New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1928, Page 13

. HUNDREDS AT BIER OF E.F. NEUMAMN Obsequies This Alternoon Hundreds crowded Trinity Metho- dist church and took part in the services in connection with the funeral this afternoon of Ernest F. Neumann, who died at his home, 189 South Main street. Tuesday, & few days after his 90th birthday anniversary. A short private service was con- ducted at the home by Rev. Wil- liam H. Alderson, pastor of Trinity church, at 2:30 o'clock, after which the body was'taken to the church. For 15 minutes previous to the services* many of Mr. Neumann's favorite hymns were played on the church organ. Mrs. Ruth Goodrich Norton sang during the services. Rev. John Henry Ball, former pas- tor, assisted Rev. Mr. Alderson. Many floral tributes from friends in this and other cities were & measure of the esteem with which Mr. Neumann was regarded. Active pall bearers were Charles U. Neumann of West Haven and Fred H. Neumann of New Haven, nephews; Frank W. Johnson of this city and George Young of Hartford, cousins; ‘William J. Rawlings and Ernest E. Jenkins. Mr. Rawlings represented Harmiony lodge, A. F. & A. M. Mr. Johnson repregented Jr. 0. U. A. M. and Mr. Jenkins was one of his old apprentices. Eight fellow trustees of Trinity Methodist church were honorary pall bearers. Rev. Mr. Alderson and Rev. Mr. Ball conducted committal services. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. HATCHET SLAYER THOUGHT CAUGHT (Continued from First Page) thought it was St. Paul, Minn. Demands Money ) Bamuelson told police he was awakened early yesterday to see the negro standing over him, hatchet in hand. The negro demanded money, and Samuelson gave him all that he' had in the house, about $25. After the robber had left, Samuelson dressed and went after him, over- taking him & short distance down the street. #: Maintain Vigh Omaha, Neb, Nov. 22 (P—Al- though Omaha’s hatchet slayer did not swing his weapon yesterday morning as he had for three previ- ous mornings, bringing death to three, seriously wounding another and injuripg & Afth, police and citizens maintained another all night vigil. The only development in tracing the negro, hunted as perpetrator of the three crimes in as many days. was the report that a man hatchet in hand, attempted to stop an aute- mobile driven by Frank Spiker, in the northern part of the city last night. Calls Police Spiker sped by the man and called police. A posse was organized and a search that lasted far into the night failed to locate the man or re- veal any clues as to his whereabouts. ‘The man threw his hatchet at the car, but Spiker was unharmed. HEADS SOCIAL WORKERS Miss Rachel Colby, of Visiting Nurse Association, fs Chosen as President. Superintendent Miss Rachel Colby, superintendent ef the Visiting Nurse association, was elected president of the Social ‘Workers' club at a meeting held yes- terday. Miss Mazie O'Brien, who is connected with the school medical department, was chosen as vice p.esident, and Miss Cora M. Beale of the Welfare association was elect- ed secretary and treasurer. Tn addition to the officers, the fol- lowing were elected to the executive committee: Mrs. Jane Barker, school nutritionist ;Mrs. Gertrude Kitson, New Britain General hos- pital social worker; J. L. Doyle, su- perintendent of the department of Public Welfare, and Edward C. Con- nolly, probation officer. ‘The member committes consists of Mrs. H. C. Warner, Junior Achievement; Miss Ventile Logan, tuberculosis relief association, and Miss Cora Graulich, Trinity M. E. church visitor. + Little Green ‘Capsules Stop Rheumatic Agony Prove.It In 5 Days There's nothing in the world that brings such quick and complete re- liet from the pain and misery that makes life almost unbearable as those tiny, green capsules known from coast to coast as Allenrhu Number 2. > More than one man and woman whom horrible rheumatism has been carrying down to helplessness—can testify to this. All you have to do is to take one tiny capsule each hour for the first ten hours; the next day one every twe hours for 14 hours, then take as diracted Remember it's “the little green Captule” that is turning the trick and bringing joy to thousands of Rheumatic sufferers, so insist on Allenrhu No. 2. Fair Drug Dept. says these little wonder-working capsules must ban- FORMER SKIPPER OF LOST VESSEL -~ GIVES EVIDENC (Continued from First Page) the *lp sank to repair it. Boxill was the first witness of the day. He sald that the Vestris began to list a week ago Saturday night, a few hours ater leaving New York for South America. Had Listed Previously He had noticed a similar list, how- ever, on previous voyages. About 10 o'clock S8unday morning, he said, water began to pour from the ash hopper. The ship sank about 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. 