New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NORTH ATLANTIC SEACOAST IS STREVIN Wi TH WRECKAGE; SIX SHIPS ARE TOTAL LOSS Thousands of Dollars Damage Occasioned to Fishing Gear Along Shore as Gale and High Tide Sweep Harbors. Coast Guard Patrol, After ‘All Night Search, Rescue Three Fishermen Who Were Marooned on Egg Island Sandbar. Halifax, N. 8, Dec. 6.—(P— The rockbound coast of Canada's North Atlantic seaboard was strewn today with vessels unable to survive one of the worth northeasterners of recent years. The gale was accompanied by & heavy snowfall, sub-zero weather and one of the highest tides on rec- ord. Six Vessels Wrecked Six vessels in all had been re- ported as total wrecks, thousands of dollars of damage had been occa- sioned to fishing gear along the shore, and communications general- 1y throughout Nova Scotia were in a state of dislocation. But so far as was known there had been no loss of life. The ves- #els wrecked were as follows: Three-masted schooner Southead, in ballast from St. Plerre for Hali- fax, a total loss at the entrance to Herring Cove. Schooner W. C. Smith, lumber- landen for New York, a total loss at Port Herbert. Schooner Coreau, lumber-laden for New York, a total loss at Quody, Halifax county. Fishing schooner, R. L. Macken- zie, ashore at Lockport. Unknown schooner ashore at Gull Cove, Grand Mana. Schooner Atlanta, laden with po- tatoes, a total loss at Low Point, Breton. In addition the ocean-going tug Ocean Osprey, which had gone on the rocks near Canso last week, broke in two during the gale and disappeared. TFishermen Rescued New Bedford, Dec. 6.—(P— The coast guard patrol boat CG 237, aft- er an all night search in the face of the howling gale, early this morn- ing effected the rescue of three fish- ermen who had been marooned on the sandbar off Egg island since early yesterday. The three all live at Harbor View, Fairhaven, and had tried in vain to get their two boats off the bar after being caught in yesterday's storm. Edmund Caya, 37, who went scal- lop fishing in his boat, the Heldas, had trouble with his engine and drifted onto the bar. August Daigle, 56, and his son, John, 27, with whom Caya made his home, went out in their boat, the Unique, to attempt a rescue and also got into difficulties. Spectators saw the plight of the fishermen from the shore and noti- fied the police. Last night the patrol boat was notified and brought the men ashore this morning. The men suffered from exposure but were re- vived and sent to their homes later today. NURSE IS EXONERATED Boston Woman, Charged as Acces- sory in Criminal Operation, Freed on Order of Court. Boston, Dec. 6 (A—Mrs. Marian Walsh, charged as an aceessory to an illegal operation performed on L.dith Greene, a state ward, whose dismembered body was found in a cemetery last July, was found not guilty by a jury today on a directed verdict by Judge Gray. Following arguments of counsel, 1t was expected that the case of her husband, Dr. Thomas E. Walsh, would be given to the jury this after- noon.’ James V. Ford, sweetheart of the dead girl, was also charged as an accessory. He pleaded gullty and turned state’s witness. GRAND JURY MEETS Bridgeport Man is Accused of Mur- der and a First Degree Indictment Is Asked. Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 6 (P—A grand jury before Judge Alfred C. Baldwin in the criminal superior court was asked today to indict for first degrec murder Rocco Sur- giovanni of Norwalk and Frank Pulitano of this city. The jurors were considering the evidence at noon. Surgiovanni's indictment is asked upon the ground that he murdered Giacomo Bertino of Nor- walk in that city on Eeptember 3, 1926, The indictment against Pul tano s sought on the charge that on October 9, 1926 he shot and killed John Drowdowski of Bridge- port in the Iatters home during a drunkea brawlk T —— Widower, 75, To Take Widow, 70, For Bride Charles Levine, 75 years old, of §9 Hartford avenue, and Mrs. Sarah Gordon, aged 70, of Hart- ford, called at the office of Town Clerk Alfred L. Thompson this morning and took out a marriage llcense. Levine is a widower and his prospective bride ' a widow. POLICE SKEPTICAL OF SECOND BUS HOLDUP Same Driver; Same Place; Same Robber; Same Method Although he had a revolver un- der him and had been held up at the point of a gun in the same spot last Tuesday evening, Charles Goud- again yesterday afternoon, same bandit, he