New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1923, Page 1

% = | ESTABLISHED 1870 1 | ‘News of the World Press By Associated NEW BRITAIN HERALD! NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1923, —EIGHTEEN PAGES, v g 186 A W Sept, 1st, PRICE THREE CENTS 'HALF MILLION REPORTED DEAD; 300,000 BUILDINGS DESTROYED; TOKIO LOSS OVER $250,000,000 » MUSSOLINI SAID TO INSIST LEAGUE SHALL NOT DECIDE ITALIAN-GREEK DIFFERENCE Also Is Quoted As Threatening More Se- vere Measures in Case "Greece Does Not Comply at Early Date. Serious Internal Disturb- ances, Bordering on Revo- lution, Reported From Athens. By The Assoviated Press. . London, Sept. 4.-—A Central News dispatch from Rome today says that Premier Musolini specifically has in- structed the Itallan delegates to the league of nations that he has abso- lutely determined to maintain his po- sition that the league is incompetent to deal with cases in which the honor| and prestige of Italy are concerned. 1taly’s Threat, By The Associutus P London, Sept. 4.—Italy will make her terms for the evacuation of Cor- fu more onerous if Greece delays in fulfilling the terms-of his ultimatum, Premier Mussolini is quoted by the Pafly Mail's Rome correspondent as declaring. “If the Greeks fuifill the conditions of my ultimatum and pay up I shall withdraw from Corfu, but they had better pay soon for next week the price will be higher,” the premier said. “] have no intention of occupying any more Greek territory or employ- ing any other sanctions, unless course, the Greeks are foolish enough to attack Itallan subjects or prop- erty." Italy Makes Demand. By The Assoclated Press. | Geneva, Sept. 4.—A member of the Ttalian delegation to the assembly of the league ot nations today author- ized the league secretariat to deny that Italy had ever officially repudiat- | ed the competency of the league to handle the Greco-Italian crisis. “We are awaiting the return of Major Giuriati from' Rome and then we will determine our final official at- titude,” said the Italian spokesman to a member of the secretariat. “Personally,” he added, "I think it is likely we may ask the court of in- ternational justice to pass upon the competency of the league The imptression prevails at Geneva that the crisis between Italy and Greece is less strained, Tells of Bombardment. Stephen E. Lowe of St. Louls, a Near East relief workers at Corfi, has arrived at Athens with first hand in- formation concerning the bombard- ment of that city, He said that 20 refugees including 16 children were killed by the Italian gun fire. The children were orphans under the care of the American Red Cross and were showered with shrapnel while bath- ing at the beach. He estimated the number of wound- €d at perhaps 50 The British government stil holds that the situation is one for adjust- ment by the league of nations. It is said in London that in case the league council does not intervene, the Scandinavian countries have decided to withdraw their representatoves. Great Britain does not believe the prospects of an early settlement have improved. BLAZE AT INDIAN NECK 014 Gallaudet House on Green Tsland is Destroyed by Flames—Picnick- érs Are Blamed. Branford, Sept. 4.—A landmark for yachtsmen for many years, the old Gallaudet house on Green Island, off Indlan Neck was burned early today. The island formely belonged to Cap- tain Joseph Pond who sold it 35 years ago to Dr. Gallaudet of Washington, D. C. and the island is now a part of his estate. The family occupied the house for many years but of late it had been idle. Boating parties en- eroach wupon it and abusing the privilege of landing there they often added to destruction of the house by breaking windows and using wood from it for fires. No one was in the house- last night so far as known and the fire is attributed to to carclessness on the part of picnickers there yester- day. of | GOVERNOR IS INJURED * TRIING TO LAY BAL Painful Results Attend His Tiying to Be a Kid Again | Waterbury, Sept. 4. — Governor Charles A. Templeton is today con- fined to his homie suffering from in- juries to both elbows and both knees, which injuries though not serious are painful, the result of having fallen yesterday morning while playing a | game of baseball. Six X-Ray pic- {tures of the injured members were taken last night at the Waterbury | hospital, and as far as could be as- i certained no bones