New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1924, Page 1

I\ews of the World By A«suclated Press XSTABLISHED 1870 FIRST MEETING OF WOMEN VOTERS HERE Hartford County League Conven- tion in This Gity Next Friday REPORTS ~ FROM BUFFALO. Mrs. Lewis Rose, Miss Marjorie Cheney and Miss Mary Bulkley to Report on National Situation—Murs. Kimball in Charge of Luncheon, At the annual convention of the Hartford County league of Women Voters at the Burritt hotel 1'riday, May 23, reports on the national con- entien recently held at Butfalo will Lewis Rose, whd f the departinent rnational Coope n to Pre- War, Miss Marjorie Cheney, who . Herbert Knox, vent WIS ROsE et state president, and Miss Mary Bulkley, who went as chairman of the rllilrm\]up comn Arrangements for being made by 1 as nvention Mrs. Otto G, Wied. nirman of 1 Hartford Coun ague, and rose ns for the 1oon A being made by Mrs, Ef Kimball of 61 Lexington street, resident of the New RBritain This is the first time the 10 has met in New Britain, The business session will open at 50 o'clock and will feature reports ‘rom the presidents of local leagues in he county, Luneheon will be followed by reports of Miss Cheney, Miss Doik and Mrs, Rose, At 2:30 o'clock, rd Bradstrest, director of the au of adult education in Hanlford, immigration, taking ns and atock are ma ty vatl G ey How 1 spenk on Lis topie: “Stock taking making." Mrs, Herbert Knox Smith esident, s expected 1o attepd GET STIFF SENTENCES Rum state (hree New Haven Runners Jailed for Six Months and Fined £500Others Jatled Too 19 Eight men ed in a liquor raid at Fort Hale two weeks ago yesterday morn- were in superior court today and of were sent ‘o jail for months and fined $500 each and sther five cach given 60 daya in same place with fines of $200 at- New Maven, May Attorney Alling told the he had fived ownership on rum-running vessel, the e, as Guiscppe Barberio, men given a long scntence. men wers also designated 80 cases of gin and Judge Wolfe s owners of seized heach REACHES SEMI-FINALS College Defeats hiskey Marsh of Williams Bennett of Brown and Also Hatfield of Wesleyan At Tennis Brook ass., May 19.—Clifford B. Marsh of Willlams reached the «emi-final round of the New England tercolleglate lawn tennis singles at & Chestnut Hill courts of_the Long Cricket club today through ralght set viclories over Captain pennett of Brown in the first round 1 Hatfield of Wesleyan in the sec- nd round. Captain Franklin P. Osgood of Dartmouth and Captain Martin 1 Massachusetts Institute of echnology were easy first round win- Father Donihue .:\ssixned To R. C. Church in Pomfret Rridgeport, May 19.—Rev, George Donahue, curate of St. Augustine’s C. chureh here for five years, to- confirmed announcement of his tment by Right Rev. John J. as pastor of Woly Trinits Pomiret, succeeding Rev. Jo seph Eily, decensed. He will take e of the parish on Friday. Prior » his appointment to Bridgeport he in East Hartford and New ine ressel of urch, was ctirate 1ain ROBLERTSON FAMILY REUNION Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Robertson of 7% Linden street who on Friday ob- served their 50th wedding anviversary esterday had a family reunion at their home, thet: children Jiving here, 1 their friends, visiting them during Mr. and Mre. Robertso ey were presented with & purse of £ GOING TO FVROPE Arth G. Kimban President nr of Mre for & Landers Kimba tour of Bt - e 2% rope. NEW BRITAIN HERAL NEW BRITAIN, SPARK STARTS FIRE, THREE MISSING AFTER VOLGANO'S EXPLOSION Believed To Have Been Killed By Si den Eruption of Kilauea on Island of Hawaii By the Assoctated Press. ‘Five Men Injured, One Fatally, it Honolulu, May 19.