New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1928, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 180 STIFF PUNISHMENT |W. B. Montague Dies In His Garage |JAPANESE BEGIN " FOR ERRING POLICE Dismissal lor One, Long Suspes- When Ov Sought by Wife ercome by 'NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1928 —TWENTY PAGES Exhaust Fumes; Who Finds Corpse sion for Five Others Resident of Hawley Street Allowed Automobile Motor to Run While Doors Are Closed, Building Filling * With Deadly Carbon Monoxide Gas— Lived Here for Many Years. THREE DRINK ON POSTS Supcrnumeriry Of Duty in Gam- bling Game With Another in Uni- form as Spectator—Ofiicer at Polls Didn’t Recogniac Mayor Paoncssa. One supernumerary officer was dis- mjssed from the department, another was suspended for four months, an- other for 60 days, another for six months, and two regular oficers were suspended for six months each by the board of police commissioners at & meeting last night. Superaumerary Officer Franklin E. Dawley, who was heard recently by the discipline committee for alleged infraction of the rules of the depart- ment, was found to be without pro- per qualifications for police work, the board decided. Incidents coming to the attention of the commission- ers indicated that he would not be an asset to the department, in their opinion, and as he had not completed his probationary period as a super- Jnumerary the board felt it wise to drop him without further ado. Dawley was appointed April 10, 1928. Lesevicus and Zocco Suspended Supernumerary Officer Charles , Lesevicus was suspended for 60 days, dating from October 26, for conduct unbecoming an oflicer. He was in & pool room on Stanley street the night in question, playing cards for money, , according to his admission to his superiors, and William Doherty, former policeman, telephoned to the police station about the game, with . the result that Sergeants McAvay and Stadler were detailed by Lieutenant Bamforth and returned with the officer. They also brought i Supernumerary Officer ‘Thom: Zocco, who was in uniform on duty on the beat and was found in the pool room watching the game. He was found guilty of neglect of duty 4ind was suspended for four months from October 26. Lesevicus was not on duty at the time he was in the card game. ‘Three Drinking on Duty Officers Willlam McMurray and Erncst P. Bloomquist and Supernu- merary Officer Joseph Curry were charged with drinking while on duty and pleaded guilty, They had been before the diselpline committee and an investigation had been made into thelr stories, with the result that | the committce recommended to Chief Hart that they be suspended, at the committee meeting held prior to the board meeting. The trio waiv- ed their right of notice to a public hearing and were brought before the (Continucd on Page 9) NRS. WHITE ON BOARD OF WOMEN'S LEAGUE >New- Britain Resident Named at New Lon- don Convention New London, Nov. 14 (®—Spcak- ing today beforc the Connecticut League of Women Voters of which she s vice president, Mrs. Herbert Knox Smith urged thc members to study the objects of the league and work for government recognition of those objects. She said 1n part, “the main cmphasis of good government has been to protect its citizens against attacks from without, to preserve order within, and to make possible material development. The question now i s a government good in 1928, that belicves it has provided for the common defense when it has an adequate army and navy and stands by the princigje that it will protect its citizens in foreign countries or should a good government in 1928 be thinking and planning constructively for peace? Should it be trying to get at the cause of war and using ruch ma- chinery as there is to worlk for the peaceful solution of problems? “This is one of the most import- ant questions beofre the country today. “You belong to an organization that not only is alive to this ques- tion, but gives you practical ways of studying it and working for it. #The -league can give you all the necessary facts—but it is you, the individual, in the local league who alone can be effective by bringing these questions u» to the senators and representatives Dboth national and state. We will never get any- thing unless our representatives know what we want. “Qur object is onc of the most important in a democratic govern- ment where a constant fight must be waged to *keep us from bejng ruled by the ignorant. Tt is no use to have an object, ande no usc to have material to accomplish it un- less there are human beings who have the will to study and the will to act. What I want to seec