New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1925, Page 14

ENGLISH AGAIN TAKES THE STAND * Continues Testimony in Refuting (harges Against Him St. Louls, April 1. Washington Federal Judge George English was 1gain before the Congressional Com- nittee charged with recommending s to his impeachment today. He «pent seven hours in the jair yesterday, combatting f{esti- \ony that he was tyrannical ppressive while on the benck, sponsible for irregular hand...s of {klan kion (nkruptey funds, He made few de- faly and sought to explain or just- v many of the pi of evidence s prosecution had presented gainst him in six days. Examination b Repres 1a G. Hersey of Maine bro fay that C. B, Thomas, entative former v and a friend of & century, practieed he quarter of a ore the judge " & patent t case decld- 1in favor of Thomas' client “Had he ever had any general actice prior to that?'" asked Her- “Not that I know » fudge. “But he got a $10,000 fee in that ase, didn't he:” said Mr. Hersey 1% previously tas testified that Jomas obtained appointments from udge Fnglish which netted him bout $50,000 a year. Judge English refused to admit hat he would change his method in ihe future in summoning Jn state's itorneys and sheriffs for a lecture should another crisis such as he ‘hought existed during the Rallway Shopmen's Strike in 1922 arise, al- though yesterday he testitied that he had learned lessons from the of," answere. hearing in the matter of disbarment | joi € o Fooni ass of people of attorneys. 18 Union Mines Close On Annual Anniversary Morgantown, Va., April 1.—The suspension of operations in 18 union |\ o - mines and the celebration of the eight hour day at a miners’ mass meeting here today, were the prin- cipal developments in the northern West Virginia coal fields on opening’ day of the general strik called by the United Mine Workers|p ,qorje A, Cook, Arctic explorer, of America in an effort to force res- oration of the Jacksonville wage agreement. Because of the miners' celebra tion the effect of the strike call was clouded. Operators’ representatives said the day was a recognized holi- Aay and that non-union operators had given permission to their men to Jay off. Union leaders said that all miners who were not at work today had joined the strike. 2 The suspension of operations in| | Witness | With an agreed statement of and | within their rights in carrying guns and |in Niles on the day of the Tri-State ht out |side the city limits. 1ge English referee in bankrupt- c& a | Melklejohn, former president of | private guns. He could see no Mass., fruit dealer, was put on the Ambherst college in an address at significance in the numbers being | witness stand by Groeh! as an alibl of the Yale| taken off the gun. | witness.: He testiffied that he saw | | the | | Nov. IEXPERTS IDENTIFY MURDER REVOLVER (Continued from First Page.) 27 KLANSMEN FINED $300 AND COSTS EACH All Are Found Guilty In Conunection With Riots In Ohio Last November, | Muncle as the murder gun was made Warren, O, April 1, = Twenty- | py the next witness, J, Henry Fitz. even Ku Klux Klansmen, fndicted gerald of the Colt Patent Firearms Co. Fitzgerald tald the jury that he had examined the gun and bullets at the request of the state’s attorney and had reached a declsion. 4What fe the declsion you reach- in connection With riots in Niles last | $300 costs each, by Judge James S, Thom- as of Portsmouth, in common pleas November 1, were fined and ,‘8:‘,: h] | ;ho.u.u. :r\;;hl'i-“fi Thomas " he was asked. at Vi The Klansmen went into court IhACtBe morder bullat was fired from that gun,” ed. He doscribed at length the pro- cedure be followed in arriving at ®is| conclusion and the groove on each | of the bullets that corresponded with | a raised particle of eteel in the bar- rel of the revolver, He said that the outside mark on the gun had | been hammered out but he found | the three secret numbers on it and announced that the gun was No. 0771, Smith & Wesson make: Judge Groehl spent some time in| conference with the defense pistol | expert during Fitzgerald's testl- mony. He asked Titzgerald 1f it| wasn't true that a number of Smith | & Wesson revolvers had been used | in the army, IMitzgerald sald none of them were used in France except as ek itzgerald answer- were their belief that th citing o, because they had been sworn in by Mayor Harvey C. Kistler of Niles as special officers. Judge Thomas ruled that Mayor Kistler was beyond his authority when he swore in the speclal offi- cors at the klan field, which was out- EDWARD L. JOHNSON Attorneys for the klansmen indi- ted they would appeal. . defense, He testified that he was near the scene of the crime at 4 o'clock that morning. He saw a large automobile on Church street. Only one man alighted from it, he sald. He did not identify the man. Says Shean Was in Springficld James Pendandenls, a Springfleld, Preachers Bewilde?