New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press 'STABLISHED 1870 Average Daily Circulation Week Fndmg 10 931 April 12th . " NOW ILLEGAL TO m TN RARGRATG EXPERT TESTIM[INY IVEW YORK REPUBLICAIVS CRITICIZ AL SMITH AND ADOPT PLATFORM OF PRAISE FOR COOLIDGE'S POLICIES ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS EVEN - FACES I]ESTRU[]TII]N FAVORABLE T0 THAW IF NOT FIT FOR DRINKING Fi Which Stars in Garage, Hliniss and Others All Delae Conn. Supreme Court AA flflRBUBK I.EAVES Hands Down Very ‘Y’ SECRETARYSHIP Important Ruling In' % Enforcement Of Vol. Hed of Bovs’ Dept. . signs—Robert E. Loomis stead Act. ucceeds Him | ] | i five M years \ Anthony A. Dorbuck, for Applies to Any Liquids Con- S it o taim'ng Alcohol That May most of that time i the capacity secretary of the boys' department, Be Easily Changed Into nas resigned his position and will go | ‘11 "into business for himself after May 1. Beverage. Hartford ery April 16,—An opinion of practical importance in the enforcement of the Volstcad act nd of our (Connecticut) statute in its aid” was handed down by the su- préme court today in the case of the state versus Louls Torello, Judge J Beach dissenting. great K. By this opinion it will henceforth be fllegal to transport, without gov ernment authority, intoxicating liquos which although not fit for bever: purposes at the time of transportati, is nevertheless susceptible by one o more processes of being made fit drink, Louis Torello was urrested carl, ast fall in Sudield while driving truck containing eight barrels of pur tially denatured aicohol from New taven to Springticld, and brought 1« trial before Judge Jobn P, Kellogg fi the superior criminal court, Judg Kellogg on the grounds that there was « “complete vari between the proof and the tnformation” directed the jury to return verdiet of gullty for Torello which it dld or ober 3. Alcom Filed Appeal Stote's Attorney Hugh M. Alcor who prosecuted Torello appealed to the supreme court from this decision, wnd the supreme court in its opinio today, written by Chief Justice Whee DORBUCK ANTHOANY AL firs NI, about t ago yeor on t n to Geners "or the pu ente uot Ocs a floor ry ve been departiment in that ur the as becn v in and capacity Among Mr. ments was that of nehieves High Dorbuek's nandiing barrels (found analyzed o volume aund alate with « lguid In the orello’s truck) cr eent alevhol by ver eent of dicthyly of benzel, The s cluime t) tired alcohol ther suscaptille crage purposes in g pur \ olste haye e t spectally e this formula being used for its then condi v aleohol, and poses within the ad act, The jury readily found that Ly Ampie process of distillation, cap effected in the ordinary stil ¢ person, the ir lonature th rmula can be sey L seing diely prinalate, and 1the rainder eect of vure gruin aleohol, Tt needs reitier te ony nor argument to en- * AYIe A eourt to see that specially de etweed a'cohol of this formula could % lewlully manufactured and sold withie or without the state to fllegal endogs of intoxicating beverages within the state and by these sub- ected to this simple process of dis- | tillation, and the resultant obtained of 977 per cent pure grain alcohol, which s the base of all alcoholic bev- crages, used in the illegal manufac- ture or vending of intoxicating hever- ages. We sce no difference in the re- sult obtained between the process of making the liquid fit for beverage pur- poses by first distilling it to separate the grain alcohol and then diluting that. The one requires two processes the other one. Any other holding would lead to the constant abuse in the use of partially denatured aleohol, manufactured for industry but used In violation of all federal and state laws in aid of the eighteenth amend- roho: © e ROBERT E. LOOMIS School Boys' club a and during years such speakers coach at Yale; Walter ¢ of “Camp's Daily Dozen.” have procured He will and insura Mr. Dorb has b which m the us week been among engat k's positio en who taker Toomis physical Howard senior | , departme staff as strom director for g 8 corps has beer assistant phy McCOOK DECLINES J0B . a nd The supreme court finds no error in the lower court’s verdict of not guiity in the case of Daniel Lawler, Harry Cobla, Antoni Vigilanti and Antonio ' Bemprone accused of aiding Torcllo. REBEKAHS MEETING 500 Delegates and Visitors in Willi- | mantic Today at Annaunl Meeting of Charles the Order. Willimantie, April 16.