New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1928, Page 14

LINDY ON LION HUNT IN PANAMA Meanwhile French Fliers Are! Paid Country’s Homage Panama City, Jan. 16 (P—Colonel Charles A Lindbergh today was on a hunting expedition in a region where tapirs, mountain lions and deer 1bound. Taking a rest from flyving he vas the guest of fellow aviators somewhere in the heart of the province of Chiriqui, about 200 miles | frow here. “Lindy is having the time of his life,” was the report they sent back. Dicudonne Costes and Joseph Le- brix, French fliers, who arrived here o0 routs to New York, announced they would not attempt a New York o Paris tlight. The absence of Lind bergh gave the people of Punama an opportunity to devete their undivid 4 attention to the Frenchmen, bui hey pass almost unnoticed through the strect Lebrix said that this w lack of organization of the French press, He said he and his com- panion were not known by sight be- cause, unlikg Lindbergh, their photo- | sraphs were not extensively publish- as due to REPUBLICINS SAID 10 BE AFRAID OF BIG CORPORATIONS (Continued trom First heard. H. G. Wells of the Massa- chusetts railroad and utilities com- mission also said he wanted to be neard as did several others, and ths hearing was adjourncd over until to- | norrow. Page) 15 Cruisers Minimum A minimum of 15 crulsers repre- sents the absolute need of the navy | io protect American commerce in time of war, in the opinion of Ad- miral Charles F. Hughes, chief of | raval operations. He declared to- | day before the house naval commit- | ice that this number of cruisers should always be on hand in the cvent of an emergency. The admiral said that the total minimum requirement in cruiser | strength was 43, of which 28 would | be required for work with the fleet and other assignments. He added that if 15 cruisers were not available it would be practically impossible | for the navy to affogd adequate pro- ! tection to America’s farflung trade | i1outes. | Representative McClintic, demo- | crat, Oklahoma, fnsisted that the navy should have additional airplane | carriers and questioned Hughes closely as to his views regarding this | type of fighting ship as compared with cruisers, The admiral did not Jdiscount the value of the aircraft currler, but said that his recom* incndations for a total of 43 cruisers | vepresented, in his opinion, the min- ! imum need of the navy. Vare-Wilson Fight . Washington, Jan. 16 (UP)—Addi- tional charges of fraud and corru tion in the senatorial election of Wi liam 8 Vare of Pennsylvania were |~ contained 1n a bill of particulars | filed in the senate today by Willlam B. Wilson. democrat, who is contest- | ing for Vare's seat. Wilson alleged in his new com- plaint that the republican organiza- tion in Philadelphia, Schuylkill, | Delaware, Lackawanna, Luzerne and Allegheny counties entered a eon- | epiracy whereby campalgn funds were concealed. ,He also charged that in the conspiracy Improper votes were cast; that dead persons wers voted: that fictitious names were registered and tha® persons not «f voting age were permitted to cast vaflots. SHALLPOX CASES CONTINUE T0 GRO Two More Reported in Middle- town Over Night Middletown, Jan. 16 (P-—Two ad- iitional cases of smalipox develop- ~d fn Middletown over night, one he- ing in the Westfield section. This yrings the county total to well over At the same time health offi- cers announced that a 4% suspicious from Moodus on S lay might had turned out to ~hickenpox An ambulancs convey patients to the tias been secured to isolation hos- re was difficulty rs for the vehi to Commissioner who answered that if the health thorities tacked red quarantine card marked Allpox™ on the am bulan that 14 Tt or, in 1e securing appeal Stoeckel witi 1 > diff ind po v to interfer o meving ¢ nation re hare ard used i 1ntine purposes The hospital has tar. made for guar O nly two patients Biclield'« have got Toduy Hallock on for var Mayor Frederi ronbls rothe into the letter Moodus man, billed him k epi A Titing v ster € rocox and tin troubl 1 Moo back 1] re is no dus, The m bill and tell does not puy cinated, will send