New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CON NECTICUT, MONDAY, P JUNE 1924, —SIXTEEN PAGES. Average Daily Circulation Week Ending l 0’52 6 May 31st ... PRICE THREE CENTS HOUSE PASSES MEASURE T0 20BURNTODEATH J.M.CURTIN,HEAD COUPLE DISAPPEAR 7O INDICTMENTS WILL BE N HOSPITAL FIRE OF TRUST CO. DEAD IN'STRANGE MANNER ASKED TOMORROW AGAINST ADJOURN ONSATURDAY BUT SENA TE ALSO MUST CONUR yena Denclenls Di¢ in Holo- Prominent Citizen Passes Away Casual Acquaintances at House Substitute Calling for Short Recess Early Returns to Con- sider Program Likely Berkley Bill Abandoned This Session — President fo Act on Tariff Bill To- day or Tomorrow? The house to- for ashington, June 2 adopted & adjournment of congress at resolution calling sine die P m currence next Saturday. Senate con is required A proposal for a reccss for a month or six wecks, and a return to consider a definitely outlined program, was be- ug discussed meantime by members the senate farm bloc and some pro- It was expected the sugges- 1 be introdueed in the senate as a substitute the adjournment olution Scant encouragement was first to tlie recess proposal, Both the publicar and democratic senate '8 were sald to be convineed that -partisan majority was in favor Mournment adjournment r adopted in the 21 to 157, oppositior trom cmocrats, republican ir and other republicans from the middle and who have bheen demanding reclamation and rail. for given at Teade ex0 was by & ution vote of he house chiefly surgents. came rar tior nest on farm, egislation Give Up Attempt House supporters of the Bavkley bil the railroad labor board to their fight to enact the at session of road 10 aholial day abandone measure into law this angrese sident wi his hae the probabiy awaiting Coolidge o of the tax bill , today or tomorrow, He completed his study of along with the report sent irday by Secretary Mel wmn' measure o him on Sat president had another confer eretary Mellon for aring up several of his study of The the purpose o « points arising from mensure, the THREE MAY BE PUT T0 PLEA snelgrove, Domijan and Smith Fx- pected to Plead in Superior Court at Hartford Tomorrow Aftermoon, grove, Victor Smith, w Domijan ars under eharge of embezzling from the Commercial Trust probably be put to plea court a4 Vincent " A o arre st moncy ompany, wil rnoon in superior was said todny tomorrow aft Hartford, it REPORTS WIFE MISSING Alex Stevenski Says Retter Half Went Shopping Thursday and Has Not Returned Home Rreet Ah #tree at his wife buy clothing returned to police Mike Mot « hoen missing 1 i irsday 1o the pe ym hie ord report e | ther, The he bay th him Entire Packers’ Case May Be Reopened for Trials June A ington decisior open litigation 1 kers con anded down mbia court ¢ ower o upheld Oper the appra’s ifornia Co ene in and N NE DEAD, 20 HURT PLAGE WAS A FIRE TRAP IN BUSINESS MANY YEARS 60 AS TRAINS COLLIDE Fatal Wreck on Wabas Road Near Attica, Indiana Ind and Attica, June 2.—-Nine persons dead imured as the last night be are twenty result of the collis: tween castbound Wabash railroad pas senger train No. 2 and a freight train a siding, hurled which was on The passen- ger against the freight engine and were badly scalded by st wrecked locomotives. The dead are: Mrs, W. Decatur, 11l.; Mrs. Abbie Toledo, Ohio; Phill Itabbi T. Goldberg, New L. Mitchell, St. Louis; Bouchare, Peru, Ind., freight train; Harry Louis; George Koeamo, an unidentified man, The passenger train the tastest on the system lieved to ave hit a split rail and crashed into the freight which was standing on a siding. The engineer of the freight, G. M. Borechard of Peru, Ind, who was killed outright, was the only of the dead had been identified at an early today The engine and seven coa passenger t believed to have i remainder of the train, ed mostly of Pullman track, however, inst the freight IFour of the injured to a hospital in Lafayette ed to die, DIES ON 25TH BIRTHDAY Pioncer Wircless Fne train was several am from tie persons H. Paulcy Holloway Detroit; K; Walter eorge W, engineer on the Fisman, St s, Yo is b who hour hesof t iin pussed over () en defective, which consist- cars, left the were hurled who were taken are expect- Faerett Moore, thusiast, Was Brilliant Scholar at St. Mary's and N, B, 0. S, of Mrs. Ellen K. Moore Clerkin, of Main street, this city, died last n Aftor an Hiness of about eight yearnr He paesed away on the bth annivey sary of his birth He was of the latc firm of makers, years of age several rs rled again leaves one , o member of Fiverett Moore in this city, the son M. Moore of the Moore, harness was but nine ther died his mother his mother he Miss Catherine the luating Write Hig born James Ryan & When his later lesidos siste he schoo! He at