New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BR RORABACK MAY BE PLANNING T0 DITCH KLETT IN FAVOR OF NEW HAVEN PROSEC Washington Dispatch Mentions Alling as Pos- ~sible Successor to Smith as U, 5. Dist. Attorney Dept. of Justice Weakening on Appointment of New Britain Man Because of Opposition—McLean and Brandegee Asked for Opinions. SWITCH MIGHT AID REPUBLICAN MACHINE BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washingtun Bureau of New Britain Herald). Washington, D. C,, March 16, — Very interesting developments may be expected shortly in connection with the appointment of a United States district attorney for Connecticut, an office which has heen vacant since the death of Edward Smith of Hartford, the former district attorney early in Iebruary. Up to Senators Now Letters written by the department of justice today to Senators Mclean and Brandegee of Connecticut asking them to recommend a man for this place are expected to bring this mat- fer to a climax within the next ten days. The situation is full of important political possibilities because of the opposition of an organized prohibi- tion and church element in the, state to the appointment of the man chosen for the place by State Chairman J. Henry Roraback and the state execu- tive committee. Weakening on Klett It was learned at the department of Jjustice today that the department ‘offi- cials are weakening on the candidacy of G. WIKlett of New Brltaln" who has the endorsement of the republican stato committee, because of the or: ganized opposition to him put for- ward by the prohibition element, and presented to the department by States’ Attorney Hugh Alcorn of Suffield. Alling is Mentioned The department, on the other hand, At is learped, is taking under consid- eration a strong endorsement that has been received from the state in behalf of Arnon A. Alling, state's attorney at New Haven. This endorsement, it was sald, came from business men, law- yers and* everyday citizens and not from the politicians. Tt will be interesting to note wheth- er in view of the opposition to ap- pointment of Klett and the strong en- dorsement of Arnon Alling, State Chairman Roraback and Senators McLean and Brandegee will switch (Continued on Page Twenty-Five) SERIOUS WIND STORM High Gales Blow Over Northern New York, Great Damage Being Done At Rochester and Buffalo. Rochester, N. Y, March 16.—At Jeast a dozen persons were injured, two of them probably fatally, as the result of the wind storm here today. Four were hurt when a huge sign was blown from a roof. wothers wers injured when a roof torn from its moorings struck a street car. & Buffalo, N. Y., March 16.—A 70 mile an hour gale accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain prevailed in western New York early today. Several hous- es in course of construction were de- molished. Wire communication was crippled. Falls and Breaks Hand As Broken Leg Mends| Fred E. Purinton of 23 Griswold street fell on the sidewalk in front of 64 Grand street this morning and broke a bone in his right hand Mr, Purinton reported the matter to the police. He has only recently recover- ed from a broken leg. Babson Sees Great Possibilities | For Southern States Development Thinks Alabama Might Become Great Industrial Center and Florida Wonderful Agricultural Section. a Tocally Only by The Herald). (g:.;:; Wales, Florida, March 16.— During the past two weeks Roger W. Babson has been travelling through the South continuing his study of business conditions. He is .now in IMorida and today releases a state- ment on conditions. "I am very bull- ish on the south for the long pull,” says Mr. Babson. *Alabama may be- +come the greatest industrial state in America, and Florida may become the geratest agricultural state. The south has all the basic natural re- sources—climate, phosphates, fuel, water power and shipping facilitie: All the south needs is more ‘vision UTOR _ SUZANNE LENGLEN THIRD TRIUNPH FOR CREAT FRENGH STAR Rmerican Title Holder Was Game to End, But Ontclassed CHAWPION WAS CONFIDENT “l Will Beat Her, Ncver Fear,” She Said Before Match—Mrs. Mallory Likewise Lacked No Assurance As She Went Onto Court Today. Nice, March 16, (By Associated Press).~——Suzanne Lenglen defeated Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6—0, 6—0, in their tennis match today. . . Unmercifully Beaten, The American champion received an unmerciful beating at the hands of the world’s title hoider not bringing a single game to deuce in the first set and only scoring eight points, In the second set Mrs, Mallory suc- ceeded in taking two games to deuce but scored a total of only 11 points. Mile. Lenglen showed superiority in every department of play. Molla was game to the finish but | was unable to make her plucky stand count for much in the scoring. Suzanne's Third Victory. Today’'s victory for Mlle. Lenglen marked her third triumph over Mrs. Mallory in the four times the two have met. Their first meeting was (Continued on Twenty-Fifth Page) Jumps From Window to Escape Death in Fire I Windsor, March 16.