New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 28, 1927, Page 1

A~ News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 e p10J138%L W) B P »* THREE PRIED FROM WRECKAGE AS SEDAN SMASHES HEAD-ON INTO TROLLEY EXPRESS CARS Two Men and Girl Treated -at New Brit- ain General Hospital After Collision in Plainville. Victims Reported on Wa Home From Wedding Reception — Physician Says Driver Was Drunk. (Special to the Heraid) Plainville, June 2§8—Three per- sons were badly lacerated and bruised shortly after 3 o'clock this morning when a sedan piloted by an allegedly dtunken driver crash- ed into a trolley express in front of Parselle's garage on_ Whiting street near Broad. The injured, alt of whom were in the auto, are Frank Drzewiccki, 19, of 9 Benham street, East Bristol; Frank Nowak, 21, of West Main street, Plainville, | and Miss Sophie Stanoff, 18, of 101 | Center street, Southington. They were given first aid by Dr. George F. Cook at the scene of the accl- dent and then removed to New Britain General hospital, where they, were treated by Dr. Joseph Matteis. It is said the party was re- turning home from a wedding re- ception. The sedan, operated by Drze- wiecki, was going toward Southing- ton and ran headlong into the “miduight express,” which was in charge of Motorman Bridgeman of Hartford and was coming from Southington. Constable E. W. Fur- ey, and Justice Willlam Cunning- “hHact Wers In an auto only a short distance behind Drzewiecki, being headed for Hart's corner in answer to a report that an auto had run over a dog there. They immediate- ly stopped and turned their atten- tion to the more serious accldent. 1t was necessary to pull the three cccupants from the sedan, as they were wedged in by the crushed side of the machine. Dr. Cook was summoned to give first ald. He said this morning that Drzewiecki was under the influence of liquor when he examined him. Constable William Buys and Traffic Officer David Kauffman were on the scene shortly after the crash. Con- stable Furrey said this noon that an (Continued on Page 18) BINGHAM CONCLUDING HIS SURVEY OF CHINA Leaves Nanking for Shang- hai—Finds No Hostil- ity to Foreigners Hankow, China, June 28 (P)— Senator Bingham of Connecticut left | today for Shanghal after two weeks | spent at Nanking and in this city, | interviewing the Chinese nationalist | leaders and acquiring first hand | knowledge of conditions along the ! Yangtse valley, Upon leaving Senator stated that he had virtually complet- ed his tour of China and was almost ready to “balance accounts” and draw his conclusions regarding the| whole Chinese question. The scnator's investigation here was most thorough. He walked through the native city and at varl- ous times interviewed Eugene Chen, forcign minister of the Hankow re- gime; Michael Borodin, the Russian who acts as adviser to the Hankow | government and Madame Sun Yat | Sen, widow of the founder of the | Cantonese nationalist movement. At Nanking he interviewed, among others, General Chiang Kai-Shek, y chlef of the Nanking na- Bingham | tor Bingham is sald by the ist news agency to have found no indication in Hankow of the bolshevism and fln!l»lorelgn(.qm} against which he was warned before | his arrival. “1 walked through the native! city,” he Is quoted as saying, ‘“and did not feel the hostility popularly Teported.” Galion, Ohio, Bank Bandits Get $15,000 Cash in Haul Calion, Ohio, June 28 (UP)—Five bandits _entered the Commercial Savings Bank here today, held up bank officials and escaped with $15,- 000 in cash and $50,000 in bonds. The handits stopped in front of the bank in an automobile, entered the front door, pointed pistols at E. B. Beall, cashier and C. W. Tracht, assistant cashier, ordered them into a corner and helped themselves to the money in the vaults. Two of the bandits cavered the WASHINGTON STILL OF SAME OPINION Determined Not to Reopen Pre- vious Naval Treaty ENGLAND'S NEW PROPOSAL Latest Suggestion Is to Divide Cruisers Into 10,000 and 7,500 Ton Classifications With Different Armament. Geneva, June 28 (M—Information from American sources indicates that the American delegates at the tri- partite naval conference will abide tenaclously by their decision not to reopen the Washington treaty at Geneva despite Japan’s possible sid- ing with Great Britain on this ques- tion. It is not unlikely that the Japan- ese have been given clearly to un- derstand that any move to rediscuss the Washington accord is undesirable | as it would only furnish an oppor- tunity to those seeking it to recon- sider the whole problem of the American position in the Pacific, in- cluding the American strategical sit- uation. New Proposals 0o, _———————— "'l s ¥ ARIANI0D NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1927.