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

A WNAT Wuo) ‘proyyauyy 2 1y "I #ME Juaoouu News of the World By Associated Press I;\vveli(aglfle Rnily Cireviation Fur‘]' 3 eek Ending ll 287 ’ | EW BRI HERALD Dec, 6th .... ESTABLISHED 1870 PRICE THREE CENTS & PARUAMENTGETS |4pp N IN ' : 'ROPRIATION BILL FOR 88 STORY OFFICE BUILDING ANDAL | Y | [\ (]} i ’ KING'S OPINIONS I EW YORK| OFF POLICE FORCE i i . s e i . I GNl’gfi V. Makes SPM Rl o P ASSED BY H OUSE T ODAY Engineers Considering the‘ Snpemumerarles Dismissed 10T| REBEI-I.IUN JUBGE S‘l’ ATES \ Tmportant Announcéments . Feasibility of Plans for | Drinking in Gellar of Friend y f | | 4 - — | AT Measure Calls For To- P RUMINENT GAP”AL Structure to Outrank || RS ' POREIGH: RELATIONS GOOD ¢a) of $238,000,000 CITY BANKER DEAD| “Woohworth Tower. PARKER HITS A s Supreme Court Justice Minturn Says It May o0 e | o - | q - - le W Offe A to British Sovercign Trges Co-opera-| — Abolition of 39 | New York, Dec. 0.—New York 1s Indjotsj ReopleiWho Offe Liiuor Be Necessary To Ask President And Gov- ‘ | | to have an 88-story office building | 1aen n oV tion With Dominlons, Frowns on e anl: { o an 3-atory ice bullding Patrolmen on Duty—Discipline La d Ofl-l Ell \Frank S. Sumner Y as | outranking In height the Woolworth | . Signing Russian Treaty and Makes n ces mi- President of Hartford h”“"il!w‘t which )ms’ f:xl s{n[‘lem L Committee Outlines Proper Ati-| @FROY TO Declal’e Mamal Law On New L] L « o | cording to meager iInformation ob- 1 O Domestic Recommendations. : 2 [tatnable in real estata circles. tude of Pollce Toward Public. ’ g Rimmpains nated. Conn. Trust Co. |50 st i regarane Witk s watuing devascinicn: 02| SE¥S€Y Waterfront. London, Dec. . 9.—King George | ";“ T r’ Jet " Rt "I'l “fasn .a“; policemen becoming intoxicated R 3 | R LR AL UL d ither on or oft duty, the board of e Gty N il T . opened parlfament in state today [Radlvoad Consolidation Bill | Martford, Dee. 9.—Trank C. sum.|at the offices of Cass Gilbert, archi- :m“c: commismw;]‘_’b: m:h'tf Al Jersey C_ll_\«, N. J.,, Dec. 9.~The pos:llm_z need of request- with a speech from the throne full ;i ner, president of the Hartford-Con. |tct. It was admitted that the pro- missed Supernumerary Policemen | INE the presldent. and the governor to “enforce martial law of {mportant pronouncements on Introduced—The Senate f\»(-n:vm T‘rnxt Co., and a leader in ‘"’h"’,‘”;‘);*»‘f{l"\“"‘»"IJ-!‘"'t_flm‘;’v"':;‘ra!{:;\l,hhfll'; Joseph Hayes and James Post from |Upon our water front as the only alternative to state-wide forelgn and domestic affairs. A 4 el I AR the Dflx”fleddfl;;'::ij""l _when they | anarchy,” was called to the attention of the Hudson county D Boginning with the declaration | Steering Committee De- ;170 T % Keibtion aied aty L0 L e, Torred by Chiet William ¢ art as|grand jury today by Supreme Court Justice Minturn in his that British relations with forelgn ideon Ten I tant |!¥.his mornin : ; The new mammoth structure wil |a result of & drinking aftair in the | Charge concerning the investigation of the hootlegging con- . powers continued friendly, the king cides on Ten Importan Mr. Sumner was horn fn Collins- | 0CCUPY an €ntire block in downtown | cellar at the home of Nathan Ber-|spiracy in Weekhawken for which two police officials, nine po- pointed out that Egypt had accept- ville, June 8, 1 He attended the | Broadway, it is said. son, 1524 Stanley street, on the || “ ” : 2 : 3 @ Great Britain's demands for re- | Pieces of Legislation. Gl R v:;m:w’.’: Leaders In the architectural, en- | sl R e i | licemen and the alleged “boss” of the ring, have been indicted, dress following the campaign of High school. In 1871 he entered {1y |Eineering and construction world I o o n A Patier [ — hostility against British interests —_— |employ of the Hartford Trust Co, ag | Were called into conference to de- also scored people who offer police- | | ., Glgantlc Conspiracy in Beypt and the Sudan culminat-| o\ ) on Dec. 0.