New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1925, Page 1

r———— News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 ‘uuo) WARREN'S s s’ * STIM, BACKERS St STIFF OPPOSITION Administration Leaders Agree to Prevent Senate Action This Session — $26,000 70 DETERMINE OYSTER HAZARD ASKED Benate Approves McKellar Bill — Hoover Submits Report on Leath- er Tanning Industry—Congress- man Wants Dry Agents Bonded— Senator Smoot Delivers Eulogy on Lincoln Today. Washington, ¥eb. 12.—Adminis- tration leaders will seek to prevent action at this session of the senate on the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Mighigan to be attorney general, This was disclosed today after Chairman Cummins of the judiclary committee, had frankly {informed President Coolidge of the extent to which opposition has developed. Approves McKellar Bill The senate today approved the McKellar bill, authorizing a survey of sites for natlonal park purposes, including the Blue Ridge mountains, Virginia; the Smoky mountains, North Carollna and Tennessee, and the mammoth cave section of Ken- tucky, A budget request for an appro- priation of $25,000 to enable the de- partment of commerce to determine whether oysters cause typhold epi- demics was forwarded today to con- gress. The money would be used by the bureau of fisherles in an attempt to ascertain the effects of pollution in scawater on the oyster and methods of handling, distributing and mar- keting oysters, so as to insure thelr purity. Accompanying the request was a letter from Becretary Hoover, in which he said: This is the most important fish- eries industry in this country, the annual yleld exceeding 20.000,000 bushels, with a value of more than $14,000.000 to the fishermen, and 1s | prosecuted from Cape Cod to the Rio Grande and from Puget Sound to San Francisco, As a rosult of the recent typhoid epldemic in Chicago and New York, In which oysters were under sus- picion as being the causative agent, the oyster industry, which fs prose- cuted with greatest vigor during the winter months has been practically ruined and many of the 67.000 per- | unem- | circum- | the | the | sons engaged therein are ployed and in destitute stancces. Not only that, but other shell fish industries and fin fisherles have had their males severely curtailed.” Mr. Hoover declared that the pro- posed investigation would “dis close the facts and thus prevent fu- ture Injury these facts.” The senate yesterday added 82 060 to the commerce department appropriation for a survey of the oysler in ¥ Hoov Teport Complying with a senat tion, Secretary Hoover today sent to hat body a study of the calf leafh- er tanning industry: de- pression has been practically con- tinuous since the summer of 1820, 0,- resolus ulogy On Lincoln An addr in tribute to Lincoln was delivered in the senate by Sen- ator Smoot of Utah, who sald the sources of the emancipator's re- markable qualities were to he found fn his mother, Nancy Hanks Lin- coln, ested by all greatness, Lincoln met them all; b moulded the minds and character of a free people as few people done,” saild Senator Smoot martyrdom was a sacrifice for pation which lost the mortal, gained the immortal Lincoin & the measures Would Require Bond Representative Gallivan, crat, Massachusetts, 10 intro- duced a bill to require prohibition agents to file bonds of §10,000 each against damage suits of any unlawful preventing a demo- for surety growing ont A provision commission member from on cases in which he or any mem- ber of his family has any interest, “pecuniary or speclal,”” was restor- to the Independent offices bill fo- | day by the senate. It was elimir ated previously in the house on the ground that appropriation measure. Death Toll 136 in (rerman Mine Blas London, Feb. 12.—An ageney dis pat from Berlin this says 71 bodies have been recovered from the Stein mine at Dortmund in which an explosion of firedamp occurred last night. 1t was offici stated, adds he message, that ,death roll totals 136 an the THREE DIE IN FIRE New Orlean, Feb, 12.—A mother and her two children were burned to death when fire today their frame dwelling on the skirts of the city. The dead Mrs. Natalie Caroline Lipa 20, Doro thy, 8 years and Alber, 17 gonths out- through ignorance of | of | sorving | it had no place in an | afternoon | destroyed | are: | ‘paojutH R neo9u0) Finding .