—Mrs, Ger- [trude Fleming was injured today | when she jumped from a second | story window after a fire was discov- {ered in her home. George Scranton !attempted to catch the woman and | succéeded in saving her from serious injury. The fire was caused by anj| | overheated stove and did damage to| { the two story dwelling estimated at $4,000, | ?Stamford Has Another Case of Smallpox Today Stamford, March 16.—Another case | of smallpox was recorded here last night, making five listed in this city.! { The addition to the list is Jéremiah F. SBullivan, employed by the Yale and Towne Mfg. Co. City Health Of- | ficer J J. Ryle today issued orders for| vaccingtion of persons who have not been vaccinated in the last five years | and all school children. | | NEAR EAST CONFERENCE. Paris, March 16.—(By ' Associated | Press.)——The preliminary conference | among the 'allies for examination of the Turkish counter-proposals to the Lausanne draft peace treaty, will open next Tuesday in London. The exami- nation is expected to continue until the end of March. ‘something’ which makes things go. Moreover, the South is fast getting that vision. Every southern city and every southern state is evidence of this fact. The south is waking up and the north and west must look out or they will some day be out- classed both industrially and agricul. turally. Growth Is Rapid. |Get Into Traffic Jam, Two i conspiracy to defraud the government ITAI Finds Tribe So Primitive It Believes World Is Flat And Americans Live Upside Down on Bottom Moscow, March 16.—(By Assoclat- ed Press.)—A tribe so primitive that | It belleves Americans live on the bot- tom of the world .and are therefore in darkness, has been found in the | mountain villages of the Daghestan by Dr. F. A. Golder of the Hoover| Foundation, | These people, Dr. Golder sald, up-/ on lils return here, think that Ameri- | “ims.do their plowing while walking St of , oxen to whose| +orlLS 13 CENTS About 3,500 People Pay $25,000 at New Britain Office About 3,600 people paid income taxes this year totalling approximate- ly $25,000 at the New Britain office of the internal revenue collector, Wil- liam W. T. Squire, who is in charge of the office, announced this morning. The smallest tax paid was for 13 cents and the largest sum was more than $1,000. The reports at the office of the col- lector show that more people made out returns this year than last year. Mr. Squire in reply to a question ask- ed by a representative of the “Her- ald” stated that residents of New Britain were considerate in filing their returns and few waited until the last minute. Both Mr. Squire and his assistant were at the office all day yesterday and last night until 12 o'clock to ac- commodate those who waited until the last day to make their returns. Few were received after 8 o'clock in the evening. About $6,000 of the $25,000 was taken in at the office yes- terday. . Up to & late hour this afternoon more than 12 people had called at the office to make returns and because they were one day late they were obliged to pay a fine of $5. STORM KILLS EIGH:I"PERSONS Fifty or More Are Injured by Ter- rific Disturbance Which Sweeps Tennessce—One Village Wiped Out. persons were killed and 50 or m injured in a storm which wrecked village of Savage, Mississippi,. late yesterday and swept through. sections of Panola and Quit- man counties, according to word re- celved today from the storm swept area. Man Arrested in Danbury On Charges of Espionage Danbury, March 16.—Alfred Wag- enknecht, said to have been known also as A. B. Martin and Allison, was arrested in Bethel last night by Dep- uty U. S. Marshal Miller of New Haven and an agent of the federal department of justice on a warrant al- leging violation of the federal espion- age act. The man is wanted by the tederal authorities in New York city and he has been held by United States Commissioner Willlam H. Cable in this city in $5,000 bail for a hear- ing on March 26 on the question of his return to the New York juris- diction. It is alleged that he de- clared in making application for a passport that he was Walter Frederick Bronstrup, a native of Cincinnatl whereas he is a native of Germany. e Are Found With Alcohol Stamford, March 16.