New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD 16 SAILORS MISSING AFTER SHIP BURNS AND RONS ASHORE 10 Members of Boat's Crew, Tncluding Captain, Landed Salely—Hulk Still on Fire OTHER CRAFT SEARCHING SOUND FOR SUR\HYORS Lifeboat Upsets Just After I‘unch<‘ ing—One of Men Insists Nearby | Steamers Refused to Play Search- lights on Water in Effort to Lo- cate Drowning Sailors—Names of Dead Men Not Obtained. Stamford, April 25 (P—Sixteen members of the crew of the Long Island sound freighter Thames, ply-| ing from New York to Bridgeport, burned last night off Sound Beach, were missing this noon and 10 had been saved. Nine of the 10 rescued were taken | to Providence by the steamer Lex-| ington and one picked up by an oyster schooner rejoined his family in Bridgeport at last midnight. The | hulk of the craft, blackened by fire, was on a reef 700 yards off Tod,s\ Point on the Sound Beach shore. | Craft Still Burning At noon today the craft was still burning and coast guardsmen and | others were unable to get close to it. Al so0n as it is possible men will | zo aboard and endeavor to learn if there were men in the pilot house | when the steamer hit the reef.| Among the missing men is Pilot | TLeonard Hancourt of Seavie avenue, Bridgeport. Up till noon members of his family had had no word from him. | The Thames left New York for | Bridgeport at ¢ o'clock last night| and fire broke out when it was l’\e the sound off this shore. Captain Shgrman, who is at Prov- | idence, was of the opinion that the| fire caught near or room. The shipping list of the crew was suppased to have been made up in New York as the crew signed there for the round trip, but inquiry at the | New York oftice of the Thames| River Line company of Bridgeport, brought an answer that the crew list | was not available there. Seek Missing Men | The list was not at Bridgeport. Seven coast guard craft from Staten Jsland and New Tondon were| searching the sound between N.\m-‘ ford. Bridgeport and Port Jefferson, Tong Island, this afternoon for signs | of the missing men. | Although the water's for | miles was searched this morning | and a coast guard patrol boat «‘rmn‘ ed about the sound, no trace of the missing men was found. The fire swept the v el from which also there were severa®small | explosions during the night, wl‘ there seems little possibility of sal-| vage of cargo and equipment. It seemed evident that the bl ing steamer was steered from mic scund by hand, which would a count for its having been driven on | the reef. Mr, and Mrs. Aren Lar-| en, both of whom were among the | first to sight the ‘Thames afir from their home, said today they| watched the craft throug as it came ashore. . Stecred Onto Reef Both felt surc that some one was at the wheel, as after it was headeil in, with the stern wreathed in flames, its course did not deviate to any noticeable degree. It cam-> in almost a straight line {o the reef. | It seemed to them, the said, that| whoever was at the-helm was de- termined to beach the craft. Firemen and others who were sent out to the craft ~during the night found the heat from the| steamer so intense they could not =et within several hundred feet of it. in the boiler| cdge Nine Land in Providence Providence, April 25 (#) — The i captain and eight other members or ((,nmm\wd on Page '1'“0) HARTFORD 70 ACCEPT | SOLATION PATIENTS, ew Britain Cases Be Accommodated in Capital City to | Officials of the Hartford board of | health today advised Acting Mayor Pavid L. Nair that emergency . arising in this city in which patients Lequire isolation will be accepted at | the Harttord isolation hospitai| whenever beds are available. This arrangement will be tempor- | ary, it has been made plain, privilege to be revoked when, Mayor Quigley returns to health and is in a position to provide other means of caring for suclt ¢ Several days ago, the Hartford health board voted to devote uln-‘ third of the hospital space to the {reatment of tuberculosis sufferers, an arrangement which made it nec- | cssary to bar paticnts coming from points beyond the metropolitan dis- trict Acting Mayor Nair, yhn J. McBriarty of the board of Ith, and