New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1924, Page 13

LR & X L g i et el STEPNOTHER 1§ PLACED ON TRIAL Accused of Burning and Beatng Litle Gir New York, Oc @7.~Mrs. Ellza- peth Morrls was arraigned in & Staten Island court today on charges of having beaten her stepdaughter, Florence, nine years old, after burn- ing her fingers with matches. Mrs, Morrls admitted burning' the little girl but denled that she had beaten her,'a police sergeant testified. “ghe was always short-changing me,” the mother said. “I sent her o the store with half a dollar to buy somne things and she should have Lrought back a nickel. She didn’t and'1 was trying to break her of the habit." The hearving was set for two weeks hence as hospital authofitics sald that ‘the girl would be unable to leave the hospital for 10 days. JUDG A FOR $613, In the cuse of Paold Farettl vs Guiscppina Amento, judgment for the Klyuln(lfl ‘to the extent of $613 and cosis was reggered in the court of common pleas this morning by Judge Dickinson, Nair & Nair ap- peared for the plalntiff. . ANDERSON-—HJERPE. The 'wedding of Miss Mildred Eliz abeth Hjerpe, daughter of Emil Hijerpe of 65 Dwight street and Winfred L. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mre. Fred Anderson of 85 Rhodes street, will take place to- marrow afternoon at 5 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hjerpe of 93 Winthrop street. . Rev. G. E. Pihl will officiate. Mys. Walter Lund will be matron of honor and Miss {Axce Swanson bridesmaid. Clinton Anderson. #111 be best man and Milton usher. BELIEVES HE WAS DUPED Myer Wellins, proprietor of a store, at 626 Main street, reported to the police this morning that a man vepresenting himself as a sales- man for the Henry P. Barnes Co, of Boston had appeared at his store and sold him some paper bags. Wel- lins #aid-that he purchased the hags and paid the man $5, the balance to be paid when the bags were deliver- ed, Since the transaction, Wellins learned that there s no such firm in Boston as the man claimed tq représent. Iriving secretly on the Bigamist or Not? the Police Do Not Know Waterbury, Oct. 17.—The Water- bury police, at a, late hour this morning, were still puzzled as to whether or not Willlam J, Harwath, 23, of Bridgeport, formerly of Nau- gatuck, where his parents now live, Is & bigamist. He was in city court here this morning, charged with non-support, and was ordered to pay his wife, with whom he lived .here, the sum of $12 per week far the next year, under a bond of §500 and under a threat of six months i jail, © Asked by the prosecuting af- either in South Norwalk or Bridge- port, Harwath claimed he, obtained a divorce from this wife, but the city court authorities are skeptical. Princess, Who Was Formerly Miss Alice Astor, In New York. York, Oct. h—Princess Obo. -Neledinsky-Meleszky, forme ly Miss Alico Muriel Astor, daugh- ter of the late John Jacob Astor, | nas arrived in this country on a {honeymoon trip with Prince Serge | Obolensky - Neledinsky - Meletzky |whom she recently married In wope, it was learned today. Ar- | steamship | Mauretania, without their names an- pearing on the passenger list, the couple went to the home of Vincent Astor on Fifth avenue, Hjerpe, | The prince and princess will ac- company Mr. and Mrs, Astor to | Bryn Mawr, Pa., tomorrow to attend a ball to be 1 by Mr. and Mrs. | George W. Childs Drexel in honor {of the engagement of Mies Laura | Biddle te Willlam Rhinelander Stewart, Jr. The princess is the {only daughter of the present Lady | Ribblesdale and is & stster of Vin- cent Astor. W SPEAKERS SIGNED. Word has been received from the national T.a-Follette-Wheeler head- quartegs that the speakers scheduled to be present at the rally at the corner of East Main and Main streets tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, will not be present. In thetr stead Miss Grace Colbron and Mr. Jur- |sek of New York city will address the gathering. BUCK WEAVER KILLED Pueblo; Colo.,, Oct. 17.—Norman “Buck” Weaver, 42, first manager lof Jack Dempsey, was accidentally |shot and fatally wounded 19 miles southeast of here early today, while hunting ducks. He died seyeral hours later, after being brought here | " for medical aid all Opening Sale torney if he had another wite living | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. W.C.T.U. ELECTS - OFFICERS TODAY Mrs. Newton of Durkan s Named as President Bfistol, Conn., Oct. 17.—The Con- necticut Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union in convention here elect. ed these ofiicers: President, Mrs; Hattie M, Newton, Durham; vice-president, Mrs, Mary B. Wilson, = Plantavifle; recording secretary, Miss Mary C. ' Welles, Hartford; - corresponding secretary, Mrs, F. L. S8anborn, Portland; treas- urer, Mrs, Mary R. Arnold, Merlden, Delegates to the national convention at Chicago: Mrs, Charlotte Joyce, Bridgeport; Mrs, 1", Jeannette Darling, Hart- ford; Mrs. B, W, Case, Bristol; Mrs. A. H. Downs, Westville; Mrs. Augus- tus Cutler, Danbury, and Muws A. Gordon, Plymouth. ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT Jacob Chudzik of 166 Cleveland street was arrested thls afternoon by Policemen Willlam 8. Strolls and Dennis Nealon on charges of assault and breach of the peace. He was afrested when the police went to his home after receiving a complaint that he was beating his wife and son. When the police arrived at the house, Chudzik was found'to be on a rampage, but his wife and son had evidently. defended themselves ably, for Chudzik had several bad cuts about his head. The son is al- leged to have hit him over the head with a cup when the father tried to choke him. $110,000 HOLD-UP ~ Jgckson, Mich., Oct. 17. — Cur- rency and securities that may ag- gregate $110,000 in value were ob- taihed today by five bandits who held up and robbed the Springport State Savings bank near here, bank officials said after a checkup. The Ioot, @ccording to: bank officlals, consisted of $5,000 in cash, $50,000 worth of Liberty honds and the re- mainder in other securities” Vir- tually all of the bonds and securities were negotiable, they admitted. The White Star liner Homerle car-’ outfitter's shop. the clothes pas- ries a complete Measurements for sengers wish are transmitted either to FEngland or the United States by wireless and the garments are ready when the boat docks. TROLLEY HITS AUTO An automobile driven by Con- stable Fred Winkle was struck by a trolley car this morning at the inter« section of Chapman and Jubilee streéts, Winkle's machine being damaged as a result of the collision. Detective Sergeant Willlam P, Mc- Cue investigated the accident and found that Winkle was travelling south on Chapman street and the trolley east on Jubilee street when the accldent occurred, ; PASSED STANDING TROLLEY James McKinley of Plainville was notitied by Policeman Thomas J. 1'eeney to appear in police court to- morrow morning to answer a charge of violating the motor vehicle law by passing a .trolley car on Stanley street Sunday, while the trolley was stopped to discharge passengers. They’re Coming Under proposed triple deck street plan New York street crossings will one day be bridged in all directions: an upper level for pedestrians; crosstown traffic and vehicular traffic would pass on the lower levels. 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