reported to lice. The matter is belng Investi- gated and although the police would not say they disbelicve the story, they admitted today it strikes them as strange that the bandit should be so bold as to appear in broad daylight so soon after the other job, and it is also strange that the bus driver did not use his re- volver or drive away without admit- ting the gunman, after his experi- ence less than a week ago. Goudreault was turning his bus around at the end of the line, cor- ner of Osgood avenue and North Burritt street shortly before 4 o'clock when the gunman appeared. Leveling a revolver at him, he took between $15 and $20 and told Goudreault he would “get” him for “squealing” last Tuesday night. Walking a short distance, the bandit entered an automobile and dreve away, according to Goudrecault. In his statement to the police, Goudreault said the automobile is a by the the po- its appearance, he said, but he was unable to note the registration number, Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue, Detective Scrgeant Ellinger, Sergeant O"Mara and Officers Stad- ler and Cosgrove were detailed to investigate when the holdup was re- ported. A thorough search of the northwestern scction of the city was made, without success. Goudreault is certain, he sald, that the gunman who relleved him of approximately $30 in the same spot about 10 o'clock last Tuesday night, committed the robbery yes- terday. From the description, the police say they have a clue which may ‘result in an arrest. FIRE IN ANSONIA Ansonia, Conn., Dec. new sedan owned by Frank R. Palmer was destroyed in a fire that gutted a two car garage on the property of William Kusas, at 15 Sixth street this morning. The loss, which will reach $2,300, is sald to be covered by insurance. “au0Q ‘PIOJTH } “3daq 1PV {191qYY 938IS JWNPIVUE) NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, EASTERN STATES ARE DIGGING OUT FOLLOWING UNUSUALLY BIG STORM| jp 1923 model, which was apparent by | 6P — A\ X FALL MUST AGAI STAND TRIAL FIR HI 1L LEASING Supreme Court Affirms Indict- ment Against Former Secre- tary and Harry Sinclair \MEANWHILE DOHENY CASE IS STUBBORNLY CONTESTED Today's Court Action Consists Large- Iy of Fiery Examination and Just as Brisk Replies Made to Ques- tions Submitted to Rear Admiral J. K. Robison Who Declines to “Trim His Testimony.” ‘Washington, Dec. 6 ()—The gov- ernment's oil counsel won another point in their long legal battle to- day when the supreme court refused to grant Harry F. Sinclair and Al- bert B. Fall any relfef from the criminal conspiracy proceedings pending against them. | These proceedings are somewhat | stmilar to the case agatnst Fall and | Edward L. Doheny, now on trial i pot Dome. | After criminal conspiracy indict- ments against Fall and Sinclair had been returned in the local | they attacked the proceedings on the ground that an employe of the de- partment of justice had been pres- (Continued on Page 11) RUMANIAN KING HAS iSm'geons Report . Case | Minor One—Speedy Re-, | covery Predicted Bucharest, Rumania, Dec. 6 (A — King Ierdinand today gnderwent {an operation shortly after the re- {turn of Queen Marie from her tour of the United States. His physicians |announce that the operation was | successful. The operations, for hemborrhoids, {was not a dangerous one. His phy- sicians say the king will bé able to leave his bed within a few days. The king, for some time, has been | suffering from what has been diag- |nosed as a rector-sigmoidal affec- | tion. It was chiefly because of his ill- ness and the constant stream of re- | ports coming from abroad of the seriousness of his eondition, that Queen Marie cut short her tour of the United States and hastened back to her capital. | King Ferdinand met her at the station when she arrived on Satur- day. His physical appearance seemed then anything but robust. But he wallted without difficulty and cer- |tainly did not appear to be a man jin immediate danger of death. Only yesterday a medical bulletin | was issued over the signatures of six prominent doctors that the king was {improving and indicated in fact that he was convalescent. Trace Them by Shivering with cold and frighten- ed so badly they feared to move, |Rose Zawalick, aged 20, of 146 | Hunter road, and her 18 year old |sister, Helen, who {s a domestic in a2 home in the western section of the city, were found with a young |man early Sunday morning