New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 MISS SCHNEIDER FACES CAMERAMEN Principal in Rogers Mystery Seems Undisturbed at Hearing INQUIRY 1§ ON TODAY North Haven Grand Jurors Delve Decply Into Case, That Coroner Mix of New Haven Had Obtained All Facts in Death, New Haven, gnror's inquiry Charles 8. G. fatally hurt in Miss Marjorie der's automobile on the highway in North Haven, the night of the Yale- Army game last month, Dec. 4.—A grand into the death of after a din- ner at an inn, was opened today in that town by order of Ward Church, Mr, with Coroner Mix over the finding of the latter that there was no eriminal responsibility in the death although sald that both | Rogers and Miss Schneider were un- | der in the’ infiuence of liquor after leaving the inn. Mr. Mix said Rogers' head brushed against a telephone pole causing the death injury. Church Not Satisfied. Before the ipquiry opened today town taken prosecutor. Church had ssue Mr. Church said that he hac it beca was not satisfie the coroner had ex sources of he information. had referred the . Robert Hurley of the state to po- lice who, after two w considera- tion of it had advised an inquiry. Mr. Church resorted to an old statute which gives grand jurors in a_town the power to investigate and order a complaint made in a misdemeanor or case crime. Such an inquiry is rare in Connecticut. Mr. Church further said that he was satisfied that Cors on r Mix phase of the a8 Were mere apgl not ur 1 not gone into every case, that some witnes- sestioned fnform- ng ally persons who might know some not c & matter were lled 4 witne 1 3 peared before er and expected to call others The hearing was held in the select- office behind closed doors with a constable guard. Mr. Church and his brother jurors, Witliam H. Todd and Wilson Goodsell, wera on hand but not ahead of a grouy graphers who took station the town constable at the town hall door. Girl Not Perturbed. obert Hurley and Capta 1s of the sta a few mi with her who had z Supt Frank N es later Miss brother-in neider er drov \ g woman did mnot appear per bed as faced the battery of oct eameras. &he passed into m ) and th n's room cach Not Satisfled | Rogers, bond salesman, ! chnei- | the coron- | | After reading the COLD WA\IE COMING FROM ROCKIES AND MID-WEST Is Expected To Reach New Englana And Fastern New York By Tomorrow Chicago, Dec. 4 A chilling grasp, stretching out of the southwest and Rocky Mountain region brought sleet and snow today to the midwest the plain states and the Ohio vals lay the Texas Panhandle the cold- BLODGETT FAVORS NEW TAX HEASLRE Property Lists Here ASSEMBLY 10 PASS ON IT \Approves Special Act Affecting | | | ost weather in a decade was fore- | gigessors Will Have More Oppur(u- (cast after a fall and early winter which has been free of freezing nity to Devote Attention to Per- temperatures, Flsewhere consider- ) 3 | ably lowcr tomperatures were pre-| Sonal Effects Which Majority of | dicted. Citizens Fall to Declare, | The winter's first extensive dam- age to wire communication was re-| Tax Commissioner Willlam H. | | ported caused by sleet in northern | Blodgett lias given his unqualified | Utah and western Nebraska. Rain (approval to a proposed special act ind snow fell in the lower Missour! | prepared by Appraisal Engineer | and middle M I ippt valleys. ie low pressure area was expect- led to move slowly eastward, over- | spreading the mildle Atlantic, New | England states and eastern New York tomorrow. I Yankton, 8. D, Dec. 4.