New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1929, Page 1

CLEVELAND HOSPIT GRAND JUROR PUTS MYSTERY OF YOUTH'S VIOLENT DEATH RN FOR SOLUTION UP TOALEO Asks 15 Questions, All Pointed at Detective Hickey, Stating That Townspeople Believe Huntington Was Homicide Victim. Prosecutor Said to Have Replied “I Don’t Blame You” When Answers Are Demanded—Couple Report Men Quarreling Near Drug Store. Windsor, May 15 (®—Frederick J. West, a grand juror, went to Hartford during the morning to confer with State's Attorney Alcorn and he had !n writing 15 questions on which he desired answers if the state’'s attorney will give them, in connection with the death of Wal- ter T, Huntington, a Harvard stu- dent. The questions were: 1. Why has Hickey, in the face of expert testimony. continued to announce that the death of Hunt. ington was suicide? 2. 1f Hickey is convinced it was suicide, (a) where is gun; (b) how did boy replace bloody handker- chisf in his pocket, when dector says he never = moved a voluntary muscle atter bullet entered head ? 3. Despite the fact that Hickey has expréssed bellef that gun and cartridges came from youth's home, why has he not exonerated members of the Huntington family publicly? 4. Where was Claire Kennelly from time he left his friend O’Leary (Continued on Page 14) EXPERTS TO RECEIVE REPORT BY TONIGHT German Reparation Terms Embodied in- Stamp- Schacht Document Paris, May 15.—P—The long awaited report of Sir Josiah Stamp, chief British delegate to the repara- tions conference, was finally com- pleted at noon today with the vari- ous German reservations as to ac- ceptance of the annuities plan pro- posed by Owen D. Yodng embodied in it This report, drafted by 8ir Josiah and by Dr. Hjalmar 8chacht, chief German delegate, went to the print- ing press immediately after. All the Qelegates to the conference expected to have it in their hands this eve- ning. * The delegates will need tonight and tomorrow morning to study the report. They are scheduled to meet | again in a plenary session of the | sccond Dawes committee Thursday | afternoon, 'when they will probably | take action upon it. i The chiefs of the German and French delegation were in possession of a typewritten copy of the report this morning and had completed translation of it from English into German and French. “The entire American delegation wis assembled immediately after re- cejving its copy of the text to study it Tells of Own Drink in Dry Law Debate New Haven, May 15 (UP)— ®T've just had a drink., myself.” said hur Garfield Hays, New York lawyer, in debating the question, “Resolved, that pro.ii- bition is a success” with Orville 8. Poland, head of the legal de- partment of the New York Anti- Baloon League. “Prohibitien has been a suc- cess because it is right,” assert- ed Poland. “Liquor is a habit- forming drug and as such its use must be curbed by law.” Hays dubbed the 13¢h amend- ment “an attempt to make us moral by law.” The objective of rational peo- ple is temperance. the objective of the fanatic is prohibition, the lawyer declared. The debate was held under the auspices of the Yale Liberal jond shot found a bunker and she lafter the measure is taken up for {amendment late this week or early |eastern representatives who are dis- | with cotton, |day hy President Hoover putting in- | GLENNA COLLETT WINS TWO MORE Enters Quarter-Fiuals in British Women's Golf Championship | BEATS CANADIAN OPPONENT | Eliminates Miss Brown in Morning ‘ Play kind Swamps Mrs. F. J. Mul- queen, Toronto This Afternoon— sole American Remaining in Play. St. Andrews, Scotland, May 15.