come out of the discussions in this convention is a complete understanding of what the league is, what it has to offer. and how it can «se its resources to the maximum. Mrs. Knox is director of the first region of the national league as well as an officer of the state group. Following Mrs. Knox's address and the presentation of the execu- tive program, nonrinations were in order and Miss Mary Bulkley of Hartford, president of the Connecti- (Continued on Page 20) [ament: Carbon monoxide gas poisoning today killed Willlam Bidwell Mon- tague, 62 years old, of ¢¢ Hawley street, when he allowed his automo- bile motor to rus with the garage doors closed. This was the cause of death given by Dr. John Purney, deputy medical examiner, who found that circumstances pointed to the fact that death came accidentally. Mr. Montague was a printer put he had not been working for the past month. He left his home this morning, without the knowledge of his wife, and was dressed completely which indicated that he intended to make & trip with his car. Although Mr. Montague %knew age closed the carbon monoxide gas would cause death, they were ap- parently closed for a considerable length of time. His wife looked for him in his bed but when she found he was not there she looked in several r'aces QUIGLEY TO HEAD Ex-Mayor Appointed to Ofice by Opponent in 1982 BREAKS OLD PRECEDENT Belicved to Be First Instance of Former Executive Returning to Public Life In Appointive Office— Mautner Succeeds Cox. George A. Quigley, three times mayor of the city, today returned to municipal service as chi an of the £ity plan commission, beiag selected GEORGE A. QUIGLEY for this post by Mayor A. M. Pao- nessa, who first became the, city's chiel executive by virtue of & vie- tory over Quigley in 1922, As far as available records show, former Mayor Quigley is the first to have occupied the office of mayor, who has returned to public service as an appointee of a successor. He has served on several committees of the city government, including char- ter revision, zoning, war memorial and school surveys. Although he has been in public officc almost contin- uously for the past quarter of a century, this is the first time for- mer Mayor Quigley has been an ap- pointive official, his previous service having been as & councilman and an alderman for many years, and mayor for six years. Sccking the republican party's (Continued on Page 5) OR. BLOGOSLOWSKI CANNOT SERVE CITY Withdraws as Candidate for Vacancy on School Committee Dr. Walter J. Blogoslowski has asked the democratic inembers of the common council to sclect another candidate tor the school committee in his stead. explaining that his pro- fessional duties will not permit him to enter into school board service at this time. ' Intimating that he may be a candidate next April, the doctor esplaing that the passing of months may change conditions. He has forwarded to Alderman Irank Zapatka, the following state- “l want my friends in the common council who have offered me appointment as a member of the achool committee to know that 1 am appreciative of the offer. “While I would like very much to bccome a member of the board, and believe I would enjoy having a part in this important branch of the city government, I feel my professional duties will not permit me to accept at this time. With the passing of months it may be that conditions will be such that I can devote the time to school committee service, and it such is the case, I should be Pleased tiftn to accept.” that by leaving the doors of his gar- | (Y PLAN BOARD in the house and yard. Finally she went to the garage and found him lying on the floor where he appar- ently had fallen from the automo- bile and .struck on 'his head. After Dr. Purney had viewed the remains he gave B. C. Porter Sons permission to take the body. Mr. Montague was born in Brook- lyn and after spending a short time in that place, moved to Boston where he spent his younger days. His father was a printer and the son soon adopted the trade. The older Montague invented the Acme Print- ing press and his son had consider- able experience with the machine. He came to New Britain when he was about 20 years of age and was employed in Adkins Printing Co. | For 15 years he worked for the Her- |ald Publishing Co. under the late Robert J. Vance. At times he worked for the Sessions Clock Co. of (Continued on Page §) Joyriders Suspected Of Many Auto Thefts Joseph Sinskie of 132 Farm- ington avenue reported to the police at 6:40 o'clock last night that his automobile was stolen in front of 68 Concord street, and a short time later the Bristol police recovered it. At 