New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1928, Page 1

mom] NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 STATES DEOGRATS PREPARING ACTIVE QUITICAL BATRLE /(mn. Jelersonians Already { Tave Arranged About 400 Campaign Meetings WHITNEY MENTIONED T0 | OPPOSE COLONEL TILSON| New Haven Man May Seck Con- gressional Berth—Women Being Actively Engaged in Political Mis- sionary Work Among Own Sex in Elm City—Savin Rock Outing of August 27 Postponed for a Week. New Haven, Aug. 18.—Democrats of Connecticut are preparing to take their politics more seriously than ever before if preparations for the | campaign to be opened after the | state convention next month are a criterion, Michael J Ryan, in charge of the | spealker's burcau at democratic state headquarters, said today that the number of local party meetings al- ready scheduled is upwards of 400. | No Town Overlooked | Not a single town in the state will | be missed in laying out a speaking | program and in the cities and towns | “there will be many neighborhoed | meetings. In this city there have been a number of “home” meetings of party | workers wherein a well known woman of democratic persuasion has | opened her home and been the hos- | tess assisted by a number of women | who served tea and cakes. The guests have been young wom- en who are engaged in house to | Louse canvasses to secure registr tion of women, and the political talks have been by men and women who are experienced in both town and state campaigns. Outing Postponed The democratic gathering which tentatively had been set for Savin Rock the 27th has again been post- poned until after the state conven- tion when it is expected all nominees | on the state ticket will be persent. | This will take the form of a ratifl. | French Court Rules Mail Not to Be Read Paris, Aug. 18 (UP)—A French court has decided a por- ter's role is to cistribute, not to read mail. A porter refused to deliver post cards, because the cards contained such phrases as “I adore your lips.” KELLOGG SAILS T0 CHORUS OF TAUNTS Anti-Imperialist League Stages Demonstration at Dock OPPOSED T0 NEW TREATY Disturbers Ejected by Policemen But No Arrests Are Made—Amer- ican Secretary on Way to Paris to Sign For United States. New York, Aug. 18 (¥I—Just be- fore the French liner Ile de France with Secretary of State Kellogg aboard sailed carly today, a delega- tion of members of the anti-im- perialist league staged a demon- stration at the pier protesting the treaty he is to sign in Paris. A speaker, cheered by the pro-| testers, leaped upon the improvised | platform and began a violent har- | of the | angue against the signing treaty. This was a signal tor the others to unfurl with legends: “Hands Off China,” “Hands Off icaragua,” “Withdraw United States Troops from Latin America” and “Independence Ior Porto Rico | and the Philippines,” the banners | were seized by French Line police banners these | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, Where Theyll “Outlaw” War ¥ In the famous Clock Room at the Quai d'Orsay, the multilate ceremon al t S v to outlaw | retary Kellogg,, left, shares with Foreign Minister Briand, | wce, the honor of inspiring the pact. for the signing, is pictured above. ~ Nebraska Woman > - Alliance, Neb, Aug. 1s 90ef, —Mrs. Daisy Kauffold has trai ed “Da-Da” an eight-months-old dog, to gather eggs in his mouth and carry them to the far house. Da-Da rarely breaks an egg, his owner says, * GURTS COMPLETES 38 YEARS SERVICE of His Nomination TOPEKA IN' GAY ATTIRE G. 0. P. Vice Presidential Nominee Served 14 Years In House and 24 In Sematc—Rcpublicans Gather In Kansas Capital, Topeka, Kas., Aug. Imposing statchous spacious park of this city in the richly laden farm lands, was the mecca of republicans today, Here late in the afternoon Senator Charles Curtis, son of Topcka and for a third of a century a public servant of this state, will be formally notified of his nomination by the republican | party for vice president i 38 Years In Congress For 38 years Senator Curtis has | represented Kansas in congress, 14 vears in the house and the remain- der of the time in the senate, where he has ruled for the past three years | 25 the leader of his party, the ma- | jority group. Now he has brought | Kansas its first vice presidential | candidate, and the state jealousy is vieing today with national | leaders in the celebration to him. Yor several days Topeka has been in gala attire of flags and bunting. 