—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES | POVERTY STRICKEN, SHE TURNSONIGAS, TAKING SIX LIVES White Stone, N. Y. Mother Kills Five Children and Hersell Early Today FEARED LITTLE ONES WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY Since Death of Father on April 18 Family Has Been Destitute, Ac- cording to Neighbors—Children Range in Age from 10 to 2 Years and Mother Was Only 35 Years old. ‘White Stone, N. Y, June 28.— (UP)—Mrs. Marie Freedman, 35, and her five young children died in | their home today the mother ap- | parently a suicide by gas. | " Dr. Babcock of Flushing hospital, | who was summoned to the Freed- | man home said all six members of | family were dead when he arrived. | The children were: Theodore, 10, { Janet, 7, Catherine, 4, Nancy, 3, and Joseph, 2. 5 Mrs. Freedman, the police said, turned on the gas of her kitchen stove. Family Was Poor The Freedmans were poor. The Great Britain today proposed at|mother of five hungry youngsters. the technical committee of the trl-| would not ask assistance from her partite naval conference that crulsers | neighbors and was unable by her be divided into two classes, one of | own endeavor to care for the needs 10,000 tons carrying eight-inch guns| of her family. She feared her chil- and the other of 7,500 tons with six- | dren would be placed in an institu- tnch guns. Both the American and Japanese | delegations requested time to exam- ine the proposal “in the light of the | effect it would have on the navies of each power concerned during the life of the treaty.” A communique issued at the close of this morning’s session sald that the meeting was devoted *“to pre- liminary examination of proposals relating to the ci iser class of ves- sels. The British propose that this class be divided into two classes—an eight-inch cruiser of a maximum dis- placement of 10,000 tons and a six- inch cruiser of a maximum displace- ment of about 7,500 tons.” After recording that the Japanese and American delegates asked for time to study the proposal, the com- munique announced that the tech- nicians would meet again for a pre- liminary discussion on destroyers. “We made considerable progress, some forward, some backward and some sideways.” one of the Ameri- can delegates laughingly remarked as the members left the meeting which lasted three hours. All of the delegates said that the discussion had been full, free, frank and cordial. DREW SUFFERS RELAPSE San Francisco, June 28 ((P—John Drew had a relapse today in his fight against an attack of arthritis which seized him in Portland, Ore., several weeks ago. His condition was reported extremely weak. “DUCKY” POND MARRIES Torrington, Conn., June 28.—(A— Raymond W. (Ducky) Pond, former Yale football star, and Miss Anna L. Cadoret of this city, were married at St. Francis church this morning. They are to reside in Lakeville, where Mr. Pond is engaged as ath- letic coach. Yale Scholarship Is McGrath, Star At High School New Britain Sons of Eli Select Student Who Won Nearly Every Honor at| School. £ Frank J. McGrath, who prior to his graduation from the Senior High school last Friday, received almost every possible honor a senior could obtain, was given another honor to- day when the New Britain Yale club voted him the annual one-year schol- arship at Yale. McGrath, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. McGrath of 45 Griswold street, won more honors as a studer‘ at school than any other athlete in the history of the institu- tion. He was awarded the annual Willlam F. Burns memorial emblem, the highest honor an athlete can re- ceive at school, was elected president of the senior class, the Senior club, and the Alpha Iota Epsilon frater- nity, and was captain of the basket- ball team in his junior year and the track