New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 1, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press "uuo) ‘pIOJIBH “yde(q ‘3ApY ‘f18aqr] 981§ JRDj3oBUUGD A\ Wi v BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 13 ’528 Sept. 25th .. ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1926. THIRTY-TWO PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS FLORIDANS, MINIMIZ LOSSES. HANDICAP ING HURRICANE RED CROSS HELP, IS GHAIRMAN PAYNE'S DECLARATION Officials from Governor Down and Including Real Estate Men Ac- cused of Sacrificing Real Sufferers in In-| terests of Hotel and| Tourist Business. Charge Also That Senti- ment of Gratitude Seems Lacking, But Poor Peo- | ple Really Need Aid. Washington, Oct. 1.—{P-—Flor- {da officlals, from the governor down, and real estate operators, were accused today by John Barton Payne, American Red Cross chair- man, of handicapping Red Cross relief plans through the minimi ing of losses in the Florida hurri- cane. Sensational Charges The sentiments of Mr. Payne were disclosed in a telegram to C. Pickney, chairman of the Richmond, Va., Red Cross chapter, which dis- cussed the financial needs of the situation. “The poor people who suffered are regarded as of less consequence than the hotel and tourist business in Florida.” The telegram said: “The Red Cross feels bound to go for- ward and do the job just the same, and everyone should help. “Our officials on the ground re- port the greatest need since the San Francisco disaster, with 5,000 homes destroyed and 18,000 families m- poverished. Red Cross assistance is given only on basis of actual need, not losses.” The message was sent in reply to an inquiry received from Mr. Pick- ney which read: Text of Message “City of Richmond, believing that Miami and surrounding country had suffered greatly, voted $10,000 to the stricken area, the check being mailed by our mayor this (Thurs- day) to Mayor Romfh of Miami and Fieser of Red Cross. “Tonight our mayor showed me a printed circular letter signed by Mayor Romfh under date Septem- ber 24 saying Romfh was convinced a very exaggerated idea of Mlami's real condition had been created, that there had been a hurricane and some cheaply constructed houses blown down and some house boats lost. Damage not so great as that Miami would not be open to welcome visitors as wusual this winter. “The sentiment of gratitude real need seems entirely lacking from the letter. The mayor of Rich- mond was considering recalling the check sent by his city~and asked if he felt justified in accepting further contributions after reading Miami letter. We recelved $1,000 from Re- (Continued on Pags 29) BONENFANT BELIEVED VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY Back Broken and Other Evidence of Severe Beating (Spectal to the Herald) Newark, N. J., Oct. 1—Found at the foot of the stairs leading to his place of residence, Gasper Bonen- fant, about 41 years of age, is be- lieved by the police to have been the victim of foul play, although the in- vestigation that was started imme- diately following his.death at the City hospital hag thus far failed to reveal the details. Bonenfant's body has been sent to his former home in New Britain, Conn., for bural. An examination of the body re- vealed that the man's ~back was broken, his nose was fractured and there were other evidences that he hdd been badly beaten and left to die, or had suffered & bad fall. In either case, the police belleve the responsibility for his death is borne by someone who has failed to come forward with the story of the strug- gle that preceded the finding of tfe body. An autopsy was performed at the City hospital. Bonenfant was a well known res- tdent of New Britain for many year and about fiftcen years ago was a prominent football player on the Nutmeg football team, state cham- pions. His relatives in this city have no information as to the cause of his death. They were notified that he was in a dying condition at the City hospital in Newark and then came word of his death. The funeral will be held tomor- row morning at 8:30 o'clock at the home of his sister, Mrs. Patrick J. O'Mara of Main street, with serv- lces at St. Mary's church at 9 o'colck, and burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery. The bearers will be members of the local branch of the theatrical stage employes’ union, of which he was a member. C.