80 much water came in from the hopper, he continued, that the stoke- hold floor was awash and the firemen had to stoke standing deep in water. Water also poured into the stoke- hold, he sald, from a half door obove, which other witnesses have testified leaked constantly. Water Stopped When he went on duty at mid- night Sunday, Boxill continued, the water had stopped one of the ship's three main engines. The stokers had to be held up as they shovelled because of the ship's list. There was a briet interchange during Boxill's testimony when Cap- tain A. P. Jessup, American nautical adviser to U. 8. Commissioner O'Neill, presiding at the hearing, asked for some blue prints of the Vestris, A lawyer for the Lampolt & Holt line, owners of the Veltris, said that none was available. ¢ Blueprints Wanted “Thers must be blue prifts,” Cap- tain Jessup said. “You couldn't op- erate your ship out of this port with- out blueprints.” It dereloped that all available blueprints had been sent down to the separate inquiry being conducted Ly the U. 8. steamboat inspection service. Before this was made clear, how- ever, the line’s lawyer complained that he was being unjustly criticized for not having witnesses and dia- grams at both hearings at the same time. \ Both Captain Jessup and U. 8. At- torney Tuttle, who is conducting the federal inquiry, disclaimed any in- tention or desire to criticize the line. Says Firemen Obeyed Boxill said that despite very try- ing and perilous conditions, all the night firemen stuck to their posts in the stoke hold and obeyed the or- ders of their officers. They had nothing to eat from Saturday night, up to the time the ship gank Monday afternoon. . Dumped Overboard Boxill said he helped dump cargo overboard until the chief ofticer came along and ordered all firemen below. This was about 11 o'clock Monday morning, he said. He was tying on a hatch cover, nauseated, he said, but he was ordered down with the rest. z “After seeing the way things wers down there, we came back up,” Box- ill said. “I stayed below deck. Finally I was the only one below, s0o I came up on deck, too. This was about & quarter past 12. On deck I found everybody with their lifebalts on.” ‘The" witness said he went to a liteboat on the port side which was then being filled with passengers, men and women. The boat would not go all the way to the water, he said, because the falls were not working, so he and another member of the crew cut it loose with their knives. They were about to lower one of the boats, he said, when the ship turned over. and he saw no efforts Thrown Into Water “The lifeboat rested on the ship's side,” he sald. “I jumped off the ship's side as the ship turned over. The women and children who were in that lifeboat were thrown out into the water as the ship went over.” ‘Boxill said that after swimming about in the wreckage for a few minutes, he found a lifeboat that had tipped over. Its occupants were in the water, he said. and sowe of the men were trying to right it. “I held on to the side,” he said, “until I saw some dead children and women there. That made me kind of dizzy, so I took off most of my clothes, so I could swim better, and swam away. Held Onto Wreckage “Finally I saw one of the en- gineer's messman on a large plece of wreckage—a piece about six feet square. I swam over and stayed with him until it was dark. There was another man on the piece of wreckage, t00, a passenger. “We saw a raft floating near, and 1 said to the engineer's mess man, ‘Slim, come on—let’s go over there.’ Slim couldn’'t swim, so I went after the raft and towed it over and got him on it. The other man got on too. “Then Slim yelled that he'd got a cramp. He couldn’t hol## on any more, 50 he slipped off. I don’t know if it was idnight then or not—hut it was mighty dark. The other fel- low said something in Spanish, and he slipped off, too. Saw Red Flare “The raft had lost its ballast then. 80 it turned over, and I had to swim until it turned back again. Then | 1 saw a flare—a red flare—but it looked a millionn miles away. 1 went to sleep then and never knew anything more until T woke up on | the Wyoming Tuesday morning.” Captain Jessup then asked if any officer of the Vestris, after it was found that lifeboat number four could not be lowered all the way to | the water gave any orders to get the | women and children out of the boat. “No order at all,” Boxill said. No Evidence of Cowardice Tuttle then remarked that he thought it right at this time to say that all evidence so far adduced tended to show