New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1928, Page 18

18 VICE CONDITIONS REVEALED BY RAID Woman Says She Was Brought Here for Immoral Parposes Denounced by Prosecuting Attor- ney J. G. Woods as “two miserab things, 80 low they are not fit to as- sociate with decent people,” and scathingly accused of “bartering in human souls, right in the center of New RBritain,” Joseph DeMorrissette, aged 27, of 88 Seymour street, and Mrs. Grace Grenfer, aged 31, of the same address, were fined 240 and costs and sentenced to jail for 30 days by Judge M. D- Saxe in police court today on charges of improper conduct with each other and viola- tion of the act concerning prostitu- tion. “Talk about scorpiont Mr. Woods exclaimed, “there are scorpions for you. Plying their) nefarious trade in a shameful man- ner. 1 ask that they be given the full penalty of the law on both charges, Your Honor.” | John Vane, aged 26, of 7% Powe street, Ansonia, and Ryan, aged 24, ot New York, who were arrested by Sergeant J. C. Stadler and Offi- | cers Otis Hopkins and James M. Me- Cue in a two room apartment on the second floor of a building at 75 East Main street, pleaded guilty to the charge of misconduct and were fined $20 and costs and given a suspend- ed fail sentence of 30 days The Ryan woman, who claims to be the divorced wife of Tony Mordino, was the star witness for the state against DeMorrissette and Mrs.‘ Grenier, taking the witness stand and boldly admitting that she came | to New Britain last Saturday and| was introduced to the couple, after which she entered into an agree- nent to be installed by Mrs. Grenier in the East Main street apartment to entertain men. She came to this city “on a trip,” she said in reply to Judge Saxe, and was positive that DeMorrissette was fully aware of the arrangement. On Saturday, she received $20 from men and gave Mrs. Grenfer §10. In a signed state. ment before court, she said D Morrissette had made a payment of 310 on the rent of the apartment, after Mrs. Grenier had made the initial payment of $10. Mrs. Gren- ier bought the furniture and had it installed in the apartment, she said. Sergeant Stadler testified that he and the other officers went to the kast Main street apartment at 1:15 this morning and arrested Vane and Mrs. Ryan. On information gl\'s‘n‘ by the latter, they went to $8 Sey-| mour street and arrested the other couple at 2:45 o'clock. Vane admit- ted that he had met Mrs. Ryan in this city Sunday, and he had known | lier four years, according to fit?r-! geant Stadler. On Baturday, Mrs.| Ryan entertained 16 men and on| Sunday 18, according to the ser- | geant, and three other girls are en-i gaged in the same trade in other| parts of the state, having been | brought from other places by Mrs. Grenier, he said- Vane admitted on the witness | stand that he had been lnt!mnle‘ with the Ryan woman for four| vears. He never learned whether | or not she was married. He Is single, he said in reply to Mr. Woods, and he understood she was in New Britaln so he came here Sunday and has been with her since. | Mrs. Ryan, when asked by Mr. | Woods, what she wished to say, re- pliied: “The truth. Tl tell it all,” | and at the conclusion of her story, | DeMorrissette was called. He said he does not live with his wife, who | is in Kensington, and he denied | that he was in a compromising posi- | tion when arrested. Mrs. Grenier City Advertisemen T OF BUILDING =—ORANGE STREET Notice is hereby given that hear ing will be held before the Board of Public Works, City of New Britain, | in Room 307, City Hall, at 6:30 o'clock, E. 8. T. Monday evening, | May 14th, 1925, on the proposed | abandonment of five-foot bullding | line on the south side of Orange Street, from its prescnt terminus on the west ena casterly about 48.3 ff. Al persons intorested are re- quested 20 be present at said hear- ng, if they see cauee, and be heard in relation to the above. BOARD OF PURLIC WORKS, G. . Johnson, Clerk. | | | O SECOND OR| children, it thar the de- of the pen. ot appearing to fondant Wam recel: cy ot sld coy o this Cou the defend intifr ORDERED. that : tion and pendenc #hall be given lishing this ord Herald, a newspn Britain, onca a wor weeks, ' commening on or 1, 1928 At e wherenhouts the Con WVER CAMPBEL CE OF HEARING ss; Probate Court, an Sasicla, zey late of the Britain 1n of New snid - dlstrict, | q. pon the application of Katarzyna may be #u- mpowered to pell and con- y certain resl estate, and further c that some pers ier than the Ad- tratrix be to sell and the real destres to | aso sald waid | ation ou ro v file more fully ; ric Schefkind of this efty. six months by {in. He sald, in reply to Judge Saxe, each, 'she replied quickly | lberals and the peasant's party con- |1eader, not yet having presented the had called him and he brought her‘ a drink just as the police walked that he has been employed for the | past few years by a brick manufac- turing company in Berlin, and in. quiry after court by Probation Offi cer Connolly brought verification of of his statement. DeMorrissette ad- mitted the charge of improper co- duct with Mrs. Grenier but denied that he shared in the earnings of Mra. Ryan. Mrs. Grenier declined to make a | statement. Sergeant Stadler said | he had obtained information that her husband goes to New Hamp- | shire frequently and during his ab- sence DeMorrissette lives with her. Officer Hopkins testified that fami- lles living at 75 East Main street complained to him Monday night | that a small army of men had an- noyed them by calling late at night, and last evening three came togeth- er and two others singly, inquiring for DeMorrissette. One family had the expertence of having the door to their apartment opened by two | men who walked boldly in, the of-, ficer sald. | Before passing judgment, Judge Saxe questioned DeMorrissctte at some length relative to his marital 1 Mr. Woods interrupted to ask the court mot to believe that Mrs Ryan's damaging statements against DeMorrissettc were untrue. “He has shared in the earnings of the Ryan woman in this shameful manner,” he declared. “He is as gullty as any man ever brought into this court and he should be punished.” Ad- dressing Mrs. Ryan, Mr. Woo pointing at DeMorrissette, demand- ed: “Did he not know what you were in that apartment fos and “Yes sir. PEASANTS RETURN HOME Footsore and Weary Following Jong March to Alba Julia to Protest Against Govt. Bucharest, Rumania, May 9 (P — Weary and sorefooted after thelr memorable march to Alba Julia to attend Bunday's historic people's referendum, Rumanla's legion of peasants returned to their farms to- day to resume spring cultivation. Absolute order prevailed every- | where, ‘The political deadlock between the Rumanians tinues, Juliu Maniu, the peasant peasant ultimatum to the regency demanding the overtirow of the Bratianu ministry. | At the same time the peasant's | party announced that it will contin- ue its rampaign more intensively to overthrow the present cabinet but in what form this campaign will be made was not stated. M. Maniu to- day protested to the government against the ‘“‘unendurable censor- | ship” and upen his instruction, peas- | ant papers have stopped printing. Girl Asks Validation of Her Proxy Marriage | Cambridge, Mass, May 8 (UP)— A young mother who married her soldler sweetheart by proxy four months after he had been killed in action has asked Middlesex probate court to valldate the marriage. | Annie Hiscock made this appeal | s0 she could collect the $6,000 gov- ernment insurance carried by Wales T. Hawes of the A. E. F,, the father of her 10-year-old daughter, Paul- i ine, In her petition, Miss Hiscock stat- ed she first met Hawes on January 17, 1917. There was a love affair, but before Hawes could earry out | his intention of marrying her he was | sent to France with the A, E. F, ' the petition said. i On April 8, 1918, the child was born, and on August 9 of the same year, Hawes appeared before a sum- mary court martial in France and signed a marriage contract. This was sent to Boston, where Miss His- cock also signed it in the presence of an assistant judge advocate on February 27, 1919. Four months previously, however, Hawes had heen killed in battle. Ambherst Student Killed As ‘ Friend Is Seriously Hurt Albany. N. Y., May 9 (UP)-—Jo- seph Mahoney of Lawrence, Masa., Amherst student and college boxing champlon, was fatally injured, and John D. Cohn, of 550 I'ark avenue, New York city, a fellow student, was in a serious conditlon today at the Albany hospital \ecident late last night near Nassau, State troopers believed the atus dents were driving to Albany and missed a turn in the road, plunging over an embankment Mahoney died at ® o'clock this rning of a gractured gkull and a crushed chest. Cohn, the sight of one eye destroyed, may have re- ceived internal injurfe: Norwalk \;;vr‘unil’leads Guilty to Bigamy Count Bridgeport, A Mrs. Jen- Alexander court today to Judge John R. Booth de- ing of sentence., The woman was arrested in Norwalk on March 2 on complaint of her first husband, Alexander Garrow of Phil- adelphla to whom she was married in 1908. 