New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HER* ESTABLISHED 1870 Average Daily Circulation For aren 200 . 15,953 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1930.—TWENTY-TWO PAGE PRICE THREE CENTS M'DONOUGH CLAIMS QUIGLEY BROKE PROMISES TO REMEDY INEQUALITIES IN ASSESSMENT Reads From Five May- |ASK8 [i[]VT. B[]AR[] oy Mesages Ad- (NTNENPLOVNENT vocating Taxation| Changes But Points | Stnator Wagner Introduces Bill Out Alleged Defects| (0 Aid During Depression Were Not Corrected. |rRy [ABOR VERY SCARCE San Francisco Witness Before Agri- Quigley Too Hoarse for Extended Remarks — Day Substitutes and Is Heckled—Kelly Declares Other Candidates Are Making Empty Promises culture Committee Says White Men Object to Back Breaking Work— Heflin Doubts Figures, Washington, April 8 (A—Bills that would set up a board to plan for public building construction in times of depression were approved today by the senate commerce committee and at the same time the senate ag- riculture committee heard testimony that it was alnmest impossible to get white laborers to do certain kinds of farm labor. The unemployment bills approved were introduced by Senator Wagner, democrat, of New York. They pro- vided for an appropriation of $150,- 000,000 and algo for facilities to col- lect information on unemployment Action was deferred, however, until next Thursday on another measure by the New York senator which would set up a federal employment agency. Testimony as to farm labor con ditions in the southwest and wu was given before the agriculture committee as it opened hearings on a 1 ution to authorize the ap- pontment of a commission to study the farm labor problem. The mea- sure was introduced by Chairman McNary, the request of the federal farm board. Hard to Get 1'arm Labor R. N. Wilson, of San Farncisco, the first witness and pictured the difficulty in obtaining farm labor he said statistics show- ed that common laborers were com- into the United States at the rate of 1,700 a year. These figures were challenged by Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, who said they were entering the country at the rate of 3 The Alabama senator ais that with 3,000,000 to unemployed in the country was hard to believe that suffici laborers could not be obtained. Object to Hard Work Wilson urged that a commission be named by the president to investi- gate the unskilled labor supply and reiterated that white laborers could not be obtained to do the kind of work he termed “back-breaking.” Work in sugar beet fields was cited n example. He testified California paid the highest monthly farm wage in the United States, contending that salary was not the reason white labor could not be obtained for certain types of farm work, “Any American citizen who is out | of work and hungry ought to be made to work,” Heflin asserted. Senator Kendrick, democrat, Wy~ oming, agreed that difficulty was (Continued on Page Two) EIGHT MORE BODIES OF MINERS RECOVERED Only One More Victim of Blast Still to Be Found Today Tactory workmen foday heard three candidates for mayor explain why they believed they should be elected. Attornoy . T, McDonough, demo- erat, read from messages written by his republican opponent, ex-Mayor George A, Quigley in which he had promised 1eform on property asses ments. He claimed that no effort h heen made to carry out the promises. Quigley was handicapped by hoarse- ness and the greater part of his rally was given over to William . Day, candidate for comptroller, who said McDonough was flaunting hi wealfh in the faces of ,he workers. Martin XKelly, candidate for mayor on the independent ticket, charged that the democratic and republican candidates were generous with promises which they would be un- able to execute if clected. McDonough Quotes Quigley Quoting from five messages of former Mayor Quigley to the com- mon council, McDonough his oppo- nent on the democratic ticket for the office of mayor, told workers of the Stanley Rule & Level plant this noon that Quigley’s promise of re- assessment was made five times be- fore and was broken each time. Candidate McDonough forecast that Quigley would again break his promise, if clected to the office of mayor, As has been his practice, he opened his talk with assurance.that no unkind word would be said by him concerning his opponent, but that he would insist that Quigley atand on his record. “Mr. Quigley ha record has been.’ nearl years I have been contin- | uously in service at city hall. 1 was a member of the first consoli- | dated city and town governme| appointed by the late George M Landers. 