New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1926, Page 14

DOHEN: S STORY 15 ADMISSIBLE, Defexise Loses Important Fight‘ in Conspiracy Trial ‘Washington, Nov. 29 (P—Edward L. Doheny’s own story of his $100,- 600, transaction with Albert B. Fall, as told before the senate oil commission, was admitted in evi- dence today in the Doheny-Fall oil conspiracy trial. Victory For Prosecution Justice Hochling's decision pl ing the senate committee records be- fore the jury was a sweeping vic- tory for the prosecution, but s ex- pected to becon one appeal by the defense former cabinet officlal and the oil man are convicted. The justice acted after long argu- ment by attorneys, who presented their contentions le the jury was excluded from the court room. The decision opened the way for the prosecution to continue its pres- entation of evidence on which it hopes to prove that the $100,000 was part of a conspiracy which re- culted in award of the Elk Hills ofl lease to Doheny while Fall was retary of the interior. Opinion Was Sweeping The court’s opinion was sweeping. It overruled every objection raised by the defense and permitted the statement made tc committee by Tall to go be jury along with that of Dol in case the the ny. to the committee said the $100,000 4 additional Mexico came publisher with which ranch proper from Edward 1 of the Washington Po Prosecution attorneys indicated in thelr opening statement that they egarded it as important to their ase to show that the former ir terior secretary sought to conce the source of the m The Doheny Testimony an - 2 at his own 1e- Guest and said that to aid Fall old-time friend, he had the then cabinet member $100,000 The ¢ ¥ ody of vanced igton in cu * L. Doheuny, J. Fall gave in r turn & note which was producr before the eenate committ the signature torn off. Justice Hoeh er the Doheny statement of Fall constituted evid- ence within the meaning of Section 859 of the revised statutes, which prohibits use of congressional testi- mony in subsequent criminal involving the ¥ .. 'Th ecourt noted that the oil man had appeared before the committes vol- untarily after he had previously testified in response to a formal summons and that the Tall state- ment was submitted on F initiative. The justice quoted Doheny ment before the committee in which he said, in requesting permission to appear the second ti Was Voluntary Statement “T wash to state the full facf ths committes and to the publ Such a statement, s2id the c removed all suggestion of compul- sor.” testimony against self-interest in conti ention of the fifth amend- ment of the constitution. The lawyers’ arguments on point were concluded Friday, Justice Horhling's decision read from the bench as soon court met this morning. The jury, excluded fr the courtroom then was recall- o the and their case wit} committee statement That was followed by the reading of Doheny's testimo In both for Doheny, laid the has sible appeal by entering appearance by accompaniad torney. This sta examination which culm leases and con mental boa by the pr the statement unfair terms for the Doheny r the lands or remuneration ash outlay of the co on o t urged an e negotiations ident Legion Show Workers Pleased By Outlook The tic d pu y mn tees of “Tha comedy the Cap 7 by Legion, he the Le; street report had b noon at mander praiso for the to v two note basis of an | In his state- | ¥ been active here since. | PREDICTS UNEMPLOYMENT | INSURANGE IN FUTURE;‘ , iy i Speaker to Bible Class Secs Lack of | 1 | Work Developing Socialistic Tendencies How unemployment works to de- | velop a socialistic mental status in | the mind of the worker, was ex- | plained to members of Everyman's | Bible class yesterday morning by | Dr. D. D. Vaughan. He quoted Stuart A. Rice in picturing the de- | generation of the worker and his family under unemployment. predicted that some day this con-| ditlon. will be changed by the uni- | versal adoption of unemployment in- surance. | He spoks of the psychology of | fear and said there is no danger of war with Japan, but intimated that a certain chain of newspapers which | openly boasted that it got the coun- into war with Spain is trying to create war between America and Japan. He explained the reactions of an | nferfority complex and detailed some experfences in handling cases of this type. There were 217 men present and collection was between $40 and DOCTOR ESCAPES AS PATIENT DIES (Continued from Page Four) |late Re being responsible for her condition and he also is being sought by the police, although they have no war- rant for his arrest. | TPolice discovered the girl in an |unheated room with an overcoat thrown over the bed and herself in | agonizing pain, they invaded Yochelman's private hospital In {search of another woman whose {husband entered a complair inst Yochelman Tuesday night. Yochelman's Career Yochelman, who w from the St. Louis Colleg sicians and Su ons, one of the institutions which figured promi- nently in the extraordinary grand y proceedings, conducted by Benedict M. Holden as foreman in | the status of | s graduated of Phy- | pos: no ci tice in Connecti cense was revoked shortly after the | y had completed its de- I his counsel, and was one of those | who joined in an appeal, which was heard by Referee Marcus H.