New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1928, Page 18

SINARTTNS Pecorm Acts of Charity With- out Baatng Bass Dram When the air is filled with the stench that rises from messy dis- closures of malfeasance and mis- feasance, graft and other forms of dishonesty, on the part of men in authority and those in the ranks of police departments in various parts of the country, such as has been re- vealed in the investigation in Phila- delphia, there is a reflection cast on the minions of the law everywhere, according to common belief. It is then that testimonials and compli- ments tending to disprove the theory and suspicion that all “coppers” are | b susceptible to improper overtures seem to count more heavily than at | other timea, Many New Britain men and wo- men could testify to acts of kind-| ness performed by local policemen. | Some, indeed, are never happler than when they are able to relate opportunities for the public to dis- 'WHITE AGAIN agreo with the representatives of law and-order, because of the many angies to the duty and the antago- nistic feeling on the part of many residents towards the Jaw itself and the enforcement officers. Frequent- ly; in the local court, it has been necessary for policemen to rely on comparatively small bits of evidence in the way of alcoholic beverages to obtain convictions, and the re- sult has been that the cry of perse- cution has been raised. “They might have overlooked it; there was only a spoonful,” expresses the attitude of one clage of critics, but on the other hanw, ¢he police may have been swamwed with complaints against the articular place wnd would have been better satisfied had they been able to confiscate bar- rels or dozens of barrels of evi- dence, thereby making their task of proving their charges all the less { difficult. If is a fact, according to the po- lice, that prosezution of certain vio- | lators of the liquor law in this city been made in a number of in- ances only after ample warning was given. There are storekeepers who are actually conducting profit- able trade in liquor for a while, yet they discontinued it at once on be- !ing warned by the police not to run | further risk of arrest, yet, on the ATAL ONLIQUOR Says His Yoio Almaps Was Given to Tammany Independence, Kas., Oct. 20 UP-— Renewing his charges that Governor Alfred E. 8mith was subservient to Tammany Hall while a member of the New York legislature, Willlam Allen White, Kansas author and edi- tor, took the stump here last night and declared the explanations given by Smith of his votes on saloon leg- | islation were “all specious, and all twisted with the Tammany view- point.” “In his defense of his record more than in the record itself,” White as- serted, “Governor Smith today by, his shifting, undemocratic explana- tion cf that record reveals himselt the perfect flower of Tammany who ; coes not dare, because he cannot, ppeal to the American conscience.' “Young Al Smith always gave his vote on the liquor question to Tam-{ Instances in which nothing but the | other hand, the records of the de- many,” White declared. “If Tam-| will to be charitable on the part of | Partment and the court contain en- |many has a good saloon record then | wearers of the brass buttons stood | IV after entry of second, third and youug Al Smith should have been a Dritaln people how the center of the city looked about 1880. A foun- between them and downright need. | Many boys and girls have policemen | to thank for their transfer from | situations of great embarrassment to temporary comfort at least, and the friendships *®at have sprung upl from such foundations are known | to be among the warmest and most | highly valued of all possessed by the principals, Boy Gets New Suit Neot many months ago, a boy of approximately 12 years of age fell into the clutches of a policeman; that is, he was caught and “pulled in" after a chase. He had done nothing serious, but he was not on the right road as roads are judged | by the law, and the police wanted him and got him. During an examination at headquarters for the purpose of determining the ex- tent of his misbehavior, it became known that the lad was without a stitch of clothing other than the | scanty bit he was wearing. His | feet were almost out through his shoes, his stockings were unfit for | further use and great blisters at-| tested to the suffering he was ex-| perimenting with every step. A} blouse and a pair of trousers, both | dirty and torn, completed hln; outfit. i The policeman who had him in! charge was not obliged to do any- | thing