New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1929, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 DEHOGRATIC BOARD BLAMES PAONESSA IN SHARP REBUKE Attributes Party’s Dilliculties to His Handling of Patronage While in Office of Mayor MENTIONS NOVEMBER LOSS AS CAUSE OF LETHARGY Letter Signed By New Chairman of Group Assures Executive Hope for Party Has Not Been Abandoned and Professes Willingness of Pres- ent Committee Members to Step Aside for Better Qualified Men. Sparkling with sharp thrusts at Mayor Paonessa for his attitude to- ward the democratic town commit- tee, and for his handling of patron- age, the committee has made vigor- ous derial of the mayor's claim that the poor showing in Tuesday's elec- tion is attributable to its operations, and fixes the csushing defeat of the democrats last Novmeber as the cause. - A committee composed of Attor- ney David L. Dunn, Lawrence P. Mangan and Dr. A. L. Avitable had been named to prepare an answer to the mayor’s criticism. They have not signed the letter which went out over th: signature of Thomas J. Smith, chairman. The letter calls the mayor's atten- tion to the fact that not all the eli- gible members of his own family voted last Tuesday, remarking “you reside with your family in East Hampton, and probably it would be very inconvenient in many instances to make certain arrangements which might easily be made did you reside in New Britain.” It is assured that the committee has not lost hope for the party and proposes to carry on until more able members of the party are willing to take their places. Letter to Mayor The letter to the mayor reads:— “Honorable A. M. Paonessa, “Mayor of the City of New Britain, ew Britain, Connecticut. “Dear 8ir:i—At a meeting of the INMAN 1§ GRANTED DIVORCE AT RENO Jury Finds Wife Abandon- ed Herself to Liquor and Other Men Reno, Nev., April 13 (M —Walker P. Inman, wealthy New York and Atlanta man, today won his fight for a divorce from Mrs. Helene Gar- net Patton Inman, daughter of a Kokomo, Ind., clergyman. A jury early this morning returned a ver- dict upholding Inman's sensational charges that his wife abandoned herself to liquor and other men, Mrs. Inman contested the divorce and asked that she be given the decree and $250,000 alimony. Under the verdict, Mra. Inman will receive an annual allowance of $15,000 for five years. This was in accordance with a separation reement made two years ago, The decision, which came after six hours of deliberation, brought to an end three weeks of sensational tes. timony during which Inman, a son of Mrs. James B. Duke. widow of the tobacco magnate, produced several witnesses who testified to his wife's participation in drinking parties'and escapades with other men. Singer Named As Admirer John Steele, singer, was men- tioned often in the testimony as an ardent admirer of Mrs. Tnman. Wit- nesses for the husband testified they had seen Mrs. Inman intoxicated on meveral occasions and referred to incidents aboard the Inman yacht in which Mrs, Inman and other men were mentioned. Mrs. Inman charged cruelty in her counter complaint, one of her prin- cipal accusations being that Inman broke her nose in a fight. She also declared that she had not been ac- cepted by Inmans' relatives because she had neither wealth nor social position. The name of Juva Marconi dancer, who remained in Reno after obtain- ing a divorce recently from Lioyd FPhipps, was brought into the case when Inman was questioned about his friendship for her. He admitted taking the dancer to dinner and in- viting her and a small son to his apartment but denied that he was in love with her or that he planned to (Continued on Page 15) Brandy May Cost Ship Line $2,000 New York, April 13 U»—Four hundred bottles of brandy were seized today by customs enforce- ment bureau agents in the bilges of the Fabre liner Provi- dence at her pler in Brooklyn. ‘The contraband was taken to the barge office and later will be taken to the army base in Brooklyn. The Fabre Line is subject to a fine of $5 for each bottle of liquor seized. The agents, under Frank Jensen, had been watching the Providence since her arrival from Marseilles on Tuesda: Nearly 25,000,000 Autos in America Washington, April 13 UMW—The number of motar vehicles regis- tered in the United States rose to 24,493,124 last year, the bureau of public roads announced