| Holcomb, passed upon by the su- perior court and the supreme court | of errors then nupheld the action of the superior court, in declining to uphold the appeal. The case was| then carried to the United States| supreme court on a question of | 's own constitutionality, but that court de-|employe of the latter cided that have urisdiction. This case was brought in the, name of “Arnold H. Brien et al” | Yochelman being one of those or- |iginally joining as a party to the appeal, but after the supreme court decision, he contended that his sta- tus had not been affected and that a scparate decision would be nec- | essary in his case. Continued to Practice Although - Yochelman's license, | along with those of about 130 others; was revoked -in 1924, thoss who have remained in Connecticut | have continued to practice and up o this time there have been no ar- rests. of any of those so involved un charges of practicing without a | license. | After his license was revoked, | Yochelman left Bridgeport and sent word to friends here from Mexico City that he was continuing his medical education there. He returned shortly afterward and has it did not the | FIGHT DEATHS OCCUR FROM FOOTBALL GAMES (Continued from First Page) in harness the next day. Probably the most famous injury of the season was the “geology Slagle, Prin The hurt in his hip caused by ation of an old football in- ng a geology field trip. were badly mauled In Army-Syracuse_gam which “Whipp: scorer of the east at ffered a knee injury s play for th i with leg lost to the Cadets for jurie: 1 er of the season. Man Cured After Seven Days of Hiccoughing 1 t plum nd castor oil Mass. Republican Funds | Are To Be Investigated | Bostc ~ 20— (P which was defeated o telogray ing republican h he described as | tinuously |early education was received in this 'MRS. HARY WESSEL 'BANDITS HOLD UP DIES AT AGE OF 79 Was Second Bride Married At The South Church Mrs. Mary Hale Wessel, one of the oldest, most consclentious and loyal workers in the South Congregational church, and daughter of the late Henry K. Hale, who prior to his He | death was one of the most active|told her they would interview him business men in this city, died at her home, 39 Maple street, early Sunday morning at the age of 79 years. ’ She was born In South Wethers- field, the daughter of the late Henry K. Hal and Emeline C. Hale. She came to this city when she was ycar old and resided here con- since that time. city but she received further educa- tion in Battleboro, Vt., and in the Curtis school at Hartford. Mrs. Wessel's father brought the first knitting machine to this city and founded the establishment which was known after as the New Britain Knitting Co. In the years that followed he engaged in the drug business with the late Charles Dick- ipson and later for himself in a store which was afterward occupled by Samuel P. Storrs. Mr. and Mrs. Wessel were the sec- ond couple to be married in the South Congregational church, the ceremony being performed by the Dr. Goodell on September 15, 1868. Her surviving relatives include her husband, Frederick Wessel, three daughters, Misses Clara G. and Jen- nie F. Wessel; and Mrs. Charles H Mitchell; and two eons, Howard H. and Frederick C. Wessel. A son, Raymond B. Wessel died in Windsor on August 23rd. Five grandchil- dren and a brother, Charles H. Hale of Denver, Cal,, also survive her. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clack at the home. Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill, pastor of the South Congregational rch, will officlate. Interment be in Fairview cemetery Collision of Trucks Results In $1,000 Suit Action for $1,000 damages has been instituted against E. P. Fzench of this clty by August Casclani of New Hartford, as the result of an accident involving two trucks on August 9 last. The writ is return- able in the court of common pleas of Litchfield county at Winsted the first Tuesday of December. Deputy ;Sh?rilf Martin H. Horwitz served the man papers. The plaintiff sets forth that a truck owned by him was parked on Stanley street on the day mentioned and that another truck owned by the defendant and operated by an struck the plaintiff's machine and rammed it into a telegraph pole, crushing it and completely destroying it. He states that the defendant has ~dmitted his lability, but has ne- glected and refused to pay the plain- tiff. He claims also that he has heen greatly inconvenienced in his business as a result of losing the use of the truck. !Albert J. Marks Brings | Action For Divorce Action for divorce has been insti- tuted by Albert Jackson Marks of New Britatn against Anna V. Marks, also of this clty, charging desertion. The writ is returnable in the su- perior court the first Tuesday of De- cember, Constable Frank Clynes serving the papers. Nair and Nair represents the plaintiff. Mr. and Mrs. Marks were married October 12, 1914, and the plaintift sets forth in his complaint that the alleged desertion occurred on August 12, 1919, They have. two minor children. Marks claims a divorce and custody of the children. SKIPPY Her || NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1926. ——— o'clock for Mrs. Artemise Bonefant. The annual sale and social of the Holy Family Circle will be held in the T. A. B. hall Wednesday after- | noon and evening. The Holy, Family | Circle is the group which takes care !of the destitute of the parish and | the funds from thls annual affair | will be devoted towards the work | | THEATER HAAGER (Continued from First Page) | | | | | of the circle. The sale will take place in the afternoon and a card party will be held in the evening. First Friday devotions will be ob- served in the church on Friday with masses at 5:30 and 7 o'clock. There will be an all-day exposition of the Ylessed Sacrament followed by holy | hour at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. Confessions will be heard Thursday afternoon and evening. The children of the parish wio | 4 theater men and wanted (\m»{!\l‘(‘n‘l public schools will go to con- o further notice was paid | fession Iriday afternoon at 3:30 | when, about 10 minutes| o'clock and ¥ 1l receive communion walked nonchalantly | Saturday morning at a special mass and strolled through | at 3 o'clock the lobby into the street they passed| The last quarterly meeting of the A quarter of an hour| Society for the Propagation of the he muffled calls for help | Faith will be held next Sunday aft- | 4 the women and Barrett|ernoon at 3 o'clock Joseph's Church. I's mind mass of requiem celebrated at St. Joseph's Friday morning at 7 o'clock Jesse McDermott, 7 devot ons will be held Friday of this week to men responsible 5:30 and 7 o'clock. j today's ac es are th who ¢ s will be heard Thursday 1 a job in Brisi rnoon and evening. was rob- rearsal of the play which is e benefit of tho | the Lyceum theater De- 15 and 16, will be held in the parish hall Tuesday and Thurs- evenings. St. Andrew’s Church. w will be the feast of St. patron saint of St. An- ¢ rch, and a special mass ill be celebrated at § o'clock, fol- lowed by benedietion. Friday devotlons will be riday of this week with mass in the morning and devotions in the e | to hold his gaze on the floor. Bar- | rett obeyed. | Said They Wanted Work. Several women wer eengaged in| { cleaning the theater when the two| youths saun in and inquired for | the manager. One of the women | pointed to his office and then volun- | teered to call Barrett. The youths e they were exper- and A m ered with insu Sk rett said toda. The d: tective bed in the night. Had the gun fronted a ed satchel a laid out before them. One of the women cater told noticed the t in front of {halt an cleani Andrew, spicion Suspect Lod: With the him will be heard after- | ening. St. John’s Church. o socicty of St. John the Evan- | will meet tomorrow evening parish hall at 8 o'clock to reports on the recent church baz The junior St. John’s so- ciety will meet tomorrow cvening at 7:30 o'clock. | The annual mecting of t! society will be held ing. be clected at this ses: First Friday devotions will consist Feer police ion by g chief of detectives P , who visi der the vicinity of t e Capitol theater today and that he was on the street | because of the fact that he was out | of mass at 5:30 and communion at of work and was seeking employ- ( 7:00 and holy hour Friday evening ment 2 o'clock. His wearing apparel was not the | | same as that of the taller of the| two bandits, but his physical char- aoteristics and such of his facial| It as Barret during the | BURGESS IS HFLD in naming the suspect as the g if the resembled of the gunman | wore. | recollection Police in nearby cities have be asked to what the local officers call a 1! bandit.” His general appearance and clothing were of the kind usnall (Continued from First Page) torney McDonough, Miss Andruss | said she never saw Mr. Cantin take | money out of the local office. She | 1 not know who paid for repairs to | car and she did not recall | g made out slips and for- | m to the Waterbury of- fice to that money had been used in the local offico. Introduced as Honest Man. Arthur J. Cantin testified that he th a Barrett was also ofing Co., having an | Lo T i rbury and one in New Britain. | | ‘Week’s Activities in He lives in Waterbury. On June | . 