New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1928, Page 2

=1 GOVERNOR SSUES " ATAON SLANDER Smith Makes Public Facts Anent Syracase Charges Albany, N. Y., Sept. 13. P—The following statement was issued by Governor Smith last night: Nalling a lie in the whispering campaign, by Alfred E. Smith, On September 5, 1928, Mr. A Keenan, of the firm of Ha Keenan, Income tax specialists at Parkersburg, West Virginia, wrote the following letter to democ headquarters at Syracuse, N. “Hays & Keenan Income Tax Specialists Parkersburg, W. Va, Democratic Headquarters, Syracuee, N. Y. Gentlemen: “You are, of course, familiar with the underground whispering campaign which the political ene- mies of Governor Smith are wag- ing against him. You possibly noted that Senator Robinson referred to| 1t in his Dallas speech a few days| ago. This same programme seems ¢o be in effect in West Virginia. Com- ing from unknown sources one would be inclined to ignore such tactics, but it has come to my at- such a letter to any woman in Park- ersburg, West Virginia. Mr. Kelley carried out my suggestion and call- ed to see Mrs. Sanford. Following is the report Mr. Kelley makes to me of his conversation with Mrs. Sanford: “After introducing myself to Mrs. Sanford, I informed her that 1 had *letter from Parkersburg, West ginia. She in turn without letting me go farther said ‘Yes, it is from Mrs. Bauer” I said ‘No, it is from a Mr. Kecnan and the letter came to the democratic headquarters yes- Newington, Sept. 13.—A special terday and 1 have forwarded it to | mecting of the school board has been the governor who in turn has asked | called for next Tuesday at the Center me to see you and inquire whether [school at which a new time schedule or not you made the statement re- | will be prepared for the Junior High ferred to in the letter to some lady A5chool. The plan now in vogue allows in Parkersburg who says she re- |the pupils only 40 minutes for a ceived a lotter containing such a |Dhoon recess and members of the statement from you. Her reply was | board have received complaints. that she had written Mrs. Bauer | This schedule was adopted last saying that, of course, she and her | ¥€ar to go into effect this fall. Chil- faziily Gisacveah with 4h5 | dren who live in Maple Hill or Elm Gover- | e nor's attitude on the eighteenth | Hill find it impossible to go home amendment or his ability to change | for dinner and return to school on prohibition. I said that is not the|time. Complaints have been &0 qQuestion; did you or did you mnot |humcrous and vigorous that Super- write the article mentioned in this | Visor William 1. Mandrey has sug- | gested holding a special meeting to adopt a new plan, Mr. Mandry is working out a ncw system, which will be ready for the approval or disapproval of the board on Tuesday evening. Lemond-Pope Wedding The marriage of Katherine Pope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Broska of Elm Hill, to LeRoy Lemond of Barre, Vt. took place yes- terday morning at the rectory of St. BOARD MAY REVISE JUNIOR HIGH HOURS 'Newinglon Parents Complain of Short Noon Allowance - letter? Denfese Writing Letter “She in turn said ‘I did not; 1/ was not at the fair on Thursday; 1| did not see Governor Smith, neither did 1 write anything of that sort to Mrs. Bauer.''1 asked her if she would write a letter to the gov-| ernor to thatgeffect which I might | send to him. She at first said she didn’t see why she should, but she would write Mrs. Bauer. tention in the following manner. “A lady of this city, formerly a] resident of Syracuse, and very| prominent socially here, has a ll‘(-! ter from Mrs. Florence Sanford| whom she advises is the wife of H.| D. Santord, of Syracuse, and who | is reported to be prominent there. J In this letter, the lady sets out the statement that on the occasion of Governor Smith’s visit to the state fair at Syracuse, he occupied a box next to the one occupied by Mrs. Sanford, and the story is that Gov- ernor Smith was disgustingly intoxi- cated so much so that when he at- tempted to arise to make an ad- dress he had to be helped to his feet by two persons, one on each side. The contents of this letter were discussed at a social gathering and impossibility of the truth of such a statement was questioned. 