—Three persons are | unaccounted for following a violent explosion in the crater of Kilauea volcano on the Island of Hawaii, said advices reaching here last night from Hilo on that island. They are Miss Molly U. Thomas, a nurse of the board of health and two soldicrs, whose | names were not given. The explosion was the most violent of the current period of activity in the volcano, he three were scen at the edge of the great pit of the crater immediately before the explosion. A scarching party was sent out in an effort to locate the bodies, Truman 8, Taylor, a bookkeeper of Pahala, was struck by a rock thrown out from the volcano immediately af- ter the explosion and both legs were crughed. He also burned severe- Iy by hot ashes. Taylor's cries we lieard, by another sightseer who w: to his assistance. Violent explosions with eruptigns of 1ocks, sand and ashes continue un- tbated, There were eleven Saturday 1ight and three notable ones Sunday morning, besides numerous lesser dis turbances. Each large detonation tollowed by a shower of large roc Tons of the missiles are hurled three- quarters af a mile, The rock which injured Taylor fell 1,800 feet from flie crater, A rain of ashe: nd mud tollowed the rock Wer: he rain 1 is tremendous and is accompanied brilliant displays of lightning and violent thunder. MIDDLETOWN MAN GONE fOUL PLAY SUSPECTED Left Saturday for Saybrook With Two Strangers— Car Found in N. Y. nt is hy Torrington, May 19, - Herbert G, Wadhams, who moved to Middletown from Torrington about a year ago Is missing and relatives fear he has been murdered, On Saturday he telephoned from his grain store in Middletown to s wite at their home in that eity that he had been engaged to drive a coupl of men to Saybrook, That was the last she hear from him, Yestorday telophohe message from the New York police Informed her that Wadhams' car had been found in front of a hotel in that elty. Mrs. Wadhams jnformed her husband’s brothers in this ety and search for the missing man was started. General Sanford H. Wad- hams, reti.ed, a brother of the missing man left this morning for Middletown afd will conduct an investigation for the family, Middietown, Conng May 19.-~Chief of Police Charles A, Anderson went to New York toda yto bring back the automobile of Herbert G. Wadhams, strangety missing from his home, and to inquire for traces of him in that city. | On Saturday fwo strangers engaged drive them to Saybrook been heard from, and in New York "The state polies also have heen asked to asgist in the search in the NEW STATE PARK Stato Forestry Commission G night about 11 o'clock Wadhams to e bas not his machine is Title to 50 Acres of Land at Sleeping Giant Mountain, Hartford, May 19 estry commission has obtained title to a tract of twenty acres of land at Hleeping Giant mountain at Mount Carmel, town or Hamden, to be used for state park purposes, The eom- mission has declined an r for a larger tract of the mountain because it could not accept the conditions of giving the mountain the name of an individual $1,218 IN CAMP FUND Less Than Half Goal Boshed in This Held ¢-The state for o City — Tag Brings In $531. $1,218.62 has be here in the drive for the nance of disabled veterans Niantie. THie is less than half the $3,000 quota that the local commit- tee had set itself. last year about " was sent by The tag day held Saturday $531.04. eltters have been sent to some of the city's leading eitizens asking for donations and to these appeals ars expeteed to bring the final amount to more than $1.5 A meeting committee be held tonight to make wp a fina port Day Saturday A total of en raised mainte- camp at for this eity. netted ont responses of the »E n INJUNC lln\ CASE The injunction procecdings of E Kilbourne agairst Halph Kolodns prevent the latter from erecting tuilding on Stanley street, were con tinued in Mty court this morning and case wiil come up Friday after roon at 3 o'clock. P. ¥. MeDonough is representing the plaintiff and M. D, ®axe the defendant o 1 2 GERMAN FIRY FA b Willich, Rivenish Prussia, May The Oker Steel Works, manufactur- er8 of high-grade finished steel and one of the largest industrial plants in Ge ny. has petitioned for a rece ors This fire targe indusirial insolvency stabilization of the mark. is the case since a 1ie | ! gotsky, |ty loomed Swith CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MAY 19, ALDERMAN DEFENDANT IN BURRITT HOTEL STOCK SUIT J. Gustay Johmson Said To Owe Cor- TANK CAR EXRLODES poration $200—Louis Fodt Also Sued For Same Amount Alderman J. Gustave Jfohnson of the fourth ward was today namod de- r. ndant