New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1923, Page 1

] NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, KLANSMAN REFUSES TO TELL ABOUT MEETINGS WHENPUT | ON STAND IN BASTROP CASE Alleged Mmeuor When Richard was Kidnapped, Suffers Lapse of Me ory in Important Ques- tions Admits Being Charter Mem- ber of Klan, But Knows Nothing About Its Doings, He Maintains, Bastrop, Jan, 11, (By Associated Press) —Fred Higginbotham, alleged messenger for a black hooded band when Thomas Richard was first kid- napped in August, was the first wit- ness to take the stand today in the Morehouse kidnapping case. “Do you remember an occasion on or about the 17th of August when it was sald T. F. Richard was taken by & band of hooded men from a gar- age In Bastrop? “Yes I was on my way (o Mer Rouge." “Did you go to Mer nonn'.'" “No, T was held by masked men right outside of town. They were armed with pistols and shotguns.” “Where did they take you?" “In the woods.” “Did yu see anydhe there who was unmasked ?" “Yes, Harry Neelis." “Who else did you see?" “I don't know. The rest of them were masked. Neells was away from them. “How were they dressed?” “They had on black hoods.” Admits Being Member “Are you a member of the Ku Klux Klan?" “I am-—a charter member of the Wastrop klan." “Who are the officers?” I don't know any in particular ex- cept Captain Skipwith. “He is cyclops #ér sheik of klan?" “Something like that, I believe.” "You have attended klan meet- inga?" “Yen “Have you ever heard them dlscuss the conduct of the peeple "bf this parish “No,” Remembers Nothing “As 1 understand it, you have no recollection of what was discussed at any of these meetings?"” “I have not.” “You do not know anything at all about any of the klan affairs.” “No.”* “Did you see the black hoods seize Richard ?" “Yes, “Why didn't you help him out?"” “I don't know, there were plenty of other people around there who didn’t help him out.” “Who did you see standing around?" “I don't remember.” “Can’t you name some of them?" “T didn't pay any attention to them.” ‘Wasn't Scared, He Says “Were you afraid?” “I was not." “Well, Captain Skipwith—" “Not that I know of.” “Who was at the last meeting of the klan which you attended?” “Well, Captain Skipworth—" “Who else was there?” the (Continued on Eleventh Page.) QUIT DEBATING TEAM Business Manager Resigns and Presi- dent With Three Followers Threat- en to Discontinue Activities, The New Britain High school De- bating club meeting, scheduled for this afternoon should be an interest- ing one for it is reported that sev- eral members have declared their in- tentlon of resigning. These men de- clare that conditions are unsatisfac. tory and that they will not take part in High school debating unless a change is made. President Moses Rosenthal, who has been a member of the club and an active member of the team for the last two years, has de- clared his intention of resigning. Three other members of the club will follow their president if he resigns, it is saigd. They are Messrs. Casale, Benston and Koplowitz. They are new members, who have shown a great deal of promise. Charles Covert, husiness manager and veteran of two seasons, has also resigned. The loss of these men will make is practically impossible to. have a winning team, it is feared. There arec several new men who may make a try ) for the team. WOMAN KEEPS CHILDREN Demurer Filed By Evelyn Olson Against Petition of Husband tained By Judge Welch. ™ Judge Thomas F. Welch of South- ington who heard the petition' of Ar- thur Olson for custody of two minor children now in custody of his wife, Evelyn Olso, has sustained a demur- rer submitted for the defendant by Judge G. W. Klett. The demurrer set forth that the court under exist- ing conditions had no right to issue such an order. The case was heard in probate court several wecks ago. | ctated DEPOSED KING OF CFLF ES TODAY (afringgeg, * e, mnfll lvi.. HAD A §'I‘0RIY CAREER {First Estled By Allies in 1917, Then Recalled Until He Was Compelled to Abdicate His Throne in Early Fall, Palermo, Sielly, Jan, 11, (By Asso- Press) —Former King Con- stantine of Grecce died suddenly here at 11 o'clock this morning. His death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. The death of ex-King Constantine EX-KING CONSTANTINE. of Greece comes after a series of try- ing experiences which the former ruler of the Hellenese had undergone beginning with the outbreak of the world war. In Exile Till 1920, Constantine was forced off the throne of Greece by the allies in 1917 after hq had successfully resisted umerous attem, to bring Greece into the war on the side. of the-allies. In exile unti lafter the war's close, Constantine was called back to Greece in 1920 and resumed the throne. Under his renewed rgign Greece plunged into the war with Turkey in Asia Minor Constantine