New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 18

BORROWS NACHINE OF CHRISTNAS PAL Fritads Become Separated and| Anto Yanishes From Street Ernest G, Strom, 23, of 24 Dwight street, pleaded not guilty to charges of drunkenness and taking an auto- mobile owner, James Tormay, of 45 Main street in police court today. On re- quest of Attorney David L. Nair, the case was continued until next Monday in $300 bonds. Strom was arrested on East Main street about 7:30 last night by Offi- cer John O'Brien. While he was be- | Corn ing brought to police headquarters Lieutenant Rival received Tormay's report that his car had been taken off the street at Main and Commer- clal, and it developed that Torma and Strom had been together during the day but had become separated. Strom was not driving the car when he was arrested. Injured in Oollision Michael Kreger of 141-2 Spring street is at New Britain Geners Hospital for treatment for an in- Jury to his chest and his case was continued until tomorrow. He was | arrested on the charge of operating | an automobile while under the in- | fluence of liquor by Officers Woods | and Liebler after his car struck a | car owned by Ivan Nemeth of 56| Rockwell Avenue which was parked | in front of 450 East strect about 6:45 last night. The parked car| was damaged about the left rear | mudguard, stop light, rear caved in rear bumper right front mud- guard, gasoline tank stove in, spare tire rack broken -off, while Kre- wer's car was damaged about the | wishbone, front spring front | axle, right front fender, right head- | light, radiator, left front hub cap | and the windshield and steering | wheel were smashed. | Fighters Fined $3 Louis Michalouski, of 101 West 48th street, New York, for- | merly of New Britain, pleaded guilty | to charges of drunkenness breacn of the pcace and assaulting Patsy Borselle. 20, of 320 Church street, | who pleaded guilty to the charge of breach of the peace and assault- ing Michalowski. Each was fined | $5 without costs. | Officer John Riley testified that | he went into a Maln street restaur- | ant to speak to an employe about | 1:30 this moring and saw Michal- | owski strike Borselle. The latter re- taliated and several blows were re- | changed before the officer, assisted by Supernumerary Officer Samuel L Cole, arrested the pair. Greatorex Fined $100 George Greatoreax, 35, of 630 ‘West Main street, pleaded guilty to the charge of operating an automo- bile while under the influence of li- quor on Dec.18 and was fined $100 | and . costs, with a suspended jail | wentence of 30 days, on recommen- | dation of Assistant Prosecuting At- | torney Greenstein. According to the | police court records, he was con- | victed once before of the same | charge, but he was not charged as | & second offender. He also pleaded | gullty to the charge of driving with- | out u certificate of registration In | his possession and a fine' of $3 without costs was imposed. He pro- | duced a duplicate certificate in court. He was arrested on Corbin venue after a chase from Hart street hy Bupernumerary Officer James Kelly. lma p(rearq.oshidda Drink Canses Domestic Discord John Cunningham, 41, of 69 Bpring street, pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness and not Fuilty to the charge of breach of the peace and assaulting his wife. He did not want to say anything but Assistant Prosecuting Attorney W. M. Greenstein called him to the wit- pess stand for questioning and he admitted that his love for strong drink is a factor in the trouble that has landed him in police court sev- eral times in the 2% years he and his wife have lived in New Britain. He said they have been married 24 years and lived in Burlington, Vt., and Lawrence, Mass., before coming to this city. Last January marked the beginning of their disagree- ments, he said. Officer John Kennedy testified that he made the arrest shortly before noon yesterday and found Mrs. Cun- ningham with a gash in her wrist about an inch and a half in length, which she accused her husband of inflicting with a razor. The neigh- borhood was aroused by the racke Before leaving the house under ar- rest, Cunningham heaped verbal sbuse upon his wife, according to Officer Kennedy. Mrs. Cunningham testified men come to her home with her husband and drink liquor. Whe she orders them out, she is m. that For ELKS AND THEIR FRIENDS New Year's Eve Purty at the Club. Best Party we have ever put on. Res- ervations limited and must be made betore Dec. 23. None made unless ac- companied by remittance, —_————————— e ———————— WHEN IN HARTFORD. DINE WITH US. Don’t forget to take home some Maryland oysters and fresh crackers. HONISS’S 23 State St. Hartford, Conn. (Under Grant's Store) [ d StoveRepairs Complete line of stove repair parts carried