New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press o) ‘piojprepy ESTABLISHED 1870 ; “3d3(1 "1apy 1G4 ] 9IRS JR2JIUUO) BANDITS BITE Kivisd' risum FINGERS OF WOMAN VICTIM AFTER TYING HER ESCORT Autbr Brondvay S REOPEING OF Butterfly” Robbed of GAS SMN CASF Gems Valued at $50,- West Main Street Residents 000 aten Until She Discloses Hiding| Make Aplication to Stoeckel (8% EXPRESS ~ INTEREST Place. t Board of Public Works May Block Opening of Business by Forbidding Use of Curb Pumps by Standard 0il Co, Masked Robbers Make En- trance by Battering Down Apartment Door With Crowbar—Threat- ened to Torture Her With Fire. Formal application was made to- day to Robblns B. Stoeckel, commis- stoner of motor vehicles, for a re- opening of the O'Connel gasoline {filing station matter, favorablly de- {cided last week by the commisston- er. Douglas Johnston of the City Coal {and Wood Co., who is one of the property owners on West Main street who signed a remonstrance against granting the permit, has taken the initiative In asking the new hearing, and Judge Bernard F. Gaffney is acting as counsel for those seeking a review of facts in the case, There are 32 property owners in- terested in a reversal of last we dulslm\. Mr. Johnston said this af- tarnoon, and it is his intention to fight the matter to a finish. In the event of fallure to convince the motor vehicle commissioner of the desirability of withdrawing the per- ments of several women known as|mit, it is the intention of property Broadway butterflies, includifig | owners to block a building permit Louise Lawson and Dorothy Keenan, |for the station. who were murdered. Public Works Board Overruled Beaten With Revolver Butt The O'Connell site is now occupied After choking Mrs. Perkins and|by Charles P. McCarthy who has biting rings from her fingers and|been given a permit for a new sta- taking braccelts and necklaces from |tlon cast of his present site. The her, the roblers beat her with re-|board of public works, acting at the volver butts until she revealed the |request of a large number of proper- location of thie rest of her jewelry. |ty owners, held a hearing and re- The woman was a frequenter of | fused to approve the petition of Drs. Broadway cabarets, as were the vic- | D, W. and J. J. O'Connell for con- tims in the other apartment rob-|tinuance of their present holdings berles. She is scparated from her|as a gasoline filling statlon after husband, Benjamin Perkins, who is|McCarthy vacates. Breaking all pre- the owner of a west 53rd street cafe [cedent, Commissioner Stoeckel de- according to the police, |clined to accept the recommendation Mrs. Perking and her companion and issued a permit. A lease has Red just returned to her apartment |been signed by which the Standard | after dining in one of Broadway's|Oil Co. will take over the station. eating and drinking places and mak-| Although permission has been round of other night re-| given to sell gas, it does not follow | that this privilege will be exercised Break Into Apartment | at least without strong opposition Tn breaking into the apartment,| from owners of properties adjacent, the robbers used a crowbar and other [ it became known today with the an- tools which were lef® at the scene. | nouncement of Johnston's appeal. The jewelry taken by the robbers; Mr. Johnston intends to bring a tncluded several diamonds which | large delegation to the hearing and were colleeted by her husband from | he believes when Commissioner famous lapidaries of the world, Mrs, | Stoeckel is appraised of additional Perkins told the pol | facts he will sec the malter in a York, March 9. Three masked men broke into the studle apartment of Mrs. Fay Perkins in West 58th street this morning and escaped with fewelry of an estimated value of $50,000 after beaiing Mrs, Perkins and binding and gagging her escort, Milton Abbott, deseribed by the polico as a wealthy cotton broker, The robbers chopped down the doors of the apartment in making | their entrance, They are belicved by | the police to he members of the same gang that robbed the apart- Average Daily Circulation For Week lundlnx March Tth EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1925. —SIXTEEN PAGES. Senator Norris, Republican, Aslzi_ 10 Restore Insurgent Moves to Name La Follette Chairman of Public Lands Committee in Place of Stanfield — Democrats Get Into Wrangle. Washington, March 9.