New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1923, Page 1

of the World B Associated Pre | ESTABLISHY "™ 0 _"‘ L RECO( 31’ GO’ o~ /- § SEEN A Was} Announces That Pubfic Announce- ment of Policy Will be Given Out Soon Mexican Assurances of Pro- tection of Rights of For- eigners Are Believed to Have Been Given. TREATY HAS BEEN HELD UP SINCE 1921 ( 4, Washington, April 21.—The long controversy between the United States and the Obregon government in Mex- ico has reached a stage regarded in some officlal quarters as forecasting an early complete agreement. Washington, April 21.—A public announcement regarding relations with Mexico was said today by au- thorized administration spokesmen to be expected within a few days. Any statement on the question at this time, it was added, probably would be embarrassing and might endan- ger the success of an undertaking now in the stage of final adjustment. Agreement Waiting Since 21, Ever since 1921 a draft treaty pro- poscing a renewal of good relations between Washington and Mexico and involving recognition of the Obregon regime by the United States, has heen in Mr. Summerlin’s hands awalting signature at the moment satisfactory guarantees have heen given in re- rard to American rights. Whether that time has come officials here will not say. Mexican Guarantee, It is known, however, that legisia- tion pending in the Mexican cham- ber of deputies designed to so apply artiele. 27 of the Mexican constifu- tion that it will not be retroactive is regarded by Obregon officials at least as embodying the sort of guar- antee the United States has request- ed. That opinion has been made known to this government through the Mexican embassy here in a com= prehonsive ve-establishment of the whole Mexican side of the case. Assurances Sent. Renewed assurances regarding the protection of the rights of foreigners in the southern republie, all along the chief stumbling block in the way of recognition of Obregon by this gov- ernment, are believed to have been sent to Washington and apparently have been received by officlals here as an important step in the right direction. The views of Washington on the subject have been made known to Charge Summerlin of the American embassy in Mexico City and discus- sions are in progress there which are expected to lead to a public an- nouncement within a few days, PRICE OF WOOL G0oDS GOING UP, SAYS WooD Wage Increases Means 7 1.2 to 15 Cents a Yard More, Manufacturer Declares New York, April 21.—William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen Co. sailed on the Majestic to- day for a vacation in Europe declar- ing he left the company in the most satisfactory condition in its history, *The mills are operating to 100 por cent capacity,” he said “and have suf- ficient orders to keep them employed for the baiance of the season. The recent advance in labor will in- ercase the cost of our products from 7 1-2 to 15 cents a yard and beyond that as a matter of fact prices of raw wool have advanced 12 1-2 to 41 per cent over prices at which wools were figured in this scason’s goods.” CAPT. | fi@i’vfis 0uT New Britain Military Officer Resigns and Is Given Honorable Discharge Hartford, April 21—The resignation of Captain Harry A, Hargreaves, 160th infantry, National Guard, was an- nounced in order from the adjutant general's office today. The resignation is accepted and Captain Hargreaves honorably discharged. Capt. Har- greaves lives in New Britain and saw overseas service during the World War, First Lieut. William 8. Lines, Jr, is promoted to a captainey vice Har. greaves and is assigned to. be adju. tant of the 169th infantry. Col. James A, Haggerty, 160th in. fantry, is directed to arrange for re- cruiting a regimental headquarters company for the 170th infantry in New Haven, 9 GALS. WHISKEY DESTROYED, Bridgeport, April 21.—Fifty-nine gallons of whiskey, valued at $2,500, seized by state and local police at the home here of Edward Dirigibus some time ago and ordered by Judge W. Tt. Boardman of the city court to he destroyed, was dumped into the sewer in the alley haside police head. quarters early today. <ION OF OBREGON ) J.eod was badly injured NEW BRITAIN HERAL NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1923, —EIGH'NEEN PAGES, Hartford-New Haven Locomotive Explodes SECOND BANK OFFICIAL IS SELF CONFESSED THIEF AT | YMENT IN MEXICO IS S PROBABILITY Earthquake Knocks Hospital and Shops Into Sea in Russia oL Moscow, April 21 (By the As- soclated Press)—The Russian newspapers report an earth- quake on April 15 at