New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1924, Page 1

. News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 MORATORIUM NOT INCLUDED IN DAWES’ REPORT WHEREBY GERMANY IS TO PAY DEBTS La Matin, In Supposed-l ly Authoritative State- | ment, Says Tempor- ary Concession of German Railroads Will Be Made. ELECTION EDITION Jhe “Herald” will publish extra edition this afternoon af- ter the close of the polling places in which will be printed a complete account of the re- sults in the city election. NEW REVENUE BILL 1§ REPORTED FAVORABLY Senate Is Given Measure on Strict Party Vote of Committee Industries to Be Mortgaged and Special Bureau Will| Govern Transfer of Funds | Up- —Payments wards. Taper Washingten, April §—The new rev- enue bill was ordered favorably re ported to the senate today by the ' finance committee, The measure was ordered reported ,on a party vote, nine 10 seven. Democrats announced their opposi- tion was based on the Mellon income rates schedule carried by the bill | The committee will be called either tomorrow or Thursday to take up the soldier bonus bill, Chairman Smoot said. He predicted not mere than three days would be required to get a report on the bill, | ‘The chairman does not expect to call the tax bill up for consideration in the senate before the middic o next week, The scope of tax reduction was narrowed, however, from that pro vided by the house bill warning of a treasury deieit under its terms leav. ing forced restoration of some of the miscellancous taxea stricken out dur< ing house consideration of the meas- ure, It provides as reported for a ret. roactive reduction of 25 per cent on 1923 ncome taxes which are payabie | ithis year; permanent revision of the Income tax rates in accordance with the plan of Secrctary Mollon; a special reduction of 25 per cent in taxes on earned income: and repeal of many miscellaneous and excise taxes, REPO TOMORROW Paris, April 5 (By the sociated Press)--The time the official delivery to the Al- lied reparation commission ot thereports of both the expert committecs—those headed re- spectively by Drig. General ‘harles G. Dawes and Reginald McKenna—was definitely fixed today for 10 o'clock tomorrow Morning. Drigadier General Charles G. Dawes plans to leave for Brussels tomorrow, where | he will see the Belgian minister of economics, M. Van de Vyvere. I'rom the Belgian capital e will go to Ilome and then to London, arriving at the British metropolis within en days. As- of Hy The Associated Press, Paris, April S.—~Brigadier Ge Lawes and his fellow reparation ex- perts scem to have attained the ob- wets at which they aimed, declares I.e Matin in presenting a summary of the committee’s fortheoming report which is accepted here as authorita- tive, They achieve SITUATION UNGHANGED New Haven Road Engineers and Fire- Reached Definite Decision on Wages, d this, the newspaper adds, without “passing beyond the ity set for them-~that is without ruising ‘the political problem the occupation of the Ruhr or trying to fix definitely the amount of the Ger. man debt, since it the Dawes report gives vxact details on the amount of the yea payments which may be exacted from the reich it in no way fixes the number of these annuitics, at least as regards the part which de- pends on the budget surplus of the reich,” ot men Stll Have Not New Haven, April §.—There was no change in the wage and working con- dition negotiations affecting the en- gineers and fircien on the N, Y, H. and H. raiiroad today, so rnr as conversation with the grand officers of the brotherhoods rev ed, Gen- eral Manager L. Bardo so far has declined to nulnor!:n any statement from the company's viewpoint. A conference requested by Mr. Bardo is believed to have been hetd yesterday. | Th grand officers of the firemen and L. Q. ¥\, Griffin of the engineers and Genera! Chairman 1. L. Mitchell of the engineers were here today await- ing, it was understood, a further con- | crence with Mr. Bardo. It was understood jhat the ba'lots nt out a few days ago asking mem- bers of the brotherhood for instruce tions, have not yet been counted by the brotherhood grand officers, MRS. MANSFIELD DEAD East Haven Woman, 95, Was Wife of Man Who First Made Mansfield's Principal Items The report provides Iy, accord- ing to Le Matin, that Germany sh receive 1o moratorium; a temporary concession will be made for her rail- roads, a mort 1 on her in- dustries and au cstablished to govern the transfer of money from the country in such a manner as to disturb the exchange market as little #8 possible, Her annnal payments would be tapered upward to keep pace with her economic