New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 18, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 WAR DEPT. LEAS EW BRITAIN HERALD u) ‘propseyy “ydaq JApy Ay SRS ROIMMUO)) ES NEWARK BASE AS STOREHOUSE FOR - SUPPLIES FOR NEW YORK Frank Kenna of New Haven Closes Con- tract Which Involves Sum of Between Three And Four Million. ' Plan Is to Insure Gotham Fresh Supply of Perish- able Goods in Time of Strike or Other Occur- ences. ‘Washington, March 18.—The War Department has olosed a contract with Frank Kenna of New Haven, Conn,, under which the Port Newark storage base will be rented for a period of ten years. The War De- partment expects to receive about $4,000,000 ‘under ‘he contract. Kenna expects to operate the base | as a storage and shipping center for perishable supplies for New York City. . | Assistant Secretary of War Davis, sald the plan should relieve conges- tion and would have the effect of providing a reserve stock against | stoppage of the regular flow of per- ishable provisions into New York by strikes and other occurrences. David's Statement Mr. Davis sald: “A contract as| yesterday closed with Frank Kenna of New Haven, Conn., for the rental of the Port Storage Base for a per- iod of ten years. The new amount which the War Department expects to realize from the contract wil be about $4,000,000, “Kenna proposes to operate the base as a great storage and shipping organization for perishable supplies, feeding them to New York. This| should relieve the present COnges- tion and permit those engaged in | the business to carry it on ina manner much more satisfactory to themselves and the public. “Fstablishing such a plant will have the further effect of providing what might be termed a reserve stock against contingencies, such as shipping trades strikes or other oc- currences which might stop the reg- ular flow into New York of perish- | able provisions. “There has been proje ted for early completion a highway and tube eystem from Port Newark to New York city which will considerably e ————| Death of Curzen Now Is Expected e ————— MARQUIS CURZON By The Assoclated Press, London, March 18.—A bulletin at three o'clock this afternoon by the physiclan of Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, says the patient 18 show- ing early signs of a lung complic: tion. This followed an earlier bul- letin stating that Lord Curzon's con- dition was giving increased anxiety. It was reported in the lobbies of the house of lords this afternoon that Lord Curzon's condition was hopeless. Marquis Curzon, who collapsed while about to address a meeting at ‘fambridge on March 5, underwent a serious operation, understood to be for bladder trouble, on March 9, and for a few days thereafter was beljeved to be making gratifying progress. Insomnia retarded his re- covery. T0 SEEK INCREASE IN HOSPITAL STATE FUND Mew Britain Institution to Ask Larger Appro- priation (3peclal to the Herald.) Hartford, March 18.—Application has been made to the appropriations committee of the general assembly for an increase in the appropriation granted the New Britain General shorten the journey between the t'0 places, It will place the base with-| in a 30 minute hauling distance Of‘\ Canal street and make the supplies | of the base as readily accessible as though they were located in the v’lv The United States on Nov. 138 | secured an option from the city of| Newark on the land upen which the base is bullt. The area comprises 136,171 acres, and on April 10, 181 the deeds covering the property \\rrl': finally executed. The nr%(ll!l\! cost of | the land was $1,300,000. The con-| tracts for the constructlon of the| pulldings composing the base was Jet October 16, 1917, and involved the cost of $10,415,262.” i Confirms Statement. New Haven, March 18. | Kenna, lawyer and real estate dealer of this city, today confirmed the an- nouncement from Washington of his| lease of the Port Newar] rage base. The lease, Mrfl Kenna #a would be turned over to the port of | Newark Terminal Co., a lumber cor- poration in which is mh\res!r»d. with other shipping men. The l:m'«ry would be used, he said, for Im;mrll and export of lumber, perishable| aupplies and other goods. The base consists of*n houses on the waterfront. The prem- jsea cover 133 acres with a \\‘.