New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1928, Page 1

[mam] NEW BRITAIN HERALD WORAN'S DENIAL OF ‘SO PROVED TRUE Youth, Whom Police Insisted Was Hor Own, Admifs Frand 108 ANGELES IS EXCITED Boy Poeed As Long Lost fios to Get Trip 10, California, Ho Confeascs— Now Mother Plans to Suo For Balt Million Dollars. Les Angeles, Oct. 20 M—A cloud o¢ public indignation hovered over the Los Angeles police commission today, the outcome of its investiga- tion {nto the holding of Mrs. Chris- tine Collina in the city paychopathic ward for 10 days recently b'eelun she doubted the identity of a boy, ‘who police had insisted was her son. ‘While the mother prepared to prosecute & $508,300 damage suit against the city, a group of women, o grand jury, a city public welfare committpe and another band of cltisens garted efforts toward a pub- lUc airing of the case. Policeman Cleared A sudden turn of events traveled closs upen & decision of the com- mission clearing a police officer of lability in imprisoning Mrs. Collins in the ward, who is the mother of the missing Walter Collins named in murder indictments at Riverside, Cal., as one of the victims of torture and murder on the chicken ranch of Gordon Stewart Northcott, ‘Young Collins disappeared from his home here last spring. Subse- quently a boy was found at Dekatb, I, and returned here by police as the missing youth. For months he lived in the Collins home, though the mother repeatedly declared he ‘was not her son. Mother Denied Boy Finally Captain J. J. Jones of the police juvenile bureau had Mrs. Col- lins removed to the city psycho- pathie ward for mental observation because she refused to accept the youth as her son. . Police had de- manded that she keep the boy. Then the boy was identified as an impostor. He revealed himselt as Arthur Hutchens of Marion, Jowa, who led police to belleve he was the missing boy in order to get a trip to California. As the resulting investigution of the police commission, Jones was -freed of blame on the assertion that he eould nmot be censured when young Hutchens had completely de- celved friends and neighbors of the family, despite the mother's claims. Flles Suit Yesterday the motheg flled a half milllon dollar damage suit against Captain Jones, Chief of Police Davis, and the city, charging false incar- ceration. At the same time & grand jury was reported to have expressed dimsatisfaction with the commission’s inquiry. The Women's Political league in lefters to city councilmen demanded that direct action be taken to punish police officials res sponsible. In addition to these developments, the city public welfare committee determined to hold an open hearing into the case next Wednesday and a group of aroused citizens announced an unofficial mass meeting Sunday afternoon to register a public /pro- test, Retaliating to these sudden criti- elsms, three members of the com- mission appeared before Mayor George E. Cryer yesterday, denounc- ng public “clamor” over the case as an “outrage. STANFORD ACCIDENTS KILL ONE, HURT THREE Four -Separate Crashes Occur—Three Victims of Hit and Run Drivers Stanford, Oct. 20 UM—One wo- man is dead and two boys and a young man are in 8tamford hospital as the result of four separate accl- dents last night in which three hit- and-run drivers were involved. The dead woman is Miss May Parsons, 39, & domestic.and the hospital pa- Uents are Louis Deros, 5, in a seri- ous condition with a fractured skull; Louis Bobinski, 4, severe scalp wounds and Alonzo Jeans, 24, cuts and bruises. The woman was believed to have been struck by a pleasure car while crossing the postroad near Mellins Bridge and before the body could be removed a heavy truck passed over her, crushing the body. Two young men at the scene soon after reported that 2 “blond man in a sedan” yelled to them that a woman had been hit and “he was going to get an ambu- lance.” He fled down a side street and Wwas not scen thercafter. Jeans was found on Summer street in a gutter early today in a dazed condition. He said he was knocked down by an automobile, the driver speeding away. Police have no clues. ‘Deros was struck by an automo- bile driven by Leroy Davis, 26, while playing in the street near his home. Police are holding Davis without bond pending the outcome of the boy's condition. The Bobinski boy was struck by a machine driven by Dominic Russo, 20, who was re- leased under bonds of $300 charged with violation of the motor vehicle