New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABL(SHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1923 —FORTY PAGES HAS MARITAL DIFFICULTIES DYSON WANTS RETRACTION |VESTRIS ENGINEER OF PAONESSA'S STATEMENT, THREATENING LEGAL ACTION Declares Mayor's| SCANS ANTARCTIC | Gung” in Stokebold Was De- Charges of Racial Dis- crimination at Com- mon council Meeting Were “Unfair, Untrue and Unjust” Chairman of World War Memorial Committee Calls Executive’s Criti- cism “Slanderous At- tack” — Mayor Declines to Comment on Letter. George H. Dyson, world war me- morial committee chairman, with Councilman Roger Whitman, feit the sting of a verbal attack by Mayor Paonessa at the common council meeting Wednesday night, today wrote to Mayor Paonessa de- manding a retraction and, in the event one is not forthcoming, “to take such legal steps as are neces- sary to protect myself.” The mayor had criticized the work of Messrs. Dyson and Whitman, characterizing the actions of the former as “partial” toward certain groups and races and against oth- ers. Mayor Paonessa's statements are termed “unfair, unjust and abso- lutely untrue” in Mr. Dyson's letter. Dyson's Letter Mr. Dyson's letter to the mayor follows: “Hon. Mayor Angelo M. Paonessa, “City of New Britain, “Connecticut. “Dear Sir: “My attention has been called by articles i the press and by mem- bers present, to the slanderous at- tack made upon me by you at the » (Continued on Page 3! COLOMBIAN PILOT OFF FOR SOUTH AMERICA Hops in Seaplane for Florida on Journey to Bogota Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 23 P —A large seaplane belleved to be the ono piloted by Lieutenant Benjamin Mendez, Colombian aviator, en route to Bogota, was sighted over Wrightsville Beach, near here ,today at 12:30 p. m. The plane was flying high and the markings could not be dis- tinguished. Rockaway Naval Air Station, N. Y., Nov. 28 (®—Lieut. Benjamin Mendez, chief pilot of the Republic of Colombia's air force, took off at 1:35 this morning for Jacksonville, Fla., on the first leg of a ¢,600 mile flight to Bogota, his native capital. Good weather conditions were forecast for his 1,000 mile flight to Florida. A small group of Colombians, navy officers and army officers and their wives from Mitchel Field were present when Mendez drove his big Curtiss seaplane across the water and into the air. The plane, christened the Ri- caurto, after the famous Colom- bian patriot, was loaded with 275 gallons of gas. With Mendez as his mechanic was John Toedhunter, an American. From Jacksonville Mendez's next hop will take him 600 miles to Havana, Cuba. Other stops and their distances apart are, Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, 7,000 miles; Colon, Panama, 1.000 miles and then the final 1,300 mile flight to Bogota. Just before he took off the 26- year-old American trained flier was presented with a silver thermos bottle, filled with Colomblan coffee by the mother of Danicl Del Rio, a vice president of the Central Trust company of New York. Mr. Del Rio is a native of Peru. The wives of the Mitchel Field army officers kissed Mendez good- They had known him Field and later at the Army school at Mitchel. Among others who wished him good luck was Jose Eustacio Riv- eria Colombian novelist, who is known as the “Ibanez of South America.” Safety Director Quits In Philadelphia Philadeiphia. Nov. 23 (®—Mayor Harry A. Mackey announced today that he had accepted the resignu- tion of Harry C. Davis, director of the department of public safety, and had appointed as his successor Lem- uel B. Schofield, first assistant dis- trict attorney. Davis' resignation was forecast when the special grand jjury investigating bootlegging un- covered corruption in his depart- meat Captain George H. Wilkins WILKINS-EIELSON SCAN ANTARCTIC Gomplete First Flight Ever Made in Region ON EXPLORATION TRIP Famous Pair Who Flew From Bar- Alaska to Spittbergen, Scouring South Pole Wastes For Meteorological Station Sites. New York, Nov. 23 UPM—Radio messages sent from the Antarctic by Captain 8ir Hubert Wilkins today told of the first airplane flight ever made over that region. One measage, aadressed to Ole Efelson of Hatton, N. D., father of | Lieut. Ben Eielson, pllot of the ex- pedition read: “Ben and I made first Antarctic flight today. Regards. Wilkins." A second message was recelved by the Wright Aeronautical corporation. © Studying Weather | The Wilkins expedition, the object of which is study weather conditions and to locate suitable places in the Antarctic for meteorological stations, left New York Sept. 22. They were bound for Deception Island, a de- serted bit of land 60 miles off the coast of Graham Land, due south of the Cape of Good Hope, the southern extremity of South America. From a base either on Graham land or Deception Island they hoped to make flights of exploration east along Graham land and west to the Ross sea. The latter flights would carry them close to the base of the Byrd expedition. The messages from ‘Wilkins were sent via Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. In addition to Wilkins and Eielson other members of the expedition are !Joe Crosson, assistant pilot, Willlam Gaston and Orval Porter, mechanics. SINSKIE FINED $100 ON LOTTERY CHARGE Charge Against His Wife olled in Greenwich Court (Special to the Herald) Greenwich, Nov. 23 (M — Luke 8inskie of 132 Farmington avenue, New Britain, was fined $100 and costs in the Greenwich police court today on a charge of having lottery | tickets in his possession and a sim- ilar charge placed against his wife, Mrs. Laura Sinskie, was nolled. They were arrested about 3 o'clock last Saturday morning on the Bos- ton post road as they were proceed- ing in an automobile towards New York. The police making the arrest claimed to have found a number of treasury balance slips in the car. Pushes Peanut 11 Miles To Pay Off Smith Bet | time she will be met at the station Harlingen, Texas, Nov. 23 UP—Bill Willlams, who was a 8mith man and backed his political convictions, fin- ished paying through the nose yes- terday when he rooted a peanut across the finish line of his “big push” from Rio Hondo, eleven miles away. Terms of the bet called for Williams to roll a goober the eleven miles with his nose in eleven days. He finished in nine and one-half d/lyfl to the strains of a brass band. Salary of French President $140,760 Paris, Nov. 23 (®—President Dou- mergue’'s salary and allowance for expenses were doubled by both par- liaments today. The French execu- tive will henceforth draw 3,600,000 franes annually instead of the 1,800,- 000 francs he formerly received. In- creases in the high cost of living were the reasons for the raise. (At current rates of exchange, the new allowance to the president of France would amount to $140,760 yoariy.) revision was 8peaker Longworth of the SAYS SHIP MIGHT HAVE KEPT ARLOAT dams Says Desertion of “Black termining Factor in Sinking ANOTHER WITNESS TELLS OF CAPTAIN'S BRAVERY Went to Watery Grave Shouting Or- ders For Loading of Lifeboat, Sur- vivors Says—Other Witneases Re- late That Passengers Were Left to Own Resources in Seeking Escape From Sinking Liner, New York, Nov. 23 (®—The Ves- tris might not have sunk if the “black gang" had stuck to their posts in the stokehold, said Chief En- gineer James A. Adams, testifying today in the steamboat inspection service hearing at the Customs House. The volume of water in the vessel, he told Dickerson N. Hoover, super- vising inspector general president at the inquiry, was steadily maintained as long as they had steam, but the stokehold crew descrted their posts before 12 o'clock of the Monday that the ship sank. Tells of Own Rescue At one point, Adams told of his rescue by No. 13 lifeboat in which there were five or six sailors and one fireman. He sald that the men in this boat were not panic stricken and Mr. Hoover asked him it he took command of the boat. “T tried to control them as much as T could,” Adams said. “Did you ever have trouble with the black gang?" “In what way?” countered Adams. “Were they ever mutinous?” “There was no trouble except they wouldn’t turn to.” “On this voyage?” “Yes.” Captain Carey’s Herolsm A brief account of how Captain Willlam Carey worked to the last in the center of a disorganized crew and fear-stricken passengers until he went down with the liner Vestris, was read today in the record of the federal inquiry into the disaster, while testimony of witnesses was that all aboard were left to thelr own resources to escape the lost vessel. Ship Sank Under Him An affidavit by Edward Miles Wal- cctt, a British citizen and a survivor, said the ship sank under him, but he regzained the surface and saw Captain Carey five feet away without a lifebelt. “After a second he disappeared,” Walcott said, adding he last saw the skipper