New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1927, Page 1

(& | g News of the World By Associated Press EW, NEW B;Tf:“:;':&%.. 500 Miners are Entombed in One PAY LAST TRIBUTE Explosion; Eight Dead in Another T() AUT0 VICTIMS Rescue Crews Rushing to Scene of First Disaster, 7 Miles From Pittsburgh—Second Tragedy Occurs At Ledford, Illinois, Shaft. ESTABLISHED 1870 1ENRY FORD, DRIVING ONE OF OWN COUPES, INJURED | BY HIT AND RUN AUTOIST Motor King Taken o SIPIRY TELLS OF Hospital in Detroit| Where He Undergoes! Minor Operation Fol-' lowing Accident Sun-! day. 75 .Thousands at Services in Local| f and Bristol Churches March w (P —2c entombed hy the Pennsylva 30 feved to have been killed in a gas Pittsburgh, €|l 5 xplosion today in the Salin. I& 1 | Coal Corporation’s mine s | Ledford, five miles south it Coal and ipproe other miners were tnju The 300 other men all accounted for. id gas had ace {mulated in a pocket n the entr and was touched off, presumably by an open light used by miners. | The eight entrymen behind the | ws {gas and believed to have nllaia as 1, are Joe Toth, William Filber, | Lynch, George Ambrock an Ledford, and Carrier Mills, load- , Simon Simaets of Ledford, track nd Peter Doris of Ledford, County 0 men 0, at of her ed by 1 the | | tekrific HNANyyfl;fiTATusyfi;”&fig@m Plaintill in Ford Suit Pamesl“‘ With Reed i}‘;:‘.ig,}:)‘., Al x\ ith th lin ¢ from Geo £ the f ved that b 1 been trapps “he explosion force that when ft mouth a two-st cxplosion in the Ehren Obsequies for James J. Welch, of ternoon, ac- |the blast, James H. Riley, Jr.. and Edward here. {mine were d| Mine off ek J. Sheehy Held Today — Mrs, Sheehy Reported Critically 111, Twice today $t. Mary's church to eapacity as thousar EVADES H]S VERBAL TRAPS | Ruling on Case their tasks to pay tribut M ot touch ated miles to the memory of two of Monday' a0 mine ambria c Pittsbur ceiden 26 Har Riley, Jr., whose vietim m of on st of { Was Alone in When Another 1)1'i\'01" Forced Him Off Road— Went expert men | | Warns Law- | South | of ul\ A yers on Both Sides That They |! t Rl o'clock the \ were born pr \udis Lynch and Roscos Reho, shift werkers fifteen hundred feet from the explosion, were the first to be brought from the mine. They were hurled down by the explos and were badly burned and in by flying timbers, John Wunderlich, who was some cighteen hundrs from the explosio knockes down and was caught under a 'ing motor, so great was the force the blas.. Fellow workmen romovad the mo- tor from him and m a bleeding con- dition he sta the reseuc work. T cue team from Eldorado rushed to the sce Rescue workers were b the danger of after-damp and it believed ral e before they could imprisoned and b "he mine employes vag working full to STANLEY ST. WIDENING FRANKLYN, N. . FIRE LEADS TOHOT DISPUTE | CLAIMS THREE LIVES - /| Close to Thee being bhorn r-vl(n’(»t Ang, * This program ‘,.m 4 at Mr. Riley's fune Five brothers and a 1 Mr. Welch pall hearers at the funeral. were Martin Welch, Sr and Luke Welch of this city, Welch of Hart- rd and John broth R: remains of Mr into the the Must Not Go Into Too Lengthy Wi Wel great trom the blew build- r injure d. M- | explosion territic they the men workin, caved in dificult. | from all Cambria field when word These men, were rushed | tomobile, With- attacking blockade in an ef- workings, i March 20 (#)— entombed and be- | chu Y Briti rscorts B i senting Arguments In Trial, Down Embank- and C(rashed Into ot n | Detroit, March " ar 50 P ument dor 31 oy brick office n the > nearly over away 1 the ment Tree. ire ¢ hbus stood s took place At hoth vestit Wit it n Fed d today o Supiro t Henry Tor Fred M. Raymon 1 ¢ policy of limiting cach with s0 Aaron battom t whe = 1f orts, ma i in er was Lenunciate for X M Tord s in the it, reh He — (B 11 Ford hospital e . ked nry At the opening of cour it f the trial, on of