\‘mr‘ trontage of 3,100 feet. It comprises| 14 miles of raliroad track The rental will amount to some-{ thing over $3,000,000, Mr. Kenna! sald. | (0OLIDGE AGAIN ISSUES HIS DEFY T0 THE SENATE Once More Submits Name of Wood- lock, but His Opponents Also Stand Pat. on, March 18.—President epted another challenge his Washin Coolidge ot the senate majority today and opponents stood pa | The president resubmitted the | nomination of Thomas F. Woodlock of New York to be a member of the interstate commerce commission which had encountered so much op- | position last session that administra- tion leaders did not even bring it to a vote. After a hurried canvass of the situation today the leaders found no change in sentiment and indicated that once again they would let the nomination die on the s | at the sine die adjourn d late in the day In that event it was the president would g as he had offe 1journ- ed to do in the Wa d eenlrmation case arles N after had twice as attorney general. been refus | today. | Resident hospital. The hospital dircctors have receiv- ed $8,500 annually for several years. With the completion of a new hos- pital and great extensions in the work of the institution, it is felt that more money should be allowed. Supt. T. Reeks and others inte d in the hospital will appear en before the appropriations committee | | tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock to ask an incr the amount to be left to the discretion of the commit- ee. senator Edward F. approp 00,000 struction for the con- of dormitorles at the State hool in New Britain will be ring before the committee | {on appropriations, March B. Meredith, state director ation, farvored the bill when it was first introduced four years ago and he will appear before the com- mittee to urge favorable action as wlill Senator E. F. Hall, tives B. W. Alling and F. liffe, and Marcus White, principa the o chool. \e, appropriation committ: which Is pledged to a program of strict economy. Representatives bury has introduced two bills pe taining to maintenance of the S! Normal school in New Britain, and the teachers training school. They heard March The bills te will be originated in the state board of edu- |-y catiol Ex-Senator George W. former St surer ¥, §. berlain were visitors at the Klett and Cham- BROAD London, March 18.- tremors were felt along the nort Isle of Jersey annel islands be o'clock this mornin, clare the shock was the in the Stvere No damage was reported. severest years, Says Husband Burned Initials on Her Back o Francisco, March Mrs. Dolores Winfree « her husband, Theodore Wi sailor. with burning his i on her back with a hot when ehe obtained e today, charging and battery Winfree San 18 iron, with nd, Mrs, ex skin 1 b usba ieved Hall's bill to | of | e seems to be no opposition | among legislators who have been in- | terviewed, the only stumbling block | { being t! Sturges of Wood- capitol | locality for many | men were attentive to hflJ To Devote Full Judge Benjamin W. Alling this morning announced the appointment | of Miss Ruth K. Bristoll as a full !time probation officer, the appoint- ment being effective April 1, In |muking the announcement, Judge Alling sald that the dutles of Pro- bation Officer Edward C, Connolly have increased rapldly until they in. | volve more than one person can | accomplish, ! The appointment of a full time assistant to Probation Officer Con- | nolly has been under consideration {for some time, the judge sald, and | it was decided that a woman would | {be more suitable to Lhe necds of the department than a man, Miss | Bristoll will have charge of the | juvenile cases handled by the pro- | batlon department, as well as cases involving women brought before the police court. Miss Cora Beale, who has been as- sistant probation officer, working only part time, will relinquish her duties and devote her entire time to the Welfare association, She was proffered the appointment as proba- tion officer on full time but declin- ed as she felt that the Welfare as- sociation had first claim to her serv- ices. Miss Bristoll is well fitted for the work which will follow her accept- ance of this position as she has oc- cupied positions here anq elsewhere in connection with welfare work, After attendance at the Hartford Arts school for three years, she be- came visitor fur the Welfare associ- atlon, occupying this position for two years at the end of which time she resigned to accept an executive position with the Bristol charity or- ganization. In the fulfillment of the duties of this office she had much $302,22 RECEIPTS | ATP. 0. LAST YEAR Increase in Past Three Years Over 20 Per Cent SHOWS CITY PROSPEROUS Rate of Growth Higher Than in Hartford, Bridgeport and Meriden —Improvement Over 1923 In Every Quarter of Years. BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of N, B, Herald.) Washington, D. C., March 18.