—Five hun- dred delegates and visitors attended the annual state assembly of the state Rebekah lodges held here today, with Mrs. Nellle Lovett, state president of this eity presiding. Mrs. Lovett responded to an ad- dress of welcome by Noble Grand Mrs. Margaret Sears of this city and a brief welcome by Mayor Hormisdas Dion and also welcomed visiting offi- cers from Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and New Jefsey state assemblies. Reports were read by the *tate officers which showed a mem- bership of 13,281, a gain of 389 for the year in the previo 85 state lodges. Election of officers will be held this Governor's Executive Secretary Docs Not Care to Become Compensation Commissioner. We States Hartford A T nounced that he utive sccretary this city the pensation commissioner rict but that Mr. McCook clined Commissioner Chandler has tendered | to the governor and sald he should vember Governor Temy Commissioner han term of five 1, 192 April mpieton had o Anson popintie s resigr other January Governor Templeton considered Mr. MeCon best qualified men in the such an important positio he regretted his refusal to LAFOLLETTE WTHDRAWS said and that House Painters Strike in Norwich, Demand More Pay Norwich, April 16—House pai ers to the number of 60 at severa Jobs. struck today because the mas ter painters. The masters offered 871; ecents but the men refused t The masters then declined to 1 his the union in eonference as requested by letter tast night The working agreement expired last night. Directs Montana Secretary of State 10 Seratch Wim OR Presidential Pri- mary List. Helena, Mont., LaVollette today directed Secretary of State to ame frem the presidentia to be held May 1 ame had 1 abor ticket, rator Mon- ithdr: April 16 mar; - armer-] | buildings occupied by .\lolher of Judge W. . Hun- | by water. Him Mentally Competent Spreaods Rapidly ; SEVERAL BUILDINGS - GONE 'MORALS ARE NOT AN ISSUE a2 Doctors Expiain That Many Moral p. m.. Garage, Church, Convent, Public Men Are Insane and Vice Ve Hall and Eleven Buildings Had Been Destroyed—Worcester Principal, With New Suit and Hair- Sends Fire Apparatus. cut, Looks 10 Years" Younger. Philadelphia, April 16.—Expert tes- timony averring that Harry K. Thaw | is sane, opened the third day sanity trial in common pleas court, Dr. George Wllson, neurologist of the University of Pennsylvania, and con- sultant at nearly a dozen hospitals, emphatically pronounced Thaw men- tally sound and declared he would not be a menace #f released. Dr. Wilson added that Thaw, 1" given his liberty, would be capable of managing his estate estimated at more than $1,000,000, Looks Younger Today. A haircut and a different suit of clothes made Thaw look 10 Years younger as he appeared in court’to- day. He evidently had prepared him- self to take the witness stand, but his counsel indicated that he may not be called until tomorrow. Evelyn Nesbit, who through her 18 | year old son, Russell Wiillam Thaw, is seeking to have Thaw declared still insane, was not in court. She re- April 16.—A fire wvhich st 12:15 in Connelly's ge qu d to adjoining ouses and §t. Anne’s church. At 1| p. 1., four buildings were burning and h was being rushed from | Manchaug, Mass. the ge, the a public hall and | destroyed. was ablaze. small frame mill operatives, lock chureh, a convent dwellings had Manchaug dwellings At been hotel w The The MRS. HUNGERFORD DIES AT RUSSELL ST. HOME gerford Was in Her 3rd Year return until later in the week. Thaw's aged mother followed her custom of staying at her hotel during the forenoon session of the court, The examination of Dr, Wilson en- Mrs. vidow Rarah of the late died at her at noon Ch Hungerford, [ Hunger- 5 Russell llowing & ilin She $ a member of Britain's dest familles, 9 belng among the pio- ord, street, short one at the Pennsylvania hospital for men- tal and nervous diseases in West 1 confined since 1917, Mrs, Britain on July er $drd year vesident of this o hter of Willlam Biinn She