New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 ATTACKS ROCKWE IN ACTION OVER N. D. PATENTS Supreme Court, In Opinion Written By Justice Keeler, De- clares They Played “Freeze Out” Game. ‘About $1,000,000 at Stake | —Question of Account- ing to Be Settled at| Hearing Next Tuesday. (Special to the Herald,) Bristol, Jan. 3.—Bristol was sur- prised to learn of the wording in the decislon, handed down on December | 19 by the euprema court of errors and written by Justice Keeler in the suit of Albert I, Rockwell against | the New Departure Manufacturing Co. The sult involves about $1,000,- 00, the exact figures not being known 8 an accounting must be taken for ious royalties on patents, owned by Mr. (‘nl ball bearing concern, has been in the courts! 1917, and a short time ago | iam M. Rockwell about $ ¢onceded as a victory for the de- fendant, The supreme court finds er- ror in this decision and in its find- ing uses strong language in parts. The finding itself occuples about 50 pages of typewritten copy. Hearing Next Tuesday. A hearing on the accounting issu will be held on Tuesday morning at 10° o'clock at the supreme chambers in the state capitol.. in Hartford, when Attorneys John T. Roblnson of Hartford, John Smith of Detrolt and Melville Church of | Washington, all appearing for the New Departure Co., will oppose the Rockwell attorneys, who are A, L, | Moore of New York and A. L. Ship- man of Hartford Declares “Freczeout” After discussing the service of Mr. Rockwell of the New Departure company, of which Mr., Rockwell had been president for many years, the court decision as written by Justice Keelor says in one par: graph: “Nothing is more apparent from the record than thatfrom the year 1914 and on, other persons, in- terested in the company, were en- gaged in the process of freezing out the plaintiff, by depriving him of any position in the company, he could in any way conduct or su- pervise its production as he had therctofore with marvelous success and also by withholding money Just- Iy due him." This unusual language on the part ot the court has caused much com- ment among legal lights of the state | as the decision is considered of natfon-wide importance. The local concern is one of the successful de- partments of the General Motors Corporation and one of the largest ball bearing concerns in the world The claims of Mr. Rockwell are based on patents for the manufac- ture of ball hearings and expert ac counting is necessary to determine | the exact amount involved. It was found by the supreme court that Judge Maltble found cor- rectly in his decision that Mr. Rock- well owed commission on domestic royalties on coaster brakes. was FACES EXEGUTION FOR FIGHTH TIME JAN. 16 Chicago Youth of 19 Has Turned Gray Sinco Entering Jail Two Years Ago Chicago, 13, whose Jan. 3.—Bernard Grant, hair has turned white since he entered the county jail two years ago, for the eighth time f execution for the killing of a police- man during the robbery of a gro- cery store. his latest appeal to Gov- Small augmented by petitions | nearly 1,000,000 persons Unless ert from or throughout the country is acted upon | he will be hanged January 16. Since Grant was convicte with Waiter Krauser, whose ‘appeal Is pending before the etate supreme court, the date of his execution has been set elght times. Lxtenslons of | time have been granted sometimes | on the eve of the day =et for his transfer to the death cell, whence he was to have been led to the gal- | lows. The last stay was granted by Gov- ernor Small just before October 17 after Krauser who swore the stand that Grant fired the shots tha killed the policeman, admitted he had lied to save himself. Several days later Krauser repudiated the statement. Krauser's testimony was \argely responsible for the death ver- dict for Grant. on Ban JoRnson Attending Meeting of Baseball Men Pittsburgh, Jan. 3.