New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1928, Page 1

HOLNES WLL MAKE VACGNATION DRIVE IN PUBLI SCHOMS 18 Children, Not Exempt, Have Not Complied With Reguls- tioss as Smallpox Preveative MAY REQUIRE TEACHERS T0 BE “SCRATGHED” 700 Proximity of Middietown, Whete Disease s Epldemic, Oonsidered Whea Board of Education Author- 1ses Superintendent to Take Prop- er Steps to Safeguard Pupils from Contagion. To prevent an invasion of small- pox in this city, SBuperintendent 8. H. Holmes was authorized by the school board yesterday to take what- ever steps he considers necessary, even to the extent of excluding from school children who are not vac- cinated. Superintendent Holmes reported taking a census among school chil- dren. He found there are 133 pupils who are not vaccinated, of which 65 were exempt on certificates from their physicians. The certificates state thnt it would not be advisa- ble to have the child vaccinated. Mr, Holmes asked. what particular measures the board wished to have him adopt concerning any of the 78 children if they are not vaccinated. According to Supt. Holmes most of the pupils who have not been vac< cinated are in the Nathan Hale Jr. High school and the Senior High school. In the last named school there are out of town pupils from Berlin and Newington. Forty-two pupils are from Berlin and ¢3 from Newington, Would Have Teachers Vaccinated Committeeman James J. Butler asked if the teachers wer® vaccinat- ed. Bupt, Holmes sald he supposed they were, ‘“Are they required to be vaccinated?” Mr. Builer asked. When he received a negative an- swer he declared that they expose the ehildren to the disease as much as the children expose each other. “Were some pupils forced to leave school when the matter of vaccina- tion was made compulsory before?" Mr, Butler asked. “Yes, there were Holmes answered, “Then ‘why make fle and fish of the others?” ked. Supt. Holmes expressed the opin- fon that it was not fair to the vac- cinated puplls to allow those who refused to be vaccinated the privi- leges of the school. He sald there are parents who will not allow the pupils to be vaccinated apd they will not provide for a cefificate to exempt them from the rule. Mr. Holmes felt that if he were to act in a matter of this kind, he ought to be backed up by the board. On motion of Willlam H. Day, it was voted to delegate Supt. Holmes to conduct a complete check-up and to make it compulsory that the pupils be vaccinated if he wished. Middletown Too Near for Risk This procedure was urged by Committeeman George LeWitt, who saild the rules should be enforced and that drastic measures should be resorted to since Middletown is only about 10 miles from New Britain, Mrs. Laura P. Mangan, a mem- ber of the committee, informed the members that one of her children who is attending 8t. Josephs paro- chial school, was sent home with the message that she must be vac- cinated between today and Monday or she would not be allowed to at- tend school at its opening Monday morning. It was her opinion that since the parochial schools were enforcing this measure the public schools ought to follow this course, “Smart” Pupils Leave Class Early Permission was granted Principal Louis P, 8lade of the Senior High school to dismiss all pupils who have completed their studies a short time before graduation, and a similar privilege was given the principals of the Nathan Hale and Central Junior High schools. The principals explain that the pupil who I8 about to be graduated and has completed his studies has to stay in school and take up the time of a teacher who could be help- some,” Mr. of mome Butler (Continued on Page 183.) RICE ASKS GOURT ADYICE ON DISPOSING OF $35,000 Executor of Will of Ambrose Spen- cer in Doubt As To Disposal of Remaining Funds Arthur W. Rice of this city, exe- cutor and trustee of the will of the late Ambrose Spencer, who died in Hartford in 1901, asked the super- for court yesterday to advise him as to the manner of distributing the remainder of $35,000 in the estate among the nephews and nieces of Mr. Bpencer, and children of George Bpencer, Julia Spencer Babcock and Charles Spencer of Hartford. Judge Waldo Marvin reserved decision. Donald Gaffney represented Rice. DIES AT AGE OF M Milford, Conn., Jan. 1 (M—Mrs. Mary Ann Healy, 