New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1924, Page 3

FEDERAL AGENTS MAKE HEAVY HAUL Farm o Rbode Island Yields Liquor, Autos, Guns and Men Westerly, R, I, Aug 16—Seven men were arrested pd two autemeos biles oL an expensive type with liquers said to be valued at $2,000 and a cols lection of shotguns and revelvers were scized in an early wmorning raid by federal officers from New Haiven, Hartford, Waterbury and Springfield and Westerly police on the farm sald ta be owned by Irving Mayo at Charleston, R, 1, ten miles from here, Mayo and Louls Scibelll, said to reside on the farm and five others who gave names and address as Angelo Chioda, Norwich, Conn,; Frank Nena, 92 Jack- son avenue, Long Island City; Banto, 1173 Columbus avenue, 8y field; Ernest SBimmetto, 3 North street, Brooklyn, N, Y.; Arthur Mes. #or, allas Vendotta, alias Mercier, were arrested and brought to Westers Iy, They were held to await a federal hearing next Tuesday, The two automobiles seized were loaded with 851 bottles of liquor, which were stowed away in the spring leas scat cushions and cleverly con- trived wells under the chassis, One of the officors 18 sald to have Visited the farm as a prospective cus- | tomer, paying $50 down on the alleg. ed purchase price of the liguor and promising the remainder on delivery, He stagted with the two cars, driven by two of the men held, toward this city, where the cars, drivers and con- tents were selzed, The federal men then returned to the farm and arrested the others bringing the entire stock of llquors and twelve gallons of alco- hol here aboard a truck, At Lord's Point in the town of Ston- ington, Conn., early today Stonington and Mystic officers sefzed a large truck loaded with 78 cases of llquors | #ald to have come from Thompson- | ville, Conn,, and arrested two men Who were aboard the truck, Account For Scrvice, Hartford, . Aug. 16.—Prohibition agents, among those who participated in today's raid on a source of liquor at Charleston, R. I, said on their re- turn there that they believe they have accounted for the source of much contraband liquor which has heen finding its way into various parts of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Masss chusetts, It is known that shipmeits of Haquor have been coming into this city via Norwich and East Hartford, the agents said today. The agents expressed the belief that most of the liguor captured has been | manufactured in the section of Rhode Island necar where it was found from a poor grade of grain alcohol and that very little of it if any, is imported. They also expressed/ the belief that some of ‘the men ealght today were among a party of alleged rum runners who attempted. to run. down federal prohibition officers whe tried to stop them recently while they were speed= ing through the country in automo- biles near Wester FILIPINOS LIKE MOVIES Statistice Show That 90 Per Cent of Them Attend—214 Houses, Manila, Aug. 16.—The Philippine islands have a total of 214 moving picture theaters, 34 of which are in the city of Manila, according to fig- ures obtained from the burcau of commerce and industry. The province of Occldental Negros, where many sugar centrals are located, has 19 picture houses, the largest number of any of the provinces outlside ot Manila. | Of the 214 theaters in the islands 13 are named "Rizal,” in honor of Dr. Jose Rizal, Iilipino patriot who was executed by the Spaniards in 1806, The bureau of commerce and indus- try estimates that at least 90 per cenr of the population of each town where theaters exist attend the shows at one time or another. LIQUOR ARRESTS Providence, R. I, Aug. 16.