Hallocl, HEARING ON CONTRACT Bidders for contracts bage will be given a hearing to W b b or o'l i ' ion ns to 1 plan to form. thods of dispos {for a place in the senate at the next A, J. SLOPER RETIRES | A5 BANK PRESIDENT (Continued from First Page) | 3 was its first treasurer. He is a mem- ber of the board of $hat corpora- tion; president, treas@ier and a di- rector of the New Britain Gas Light Co.; a director of Landers, Frary Clark's, a director of the North & Judd Mfg. Co., a director of the Union Manufacturing Co., a direc- tor of the Trumbull Electric Co. of Plainville, director of the Britain Machine Co. and Corbin, Motor Vehicle Corp. Chamberlain Long in Public Office In addition to his extensive bank- ing experignce, President Chamber- | New | of the | OLD PRIEST DROPS DEAD Oldest in State. Stamford, Jan. 16 (®—Rev. James C. O’'Brien, pastor of §t Roman Catholic church here for the last 27 vears, and a priest in the House of Diocese for 50 years, fell dead here last night in the office of Dr. John J. Cloonan, where he had gone for treatment. He Was 75 years old on Christmas Day, and one of the oldest priests in Connecticut. A native of County Tipperary, Ire- land, Father O'Brien came to this country at the age of six. He re- ceived his primary education in New Haven and studied theology at 8t. Charles’ College and St. Mary's Sem- inary, Baltimore. He was ordained by Cardinal Gibbons on December . 1877, Father O'Brien first appointment | was as curate in St Patrick's | church, Hartford, where he served for six years, when he became pas- | tor of the New Milford Catholic church, which pastorate he held rom January 1884 to November 1587, when he was appointed pastor ! Xev. James C. O'Brien of 8¢, John's | ©Church at Stamford Was One oti Mangan Twins in Lions’ Frolic Cast NANY CLUES FOUND John's | of the sSacred Heart church in| Iiridgeport. He remained there 13 | coming to Stamford, where | has been since, September, 1900, | Rev, William Brewer, who was | called when Father O'Brien was <iricken last night, administered the | last rites of the church before he | died in the doctor’s office. Father | O'Brien’s nearest relative is a sis- ter, Mrs. Ellen Leddy, of New Ha- |ven. He also has a number of nieces WILLIAM H. JUDD \ lain has been prominently identified with municipal and state finances. | Hs was state treasurer from 1915 to | 1919, and was city treasurer from 1508 to November 19, 1919, When the board of finance and | taxation was created, in 1907, Mr Chamberlain was appointed a mem- | her of the board and was elected its | tirst president. He served in that | office under five mayors, two of them democrats. Those with whose administrations he has been identi- fied arc: George M. Landers, dece ed; Joseph M. Halloran, George A. Quigley, Orson F. Curtis and A. M. | Paonessa During the a ad- ministration he resigned and he was succeeded by the present chairman, | Edward F, Hall. In 1904 he was elected a council- man, serving until 1807, at which | time he was advanced to an alder- | manic chair. He left the council in 1908, Besides his membership on local financial and industrial boards, he is a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve bank of Bos- ton. Judd Local Republican Lcader | Mr. Judd is considered to be the | outstanding figure in local republican circles although he has been an office holder only since 1923 when he was elected alderman from the third ward. He is president pro tem. of the common council. In that capacity he has frequent served as mayor of the city during tha al nces of the chief exccutive. He is also chairman of the republican town committee, a repre the general assembly { | | He had been prominently identi- | fied with athletics in his school days | and when Alumni council had con- | trol of sports at New Britain high | school he was a member of that bourd, Hatsing With Bank 12 Years Mr. Hatsing has been with the hank for the past 12 years, taking a place as’ “runner” in 1916 after ving New Britain high school. He s been emplo: another in nearly every department of the bank, and at the time of his advancement to the post of cashicr was connected with