that the negro mem- ‘bers of the crew showed praise- worthy obedience and great brafery throughout. “1 think it only fair to make this statement,” he said. “In view of cer- tain reports which have been cir- culated that there was insubordina. tion and cewardice among the n$- groes on the Vestris.” Henry Tilford, an interpreter, then took the stand. He had inter- ish all pain and torture in 5 days or money cheerfully refunded. . preted for a German passenger wWho NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928, testified early in the hearing. He said that on the night of the day the Vestris sank he went to the Lamport & Holt line to ask about a friend on the Vestris. He was told, he said, that the of- fice was exhausted because they had been working on the case for 2¢ hours. He quoted an assistant manager as saying two airplanes had been sent to the rescue of the Vestris pas- sengers. Told All Were Safe Mre. Tilford then testified to be- ing at the Lamport & Holt office at § o'clock Monday night and being told all the passengers were safe. She also quoted officials as saying the force had been working all Sun- day night and Menday. Previous testimony has indicated that the line knew nothing of the Vestris distress until after the 8OS. was sent out Monday morning. Chas. Gery, assistant passenger traffic manager of the Lamport & Holt line pext said he had some rec- ollection of speaking to Tilford. “I really don’t recall the conve sation at all,” he said. “I don't remember saying any- thing of working Sunday night end I know I said nothing of any air- planes being sent out.” He said he was not at the office from Saturday noon until 9 a. m.| Monday morning and heard nothing | about the Vestris until about 10:15 | a. m. Monday. “Were you the first in your office to learn of the SOS.?" Tuttle asked. “Apparently I was. I heard from some newspapers that called up.” | A Lamport & Holt clerk was| called and remembered seeing the | Tilfords, but said he told them none | of the things they said they were | told. Captain Bandrs Called Captain William Bandra, who pre- ceded Cptain William Carey as mas- ter of the Vestris, was the next wit- ness. He commanded the Vestris from Sept. 21 to November 8 of this year. The ship sailed on its last voyage on November 10. “She was a seaworthy ship,” he said. “Had you been in severe storms with her?” Tuttle asked. “On one trip.” “Were any reports made to you of leaks?" ’ “Never.' “Did you ever boats personally?" “We had a drill on each trip, swinging the boats out empty but not lowering them into the sea.” Captain Bandra said he was still in command of the Vestris when it underwent its inspection before sail- ing on its last voyage. He said the ship was undamaged by a slight contact with a freight- er in the harbor. Knew Carey Well inspect the life- she finally turned over and sank. Was Line He said the line was the most careful of any with which he had to deal. Captain Bambra of the Lamport and Holt line, who was in command of the Vestria on the voyage before her fatal journey, told the inspectors she was one of the finest ships he ever sailed. Conflicting testimony, however, was given by Carlos Quiros, chan- cellor of the Argentine consulate, who was a passenger on the ship. He said he had been warned by friends that she was unseaworthy before he booked passage. In substantiation of his testimony. which he had previously given be- fore Commissioner O'Neill, he gro- duced two letters which were read to the court. Two other passewgers, M. Walcott, of British Guiana, and G. B. Do Valle, a Brazilian, testified that the dangerous condition of the vessel was apparent to them long before the SOS8. was sent out by Captain Carey. They both criticized officers and crew for the manner in which the lifeboats were lowered and the fact that they were not properly manned by members of the crew after launching. In contrast to the testimony of several of the passengers that the lifeboats were leaky and in poor re- pair the four officers of the Ameri- can Shipper, the boat which rescued more than 100 of the passengers and crew, testified that the boats from which they took survivors appeared to be in excellent condition. Cap- tain Schuyler Cummings, of the American shipper. said they appear- ed to have withstood 24 hours bat- tering by the sea 4n fine shape. They were not taken aboard, he said, because he did not want to over- work his tired crew. IN 7OLLISION Bridgeport, Nov. 22 (#—Two pa- tients bound for the emergency hospital clinic in the Englewood hospital ambulance were injured in a collision today between the am- bulance and an automobile driven by John Cornwall of this city. Mra. Josephine Cornwall, a passenger in the automobile was also slightly in- jured when that vehicle overturned. Terresa Albani, 11, suffered la- cerations and was taken to St. Vin- cent's hosp|% Cristiana Wissinski, aged four, the other occupant of the ambulance re- ceived minor injuries. ACCIDENTAL DEATH Bridgeport, Nov. 22 (PM—A find- ing of accidental death was returned by Coroner John J. Phelan today in the case of John Hutterfield, 60, of this city yho died November 18 of injuries received when struck by a car operated by Thomas Gerratana also of Bridgeport. “How long had you known Cap- tain Carey?” Tuttle asked. “Oh, 20 years.” “What was his reputation as captain?” “An excelent seaman.