New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 ' NEW ' L4 ' BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1923, —FOURTEEN PAGES o Week January 1 8,863 PRICE THREY CENTS WAR CLOUDS RISE IN EUROPE. AS GERMANY DEFIES FRANCE - BRITISH AVIATORS BOMBING TURKISH T0 Angora Govt. Communi- que Says Four I’Imsf Have ' Been Brought| Down in;Mosul District - GO \ Statements at Lausanne To-| day Reflect Pessimistic| Feeling of England’s Deiegates. Constantinople, Jan. 15.—An| official communique issued by the Angora government says: “British airplanes are active- ly bombing villages in the neigh- horhood of Mosul, especially tewanduz, Rayna, Massoures, Mourbeit and Nameves. Four of the planes were brought down. Lausanne Pessimistic, lLausanne, Jan. 15. (By Associated Press)—The Turkish delegation to the Near Iast conference today propos- ¢ that the Ottoman debt both prin- cipal and interest, should be divided among Turkey as presently constitut- ed and the so-called succession states, or territories detached from Turkey since the world war. M. Bompard, chairman of the sub- commission on finance and a member of the French delegation said the al- lies would examine the proposal. A gloomy statement concerning the accomplishments and prospects of the Near East conference was made today by spokesmen for the British delega- thon, o After two months of siewly work they pointed out, agreement seems to them doubtful on several matters of mament. The statement gave the im- pression that the British at least, are preparing public opinion for a possi- ble breakdown of the conference. GRAND JURY MAY TAKE UP . P. BOOZE REPORT Newspapermen Likely to Be Called to Testify on Rum Armanda Newark, N. J,, Jan, 15. (By Associ- ated Press)—U. 8. Attorney Winne announced today that he was “fav- orably considering” a request of act- ing Prohibition Director Moss of New Jersey for a grand jury investigation of the Associated Pre#s reports of heavy rum running along the Jersey coast last week. “If the facts warrant,” gaild Mr. Winne's statement, “the men respon- sible for the 35,000 case story will be subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury. Newspapermen have been shbpoenaed before and will continue to be” Up to noon today the Associated Press had received no inquiry from any federal official as to the sources from which it obtained and trans- mitted to Zone Prohibition Chief John Appleby grst news of the arrival of a flect of 22 rum runners off Sandy Hook and the lightering of their car- goes ashore by a huge fleet of small craft, The armada of rum runners was not visible off the coast today al-| though in-coming ships reported the presence of a motley fleet of about 20 ships presumed to be the rum runners, about 30 miles off shore. It was reported that they put out to sea better to ride storms which were pre- dicted by the weather bureau. Small craft which had visited the fleet with eager frequency last week, were inactive. ! & New York, Jan. 15, — A fifth member of the mosquito fleet—four of which were captured with 1,000 cases of liquor last Thursday by coast guard inspectors sent out to break up lightering of the rum running fleet off Sandy Hook—is lying battered on the shore at Long Branch, N, J., Wil- liam R. Saunders, deputy surveyer of the port, was advised today. This boat the Gertie W., was cap- tured by inspectors « Willlam Geary and Joscph Sweeney before the other four were caught. Deciding to use her as a chaser because of her speed, they set out with Sweeney as engineer. They soon ran down the Evelyn, one of the four launches later brought to this port and Enginecr Sweeney hep- ped abroad, Geary, playing with the Gertie W's levers, accidently started ker and was unable to stop her again. When he got into shoal water he waded ashore and left the Gertie w. A report’ from Long Branch said| someons had relieved the boat of 100 ecases of liquor. WNS, IS REPO™ [ 3 IN DEFENSE OF JE Lowell Wants to See Anti- Semitic Prejudice Wiped Out in This Country HARVARD'S msnm;z\ h % Cambridge, Jan, 156.