New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1929, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 PONERS APPROVE BRITISH PROPOSAL FOR ARMS PARLEY Unitad States and Japen o Re- ceptive Mood, Sir Esme - Howard Finds | DATE OF GATHERING SET " PROVISIONALLY FOR 1984 Effort to Limit Auxiliary Ships and Alter Method of Comparing Ficet Strength Will Be Made at Con- ference. Washington, Feb. 16 UM—Reports that another naval armament limi- tations conference was in the mak- ing have taken shape with the an- nouncement by Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador, that his gov- ernment plans to take ‘the initia- tive toward such a conference. The United States and Japan both are believed to favor an armament parley. The Washington govern- ment has received no direct word from Great Britain. This, and the fact that the next administration probably will have to deal with the problem, has impelled the adminis- tration to proceed cautiously, but word has gone out that the United States is maintaining its traditional attitude of readiness to participate in such a movement. Baron Tanaka. Japanese foreign minister, recently suggested that it might be well to advance the date of the conference set for 1931. Preliminary Probable Tt is thought that the British gov- ernment will propose a preliminary conference to prepare for the 1931 parley when phases of the agree- ment reached at the Washington conference im 1921 come up for re- view. The number of capital ships and their tonnage and armament were limited at the 1921 meeting. The tonnage of cruisers was also limited to 10,000 tons each and their maximum armament was limited to an elght-inch gun, but no restriction was placed on the num- ber of crulsers to be bullt by each nation. It is believed that at the mext conference a determined effort will be made to limit auxiliary ships and to arrive at a different method of comparing fleet strength other than by tonnage figures and gun calibre. It was considered significant that the United States in addition to out- lining its attitude made known that it was willing to advance the date of the 1921 conference in case a majority of the powers that ratified that pact favor such action. 8ir Esme explained that his gov- (Continued on Page 13) MAXON WILL RETIRE FROM COUNCIL SEAT First Ward Representative Is Not Candidate for Re-Election Councilman Clarence H. Maxon ot 82 Hart street has announced that it is his intention to reure from the common council at the expiration of his term ‘in April. He was elected in the first ward for his first term Abpty Torch toStore | SCENE IN CHICAGO’S LATEST GANGLAND ORGY New York, 16 UP—After beat- ing and binding Nathan Felmus, propristor of a Bronx clothing store, two bandits apparently enraged because the cash regis- ter yielded only §17 and a check for $1%. sot the shop afive today. Felmus, whose feet were not bound, made his way through the amoke and managed to reach the street by turning his back to the door and fumbling with the handle until he sprang it The fire destroyed stock valued at §8,000, AGORN BEARING CO. MAY LEAVE GiTY Expansion Made Impossible by B L bt MUST HAYE MORE ROOM President Neubauer of Brook Street Comcern' Says He Has Received Invitations to Transfer Factory to Other Communities, Because of the refusal of the board of adjustment to alter the zon- ing laws to allow the Acorn Bearing Co. of 20 Brook street to build an addition to its plant, President J. Neubauer stated today that, if, at the next meeting, no favorable ac- tion is taken upon the request, the company will be forced to move to some other city. He stated that the company has received an attractive proposition to locate out of town and because of the fact that business has increased, officers have been forced to seek larger quarters. Every week a large volume of business is being lost be- cause cramped quarters prevent them from filling orders, he said. He stated that more than six months ago, officers of the concern requested the change in the zoning laws s0 that the company could build an addition - but the request has not been granted. ‘The company was organized in 1918 and started business in a small building in the rear of Mr. Neu- bauer's house. The place measured 10 by 10. The business increased so rapidly that. the company secured its present quarters and tow the of- ficials’ find it imperative