1 had the honor of being the youngest commissioner appoint- | ed. My service has been on the | health board, on the board of com- pensation and assessrent, on sev- eral committees on charter re \islon,‘ on the committee that put ever the zoning ordinance, and 1 am now on the board of adjustment. I am the only member of the original com- missions, appointed in 1906 who is still in the service of the city. “Against this record, we have the record of my opponent which was one of extravagance, waste and in- efficiency. X Fayors Tax Reduction “Mr. Quigley wants to know how T stand on tax reduction and on re- assessment. I am in favor of tax reduction and, if elected, and with the cooperation of the board of fi- nance and taxation and the com= | mon council, I believe I can reduce the tax rate. “Mr. Quigley has said he will cut the rate if it is necessary to close up city hall ~nd hang out the ‘to rent’ sign, but I am not for that kind of tax reduction. Does he intend to close up the fire department? We have one of the finest fire depart- ments in the state of Connecticut, and T would do nothing to interferc with its workings. Docs he intend | to hamper the work of the police | department which is protecting our lives and property, doing good, con- servative and constructive work? (Continucd on Page serted 6,000,000 it asked what my he sald. “IFor Kettle Eight more bodies today from the were recovered Tioncer Coal Com- Saturday, which entombed Seven bodies had alrcady heen re- covered, leaving only J, 1. Hill, mine foreman, still to be found. All the bodics were not positively identified, but hy a process of elim- ination it is known that the nine found are J. L. Jones, John L. Cox, Adrien Shelton, Raymond Simpson and Sam Proffitt. The six bodies which had previ- ously been recovered and identified were those of M. C. Yann, assistant VANDALS BREAK PANES, Selectman Believes Politi- | l.ce A. Johnson. They have all been burie ; cal Strength Prompted As soon as the bodics were Property Damage ay, 26 men. wo) ro- moved from the mine today they were placed on a special train for Pineville, where identification will be completed and the bodies turned Selectman Kasimierz Majewicz of | over to their familics. 37 Lyman street, whose automobile was damaged while parked on| North street near Falcon hall Tue day night, complained to the poli this morning that two windows in his storc at 30 Lawlor strect were smashed last night after closing time. rived here today. She was delayed Majewicz is a democrat, but was|somewhat by heavy weather in the attending a republican rally in Fal-| English channel and was four days. con hall when the front seat up-|22 hours and 26 minutes — holstery and curtains in his car we slashed and the wires leading from | the coil to the spark plugs were cut. The police today had no clucs on which to base suspicion in cither | instance of vandalism, but Majo-| wicz and some of lis friends believe | he is being made the object of re- | prisals hecause of his outspoken support of the democratic ticket, Europa Eastern Mark Behind Bremen Record Cher ourg, France, April 3 (B— The North German Lloyd liner Europa, fastest ship on the seas, ar- bound reco in making the run from New York. The Furopa established a new transatlantic record on its westward crossing, which it completed in four days, 17 hours, and 6 minutes—18 minutes faster than its sister ship, the Bremen, which previously had held the record. after he | Tsland, Ky., April 3, (P — | pany Mine, wrecked by an explosion | id Osborne, John Bagle and | ven | hours slower than the Bremen's cast | BROKER CONFESSES BANK THEFTS THAT APPROAGH $a00,000 Boston Cotton Concern’s Head| Arrested for Raising Amounts | 0f Loans Over