New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1923, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 100 MUCH T0 DO AT JAIL, JAILER WALLS Windbam GOI]II[] Official OHfers | “Bll Funlt" Fetzman and Resigaton a5 Work ncrases Wirble] i st dite ~—Fraz mflm 100 I(ANY SOGIAL GALLS' Booze in +Macaroni Fac-| tory. Influx of Prisoners, l’nllnwlu En. forcement of Volstead Law, Brings | Many Callers to State Institution— Visitors to Be Curtalled, Brooklyn, Conn,, Sept. 22, —Chdries Parker, jaller at the Windham county Jall who got a bit discouraged over | the increasing demands soclally of. many of his temporary guests in the jall, and offered his resignation to High Sherift Charles A, Gates, will probably stay, The sheriff sent a deputy over to assist Mr, Parker dur. ing the short season of soclal activi- ties and probably. the jall and its more permanently incarcerated in- mates will settle down to the ulm, which has so long hovered over it. Many “State Guests" ‘The unusual rush of court business which followed the service of bench warrants secured by State Attorney Charles E. Searle and the conviction of a number of Putnam and Williman- A raiding squad consisting of Ser- geant Patrick MeAvay, Policemen Patrick O'Mara, Thomas Feeney and Edward Klely descended upon three places of business in the vicinity of Washington and High streets short- ly after 6 o'clock this morning with the result that two violators of the liquor law recelved jail sentences, an- other was heavily fined and the fourth had his case continued when arralgned before Judge B. W, Alling in police court. Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods presented the state's case, Frazzina Fined $250 The raiders first visited the place | of Balvatore Frazzina at 100 Washing- ton street, Frazsina conducts what has come to be known as a “food less" restaurant and pleaded guilty to keeping a place where it is reputea llquor was sold and keeping liquor with intent to sell., Prosecutor Woods REPUBLIGAN CHIEFS Politcal Elit l)lngland Enjoy Onting at Lake Compounce 'MORE THAN 700 PRESENT DAMAGE TO JAPANESE WNAV\ AMOUNTS TO 50 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS —C— The Associated Press. Toklo, Sept, 22,—~Loss to the Japanese navy by the earth. quake 1s estimated at 100,000, 000 yen ($60,000,000) by Ad- miral Takarabe, minlster of the wve. Bingham Lieutenant Governor Speakers—Riggest “Quality” Gath- ering in History of Connecticut, KK, K INTITIONIN WHITE HOUSE [ILAIMEII, '| he list of guests in attendance at annual dinner and outing of the m:t Ward republican club at Lake Compounce this afternoon reads ke | the “Who's Who" of the republican purty in Connecticut, Political stars, around which those of lessor magnitude rotate, are as plentiful as at a national convention Oklahoma Klansman As- It 18 a love feast which for quality and sertfl Ceremo“y ‘val Held |quun|uy has never been surpassed in Roo \Ihin part of the state. The claim is in Dlning m | made that it Is the biggest outing ever | held in the state, when attendance of Charleston, W, Va,, Sept, 22.—That the Ku Klux Klan held an initiation | in the dining room of the White House was the statement of the Rev. Basil E. Newton of Oklahoma repre senting the klan {imperial council tic persons for violation of liquor laws placed in the jail a considerable number of men and women. Their friends began to make social and business calls and Jailler Parker found that the hours and the days were not long enough to let him look after his charges in view of their popularify. Thinking he had a task on his hands which was bigger than he had expected he offered his resig- nation. Sheriff Gates laughed and sald he did . not beleive it would be accepted. ‘With assistance and a limitation of gocial activities the jailer is now able | to do something else besides intro- duging callers to his guests. BEGINNING OF END IS SEENIN RUHR MUDDLE German Chancellor Calls| Important Conference for Next Week stated that the officers found a quan- tity of liquor in the place and sald that Frazzina admitted he was selling the lquor for 20 cents a glass, At- torney Willlam F. Mangan, counsel for the accused man, sald that Fraz- zina has made plans to sell the busi- ness which he has conducted for only three months. He was fined $50 on the first count and $200 and costs on the second. “Big Frank" Goes to Jail Frank Fetzman, known as “Big Frank,” who was arrested with Klem- ens Kalkowski at the time of the Winkle murder on a charge of man- slaughter and who was convicted of violating the liquor law on April 17, 1921, was fined $100 and given o 30- day jail sentence on a charge of keeping liquor® with intent to sell. Forty-five days of the