on the |roof of the mercantile and office building at 193 Main street by Of- |ficers Ernest Bloomquist and Cyrus | Schoonmalker, who had spent al- |most an hour searching the build- ing and .the rear yard. At polica headquarters they were questioned by Sergeants P. A. McAvay and M. J. Flynn and were taken home in the police car on_satisfying the of- | ficers that they and a third girl |had been out riding with Clifford P. Coleman of 44 Greenwood street, Earl Raineault of 193 Main street ‘land Orland Newton of 656 West {Main street and had gone into the building to warm themselves. | Ofcer Bloomquist saw the ear Istop in front of the building about |2 o'clock but patd little attention Ito it until an hour later, when he !noticed that the three men and two girls had not returned to it. Then {he found that the lights in the hallway were not burning, which is |unusual. Going up the stalrs he found the door of Dr. John Pur- ney's waiting room locked, although {1t was unlocked at 12:30. He tried the door but nobody responded, so 'he tramped heavily down the stairs and slammed the outside door, to give the impression that “Flaming Youth” Chilled at 2 A. M. Atop Main St. Block While Police Face Powder Trail | Two Girls and Boy Friend Found Huddling On Roof in Zero Air After Cop’s Ruse Reveals Their Plight he had lett, His ruse was productive of the de- sired results for he soon heard volces and the sound of footsteps go- ing up the stairs. He called Officer Schoonmaker and told him to watch !the car. Then he called headquarters and Sergeant Flynn responded. One of the mef§y came out of the build- ing and entered the car. Sergeant | Flynn took him to the police station and questioned him, learning the | names of the others. Officer Bloom- {auist interviewed ' Raineault, who tHe girls had left by a rear door. Officers Bloomquist and Smigel | searched the rear yard but found no trace of anyone-and Officer Bloom- | quist and Schoonmaker started up the stairs leading to the roof. Seelng face powder on the stairs, they felt |certain the girls were on the roof, and following the clue they found them, with one of the young men. Because of the unseemly hour and the realization of the vigllance of Officer Bloomquist, they were afraid to leave their hiding place, they said. They admitted having gone into Dr. Purney's walting room because of the cold outside. Miss Ruth Bristoll, assistant pro- batlon officer, was given the police report of the incident, and will in- terview the girls. One of them is said to have been in an automoblle which figured in a collision at Jerome and { West Main street a few weeks ago when the driver of the car in which |she was riding evaded responsibility and was jailed, courts, | lives In the building, and he said| MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1926. RITAIN HERALD W —EIGHTEEN PAGES - Fall Is From 5 to 10 Inches-Rail, Boat and Auto Traffic Hamper- ed-3 Deaths in State Indirectly Gaused By Blizzard. {Sunday Coldest December | 5 on Record — Bangor | Reports 20 Below Zero—| 10,000 Men Clearing| Streets in New York. | WARMER WEATHER ‘ OW PREDICTED New Haven, Conn, Dec. § (P— Connecticut this morning found it- selt buried under a mantle of snow varying from five to ten inches in depth. The U. 8. weather bureau here reported that five of inches reault, driver of a North Burritt|here, except that In the Sinclair case | snow had fallen yesterday and last street bus, submitted to a robbery | the lease involved fs that by which | ' | the Sinclair interests took over Tea- | night, but the snow was accompan- iled by a fall in temperature which | forced the mercury down to seven! above zero yesterday morning. It was 18 above this mo-ning, accord- ing to the weather bureau. | Three Deaths Result { The storm was the cause indirect- ly of three deaths in this statc. Johny Nagy of Torrington, was fa- tally injured when the truck in which he was riding skidded on a snow covered highway near Tor-| | rington, crashed through the raifing in the stream below. Meyer White, vice-president of the Meriden Yel- low Taxicab company died follow- ing a heart attack after he had !been working for hours in an at- tempt to malntain service during {the storm. Henry Ley of Stamford, | was seized with a heart attack brought on by exertion in helping' to haul a boat out of the water as the storm swept over *w.c Sound. Street car, stcam and motor bus traffic was