—Local police found 95 gallons of alcohol in an automobile which was stopped here last night for a traffic violation. They arrested Thomas Marrone and Vincent Apicella, both of Brooklyn, N. Y., and turned them over to the federal au- thorities, Former Sheriff Hawley Reported Critically Ill Danbury, March 16.—Word was recelved here today of the critical ill- ness of Sidney E. Hawley, former sheriff of Fairfield county and former United States marshal, at his home in Bridgeport. Mr. Hawley who for many years was one of the leading figures in public affairs in Fairfield county has pneumonia complicated by pleurisy. ? TOURNAMENT TONIGHT. The first of a series of “New Britain | Club Nights” will be held in the rooms of the club in City Hall build-) ing tonight. Tournaments at bridge, piteh, billiards and pool have been ar-| ranged. All members of the club will | be welcome. Refreshments will be served, HART MUST STAND TRIAL New York, March 16. — Federal Judge Winslow today denied a motion to quash the indictment against Har- old L. Hart, former state prohibition director and 16 others, charged with through violation of the Volstead act. | SACOO MAY BE INSAN Dedham, Mass, March ]6.—Judge Thayer in the superior cdurt today Instructed the district attorney to ap- point two alienists to examine Nicola Sacco, convicted murderer on hunger strike and make report to the court tomorfow morning as to Sacco's men- tal condition, “It was only a few years ago that cotton mills were built in the south. Today some of the finest mills in the world are in Georgla, the Carolinas and Texas. Moreover, the workers in these mills are a éplendid group of snd more of that indescribable (Continued on l;m Fifteen Stamford, March 16.—Mrs, .nm--] phine Hoyt of this city, widow of George H. Hoyt, who was president of the Stamford Savings bank, died last INCOME - MAYOR WOULD KILL Memphis, Tenn., March 16.—Eight L in Tate. county, | @l *| or future necessities relating to suit- | | needed. | police reported. L o 1 S SATNNE NEW BRITAIN HERALD | | | horns candles are tied, * Believing that| the world Is table-shaped, with them-| solves on its top, they feel that the Americans are indeed ‘unfortunate, Dr, Golder said that in many of the villages delegations greeted him as a| man from the world below. Some were anxlous to know how Americans managed to get about. | “They thought I arrived by way of a hole in the ground, the ladder to| which is kept by the Czar of Mos- cow,” Dr. Golder asserted. J SCHOOL BOND ISSUE Calls City Mesting Board to Re- consider Action of January 5 | UNNECESSARY, . HE SAYS Paonessa Declares He Has Been In- formed That $625,000 Is Not Need- ed to Furnish Proper Accommoda- tions for Children. Mayor A, M. Paonessa this morn- ing signed a call for a special ses- sion of the city meeting board to be held Friday night, March 23, at the auditortlum of the Central Junior High school, ‘at 8 o'clock, to recon- sider action taken at a meeting Janu- ary b in voting for the issuance of school bonds to the amount of $625,- 000, Accompanying the mayor's call for the meeting, was a brief message ex- plaining that he has been informed that so large a bond issue is not necessary, and that since it will boost the bonded indebtedness near the five per cent limit, he feels the action should be rescinded. .. Call for Meeting The call for the meeting is as fol- lows: “You arc hereby warned and noti- fled thi® a special meeting of the city meeting board will be held on the 23rd day of March, A. D, 1923, at 8 o'clock, p. m, in the Grammar School hall on Main street, New Britain, said meeting being hereby called for the purpose of considering the rescinding and, if deemed advis- able, to vote to rescind the action of the city meeting board at its meeting id on the 6th day of January, 1923, 'voting to issue school bonds to the unt of ?‘25.000 and in confirm- ing, adopting afd roving the ap- propriation of said sum By the com- mon council for the purpose of erect- ing school buildings, enlarging exist- ing school buildings, buying or se- curing land therefor and equipment thereof and for the purpose of tak- | ing any other action concerning the | sald matters proper to come before | sald meeting.” Statement by Mayor. The mayor's statement follows: “Since the bond issue of $625,000, | for school buildings, land, etc., was passed by the city meeting board, 1| have received information that the necessities for additional school ac- commodations do not call for such a| large sum. This proposed bond {is- sue follows closely an issue of $570,- 000 for school purposes, making a total issue of $1,195,000 within one year. The last issue brings the city within a very