Bt ity the recetved his primary educatio Mary's parocilal school in this graduating in 1014, and attended New Britain High schoo! for two ars, e early 8 enthusiasts in and wa known his success with the apparatus, his work in this field taking place over 10 years ago He was a member the Holy Name soclety and he was regarded one of the brilliant students in Mary's scl He many friends to mourn his loss, K funcral will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock from 212 Mai street and burial will be in 81, Mary's cemetory THREE REAPPOINTED Hinchliffe and was one of the wire 1his eity St 00 lraves Thomas | dJohn ) Walsh on Building Board and ¥« win A, Parker en Police Board, Mayor A Jay t e l. Hinchiiffe and ha building board Parker to the police e M. wsa an ad reappointed nas John J. Walsh to and Edwin A mmis NEW HAVEN MEN HELD In the police Tony Esposite ‘armine Itio- street; Edward sireet, and 197 Cor Haven, ar- with trans- red until tre couns letown, June 2 1t today the cases of 260 Hamilton strect Waliac Hamiitor ! ristofaro. gress as t New vesterday eharged e them to e held under $1 o hich were furnished 0 bonds Wessoleck’s Plane Crashes After Making Nose Dive at Troy, N. Y. New Britain Man's Machine Wrecked But He Escapes With Few Scratches and N v0 Broken Bones. Y. June 2 New Britatn, Conn., a udent at Rensselasr Polytechnte e, this escaped with a few Seratches yesterday afternoon al- though his nas wrecked a nose dive area of tand near Sheldon Wes for ity airplane in oh & fat Wesso the he ver of but ka8 A men Be esclaer He quaiified 1 o came a sky smoke writer Wessoleck bought airplane of his own and returned 1o Troy about two weeks ago. He operated it commer- cially for the benefit of students and the public in & Everything went well until when sudden gust he tait of the plane into a dive The plane age after # hit young man was unin Wessolcek makes his b Alpha Tau Omesa hot pitot and & an ral rriay of wind % and turned vas & mass of wreek- canst Near Los Angeles At Time Place Was Burning, Very Head of the Institution Was on Trip to ¥ind a More Sultable Building For Inmates. June 2 A hospital today Los Angeles, Calif., ue and a housed all of the 38 subnormals who were in care of the Hope Development at Playa Del ey, t institution was razed hoo! southwest of ere, when th night. H the what had fire saturday of by Twenty charred, twisted been children ¢ ten years old, girls in their or young women {i their twen- in mentalit burial at a seene of the forms of os8 th 1 ns. still childven being prepared for near the 18 Are Burned the charges. oni minor burns, were hospital, Santa an nice mortuary blaze, Eighteen o m sufterir at St. Catherine's Maonica, Also in the n Mrs, Drew ’ n of the school 0 irgue were the bodies nas, 45, head ma- formerly Colum- ificed lite in a d her flame swept structure inger, 14, adopted son Jucobs, operator of the i hus, ain eff from the Wilfred I Mrs. Mary schoo who sac her rt girl o 1o nd of secking New Palee moment her tire new Was At the very son was perishing in the Mrs, Ja- cobs was trying to find quarters for the children entrusted to her care, and county officials and Mra, |.‘.,h= were agreed, they that old frame hotel butlding in which school was housed, was ind not su, for the work under- taken by the institution wnd woere making efforts to moved to quarters That was ar srding to m 1ber of the committee, under permit Mrs, Jacobs operate the school, “We had no other 1o put the childven,” said Regarded as Vire Trap OfMcialy of the state board of chari declared that they im0 rofused to re f Lha achool on t Rootnd 44 fire s n.l»m Altorney Asa Keyes promised a spe and thorough inquiry, T'he school, an old frame f three stories that ach resort hotel, and (‘.’\"‘v ocean fron How the adopted State said the angerous ave it unusnally diticuit task, Mrs, Clinton 1), Steery, country publie welfare whose temporary was allowed 1o place she ties and o ad some time end tions s wmm. ~|unl on | fire started romains a mys- tery ' Among the first to re neture were s ach the blazing nurses from St, Catherine’s hospital, who heiped girls through windows smashed by the fire- men, and undoubtedly saved t} m of the 18 ued inmates ith their CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN THRILLING RUM FIGHT - e lives any first atd Two Patrol Boats From New London in Battle With Rum Craft e 2.