jail sentence were suspended. ‘Wirbicki Also Goes to Jail Willlam Wirbicki, arrested with Fetzman this morning, was fined $§100 and liven a 15 day jail sentence on a reputation charge and a 30-day sus- pended jall sentence on a charge of keeping liquor with intent to sell. He was convicted of violatihg the liguor law for the first time on June 21, 1922 when he was fined $150. Fetzman and Wirbickl were arrest- ed for conducting 3 confectionary store at 158 High ctreet where the police allege, liquor has been sold. Fitzman pleaded gullty to both charg- es preferred against him while Wirbicki pleaded not guilty. Policeman Patrick O'Mara testified that he, with the other officers,. en- tered the store at 6:15 ‘o’clock this morning and after they had been in but a short time Fetzman entered with a bottle of liquor in his pocket. (Contjnued on Eixth Page) CARL A: DIXON NAMED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT New Britain Man, Royal Flying Corp Berlin, Sept. 22, —Chancellor Strese- mann has summoned the premiers of the federated states of Germany for a conference on the Ruhr situation, it | was announced today. The conference is expected to occur Tudsday. It is looked upon in politi- cal circles as presaging early actiofl on the issue of abandoning passive resistance. Municipal officials and labor lead- ers from all sections of the occupied areas also will be present at the meeting. Thorough Discussion The situation in the Ruhr and the Rhineland will be canvassed carefully, The chancellor is desirous of ha\‘-i ing the heads of the allied German states come into personal touch with representatives from the occupied re- gions and has adopted this method of bringing them #ogether. Despite re- curring denials emanating from Paris and Brussels, political circles in Ber- Hin profess knowledge that the Belgian minister here has been actively scek- ing to estahlish a point of cohtact be- tween Chancellor Stresemann and Fremier Poincare for the purposg of inducing the latter to accommodate the chancellor with a concession that will enable Dr. Stresemann to call off passive resistance in return for am- nesty for all the Germans deported from the occupied areas by’the allled | authorities. Veteran, to Recruit For State Aviation Service, ! | Hartford, Sept. 22.—Changes in personnel of the Connecticut National Guard announced by the adjutant general's office today include the fol- lowing: by Second Ladd, A, S. air service. Carl Samuel Milroy is uppointedj first lieut. air service and assigned as | tecruiting officer for the observation squadron 43rd division. Private Cari A. Dixon is appointed a_second lleut. and assigned as recrultifig office: Gi.- servation squadron. | " Leave of absence with permission to | leave the 'state has been granted to First Lieut. Willlam . Larash, 170th infantry from September 22 to Oc- tober 31. Major Charles A. Metcalf, 102nd Lieut. Willlam Ferson promoted to first lieut. | STUDENTS IN RIOT 4 Mhflnu‘ at Western Re- Clash Prominent Arrested Following serve With Police Department, .—Nine students of Western Reserve university faced police court today as the aftermath | of a snake dance and parade cele- | bration in the east end last night and | field artillery, is relieved from duty @ disturbance at a theater that culm- | with battery E, 192nd field artillery inated in a clash between police and [ and assigned to duty in command of 800 frashmen students. the second battallon, 122nd field ar- “Johnny' Coss, star tillery. tack is charged with battery as the result of a fist fight with police while Coss, Max Kelso, captain of the track team and Earl Upp, all ubper classmen, were at. tempting to arrange bail at the police station for their incarcerated fellow students. Coss and his two fellow students were beaten severely and were taken to a hospital for medical attention., Cleveland, Sept. half- | and varsity assault Lieut. Dixon resides on Chestnuu street, this city, and is a veteran fiyer, having served during the war in the | Royal Flying Corps of England, He made the famous London to Cario flight after the war. DEMANDING $100, $100, 000 PRIZE Aged Pedestrian Who Walked 100,000 Miles Claims He Was Promiséd $1 | | APPFALS TO LEAGUE By The Assoclated Press. Geneva, Sept. 22.—An appeal to the league of nations to act on the repara- tion problem was made today by Georgo Murray, representative of the Union of South Africa in an eloquent address to the assembly, The king- dom of the Hedjaz otherwise Arabia Per Mile As Advertiser. San Diego, Sept. 22.