New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1929, Page 1

B lqi . | department,-is also %> Indictment of Ohio Professor In (e to. the @gure ; aceompan: 'M-umm y & man whom he perdiiey 087 1n 1930 to, it 298500 on Juy ‘1. . fapthée sheve, otrubter .in Qhio today questioned Prof. James H.. Sweok, veterinary in- ~Staté -University, concerning in connection with:the murder-of “Fhesra: Hix, Dretty found in his co-od at tiés of of medicing:at the university. Prof. Snbek. rendily admita 1 macy with- the ,po-ed. but has denied any. commestion . with Ner slaying. He. eontesssd ‘that they held- trysts in ‘a room Be precured. but fails to “bieodatained garments found in the furnged at his home. Marion :Myers, ‘& graduste of the ‘school, new empleyed in"the Norticultural Slaying of by the police fer qu bg. Professor In Blood Stains Wound In Dr. Snook’s Auto — Night Watchman Reports Girl Came Home In Early Morning With Instructor—Defendant Shudders at Murder Spot. Columbus, O., June 17 UM—John J. Chester, Jr., county prosecutor, announced today that he would lay the killing ‘of Theora K. Hix, Qhio State University co-éd, before the couaty nd jury late today and that he bably would ssek s firgt degres murder charge,” against Dr. James H. 8900k, university protes. #dr, ‘held. for -invéstigation in con- nection withxthe alaying. c "aut w-rmu: t harled . night man af the Y mwclw-n ansd- ciation m‘h};fi‘m« detec et OV FJANEE DOOKET New. West End Station " to Be. Discussed Chairman Edward F. Hall of the board of fmance and taxation has calied & special meeting for Wid- nesday evening, at 7:16 o'clock to consider the suggestion.that a fire station be built in the western sec. tien of the city on a deferred pay- ment plan, extending the cost over " | peried of five yea A plan has been suggested by the fire_board and ‘has been consider- ‘ed by the common council, the body which now awaits decision by the hoard of finance, Members of the fire board have been asked to attend Wednesday night's session. The scheme allows of immediate opera- tions with no payment being made ntl 1930. The cost over the five year period is sbost ; ens-eleventh of one mill annually.” ' Chairman Hill said today that the identified from a photograph as Dr. Bnook. 3 The prosecutor's statement was made as he started a series of inter- views: with persons comnected with the case. The interviéws were held privately at police headquarters,, and o apnouncemeént was made -ss to who was being questioned. It was ins dicated they were witneagss mg"u‘: that neither: Dr. Snook ‘wer ! i T. Moysrs, held with' him en-c} of investigation, would b brought in until‘later. % Faces : Columbus,. Q... 17, &—Con- fronted with wu:“::..nlm .;hh: wers ‘spats Teeem! lood of ‘the " lnterior. of - ‘Ris mwall bus (Continued on Page Eight) T0 NOVE QUAKTERS Will Change Office to Leonard Building on Main Street The Chamber of Commerce will be located in the new Leonmid building on Main street, .removing from the Raphael block at 99 West Main street in the near future, ac- cording to a vets by the directors &t & meeting at noon today. { The reason for the transfer is said to be the fact that Louis Ra- phael; owner of ‘both buildings, would like to have the rooms new occupled by the Chamber, while the location on Main street is more suit- able to the Chamber officials. Edwin P. Lanpliier, Jr.,.chairman of the Chamber of Commerce com- mittes on the proposed municipal €I course, was present and an- nounced that he had attended & mesting’ of the park ‘commission and the commissioners had voted to in- |accept Chamber funds solicited tor $25,000 and will minimum at least Ten new memibers were added (o the menibership which is increasing steadily. The new members are as tellows: ' Stanton K. Ashley, 139 Main ; Cemnecticut Plain. —— be poisoneus, lflblpmbificflbdfin. ——— LAYA AND ASH DBSGEND Northern Part of Islends® Wit By Tremors—Four Men Killed in - Landslide—Two Others Missing— Tower of School Collapess, Injur- iag Studonts—Flames Comsumic Jap Communities Following Gush Waellington, New Zealand, June 17 UP—Hall a dosen lives at loast were lost in a disastrous earthquake which rocked northern New Zealand today. 