were broken. The . governor is under the care of a phy- ' sician. The nature of the injuries are abrasions on the right arm and both knees, and contusions on the left el- bow, According to members of the gov- ernor's family, once a year the gov- ernor and a certain group of friends, together with their families, go on an |outing. One of the features of the outing is the bascball game, in which | both men and women join. The gov- | ernor yesterday was pitching for his side and ran from the pitcher’s mound to stop a runner before he reached third base. The governor ‘got” the | runner, but in doing so he slipped, re- sulting in sustaining his injuries. The governor today made light of his in- juries and stated that all they re- quired will be a little nursing and then he would be back in the harness again. NEW BRITAIN POLICE IN AUTO GOLLISION |Two in Machine Struck by Speeder Who Is Sent To Jail Supernumerary Policeman Joseph | Bloom and Roscoe Warner of his city were taken to the Bristol hospital shortly before 12 o'clock last night suffering with severe cuts in the head and lacerations about the face and Policeman Frank Parker and | Andrew Larson were badly bruuised {as the result of an accident on Lake favenue near lLake Compounce at 111:30 o'clock | According to the story of the po- | liceman, Larson was at the wheel and |the men were just leaving Com- | pounce when they saw a car ap- | proaching at'a rapid rate of speed. | Larson stopped his machine and as he possibly could in order to al- low the approaching machine to pass. The other machine, however, crashed into the one driven by la the result that all four men were in Jjured. The cutz in the head were caused by flying glass from the wind. shield. Bloom and Warner were taken to the hospital while Parker and Larson held the driver of the other machine until the Bristol police arrived. The former were discharged trom the hospital this morning. NicHolas Comearone of Bristol was the driver of the other car and he was placed under arrest on a charge of driving while under the influence of liguour. 1In the Bristol court this costs and sentenced to serve 15 days in jail. Hundred Foreigners Are Thought Dead in Tokio By The Associated Press. London, Sept. 4-—The Rritish con sul at Yokohama and about 100 of the foreign residents of the city are believed to be dead according to dis- by way of Shanghal. Shipping is still unable to enter Yokohama harbor, owing to continued submarine up- heavals. Youthful Bandits Hold Up Train, Rob Official of R. R. Sacramento, Sept. 4.-~A Western Pacific train was held up by two youthful bandits near Stockton early today, according to reports reaching the sheriff’s office here. It was stat- ed the bandits entered the private car of Edward Mason, viee-president and general manager of the Western Pacific and robfjed him. A posse of deputy cheriffs was called ut. | parked as far in the left of the road | son yith | patches received by the Central News | REPORT SCHEIBLN 1S POLIGE AGENT Pablic Official Said to Have El- i S":«e.‘,‘,’,'”‘ in Jeanings Case et Bl s T o g PE Gas Company « +4%°In Role of herlock Holmes,” Said to Have Arranged to Get Narootic Brother-in-Law, Wounded “Vet,” It was reported today that Edward C. Scheiblin, a commissioner of the board of compensation and assessment and an employe of the New Britain Gas Light Co., effected the Saturday of Jacob Jennings of city and Morris Freed, a Hartford drug clerk, on the charge of having narcotics in their possession. for state police, Scheiblin denied this afternoon jthat he had any connection with the | case or was employed at any time by the state police, it is claimed. According to the story told by Jennings, Scheiblin met: him Church street Saturday morning and | by playing on his sympathy persuaded him to go to Hartford and secure a drug. Scheiblin is sald to have told Jen- nings that he had a brother-in-law who lived in Torrington and had be- which he was seriously wounded. He said that he had been able to get “dope” at a drug store in this city without a prescription but that he was told not to call for any more. By explaining that the drug was wounded ex-serviceman, Jennings' friends say, Seheiblin aroused Jen- nings’ sympathy and when he asked Jennings whether he knew where he cculd get some “dope” Jennings said he would try to get it friend in Hartford. When they arrived in Hartford, | Jennings