New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1929, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTARILISHED 1870 . IN ROOT’S WORLD COURT PROPOSALS Leagne Council Decides to Let Statute Revisers Settle (uestion AMERICAN ADHESION IS POINT AT ISSUE Commission’s Powers Increased to Examination of Question of American Membership in Its Permit Entirety—Chamberiain to Intro- duce Necessary Resolution Now Being Drafted. Geneva, March 8 (M—The coun- c¢il of the lcague of nations, meeting in private session today, decided to send the question of the adhesion of the United States to the world court of justice to the commission of jurists which will meet on March 11 to consider revision of the world court statutes. The council increased the powers » committee 50 as to enable it, n considering revision of the court's statutes, to examine the pro- posals which have been brought for- ward by Elihu Root, noted Ameri- can jurist. Public Session Arranged The question will be officlally handled at a public session of the council tomorrow, as that body wishes to accord it the public dis- cussion it should have and to give public testimony of its pleasure over the American initiative. 1t is understood Sir Austen Cham- berlain, British foreign secretary, will introduce the necessary resolu- tion now being drafted. The commitiee of jurists will be empowered to take up the question of American membership In its en- tirety. This included consideration of the American note to the powers in February and the Root formula for the settlement of difficulties raised by the American reservation concerning advisory opinions. Hitherto, the mandate of the furists had merely been to study the statutes of the court and to deter- mine whether they required modi- fication in the light of past exper- fence. Today's preliminary decision fmplics that the committee's power would be increased, so that it would be authorized to submit a new pro- tocol fixing the condition of Amer- fcan adhesion. This protocol would be a substi- tute for the one adopted at an in. ternational conference in 1926 which the United States never accepted, because it did not accord a desired veto privilege on requests for ad- visory opinions. Mr. Root's formula attacks this difficulty from a new angle by cre- ating the machinery for the discus- sion of concrete cases and is receiv- ing increasing support here, (Continued on Page 11) DEATH AND DAMAGE IN WAKE OF GALE Three Lives Lost, Property Destroyed, in 60-Mile Windstorm v York, March 8 (UP) — A gale which blew throughout most of last night had claimed three lives today and had injured scores of persons in the east. Property damage was heavy as| the wind reached 60 miles an hour here and blew as high as 70 miles an hour in Buffalo and Olean, N. Y. Rochester, N. Y., reported one of the worst blizzards in years, with roofs ripped away and pedestrians being blown off their feet. High winds and dangerous tides =cnt the Lamport & Holt liner Van Dyck aground in Buttermilk chan- nel off Governor's Island. With its bow buried in the mud. the liner called for assistance and 10 tuge were necessary to free the vessel. The gale was general throughout Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. London. Ontario, Lancaster, and Coatesville, Pa., reported persons had died there from | | that injuries caused by the storm. Seven persons were injured in New York city, a chimney was blown down, causing a restaurant roof to collapse and scores of houses were dama E rly ;any the wind had abated. Inspects Hizh Spots With Field Glasses Deputy Building Inspector Thomas B, Fay has devised a new method of inspection for use in connection with his city- wide survey of old buildings in which defects are being deter- mincd and called to the atten- tion of the property owners. Avoiding the fatiguing task of climbing hundreds of flights of stairs, and of essaying the role of a “human fiy” in hanging off cornices, the inspector has procurcd a pair of field glasses, and from a position on the street is now able to determine the condition of eaves, cornices and chimney caps. has worked ‘The system out satisfactorily, ant superintendent at serious, he would undoubtedly ! | cover. tending physician. | local concern for the past several years and has roomed at the Endee inn. street, Worcester, Mass. | Five Drown as Autos Five men were drowned and three others saved when two sedans drove off an open end of the Wishkah bridge near here early today. of the automatic gates function, the Glenrock Pharmacy at 44 Rock- well avenue from M. M. Krikorian, | according to a bill of sale filed in the town clerk’s oftite. cludes all the merchandise, fixtures Comm. Joel T. Boone, physician attached to the President’'s yacht, the Mayflower, will look after Her- bert Hoover's health while he is in the White House. LINER PASSENGERS PAY LIQUOR FINES 400 Tourists From Havana