—The Interior |messengor and won successjve pro- | (TMine the practicability of rearing men liquor while they are on duty o R ey dead yo ing in the murder of the sirdar. motions until in 1856 he became @ Structure of such height, it was e {and place it within their reach, say- Anels of corruption so brsad Interest in League. Department approprifition bill, first |y oo e ol o oo ror g1 | CXplained, and as a result it was de- | BRIG, GENERAL BUTLER |ing that these people are open to| |and varled in their ramifications as mm; expr:s!:ddhll‘ub:ee”po:‘:!;r‘enfl‘: of the annual supply measures Was |years becoming president in 1017 | cided :2 make a s]:;my of the l\\‘or;l-f Washington, Dec. 9.—Brig. Gen, censure as well as the policeman | wATERBURY MINISTER ;Lfi:;’x:“c&nn-';!;fi s s, h:tfl‘h": s important delibera | p |The Hartford Trust and the Connec. | WOrth building. The tests of the'|gmedley D, Butler w. |who accepts liquor from them.| ae s s not confined league of nations, mentioning the PAMSitoday by the houses fhe Hastfor 1 [rendisne onn great tower which now tops all other e ESERwne ETARted {1y B 2 o ol to this county or to this stat visit to Rome of Forelgn Becretary Chamberlain, and sald the British KING_GEORGE V, and Dominlon governments had not yet had time to complete their study of the Geneva arbitration protocol, y'hich they were now examining. The governmeit was unable recommend parliamentary eration of the soviet treaties, but, the king added, he desired that normal interdourss between the two countries shall*not bs inter- rupted.” Singapore Naval Base. Other important pronouncements were that the government proposed to proceed with the naval base at Singapore and that invitations had been accepted for the Prince of Wales to visit Argentina next year, when he was also visiting South Africa. Closest cooperation with the do- mintons and India would be a guid- (Continued on Page Two) BORAH CANNOT COME * HERE T0 AID BINGHAM Senator Cancels Engage- ment to Speak at Re- publican Rally Senator Willlam E. was scheduled to speak at a repub- lcan rally in @ local theater on Thursday evening, will be unable to come to this city, a8 the approprias tion bills are now being considered tn Washington and the presence of every senator 18 necessary, it is ex- platned by the republican town com- | | to [Would report to coagress its = consid- | tions for compulsory consJiid | i | | Borah, who |°rh mittee, Efforts are being made to secure another speaker of nation- | wide reputation, but none has yet ' been definitely securcd , A series of noon rallies will be conducted by the local republicans at the factory gates, commencing to- morrow. Hennessy MacDonald of Worcester, Mass., has been secured as the ker. Mr. MacDonald was one of the noon speakers here dur- ing the presidential campaign, talk- ing to the men at P. & F. Corbin Mfg. Co. ‘Tomorrow noon at 12:30 o'clock he will addresg another rally at the Orchard stteet gate of that factory. speak at the Myrtle street gate of the Stanley Works, on Friday at the Center street gate of the Landers, Frary & Clark Co., and next Monday at the Washington street gate of the Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co. Mrs. Hannah Hillinfihast of Bos- ton, Mass, and State Senator.elect Mrs. Alice P. Merritt of Hartford, will address a republican rally at 8 o'clock this evening at Elks' {the report of t | ot the On Thursday noon he wil} | hall, | The rally will be held under the aus- | pices of the New Britain Women's Coolldge club, which has been re- vived to work for the election of Hiram Bingham to the senate. Mrs. Rufus N. Hemenway, president of the ciub, will be in charge of the meeting. Men as well as women are invited to attend. Mrs. Tillinghast is vice-chalrman of the Massachusetts state central republican commitiee and for vears has been identified with woman suf- frage and other reform movements. Mrs. Merritt is well known in this city, having spoken here Umes | ot congress to authorize and” labeut