New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1929, Page 1

[m===] NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 GARDINER SAYS PAJEWSKI FIRST LINKED CHIEF HART WITH BOOTLEGGERS' RING Defendant in 325,000 Slander Suit Declares Former Police Head| Was Source of Ori- ginal Information on Which He Based Charges. Mentions Names of Promi- nent Citizens Accused at That Time by Board Chairman of Being In- volved in Alleged Liquor Running. (Special to the Hersld) Hartford, Feb, 7—Henry E. Gar- diner, one of the defendants in the $26,000 slander suit brought by Chiet W, C. Hart of the police de- partment of New Britain, and Ira B. Leonard, former supernumerary po- liceman and close friend of Gardl- ner, testified in superior court today at the opening of the case which is attracting wide attention about the state, Pajewski Sets Alone Ex-Alderman Peter J. Pajewski. who is the other defendant, was not called today. He sat alone in the courtroom and heard Gardiner and Leonard testify that he told them Chiet Hart and his family were bootleggers and he intended to send the chicf to Atlanta or go himself. Pajewski was formerly police board | chairman in New Britain, having been removed following a successtul | liquor law violation coupe by a po- fce “agent” at his drug store. Judge W. F. Mangan represents (Continued on Page 16) SOVIET SHIPS DOCK; TROTEKY NOT ABOARD, Turkey Is Now Convinced Exile Is Still Some- where in Russia Constantinople, Feb. 7 P — The Loviet vessel Krasny Flott, aboard which Leon Trotsky, ~former head | of the red army, was reported sail- ing for Turkey. arrived in port to- | Jday, but there was no sign of the 2xiled opposition leader aboard. The Krasny Flott, en route from Batum, was delayed for several days because of terrific storms in the Black sea. For a time there were sven reports that the ship had sunk ind that Trotzky. went down with her. A second Russian vessel, the Le- iin, from Odessa, alse arrived fn! “onstantinople today but there was uo trace of Trotzky aboard her wither. It is now the general belief in ‘Turkey that Trotzky is atill in sov- iet Russia. Officers and passengers aboard the ships unanimously de- clared that Trotzky had not quit| soviet territory. They stated the ! Russian press was silent concerning him. One Russian pamsenger ex- | imed: “Trotzky is forgotten for | us" The Turkish press also has been silent regarding the exile. Czech Undertakers | Seven Days Behind Prague, Feb. 7.—(M—Influ- +nza is claiming hundréds ef victims in Czechoslovakia. In Prague the death rate is so high undertakers are seven days | behind in their interring of the dead. At the same time there in an acute shortage of grave dig- gers and priests. At some churches requiem services are held every 15 minutea The na- tional crematorium, one of the largest in Europe, is unable to care for the number of victims. As a precautionary measure the governmment today ordered cloging of all schools. | were Muideress in France Escapes Guillotine Paris, Feb. 7 (M—Blanche Vabre, one of four women who have been waiting execution for murder, has escaped the guillo- tine, her sentence being com- muted by President Doumergue to life imprisonment at hard labor in accordance with the half century old tradition against the execution of a woman, The president's task was lightened by the medicai report which stated that the woman's mind was unbalanced. On Tuesday Odette Bimon, woman attorney for Madame Vabre, made her final appeal at the Elysee Palace for mercy. Madame Vabre was convicted of muedering her fourteen year old stepson, a frail youth. Of the other three women still un- der condemnation, two Kkilled their children and the third her husband. RALLY IN WAKE OF PLUNGE OF STOCKS Active Issues Break 3 to 17| Points in Barly Dealing TRADE YOLUME ENORMOUS, Total Sales Pass 3,500,000 Before Noon—Shump Due to Federal Re- serve Warning and Boost in Eng- Ush Discount Rate. New York, Feb. 7 (®—Specula- | tion for the advance on the New | York stock exchange received a ter- rific joit today when the market was confronted with two distinctly bear- ish developments—a federal reserve bdard warning against the excessive use of speculative credit and a rise of 1 per cent in the Bank of Eng- land discount rate. Prices of most of the active is- sues broke $2 to $17 a ghare at the opening as thousand® of small speculators scrambled to get out of the market. but strong buying sup- port was quickly supplied and a brisk rally was under way by early afternoon. A few of the