New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1929, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1929.—EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS ERE["T"RS, [,, %R ln_’,ogd;?;;w;";"7 + Wins GRILLS DIRECTORS OF ALLEN €0, INC Bence Frequently Replies “I| Don't Remember” in Answer | To Mag's Questions CHECKS FOR DIVIDENDS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT, i | Allen's Salary $10,100, Plus 10 Per | Cent! of Profits But He Says He Hasn't Five Cents /Left—Cheney Testifies Allen Personally Owes Him Money—Berman Orders Audit, Rombarded for more than an hour with questions shot out in rapid or- ier by Attorney Edward A. Mag. who is representing the creditors of \ the William H. Allen Co., Inc., anl f William H. Allen, individually, President Allen, and Directors harles A. Bence and George Y Cheney confined most of their an- swers to “I don’t r:member” or ‘1| lon't recall” at a hearing befor Referee in Bankruptey Saul Berman ! n court yesterday ‘afternoon. The meeting was attended by ap- | proximately 15 creditors or their| representatives. Attorney Mortimer | Camp represented the Allen com- | pany’s largest creditor, the New Britain Lumber Co., as well as sev- ral others. | Berman Authorizes Audit | When the hearing was at an end | teferee Berman told a Herald rep- entative that he Tonvinced \either greditors, directors, or Mr Allpn himself, seem o have a defi- nite idea what the tangle was about ind he felt that nothing could be | irrived at until an audit was com- | pleted. Referee Berman has give permission to have a preliminary | dit prepared by Hadfield, Soule & 0., Hartford, at a cost of approxi- | mately $300, Whether a complet wdit will be allowed is a matt which he will decide later, Mr. Bev- man said Although Mr. Cheney, whose busi- requires him to travel exten- ely, intended to leave for Pitts- hurgh, he remained home to attend | the meeting. He answered questions | frankly, it appeared to those in at tendance. Following the formal hearing con- siderable time was spent amogig the | creditors and Mr, Allen in trying to straighten out the insuranc | It was decided that more pro, | ould be reached informally on th subject, Bence Testifies Mr. Bence was first called upon to testi To questions of Attorne Mag aid he lived at 299 Ches nut street and had bebn connecte with the Allen company since it w organized. In answer to another | question of the attorney he said he | neld the position of treasurer but couldn’t recall whether he occupied | at position since the organizatiga | period. He said meetings were held nd that he attended some of them. He stated he would make in- spection of a financial statement if he were at the annual meetings and wsked if his inspection was thorough | he said it was. He voted to decla dividends if it were shown on tk hooks and statements that the con pany had realized a profit, he said. “Were you present at the last an- nual meeting?” Attorney Mag askel. 1 don't remember,” was Bence mnswer Asked if he was presen it the March or April meetings m 1927 he said he w not sure. though he did not remember being at the April, 1928, meeting he did | remember receiving dividends, h"‘ said Allen Signed Dividend Checks “If a meeting were held and yon received a share you must have known there was a meeting. You were treasurer. Did you sign the dividend checks? Don’t vou know it is contrary to law to have som:- | one other than the treasurer sign the dividend check; The latter remarks made by At- torney Mag was objected to by At- torney Donald Gaffney, but when Attorney Mag explained his pur- pose to Referce Berman it was al- (Continued on Page Two) DEATH TAKES MASCOT FROM FIRE STATION Fannie, Boston B.ulldog, Mourned by No. 3 House Firemen Ol Fannie, for 16 years mascot | of Lingine House No. 3 on North | Main street died this morning and | her grave was duz in the rear of thg engine house in the spot where she had slept for 16 year Fannie was one of the oldest Bos ton bulldogs in the city and was owned by Captain Michael Butler who named her mascot of the fire house when she was a pup, She led | \ fire vater's life, guarding the fire house when the compary left to an swer calls. Fannie devoted her whole life to the fire company and | never strayed more than 20 feet away This morning she was buricd hy the men of the company, who plan | to erect a gravestore at her grave in the rear of the house for th Tools \}alue(l at $60 joouug ) 1 Ocean Trip || Chicugy, - 7 ®) — Nelson Morris, passenger on the Graf Zeppelin, could hardly wait for the train wk brought iiim from the east yesterday to stop. He jumped off, eludeé reporters and hailed a texi. At