New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1924, Page 1

s of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 AMERICAN RUNNERS REGAIN ALLIED PREMIERS FIRES FIVE BULLETS OLYMPIC SPRINTING GLORY | NEAR SETTLEMENT AT CROOK IN FLIGHT o ——— NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JUL NEW BRITAIN HERALD [ 9, 1024, —SIXTEEN PAGES, J. W. DAVIS IS WHEN SCHOLZ TAI{E_"E MATCH 'MacDonald and Herriot Work Out George M. Stone of Camp Sireel Wins Spectacular Race mfiflN[lS HUSBAND i From Paddock In200) ~ yuNGiNG N ATTIC Metre Event— Latter! B“"y Hurt At Fini'h.lThomns Chara, Temporarily [ Insane, Ends Life in United States Runs Her | Elm Hill Total Points Up to 135, Thomas Chara, 45, of Eim Hill, Against 73 for Finland, Sewington, committed suicide last the ('losest (,'ompetitor. night by hanging himself with a rops {in the attic of his home, Hin hody his wife when she re: turned home night, The wife told the police thut her hus hand has not been well for some time, was found by By The Amsociated Pre from work last Olympie, Colombe rance, July 9. ~=The brilliant victory of Jackson V. Scholz, the fleet-footed New York A ., sprinter, for America, In the 200- and that durving sick spells, he suffer- meter dash and the widening of the 4 from a hallucination that men were United States' margin on points over |chasing him intending to Kill him. Finland despite the victory of Willie | While suffering from these spells, he Ritola, the flying Finn, in the 3,000 |would run and hide in remote parts meter steeplechase, giving him the of the house and farm on which they honor of the first double Olympie tri- |lived, umph, featured the fourth day of the| It fs thought that he suffered from 1924 Olympic track and field eham- one of the spells yesterday afternoon pionship. and took refuge in the attic of his The point score was: United States, home, using a step ladder to get 185; Finland, 73. [through a small opening in the cell- The stars and stripes was run up to |ing Medical Examiner Waterman the top of the victory pole for the [.yon was notifled and after an exam- second time of the day when Dan Kin- |ination of the body, pronounced death sey, University of Illinois, won the 110 | due to strangulation. He cut the meter hurdles while the sensational |F0dy down from the roof beam it was 200 ya~d sprint race saw America | Nan&Ing on, and gave permission for take revenge for its defeat in the 100 |8 removal to the undertaking rooms meter dash by Harold Abrahams, the |°f M. J. Kenney company. British ace, who finished last today. | Chara leaves his wife and one In this event, Charles W. Paddock, |1aushter. The funeral will be - hel Los Angeles, took sccond place to | FFiday morning with a funeral mass Scholz while Bayes Norton, Yale, and |\" the church of 8t Jfohn the Evan- George Hill, University of Pennsyl. | K€lSt at 9 o'clock. Burial will be 4n vanis, gave the United States a totai | St Mary's cemetery. of 20 points in this event alone, Despondent because her husband jcame to her home yesterday after- poz:":c:::‘,::a:‘ems completed, the [noon and took thelr three children : . away from her, Mrs. Dimitry Miaznik Brfi::;“’“s;f“s‘ws'féo;";“;‘,"fi -‘LF?;::«E of 59 Broad street attempted suicide 18%; Hungary 7%; Switzerland 5; Bouth Africa 5; Norway 4; New Zea- land 4. Scholz, the speedy New York A. C., sprinter, won a spectacular duel from his fellow countryman Charley Pad- | dock in the 200-meter dash final in | which Harold Abrahamg, the British victor in the 100 meter event, finished last. solution. She was rushed to the New | Britain General hospital where al- |though her condition is serious, it is |thought that she will live, Policeman Thomas Dolan went to the home when word was received by the police of the attempted suicide and made an investigation of the case. He learned that the woman’'s husband |had left her sometime ago and has Scholz Equals Record. Istarted divorce | proceedings against Scholz came from behind in the last |po. " mpq childven have been living | 20 meters and beat Paddock by a foot |with her until yesterday when the in the time of 213-5 seconds, aual- | hughand called at the house and took ling the Olympic record. them away