New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1928, Page 1

FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1870 HEAVY LOSS WHEN PAPER HILL BURNS $75,000 to $100,000 Damage at North Westchester Plant C. H. NORTON, INC., FACTORY * Concern, Located Near Colchester, Manufactured Heavy Cardboard and Wall Board—25 Are Out of Jobs Now. Colchester, April 21 () — A con- ‘Employes siderable portion of the plant of C.| H. Norton, board and North Inc., heavy Westchester, makers of wall- cardboard, 1in was burned carly today with a loss roughly placed at between $75,000 and $100,000. A closer estimate depends the condition of machinery which was in the building and in ihe amount of stock destroyed. Twenty-five persons were ployed in the plant and they will e deprived of work for the time buing. upon em- Gets Out of Control The fire was discovered in the stock room. It got out of control of the company's firemen, who had a pumper and Fast Hampton and CColchester sent over their com- vanies. The fire, however, had at- tained headway beyond the ability of the firemen to save the buildings und annexes. The hoiler house and an ell only were saved but em- ployes' houses close by were pro- tected, On Salmon River The plant had a two-story main building to which had been built unnexes used for finishing, drying and handling of stock. It stands close b ythe raifoad station in the center of fhe village and on the bank of the Salmon river. It had been {n operation many years and about 15 years ago there was a stock room fire which destroyed the bullding. When rebuilt it was at- tached to the main plant. Plans to Rebuild Mr. Norton, who established the Lusiness 40 years ago, said after the fire that he expected to rebulld. The loss is partly covered by insur- ance, After Peter Friez, - man, had noticed the blaze he gave un alarm which brought out the | villaferm apd they aided Tn' fife /ighting by means of a bucket bri- | ade, NOBLE IS GIVEN $1,274 ON CLAIMS OF $6,824, Committee Cuts Fire Chief’s Bills Against Aunt’s Estate Chief William J. Noble of the fire department, who filed two claims totalling $6,824.54 against the estate of his aunt, the late Mrs. 1sabelle Rogers, who lived for a number of years in the rear of 87 Myrtle street, is allowed one claim of $524.54 in full, and $750 on the Other claim of $6,300, by Judge W. F. Mangan and Attorney B. J. Monkiewicz, who were probate court commissioners named to hear the claims. Their report was filed today. Chief Noble claimed $524.5¢ iIn compensation for money expended over a period of years for the sup- port of Mrs. Rogers. He offered cvidence to prove that he had paid bills for fuel and provisions. The larger claim was for services ren. dered, and evidence was that he had made frequent visits to Mrs. Rogers’ home and rendered personal service. 4 TORNADO IN TENNESSEE suburban Residential Sections of Memphis Damaged—One Death fs Reported- Memphis, Ten., April 21 (UP)— Suburban residential sections of Memphis were hit by . tornado to- day. All lines of communication wers repsited out of order and there was no definite report of loss of life or property. Y Police said one death had been reported. B The windstorm was accompanied by heavy rain. Practically all wires into the city from the east and south were down. \ | The storm skirted the city, strik- ' ing first on the southeast side near the Mississippl, and circling east and north, . The fair grounds, play center of the tri-states, suffered heavy dam- uge- More than a scorc of houses were unroofed, and several small build- ings demolished. Bridgeport Woman Dies From Terrible Burns Bridgeport, April 21 (UP)—Burns incurred when her clothing caught fire from a gas stove took the life of Mrs. Mary Smithwick, 53, here today. The woman died at Bridgeport hospital where she was taken late yesterday. Bits of flaming clothing that fell as she ran through the house enveloped in fire, started minor blazes which were extinguish- ‘ed by neighbors. 4 night watch- | offered ! NEW. BRITAIN HERALD p NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928.—EIGHTEEN PAGES City Investigating Death Caused by Wind Hurling Sheet Metal From Roof of Strand Theater to Street {Prosecutor Woods and Sergeant 0'Mara Weighing All Details in Connection W' " ' Tnjuries to Bernardo—Repe . 44, :"';;CI.