Sapir “Gontlemen the end somewhere,” aymond. yvou would L . How woeach of yvou? 1t d be rt wher while o trentm e cor rom Sapiros tims in the wi r th rcord bog ue crews entire an autom: Sun- wrgned ov an Welch | family home and | we As the body the church, isti no: ot quickly to le; the after 9 ted in the chure be borne into M _ con Mar & v ts, ¢ hy L time 1 <hort tiy s¢ hours e reach ved Croan, sopr alto; Ired James V. Sullivan, eph A, Haffey nd John 4 Kindly trio consis rs and Mr Jesu Dei Vivi! of the “Jesus, 0 mine Harrist it men month int ot T Wi St nolly, other and il conunsel, Williain Henry Sapico, nodded v rule applicd im > Limit Set slication limi inutes iers, tenor of t Offic ization. s ames D. Jack- I wis son, At the Mrs, ord conps Donohus PFord and vas fores Michiga the Rous: ol doy driv | | | v, to 10 ' Neither “latiorneys 4 I matter i serviees, Keep M as the rem from the Nearer M of im edifice n v God M kment #8 that he emb; nt upon hi ced from {h Ford I\\»m'.flm'\ at | v a period of daze «H > Mr. Ford walked | ¢ several liundred feet | on his eslate, 17 teep eml 1 ord stat oreed T the 1t which came ind way into was | o rom be- | a Sapiro | the to i Towers Advises Objector Financial Loss $200,000— to Calm Down or L Outside Phone Service “(iet the Gate” Temporarily Cut Off nited ies of Cross-£x- as e of the Dearborn. Aft neonscinusness en wer ) Peter Thon W ipiro Tegan like in it o and with ther ote at first de logal efforts, a pair 2o 1 discussion ot over rom record. 0od in front the court ear as Sheridan, his mothe aring Fy Three on| 1 appr net Chair the Loard of ning in a nkling, lives w the H. re lost March 346 (A in a firs Keeper a4 Mrs. sur 1R oS {of the witiess E £ ot il works ho summons MeClure, ¢h u 1 )m‘ml W ind remained an 1'\\I Tuesda i removed in an Henry Ford hospit s 'HM rIoing tro a minor operation. Inwsnit now unavoidabl 1008 that may i re withheld from the iough communicated to Monday morning. Today, however it developed that the newspapers had omehow obtained intormation and titement Mr. Ford estion that the result of int which the The The Welch, phev in ers vard were Towers of ruined ndicate ck Dono- today, At with in M his imm with injured | Gigion night when o | arnibulance to the | A whe : oy tment. T Becar wpire’s carly last cve hot peres enter of this city early wh rsation 3 1 n a hear- widening of ¢ ostreet betwe “hestnut and br a large »f property owners to pro- t 1 he already s hoard been . Walter A. McCrann cele a solem 1ss of requiem and w Lyddy, d ub deacon, Downey of Hartford, master of onics. sidewalks were crowded the church steps to the curbs by reverent multitude which stood s hats removed while the casket being taken down the sicps to +hearse and they remained in their us the | bearing the re- rooms | Mains of Mr. Welch moved away to St. Mary's cemetery and the hearse carrying the body of Mr. Riley moved to the front of the church. As the casket was heing born the church and rested on the pedes tal prepared for it, the voices of the qu heard for the second time as they blended into the hymn, ad Kindly Light.” The pastor of v. Matthew J. '] yrant; Rev. Fath phine) protessor colloge, deacon; Lyd sub deaco nd Rev. A. McCrann, master of remonies, entered the sanctuary while the gregation T Numbered among the atheriy were Mr. Riley's atern oeiates, and life-long friends. During the services the arcd greatly oved and when artners soon the propos started ¢ | his shingls One juror, \fter . 