in an action brought Elihu Burritt Hotel ‘corporation collect on his subseription to stock in the corporation. His subscription Ifor $200 and the suit brought |..1,n by Attorney Donald Gaffney, ac ctin for the hotel interests is 00, Papers were served by Constable e 'nard V. Dougherty and Alderman Their | Johnson is summoned into city court on the first Monday in +June 1o answer the hotel corporation’s com i plaint. Alderman Johnson has heen a mem ber of the common council vears and is on the commit tee of that group.. He is engaged in the insurance business SAYS BLOW ON HAND WAS GAUSE OF DEATH Chandler Directs Compen- sation Awarded to E. E, R. Beyer’s Widow §t. Paul, Today MILLION GALS. THREATENED Into Dropping® Cover of Car Place Causes Spark — Nine Office Em- ployes Barely Escape With Lives After Explosion, St. Paul, May 19.—Five men were hurned or otherwise injured, one proh- ably fatally when an oil tank car at the Craig Oil Refg. Co., exploded to- | day, igniting a warehouse containing approsimately $300,000 worth of oil product A spark belizved to have been gen- crated ‘'when Peter Fishbach, an em- ploye of the company, dropped the lid of the car into place, is held respon- sible for the eaplosion. Fishbach is beiieved to have heen fatally burned . Scettered by the forea of the blast the burning oil started other fires near sevenal storage tanks, and every avail able piece of fire fighting apparatus alled. Nearby warehouses con 1,000,000 gallons of and line. Nine pany bare SCHOOLS PLAYING OFF IN MARBLE CONTEST : for several of oil office employes of the v escaped, com- Compensation Commissioner George 'B. Chandler has issued a finding and 1\\A.n1 in the case of Bdmund E. R 3eyer, deceased, declaring that his damh was traceable to an injury to is hand sustained in the course of employment In the New Britain sine Co., plant, Iull compensagon, amounting to about $4,200, and funeral expenses of $100 have been ordered the widow, Mrs, Harriet Beyer of South High street, The vietim was 47 years of age and as employe machinist, On March 17 while he was about his work follow employe accidentally Lim on the hand with a stick. A Lruise appoared and in a fow days in fection set in, Complications arose resulting in death The estate clalmed compensation \I Centreal Junior and Eliha - Burritt Aunior Champs Meet in Elimin- paid ation Contest of The Central Junior High school and thesElihu Burritt Junior High school will play of the Individual champion- ships of those schools in the Herald Junior Achievement marble shooting contest in their school yards this af- ternoon immediately after school, In view of the fact that it was pos- sible to play off bhoth the scmi-finals and the finals in the contest for the 'through Attorney Saul I, Waskowitz, champlonship of the city of Hartford 'The respondent answered that the in at Colt Park Saturday afternoon bothjury was not sustained in the course the semi- s and the final to deter-{of employment as the man who struck mine the champlonsiiip of the city of ‘the bHlow was not at his place of work New Dritain may played off at but was whillng away time by swing Walnut Hill -park on Saturday of this ing the stick and the Injury was not week, Weather conditions will deter. a compensabile one mine whether it will be possible to At the Learing before the compen play off all the individual school *ation commissioner, Attorney ‘Wasko. championship matches during the Witz produced Dr, George W, Dunn of week, this eity as aft oxpest and {hn physi- The winper Hartford cham. cian tfeed tife Injury 1o tife deafh |;VI“W,”. was Matthew Irevor of the NEW SMALLPOX CASE awrence school and the winner of the dames Foran of 119 Whiting Street of the al championship, whoever that may Wil accompany him to Atlantie to take part in the national City matches. The Washington and will play off their ship matches after school night. Referecs for the matches for the remainder of the week be * ifled of their assignments by tele ainviile health office had been brought to The patien James 1 br, Rich was calle a repre lepartment positive tias beer outbreal sreet ar ump sehools | champion tomorrow Plainvilie, Taken Tl—Has Been 1n- sch der Obsersvation for Past Two Woeeks May 19.