—Henry Stewart an aged pedestrian, has asked the @ity | of San Diego to pay him $1 a mile for the 100,000 miles he has walked | who served throughout the Civil War | today in an address to a large andience of | klansmen and others at Hurricane last night during a klan celebration of the opening of the Charleston Huntington road. | “We have 227 in the house of rep- | resentatives and 27 in the United | States senate,” the speaker sald, “and | we held one initlation in the dining room of the White House. You know | what that means.” | “He forgot to mention five members | of the Harding cabinet” Dr. V. T.| Churchman of Charleston, head of the | klan organization in this section | whispared to a newspaperman heside him, Klansmen from Charleston, Hunt ington, and other west Virginia and Kentucky communities affected by | the openigg of the road made up the greater part of the audience, MRS, MARY R. CLAREY DIES AT HOME OF HER DAUGHTER For Sixty Years She Was Prominent | GHAM. nomgles s considered Wadsworth and Bingham There, United Stateg’Senator James W, Wadsworth, Jr., of New York state, and Lieutenant Governor Bingham of Connecticut are the alto-relievo fig- ures in the political frieze. Accord- Here—An Organizer of the Woman's Club. R. Claréy, one of the| organizers and supporters of the Woman's club in this city, died last night at the home of her daughter, Miss Lila Clarey of Holyoke. The funeral will be held from the chapel | of the First Congregational church| on Tuesday afterncon at 2 o'clock Rey. H. W. Maier will officiate and | interment will be in Fairview ceme- tery. Mrs. Clarey was the widow of the late Dr. George 1., Clarey of this city Mrs. Mary as an army surgeon and who, bs\forei his death, was the oldest living gradu- ate of Dartmouth. Mrs. Clarey was born in Scotland, Conn., on Septem- ber 19, 1840 and came to this city as the bride of Dr. Clarey. For 60 years she made her home herg and was one| of the city’s most promnient women, taking an active part in affairs re-| ligious and civie. She was an active member of the First Congregational church. DON'T USE STAMPS NOW Sues VATOR WADSWORTH, ing to the program, these two were scheduled to leliver the only ad- dresses. Senator Wadsworth is one of the leaders at Washington De- Besides " spite stiff opposifion in his Too Costly Anyway and it Takes Too Many in Germany—TLet- ) people last. Bingham is being groomed ters Simply Cancelled Now. R o Washington, Sept. 22.—Because it | is now impossible to get enough Ger- | man postage stamps on an envelope | the German government has glven up the use of stamps, Officials of thn‘ postoffice department were notified | that the cost of printing the stamps also is greater than their face | value and that letters coming from | Germany hereafter will bear only cancellation indicating the necessary postage has been. paid. A letter from Germany now at th, lowest unit of welght costs 200,00 marks to deliver in this country. $250,000 LOSS FROM FIRE Big Blaze in Birmingham W lmlesnle' District Wipes Out Swift & Com- pany Plant, Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 22.—Fire today wrecked the storage and pack- ing plant of Swift and Co.,, in the wholesale district. The third and| fourth floors of a four stock brick | structure were gutted. The refriger- | ating plant was believed to have been ruined. Immense quantities lard and other packing house products causing a spectacular blaze. The loss was cs- timated at $250,000, R ICK M. HOLMES, nomination for by the acclama- | for the republican | governor. Judging tion at political. gatherings he al- ready assured of the honor of leading his party at the next state election. | No republican outing is of has applied for membership in the league. around the world from city to city. Stewart made the claim for $100,000 | to J. Higgins, city attorney, asserting | that a former mayor of this city had | promised him $1 a mile for his e forts in advertising the S8an Diego e position in 1915, NO POLO TODAY Westbury, N. Y., Sept. 22—The double-header scheduled today in the American open polo champlionkhip tournament at Meadowbtook field was | cancelled because of wet grounds, The schedule will be re-arranged for the resumption of play next week. NEW GERMAN MONEY By The Assoclated Press Berlin, Sept. 22—Germany's unit of cur is to be the “bode- mark"” worth 358 grammes find gold | and equal to 100 “bodenpfennings” it | became known today through publica- tion of the measure providing for es tablishment of the new currency | bank. l new | RED Washington, ~—Contribu- tions to the anlnfll’ earthquake re- lief fund jumped another $200,000 over night and the total reported to- | day at national héadquarters of the Red Cron7 was $9,527,700, without "“Three cheers for Bingham.” | Tt is as common at a G. O. P. dinner | as food |City Will Not App;al On Spur Track Decision It was said in official circles today | | that the city would not appeal against | | the decision of Judge Webb in super- Inr court affirming the decision of the |’ ublic utilities commiksion by wheh | 'hn Connecticut company is permit- ted to lay an additional spur track on Chestnut street.. Political Elite There Many warhorses of the pArty are in attendance. Invitations to attend were (Continued on Sixth Page) P EATHER DENBY NOT TO RESIGN Washington, Sept. 22.