tha 1nification of the country's The measure carrying a total of $238,000,000 was sent to the eenate without an original provisions cali- |ing for abolition next July 1 of 39 land offices. A last minute effort was made to restore this section, previously elim- fnated on an amendment by Repre- lentali\'flfslnn'fll, republican, Oregon, but it was kept out of the bill by a vote of 185 to 162. Rallroad Consollilation. A railroad consolilail)n hill was introduced today Charman Wire- low of the house commerce comwit- tee, The bill would declare it the policy ariag railroads 'nto a number of strong and efficient systems. These would, as faras practicable, maintain, exist- ing routes and preserve competition, The properties of the carriers in each system ould ultimately be managed and operated and owned & control- led by a single corporation. Chairman Winslow said the bill is based solely upon the policy of au- thorizing voluntary consolfdation. Under its provisions if at ine end of five years unification had ..ot becn effected, the interstate cimme es- ion The properties of consolidated car- riers, under terms of the bill, might be brought the t1iuagement, oprra- tion and ownership or control of a single corporation Upon the filing of a petition for voluntary consoli ommis- ation the slon would give notice to the gover- | nor of each state in which any pa of the lines of the carrler are locat- ed, and hold public hearings, 1¢ the commission found that the public interest would be served by the pro- posed plan and the policy of 89 promoted, the bill would authorize the commission to issue an order proving the plan upon such terms and conditions as it might impose Howell-Barkley Rill The possibility of settlrent of th controversy ranging about Howell-Barkley bill to abolish raflroad labor bo the ind set up ne machinery for adjustment of rai road labor disputes was discussed with President Coolidge = today by Senator Cummins of Jowa, ranking republican member of the senate fnterstate commerce committee, “It 1s my hope that through some sompromise we end this cor troversy.” Senator Cnmmins 1d aft- conterence. “T have discussed the matter with r esentatives of railroad labor and of the railroad executives, and 1 am hopeful that an ar gement can be made at session of © ss that will be {sfactory to hoth groups same time protect t Senate Program Postponement of a ation until after t tural commission National other bills now dar, nt gram determined senate republican steering tee. Ten measures ara fnciud in addition to t is the program hoals bill, now appropriation ! reported or now be relations committee were selected bec that they would mg mump of opposition. & Mesides the McFadden measure to permit National Banks to estat ish branch banks, the bills which the committee desires to see put forward ate “To establish foreign trade zones at certain points; for reor n of the government d 1s: to establish a federal reformatory for | first offend for arl n in business disputes: Yo permit the su- preme court to amend its rules so ases ahead; for geveral |after an amendmeiit has be as to put important ¢ pavment of the French claims; to extend the retirement act, and to ¢ McKinley memortal br ncluded,in the program the Wadsworth constitution ment,* changing the methods amending nstitution s require spollation civil sery the o ratification. by legisia | mitted Bg the congress ticut Trust and Safe Deposit compa les were merged in 1919 into the sta largest trust company in the and Mr. Sumner became preside | Mr. Sumner s | council in 1873 ber of several mu He served on th rved in the common | nd later was a mem- | icipal commissions | Connect chusetts boundary commission in ‘ From 1563 until the time of his death he was a director of the | state prison and he took keen inte est in the affairs of that institution. |He was a member of the commission that built the big bridge spanning the Connecticut riy In 191 Trinity college conferred upon him the honorary