—Eight ches this sec- tion early today, the flrst heavy fall | of the winter, and it continued to plle up during the foreno, MORTIMER GRILLED IN FORBES' TRIAL Bronght Tnto Case NO SCANDAL, SAYS JUDG Fearing That it Mizht Provoke Unsavory Comment-——Witness Tells of Peculiar Trips in West, | ment. A letter fder Mortimer, the witness, as having 4 by Flas H. ef government ury over of defense “it would drag seandal into the case.” No Scandal Seen Jetter, Judge ed it gs Carpenter Curious Ahont Forbes & members o i I ,‘ : 10 the time Rogers and Miss ik \,“ eft, C 1 Johnson and August | * o oL chultz, of Wallingford, boys w ; : : were also imn at Miss| ¢ o iy Sehnelder's Mrs, Wil- | 7 o i helm of New 1 S oLher ot mlxite piied by aboved Ruth Hulse who had testified to s i L 3 kol Test of Letter &'.‘H;M“ e Fleree T T pson letter to Mortimer, - 1 the room 2 N Both t. Hurloy i ¥ e A #ain Nichols eat with th ) first two witnesses we . s 20 minutes and retur e Sl Miss Schneider dinir s Miss Schneider was o t yunsel Mr. G 14t you w ) with the iry room t mp- Louis Wiihelm mot of her < T Hulse and Bernard W Kat r t . ¢ 1 much 4 1 ne [ 1 suj 19t w r T 1 i \ Int v ! : \n't K your ondit med field, Mass, Verv fond ¢ Mrs. Hulse, she sald was in New gufded by above @ York city with her hnusband. Mrs. | (8 W Wilhelm stat she was sur vou bot nefther had Deseribes Trip 1 ! « and iptio of the 1 coast t felt sure they i in June wonld willing to return 1 te ed 10 the 1 Ang t ve Trip" of the Lor Miss S was still in the in ty, w Aforts quiry r 1 stand 1 Dr. M Sear gh, med T t 1 1 W ¥ 1o fe ‘ and | ) a % 1 ny i put T 15 U nve 1h $ N t 1t privilege of appearing with counsel ' a on the r 1 tanke v had stated that he | Gu ; wonld not claim immunity for his | Mortimer gaid that the p 7 N whatever tes she | ahout a ¥ o ado Beacn When . Miss tder i then t t 1o San Fr ry n Mr. Goodhart, | cl He ident telegram to ! said that she had 1 m Tt « \‘l'll ex 1 for lay with the ime re again called. He said that Miss |« ' ia |"< \‘\ to semi-Code T . i ( >dhart said that ‘!1 A Al \ the substa y the same eme had gl befora Corcner Mix. | W tinued i 1) Name of Harding's ~ Sister, Counsel For Defense Had Prl)l(\‘ll‘d,} | Thomas Linder which is intended to remove a requirement for filing property tax lists on dwelling houses, garages, sheds, icehouses, stores, shops, theaters, banks, hotels, offices, public garages, wspaperman Given Order for $150 Suit By Gov. Alfred Smith New York, Dec, 4. — Hugh J. O'Connor, a political writer on the New York World, recelved a Christmas present from Governor Smith today in the form of an order on a Fifth Avenue tallor for & $150 suit of clothes The gift is the governor's usual election prize, granted to the political reporter who makes the nearest guess of the plurality he will attain at the coming election. O'Connor's guest was 110,000, The governor's majority, as shown by the official returns by the sec- retary of state, was 108,403, MRS, SHEATSLEY TOOK OWN LIFE, IS FINDING |Coroner, in Official Report, Refuses to Call it NEW BRITAIN HERALD . . NEW BRITAIN C()NNECTI(,UT THURSDAY, DFCLMB] R 4, 1924, ~EIGHTEEN . g ;nf.fl,.{‘fi\, ECLECTICS LOSE APPEAL T0 COURT Judge Avery Arraigns Five Pro- festing “Doctors” ALSO HITS ~ EXAMINERS | Court Charges “Praud and Collu- sion” in Medical Diploma Ml Scandal—Insists Eclectic Board or Members Knew of Facts in Casc. Bridgeport, Dee, 4.—In a dc arralgning five eclectic doctors and the Connecticut eclectic medical examin d and col- ng board for * Judge Christe luslon” er L. Avery In superlor court today dismissed the appeals of alic . oma mill” graduates from t} n of the state board « ing thelr llcenses livery ' stables, mills, machinery, Murder Guilty acreage, automobiles, motorcycles, : merchandise on hand, goods in Jucko {?,\'f,‘f, ho process of manufacture, cables, | by 1ne Associated Pres 'rh:,!mr,o;:‘” ’, ( wires, poles, underground mains, | Columbus, 0., Dec. 4.