team in his senior year. He plans to enter the Yale Con- servatory of Music where he will continue the study of voice. He had been studying voice with James D. Donohue and is one of the foremost bank officials and watched the doors while the other three men renioved the monecy and bonds. soloists in the city. He is a mem- (Continued on Page 18) Hatfleld. | tioh, | Last night Mrs. Freedman wrote three letters, which were found to- | | day on the dining room table. She put the four youngest children in bed in one room. Ten-year-old Theo- | dore was to remain with his mother, who sought comfort from her eld- est child as she prepared to take the lives of all of them, Canaries Alone Alive When the doors of the dining i room were first opened today, Theo- {dore was found clasped in his | mother’s arms. The other children, i except Janet, seemed to have died ag | they slept. The seven-year-old girl apparently had partly awakened as the fumes of gas spread over the {apurzmenc. and had attempted to crawl out of bed. . As investigators entered the home today, the song of three canaries | greeted them. The birds, in a room |alont, were the only living things |in the house. Husband Died April 18 Mrs. Freedman's husband died | April 18. Neighbors said the mother | {returned here two days ago from | Chicago whers she had been sum- | moned by her husband's parents. | The relatives, neighbors said, sug- | gested that the five children be ! placed in an institution. Neighbors isaw Mrs. Freedman last night after ishe put her babies to bed. Joseph i,\'ussbaum, who lives in the same ‘bullding. smelled gas today. He traced the odor to the Freedman apartment, but Thesitated to enter because of the singing of the canaries, TFinally he summoned a police- man. They broke in the door. { Since the father's death, | bors said, the have not had clothing. nelgh- | Freedman children proper food and Given to 'WOMAN FOUND ON FLOOR | WITH GAS TURNED ON Mrs. Willlam Newton of South Main Street Says She Fell | | had written to | their first information of the case, v’ BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 147189 June 25th . PRICE THREE CENTS RACE TO HAWAII STARTS FLIERS AND THEIR GIANT AIRPLANE |y ARMY AVIATORS FIRST 4 ls Son _.,--m-!'-.'h--.._ Grichtman’s Father and| Mother Not Told of Arson Case Surprised and shocked at re- ceipt of notification of the trouble into whi¢h their son plunged him- | self, the parents of Leo H. Gricht-| man of 154 Lyons street, this city, | who was sentenced in superior | court last week to not less than one | nor more than two years in setate prison on the charges of arson, drove from New York to New Britain in the darkness of Sunday night, to ar- range to visit the young man. Mr. Grichtman being a musiclan in a New York theater, it was neces- SON'S IMPRISONMENT | SHOCK T0 PARENTS sary for him to work until 11 o’clock Sunday night, byt immediately after the close of the performance, he and his wife started the trip, reach- | ing New DBritain early yesterday | morning. The sentenced man's wife them giving them although the arrest was made sev- eral weeks ago. They found it hard to believe and were quick to take steps to determine the possibility of | helping their son. A New Britain attorney arranged for the couple to visit their son at the prison without delay, although it Wwas not the customary visiting day. The warden consented when ap- praised of the unusual circum- stances surrounding the request, Grichtman pleaded not guilty to the charge but after the evidence was presented, he changed his plea | to one of guilty and was sentenced. The arrest followed a policy sti- gation into a fire in his drug store Opeéning Jet. | Mrs. William F. Newton of South Main street was taken to New | Britain General hospital about 6:30 | o'clock this morting suffering from | gas poisoning. Mrs. Newton's hushand is employ- led by Nathan Google * of 513 East Main street. This morniag she was | found unconscious on the floor at her | home by members of the timily, who discovered an open gas jet in ‘the | room. Dr. Nathan B. Jaffe was called and ordered her removad to New Britain General hospital, where ‘she was found to be suffering from gas poisoning. Mrs. Newton told Dr. Paladino that she was seized with a fainting