in stock. NEW BRITAIN STOVE REPAIR CO. 66 Lafayette St. Tel. 772 \ without permission of the | the target for her husband's abuse. Judge Roche revoked the suspen- sion of a 60 days’ jail sentence im- posed Dec. 6 and added a fine of §5 without costs. \ Cit_y_ Items | The regular meeting of Martha | Chapter, No. 21, O. E. 8, will be | held *Thursday evening, and will be | followed by a Christmas party. Each | member is asked to bring an inex- |pensive gift for the Santa Claus pack. Scandia lodge, 8. F. of A, will hold a Christmas party at its meet- | ing tomorrow night at Vega hall. All | members are asked to bring a gift {for the grab ba | Misses Rose and Evelyn Himberg lare spending a few days in New | York cit ins A. McAloon of Brook- CHANGES OF PEACE SEEH T0 BE GOOD Viscount Ceclof Chelwood Gives | Gives Exclusive Interview | | | By Henry T. Russell | United Press Staff Correspondent | (Covyright, 1928_in all countries by | Unitea Press. All rights reserved). | London, Dec. 26 (UP)—Prospects |for world peace are good, in the | opinion of Viscount Cecil of Chel- | wood. Lor4 Cecil, who was Britai {first delegate to the league of na- tions, made the following statement | | during the course of an exclusive | HEALTH DEPT, REPORTS - INGREASE IN MEASLES About 30 New Cascs Dally.Offsct By Quarantine The prevalence of measles con- tinued today with a alight increase in the number under surveillance of the department of health, about 20 rew cases being added each day and almost an equal number being re- leased from quarantine. Inspectors of the department of health are making an effort to fol- low up all suspicious cases reported to their office, but feel certain there ar¢ many in existence which have not been reported, due to the fact that no physician has been called. interview: is visiting at his home | v during the holidays. | | Miss Kathryn Hannon of 31 Glen | street is resting comfortably at her| home following a minor operation. | Albert Tutles, a student at Tufts college, is home for the holidays. | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hultgren and |children, Harry, Jr., and Marjorie, |of West Hartford, visited friends in this city during the holidays. | John Grip of Sexton street, a stu- |dent at Fordham university, return- 'he outlook for peace is good; tinctly good. It has been very much improved indeed by the Kel |logg pact. I sincerely hope that | nothing will happen to prevent it | coming into force. Such an event | would be disastrous to the peace of | the world." | At the beginning of the conversa- |tion, Lord Cecil spoke of past and | present Incidents in his private life | Ibut gradually he drifted into his| Records of the department show the usual number of other com- municable diseases. PRESENT ‘JASELKA’ T0 LARGE AUDIENCE |t » health department. | | favorite subject: peace and disarmas sai ed to New York today after spend- T ing the Christmas holiday In this| Ment he city. | May Re Misled Donald Lynch, a student at| “I hope certain utterances have Northeastern university, is spending | Dot caused any Americans to be mis- the holidays with his parents, Mr. led into the belief that Britain's re- and Mrs, John Lynch of Black Rock ception of the Kellogg pact was not avenue. a good one. It was. The pact was James Keaveny of Lincoln Very warmly received here. In Holy Cross Parish Dramatists | Effective in Christmas Pageant A large audience listened to and viewed with awe the inspiring |geant, “Jaselka,” last night at the street will spend the New Year's|fact it was greeted here very mych holidays with his parents, Mr. and better than I ever dared to expect. Mrs. John Keaveny of Bridgeport. | “You see, Britain accepted - the Charles Dehm, Jr., son of Mr. and |pact. Not only accepted it, but even Mrs. Charles Dehm of 45 Griswold |went so far as to accept the very street 13 home from Pratt Institute | wording of it as drafted by Mr. for the Christmas holidays. | Kellogg. Therefore, regardless of George Perakos, son of Mr. and|what may have been said. is or may Mrs. Peter Perakos of Madison be said about it verbally, Rritain is street, is home from Georgetown bound to it. That being the case, university, Washington, D. C., for |the most profound disappointment the Christmas recess, | would naturally result if it broke Stanley Women's Relief Corps will | down.” A hold its last regular meeting of the Pauses to Stretch year in Judd's hall, Friday after-| He paused for a moment to stretch noon at 2:30 o'cock. himself into a more comfortable Henry Littlejohn of 30 State street | position in the arm chair which he was admitted to the New Britain occupied. Then, discussing the fu- General hospital yesterday. He will |ture of peace, Lord Cecil emphasized undergo an operation for mastoids. above