on the hurricane shouting directions for the loading of a life- boat. “'His voice was so hoarse,” Wal- cott related, “that it broke on the (Continued on Page 30) DAUGHTER RACES EAST AS HER FATHER DIES John Dixon, 59 South High Street, Succumbs at Hospital ‘While Mrs. John Bertinl was on a cross-country race to be at the bedside of her father, John Dixon of 59 South High street, before he was claimed by death, Mr. Dixon died at | the New Britain General hospital at 10 o'clock this morning at the age | of 67. He had been in good health until Wednesday when he suffered a sharp pain. Upon being examined, it vas discovered that he had a rup- tured appendix, and because of his advanced age he was unable to rally. His daughter, who is wife of the physical director of the Y. M. C. A. in San Bernardino, Cal, had not seen her father for four years. It was during a telephone conversation Wednesday night that she learned of his serious illness and she immed- fately began the race across the country. She is scheduled to arrive here at 2 o'clock Monday morning, 12 hours before the funeral. At that and will learn for the first time of her father's death. Mr. Dixon was born in Great Har- wood, England, where he lived until he was 30 years of age. He was manager of Lloyd's bank of Black- burn and was playing manager of the Rover Soccer football team in that place. He was one of the fore- 1 most athletes in his home town. He came to this country and scttled in New Haven where he was accountant in the motor power de- partment of the New Haven railroad. Twenty-three years ago he came to New Britain and throughout the per- jod that followed he had been in the (Continued on Page 32) Longworth Wants Extra Session for Tariff Law ‘Washington, Nov. 23 (M—An extra session of congress beginning next fall and running into the regular December session to handle tariff suggested today by House. | left, chose to wed. Katherine Har: | right; below are Michacel Strange, SEWER FUND LOAN ROLED NOT LEGAL QUESTIONS DIVORCE Question Raised on Measure Ap- proved by Finance Board CITY OFFICIAL BLOCKED Corporation Counsel's Belief That Scheme Is Wilhlll‘ the Spirit of the Charter May Result in Negotia- tion of $25,000 Deal, However. ‘With the department of public iworks awaliting sewer construction funds through a loan authorized by ‘thz board of finance and taxation | and approved by the common coun- lell, it became known today that borrowing of funds in anticipation of assessment payments is not strictly legal. This fact was brought out dur- ing a conference at the office of Mayor Paonessa after the mayor had called in City Engineer Philip A. Merian, Treasurer Curtis L. i8heldon and Corporation Counsel |John H. Kirkham in an effort to speed up action. He had previously been in telephone communication with Chalrman Edward F. Hall of the board of finance and taxation, who advised he had been unable to negotiate a $25,000 loan in the city's behalf. Not Approved by Kirkham It was also disclosed that the financing scheme was not sanctioned by the corporation counsel, al- though it was generally understood that he had given his approval. The board of finance after re- viewing a list of uncollected sewer assessments, voted to authorize the $25,000 loan in anticipation of (Continued on Page 33) Twenty Hebrew Babies Carried From Fire New York, Nov. 23 (P — Fifty children—twenty of them bables too young to walk—were safely taken from the Hebrew day and night nursery in Brooklyn early today when the basement was found to be afire. Five nurses bundled heavy blank- ets about the Infants and carried them out, at the same time telling the older youngsters to walk quietly into a court. The flames, discovered by a jani- tor, caused small damage. |Stock Exchange Seat Sold for $550,000 New York, Nov. 23 (UP)—New York stock exchange sets went to 2 further record high today when ar- rangements were made for the sale of a membership at $650,000, an in- crease of $20,000 over the previous record high made yesterday. * * THE WEATHER ' New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; Saturday in- creasing cloudiness with slowly rising temperatu probably light rein Saturday afternoon or night. All celebrated beautles these three women whom John Barrymore, upper ! named recently admitted her engagement to noted actor but her father questions Barrymore's last divorce. | ithe morning. The ticker, even with | ® ' dag, BY HAIL OF LEAD FROM AUTONOBILE Sergeant Amos Anderson Nar- ris, his first wife, is shown in upper left, and Dolores Costello. The last DOLORES' FATHER Phone Message Says Barry- more’s Proposed Wedding Illegal ACTOR VOICES ANNOYANCE Absents Mimselt From Film Set | Four Hours Wiile Entire Com- pany Awaits His Return to Con- tinue Picture. Hollywood, Cal, Nov. 23 (P—A telephoned warning to the marriage license bureau from an unidentified woman who insisted that John Bar- ‘rymore still is legally bound to his sccond wife, and the apprehensions of a father about his daughter's fu- ture as the mate of the stage and screen star today threatened to come between Barrymore and his in- |tended bride, Dolores Costello. Declines to Explain ‘When Barrymore appeared Tues- day and applied for a license to wed Miss Costello, 22 year old film star and daughter of the screen veteran, Maurice Costello, he declined to ex- plain where and when his second wife, Blanche Oelrichs Barrymore, obtained a divorce. Later, however, he issued a statement saying that such a divorce had been granted and that Mrs. Barrymore No. 2, who writes under the pen name of Michael Strange, was ‘abroad” at | present. After it had become known that the mysterious woman had attempt, ed to halt the issuance of the mar- riage license, Costello revealed that in the past he had objected to the attention which Barrymore had been paying his daughter, but said that he had “forgiven both of them” when the girl disclosed that she ex- pected to wed the 41 ycar old agtypr. | All Right With Him “As long as it ended up in a wed- ding it was all right with me,” Cos- tello said. ' Film industry's commentators | also recalled that Mrs. Costello nev- | (Continued on Page 32.) \“BULL” MOYEMENT HIT BY PROFIT-TAKING Issues Risc $5-$30 in First Hour But | Gains are Reduced to $1-310. New York, Nov. 23 (P—Another | riotous “bull” movement on the !New York Stock Exchange, carried prices of about a dozen issues up $5 | to $80 in the first hour of trading today, but around midday ran into heavy profit taking which reduced most of the gains $1 to $10. Case Threshing jumped $30.50 & ishare to a record price at $515,] |then fell back to $505. Wright Aero shot up $19 to a new peak price at $289, then slumped to $280 end i Pathe touched $15 a share, in con- {trast to the year's low price of $2, but dropped to $9.50 on profit tak- | ling. | "Coppers, ofls and public utilities “were brought in huge volume during the mew arrangement of omitting ! became estranged from his son, Al- !the volume of sales, fell about & EM“ hour behind the trading at m{d»l rowly Escapes Death When He Stops Suspicious Machine MOTORCYCLE HEADLIGHT- | SMASHED BY BULLETS. New York Car Rains § ‘Who Drops to Gn turns Fire — Poll Chase for Several Post Road But Loscs Machine at | Underpass Darien, Conn,, Nov. 23 (A—Ser- geant Amos Anderson, Darien's po- lice *Lone Wolf" and terror of gun- men, bootleggers and auto thieves, narrowly escaped death last night, after ordering a suspicious looking machine to pull to the side of the road for search. Ordered to Stop A machine, bearing New York markers headed eastward looked suspicious to Anderson, while pa- troling the Post road and he or- dered the driver to the side of the road. From appearance the only occupant of the car was the driver, as all shades were drawn. The car stopped opposite the new high school and Anderson was about to alight from his motorcycle when he was met with a hail of bullets from one of the side windows. One of the slugs crashed into the headlight on Anderson's motorcycie and he drop- ped to the ground. Returns Fire Lying prone, he fired three shots at the car, which hal started to move. The ear disappeared, travel- ling at a high rate of speed, with Anderson following. After the car had gone about a mile, Motorcycle Patrolman George Evans, joined An- derson and continued the chase. After passing the overhead raflroad bridge, the car evidently turned off the Post road and headed up Mans- fleld avenue, passing the Darien po- lice station. The machine shook off its pursuers at this point as Ander- #son and Evans did not notice the car turn from the Post road, owing to the lack of observation on account of the overhead bridge. Lose Car The officers continued along the Post road until they discovered they had lost track of the New York ma- chine and retraced their quarry, which they saw