—A move to restore the LaFollette insurgents to their old committee rank, was made today in the senate by Senator Nor- ris, republican, Nebraska. He offered a formal motlon to substitute the name of Senator Ladd of North Dakota, one of the insur- gents for that of Senator Stanfield of Oregon, as chairman of the pub- lic lands committee, Some of the Democrats objected to a straight-out vote between Sen- ator Ladd and Stanfield, to the ex- clusion of a domocratic candidate, Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mis: issippi, telling the republican lead- ers that democratic senators had no desire to enter the “republican fam- ily row.” A" long and complicated parliamentary discussion followed, Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the democratic senator feader said today that in any effort to realign party machinery two great ohstacles must be consldered—lack of funds, and a publicity situation in which “all the great publicity agencles in- cluding most of the newspapers of general circulation, motion pictures and radio enterprise are dominated through ownership by the republi- cans.” A suggestion that the democrats nominate Senator Pittman of Neva- da for chairman of the committee was objected to by Mr. Pittman who sald he did not want to be chairman of a republican committee. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic leader, subscribed to the position taken by Senator Harrison. | He sald the republicans had the ma- Jority and should be permitted to or- ganize the senate, but he added that if they showed inability to do so, th minority might have to act, TAXI DRIVER SLAYER GETS 20 YEARS TO LIFE John Levantinex, Son of Haytford Parents, Killed Dennis Kenny in N. Y. New York, ventinex, tax March 9.—John ab chauffeur and former convict, was sentenced to serve from 20 years to life in Sing Sing today after pleading guilty to| murder in the second degree for the killing of Dennls J. Kenny, son of & Le- The last robbery of a similar na ferent light and recall the permit. ture was that in the apartment of | Board to Discuss Decision. Bdith Bobe, modiste, who was wa Commissioner Stbeckel's action in laid and robbed of $50,000 in rejecting the recommendation of the | ry by four robber t September as | Publip works board will come up for she was entering her apartment on | Uiscussion tomorrow evening at a the East 60's accompanied by | mnecting of “‘-‘f commission, Chair- obert Hague, marine supcrintend- | 1an Prank L. Conlon sald this after- Hyr\-sent home is at | nue. althy Brooklyn contractor, whose 820 Fifth ave Kenny's parents now are in Eur- ope where they went with a party including the wife and daughter of overnor Alfred E. Smith, soon he Standard Oil Co. of New | Hoon. ::i-n\r ! | It ts understood that members of | 1l Robbckios Are Stiiflas the board are planning to invoke un} il Wi afli¥aimiay|tordin dopted some time ago o ovor eleared | Which prohibits new gasoline filling | up. That was vohbary of jewels Stations w CHL I pet g i g om | PUMPS 0n the O'Connell site are at| valned At perb fTOM | {11s curb. When the station is vacat-| Mrs. (( r ‘]fl r’r;]n ! ed by MeCarthy the site will be re- wife of a Buffa - New Year party in street apartment in are now serving Sir for that rcbbery. TI recovered. | Abbott was scized by the robbers, | gagged with a pillow and bound to a bed with ripped up lengths ©of | 1o oogenry building permit and will in sheets. “The robbers then cked | this way, they anticipate, be suc- Mrs, Perking and stripped ! ®W- | ccestul in holding up the station. If elry from he The men WOre | the pumps and tanks are to be re- k handkerchiefs across their moved, favorable action by the chiefs the victims told the police. of the fire and police departments is Brutally Beaten cquired. Absence of this approva Abhott securely ¥ 1 prevent continuance of the fill-| intrud took a &mall|jne giation, 1o Two men ing senteness jewe | (u be con drive-in station. This will necessitate removing the present building or erecting a new one and favorable| ction by the building commission is | prerequisite. Property owners will emon ¢ against granting the 1928, Iry was | accs With bed, amount of mon Mrs. Perkins screamed @ the men struck her in t then grasped her 1 other rohber ther federate's aid, g arm and threw he The first bandit tri of her rings with failed. e then put his mouth and foreed Threatens to Kitt When Mrs, Perkir scream the robt of from SAY BEE] | R IS TOO STRONG 1 A Hion) Maren 8.