for the lad beyond learning all he could from him regarding his | unlawful activities. Brought to the attention of certain organiza- | tions, the circumstances in which the Iad found himself would prob- |at Pablo Beach, Fla, on lebruary | ably have been speedily corrected, | but the policeman did not wait for anyone else to act; he did what his| heart directed him to do, and within i a short time the youngster was| dremed in a better outfit than he | had ever hoped to possess, the transtormation had been preceded by & warm bath at police headquar- | ters, and in the vernacular of his sang, he was “all jake'. Spends $25 on Truant | Caught for truancy, a youngster who did not appear to be bad but; who was plainly in need of cor-| rection, made his way through the gruft exterior of a number of po- licemen who came to know him| through his misdemeanors and he| found in them the most practical | exemplification of the principles of brotherhood he had ever hoped to discover, Upwards of $25 was ex-| pended by one officer to clothe the lad when it became apparent that, lack of adequate wearing apparel | was the principal reason for his de- linquency at school. In addition, words of advice which, if needed, could not be matched in value by many times more than the cost of the clothing, were given him, but all was in vain from the standpoint | of material results, for it was only a short time later that he went, down the path that leads to the re-| formatory, | Friends of “Down and Outers” The cost of the meals, the cups| of coffee and the cigarettes given by | policemen to “down-and-outers” | would make & surprising total. Whether it is because fellows who lack the boldness or have too much .pride to do what is commonly known as panhandling, regard the dunning of a policeman as a proper | act, mot to be confused with beg-| ging, or whether they naturally lean towards the bluccoats when they feel their grip on the necessities of | life slipping away, at any rate a| number of their kind have develop- ed & high sense of confidence in| their. ability to get what they want, | within reason, from the man on the beat or the detective passing by, and more frequently than not, they succeed. Many meals of strength- giving quality have been handed to| prisoners in their ecells, and the | money that paid for the menu was earned by making arrests of law | violators. | Policemen, by the very nature of | thelr work, are considered excellent judges of human nature, and in! dealing with boys and men whose | circumstances call for special con- | sideration, some insight is obtained into character which might never be possible in any other field of en- deavor. It is know that policemen have befriended strangers who have shown their gratitude in many ways, while other officers ha known the disappointment that never more bitter than when it re-| sults from the discoverey that a confidence was misplaced. One off cer in particular, in the local de-| partment, befriended a man to the| extent of giving him $5 for his car- fare and immediate needs, asking him to pay th> debt when he was able to do 0. That was some years | ago, and the officer has realized “or | a long time that he and his kind- | ness were erased from the meinory of the stranger sooner than he thought would be possible. While | the “touch” was being made, the stranger was all promises. He would never forget the kindness, and the first obiigation he would | attend to on arriving at his destina- tion would be this one, he &aid, but | the policeman has - long since | charged off the $5 to “experiences” | Cry of Persecution Ralsed Aecording to veteran policemen, the liquor law enforcement work bas opened the way to numerous | was at an altitude of 200 feet. {on a ferry. 2 |with death was in fourth offenses by the same per- sons and in the same places. . HAD RECORD FOR BROKEN BONES Hamilton, Pioneer Aviator, In- jured Often in Brief Career Although it is 15 years since New ritain's ploneer airman, Charles K. Hamilton, risked his life to further tion, there probably never has been an aviator who had as many accidents in the alr or who brolc as many bones. A pecular sidelight is that after all his hair-raising ex- periences he died a natural death in bed. Hamilton had been flying only a few years when he suffered the tol lowing injuries at various tim: Head cut, right eye cut open, collar Lone broken four times, right shoulder broken, two right ribs broken, right leg dislocated twice, right ankle broken twice, right knee cap broken, left leg dislocated, left ankle