trust department. During the absence from the gity of Treasurer Curtiss L. Sheldon, Mr. Hatsing was acting city treasurer for several months of last . general assembly. | Carpe the Seven Drowned When Tug i And Ferry Boat Collide Hahnville, La., Jan. 16 (UP)—C. L. Blazer, captain of the tug City of Pittsburgh, which crashed into a Jaunch on the Mississippi river near Narco yesterday, has been placed under a $10,000 bond on a charge of mansianghter. ®wn persons were drowned when the Jtug. going upstream with ten cmpty barges in tow. strick the launch which was operating as a ferry, Captain T to continu his boat, Carneg azer later was allowed to Pittsburgh, Pa., with The tug is ownted by the Steel Corporation. Tn Nors 17 out of every 100 ca or are in somn ent upon it for a living. IF,TOU £et up meny times ot sight by reason of Bladder Tronble, have pains o back, weakness o dizziess. general debility, painful, smarting and diMen]t nation, lack of coutrol of urine, or Ssmptons of prostate trombl PA ) G g This rema: t in pleasant and perfoctlr seemingly remarkahle fon that for @ short fime & liberal "Proot of merit” trial sfze is helnz offercd absolutely free ‘o convince peo ple of its amasing eficencs. Fill in and mail It af once. aw be made for n short time to The Palmo Company, Bettlo Crovk, Mich. FREE TRIAL 24 E. Main 8, roek, Mich. joase send postnaid. withont obliga- n or cost, FREE TRIAL of Palm Glabules, Full Address... Write Plainly I tic, d at one time or | sistant | and nepl in that city. | TFuneral services will be held | Thursday and the body will lie in state at Jay afternoon and evening. WILL ‘CAP’ NURSES ATLOCAL HOSPITAL Geremony for New Stfidents to JBe Held This Evening The 1928 class of student nurses at the New Britain General hospital will be “capped” at a ceremony to be held in the nurses' home this evening. The program will be as follows: Welcome, Dr. T. E. Reeks, super- intendent; “What My Training Has Meant To Me,” Helen Teveleit, senior “Qur School and Its Aim,” dircetress of class, Maud E.! . N.i Nightingale Pledge, s ption to guests. The class consists of Dorothy | Round, Torrington; Bernice Gibbs, | Torrington; Alice Clough, Williman- tic; Louise Schoenauer, New Bri ain; Mary Schmitt, New Britain; | Josephine Gregus, Rockville; Eliza- | beth Jennings, Torrington: Florence | Hornkohl, New Britain; Helen Bic llak, Terryville; Anna Hubay, Britain; Emily - Hopkinson Manchester; Margaret Vorth Hampton, Mass.: { monds, Waterbury; Rose SagesNew | Britain; Martha Clough, Williman- N South ! Master of cercmonies. Helen Ka- | ck, senior class; escort for class, | Carrie Porowski and Erdean John- stone, seniors: charge of reception, | Florence Schwenk, Rdith Hanson, | | Adcle Eggert, senlor clas CHURCH FOUNDATION READY enters Start Work on House of | | | Worship for Holy Cross Parish on | Farmington Avenue. The foundation of th church on Farmington : been completed and the Holy Cross enue has | carpenters'| | | 1 i PATRICIA AND ALICIA MANGA Patricia and Alicia Mangan, 11-! and Mrs. Willilam F. Mangan, are; star performers scheduled to appear in the Lion’s frolic opening tonight at the Capitol theater for a three-| night run. The Mangan girls have a singing and dancing act in which dlalogue is inserted in appropriate | spots. This act is considered to be one of the bright spots in a show which Di- rector Charles Gaa considers to be . John's church Wednes- vear-old twin daughters of Judxe[one of the best he has had the privilege of being connected with in his long experience. Sponsors of the benefit show pre- dicted today a very good financial re- turn for the various children’s agen- IN SHITH HYSTERY (Continued from First Pagc) her name was Luella ( Brown and later said her name was Cushing. ‘When they arrived here shortly after 9 o'clock, Bc nett said the girl ask- ed him to take her to Temple atreet. Leaving the car on Yemple street, the girl walked briskly up the street. He said she-had inquired for a lea- ther concern. When Benett asked her what she was going $o0'do, he said she explained she had relatives (here. The girl, according to Ben- nett, appeared to be nervous and