New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1928, Page 13

§.. J Speaking of Sports stars who are under suspension uj til charges of professionalism can bury; ford; G Terryville; Miller of Bristol; Rollo Roland [ Waterbury and many have appeared from time to time this city. - ne Martin and Ed Watts None of the New Britain boys all of them be barred from amate: fight ranks, going to be shown in the tourn: As far as New Britain is concer ed, we can't figure out where would benefit the sport here any state athletic commissioner. of professional bouts under Donohue's regime, then there woul soon be no amateur fight ments in this city. A promoter taking a chance conducting a professional hout or a wrestling stands more than he does to win. in The expens every show to give the promoter ar kind of a financial break. put in force to guard the condu of whether these would change situation somewhat, would be «question that could be proved onl by time and experience. the pastime, Listed among the amafeur fight cleared up, are a number of favor- ites who have appeared in this city. Morc prominent among them are lLeo and Luclen Larrivier of Water- Billy Taylor, Vic Morley, Hare ry Seeche and Eddie Reed of Hart- Pete Garber and Frank others who wheo have appeared in amateur tour- there is little interest ments to be conducted in the future. Jiave it under the supervision of the If am- ateur fighting was to go the path Tom tourna- on boxing tournament, times to lose money connection with the production of professional cards are so high that a record gate must be had at Whether special rules would be mateur boxing tournaments un- der Mr. Donohue's supervision a‘gg APATHE’"B VUTERS? The sport for the most part, has flourished here and in all parts of ate, it has become a popular Whether it will remain as ture te thirsting wheat fields and wrote new records on the weather bureau books, had the wrecking :rewl busy today in eastern Nebras- i, Hulldreds of workers spent the night in an effort to normalize tele- phone and telegraph service and clear the arteries of travel. Business in Omaha and across the river in Council Bluffs, lowa, stood still yesterday when the seven inch snowfall halted street cars and paralyzed communication. Radio gave the only touch with the outside world for several hours, radio ama- teurs and United States army sta- tions joining rebular broadeasting stations in placing their facilities at the disposal of press associations. Lincoln, Neb., had 10 inches of snow, a record for this time of the year. At Omaha temperatures rang- ing between 5 and 40 prevailed dur- ing the day, dropping early today to below freezing. It was estimated by officials of the MRS, KNAPP T0 BE TRIED WEDNESDAY Is at Present Free in Bonds of $6,000 Albany, N. Y., April-7 (®—With- in the shadow of the capitol building where for two years she served as secretary of state of New York, Mrs. Florence E. 8. Knapp must stand trial for alleged criminal acts, in- volving grand larceny, false audit and certificatton of state records, and n- be of of i in the making of false aftidavits, growing out of her administration of the 1925 state cens: Arraigned at a special term of supreme court yesterday New York's naments throughout the state, are|Northwestern Bell Telephone com- i 5 numbered among those who will | pany that their loss would be more gf;:d;:f‘m Joman seis okl have to answer the charges. Should |than $200,000 with a total of 2,700 el ments, and furnished bail bonds of $6,000 for appearance in court at 10 a. m,, next Wednesday, when the date for her trial will be decided upon. On the preceding day, the speclal grand jury investigating her ur | poles down in the entire storm area. Thousands of miles of wires out of service and more than 2,700 phones out of order in Omaha alone, Coun- cil Bluffs reported 2,000 phones out n- | of use. 3 conduct of the census will recon- it| Polnts out in the statc as far|yene for consideration of evidence to|west as Grand Island were isolated intended by the prosecution to bring forth further indictments. Mrs. Knapp's appearance in the supreme ceurt room of the Albany county court house yesterday after- noon furnished & tense climax to a case which has been under investiga- tion, in one¢ way or another, since last June. Officially it was being in- vestigated from early last October, when the Moreland act Commission- er Randal J. LeBoeuf, Jr., appoint- ed by Governor 8mith, began a searching inquiry into allegations of irregularities filed against the for- as were towns in the northeastern and southeastern section. Grand Is- land established wire communica- tion with Denver yesterday after- noon. Roads around that point were reported almost impassable. North Platte and points in the western sections of the state report snow but no damage although trana- portation was somewhat hampeped. Alliance had six inches of snow with low temperatures, while Hastings, David City, Sewar, York, Lincoln and Beatrice Stromburg reported 14 e wires down and delayed traffic|mer state official. movements, Claiming no knowledge