New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 28, 1929, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For 15,559 Week Ending March 23rd . ESTABLISHED 1870 COUNCL ACCUSED IN SALE OF ARMS T0 REBEL FORCES Douglas, Arizona, Machine Guns and 87,000 Rounds of Am- muniticn Jovolved TEN ARRESTS MADE BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES Federal Forves of Genmeral Calles Plod Onward With Decisive Battle Expected Within Few More Days —Loyal Generals and Rebel Lead- er Csontinue to Conflict With Re- gard to Progress in Revolution. Douglas, Ariz, March 28 (P— Charges that twos city-owned ma- chine guns aud 37,000 rounds of am- munition had been sold to Mexican rebels for $2,000 and that the city received only $300 of the money, precipitated an investigation today of the administration by the United States department of justic Chief of Police Leslie Gatliff and Police Captain Walter Morris were arrested and arraigned yesterday en charges of conspiring to smuggle arms across the Mexican border. Each was released under $5,000 bail and permitted to return to duty pending trial, Federal officials made 10 arresds after a preliminary investigation of the transaction. Adrian Enriquez, Paul H. Leon and Gonzales Sosa and five others, whose names were with- held, were taken into custody and had not been released this morning. I'nited States officials said they ex- pected to make 10 more arrests. The charges that the guns and ammunition had been sold to the rebels in violation of an embargo was made in an affidavit by A. J. Duarte, named as one of the men who negotiated with Rogerio Loreto, Sold By City Council . According to Chief Gatliff and Captain Morris, the guns and am- 1unition were sold on authority of the city council about March 1 to & The body of Marshal Ferdinan the streets of Paris to the In EXPERTS READY T0 DISCUSS FIGURES Most Important Single Repars- tions Session Held Today ADJOURN OVER EASTER Paris Confcrees Scatter for Seven- Day Vacation Before Scttling Down to Dollars and Cents— France May Warm Schacht. Paris, March 38 (P—Before ad- urning for a seven-day Easter holi- day, the reparation experts today “strange American® for $500. Fed.|COmPieted the foundation of their eral agents disclosed that the war|TeParation scheme and will be seacy material was taken from the muni. |to talk ficares when they get biick to work next Thursday. Today'» plenary session at which the various delegations each pressnt- ed air own clear cut ideas of what ahould constiiate & basis for a dia. cussion looking toward the fixing of exact figures, was described as one of the most important single sessions yet held. During the past week the delega- tions have been working separately and have occupied themselves with trying to reach as common a ba: as possible. Various ideas were presented this morning after which Owen D. | Young. the chairman, reviewed all | | (Continu x »» Puge Four) ’ JENSEA HAS CHANGE FOR EDURANGE MARK Auto Gas May Keep Flier Aloft Long Enough to Set Record (Continued on Page 24) MISSOURI ICE JAM I5 20 MILES LONG Army Engineers Estimate Its Weight at 50,000, 000 Tons Roosevelt Field, March 28 (A — Though the air was rough as a ploughed field and the special gaa he was using prevented his slowing down to take the bumps gently, Martin Jensen was in the third a:.d last leg of his race to set a new solo endurance flight record today and still going strong Jengen went up at 6:01:34 o'clock yesterday morning to beat the late Royal V. Thomas' record of 35 hours and 33 minutes, which would keep him in the air until 6:35 this evening. Through a miscalculation early today he decided he was going to lose his fight, but a later check showed he still had a good chance to win. Between 6 and 7 o'clock, when he was circling Long Island nn higher than §0 feet from the ground in a sodden rain, he dropped a note saying 'he had only 60 gal- lons of gasoline left, enough for about five hours. He explained that the automobile gasoline he was using would not permit idling his Bismarck, N. D, March 28 (P— Army engineers in charge of efforts to'break the ice gorge in the Mis- souri river south of here figured to- day that 50,000,000 tons of ice are obstructing the flow of water. The jam was estimated to be 20 miles in length. While gauge readings here indicat- | ed that the high water mark of the flood season had been passed, down stream the level was higher than at engine and that at full speed the|any other time since the gorge|'"® ’;',““( his Brar s Qleht cecveral consumption was 12 gallons an|formed. o hvine s o H 2 s 6. 