New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1929, Page 1

4 Another Mecting Necessary Before News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 EXPERTS FAIL T0 REACH AGREEWENT ON WAR FIGURES Reparations Gonferess in Gloom Rlter Futile Forenoon (Gonference WEEKS OF STRAIN IS TELLING ON DELEGATES Definite Sum Upon Schacht—Concessions So Far Not Can Be Decided for Submission to Dr. Sufficient to Insure Proposal Ac- ceptable to Germany. Paris, April 12 (A—The repara- tions experts of the allied powers failed to reach a definite agreement concerning figures to be submitted to Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, the Ger- man delegate, during this ing's session and it was necessary to call another meeting for this after- noon. Some of the experts looked rather glum on leaving the meeting after & long morning conference. The many weeks' strain is beginning to tell on the principal experts and their alter- nates as well as on their large staffs flot advisers who for several days have been figuring incessantly on different combinations of annuities in an effort to find a compromise that will enable Germany's credit- ors to present a united front to the ich's experts, Pressure Upon France concessions taus far made have not been sufficient to make possible a proposal such as is likely o be accepted by Germany and it is understood pressure was still being brought on the French to re- duce further their claim for recon- struction work. The newspaper Le Temps says that an accord has been “virtually realized” by the reparation experts of the creditor countries as to what morn- The (Continued on Page 23.) TROTZKY TO WAIT DEATH IN TURKEY Exile Considers Refusal of German Visa Will Hasten End antinople, April 12 (P)—Leon bitterly disappointed at | 's refusal to admit him; re- luctantly today began to unpack his boxes and trunks to settle down in the tiny white house in the out- skirts of the city he longed to quit. He has engaged a stenographer and it was said he would concentrate his energies in the writing of his utobiography concerning which a | rman, Prof. Sanger, already ived to confer with him. The embittered exile refused | today to talk with representatives | of the press but it was reported he considercd Germany's refusal to ac- cord him medical treatment tanta- mount to a death blow, the climate at Constantinople being injuries to to his shattered health. In addition the unfamiliar language and the uncongenial surroundings have told greatly on his nerves. a w Cabinet is 5 Berlin, April 12 () —Although | German cabinet members pledged | themselves to sccrecy regarding | their reasons for refusing a German visa for the passport of Leon Trotz- | , an unwillingness to accord the | Russian exile a greater favor than | are willing to grant the former | kaiser was believed to be at least one factor in their action. Some of the strongest opposition to the admission rotzky into Germany came from the monarchists who protested against his being kiven better treatment than the | former kaiscr, who has consistently been denied readmission into Ger- | many. | Another reason was the strained | position of the cabinet at present and | an unwillingness to jeopardize re- | lations with Russia hy succoring the | strongest critic of the of that nation. lent gium and Czecho-Slovakia all have | let it be known informally they have no wish for the Russian lead- er within their frontie Great Lakes Level Constantly Rising Chicago, April 12 (M—An ad- ditional rise in the level of the Great Lakes has put the water from three to four feet higher than two years ago, reports from various lake ports showed today. Lake Michigan in the third year of an upward swell has lifted thesThicago river to a level interfering with naviga- tion of harbor tugs under the city bridges and backing up sewage flow in the industrial districts. Midway of a predict- t nine-year upward eycle, the lake has climbed three and one- B half feet since 1926 and in some places has obliterated |, beaches along the Chicago shore. Residents of lake shore homes t and apartment houses have summoned engineers to test the strength of the fonndations, now at the water's edge. ' a {¢ a (MRS, RUTH WALTHERS a Sowrnnmmr-‘ngu of th {one of the acknowledged leaders of 1t is understood here France, Bel. | the younger women in politics. She when Calvin Coolidge | date and for a long time | the town committce, town committee campaign. stat tuched to the s activities on took her onto politic many sections of N nearby states during weeks of the from home of the political activity. prevailed vpon to hold her resigna- entirely from any further political NEW BRITAIN HERALD The Leviathan, queen of the American merchant marine for Europe on her maiden voyage under private owne rship w president of the United States lines, e e A At NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1920.