New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1927, Page 1

EXTRA o) \\‘ N ESTABLISHED 1870 | W '..p\ BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Fndln'v 14 357 Oct. 1 BRITA NECTICUT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1927 —=TWENTY-EIGHT IE\HIIL\'. PRICE THREE CENTS YANKEES TAKE GAME TODA LELAND SUDDENLY RESIGNS AS BESSE STORE MANAGER; KEEPS FUTURE PLANS DARK Severs All Connection With Establishment | - S [ Resigns as Manager | - and May Go lnto;' Business for Himself. Head of System Declines to Discuss Situation or Reason for Change— Wuchert in Charge. A change New Bri prise to those in business circles in n which came as a sur-! who heard it was the ay that Walter W, ger of the cement tod Besse store on Main str and resigned his po- ered all tions with the local husiness house. Whila terest in th Mr. Leland had v ag sition conne ret his financial in- se Systems, Tne ated last night that h» en in the local tore as man- for last time, the store is in charge of George Wu- chert, who been superintendent under Mr. the Today | as oftered to vi of Springfield head of the corporation, vesterday | and took effect at oncr. Mr. Leland | has planned to leave for some time, he say to open his own store in the near future, but !ns‘ plang were not confided to anyone prior to his taking the final definite | step, Mr. Leland has been with q.. Besse system for almost 25 years oined the organization at Ne: port, Mass., where he was cor ed with the Besse-Foster store. he went to Meriden, and in 19 came to New Britain and opened store which for more than 15 y was known as the Besse- store,with a line consisting mainly of men and women's ready-to-wear gar- | ments and furnishings. Under his management the store grew until today it is 15 times the size it was when It first opened, and | its volume of business is said to e e=d that of any other store in the | system. Several years ago all the stores merged into the Besse Systems, Inc. ach local manager pooling his in- erests and hecoming a stockhold. in the central organization. Mr. L Jand, prior to that time, was secre- urer of the Besse-Leland store as well as manager Mr. Leland is a veteran of the Spanish-Americun war and was ac- tive under former Mayor George A Quigley during the World War. He was chairman of numerous commit- tees during the war, among them being the mayor's war committe the home service committee, the antcen committee, the tobacco fund | and various Red Cross vities. He is a member of the National G nent association and is on the editorial advisory board of t view, a 200 page monthly mag issued to the garment trade. He has | been active in man's Bible | class, having had a conspicuous ‘part | ——— | (Continued on Page 25) MUST PROPEL [}RULLER WITH FRANKFURT ‘BAT" Series Bet Loser to Give| Exhibition on Main | Street New Britain will be treated to a| novel sight on the day e the world series baseball games are over | when either John Crean, who is bet- | ting on the New York Yankees, or James Montgomery, who is betting | on the Pittsburgh Pirates, will have | to bat a cruller with the aid of a frankfort from the Mohican market on Main street to City hall and back again. Crane, whose home is at Linden strect, and Montgomery, who lives at 505 Main street are both bakers | at the Mohican market. After rics of arguments on the merits of their favorite teams, they decided to bet on the outcome. The winner is | to decide upon the losers costume. | In the meantime fellow employes are watching eagerly the results of the bet and are in constant touch with the newspaper ofices. The two bakers are informed constantly | of the turn of events, | | posed | ereated. R W. LELAND, TURNSEARCHLIGHT ON GITY SALARIES General Tnvestigation of Public Payroll to Be Hade ALL BRANCHES AF ECTED | Common Council Commitice Broken Up Into Groups Tor Survey of Departments—Rumors of Reduce- tion Cause Flurey in City Hall, will 1 comm this ye this st divide Eroups r and for itself each in into Action on this prog rpose met for whic in exeentive porters who called w mission, Chairman