broken twice, and skull frac- tured. All these accidents occurred be- fore February, 1913, when he had one of the greatest falls of his careor 19, 1913, He had been making exhibition flights at the beach but was especial- ly anxious to establish a new world's endurance record with a Cadillac engine. He started from the xround land to all appearances haa his plane under perfect control when specta- tors saw the nose of the machine dive suddenly earthward when he on the way down the machine turned a complete somersault and when it struck the ground it was smashed into a thousand pleces, the news- | paper accounts of the ‘mishap statcd. Hamilton who was the “Lucky Lindy” of his day escaped from the wreckage and fell clear of the ma- chine. At the time it was not known whether he was thrown from his scat or jumped when he realized he had met his master in the piunging airship, but later it was learned that he jumped, & mervy chznce to take, but Charley did not lack nerve. His unconsclous form was taken in an automobile to South Jackson- ville and from there to Jacksonvill2, The last lap of the race an automobile which waited for him when the ferry entered its slip. He was still sense- less when he was carried into the hospital. When physicians examined his skull they were surpriscd to find two silver plates, where picces of his skull had been removed in former {accidents. “An examination later revealed the fact that he suffered a brolen rib, but outside of that he was unir- ‘ured, The hospital authoritics pt 2 trap about his ribs, but on the train Nome he removed the and went about withont it until he recovered. Lepers in Nicaragua PET™ Receive Little Care Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. 20. [ —Managua, the capital of Nicara- cua, has a leper colony located only a mile from the center of the town. Here the ten inmates—three wo- men and seven men—live in three small wooden shac shut off from any view of the outside world by a nse undergrowth. Although the colony is only a few hundred yards from the main highway leading into the hills, its seclusion is com- plete on account of the heavy jun- gle. The lepers receive NO ROVEr. - ment aid, but are supported en- tirely by charity through the ef- forts of Don Juan de Dios Matus. an assistant in the department of communications, who several ycars ago bec interested in these people and persuaded those in the vicinity of Managua to live togeth- er on the gmali tract of land, ob- tained from the city. For Sale Two Family House On Prospect St. (Near Walnut St.) Price Reasonable COX &DUNN 272 MAIN ST. DENTIST Dr. A. B. Johnson, D.D.S. Dr. T. R. Johnson. D.D.S. X-RAY, GAS and OXYGEN NAL BANK BLDG. rap | Methodist bishop." White in a statement issued in' 'mx, NEW The above photo, loaned to the Herald by J. B, Minor, shows New ment is now located. | tain stood in Central Park at about the apot where the Civil War monu- It was the practice, for several winters, to play |New York some weeks ago detailed the spray and allow it to freeze, making a decorative berg of the foun- [Sm!!h'l votes as an assemblyman on |various bills affecting saloons and ldrew a heated reply from the New York executive, Charges by White at that time that Smith's votes in the legislature had been cast for the i protection of prostitution and gamb- ling later were withdrawn by the | editor. Tammany Is Real Issue In his address at a rally under the auspices of the republican state cen- |tral committee, White declared that the “Tammany oligarchy” was the real issue of the presidential cam- ipaign and he said the democratic presidential nominee typified the “Tammany mind.” | “In contrast, White sald, “Herbert Hoover, idealist, humanitarian, a farm boy consecrated to public serv- ice, has the American mind and the American background.” “Governor Smith's long unbroken record as a member of the legis! |ture voting with Tammany on the question or liquor was published scveral weeks ago,” White said. “That roll call was read to prove onc¢ thing, that in the New York assem- i bly young Al 8mith put his vote on "the saloon and its interests in Escrow ,with Charles Murphy, the boss of Tammany hall. “These Tammany votes which he does not deny show him lining up with Tammany on every question af- fecting the saloon and its associates. The roll call shows him voting to al- low saloons to operate near schools tand churches. Cites Hughes' Stand “In vetoing a bill to allow saloons near schoolhouses, Governor Charles Evans Hughes revealed the Ameri- can mind in sharp contrast to the mind