Four Years CLAIMS MARKET CRASH WIPED QUT SPECULATION |George A, Tivinius Surrenders to | Police and Admits Charges—Says | He Changed Amounts on Orders | and Faked Bills of Lading to Se- cure More Moncy — Two Banks ‘Will Share Loss—Only $1,600 Left. Boaton, with larceny of bank transacticns, George A. Riv- {inius of ‘Winchester, sales agent for | George H. McFadden & Bros., Phila- delphia cotton concern, was ar- rested here today. Rivinius, who maintained an of- | ifico on Congress strect here, sur- rendered to Captain Perley H. Skil- lings and Special Officers Herbert A. Dwyer and Joscph Marshall. After- ward, Rivinius was reported to | | have made a confession which, po- lice said, concerned transactions with two Boston banks. April 3 (UP) arged | through Losses Lqually Divided Tolice said the alleged pecula- | tions were almost equally divided between the two hanks According to authoritics, Rivinius, | in his alleged confession, stated | that as salesagent for George H, Me- | |Fadden & Brothers, Philadelphis | cotton merchants, he obtained loans [on fake bills of lading and raised | { legitimate loans granted to his con- cern. He was alleged to have said that in one case an order for a $100,000 loan, legitimately sent from FPhila- delphia, was increased by him to $150,000, ivinius also was | have admitted having forged the names of J. W. Frothingham and John W. Amory as direcfors of the company Cover 4-Year Period According to police, Rivinius ad- (Continued on P ANDREW TURNBULL, 97 reported to Two) | (GREAT GREAT GRANDPA i Wallace Street ;;an Learns | | of Birth of Fifth Generation | Andrew Turnbull of 11 Wallace | | street, inventor, oldest Mason and | probably the oldest resident of New | Britain, besides his many other ac- | complishments, has become the head |of a family of which the living | members form five generations. | With the announcement received | - ANDREW TURNBULL in this city that a son was born ves- terday to Mr. and Mrs. George | Woodville in Chicago, TiL, Mr. Turn- bull becomes a great-great-grand- father, The mother of the child is | the great-granddeughter of M. K'V'ln'nl‘ull § is the daughter | Mrs. Claude Baker, who in turn the daughter of James Turnbull, | son of Mr. Turnbull Mr. Turnbull will observe his 95t birthday in June. He is know as the father of the hydraulic clevator. He invented this and demonstrated it in the old yard of the Landers, Irary & Clark Co. He later invented the | Turnbuil scale which he assigned to | (Continued on Page Two) Son Is Born in Africa To Missionary and Wife | A cablegram has been received announcing the birth of Paul Henry 10 Rev, and Mrs. H. C. Capen, jr., on March 26, Mr. Capen is the son of Mr. and Mrs., H. C. Capen of 94 Hamilton street, this city, and with his \\l((-" is located at Sitein, Kenya Colon: Last Africa, where they are | missionary work under the Africa Inland Mission. Although they have | been in the country only since last | November they are now in charge of the work at Sitein where they have not only the main station but! { 14 out stations under their charge. | Me. Capen is & native of this city. | | { President | president of Ar | grectings | time for the convers: | Columbia Broadc | id strides of | me the opportunity | was Dbeing towed to this port. | [ 1ine Coolidge’s “Modest” New Home s “modest place v has bought for a residence at dent described this picturesque, 16 is surrounded by almost nine door swimming pool. two Regarded as one of show plac ed to have be t as a hor sale price was reputed to have by so1 Ma Northampton i ches, want to see that Mrs. Morris L. Com is still in possession ot the the mansion at 2 o'clock tomorrow Mrs. Comey told information from newspape: April ne home who sold.it place has con Northamptor room acres of lar tennis courts s of Nor by Col appro (P— S0 mar v me ind formier president Mrs. Calvin Coolidge but wh afternoon. newspapermen today had as far west as Chicago. NINE KILL ED AS TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA FIREWORKS PLANT ROCK ATTERBURY TALKS BLAST WITAESS ONRAILSITUATION ™ TrL1S OF SCEN TERRITORY FOR MILES AROUND Scores Hurt at Devon, Some Critically, By Blasts-Wild Disorder Willing to Give Up New Haven Frejgh etk Saw Sures Follows In Town-In- jured Rushed to HS—AT ONCE. Nearby Hospitals. ‘ System Under Conditions 1 Stumned by Explosions | | : AWAITS COUNCIL VERDICT FlRE SPREA sennsylvania President Says His | . 