18 (@ — The standing in a , August 27, the with impressive war, wil! d e The Clock Room, ready men, who ejected the disturbers. | lhere were no arrests, | Washington, Aug. 18 (P—Secre- tary Kellogg was on the high seas today, bound for Paris, where the multilateral treaty for the renuncl- ation of war, in the formulation of | which he took a leading part, be signed on August 27. Accompanied by Mrs. Kellogg and three state department aides, the cabinet officer sailed from New York late last night on the French steam- DRIVER ©F CAR HELD FOR HITTING WOMAN st Mrs. A. H. Buchowski at Hospital After Auto Accident Intermittent rains of the last few days have done little damage to th decorations. Overnight a huge p ture of Herbert Hoover, the party’s presidential nominee, had taken its place alongside one of similar pro- portions of Senator Curtis in front of the speakers' stand on the south side of the statehouse. Leaders Arrive FLIERS READY T0 60, " PROBABLY THIS NOON Greater Rockford Plane ! ; | | Chairman Work of the republican Poised fl)l‘ Cocl'“'flne '.0 immon.nl committee, who called en route home from the notification Greenland Hop exercises a week ago in California for Dog to Gathe ,f"l't,o""'ctie forg %, Climax Today With Notification party Herbert Hoover, eagerly com- AUGUST 18, 1928 —SIXTEEN PAGES 'y ILADELPHIA HAS L7 Cony, ‘Southwesten Part of Gity In- ‘undated—Firemen Rescue Many RECORD FALL OF WATER | Damage May Reach $230,000—In Meantime Southern States Find Some Relief Although River Banks Are Overflowing. | Philadelphia, Aug. 15 (®—Lan- swung from the upper floors of homes in southwest Philadelphia, guided rivermen early today towards |persons stranded by yesterda |heavy downpour. Firemen in boats assisted in removing several invalids and women from houses around which ten teet of water swirled, { Property owners in upper Darby |ter township were attempting to deter- | | mine the amount of amage done by | |the storm which is estimated in that |region to approach a quarter of a | million dollars. | Rain ‘ Rain which beg {day morning in Philadelphia and |vicinity descended in torrents short- ly before two o'clock in the after- noon. Streams left their banks and the lowlands of Philadelphia, parts of an |flooded. driving nearly fifty families | from their homes. | A tree felled by lightning derail- led a train at Oxford, Pa., and sev- |eral fact ries were flooded at Ches- ter. O from the Baldwin Lo- |comotive works, at Baldwin, W i\?hestcr. were marooned when their |automobiles stalled on the flooded | roads. A new 130-foot cement bridge cross Cobb's Creek, near Lans- |downe, was washed away stranding |scores of motorists. Trolley cars and automobiles were talled and telephone communica- tion in many sections was disrupted. The deluge established a record |for the month of 1.76 inches of |rain within a 24 hour period ending {at 9 o'clock last night. The previ- ous high record was set last Sunday when 1.43 inches of rain fell within a day. is Heavy Conditions Tmprove Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18 (UP)—Flood conditions abated somewhat today but fears continued in certain parts |of the south of inundation from the *o 20U FLOOD an to fall yester- | 1 upper Darby township, were | PRICE 'I’HR CAPTAIN CAMPBELL, FAMOUS RACING DRIVER, LOSES HiS AUTO BUT ESCAPES ALIVE PROSPERITY SURE, Perol Tank Explodes HENRY FORD SAYS e o o Machine Bursts Into Dues Not Depend on Who's Flames But Occupant | Elcted, in His Opinion | Leaps to Safety. 'lS STRONG FOR DRY LAY Accident Occurs During ioteiene MTI(H): Mass., Mo- Tourist Trophy Race at | n ) Belfast Ireland/s Speed King Favorite to Win. tor Kings Says Step Backward in Fight Against Liquor Would Be National Disaster. | Sudbury, Mass, Aug. 18 (UP)— | No matter who wins the next presi- | Beltast, Northern Ireland, Aug. 18 dential election, the country will | UP—Captain Malcolm Campbell's blue bugatti car burst into flames to. continue to enjoy prosperity, Henry 92Y on the second lap of the tourist iord beteves trophy automobile race which start. 