New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1929, Page 1

Ne\;'l of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NACO, ARIZONA, IS BOMBED FROM AIR BY FEDERALS AND ONE AMERICAN IS WOUNDED Escobar’s Chief Army Resists Attack in 14 Hour Fight—Federals) Outnumber lnsurgents But Fail to Attain Their Objective. West Coast Conflict Is Favorable to lodged at Limon and Forced Into Full Retreat Northward to Culiacan. Misico City, April 2 (P— (1:05 P M.)—Bitter fighting be- tween the federals and rebels for possession of Jimenez wus re- ported in a government bulletin this afternoon to be proceeding again after an overnight lull, The government conumunique, timed 1 P. M, stated that the rebels were hemmed in within a circle of fierce federal fire from which they have been unable to escape. Naco, Arizona. April 2 P—Th Amcrican town of Nuco was bombed tod apparcently uninte and Ferry Baker, of Uhio, rebel airplane dropped four siles in an attack upon the stronghold of Nace, Sonora, Mexican ide of the line. Virtually every window 1ess section of Naco, ttercd by the explosio ments of one of the bom 4 to have struck a small missiles were dropped by robel aviator in his attack. The oth- er two fell in Naco, Sonora. I'wo of the four:-hombs feil American soil. tell in 1 The mis- federal | on the in Ariz. the was on Naco, Sono Rombs in Three Days attack was a continuation of ids started last nday ators under General “austo governor of Sonora. Thus v 19 bombs have been dropped in : days. Up to today the casual- ies on the Mexican side were two lled and three or four wounded. American infantrymen have been oned here for several days with ructions to prevent, if possibl (Continued on Page CORONER FINDS ADAMS ‘DELIBERATELY’ SLAIN Calhoun Comments on “Gruesome Conduct” of Weather Man’s Wife 18.) Hartford, April 2 (P—Deliberate murder without legal provocation is stressed in the report of Coroner J. Gilbert Calhoun on the death of Harry Emerson Adams, federal me- | teorologist in this city. Adams suf- fered death from asphyxia when his wife, Mrs, Olive 8. Adams, wadded a chloroform soaked handkerchief over his mouth and nostrils as lay in bed last Saturday night. The coroner points out that Mre, Adams’ action was not a defensive one, for her husband lay sleep- ing at the time. The woman acted not enly premeditation when she put handkerchief to her husband’'s but “persisted in that fecling during the njght. pentance or regret to alter her de- cision.” Affairs betyeen the coupie on the night of the crime prior to the time when the weather man was mur- dered were harmonious, Coroncr Calhoun reports. He mentions the ruesome conduct” on the part of Mrs. Adams in reposing during the Jong hours of the night beside thc man she had put to death, Coroner Calhoun with the clerk of the superior court yesterday afternoon. The repo.’ was witnessed by Detective Sergeants Charles Daley and John D. McSwee- gan, investigators of the murder. Mail Robber at Sea Got What He Wanted London, April 2 UP—The peculiar discrimination of the thief who violated the single sack of the steamship Levia- than's registered mail before it left here last weck is puzzling investigators. The thief slit one of about 200 mail bags, reached through the slit to the smaller bag inside, slit this, and took a single let- ter from Cologne, Germany, and addressed to Bogota, Colombia, Nothing else was taken from the one bag opened and other bags were not molested. London police are trying through the German police to ascertain the contents of the stole letters. Where the theft was committed is still a mys- tery- with the face all Loyal Troops—Rebels Are Dis- | was wounded when a Mexican | The other two bombs he | and allowed no re- filed his report | One More Reason Why “Liberty” Cannot See York, April 2 P —The Statue of Liberty and the Man- hattan skyline today moved Mary Callaghan, 22, just over from Treland on the Baltic, to cheers and hand-waving, but ‘ that little gesture is going to | cost her some delay before she | can enter the land she was so ] glad to see. | When she waved her hand a small bag was flung away from her