recovery and finan- ability, ' Strict. Control It financial disorder prevents or telays exetution of Germany's finan- ial engagements the experts provide yutomatic installation of strict com. vol by the allies which would be' sted with ext 4 powers over the treasury of the reich. In co with cxperts the tublishment of Germany only one condition, namely, cconomic unity of the country entively recstablished, raising the question of the military occupation of the Ruhr the experts indicate that it will be yecessary for Germany to resume free visposal of the customs and state in- wustries like the forests, coal mining and railroads in the territory ocen- pied by French troo The railroad em of the Ruhr and Rhineland would be upder the special supervis- ton of an allied representative in or- dor to assare normal traffic and se- ¢ for the ¥rench troops, Method of Payments t the proposed reduced annual rayments Germany would apply on he reparation account the first year gold marks, raised by neans of an international Joan of “06,600,000 goid marks plus 206,000, from the “verkehrsteuer,” or ransportation tax Th second and third vould pay 1,200,000,00 he fourth year 21, 00,000, the 1fth 2,460,000,000 and so on. Trom = he sisth year the reparation commis- | tor With Hammer Sentenced From | jon would exact supplementary pay- Fou o nents in addition to the foregoing of r ABd it to Five Yearn, 466,000,000 gold marks dependent n a prosperity index carefully es- ablished by the Dawes committee Ihe supplementary payments under his index could gradually reach sev- sral hundred millions of gold marks. supplementary Total The supplementary total of 2.460.- 060,000 marks would be thus obtain- ed: From budget receipts 1,500,000~ 600 marks; from the transportation tax and railroad receipts 660,000.000; from the mortgage on industries 300,- 006,000, The railroads of the Reich would be transferred for fifty years to a com- pany with 26,000,000,000 gold mlrk!'I capital, composed of 2,000,000,000 in | preferred stock, one quarter of which wonld be sold for the benefit of the zovernment; 18,000,000,000 in ordi- nary stock, with dividends depending sn the ecompany’s prosperity, and 11.- 700,000,000 in privileged bonds at six per cent, five per cent of which would ial the Ruhr, the economic reecs can be dur- nection consider able on the nimst be Without Grove a Pienic Ground, New Haven, April §.-—Mra, Caroline M. Mansfieid, 95, whose husband, Dennis, made the resort known as Mansfield's Grove on the east ghore in East Haven, died today In the 60's a party of North Haven folks, the | Mansficld’s among them. located a shore camp in the wooded point of land at the mouth of Fast Haven | river and this became a popular place for picnic parties in days when the trip had to be made by wagon or car- riage. Mr. Mansfield ran the place until his death in 1889, and since then either the fAmily or close friends | maintained it as a picnic place, al. though in late years it was over- sfiadowed by the adjoining Comey Beach facilities, “" ' GETS PRISON TERM gold marks; ' 06,000,000 oo New Haven Man Who Assaulted Doc- New Haven, April 8. — Harry F. Connolly who hit Dr. Max Mailhouse with a hammer when he called upon the physician, recently was given a four and one-haif to five year sen- tence by Judge Allyn L. Brown, today when he pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent to kill. He had first been charged with assault with intent to murder, Conniolly entertained a grudge sgainst the physician because the Jat- ter in & compensation case testified that he did not find evidence of se- rious injury “such as Connolly had claimed. | NEW HAVEN PRIMARIES. New Haven, April §.—Democratic primaries for delegatos to the state | convention began this afternoon and it was said that factional differences had been smoothed over. Friends of Ira N. Ornbern. who desires to go to the convention said that elaims they |had will be earried to the conven- (Continued on Page 18) "ton. I\LW BRITAI\' DA]LY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 'noon today yboulevard when a Riuiode Tsland auto- | ing Jestibule of the trolley and the motor- | Sergeant | mother of the child. ! sponsibility for the death, G. Harding was unable to acrept ow- ! construction |about Easter. TWO STUDENTS KILLED WHEN SPEEDING CAR HITS TROLLEY Seven Other Providence Undergraduates Criti- cally Injured In Crash On East Hartford Boulevard—Were Going To Yale Baseball Game. Hartford, April 8, —Two men werejof the killed and seven eritically hurt about!youne men. od the Bast Hartford| . '(}s automobile sped thr Manchester a few fatal