New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1929, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 DOORN VELAGRRS HONOR THE KAISER Shor Seresades Former German Ruler With Sacred Songs 10 CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY DIeovent Newspapormen o Photographers From Entering Grounds. Doorn, Holland, Jan. 3¢ UM—The .illagers of Doorn had their part to- Jay in the festivities attendant upon Lhe seventieth birthday of former Kaiser. Wilhelm which occurs to- (NOTFOW. Shortly after 10 o'clock this morn- ing 38 members of the village choir and @ delegation of councilmen and business men called upon the for- mer emperor and felicitated him upom his Dbirthday. The choir's greeting was in the form of a sere- nade, the program cousisting first of sacred songa, secondly of the Dutch national anthem and then a folk song about a spinster looking for a husband. Checked Before being permitted to enter the estate by way of the entrance bullding and the arched gateway, the cHoiristers were carefully checked to avoid the poasibility of a corres- pondent, or photographer smug- gling himself. The press representa- | tives, in fact, were kept ten yards from the gateway by the police. In- stead of being taken to the palace as had been originally arranged, the choir was asked to stop at the Or- angerfe, It was later explained that this precaution was taken to pre- vent cameramen from using ‘long- . distance lenses in filming the palace which can be seen from one spot in the barbed wire fence surrounding ! the estate. Emperor Appears At the Orangerie the former em- peror, clad in & black fur-lined coat and astrakhan cap, stood on the portico and listened to the songs while behind him such members of the Hohenzollern family as already had arrived ranged thenfselves. Only Princess Hermine, the former monarch’s wite, was away. She has 2 bad cold and kept to her bed to- day in order that she might take part in the feativities tomorrow. Shakes Hands After the serenade, the former Kaiser shook bands with the chelr conducter, while his adjutant, Cap- teln v Islomarnn, exproased Wil- helm’s thanks to the whole choir. The singers were treated to wine and cuke and then departed. When they came out they good hiumorediy posed for photographers, ' Wil Siep En Reute to Fairbanks to Pick Up Witpessss—Native in Marshal’'s Oustody Bethel, Alaska, Jan. 36 UP—Cut- ting 3¢ days from previous similar trips by dog sled, a plane hoppad off from here yesterday with a pris- oner who is to be tried on a mur- der charge in federal court at Fair- banks. The plane was to stop en route at Sleetmute to pick up wit- inesses. Those abeard were E. E. ! Bennett and Gom Gerard, pilota, Deputy Marshal Wiseman, the native prisoner and an interpreter. GOES INTO ICY POOL AND EFFECTS RESCUE Southington Policeman Saves New Yorker From Drowning ' (Spacial to the Herald) Southington, Jan. 36.—John Falen, age 30, of 306 E. 46th street, New York city, a visitor at: the home of John Homnyack of 39 Summer street, escaped drowning last night about 10 o'clock when, after falling through the thin ice of S8tow pond. he was rescued by 8pecial Policeman George O. Dexter. Falen was returning to the home .of his tfriend when he went to take ;@ short cut. A small river feeds the ipond and Falen tried to cross the channe!, The water was not over his thead at the spot where he broke 'through but he tried in vain to get lout. He attempted to climb onto {the fce but just the the weight of his ! body was placed on it, it kept break- :ing under him. His frantic cries for help as he ‘l‘tfllxll(‘d in the dark, attracted the |attention of people living nearby. Unable to help him, the residents |turned in an alarm for the Southing- {ton fire department. Another call . was sent to Meriden for the Meriden i hospital ambulance. | When the department arrived, a llldder ‘was placed across the chan- 1nel and Policeman Dexter crept out |to catch the man. He was nearly ex- hausted and his fingers were so inumb that he was unable to catch ropes or even raise his arms to the policeman. Finally he began to slip. his hold on the ice relaxing and the police- man sensing this, jumped into the e PR 0t o e ‘ ‘Tadder and to shore. His clothes were rippad off and he' | was placed in heavy blankets. He !was given stimulants which