| or | i Weather Outlook for First Game Is Good; Herald to Announce e i New York, Oct. pects for good weather —tomor- row for the first gams of the world’s serles were held out by the weather man in today's forecast of falr and warmer for Saturday The weather 1 (A —Pros- cleared today after several days of rain and overcast skies and the Yankees and Cardinals took some light practice at the stadium where the visitors had an opportunity to study the lights and shadows under the bright sun. Tomorrow's game is scheduled to start at 1:30 o'clock, while Sunday's will rt at 2 p. m. || The Herald Play-o-graph wi || deplct these games play by play || and an announcer will explain || the play. This office will be {] tinked with the playing field by || telegraph wire and radio. Im- mediately after the. game to- morrow the Herald will publish || a sporting extra, giving the game || play by play and a complete box || score. WOMAN, LONESOME, IN Gas in Booth Street Home Despondent, it 1s belleved, because |aggravated by ioneliness, Mrs. Freda | Roy, aged 26, of 93 Booth street at- tempted suicide at her home last ‘lnxgm and in all probability would have succeeded but for the arrival |at 10:30 o'clock of her brother-in- law, Eugene Roy, who found her on |the floor before the gas stove, the |four jets being wide open and the |windows and doors in the kitchen | being tightly closed. Mrs. Grenski, who lives on the {floor below the Roy tenement, heard |the commotion as Roy entered the |unlighted kitchen and made the dis- covery and she notified Dr. William |F. Flanagan,. who had Mrs. Roy |taken to New Britain General hos- pital and notitied Officer John O'Keefe. Mrs. Roy’s husband is on the night |force at the Stanley Works and was summoned to the hospital. O'Keefe learned that the woman has been acting strangely brother-in-law. |at the hospital, is anticlpated. MERIDEN COUPLE, AGED 83 and 81, DIE BY GAS | Tuecsday Night, Neighbors | Learn Today. | Meriden, Conn {bert F. Hal, , and his wife, | Martha Hall, 82, were asphyxiated as they slept in their home at 13 | South Third street, last Tuesday | night. This was learned today when a neighbor smelled gas and caused an investigation to be made, | resulting in the discovery of the dead bodies in bedrooms on the | second floor. Gas was flowing from | & heater on the first floor. The | gas apparently had been turned on Oct. 1 (A—Al | by accident after turning out the | | heater. The couple had been married for | 60 years. They leave two sons, Ed- iwin H. Hall of Wallingford and Robert B. Hall of Boston. Mr. Hall | was past commander of the Grand Arm and an officer of the Fourteenth Connecticut | Rogiment assoclation. Mrs. Hail [ was president of the relief corps | for 22 years. Shows Fight When He St. Albans, Vt, Oct. 1 (A — Vie- | tor Cohen; a hotel proprietor of Tast Alburg, was arrested by cus- toms officers today after indulging in a fight with Deputy Collector Henry Ladd, who was about to search his automobile. During the mix-up he escaped, but was re-captured by a posse who claim they found a case of li- quor in his possession. He was also held for resisting arrest and was taken to Burlington for ment. Is Searched at Border | ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE {of her delicate condition which was | Officer | for the past | three weeks. She is not acquainted in | New Britain and has been brooding | over her condition, according to her | Aged Man and Wife Killed Tast| | |squaring the m 'Mystery in Death of Woman Thought Killed by Arsenic , Gt |Authorities at Work Terryville Believed to Have Exhumed Body to Seek Poison Traces. in (Special to the Herald.) Bristol, Oct. 1—Although author- ities have been working quiet became known today for the first | |time that the police are inves ing circumstances surround |dgeath of Petronella Ba lagea 58, of 7 cet, |ville, on August ling on the theory |have been poisoned. The woman died suddenly at her home where she lived alone. |found today that there is {mark after “Cause of Deat} |death certificate in the Te {town clerk’s office. been written into the space but had been erased, the question mark be- ‘[m: substituted. Dr. Harold S. Woodward, who {tended the woman before death, de- [clined to divulge any information {concerning his patient's illness to- |day. | Dr. Richard J. Lawton, medical xaminer, referred a Herald cor- respondent to Coronel Samuel J. Herman of Winsted, explaining that all information must come from