—Dr, 2, r for Plainville another will N. Bull announced case of smallpox his attention t affected with thedisease is oran of 119 Whiting street rd W, Pullen, sdperintendent w Britain health depattment 10 1o view sentative of the state and the diagnosis one of smallpox, Mr under since the Maple AUTOMOBILE FATALITY New Haven Man, 80, s After Being case as was Hit—Another M wred in Crash health was 1 on Milford Tumpike, Yoras N observatior w n, May the govsky, ital today 1 received Have or 1 died in a hos injuries struck Lesnow 19.—~Barnett %Ki 80, of this city, ym mm rday of discaze o 1 has been vaccinated, EPINARD IS DEFEATED Crack Freach the Harry | a street near his Tome, Garmine Colombo was brought hospital A broken leg human by on 1utomo! to 4 with having been one of the victims in a Thomas J. FFalls’ automobile with the wagon Colombo wis driving. The horse was killed lives at Fort Trumbull Bea sald to ha been hurt. The was on Milford turnpik Is is said to have dec sudden impact was hine then r car POSTPONE VOTE ON WAR Methodist Convention Also Postpones Mel . e Horse Loses by Short collision Neek to Sir Gallahad 1H—<poty Drive . Are Paris, nner defeate year-old mateh Cloud a i anothe ad a unavol 5 swervod k » short Everett had the ne i} is riva also an Am en Girl Accuses Another Man of Assault Meriden, M 4. —George lerose Namesd. 31, was bound he local court today on a « criminally as saulting Joscy ppallo, 15 gitl's fat Pappallo been indict ond de leath Macri Macri of her fat conrt Election of New Bishops But Five Wil Be * by arge 8| May 19 prit on the toward Methodist ence today. ommendations of a standi tee the a ted pointment frame a new pro *t Friday The also postpor Action attitude by igficld, Mass Methodist was Episcopal general Diseatisfied with the rec & commit the ap committee to chure postpondd the confer accused which caused with him, but is used Larose for e of a cial 1 and report 1t by e elect ew bishops ater date 1 its former Presbyterian Officers \sked o Take Pledge Antor s Mints. ® of the Pres. United States take a vow that ge their views re mental doctrines make cir preshytery accord- taken today at the Sixty assembiy deci bishops and substi number three confercnee gion to choose five tuted the announced t Episcopacy must ma San ters, biterian to be wheneve garding of the chure clders 2 at the comm - in the nre to ment L R T can begir COOLIDGE ON JOB AGAIN Washington, May 19.—Having mas tered the bronochial cold from which he had suffered since the middle &f last week, resident Coolidge today ve- turned to his office. His physicians however, said he still was feeling some of the effects of a cold, Several ey will known the change of 1 ing to action fourth genera church of the usual after slight weakness engagements were cancelled. e 1 - THE WEATHER Ma for New Britain and vicinity : Hartford ~—Vorecast NEW RUM TREATY ington, May 19.—A fum treaty to that recently Great Britain today by diplomatic of the Upited States and Germany. Fuir towight. Tuesday increas- Ing domdine. provably foflow - od by rain. Yitthe change in towm- perature Wasi dmilar concluded gned resemtatives wae heve , struck 1924, 'and the —EIGHTEEN PAGES PR—— Average Daily Circulation way e 10,529 3 PRICE THREE CENTS PRESIDENT BEGS BONUS SENATORS T0 SUSTAIN HIS VETO AND THOSE FAVORING BILL PREDICT PASSAGE + DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR BOYHOOD COMPANIONS Services Tomorrow for Yale Juniors Drowned in Housatonic . Ne boyhood, w Chums sh then enjoyn Haven, May 19, schoolmates, appy in the diversions 1y canoe trip, Harle in a ner B Jjuniors of Torrington, (¢ death together \Mhr! S Housatonic river at Dety? 91N § were regarded almost insepara companions, according to the mates, L two the same canoe and went tc cue of Watel Janesky and Iload, Ansonia youths been viile canoeing and struggling in the water, The students drowned while the palr they tried to rescue reached shore in safety. Both Franklin and Bouillon members of the Yale Dramatic clation being considered to