New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1926, Page 12

PUT IN BRIG FOR GIVING TESTIMONY Goast Guardsman Tells of His Punishment Boston, Nov. 27 (®—A co guardsman who repudiated a state ment which he made regarding ir regularities on the liguor patrol tes- tified yesterday at courtmartial pro- ceedings that he had been placed in the “brig” at the coast guard base here soon afterwar The witness sald he did not know the reason of his imprisonment MeKeough was brought re: James C. man sec ond class, om t the trial of Chief John H. McEnroe trafficking with rum witness was a m the patrol b manded. “brig” to testify Doatswain's Mat on charges of ianners, T} ber of the crev of firoe cont said he was q office of coun- and retracted A short tin br s put at, N gamblir sald when & on W a rum > GG-151, t the time. CHARLOTTE ON ALERT FOR NEW SENSATION (Continued From Page Sev Toubt be There has heen some Felix DI Martini would this courtroom during 1 appeared on witness lis the n that en in al 1 stand created d ite Di sessed self- simpson artillery Martini, it ap- conscious ctective in Martini i although subjected him to fire of questions. Di pears to me, is quite the fact that he is a 50 considers himself a witness. angered rath Ltor v His replies in Mr. Simpson arply to him himsel some and he spoke at times. Whatever el the detective, Hall faction is the m 1te he wick fo act traordinar Stevenses, went vigor that ainly some cour i 1 cases ¢ say abe v to th I'rom ns- his undisput to N “investigator the H to work put to could came i an for fx- and with a lis he shame name wtion to prove tl her had committed the mur- he tried to one of our relatives say heard him admit it — to let her keep the re offe: wying personally was the ing solved the mystery I think it was the after he had been Hall lawyers that he our house and several ho with my father trying to malk He employed ry possible to gain his point. He dreadfully disappointed when left, no wiser than when he arrived. M ather o approached est says that her to cha ments about tered rewards th being sought s glory for hav- second hired by ime over day the to confess, eve wasn't the Mrs, he som Henry as much as $2 I Marie Den to her ns. wanted bribe sta He of she “says, telling her that it would clear the mortgage on the house, but Mrs. Demarest spurned the offer, She says that it was through her that Henry Stevens was indicted when she told of having seen him in New Brunswick, the day after | the murder. I suppose Di Martini’'s activities in behalf of the people who hired him was entirely ethical but, oh, it doesn't scem that anyone would g0 to such leéngths to pin suspicion on an innocent person. KING FERDINAND'S CONDITION SURELY CAUSE FOR WORRY (Continued from Iirst Page) Paris long enough to falk *arol, with whom she beeams recon- d before departing for the Unit- States. At the time it was as- «d politics was not discussed, and hat it was merely a reconciliation between a mother and a recaleitrant son. Belgrade Marie, accordi acharest, has lost > and wil ore with that advices from popularity at not be allowed to fn- questions of state when at in the event of e Regency council, Princess Helen, wife of Carol and mother of the heir-apparent, Prince Michael, and not Marie will be given a place on the council. The Belgrade advices add that it is believed in some quarters of the slavian capital the entire Ru- n problem may be solved ing the present Hohenzol- dynasty and placing on the representative of the old Bessarabian, Moldavian or Wallachi- an princely famil A despatch received in from Bucharest by the Westminster Gazette describes the Rumanian wwaiting a coup d’etat.” to the London Daily rom Bucharest, sent by a spe- cial correspondent, ordered there to investigate the situation, s the supreme personal desire of King rdinand is to see Carol. Strong for Carol Ferdinand is asserted to be will- ing to rescind Carol's renunciation of the throne if he shows signs of becoming a worthy successor. The correspondent adds t ol has written his father asking permi sion to visit him, but insisting that his wife, Prific Helen, must leave Rumania. Various despatches received in London from Vienna r port a serious dynasty crisis in Ru- mania and that a portion of the army and the p nt party are supporting the return of Carol. ' despatches quote rumors of nding civil war with the vari- ous parties accumulating arms and nmunition the conflict. All the despa eived from Lon- don assert erdinand's condi- tion is grave. pateh from the Associated Pre eamship Berengaria, however, says Queen Marie received a