went to Freed, told him about the wounded war veteran, it is claimed, and Freed agreed to get him some ‘'dope.” Jennings went {0 the corner of Asylum and Main streets, where he had an engagement to meet Scheiblin, and took him to the corner of Asylum and Trumbull streets, to meet Freed. Seeing Freed approach, Jennings is said to have teld Scheiblin: “There he is. He has the ‘dope.’" Scheiblin is said to have replied that he did not know T'reed, and asked Jennings to d¢ake the package As soon as it was handed to Jennings by Freed, they were arrested, it is said, at the point of a gun by Howard O'Keefe and Clifton Gorgas, two state policemen Scheiblin was handeuffed to Jennings and taken to state police headquar- ters, but was released a short time later Jennings is at liberty on a bond of $1,000 furnished by Fred Beloin. He will be given a hearing in Hartford police court Thursday morning. ELEGT LOCAL MEN severin Johnson Grand Flectoral Supt. of Good Templars—Ohre- | strom in Charge of Education. inavian order of Good Templars was | held Sunday and Monday in Masonic | hall, this city. Delegates from all jnm subordinate lodges were present as well as many members of the or- der | at 2 o'clock and was brought to a |close Monday afternoon at 5:30 | o'clock. The election and installa- tion of officers took place, with the | tollowing results: Grand chief templar, G. W. Bérg- Ansonia: grand vice templar, | Hultin, Bengson, South Manchester; | Axel | grand secretary, Alfred Abrahamson.| Hartford; grand treasurer, Victor Ol | su- son, Naugatuck: grand electoral New | perintendent, Severin Johnson, Britain; grand superintendent, ju- | venile work, Mrs. A. Tallberg, An- sonia; grand supervisor, temperance education, Ernest Ohrestrom, New { Britain. The next convention will be | held in South Manchester, |Standard Oil Hears All | But One Worker Is Safe | By The Assoctatea Press. | New York, Sept. 4—Officials of the | Standard Oil Co. of New York re- ceived a cable early today stating that jall of their 40 American employes in Tokio and Yokohama, with one ex- | ception, were alive. The fortieth was | reported missing. The company's large distributing plant at Kanagawa | which supplied the northern part of | Japan was demolished as was the of- fice building in Tokio. The exact pany’s property was not known, but it }v\u said to be heavy. * arrest | this | Schei- | | blin worked as a secret agent of the| on | come a drug addict since the war, in| for a through a | Ansonin, Sept. 4-—The 15th annual | convention of the Connecticut Scan-| The convention opened Sunday| morning he was ordered to pay the |lund, Hartford; grand councillor, Azel| amount of the damage to the com.| ‘ Started by Red Cross| Washington, Sept, §.-—Inauguration by the American Red Cross of a $5,000,000 campaign for relief of | the Japanese carthquake sufferers was announced today by Ellot Wads- worth, treasurer of the organization |atter & conference with President ‘runnlhl.v, Secretary Hoover and Jap- | anese Ambassador Hanihara, | The campaign will be started to- morrow and will be conducted | through Red Cross chapters through- out the country in much the same | manner as during the war, Quotas | will be allotted the various chapters, — o vy oS achinerY | an Believed to Be New Jersey Rep- | money, resen Reported Lost—U nt | | 'The proposal received the unquali- gl o | | fied approval of President Coolidge Plea For Supplies 1s Sent Out.— and also has the sanction of Ambas- | Doctors Also Needed. | Washington, Sept. 4.—All members sador Hanlhara, New York, Sept. 4.—The Brooklyn |o¢ the American embassy staff at chapter of the American Red “""“‘!Toklo are safe. lllm'"lll“';'m:“"ll"h::"' it was prepared |\ mpassador Woods sent the follow- | to send ral nurses (0 Japan ;. yndated wessage to the state de- | if they are needed. Wall Street brok- | L.\ ment from the Iwaki wireless sta- ers today subscribed thousands of dol- | tion: MEMBERS ARE SAFE Numerous Fatalities Among For- cigners, Davis Reports CONGRESSMAN IS MISSING astated Areas-Tokio and Yakohama Virtual- ly Destroyed-Disaster Appears Greater Than Previous Dispatches Indicated-Innumerable City. WATERBURY MAN DIES IN YOKOHAMA TRAGEDY U. S. Consul General Kirjas- soff and Wife Killed in ’Quake LI Aok R | "WAll embassy building totally de- leoyod, but ngq one. in embassy in- Boston, Sept. 4.