New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1928, Page 1

News of the World y Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 CONFERENGE FACES FARMING PROBLENS Renews Gonlidence in Ecopomic Soundness of New England OL. B. A, DEEDS SPEAS Chairman of Niles-Bement-Pond Tells of Work of Pratt and Whit- mey Alrcraft Company:-Cites Avi- :fl- Opportunities, Portland, Me, Nov. 16 UP—Man- ufacturing and business opportuni- ties in New England and the possi- bilities of improved agricultural methods were the subjects of disc sion in group meetings here today of delegates from the six states to the fourth annual conference of the New England council. Renewed Confidenco Renewed confidence {n the eap- nomic soundness of New England has resulted from the recently com- pleted industrial and marketing sur- veys made by the department or commerce, Groton James, chief of the domestic commerce alvislon, told the manufacturers’ group. Mr. James in emphasizing the strength of this section in the di- versification of its industry pointed out that there were 217 kinds of manufacture here sufficient to be in- cluded as separate items in the last census of manufactures. New England adapability to the manufacture of airplanes was point- ed out by Col. E. A. Deeds, chair. man of the board of the Niles-Be- men-Pond company of New York, holding company for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft company of Hart- ford, Conn. After showing that suitable f#c- tories were available for conversion to airplane manufacture at small expense and that most of the neces- sary ‘raw materials were at hand, Col. Deeds said: Many Oppnfln-mn “There is every opportunity for New England’s commercial inter- ests to make capital of these favor- able factors and to take a proper share of this new industry, whose future possibilities show indications of equalling even the remarxahle development of the automobile.” H. L. Morse, a Boston banker, as- sailed the “pathetic” lack of budget- ing and quantitative planning and “wiliful ignorance” of the modern tools of business which, he sald, characterized some New England business men and were interfering with the progress of industry in this section. “It i& my opinion,” he declared, “that the council can undertake no activity better calculated to serve the industtial welfare of New Eng- land than a campalgn to educate New England industry to'a full ap- preciation of the character 4 \alue of budgetary control and all that it implies.” R. H. Dick, identified with the Rarrington assoclates in New York city in research work, praised the work of the council in developing the research point of view. Agriculture Discussed The agricultural group considered progress in merchandising and heard Harry R. Lewis, agricultural com- missioner for Rhode Island and chairman of the council's agricul- tural committee, laud the coopera- (Continued on Page 17.) AGENTS RAID TEN N. Y. NIGHT GLUBS 200 Prohibition Officers Swoop Down on Alleged Speakeasies New York, Nov. 16 (M—Bweeping from Greenwich Village to the mid- town theatrical section, 200 prohi- bition agents shortly after midnight ralded 10 alleged speakeasies and night clubs and arrested 18 persons. ‘Warrants were issued during the past few weeks on evidence gather- cd by two special agents from Wash- ington operating under orders of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, as- sistant attorney general in charge of prohibition enforcement. The agents reported the seizure of a quantity of liquor in each place, Those arrested were all employes and were charged with illegal pos- session of liquor. Patrons wére not molested. The raids were marked by effi- clency and secrecy. * The raiders gathered at prohibi- tion headquarters late in the after- noon and were given their instruc- tions behind closed doors to prevent any leakage of information. Even the telephones were temporarily dis- ~onnected. Assembling in groups of 10 the agents descended almost simultane- ously on suspected establishments. Although the raids were made be- fore the evening’s revelry had fairly started in many of the places, some were well filled with patrons. Among the places raided were: The Gay Paree, in West 59th street; the Clubman’s club in West 51st street, the Chat-O club in West 58th strest, the Sixty-first street grill in West 61st street, Mac's cafe in West 45th street, an alleged speakeasy in Sixth avenue, Martins’ restaurant in West 45th street. In the Greenwich Village section, two adjolning res- taurants in Bullivan street were raided, Jimmie Kelly’s and the Roma. At the same time city police rald- ed a restaurant in West 51st street, NEW BRITAIN HERALD TEVART HOTION NDER ADVISEMENT Attorneys Ask