either to bulld or get a larger place. g BATTLES WITH FLOOB, WOMAN NEETS DEATH Stricken After Bailing Water From Cellar of Her Home The death of Mrs. Stella Zinzalat of Newington in the New Britain General hospital yesterday is blamed on the storm of February 7, which caused the flooding of many streets and hundreds of cellars in this city, according to information learned to- day. Mrs. Zinzalat, who was 30 years|y old, had-been in good health prior to February 7, the day of the storm. The rain filled the cellar of her home, according to neighbors. In a vain attempt to empty the flood waters, she pinned up her skirts, - removed her shoes and stockings, and, armed with a water bucket for bailing purposes, plunged into the water almost up to her arm pits and proceeded to carry it out. 8he received a chill while working, a dizsy spell followed and the at- tack of cerebral hemorrhage caused her removal to the hospital, Febru- ary 9. Terminal pneumonia was a contributing factor in her death, Funeral scrvices will be held Mon- day morning at 8 o'clock at 8t. An- drew’s church. A requiem high mass will be celebrated. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery. TRANSPORTATION FOR PUPILS IS PROBABLE |Long Fight by Small CLARENCE H. MAXON jin 1923 on the republican ticket, and has been an active member. At pres. lent, he is chairman of the salary jcommittee and is also a member of he ordinance committee. The principal reason for his de- lermination to leave the council, he states, is that he has other interests [which take considerable time, es- pecially evenings, and he feels he must give up something. He is act- ive in affairs of Trinity M. E. church and treasurer of the Fidelity Industrial Bank. WOMAN JURED BY FALL Mrs. Samuel Hobson of 176 Cher- street fell ofi the sidewalk in tront of 215 Main street about 3:20 yesterday afternoen and sustained a [bruise over the right eye. Officer [Michael Massey took her to New [Britain General hospital, where her njury was dressed. after which she vas taken home. Officer Mamsey re- jported that he examined the side- alk and found it in good cond} ion, Mrs. Hobson claimed to have bbed her toe. Towns Near Victory in Legislature Hartford, Feb. 16 (UP)—The long battle which ha been waged through four previous sessions of the general assembly by the smail towns of Connecticut to obtain state aid in transportation of school chil- dren appears to have been won at this ‘session. Although the committee on edu- cation has not held its executive session after hearing on transy~ ju- tion bills Thursday, it was learned today that a substitute bill, dealing with the subject will be drafted by the committee and brought to the ossembly later, giving the. long- sought aid to many small communi ties. Mrs. Helen B. Lewis of Stratford, chairman of the house committen, went on record today as heavily in favor of aiding the town in .rans- porting children. 8he declined (o (Continued on Page 13) SKATING SCHEDULE Skating st all parks. Crowd watching police remove bodies from the North Clark street garage in which seven men were lined against the wall and shot in Chicago gang war outbreak. (Picture by TWO NEW DIRECTORS FOR UNION MFG. CO. Almost Complete Change in Officers Made by Board Two new directors, R. N. Ileming- way and F, J. Wachter, were elected to the board at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Mfg. Co., yesterday afternoon at the offices of the plant on Church street. These "additions give company a board of nine, as fol- lows: A. F, Corbin, A. J, Sloper, F. J. Porter, H. H. Wheeler, C. S. Neumann, J. B. Minor, F. T. Wheel- er, R. N. Hemingway and F. J. Wachter. At the meeting of the board of di- rectors following the meeting of the stockholders, when the resignation of A. F, Corbin had been accepted. an entirely new slate of officers was chosen with one exception. Carl 8, Neuman, who had served the company in the capacity of sec- retary, was elevated to the presi- dency. H. H. Wheeler, treasurer for a number of years, was re-elected to that office. F.' J. Wachter, salcs manager and formerly vice president of Landers, Frary & Clark, was named vice president. C. 8. Mueller, who has been connected with the company for about 25 years and re- cently was head of the cost depart- ment, was elected secretary. THE WEATHER New Britain and vfinity:, Unsettied tonight; Sunday possibly rain