Hungerford Hungerford was born {n New 6, 1841, and was in § was a life long She was the A, Churchill was married on Decem- cause it was founded many years ago by an allenist of that name, dw and fondled and abused, in turn, the rab. bits that he had named “Tweedle. deums” and “Tootsles,” that he had beaten them with sticks, kissed them and talked to them, Criticlzes Attendants “1 would consider that e\idnnc' very flimsy,” sald Dr. Wilson, who then eriticized the hospital luthomles for permitt rabbits” “Most certalnly T wo wral Frank 1. hher 1869 Four ehildren three born to the of them having passed «y. Judge W. C. Hungerford is the only one to survive, Mrs, Hungerford was a lite long member of the First Chureh of Christ (Congregational), and a prom- inent and active member of the |jave taken awey th ) pporiymicy DA and the Woman's elub, sucll & thing,” the it ,ens i q,,.A, funegil fnitt by @ Satthdny piy £ another questio . 2180 o'clock from the | ‘raking up different forms of vices will be conducted by sanity, Dr. Wilson foplled 1) & ques- Henry W, Maler, pastor of the tion that perversion is not é1ideiice of clurch of Christ. Burlal will jasanity, Fairview cemetery, Dr, Wilson sald he exumined Thaw and found no evidence of hallucina were fl 1Mirst be in tion, dementia or mental deteriora- tion, “Have you considered the history of Thaw's life, in view of his har‘dlh‘ (particularly in regard to_ seven in- stances of mental disturince inelud ing epilepsy in his family?” asked 'John M, Patterson, eounse! for Thaw, “radio ! e sald Dr, Wi'son, “1 have con- virtually < sidered all that. It is not unusual fo cancerous epilepsy to occur in any large tamily wihs, was demonstrated here to- Talked For Four Hours day by Dr. 1. E. Schmidt, who per- Bafore Dr. Wilson was called, T, formed two operations with it. Roy Phillips, a court stenographer, A low power radio transmitter is | testified that he took testimony at the 19ed generate current. The hospital from Thaw in 1218 for seven “kni mbling a knitting needle, hours and that Thaw did not indieate torms one terminal. A sheet of tin.that he was of unsound mind, I on which the patient lies forms Dr. Wilson was asked in cross-ex- othersterminal amination by Arthur G. Dickson, The human tissue, counsel for the trustess of Thaw's es- o4 ¢ ent when the u tate: st s he generation of | "In reaching your conclusion that at nife burns i1selt through Thaw i sane, did you consider the n. and muscle qnickly and with- fact that this man shot Stanford out pressure., White 2" th the operat A8 the witness answered N ekl s many eyes in the courtroom shifted to 2 depth of a thirty-se [Thaw but he was reading a book, and sinring Waking the np”m‘f'\-irynnm was oblivious of the ques- iy bl . cory deif. thon. oo e e (i apit® of Thaw's attack on Fred- v oy : \Hek Gump, Jr., and that he tried to 1 o rommit sulcide, you say this man:is : safe to he at large GET LOOT WORTH $14,000 | ;7 oo ) held New Surgical Instrany Demon- strated Which Makes Certain Oper- | ations Practically Bloodiess, 16.—A whieh may render odless operations for ago, April offering resist- @ performed, Dr. oy seared ond of an o e fneh, the ton cate ¢ vir Hypothietical questions dealing with the state health law enacted in 1923 and dealing with persons committed to lunatic asyiume and with mental defectives were propounded. Thaw appeared much interested in this tes- timony and asked for a copy of the law, Suddenly he turned and looked searchingly among the spectators, Judge and jurors followed his gaze until Thaw beckoned a hospital at- tendant trom the erowd. Al he wanted was a leather case the attendant was holding from which Thaw fished a black book containing ral hundred typewtitten pages and He was look springfield Truckmen tp in Brons, Taken to Westhury, L. L, and Tied to Trees April 16— Bandits In today held up two loaded with tires ve at $14, drove their victims to Westbury, L. bound them to scaped with the loot. The and Thomas Mass., work- veral hours. SMALLPOX SPREADS York nx early v truck ert Smith s a package of cigarettes, ing for some testimony. Asked Many Questions Mr. Dickson plied Dr. Wilson with many other hypothetical questions, and then asked . “Then