}., ey With Mayor J"ru',,,d t Stas. . kK ’dlu;" Ong, A finally reached the eax., toppled over with the death-deau. Investigations by the police de- | partment in cooperation with the {office of the prosecuting attorney | . o and by the county coroner's office, | ; through the local medical examiners, | are under way today as an effort is | being made to determine what caus- | |ed the fatal accident at the Strand theater Thursday night, which re- sulted in the death of 22-year-old|summated with one sweep, |John Bernardo of 103 Arch street.| At thg request of Medical Exam- All agencies interested in the in-|iner John M. Purney, Building In- lquiry are inclined to view the mis-|spector A. N. Rutherford today filed {hap as an unfortunate accident in|a written report similar to the one whiah there appears to be no crim- | given Mayor Paonessa yesterday inal negligence, although it ap-|morning. A similar report is to be |pears that the pent-house from |given Pro tor Woods' office. {which the roof was carried causing| Prosecuting Aftorney Woods ans i1t to drop on several pedestrians,|nounced today that he will give was not built strong cnough to with- | thorough consideration to all the stand the assault of the elements. |details connected with the fatality, The break came at the point of fand will present a complete report, contact of the roof and side walls, | with his findings, to Mayor Paone: {every bolt used to attach the roof |sa early next week. He and Ser. having been sheared off. | geant Patrick J. 0'Mara made an| The theory was advanced today |inspection of the premises late yes- | that the roof blew off the pent-house | terday afternoon, and took notice of |some time prior to the fatal acci-|the physical aspects of the case, but ident, probably several hours before. | until he is in possession of the build- | Had the gale been strong enough to | ing inspector's report he will be un- | the heavy metal and catapult | prepared to make a finding, he said. it with one sweep across the roof,| The metal roof which felled Ber- 1t is reasoned that it would have nardo and caused his death was re- Ibeen carried hevond the driveway | moved to the Glen strect dumping | which is immediately to the cast of grounds but later it was carted to the building, rather than drop close |the public works department storc- by the building. Tt is possible, those | vard on Harvard street, where it will whe, lcan to this theory say, that be kept until the investigation has |the first noise heard was when the been ended. last bolts sheared off, dropping the| Funeral services for Bernardo witl metal to the roof, and the scraping|be held Monday morning at 9 subsequently heard, was that of the o'clock at St. Joseph's ehurch. Bur- {load being swept across until it|ial will be in §. Mary's cemetery ¢ Marks on the roof, and the break- ing of the tile atop the parapets passed before the edge of the build- ing is reached, give further indica- tion that the accident was not con- Spellacy, Not Excited Over Any Attempt to Oust Him, Declares He’s for Governor AM Smith Willing to Do What Will ¢ Aid His Candidacy Most —Says if State Demo-| crats Want Another Committeeman It's All| Right With Him. ‘Hartford, April 21 (P—"1 am for Governor Alfred k. Smith for presi- ldent and I am for whatever will 'aid him most in Connecticut to {bring about his election,” declared | Thomas J. Spellacy today, when in- terviewed relative to the movement | being made to oust him as national | committeeman from Connecticut, | |and which is said also to include a plan to oust from the state central committee Chairman James J. Walsh of Meriden and Secretary Sidney A. Lynch of New Haven, | “I have never requcsted anyone ito vote for me as delegate to the " national convention,” said Mr. Spel- lacy. “I have never requested any- one to support me for national com- mitteeman and if it is desired to ‘have someone else as national com- ! mitteeman and as delegate, they are perfectly welcome to do 50,” he con- tinued. “If what they want is control of | the democratic party in Connecticut, | they are welcome to it so far as T am concerned,” said Mr. Spellacy. “For the last 25 years I have been | working in the interests of the democratic party and I will continue | to do so. Just now I am interested in working for Al Smith for presi- dent and I will support any man I ithink will carry the state of Con- | necticut for Smith. Mr. Spellacy’s statement was prompted by rumors of a movement. for