the coroner. Anthony Tomanio, county detec- tive, and Deputy Sheriff George Buckley of Terryville, admitted to- ronowski, T work- might School st and that she rry- are 1t was question on the rryville Found Unconscious From day that they have been investigat- | |ing but sald that nothing definite liad developed. One rumor in Terryville is to the effect that the woman ate toadstools lin place of mushrooms . Another is |that traces of arsenic were found in her body. It is reported that th |body was exhumed and examined. Miss Baronowski is said to have left an estate of $17,000 in addition to a large life insurance policy made out in favor of a woman who resides in Terryville. The in- surance company is reported to be investigating the case independent of |the police authorities | and in County Detective Tomanio Deputy Sheriff Buckley were New Britain on Saturday, Sept. visiting drug stores where they were inspecting records of arsenic sales |made recently. COLLETTS NEMESIS . ALSD 15 DEFEATED Miss Wilson Loses to Mrs. Stetson — M Goss Also Wins Her Match Haverford, Pa., Oct. 1 (A—Vir- | ginia Wilson of Chicago, twenty-y today, |losing a 19-hole match to Mrs. G. Henry Stetson of Philadelphia 1 up. ‘ In the other semi-final, a duel be |twoen New Jersey play Wright D. Goss of Short Hills, N. J., |eliminated Mrs. Courtland Smith of |Glen Ridge, N. J., 3 up and 2 to | pla thus will With Mrs. Goss in the 'wo veteran D! ers |come together tomorrow. | Stetson opposing Mr: 136 hole final for the champlonship. i Miss Wilson had one of the most exciting battles of the tournament, with the tide of | battle shifting first to one and then | the other. A brilllant rally by Mrs. Stetson snatched victory from the grasp of the youthful Chicago girl |just when she seemed on the verge of another triumph. Two down coming to the sixteenth tee, Mrs. Stetson made her stand, winning the sixteenth and eighteenth Mrs. Stetson al atch. Going to the nineteenth hole, both had long drives, but Miss W on pulled her second into a trap. he Chicago girl then lost ber change for victory when she failed to recover on her first shot, cutting under the ball and requiring four to reach the green. Mrs. Stetson, taking only two to |reach the fringe of the green, was down In the regulation two putts for a smooth par four and victory Mrs. Goss, holding a big advan- tage over Mrs. Smith all the way through the greater distance she ob- tained off the tee, played the sixteen holes of thelr match in seven under even figures. Her golf was consistently good all the way, and Mrs. Smith was able to keep In the running only through safe and accurate use of her irons and putter. TFALL PROVES FATAL New Haven, Oct. 1 (»—A fractur- ed skull and concusion of the brain, resulting from a fall down a flight of stairs a few days ago caused the arraign- lof Mrs. Emma McNamara, death in New Haven lospital today 52, a widow, Something had | relative | ar | Mrs. Roy was sald this morning to | old conqueror of Glenna Collett, met | have spent a fairly comfortable night |defeat in the semi-finals of the wom- and her recovery [en's national championship AT STATE BANQUET {Gov. Trumbull, Cong. Fenn and Judge Alling Speakers Economy in Government, of Immigration Laws and Support of Candidates For Office Urged— Traceski is Toastmaster, Governor Trumbull's charges inequalities In allocation of colle warning that Amer | its orgy of spending to foll. | footsteps of “that great com |— Coolidge,” and Congressm | Fenn's pledge to fight to the were sa Polish-American Political tions of Connecticut, at the Bur | hotel last night Attol Stanley J. Traceskl, office |a lawyer in this city, was toas er. Judge B. W. Allin | lHican nominee for attorne | Lieutenant ~ Governor J. Brainard and Mayor Weld among the speak sons Delegates From Many Citios | The toastmaster was introdu John J. Winialskl of Hartford. He informed the gathering delega- tions were present from Hart ford, New Britain, New Haven, Meriden, Norwich, Middlctown, Nor- walk, Torrington, Bri linsville, Southington, Winsted aad Terryville, oastmaster Traceski compliment- | ed the organization on its interest in | politics, which he assured would re- dound to the advantage of the eity, state and nation, serving as a notice to men in public life that their stituents have an active interest in public affairs. Attorney Traceski re- minded his hea t this is an important p a political { standpoint sin