8:30 o'clock Officer George Collins recovered an automobile in front of the Russell & Erwin office building on Washington street, near La- fayette street, the car having been stolen in Bristol. The police theory is that cars taken from the streets of Plain- ville, Southington, Bristol and New Britain practically every night for the past few weeks arc “borrowed” by®joy-riders who go back and forth in this manner. It is significant, the police point out, that the cars are left on streets where they are readily recovered and almost always they are missing only an hour or so. PAGNESSA TO DEMAND GITY ACCOUNTS AUBIT Will Renew Agitation at Finance Board Meeting An ecffort to devise means by which sewer operations may be con- tinued will be made Monday night when the board of finance and taxa- tion meets at the officc of Mayor Paonessa to considcr, among other schemes, a proposal that money be borrowed in anticipation of collec- tions on unpaid assessments. ‘The meeting will probably be en- livened by Mayor Paonessa’s rec- ommendation that an auditor be appointed to conduct an inquiry into city accounts. The mayor made a similar proposal several months ago and it met flat refusal at the hands of the board of finance. The mayor has since justified his criticism of accounting as it is carried on in city hall by rooting out nearly $100,- 000 in unpaid assessments against properties for abuting improve- ments, which bills are to go before the common council next Wednesday night with a recommendation for immediate collection. Although the mayor did' not dis- close his specific complaint when he asked for permission to appoint an auditor, he was emphatic in his de- claration that records are far from what they should be and that the city should be getting more revenue (Continued on Page 5) GREENFIELD REFORMER IS SOLD BY HAIGIS State Treasurer of Massachusetts Retires Due to Pressure of Other Business. Greenfield, Mass, Nov. 14 P — The salc of the Greenfield Recorder, established as a weekly newspaper in 1900 and published as a daily paper since 1920, was announced today by John W. Haigis, its pub- lisher. The new owners, who will take possession on December 1, arc the following group of New Eng- land newspapermen: Howard C. Rice, publisher of the Brattleboro, Vt., Reformer; Hazen E. Stockwell, associated with the Reformer; Ephraim H. Crane. principal owner of the Vermont Printing company of Brattleboro; Paul Balknap, who is associated with his father, Willis W. Balknap, in the ownership of the Bellows Falls Times and other Vermont newspapers, and Henry H. Conland. who owns a large interest in the Hartford, Conn., Courant. Mr. Belknap will become lisher of the Recorder and will pub- make his home in Greenfield. Mr. Haigis leaving the publishing field because of the pressure of other interests. He is president of the Franklin County Trust com- pany of Greeffield and last week was elected state treasurer of Mas- sachusetta DALJO-SAT TODAY “Great Thanksgiving” Starts at Dask in Kyoto SOLEMN, AWFUL RITES Emperor, 124th in Line in Heavealy Sun Dynasty, Commences Com- munication With Gods Believed to Have Given Empirc Birth, Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 14 (M—The Daijo-8al, or “Great Thanksgiving," always celebrated after the formal enthronement of an emperor or Ja- pan, began as dusk fell on Kyoto (late today. Throughout tonight the newly enthroned Hirohito, as the 124th ruler in the line of the Heav- enly 8un Dynasty, will be engaged in observance of the most solemn and awful rites of the primeval racial religion of Japan, Shinto adt- ing as the high priest of the nation in communion with the gods who are believed to have given the em- pire birth. Ancicnt Rite The Japanese enthroncment as a whole constitute the oldest state ceremonial surviving among medern nations, but by far the most ancient part of these observances is the “Great Thanksgiving,” to most thoughtful and patriotic Japanese the culminating point of the “great ceremonies.” Elsewhere in the en- thronement ritual are borrowings | from Chinese and other foreign cul- contamination, the Japan of two thousand years ago, & primitive community in which the first {nsti- tutions of kinship and priesthood were taking form, uniting in the person of a ruler-priest who was also considered divine. Foreigners Not Present The foreign envoys who partici- (Continued on Page §) CAMP ASSUNES BLANE AS ALGOROL PEDDLER Denies Working for Gra- bowskis, Denounced as Bootleg Ring Head Striking out against the *“vipers | who peddle alcohol about this city, | poisoning people” and declaring that | sighted. SURVIVORS ~ Cor® avte ON