personally go- (Continued on Sixth Page) DR. REEKS PRESIDENT STATE HEALTH ASSN. Spriné Meeting May Be Held at New Britain Hospital Dr. T. E. Reeks of the New Britain General hospital was elected president of the Connecticut Public Health as- soclation at the annual meeting in New Haven yesterday afternoon. Other officers elected are: Vice-president—Dr. W. H. Coombs of Bridgeport. Treasurer—Judge James A. Marr of Bridgeport, Secretary—Dr. Hartford. Board of directors—Judge D. A. Markham, Hartford; Prof. C. 1. A, Winslow, Yale university, New Haven; Dr. E.H. Pratt, Torrington; Dr. D. C. Y. Moore, Manchester; Dr. E. I\ Rindge, Madison; Margaret B. Stack, Hartford. The association C. P. Botsford diseussed health laws and voted to recommend to the| state department of health that branch laboratories be established for the convenience of cities and towns which are without laboratory equip- ment. At present there are labora- tories in Hartford, Waterbury, New Britain, New Haven, New london, Bridgeport, Stamford and Greenwich. | When cultures are taken in places which have no laboratories, they are sent to New Haven for examination. This causes undesirable delay in many cases, 80 the assoclation proposes that the state pay the expense of the laboratories already established when cultures are sent in for examination in their districts. ment, cultures from lin, Southington, etc., would be so n! to the New Britain laboratory and Plainville, re whatever expense was incurred would (Continued on Sixth Page) [Masked Band Beat 7Man In North Carolina Town Thomasville, N. ", Jan. 11.—R. BE. Zimmerman of High Point, was seized in the back yard of the home here of Mrs. H. G. Strayborn last night and later severely beaten about the head | d body by a band of five masked men, Zimmerman said he was then taken to the outskirts of Thomasville and told never to come here again. PRINCETON CAPTAIN ENGAGED. New York, Jan. 11.—Announcement was made today of the engagement of Miss Meryle Hauser, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. 8. M. Hauser of this city, to A. Barr Snively, Jr., of Waynes- boro, Pa., captain of next scason’s Princeton football team. of Under this arrante- | IWITNESS OF SHYRNA HORROR TELLS TALE Irma May canlon Here Alter Viewing Foreign Desolation LR IN CONSTANTINOPLE “One of the Most Miserable Places on Globe," She Declaros—Transporta- ton tn Poland on Modern Lines— Will Speak to Jews Tonight, The so-called “Progressive Ameri- ea” I8 away behind the times In its transportation facllities, according to Miss Trma May, or more correctly Mrs, Irma May Cantor, & Jewish girl who has spent some time in the Near East and who will speak to the lo- cal Jewish people this evening in the Jewish school oh Elm street, In the new country of Poland, Mrs, Cantor states they have a regular air- plane service from Lembrook to Wi saw, between 800 and 400 miles, which ordinarily, takes the train 16 hours, This trip is made by passen- ger and mall plane on regular sched- ule in two hours and 20 minutes, she says, Describing the trip, Mrs, Can- tor, who has made it various times, sald: “Away below we can see a long snake crawling along the earth, It is the limited express.” Mrs, Cantor arrived in this ity this morning to confer with Attorneys George LeWitt and Morris D. Saxe, in connection with local Jewish relief and was requested to remain over night and speak to the people here. Transcontinental Trip. Driven by tragedies she witnessed while in Europe last summer and fall, she is making a transcontinental tour to tell the American people what she saw in Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Ru- mania, Constantinople, Smyrna and Bulgaria. She visited these scenes of war devastation in connection with the child welfare work of the American Jewish relief committee and had many thrilling adventures. Mrs. Cantor is a native of Poland. She came to this country originally in 1920 after her fiance, Rabbi Bernard Cantor had been killed by Ukrainian bandits while on a mission of relief. She afterward married a brother of the rabbi. “Con- stantinople is one of the gayest but— oh, one of the most miserable places on the globe,” she said. Saw Smymma Burned. “I was in Smyrna at the time of the massacre. 