Maxon courteous the session would brief subject one which had publicity. Each member of was furnished with a 1 copy o outline to study of salaries paid to be put to each City will be “Length of time the city?" .ength of The questions hall attache in the in the time “Da crease and amount ’resent salary “Increasc asks “Working hours? “Time lost on “Number of times ‘Reasons for propo On the neral list all members of the tee will assist in the survey several departme ti tion will be made hy councilmen: Health, A, J W. G. Gibney: hoard works, W Warner and Greene; board of publi J. Ol W f board, M samuel department Harry N. Rohe artment, Clarenice Harry T. Wilson Criticism of the salar tee's policy of holding I prior to the mak » nual buc Councilman & that The commission ted but the move ader study of the government commi In investi followi and nts, Olson public Willian 1far on and Stanley hlotsky; fire John A H and Larson & ling Maxon a commit ri ust the this ye an t was ma ar by blotsky who had pro. b was salary commission idea nt question defe; br | resulted. No bu before hall v spread pay were th w into certain which, it was claimed being regarded as the cquivalent of s arics. There was no mention of in- dividual salaries at the me the automobile question come up, it is said. i this came In City employes in and ition ness other th it night's meeting, sterday rumor that r in contemplation, 1S also talk of investi automonile several ductions low wer did not eting and | | \ i Aviation Committee Selects Airport Site Near Town Farm Will Recommend to Council Purchase of Edman Pro- 310,000—Includes Nearly Enough Land For Golf Cou Civic Sa A ful Qu lv Y perty of 141 Acres At Cost of § vl < N Y Cpros “Low and Unlaw- Much of tacks of ( r;uncll State Rests ( Alter WOOb, OAN BDEN JOFINSON" Ansonia Youths Guilty N Baxt ot Len of Girl h h Attacking A found court pro: evidenes three of | R s S ounc ired duys Malone scrved * THE WEATHER | I an New Britain | | brougt Unse lllul tonight | ably showers; cooler the | |of the | street, S of this Bristol, piApers 11w Dept. W ool on eague Hits Movies; wn%ay Afternoon Shows ONFESSION EVIDENE s P et o [N BILLADELLA TRIAL Corone the $1.000 COL city by through Cons ing non-p 1t for $200 it by Mike 1 & Saxe and defendant R ‘ase at 12:20, Admittance of eport How: ISION SUIT Ju dan ur on ko, zains Constable Wink attac 1ges has through William served hed property Washington TW0 MORE LEADERS; TIE BADY T0 TREF mez Speaker Says Trouble No Outbreak But Terrorist Political Plot PLAN U. §. APPEAL ON BORDL R SEIZURE General Huerta Kidnapped ind Taken Prom Amcrican soil— Great Crowds Parade Ahout Plaza Where Corpse is Propped Up Azainst Tree With Placard, “Here 1= Another Rebel.” * BASE $32,000 SUITS ON - WEDDING PARTY SPILL Car Sue Driver and Mother on streets with rows, cause of Chapn ptember wned by t Charles NOVELIST'S WIFE DIES London, Oct. 7 (UP)—Amy bins Wells, wife of H. G. Wells, nov- ist, died to the Wells coun- Jury estate, be, in Essex. Rob- JINTLY INHCTED Charged With Murder in Flrc MeP 0f Aflfld Dactor BETRAY UTIIE EMOTION Pair Expected to Plea to Be Releas- el On Bail—Five Women Mem- | | | | | { | | bers of Grand Jury Visit Mus, Lilliendail, Two Cryving Found Dead In Auto Jolnt Incictment Beach Eplains World Series Plavers To Go Into \ audey xH(‘ York, O their Paul and £00d voic o! k each in St sburgh, n.‘m.l vet to be Lloyd are said to have Beginning Oct. 15 1 are hooked for a we Louis, Cleveland, T° and York, | more o [l Strike 1, Y BY SCORE OF 8-1 MEXICINS EXECUTE. WIDOW AND BEACH Aot Perect i ching by Pennock and Ter- rific Batting by Teammates, Including Babe Ruth’s Homer With Two On In Seventh Inning, Again Vanquishes Na- tional League Aspirants—Meadows Pounded From Mound. Yankee Stadium, Oct. 7 (AP)—Three straight victories in the 1627 world series have been chalked up by the Yankees by virtue of their 8-1 win over the Pirates this afternoon. Babe Hits Homer in Seventh rst inning Gehrig’s triple scored two runs and there Was no more scoring until the seventh when the Yankee bat- lers went on a