New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1927, Page 1

Y WAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1870 yda@ ‘IPV =/ BRITAIN HERALD LIRIqrT A®IS maguallqu NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES SCORE ARE THOUGHT KILLED AND MANY HURT IN SEVERE Fire Follows Exploslon1 in Paint Shop of Briggs | Tonight’s the Night me out Checkup Shows 26 Victims Taken to Various ('ity‘ ng a > towns in Ind Hospitals—One Man ‘ Through Plate| Glass Window. 1 cities in Cor will observe daylig FORFIGN POLICES Blown | | | | urcd, some probably o “I was clear- i re that swept th b 1 : - : N oW itat " i of those ¢ he in: d. i emant e 3 ity owand] Moo B Chicago Court Grants Man | New Britain Bankel s i Rt e W Defenses. one s - R(ifnde Toward Mexico Espe- - i er Trapped by Floods | SR pee stses aated 10 e e ¥ after an P i ivorce After aving | s S O t of 2,000 negro women an B o o'l ciallyIs Condemned |, e A¢ Little Rock, Ark. [ SRR Rl At | | €0 {1 - s Miss Lucile T NS Mai s ——— ople in Courtroom | Rolert Peasc, a member of 2 2] z contained no pet ‘eyes of the air.” both uy In Hospitals. i i dlow, of | TR e e (I S R ! the Commereal Trust Co. staff P | rore than dogs, mostly of one hux g o i ired T u\wixi’~ NORMAN HAPGOOD SPEAKS press Views on Paper—| wio wre dast wek for 1 ° i e mongrel breeds, although some of | om man relief worker, | i hevanascioslind HRbS & o re 26 i ater | to visit with Eie NAd s {them good fox houn: followed | “how come we can't get petticoats? flood victims S i s Later Reads Them and | en unable to return B | their masters to the Memphis ref S$ho' funny to me, how do these | in 1sas, while every river boat Tiai | Declares Governor Smith's State- Finds All of th g | to the city because of crippled | | 8 o camp and a Memphis wom | white ics keep m?" s in the region was being hem would Inds [1) e ame traffic condi resulting from | - - | . 4 244 \ M1 ment Has Made a Pitting Issue | he Mississinpi river floads, The | CIAmis ¢ £B) cat | mustered today to save thousands sl She siting is one of those in- | : | kag | : sl charg the beginning ot his| | raging Mtanssiial sivar: n an hour after | Country. by s Hivenel | downt | | caming For Help - RN OE N AT LBV DOUBTRLL |+ 20 n and wife were going through | | chap- | | were ong a levee for a ivorce mill” in superior court | 1y car | L three miles at Greenville, . story—common but | endin | while another 2,000 w re- ) Lot el | Possible Murder and Sui- But Walker Denies 1d to be atranded on @ 2% foot & | told the American - n told to Judge Harry aitres | embankment s rapidly More than ¢ | after he 5 o work in the | {ical and soclal jad ! ART I.":E WITH FUN“ atter hel - ojde Episode Seen in | Has Been Offered ng flood & aknloe| Al -haired jurist who had | en ordered west Blfitlon8t,y 5 with- | | undreds of | similar cases | i \r{.‘f-m, e i French Tragedy ‘ Presidency Aot s | | pondered a minute and then Yoo & | ed having lmproper : > sereaming and T | dressed the courtroom, Civic Body to Sponsor |roations with the girl, and at the lerying for he wate o | Sentanro0d “I want to sce.” he said, “wheth- | Foik -ourt-martial three surprise witness- | paris, Ap New York, April 23 (D—T¢ e s T Al 1 t : ler T am stili comp Plays, Speakers, M 5 testified that she “was out to get| ;o Tames 7, Walker of New | department regarding Mexico was It miay i s Jim because he retused hier money i e i ol 4 not only with oil, but al if Plan Succeeds at unexpected biow so disrupted |0 his fian | the prosecution that the court found | °Tts. & New X ort i d were vi R s despite | In an automol ou heavy smoke and fume . ey t Qe g v today. They had been shot to de heavy smoke and fum Days of long ago in New Dritain, mony of Miss Swal ¥ : i ! 