New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1924, Page 1

T - ~——- T o e~ -» News of the World i By Associated Press R S— NEW BRITAIN HERAT. Average |)d ily Circulation s 10,551 .,STABLISHED 1870 e NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1924, —EIGHTEEN April 5th . PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS ELECTION DAY VOTE World Peace Parley Is Asked by Pepper ATPOLLS TOMORROW o - e— Washington, April T—A joint resolution proposing a _uorld Heat of Battle Surges Around|| zeacs copterence was iniro- per, republican, Pennsylvania. The senate would advise the president under the resolution Mayoralty Contest With Both Sides Expressing Gonfidence CANDIDATES SPEND SUNDAY | IN APPEALS FOR SUPPORT Counting on Fifth lnd that the time is suitable for the assembling of a conferewee sim- ilar to the two'held in the past at The Hague. CHANGES TESTIMONY, ADMITS BUYING RUM hemocrats Sinth Wa = to Contribute larzclv to Victory and Hope to Cut Down tepublican Pluralities in* other W, J, Mulligan Sends Affi- Districts—Polls Open at 5:30 in | davit to Alcorn in Boo- M 5 the Morning. 1 leggers’ Case Atter a busy weck-end, Mayepr A M. Paonessa, democrat, and Judge ¥ \W. Alling, republican, candjlates for, Hartford, April 7.—An affidavit by )ayor at tomorrow's bignnial elec- | Attorney William T. Mulligan of this settled down today /with party |city was presented to the superior criminal court here today, in view of the fact that when testifying March there arc |28 in the trial of the “society register | leggers” Bliss and Siegel, Mr. Mulli- eir preference for mayor and vari- | gan said that while he had talked s other city otfices, including with Bliss he had never purchased suncitmen and three aldermen. Re-|any liquor, The affidavit of Mr. orts from the G. O, P. and democra- | Mylligan wished to add td his testi- ie headquarters indicate that an ef- | mony to the effect that on the first iort will be made to get out at least | visit of Bliss, he, Mulligan, had pur- 90 per cent vote, something that is | chased rye whiskey in pints which arvely accomplished in local politi: were delivered to his office and for e sixth ward, the demoeratic | whieh he paid $32. conghold has the greatest number| gy affidavit from Miss Kate Ryan, f electora, 1976 men and 1106 Wom- | who conducts a store here was also n, or a total of 3,052, being on the | yong fnto the records today. for getting warkers to complete p it a record breaking \}: In the city's six ward 5.120 electors cligible to u‘(!ng \i.‘l“.. e & Mr. Alcorn sai@ that in view of the : The third ward comes next with g that these affidavits had been 07 men and 1,504 women, or & 10- | 1aqq jnto the record he thought the 01, .T!u: iI« regarded as "”“flm- might Avell dispense with the an strong m;l. ” -d witn | WPPeArance of either witness in g next is the first ward with [ o000 e court recessed. including 1,568 men 1 women ond ward comes next, hav- 8 men and §03 women, a FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA | Explosion at Blaze Sets Fire to 80, 000 Additional gallons of Crude Oil n Big Tank. there as 1, a total of 2 on the voting urth ward 9 women, appear and whose names ists 1ollowing clos wen behind the second wnd fourth wards s the ftth, with| pyyegeiphia, A T—Tire In & 1515 men and 579 women, & total of | yrpe ofl tank at the Polnt Breeze 2004 to vote, ptnm of the Atlantic Refining Co, The fifth and sixth wards are con- coded to the democratic candidates | 1 big majorities in each are ex ad for Paonessa, Likewise, the demo- early today endangered the vast sup- | plies of oil and gasoline stored there. After a five hour battle, fireme had the flames under control, but a crats agree that Alling whl - draw A | o0y or explosions started fresh out- ;:;;w'~~n o “::)‘:3 ‘f:\':rljl::‘:'flf;';m’" g :X-urlrlnsoo: gam:s and ln»‘m‘mim‘ od eall- \ * ling more fire appavatus, confident they will eyt the G. O. I Dante clovis ot smoke rolled ofor ead, while the fourth ward will LT o gayuthorn section of the elty, At this year's battleground. 