‘ed Men Today, Meiklejohn Sfiys New Haven, April 1.—"Our preachers are a bewildered set of men today,” declared Dr. Alexander the annual banquet Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa here last night. “They do not know what to talk about when they get up to preach,” he continued, “and when they do select a subject, they don't know what to say about it. “The true feeling of religious In- hean and two companions fin Springfleld at 2 o'clock in the morn- ing of October 12, about five hours before the shooting of Policeman Skelly. Nefther of the companions was Chapman, he testified. Shean was at the wheel of the car which He said he found a few rust spot in the harrel, siight in nature, but not near the spot where the ralsed picce of steel was found. Groehl asked l\liu it the mark couldn't have beeh made in Janu- ary. Fitzgerald answered that the terest today not defined. The mark was made before any of the was later identified as Chapman’s. Tt preachers are a bewlildered net of bullets present were fired. He was had previously been testified by men and as a result our church is asked if the mark on the bullet | Shean that he never drove Chap- | 'could be made from another gun. Mr. Titzgerald answered “Not in 10| million times.” Groehl asked Fitzgerald if he tes- tified In the Harold Israel case in Bridgeport. Alcorn objected to this and he was upheid. Groehl asked | him again about other experts and Alcorn again objected . iroehl asked for a short recess 5o that his revolver expert, named Mr. Jones of New York could have the opportunity of examining the pistol and the bullets, Jones Corroborates Fitzgerald Colonel Ray D. Jomes of the Smith & Wesson Co., corroborated the testimony of Fitzgerald and add- ed that e had made measurements of the marks.” He said that it would be fmpossible to have the same marks on another bullet from & similar protrusion placed elsewhere in the same gun barrel, Groeh! asked Jones if it wouldn't be possible for a like protrusion in the barrel either slightly ahead or behind this particular one to make a like scratch on a bullet. Jone said it would not because if a pro- trusion were in any other place the _!mark would be instantly detected by an expert. man's automobile, Tells of Talk With Atwater Another dramatic moment in the . trial, which has been replete with { tense situations, came when Arthur W. Baglin, manager of a grocery store in New Britain, testified that he had been told by Policeman Al- fred E. Atwater: “I could not recog- nize the man who did the shooting | it T saw him.” Atwater identified Chapman as the murderer at the trial this week. | Baglin said Atwater told him he was hiding behind a store counter when the shooting took place. Under cross-examination by Hugh M. Alcorn, the state prosecutor, Bag- lin said Atwater had told him the gunman was standing in a bad light and that e got but a poor view of him, although he noticed he had a | small mustache, Atwater told him, |said Baglin, that he had dropped back of the counter “quick as I could.” Alcorn submitted Baglin to a se- vere cross-examination. The defense sprung a surprise when it called Sergeant McCue of the New Britain police department. 1t had been expected he would be ‘called by the prosecution. lost in its proper leadership of the popular mind. We need this lead- ership terribly, too. “The church is only expected tb make the fruits of scholarship avail- and right now the scholars aren't doing their part. They are not giv- ing their church philosophy to teach . That is why our preachers are bewildered. That is why they don't know what they are talking That is why the church i lost In its leadership of the people Dr. Cook to Be Taken to Federal Prison Sunday Fort Worth, Texas, April 1.