—Every New Eng-|jured. Food situation very acute.| land chapter of the Red Cross was in- |Send rations at once from Philip- | structed today .to receive contribu- | pines.” | tions for Japanese earthquake relief Confirms Kirjassoff Deaths | work. Coincidentally the state depart- | ment received a dispatch from Am- erican Consul Davis at Shanghai say- |ing that Tokio, Yokohama and Yoko- | |suka had been ‘“ecompletely wiped |out.” Casualties among foreigners he | said, had Dbeen “very numerous.” Consul Davls confirmed that Max D. . Kirjassoff, American consul at Yoko- L S hama and his wife are dead. . . | Consul Davis dlspatch dated at noon Relaed to Wireless Station Dy|tocay and based on intormation re- ceived from the steamship President 1 Jefferson said: ' System of Couriers J ¥ by earthquake and fire. Tokio and i " Yokosuka also. Refugees report GORRESPUNBENT ]S SAFE Nisyanshita and Hakone also de- 1 | stroyed. | e | "Admiral Oriental line office ruined, everything lost, all emplay | Message Recelved At San Francisco |gor tag b i e “Do not accept traftic for Yoko- hama but route all ships there f{o supplies, returning Kobe with 350 destitute refugees sailing Kobe-Seat- tle direct soon as possible. | “Ester (unidentified) last seen A Grand hotel, whereabouts unknown. and fire total 500,000 and three | Ackerman (believed to he Represen- hundred houses have been burn- ;fl:nmt*esma; "(fm“i;“’ J;“:‘@"’) R Ty X ¥ ol A nidentifie an ed it is estimated by metropoli-|wite sate aboard. Fires are stin a courier from Oyama who re-|Yokohama and wite dead." ported today at Tomioka to the ‘Casualties among forelgners are : i I o | Very numerous. Publish list survl- Radio Corp of America. 4 The 16~ | vors arrtval Kobe Empress Australia, port received in San Francisco Disabled Empress Canada arrived this morning said the imperial |Monday with freight and also landing palace was being guarded by one | Spplies and taking sick and wound- . " Y : e regiment of infantry, a battalion | of engineers and the imperial! guard division, : ! Tells of Ghastly Casnalties—Says | Troops Imperial | | Palace, | ‘j San Francisco, Sept. 4.—! Casualties from the earthquake | | Are Guarding “All houses on bluff and Grant hotel Oriental are gonw Warnings to Sailors “Suggest Aslatic fleet send fast ships at once. Relief urgently need ed, doctors, nurses and medical sup- plies. Publish a navigation warning all ships leaving. Lights approaching Yokohama are all out north of Niki- | moto except Ashita, Unsafe approach | inside breakwater Yokohama bottom came up.” “Yokohama completely wiped out render all possible assistance to give tan police of Tokio, according to burning. U. 8. consul: general at First Direct Message The foregoing dispatch is the first word to reach the outside world direct from Tokio since the disaster which overwhelmed Japan's' capital {and chief port last Saturday. It was | relayed to the Iwaki radio station by | courier under a system set up by the Associated Press through wirelessed | ordersa s it became evident that or- | dinary means of communication had | failed in the face of the great holo- | caust i} Miles Away "Thla s Latest Estimate Placed On Carriers were sent from Iwaki sta.| Damage in City of Tokio Alone— tion 155 miles to Tokio. The Assocl- | ated Press correspondent meanwhile | is believed to have started courlers| By The Associated Press. northward to the radio plant, as not Shanghal, Sept. 4—-Tokio still in| enough time has elapsed for a round |flames, loes of life there alone at| trip to have beep made under the dit- |least 150,000, damage perhaps half a | ficult conditions existing from the [billion yen (about'$250,000,000) | capital to the radio plant. | These were the latest estimates re- All Methods Usedl {celved here this afternoon in a spe- | The courier systsm however, w.!