New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1928, Page 1

miom] NEW BRITAIN IERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 COSTRAVE SSUES GREETIGS OF DAY Irsh Free State Presdent Sends| Message to U. 8. DRY LAW BEING OBEYED, Time Honored Custom of “Drowning | the Shamrock” Not Observed As} Public Houses Are Closed for This Irish Holiday Festivity, (St. Patrick’s Day ople of America. asgrave of the Ir Treland has s Ll go out tinent of Americ country wlich up to ce had never be man hecoms age L0 !)1& From President h Fres State.) March 17 ®— millions of her great con- She has ecen a few centuries | en trodden by & | the great main- | of the Iris From the is- nd to the great her children ieve gone in never ending streamis, | souring their gifts of mind and heart | to contribute to the work of build- ng the American natic Law for Herself. ve seen with at that labor has ¥ 1 » for her children, ties which bind this islan : greater home of our | are wrought of flesh and blood 14 of all the affections and feclings at link brother to brother within unit of family life, se are sonds which no aceident of time can | k assunder, and they are of such as to make still stronger | of loyalty and affection | vhich unite Americans of Irish ori- gin to Americe and the Irish people to Ireland. History of Two Natlons . the history of our two ma- tions interwoven for over two hun- | red years there is no danger that ! » first loyalty and affection which | ans of Irish Llood owe to! ‘heir own country shall suffer any liminution from their abiding l«(»‘ czction for the home of their race. On this $t. Patrick's Day, bavingd Jist returned from your country, | were 1 was received as Ireland's | r with immeasurable kind- | vess by evervhody from the Presi- nt of the United States down to | humblest citizen, 1 feel I h. pecial right 10 assure you onn'l that Ireland s making her | steadily along the paths of | aca and prosperity. She asks you | ) coutinue to give her the support | your good will and the co-opera- | m of your publie opinfon which | have alrcady done o mnch to aid | restoring her to her place anong | ‘he nations, Wit “Dry” Ireland Today. Ircland, March 17 (A— St Day was dry in the | Trigh Free Sta In a country with | n annual drink bill running into 17 or 18 million pounds sterling the | tional festival could not be eele- | ed with the time-honored | drowning of the shamrock.” Public ! Liouses had to close. Even the most | id- thirst could not he quench- ed in them. For good reason, too, the publi cans obeyed the law, An offense meant endorsement of the license, three endorsements will spell its (Continued on Page 13) | | PLATTSBURG SUFFERS FROM $200,000 FIRE Blaze Is Most Disastrous Experienced in Cham- plain City in Years | | Plattsburg, Y., March 17 ® -In the most disastrous fire Platts- hurg has experienced in years, the | Clinton theater building and three stores were destroyed today. The Platisburg theater, loss is estimat- cd at $200,000. The fire started in the rear of & | Junch wagon next to the Clinton theater, it spread rapidly to that building and then to the Plattsburg | theater, destroying both structures. | The Plattsburg theater building Loused seéveral offices, and three stores were located in the Clinton theater building. Soldiers from racks, manning the fire fighting ap- | ratus of the army post, assisted the city firemen in bringing the fiames under control. Greenville Plane Report Has Been Discredited Greenville, Me,, March 17 (UP)— | Like all the rest, what seemed to be | a reliable report of the lost trans- atlantic airplane Endeavour, was discredited today. Of those /ho were reported to have said they heard or saw the plane in which Captain Walter Hinchliffe and Miss Elsie Mackay attempted a westward ocean flight, only one stuck to his story today. John Eyer of Kobadjo still insist. «d he heard the roar of an airplane motor early Thursday. What had seemed the most en. ouraging report was that Postmas- ter Willlam Cole of Kobadjo had seen a large monoplane flying over the forest near he: Cole told «rurchems sent out from the sheriff’s.) office last night he had not seen 3 lane, nor had he claimed to have sightc4 one. Plattsburg bar- | | pom et s I Battleship Colorado :tha as well as o Hindu. « [in { which astrologers had et {lands on one another's jare formally presented to the gath- |ering as intending to become hus- | 'POLICE BAR RADIO HORNS \some time several stores have used ! this method o fadvertising and Chief Rammed by Steamshiy Washington, March 17 #—Th battleship Colorado was rammed by the steamship Ruth