—THIRTY-SIX PAGES LEVIATHAN SAILS WITH LIQUOR FOR SALE | and for announcec LONDON HOPES FOR NAVAL AGREEMENT British, Press Hears Hoover De-| sires Disarmament Pact REPORTS CONTRADICTORY Some Attribute Definite Plans lo‘ President — Gibson Said® to Be | On Point of Making Important | Announcement. ‘ London, April 12 (®—London | newspapers today played promi- | nently on their front pages xprciall dispatches from Washington pur- porting to tell of the desire of the Hoover administration for & naval disarmament agreement. The dispatches coupled rumors of an impending announcement of im- portance by Hugh 8. Gibson, Amer- ican delegate to the Geneva prepar- atory disarmament commissior. con- ference, with the attitude of the ad- ministration. Such big headlines as “Ready to Meet Britain Half Way and “Washington Waits for Whit hall” were used. There was a disposition in some quarters to connect the appoint- ment of General Dawes as ambas- sador at St. James' with the revival of the naval discussion. Reports in Conflict In authoritative quarters in Lon- don the various dispatches from Washington on the disarmament sit- uation which are receiving promi- | nent display appear to be somewhat contradictory in their nature. Some reports printed here attribute to | President Hoover the possession of definite plans, while others attribute ‘\-'ht. De; A MURPHY spelling champion MAKING PLANS FOR 4TH SPELLING BEE | Annual Contest to Be Held Within Next Few Weeks ing contest will soon be Many under way been it. bee they have told him so. the girls getting their lave training for The spelling cditor knows they have because Not only are spelling books ir to him the expectation of plans and | proposals from Great Britain, | It was pointed out that the inti- | mations given at Washington do not | bear official character and with only a day or so until the va | paratory commission begins work, | courtesy forbude official comment | (Continued on Page 25) RESIGNS G. 0. P. BERTH Leaves Statz Committee and Retires From Politics The resignation of Mrs Walthers of West Main street a member of the republican state | ntral committee was forwarded to | s Katherine Byrnes, vice c il 1 of the state committee today Mrs. Walthers, wite of Kenneth H. Walthers, has been active in poli- tics in this city cver since the pa 19th amendment and Ruth 5- | I8 was secretary of the Coolidge club was a candi- spresented on the republican sixth ward She also was vice chairman of the during the fall She was one of the organ Woman's Republican club oi | cw Britain during the Hoover mpaign and as a member of the ntral committee was at- kers' bureau. He behalf of the party 1 platforms in England and the last few mpaign. y and salesman- r of the Cedar Hill Formulae | and her work takes her away | and to all scctions of | | rs of | 0. he country from four to six months year. For this reason, she , she is vnable to continue her She attempted to esign during the campaign but wa 101 in abezance, Her resignation, icative of her she said, is in- intention to retire rctivities. l out in th spare time and adding to the hours spent in the school room additionul time at home learning just which com- bination of letters form the correct words, but the boys are more de- termined the girls win the again, That cherished ton is invaluable. A whole the nation’s capital and visit to President Hoover. a trip to the WrLite House. Ior the present it is cno New Britain boys and girls know that the annuval speliir test will be held as usual. Here is something that please the youngsters, Duc great amount of interest the contest last year, and the n ever not to let the city championship trip to Washing. week n maybe At 1 1 thot shonld to the shov n nui (Continued on Page Two.) TWO MEN HOLD UP BANK IN CHICAGD lignor for sale. ~:1d he served passengers in cabins and dining rooms. tford. Conn, x years a prohibitic dos ship, sailed sheedy, vice GRESS MAY ACT - o WET STEAMERS Flood of Diy Oratory Expected Vhen Special Session Starts LEVIATHAN STILL ARID Big Liner Will Start Policy of Serv- Ntate ing Drinks on Return Trip—After That, in Both Dircctions, Is Plan. Washingt April (#) — The question of the right of American | vessels to liquor as a hever- s regarded by officials here as almost certain {to be brought vigorously to the at- tention of the new congress when it | meets in special seasion next we at least in the form of discussion. | | | 1z serve it se and observers | The promptness with which wet |a¢%he mayor's declarations snd ic | {and dry organizations and spoke: men for the prohibitionist viewpoint expressed themselves on the decision jof the Leviathan's new owners io | ibanden the dry policy which gov- . the liner under the shipping board made such an outcome pra tically a foregone conclusion, | Prohibition