New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1929, Page 1

News of the World - By Associated Press ESTABLISHEI) 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNEC SON OF POLICEMAN TAKES OWN LIFE WITH REVOLVE KEPT BY FATHER FOR DUTY Raymond T. Foley, 28, of Southington, Com- mits Suicide at Noon Today While Despon- dent Over Ill Health for Past Week. Parents Hear Report From Gun, Rush to Upper Room and Find Him Un- conscious on Floor — Fails to Respond to Medi- cal Aid. (Special to the Herald) Southington, May 1 — Raymond T. Foley, age 28 years, son of Po- liceman and Mrs. Timothy Foley of Academy Hill, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his home at 12 o'clock this noon. He used his father's service revolver, a .38 caliber weapon. Aithough employed at the Judd Neal Hardware store, he had not worked for the past week due to fll- ness, and it is thought that he be- came despondent because of his health. His mother and father were about the house this noon when they heard a shot from upstairs. Rushing up, the parents found their son lying on a hedroom floor with his body curled up and blood streaming from a gaping wound in his head. The re- volver lay on the floor close by, still warm from the discharge of powder. They hurriedly summoned Dr. R. 1. Thalberg and Dr. William T. Nagle, medical examiner for South- ington, but although both doctors responded immediately, the youth was beyond help He had evidently pressed the muzzle of the gun against his temple because of the size and nature of the wound. Besides his parents, he is sur-| vived by a brother, Edmund J. Fo-| ley, grand knight of Isabella Coun- cil, K. of C., and three ulflsr&,xn.T Mary Welch, Miss Gertrude Foley, a teacher in the Southington schools, | and Miss Catherine Foley, a teacher | in the Bristol schools. No reason hesides his health could | be given by his family for the rash aet. DEFEATED WAR LORD HAS NOWHERE T0 GO Marshal Chang, Afloat in Junk, Faces Execution at Any Port Tokyo, May 1 (#—Press des- patches from Dairen, Liaotung (Jap- anese territory,) said that Marshul Chang Tsung Chang, former Shan- tung war lord appear off Port Ar- thur in a native junk this morning and was prevented from landing by Japanese police. He was in disguise. The Japan- ese authorities of the Kwantung lcased territory denied the defeated war lord refuge, charging he had abused his former asylum there with his abortive coup in 8hantung. Since Changz Hsueh-Liang has or- dered Chang arrested if he enters Manchuria, he is now in the position where if he lands anywhere along the Chinese littoral he faces almost certain execution. Hence it was thought he would turn to Japan proper where it was believed the au- thorities would permit him to reside under surveillunce. Wu Kuang-Hsin, Chang's lieuten- ant, has already been allowed to land at Moji. SHEAN PAROLED Accomplice of Gerald Chapman in New Britain Murder Released from Prison Today. Hartford. May 1 P—Walter E. Shean of Springfield. Mass., accom- plice of Gerald Chapman and the state’s star witness against the ban- dit at the trial here in 1925, was released on parole from state's prison here today. Shean, sentenced to one to five years for complicity in the New Britain burglary, entered the prison May 17, 1926. Right to Make Mud Pies Upheld by Axe Brooklyn May 1 (UP)—The inalienable right of his children to make mud ples in the hallway of his apa:tment home was de- fended with a hatchet today by Lewis Levinson, 43, of Brookiyn. As a resnit Roman Beloahvastic, janitor, who challenged this right and ordered the children to cease, iz nursing hatchet TEACHERS' COUNCIL SALARY SCHEDULE Provision Made for Change in Maximum H. S. Scale STATEMENT IS ISSUED Instructors’ Representatives to Pre- sent P'roposed Figures to Salary Committee of School Board for Further Considcration. Under a new salary schedule which will be presented at a conference by iween representatives of the teach- crs’ council and the school board salary committee, provision is made for increases in the maximum scale of the senior and junjor high school teachers, The proposals were presented hy the council's special committee last night and were adopted unanimously by the council. Instead of making the maximum rate come at the end of 10 years of experience the junior high school maximum will not be reached until the teacher has been in the service 11 years and under ihe “plan will receive $100 more than received at present. The maxi- mum scale, under the new plan, will be $2,200 for junior high school women. Increases are also contain- ed in the annual rate after seven years of experience. n the Senior High school a