short distance from the debt limit allowed by law. If it is| unnecessary to thus increase the bonded debt of the city at this time and the city has acted without a full understanding either of the present able school accommodations, then it | is my duty as mayor to bring the matter before the city meeting for its‘ reconsideration.” | Ex-Mayor G. A. Quigley was one| of the first to raise the question of | necessity of so large a bond issue. , CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923, —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES FATAL TRAIN WRECKING AND BOMB Ave Week March Daily Circulation "ok 9,251 10th PRICE THREE CENTS OUTRAGES MARK RUHR ACTIVITIES; GERMANY ISSUES FAVORABLE REPORT ON GREENBERG; SUNDAY SPORTS UP TO EACH CITY | Soptlement Until Every Baseball and Football Games Can Be Permitted or Forbidden by Local Option, Under Provisions as Reported. Hartford, March 16.—The forfcited rights committee reported favorably cn the petition of Albert A. Green- berg, former prosecutor in the New Piritain court for restoration of his rights which he lost through convic- tion of an offense in connection with | certain bootlegging cases in that court, Senator Kenealy explained the circumstances. He said the commit- tee thought that the attorney had been severely punished and the ques- tion was whether his character now| is such to warrant restoring to him his civil rights and the committee thought it was. ' State's Attorney Alcorn was the only person to appear in opposi- tion and he was a trifle bitter in his attitude, and said the scnator, the committee felt that his duty ended when he completed the prosecution of Greenberg and his appearanec before the committee was that of a private| citizen. Greenberg's offénse, for/ which he was convicted was accept- ance of a bribe of $500 under the| gujse of a charge for services given| to a person accused in the case. The| senate unnaimously voted in favor of | restoration of rights. The bill has yet to go before the lower branch of the legislature. It is expected that it will be taken up for action by the representatives the early| part of next week, Sunday Games | The Sunday bill to permit profes- sional baseball and football on Sun-| day afternoons drawn by the judiclary| committee was reported favorably to the house today. It is based on the bill which Senator Bakewell of New Haven introduced and spoke for, and contains local option featuers. I would permit games in these sports| between 2 and 6 p. m. Sundays after permission has been given by the mayor and council, in a eity or board | of selectmen in a town. If the people in a town ®bject the Aocal option | question is to be decided in town meeting. The cities and boroughs committne announced a hearing for next Wednes- day afternoon on the report of the commission on uniform city charters, IN THE SENATL In the senate a resolution was adopted paying Fred W. Hurley $400/ for preparing the manual and roll. Unfavorable Report | Unfavorable reports were in bills | nel fleet and another as follows: Reducing from four to one per cent the amount reserved by the state and! paying of balance to the town where decedent resided in collection of a| succession tax; to give automobile re-| pair men a lien if a repair bill is un- | paid after 90 days; requiring automo- bile repair men to secure a license after passing an examination by the motor vehicle department; providiug' that makers, dealers and repairers of | automobiles to keep record of all per- sons who ‘ay have been entrusted | temporarily with a motor vehicle, The claims of 8. Z. Fields, Inc., of | New Haven for extra cost on state printing oveg the estimate due to a printers strike, and of Thomas A. Mitchell, a former state policeman, for injuries received while on the force were rejected on unfavorable reports. (Continued on Twenty-Fifth Page) At the recent banquet of the com- mon council and city officials, the| former mayor said he had been told | by the chairman of the school board that bonds to that amount were not Mayor Paonessa has been devoting | much time to a study of the school | board’'s problems, and is convinced, he says, that the city can get along| without any new school buildings for | the next two years. He believes that| a few extra desks can be placed in| all rooms and changes made from | one school to another where neces- sary to relieve overcrowded condi-| tions. | Six Men and Four Women |Rounded Up in New Canaan | | was lacking. New Canaan, March 16.