New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1925, Page 1

News of the "~~~ By Associate, e NEW BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending June 13th. ... 12,031 ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925, —EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS BOSTON OBSERVES BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL PROGRAM ON ITS 150th Departure of Donald MacMillan on First Leg of His Arctic Ex- ploration Adds to Hub City's Activity. Former Secretary of State Hughes Gives Address at Patriotic Exercises, Up- holding “Rule of Reason” Boston, June 17 (#—The celebra- tion of the 150th anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill was carried out today with a salute from howltz- ers at the monument grounda as the opening event. The anniversary co- inclded with another important hap- pening, the departure of Donald B. MacMillan and the steamer Peary for Wiscasset, Me.,, whence the Mac- Millan Aretic exploration expedition will sail on Eaturday for northern waters, Charlestown had the most of the anniversary observances, among these a Doy scout parade and pageant with 3,000 participants, the Iatter portraying historic events in | this country since 1600, with the al- legorical figures of Columbia, Peace, Liberty and Justice In the setting. Another pageant given by school children followed on the monument grounds, The annual meeting of the Bunker Hill Monument aseociation was held | fn Faneull hall, Boston, and there also were exercises devoted to the | sexqui-centennial of the Bunker Hill | battle and the centennfal of the| laying of the cornerstone. (‘hmnn Fvans Hughes, former se state, the chiet spv‘:flbr m nm meeting. This afternoon a military and| elvie parade marched through Charlestown with about 25.000 per- sons in line. Amateur sports, band concerts and fireworks will bring the day's celebration to a close. ince its victory in the hattle for Mberty this country has been en- zaged in another struggle to estab- Ish the “rule of reason’” and fin that struggle it has been “measur- | ably” successful, Charles Kvans | Hughes said today. speaking in his- toric Ianeuil Hall at the celebra- | tion, (Continued on Page 16.) BIG GUNS THUNDER S EAPLORER SETS AL MacMillan Leaves Boston Amid Great Outburst of Enthusiasm Boston, June 17.—F—The arctic eapedition of Lieut. Command Donald B. MacMillan sailed from the navy yard at Charleston shortly after noon today in the steamship Peary bound for Wiscasset, Me, From Wiscasset the Peary and the schooner Bowdoin will sail"on Ma Millan's ninth trip. The big guns thundered farewell steamer slipped away on the v craft little as fir the leg of the trip beyond the arctig | elfrcle, navy band on the pier played “Auld TLang ¢ 2 'l rowd which had crammed its wdy into the y vyard cheered. The | harbor echoed with the of marine whistlcs as craft at anchor jolned in the parting trib Overhead, as the Peary p 1 on its way out to sea, a dozen hydro alrplanes circled. MacMillan in outlining the objects of his expedition just before the Peary sailed, asscrted thut {f Amundsen, Norweglan Arctic ex- plorer believed lost on his flight to | the North Pole ad not been found when the Ameriean expedi-| tion reached Itah, Greenland, he would undertake his rescue, Amund- | sen, he sald, will run out of food to morrow. , | Governor Assistant *Seer tary of the Navy Theodore D. Ro inson, Mayor Curely and ° others were at the navy vard to wish the expedition bon voyage. 1S ORDERED 17.—@—The ap reversed and r DEC icago, Jun pellate conrt today manded with directions *o g decree prayed for in the divorce petition of Albert R. Le who named the tev, Carl D. K was Judge which iperior Park pastor last year by § Foell. Cupid May Set New Record in This City M the lice present rate of marriage se issuance continues through the remuinder of the month, this month will probably exceed that of any other in the history of the town clerk's office With one-half the month ex- pired, 46 liccnses 10 wed hav been taken out. Last ye licenses had been granted up mid-montt The number llcenses issued since the first June is about equal to the issu ance for two average mont hs, the ords ANNIVERSARY Named Life Guard At Walnut Hill BECOME ADHIRALS Navy Dept. Promotes Semn, Leigh, Laws, Day and HcNamee ROBISON NOT ADVANCED “& BLISS CLARK, JR. Bliss Clark, Jr. an all-around High school athlete and holder of several school records in track events, has been selected as life guard at the Walnut Hill park! | wading pool for the summer scason. | | He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. | | Bliss Clark of Church street. In { High school he has played baseball, basketball and football and has been a star