94, one of the old- est and best known residents in this section died yesterday at her home in Devon from the infirmities of age. 8She was a resident of Devon for mere than half & century. Jant s McCormick’s desire to play a joke on his wife cost him $300 in jewelry. McCormick returned to his Delaware Garden home last night and upon hearing the front door closa thought it was Mra. McCor- mick coming home and hid in a clothes closet. He waited until he grew impatient for his wite to discover his hiding place and atarted a search of the house for her, Several rooms had been ran- sacked and his watch and chain, two rings and a scarf pin were gone. WUNIGIPAU DEBT MAY BAR SCHOOL Addition fo Senior High Now Seems [mpossible SCHOOL BOARD SURPRISED | Plans Had Been Prepared for Ex- tenslon With Expectation that Maney Could Be Found to Finance Work—Hall Frowns on Proposal, 80 close is the city to the limit of its borrowing powers, the ichool committee may be ordered to aban- don its program for an addition to the Senior High school, while the proposal to build a new unit in the northern section of the city must be delayed for many years. The proposed addition, equipped, will probably cost the city $500,000, whereas the condition of indebted- ness now existing will allow of bonds less than $350,000 in value, exclus- ive of a small amount that may be {issued on a basis of tax-exempt pro- perties. Only $311,000 Avallable Cities are allowed to issue bonds in an amount eqaul to five per cent of the grand list, water and subway bonds excluded, New Britain is now within $311,000 of its bonding limit on last year's grand list, plus ap- proximately $3,000,000 grand list in- crease this year. Tax-exempt pro- perties will allow some increase over this amount, but Chairman Edward F. Hall of the board of finance and taxation frowns on any movement to use up to the limit of the city's power, thereby leaving no balance with which to provide for mph emerprnciés a8 ‘may ariss, - Fol several months the school ac- commodations committee has been studying plans for an addition to the high school and an architects’ com- petition has just closed, the only matter remaining being the selec- tion of which of the five competing shall be given the award. In its study of the question, the committee had given no thought to the bonding question, assuming that the balance is sufficient to allow of the contem- plated addition. Other Cuts Forecast Because the financial situation is such that economies must be effected {in all departments, it was indicated today that no appropriation will be allowed to install sprinkler systems in the schools, and that the item for renovation of the Northend school will be stricken from the hudx»t. END OF WINTER SEEN BY BRISTOL PROPHETS Thunder and -Lightning Taken as Sign Spring Is Near (Bpecial to the Herald) Bristol, Jan. 14 — Not to be out- done by Winsted, which is widely known for freakish occurrences, Bristol 18 bragging this morning of a thunder storm last evening, which, although unaccompanied by rain, flashes of lightning and drowned the noise of the streets. 8hortly after 6 o'clock, there was a heavy downpour of rain which lasted but a few minutes. Local weather prognosticators were uncertain as to whether the electrical storm indicated the break- ing up of winter or whether it meant that the mild weather which has been prevalent was at an end. Dandelion blooms have been pick- ed in different parts of the city re- cently and robins have been seen during the past few days in the sheltered sections. 1830000 INSURANCE PAID ‘ ESTATE OF JUDD GRAY Check Comes by Atr Mail—$35,000 Directed to His Wife and $5,000 to His Estate. New York, Jan. 14 M—A check |for $30,000, representing life insur- ance carrie¢ by Henry Judd Gray, electrocuted last night in Sing Sing prison with Mrs. Ruth Snyder for the murder of the woman's hus- band, was mailed yesterday by the Union Central Life Insurance com- pany to the executors of Gray's es- tate. ‘The money represented insurance taken out by Gray in four separate policies. The first three, totalling $25,000, were made payable to his wife and the last to his estate. The check was sent by air mail from Cincinnati yesterday afternoon. | brightened the skies with numerous : I’RESII]ENT SI’EEI)S |SOUTHWARD TODAY ONWAY