0 Cennsyhiania DeestdentiSavs SIS by i e anhy “Roaked F By, Compiaty WAL Withdeaw A€ XeW | oo Tines 16 Hash to Al York Central Relinquishes Boston Injured, Regan Declares in & Albany. cital, April 3 Atterbury ad his e (UP)— ot T Pennsyl- | a hearing here | mpany would be | (As ffs teup owith thel 00 B Haven & Hartford i England governors vania ra today that willing to sev New York should th oad cc that w ind roads i N W committec cation of It shattered building and tore of 1 the At s secti idence s I the powc ng scr nd dozens | wounded or stunned. ami | Girections were Cites Competition HOOVER TALKS T0 THREE N LATIN AERIGANS COMPLETE ACCORD Presidents of U. S., Chile and Japan, Britain and America Uruguay Open Service Broadcasting Networks Give Text of Historic Radio — Telephone Conversations With South Ame can Countrics This Morning, Washington, (P voic ot the American count upon Aprit 3 presidents £ threc callad today to inaug radio- clephone system of lephone & Teleg 1 linked the Nort rican continents ation- buth public 1ph Con and Ame n in a | telephone service. am for exchar nt Ibanez Juan The pros included t1 Detween P Carlos of ooy« of « mpis Gent, hile guy Uruguay. President Hipolito entina, in the shortly wus sched- uled to join but exchange before the ions to begia Hoover that he participate, he cabled President would be unable to _ Broadeast Conversation Arrangements made to broadcast the words of the chisf executives of the thrce nations na- tionally and internationally over th sting System and on a short wave length channel to South America. In his greeting, prepared in ad- vance for delivery to the president of Chile, President Hoover mentioned the hospitability given him during his visit to that country before he was inaugurated. “I did not anticipate.” Hoover said, “when 1 the happy hospitality which your ex- cellency extended to me shortly over a year ago at Santiago, that th wce in partnership with commerce would so soon afford in to conve were President took leave of in person with you “It is a source of especial grati- tude to me to participate today the ceremonies attendant inauguration of dire upon ct telephone-ra- (Continued on Page Two) EXECUTIVE GIVES GREETING REED IS | of | ATIONS IN Agree on Naval Details SU Nippon's Reservations Teadily A cepted—All Three Count serve Certain Rights for Recon sideration at Mecting in 19 P was made dquarters accord London, April 3 nouncement Officia Ameri today t nd Japane at delogation the are he Amervicans, sh g in complet Ameri with palac ce of the Japane Serapping Details Rema The only points to 1 details relating to J vations on the scrappin ing hips in or rds working woilld be no fac ty in any of the Japanc tions. ator Tee by his colleagues with having bec instrumental in solving the Amer can, British and Japancse prob made the following statement newspaper men after the 1 James's ottle o dockya there ficu TV . who was ere ceting: you the spirit which Japancse and British have met u There was no disposition to quibt on the part of any one of the thre delegations. “All three delegations have bee rank and fair. I 10t re pleasant negotiations > have been. The r victory for any one, b able and reasonable sctticmie t n the thre Sub-Committee Named At the conclusion of the 1 which lasted an hour a the three chiefs appoi of tine in ca ima committee consistin V. Pratt and Capta Kueren, representir Admiral Ilisher cllairs, representing G and Admiral Abo and ¢ oda enting Japar This sub-comn amount of repr tonnag (Continued on a ES STATEMENT em, to “I cannot too strongly impress on He Windows in Train B train was standing and half of its wi Another tra Philadelphia, was e tr 1S nt is abo en rocked declare England’s bes! cd at th he intense Haven and ern New ¥ and the York €' tion blown from the dows wr comi advanci st oppos 400 v ition of the ou unsylvania in : up t cks «nd on the or on & Albany and ntral in norther land on the otk id that 35 the pl whict statior the occurred train explosion rbury. the Ponnsyl 1y the moving vania railroad owned 204,000 shares New Haven stock, and that the ad corporation owned 100,- in the same compar 000,000 outstanding in pri stock and convertible honds of the New Have Pennsylvania | interests owned more than 12 per | cent, he said | The Penn cd 165,000 sh Boston & Ma Atterh declared. He said that Pennsyl in held no stock in the Maine | Central. e rted that his company e to con- i trol the po Have nd in i I ho 1 a score of p - flying gloss, moving until 1 tower st tower red 2 and the explosion. whic 10 ock, w was in the s followed by at I 1 minu ortly after That Wi r Itoad corporation own of the | Worst. - s cres Fire was spreadi meantime and was one Most \ 68 o nts of Dey Police Enter Danger 7 Devon people to the and dar ad an interes also be- | ne pla in cadly s to aid the em eallc scores of injured from ti swept buildin Many of th ON SUICIDE ATTEMPT bU | taken into ne; |by a squad of doctors f " Mawr and other ; .| Found in Gas Filled Room |{ty: The room of g 2 | station was turned into an acc 1| Tuesday Morning in | ward and at 1 | were t Brixton | v homes a == hospital 1c 10spitals waiting st 25 of the f n | i | dead and s Fit,. | Cured and wor was|mearby town re arriving ray A5 ol see if theirt fathors of ibeth polize P Orerot ath "* | were among the victir ey ac o of attembt- | o3 1o the g “Some of 3 (P —ary child Leinster, al con ten bodie 1 s the family name ot | -4 : par for som: mbeth hos- | 1y aft oon after und half conscious ia | room in a small flat in She known to her| as “Mrs, Wil- (Cor SEVERAL REPORTED who has been s n Erixto was ors simiy May 1 time Ige, the Duch- had been one of the ly Manholes Blown High Air on Lower Broadway itzgerald al comedy and their ro- April 3 (A ported ons th covers wher workn JAFFE TAKES HIS NAME OFF INDEPENDENT SLATE * ** i gas main tween 2Sth Liquor Craft’s Crew Qutwits Coast Guard By Scuttling Captured Boat Boston, April 3 (# {wo-masted schooner Aram with liquor, which was sei Maine coast vesterday, . laden ed off the ank as she was probably scuttled b crew to destroy evidence, Command- er Hiram R. Searles. commandant of British | marked the She | 1., nher own | buoy spot peared. The Arama 40 miles due cast of 1" near Jeffrey's Led. F ause of 1 Jepth of ti water, salvage opc ons were ne believed feasible by Coast Guard o ke approximatel $ outh whistlin, the Coast Guard base here intimated | ficials here. tod The Aramay, out of Halifax, N was believed to have been drive within the 12-mile limit by adve winds. The Coast Guard cutter H rict Lane found her off Mount Des ert Island ¢ afternoon and took her in tow. About nightfall it was noticed that the schooner was settling. The tow was cast off and the Coast Guard vessel came alongside and took off the schooner's crew. 800 Cases Lost Shortly after nightfall the Aramay sank, taking S00 cases of choic liquors with her to the hottom day only a slick of oil on the surface The crew of the 1 schooner is expe aboard the Harrict ning. The fact that the (Continued on 1" he Lane I'wo) THLE WEATHLIR New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness follow- ed by rain tonight and Fri- day; not so cold tonight, N lmlrn‘ this eve- chooner was to ind all pe | ordered ou Vi hotels The first were immediately Declines to Run Tor school Board SECves sons W On Citizens Property of the nity, which includes seve Owners' Ticket explosion oc Uth street and Broadway, {hele was blown high int | tollowed by a sheet of flame. In the seconds that followed ci or 10 manholes to the north out, cach followed by flames, wh quickly subsided Al in urred A Dr, Nathan B. Jaffe who we d for the school commit independent ti nounced the withdr: ¥l didacy. 