1 voune, m enaree e nir v w2 e X Coolidge, Urging Adequate Defense Advised 10 Check Again operations, who estimated the weight | Flamilton. Mr. Nelson's first air- ’ of the ice, arranged to make another survey flight over the ice fleld with Emil Burgin, chief pilot for the ofl company that is sponsoring th2 FOCH CORTEGE ON WAY TO PARIS TOMB NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929.—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES id Foch, generalissi mo of the allied armies during the war, moving through lides, where it now rests, The picture was rushod from Paris to London by |executed at 11 a. m. The report was airplane and transmitted by radio to the United States. PAJEWSKI HOPING Him at Primary Today Candidate For Aldermanic Nomina: tion Declares He Has No 11l Feel. Promises Not to Throw Mud. With a large number of Polish American citizens present at a spe Republican club last night at IFalcon hall, Peter J. Pajewski ex for support in tonight's primary and subsequently the support on April 9 should he emerge victorious in the republican aldermanig contest in th fifth ward against Statley Uchalik. Pajewaki informed his listeners that he had no personal inferests in winning the campaign and eventual- ly the aldermanic chair in the coun- cil, but that the sole reason for his running for office was to seelk vin- dication of all statements circulated | about him since the trial of the suit| in which Police Chief William ¢. | Hart was awarded $1.100 in his suit for slander against Pajenski. He is NELSON'5-AIRPLANE IS READY FOR TEST Machine Built in Garage Towed to Wallingford Today (Continued on Page Two.) LINER TRANSYLVANIA RUNS AGROUND IN FOG Nels J. Nelson of 515 East street, one of this country's pioneers i aviation, has completed work o an airplane of his own design, and today towed the ship to the Walling- tord airport for a trial flight. The machine was built during the winter months in Mr. Nelson's gar- ge. Associated with him in the construction were Ben Driscoll of this city and William Driscoll of Hartford, both of whom intend to qualify for pllots’ licenses while op- erating the plane built here. The craft is constructed to carry a pilot and two passengers. It is propelled by a 90 horse-power motor. The wings were removed today to permit of its being towed Damaged Cunarder Limps Into Cherbourg With Americans on Board Cherbourg, France, March 28 sylvania, with American aboard, lNmped into Cherbourg shortly after 11 o'clock this morn- ing, listing sharply at her port bow over the highways without inter-!and well down, after running ferring with traffic and when they aground on rocks near Urville- have been replaced at the Walling- | Hague. (Continued on Page 22) record of 600 hours in the air, hav- FOR VINDIGATION Asks Fifth Warders to Support SPEAKS AT FALCON HALL ing Toward Democratic Aspirant— cial meeting of the Polish-American the chairman of the police board. asked CANTON GOVERNOR NOW BRIIEVED TO BE WAR CASUALTY Reported Execution of Li Chai- Sum Accepted as True at Nanking 'NATIONALISTS CLAIM | CAPTURE OF HUSUEH Shanghai Hears Wu Tze Hul, \'m-| “'M ALONE,” | | | eral Nationalist Statesman and | One of Three Guarantors of Safe- Committed Suicide in Deep Humiliation When News of Li's to Him ty, Exccution Was Conveyed Nanking, China, |Li Chai-Sum, was reported 28 P— Canton, have been March governor of today to given general credence although it |could not be confirmed. | Heavy fighting was reported to- day on the Hupeh-Anhwei border, the nationalist forces claiming the capture of the town of Huseuh ia Hupeh. | Reports yesterday of execution of | Li Chai-Sum were denied at Nan- king. Li was arrested March 13| shortly after he arrived at Nanking to attend the Kuomintang congress, | which was concluding its session to- shells from the United States coast The Canadian two-masted schooner I'm Alone, which was sunk by | the Louisiana coast following refusal to stop for search, PRICE THREE CENTS POLICE ARE TOLD ADAMS' WIFE HAD ' GENTLEMAN FRIEND Report of “Another Man” in Homicide Case Stirs Hart- ford Authorities 'DOROTHY