all the absolyte desirability Auxiliary No. 1, Sons of Union | for Anglo-American friendship: Veterans of the Civil War, will hold | “It has been repeatedly said that a regular meeting this evening at | war betwcen England and the 7:30 o'clock in Jr. 0. U. A. M. hall. M ME“mouEN | agree heartily, The relations of the IN TALKING CONTEST {two countries on land (as illustrated by the conduct of their affairs along ‘the Canadian border, have been and are still splendid. And I both hope {&nd believe that they will remain so, | United States and Britain. “The next step, in my opinion .is Days—$1,000 Prize that we should arrive at an equally | clear understanding on sea. New York, Dec. 26 (UP)—Thirty| “In connection with this, let me | men and women veere talking at the |state emphatically that T do not re- T1st armory today in hopes of last- [gard the United States fleet in the ing four days and winning $1,000 |light of a ‘danger’ to the British | and possibly & stage contract. {fleet. It America prefers a smaller The talking marathon is being [number of large cruisers, for fin- staged by Milton D. Crandall, who |stance, to Britain's larger number of gave New York the dance marathon ‘Amnllflr cruisers, then 1 say tu! last year in which several hundred | America: individuals plodded . .ound the floor until just before the final round, | they were stopped by an order from tnual Conversation For Four Regret Tt “‘If you insist on this point view, I shall regret it. my opinion, the smaller the craft | the better” But, let me emphasize that even points such as these are relatively unimportant compared of Because in | More than 20 men and women have assembled at the armory | where for the nest four days they | | will do nothing but “alk. They may | |laugh, it they choose, or ery or sing, | as long as they emit sounds, how- ever, unintelligible. On Saturday inight the contest ends, and the in- dividual who has used his vocal | chords the greatest number of hours | will receive $1,000. The motives of the contestants are as varied as the subjects they will talk about. Some have come in the simple hope of winning $1,000, Other for winning a moment in the spotlight. One woman is trying to read the Bible in four days because she has heard that the record is four weeks. There were scarcely anyone in the hall yesterday, except a few news- paper men. Ready to Teach Typing To Evening Students Plans are under way by the eve- | ning school committee, according to James E. O'Brien, director, to open a class in typewriting at the Central Junior high school * evenings, | adults who wish to take up this work. There has been a demand for jevening class in typewriting, and | Superintendent Holmes and the com- | mittee have arranged to make an ef- fort to open such a class. It requires a minimum of 20 students to war- | rant the steps. | Prospective students must show that they have completed the eighth | grade or the equivalent thereof, or be willing to submit to an examination. Applications can be filled at room 102, Central Junior high school this evening between 7 and 9:30 o'clock. Girl Mortally Hurt By Norwalk Automobile Norwalk, Dec. 26 (#—May Mur- phy, 16, was mortally hurt by an automobile driven by Anthony Mace, | 18, while on Mill Hill, last night. She was walking beside a standing trol- ley drove by striking her fell to the ground A youth with Mace got out and picked up the girl. Secing that she had been hurt the two placed her in the machine and took her to Nor- walk hospital. Death came a f minutes Mace had just bought the machine s driving towards home with He was arrested today and held await a finding by Coroner J. 1. lan. it. to James Trumbull Joins New Haven Railroad { New Haven, Dee. 26 (UCP)—The New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad announced to the ap- pointment of James B. Trumbull of Wollaston, Ma s industrial de- velopment agent in the territory served the railroad’s eastern lines, Trumbull will have offices Boston and Providence, I cording to the announcement. | The appointee has been employed lm the engineering division of the by ac- ew Haven road for most of 22 years. for | '“nh the main thing which is, T feel, {to get together and limit the ton. nage of fleets. “This T believe {8 an urgent and important problem. I am convinced that upon its definite solution de- pends to a large extent the future |peace of the world. Not because the ‘Rri'lfih and American fleets are any idangl‘r to one another but because you cannot expect the great military nations to make effective agreements for reduction and Iimitation of arm- aments unless the naval powers ‘!how themselves ready to do the | like. Reduce Navies “In my view therefore, the great ,‘fi.flnt is to'get an agreement between |England and America