New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NO PROMISE OF TRANSFERS ~ MITCHELL TENDERS DIPLOMATS UNDIPLOMATIC, AT -uuop'l" uagy1 S e ON NEW BRITAIN BUS LINES Counsel For Jltneurs Admits Belief Is Wide- spread But They Won't Be Issued. City Makes Strong Plotest Against Raise in Fares nator Hall Voices Op- | | | | position, (Epecial to The Heral Hartford, Jan. Z.v\ surpris Was sprung this morning at a hear- ing before the public utilities com- mission when Attorney Israel Nair, counsel for New Britain jitneurs seeking an increase of one cent in fares, announced that the fare was sought solely on its own m 8 and that the issuance of transfers was nothing more than a possibility and Y No means a promis The statement was nnounced surprise by Mayor A. 1onesea, Senator C. F. Hall and sthers who had appeared in protest, Fheir impression was that the aise was wanted to make 1e fssuance of transfers. This im- pression was gleaned, they said, rom newspaper accounts and from ‘tatements made at the office of the iayor. Attorney eived with Nair admitted such a city-wide, He intention to transfers if the increased res made it possible re not promised and that it was vossible that transfers might be «d on one line and not on another. Senator Hall, the first witness to ify, was not aware that the two tters were not linked until after commission Scnator Hall, who is an ofiicials of nders, I'rary & Clark, said thers re 4,000 people in that plant and any of these as well as othe 4 him to object to the i expressed no interes r privilege. nator Hall did not approve of uisfers, He declared this system in vogue on the Conneeticut mpany lines, had put that com- my in its present financial condi- and the jitne uld be like ‘o find themsel¥es in the same situs sunderstanding was clared it the jitney t in n Arch strect also pointing out financial success leglslative sion ca was brought out that proved ssively that the jitney business now paying good returns, he told con complemented the far its service, fiat 1 had) beer the last s 54 warr if for the which are Ny purpose of desired.” «quist of 45 City avenu afers, Jornest 1 on Page Seve 77 GRADUATE AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ‘iplomas Will Be Pre- nted to Class Friday Night s at graduation ¢ nior High school 1ri e by School mniittceman Hen Vollowing are t 3 Helen Mae Armsirong rgaret Bardeck, Edith Mae Bum- Mae Madelyn Butler, Mary \znes Bystrowski, Amy F, Carlson, Vlin H. Carlson, Geraldine Curtin, Monica 8. Dyminski, Sophie i Dzekosky, Margaret Ann Er- nson, Marion Iuigen, Elizabet) isn Tox, Philomer Gutow Irene Louise Hai el Alice on. Mary L Johnson, Ellen Kenned ilia Louise Marion Mildre Koplowitz, mer, Mildred Marion gnes Shirley Maloszka, McAloon, Celia Helen Mary Mikalaus- Nelson, Elvie ane Park- . Sara Dor- Teresa M Mz werry phie facDor abeth Ann alowski, Sophie Christin Kre , Julia Bart Agnes Emelia § Swanson, Florer nkine, Charlo ith Anna Ziegler obert Louis Barker, Kepneth Lewis Beecher, Philip Harold Birn- baum, Hilding Roger Bengston, Ar- hur Hilding Berli neis Henry Bradley, Harold rison, Blis Bartlett Clark, James Francis 1’Avanzo, Charles Stuart Dube, Leonard Ryde Ekwurtzel, Fred James Gennette, John Bartholomew i, Myron L. Gordon, Edward Nathaniel Gourson nley Kania, Thomas Lister Kild es Lacava, Lawrene gan, Jr., Joseph Jame si, John Leon Matulis Philip McBriarty, Carmen 1 Naples, George Frederick Neldmann, Norman Ber pin. Edward An ndrl Chester Lawrence Martin Henry Partyka, Al- Politis Ryan Stromquist Tsabe Ll Witkin ugl, hyle Jose rew oshorn M. possible | but that they | oS H ApY 29UU07) NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNES ‘RESIGNATION FROM U. 5. ARMY SERVICE flEFENSF RESTS |N Asks That ll Be Eliective Feb- FALSE ARRFST S[]IT ruary {-May Continue on ;Formau I Meshken Action \ Almost Ready for Jury New Britain Lawyer Fxamined Con- | cerning Events At Home of De- fendant, Denjes Revolyver Was RBrought Into Play, (5pe | Hartford, John T, al to The Herald,) 21 (Pr—Attorney Robinson for the defense in the sult of 8 B. Forman of New | York agalnst BEdward Meshken of New Britain for $25 leging f. prosecution, Jan, 4000 damages al- > arrest and malicious rested his ease just be- fore the noon recess in the superior fer the