a Christmas package and Mr. Chapman and his wife hastened to open it, Mr, Chapman had cut the strings and almost unwrapped the package when it exploded. ,Mr, Chapman is 49 years old and his wife was 64. TO BRING CUNNINGHAM HERE Schlessing Also Held At St. Louis in “Blind Pool” Case St. Louis, Dec. 29.—An order for the removal of Willlam L. Cunning- ham to New York, where he is charged with using the malls in a scheme to defraud, has beeg issuea by Federal Judge Faris. Simultane- ously a federal warrant wag issued against August Schlessing. The -arrests are in connection with the failure of the Community Finance Company of New York. Schlessing admitted, according postal inspectors, that he was agent at Wilmington, Del., for the company, which is declared to have been oper- ated as a “blind pool.” e Brick! A Brick Home Costs No More Than One Built of Less Substan- tial material, and when you build -your new home specify brick, for you will find that brick is far su- perior to other materials. Ask us for Intformation and Cir- cular, ' Send ten cents in stamps for book showing floor plans and photographs of sixty brick houses. THE CONN. BRICK MFRS. ASSOC. 226 Pearl St, Hartford ; SALE OF " EAR‘X AND. GET j? Ot APPAREL SPECIALTIES = NEW BRITAIN WOMANS MIDOLETOWA Tomorrow It is really going to be an extraordinary oceasion.’ We have planned for so many outstanding value attractions that we have given the occasion the name “Clover Day” .. to symbolize the good luck it brings to you. Below are some of the special “Clover Day” values you will find here tomorrow. . ~ Winter Coats At Greatly Reduced Prices A 3 mm We list below at what prices the bal- ance of our stock of Misses’ and Women'’s Coats are being offered’at $35.00, $39.50, $45.00 NOWsL i wiin ik $49.50, $55.00 IOW. o ods ihiohTy $59.50, $65.00, $69.50 [ A R P $79.50, $85.00, $89.50 Now (EXTRA SPECIAL) One Lot MISSES" AND WOMEN’S COATS $16.75 each were $24.98 and $29.50 Wll made—all this season’s coats— good celors—many full lined. Undergarments at Sacrifice Prices .. Silk Camisoles | Silk Env. Chemise these formerly sold at * these formerly sold at $2.98, $3.98, $4.98 $1.50, $1.98, $2.98 | Tomorrow Tomorrow 5?c each | . $1.00 each None Reserved——No Exch;mges Ecru Colored Jewel Cloth Material used for making scarfs, dollies, etc. 850 Yard worth 98¢ —Dresses ONE LOT OF SILK AND CLOTH DRESSES ‘ (there are fifty dresses in this lot) / $10.00 - Misses’ and Women’s Sizes If you need a new dress take advantage former prices $14,98 to $35.00 of this offering Mostly dark colors—hardly two alike Materlals—Canton crepe—crepe de chine—taffeta—poiret twills Brushed Wool Hosiery (women’s camel shade $1 069 Pair regular $2.00 value ™. “Willowbone”’ Corsets $1.00 v worth $1.50 made of pink coutil sizes 21 to 32 MARKDOWN OF OUR ENTIRE STOCK . dward ’Meshken 170 MAIN ST., New Britain, Conn. A LATE WINTER HAS LEFT US WITH A SURPLUS OF STOCK WHICH WE ARE OFFERING TO YOU AT —UNUSUAL PRICES— \