his office he met another squad of reportirs silenced them, called his steno- grapher and dictated a vadiogrem which read: T win.” The setting back with a sat- isfied smile, he explained (8] in Europe the oth day Morris and his uacle, Tra Nélson Morris had made a bet Fhe edder man was sailing® on the Homeric, young Morris on the Zeopelin, and the wager was on who would be first at his desk in C ‘Hnu"" MEN FIND BODY OF PRflHIBITIflN AGENT| | Sandlands Thrown OF Boat, | Has Battered Skull CRUISER OWNER MISSING | Federal Officer Alleged to Have | Had Scuffle with Heath When He | Refused to Show Credentials During Scarch, Detroit, Aug. 7 (®—The body of Richard J. Sandlands, federal pro- | hibition agent, was found in the Detroit river at $ a. m. today. The body was found by special inspe tors of the treasury department who have been dragging the river | since Monday night. Sandlands dis- appeared early Saturday —after he had boarded a cruiscr in the river. | Passengers Gather At Lakehurst For Start of Round World Journey; Preparations For Flight Complete ;. . R It was reported to Insppctor Ired W. I'rahm, head of the police homicide squad, that Sandland’s | | head was battered as it by blow from a club. Autopsy Ordered An autopsy will be held at the | Wayne county morgue today to de- termine whether the head injuries could have resulted” in the agent's death. Jack Heath, Detroit elevator me- chanic and skipper of the cabin cruiser Sandlands boarded just be- | fore his disappearance, now is the object of a search by federal in- vestigators and Detroit police | Heath yesterday failed to keep an appointment to meet Gregory H I'rederick, chief assistant district attorney. According to the story told au- | thorities by Mrs. Maxine Heath, | | who wa aboard the cruiser with her husband at the time, Sandlands | fell into the water while struggling with Heath after the former had refused to show his credentials fol- | lowing the boarding and s hing of their boat Mrs. Heath Appears Mrs. Heath appeared before cus- | tams officiuls Monday night with her attonrey and gave her version |of the affair. She told Mr. Fred- | ericks yesterday that her husband had comrhunicated with her and | expressed a fear he might meet with violence if he appeared for questibning. The official version of the aifair was that Sandlands and Milton Larson, customs border: patrol in- spector, seized the crui early urday and that the latter went to report the seizure, leaviag | Sandlands to guard the boat and its occupants. When Larson re- turned nds, the Heaths and the cruiser were missing | Danbu lj\' lgl;m A d;11 its Stal)hing Four Girls Danbury, Aug. 7 (®—Upon the positive identification by Miss Caro- |line Plisszka that Anthony Gillotti, | 20 years old. was the man who stah ber her on the night of July 16, to- | ether with the sigred statement of the accused admitting that and four other asaults of a similar. nature. Gillotti was ordered held in the city court foday for the superior court Bonds were fixed at $10,000. No testimony was offered by the de- fense Stolen From Back Yard The theft of machinist's tocls valued at $60, which were stolen | from the yard of Louis Landon, 58 | Dwight street, is being investigated | today by Sergeant O'Mara of the police department Landon reported to Officar Kieffer that he had been living at | 58 Dwight street for only a week. | The tools were in a box in the back | vard. When he went to put them | into his cellar last night, they wi | gone. Boys who live in the neigh- borhood are suspected. |‘ GRAF ZEPPELIN READY FOR AROUND-THE-WoRLD FLIGHT ) SNOOK DESCRIBES LOVE AFFAIR WITH C0-ED FOR JURORY Delendant on Stand in Battle for Lile—Wife and Mother Testily HRS. SNOOK QUITS COURT AS TRYST STORY IS BARED Transatlantic around-the-world. crossings becoming 80 Xckener (below) is taking his great Drumn:ond Hay and Joachim Rickard both of ¢ right. The map shows the approxi passenger list revious crossings in the which starts for shown in the History-Making Voyage of Air Liner Expected to Be- gin At Midnight—Refueling Finished At Noon— Stretch Over Asia Presents Most Dangers On Circumnavigating Trip. company of adventurous souls pr history-making Commander in the Gern >, Graf Zeppelin nandoah and f the journey was not expected Some to Stop in Germany the flight around the Commander Charle: Lieutenant J, Refucling N who had charg Drummond tinued on Page T SOMERVILLE WOMAN HURDERS HUSBAND Mate Planned Kill Her During Scouts Take Message To King (écurge Today Scouts left the national scouts ja King George > fifth international confer- Baden-Powell read mbled scout execi- . Paonessa Will Attend Hartford “Mayors’ Day” an