Alexander at 9 o'clock last night while ap- proaching anchorafe off San Padro, Calif., the navy depart- ment was advised today. The Ruth Alexander apparent- ly was not damaged and procesd- €d on hLer way while the Colorado received a cut on the starboard side above the waterline. A court of Inquiry was ordered to investi- gate the cause of the collisien. NANCY MLLER T WED HINDU TODAY ;Alter Marriage Plans European { Trip for Appendicitis Operation | 15 NOW R “NARATHA" Known as “Devi Sharmista,” Seattle Girl Eats Food With Women of Caste Previously Eaten by Bride- groomi. London, March 17 Exchange Telegraph from Bombay today said Mise Naney Ann Miller i8 to undergo operation for appendicitis. The dispatch said that after ding to Tukojl Rao, of Indore, ill sail for as poss for [ ) as soon the operation. Barwaha, India. March 17 (P | Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, w today was admitted to the Dhangar Caste at a cersmony pre. liminary to her wedding to Tukoji 20, former maharajah of Indors, . !who 18 a member of that Caste. under the Hindn name of Devi Sharmista, the Ameri- can girl sat down to a meal Wwith | the women of the caste after mc- cepting food of which the brid groom previously had partaken. This ceremony made Sharmista a Mara- Known now Overnight Barwaha had been | converted ~into a dream city of romance and splendour for the mar- ringe. The wedding of a Hindu noble to a white wife who had been reared the Christian faith, was an oc- | curence without precedent to many i of the guests. To Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle the rites for mak- ing her the wife of Tukoji Rao, for- mer maharajah of Indore, Twer: novel Gally Decorated Hukoji Rao's residence at Darya Mahal, which is in a small jungle ' near Barwaha, was decorated with flowers, leaves and bunting for the ceremoény this afternoon at a tim found ausp i cious. In such a ceremony. performed | with the highest verdic rites guests jonce within the housc have to go ! | baretoot. The bride and bridegroom enter separately, both barefoo! also, dressed In costly silk, and with scar- marks on their foreheads. They are conducted to the central place of the hall where they stand | on either side of a cur! Brah- min priests then begin singing hymns and continue to sing them throughout the ceremony which lasts nearly two hours. Curtain Raised The bride and gridegroom con- |tinue to stand on each side of the |curtain until the Muhoorta Kale the auspicious time according to as- | trological calculations—ie reached | and then the curtain is raised. The bride and bridegroom glace gar- necks and band and wife. A sacrificial fire of the bark and (Continued on Page 13) POINTING INTO STREETS Chief Hart Issues Order to Have Practice Discontinued by Busi- ness Houses. Acting on complaints, Chief W. C. | Hart today issued orders to owners | of stores in the business district of | the city to discontinue the operating | of radio loud speakers and victrolas outside their places of business. For Hart sald he belleved the com- plaints justified. Only one person of- fered any objection to the order, Chiet Hart said, but it will be en- forced in this instance as in the oth- | ers. i Believe Byrd Plane Was Ship Heard in Maine Montreal, Que., March 17 (UP)— Commander Richard E. Byrd's south pole monoplane was tested in the vi- cinity of the Greenville woods Thurs- day and it was suggested this might be the plane residents there report- ed hearing. Floyd Bennett, Byrd's pilot, flew the plane from 8t. Albans, Vt., to Grandmere, Que., and it was con- sidered likely he might have flown off course and gone by the way of the woods. This was considered | more of a likelihood than that the | transatlantic fifers would have gone | 80 far inland. A detective left here last night for Roche’s Point to investigate the re. ports of the airplane being heard in the Maine woods. N ] Quql,; e ' Appointment to I, C. C. Turned | ination, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1928.—EIGHTEEN PAGES “-TTF[] Towers Off Public Works Board, BORAH'S FUND IS | Resigning At Request of Mayor; — MET BY SILENCE Crowe Is Named Acting Chairman Leaders Refuse to Gomment on pecial Meeting of (‘o.mssiun Held Today Results in Idahoan’s Action DONATIONS ARE COMING IN Election of Democrat Temporarily to Fill Va- Pise *a np ‘tl'o) N WOI Soq MPV ULiv .’