have siderable ability as college actors. With Bouillon and Franklin in an- other canoe were Albert D, Swazey of Bucksport, M vd Francls K. Squire of Westfleld, Mass., aiso Yaie junior. They started for the rescue of the Ansonia boys and were themselves ached shore by swim They expressed beilef that Bouilion and Franklin were upset in trying to tow Jancty and Flood ashore golng down before it was pos- sible for anyone on shore to reach them Refurring to the de and Bouillon today says editorially “The time of sorrow is not the time fos many "ar more an silver tongues is the hush lence which follows the 1 that Hayner Aug Bouillon Harlan Clarke Franklin have thefr last 'neath Their lives sacrificed in highe tion to duty, the attempted rescue of men In danger of death by drowning hava gone to enhance the glo traditions of America ung of Families and friends ‘of fhese heroes will long mourn tragedy on the Mousatonie, but they must needs fecl pride in the inspira ton which survives to shine with the memories of Nathan ¥ Allen Kelt rest In years to come these splendid examples of courage wil W » chorighed as veritable victor the grave,” classmates, the sam students occupied the Stanley had were two who upset word 4S80~ con also klin News ath of Fray Yale the words, eloguent 1 si lizatic A | wa \ ust the elms st ‘1. ¥ Torrington, ¢ ceded by prayers at the 1Wo young men at row aftern will be nter Harlan C lon, esterday. Inter in Hitiside e ght to FATHER AND SON DROWN homes of th k funeral ser at the oon a doul d at 2 atic ice he o'clock al church for Hayner A ed in Derby ankiin and were drow ment metery Torringtor Body of One Walnut Beach Man 1 covered Yhis Morning—Two Had Gone Out in Rowboat Fishing Milford Ge Walnut 13 ing trip with found at the Walnut by 18 e overt alf a mile ¢ carly csident ed boat shortly | both 1 The of the 1 ore 1 mained Ott's 1 uns begun After the N. Y. Legion Commander to s Bout | Oppose ( arpg_nfl;-r Philadelphia Kidnapper Is Sentenced to Prison | Mary ke Philadelphia, May 19.—Mss DeMareo, who kidnapped old Corrine Mpdell two weks ago w sentenced today 10 twe and a half te Mrs PeMar She pleaded guilts was fined $500 in 2d- dition Lo the prison sentence. orious | two | yesterday's | Pres DRIVER OF DEATH CAR 15 HELD RESPONSIBLE \Seven Have Conference At White House But Insist They Have Not Changed Their Minds fore W allmgtmd Crash And Will Vote With | House. Shows Cortes “Stepped on the Gas” Be- Evidence May 19.—Reckless and tion of the automobile Lorenzo Cortes, when | train at Mooney's | on May 10 at § son the death of Jol town, (¢ r Mix | ng filed today. ponsible was stru v Roll Call, if Taken® Before Night, Likely to Result in Passage—Attempt Being Made to Delay Action, rossing Yalesville 30 or acci- that O'Cox . one being inking from a jug was in the vehicle, engaged earlier in homas Ennis to St, I's hospital in New Havep, the cider being put into the ma chine before the trip was made, On the return Ennds pleked up | Michael English, On reaching Wal- | lingford the men went to the home of a relative of English After leav- ing the house at 6 Pp. m, the mem- bers of tho party were in hilarious mood and Cortes was constantly asked Ly the passengers he then “to step on the gas.' The party about town and reached Mooncy's crossing as a train was coming tuwards that point, Cor- tes did not know of the train and dis- regarded the automatic signal. train was stopped after the within five \gths. O'Connell died in the hospital. Ennis also was mortally hurt AMBASSADOR W00DS T0' | RESIGN HS. POSITION with three s had been dr ider Corte ad VOTE WITH COOLIDGE May trive Rapha Jug of Washington, tor Green, 18.—Sena- republican, Vermont, who has meen confined to his honie since he was accidentally shot last February, sent word to the senate he would appear in the chamber to vote to sus- tain President Coolidge's veto of the bonus bil, lad Washington, May 19.