« a8 103, Not 93 bt ) Cleveland, Ohlo, Feb, 12— Discovery that she was 103 years old instead of 93, as she thought, Is believed to have hastened the death of Mrs, Maria Hynes, one of Cleveland’s few centenarians, Mra, Hynes was healthy and spry until a few months ago when a grandson asked to let him her birth certificate, fssued in London, England, Finding it dated July 28, 1822, the grandson called it to Mrs. Hynes' attention, She became fIl, members of her family sald, through worry over the ten years discrepancy, and died yesterday, see DOWN T0 COLLINS Diggers, at 43 Foot Mark, Reach Roof of Cave MEN WORKING IN RELAYS| While Rescuers See Possibility of Getting to Prisoner “Any Minute”, Luck Alone Will Make This I‘ofi-‘ sible Before Two Days More, By The Aesoclated Pross. Cave City, Ky.,, Feb, 12, — The limestone roof of Tloyd C€ollins' cavern was reached at the base of the tunnel early this morning at the | 45 foot stage and “any minute” the diggers expect to find a crevice or cavern which can be opened suffi- eiently for the rescuers to work their way down to Collins, pinioned in a rock vise at the foot of Sand Cave. Two Days More The down draft in the rescue shaft became stronger this morning nerv- ing the weary diggers to fresh ef- forts. The return late last night of the Western Normal football squad, excused from classes until the finish of the race against death also heart- ened the diggers although they all realize that possibly two days may elapse before they reach Collins un- less fate points the way through an unseen tunnel, Bottom is Reached The bottom of the dirt and sand- stone “cap” overlying the roof of the old cavern which once filled the | tiny sand cave valley, was reached early today when “shelving lime- stone appeared with solid rock not far ahehd. More crevices began to appear including the down draft but none was yet found which would in- dicate any sizeable tunnel. The |eheering developments, it was point- {ed out by JI. T. Carmichael was the reaching of the crevice stratum | proving that a cavern was near at HOPE FOR CAVERN | |He said prisoners were assigned to NEW BRITN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, PRISONERS GIVEN RIGHT 70 G0 AND COME AT ATLANTA Acting Deputy Warden Tells of Privileges Granted Alleged « Rum Ring Members (231 FEDERAL CONVICTS GIVEN OUTSIDE PASSES Former Warden Sartain Sald to | | | | Have Remarked That Guards Were Poorly Paid and Were En- titled to Take a Little Extra titled to Take, Extra Money, By The Assoclated Pres Atlanta, Feb, 12,—Captain J. H. Madden, acting deputy warden of the Atlanta federal penitentiary to- day testified in the trial of A. E. Sartain and L, J. Fletcher, deposed officlals of the institution, and Law- rence Riehl of Columbus, O, charged with conspiracy and brib- ery, that special privileges were &iven members of the Savannah “rum ring" at the prison. Among these prisoners, he sald, were Willle Haar, C. C. Tuten, Graham Braughn and Fred Haar, Sr. Madden sald he had been an employe of the prison for 18 years. On cross-examination, Madden admitted he had beg suspended six months in 1924 because he had brought a prisoner to town and the latter escaped. Fletcher recom- mended the suspension, he said. Had Outside Passes At the time Haar had an outside pass, 230 other prisoners had the same privilege, the witness testified. the warden's home and in the war- den's kitchen during the administra- tions of Sartain and his predecessor. | Tuten, as chauffeur to the prison physician, had no more privileges than any other inmate holding the same place, Madden continued. On re-direct examination, Mad- den testified that in November, 1924, the warden had asked him to go on day watch to clean up the | place. During this econversation, the witness related, Sartain told him Father Thomas P. Hayden, mon | The warden also remarked, Mad- den said, that the guards were poorly paid and could “hardly he blamed for making a little extra money."” chaplain at the prison, was “taking , . | Mystrious‘. X", In Emp Of Paonessa, Reported