New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press d Vv A a W BRITAIN HERALD A Week Ending Sept. 4th .... verage Daily Circulation For 13,373 ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WED NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS LOCAL TIP BAGS BARBERI, SETS POLICE ON TRAIL OF RUM AND HI-JACKING RING KING, THOUGH DEAD, HAS PART IN CASE Jess W. Smith, Also Deceased, Mentioned in Daugherty Trial “Startling Disclosures” In- {EVIDENCE timated by Hartford Au-| thorities if They Find| Owner of Automobile. Identity of Auto Which Brought Wounded| Murderer to This City May Lead to Gang| Quarters 'Will Prove That Daugherty, Miller, King and Smith Accepted Bribes of $141.000. New York, Sept. 8 (P—The names two men now in thelr graves, will | in the trial of| Hartford, Sept.' 8 (P — Every| branch of the Hartford police de- partment was pressed into service s morning in an effort to locate mysterious truck that carried Cozare Barber, confessed slayer of Carmelo Tiralongo, from New Brit- ain to Brooklyn, N. Saturday | night. Questioned as to their réason for attaching such importance to the| k, the police admitted that upon | establishment ot its ownership would hinge the exposure of . giant Lootlegging and high-jacking ring hat has been operating in this tion of the state. Disclosures that may later be made, they in- imated, \(ll be startling. rett J. Farrell, with the detective bu- work on clues to the of the truck, which the for the time being| ‘the truck of mystery. Lieut. Frank Santoro, head of the ctive burcau, departed from usual custom and this morning left his desk to accompany Detective cant Nicholas Gallicchio and digan in their search for \var T officiais were | V2T . away from the pollce 'station for| Richard Merton, German —ms several hours but it was not re-|Masnate, is anclier Zas W vealed where their clues led them, |!8ure prominently “" L“ ”‘m 3 or Whether or not they remained in | PCFing as a government W New Brits and his family, the government con- the city or went to New Dritain, tends, contro 1 » two German firms and the supposedly Swiss firm e involved in the transter of of figure prominently Harry M. Daugherty, former attor- \ey general, and Thomas W. Miller, ormer alien property custodian, on | charges of conspiring to defraud the government while they held high public office. King and Smith. was made States ner, pre case, the names of the 1 ot Bridgeport, once | tional committeeman from cut, and the late Jess W This United Bucs! tion Atto! prose: Distr nting the tioned John T. repub repe King, in close touch reau in ereabou police have designated commit They TPulled the Strings. and 8 Kin Smith, Mr. Buckner| arg. ed in | inging about the transfer to al-| dly German claimants, of §7,- 1,000 realized from the sale of rican Metals company iri- seized a my property when United States entered great h tie he truck. e three o | Caught Through Local Tip I The arrest yesterday afternoon in | Corona, L. L, of Cezare Barzerl, | confessed murderer of Carmelo Ti longo, Torrington bootlegger, 1in Hartford was made possible through the activity of the New Britain po- nging from Carmelo Bon- street, this city, admissions that he accompanied | Sarberl on an automobile truck. to|yyio Y., Sunday night, it | police dquarters to- | | Bon- | , and other ex- 1 Mr. Buckner, 1s of hot accou Miller, g and Merton ity on April 19, Smith and Daugh e purposc of | ol pense tha MK York | Miller, 3 met in New 1921, and that rty came meeting ice in wi Bribes Total $141,000. of this confer- », the government contends, that 1,000 were aid at Tt tely on obtaining i Imissions, Detective Ser- geant William P. McCue told De- | eants John F. Madigan Gallichio of the Hart- ford police that he felt certain the trail led to Brooklyn and they agreed that the logical move was to go to New York without loss of time. Ac- the prosecutor said, was r Merton had come to this coun- approval . John that would cl of the T. King was the | chose, and the ¢ men consequently Ji\h-km-r asserted. Mr. Buckner declared \I rton later visited Dat hington to t up t man metal magnate did not “m. him a “single umen serap of paper as a basis for 7,000,000 claim.” (Continued on Page 15.) KNIGHTS OF GOLUMBUS 10 BULD AUDITORIN . - « | Mr. Buckner, “that fil h n\“ Me Committee of Five to Cor- | r. Puckner, that Sl sider What Steps |was told tha it would bo a to Take | that thing to meet Colonel Miller he, Jess Smith and John | King went to the hotel McAlpin st | where €mith introduced Merton to Miller and Miller told Merton to | come to Washington to see him. “Within the next week made the trip to Washington and Jess Smith took him to Miller’s of- fice. Miller sent for his chief as- sistant, R. E. Williams, a man whom he has promoted to a job that paid a larger salary than his own. The hat in the ave thA aid good and an auditorium to be rear of the Knights home on Iranklin rted last night at the the Knights of ssociation held of Da Plans for erected in the of Columbus square were st annual meetin Columbus Building er the anual m council, No. 12, K. of C., in Judc hall on Main street. The association | voted to instruct the incoming presi- dent of the association to appoint a committee of five members to look into the advisability of the project. he association elected a board of lirectors and this board will meet after the first regular session of the council in October for the elcction of officers. Upon the selection of a president the committee will be ap- pointed. 1t has long been planned to utili he area in the rea home for the site of ar and gymnasium, but nothing definite has ever been done towards its real- ization until last night. Concrete ion will probably be taken in the after the commitice becomes d and investigates the situa- (Continued on Page 15.) NEW BRITAIN-HARTFORD H. . GRID DUBL NOY. 20 Rival Schools Will Engage In An- nual Football Clash in Capital City. first official announcement date for the annual football between Hartford Public High school and the New Britain High school and of the entire schedule of dates for t cason was announced the Herald by | Coach George Cassidy this morning. The Hartford yed in that The other triangular gue games with the New Haven Hill- house High school will be played November 6 in this city. Opening the season will be the game with Suffield Preparatory school in t place on Scptember The was at first planned the alumni team but a change of plans was made. The rest of the schedule follows: October 2, Nor- wich IFree academy in New Bri iin; October 9, open; October 16, ingfield High School of Com- merce in New Britain; October 23, Collegiate Preparatory school New Britain; November 6, New Haven Hillhouse High school in New Britain; November 13, Weaver High school in Hartford; Novem- o Hartford Public High in Hartford. home games will be played field 1n Willow Brook | The of the game to M It is understood that a. timate of the a building had been made some years.ago and a price of $200,000 was placed on the :d building. These plans will probably be utilized if the association votes to build, but the entire project will no be attempted at the first step. It is understood that a building costing about $25,000 will first be erected, but will be built in such a manner that in later years the original plans will be carried out. The attitude of meeting last night, which was the most largely attended of the year, indicates that that the project will be e ied through. The motion to apps t the committee d with warm enthusiasm was carried with hardly a dissenting vote. This will be the second project undertaken by the members the Knights of Columbus in t cost of will be ovember le classic Ry y on pl 20. for the. members at th was re- and N ceive in of council Haon The originally ocen quarters in Black on street and after the war, thess be- (Continued on Page 16) 00l The | at Memorial | park. Dist. Atty. Buckner Tells Jury It clear today when | metal | nith, Daugherty, John | given | try to find some one with political when | ify that he T | Merton | LOGK HORNS OVER COUNGIL POLITIGS |dudd and Sablotsky in Lively | Dispute Orer “Railroading” THREAT T0 LEAVE MEETING Three Republican Senators Win Renominations but Fourth Loses GERMANY ELECTED; SPAIN UNGERTAIN MWadrid Has Issued No State ment on Quitting League . WORLD WAR NOW BURIED Lenroot, Leader of. Fight For Adhension to World Court, apparently Defeated By Blaine in Wiscon- sin—New Hampshire For Moses, Camerson Un- opposed in Arizona and Oddie Leads in Nevada. | Councilman Boyle Expresses Dis- pleasure Over Manner in Which | Republican Leader Conducts Gathering to Discuss Rules. | At a session which, while bri IS OUTLINED | was quite spicy at times, the special | committee on revision of the rules | voted to make a recomn the city government be requested to forward to the city clerk all reports requiring action by council in time for