spell and fell, knocking open the gas jet. At noon today the woman's con- ditlon was reported as “not serious.” | | DR. BARDWELL DIES | ' Springfield, Mass., June 28 (P—Dr. Emery C. Bardwell, 32, dental sur- | | geon, formerly an.instructor in the University of Colorado and for five | years with the army dental corps, | died here today. He was a native of | at 391 Main street, Hartford, on April ¢®1927, and information rela- tive to the case was withheld from his parents in order that they might be spared the worry and suspense of the interim between the arrest and the trial, Gives Pint of His Blood | To Save Brother’s Wife A pint of blood was given by Jo- seph Gorman of Lawlor strect this| morning to save the life of his broth- | er's wife, Mrs. Daniel Gorman of 39 Lawlor street. Mrs. Gorman who is under the care of Dr. Amelia Tuttles, | is a patient at the New Britain Gen- | eral hospital. A transfusion was necessary and the brother-in-law, Joseph, volunteered. Dr. Stowell of | Hartford this morning performed the operation, taking about a pint of | blood from Joscph and inserting it | into the arm of the n-law. * THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tonight; Wed- nesday increasing cloudiness. i * | 4; Eichhorn 6, Cartelli 7. | this may have contributed | the | Champion” disposedl of the boy from | | Lundy, | lost three. | [ he glanc | ed in spite of his protest that three | the pair CARTELLI CONTINUES ~ FLIER'S WIFE FEELS T0 PUT UP BATTLE| - SURE HE'LL SUCCEED Wins Seven Out of Thiri?He Always Wanted Such teen Games in 'Marble a Chance, Mrs. Hegen- Tournament berger Says (Special to the Herald) Boston, June 28 (A—"It has al- Atlantic City, N. J, June 28.— ways been Albert’s wish to accom- Dominic Cartelli, 11 year old marble | piigh something like this,” sald Mrs. shooting champion of New Britain, || o ©0 ¥ _ Conn, who is here under the, Louls Hegenberger, wife of Lieuten- auspices of the New Britain Herald, ant Albert Hegenberger, who was continued today to put up a stub- watching from this city today reports born contest for the national marble of the start of his flight to Hawali contest. He won four games and | with Licutenant Lester J. Maitland. dropped three, making his standing| “It is befause of that wish that I in the Northwestern section, repre-, feel he will do it.” senting New England, 7 won and 6 )rs. Hegenberger, a native of this lost. ‘city, as is her husband, is visiting The scores today were ag follows: her mother and her stepfather, John Eichhorn, Lawrence, 9; Cartelll, 12, Lindberg. With her are her two children, Albert Carl, 7, and Robert Lundy, Boston, §, Cartelli 5; Lun- ' grancis, 3. dy 2, Cartelli 11. | Her mother lives in the only house Walag, Springfield, 2, Cartelll 11; on Castle Island in Boston harbor, W wtelli 12; Walag §, Car- where she cares for the foghorn. telli 5. Cartelll is the only boy who |Her stepfather is on leave of ab- has defeated Walag. sence from his duties as engineer on Cartelli's favorite shooter, an am- the Nantucket lightship. ber bead, with which he mowed Mrs. Hegenberger came here down all opponents in the New Brit- from McCook field, Dayton, O., where ain marble tourney last month, is no 'she bade farewell to her husband. more. | “He is making the flight, not I Just hefore the opening games of ishe remarked. “I deserve no atten- the fifth national tournament on the 'tion and in fact wish none.” sands of Atlantic City yesterday. She was in constant telegraphic Dominic lost the valued “mooney” communication with her husband be- while running through the sands to fore the hop-off. take his place in the line of battle.