7 8, m. a still exploded, setting fire to ***** the 80,000 gallons.of erude ofl it con- (f‘nnnruml on Page 11) tained, The fumes from the burning R. 1. DELEGATES TOLD 10 SUPPORT GOOLIDGE “epublican Convention En- dorses President—Shot ofl foreed many families to vacate their homes In the nearby residential districts, he intense Theat cansed | police lines to be extended to an un- usual distance, No casualties were reported, MAYFIELD 1§ LEADING | Recount in Texas Senatorial Flection oy B4 Gives Peddy's Opponent Substan. Is Taken at K. K. K. tial Magortty. Washington, April 7.—The recount Providence, April 7.~ -vmlullmvho' the ballots cast in the Texas sena- {ing the Rhode Tstand delegates | torial election in 1922 was practically 14 the republican national convention | completed today and on its face shows “to use every reasonable means” Yo]‘n substantial majority for Senator urce the nomination of Calvin Cool- | Mayfleld, democrat, and a statement eriticizing a At the office of Senator Spencer, re- Jemning in the most vigorous lan-g publican, Missourl, chairman of the juze the licutgovernor as presiding’ ommluen which is handling George officer of the Ihode Island senate | K. B, Peddy's contest of the election, re adopted this morning at the r(~—|n. was sald a number of contested ballots would have to be passed upon by the committes as the counters were without authority. Publie hearings on Peddy's charges | of excessive expenditures of funds in | the campaign on behalf of Mayfield and of the counting of fraudulent bal- ird Congressman Everett | ots probably will be started in a week Indiana discuss national | of ten days. esues and Senator Arthur L. Sher- | man of Portsmouth and Mrs, Edward Mbulton take up the attitude the iblican state convention. I'hirtecn delegates to the national onvention in Cleveland were elected. 1n addition to the keynote address red by Representative Samuel vis of Westerly, dealing with the tarift question, the econ- vention b DISPUTE TROLLEY (0. iout.-governor and the democratic minority in the state senate, e - Regolutions condemning the Ku Corporation Counsel Butler of Hart. Klux Klan as “a threat to our insti- utions and destructive of our fund, mental law” was offered by G. Fd- ward Buxton who asked its adoption by the convention. Action of the convention in direct- ing the state's delegates to the repub- tican national convention to work for ford Hires New York Accountants to Prepare Data for Hearing. Hartford, April 7. —Corporation Counsel Nobert P. Butler today an- nounced that he had hired a New .Yoru firm of accountants, experts in {he nomination of President Coolidge | {rolley finance, to prepare data in unanimous and unusual as Rhode Pupport of Hartford's claim that If nd delegates are almost always the city’s trolley lines were consid- jered as a separate accounting dis- trict the income and maintenance costs would permit of a material re- duction in trolley fares here. The report of the accountants, it is ex- pected, will be ready by April 14 when the hearing before the pubiic utilities commission will be resumed. New Haven and Bridgeport are also asking for separate accounting dis- tricts and Mr. Butler will notify the corporation counsels of those citics concerning his action. to conventions free of all instrue- Meriden Churchmen Praise Work of State’s Attorney Meriden, April T-—HResolulions com - Aaron A. indicting wners and operators of the Matis otel and the Nobin Hood Inn" were <igned by men in the 1deal Protestant churehes yesterday, Seven arrests on ench warrants were made by the «tate police last week in this case and 70 violations of the Hgquer laws ' in NO HOPE YOR JUDGE New Haven, April 7.—Judge James . Webb was weaker this moon Dr hout re charged, Complaints to the !'-\:’ George H. Joslin his phyisician said ttorney were made by a committee 4 .oneuitation was held yesterday in o7 the Ministers' association. which Doctors Blumer and Berdi took part and they agreed with Dr. Josiin that the patient was gradual 1y failing. Dr. Joslin said today that the pa tient may live many days but no hope for his recovefy was held. 711 GRADE CROSSINGS Harttord, April 7.