—Official de- nial was made at the White House | today of revorts that Secretary Denby is to resign. rew Hartford, Sept. 22.—Foradast for New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy. tonight and Sunday, not quite so warm, variable winds. | | | | [ ——— —% | Senator Wadsworth of New York und' home | state, he was re-elected when he came | Lieutenant | |bers of the Italian boundary mission )| |near | | President Emeritus of U, complete | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1928, ~FOURTEEN PAGES, Raiding Squad is Out at Dawn, Bags Quartet and Locks Them Up THIRD WARI GUESTS |CHURCH WEDDING AT 8 P M. AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL | Pdward H, Christ And Miss mru.“ Wachter Wil Be Marvied | ™is Evening | Edward H, Christ, son of Mr, and | Mrs, Ernest W, Christ of 88 Garden street, and Miss Francine Wachter, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Frank J Wachter, of 104 Harrison street, will be married this evening at § o'clock at the Center Congregational ehurch, |Rev, Henry W, Maler otficlating, The bride will be attended by Miss Eurith Wachter, hor sister, as maid of honor and the groom will be attended | |by Willlam Cruttenden of Watertown, | | Connecticut, as best man. The brides. | maids will be the Misses Gertrude Er {wln. Eunice Humphrey, Margaret |Christ, Helen Hibbard, Miss Charine |8ander of Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs, | Donald Rockwell of Mansfield, Pa, The ushers will be Mesars, Curtis Christ, Sanford Thompson, Henry Christ, Henry Wheeler, Edward Se- |chrest and Norman Well of Buffalo, Y The gown of the bride will be of |ivory chiffon velvet. The maid of honor will be attired in a gown of Hllnk georgette and the bridesmaids | will wear taffeta gowns, two in lav- ender, two in peach color and two In blue, The Eift of the bride to the maid {of honor will be a leather purse, to the bridesmaids Line-a-Day dlaries The ushers will receive Dunhill cigar- ette holders. To the best man she Iwill give a cigarette case, The gift of |the groom to the bride will be a string |of pearls. The bride will present her Lushand with a traveling bag. | Following the ceremony a reception will be held at the Shuttle Meadow club, The couple will leave on a wad- ding trip and upon their return will |#eside on Murray street, ~ AND RUINS NEW BRITAINITES WIN e Junior Achievement Work- ers and Girls' Drum Corps Made Happy (Apecial to The Merald) Bpringfield, Sept, ~Boys girls from New Britain, Conn, cars ried off the lion's share of the prizes for Junior Achievement work at the nouncements being made last night, In the playground contests, New Britain won third prize in millinery, Among independent clubs, the Bee- more club of New Britain won third prize for household }nen. New Britain boys brought down first 'and second prizes in woodwork demonstration. Benny Richman and Cbarles Bigge won Irst and Clarence Ahlberg and Willlam Helm won sec ind, In sewing decoration, first went to Emily Clark and Irene Koloskl, and second to Flizabeth Burns and Hazel Casey, Every New Britain child who rom- peted won a prize, The Springfield “Unton” speaks highly of the work of New Britain children, saving that the “Hardware City” had the best showing. Further prizes went to New Britain youngsters when second place went to the New Britain Girl Scouts drum corps, which made such a hit here. First prize was won by the Springflield drum corps. Individual prizes were won by Nancy Doane, first In fiting, and Frances Mtller, fecond, in drum- ming. Both girls live in New Britain. NEW YORK REPORTER SAYS STRIKERS BEAT HIM BADLY Covering Pressmen's Meeting When He Was Kidnapped and Given Severe Mauling CRUELTY T0 A BEAN |smta Barbara Humane Soclety Takes | Up Defenze of the Well Known " Mexican Jumping Bean. Santa Barbara, Sept. ZZ.——WhM | constitutes cruelty to a bean? The Santa Barbara humane soctety has entered a fight to settle the ques- tion. Merchants have offered ‘‘Mexican jumping beans,"--larvae infested le- gumes—for sale and, to install energy into the insects which dwell within| have placed thelr displays in hot sun-| | shine. The result is somewhat sim-! New York, Sept. 22.