reassuring pe: sonal ge from her hushand, saying was feeling b and that he was but gradually vecovering spatches say in urns; a chs in t she re In lern thron o T.ondon slowly 500 More Girls Than Men At Chicago, Nov 500 mor: ner da rmy here were han men at the din- Annapolis men t, but nobod irls Ivery braided slec offered o f the a ve was wi two or even gay throngs of co-eds, 1e, turned into ¢ Navy digs at the Pointers and g Dawes phone ankly rolic. rs took good-natured Army, and West led with their “slum Vice President lcome, followed two academie was had by all. the respo vy’ song. aved a 1ds of and a good time w by the | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1926. [FLASHES OF LIFE; COMMUTER RIPS DOWN SIGN COVERING CAR WINDOW By The Assoclated Press. | New York—Would Irving Berlin | write a song to express the joy of | |tatherhood? Better than that, he'd nee a jlg. And he did. As for {the name: “Mary because it is such |a lovely name and Ellin for her mother,” Washington—M. Bartel, minister of education, is tactful. He has re- fused the request of several depu- ties that he forbid short skirts in school. His reasons is that he is not a connoisseur in the matter. New York—Ior ‘“personal and abiding” reasons Count Salm re- fused Yo have his picture taken with his son. He has scen the boy only minutes in a year. Catania, Sicily—Gales that swept |the snow-capped smoking peak of Mount Etna are to be forced to light the Mediterranean and help make it sate for navigators at night. | The winds are to generate power for a gigantic searchlight. Philadelphia—*"Who did you see?"” |is now regarded as in good usage | by Professor Sterling A. Leonard of the University of Wisconsin. He so |told the English language conference {in agreeing with other speakers that it is all right to murder the king's English if clarity of speech results, New York—Sports are rich and research is poor in American col- leges, Albert J. Beveridge notes. “In comparison to the sums spent upon instruction and athletics,” he says he amount devoted to learning it- self is pitifully small. Teachers are still underpald, but the men who do |original, first hand historical investi- gation actually impoverish them- |selves.” New York—Branson C. Timmel, one of the millions that ride daily in New York for a nickel, is convineed he ought to have a vlew for his moncy as well as a ride. He tore down an advertising poster that cov- cred a street car window. Con- victed of destroying property, he says he will take the matfer to the preme court if necessary. Los Angeles—Pola Negrl hos a few ideas as to “astral” love mes- sages which a predecessor of hers, night club. Complaining he was beaten and ejected, he is prosecuting the proprietor of the Three Hundred | club, which is patronized by some of | the four hundred at times. | | New Haven—Prof. Robert G. Eberhard of the Yale school of fine |arts receives official notification of ection to membership fn the | French academy. | S0 | New Haven—Yale alumnl week- Iy sees best solution of the coach- ing problem in football in the | faculty coach. | it | New Haven—Joseph P. Lynch is held in bond of $5,000 on charge of embezzling $3,568 from employ- ers during last three years. Hartford — Governor Trumbull |issues requisition on New York governor for extradition of R. H. |C. Clarke, former broker, wanted in New Haven on charge of obtain- ing money under false pretences. Hartford — The Marion Mack parchment, on trip around the United States from west coast for signatures of governors, reaches ‘llflrllor‘l. Hartford Assets of Connecti- cut savings bar banks and trust building and loan asso- kindred itutions $1.041,99 of bank commissioner ! companies, ciation and amount to | September reports. Hartford — Week ending Novem- ber 20, saw decrease in number of automobile accidents in the state and the number of persons killed in ac- cidents, state motor vehicle depart- {ment reports. 