Investigating Rumors About Firemen And Police Prober Said to Have Been Engaged By Mayor to Check Up Gossip Although every effort is being made to cover the purpose of his visit, an Investigator, sald to have been employed by Mayor A. M. Paonessa to run down rumors of misconduct among members of the fire department and police depart- ment, is secretly working In this city. Mayor Paonessa has been asked whether he sponsorcd the engaging B e e S Quadruplets Come, Now 12 Children Knoxville, Kentucky, Feb. 1 Quadruplets were born to M and Mrs. Cephas Bradford at their mountain home near Mid- dlesboro near here yesterday. Thers now are 12 children in the family, L JOSS, GIANT TACKLE, NEW YALE GAPTAIN Elected Grid Leader to Succeed Bingham, Who Has Resigned New Haven, Feb. 12.—John Hub- bard Joss, of Indianapolis, Ind., was this afternoon elected captain of the Yale football team to succeed J. {lflngham who resigned after being dropped from the university for fail- ure in his midyear examinations. Joss i3 a member of the class of 1926 at Yale. He prepared at the Taft school, Watertown, Conn. He is aged 22, 6 feet 3 1-2 inchees In elght and weighs 195 pounds. He had played tackle on the Yale va sity elevens for the past two yea PASSAIG WOMAN KILLS SELF AND 3 CHILDREN s, Depression, Resulting From Quarrel | With Ncighbor, Belicved Responsible., ho) testified that he was present at his home in | Savannah on the night that Willie | Haar, his brother, is alleged to have pald Riehl and Father Hayden $10,- hand, | The return of the Western Normal foothall team which had worked all lay Monday threw the rescue squads into a four-team race which is mak- ing the dirt fly under almost super- human drive. Striving against the Normal gri iron boys Is a group of Louisville ungsters, composing another set | of shifts, Then there are two s of vet- ns in the senior di n, the Ky- rock (Kentucky Rock Asphalt Co.) professional miners and TLouisville and Nashville track workers, long used to excavations, May Have To Keep On “There is a great possibility that any minute we may strike a cavern leading to Collins,” said Carmichael, “On the other hand, we may find it neecssary to go 68 feet, If g0 | that far without penetrating a chan- | nel, we will hegin tunneling in search ‘ | | we |of Collins, because that is the mixi- |mum estimate of the depth of his prison chamber. T have Leen hoping since Tuesday to strike limestone, T | can make no deflnite estimate or! statement when Collins will be ex- ! tricated other than that T ex t to accomplish the work by Sunday. At 19 o'clock this morning Collins ad heen underground 13 days, had not been fed for eight and bis voice as last heard a week ago this morning. (Continued on P Provide_m;e Murder—er Is Den;cd New Trial denc: “oh, convieted by Provi rady, a | der in the second deg Delia hmond for ghoot- ing i 3rady. at their ! home in i last May denied a new trial by the superior court. wife. was I 400 for speclal privileges at the | prison, The witness said he saw the money counted, but did not see | it delivered. i Tater, Haar continued, he gave his brother-in-law $5,000 to be tele- graphed to a person either in Cleve- land, Ohio, or Columbu. Ohio, Willie Haar yesterday testified that Tie had arranged a $5,000 “loan" for Cartain to be sent to Riell In SAVS HUSBAND FLED WITH WOMAN FRIEND Stanley Street Wife Re- ports Father of Si Children Gone De g his wife and six chil- dren, Michgel Majuska of 439 Stan- ley Street Is alleged to have eloped | with Mrs, Esther Armstrong, the | mother of one child, last nig ac cording to a report v lice today by Maja s wife. The Majaskas and their children occu- pied one tenement in the house and Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, with their il another. In reporting the elopement to the police today, Mrs. Majaska told the police that her husband nd Mrs. Armstrong have been intimate for | some time. She was certain that | the couple ay together as both he Armsirong are reported to have left their homes about the same time. The police have been asked to assist the fam- flles in locating the pair, de to the po- ; 'Young Wife Dies, Detroit, IFeb. 12 of a fate | intended for her hus | sedia Lowry, 27, died last night was severly injured a week ago when | burning gasoline which had thrown on her husband's bed flarcd back, setting fire to her own cloth- ing. Nrs nd vear old hushand, told police that at the time of their marriage they |agreed that If one of them should foumd unfaithful, the other sh Clifford, her 30 Towry yd, Mrs. Del- | She ! Victim Of Fate She Had Intended For Her Husbandi 5 Detroit Ral\dit.:(-‘t‘l Burning Gasoline Thrown At Him Flares Back—Couple Agreed, When Married, ful Other Had Right to Kill Faithless One. That If One Was Unfaith- would be eged to Kill the un- faithful c A k ago, Lowry charged Lowry with being in- | terested in other women and in a fit of anger hurled a giass of gasoline on his bed, tossing a lighted match after it. The flames were ting fire to the clothing and ehe ed b with privi wed own back, sct- bl woman's f night hurn- msy was serjously ind, who could fore her husi “ca minor burns, extirg |the fianiss. | ford | tamity Hartfo 1 000 and $1% Mrs. | P N. J, Feb. 12.—Mrs Julia Sandor, and her three small children were found dead duc to gas poisoning in their home today by Touis Sandor, husband and father, when he rcturncd home from ‘his work. The dead child Anna 7, and Louis Cias was flowing from open both the kitchen and the room. The bedroom in which victims were found Is between th two rooms, which fact led police to assert that the deaths were suicidial, Sandor, who works at night, re- turned home at 7 o'clock when he smelled the gas and broke down *h» door. Al the victims ire dend when he found tham. Mrs. Sandor worked in mill {n the daytime whil band slept and cared for the chi dren. The only motive discovered for suicide was the reported depres of Mrs." e yestorday, which re- sulted from a quarrel with & neigh- boring woman. en arc: Helen 8, jets in living the sion WAY BE HARTFORD MAN Atlantic City Amnesia Victim Be- Heved to be Husband of Neigh- boring City Woman Atlantic City. that the e Cl missing Carey ¢ Conn.,, Detectiy coming here in the I T das g by 71 taken to the hospita platned that his men ! his anne la v mes M 18 £ making on Sun- H man was but John T. home He addres cr h had a n his searc found Mrs v W Loot andits $15,000 to $18,000 Feb 12 Fou T Kk carryi Expre skirts of s Co Detroit stole a truc it was reported liers chanlise consig cities, ais mer- was Olio * THE WEATHER S Tor New Britain and vicini- ty: Unseftled followed by clearing and much colder to- night; ¥Friday fair of the and dots not deny it The mysterious “Mr. X" has been in the city for more than a week. He has attended sessions of police court and has been scen frequently in the vicinity of the police station and fire headquarters. His presence is no long ret. When a “Herald” reporter asked the mayor ahout dld not made a dircct denial al- though he expreased the opinion that any publicity given the mystery man would upset the program, It was ap- | parent from » that he considered publication of any facts {tn con n with the investigation as undesirable, 1t is said that rumors of miscon- | duct on the part of geveral firemen | first inspired the mayor to hire “Mr. X.” These rumors said to have lated to the presence of liquor in | fire houses although it is not known | which etations were under suspicion. After “Mr. X” arrived, Mayor | Paonessa heard other rumors re flecting on certain members of the police force decided that they ehould be checked up’hy the inves: tigator, it ls reported. It is claimed that he has reported that mors affecting the firs department were unounded. An attempt has | cover his identity xplana- tion that he is a “stool pigeon” in the employ of the police department. It is known that he has assisted the i st one raid within the Investigator made to stories have ed that a big shake-up is been circula In the police department | These stories have not been con- | firmed but they continue to b topic of conversation. Whether t presence of “Mr. X" is responsible | for their circulation is not known. HEIR T0 $300,000 BUT LOVED ONES ARE GONE 'Russian, Now Rich, Saw ] Wife, Sisters and Four | Children Starve New Orleans, Fe Herdman, of Odessa, Russia, who | 52w his wife, two sisters and four of his children die of starvation in the Russian revolution, was here to- day to claim the $500,000 > of his father, 1ke Herdman, former owner of large properties in New Orlean: tricte district The He n Russia 42 1g0, Morde said, and noth- heard from him until news of his death in 1917 received this year through American consul at Odessa. 