performer in track. One | | of his most recent echievements in {the latter sport was the making of a new school record in the discus | throw. The appointee’s father is acting !comptroller for the City of New| | Britain. WHTNEY WINS 8 JERSEY PRIMARIES (Anti-Wet and Anti-Boss Man | 156.0.P. Candidate ANNOUNCES HIS PLATFORM Declares if Elected He Will Be Gov- emor in Fact and Will Take No| Orders From Senate Chamber or | From City Hall in Jersey City. Newark, N. J., June 17 (P—State Sehator Arthur Whitney of Morris | county, anti-saloon and “antl-boss” | candidate upset precedents and cap- tured the republican nomination for | governor in yesterday's primaries, | | defeating former Attorney General Thomas F. McCran of Paterson and | former District Court Judge Cornel- ius Doremus of Ridgewond. The plurality of Senator Whitney continued to g as belated returns came to hand today. With 312 of t 76 voting districts in the state still to be heard from, Whitney was eading his nearest opponent, Thomas T°. McCran, T4 votes. Moore 1s Democrat. Harry Moore of Jerscy City be- came the democratic nominse with- out opposition. The republican re- e first defeat of an organization c idate for nomina- tion as governor in New Jersey's 15 years under the direct primary law. Senator Whitney received strong anti-organiza- | sult brought 1 support from rural, tion, dry and women voters. | The former attorney general was regarded as the w candidate, He had the ndorscment of Enited States Scnator Edge, State Treasurer | Read, Comptroller Bughee and other | organization icaders. He failed to poll the heavy vote fin the larger counties whis ad b expected to | overcome the Whitney ead In aller places. Doremus Fails Running as the bone dry candi- date whose great e was to n- deem, in New Jersey, at least, young people from the hypocrisy of the hip fla s to the pet- DELFINO APPEARS AND | | RECEIVES $15t1 CHECK Ex-Setviceman Read in Ferald Ad- justed Compensation Was | Awaiting Him |servicemen's bodles other | | groups had failed to lo Tateiate | | Delfino, for whom an adjusted serv- ceive [ the offi of the municl- pal bureau ary Co. yesterday enlisted the aid Herald in locating the | mi Ildier when Mis o 6Moa She He explained story in and cal o clain | Yits finger prints and signature cor- {responded to those in the files and eifino was identified by William e. a past egion. after whic with the . X | Amer as tificate, | |painfully | |the automobile truck owned by Alex | |Bessoft while it was being operated |with the death of Isadore | Hale linjured, land returned to his home. !sel for the De Nofas. land body Holds Temporary Rank of Rear Ad- miral But is Officlal Who Ap- proves Leasing of Naval Ofl Re- serves, Washington, June 17 P—Fromo- tion to the rank of rear admiral was announced today for Captains Thom. as Jones Senn, Richard Henry Leigh, George Willlam Laws, George Cal- vin Day and Luke McNamee, Robison Not Advanced. Captain J. K. Robison, who ap- proved the leasing of the naval oll reserves, and who has been holding the rank of temporary rear admiral, was not included in the list of those advanced, Sceretary Wilbur an- nounced Captain Roblson would be kept at his post as chlef of the bu- reau of engincering of the navy un- til his term expires in October. The secretary would not predict what post would be assigned to him later. Captain Robison failed of promo- tlon a year ago, although at that tme he was recommended. His triends, declaring deyelopments in the oil trials had -~vindicated him, predicted that he would win higher rank this year. The recommendations were made by the naval selection board and Secretary Wilbur and were approved by President Coolidge. In recommending promotions the | selection board, in addition to Cap- tain Robison, passed over the first five ranking captains, and two oth- er captains a little farther down the list. Roblson still has a chance for advancement mext year, but after| that he will pe retired by operation of the age limit. It Secretary Wilbur should decide | | later to reappoint him to his pres- ent post he could be retired as a rear admiral, Captains Passed Over, The captalns passed over mcludpd L. A. Kiser, Dewitt Blamer, E. Pollock, Waldo Evans, R. Bfllkxmp C. F. Preston and W. D. Brotherton, who commanded the (Continued on Page 1 \BESOFF SUED FOR $1,500 FOR INJURIES T0 BOY DeNoia Boy's Father Says Was Hit by Truck In School Yard. Chila Claiming his five year old son was and seriously injured by |in an alleged reckless manner by |Benjamin Sanders, now held on a | mansiaughter charge in connection | Martin, Anthony De Nofa today brought an action for $1,500 damages. The De Noia and the Martin boys were playing together fn the Nathan school