—Tony Dighello Wal rd, was arrested today when the police seized his au- truck loaded with beer alleged to be of lllegal al- tomobile Boy, Paralyzed, Hears Parents Plan Funeral o Ky, March 9 — 9 years old, lying b unable to heard his parents give him for dead and plan the funeral angemen Today he is Te- ing after hours of near dis- jon at th ethought of being d alive. Roscue 211 while Paralysis developed icians found the youth 1\.11 suffered concussion of the brs He lost his speech and was kept alive several days by administration o liquod food | | This failed to bring improyement and boy apparently died hortly after doctors left its and re ves mourned and began planning the funeral. Roscoe said he heard it all.. A hysician was ca for final examination and found boy still breathing. Madisonviile, toscos Qualls, cont robbers t1 with their reve During the men’s handk efs dropped from his face. Abbott sald he got a good enough view of the man's face to make positive identification. i Preparcd to Torture [ After their attempts to make the| woman tell where the jewelry was| hidden by beating her had been un- successful the bandits prepared to| torture her by fire, according to tt woman's story to the police. | One of the robbers had struck & match when Mrs, Perkins told the m where her jewel casket could be found in the dressing table. One of | the men gave her a kick, knocking| her prone to the floor. and then all three hurried to the dressing table the nere | after the burial of Dennis K Kenny was shot by Leventinex last January 29 during a quarrel over a taxicab fare. Kenny had been on a ty with a young woman in Green- wich Village and the shooting occur- red about four o'clock in the morn- ing near the girl's home in Brooklyn. Governor Smith is a friend of the Kenny family and attended Kenny's funeral. As a result of the killing Police Commissioner Enright or- dered a drive to rid the city of riminals and suspects operati 1‘;," taxicabs without proper licenses. Leventinex, who had a previous| prison record, 1s a son of parents| living in Hartford. STAMFORD CHILD KILLED i Witnesses Say That Five Ycar ()lnl‘ Youngster Ran Off Walk Dircct- | Iy In Front Of Automobile, Stamford, March 9.—Five old Thomas Derby was killed this {noon by an automobile driven by {¥red S. Stewart, of this city. By- standers clalmed the child ran of | the sidewalk and into the street as | the car approached. The child was | dead when he reached the hospital. | | Stewart was held by the ,,nuu on a technical rge pending orders |from the coroner. {45 - = Negro Burglar [ By Jersey City Police March 8.—A Negro burglar was shot and Killed by po- lice today when attempted to | break through a cordon which had | surrounded the block. He fled from a cellar and was shot as he climb- | | ed a fence. Jersey City, CITY COURT JUDGMENTS The following judgments were | rendered by Judge Benjamin W. Al- | ling In city court this afternoon: For the plaintitf by ~fault in the | amount of $154.72 in tne case of ectric Manufacturing Co. against M. Racher Nair and Nair repre- sented the plaintiff. For plaintiff by default in the amount of $818.41 in the case of th | Stanley Chemical Co. against Wil- Wam T. Lynch. Kirkham, Cooper, Roscoe is able to sit up in bsd (Continued on Page 10) Hungerford and Camp the plaintiff. {fice in Hartfora represented | SENATOR NORRIS GRIEVES OVER WIFE, DETERMINED T0 DIE, Cuts Throat and Makes Re- | peated Attempts to End Life Despondent over the death of hls wife, who passed away about a year | ago, Frederick Berg, 68 years old, | is in the New Britain General hos- pital suffering from a severed wind pipe sustained when he tried to com- | mit suicide yesterday morning. Mr. Berg has been melancholy ever since he lost his wife. Yester- | day morning he arose at $:30 o'clock | as was hls usual custom and hui‘t: | a fire. From that time one he was | not seen until found by his son, Trederick Jr., at noon, When found, Mr. Berg was lying | on the floor of a garage, almost un- | conscious and weak from loss of | lood. He had attempted to cut lls] throat with a pair of pruning shears | which were fourtd on the floor near- by. At the New Britain pital whera he was taked Gen, n | found that he had severed the tra- chea but had not cut any of the | major blood vessels. Had he cut any of the main blood veins or arteries physicians say he would have been | dead when found. | Last