12.—Morde of b was the BUDGET DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT Mayor [Paoncssa Calls Informal Meeting of City Iathers in His Oflice inforr mon cou 5 o' sion of the propo | fiscal year 1925-1 | Chairman Edward F. Ha | board of d taxatio | present to explain budget. The formal m ing ! discuss the budge successfully by | 1ast year and wor Iy. At t} | which followe n nee l)idn'til\:nm\ It \\'és | Loaded,” Actor I | New York, I sh ot ed | theater h Garv perf | play, (¢ two ck « to find his pistc to the property picked up an look to ps when wing: )} e w screameil, ¥ Tt audie had ay had happer line Industry Probe Now Is Being Sought Feb, 12.—An invest (Gaso Washington of the proposed in | Senator Tram The resoiu al trade « “recent ymmiss rbitrary “Mr. X", the mayor | due, | e [ mire |th 1925. —SIXTEEN PAGES. FROM ICY PRISON Shuttle Meadow Reservoir Rises 18 Inches Over Night MANY H Automobile Drivers Caught Unaware, Stuck In Mire—Lowlands In Out- skirts Under Water as Brooks Be- come Torrents, i | Many and varied are the sights in and around the city as the result the conge- quent melting snow and fce. ;of the heavy rain and In Traut's park the water rushes along at a tremendous rate, causing a roar which can be |than,a halt mile aw heard The stream, more |known to many as “Staples,” flow- street is {swollen considerably, from where it |goes under Shuttle Meadow avenu | near Lincoln street, to where it flows | |into Rhode's pond, thence under Shuttle Meadow avenue, at the cor- | ner of Arch street, finally terminat- |ing in a whiripool in Traut's park. | Overflow Near Elm Hill | The land near the trestle Elm Hill, which has been dry practically | the whole winter, 18 so filled with | water that it {s overflowing, inun- | dating the highway at a depth of four or five fnel | In places about the city where sewer and gas pipes have recently been laid the dirt has sunk several | feet, causing a serious danger to au- [tomobilists and pedestrians as well. |On Linwood street, between Shuttle ;\h-m]nw avenue and Arch street, “cave-ins” have heen numerous and | several automobiles, whose drivers have been unaware of the condition, have become entrenched in the and have bheen forced to call help in getting out. On Stanley | street the same conditions exist. Re- nt excavations have caused the bft dirt to sink, making a hole of several feet in depth. Deluge At Shuttle Meadow The depth of the water at Shuttle Meadow lake has increased rapidly during the last few days, and the increase from last night to this | morning was 13 inches, making a {depth of 14 feet and four inche The water from the canals is rush |ing in as a result of the innumerable !tiny strenms which meander through wot Several residents along the road to the lake, fluenced by scenes | the comling of spring, have put their s out in the flelds to gr: Memorial field is completely flood- rom Traut's park and from the I brooks and streams which flow through the t fi ing along near Monroe adjac ] in North End park, including the one which many wanted to flood for are {inundated. If should follow thoss vecated flooding the thelr hearts’ a skati cold ho have ad- 1 would re- desire, despite » park and water to refrain from which oden flowes under a n on similar of in- which A reet prese in AUL'S wing from constructic park pipe roar a causes a Holes Appear in Strects 1 ¥ from ed with two to s fi Main even RAINFREESFLOOD FL 00D OLES IN STREETS do- | N Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Feb, Tth ..., CONDITI 11,685 PRICE THREE CENTS ONS GROWING SERIOUS IN HARTFORD WHEN ONN. RIVER B e =) Boy Scout Hurt As Pyramid Collapses ) to the Herald.) Bristol, Harolc Knight, well known local Boy Scout of 258 Main street, was ir jured to such at the Boy Scout hall in Fore it was necessary Bristol hospita scouts were piving 1 he was of the pyram I'eh, n