~President A, Lawrence Lowel! of Harvard univer- sity today declared it was his earnest desire to sce the abolition in this country of anti-Jewish prejudice and of the segregation of Jewish peoplet His cxpression was contained in a statement which he sald was oc- casioned by an account appearing in today's New York Times of remarks by an unnamed speaker addressing the men’s club of the Temple Israel there yesterday. This speaker was quoted as saying that he was a Harvard man of Jew- ish birth, who in an extended conver- sation with President Lowell on a train recently was told by the head of Harvard that within a generation probably the Jew would have to be treated as the negro is in the south. A statement issued at Harvard uni- ity today said: “President Lowell denied . having said the things attributed to him by an anonymous speaker reporting a private conversation in a speech quot- ed in the New York Times. This grossly misrepresented his views, at- tributing to him unfriendly senti- ments which he does not feel. His earnest desire {8 to see anti-Semetic prejudice and Semetic segregation abolished in this country and he be- lieves that Jews and Gentiles should work together to this end not shutting their oyes to the facts of mfitual pre- judice where it exists but secking to eliminate it.” vel Dead Body of Leader of Bandits Who Robbed Denver Mint is Found Frozen' Corpse Discovered, Abandoned, in Private Garage—Police Think He Was Shot as Robbers Sped Away. Denver, Jan. 16.—The daring bandit who stood upon the running board of an automobile as the men who robbed a federal reserve bank truck of $200,000 in front of the Denver mint on December 18 and sped away amid a rain of bullets from mint guards, paid with his life. Body Found in Garage. Deserted by his pals, the body of the dead Yobber—believed to have been the leader of the band—was found last night in a private garage, in the fashionable Capitol Hill resi- dence district. A gaping wound near the bandit's heart told the story. In his pocket was a large calibre revolver while a high _powered rifle and a pump shot- gun were found in the car. Corpse Was Frozen. The man, whose clothing and hands bore evidence that ghe was not ac- customed to manual labor, rented the garage about a week before the mint robbery occurred. When the new tenant did not pay his rent yesterday, the owner and I"rank W. McGee, a plumber with a shop nearby who had become suspicious, investigated. The dead bandit was found stretched out in the front seat of the car. He was frozen and an overcoat had been thrown over him. Probably Chicago Man. Police believe the bandit's home was in Chicago. The initials “T. I\ H." were found on a handkerchief in| his pocket. His necktie and shoes were bought in exclusive Chicago re- tail stores. That the dead man -did not profit much in the huge loot obtained by his confederates, was indicated when police found only one silver dollar, three 25 cent pieces, two dimes and a five cent piece in Ris pocket. Eight shells to fit the pistol in the bandits pocket were found in his coat. Iive men's caps from which the signatures of the makers had been torn, were in the bandit's car or nearby. Was a Stolen Car. The automobile had been stolen from Brighton, Colo., last October. The dead man was described as being 35 years old, short and heavy set. The robbery of the federal reserve guards took place at ten thirty o'clock on the mérning of December 18 last. The daring of the robbers and the utter abandon which they displayed (Continued on Fourth Page) FRENCH HEADQUARTERS HERE? French since 1921. The march ALCOHOLIC DRINK VALUED AT $1,000 CONFISCATED Liquor and Wine Seized in Damon, | FElliason and Jennings Cases Condemned—sStill Included. More than $1,000 worth of wine and liquors were ordered confiscated | after this morning’s session of police | court, when Prosecuting Attorney J.| G. Woods brought condemnation pro-| ceedings in the cases of Louis Da-| mon, Kred Eiliason and Jacob Jen- nings. | In the Damon case, 14 barrels of wine, a quantity of moonshine whis- key and a distilling apparatus, con- sisting of “still” and stove were or-| dered destroyed. Damon was fined | $150 in police court on December 23.