erimes generally the-Ripper cases, are—"" “What has this to do with the case shouted Attorney Patterson. “Why don’t you put Buffalo Bill in W “T want to know.” sald Dr. Dickson, 4t the use of whips doesn’t lead to the use of knives later on. T have no evidenee of knives but we are con- sldering the future.” “f am not a soothsayer and 1 can't tell what a man would do.” answered the witness, “but taking Thaw's age New Haven Now Has Case Which, it like Jack- i« Said. Ras Been Traced to New Britain A here today. case of The New H At smallpox was repe patient, a telephone operator, who iived apartment house visited er brother in New Britaln two weeks The brother is now ill with the FIRE IN ANSONIA April 15.—Fire the rear of the grocery and 1 store of Aaron Hodos at 397 Main at one o'clock this morn- caused damages estimated at be- tween $4.600 and 6. Four families fiving apartments over the store were driven ont by smoke. The place bad one for a fire and two larms were sent fn. The firemen used et freely to preve a spread of aze and most of the damage is | #* which (Continued on Page Fifteen) Ansonia ted in star wreet THE WEATHER —— Hartford. Aprfl 18 —Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Continwed fair tonight and Thursday, little change in tem- perature. in a t e mained in Atlantic City and will not! locally known as “Kirkbride's,” be-! { {1anti. STONINGTON FIREMEN'S FIRST JOB IN YEAR New London, April 16.—Stoning- ton's fire department was called at 12:15 this afternoon for the first time by a box alarm since April 1, Iy the call was answered by new apparatus of the three companies, all making their initlal runs. The call sounded from box 3 was for a grass fire which damaged a lattice fence between the proper- ties of Nina Council > 43 Knights of Columbus in Main street and Mrs. Barah Main in Water street. The damage was slight. DEHM AND JUDD BAGKERS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY Republican Slate Expected o ! Through Common Council i Spite of Opposition. Statements made by the common council the recommendation of members that Alderman C. J. indicate Deh be placed at the head of the finance to- slate of committee will be opposed at night's meeting when the standing committees is presented. The republican slate re | Alderman W, tem. will also be opposed, the dem tered quickly into the rabbit episodes |crats recommending Alderman Frank Is Conlon of the sixth ward, It belleved that the republicans Judd for mayor pro tem. At tonight’s meeting en effort will be made to secure for members of The hospital records read in court |the health department staff additional vesterday and Monday sald that Thaw (compensation for the period of the smallpox epidemie. The staff put long hours and its dutles were extr ordinary, those who favor the creased colnponu!lun wxpln!n TAXI AN BADLY BEATEN WJMmIlry”‘lluld Last Haretform, o . /1y ‘Today, Harttord, Aprll 16 —~John Girar a taxicab driver Iy an a early this morning foliowing sault in East Hartford by three high- y examination will be ,made to determine the extent of his v men, X injuries, Girard responded call for a taxicab at morning and plcked up his fare,at 1) barns of the Connecticut Co, on Sta strect, He was directed to drive Hilver lane, East Hartford and follow ing instructions, stopped in front of house there, from the taxicab, tendered Girard $10 bill in he was held beaten by men. up and FORBES 1S INDIGTED Ux-Head of Veterans' Burean Mu Stand Trial $3,000,000 Goods for $600,000, Baltimore, April 16 Forbes, former director of the Vete ans’ Bureau, was indicted by the f eral grand jury today at the close an investigation into the sale supplles alleged to be worth 000 to the Thomson-K New York and Boston for 4 be $600,000 Nathan Th pany which bought the Commander Charl O'Leary of United States the supply division Bureau at Perryy time the goods were dicted The contract sell bore Colonel Forbes's signature, The ‘charge agalnst Forbes is co spiracy to defraud the government Jail Qen'enceq and Fines a price sa d of the supplies ar th es t the Ma Vetera at t o ! iite ! sold to In Willimantic Cour —Twelve cases Willimantie, April 16 in which violati law was charged were today the aftermath « ralds by local, county and federal cers. David Macha we costs and glven 60 promised to go ou city yest con 1siness. Nowak pleaded not guilty of makin home brew but was fo | given $100 and costs, and : jall. The other cases were urftil April 26, Lansing belected to Be On Mexican Claims Com. Washington, April 16.