to- day, placing the increase over 1927 at 1,359,883 or 5.9 per cent. The figure, based on state regis- tration reports, covered automo- biles, taxis, busses, motor trucks and road tractors, but did not in- clude 148,169 trailers and 117,- 946 motorcycles. The owners paid the state: d the District of Columbia an ag- gregate of $322,630,025 in license and registration fees, permit charges, fines and other taxes and penalties. State highway funds profited by $208,880,272, local road funds by $60,399,109, and state and county bond funds by $31,825,911, GERMANY HANDED ALLIEY WAR BILL Doctor Schacht Receives It in Paris Hotel Tea Room — T0 RUN FOR 58 YEARS Teuton Delegation Grimly Solemn as Figures Are Presented—Refussl Is Expected After Few Days of Fictitious “Study.” Paris, April 13 (®)—The allies’ bill to Germany for reparations for damages incurred in the world war was handed Dr. Hjalmar S8chacht, president of the Reichsbank, in the tea room of the Hotel George V this morning. The size of the bill was not an- nounced officially, but it was said generally it had a present value of from $10,000,000,000 to $12.5600,000, 000, calling for annuities over a pe- riod of 58 years totalling around 100,000,000,000 gold marks—about $24,000,000,000. The presentation of the bill came after nine years of bickering as ‘o its size between the allled creditor nations and Germany, the debtor. It represented a reduction, it was believed, of nearly $100,000,000,000 under the maximum of $125,000,- 000,000 claimed by the allies before the Verssilles conference. Germans on Time The German delegation, headel} by Dr. Bchacht, appeared promptly at 11:30 a. m., for the meeting in the tea room. There was about them all the grim solemnity of the open- ing session of the rephrations con- ference February 11, nearly nine weeks ago. As they entered the tea room and the door closed behind them the anteroom buzzed with talk that they were already aware of the amount (Continued on Page 15) BOY SCOUTS SAVED AT BRINK OF PRECIPIGE Scoutmaster Rescued After Holding by Hands for Eight Hours Chewelah, Wash., April 13 (P— Five Boy Scouts and two men who had clung to a precipice near the top of Quartzite mountain for al- most eight hours were saved early today from a death plunge after one scout had been killed in a lall of several hundred feet. The group of eight had climbed to the mountain just outside of town 'vesterday afternoon, dnd were perched on the summit when the edge of the peak crumbled under them. The ecight boys and men were precipitated to a ledge where all but one caught hold of jutting rocks and saved themselves from & sheer drop of several hundred feet and certain death. Harold Stiffenson, one of the scouts, lost his grip on a rock and (Continued on Page 14) 169 CHILDREN AIDED BY WIDOW'S PENSIONS Miss Beale, Agent, Dis- bursed $10,251 During Fiscal Year Financia] assistance in the bring- ing up of 16y fatherless children in their own homes was furnished In the last fiscal year through the ex- penditure of $10,251.26, according to the annual report of Miss Cora M. Beale, local sgent, which was flled today. A balance of $11.95 remains. Miss Beale's report follows: “During the last 12 months, 169 fatherless children under 16 years of age have been cared for by'their widowed mothers in their homes. Except for the fact that the mother has a weekly assistance from the de- partment -of state aid to widows many of these youngsters, perhaps all, would have had to live in an in- stitution. A child has a right to be with his own mother unless she is proven mentally, morally or physi- cally unfit to car for him. Poverty (conunued- on‘l’ll! 14), mbm] - NEW BRITAIN HERAL NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1929.