awe. Will Try to Send & Mars on Wednesday Leudon, Oct. 20 UP—The Daily Mail announced today that Dr. Mansfield Robinson, telepathist, ‘would make another attempt to communicate with Mars by radio Wedneaday. His message will be accepted by the : British post office radio service at 36 cents a word, but the service will not guarantee de. livery. The communication will be broadcast from the Rugby sta- tion om an 18,500 meter wave length and the 8aint Albans sta- tion will listen for a reply on a length of 30,000 meters. Two years ago incredulous operators at the Rugby station broadcast a message to Mars for Dr. Robinson, who claimed later that he had. reeeived a .reply from Gomarufu, a Martian wo- man. NAN HANGED TO TREE TAKEN TO TOWN FARM Hermit to Be Kept There Pending Trial of Assailants (Bpecial to the Herald) Bristol, Oct. 20—James Welsh, re- oluse woodchopper of Hancock, who was assaulted and left hanging in a tree in New Hartford last Tuesday by Louis Albertelli of 330 Park street and Victor Vanoni of Allentown was taken to the Plymouth town farm yesterday by two state policemen. He will remain at the farm until the two men are brought to trial in the Litchfield superior court, probably in November. % Welsh is still much upset as a re- sult of his experience end marks of the rope are still discarnible on hia neck. It is believed that before h2 was strung up, he was knocked un- conscious and marks on his face in- dicated that he had struggled with his captors. When Welsh regained consciousness he found himselt blindfolded and gagged and his hands boupd behind his back. The assault on Welsh occurred after efforts on the part of Albertelll and Vanoni to make him divulge the hiding place of $75,000, which they belleved he had hidden in the vicinity of his shack on the lonely road be- tween Hancock and Tolles, had talled. PRINCETON STUDENTS IN POLITICAL RIOTS Barred From Voting, They Dewcond on Nasaa and Rip Down Campaign Banners Princeton, N. J., Oct. 20 (UP)— Fifteen hundred Princeton Univer- sity students tore down Hoover and and 8mith banners, rocked a trolley car and bus playfully back and forth, and marched upon the jail by way of registering a political grievance. Firé trucks going to put out a smafl blaze in a dormitory started it all. Many students coming out of the movies foliowed the fire depart- ment. The fire was out before the trucks even got there, but the campus was crowded with students who felt they had been cheated out of some excitment. It was suggested by someone that, although Princeton astudents had been barred fro.n voting in the com- ing election, at least they could go and tear down the banners on Nas- sau street. Dean Gauss appeared and tried to vain to quiet the students. After the banners had been torn down and distributed in little pieces as souvenirs, the crowd blocked the Lincoln Highwav and rocked a New York to Philadelphia bus back and forth, giving the passengers a mo- ment of excitement. A trolley car recelved similar treatment,—but it was harder to sway. The undergrads descended on the jail,—but they met their Waterloo there. University proctors, gathered in a’grim line at the lockup, turned back the students. They all sighed and went home, HICKMAN NOT INSANE Autopsy Performed After Execution Falls to Show Any Signs of Com- stitutional Insanity. Ban Francisco, Oct. 20 (M—Uni- versity of California medical au- thorities, after performing a post mortem on the body of Willlam Ed- ward Hickman, announced that so far as they could determine, there was no constitutional evidence of insanity. Hickman was hanged for murder at BaA Quentin prison yesterday. The report of the examiners indi- cated there was nothing abnormal about the endocrine glands—the in- ternal organs of secretion which are held by scientists to contribute te- ward mental affliction. The brain was found to be unusually large. Sheriff Murdered as He Takes Food to Prisoner Starbuck, Wash,, Oct. 20 UP— Deputy Sheriff James Smith was shot and killed last night when he stepped into the cell of James 8mith, a prisoner, with a tray of food. The men had the same names. The prisoner Smith, who escaped, ‘was arrested yesterday on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. G. N. Moody, sheriff, said he was searched thoroughly and a gun taken from him before he was NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, .OCTOBER 20, 1928 —EIGHTEEN PAGES Gov. Smith Ends Western Invasion WALL ST, BAFRLED BY