1ythin e e e nar nen the rising generation had the [selr, an introduction of Clampitt's| A pistol was Hln Word to e today | o o i S xplon | doyclop Mexiee cultural advantages of seeing plays | alleged love letters ..\,.v.’, ) 0 sl nt ..xul‘l..).‘ e e 3 { to do it." d rforn ces mportance, I3 Victorious, Clampl DUROIRa S Sh i the Red ¢ authorities and othe aras Approves Smith's Stan fng pertdEmavces ofmpatianeey ot al,, ostensibly to visit his len rumor | the Red Cr uthorities and other 1 to vacate | LM £ : r ! SR ; he mayor | relief agenci e | Hapgood added that Governor | lieve should L it parer re he hecams the center that the mayor [Lel el GROBSIE O s T e ‘;’: tlatfooted ation that | vorce.” {in addition to enjoying high ' an involving Joseph Ta- ched and '["{‘ he A e e D risht to in ‘ As the b he | coneerts at frequent interva b J oo B ] e automobile containing the Hhe e ty of 100,000 me i anoms irs of that or r { whits slips through room | roturn, | Hazel K. Scddon, nrnvd ot Mr. and 2 Omon e . ey oL o elvenited | country v mads o pointed out e wis legal- | A proposed expansion of M ; rs. Seddon struck i U R A e’ 3 when an issue was . decision unin- | Musie association fcea, which s him acros ce berts arrived was the 5 “ . ; | ‘ | i ot cshon herts arrive . to extricate the vie- a truck driver,| Other speakers, including Dr. Wil- opinion. {been under consideration by lunch- § newspaper as they »“;"‘j‘l -‘;, the United s of Willis ee- ‘nm* and warn those whose homes i e B e pherdL G L Unive 3 divorce von and civie clubs, is responsible | by of a Santa Cruz hot et o Mdvis to et d gone |lay in the path of the threatened leliverad an order. to | sitys Vietor H. Cutl Boston: T ind the woman's se « for the plan to include all m discovered that M Helen emed overjoyed 4 Sl e it s X o . H. Har aintenance s dismissed.” 1 srade attractions. I e R Mo who had “It looks like some | 7y, s were called fnte omine ot of the| Dhampson, - bailife collected the slips sen < of the 1 and civic | Heiene Jones, whik e et IR R lled, d the cxplosior 1 lations f“ them off, one bLy one, clu sterda 'd to place the | registered as William Jon: " « ‘f 5 7 \,-,:\ ’\“ b ! o (;mr." . A s lian al and all said “M ter before their organizations | \mpitt explained ) L . dub, ownernl oo A58 AL SR olE e - whole wall secmed T Toenis S wter a committee which will meet | pegistered under an assumed name e S S S R SO et Sl o Tanuc \ onight at the home of Arthur G.|bee wanted to avoid publ : me | State to loc 2 fresiod e g ones were 1t the United a0t N mball, president of L. ry | aiter the strain of the cou T o '\\ 4?” .nl‘rno( yeen found by the vince Me are e 2 jand Clg drafts up | He pointed out that Mrs. S vai escue: pa 5 | conee its ti had rooms in different parts of ‘Who is understoad | deney of the caplanes Used Too M zens with means to provide statement exonerating both th o S aF st [ et s he Pensaco! | poliey would *chanze ning fund will be neaded, haplain and Mrs. Poran Sy Shhe Thee , . 