New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1929, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1670 LINDY-HORROY | WEDDING RUMORS | ALL UNCONFIRNED in. umh's Departure From Home Taken to Indi- cate an Early Date [ COLONE XD FIANGEE | BNOY HALE HOUR RODE Secluded Home in Englewood, N. ¢ J. of Ambaseador Scene Last Eve- ning of Dinner Party With House and Extensive Grounds Usder Close Police Guard Which Exam- ined Every Vchicle That Ap- proached Them. . Englewood, N. J, May ¢ (@— Many varied rumors as to the time and place of the approaching mar- riage of Colonel Charles A. Lind- bergh and Miss Anne Morrow were 1ife today, but complete silence was maintained by zll interested parties. Rumors were that it would take place in Paris; at the Morrow sum- B mer home at North Haven, Me.; and at the Morrow home here, and that / it would bearlier than the June date tentatively set. But on none of these rumors would members of the | Morrow family or Colonel Lindbergh | comment. Strength to the report that an early marriage was planned was seen in the departure from her home in Detroit of Mrs. Evangeline Lind- bergh,' the Colonel's mother. Her destination could not be learned and at her home comment was refused on reports that che was coming on a visit to the Morrow home here. That Colonel Lindbergh, however, _was planning an early airplane flight was indicated in report from Mitchel Field, Long Island, that his Curtiss Falcon-biplane had been overhauled, fueled and prepared for immediate service, Lindbergh said recently it was possible he might make a cro:a country trip shortly over the proposed lines of the trans- ;continental air transport, with which he is connected, The colonel was a dinner guest at the Morrow home last night. He arrived shortly before 7 p. m. and /left about 15 minutes later with Mirs Morrow for a 30-minute ride in his automobile. On their return Lind- bergh smiled and waved his hat to the assembled newspapermen and photographers but did not stop. Guests at the dinner included Gen- eral and Mrs, J. J. Morrow, Mra, yCharles Long Cutter of Cleveland, mother of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow; Mrs. Stanley Yates, Miss Elizabeth Morrow and two men wbm names were not learned. The Morrow home, situated well back from the street in a thickly woode destate of between 30 and 40 acres, continued under heavy guard \ to keep away the curious. Four policemen were on duty on the grounds examining every Vvehicte that entered and a fifth stood guard on the front porch. Swedish Flier Plans June Atlantic Flight Stockholm, 8weden, May ¢ UP— Plans of Captain Albin Ahrenbesg, noted Swedish fller. for an Atlantic flight from Stockholm to New York early in June, were said to be pro- gressing favorably. He has received word from Des- sau, where his Junkers plane of the same type as the Bremen, is in preparation for the flight, that trial spins were beginning today. The 8wedish post office has grart- ed his application for a charge of 20 krone (about 54 cents) for each l=t- ter of 10 gramme weigh! As hi currying capacity is about 62 pounds, he hopes to realize a large sum to- ward the flight's expenses in this manner. During the coming month supplics will b~ sent to his_ three projected stopping places—Reykjavik, Iceland; Ivigtut, Greenland. and Anticosti Ts- land at the mouth of the St. Law- rence. Firemen Make Rescues At Providence Blaze Providence, R. I, May 4 (UP)— Fourteen persons, including five children, were rescued by firemen and police early today when fire swept a house in the Olneyville sec- tion. Members of the families of Stan- ley Gryzenia, Marcel P. Desrosiers, Thomas Cari and Jessie Driver were assisted ‘Trom the building. The fire burst through the roof snd for a time threatened adjoin- ing property. . Special Delivery Mail Stolen From Automobile The police are investigating a re- . port by Joseph Buchiere of 96 Win- ter street, special delivery clerk at ¥ the post office, that a package and a search light were stolen out of his sutomebile near the Strand theater ; Jast night. The package was owned hy the New Britain Plumbing Supply company. Police Shelter Man; All Are Vaccinated Rutland, Vt, May &4 OP— Members of the Rutland police department sheltered John Ri- ley of Troy, N. Y.. one night re- cently, and they were all