degree of ster of |arts. For several years he had been | |a tr i ce of the college For years Mr. Sumner was a lcad- ing democrat of the city, strong in | the party's councils and a generous contributor. He was a rter mem- | ber of the Hubbard escort organized here many years ago in honor of Governor Richard D. Hubbard. Sev- eral times he declined the {nomination for mayor. | Mr. Sumner is survived by his wite | who was Miss Mary L. Catlin of this | {eity. The funeral will be held Thurs- day. rty's | | B e 1 | JOHNSON HIMSELF MAY HAVE FIGHT ON HANDS Plan to Depose Him Seen— Landis Is Gaining | Strength New Yo Dec. 9 Possibility that major ague forces lined up with Commissioner Landis and op- posed Johnson might seek he resident’'s re- contemplated 1w American 1 BAN JOHNSON American to Johnsor tio ministration. buildings in New York clty have been under way for two weeks. \Whether the new skyscraper will be built to the height contemplatea will depend upon the outcome of the | tests of the Woolworth building. Mr. Gilbert, who designed and superin- tended the construction of the Wool- worth structure, has charge of the tests, The Woolworth building is 792 et high and if the stories of the contemplated ame height it would tower more han 1,000 feet above the ground. The United States Steel corpora- tion and the Du Ponts have been mentioned as possible backers of the pew building project, although no | definite information &s to this phase as been obtalned. ROGERS INQUIRY WILL BE RESUMED TOMORROW 18-Year-Old Fast Wallingford Boy Said to Have Driven Mys- terions Gray Car. ew Haven, Dec. 9.—Prosecutor rd Church’s probe before the North 1 n grand jurors into the death of Charles C. G. Rogers, on ght of Novemher 1, to be re- will bring in Ed- of South EIm 11 district of East sald to be the driver ous car mentioned by as a witness, it Marshall was tomor: ingford, her bov named Ruskin, who Marshall, it is stated. and Augustus 7 of Wallingford who respond- riorie Schnelder's ap- clp as she stood by her s was a front seat pas- also testify tomorrow. ed befors the >hnson coroner had 1 1o the appear- nes of a car” which drove away 1 a " in the fog just 1ched that of r's RYs ider’'s. Outside the coroe Mrs is said to A she did not know was a gray car or one of has sald that this n of the owner hy boys. He did t Ay the 1 of those Mr witn are be Thursday. EXECUTED FOR MURDER. Hull, England, Dec. 9.—Wi G ¥ ‘ter conde o 10 the mur der of a 1 last August aroused lhang 1 o'clock this morning. building were of the | President Coolidge today an exten- | Parker said the policemen have no | sion of one year of his leave of ab- | business to drink while on duty, and | |sence from the marine corps to serve | people knowing it, should not offer as director of public safety of Phnafli‘!x to lhe;“- 'f}!’e said that it wes| Committee Will Discuss delphia. | nis experience that people who give | i The president, in notlitying Mayor |Policemen a drink of liquor are the| Call With Rev. Axel L. |Kendrick of his willingness to grant | I8t to complain that they are not such an extension zn:ounrad, Eww_'gl\en proper police protection. ] Peterson ever, that the additional year would | Giood Lesion 10 Othors [ be the limit to which the federal | IR &pproving the motion that the | | Bovernment would go in lending to POlicemen (t;e “"'l"”i“" om g der Philadelphla the services of Gen.|Parimenty Commissloner Wiiai | Butler. 