1 Jacob Ruppert, ow | air station to Arkansas to ||~ miere seams ko te £l fundl fo poNe & . WAKES for i v inquiry lat one o'clock afternoon, declarcd positively seour Lhe Teglon Rnd 1 JERI.GE that our policy tow - ints Come From |Puilding up of a cultural communit evidence of 1o ik is { \board mareoned persons. Tha 4 based upon the assuript Complaint orpri h will serve to bring | jacking. { Veranor turn | At Johnson's office in Chicago it ° no attempt to res- i ent Mexican imin Dri ‘ers, Not W alkers, | W Britain, with the \;1 of the Nevertheless, Clampitt was lH'f! oAl Bt i ted out, howeve I ¥ s but reported Vn\:) T e enE | temporary in ehar |general public, the finer things I cor discharge last win e il Gl e Roh- as pres ncies. epiidagba e so unstable ve could safely He Remarks musement, entertainment and n- | given a hearing behind closed doors | 5L g enna IO fvas) o salars s river Steamars L wii il Shoe ey upon its ar fotriobs struction. | and the findings were sent to \\.\\h—‘ mother in New York saying: ind Tolds a contract 1 barees, together with ;x‘ m:\"m \"1. ,'ruln e buildings, | jection to it would ha its disap- | | Most of the elvie organizatlons |, ion for action. W11l AL HBmAL Tave: | o \ floet of five small motorboats, wers b Story of Survivor { peara That assumption alone | zravor Weld fs not entirely satis- | ting yesterday, Ofi — Meredith and Miss Roberts then | Mayor Wa n rescuing the Greenvills oy O hacher working | make intelligible the bad temper {geg with th coss of the aug- Hart was chair- Lot inthe antomobite whieh he had | contract. his with the city of New taking them to Vieksburg S et Bl line | displayed 1 traftie | systemin its man, gave their moral support to nw e fow days befor York. It ed positively by per- steamer Wabash bron third floor of the building, | 4is7 : ! ) } hought only ia : ! o e | The prosent Mexiean administra- g sy days of operation bu Civie Maus idea, A LA sons. close to/lim hat the mayvor |7en psaple. from -tha. .cene it . 1\4” . ,’f ’,_, {he snouth | tion is perhaps the strongest of any s the idea will work out with |iiscussion t deve kmnl‘ [ yuld not consider offer until ! jer o vieonts landing dike and: ) then i ke s .].“.‘x I e e ex.| that has ruled in Mexico sinc he o 5 changes and |into the pla nto broaden the asso-| HDRAWALS‘ it axplration; of hia L JANVATY | et S e of a cannon, while it was belng ex=| oot of Dinz was overthrown. |y o ations are n ciation to include all cultural affairs | [ Futian Mer s ue craft was the Mississippl 3 ke 1o sald, came | Dr Jaring said the i ates mayor formally put the sys- [necding encouragement, which will} Tl : it ¥ew York mayor Is the third S exy msl(u\.] ald, came | 0 Nied the political ot s e iraton tdiy when he |necessitate a change in the name or T e to l\,.- n oned in conr i e e out warning and w ront g oxic 1 other ; the proposed association. | +a tion with the American l¢ Central America, Mexico an rew the switch in the control tow- prop Mav . 3 2l leader s was a graduate s of Ark: sippi saandl latoy | nearby Latin rezions "o effec SRl e s |"Steh and women of public it Leaders May Ask Both/socnl la ecssatary | dency since Johnso B 0t Aeis g i) fame that engu i we maintained a formal protec- | e & Ny T o ns within the ranks of the ; M i had served in Kenednw feeh i appeal wher m]n_ i e over the entir erea” Y“,',} ted position the executive watched | OV ot Bite: than the [ Smith and | {he Mextean border A S : “‘“;‘ b ‘\“‘ AN {ihe declared, was the consedleas raflic operations up and down Main | 07 ;’0“7' lon ‘m“("“"‘ '\'”'“" ‘(“‘ = Stand Aside | vorld War ¢ a1l eraft being uid. en every | an “evolution in international sl i e [ s¢ o op / to bej = | s - - L the flooded a - The fire passod over my | ek >t naliticallana | SieEtior 2OF yatrons of thls community < Wadsworth, former senators from : L : X i ““, YA "»"“";’:('m“"l ‘”'! fl‘\ Gy | _ Discussing the ligh o ;»mrit‘:vhiwh it Mot ln":'n:‘u 4 e {Body of New Haven Man ‘ennsylvania and New York, and