to Berlin, She b Aiss Sehols and Paddock finished 80 |ponaont "y OT Fhe Pecame des. close together it seemed like a dead- " v heat from the stand, and the judges Ll nidCe L A Lo A required several minutes to make their decislon. After his flying leap toward the tape Paddock, who appar- ently twisted his ankle, fell to the ground. It wag several minutes be- fore he was able to take to his feet and limp off the field. Abrahams Near Collapse. The British threat in this event, in- stead of being made by Abrahams, (Continued on Thirteenth Page) BUFFALD HAS WAVE OF MURDERS AND BOMBING {One Dead, Another Wound- ed and Attempt Made to Blow Up House OLD RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Helen Leontine Burgess Spent 9 | Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 9.—One Greater Part of Her 81 Years in|yun wayintirdared, another was shot New Britain, and serlously wounded and an alleged of a minister in a series of depreda- tions in this city early today. The murdered man was Patrick G. Burke, proprietor of a soft drink place, He was killed by bullets fired from an automobile containing four men in front of his home. slayer escaped. to Mrs. Helen Leontine Burgess, one of New Britain’s oldest residents and one of the oldest members of St. Mark's Episcopal church died this morning about 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Burgess resided in a little. home at the corner of West Main and Vine streets for many years. She was 81 years old and lived here practically all of her life. Six years ago her husband, Charles Burgess, a foreman at the Russell & Erwin plant, died. They had one son who died years ago. There are no im- mediate survivors although there is a possibility that there are some dis- tant relatives. Funeral services will be held Fri- day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the B. C Porter funeral parlors. Rev, Samuel Sutcliffe will officiate and interment will be in Faifview cemetery. KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF have been the motive. Ohfo, an immigration inspector who was appointed to the immigration force about ten days ago, was shot and probably fatally wounded while patrolling the upper river bank for alien smugglers just after midnight. Police belleve rum runners are re- | sponsible for the attack, |armed with sawed-off shotguns closed in on Ault and another inspector, | Ault was shot in the abdomen. He |is in a hospital and his recovery is doubtful. A gang of men in an automobile |drew up to the home of the Rev. W. | C. Crofts, a Presbytérian minister, and attempt was made to bomb the home | The | Robbery is believed loyd Ault, 24 years old, of Akron, Way to Apply Dawes Plan GERMAN REQUEST DENIED INTRUDER MAKES ~ESCAPE| Allied Ambassadors Refuse to Cease Military Control of B0—=Near Agreement Causes U, sopt, Recall of S Ambassador o | Berlin, Paris, Jul A joint nota ta the allies sy sting different questions connected with the applica- tion of the Dawes plan might be set- tied was drawn up at the conference vesterday and this morning bhetween I Prime Minister MacDonald and Pre. miler Herriot of France, the British Premier announced today Mr., MacDonald said 1} {he had drawn up with M. Herriot constituted the joint note which ex- platned how the Dawes plan problems might be set at the inter-allied London confe which remained fixed for July 16, He declared there was no thought of postponing the con- ference MacDonald's Staten Mr, MacDonald continued: “We are facing an exceedingly Intricate series of misunderstandings which have grown up in the last few years, It will take time, patience and generosi- ty of feeling between the two coun- tries to settle them. Given these con- ditlons, our countries will again be- |come the most friendly on earth. “We are not enemies trying to ap- 'pear as friends. We are friends try. |ing to clear away differences. We 'have succeeded in making a substan- |tial beginning but we must take up jone thing at a time. The solution to one question will open the way to |two more solutions. We are not magi- |cfans and we are obliged to deal with |publie opinion and with our parlia- | ments.” how the locuments nt, last night by drinking a glassful of lye | Request Turned Down, By The Assoctated Press, Paris, July 9.