-—Custom marine patroi New London { yestorday against the ing yacht sound runy Fantesma with alleged rut plying hat is ases of lig 1 the Heler acting as scouts t beeame While customs boats rum carrier » today eam down on d to ram the race, t known ions, the and ¢ n prohibitio from New lets on 11 plate, and The loss of came leaden bul which here or fir 0 sea was due which were s tre kicked whicl bottom and the No. “ir supply r 2 ", € g them sen yachs tricd Ne 6 kept of an their The e verth urn to real arine stoms as ap carrier witness: effective. T . crew perl their proaching pr and her scotts under the Time within a few fee the rscaped the rum but the men stood up t fiinching ry was flecing Far ing swampea dared not to board Arew ay from and onvoy. succeed w8 of the the customs men the boat them ed in FLECTION AT NORWICH Milo T ket in n t ' his opponent is 1 W s. republican, Bach s a complete ticket before the rere are 1o be elected two mbers of the coun- two sheriffs and Mayor Norwi J Waters the electic party | electors. T aldermen city tre or. four me a water s will at §p m da o saving at West Main Street Home Born in New Britain in 1859, He Spent ' His Lif¢ Here and Devoted Fner- gies to ¥ il Enterprises and Bank. James M. Curtin, one of nm widely known and successful busine men of this city, died yestrday afte noon at 4:10 o'clock at his home, 1 West Main street. Mr, Curtin has been in failing health for about a year, b early this spring he showed a marked improvement and w ble to be about the city up until about five wee when he had to take to Lis bed. Mem bers of his family were at his bedside when the end came. He was born in New Britain October 1859, the son of John and Ellen Curtin and was educated in the old town school. Leaving school he enter «d the employ Mr. Eddy at the Stanley Rule and Level plant. Aft working there a short time, he enter- ed the sery business in the employ of the lg J. Murphy. After learn- ing the grocery business with My Murphy, he opened & grocery stors himself on Spring street which he soon outgrew and opened a alrge gro- cery and liquor store on Park street. Soon after opening the Park strect store, Mr. Curtin and his twin broth: John M, entered the furniture ar ndertaking business, establishing themselves in the old Opera building on Main street The busi- ness was successful from the begin- ving and soon necesitated larger quar- ters. It was then that Curtin brothers erected the building that now 1ouses th M. Curtin & Co. furni- ture and undertaking businc At the death of his brother, Mr. Curtin gave up his grocery business and took up the conduct of the furniture and un- dertaking business. Helped to Start Bank s president of the Commer- company, one who, n 1915, when th a new bank hers w houlder to the wheel 1d helped materially to contribute to 4 su He was the unanimous dircctors of the bank at their first meetiug, position continuous- 1 house re having been the moyvement started, put his men for 5 hoice of the or president 1% held the ¢d on afe 1F) - INVENTOR DROPS DEAD IN'LINCOLN §T. HOME William Knox Henn De- vised Door Checks Made in This City Wanti William Knox wentor of Russwin and the checke uh) superintendont of the o1 k department the P. and ¥, "v-llrm m.m 1 of the American Hard urnml\'!-)v dicd suddenly in his At his home at 160 Linee morning Henry, 1 tie Corbin doo ware street Mr. this Henry parently was good as was his 3 6 o'clock thir morning and af ter attending to th [ turned to his rogm to fi A few minutes i family heard a nolse ing his room found arose ustom #hor before ish dressing rembers of 1 and upon enter him Iyir pped tt t of adjusting a necktie in Henry was He of his My Canada ca ater made ' an “A age atio armed the T Amer st prolifie ted a spoon of 19 years he combin wk a tellow wor vin door c} loor ok ' and tha ighte Mre Miss Ruth V Mervyn It Wales Henry Virs, Margaret and Virs following ez Her Henr of ¥ Henr Whit tour br and ¥ Montrea He wa odge, A 1. Morga reryman’s Corbin fore Mutual nm the Blue Army of E Bible the P man's and ¢ Benetit association atrangem nae Wiamaen m Haftford. June 2 —Forecast for New WBritain and vicinity Fair tomight. Tucsday becom- ing nnsettled. probabls showers comewhat cooler. Party Missing Today “BACK TO NATURE™ Mountain = Lakes, N, J.. Stirred By Strange e—tirl Leaves Noie N Are to Live by Their T Mouutain strate alon voods posse otz today to co Both Rooms Empty Crow aid s had 6l During a two their hands in s believed !o people wilderr could induced « 1 their yesterday Cre rooms b morning home by accompar ing fo empty Carter came v Miss (Cole k Dekum, been oy 1 and Mrs, ( that the pair elope Wore Lvening Gown Miss Cole is 24, bobbed vellow evening gown wher eck-up on in owed. 8he of the wile but was said today hairdd Bhe be capable of ‘arter is a Posse Searching Woods N. J., June 2, today the sear Helen A posse by stat 1 started and been woods Vaorristown, srganized 1o continue for Miss arter, who pe vesterday Charles ( en since they near Mountain hunt rabbits, sald that the wooded hills betwaen Mountaln L. Rockaway today 1y Cole, who is said w/oing ar tre Slatel York city, and Curter wuents at the he state police near Mountain During a diseussion of rabbit ing Miss Cole is said to to demonetrate methods rabbits, for purposs house, in the early ompanied by Carter, who in New York eity. Miss Cole’s unele Dekum, & Hotel Mariton SAYS STEEL SPLINTER CAUSED MANS DEATH Mrs. Alfred Carlson Is Awarded $5,153 Compen- sation by Commissioner hers not went into the » carly vesterds ate Trooper Scholts posse wonld search the and end atd by wore woe 1s. named yme of frie to Lakes nlso hunt offered of ca she ave hing which left the ac morning. 