—A morning ilar to the inside of a popcorn pop- | newspaper reporter battered and torn, per. dragged himself to a drug store on Now the humane society holds that|the edge of the Brony early today and ¢xposing the larvae to sunshine is|told of having' been kidnapped by | eruelty in the worst form and has|Striking pressmen during a meeting of | started a campaign to prevent the!their organization at Beethovén hall exploitation of the heans. last night. The state humane soclety has besn| He was covering the meeting for his asked to decide the controversy, | DPaper, sald the reporter, when a MARTIAL LAW DEGLARED |F i, oy o him, dragged him from the ' hall, Action is Taken By Bulgarian Govern. tossed him into a taxicab and rode with him to a desolate outskirt of the ment To Stamp Out Any Possibility of Concfnm';d Action | Was Bronx. There he was kicked about the head and beaten unconscious, sald the reporter. When he revived he was lying in a fleld some distance from where he last remembered being in the taxi. Tt also was reported that the art di- rector of a morning newspaper had By The Associated Press. Paris, Sept. 22.—The Bulgarian legation here said it had received word that the government at Sofia had decided to declare martial law thronghont the country in order to prevent the spread of insurrectionary | agitation The legation announced that it had received an absolite denial from So- | fia of reports circulated abroad to the | effect that a provisional revolutionary {government had been proclaimed in | some parts of the country. According to the officlal version, the outhreaks recently reported in certain {districts are purely local, being con- | fined to southern Bulgaria. | a crowd of pressmen or strike sym- pathizers near an entrance of the mu- nicipal building on Park Row. FANOUS TRAINER D[ES James Gray Lathrop of Willimantic Ranked With Mike Murphy and Keene Fitzpatrick. Willimantic, Sept. 22.—James Gray .T.athrop, aged 70, who in his days of training athletes, ranked with Keene Fitzpatrick of Princeton and+ Mike Murphy of Yale, dled today after a long period of failing health. For 30 years his ability in handling track and other Mhle?es was recognized. He was an assistant instructor and trainer at Harvard from 1884 to 1891 and chief trainer from the latter year, un- til 1894, He then went to Bates and Bowdoin and later to the University of Wisconsin. Tt was while at the lat- ter institution that in April, 1910, he had a stroke of apoplexy. He partly regained his health and went to Dr. Sargent's summer school remaining until 1913 when he became {1l and gave up active instruction. He then returned to his home here. Mr. Lathrop i survived by his widow and two brothers, H. C. Lath- rop, a banker here, and Wm. M. Lath- rop of Warren, O. The funeral will be on Tuesday afternoon ASSASSIN CAPTURED? One of Gang That Murdered Italian | Mission Reported Taken Prisoner Anll Confessing. | Rome, Sept —It 1{s reported {trom Argyrokastron, southern Alban- {ia, that the police there have ar- |rested an Epirote named Jarelll who |has confessed that he was one of a band of seven who ambushed and killed Gen. Telleni and other mem- Janina which fncident caused |the “recent Greco- Ttalian crisis, If the report is true, it is believed here that the entire plot will be uncover- ed and all the guilt\' apprehended WILL LIVE IN GARAGE of Califor- Filipino Banker Fined $23,000 and Imprisoned Manila, Sept. 22.—Manuel Concep- cion, former vice-president of the | Philippine National Bank, was sen- tenced by the supreme court today to and fined $23,000 nia Without Home Since Fire— Moves Into Automobile Barn, 22 — Left |two years in prison, after his convietion of thefts from that institution in 1921 Manuel's father, General Venancio Concepclon, former president, and his brother, Berkeley, Cal Sept. |homeless by Monday's disastrous fire |here, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, presi- {dent emeritus of the University of ‘(‘mfornin and his wife are to reside |in a tiny apartment garage owned by | Miguel, are serving terms in Bilibid |triends. | prison on similar convictions, Furniture saved from the Wheeler | house during the fire is to be moved |into the garage which is two, Nnck- fflam the site of their former home. A movement was initiated among Y alumni of the university vesterday | Meriden, Sept. 22.—The Rev. L. J. : = niversity Yesterday | o hoeppler, pastor of the Baptist ::r ?«plrx\‘;-nhr;: Wheeler's library @8] i ureh in South Norwalk, has accept- (ed a call to the Main street Baptist church in this city and wil begin his .ll\lfl"! here next month, Bridgeport C lergvman to Take Pulpit in Meriden l(mvl To Seize W, arehouse { Pending Theft Inquiries Washington, Sept. 22.