for naval |reduction. Parity has been suggest- ed fully. T would like to see parity in tonnage and parity in guns. But |you will never get as satisfactory an | | agreement for peace if you negotiat- | |ed on the footing of preparation for | war. The thing to aim at is a prac. {tical business arrangement based of | the principle of parity. | | “T consider the Kellogg pact was| la great step forward in the path of peace. The next thing to do is to |carry out Article IT of this pact. | Then let us start carrying out some disarmament step.” Lord Cecil began his career at the |bar, after having served as private | ary to his late father, one of| n's greatest forelgn minister. |As a child, he learned to belleve im | his father's ide: one of the chief |among which was a strong hatred | |for war, which he said was “an evil which one has to accept but cannot defend.” Speaking of his university days, | {Lord Cecil recalled his friendships with men who are now as famous as| ; he himself is. “In particular,” member my close friend, Dr. Lang, who has just heen made Archbishop of Canterbury. He is an admirable speaker. I think, in fact, that he was the best speaker at Oxford. I re- member with much amusement the time when he, Anthony Hope Haw- kins (the author) and myself com- bined together in trying to suppress canvassing for office in the Oxford iversity union society.” | Sir Austen Chamberlain, Britain’s foreign minister, was at Cambridge sity the same time Lord Cecil | at Oxford. | “He once came over to Oxford for | said Lord Cecil, with a “It was I who opposed him the Oxford union so- advocated free trade. I stood for protectionism. “And now,” concluded Lord Cecil, “he stands for protectionism where- as I vote for free trade.” 0dd Cameras Left Over | At Almost 4 Price- WANT A BARGAIN? COME IN! ARCADE STUDIO| he said, “T re- Y. M. T. A. B. hall, while hundreds {were turned away for lack of even |standing room. The pageant, a tra- | ditional feature during the Christ |mas season among the Polish peo- |ple, was the second since the ex- |istence of the new Holy Cross par- | ish, the first taking place a year ago {and a short time after the parish was organized. To enable those who |were turned away last night to see |the play, the management of the | Holy Cross dramatic circle announc- that the pageant would be re- | peated Sunday evening, December 30. “The entire play was striking be- {cause of its rich color and beautiful |lighting effects. The well costumed characters appeared like color- plates transferred from the pages of {some fair tale book. The production was well presented, due largely to the efforts of Rev. Victor Plaskow- ski, who gave all of his spare time |to make the pageant a success. | The play was national in spirit as |all the scenes were laid in Poland, with Polish characters taking place of the original Oriental figures, usu- | thus making it quite clear that there |ally depicted in such pageants, with Have Hopes of Keeping Up Con- |shall be no land war between the | the exception of the main char- acters such as Mary, ,Joseph and Herod. {0LD FRIEND OF KIN GEORGE DEAD AT 81 Lord Lambourne, Enthusiastic Horti- culturist, Was Kcen Rival at Shows, London, Dec. 28 M—Lord Lam- bourne, one of King George's old friends, died at Bishop's Hall near Komford, Essex, today, aged 81. He was an enthusiastic horticul- turist and was a keen rival of the king at horticultural shows, the two exchanging banter many times on the respective merits of their estates in Essex and Norfolk. One of Lord Lambourne's most re- cent acts indicated his great regard for King George. Lambourne strong- ly oppesed the building of King George's hospital, at Becontree, Es- gex, but withdrew his opposition in deference to the king's wishes. In a letter announcing his action, Lord Lambourne wrote: “My mottor has always been ‘the king can do mno wrong,’ and I desire to carry this out.” SLED CARRYING MAIL Lancaster, N. H., Dec. 26 UP—. sled dog team carrying mail from Lewiston, Me., to Montreal, resumed its journey today after stopping here last night. The driver, Alden Pulsi- fer of Minot, Me., =said that he ex- pected to reach St. Johnsbury, Vt., 8 miles from here, before dark to- ight. Although the team has been ndicapped by lack of snow, most the trip so far having been made over bare roads, driver and dogs were in good condition. ‘\“ ) |scenes of the Polish Christmas pa- | LOSES CONTRI OF AT, HITS TREE Noise Disiracts Drivers At tion lM_@_h_FfllM Henry Forest, 33, of 29 South street, Elmwood, was driving north on Stanley street about 6:50 o'clock yesterday merning and thought he heard & package fall out of his about 100 feet south of Blake lIT He looked around to sce whether one of the doors was open and in so0 doing he lost control of