. Down by 39 to 29 Count MOYE ONE OF REVENGE Soft, cancy—Weld Orders Investigation of Conditions At City Storeyard. southern Coal Region States Republicans Wou't s His bf- Secure Esch's Defeat in Retalia- forts To Raise S160.000 To Wipe tion of Their Failure to Lower | Out Gifis To National Committes Coal Freight Rag By Harry Sinclaiv who was 1d to quit Wash feated | terstat lower frei coel, th coal regi ton, their commerce Mer Mayor Wel prior Presi lost e 10 nomination by nt | Coolidge last Decemt fight for confirmation I when the e, after of debate behind close cotzd the appointment, opposition, led sout coul stat nost entirely on the §7- commissioner's change of in the long pending con- | test between the mines of Penns: iz und Ohio and those of Wi Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee a Virginia, for the lake cargo tra whereby he favored, after once posing, lower rates for the nor fields, The commission recently rejected | a petition of southern railroads for a 20 cents a ton reduction in lak argo coal transportation charge d the issue Is under consideration for possible court r, At your HONISSES NEAR DEATH IN CALIFORNIA FLOOD Berlin Residents in Town Where 10 Were Drowned by senators | Engaged as Counsel To Defend Gardiner vear-old attitude op- Althoug the 40 persons were drow town where they were st action. Nedly Led Flight E r Neely, 5 Virginia, who led the fight confirmation, charged ulso votsd against the southern roads' cut proposal, had switched his vote on the northern proposition se of pressure from a and the administra n. Chairman Watson the ate commerce committee, had reported adversely on the and Senator § republi- Ohio, supported Esch, calling | attention to his emphatie denial at | the committee hearings that politi- | cal pressure nad causcd bl change his vote. 8enators Glass of Virginia, Réed of Missourd, democrats Neely in the battic against firmation, both at tion in the Lak and Miss Doris Honiss, o Berlin, flood which th .+ e Tuesday. ughter ha C'ora Honiss demi West Lgainst ch. who escaped ur . v-m king known have \Iru ) 1 wwen visiting a Paula francisquit through which th waters did not reach the ! at which th weTe stopping and the Berlin people escap Word to this rifect was 1 ceived last night Dy Arthur Benson of East Berlin, who had been trying, !vainly wuntil then, ket in touch {with the Honlsses by telegr nm Mrs. Honiss and her -1,mu~ return east in about a mon Shamrock and . s Flag ! Adorn Strange Visitor To ‘Vlunmpal Buildi in Christn anta bee van Pennsyl- i Ivalley K|h"|h whic ) od swe rom- oy can, ATTY. i ASKS GARDINER TRIAL ATMARCH COURT TERM, Counsel Retained to De- fend Man Arrested for Libel days and huve possible campaign u 3 clair contribution s k i be di hed to va untry to ses is not soon forgotten by the Reed of Mo, ha transcontinentlil stump campaign favor Adecisive action to nt to olidee th the ad of the pub Heretofore ¢ followed the their matter | his is -r y said th Urit v emphatic warning that L not tolerate the p important commissions President Coolidge in fuvor of Pennsylvania or. any other scetion, or in favor of any particular inter- csts of the country.” Minority Report In a minority report from t terstate commerce committee, Ko Fess declared that from standpoint of ability and experience, ch was “eminently fitted for the position and from the basis of hon +sty and integrity he is equal to th t in public life ie minority report called a | in Letween his two votes. Esch, like all other members of the commission, had the benefit of “ex tended further hearings, a further evidence which embraced some 2,000 pagee, and two days of on Pags k fron up demo- political ing of these wearing a large sham- Am a pi A man vock and carrying a flag on which was pasts of paper containing numerous quotations, stood for more than i hour in the main corridor of city hall this morning, paying no attention to the curic glances of scorss of pers who pusséd Ly or to city ployes who ¢ over to T 0 no his pre ! " nds of Hen Stratford Doctor W ill Carry Case to High Court Bridieport T 17 (A —Dr. De Howl atford health el endant in an | lienation suit in su perior court police department criti wrtford county jail await- stran du 1 int ared ut of Kite superior court on the spoke hour of on L criminal libel, 1 Cusals nooy Attorney was in Hartford t taking preliminary steps fending Gardiner and ot his T in honds viously Testite nware tuwards He may attorney i Judge e $4.- ¢ to Josept diner in on trial at the pre 1t (Contin 13) Page 13) evEr e T's SIVER LNING CONGLATULA LI MT MU= COn TWEA T ¥ NEAT e A CUORINE mAAu’ - For L OCA STOmAT ACuacues \,I e —] Pictyrie o i MAY WHO AY Clkr kaawh jing the lter i Average Daily Circulation For 15,181 Week Ending March 10th .. PRICE THREE CENTS RESTITUTION WL BE MADE VALLEY Los Angeles Spurns Ofler of Amerlcan Red CImy rEELS RESPONS!BLE Mayor ——— Methodist Pastor Is Dead at Age of 103 Ma: died at his Nays California - City - Wil Habilitate Stricken Area and s Perfectly Capable of Handling the Situation. 