and with it, to the bottom of the bay, went all her money $60, and her quota passport. At the pier she tried to ex- plain. It was no use. No pass- port, no entry. She was taken to Ellis Island to await verifi- cation of her papers. RUTHERFORD SAYS. MY WL GRow {New Britain Not Overbuilt, , Building lnspector Tells Board FILES REPORT FOR YEAR ‘l‘nllmg O in Construction During l 1926-20 in Line With Conditions Multiple Tenement Houses Erected. | Elsewhere—Few New Two unusual feutures in the ance of | estimated to cost $3.7 i fiscal year which the houses |only three 07,141, in the has come to facts that no six-tene- constructed and close are ment were new stores were built, Members of the building commis. sion point out that this condition has | been regulated by the law of supply and ¢emand. 1t is generally agreed | that the city is overbuilt on six- tenement houses and this fact I\u\- by | ARTHUR N. RUTHERFORD | been recognized by the board of as- |sessors in the form of reduced as- | sessments on structures of this type. Bankruptcies, particularly among |smaller business houses, has added to the list of store vacancies, Says City is Not Overbullt The annnal report of Building Tn- spector Arthur N. Rutherford, |first filed by any municipal de ment this year, expresses the inspec- {tor's belief that the city is not over- {built and will continue to grow | struetur: | The inspector also calls attention (Continucd on Page 10.) NOBODY SAW IT New York, April 2, (P—United States Attorney Charles Tuttle, after | investigating reports that Congress- | man William M. Morgan, of Ohio. had brought four bottles of liquor into the country from FPanama, an- nounced today that no one had seen any liquor and that the Morgan bag- gage had been passed unopened. APRIL ENDS BRITISH DROUGHT ers have put an end to the prolong- ed drought throughout Great Brit- ain. Cold northerly winds lowered night as compared with Saturd. Fish Yacht New York, April 2 (P —Stuyvesant Fish, wealthy clubman and broker, has complained to Washington that his yacht was stqpped last Saturday night near the Statue of Liberty by a coast guard boat whose crew point- ed revolvers at him and his flmll)’ and searched his craft for liquor. the yacht up New York bay on the ,way from Wilmington, Del., wher, he had purchased it, he saw a coast guard boat coming toward him. He went to within 100 yards of the patrol boat," he said, and receiving no signal, pursued his course. He then turned the wheel over to Cap- tain Larsen, an employe of the American Car and Foundry Com- issu- building permits for work | the | - ¢xtension and the purchase of addi- London, April 2 (P—April show- | the temperature by 18 degrees last | Swearing Coast Guards Search Fish said that as he was bringing | ‘SOUTHERN CROSS' FLIERS LOST IN DESERT WASTES Pears for Kingsford-Smith and Three Companions Grow Acute in London {MACHINE DESCENDED | IN ROUGH TERRAIN | Colonel Brinsmead Asserts Atrmen Could N&t Have Picked Worse | Place in Australia to Come Down —Rescuc Plane Took Wrong Route and Missed Object of Search | —Food Supply Belicved to be Low 2 (A—A dispatch News from Mel- today said that |anxiety for Captain Charles Kings- ford-Smith and his three compan- ions of the Southern Cross was be- coming acute. Reports that they had landed safely ncar the Drysdale Mission station could not be confirmed and fears were expressed that the air- men before sending out their final | message may have lost their way | and headed toward Darwin, where| the heavy rains would have made a | safe landing almost impossible. | Colonel Brinsmead, controller of | cl\il aviation, who believes Port George was the probable landing | place, says the country there is very rough and as bad as anything | in the whole of Australia with very few settlers in the district. | Rescuc Plane Missed Thewm | The dispatch says a rescue plane |which was sent out yesterday took the wrong route and was almost certain to, miss the lost airmen, who d Sunday while en route to Wyndham, West Australia, as part of a flight to Eng- land. Asked why the Royal Australian air force had not joined any search for the