1In 1928 she was marricd to Ray 8. Bray, a soldier stationed at Fishers Island. charge of bigamy ferred pa BU | Holden, Frank Sn burgh, Pa., when fire house’ in carly today. Flve other occupants house were forced to flee nightelothes, Enyder was asleep in a room with Lester Partridze, another boarder. the firc hroke out Aroused oke, Partridge shook Snyder, elieving he had awakened him he stroet 2D TO DEATH Mass. May 9 (UP)— | er, 39, formerly of Pitta- was burned to death destroyed a boarding | the Quinapoxet section of the in Mher NCE SUSPENDED May 9 (P—Mazie leary, 17, negress, pleaded guilty in superfor court today to theft of 2337 from her employer, Mrs. Fa She was pended jall sentence of Judge John R. Booth after an automobile | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, LASSES AT, S FLECT OFFIGERS Senior Mid-Years and Junior Mid-Years Elevate Classmates Milton Young, son of Mr. and s. Frederick C. Young and David . son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah N. ss were elected presidents of the enfor mid-year and junior mid-year classes, according to an annou DAVID BASS President Junior Mid-Year Class ry Junfor Mid-Year Class | | ELIZABETH CURTIN Vice-President Senior Mid-Year Class ment made today at the Senior High school. | Serving with Young as officers of lllu‘ senior mid-year class are Fliza- b ena Burke, secretary, These two girls were officers in thelr gradua- tion from Central Junior high school, Edward Mitchell was elected treas- {urer, David Bass was also president of the Central Junior High scheol grad- nation class when he was graduated from that school. He will head the funfor mid-vear class with Leona Naughton, vice president: El Porter, sceretary; and W Young treasurer. Alternates Are Named For Houston Convention Hartford, May 9 (P—Attorney U'fa | Guthrie and Mrs. Marion Roberts of Hartford have been named alternates 1o the democratic mational conven- vention to be held at Houston, Tex., June J. Francis Brown of Enfield today innounced the selection of M. Guthrie s his alternate, and at the same fime ft was announced that ‘Themas J. Smith of New Britain had designated Mrs. Roberts as his alter- nate in the convention. Both al- ternates are prominent in Hartford democratie circles. The naming of the first district alternates makes a total of eight thus far seiected of the eighteen to be named. Major General Payne to Instruct National Guard Hartford, May 9 UP—Major Gen- | eral Morris B. Payne, commanding ofticer of the forty-third division, will be the senior instructor at a school for officers of the Connecticut National Guard to be held at the tate Armory hore f ternoon and ning of May 26. Much of the ubject miatter at the school will per- ain to preparations for the summer camp training of the guard units. VIRST GOLF ROUND iwich, Eng. May % (®-John MeHugh, San Francieco, and Joshua Crane, Boston, have been drawn to play in the first round of the British amateur golf championship at Prest- wick May 21. Crane and McHugh ontered British open champlon- hip hut Crane failnd to qualify. wth Curtin, vice president and Hel- | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, LIEUT. THONAS AND WECHAN' KILED AS PLANE CRASHES (Continued from First Page) buried in the ground beneath the engine. Weatherby's body was taken to Hill's morgue in Hackensack, The Wright Aeronautical Corpora- tion declined to furnish any further and the Japanese replied with small | details concerning Weatherby's iden- fleld pleces. tification, officlala saying over the The Japanese claimed that Gen- |telephone that it was ‘detrimental eral Chiang Kai-Shek, with whom |to the industry.” they had been negotiating until a Was Making Test | few hours before the ultimatum ex- | A half hour before the crash the I pired, left Tsinan and without no. |Relianco left Teterboro on a fuel i tice. He was believed to be in |consumption test. Officials at the Suchowfu, Kiangsu province, and | air field said they did not know how en route there to have conferred at|much fue! the craft carried. Talnfu with General Feng Yu-| The drop was visible from the | Hslang, who was joincd with him in | field and R. B. C. Noorduyn, gen- the drive on Tsinan. | eral manager of the Atlantic Aircraft The Japanese emperor today sanc- | COrporation, with employes of his tioned tic sending of the Nagoya | Plant and members of the Gates division of from 15,000 to 18,000 | lying Circus, rushed to the golf men to Tsingtao on the advice of the |course. cablnet and general staff. This will | members of mo county force ene | bring the total Japanese forces in |deavored to raise the wreckage on Shantung to about 26,000 men. Jap- | jacks 80 as to release Thomas' body anese official figures show that there |Which was visible doubled up under are now 6,000 troops in Tsinan; 3,- |the engine. 