1180 rted to be living Wrank GUARDING AMERICANS Anti-t That Guards Are Ovdered to Pro- tect Residenie Gg 350 Miles From € Veeling So Stromg in Tokio YOUTHS AMERICAN FLIERS AT LAST STOP IN J moto to Kagos 6 H y Japar American re in the view s brough 1to inter orities and e American fl nony today hopped off 19 flowers, m s addr from r, when the A vestcrday, Because of this, t » abandon was aln the ma after r ahoa Kagos Amer than on place T southward f cak This morning the rain a stopped and a large Ameri e big pla K 1 v owd ans an enthusiastic e o8 gracefully Bi the Aved 1P Mukden, Manc tain Pel aviator from I wrrived 1 o'clock ing fr his Tokio wiria, J Georges etier Doisy flying m Pehtaitio on ARRESTED FOR ARSON Saprarea }‘..- en N el Which I8 Families Had r laves, ouis s city ATSON € Nide ar Ay tenement en families fro A BUSpOC e poli 1, iIrns on Man 1t tenement 1 impe om 1 ing o'd Two Motoreycles and \nm( rakh T\\ ol Punctured Tire, Skid Kushi- hima in 12 Minutes which more ook the air 10 Floe for Arres Ak HELD FOR MURDER Penalty for Each Punish- able by Death---De- fense Wins in First Legal Skirmish Today 25 Million Dollars Available to Defend Boys — They Believe Money Will Get Them Out of Trouble, APAN ross. State's Attorney today as sttorneys in behalf of Nathan Richard Loeb, confessed kidnapers and slayers of 14 year old Rohert Franks, that would seek two grand jury in nts against them tomorrow Crows ran their battle ropold and he ictme is small ame Indictments charging kidnaping for murder, both punish- will be asked. Mr. rausom and for nid, Million Available. winouncement came when pe- writs of habeas corpus ited in ceiminal court by employed by the millionaire fathers of and Loab. The court made the writs returnable forth- with and the prisoner unediately into eourt, The prelimina legal battle, inte which the milllons, vstimated as high as 325,000,000, of the Leopold and l.oeh families wiil bo available in the the boys from the gals ded merely to permit le. to consu't with them, The ttorneys say they do not expect to free t anxious held a e the yresented Lhle Crow Ihe nirs e A titions local for pres counse! nericans wer nokt like I ! he fiyers plan to efucliy ard the s were taken odging flight effort to save 18 inte gal counsel Ao lows, wind gave 1oft as em In Sherift’s Custody, Justice Caverly continued the writ until June ¢ and ed the hoys sent to jail without placing them In the custody of shorllf as sought by the defense ier g on the e Having won thelr fiest legal skie tmiah, counse! immodiately went inte couference with the prisoners, They intimated that the two youths would ot be allowed to testify at the n- Tuest e . wok nd appare S0ty st unaifected by the tragedy. Loth Is the son of a viee president s Roebuck and Company and Yeopold Is the son of a box manuface lake shipping magnate. i o8 & graduate students, ollowing and Loeb in history, which Defore their arrest, n obelt Def apparently wers satisficd with the continuance of the aring their intention was to take hoys out of polies custody so they It have access to them, State's At- ney Crowe opposed the continuance emoval of the prisoners Defense | gnant # those boys since Thursday Iaw amounts to kid- ney Clarence Darrow declared Caverly interposed 1hat there idence that the boys had 1 by the police Arney Crows nid tucrer and Both . Lwoy Wasser post counsel iestion- another release oior of today except for 1he er on which the He added it two revolvers had been found in s com 1y pe te was written room Motive Just & Theil oday still re- attitude of ring no other mo- A thrill, or for They be- v & possible mth which " his an njured perple crime woman, at his e con- l'lnm of Defense and Three Men Arve Injured ressed ing of he f the his plans to which con- indictment Hartford’s Business Section is Threatened By Fire Early Today Blaze At Corner of Pratt and Trumbull Streets Razes Two Buildings—Loss Placed at $150,000, o attracted after 1 o'clock he building on the At the end of about vader con- outhreak on the d & new alarm. re occupied by seve falty shops. ieusly injured nspitals and several 4 for glast cuts ot y & muf-