recoveries running from $3 to $13 a share. Trading was in enormous volume, total sales crossing the 2,500,000- share mark before noon. Huge Blocks Dumped in Blocks of 5,000 and 20,000 shares dumped Into the market at rapid intervals, ‘and the market could not absorb them except at (Continued on Page Two) Ship Board Agrees To Defer Fleet Sale Washington, Feb. 7 (¥)—Mem. | bers of the shipping board agreed today to confer with the senate cqmmerce committee before closing a contract for the sale of the At- lantic fleet of the government ship- ping lines. Chairman O'Connor of the board announced at the outset that the board had not decided to accept any bid. Paul W. Chapman, Inc.,| submitted the highest bids for the Atlantic fleet with $16,000,000. O'Connor said the board had in- vestigated the reliability of Chap- man and was now investigating the finances of the other bidders. No de- | clsion will be made on any sale until | all the bidders had been inquired into, he said. He denied reports that the contract was to have been | consummated this morning. Senate Chaplain Says Short Prayers Hartford Feb, 7 P—Rev. E. P. Ayer, blind chaplain of the senate, | makes short prayers. Yesterday, the prayer contained only fifty-two words, shorter than the Lord's pray- ler, and was delivered in less than | thirty seconds. The prayer was: “Oh God, father | of us all, and Christ, brother of all ! mankind, oh loyal spirit our all- of all. Forgive and save us from | the worst within us, and grant us |peace in Thy holy name. Amen.” NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1929.—EIGHTEEN PAGES DELUGE SWEEPS OVER CITY, CLOSING DOWN 2 FACTORIES; MANY HOMES ARE F1 OODED View of Monroe Street Looking West After Storm PRESIDENT GETS CRUISER MEASURE House Approves Seoate Amend- ments on Naval Program NO VETO IS ANTICIPATED Huddleston of Alabama Vainly Trics to Provide for Suspension ff Armament Accord is Reached— Time Clause Stays in. Washington, Feb. 7 (P—The naval construction program calling for 15 crulsers and one airplane car- rier was sent to President Coolidge today with house approval of senate | | amendments. The amendments were accepted after an unsuccessful attempt had been made to revise the measure to give the president authority to sus- ! pend bullding of the cruisers if an agreement should be reached for & turther limitation of armament. Rritton Blocks Move ocrat, Alabama, proposed the change but Chairman Britten of the house naval committee refused to yield him the floor to permit the amend- ment to be offered. Huddleston said the provision had been carried in the bill when lett the house, but had been eliminated by | the senate. The measure, last of the major proposals of the Coolidge adminis- tration, directs that the 15 cruisers and aircraft carrier be lald down before July 1, 1931, President retention of the time limit stipula- tion but has been represented as | friendly to the oill in its present | form. The most imporfant senate amendment calls for the negotiation of treaties with foreign nations to | define the rights of neutrals at sca | during war. Under another amend- ment the navy would be authorized [to purchase such equipment and materials from commercial ehip- | building yards as are not manufac- |tured by the navy, Eight of the | cruigers are to be built,in navy yards, and the remainder in private plants. 'LINDBERGH RESTS ON WARSHIP SARATOGA Flier Watches Tactical Ex- ercises Aboard Giant Airplane Carrier Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, Feb. 7 (UP)—Out in the Gulf of Panama Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was having a holiday with the United States fleet today, but he was still surrounded by his favorite hobbies— | airplanes, He was on board the U. S. §. Sar- atoga, giant airplane carrier, this morning when the fleet steamed out | for tactical exercises between Cape Mala and the Pearl Isiands, Returning to France field, Cristo- bal, across the isthmus, Lindberga will be the guest of Colonel Arthur Fisher, commandant of France fleld. Col. Fisher said that there were no definite plans as to how the flier | would spend his time. It was added from the fleet tomorrow morning | for France field. The fleet will not return to Balboa until the after- noon. Recreation, including possibly a | hunting trip with Canal Zone fliers, | will occupy most of his time until his departure Sunday on the return {trip to Miami, Fla. | Insisting throughout the three- | day flights that he v.as only an Air mail pilot again and must