30, | Hartford — Gov. Trumbull is decided on what action he will take on Keene, N. H., Chamber of Commerce secretary that he was kept in “fithy” Hamden jail for { speeding. | Hartford — In spit cost of state operations, the had a balance of $1,644,659 on hand at end of fiscal year, comptroller re- | ports, receipts totalling § of increased ortsmen are asked to shoot snowy owls and goshawks at every opportunity and send them state hoard of fisheries and game | for examination. Hartford — & Winifred Hudnut, says she has re- ceived from Rudy Valentino: Iy; “shocking, profane and ercial.” name- com- New York—Charles Coval thinks ’thvre can be too much club in a | = Hartford — With the exception of apples, most of the food for Thanksgiving for which Connecticut spent $2,000,000 came from outside of state, agricultural department finds. |Freshman Crew Coach at Yale Plans for Winter New Haven, Nov, 27 (A—In order to keep the men in practice in the fundamental points already taught em, and to have a reasonably rep- resentative heavyweight crew for ,the freshman class at Yale, Coach { Murphy will continue his instruction through the winter months. The material which the coach has to pre- pare for the coming spring is considered good, consldering thg fact that few had rowed before en- | tering Yale, but nevertheless, coach thinks there is a great deal yeét to be learned before the men jcan take the water in an official race. and | There have been many changes i during the fall in the various heavy <. The fact that several foot- have reported for work cer, strengthened the pros- pects considerably. Their boats have been chosen by the coach and he will begin work with these next | Monday afternoon. PRINCE ENTERS TOURNEY London, Nov .27 (P)—Despite the fact that he has only survived a few rounds in previous championships the Prince of Wales has again en- tered for the Army Squash racquets champlonship commeneing next Monday at the Princess Club. men the | Accidental Death, Says Coroner in Two Findings Nov. (Pr— rs are absolved Bridgeport, Conn., 27 Two automobile driv, from criminal 3 for fa tal accidents in findings returned today by Coroner J. J. Phelan. Phil- ip Weiner of Norwalk is absolved from blame for an accident in Nor- walk on November 21 in which An- na Hyman, 34, of that city, received internal injuries resulting in her ! death. Adam Debensk 51, of East Port Chester, met his death accidentally, the coroner finds, when he walked into the rear of a car operated by ‘Lr-stt—r Young of East Port Chester. | Valentino “Message” Profane, Says Pola Los Angeles, Negri, who re | gaged to Rudolph | declared the making public of me sages said to have been received | from the astral plane by the acto ex-wife, Winifred — Hudnot, w | “shocking, profane and commercial.” | The messages, Miss Hudnit de- ared, were received by her from alentino through mediumship George B. Wehner, with whom she arrived in w York Thursday from Europe. The messages did not mention Miss Negri. the of ETHEL: W\ NO DISTNG— - *ICANT DO THAT GMING, TOO, - | KAV A WEAK” GACK # ME -1 DO | GOMA_ WEAK” ~ CHEST” S T, MAOAM —1 CANNOT TN 1P N' DO GTNRS™ = 1Y NOT PULT FOR TRAT = | HAVE WEAK' Geat-Getters ® THAT 15 YOO HARPD — 1 MIST SWE MYGELF— — MY DOCTOR GRS | HAVE A o WEAK HEART 7 e state | Fifty-Four Years Behind 34, now he's 88- and still there | BY ROY J. GIBBONS NEA service Writer (Copyright, 1926 NEA Serv Waupun, Wis,, N and the play ing world goes on apace out state penitentiary here. But “Old | Bill” Maxwell knows nothing of it. More than 54 yi ago — the | better part of an ordinary lifetim “Old Bill”, now 88, entered the aupun prison to begin serving a ¢ term for murder, He hasn't been out sinc His idea of the world toda tasy piecd together synthe from fragmentary ncwspaper reading. Uis biggest thrill A Thrill for Him s ago a momentous event | in his life. Through the bars of his cell he saw an airplane, purposely flown over the prison to give other lifers like himself a chance to see how man has con-| the air. He still is talking about that. “Tt went more than 100 miles an hour 50 they told me,” he mus Just | can’t believe Two y oceurred quered DY This dean of convic on the penitentia In his stay of more century, the concret the place have got and heart He revels in the memory of inani- | time | mate things. He has no re associations, tendernesse {such as fill a normal life | Oak Floor His Passion | Just now *Old 1t deepest passion is for the solid oak fioor that he laid with great devotion in the outer tower of the prison 30 years ago. | Al his heart went into that job, nd he thrills with a queer sort of | pride and joy when speaking of it. No relative ever has come to see him since he came here. He never let his family in England know any- thing of his plight, The jud prosccutor since have di of his crime are Bill™ still is here. . is No. 1 records. than and into “0ld Bill” Maxwell has spent penitentiary at Waupun, Wisconsir death will release him. half a ecl o his blood all th a le is soon up. I e debt. There's De: But I shall not w a Life is better lived whether in prison or not. 1 want to live. But there is no hope in heart. That went 32 years ago, on the twelfth day of March, when I tried for the t time for a com- mutation of