New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1928, Page 1

|===5] NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 180 WITNESSES T0 BE CALLED NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1928 —TWENTY PAGES oMITH GOES INTO |Automobiles Send Six to Hospital; |‘BSSY’ GILLIS ILLINOIS TODAY Girl May Die of Skull Fracture; MOST OPTIMISTIC Leaves Missonri After Assault Two Under Arvest After Crashllewburyport’s Incarcerated 8 BEFORE GRAND JURY NEXT " WE[K lN AlBURN'S PRUBE onGooIMonomy “'%rmmfiamfusfi‘éizfi?&sgylal;;'_l'ed‘Mayor Says_l}\g Backs Him Watkins and Tresslars HOOVER RECEIVES |TEADED FOR GHiGAGD| ~fsiom With Touck -Sister and Man Also GRANTS AN INTERVIEW || & REACPT® 1 IMIT HERMIT HANGING TO TREE DESCRIBES CRUEL ATTACK BY DUO SEEKING $75,000 e ristol Men Under ~+ on e of sted Murder of ’T!"’_.- Confides ‘le Will Be Elected Gover- nor of Massachusetts Some Day One man and two girls were in- jured while on their way to work this morning at the intersection of Myrtle and Washington streets, one young man and a young woman of Allentown rozd, Bristol, south on Washington street, and was thrown onto the sidewalk, cracking the base of & Russell & Erwin fire hydrant and striking the trio. Nominee Will Invade Heart of 1llinols State In Attempt To Carry It This Fall—Many Consider It o dly - Pmmt Shte By American Legion and Women's R — Officials Linked With Financial Scandal, Prosecutor Says. Police Commissioner Hur- ley Declares State’s At- torney’s l!el/lurks to Groets Groenland Aviators at His Washingion Home JANE ADDAMS A GUEST — Declares That Nominee Is Best Fitted to Head Country—Supports His Stand on Prohibition and Doubtful. 8edalia, Mo., Oct. 17 (®— Governor Smith left here at 10 4. m, today for Chicago. His special train pulled out of the Missouri Pacific station on time after the nominee had spent more than an hour walking up and down the station platform for a little exercise. The route to Chicago, sched- uled to be reached at 9:45 o'clock tonight. lay through St. were injured last night on East street, and one woman was injured late yesterday afternoon on North street, the three accidents involving automobtles. All were taken to New Britain General hospital for treat- ment and the drivers of two of the automobiles were arrested. Helen Robinson, 21 years old daughter of Mrs. Marion Robinson of 24 Maple street, and her sister, Nellie, aged 16, were on their way ‘o work at Duffy-Goodwin, Inc., curtain Helen Robinson is the most seri- ously injured, her skull being frac- tured. She is on the critical list at the hospital and fears are enter- tained for her recovery. Her mother was notified by the police and Rev. John J. Keane, assistant pastor of St. Joseph's church, administered the last rites of the Catholic church. Nellic Robinson sustained |severe lacerations on the forehead | !and face, four stitches being re- | quired, and she also is suffering | Vote—Likes Laundry Work Salem, Mass, Oct. 17 (UP)— “Bossy” Gillis, confirmed optimist that he is, can see the silver lining of every cloud—even that which hangs over Cell 79 at Salem jail, where he is serving a two months’ term. A reporter visited the incarcerat- | ed mayor of Newburyport today, ex- pecting to find a penitent and paci- fic prisoner in place of the rough- and-ready, fiery-tempered ex-sailor Now Up to States and Cities, Enlorcement Hoad Says (GOURT DOCKETS CLOGGED “Uncle Sam Should Not Be Made Into a Village Policeman,” Dr. Doran Declares—Department May Kecuse Living in Woods Near Terry- ville. Beat Him, Burned His Shack and Took Him to New Hartford, Where manufacturing plant at 217 High | from numerous coptusions. Her re. street about 6:45 this morning when |covery is expected. Wilcox was in- | hational figure almost overnight. they were struck by a sedan owndd | jyred about the face and nose, less| But even 15 days behind the bars and operated by Joseph Zaleski, |sertously than the girls. | have failed to shake his dogged de- aged 26, of 413 East street. They | Sergeant T. J. Feeney and Officer | t¢rmination, or destroy his supreme were on the sidewalk near the south- | | self-confidence, or muftle his vitriol- | who became a municipal power and Louis, where 15 minutes will be required this afternoon to switch the train to Chicago & Alton railroad _and through Springfield, Bloomington and Farm Relief. Washington, Oct. 17 (®—Herbert Hoover today greeted Bert Haasell and Parker Cramer, the two avia- Be Offering Alibt. By GEORGE H. MANNING (Washington Correspondent, N. B. Herald) Washington, D. C., Oct. 17—Fed- Court Concerning His Transactions “in Part They Strung Him Up, He Tells State Policemen Absolutely Untrue” Hartford, Oct. 17 M—Roger W. [Watkins and his two brothers-in * w. Guy and Maynard Tresslar, vere taken to the Wethersfield state prison this morning to begin their lerms for conspiracy to defraud. f Watkins, wife of the Hartford proker, iemains at the Hartford ounty jail for a year for her part n the conspiracy. 