teach- er will have to be in the service for 13 ye: At the end of this period she would receive $2,500. * Teachers in all the schools will be eligible for an increase of $200 after they have taught for 10 years in the New DBritain system and who have proven they are of special value to the city. The only provision is that this $200 will be withheld until the end of a five year period during ich a teacher receiving it must have done extra approved profession- al study or travel. Commiittee Statement The following statement was is- sued by Chairman William Gritz macher of the special committes “1. The Council has studied through its committee four salary changes. “A. A puper-maximum for teachers who have earned an M. A. degree. This was endorred by the Council and rejected by a com- mittee of the school committee. ‘B. A super-maximum based on a teacher rating chart. This was suggested by the school ad- ministration but rejected by a (Continued on Page 17.) MRS. STONE NAMED ONG. 0. P. COMMITTEE Succeeds Mrs. Ruth Wal- ther as Member of State Organization Mrs. Elmer B. Stone of 45 Russell street has heen elected republican state central committ. oman for this district, succeeding Mrs. Ruth B. Walther, who resigned several months ago. Mrs, 8tone has been chairman of the women's division of the republi- can town committee for some time. Her advancement to the state com- mittee was followed by her resigna- tion from the local group, and a successdr in that office will soon be elected. The new state central committee member is one of the most active of the local republican leaders. She played an important role in the or- ganization of the women's club 'whose headquarters on West Main street directed many of the activi ties of the last national campaign Khe has served on numerous com mittees of the republican party be fore being elected to the town com mittee. |scheme, BY MRS. BEARDSLEE Stratiord Woman, Held for Mur- der, Promises {o Mend Ways THROUGH WITH DRINKING Making Plans for Future—Coroner's Finding Due Tomorrow, But Wo- man is Released From Cell to Private Room. Bridgeport, May 1 (P—The state's decision us to the disposition of the case of Mrs. Gladys Maude Beards- lee, 27 year old widow of Oliver Beardslee, 51, of Stratford, awaits the finding made in the case by Cor- oner John J. Phelan, Assistant State’s Attorney Lorin Willis said today. Asked whether he had ocn- ferred with Prosecutor Raymond Baldwin of Stratford since the ad- journment of the inquest yesterday, following Mrs. Beardslee's dramatic recital of the events leading up to the death of her husband, Attorney Willis said he had not, but would do s0 as soon as the coroner renders | his finding. Coroner Phelan said he did not expect to have the finding ready be- fore Thursday. Mrs, Beardslee is already enjoying a certain amount of liberty today which was not accorded her prior to the inquest Tuesday. Attorney W. . of her attorne: Police Chief W D. Kilpatrick, one . conferred with liam B. Nichols of Stratford yesterday and won Chief Nichols' agreement to have Mrs. Beardslee released from the deten- tion cell at Hillside home and per- mitted to occupy a private room at the institution. Today Mrs. Beardslce is so confi- (Continued on age 17) 'WORK STOPPED ON GITY WATER PLAN Development of Sources Awaits Action of State Legislature The senate today went on record as favoring a bill to em- power the city of Hartford to sell water to the city of New Britain, this being a preliminary move in the reopening of Hart- ford's petition for water rights in the region of Barkhamstcad. All operations on this city's elaborate plan for extension of its system of collecting and storing water will be held in abeyance, pend- ing action by the legislature on the bil which would permit New Bril ain to purchase water from Hart- ford, Mayor Paonessa said today. This bill was drafted yesterday at a conference of local and Hartford officials, as a final attempt to secure favorable action by the general as- sembly on Hartford's plan to con- struct a huge storage reservoir on the east branch of the Farmington river. The cities and boroughs com- mittee yesterday voted favorably. New Britain officials, including the water department, are cooperat- ing with Hartford in its move to ob- tain the necessary lands through legislative grants of eminent domain, and if successful, will save this city much of the cost of developing the west branch and installing storage plants. It is possible that a filtration plant must be constructed even in the event of a favorable vote by the general assembl, on the Hartford The likelihood of obtaining water from a higher level may cause a change in