—EIGHTEEN PAGES T0 NATIVE SOIL Ambassador's Remains Return Today Abcard French War- ship Tourvile ESCORTED UP BAY BY AMERICAN CRUISERS Marblehead and Cincinnati Join Fun- neral Ship Of Nantucket Light— Busy Harbor Vessels Pause to Dip Flags as Governor's Island and Fort Jay Boom National Salute of 21 Guns, New York, April 13 (®—Under gray skies, with a threat of 1ain, the body of Myron T. Herrick, am- bassador to France, was brought back to his native land today by the cruiser rourville, pride of the French navy, The sleek French c-aft, with fugs at half-staff, was escorted up the lower bay to the Quarantine station by two American cruisers, the Mar- blehead and Cincinnati. They had joined the Tourville off Nantucket lightship last night. The city tug Macom, bearing high officials of the nation, state and city, met the funeral ship at Quarantine. The warships did not stop at Quarantine for the customary health examination, but awaited the Ma- com, which came alongside the Tourville at 9:45 o'clock. i Harbor Craft Salute Dead A committee from the boarded the Tourville and Macom formal At 10 o'clock the warcraft and the Macom steamed slowly up the Narrows on their way to the French line picr| in the Lower Hudson. Craft of all (Continued on Page 14) GUNT WAVES LASH HAMPTON GOTTAGES Coast Guards Boats Save Nine Cut Off by Sea Hampton Beodh, N. H. April 13 (UP)—Coast guards in row boats rescued nine persons, including four HERRICK'S BODY 15 BROUGHT BACK in Row NEA After a state funeral in the French tapital, the body of Ambassador the Frenc uiscr Tourville at Brest for the jowrney back to Ameri draped c is the vessel as it stood out to sea, French and American flags flyi et on the cruiser's deck, the crew standing at atiention as France said a final farewell. CRUISER BEARS ENVOY'S BODY HOME NEA Paris Bu u. Myron T. Herrick was put aboard In the upper photo is the flag- Eelow half mast. ) Cluster of Suns Is LOST FLIERS NEAR Headed for Earth Williams Bay, Wis. April 13 (T—Do not be alarmed. says Dr. E. S. Frost, director of | Yerkes observatory, over the fact a group of suns, known as the “Cluster of Hercules,” is travelling toward the earth at the rate of 200 miles a second “Even at this terrific speed.” said Dr. Frost, addressing a trio of scientific societies, “it will take at least billion years for the cluster to arrive.” First Messages Describe South- ern Cross Crew's Suliering | |TELL OF “TERRIBLE TIME" ! Pllot Ulm Sends Telegram to sya- King Geoige May Return ney Declaring Plan to Recondition i/ s i | T.ondon, April 13 (P»—The condi- Fallen Airplane for Flight to Eng- | tion of King George has improved |80 much while he has been at ( To Windsor Late in May | MAN'S BODY FOUND ON RAILROAD TRACK Unidentitied Victim Found Early Today in Newington THOUGHT T0 BE WANDERER Track Walker Discover-@orre Lying Between Rails On Main Line At 7 A. M. Today—Bclieves Struck By chrllldren, and nelr|Y| a score of land, weil house, Bugnor. that he may be Train About Midnight. others escaped unassisted early to- ed ba Windsor about the . : day when glant seas swept over the | Svdney, N. . W., ‘April 13 (P— ("r‘lf'y‘d"w'w‘}““m"’_\h“, 4 The lifeless body of an unidenti- boulevard here and battered 30 cot- | First direct word from the missing |\ qe0r is only 25 miles from !ed man who was believed to be tages. alrmen of the “Southern Cross” Was |y nqon and he might casily motor about 65 years of age was found A small garage and several piazzas [Feceived at Sydney today in mes- |y, "trgm there to undertake dissolu- |lying Letween the north and south were washed out to sea, and for a [#ages signed by C. P. Ulm, noted ion of parliament and other duties || o1 (ueke of the New York, New time the White Island section of the | Pilot, Whose few crisp words in the | onpected with the general elections | |en wnd Hartford railvond b . Torrnl of elcgramal gave solne AUEIIL fes Haven and Hartford _railroad in each, near Hampton river bridge, 7 1Y | May 30, ton the New Britain was cut off. inkling of the suffering which the | “sppe plans are tentative, of course, |- tnis morning about 7 o'clock. Working under the glare of |°reW of the planc has undergonc pu¢ the possibility of & regency 10 fyow he met his dead remains a searchlights, the coast guards, in |fince they were forced down 0 ,ctat the time the elections are held y,vqiopy. He appeared to be a charge of Capt. Elden Godfrey and |March 31 while en route from Syd- s now considered remote, wh r and was dressed poorly assisted by firemen, battled for |NCY 10 Wyndham. —_— the o clue being a clothing label more than two hours in the roarirg | “We have been through a ter- o & lon his coat which bore the name surf to rescue those trapped in the ' rible time, but will be returning *o | |Nash Clothing Co. The theory is fragile cottages. recondition the Southern Cross for | | THE WEATHER advanced that possibly the clothing Four feet of water had engulfcd |the flight to England.” | niight have been