evening Mr. Berg persisted in his desire to die, telling the doctors | that now that he had gottan this “sr they should let him finish it | made one or two attempts fo e his throat ater the wound had leen stitched, and failing in this beat his | head with his fists in a frenay until it became necessary to strap. him down to his bed. T morning 1t was reported th he had passed a comfortable night and had a good chance of recovery. |* NEW BRITAIN-NEW HAVEN BUS LINE CONTEMPLATED Hearing On Petition To Be Given By Utflities Commission On March 18, Application for a permit to ope ate jitney buses bLetween this ef and New Haven, has heen made the public utilities commission by Anthony Di Meco and Pasquale Dj | Francesco, both of New Haven, and |the commission had ordered a hear- ng, Wednesday, March 18 at [ Now Haven county court house. A delegation of v Britainites interested in the establishment of | this line will attend the ring. At present there is no bus service be- | tween these two pot to | CONFER ON VOTTARI State's Attorney Hugh M. Aleorn interviewed all the witnesses in ase of Glovanni Yottari with murder, this morning {n his o and he went fnto | the evidence in the case In prepa tion for the presentation of the facts Ibefore the grand jury which con- venes tomorrow Dare charged f THE WEATHER gy For New Britain and vicini ty: Generally falr tonight; Tuesday unsettled, little change in temperature |lin claims he is building a gara | | wish | property | figure on plumbing for a three | trically |one on Lake Bo | vised that HERE'S BRAND NEW ‘Neoghbars Profest Against House Erected in Belvidere ‘TWO OR THREE FAMILIES? | . 1 C. 8. Andrew's Gets Permit For Building But Resflents Say He s Violating Its Terms By Including Third Floor, [ | | Restaents Lake Boulevard, | claiming that Charles 8. Andrews Is | erecting a three-family house under |a permit calling for a two-family | dwelling, have protested against | continuance of the work and today | made known their grievance to Ma or A. M. Paonessa and the building commission. Several of the remonstrants who | |are familiar with bullding construc- |tion examined the house and have | declared it a three-family house, bt | Building Inspector Edward J, Hen- I nessy, after looking the building | over, announced he 1s satisfied it is in accordance with the requircments | of the permit and intended to house xcmh two familics 'he bullding extends beyond the ‘(é(.’llhhn(d building line a distance | of about five and one-half feet, one of those who have protested com- | plaine, He has asked that the en- gineering department of the board | of public works be asked to make | measurements with a view to tak- ing actlon. Like Carlin Case The conflict between the building |rs]\rcfor and contractors interested in the opposition takes on the aspect of a disagreement between city of- of s [ ficlals and James I. Carlin as to the i | nature of a building being erected by Carlin on Amherst str ( ge | a cost of $350, in accordance a permit given him several weeks ago. The city departments which have investigated, say the| building is a dwelling with a chim. ney in the center of the floor, wit out garage doors and in other de- tails resembling a house, Because the structure has not bheen carried | | through to a point where a positive decision can be made, the Carlin case now lies in abeyance. Building Inspector Hennessy | | makes systematic visits to all build- | {ings in course of construction. In | |the Andrews case he has found | Nag was { Nothing: that indicates 10” his mind | eniployes who refuséd to return to|partment is expected to be consider- a violation of the privileges giv Andrews under his permit. natter of building lines is one which the board of public works is| interested primarily, the building commission’s interest in such lines being only incldental as one of the details given in an application for a permit. Little by Little Included among the remonstrants /18 a plumbing contractor who owns pearby and who was Andrews to submit a| fam- ci asked by He has advised the t Andrews at called for estimates on two famiies then added a bath room on the rd floor, then made another ac dition in the form of sink: with the announcement that he c: mplated a three family ! There are front and back stairways icading to the third floor and the remonstrants have been advised that three families have engaged tenements in the building, hey told a member of the building mission today. A back porch. lighted, has been bu second tenement porch, ily hou departments n- ck he ald. The Andrews house is the levard that is in- more than on feel aggrieved ction to is tended to house family. Those who said they offered no obj the | issuance of & permit for a two el had they known t} be accommoc house, but lies were to the new building have protested before was Issued. The remonst a formal will be n them. fa in rants have spection premisces made port giv ‘\lerldon \lan Breaks \eck Falling Down \tal March 9.