New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1925, Page 2

FICTION TENDER RECEPTION 10 NEW MINSTER Rev. Axel I. Peterson Welcomed to Elim Church Rav. Axel I Peterson, newly chosen pastor of the Elim Swedish Baptist church, was tendered a re- ception Saturday evening by the members of the congregation and meny other friends from this and neighboring cities. Addresses were delivered by Rev. Axel Plerson of Meriden, Rev. N. Valertus of | Harttord, Dr. A. A. Ahlquist, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1925. EIGHTH FINGER GOING, SACRIFICE T0 SCIENCE Pionecr in Development of X-Ray Treatment Already Has Under- gone Seventy Operations Baltimore, Md.,, March 23.--Dr. | Frederick Henry Baetjer, a ploneer in the development of the X.ray in the discovery and dlagnosing disease, again is in Johns Hopkins hospital, preparing to lose his eighth finger as a sacrifice in the cause of helping suftering humanity, Injuries caused in his experiments necessitated the removal one by one of all the fingers on his right hand and three He has undergone 70 with the X-ray have on his left, REGKLESS.DRIVING BANE OF HIGHWAYS Blamed lor 14,559 Accidents in Year-763 Crashes Here Hartford, March 28.—Recklessness of motorists is held to have been responsible for 14,669 of 20,780 accl- dents reported to the state motor vehicle department during the past year, final analysis of which has been completed by department in- vestigators, Carelessness of child pe- of FLEET POTS 'T0 SEA ON * PRELIMINARY PRACTICE On Wednesday the Gunners Will Be Given Their Big Tests 70 Miles at Sea. Naval Base, San Pedro, Cal, March 23.~Dawn today saw the combined United, States fleet pre- paring to put to sea for two days of practice runs, preliminary to the climax of the year' unnery pro- gram—{force practice, scheduled to be held Wednesday about 70 miles from this port, Force practice involves a test of the effectiveness of the full gunnery powers of the main battle line of the navy and comes closer to actual FIREBUG S CAUSE OF FIVE DEATHS Lives Snutfed Ont in New York Tenement Blaze New York, March 2 Five per- sons, Including two women and two children, lost thelir llves early yester- day in a fire that destroyed an East Forty-seventh street tenement house occupled by eleven families, Fire de- partment officials sald the blaze was| started by a pyromaniac, who set Several Daring Rescues. Several daring rescues were made by firemen and policemen, Patrols man Hugh Monahan braved flames shooting from front “windows in climbed the ‘fire escape’ and rescu ing a six-year-old hoy, The police- man then collapsed, The fire was one of saven appars ently incendlary blazes within a per- fod of 24 hours, ‘nccording to police records, Five of these occurred Sat- urday ih the same neighborhood, Police last night were searching for & man who, garbed in the white uniform of a baker, turned in the alarm for the Kast 47th street blaze and then disappeared. The fire spread quickly and when the first company reached the scone a sec- ond alarm was sounded, 500 Prospective Jurors RS George Carrington Mak Bufi(ethll Games Record Waterbury, March 23.—Ceorge Carrington, an 18 year old amateur basketball player of this, oity, cres atod what Is belloved to be a world's record last week when he took part || in elght games within five three of them final contests, and scored 104 points, an average of 1§ points a game, A team John Horan, took part in nine games in six days last week days, champlonship | but was tar behind Carrington In | scoring. ToClure aCold in Called in Bennett Case Chattanooga, Tenn, March 28— TFive hundred prospective jurors were called today for the trial of 8, W, H, Bennett and Nrs. Mae Bennett, in- dicted on a charge of murdering Miss Augusta Hoffman, aunt of Bennett, The Bennetts were indicted in | September 1924, after the discoyery of bones sald to have been those of a woman, under the house they had | occupled, The state charges that the bones found by workmen were those of Miss Hoffman, whom the prosecu- tion contends ‘“disappeared” after |coming to make her home with her } nephew. painful operations, having yielded to the surgeon's knife oftener than any other physician, surgeon or probably any other person in the United States. Frequently new skin has been grafted upon his burned flesh, Drs. Richard Follis and John Staig Davis will remove this week the last but one of Dr. Boetjer's fin- Haddon Klingberg, who spoke in|gers in the hope of arresting the in- behalf of the Children's Home. roads of the malady caused by his Rev. Axel Pierson, who in behalf iaxperiments with the Roentgen ray. |of the local church welcomed Rev.