brought | him back. Upon the arrival of the ambulance, he was taken to the b | ithe cleanup earlier in the week. The |that two robberies had been pre- | tachment of police drove |ed and re-arrested in subsequent i CHICAGD POLIGE 0 ON RANPAGE Start Avother Cleanap Which Nets 600 Arrests NAB THO HOLDIP MEN Strong Arm Squsd of Authorities Arrives Whea Taxd Driver Is Handing Over Day's Recelps o Bandit, Chicago, Jan. 26 (M—The police broadax that swept Chicago last week-end was slicing over the same ground today, cutting into a " crop. ot denizens of the underworld. Approximately half of the city's police forco engaged in the second general rourdup of the week of malefactors. They found the fleld far less fertile than last Sunday and Monday when more than 3,000 per- sons were jailed. At an early hour this morning about 600 arrests had been made, the list of prisoners in- cluding some of the men taken in campaign was to continue through the day, with the prospect of in- tensification tonight. With the raids only a few hours old, Deputy Commissioner John Stege learned that several men sought for a series of robberies had been captured and identified; and vented by raiding squads arriving while the holdups were going on. Morris S8immons, a taxicab driver, was just handing his night's receipts over to two men who had held him up when a police aquad arrived and arrested the robbers. Another de- into a Rogers park filling station during & holdup and captured the robber. Solution of 16 holdups was accom- plished, police said, through this arrest, the prisoner, Conrad Petta, confessing. As in the case of arrests made | during the previous roundup, police | found several of those taken early today were armed. The program for handling those arrested is to pick out all who are known to polive, fingerprint and photograph them, and prefer charges, wherever possi- ble. Those against whom no evi- dence is at hand will be released. But known hoodlums will be arrest- FINDING FOR BRINLEY IN COLLISION AGTION Putterman Fails to Prove lfleglixence in City Court Case drives until they become 80 diagust- ed- that they will leave Chicago — which is one of the primary hopes of police. - ] Federal probibition agents aiso went. into aetidon simultaneously with police, although acting inde- pendently. They battered their way | into’ the Minuet club, described by | Judgment for the defendant to re- cover costs was rendercd in a de- cision today by Acting Judge Stan- {ley J. Traceski in the $1,000 negli- gence action of Harris Putterman against E. C. Brinley and others, heard in city court yesterday afteg: neon. Capt. Goorge Fried of the United States liner America, who directed the rescue of the 32 members of the crew of the Italian freighter Florida in mid-Atlantic, OKLAHOMA PROBE IS CONTINUED TODAY Charge Governor’s Secre- tary Dominated Actions During Term OLlahoma City, Jan. 36 (M—Peer- i ingginto 1" e activities of Oklahemna's official family, the house of repre- sentatives investigating committes today was ready to cross mental swords with Mrs. 0. O. Hammonds, confidential sccretary to Henry 8. | Johnson, suspended governor, and 'often referred to as the “Mrs HERO OF MID-ATLANTIC RESCUE (10 GREET FRIED ford N Y. TADAY cf ont State [ Wil Py Trbas PLAN PUBLIC WELCOME Municipal Twg Macom to Carry Noted Captaln and Savicur of ' Fveighter's Crow, Up Bay—Broad- way Parade te Follow. New York, Jan. 26 UP—Repre- sentatives of two nations, the army and navy, and civil authorities joined today to pay homage to Captain | George Fried and his crew. Plans . for & public welcome for the rescuers of 32 Italian sailors| from the sinking freighter Florida began with a greeting to Captain Fried and his men when the United States liner reached Quarantine. Mrs, George Fried, wife of the master of the America and Mrs. Anna Manning, mother of Chiet Of- ficer Harry Manning, who command- ed the rescuers’ lifeboat were in- vited to accompany the welcoming party on the city tug Macom. | Mayor Heads Party Mayor Walker headed the official party, which included Police Com- missioner Whalen, Rear Admiral Louis R. De Bteiguer, commanding Brooklyn navy yard, Major General Hanson E, Ely, commanding the Second Corps Area; Emanvuele Grazsi, Italian consul general and members of the mayor's welcoming | committes to distinguished