* “If reporta about needed repairs were made by members of the crew of a ship you commanded, who would they go to?" ‘To the head of this department and it they were important to me er to the superintendent ashore.” “Were any reports given to the superintendent after your last trip?” “1 believe so—by the chiet officer who 18 now in England.” “When did he sail for England?” “November 10, the same day the Vestris sailed.” “What was his reputation?” “Goo Cause Still Unknown As the federal inquiry entered ite seventh day today, officials said they still were in the dark as to what caused the ship to sink. “How a thousand tons or more of sea water got into the ship beyond what was pumped out still is.a mys- tery to us despite all this testimony,” Captain J. A. Jessup, American naut- ical adriser at the inquiry said. “The complete saturation of the coal bunkers is the explanation of the loss of the ship, but the court has been unable to learn how such-a great quantity of water got in there. ‘The various leaks described by the chief engineer and others do not give us the Key.” Tnited States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, concurred in this view, say- ing: “It still remains unexplainable. We shall have to go further, I am con- vinced, into the leaks through the rows of portholes on the starboard side. We had testimony that water fountained in through them. We had evidence also, only yesterday (Tues- day) that the need for the repair of these ports had been reported in writing. We do not learn that the repairs ever were made by the line. As the inJuiry before United States Commissioner O'Nejll, Captain Jes- sup and Captain McConkey, the nautical adviser appointed by the British government, proceeded through its sixth day. The investigat- ors of the United States Steamboat Inspection alse questioned passen- gers, inspectors and members of the crew. John J. Short, surveyor for Lloyd's of London, the Maritime Insurance agency that handled the Vestris ac- count, testified before the steamboat inspectors inquiry that he believed “something must have given way. The listing of the ship should not have caused her to founder." In his inspection of the ship last August he said he found her “in perfect condition.” He declared the ports through which it has been testified water leaked were properly fitted with gaskets which should have made them water tight and her pumps were capable of pumping out more water in an hour than the amount it is estimated caused her to take the dangerous list from which YALE-HARYARD CLASH 10 SHOW LARGE ATTENDANCE Officials Expect Greatest Number of People Who Have Ever Seen That Game New Haven, Nov. 22 [®—Pros- pects for the Yale-Harvard football game in the Bowl Saturday are that the attendance will be the largest at any of these games between the two universities. - b ‘The record figure being made pos- \ |sible by changes in the seating ca- pacity the past summer. The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad operating management has made a tabulation of passenger traf- fic handled for the game in recent years. The road has planned to handle over 55,000 persons on Saturday. The greatest number it carried to a game here was in 1914 when it had 66,795. Two years later it fell off to 66,202. There was an interval due to the war and in 1920 the traia traffic dropped to 56,475. In 1923 they rose to 56,978, in 1924 it drop- ped to 50,134 and in 1926 it was 50,387. In recent years it had been pointed out from time to time, the part automobiles played in carrying the football crowd was evident In the decreased figures. However, the | company's operating management looks to increased use of trains and the number of persons who came here by that medium for the Yale- |Army game was indicative of that. The gain over the same game last year was noticeable. ‘WANTS CAB INSURANCE Augusta, Maine, Nov. 22 (®— Wilbur D. Spencer, state insurance commissioner today declared that taxicab drivers should be compelled to carry insurance or some kind