the reorganization of the party |in the state with a view of having | former State Senator Archibald Me- | Neil of Bridgeport as national com- mitteeman in place of Mr. Spellacy. Attempt Made to Dynamite Scranton, Pa., Newspaper | Scranton, Pa., April 21 P—Three !flersons were injured and close to |20 persons narrewly escaped with their lives early this morning when ia time charge of dynamite, be- |lieved by the police to have been planted in an attempt to wreck the “La Voce Italiana,” an Italian | newspaper supporting the fascist | cause, was set off near the press in a four story brick building in Cen- i ter street! The explosion threw debris across Center street, making passage an impossibility, shattered windows in business places on lower Lackawan- na and Franklin avenues and ‘trapped roomess in the two upper stories, the egress being cut off by torn stairways and dense steam and dust clouds. 7 Year Old New Haven Boy Killed by Truck | New Haven, April 21 (P—On his way home last night after doing a chore for the family, Lawrence Scantlebury, aged seven, was caught ,in & maze of traffic and Killed by a truck. He died three hours after the accident in Grace hospital from | broken ribs, punctured lungs and {cranial Injuries. | Harold Blum, the driver, was ar- rested on a reckless driving charge and he will be held pending the | coroner’s investigation. THOMAS J. SPELLACY THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness follow- ed by rain latc tonight and | | Sunday; rising temperature. *. | the ruined city chanting expi 125000 FAMILYES ARE NOW HOMELESS Bulgarians Suffering From GoidéJudge Warns Accused Must Be‘ and Hunger teliet and Construction Work Be- licved Beyond Resources of Coun- try—Death Toll May Reach 300 | —Hundreds Injured, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 21 More than 125,000 homeless familics in southeastern Bulgaria today en- dured misery, cold and deprivation | in terror as intermittent quakes continued to rock the a ready devastated region. The government and agencies devoted every tending the more than volunte: y effort 1o 0 persons injured in the region around Philip- | popolis. The utmost was being doi to supply refugecs with food. death toll was variously estimated at between 150 and 300 persons. Facing Great Problem Bulgaria faced a tremendous prob- lem in relief and reconstruction, he- yond the resources of the country. The valley of roses near Philip- popolis was turned into a sandy waste when waters burst through the ground or poured down from the hills. The buds of the roses, which are one of the chief crops of the region and furnished 90 per cent of the Furopean supply of attar of roses, were almost ready to oy when the quak brought disaster. Thousands of rose bushes were ob- literated in the valley which is one of the beauty spots of Europe. rriblé Devastation The devastation at Philippopolis, the industrial capital of Bulgari, alone presented a task of reconstruc- tion which scemed almost hopeless at present. More than a score of villages scattered through the fer- tile countryside around Philippopoiis in what is Bulgaria's chof gran- ary were in a fearful predicamont. Three-fourths of Philippopolis it- self was destroyed. Fearing to return to the cities and villages many families are encamped about the countryside, sleeping in oxcarts, farm wagons and automo- Liles. r Food Shortage The government, in trying to re- " assure the people, has promised that there will be no shortage of food. A bill will be introduced in the chamber of deputies to appropriate | 10,000,000 levas for foodstuifs. Political Upheaval London, April 21 (—A Vienna dispatch to the Daily Express today said a political upheaval might re- | sult from the earthquake which de- vastated southeastern Bulgaria. The pcople of Philippopolis, hold the government responsible for the disaster because, for the first time in | history, a session of parliament was held at Sofia on Good Friday. The people are convinced that the ca- tastrophe was punishment for this implety. Procession of inhabitants passed continuously around the outskirts of atory psalms and calling upon all to re- pent their sins. MRS. VITZMAURICE L Dublin, Irish Free Stat (M—Mrs. James C. Fitzmaurice, ac- companied by her little daughter, “Pat” as Patricia is familiarly known, left Dublin today for Cobh AVES where they will join Mrs. Hermann * Koeh! aboard