New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1929, Page 19

TRINITY GHURGH ANNUAL MEETING Dr. Beach Presides at First Session of Its Kind Reports of officers and auxiliary organizations of Trinity Methodist church were made at the annual meeting of the church last evening. Dr. D, W. Beach, district super- Intendent of the New Haven district, presided. The meeting was in the form of a general church supper to which all the membership was invited, this be- ing the first annual meeting attend- ed by other than officers. The following were elected offi- cers: Officers of the board—President ex-officio, Rev. W. H. Alderson; vice president, Mortimer H. Camp secretary, Louis A. Oldershaw; as- sistant secretary, Sheldon Munger; treasurer, H. G. Hancock: assistant treasurer, Frank Holmes; financial gecretary, Willam D. Calvert; as sistant financial secretary, Richard Hulbert, Jr.; treasurcr of benevo- lences, Curtiss L. Sheldon; treasurer of welfare fund, W. A, Cashmore. Official staff—Director of religious education, Miss Cora B. Graulich; supervisor of week-day religious #chool, Mrs. E. C. Stockwell; director of parish work, Miss lva M. Barnes; church secretary, Mrs. Arthur R. McNickle; director of music, Clayton Thomas; sexton, Mr. Edward . Carter. T'rustees—Mortimer chairman; James M. Burdick Du- gald MacMillan, Edward Skinner, M. D. Stockwell, L. A. Gladding, A. A. Mills, H. C. Doolittle. Stewards: - W. D. Calvert, Oldershaw, H. G. Hancock, Gooby, W. R. Fletcher, ¥. O. liffe, E.- W. Irving, H. E. Shepa R. B. Skinner, R. R. Searles, R. Schilling. W. A. Cashmore, . H Maxon, R. Hulbert, Jr, B. F. Arm. strong, J. E. Lukens, C. W. Haw- kins, Hollis Foster, Sheldon Munger, Oliver Nicholls, C. T. Waters, Harry Howard, Charles J. Symonds, A. W. Zahnleiter, Irank Holmes, Ray Young. Ralph Benson, Mrs. Willis Marsh, Mrs. Orrin E. Smith. H. V. Camp, Henry Hoar, William Cow- lishaw, George Rogers, J. M. Bur- dick, C. I.. Sheldon, Iocal preache Morgan Morgans. Minister's Report The annual report of Alderson follows: “To the district the members of the conference, and the friends of Trinity M. E. As 1 begin this report year's work there are two expr kions of gratitude 1 want to offer The first is for the help and cooper- ation I invariably receive from the members of my staff. The many activities of this church would be fmpossible were it not for the fact that associated with me are five in- defatigable workers emploved by the church. Working with them, and in a very real way responsible for our every success, is the great group of volunteers who male this church as busy a one as can be found in our city. g “The second expression of grati- fude is for the continued good health J enjoy in my ministry, For a little over seven years I have heen preach- ing and in that time it has never been necessary for me fo miss as much as a mid-week service or even » committee meeting on account of 11l health. ‘ Busiest Year in Four “The year has been a busy one— the busiest of my four years in this city. Our preaching services have heen held morning and evening each Sunday except through periods of union worship with other churct in our community. 1 do not culti- vate the habit of leaving my puipit end since last conference, 1 have been absent but one Sunday. On that Sunday 1 was graciously excus- ed by my official board in order that H. Camp, L. E A J. Rev. Mr superintendent, 4th quarterly members and church: of the I might help reduce the over popu- | lation of some of Maine's lakes and streams. 1 do not want to infer that depopulation was carried on on that | particular Sunday, however, and any kuch inference is unwarranted ciforts in Maine were only partial- Iy successful and I am anticipating a further endeavor in the coming month of May. In regard to my constant occupancy of the pulpit, T am not sure the people in general appreciate my practice but it at least lets them come to church knowing what to expect. “Pue to the rather peculiar con- atruction of our church we have long Janored under the difficulty of con- fusion in our main vestibule result- ing in this same confusion heing car ried into the morning service. Re- cently, a change in the order of worship, & careful policing of the vestibule following dismissal of the | ad the and whole-hea the part of church &chool, cooperation on church school superintendents and teachers, the president and mem- Lers of Everyman's Bible class, and especially the careful courteous work of the ushers has resulted in most worshipful hours of morning service we have ever had. Lenten Services Fruitful “Through the summer mouths and during Lent and Holy Week, union services have been held. The infer- est and attendance at these services more than justifies them. The Methodists rank very high In the ] Need— Ashes hauled ? Carpets laid? Auto tops repaired? Cement work? Dressmaker? Plaste Movers—Packe orers Dresses made? Lumber ? Paperhanging? Painting? Eleetrical repairing? A Garage built? A Plumber? Printers? Radio cquipment 1 pholstering? ers ? 