invitation Bruno bendir to be present at s grand circuit mitted firing first step in 4 movement Bruno had gone mayor's oftice started to mount the » room where | will then go to the races in a body. | ;4% 1> M PG W ORT Former Pal of Gerald Chapman, . Escape Companion, Caught Today New York, Aug. 7 (P-—Three ex- convicts, one of them the man who cscaped from Atlanta penitentiary in 1923 with Gerald Chapman, were ar- I'rested in the Bronx today Detectives had searched nine months for the trio on charges of holding up and beating Julius D labosky. Bronx poultry dealer. The men are: Morris Price. of Phila- lelphia, who escaped from Atlanta s Frank Grey and who told police 'he had been arrested so many times memory of their lost mascot. ¥ ‘n» has “lost count;" George Schultzz, man's chest headquarters and booked on > first degree. > two other children ham Grout is no record + pleaded not guilty and was helid without bail after he and Middlesex county ipman escaped on a rope ladder from the federal prison Chapman was later hanged in Hart- . for the murder of ccord of six arrests in- cludes charges ranging from to homicide, been convicted only mot much change ¥ in temperature, burglary and grand larceny. - Both Women Kiss Veterinarian Be- fore He Vaces Ordeal With At- torneys—>Mate Denies She Knew Anything of Clandestine Affair With Hix Girl Until Murder Had Been Committed Court Ioem, Columbus, (1 T (P—Dr. James H. Snook told the jury in his first murder trial the story of his t ar love tr with Theora Hix co-ed he Kkilled last June was a story that ailed fiie 1 endship that grew ded on a lon ! edge of the zitl's body, battered was found the day there for her last tryst $9-year-old former Ohio Sta tessor. Tells Story Coolly Dr. Snook testified in a cool ruffled voice. He was witness as has oc thus far in the trial He went to the witness ch s wife, Mrs, Helen M. Snook tell their belief that in the la they took the stand and his wif o, 48, 19 North "rwie“wio e 0 aescre him after he was arrested for th Sireet, THPUS 00 Gl -~ st e conm other momanss ot i Sh was th rst to testify stayed until the 1 mother Despondent Over Tness and Insom- ST e nia Believed o Have Prompted | s thol up s stors. Boven Man to Close boors ard Windows | present to he his detailed count of his friendship with and Open Jdet. = Both the wife and that ntly Dr splayed Despond k and insomnia. John Milano, 119 North street, the polic: mpted to take his own li Max this morning when | losed the windows and doors of No. tre by | Snook Charles Gagliardi an aviation school and his trip to E in a pressing machin De 1920 ployed, and turning as a member of few minutes f 30 the crican Olympic pistol team. D found (Continued on Page Two) e BEER RUNNER CAUGHT brother so they to work soor " menr e usnea | AFTER POLICE CHASE the door in and fou room flooded with gas. Quickly open ed windows doors and then . ey SUARL . ew DBritain Man Held Se 1 AMich IFlynn ¢ ve PRt o v ek detaited Oicers Joms ken.| With “Waterbury Wa- nedy and McCabe to take the I el motor to the shop. When they ar ter” in Truck rived t the they worked Dr Avitable, who v s also called pronounced th i of danger and ordered the vital ambu to take hir Brit in Gereral ho! street, New Britain w Policemen Edwin G. O. Dexter wbout or . long time 1 has been 1e long Vesterddy alernoont on omplaining ah inual pains i | > - transporting in his neck and it he does Sillman's Hill not sle \ ‘or several days section of ey 5 t on investiga along the M tion vondent and |81ON& th sy policeme in wait for 1929 TAX COLLECTIONS e s K road, they starte overhauled, the AMOUNT TO $2,339.830 oot tie in the vehicle. Ku Beceipts for Current Year Execed [0 erbuly Previous Period by §198.866. Bonds ir Loomis’ Figures Show hearing court T} nor He rep! ! v Attorney William Colléctor Bernadotte a total in | Britain According to official figu from payments of $198,866.27 were s year over last year's to STATE DEMOCRATS TO SEEK SUPREME COURT RULING ON SIX BLANKET ‘HEALING" ACTS FIRST TRIAL HERf Walsh Announces Test Case Plans—Chapman OVER LEGAL TANGLE G Pl Capmn Blackall to Question Validating gally Convicted and Aot by General Assembly Executed Lawyers GUEST IN AUTo INjuRgp Hold. Miss Ndra Nora Carvolls Action for New Britain Motor Ve- $2.000 Against William J. Boland hicle Trial Tomorrow May Also Provide a Chance to Try Strength to be Heard in City Court 1 Jury Tomorrow. ) of General Assembly’s Action on Tuesday. (Pr—James J the democratic committee, announced f formulating plans tc of Miss Nora 1gainst Willi Liritain supreme court or six blanket laws adopted the 1,500 statutes in- )y court decision. Wals his party seek a ruling