10, The bodies were found in ruins after the flames had extinguished. Six stor nd al offices were swept by Tame the loss is estima $200,- Telephone with outsid several hours by the main_ exchang Hampshire o who AUEEC bolt ention, had nodded upright and while the other woren exhibited interes < to Notes s of figures j and referved to asked him the fro- five the sat William s inary 1) at communi points was cut of contempl; had of public works ind had recommended to the common council, but returncd that body upon protest of Coun- i Hausman and Alde R. Falk. protest of the vhich filled the hearing room d to be on the subject of the pavment of henefits by the property would lose considerable ind who would cfits incurrcd six ustal degre Re Sapiro had ted on a small card it constantly as Reed details of his earl o said his broth nging hooks and om San Frar in e Aaron’s request felephoned question R .| The o wion foy burning out of f the Centra) ith W New pan he two women on the third floor. roomed in the huilding, had rushed to a window fort to escape, but fell flan Many other occupants building were taken down A M. Benjamin jumped ird floor into a life net Ladly hurt. The smoke wa that firemen w driven back when they tried to enter the building. The fire is belicved to have start- wd on the sccond floor in a room where a woman lodger had been do ing some cooking. A new telephon: switchboard was hurried here from Tioston hy motor truck and partial service fore noon. LIQUOR SQUAD WAY 60 o IN REVISION OF BEATS vt aomns ot any 1id not give way to their gris he following were pall b Toln Riiley, Thomas Devine, m For mes Murphy Kane and Harry Hatsing. The bearers were John Dudack Kerin, James Kelly and James ! ted in the sanctuary both masses wers Rev. Laden of the church of St Evangelist, Rev. Edward V. 1stor of Andrew's, and Walter i places rs: . opposing e C 1 in who a evidently in an back ! ccident was | \isco the on anyon. part, At pre M, casily and no ser expeeted. “On Sunday ne to atchmen were tom of going into ors who I by the inued on Page 17) MERCHANTS IN WAR ON TAKE-A-CHANCE MAIL C. of C. to Take Unsolicited t Goods Received in ; This City i FITERING PLINT ON | " R | Officials of the Chamber of Com- Ford is re ~:m:} (Cont s complications sent the ' in the ladders from the and was| o dens t Mr. Ford ha where only n duty. This e about alone at all urs has caused concern to his | iends, but no amount of counsel 15 availed to change it A result | only the garag. and Mrs. Ford | knew that out, until the rate Keep followin: accident rew vehement in his de- mands that the decision of the board ference to the pro- chement did he become aivman Towers advised down or “get the gat me the gate! Put that in paper,” said Sheriden, turning art he his cos hd ) at Bonaye Rev. Walt nty man 8 was alarm he At previous hearing, T voted wor of the project with the pro- property owners wonll for the loss of their then ik to me. 1 5 55 1 don't sce how expect @ man to lose land 1 opav for the cize of los- the Stan crowd ap- Mrs, cue of New Rritain people innoyed by packages of wndise being Is, and will towards having who u | through Water Board May Delay i:eir cforis | Birirain put on the “off list, Shuttle Meadow Dam | 1 a statement issuca by Raising public - has told me oard and is just a t running this boa nan Towers. “What r to do, come up here Kheriden then stated that he didn’t * group of men could o decision of a whols body nd challenged Tower on on the matter, T plied that whatever de- rived at would be re- common council in works wha I hoa is goi know tha Hing Chief Hart Non-Committal hut Ad- | i George he “I'm Chair vou t wing mits Possibility of Change " broke are | and {tary Ralph H. Benson today. peopls of New Britain to whom these | packages are sent are requested {turn the packages and all ! quent mail over to the Chamber packages will be kept until there 1 been an accumulation, after whi the sender will be notiticd that nding an agent here, armed with proper credentials who can prove ownership, the packages will be n | rendere i I, in insulting Being Made: the changes in regular policems April 1, the speeis bur the s I\m'-l stadler ) v HIX REOPENS INQUIRY C. Hart said this he contemplates than are month inter- | an odd one | not many.” the | Among of Friday, tion in 1 report ral Cosgrove been on t charge. Chief W tha zes at this time at thre e will re and there, but {chief said. Relative to the reported climination of the tiquor detail, he ould othing except tha ¢ ‘:\,,.:‘,‘3.