- men, Beranrd J. Church and F. Church of 672 North Main street, Pawtucket, Charles Simmons of 58 Cross street, Dawickl, of 58 Mill street, Four Lonsdale, were arrested by local police in War« | ren this morning and held for ar- raignment on charges of transporting intoxicants. The men =aid that 1 thelr two trucks were 231 cases o whiskey. = | district Thomas | Pawtucket, and Joseph | Pageant Peach Winsome beauty of the southern |type won' for Miss Margaret Swin. dell the title of iss Lakeland” and the national beauty tourna= Atlantic City In September, ety in {ment at WOMAN HEARD (Cintinued from Iirst Page) grand jury will indict McCoy for the | |murder of Mrs, Mors, when it meets again next Tuesday, Mre. Mors, he points out, was right handed; the bullet entered temple, Further, the alleged confes- |sfon of MecCoy to his sister, Mrs, {Jennie Thomas, that he had “just had [to kill that woman,” still weighs ‘hf‘n\l]_\' against his suicide explanation of her death, The three vic shooting, Mrs, recove tims of the Westlake William Re happ, were ing rapidly, though lieved they wonld he able |Mr, and ported was not | {to appear before the grand jury Tues- | day. A possible fifth vietim of the shoot- ing tan was sought by district at- torney's investigators, as a. result of lan amplified statement yesterday from Mrs. Thomas, in which McCoy was quoted as saying in reply to her ques- {tion, “Did you kill the man too? | “Yes, I got him too, and T am go- ling to get some of the othe The story told by Mrs, Martin is the inewest factor in the already tangled se. Mrs, Martin was taken to the apartment house by captain of detec- tives Cline and there she repeated her hen she was taken to the city iall, to the cell occupied hy MeCoy. The {prisoner was made to walk, to lean |against the wall. | Mrs, Martin was positive McCoy was “not” the man she had seen. | Despite her alarm after what she {had heard and secn, Mrs. Martin went hack to bed and to sleep, she told po- {lce. “T thought perhaps one {men was a policoman and other was the fugitive.” | A subpoena has been fssued for the Iappearance of Mrs. Martin befare the grand jury Tuesds of that thesa the CHINA SW/ (DR Peking, Aug. 16. — General Ieng [ Yu-nsiang, the Christian geenral, has :;.mrbml a crusade against flies in his |camp at Nanyvan. Each soldier is | required to bring in a daily “bag” of fiies for which he is promised a cer- tain number of coppers. To facilitate |the check the army has been divid- {ed into “swatting” units. Special re- | wards are offered for exceptional re- | | | | | | sults, | HELD FOR FAST DRIVING. | George I Kraus .of 71 Rhodes street was arr ed this morning by | Policeman Willlam Strolls on & | chavge of reckless driving. Tt is al- eged that Kraus traveled at a faster e of speed than allowed by law on West Main streat. | Villain Is Peri.’ec.:‘bt Lo A Wallace Beery, perhaps the best known screen villain, proved himself a true knight of romance when he wooed and won Miss Arita Gillman, formerly of Parkershurg, W. Va. They met dur- ing the production of “Robin Hood” in which they both appeared. Beery has beer: married before, he being the first hustand of Gloria Swanzate the honor of representing that Florida | HORS SHODTING her left | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1024 THEY SAYITPAYS 10 G0 70 COLLEGE {“Home Talent” Punishes Colle- gians by Score of 17 0 0 grounds, a twilight game was staged twean the #ere A, C, composed of legians, and the team representing grounds, The playground. s toved with the colleglans to the ne of 17 ta 0, whitewashing them all wgh the contest, Cov kie, & countorpart of the great Stanley, was fdrm for the Smithids and hield the visitors down to five safe Plows, Wilson of the Smithies was | the batting sensation of the game, hits | ting for a total of 13 bases in four trips to the plate, Frank MeGuire, son of (he lecal oculist, showed the wisdom of his choice of a vocation fanned five times in a row, Harry O'Conuor and Downes took honors for sensational flelding and | timely hitting, ‘The Smith crowd cole lected a totad of 27 hits oft Eliner 1, former tosser of the Lake pee team, o score is as followas: Smith, 18 home | ‘ Last evening on the Bmith play- '« | ¢ |t in rare when he - Pauer, ¢f. ... Kalink, 2b. .. Coveleskie, 1b. Menedowaki, 8b, Dragone, as, Anderson, rf, . Wilson, If. Myatt, ¢ 1) of 0 Coveleakl, p fli' 1 0 H. McGuire, 1b, Doyle, 3b. F. McGuire, s, Sulllvan, rf. .. McDarmott, If. . Downes, of. .. Wallen, p. ..., ::u:z | | | | | [N Inter-Playground Baseball Tn the boys' league games held at Walnut Hill park Iriday morning the Smalley Park boys who have eight defeats chalked against them and no wins to their credit, threw a genuine scare into the Burritt team in their contest, Leading the Burritt team hy 4 runs up to the last inning, their teamn work then disappeared in the last inning | when the Burritt team, through the | | aid of two home runs scored five runs | and won a very close game, 16-15, Score by innings: Snialley Parks . 