SUDDEN RISES Unable to Account lor Bull Market of Past Week ORDERS SWAMP OFFICES Petition 0 Have “Street” Closed Today to Catch Up With Records #s Refused By Board of Gover- RO New York, Oct. 20 (UP)—Fren- sied speculation on the stock ex- change this week with sales running close to five million shares and tick- ers lagging 40 minutes has brought about & situation somewhat similar to that existing in the late spring bull market when brokers were un-. able to keep up their books, Bensational Advances Prices advanced sensationally in a handful of stock during the week. Yesterday's trading brought out many new records and new highs were made on preceding. days in several issuea, Up to Friday night Adams Ex- preas now selling above $400 a share had appjreciated $75 a share for the week, International Nickel was up $35, Montgomery Ward §56, Radio $25 and Victor Talking Machine $16.25. Gains of more than four to nearly ten points were acored by General Motors, Wright Aero, War- ner Brothers Pictures, American Smelting, Woolworth and a long list of others. ‘Wall Street is at 'a loss to account for the rise. Fears were expreased in brokerage houses lest some out- standing plece of adverse news set off a selling movement which might break prices and cause liquidation which would demoralize the mar- ket. Brokers still are looking for high- cor prices, ascribing much of the re- cent rise to short covering. Business conditions, they point out, are favor- able, money is in fair supply and public confidence has become a strong bulwark for the bullish ele- ment, LEAVES SCENE OF CRASH, NEW BRITAIN MAN SOUGHT Girl Freshman at Bristol H. 8, Without Deiver's Léiconse, Out in Boulevard Collisha (Bpecial te the Nerald) Bristol, Oct. 20—8earch is heing made for Walter Allen of 405 Main street, New Britain, who is sald to have disappeared after an automo- bile collision on the Memorial boulevard last night invelving Syl- via Manross, a freshman at Bristol High achool. Both cars were bad- ly damaged and Allen, it is claimed, left the car which he had been driv- ing and vani¥led, Allen had borrowed an automo- bile belonging to his roommate, Lu- clen Gagne. Miss Manross was driving a car owned by W. Roe of Halg avenue. She did not have a driver's license. She was cut and bruised. CHICAGO HA» BOMBING Chicago, Oct. 20.—(M—Bombers tosscd a black powder missile onto a rear porch of the Crescent Arms hotel on Sheridan road last night. The explosion wrecked the rear of the building, injured one woman and threw several of the hotel's 100 guests from their beds. and Will Devote His Entire Time to Attempt to Win Votes in East In Final Chicago Address, He Rips Into Republican Record—Visits Tom Taggart in Indianapolis —Criticizes Senator Borah—Insists He Would Uphold Constitution Chicago, Oct. 20.—UP—Alfred E.| Smith has brought to a cloge his last campaign invasion west of tho| Alleghany mountains and after to- day will confine his drive for the presidency to the north Atlantic sea. board states, where his name first rose to prominence. From now until the ballots are counted in November, he will carry the democratic standard iInto a group of states which with but few ex- ceptions have been.regarded as cita- dels of republican strength in na. tional elections. The governor in his final speech on mid-west soil here last night rip- ped time after time into the re- publican record for the last seven and one halt years; he assalled Hubert Work, chairman of the pe- publican national committee, for ve- newing the 8alt Creek oil lease to ! the Sinclair interests while serving a3 secretary of interior, and urged a cheering audience to remember the republicans were promising a con- tinuation of conditions in status quo. Golng to 1 Today, the nominee's schedule | called for his departure from henl at 10 a. m. with & stop during the afternoon at Indianapolis for a pa-: rade and a visit to a hospital wharvl DAUGHTER GUILTY OF SELLING; MOTHER FREE Woman, 18, Youngest of Sex Ever Convicted in This City Mrs. Jennie Gondolfo, aged 18, of £6 Franklin street, pleaded gulity to the charge of violatidn of the liquor law was fined $150 and costs in po- lice court today by Judge M. D. Saxe, | on récommendation of Prosecuting Atteesey J. G. Woods, who nolled the ‘seme charge ageinst Mrs. Anna DBattaglia, aged 40, of the same ad- dress, Judge W. F. Mangan repre- sonted the women, Mrs. Battagiia being Mrs. Gondolfo's mother. Mrs, Gondolfo is belleved to be the