3 Four men were reported to havi been killed by a heavy landalide which blocked the Westiand river. Two other men wers missing in the Westland district. Anether man was killed at the Fall Rock Cement works, School, Tower Falls The main tower of the boya' col- lege at Nelson collapsed and the principal building was reported un safe for further habitation. Several boys were injured by falling mason- (Continued on Page 17) FRANCE OFFICALLY WELOOMES FLIERS Round of - Recaptions, Dimmers and Celebrations Begun in Paris STOWAWAY TAGS ALONG Crowd at Fiold Small as Arrival of Avistors 4 Delayed—Aero Club Grests Fliers 'This Afterwoon— Other Festivities Plaaned for Day, Pacly, Jure 17° UP—Retretiied by their first good slesp sin viug America Thuradsy, three French transktiantic -birdmen were plunged today into & jong program of v ceptions, dinners and oelebrations. (Although . Paris. ssemer blaze to ocean fiighta, there was no disposl- tion anywhere to let tie feat of Jean Assolant, Rene Lefevre and Armenio Lotti pass without recognition. ‘The grinning. garrulous stowaway of the Yellow Bird, Arthur Schrei- ber, sure of & harvest of greenbacks for the story of his free stolen ride over the ocean, gave his first thoughts of the day to getting spruced Up for his stay in Paris. lonel Lindbergh aftef his arrival Here had to be content for a whi with a suit loaned by one of tl feotmen at the American embas! but Bchreiber, whose home is in Portland, Me., said quite plainly that he nted “some presentable Long before the aviators had arisen a crowd gathered outside of their hotel. When they arrived at Le Bourget from Comillas, Spain, yesterday ut 8:47 p. m. not more than 5,000 persons awaited them. Beemingly th and Saturday had served to keep down the attendance of enthusiasts. Relatives hugged, kisted and cheered the three Frenchmen and after- wards members of the crowd took them on their shoulders and carried them from the field. The first formal reception for the three aviators was that of the Aero 2 (Continved on Page Nine) STATE EAGLES ELECT AT BRISTOL SESSION (Bpecial te the Herald) Bristol, June 17—Thomas Fits- patrick of Naugatuck was elected state president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at their annual oenvention held in Bristol today. Richard Dempeey of John J. McGorry of Putnam; see- retary, John L. Moran of Meriden; treasurer, Vincent A. Maher of New Haven; conductor, Michael s of Waterbury: inside guard, Al E. Trothier of Bristol; out- side- guard, Willlam E. Tyler of chickens, vegetables, | Britain, in the vicimity of Bouth |yoq ~ Brysain:. - trustees, Herman street, ta getting rellet from an ww. Seargble cendition existing at’ Stiles — (Continued on Page 18.) long waits of Friday ; JUNE 17, 1929.—TWENTY PAGES Because she objected to a love gy aftair between her son afd Bonnie DROPS INTO WATER AND SEVEN DROWN Cult o LowdonPurks Trip Crasbs at Dur- s I § RESCUED PASSENGERS ~RE TAEN 10 HOSPITAL Pilot Turns Back Toward Croydom. Sigualling For Aid, But Fails o Reach, Alrport—Many of 11 Pay- ing Pamengors Belleved to Be Americans—First Report to Press Sald AU Safe. Folkestone, England, Jupe 17 (UP)—The Imperial Airways Pas- senger Plane, City of Ottawa, with 13 persons aboard, . plunged into the sh channel off Dungeness to- Seven of those aboard lost " Y. Davis, above, Mrs. Ethel Brotherton | tneir ives. Five others were brought inset, daughter of Harry ~Crawfish, rich Oklahoma Indian, shot and killed the 17-year-old girl at Baxter Springs, Kas, police say. Mrs. Brotherton ' first claimed the girl committed suicide, hut later admit- ted the shooting