the Dresden and sail for New York. CONGIAT A€ of @ | o | woni April 21. | JURY 15 CHARGED N SINGLAIR GASE Guilty of Specific Offense INATION FACING CRISIS;OTHERWISE HE'S INNOCENT Justice Explains That Y Sven Though sel May Have Committed One Charged s Only Onc Before Jury. Other Wrongs, trial of Harry F. jury stage today it drew an un- ually large crowd to the District of Columbia supreme court building to hear Justice Jennings Bailey de- {liver his charge to the jury which | will decide the fate of the lessee of Teapot Dome. Two-thirds of the crowd n, some of whom were on hand i hour before the court was to con- {vene. Counsel for both sides said that the outcome of the case de- »d largely upon the judge's charge. To prevent any attempt at rushing the court room doors, United States marshals on guard were doubled to hold in check prospective specta- tors, nelair reached the Charge to Jury The justice in his charge told th jury the case had besn presented clearly, “As you perhaps know,” he said, “under our m the court deter- mines what is the law and it is your duty to take those instructions re- css of your personal opinion, you alone decide the facts in the 1e burden in a criminal case is upon the government to prove every fact beyond a reasonable doubt. A :ndant in a criminal case is pre- sumed to be innocent until found | guilty. The government to prove its casc must prove beyond a reason- |able doubt. | “A-rcasonable doubt, after you've }(‘un\'nh‘red all the evidence in the case is that there be no doubt of his guilt.” Proof, the justice said, must satisfy cach juror that Sinclair was | guilty beyond the reasonable doubt. “It is no matter whether the de- | fendant here in your opinion fs | Builty of any other crime,” he said. | “He is charged with only a certain crime and must be tried upon this charge and this charge alone. Noth- ing clse must be considered.” | “The substance of all this" the | justice said after reading the indict- {ment, “is that Fall and Sinclair en- tered into an agreement that Fall d give the lease to Sinclair in o Bailey said that every agreement was not a conspiracy, ex- !plaining that a conspiracy was an agreement to do something wrong. “It is not necessary to constitute {2 conspiracy that two or more per- sons enter into agreement in writ- {ing but it 18 sufficient that they come into an understanding,” he con- tinued. | "It is not necessary that you find that the conspiracy plished. Tt is only necessary that the government prove one overt act. ut no act of Sinclair or Fall shall be considered by you an overt act | unless you find it was the result of a previous agreement.” The case was given to the jury this morning after a charge requiring 50 minutes. i POIRET GiZTS DIVORCE Paris, April 21 (P—Paul Poiret, noted fashion expert has been grant- imx a decree of divorce. BLEVIONS / i . R(TAIN SMITH \lEnaio LANVILLE ELECTED PRESIDEAT O - Te F(FES AND SARALERS ASSOCIATIO DrRVMMI N Washington, April 21 (—As the | were | was accom- | A Week April 14th .. PRICE THREE CENTS ading BENNETT IS STRICKEN ILL ON EVE Copenhagen Gets Dispatch 5 Stating American Flew | Landed Near Doedman- and i soeira — Himself Crew Safe. IS AT SPITZBERGEN | AND CABLES DETROIT London, Auril 21 (®—An Ex- | change Telegraph dispatch from | Copenhagen says that the newspaper | Politiken has received a message | from Svalvard stating that Captain George H. Wilking, Arctic fller, |landed near the Svalbard radio sta- | tion at eleven o'clock this morning. A previous message to Politiken, also from the Svalbard radio sta- tion, stated that Captaln Wilkins flew from Point Barrow and landed near Doedmansoeira where bad weather stopped him for five days. Doedmanso-ira is an uninhabited island on the north side of Isfjord, about 25 miles from Svalbard. ed in excellent condition, Is In Norw The arrival of Captain Wilkins near Svalbard, Norway, from Point Barrow, Alaska, represents the su cessful completion of Captain Wil- kins' plan to fly across the polay re- glons and presumably across the ! north pole itself, The Winkins plane carried a radio but despite a constant watch by ra- | dio stations, complete silence cnvel- oped the activities of the expedition even from the time that the aviator was expected to take off from Point Barrow. Captain Wilkins, a noted Austral- ian explorer, was accompanied by Carl B. Elelson, an Alaskan pilot. 