handicapped by the storm but service was continued during the blizzard. Practically all boat travel up and down the Sound was suspended yesterday and craft which had been warned of the ap- proach of the storm, sought safety {in harbors along the coast. | Members of the Yale Naval Unit| (Continued on Page 13) 'VIOLENT DEATH TAKES SEVEN OVER WEEK-END Three Victims of Auto Accidents—Two From Over Exertion New Haven, Dec. 6 (#) — Seven | |deaths of a violent nature occurred |in Connecticut over the week-end. Joseph Nagy, 38, of Torrington, passenger in a truck operated by John Gartka, was fatally injured yesterday when the machine went over the side of a bridge on the Torrington-Norfolk road and land- | ed bottom side up in the stream Flve others were injured. Henry Ley, 47 of Stamford was | seized with a heart attack brought on by exertion in helping to haul a boat out of the water yesterday and died on the way to the hospi- tal. Henry Perry, 65, of Winsted, was | illed instantly yesterday when an |automobile operated by Franklin Hurd, and in which he was a pas- senger, collided with a machine operated by Jacob Rogers of Mid- dletown on the Cheshire-Milldale highway near Cheshire. Mrs. Amella Hurd was injured. | John J. Buggy, 73, watchman at the plant of the Briggs Manufac turing company in Voluntown, w found dead in the boiler room yes terday. He was scalded to death botler. | Meyer White, 44, vice president | of the Merlden Yellow Taxicab | |company, died at the wheel of his machine yesterday following a heart attack. He had been working | hard all day in an effort to keep | up the taxicab service under the | handicap of the storm. Charles B. Besbin of Somerset, | Pa, was struck and killed by a |trolley car as he was crossing the | istreet in New London Saturday. | Thomas F. Clark, 50, an employe of the American Tube and Stamp- ing company in Bridgeport, was |struck and killed by an automobile operated by Alfred J. Boucher Sat- urday. Boucher was arrested charged with reckless driving. New Sheriff in Marion Arrests His Predecessor Marion, Ui, Dec. 6 (A—One of the first officlal acts of Oren Cole- | man after he took office as sheriff of Williamson county today was to arrest George Galligan, retiring sheriff, on a charge of murdering Charles Willard, a Ku Kiux Klans- man, at Smith's garage at Herrin, Aug. 30, 1924, tof a bridge and fell bottom side up AN OPERATION TODAY, | mometer took | leader who has when something gave way in the RECORD SNOWFALL WINTER HARBINGER Heaviest Storm in Quarter Cen- tury for Time of Year ROADS, RAILS KEPT OPEN Between 10 and 12 Inches. Puts Trolley and City Severe Test—Plows Operate Dur- ing Night. Employes of the department of public works this afternoon rounded out a 24-hour fight against rolling banks of snow that accumulated over the week-end while the city was experiencing the heaviest first fall of any season in more than |25 years, which in places showed a depth of 10 to 12 inches. Superintendent Thomas Kearney, his entire force of foremen and many laborers late this afternoon were keeping up an uninterrupted drive which opened st 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon after it had be- come apparent that speedy action was ncee: y to keep the more im- ! portant arteries of travel open. Prepare for More Snow City Manager Joseph D. Williams ised the work from his of- after the highways most ; uscd had been made plews were detailed to another “cut” in the bank des as a safe- us tie-ups in the ing storm. The e and, make common practice has been to send | each street, | and down » sufficlently wide to aliow two vehicles to pass. When cond storm has followed, diffi- sulty has been experienced in find- inz a place to pile the second fall of snow. The wider “cuts” prepares for this eventuality, Engincer Wil- liams explained today. Trolley Plows on Job Supt.W. J. Bryan of the Connecti- cut Co. ordered his plowing crews out on the lincs at 1:30 yesterday afternoon and they continued on duty through the night. A sched- ule of systematic runs over the en- tom kept all lines open. Slight difficulties du> to weather conditions and automobiles stalled in the right-of-way caused some minor interruptions, but for the most part cars arrived and departed on time. plows up making two “cuts, Bus Routes Open Bus routes were plowed by the city workmen early in the day for the convenience of patrons of these ! lines who must