Judge to Direct “Not Guilty” Yendict O TRIAL FOR PERIURY Defense Counsel Contemds Govern- ment Mas Falled to Prove Caso Against Oll Magnato in District of Columbla Supreme Court. ‘Washington, Nov. 16 P— Justice Jennings Balley ‘today adjourned until Monday the perjury trial of Robert W. Stewart, chalrman of the board of the Indiana Standard Oil company, without ruling on the defense motion that he direct & verdict of not guilty. — ‘Washington, Nov. 16 (M—Justice Jennings Bailey in District of Co- lumbia supreme court took under {advisement at the lunch hour to- day a defense motion in the per- jury trial of Robert AV. Stewart of the Indiana Standard Oil company that he direct & verdict of not guilty. No Session Tomorrow Justice Balley declined to indicate whether he would decide the ques- tion at the afternoon session or wait until Monday. No court session is held on Saturday. Arguing the motion, defense counsel contended the government had failed to support its charge that Btewart had falsely sworn be- fore a senate committee that he had |no knowledge of the bond transac- tions of the Continental Trading company, involved in the Teapot Dome ofl case. Sen. Nye on Stand As the last witness, Senator Nye of North Dakota, testified the oil man had aworn to the senate pub- lic lands committee last February that “he had never received per- sonally” any of the bonds of the Continental Trading company. Earller Rey J. Bacrett, tax com- missioner for Stewart's company, had told of acting as trustee for $759,000 of the bonds at the ol man's request. With the jury excluded Jesse C. Adkins argued for the defense that an acquittal should be directed by the court on the ground that evi- dence had not been produced to support the charge. NEW BRITAIN NATIVE ‘ORY’ BOSS OF STATE Robert L. Sengle Chosen Deputy Prohibition Administrator ‘Hartford, Nov. 16 (#—Robert L. Sengle of 62 Van Buren avenue, West Hartford, executive secretary and coupsel for the state police de- partroent since 1921, has been se- lected by the treasury department to succeed Frank T. Putney as fed- eral deputy prohibition administra- tor in charge of the Connecticut district, according to advices from Washington. Mr. B8engle was born in New Britain in 1894, attended the New Britain schools and later Syracuse university, class of 1915. Completing his course there he went to the Yale law school, where he received his L. L. B. degree in 1918. He was an editor of the Yale Law School Journal.. He went with a classmate to Fort Worth, Texas, where they practiced. While there Mr. Sengle also taught in the law school at Texas Christian university for a short time. In 1921 he returned north, becoming affili- ated at once with the state police department. He has done consider- able legal work for the state board of fisheries and game, codifying the lawa of that commission and rep- resenting it during sessions of the legislature. He has also represented the motor vehicle department in preparing legislation and has acted a8 attorney for the state water com- mission until the recent reorganiza- tion of the attorney general's office. | He opened his own law office in | West Hartford over a year ago. When he will take up his new duties has not yet been decided, pending a conference with Mr. Put- ney and Proljibition Administrator Lewis, in charge of the New Eng- land division. Mr. Sengle 1s a son of Mr. and | Mrs. B. G. Sengle, formerly of Black Rock avenue, this city. Questioned today by a Herald rep- resentative, Mr. Sengle sald he knew nothing of the appointment except what he had learned from the newspapers. “In lieu of any- thing definite 1 cannot very well make any statement at this time.” he sald. He added, however, that in the event he should make a change, now or at any other time, he never could lose his keen personal inter- est in the state police department. MRS. NOYES DIES ‘Washington, Nov. 16 (P—Mrs. Theodore W. Noyes, wife of the edi- tor of the Washington Evening Star, died today. She had heen il more than a year. She was born in Staf- ford, N. and lived later in North ‘l challenging the B e e T T e A NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1928.