the purification plan, eliminating the necessity of pump- ing from Shuttle Meadow reservoir, be a more satisfactory arrangement as well as an economical one. Until it becomes definitely known whether New Britain must proceed to develop its own sources, the mayor does not favor further steps in the Hazen scheme of expansion. Chairman Edward ¥. Hall of the New Britain board of finance and taxation does not regard the situa- tion as one coming under the clas of emergencies, but regards the pro- posed agreements between this ci and Hartford, as favorable to both. New York., May 1 (®#—The New York Times said today that a battle of millions for control of strategic railroads in the east, comparable to that waged between the Pennsy vania and the Gould interests in the early part of the century, had been started between the Pennsylvania railroad on the one side and the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chesa- peake & Ohio on the other. Through the Wabash railway, which is controls, the Pennsylvan is to apply to the interstate com- merce commission for permission to acquire roads sought by the B. & O. and the Van Bweringens and link them into a fifth trunk line be- tween Chicago and Baltimore and New ¥ork. Revives Loree's Plan Thus, the Pennsylvania will revive the plan sponsored by Lenor ¥. Loree and defeated carly last year by the united action of the Pennsyl- wounds on the neck and hands. Jevinson was arrested for felonious aseault. ) vania, New York Central, B. & O. New Battle of Railroad Giants For Control in East Is Begun commission a merger petition which would include the Western Mar: land. The B. & O. in a recent mer- ger petition asked for both the Wabash and the Western Maryland. The Pennsylvania obtained control of the Wabash through purchase of the Loree holdings. At the same time the Pennsylvania obtained control of the Lehigh Valley which connects with the Wabash at Buffalo and would form the New York branch of the new syster. Between the Wabash and the Western Maryland lie the Pittsburgh & West Virgil controlled by Frank E. and Charles F. Taplin, and the Wheeling & Lake Erie, controll- ed by O. P. and M. J. Van Bwerin- gen. The Times said W was accepted that the Taplins would act in con- cert with the Pennsylvania in the merger move. Merger with the Wheeling & Lake Erie recently asked by the C. & O. The Times pointed out that and the C. & O. The Wabash plans to file with the | (Continued on age 17) and this, the mayor explains, would | renburg, ., was later identi fronted her estranged hand, Earl with a Kkerosene-stained suit jound fession that he had st sled N spot and set it afive, ICUT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1929, RELEASE EXPECTED l’m‘;l\l::‘rI lmln Edfir;nmx }Sl!:ig._{ acox, above, of New York City, formerly reconciliation had failed, had hidden b NEA New York Burcau. ficd as that of pretty Mrs. Dorothy of New Britals Police con- 1 I, Peacox, of Mount Vernon, N, Y, in his apartment, and obtained his is wife to death after an attempt at bedy and later returned (o the MRS. PEACOX SPENT HER GIRLHOOD HERE ing in New Britain SLOAN FAMILY ~SHOCKED Wakeficld Ceurt Residents, Fond of “Torch Murder” Victim, Declare | She Was High Spirited But Faith- ful to Husband, Mrs. Dorothy Heinzelman Peacos, tim of her 22 year old husband, Zarl 1. Peacox, in a “torch murder” in White Plains, N, Y resident of this city cirele of here, it b child with was a former nd has a wide friends and acquaintances ame known today. her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Heinzelman, she resided at 38 Lincoln street in a house that has since been torn' down to make way for an apartment building erected by Mr. Loomis, Mr. Heinzelman, a skilled .ne- chanic, was employed at the Fafnir Bearing Co. Fourteen years ago, moved to White Plains, N. Y., but Dorothy or “Dolly” as she was known to her friends, still kept up her friendships in this city. n recent years, she had been an |intimate fricnd of the family (Continued on Page Three.) ALFRED W. HADLEY DIES AT AGE OF 81 YEARS Former Resident ¢f New tain Expires at Masonic Home in Wallingferd. Alfred W. Hadley, a former resi- Gent of New Britain, died vesterd at the Masonic Home, Wallingford, at the age of §1 yes He was horn ber of years made his home on Liberty street, this city, having been employed at the Stanley Rule & Level tory and the Union Mfg. company He s prominent in Masonic ac- tivities and was past master of Har- mony lodge in 1885 and 1888. Many of the older members of the order were raised during the period of his The late Reuben and George Had ley were his brothe nd a son, Fred N. Hadley of 19 avenue, Hartferd, alone survives. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon, a brief service to be held at the Masonic home, followed at 3 o'clock by the Masonic service in charge of Harmony lodge, at the grave in Fairview cemetery, this city. I | THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Rain tonight and Thursday; colder Thursday. * | | i | | | * | Frequently Visited Friends Liv- Miss Corinae | Sloan, daughter of Mrs. W. C. Sloan | in Dudley, England, and for a num- | Campfield | | Confesses to Crime | | | | EARL I'. PEACOX CAREFUL MOTORISTS WILL BE BENEFITED Merit Rating Insurance Bill Favorably Report- ed to Senate Siate Capitol, Hartford, 2 ‘vl,‘omwclu'ul will be the fi torists, under a bill reported favor- ably in the senate today. state n the union to operate under a in merit rating insurance plan for mo- | The bill, which originated in the motor vehicles committee, provides, |in gist, that the motor vehicle com- | missioner, who is represented as | having one of the best systems in the country of records on motorists, | furnish to nsurance companies lists of motorists in three different clas- ations, the best drivers, the mod- motorists “‘un- accord- [si | | preferred” insurance rates, |ing to the cl ifications. | The best rate would go to the man |or woman who never violates a traflic ordinance and who has never | had an accident. The second best would go to the one who violated a minor law or | was in a minor accident. The worst rate would be to the man who is a chronic offender or a chronic parti- cipant in accidents. Insurance companies have consent- ed to the plan. A person with a | preferred rate would suffer a 10 { per cent increase if he violates un ordinance or is involved in an ac- cident; a person who drives while drunk would suffer a 25 per cent in- crease, while the rate of a chronic offender would go up 50 per cent. worst. The “preferred” and erate and the will receive I The charved body of a young womau discovered in a woods m‘lr; —TWENTY PAGES MAY DAY OBSERVED A TUIIET FASHION P g yapyy $uiag miteuaoy™ a8 Socialist] ad Ct;mmunists Gelebrate NEW YORK ALLOWS PARADE| First Since 1916—Oflicials Closely Guarded—Many Arrests in Paris— Vienna Blazes With Red—Ratn n Stock hotm, Constantinople, May 1 P— Leon Trotzky, one of the great, if fallen, figures of the world of socialism, celebrated May day by breaking the monotony o his exile today in receiving his first distinguished vistiors, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, prominent British .abor party leaders, who | ape guests at Robert college, went to visit him. | May day was one of bitter | exile for Trotzky. No longer | hopful of admission to another | country thin Turkey, he has | rented a villa at the fashionable | resort of Prinkipo Island in the | sea of Marmora, one-time place of exile for Byzantine princes. | | Associated DPress. t and communist organiza- tions in Europe and the two Ame cas today celebrated May day, the | international labor day. while police | in most countries undertook cx- traordinary precautions to prevent | disturbances. Disorders especially were threat- ened in Berlin, where minor clashes with police alceady had occurred, and in Mexico City, where an anti- American phase to the celebration developed. Police, while prepared, (Continued on Page 18.) COMMITTEE REJECTS PUBLIC REFERENDUN Legislative Group Also| Kills Move to Lower In- terest on Unpaid Tax | (Special to the Herald) Hartford, May 1—The proposal advanced by Mayor Paonessa of New Britain to reduce the interest charge on unpaid tax accounts from 12 to 9 per cent has been rejected by the cities and boroughs committee of the legislature, and an effort will be !made to work out a compromise measure which will be satisfactory to Tax Commissioner William H. Blodgett and the several municipali- ties which have expressed interest. The New Britain mayor fought hard for adoption of his bill, de- claring the present system to be an unfair burden on property owners and a measure made unnecessary by the statutes which permit the liening of properties on which taxes remain unpaid. Commissioner Blodg- ett, with equal vigor, urged rejec- tion, advancing the claim that the present law is necessary to the col- lecting system, and arguing that to remove it from the books would re- sult in long lists of unpaid taxes. A similar bill, fostered by the city of Hartford, met a similar fate earlier in the legislative session. Mayor Paonessa had taken steps to interest the mayors of several cities and the selectmen of the larger towns in a concerted movement to bring about the reduction in interest charges, but found few sufficiently | concerned