enforcement authorl- ties, meanwhile, have shown consid- crable interest in the statement of public relations department of ‘ United States lines, which oper- (Continued on Page re e REBELS RESORT T0 | ‘(‘araveo Splits His Forces and Starts Series of * Minor Forays | (I battle i Escobar’s rebel ci Nuco, feral 12 P— carried Gonzalo Ninety cavalrymen from the federal wrison here charged into a nt of rebel troops on the s road, west of San in ized the olutionarics took approxi- mately 10 Sonol caval 0o G a, April today neral J my Jose mon demora and rev- cers. April n wa Mexica, il in cquipy hua, M 12 P—Tn- re inst rals in central rebel soldiers un guerrilla tactics in high mountains in the part of the sta | ral Marcello rnor of Chih insurgent comm xica western Caraveo, nd civil second has di- 110 five arson, near Pulpito 1 Sierra Madre re- ued on Page 22 | THOMAS J. RESENTS ATTACK, TOANSHER MAYGR! | \Dunn, Mangan and Avitable| Appointed to Drait Reply to | Paonessa’s Criticism | 1. J. SHITH ELECTED ‘ PERHANENT CHAIRMAN Member of “Older Demccratic™ Group Succeeds Law at Helm of Party—Split Be- tween ‘tions Widens as De ion is Made to Contradict Charge Leaders “Fell Down on Job,” Members of the committee, made on t and h of party’s interests, have torney David L. Dunn, gan and Dr. A, fraw up a reply to the mayor. The committee has been in democr town resenting the attack et by Mayor Paonessa stion that a majority s in the selected At- 1 tie upe SMITH |ed to make emphatic its displeasure eny the trath of his statement: | that the town committee “fell down | on the job,” or that the fail [ the committee to function in cient manner cost ti rty three places in the tation. Mayor Called for Mayor Paonessa in a summariza- tion of the election, Wednesday. placed the blame for the unsatisfac- tory showing the door of the dem- ocratic town committee. He ma the charge that the committee has ow workers, t, with the ex- ception of L. Fagan whom he favored d on I h ward Resignation a John th 1y for (Contix 24.) "BLIND PIG" OWNERS ‘Detreit Speakeasy Opera- | tors Shot Down in Street Near Dawn April started “get” the man who 1 blind pig at 4 a slain by the hij (P—Two Detroit out, app: inal record 10 hond from Chi eri i several mont count he was indict on Remi rfeit ston h; gion and v whom th 1 of hi $400, in nment cuse wekir J& a cabarct A E followe s mer ested they Police have e iption of Bandits Line Up 25 Per- sons, Seize $10,000 and Kidnap Cashier Chicago, April 12 (P—Lining up 5 customers and employes, two bandits today forced the cashier of the Lansing State bank to carry out two of money to a waiting au- tomobile and accompany them a short distance. Officials of the bank said first estimates put the loss at $10,000. Without masks the the bank at 9:30 a. m. “Where's the hoss?” one . Frank, an employe. nk pointed to the directors® room where F. W. Schultz, president and Walter J. Winterness, cashier, were in conference. The man en- tered the room and told the officers they would be killed if they came out. In the meantime, his accomplice men entered asked herded every one into a far corner. | Winterness was called out, told to put the money in the cages into ks and accompany the robbers After several blocks, seeing no one was following them, the bandits re- leased the cashier and headed west toward Homewood. Sea-Going Kidnaper May be Tried ../ | Under Federal Shanghaiing Law 7y 1ax 1o county New Hay alleged kidni John Capp ntric federal | After ported the hoy April 12 (UP)—The PRing of tour year old by Joseph Urban as placed in the hands of authorities today. loral detectives we to have learned Urban Nad sailed aboard the L | viathan, hound Poland, it was decided the matter had wed be- vond the jurisdiction of New Haven avthorities, | Assistant re re for United States District | Attorney George Cohen was consuit- | ed at Hartford and recommended | that the federal burean of investiga- tion in New York be informed of the | circumstances of the alleged Kid- I napping. | *“Although Kidnapping is not a |crime that comes under federal jur- isdiction under normal circum- | stances,” Cohen said, “it is possible |that this case comes under the shanghaiing law, in which event the case would have Iby New York federal authoriti On Cohen’s recommendation, po- lllce informed D. C. McKean, director to be prosecuted | of the federal h of their repor had taken the liner. Ur home £y | John. N« that aboard the York Urban ean in lief child w an, who was a hoarder at the of Mr. and Mrs. John Cay in Fair Haven, and the ho ously Tuesday T poli Mrs. Capp fold them. At was believed Urban, who wa ported by police to have been centrie, was somewhere in the sta Later detectives announced they had learned Urban took out pass- ports for himself and the hoy for Poland, his native country, and had said it s