—There are in Connecticut 711 grade crossings. There is a state law which requires rajl- road companies to abolish crossingh at the rate of one for every 50 miles of track owned by them every year. Vor some years this law has been In abeyance by an order of the public ntilities commission, the statute giv- ing the commission the power to sus- pend the law, when, in its opinion. & the Mhancial condition of the railroad gins, 15, was reported today as ori ~ompany made the suspension desir- cal. She is suffering with Internal able. L Juries and a fracturd arm. GIRL'S CONDITION CRITICA Torrington, April 7.—The eond of Luey Eleutria, 15, who was injured last night when an automobile ran apon thes idewalk in Center Square ling her companion. Jesephine Hig- jon boot- | 'POLICE PROBE DEATH OF ROSS FLOOD MAKES BRISTCL AN ISLAND; INFANT, SUFFOCATED IN BED DAMAGE MAY REACH OVER $100,000: | ¢ - ‘Baby Said to Be Second in Same Family to Die in This " | Manner An investigation is being made by |the police into the death of the seven | weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, ! Perl Ross of 443 Main street, who was | reportea to the police yesterday by | Aedical Examiner Waterman Lyon as 1"\\1'\g I)efin accidently smothered to 1 April 3. Circumstances sur- mm«.nm. the death, and also the fact that a little over a year ago, another child of the couple died under similar | circumstances, according to informa- tion received by the police, promptcd the investigation. According to the report received by Chief William C. Hart from the Yin the morning with the baby to nurse in Year medical examiner, he was notified of the death Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock and he went to the house about §. An examination of the body ,showed that®he child had died by suffocation. Mrs. Ross said that she Liad gone to bed at about 9 o'clock it. She said that she fell asl that when she awoke at & o'clock, the haby was dead. The report was turned over to De tective Sergeant William P. McCue who is making the investigation. He as learned of the perculiar circum ances surrounding the death of the other child over a year ago. ep ar te 1 Naugatuck Valley Swept By Flood; All Railroad Traffic Is Paralyzed; Connechcut Torrington, Winsted, Wa- terbury and Other Places‘ Affected—Streets in Hart- | ford Reported Under Water. Torrington, April 7.—Pigs, chick- | ens and other livestock were | drowned, small outbuildings were swept away and other damage caused carly today when the Naugatuck river overflowed its banks here as the re- sult of the thaw followeld by the ter- rific rain storm. Train service be- tween Torrington and points ,south was interrupted. The 7:18 north- bound train failed ot come through and the southbound express which left here shortly after 7 o'clock was obliged to return after getting as tar s liast Litchfield, where the tracks are inundated and the roadbed re- ported seriously damaged. At places in Kast Litehfield the water is up to the first story window sills of houses. Water rose above the floors of bridges in (his city and in many places the strects were flooded. The owner of a chicken farm here awoke to find his chicken | hogses almost completely under water. He rescued all but 12 of the chickens by dragging them out he «cut in the The freshet is through holes which sides of the houses. one of the worst in the memory of old residents here, Telephone poles stored near the Naugatuck river were washed an {eighth of a mile down stream where they jammed against the East Albert street bridge. A gang of men was busy this forenvon pulling the poles ashore, Water a foot deep in 8t, R. C. church prevented a s from being held. hool sessions were suspended in West Torrington because an inunda- tion of several feet made It impos- sible for the teachers to geach the building. A. E. Wellman, Torrington poste master, started south by automobile this forenoon to sccure Torrington mail from the train held up by the Waterville inundation. He returned with the mail at noon. All trains scheduled through Torrington today p. m, have been eancelled. No work train was available up till noon to arry workmen to the washout in Fast Litchfield. The rainfall here was 2.97 inches. Winsted Cut Off From South. Winsted, April 7.