vac- cinated today. John went from the police station to the poor farm and took with him a case of smallpox, some of which, health authorities fear. he might have left at the hoose- 80w, ———— BERLIN RIOTS LAID T0 SOVIET LEADER PolherhoflIrgellplluM Russia in Distarbances BRITISH SUBJEG'I‘ KILLED Newspaperman Did Not Understamd Warniugs of Police—Total of Dead 21 When Police Turn Tables Oa| Rioters and Restore Order. Berlin, May ¢ UM—Berlin police were investigating today charges of & borough newspaper that a Rus- sian communist leader aided by three members of the Soviet army general staff had led the German communists in rioting of the past three days. The police were in complele charge of Neukoelln and Wedding districts where 21 persons have been killed and more than 150 injured i fighting since May day. A state of siege probably will be maintained in the affected districts until Monday, although disturbances today seemed on the wane, Among the dead was an Eng- lish newspaperman, Charles Eran Mackay, representing the Waitara Daily News of New Zealand. Police on Hermanstrasse shot him dead be- fore dawn today when he refused to &0 back Indoors in defiance of their orders permitting no one outside. Mackay spoke no Germar and his friends assumed he did not under- stand the commands which were shouted at him three times before the shots which killed him ‘were fited. The police pointed out that they had forbidden newspaperme: to enter the disturbed area after p m Newspaper Makes Charges The charges made by the borough newspaper, Neue Zeit by name, of Charlottenburg, were that the Soviet communist organizer Manlelski, ar- rived in Berlin 14 days ago, accom- panied by three widely knowrn | Tcheka organizers ahd three mem- bers ot the Red army general staff. The paper said the delegation im- mediately began work on detalled plans for uprisings. An official police report said 19 persons had been killed in the riot—the 1tist of casualties not in- cluding two others known to be dead. There were 36 listed as seri- ously injured, with some expected to die. Several hundred suffercd |minor injuries. Of 1,200 arrested since May. day 2bout 200 have been held for in- fraction of the community's peace and probably will be committed for trial Another 1,450 workers today Jjoined the ranks of strikers who yes- terday walked out in sympathy with te comMunjste in their battle with the police, Of these 800 were labor-' (Continued on Page 15.) APPROVE PUBLICITY FOR ARMAMENTS German Delegate Declares Delegates Lose Sight of Real Task Geneva, May 4 (M—After France had announced that, in the spirit of concession, it withdrew its proposal to limit war material by the budge- tary system, the preliminary disarm- ament conference today approved the idea of publicity for land arm- aments as the best available solution of this problem. Boviet Russia and China voted against the resolution for publicity and Germany abstained from voting. Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet delegate, characterized it as a step backward, declaring it showed that the pre- paratory commission had renounced the principle of limitation or re- duction of war material. He insisted that publicity put restraint on no one and that all the’governments could publish any figures they want- ed. The ‘resoltion says that the com- ! mission rejected systems of direct limitation of material in service and in stock, and having noted that the system of indirect limitation through limitation of expenditure on material did not meet with general assent, decided that limitation and reduc- tion of material must be sought by means of publicity of expenditure. Count Von Bernstorff, German delegate, created a stir by an- nouncing that Germany now washed its hands of the work of the com- mission and would leave to the ma- Jority full and complete responsi- bility of preparing for the projected international conference. He accused the delegates of hav- ing eliminated the essentials of re- duction of at least land armaments and declared the commission had entirely lost sight of its real task. He considered the situation grave. As the German delegate, however, did not leave the room, the delegates were under the impression that Germany had no intention of going %0 far as to bolt the commission. During the discussion, Hugh 