—Mrs. Addle | ypoy had x"r‘;y ring hefore the s { condults, mains. pipes, etc., of heat- | Sheataley, wife of the Rev. C. V.| poerq ey oprvaring before the statc | ing, gas and clecttic compantes, Sheatsley, pastor of Christ Evan-| 8 0 €00 O et | The act will go before the next|gelical Lutheran church of Bexley, |""\"& b H s el | session of the goneral assembly for |a suburb, whose body was found in | DFOVINE St Pl approal. Ratification by Commis- |furnace of the Sheatsley home, com. | INAINE that the petitioners —werr iw.un.‘r Blodgett of any measure per- | mitted suieide, Coroner J. A. Mur-|SUlIty of fraud in obtaining tr | taining to taxation ip generally re- | phy held in his report of the tragedy r CoTtHicates, Judre Avery says “that garded as assurance of its passage |filed with the county clerk of |tNeY, Were Eulity of ths gros | by the general assembly, since his |courts today. ) jieendiintorsaenting fthemaciyes ’r commendations are invarlably ac- | Coroner Murphy from tha start |dualified to take the examination at cepted in legislative committee when | held to his view that Mrs. Sheatsley | Al it being evident that they had tax bills are up for action. deliberately crawled into the fur-|n0 qualificati o and Affects New Britain Only., |nace, aithough'C. . Tong, chemiat, | the so-called medical schools from | 1t adopted, the measure will take |and Dr. H. M. Brundage, patholo. | Which they Clalmed degicen wors no- [the form of a special act pertaining |Blst, atfer a serles of tests, satd it |in any sense of the word med {to the City of New Britain, alone, |Was their opinion sha met death |colleges but simply miils for the [ other towns in the state being re. |outside the furnace. euance jotimetlicalidextoeti (0 1y quired as in the past, to keep a| County Prosesutor John R. King|dualified persons, a fact known to | complete record of tax lsts inelud- | Ing the numerous ftems mentioned \n' ve, Tax Commissioner Blodgett's ac- t ton in sanctioning the bill drawn | | by Linder is a compliment to the system devised by the local ap- raisal engineer and now in effect | | in the office of the board of asscs- | sors, Its completeness makes it no alede S Tlernans of | 10NECT necessary to require owners s of real estate and owners of mer- | yn Vot sister of the | ehandise to file property lists, thoso cnt Harding, was brought | who have examined the records ad. arlly into ederal court|mit ang this fact prompted the trial today. of Charles R. | eommissioner to approve Linder's Forbes and Johi hompson, for | suggestion that lists be eliminated. conspiracy to defraud the govern- The filing of property lists in the past has extended month of October. Property own- ers have been inconvenlenced on | pumerous occasfons by ‘ang walts uring rush hours, and oftentimes the law was forgotten wuntil November 1, and a 10 per cent pen- | alty resulted | Linder felt the law {mposed through the an unnecessary obligation, and also that penalty in a majority of cases fell upon those least able to pay, many of the delinquents being persons who recently eame into possession of property and falled to accustom themselves with the dutles afters Imposed by law upon property own- | He laid out a plan @or the climination of tax lists on real es- tate, merchandisa and automobiles and submitted it to Mayor A. M. P who approved and Re 1 a charter amendment, | Linder prepared the proposed act which recefve the revisers' approval ssa the e with Commissioner R v the resulting ap- proval Will Result in Clean-up. With the expected elimination of these lists, the assessors office will be in a position to devote more time to requiring strict compltance with the law in its other phases. The assessors have found that hard- | ly one out of every 100 who file a property list, and who raise their right