—In- creasing by more than 20 per cent in the past three years, postal receipts at the New Britain post office in | 1924 reached a total of $362,232.91, it was learned at the Post Office De- partment today. Since 1922, the yearly receipts of the post office in New Britain have shown a steady, consistent advance, This Is 2n indication of a sound bus- iness development in the city dur- ing this period, since the trend of pastal receipts s considered by stat- fsticlans who have studied them as| a felrly accurate key to business | nd Industrial condltions. | It the present rate of increase tn the recelpts of New Britaln postal cstablishment continues, this post | office will, within another twb or| Miss Bristoll Chosen By Assistant to Edward C. Connolly Will Handle Juvenile and Female Cases In Future | Time To Office; Court Miss Ruth E. Bristoll to do with probation work as at that time the city of Bristol had only a part time probation officer and con- sequently much of the work was left to her. Because of i1l health Miss Bristoll was compelled to sever her connec- tions with the Bristol Charity or- ganization and she remained at home for two years. Then, with the return of her health, she accepted the position of office sccretary of the Visiting Nurses' association which position she now holds and will resign to assume her new duties as full time probation officer. IDENTIFY CHAPHAN INSHELLY HURDER Witnesses Say Bandit Is Man They Saw Near Scene NO CHANGE OF VENUR dudge Jennings Announces Public “Will Be Excluded From Superior Court Room During Opening Days of Trial But Admitted Tater, Gerald Chapman will go before a | Hartford county jury to answer the charge of murdering Patrolman James §kelly. This was decided when Judge Newell Jennings, late yesterday afternoon, denied the mo- tion of counsel for Chapman, as Ing for a change of venue so that his client could be placed on trial in some other county of the state, At- torney G, W. Murphy, representing Chapman, asked the court to note an | exception to the decision denying the motlon, and it was entered on the record. The action of Murphy fn having the exception noted is taken to in- dicate that an appeal will be taken and the i e a verdict man ] Judge Calls Defense Insincere supreme court asked to re- it the.jury brings in| of guilty against Chap- | case three years, reach the $400,000 mark in its annual business. The $300,000 | mark was passed in 1922, i New Britain has shown as good | a relstive gain or better the money | recelpts of its post office during the | last three years as has most of its neighbors. Postal receipts in Hart- |ford advanced from $1,449,276 in 1922 to $1,711,883 in 1924, an in- crease of about 18 per cent. Bridge- port’s receipts during the me period registered a galn of appr |tmately 16 per cent, increasing from $658,188 in 1022 to $796,580 last year. In Meriden postal receipts in the past three years have only made ain of 15 percent, advancing m §219,614 In 1922 to $251,282 in 0x- y taken in by Tice each amount of mor tain post 2 is af follows 1924—3 As would be expr ease of postal s mail, the last quarter of 1924 the highest for the year in cash | taken In through the post office In the st three + year, the New Britain post office | com- , due to the ha took in a P i with $9 s tota 2.4 1 per- mouated to $89 45 in the first qu for the sc quarter 1894, $51,143 in 1923; and for the t { quarter $78,776 in 1924, and $76,76 t DIES RELIGIOUS WRITE | s Mich., March 1 y writer Detroit ¢ News Trib Birmingham, a Henry of re- Tri- Detroit, | Wood Boot ligious burie & died at his home in suburb last KILL UNITED