to attend a meeting for that purpose. Another of the New Britain may- or's rccommendations—one provid- inz a referendum on special appro- priations of $50,000 or more—has heen turned down by the citics and boroughs committee. Opposition to this bill came chiefly from the New Britain members of the general assembly. They voiced their disapproval when the charter revision commitiee was preparing its report for the legislature, and carried their flight to the cities and boroughs committee. The referendum, following closely on a spirited campaign to block ap- propriation of funds with which te construct an addition to the New Britain Senior High school. has been considered in some circles as a “spite bill." | night. A Week April 27th .. 15 DEMANDING FIVE DAY WEEK; FATHER AND SON IN BATTLE ° | | STRIKE ABOARD BlG LINER 1§ SETTLED “Ile de France” Delayed at Havre When Deck- hands Back Cooks Havre, France, May 1 UP—A 24- hour strike of cooks and stewards the ¥rench liner Ile De was settled today and the boat is due to sail at midnight to- The ship had been scheduled to sail at one a. m. today, but 300 deckhands struck in support of the | cooks and stewards. aboard France Paris, May 1 P—The steamship | Tle de France was held up in Havie | today by a May Day strike of steve- dores and freight handlers and lll was not likely she would be able to | clear before the early hours of May Officials of the French line had advanced the sailing date, originally scheduled today, to April 30, and worked feverishly last night to clear the ship before midnight. It was stated that they met with passive resistance and obstruction on the part of-leaders of the stevedores and the workmen dropped their trucks promptly at the stroke of midnight. The ¥rench line later announced that the lde de FKrance would sail for New York at one o'clock Thurs- day morning. The cooks and stewards also walked off the lle De France, leav- ing the passengers to take care of themselves. Officials announced that emergency cooks would be rushed tn Havre from Paris. Passengers who remained aboard had to be content with a cold luncheon. | The strikers met this morning, but |reached no decision, calling another |meeting for later in the day. The stewards and chefs ure demanding | bonuses to be based on the shortness |ot stay in port when the wummer schedule is put into effect. P. & F. CORBIN WORKER DROPS DEAD IN StoP Jacob Hoelle, 71, of 67 Vance Street, Dies Suddenly Stricken with a heart attack this morning at P. & I Corbin plant, where he collapsed and fell to the {floor of one of the factory's supply rooms, Jacob Hoelle, 71 years old, ot 67 Vance street, was found there |at about 9 o'clock by a fellow worker. Hle had been suffering from a chronic heart disease and had been treated for it at times, but of late months relatives say he had been in fairly good health and had not been away from his dutics at the factoty for any great length of time during the past six months. He was a native of Straussbers, Germany, where he was born Jan- uary 31, 1858, but he emigrated to this country at the age of 16 years. He lived in Greenfield, Mass., at first but about 40 years ago he came to New Britain. For many years he was engaged in the grocery business, having had a store in Judd's block for some time. About 10 vears ago he en- tered the employ of P. & I°. Corbin Co.. and remained with them since that time. Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. C. 8. Hart of this city and Mrs. Richard Goldthwait of Greenfield; two granddaughters and one grand- son: a brother. Christian Hoelle: and a sister, Mrs. Marguerite Schuic, both of Greenfield. Funeral arrangements, in charge of B. C. Porter Sons, undertakers. s incomplete. Conlons Scared by (Special ta the Herald) Plainville, May 1 — Awakened from his sleep about 6:30 o'clock this morning by the loud barking of a dog, Attorney Charles ¥. Conlon of Linden strect. Flainville, paid littie attention o the yelpings of the ani- mal until his son, James, came run- ning into the room with the word that a mad dog was trying to gan entrance to the house. * Dashing out to the storm window in another room, Mr. Conlon was surprised to see a large dog, with jaws agape and frothing mouth, making frantic attempts to batter the window through and enter the house. The saliva from the mouth of the wild-eyed beast literally covered the entire pane of the window. Find- ing his efforts blocked, the dog ran around to the rear of the house ana threw his body time and time aguin There is provision for automatic re- turn to preferred rates for offenders who within 12 months of a last of- fense violate no law or are involved ‘in no