ani charge of murder, N BORDER SHOOTN STORIES DIFFERENT Rum Runner's Death Galled Ac- cidont by Customs Patroimen OTHERS HEARD FIYE SHOTS Agents Olaim One of Numbey Stum- bled, Discharging Rifie Bullet That Killed Liquor Smuggler—In- vestigation Planned. Plattsburg, N. Y., June 17 UP— The death of Arthur Gordon, 23, of this city, who was shot while run- ning 27 cases of beer from Canads in an automobile, presented prob- lems for. county officials teday atfter John C. Tulloch, collector of the port of Ogdensburg, had explained that the shooting was “‘accidentul” on the part of the customs' border patrol men, Keports Fail to Jibe County authorities pointed out that the five shots which persons re- ported to District Attorney B. Loyal O'Connell they had heard did not jibe ‘with the statément of Border Fatrolman Cheatham that one shot from his rifie fatally wounded Gor- don. .This shot, the officer said, was fired unintentionally when he (Continued on Page 13) J. 1 HOLLOWAY SANED TOG 0.P. COMNTTEE Appointed to Fill Vacancy Caused by Warner Resignation Attorney Harry Ginsburg, chair- man of the republican town commit- tce, today announced appointment of John J. Holloway as third ward member of the committee, succeed- ing Councilnfan W. Spaulding War- ner who resigned speversl months Committeeman Hollowdy lives at $7 Murray street, and. is employed as an engineer and supervisor at the Starley Rule and Level division of the Stanley Works. He fs a grad- uate of Wentworth institute, Bos- ton, Mass. During the war, Mr. Holloway was engaged in the task of perfecting rapid fire machine guns (Continued on Page 17) NIGH TIDES-—JUNE 18 Now Tamfen: 1:450..8 s, N. Baven: 10:08 a.m.,10:31 pam.. ,NOW faces & 4on Airdrome, ncar London, to fell | banner, the body of General Willlam while chasing Gordon and his el. | Bramwell Booth lay in his pleasant ashore to a hospital. 8ix of those aboard were women. Beveral of the passengers were reported to have been Americans. Ea Route to Paris The plane was en route from Croy- Paris on its regular transchannel trip. Something went wrong in mid- channel and the pliot turned back, sending out 8 O 8. calls by radio as he retraced his way to the Eng- lish coast. Orashes Into Sea Near Dungeness the plane crashed down into the water. The sea was calm and boats hurried to the scene. The list of those aboard was give: out by Imperial Airways as follows: Mr. Malcolm. Mr. and MNrs. R. B. 8mith. Mr. and Miss Fleming. Mrs. Ickerson. Mr. Meister. (Continued on Page 17) DEATH ENDS WORK OF GENERAL BOOTH Hoad of Sumiion Army Dis Puceal t iy W R A reary for “Physical Disability’— Former Comrades Mourn Him But Army Tradition Keeps Neads High Hadley Wood, Englapd, June 17 (—Covered with a Salvation Army f suburban house here today. His passing last night was unrecognized by any outward sign of mourning either officially or among the rank and file of the Salvation Army, which he headed so leng until @e-. posed recently. Not a fl lowered at the in- ternational quarters in Queen Victoria street. “We keep our standard flying high.” said a high official. *for General Booth is ™ot dead—he has passed to giory.” But though the Army tradition does not admit loss there was in evidence everywhere among the 8ai- vationists a deep sense of personal loss that they felt at the 73-year- (Continued on Page 10.) Negro Bill Causes 7 Uproar in Senate Washington, June 17 (UP)—En- tertainment, of Mrs. Oscar DePriest, wife of the negro congressman from Illinois, at the White House last week was condemned in a resolu- tion introduced in the senate today by Senator Blease, democrat, South Carolina. The resolution asked Mrs. Hoover to be “careful” whom she enter- tains. Introduction of the - resolution caused an uproar in the senate, with republicans attempting to have the resolution expunged from the con- gressional record. 