| As a specialist and discoverer of Mr. Peterson and his family to this|many new methods in application of . sald in the course of his ad-lthe ray Dr. Boetjer is known in ess that Rev. Mr. Peterson was |surgical and medical circles in the third minister he had had the|Europe and America. privilege of welcoming to the —_— church, the first having been Rev, 0 Wihelm Johnson and the second s UTH[NGTON NEWS William F. Reauten, 18, of 140 Edward street, New Haven, was Rev. Dr, J. E. Klingberg. killed in a motorcycle accident on reality of a great battle than any other peace time practice, The signal “commence firing” sent out by the flagship after the ‘“en- emy" string of sea and alr targets has been located by scouting planes and the dreadnaughts have defend- ed themselves against a torpedo at- tack by destroyer aquadrons, will unleash & hall of ateel projectiles fired simultaneously from some 24 16-inch guns, 72 12-Inch guns, 20 10-Inch guns, and other smaller sea weapons. Tous of metal will be hurled more than 10 miles at the canvas targets within the space of a few minutes, fire to a baby carriage in the ground hallway. Ten minutes after the outbreak of this fire, another one was discovered In a tenement a block away, It like- wise had been started under the stairs on the ground floor. Residents of the nelghborhood were thrown tn- to such a atate of paiic that reserves from three police stations were call- ed out to keep order, Hunt for Pyromaniac, The police and fire marshal's staff redoubled their efforts to find the “baby carriage” pyromaniac be- leved responsible for these and| several other fires, including three yesterday in the same nelghbor- hodd, Four persons were injured in yes- terday’'s fire. The dead were Mrs.| Katherine Walsh and her 17-month- old son, Joseph; Mrs. Margaret Ot- to and her eight-year-old daughter, Blanche, and Thomas Carey. Stationery Dept. THE DICKINSON DRUG CO. 169-171 MAIN ST. Horsfall TOPCOATS and SUITS for Spring $35 Don't let the low price mislead you—for here is a tasty selection of very fine garments that look like higher priced models. Box model topcoats of Rev. G. Pinl, G. H Schneck, Ensign Carl Frederickson of the Salvation Army, Edward Lar- presenting the Sunday school, Theodore Larson representing adies’ Ald soclety, Mrs. Augusta Frickson representing the King's; | Daughters, Paul Thoren represent- ing the Young People's socicty, and destrians caused 1,109 accldent, ac- cording to the record made public in the March bulletin of the depart- ment; carelessness of adult pedes- trians, 1,260; conjributing careless- ness of motormen, bleyclists, team- sters, gatemen and animals, 1,506; defective equipment, 1,113; and care. lessness of occupants, 218, the re. imainder being due to miscellancous causes, such as weather conditions, road obstruction, ignition of gas and defective highways. Inattention constituted the reck- lessness charged against 4,228 of the drivers, failure to grant the right of way, 8,666; skidding, 1,786; driving on the wrong side of the road, 1,169; careless backing, 633; inexperience, |626; failure to signal, 615; following too closely, 466; excessive speed for conditions, 405; intoxication, 289; cut ting in, 262; runaway car, 131; con- fusidn, 122; cutting corners,, 177; [ Mr |the PASSENGERS LANDED Port Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan March 23.—~Lloyd's agent reports the British steamship Massilia, of 3,281 tons, from Bombay for Liverpool, ashore on Wingate reef, near here. The passengers were brought to this port and landed, The Massilia has 18 feet of water in her No. 1 hold, Confirm Reports of Town’s Destruction By The Assoclated Press Peking, March 23.