Searched in New York BOTTLED GOODS SEIZED Force of 128 Customs Agents Swoop Down on Steamship Shawnee— 30 Autos Aboard Are Also In- spected. New York, Mar. 8 (#}—An extraor- dinary force of 123 customs men searched 400 pussengers of the liner Shawnee, arriving today from Havana, seized large quantities of liquor and imposed fines aggregat- ing $800. A fine of $5 for every large bot- tle was imposed and $3 for each small one. In addition 200 botties were found in cabins, but no fines were collected on them, as it was considered wuseless to try to find claimants. The passengers were greatly sur- prised as they began to disembark. Ordinarily they would walk ashore with their baggage without a search, as their bags had been inspected hy the customs at Miami. To their amazement they were re- quired to open their bags and trunks under the acrutiny of 40 members of the searching unit of the customs enforcement bureau and a squad of examining {nspectors. 30 Autos Searched Thers were also eight men from the enforcement bureau on hand ex- pressly to search the 30 automobiles waiting to be driven ashore by pas- sengers. The customs men found bottles of brandies, champagne, fancy liquers and various brands of whiskey. The bottles were carried to a booth on the pler, where the offenders were fined. The liquor was not destroy. ed, but held as a selzure, Customs officlals calculated that every third passenger had a supply of liquor and there were as many Wwomen as men among the offenders. Some passengers, noticing the cus- toms men, returned hurriedly to their cabins, unloaded their liquor, and spread the word to fellow pas- sengers who also left their bottles behind them. No liquor had been found in any of the automobliles. The searchers also went through the cargo 'noking for liquor. TUMBLES INTO VAT | OF BOILING WATER Bristol Electrician Serious- | ly Burned—Recovery | Probable \ | (Special to the Herald) Bristol, March 8 — John P. Gin- kus, 26, of the Endee inn, an elec- trician employed by the New Depar- ture Mfg. Co., was severely scalded shortly after 10 o'clock this morning when he fell from a staging into a vat of boiling water. The front part of his body was badly burned. After being given first aid by Dr. E. Parker Sanborn, the factory physician, he was removed to the Bristol hospital. Miss Jeannette M. Durant, assist- the Bristol hospital stated late his morning that while the condition of the man was re- Dr. P. A. Nestos is the at- | Ginkus has been employed by the His home is at 37 Barclay Plunge From Bridge Aberdeen, Wash., March § ®— One failed to PURCHASES PHARMACY Dr. Cary Mouradian has purchased The sale in-| NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1929.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES JURISTS T0 RULE HORSE RACE BILL AND PENSIGN FOR AGED VOTED DOWN Former Rejectod in Senate After Debate; Latter Beaten in Hoose BIRTH GONTROL PROJECT T0 BE REVIVED TUESDAY Senator Hull, for Judiciary Commit- tee, Cites Religious Opposition to Racing Legislation and Durant Asserts Report is Result of “Mis- guided Fervor’—Peck May Voice Birth Control Minority Opinion. State Capitol, Hartford, March 8 (M—The senate concurred with the house today in the rejection of the bill legalizing horse racing and bet- ting. Senator Hull, of Bridgeport, re- porting for the judiciary committee, spoke of the strong opposition to the bill, mostly from religious organiza- tions, and of the sole support of Senator Durant of Guilford. The latter, though not demanding action contrary to the judiciary's recommendations, sald its report was the result of “misguided religious fervor” and that the attacks on the bill were based on “financial stu- pidity and political hypocrisy.” The house voted down the bill providing pensions for the dependent aged poor, while the senate re- celved unfavorable reports, and tabled the measures providing ‘a commission of three to investigate conditions among dependent aged poor and to establish unemployment insurance. The house concurred in the re- Jection of the two bills providing for repeal of the entire state prohibition enforcement act and the section per- mitting arrest and conviction on “reputation” for selling liquor, and in the rejection of all the bills mak- ing the gambling laws more severe. The latter group had been sponsor- ed by the Connecticut Federation of Churches, which opposed prohibition enforcement repeal. Frilay ‘ule Disrcgarded ‘The old-age pension bill was acted upon 1n the house, despite the policy to table comtroversial matters which come up ¢n Fridays, because no op- position to the judiciary's report was cxpected. The senate though tabling two controverpial measures, one at the request of Senato Dennis, democrat, ot Hartford, the other Benator Hull's motion, t no fabling action on the horse rac bifl, even though Sen- ator Duri hud indicated he would attack th mmittee’s report. House