—THIRTY-SIX PAGES Hold Fate of The jury trying Col. Robert Col. Stewart W. Stewart, chairman of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, for perjury, in the District of Columbia supreme court is hotel. below. Col. Stewart is charged shown at the top leaving their The three women members of the panel are shown with perjury in connection with Teapot Dome oil lease investigation, ENGISH WEEKLIES ATTACK COOLIDGE (laim Armistice Day Spesch Is “Peck-Sniffian Go” ASSERT HE BROKE RULE Declare “After Years of Sonorous Silence, Punctuated by Utterances of Discreet Inanity, He Delivers Dying Kick.” London, Nov. 16 (#)—Great Brit- ain’s literary weeklies today echoed, and in most instances emphasized, the “shock” which has been sus- tained by President Coolldge's Armistice day's speech. The New Statesman is the most outspoken. “Pecksniffian guff,” it heads a special editorial. The Sat- urday Review, the Nation and even the Spectator, which is the staunch- est exponent of hands across the sea policies, join in critieism of the president’s utterance. Broke Rule ‘The New Statesman declared that President Coolidge broke the rule that an outgoing president should make no important speech or take any other significant step. “After years of sonorous silence only punctuated now and then by the utterance of some discreet in- anity, he suddenly delivered a sort of dying kick with a viclousness of which few people on this side of the | Atlantic would have supposed him | capable,” the paper says. “His Armistice day speech was in effect a denunciation of Europe and all its works from the standpoint of a 100 per cent New England back- ‘woodsman.” No Serious Harm Concluding a more than page- long editorial along the same tone president's facts New Statesman that after all speeches like and motives, the says (Continued on Page 25) CITY TOWAIT MONTHS FOR DEBTS PAST DUE Red Tape Holds Up Col- lection of Old As- sessments Asscssment of benefits and dam- ages on the 81 sewer construction jobs to be reported Wednesday night to the common council will require at least four months, Clerk Arthur W. Bacon said today. It is the income from this source which is intended for further sewer construction work, and since the mayor and the board of public works are anxious to proceed at once, it is probable that the city will borrow money.in anticipation of assessment payments. This plan of | procedure will be considered Mon- day night when the board of finance and taxation will meet at the office of Mayor Paonessa. Clerk Bacon explained today that 10 days 'notice must precede each hearing, and that inspections and re- ports to the common council are in- | volved in each of the 81 jobs. Nor- mally, this number of jobs would re- quire nearly two vears of the board's docket, but an effort is to be made | to rush these. Comptroller Hanford L. Curtis has refused to sanction payment to Thomas K. McGrath of a salary of $40 a week for his work in connec- tion with compilation of a list of | streets in which sewers have been constructed without assessments Dakota, coming to Washington in arresting a waiter on a charge of unlawful possession of liquor. 1886. Funeral services will be held |here tomorrow. against abutting properties. A rero- lution to this end is to be submitted to the common council next Wednes- day night, Full Blooded Indian Making His Home Here A full-blooded Indian and his family, the first to be found in this city in the years that the personal tax census has been taken was discovered today by Registrar Thomas J. Smith. He {s Joseph Dina of 311 Church street who came here from his native home in Okla- homa. His wife is also a full- § blooded Indlan and they have two children. He is in his 30's, and is employed nights in one of the local factories. SEE TROUBLE BREWING IN SALVATION ARNY Leaders of Reform Party Want to Limit Power of Booths London, Nov. 16 (M—The condi- tion of General Willlam Bramwell Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, was stated to be unchanged today. He passed a fair night. The summoning of the high coun- cil of the Salvation Army was be- lieved in some quarters today to in- dicate that a contest is brewing of a successor to General William Bramwell Booth, commander. With reports from the bedside of General Booth indicating that there was considerable anxiety as to his !condition the high council was call- ed to meet early in January. The council has been nominally in exist- ence for 24 years but never before has it been convened. The meeting was set for January so as to give members abroad time to reach Lon- don. The notice convening the counc!l said nothing about subjects to be discussed. A statement issued by |High Commissioner Higgins said. however, that every arrangement for efficient functioning of the Army exists under the system of admin- istration inaugurated by the Army's founder. The general of the Salvation Army was understood to possess the right to nominate his successor. This might be interpreted as excluding the need for discussion as to suc- cessorship. unprecedented convoking of council indications of a contest over who is to asdume command. Leaders of the reform party in the organization were known to be anxious to modify the enormous power invested in the Booth