young- est. woman ever convicted in this city on liquor law violation charges. Last evening, Sergeant P. J. O'Mara and Patrolmen J. M. Liebler and E. B. Kiely ralded the Battaglia store at 26 Frankiin street and found a small amount of alleged liquor, in addition to & number of empty bot- tles. An “agent” had purchased a bottle of alleged liquor in the store and was ready to testify that he had given the money to Mrs. Bat- taglia, while Mrs. Gondolfo handed Falr and colder tonight; | HNght frosts, Sunday fate. | | iny Tom Taggert, the democrtic chief in Indiana, is undergoing treatment. No stops were aranged in Ohio, and after the break at Indianapolis the candidate purposed to proceed direct to Albany, with the exception of & pause somewhere in western New York tomorrow morning to en- able him and his family to attend church. The governor opened his speech last night by quoting the republican platform as saying the “record of the present administration is a guarantee of what may be expected of the next.” “Why limit tne declaration to the present administration?” Smith ask- ed. “The republican party has been in power in this nation since the 4th of March, 1921, and I can read from that declaration only one thing, and that is a desire to get !away from the black, dark record of the administration preceding this one.” The audience broke into ap- plause at this juncture, some per- sons cheering and others tooting horns. The nominee asked what it was the republicans desired to get away immediately (Continued on Page 16) BORAH CHIDES RIVALS FOR STAND ON TARIFF Tells Kentuckians Smith and Robinson Both Have Opposed It Louisville, Ky., Oct. 20 (M—Hav- ing delivered five speeches in four southern states in support of Her- bert Hoover's presidential candidacy Senator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho today commenced a two day respite from the exertions of his campaign- 8- Resting in Loulsville, where he delivered an attack last night on Governor Bmith’s position on the teriff, before his scheduled depar- ture early in the afternoon for Memphis, Tenn., Borah was invited by friends to take an automobile ride and possibly indulge in his favorite recreation of horseback riding. The senator will reach Memphis late tonight. Tomorrow he plans to confer with a number of Tennessee republican leaders before leaving for Dallas, Tex., to deliver the sixth address of his trip. In his speech at the Jefferson county armory last night, Senator Borah took the democratic presi- dential nominee to task for advocat- ing the protective tariff policy. The (Continued on Page 16) DIES AT AGE OF 8t Nice. France, Oct 20 /—Captain John Frisbie, oldest retired member of the American consul service, died last night at the age of 91. He was born in Hillside, Michigan, and serv- him the bottle. i M \ | * *. THIS WEEKS AFFAIRS ed as consul in Brazil. SOUNDLY REBUKED Gels Stinging Censure From Hoover Campaign Headquarters INDECENT INSULT CHARGED Bilbo Sald to Have Alleged Hoover Had Danced With Negro Woman and Sharpest Rebuke of Campaign is Forthcoming Washington, Oct. 20 (P—Gov. Theodore G. Bilbo of Mississippi was the recipicnt today of a stinging message ¢ gpensure from Herbert Hoover's 4. \eral headquarters be- cause of a statement attributed to him that the republican presiden- tial nominee had danced with a Negro woman of Mississippi—a statement which was br-nded as “indecent’ 'and “unqualifi’ ~lse.” Gets Sharp Reb George Akerson, Mrf g sistant, took cognizance 4y, credited to the governor in é‘;._) one of the sharpest messages of the campaign. “You are quoted by the press in the south,” Akerson said, “as having stated in a public address that Her- bert Hoover on one of his flood re- lief trips got. off the train at Mound Bayou, Miss., and paid a call on a colored woman and later danced with her. “That statement is unqualifiedly false. There is not the slightest foundation for it. It is the most indecent and unworthy statement in the whole of a bitter campaign.” ‘Was With Hoover Asserting that he was with Hoov- er “every hour ot the four months while he was engaged in the flood,” the nominee's assistant declared that the then secretary of commerce *“‘gave all that was in himto ® ® g task necessitating experience and in- fluence which no other man in the United Btates possessed and for| which the gratitude of the state of Misslssippl was unanimously. ex- pressed by its legislature.” Akerson said Hoover was never