2 | ed this morning. Resting at his Wayside Inn here, | Campbell Was Favorite |the motor magnate permitted news-| Captain Campbell, a British en- i - | trant, was the favorite starter in the aper men t t 3 0 papee ea 1o interview hlmonaych | e sty 4 ol e questions as prohibition politics and | one agatnst him. world peace. He set a world speed record of Views on Liquor ;oe.s: l'nl“l“ . l;)our nt"Dl'yl::‘; e o rery - " each, Fla., on February of 1] |, Ford voiced very decided views on | So8ch, Fia o8 belng broker by Ray the prohibition question. Keech, American, who reached an “The worst thing that could hap- |average speed of 207.55 miles an |Pen to this country would be a step | M&' ‘"l;*]vlflh CORANE T mpbezll succeede n backward in our fight against | out o(“hh flaming car which p"n liquor,” he said. “I am interested in | gestroyed. |anything to keep the 15th amend-| The fire started when the petrol [ment as it is. It Hoover stands on | !ank exploded at the end of the sec- |that belief, and T am sure he does, I | am for him." cnd lap. 410-Mile Course | Automobiles from seven nations | He was confident that the 18th|were entered for the race of 410 |amendment never would be repeal. | Miles, one of the greatest events of led. |its kind in the world. The race I8 “Such a change would be a ca-|held over 13 2-3 miles of publie lamity, but there is no possibility of | highways comprising a roughly {it.” he said. “As for present enforce- |ment conditions, we manage to get triangular speedway. Masses packed the fields adjoin- along well enough at Detroit, al- though we are next door to Canada. | | Personally I'd turn out the army | and navy to stop bootlegging. MRS “ | J | | | | | (Continued on Page 11) we' have to shut up our plants. |streams that are flowing bank high. |Everything in the United States is Alrcady 12 persons are known 10 |keyed up to a new pace which start- jhave been killed in these southern | ed with prohibition. The speed &t which we run our motor cars, oper- |ate our intricate machinery, and |generally live would be impossible with liquor. No, there is no chance |even of modification.” Sces Peace Near Ford expressed the bellef that | | permanent peace was near because {*the present generation is too intelli- | gent to be tricked into war.” | The airplane never will supplant |the automobtile, in his opinion. “Everything that is any good says,” he said. “The street car has not entirely yielded to the automo- bile, nor has the horse.' * Aviation is still a mere according to Ford's belief. “Someone must get behind the in- |dustry and give it a big push,” he asserted. “The whole airplane, its | wing structure and its motive parts, must be re-invented before flying can become as common as automo- cation meeting. |ship 1le De France. Among his fel- | The name of Stephen Whitney of |low passengers was W, L. MacKenzie | tals city, lviuer slate senator, has|King, premier of Canada, been added to the list of those men- |sign the treaty tioned for nomination for congress {ernment. to oppose Col. Tilson, “Everything T have to sav." Mr. | iractured skull, foliowing an accident |, — Kellogg told reporte in New York, | at the corner of East Main and m | AL e ZU"ER Nl" AT FAUI.T “has been stated. 1 am delighted 10 | strects last night about 9 o'clock, | M4 18 of its fight toward Sweden. be on my way on the ocean to con-| Police arrcsted Joseph DiMinno, | Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, summate this most important service | 17, of 274 Oak str driver of the | Rockford, IIL, pilots, received fa- Then, Police Exonerate Driver of Car Which Killed |of the nation to peace.” | car which struck her, on a charge Vorable weather reports early today | gians. The new peace treaty arose origin- | ©f reckless driving. DiMinno was | and announced the takeoff at noon Mrs. Backiel pared notes on the national politic- al situation during the morning hours, but the Kansans who were | : lonio ouba j coming in by all highways, from the | 10T “t:“’:hfr'x’:";fi':m"“ P today | bumper harvest fields, the stores and |AMOUNt 5 Lo iR S Lusiness houses, were mostly inter- |the