761001 0—15] Burritt 910100 h—16 Batteries: Ricco and O'Brien; R(‘ed.‘ Merline and Chesky. The Smalley school boys’ club game did not prove as interesting as the Burritt Smalley Park game due to the fact that many of the Smalley school regular players did not put in an ap- pearance thus necessitating recruits from the junior team having to fill the depleted ranks, However, con- sidering the odds that were against them a very good account was given, Score by innings: Boys' club +...... 2 28042013 Smalley school ... 10 0n20—1T Batteries: Levine and Campagnoni; 4 Lipman and Andrews. Ry winning this game the Boys’ club aggregation are now tied with Burritt for second place honors, Bart- lett being the league leaders by two games, 0 2 2 Girls’ Teague Tn the Girls’ league game played on Bartlett grounds vs, Bartlett and Bur- ritt, a slugging match was enjoyed by the large crowd that was on lmnd,l with the Burritt team taking more | than their share and winning 26-12. ] Score by innings: i ‘ 10463281 x—26 .. 406020 0—12 Bateries—Helen Renock and Mary Krowitz; V. Adams and M. Jackman. Helen Renock connecting for two home runs and a three sacker took leading honors with the bat. Mary Serbin and Anna Barkowski also were credited with three base hits, Single base hits were too numerous to men- Burritt ... Bartlett . tion. In the second game participated in by the Bartlett girls, they nosed out the Smith girls in a closely contested ore by innings: 202100 0—5 oL RO ) Trene Kolowski and Alda Veronica Adams and Mary s game 6-5, 8 Smith . Dartlett Batterie Slosklnnas; Jackman, | Dawes to Visit in State Ts Report From Westhrook Westbrook, Conn,, Aug. 16.—Charles 3. Dawes, republican candidate for ivee-president, will be the guest of | Mr, and Mrs. Herbert Wilson of Chi- | |cago at their summer home at Quo- tonsett Beach here on August 21 and 29, it was learned here today. He will come here for a rest prior to his trip to Maine where he will speak at Augusta on August 23. No plan for his entertainment here has been ar- ranged, because of his desire for a brief respite from any political activ- ity while here, it was stated. Mr. Wilson is a Chicago real estate dealer and a personal friend of the repub- lican vice-presidential candidate, AMERICAN TEAM BEATEN, Filipino Team Wins Championship of | the Army League, | Manila, Aug. 16.—The Olympics, a team composed of Philippine Scou'a; from Corregidor Island, won the | championship of the army baseball leagne which is made up .of elght clubs from various army camps in the | island. The Olympios, by reason of | their victory in the Philippines, will | g0 to China to participate in the con- | tests for the army baseball champion- | ship of the Far East. | The American marines at Peking and the 15th United States Infantry at Tientsin will enter teams in the | championship tournament, which will take place at Tientsin | GRANTED TWO MONTHS' LEAVS Cyril J. Curtin, eity electrical fn- | spector, has been granted a two month leave of absence by the beard | of bulldirg commissioners and will | leave the elty for a two months’ vaca- | tion in @MFfornia. Wants Her Son Mrs. Haruo Matsuo of Omaha, Neb., gave up her citizenship to o|wed her Japanese husband, Now she is making plans to have 1|her three-year-old son, Haruo, educated to be an international 0|lawyer in the hope that he can be of service in ! relations between Japan and the United States. [ FIREWORKS KILLS Indian Potentate Fxerts Authority on to Aid U, S, AMPLIFYING HORNS LOEB, LEOPOLD FOR GRANGE TALKS | DEFENSE BOLSTERED (Continued from Pirst Page) e . Dr. Singer Cross Examined, Falls ol (o Answer Firmly dreased for the mou| Faney eclothes are the women pres middies and knickers to the skirle and other fine of which will be from touriats are group of people part 1a khak practieally eutlawed ferving less substantia feathers At at Yorktown New York ety siderable diffieuity in ferrying t as only 20 eould ¢ a time, The will be made A, P. Marsh of 1t guide, They wi about 2 o'clock Bunday tl 10 a Mond out for Massachusetts te Piymouth Rock Afternoon and Eyvening At 4 o'clock Bunday