T Known Rescued Num- ber 220, With Little Hope Held Out That Any Mere Will Be Found Alive in Swirl- ing Waters at Scene of Captain Cummings of S. S. Ammerican Shipper Which Brought in 125 Persons, Gives Drastic Account of Race With Death. New York, Nov. 14 UP—The list of known survivors from thg Brit- ish liner Vestris stood at 220" today. Search was being continued for tures and usages, but in the Daijo- iother possible survivors among the ! Sal is preserved intact, without zlien ilug passcngers and crew still miss- | ing. Three vessels left the scene of the vivors aboard. Eight more were aboard the battleship Wyoming, which continued the scarch at the | spot. Believes All Found b rescues for New York with 210 sur-. L] [ G | Three mobile racers, Earl F. DeVore, both of Los Angeles, Cal. Vice Admiral M. M. Taylor, aboard his flagship Wyoming, be- lieved that all the living survivors had been found. In a report fo naval officials at Washington, lc said: “Chief officer of the Vestris on American Shipper stated that eight boats and onc makeshift raft left Vesthis. One raft capsized and some .|of her people picked up on this and other ships. Other boats picked up by ships arriving prior to Wyoming. Raft evidently broken up due to heavy seas. Boat capsized about € | p. m. yesterday and people had been afloat since then. Number of dead Not thought possible any living and will discontinue search this evening and return to Nor- folk.” members of the Grabowskl family of | 54 Concord strect are the actual | bootleggers behind two transporters | who have been apprehended in this | city during the past few days, Pros- | ecuting Attorney J. G. Woods prom- ! ised to “get” them, when Walter Camp, aged 17, of 205 Daly avenue, | refused point blank in police court | today to admit that anyone but him- | self was implicated in the trans- porting of alcohol with which he was caught last night. Camp pleaded guilty to the | charge of transporting liquor by | means of a motor vehicle and was | bound over to the December term of superior court in $1,000 bonds. He was driving a coupe containing threc one-gallon cans of alcohol about 6:20 last night, not knowing that Officers E. B. Kiely and J. M | Liebler were waiting behind a smoke shop at 331 Park strect. | leaving the car he went into the smoke shop by a rear entrance, fol- lowed closely by Officer Kiely, and a few minutes later he ran out, | jumped a fence and headed for the | coupe, only to run into the arms of | Officer Liebler, who was stationed | near the machine. i Taken to the police station, Camp | signed o statement to the effect that | he was to have delivered two cans of alcohol on Elm street and the | ! (Continued on Page 20.) Continues Search The admiral was commanded to stay on the scene and continue the search through the night, even though he belicved it hopeless. Many on shore, however, agreed with Admiral Taylor, believing the many hours in the water have been too much for any per- sons to survive. Only 80*in Doats Vestris sank when The only (Continued on Page 20) Bishop Nilan Injured By Fall on Sidewalk Hartford, Nov. 14 (™—Slipping on a wet pavement as he was on his way from the rectory to St. Joseph's | cathedral on Farmington avenue. 10 (oday by say the 7 o'clock mass, yesterday morning, Bishop John J. Nilan fell and slightly sprained his shoulder. He was taken to St. Francis hos- pital, where it was reported this afternoon that he would probably return to the rectory tomorrow. Housatonic River to Be Dredged by War Dept. Washington, Nov. 14 (# — The | war department today allotted $5.- 000 for the dredging of thc Housa- tonic river in Connecticut. Savings Bank Pres Edward N. Stanley Found | Working Hard as Usual | as He Joins Ranks of Septuagenarians. ' | ¥dward N. Stanley of 69 Lexing- | ton street, president of the Savings Bank of New Britain, is recelving | congratulations today on the occa- sion of his 70th birthday annivers- ary. Mr. Stanley is a native of New Eritain. He is a descendant of one of the early New Britain families who settled here in Colonial " days. Lolonel Gad Stanley, whose care-r is written in the Colonial history of | New Britain, Rerlin and Farmirigton was the great grandfather of the | banker. | Edward N. Stanley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Stanley, and | was born in Stanley Quarter, the | section of New Britain which took | its name from the Stanley family. He attended the New Britain pub- lic schools and graduated from the 0ld New Britain seminary, known a8 “Professor Camp’s school.” When he left school at the age of 19 he be- came attached to the Savings Bank of New Britain as a runner and of- tice clerk. He remained with the (Cofitinued on Page §) 70th Birthday By Sticking to Jo ident Observes b ' Reaches 70th Mi eslone] —_— E. N. STANLEY THE WEATHER i New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness tonight; Thursday unmsettled, rising temperature. i | * * would | newspaper representative. All ALL FACTS WANTED BEFORE ANSWERING {Owners of Yestris Silent on " Qriticism of Oficers 'CAPT. CAREY'S LAST WORDS | “Hell, No! You Jump,” Skipper Shouted at Duncan as Boat Went Down—Radio Operator, 29, Had Just Been Assigned to Boat. New York, Nov. 14.