visitors. | Arrangements provided that the tug Macom escort the liner to her pier at Hoboken while river craft along the route salute the ship with siren blasts and plumes of high flung spray from the fire tugs. Reception Put Of The fact that the America was not due to dock until late in the day and in order to give Captain Fried and the others who figured in the rescue much needed rest officiais | put off the reception at City hail | until Monday noon. After a parade up Broadway Cap- tain Fried, Chief Officer Manning, Nelson 8mith, chier radio operator, and the members of the lifeboat crew will pass between the lines of a guard of honor of soldiers and sailors at the City hall steps and be escorted to the aldermanic chamber whete the city will he proasnted mayor and the three officers will receive acrolis eulogising their herole exploit. After the City hall ceremonies the mayor will escort the America's| party to the Advertising club for | luncheon, FIRE DEPARTMENT GOSSIPS 1 T0 BE SUMMONED BY BOARD T0 EXPLAIN THEIR TALES BOYLE DIGS INTO FIRE DEPARTHENT Councilman Subjects Mechanic to Sbarp Cross Examination CALLS SYSTEM “TERRIBLE” Council Committce Om Ordinances Votes Down Proposed Deputy for Burke and Favors Licutenancy of Detectives. The common councll committes on ordinances voted last night to recom- mend that the position of lieutenant of detectives be created in the police department, but rejected the recom- mendation of the board of fire com- missioners to establish the position of assistant master mechanic in the tire department, after a session en- livened by a searching interrogation of Master Mechanic Edward G. Burke by Councliman Willlam I Boyle. The committee also voted to have an ordinance drawn relative to the position of deputy building in- spector, the common council having ordered the position created. The proposed legislation to license the bond building contractors was tabled for one month. Councilman Boyle lost no time go- ing after Mechanic Burke, shooting [question after question at him about the condition of various pieces of fire apparatus in the dcpartment and Burke made his replies promptly and with great confidence and sclt assurance. At one time, the council- man spoke especially sharply to him, declaring: “I'm not here to argue with you; merely to ask you some questions” and the mechanic quickly retorted: “I'm not arguing with you.” Both kept their tempers throughout the repartes and at the conclusion, Conucilman Boyle said he wished the committee to under- stand that he had nothing personal purpose in v}l‘u- the questiong and delving into the fire depurtment me- chanical divisfon was to ascertain, if possible, whether there is an-acutal need for an assistant master me- chanic, and also to determine if pos- sible whether the division is being properly and efficiently conducted. aguinst the 1iechoaic ard his sole ‘Whispering Campaign’ Has Chmax in Ded- sion to Call at Least Four on Carpet for Their Attitude To- ward Associates. Quizzing by Councilman Boyle Results in Detere mination by Commissiost to Throw Searchlight on Men Suspected of Come plaints. Determined that gossiping and spreading of dissension among meme bers of the fire department must bq stopped, Chairman James J. Butleg of the board of fire commissioners today announced that he will call & Apecial meeting next week, probab'y on Thursday night, and summon a$ least four members of the departe ment for hearings. The names of those to be called were not disclosed, This action resulted from disclose ures at a meeting of the ordinance committee, which last night rejected the fire board's recommendation thag the position of assistant master mes chanic in the department be created with the salary, but not the rank, of & lieutenant. Councilman William D. Boyle who subjected Master Mes chanic Edward G. Burke to a grilling which lasted more than an hour, brought out numerous claims and complaints which moved Councilman Warner to remark that they musg have come from disgruntled meme bers of the department, The coune cili.an suggested to Chairman Bute ler that the source of the gossip be traced and the guilty parties dealt wit He wis assured that this be done without delay. Although no formal charges huve been preferred ms yet, ‘it .