New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 10

JUDGE DENOUNGES POLICE INQUIRY Philadeiphia Jurist Says Iis Ellect on Force Demoralizing Philadelphia, Jan. 28. Judge Harry 8. McDevitt, president Judge of the common pleas court, last night openly denounced the special grand jury investigating police cor- ruption for its “demoralization of the Philadelphia police force through the testimony of self-confessed jail birds" Judge McDevitt was addressing the quarterly meeting of the Philadel- phia Association of Credit Men. “I object to this demoralization of our police force by inspiring in it the fear that any self-confessed jail bird who points his finger at a po- liceman can secure that policeman’s suspension.” said Judge McDevitt. “It is getting so that 24 hours after & man is arrested he can turn around and say that a year ago he gave the policeman who now ar- rested him a twenty dollar gold plece for a Christmas present and his word 1s taken against that of the officer of the law. Our police force compares favorably with that of other cities. Why should its mem- bers, 90 per cent of whom I am sure are honest, suffer such unwarrant- ~d humiliation? Can Do Little “A grand jury sitting six months or sitting on into eternity can do lit- tle to prevent crime if it doesn't bring about the convicion of the criminal. “Crimes of violence are not usually committed by those who deal in liquor, either, so that prohibition cannot be blamed for the increase. Judge McDevitt voiced a protest against the advocates of the city manager form of government for Philadelphia. “What we need,” he declared, “is not a city manager but honest city management. The jurist expressed approval of the Baumes law providing life m- prisonment for fourth offenders. He also advocated more attention to the matter of rehabilitation of men after their release from prison. Judge McDevitt's criticism of the work of the grand jury, whose activi- tles have resulted in the suspension of more than 50 policemen and po- lice inspectors, was the first that has | openly been made by any person in authority since the investigation was undertaken. Mrs. Virginia Whitney Files Divorce Suit San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 23 (®— The Examiner says today that Mrs. Virginia Mowbray Whitney of Brooklyn, N. Y., whose “fourteen points of. married life,” gained her tame several years ago, has filed suit’ for divorce in Reno against Arthur Whitney, paper company executive and former army aviator. The paper said the marital trou- bles of the Whitneys dated back to 1925, when they separated because Mrs, Whitney contended her hus- hand was cruel to her. When Whit- ney sought a reconciliation, Mrs. Whitney served him with her four- teen rules for connubial bliss, which Whitney is said to have declared “read like the terms of a victorious general to a foe he has forced to an unconditional surrender.” In the fourteen points which the Examiner lists, Mrs. Whitney stip- vlated that there would be *“no more talk of bachelor freedom, nor entertaining of young ladies” by her husband, and that the marriage was on & fifty-fitty basis, Three Killed in Auto-Train Crash Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 23 UPM—Three persons were killed and a fourth probably fatally injured early today when an automobile was struck by a Big Four passenger train south of here. The dead are: Effie Powers, 21; Albert Fugleman, 25, and Charles Walker, 18, all of Dayton. Miss Ruth Somers, 17, sustained & fractured skull and little hope is ‘held for her recovery. Because there werc no witnesses to the accident and due to the criti- cal eondition of Miss Somers, of- ficials thus far have been unable to AN FINED THICE OR SAME OFFENSE Case Brings Statement Appeal To Be Made Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 23 (P— The unusual case of a man who was |twice found guilty of the same of- sence in the same court came to |light in Middlesex superior court |nere yesterday when Frederick C. Wittig, of Newton appealed the sec- ond of two sentences imposed for | operating an automobile under the {influence of liquor last July. Judge Frederick W. Fosdick re- |fused jurisdiction because he said, |the district court had no jurisdiction jon the second trial of the case. Counsel for Wittig took an excep- tion to the ruling and said he would probably carry the case to the su- | preme court, | According to testimony Wittig was| {fined $100 in Newton district court without the hearing of evidence, He | | paid the fine but later told the pre- | |siding judge that he wished to ap- | {peal, whereupon the judge went | through the formality of revoking sentence. Nothing further happened for {two months, according to evidence, |until the clerk of the court reccived an order from the judge vacating | the judgment and ordering a new trial.” Wittig was tried a second {time, by a different judge, and | again fined $100. Meanwhile the |first fine had been forwarded to the | proper authorities and Wittig was |faced with the necessity of paying two fines for one offense, Will Try to Go Over Falls in Barrel Again Springfield, Mass., Jan. 23 (P— {Jean Lussier of this city, who suc- fully negoiated the plunge over |Niagara Falls last July 4 in a rub- ber ball of his own invention, will attempt to duplicate the feat again next July 4, he revealed yesterday ‘in a letter sent to relatives in this| city. Lussier plans to build a ball |that “will look like a parlor inside™ fand which will not roll over. It will hold