— (M—Two fine victories today ad- vanced Glenna Collett, champion woman golfer of the United States, into the quarter-finals of the British Women's championship. The American girl defeated Mrs. F. J. Mulqueen, Toronto, this after- noon, seven up and six to play. after disporing of Miss Beryl Brown, Formby, four and two, in the morn- | ing. Miss Marion Hollins, New York and Del Monte, Calif., former wom- en’s champion of the United States, was defeated in the fourth round by Mrs. Edith Leitch Guedalla, four up and three to play. Miss Collett is now the sole American left in the tourna- ment. ‘With a large gallery following the American-Canadian match, Miss Collett went one up at the first hole, over Mra. Mulqueen, Toronto. s Mrs. Mulqueen's third shot found the swilcan burn and although she sent Mer next to the.green and holed a 12 foot putt, Miss Collett's five won the hole; the penalty atrike giving the Canadian six. ‘The second hole was halved with a pair of 5's and Miss Collett went two up at the third when she got a par four to five for Mrs. Mul- queen. Mias Collett went three up at the fourth where Mrs. Mulqueen's scc- took five to reach the green. Glenna was on with a drive and a brassie and had three putts for a win. She took them mll. 8he went boldly for the birdie three, missed and then missed & three-footer coming back | to win the hole with a five. The American champion added another hole to her advantage at the fifth, a 530-yard effort, where she was home with a drive, brassie and iron, her 20-foot putt stopped on the lip of the cup and Mrs. Mulqueen picked up as she had| plaved five. Miss Collett holed a 10-foot putt | at the ninth to score a birdie three TARIFF INCREASES Middle Westerners Plead That Rates on Farm Products Are Low Washington, May 15 (®—House ways and means committee republi- cans who drafted the pending tariff bill still were concerned today with the objections raised by the repre- sentatives from 10 western farm states against the proposed agricul- tural schedule. Only five members of the group | were heard at their first session yes- terday under the plan to consider suggestions for changes and advance | those found acceptable as commit- tee proposals with privileged status | | next week. Many of the farm group members remained to be heard by the com- mittee today, together with some satisfled with various provisions in the bill and the committee appoint- ed by the group interested in cattle production and grazing to work for higher rates on livestock and trans- fer of hides and leather from the free to the dutiable list. The rate increases proposed thus far by the farm group have to do wool, casein. figs and flaxseed. Both the committee bill and the proclamation issued vester- to effects proposals of the tariff| commission under the flexible pro- visions of the present law provide | for an increase in the flaxseed rate from 40 to 58 cents a bushel. but l Fights Dismissal ! Asseciated Pross Phote PRES. HARRY WA FORESEE OPEN WAR IN BAPTIST SCRAP Buffalo Meeting May Bar Des Moines Faculty Supporter 'FIREWORKS ARE PROMISED Dean Calloway Defies Trustees—Dr, Shields Promises to Explain Sit- uation at sitye Buftalo, Y.. May -15-tM—~Open warfare on the convention floor was foreshadowed today in an official session of the board of trustees of Des Moines university. The trustees today went into the session of the Baptist Bible Union convention ap- parently unwilling to yield in their attitude on the recent rioting and dismissal of the school. At the early session the possibility was raised that Dean Earl C. Callo- way, of the Universit College of Pharmacy, and Rev. Minor Stevens of Des Moines, both supporters of students and faculty, might be de- nied admission to the pulpit of the convention church here. Calloway promised “fireworks” would result it he were barred from the plat- form. The dean represents President Harry C. Wayman of the university, who was dismissed by the trustees. Dr. Thomas T. Shields, chairman of the board of trustees and presi- dent of the Bible Union, declared last night he welcomed the oppor- Strife-Torn ~ Univer- (Continued on Page 16) BEST MAN DISCOVERS HE IS SECOND BEST Interferes in Quarrel and | Has Two of His Teeth Kicked Out Anthony Venskunes, 26, of 4i4 East street was arrested about 11:15 | last night by Officer Louis E. Harp- | involved properties er on charges of driving an auto- | mobile while under the influence of | liquor and breach of the peace and assaulting J. E. Evans, the arrest being made after an exciting occur- rence which aroused the mneighbor- hood. Receiving an order from Lieuten- ant S8amuel Bamforth over the police signal system to go to Venskunes' home to investigate a complaint. Officer Harper found a crowd around the premnises