—UP—David Cook, vice president of the Lamport | & Holt line, said today that the line would have nothing to say about ‘L‘riliclhm of officers of the foundered i jabout 80 of its 328 passengers and | g camer Vestris until there had been a full investigation and until both those making the charges and thbse who will have to answer them have had a chance to get a complete rest, i Skipper's Last Words ¥ of the Vestris were: “Hell, No! You jump!” They were brought te New York Alfred Duncan of Liver- pool, onc of the Vestris stewards, who was brought to New York on the Berlin, He and the captain, he said, were the last to leave the ship. | "“We stood by the railing,” he said, “and all the lifeboats had gone, we | were the last to jump. | Ca Jump,” he said. “*You'd better jump, sir,’ I said. “Hell, No! You jump:” he said. “I jumped thenm, and I think he jumped after me. But I never saw him again.” | Captain Carcy was senior captain !of the Lamport & Holt company. He {had been with the company more |than 30 years, rising from the ranks. | He was about 55 years old. | Captain Carey returned from a va- | i cation spent with his family in Eng- land last Friday, the day before the | Buenos Aires he | | was o leave the Vestris, which he| | Vestris sailed. At | had commanded for several years, {10 take the bridge of the Voltaire, the crack liner of the Lamport & i Holt fleet. It was the Voltaire, coming north CONTINUE “PADLACK GASE” | 1 AGAINST BELLACHINNIS Hearing On Lafayette Strect Prop- erty Put Over Until Next Wednesday In City Court. The first “padlock case” in a series three which was scheduled for trial in cily court today was con- tinued until Wednesday, November 1, by agreement of counsel for both sides, Prosecuting Attorney Joseph G..Woods, for the plaintiff and At- torney Stanley J. Traceskl for the defendant. The case which was to have been tried today is that of the govern- ment against Salvatore Bellachinni {and his wife Elvira of 122 Lafayette street. Al affidavits of witnesses containing chiefly staterients of po- lice officers have been prepared and signed. The other two suits pending are those against Rose Kozun, proprietor of a shop at 109 Lafayett> street, and against Concetta Maietta and her husband Andrew Maietta of 107 Lafayette street. of the American passengers who were aboard the sunken | Vestris here are pictured. At the left are two celebrated auto- Right is Sidney S. Koppe, New York The last words of Captain W. J. ! above, and Norman K. Batten, three of these are reported lost. LITILE NEGRO IS 'HEROIG GHARAGTER 'Lionel Licorice, Quartermaster, Alone Saved Twenty Lives ‘ONLY FOUR BOATS LOWERED T. E: Mack, Survivor of Vestris Tragedy, Gives Interview Declar- ing That Only Four Lifcboats Suc- cecded in Getting Away New York, Nov. 14 (P—A little Barbados Negro, Lionel Licorice, & quartermaster on the Vestris, was hailed today as onc of the outstand- ing heroes of the disaster, Alfredo Ramos, young Argentine swimming star, who was rescued after swimming and floating four- teen hours, said the quartermaster saved 20 lives. “That little Negro did what the officers of the Vestris failed to do,” said Ramos, who was rescued by the American Shipper. saved 20 Lives “He took charge of boat number §|4 and not only saved the passen- gers but occasionally jumped out to catch an oar or helpless passengers floating in the water. By the time the American Shipper picked up the boat, he had saved 20 lives. “1 cannot say that the officers of the Vestris could be praised for their endeavor to save us. The quarter- master was the only memer of the crew who excrted himself in our be kalf. | Sits Alone, Unnoticed Quartermaster Licorice sat nnno- | ticed, swinging his legs on the rail | of the American Shipper, until he was introduced to newspapermen (Continued on Page 5) NINETEEN PIRATES CAPTURED BY BRITISH |Destroyer Also Recovers Two Chinese Junks Loaded With Loot | Shanghai, Nov. 14 (UF)—Ninc- teen of the pirates who looted the ! | British steamer Iisin Chi and killed | scores of Chinesc, have been