—Robert Lar dent former secretary state, Pr “ing, been selected by ! AxorHER DYNAMITE Seranton, Pa., April | dynamite outrage Pittston today. damaged the home When of an dly damaged. Windows in se er buildings were smashed. was third dy ting incident | Pittston in the past seven weeks. ing 1 members of | way through the flames and get his thatd republican | ommending H. Judd as mayor pro have Philadelphla, where Thaw has been |sufficlent strength to put over both This hospital {s Dehm for the finance committee and a- in- | patient at the Bt | Francis hospital wnere he wus taken to a telephone o'clock this The passenger alighted payment for the service and as the driver was making change, two on Charge of Selling | -Charles It of com supplie m of the prohibitto Coolidge as one of the American members of the New Mexican claims commission I OUTRAGE 16.—Another was committed at explosion Anthony Gi- The front veranda bullding was blown to pieces and the entire dwel SIK CHLDREN DIEIN FIRE IN BRIDGEPORT Father Is in Hospital Badly Burned in Blaze That Razed Their Home 3ridgeport, April 16.—The death i1 a hospital here today of Samuel Ehrik, | [ 11, Lrings the loss in a fiee | which destroyed the of 1 Ehrik family night The dead are Ernest, two; lda seven; Raymond, six; samuel 11, The father, Vincent's hospital home to six t 13; Char Louis, nine and Frederick Khrik, is in badly burned. r ago. Connecticut State If the six « ,m\l Dept., 8 bedro t of 1 old inctiord Conn. [0 00 f what was for- meriy the Greenlawn club on Fair- fleld avenue, He managed to fight his on, Samuel out with him, Both were badly burned, however and were m | found on the street by men from a nearby garage and rushed to the hos- pital, . Bhouts of the father indicated that | the other members of his little family | were trapped in the burning building. Iire officials attempted to reach them but the flames spread so rapidly that | the roof fell before an attempt at res- | cue could be made. The bodles of the little victims were found in a bedroom of the burned structure after the fire had been subdued. 0- is H, | Florence Vanwie of Rochester, 'Gross Wrongdoings Of Few Should Not Re- flect On Government In Its Entirety, Con- vention Asserts, Prosperity at Home, Peace and Good Will Abroad Are C(alled Outstanding Fruits of Administration. New state York, April 16.~The re convention publi- elected can today seven delegates-at-large to the na- tior ention at Cleveland, adopt- ed a platform praising the adminis- tration of President Coolidge and lis- tened to an address by State Senator Parton Swift of Buffalo, the perman- t chairman, in which he criticised legislative program of Governor Smith, The delegates-at-large were chosen without o th They are: United States Senator James Wads- worth, Jr, of New York; Charles D. Hilles, national committeeman from w York; George K. Morris, chair- man of the state committee; Cornelius Bliss, Jr., treasurer of the state committee H. Edmund MacHold, speaker of the assembly; Mrs, Charles Sabin, of New York, and Mrs, Ehrik was a roofer and had been employed In Portchester, He had a brother Charles ‘who worked with him, Since the death of his wife, | about a year ago Ida, the oldest| | daughter of the family has acted as | housekeeper in the home The cause of the fire has not Le | definttely determined this forenoon. The living apartment of the Ehrik { tamily were only a part of the | stable, other portions of the structure | betng wped for storage. The property |1 owne Rev. Louls Wortys, a in g Thaw to “mistreat the | Hartford Oab l'fl\u' Assaulted and i Polish pr w, who has o pastorate in alley, 1. _He recently camoe fog . Ho sald foday that the ure was valued at about that there was no insur- | his pro Lurned st a,|$2,000 and ™ After Mgid foquiry and federal ofticers five depart- ment officlals took part it was decld- ed that the fire in