sentence and it was re- fused me.” we paid oming. o him. In- as for men pe hearts portuni “0ld humor on his me The trouble brought Ol | COMe- Bill” here was the murder of a man| o whom he shot to deatn in a lumber . .o cam at was then the village ' P20 amp near what wa h villa for i f Minnie Conne, in the northern of Minnie Conne, i herntis e Im. t Jurors and the ced him long the records B “old par 0ld tim's 1 ne forgotten his vie- t T As § concern and giv I'm goi tion and me God,"” he I shot him help says, never knew “Only the s one witness ported that we had been a tiffing t nig! befors nd were pretty mug muddled. s witness said 1 de- liberately got out of bed in the early fired the shot. BBut that | THCT is so long ago. I never think of it. 1 ¥ past. Take the rough |V vith the smooth and the bitter with d Live only in the present. Sod ¢ motto, sir. 1 never mopc suppose they'r ; I've never trie want to disgrace *Old Bill" came s0 he intimate wright in h Liverpool,” th family, ained as a ship- majesty’s docks in gaunt old fellow says. “Ah, 1 was a bright lad, it I do 50 myself. Went clear to page 6 in the triple quadratic equations in the school of the church of Eng- 11 the ernors morning an the TLove “0ld B mal In lurid herds the lan Swee are sir, dead. Didn't His Motto “It’s a good motto 'bring trouble to home. have. But it going out 1 fool them all. “How? Oh, I'll be mar into the oblivion my 1 parents s them, long since to find out. them, you Favors Swift Ju ct’s idea of prisons reeding schoo His idea of justice ¢ kind, administered person injured. | gave bickpocket gOInEg | o wallet, let go with 'the 1 end his trouble and “But aged con they are this vice. And will soon he ond these “Never I never I'm and through hoth t yours on the spot,” he mma spot by th ve G your over. ) walls ches 3 fie “T lar | 54 vea o judge it he plans to do in the world to Who could full char; fate, accounts with an imaginary fowling p Into the Port of Trouble Prison Bars! “Old Bill” Maxwell Tells of Them | building canal barges at Lockport, Y., and it was on one of these | barges which was towed to a Wi consin port that I came here—and to trouble. . “Oh, I was a rollicking sort of | young fellow. Life was a merry song to me, and I cared not a devil for the morrow. I did me work and was paid a pretty penny, a pretty ! penny indeed. The pride of my work was all that was left to me, that counts.” Work is principle, and PEra “0ld Bill's” prejudice against pa- roles and pardons is based on halt | a century of close observation of the {inequality of prison government claims they produce. he says in his quaint old | English accent which 54 years be- hind the bars have not erased. “I could have gone from here long ago, lad, had 1 friends anf a oue | hundrea dollar bill. “It would have taken that much to have got together the signatures of he judge, the prosccuting attorne, and the jurors who found me guilt and presented them in the county | paper the necessary length of time. He Harn't a Penny “But I've had nary a penny in these long ycars, and so I stayed bes nind w hile other men went free. ! Murderers, many of them, like they call me. They're gone now. Out in the world they are free, married and have children.” What's to be criminals? Old quickl “Education! Education and train- ning—that's what's needed,” he said, ducation. Fit the brain. Fit the i The crooks today are just boys. Putting them in prison will not re- form them. They're just boys gone wrong.” +01d Bill" talked on and on, e; his message to the | he doesn’t know. | His mind worked off at a tan- ! gent at times. There were bursts of | disconnected reminiscence about the chairs and tables his woodcarving skill has wrought. Meticulously he | finger nails. Wants No Sympathy “I'm too old to go out now,” he began again. “Too old. I'd have to start at the bottom, and the world would be like stepping onto the moon, T suppose. “I'm_going to t here for the end. I'm broken, but I want no sympathy. I don't want a pardon; pardons are for slaves. Prisons are all wrong. Goodbye, and hold your temper. I lost mine once. See what happened to me?” “The oldest prisoncr in the country, | who started serving his sentence not long after the Civil War, waved a {limp hand in farewell. that's all in the state n, pictured above. Only hen T went to city I got a job prisons—they never make nitent. They only rouse their to hatred and give them op- ty to plan more crimes when he In t says. modern answered done with Bill’ s a quaint sense of Bill” which centers fitself mostly of what he said to him and memory who sentenced Who Could