plain- argued be and jcourt to Counsel fiff and for the their cases this Judge L. P. W {Jury, | Lawyer Robinson continued the |drect examination of Alfred Le- Witt of New Britain at the opening of the session this morning. He questioned Lawyer LeWitt about the transaction hetween Forman and Meshken In Meshken's store on De. cember 9th, 1922 <0 abont the transaction which had taken place at Meshken's home between the on December 28th, LeWitt denied it Meshken had threatened 1o n with a revolver and s never had seen a revolver Meshken's hands. He rd reat and no a 11t was made, id o farewell party b en for Meshken on Decemt Lwyer Goodhart asked LeWitt if he Lad torn up the agreement alout the trip to Europe on Docember 9t1 and LeWitt answered that he had, ibut both Forman and Meshken 1 Iready come to their agreement | fore he arrived at the He said he rememhered what was con- tained in this agreem for the past three years but he 1ot re call anything about the later agres ment. He said at Meshken's home lon December 28th, the second s ment which was to ofiset tl agreement was drawn up bet 11:30 and 12:15 o'clock. It was ifter Meshken had itchen into the livi Before that. time Mes (man had talked toget I “'rvp. M n had s ha was foolish to feel about the trip !the way that lie had. He said that Forman did not need to conslder his Ifare because he was anxious to 0 and he said that he did not mind storms and claime w“ better sport fhan I° added tha people going across th Witt also said th Forman talked about th It bring back for After this he related how YMH an to go home and he heard Forman ak about a holdup. He said tha agreement to show defendant afternoon lo Marvin e the m no e en giv 9th ore, did first from tie room. und For- about the Forman ken ere a furs they the spring conversation had started e was willing to go to that nothing hout money ir swer to question by Y‘nlruwnn he said nm the first Meshken had en the at the hor that night nE after it ¥ 1 heen drawn up and signed by Forman, Meshken did not like the first onc account of no the u. Ao on PN v e tore it He had mads agreement a ment ollaction and that nig He man, after reading d not it was no ¢ jod on lis own ree- tallk with he d 1lso said say ir Torman A memor o furs wonld ¥ ard, was on 1t iary Porman it nbercd Torma Tec e comir n For is shop ¢ mh: l two | Lecture Platform (QUESTION OF ACCEPTING ALFRED LEWITT ON STAND RETIREMENT NOW BOBS UP | Becanse Colonel DId Not Speeify He Was Resigning “For the Good of the Service,” President May Re- turn Letter—T'riends Think Con- victed Offleer Would Then Fight Issue in Courts, Washing William from the The sentenee from t zton, Jar Mitehel army Vot five er, under suspension of his eriti- n policies, this single Arny nation in ereby an officer tender my resi United Iebruary tion States 1, as the eifect fat ‘x today through tho co of and al of ling Washing. a d to the the army ma ton. of the district Aceeptance Questioned resignati bren army 7y that in the Irawa will b devel- s indi m case of such army tl that the with- from the directly y should resigns the ion is for good of sory final t proved T decision wil who modi court martia sentencing years suspension, bu what the court's find- should be without pay s during the period. Lecturing £ Colonel Mitc he {3 permitted army he will ac- ntinue on the T two rations the with ice of the tained t to five e court in colonel reduced some ng that he or allowance May Continue ell's friends th if p out of t n offer to ¢ crusade for ational omir o r P ir power return the lopment ¢ signation beea of Col- 1l to say is of the hle e zood sery ler 1cceeding doubt developmer obably th Wwould impr Fight ion of th iy mate 1s that he ¥ resist sident to refuse an army ever has b wion of partment 1 survive articuiarly 1 conduet prejudi yod order and discip At a Disadvanta that S asse Thes ell's supy Mitel uch disadvant rm eent 120 hie NETOY Ersy only re-appoir 15t brigadier | { rded him a (Cotinued on Rogers, Sla yer of Own Son, Freed of Manslaughter but Is Ordered Sent to Norwich Insane Asylum ew Haven, J [t} Rogers, Wa ed to th isane asylum by J Arthur . ¥ for killing his one h of Thurlow B. mit wich, day of hury mo: last ye Thompson Hartford Re- and xaminatio study crime. of that nd