| Approximately 50 gallons of whis-| key were taken in the raid that re- sulted in $200 fines for Elliason and | Jennings. Teday the stuff was orders ed destroyed. { There was no apparatus in eifpier| case. HOSPITAL AMBULANCE To Be Latest Model $6,000 Cadillac With All Necessary First Aid Para- phernalia, Suspended Stretchers. ete. A modern, fully equipped hospital ambulance has been purchased by the directors of the New Britain eGneral | hospital, it was learned today on good authority. It is expected to be doing service in New Britain before | the sun shines next summer. | The ambulance will be a pearl gray Cadillac and will be equipped with the latest, easy riding, suspended stretch- ers, and with all modern surgical and medical kits and first aid equipment. Mendelssohn Trio Will Be Artists at Musical Club The Woman's club of New Britain has announced that owing to the ill- ness of her sister, Mrs. Maurice | Milcke of New York will be unable to | attend the club meeting Tuesday af-| ternoon Although the club members | will be disappointed not to hear Mrs. Milcke whose voice has endeared her| to New Britain audiences, the after-| nogn will be a musical one as origin- ally planned, Through the courtesy of Mrs. W. C. Hungerford, the Men- delssohn Trio of New Britain has been engaged to give a program which | will bring great pleasure to the club ! members, as the splendid work and | rare skill of this trio has been recog- nized and appreciated by music lovers | here. Theron W. Hart, pianist, Her- bert Anderson, violinist, and H. G. Schauffleur, cellist, are the members of this group of musicians. The program will be as follows: 1—Trio, Opus 1 No. 1 (Bach) (a.) Allegro (b) Adagio Cantabile Trio, 2—Solos by Mr. Anderson (a) Hindu Chant (Rimsky-Korsa- kow; arranged by Kreisler) (b) Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak; arranged by Kreisier) | 3—Solos by Mr. Hart (a) Sundown (Helen Hopekirk) (b) Ballet music from Rosamonde (Schumert-Ganz) | 4—Group of Solos by Mr. Schauffier (a) Aria (Bach) (b) Rerecuse (Godard) 5——Group by Trio | | from Jocelyn Paroles (Tschai- (a) Chant sans kowski) (b) Canzon mbroso (Nevin) (c) Guita (Schytte) (d) At Evening (Pache) BIG STOCK DIVIDEND. New York, Jan. 15.—Directors of | the Endicott-Johnson corp., shoe manufacturers, today declared a stock dividend of 20 per cent on the com- mon stock: payable February 15 to stock of record January 26. The courthouse at Dusseldorf, German city, occupied by the was directed from Dusseldorf and this building may be requisi- tioned for use as headquarters “behind the lines.” GARAGE ROOFS FALLIN | Buildings on West Main | building is figured to be about $600. |dynamite explosion. 1, K. K. MEMBERS HAD NO LEGAL POWERS Morehouse/Parish Sheril Denies Deputiing Cyclops Skipwith BASTROP TRIAL PROCEEDS Those Who “Arrested” Braddock, Al- leged Moonshiner, Did So on Their Own Responsibility, Carpenter De- clares in Court Today Bastrop, Jan. 15.—(By Associated Press.)—I'red Carpenter, sherift of | Morehouse parish, denicd today that any commissions had been issued | deputizing Captain J. K. Skipwith, leader of the Ku Klux Klan in More- | house, or any other men to arrest Alonzo Braddock, farmer, who testi- filed Saturday. He was seized at his 4o mmme | home by Skipwith and several other men, brought to Bastrop and turned over to Carpenter. Carpenter was called as the first | witness today in ‘the open hearing in- | vestigation now in progress here into forward into the Ruhr district DAMAGING TEN AUTOS | Daniel and Thomas Richard and oth- er alleged depredations by masked and hooded bands. Braddock testified that a party of men forced an entrance to his home, and Whiting Streets | They were not masked, e said Collapse Carpenter said no warrant had been | issued for Braddock’s arrest. “The men then were acting on their own authority?” the sheriff was asked. Five cars were damaged, four of them to a considerable extent and a - tive car garage owned by Mrs. Thomas| “Yes, except that Captain Skin\\,“l; Barron, of 235 West Main street, was|$aid he had found soml‘l stI}::.:“ 4an wrecked early yesterday morning|asked me would T ,d:;pu‘ zfl et. b when the building collapsed from the|told him to go ahea J and g weight of snow on the roof. stills,” Carpenter .fl’\fl‘\.f‘rf’(l,k The garage was a one story frame | __Got His ‘"(:““"‘ ,‘::‘ S g structure, facing West Main street, It| ~McVey Youns, drusgist, was of was built last September. 