missing fliers, Commodore Williams replied they were lacking | {in trustworthy information and had | not the faintest idea where to look. Morcover, he said, there was no ma- | chine ready to go out on such a! flight since the force was in the pro- | cess of being reequipped. | It was believed that unless the | ‘aouxhcrn Cross landed near ulllerlw their small supply of food munt‘ ihave become cxhausted. The coun- | "try is roadless and without even so much as tracks. Moreover, Captain | Kingsford-Smith had not quite re- | covered from an attack of influenza | and told his cousin when he was | about to start that he was a very | sick man. A launch with provisions and fuel jand repairing cquipment for the London, April to the Evening bourne, Australia, (Continucd on Page 20) | TRUCKERS COMBINE " FOR NEW SERVICE j United-Arbour Express Co. | to Have Headqquar- ‘ ‘ters Here A consolidation for freight ship- | | ments by motor trucks, which in- volves w fleet of about 130 trucks | and an additional capital of $50,000 was formed between a New Britain firm and a Hartford concern yester- {day aftcrnoon when the United- ! Arhour Express Co. was organized. The consolidation combines Joseph Arhour & Son of this city and the United Motor Lines of Hartford. Both now are running regular | freight lines from New Brituin and Hartford to New York and ecach concern will maintain its individual schedule on this route. | A new route will be opened which I'will be handled by the consolidated | | corporation, and will place a flect of trucks on the road handling sched- uled freight shipments between New RBritaln, Providence and Boston. A | paid in capital of $50,000 for the tional trucks were decided on at the meeting yesterd The newly ¢ lm lrd officers of the United-Arbour Express, Inc., are as President, Harold Davis United Motor | | follows: treasurer of the vice president, Joseph Arbour, partner in Joseph Arbour & Son: treasurer, Everett J. Arbour, co- | partner with his father in she focal | | cencern; secretary, Oscar Bylander, co- | (Continued on Page 17.) | at Point of Pistols pany, from which he had purchased the yacht. “Shortly after he had taken charge | of the boat.” Mr. Fish sald in his complaint, “he turned the boat di- rectly across its course and stopped | it. On asking him why he had don- }no. he informed me that the coast guard was shooting. whether at us {or in the air I am unable to say, | we were not hit. “The coast guard boat then came | alongside in a very choppy sea and | insisted that they put a man aboard to search the boat. covering us with five or six army revolvers or revolv- ers of similar type. The representa. (Continued on Page 17.) | the |dropped a $40.000 suit | be transterred to her absolutely | aren. APRIL PRESIDENT AT EASTER SERVICE President and Mrs. Hoover leaving Friends church in Washington {tcc in the after attending Easter services, Court Room Thronged as Egan Trial Starts at Hartford for Misconduct in Watkins Case ! |Anderson, First Witness, Tells of $200,000 Note Signed in 1927 and Dated Month Behind — Complaints Came From Persons Who Believed They Were Deceived, He Says. Hartford, April 2 (P throng of men and women jammed the corridors of the new Washing- ton strect county court building to- day interested in the case of Wil- liam E. Egan, well known attorney who was placed on trial Dbefore Judgeg Isaac Wolfe, charged with irregular conduct as counsel for Roger W. Watkins who is serving a state prison sentence for embezzic- ment. The court room in | Wolfe sat was quick Sheriff Dewey had r which filled. e Judge High allotments of seats to witnesses, attorneys and | the press and permitted the remain- ing space to be occupied hy early comers. The ligan case is the first of importance to be tried in the new county building. Attorney Egan. with his counsel, were early on hand in rcadiness for the opening of court. Mrs. Egan and her son were among spectators. There were also present a group lor cmployes of the Hartford Bank & Trust Co., who are receivers of the Watkins Tnvestment Co. and the tional Associated Investors, Inc., the two concerns financially