2o "BUSINESS AND PRO. FESSIONAL BERVICES Herald Classified Ads today in i Mr. ! Rack- | My | the | estimate of the community on loy- alty to anything union in character. “On Armistice Sunday night a union service under the auspices of the churches and the American Le- &ion was held in the Stanley Arena. The attendance was estimated at up- { wards of a thousand and the service was conducted by the Legion com- mander and ministers representing the Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant faiths. Dr. Ralph W. Sockman of New York was the speaker. “There has been an increased in- terest in the mid-week service, es- i pecially since the first of the year, reaching its height the Thursday evening before Holy Week when a | filled chapel witnessed the reenact- ment of the scene in the upper room. |Some who worship regularly with us have felt a desire to make their church home here, over 60 joining in our fellowship since last conference, “'Besides my regular church serv- ;iu‘s‘lhcre has grown up during my | ministry here an amazing opportu- nity to help through personal inter- | views. This type of work is obvi- ously of a character that prevents 8iving intimate details. I have been |here long enough however, to see some of the fruits of this type of service and more firmly than ever I am convinced that it is an invest- |ment of physical, intellectual, and | spiritual strength that pays divi dends beyond computation. Community Activity “There is & ministry this church | carries on above and beyond its pul- | Pit, pastoral, and personal work. Of | that I should like to speak. There is in some places a feeling that a church consists of a minister and his people set down somewhere in a community with the object of carry- |ing on their work, rather strictly, {anong themselves. With this con- | ception of a minister's obligations I cannot agree. At the beginning of {my work in New Britain I sensed {that this church neceded what all !others I have known could stand, a new dignily in the community. I have therefore taken on in the city | numerous activities which offered me an opportunity to establish con- tacts that would otherwise have been denied. In every case T have earn- estly tried to carry to these com- munity dutics the spirit for which the church stands. My membership and at the present time my presi- deucy of the Rotary club has brought friendships in business, pro- fessional, and industrial circles that I regard as invaluable. One com- plete term and recent re-election to {# second term on the directorate of the Chamber of Commerce is an- other example of what I am illus- trating. Active participation in com- munity chest and other civic drives brings 1 think an undeniable advan- tage to the churches of the city. *“This church has been gracious cnough to permit as part of its en- larged ministry a reasonable amount of outside speaking on the part of its pastor. 1 have been enabled through this medium to carry the name and influence of this church through our New Haven district and even beyond those bounds. “Each summer 1 serve as dean of the Epworth League Institute at Weshleyan University—an opportu- nity to perform a very real service to young life from all over our con. ference. Contacts established in this work resulted In a most enjoy- able good will mission to the young lcaders of the Methodist Epsicopal church south during last 'summer, When 1 was privileged to give a ser- ies of address at one of their con- ferences. This summer T am antici- pating an enlargement of that work through two visits, one in Virginia and one in North Carolina. It was necessary to refuse an invitation to spend July and August speaking throughout the south to numerous gatherings of young people. I firm- Iy believe in the wisdom of a church permitting its carry on this tvpe of ministry, out- side the immediate cornmunity. Broader Program Planned “Regarding the forward program of the church there are at least four aims in view. First, a change in the Sunday evening service. It seems to be the spirit of this city that onte a woek is often enough to attend church. 