and learned that Vens- kunes had been assaulting his wife and she screamed and attracted the attention of a woman living up- stairs. J. E. Evans, who was best man at the marriags of the latier today, was in her home Jnaking arrange- ments for the event, and he went downstairs to investigate the racket. According to the police reports of the affair, Venskunes was intoxicat- ed and when Evans interfered in the family row, Venskunes kicked him in the face, knocking out two teeth. Then he ran out of the house and drove oft in his automobile, but he- fore departing, he backed into the property of Anthony Satalino which adjoins his yard, and Satalino com- plained that a small iron pipe fence had been knocked down and the ahrubhery damaged. While Officer Harper was investi- gating the casessomeone saw Vens- kunes driving back to the house and Representative Burtness, republican, North Daketa. urged that it be club here last night. .Pliled to 70 cents. when he stopped his car the ofli‘cer (Continued on Page 16) faculty of the: i o <V | Celebrities at \ JAMES GREEN Elected Grand Master 1.0.0.F. Convenuon 'GRAF ZEPPELI WILLIAM BROOKS National Representative Dry Law Criticism James Green Is Elected | Grand Master to Succeed A. W. Carlson — 1930 Convention in Torring- ton, 3 Delegates to the §9th convention | of Connecticut Odd Fellows applaud- | ed Mayor Paonessa today when he opened their business meeting by ex- pressing a conviction that the prohi- bition act is responsible for much of the crime in the country, and that | the 18thr anténdment has been any- :!hln‘ but a benefit to the United | States. Further applause came when the ! mayor urged those who believed in i the law and those who do not, to be | equally outspoken in their views, so ithat the country may be returned to Inormal conditions. The mayor was introduced/te the jassemblage of several hundred dele- gates, representing 93 lodges, by Grand Master Aaron W. Carlson of this city, presiding at his last session as chief officer for the Conmecticut district. Other City Officials Present After formally extending the city's welcome, the mayor remarked that the presence of Registrar William J. Ziegler, several members of the common council and other city offi- cials in the hall, was. further evi- dence of the fact that the Odd Fel- lows are welcomed in this city. (Continue on Page 14) 'CHURCH STREET REALTY SOLD BY JUDGE SAXE| Property and Belvidere Property Involved in Transfer ‘With Cash Consideration, Business A one-story building at 107-113 Church street, housing four stores, was sold today by Judge M. D. S8axe to Dayid A. Larson, and Judge Saxe 100K title to a one family dwelling at | | Roxbury road and Stanley street. formerly the property of Mr. Larson. | The deal, executed through the | realty offices of Elizabeth M. Roche, valued at ap- i proximately $67.000. ! The Church realty includes stores | use for a harneas shop, restaurant, tailoring establishment and billiard parlor. 1t was sold for approximately | $50.000. The dwelling is of recent | construction and will be the resi- dence of Judge Saxe and his family. ol THE WEATHER | New Britain and vicinity: | Generally fair and somewhat armicr; Thursday increasing: cloudiness with showers in afternoon and night, | { by Paonessa Wins Applause of Odd Fellows; * Convention Reports by Officers |00 FELLOWS’ PARADE COLORFUL SPECTACLE Generous tended by Thousands of Spectators Under the most uncomfortable climatic conditions. several thousand members of the 1. 0. O. ¥, including hundreds of women affiliated with Rebekah, the ladies’ auxiliary, paraded the central streets last night, carrying through their origin. al parade plans despite continuous rain. Thousands of men, women and children lined the streets llong. the line of march. Generous applause was given the several degree teams, the Cantons, who appeared in gold- braided uniforms and with swords, and the uniformed divisions which came from New Haven, Bridgeport and various other points. Kiltie bands, drum corps, and brass bands vied with the singing and swaying marchers who good- naturedly buffeted the falling rain- drops and paraded, many of them dripping wet, from Rockwell