promoted A great| by Watkins | State’s Attorney Hugh M. addressed the court to present the complaint against Egan, but William S. Hyde, Egan’s counsel, waived the reading of the complaint and Alcorn read a statement by Henry J. Cal- nen, of defense counsel in which the latter had been asked as to an ad- | misgion that there had been con- |spiracy between Watkise and his | brothers-in-law, tuy and Maynard Tresslar, who a rving terms ir state prison for their part in the in the Watkins swindl The Tesslar Confe On Mareh 19, from which ¢ trial had been postponed, t a conference in which the to allow th fact that spiracy had cxisted between ) Mrs. Watkins and the T (dmission 31 d to go throu the Watkins trial which w Ly pleas of guilty on the part Watkin and his brothers-in- proceeded at ¢ 1o take up tier of execution of a nots (Continued on e th re was defense @ con- and slars, was not re- s cut off of for Page 20) MIRANTE HOUSEHOLD I PEACEFUL AGAIN Suit, Husband His $40,000 Action The dove of peace has nested at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Anthony H. Mirante of 17 Kensington avenue Mrs, Mirante has withdrawn her divorce suit and Mr. Mirante he brought wi has on the ground that his placed in trust in the Ci ank property which, he actually owned by him but held in her name. Mirante told @ Herald repor day that the fault was entircly on is side. His wife, he said, is thrifty and trustworthy and now rto | that he has had sufficient time to re- flect he does not understand how h lever allowed a rift in their marital relations. Mrs, tend to betray Mirante did not in- her trust when she ;| deposited title to the property in the bank, he said. The propery is in New Britain, Plainville and Berlin and 1o show his good faith, he drew up an agreement that it is to remais in her name during his life and to it he should die. When Mrs. Mirante gued for di- vorce her husband came back with the suit over the property. They have heen at odds for many wecks hut Mirante took great joy in an- nouncing that their differences have heen settled and that their dove cote on Kensintgon avenue will from now on be the abiding place of mutual love and devotion. The Mirantes have been married | for 19 years. They have five chil- He is In the real estate busi- ness. In effecting a settlement Mir- ante acted as his own lawyer. Gerard Casale was counsel for Mrs. Mirante. THE WEATHER | * | | ! New Britain and vicinity Fair tonight and Wednesday; warmer Wednesday, moder- ate to fresh westerly winds. *| | | of munitions. | | stightly LINDBERGH STARTS FOR CALL ON ANNE \\\’ife Withdraws Divorce Colonel Hops Off From [ Brownsville to Visit His | Fiancee | . Teaas, Al ty Rrown: Ap Lindbergh 8:45 a , Miss A Col. Charles for Mexico ( to visit his fianc row 1 said e Mexico City flving conditions ked over while he ate hreakfa lieved he would make flight to the Mexican The famous flicr colone exXpe by noon His yesterday in his hur after > in such a his fiance weeks on t did not He r p. m. ¥ Kelly la o the cit spending Pacific pa for rest iched Kl Paso terday and Field, Antonio. t1:41 o'clock th luter Xie this Mexi v m took dark rivie ! Linihe rgh said he stay in Merico City a ¢ then return to the Unit ¢ of Brownsyille, A j 1y for him on his arriy for Connecticut bla\er Is (aughl in South | Hartford, April 2 (P —A | William Tucke= who } | Nellie, in 1304 at Wilson later escaped commitm | Connecticut State 1o at Middletown of Dete | Fred Thomas of Tampa. Fla.. being held there for 1lartford poli according fo a tel n received | police headquarters hore this morn- ling. lins - FIRE EAR GUN PCWDER Hartford, April (UP)—Investi- | sation was being made | of a $2,000 fire in the packing room |of the state armory Two firemen wers hurt by flying glass and | several affected by dense smoke. near Alcorn | By i lon politics, at here today | a supply | 1929.