915 Years Watkins, who yesterday afternoon vas given a sentence of nine and a If to ten years for false statements ade to the state bank commission- r and an additional five years for onspiracy, will not be called today pefore the special grand jury which il meet with State's Attorney ugh M. Alcorn preparatory to in. uiry further into the affairs of the ational Associated Investors, Inc., vhich Watkins organized and hrough which investors lost several undreds of thousands of dollars. Watkins was charged with em- pexzlement of $141,000. Whether or ot Watkins would be called before he jury later Mr. Alcorn did not y. Haurley’s Denial In asking for sentence yesterday te's Attorney Alcorn said that v. Trumbull, Lt. Gov. Bratmard, lecrefary of State Pallottl and State 'olice Commissioner Robert T. Hur- had profited by their dealings vith Watkins and he mentioned Mr. Prainard and Mr. Hurley as among jhose for whom Watkins had num- red accounts for secrecy. nissioner Hurley at his office this orning sald concerning his part in ealings with Watkins as set forth y Mr. Alcorn: “As I have read the count in the newspapers, I am per- ctly frank to say that the state- ents concerning me are—in part— bsolutely untrue. That is all I care 0 say, for the present.” He refused to specify what part f Mr. Alcorn’s statements about im was affected by his denial. No Statement Secretary Pallotti refused to make ny statement on yesterday's events : “It all depends on what * whether or not he would out anything concerning e matter. Out of City Attorney Francis W. Cole, fore- an of the special grand jury, was ut of the city, but expected to re- rn tomorrow and at the request of tate’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, fho went before the grand jury to- jay, the members discussed arrange- ents for continuing the hearing of jitnesses next week. Mr. Alcorn said today that he s 11l seeking information about a [umber of things connected with the atkins case which has touched sev- al prominent people. Since the arrest of Watkins last ly 31, no securities that he is al- ged to have embezzled from the . A. I, have been found. Guy Tresslar went to prison for om two to four years and Maynard resslar from one to two years. yatkins did not see his wife after he court proceedings before Judge llyn Brown yesterday afternoon. hey were taken back to jail where ey have been for a number of eks, but Watkins had no oppor- nity this morning to see his wife d bid her good-bye. She remains the jail under Judge Brown's ntence of a year. The Tresslar others decided not to ask for an bportunity to bid good-bye to their jother, Mrs. Zula Tresslar, who is itically ill at her temporary home Edgewood street. As he was leav- g the jall for his long sojourn at ethersfield, Watkins told the offi- rs he held no hard feelings to- rd any one. Have Conference William E. Egan, counsel for atkins and the other prisoners, ho was accused in State’s Attorney corn’s statement of questionable aling in N. A. I stock and later Isterday was called into conference th Mr. Alcorn, had a conference th Judge Brown this morning, but . Egan had no statement to make yond that concerning the details $19,000 that he handled for the AL His relations with his client Wat- s being the subject of inquiry by e state's attorney, Mr. Egan said was better that he not discuss t through the newspapers. lines Trumbull's Connection [Referring to the part Governor jumbull is alleged. to have had in p case, Mr. Alcorn said: “Now, we should keep in mind, if ur Honor please, in the presenta- (Continued on Page 10) | tors who were forced to land in Greenland during an attempted fight from Rockford; Il to Stock- holm, Sweden. Later the fliers were received by President Coolidge at the White House. “I am very glad to have privilege of greeting you,” said; “of meeting men who have come through a great adventure with great courage and with suc- cess. We certainly welcome you to the United States. We are all proud of you and of all the citizens in our country who come from the same blood. It is quite appropriate for you to be here. Appreciates Call “I deeply appreciate your coming to call on me.” The aviators were accompanied by Mayor Allen of Rockford and Elmer Etes, who found Hassell and Cramer after they were forced down in Greenland and took them to safety. Miss Jane Addams of Chicago 2180 called at the headquarters of the republican presidential candi- and was a luncheon guest at the Hoover home. Visits Headquarters Before calling on Mr. Hoover, Miss Addams . visited headquarters of the republican national commit. tes, where a statement on her be. halt was givea out in endorssment of the nominee. The statement said Mr. Hoover more than any one man in America was “qualified to repre- sent the interests of the whole peo- ple” {n the period of vast economic development the country was enter. ing. “If big business {s increasingly directing the essential policies of our government,” she said, “then it is a great moment that we should be able to depend upon the next president to keep thess forces with- in social control.” h Her Statement “No one whose childhood was spent in a farming community in the Mississippl valley.” she contin- ued, “can fail to realize the deplor- able conditions of thousands of farmers throughout this region. Yet every analysis shows the difficulty adheres not only in methods of production but also in the fact that the means for transportation and for marketing are inadequate and the Hoover (Continued on Page 16) GOY. SMITH'S SPECIAL T0 VISIT CITY OCTOBER 33 Candidate's Speaking Representa- tives Will Conduct Rally On Re- turniug from Portland, Me. Governor Emith's New England campaign special will visit New Bri- tain on October 23rd. The special is leaving New York on October 16, go- ing straight to Portland, Maine, for its first speaking stop, and will stop in New Britain on its way back. The speakers party, sponsored by the governor and the national democra- tic committee, and under the direc- tion of Hon. Arthur G. Solomon, consists of Benator J. B. Westall, Congressman Sol Bloom, Corporation Counsel Irving L. Levey, of New York; Ex Senator Ed. B. McGuin- ness, Judge Sylevester B. Strong of the Supreme Court, Peter A. Shea, prominent attorney of New York, and Mr. Solomon, who is well known to many New Britain residents, as a former resident of Waterbury. He is the youngest presidential cam- paign chairman, and is a prominent New York attorney. The arrange- ment committee of the N. D. C. will be in New Britain on October 18th to discuss plans for the rally with local democratic chairmen. Hickman Is Removed To the Death Cell San Quentin, Cal. Oct. 17 P— William Edward Hickman, sentenced to hang Friday for the kidnapping and slaping of Marian Parker last December, is to be transferred to- night from his cell in condemned row to the death chamber adjacent the room in which he will be execut- ed. The move is in accordance with prison routine. It was said at the prison last night that Warden James B. Holohan had declined to convoke a board of Marion county physicians to pass on the youth’s sanity. Governor C. C. Young in denying appeals of Hickman's attorney and father yesterday told them that Warden Holohan's decision would constitute Hickman's last chance of escaping the noose. Joliet, 1L, where rear platform appearances are to be made. A west corner of Washington and Myrtle streets and Howard Wilcox, revised schedule of stops was |aged 69, of 31 Woodraff court. wes under consideration special left Sedalia. when the Sedalia, Mo., Oct. 17 (P—Leaving Missouri to ponder over his triple assault on Cooldige economy, Gover- nor Smith was carrying his party’ standard into Illinois today to await the signal! for th> seventh and last speech of his second campaign tour. Arrives Tonight Chicago was the destination of the democratic presidential nominee, who planned to board his special train here in the forenoon. The schedule calls for his arrival at 9:45 o'clock tonight in the Lake Michi- gan metropolis and for stops en route for rear platform appearances at Springfield. Bloomington, Joliet, 2nd possibly other Illinois cities. The &overnor will spend three nights in Chicago. his speech being planned ‘for Friday night. Slashing into republican claims of huge savings in the cost of govern- ment in recent years the nominee cost $200,000,000 more aid in 192 in his address last night before an audience that packed the huge live- stock pavilion at the state fair grounds and cheered him on, paiut- ed what he called “three pletures,” With economy claims as his model. 