—Six men| and four women were arrested here last night by state police and local officers who visited eight houses armed with search warrants. Liquor was found in two of the houses, the| All those arrested were héld in $500 bail each for a hearing. | ADDRE PUPILS Advice to pupils of the Central Junior High school was given at two special assemblies during the week. Thursday Principal 1.. P. Slade of the| Senior High school spoke to the pu- pils of the ninth grade and Principle Herman Hall of the Trade school talked. Yesterday Ralph E. Farnum, Miss Anna M. Geissler and Paul . Wiggin spoke to the pupils. | THE WEATHER - Hartford, Mar, 16.—.Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: || Rain this afternoon and prob- ably tonight followed by clear- ing and colder. Saturday fair and much colder. night at Tampa, Fla., at the age of 79, | s * KILLED BY TIMBER WOLVES | of World War Veteran, Well Knowné | Canadian Trapper. | Saskatoon, Sask., March 16.—Carl Linn, world war veteran, one of the best known trappers and mushers in the north country, is believed to have| lost his life in a death battle with ai pack of ‘timber wolves, Shreds of clothing and a gun, iden- tified as belonging to Linn surrounded by the carcasscs of six dead wolves,' were found by two hunters near Cree lake, 200 miles north of Ile A la, Crosse, but trace of the hunter's body | { i | Eloped From Poorhouse, Now Has No Place to Go Pineville, Ky, March 16.—James Sutton, 72, and Catherine Boomer, 26, inmates of the Bell county in- firmary, near here, returned yester- day from Barbourville, where they eloped and were married. County Judge Bingham has ordered them to leave the infirmary and become self supporting. Mrs. Sutton says she has tuberculosis and is unable to work. | Sutton is not spry as he once was, but is a whirlwind lover. He was| paying court to a blind inmate of the infirmary when Miss Boomer was committed, instantly he dropped his blind sweetheart and paid court to the newcomer. Sutton had no money s0 he walked to Middlesboro and begged dimes and nickels till he col- | lected enough for the runaway trip of 20 miles. The elopment followed. TIGER'S WIFE DIES Milwaukee, Wis, March 16.— The | death in Paris of Mme. Mary Plum- | mer (lemenceay, estranged wife of | “the Tiger" of France and war-time premier is announced today by the Milwaukee Journal. Mme. Clemen- ceau was a native of Wisconsin. HER DRY AGENTS SENT 10 STEM WET TIDE New Jersey and Long Island Goasts to Be Patrolled PEAR “GRAY GHOST” PIRATE Fleet of Rum Smugglers off Block Is- | » land Reported in Terror Jest Mys- terious Sca Maurader Steal Their Supply—Action Promised. New York, March 16.—Forces of prohibition enforcement agents under direction of 1. C. Yellowley state di- rector and R. Q. Merrick, zone chief, have been dispatched to Long Island and New Jersey coast points in an «f- fort to stem the tide of liquor being smuggled into the country from the fleets outside the three mile limit. “"We are working on information taken from newspapers,” Mr., Merrick added. > Refer to A. P. Stories He referred to the Associated Press dispatches of renewed activity among bottie fishermen on the New Jersey coast and to articles sent from Long Island and Connecticut coast towns by staff correspondents of the World and the Evening World, telling of whole- sale running from the Ambrose chan- standing off Block Island, off the point of Long Island. The Evening World says that a syn.| dicate of wealthy men is conducting the rum’ smuggling operations in towns along the tip of Long Island and that their trade comprises four- fifths of the entire Atlantic coast smuggling, that they work in broad daylight in defiance of the law and have carried on unmolested for weeks. 10,000 Cases A member of the syndicate is re- ported to be in England dickering for shipment of 10,000 cases of Scotch whislkey. within six weeks, the wealthy continues the newspaper have been pressed into service as liquor storage houses all ether places having been filled several weeks ago. Caretakers of these summer homes are making a business of storing the liquor for 35 cents a case, it was said. (Continued ou Page 21). MONTENEGRO'S FORMER QUEEN DIES, AGED 76 Her Daughter, Helena of Italy, Hears of Death While Hastening to Her France, March 16.—(By Press.)