7t had ‘,! te testify in ‘cor;?rbgragh:l; o(rs? e; ' 7 3 . wods made hy Fre ohb, a forine: ;x::lv"s DIRCEE 0 o w""wnnus. who declared o tae. witness he was seized and taken Although it would seem from the|Stand when s o nppcarlnge of the wrecked i garage into the woods to be “lectured by that it must have gone do‘wn WALH '8 masked men he left a pair of shoes crash, nothing was heard until Mrs. and that the shoes were returned Barron and her daughters discovered | fter he had sent a note m]aklng such the ruins as they prepared to £0 to 110 0 Wity herit Tacois | nized as a member of the band. iy Sarner, Howard Hum-| "y . Dalton, olerk of district coust, s~vee)n'e§ i é:fl"fi(_ William | was questioned about the search war- rant for Braddock's house. time and all were more or less dam- He was asked whether the date on Cal- of aged. Dr. Garner's car suffered the|ype searoh warrant had been erased least of any, it being but slightly| 4 November 24 written over the scratched on the roof. original date. The clerk said he Dr. Morrisey's car, a new model closed Paige, had the top crushed and falling timbers went through the hood, shattering the windshield as well. The tops of all but Dr. Garn-| er's car were crushed, and a Ford| coupe owned by Mr, Sweeney had its radiator bent, as well. All windshields, except Dr. Garne were broken. | testified to having remarked it was The cxtent of damage to the ears|pis opinion “the Ku Klux Klan's is not known, but the damage to the | piuff had been called.” 'This he said was made to a Mr. Fleming. “Fleming d to me two weeks be- fore the big kidnapping: ‘Bluff nothing—you watch my word the Ku Klux are going to pull off the biggest stunt since they started oper- ating,"" the witness said. noticed this defeet and did not be- lieve it was the original date. Robert Andgrson, a youth, testified to having delivered a note to Mrs. Laury Calhoun written and handed to him by Fred Cobb. Speaking of Bluffs, J. E. Inebnet followed Anderson. He So great was the concussion when the roof collapsed that the big slid- ing doors in front were blown off and the front of the building was blown out. The scene closely resembled a When the roof of the Google gar- age fell in, a beam landed on the| S R s o ot the socoent 10| ILAAS-OKLAHOMA BOUNDARY the neighborhood. Three automobiles were badly dam- aged and two slightly damaged W N the roof of a garage owned by Na- than Google on Whiting street, near Stanley, caved in this morning at| about 1 o'clock. The tops on the cars owned by the Misses Coleman Supreme Court Rules That Red River States, Washington, Jan. 15~The south cut bank of the Red river was made and Stillman, school teachers, Percy i Ripple and Thomas Crosby, were|th® boundary line between Texas and 73, | Oklahoma by order of the supreme smashed and the machines were also 4 court today in the famous Red River badly scratched. The automobiles owned by William Roy, former owner | ¢25¢ g : of the property, and a Mr. Anson, The decision is a compromise of the were but slightly damaged. conflicting contentions of the United Nathan Google, owner, said that|States and Texas the cut bank for most of the distance where the con- test occurred at the Big Bend being Letween the bluffs which the United States insisted should be made the houndary and the south bank of the viver at its normal stage which Texas urged should be made the line, the garage was built in June of last year but he has been the owner of the property for only one month, having acquired it in December. When called by a “Herald” represen- tative he said that he was umable to estimate the amount of damage \\'hu‘h, had been done by the cave in caused ; by the excessive amount of snow on the roof. Hartford and Waterbury Men Are in Bankruptcy New Haven, 15.—Bankruptey petitions today two from Hartford and one Waterbury. Max Polloch and Samuel Singer. doing 7 Bridg;p:)r—t Restaurant Men Held for Poor Milk Bridgeport, Jan. 15.