1 do not argue this point. We are already planning a can.yaign | to bring to this churei @ Sunday nights in a community gathering |those who have not attended in the morning or who helong to no church at all. Secondly. we necd a stronger nse of financial responaibility. More moncy than ever before passes |each succeeding year, through the hands of the church treasurer—but A rapidly expanding program makes still greater sacrificial giving neces- |sary. This aim we are certain to reach if permitted just a little more | time. Thirdly, we nced a new sense | of brotherhood with the church at large and a keener feeling of obliga- | | tion to support the world wide min- | istry of the church. While our| | benevolent giving will exceed last | | year, there is still a great dispropor- | [tion between what we give to others | and what we keep for ourselves. | Fourthly, we need a more adequate educational method than we haves used heretofore, to convince the par- | {ents of the city of the value of our | co-operative week-day religious edu- cational schools. | | | “Finally let me sum up in a sta- | tistical way some of the year's ac- | tivities that can be tabulated. 1 have | baptized, adults and children to- igether, 39; funerals, in and out of our own church family, 36; wed- | dings. 16; social. pastoral and sick calls, 904; sermons, talks, addresses, 256 and in the course of this work | {travel has been necessary to the ex !tent of 15.000 miles.” Harmony Lodge Accepts | Bible Class Invitation | Harmony lodge, A. F. and A, M. | st evening accepted an invitation rom President Edward A. Krause of | Everyman’s Bible class to attend di- | vine service on “Masonic Sunday” at | |the class session next Sunday morn- | |ing. Worshipful Master W. G. Gib- Iney appointed Senior Warden H. l[ IRedell, Junior Warden Irving W, Mott, Senior Deacon Alexander | {Smirk, subordinate officers and |members of the Felloweraft team |2 committee to get out the member- {ship. Final plans will be made |a meeting of the committee Friday levening. | Theater business is said to be in minister to | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929 Tornadoes Take 20 Lives In Middle West GOLF LINKS POLL REPLIES GONE N Farly Returns of C. of C. Refer- endum Reported Favorable More than 20 replies to the Cham- [ber of Commerce questionnaire on | the demand for a municipal golf | course have been received, accord- ling to Secretary Ralph H. Benson. Of this list the majority scem to fa vor a golf course, although the air- | port, street conditions and other public affairs come in for some com- ment. The list of replies received in the first mail today was released by Mr. Benson for publication, although for matters of policy the chamber has | not revealed any names. Some of the writers are men of prominence. One local bank president opposes the course. The replies are as follows: “A public golf course and an air- port are two things that in my opin- ion New Britain needs very badly. —A manufacturer. “I think we should have one by all means."—An insurance man. “Should step on the gas and get one. We had one once was killed because the right people were not going to get credit for starting it. Ask Dr. Delano."—A business man. “New Britain should have a golf course.’if not more than one. “A city the size of ours should have a public golf course for its cit- | izens."—A banker. “New Britain should course.”—A business man “New Britain should one a long time ago. |a seml-public position. “For the good of the city and its residents 1 think we should have a golf course.”—A newspaperman “Evéntually, why .not now business man and superintendent of |a local industry. “Should have one. “It would be a finc thi a municipal golf course. er. 1 am very much in favor of municipal golf course.”—A banker. “I think New Britain needs onc.” —~A real estate dealer. Public needs one.”—A woman. “Essential for every community's welfare.”—A real cstate deale “I am in favor of a public golf course.” “Go to it. Public needs one.' real estate dealers. “I favor a public golf course for New Britain if a fee is charged to players using the cours A mer- chant, “It i something that we should have had two years ago. 1 know how it feels to have to go to Hartford to play golf.” “We are behind the have to have a course The sooner the better.” A golf course is as necessary to New Britain as a baseball diamond or tennis court. There are many participating in golf as in either of the other sports.” “I think it is a G. D. shame that o many hav Hartford for a game of gol businessmian. “Opposed to city taxes being used for this purpose.” A businessman “City finances and tax rate do not warrant spending any money for a public golf course.” A bank presi- dent, “I don't believe in it. Golf is an expensive game. Very few goli clubs come out even with memiber- ship dues. There are a lot of things, notably decent streets that New Britain needs more than a golf ourse."” “We should have one by all means it any way can be found to financ: it.” Unsigned. “Mr. Ralph H. Benson, secy., “Chamber of Commerce