the steering wheel. The left hub cap grazed a tree and a few feet farther on, the car struck a large elm tree head-on. Ofticer Thomas C. Dolan, who in- vestigated the accident, reported that Forest sustained an injury to his left foot but was able to go home. The front part of his stove in by the impact. Joseph Ciquere of 52 Putnam street sustained a slight injury to his nose in a collision yesterday between his car and one driven by P#olo Polo of 123 Westland street, "Hartford. Polo was driving west on Allen street about 11:10 o'clock in the forenoon and Ciquere was driving north on Oak street. As he turned to go east on Allen street, he went too far to the left and struck Polo's car, which had been brought to a stop. Officer David Doty reported | that both cars were damaged consid- erably about. the front, and Ciquere assumed responsibility for the acci- dent. There was no cause for police action. Vo ‘Walter Tomasewski or Tomaslew- sky, aged 52, of 60 Smalley street, is under treatment at New Britain General hospital for lacerations about the nose and face, the result of being struck by an automobile driven by Samuel 8imon of 149 North Main. street, Bristol, about 8:10 last night as he stepped out of Paradise park on Elm street, near North. Simon reported that he was driving north on Elm street and Tomasewskl stepped out of the park. Simon did not see him until the car had struck him, Herbert Bush of 115 Meadow street, Bristol, was with 8imon and told the same story. Offi- cer L. E. Harper reported no cause for police action. \DEVOTION OF QUEEN MARY TOUCHES BRITAIN Wife of Stricken Eaglish Monarch Carries On With Fortitude In Long, Serious Iliness, London, Dec. 26 (UP)—Hhe for- titude and devotion of Queen Mary during the king's iliness has become an inspiration to British women. Intimate circles at - Buckingham palaco stressed today the courage and composure of the queen who, after 36 days of continuous strain and anxiety, refuses to be depress- ed, betray the depth of her concern or shirk her increasingly arduous responsibility. The volume of work which the queen accomplishes daily, normally leavy enough, is now more than double. It would be formidable to & business woman without - other cares, Among other things, it in- volves signing heaps of documents and letters taken to her workroom in big wicker baskets by ladies-in- waiting. ity The queen holds Jong copsultations with the doctors and always ' ap- proves the medical bulletins before they are made public. 8he ‘person- ally sces that all the king's needs in the sickroom are met and continues to direct the daily life of the palace. Although exhausted every night and overburdened with care, she contrives to be cheerful when she pays her final visit of the day to the sick chamber. car was when it scemed that the king would die, the queen never omitted her cus- tomary personal inquiries into the well-being of the most humble of the servants about her, expressing con- cern at the additional duties and longer hours imposed by constant coming and going of the doctors and visitors. “Not content with looking after her own family, the queen has al- ways mothered us,” remarked a pal- ace servant, “and she continues the same way.” oTiSAdATICcy e ’:‘:m & WE gy S, 'I(‘ A Satisfied Castomer is so important to us that we try first of all, regardless of cost, to give you the shoe that fits and is suited to your needs. You find that our shoes are at the same time smart and comfortable. Asuncion, ~ Paregway, ~Dec. -6 (UP)—Official wotification ef t! demobilization of the Paraguayas forces recently called to arms by government decree, was forwarded to provincial military authorities by the ministry of war today. The forces were mobllized after Rolivia and Paragnay broke diple- matic relations when border clashes occurred in the disputed Chaco re- gion. X 3 President Jose P. Guggiari ™ Paraguay ordercd the forces demo- bilized last week, but the order was not sent to the provinces by tne ministry until today. It was said that the order was is- sued on account of the acceptance of both countries of the good offices of the Pan-American arbitration and conciliation econference it Washington in the dispute, THIRST LEADS TO CELLAR Officer John Kennedy was detail- ed by Detective SBergeant Ellinger at 3:30 yesterday afternoon to investi- gate a complaint by Michael Cap of 286 Eim street that an attempt had been made to break info his cellar abeut 10:: Ohristmas ove. fast week, 8 board was broken oft the partition between Cap's cellar und one used by Henry McGowen and eight bottles of beer stolen. Me- Gowan: . denied that he had amy con- nection with the incidents, hut he- lieved Samuel Godfrey might know something about it. 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