cotton crop in Georgia, N ested in the celebration of “Chariie” |Carelina and Virginia has been de- Curtis, as they call him. Btroyed. . e LR The greatest danger at present is 100, there were some In. |at Rutherfordton, N. C., where more They claim | Curtly © Hjs|than 100 men were working on the grandmother on his maternal side |2Nd bank barriers to hold back the | was Julie Pappin, daughter of White | Waters. Late advices said there was Plume, chiet of the Kaws. In full | 1egalia some braves of the Pottawa- | | tomies came in from a nearby res- crvation to dance their eagle dance. And there were some of the Civil war veterans who had fought under | ptain O. A. Curtis, father of the | senator. Captain Curtis was a native | of Indiana, the son of English for- | d | bears. He marricd Ellen Pappin. | con-| Born in a log cabin over on the | Mrs, Antoinette who will [ owski of Scymour street is in the on behalf of his gov- | New Britain General hospital in a | serious condition with a possible | poised Howerth Buch- | | Cochraie, Ont., Aug. 18 (P—The airplahe Rockford here Greater the y for a noon takeoit on the sec- | wa DIES AT AGE OF 93 {Oldest Member of First Baptist Church — Had Been Long an Invalid Mrs. Harriet Vile, 93, the oldest member of the First Baptist church, died about 10 o'clock this morning at her home, 35 Park drive. She had been an invalid for the past 20 years and blind for the last 12 years, Mrs. Vile was born in Tauntonm, England, on March 9, 1835. Upon coming to this country she settled almost immediately in New Britain, Wwhere she had resided for half a century. During this entire period of five decades she was & member of the Baptist church, being one of fts most active workers up to the time Wwhen her health failed: her. In 1855 she married James Vile, who died in 1916. Her life was one of service to others, and she was highly respected and beloved by all with on runway ally from a suggestion by foreign|Trescuted in court this morning and |50 they might arrive at Mt. Evans, Minister Briand of France, that the |his ¢ was put over until August |Greenland, their next objective, in Washington and Paris governments| 7. pending Mrs. Buchowski's the daytime. The flight of 1.600 |enter into a pact outlawing recourse | COVCIY. s expected to take 16 hours. to war in their dealings with each; According Patrol- | ther conditions were favorable other. Mr. Kellogg replied with a|™man John O'Brien, Mrs. Buc n.i!\w > for the takeoff with the run- proposal that ihe treaty be thrown |OWski was about to cross the inter- | Ways rapidly drying out from yes- open to other nations and conduct- | S°ction of Bast Main and Elm s i ed negotiations to that end, with the | When the traffic light turned to red. | result that the pact, after revisions | She continued across the strect when in text to meet the objections of | @ roadster driven by DiMinno came | tance of $00 miles, but were bar France and Great Britain, met the | Out of Llm strect going north at a by unfavorable weather from acceptance of fourteen nations—all | SPted of 30 to 35 miles an hour. He | tinuing their flight yesterday. |the states that were invited to be.|Said the woman disappeared and up- | come original signatories. After| 0N inve tion he found she had |y | ratification it will be open to ad-|been struck and carried 72 feet north | | | herence by any nation in the worid. | P¥ the DiMinno car. % Lkg Under the pact, the signatory | S’ MAS sent to the New Britain | ey states wonld renounce warfare afi‘n'"' ral hospital in another car and| | New Britain and vicinity: - DiMinno was placed under arrest. | | Showers &0 Instsument of national poliey and | =g; Y is oL TS police Di-| | cloudy and somewhat cooler. bind themselves to use only pacific (Continued on Page 13) ., Weapons Stolen From Main Street Store Echoes of Chicago and Philadel- phia gang wars were suggested this morning when a report was made .0 the police that a small arsenal had been stolen from the H. L. Mills hardware store last night. The store was entered during the night and the following articles taken: Two Colt |can automatic revolvers, 32 calibre; one | biling.” . Colt automatic revolver, 25 calibre; | As regards New England