Dear Sir: have a have had A woman in 1g to have A bank- a —A times. Will some time. to go to A Speaking strictly as a private cit- | izen of no particular and less importanc knowledge myself as a member of the noisy minority and express my objection to the Chamber of Com- merce and combined civic groups starting anything like an intensive drive towards a municipal golf ourse at this time. I amn prepared to concede with- out argumicnt that a public goif course is everything that is claimed for it, even to being a benefit to the consequence At icity and something the city events German Baptist church, ually should have. My objection is based on the fact that after all it is purely pleasure, luxury and recreation for a more or (gosh darn) | i and vastly more urgently needed in this city today are a number of other things, things which the city should have had long ago. We need an airport and have needed one for |some time. We need a West End |fire department more than we need {a municipal golf course. Qur mer- hants are losing out because we |Fave no municipal motor camp. |We need more industries. We need | wider streets. We need more at- |tention to our present parks, in- | cluding better roads. We need that {Shuttle Meadow boulevard. We nec that Plainville-New Britain boule- |vara. We need the Cathole road paved | We need a municipal parking plac {for automobiles. We need a new Y. M. C. A and a new Boys' club. These are just a few thinge the lcity needs, all of which are more |important than a $Z play- ground. | Mr. Benson went to Goodwin Park in Hartford yesterday and re- ports on statistics he gleaned there The number of golfers in that park | has increased $0 per cent in the past five years, he learned. Last year Mr. Benson states, there were 10 000 rounds of golf played there after I8 o'clock in the morning. Last |Sunday there were 600 people pluy 'ing at one time. Goodwin park has paid a profit for four years and last year paid $5,000 profit. PRIESTS DEPLORE USE - OF CHURCH BY POLICE Peter's 5,000 Father Downey of St. Ex- plains They Knew Nothing About Crapulli's Alleged Confession. Hartford, April 9 (®—"The pricsis of St. Peter's protest against such uses of the church.” was the com- ment of the Rev. John J. Downey, pastor of St. Pete in regard to a story told last night to Hartford detectives in the church by Arthur J. Crapulli, charged with aiding and abetting in the murder of Samuel Kamaroff, Jefferson street grocer His story to detectives told in the silence of the church precipitated the confession of guilt from Frank Di Battista, who admitted at polic: headquarters later that he shot ani Killed Kamaroff. “The pricsts of S§t. Peter's have no knowledge of the occurrence in the church” said Father Downey. “The only information we have what appeared in the press. If he came to the church, the only ones who know about it are the Hartford police. f he were hrought fo St. Pefer's church with the idea that he was zoing to confession, the priests ce tainly would protest against methods of extracting information “We don't know that the parties were here. The priests are infereste i in bringing about justice, but if re- ligious feclings were appealed to and he was brought to the church with the idea of going to confession in order to extract the desired knowledge, we bhelieve that z0ing hevond the limits of is that ommon READS OF OWN DEATH Willis Ronketty of Berlin Learn- From Springfield Paper He Was Killed in Accident. Willis had 1 of h He a which Ronketty of Be novel experience s death in a Springfield paper injured in an automobils last week when the car in he was riding overturned at Upson’'s corner, Berlin ither th driver nor his passenger was injure i y extent account gave and arrangements of the He statcd this morning that he felt very well for a dead person. i ident to 2 the date funeral CHURCH SUPPER Atter public supper, which 1o be served by the Ladies’ ciety at the Stantey Memorial on East street Thursday evenir entertainment will be given. Arpi Sextet will sing severs bers, A duet, entitled will be sung by Miss Lillian Jos son and Walter Falk. Mr. Falk will 'also sing “1 Passed by Your Win- dow.” Mrs. . L. wardson will favor with readings. Mrs. William H. Barsch, wife of the pastor of the will play < “Varia- 1 two numbers on the violin | gende” by Wieniawski and [tionen™ hy Tartini-Kreisler. | " The entertainment is open to the such a slump that more than 15.