‘&W""‘ that this step will follow. An investigation instituted by the chairman of the fire board today con- vinced him, he sald, that many of the complaints brought out by Coun- cilman Boyle are unwarranted and 11 | K i others utterly false. but otherwise refused to talk. Any- | AR'Sgent 2y tone of tiowe Quiet and|| ™y 0 tne hearing. yesterday the Scnds Congratulations erly false. Meriden hospital. His condition to | “It is all wrong,” he said. “The sys- one who expected to see the vil- | lagers in wooden shoes and national | costumes was mistaken. On the contrary the girls scemed anxious to show that they were as up-to-date as the city folk. Most of them wore | short skirts silk stockings and styl- ish hats. Only one of the girls, how- ever, was bobbed. Meanwhile a procession of top- natted, black-coated counc'!men and leading citizens appeared. They were headed by Burgomaster Baron Schimmelpenricnck Van Der Roye, chairman of the 1928 Olympics. They. walked sedately to the grounds and at the bridge leading over the canal to the castle they were met by the former Kaiser. Extolls Interest The baron extolled Wilhelm’s in- (crest for the village of Doorn; es- vecially his benefactions for the poor and then presented the former ruler with two white benches, gifts of the village. At thc rame time he handed him u yellow leather album with a godden dedication containing the autographs of all those who had contributed to the gift. The former Kaiser responded In serman. He said that he took a most ive interest in the development und growth of Doorn and then add- od: “Whet I like particularly about hopping wood is that this is not only + Personal p.easure to me, but I am ible to help Doorn’s poor by sending he results of miy chopping to them.” He further expressed happiness hat among the presents from Ger- many were numerous rose bushes and shrubs for the local rosarium which he gave to the village last May. The League of Ncblemen, he said. donated 1,400 rose bushes as ‘heir birthday offering. Doorn, Holland, Jan. 26.—(P— Members of Eurovean royal families still on friendly terms with former Kalser Wilhelm were arriving today to help him celebrate the 70th an- riversary of his birth tomorrow in as srand a style as exile will permit. The first of the Hohenzollerns to irrive was Wilhelm's only daughter. Princess Victoria Louise, who was accompanied by her husband, Duke Ernest August of Brunswick, fa- millarly known as “The Cumber. lander.” Limited facilities for the en- tertainment of the royal guests caus- ed them to be scattered throughout various castlen and other buildings near Doorn house. The princess and the duke with the former kaiser's sister, Princens Sophie, widow of former King Constantine of Greece, will be the only guests at Doorn castle. Sister There ‘The kaiser's other sister, Princess Margarete, with her husband, Duke Freldrich Karl, Prince of Hesse, was assigned to where Wilhelm lived for & year and a half after his abdica- tion. Former Crown Prince Frederick ‘Wahelm and his princess as well as the children of Princess Hermine, the kaiser's second wife, were tal care of at the so-called Orangerie, near Doorn castle, while Friedrich Angust 111, former king of Saxony +'a8 to live in the entrance building (ContiLucd on P'ags.11) day was favorable, hospital authori- ties saying that he was sufferirg only slightly from exposure. ! | TROTZKY REPORTED EN ROUTE TO GERMANY Former Soviet Leader Said to Be Starting for Constantinople London, Jan. 26 (UP)—Reliable private advices received here said Leon Trotsky, former Soviet leader, and his family will leave their place of exile in Russian Turkestan today and go to Constantinople. The advices said the removal will take place at Trotsky's request and with the permission of the Soviet government, Trotsky and his family may pro- ceed to Berlin ‘rom Constantinople, it was added. Dispatches from Moscow for the |last two days have indicated the Soviet government was planning stronger action against Trotsky, whom 1t sus_ected of being connect- ed with anti-Soviet propaganda in Siberia, rather than allow him to leave its control altogether. Recent raids by Soviet secret po- lice in Siberia on headquarters of “a Trotsky organization” there re- sulted in numerous arrests and con- fiscation of papers which police claimed indicated enemies of the government were