—Seven owners Jan, included from |of restaurants were before the city court today charged with offering to|business as the Royal Drygoods Co., patrons watered milk. The dairy|of Hartford, have debts jointly of commissioner sent a force of inspec- [$26,950 and assets of $8,400. Luigi Reggiero, contractor, Hartford, has tors here to obtain samples of milk furnished in restaurants. The cases of the seven were continued one week upon request of the prosecuting at- torney who desired a report on an anal of samples debts of $19,406 and assets of $22,500 of which $21,000 is in real estate. The Liberty Confectionery Co., Waterbury has debts of $8,158, asscts not given. Conn. and Berkshire Roads Are Impassable Springfield, Mass., Jan. 15.—No at tempt has yet been made to open up the main highways between the Con necticut valley and Berkshire county closed by the heavy snowfall, but to day plows were placed in operation * - THE WEATHER —e Hartford, Jan. 15.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Clearing this afternoon, follow- ed by fair and slightly colder weather tonight. Tuesday Tair, westerly winds. by motor trucking concerns between | Northampton and Greenfield in an ef * # |fort to resume deliveries. the kidnapping and slaying of Watt| Shall be Line Dividing These Two | Rupture Between Franco-Belgian Commission and Teutons Complete When Latter Absolutely Re- fuse Any Coal—Bochum Taken and Advance of Army Ordered—Britain Calls Situation Grave London, Jan. 15 (By the Associated Press)—The rupture be- tween the Franco-Belgian commission of control in Essen and the German industrialists was complete, says a dispatch to the Eve- ning News from Essen today. Military penalties more severe and extensive than those contemplated yesterday are now being put into effect, it adds, and the advance into Germany has entered upon an even graver stage, France Extends Occupation Dusseldorf, Jan, 15 (By the Associated Press) rance's | answer to the German mine owners refusal to deliver coal on |any terms was to extend the zone of occupation originally intend- |ed to cover only the Bochum region. The new line established | by Gen. Degoutte’s forces is from 15 to 20 kilometers further cast- | ward coming to the edge of the great industrial city of Dort- | mund. | Washington Notified, Is Silent | Washington, Jan. 15.—The French embassy informed the | state department today that five divisions comprising a total of {45,000 men would take part in the new move to “insure control |over the Bochum district” as a result of the German government | order stopping coal deliveries. No comment was forthcoming regarding the troop movement | from the state department, which was given the French com- munication for its information. | Won't Even Sell Coal. LINEAR MEASURE: Jan. 15. (By Associated L S The German mine directors AS USED IN EUROPE. |}/, tifieq the I'rench control commis- i For the information of those who may be confused in com- paring I'rench kilometers with the regulation mile, the follow- ing tables are of value: 1 centimeter, 0.3937 inch. sion today that they must refuse to resume deliveries of coal on the reps |arations account, even in returnt for cash payments, on the ground that they were in receipt of an order from the Germi# federal coal commission= f er forbidding such action decimeter, 0.328 feet. The refusal was contained in the meter, 1.093G ‘yards. reply to a written order from Gen. dekameter, 1,9584 rods. kilometer, 0.62137 miles; or ! Denvignes which was delivered indi- vidually to the directors ordering ea~h o resume deliveries in - aceordance’ iviith the reparations progeam. The mine directors committee, in —_— ——————————"= |delivering their reply at a conference - BE LAID TO GERMANY [Probably Will Be Declared | In Arrears Tomorrow on | Merchandise Deliveries 1 1 % 1 1 mile eaual that the agreement reached on Sat- urday for resumption of deliveries for cash had been made with the reservation that it would not stand in case the federal commissioner ordered otherwise which he had now done. Action Likely. Berlin, Jan. 15. (By Associated | Eress)—The German coal commission | has prohibited the coal owners of the Ruhr from supplying coal or coke to I'rance or Belgium even if payment is made for the fuel. This stiffening attitude by the Ger- | Dramati | | Paris, Jan. 15, (By Associated [ e [Tres) =1t weomed oettaln toduy WhEH ) Cotvertment ix exasoted: hard 10 IGermany would be