re- | (Continued on T * =41 THE WEATHER |1 New Britain and v y: | | Rain tonight. Saturday, fair | | and warmer. | | * * His Brother-in- | { was the subject o TOWN COMMITTEE ' Judge Wolfe Rejects Bail Plea Made for Gardiner by Ai Z"ney; Convicted Man to Stay in Jail Court Declares Publication of Defamatory Remarks About Chief Hart and Family Was Inexcusable and Turns Deaf Ear to Casale’s Request for Bond Pending Appeal. (Special to the Herald) Hartford, April 12 Th nothing in the conduct of thi. als to the court. those defam tements was so inexc 1ble cially a wife ughter, y the cou 1 discretion in his Wolf forenoon = re w e tory espe- nd 1son it is o r exercise Judge Isaac court this by At- its or, In superior a motion asale to Bri said ain 1 at the out- that the mis- prehension ed faced Judge o for as to G with Wol criminal lil Hart of the partment and ail for six months. Hugh M. Alcorn st that he was not rer he weeks iinst Chief Lritain po- e Attor- ed at that concerned W time | about th alleged defamatory re- t others than the chief, Attorney Casale said, but he consid- ered the publication of the alleged libelous statements in a newspaper an attack upon the integrity of a public officer have to not giv marks aga iswer for it. Gardiner was 1 an opportunity to answer to the charge of libelling Mrs. Hart and her daughter, Attorney Casale said, and there was a serious ques- tion in his mind as to whether this lid not constitute reversible error. “Had put to plea for making defamatory remarks against the chief's wife and daughter, his plea might have been different,” At- would he have been | made—guilty?” Judge Wolfe asked. Well, probably he would have ied nolo,” Attorney Ca an- plea sale (Continued on Page 23 ) STATE FARM BOARD MEASURE REJECTED Senate Against Commission to Study Cattle Raising HART GETS HIS REVENGE geport Man, Descrted By Party on Vaccination Bill, Votes With Republicans — Project May Be Campaign Issuc, H a was promised Capitol 12 (P —What cal issue in the April as a poli next state camp the rity a debate senate today lost. This whi debate majority and mi engs both the upper body, was o ing that the gov commission of an appro- gen 1 con- onnecti rejected priation of raising and ditions in C vote of Hart aver by a orded opportun roll call to 9, Senator Bridgeport, v to a threatened to, his desertion of he spoke for he “optional onal tax of hour * and on the “d on GUERILLA WARFARE jyJACKER KILLS TWo SN MAY BE DEAD IN DAM COLLAPSE Workmen 30 Feet Below Water Level Trapped at Lansing the with- INCREASED BY $10,000 Construction of New Court Building and Other Improyvements Ralses Levy for Year, new H Was Construc buildi Hartfor jon of 1 imp fected in an institutions vements s com- nunities of this city the hille was cost precedin T of nearly §10,000 in count. gn | DR, R, E. BROWN, 56 PNEUNONIA VICTIN Had Notable Record During In- fluenza Epidemic in 1918 NATIVE OF KENSINGTON| Medical School, Graduate of Yale Class of 1892, Was Only 21 Years Cid When He Began Practice, Dr. Richard F. who during the influenza epi- this city in 1918 worked Brown, 58 years old, demic in ay and night in the interasts of pa- s and had the distinction of not ng a patient by death, died of prneumonia at the home of his sister Mrs, John L. Ross of 277 Chestnut reet, this morning following an ill- ness of a year and a half. He was born in Kensington, S 1, 1§70, but he came to this ity when he was about two years of age. He attended St. Joseph's parochial school and upo1 being gradyated, entered the New Britan High school. He was graduated from the last named school in 1885 and entered Yale university. On i 24, 1892, he was graduated trom Yale Medical school with hoa- ors in studies. Throughout his ca- reer in school he was noted for his scholarship. he was one physicians here ien hogan practice in this of th youngest heing only 21 years He enjoyed unusual success physician and was activ his ion until recent years. He 7 years of hi to his pro- He was a member Hartford ! Medical society. Surviving him are three sisters, . John L. Ross, Mrs. William and Mrs. Frank E. Brads Charles H. Brown, ani nicces and nephews. He married al ngeme . Curtin & Co., SUES WIFE'S PARENTS FOR $5,000 SLANDER John Brodzik Names| Joseph and Valeria Rut- kowski Defendants of of in charze are incom- | ¢ ago John Brod- | Brodzik, furniture | rtaker of Orange | son-in-law of Jo- a Rutkowski, pro- | store on Broad Toduy parents-in-law 4 defendants in a slander v n-in-law in 000 damages on | defaming his char- statements. rough Attorney eler, seeks satisfaction court, claiming w used bas ence of divers| their store, connecting his ith women of questionable racter. Brodzik further states iefendant, Valeria Rutkow- | ptember, 1 other persons who under- the Polish language falsely maliciously spoke of him, co is associations with other