not be treated as a world celebrity, Lind- bergh only smiled his appreciation |of the cheers of 2,000 people Who welcomed him at France field here. “We miust protect the mail,” he |said as he helped unload the six [bags consigned to the Canal Zone. Lindbergh kept the code of the | mail pilot in mind the entire time {he was at the controls of the Sikor- {sky amphibian plane. Flying straight and fast from city to city he brought |the plane to rest on France fleld at 4:03 p. m. yesterday, three minutes behind the time announced three days ago for his arrival. ITILITY MERG New York, Feb. 7 (M—Associat- ha Gas and Electric Co. a holding company, has contracted to acquire ,control of General Gas & Electric lwrpernuon. also a holding com- BIG | wise gulde, help us to say, to do and |pany controlling public utilities in Ito get the best things ror the good | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, South Maryland 4nd Florida, it was announced to- | day. Representative Huddleston, dem- | Coolidge has opposed | that Lindbergh probably would fly | I HINBALL APPROVED FOR WATER BOARD Assembly Adjourns After Ses- | sion Lasting 15 Minutes (ONLY ROUTINE MATTERS Governor Sends House Report By State Committee on Uniformity of Legislation in Nation—Senate Gets New Haven Judge Appointments, Hartford, Feb. 7 (UP)—The m-mml assembly met today for a | 15-minute business session. Only routine business was transacted. In the house, the judiciary com- mittee reported favorably on the following judgaship resolutions: John E. Fiske, judge, and Edwin Rawkins, associate judge, of the city | court of Rockville. George R. Torrey, judge, and Ar- thur C. Donais, deputy judge, of the town court of Plainfield. Albert 8. Bill (house clerk) judge These resolutions were passed in the house and sent to the senate which concurred. They now go to | the governor for signature. Governor Trumbull sent to the house a report by the Connecticut | committee on uniformity of legisla- | Ition in the United States. This was referred to the judiclary committee. Senate Procedure In the senate, the judiciary mittee reported favorably on | lutions calling for appointment of Abner P. Hayes and John I. Mc- Grath, judges of the city court of Waterbury. These were passed in | the house and went to Governor | Trumbull for sigrature. Governor Trumbull sent to the com- reso- (Continued on l’z\gc Two) of the town court of West Hartford. | EAMONN DE VALERA. GUEST IN WRECKED AUTO AWARDED $400 DAMAGES Jury Finds for John Rose in Action Brought Against Frank Barboza. A jury in superior court late yes- | |terday rendered a plaintift’s verdict | | for aamages of $400 ana costs in the laction of John Rose againat Frank | | Barboza, of this city. Rose was Bar- | boza’s guest in an automobile which turned over on the Willimantic- Manchester highway several months ago. Rose sustalned a fracture of | the nose and other injuries and claimed that he has since had trouble breathing. Attorney S. Ger- | ara Casale represented Rose and At- torney Carpenter of Day, Berry & | Reynolds of Hartford represented | ! Baripza. | Cardinal Gasparri Papal Secretary of State Rome, Feb. 7 (P—Definite and formal announcement of the concln- sion of a momentous agreement be- tween the Hoty See and Italy for set- tlement of the long-pending Roman question involving the relations be- [tween the® Vatican and the Italian | state, was made today by Cardinal | Gasparri, noted Papal secretary of state. Having summoned the diplomatic body accredited to the Vatican, the cardinal briefly communicated news of the agreement which is every- where looked upis as one of the most important events in modern history. Immediately after the meeting of the diplomats at the state apartment in the Vatican, Cardinal Gasparri was recelved by Pope Pius, who said he was exceedingly pleased. of Momentous Two-Fold Treaty Between Vatlcan and Italian State 'LITTLE NEGRO GIRLS WFAR Reveals Terms Commumcates Details to | Pontif’s Diplomatic Body—Pope Pius Expresses | Joy at End of Age-Old Controversy, Saying Mussolini Was Sent by Providence. “I am so happy about what has' happened and I am sure that Pre- mier Mussolini will be just as hap- py,” the Pontiff was quoted as say- ing. *“I consider that he was sent; by Providence to put an end to the | unsufferable position of the Pope in Rome.” Although the meeting of the dip- | |lomats was exceedingly brief, it was | |extremely impressive. The cardinal, (Continued on Page Two) THE WEATHER New Britala