afternc will be & program of speakers, the principal address being made by Lieus tenant-Governor Hiram Bingham, Jo. seph R, Andrews, president of the New Britain Chamber of Commerce; | George B, Chandler, secretary of the state chamber; and A, P, Marsh, chairman of the committee on ar- rangements, will also speak, Mayor Angelo M, Paonessa will w the guests to New Britain, Singing will be led by B. ', Armstrong, with music { by the Everyman's Bible Class orches- tra A religlous service in which all {elergymen in the city will participate will be held at 7 p, m, the address being made by Rev, Mr, Hoyt, chap- [1ain of the state Grange. At 8 o'clock & healthy, sun-bro By The Amsociated Press Chicage, Aug. 16,~The defense had a8 opportunity to bolster ita plea for mitigation In the punishment eof Nathan ¥, Leopold, Jr, and Richard Loeb for kidnapping and murdering soung Robert Franks when Clarence B Darrow, chief defense counsel, to. day took under eross.eyamination Dr, H. D, Binger, the state’s fourth alien- ist, Dr, Binger tlestified yesterday that Loeb and Leopald are entirely mnors mal and attacked the ehildish fan. tasies and stunted emotional growths angle set up by the defense, Mr, Darrow obtained permission to ofier an additional witness after the ' . State concludes its rebuttal, He will be James Quinlan, an attorney, who has checked up the dispositions maae in 340 llinois murder cases in the Iast ten years in which pleas of gullty have been entered, Mr, Darrow brought out that Dr, Singer had collaborated In writin book about “insanity and the law leading up to the accusation that Dr, Singer had examined Loeb and Leo- poid in violation of their constitu. tional rights while they were in the custody of Robert E. Crowe, Mr, Crowe maintained that Loeb and Leopold had not been forced to talk while he held them, that once they had started talking he could net stop them, | “You are not trying to enforce the Ilaw, you are trying to cheat it,” Mr, | Crowe accused Mr, Darrow. preent t ir 18 encamped N and side trips to are being made experienced Hudson ymodated at New Britain Bunday morning ty acting as stop here from Cons eaArs o the start for . e afternoon un- m AN cementing friendly | ORDERS WIFE BELOW Ship When She Starts Talking To " GIRL 14 INJURED Reporters, there will be a concert by tha Ameri. | |can Legion band, V. G. dI Franzo 4i- “Strike it all out, Mr. Reporter, sald Judge Caverly, ending the arg Three Others Expected fo Die were seriously and eight slightly in- jured last night in an explosion at & gtatement that he w fireworks display being held on a va- | cant lot in celebration of the Feast of was killed almost Instantly. clans say at least three of the injured | pale pink creation set off by a 10- will die, | fined $2,500 each and sentenced to six months in prison, h Alter Premature Explosion A Camden, N, J., Aug. 16.—A 12-year- | old girl was Kkilled and six persons|even through Interpreters, the Maha- |raja confining his remarks to the a the Myrtle Farrell Assumption, Physi- | Several thousand people were gath- f a ered on the lot. The fireworks were |lent humor, being set off in an iron pipe placed 3'" be interviewed, however, was cut diagonally in the ground. When one |off by the Maharaja, who ordered her of the attendants was about to light |and her four the fuse there was a terrific explosion, [decks to their staterooms before the | which sent fragments of the pipe in | Majestic pulled out. all directions, hurt were struck by flying pieces of | “JOLLY COR! the iron pipe. | lain's eontributions to the vaudeville |tion of T | stage, left town today after a brief [Auctioneer h ‘0 stay at his , profiteer in water is worse than profi- | Ohio, where he and the other mem- |NAIT 15 trustee of the estate. teering in butter or other things,” a |bers of the act known as *“The Jolly R court held here recently when a water | Corks,” will open at the new Keith works company tried to town at the rate of 1 2-7 cubio feet for one cent, against a pre-war price of five cubic feet for a cent, owners of the water company were |minstrels, and are proving one of the | most pleasing vaudeville acts on the |property on High street, and LeRoy | Most of the seriously | PUNISH WATER PROF] Hettstedt, Germany, Aug. 16. SRS rve the |t ‘ a The two | b b raja Rajinda Bahadur of Jind, Majestic today, after a brief visit in better tor his health, rector, through the ecourtesy of tho publie amusement commission, | The program for the band concert follows: — ment, Mr, Darrow insisted on a “yes" or “no" answer to this question: “You could not tell by looking at them whether they had a mental disorder?" repeated four or five times, with Dr. fsmser trying to reply by qualifying. Mr. Crowe interrupted with an ob- jection that “Mr, Darrow is trying to force the witness to say something, New York, Aug. 16.