given him. one of the houses before the This was the first message signed | New Britain and vicinity: | body was found by a track rescuers succeeded in taking out tue | by Ulm. 1t was addressed to Chai Cloudy and continued ool - who reported (o the section eight trapped occupants. !man Garlick of the Sydney Citizens’| | tonight; Sunday fair and an. . B. Palmer, trainmas- Other cottages werc undermined, | Fund, through which part of th: | warmer; strong morth and | tcr of Hartford, was called in on the piEy | | northeast winds diminishing. — (Continued on Page 14) (Centinued on Page 14) \* * (Continued on Page 15) | by Knigh . by Knight | PAVOR PAONESSA SCOLDS MOSTOF MEMOERLS OF THE DEMOCRATIC T Fon RES — MAYGE TUE MAN WHO WAS HANDED A WUNDRED DOILAR FING WHEN UG INUALED ALCOHOLIC FUMES Will RO AGOAND A CAMBL Dy / AFTEQ THIS —— ( € BLECTION ULTS —— i N gy | T PosTmasTi AT MEET LEng | |inz the development of rural roads FIRST EDITION WITH HERALD’ OFFICIALLY Word to Herald Subscribers | When it becomes necessary to || apologize to the public of the city | | | | | | the Herald hastens to do so, ana that occasion has arisen. Herald readers probably failed to get their papers at the usual time last evening, some of them may have blamed the boys. It was our fault—that is, it was the fault of the old press in the Herald building which was operated for the last time yesterday afternoon. The outfit must have a tempera- ment, if we may endow it with human qualitics, and yesterday, when eur new press was ready to run, ft quit us cold and finally. That i8 why we were late and your boy was late. However, most of the boys are deserving of the greatcst praise for their faithfulness to then trust. They waited on street cor- ners and near the Herald plant in a wet, cold rain for the edition to be run off. It was an unpleas- ant night, but they stuck to their jobs manfully. Cuss.us if you must, hecause your favorite paper was late, but praise the boy for bringing it at all. THREE BIG ISSUES BEFORE ASSEWBLY Motor Cars, Traflic and Dirt| Roads Pressing Problems SESSION NEARING CLOSE Temporary Means of “Getting Farm- er Out of Mud” May Be Adopted | { | | | | Due to Lack of Time in Which to Devise Permanent Relief. State Capitol. Hartford, April 13| (P—Motor vehicles. traffic and dirt roads—kindred subjects attracting more general interest than many other matters—remain the three leading issues, now that other major business has been disposed of, as the eneral assembly moves into the final phase of its 1929 session. Only three and cne half weeks are left, under the resolution both bodies adopted this week metting May 8 as the final closing date. Because of the short time remain- ing to the legislature and because of its failure to find a solution sat. isfactory to all on the big problem of the session, dirt roads, a general plan intended for permanent dis. posal of the problem may be nbln-l doned, and the legislators forced to adopt a means that temporarily, oe | until the 1931 session, will abate the | difficulties causing the ery: “Get | the farmers out of the mud. | Gas Tax Unpopular The plan to abolish the auto | property tax, increase the gas tax {10 four cents and to return the ad- | ditional moneys so obtained to the towns and to apply the balance to construction improvement and main- tenance of state aided roads did not find favor and the finance com- mittee which considered the plan lin the form of a bill drawn up by | Motor Vehicle Commissioner Stoec- | kel. Highway Commissioner Mac- |donald and Tax Commissioner Blodgett probably will fail tc re- port it. Meantime. two bills calling { for an increase in the tax have been rejected in the house. The plan which brought so much opposition was looked upon as hav- ing two beneficial effects—helping ta. collectors who have difficulty with the auto property tax and aid- —but sufficient opposition was ral- | lied to defeat it. The finance com- | mitee may consider another plan. | possibly getting the aid of the thres (Continued on Page 14) | WO NORE GANGSTER HILLINGS AT CIGERO PUBLISHED S NEW PRESS IN OPERATION Pressing of Button By Mrs. R. J. Vance Sets Giant Machine in Mo- tion for Publication of Today’s Newspaper in Enlarged Plant. Equipment Weighs 75 Tons and Will Deliver as High as 84,000 Copies Per Hour, Ensuring Im- provement in Service, Today marks the beginning