TOHAVANA Due in Key West Tonight and Will Embark on Yoyage to Caba Tomorrow Morning, PAN-AMERICAN MEETING PLANS ARE GOMPLETED Presidential Party Has Large Ea- tourage—Cuban Government Has Arranged Program as Interesting As It Will Be Busy for the Two Days That U. §. Executive in in Its Capital City. President Coolidge's Special Train, En Route to Key West, Jan. 14— —Traversing a section of the United States entirely new to him, Presi- dent Coolidge journeyed southward today to Key West where he will board the battleship Texas to con- vey to the Pan-American congress at Havana a message -of good will and international cooperation. Accompanied by a party of pro- minent Americans {including mem- bers of his cabinet, the 'President with Mrs, Coolidge sped during the night through the Carolinas and Georgia into Florida, with a stop at Jacksonville, which was the destin: tion of Becretary Davis of the labor department, Due tn Miami He was due late today at Miami, the only formal stop of the trip south, where he had agreed to motor through the city and visit points of interest, The night will be spent at Key West, where the President's special will be shunted off into a quiet place until Sunday morning when he will embark on the Texas for the crossing to the Cuban capi- (tal As the train moved south the President and Mrs. Coolidge took an interest in the historic spots of revo- lutionary and civil war fame through ‘which they passed. Although no big crowds met the special where it made operating stops, there were some who learned that the Presi- dent was passing through their part of the country in spite of the fact that the itinerary had not been pub. lished ,previously. To these Mr. Coqlidge waved a greeting in reply o their applause. Big Crowd Sees Train The largest crowd of the trip through the Carolinas and Georgia was at Rocky Mount, North Caro- lina, where the raliroad line passed through the heart of the business section, During the trip Mr. Coolidge found occasion to visit with some of the members of his party. Shortly after leaving Washington he con- ferred briefly with Secretary Kellogg and later after a nap he saw Charles Fvans Hughes who will be the head of the American delegation at the | Havana congress. At meal time, Mr. | and Mrs. Coolidge mingled in the dining car with all of the members of their immediate party which in | addition to Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg, | and Mrs. and Mrs. Hughes, included Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur, Ambas- sador and Mrs. Henry P. Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan J. O'Brien of New York, Dr. and Mrs. James Brown Scott, of Washington, and Dr. and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur of California. At the end of his journey south- | | (Continued on Page Five) 'WARDEN IS SUFFERING Executioner Has | | ! STRIKE AT ElllLEfiE BELIEVED AVERTED Gk Universty Prosidont ‘Agmtocomr\m Students WILL EXPLAIN GERS‘)RS!IIP Said to Be Strongly Resentful of Action by Dr. Atwood in Barring One Act Play From Magazine, (Special to the Herald) Worcester, Mass., Jan. 14 — A strong undercurrent of sentiment pointing to the possibility of a strike of students at Clark university in {sympathy for four punished students marked the second day of the con- troversy over the college publica- tion, Frank Phelan Colapinto of Wor- cester, formerly of New Britain, Conn., suspended because he con- fessed authorship of a skit for the {Clark Monthly which President At- wood characterized as obscene, was still under suspension today, but the situation has changed markedly. Yesterday afternoon the student body went on record as supporting the editorial board and requested the |reinstatement of the four pupils now ROBERT ELLIOTT FROM CASE OF NERVES Lawes Takes Trip South for Health—Upset Over Newspaper Picture New York, Jan. 14 (P)—Warden Lewis Law.s of Sing Slng prison was on his way to Palm Beach today for a ten day rest, his nerves shattered by the ordeal of the executions of Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray Thursday night. He went on the advice of his physiclan, his sec- | retary said; The warden has long been op- posed to capital punishment. His friends said he was also ex- cited because some one in the exe- cution chamber