‘ D e G N Haven, March — Inquirs | into the deaths of Bdward J. She of Bristol, James J. Welch and James H. Riley, Jr., of New Brit- ain when their automobile crashed against a pole and fv in Ch ire Monday was t oner Mix again toda no indication of t the evidence. It is understood that the coroner desired to clear up some points rom the medical side before ho be- sins preparation of his finding. Dr Denison of Cheshire, medical exam- ner, inclines to the belicf, it is un- | derstood, that the car driver wa sleepy and his lack of watchfulne of the road ahead resulted in light swerving of the car so tl the right wheel struck into the rth over the shoulder of the | ment, which made the machin ontrollable when it went into shid a to b the liquor it me mad climir tail A water filtration plant may built on city property on Woostor street if test pits now being dug in- dicate soil conditions of a favora- | ble character. These pits were inspected today v neer Allan Hazen of New York city, consultant on the water service extension plan, t'lmd‘m‘m\ Joseph F. Lamb of the water board and Mayor Weld. No definite rec- | lik omuiendation has yet been made by [t the consulting cngineer, but city of- | ficialy anticipate that elevation of Shuttle Meadow dam. originally scheduled for the next operation, will be laid over to a later date and | attention directed to improving the sources of supply, T afternoon | the officials are inspecting the | sources, particularly in Forestville where a second pumping station is | in_contemplation, | svm The proposed new filtering scheme | the would treat water coming from |tion with the business, except that scveral sources before it enters hic is paid 20 cents on each dollar Shuttle Meadow reservoir. The necd | reccived for ties. for such a system will be felt when | s are developed an da maxi- un daily flow of water to the en- ervoir is brought about, it 4'\]v1vHH L o may an it s 1o his an ro was a by (Continued on Page 17) nd John tol tha worlk, busive it & the meantime, letters are received, these will be turned oy department. » merchants connected with Chamber are determined to lout this practice, according Benson. 3 Mr. Benson spent yesterds [noon in a nearby city investigating a complaint he heard and today stated that a certain blind man. who has been sclling neckties in this and other cities by appealing to th athies of the persons to whom goods are sent, has no connec- or | is alk spoke in a calmer 1t it conld easily be nOOD Mey street property | Chan wers resented having to pay for narily portions of their land. The Vals question was luid over for one week. The count pro and con ran as fol- IFor the proposed widening: W. Schultz, Walter Carpen- ] Mikalauskas and George IMinger. Against the widening: Isane Horwitz, Nellie Marshall, Lonis Katz, Adam Rosansky, George te, Engenio Montfraro, iting estate, Thomas Sheriden, John Olson, George B Hogahoom, Sophie Helm lism and Josephine W °l, Bernard Gubernick, Stephan mley, Ludwig Monjesko, M. M | Meskill, James Alfano, Simon Pe- litsky, A. H. Parker, Jennie Cohen Herbert Battey, Adolph Spel, W. H. Rodin, Charles B. Jones, John Stad ler. Charles J. Peterson, Mary Mc- Briarty, Philip J. Bratton, and George F. Tyler. | After the smoke had cleared away, | Frank E. Rackliffe was granted per mission to er U filling station at the corner of Bast Main and Stanley streets, providing, according to the | cifications,, that the place was a beautiful stucco™ arrangement. wer ordi- to 1 how o New Haven Coroner Sceks Further to Mr Facts in Auto Accident at lows, vin after- Cheshire, C 3 . March 