DRY BILL Harrisbu I'a 18, today defeated nited viding fc breweries The dry rch | pr ction of in In announcing his declsion on the | motion, Judge Jennings said that he not believe the defense sin- in its claim that it desired to e possibil- , or the fury trial would not have becn se- lected. He said that jefense could have chosen trial by court, and | he had not heard it said t the | could cere emove Chapman from th the | courag! court had been prejudiced as a re- t of reading newspaper articles on | crime and Chapman's past rec aljeur: press | court was Jennings turned to t rounced th jurors and w uring the f capacity of taxed, and it commodate n, he sald d be excluded early in expected t r way, it would b and allow room | would be t be P I'or sible to a but ) was un to lift of 1 opening af spectators, stage now being set morni Alcorn the firet quarter of! basis court yesterd n be room ing present d 1 on Pag (Cont ey i THE WEATHER For New Britain and vicin- ity: Unsettled tonight and Thursday probably rain; cold- cr Thursday. % | |1ng to its Woman Probation Officer Named [RESCUF PARTY IN DESPERATE RIVE TOREACH MNERS Hope Still Held Ont That Some 0l 84 Entombed Men May Be Found Alive TERRIFIC BLAST CLOSES SHART IN WEST VIRGINIA of Hope is That Men All Are Experienced Miners And May Have Found Safety Before Deadly Blackdamp Overtook Them—Sit- uation However, Admittedly Bad. THREE MEN ARRESTED: MAY BE BOMB PLOT Falrmont, W. Va., March 18... —Three men were placed under arrest today in connection with the explosion at Mine 41 o fthe Bethlehem Mines Corp.,, in which 34 men were entombed. Thelr arrest followed the report of a possibility that the disaster had been caused by the explo- sion of a bomb, Is Fairmont, W. Va.,, March Hope of reaching the 34 mea en- tombed in Mine 41 of the Bethlehem Mipes corporation at Barrackville, three miles west of here, some time this afternoon was expressed shortly before noon today by members of rescue parties who were entering the mine that was wrecked by an ex- plosion last night, But Little Chance No bodies had been found at the hour the statement was made and in a telegram to Governor Gore at Charleston, R. A. Lamble, chief mine Inspector of West Virginia, declared it was impossible as yet to tell whether any of the imprisoned min- | ers would be found alive. His tele- gram described the sitvation as bad. Most of the entombed men are ex- perienced miners and officers hold to a slender hope that they may have been able to brattice them- selves in a section of the mine before | |the deadly blackdamp overtook them. The workmen were scattered about in various sections of the pit and hope was still entertained that some might be rescued altve al- though it was admitted by rescue workers to be a slender one. No Hope Till Late Tonight R. M. Lamble, chief mine in- spector of West Virginia, declared this afternoon that rescue workers would not be able to reach the 34 entombed miners in Mine 41 of the | Bethlehem Mines corporation before late tonight. Men Probably Dead The belief was expressed earlier in the day that they might be reached during the afternoon. There has been no indication as to whether any of the miners survived the blast which wrecked the mine last night. Rescue crews hold out little hope that any of them will be taken out alive, The 34 mine night when the shaft. A shaft of flame burst up through the opening that extends 300 feet be- low the ground. A low rumbling preceded the explosion, that wrec! cd the mine's and fans, caused the tipple to totter and fall into the shaft and whic shook bulldings in Fairmont, windows and shook doors from hinges in huses 300 feet away. Reports Discouraging Since crowds of frantic wo children have milled about the trying to find some word of the e tombed men. Only two rescue worl ers had been able to sent word to the surface, and that word was not en- . R. M. Lambie, chlef mine inspector of West Virginia, and companion were the first to go down. They pushed thelr way past the debris to the stable whe horses were kept. se were dead. Then they pushed o to one of the bad they said. t find no trace of when they came to the su perts from ever T the trict ory ed themselves groups, ready to explore every est were entombed last an explosion