4 Tekes Up Piothre After charging his opposition with predicating its campaign upon “mis- representation,” the nominee took up his first picture and asserted that claims that federal expenses have been reduced through “pru- dent spending,” economy and good business methods, formed *one of the grossest falacies offered by the republican party.” “Plcture No. 2. as he called it, led the governor through a maze of figures on what money's he said ac- tually were spent during the last two republican administrations, and he was loudly applauded when he said that “all of the departments of the-government together in 1927 (Continyed on Page Seven) BLIMP ARRIVES AT HANGARS CRUSHED RS-1 Battles Line Squalls for Three Hours Over Mississippi River than they He challenged Her. bert Hoover and President Coolidge, Scott Field, Illinots, Oct. 17 (P— Its nose crushed and envelope rip- ped, the RS-1, United States army semi-rigid dirigible limped to its hangar here last night at 10:40 o'clock after a battle with line squalls on the Mississippi river in the vicinity of Memphis, Tenn. Returning from a 1.000 mile flight to Ban Antonio, Texas, where it made exhibition flights in connec- tion with the American Legion con- vention, the RS-1 ran full into a “nest of line squalls, which it fought for more than three hours.” Cap- tain W. E. Kepner, winner of this year's Gordon Bennett balloon cup race, was in charge of the ship with four commissioned officers and nine enlisted men. “It was the most violent weather I have ever seen from the air,” Cap- tain Kepner said. “It seems almost miraculous that our ship should have come through. At times the 8as bag appeared to be crushed ab- ot L s | collision between her e e R wak O e o 754 state highway Longmendow street, puffed out. We were kicxed around by the winds as if the ship had been a football. “The first heavy squall that hit us ripped the envelope near the nose and crushed the nose braces. Lieutenant Fogelsander was up in the nose at the time. Tt looked very serious for him. He managed to drop down. With a crushed nose our ship became difficult to steer. I thought it was all up several times. “Our four Liberty motors kept working all the time and it was our power that finally pulled us out of the squalls after three hours fight- ing. 1If the ship had been all rigid like the Graf Zeppelin or the Los Angeles, T don’t think we would have come out. ship was bent like a horse shoe.” The RS8-1, the largest semi-rigid dirigible in the United States, left his father, thrown against the dash board of the car, sustaining a severe lacera- tion of the forehead 3% inches long that penetrated as far as the skull, leaving a permanent scar on the forehead, according to the allega- tion. “8uch permanent scar on the forehead has caused disfiguration and the plaintiff will suffer humiliation.” s alleged. He was a passenger in his aunt’s car and was at all times in the exercise of due care, taking into considesation his age, while the defendant ,according | to the ajlegation. was driving reck- Several times our |lessly and failed to have the car un- der proper control. near them on his way to the Rus- sell & Erwin factory, where he i employed. The sedan was going west on Myrtle street when it eol- lided with a garbarge collecting truck driven by Louis Frey, aged 26, DIVORCE PROBLENS NOT IN THE CHURCH Episcopalians Say Those Al- Tected Are Without Pale REMEDIES ARE PROPOSED Commission of House of Bishops Suggests Closer Study Be Givem Human Relatiouship By Collcges and Normal Schools. Weshington, Oct. 17 M—The di. +arce Sroblem Is “chiefly confined t6 those who are outside the pale and direct influence of the church” the house of bishops of the Episcopal church was told today in a report prepared by a special church com- missicn which has been studying the subject for the past three vears. The survey, read by the Right Rev. Herman Page, bishop of Mich- 1gan and chairman of the commis- sion, requested no change ' in the laws of the church which prohibits remarriage of persons divorced ex- cept innocent parties in divorces ob- tained on statutory grouhds. ‘Three Recommendations Three recommendations looking toward solution of the problem were offered as follows: “That our normal schoals, col- leges, universities and seminaries be asked to offer more instruction on the subject of human relationship, especially on the subject of mar. riaga. “That the clergy of this church be urged to give training for marriage & conspicuous place in their pro- grams, “That social service commissions be asked to give special attention 1o the whole problem of marriage and divorce.” The commission, appointed at the New Orleans convention of the church in 1925, asked that it be con- tinued *with the understanding that it cooperate with other agencies to secure a scientific study of the whole subject of marriage and divorce, in- cluding the study of the moral and (Continued on Page 16) BOY, 4, ASKS $10,000 IN SUIT AGAINST AUNT lessly, Causing Auto- mobile Crash Francis McNamara, aged 4 years, ! has brought an action for $10.000 against his aunt, Julla Ackerstrom, |in& the railroad tracks at alleging that her “heedlessness her recklessness in disregarding the right of others” was the cause of a automobile Longmeadow, Mass., on May 8. The boy, who 1is suning through Frank McNamara, was great Attorney William E. Hagearty fs- sued the writ, which is returnable Brooks fleld at San_Antonfo, about (in the superior court the first Tues- 11 a. m. Monday. The ship meas- ures 280 feet in length. day of November. Constable Fran- cis Clynes served the papers. Peter C. Cabelus investigated the |accident and arrested Frey on charges of operating an automobile without having a certificate of regis- tration and an operator’s license, He was arraigned in police court before | Judge M. D. Saxe and the case was continued until Monday in $100 (Continued on Page 18.) MACDONALD TAKES OFF FOR ENGLAND Leaves Newfoundland in Moth Plane on Solo Flight 'WEATHER NOT 1700 GOOD| Englishman Carrying 100 Gallons of Gas Belleves It More Than Suffi- clent to Complete Trip—Has Only Flown 80 Hours. 