—Ban Johnson, president of the American league, arrived in Plttsburgh today to take part in the meeting of Hn N and Amerlcan leagues schedule drafting committee 1.wr in the He did not attend the initial session yesterday because of a slight iliness Other members of the committee John Heydler, president of the league: Barney Dreyfuss, the Pittsburgh club, and secretary to President are National ownper of Will Harr Jjohnson Rockwell and used by the lo- | Maitble handed | lown a decision, which allowed Mr, | 000, which was | court | where | atlonal | day. | L’S ENEMIES COURT PINS CRAPE. CITY EMPLOYES IN ONCANDY VENDORS | INCOME TAX GROUP Tudge Hungerlord Gives Broad Many Must Pay This and Past Hint for Their Removal i Year's a5 Well IS UP 10 CHIEF HART NOT ALL ARE AFFECTED Judgment Suspended on Store Keep- Official Decision Is Given Which Re- | | But Harsher | quires Some Workers in Employ | ' er After Hearing, of California City To Pay Income | Treatment is Promised Those Ar- | rested Later On, Tax on Salarics, Washington, Jan, 3.—Under a new | ruling of the tnternal revenue bureaw | lany employes of munieipalities who €d In police court this morning when | heretofore have regarded themselves | Tudge Willlam C. Hungerford gave |as exempt from the federal income the against | tax Wil be required to pay such a | e llevy not only In the future, but to | | Samuel Block, proprictor of a store| ¥ "% OFW (8 (A€ O | at 244 North street, who was charg- | The ruling was announced by Rev- | | ed with maintaining a,_slot machine enue Commissioner Blair in a letter to Senator Shortrldge, republican, Cal,, holding that the employes of the water and electric works at Riv- erside, Cal, must pay the federa) tax. Mr. Blatr said that although mu mieipal employes heretofore had been | regarded as exempt under the fed- | leral law, a re-examination of the statutes revealed that certain class could not elaim suclr exemptions. Th tax must be pald, he said, by per employed by certain utilities, | like street car companies, Wwhich | compete with private enterprise. | The death knell of | ing machines in this city was sound- candy vend- ‘Mn deciston in case | In his place of business for purposes | of gambling. The nfachine scized in | Block's place was a Waco, the make \ that was declared legal in a test case when they first made their appear- ance in the city. | Judge Mungerford found Block | guilty as charged, but sald that nas- | much as the defendant had reasons to believe that the machine was legal he would suspend sentence. He | added that after a reasonable time | had been given to the owners of machines to remove them from the city, proprictors of business estal lishments in which the e tound woua v acut win| DIES FROM EXPOSURE | more sevorely. | Judge Hopes For Appeal | After giving his declsion, Judge y i s e il s iremaa bio b ops Rue | CrioscHOCt EMAD, BA = | the defendant would take an appeal |and get a ruling on the machines from a higher court. Bonds for an | appeal were set at $150, Tho Waco machine is a legal one and can be operated legally, ac- cording to the decision of the court, | but from the evidence that was pre- sented as to how the machines were | actually oferated, 1t was decided that | ®PRCLIVARTe BE L e body they were uscd as gambling ma-| . 'y igqen by the snow. Few per- the machine by one. porson-meos| 21k Fasted durigs the night and | fite inadiine by jons ke8| as mot until 6 o'clock this morning | |1t a gambling machine, according to the body was discovered by a | the decision, and also the playing | |ior, e o0 o e o, back into the machines of slugs with | /5" F CIman O B o at the the hope of getting more slugs. | L et The court did not set a time limit for the removal of the machines, Judge Hungerford saying lh.lli { Chief William C. Hart of the police | department was the one that. Chief Hart was not ready to | Explosion say how long the owners would be given *o take the hint. Prosecutor Joseph G. prepared a lengthy to the court to show About 00 Years, Falls Unnoticed and nmlyi is Buried by Snow. Bridgeport, Jan. 3. last night’s storm an man about 60 years of ag and fell in the snow on Rallroad a enue, He died from exposure at spot where he fell. —Exhausted by | dentified | stumbled 16 HURT IN PANIC to (JH.IdP‘ | on Boston Trolley Car! Sends Passengers Through Doors and Windows 1 Woods )md} brief to submit | that the ma- | chines were fllegal and Judge Geor Boston, Jan. 8.