30 (T— Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, K. L, won the north and south wom- en’s golf championship for the fourth time here today by defeating Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chlcago, 4 :and 3. Miss Collett was two down at the end of nine holes this morn- | ing but she won the next six holes. ce noup but there was Police Issue Warning On Automobile Lights Motorists were warned last night by policcmen to pay particular at- tention to their headlights A tail lights, as it 1s intended to enfors the law relative to them, to the ex- tent of prosecutions if necessary. Chief Hart id driving with one MORE MARIN ON WAY Philadelph March 30 (P)—The North Atlantic half of the Sixth Regiment of marin:s ordered to China to reinforce the sea soldiers on dnty there, is on its w The | headlight or no tail light will not e nove S00 officers and | tolerated and he has given orders to Philadelphia navy | the policemen to issue warnings for troop frains was com day or two. but thereafter, arrests this afternoon, l\uu be made. * | ' THE WEATHER a New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled and somiwhat warmer tonight; ‘Thursday mostly cloudy. ment of the men from the yard to fuor pleted early un- | a | % s T / RITAIN HERALD */[ECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1927. —.TWENTY PAGES. _?THREE ARE LAID AT REST| M. | 3 Walter | 5| gl au s were notified | by Cor- exact trend of | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending l 4, 402 March 26th .. PRICE THREE CENTS JAPS SEND ULTIMATUM TO CHINESE; ALLIES DISCUSS PROTECTIVE MOVE; REFUGEES RUSHING INTO SHANGHE OVER 22 MILLION RED GROSS AIDIN G;;Ver D:;gt;r d b AUTOMOBILES HERE| FLOOD ZONE ASKED Hankow-— mor Hankow—More Out- di rages in Upper Yang- tze Valley Also Are Feared. | | | | United States Has More Than‘Misf'ssippi River Inundate [ Restol Wmld Gombmed | Thousan i; of Acres of Land | BIG YEARLY INGREASE MOVE UVESTUGK IN BOATS Florida Shows Greatest Gain in Mo- |Admiral Williams Reports e Further Firing on U. S. Vessels — Catholic Mis- sion at Fuchow Looted. Refugee Camyp Belng tor Car Ownership—26 at Fort Adams, Miss.—Making | Listed as Being Owned Irantic Efforts to Plug Leaks in| Fourth Di-| necticut, River Banks, Japan's commander at ved notice on the Can- ¢ (Wednesday) that fy ssions against Ja hai ¢ tod: r aggr panese Mis i3 protected by will be in issippi river. ssels will not be toler- I boast nearly secretary told roads commous that the “flags were outraged™ considering what The Peking diplomatic on protective house ;i > nking were o t 1s corps is ippt| La., R cliberating tered for leer an increase in o slightly the had owncrship. total w, where the d Tso-Lin, Manchurian mili- as sounded forcign of- the possibility of ior- against the spread of evism in China., Refugees Pouring In sces continue to pour into Most American mission- 1 Cantonese-controlled terri OH their way out, but about d to remain. rhing situation is again de- at Hankow, seal of the and scene of anti- January. reported to have per hand over the d by Foreign Min- ly elements are an American and a per have been sups remaining British- wred for immediate cent or ¥y lea ficials starte bure s, as to support Isolshi greatest gain in ; chapter of v appeal has been and provisions been ed that a be cstablished at Wilkinson county, | ind to the| §s i g tomobile Of the of hicles pass and nd r umber 171 were nd bus or trucks ) for hoth te es, amp mot Fort Adams, fth in stock fec it revenue $19¢ Are Rising for higzhn nn., March 30 district sansas tion allo mainter wed and lying ™ estension of Desha | southeast section of ¥ being gradually f the Mississippi this road was used to to ister ( | running | British newsy pressed, o Sus. | ition by states for and pr tion. Agitation Continues. n continues in Shangnal, cr general strike has been dee upon by the labor union. wire de es are going up n the French concession and itional settlement. More troops are en route to om Hankow. oritative quarters in London sar that the situation in the upper : valley is such that it may of hand at any moment, en- the lives of foreigners. 