pick up persons marooned : ce c v |the mayor emphasized the f | | e he New | i s : + never passe ’ t roes and hiliocks. rted ru g fa i cate ew Brita b helieved Q o « . Linine e L leriticism has come mainly from | te ' Mow Belne 16 I8 DR | yortc Time Corn, | Ts Found in River . Flocking to Cltes G i {Ttinerart Preacher Is who evidently lose | -5 SG SRR e o hecome | Dorters of Governor v touny|| N e e el o Uik UL Ay, President he heavens of safety— pad taken no more than half a | Killed in Gun Firht '« St e el 1y [ e e = (EREURLER “_‘]‘“0"" lc pa . acn out of offic Vieks Ic stops when some one bumped | San Mateo, Cal, April 23 (Pr— 7 A m("“ “~ I munity enterprise, Mr. Kimball rm‘ ve seriously di 8 : ‘ and knocked me down.|John Roberts, tinerant preacher, jfit of e s e\ | leving there would be 40 others out-| Of & 10 B e Na the e 1 floor. While T was|was killed last night in a gun fight have been Comsiers oo : Ml gide of the eivie associations who 8 callin “\.,1,(;.: oth s e trooping { SR Lol S o - leaped | with San Mateo county officers. Dep- AT 1 t"”‘”" B likewise would function in this ca am G. McAdoo T dants ~whe HiE Lo £HE AT floosgicap e ; [ draw as candidates for the his disap e | and T was burned on the |uty Sheriff M. J. ( n o was iy araw as candidates & | shouldor and arns, wounded, and physicians feared he | Pola \eqn chm‘tcd ON | The swing into & broader M u“ i o Lo rtana i e o da o was brought about largely by M OIUOLPPRL L 3 jhes > eir familic B he fal, S W tfond 0] Way to Wed Prince Sergi | yos bronght about lariely by Alr ¢ the withdrawals would ables had a nno \l hat hapnened to the other D il e UOMLICE 2 New York 123 () 10:\““““"” who, although accepting to save their party fro ! were found o Chicago Skyseraper is Wider on 21st I know that their clothes | d two shots at Police < ow ';,“ ‘:x\ll " and Drince | the fundamental soundness of the| . M“? "‘;\" h ") i e x G0ED IS TEULE ¢ 2 « 3 to shrivel into rags when |Scrgeant George M h th i of A i _eivie m ociation idea, doubt-|Udctea L . Story Than {t is at the Founda- i e officer told him to mov on, | Serge Mdivani of Georsia will - be | (7Rl T coula be sufficient | Should they both remain in - the i h‘n‘i- T\(v ! .”n '.“”H}-I«H‘ which he had stopped on a vacant | ma :ul'm )nu: ,\\.fi 5 and ;.,( 'm‘: e {_. i A lm()lld\ Saw dlld Steel T e i : ot. The officer reported t ter | ond of the month will return to t cnough to be a potent influence in 18 anoyemiont, Hays BLUSEEIEIES i cries and shouts, T eot out as 1ot Ahe CEACE T ipped up | country where Miss Negri will con- | {HOVER 0 et il “.,,‘onuu ted in the south. (0~ B“‘“‘ Phila. l'a('“”‘ Many £ i T could ‘ is two mules and drove rapidly ) tinue motion picture carcer, SA¥S o French, principal of the he Warld says that Senator €ar i Abraham Mayers, 38, one of six lo weatogram in the New ork| Contral Junior High school, deplor.|ler Glass of Virginia, who has been v giving the upper floors : i men w::\n;u in a v:\r\-lmu :-.mn\ O T\ hosse pursued the fugitive and | American today from the couple | 5 o .\.“:-:omu e “”'1”'71“\ this city recently, is expected by .‘.‘n L unidal appearar but one Chi- S Tiotns atnane et | ;"‘ ‘vl‘\‘,\l‘.:.m»., deseribed the b | be gun fight resulted. 