— Consular re- Dies With Baby in Arms, ports today confirm earller reports The body of Mrs. Walsh, with from S8hanghali telling of the destruc- the baby etill clasped in her arms, |tion of Talifu by fire and earthquake, was found near a fourth floor rear|The town is in western Hunnan window through which she was at-|province. No estimate was made of tempting ‘to follow her husband,|the damage, but no foreigners lost Patrick, when her escape was cut|their lives in the disturbance, which off by the Mames. Her husband | occurred March 16. was badly burned. The bodies of the three other vic- tims were found in a lavatory on the fourth floor, where they had taken refuge and were suffocated. Dor- othy, six-year-old daughter of Mrs. Otto, also found in the lava- tory, unconscious, but it was belleved she would recovs Children Crossing Streets. Most of the carelessness on the / part of children was in crossing SLOTTEDORETAINER street, children being infured in 545 BATTERIES such cases, Stepping from behind one . . Auto Electric Service vehicle into the path of another re- sulted in the death of seventeen C. A. ABETZ Tel. 2860 114 FRANKLIN SQ. STRIKE GOLD ORE. Butte, Mont,, March 23.—8trikes of high grade gold and silver ore in the Orphan Girl mile of the Ana- conda company mine in the mid- west mining properties and the Min- nie Jane company, are reported by company officials. ills resulting from a Cold, The box bears this signature children and finjury to 318 others; ten were killed and 138 fnjured play- ing the street, three were killed and 51 hurt coasting, two were killed and eighteen injured because they be- came confused and nine were hurt in hoarding or leaving trolley cars. Except for the fact that 88 adult pedestrians owed their injurles and four their deaths to intoxication, the carelessness of grown-up pedestrians manifested itself in the same kind of circumstances as that of the children listed. Twenty-eight were killed and 746 injured crossing the street and four were killed and 272 hurt when they stepped from behind ene ve. hicle into the path of another. Record of Four Cities The motor vehicle fecord of every city and town in the state for the past year is included in the depart- ment hulletin. The number of mo- | tor vehicles registered from each and the number of convictions, sus- pensio and compiains for motor vehicle law violations are given in a large table. Hartford, which had the most accldents, 8,686, as against 19,917 cars registered, reported 970 convictions and the department sus- pended 803 Hartford operators, whereas New Haven, the largest city {James T. Ryder to Speak To Y. M. C. A. Bible Class fine novelty \\oolens—sma}'t The final meeting of the Y. M. suits in new woolens—you'll | i« A" Biblo Ciass will be held agree there's nothing like ||Thursday, at 7 o'clock. The pro- ‘em anywhere at the price. | [(sram iz especially interesting and | 5 |will be in the form of a Ladies' Night. Rev. James T. Rider of Tremont Temple, Boston, wiil be the speaker of the evening. He is the leader of a large men's brotherhood at that church and is a powerful speaker. | The Tremont Temple Bible Class of which he is the director has a mem- bership of 1,000 men with an avers age attendance of 400 each Sunday. Rev. Mr. Rider is also assistant to Dr. Massee, the pastor -of Boston's |largest church and as occasion de- | mands, fills the pulpit for him. | The subject of Rev. Mr. Rider's [tallk will be “The Greatest Exten- F. L. Asklund was master of ceremonies. Miss Eleanor Johnson and Miss Florence Ostlund sang a duet and a quartefte composed of these two and Ruben Halsten and |Main street here Saturday night, |passing on the wrong side of vehi- Paul Thoren sang. when the handlebars of the cycles cles, 57; passing on curves, 26; pass- After the program an opportunity | driven by himself and a companion, |ing standing trolley cars, 14; passing was provided for those present to|Edward Licktag of 648 Ferry street, [on hills, 13; improper parking, 12; | become acquainted with Rev. and |New Haven, bdcame interlocked. |and attempts to beat railroad trains, | Mrs. Peterson, their son, Carl and |Both men were thrown to the pave- |3, daughter, Miss Florence Peterson.