hand and swear that it is true statement of all my property | lable to taxation,” have actually sworn 1l their property liable to Althongh there are perhaps thou- nds of pianos owned {n this city, ss than 100 appear on the asses- sors lists. Dogs will also be as- will chickens, cattle, °s. goats, sheep, swine. will wagons and bicyclc sug- | Mr. | l | |entha va 4 niture of offices, hot irants, salgons theaters, shops, mannfa v Lrarics and book ding | $£200; musical instruments of all de- ecriptions exceeding $25; farming toois exceeding $200; exeess of erodits over in unhcorpo- rated business: bonds, mortgage and other notes, credits and choses in cash banl on hand in other than exceeding $500. r provision of the act assessors the er to T rty owne L Af de- sired ocath to them T btaining infor- it 1 n to the property records mply with assessors office < will result fn a 10 on to the valuation ard, and loss of the the board of Aviator With fi;{i;;»}lger: l hoc 0\ er the Andes Mts. 1ated Press Chile, Dec. 4.—For the the history of aviation carrying several itiago, st time In s has crossed the mountains. Two Junker planes left Ruonos Aires yesterday for Santiago and landed at the Military Alrdror R {s morning. On sonfers. T other plane was & | smal ne, | i she alwayvs wor | on the last day has never accepted the theory of |suicide and his investigations were centered on an effort to prove that Mrs. Sheatsley's body must have been placed in the furnace. Coroner Murphy in his offfcial re- | |port said that, expert testimony to the contrary, he was compelled to adhere to his bellef that Mrs. Sheatsley ended her life. There was no evidence of a struggle in the Sheatsley home, his| report stated. This, with Mrs, | | Sheatsley's physical condition and | her actions during the morning of | her death, is proof, the coroner de- clared, that she destroyed herself, His verdict concluded with: “I am only able to come to any conclusion in this case, after taking into eonsideration all the eircum- stances caonnected with 4t, the da- ceased’s previous actions, especially the condition of t houee, “All which her jeweolry, even the ring Jewe! case. Therc was no evidence of any sruggle which would have been present even if a sick and weak pattent were choked to death, “How long was she in the fire? It | takes ten hours to destroy a body. Tke body had not been in the furn. more than three hours when it was discovered “The body had been in the furnace less than an hour when Clarence, the 16 year old son, saw it standing there. Taking all the evidence be- fore me toge'l d with eircum- stances, I find came to her death by b deceased r own hand Yesterday he discussed | and act.” STUYVESANT FREED Troy, N. Y. Man, Held For Murder of Policeman Skelly, Given Lib- erty In New York. csant of Troy, N.'Y., NA ‘polic, for th hel “a | past two wreks on suspicion of be- the 1 ing James Ske October 12 in lerer re on the morning the Davidson & Le was released from ¢ y when he was arraig agistrales court fn Ne 1 store tody yesterd ed before a r York. The was informed that the local were satisfled that Stuyve vas not the man wanted for the murder here, u telegram hav- ing been tved seve days ago from Chief fam C. Hart inform- New York palice th |Col. Walker Nominated (‘anal Zone Governor Washirgton, Dec. 4.—The nomina tion of ¢ mel M. L. Wa of the engincers to he governor of 1 a Canal, was sent to the v by President Coo Edward ¥ minat hiet of that at (r Beituisetintitial rs will meet w common an estimat e r tor Chief William J. N A s of t oun b acquainted with the ; ¢ the machine say that a fa and b 3 1 b The rs w tr e = # THE WEATHER Hartford, Dec. 4.