publication in the advance | reports. This decisions was satis- factory to all the mew the un- | derstanding being that when boards | are unable to comply their reports | will be mailed to the council mem- ers. \ Councilman Samuel | the sixth ward and Alde Judd of the third ward, |a democrat and the r the re- | publican leader, engaged in some snappy repartee before the meeting was well under way, and Councilman W. D. Boyle, democrat, threatened to leave the meeting unless the chairman confined the members to | the business in hand. Councilman Boyle contended that Alderman Judd’s examination of Councilman Sablotsky relative to an expenditure of money on the Glen street pave- | ment was not germaine to the sub- blotsky th |ject for which the committee was | | appointed. Sablotsky Explains Position At the outset Counc sky said he believed it | the taxpayers to have | membe s the council |an opportunity to study the report coming from the various b Time after timehe sald, print [ ports are laid on the council mem- | | bers' desks and someone moves th | adoption without having an mpxnnm | tion made. He ‘oelieved, he said, that at least two days' time should | | be allowed the members to acquaint | themselves with the business they are called on to dispose of He produced a copy of the min utes of the council meeting in 19 t which a resolution was adopted {Continued on Page Five) (GEORGE GUNN, FORMER PARTY LEADER, DIES filford Man Long Promi- | nent as Democrat—Leg Recently Amputated w Haven, Scpt. 8 (P—George Gunn, president of the banalartini resident of Milford, long an active | figure in democratic politics of the Recently his leg s M. National adesman city, a state, died today. | was of the dition precarious. Mr. Gunn Dr. William Verdi, hospital on August heen admitted to the fortnight before suffering infection of the left le then just observed his T5th versary., While he had been in fair health for some time he had sev- cral years ago a period of § When he entered the hospital month it was for observation the operation decided with every encouragement that would recover normal health. Mr. Gunn was a member of t | 1 assembly in 1907 and w democratic leader in the house the time John Q. Tilson was spealk- and Elmore §. Banks was re- publican leader in that body. It | was a session in which party lines were sharply drawn and Mr. Gunn had many parliamentary battles with his political opponents. This was a session also when Governor | Woodruft had made an effort to s cure adoption of a bill creating public utilities commission and when also the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad com- pany was sccking amendments to | its charter to broaden its corporate | powers. The session is looked back to as ope of the most active on record. | Through Mr. Gunn b throughout the state times later the party sought to have him permit use of his name ac a candidate for nomination for | state office, including the governor- | ship, but Mr. Gunn, following his legal practice and later entering into finance and banking, refused to seck political prefercment, Mr. Gunn was president of the Milford toard of trade for many years and also entered largely for some years into civic affairs A graduate of Yale in 1874, Mr. Gunn established in 1924 a Milford scholarship of an income value of $286.50 for a student of Milford High school who desired to enter Yale and won the honor through | standing in school | While at Yale Mr. Gunn played on the first Blue football team. Hi was a member of the team met Princeton in the firet between the two universities. He leaves a wife. amputated because an infec member had made his con- was operated upon by at St. Raphael’ He had hospital a from an last and upon he was zen s, leadership well known and many his pa came very game |plete returns from the |yesterday in Nev | of pass on matters at prac- | | tically every meeting without having | He had anni- | which | Washington, Sept. ination of three repub and defeat of a fou |Irvine L. Lenroot, leader of t mmnir. tion's successful fig |adhesion to the world court— dicated today on the basis of incom- primaries of Arizor progres- | of Nations Also Brings Into Effect Her: support Treaty of Mutual 1d the Guarantee of ¥ te group. Moses Well in Lead T o TLast October, consin and New H Blaine Leads in Wisconsin In Wisconsin the of struggle between Senat r Governor Hampshire. of the common council last night | dation | that all boards and