depend on this mode of travel and scrvice was continu- ous. The two large public service companies reported their cabs to be in almost constant use, and taxicab: of other companies drew their s of “fares” who elected to ride rath- er than trudge through heavy snows an1 face biting winds, A flurry of flakes in the late hours of Triday night and Saturday morn- ing heralded the approach of the storm. Blanketing the ground in white, the fall stopped Saturday morning only to recur in the late afternoon for °4 hours of almost continuous downfall. The ther- a sudden drop Sat- urday and high winds accompanied the opening of the storm reaching its greatest velocity in the early aft- ernoon yesterday. The winds les- scned thelr force toward evening and almost simultancously came the | (Continued on Page 11) ‘SPOSATO CHOSEN FOR CITY STGREYARD JOB Succeeds Ryan, Dismissal Has Caused Furore James Sposato, & republican organized several political clubs among the Itallan | voters of the city, has been selected !as foreman in the storeyards of the | ' Being an American, She Declares commissioners | {Resents Methods of Prosecution and Actions of Press But Invites Photographers in Out of Snow—Simp- board of public works, succeeding oseph F. Ryan, democrat, whose charge has resulted in strained feclings among city following admiesion that he was | dropped without cause. Sposato, who was mentioned as a probable selection for ent of charities when A. M. Paonessa became mayor, has been an active republican since 1923, and has been Employes to | Whose | superintend- | [ Mussolini Now Orders | All Bachelors Taxed \ | | = Dec. 6 (A—Ttaly's are going to find them- taxed for the support of the national charitable organ- ization for maternity and infancy. [] A bachelor's tax was created {| by the cabinet today on the {| proposal of Premier Mussolini, || men between the ages of 25 and {] 85 being subject to the measure. {| The tax will be imposed an- nually on a sliding scale increas- Ing with the age of the non- benedict. Re: bache! Belves {] the HARTFORD JEWELRY | SHOW WINDOW ROBBED |Gems Worth $2,500 Stolen ‘\ Suspect Caught by Alert i Bridgeport Clerk | Hartforq, Conn.,, Dec. 6 (A—A display window on the north Brown's Drug and Jewelry pany at 649 Main street, was Com- smash- ©d by a thief last night and jewelry valued at more than $2,500 taken. | The “break” was discovered by Po- { lceman James O'Connell at 1:10 this morning and Detective Sargeant Robert T. Sutherland was detailed to the case by Licut. Frank Santoro. About 9 o'clock this morning Al- rert Noether, known to the police of Hartford and many other citles throughout the country as a “penny- weighter” was arresied in Bridge port. A conslderable quantity of jewel- ry was found in his possession and it is believed by the pollce here and Bridgeport that Noether is the man who *worked” Hartford last night. Nocther the police say was attempt- ing to dispose of the jewelry | through a “fence” in Bridgeport. He | was arrested here about a year ago | for the alloged theft of a diamond from the Bitzer jewelry Pearl street, and ntence. He has s life behind the bars for jewelry thefts in various sections of the y. His speclalty is “swapping stones as they are set before him for inspection as a prospective buyer and the police say Noether has been known to try “crashing win- dows."” The jewelry stolen here included |a diamond wrist watch, a tray of diamond rings and a large collection of watches. recelved a jail served much of Bridgeport, Conn,, Dec. § (P— Caught in the act of slipping a dia- mond stick pin and two wrist watches into his pockets, from the show cases of Parker's Jewelry store today, Albert H. Noether, 49, of 341 West 48th strect, New York, was seized by a clerk and turned over to the police. In Noether's pockets were found numerous articles of jewelry to- gether with $1,495 in cash. The jew- clry is believed by the police to have been stolen in other jewelry stores. Nocther confessed to the police Ithat he was on parole from | Wethersfield state prison and that 1ast May he was released from a | New York state prison where he had | | | | been confined for eight years for a | holdup at Herkimer, N. Y. He soid that the originally came from Wa- | terbury. He will be arraigned in | city court tomorrow. SEN. McKINLEY DYING Martinsville, Ind.. Dec. 6.