avenue, through Locust, Arch, Main, East Main. Spring and Winter streets, to the Palace theater, where the pro- cession disbanded. The theater was unable to accom- modate more than a fraction of those in the parade, und for the benefit of the others, an entertain- ment and dance was given at Odd Fellows hall on Arch street. The play was written by Clement H. Lewis, and directed by David Mathewson, both New Britain men. 1t was a musical surprise, depicting a court room in this city in 1979. The cast of characters included: Sam, a janitor, Raymond Steele; Smith, clerk of court, Arthur Hayes; John Jones, the prosecutor, Edward L. Case: George Green, a show pro- ducer, Leo Komiss; Jack Spring. at- torney for the defense, Charles Moore; Judge Brown, with a unique sense of justice, Baker E. Mann; Hard Boiled Herman, fresh from the Bowery, Joseph Huck; Sven Carlson, who finds the reads bad. Elmer Johnson; Jake Murphy, not what the name implies. Rudolph Carlson: Valenty Kas as dumb as they make them, Tom Loomis; policemen. George Doerr and Leroy Philips. Soloists included George C. Ohlsen, John Drummond, Thomas Brier, Jo- seph Huck, Otto Kaminsky, Chester Hamilton, Charles Moore, Harry Holland, Andrew Nelson, Arthur Hayes, Rudolph Carlson. Harold Nyborg, Elmer Johnson. “The Belvi- dere Quartet, consisting of lLeon Jackson, Chester Hamilton, Elmer (Continued on Page Eight) HAD LONGEST NAME Lowell, Mass, May 15 ®—Th» longeat name in lowell city direc- tory was removed by the death last night of Carl Gustaf Adolf Friedar- ich Wilhelm Emil Pihl, London. May 15 (®—The Daily Express today said the Prince of | Wales yesterday saved a foreman at the industrial exposition at New- castle from serious injury or worse. The foreman, named Guinness. became entangled in the belting of a machine used to manufacture tin containers. The prince, who hai listened to him explain the mechan- ism, was standing only a yard away. l Prince of Wfles Saves Workman_— Entangled in Fast Whirling Belt He instantly grabbed the man's | overalls and pulled him clear, just as he was about to be drawn into the machinery which was revolving at a high speed. Once he lost his hold but recovered it. Only a few officials saw the in- cident and the public was not aware of it. It wam said the man would have lost his lega if not his life but for the timely intervention of the heir to the throne. Applause Ex-| A WiLL. BEGIN TRIP EARLY TOWORROW Eckener Informs Passengers He Will Not Delay Longer, Re- gandless of Weather WILL MAKE LAKERURST BY SATURDAY EVENING Delayed Permit From France Causes Postponement From To- day—-Mystery Woman” Cancels Passage—Route Will Bring Dir- " igible to America Along Coast of Virginia Unless Stors Alter Plans. Friedrichshaten, May 15 (#—The departure of the Graf Zeppelin for the United States was definitely set late today for between 5:30 a. m. and 6:00 a. m. central KEuropean time tomorrow (between 11:30 p. m. and 12:00 midnight Eastern Stan- dard time) Wednesday. Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the great ship, assembled his 18 passengers at the Kurgarten hotel shortly before noon and told tWem he planned t{o leave at that hour. Weather conditions, he sgid, were so fagorable that he expected to make l.akehurst by S8aturday night after a flight ot from 65 to 70 hours. His probable route will be by way of Besancon to the mouth of the loire, or if necessary, by way of Cape Finisterre, then straight west- ward north of the Azores, reaching the American coast in the neighbor- hood of Virginia, or the District of Columbia. The departure of the Graf Zeppe- lin, which had been scheduled originally for this morning, was de- layed because of the lateness of the hour at which Dr. Eckener was no- tifled” that he had been given per- mission by the French authorities to fly over France. The permit, how- ever, restricted him to the hours from seven to nine. This, coupled with the shortness of time he had lefc, ‘caused him to put the flight off 24 hours, Woman's Plans a Mystery There was much mystery as to the plans of Mrs. Mary Piercc of New York city, who has taken pas- sage aboard the Graf Zeppelin much to the distress of her