rapidly leaving Darlen behind using country roads. in back of Mansfield avenue. A des- cription of the car was sent out to surrounding territories. Confess to Theft Stamford, Nov. 23 (UP)—Two men who, it 1s charged, made the fatal error of stealing an automobile belonging to Sergeant Amos Ander- son of Darien, best known policeman {in Connecticut, have confessed to au- tomobile thefts in Port Chester, N. Y., New York city, New London and Bridgeport, police announced today. The men are Thomas Kearns, 28, of Stamford and Walter Ryan, 28, of West Haven. According to po- lice, the men said they stole four automobiles during the last few months before they were arrested for stealing Anderson’s new sedan while the Darien officer was on a visit here. (THOMAS FORTUNERYAN DIES IN 77TH YEAR Aged Capitalist Reputed Worth Between 300- 500 Millions New York, Nov. 23 (®—Thomas Fortune Ryan, aged financier, died at his home here today after a short illness. Death was attributed to advanced age. Mr. Ryan was 77. The financier's fortune was vari- ously estimated at from $300,000. 000 to $500,000,000, and most of it was invested in tobacco stocks. News that Mr. Ryan was ill did not become generally known until | this morning. When newspapermen called at his residence in &h ave- nue it was merely admitted by members of his family that he was ill. Nothing was said as to the grav ity of his condition and no state- ments were made as to the nature of his illness, except that he had been confined to his bed for three | days. It was learn=d from other sources, however, that four physi- cians had been in attendance. Death occurred at 12:46 p. m. Mr. Ryan was the largest stock- holder in the Guaranty Trust com- pany. He is said to have maintained a balance of $40,000,000 in that bank. In has later years the capitalist lan A. Ryan, after the latter, a broker, had been discharged from a bankruptcy that grew out of She famous Stutz Motor corner. It was reported that the father would not come to the assistance of the young- er Ryan and place part of his im- mense fortune at the son’s disposal. This repori was never denied. Av Daily Week Endiu Nov. 17th ... Circulation For 15,214 PRICE THREE CENTS DARIEN'S COP NET 'KING OF ENGLAND STRICKEN WITH CONGESTION IN LUNG; HIS CONDITION IS SERIOUS SERIOUSLY ILL Connecticut State Libr t. Dept # Hxecy tford, Conn, KING GEORGE HOOVER SHELTERED BY DECK ANNINGS Oppressive Tropical Heat Hangs Over Battleship Maryland {MEXICAN ~ COAST VISIBLE President-Elect Devoting Much Time to Studying South and Cemtrul American Conditions and Prepar- ing Spoeches For Deliverance. Aboard the U. 8. 8. Maryland, at Sca, Nov. 23 (UP)—Awnings over the spacious quarter-deck of the Maryland sheltered President-Elect Herbert Hoover today as he sought a cool spot to prepare his Latin- American speeche First Taste of Heat The entire party was getting its first taste of the tropical sun as heat hung oppressively about the big battleship. The rollers in the printing shop melted in the heat and publication of the ship newspapers was held up until the rollers were hardened again in the refrigerators. Hard- hearted sailors of the Maryland's crew gald, concerning the heat: “You ain't seen nothing yet.” Sleep On Deck Last night, deck cots were dis- tributed to members of the Hoover party and everyone slept on deck— the heat below was intense. Rugged and mountainous, the coast of Mexico was visible most of the day, and Mrs. Hoover who sat knitting on deck, often went to the ship's side and scanned the barren mountain ranges, exclaiming over the beauty of some snow-capped peak rearing itself miles behind the coast ranges. Now and then a lonely boat was visible. Mrs. Hoover was an amused spec- tator at deck golf games which were played throughout the day by many of the party and she applauded vig- | orously the skill of Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher, who joined in the play. Completes Addresses Hoover had completed some of (Continued on Page 33) WOMAN SUES LAWYER, ASKS $10,000 DAMAGE ! Mrs. Brunner Says Attor- ney Nair Took Her Store It was learned today through the publication of the superior court | short calendar that a suit against Attorney David L. Nair, senior mem- ber of the firm of Nair & Nair, and president pro tem. of the common council, is pending trial before Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin, brough: by Mrs. Mabel B. Brunner