wrecked t heir en and in- ause caused t¥ night Gas Probable ( W not defi gas was believed to ha da late le explosion ast Superint he did could be said this go onas t Soon there were repc vomb had shaft thes R T not believe after tie h-union Ociober Those er coal helpers of the night cutters and th shift. Is Second Explosion , 1216, a gas he mine h every mod- nd it was killed ten m en equipped t time 1 on Monday ctor who examir that Lambie and o (Continued on Page 18, — | lighting equipment —_— - - NV BRITa..., CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1925, —EIGHTEEN PAGES Financial Loss Not Yet Estimated, Nor Has List of Dead or Injured Been Checked Up—Lack of Water Hampered Fire- Assoclated Press. March 15, — Twenty- thousand persons were made home- less when a major conflagration | swept northeastern Tokio tod | stroying 3,000 buildings and result- }Ing In unestimated casualitics, The | fire was brought under control to- night, | Spreads Rapldly. The conflagration swept over northern Tokio this afternoon, fan- ned by a gale, and had destroyed more than 1,000 houses by 10 o’clock tonight and then was spreading in all directions, Troops were on the scene tearing down houses in an effort to prevent a worse epread of the blaze, while thousands of residents laden household effects were toward safety, Firemen were at first their attempts to check gration because of drouth that had exhausted the reservoirs. Great con- fusion prevailed. Starts In Factory, The fire started in a factory at Nappori Junction, in northeastern Tokio, and tonight was sweeping in a southwesterly direction towards Uyeno, largest of the metropolitan parks and site of the famous im- perial museum and zoological gar- dens, Simultaneous with the outbreak of the major conflagration, fires starte {in the Ohimachi and Zoshigaya dis- | tricts, detached areas, but these | were controlled Finally Controlled. { The main fire was brought under | control late tonight and finally ex- | tinguished. | First estimates of the damage revealed 3,000 houses were burned | away and 20,000 persons were made | homeless. | Many casualties are feared. | The money damage has not been | estimated. | The fire swept through | an area | which was being rebuilt after the recent fire and earthquake which devastated the city It started in a factory district un- touched by the fire that came in the wake of the earthquake and ran its | course through a district made up of temporary and reconstructed | buildings. In the area are many | wooden structures. | | | | | GAS STATION ROBBED Seymour Man TIs Victim of Bandits Who Hold Him At Bay They Take About $70. While Seymour, March 18.—The gas > tlon of John Renkweth, on Derby avenue, was held up by two men at Mr. hands while they | place for mon about achine, which had harge of a third me | put Renkweth into arricaded the door, telephone wir oments before Renkwe oul ee himself, and bein telephone the police it time before the authorities {notified of the robbery. 1 antime the trio of hol d made a clean g em wore a mask or One was a blond yo wore 2 wore been also It was some of other | guise. 18, and swarth; |Waterbury Driver Held For Death of Woman Waterbury, March John T. Monzani in today in connection w {of Mrs. Boisve a oys about | ed the woman |ally responsible for was arraigned in ci day morning on nslaugt n Alcorn Noll [ Against Mrs. Maston ‘A onds of Hu olled the assa Mary C. Maston woman poison i tents taken to a Ha covered within a few days. LITHUANLANS REPORT - AN ALLEGED ATTACK [ |Claim Polish Frontier Pa- trol Orders Evacuation —Appeal to League By The Assoclated Prees. | Parls, March 18.