New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1929, Page 14

RUTITS DAUGHTER NOT PRISON BORN Pusitivly Not Pearl 0'Dells Child, Warden Doclares Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 7 UP—The o the flood, the case of Syracuse Herald says today that Warden Edgar S. Jennings of Au- Lurn prison in an exclusive inter- view definitely established the fact that Dorothy Helen Ruth, adopted daughter of Babe Ruth, is not the prison-born daughter of Mrs. Pearl Beaver Odell, who is serving 20 years in Auburn prison in connec- tion with the death of her former sweetheart. Mildred Gloria Naomi Odell, the duughter born to the convicted mur- deress shortly after she entered Au- “and saved her mother chair, remained burn prison,” the Herald say: who probably from the electrie with her mother in prison for two years. During that period her fath- er went to the electric chair for his part in the murder of Edward J. Kneipp. “Then in the capacity of guardian, one of the many tasks of kindness Warden Jennings has accepted, he found & home for the child of mis- fortune. “He had this to say regarding that home: ‘Babe Ruth's daughter positively is not the child of Pearl Odell. Pearl Odell's child was placed in the comfortable home of a child- less, middle-aged couple in another state. She is there now and is hap- »y Federal?fontml of Beauty Culture Urged Washington, Feb. 7 (M—Federal regulution of the beauty culture business was asked in a bill intro- duced yesterday by Representative Welsh, republican, Pennsylvania. The measure would provide that every person practicing cosmetology, which is defined as being ‘“hair dressing” or “beauty culture,” ‘must have a license issued by a federal hoard of cosmetologists. Hoover;é Voice to Be Heard Around Earth New York, Feb. 7 (® — .\l.» H. Aylesworth, president of the Nation- al Broadcasting company, said last night that the voice of Herbert Hoover, delivering his inaugural address March 4, will be “heard around the earth” through rebroad- casts by powerful foreign stations. Speaking before the New York Electrical society and the New York section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, he said that a detailed description of the inaugural will be sent to virtually every na- tion in the civilized world. Residential Section Raided at Springfield Springfield, Mass., Feb. 7 UP— Springtield’s exclusive residential scetion, Forest Park, was invaded last night by federal agents who scized $6,000 worth of liquor ll:l the home of Mrs. Catherine Biondello. The seizure included rye, scotch and champagne. Mrs. Biondello was placed under arrest. The contraband was found in the cellar and on the first floor. The house is of a bungalow type and was bullt in recent years. GOLD PAJAMAS Golden satin and gold cloth fashion a suit of stunning tea pa- jamas. The trousers of satin lace up the legs with gold cords and the little tuck-in jumper of satin has gold embroidery. The hip-length coat 1s made of gold cloth, severely tailored. BOW SCARF The newest scarf is the one of slender dimensions that ties in a bow with long ends, under the chin, in demure fashion. One completing a grey silk jersey sports frock has Tour tones of pink in it. HOT-WATER BOTTLE your rubber hot-wa- ay with the sides stick- ing together, Empty, drain and then blow a little air into the bottle and screw the stopper in. This lengthens the bottle’s life, Cabinet Deb A Washington Bureau the few cabinet debutantes ut Washington this scason is Miss Jardine. daughter of the of Agriculture and Mre. Jardine. She was pre ently at a tea dance at th Mayflower hotel. sented re COURT CASE POSTPONED Attorwey Harry Ginsburg Maroomed n Home on Monroe fitreet by Morning Storm Because of the fact that Attorney Harry Ginsburg was unable to leave his home at 251 Monroe street due Edward Jennings charged with violation of the liquor law was postponed by Judge Morris D. Saxe in police court this morning. A charge against 8am Malinowsky and Anna Yarasiff, adjourned from February ¢ was postponed until Feb. 12, on the strength of a statement by Attorney L. M. Golon that the couple intend to be married. HORACE NANN 15 HOOVER'S BUFFER Golonel $tands Betwoen Him and Stream of Politicians Miami Beach, Fla., Feb. 7 (UP) —President-elect Hoover, as well as being secluded from the public gaze, is being protected here from & stream of politicians by the simple device of a buffer. That buffer is Col. Horace Mann, director of Mr. Hoover's southern campaign, who admits the role frankly. Mann has an office and a small office force at a local hotel, which he says is paid for by the Florida | republican organization. Many who come hera to see the president-elect are told to see Mann. Most of them |are oce seekers such as usually | swarm about a man in Mr. Hoover's Pposition. Mann, who has disclaimed any ambition to be