ADDRESSED " ADANS AS “HUSBAND" Letters Written by Collins Girl to | | | | | ! | | Hartford, March 20 P—A report {that “another man” is involved in |the homicide case of Harry E. | Adams, chloroformed Hartford | weather bureau chief, was under in- vestigation today by police authori- | ties. Since Monday, when Mrs. Adams confessed to the Hartford police that |she had caused the death of her | husband while he was sleeping in their Grand street home, the report }ha- been decidedly strengthened that Mrs. Adams had a “gentleman |triend” just as her husband has been shown to have been friendly with Dorothy Collics, | When asked about the report that chase off i1, Adams case might be four-sided |rather than three, State's Attorney |Hugh M. Alcorn said today ‘that SUNK IN GULF ‘wuo;) ‘pAoJIiCH ~3daq 1Py Slain Weather Man While He Was on Vacation Recveal Intense Love Affair—Believed Themselves Wed Under Terms of Buddhist Faith, Officials Now Assert. guard cutter Dexter after a | day. Charges against him involved se- dition in connection with the activi- ties of the Wuhan and Kwangsi | military clique opposition to the Nanking government. Chiang Kai-Shek, president of China, is said to have sought his execution as a traitor, the move be- FRANCE INVOLVED | (Continued on Page 24) FEDERAL ATTORNEYS | Sunk Proves Frenchman TO BE INVESTIGATED # COUMTRIES CONGERN IN W ALONE CASE. ASSEWLY SESSioN Seaman Killed When Ship Was Legislature Speeds Action on| | phase of the situation is under in- vestigation.” He would not com- ment further, Dorothy Callea Him Husband Letters found among Adams' ef- fects at his home today revealed the intense love affair that had develop- ed between the meteorologist and the girl, an employe in the state high- way department, They were written by Miss Coi- lins in Hartford, to Adams while he |was on a vacation trip. In one of these letters, as in several others she is known to have written to him, she calls him “my precious hus- band” and the suggestion was made NO *GOOD FRIDAY [ New London Bond Measure SITE SANCTIONED [states atiorneys were conducting the Mitchell Says Hoover Will Get Full Report on Inquiry Washington tionwide o March 28 (A na- investigation of the work f U nited States attorneye is being made by the department of justice | with a view of determining wheth- er changes in personnel are needed | and what improvements can be made | Attorney General Mitchell said | President Hoover is interested in the | outcome of the investigation and will receive a full report. The attorney general said a study of data gathered from all sections o fthe country was heing made to de- termine how efficiently the United law enforcement work of the gov- ACADEMY Askad to Give Data On Dlsum!; | I'm Alone by an American patrol boat in the Gulf of Mexico. This new complication has been added to the case by a report from the French consul at New Orleans that the seaman growned when the alleged rum runner went down was a French citizen. He had been de- scribed previously as a naturalized British subject The Trench embassy immediateiy cabled this information to the for- | eign office at Paris, and is expected to await instructions before taking up the matter formally with the state departinent, Meanwhile, it is the new coast guard academy which congress has appropriated $1,- 50,000, authorization, and the bill passed under suspension of rules. It now goes to the governor for signa- ture, Under the bill. the city of New London is authorized to issue serial bonds for $125,000 to purchase the site, providing this site is turned over to the federal government. |Consul At New Orleans May Be City Authorized to Raise Money for Land for Coast Guard Buildiag France, as well as Great Britain and (#._The General Assembly today |Canada, now is interested in the authorized the city of New London |sinking of the Canadian schooncr to raise money to purchase a site for for The two chairmen of the finance committee told the members of both houses of the necessity of mmediate passage of the measure making the was by some police authorities today that Adams and the gir regarded them- selves as man and wife in terms or the Buddhist faith, the sacred liter- Vesscl Was From Coast Whes| —arriage Intention Publicity|qyur® %0 " in [he read considu. e L Riil Hetamad. dravorabis’ the possibility of a .igamrus mar- riage