with the Tammany taint. Gov- ernor Hughes evidently felt that the American public schools have rights which Tammany and the liquor in- terests are bound to respect. But Tammany has no use for the public schools. It has debauched them time and again for its own grafting ends. “Governor Smith was confronted with his vote on bills which would make conviction easier for violators of the old saloon law. He justified that vote by saying that a majority of the assemblymen voted against it, not explaining that to make that majority he was voted with a sold Tammany block along with & few re- publicans—a branded Tiger cub in a cage. “He does not in any of the lang roll call lists discuss the moral im- plications of the bills. Never once does he explain his vote for the sa- loon upon the ground of reason or concience, “When it was proved that he voted to keep the saloons open after midnight in small towns, his defense was peculiarly a Tammany defense. Yet it was not made twenty years ago, but less than sixty days ago when he declared in voting to open saloons after night, he was repre - senting his constituents. He lived in a part of New York city, then mag- got-eaten with saloons, and because the liquor interests = wanted more profits from the laboring men, Gov- ernor Smith, not twenty years ago Lut now, declares that his vote was a good one. A long list of explan- ations like this make up his defense of that Tammany record.” No Moral Turpitude White said the discussion of Smith's legislative record was ‘*rot to pretend that any moral turpitude Iurked in these votes,” but to prove “how Tammany contaminates the Genuine “Qld Company’s Lehigh Coal” THE SHURBERG COAL CO. Phone 2250 Stove Repairs Complete line of stove repaii parts carried in stock. NEW BRITAIN STOVE REPAIR CO. 66 Lafayette St. Tel. 772 The Oyster Season Has Returned The Headquarters, For the Best HONISS’S I 23 State St Hartford, Conn. ' (Under Grant's Store) ; ing westward across the park. ! tain, The photo was taken from a point near the Center church, look- The house on the left was that of Henry North and the one at the right, standing on the corner of Main and West minds and hearts of those who serve her.” “It is mo attack upon Governor Smith, no imputation of his honesty as & man or a statesman, to pre- sume that he would stand in the White House as he stood in Albany.” To national prohibition, White said, “Tammany and all the little Tammanies of the land pay the tri- bute of a horse laugh.” Acknowledging “that in our north ern cities there is republican cor- ruption and plc ty of it White said “republicans are not angels but they have not yet exalted corruption into the holy order of & million tips. “They have set up no. Tammanies, No republican presidential candidat kowtows to Bill Thompson and his Chicago machine or bows in rever- ence before a Sinclair filling station as evidence of his faith in Sinclair's vice-regency in republican politics. POLITIGAL STAGE NOW I ALL FXED (Continued from First Page) at the democratic nominee's gibes at the Coolidge fiscal policies, de- fended them at length. Although many of the lesser lights of the campaign have been talking in this vein” from the beginning, the coun- try has heard more about econom- ics and economy from outstanding figures on the campaign in this one week than in all of the preceding weeks of the campaign put together, 9 " Again Heard A charge of “whispering” again has been heard in the political news but this time the charge is made by the republicans. Ib a statement de- nying that. Mr. Hoover ever had sought British citizenship or ‘ever had voted or attempted to vote in England, Chairman Work declared the republican nominee had hbcen the target for “one‘of the most un- just whispering campaigns in the history of presidential contests.” ‘The party chairman said Hoover's name had been listed on an English voters' roll without his knowledge years ago, when he was lessor of a house near London. The state de- partment also announced there never had been a question of Hoov- er's American citizenship, Both Loudly Acclaimed Both 8mith and oHover continue to be surrounded by applauding thousands during their travel al- though each has passed during the present week through territory which figures promineatly in the election hopes of his rival. Hoover made the principal -speech of his eastern trip to a mommoth, cheer- ing crowd at Boston, counted on by the 8mith managers to prove a Smith stronghold on election day. Smith was greeted with noisy ae- claim in Illinois listed by the Re- publicans