irman Johnson, of Man- chester, giused the tabling of the birth control penalty repeal blll in the Jower body, as Judge Peck, of Bristol, has indicated he will voice (Continued on Page 26) MISSING MAN'S TRAIL ENDS AT ALBANY, N.Y. John J. Higgins Seen in“ That City Tuesday } ight The whereabouts of John J. Hig- gins of 32 Cedar street, sought by the state and local au- thorities for jumping a $2,000 bond in superior court, remained as much a mystery today as yesterday, ‘but | it is believed he is far from Con- necticut. Bergeant P. J. O'Mara, who re- turned from New York yesterday with a prisoner, reported that he | saw Higgins in the Springfield pas- | senger station about 4 o’clock Tues- day afternoon. He asked a porter near whom the sergeant happened to be for information as to trains, and was directed to the proper window. About 9:30 that night, the sergeant met him in a restaurant at 47 Btate street, Albany, N. Y., and spoke to him for a few minutes, Higgins remarking that the ser- | geant was some distance from home, ' and the sergeant asking him what he was doing so far from New Britain. Higgins did not tell him his mission and a few minutes later he left the restaurant. ‘Whether Higgins was fleeing at who 18| | (Continued on Page 13.) THREE AIR PILOTS BURNED TO DEATH Tennessee Aviators Perish ! as Plane Takes Fire | and Crashes Memphis, Tenn, March 8 (P— Jesse Windham, chief pilot at the local airport, and two other aviators were burned to death at Oaklani. Miss., today when their plane caught fire in the air and crashed. | Reports recelved here listed the other victims as Bill Daniel anil Morgan Ferrell. Daniel and Ferrell were both Fay reports. | and good will of the pharmacy busi- ness, . pilots. Windham and Daniel Hved in Memphis and Ferrell at Green- wood, Miss, Average Daily Circulation Fm Week Ending 15,495 PRICE THREE CENTS' March 2nd .. MEXICAN BULLETS FALL ON AMERICAN SOIL ., OF JUAREZ FLAM ) ATAMORAS verging columns of federal troops. BRITISH NAVAL FIGURES SHRINK Will Be ainained NET TOTAL IS £56,865,000 1920 Program Includes Start on Construction of Three Cruisers, One Flotilla Leader, Six Sub- marines and Other ““arships. London, March 8 (P—Naval es- last year, but there will be no diminution in the strength of the fleet and the naval air service. On the contrary, modern developments have shown the necessity for two additional air flights. The net total for this year's es- timate is £55,665,000. W. C. Bridge- man, first lord of the admiralty, in a statement accompanying the es- timates said: “Apart from the fact that the re- duction is somewhat greater than seems to have been expected, the cstimates present few specially note- worthy features based as they are on the naval policy adopted in 1925 when the program of new construc- tion was announced in parliament.” Eight Destroyers Included The 1929 program includes provi- sions for commencing the con- struction of three cru sers, one flo- tilla leader, eight destroyers, six sub- marines, one netlayer and target towing vessel and six sloops. Two cruisers of the 1928 program which will be of the 11,000 ton type are being ordered from the Portsmouth and Devonport dockyards. They are not yet laid down as provision was taken in the estimates for the order- ing of the ships in March of this year. The amount voted for new con- | (Continued on Page 12) (Strength of Fleet and Air Force‘ timates for 1929, made public today, | show & decrease of £1,435,000 over | MEXICAN FEDERALS RECAPTURE MONTEREY INSVILLE Arrows on map show lines of adval Gen. Gonzalo Escobar (lower left), the rebel leader, has fled from Monterey before the advance of five con- nce of federals in retaking the rail- way center. Below: View of principal street of Monterey. Above is a typical Mexican soldier. | }: Still Works at 88 I | | | | | i OLIVER W DELL HOLMES JUSTICE HOLMES 1S " ACTIVE ON BIRTHDAY Oldest Supreme Court Member Goes to Work on 88th Anniversary Washington, March 8 (UP)— Oliver Wendell Holmes, grand old man of the supreme court, celebrat- od his 85th birthday today by going to work as usual. Holmes, the oldest man ever to sit on the supreme co . bench and one of dhe two Civil War veterans still surviving in high official life. was born in Boston, Mass., March 8, 1 He has served In the supremc court December, 1962, He was wounded three times during his services as an officer 1 the Civil War and his body still hears some of those bullets, it is said. Holmes' mental faculties are un- impaired and he has attended nearly every session of this term. Partly Blind, Man Sues Grandson Asking Return of Deeded Property Aged, infirm and partly blind, a man today brought suit against his grandson charging him with intent to poison him, evict him from his home and defraud him of his property. The plaintiff, William Ostrowski of this city, is 85 years old, feble and infirm, according to the com- plaint