—TWENTY PAGES HOUSE ILLS BIL T0 ALLON WONE T0SITON JURIES Senate, Rejecting Measure by Yote of 200 to 39 I and Mrs, Disagree — Latter Declares Is llogical and —Miss Cheney Alsop Argument sound.” Hartford, n's State Capitol, | P—The | subject of hot debate April women's jur yservice bill, in senat | house, lin tr of was house 10 10 39. Four members of committee, Represc lof West Hartrord {ford, Dennis of Sc |of Meriden, broke vote 3 |orpesca the unfavorable |the tioor. “Jury service would impose an unsought burden on the women of {the state” Representative | Alcorn of Sufficld, said. He lieved the ratio of women oppos |10 the bill is at least 6 to 1. said, the bill runs counter to t nt jury service exemptio: on the theory that some en are of greater civic im- | portance than jury service. “It it is true that the home is bulwark of society, then womar s a high r civie duty in the home n in the jury box,” Alcorn as- rted. ar as women serving |2 the ncerned, they Jar ! embly bu‘aus they want to while jury service would 1ot be a matter of choice.” | Women Condemn 1 g5 (‘he said the d ve when verdict would d with curiosity as given tals in the Smithsonian institute. find leisure for less im- gs, she said, and it i jury service, temporary ants coud secured for less vages than tie fees which would be paid the wonen as jurors. of Aven nt “illogical, :hmost s - ary ves Seymour | of Bran- and Aubrey the commit- Seymour report on d pre based crprises 2 the view is e the same unsound q s Coe, of Winchester, said she | ousands of women who fice becaus: a higher duty in spok do is conc was the same and she went on to question how much Texas” famous | woman governor ‘Ma" and New York's former secret te, Mrs. Knapp, had don standard of politics. S} uded with “women are too cramental for politics.” Huge Throng on Floot A ur: crowd of visitors stood on | ho foor and in the gallery to listen to the debat | (Con ESTATE 0F ER RAMAGE ' APPRAISED AT $26,762 Valued At ary of Page 1 Leal Lstate Holdings $19.850—Inventory Fied In Probate Court. I Nife iz lued rding prob lay ir National | Grandparents Get Lower Branch Concurs With‘ ALCORN SAYS § QFDVIflj’, et Cont Woman Has .ugher Civic Duty In Home Than In Court, He Declares | His Un- | | and | (OHC\JY!'nnCV“ today by a rising vote | Robert | = | Further, | 2 |souri, prehistoric | called Al- | Ferasohy| o rais: | con- | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending l 5’ 407 March 30th . PRICE THREE CENTS THREE YOUTHS QUIT DANCE, LAND IN HOSPITAL INJURED WHEN COUPE CRASHES POLE Buys Auto for Cent And Pays Spot Cash Ap_autoniobile deal of more ¢ 1 ssing interest was made hen John B. Moran, a old a used touring ca swond Carlson of 41 ~tanley street, for one cent. Mr. | Carison produced a receipted bill and a clear bill of sale today to verify hi s statement that the purchase was not made on a deferred payment plan. The ouring car looks well and runs no audible signs of motor ultics. Registration of the cost the owner 1 purchase price. WILD WIND STORM - LASHES 13 STATES, E]ghl Dead, Damage Heavy, Due. to 70-Mile Gale l CANADA ALSO SUFFERS, | Romenici, 19, of 56 Murray street, | the latter the driver and the others passengers In Kane's coupe, figured £ in a crash at the entrance to th- 30 Feet! it Suburban Filling Station at 1113 Stanley strect shortly Early Morning Smash on Stanley Street Re- sults in Two Being Placed on Critical List ~Third is Dazed, Tells Story of Drinking. {Charles Smith, 18, of 71 i Lincoln Street, James J. | Kane, 22, of 313 Com- } monwealth Avenue and Agon Romenici, 19, of 56 Murray Street Victims Charles Smith, 18, of James J. Kane, Commonwealth 71 Lincoln ) | | 22, of 313 strect; Bulldings Unroofed, Wires Down, Trees Uprooted—Waves High Dash after 1 o'clock | this morning, Smith and Kane sus- Along Coast of Lake | Michigan, taining injuries which may result in | New York, April 2 ®P—A d i toll of eight, injury to more than | |two score persons and widespread property damage was caused by & {furious wind storm that swept across 13 states and part of Canada The storm. which reached a velo- | city estimated at more than seven- 1y miles an hour as it touched var ous places in t |originated in the southwest, ing across parts of Arkansas, ) Nebraska, Towa, Illinois, Min- nesota, Wisconsin and Upper Mic gan, and then acioss Ohio into Pennsylvania, West Virginia, N | York and New