1 was just entering the city. The place was a mass of flags and fire was pouring from the win- dows, Not like a fire would be here— a mass of flames, 1 saw the rush of refugees ta Constantinople. “Constantinople is the gateway to (Continued on Twelfth Page) Horse’s Hoof Cocktail is Latest Drink Here Shortly after noon today one of the horses employed by Jo- seph Carbo in harvesting ice on Shuttle Meadow lake, stepped on a thin layer of ice covering an air pocket and its foot went through and into the water. The horse suffered no {ll conse- quences, extricating its foot al- most at once, according to re- ports recelved by Clerk F. J. O'Brien of the water department. The incident happened while operations were going on west of the gate house, a considerable distance from the outlet, A somewhat similar accident was reported yesterday in which one of the horses was the princi- pal. The animal walked over an area of thin ice and fell through, but was promp!ly rescued. CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1923, ~FOURTEEN PAGES “ireulation Vo Fnding “649 January 6th Oy PRICE THREE CENTY GERMANY CONSIDERS TREATY BROKEN; WILL STOP REPARATIONS DICKERING WITH POWERS INVOLVED, CUNO AVERS Region France Has Seized This map shows the Ruhr valley, rich industrial section of Germany, which France has occupied to guarantee payment of reparations. Coblenz, headquarters of the American army of oc- cupation is to be vacated by United States trodps on February 5. Essen formerly was Germany’s greatest munitions center. Husband Grabs Child, Pursued by Screaming Wife and Curious Crowd Hospital—Ap%r, in Court Today. George Demos, proprietor of the Vietory Lunch room on Church street, was arrestéd last night by Pa- trolman Thomas J. Feeney after his wife, Mrs. Laura Demos, who untll today conducted a private sanitarium on Court street, had chased him through Main street, shouting loud demands that he return to her their child which he had, a few minutes previously, snatched from its bed at the sanitarium. He is held in bonds of $109 to face trial next Monday morning on charges of assaulting Mrs. Demos and Miss Mary Butler, a nurse at the sanitarium, and of breach of |the peace. He has retained Attor- neys Mortimer H. Camp and Donald Gaffney. Demands Custody of Child. The restaurateur called at his wife's establishment last night and de- manded custody of their eight- months-old child. Mrs. Demos de- clined to give up the baby whereupon Demos went to its bed and, picking up the child, started for the door. { Mrs. Demos interfered and Miss But- ler came to her assistance. The res- taurant man, who s of Ilarge | physique, succeqded in breaking loose and ran out to the street, Mrs. Demos i giving pursuit. Along Main street he | ing to the top of her voice, of several hundred followed couple and several policemen came running from all directions. Demos ran into the St. Clair store in Booth's block and' Patrolman Feeney followed him. Upon thé complaint of Mrs. headquarters where he was booked on the two charges. In court today, before Judge Klett, he pleaded not guilty. Leaves Hospital Alleging that she was going to eep her baby, regardless of the ef- forts her husband might make to take it from her, Mrs. Demos this after-| noon turned the management of her private hospital on Court street, over to two of her staif of nurses. The hospital will be in charge of | Miss Elese Koser, a graduate of the New Britain hospital connected with the | tal at Camp Zacharay tucky, and also at l'lndmd having graduated here in 1911, Her sister, Miss Freda Koser, also a graduate of the local hospital, will _be nurse. ) In speaking of her difficulty last evening with her husband, N Demos stated that they have not been Ken- Germany’s Pittsb Iron and Steel Works Show No Signs of Industrial Curtailment, A. P. Ob- server Reports. Bochum, Jan, 11, Press)—"Business as usual” would seem to be the motto of this busy | little counterpart of Pittsburgh, where the roots of the forgune of Hugo Germany’s greatest capital- e Stinnes, st. Riding through the city during the night the correspondent saw the ridges of the Ruhr valley lit up with flames that belched from the many \lurnavc! of the iron and steel works, |Gaunt buildings stretched for miles and miles. In them worked the 25,- 000 new men whom Stinnes employs. The plants turn out approximately 400,000 tons of iron and steel products yearly keeping five blast furnaces | busy. There was no indication last night [that the workers or their employer by Stinnes, is Working as Usual 3 | (By Associated on speaking terms for more than a year, and that yesterday she left, tak- | ing her baby with her. She denied that she contemplates suing for i- vorce, urgh, Controlled EUROPEAN-REVOLT REPORTED Memel District in Uprising, The picture presented by Bochum is characteristic of the whole valley The coal mines are in operation all; Demand- Lithvania, Washington, Jan, 11.—A revolt has taken place in “the whole of Memel ! district” of Fast Prussia, the citizens demanding that the territory be a part of Lithuania, according to legram to the Lithuanian legation here today from its government at Kovno. Berlin, Jan. 11 (By Press)—The Lithu the independent te ¢ the East Prussian frontier is extending according to the latest reports from | Heydkerdrug but there have been no collisions between the soldiers and the inhabitants The French governor of the terri- tory which is under the jurisdiction of the league of nations has but a small tcree at his disposal and the police of the district number only 100 men. OPFICIALS ARRESTED of the way from Esen to this !