8. Gibson, American representative, voiced great sutisfaction at France’s concession of the budgetary system. It was on Mr. Gibson's request that the commission resorted to a roll call on the publicity resolution. The commission adjourned until Monday morning with an agreemen: that it would then resume discussion of naval armaments. At that time the Japanese, British and Americans will recommend adjournment of de- tafled discussion to permit conversa- tions between the governments of the five big naval powers. Howard Ameli, Brooklyn, is the act- ing United States District Attorney of New York, succeeding William A. DeGroot, who was ousted by Presi- dent Hoover, OVERTIME WORK ON DEBENTURES Senate Loses Week-End in Effort to Settle Matter ‘Washington, May ¢ M—The dif- ferences of its members over the ex- port debenture plan of farm relief deprived the senate of part of its usual ‘week-cnd recess today while' the house took another day off after its nine-minute session of yesterday. A few senate leaders were still hopeful that the debenture vote could be made a thing of the past before adjournment tonight, but more were inclined to look to Mon- day.to bring a seitlement of the issue, The house ways and means com- mittee republicans, who have spent weeks on the problem of tariff re- vision, have sent their draft of the bill to the printer and expect to in- troduce it Tuesday. The house has been marking time awaiting this measure which, after introduction, must be submitted to the full com- mittee for a report before it can be taken up on the floor. The senate judiciary committee was regarded by many of its mem- bers as being close to a vote on the action it will take under the McKel- lar resolution instructing it to inves- tigate the eligibility of Andrew W. Mellon to serve as secretary of the treasury. Colleagues of the privileges and elections committee, meanwhile were called upon today to take ac- tion on bills submitted by Willlam 8. Vare in connection with the collec- tion of ballots in the Pennsylvani senatorial election which was con- tested by William B. Wilson, form- er democratic secretary of labor. A move to obtain consideration >f flood control legislation at the spe- cial session has been organized by a committee of senators from Missis- sippl valley states. They decided to take up the question with house leaders and later with DPresident Hoover. BURGLARS CAUGHT INGAS_STATION One Amsiod at Gun Point, Second Apprehended Later SMIGEL MAKES CAPTURE Aundrew Dgbek, 16, and Frank Ra- bis, 17, Alicged to Have Been In- | volved in Four Breaks, Bound Over to June Superior Court. Trapped by Officer John Smigel in the Rackliffe Oil Co. gasoline fill- iing station at the corner of East ain and Stanley streets about 1 o’clock this morning, Andrew Dobek, 16, of 76 Oak street, and Frank Rabis, 17, of 382 Elm street, ran from door to door and window to window while the officer, with drawn revolver, circled the station on the outside until Dobek uniock- ed a window on the north side and jumped out while the officer was on the south side. Policeman Fires Shot Sighting the youth fleeing in a westerly direction on FEast Main str®t about 70 feet away, the offi- cer shouted at him to halt but his order was ignored and he fired one shot, intending to strike low and bring him down without serious in- jury. The shot went wild, however, and Dobek ecscaped, only to be ar- rested at his home about 5 o'clock by Officers Giuseppe Gigliotti and John Griffen. Returning to the filling station, Officer Smigel broke a window in one of the doors and unlocked the door, taking Rabis at the point of his revolver and handcuffing him just as Officer Griffen, who had been notified by a passerby that Officer 8Smigel seemed to be in trouble, came to his assistance. Rabis and Dobek admitted that they had en- tered other business places last night. Plead Guilty to Burglary In police court today, the young men pleaded guilty to one count of burglary but Assistant Prosecuting Attorney W. M. Greenstein recom- mended that the plea be one of not guilty ‘n each case, on account of the seriousness of the offense. Judge Stanfey J. Traceski ordered the plea changed and after the testimony was concluded, he ordered them held for superior court, June term, in bonds of $1,000 each. Mr. Gieenstein sald he would be wilbng (o hear a peti- tion for lower bonds later, in the cvent that the young men were un- able to raise surety. Both were taken to jail, handcuffed to each other, a short time after court. Play Hide and Seek . Officet Smigel testified that he was making.dgs rounds .when he saw one of the young men turning over o quantity of merchandise on a bench inside the gasoline station. The officer was in the dark behind the station and the youth inside could not see him. Drawing his re- volver after ascertaining that the doors and windows were locked, the officer ordered the young man to come out. Then he saw that there were two burglars in the place, ana (Continved on Page 13) somewhat warmer tonight, probably followed by showers Sunday; slightly warmer Sun- day. SOME PROGRESS ON REPARATIONS +~ Cormang Reach / """3 P“'nng (X T g »"Juoeu":)‘" TWO OTHEKS ... Far From Certain That French and Belgians Wil Proposals -and Final Rests With Trance, Paris, May 4 (®—The German and American reparation delegations have reached a full agreement on a complete settlement of the repara- tion problem. for the Americans to win the French and Belgian delegations to their plan. Owen D. Young, chief of the American delegation, today was con- ferring with the delegations of the other creditor nations to this eni. The British and the Japanese delegations were stated authorita- tively to have approved the settle- ment, leaving France and Belgium particularly, and possibly Italy, dis- senting. The final decision of course rest- ed with France, far and away the largest creditor. It conferences today are favorable it was belleved there will be a plen- ary session Monday, when repara- tion experts who have left Paris will have returned. It was said there naturally were many details yct to be arranged but that the broad outline of the plan was well defined. It was far from certain the French and Belgians would accent the American proposals. The French point of view is that they presented an irreducible minimum claims to- tal, based on what they must pay to America, plus only a fraction of what they have rpent for repara- tions. Premier Poincare has declared publicly that France cannot make further sacrifices and it was com- mented that even if the ¥rench ex- perts approved the American plan in order to dispose of the vexing problem it was most probable par- liament and the government would reject the proposed settlement, Ay Accept Amevican Decision Text of the Proposals Paris, May 4 (®—Proposals vaui- ously described as “evolved” and “endorsed by the American delega- tion to the reparation conference™ have been placed before Dr. Hjal- mar Schacht and his German con- freres, it was understood today, and are being considered by them. The proposals ask an average of 2,000,000 oarks $480.- 000,000) for annuitl of the firat 36 years, the payments to begin at the figure set by the Germmns themselves, 1,650.000,000 marks (about $396,000,000) and rise 23,- 000,000 marks a year to complete the average. The offer is based o' an assumpn- tion—which the allied experts are examining carefully over the week- end—that the proposed internation- al bank would deliver profits suffi- cient to pay the annuities from the thirty-seventh to the fifty-eighth year. This period represents the 8ap in spread of payments betveen previous allied and German offers. Problem of Commercialism Deeply involved in German cone sideration of the proposals is the problem of commercialization. The Germans have insisted strenuously (Continued on Page 13) It remzins, however, | Lover of Murdered Woman. Sports—Stock head STUDENT ARRESTED IN TORCH SLAYIN Lover, Held as Material Witness ‘White Plains, N. Y., Eugene Dussey, student witness in the “torch” the young womun. Bussey was arrested in counsel for Earl ¥. body. Mrs. Peacox and corresponded with her. the life out of him." Marriage “a Mistake” The New York published a law giving the reasons for Jeaving her husband. The letter said in part: that he decided to separate. be reconciled. happy, just for marriage was a success. life was really a hell on earth. weren't really man and just a fighting pair of foolish kids.” said Peacox had made a new state- wment in which he had “talked him- self out of a self-defense plea.” In his original confession Peacox said he chokeld his wife when she pointed his