| Licutenant Hegenberger was born He was decidedly discouraged and in South Boston on September 30, to his 1595, After graduation from the generally ‘nervous condition as he Mechanic Arts high school he took went into the opening games and . enginecring course at the Massa- Clarence Eichhorn of Lawrence had cnusetts Institute of Technology, spe- a rather easy time taking the first cializing in acronautical engineering. two games. Dominic recovered his shooting eye in the second game of ries with Teddy Walag of Springfield and captured that con- test. Walag has been generally con- sidered as a potential champion and the boardwalk expressed considera- ble enthusiasm ag the “Teewe (Continued from Page 18) BOLD, BAD STICK-UPS Victim Hits' Back and Highwaymen Take to Heels the “City of Hombs.” When Samuel Boston entry, came on as Cartelli's third opponent the New Britain lad had his shooting eve peeled and the marbles flew out of the sandy circle. At the close of the play yesterday | afternoon Dominie stood tied with Clarence Eichhorn for second place, | each having won three games and | Two young men, one of whom had a revolver, held up Donald Mac- tournament Cartelli is a logical | Dougall of 84 Belden street, this candidate for pie eating champion ! city, on South Main street, West o fthe marble shooters of the United | Hartford, late last night, taking $2 States. After a meal of generous | from him, according to his report to proportions at his hotel last evening | Licutenant Matthias Rival of the at the menu and called | local police department at 12:45 for “cocoanut custard pie.” When | o'clock. the cocoanut custard was disposed | MacDougall said the man who of he asked for apple pic and then | took the money slapped him in the ordered once more but he was halt- | face and he retaliated, whereupon took to their heels and pieces if pie was “nothing at all.” | disappeared into the darkness. Lieu- Dominic is one of six boys in the | tenant Rival reported the incident to the West Hartford police, and an investigation is being made, ‘Win, lose or draw in the marble (Continued on Page 18) T0 GET OFF BUT SMITH IS HOPEFUL OF PASSING THEM Maitland and Hegenberger Leave Shortly After 7 A. M\.—Smith Follows But Returns to Field Soon After Take-of When Mica Window Blows in in His Face. % Municipal Airport, Oakland, Calif., June 28 (AP)—With a civilian monoplane waiting here to take off on a non-stop flight to Honolulu, the triple-motored army Fokker presumably was we[[ out over the Pacific ocean today traveling toward its Ha- waiian goal at an estimated speed of 140 miles an hour. It was pl'loted by Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland and navigated by, Lieutenant Albert Hegenberger, both of the United States army, The five D-H planes sent up to accompany the Fokker to the Golden Gate were left far behind and by the time they, :}e]ached the entrance to the bay the Fokker was well out over e sea. 5 Ernest L. Smith, civilian aviator attempting the flight, re= turned to the airport here a few minutes after his takeoff. The reason for Smith’s return’was not apparent at once, bu't t}}e pilot of an escort plane that landed near the Smith plane said it appeared as though the monoplane was “nose-heavy” and that Smith would have landed in the bay. £ Smith later declared he was forced to come back because the mica window that was supposed to protect him from the wind blew in upon his face. Smith said he intended immediately to install a new shield, take aboard a little more gasoline and hop off a second time as |soon as ready. SIGHTED OUT AT SEA San Francisco, June 28 (P— The naval radio reported at 10:25 a. m. today that the army radio service had com- municated with the Fokker army plane that letf the Oak- land municipal airport at 7:09 a. m. for Honolulu. The army plane was 300 miles off the coast at that time. The Fokker passed over the steamer Amer- ican Legion 108 miles out. LOGATING HAWAI 15 NO EASY TASK Steering for Island I Diicult Navigation Problem TEN VESSELS ARE IN PATH | Have Been Instructed to Give All Possible Assistance to Fliers Who Are to Make Long Pacific Jump. Honolulu Plans Welcome. Washington, June 28 (UP)— rinding Hawaii in an airplane is a difficult navigation problem, aerial navigation experts said today in dis- cussing some of the obstacles, Crossing the Paciifc to that dot of land is different from crossing the Atlantic where a whole continent |lies ahcad as Col. Charles Lind- bergh pointed out in a speech here | advocating extreme care in naviga- | tion on a Hawaiian flight. Has Practiced Jobs, That is the recason the two army fliers, Licutenants Lester J. Mait- !land and Albert Hegenberger, spent | several days in testing their instru- | ments and practicing the difficult navigation job. The late Command- er John Rodgers, who almost suc- ceeded, spent several months prac- ticing navigating. There ar: three outstanding diffl- culties In navigation, which, work- | ing together against an inexperienc. ednavigator. might take him hun dreds of miles off his course. They | are: 4 Various Difficulties. | 1—Wind-drift The force o{! wind, which throws even ships off | course, will take an airplane far| afield. It is estimated a wind blow- ing 25 miles an hour would shove an airplane 25 miles off course in an hour. Thepe must be continual checking against the wind-drift. 