dispenser of south- ern patronage and says he will play no such role, says he talks to these people but promises them nothing. He is here to keep these people from taking up the time of the next chief executive, who has more im- portant concerns, he explains, The colonel keeps in the background here, as he did during the campaign. He has appeared at the Hoover exe- cutive offices but once. Mann keeps in dally touch with the president-elect by telephone and by messenger, giving rise to the be- lief that he still occupies an im- portant part in the Hoover scheme of things, but just what has not been disclosed. He will not be the “Colonel House" of the Hoover ad- ministration, though he, ltke Presi- dent Wilson's right hand man, is from the south, Tennessee, to be exact. But he undoubtedly will be seen at intervals about Washington and the White House. Octogenarian Beaten In Contest for Mayor Burlington, Vt., Feb, 7 UM—James E. Burke, 80-year-old veteran of Burlington politics met defeat by the slim margin of 18 votes in the demo- cratic mayoralty caucus last night. Dr. J. Holmes Jackson, former may- or foreight years, was the victor. Burke caused a atir in political circles when he announced immedi- ately after the caucus, that he pro- tested the vote. He said that he had intended to accept the decision without question but when he ar- rived and found the house “packed with republicans,” he could not do 5o, When asked if his protest was the forerunner of an independent cam- palgn at the election Burke declined to comment. It was generally be- lieved that Jackson would not meet with opposition from the republican organization. Burke recently concluded a stren- uous but unsuccessful effort to oust ltho present mayor, Clarence H. Beecher in a case which was carried to the supreme court. Mayor Beech- er is not a candidate for reelection. | Robber Misses $3,000 In Office of Dentist Boston, Feb. 7 (P—A holdup man obtained $39 in the office of Dr. David Marckus, dentist, yesterday after attacking Miss Helen Healy, 23, office assistant, but overlooked $3,000 which a clerk of the Dud- ley Cooperative bank was counting in an adjoining office. The robber entered the office and inquired for Dr. Marckus. When he learned that Miss Healy was {alone, he rushed at her. She struck him with the telephone and then he drew a revolver and ordered her to be quiet. In a search of the office he found a wallet containing the $39, the property of Dr. Marckus. He then fled unaware of the money next door that might have been his for less effort. Water Four Feet Deep In Streets at Derby Derby, Feb. 7 UP—Burface water flowing down from the East Derby hills proved too much for the cul- verts and overflowed in fountain fashion, the water issuing from the culvert at Wilbert street and New Haven avenue bubbling up to a height of about four feet and over- flowing New Haven and Derby ave- | nues, this morning. | Trolley cars were held up for than {an hour and one trolley bound for iDerby from New Haven ran off the jtrack. Policemen helped in carry |ing women passengers through the | water to the sidewalks, | A spring on New Haven avenue 1overflowed and carried with it huge | stones which made it impossible for |trolleys to proceed. Toward mid- {morning the water had reached sucn | heights that automobile travel was {impossible. The Naugatuck and Housatonic rivers were both very | high but only the Housatonic over | flowed, Inundating lower Carolins |street. The cellars of a few stores {on Main and Elizabeth wers flooded | with small loss to stock. CONVICTS IN RIOT Reading, Pa., Feb. {UE) —= State, county and city police united today to quell the rioting of nearly 200 prisoners in the Reading coun- ty prison. Tear gas was understood (to have been used in the attempt | to restore order. MORNING DELUGE BREAKS ON CITY (Continued from First Page) in thesé areas that the property damage was heaviest, although the city generally suffered. Automobile | traffic in all localities was halted in some degree and scores of automo- biles were marooned in districts where the water rushed down the highways and created deep ponds in depressions. \ Streets located near brooks into which the storm water sewers flow presented the appearance of a mill race. Commonwealth avenue was transformed into a rushing river and few living on that street were able to leave their homes. The fact that most of homes are built on banks located above the street level pre- vented actual damage to some ex- tent, Firemen Remove Families The condition of Park drive was such that the department of public works concentrated its efforts there for several hour this morning, and the services of the fire department were used to take several families from homes into which the water had flowed covering the first floors, extinguishing fires and floating rugs and light