ex- cited. He sald she was carrying a week-end suitcase. - A detective was assigned to in- vestigate the local angle of the case. Boston, Jan. 16 (P — Belief that Miss Frances 8t. John Smith, miss- ing 8mith college student, purchased a pair of tennis shoes in Boston dur- ing the Christmas holidays wjth the preased here today by F. Sturn, for- mer clerk in a fashionable Tremont street shoe shop. Sturn declared that he recognized the girl from photographs published today. She came into the store be- tween Christmas and New Year's, he !sald, and bought the tennis shoes !and when he remarked that it was ‘Vnn unusual time of the year to buy {ing south, she replied: | “Yes, I'm going to Florida.” New London, Jan. 16 (UP)— dent, was exteaded to Connecticut | today, following a report. from a intention of going to Florida was ex- lege. Bhe has suffered’ he sald, from a disjointed knee and a fall would make her helpless. . College officials believed the girl may have been despondent because she waa low in her studies although she had tmproved her standing since the Christmas vacation. No Polson Sold Detective Daly determined that no Northampton drug. store had i.ld poison to-a girl of Miss S8mith's age | for many weeks. He discarded the | theory that she might have begged a ride from a passing motorist be- | cause of her shy disposition, The possibility that she might 16 PERSINS HURT AS BUS OVERTURNS | Accideat Occurs on Providonce- Boston High Walpole, Mass, Jan. 16 (UP)— Two persons were in a hospital te- day, and 13 others werc recovering from less serious injuries, following have gone to Amherst where rer parents maintain a summer home | | was exploded after a thorough | | search of builljngs ‘and ground. | Her father scouted the likelihood | | that & love affair was at the basis | of his daughter’s disappearance and | declined to discuss her friends in New York city. Miss Smith had neither extra | clothing nor money with her and no jewelry except for a small gold ring ornamented with black enamel ' vine which she wore on the fourth finger of her right hand. A pocket book containing $7 was found in her room while her check- book showed she had not withdrawn tany money in several weeks. Search Intensified | The first two steps ordered today tat the college were a thorough search of all the institution's build- | ings and an examination of all rub- ihlllh and waste paper baled within i ordered in the hope that it might | disclosa létter scraps which would | | throw light on & possible disappear- | {ance motive. Simuitaneously a ecir- police of nearby towns. Detective Daly found himself an accident in which a bus bound from Boston to New York was wrecked in a collision with a road- ster driven by Irving Kaplan of Brooklyn, N. Y. Kaplan, after being treated at the hospital for injuries, was held on a reckless driving cha Others injured were Ralph Kollen, , Arlington; Marion 8mith, 25, ewark, J. J.; Mrs. Gussie Primm, !21, Matttapan; Louis Richards, 27, Lowell; Mrs. A. C. Bottling, 38, Ar- lington; Leo Gereck, 40, James Postell, and George Greeley, all of New York; Thomas 8. Francis, bus driver, Boston; Alfonso Leo, 20, Teresa uerin, and Mrs Della Guerin, %11 of Everett; and Mrs, Katherine Denney of Reading, He Got a New Overcoat, Couldn’t Recall Where William Ahern, aged about 60, such apparel unless anyone was go- | the last week. The latter move Was | \ho rooms with a Chestnut street family, was arrested about noon to- day by Officer Thomas C. Dolan on the charge of theft of an overcoat owned by George Beauchamp of 866 ! Search for Miss Frances St. John cular description and photograph of |\ain street, from the Y. M. T. A. Smith, missing Smith College stu-|the girl was sent out to chiefs Of | B, Society hall on Main street, the morning of December 25, while Christmas services were being -held | government forester from California ! faced with a number of tips from i,y {he Holy Cross church, Officer | en route to Wethersfield. The police that a photograph published in a persons who believed they might |came from a farmer of Westhamp- Dolan recovered the coat in Ahern's informant declared | have