1le claims t | in the Citizens Property Owners’ as- sociation did not include formation of an independent political party be- cause he is a republican and a | | Quigley man. He said he discussed the political | with fellow members of the ciation and although he favored | backing Quigley in the primary fight 1 few members of the association re- | PINg of cables. fused to support him and the plans | ¥xtra police for the third party we a immediately ord said Tie irt in his selection [1°our police eme 1d trolmen from all urde the fire and four Deputy were soon on duty. Ambulances from taly called | vlo were given b Broadway betw 1s in the cross rea. Telepho downtown crippled. appa service exchang by | ass; tly en w the a had no school feel ed hoard nearby that hi Lim to t art in politics Dr. Jaffe the Citizens ciation becau tion in tax duction will be can prof such an active engine truck: he operty > he wanted and he believ rest in ' asso- took i Own said several the emergency for inj tr were by the gis police. brought about clection of Quigley, {ment by Shock— Re- d then stopped. came s the rial borb | the reons were company the | to cover the ured were s n from HURT IN EXPLOSION Th and buildings in the | man- air, streets was stopped, town stre was the snap- |safe. Edesman said he didn’t know Shock Felt 15 Miles Away in Philadelphia and in New Jersey — Cadets From Nearby Military School Aid in Restoring Order in Village. of N 3 () —Nine Killed and scores in- critically, in a series of today t wrecked 15 w miles most suburbs along the nnsylvania rail- fashionable of the bodies were found f men and other res- ors could approach the wrecked ildings the explosions had re | ceased, f Bodies Badly Burned ng o followed the blasts and some ite ie bodies were so badly burned at it will be difficult to identify 1. All were taken to a morgue Malvern, several miles west of nd the coroner of Mont- county immediately started tigation. Nearly all of the employes and several of > women. the injured were taken to r hospital at Bryn Mawr, he scene of the blast. More than @ score of persons were treat- | ed at the hospital, among them be- everal who are in a critical condition. Much Damage By Blast The explosidn caused an enor- | mous amount of minor damage for around heavier Dblasts 1t in Philadelphia and across Delaware river in New Jersey. of the houses and other nes in the immediate vicinity explosions were badly damag- buildings at more dis- ifered from broken we ter oft n inve he a st The of of first firemen arrived explosions in the plant them from going close to the place and hose lines were play- | ed on the building from a distance. | Workmen in a switch tower of the Pennsylvania railroad at Devon, nearly a half mile away, Wwere thrown to the floor by the blast. All available police from sur- unding towns and state police in the arca were rushed to the scene to give assistance. The town of De- | von in an uproar as one ex- followed another, breaking glass and causing other a v Vie was ion dly lu- | call was sent to the v Forge Military academy at Devon and Major Milton G. Bax- head of the academy, led the entire personnel of 250 cts to the scene. They formed a rd around the plant and assisted restoring order. ‘he first of the series of explo- sions occurred at about 9 m., shook houses and other build- in and ings The ROBBERS SHOOT THO IN RESTAURANT VISIT Refuse to Believe ~Men Cannot Open Safe— Gunmen Escape detonation had hardly dled in pen out April 3, (A —Two men re wounded today by two gunmen o hicld up 12 patrons of a Green- wich Village restaurant and robbed hem of $100, The wounded men were shot | when they disclaimed any knowledge the combination of the safe of House and res- ral at| . patrons were lined up against the wall and robbed. Then the gu found Abraham Edesr i, cts | asleep in a chair behind a pertition to ! One of the gunmen poked him with a and ordered him to open tae ich gun the combination and the gunman ere | promptly shot him in the knee. The gunmen then went to Harry pa- | Gold. 40, a waiter. Pointing to the stations, Inspector Patrick MeCormick, wounded man, one of them ordered | Gold to open the safe and when he department rescue squad, | said he did not know how, one rob- under Fire Chief Joseph O'Hanlon, ber shot him in the stomach and the | other shot him in the back. As he {fell they escaped in the waiting antomobile. » wounded men were taken to Gouver hospital, were Gold's condition was described as serious. neur