1 who aboard the steamshiP | org and theatricals ot impor !l,,,“d,. to voice such a demand pub- el pomph cago m.,ln g "f'} ,:. rrsed the pro- | ion Doing Work 1 S i ; = Aguitania. lin the e ing this lack | ety | cuss on account of | | I was working behind a body ! e | S . eNl PTAIOn S - WS T George . Milton, editor of the phi A twenty-two story of | L 5 Giiangidns ne ¢ x ppolinis Dlupos, 3 Ish [ oo rtunities for mental developmen 4LEang0e o0 i e e e ieh o AR Sl vwiul erash and e nest minutc \“nlm;n Is Bu_mcd [ Dirth and camo to this COUNLry V6 | o wten thes. ware entiflod, | This | of MeAdoo's principal lioutenants, in |the country. Yo com- | hwart of the loop, with the 2t pper |0 oL St 145 sl en % 5 Chicago, April 23 (P— 2o to appear in motion Dic- [jaq 1o the consideration of Includ-|#® Statement in the Times says that, pany, WA i A : DENE: WeSN AL O e 1 ab A S the Amerie Jidw't touch ,me, due to the body's = &Ll : fn & race between Smith and Cool-|in Hamilton, Ontario, has asscts of | farther than the ground floor. Stu- i ol day said stocks, s ing eversthing s « e AR heasly 3 B . which is ng the protection. T backed against wal |today said (hat s(e0% 00.0004 - Wlis e ShnnecnlnL INERS o0 thing of this nature in the |’ ¢ T3 } bot 000,000 it S Eealie TahonaR Fhak B h s ing their Do, e et 1 s | chiecks for moro than $1.000.000 gims and on the legitimate stage {0 | intorpri [ige “the republicans would be cor-abou g flants ofiroel dataln fencrel Hist tha o the Tri-State falr ) 3 . were believed lost or hurned in the | gsurope, "1t s Mr. Kimbal's opinion that |tain to break into and disrunt the ) fcantliever consiruclion hiad 1 Roule 40, of Sand-|sovernment alr mail plane crash ““ Her first husband was Count'ne cifizens with means in a city Soiid sonth Mr. Milton s e ()[)p(hc Home Work But | S o N working in an assembling | Topeka, Ind, yesterday. o g | uEENe Dompski @ Pole from have a duty fo combine and make e BRI L Favor Longer School Day | i1, tiret tine in chicago, it was ex- Fefusees and their placid optimism . 't N atzo, 28 Of | \\liom she was divorced bef she sfe ov: the bty SRS cAdo: o first time icago, s ex- {Teft : 2 on (he fith floor, said that first | The pilot, John 1 [?',’,mxmv h WG Ane N Lot d A20¢ porelblc Son Sho it et hrogs e et L \ pringficld, Mass., April | pained was due to « stipulation fn | despite the loss of all posscssions to- | was a d=ifening erash and | Maywood, a1 s e me to this countr ‘:\..}“l‘xr;‘h;\:? Iodicaied. It is 50 in| r | Smbaneln Mg school stadents on- | dn old deed proviling for & ten foot | Euther With obedience ant “.,,!._mg_ t n “the floor ralsed up under | sleet and snow =10 S T sy ROOROULAN LT on i s i pose homework but favor an exten- | hasement along the west end of | ness to help in the care of refugee i 1e like an earthquake. T was thrown| The mail ¢ that left Chics 0,000 TIRE AT WORURN - or cities: he cited the rich men who | | T WOATHER | [&on of the school day, according fo | what was part of the cow pasture fcamps aided reliet workers greatly i into the air” included 46 r red letters Woburn, M . April P-—The ' stand back of the Metropolitan | b “ ot | e e SNk mhambars oF tho | or Dr. Hassatt & Hionass GhiGLEoRN ol i | Scenes at Recelving hospital a clty | packages, but. the new 0 e CAYEE 'M,'.”'o“,l.”l r\‘” Sl ,ln \,“ ¥ N ot ‘hw’; | New Britain and viclnity: [l evba) dututing son! ne ques- | 1o had sold the central part of the | More Than 50 Dead S institution, Where many of the vie-|said that very fow o B Ete meailEavat B s ine "¢| | Genorally falr tonight and | [tion, "Resolved, That the length of pasture and disired a means of | More t were known { fims were taken, rosembled o drcss- | turned over to postal _authoritice, pisnt, T OB O et | i ‘Sanla caiat without thelr nid.