crash it was, seen Police Gordon of that town and he at once -telephoned the East Hartford police telling them that a car was ap- proaching at a dangerous rate of speed and should bLe haited. How- ever, the young men hed I Hartford passed through t town before the police there could «top them and dashed out the boule- vard toward t city, It is thought that the driver of automobile attempted to pass anatl car ahead of him and turned too far to the left in doing so and thus hil the trofley. There was a thud as the automobile hit the front of the trol- ley and several women fainted. The wutomobile was a complete wreek, All the young men in the car were under-graduates at Providenceo col- lege, Providence, R. I, and were on their way to New occupants of the car were Jugh mobile driven at a terrific rate of, minutes before the speed toward Hartford crashed into a South Manchester trolley car. The dead are: Arthur Gannon,: Providence, R. 1., and John Walsh of Bristol, R. I, driver, The injured taken to the Hartford l\o!pltal are Joscph Walsh, Bristol, 1., seriously hurt; Lontine Cum- IPall River, Mass, seriously in- Jured; William Maudsley, West Bar- rington, R. 1..; John MecVrary, Wren- tham, Mass., seriously injured; Fran- cis V. Corrigan, 42 Langdon street, Providence; Vincent O'Neil, 746 South Main street, Warren, R, I, Thomas Sullivan, Fall River, The automobile was of a semi- closed type and was reported as go- ing at a high rate of spged when it hit the trolléy, The front of the au- tomobile ripped off a portion of the t of man, John Cavagnero of 109 Summer Haven to see the street, South Manchester, received a baseball game between that minnr injury in one of his legs, All and the Yale te . DR. LYON DECLARED WATERBURY HARD HIT BABE'S DEATH ACGIDENT BY TERRIBLE STORM Report Absolves Ross Par- ents in Loss of Their Infant col Damage at Least $100,000— One New Bridge Is Necessary Waterbury, meeting of the today it was bridge to sy . Freight street would b replace the one swe ments in the flood of y old bridge was badly w |cording to City Engineer Itobert (Cuirns, A committee Was anpoint ol to' investigute the cost a new structure, Damage of at least $100,- | 400 was done to streets here accord- ing to the report of Superintendent [ William . Kennedy of the board Seevral factories which were obliged to suspend operations yesterday in- cluding the Chase Metal Works re- sumed work today, At the Water- bury Battery company's plant Iarge quantitics chemicals were destroyed by in addition to which work in process was spoiled, to the flood extinguishing the fires, the employes were er 1 to day in other debris lef road service which v yesterday due to s\ today reported as "l Suits for $200,000 More Are Filed in Bradley (Case Now Haven, April § tional suits of $100,000 filed today against Iobert Bradley f Boston in the Bradiey family Mtigation, the tiffs being the Misses Esther Helen Bradley w t up that t have been deprived of income son of the former svit of the | Bradleys against W. . Bradicy father, April S.—At a special bourd of public works cided that a new Naugatuck river at ossary to day | the seven-weeks- The Investigation started y, into the death of old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Iloss of 443 W Main street last Friday has not been comploted by Detective Willlam P, McCue, but nothing las been discovered that would be likely to incriminate the Medical Examiner Waterman Lyon reported the death tn Coroner Cal- houn as due to aceidental suffoca- tion, absolving the parents of all re- The po- lice were not entirely satisfied with certain circumstances surrounding the dcath, and are not prepared to make a definite decision until a thorough investigation has been { made. of of water, MURDER IN PITTSBURGH Woman Is Slaim In Her due Apartment il freshet And Hushand, at Work, Is Notified gl 1 up Wy is badiy th ore washouts ek to normal.’ of Tragely. Pittsburgh, April 8 -~ Mra, Fern Thase, aged 56 years was murdered in her apaMtment here shortly before noon today, her body, with a bullet hole in the chest and cuts on the face was found in the bathroom by the police who were summoned by neigh- bors when they heard what they be- lieved to be a pistol shot. A thor- ough search failed to disclose a pistol in the house. The four rooms of the apartment bore evidence of a strug gle. The floors and walls were spot- ted with blood. The police are searching for a man who neighbors reported left the house shortly after the shot was fired, Charles Thase, the husband, a hoisting engineer reported for work at 6:30 a. m. and did not leave hie post until told that his wife