1 am, therefore, taking the trouble to | ask your organization to furnish me a statement from someone, prefer- ably a member of some other po- litieal party than that of Governor Smith, to brand this as a political lie of the dirtiest sort. I wish this statement to show to the persons present when this woman made the | contents of the letter known, as I am sorry to advise that if not cor- rected, Governor Smith will lose many votes he would otherwise re-| celve. Wish to advise that West Virginia is a battle ground this year and every vote helps. “Thanking yeu in advance for this | information at once, I am Very Truly yours, (Signed) W. A. K Box 672 Parkersburg, The above letter reached Mr. William H. Kelley, president of the Merchants National bank of Syra- cuse, who is democratic leader of | that city, and in the late afternoon of the same day he called me on the telephone and acquainted me ‘with the contents of the lett | I suggested that he forward the | original to me, keeping a copy in| his own office, and that he secure! the statement from a member of the | opposite political party to mine, as| suggested by Mr. Keenan in his let- | ter. Accordingly, on Saturday morn- | ing I received in the mail the original letter from Mr. Keenan and the following letter from Sen- tor George R. Fearon, chairman of Judiciary committee of the state senate and a prominent republican: The 8enate of the State of New York | Albany (State Beal) George R. Fearon 38th District | Chairman Committee on Judiciary | 8yracuse, New York, | September 7, 1928. | “Hon. William H. Kelley, | Syracuse, New York, Dear sir:— “I have read the letter which you sent me dated September O, /1928, and signed by W. A. Keenan of Parkersville, W. Va, in which he quotes a resident ot this city as stating that on the occasion of Governor Smith’s visit to the state fair at Syracuse he was so disgust- ingly intoxicated while occupying a box In the grandstanad that when he attempted to arise to make an address he had to he helped to his| feet by two persons, one on each sid Politically, I am opposed to! Governor 8mith but I lelieve In a square deal even for political op- ‘ ponents. “It #0 happens I am a member of the advisory board of the state fair and that together with Henry Morganthau, Jr., I was designated | {saw him while at the fair, nor was w. v | | Big Six Hold Second | cheur { Hymans for Belgium, John the Evangelist on East street, New Britain and 10 o'clock. Rev. Thomas J. Laden performed the ceremony. The maid of honor, was Miss Marion Muller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Muller of Elm Hill, Mr. Lemond’s best man was his brother, Ralph, of Barre, A wedding dinner was held at the home and about 50 guests attended, from New York, Springfield, and Vermont Mr. and Mrs. Lemond left on a wedding trip to Niagara Falls, They will live in Barre, Finance Board Hearing The annual public hearing of the board of finance will be held in the Grange hall on Monday, September St At ] {17 at § o'clock to recelve the esti- Dutore Sonding mo - the above, | Mated cxpenditures of the various Low Mr. Kelley called me agaiy | 2027d8 and comumittees for the en- on the 'phone and stated that Mrs, | SUINE fiscal year. The board will also Sanford had positively denied writ- ’;‘;c":;"emper‘:’:;’:':?; s';.c:; hsm“l’l r:' ing any such letter. 1 forthwith (on | PATS 19 roads, et These Wil be Saturday, about noon) called Mr. | Keenan on the 'phone at Parkers. | d6términe whether or. not they are necessary and advisable, burg, West Virginia, thanke burg, West Virginia, thanked him R for 1 teres! v caus ot piercst am wmy cause and| o Helen Ingham, daughter of ed i A he awould call - nponiye oy 'ane ey B, tubham of Stuart Mrs. Bauer, the woman who claimed | }f: 404 3rs W 1. Ingham of Stuart to have reccived the letter from | b Mrs, Sanford, and agk her if she | SPringficld college where she will matriculate. would be kind enough to let him | AR e the letter. At six o'clock on| Chairman