—An explosion that followed a short circuit in a car in W. Klett, who appeared for the ihe subway between Iio and owners of the machines, also had | Park streets today caused & stam-| one, but neither was submitted, |,.U1., among the pass I Text of Court's Decision injured as t! d through text of Judge Hungerford's|the glass windows, re trampled lon by those who canie after. They required hospital treatment, ) ston | were The (Continued on Second Page) | his wife w 'Assembly Crashing | ! SCOT T SAYS HIS WIFE ENTERTAINED HOTEL CLERK IN BEDROOM; SHE SAYS HUSBAND GAMBLED AWAY THEIR CASH | y Thick and F tion of Michigan Congressman — Defense Starts | Testimony With Accused Woman on Stand Today. nsational Charges I Alpena, Michigan, Jan. 3 | Bdna Scott was expected to take witness stand some time today testify in her own defense in the sult for divorce brought by Congress- man Frank D, Scott of the eleventh'| Michigan district. The case was closed late yes the defense oper of depositions, Only two witnesses were present- ed by the plalntiff, the congressman plaintif’s nd | CONGRESSMAN SCOTT to 1925. in Divorce Ac- | -SIXTEEN PAGES. 9 PERSONS; E CHILDREN, DIE IN MO Scott, These, which hud been p y told by the congressman, lated to the alleged famillarity Mrs. Scott with the clerk of a well- | known Washington apartment hotel, and with certain army officers, Defense Opens Its Case The defense opened its case by ing depositions of Miss ynne Jones and Miss Ada Hayden | {of Washington had Miss Helen Tre- fm_.m.; of Cheboygan, attesting to i- re- f | ou 3 | | along Sexton street Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Dee, EIGHT OF 11,179 27th ... THEM lITTlE NTREAL FIRES; FIREMAN KILLED IN PHILADELPHIA 'DEER DASHES THROUGH WINDOW, FALLS Westerly, R. I, Includ- DOWN CELLAR, IS FREED AND ESCAPES g I A bewildered young decr caused considerable excitement this noon when it got well into the city and crashed through a plate glass win- dow into the Armenian the corner of Main and Lee strgets. The animal, which had come down through 8t. Mar: cemetery and an through the yards when it reached North stre emerged into Lee street, and cross- ing this, lcaped through the win- dow. 1t dashed bhetween the counter | and half fell down a flight of stairs | spectators, |the deer out. MRS, EDNA SCOTT tiscretions ile he was in Mich campalgning In 1922, and she mained in Washington as told to him by his secretary, and a verification of having told the stories by Miss Jane Kennedy of Alpena, the sec- retary. Tells of Alleged Partics Miss Kennedy the witness, telling on the witness stand alleged stories told to her by Mrs. testifying to alleged was * MAY FIX TIME ZONE FOR AUTO MARKERS to Get Bill to Clear Up New Year Confusion Bt exlsted il of the conf throughout over on bill ssion ° Docer will L of the a neu- tral t shed. Du old markers for a lAlling Sure To Be House Leader | 48 hours At Coming Session, Friends Say ASKS AN EMBARGO ! Whittlesey New Commissioner ‘Wants Governor To P'lace Ban On Trans- | portation Of Live Poultry In State. to BB (VEI’tflill Hartford, Jan. 3.—An embargo on | transportation of live poultry into and from the cities of Hartford, New |Haven, Bridgeport and Waterbury With the opening 1hiy set led that Rep v wi liciary hitt appointnient of made week csent | Whittlesey today who applied to |Governor Templeton for authority to tssue it. 1t the governor grants t {application the embargo order will {be in the hands of police authoritics |by 9 a. . Monday. | The embargo is sought as ler step in coping with the poultry se which already has killed up- of 20,000 chickens in the mit- ead committe mbly. | anoth ol clr- gls- ds of chairn | Many house resentative fice of epcak ers expresse named chairman committee, Representat aid to comt boro \Eleven Inches of Snow | Has Fallen in New York New York, J New York's heaviest since Feb. 20, 1921, end a light rain which weather burcau officials said might continue throughout the day Although rallroad schedules wr rly regular, traffic in the city's streets was seriously fmpeded by the 11 inches of snow which had fallen vesterday and last night. Sixtes thousand men, including an emer |geney force of 10,000, were put at work at 6 a. m., by the street clean- ing department Congestion was of such proportions last night that iepartment, fearing trouble, moned all its men to duty. mer of are sail to have A of the Fred ¢ L 0. 