8valbard {s the name applied to ithe entire archipelago of Spitzberg- en, Bear Island and the adjacant islands in the Greenland sea. This | distance from Norway to Bear Island |i8 250 miles north and to Spitzberg- en 376 miles. Spitzbergen was the roint for which Captain Wilkins set out from Point Barrow in a firect line across the North Pole Now at Spitzbergen, Detroit, Aprii 21 (P—Captain | George H. Wilkins announced his arrival at Spitzbergen from Ioint Barrow, Alaska, in a radio message today to tl'e Detroit News. “Reached Spitzbergen after twenty and one-half hours flying; one stop five days account bad weather. Greetings to aviation soclety and fly- (Continued on Page 13) DAwn B CLIEE [cwiGur Z /. ®uriie = WHAY DO THISE GenTiaman From Point Barfow and' The crew of the plane was report- | (CHILD SAVES FAMILY FROM DEATH BY FIRE \Awakene:l by Smoke in Room, Calls to Her Mother Choking in a smoke-filled room, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alt L Olson of 37 Euston street, Belvidere, was awakened about 4:30 this morning while her little sister, who will be two years of age in August, slept soundly, her little lungs rapidly filling with smoke. “Mama, I'm choking, I'm |choking,” Mrs. Olson heard tn plaintive appeal and running into the children's room, she found the woodwork between the room and the hallway & mass of flames. She and her husband carried the chil- dren to safety and poured water on the fire, meanwhile summoning Co. No. 7 of the fire department. When {the firemen arrived the danger was over, but it was necessary to rip out the flooring and the wall to locate the origin of the blage, which was found to be ,an overheated |steam pipe running through the | wall, The little girl who brought about jthe prompt discovery of the blaze was none the worse for her exper- ience but the baby was affected by |the smoke, although she recovered auickly. The damage to the house, which is owned by Mrs. Mary A. Draper of §8 Fairview street, was estimated by the firemen at $200. It is a cottage. FATHER AND SON SUE FOR BOY'S INJURIES |Crawfords Claim $12,000 Damage in Action Against Tresky Two suits for $2,000 and $10,000 were brought today by M. Ozra Crawford and his six year old son Whitney Edgar Crawford against ‘.\Iu.x Tresky. The writ issued today | by counsel for the plaintiffs 8 Polk i Waskowitz of Hartford states that on «February 6 Ozra Crawford and his |boy were traveling in an automobile }in a southerly direction on Main street in Newington. When they int‘:u'(‘,d the intersection of Main and Atwood streets the plaintff pulled up to the curb to enable the boy to alight. As he was about to cross to the other side the defendant, drive ing his car on the left side, it is al- leged, came up without warning and ran into the boy, throwing him to the ground and dragging him for a considerable distance over the road. The defendant continuced down the road for some distance before he finally brought his machine to a stop, the writ charges. The boy was picked up by his father and carried to his home near- by where a medical examination re- vealed severe and permanent in- Juries consisting of fracture of the skull, bruised shoulders, fractured ribs, severe cuts on the mouth, con- tusions and abrasions on entire body, injuries to the eyes, lucerations of left cheek and total pavalysis of the left eide of his body. The plaintiffs further allege that the defendant had no control of the machine, drove at a reckless rate of speed at the time of the accident, that he paid no attention to traffic regulations, made no attempt to warn pedestrians of his approach and drove in a negligent manner and on the improper side of the road, thereby cndangering the lives people. As a result of the accident young Crawford suffered severe pain and had to undergo medical treatment. He was confined to bed at his home for a long period. His left hand and forearm are totally paralyed and it had cost the parent a large amount of money for surgical, medical and X-ray treatment, it is claimed. Con- stable Fred Winkle served the pa- pers today. The case is scheduled to come up in superior court in Hart- ford on the first Tuesday in May. A civil action sult for $300 was filed today in city court by Vincenzo Gandolfo against Pauline Rossattl. Monroe 8. Gordon is representing the plaintiff. Constable John 8. Recor served the papers. MARINES SPEED UP. Managua, Nicaragua, April 