joining the organ- ization. Members of the organization were said to be distributing proclama- tions throughout Siberia calling for discreet places.” It is in Rush strect on the Gold Coast, Besldes arresting the proprietor. Louis Falkenstein, and seizing al- leged liquor, the agents obtained Wwhat they believe to be the club's membership list. Fred O. Silloway. in charge of the prohibition agents, plaintiff's son, Jack Putterman, who teatified that on October 14, 1928, at {turning from Hartford and saw the jdefendant's car on the left side of the road in the vicinity of the stone quarry in Newington. He first no- | was operating his father's machine, | 12 o'clock fn the morning, he was re- | would not make public the list, but ! ticed the machine at a distance of he said it included the names of a from 80 to 90 feet, he claimed, and a civil war and the overthrow of Sovietism. The report of Trotsky's self-re- quested removal appeared to indi- cate that Soviet authorities agreed with an opinion advanced by some political observers in Moscow, that Trotsky will be less of a menace while he lives than If he were dead, since in the latter case his followers might make a martyr of him. Trotsky severed all connection with the Soviet government before his exile. Prior to the 1917 revo- lution he was known as a Menshe- vist rather than as a Bolshevist, an1 adopted the latter principles only ‘'when the revolution started. Fidel La Barbs Wins Fight by Knockout Sydney, New South Wales, Jan. 126 M—Fidel La Barba, American flyweight, today knocked out Mc- Aliister in the fourth round of their match here. THE WEATHER New Britain and viciaity: Falr and colder tonight. Sua- day imcreasing cloudiness, probably followed by smow or rain at night. railroad president, two downtown bankers and several prominent pro- fessional men. “It looks like a couple of chap- ters from the social register and a hanpdful of pages from Dun and 103 THOUGHT DEAD Mukden, Manchuria, Jan. 26 UP— One hundred Chinese and three Japanese miners were feared to have been killed today in an explosion and fire in the Ental coal mine near Liaoyang, Manchuria. to avold a head-on collision, turne to the right and sceing that he |would hit a pole, he turned to the {left again, the rear end of his ma- |chine smashing against the pole. He |stopped about 15 feet away from the defendant's truck. Benjamin Hitcheock, agent of the | defendant, who was operating the |truck, testified that he was deliver- !ing milk at that point and parked on the left side of the road, as was his custom, and at the time of the (Continued on Page 16) THIS WEEKS AFFAIRS Colonel House” of Oklahoma poli- tics. Mrs. Hammonds, whose political | aggressiveness has placed her in the | foref: unt of govermmental activities the greater part of the John- son administration, has been charg- -administration forces with ing the governor's official ac- tions. She has been quoted by one ommittee witness as having assert- | d that if 1t hadn't been for her | “the administration would have gone on tha rocks.” Callcd as a witness yesterday, Mrs. | Hammonds was informed by thej committee that others were ahead of Ter. And she was instructed to re- turn this morning. Her request to have her own stenographer make & transcript of her testimony was granted, The house committee spent the reater part of the day delving into Willlam Marcon!, inventor of | wireless, sent congratulations to Captain Fried and the America's| wireless operators through David | Barnoff, executive vice president of | the Radio Corporation of America. “Please convey my most sincere conrgratulations to Captain Fried | and the wireless operators for mout gallant rescus of my countrymen on the Florida,” Senator Marconi sald. “you will understand. T am also proud of important part wireless has again played in the rescue of life at nea.” A radio message received from a committee of passenzers ahnard the Amerirs said a purse of $360 had been turned over to the crew of the lifeboat and testimoninls had heen handed to Contain Fried and Chief Officer Manning. Captain Fried and Manning will be henrd toright hy radio listeners (Continued on Page 15) . . . [ [ over Btation WOR of Newark, N. J. SUPERNTBADENT RFEKS v+ e tem is terrible.” No Mechanic At Fire “Were you at the Hanna block fire?”, the councilman