Leslie aturday night 1 again called him | and he informed me that it had been impossible for him to get in touch with Mrs, Bauer but that he | would attend to it on Sunday morn- | ing. Carrying eut his promise he w Mrs, Bauer on Sunday morning and at 12:30 o'clock I received ! from Mr. Keenan the following telegram: Letter Not Obtained “Western Union that that would not be that the governor was in possess of this letter and if she was not guilty of writing it 1 felt it was her | duty to write the governor and tell | him so. She promised me she would | do so and tell him that she neither she at the state fair on the day in| question, nor did she say the things contained in the letter from Park- ersburg, West Virginia. 1 informed her that that sort of propaganda was being practiced and that we | were going to find out the source, She said ‘Yes, I received a letter trom Mrs, Bauer in which she told me of a lot of things being said in Hale of the volunteer fire department carnival committee announced last night that bhecause of the light rain, the carnival will be extended one night, to the first pleasant evening, Notices for the making of vaters were prepared and malled last night Ly the republican town cofnmittee to those who have presented their | names as being cligible 10 be made | voters. The board of selectmen and kb _|the registrars will be in session at fthe town hall on Saturday, Septem- NC 409 39 collect—Parkershur, e BLLE Loy £ ber 15, from 9 to § o'clock, standard I | time, Governor Alfrel E Smith Max Boo Boo Hoff Said Albany N Y 1928 Se pt 9 To Have Bribed Police ) Philadelphia, Sept. 13 (P —Gifts . from Max “Boo Boo” Hoff to mem- [ of the police department, val- ued at thousands of dollars, have been traced and the tags and seals are in his pos: sion, District Attor- ney Monaghan announced today. The gifts, the prosecutor declared, m 10 43 SIBLE TO GET B IN FROM SYRAC sKE TROY OR NOT DISCLOSE IN HAS QUIT TALKING WAK “It. Will be noted tha i ford’ promised Mr. Kelley that she would write to me and make denfal of the letter attributed to her by Mr. Bauer. Up to two o'clock on Tucsday afternoon, September 11th T received no letter from Mrs. San- tord “If Mrs. Bauer made the state- | ments attributed to her by Mr. Keenan and Mrs. Sanford made the statements attributed to her by Mr, Kelley, both can not be telling the truth, Which of the two women fn- volved is guilty of the slander 1 do not know." Meeting of Evacuation Geneva, Sept. 13 (A—A second | meeting of the “big six’ 7»(:‘:x|n;m)‘,‘ France, Great Britain, Haly, Japan | -to discy evacuation at 10:00| MOST people know this absolute Baron Mon- | antidote for pain, but are you careful oelock this morning replaced to say Bayer when you buy it? And do you always give a glance to see Bayer on the box—and the word genuine printed in red? It isn't the genuine Bayer Aspirin without it! A drugstore always has Bayer, with the | proven directions tucked in every box: Forcign Minister M. Hymans being obliged to return to Brussel because of cabinet duties. | .by Commissioner Pyrke to act as| the governor's escort while he was | at the fair. By reason of this as- signment I was with the governor substantially all of the day in ques- tion from the time he left the Onondaga hotel in the morning until he boardzd his train for Al- hany in the late afternoon. I occu- pled an adjoining box to the gov- ernor while he was viewing the races. He made no speech from the box. He was not intoxicated. I showed no evidence of even having | had a single drink, nor do I believe that he had. | “The Governor made two address- | es, one from the bandstand in the | Empire court about 11:30 in e morning and the other at the dedi- cation of the Agricultural Muscum at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 1 was next to him on hoth oceca- sions. On neither occasion was th anything which would indicate tha he had heen drinking. | “The statement which Mr. Keen. | an quites as to the Gover con- | dition is so manifestly unfair and untrue, that 1 would not feel that 1 was acting the part of a man if | 1 did not write you this letter stat- ing the facts as L know them to be with respect to the occasion in gues- tian. Very truly vours, (Signed) GEORGE R. FEAROM Calls in Mrs. Sanford Immcdiately upon receipt of the above, 1 tetephoned to Mr. Kelley at Syracuse and suggested that he call upon Mrs. Sanford at her resi- dence and ask her if she wrote .