indu jone H. & R. d,uble automatic pis- |{ry. Ford was inclined to be opti- |tol. 32 calibre; one pair of Peerless Mistic ~He declined to discuss the | handouffs, one blackiack and two | New Bedford textile strike, but com- [okes nria e haliate menting upon the general industrial | to I; report of | infant, Cramer flew here | | Thu: from Rockford, di Mre. Mary Backiel of $4 Cabot street, who was struck and killed by a car driven by Andrew Zuder, 17, of 91 Farmington avenue, lost her life through no fault of the driver but because she became confused while crossing the street and walked into the Zuder car, according to Prosecuting Attorney Joseph G, Woods, in a statement to Judge,Mor- ris D. Saxe in police court this morning. (Continued on Page 13) THE WEATHER —k HIGH TIDE — AUG. 19 T New Haven 2:41 p. m. New London 12:58 p. m. uation, said: Mr. Woods made the foregoinz ex- Planation when he recommended a nolle in the charge of manslaughter against Zuder. | The fatal accident ogcurred at the Intersection of Farmington avenue | and Miller streets, August 10, Mrs. Backlel had been in a neighborhood grocery store making purchases for the noon meal for the family. Zuder was on his way to his home and ac- cording to the police was driving at & reasonable rate of speed. At the Miller street intersection Mrs. Backiel was struck by the Zu- der car and died within a few sec- onds from a fractured skull and other injuries. Death ensued before ald could be summoned, Zuder was arrested charged with manslaughter and with driving with improper brakes. In court this morning Zuder was represented by Judge William F. Mangan, but it was not nccessary for the attorney to make any state- ments. In presenting the case, Mr. Woods stated that the police had made a thorough and exhaustive in- vestigation of the accident. He said Mrs. Backiel had gotten safely past the danger point and would have escaped injury if she had not turned back. “Had she continued as she was going she would not have been struck.” he said. “Had she continued as she was| and not lost her wits and returned, | and darted agaihst the auto, she would have escaped. Zuder was not driving at an excessive rate of spced and the woman had gotten out of dunger when she darted back in front of the auto. Zuder applied his brakes and the car skidded around. The woman was struck by the side of the car. “The police find no indication of criminal negligence,” the prosecutor added. Zuder was discharged. Walter Bazylewicz, 32, of 193 Hartford avenue, was ordered to make a n.ore consistent attempt t support his wife and family. The wife asked for $7 a week to help support herself and four children. Walter was placed on probation for a month when the court will again pass on his case. The case of Alfred Carter, charg- ed with non-support, was continued until SBeptember 30. means in the settlement of whatever disputes or differences should arise among them, regardless of their na- ture or origin. Before returning to America, Mr. Kellogg will visit Dublin and ILon- don: In Dublin he will repay the visit of President Cosgrave of the | Irish Free State to Washington last | winter. HAYOR ACCEPTS POST AS TTALIAN GHAIRMAN Paonessa Given State Honmor By Democratic National Commit- tee It Is Announced. Mayor Paonessa has been appoint- ed by the Democratic national com. Mittee as chairman of the Italian Voters’ committee for the state of Connecticut. The chzirmanship was offered the mayor several days ago and the na- tional committee forwarded him a letter urging that he accept and ex- pressing a belief that a committee headed by Paone would do much to swing the Ialian vote into the Democratic colmun. Mayor Paonessa has already re- ceived several invitations to address gatherings of voters of Italian nativ- ity and descent and h2 is planning to accept wherever it is possible to do so. The mayor {s the second local Democrat to be honored by the na- tional committee in this campaign. Attorney Thomas F. McDonough having been one of the honorary sergeants-at-arms at the national convention at Houston, Tex. COOPER—FIELD Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Field of Woodland street, Hartford. announce the engagement of their