as safe for Hoover, Likewise the vice presidential nominees. While Senator Curtis was receiving an ovation in Virginia, Senator Robinson was returning Y. M. C. A. MEMBERSHIP at Reduced Rates During the Month of October Men $10 — Boys $5 for a full year JOIN NOW . MOORLAND FARM Golden Guernsey Milk The Best Milk Sold in the City y Absolutely Safe Raw Milk, Containing All the Vitamines Costs More C. R. Weidman, Supt. ! | Main streets, belonged to Mrs, O. C. Stanley, from the republican far west, with expressions of surprise at the cor- diality of his reception. If any fturther evidence were needed to demonstrate. the unusual popular interest in this campaign. the present week has supplied it. Plass Trip Next Week Into Mexican Territory - * Mexico City, Oct. 20.—M—Col. Charies A. Lindbergh will come south of the Rio Grande next week to hunt bears in the border state of Coahuila. The trip has been .planned as a complete rest for the airman and Colonel Alexander J. MacNab, mili- tary attache at the United States embassy, who organized the party, hopes that Lindbergh will be able to stay four or five weeks. If he does the party will go also to the Bierra Madre mountains in the state of Chihuahua to search for cliff dwell- ings. Colonel Lindbergh is expected to jarrive Wedneaday at La Babia, ranch of Hal Mangum, an American, where ambassador Morrow recently was & guest. It is thought that he will travel by airplane as far as the bor- der and make the rest of the trip by automobile to La Babia, which {» 100 miles south of the boundary. The party will rough it camping in’ the open. There are many stories about cliff dwellings in the Slerra Madre mountains and it 4s one of | Colonel MacNab's greatest desires to find them he hopes to persuade Colonel Lindbergh to go with him Neither has the week's news bud- get lacked the 1028 touch of dis- couragement for each party in ter- ritory where it might normally ex- pect to be secure. . Benator, Simmons of North. Caro- lina, long & powerful democratic leader, dispelled any lingering doubt | as to the extent of his antagonicm to his party's nominee by giving' public support to the campaign of the anti-8mith democrats. 8enator | Blaine of. Wisconsin, & , LaFollette republican did’ all he could to ce- ' ment a union of the Wisconsin “Progreasives” with the democrats by coming out flatly for Smith. { ‘The alignment of outstanding par- ty leaders now is about as complete as it shows prospects of ever being before election day, although si- lence ‘continues in some notable quarters, such as the California ranch of Willlam G. McAdoo, and the Hiinois farm of Frank O. Low- den, Buddhists Balk Move To Abolish Temples Peking, Oct. 20, (UP—Buddhists' have determined not to abandon their ancient temples without a struggle. Reports that the Kuomingtang of- ficlals of the Peking district have | decided to confiscate all Buddhist | temples caused the Peking Budhist Assoclation to adiress an appeal to ; the Nanking government, | The point is made that freedom of religion is one of the items of the nationalist party, set forth by the executive council. The Buddhists called attention to various welfare enterprises supported by them. i Worth More tations. Another member of the party will be Judge Leon Arnilsen, president of the municipal council of Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, who has been Colonel MacNab's guest in Mexico City. MISS, GOVERNOR 5 SOUNDLY REBUKED (Continued from First Page) came a constitutional officer of the United States government and sub- sequently Darrow denied that he had said he had drunk with Hoover. Hoover Keeps Clear Hoover, himself, is keeping clear of these matters as he is determin- ed not to engage in controversies. He also has r.frained from any statements regarding “whispers” said to have been circulated about ‘him as he does not feel he should dignity them with formal notice. However, wiffn a statement was sent out on the official stationery of the republican national committee urging women of Virginia to save the country from being “Romanixz- ed” he quickly repudiated such campaign tactica, The nominee had a fairly busy program today at his headquarters with conferences with party leaders and visiting groups. He had con- clpdel work on the speech which he Paris, Oct. 20 (UP)—That the distance between England France has increased five meters during the last 300 years is one of the possible .deductions - from new longitude reckonings made public by the’ Paris observatory. 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