accidents, NOV 21 1329 against the screen door. He ap- peared 1o grow wilder as his efforts to get at the occupants of the house went unrewarded and kept ruaning wround the yard, new and thes se- Tries to Enter House at 6:30 Big Mad Dog; AM. (urring to attack the window or door. The excitement within the house was intense as Mr. Conlon and his family watched the animal n his attempts to break through the | window and door. | Mr. Conlon sent in a telephone Icall to Constable George S8chubert |and Dog Warden Philip Marino. | They arrived within five minutes and {found the dog crouched on the | hatchway in the rear of the house. | As the dog warden made a move |towards the beast, it started to spring at him and Constable Schu- bert, who was formerly connected with the Bristol police department where he was known as a crack marksman, took a shot at it. The first bullet entered the dog's brain and Killed it outright. Upon orders of Dr. George F. Cook. health officer, Dog Warden Marino cut off the animal’'s head and semnt it to Hartford to be ex- James W. Massing is Leader of Labor Forces and Frank A. Manning is President of Employers’ Asso- ciation, Workers Declare They Are Financially Prepared for Prolonged Struggle o No Interruption in Work at Masonic Temple—Em- ployers Are Firm. Met with flat refusal to accept their demand for a 40-hour week without reduction in the wage sched-, ule, members of the painters’ union carried out the threat they made several days ago and went on strike this morning. Although definite fig- ures could not be learned either from the master painters or the union, it is estimated that nearly 50 painters are out. The proposal to eliminate Batur- day morning as a working day and thus cut four hours from the week's schedule without reducing the wage ecale of §$44 for 44 hours’ work was accepted unanimously by the union at & meeting Monday night and the subject was brought in a formal way hefore the master painters with a request that a conference be held before this morning. Work at Standstill Although a move was underway yesterday to have a meeting of the. master painters, no meeting was held . and it appears at this time that no meeting will be called. The master painters have refused to accept the achedule, according to its secretary, Walter Occupin, and the result that work on the contracts now held by the companies in this city hr a standstill. . Mr. Occupin declared that the pro- posal was unreasomabfe, ‘that proposition whereby the master painters are asked (6 pay wages for" hours during which their employes” (Continued on Page CLAINS AGRINST CITY SLATED FOR HEARING Gas Leak and Flood Dam- age to Be Con- sidered At the meeting of the common council committee on claims Friday evening, a hearing will be held on. the claim of Mrs. Xose Bleau of 288 Monroe strect. who was overcome Ly gas in her home more than three years ago when workmen engaged in repairing water mains pulled out" a gas main in the street. Mrs. Bleau took up the matter of payment of her bills of expense, with | Mayor Paonessa some time after the' |accident and a delay ensued. In January 28, 1927, she brought suit against the city of New Britain aad John E. Driscoll of Torrington, the contractor, for $5.000, but because 3 vear had elapsed since the date of the occurrence. the action was dropped. Mayor Paonessa communicated with the claims committee of which’ John A. Larson was chairman sev- eral months ago and an investigation into the cas: was made, Mr. Larson interviewing Mrs. Bleau and a rep- resentative of the committee aiso- conferring with the mayor who ex- pressed the conviction that the city should compensate the petitioner. On invitation of the committee, Mayor Paonessa will be at the mect- ing Friday night. In addition to the Bleau case, the Belvidere flood claims will occupy the committee's attention. Mr. Lar. son, who, before retiring from the common council, made a persenal. investigation and inspected the dam-." age caused by thz: floo1 will sit with the committee to ~esort his findings." Hearings will be given to Belvidere property owners whose claims were not in the hands of the committee at the first hearing. Councilman Clesson W. Parker of the third ward is chairman of the new committee and the meeting will be the first since the reorganisation which followed the spring electian, . Other members are: Counclimen W. F. Curtin, W. W. Greene, F. L. Con- lon, W. F. Huber, Joseph Landwehr, H. 8. Hanes, George Molander. Ashtabula, Ohio, May 19— When Mrs. this city opened < mon and dumped the ¢ on a plate, she heard rattle like a pel ald (Contiuued on Page 17) ing it eut, she 4 eler diamond. A r the steae