14 Violators of Aut TRYING TO DECENE IN PORTABLE BANDITS ROBPAYN SHOP OF JENELRY Bind Clerks and Castomers With Adbesive Tape and Lot Sale POLICE ON DUTY NEARBY Orderly Procedure Keeps Theft Quict Until Manager Frees Self From Boads—Holdap Mon Lesve Store Singly 10 Avold Attention. Philadelphia, June 17 (UP)— After binding and gagging two clerks and two customers in the Brooks Pawn . Shop today, six men robbed the safe of more than $100.000 worth of jewelry and cash and es- caped. The men, believed to have hidden themselves in the building over- night, staged the robbery shortly after the pawnshop was opened for business. ¥ At least six policemen were direct- ing traffic near the store during the holdup, it was said, but the rob. bera were 80 orderly that the police suspected nothing. Manager Gets Fres Joseph Goodman, manager of the shoup, freed himself within a half hour, released the three other men and notified police. One of the bandits walked into the shop shortly atter it was opened % present a ticket for a watch, He handed Goodman $6. Goodman gave the ticket to his assistant, Repjamin Weinberg, 21, who opened the mafe. Two customers entered. The baa- dit fiashed a gun and ordered the four men to get under the counter. Then his assistants came {m, t: sliding down a rope from a second story apartment over the shop. They and : terness of expression. . - bis- statement iesued. this paper, Mr. King sccused Paonessa of ' b deceive the public.” . Mo ¢ scribed & reference in the said“Pospls. ot New Bei know ‘the members_ ot the gagred the clerks and customers| with adhesive tape. Leave Place Singly The .bandits filled satchels with watches, jewiry and money from the safe after they had bound the two clerks and the customers. Thea, carrying the grips, they left at inters bl e ';:n‘;:l P.l:lllhl passing aleng the p! streot di€ not suspect anything wis wrong-ea the men got inte s car ahd drove Away. STATESHEN GVEN Trinity = Commencement Exercises See Many Graduate Hartford, June' 117" (UP)—Five stitesmen of international promi- nence were awarded honorary de- grees at the 1034 commencemeat exercises of Trinity college hers to- day. Degrees of “doctor of laws wero conferred upon 8ir Esme Howard, British ambassador to the United States; Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury; Alanson B. Hough- ton, former United States ambassa- dor to the Court of 8t. James's and George P. McLean, former United States senator from Connecticut. The degree of doctor of civil laws was ‘awarded to Frank B. Kellogs. former secretary of state and auther of the so-called Kellogg peace pact. The distinguished guests of the college, with the exception of Mel- lon who was unable to be present, reviewed the colorful s Foot. Guard on Sunday. Afterward, President Remsen B. Ogilby paid tribute to the memery of the late Bishop Charles H. Breal at an open-air memorial ssrvice in front. of Northam Tewers, Professor Charles McLean An- drews, chairman of the graduate de- partment of history at Yale, a Trin- ity graduate, was chief commeénce- ment speaker today. o Laws Booked; Two Drunken Drivers Pay $100 Fine Fourteen cases of alleged violation l of the motor vehicle laws were in police court today,.including two in which drunkep driving was charged. Cary B. Carlson, 38, of 8§ Hillside street, Maple Hill, pleaded. guilty to the charge of operating an automo- bile while under the influence of liquor and was fined $100 and cests, with a jail sentence of two days. Judge Baxe told him he had been in “tight places” before on account ot} bis drinking habits and his experi- ence in the past should have been & warning te him. who had a bottle and he drank more than he could stand. The police records showed that Carieon 'in 1927 was discharged by less driving were nelled by Prese. cuting Attorney Weoods. Joseph Schuchbauer, .21; of Kast Hampton, pleaded net guilty to charge of driving an while under the influence tomebile driven struck