Petropav- lovsk, Kamchatka, which car- rled Into the sea two factorfes, a hospltal and several houses, The number of casualties has not yet heen learned. _ WOMAN MUST BRING DAUGHTER T0 COURT Judge Alling Threatens Mrs. Cher- nopsky With Jail and Fine YOUNG GIRL IS FUGITIVE Committed To Girls' School At Mid- dietown and Madc Her Escapo— Mother Accused of Harboring Her From Police Authorities, Unless Mrs. Eva Chernopsky of Church street produces her daughter Cassimere, in court on Saturday morn- ing of next week she will face a pen- alty of a $500 fine and three months in jail, Judge B. W. Alling told her in police court this morning, when she was arralgned on a charge of harboring a female child who had es- caped from the Tndustrial School for Girls in Middletown, Threatened To Shoot. Sergeant George P. Ellinger testi- fled thet he went to the home of Mrs. Chernopsky on March 24, the day af- ter the girl was alleged to have es- caped from the school. The refuged to tell him where the daugh- ter was and threatened to shoot him if she (the mother) was arrested. She algo admitted having dictated a letter to her hoy which was sent to the su- perintendent of the school, he said. Caroline Penniman, superintendent of the school at Middletown, read the lefter ‘which was sent to her. Tn the letier Mrs. Chernopsky suid that she was sick.fiom warryinge about her daughter and that she was giving her medicine. She also wrote that If the police ‘caught her daughter again she would only run away once more, 1,000 GE INCREASE Track and Section Men on B. and M. Given Wage Raise—Others Are Granted Concessions. Boston, April 21, (By Associated Press).—An increase in wages for about 4,000 track and section men and foremen on the Boston and Maine raliroad was announced today. The advance makes the wage for men with | six months’ experience 40 cents an hour instead of 37. It was granted on request of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Machine Shop Workers which has other requests pending. The increase effective last Friday was agreed to after conferences be- tween union and road officials and it was said that in the case of the other requests agreement on a simi- lar basis was probable, Two Killed, Four Hurt in Fall of Bombing Plane Dayton, O., April 21.-—~A Martin bomber fell on the west bank of the Great Miami river shortly after noon today resuiting in the death of two persons and the injury of four others. SNOW CAUSES WRECK Saulte Ste, Marie, April 1.—Levy Case, 43, éngineer of a freight train on the Algoma Central railway was killed and his fireman, Graham Mc- | mated reduction in the C(@ban crop | when the| from 4,100,000 tons to 3,735,000 tons | train struck an avalanche of snow at| py H, A. Himely, one of the leading | Agawa Canyon Friday, according to information given out at noon today | strength in the spot market were in- | at the railroad's offices here. mother | She | sald that her daughter was ready to| MOVE T0 EXTRADITE HAHMER HURDERESS Govt, Starts Acflon, Seeking to Indentify Honduran Suspact 'HUSBAND UNDER ARREST | Catitornia Authorities Seck to Connect | | Him With Her Escape—Man With Wanted on Her Believed to be | Charges of Arson, ‘Washington, April 21.~As a pre- | liminary to a formal request for ex- | tradition, the state department has decided to open negotiations with the Honduran government to establish the identity of a suspect residing in Tegucigalpa and belleved to be Mrs. Clara Phillips, convicted hammer murderess, who escaped from jail in California, Can Trace Couple Los Angeles, April 21.—~In discuss- ing reports from Sacramento that Mrs. Clara Phillips, escaped “hammer murderess’” and Jess C. Carson, want- | | ed here on an arson charge had been | located in Honduras, Stuart R. Flint- | ham, county fire warden, in an inter- | view with the Los Angeles Times to- day said he thought he could trace practically all the movements of Mrs, | Phillips and Carson since they vanish- | ed from Los Angeles. Flintham said Carson was accused of having set fire to a grocery store he had leased to Walter K. Taylor in | Belvedere Gardens, a suburb, after he ha dfailed to oust Taylor from the | property by other means. Husband Involved The fire warden said he had rea- sons to believe Phillips and Carson had been close friends and while with holding any Information he might | have as to how Mrs. Phillips escaped | from jail and where she concealed | herself immediately afterward, the officer declared that on the night of December 28, Philllps gave Carson 182,200 to take to Mrs, Phillips and the | two planned at the time how the woman and Carson were to leave the country. Outlines Their Route According to Flintham, Carson and Mrs. Phillips went to New Orleans | about January 15 and apparently had | pienty of money. From that city they went to Vera Cruz, Mexico and thence to Mexico City. From there, Flintham | { | | | (Continued on Fourtsenth Page) 10 HELL WITH PAPERS IS LARKIN' FAREWELL Irish Agitator, Deported in Steerage, Rants at Newspaper Men | New York, April 21.