seen Miss Smith. One of these oo Ahern was a lodger at the police cles in whose interest it {8 DelNg| | ca) newspaper was that of a girl |ton about six milcs from here. He g ion Christmas eve and is said to conducted. few of the desirable seats will be available at the box office after to- ! night, began their work today. The church expected to be completed within days providing the good weather conditions continue. T. Wandyz and W. Ochrymowicz, | noted singing artists, will sing | |Thursday cvening at the Tabs hall | on Main street. Fifty per cent of the procecds will be used for the | |Holy Cross church fund. City Items Mrs. Charles Plumb of 168 Stecle | strect entertained her Sunday school class of the Plainville Baptist | church, Saturday afternoon at her home. Members of Court Columba, No. . Catholic Daughters of America, who are going to New York on Mon- day, January 23, are asked to notify Miss Mary Gorman not later than | Tuesday night, Junuary 17. There | will be a national meeting of the | Catholic Daughters of America at the Hotel Astor on Monday evening, January 23. A daughter, Ruth Constance, was | horn Saturday afternoon to Mr. and ! Mrs. Reigar Christoferson of 168 Steele street. | Plans will be made at a meeting | of the Central Lubor Union repre- scntatives tonight at 8 o'clock at| 434 Main strect, for an entertain- ment and dance to be given ¥Febru- ary 4 in 0dd Fellows' hall. Repre- sentatives of most of the state| unions will be guests of the local or- der on that occasion. Incorporators of the People’s Sav- ings bank will hold a meeting at the banking quarters tonight. A daughter was born yesferday at Quincy hospital, Quincy, Mass. to Mr. and Mrs. John Elmgren. Mrs. | Elmgren was formerly Miss Mildred Erickson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Erickson of 18 Hart street. Mrs, C. F. Bennett will speak on “Plays and Current Events,” at & it into a nearby ashcan. Later, he last {meeting of the New Britain Teach-|gid, he removed the scraps of pa- | from Milton Academy ers’ club, Thursday afternoon at the Walnut Hill school. Suit for $250 damages has been brought by Catherine Pulos, through Hungerford & Saxe, against Salva- | tore and Barah Fazzina of Bristol. Deputy Sheriff Matthew Papelak [served the papers. The action of C. L. Plerce & Co. against A. F. Richardson has been withdrawn from city court. A. W. l"flpson was counsel for the plain. tife, GOUPLE MARRIED IN CITY HALL LOBBY Windsor Locks Residents Wed Under Unusual Conditions | With the clicking of typewriter | keys supplanting the traditional | {hum of the organ, Joseph Borracci nad Anna E. Debelli, both of Wind- | sor Locks, were married in the cor- ridor of city hall this afternoon b Judge I. B. Hungerford, justice of | the peace, The couple arrived in the | city about 2:30 o'clock and, being desirous of mrrying without formal- ity, sought out Judge Hungerford, | who agreed to officiate. The justice of the peace brought the couple and their two witnesses into a corner improvised as an office for the tax collector and performed the cere- | considerable | mony. Excepting for difficulty encountered when the bridegroom was unable to find the wedding ring, the nuptials went off without a hitch. POLLY AND HER PALS HOW DOES ITL _ YOU 7 | store here, He stated therc was also a young | man in the machine, which was be- |ing stocked with provisiors. According to the forester, he saw | the girl tear up a letter and throw per from the ashcan. He claimed | one plece of paper bore the name | “8mith."” sembling Miss Smith on Saturday. Daly planned to check up on his ' | story as soon ax possible. 