\ Mustard a4 ravies r==y GULOENS Aspirin 15 the trade mark of Bayer Manufactu '("Ionouul:lfiulul of Sslicylicacld MONTREAL $10.%? Exéilj)lgml Going Friday, September 14th Returning Sunday, Septemier 16 ““The Montrealer” Route ' The Was @agtonian” Route . Stamford " Montreal South Norwalk e Voctford Bridgeport - T Bt NewHaven - = - Bristo] Meriden - Waterbus Viaterbury T Menden - Brisel - - gni”-ven New Britsin ridgeport - - 1 South Norwalk 750 AM. Due Stamford - - EASTERN STANDARD TIME Limited number of tickes, good only on Special Coach Train, on sale af ticket offices “The Montrealer”” and “The Wathingtonian" daily provide superlative service Tetween Vashington-New York and Montrasl-Guebec-Otts THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD CoO. PAL 920 PM. L 948PM. Foardord Due Montreal = e i were In addition to the ‘“salaries™ pand police by the bootleg ring for rotection in their rum-running ac- ivities. Seals pasted on the wrap- pings of the gifts, Monaghan said, bore these greetings: “Merry Christmas and Happy New Years from ‘Boo Boo' Hoff and the boys,” and “Compliments of Max ‘Boo Boo' Hoff and the boys." The district attorney astated that an investigation by special agents of the United States treasury de- partment had revealed that “Hoff and the Boys" had paid $250,000 for gifts presented to members of the police bureau in 1926, Northern Pacific Train Kills Seven People Rice, Minn, 8ept. 13 (P—John Morgal, his wife and their five amall children were killed last night when 4 Northern Pacifis passenger train struck the Morgal's automobile at a grade crossing near here. All apparently were killed out- right. Wreckage of their small touring car was strewn along the right of way for 300 feet. The crossing where the accident occurred is an open one, with a view of the tracks for long distances in each direction. The coroner’s theory was that Morgal was attempting to beat the train to the crossing. The dead: Morgal, 29; Mra. Mor- gal, 24; Alols, b; Veronica, 4; 8o- phia, 3; Gertrgde, 3; and a baby girl five months o1d, GERGA VOTER FAVOR GOV, SHITH Yerdict in Soutbern State Goss 1o Gandidate Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 13 UP—Verdict of Georgia democrats was for Smith in the only major race of the state party primary yesterday in which ernor was an outstanding lssue. Congressman Leslie J. Steels, who stood as a staunch supporter of tho party’s ticket from Smith on down, gained a decisive victory over W. D. Upshaw, bitter foe of the national standard bearer, for the congres- sional nomination from the Afth dis- trict, including Atlanta. . The gubernatorial contest where both candidates were within their party limits, saw the apparent re- nomination of Governor L. G. Hard- man over the youthful State Sens- ter E. D. Rivers, Representative Stesle, who wrest- ed the seat in the house from Up- shaw two years ago, on the basis of the popular vote, carried four of the five counties in the district and apparently had carried Atlanta, Up- shaw's home. Steele is lent of Decatur. Expeesses Ispuing a statement expressing satisfaction over the voting, Steele ‘Tfibe Qudl On tne basis ¢f incomplete re- turns, Governor Hardman had an if.dicated unit vote of 388 to 113 for his oppenent in the gubernatorial race, Besides the Steele-Upshaw only two other ngressmal ford of the 11th district was trail- ing his opponent, Dave M. Parker on returns from only five of the 20 counties in the district. Equal Rights Invades Ontario’s Tepees Sault Ste Marie, Ont., Sept. 13 P —The equal rights for women move- ment has invaded the tepees of On- tario. ‘The rights of women to vote was discussed at a meeting of the Grand Council of Ontario yesterday In which 46 chiefs and delegutes from all the provincial tribes participated. 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