10, 1926, he engaged Burgess as Catholic Chuirches || manager of the local office at a sal- ary of $25 per week and commis- sion. Burgess was introduced to him an honest, trustworthy man. Be- tween June 10 and Sept. 22 the busi- ness ran smoothly so far as Mr. | tin knew. On Burg; offered his resignation, cffective October 1, ing he had the offer of a better position, which he felt it would be to his advantage to accept He would stay until Oct. 15 if Mr. Cantin wished him to. He told Mr. Cantin he liked him as an employer nd wanted to go over all the local ice accounts before leaving so that of re- re would be no confusion or ques- the tion about the condition of the busi- at 7 ness. Cantin said he asked Burgoss‘l St. Mary’s Church. Sodality of the children of Mary’s parish will hold a card party tonight in the T. A. B. hall on Lafayette street, the pro- ceeds of which will be sent to t! hree local priests who are laboring in the foreig sion fields. They are the Rev o Sweeney brothers, wh aasm hers of the Maryknoll society William Corliss in the pine Islands as a member Order. i anniversary auiem will | church Wednesday | | | The “ary o nd Fhilip- of th Rev, mass be celchrated morning | Florida. ing after mine,” the sergeant to remain and within a few days he would have an offer that would in- terest him. He did not see Burgess again until the latter was brought back from Florida under arrest. Examining the office accounts Cantin found shortages and investi- gating further uncovered the evid-| | milk and bottles from lIsrael Bayer | ence offered in the prosecution. Complaint was made to the police and the assistant prosecuting attor- ney issued a warrant for the arrest of Burgess, Cantin testified. Bur- gess had no bonus arrangement and he had no authority to charge to| the company the expense of running his automobile or repairing it. If the weekly report of the local of- fice showed that Burgess had ex- pended money for office equipment | ‘be the Farmers’ Milk Co. was arrest- | Arrest “Milkman” For ] Taking Rival’s Bottles Joseph Gelger, aged 16, of 118 Rockwell avenue, who is employed THE HERALD “WANT ADS” Alphabetically ~ Arranged For and Ready Reference. LINE RATES FOR CONSECUTIVE [NSERTIONS Charge Prepatd 09 Quiek ed this morning by Officer Thomas J. Feeney on the charge of theft of | of 144 West street, who is in the milk business. Bayer complained to the police recently that bottles were | taken from doorsteps early in the | morning, and a watch was made ! with the result that Gelger was caught. 1 itne line iine line $! v Rates Upon Application. | [Ecaia: atnaras i i {1, imcs to an tnen Burgéss would be reimbursed. Cantin was positive he never paid| th> employes in currency. He was| positive Burgess never turned ov any money to him at a lake in W terbury or anywhere else. He did| not receive $200 from Burgess on a trip to Middletown, he said in re- ply to Attorney McDonough. He knew of«instances when Burgess| called the roofers oft of jobs to| work on his automobile and they were paid by the Elaborated Roof~‘ ing Co. | Admits Taking $300 | Detective Sergeant W. P. Mc-| Cue testificd that he brought Burg-| s to New Britain from Miaml, | | Burgess told him he would admit | having used $300 but he did not take $1018.18. He sald he +had spent moncy on his car and had | also advanced funds when unsigned | checks came from the Waterbury office. Attorney McDonough asked | the sergeant if it was true he w: s hiding Burgess from legal Wwrits in Florida. “They were looking| after their business and I was look- | re- | plied. | “Answer the question,” the attor-| ney said. “You dom't have Judge Alling ruled. ! Prosecuting Attorney Woods ask- | ed that probable cause be found and Burgess ba bound over. Attor-| y McDonough asked that the state chow substantfation of the charge ' maintained that the lower court annot find probable cause unless it lieves a jury would return a find- ing of gullty. “Well,” sald Judge Alling, “if| his court had to pass on the in-| nocence or guilt of this man on the| imony offered the finding would | gullty. He admitted t6 Sergeant| McCue that he took $300 Attorney McDonough differed with | court on the use to which the, 3307 had been put according to) Burgess' admi “Well, you| cvidently have not followed the tes-| timony,” the judge remarked. | “Yes, 1 followed it and T wrote it down and Burgess did not say he| used it for his own purposes,” the| attorney said. | Judge Alling then announced a| finding of probable cause and bound | Burgess over to the December term | of superior court fn $3,000 bonds. to answer,” { th Supreme Court Rejects Sweeping Oil Inquir hington, Nov. 29.