1 line the finance public h Asa i3 tant and flu amendment ich would be tion. A= a memb hea ou he would have i termint t city chart ed for a committ safety, lpm Pass « medical bills nted. It imp Rl h serions the fire 6 ex- vrtant sum Wife \hot for /\skmg Money to Pay the Rent 3.—When Mrs. Annie | Tolino today asked her husband Louls for to pay the rent she was shot down at the breakfast table In the presence of their three ildren. At the relief station it was sald her condition was critical. Po- lice were seeking ber huspand on a |charge of assault with intent to kill. | at the Boston, | minitt he money ation ¢ may ot s of the rep re ate and h Tuesday evening at capitol bullding. be held o'clock | e a0 next Britain Man’s Elec- “ tion to Influential Posi- |’ the hours. cities 18 this passin auto- aw, cases police tands tion in House Reported!:; FIRES IN HARTFORD 117 Fraternal Organizations Lo galia In I O. O. F. Hall—§20.000 Loss In Lyric Shoppe. Hartford, Ja ternal ¢ in Odd Berlir German rai an t to pr | second | lich | which | . Scott’s ap ability and ft as a housekeeper as well as a | deposition from Miss Joanna Fuchs, | #reputed friend of Mrs, Scott to the effect that the congressman had ad- [ mitted losing $1,500 on two occasions in mbiing. | he congressman lin the week that his agant and detailed alleged e agancy, while Mrs, Scott in her| 0ss bill charged her husband with | {10sing considerable money gambling. | | Testimony inten to corrobo; ite char made by Seott that his wife received the clerk of a hotel in ier apartments late at night, was glven by Miss Jane Kennedy, for 15 years his private secretary. t tostified earlier | wife was ex Invited go Meet Cleyl Miss Kennedy, on direct examit; stified that she was on friend- | ms with Mrs, Scott and nerous occasior an over- ht guest at her apartment. On one of these occasions, she testified, | Mrs. Scott asked her if she wowd t like to meet the clerk of the { hotel. was | “She told boy and Kenne tele me he was a niec 1 her apa Iy said. “Then s} nd a ad stepped to about some th asked exy that a " stified, was ) it the “Come On Up? serves him Jealous ¢ r o nner. WITH 1921 MARKET of North 1ap | DROVI MAYOR ASSASSINATED THE WEATHER Hartford 8. —Forecast for New Britain and vicinity Unsettled tonight and Sunday probably light rain « slowly rising tempe Sunday Jan mon atures | threw ! suit, {then through ¥ | Franklin stre where 1t threshed over bottle and other goods. A call was sent for the police, and the patrol wagon was sent to the sce After much de liberation and many false starts, 1 Birnbaum, the owner of the block, sald that the only way to get the deer out was to remove a window in the rear, into the basement, around, kicking The window was attacked by Of- | flcer Herbert Lyons and several who flnally removed fron grating from the outside and up the Jower sash. Officer Lyons entered the cellar and chased The animal leaped through the window, ran a gauntlet of specta and, ures, final found an exit to the rd and fled into Winter street with a crowd of men and boys in pur- The chase led up Winter and irds to Seymon nd the deer negotiat- ing high fences with ease but find- HU.'Vhl‘ roads so slippery titt quently fell. It crossed the rai acks at Stan! stree where emed to have cape. SCHMIDT INQUEST IS HELD IN MIDDLETOWN Family Doctor ells of Conditions Following Shooting Middletown, Jan, 3.