New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1929, Page 23

FUGITIVE ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLENENT R. . Jones, Plantsille, Accused by C. A. Cowles Co. (Special to the Herald) Southington, Aug. 9—Russell C. Jones, aged 32 years, of Elm street, Plantsville, was arrested last night in Boston, Mass., on request of Chief of Police Hdward Geary of South- ington, charged with embezzlement of at least $1,000 from the C. A. Cowles Co., dealers in grain and feed. Working in conjunction with the state police, Chief Geary traced the whereabouts of telegram and he was taken in Bos- ton last night by the police of that city, Jones was the manager of the branch store of the Southington company in Bristol and in that ca- pacity he received payment of auc- counts. It is alleged that he ap- propriated the company's for his own use and fled. Officials of the concern were un- able to give the exact amount taken but they are checking up the Bris- tol branch office books today and have located at least $1,000 which | is short, | Jones originally came to South- | ington from New Hampshire and has been employed by the company for aboyt 2 years. He will he brought back to Cohnecticut for trial. ACTOR_CORMIGAN VISITS THIS CITY Former Stock Gompany Manager | Renews Acquaintances Here James Cormican who several years ago successfully conducted stock shows at the Lyceum theater in this city was a visitor in this city today. He will open his show in Albany, N. |5 Y.. early in September and hopes that in the near future he may be | able to arrange for a return engage- ment in this city. Since he left New Jones by a| money | Policeman Climbs Policeman Dolan Imitates | “Alpine Peak Scalers to Accommodate Who Was Locked Out. Policémen are banded to, her in what may be called the Society for the Prevention of Porch Climbers, but this morning Officer Thomas Do- klan proved himself one of the finest third story men in the department | when he climbed to the third floor of |a house at 25 Hatch street, let him- elf in through a window, came {down the stair and admitted a wom- an—a woman who had been shop- ping and had forgotten to take her Ley along. The call came into the police sta- tion at 10:45 this morning. A woman was locked out of her own ouse. She had just gone to the tore on the corner, ana when she came back she found that inadver tantly she had sprung the catch on the door. Almost in tears she €x- plained her plight to Captain Kelly, who detailed Officer Dolan to the Job. ZEPPELIN NEARS EUROPEAN COAST IN JOURNEY TODAY (Continued From Iirst Page) | of her previous position. v Have Dodged Storm | The experts were inclined to think :tht the hugh airship had partly | turned back possibly to avoid rough | weather or that, more likely, the two |reports were really the same mes- sages from the Graf with a mistaken time calculation by the stations re- ceiving them. This latter belief was strengthened by the fact ghat the 8 m. figures were round numbers | while the 9 a. m. figures were car- ried out into frdctions. Germany Prepares Welcome Britain he has played in stock and | vaudeville. Mr. Cormican has played with | Margaret Anglin, Florence Reed, Madge Kennedy, Margaret Rambeau, Madame Alla Nazemova, Mary Bo- land, Blance Yurka and Bainter. Smoke Screen Foils Police Chasing Auto | Vt., Aug. 9 (A—Customs Triedrichshafen, Germany, Aug. 9| today believed mmander of (P—Zeppelin officia | Dr. Hugo Eckener, |the Europe-bound Grat Zeppelin, |would turn somewhat northeast ‘from his southerly course today and |fiy over northern France instead of retracing his westward journey by |Gibraltar, and the Rhone valley. Unfavorable winds were reported | prevailing between the Azores and To Let Keyless Woman Into House |, 3 e Shopper | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1929 to Third Story Cop Gets Razz for Pinching Rudy Vallee Aug. 9 (UP)—Pa- trolman James Olliffe is just be- ginning to realize what a mis- | nesday before taking off for the less || take he made when he arresied than 5,000 miles which Dr. Eckener || Rudy Vallee for speeding. has deseribed as the hardest of the || Ollifte told his troubles in court | entire world flight. when Vallee's case was called, Five passengers so far have been | | After the young man, who has booked at the Hamburg-American || crooned his way into feminine offices