—Former Queen died at 1:20 Antibes, Associated Milena of Montenegro o'clocn this morning. The end came one hour after her daughter, Queen Helena of Italy, had left Antibes for Rome by special train. When the royal carriage reached Genoa, Queen Helena, who had hastened to her mother’'s bedside on Wednesday, received a message announcing the deatn, Milena, who was 76 years old, had [Such is Believed To Have Been Fate | been suffering for some time from FORMER QUEEN MILENA. rosis and chronic nephritis, At the queen’s bedside were Grand Duke Nicholas, Grand Duke and many members of the household. Queen Helena upon learning of her mother's death retuined immediately from Genoa. The prefect called to oxpress the sympathy of Presideat Millerand and the French government. arteri The shipment is expectgd Summer homes of Peter | ULTIMATUM |Will Not Even Think of Soldier of France and | Belgium is Withdrawn |Sabotage Increases in Occu- | pied Areas and Additional Troops Are Being Sent Into District. Duesseldorf, March 16, (By As- sociated Press)—One French soldier |was killed and three soldiers and (three French railroad men were |injured when a French troop train was wrecked near Treves, in the Rhineland today, as the result of sabotage. This was one of several serious cases of sabotage reported by the I'rench from various parts of the oc- cupied territory. The train was di- | verted from the main line by a switch being thrown and crashed into a freight train. Bridge Dynamited. Another case of violence was the blowing up by dynamite of the rails rodd bridge over the Kalkum river between Duisburg and Duesseldorf. This was the first instance in which dynamite has been successfully em- ployed for this purpose, The French patrol guarding the bridge was fired upon by the perpetrators, but none of its members was injured. Wires Cut, Bomb Thrown Near Coblenz, three miles of tele- phone and telegraph cable which in- cluded 14 important military wires were cut out and destroyed. The French said it would take six months to repair this damage. A bomb was thrown at the rallway station at Wiedau but only slight damage was done. More Troops Coming Additional reinforcements to the guards for the civil engineers mission are beginning to arrive, It was an- nounced today that 15,000 French troops were coming and 65,000 Bel- w‘g'luns, although Brussels reports say the Belgian troops arc merely.replace- ments. This wil make a - total of seven divisions in the Ruhr besides varfous auxiliary forces. Germany's Decision. . Berlin, March 16. (By Associated Press)—Germany's unofficial response to the recent announcement that France and Belgium will evacuate the occupied regions as fast as Berlin |makes tangible guarantees asserts {that only a complete withdrawal of | the allies will make possible any ne- | gotiations. This opinion so far has been ex- pressed only in the press and in | Reichstag circles, but it is known that editors and politicians alike have been informed by the government that any negotiations on the repara- tions question are conditional upon the return of the Ruhr to German control. Political writers familiar with the attitude of Wilhemstrasse say that they have heard nothing of the re- yported German overtures to London. Any intimations of peace suggestions that appear in the Berlin press come from outside sources. Die Zeit, the industrialists’ journal, asserting “that the occupation of ter- ritory is no guarantee for deliveries” adds that “not a pfennig will be giv- en until the last soldier is evacuated from the Ruhr.” The French View Paris, March 16.—(By . Press)—The French are holding to the view that the Germans are not ready to negotiate for a settlement of the Ruhr occupation question and the reparations problem, it was indicated at the foreign office today. A flat denial was given to reports |that the Franco-Belgian allies have requested the British or a neutral na- tion to indicate the IFranco-Belgian lingness for intervention. The “rench insist that the Germans must make direct overtures to France and | Belgium. It was stated, however, that the | Ruhr situation was improving and |the prediction was made that before ong the valley would become rapidly |productive of coal and coke. | | i | | 1 | BANDITS MAKE ESCAPE Daring Robbers Get Between $10,000 and $15,000 Loot in Small Town Near St. Louis. Six | St. Louis, March 16.—Six bandits {today held up the State Bank of | Wellston just west of the city limits, lined up eight employes and throe customers against a wall, scooped up between $10,000 and $15,000 from the cages and escaped in automo- biles. The robbery was executed in less than two minutes, DIVORCE IS GRANTED London, March 16.—(By Associated | Press)—The Hon. John Russell, son and heir of Lord Amthill was granted fa divorce today. A jury found Mrs. | Russell guilty of misconduct with an junknown man, but not with Harold | Mayer, the corespondent. | WANT RAISE IN LAWRENCE Lawrence, Mass,, March 16.—A de. mand for a wage increase will be made by the mill workers associated with the local branch eof the United Textile Workers in the near future, according to Organizer Francis Gor- man.