furniture about the build- ings. The region of Willow Brook park resembled a sea. The automobile storeyard conducted by Peter Rossi was covered with water, which flow- ed from Willow Brook, and those which had been placed in the low- lands were for the most part ob- scured from view, At the Stanley hotel on Church street, the backflow from the storm water sewers rushed into the cel- lar, putting out the fires and making it impossible to furnish heat or hot water to guests at the hostelry. An appeal was made to the board of public works to furnish relief, but none could be had. 150 Appeals For Pumps partment was besieged with requests that the fire apparatus be despatch- ed to pump out cellars and prevent spread of damage, but he found it necessary to decline for the reason that damage to the pumping appar- atus would result. The chief's home on Harrison street, was flooded in the basement area but he, too. awaited the cessation of the flood. Jt was estimated by the operator on duty at headquarters that more than 150 requests for the services of the department in pumping duty werc received during the morning hours. table to the failure of the storm ability of the brooks to carry off the streams, City Engineer Philip erage system was functioning pro- | perly was demonstrated by the fact that dozens of manhole covers were forced off by the water flow and streams gushed several inches at these points, he said. Street Department Checked Street Superintendent Eugene Fa- sclle had a force of men patrolling the streets and clearing obstructions from the mains to permit the watcr {to pass through, but beyond this, lit was impossible to accomplish anything. At 6 o'clock this mora- ing, Merian and Faselle agreed that time alone could remedy the condi- tion and that damage and incon venience must be bLorne brooks had ebbed and could take the streams without backing up. |1in underpass and failed to clear the stretch when water put the mag- | neto and carburetor out of commis- {sion. As the water continued to flow !into the cut, the car became more 'and more obscured from vision and | before the ebb set in the water had reached the level of the steering | wheel. ! Marooncd in Auto John Smidgrodzi of 17 Park |drive appealed to Edward 0. Kil- {bourne, the owner of the property lin which he lives, to assist him in |taking his family from their flooded home, and the two set out in = light sedan, driving along the side- walk. They reached the front of the house, but were stopped when the engine failed. Marooned in the car, |the aid of ropes and ladders, the {of water were pouring over the con- Chiet W. J. Koble of the fire de- | The flood damage was not attribu- | water system, but rather to the in-| | A. Merian explained. That the sew- | until the | | A heavy sedan attempted the Ber- | they called to neighbors to bringl them assistance and the city's educ- tor was sent out. Later, the fire de- partment was called. Captain Ed- ward Woods of No. 7 station brought his squad to Park drive, where with family was brought to the car. Ben- jamin Canzellarini, public works de- | partment employe, waded through the waters over his walst and car- ried the entire family and Mr. Kil- bourne, one at a time, to safety. Flood in West End West Main street was flooded be- tween Lincoln street and Black Rock avenue, while opposite Wal- nut Hill park the roadway was also !covered. Abroay, deep stream of | water swept down through the park | entrance and the court of honor and across West Main street. Cascades crete walls supporting the bank west of Emmons place, the streams crossing the sidewalk in the air and rendering the walk impassable. On the hill near the library, the force of the water was so great that it| uprooted sections of the amiesite surfacing and swept it along. Patrolmen Walter Wagner and | Charles Anderson answered a call | for help from 378 Commonywealth avenue this morning. They found water pouring into a cellar so rapid- ly that members of the family were | unable to get down to turn off the gas on a hot water heater. The po- licemen reported seeing cars there with water up to the windshields. Appeal From Marconed Woman Sergeant John C. 8tadler and Pa- trol Driver James McCabe attempted to answer a call from a Mrs. Sokol at 270 Monroe street. Mrs. Sokol telephoned she was unable to get cut. Sergeant Stadler reported water upto the front porches of houses, jand so deep on the street it was |tmpossible to get within five blocks |of the house. | From Madison street west every- thing was under water, he said. On Shuttle Méadow avenue portions of the street were under water. Park street was under water to a | depth of several feet between Bige- | |low street and the railroad, and about six inches near John street when the sewers failed to carry off the floods. All Phone Operators at Work Only once before in