—(P— government petition which Wa A federal would have involved a sweeping in- legality of all th 1 leases granted under Presid Harding's famed executive order was rejected today by the supreme court. i The court refused to review the Nelgrade Oil company case, in which the cruclal issue was whether the president had authorlty to transfer the naval oll reserves from the cus- | tody of the navy department to that of the interior department. he Belgrade lease, like that given rd L. Doheny, was on land in Elk Hills reserve in California. | The government charged the leas had been made without requesting proposals, without advertising and | without competitive bidding, by di- rection of Albert B. Fall, while secretary of the interior. The lower court decided against the govern- ment. iiry into the READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANT. | | | Panama Canal zone, yesterday after. | names of hunters trespassin | burt street or 425 West Main street, | Minimum Space, 3 lines. Clarke Is Turned Over | finimen fmee g v [ 0 To New Haven Police |32, A4 accerted atier 1P tor New York, Nov. 20.—(P—Richard ||[10 & a o °° Sme Dy @t H. C. Clarke, 31 year old broker, ar- (|| Ade Accepted Over tne Tclaphone rested here November 7 on a charge ||(o; Contenience of customers. Gal of passing a fictitious check for $60, |[|* Notify “the Heratr st ‘oo e 2OM was turned over to authorities from [[[2d fs meorrect onsible. far ew Haven, Conn.,, toda: Ji\srtorsiatter theiifira N y, to stand trial there on a charge of embezzle- | ment involving between $200,000 | and $500,000. ANNOUNCEMENTS l —_——— Burial Lots, Mosuments 1 | BURIAL™ VAULTS—Concrete and refns r?'ted. water proof, hermetically seafed. | N. B. va Co. Phone f47-15. Peruvian Submarines Arrive At Panama Canal New London, Conn., No —P) | —Completing a non-stop trip of | 2,050 miles, the Peruvian eubmar- ines R-1 and R-2 built by the Elec- | tric Boat company arrived at Colon, | | | | | | descriptions, ting_our ep noon according to word received by | the Electric Boat company today. IDENTIFIES ASSAIDANTS East Hampton, Conn., Nov. 29 (f) —Robert §. Bailey, of Haddam Nei was was assaulted last Thursday when he attempted ta secure the on his land, said today he had identified three of his assailants. He gave their names os Salvatore Odorno, Salva- tore Mazzotta and Willlam Miller all of Middletown. Bailey has placed the matter in| the hands of his attorney, potted plants for Garden Phone 3526 MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT The police were notified todhy of the suspension of tho right to op- crate an automobile, in thé case of Stanley Chaprowski of 355 High street, suspension of the licenses of Nathan Buchatter of 17 Foxon Place and Romer DeMers of 2214 Hurl- and the return of George Crowley of street. the license of 213 Winthrop The grasshopper makes scraping one of his bones love b against another, thus producing a sort of in- ect serenade. T T A T T l r prices for Jept at tha AUTOMOTIVE Auto and Truck Agencies BUICK MOTOR CARS—Sales and 8e Capltol Bulck Co. 193 Arch 6t. 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Burritt Mot City Items Hot Waffles 25¢ in Crowells.—ads Laurel Court Sewing society will meet Tuesday from 10 a. m. to 4:40 p. m. at the home of Mrs. W. J, Rawlings of Parsons place. Philip Kerwin, who is employed in §| New York, spent the week-end at he home of his parents, Selectman | and Mrs. M. T. Kerwin of 49 Unlon | street. Bv PERCY CROSBY SO THIS IS | WHO YA MEET ANOTHER FACE — A(L A BI6 BaLcoon Fuw FOOT STEPS VJJI NEVER SAW A TOWN THAT CoOuLD RAISE So MANY PICKLE FACES; AFRAID TO TICHLE A RADIO CAUSE THEY MIGHT MISs A TIN CUP CONVERSATION. — LIFE! No MATTCR) — ITs JusT 2, | e POLL Y AND HER PALS IS60 FooR MAR. AT HERE A MINDTE ! * I4E &Y PROVE 0 BE THE g(’ VERY ODD J0B-MAN YOIVE EEN > & :fl ! [ LooKS KINDA LRLNTY TME! ] AN’ JusT So's T CAN SOAK UP A LITTLE MORE SUFFERIN THEY NURSE A coP TAN UNDER GAS LIGHT. WELL, NO COP CAN EVER SAY | BROUGHT HIM OUT ON A PANSY HUNT - NO,SIR! INEVER GIVE THAT'O ME COP A STAND UP YET. /D SOME OF THE Y BEST JUDGES IN M T \