took a picture of Mrs. Snyder as she was in the elec- tric chair. The photograph was prominently displayed in a tabloid newspaper. He was quoted as saying: “In the future there will be only one man!' from the press in the death chamber during electrocutions, and he'll be a | man I know. I trusted reporters that night and one of them was un- | worthy of the trust. Naturally, I did not scarch the men for cam- eras.” It was said the camera was strap- | ped to the leg of one of the witnesses | and the bulb was pressed from & coat pocket. The exccutioner, Robert Elliott, admitted he had called upon a phy- sician yesterday but denied that he was fll. QUAK! Brusscls, S IN BELGIUM. Belgium, Jan. 14 m—| Slight earthquakes were felt in Bel- | |glum today, the first being registered about midnight and the second be- tween 3 a. m. and 4 a. m, THIS WEEK'S AFFAIRS GEE- TWS IS FINE LOOKIN* HAT—T KnvOWw T'M GOING TO CO:MON l OMMITTEE RE(M SALARY (NCREASE | Chichester, off the campus without loss of stand- ing. The threatened general walk- out from class was averted at least temporarily when Dr. Atwood agreed to meet with a committee from the students Monday for the purpose of explaining in detail why Colapinto and Theodore Rothman of New York, editor, were suspended. He will also explain why Francis Schweitzer of New Britain and Ber- trand Levesque of New Bedford were asked to resign from the edi- tortal board of the magazine. The latter two withdrew from the uni- versity as a reply. Dr. Atwood and other faculty authorities were not ready to con- cede that there was serious danger of a student strike, but the senti- ment at the meeting of the student body was strongly tinged with a de- sire for severe action. COMMITS SUICIDE N. H, Tax Collector Found Dead—Note Tells of Losing Six Thousand Dollars. Concord, N. H., Jan. 14 UP — A note saying that he had lost $6,090 of the tawn's tax collections * was found beside the body of Walter C. Batchelder, tax collector of Chi- chester, county officials made it known today. Batchelder shot and killed himsef some time yesterday. ! A revolver which he had recently | bought was near the body. The note read: “I lost $6,000 of the tax money two months ago near Manchester and I could never find it. I belleve this to be the end.” The authorities said that they had learned that Batchelder had been worrying over discrepancies which he himself had found in his ac- counts. They were not prepared at this time to say whether there was & $6,000 shortage and they could find no explanation of the statement in the note that he had lost the money. * THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: cloudiness follow- «sd by rain late tomight or Sunday; not much change in temperature, . . e PP} SATAIN Wil BE AR UM POLICEMAN GUARDING STOLEN AUTO ROBBED OF PISTOL BY ARMED MAN' POSSE RUSHED FROM HEAD(]IIARTERS e v o 48 TAN LEARING THREATENS FLIGHT Chamberlin and Pal May Bel Forced Down by Noon NOTE TELLS OF ATR0UBLES ‘Will Remain Aloft Until After 3:34 P. M. to Broak lusconl it Supply of Fuel Will Pl'flllll, Flier Advises ‘Watchers, Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Jan. 14 () —Clarence D. Chamberlin and Roger Q. Williams, still aloft at 8:30 o'clock today in an effort to establish a new duration flight record, dropped a note saying that a leak in one cf the fuel tanks might force them cown at noon. The plane, to break the existing record, must remain in the air =til that the flicrs might be able to stay up until that time, Gas Tank Leaking. “Can't tell how is," the note read in wing tank. Only sure of staying up until noon. We've thrown every- thing overboard to reduce weight and it looks like we might just make it. “Ofl holding out O. K. Threw over extra five gallons.” Their Bellanca monoplane must remain in the air until 3:34 p. m., today in order to officially shatter the present record of 52 hours, 22 minutes and 31 seconds established in Germany. Aeronautic association require that the previous record be bettered by one hour. Robbed by an accident of most of their food, their ofl supply de- pleted, their instrument board af- fected, the heating plant they de- pended upon to keep their cabin warm ruined, the fliers were in a break the record. The filers dropped an envelope |1ast night, stating their oil and