—Va in his a broken light of bulance on tr He leaves a wife H way* and n stairs, ne OFF TO RESCUE New York, Mar i AVERAGE of CIRCULATION the NEW BRITAIN HERALD is now over 12,000 COPIES DAILY The circulation of the than twice as large as tl published in New Britain. Herald is considerably more hat of any other newspaper The Herald's circulation figures are audited and stand the acid test of the national circulation authority, the Audit Bureau of Circul ations. { operatives at the local plan o | of th | number of empl march t Jos: | but was 'without deb 12,170} ’RICE THREE CENTS COUZENS REPORTS GOVERNMENT HAS WHATSITPUZLE LOST MILLIONS IN TAXES THROUGH ALLOWANCES TO BIG CORPORATIONS Willimantic Strikers Claim 2000 WorkersAre OutIn Wage Protest e vt TRNGUSHESIVTD . BIG FIVE TON TRUEK; Miss Mary Kelleher of | ranton, Pa., Is Supcr-i : ] 2 vising—No Trouble .\t_lDrnc'r Bad!_w Injured il i Accident in Hartford | tends Strike. This Morning | Willimantic, March 9, —A strike of t the this Hartford, March - truck driven A five by ton | | commercial Tony American Thread Co. morning when th gates thrown open as usual. Some ployes went into the plant bu dreds of others remained a gates and later, without any toward incident, marched to headquarters of the local where a meeting was hegun, Some of those active In arrang!ng for the strike meeting claimed th about 2,000 of the i have not gone to work, Protest Wage Reduction The strike is a protest agals reduction in wages which was fective early in January and which the employes have been trying by conference to have eliminated. The meeting opened with a num- ser of addresses by representatives of the various trades among tt ikers Tl alleged gric related and all present urged to stand together, | It was decided that at the close meeting a committee of the | str ould prepare a statement to be made public, At the plant of the thread com- pany no estimation was made of the s who went to began = Salvator and owned by O'Neill Bros., em- contractors, was struck by a north on a crossing ust south of the Colt's Patent Fire- shortly before 8 o'clock this morning. The driver of the truck was badly injured about the head and was removed to St. Francis hospital where an X-ray was taken to determine the extent of his 1in- juries, T engine of the train threw the truck into a telegraph pole which was snapped off at the ba Railroa telephone and e Union telegraph service was inter- rupted for an hour while repair. were being made, The engine was derailed and brought to a stop about 240 feet beyond the crossing, The | train was of Conductor T. Dupre of Saybrook and Engincer George Devoe of this city. Regular | service was restored on the road be- fore noon. NEW DETECTIVE SERGEANT FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT | Commissioners Expect To Make Ap- ound valley train | arms Co. un were were their work gs usual. Tt was stated that a statement might be issued from the executive offices of the plan after thé strikers had made one. i Majority Not Unionized Strike leaders after the meeting expressed opinion that of the 1800 | | pointment At Mecting To- morrow Night Appointment of an additional de- tective sergeant for the police de- | most of them were in the ng departments and were not ed by the board of police commis- sioners at their regular monthly | jonized. The strike leaders also ymeecting tomorrow night, according thought that of the six seven (1o an announcement made today by hundred other persons who made up | Chairman David L. Dunn. The chair- the full foree of the plant not all re- [man would given no hint as to who ported for work and at the same |was the Ikely appointee, but it Is ie did not join those who that Policeman Patrick J. | red themsely o has been connected | s was | With the detective bureau for a and [long time and who has proven him- il or was secured. The |S¢lf