nd called him a drunkard. his father- tements on which caused Less than a yea . son of F lealer and becam nd of ph prictors int th am ns hrough f Pplaintif neis K. K SR par in the pres women zik also claims that in-law made similar particular day, him much harm. The complaint says that prior to mber, the plaintiff enjoyed a £00d name and reputation in his neighborhood and that through false defamatory statements his reputation and character have been injured. The exact words which allegedly were spoken by the de- fendants in the Polish language, are auoted in the complaint and follow- ed by a translation into En-lish. and (Continued on Page 23) and Gardiner would | | there. in the pres-| Average Daily Circulation Far Week Ending | April 6th ... 15,371 PRICE THREE CENTS EGAN TESTIFIES HE GOT $30000 FRON WATKINS Accused Hartford Lawyer Ends Second Day on Stand in Own Behal \DEFENDANT IN HEATED CLASHES WITH ALCORN Man Who Defended Convicted ys He Has Had “Wide and Unfortunate” Experience in Practice—Questions on Service Rendered for $20,000 Broker S Criminal Ruled Out by Judge. Hartford, April 12 (®—William E. Egan, Hartford attorney on trial charged with criminal conspiracy in connection with defunct brokerage affairs of Roger W. Watkins, now a state prison inmate, told Judge Isaac Wolfe today in his own de- fense that he received $30,000 in all from Watkins from the time he first met him in November 1927 until November 1328 after Watkins had been sentenced. Zgan completed his direct exami- nation under questioning of Mr. Hyde of defense counsel and his xamination by State Attorney Alcorn began this morning. Egan said that of the $30,000 re- ceived $10,000 came to him before Watkins fled and the other $26,000 was paid him for defense of Wat- kins, Mrs. Watkins and her brothers, Guy and Maynard Tresslar. Under cross-examination he was asked by Alcorn if he split the $30,000 given him by Watkins with Frank E. Healy, that is $15,000 each, and Egan said he did as the firm was on a partnership basis. Didn’t Urge Guilty Plea Alcorn asked Egan if he advised Watkins and the others to plead guilty and Egan denied that he did so advise them but added that he did not say not to as he believed that a plea of guilty was the proper plan. Alcorn asked if in view of existing (Continued on Page 12) SLUMBERING AUTO THIEVES ARRESTED Two Men Asleep in Stolen Car Accused of Whole- sale Motor Stealing New London, April 12 (P—A ser- of automobile thefts and bure glaries in Mystic, Groton and Dan- ielson,and Charlestown and Bradford R. L, are believed to be on the way to solution following the arrest late terday by state police of Michael enton, 28, of Groton and Edward J. Demers, 17, of this city. They were taken as they slept in an auto- mobile on an out of the way lane in Groton. The car was recognized by Sergt. seorge Webber, commandant of the Groton state police barracks, as one stolen in Charlestown, R. I, earlier in the day, and it was said teday | that Demers had admitted that he |and his companion had stolen not { only this car but others in the towns mentioned and had also committed breaks in Groton, Mystic and Dan- ielson. Both Demers and Fenton were bound over from the Groton town court today to the next term of the criminal rior court and in de- fault of 0 each wer. commit- ted to the county jail to await trial, The burglars made their first ap- pearance in this county two weeks when several service stations broken into in Mystic and an automobile was stolen there. The following night this car was found 3 | abandoned in Groton and that night several Groton stations were enter- ed and another automobile was stolen. his car was found aban- d in Pawcatuck, and the same a car was stolen in Bradford, his car was abandoned in Danielson several days later and an- other automobile was stolen there. Several burglari s0 occurred The Danielson car was aban- doned in Groton on a night en which a drug store was broken into and another automobile theft was re- stolen car was recovered two ago and yesterday afternoon another automobile was stolen in Charlestown, R. L It was in this car that Demers and Fenton were found. days Rooster Refuses To Crow in Court Clayton, Mo., April 13 (UP)— A Rhode Island red rooster perching on a justice court bench as a plaintiff’s chief wit- ness in a damage suit, refused | to deliver up a promised cluck | at the name “Chickie.” and ils case collapsed. i Mrs. George Green, who said she valued the bird at $5 in cash and much more sentimen- tally, explained after it refused to utter a sound in response to its name that she could identi- fy it from red streaks on its legs and a couple of missing tail feathers. But William §. Schrader, in whose coop she said she found the bird, produced a commission merchant’s bill of sale, which carried the day against the un- uttered clucke 2