—James Larkin |Irish radical who was pardoned by Governor Smith after being. sentenc- ed to serve five years in Sing Sing on | being convicted of charges of crimin- |al anarchy, was deported today in the steerage of the liner Majestic by order {of the department of labor. He said he did not know where he was going but intimated he might be {put off the bhoat at some port in | England, To an Trish steward he said | however: “Well, I'll soon be in Treland.” Larkin was taken to the pler in a taxi by an immigration inspector who remained with him until the gang- plank was raised, after which Larkin | was turned over to the ship's officers. Larkin went to the steerage dining room after boarding the vessel. His face, usually pale, was flushed, His gray hair was uncombed. Cienching his fist, when told reporters wished to speak to him he cried out: “To hell with them. What care what they say.” | ao 1 {Sugar Futures Market Jumps 9 to 20 Points New York, April 21.—S8ugar futures advanced 9 to 20 points at the epen ing of the market today. An esti- authorities on sugar and a continued | fluencing factors. Canadian Town Menaced by River Flood; Residents Ready to Leave Portage La Prairie, Manit., Partially Inundated—More Than 100 Saved From Drowning in Overflowing of Stream At Ontagnon, Michigan. Winnipeg, April 21.—Flood condi- tions at Portage la Prairie where the Assiniboine river overflower its bank early today were reported serious this | forenoon. The raflroad yard and residential sections were swept by the flood and residents used rowboats to gain places of safety. Conditions at Brandon were report- ed as somewhat improved, the water having dropped about a foot and a half there in the last 12 hours, Portage La Prairie, Manit, April 21.~-A bank of the Assiniboine river broke southwest of here at 2 o'clock this morning and loosed a torrent up- on this city. The railway yards were inundated and the residential section invaded. Householders began pack- ing up to leave at any minute. Ontagnon, Mich,, April 21. — Two feet of water runs through the main streets of Ontagnon today flooding basements and creeping up to the places. The Ontagnon river overflow- thaw. More than 100 lives were saved through quick action by rescuers. Scores of familles were driven from er. would recess on May and then return to take up matters which the governor | | | | | | | | | | }uhow cases and shelves of business || ed its banks vesterday after a spring | | their homes as the water crept high- || Near Meriden Town L ine; Fireman Scalded Engineer Unable to Stop At Silver City, But Conductor Applies Air Brakes Successfully Meriden, April 21-=Frank Schars st mer, fireman, of this city, was scald- od severely on the face and arms nml“ ‘Willlam Beaupres, engincer, scalded slightly when engine applied the air brakes, was Colony street holler | fire ation and Conductor Ired Gillett The train was stopped at the Sout croseing and the city department was ecalled out. tubes blew out on the Hartford-New|Scharmer was taken to a doctor's of- Haven train, due here at 6 o'clock, fice, The engine fire was dumped near the Berlin line this morning and [and the train wus taken by a switch filled the cab with steam, The en- engine to New Haven after an hour‘!‘POSt gineer continued on to Meriden but! delay, face and arms but not seriously, could not stop the train at the JUDGESHIPS HOLD UP'* RECESS FOR SOLONS Legislators Now Expect to Put in, Extra Week at Capitol YALE FOR FREE SPEECH| Professors of Law School Object to Restrictions and Their Protest Is Heeded—Vaccination Again Subject | of Debate. i BY CLARENCE G. WILLARD, (8pecial to The Heraid), Hartford, April 21.