capable and efficient, is being | ddress was by Miss Mary Kcl- | 8iven consideration for the berth, ot Seranton, Pa,, an organizer| The appointment of a new detec- United Textile Workers of | tive ant will give the dep e o il lrervetiny ment two !n»u'\\'l\"‘ that ;:\m‘\i (Iuv : . o | tective un iam P. McCue In an address of 1n hour s e O governing the organization of only one man 1 ly to that Ame super- visor. peaceful pic > audience Lk many provi mill rough precision. At the gates, 1t posi- order and police office marched with had nothing to The strike dirc m a meeting quarters. $20,000 FIRE L0SS Frame Housc of 11 Rooms understood rs in clothe is also ‘ et bhoard is considering g | i | quest to the city council | new captainey in the department to which Ideutenant Samuel Bamforth would be appoi board f that Lie is entit the jsened 1 yrth view of I is De- i WUMAN RE SENTENCED A materially stroyed at Andover—Two Also Razed by Flames, Andover, frame house s, at He from 1 burned e Mrs, Lla Hughes of Georgia Hears Ton T Her to Death On 2 Ta rly A Judge Sentence vere s placed at I'reitoti who h B e fr smoke w and it w exit by t Gallows On April 24 ived wit} taif dows, Bullet Aimed al \\n‘o Enters (.n Norwich, March 1, 18, was sl irm at her 1tonio Zig 1 was intoxicat for his wife Arm Woman Complains Man Pointed Gun at Her hiding fault of § wound {s —_— Man of Mystery Takes Bur la; Arrested Trying A T His Secret to Grave To Loot Safe of \.70 000 New York, March @ lars attempti taining $50.¢ on Broadwa lice today. ELECTION Beriin, Mar lential DATES SETTLED ate. { ment Senate Committee Spe- cifically Mentions Amortizations To U, S. Steel Corp. And The Aluminum Com- Loss of About $50,000,000 From Various Copper Companies Also Alleged —Mellon’s Action Is Criticized. Washington, March 9.—Evidence designed to show that the federal government has lost millions of dol- lars In taxes through war amortiza- tion allowances to the U, S, Steel corp., the Aluminum Co, of Ameri- ca and hundreds of other com- panies is contained in official tran- scripts of hearings filed with the senate by the Couzens investigating committe Counsel and engineers for committee contended that an amor- tization allowance of $55,063,312 to the U. Steel corp., was $27,926,- 014 in excess of what it should have been, and that there was in- volved a difference in tax of $31,- 478,5613. This case has not been closed however, An over allowance of at least $6,~ 500,000 to the Aluminum Co. of America on the amortization total of $15,589,614 was alleged by coun- sel and the engineers, Copper Co. Taxes A loss of some $50,000,000 in taxes from the various copper com- anies also was alleged because of > failure of the treasury depart- to extend to the years 1917 nd 1218 a system of reyaluation rdered recently by Secretary Mel- lon, L. C. Manson, commlittee said counsel for the with reference to the Steel corporation case that there Wwas no uniformity of treatment in the determination of amortization, “It depends very largely,” he said, “on the personal view of the engi- neer who happens to make the in- vestigation.” Complaint also was made by Mr. Manson that amortization allow- ances were made without sufficient investigation, The Aluminum With respect to the Aluminum company of America, Mr, Manson vi]S(‘[(\‘l‘d that the compan first had in a claim for § , based ina flat 25 per cent of i'(mndltur("' for war time extensions but that this had been rejected because the basis computation did not meet with requirements of the law. company countered with a C! $18,268,435 on ce of $15,689,614 mount of tax in- e clear in the Co. o Then the revised which was volved was record Reference was made to Sccretary tion with t e committe m in the testi- Mellon’s connec- members of at it had that the which he ed had been settled be- Mr, Manson the case. mony » saying t rstandi nies with nec 1 that was Mellon Makes Reply ington, March 9.—Replying Couzens ‘rence to Gulf & corporation on in a formal ared that the ng wi w the steam- i D ‘r‘allnl\ P Was! to testim in r e Atlantic, eamship M t ry nied inferences personaily in He sald in the cor- subsidiary juainted q in |mL ling any States woul ered to settle for ment said. ] ion show 00 was as much as 1 probably raise and pay the gov- avoid bankruptey s taxpayer also had st the shipping hich the de be satisfied | as the cash department met, . 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