Dr. Louis J. Dumont, superintendent, are in Hartford this (tternoon discussing details of the wrrangement with Dr. Donald Craig n, chairman of the health comimn sion there, Chairman | prison discipline | of their | constantly since the d | tentiary remained {so far as | charged official at | concerned, | from Juliu |alle | every 1y able L Suspended Guard et e ———— A prominent figure in the inves- tigation of Ohio's penitentiary five | is pictured here. Above is Thomas | Watkinson, suspended guard, who | failed to liberate men trapped in the cell block because he had no orders | to free them. The guard is chargcl! with failure to realize the serious-| | ness of the fire until it was too late | bepate to save the men. PRISONERS QUIET AND OBEY ORDERS Conyicts March o Breaklast in|:. Orterly File Agan | JEERS SUDDENLY CEAS Demands for Resignation of Warden Thomas JIgnored—Unnamed In- mate Says Men Bragged of Plan to Firc Buildings. | Columbus, O., | parently April {(P)—Ap- accepting restoration of | convicts in the Ohio penitentiary, where 320 prison- | ers lost their lives in a fire Monday | went to breakfast in an orderly | manner early today. Cat.calls and hooting were abser and for the first time in four day the men marched with a firm, snap- | py step. Guards expressed amaze- | ment at the demeanor of the men | who only yesterday were a howling mob, refusing to abide by the order: Kkeepers and refusing m‘ heed orders until their demands for | the remoyal of Warden Preston L. Thomas were met. The warden was not removed, however Tight Relieve Workers Another about face in the * sive resistance” campaign w t as- | scen | | when cight convicts volunteered to | relieve 20 convicts who have shoyel- | cd coal in the power house almost | aster. An unnamed convict appeared voluntarily in Warden Thomas' of- | fice today and said that one of the prisoners in the section that burned, had announced Sunday that ‘“this| block wilk be on fire tomorrow.” The | fatal blaze occurred Monday night. | The convict was said to have nam- 1 the man who made the statement. He was turned over to the state fire al for further questioning. | on officials said the name of | | the informant would be withheld. As the governor’'s committee in- glasses | vestizating the fire went into session \* ald he I [ the death toll was incre as anotheg convict pneumonia in the prison hospital. Ja Andrews was the new | fatality, d to 320 | 11 Uncertain Columbu: April 25 (A — Whether Preston L. Thomas will be | removed as warden of Ohio peni uncertain today Removal * (Continued on Pago Two) REFORMATORY REGIME UPHELD BY OFFICIAL Hadl&_\' Says No Basis for Cheshire Case Complaints Hartford, April exoneration of Supt. George C. Erskine, in his administration of the Connecticut reformatory at Cheshire, the charges preferred | him by Edgar White, dis the school, are| was forthcoming today | .J. Hadley, secretary of départment of public wel- Pr—Completc against the state {fare and instigator of the recent ex- pose of conditions at the Meriden reform school. His department has reccived no lofficial confirmation concerning the tions of Mr. White, Mr. Had- ley stated today, in response to in- In the past, however, he has| investigated complaints made by in- mates of the reformatory, similar to those received periodically from statc institution, and has al- ways found them unjustified. “In my inspections at Cheshire, 1 have always found the plant in ex- | cellent condition and have been very favorably impressed with the attitude of the inm; Their be ing gives every evidence that they get fair trétment. There is no sign of the repression and restraint which is to be found in a peniten- | tiary. “I believe Mr. Erskine is unusual- administration of the (Continued on Page in his Two) | street | High street. succumbed w‘ : | discovered the slain man shortly be- ities | claims | has been | name | opening — Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 1 5,989 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1980.