2-—Speed of flight. Because of | the speed of an airplane, navigation is made much more difficult than on a ship, where the navigator has time to figure his course carefully. 3—Lack of spaec in which to per- form the mecchanics of navigation. The quarters of even a large air- plane are cramped. In his north pole flight, Commander Byrd lost the use of his bubble sextant when it dropped frem its stand and was broken. 240 Chances of Error. Furthermore there are 240 possi- bilities of error in every navigation computation, so that all data must be carafully checked. Knowledge gained on the Hawal- fan flight will aid much in perfect- ing instruments, which at the pres- ent time are not many and not al- ways dependable. The most useful (Continued on Page 13) Farewells Are Said As the fllers climbed into the plane they were approached by Major General Mason Patrick, chief of the army air service, who shook hands with them with a warm, line gering clasp. “God bless you, my boys,"” general said to the two fliers. know you are going to do it." Lieutenant Maitland replied: “General, you know I'm going to do my best.” Smith’s Good Wishes Just as the motors started Ernest L. Smith, pilot of the civilian plane which was expected to follow the army plane into the air within the next few hours, ran in front of the army plane and clasping his hands together, he thrust them over his head and imitated a handshake so that both Lieutenant Maitland and Hegenberger could see him through the T i the window of the pilot's cabin. “Good luck,” Smith shouted at the top of his veice and the friend« ly rivals who were beating him to the takeoft smiled and nodded. Oft in Cloud of Dust The plane started down the rune way raising such a great cloud of dust that the spectators could not see the machine. The screams of several women could be heard amidst the cheers of the spectators. They feared the huge machine might not leave the ground successfully. Seconds that seemed minutes elapsed befors the drab colored wings of the army plane were seen to emerge from the cloud of dust. “They're off! They're in the air!" shouted the crowd and another cheer arose from civillans and army, men. Overhead, circling and swinging about the field were several army, service planes. As soon as the Fok= ker cleared the ground these escort machines straightened out on a westerly course and fell in formation behind the Fokker as she passed over the San Francisco Bay, heading toward the Golden Gate. A fleet of escort planes left the Fokker as she swung out over the sea at an altitude estimated at 2, 000 feet. When Will Smith Go? The secondary question “When will Smith leave All night long mechanics worked on the Smith planc to correct final details. Smith and his navigator, Charles H. Carter of Los Angeles, arrived at the camp shortly before the army plane took off. They said they had four hours’ slecp during the night and were ready to leave as soon as their plane was pros nounced complete in all cetails. An unexpected delay was encouns tered when Smith found he needed a new altimeter. Army 2ir service officials offered Smith the use of one of their altimeters and a plane waa dispatched to Crissy Field for the in- strument. The army officials also loaned Smith smoke and flare drop bombs with which he might check his drift during the day and night. Smith declared he hopad to be able to take off sometime during the forenoon. Parents See Start. Licutenant Maitland's parents, Mry. and Mrs. J. W. Maltland of Burs lingame, Calif., were on the field to witness the takeoff. To them wen§ the final hand wave from the pilot as the plane started rolling along the runway. Neither the father nor the mother would discuss their son's venture after the plane left. p Smith showed signs of nervouse - ness when it was announced the altie was