—Germany's request that interallied military control of her armaments cease on Stp. 30 was de- |nied by the Allied Council of Ambas- |sadors in a note handed to the Ger- {man ambassador last evening, it was announced today. Satisfaction was ex- pressed, however, that the Germans had agreed to the main point tion of the control commission's ac- | tivities, | The ambassadors’ note jnformed |Germany that the cessation of control |would ‘depend entirely on the satis- |factory result of the commission's {work and on German compliance with |the five requirements made of her previously regarding disarmament. It [tion would be determined by the in- erallied control commisston, the note |set forth, and any suggestions the iGPrman! wished to offer would be considered. Back to Berlin Washington, July 9.—Indication of an agreement upon a program for the ial)ind premiers’ conference. It was | learned at the state department today |led to the decision that Ambassador | Houghton should return at once to | his post in Berlin. He is expected to isail from New York tomorrow. | Mr. Houghton planned his vacation prior to the agreement between the ! (Continued on Page 13.) | | { AMERICAN INJURED James Brown, Olympic Wrestler, Out of Contest After Being Run Down by Auto at Rocquencuort. By The Associated Press. | of competition. He had been showing :lng and had been consid | good chance for a place: ; knee were torn. | X-ray examination. De Hart Hubbard, University The method of disarmament inspec- | Armaments | | | | | de- | manded by the council—the resump- | | three times for president and served | | | | | i | | | Paris, July 9.—James Brown, Pitts- amination held on March 25, did not burgh wrestler, was run down by an take the test again, it being unneces- | automobile in the Rocquencourt camp |sary because he is alveady on the eli- | last night and was definitely put out gible list with a percentage of 90.20. Four men | Well in the 128 1b. class during train- fied the red to have a | May In the acei- [the | dept, he was badly bruised and shak- |Congressman E. Hart Feen refused en up and the ligaments of his right|to endorse Hayes and requested that He was taken to the lanother American hospital at Neuilly for an Bristol of pose Hayes' reappointment. one of the men is alleged to have run | Michigan, who won the running broad | Wealthy Indiana Man Kills Wife With | toward the house; to have lighted a . Axe, Razor and at the house. The minister has been active in law enforcement work and | men were guarding his home, The men escaped in the automobile when the guards appeared. GASOLINE WAR I O | Halt Dozen States Expected to Fol- Potato Masher, Then Hangs Himself. Michigan City, Ind, Juiy 8.— Benile mementia is believed by the authorities .to have caused Charles N. Wilcoxen, 68, former president of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway company, operating between Chicago and South Bend, Ind., to kill his wife, 70, with an axe, a razor and potato masher, and then hang himself at their Long Beach, Ind., home Mon- day night, | The bodies, fully clothed, were found last night by officers, who, sum- moned by neighbors, broke into the home. Mrs. Wilcoxen lay near a bed, hers kull crushed and throat cut, Her | move against the gasoline and oil husband was hanging by a haif-inch | companies appeared today as a rasult rope in a clothes closet, the head of a conference between Attorney nearly severed by the rope, General Stone and a committee repre- —_— snting the national assoclation of First Natmnal Bfll’lk 8‘ | states’ attorneys general. Cheyenne Closed Today | The conference, arranged at the re- auest of Attorney General Spillman of Cheyenne, Wyo., July 9.—The First | Nebraska, chairman of the asssia- National bank failed to open today. A | tion's. committee, was understood to posted notice stated that the bank|have developed discussion among the was closed by order of the board of | line of individual state action when directors and was in the hands of the | Mr. Stone assured the committee that national bank examiners. According the states attorneys general were wel- 1o its statemet of June 30, the bank's come to all information gathered by liabillties and resources each were | the dapartment of justic in its year $6.986.200.14 and {te deposits were and a half study of the gasoline prob- atout 83,500,000, lem. low Govt. Action and Sue Various 0il Companies. 