or snow; mot change in temperature. | % THIS WEEKS AFFAIRS . ” //¢'; the ; In Probe of Seven Men Chicago, Feb. 16 (A—Three “Purple” gangsters of Detroit today were thrice identified through pho- tographs , as members of the gun gang sought for Thursday's septuble slaying. l’l'hey were the spies, police sald, the “spotters;” the advance men for murder. They were planted in ad- |vance to observe the men marked | for death, note their hours of gather- ings, so that the actual killers would know exactly when and how to strike, . Two women and a man living across from the garage where the |gang massacre took place made the |identification. From a score of pho- tographs they picked three which they said were of men who had rented rooms overlooking the gar- age—rooms which they occupled |during a period of days immediate- ly preceding the assassinations. Harry and Phil Keywell, brothers, and Eddie Fletcher were the three Wwhose pictures were identified. Trall Getting Hot After the identification police an- » |nounced that the trhil of Chicago's hloodiest gang murder was growing hot and that important arrests were {near. But even the prospect of carly and definite police action was over- shadowed by several sensational aftermaths of the crime. For one thing, George (Bugs) U NOW, SEE (iAD AgouT Fueed N OF YOU IN THIS telephoto from Chicago.) “Purple” Gangsters, Advance. Men of Chicago Murder Band, Hunted Wholesale Killings Women Identify Photographs of Three Detroit Crim- inals as Spies Who Used Room Opposite Garage as “Lookout” Post for Days Before Were Slain. Moran was found, not by authorities but by newspapermen. The seven 1who were slain were Moran mobs- mel. For another thing, a flery shaft of | State’s Attorney John A. Swanson ;nt the law enforcement agencies of Chicago and Cook ‘county. The state’s attorney called Police Commissioner Russell, other high |ofticials, sheriff's officers and county police to his office, and issued this fiat: | “Enforce the gambling the laws against vice, “Obey these orders, or you'll go to prison.” | Swanson told them that their de- |partments were to blame for the |gang warfare. Those murders, he said, and the long list of unsolved ones that preceded it, were commit- |ted for just one reasom, and that |reason was the easy money which enforcement agencies had permitted gangsters to collect, Swanson's Threat “It is easier,” sald S8wanson, who was elected last November on a ;drive-out-crime platform, “to put a | guilty policeman into prison than to | put a guilty gangster there. law, and you.” (Continued on Page 16) CTY—THERE ARE MANY NIC YOUNG peopf.ez N MY TOWN 4, LY Y - 1 z T A N s To AD AAVY CHARGET - DEAN OF AMERIGAN JOURNALISM DEAD Newspaper World Moarns Pass- ing ol Melville E. Stone FRIBND OF °*urs WEN Its Bost Under nw .. Gw-h at 81 After Four Months' Hiness. New York, Feb. 16 (® — Mel- ville E. Stone, for 28 years general manager of the Associated Press and for half a century an outstand- ing figure in journalism, died last night at his home, 120 East 75th street, In his 81st year, he had been in failing health for four months. Death came quietly at 8:50 p. m. Wnh him were his wife and daugh- ter. The cause of death was arterio- sclerosis. In 1921 Mr. Stone retired as gen- eral manager of the Associated Preas becauuse of age and became counselor and secretary. He served as counselor till his death. His journalistic career, which be- gan when he was 20 years old, bpanned one of the - most vital epochs in news-gathering and dis tribution and was closely identified with . it, The son of a Methodist cir- cuit rider, he was successively man- ufacturer, newspaper publisher and banker till at the age of 45 he be- gan his life work in the direction of unbiased and accurate co-operative news gathering and distribution. Tribntes Are General Tribute to Mr. Stone was paid after his death by persons promi. nent in various fieids of activity. There were references to him as “a true patriot.” His contribution to Journalism was described as *‘one of the greatest monuments an interna- tional figure has ever had.” Adolph 8. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times and one of the directors of the Associated Press, said that Mr. Btone, possessing the business quali- fication of a Gary, a Fleld or an Armour, accepted an opportunity for service to his fellow man and in 0ld age had reason to feel that he had been fully compensated for the fortunes he sacrificed. “I have lived from the lightning | rod to the radio,” Mr. Stone said last year.” amd 1 have seen elec- censure and warning was shot by|!ricty ghange the whole Businem ,nr news gathering.” e In retirement, he kept in close touch with the activities of the As- nociated Press and he was frequent- ly consuited for his advice. Realixed Fnd Was Near “I am an old man.” he said at the annual meeting of the members in 1926. “It is not: at all unlikely that this is the last time 1 shall have an opportunity to talk to you. T vegard the Associated Press as a pubfic duty and every public duty i a privilege. 1f it were not so I should never have been with you. “Incidentally, the Aszociated Press is an opportunity for you to make money. But if money getting and public service may be joined hand in hand, as 1 think they have been in this institution, then you have been doubly blest. “This is a cooperative organiza- tion, the greatest in the world, and esprit de corps is essential to suc- cess, against great odds and by the 1t you ;exércise of infinite patience, we have have any doubts, I'll settle them for builded a great and most useful in- stitution—one of incalculable value, (Continued on Page 16) - SO we't - SEND WM VALENTINE Wosk Eodng. Circulation P 15,384 PRICE THREE CENTS Ty 7| RICE MUST GO T0 En-u;vu e — s MELVILLE E. STONE FRESH BLIZZARD ADDS TO PLIGHT OF EUROPE Cold Closes All Schools in Berlin—Seven Deaths _ in England London, Feb. 16 (#—A new bliz- zard, bringing ice and snow, today was sweeping down upon central Europe from the Siberian steppes and the east. Shortage of coal, gas, electricity and water developed as the intense cold from which the continent has suffered continued with little lessen- ing. Hope arising from slight rises in temperatures in Germany was counteracted with forecasts of the new cold weather. For England warmer weather was predicted, but present conditions caused extreme discomfort and suf- fering. Freezing of water mains made it necessary for thousands of Britons to obtain their drinking water from temporary stand pipes in the streets. Freezing of a gas main and the danger of artificial thawing left dowa_towm Berlin. without gas .for fuel and lighting yesterday. Ice dfs- abled the power station at Breslau, where it was 20 degrees below gzero, Fahrenheit, and that city was with- out electricity. Berlin Schools Close All schools at Berlin have been closed, and water and food shortages have developed. These have given rise to considerable price-raising and speculation which authorities are combating. Zagreb, Jugoslavia, rcported 30 villages near there buried under an enormous snowfall. Transportation facilities were disrupted and author- (Continued on Page 13) DIRTY BARBER SHOPS DUE FOR CLEAN-UP Master Barbers Ask Health Board for Closer Inspectior Appointment of ~a barber Wwho would be willing to work gratis as inspector of barber shops in this city or a closer check-up of the bar- ber shops by one of the sanitary inspectors of the board of health will be requested in a letter .0 Chairman John J. McBriarty f the health board from BSecretary James Bordiere, who is acting with au- thority of the Master Barbers' asso- ciation. % At a meeting of the association it was the unanimous opinion of the members that conditions of some of the barber shops in the outskirts of are very insanitary but the owners have turncd a deaf ear to repeated requests of the association for im- provements. The members of the association argue that they do all in their power to put the craft on a higher plane but owners of the smaller shops are not inclined to be careful. In some cases, it is sail master barbers have been ejected from membership because of their refusal to keep their shops clean. FALSE ALARM SOUNDED AGAIN FRON BOX 4 Department Has Another Late Night Run to Lasalle and Beaver Streets. Box 46 at the corner of Lasalle and Beaver streets was rung at 11:2§ last night for the sixth fals. alarm in two months. Since Christ- mas the fire department has re- sponded to eight false alarms, only two of which were from boxes other than Box 46. All hut one of the alarms came in at night. Despite the efforts of the police and fire depar*ments to run down the culprit, they seem to be as far from fixing the guilt as they were at the outset. One suspect was questioned