- |jcss exclusive group and mot some- | public without charge. {000 actors and actresses | country are out of a job. in this | thing with an appeal to all classes. Of a great deal more impor ' EAD HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS l} All that remained of a large barn near Baron, Wis.,, after being swept by storm which took toll of 20 lives in Minnesota, Wisconsin and lowa. DEMOCRATS FIGHT TOKEEP CONTROL IN 3TH AND 6TH ‘ (Continued from First Page) handle the campaign in the south- crly wards. | Neither political organization was {successful in working up enthusiasm other than that which was the na- tural result of the unusual campaign | in the fifth ward where Pajewski is running on a platform of vindica- tion, to set himself in a different |light before the residents of New Britain following a slander and M- | bel suit in which Police Chiet Wil- {liam €, Hart was awarded damages |of 81,000 from the candidate. i Democrats Fail to Organize Men prominent in the democratic ranks were in accord today that the pari failure to elect a successor to John E. R. Keevers, resigned chairman of the town committee, |and to otherwise organize for today’s election, had been a serious mis- take. Attorney William E. Hagearty, third ward commiiteeman who has {heen associated with Acting Chair- man Thomas J. Smith in the at- tempt to work out an election day organization, was in charge of headquarters for the greater part of the day. The transportation com- mittee had few cars at its disposal a condit in sharp contrast with that which prevailed or the oppo- E side of there were more cars than needed Alderman Zapatka's chief prob- lem in the fifth district was the eff- setting of Pajewski's strength which hinged on the belisf that he was dealt with severely by being sub- ected to court action for state- ments aftributed to him, linking Chief Hart and other policemen with bootlegging activities. The vindica- tion claim brought hundreds of carly morning voters to the polling place, giving the fifth district 'early morning lead. In other years, the fifth ward vote has been lower than several other wards Resent Smith Defeat was in the sixth ward princi- that the effects of the iast sidential campaign were most strongly felt. Scores of voters flatly refused to go to the polls when ap- proached by party . and we phatic in their declaration that they would not participate in ture tions because of the tment accorded former Governor Smith in the November balloting. When the after the first hour activity, at o'clocks had been this hein of the vea It pally work re came few ion 9: Vot cast > more n last off- third and sixth nes crossed off fwo districts same the election ha a check-list wi 1an years ago, but the other were voling or Towed hy that of the ward 1005 ) ward 1ay a read: Fir as 210 i ward 192 Afth ond ward, 170: foruth 468 Totals, s 1 fternoon shight- of the total the tof 1,442, 2 o'clack this than one-fifth had heen At Iy mors vote 4361 lead of its cast ward about vote, and the with about with 1 eligible was next cent of its vote, or 1,043 for. The other wards, at had the following n it second h per ce six ward 2 o'clo mhers of vo! 280; {1 ward nting its registry had boat 1o fourth, T the hgt 10 per cent of Vourth Ward Contest Although not colorft the atka-Pajewski battle in t fifth ward, or as tense as that of the sixth where Councilmen F 1.. Conlon and Samuel Sahlo e fighting vard commonly regarded as the backbone of democracy in New Rritain, the fourth ward hrough the day watched an inter- esting contest. Albert Murphy and Charles L. Solomon. culminating one of the hardest fights the demo- there in many years to be nip and tuck Joseph Landwehr and ison. republican nominces re without previous « condition not d. e second <t v\0te, represe as to save the crats have n helieve Lk were with I N four Al pericnee, a round any other v The democratic fourth reported v driv they rely on for support in pleasing its in to get out the vote which but the re. the political fence where | an | an that Walter | ouncil ex- | candidates in the | a close one, were optimistic that the ward would continue to prefer re. publican representation. Nair Expresses Confidence AldermarrDavid L. Nuir, president pro tem. of the common council and republican candidate for re-clection in the first ward, said today he did not fear the threat of the opposing ticket which, admittedly had two | strong candidates chosen from the democratic ranks and an endorsed | republican, William 8. Scheuy, the ward's strongest vote-getter at the! last primary, to rely on. Councilman H. Stuart Hanes, republican. was be- ing opposed by Howard Butler, youthful but prominent democrat, and Nair had as his opponent, Attor- ney Maurice Rosenberg, who had conducted an aggressive campaign. The first ward is usually relied upon to produce the highest republican majority in the city. Light Vote in Second In the second ward there was lit- tle interest and light voting. cilman John Holmberg and John C. Wilford, the republican candidates, were