through Attorney C. S. Hamilton of New Haven, The action did not go through the local court. The amount of dam- ages claimed by the plaintifft is $10,000. She alleges in the com- plaint that Mr. Nair fraudulently | dispossessed her of the contents of a toy shop she conducted on West Main street, causing the publication of a statement that she was bank- rupt. The complaint further states that on July 15, 1927, Attorney Nair fs- sued a writ against the plaintiff on an $80 note owed to the landlords ,of the place where she conducted her business. At that time the plain- (Continued on Page 32) : Harrison Elected as Federal Bank Governor New York, Nov. 23 UM — George L. Harrison, deputy governor of the New York Federal Reserve bank, today was elected governor to suc- peed the late Benjamia Btreng. 2 Late Afternoon Bulle- tins However, State That Patient is Rest- ing and Doctors Do Not Consider Case Alarming. Public Anxiety Is Undis- guised — Princess Mary Returning Home and Duke of York Also Comes Back—Wales No- tified. London, Nov. 23 (P—After a rvest- leas night, King George today had developed further congestion in one lung, but was able to obtain a lit- tle rest this afternoon. Not Alarmingly Serious This fact was considered as a hopeful development and it was stated in a quarter close to royal circles that the king's illness, while serious, should not be regarded in any way as alarming. ‘The Prince of Wales, heir appar- ent, who {8 now on a tour in East {Africa, is being Kept informed of the progress of his majesty's iliness. Duke Visits King The Duke of York, the only son }of King George now in England, re- turned from his hunting lodge at Naseby this forenoon and this aft- ernoon went to Buckingham palace to visit his father. After recelving a report of the king's condition, he planned to return to Northampton- shire tomorrow. Queen Mary, who officiated in the king's place at several public fune- tlons yesterday, will shortly be join. ed by her daughter, Princess Mary, who will come to Buckingham pal- ace for the present. Baldwin Accessible Although he will spend the week- end at Chequers, Premier Baldwin who left Glasgow this morning fer London, will be accessible should there be any necessity for his pres- ence in connection with the king's illness. Sir Stanley Hewett Dawson of Penn, eminent British physiclans who are in attendance upon the king. visited Buckingham palace at midday and remained there an hour and a half. On leav- ing they issued a bulletin saying: “The king passed a restless night, his temperature remaining at 101. There 1s a slight extension of the mischief in his lung, but his ma- Jesty's strength is maintained.” No Bulletin Later Lord Dawson again visited King George, but no further bulletin was issued and a new one was not expected until this evening. While there was reassurance in and Lord (Continued on Page 33) SON FIND MOTHER, 88, | WITH HER HIP BROKEN Fire Captain, Going Home, Discovers Her on Floor Mrs. Sophle Hoffman, aged 88, sustained a fracture of the right ip in a fall from a chair at her home, 19 West Pearl street, yesterday after- noon and was found by her son, Captain George Hoffman of Co. No. 1 of the fire department, on his re- turn from duty last evening. She was taken to New Britain General { hospital and is under the care of Dr. Herman Strosser. On account of her age, the outcome of the injury is uncertain. Mrs. Hoffman was alone yesterday afternoon from about b o'clock to 5:30, and 18 believed to have been on |the floor, unable to get to her feet, l‘lor three-quarters of an hour, her i8son having reached home soon after !6 o'clock. She sald she had been ! sitting in a rocking chair just before {falling, and it is possible that she |suffered a weak &pell when she ! started to walk. | Mrs. Hoffman's husband, George |Hoffman dfed about 20 years ago. iShe and her son have lived together {and she has been in excellent health and fully able to attend to her household duties. £he has been a iresident of New Britain approxi- mately 58 years. New London Gets Next Governors’ Convention New Orleans, La., Nov. 33 UP— Governors of 20 states were returne ing home today after the final ses- sion of the annual governors’ meete ing here last night in which Geve ernor George H. Dern of Utah was elected chairman of the council, and New London, Conn., was selected as the next convention city. The governors named John Hammill of Iowa,