in Berlin for the Graf's | hearts all over the country, ob- world flight. The complete passen- || tained an adjournment of the ger ligt, however, has not yet been || ase until Aug. 16, the patroln:an made public. took the floor. “I haven't been able to get any leep since 1 arrested Vallee,” he said. “Women write to me and call me up at all hours of the || and night to bawl me out for giv- {| ing their Rudy a ticket {| “But what's worse'—and her Patrolman Olliffe stified a sob— “my own girl friends are giving me the air.” Speed Computed Washington, Aug. § (P—The Graf Zeppelin's average speed last night, | as computed today at the navy de- partment for the twelve hours end- ing at § a. m., eastern standard time, was 55 nautical miles, or 63 and one-third statute miles, per hour. | Washington, Aug. 9 (P—Message | from the Graf Zeppelin relayed “to |~ the navy departraent by the Lake- |ships when sighting the air liner liurst station, early toda ronorted\dlong her course during the d its position at 2 a. m, E. 8. T, as| Among the ships that either v\ghl«'d 42 degrees north latitude and 40 de- | | the Zeppelin or communicated with grecs west longitude, and"at 3 a. m., [her were the liners President Roose- 2s 42:20 north and 40.40 west. |velt and Rochambeau and the — freighters Commercial Trader, Te- | Garbled In Transit malva, Brenrinnes, and the Express. | The position of the Graf Zeppelin | at § a. m., as given the navy depart- | ert apparently either was gurhlud‘M L"][iE in transmission or erroneously com- puted, since 40:40 is some 40 miles | turther west than the previously rc ported position, 40 dogrees \w“x' ndi- longitude at 2 a. m, and would i cate that the Zeppelin, executing an | almost right about face, was head- ing back. There was nothing to indicate that anything necessitating a reversal of direction had taken place. On-the contrary throughout the night re- norts had been that the voyage was proceeding exceedingly well. | Bureau Postpones Formal Action | Until Sept. 9 Meeting | The possibility that former Presi- den Calvin Coolidge may be invited | to speak in New Britain at the next Winds Aid Craft | ennuul banquet of the New Britain New Yerk, Aug. 8 (P—Aided by | traffic bureau was hinted at a spe- favoring winds, the German dirigivle, | cigl meeting called today to discuss Graf Zeppelin, apparently was well | {he annual outing this summer. ahead of schedule toduy on (he| No mction was taken upon the transatlantic leg of her globe-circling | suggestion that the former president flight. be invited, the suggestion being to The fact that Dr. Hugo Tcketer, |(he effect that the matter be taken commander, was taking full advan- |yp for discussion at the regular tage of the propitious weather con-|meeting in the evening of September ditions was indicated in the Progress|o. At that time the bureau will be and speed of the airship renorted in | agked to consider inviting the foermer radio messages to the United States | president and if the suggestion is | navy department. adopted a committee will be appoint- | Less than 24 hours after she 1oft|ed for the purpo he naval station at°Lakechurst, N.| The same meeting on September 9 | J., for Friedvichehafen, Germany, the | wijl be asked to consider making the | airship was more than half way | annual banguct, which probably will | across the Atlantic with the pros-|pe held carly in December a “New pect of several more hours of flight | Hayen Railroad Day” with President with a fresh west wind to add 20 |J. J. Pelley on the program with cx- to 25 miles an hour to her normal | president Coolidge. The New Haven speed railroad band may be invited to The Graf Zeppelin left Lakehurst | come and the members at today's with 22 passengers, 31 men and one | mecting favored the suggestion of a woman, at 11:40 p. m., street parade prior to the banquet. Wednesday. At 1L p. m. | The regular meeting also will be vesterday she reported to, the navy|requested to consider the Masonic that she was in a poaition 1,500 | temple as the place to hold the ban- LINER OUT TO REGAIN SPEED RECORD OF ATLANT WHIGH KILLS 9 RABBITS - ‘ it O all four ganized road men o are expccted York, Philadelphia, Chic: and Captive Until D, The outing is expected {to be the largest gathering of it [kind ever held section of It was voted for basehall games and committee thletic events, transpor- neral