of indemnity for the protection of their passengers, as do operators of buses. “I do not believe in the idea of compulsory automobile insurance as in Massachusetts because it imposes 2 heavy burden on the people to pay premiums and does not prevent accidents,” he continued. “The tendency is rather the reverse, be- sause when an irresponsible person obtains insurance, he knows soms one else will pay the damages.” Coolidge Finds Teeth In Good Condition Washington, Nov. 22 (A—Presi- dent Coolidge today had the satis- faction of knowing that no visits to the dentist are in store for him any time soon. As a matter of routine he visited the army dispensary and had his molars X-rayed. They were in ex- cellent condition, Col. James F. Coupal, White House physician, said. More than RADIO.... 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They will have the income from the funds until they reach the age of 40, when Payne Whitney Grayson a granddaughter, will inherit the net funds of both her mother and her uncle. On the death of her grand- mother, she will also inherit the net fund of that life estate. Stocks and Bonds 8Stocks and bonds held by Mr. Whitney totaled $182, . he largest item in these securities was a block of 50,000 shares of the Northern Finance corporation, a company capitalized at $263,955,616 |aud organized to look after the vast security heldings of the Whitney fortune. Payne Whitney owned it jointly with an unnamed person but the latter is believed by the ap- praisers to be Harry Payne Whitney, the decedent’s older brother. Payne Whitney's share in this one invest- ment was valued at $124.231,191. Standard Oil Stocks Among the corporation’s assets was listed a block of 2,035,535 shares of Standard Oil stocks, ap- praised at $87,834,473. Next in ivalue was the corporation's invest- ment in,American and British to- bacco stocks, which were valued at $68,585,748. In addition to the beneficiaries already named, Mr. Whitney left $2,823,057 to Charles S. Payson, a son-in-law, of Manhasset, N. Y., and [to amuel Adams Clark, an archi- ‘tec and an old friend, beques amounting to $917,644, New York real estate worth $77,500 and a legacy of $500,000. Finley Peter Dunne, creaftor of “Mr. Dooley.” was forgiven a debt of $3.290. He also got a legacy of \“500,"00 and the appraisal men- tioned gifts to Mr. Dunne, prior to {the decedent's death, amounting to 18017,644. Still Other Bequests Identical gifts and a similar |legacy went to Eugene Hale, i, a New York financier. Other bequests were: $100,000 to Katherine B |Barnes of Manhasset, a cousin; Preparatory Mass i Whitney had long been a generous | $50,000 each to Frank S. Rollins and Elmer D. Gault, employes of |Mr. Whitney: $25,000 legacies to |Clara L. Weithas and Edna M. Blackmar. Henry Allendord, L. Wa- |terbury and Philip Boyer, friends of the financier, were forgiven respec- tive debts of $1,000, $154,101 and | $490,085. | Real Estate Holdings The real estate held by Mr. Whit- ney was valued in the appraisal at $3.149, The outstanding item was the 587 acre holding in Man- hasset, where the W Y country |home, “Green Trees," was th that Payne on May ., 1927 Jilon. Taxzes due in Ohbio and Call- fornia have not yet been fized. | Maurice A. Stephenson, deputy state tax commissioner who filed the appraisal, cstimated that the New | York transfer tax would appresis mate $8,000,000 and the estats tax | $7,000,000, Mr. Stephenson said the previous appraisal flled in his de- partment was that of Annie 8. Harke {ness. Tt had gross assets of $107. 000,000, It Be appraisal held the country | The Whitne; nd on Fifth ave- ew York city, a wedding gift Whitney, was appraised at while another home in Springs, N. Y., was valued Wearing other pel apparel, furniture and onal effects in the city residen; re estimated to be W Similar articles at Manhasset were listed at § Mr. Whitney's houseboat, * and his private railroad car * were book®d at §76,000 and respectively. For many years the spertsman was a director of the Westchester Racing ociation and a noted racing man hortly before his death, however, he disposed of his better known thor- oughbreds to his brother and wife. Many Works of Art The Whitney town house and country estate contained many an- tiques and works of art In the |hallway of the Fifth avenue man- sion, for instance, was a stained glass window depicting the last supper. It was appraised at $1,000. Several Persian rugs, a series of rare old tapestries and medieval ecclesiasti- cal furniture added another $250,- 000 to the personal property total. Mr. Whitney's guns in the gallery of the Manhasset home were valued at $2,200. 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