2 onld Another condition attached by the |2¥°T of such action as It would be president to the extension of leave |y SO0 JTRTE 10 T BERIES ) was that the federal government and | . [EPATIORE e ead hat it especlally the White House must not | ;o gau1 2,“(.,,,“ Hart, the sl | be considered as having assumed any | piine in the department was becom. | | responsibllity for policing the city of | fng 5 lttle lax-and be. attritied Philadelphla under the directorshp |the cause to the belief among po- of General Butler, |licemen that the commissioners were | | ST 'lenlent in their dealings with dis- | |alplinary matters and they could get ‘PUTNAM BANK L"SS T“ |away with almost anything. | | Commissioner Lange added that a [ man who would let himself get into : STATE [;”T Tfl szu ["][] |a condition where he could not pro- | | ’ Failure of Gilpatric to Make Entry Saves Conn. That Rev. Axel I. Peterson, pastor of the Swedish Baptist church Waterbury, will be called to the pas- torate of the Swedish Elim Baptist church to succeed Rev. Dr. J. E. Klingberg, who resigned some time ago, seems to be a certalnty. At a meeting of the congregation last night a committee consisting of J. A, Carlson, F. L. Asklund and Theodore Larson was appointed to visit Rev. Mr. Peterson and ask him 1f he would accept a call to the local pastorate if it were extended to him. As there was not a large enough at- tendance last night to constitute a quorum no official action on the fill- ing of the vacancy could be tak The purpose of this committee is to find out what action Rev. Mr. Peterson would take on the call so that when the matter is taken up, which will probably be at a special local tect himself, could not be expected |to do his duty In protecting the lives and property of the public. He |sald when a man ghts drunk while | jon duty once he fs apt to do fit| {again, and for that reason could not | |be trusted for faithful performance | of duty. W v | Twenty Thousand ’ Chief Hart Asks No Lenfency | business mesting, it will be possibie | Chiet Hart, when he was asked | to make a decision tmmediat | by the board if he desired to say | Mr. rson is well-known Rev. Pete Waterbury, . 9.—. ut aterbury, Dec. 9.—As & 1esult|anvthing regarding the cases, said {of a visit pald by State Treasurer |tnat the affair hagl affected him very Anson T. McCooK also executive sec- | qoeply as it comiituted o beewct or retary, to the government’s comp- | e | troller's office at Washington Friday, TR 0 the stats now stands to lose $20,000 (ContintiedsoniEase i0) Advised By Police, Father Looks In Befiroom And I'jinds Son Slain PORT HURON FIRE Grain Flevator And Barge Destroyed local Swedish residents as spoken on various occasions | local Baptist church and at | the Children's Home. in the Putnam bank which was wrecked through the activities o former State Treasurer G, Harola | Gilpatrick, rather than $40,000. The | state had $125,000 on deposit at| the bank. The last deposit made| was a check of $20,000 which al- | though showing on the state's pass book did not show on the bank's | ‘With Loss Amounting To About & Half Million. Port Huron, Mi ¢ and Trunk elevator here, contain- ing 600,000 bushels of grain, was de- royed and the barg John | Maitland with a cargo of ba records | The state treasurer submitted his | Sherborn, Mass., Man Told evidence regarding this check to th, recelver of the detunct bank, who| Of Tragedy Over Long in turn submitted it to the govern- : F g ment comptroller's oftice. Tre frst| Distance ‘Phone After decision made by the ter office, o < owever, was that the state would | Alleged Murderer Is lose the $20,000 with the result that 3 . the state was in a position of re-| Caught in Medfield. ceiving only $85,000 of its original | = = 1eposit, | 1f the Putnam National bank - nt to ¢ Nt sances will permit of pa - | police ea was positors of 100 certs on the dollar, Burke of t his so »d almost to the wate edge the state of Connecticut will 10se |Harold had been murdered in bed. by fire of undetermined origin t nothing through its funds being The father went upstairs to his sor T e e b ced in that institution by former . found that he had been S Vitnora tHAR S5O0 asurer Gilpatric, it was learned g ed as he slept uding $100,000 to the barg when McCook returned from | a youth who ngton. Mr. McCook recelved family, W —_— permission from the treas eld for ope - THORNTON TRIAL DELAYED ment at the capitol to save omobile while under the i ond check deposited at the bafk, o | admitted that she W will bring the total claim up Burk police said. b to $125,000. gas Man Who Killed His Brother's Wife 2 ",‘ anes o '::' :i : 1,: i Appears Rational When Presented ings the amoun f the clal I T T and wit re 6 in Apponaug, R. I, Courts the authority galned hy Treasurer e "‘ o Me amount will be increas- ; e ed to $125,000. ; Evanoff’s Appeal For Freedom - Rejected By Board Of Pardons But Man Who Killed Wife| May Not Have to Serve Full Prison. Sentence at State THE WEATHER —— Hartford, Dec. 8.