—Dr. and oil promoter, under sentence of fourteen years and nine months for sing the mails to defraud, will leave Sunday afternoon for Leavenworth penitentiary, United States Marshal Gross said today. Under a new commitment issued for Cook Tuesday by Judge James C. Wilson, serving of his sentence began 21, 1923, Since that time has been in Tarrant county case was on appeal. Judge Wil- son's action will reduce by 16 months INTERNATIONAL LAW CODE IS ESSENTIAL Neoessary to Prevent Frictom, Ac- conding to Speaker at League Meeting. By The Assoclated Presh. Geneva, April 1, hat 4t s of the utmost importance to prevent fric- tion and perhaps fateful interna- tional dissension, arising from the absence of clear rules.of interna- tional law, was one of the principal declarations made today by K. H, L. Hammarksjold, former premier of Sweden, who presided at the open- ing of the League of Nations' pre- iimlnary conference of world jurists for the codificatfon of international law, George W. Wickersham, former attorney general of the United States, was one of the prominent jurists present, and he received warm greet- ings personally and because it was consldered that his presence indicat- ed the interest of the United States in the Geneva profect. Dr. Hammarksjold emphasized that the desire throughout the world for international law to be develop- ed in formal written texts was most legitimate from the viewpoint of jus-’ tice, and also for preserving and wherever necessary reestablishing peace and good relations between nations. Even if the codification of interna- tional law never is completed, pro- greasing only slowly by stages to- ward that end, it would be well worth while, the speaker declared. Codification of rules governing in- ternational intercourse is all the more urgent now that the world court is functioning successfully, Dr. Hammarskjold declared. HONTREAL BUNGALOWS CRUSHED IN FLOOD “Back River” Rises Scven Feet Above Normal Spring ‘Flood— Fatalities Reported Montreal, Que., April 1.—Summer dwellings were swept away and de- |stroyed when the waters of what is | known as the “Back River,” which marks the northern boundary of the Island of Montreal, rose gradually |through the day and late last night the water had reached a maximum of seven feet above the normal spring time flood. The town of Montreal North was menaced, and for some time the lives of citizens and cattle were endangered. Jt was believed that the flood had reached its limit. The rush of the flood carried away a number of bungalows, and de- posited them in adfacent flelds where miniature {cebergs crashed into them and completed the ruin, The residents had to flee for their lives, the family of T. Corbeil hav- ling a narrow escape while rescuing | cows and poultry. The people were saved by boats. In the harbor of Montreal, an ice jam at St. Helen's island caused the waters to back up and last night they stood at a level of fifty-four feet, nine inches, the highest since 1913. | HUNDRED MILLION FOR AUTO CONGERN (Continued from First Page) A $300,000,000 merger proposi- |tion next was discussed, but accord- |ing to officlals of the Parkard Mo- tor Car Company, the Hudson Motor Car Company and the Briggs Auto Body Corporation, Who were men- tioned as being involved, this merger never passed the talk stage. General Motors Corporation enter- ed the bidding. Negotiations begun FRANGE CONSIDERS CURRENCY 1SSUE May Bring Total Circulation Up o 40 Billion Prancs Parls, April 1.—~An increase in the circulation from 41,000,000,000 to 46,000,000,000 francs is one of eral measures being considered by the government to relleve the em- barrassment of the treasury and fur~ nish an increased amount of ready money for commercial needs, it was sald at the ministry of finance thls afternoon. Among other propositions being studied, it was stated, are a heavy increase in the tax on alcohol and alcoholic beverages; a direct con- tributlon by capital to be paid in one levy; a general increase in all direct taxes and a lottery measure. It was pointed out at the ministry that the most urgent need at pres- ent is to relieve the stringency in the money market. Business is be- ginning to sulfer seriously from the fact that it is almost impossible to discount paper, while the interest rate is steadfly rising. As one rea- son for this situation it was noted that reconstruction work in north- ern France had been suspended. Consequently there is no longer the previous steady turnover of something like 1,000,000,000 francs a month from the reconstruction op- erations, while thq uncertainty as to the financial future has provoked the hoarding of