1000 MARINES T0 (0 T0 NICARAGUA Will Help Enforce the Stimson Peaue Agreement ORDER TO BE MAINTAINED Additional “Devit Dogs” Will Aug program ment Porce of 3 0 Men wnd Wil Help Control the Presidential Llection, 17 # AS 2 ot flure to enact | swept next e . plans we ks - hing e Stimson peace Navy Acts to send dditio two battalions of marines w need at the under way to- 1,000 to help | tions Oitic showed more en- agreen mberl srov umedi- Hundrers of grove an- non N were buried In addresst Mayor Cryer said We cannot r teen lost. amends 1 navy department lat 1 yesterday and soon afterward Pros ey lels, tent Coolidge was that the represented gs v EiKe will tawm- United States can nd property vrought.” Wd ety officials ion of sistance to Nicaragua next president, de- spite of the supervisory bling legislation. The marines. most of who te taken from the scouting fle Atlantic Sing its a The may 1y ire down will und coast ports, will embark soon as sailing space is obtatned | nd other details of the expedition re ompleted, Some are expected | within a few days. { will sugment the 2700 already in Nicaragua poilc country and trying to cap- ticad torn Los Angeles Capable “1 feel,” the mayer sald, “fhiat Los Angeles is perfectly capable of :ndling the situation. Certain e an devise ways and means of pro Viding the necessary fun The plan of the ¢ ser of Com- ree for vilitation calls for " idine, last of the |a million dolars being made imme- vative leaders to decline to lay down | diately avail in the city council irms under the Stimson truce, which | for reconstruc 4 commission of also provided for American aid 10 |].08 Angeles business men to direct hat the next elcetions are car- | ¢p, ject and division of the wo ut in & legal and MY Hinto three clusses —restoration orchard and furm region, v of business, industrial s property and relief of flood Trucks and tractors moyve in a solid front ing apart ev pile brush T marines rel ture or Maintain Order Secretary Wilbur say new ruarine force will be used principally | for maintaining order during the Palloting for & successor to Adolfo | Diaz, now of the liitir couptry will not be I e e 1d against Sandino, b dn-“"“"{”‘] i although some of them per e i 3 O DT ey be emploved for guard | L other marine activity | VSN under way for da for the communiti Moor Park. I [ plans are being services EXPECT 10 RAISE $4 FROM BOTTOM TODAY Last Puair Fontoons Have Been Attached to Sunken Submarine v hea vhich mi Other are dnd and funcral Mon- 1u other Oanard, Ventura, similar sident Coolidge feels that while MeCoy bill, providing for Ameri 1 supcervision of the Nicaraguan ctions, 1 not absolutely nec to the carrying out of the Stimson agreement, it would have been he the Nicaraguan congress had adopted it Hv is of the of opini that marines already t good by stopping val War hetween the Libe Conservatiy by bri quility to the troubled republic by permitting man turn to their former occ: 1 of i Hions, "‘ Up To Washington Now, s opinion, it is u Washington government t ins of seeing the i ligation it devise some ctioy supervis hen the of the Phi son, brought £ today be Charlestown fuctions 1 o1 ations poi by bill, the | departm gov was made 1o leave the sending of more ma- | step the department had 2 question unanswered n mind officially Flo Z was hore . t ests in the und be .\|. gfeld ( ollapbes s Result of Hard Work New York, March 17 (P—A state. |last nigh nt from the office of Florenz |AS 500 Ziekfeld today said he had collapsed ler the strain of staging his nius- productions and had gone to hi wmp in Cana While there e will not be permit- ted to “do any work of any wort, nor receive telaphone calls, cables or telegrams, statement says. He ompanied by Dr. Jerome ‘\u more wers attach tow 1t was plat will in it p m feurface, {mediately suhmari gner. The last thirteen months have been among the busicst in his career | with five productions to his credit, moved. latest of which ened Tuesda; v Ry " [Cashier Shot Y esterday Succumbs to Injuries Madison, L. March 17 P—El- 'mer G. Baltz. I8, cashier of the First National bunk of Madisen. who was shot yesterday by robbees | |who escaped with $23,500, died te slightly lower temperature to- |day of his wounde. Four permons night. | |gave their blood for tranafusiom in ————# lan effort te save his life. he ope Wil ¢ wight “l‘:\THIIC New Britain and vicinit, Mostly clowdy tonight. Sui day unsettiod, probably snow