commissions of | cyes to- he forth Fra lcome her former my into the fold of coneil Minister Vandervelde rimed approval ion, while Sir s contributic half of Great Britain lear and easily rd s crowded auditorium. Three New Council pite from 1inst the ny's ele case of ¢ husiasm pro- nd Chambe of Germany’s Aust unan on crisp, rout was ez throug ts Des sts the Scan- policy of tion with ap- in the number of non-permanent counefl seats from to this augmentation was also nanimously. America, on s a SENATOR MOSES SEN \l()l'. LENROOT Follette ; On ir forces showed was more tha his opponent, Bl and the La that the 10,000 votes behind !Governor John J. turns from Milwaul cor returns from ten of vada Ninchitic move t s visibly d er re- ing Imission Germ M. Ninchitich is foreign avia, the country town of assassination n Archduke Ferdinand the initial incident in < of the world W after all 1 of faith were ri announ ameron, was un- ASSUNES BLAME FOR ONNCRSHP OF BEER ‘New Haven '\I?n Confes | to Free Another | Under Arrest 1 nomin tion in Hayden hows, at those n dur Hampshire Primary N. H,, orge H. president pro ey iculties were not dif which npore of the , tod Georze Collins, street, N lity for primary elc Fr responsi nk mer 245 YOUNG BRIDE WRITES OWN WEDDING RITUAL Deletes W md “Ohm and Substitutes Her Views on Marriage Vows t opponent FFor was when aged up for this mor d one of | during | ood firm on shington, while da | ad- dispos Ul AR L z ith fai to support the Collins pleaded represented istration’s polic | lverse vote on the world court | adhesion question, despite a request rom Governor Winant for a favor- | Jle ballot, and his proposed inv zation of the I vards in for re criticism did opposition to the 1924 farm relief meas to override the pre *1‘ the postal salary and per (Contirued on Page 10) (P — nt Hol- don Cedric Polytechnical T were married with a ritual which the bride to of the real Paw Miss Dorot we nd 4:14 per ¢ Attorney Cabelus said the defense. Colli 1 wic's arrest, cam blame. He has ber ness only o realized a profit heavy , the a tax 1 his d toc 1 in the beer busi- time and ¥ st, Vo veto of | her to pay & omitted two par: rite were in which 2 of the ck. The Miss tures Edward T. was Fire Board fo Defy T; radesmen, Votes to Repaxr City’s T mcks Turns Down Request to WINS $fi 000 STAKE ]1 ‘ Exclu- | HORSE: SHOE PITCHING con Del duc t of the graph her id one D.D., ion to Hiscos, (17 Lo tion dera- of y v was 1son Keep Firemen n sively Fighting Fires | Audience tn Fvening Dress Applaud Tilt With Architect. liting t h ion of o0 1) B to n essay canct e marriage 1 on union it us of social existence ch 1ding on the ceremony the as Gilded Shoes Fly in as ra service, which t her mar- Ball Room. Disregarding the requ we tradesmen that it reconsider its Former of for Chicago, 3 Mayor Williani Hale Chicago is $5,000 ric having ed th shooting Thompson tion of a previous meeting r¢ T to the installation of an index sys- and rit presc Ministers” writt Hiscox, D. D., this ceremony t 1 was taken from demonstr e sha n th ancient tem showing the occupation Dosslbiiitice S 1 hoard voted to nd to in- deci- s of the firemen, the fire Yo trac its meeting last night, ahead with its plan the tradesmen of pitching and elevate at g0 form on The communic: tradesmen was re: learned in a recent issu Herald that the firemen were to be 1 to do the work of trad n and it was their belief that firemen ould fig! fire and not engage in other occupat This came posal of Chairm an index system would be handy for the to take care of repa cxpense and trouble of c1p. Immediately ation was read, Shanahan moved tha instructed to inform t the board will cont ent system. He said he the commission had a rig know about the abi of fta m The board apparently inter follow this course for carlier meeting it voted to locate who have experience in the automo- | bile repair field and w m to| repair the Seagraves truck at I quarters. The board also voic ppropriate sufficient money for hir-| ing an expert from t n yard to 1 rick 1l Toom. ey wrroll Towa from ba “obey" the 1 and ma is inte game He won history and Har sons of the pitched a contest to 46. T old fricr th who cc phra mong otk & of things tion from the 1. They said they the former am pion, a in t s n H hson's Parke could n whic us 1 was m, a Att two the lic bolled-shirted f a pro- that d youth rhythm of ballroom be in her, man never ent the upon T LhE herish and honor deleted of J o Will you love, ¢h " was the question § lation communi- | ¥ her THE WEATHER calling the Commissioner | the clerk be | e tradesme n‘ ue in its thought | ht to ask pa of outside “obe th family DD Pawtucket Vill you love, cherish, honor and protect her?” was the question a ed by th “I am having rmed at my home fri 1s,” she said something ostentatious wit to y 3 ers, T should bave had a church wedding. It is too solemn an Qc sion to be viewed with curiosity Miss Cheek received her master of arts degree from Smith college in 1924. She has been teaching chem- | | [istry at Western college, Oxford, | % | Ohio. after b t and vicinity Fair tonig lay creasing cloudine Iy warmer in s and slight amon; 1 my own sired | | | | | | il | *—_— firemen satis HIGH TIDES 9 (Standard Time) New Haven: 1145 a. m New London: 10.33 a. m.—10:48 p. m. (Continued on Page 19), | been [than be held ¢ i —_———————— MILITARY CHIEFS AND NOT ~ POLITICIANS SHOULD HAVE DRAFTED TREATY OF PEACE SCOUT EXEGUTIVE Acoepts Offer of Similar Post in, New BedIord Mass ) LEAVES THIS CITY 0CT. 15 Regional Commissioner Advises Council to Release Him Because | of Larger Opportunity in New Ficld—Successor Due October 1. The re Scout signation of Wi executive ter O’ Cook, | for New Britain, | was accepted by the Boy cil at headq rccep! Scout coun- meeting in Scout evening. It ret after the direc- a special °rs last was 1 W tors had deci ith reg d that it would be un- fair to Mr. Cook to refuse to accept t Mr. Cook will leave October 15 to | |e ept a position as Scout executive for the city of New Bedford, Mass, | on which has been tendered | m several times. Those present at the meeting when ation was accepted were t F. M. Holmes, vice presi- A. H. Scott and n; and §. H. Raymond, Judd and Leon A. Sprague. am E. Severance of Boston, deputy regional scout commissioner of New England, also attended and | conferred with the local directors. | The dircctors were reluctant to re- lease Mr. whose efforts have | been responsiblef or the development of Scouting here, but were advised to do so by Mr. Severance, who said meant an opportunity for greater advancement for the local executive, While no figures have been made | public it is understood that a sub- | increase in salary has been | W. H Wil Cook will go to New Bedford | 1 time executive. This is the that city will engage a | the work heretofore » of a part time from a $6,000 New Britain to a sn‘nm\\ New Bedford. New Bed- | ford and Fairhavén combine their Scout act and the local man | hopes within a few years to build up | an organization there which will be | oln a par with his achievemets in his cf > policy here has always ‘quality instead of quantity” nd altough New Britain has more than 500 Scout it ranks high in Scout 1g because of its standards more e of mere numbers, | Britain Scout camp at | aid to be one of the best | Boy Scout camps in America is probably Mr. Cook's greatest work here and that is the most difficult tie for him to brea Besides his mili seas, in the Officers’ Reserve corps and in the organization of at least | two militia regiments here, Mr. | Cook was one of the organizers of the old City Gua' ', which grew out of the New Britain Rifle association during the early days of the war. He was sccond lieutenant under Cap- tain A. W. Piper, and succeeded the latter to the captaincy, afterwards | resigning and being succeeded by Captain Fred O. Rackliffe. He is prominent in Masonic cir- 1 member of Harmony lodge, | A and A. M, a former secre- tary of Aziz Grotto and was at one time editor of the Azizite. Ho is department scout officer of the American Legion of Connecticut 1 will submit a report to the na- tional legion convention at Philadel- phia next month. He went to the Mexican border with Co. 1, Fir-t Conn. Infantry, in 1916 and later went to Camp Devens from which place he went overseas | in the World war. It is understood efforts will be made to have a new executive here by October 1. having been exceut b budget in | The New Job's Pond, y record over- | ON ~Willlam Johnston States in t. 8 (A M. d Philadelphia Tilden and William will represent the Uni the singles matce in the Dav cup challenge with the French team | | the politicians who | ‘experts’, {to be offered to France that \ deal, {the war with Germany, after | propaganda minorities ours is no longer a reps s e UK RESIGNS AS Had They Done S, Gen. Harbord Tells Kansas Legion, World Would Have Been Better Off Today Pledlcts in Few Years Will