the Ehrik home last night was due to an exploding ol |? Fragments of the stove were foun The walls of rooms in the louse were of light boards and tar paper and inflammable. MAY BE JIMMY VALENTINE which eity slove, 16 te to a New York Police Believe They Have a Captured King of the World's Best Safe Crackers, 16,1 ‘Hu. ew York, April y questioned a man, was Francls Harmon, | that e was one of the safe crackers ever arrested, tound in his possession a small library of textbooks on safes, a kit of burg- ar's tools and a complete woman's wardrobe, including two bobbhed-halr wigs Harmon admitted 1. | had done any | trom a state ref !m-mu) being a womnar ! in belief most expert Detectives st being ly company of out o Harmon sing burglar tc 1 | recently sold 84,6 t v, X ¥ DIES AT AGE OF 9 v Member i1 vas chief o also was in- WM< Forn dulia A Visher of First Baptist Church, Passes Away at Home in ¥ Mrs. Julia A low of Henry resident of New at her k was formerly Baptist churcl t n " off . gra schildrer idgey Michigan City Officials Accused of Conspiracy We L’\ "ll\ N oo Detroit, April h of Hamtrack, Mas former director of pub! 1y Jewzewski and now nci and Mark Berlinge others in secret indictme with conspiracy to stead act. Berlinger and disapprared se following his arrest o drunkenness and Lis personal recognizance Officials of two brewing ¢ a few “fivers” and saloon | make up those indicted Smith, 'nited States district attorney, sald, he charged that these indicted conspired to distribute beer, ts charged the Vol d his job roeke arge on forfe ra a release . It at n| *“Suc old | Plodges Support. The donvention’s platform heartily endorsing the administration of Prese ident Coolidge and piedging loyal sup= port to “his efforts to preserve honest | adn tion and to promote the efficiency of the government.” ding to his high office the death of his beloved pre« s the platform, “the has shown' unfaltering cour= |age.in dealing with the problems which confronted him. We commend the calmness and poise with which he rets each situation as it arises, and his firmness in adhertng to the course through decessor, preside. Sy I up Men 18 | ;ore 1o .,\\ the taxes and look atter | which his judainent approves, regarni- {lesw of considerations of politica) ex pediency or of the effect upon himsef, and we submit that these are the very qu s of which our country and the | world stand in greatest 1 at | present time.” ‘ Senate Touchix w [ pations In® Washington, the says “Any wrong-doing og corruption must be sc out and destroyed. The senate investigations ordered by and democratic senators disclos, ets upon which the ent acted in a manner to the impartial, energetic and or- cution of any one guilty of and the righting of any wrong done the government. He has suid that no one shall be shielded be. se he is a republican, no one pros- d beed he is a democrat. “Hia ca m_resolution, quiet dignity 1 firm i nee on orderly justice 1 out in hnxlp_\ contrast to thé un- erly, partisan and demo- mpt to destroy the eonfi- * of the people in thelr publie o which has impeded the pub. 8, insulted the intelligence ple, and lowered the dignity and standing of the senate No General Reflection 4 The failure or two fin- Jividuals, oss and Culpa- ble, must not be a 1 to reflect on the and integrity of government that of the thousands of who devote their lives d other- government of and to challenge nee the Disclosures, ipon the e inyoatd platform republican alike, prest ha | darty ¥ pros however, € owe henor 1en our at and the fruits of publie moved stead- ent of the soundness iples and of the support ry tform dwe ome hese are vdministrat have peace ad, 1 ion eir mal af rift act it pun ‘¢ almost entire e flexib of 1922 as on nat airs. ¢ laying tific tarif Mellon's torm™ mport- | the upon lirecte 1stice 1 ations is conference vement in foreign re iisarmament 1 limited the burdens of to peace by 1 of understanding to 8 of mistrust and parents of war.” SCHOOLBOY KILLED. Watert April 16.—Joseph Mar- dique, 8, he hosplial this a from injuries received when an auntomobi hortly be- 1o driver of the vehicle is un- The boy was crossing the leaving the south school in ry died ! known street after l akville,