daughter Louise Bancroft Field to James Wayne Cooper son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Cooper of (this city. Miss Field attended Miss Porter’s school in Farmington and is a member of the Junior league. Mr. Cooper. was & member of the class of 1926 at Yale. No date has been set for the wed- ding. = |8 (Continued on Page 11) 'THIS WEEK'S AFFAIRS —— Tx 1 * | The police believe it was the work | of boys. | by Knight D OainaTOr O Ne Onies omiTan 0o A S lots OF Bovr Ftou &oDY-— L A O « v misoLeTOWA VY Oy ceies Kwiowb— PLAYGROUND/ . KOS HAVE A Greqr TIME —TUEY DONT MIND TUE WEQT P —_— N DIBNT WE $enp Sor Feevsyl TO THE OLYMPICS s wetilaay SLE‘E PING NIGUTS s whom she came in contact. Mrs. Vile is survived by five chil- dren, Harry J. Vile of Tylerville, Mrs. Alice E. Corbin of New Britain, Willlam A. Vile of Brockton, Mass., Frank P. Vile of New Britain, and Mias Clara M. Vile, one of the three permanent substitute teachers in the schools of this city; nine grandchil- dren, Mrs. Clarence Conant, Miss Gertrude Corbon, Fred W. Corbin, Howard R. Corbin, Harry H. Cor- bin, Merwin 8. Vile, Harry M. Vile, and Norman J. Vile, all of this city, and Mrs. Elliott Berry of Clinton; and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 o‘clock Monday atternoon at her te residence on Park drive. Rev, William Ross, pastor of the First Baptist church, will officiate. Inter- ment will be made in Fairview cem- ctery. “There are always plenty of other things to make if cotton and wool | fail. We buy a great ¢ :al from small towns and cities. Often they can | produce parts for our machines |more cheaply than we can at De- [troit. You have the labor here in New England. It seems to me you |ought to be able to find some way to put it to work.” | . W. KINDELAN DIES AFTER HAVING FALL Hamilton Strect Man, 78, Believed to | Have Suffered From Scem- ing Slight Accident A shock from a fall suffered three ago at the home of his daugh- {ter, Mrs. Charles A. Unkelbach of 60 | |Hamilton street was believed to |Lave been the cause of the death, this morning, of James W. Kindelan, | 78 years old, and a well known resi- dent of New Britain for the past 55 | years. Mr. Kindelan was about consider- ably although he was not in very |®00d health. He fell down three stairs and although he did not suf- fer apparent injury, the shock had an adverse effect upon him and he has been confined to his bed since the fall. | He was born in Norfolk, Decem- | ber 3, 1850 and he came to this city at the age of 23. He worked as stationary engineer at Skinner | Chuck company for 30 years, being pensioned five years ago as a reward for his faithful service. Mr. Kindelan was not active fra- ternally. He was a regular atten- dant at services at St. Mary's church. Surviving him are three sons, Ed- ward, James and Charles Kindelan; three daughters. Mrs. Unkelbach. Mrs. Philip Scheyd, and Mrs. Harry Hermann, and 14 grandchildren, all of this city. Funeral services will be held at 8t. Mary’s church Monday morning at & time to be announced later by M. J. Kenney Co., undertakers. Burial will be in St. Mary’s cemetery. —_— CONFERS WITH RUTHERFORD Attorney Leo V. Gaffney, counsel for J. J. Dillon of Waterbury, appli- cant for a permit to place a luncn- cart at Franklin square and Pear! Street, conferred today with Bulld- ing Inspector Arthur N. Rutherford. Attorney Gaffney has agreed to await a legal opinion sought by Rutherford before taking any steps to enforce issuance of the perm.. This opinion is expected from the office of Acting Corporation Counset Mortimer H. Camp, Monday. SANDBERG ESTATE $31,300 According to a supplementary in- ventory filed today in probate court by the administrator Alexander H. Sandberg, the estate of the late Mat- thew Sandberg is valued at $31,- 200.35 and consists of cash in Sav- ings bank of New Britain, $i1,- 34.34; Berlin Savings Bank, $5,- $70.83; Bristol Savings bank, $4,- 623.84: Farmington Savings bank, $5.774.80; checks, $392.98; Liberty bond $100.31: livestock and farm implements, $2,702.75. AMERICAN ‘PLANE FOUND Shanghai, China, Aug. 18 UP—AR American seaplane which had been missing from the aircraft tender Ja- son at Chefoo since yesterday mern- ing, was found na?lmm