a few weeks ago imme- diately following a false alarm that was rung in the afternoon, but he stablished an alibi and was not heldy 0} \ TRIAL REGARDLESS OF URDER NOTES Conlession by Jackson’s Wile Does Not Alter States of Accused Man CASE WILL CONE UP . DURING APRIL TERM Coroner RBill Plans to Retain Both Messages Until After Inquest— Funeral of Suicide Wife of De- tective Held Today With Burial in New Willimantic Cemetcry— Crowds Watch at Grave, Willimantic, Feb. 16 (®—Trenor |A. Rice, deputy sheriff and once ;Irlcnd of County Detective William E. Jackson, 'for whose murder he as been indicted, must stand trial for the slaying, despite a confession signed by Mrs. Getrude Jackson, be- fore she committed suicide this week. That was announced today s case will come before Judge I. P Waldo Marvin of Hartford at the April term of superior court hem., Rice has not been told of Mrs, Jackson’s death nor that In a note addressed to his counsel, William A. King, she took full responsibility for her husband’s death. A second note, addressed to Rice himself hus rot been delivered to him, Detective Edward J. Hickey, who headed an investigation into Jack- son’s death, declared that Mrs, Jackson’s admissions would not in- terfere with his plans to try Rice. The widow he said, had implicated the deputy sheriff in two confer- ences with detectives after the shooting of her husband. It has not been learned If the Rice note was opened by authorit- les or whether he will be allowed to obtain it. Coroner Arthur G. Bill, who holds both messazes said he would continue to keep them !n nis possession until the inquest into Jackson' death was completed. Then, he said, they will be turned over to state autharities. The in- quest was halted Weduesday hy Mrs. Jackson's sulcide and will be resumed next week, Coroner Bl sald he felt that the ends of justice Would be best served by not publish- ing the contents now. He and severu! other officlals were the only ones who have read Mrs. “ackson's mea- sage to King. Stamped for Mailing BIll believed that Mrs. Jackson's suicide, which occurred shortly aft- er his inquest hearing, had been carefully planned. In proof, he sald the envelope containing both notes had been stamped and addressed. Mrs. Jackson intended to mail it that day but found no opportunity, Instcad she concealed tMem In her stocking where it was found after she shot herself, Wite's Grave A grave in the new Willimantic cemetery was in readiness this morning for the body of Mrs. Ger- trude Jackson, widow of Detective William E. Jackson whom she cone fessed in a note left by her, she had killed. After daylight an under- taker placed in the grave a concrete (Continued on Page 18) 39 KILLED IN FRESH MEXIGAN DISORDERS Federal Troops and Rebels Indulge in Several Battles Mexico City, Feb. 16 (UP)—Re- newed disorders in Mexico were re- ported last night with deaths totalling more than 35. + Incomplete dispatches from Gua- dalajara said a train was dynamited befween Los Reye and Yurecuaro, state of Michoacan, and the en- gineer, firemen and entire military escort killed. No passengers were among the casua'ties. Mexican military escorts generally number between 25 and 40 soldiers but the dispatches failed to state how many were on the dynamited train. . Several engagements between federal troops and rebels previously had resulted in 35 men being killed. Police also padlocked two print- shops where they said they seized 5.000 samples of litcrature referring to the execution of Jose de l.eon Toral, assassin of President-Eleet Alvaro Obregon. The literature in- cluded fllustrations of Toral's cxe- cution last 8aturday which it was :]- leged were distributed throughout the country. 20 Priests Report Twenty priests reported for reg- istration in compliance with the government's crder that all pricsts must register or be considered rebels. The number brought the total to 66. Among the new regis- trants was Bishop Antonio Guiser Valencia of Chihuahua, officials said. Eight federals and 25 rebels wers reported killed in a battle near Mag- dalena, state of Jalisco. and two Tebels were killed in an encounter at Nopal. The federals at Magdalens were [commended by Gen. Anionio Bele train and the fight lasted five hours. Detalls of encounters i1t Tapaipa, Lagunilla, Los Gavilenes, Jalostotits lar and 8an Antonio were not givea, but federal troops were reported b