‘clal dispatch by the Eastern News| 4% lagency from Osaka | only one of a number of means utiliz- | Rest H P tatem | ed to get intelligence of the catastro- estoration of telegraph communi. | phe for the benefit of the Associated |C2t1on between Osaka and Tokio Press member newspapers, cabje. |PTOUSNt the capital a flood of delayed | | messages of condolence from the rul- | grams coming by a roundabout way, wireless to Iwaki, wireless to vessels [°T® And executives of the world pow- | in the vieinity of Japan and the send- |*™ | ing of Associated Press staff men from their stations in China and elsewhere in the Far East being some |of the other methods utilized. | A. P. Reporter Is Safe The flames of the blazing ca | The first direct message from Ja. have been visible for 200 miles. | pan's capital was filed by the Asso |COTding to reports received here ciated Press correspondent at Tokio |€arth shocks are continuing while a | with the cooperation of Reuters Ltd,!volcano 40 miles from Tokio is stil | Every effort had been made by the |active. The river Sumida has changed | Wssociated Press since last Saturday |its course through the stricken ecity |to communicate with its Tokio corre- | The yen has fallen appreciably on the pondent. Much apprehension had |Harbin stock exchange and business | | been feit for his safety, until today it|is transacted in Chinese dollars only | was reported through a message from | i | Shanghai that he was unharmed. iSlain G | Slain Gangster Named | _As Killer of Policeman New York, Sept. 4.—Police today announced they had identified Henry (Jocko) Moore, a gangster, slain In a | brawl on August 23 as the man who | shot and killed Patrolmen Reynolds | and Romanella after they had pur- | {sned Moore and a woman companion |{In & motor car aeross Queensboro ——eeee® | bridge several weeks ago. Station 155 150,000 to 300,000 Dead. Harbin, Sept. 4.-—The loss of lite | in Tokio is estimated here to be 300, | 000, pital | Ac- | f | ® {1 THE WEATHER : | e | | Hartford, Sept. 4.—Forecast | | for New Britain and vicinity: | | W¥air, cooler tonight; Wednes. ] day fair, fresh northerly winds, | [ | pressed his hope By The Associated Press. Shanghai, Sept. 4.—The States consul general at Yokohama and his wife were killed in the dis- aster, according to radio messages from the steamship President Jeffer- son at Yokohama. Their names were not given, Washington, Sept. 4.—The report from Shanghai that the American consul general at Yokohama had been killed in the earthquake disaster was thought by state department officials to refer to Max D. Kirjassoff of Wa- terbury, Conn., the consul there, who has been acting as consul general since the death last year of Consul General George H. Scidmore of Wis- consin. Consul Kirjassoff, a native of Rus- sia, entered the consular service in 1914 after completing his education at Yale, Harvard and the school of political science at Paris. He was born at Petrograd and brought to this country as a boy his father becom- ing naturalized during his minority. He was assigned to Tokio February 26, 1920. Waterbury, Sept. 4-—Max D. Kir- jassoff was'born in Petrogral. After graduating from the Waterbury high school with the class of 1906 he en- tered Yale university, He finished there in 1910 'with the degree of B. A. He distinguished himself at col- lege both in athletics and in studies. He was a member of Yale's famous track team in 1909, Immediately after graduating from Yale he entered the consular service and was assigned to duty in the Ori- ent, holding posts in China and Japan. He visited Waterbury only a litfle over a year ago. children were in Japan with him and his relatives and friends here are anxious concerning their safety. New Haven, Sept, 4.—Max jassoff was very well known city during his college years. had two brothers in Yale, Meyer, 1906-8 and L. 8 Kirjassoff, 1908-8, and a cousin, M. H. Wolff, 1908-8. He made the freshman track team, D. Kir- in this He had the university cross country team in | his junior year, the university track and relay teams in both junior and senior years, He won many medals and his “Y.” He was born in March, 1888, 1In his class book record he ex- of entering the diplomatic service His death as an earthquake victim recalls the death of Consul Arthur Cheney of this city and his wife, in the Messina upheaval some years ago. [NJURIES PROVE FATAL “Count” Kirschner, RBristol Alfred Bowler, Dies At Hospital After Au- to Accident. Bristol, Sept. 4—Alfred Kirschner of this city, hurt in an automobile crash with another vehicle last night died today in the Bristol hospital Dominick Bedapanier, who was hurt at the time was discharged as a pa tient but Lorenozo Orinzo remains there. Kirschner and his brother ain when their machine was hit by a jitney bus driven by Orinzo and in which were Bedapanier and anothe man. The last mentioned and Garry Kirschner escaped unhurt. The po the [1ce are trying to fix the responsibil- | ity. Kirschner was known he state in bowling throughout t circles as | “Count” Kirschner and was a member of the Bristol team for several years. MACK TRUCK DIVIDEND New York, Sept. 4--Mack Truck, Inc., today declared a quarterly divi- dend of $1.50 on common stock of record September 20 payable October 1. Last year the dividends were on annual basis of $4. BOXING MATCH IS OFF New York, Sept. 4.