extent st tale him to Th hibitio: bers in a human 1. pyramid collapsed and the piled on top of Knight. At the hospital he was attended by Dr B. who found from bad boys ning suffering bruises sprains. STARTS RISING \Farmington River Over - Its Banks, Likely To - Cut Off Trolley Serv- " ice To Unionville — - Other Streams Also At High Mark. At Schenectady It May Be Necessary to Dynamite NORMAL SCHOOL GRLS PROTEST BUS SERVICE Carried Past Berlin Sta- tion, They Miss Aft- ernoon Train Pu 3erlin suant to complaints that the busses of the Connect company were overcrowded, the ne system of operating them “express” ough to Jacob's Corn Berlin, s causing, inconvenience com- muters between New Britain and Meriden who have been utilizing the busses to ¢ rlin Junction. lly true of Normal udents from Meri- den and a number of others who until four or five days ago were able to catech the train ing the Junction at 4:31 p. m g the busses. In theory o s is espec school these commuters cou catch the train in question by us the Berlin trolley, one of leaves the Center in time tion at 4:28; on time, ay, and using it ssing the trai school ring overed to thelr luys ago tl g by the st whicl to be at but the * the would to us dis- comfitur the busses were Inquiry elicited th rul n information that had been adopted “were he people Berlin and were not meant for ti people of Kensington." The bu: it is stated complainan stop between nd Jacobs® Corner to ta on bu do not stop to lect a Normal d den for in muters from M v in 5:04 trai station in Dritain 2 d o, the New n wit 1eeting Junction Continues Hearing on Mother-Daughter Action hear SET HEARING DATE ON BILL TO TAKE PART OF NEWINGTON * - 1 ey 3 . . Cities and Boroughs Commi ttee Selects February 18 to Listen to Arguments Hardware e e | Ice Jam That Threatens General Electric' Com- pany’s Vast Plant. Hartford, Feb., 12.—Scrious flood conditions are anticipated here it the three-day fog and warm rain fall continues, he Connecticut river 1ad risen 7.9 1ed this morning and a.rise of nearly 16 fret, flood water, expected within thirty six hours, e Park and Farmington rivers e overflow:d their bunks in many places and are rislng raptaly, the latter threatening to cut off trolley communic with Unlonville be- fore evening. The telephone abe of or to w n company reports Jines and 900 stations out in Hartford and suburbs due lort cirauizing of cablus by the, All city cables are under- ground and the manholes are flood~ ed. Kighteen gangs of workmen have been busy three days pumpiug nd repairing. The average number of lines out of order each day is only 15 In the city undernormal con tions. High at Springfield. Springifeld, Mass., Feb, 12.—High water threatened in the Connecticu: valley today a month to six woeks abead of scasonal average wheu tributarics of the Connecticut v fwent on a rampage. The i 1rm has yet to feel the effects. An element of danger is seen in th blanket t still covers it. The Deerfield river at Shelburne Falls was flowing more than four feet over the dam rhis n:orning while the Millers river at Erving was running over the dam for th: first time many months, feld rives v communication city and Westfield. fcopee were ause of the water that ran trolle this factorics to amount of surface iLto basements, A sudden rise of the Connecticut near flood stage in the next ast in a bulletin from the Hartford weather burean Housatonic Jammed. uthbury, Conn., Feb. 12.—Floo/ ns to the ice jam in th: 1satonfe river continued here to- Water which last night entere:! of the home of State Sen rt C. Mitchell was within cot of the first floor today and st The homes of Frederick ! rsonnel superintendent ¢ H. and H. raiiroad a ther of the or and Edwn were also flo: du Hou day tor Rok Sk t N Mitchell a cousirn Tsland Park Flooded. Feb., 12.—Island purk at partly inundated to- of flood condittons Naugatuck roa derakiy ss the Incoming Lids about more ar s £t fo) rty adjoining t is clear 0 g that rumor sirean A tclepho m at Steve il rig Bridge Unsafe, 1 condit aused ght and t \ paralir r two feet « of somn fiooded, iservatively street ec! 1 'n forme he water o050 rapldly ot reached ittle appres is apparentiy indicating the rued on Page 13.)