- ents of the bonus bill rallied and fought for time today, as the measure approached its final test in the senate, Seven republican senators who have been numbered as friends of the bill were called to the White House and exhorted by President Coolidge to vote to sustain his veto. _ Afterward Sena- tor Reed of Pennsylvania, in fhapge of the anti-bonus forces, declared the situation “certainly is looking brighte ®ud made overtures to delay for 1 week the final vote Neverthicless tife supporters of the bill remained steadfast in their pre. liction of a roll call before night i which override the president the bonus insurance plam rove The oppon- would make |Leaves Tokio .lune 6—R : Predict Its Passage Almost without exception, en senators summoned into confers ence by President Coolidge joined ™ this prediction. One or two were said to be wavering, but the leaders on the side of the bonus declared the de- flection of so small & number would not be, sufiicient to defeat the bill. Nelther Senator Reed nor any of the supporters of the president was pre- pared to give any definite figures to o | counter-balance the claims of the op- or the | yonition, expressed his The senators left the White House UACIUSION Pro-{declaring that the situation had not immigration blll in | jeen changed by the conference and jand address Tokio several days ago | yj,at far as t could ascertain, ting attended by opposition | the presidential veto would be over- caders and prominent residents. His | vigden 4 to resigr in attri Chairm 1 by friends here Woods' IHva‘ who was injured carthquake and brought by the ador and his wife No f ixnnllion Due Entirely to Family Reasons | - -— the seve I Washington May 19, -Uytus K. Wood or to Japan, has ask- vl to relieved of his duty there, [ but it 18 not known when o will {tire or whether his resignation been acted | Ambassador cading part i HJapancs: 5, ambas be 0 re has upon Woods relict efforts earthguake : the Astatic vision the new 1! wi rova us al A me fecision bte Mes, hoy Smoot of the senate committee conferred witly the president later and Senator Kendriok, democrat, Wyoming, who called at the exccutive offices was taken over to the White House to see the president, by Secrctary Slemp Senator Smoot w to the h finance was ambas mber | ods 1 Mar w8 been ambassador at 1923 ho arrived at the White House as the preakfast guests departed, declared that unless votes of two or three senators had been chang- ed' by the breakfast conference the nate uld to override the o, May 19 K. Wi lisy Ambass ifirming rting his e itirely esg ago Yokohama t MeKinley Cyrus Whshington resignation, to family was tendered he @ assador thle wor vote ation Some Bound By Pledges Some¢ the president's friends at breakfast understood to have informed him that t would like to sustain the veto but were bound by Ambas- Piedges give the time they were electe I " nd them- these prom » wore on ter Matsy signa a said anes felt ¥y wi n given after that five of the yuld certainly nators Cameron was learned were con ibility of voting te it no real assurance e e president Many Messages Receivesd were put in this caders of the two groups determine line- wh r, ap- i ate hour. Imitted th would their great FIRE LOSS $1,600,000 Moulding and Plate minutes Shop of Fedemal Shipparnds at Keams, New Jersey te ? 5 a 15 Total Vs result ators R wrans fors. Wa letter s “in- s which id b 1 the ‘loan shark's World ters in 4 proposed bo oen which two-thirds majority, tically would become « for paldup 20-year policies for vet- yments to those not $50 in adjusted nt insurance cast 1 to more thas Ad be the neurance ice eredit, which would basis also of the valuation of policies, would be fig- $1 a day for home service and day for overseas service. The lays could not be counted. masimum is fixed at 500 days, veterans up to and including k of captain in the army and ma- corps and lieutenant in the navy entitied to the benefits of The insurance certificates Imu!t’_k dated mext January 1, while the, payments would be nine monthe after Admipistrat 4 be in the hands ¥ AT nsted ser ured a $1.25 first sixty The A out of work IN HAVANA r would the bin B VIR May Destructior AIf Block of houses ir aguey pre with $100.000 was report b e Flor . en 1 to ince. sl enactment of the b utive building were of the hill wou ithe veterans buream. - |oarnes