relatives. Mrs. Pierce, through John E. Kehl, American consul at Stuttgart, has received an urgent request from the secretary of state suggesting that she refrain from taking the trip. She promised Mr. Kehl that she would not, but there was reason to believe her promise had been made chiefly to keep her relatives from worrying and that she still was planning to make the trip. There was much speculation among the guests at the Kurgarten hotel and the other 17 passengers of the dirigible as to what Mrs. Pierce intended. The betting odds were de- cidedly in favor of her going. Every one who has observed her spirited (Continued on Page 16) BAPTIST BATTLE IN MAINE QUIETS DOWN Most of the fatalities were burning chemicals. Some of the dead turned a were removed from the building. Hardly two h part of the city was rushed to t| off the roof. Some of the victims were unconscious. Many were cryin; BRITISH MONARCH BACK AT WINDSOR King George, Much Improved, Returns to Ancestral Castle | IS CHEERED BY THRONGS Thousands Line Route from Bognor | to Shout Welcome to King and | Queen—Rose Petals Are Showered on Auto. | Windsor, Eng.. May 15 (P—King George came back to his own fire- side in this ancient home of British sovereigns today like a conquennx} hero. All Windsor and the surrounding | countryside to welcome | their monarch back after his long illness which for many weary months had kept him from them. Windsor was decorated as seldom | before. Not a single house or shop on Castle Hill, or in the main street were out of the city was without gay decora- tions. The King. accompanied by Queen Mary, had had a remarkable recep- tion throughout their two and a| quarter hours’ trip from Craigweil | House, Bogndr, where the king had | spent several months of conva- | |lescence. But it remained for the Rev. Spencer, Deposed Pas- tor, Still Lacks Tar and Feathers Boothbay. Me. May 15 (UP)— Hostilities had ceased. temporarily at least, in Boothbay's battle of the Baptists today, and no more tar- and-feather threats aaginst the Rev. Earl A. Spencer, deposed pastor, were heard. “I don't loek for any more seri- ous trouble,” said Rev. Mr. Spencer, who wgs devoting his attention to the affairs of a new society which he formed after he was ousted from the prulpit of the Boothbay Baprist {church last Saturday night. | A threat that he would be tarrel and feathered if he did not get out |of town had not been carried out. |and Rev. Spencer did not appear | greatly disturbed by such a pros- | pect. His vigorous campaign against dances held at the town hall cost | him his pubpit. “I don’t want o be pictured as an |opponent of dancing.” the pastor |said today. “As an institution, | dancing is all right and has a right to live in America. “What 1 protested againat was dancing as it was formerly conduct- ed at our town hall. There was a lot of drinking going on among the young folks—boys and girls of high school age—and T maintained that dances so conducted were highly in- jurious to the morals of our youth. “Lately all this has stopped Dances now being conducted at the {town hall are decent enough, and 1 have nothing to say against them.” “old home town” to outdo all the | |others as it welcomed again its most prominent resident. | Rose Petal Shower Thousands of cheering spectators | |including 2,000 school children and | |1.000 Eton boys in silk hats and| |auaint jackets, lined the ancient| thoroughfare. As the royal car drove through, bags of rose petals were emptied from windows afy| fell in a crimson cascade about the | machine. 1t was the first time most of the inhabitants of Windsor had seen the | king since the beginning of his fll- ness late last year. All along the line there were cries of, “God bless Your Majesties” and “Welcome home,” while there were tears on jmany faces. The king and queen were smiling happily as they bowed towards the white sea of fluttering handker- chiefs and once or twice the queen brushed moisture from her eyes. | Received by Mayor At the bottom of Castle Hill which rises steeply up towards the ancient grey stone pile were waft. ing the mayor in his golden chains of office with his aldermen. The royal car halted and the door mear which