and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tomight and Friday; colder. T | *. | ly allayed the fear. | arrested previ | Bridgeport, Conn., —Photot by Arcade Studio BOMBAY IN TERROR AS RIOTS CONTINUE Bloodshed Spreads to Dock Area and More Troops Arrive 3 KILLED IN FIVE DAYS Soldiers Fire Into Mobs in Vain Attempt to Quell Hindus and Moslems in Bloody | Clashes—Government 1s Criticised | Bombay, Feb. 7 (#--Hindu-Mos- lem rioting broke out again on a larger scale this morning, the fifth successive day of the disturbances. In the Bhendy Bazar district, one burly Pathan killed four Hindus with a knife. The disctrict was ter- rorized. The arrival of troops final- A band of thirty Pathans, assembled with the pose of combined assault, had been usly The rioting spread quickly to the dock area of Mazgaon and north- ward to the Byculla district. More troops arrived from Deolali. There was further rioting last night when a party of Hindus at- tacked Moslems returing from a motion picture show, injuring two. Outbursts— |The Moslems hurried to their own quarter and raised a mob to retali- | ate, but troops were able to dli- perse them without firing. Troops Shoot Into Mobs Earlier in the day on two , gcca- sions troops fired into mobs, killing three persons and wounding .ix. The total number of casuaities in the rioting was not estahlished today | although 30 bodies of men slain in the disturbances had been identi- | tied. The government of Bombay subjected to ~onsiderable was criticism | from the British community and the educated nativ were alarmed . most of whom and called for more | (Continued on Page Two) BRIDGEPORT WOMAN'S GEMS West Virginia Colored Children’s Ragged Clothes Adorned With Diamonds Found by “Boy Friend” Fredericksburg, Va., Feb. T (P— Diamond jewelry, adorning the clothing and persons of a neighbor- hood of tattered little negro children here last night, drew the attention of police. A roundup of the vicinity produced half a dozen scared little negroes, a diamond brooch and chain set with 146 diamonds and 50 emeralds. a platinum diamond ring and a pair of diamond earrings. All of the tots were girls but one, and they indicated their eight-year- old boy friend as purveyor of the finery. He had found the jewelry in a purse hanging on a bush, and had ' kept only the purse for himself. The jewelry proved to be the property of Mrs. J. M. Amsell of and was valued at $18,000. Mrs. Amsdell indicated that the youthtul finder will receive 2 $3,000 reward she had offered. pur- | ”nmvm Vi, Dep 4Puord ( 0 AuL [ T DAM Emergency Duty Laborer Swept to Death At Shelton Shelton, Feb. 7 (P—Michasl Lucad, 42, a laborer, while stand- ing on a retaining wall in the rear of the People's filling station on Center street this morning was suddenly precipitated into the swollen waters of Burying ground brook and carried out into the Housatonic river. His body has not been recovered. He had no family. PAINTED WOMAN SHILES AT JURY Challenged Da Vinci Canvas Exhibited in Duveen Suit ART CRITIC (QUESTIONED| | Prolonged smith's Discussion of Black- Daughters Hanging in Paris Louvre Features Half Mil- lion Libel Action. New York, Feb. 7 UP—In the | glare of light that shone through a ‘blg window down across her w(tly' rounded cheeks, “La Belle Ferron- »nl-‘re " lady of paint and canvas, Aacvd today in supreme court a jury |of 12 business men who are to de- ‘(ldp whether or not the hand that [fashioned her dim smile was the |same hand that painted the enig- | matic smile on the “Mona Lisa.” | Court bailiffs placed *La Belle” |on a chair by the window. The 12 business men, who looked slightly | puzzled at times as the discussion proceeded, came down from the |jury box and sat on benches in front of her. And 8ir Joseph Du- veen, noted art critic, prepared to tell why, in his judgment, she fis not a genuine Leonardo da Vinci, |but only an ordinary “blacksmith’s daughter”—just a copy. Mme. Hahn in Court Back in the courtroom sat Mme. {Andre Lardoux Hahn, who declares that “La Belle” might now be hang- ing in the Kansas City Museum of (Continued on Page Three) 400 SKATERS PLUNGE HEADLONG INTO DANUBE| Wild Panic Follows Breaking of Ice at Ratisbon, Bavaria—All Vic- tims Eventually Saved Vienna, Feb. 7 —Four hundred crs were precipitated into the waters of the Danube at Ratisbon, R rg) Bavaria, today when denly broke. cribable panic followed 1g of the ice. The merry- makers in a moment became a struggling. screaming mass of hu- manity as the victims fought with he shattered ice and each other in| their frantic