|ment, Beauten suffering a fractured Those who were in the receiving |skull and being knocked uncon- lne, beside Rev. Mr. Peterson and |scious; he died on the way to the his family, were Mr. and Mrs. Paul | Meriden hospital. Licktag escaped Thoren and Rev. and Mrs, Axel [with a few minor bruises. Plerson. Licktag was arrested, as was the third member of the party, Gorman Little of 142 Edward strect, New | Haven. Medical Examiner William T. Nagle investigated the collision and reported to Coroner J, Glibert Calhoun that the death was due to accldent, the handlebars interlocking when the men rode close to each other to converse. Little, who was about 200 feet behind the other two, | sald that they were not travelling at (an excessive speed at the time. Licktag was relased under $1,000 bonda pending a finding by the cor- oner, and Little was also allowed his freedom. The Woman's Missionary society of the First Congregational church will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. G. Upson of Oak- land road. “A Day in a Chinese | Book Shop” will be presented by the | members, “It Pays to Buy Our Kind” The Men's club of the First Con- | regational church will meet in the | sion Course.” DR. LASCH | Other features of the program | 1 7:45 "ol s jchapel at 7:45 o'clock tomorrow Dentist i v ; . | will be vocal selections Miss | evenin Quartz Light For Pyorrhea | Anna Krawitz and accordion sclec- | 1 353 MAIN ST, | tions by G. Fazzina. | The Southington Busriness Men's association is planning to interest |Harada, Voshell, Richards | more mannfacturing concerns in lo- i . cating here, and this matter will be Qutstanding Players | discussed at the meeting of that e |Dody to be held next menth. The south- | 28sociation and the Southington club which | are completing plans for their joint ]bamm to be held in April, The SHURBERG COAL CO. 55 Franklin Street Phone 2250. Albert Mondello of Center street Was rested by Constable T. J. I"oley and John Cockayne Saturday fternoon on a charge of breach of peace, Two Ways To Get This Camera—Free A grass fire on the property of Mrs. L, C. Clark at tha corner of Main strect and: Carter lane broke | out Saturday afternoon, but was ex- guished by the chemical squad ble damage had of the state, having 20,526 ears regs ll | outstanding players of the 1,330 convictions and the suspension rn tennis tournament |of 1,146 New Haven operators is i }‘Wtrn entered in the opening events | largest city, which had 16,406 cars today of the South Atlantic tennis| The first baseball practice at|registored, reported 1,901 aceldents y;;,mdx, Japanese Davis cup star; Vrnoon on the Lincoln school | gperators were suspended. 8. Howard Voshell, north and south | grounds. In New BHritain there were 7,161 - [the semi-finals of the southeastern | ; - ‘ JRE hes A0 3 cidents and 460 convictions. The VOICE CULTU ournament by Vincent Richards, | number of drivers having their li- under 16. | flald, Mass., who was the partner of Rooms 318-319 Booth's Block. { William T. Tilden, 2nd., in the team | e ' ' NEW COURT DRESS of the southeastern tournament. British Society Wil Augusta, Ga.,, March 23.- istered, reported 2,647 accidents and |ended Saturday in Jacksonville, | shown, while Bridgeport, the second )murnanwnf here. They are T.|lewis high school was held this aft- | anq 1,183 eonvictions, and 683 of ity J. D. DONAHUE | | ° S [champion, who was eliminated in ! cars registered, There were 763 ac- | Bpecial attention to beginners and children |and A. H. Chapin, Jr., of Spring censes suspended was 340 L I that swept to vietory in the doubles Skirt With a Modest Neck At Are You [Miner Arrested in Probe of Explosion | Fairmont, W. Va., March 23.— Charles Groves, a miner, was ar- rested vesterday at Norton, W. Va., | by state police for investigation in « ction with the explosion in the llehem Mines corporation’s Bar Bt "™\ h e |Tackville mine last Tuesday. Major properly held | Eat O'Connor. super dent of 1 Tn place there |State police. said Groves was a for- ’ [mer employe of the corporation . | Most of the models on view have is sure to he rclief and in pome ., " oy LCoon are under arrest | — | the extremely short skirts which cases p»txnnv A cure, ere, also for investigation., Thirt#- Miss Lucy Wheelock, principal of [which have come into vogue since ox?b:i‘;:»bfl::::,;";, m. to 6 p. m, |(hTee men were caught fn the mi e Wheelock school in Boston, will | the last court was held, as against | PHonstb 0258 Sundaga by Ap-l 12 the time of the explosion. T speak on “Campaigning for the Chil- [ which there is at present no official | o S v hodies of twenty-six have been re- | dren” at the Lewls high school to- |resulation. The cut of the neck is | o T oN covered. even Parents, teachers | Very """;" “)f “j‘fl”;’ e }f““h["( the Ruptese Epecialiat and others interested in educational ‘lmln and the veil is also restricted L 3 work are invited as at previous courts Hm‘(;:(]“‘\?:;::‘ St., Opp. ]‘41"‘;'““:‘5 One dress on view is of silver and SPRAY NOW FOR DORMANT SPORES i.:.