fam- ily. These have contended that the | high council has the power to re- move a general from office and elect a successor. This would nullify the right claimed by the general to nominate his successor. ATHEISTS TELL COOLIDGE “GOD DOES NOT EXIST”| Wire Chief Executive Saying Can- not Accommodate Him For Thanksgiving Proclamation. New York., Nov. 16 (UP)—The American association for the ad- |vancement of atheism sent the fol- lowing telegram to President Cool- idge today: “In your Thanksgiving Day proc- lamation you call upon the Ameri- can people to give thanks to God Almighty. The members of this as- isociation will do nothing of the kind. “We are thinking of the helpless women and children struggling in ithe sea and crying for help. That {help was denled them by your mythical being, the giver of all good and perfect gifts. “Sorry we cannot accommodate you. Your God doesn't exist. “Woolsey Teller, general secre- tary.” veve el Some peinn hanaver, oyw by :';( |carrying several issucs down $1 to VESSEL INSPECTED BEFORE SHE LEFT Records Show Vestris Was Re- ported in Perlect Condifion ENGLAND WANTS INQUIRY Dritish Maritime Officials Not Satis- fied With U. S. Methods Entipely ~-Want Name of Captain Defend- ed Pending Investigation New York, Nov. 16 UP—Records of the inspection of the Vestris made by three United States department of commerce inspectors and agents of Lloyd's the English maritime in- jsurance firm, show the liner was re- ported in perfect condition before she sailed. The ship presumably was gone over from stem to stern, as the re- ports were made on boilers, engines lifeboats and other lifesaving equip- ment, hull, plating, pumps, water tight doors, double bottom and wa- ter-tightness of the ballast tanks. Three U. S. Inspectors ‘The three United States inspectors were Edward Keane, in the service 17 years, F. N. Bruning and Freder- ick L. Dennis. Keane and Bruning both are licensed masters, each with more than five years experience at sea in command of vessels. The inspection was begun Novem- ber 2, continued the next day, re- sumed on November 5 and complet- ed Nov. 7, three days before the boat sailed. Lifcboats Lowered In discussing his inspection Keane said that to determine the efficiency of the lifeboats they were filled with stevedores and members of the crew and lowered to the water at the pler in Hoboken. “There was not the slightest diffi- culty in accomplishing this,” he said. “If the crew of the Vestris required two hours or mfore in getting the boats over, as T notice is their claim, it was their inefficiency rather than the inefficiency or condition of the boats." Tlenty of Lifeboats He sald the Vestris had fourteen lifeboats, two more than were re- quired by law. The inspection made by Lloyd's according to Captain Willlam 8. Heasley, assistant superintendent of the Lamport and Holt line, was made Nov. § and €, while the ship was in drydock in Brooklyn. ‘In all probability the-examination included the coal port named n the stories of the survivors,” he said. Rescued firemen of the Vestris (Continued on Page Six) 6,000,000-SHARE. DAY LOOMS FOR MARKET Tremendous Flood of Buy- ing Orders Sweep Issues to'New Levels New York, Nov. 16 (® — A 6,- 060,000 share day loomed on the |New York stock exchange today, iwhen a tremendous flood of buying orders poured on the floor, lifting |« two score issues to record high levels on gains that ran as high as, $21 a share. Trading facilities of the exchange were again swamped by the wild orgy of buying, which received its chief impetus from the unexpected- ly small increase of less than §$2.- 000,000 in federal reserve brokers' loans as against early estimates of $100,000,000 or more. The ticker had fallen more than an hour be- hind the market before 1 p. m. New high records were established by such popular issues as U. 8. Steel common, Bethlehem Steel, | ‘Annconda Copper, Texas Co., Pack- ard Motors, Montgomery-Ward, | Westinghouse Electric, Johns Man- {ville, North American Co. and| | Northern Pacific. Waves of profit-taking swept through the market, at intervals, $5 & share below their high levels, but fresh buying support was in- variably supplied and new leaders; brought forward. | The curb market also was the | scene of riotous trading, total sales crossing the 1,000,000 share mark | |in the first two hours of trading for | the first time in history. A wide as- | (Continued on Page Six) $50,000 Fire Sweeps Shelburne Falls, Mass. Shelburne Falls, Mass., Nov. 16 (@) —Fire early today swept Memorial | Hall, a four story brick building used by the town of Shelburne as a town hall. Damage was estimated | close to $50,000 and the fire was said to have started from an over- heated furnace. For a