000, including marines, at Tsingtao Saw Whole Tragedy |and 1, along the line of the harles De Lorenzo, of Hacken- Tsingtao-Tsinan railway. |sack, a caddy at the golf club, said Seven Japanese destroyers were he saw a wing fall off the plane. en route foday from the fleet base| I 6tood at the club house watch- at Sasebo to Canton, Amoy and|ing the airplane and saw it go to- Foochow. Four others were expect. | Ward Hackensack,” he said. od to leave for South China shortly| “In a little while it came back. as a precautionary measure. Just as it reached the golf course, To Gunboats I saw one of the wings fall off, and A dispatch from Hong Kong said | the rest of the machine lurn.ed over the Japanese consul at Shameen, |a couple times and flopped.” foreign quarter of Canton, instruct-| Two other caddies said they saw ed all Japanese in the native city |pieces of the wing fall off. ’ to go to Shameen or board the Jap.| The crash was timed at 11:35 a. anese gunboats lying there. This TEPORARY HALT IN CHINESE WAR (Continued from First Page) ist commander-in-chief, had jected all terms. ‘The Japanese outposts were im- mediately doubled. The Japanese stated that the Chinese opened fi promptly at the hour the ultimatu expired. Heavy Artillery Used The Chinese used heavy artillery re- e K | | | Im., and the planc fell from about precaution was taken in fear that|200 feet. anti-Japanese disturbances might| The Reliance was brought to occur at Canton, which has been |Teterboro airport on Sunday for re. quiet. | placement of minor apparatus wund Neutral forelgners arriving at|for installation of additional fuel Tsingtao from Tsinan were reluctant | tanks in preparation 'lor another to voice an opinfon as to how the|attempt at the world’s endurance fighting started or who started it. record which Thomas said he h?ped They agreed, however, that there|to make the latter part of this week. was a conspicuous absence of anti- Broke Lindy's Record foreign feeling in the attitude of the| New York, May § UM — Lieut. southerners. Royal V. Thomas, former army Felt Relieved filer, of Durant, Okla., who was On May 1, they sald, evervone was killed at Teterboro, N. J. toda: beginning to feel relieved that the [last week broke Colonel Charles A. change of Tsinan from the northern |Lindbergh’'s selo flight record when to the southern (Nationalist) ROV- | he remained in the atr 35 hours, 24 ernment had occurred so quietly. |minutes and 59 seconds shile try- Then the Chinese-Japancse clash ing for a new endurance mark. shattered the hope that serious| jre was forecd down at Roose- txouble SEonid"be ayoided, |velt field. Long Island. in his en- “Probably it will never be known who started the trouble,”” one for- efgner said in summing up the sit- uation. “The Japanese were carry- ling a chip on their shoulder and the Chinese knocked it oft.” During the fighting a shell from a Japanese gun struck the roof of the Ford agency. To Volunteer Manila, May § (P — Large num- bers of both Chinese and Japanese here were sald today to have indi- cated their intention of returning to thelr respective countries to vol- unteer for military service in case they are needed in the Chino- Jap- anese trouble now centering around | Tsinan. The Chinese were represented as being ready to raise one million | pesos should the nationalist gov- ernment call upon them for finan- cial aid. Flags at Half Mast Chinese national flags were at | half-staff in observance of “humilia- tion day."” This was the anniversary of Japan's famous ultimatum of 21 demands upon China. | Peking, May 9 (P — The Peking | foreign office has protested to the Japanese legation against the ac- tion of Japanese military authori- ties in establishing a temporary airdrome on the outskirts of Tient- sin. Britain Says “Hands OR” London, May 9 (UP) — Great Britain {8 understood to have adopted a hands-off policy regard- ing Japanese intervention in China. It was suid authoritatively that Britain would ablde by her declara- tion of 1926—that her interests in China were economic solely, and that she was concerned only in in- |suring protection to British lives | nd property. In this case, the preservation of British lives and | property is not in question. ritish observers of the Tsinan situation foresee two problems: 1—The extent to which the Chi- in will attempt. if at all, to cross the Japanese neutral zone along the | lway to Tsingtao. i —The extent to which Japan will earry her military and naval movements Nationalist Chinese headquarters ! were quoted as saying that approxi- mately 150,000 nationalist troops, | iunder Chiang Kai-8hek, the south- | ern generalissimo, now were within a 100-mile radius of Tsinan. Of these 60,000 are in the immediate neighborhood of the city, outsidc of | the Japanese neutral zone. | Besides Chiang Kai-Shek’s troops, it was reported that Feng Yu- | Hslang, “Christian general,” had 160,000 men stationed along the Peking-Hankow railway and in northern Honan, southern Chihlj and western Shantung. 