being given little or no fight by Matthew McGrath IYarmer, democrats who did not con- duct a campaizgn for the office and who were plafed on the ticket by the democratic town committee. G. O. P. May Control Selectmen The likelihood of republican vic tory in the first, second, third and fourth wards, and the certainty of at least a close vote in the fifth and sixth districts, appeared today to in- dicate control of the board of select- men by the republican party, and election of four of the seven con- stables from the ranks of the G. 0. P. A heavy republican vote will most insure the election of Lewis |W. Lawyer and Frank A. Witkin |as selectmen, the third member to be chosen between Kasimir Majewicz and Darius Benjamin, democrats and present members. This condition, likewise, would appear to make cer- |tain election to the constabulary of John 8. Recor, Charles T. Nowland |Raymond D. Beatman and Fred Winkle, republicans. Constables Frank Clynes and James W. Man- ning were regarded as the strongest lof the four democratic contenders. Here it was expected that either Mi- chael O'Brien or Joseph F. Hayes wolld be the unsuccessful candidat>, | Their colleagues on the ticket, Clynes and Manning have had the advan- tage of previous campaigns for of- |fice, whereas O'Brien and Hayes are newcomers, Irrespective of how the election | goes today, the following will be sent into office, no opposition candidates |having been put up: William 8. | Scheuy, first ward councilman; Don- |ald L. Bartlett, third ward ald |man. and Attorney William ¥. Cus- {tin, councilman in the same distri | Patrick F. King, Joseph M. Hallor- an, Joscph M. Ward, Dr. Henry | Martin, William H. Day and Henry T. Burr, school committeemen. Ginsburg Takes Zapatka to Polls An early morning indication of | the absence of bitterness in the fitth |ward fight was seen early this morn- |ing when Alderman Frank Zapatka, democratic candidate, being in need }of a ride to the polling place, hailed !an oncoming automobile, only to |find it was being driven by Chair- {man Harry Ginsburg of the repuh- {lican town committee. Attorncy |Ginsburg assured the alderman he ‘[nas welcome to a “lift” and took him aboard the car to his destina- tion. J. B. Allec, whose unique brand of | humor in the past several elections | has entertained not only the demo- ‘rats but also the republicans, | against whom most of his darts have | been aimed, today made two public | statements, the first of which reads: | “J. B. Allce called at republican | headquarters this evening and an- | nounced that the executive commit- {tce of the Third Ward Republican | club was back of the whole ticket— | how far back, he did not say." I The endorsement by the demo- crats of several of the nominees of the republican party, prompted the cond statement: | al- Coun- | and Charles | Egan's relations to the Watkins op- erations. Watkins was asked as to any ref- erence to the payment of a 000 | check to “fix things” Watkins tes-| tified that he did refer to this check and told Egan: *You must have paid that to get me in here, Watkins further testified that en | the duy he left state prison with George H. Bradley, parole officer, as his guard, Egan and his wife drove up to the prison and Egan again ad- vised him not to say anything Falsilied Marriage Paper State’s Attorney Alcorn then turn- | ed Wautkins over to Henry J. nen of defense counsel for cross ex- amination, Watiins admitted, | answer to questions, that he had | falsified his marriage certificate at Scranton, having given his age in| 11916 at 23 years when he was less.| “ He said he was arrested in Detroit when employed as a elerk in an em- | ployment bureau which furnished laborers and other classes of help, but he said the fault was not his |as the boss skipped out and left ]’ him “holding the bag.” He said the case was dismissed. Watkins also said he was arrested in Scran- | ton after his marriage for false pre- | tense in connection with a merchan- dise brokerage corporation in which | there was no stock. He was charged | with obtaining goods under false | pretenses but was acquitted | Calnen tried to bring out some- | thing about Liberty bonds which had | disuppeared in the office while Wat- kins was there, but the witness said he had no knowledge of these but | |had heard a rumor that Liberty| honds were missing. He was in| Trenton in 1917 and 1918 and in Philadelphia later and had no trou- | | ble with the police. Calnen tried to | have him recall something Alcorn | | had said during Watkins trial of a i warrant issued in Philadelphia for | | his arrest, but Watkins replied that | | what Alcorn had said was during his | address to the jury, and his own |memal condition was such that he , did not remember