time the flames threatened to spread to & number of adjoining | buildings, including & six family apartment house, which was slightly burned as was the frame buliding | housing the stock room of the local | offices of the telephone company. Help was summoned from the near- | by city of Greenfield. » THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Mostly clondy and somewhat colder tonight. Saturday cloufly. followed by showers the aftermoon or at might. |service given, e Av::(e Daily Circulation For Nov. 1m * 15,749 PRICE THREE CENTS DISTRICT ATTORNEY HINTS EFFORT MAY BE MADE T0 PREVENT SEVERAL VESTRIS WITNESSES FROM TALKING Among Those Lost and Rescuied Connecticut State Advt. Dept., Hartford, Conn. SAYS HODVER WON BY WOMEN'S VOTE W. C. 7. U. Claims Credit for| Politcal “Dry” Planks ' HAS 401497 MEMBERS Gains Have Been Recorded in Or- ganization For the Ycar in 36 States—Cash Receipts $231,501— Expenses $231.160. Boston, Nov. 16 (P—Credit for ‘no small part in the work of shap- | |ing events leading to the adoption | !of dry planks by both major politi- cal parties, as well as the nomina- tion of ‘undoubted friends of pr¢ hibition’ by one of these parties,” was claimed today for the Women Christian Temperance Union by Mrs. Anna Marden Deyo, (orrwpondmg secretary. 54th Convention Speaking befors the 54th annual | convention at the Tremont Templc here, Mrs. Deyo declarzd that the W. C. T. U.'s slogan of “dry planks and dry candidates” had been taken up by women's organizations, church bodies and state political conven- tions. After outlining the play whereby regional conferences were called to further the fight for the election of | dry nominees, Mrs. Deyo said. “There was no attempt at coercion | the matter | of the membership in of political action. The fullest liberty and tolerance is given each individual member in her support of | our principles. It is a matter of | | record that the rejection of Governor Smith and the support of Herbert !Hoover was the unanimous verdict of our 10,000 local unions; our thou- sands of country organizations and each of our 52 state W. C. T. U. or- | | ganizations. acting independently of each other. Women's Vote “In the light of all the sacrificial of all the loyalty shown, it is not too mwuch to say that Herbert Hoover's decisive vic- |in Connecticut to house a retail store | tory at the polls was due in a large | measure to the women's vote. No other issue than prohibition could | have sent the women to the polls by | the millions. (Continued on Fagi‘ 17 60SS & DE LEEUW C0. INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK Directors Vote Raise from $200,000 to $250,000 Effective on January 3, 1929. The Goss & De Leeuw Machine Co. directors have voted to increase the paid in capital stock from $200.- 000 to $250,000, the increase to take effect January 3, 1929. The W. C. T. U. sup-| T U Tuttle Warns That Any One Interfering Will Be Dealt With Severe- ly—Four Officers of Steamer Called Today. Others Have Told of Inci- dents of Inefficiency— U. S. Naval Experts Think Delay in S O S. Responsible for Loss of Lives, ‘The accompanying pictures show (upper left) Mrs, O. 8. Stevens of Buenos Alres, wife of the representa- tive there of the First National bank of Boston who is listed among the missing; (upper right) Mrs. Cline Slaughter aged 21, of Chicago, last woman to leave the stricken Vestris and who was picked up by the tanker Myriam; and (lower left) C. L W. Stone of Christianburg, Va., who is listed among the missing. Couple Once Divorced Will Be Married Again Max Kurtz of 60 Elmer street, Hartford, and Jennie R. Kurtz of 253 Elm street, their marriage having been dissolved in the di- vorce court, have decided to marry again, and have applied at the office of the town clerk for the necessary certificate. They filed notice of their intent and will call next Monday- for the license. SEARS, ROEBUCK PICKS MAIN STREET STORES Will Take 10 Year Lease for $150,000 in Doris Building It was learned from relfable sources today that Sears, Roebuck | & Co. of Chicago has selected the | four stores in the new Dorls block at 33-41 Main street for its local | business site. Representatives of the | company have been secking a suit- able place in this city with a large | floor space for some time and the | | sclection of M. Cohen's block was | said to have been made today. The building has plenty of space in the | | rear for the purpose of erecting an addition for the storage of goods. The papers have not been signed, |it was learned, but it is expected | that the officials of the company | will conclude the transaction in the | next few days. The deal will involve ;a 10-year lease at $15,000 rental | per vear, it is