9 Washington, July 9.—Possibility of { separate legal action by half a dozen states as a supplement to the federai | jump yesterday, lame. himself on the first jump while Hub- bard strained himself in the last jumps, although not enough to pre- vent him from winning. DRIVES CAR INTO RIVER Unidentified Man Drowned When He Loses Control of Auto At 96th Street On Riverside Drive New York, July 9.—One man whose identity has not been determined is believed to have been drowned early this morning when the car which he was driving along Riverside Drive got ‘om of his control and plunged down | the embankment, across the rallroad | tracks at 96th street and into the | Hudson river. ! The car, brought to the surface and Willlam A, | first examination match and to have thrown something | Comins, who failed to place, are very |failed to make the necessary percent- Comins, a Yale athlete, hurt age of 70, were Claude J. Brice, Paul il (Standard Time) later with grappling hooks, was iden- | {tifled by the license plates as belong- ling to Thomas V. Devins, Jr., of this | eity. | B’ 4 Two sailors from a destroyer in the river saw the car plunge into the river | and rushed to the spot, only to see {the body of a man rise to the surface | and disappear before reach it. The body has not been recosered. they could | (1 | | problems of our industrial age cannot | | Boy Awakened When Bed is Pushed | Aside by Early Moming Visitore Neighborhood Aroused by Barking | of Revolver, fn Considerable excitement prevailed | in the neighbarhood of 45 Camp mm“ about ¥ o'clock this morning when | residents were awakened by five shots | fired from a ahotgun. An investiga- tion made by the police revealed that they had been fired by George BLI Btone of that address at & man who! Stone alleges made an attempt to| enter his homs H According to the story told the po-| Ie tone’s son was sleeping on a cot | placed against a door, He was awak- ened this morning by a jostling of the cot and discovered that someone, in| an attempt to open the door, had pusheld the cot several feet, The next that he knew, he saw a hand come through the open door and stretch out towards him. He screamed and | awoke his father, who grabbed his gun and ran to the room where the boy wua sleeping Stone ran out the door and saw the would-be intruder running down the street. He fired five shots after the fleelng man, but none of them took eftect, for the man made a clean goi- away. MALONE ASKS BRYAN 0 LEAVE CONVENTION Says He Thinks It Would| Be for Best Interests of Party New York, July 9.—Dudley Field Malona today informed Willlam Jen- nings Bryan in a message that he re- gretfully felt “the best thing for the party” would be for Mr. Bfyan “ to withdgaw from the convention now." “1 say this with affectionate good- will,” "the nlessage said, “for you know I tourned the country for you| JOHN W IS WINNER A.. DAVIS OF W. VIRGINIA Average Daily Circulation arn et 10,352 July 5th ..., PRICE THREE CENTS 'West Virginian Chosen As Democratic Stand- ard Bearer On 103d Ballot As Result Of Landslide At Conven- tion. 'Senator Walsh Of Mon- tana Is Mentioned As Possible Vice-Presi- dential Nominee. NVENTION Break Comes Rapidly as Delegations Desert Fa- vorite Sons and Swing to Best Available Remaining Candidate. Madison Square Garden, New | York, July 9. — John W. Davis | of West Virginia, was nominated for president today by the dem- ocratic national convention after the 103rd ballot. The opposition of William | Jennings Bryan and the attempt of William G. McAdoo to deliver his strength to Meredith failed to stop him. The general opinion around the hall was that the vice-presis dency would be offered to Sena- tor Walsh of Montana, the chair- man of the convention. So New York and delegation leaders all over the hall were on their feet clamoring for recogni- {tion to ehange their votes to | Davis. Illinois changed to Davis imaking his total 649. Then under you as assistant secretary of INCREASING SLOWLY nately Mr. Bryan could .not ‘grasp the economic realties of the times" | and that he did not know that “the| Seven Dollars Arrives To- | day, But It Costs $65 4 THREE NEW ASPIRANTS FOR | B 1 (0 Run Camp BRISTOL POSTMASTERSHIP | Only 87 arrived at the desk of the !fresh ald editor of the Herald today Eranici S Mecril (LRGN Rn | for!l'jh: New Britain Fresh Air camp | lat Burlington. Of this amount a check from Laurel Court Order of Amaranth was for $5 and the balance |was from friends. | These contributions are appreciated and are welcomed by the fresh ajr Washington, July 8.