%. |a girdle of brilllants and a train of gold lace, while a third is of silver | {and pale mauve. | Misses Olga Pa herine Iyza. Mary Salak, Clara Taylor and Micha 125,000 Take Part in Catholic Demonstrations | |and Fred | were played an Parls, March 23.—The National Catholic Federation appears in no| | Miss Salak | cipient of many gift Wear Short 1 To encourage thrift and the building up of a bank account, especially on the part of boysand irls—to each person opening a avings Account of $10 or more, we will give one of these cameras. i Ruptur ed? Buckingham Palace Frvents. No -appliance without special fitting can give permanent re- London, March 23.—1f dresses de- | signed for the next courts at Buck. ingham Palace, now on view at the shops of various modistes, are fol- lowed. thers will be less material seen than usual and more the wear- ers’ ankles. Mr. and Mrs turned from th south, Word the has been recefved hers of Mrs. Emily Smart, | mother of Erncst Smith of West street death of morrow Likewise to every one rentin a private box in our fire an burglar proof Safety Deposit Vault,at $3 per yearand upwards. PARTY FOR MISS SALAK ss Mary was tendered a birthday party Saturday evening at me of M rine Sincko The h Mr. and Mrs. Flljgh Rogers have returned home from® Florida. ak Word leath of this town. has been received of Oscar Abel, formerly the of by Miss Bar- piano and Jo- he word of repairing the Th A clearing the gutters of the ac- | umulated sand and other debris has | re at work on iy streets This Hawkeye Camera is very sub- stantial. Makes pictures 2% x 3%, loads in daylight, has first quality " ¥ Y “rie o {d in the cha er, | * 2 Gilotierimredtainilib | FEICAE debsiaiiBptne champors cod] lens, automatic shutter for time and o 2% this MR | organized two big demonstrations of | snapshot exposures. Made by East- | 7.000, was presided over by General | . Da Castelnau and Monsignor Glnisty man—not a toy. |at Verdun; the other of 18,000, was held at Le Mans, department of Sarthe. Both passed resolutions pro- A. B. Johnson. D. D. S. tecting against the revival of anti- at New Haven when, after winning |Teliglous struggles, demanding re- T. R. Johnson, D. D. S. A Rt o e o ™ which |tention of the embassy to the vati- Gas_()xygen_x.rayg they were to face in the second con- |Can in fulfiiiment of obligations to- National Bank Bldg. protested the use of “Chier” |Wards Alsace-Lorraine and liberty NG . for religious congregations in France, NURSE IN ATENDANCF ;;;v.fln‘“:mwn:—r);:’;’n a.r)‘;: ::,’:;:f There were not untoward incidents | ington Bank and Trust Co. here. |At either place | England has played with the Pextos all seaso d Tarson for the past several weeks, It was felt that their Joss would break up the teamwork | and the Pextos quit the tourney. center to | Way discouraged by the outcome of| Plants a bu |t was re- served. e ryl it P it sy Court Tndustry, Fore of Amerfca, will meet in Red Men's hall this evening. The Pexto basketball team with-| drew from the industrial tournament sters DENTISTS test COMMERCIAL TRUST CO. Navy Secretary Pays Visit to Annapolis Norfolk, Va., March 23.—Secrg- tary Wilbur made an unannounced | and unofficial visit to Norfolk yes- | terday aboard the naval yacht Syiph | to call on his life-long friend and classmate at Annapolls, Rear Ad. miral Herman O. Stickney, retired, who is {ll. Few officers at the navy base here knew of his presence, and the honors ordinarily accorded a na- val secretary a visit to such a base were dispensed with. The yacht returned to Washington last night. Hotel Washington Grill Is a nice place to eat. Prices reasonable. Bakery -Depert. ment (opnected. RACKLIFFE BROS. PARK AND BIGELOW STS Cor. Wachington & Tafsyetic | Strests on