gas- joline were “holding out well” de- spite leaks in their fuel tanks. They thaiked the ground force at Roose- velt field for the flood lights which kept the flying field illuminated in case an emergency landing was ne- cessary. “Malted milk and water all that is left,” the message said. till the tanks go dry and the record is broken.” ‘Toward midnight, signalled from his plane by flashlight “All's well. Fuei consumption un- der estimate.” Chamberlin in a self-styled “tale of woe” note told how the break in their fuel tanks caused the poison- ous ethyl gasoline to spoil most of their fbod, leaving them with but a few sandwiches and some malted milk. Their water supply was not affected. ‘The exhaust heater, counted upon to heat the cabin, was out of com- mission. The fliers ascended on their en- durance attumpt at 10:12 Thursday Imornln(. PICTIRE OF DOCTOR Visitiag OveELOCK Ave| STATE POLICE 1ATION NexT - 3:84 o'clock. The note said however | Rules of the National ! cheerful mood and determined to | “Yours | Chamberlin | llinois Girl Takes Advantage of Season; She Buys License, Too La Salle, 1il, Jan. 14 (UP)— Mrs. Lucille Wynick, 23, admits she' is the first “genuine” leap year bride of 1928, She said she proposed to Ar- thur Hirsch, pald for their mar- riage license, and planned the honeymoon, DEATH CLAINS LIFE OF CHIGAGO INFANT jChild, Kept Alive 58 Hours by Artificial Respira- tion, Succumbs | Chicago, Jan. 14 M — The 68- hour fight of six Chicago firemen and skilled obstetricians to keep life in the body of 13-day-old baby !George Smith through i respiration and blood has failed. The baby died last night just as ithe tireless firemen and physicians were confident they had won. With- out warning, the little body sudden- ly twitched and the heart stopped. Snatching the infant from what scemed certain death last Wednes- day the workers used 85 tanks of oxygen, valued at $1,400, and the mother, Mrs. Joseph 8mith, sub- mitted to two blood transtusions in the desperate effort to save the baby. ‘When the baby was born, it was found to be suffering acutely from vellow jaundice. S8aturday an opera- |tion was performed at the Bmith ]home. but the baby failed to re- spond and appeared lifeless. Then |the firemen with _their lungmotor were called. After & few hours fire- men and obstetricians fanned the Eliny spark of life until the baby seemed out of danger. Several times the end seemed in- ovitable, but each time the infant. rallied to the treatment of oxygen. Then the mother gave her blood, more oxygen was administered and again the battle appeared to have been won. Once the chlld cried vig- orously, Then, witaout warning, the end came last night. In & futile effort to save the child, adrenalin was in- Jjected into the muscles of the heart. Dr. Hyman Brown said death was caused by heart disease, sec- ondary to respiratory failure, The mother left the hospital |shortly after the death was an- noun¢>d. The child was her first in 17 years and had been born on New Year's day. ALWARD TO ANSWER ‘WHITE SLAVE CHARGE’ Accused of Taking New Britain Girl to Wash- ington, D. C. BY GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Bureau of the N. B. Herald) Washington, Jan. 14—Harry Al- ward of Hartford, Conn., is being beld under $1,000 tond for action of the grand jury on charges of vio- lating the white slave law in Febru- ary of last year. Justice department operatives ar- rested Alward in Washington on February 12, 1927, charging that he brought a woman from New Britain to New York and then to Washing- ton for immoral purposes. The writ- ten charges name Lillian Olga Wenz- loff, 1412 East street’ New Britain, as the girl. Alward's street a d- dress is not given. transfusion attorney’s office for the delay in se- the charge by the grand jury al- though it is freely admitted that the grand jury usually disposes of cases of this character within three or four months. No date has been set for presentation of the case to the grand jury, it was said by the dis- trict attorney, Alward and Miss Wenzloff went on a trip south on his promise to marry her, according to information that came into possession of the authori- ties after the arrests were made. Miss Wenzloff told a story of having been wooed and won and even when she learned that Alward already