150 are seen of pas- Tientsin, far to the cted to date. about 5,000 men at city which was the base for the icd expedition to 1g in the Doxer Rebellion, British colony in Hong Kcng sed territories on the by are to be fully pro- ish authorities ! is no intention of ring the colony to the Chi- DANBURY YOUTH KILLED IN CROSSING TRAGEDY ‘When Arizona, 74 California, Con- gjssiy rivers by slav m atin, fro Ired years ago gav fternoon, the section, in number, consisting m *gro farm laborers, had amp! ng of the hreak, however, and safety with their livestoc some houschold effects before waters poured in. break was gradually widen- pite eiforts of 200 ction of I'nited s who have cided rhed betwee: nts of Kentucky, Mississippi, laborers | ¢t tates riv-| dar worked| In to strengthen the! sible trouble at foot stage on the Mis- | north of the zone was registered today and | The powers I crest vt been| &t or near t out Tampshire, vring 1,415; Ne York sippi river flood 1ched. government ste 1 Gurney sounded ¥ s when the apparent bre vee was noted yeste This caused erroncous report it levee had given wi hours prior to the actual proved to be a valuab! lowland farmc | he mov has not Th ¢ Virginia, Yvon i ; Wisconsin, 66 Dist. of ¢ DOCTOR UNDER ARREST . Dr. C. M. Beck, Bridgeport Prac- me BELT AN[] TlE titioner, Accased of Having e | NOISE FOR SUIDE Man i | ate !\ | | | Companion | Found Hanging in 1o Cemetery Fails to End Life Injured Train Hits Auto Truck But He Will Recover. o ninete New! ford an Yor railroad ex- mobile in yesterday ry hos- aduated school last auta king g ate road | having addre 4 view of tha intended to co about 4:30 hanging fro all bo 1 1t o'cloc a o was foun to e overlookir wis Dr oper- Dr. by tre: . l.! gation corne f the d a rop hanging wire the wit and the ne belt ing for tuber was paid $3. bon of 111 Sexto Kish POLICE HALT STRIKERS S it ! = . when they sighted the | r. [ n ade haste to Us S hnds Pat on lts Canateng sl (anadmn Milk Embargo The hospita March _4/9\___‘_\‘_ an e ! Wwhere an ¢ o nent ree pital where an examination disclos S : no injuries. It i3 believed he had 2 A(\lhfns((;r been hanging only a short time of the em- am from an when dis s of Montreal o administration School Superintendent Milton Proc- | Detee viewed h at imme- spect. tor, were halted by police as they | approached the downtown district x ter contended districts in the 200 teda 1d warn that such dem- not supplying Mon- onstrations would not be permitted The boys and girls dispersed after could not ba typhold out- the officers contiscated banners ad- | s of the United vocating removal of Dr. Procto About 125 students participated in parade, public health in became knowr Montreal will report on this phuse A. Daniels, principal \ ! of the situation Lut ample guaran- ette Junior High school longer. The sergeant found the lef t(!‘(’i will have lu be given before any ter, addressed to the young man’s | districts in the embargo arca are | mother, | exempted. cktie fo Uniontown, Pa., High School Pupils | Are Prevented From Staging Downtown Demonstration. Hedert quests Mass, 12 March lian ool stude 0 (P on n at his home on his re- turn from the hospital, and learned that his father left his family in ly about twenty-five years ago, going to Scotland, where he married nd became the father of four chil- ldren. Later, hie left them and came United 8 nd son have been living to- but according to the latter's | can tolerate his parent no \ responsible break th States bureau oriei; e today that W., f the Lafay- suffered an with the ac eye injury in a clash strikers,