—H, H. Maha- with is wife, started home to Tndia on the Part 1. Porter's Catalina Band—March, Northern Lights-—Overture, It Ain't Gonna Rain no Mo'—Fox Trot. The Golden Dragon—Overture, Symposia Waltz—Waltz, art 2, Stars and Stripes Forever—March, ‘The Bohemian Girl—Selection, After the Storm—Concert Fox Trot. Tl Trovatore-—Selection, By Request. Rallet Egyptian No. 1. American Spirit—March, merica, They declined to be Interviewed, health than when he arrived nd that, anyway, he didn't come here FRENCHMEN ARRIVE. / Members of Davis Cup Team Are in New York Today. New York, Aug. 16.—Members of the French Davis cup team, victors in the European zone play, arrived today on the steamer Parls to pre« pare for their match with Australia | at Boston, September 4, 5 and 6 to determine America’s 1924 cnalenger. The team is composed of Jean Bo- rotra, Wimbledon champion; Rene Lacoste and Jacques Brugnon, with Alain Gerbault, hero of a transatlan- tic voyage in a small boat accompany- ing them in reserve. The Maharani Sahiba, who wore a | | | | | | leaving in )m’ | at diamond in her left nostril, in- | icated her husband was not in excel- | Her evident willingness OFFERS CREDITORS 10 P, €, A hearing will be glven before Referee Edward M., Yeomans on Aug. {28, on the offer of Vito Brescla, bank- " ON ROAD AGAIN |rupt, of a 10 per cent composition Thomas English, one of New Brit- |Settlement to his ereditors. The auc- srescia’s holdings by the U. 8. heen postponed until Attorney Israel maid-servants below here, for Toledo, |After the hearing. home AUTO STRIKES LITTLE GIRL, Edward A, Muszynski of 284 Allen street reported to the police this af- ternoon that while driving south on Oak street Helen Brieles, 12 year old girl of 12 Oak street, ran frem be- hind a truck and his car struck her. She was attended by Dr. Tokarczyk who found no serious injury. REAL I TE TRANSFER heater. Teal estate transactions recorded Mr. English and his co-workers are [at the ciey clerk's office this morn- quintet of oldtime stars who have [ing follow: B. Cerro to John and ecome known for their ability as|Mary Mazur, property on Harvard stree Kosiorek to Canti Cianci, g time cireuits, “lL Page to John R. Peterson. Ancestor Worship ‘The Chinese pray to their ancestors. But they do more than that. They allow themselves to be guided by family tradition in their every thought and action. The principal difficulty facing the introduction of modern improvements into China is the universal objection: “This is not as our fathers did.” cau con Imagine saying that we did not want electricity be- se our forefathers were satistied with candles. Though we never went as far as the Chinese, our servatism in the past often went to considerable lengths. Think of the telephone, of the motor car. How much encouragement did they get at first? Advertising more than anything else has made of us a nation willing to judge something new on its merits, rather than on narrow, ancient traditions. sanitation and rapid transit. Advertising today is as necessary as electricity, It is more than the sys- tem by which we are kept informed of every new im- provement that is to our advantage. It is the catalog wherein, every day, all manner of articles are listed for us v will you vith their individual advantages. » Read the advertisements. Be guided by them. They help you in making your selections. They will save money. To buy the new is to progress—to learn of it first is to read advertising VER 10,000 HERALDS DISTRIBU TED DAILY THE HERALD HAS BY FAR THE LARGEST CIRCULA- TION OF ANY PAPER PUBLISHED IN NEW BRITAIN The Herald is the Only New Britain Newspaper With An Audited Circulation !I