16 (UP)— the college graduating in Milton, | Mass. Friends described her as be- |ing quiet and shy. | The +following description of the | missing girl has been broadcast: Northampton, Jan. Miss Smith entered September after | Northampton, Mass., Jan: 16 — }Age, 18; five feet, five inches tall; | Miss France 8t, John Smith, 18 Welght, 130 vounds; light brown vear old Smith College freshman and | hair, shading to reddish; bluc-gray | daughter of a weulthy New York eves. | broker, was being sought today by | At the time of her disappearance, {cvery agency at the command of | Miss Smith wore a terra-cotta coat ! | college and state and local police | with brown fur collar, orange flame | persons, | i’ authorities. { Friday morning while clad in a tur | trimmed terra-cotta coat, an orange | jersey -dress and tan shoes, not a |single clew has rewarded the per- sistent efforts of scveral hundred Parents Prostrated Mr. and Mrs. §t. John Smith, the latter a former Amherst girl, are here, prostrated with grief, Mr. Smith has offered $1,000 re- ward for information leading to the finding of the irl. When the girl's absence was dis- covered Saturday afternoon by a classmate who called at her rogm in Dewey Hall' President William Al len Neilson was recalled to the city and immediatety conferred with State Detective Joseph Daly. Directed Corbett Search Detective Daly is the man who dl- rected the long but unavailing search for Alice Corbett, 19 year old Utica, N. Y., girl, who van- quished under similar circumstantes on November 13, 1925 and was never seen again. A search of an area of seven square miles in the vicinity of the college so far nas yielded no trace of the girl. Paradise Pond on the | campus was drained with like result. Miss Smith's father fears she ma. have met with an accident while walking in the woods near the col- Since she dropped out of sight | | dress with tan collar and cuffs, and tan shoes and stockings. She may have worn no hat. ' She wore a gold ring with black enamel vine decoration eon the fourth finger of her right hand. Miss 8mith's disappearance re- i called the case of Miss Alice Corbett of Utica, N. Y., who left Smith col- lege on November 13, 1925, mnever ! to return. By a strange coincidence, both girls disappeared on Friday the 13th, 'Auto B;ks Through Ice And Two Children Drown Pittsfleld, Mass,, Jan. 16 (UP)— [ A spin on the, icc of Cheshire reser- | oir resulted in two deaths yester- day, when a sedan operated by Clyde Belcher, 30, of Cheshire, broke through and sank in 15 feet of water. Elaine Rozon, 12, daughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Joseph Rozon, and Mabel Keller, 6, twin daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Henry Keller, were drowned. Two other little girls, Gabrielle | Rozon and Margaret Keller, sisters | of the two who perisheqd, were saved { by the driver, i | HUNT MISSING FIER | | Boise, -1daho, Jan. 18 (UP)—A| scarch was under way today for Red | Hoyt, aviator, missing since he left| | 8Salt Lake City for Boise, Saturday. He was last’ secn flying through a | snowstorm near Streyell, Utah. By John Held, Jr. © 1998 by King Fentunm Synbene o ISNT CHARLEY'S GHOW ot It was said that very|y, gaw jn an automobile outside a | reported he had observed a @irl re- yaye hocome intoxicated after leav- ing the station in the moening, He told the police today he could not recall the details of the alleged theft, and during the past’ few weeks he has often wondered ‘how he had come into possession of the coat. He will be arraigned in police court tomorrow morning. N. Y. Leads Country In Young Residents New York, Jan. 16 (P—New York is @ city of youth, the New York Tu- berculosis and Health association said in a statement today-announcing that there are 350,000 more men and women between the ages of .twenty and forty-five in New York than in any like amount of American popu- lation elsewhere. They are interesting—Herald clas- ifled ads. R R T N O S ST ———————— THE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Alphabetically Arranged for and Ready Reference LINE_RATES for CONSECUTIVE INSERTIONS Yeurly Order Rates Upon Application Charge 13 Quick Prepatd -1 line .10 .1 line 27 -1 line 43 Count 6 words to a Ifne, 14 lines to an inch. Minimuin Space 3 lines. Minimum Book Charge, 38 cents Closing time 1 P. M, dafly; 10 A. M Saturday. Teleplione rate. Notify the Heraid at once if your ad ts fincorrect. Not responsible for errols after the frst insertion. 9%, Ask for six time Burial Lots, Monuments 1 NEW BRITAIN MONUMENTAL WORKS 123 Oak St. Monuments of all eizin and descriptions. Carving snd letfer cuttiug our epeclalty. By Cliff Sterrett