—While it was announced by Senator Ells and Major Buckley in their respective houses some wecks ago that the legislature 2 for two weeks to it might fail adjournment, seems now that it will be necessary for the legislature to stay in session at least until May 9 before taking] such recess. There are several rea-| sons for this, not the least of which | is the judgeship appointments by the| governor which were long delayed be- cause of the failure of the bill pro- viding for the two extra judgeships to reach him in the legisiative pro- cedure which it hag to go through. This bill has now reached him, but tho nominations have to rcmain on the calendar for threc days, then go to the other house, then to the ju- diciary committee and come back with a favorable report before the houges can ballot on them and con- | firm them. The confirmation, of| course, i3 a matter of form, hecnusrf Judgeships have not been turned | down in recent years, but the legisia- tion takes tig® apd ofith the other business ‘which® is' coming in, 1% je doubtful if the recess can be taken (Continued on Eighteenth Page). ETERNAL CITY NOW 2,676 YEARS OLD AND CELEBRATES Observation Ieatured Militiamen Taking Solemn Oath of ¥Fascism Rome, April 21. (By Associated Press)-—The celebration today of Rome's 2,676th birthday was perhaps the most solemn in the long history of the Eeternal City. | Premier Mussolini promulgated a| decree establishing April 21 as laber day instead of May 1, and thus the | traditional date of the city's founda- | tion becomes a national holiday. A leading feature of the ceremony | was the administration of the fascista | cath to the national militia as the | troops in a hundred Italian cities were reviewed by the black shirt leaders/| and by the chiefs of the army an«H} navy. self and Gen. phalanxes, A special tribune was ecrected members of the diplomatic corps, in which Ambassador Child and his wife had reserved places. When Premier Mussolini appeared the militiamen sa luted by extending their right arms in | the ancient Roman fashion and took | a solemn oath of absoiute loyalty to the nation and to the iron discipline of fascism. The oath was dictated to them by the commarnder of the Ro- man legion who was stationed in a| captive balloon. | HEARING TUESDAY Petition For Jitney Line to Common- Which Was Not approve for final P s a By National | T 3 b di d Debono reviewed the |t | & h hi o] h wealth Avenue h Heard Wednesday to be Discussed. s Mayor A, M. Paonessa this morn- ing received a communication from the public utilities commission stat. ing that the hearing on an applica- tion for a jitney line to Common- wealth avenue, which was not held last Wednesday, will be held next Tuesday. | The communication reads as fol- lows: “This is to notify you that the hearing on application No. 12561 for the extension of jitney service by Dominick Waluk from Allen and| Carlton streets, northerly on Cariton street to Commonwealth avenue, which through error was not held Wednesday, the 18th, will be heard | Tuesday, April 24, 1923, at 9 a. m,, at City Hall, New Britain, Conn." { THE WEATHER i Hartford, April 21.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy tonight followed by oc- casional showers with lower temperature on Sunday: south- westerly winds, — e Colored People and Oth negro, acquitted | charge of killing two men in Crom- - Scharmer is burned on the V) | UITTED SLAYER WILL BE GIVEN AN EDUCATION Interest Themselves in Julius Land Hartford, April Land, the 21.—Juliug Thursday of ell last February will be sent to xnsuu_l school and given every possible ad- vantage of education, if the plans of his friends and well wishers, and of the many colored people throughout the state who have been interesting themselves in his case material Announcement to this effect was made today by Mrs. Mary T. Seymour, local soclal welfare worker, of No. 420 New Britain avenue, Among the prominent men of Middletown who of a school room is Mayor James ¥. Connery. In addition to this interest in his| STAR, WEDS DIRECTOR pone Honeymoon Be- cause Both Have Pictures to Complete | j Los Angeles, April 21.-Marjorie ;Ila\r, motion picture actress, and Al- fred Edward Sutherland en actor and director, were married last night. 'hey postponed their honeymoon be- cause of screen engagements and were back at work making pictures today. Although they had been close friends for years they said, their ro- are arranging for the future of young | Land, who has never seen the inside | future, Hartford colored people have risen to help pay the expenses of Land's trial and Mrs. Seymour an- nounced that colored people of Hart- ford distance dancers——a man | women were sent to a hospital eariy today aster collapsing &t the end of about 48 hours on the floor. county have contributed ap- roximately $600 to meet Land's counsel fees. THREE LONG DISTANGE. DANGERS IN HOSPITAL Collapse After 48 Hrs.—Six | Other Washington Trot- ters Still Trot Washington, April 21.