declared in de a0 & B 25 delivomios of mee. | Precipitate dramatic action by the ek i o I'rench government, chandise at a meeting of the repara-| 8 Recording the arrival of the I're tions commission called for tomorrow. Bl WL DE the S e at Bochum the Lokal Anzeiger say | This would be ‘8 new: measure REatnat iy okl immdnidtely: teased andax Germany because of her receént dealin- | i oment. nravailed. . The communi atlon to keep:'on with ‘her deliver-|yi ;445 hogan distributing leaflets ies. g ; . Ivocating war with ce and des The French delegation has asked|manging the resignation of Chancele that the commission consider this||on cuno action the first thing tomorrow as a = result of Germany's note to the com- Buchuin Takeh Over mission giving notice that Germany| o #EH ARER PEEE tel [could not longer continue her deliver- |, BOCHUIM: o lies in Kind because of the French L o8 —This : kol N faction in the Ruhr. gttt pel o) This declaration of default, which P75 ¥ Hhe T """""‘(‘sl"” Sk was expected to be taken by a vote|y.. ) ian comploted p i of three to one, will be used by the French, it is explained in reparations| P circles, as a for requisitions in| TOUAY's action by the French in ex- the Ruhr. These would include al {Pding the zone of their occupation deliveries in kind which Germany is ' the Ruhr to include Bochum and cbligated to make, including livestock, | Stablish a new line encircling all the Toh RAd staeh ool aud weod Ruhr industries of Hugo Stinnes, fol- It is recalled in reparation circles,| '°WS receipt by the reparations com- however, that M. Coste, head of the Mission vesterday of the note from industrial ‘mission in the Ruhr, has SeEmaN gavernmont Wewiiyving fiy been quoted as telling the Ruhr mine INtehton to suspend payments of owners they would be paid for their| ™ON€Y and dciiveries of goods Lae coal in some way. There is specula- | “AUsc of the Ruhr occupation tion thercfore to ho wthis right of | S BISHON AR 61 ven. WU LTE e requisition claimed by the French| 'S section would be taken in case would be reconciled with the promise |°f German suspension of delivery of 6 DAY coal on reparations account. It was The anticipated three to one vote|“nnounced in Paris Saturday that oc- in the repurations commission is on|CiPAtion of Bochum and the sur. the basis of abstention from voting|.oUnding region would become neces. by Sir John Bradbury, the British| ™7, !0 this case. It was pointed out member Which {5 consiiered cquivar| At an important industrial center S diblionsd) Bochum had grown to be and how far it outstripped the Essen region b already occnpied in coal production, he figures given showed the region $50 PER GUSTOMER previously occupied produced only 26,000,000 tons of coal annually while — the zone of Bochum and its neigh- Investigator Claims Bridgeport Al |0rhood produced 70,000,000 tons The French figures showed that out leged Auto Thieves Ring Paid This of the 26,000,000 tons produccd by the Essen district 19,000,000 tons to its Agents. would be required for the deliveries | Bridecport, Jan. 15.—The five mon | Germany shouid make on her repara- itrested in connection with what the tions .nvrmxflv there remaining thus police and private investi ors say e the VD W S |'l’HF(H’? was an “automobile stealir R | O . e o will be arraigned before U. 8, Com. |!of 20,000,000 tons By occupying the missioner Hugh Lavery on January || 0Chum region with SIVR 25. It had been wrongly announced | 'onS production, it was added, the 3. It he : French and Belgians could dispose of that three of the men would be given | a4 hearing today . Inquiry into the sale of automobile: i here alleged to have been stolen by |Udr the Goldy brothers or handied by |Mainder to C them for the men who did the steal- ing, went ahead today. One private | necessary to meet the supply the deliver the re« the coal | reparations uhr factories, and ma deliveries, Order is Absolute investigator claimed that it had been| Paris, Jan. 15 (By the Associated found that certain men in the city re- | Press)—The rman government, ceived a commission of $50 for find- {says a Havas dispatch from Bssen ing customers for automobiles Ihi(‘hb had been offered for sale. {Continued on Eleventh Page.)