drawn up by the firm of Gordon & Famulonis. Up to three years ago. he was the owner of two parcels of land with buildings in Newington and because of his fail- ing health and advancing years de- cided to deed the premises to his grandson John Ostrowski, Jr. in consideration that he would sup- port him for the rest of his life and would, at his death. pay all funeral expenses | After the grandson became full owner of the property he began to abuse the privileges granted him through the good will of his grand- parent, the writ says, and refused to board and clothe him, making threats at various times to poison him, it is alleged. The complaint further states that the old man is (Continued on Page 12) * THE WEATHER ew Britain and vicinity: nd not quite so cold to- saturday increasing cloudiness, probably followed by snow, * * f:e examinations. SWEEPING CHANGES IN PARKINGTAWS Ordinasce Committee Approves { Proposed Boulevard System J:RESTRICTIONS TIGHTENED {One Way Trafic on Orchard Strect | Favored—Bus station on Main | Street Near Church Extended— Report Prepared For Council. Important changes in the traffic |and parking ordinances were ap- proved by the common council com- mittee on ordinances last night and {will be recommended to the coun- cil for adoption. Chief W. C. Hart and Traffic Sergeant J. J. King of the police department sat with the |committee and explained the changes which are intended to expedite the movement of traffic over the city |streets and eliminate congestion and {danger wherever possible. Chief |Hart made it plain that the police |department was merely making recommendations and no offense would be taken if the council mem- | bers chose to disagree. | ©One Way Traffic on Orchard St. | The proposed “no parking” regu- lation on the east side of Orchard !street, between 8 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. met with strong opposition from Alderman W. R. Falk and the com- mittee voted to recommend one- way traffic on the street from Park to Pearl streets instead. Sergeant King said both sides of the street are occupied by automobiles all day, and it is impossible for a truck and a car to pass. Consequently, traffic is delayed frequently. He said he understood there was room for 150 cars to park on the P. F. Corbin property, but Alderman Falk replied that the yard was prac- tically filled most of the time. The | police department representatives offered no objection to the one-way traffic idea. 1. the recommendation relative to Orchard street is adopted by the common council, the street will be the first in New Britain on which | > (Continued on Page 24.) Ohio and Indiana | . Feel Earth Tremors | Columbus, O. March § (UP !slight earthquake shock shook tion of Central Ohio and Indiana 4 a. m. today, according to reports telephoned to the United Press here. | Two distinct shocks were felt ut| Pigqua, O. where windows were| rattled. i | Another shock, reported to have extended into Indiana, was feit at| | Dayton and a third at Bellefontaine. {No damage was reported. ‘ i Former Dry Agent Now | Watchman in Brewery Bridgeport, March 8 (UP) — {Charles Keene of Norwalk, a prohi- bition agent here for several years. has accepted a position as watch- /man in the Meriden brewery. Keene was one of four agents who failed to pass recent civil serv- R €Clicy State [4 v s L. h('p ¢ art, for,/_ (:;’hn of Rio Grande. ternational Line—Hoo' Official Concern. | El Paso, March 8 (AP) |fought for control of Jua: 'manders of the revolutionary the international bridge witl Juarez, March 8 (AP) {with blood today as Mexi {town and fiercely attacked the | The desperate fighting wa: Texas, |side. \can soil. No action was taken CITY TO PAY HONOR Program as Tribute to Pulaski | Mayor Paonessa will soon appoint |a committee to carry out this city's }Nrt in a nation-wide tribute to the Imemory of Generzl Casimir Pulaski, [to take place October 11. | ito sponsor a celebration second to |none 1n history and assurance | has already been given that patriotic | organizations, ex-service men’s posts |and civic bodies will join in marking {the 50t% anniversary of the death of General George aide. by the common council. | General Pulaski served in the Po- |lis" army for several years and then | ijoined countrymen in a |against the rule of the czar. rebellion He was exiled for his part in the revolt and | went to France where he met Ben- [famin Franklin, then {for Washington’s army. and [Uniteq States, volunteering for army service, | At the battle of Brandywine he |distinguished himself and won | promotion to the rank of brigadier- {general. Transferred to Valley Forge, the Polish warrior organized |a cavairy corps under the name of Pulaski's Legion, and he was sent {into South Carolina. At the siege |of Savannah, Georgio, Pulaski while | commanding the entire cavalry di- | He | vision, was wounded fatally. died aboard the hospital “Wasp” in Savannah harbor. d DEAD, 30 HURT, IN NEBRASKA EXPLOSION Dynamite in Barn Blows Up, Hurling Victims 150 Feet ship . er, Neb.,, March § (®—Five n were killed and 30 persons were 2 in an explosion of dynamite st night during a barn fire late att ty pervisor. The dynamite had been stored in the barn for blasting of ice choked streams, The dead are Gus Pittack, Fred Feltner, Guy Clark and two me- chanics, strangers in Scribner. of the injured may die, doc- sald. Pittack. Feltner and Clark were city firemen. the explosion which occurred with- out warning ten minutes after the fire was discovered. The explosion was Point, 15 miles north i The fire started from an undeter- mined cause, Men were blown 150 tect by the blast. Feltner was killed outright, and the four others died shortly afterward. Most of the in- Jured are firemen. tor felt at West |Moseley of the American army. to a surrender by the Mexican go | mmmoned across the Rio Grande in T0 POLISH PATRIOT |Committee Will Arrange It is the plan of the Polish colony | ‘Washington's | Officlal approval and support | of the event hasalready been voted | interceding | at | |Franklin’s urging, he came to the | e home of Car] Hollander, coun- | They were caught by | ATTLE ~FRESH ‘Stray Shots Drop Across Border, One Hitting American Boy—Rebels Mop up City, Occupy- ing Every Strategic Point, But at Cost of Heavy Casualties—Streets Are Strewn With Dead and Many Wounded—Chaos Reigns Along Banks United States Soldiers Held in Readiness to Defend Life and Property—Warfare Rages in Plain View of Ine ver and Department Watch Developments From Washington With Increasing —A truce between the forces which rez was called today when the come and federal armies conferred on . George Van Horn This was believed equivalent vernment forces, h Big. Gen. | Washington, March 8 (AP)—Replacement of the embargo on sgnp'ment of commercial airplanes from the United States to Nexico was announced today by \embargo which was lifted a year ago, Secretary Kellogg. The is effective at once. —Streets of Juarez were reddened can rebel forces entered this border defending federal troops. s in plain view of United States the southern part of ready to protect American lives and pro | with machine guns and field artillery trained on the Megfx | A stray shot wounded a six-year-old American boy in El Paso, but other stray bullets whizzed harmlessly onto Ameris by the American authorities. Unsuccessful in carrying the city in their first assault which began from three directions just hefore dawn, the rebels reorganized and launched a second offensive which at 9 a. m., had given them posses- slon of five of the seven federal strongholds. The government troops were bext. en back toward the international | boundary. Streets Strewn With Dead | Bodies of both federal and r {soldiers lay sprawled on the str There were many wounded. The attacking forces captured the Hotel Rio Bravo, which as the head- quarters of General Mathias Ramos, | had been transformed into a fortresg {1ast night with machine guns mounte on the roof. It was there that the wounded federal soldiers were being | (Continued on Page Four) GIRL AND YOUTH DIE WHEN GAR HITS POLE New Haven Man Arrested After Fatal Crash at Bridgeport Bridgeport, March § (P—William. Harrls, 23, of Whalley avenue, New Haven, an employe of the National Cleaners and Dyers, Inc, Bridge- port driver of a rented antomobiie which crashed into a trolley pole in tratford at midnight killing two of arrested early s of manslaughter and driving without a license, when he returned here from New Haven with friends to ascertain the condi~ ions in the crask re Marjorie Apicceilo, and James Richi- telli, 21, of ayette street, New Haven, said by Harris to be cousi of “Big Mike" Richitelli, gas station bandit who was fataily shot in Stratford several years ago when trying to escape trom police following a jewelry store holdu The injured are Harris, dr the car, whose legs were 1 crash; and Ethel Monsky, 18, | Fairfield who is in Bridgeport } | pital suffering from shock and pos- sible internal injuries. It was first thought that Vincent Orlando of 415 George strect, New Haven was the driver of the car, it- was to him that the car had | rented by the Auto Wrecking con- pany of 266 Crown street, New ven, but when he was picked ug New Haven early today t quest of the Strat vealed that he had r for his friend Richitelli, who had | New Haven in company of Harris to £0 to a dance hail in Bridgeport H Ajax Jones Curious About Woman Trap Hartford, March 8 (UP) — Chairman Roy C. Wilcox of the senate fish and game commitice eived today the following gram from New Britain: | Have been single for 45 years. What kind of a trap was the lady caught in? (Signed) “AJAX JONES. The telegram referred to testimony during a hearing re- garding a bill on steel traps that a woman was caught in » trap at Easton last year.