the king was sitting swung open. the smiling face of the ruler appeared and he grasped the hand |of the mayor as he said: | “Thank vou very much. We are |very pleased to be back in Windsor, |and T am very glad to see so many | citizens here.” | The king shook hands with the rest of the delegation and the car ment. They were rushed as fast a -— IMPASSE 15 REACH Death List Steadily Mounts With Latest Police Estimate.91 — Ex- plosion in X-Ray Room of Clinic Hospital Followed Instantly by Fire and Release of Deadly Gas— Doctors, Nurses and Patients Are Among Dead — Firemen and Truck Driver. Cleveland, May 15 (AP)-—Seventy-three persons are known to have lost their lives and scores were injured in an e; and fire at the Cleveland Clinic hospital here today. Police said the d\elath lift lmay i‘(lllil as high as 91, Most of those killed were patients of the hospital. |were believed to be nurses andp:ioctors. ’ i Two hours after the building took fire, had been removed and the fire had been ex Heroic Work by all of its occupants tinguished. the results of fire, but many were believed to have been suffocated by poisonous fumes from ghastly green color wh en they , Spectators said. ¢ ¥ y ours was required to complete the tra o With the first alarm, all available fire apparatus in the euur);z he hospital which is located at Euclid avenue and East 93rd street. Scores of firemen battled scorching flames while others donned gas masks and risked their lives inside the building, in rescue work. Some of the patients were removed through wi dows. One group of patients, doctors and nurses were taken Wihe burned horribly. Others were g out in fright and bewilder. s possible to nearby hospitals. Scores of hodies were brought eut of the building with firemen une knowing whether the bodies were dead or alive. The majority were dead. Many of those who remained live ing.a few hours after the fire, were expected by dactors to be mdded shortly to the list of dead. Filed & The hospital was filled with pas tients and prominent physicians ag the time of the explosion. There were two blasts of undeters mined cause, in the X-ray room. Fire oroke out almost immediately, and fumes of chemicals and poison gasses filled the building. Scores of patients were taken frem the wards and clinic rooms and rush. ed in ambulances 0 nearby hos. pitals. It was difficult to determine whether some of them were dead or alive. ¢ The injured and dying were rushe ed to Mount Sinai and Huron road hospitals and the hospital clinic, Among thé 20 at Mount Sinai, ong died. . W. H. Spellman, of Forest, Ohie, died at the Huron road hospital. Not Enough Ambulances Some of the victims of the explos- ion and fire were lying on the lawn (Continued on Page 185.) Debentures Prove Stum- bling Block as Bill Goes to. Conference Washington, May 15 (P—An im-. passe between the senate and house on farm relief has developed by in. clusion of the export debenture pre- vision in the senate bill and & cen. ference of republican leaders of the two branches to study means of pre- cedure has been called for late to- day. Washington. May 15 (UP)—The farm relief question has beceme a real issue between the two houses of congress. With dire threats and a few hot words, the senate sent its bill across the capitol to the house chamber. It carried numerous amendments ia- cluding the debenture or tariff bounty clause against which Presie dent Hoover has lodged strong ebe Jjections. House leaders were preparing s cold reception for the debentury provision despite the threats of seny ate retaliation if it were not granted courteous Jegislative treatment. They hoped to §revent a house vote on the Cisputed debenture provision. They talked privately of refusing te ac- cept the entire bill on the ground the - debenture clause usurps ‘the house prerogative of instituting reve enue legislation. Semate Vote 34 to 38 | Before passing the bill late yester. day by a vete of 54 te 33, the sem- ate heard of the house leaders plans. Threats were opealy made by some senators that if the turned a cold shoulder 16 the sition they would faver the ing of all legisiative ties 4§ two houses. thus stale-mating = (Continved oa Page 15.)