—A Polish fron tier patrol is charged by the Lith- | uantan legation here with having at- | tacked Lithuanian border guards | near Sirvintal without provocation Monday night and to have threaten- ed to occuqy the district by force ot | arms unless the Lithuanians evacu- | ated it by 3 p. m. yesterday. | The Lithuanian communique sa the Lithuanlan government appea: | ed to the league of nations to inte: | fere to stop the Polish attacks and demand the release of three Lith- uanian soldlers taken prisoners by the Poles. | The Lithuanian legation that the Polish patrol, cluded some cavalry and had ten machine guns, surprised the Lith- | uanian guards and drove them back, and that during the Lithuanaian counter-attack took three of the Lithuanians prisoners, although the | Lithuanian guards regained their or- iginal positions. | The legation says it s authorized to affirm that the Lithuanians never | crossed the boundary line. The Lith- uanian commandant in the Sirvintal | district had been instructed to warn | the Poles that the territory would be defended. avows BlG CITY IN PERU IS DETROYED BY FLOODS Private Radio Dispatches Tell of Disaster at Trujillo By The Assoclated Press. Lima, Peru, March —Official and private radio advices from Tru- illo, the third largest city of Pern, say that the city has been destroyed by inundations caused by torrential rains. The homes, tnhabitants abandoned taking refuge in rby. Efforts made to erect flood gates to stem the advance of the rising waters were useless. Advices from Trujillo are incom- plete. T founded o gave i nin 8§ about one wst of the Pacific ocean. It is capi- of the department Libertad lies in the Chimu valley. Near- a vast space covered Peruvian remains. It tion of about 11,000, 2jillo zarro, w ative t in by Pi- the name of his is in northern a halt is OFFIGE BOY KILLED Bridgeport Youngster Crushed in Elevator and Body f< Not Found Until This Morning. Murs. Green Provides Upset In Fourth Round of Play e Mrs Rhode Island Man Named For Argentine Ifosition £ a Peter which in-| their | elevated | Average Daily Civeulation For Week Ending March 14th , 11,966 PRICE THREE CENTS HOME OF TORRINGTON'S PROSECUTOR 15 DAMAGED BY BOMB UNDER PORCH; ~ ATTACK FOLLOWS WHOLESALE RAIDS 20,000 Made Homeless In Fire In Tokio Residential Section, 3,000 Homesflumetb Casualties Feared | Belief Is That Would- be Assassin Touched Off Fuse as Lawyer Wall And Wife En- | tered Home at 2:30 " a. m. Today. | | | [ { | iTwo or Three Sticks of | Dynamite Used — Win- dows Shattered Within Radius of Several Hun- i dred Feet—None Is In- | jured. | = | | Torrington, March 18.—Tha resi- |dence of Thomas J. Wall, prosecu- iung attorney of the Torrington city | ec , Was erely damaged by an | explosion, believed to have been due to a bomb placed under the front veranda, early this morning. Win- dows in houses within a radius of veral hundred feet of the Wall v; ce, which is one of the exclusive | residential sections of the city, were | shattered by the force of the ex- | plosion, Nobody Hurt | The explosion occurred at 3 |a. m, Mr. Wall and his wife had | just eptered the house after return- ing from a St. Patrick’s Day dance. Other occupants of the house were four children of the couple and Mra. Wall's parents. Nobody was in- jured. It is believed that two or three sticks of dynamite were used, An- other stick was found in the gutter in front of the residence of Cashier {John H. Seaton of the Torrington | National bank. Mr. Seaton lives next door to Mr. Wall. Fifteen | windows in the Seaton residence were shattered. Probably Lay in Wait Apparently the person responsibic | for the explosion lay in wait until he saw Mr. and Mrs, Wall enter the house and then touched off a fuse, The explosion follows closely on :th heels of wholesale liquor raids |in Torrington. The city council at a special meet- ing today voted to offer a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the verpetrator of the outrage. ARRESTS IN DEAN CASE ' LIKELY 70 0GCUR SOON State Police Brought Into Momau- guin Tragedy—Dead Man Had Fractured Skull, | New Haven, March 18.—State po- Is who are conduct- stigation of the disap- f Leonard Dean of West- , Whose body, it 18 be- was the one found burned to ath in a fire that destroyed a cot tage owned by his parents at Mo- ntimated to- might be expected Che body found and hat of Dean, who age with others on 1 to have a fra d by t rers have told of a party of men and women at cottage urday night, of sc heard on carrying of so cottage sev hou Dea DEMOCRATIC WOMEN MEET Spring Campaign to be Cons=idcred at Gathering Tonight in Knighis of Columbus Clubhous The old staff of of Mrs. Laura M ganizations 2 and has sponsored some aign meetings \\'omafi Bl;rned to Death, Four Firemen Injured Cleveland, March 18.—~Mrs. Ma- el W a dancing teacher A and four fire men 1 when fire destro; led a hotel tedax