him- V BRITAIN HERALD — Average Daily Circulation For | Week Ending 12 953 Jan, 23rd S PRICE THREE CENTS DEBATE ON COURT GROWS BITTER AS TIME FOR VOTE DRAWS NEARER ‘RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR ANXIOUS Sen Stephens, Demo- T0 PUT "TEETH” INTi 0 DI VORCE LAW crat, Charges That N fl H S ATHLETES | Catholics and Klans- men Are Lined Up WIN SGH[]MRSHIPS T"gethfl In Opposi- | tion Because of Their (Poliis and Scully Will Hatrick-! Hatred For England. [ate at Fordham College | DAY, JANUARY 1926. on “ly —TWENTY PAGES. WASHINGTON POLICE CLAIM Complain To State Department Of Alleged Insulting Actions Of Some Foreign Envoys Washington, Jun, 27 (&) Charges was 1 R used b | Washington's diplo- | ur are everything but | th least when accosted me | matic colony | diptom a by in a of nguag wan's conduct and police officers In coneerfnng tha gé polie Distri of rs n raffi jeemen memorandum ent today nissionere ained Proposed Legislaliun Also Will Make Tt More Diffi- cult for sent to the by the clty issioners also called a that secor Belgian embassy, hour through traffic on com Baron lst, soe Senor Dor 1 It was related when g Mantill an | o 5 “milos Younger Gen- uador ave bhook for if he should ¢! car in the middle it would be business,'" Tie 0 leave of Sixteenth s of r-parking, he said t eration to Marry Secret- | mm all the p damned | can 1 ‘ rlos, itin diplomatic cpartment state i : Iy and in Haste. | P e, Ja Avoldance | Gang of Eight Attacks Policeman e R as He Makes Arrest in North End the none your = | Urges Thel;:u‘;ast Aside BOTH HAVE GOOD RECORDS | Their Personal Views and Act in the Best In- the United o Go ‘H"\YH’{E\ 1 by ition of the gen embl 1 in April of last by ar om1nission, Stars on Basketball, Football and terests of eral 2 Graduate | yes Ar The proposed la mitted to the gener New York School Kumm Knocked to Ground, | | Kicked and Punched by "0 50 Elgert Politis, Wr dnd Str | Crowd of Tough Youths. |25 °f ! Wil he Jossalaltdsios a4 Glleatiubiand 12y TS, as nt, | Roger s son of Mr. and Mrs, | Patrick I, illy of 92 Hart street, vere today awarded scholarships ordham college. Both are mem- ers o r's mid-year gradu- tion at New B ine High school ind are the third and fourth New | tain High school boys who have | Baseball Teams Who by i i With Mid-Year Class, To Enter | tates. Yellow Balloons Set Free at Noon Today are riags 1 from to 16 years males. Com- res will not rec- son o 0— undred Washington | vote on the world court expected to 1y, this oon the seuate con tinues its dogged fight for and ainst U. 8. adhiesion with the pro- ponents and opponents registering their views in wordy assaults, some of which verge on the vitrolic, The senate first took up today the sservation offered by Senator Moses, prohibiting enforcement of ments of the court by war “un- any name or in any form what Jan, 27~—Wlith a Several h loons were Herald office t thousands of gazing toward the myriad of yollow d ing around in the number of tached ts able in mer ading N tags the Herald o yellow bal ‘rom the d soon were the P! iy, relonsed Fi is noon lestrians sky where vears to 18 years for renee ; 1 streets upted to ar- ged 19 of alleged 1k were fined o cich given suspend- | tha marri; s by Judge ALNg i | peooiving oday. Officer Kumm |y G br King on North and he grabbed the t when he clutch his sev companions , grabed his ged him 100 feet wlhiere mon law marr Kuir last nig rest V Be , when 1 alter Gor ticipants in the a otal of this ye not marry for vs after receiving No minister permitted to pert lcense, redeoms lder €hall he 1 number Britain storee. should be brought to for endorse- claims that pickets off Sexton street or e h ed the boy ounded hi; and dr oy street, m remony without first from the a license s ese ourt joard of AlL rom health livorce witnesses in tests &hall npn\ be taker court, nted from court ndance by i ss or other “nnavoldable cause,” nator Moses told the to make th ent of peace st that it ent of war,'"” Lenrooty republican, gued that the reser stroy the court peace, senate his court & to the ex will not be an but Senator Wisconsin, ar- fon would de- an Instrument of ex call public serial he ¥ tale of mystery, wi this issue of the promiscs to be one tention 4 ahe 11 attentio youth Vit story en Legins