Control Government — Deplores America’s Insistence on Debt Settlement. Veterans Fort Scott, Th Kansas, Sept. 8 (Fl— world would be better off to« v it military leaders of Germany, and the Allies had drawn up the plans for world peace instead of framed the Ver sailles treaty, in the opinion of Majs General James G. Harbord, presie dent of the Radio Corporation of America, expressed before the state convention of the American Legion in session here. Would Have Succeeded “Foch, Pershing, Haig and Petain, with Hindenburg and Ludendorft and a dozen stenographers, a few, maps, a minimum of the so-called in a month’s time would have made a more enduring peace for the world than was accomplished by the conference of statesmen | which sat in Paris for two years and |played and plotted with the possi= bilities which were created by the valor of armies,” he said. Future ¥or War Vets General Harbord also predicted that within years a veteran of the A. E. F. would be seated in the chair in Washington, and that ex-service men of the World war would predominate in state and federal governmental cir- cles. “That time will find you & m'uorn) in both houses of con- | gress,” he said, “and in the cabinet, and with one of your number in the presidential chair.” Deplores Debt Demand The World was was the result of ankrupt diplomacy and self serve inglstatesmanship,” the general said. He also deplored the government's demands for payment of the French debt, and expressed concern over the apparent indifference of the aver- ge American citizen to the vote, The primary system in elections encroachment by congress upon tate’s rights, and the prevalent be- liet that laws are a panacea for all (ills were against the best interests of the country in his opinion. Confusion over the present debt !situation he laid largely to the fact that the average voter does not take |the trouble to have an opinion om the foreign policy of the country. Accumulated Xl Will “You have permitted a settlement will grandchildren the accumulated 11l will of 62 years'™® he asserted. “One wonders it ous debt commission, in making that had in mind the fact that a million and a halt of the very flower of French manhood lie bes neath the sod, dead so that France might live, dead, hundreds of thous« ands of them, in holding the line while we prepared for our part in des bring to your claring it.” State's Rights Speaking of state's rights, General Harbord said that with the en< croachment on the state powers and of actlve organized (Continued on Page 16) MAY HALT COMPLETION OF BLOCK ON GOLD ST. |Building Inspectors Find Violation of Zoning Ordinance which begins here tomorrow. i match Johnston will LaCoste, while Tilden | play Jean Borotra in the sec- ntest lineup is the same as that r when the United S French players. Vincent Richards represent the United States in doubles against two French rs not vet selected. the final singles matches on Johnston and Borotra meet and Tilden will play La- Coste. of tes de- same and will the playe In Satu will -/ Boy Eats Piece of Ice After Playing Baseball Becomes Seriously Il The elght-year-old son of Court Interpreter and Mrs. John Partyka is 111 at his home, 54 Booth street, as a result of eating a large piece of ice while he was overheated from play- ing baseball a few days ago. The boy had a high fever last night and showed no improve- ment this morning. tors A. N. Rutherford and of the building departe ment this afternoon had under cone sideration an order to stop work |on a six tenement house at 165 Gold street and they admitted that an or- der to dismantle the structure ene tirely was possible. Several thousand dollars worth of works has already been put into the building. The estimated cost of the |entire job is $24,000, and the build= |Ing has been bricked to the second floor landing. The complaint under which opera= tions were likely to be halted today |is that the application filed by Ia | Haberski, states that the structure is to be 100 feet from the nearest building on the lot. The inspectors found today the building is 50 feeb |from another six tenement house in |the rear. Whether there is sufficlent {1ot area to have the buildings con= |form with zoning regulations is & |question Inspectors Rutherford and |Curtin will determine before issuing |further orders to allowing an amend- 3 {ment of the application. The bullding 15 owned by Alex and Mary Wojdak, who also own the . building in the rear, Inspe: C. J. Curtt