8t. John's'N. F.. Oct. 17 (P—Com- mander H. C. Macdonald. English aviator, took off from Harbor Grace today in a Moth type afrplans in | an attempt to fly across the Atlantic ocean to England. 28 Years Old Macdonald, who is 25 years old. came to Newfoundland about three | weeks ago and began assembling his | plane in preparation for the attempt Although he said he had had only 80 hours of flying he was confident that he could make the flight alone in the small plane. Since arriving here the young Englishman had been awaiting fav- | orable weather conditions. He had declared that he would not take off | until he had a “hunch” that every- thing was right. Private Finances Macdonald said that the flight was Leing financed privately. He was lassisted in preparing for the flight | |by A. F. Williams, a mechanic who | | accompanied him from England. Commander Macdonald, who is an officer of the British navy, had an- nounced that he would not attempt the flight it the weather was not fav- | orable by mid October. Reports re- ceived here from Harbor Grace to- day indicated that it was none too | favorable when the aviator deter- | mined to wait no longer. ic voice. And the “Bossy” of today is the same dynamic red head who astounded his friends and confound- ed his enemies a few months ago by ascending the mayoral dais of Massachusetts’ second smallest city. Town With Him The bright spot which his honor can sec in his present predicament' is his home town's reaction to the 1ail sentence that was imposed upon him for peddling petrol without a permit. More and more, Newbury- port's citizens are regarding their missing mayor as a sort of martyr to the cause of gasoline, and the rising tide of “Bossy's" popularity is rapid- ly approaching flood stage “It ain't surprising that the whole town's with me,” said his honor. “They all know I didn't do no harm and they're beginning to get it through their beans that I got sort of a raw deal. “If I'd robbed somebody or sold rotten booze or gone in for boot- legging or hi-jacking—well, in that case jt mighta been all right to put me in the coop. But for the few people that I harmed I benefited a whole lot more.” ; In Jail Clothes The mayor. with arms akimbo, sat peusively in his little sparsely- furnished cell—a strangely unoffi- cial-looking figure in a faded China blue smoking jacket, “mattress. cover” shirt, and heavy grey “jail | pants.” He grinned broadly and his pale blue eyes twinkled wheg the report- (Continued on Page Nine) FURIOUS POLITICS THR!IU@H TENNESSEE State Coming Down Home Stretch With Both Par- ties Claiming Victory Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 17 (— Here at the center of the border country, presidential politics is com- ing down the stretch in a furious Whirl, guaranteed to satisfy the most inveterate follower of political horse racing. Even at this late day the mathe- natically inclined politicians of Tennessee and Kentucky speak in comparatively the situation still is changing. The His take-off consequently came as | a surprise. His little plane left the ground at the Harbor Grace airport | at 11:51 eastern standard time. { 100 Gallons of Gas | The plane carried 100 gallons of | i (Continued on Page 16) ! SOUTH §T. UNDERPASS SURVEY IS COMPLETE| Alleges She Drove R“k_;Plans for $150,000 Project Ready for State | Commissioner ‘ Maps. sketches and layouts for a roposed underpass to avoid cross- South by the engineering staff of the hoard | |of public works and are ready for submission to John A. Macdonald, commissioner, City Engineer Philip A. Merian said this afternoon. | This job will probably cost about $150,000 and it is expected that the state of Connecticut, the City of New Britain, and the “New Haven™ railroad will share the cost of the | work which will probably be com- | menced in the spring of 1929. | Elimination of this crossover was | advocated by Mayor Paonessa, who | called the attention of the common council to the fact that scores of ac- (Continued on Page 16) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Showers tonight and Thurs- day: not much change in temperature. republicans comforted by an unde- nied earlier swing in their direction and buoyed up by Mr. Hoover's re- | cent visit to eastern Tennessee say the latest shifts of eentiment con- finue to favor Hoover. The demo- crats, taking encouragement from the rally of party leaders in recent weeks and from Governor Smith's trip across the troubled acres of both Tennessee and Kentucky, say the trend js steadily toward Smith. It may be added without risk of de- nial, however, that neither side shows the slightest sign of closing up show and calling it a day. In traditions and present political complexion these two states are suf- | ficiently similar to warrant a Joint examination of their inclinations and their possibilities. In the past quarter of century each has etrayed once from the circle of the southern democracy—Tennessee in the Hard- ing landslide of 1920, and Kentucky In the Coolidge landslide. of 1924 This year, the southern revolt against Smith has tugged persistent- Iy against the promptings of demo- and |street at grade. have been completed | cratic allegiance, and for weeks the party leaders in these two states have claimed more than a fighting chance. Now they speak more hope- fully, professing to see a recession of the Hoover tide—a claim which the republicans by no means con- cede. In these states where normal democratic majorities are far more slender than they are to the south- ward, the crusade of the anti-Smith demorats is a recognized factor of prime importance. Even in the Wil- son southern and western sweep of (Continued on Page Seven) ROSENDAHL TO BROADCAST New York, Oct. 17 — Commander Charles E. Rosendah! will broadcast Wednesday night, October 17th from 8:30 to 9 o'clock, eastern standard time, his story on his flight across the Atlantic as guest observer aboard the Graf Zeppelin. He will be introduced on the air by Amelia Ear- hart. This talk will be broadcast over WEAF and 18 stations asso- clated with the National Broadcast- ing company. modest figures, and | there is an all-round agreement that | eral prohibition enforcement in Connecticutt “has gone about as far as it can o said Dr. James M. Doran, chief of the government pru- hibition bureau, when questioned here today concerning a general re- view of the prohibition situation he has issued. “Uncle Sam should not be made into a village policeman,” he con- tinued. “There are more casvs pending now than the courts can handle, and there is no point to further extension of the system un- til the courts are bilt up to where they can handle the cases. “I personally am not in favor of building up the judiciary to that point.” Dr. Doran’s attitude i, believed also to furnish the government with a4 way out of the embarrassing re- cent situation created by a failure of a majority of applicants and lagents to pass the civil service ex- aminations required. In view of the position of the prohibition chief, it is not believed that the list of new eligibles which has been prepared for the filliig of the numerous prospective openings will be used, and that enforcement staffs will remain virtually at their present level at least until the new administration is ushered in here 1 March. Connecticut agents thus appear assured of their jobs for some time to come, and their work apparently Is satisfactory to the chief of the bureau. “The Federal government,” said Dr. Doran in amplifying his views, “has gone about as far as the au- thority of a centralized government in Washington ought to go, in the | matter of prohibition enforcement. “It {8 now up to the states, citles and towns to take care of minor violations of the liquor laws. The American people will not stand for any further assumption of authority by the central government, and 1 believe they will demand that their local authorities take a more vig- orous stand in enforcement.” In discussing the Connecticut sit- uation, Dr. Doran said that the courts in the state, as well as over the rest of the country, are clutter- ed now with minor liquor cases. The state enforcement system appears to be working so effictently, he main- tained. that the courts are unable to keep pace with it. U'nder those circumstances, he said, a reform in judicial procedure was the only alternative, and that he did not favor this. He added that he did not believe the American people favored it. The dry chief went on to say that Connecticut enforcement, as far as | federal agents are concerned, will be largely directed to sources of liquor | supply and to major violations. This |is in line with the general tendency of the policy toward the rest of the country | “I do believe Uncle Sam ought to |go into the police business.” was his parting shot at critics. 