had been killed, his employers reported, Money and other valuables in apartment were not touched by mutderer, FOOT OF SNOW FALLS Northern New York, in Vicinkhy Two addi- each and Peter famous plain- and ey o by rea- o their on Verdict of $1,500 Given Meriden Woman Stands New Haven, April 8 ¥ aside a verdict $1.500 the Clara Stevens of Mcriden in a for damages ag: st Caecillia 1 e ihe plaintift's landiady by Judge Maines ens siipped hurt otion to given tion . Yale of was today. Mrs on icy stairs Veteran \\';)min Po;t Office Official D'ew at Redding Reddin Cor Ap S~ Mies Rarah ahe ford, for 11 ycars postmaster at Itedding ( at her home t vears No vanced age she had of Malone, Is Covered Under Deep Mantle of White—Ronds Impassible lead " L 18 8.—More than en in this sec York during Matone, N. Y., April a foot of snow has tion of northern New Jast night and today duties at post offi Noads are almost impassable, most jast Saturday when trains have been seriously delayed and with pneumonia there appeated to be little hope of re lief today Reign of Terror Reported In Capital of Honduras Washington, April & A reign horror pr: s in galpa, capital of Hon 4! hod CONN. RIVER RISING Martiord, April $.—The Connecti- river fed by the heavy rain of Sunday and by its swollen tributaries s in this part of the state, topped the ing strewn on th " ris of 20 foot mark early th morning and with nativ a ing continued ite steady ¢fab. Tt is pre- it was reported today in advic dicted that it will go to 21 feet dur- state department ing the day but is not eapecied to - much higher than that. SCOTT PERRY ARRESTED Hornell, N, ¥ Apri 8. — Seott Perry, former At ching who jumped to « ball thr years ago, is held in jail on a eharge of petit larceny. He was arrested in (ean yesterday charged with ha L robbed his landlord of $20. He was unable to supply bail. Tegr ¥ s act n squa s to 1} 1ise COOLIDG GR\'I”"'" D Washington, April 8 —President Coolidge regards at “gratifying” the result of the Michigan presidential preference primary. This statement was made today at the White House, SUCCEE! W. P. G. HARDING By the Associated Pres Genevay April 3.—M. J. Smith of Boston has been appointed league of | nations high commissioner for Hun- | gary, taking the position which W, P = THE WEATHER Fiarttord. April for New Britain and : Generally clowds tomight: Wed- nesday fair: not much change n temprrature, |ing to W heaith, Mr. Smith is ex- ' pected in Geneva to take up his du- ties in connection with Hungarian re- under the league at 8 1924, where , | —TWENTY PAGES. ’_—.—. Average Daily Cirenfation Week Ending 10 551 April 5th .. PRICE THREE CENTS BATTLE OF BALLOTS RAGES FIERCELY IN THIRD, FIFTH AND SIXTH WARDS AS RIVAL PARTIES GET WHICH? ‘ane) “adog APV RIS IR MAYOR A, M. PAONESSA, JUDGE B, W, ALLING, Klett Objects to Electloneermg Near Pollmg Place in 5th Ward Says Women Complam. 500,000 RAILWAY WORKERS ed of Conduct of Men T0 GET § P. C. INCREAS Soliciting Support For|" RAT:""\:I g ol Democratic Candi- dates. Aunually o Payrolls §.—~Wage increases affecting approxi- employes of 81 rail- subsidiaries representing * cent of the mileage west of heve been Chicago, April of five per cent mately 500,000 rouds and ninety p Chicago are reposted to The only untoward incident atter g eloction day was an occurrence i nit) vl polling place where, aimed, men were standing within prescribed 16 foot line and urging ctors to cast their ballots for the emocratic ticket State Centra! Tommitte: rge W, Klett heard of the al onditions complaint boen made 1 womer communicatio promised to stopped, ied to atives of the roads, th order of railroad conductors and the brotherhood of railway trainmen, he reported Inerease would arly $50,000,000 annually to payrolls. y trainmen would receive ¢ 24 cents a day; freight tra 30 gent conductors ' '8 cents; brakemen 26 cents and Lswiteh tenders 26 cents | ployes affected would the “Her- | ponding increases, 1 to .,w! Wage increases asked state p ip him and conductors virtually law enfor granted the reported the state police @ X a {The rallroads opposing the One of the amusing incidents of the asked union officials to char was the spectacle of ex-Mayor|ing rules to abolish exact 4. Quigley 1 ex-Mayor Or- | and for certa around togethe i ALBANY PARTLY lNUNDATED ;l'ln!'nnmw From Night Boat Landed a ma I there, » of by a¢ t into rt, who ver by trainmen would be Inarcases, have the iy ar ayovers, 3 antomobile I encmies cessians political happy as college grads g reunion, MARY GARDEN APPLIES Wit In Skiffs—Merchants Move | To Upper Stories Aprii 8. rigen ni half norma ring ts and scctions of the Dela New York Cen Famous Diva to Benounce Her Hudsor ind Albany oday had t above river ish Allegiance And Become Citizen pated of United states, | cove | piere, stee & tral yards Skilfs |ware Hudeon and re employ o land pas ts removed ind afte mercha Int Wicerr ome a ¢ Britis! Hartford Man Stabbed in Fight With Two ()1h(-r~‘ Martford, April $.