efforts to reach the shore. There skat were many hairbreadth but it was reported later hat all the endangered persons werc eventually saved, Pieces of Eight Are Found in Cuba Havana, Feb. 7 ®P—Vour fisher- men browsing about the beach near Batabano, Cuba, Tuesduy excavated four old cannons, in the muzzles of which they found ancient Spanish doubloons, and rare old jewelry of an estimated value of $50,000. One of the cannons bore the date of 1687. Cuban law provides that a large part of such treasure when found shall be used to enrich the national coffers. However Castellanos Mena, |congressman from Batabano, who brought the story of the discovery to Havana, is endeavoring to have the fishermen rewarded with a big share re: |ler, Jr., {the proxies will PRICE THREE CENTS .ED TO REACH MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS Stanley Works and Skinner Chuck Co. Suspend Operations—Automobiles Trapped By Deep Water in Many Parts of Community—Brooks Sweep Over Banks and Inundate Nelgllbor- hoods—All Phone Operators Called in for Damage resulting from today's |flood, the worst the city has exe perienced in many years will rum into thousands of dollars it was es- timated today at the office of the board of public works as employes |of that department endeavored tq impress upon hundreds of callers the utter impossibility of giving any relief until the brooks have carried off the storm waters. He: rainfall during the night was climaxed shortly after 7:30 o'clock with a deluge accompanied by thunder, lightning and hail. Factories Forced to Close Thousands of factory employes were thrown out of work when water put the power plants in factories out of commission. A torrent rushed into the Stane ley Works power plant, flowing along the railroad tracks from the direc- tion of Curtis street. It was estle mated that there was about eight feet of water in the sub cellar, force ing the plant to close for the day, Only those departments which opers ate without power were able to care ry on. Employes said the situation as the river wound along the rail. road tracks baffled description. Water flooded the engine room of the Skinner Chuck Co. on Church street and employes were dismissed, Nothing could be done to allevie ate conditions in any of the plants until the water receded. Trains were forced to proceed slowly as they plowed through the flood in the west end of the city. Schools were closed and hundreds of cellars were flooded as a resuit of the heavy downpour which cone tinued through the late hours of the night and the morning hours, Low Sections Hard Hit The low regions in the locality of Monroe street, in Belvidere and in the east end were hardest hit. It \s (Continued on Page 14) STEWART DEFEATED, ALDRICH DECLARES Rockefeller Proxy Cole lector Claims 51 Per Cent of Indiana Oil Stock .i New York, Feb. 7 UP—Winthrog W. Aldrich, member of the proxy committee conducting the contest of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to oust Cole Robert W. Stewart from the chaire manship of the Standard Oil come pany of Indiana, announced today \hal proxies for 51 per cent of the vol!n‘ stock were assured to the Rockefeller forces. The statement | follows: “Winthrop W. Aldrich, of the firm of Murray, Aldrich & Roberts, & member of the proxy committes consisting of Mr. John D. Rockefel- Mr. William Roberts and Mr. Aldrich himself, which is solicite ing proxies to be voted at the ane nual meeting of the Standard Ol Company of Indiana against the ree election of Col. Robert W. Stewart as a director of the company, &ue nources that his committee now has |in hand proxies representing 51 p cent of the stock of the compan: The annual meeting of the Indi- ana company at which the battle of be waged takes place a month from today. Rockefeller asked Stewart 1o ree sign on the ground that he felt Stewart's testimony in the senate Teapot Dome investigation tended to weaken public confidence in the company. Stewart refused, although Rockefeller said Stewart had pree viously promised to withdraw any time Rickefeller asked him to, and then the contest for balance of pow= er at the election was begun. Rockefeller is in Egypt but has kept in close touch by cable with (Continued on Page 10) Keliogg Treaty Is Ratified by Poland Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 7 M—The Polish diet unanimously ratified the Kellogg anti-war pact this merniag of their find. He believes it to be an old pirate | cache. after August Zaleski, forelgn minle ster, had addressed it in the