—Flood water in Naugatuck river compelled the New Haven road this forenoon to cancel its trains between this place and Waterbury., A washout 100 feet long was reported north of Water- | ville, and between Frost's Bridge and ! Inchliffe Bridge the tracks were cov- ered, " water on the road bed betwecn Winsted and Burrville was | two feet deep at one time. The first train out of Winsted going south was stopped at East Litchfleld by a land- slide. Conditions on the England road were bad. A landslide was reported from New Hartford, another at Whiting River fill in, Kast Peter's funeral to pass up to 6 the Central New ‘A\(hletic Field in South End Bristol's by the floods this morning . tion from the other half over (‘onnechtu( State Lil Advt. Dept., v : Il‘ntfmd, Conn. i new memorial boulevard was partially Photo shows damaged portion with but half of the roadway remaining and a part of a cement sec- '1-nv-‘in<' the water, Spe \ Photos of F(u'es‘t\‘illo tu‘m\ on Pa 12e two, sty SECTION OF BOULEVARD TORN AWAY Raging Torrent Sweeps . Through City When | Pequabuck River Swollen By Rain, Leaves Bank. Buildings Threatened by Undermining— Forestville | { Bridge Sinks—No Trol- < | | swept away | Jeys {o Plainvilie. River Rising Fast oo ins WRDERED NEMORIAL PARK 1S BY ALBANIAN BANDITS TURNED INTO LAKE , and Frisco Men Vic- tims—Country Is Now Under Martial Law . Inundated by Flooding | Brook By Assactated Press |"“Rome, April 7.—Martial law has A lake with a fence around the Deen proclaimed in Albania following middle of it. That was Memorial | {h€ murder of two American mer- chants, waylaid on the Tirana-Scutari park today, as a result of the heavy rains which occurred yesterday and which crippled traffic and did dam- age everywhere, The park i8 in a particularly low part of the city in the highway, acording to advices from Albanian quarters today. The names of the mur cans were given out by the American south end. The brook running along | ©Mbassy as Rovery Louis Coleman, of the northern boundary of the park is | San Francisco, and George B. De Long ordinarily a calm and peaceful stream, | Of 14 d2nd street, New Yorlk city, | 1ts high banks on each side are usu- | "ally about four or five feet above the | water, press bureau in London received today Now the banks are hidden and the this dispatch from Tirana, dated Sun- current which rushes along in that day sectlon takes everything with it, At At ten o one point {t comes nearly up to the American m ered Amert- Tondon, April —The Albanian lock Sunday morning two \ants were killed by level of the trolley roadbed. unknown persons on the Tirana- On the other side of the road there Scutari road at a depot forty kilo- Excavating | meters from Tirana. The Albanian is another unusual sight, has Deen going on for syme time un- » Tirana population | government and tl der the direction of the Towers Brick ure moved by the crime which they Co., and there has been a great deal regret ! of earth taken out of the lot, as the his is the first occasion on which company {s In search of clay. There such a crime has been committed in has been a steam shovel busy for sev- Albar where foreigners have al » ohject of hospitality and e Al government 1 that the crime was ¢ eral weeks on the job and it has dug *ways been th out a hole many feet deep. | sympath Today It is a case of try and find is convin nian the steam shovel. One who looks mitted with a political aim, with the carefully can perceive the top of the intention of discrediting the Albanian beam sticking above the water, but | state in the eyes of the world the rest of it Is a subject for sub. “The government immediately took marine photographs. measures to punish the culprits,” The Berlin road just over tha New Britaln line wends its way through New York, April 7. George B. 1w the middle of a lake, Long of New York and Robert Lewis The