of the Y| Value of the snow to growing|handing down of the Indictments wheat and its benefit to the soil §8|until she read of them in yester- inestimable according to agricultural|day morning's ‘newspapers, Mrs. experts, Knapp hurriedly left New York ct city, where she had gone for an Faster wecek-end vacation, at 10 a. m., and arrived in Aybany shortly after 1 p.m, She was accompanied by Rdbert P. Levis, a New York city attorney, at whose home she was staying, and Mrs. Florence Squyer, & Syracuse friend. Her first public appearance came an hour later, when she stepped from an elevator in the court house and after a brief visit to the cham- ly WELL, NOT IN 1914 3000 af Republican Caucus aiding and abetting a notary public’ popular as ever after the investiga- tion, is something that no one can tell Held in State Armory bers of Justice Stephen Callaghan, presiding, entered the court room. Standing between Attorney Levis and GLAIM VERNE WAS man, New Biograpbers Say Jules Ve der the Sea” o in Eighty Days"? No doubt yo scoffed at the credibility of at the time they first appeared, an reali ribed. “of the birth of Verne, an To the world he wa hman, whose place of birt was given as Nantes, the place give in encyclopedias, Biographers an 1o ascertain that Nantes was reall. theeplace of his birth failed to fin anything in the records of this ol city that would throw any light ol the subject. The matter was finall place was satisfactory. who are not satisfled with meage data and will sacrifice money to get down to bare fac OF POLISH BIRTH Famous Romancer Not & French- Do you remember the interesting and hair raising experiences told by n “Twenty Leagues Un- ‘Around the World storics yet today you are a witness of the tion of things which Verne so ar marks the 100th anni- historians however, in their efforts dropped and to the world at large the fact that Nantes was his birth- There are always those, however, time and George Z. Medalie, special prosecut- or appointed by Attorney General Ottinger, she listened with calm de- meanor to the charges read by the court clerk. A trace of a flush spread over her fact once or twice during the formal routine, but at all times she retained a marked com- posure. Hecedless of the scores of eyes turned toward her when the court was adjourned six minutes later, she passed into the justice's chambers again to await the arrival of bonda- men. For nearly an hour she sat talking—smiling sometimes, again angrily—with Justice Callaghan, while outside the door of the cham- ber Levis and Mrs. Squyer told hur story to reporters. “When I formally pleaded not guilty,” Mrs. Knapp declared in a statement made public through Mr. Levis, “it was a plea that meant I am not guilty of any charges that may be made, and I can say this without having read the indictments, hecause there was no action during my administration of which I am ashamed.” With the ball bonds arranged through the Globe Indemnity com- pany of New York city—$1,000 for cach of the six indictments—Mrs. Knapp left the court house, after speaking affably to old acquaintanc- en among the newspapermen and posing for photographers, -The remainder of the afternoon she spent with Mr. Levis, in the oftice of John J. Conway, an Al- bany attorney and former assistant district attorney of Albany county, ostensibly arranging for him to be her counsel. What decision was Probably the last Republican cau- .cus held in this city for the selec- tion of candidates for all but the common council positions was one of the most exciting and largely at- tended in the city's history, It was held in the Btate Armory on Wed- nesday evening, April 1914, and George A. Quigley was nominated for mayor after nearly 3,000 people had voted at two ballots, For four months Mr. Quigley, E. W. Schultz, and Howard M. Steele waged one of the bitterest cam- paigns for the mayoralty nomina- tion and when the ballok were counted it was found that ex-Mayor Quigley had recetved 1,285, Schultz, u | had 1,071 and Bteele 601. Mr. Quig- ley later defeated Joseph M. Hallo- d | ran, the democratic nominee and went into office at the age of 32. Including spectators who did not take part in the tote the armory was packed to its capacity with about 5,000 present. It was one of the most exciting incidents repub- a|lican leaders can recall, Besides a I | contest for mayor there was one for n | tax collector which brought Richard d | Covert and Bernadotte Loomis into conflict and a battle of ballots be- y | tween William H. Scheuy and Wil d | llam Ziegler for registrar. Loomis, d | who is the present holder of the M | place was nominated for tax collec- Y | tor over Covert and Ziegler, prea- ent incumbent, brought out the greatest surprise of the evening when he defeated Scheuy for reg- istrar. T ) Lasted Thres and One-Half Hours The meeting lasted three and one- half hours. The attendance was lim- d Today, a hundred years after Verne's birth, the claim is made that Verne was.a Pole, was born in Plock, Po- Jand and migrated to France when a boy. He studied law, but found Limself unsuited for the