yard last week when Bessoff's truck, driven by Sanders, {turned from Tremont street into the | |yard, striking the two children. Tsa»i dore was killed instantly. Although the De Noia boy ran away Police investigating conditions eurrounding the fatality were unable to find eye- witnesses, although they received nfermation that the two boys were playing together as the truck drove {into the schbol ward. Bessoff is nanied as defendant in {the suit since Sanders wafs in his em- ploy at the time of the accldent gnd |was operating the machina in Bes- soff's business tions. Attorney 8. , according to allega- . Gerard Casale 1s coun- Tt 1s alleged that Sanders drove at an excessive rate of speed without regard to the » of others, falled to sound a signal and that the accldent twas Ithrough no negligence on the part of the two boys. The plaintiff claims injuries to his son, consisting of face bruises and cuts, strained and brulsed ligaments and a severe shnck to his nervous system, bimehhlp; Mississippl when the turret explo- | FVECAPTAINST0 | TRAIN WRECK TOLL CLIMBS TO 42; INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDER WAY This photograph shows switch filled with SENATOR LA FOLLETTE 1S CRITICALLY 1L |Condition Regarded Serious, Though by 1 Means Hopeless as | Washington, Jyne 17.—(#—In- creased concern over the condition {of Senator LaFoliette, who is fight- ing a severe cold with complicution at his home here, ‘was apparent toq !day among those in attendance A statement issued at his office expressed hope for recovery but sald his condition had become ‘“‘some- what more serious.’” Members of the family declined to add to the announcement, bhat it was understood that after a turn for the better he had taken to his bed again and had found iderable difficulty in breathing dve to devel- | opment of brochial s The statement from his office sald: “Semator 1 1t phy stated today that aitho his con- ditlon was somewhat o serious than before, he was more than hold- ing his own and that every hope of his ult covery.” $30,000 Loss When Four Story Brick Building on Grand Avenue | i Gutted By Flames, | New Hav June (P-—Firp, | starting in the cell; f a fo story brick building on Grand avenue early this morning 1 the lives of 12 . per storles o the Globe ili i 1 up- s and did ts of the on damag: Furniture ground floor The fire wd is man G. E alarm officer safety. had b | the furnit | suming the carri Wher articles in the s C'alI For Recruits To Help Fngt Flames RagtngAt Washburn, Me. Lumber Mill and Pulp Wood Destroyed and Fi- | nancial Loss Will Prob-| ably Exceed $640,000. Washburn, Me, entire mill property ne 17 P—The of the American Realty Co. here was burned by fire, which broke out last night and was still ‘burning vigorously today, al- though considered under control, In addition to the mill, which ground pulp wood, 40,000 cords of puip wood was being rapidly consumed. The loss was estimate mately $640,000 A high nvorth 1 at approxi- wes! wind which blew throug the night threaten- ed to causo destruction of the vil- lage. on the outskirts of which the mill property Is located on the Aroostook river. ed with the and all available apparatus i ern Aroostook eounty. A call for recruits to relieve those but this was avert id of volunteer f emen firt upon the scene was sent out | early this morning. C resque Isle, Mapleton, 1 1 Limestone wer d towns which res; The fire spread v 16 the | huge piies o 1 | ployed at a dozen 1 irned still burning t and was being guarded by red estihates v s Great Northern Co.. w say w proport also lost 2 valued at & 8 0 and 1 000 feet The pu about also inciuded $ t » road cars insurance. storm that raged while the train sped on its way. wreckage and seeking those rr\ported as missing. 10 common Council Will Be Asked To the engine of the train in the ditch, after it had struck a dirt washed down the hillside near Hackettstown, N. J., during a heavy Officials are shown | APFI]INTEI] PRESIDENT inspecting the Hackettstown, N. J., June 17, ITALY ADDS STATE T0 FINISH EVIDENCE TODAY Prosecntion ~ Claims in Shepherd Case Motive that Shepherd Killed McClintock ~-White Will Be the Principal Witness in Trial. Chicago, June 17 (A—Today ‘Il\ see the end of the state's case against Willlam Darling Shepherd, sald Joseph P. Savage, assistant state's attorney, shortly before court opened this morning, COlaims Motive Proveldl “At this time, T think I can safely | say that the state has proved that Shepherd had a motive for slaying Willlam N. McClintock, his million- | alre foster son, and today we will | try to establish that he nctually did,” said Savage. probably late today, and if the jury belleves him, we will obtain Shep- herd's conviction if the jury does Sciences of Chicago, hwith Shepherd after he testified that for a promise of $100,000 he taught | Shepherd how to kill the rich youth | and supplfed ilve typhold germs for ~The, death list of the wreck ‘ot the deed, the spprl_n emigrant train of the Nurse is Witness Delaware, Lackawanna and \\\.