-~Three long and Miss Florence Gentry, 19, collapsed hortly before midnight and was as- that About an hour later, two others, Mr, nd Mrs. Wallace Mendenhall, who had been dancing in the same contest | which began Wednesday night, col- lapsed and were sent to the hospital for observation. two « Attending physicians said they be- acute exhaustion but indicated they intended to keep them under observa- lieved the three suffering only from | one Weber who established in Baltimore last week what was then a record of strosky, | larger hall where bomb placed on the dences in Roxborough a suburb. one was injured. thizer of the fascisti group and the police entertain the theory that the bomb was placed by someone opposed to this movement in this country. City in Healthie tion for any other effects of the dance ecord venture. Sleep was being given | its way today as a curative agent. Undismayed by the result for these three participants, six of the original here, Elsie 7 entries in the two contests of them a woman, Mrs. 7 hours, were still on their feet to- ay. One of the remaining contestants is Aubrey Gilbert a marine from Clarks- ale, Miss. who was pronounced in In this city the premier him- | fiighting form by marine officers from“ he barracks here who examined him | 1ast night and told him not to report for | until he captured the “bacon.” Gilbert nd his dancing partner, Josef Bol- former cavalry man, now to themselves at the started. If any of the six are still going at ave the floor midnight the dance hall managements ave made arrangements to transport them across the Potomac to Virginia to escape the prohibition against the pening of dance halls on Sunday ere, 'Bomh Exploded at Hoine Of Philadelphia Italian 21. A time steps of the ome of Chevalier C, C. A, Baldi, a Philadelphia, April - banker and leader in the Italian co! ony here late last night damaged the other resi- No Baldi is a sympa- ouse and a number of st | S MARJORIE DAW Imance was of comparatively recent (date, so recent in fact that few knew of it until they recelved invitations to attend the wedding last night at the Beverly Hills restdence of . Douglas Fairbanks and his wife, Mary I’ck- ford. The Rev. Neal Dodd, rector of the | | Angels, known as Hollywood’s "little sisted off, exhausted and hysterical. |church around the corner,” performed Sxamining physicians ordered she be sent to a hospital. the ceremony. Mary Pickford was matron of honor and Charles Chaplin, best man. In obtaining the license, Miss Daw gave her name as Marguerite E. House and her age as 21. The bride- groom, who is Chaplin's assistant di- rector and known professionally as Eddie Sutherland, gave his age as 26. PAILS FULL OF MONEY Society Girls and Tollies Girl Form | “Kick-in-Squad” And Take in Milk Fund in New York. New York, April 21.—Society girls and Iollies girls, appearing as 4 mo- torized “kick-in-squad,” collected milk pails full of money from crowds that lined Fifth avenue and Madison avenues today to see the annual par- ade for the New York milk fund. The parade, a regular circus affair with steam calliope, roaring animals and clowns, loaned by Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey for the oc- casion was augmented by floats on which the stories of nursery rhymes were presented in tableaux. Mrs. Willlam Randolph Hearst, chairman of the mayor's milk committee led the procession with 24 poor children who have been fattened on milk fund fare, To 26 Cents in Boston Boston, April 21.-—A reduction of one cent a gallon in the price of gas- oline and Kerosene was announced {1cading oil companies here today. ' cut reduced the retail filling price of gasoline to 26 cents a g 81 UP IN BOSTON Roston, April 21.-~The suddent ad- vent of summer weather which sent the temperature to a maximum of 78 vesterday established a new April overnight minimum temperature when it failed to go below 65 last night and this morning. Refore noon today the mercury had climbed to $1 the highest point of the year. Congition in he fon allon. Memory of Officials; Only 3 Mild Cases of Disease Now on Records With the spring sunshine mak- ing its sudden and unexpected debut, bringing the mercury from the neighborhood of 40 or 50 up to anywhere from 75 to §5 in the shade, depending ‘upon which thermometer one looks at, the pleasant tidings comes from the city hall that New Britain is in a healthier condition, at least so far as the physical health of its inhabitants is concerned, than it has been for many years. Those connected with the de- partment of health stated at noon today that mnot in their memory was the city as free from contagious disease as it is at the present time. Yesterday there were but two contagious diseases in the entire city, one of diphtheria and one of scarlet fever, Today* another slight case of diphtheria has been reported, making but three mild cases of contagious disease among 64,000 people. | | Episcopal chureh of St. Mary of the; Daily Circulation c\'ul“nd(n( . 