between the two, Washington. March 28 (® — Sgtate Capitol, Hartford, March 28| A portion of one of the Iletters deals with the fact that Mrs. Adams and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Storey passed Miss Collins' home one day and waved to her while e was an that Septemuer vacation and this statement is interpreted as indicat- ing that Mrs, Adams was making sure that Miss Collins was in Hart- ford while the meteorologist was out (Continued on Page 21.) | LEGION INDIGNANT AT WHITE'S ATTITUDE (A—The Cunard Anchor line Tran-| tourists | ford flying field, the test will be The 100 or so passengers debark- made. ed immediately none the worse for This {8 the 26th airplane which Mr. Nelson has owned. He has a ernment with a special reference to |criminal cases. The department, he | continued, was seeking to find out | how far each district is behind in its work, what can be done to expedite it, and to learn whether additional |assistant district attorneys are need- ed. also awaiting a full report from the coneul on his investigation of the seaman’s citizenship. Unltke the British and Canadian diplomatic representatives, who are concerned with the broad principles involved in the sinking of the ves- i e 192 The investigation, Mr. Mitchell ’rf}m”;:nu’;:fnp:‘?:z:?;'"l'h:“,:r.‘":, said, is entirely separate from that| .y ,eeyy fnterest has to do chiefly proposed by President Hoover's 1aw | ain (i death of one . of its na. |entorcement commission and ¥ | tion's citizens. changes were found to be necessary May Call French Consul dieyfworidibe maile el bnge. The French consul, however, may Mr. Mitchell said the inquiry was |y, S U0 O IO state Coeine man e ('? ‘::z‘: oftice and | department and the Canadian lega- boeiis Rl -'h~ oW [tion to contribute such information | well the government's legal businss | 3 he may have about the distanze | was being conducted. of the I'm Alone from the Louisiana when “Hamilton Day” was marked here by the presence of Mr. Hamil- coast when first summoned to heave |to for boarding and examination by |the coast guard patrol boat Wolcott. This 18 one of the main questions (Continued on Page 17.) Quick action was taken on the proposition to prevent delay. As to- morrow is Good Friday and there will be no session of the General As- New Haven Man May Be Asked to Resign sembly, the bill would mnot have X come up for action until next Tues- Offices day. | Marriage Measure Re] The marriage intention publicity (By Herald Reviewer) bill, which attracted much attention| Hartford, March 25—State Legis- | |lative Chairman Harry Ginsburg of (Continued on Page Two) | New Britain was at the capitol in | Soes ey | Hartford today in the interests of [the United States hospital for KELL R j“oundtd war veterans being built within a radius of 20 miles of Hart- | SEBRETARY “F STATE ford. Since National Vice Comman- | | pital in New Haven or vicinity, state o X Legion officials have been on the Stimson Succeeds Him in alert not to have the decision of con- g | gress upset. Charge of International | colonel Rex De La Cour of Affairs Tomorrow der Edward White of the American | Legion started a boom to have hos- | Bridgeport, an original member of the committee which went to Wash- flight, went aloft in a plane on the fuselage of which was the painted a view to determining the most ef- fective methods of continuing dyna- mating. Three army observation* planes and three heavy bombing planes are hero to assist in the work of disintegrating the huge jam. More Dynamite Needed Wednesday 1,000 pounds of dyna- mite were exploded and army . offi- cials declared that operations must advice to Jensen to test his tanks again as observers could not be- leve there was so little fuel left. Shortly after 10 o'clock Jensen dropped a second note saying that he found he still had 70 gallons. The sun was then shining and conditions generally had improved and aviators estimated that the 70 gallons ought to last from eight to 10 hours, or just about enough to set & new record. (Continued on Page Two) 'PHONE BELL ANNOYANCE PROMPTS RILEY T0 RESIGN Dog Warden Quits Because of Many Calls At His Home For Service (Continued on Page 17.) Desk of Dickens Is Sold for $25 London, March 28 (®— Charles Dickens' writing desk, on which he wrote all his great- est work from the age of 21 until his death, is worth only an infinitesimal part of the value the manuscripts written upon Supernumerary Officer Thomas W. Rilcy has tendered his resignation us dog warden to Chief W. C. Hart of | the police department, the latter an- o it Just $25 was paid this morn- ton, whose flight attracted thousands of spectators from all parts of the state and was an occasion of genera!