banknotes, people no | longer depositing their reserve cash. New taxes, while relieving the treasury, would not supply an early remedy for this situation, it was ex- { plained; hence {he talk of a nin- crease in circulation. | The socialist leaders | ment are urging inflation. | bineau, governor of the Bank of France, other bankers, and the 4 leaders of the moderate and conser- vative parties are opposing it. M. | Robinean, it is declared, would re- | sign rather than print even a single million franes in banknotes in ex- gess of the present. The continual financial stress and | the signs of business stagnation, | however, have had their influence onsthe government, and for the mo- ment the inflation project is being considered seriously along with oth- | er projects, it is declared. | The uncompromising opposition of | the business interests to a capital | levy is furnishing a strong lever | to the advocates of a lottery, which | they argue would provide for volun- | tary contributions to the treasury to | in parlia- M. Ro- a degree that would obviate the ne- cessity for a levy on capital, | The idea of the lottery advocates is to organize it on lines similar to those of the Spanish state lottery with the continued issue of tickets and daily drawings of prizes running as high as ten million francs, with one prize of at least one million francs every day. g An early decision is expected, as t is feared that if business is furth- er slowed down through the financial stringency the results will soon ap- pear in a reduced yleld of revenues, government. MILK DOWN A CENT | New Haven, April 1.—Milk drop- ped a cent a quart at retail here [ and at many other places in the state today. —————— & | Establish | Your Credit! ‘A Beneficial Loan will increasing the embarrassment of the | 4 ae 18 union mines in various &ec-| . o e ba 4 Here Alcorn declared at 11:47| He admitted that Skelly, dying, % ijon of the fleld was sald toinvo he term yet to be served. T R Siraited s ol s b ; ldwas L s e e ck that t had recognized him when he brought +pproximatelq 4,500 miners. The-own | Sook, who was for maty ¥eirs | ° preedman Moves For Dismissal | Shean to his bedside. MeCue said he ers of these mines said they were un-| PIRCL g physician In New TOPK.[ itorney Nathan 0. Freedman, 'asked Skelly if he knew the man able to operate with profit under the Will be assigned to the medical de- ;.55 counsel for the defense, went | with him, resent wage scale and the market E?‘”C'“ "- of the prison, it is expected ) conference with Judge Jennings “Yes,” Skelly replied, according to price o coal in competition with Dby Gros and Alcorn at the bench. After sev- | McCue, “he's the man that done it non-union mines i S eral min Judge Jennings an- —shot me. He had a gray hat on.” TS Ford’s Railroad Given nouneed that procecdings were fto| Chapman wore a gray hat the | resi i H take t which the jury should 'morning of the crime, the prosecu- President A.gam A ,nght to Issue Bonds 7' present so he ordercd the tion contends, while Shean was said | Over Diplomatic Items | Washington, Avril 1—The Detrolt. ;ury taken to Tunch + "It have worn one of brown. \Washington, April 1—The vacancy Toledo & Ironton, Henry Ford's rail- {™ yrrooyy wen addressed the Puts Chapman In Brooklyn. {n the diplomatie cérps at Peking|rodd: was granted permission today |, g, 4png % his motion that the! Chapman was in Brooklyn, N. Y., a3 discusesd] again todayiby Eresis |y theilniersiate cOmimercs comm By j{oyment b (dismissed: | the night preceding the murder, wit- fent Coolidge with Senator Curtis of S1on L0 issue and sell at par 31,150- | " w1t {5 the contention of the de. | nessea testified. who is recommending Wii- 000 Of firsl morteRge bo-year fH€ s state has not produced | Francis M. Grew, a 19 year-old Culbertson, now & member of | P57 <518 B0 0, A e used for con. | fuflicient testimony to prove ita case” | Brookiyn bank clerk, and Jond & he tarifft commission. struction p\;rpmo_‘ Tn“‘ application Freeg n said in opening. ‘ Martin and Charles Chastane, also of The president also has under con- {oeantag 1oday was the first filed by e added that the defense believ- | Brookiyn, identifled Chapman i the | ration John Van A. MasMurray |5ea fard properties fn which it was °0 that if the testimony produced by | man they had scen in Chastanes| Ssiltunt ecretmty Of Btale, One|s . inaisated that Mr. Ford or onejlie state siouid go to the jury it