—The Dundee- Leonard bout, set for tomorrow night has been indefinitely postponed, ow- ing to Dundee’s poor physical condi- tion. ummfl His wife and two | l By The Associated Press. Virtual destruction of Tokio Yokohama are reported in the direct communication received Tokio by the outside world since / earthquake and today wave followed in places by fire lald waste an ime of Japan, last Saturday. The com« munication was from an Associated Press staff correspondent. Disaster Worse Than The first comprehensive view of the havoc wrought was received in cable advices from Osaka. It appears from these that the dis- aster is greater than previous reports have indicated. The ministry of marine estimates | the dead in Tokio alone at 150,000; the best estimates place the dead in Yokohama at 100,000; virtual destruc: tion of Nagoya, town of 620,000 is re- ported, and Yokosuka, a toyn of 70, 000 is said to have been wiped out by the successive attacks of earthquake, tidal wave and fire. Grave damage has been done in the summer resort sections about Hakons and Izu peninsula. Monetary loss in Tokio alone is placed at 5,000,000,000 yen. Martial Law Effective, Martial law is effective in t he stricken cities. None may enter with- out the most urgent reason or with- out carrying their own food supplies. More than 3,600,000 bushels of rice are being rushed from southern Ja- pan ports and from Korea to the stricken regions where thousands are reported starving and, in Tokio, suf- fering from thirst, because the earth- quake wrecked the water supply sys- tem. Water is being doled out there by the same relief workers who are ristributing the inadequate supplies of food the government has been able to. transport thither. The death or injury of several mam- bers of the royal house is feared, (Continued on Third Page) SEE NO SETTLEMENT Operators Say Coal Strike Adjustment Impossible As Long As Miners Hold Out For Demands Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. sion of mining in the upper coal fields | remained complete today. | Mine workers are still optimistio @f an early resumption while operators say they do not look for a short suspension so long as the workers de- mand a big increase in wages, the check-off and other concessions, Several more railroad crews were laid off today. There is no coal for shipment and none for local demand. | | | | | | Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 4.—On account of the suspension of coal mining in the Hazleton district, the Lehigh Val« ley railroad today laid off approxi- mately 500 men employed in handling coal and drew the fires from 50 lo= comotives, |0il Tanks Explosion Adds To Death and Disaster By The Assoclated Press. London, Sept. 4 —A dispatch to the Evening News from Peking says that oil tanks exploded-in Yokohama yes- terday morning with heavy loss of life. The dispatch also says that an- other bridge upon which many for- eigners had taken refuge has col- lapsed. Pony Express Riders | Making Record Spurts | Steamboat Springs, Colo., Sept: 4.— | Garry were driving toward New Brit- | giaoce of the modern pony express on their dash westward from 8t Joseph, Mo., to San Francisco, con inue to reel off the miles in record | time. Dashing into Steamboat Springs | after midnight, far ahead of schedule, Charles Tipton, famous range rider, predictad that he would reach Craig, | Colp., 50 miles further west, six hours ahead of schedule. | -t | HEAVY MOTOR TRAFFIC, Hartford, Sept. 4. It was re |at the state police headquarters this forning that autemobile traffic on | the state highways over Labor Day | was the heaviest of the season but it was kept well under control. BURGLARS RANSACK HOME. ¥ 7 | Milford, Sept. 4—The home of Beme | jamin Fenn on North street was tered and ransacked by burglars night and about $1,000 in jeweiry money taken, it was reported to i police today. Drive for $5,000,000 | AM[R'CAN [MBASSY ;Thouunds of Japs Starving-Martial Law in Dev-v 1 portant section of Hondo, chief istand’