in most Tn which case the judge may specify 1in master in chancery to tak Under th ard e Jeposition the nose an h G the present law tire the s hit on m Iy upon opinfon possihle e officer said t lants told the youth “soclk ' He that he struggled with boys but was unable to gain the Final nd had The epositions, Lenroot’s Agreement He “It would make t for wrongdoin root, “instead of 1550 him the uppe he stated, the —_— he got up, and found that he TOLL OF HUMAN LIFE Officer Kumm says that some of he youths ‘Tan down North strect | Five in New York, Two in Glens Falls, One trying to rin and that he attempting to catch 1 and that others headed towerd Main s Officer Grabeck saw one tingent runni down and stopped t in Bantam Lim homy Officer Kumm said that } t Officer Grabeck and told hir trouble, cAvay later red ov and together ind up ked the to of commiss Rhode ma Island balloons up tomorrow noon allotment sent : e court a shield aid Senator Len a tribunal of jus. recent tivitic penalties nill Heavy ropose na | S0 many are fixed the for colluston or frand lecree af boys ran 1aw Senator Borah declared the league of nations by sanction must enforce icerees of the court, “If the other mations v 1o war it Is none of our Senator Lenroot rep “Then there is force lier or Moses interjected either then or war, pting to secure a of the more sweeping cha 1 i that this state ref v decroes of divoree t to go business, grant other state Sor con- North street i § : o cognized ) . for . 35 Clark that one wid and occurrine his o instrument s now one « n and it ot Tolinson & ELGERT POLITIS Steph democrat, was drunk was the Kn | sissippl, dee t Order of Hiberniar Columbus and the were opposed to the their the honor in the past year. other two are Howard of 1 Jun John Ku woi Beloin, s graduation Grip, treasurer of vear. The letter an- award was received | Harry Ginsberg, who all-around athlete at Ford- ! ter his graduation from High Klux im president ourt be | cause of hatred for Englan Catholics and Klansmen “We are told by scientists that th ¥s of miracles are over,” he con inued. “That cannot be true be cause we see e Ca and the n sleeping in the bed o1 this question.” for themselves in the past year k % | “no poet, no imagination, pieture has painted New | morn 7 th torney ment today. those St o Bridgeporter Arrested For ()‘,rnxe L. S sridgepor youn, to « 1001 o their 1tholics as follows at the High and the boys Wi and d given su days in 19583 Tane same r Kol- days wer ended Henry street; 10 Win- years ago, vaded v of ow countryman ted tod ol from Tortugal it on the cheel 1 from his it hos or Stept 1 clared vivid his Haen Cathol S hin: Politis in as arres of m t e en he retur ! Klux Kia nik, aged Firer, chael Ker E ot yhn . 91 Koloski vho was ear, recc bedroom Popavic lays in the aigned Sexton NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE phia ine T w]‘m]\w\ INCREASE N POLIGE FORCE IS FOREGAST But Hall Says 20 Men Will Not Forthcoming rned tl { Officer end eir k this a iven Leading or eldost 13, he fled to the sty Grorge Kisse Tth street d in Kumm claims tha e sessions short- (Continued on Page T crnoon Vast Flocks of Homeless Waifs, Driven by Cold and Hunger, Are Advancing on Cities in Russia £E8% , &Il , wi New Be R n\l' H\ manist home broke ont f ceti Bsurrit Rob Pedestrians and Pil- Homes — Militia Forced to Threaten Shoot in Effort store Order. ot say tha Veteran Harvtford Priest . . e ROGER in Dying Condition would be a SCULLY lage A to to Re- reome Judge Klett, Near Death, { Makes Slight Rall The condition of Judge ¢ Klett, whose on last g neral hospita is reported tly im- last night bevond all Frank Klett aled. 1t v ted to- s still hope for his it is s Some This Time it's the Prince’s Horse That Falls—Equine Corpse irauders were Madame rman of cuti con. w Britain ¢ \s extremely eritical, oved. It was believed Judge Klett and his brother, ad left orts of them om nsiders her the best good overy although ht he city cax look afte home oW1 his life and d may be pay eans of a fir mortgage. TI THE WEATHER Hartford, Jan. 27.—Iorccast r New Britain and vicinity Mostly cloudy with probably lisht snow tonight and Thursday tonight ests of th > has worked saved his mo oft his hom and ey ar by v wr — = (Continued on Page 17) ¢ l