stationery dtore In Aloany svints, momible solution suggested today Was | ot tho members of his family or-ons | B0Uld not he fair to the defendant. | Brookiyn, the night of Oct 11, be- | D Tatmerel ot i emVaaM drrayRto |t (h+ corporEticei omnedl byl iva [ Mtl evstilss prop 1t aCitonla ftweert 8 et di0 oloingk 10/ o liaihes Peking and of Mr. Culbertson to suc- | intended to purchase the securities of first de- | fore the New Britain murder. ceed Alexander P. Moore who has St t he two e Chastane, who admitied on the | e n f = n continued, but | stand that he had met Chapman in | signed as ambassador to Spain. Methoiils;{(lvgn‘felfince“. as interrupted by Judge Jen. | the federal penitentiary at DA"war‘. Tanime e ! s Held in Brookline nings who said the statutes provided | said the prisoner had called on him New Type of S_“h‘ta) Car Brookline., Mass., April 1.—The and that they were together until Suggested in New York 2qth annual session of the New 3 looked up | after 2 o'clock the following mo New York, April 1.—A new type England conference of the Mcthodist Attornel Alcorn | ing, less than five hours bejore the of subway car, each the equivalent Episcopal church wa formally 1d do better to Jook mu 5 of two of the type at present in uee. | opened here today with a com i he would learn more, | The defense cz | « provided for in plans and speci- munion servi which Bishop W ecdm J, "It i sergeant, Matth fication for new cars which will cost | . Anderson presided. The confer- content ense that in, who testified 1 hetwesn $3.100.000 and $4,000,000 ence was attended by 250 ministers fhe law requ re witnesses had. Rival adr a| flsd by the Brooklyn-Manhatten |2nd 150 laymen. The conference will, or testimony equivaient f that of | testified at a Ne Tl Coliodes e tiausit | vote Fridayion the unification of the, Lo eyewitneeses o iind Samaniiinary learing i commission for approval \ bodies of the Meth- . onsclouslitheniha The new type of car, termed a ndgongitie as bis assailant. triplex articulated” model, is made BN [Mmdira flrengebuckiand, = n up of three car bodies permanently e 3 thesNew Britainhospllalatnatime = RS nk vou ev ¢ Skelly's death, testified si had | nnited and mounted on four trucks = e s P T 2 S| The transit company aiready has un- | Sacco-Vanzetti Order ! > Gl e here ot esr TR M s thel Selin L e i Formed in New Haven \ finished Tis ar-, Not Chapman Says dohnson. New Hav Avpril 1.-—A grc g Jen- Fdward L. Johnson stable men in trad n . and court hostler, stated po hap- organized a & ‘ p. m. man was not the man he saw in the ' with 32 Dr. Waskowitz on Stand allevway of the Davidson & leven- | be to address T nse 100 of thal store on the morning of the ® [ in the te in aid of the tw J L - murder, Ue said tha who have U > ! ere the pros shorter. He asked Cha chusetts on th the resumption of court this around so that he migh | foreign tongues. br Waskowitz of New Ajcorn produced the tement | ng being identified wit s st 1 by the Johnson gave to the New Britain | d suci Stk A _ ! police in which he said he heard | 1 prese T | three shots preceded by a mufiled | b ployes at Willimanti noise Today Johnsor e o Chapman'at Lunchiz 50kl Alleged Income Tax Men Atcorn showed Jols In Frauds Leave Today e Chane | New Have April 1.—Joh L) tified on the day of admitted that he i that he had guesse i by }: et [ | Danberg Reports Court Record Danaher Emil J. Danberg rk of police | . r en is court in New Britain, was ques- | | The moment “Pape’'s Diag y tiened con report | | reaches tomach el o, bsgotnl o SOSh G umpeto 1 Chapman's 1 in the tation, flatulence N s b k aigestion and acidity for a few cents ( P 1.—Striking e enont Druggists sell millions of packages. employces t Mre. Cc i e pauye ERed Lojaor FINED AND JAILED & el e ' Milford, April 1.—When arraigned | oty {before Judge J. D. Brown, Jr. in | - s Pt town court today, with | e transporting liquor, Arena i " t ‘ 9, Roxbury. Mass, and Boston, were er with a 60 DARLING IMPROVES [ [ o 4 $20 A 0 c rv ce o st R & pended in the case of Reaner. Louis | 3 T Ty S i ey Stegmair Boston, arrested with 4 C. A. ABETZ Tel. 2860 it oriticall emair 5. Bomon, arrsed with| : 314 FRANKLIN SQ. scases, were reported today. A AeasatjEcRe SbIvad ) | reach! al stages. | . i Then Dillon, Read & Co., re-en-| gyour ol bllb; Payy oLy "e~rr-d the field, General Motors also |ghowed revived interest. 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