—Three candi-|editor, but the children at the camp dates have filed their applications and |gurely have more friend than are oxamination papers with the civil |heing heard from. It costs about $65 service commission for the postmaster |to run the camp for a day. at Bristol, Conn. The time for filing| Fortunately for the New Britain application closed at midnight last|children who are in need of the as-! night. |sistance of their friends, the average The candidates are Frank 8 Mer-|is much larger. The needed $5,500 rill, George W. Simmons and Brayton | will be realized, but not unnl_ the H. Goodwin, |other friends with their “ones” and Postmaster William A. Hayes, who | “fives’ get started sending in their | was the only one to pass among the |contributions as well as those who can X C y k i - |afford more. six candidates who took the first ex CHLIIE a0 e cathD - Tive akkea |the Herald to emphasize the restric- tion on visitors between the hours of |12 and 3 p. m, and also after supper They say these re- strictions ave for the henefit of the chifdren. While they say they like {to have friends call at the camp it interrupts the schedule and often up- sets the children who are getting |some good out of their outdoor pe- riod. Children who are perfectly contented until the arrival of |the parent often show signs of home- | sickness afterwards and in one case The five candidates who took the gy east this year it was necessary to on Mdrch 25, but!send a child home, hecause of home- | sickness following a visit of the | parents. The fund today shows a slight in- be solved by the pious platitudes” Mr. | Bryan had put in the democratic plat- form. and Brayton H. Goodwin File Application Papers. BY GEORGB H. MANNING. (Washington Bureau of N. B. Herald) | evenings. The civil service commission noti- (1 the evenings. post office department on that Postmaster Hayes was successful applicant; but 22 only examination be held. The republican town committee had helda meeting and decided to op- J. FFerguson, Edwin F. Whitely, Bray- on H. Goodwin and Willlam R. Rus- crease over yesterday, it being as fol- sell. Goodwin is the only one of the |lows: five to take the test for the second |Previously acknowledged time, | Laurel Court, O, of A, . Postmaster Hayes' second four year | A Friend terms expired June 5, but he will be 1. E. D. ... allowed to hold on until the examin- | ation papers »f the applicants are rated and a regular appointment can | be made. The job pays $3300 a year. | . $3,403.41 5.00 | 1.00 1.00 £3.410.41 Total COME FOR PRISONLERS Norwich, July 9 -—Naval officers » 'from the Portsmouth navy yard are |{on the way here today to claim the four men, who escaped from the na- val prison, arrested yesterday after !trying to break into an ©il station in | | Preston, Constable Nolan of that town 4 was Informed today. The claim of the | Inavy department takes precedence over the charge on which the men | tlate yesterday were held in Preston % in $2500 for the superior court for breaking and entering. * | * 1 HIGH TIDE—JULY 10 | Sy At New London— 3:00 a. m.; 3:42 p. m. | At New Haven— 4:15 a. m.; 4:40 p. m. By The Associated Press Paris, July 9.—The United States was the victor in the Olympic trap shooting events which ended today, piling up a score of 15 points. Hungary | | was second with 10. Finland third | { with 9. Canada fourth with § Bel- | | glum fifth with 5, Sweden sixth with | #| 2, Australia seventh with one THE WEATHER —e Hartford, July 9.