“.:.-.,1 [": HUARI] AT UPSALA‘ Court opened with Miss Marle | Hall, a nurse, who attended young | Rallroad near here yesterday toda. mounted to 42 with a score of olhbr! in scattered hospitals still In a seri- ‘Re\‘. ous condition. dead now num- | ber 22 in Easton, three in Phillips- | burg, 8'in Hackettstown, six at Dov- | er and three at Morristown. | With the number of deaths| mounting steadily authorities today were Investigating the accident two | Rev. Dr. coroner's juries visiting the scene at |of the First Lutheran church, has Rockport Sag. been notified that he has been elect- Tcopold Neumarn, the agent who jed president of the hoard ot direct. organized the excrrsion of middle- [ors of Upsala college at East Orange, i westeim Germans who were on an N. J. Dr. Ahlquist has been a mem- annual trip 1§ Germany, today was ber t)! the bu.ud of directors of this busy seck lng “to establish the fdenti- . fty of those dead whose names were |still unknown, £0 Continues Trip Dr. Ahlquist Heads Directors at College Where He Taught His work was hindered in that | about 80 of the excursionists left|§ the scene the wreck for New| fYork and sailed on the Republic| vesterday. 1iis wife, carrying his| i and passports was among | them, The bodies of three women who | | Lre still unidentified. | died in (P—The 1 o1 to 42 today the wrec a Dela- ware, Lackawa & Western spe- tonrist train at Rockport J. B0 miles west of heve 6g of the injured varie three dozen to f of at New 17 death toll had as 1 resuit {ctal and the | onc dozen were | Among the | Toze cases conductor, | Antonio. gt Dover. 2t Morrta.| REV. DR. A. A. AHLQUIST institution, which is one of the larg- est Lutheran colleges in t! try, ever since he hecame o 14 years ago. He formerly - instructor there d on Page 12 Upsala colleg largest Sw S ish colle N Unif FOUR MOUNTED POLICE = - IS NEWEST SCHEDULE ; He Took a Chance, Now Pouble Force of Motorcycle Poticemen. He Will Go to Jail G Conn 17 (P— At tonight's commor il 'y 1 " meeting Tort will be Yo . have the present motoreycle force |y : e Srent of two men, douk placing four Biples motor on regular duty et e . The numerous for motor i a vehicle law offenses, together wit T the two ities which bout curred in this city, have impressed members of the common « ga with t bility of more 5 ed policern it ix expla = The pol commission has for an appropriation to nan or mare additional policemen 1o \o\wc Who Tl |(‘(| Suicide st To Be Bmuzht to Court e — —% New Haven (AT Tos - HIGH TIDF 3 ; < 1 June 18, 1925 s T il (Standard Time) Sy ¢ At New London— S A m: T3 pm At New Haven— AR 9:23 a. m.; 9:37 p. m i 3 | - vous depres | psmraae * Taae | MANSLAUGHTER ENOULGH THE WEATHER I G e = % Hartford, June 17.—Fore- than first or s cast for New Rritain and vi- | | f cinity: Increasing clondiness NeTRatn tomight followed by showers e and. thunderstorms late to. y E night or Thursday: Warmer ter - | | either charge is g within . Abel A. Ahlquist, pastor | \ICC.m ock in his last illness, the | first witness. Miss Hall testified that upon her arrival at the Shepherd- McClintock | | home a week after McClintock be- | came ill the youth was delirious. She testified also that Shepherd had | told her that “Billy” had said prior | to a doctor’s diagnosis, that he had typhold fever and that Shepherd told her he had given the youth a cathartic, Upon cross-examination, the nurse | said, she had acted upon specific in- structtons of the doctors, She saia | she observed nothing unusual at the Shepherd home and that Shepherd appeared as would the father of an {11 son. Shepherd expressed anxiety over the boy’s condition, she testi- fled. Doctors Exclude Girl Miss Hall testified also that Miss Tsabelle Pope, flancee of “Billy” was final stages of the youth’s {liness| upon orders of the doctors. The nurse admitted that in the preserib- ed treatment of the youth, she ad- ministered hypodermic injections, | thereby accounting for three punc- | tures in young McClintock's arm | noted in post mortem examina- | tion December 24, 1924, after he had been de Shepherd Asked Money McArthur, assistant secre- Northern Tr Co., tes- visited him Liod tary of the } tified Shepherd that during Billy's iliness and sought ad- vance of money. The expenses of said, He told Shepherd, McArthur sald, that he could not advance but if the bills were sent in m ey would be pald by the Northern nst which was in custody of the McClintock estate. 