the history of the local branch of the telephone company has there been such a heavy demand for service as there | was this morning. That was the| time of the North & Judd disaster several years ago. The demand started last night about 11 o'clock when the night operators were liter- lly swamped with calls, so much | 0 that many people waited, some rather impatiently, from two to five | minutes for replies. This morning shortly after 7 o'clock the load of | calls became so heavy it was neces- sary to call in every available oper- ator and calls came through so rap- idly it ws impossible to handle them | with anything near the usual speed. Calls for the school department | were handled by the thousands, ac- |cording to T. P. McAuliffe, local manager. It scemed as though every | lchild in the city wanted to know if | there would be school. The school | department was able to handle only |a small portion of these calls and | hundreds of them were relayed to |the Herald office. Finally the oper- ‘Morx were authorized by higher offi- ‘ciflll to pass on the information that there would be no school, and in this | | way many people got their informa- jtion direct from the telephone com- | pany. This is a service operators | are permitted to give in cases of | | cmergency such as bad storms, big ! fircs, ete, | Hundreds of telephones were out | of commission this morning. Opens Home for Relief Setting up on a small scale, !flood relief agency, Mrs. William H. | Hall. whose home is at the corner | (of Francis street, received and pro- vided for the residents of Park| drive who were taken from cold, wet homes, by employes of the| !board of public works and the fire department. Engineer Philip A. {Merian and Building Inspector Ar- |thur N. Rutherford, who directed | {the task of bringing the marooned ipeople to dry land .today expressed their appreciation of the hospitality and shelter afforded them. Supt. B. H. McElhone of New Britain division of the Connecticut city. | cellar. | Meriden on the south made the flelds electrical service throughout the The mayor's office was called by scores of property owners to have the fire department ordered out to pump water from their cellars. Cellars Flooded on Main Street Cellars of many merchants on Main street were flooded and con- siderable damage was done to much of the merchandise stored there. One of the firms, Erickson & Carison Co., turniture dealers, found its cellar al- most completely covered with water. | This is the first time in the history of the firm that water entered the For a time it appeared that the Corbin Screw Corporation division of the American Hardware Corporation might be closed when water filled the basement and mounted close to the heat and power system, but the waters subsided without causing! great difficulty, P. & F. Corbin and Corbin Cabi- net Lock divisions had no trouble although there was some water damage to stock stored in base- ments. The Hart & Hutchinson and !} Hart & Cooley plants, although lo- cated in lowlands, weathered the storm without interruption to plant| activity. A representative of the Skinner Chuch Co. called at the office of the board of public works early this| morning and asked that something be done to relieve conditions which, he said, had made it necessary to suspend work at that plant. The fac- tory is located a short distance from | the foot of the decline at Church street, near Stanley, and the torren- tial flow demoralized the power 8ys- tem, he explained. Scenes described of the flood areas along the Mississippi river and in inundated towns and cities were recalled by motorists who braved the storm in an attempt to reach their places of employment. All roads leading into New Brit- ain were strewn with a long line of automobiles stalled because of wet ignition or unable to proceed be- cause of flooded roadways. Ap- proaching the city evidences of the inability of motorists to proceed | along the streets became more plentiful. One of the worst spots in the city was the stretch between South Bur- ritt and Lincoln streets. Here in a low depression, the water had filled and overflowed the catch basins and about 15 inches or more of water was in the road. + Many Drivers Marooned Hardy drivers who attempted to get through the flood were maroon- ed in the middle facing either a long wait until help could come or a knee-deep wading through the chilly stream. In this stretch, five cars were stalled with the water eddying over the running boards. The drivers, unable, to get their ma- chines working again, were hanging onto running boards waving at peo- ple who had gathered at both ends. Appeals for ald were turned down with a finality while the example of those stuck in the middle of the | strect served to cause others to make a detour down South Burritt street. The stretch at the bottom of Wal- nut Hill