in Mound Bayou except for a three minute stop of lis train there and that he never left the platform of the train, but received a memorial from the negro people of that vi- cinity “for the service he had ren- dered their race.” Had No Social Times He added that Hoover never took a4 moment from his responsibilities to attend a social gathering any- where during the flood period and expressed the opinion that if any person in Mississippl should be led to vote for or against Hoover “upon a representation of this kind it would forever be a most infamous blot on the record of the state of Mississippl.” This was the second time during the campaign that Akerson had tak- en cognizance of attacks levelled at the republican nominee. Hoover and his associates at general head- quarters have been silent under as- saults from ‘he camp of the oppon- ents on campaign issues and this silence has been broken only when matters were brought up which in their judgment had nothing to do with the campaign. The first statement issued by Ak- erson was after Senator Bruce, democrat, Maryland, had stated in a speech that Clarence Darrow, not- ed criminal lawyer, has said he had had a drink with Herbert Hoover. The nominee’s assistant raid Hoover had not taken a drink since he be- (Continued on Page 18) SOUTHINGTON w Gui OMAAATI!A& [ o ISN'Y THIS W FUL CAPTAIN A. CORNSWEET, 'BROWN BRINGS STRONG w,, IEAN TO TACKLE YALE W newspapers and telegraphed to le"" Weakened But 9 2P Backfield Is 1 ady for Fray New Haven Oct. 20 UP— Brown's football team with three veterans of the original “iron men” of 1926 fame, will stack up against the un- defeated Yale bulldog in the bowl this afternoon at 2:30 in the 34th meeting on the gridiron of these two universities. The Brown Bear comes Lere reputed to be as strong as the famous eleven turned out by Tuss McLaughry which was undefeated two yeurs ago. Injuries will still hamper the Elis in their play, two regulars not be- ing expected to get into the clash. They are Oldt, end, and Kell, guard, out with shoulder injuries. However, the first string backfield will be in. tact with Johnny Hoben running the plays at quarter and Decker, Garvey and Hubbard carrying out Lis assignments. An overhead game is expected to play an important part in the visi- tors reportoire of attack backed up by a formidable line. The last time Brown triumphed over the Elis they came here the underdog, won 7 to 0, and went on to have the strongest team in the east, in 1926. Daber left guard, Keverkian, guard and H.‘Cornsweet, right end, were members of that team and to- day return here confident that their chances of repeating appear bright. The lineup: Yale Walker .... left guar Charlesworth McDonough Hall ........ right guard Eddy (C) .. right tackle ... H. Cornsweet + Keverkian ++o. Gillles McEwen .. Hoben right halfback A. Cornsweet (C.) fullback Officials: Referee, W. T. Halloran, Providence; umpire, J. K. Desmond, Harvard; head linesman A. C. Tyler, Princeton; field judge, J. L. Keegan, Springfield. STORM LASHES ENGLAND High Winds, Reaching 100 Miles an Do Damage Along Coast and in Ireland. London, Oct. 20 M—A furious gale with the wind velocity between 40 and 60 miles an hour and gusts reaching 100 miles an hour roared | over southern and western England a.d Ireland during the night. Con- siderable damage was dore in s tered localities. The storm also was heavy over western Scotland and was still rag- ing this morning, the wind at times reaching a velocity of 70 miles and causing much property damage. Shipping movements were imped- ed and the liner Transylvania with 900 passengers aboard for New York was unable to leav last night and was still held up this morning. Stamford Woman Killed By Hit and Run Autoist Stamford, Oct. 20.—(P—Miss May | Parsons, 61, emploved as a domestic | here, was killed by a hit and run {driver on Noroton hill tonight and her body run over by a second car, which also sped away. Residents of this section reported to the police that a body of a woman was lying on the road and upon investigation the woman was found dead. No de- tails of the accident could be ascer- tained because there were no eye- witnesses to the tragedy. From lacer- ations on her body it was decided that one car hit the woman and a second car passcd over the body. Police are investigating. Nobile’s Base Ship Is Back in Its Home Port Spezia, Italy, Oct. 20.