100,000 More It was believed that the Shansi nationalist commander, Yen Hsi- | Shan, had about 100,000. | Al nationalists, however, were reported to be poorly armed and much less disciplined than the Jap- anese, who at last account had 5,- 000 men altogether at Tsinan or approaching there. Eighteen thou- sand more are to lcave Japan at {once to serve in the area. | | The | PROBATE APPOINTMENTS i Judge Bernard F. Gaffney of the | probate court, made the following appointments today: { James Meehan Sr., administrator ' of the estate of the late Ellen Mee- | han. Ambrose Schmitt, alias 8mith, ad ministrator of the estate of the late Joseph E. Schmitt, alsia Smith. Jane F. Barker. administratrix of the estate of the late Stanley Slus 1 | Hackensack police with| 1928, durance effort when his gasoline gauge was broken. Thomas was & graduate of George- town university and was studying. at the Harvard school of business administration at the outbreak of the World war. He enrolled in the army fiying schoel at Kelly field and after concluding his course was made an instructor. Thomas came near disaster when he first took off from Roosevelt fleld a week ago today on his en- durance effort. His plane, carrying ithe Theaviest fleld load a single Whirlwind engine had ever been {called on to 1ift, wobbled danger- {ously down the entire 9,100 foot |runway and took to the air only at the very end. He rose without trouble with a lightened load on his second takeoff attempt. Wire Noose on Neck During his long hours alone in {the air the filer had a noose about Ihis neck as a safeguard against falling asleep. The rope was fas- {tened at his back in the cockpit {and the other end was tied loosely |drowsy and his head fell forward | in sleep the noose would have! |choked him back to wakefulness. [He had not need for this arrange- | ment. Immediately after failing in the |endurance fiight, Thomas had said |he would make a new attempt | within & week or ten days. {Rumor Consolidation of | Huge Soft Drink Interests New York, May 9 (UP)—Soft | drinks occupied a prominent plaee |in today's erop of Wall street mer- | ger rumors. Directors of the $160,000,000 | Coca-Cola Co., and the $51,000,000 Canada Dry Ginger Ale Co., were said to be negotiating for a con- solidation. The rumors said that later the Liquid Carbonic Co., which furnishes the “Fizz" for a great part of the |country’s soft drinks, might be drawn into the merger. The Liquid Carbonie Co., 18 worth approximately $11,000,000. Officials of all three companies refused to comment on the reports. Coca-Colo, founded by Asa Cand- ler in Atlanta, has long been one of this country’s mafor industries built upon the popularity of the soda fountain. Canada Dry Ginger Ale has ex- perfenced its greatest popularity since prohibition, BOY MISSING FROM HOME Raymond Birnski, ed 14, son of }Ignn'z Birnski of 40 Veteran street, Meriden, left home April 21 and is |theught to be lving in this city, ac- BARRETY WILL BE HEAD OF RANGERS Be Selected Secretary |Barrett of Hartford will be elected grand chief ranger of Connecticut, i succeeding John F. Dacey, of this jcity in the executive session of the ;Nth annual state convention of the Foresters of America here today, ac- cording to the program outlined. | Other officers on the state to be | elected this afternoon: | Grand senior, Harry W. Streck of \ Bridgeport; grand sub-chief ranger, Patrick J. Cook of Bristol; grand !recording secretary, Thomas J. | O'Loughlin of Naugatuck; record- ing sccretary, Henry P. Roche of jabout his meck. It he had become |New Britain; grand lecturer, Walter Judge Roche of This City Will | Bridgeport, May 9 P—Frank J. | Uliteb of Rockville; first trustes, John Nooney of Norwalk; second trustee, Michael Troiano of Water- bury; third trustes, Elroy Bolduc of Norwich; fourth trustee, Thomas McGuire of Waterbury. Mayor F. Willlam Behrens wel- comed the delegates and officlals to | Bridgeport at the opening of the convention today. Supremo Ranger, Morris Roche of New York City and Supreme Secretary Thomas Donnelly of Jersey City are acheduled tc peak this afternoon. CORBIN CLUB MEETING The P. & F, Corbin club will hol¢ its last regular meeting of the sea- son at the Corbin club house or Thursday evening, preceded by ¢ chicken dinner. The spring outing committee will present a report. SPEEDHOYS PRACTICE. The Speedboys baseball team will hold an important practice Wednes. day night at 7 o'clock. All 614 mem- bers of the team as well as new can- didates are asked te be present. 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