asked Burkc and the latter replied negatively. “Was either mechanic there?”, he pursued, and Chairman J. J. Butler of the board of fire commissioners said he had not heard that the fire was not covered by Burke or his act- ing assistant, Firemen John Blair. Fire Deputy Chief E. F. Barnes was (Continued on Page 13) BOY HIT WITH STONE LOSES SUIT FOR $1,000 City Court Decides in Favor of Gaj, School Janitor Judgment for the defendant to re- cover costs, based on the strength of the testimony of defense witnesses was rendered today by Justice M- chael A. Sexton in the action of 13- year-old Frankie Czerwinski against Anthony Gaj, janitor of the Sacred Heart parochial school. Czerwinski sued for $1,000 damages for alleged assault and battety on April 14 last, when he was supposedly hit by & stone alleged to have been thrown by the janitor, when the boy went over to the playgrounds to get a “peggy” that had gone over the fence. In rendering his decision for the CRUISER BILL IS SENATE'S PROBLEM Must Dispose of It Before Waning Session Closes Washington, Jan. 26 UP—WHE the end of the session only a few weeks away, the senate has disposed of two of a vexing trio of problems that confronted it at the outset, Boulder Dam and the Kellogg and faced the third, the cruiser cone struction biil, today, with the telie@ that a vote was a matter of only & few days at most. The house hag gone along placidly enough, dispose ing of appropriation bills and otheg routine matters with only minor des lays, and consequently felt privie leged today to take a recess. o Congress has apparently abandone ed all idea of doing any law making on farm relief and tariff revision ag this session, since a special session seems certain. Having decided it ‘was inevitable, senators and repres sentatives are taking comfort now in the feeling that if any supply measures are caught in the last minute jam, there is time to take care of them in the congress te come. Hearings on tariff revision, begum early in January, have gone steadily forward and although Saturdays defendant, Justice Sexton said that| the boy, testifying in his behalf, “lid | not say that he was struck by the | defendant or by anyone else; he did | not show who struck him; two oth- | er children about the age of the| plaintiff testified that they saw the defendant throw the stone that| were originally sct as a holiday by the house ways and means commite tee every one of them has seen the committee at work and today was no exception. The committee plans to finish hearings sometime before March 4 284 then the work of sub- committees in helping frame sece tions of the proposed bill begin. struck the child, but they were un- able to state where the defendant | pick it up, nor did they see him take it from his }ocxet, | “There was one thing striPing | about the testimony of these boys,” the memorandum reads, “and it was the minute description they gave of his age and the manner in which | ) he was dressed, red sweater, brown cap and blue overalls, “The evidence given by one of the boys when the case was heard in the city court, was quite different from what he gave when the same matter was aired in the police court last May. At that time he did not identi- (Continued on Page 13) One farm bill, that of Senator McNary, of Oregon, has been intro- duced at this session but it has not been brought up and apparently wilt not be. This measure, calling for a | farm board, is said to have adminis- | tration approval, but how Herbert | Hoover will look on it is not known. | Me- the defendant, the color of his hair, | Lfa’r’y"'"'l"e:’;u:‘f‘;_’i';':'gt‘S:";"‘:’ Fak one put forward at the special ses- sion. Committees today were generally in recess, although on the house side hearings on the bill to prolong the life of the radio commission & year were scheduled and the senate public lands committee had arrang- |ed to hear the Walsh report on the Sinclair royalty oil leases Salt Creek fieid. Opposition to the cruiser eom- struction bill has apparently centers ed on the time clause requiring come struction of the 15 cruisers and ene alrcraft carrier provided to beg'n ‘m three years. President Coolidge wants | this time limit taken out and we does Senator Borah and thosse whe oppose other sections of the meas- ure, or the bill in its entirety, have in the