the words. Judge | Wolfe said the questioning along | that line was unnecessary. Ran Grocery Chain Watkins said he went from Phila | delphia to San Diego where he ran | |the Eugene Tresslar chain grocery | stores. He denied there was any | crookedness and said he liquidated through a credit association and the | creditors received 100 cents on the dollar. Later he worked at Jack | sonville and had no trouble. He had desk space in New York in the of-| | fice of a financial service. He de- | nied that he ever went under the | name of John H. Elliott, and Judge | | Wolte interrupted Calnen and said that it was not necessary to continue | questioning on that point. Watkins said he was arrested in New York on charges by the Penn- | sylvania authorities for violation of “blue sky” laws, but the governor | refused to grant extradition as the | offense charge was only a misde- | meanor. | Watkins said he went to Pitts burgh later, was put under a $10,000 | {Lond, was tried, found guilty, but| | did not go to jail because of *politi- { cal influence.” Calnen asked him if | he knew he was wanted on a fugi- | tive from justice warrant and Wat- | | kins replied that he did not prior to| this trial. | Watkins said he came to Hartford | with $47. He was asked why he‘ | | didn't like the way the A. J. Calla- han company did business and he replied he simply didn't. He talked | with Callahan and a considerable | time later he assumed charge of the | company. He talked with Shipman | and Goodwin ahout a charter fur‘ the company, but J. Verner Ander-| son did most of the talking. Anderson Called “sea Lawyer” He called Anderson a “sea lawyer”™ and when Calnen asked what he meant by that, Watkins replied “An< derson was all al sea when it came to law. This produced laughter in court and even Judge Wolfe smiled, Wat- kins said Anderson scemed to have the impression that he was well versed in law. He said that when he first talked with Egan, Anderson had produced a monthly balance sheet which Egan said he didn’t like. Watkins said Egan suggested that he get rid of Anderson because “he was an old woman and would blab.” The witness explained that Egan ob- jected Lecause too much cash was shown, Egan first began to handle claims in October, 1927. 1n October and November he was paid h and checks for legal expenses. Watkins was shown a check for $1800 to T. J. Spellacy, dated December 5, 1927. He said it was in settiement of a suit that the A. J. Callahan company brought against the Winthrop Greg- ory com 1t was settled out of court and the check was turned over to Spellac Weddings SHIN E—McERLEAN (Special to the Herald) York, April 9—Gerald F. of 13 Lasalle street, New Britain, Conn., and Miss Carlotte McErlean of Newark, N. J., were married 1n the chapel of the municipal building here yesterday immediately after they obtained a license to wed at the marriage bu- reau. Deputy City Clerk J. J. Me- Cormick officiated The bride was born in Newark, the daughter of George Patrick and Elizabeth Murphy McErlean. Mr. Shine is the son of the late George H. and Bridget Ryan Shine. He was a ny. Ne Shine, | divorced from Florence C. Shine in Reno last April. His birthplace was New Britain. DEFY TOWN MEETING ON USE OF SCHOOL (Continued from First Page) the huilding has been ordered to complete furnishing the auditorium. A resolution to rescind the motion for a double strength test will be made, The school authorities have been notified by the company which made the curtain for the auditorium that it will no longer be responsible for damage or deterioration to the cur- tain if it is kept in th: box in which it has been stored since the begin- ning of the controversy. Due to the fact that another week's vacation is scheduled for the latter part of this month, it is not considered likely, that children will occupy the new school before May 1: ‘City Items Mrs. C. Peplaw of 226 Rocky Hill avenue underwent an operation at Hartford hospital. According to re- ports today she is resting comfort- ably, £ — “A sign was sent Into republican headquarters this evening, bearing the legend: Consolidated Republi- | can-Democratic Headquarters.” WATKINS SAYS HE GAVE $200,000 TO - EGANIN WONTHS (Continued from First Page) vember, 1927, Egan had told him “he had something on Hadfield and could fix it.” The witness thought fhis had re- lation to some transaction Hadfield had engaged in in Hartford. Wat- | kins was asked to expiain in detail how much money he had given Fgan, but he said he could not state exactly, because the records were in his personal accounts and Lgan had | taken these. Watkins said he had sold securi- ties in New York and placed the money in his own account. 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