ticket and | representatives on are soon to be p urged that the enthusiasm m now continued. Pointing to the P. O. P. state | ticket, the toastmaster termed it a | ticket one might be proud to vote for and for which no apologies need | be offered. The democrats, he said, have a weak ticket, as usual. An ap- { peal to roll us a tremendous majori- ity to show Coolidge Connecticut is in back of him was made speaker. Mayor Weld Compliments Poles Introducing Mayor Weld as | official who has given Polish resi- dents more recognition than they ever before reccived, Mr. Traceski said the executlve had advanced hls | wedding anniversary a day to take part in the state meeting. In pointing out the success met by Poles in New Britain, the mayor tributed his condition o the (Continued on Page 27) I —_— GOMPLETE SHIFT MADE . OF NIGHT POLICEMEN |“Dan” Cosgrove Succeeds | Sergt. Ellinger on | “Dry Squad” | est | fact Every patrolman on the nig! hift is affected by the quarterly changes in assignments announce today by Chlef W. C. Ha of the day men, with the exception {of the traffic squad, are also shift- |ed. The only change in the traffic | detall is the assignment of Officer | Hanford Dart to the post at Frank- lin Square, Main, Park and Elm streets. He has been on the post temporarily since Officer John C. Stadler was transferred to the de- tective bureau several weeks ago. The only change In the theater uad is assignment of Officer Charles Johnson. to the Lyceum the- | ater, replacing Officer Thomas Stor- | ey, Who has been given a day beat. Probably the most important change announced by the chief Is in | the detective bureau. Officer Thomas | J. Feeney, who for several months |has had the 2 p. m. to midnight shift, started today on the 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. detail, and Detective Ser- geant George C. Ellinger is taken off the liquor detail and put on Of- | ficer Feeney's former shift. Officer | Danicl Cosgrove is taken from the the night force and assigned to the de- | tective bureau. He and Officer adler will have charge of the liquor law enforcement work of the bureau. | The assignments of the day pa- [trolmen is as follows. | Beat No. 1, Main street, north of railroad, 6 a. m. to 4 p. m,, Officer Michael Meehan. | Beat No. 2, Main rafiroad, 6 a. m. to cer Walter Malona. | Beat No. 1A, Main street, of railroad, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m, cer A. C. Walencius. Beat No. 2A, Main street, south | of railroad, ® a. m. to 6 p. m,, Offi- |cer Charles Anderson. | Beat No. 3, Main street, south of railroad, west side, and rmers’ |Market on Commercial street, Offi- cer Thomas C. Dolan. Beat No. 4, Railroad Arcade, court officer, Officer Clarence Lanpher. Beat No. 5, Hartford avenue and vicinity, Officer John L. Carlson. Beat No. 6, South Main street and vicinity, Officer Willlam O'Mara. street, south of 4 p. m, OffOi- north ofti- (Continued on Page 30.) 6. 0. P. TICKET LAUDED AGCUSED Reviston | New York Senator Says That He | of funds ted for federal aid roads, and a must end v in the ner | an end “cruel, inhuman immigration laws,” lient features of a banquet of | organiza- tt ) an r of the state association and repub- v general, dwin were rs who talked to | . gathering of more than 200 per- | d | " ito start a voyage to E be | by the | the | t and some | INMETAL C0. GASE ‘Witness for Daugherty Says He| | Released $7,000,000 of Shares | | | | | NOT CONSULTED, Himself Was I Complete Charge | | of Alien Property Under the At- | | torney General. 1 N | respo W York bility | general’s office of $7 |ican M | Senatoy Oct. 1 (P—Complete r as the attorney- for the release ares of the Amer- ny was assumed b g in th ey trial fense wit- iestions by Max ad nev- Metal but had ority. ry M. ral, re wud ugherty S own z for H orney Miil to who wi alien prog charged wit the United State The calling of Senator Gof as an Interruption of the defense of Miller. United s Attorney Buck- d his cross examination of iams, Miller as alien permit ato | o | | cu | conspiracy came te | ner stop ging directol | custodian to | counsel to ¢ pr Dau wrope tomor- | row. | Was In Full Charge “Were you in complete len prope matter in oftice 2" asked charge of Daugher- | | to -refer | final decision to vou yourself had | tance of these | con with | for Were omed mat gherty af I was not.” the specif | Metal claims, did Daugherty before you fic ins you signing |1ease? | *1 