satd. Doris block 1s a recently constructed building and the company will occupy the four stores to the left of the main en- ! trance to the Doris hotel on the up- | per floors. The building is located practlcally at the juncture of four important thoroughfares, leading to | outlying districts. | New Britain will be the first city of Sears, Rocbuck & Co. | ' Nolle Loitering Charge Against Yale Halfback New Haven, Nov. 16 (M—Charges lot loitering preferred against |Chauncey K. Hubbard of Middle. town, first string halfback of the w\ale varsity football team, and | Moses Eisenberg, second hand clotmng dealer, who is known to Yale men as “the original Moe," were nolled in city court today. The men were arrested last night in front of a cigar store when they refused to obey a policeman's com- mand to “move on.” Hubbard was said to have declared that “ne cop is going to make me move on until I am ready.” Coach Mal Stevens, who investi- |®ated the arrest insofar as Hubbard ‘was concerned, is quoted as saying \ REVISED FIGURES OF THE VESIRIS TRAGEDY By the Associated Press. Revised figures issued by San- derson and Sons agents for the Lamport and Holt line, show: Aboard at sailing: 326 per- sons, 128 passenegrs, 198 crew. Rescued: 60 passengers, 155 crew, total 215. Presumably dead: Passengers 68, crew ¢3, total 111. Bodies recovered: 22. Missing: 89. Dead and missing includes 27 women, 13 children. New York, Nov. 16 UP—Charles H. Tuttle, United States attorney, announced today that he had receiv- €d reports from confidential sources that led him to say that any one attempting to prevent the full testi- mony of witnesses as to the sinking of the steamer Vestris would be most severely dealt with., Ofticers Called Frank Johnson, chief officer of the Vestris, and three minor officers were served with subpoenas today to appear before the federal inquiry into the disaster. Earlier in the day Federal Attor- ney Charles H. Tuttle had announc- ed that Johnson could not be found. Government agents, however, event- ually reached him at the Hotel Hol- ley to which he had gone after ar- riving here on'a rescue ship. The othér officers subpoenaed were J. O.' Bulger, second officer; H. L. Welland, third officer, and Charles Vérchere, third wireless of- ficer. The four were expected 1o testify this afternoon. Private Inquii The private inquiry into the disas- ter which had been started by Lam. port and Holt officials, has been dropped, said David Cook, managing director of Sanderson and Bon, the line's agents. He explained that the company’s investigation was not re- garded as necessary in view of the broad federal inquiry. Wireless Messages Mr. Tuttle also said he had subd- Poenaed whatever wireless messages, if any, were sent by Captain Willlam J. Carey, master of the Vestris, to the local offices of Lamport and Holt or from the office to the captain, and also the files of the Radio Cor- poration fo America to determine whether Carey had sent any mes- sages to Sanderson and Son, local (Continued on Page 33) BROKEN HEARTED WIFE SEEKING $3,000 BALM {Romance of Factory Cli- maxed With Aliena- tion Suit Claiming that her husband’s love and affection were alienated through { blandishments and seductions, |Mrs. Rozalia Jachimczak, about 45 |years of age, brought suit teday through Attorney M. F. Stempien seeking $5,000 heart balm from Mary Mlodziejewski, about 35 years old, married and a mother of sev- eral children. The plaintiff alleges that in May. 1925, the defendant met her hus- band at the P. & F. Corbin Manu- |facturing Co. where both were em- ployed and stole the love and af- fection of her husband, thereby de- stroying the happiness of the plain- itiff's home. In consequence of this, the plajn {tiff claims that she has been xl{» fering distress of body and mind and has lost the love and society of her husband. She further alleges ;that as a result of her distressed mind her health has been impared and a happy home ruined. while |her husband has totally neglected and abandoned her. It is sald that the defendant last night pleaded with the plaintiff's counsel not to take the case to court and threatened to take her life because of the shame brought on to the family. The plaintif on thé other hand insista that the mat- ter take its legal course as the anxiety of the last three and one- half years caused her te lose her health, weight and become kighly This decision was reached at a|that “it is getting 50 that you can’t |nervous, she claims. The ease directors’ meeting held yesterday. Notices will go out tonight to all| without some policeman telling you |court and stogkholders. even stand in front of a theater to move en.” scheduled to be tried In A Karaen 3 sepaster were, Served