—The internal | revenue collector at § lL.ouis was or- ‘B"tlsh wa"hlp D“e a‘ {dered today to setse the warshouses New London October 17 ‘nl the Jagk Daniel distillery and the New London, Sept. 22.—H. M. 8. Parker Distilling company pending | Valerian, British. man o' war, investigation of the theft of approxi- mately $2.000.000 worth of whiskey trom both places, il on or abeut October 17. The ship s expected to stay here a week. EXPOSITION PRIZES and | Eaastern States Exposition, judges’ an- | been attacked and beaten yesterday by | . i8] scheduled to reach this port on a visit | Vo EQT Sept, 15th 9,531 PRICE THREE CENTS NEW HABITATIONS SPRING ' LIKE MAGIC FROM WRECKS OF OLD TOKIO ‘Japs Resolutely Rebuild: " ing City Even as New Tremors Cause Build- ings to Creak and'l'hr‘oll | Family Life Being Resumed, Little Shacks, Scarcely More Than Piano Boxes, Housing People. : { L (MILLION ALREADY ' LEAVE TWO CITIES | By The Associated Press. Toklo, Sept. 21.—~The tenacity and resolution with which the people of Toklo are devoting themselves to the task of rebuilding a larger, mors sub- stantial and more beautiful city mani- fest a faith in life and the future as inspiring to the foreigner as the havoe wrought by the earthquake was appal- ling. In spite of the fact that tremors continue to make wooden buildings creak and those of masonry throb at intervals day and night, new habita- tions are springing up all over the oity. Vast one story barracks of tim- ber and corrugated iron are being erected by soldiers and workmen in the parks and other open spaces. Little Family Homes The most spectacular drama inef- dent to Tokio's rebirth, however, is to be seen in the tiny temporary homes that have sprung from the ashes of the old ones. There is hardly a oity black without its little family group throéwing up whatever remains from the framework of a former dwelling to support tin and charred metal until time and fortune provide a better abode. Like Plano Boxes Some of these impoverished homes are no larger than piano boxes. Rellet workers are passing out a quart of rice to each family. Other rellef agencles pass out pfckles and curds. Then come the water wagons which before the quake were used to sprinkle the streets. They now are used to deliver water for. domestic uses. Bath Every Pay The universal Japanese custom of dally bathing has not been abandoned although the water supply is. not abundant and there is not much privaagy. Bayonet Only Authority. Here and there soldiers are on constant guard. The only semblance of avthority though is the fixed bay- onet which serves as a symbol rather than a threat. Soldiers' interfers (Continued on Twelfth Page) SAYS COACH OFFERED HIM HUNDRED DOLLARS Landino, Former H. S8, Player, Claims Cassidy Wanted Him to Return That Coach George M. Cassidy of the New Britain High school football team made him an offer of $100 in cash if he would discontinue his studies at Suffield and return to the local High school to play football, was the statement made this afternoon by Armand Landino, an All-Connecticut end during his second year on the Red and Gold eleven. Landino spurned the offer and re- turned to C, L. I, at Suffield, where he played last year as a halfback, he says. When Captain Willilam McCue and Halfback Edward ("Pat") O'Brien quit the High scflool team this week in protest against the ath- letic administration of Cassidy, Lan- dino at once made arrangements to return to New Britain and tell the story of the $100 offer which he says was made to him last June. He re- ferred the Herald to other members of former High school teams for veri- fication of more sensational charges. Landino volunteered the following story to the Herald today: “A year ago lash June, during com- mencement week, 1 was in the city and went down in the direction of the High school to see some of my friends. I was accompanied by Bd- | die Delaney. On the Bassett gtreet side of the school T met Murtha, Jim- “mie Reynolds and Cassidy. We ghook hands and after a few minutes Casgidy called me aside and led | me down to the boys' entrance (on | the South Main street side of the school). Then he said: ‘T under- stand you're coming back to schoel next year.' I told the coach I would like to come back, but that 1 had paid ;A fee of $150 at Suffield and would not be able to get it back, and that | 1 disliked to lose the money. Cas- sidy then told me he would pay me $100 to come back and play football | —he =aid he didn’t have the money | with him, but would get it and give to to me by check or cash. 1 said I would talk it over with the folks. I had no intention of coming back as I | had aiready played one year with Suffield. T went to Hartford shortly | afterward with Reynolds, Murtha and (Continued on I:l-n»l Page.) ,