aia not” )id Daugherty ever in discuss this matter with influence your inde seek to conclusion? “He did not.” “Were you cver person or by wri n to influence you by Jess: John T. King “I was nof t is all, senator.” -examination for ¥ er brought ou Goff signe Ame were dic appre h or an pany shares, ted by ‘ R. Johnson, assistant to Dat [ “I depended a great de | lorks and subordinates,” § | Goft satd ’ ARMISTICE DAY PARADE i YOTED DOWN BY LEGION | | Banquet in Evening at State Armory ‘; Favored By Eddy-Glover | 1 | Post Members. { | There will be no parade to mark | REPUBLICAN POLES GOFF TAKES BLAME STEAMER NEW BRITAIN IN FLAMES 200 MILES FROM CHARLESTON, S. C., WITH LITTLE HOPE FOR ITS SAFETY Montana Slayer Attacks “Cocktail” Court Martial af fore the Scene at Launchingrofr New Britain;Ship N amed for This City in 1919 in Dash For Land While Coast Guard Cutter Stands By to Rescue Crew. | |“Deck Plates Buckling and Red Hot”, Captain Re- by Radio as He Expresses Doubt That He Can Bring Vessel to Port. ports tine, Fla guard Oct. 1 (B— cutter Seneca steamship New th ernoon. The wireless station here re- d the following message at 1 it . rd | 5 cutter Sereca standing by. Still burning.” | 200 Miles From Charleston | Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 1 (P |The American steamship New Brit- ain, her deck plates beginning to buckle from the heat of fire which has burned in her hold since late yesterday, was 200 miles off Charles- ton, 8. C., at 11 o'clock today, pro- _ceeding under her own steam, but her officers doubt if she can make port. The government wireless station at St. Augustine picked up the fol- lowing message from the New Brit- aln at 11 o'clock: “Will try to make Charleston it |revenue cutter arrives but am |doubtful as deck plates are buckling {and red hot. Now 200 miles from | Charleston. Fire still raging. Steam- | ew Britain, Slaber, master.” | The steamship Rochester of the | Vacuum 0il Co., messages it was 20 |miles from the New Britain and pro- istance. The Mal- USE TEAR GAS ON AN COL, WILLIAWS LOSES | ABOUT TOBE HANGED LIFE IV AUTO PLONGE Guards Before He Is Executed < on officer 2d him to the Entering Vettere's cell shortly be- time set for the e Sheriff D. O. zed a piece of iron pips W the anniversary of the signing of the |44 concealed in hi armistice this year, it was decided | ranging for a proper obser {the day last night in the |Glover post rooms on Washin street. Instead of the parade, a ban- | quet will be held most probably at the state armory on Arch street Harry C. Jackson, state comm der of the American Legion, unanimously chosen to be chairman of the speakers’ committee and he plans to have as the principal speak- er Roosevelt. |be secured and will be arranged. | Several other details works but will not be definitely cided until the committee acts on |them at subsequent meetings. The | next meeting will be held at the call | lof the chairman, Maurice H. Pe w Other speakers will also | a general program are in the | GASOLINE PRICE WAR. | San Francisco, Oct. 1 (P— A gen- | ‘rml gasoline “price war"” was in ef- ‘ch! on the Pacific coast toda s the result of a four-cent a gallon cut late | vesterday by five large companies to | | meet independent competition. | | Because He Needs Shave Persons having business in police court, in the nature of defending charges preferred by the police, must report prompt- ly at 8:30 o'clock hereafter or their bonds will be forfeited, Judge Alling indicated this morning when the brother of one man announced that the latter had not reached court on time because he needed a shave and was getting it. “Court opens at 8:30 and de- fendants must be here when their cases are called, whethe they are shaved or not,”” Judge Alling said. He proceeded to dis- Ppose of, another case and in the meantime, the shaved man pre- sented himself, THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; somewhat warmer Saturday. | | | | | *| t a meeting of the committee ar-| ance of | 1N e from a door nd a ed ther oftic the corrid the evening, Colonel Theodore |, t a c attempt to hen and started s; lor, driving cre th brought or Iropped to et His sh secur was ther arried to re he r ived w Late for Police Court I TAKEN TO WETHERSFIELD Brid Oct. 1 (@ — I prisor nty rs 1d today. Has Scheme to Make Hard Boiled Crooks Admit Their Guilt A. Dillon, Joplin, Mo., was 1 by Chief W. C. Hart to- follows: “What would it @ City