pistol at him. said he head with the butt of the pistol. jealousy as a motive, I (Continued on Page 13) P!mlmwu eouau. . CARSON gy cunucl & the e T aaueay (Y At & HorBUR ) Bussey, Dorothy Peacox’s May -4 (P— at Johns Hopkins University, who told of a love affair with Mrs. Dorothy Pea- cox, was in jail today as a material slaying of a New | York hotel on an order obtained by Peacox, the hus- band, who has confessed he stran- gled his wife and set fire to the Bussey has been quoted as saying he Indulged in “petting parties” with He said Peacox found one of the letters and threatened to “beat American todav letter written Dby the young Mrs, Peacox to her mother-in- 20-year-old wife's “It didn't take us long to realize that we had made a mistake. It was two months after we were married We found that our natures never could “We kept up the pretense of being the old-fashioned custom of making believe that our But our We wife but District Attorney Frank H. Coyne CREST OF FLOOD FROM NEW_HAMPSHIRE CAM PAINTERS REJECT ' COMPROMISE PLAN \Employers O Five Day Woek in Summer With Same Pay {PROJECT TURNED DOWN Employers Advertise for Non-Union Men to Fill Ranks of Strikers— Journcymen Hold Meeting To- duy. l.OXI'IvIOIIli!P measure which allow union painters, paper !‘nngerfl. and decorators their de- manded $44 for 40 hours a week during June, July and August was offered by the Master Painters' as- sociation but was refused by the unanimous vote of the union men, it was learned today. At the present time approximately 50 painters, paper hangers and dec- orators are out on strike following a refusal of their demand for the eliminaion of Saturday as a work- ing day but without reduction in the salary formerly given for 44 hours of work. This is the fourth days of the strike. Second Compromise The compromise offer was the sec- ond sent the union men by the mas- ter painters. Recently the employers sent an offer which provided for $40 for 40 hours of work instead of $44 for 40 hours. This was refused. According to Becretary Walter P. Occupin, the master painters have made a very liberal offer, one which is as much as they could afford and since the union has seen fit to refuse . |1t. the four largest union shops, Oc- cupin & Johnson, Jchn Boyle Co., Crowley Brothers, and J. Johnson ISflnl have decided to seek elsewhere for employes who will finish up work which is now at a standstill. Advertise for Painters Advertising for 40 painters, paper hangers, and decorators was decided upor and notices have been mude places throughout the state, (Continued on Page 15.) DESCENT OF METEOR Earth Bathed public in this city and several other | I5 SEEN IN BRISTOL' in Bluish| "Light During Fall of Body Coyne said in the later version the prisoner struck his wife a minute after they entered his Mount Vernon, N. Y., apartment, hitting her on the Coyne, who is seeking to establish a case of premeditated murder with has indicated that in acceptance of allied demands : he plans to delay presentation of the (Special to the Herald) Bristol, May 4.—The fall of a meteor from the sky was witnessed this morning at 1 o'clock by several persons, among them Policeman John McLaughlin. Spectators re- mained rooted to the spot from which they witnessed the celestial phenomenon. Officer McLaughlin. in discussing the incident, stated that the meteor was particularly brilliant. He was walking along Bellevue avenue when he noticed the earth bathed in a bluish light. Looking up he was as- tounded to see what appeared to be a hugh ball of molten metal travel- jing earthward at a tremendous speed and flames shooting upward in & long tail. At first it appeared to him that the meteor would fall close by but as it neared the earth he saw that it was falling a considerable distance to the southeast. WOMAN UNDER ARREST Frightened Milk Company Employes With Unload- ed Revolver Mrs. Elizabeth E. Rackliffe of 90 Greenwood street was in police court this morning on the charge of breach of the peace and her case was con- tinued until Tuesday on recommen- dation of Assistant Prosecuting At- torney W. M. Greenstein. No bonds were required Sergeant J. C. Stadler was notified by Mrs. Rackliffe about 5 las* night that employes of R. G. Millet & 8ons, Inc., milk dealers, next door 10 her home, were disturbing her. There has been friction