profession and turned to writing. It was after his first success in the literary fleld that he had made out his citizenship papers using the name Verne, it is sald. 1t is a well known fact that Verne was reluctant to discuss even with 1iis closest friends anything concern- ing his early days. Time and again he avoided the topic, ably diverting the conversation to something else. It is sald that Verne's real name was Olszewski, which has its de- divation from the word “olsza,” and which in the English language means alder tree. He assumed the name Verne, according to the story be- cause of its analogy to the name Olszewski (In Old French, “verne” means alder tree.) Then again, the biographers claim that Verne cor- responded with his brothers in the Polish language and some of the let. ters have been preserved until this day. ¢ Literary circles, especially the French, are skeptical about these deductions and much controversy will follow before he will be finally identified with either the French or Polish people. To the average read- er, however, Verne will’ always re- main a romancer, whose works will be remembered for their delightful tales and the fact that he wis a ¥renchman or a Pole will have lit- tie bearing. On the other hand, it would be no small honor of Poland to gain him and placs his name alongside those of Sienkiéwics, Rey- mont, Mickiewics and others, while to France to strike his name from among a long list of famous literary men, would be a severe loss. APRIL SNOW STORM C03TS MONEY BUT DOES 600D Communications Companies Lose Thousands But Thirsting Wheat Fields Are Gainers. Omaha, Neb, April , 7 M—An April snow storm that cest cem- munication companies thousands ef dollars, brought the boon of mols- ited to the male sex. Here is porters of the day saw it. er argued with his neighbor wh: persons had a fendency to warm th blue.” to the place in automobiles. Quigley won the nomination pande monium broke loose. He had re. more than necessary. fore the close of the caucus, voters empowered the town commit b description of the hall as the re- “The officials losked down on & sea of derby and soft hats, which bobbed up and down as each own- he should cast his ballot for a cer- tain candidate. The hall was cool at first but the presence of so many air. Tobacco amoke curled lazily to- ward the rafters until the air was Included in the gathering were the lame and even a blind man was there, Feeble people were brought When ceived the nomination with 12 votes New Britain will never have a aimilar experience because just be- the tee to make necessary rules for heiding of primaries in the future. a | reached remained a secret today, but Mr. Conway intimated that he might have a statement within a few days. The former state ofticlal returned to Syracuse last night with Halsey Knapp, a stepson, who came to Al- bany during the afternoon by auto- mobile. Mrs. Knapp announced that she would hold herself in readiness to return to Albany at any time. When she appears again next week, her counsel will seek to have the trial date fixed later than April 16, the date sought by the prosecution, on the ground that further time is needed for study of a case which the prosecution has been building up over a period of months. y e FIGATS LAST NIGHT . By the Associated Press. San Diego, Cal.—Muyshy Callahan, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1928. .purposr. This individual gives | services and the br t company cooperates by giving its fucilities | and turnishing the incidental musie for the programs. Cheerio began broadeasting March 14, 102 i Q. What salaries are paid to the Governor Generals of The Irish | Free State, Canada and Australia? A, Each receives 10,000 pounds | sterling, approximately $50,000 & o | Q. What is the value of a nickel | se cent piece dated 18 From 5 to 15 cents. 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A, She is the wife of Paul Du- St 4 e bonnet of Paris, Franc Get Your Tackle Now Q. How is Arg pronounced ? A, As though it was spelled Ar- Kan-saw Who origi e public be ¢ A, Claren the Chicago ECONON 15 MAIN STREET. “LEverything for tho Sportsman.” the saying Dresser reported in bune in 1883 that William H. Vanderbilt made that veply to a question whether the | public ought to be consulted ahout MONTH! January, 1928. Reduction$90 Teuring 8455, Roadster (2-pans,) $435; Roadsier (awich ramble seaf) 8535, ot o i O R wig) 0. b. d Wty jot & notics. Willys-Ovrrland, Inc., Tolods, Olie ELMER AUTO CO. 22 Main St. Tel. 1513 TEATS NP AEMON 5“1\;?\ AF— o WouL! o Donald L. BARTLETT DONALD L. BARTLETY Here is what Angelo M. Paonessa, when cam- paigning two years ago, said about Donald L. Bartlett: BARTLETT is “One (New Britain Record— April 5, 1926, when Paonessa spoke at P. & F. Corbin gate) (New Britain Record— April 10, 1926, frem speech by Paonessa at Lithuanian Hall) BARTLETT Stands upon that record of service in the common council, which was wn- qualifiedly approved and praised by his opponent, Angelo M. Paonessa. ELECT BARTLETT (This advertisement Gonated by Republican veters of New Dritatn)