cap- tured by the British destroyer Sera- Average Daily Week Ending Nov. 10th ... Miss Circulation For 15,749 PRICE THREE CENTS TOLL OF SEA IN VESTRIS WRECK THOUGHT 108; 5 127>¢D IN NEW YORK NOT AGREED +Z;-oUME BLAME CAPTAIN, WHO IS DEAD Three Americans Lost Several Victims Call Handling of Ship “Criminal Neglect”— Others Offer No Seri- ous Criticism—Stew- ard Duncan Hailed as Outstanding Hero. P. A. Dana and Woman He Saved by Grabbing Leg as She Went Down Tell’ of Floating on Wreckage for 24 Hours, New York, Nov. 14 UP—Criticisins of Captain William J. Carey, master of the Vestris, were voiced today by some of the 125 survivors of tha liner who reached port on the Amer- ican Shipper. Rescued passengers and members, of the crew alike were rather severs in their references to the captain's delay in sending out the first BOS. on Monday morning, and in ordering the life boats out, Might Have Saved All Not a life would have been lost, passengers said, had the boats been safe and properly equipped, or had they been launched before the ward listing of the ship. The sharp angle which she took made every, descent into a life craft a trip of terror and confusion, it was said. Show Their Suffering The experience they had been’ through was written sharply on the: pale, drawn faces of the survivors brought by the American Shipper.’ Beveral passengers had medical at- tention, especially those who had' been long exposed to wind and water as they awaited rescue in the life boats. Some said that the friendly guif stream, a warm current, had been responsible for the saving of many lives, for the water that drenched their clothing was warm. Capt. Sorenson Critical Captain I'rederick Sorenson, a: passenger of the Vestris who holds a master’s license, was particularly bitter in his criticism of what he called the “criminal neglect” which he said marked the disaster. 4 “I know about ships,” he sald “The reason the vessel foundered 1s criminal neglect. The captain did (Continued on Page $.) MISSING PASSENGER - VISITED IN BRISTOL Mrs. S. J. Goodman Step- mother of Mrs, Edwin M. Burr (Special to the Herald) Mrs, 8. J. Goodman, & passenger, on the Lamport and Holt liner Ves- tris, which sank Monday 300 miles oft the Virginia coast, and who is now reported missing, was a visitor last September at the home of her stepdaughter, Mrs, kEdwin M. Burr, at 39 Washington street, Forest- ville, who, before her marriage, was ' Marjoric Goodman, & social worker connected with the Bristol Visiting Nurse and Welfare associa- tion. Mr. Burr is an architect with offices in Hartford. Mrs. Goodman was on her way to rejoin her husband in the Bar- bados where he owns a large sugar plantation. She had been ia the United States for several months and during that time had also vis- ited her sister, Mrs. Charles R. Keith, and two nephews in Tarry- town, N. Y., and ber stepson, Louis ' Goodman, who resides in White Plains, N. Y. Mrs. Goodman had originally planned to return to Bar- bados in October but was urged- by her sister to lengthen her stay in view of the fact that it would probably be two or three years be- pis, it was announced here today. The pis also recovered junks loaded with loot, whicl the | pirates had taken from the Hsin Chi. Seven members of the crew of the | British steamer were killed, dis- patches from the Serapis said this! morning. All others escaped. The Hsin Chi is a loss and wa burning this morning. | The pirates attacked the steamer | yesterday after it had been ground- ed off Tac Island. near Foochow. The bandits boarded the vessel, kill- ed many Chinese, and completely looted the valuable cargo. The cargo was loaded into junks and the pirates escaped just before & gun boat arrived. The gunboat was unable to give any aid to the Hsin Chi inasmuch as that vesse: almost was gone when the gunboat arrived. There were a number of English and Americans aboard but as far as can be learned, none was injured. she would again visit the Mrs. Burr, in a telephone inter- view with the Herald representative today, stated that she had beenm re-: ceiving numerous messages from the steamship company offices in New York, the last one having been telephoned at 5 o'clock Tuesday flernoon. She still retained hopes this morning that her stepmother had been picked up by some rescue :mp‘ which had not reported the’ act. Man Killed in Studio Explosion in Burbank Burbank, Cal, Nov. 14 UP—One man was killed, another was believed to have been fatally injured and a third was seriously injured when the arsenal First National Fum studios, near here, exploded teday with a roar that rocked the extensive picture plant. tresses were