had a wite, she reiterated that she loved him and would “stick to him” re- gardless of the outcome. Alward, according to the authori- ties, had “a way with women” and had succeeded in impressing Miss Wenzloft from the very outset of their romance. He convinced her that he intended to marry her and throughout their stay in Washington, D. C., where they are said to have passed as man and wife, she was not aware that he eould not fulfill his promise without committing bigamy. ) artificial | No reason is given by the district ™ curing an indictment or dismissal of | Patmlnmxieler, S't-‘ ting in Car on East St. at 2'a. m., Relieved of Service Weapon. Unidentified Man Appears in Darkness, Covers Offi cer, Takes Gun and Makes Getaway. STATEWIDE SEARCH FOR DARING THIEF A statewide wearch was being |made today for a gunman, believed {to be an enlisted man in the United |States navy, who held up Ofiicer Eugene Kieffer at the point of a pistol while the: officer was seated in an automobile on East street, near the grade crossing beyond Ale |len street, about 2:15 this morning, ' and took the officer's pistol out of the holster, after which he ordered the officer to walk towards New, Britain and to make no outcry. The hold-up was one of the boldest in the history of the city, and the au- thorities throughout the state were on the man hunt within half an hour, while every available meme. ber of the local police department combed the city and patrolled the highways leading to and from New, Britain, stopping motorists and questioning them, Car Found by 8ergeant Thomas J. l-‘eeney was jdriving in a police car north on East street about 2 o'clock when he saw 1 Cadillac two-passenger coupe off the roadway. Searching it, he fourd & home-made blackjack and & bottle of wine, but was unable to find the registration. The coupe had the sppearance of having been driven hard recently, there being thick mud on the disc wheels and apatters of mud on the glams win- dows, The tires, too, appeared te have been in deep mud within & short time. The speedometer regis- tered slightly more than 7,000 miles, and the vehicle is apparently a 1926 or 1927 model. Buspecting that the car may have been stolen and abandoned, the Ser- geant tried to start it, but was un- able to do so, and on examination he found the gasoline tank empty, Driving the police car to Staniey street, he brought Officer Kieffer to the abandoned car and ordered him to watch it until he returned. He then drove to police headquarters ‘and Lieutenant Matthias Rival tele- phoned to the state motor vehicle department and learned that the | registration numbers, Conn. 16708, had been Issued to Edward Back- haus, R. F. D. Neo. 1, Rockville, but |they belonged on a Ford touring car, Kieffer Tells of Holdup Licutenant Rival detailed Officee Michael Brophy to accompany Sere geant Feency and tow the car to the (municipal garage. but when they arrived on Eust street they met Of« ficer Kieffer about 100 feet south of the place where the car was stands ing, and he related the story of the hold-up. A man passed in an auto- mobile and Sergeant Feeney asked him to notify Lieutenant Rival to send more policemen. In a short time, Officcrs David Doty, Charles Weare, G. W. Hellberg, Clarence Kumm and Guiseppe Gigliotti were on the scene and the hunt began. According to Officer Kieffer, Le was sitting in the coupe and saw & man walking towards it. He lost sight of him for a minute or two and before he realized that anything une | toward was happening, he felt & pis« tol preseed aguinst his stomach. “Get out of the car and don't make {a noise or I'll drop you,” came the command and the officer looked inte (Continued on Page 15.) DIES AT AGE OF 109 rs. Catherine Golden, Well Known In Native County in Ircland, Once Came To America. Ballaghadereen, Ireland, Jan. 24 (P—Mrs. Catharine Golden, better known by her maiden name, Kitty Lee, died here today. aged 109. Kitty Lee went to the United States in a salling veasel 77 years ago and lived in New York for many years. Then she returned to Ireland and has lived here since 1871. AUTOIST KILLED Goshen, Mam., Jan. 14 His skull fractured by the explosion ef an acetylene gas tank of an aute- died today in Dickinson hospital, Northampton. He was formerly & street rallway employe ia.Spring-