Beat It? 1 the judge told me that his duty w to send me here rest of my natural life 1 said ou, judge. And I meant i ¢ an appowtment for lif beat it?” he queried. ar as the world hereafter fs 1, I'm a-going down below ¢ his Satanic majesty a r ng to fell him to take vaca- 1 that I've come down to take And what T won't do to | and the Kov- Ha, ha! 1| ger to give world manicured his pardon hoard: when they arri ke coal trimmers of them. s what hrought and his dis- of hunting v ill” to Americ: he had been reading of the great bison of wild ducks in gland ind floc d of the ping an f arc his head 'nt to a mirthle sort of s he recounted days spent in 1d. above nded in New York from Liv- amber of this seasor ularly a a s, tho: pe the worn , part FASHIONS AND THE UNUSUAL WOTIFS “W” Neck Is the Latest Thing in England from black velvet. = AR o Debs and Black Velvet in ery Eton-cropped debutante ;IS sub-deb is insisting upon h row t least one black velvet frock r evening wear in her ward Llack velvet dinner upon ecut and shows any trimming. the W-shape neck ing unusual ¢ and removing the ardness, aspi v- he. The formed new for rarely line In is ag lhose. lish bout U seized upon de Musset mes. “0dile is an while “Apres is not un looking & 1ressm s for in scarch of ir new creations, Al- Jean Coctenu au hord de gown, ger as their | on a the firs favor- | instead Purples and Darle Reds Queen of Roumania's or purples and dark aubergine | tints we had a profo effect on | selectior s and thes 1des oming more prominent in the winter fashion: | rort pelvet purple, for | hav fred for na Llle, ems of les Derniers a es an lly a rath w. chid — new jacke have thei ppear: the Riviera season. | royal The deep red shades have found par- | custom ticular favor in wraps. in the ¢ One custumer has designed a|licves | Butt Buttons as Decoy and bu side scam, r to shoul maker's way velvet winter of 1tions bles s, particu along | in miie e rom sh f decorating a frock. The but- Iver Ameri- | long-sleeved, em | dr | simp! the siz On frock, tons are | ollar, velvet were used while crepe-de-chine the ry touch of color was obtained by big flat red buttons. a W ¢ one ack | button biue ique silver on a1 nec wi vy Bright Blues for Paint Bright blues, such as ultramarine and roval, for house pai this fall The color: prom- inent in the fashionable hts- bridge and South Kensington & There is an old superstition that by painting your house blue you lcep | the witches away from it and attract ! good luck. favor colors in London particularly ng are Kn Winter Wardrobe York com- winter ward- | Duchess’ The Duchess of pleted selection of her All the new dahl prune, grotto green—are include : had her favorite turban hat copied for her in velvet h at the side. The “W*” Neck ' neck is the yhabetical style It V-shape 1S robe, color latest ex- in Eng- amus- and is Iy ne 178 Main Street Open Monda; ing ever frocks is an variation of the Licavy ner coat belt. 1 sille stocking firm. To display ap- | propriate evening tints for milad the New York ope No Sport Clothes for Evening food smarter set, and she has set the fashion. ss Dalmatian coat of quilted o chine, dark red, to match woolen wrap which is it on a cold day. The s lined with squirrel and od about the waist by a nar- wife of King ond son, after sporting as appeared in a complete change. Sport clothes therefore are all right up until tea time in Lon- don societ. circles, but are tabooed for evening wear, except in the ! country, during hunts or other most informal affairs. ver “Melody” in Hose melody of song was trans- into the melody of color b Mufts and Water Bottles “Fill up my muff” was the une usual request of two women at a r inspiration. London hotel buffet as they handed huge card were displayed | the astonished waiter their muffs. t few bars of the opera and waiter removed two small hot- of the black notes dainty | water bottles which he recharged ere substituted. The range of | with boiling water. They were re- n varicd from pale pink | turned on a silver salver and the to the heavier tones of or-| guests departed satisfied. d raspberr Mutfs are slowly making y into vogue again and stores showing them exhibit ide small hot-water hottles. which season, s Vestale,” opened rved T.a he thelr most along- »uchess of York has put her down on the increasing of wearing sport clothing | vening. Th Duchess be- | R n smarter dress for nm1 BANK OF NEW BRITAIN Established 1862 Resources—$19,900,795.11 Deposits made on or before Friday, December 3rd, will draw interest from December Tst. 5¢ INTEREST being paid Evenings—T7 to 8:30 T e ————————