enough air for 48 hours and he will remain inside on the trip (from the falls through the whirl- pool rapids to Queenstown at the! |entrance of Lake Ontario. Lussier | |1s now im Cleveland. | 'Abe Aronson Candidate | For Basketball Position Aplicants for places on the Cen- trol Board of Approved Basketball Officials’ staff will be put through tests by the officials at the Y. M. C. |A. Saturday afternoon. They will be | requpired to officiate at a portion of the afterncon basketball league | games. | Officials are A. W. Keane of Hart- |ford, Louis Alexander of Connecticut Agricultural college and Thomas Monohan of Bristol. Abe Aronson of this city is the only New Britain candidate. DE Soro S1X AGERLY BOUGHT . . . |City, Kas., |at’the Henrietta street register | fice, HANSAS SOLONS REBUKE NEWBER Are Stirred by Reports of Al- leged Liquor Parties Topeka, Kas., Jan. 28 (P—S8tirred by published chages that members of the Kansas legislature had been staging liquor parties here, the house yesterday delivered a rebuke to Rep- resentative J. R. Burton, Kansas for a newspaper inter- view he gave concerning Topeka law enforcement conditions. A resolution adopted without a dissenting vote declared the house “looked with disfavor” on the inter- view in which Burton was quoted as saying he had seen more “drunks” in Topeka in the last two weeks than he had seen in his own county in two years. “It is a reflection upon ourselves and our families to have a member say there are card parties at which liquor is served and young girls be- |come 8o intoxicated they have to be carried out of the hotels,” said Rep- resentative Donald Muir in com- mehting on Burton's interview. “We have sworn to uphold the constitu- tion and laws of the state, and this is not doing it."” Views Different The resolution adopted disagreed with Burton’s views on the law en- forcement conditions and held that| such statements as he made public tended to break down enforcement and respect for the law. Under his constitutional rights as a legislator, Burton ignored a sub- poena issued by County Attorney J. G. Logan for his appearance before the grand jury to tell what he knew about liquor violations. Burton said he might present information to the grand jury after the legislature ad- journs. Meanwhile the house adopted and sent to the senate a bill appropriat- ing a special fund of $40,000, re- quested by Governor M. Reed for drying up Kansas, which was re- ferred to in a recent magazine arti- cle as “the beer state.” Before taking office early in the month, Governor Reed declared it was well known that liquor had flowed freely at previous sessions of the legislature and he warned that such a situation would not be per- mitted at the present session. He blamed ‘“corporation lobbyists” for plying the law makers with drinks. MISS GUINESS WEDS London, Jan 23 (—Miss Meraud Guiness, daughter of Benjamin Gui- ness of London, Cannes, Pittsburgh and New York, was married today |to Senor Alvareo Guevara, a Chilean artist. The ceremony was performed of- Miss Guiness is a painter and has cxhibited some of her works in Paris. Lately she has been inter- asting herself In stage decoration.’ PREPARING T0 MOVE KING GBORGE SOON Monarch Will Travel 65 Miles to Coast Resort in Large Com- fortably Fitted Car, London, Jan. 33.—(P—Prepara- tions were going forward today for the removal of King George to Bog- nor, in Sussex, as soon as his doc- tors decide that the time is oppor- tune, The king will travel th to the coast resort fitted s0 that he can lie as comfort- jably as in his bed at Buckingham palace. At Craigwell house, 8 mansion be- longing to Sir Arthur Du Cross, in Bognor, preparations for the king's arrival have been in progress for some days. Residents of the region who wondered what was happening were told that a “very rich man who has been {1l is coming to stay.” No- body apparently suspected this was | the king. Craigwell house is a large and comparatively modern white stone building, handsome but not on palatial lines. Since 8ir Arthur bought it 15 years ago he is reputed to have spent £100,000 improving the property and equipping it with the latest luxuries The work being done for the king's arrival includes connecting Craigwell with Buckingham palace by tele- phone, arranging for a large staff of royal servants and transferring a |quantity of linen, tableware and other domestic equipment. 1t is believed the king's speclal room will be in one of the wings, from which he will get a view of the | sea through the pine trees, which are a feature of the secluded grounds of 22 acres. In these grounds, when well enough the king will be able to exercise, sheltered from all winds except the warm south wind. Failure of the king to increase his weight, noted by his doctors, has in- | dicated the path to recovery will be a long one. Say Fighting Has ’ Stopped in Kabul London, Jan. 28 UM — Advices reaching here yesterday said fighting had ceassd in Kabul, but there was no indication that Habibulah Khan had made any at- tempt to form a government. It ap- | pears as though some tribes are not anxious to give him unqualified sup- Iport. The looting in the capital has |been on a small scale but the influx ot refugees from the surrounding county has complicated the situation from the viewpuints of food supply and maintenance of order. Reports concerning former King Amanullah at Kanda ar are contra- dictory. Some say he intends to march on Kabul with the tribesmen he has gathered together while iinto Turkey. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS A CHRYSLER MOTORS PRODUCT | Deeloto Bk rn—- in-a large car; Afghanistan, | others assert he contemplates fleeing | MANY CHARGES N OKLAHONA NIXUP Gubernatoral Tnvestigation Is Loading into Many Remilcatons Oklahoma City, Jan, 23 UP—Inves- tigations involving the name of Mrs. 0. 0. Hammonds, confidential secre- tary to Henry 8. Johnston, suspended governor; the state highway depart- ment; other branches of state gov- ernment, and elusive rumors regard- ing $100,000 said to have played a part in the abrupt dispersal last win- ter of attempted impeachment activ- ities, today were rivals for the in- quisitorial spotlight of the 12th Oklahoma legislature. Consideration of additional im- peachment charges against Governor Johnstop by the house of representa- tives, also was & possibility, as the voting of a sixth charge, shortly be- fore adjournment late yesterday, cleared the path for discussion of an- other of the four remaining charges placed before the house by its in- vestigating committee and awaiting action, The sixth article of impeachment adopted by the house charges the illegal employment by Governor Johnston of Kirby Fitzpatrick, for- mérly of Ardmore, as special attor- ney for the state banking depart- ment. The name of Mrs. Hammonds ap- peared frequently, witnesses before Loth the house and the senate inves- tigating committees relating stories purporting to deal with her activi- ties. ¥ B. Graham, former auditor for the state highway department, first mentioned Mrs. Hammonds to the senate , investigating committee, which is sceking foundation for the rumors and reports of corruption in connection with last winter's im- peachment attempt. He related that she at one time shook her fist in the governor's face and commanded him to “be quiet.” Graham testified the incident occurred during a confer- ence In the office of J. R, Armstrong, political advisor of the governor, and uncle of Mrs. Hammonds, L. K. Ford, mechanical engineer, testifying before the house investi- gating committee, declared he saw an envelope containing money pass- ed to Mrs. Hammonds by a woman; who was charged with negotiating for the aid of her purported influence with the administration. i Magee Lists Names | Carl Magee, Oklaho City editor and the first witness called by the senate committee, gave the commit- tee a list of names of persons with ‘ whom he had talked regarding re- ports he published concerning ru- mors that money had influenced sen- ators to change their vote and ter- minate the attempted impeachment scssion of the legislature after mem bers of the house had voted si* charges against Governor Johnston. H, Tom Kight, antl-administratior i leader of the house and one of th« active participants in the 1937 ses- sion, said that he had heard that $26,000 was sent here by J. J. Mc- Graw, late Tulsa banker and former, national republican committeeman, for expenses of the session. This fund was diverted to a movement to end the session, Kight said he un- derstood, because McGraw was in- formed the state gross production tax on oll would be suspended if the im- peachment move was thwarted. C, 8. Beekman, contractor had constructed state highways, was quoted by Pat Henry, candidate for chairman of the Oklahoma county democratic committee, as saying after the session had adjourned ab- ruptly, that he had collected money from various contractors for the gov- ernor’s defense, “Tells of Conference Graham's tectimony dealt “ith a conference, wh' 1 he said was held in Armstrong’s office, on Henry's candidacy. He said Mra. Hammonds rebuked the governor angrily for supporting Henry's candidacy which, sho indicated, was opposed by & group of m:n in an adjoining room. fha v quoted as asserting that this group had savcd Johnston from impeachment at the attempted ses- sion, “When the governor said he would support Henry,” Graham declared, “Mrs. Hammonds jumped up, shook her fist in his face, and asked him thow he dared make such a state- ment when he knew that men who had saved him from the impeach- ment were in an adjoining room.” Grahgm said Beekman, H. L. Can- naday, road contractors, Fred Cap- shaw, corporation commissioner and Fred Leech and Ed Butterfield, Okla- Loma county commissioners, were among the men in the next room. OTTO KANN TLL New York, Jan. 23.—P—Otto H. Kahn, the banker, is ill at his home on Fifth avenue with a severe cold. His physician said he did not con- sider the illness serious, but that Mr. Kahn had a slight temperature and two nurses were in attendance. JAPANESE TO CHALLENGE Tokyo, Jan. 23.—(®—The Japan Lawn Tennis association committee today voted to challenge for the Davis cup this year in the American sone, Yoshiro Ohta and Tamio Abe were named to the team with Sa- daichi Onda as alternate. Asks Body Be Turned Over to Cornell U. New York, Jan. .23.—UP—A note requesting that his body be turned over to Cornell university medical colege for research was left by Howard W. Young who committed suicide by poison in his room at the York hotel early today. In his note Young said he had suffered from intestinal trouble for several years and had tried many doctors without succesa “Maybe,” said the note, “by an autopsy they might learn something for some other poor fellow who may be suf- fering from the same thing.” Young, who was about 50 years old, registered at the hotel Monday. Another note asked that his brother, Ernest Young, Weehawken, N. J., be notified. 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