of an- other era in the history of journale |ism in this city and an epoch in that of the Herald—today is the day | Which is to witness the first use ot the Herald's new big Goss press, a machine up to the minute in the last detail, one which is built on the same plans as the larger presses of the greater metropolitan dailies and one which will keep pace with the growth of the city of New Britain and the Herald for many years to come. At 11:45 o'clock this morning, Mrs. R. J. Vance, president and treasurer of the Herald Publishing Co., pressed one of the buttons on the Cline electrical control system Wwhich drives and controls the big machine and started the vast con- glomeration of machinery into ‘on. The first edition of the Herald on its new press and in its new quarters was under way. Unoffi- cially several thousand papers were published cn the new press last cvening, after the run had been started on the old Goss press which had proven temperamental and de- cided not to function as it should have after running a large part of the edition. City and Newspaper Grow New Britain has been growing. Adding rapidly to its population from year to year it is approaching the 100,000 mark. tor Heralds were naturally inoveased considerably and it not long ago be- came evident that the Herald’s equipment was 'not equal to the strain put upon it by the increased circulation. 8o, last November, ncgotiations were made with the Goss Printing Press Co. of Chicago (Continued on Page 10) END OF EGAN TRIAL - IS DUE NEXT WEEK Alcorn Resumes Examina- tion of Accused Attorney on Tuesday Hartford, April 13 (UP)—With the testimony of perhaps one or two additional defense witnesses, the trial of William E. Egan, Hartford lawyer charged with conspiracy in the sensational stock swindles of Roger W. Watkins, imprisoned broker, was expected to come to an end next week. On Tuesday State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, sharp-faced prosecutor ot Hartford county, will resume his slashing cross-examination that left Egan confused and irritable after day on the witness stand before Superior Court Judge Isaac Wolfe yesterday. After Egan's testimony is eon- cluded, Attorney Frank E. Healy, former state’s attorney-general and long-standing friend and law parte ner of the accused man, will iemte ify concerning his alleged connec- tion with the Watkins' deals. Healy was mentioned several times by Egan during yesterday’s testimony and when court was over he turned his back on Egan's at- |Gunmen’s Victims Found Shot to Death in Hotel | Alley Doorway | Chicago. April 13 (®—Two men | were found shot to death. slumped | face downward in the rear seat of a large sedan, early today near the alley entrance of the Western hotel, Cicero. | Officer George Price of the Cicero department saw the automobile parked at the rear entrance of the | hotel. Two men stepped out. Upon perceiving him, the officer said, one cried: “Look out for the cop.” Both | fled through a vacant lot, followed | by Price, who fired two shots at | them., One of the dead was identified as | William Clifford. by an automobile license card. Police also said Clif- ford was one of three men recently tried for the slaying of Albert Pra:t| last fall. | The shooting took place at a hotel formerly known as the Hawthorne | hotel. alleged headquarters of Al | “Scarface” Capone. Chicago nn(g.! ster, who now claims Miami, Fla., as | his home, | assets of the {tempted explanation and puffed fero- ciously on a big black cigar. Alcorn Relentless Alcorn was relentless when he succeeded in bringing the witness te the $200,000 note which Watkins signed and har placed among the tional Associated Investors, Inc. ‘to make it look right” to the state banking commis- sioner. Watkins' brokerage house had obtained exclusive right to dis- pose of the stock of the N. A. L, which firm received only his worth- less note as security. (Continued on Page 14) Girl Values Knee “Dimple” at $200 New Haven, April 13 P— A lost “dimple in the knee” had a value of $200 to the possessor, Miss Eleanor A. Burns, she told an aldermanic committee which heard her claim for damages last night. Miss Burns fell on an icy side- walk in February and made claim for compensation. She damaged her clothing in the fall but her chief loss was one ef her knee “dimples” through bruines and & wrench, she claimed.