| Philadelphia, March 28 (P—Peace, celebration. The craft was buill |in the opinion of former President without plans, excepting newspaper |Calvin Coolidge, “'perhaps is an ideal (Continued on Page 17.) for Defense, the former president says the nation should take every {adequate defense is one,” and that it lalso should take every precaution to | protect itself to the fullest possible | extent from the ravages of war, “if it does come.” He says the army ani |navy serve the doubie purpose of | prevention and defens® Mr. Coolidge declares the forces required for adequate national de- fense should be large enough so that others would sec “that there would Ibe a great deal of peril involved in PERSONAL TAX PAYMENTS Penalty of $1 Extrs to Be Collected After Saturday—Loomis Antici- pates Big Rush. Thousands of pcrsons must pay their personal taxes before the Holds Peace is “Ideal of Future”I |ington in the interests of Connecti- TWO ESTATES FILED WITH $90,050 VALLE before the other nations had been overrun “It seems to me that it is almost and magazine pictures of those built [that can come only to future gen- a moral certainty that we should | by the Wright brother.. It was erations which are more perfect find some excuse for taking that | first flown in Plainville and was a|than our own.” action. | success from the start. | Writing in the April number of “But when we know that other ]e Mr. Nelson later traveled abou! the Ladics’ Home Journal on “Pro- countries have a considerable abil- Jacob Baumgaertner ft 5 moting Peace Through Preparation ity to defend themselves, it is hu- $59,212 and Grace E. Hurlbut $30,837 man nature for us to regard them with a more wholesome respect and be more careful abeut violating their rights. If we reverse this picture we can likewise conclude that if others | know that we are prepared to de- fend ourselves they will be less like- ly to commit offenses against us. “Our army can be small because The inventories of two estates, that of the late Jacob Baumgaertner and that of Grace E. Hurlbut. were filed today in probate court, the es- |tate of the former showing a value we are peaceful at home and far re- [of $59,212.93 and of the latter §30,- moved from attack by land. Also an |§37.60. 1In both cases the Commer army can be assembled quickly. Our | cial Trust Co. acted as administra- navy is more extensive because Our [tor and executor of the cstates re- shores, our great commerce and our | spectively. distant possessions must be protect- | The estate of Jacob Baumgacrtner {cut securing the hospital, said today Washington, March 28 (P—Frank | that he was behind the movement to B. Kellogg came to the end of more | put the hospital within a radius of than four years of service as secre- |20 miles of Hartford exactly 100 per tary of state today, ready to relin-|cent. He was afraid that if Connee- quish his post at the close of the ticut Legionnaires did not show a day's work to Henry L. mson, for-|solid front the hospital would go to mer governor general of the Philip-| Rhode Island. He based his action pines and close student of interna- | on backing up congress and its de- | tional affairs. cision. | When Mr. Stimson takes up his| Major General Maurice Pa official duties tomorrow morning, it New London, who was a f ki He was secretary of war | cut. said today that the Taft cabinet, and recalling that!to have any one of 20 sites selecte ssociation he was particularly pleas- | in New London, but able to have the oath of| o Hoover cabinet ad- | s former leader as| justice of the United States. Although looking forward to a va- in Europe, Secretary Kellogg s office with some | He had hoped to aty to re- e worked h now congress (Continued on Page 24) Blows Himself and Daughters to Bi Salem, Oregon, March 2§ (®) —Taking his two small daugh- ters, Charline, 4, and Gladys, € on his knees in the kitchen of their home at Grassy Pond. 4 ointment. see the hellogg-Briand tr PP ing for Dickens’ desk at Sothe- by's auction