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled, probably showers to- night and Thursday; little change in temperature. | | | New York gave him 60 of her TODAY’S BA[ l OTS 90, making the Davis total 699. The hall was in an uproar, the B, R Davis band wagon was moving 100th Ballot with full momentum and every- McAdoo 190, Smith 385114, body was scrambling to get on. Davis, West Virginia, 208; Un-|Changes in votes piled in faster derwood 411%, Glass 35, Robin- than the eclerks could record son 46, Ritchie 171y, Walsh them. : : 5215, Saulsbury 6, Owen 20, Beginning with this morn- Meredith 7515, Houston 9, Bry- | ing's balloting the movement to an 2, Daniels 24, Baker 4, Berry Davis gathered a momentum 1. Total 1,080, Absent 7. which could not be retarded and 101st Ballot ;:radua(;_ly bl;)t Ilmtwe‘);h through 5 e o | Succeeding ballots the voves McAdoo 52, Smith 131, Davis| g 0q over into the John W. of West.Virginia 316, Under- Davis columh as state aftel wood 2291, Glass 59, Robinson | oy -cfi i B i X 991 Ritchie 15, Walsh 98. Owen | State either increased his offer- £L 13 2 i ling or turned over its whole 23, Murphree 4, Berry 1, ‘“el'e'iquota i 0, Hous 9, Cummings | o) : y Daniels 1, Total 1,040, Ab_;\\asvs“ept away in the rain of A U ’ / | Davis votes which swept over sent o', the convention. The-attempt of the McAdoo forces to make E. | T. Meredith of Iowa the heir to the McAdoo strength failed and | when the Davis flood was rising (8o fast that all other candidates were being swept before it, Towa, Meredith’s home state withdrew him from the contest | and voted for Davis, | The scenes of disorder swept the convention as everybody clamored for a chance to join the winning forces. When the uproad was at its height Thomas Taggart of Indiana mounted a chair and moved the nomination of Mr, Davis by acclamation, The motion was carried with a roar and Chairman . Walsh shouted into the din before him: “The chair declares the Hon- orable John W. Davis the nom- inee of fhis convention,” 102nd Ballot MecAdoo 21, Smith 44, Davis of West Virginia 415 2-3, Under- wood 307, Glass 67, Robinson 21, Ritchie 15, Walsh 123, Meredith 66 1-3, Thompson 1, Daniels 2, General Allen 1, Berry 114, Ger- ard 7, Hull 1, Bryan 1. Total 1,080. Absent 18. TURN OF THE TIDE Alabama 24-—Davis 24 Arizona f—McAdoo 2 1 wood 3, absent 1.2 Arkansas 18-Robinson 18§ California 26—Underwood Robingon 1, Meredith 2, Walsh 1§ Colorado 12 Under- 2, Davis 2 Glass 1, Meredith 1-2, Davis 3, Underwood 5, Walsh' 1, absent 2 1-2, Connecticut 14-—Davis 14 Delaware 6—Underwood 6 Forida 12 —Davis 6, Meredith McAdoo 3. Georgia 3, 28—-Davis Meredith Idaho S—Davis S, Ilinois 58—Davis Indiana 830-=Underwood 5, Davis 25 Meredith Davie ¢ 2 Davis Madison Square Garden, July 8- | There was a continuing drift to John W. Davis of West Virginia as the balloting progressed in the democratie national convention today. It carried him on to a new high mark with Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama still following closely behind. Attempts of the McAdoo forces to bequedth their strength to E. T. Mere- dith of lowa were not saccessful and some of the steadfast McAdeo bat- talions in the long fight flopped over into the Davis column on the 102nd ballot. This was a gain of 99 2-3 for Davis; a gain of 117.5 for Underwood: a galn of 25 for Walsh and a loss of 63 2.| Mere- | tor Meredith. On the 102nd ballot McAdoo had 21 votes still sticking to him and Smith had 44. They came from the last ditchers in both camps, Davis sprang into the lead in the breakup of the McAdoo and Smith forces which began on the 101st bal- ot Davis 8%: E. T. Meredith of Towa to whom many of the McAdoo captains werg Towa 6. Kans Kentucky Louisiana Davis Maine 12, Davis Maryland 16 Massachusetts 36 Michigan 30. Davis 29 Minnesota 24, Davis 3; MeAdoo 2; Underwood 16 Mississippt 20, Davis 20 Missouri 36, Davis 36 Montana 8. Walsh 8 Nebraska 16, Davis Meredith 6: Underwood New Mexico 6. Kobinson dith 2: Davis 2. New York 90. Glass 2 North Carolina 24. North Dakot Walsh Ohio 48. 1 n‘t\\nml 1; Davis 6. Davis 46 Nevada 6. New Hampshire . Walsh 415 Underwond 10 Passed Walsh Walsh absent 1§, 1: Smith 1; Walsh LN 8. ! Davis 60; Walsh 2§; Davis 24 10 A; Glass 5. Meredith 1: (Continued o;';-—n Thirteen) (Continued on Page 13) R g S TR W W TR _"'__.__"_A