1so testified that Shep- ption of his {liness that he fear- was typhold. ed on that comment as offictal ‘ur!hm— Stewart than question by W. 8 chief ense counsel far as you know, all the state- ments Mr, Shepherd made were [: was the response. W, A. Miller, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, testified as to an w he had with Shepherd after McClintock's death in e defendant was quoted as ortly ing said the youth had ioved his Cross-examination of Miiler was reserved as the defense did not hav (Continued on Pa EXPECTS T0 SHOW MURDER! . State’s Attorney Says He Will Prove | “Faiman will be our last Whness.‘ not, then that is another story.” Charles C. Falman, proprietor of | the small Natlonal University of | was indicted | excluded from the sick room in the | ness had caused his per-| told him Bllly said at the| McArthur said | was | BRITISH SUBJECT BEATEN BY CHINESE IN SHANGHAI; HER PROTEST |Victim of Mob Is P.S. i Gavin, English Motor- | cycle Policeman And } His Condition Is Re- | garded As Serious. Italian Dispatch to Peking | Government Calls Atten- tion to Outrages and De- mands Protection for Foreigners. Shanghal, June 17 (P—P, B, \ba.vm, a British subject and a mo- torcycle policeman for the Shanghai | international settiement was mob- bed by Chinese here tonight, He was seriously hurt. | Gavin had just left the Barin road pollce sub-station at the extreme | nothern boundary of the settiement !when he encountered a throng en the nearby East Kashing road, | which is within the settlement boun- dary. The Chinese were being ha- rangued by a student. Crowd Attacks Him, The policeman interrupted the | speaker and ordered the crowd to !diaperuc. He was answered with |treats. Gavin then ordered a Chi- nese constable to return to the police sub-station, only a short distance |away, and obtain help. | When the men summoned by the constable arrived, they found Gavin Iying In the street, disarmed and his motorcycle gone, Examination at a nearby hospital showed his skull fractured. The Gavin Incident occurred about six o'clock. Up to 11 o'clock to- | night there had been no other dis- turbances. Italy Sends Note Peking, June 17 (A —Another note | emphasizing the gravity of the sit- |uation caused by recent disturbances {in China and calling upon the ‘Chi- {nese government to take measures, |was sent to the foreign office today by the Itallan ambassador, Signor |Cerruti, representing also other | members of the foretgn diplomatic {corps. | The note saia: |are informed of developinz |foreign sentiments and tendencies which cause the |apprehension. “Wishing above all to dispel every cause which might result in impair |ing the cordial relations hetween [China and foreign governments, my {colleagues and I once more draw at- |tentlon of the Chinese government to the gravity of the situation.” The note cited instances of the state of unrest in China which fm- perils the lives and property of for- eigners. It detalled recent disturb- |ances at Shanghai, Hankow and Kiu- |Kiang. It sald that at Chin-Kiang vlha agitation had become so intense |that forelgners had been obliged to |send their families to Shanghal. APPENDIX ON LEFT SIDE usual Discovery Made While Pa- tient is Undergoing Operation at General Hospital. sides wi ntl “From a suby gravest The finding of an appendix on the left side of the patient instead of the right side is the unusual experience sald to have been experienced by two local surgeons in an operation at the New Britaln general hospital last Monday. The patient is sald to have been Joseph McAvay of 8 Bronson street, a clerk in a Main street cigar store. The patient is sald to have been found perfectly normal | otherwise, Two Given Degrees at 2 | Rensselaer “Polytech” At the commencement exercises at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., held this morning, Clif- ton Miller Weed received the degree of mechanical engineer and Harold Frederick Miller received the degres of electrical engineer BOY HIT BUT RUNS AWAY Clifford Coleman of 44 Greenwood his aft Aret in hY automobile, dently unhurt as he jumped ran away. Boy Playmg With Gun Frreé Bullet Into James Robinson, 11, Is Wounded by Donald (:labeau, 11, With Revol- ver They Found in Va- cant Lot. aping serious injury automatic re ands of Dor 7 Chestnut 4 G street wen of 75 Lin 4 in his h t place nig fter ® o'clock while the twe Playmate s Hip voungsters we g ma aca lot at the co of Far streets with the claim, was fou u ant lot on I where they were playing with The Glabeau yout gun i is trigger ring yiuate's br i to w 1 the youth and after treating the cound, he motified t oiice, The sy over Sergeant atrick J. O'Mara Chief Wile jam C. Hart wil e the ownere \ship traced