'BOSTON CHINESE HELD FOR TONG WAR DEATH Police Arrcst Two Orientals On Charge of First Degree Murder of Lee Wey Kin | Boston. Oct. 117 UP—Police this | morning arrested two Chinese and {charged them with first degree mur- !der for the killing of Lee Wey Kin, 27 year old South End laundryman, this city's first victim in the Tong | war which previously this week had |claimed seven lives in the larger | cities of the country. Les was shot down at his ironing board when he told a strange | Chinese in answer to a query that he | belonged to neither the Hip Sings nor the On Leongs. the rival Tongs. A cousin. Lee Soon, witnessed the |slaying. He told police that a sec- | ond man stood on guard at the laun- |dry doorway. The men arrested in the Roxbury district not far from {the scene of crime gave their names las Hary Lambr, 26, and Ung Yen, 28 The revolver used in the Killing was found discarded a short distance |trom the laundry. ACTS §-4 TRAGEDY Berlin, Oct. 17 (M — Lase De- cember’s tragedy of the U. & sub- marine 8-4 was recalled last night when Guenther Weisenborn's drama “U Boat 8-4" was given its first production at the Volksbuehne theater. Weisenborn. a young dramatist, hitherto unknown, used thegAmeri- can disaster for an impassioned pacifist plea against all instruments of war, (Spe-ial to the Harald) Bristol, Oct. 17.—Louis Albertelli of 330 Park street and Victor Vanoni of Allentown road this city are being held in the custody of the state police at Hartford charged with attempted murder. They were arrested at their homes at 1 o'clock this morning by State Policemen Pettingill and Lowe and Officer James Keith of the local depart- ment. The arrests followed an in- vestigation by the state police into the attempted murder of an aged woodchopper named Walsh, who lives alone in a cabin on the back road between Tolles and Hancock, west of the Terryville railroad tun- nel. Secek Trace of $75,000 According to information avail. able in this city today, Albertelli and Vanoni called at Walsh's one- room cabin Tuesday afternoon in the belief that Walsh knew where, a large sum of money, taken by & con- federate in a robbery. was hidden. The amount mentioned was $75,000 and it was also pointed gut that the money was to remain hidden until Walsh's partner was released from state's prison, where he was perv- ing a term of several years. The man’s name was unknown and very little is known about Walsh. Rurn Hermit's Shark Questioning by Albertelli and Vanoni apparently had no effect on Walsh and he was then beaten by the tvo men, who after removing him froh the shack. burned it to (Continugd on Page 16) BOOTLEGGER AGAN ESCAPES POLICEMEN Chased Into Newington With Pal, Leaving Pur- suers Behind Late yesterday afterneon. for the second time within a few hours, an alleged bootlegger whose name is withheld for the present, escaped arrest after a chase by the police, [but it is expected that he will be arraigned in court shortly as he was in communication with Attorney Monroe §. Gordon last night, ac- cording to a statement made in po- lice court today by Prosecuting At- torney Joseph G. Woods. About 1 o'clock yesterday after- noon, the man was in a car driven by Michael Kopscz of 65 Smalley street and Motorcycle Officer David Doty arrested Kopscz hiding in a hayloft in a Glen street barn after a chase from Rockwell avenue and Bassett street. He is alleged to have left the car about the time Kopscz took to his heels, and Officer Doty was unable to find him, but a few hours later, Officers John M. Lieb- ler, E. B Kiely and Officer Doty were in Officer Liebler's car on East Main street when they saw a sedan in which their quarry was riding with another man whose name has frequently been linked with the fl- licit liquor business in New Britain and vicinity. The occupants of the two cars apparently sighted one anether at about the same time and the chase was on. with the alleged bootleggers having a head start by which they profited as they sped through New- {ington avenue from East street. As their sedan passed under the trolley tracks, i seemed to drop entirely |out of sight and the police could not (Continued on Page 17.) Borah to Speak Over WEAF From Charlotte New York, Oct. 17 (M—Political speakers on the radio tonight in- clude: Republican— Senator William E. Borah from Charlotte, N. C., over WJZ network at 7:30 p. m. John L. Lewis, president of the O’Connor, chairman of the United States shipping board, at $:30 p. m., over WOR and Columbia metwork. Democratic— Former Senator Thomas P. Gere of Oklahoma at 10:30 p. m., from Chicago over WGN, WEAF and Na- tional Broadcasting chain. District Attorney Joad N. Bantoa of New York ever WEAF and New York state network at ¢ p. m. (Time givea is castern.) United Mine Workers, and T. V. .