between Mrs. Rackliffe and the milkmen for some time and the police have been call- ed in on several occasions. Officers Peter McEvoy and Mich- ael Brophy investigated and found Mrs. Rackliffe in the street with a revolver in her hand. Officer Mc- Evoy telcphoned to Sergeant Stadler for instructions and the latter told him to verify her claim that she had a permit to have a revoiver. Later, the officer brought the revolver, which is a .32 calibre, to the police station, after notifying Mrs. Rack- Iiffe to be in court. « The revelver w the workmen were sight of it. Mrs. Rackliffe was questioned by the police several weeks ago when she pointed the gun at an employe of the milk company, not loaded, but frightened at FOR BRANDISHING GUN | Colebmk,N.H.,Fild With Debris and Vil- lage of Kidderville Wiped Out When Mo- hawk River Rises 20 Feet in a Few Minutes. Ample Warning of Impend- ing Break in Lake Aben- naki Dam Saves Loss of Life—Forty-Foot Steel Bridge Carried Down the River With Houses. Colebrook, N. H., May ¢ UA—The Mohawk rivery valley streaching from the Connecticut river eastward toward Dixville Notch presented s scene of flood wrought havoc today with houses d bridges swept away, highwa washed out and debris covered streets In this village presenting mute testimony of the force of the waters which swept down last night from Balsam daim, on Mohawk river, 13 miles above here. Estimates of property damages ranged as high $100,000 but because of the impassable condition of high- ways and the difficulties of com. munication it was impossible to de- termine the figure with any degree of accuracy. Ample warnings which reached |the half dozen or more families com- prising the little hamiet of Kidder- ville, nine miles east of this place, undoubtedly resulted in there being no loss of life since the rush of wa- ters reduced the site to a mass of wreckage. River Rose 20 Feet Observers said that the river, ordinarily a comparatively shallow stream, rosc 20 feet in a few min- utes and maintained that guage half an hour. In addition to the {numerous wooden bridges which |went out in the valley one 40 foot steel bridge was swzpt down the |atream while the trestle of the Maine {Central ral which spans the Mohawk close nfiuence with the Connecticut —rive here. was carried inf stream, Colebrook Damage Damage here was heavy. Eight or nine houses disappeared in the (Continued on Page 15.) BALLOON RACERS T0 HAVE GOOD WINDS Twelve Contestants to Start From Pittsburgh at 5 o’Clock Piltsburgh, Pa.. May ¢4 (M—Ob- servers at the University of Pitts- burgh stadium reported early this morning a light northwest wind was blowing and that favorable flying weather was n prospect for the start of the national balloon race. Weather Forecaster W. 8. Brotz- man, announced however, the winds probably would vary later in the day with velocity of from 20 miles an miles an hour at 5,000 feet. The race is scheduled to start at 5 o'clock this afternoon, eastern day- light saving time with the Detroit Balloon club entry going aloft in charge of W. A. Klioff, Detroit, and Thorvald Larsen, Dearborn, Mich., as his aide. The remaining 11 bal- loons will leave the ground at five minute intervals. Amelia Earhart, transatlantic aviatrix. and other air notables de- layed coming to Pittsburgh yester- day as storms continued to swep the western Pennsylvania district. The winners of today's race, to be determined by distance will repre- sent the United States in the Gordon race which will start from 8t. Louls. Mouse at Convention Causes Rising Vote Sioux City, Towa, May ¢ UP— lest it should never be knewn, it must be announced—Mrs. Lulu C. Wairod of Fort Dodge, Ia.. is something of a hervine, in the eyes of her sister delo- gates attending the natienal convention of B. P. 0. Dees, the women’s auxiliary of the Elks. Final business of the convea- tion was being transacted. “The delegates will now—" the chairwoman was saying. when most of the 500 women present meunted their chairs It was not a standing vote, however. A mouse had scur- ried across the auditorium floor. Mrs. Waired retained her Courage. She cornered the mouse, stepped on it, picked the rodent up and carried it out- side. Amid cheers and handelap- Ping she returned to the sudle: torium and the conventien 19 sumed, hour at a height of 1,000 feet to 39 R P