—(F— | Senator Willlam B. McKinley, of | Tllinots, who 1s seriously {il at a ;smxnarmm, here, was growing weak- er today. “Histemperature is 101 -2; his pulse 104 and his respira- tion about 28,” his doctor said. FATAL EXPLOSION Pennsgrov Dec. §.—@— Four or five men were killed in an | explosion of sportsmen’s smokeless |powder at the Du Pont Powder | Plant at Carney’s Point, N. J., today. side of | store- on | Average Daily Circulation Fox' ‘eek Ending Dec. 4th . 14,149 PRICE THREE CENTS SWEARING IN OF GOULD AS - BY CHARGES COURT OF HONOR AGITATION ENDS {Gampaign Against War Memo-| rial Shialt Brought fo Cloge HAMLIN WRITES T0 MAYOR;‘ Refers to Rumor That Committee | Held Secret Mecting Late Last Month to “Put On Final Touches” | | —97 New Petitioncrs, \ The battle for a permanent court | of honor is over. | Those who have interested them-| selves in the movement have done all | that is possible, according to a state- | ment today by George V. Hamlin, leader of hte movement for a per- manent court of honor. “There is | nothing more that we can do, except {turn in the rest of the names on our petition,” he said. ““We have the sat- |isfaction of knowing that we have ought a ciean fight. We have kept it on an impersonal basis, and now that we have lost we will turn around and bet back of the mayor and the common council to malke the soldiers’ memorial a most glor- ious afiai | Mr. Hamlin today sent to Mayor Gardner C. Weld an additional list of 97 names, making a total of 363 names on two separate petitions sent in asking that the court of honor be | perpetuated. The list includes the mes of J. I'. Glover and Miss Mar- garet Glover, brother and sister of Licutenant Joseph Glover, who was killed in France and who was one of | the men for whom Eddy-Glover post was named. J | Letter to Mayor Weld. | The letter and list of names fol- { lows: ew Britain, Conn., Dec. 6, 1926. | | “Hon. Gardner C. Weld, Mayor, ! | New Britain, Conn. | “Dear Sir: | “I informed you, in my letter of | | Nov. 29, that I would get the peti- \! (Continued on Page 16) POLICE LENIENT WITH DYING CHILI’S FATHER ! — | {Alleged Drunken Driver i Allowed to Go Home | Without Bonds While his child lay at death's door, Leo Zyjewski, aged 26, of 33 Smith street, drove a taxicab in an alleged intoxicated condition on South Maln street about 6:30 yester- day afternoon and collided With an automobile driven by Gunard John- son of 715 East strect, damaging the latter car slightly. This morning, when the case was called in police court Prosecuting Attorney Woods informed Judge Al- ling that Zyjewski had been released without bonds because of his child's condition, and Attorney P. F. Mc- Donough, representing him, had ! asked that the case be continued un- til Thursday morning. Officer Fee- ney stated that reports from the bed- [side this morning indicated that the child was desperately ill. Judge Al- ling continued the case as requested {by Attorncy McDonough. According to the police report, Zyjewski sald he did not see John- |son’s car until the collision occurred. | Johnson was driving south on South | Main street and pulled towards the sidewalk to avoid being struck. Nev- |ertheless, he was unable to get away | [from the taxicab. according to his| |statement to Detective Sergeant |George C. Ellinger. ' Trial, Mrs. Hall son to Demand Investi a delegate to many of the important | G. 0. P. conventions., He ness, Republican circles have echoed the democratie insistence that Ryan was retired solely on grounds of olit! Thomas W. Crowe's inquiry at the last board mecting brought out the information that no claim of fnefficiency has ever heen riade against the retired foreman. THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair and _continued colder | fonight; Tuesday incressing cloudiness and not so cold. | | recently | |retired from the life insurance busi- more emphatically so since | | Commisstoner New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 6 GP) | Stevens Hall, ac- | quitted on Friday of the murder of Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, has lost some of her pride in America because of the trial itself and the methods of the prosecution, all of which she considered persecution. “I used to be proud of being an American,” she says, “and cspeclally when T went abroad and saw the | people of other countries and saw Imy own countrymen I was very | proud of being an American, and to say that T was from America. Now {T am not so proud.” Resents