rainfall at Shuttle M low res. Coleman of San Francisco who wer ervolr was recorded inches, | waylatd and murdered on an Albanias This morning water was not flowing highway, wers to Paris on their way over the dam, but it was expected that and London after a trip t nt it would tart to go over before the Mediterrancan, Richard Lounsberry end of the day. Large quantities of | son of Mrs. De long declared today. water are pouring into the lake. |~ Mr, De Long and Mr. Coleman left i here January 26 and went as far as Constantinople. Returnin ¥ pass- CHESTER HAN A SUlClDE S Ehreugh Bicharan Atrent. an other cities and were going throug the Balkans on way to join Mre Takes Rope Off Neck of Cow and Puts De Long and her 1 in London, Apri 9 Tt Around His Own Neck in By~ zrp pe Long. who is a son of & arth Leaving Act, tor De Long of Calif nd who up until seven years ago, was a resident Chester, Conn., Aprit 7 Samuel of that state, was 49 years old and a m was Benson, 50, who lived at the home of | retired real estate Willlam Wasserman, hanged himself ' a graduate of Lelan: during last night, using a rope which versity he took from the neck of a cow which FOUR DEAD ONE DYING was hitched in the barn, rehant. He Yesterday Judge T. D, Coulter of ex went bail for Benson, who had been locked up charged with intosi- cation. Judge Coulter says he saw Benson in the afternoon and the latter told him that Wasserman owed him $1,- 100 but he had nothing to show the Explosion of Gasoline, Mistaken For Likely to Wipe Out Fne m Kerosene, tire Family at Millshoro, [ he had given this moncy to Wasse Millshoro, 1L, April T.——Mrs, To man, Wasserman was arrested last | ney Hill and three itdren wer week and sent to jail on the charge burned to death, and Mr. Hill was of making liquor. fatally burned when a gasoline exy Mrs, Wasserman says that Benson, ®ion sct fire to their home today. Mr after drinking on Saturday night, Hill had mistaken gasoline for made threats against her, On wn«m senes when arrested was a loaded gun. Aft being bailed out by Judge Coulter, Benson 1s thought te have gone to the Wasserman ba WILL SIGN ON WEDNESDAY Canaan; another between Plne e o s Dawes' Reparations Faperts Will At- Meadow and Simsbury and a small bridge at Cherry Brook in Canton Pon(lfi lssues Den"ll He tach Signatures and it Will Then shows signs of having been under- | 18 Going to Leave Vatican mined. | By The Associatea Press. Be Made . No morning train went from here | Rome, April 7.—The Vatican offi- gy Tre sesns o Hartford, tha first train out hav. |cially denied today the reports that 4 April " ing been stopped at Whiting River |the Pope, for any reason whatsoever 'reparation experts will be t fill. Workmen were taken to New |might leave the Vatic The Pon- ten o'clock W it Hartford 1o work on the washout tif's expressed wish that he could be was detorm there, Highland lake is eight inches above high water mark and had risen 16% inches since vesterday. Mad river has overflowed at a number of points and several streets in the east end of the city are impassable by reason of depth of water. The buffing department of the Strong Mfg. Co. shut dovwn because of water in ity mill basement. The ice went out of Greenwood's reservolr at New Hartford during the night carrying away the dam flush boards. The water 18 flowing five feet over the dam which is 250 feet long. Nangatuck Plant (losed Nagatuck, April 7.—The Nagatuck ver here was at its highest point in vears today. Water backed up into the | mill room of the Goodyear India Rub i (Continued on Page Fifteen) [ present at the opening ceremonies of report will the Knights of Columbus welfare work gver to tuflding near Peter's, had given at body rise to such reports, DIES, AGED 104 YEARS Ingersoll, Ont., April T.