rampage, pounding in six runs and knocking Meadows from the box, his place being taken by Cvengr [hen, with Combs and Koenig ahead of him, Babe Ruth hit a home run, a terrific smash into the right field stands. Up to l“'\ point Pennock had not allowed a single safe hit for the Pirates. Pirates Score in Eighth It was not until the eighth that the Pirates were able to solve Pennock’s curves when Traynor connected for a safety Barnhart then doubled and Traynor counted with Pittsburgh’s first run. The Pirates fought valiantly in the ninth but a single by L er \\d\ the extent of their threat. ates got but three hits during the game. play account of the contest follows: Tiest s BOX SCORE PITTSBURGH | ab r h L. Waner, cf. ... 1 Rhyne, 0 P. W 0 Wright, ss o Traynor, 8h. . Barnhart, 1f. Harrls, 1b Gooch, ¢ .. Meadows, p ... Cvengros, p . *Spencer, ¢ . up in| atinued to ndis, higt ner of . as he sat ba Ball 1 Koenig 1 : up. outside. wrew out Ball eping onut- fly to : crowd nd. Meusecl Vaner's low 1 ! on the plate , Mo errors. p. Meadows warmed up Strike 1, called. This was a Il icross the heart of the Foul, strik Ball 1, high, Foul his was a liner into field stand and the spec- tors had to duck. Combs singled bug. Koenig up. hit and run play Foul. Ball 1, nig got a single over d. Combs stopping at a teh hit, which not 1. Ruth up. dall 1, outside. Babe 1 one to Wright. Geh- Combs and Koenig sco g's three hit to lett, s thrown out at the | hing his hit. The play hart to L. Waner to boch. Muesel up. Strike 2. Nall 1, out- swinging for 32413 *—Batted for Gooch in Sth inni **—Batted for Cv ning. Combs, of Koenig, ss Ruth, rf . Gehrig, 1b Meusel, If Lazzeri, 2b Dugan, 3b Grabowskl, Pennock, p *Durst Bengough, strike 2, could led *—Batted for Grahows=ki in Score by Innings 11 nl T, RH F Plrates 000 000 010—1 3 1 Yank 200 000 60x—8 0 0 Two base hits: Gehrig, Koenig, Barnhart. Three base hits: Gehrig. Home run: Ruth. Sacrifice hits: Dugan. Bases on balls: Meadows, 1 in Y. fnnings.. Pennock, .Cvengros. Struck out: By Meadows, 5 #n 7 in- nings; Pennock 2. Cvengros 2. Um- pires: Moran at the plate; Ormsby at first base: Quigley at second base; Nalin at third base, Two runs, three errors, one left Second Inning Wri 1 Wright's short fly, ball 1 s ke 1. Tray- 0 ve on two, took inside; drop strike and took his gloved hand hart up, made a heautiful eeming hit, He T field to get th no hits, strike | 4 Barn- e ball. no errors, nonc Pirates— L. Waner apy Ball 1, out- ing a third > hooks. ther ball ; stri plate le; 1o kick strike 1, Ball calls the Yanke coming in fast to fake slow roller. Rhyne up, ped to Koenig. P. Wi strike P. Waner s to Dug: zeri at first hrow almost pulled Grabowski up, 1, called. hopper Wan yne pop. r up, foul, nt a hot liner off the Tow strike owski's no hits no errors, none no hits, left on base, Yankees no errors, none Third Inning is up. Strike - The crowd Babe Ruth as he walked to the Ruth up, strike 1, called. a low curve on the out- side. Strike 2, called. This was an- | other curve. Ball 1, outside. Mea- dows threw him another curve Ruth fanned, missing a slow ball by inches. Gehrig up, strike 1, called: ball 1, outside: foul, strike 2. Mea- dows was trying a change of pace, mixing a fast ball with a curve. Ball high; ball 3, outside. Gehrig was walked to the plate. ) given a ticket to first base. Meusel Ball 1, inside. | up, ball 1, outside. On the hit and This was a fast ball | run play Meusel grounded to Tray- corner. Foul. Ball 2. nor, who threw the ball into the Rhyne threw out grandstand. Under the ground rules, Pennock at first. Combs up. Combs | Gehrig halted at third and Meusel ed to L. Waner. Koenig up. at second. Lazzerl up, ball 1, out- called. This was a fast ball | side; foul, strike 1: ball 2, outside Ball 1, high and outside. Ball | outside. Foud, strike 3. Foul,| cheered all- fly to Combs. | outside, low Ball outside. Gooch fanned, ed strike. Pe d his old curve ball working Meadows up. Strike 1, strike 2. Lazzer! toss- Dws. no hits, Tr runs, no errors. crowd cheered outside ow. TFoul, foul, inside. (Continued on Page 24)