—(UP»—The Citta Di Milano, base ship of General Umberto Nobile's ilifated airship ex- pedition to the North Pole, arrived | today from Kings Bay. Spitsbergen. The authorities and a crowd warmly greeted the vessel, which stayed at Kings Bay until search was given up for the six men who drifted off in Hour, the balloon part of the Italia after its crash last May. Wok Eadng’ Oct, 13th ... NOWISALLFIXED Both Candidates Have Thor- oughly Aired Views BATTLE OF BALLOTS NEXT mmlpmuw’n Weekly Review Shows Both Omn- didates Being Loudly Acciaimed ‘Wherever They Spesk (By Byron Price, Associated Press Staff Writer) Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 20. UP—The bill of particulars of the presidential campaign as regards both men and measures, is beginning to assume definite character after much feve eriah revision. Both of the nominees have shown themselves, in East, West and Souh, and the farthest precinct has had repeated opportunity to judge of them by radio. Both have spoken on prohibition, farm relief, the tariff, water power, and many other as- pects of the party platform. Gover- nor Smith's religion has been dis- cussed openly, and reports that Mr, Hoover once sought to become a British subject have been publicly denied. The rescrves have gone into actlon on the stump, and the busy printing presses of rival party head- quarters have about completed their’ :el-vy grist of pamphlets and hand ills Surprises Are Expected Of course some surprises may re- main for the final two weeks, for such a campaign as this would not be expected to end in an anti-cli- max. It even has been hinted on high authority that the last days Defore election will be the moat ex- citing. But certaiuly the bulk of evidence promised in the opening statements of the litigants now is before the court. Issucs of Past Week The past week has seen the prin- cipals in the contest giving increased attention to issues related to the public and private pocketbook. Mr. Hoover journeyed into indus- trial Massachusetts for a series 'of speeches on the tariff, foreign trade and shipping, and after his return to Washington he talked to a dele- gution of exporters about coopera- tion between government and busi- ness. Governor Smith, on tour through the border states and the midwest chose the tarift and gov- ernmental economy as the burdea of his specches. Meanwhile Chairman Work ef the Republican campaign was declaring that prosperity was the one big ls- sue, and Secretary Mellon, aroused (Continued on Page 18) NENORIAL BRIDGE TO CORP. JAMES GRESHAN Kentucky Honors Memory of First U. S. Soldier Killed in War Calhoun, Ky., Oct. 20. UP—Ken- tucky paused today to honor the first American soldier killed in action im France, James Bethel Gresham, in whose memory the handsome new memorial bridge spanning the Greea river in McLean county was ready for dedication this afternoon. Hundreds of former comrades in arms and friends were augmented by many leading citizens of the county and state to participate in the ceremonies. Corporal Gresham was born in McLean county, August 23, 1893, where he lived until the turbulent days of 1917. His company was among the first to reach France and the Kentuckian gave his life to his country on the morning of Novem- ber 3, 1917, in an engagement which claimed many of his com- pany. KILLED ON DAY HE WAS 10 HAYE BEEN MARRIED Sailor From Naval Base Meets Death This Morning in Motor- cycle Accident Munson, Mass. Oct. 20 P—Ernest Melvo Bartow, a seaman at the United States naval base at New London, Conn., who was to have been married today to Miss Mary Elizabeth Boulanger at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L Spear in Ware, died this morning in Wing Memorial hospital as the result of his motorcycle colliding with a mo- tor truck in Munson last night. Guests from Springfield, Holyoke, Providence, Southbridge, Oxford and Webster already were here for the ceremony. The truck which figured in the accident was being driven by Martin Furgal of Munson, who says Bartow, at ferrific speed, came around a curve on Stafford street and he had no time to pull any fur- ther to the right. Bartow was hurl- ed 30 feet distant and some parts of his machine were 40 feet away. FATAL ACCIDENT Toledo, O., Oct. 20.—UP—Twe giris and 8 boy were killed whem |their light roadster struck an abwt- ment and plunged into & shallow creek near here last night. The dead: Louis Hinkleman, 15; Thelma Henry, 14; and Earl Bryant, 15. Grady Hawkins, 16; the driver of the car was ealy siightly injureds