2 7 l April 14th “ MARJORIE DAW, MOVIE Vice President of Grosse Pointe Savings Bank dmits Peculations - During Five Years Is Followed by Cashier, Who | Also Tells Police He Has Been Taking Money for Four Years. EACH HAD STOLEN, UNKNOWN TO OTHER | [ | | Detroit, April 21.4-A second econ- |fession of misappropriation of funds ;o( the Grosse Pointc Savings bhak was announced by the sheriff’'s office |today following the arrest last ‘night lof Albert E. Kerby, cashier of the in- | stitution. Kerby arrested after |Charles D, Ransom, vice-president |startled the sheriff’s office by velun- ttarily appearing and announcing that |for nearly five years he had appro- | priated to his own use funds helong- ing to the institution. Kerby Admits $10.000 Kerby estimated, according to the | sheriff’s office, that his speculations lextending over a period of four years, |would not exceed $10,000. The amount of Ransom’s shortage has not |been definitely established, although | he declared securities in his possession |would yield between $22 000 and $80,- 1000 and cover the amount. Men Not Tn Collusion There was no connivance between ithe two bank officials, they asserted. Both declared they appropriated the tunds for investment in projects they believed would net them considerable gain. ’ Their method, according to their confessions, was to credit deposits by | patrons in the passhbooks but not-on the hooks of the bank. When with- |drawals were made by customers whose depasits had not been properly recorded, amounts necessary to meet the withdrawals would be transferred from the account of a ‘larger deposit- jor. This necessitated the mainte- nance by Kerby and Ransom of g.de- tailed record of each transaction. Hoth said they followed this practice for more than four years. To determine the exaet shortage it was said all depositors passhooks will have to be called in for checking against the bank records, FACTORIES UNDECIBED ON SUMMER SCHEDULE Stanley Works Only Place to Adopt Daylight Saving Hours was l | Members of the Chamber of Com- | merce, manufacturers and business men of New Britain are still undecid- ed as to whether or not they will adopt daylight saving time when it goes into effect in Connecticut and surrounding states on Sunday, April 29, Although the Chamber of Com- merce has gone on record as favoring daylight saving time, nothing definite has been done in the matter, Miss Mary Curtin, secretary, stated °this morning. Final action will be faken at the regular meeting of the direc- tors to he held Monday noon. | F. M. Holmes, president of North & |Judd's told a representative of the | “Herald” that if the city adopts the | daylight saving plan, the factory will {do likewise. Clarence W. Rennett, | president of the Stanley Works, stat= ed that this factory has definitely des | cided to go on daylight saving time. | No definite decision has heen | reached in regards to the adoption eof daylight saving time at Landers, ¥Frary & Clark, New Britain Machine, Rus- |sell & Irwin, Corbin Screw corpora- | tion, Corbin Cabinet Lock and other | smaller factories, ; 8 Beards) suuperintendent of the New RBritain division of the Con- neticut company, says that the trol- ley cars will be operated on daylight saving time if the city should adept I'hhl time and he will wait until after |the meeting of the Chamber of Com- |merce directors before making a defi- nite announcement. | LOSS BY FIRE $30,000 | Pittsfield, Lee, Lennox and Great Bar- | | rington Semd Apparatus To Honsa- tonic—Four Places Burned. Housatonic, Mass., April 21.—Firs destroyed the general store of W, HY Snyder and three nearby frame houses and a barn carly today, the loss be- ing about $50,000. Assistance in fight- ing the flames came from Pittsfieid, Lee, Lenox and Great Barrington. Tha | pittsfield pumper drew water from !the Housatonic river. | The buildings burned were in a (g-roun op Main street with the rear (on Hart street. The cause of the fira is unknown but .! started apparently in the rear or at the rear of a threa /story house. Six families lost their | household goods. The horses in the |barn were saved,