rooms, where a copy of the first edition of his novel “A Tale of Two Cities” vesterday brought $6.500. The desk was given him when he was 21 and he used it until his deatn. The sum of $25 also purchas- ed Robert Burns’ bannock toast- er, an iron contrivance built to stand on the hearth before a fire and used frequently at the Scottish Dard's dinners and fes- tivals, Tennyson's cloak of black broadcloth brought only $30. nounced today. The place will be filled shortly, and among those nfen- tioned for it are Thomas Rouskie, a former policeman who has been as- sisting Warden Riley, and SBup numerary Officer John Kranzit. Warden Riley succeeded Walter Wagner when the latter became regular policeman a year ago. Notii. fying Chief Hart of his wish to be relieved, he said there was considr- able annoyance at his home caused by almost constant ringing of the telephone and he decided to step out. The office is paid on a fee system, the warden collecting $3 for every dog he impounds. has been brought out as a reason for asking that the tax remain at $2 In other years, but Collector | Loomis is required to charge $3, that fact notwithstanding. In anticipation of a last day rush, Mr. Loomis will have an improvised office in the corridor at which bills | will be made out, to be receipted in the main office when payment is made, forces are more likely to enjoy peace than those which neglect their de- fense. In the last analysis, this is & question of dealing with human na- |navy and. to make the supposition s strong as possible. if that nation were our own, it would not be long * of War,” in the June issue. somewhat colder tonight. —% close of businems at city hall Batur- lattacking us.” and not so large that ed, and it takes years to build a is represented by the following 10UNCE War on which he has worked day or they will be assessed $1 addi- (the United States would feel it warship.” |items: An undivided one-half inter. |{OF Mmore than a year, put into force | tional, making the bill §3. Under the | “would undcrgo no peril in attack- | Mr. Coolidge’s sccond article, est In property located on Vine before his retirement, but the death {law, payment must be made at the |ing others.” ‘promoting peace through limita- |street, $i land ‘on Myrile |°f Marshal Foch delayed final action | office of the collector before the first| “No sure way has ever heen found |tion of armaments,” will appear in |street, $13,760; land on Winthrop 0¥ France and Japanese ratifica- ! day of April if the extra tax is 10 [to prevent war,” the former presi- the May number of the Ladies Home | street. $1.2 § shares of Ameri-|Uon is Dot expected for several days. | be avoided. The fact that no bill was |dent says. “Opinions may differ as Journal. and the third article, “Pro- can Chain Co.. Inc., $455: 10 of Colt _ ‘he 3 other original signatory [reccived from the collector's ofice {to whether mations with military moting Peace Through Denunciation | Patent Fire Arms Mfg. t430, governments have deposited thair ratifications with the state depart- ment, but the treaty cannot become effective until all have been filed. Aspects of the government's inter- 50 American Hardware Corp.. 600; 15 Hart & Cooley Co. 77 Landers, Frary & Clark : 25 New Britain Gas Light Co., ture. | THE WEATHER |$1.875: 19 New Britain Machine national affairs which will claim a “T very strongly suspect that 1if 0., $1,116; 2§ North & Judd Co.,|large share of Mr. Stimson’s imme- there were but one mation in the New Britain and vicinity: | 8580 13 Peck. Stow & Wilcox. $234; diate attention when he goes to| world supplied with an army and Fair tonight and Friday; | 10 Revillon. Inc.. $880: 170 Stanley work tomorrow inciude developments incident to the Mexican revelution |and preparations for the preliminary ‘du:rmamcn' conference, | Works, $4.065: 18 Union Mfg. Co.. (Continued on Page 2I.) Ore., Charles Stetter, 38, touched off nine sticks of dynamite he had placed beneath his chair. All were instantly killed The house was wrecked Neighbors attributed Stetter's act to despondency over finan- | cial matters. | Just before the tragedy, Stet- | ter and his wife had quarreled and she had gone to the home of hix brother, 200 yards away. Stetter arose early this morn- ing. went to a nearby store and hought the dynamite and had returned home ostensibly te do some stump blasting.