arrangements will other points. reau in th {on dinner, tation and | be named. Freight rates came in for some in- on. In the absence of ( Past Prosident Walte L. Bell presided. golf course formal discu J. Caouette, AVON HIGHWAY 7T Hartford, struction Avon over fe bureaus will be or- to complete details. Rail fnational to come from New Caninc. between tford and Avon Mountain w opened to traffic on or about tember 15, it was an ¢ ! police th Associated Press I'loto Cunard S. S. Mauretania, which lost its record for fastest crossing of the Atlantic after 22 years, is out with the avowed intention of lowering the mark of ths German liner Bremen, hung up in July. prominen Frothing at Mouth, Hell hed With by any trafic bu-| he country to use a soft ball |had Killed nine ra 1o ! taken a position as a man named Bara ington avenu: to Adam Lumanowic ton avenue, was killed 1 Warden Rouskic municipal a dog which and th Police headqt ind someone te A tt a dog was lock Farmington avenu killed some rabbits. The ¢ in the pen‘when the ward police officer arrived. After was shot Lumanowicz s hairman 'O OPEN Aug. 9 (P—The new damage. concrete state highway. under con- = S 3 n loft COAL OFIICE ENT) i Frank Ritola, Myrtl wager of ternoon someone tional Coal (o Smalley strec t. he reports into and t City Items 1k of his car 1 to th mornin That four hoys w piciously at the corner of Francis nd Carlton streets yesterday afters no: is reported to the policat ant McAvay and Officer Kiely ated, but could not find the Personals Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bell of 87 avenue will leave tomorrow to spend a two weeks' va= ation Philadelphia and Pitts- Commonwealth £ 23 Glen on a two weeks" . and Chicago, Simons of 359 will leave tomor- ch where she ex- saveral weeks. Miss rotar the office Emil Danberg, will er sister and will m- Longz Beach du rtin s sojourning ‘at HOSPITAL ST Danbury, Aug. ing of the CHOS] ) (A—At a meet- Fairfield state hospital commission, held at the Ridgewool Country club in this city today, it was voted to acquire as the loca- tion r the proposed new state hospital for the insane, the M Hill site in the town of Newtowr comprising approximately 700 acres, L cost not to exceed $300,005, The commission approved a con- tract with Walter P. Crabtree, Hartford architect, who is to pre- pare plans for the buildings. . PICTURE FRAMING We Do It and Do It Right Let Us Do Yours Too Arcade Studio of course! miles cast of New York and making [quet and the making of arrange- 70 miles an hour. | ments to have the Eastern Star and Covers 475 Miles | Order of Amaranth who have done At 6:30 p. m., she had reported a|considerable of this work, cater for position 1,025 miles east of New |ihe affair More than 400 guests are York, indicating that she had cm.\(xpmm, :;\'d :m miles in four hours and 30| At {ne meeting SeptemBer 9 During the chase, which extended |gible might pass over Paris if Dr. | e v ; atas hesy unatieny Wil Gome fupgtor alos Tromil OrlGuna o Ukl BArtoRl A meRinerligos Lfatt sAtugHT Horhi ,MT::,‘,,“;f;::g’mg:;"" forecast the | cussion, and if adopted committecs Glover to Sheffield Heights, the driv- |though the usual route is up the| wRejatively low pressure north of | Vil Pe named to take what steps cr of the car released dense smoke |valley of the river Loire past Nantes|Bello Jsle with high pressure south |28, necessary. clouds from the exhaust. The cus- |and possibly Orleans, of Nova Scotla will cause fresh west | 7Today's meeting voted to hold toms officers fired at the machine City In Turmoil winds and mostly fair weather for |the annual outing at Lake Com- just prior to the first outburst of | This cify was in the midst of a|the Graf Zeppelin in the next 12 |pounce, Thursday afternoon, Sep. smoke and punctured a rear tirs. |[turmoil of preparation for the brief |Lours at least. Such conditlons |tember 12. The dinner will take the With each cloud of smoke the offi- stay of the Graf before it leaves for | should add 20 to 25 miles per hour |form of a sheep bake. The program cers lost ground and the driver of th2 | Tokyo, on the second lap of. its cir- to her normal speed.” | will include athletic events. includ- fugitive car finally outdistance huummn\lgulian of the globe. In addition to the messages {o the |ing a boxing match and other them. 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