21 U® —With the threat of the rainy sea- son, which begins in the middle of May, spurring them on, American marines continued to rush supplies into northern Nicaragua today with- out interference from rebele. In three days only one contact in which two rebels were killed has been re- ported. i of | OF START WITH RELIEF PLANE FOR GREENLY ISLAND; TRIP POSTPONED Captain Wilkins Reported Today ' as Having Successfully Piloted | Airplane Over “Top of World” 'Should Unlucky Pilot | Be Unable to Make Flight Soon, “Duke” Schiller May Be En- gaged as Substitute. |Public Reception, Planned in New York, May Be Delayed—Balchen Has Narrow Escape From Injury in Landing. Lake Ste. Agnes, Que., April 21— (By the Canadian Press—Iliness of Floyd Bennett, who is confined to his bed, has caused definite post. ponement of the flight of the Ford plane to the relief of the Bremen, which had been scheduled for to- day. Sick In Bed Today. Bennett, who was co-pilot with Bernt Balchen on the flight here from Detroit yesterday, developed & high fever during the night and was unable to leave his bed this morn- ing. Both Bennett and Balchen, who have recently undergone ex- tremes of temperatures, have suffer- ed from heavy colds. 8hould it appear likely that Ben- nett will be unable to fly for some time, the substitution of C. A. “Duke” Schiller was considered, 8chiller hag already made one round trip by air 10 Greenly Island and | brought out Major James Fitsmau. rice of the Bremen crew. The Ford plane was to have taken parts to replace those broken in the landing of the Bremen and a supply ©of special fuel to enable the trans- atlantic plane to proceed here, en route for New York. Best Planc Available The relief shop to be used was brought across the border because no other plane available was believed big enough to be trusted with the parts needed to put the damaged Bremen into flying condition, It was arranged that the Ford plane should also carry to the marooned ship 60 gallons of benzol, enough to bring her the 700 miles from the island to the landing fleld here, The repair parts destined for the Bremen included a propeller, taken from the Bremen's sister ship, to re- place the one damaged in the land- ing on Greenly Island, and an un- dercarriage, needed because the Bremen smashed an axle, There also was a set of landing skis for use if Captain Koechl does not feel that he can trust the Bremen on Greenly Island's ice with only the usual wheels of a land (Continued on Page 12) FRANCE INSISTS ON DEFENSE WAR RIGHTS Also Would Fight to Ful- fill Obligations Under League Paris, April 21 (P—Frauce in her draft of a treaty for the renuncla- tlon of ‘war reserves the right te wage war for defense and in ful- filment of obligations under the League of Nations covemnant. The French draft of a muitilateral pact was presented to five powers— the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Itay and Japan—yester- day for consideration in preference to the plan of Secretary Kellogg. The object of the treaty, which was made public today, was defined as “a humane effort to achieve union of civilized 'peoples through the common renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy.” All the aignatories would be re- leased from their obligations to the offender if one of the signatories should violate the pact. which would be offered to all nations for signa- ture. The treaty specifically that it shall not infringe on the rights or relizve from the oblig: tions of signatories under other in- ternational arrangements. All are pledged, however, to seek the settle- ment of differences among them- selves by peaceful means. Article one, which deals with reservations, says the signers “solemnly declare they condemn po- course to war and agre: to renounce it completely as an instrument of personal political action, spoutane- ous and independent, in which they take the initiative and not of action whereinto they may be drawn by the application of a treaty such as the pact of the League of Nations or any other traaty filed with the league; they pledge themselves un- der these conditions not to conduct Against one another any attack er Invasion.” . This is prefaced with the state- ment that there is no intention “to limit the exercise' of the right to legitimate defense under existing treaties when these define the viola- tion of certain provisions as & hee- tile act” provides