—Vince tio of 471 t aint a fight ALMOST A FIGHT . Watkine of O m Makes a Pass with At Tep. Gallivan of Boston Bt No Warnarme taken to t Perronc, of Damage rested early Ventar who took Tt at stifl are man told t working w intreduced Spain Starts D, On 16th of Tim \lm\lhl Madrid Apr gazette publishe g that vidir accorda of oidir the & canse ag Vusior e n time with other nations daylight saving hours. mmendation thus av i ne mmes having _— REMINGTON MARKSMEN WIN Washington, April 8.—The nationa rifle association announced today that the T ton Arms club of Bridge- e the civifian club an mplonship than JUDGE WEBB DYING Haven, April 8.—Dr. Joslin, tending physician. found Judg . Webb's conditi une 1 night Dr. Jaslin at ent's fife seemed to be slowly cb- ing away. m of . had won Quinnipiack Rifle fub of New Have said | voiv ‘piozireny ‘ | d upon last night as a result of ! " Lll‘l«llllllv! slines & March 19 between | " § in no well inform Other em- | receive corres- ) | Stocks | VOTERS OUT Result Believed to Hinge On Suppori Given Paonessa And Alling In These Three Dis- tricts. Voting Earlier in Later Heavy Day Subsides Hours — 8,505 Register Choice Up to 1:30 o’Clock. in Electors in the third, fifth and day indicated demo and republican organizations were in a bitter fight, the former to maintain the present mayor, Ang M. Paonessa, and & democeratic jinistration in office, and the latter to return New Britain to the republican ranks, where it had remained for eight years prior to the election of Paonessa, At noon, political analyzed the situation declared that the outcome of today’s election was a toss-up and that whichever candidate waa the victor he would come through with a very small majority, Fleets of Autos in Service Both political parties had fleets of automobiles in operation as soon as the polls opened at 5:30 o'clock this morning. The dgmocratic drive was | centered about the fifth and sixth wards, which precincts are expected in demoeratic circles to return Mayor Paonessa victorious, In the fifth ward it was reported that a 28 por cent vote had been poiled before 7:30 o'clock this morning. The republican party centered its attack about the third ward. This ie the républican stronghold and it being counted upon by the G, O. P. to offset the majoritics conceded to Paonessa {in the wards north of the railroad tracks ers playir tic lo dopesters whe wocraty had cars and worke betwéen the homes of their and the third ward polling ut the day in the hope of Leating down the républican lead, In the fifth and sixth wards, the ree pans were on a like mission, but ed circles was there k any elaim that the upper wards could { be won over to the G, O, I’, nor the third ward breught into the democras tie fold. Real Battle in Pourth Asx had been anticipated throughout { the eampaign, the fourth ward is the ! scene a lively election fight and it that the vote gotten out establish & new record in district, There is an aldermanie and the election of two members to the common council is also attract g the vote, The candidates on both tickets have the backing of certain cments in their ward, hence the un- | usual interest in the youtcome, first and second wards are exs pected to produce their normal vote, l it there is no particularly interesting contest to cuuse a heavy vote, In poth the democratic and the ree publican headquarters there were ope timigtic reports throughout the day. Both candidates were confident of clection and so expressed themselves, Mayor Rgonessa declared that he is sure the publican organization will be repudiated and he looked for jon, not only of himself, but the ticket in the two upper it least and possibly in the vard. 1In the first and second rds the democrals anticipate in- « in the republican majority and Jeffersonians Judge All- expectations is believed iy will s ght also of vards vird ward of hold ar below th ed to carry first, #econd clean hold the figure in dly more those el- more vor of RoP ports ur gl production of 21.- ar as com- 1t tons last ord crop of s-14. Cenn srean is 1 « this ¥ yrevious re stort tens in 191 OPPOSES RADIO TAX -~ Seerctary Was Hoot April 8 he was opposed to ing scts as pro- of the meve Hoover's department over radio lcensing. tax on radio rece posed in t - enve bl Mr super inon a