between Russell and Cedar streets, was flooded even with the sidewalks on both sides of the road. Here a number of cars were stalled unable to proceed but the drivers were nonchalantly waiting for the waters to recede. On the outskirts for more than a mile between Lazy Lane and Dun- ham’s bridge between Plainville and Southington, the fields to the south | were entirely covered with water. The shed of the storm from the low ridge of hills between the road and an immense lake and the miniature river, People living in the houses which | are far from numerous in this sec- tion, were marooned while owners | of chicken farms, clad in hip boots and nor'westers, worked frenziedly to prevent the outbuildings from floating awa road a N. H, HAS NEW HOLIDAY Concord, N. H., Feb. 7 —Armis- tice Day will be observed as a legal holiday in New Hampshire under a ~—Photos by Johnson & Peterson Girl Is Drowned ) In Meriden Brook Meriden, Feb. 7 M—One lite was lost and thousands of dollars in damage was done by the storm which broke over Meriden last night. Beatrice Lyons, six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Danlel A. Lyons of Myrtle street, was drowned this morning when she fell into the turbulent waters of Harbor brook at Brookside park, while playing near the brook with three schoolmates. The body was carried down the atream and as yet has not been re- covered. Hundreds of factory employes were thrown out of work because of inability to get up steam at the plants, and both business and resi. dential sections of the city have suffered severe damage by water from the flooded streets. Flood Puts Hartford Furnace Fires Out Hartford, Feb. 7 (M—Furnace fires were put out, families literally marooned In flood surrounded houses, street intersections blocked under two to three reer of water. and the sewerage and traffic systems completely disrupted in Hartford and vicinity this morning as the re- sult of the severest storm of fts kind in the memory of city officials. A rainfall of 2.6 inches was re- ported at 11 a. m. 350 Telephones in Waterbury Silent Waterbury, Feb. 7 P—The rain- fall of 2.23 inches here last night and this morning put 350 telephone lines out of commission, and was re- sponsible for derailments of six trol- bill passed by the state senate today Light and Power Co., said the flood | caused no interruption with thel in concurrence with the house and sent to Governor Tobey for his sig- nature, DEFICENCY BILL PASSAGE NENACED Bg Dry Fand Incroso ltem Threatns Its Enacimeat ‘Washington, Feb. 7 UP—Deter- mination of some senators to in- crease the appropriation of prohibl- tian enforcement by $24,000,000 has begun to threaten seriously the enactment of the first deficiency supply bill, which also carried $75,- 000,000 for tax refunds. Chairman Warren of the aenate appropriations committee, an- nounced in the senate today that the conference committee appointed to consider the measure had made “little or no progress” with respect to the prohibition item and Senator Harris, democrat, Georgia, author of the proposal, declared off the floor that the group supporting him was large enough to block enact- ment of the bill unless the prohibl- tion increase was accepted. The Georgia senator said if the present bill failed he would repeal his ef- fort by proposing the addition to the first deficlency bill offered at the next session. Urges Direct Vote During the discussion in the sen- ate, Harris contended that the house should vote directly on the prohibi- tion increase. It he did not, he added, those ‘“senators who favor prohibition enforcement will be forced to- put it on the next de- ficlency bill.” Another provision of the defil- clency bill which Chairman Warren said was giving the conferees trouble was the provision inserted by the senate for public hearings on tax re- fund cases in excess of $10,000, A letter from BSecretary Mellon wn' read in the senate .in which the treasury head declared such hear. ings wouid not be “censistent with sound administrative practice.” The letter asserted that publie hearings would work an injustice upon the small corporations because the revelation “of a temporary weak condition” might cause strong- er companies to take advantage of the situation. PARSLEY SAUCE To change the creamed fish, chicken, chopped eggs or whatever else you use for fill-in dishes, add two tablespoons of chopped parsley to the white sauce before pouring over the solid food. This makes the sauce as pretty as can be and is aw- fully good. : Globe Flight Prize F. G. Bonfils, Denver publisher, has offered $50,000 for the first aviator to make a non-stop flight around the world from Denver. Photo shows Capt. Frank Hawks npon his arrival in New York after his record-breaking non-stop flight from the Pacific coast. Below is & view of the crowd that grected him at Roosevelt Field. M