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity Fair tonight; Friday unsettled probably ram or snow; coldee tonight —— e was in perfect order. | as still in her | the applicants and to some, if n all of the members of the ( | ticut eclectic medieal ex board." | Judge's Conclusion Judge Avery continues | “It is imp e AIbIa ok acane b (L concluston that the licenses o | these petitioners wonld never | been issued e ept by fraud and | lusion, as it 1s apparent that the ap- plicants must hav wn and t members of the hoard as well, that devoid the applicants wer the qualifications reguired ‘o 1 ¥ | o their elaimed that St Health Btanley H. Oshorn wa: ing oftice illegally, pointed health commissioner though not a practitfonert fn state length of time required by ti statute creating t On this point Jud \ppf'nl.l Dismissed facts fc ¥ the eclectics ate Commissioner of hold- having been ap- [ “Tn referes s hat th wing t obtatned th r cortificates court will not reverse ti the state board of | regularity of that board in cedure where it appears after a f hearing that the appeals are wit merit." Judge Avery says that tha clalm of the eclectics that t re not given hearing is wort as they always had sand right to appeal to t! where they were g complete hearing. | The applicants whos | were denied were Alfred H. T of New Britain; Bernard Katka, Isidor man, Harry Cha 1 G hardson of Brid A. Ri . RUSSIATS VERY WET Issued Permitting Manu- Decree TIs With facture and Sale of Drinks 30 Per Cent Alcohol s revennues a pread Jitney Bus Line Sued For $50,000 Damages oy ditcasy it o Would Permit Doctors Take P 'mmh Lives o Ass sy would authorize t has t istice Stei cks. I Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Nov. 20th ... 114611 e——re— REE Cl’“’l‘S JAPANNOT HOSTILE | TOUNITED STATES M. T. Yamamoto Tells Rotary | Club of Friendly Sentiment % “paoyy ey PRICE TH |BAN JOE'SON IS" C4LZED UPON TO PROVE CHARGES OR WITHDRAW THEM | Directors of Pacific Coast League, At Hartford Meet- ,ing, Take Up Claim of Gambling in League Noniihe results ‘of t ol | oo it i v STUNG BY EXCLUSION ACT H]UH IN WATERS JURY ME[[[]N PREI]I[}TS ERA A MARKED FOR KILLING OF GREAT PROSPERITY SR Quartet of ( h—_;i"i'.'l Said Treasury Secretary’s An-| : 1 e £ : to Have Been Given nual Report Goes Into | i Frank 3 Death Messages Tax Reform Issues S R e on of Christmas voted 1o Ir was liam B ity n Washington or | pr Deo. 3—Tears of on of t for the United ST healthy ed Mellon tn 1 rotary's views are based e said, on th 1 3 tl nomie 16 re; tion of “vari- eco- aws'” and t of rn»um»m ment affairs given He counselled the na- in for tion, however, to h its prob- with intelligence that the pro- H.“ SW"LM POWE R t of handling in the election, ns nt of Commodore Per avy, in 18 ing of the 10's educatio than tes I st four years may not come oper United States, he e first world power to come asserted, the post-war transition g ‘M]‘”‘; b Can Legislate Over Inhabitants and | stag v and the te oL ,"'{" Property Generally, Tnder Clause Al e climax Japanes o S 2 war of 1 h the suc Known to Few nue within its borders G o of ha war 1 perpetuation of 3 i . & FM\\-' gan to this c people in the last elec- |, For 15 years, from 1906 to 19 : " uhich ne Interproted g one o7 the Telations of our two countr n s work, economy end sound V% iy 3 nious. ' conditions as E of federal : Noniets b 1 ition had ¥ at in the last four A L] tax on citizens L t been cut N - 1t i to respond IN SUPERIOR COURT mivs on Rl o Yoo Calabrese is Fined $100 — Kehoe national a } Goss to Jail On Revoeation of Suspended Sentence Practical Sense Needed { an Taken Ll lor Wreck v on Some rea 7 ) it 11 : wh 3 the v Walsh ( {0 Speak r 2 - In Behalf of Holt i, 5 : : ol . a I Y EARS | W Five Killed: 30 Injured In Calif. Train Wreck FIGHTING IN FSTHONIA . ; NOT INVITED ; | EPIDEMIC KILLS VETERANS