Jersey. death, Romenici was less se- riously hurt, Smith has a probable fracture of the skull and internal injuries, it s said at New Britain General hospital, and did not regain con- sciousness for several hours after | the accident. Kane sustained inter- nal injuries and a concussion of the brain, with a possible fracture of the skull. He regained conscious- ness a few hours after reaching the hospital. Romenici, sustained pain- | ful abrasions about the face and a {cut on the head necessitating four stitches. He did not lose conscious. ness and his recovery scems assured, { Buildings were unroofed, wires | Shortly before press time, it was {were blown down and trees uproo ed in the terrific gales that swooped | stated at the hospital that Smith |down with increased velocity at a|was unconscious and his condition half dozen scattercd sections in the|was the worst of the three. east. | Drank Moonshine Liquor | Both Lake Michigan and Lake| Romenici was the only member | Erie were swept by the storm anl of the trio able to tell the story of much property damage along the|the crash. Interviewed by Sergeant lake fronts occurred. Waves as high | p, A. McAvay and Officer William {as thirty-five feet dashed along the!g'pay. id he was in his lath- | [linois-Wisconsin shore on Lake | g store at West Main and Lin- | Michigan, battering down rocks and | coin streets about 10 o'clock last |eating away at the shore line. L nigl Smith and Kane came in |Erie was also at the mercy of th= ity 4 bottle of moonshine liquor. {sales. At Buffalo thrce ships Werc| g1 had a drink before going to the torn from their moorings and tI Iks' home on Washington strect, t above nor- | = lid (Continucd on Page Three) BAN ON HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETIES DEFEATED New Britain Representa- tives Cause Rejection of Fraternity Measure he s At Erie the 1 rable damage. Tree Kills Buffalo Man One man was killed in Buffalo by a falling tree. The wind also {blew down a hangar at the Buffalo | lairport in which airplanes valued | at $100.000 were hcuced, although | not all the planes were destroyed. | Central Western New York m-] hard hit and cities and towns were lcut off from communications by |blocked highways and crippled tele- | {phone gervice. Canandaigua was | without electric lights all mght| [when power wires went down. At] North Tonawanda, the wind blew | over a chimney on a two-story brick : building, starting fire which caused ate Capitol, 1$10.000 damage. In Western West Virgin Ireiies in Pitt Hartford, April 2 general assembly today re- the bill prohibiting high ternitics, sororities and The cducation com- peared simultane- ind house. Gnilford ¢ was mo- tion in representatives in opposition, ghow would put - Penns g | Jected three children o a result of the storn £h a dozen persons t as and 1 on Pugc $29,000 Foreclosure Suit On Elm Street Prppert A foreclosure action 'vrrvyur(_\ at corner of El ast Mair ! brought E Sultana against (Contin 1) volving on and P both Sen- Lewis ©! man, said be covere] ards regu slation Senato believed, Mrs, 0 Cheerful Suicide Buy appointn rents, Const the pape A:d of Pohce to Recover Child in Local Home Mr. and Mrs. t da Fr Locust Dristol, the tain today s ir sghters we arching for Vi aged 23 months, takeg last Friday by her fat Paced with a this city. Throu baby was in the se and on nvestigat- 5V but the child |in, they ! 1t w the woman in [had been 1¢ft would not give her up unless ordered to do so by a rep- resentative of the law, she told them The Bristol peopie called at police headquarters and expl | baby was the gran nd Mrs. Concita scparated scven whose and months her parents ago. 1 a friend, ! The | ileiales (Chicago Court Upholds ot known, The Prmleze of Laughler aving parents separ policemar 1 home ler was and a since th ated they asked t to the West Sergeant J tailed by Captain K time later he 1 He said ered ing that it ness proposit:cn had not heen father She Concitas ar and their da ! profuse i and overjoyed at having the back agaia | be sent c de- short the B management Cost sad movie, had ated by a 2300 set- tlem I'H in Pillion's favor.