Pleture Taking The pitiless publicity of the court ~=Mrs. Frances | lroom surprised her, she declares, as brother, Willie Stevens, | did the relentless pursuit of curiosi- |ty seckers and news photographers. (The taking of snap shots she par- | Adter Pitiless Publicity of Her Not So Proud of gation of Trial—Announces He Will Accept No Pay Whatsoever. ticularly deplored, stating that she “thought It was stealing.” “T think one's appearance is one's own, and I think that no one has a right to take that appearance in a picture without permission,” is her view. | Invites Photographers | Mrs. Hall took pity on photogra- phers who stood guard outside her home in a snow storm yesterday, however. She invited them into her home along with reporters and con- | sented to pose for them in her library, but balked at a suggestion | that she go to her kitchen and don an apron. . | She expects to remain this winter in New with her who with 1 another brother, Henry Stevens, was | Brunswick HE SENATOR IS HALTED OF SEN. WALSH Interruption is Embar- rassing and Comes Just When Senator- Elect Had Hand Rais- ed to Take Oath- Finally Sworn. Investigation of Alleged Payment of $100,000 in Canadian Railroad Deal Ordered—Congress Con- venes. Washington, Dec. 6 swearing in of Senator-E 2 of Maine, was interruptcd today b: Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, who ked an investigation of charges of a payment of $100,000 by Gould intercsts to officials of the Canadian province of New Bruns- wick Senator Walsh offered a resolu- tion asking that the senate elections committee go into the matter, but the resoluiion went over for a day on motion of Scnator Curtis, Kansas, the republican leader, and Senator Moses, republican, New Hampshire. Gould Is Embarrassed The resolution was offered unex- peetedly while Mr. Gould was stand- ing before the dais of the senate on (P) — The SENATOR GOULD the arm of Senator Hale, republican, Maine, waiting to be sworn in. M. Gould was visibly embarrassed. After the resolution was laid aside Mr. Gould took the oath and signed the roll, Senator Walsh sent his resolution to the clerk of the senate. It said that it “would not be consistent tor the senate to pass vnnoticed these charges of such grave character.” The resolution said it had been reported that Mr. Gould had been charged with paying $100,000 to trusted officlals of the province in connection with a rail- road contract. Report to Be Made “If this be true, it said it “was inconceivable that so large a sum of money could be expended without expectations of personal gain.” The resolution concluded by re- questing the senate elections com- mittee to investigate the charges and report what action was warranted. The text of the Walsh resolution follows: “Whereas, it is reported by the press that in certain proceedings pending before the courts of the province of New Brunswick, the judge thereof in a formal opinion, found and charged that a contract made the basis of such proceedings was tainted with bribery, perpetrat- ed by or participated in by Arthur R. Gould, certified to have been elected a senator from the state of Maine, the said judge being reputed to have expressed himself in such opinion as follows: ‘It transpired that for the pur- pose of advancing his own inter- ests, Mr. Gould paid to the Hon. Mr. Fleming, then acting for the prov- ince, this large sum of money, most of it to him personally, the balance to his order, “‘The circumstances under which thiz moncy was paid age not clear. I have simply Mr. Gould's evidence as to the cause which led him to offe* the bribe. “‘Mr. Gould represents the pay- ment as practically forced frem him. I am not so sure that this i so. I think he is only too ready to purchase an advantage by making a payment of such a nature. Indeed, | T can sce no other reason why he should have pald it. It seems to me impossible to conclude that any man {s going to part with $100,000 unless he expects to gain very ma- terfal advantage thereby. “*And to this the fact that the premier was looking after this rail- road business himself confirms me in my belief that Mr. Gould delib- erately set out by the payment of thiz money to make his position se« cure and to evade the consequences of future default, should any be made by him, by placing the most trusted public man in the province under his control in the way above (Continued on Page 15) (Continued cn Pago 11), 1