| | Sunaas; sHghtly colder to- | |the school day be extended to four| bringing his milch _ cow from thelo bo dead: Jlere than 75,000 were | ing station during the world war. |after the crysh were registered. "11350.00. A seord of MRSt N | T New Britain, he sald, the ned is | | night; yrobably light frost. | fo'clock and that no Nome work be|pasturo to the batn st the reat of homeless, while nearly 100,000 All available surgeons were rush: :‘h: 1&1 vlmnq«““m \r:}"“ it ot i “ b ‘p m“'\fd'w s hesvk iU l | |required.” elicited a vote of 275 in | his home, just north of the plot that =t X 3 —_— vould be only the en IRLBNGy S BLE K ¥ il * 07 s I he disposed of. (Continued on Page 15. 5_ (Continue on Page 13) the documents, it was explained. | rain. (Continued on Pag2 12) favor and 107 against h Dt BLAST IN DETROIT FACTORY! To Turn Clocks Ahead £ the , Massachu- d in |“The Cat,” Chicago’s Most Elusive Criminal, Again Off On Rampage | Tan Who Robs, Beats and Sometimes Assaults Women Victims Adds Four More to His List of More Than 90 Attacks l! Chicago, April 23 (P—A man hunt | with him and then screamed, where- | with local parallels has been [upon he fled. tarted for “The Cat” Chicago’s| The fourth ared noctu marauder ar attack, the brazen fn the long list of o tmost | e Zaacd i i | | - . s . | lattacker of wom ‘ arly resulted in his capture, Manufacturmg COl'll-! . ‘i:“"};‘y:fi Al i“" 2ew More than 90 attacks within eleht |had climbed a tres and entered the ; ] o i T (el rcehs on || months now aro charged to this {homo of Max H. Sobel, whers e | Early ThisM || might will turn thelr clocks one ||bandit who snatches purses, oc- fconcealed himself tn a eloset of a| Pany a"y NS Om'; ing time which becomes effectivi sionally beats and some:times a -ixonm occupied by the two small $ [ which becomes effective || saults his women and girl victims. |daughters of the house. Mre. Eobel, | ing. e Last night he appeara ways |opening the closet door, saw him | ‘y ) n top- [finttened against the wall, masked | i Two of t VETERAN JUDGE CHECKS UP ON HIS RULINGS; FINDS SPECTATORS AGREE HAVING VENGEANCE | This Is Believed Gause of Gapt. {FIGORED IN ARMY SCANDAL rey fedorn (and holding & small revolver, : mentioned | As “The Cat” slowly advanced into | " of his at- |t} room, commanding er at H hief was tied of the revolver to keep over his lower face 1 he mov Sobel st ed and snatc |with the catlike agility that s overi from his fz n him his na she struggled, her their purse nacing both with the | ! rom his f weapon, ordered them to hack out —_ | screaming. of the room. Then he SCORNED WOMAN 1§ Clampms Dlsmlssal Chaplain, Married and Father ol’l Four Children, Refuses To Dlis-| Are| | cuss Situation But Friends Not So Modest. (P —Fury | its effer San Francis April sorned took career of 1. Clampitt, army chapla d himsclf out of a job pr bec of two affairs ! 1y circles supp a woms ain Or- who sum- | 1se ferson 1 Ar ounc, esterday i received order from ington to discharge Clampi! declined to give out the text of order, but said it already had come cffective, Married and a T T AIRPLANES, SEAPLANES AND BOATS Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 14’237 April 16th PRICE THREE CENTS OF ALL SORTS ARE BEING PRESSED INTO SERVICE TO SAVE REFUGEES the Flood Situaticn, Some Comic, all lnteresting Thousands Stranded en Banks and Levees . Screaming For Help | While Rising Missis- sippi Threatens to Sweep Them Into Eternity. More Than 50 Known Dead, 75,000 Are Home- less and Nearly 100,000 Others Are Endangered Sidelights on Some Sad, Lher boots ar s of Greenvill By R ms mily Bit portraits of relatives. and tion t sag, the ban et fotims. as gone on long A, chairman of “Our tock, as Torrent Assails Delta