of New Brit- 1 that T abso will cause the 1 prisoner to con- Works perfecly in prisoner tell hiding place Prisoner never out of pos- Wire an- igned L. t from rec day be worth ain to secure meth ely most hard boil ilty. \rantee foss if g mak session of all faculties. swor.” Chiet Hart indicated that he is not interested and will not reply. B —— 3 r San Jacinto alsu wirelessed that it was hurrying to the stricken vessel's aid The revenue cutter Seneca due to arrive alongside the n at noon. hoard the American steam- Britain is increasing and h s fear the vessel will not be able to make part at Savannah, he government wireless station at . Augustine reported this after- noon. | The wireless station picked up the |tollowing message from the New Britain: “Steamship New Britain, 9 a. m., position, latitude 30.25 N. longitude, TW. Fire increasing, don't think was New Principal Drowned in San Francisco Bay Colonel charge of ine corps in | 6 (Continued on Page 29) REBEL LEADER DENIES HE 1S TOOL OF K. K. K. 1 pnoto. | Horwitz Insists Fourth Ris hwajier, e TInE and AR N | warq Situation Is Political court ma at San) t April, was drowned ear! rning a large closed he was driving plunged into San Francisco Colonel Wil- body was taken to the morgue identified by Mr. n previ hen | Mrs. Williams ing home about ter husb: d that on leav- p. m., vesterday, and told her he was going an club - with ~some |y ouiq gorwitz, leader of an {nsur- - She said he tele- | o 1 "oroun of fourth ward republi- o o'elock last night | (ang wno threaten to bolt their &8 rencertul dmeils in protest against appoint- Lo tagh onteguntl) made by the present adminis- tration, today asked the Herald to deny & story which he said is be- ing circulated among Jewish coun- trymen that he is being used as a tool of the K. K. K. According to Horwitz, his friends have been told the Kian 1s provoked ny whose ideals do mot harmonize with theirs have been ap- | pointed to high office, and instead out themselves are urg- ing Horwitz to spike the party. The movement he sponsors is purely political and is in response to a demand by fourth warders that they be given appointments in pro- portion to the amount of effort they expended in putting the republican across In the spring election, ared. Chairman W. J. Judd of the re- publican town committes and Mayor ve both sald they are will- ing to meet the insurgents to discuss alleged grievances, but Horwitz s this is not enough, demanding they take the first step toward reconciliation. Unless the organiza- tion takes thisstep the fourth ward erents will meet next week at oker and lay plans for canvass- e interests of . he say Johnson of e home by way ero as it was w as not well ac- he city's streets. She we lost control of | his vision was something ausing t he must T r or that r Admiral Peary, nd, a watchman at d to swerve from , and plung the water Pol across The feet. e were r le was pulled up for the marin neisco | the fter he | inst an artial € inst fer C al edley of the colonel at a party at | the democratic par &l in honor of General| Alderman Gustav t a hotel later. Gen. | the fourth ward, whose sympathies » to San Diego | the spokesman for the militants here had | claims to have, continues to deny he has bolted the party. He admits having conveyed to Horwitz the fact there is considerable dissatistaction | with the administration but declines | to discuss the report he will sup- | port the democratic party this fall. The first over act in the breach nesses testified that they believed [from the republican organization | Williams was ill and not |came this afternoon, when Mr. Hor- B} fcated, as alleged. General |Vitz announced that his friends no | Butler maintained he violated no |longer accept Hollis J. Foster as | traditions as a guest in bringing the |chairman of the ward committee. | a st g their district in t hor T from served In was a storm tler had Phil ia, rector of delphia, G Butler a result of his activities violators of the proh l The trial San Diego occasioned | considerable acrimony. Some wit- Colone charges, and that his charges were |The insurgents will continue to hold [ not based on what went on at the |their republican registration and will Williams home but on the colonel's [elect their own ward organization conduct later at a hotel. General [whose chairman will be one other than the one designated by the town committes, he saide (Continued on Page 29),