—Mrs. Mary Erown is dead In her 104th yea She was born in Ireland and often had for t to make publi MACDONALD GOVT. DEFEATED British Cabinet Fails to Get Loaough recalled walking with her father 10 yoree to Pass its Mehsure on Tent seen Daniel O'Connell on his tri- umphant tour of Ireland in 1829. Evictions Question e o= e Asso fated Press * - - — @ «London, April The Mache government was ed in the house THE WEATHER of commons today by a vote of 211 g 212 on the re@t evictions question. Hartford. April T —Forecast | - for New Britain and vicinity: | Washingtor Unsettled tonight and Toesday: | | compel interst possibly light min. not much preme court change in temperatore, the constructior | cannot compel them to abolish g * | crossings. April 7.—States canot - allroads, the lay, to join in su- decl #* ort ”*—_——_——_—*—,‘ GERMANY NEED NOT pAY bt ‘“”‘.A'\:fi FOR U, S, VESSEES SUNK : appareng IN HOSTILE OPERATION when hd ygoers Washi being ixed ‘6 y and cided tod ndstitl, not obligated to compe 1 and ships operated by the United ‘ars could tes at the time of their de- ions Clock struction during the war for halt purposes directly in further- an service ance of military operations up from half an hour to an gainst Germany. hour and then for a time, the ques- ses subniitted as tion of transferring passengers around ecided by the con the trestle bridge, west of Forest- ville station was considered as it was =] announced that the bridge had settled e raging ccause of t onlookers. Autos Unable to Breast Flood l Mother of Ossian 8. Bennett l.\pu-.-\l Iven motor car traffic was inter at Winter Home of Parents, l ! with as 1n.the, lowsr DARGIEE y he city, the water was above the Where She Spent Winter, Bietone i iy cosnn CHNG IR Ossian 8. Bennett ree a tolo. | man waded into water up to - s gram yesterday morning informing ©hest in his garage to out his car, hm of the death of his woth Mrs, only to find the seais floating around Mabel, widow of Joseph Bennett, at only the top of the ¢ar showing, Jacksonville, Florida, effflior in th the superstroetare W sanken day. Death oceurre the wintor | vessel, home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs, I Center Building Threatensd B. Harrington, o lLac " Meadow street was a placid lake, 3 south las while School street was a raging tore sp er with par rent. The last named street was Mrs, Bennett had not i1 and ke an ocean with tributaries running r death was unexpected, ~ Ossign 110 it was Park, Divinity, West and Bennett left for Jackeon®ille ifime. her connecting streets poured swift lately upon receipt of the m. i { flowing rivers into the thoroughfare, which euters the Memorial Boulevard Mrs, 1 was born in L. had passed many in New Britain, wher ishand ounded tha 1 orp. Her ho Har ison stree | LEGION SURVEY BOARD | = Be nett was 54 years of mge, | &, N. H, bu her Jite ¢t, Al of the cellars on flooded and for A ught that the hand- flding ,owned by Judge Malol doomed, ture is build over the IPe. ich ordinarily has a but which became a the extra water flows water rose so that floor had water i the cellar was & com- water In order that might be emptied, the fire s called and the Mack e of H Company was assigned to the task stocks o Bulldings Ruined The Lilley-Tracey and Volkenheim were 0 affects by the reatened with under-pinning Malone bullding Hos ny No. ted and water the Mack cases tiures above, ruined by | also e at Main & School sty time, it years of wor vl indry SCnC Wiltlam 3 This stru was this city was a K river w amblike m because dow 4 hem 4 Sin Citizons to Namud, Pive Being Payne, Petty, Bield, ater partment wa Cheney and Blumer, | ym both were th Comy itding wi wge M oser as his flooded and system, el of west on School the A small shed an filling arly storage was .. new CLUE T0 DARIEN SLAYER |, Ty (- About t of wate Police Mot on Trail of Man & P Store Murdered Manager of [ Bonlcvard \anis M 1 100 Vet of al a & vanis ar the require re. City Ene wue this morning n Sure 1 debrie Works Oscar were y 10 re- as much as “possible. wiil suffer a hard its expense account for the repair of the city streets New VPorestvifle Bridge Cracks + bor r. 60 C k. 1 a desciipt w sider important and their search N wore tendent of Pubik ! his St & job bri 1 ear ve conditions department Poiice chine tallying wi abandoned car of the #e May was 2 ten minutes before | the shooting. i wd jous (Continued on Second Page) J