‘H). the were thinking of the French troops 80 near at hand. When the correspondent asked the workers “Where's Stinnes?” they an- swered: “Stinnes—that capitalist? Oh, he's in Berlin or somewhere. We do the work; he gets the money.” The #yerage pay at the steel plants is eqdilent to 30 cents a day or thre housand marks. That is {enot.h to buy a pgund and a half of butter, two pounds of meat or three | pounds of bread. One pretty little, German girl, a clerk, said that her salary was 8,000 marks a month or|| almost cnough to buy a pair of shoes. the roads are well kept and clean, the trecs are evenly trimmed and the fields are tilled to the very edge of the highway. Bridgeport Court Clerks Areaigned on Charges of Violating New Parking Ordinances, * Bridgeport. Jan. 11. — Vineent 1 Keating, prosecutor of the city cour and Sidney W. Lockwood, clerk of the court of common p! were among €0 motorists whose names were on docket of the city court today follow- ing their arrest for violation of the new city parking ordinance. Keating and Lockwood und a majority of th others held had their cases nolled upon paying fines of $1. | THE WEATHER Pl Hartford, Jan. 11.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Increasing clondiness with ris- ing temperature tonight. Friday sow or rain. winds becoming casterly. George Demos Takes Baby After Altercation At Private ran, his wife close at his heels, shout- A crowd the Demos, he was arrested and taken to| who has been | clinie ing That Territory Be Made Part of | Associated | City | Meanwhile France and Belgium Take Over Essen and Threaten March on to Bochum—Martial Law to be Proclaimed—No Violence Occurs Yet (By the Associated Press) French troops today entered Essen, the heart of the Ruhr valley, carrying out the occupation movement determined upon by France, Belgium and Italy, Up to this afternoon the new invasion of Germany had been accomplished without bloodshed The French advanced from small Belgian contingent came d. the French near Muelheim, or disorders of any kind, Duesseldorf and Duisburg, A own through Ruhrort and joined While the troops were entering the Ruhr, the French mis- sion, which will control the mines and other essential industries, was on the way from Duesseldorf under instructions from Paris. Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, German ambassador to France Paris for Berlin, left Simultaneously Chancellor Cuno, in the Reichstag, declaved Germany’s reparations obligatiol in further direct dealings with ns would cease to be discharged h “the treaty breaking powers.” Germany would not offer active resistance but would not bow voluntarily to the movement, he added. Notification of the decision to withdraw the American troo] s from the Rhine was received by Major Gen. Allen in Coblenz, prepared to carry out the plans the United htates. GRANGERS PLEDGE AID | IN KEEPING DRY LAWS In Annual Session Also Ask Revision of Motor Truck License Rates Hartford, in every way to the enforcement of the Volstead act in the state, was promised today by the Connecticut state grange, holding its 38th annual session in I‘oot Guard hall. Contin- wed opposition to daylight saving was also recorded and upon favorable re- port of the committee on legisiation a resolution was adopted endorsing the attitude of Gevernor Templeton seiped in e paukiral olelsage relating to daylight savi time. ' The legislative committee was further ‘in- structed to work for the passage of an amendment to section 627 of the public acts of 1921, which deals with standard time, tion of a penalty for failure to ob |the law. At present the law carries no penalty, it was explained. ing revision of the motor vehicle law by making a uniform rate for light- | weight vehicles carrying 1,250 pounds or less at ther ate of $15. The pres- ent rate for motor trucks of this char- acter is $22,50. The legislative com- mittee was instructed to work for the passage of such an amendment. FORMAN IN COURT ON FALSE PRETENSE CHARGE Com- Attorney Goodhart Prophesies plainant Will Be Arrested Before Concluded. Samuel B. Forman W. Klett this a on charges alue of $1,- Case s | In presenting | before Judge George | morning to be put to ples of obtaining furs to the 200 under false pretenses and of de- frauding Edward Meshken, a local | turrier, Attorney Jacob Goodhart of New Haven stated in open court that “the complainant should have arr ed, and probably will be before we get through.” Forman pleaded not { guilty to both charges and Harry S. Beall of Bristol furnished $2,000 bond to guarantee his appearance in court January 20. | The state alleged that Forman, December 21, represented to M