constitutionality of the six In so dc the democratic chif- n, will cause his party to do t the republican organization ided, after much discussion, not o do. Walsh said he would cail for conference with other demoer . that final plans for s up for court Douht (nm( Will Act leaders who had the six bills enacted by assembly special ses- d by Gov. John H. vesterday had abandoned ginal plan of seeking a su- preme court opinion on the con stitutionality of their measures, ither before or after legisla- tive action. In so deeiding they were taking heed of supreme court era o al in 1867 to advance an At yesterday's ! " opinion on proposed legislation and were recalling the court's adverss opinion when tje legislature itself brought in an act. soon after gu- bernatorial approval. for a ruling, abandonment of the plan by majority leaders was, in other words motivated by fear of pro cipitating what might never hap- pen or of hastening what might be long deferred entionally ekless disr cided that the were not signe day limit would not Letion and w sembly could pass would have an effect on one passed er for this How lawyers and jurists are that the six laws will be preme court before the is out in private litigation, viewpoints differ as to who t m there. The criminal it was said, will probably be first law on which the court will have to rule, for many attor- neys still see loopholes through which they might bring habeas or proceedings for release of of the 1,100 prisoners said to rving time under laws invalid- by the decision. Legal the criminal legislation— through its chief provision, retro- tive operation—ex post facto leg lation and. therefore, contrary to federal corstitution Republican Leaders Disagree slative leaders™ deny this, out that the criminal laws been the accepted laws of the William 13 i state, that all alike have been sube k G ert ject to them and that the main dif- James ran Em nee between laws left valid by Goodwin. Williar lecision and laws invalidated by Carlson, Seward | the decision is “stiffer penalties.” If the courts find the' blanket ! bill unconstitutional they said, only such sentences as exceed hose n valic lation would - > would merely always an old and omobil rly oper lookout i tomobile had defective brakes, Attor Thomas McDonous will represent Miss Carroll and At kall of Hartford will Wink ity court Reports Young Girl Has \anm\ Escape at \\ hecl 2 SELECT COMMITTEE “00 T WELCOME BOYS ened (Citizens Will Aid in Re- yorhood hau ception to Legion ! Teams Prominent citizens of the city have n selected to act as members of generaj committee arranging for waon Paonessa Dissatisfied With Haste s TS o e ball teams of the states of New port folloma: Tuses 1033 In Passing Bill Validating Laws v i Gt 1929, $6.09 street improvemen 77.68; 19 01; street sprink- ling, 19 1928, $80.52; per- in which the stat sonal. 192 D7; 1928, $418.50 lated 1,500 Uncollected property taxes on 1318 amounted to $884 6 Total property tuxes col-|°d today by Mayor A. M. Puonessa lec April 1, to July 31, 19 who declare that a synopsis bills supreme court decision was express- wore $2.662.804.49. The budset calls Should have been prepared and the e 254.502.94 ills acted on briefly and separate = y. He felt ‘that this would take only an hour longer i Why. the h Mayor Pao HIGH TIDES—AUG. nessa asked. He said he was no |lawyer and was not questioning New Londo 5 pan. whether or not the procedure was New Haven 2:33 pan. legal but he did believe it was not L proper one *\ IL was the mayor's opinion that baseball league on August 16 wnd 7. The committee will meet to the governors should not be blamed. |INOTTOW evening at 5 o'clock in the SR B nber of Commerce rooms in the 5 . | Leonard building week after the session is over, he | €0 : . ; o The committee consists of the fol said. The mayor feels It I8 an - |,0 00 "Maurice H. Pease, commuti der of Eddy-Glover post; Joseph C. | Andrews, Arthur H. Petts, Charles gge, George Kron, D. Shaw, W. W, Squire, N. . Avery, H. Scheuy, r . Dr. Jo- Potts, . Burr, Hawley, ich, M. Horwitz, William charter provides for a 10 day lapse | ¢ J. Scheet, James O'Brien, Emil Schaal, W. Andrews, 0. L. within that time the matter be- | Lord. omes a law notwithstanding. ‘The | Mayor Angelo M. Paonessa, Acting justice to ask a governor to sig bills in three days when many of them require more y. He fav- ors having a law cnacted which would bring about a change so that the OV or may have 10 or 15 days to consider. The New Britain | ind if the mayor does not sign state could do no better than to|Mayor Walter Falk, Joseph Mlynar- adopt the New Britain system - Mayor Paonecssa declared. (Continued on Page Two)