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity Fair tonight and Wednesday much colder at the car ng according er, iisclosed thal 5 D he had been drinking. Family Did Not Know g YWhile Mortimer was he 4, a telephone mutation of his ser ce of 10 to home indicated 3 \ 15 years for the slaying of his wife, knew nothing o i 1 His petition together w e ir t 38 other inmates of the state . T it was in- s T B little more than one-half the th : b of imum sentence. In view of his e e — excellent prison record and his 3U v Three Yale Frat Men O prlon ol cTnE i who was & Held on Liquor Counts ed that the minim sentence o 5 Z et e ploved on New Haven. Dec —Th . 1 be given with time oft for good $1's Sentu Sherhorn of fra 8 sehavior, which will bring his perioa fFm In the South Sterdorh 4air tl A t incarceration to about elght i ; 3 };?‘;“' BMVN{' years 0% Ghere other members of t y my g with t . o AN now.ent R 1 were at the time of the st n t vanoft was arrested in a Brook- V(0 CC Ly pocter ¢ o e s1id to pital on the morning follow- |, o 400k charge of Mortimer at day his probe in s n n a trunk at the Evanoff home on West Main street, th He fled after he had strangled the woman in a fit of anger, and upon rea £ tion to find the sour said that court 1 A on the wt arralgnment Brooklyn, attempted suicide. Evan- 0% was {dentified in a hospital and ght “we do not bre here for trial. He freely his gutlt. In superior court eaded gullty to a charge the shooting early today Burke at Sherbor is n from the army and has bee as such since April 1 . |ing to records at the army bas of (Continued on Page 17) in | tice Minturn said, * | it s co- |sive with our national boundaries and in effect is nothing less than & portentous, subterranean rebellion against the constitution and law, compared with which in its secret bleties and amifiac. ons, the whiskey rebellion of Wa ington’s time was bu: proportions.” “Criminal Enigma” Directing their attention also to the “criminal enigma” of the mur- der of Frank D’Agostino, an alleged hi-jacker believed to have been killed at the Baldwin avenue dock, central scene of the Weehawken bootlegging operations, on Septem- ber 13, Justice Minturn warned the grand jury that fts investigation | “may lead you into channels of per- sonal danger, v less enveloped in an atmosphere of official corrup- tion, but this fact should rather spur you on than deter you in the performance of its poisonou: infantile in its more “The fact th e man who threatened exposure of the hideous ystem has been murd 1, and that recent witnesscs (I and Dor- sey) are be 1 prison by the prosecutor, fearful of parsonal re- of thelr liberty should lend an ional incentive ur efforts, like St. Paul at in to wild beasts that surround us “Shall we consent to be ruled by , thugs and pirates, or shall the constitution and the law, the cherished work American and lqve, still guide our lives, our homes and our honor Govt. of Corruption “1f it is to be conceded that we cannot o Sitores $he lasw and thab fatiure i to be ir result of your la. bors, and that eafter ours is to be government of identified with the bl piracy, In which murder 4 cal penalty of exposure, time has come for you prosecutor, and this con our posts by a o the governo : upon our nt as the only alternati to state-wide ol to the D'Agostir M n s to the futu S v and ok a crimir SAYS TS CHEAPER TO DIE THAN HIRE NURSE New Haven County Medi- cal Assn. Head Criticizes New Wage Scale £t TORRINGTON BANKRUPTCY New Have 1 2 —Rudolt Brehm a voluntary