ken that he had a prospective b tor fur coats to the value of $1,200 fand the coats were delivered to him to be taken to Meshken did not receive payment for the gar- they returned. After yrought about the | New York ! a on Itimore. ments nor were an investigation he {arrest of the ace city, where he | several days in bonds of $2,500. tradition papers had been made out Iby Governor Charles Templeton and were to be used Saturday, but'in the Attorney Goodhart com- municated with the local police and |explained his readiness to present Foram in court tods The continnance W | Prosecuting Attorney Joseph - | Woods informed the court that it would be necessary to bring witness- | |es from out of the state. RESCUED FRON FLAMES meantime s ordered aft-r Two Stamford Families Hurricd From Burning Building—No Hydrant and Loss is Complete. Stamford, Jan. 11.— Two familics hurried out of the building, save them from suffocation, by men early today during the fight to save a frame dwelling on North Stamford avenue which was on fire No hydrants were near at hand and | |the firemen saved little the per sonal ¢ s of the families of John | Ambrose Frank Wickson. The loss was $5,000. ‘ wer to fire of Jan, 11.—Hearty support | looking to the imposi- | A resolution also was adopted urg-| been | from for the return of the troops to Amsterdam, Jan. 11 (By Associat- ed Press).--An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin today asserts that the German government has de- cided to take the following measures immediately after the French occu- | pation is accomplished: | " 1. The peace treaty will be de- clared broken and its execution de- clared inoperative. 2. Germany will no longer nego- | tiate with the reparations commis- sion unless this injustice is removed. The use of alcoholic liquors ill be reduced. 4. Sunday will be of national mournin declared a day Martial Law Possible. London, Jan, 11.-—A Reuter dis- patch from Essen timed 4:20 o'clock this afternoon says martial law is to be proclaimed in the city by the French occupational forces ‘‘almost immediately.” 1%-(8 ssociated Press)-—Premier Poineare in his statement before the ohamber of deputies today on the steps being tak- (en by France in the Ruhr district, |sald the government's plans provide for the eventual occupation of Boch- jum if Germany fails to carry out the I'rench demands. The occupation of Bochum, which is the site of the iron and steel works of Hugo Stinnes, is said to be set for Saturday although this is not officlal- ly confirmed. May Take Parls, 5. Jan, o | French Encircling Rulr. | With the F'rench Army in the Runr, ]J’\n. 11. (By Associated Press)—The |French army is encircling the heart jof the Ruhr valle Marching into IEssen this morning in their new move for the occupation of additional German territory, |French troops are patrolling the streets of the city and horizon blue |sentries are guarding the entrance to ithe great Krupp works. | ¥rench tanks command the Essen city hall square, and pickets of ine fantry hold the railroad station. tion Comiplete At Noon. Before noon. the occupation of Ese |sen was an accomplished fact. | The advance from the Duesseldorf bridgehea was led by armored cars, ‘\\ hile cavalry went from' Duisburg |into Muelheim. One division of in« funtry marched into the valley from Du ldorf and another from Duis« |burg. Two reserve divisions of infantry {are being held in readiness camping {on the edge of the former bridgehead |limits, Start March At 5 A, M. The French set out from the Dues- seldorf and Duisburg bridgeheads at m., while the Belgians came down Moers, through Ruhrort and made a junction with the French out- side of Muelheim. At ten o’clock Gen. Boyer, the first | French soldier to enter Escen, reach- ed the city hall Up to this afternoon tion had been carried any loss of life the occupas out without or even the firing of "la single shot. French Take Control Jan. 11.—The French are U\ The first troops entered at ten o'clock th morning. The Belgian contingent moving from Dulshurg proceeded to the city by way Muelheim simultaneously with French. The Belgians were rccompanied considerable body of French troops and an ammunition column. All the soldiers have the fullest war equipment even gas masks, ipation was without inele s carried out with clocks * n. The population ap= ed sullen, but there were no ate tempts at disorder Advices from nearhy points indicat- ed that the movement by the French and the Relgians into the Ruhr had generally been incidentless Ambassador Leaves Jan. i1 (Ry the Associated Press)—Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, the Ger- man ambassador to France, left Paris for Berlin at noon today. of the by a Paris Jan. 11 (By the Associated Chancellor Cuno told the affairs committee of the Ber Press) foreign (Continued on Twelith Page) in,