—Dr. family physician fi apartments of yhotographer and held on a charge - of laughter in connection with the of his wife, Wilhelmi midt who died of a shotgun d Christmas Eve was the first today at an inquest L. A. Smit Middletown men (uest whic Dr. Nolan s James A. st to ar- Caspar property Nolan, rive wou witne fore Jjury At the and a this when opened id that ni bout 4:30 p. P. Bailey, stalrs he met who m., a nurse, told him shots sho; to her own ith Mrs, had t for Christm lived dow 1 two heard hey Dr Schmidt 1 e to]d him that and found e floor. tairs iying on t! the witne Sehmidt calle told him market at | after several fail- it | made good its es-| held be- | home on ‘AERIAL BURGLARS IN | TROUBLE, GALL POLICE One W Rope, 11 Stories Above New York Street A daring feat | 1 here last | negroes at- New York, Jan. 3.- of aerial burglary fall night when two your | tempting to enter a window on the 11th floor of a loft building, found |themselves in such an inextrica position that they summoned police to the rescue, One of them, Julian Hill, 50-foot rope tied about his permitted his partner to lower him over tk | roof. When the rope the with a walst, Nelson, > of the out was all Cities Having Heavy Losses From Flames When $100,- | 000 Opera House Dangling me Burns. Quaker City Blaze Does Damage Estimated at About a Half Million Dollars This Morning. 'NEW YORK WOMAN Hill found that he could neither get | |in the window nor climb up and | Nelson discovered that it was much easier to play out the rope than to haul it up again. For 30 minutes, in the midst of a ing snowstorm, Hill dangled in en, half frozen, ca- pitulated. He called to his partner to summon a policeman to rescue Nelson tled the rope around a chim- ney and ran to the street where he {summoned Patrolman Donaldson bul by the time they reached the roof, Hill had smashed a window with his s. loth men were arrested charge of attempted burglary | Hill's hands, which were glass, were treated hy a surgeon. WEALTHY OMAHA AN 5 HELD BY POLICE |Seeking to Clear Up I tery of Slaying of His Wife on & and olice today Hahne, estate Omaha, Jan. 3 holding John W. contractor and real { pending inves death of whose gz the bottom of the in the Ha Hahne dec ing of the home with ¢ A ha blgodstai over Hahne's work basement, de declare suit of clothes with blo suspenders, to the caler, the Hahne, an his wife, ) hody v ne home ed that he r until yest kne he so was fou police estigat polic hat are mis; touct Accordir plumber, came nupor tered the b A doctor wa Sues furr. ')11)00 as Result of Bad Booze Gets Comoensation for Mosquito Bite on Tongue SUES FOR GRAPE CARGO m, | by the | be BURNED TO DEATH Montreal, 18, ¢ Que., Jan. 3.—Nine per- 801 t of them small children, lost their lives early today when fire swept through three dwellings in two different sections of the city, 1In cach case, the flames spread so rap- idly that the victims were trapped in their beds or were overcome as they mpted to flee. of the dead, children, Steagathe of whom five were perished in two houses in Lane. Three other per- sons were rescued with great diffi- culty and were removed to the Montreal general hospital suffering frem serious burns and injuries, A score of others, members of several families, escaped from the flames in- to the bitter ccid and were cared for by neighbors, Flames Spread Rapidly fire, whose origin is undeter- spread h such rapidity nd with such intensity that the vie- time were found lying on the floors or collapsed on tabies and chairs, All the families in the dwellings were asleep when the flames broke out and were appargntly overcome fore they could fine safety. The second fire eccur almost at the same time in Montreal nerth, 2 two girls and boy perished ir beds when flames swept a ing owned by A. L. Tay- The children were alone in the house as their parents were visiting Two of the children were guests in the Taylor home, their mother being a visitor in the eity. Phila. Pireman Killed, i —One The mined, fire- and property val- $500,000 w tha swept 4-16-18 The _automo- two bu'ld Broad were cet toda ipied by s. ttached to a ost his way in ¢ buildings and was over- ke, When found by alive, but his life, e Queen in garage the U, s concer: licapped by West- ating °s in Main 1 a loss or dam in- —One wo 1 more m Man their socialist the last