—THIRTY-TWO PAGFP~ ) ASK EVIDENGE HERE FOR BIGAMY TRIAL IN ITALIAN GOURT | Woman Born in This Gty Claims Hushand Has Taken Another | Wile Abroad MARRIAGE HERE IN.1925 IS FOLLOWED BY SECOND Wedding Certificate of Alberta Irenc | Reese and Richard Mario Salino Requested By Prosecutor at No- vara—Husband Denies Authentici- ty of Document Presented to Tri- bunal and Certified Copy is Sought. | ce~prominent opponents of the dry laws are pictured here as they | appeared before the house judiciar Tribunal Civile e|committee in Washington to Italy, hopes to |anti-prohibition testimony. Miss Salina, a for- | Elizabeth Harris, upper left, of th this city, guilty of | Wonien’s Organization for National hl;anm Prohibition Reform, attacked th The prosecution is brought by Al-|statements of dry leaders of several | berta Irene Reese Salina, also a. for- | women's societies who claimed to mer resident of New Britain, who |represent their entire membe has presented a certified copy of a|Maj.-C Clarence R marriage certificate of her marriage | upper right. famed World War lead- January T4, 19 to Salina. He ad-|cr, called prohibition * - | mits having taken a wife in Italy in | tempe thing that 1936, but denies he was previously | United States has lost narried, {000 in ten vea Complainant Native of City | Pierr Du Pont, lower right The complainant gave her name |dustrial leader, told the coni as Albert Ireng Reese, a native of | men. New Britain city officials today re- ceived a request for written evidence upon which the of Novara, prove Ric mcr resident of giv plo,\'e‘d as a factory hand, when sh April 19th .. PRICE THREE CENTS 1% | TESTIFY ON WET SDE . |\ . b oantsSHEN WHO GRINK LIQUOR Confidential Reports on Repre- sentatives Who “Pussyloot” | Not to Be Revealed 10 Public 'LOBBY COMMITTEE STILL OULZZES CURRAN TODAY Association Against Prohibition Data Not For Record—Work of Wet Group’s Agents and Expenses Probed—Committee Reports En- forcement Transfer Bill Favorably in Senate—Tydings Attacks Law. April 25 (P—Definite prohibition amen, » members of the House of Rep- resentatives in ction ed in the conne irinking, would not be place record of the by Senator ior, while de- mention of oy did and that they mote, if any ¢ ng. y the most with lob- (‘nll(\r'l«'\l B applied for a marriage license at the office of Town Clerk Thompson fi vears ago. The bridegroom signed as | Richard Mario Salina, 22 years old, s native of Italy, employed as a lvrwk_ mason. Salina lived at 57 Fast| and Miss Reese at 29 South Records at the office of the town clerk show the marriage | e e Mortgage Foreclosure Suit Dis- |of the Sou h (Ollgri'}.n(llon’\l church, | CUSSEd ]n CO“P{ T()day SOCIETY 10 FILE ANSWER “h"n the uto me before the | \ tribunal at Novara, the \omplm\.u\ Judge Foster Will Sct Time for Hear- ing After - ‘TABY' DEBT TRIAL | offered the certificate signed by Clerk Thompson as cvidence. The document was examined by the| crown prosecutor, according to the etter received here today, and when | lina made denial of its authen- | ticity, the prosecutor had the casc continued for further investigation. He communicated with William W. (Continued on Page Two) Considering Case Fur- ther Next Wecek—Attorney Gaff- ney for Bank Asks Action, y building with BOOTLEGGER KILLED - IN WALTHAM ALLEY |Father of 8 Children Taken one of the endorsers, said today. tor Rldc by (}fl“gstcr | D O'Connell was the only =2 > fendant named in wction origin- Enemies 2 a probable ssented in the tent in resul is held on the suit o cial Trust Co.. |ers of a 375 second mortg note, Attorney Geo W. Brady the ally, but four others w co-defendants as the ed in superior ¢ Waltham, Mass., April 25 i At the sho salendar seph Colaura, 50, wealthy bootlegger, | cOurt in and father of cight children who for | Ponald the past two weeks feared to leave | bank, asked his home, was found shot to dc a trial date, b in an allgyway beside the Fi ruled that all the tist church Hore early today filed and he ordered that the * ad been taken for a ride by | file an answer before next ngster enemies. Two revolvers, one | @t Which time he will na lly loaded, were found beside the | date. body. Persons iving in a house cight | feet away heard no sounds during | the night. fi Found At Dawn ot Patrolman Edwin H. Lovequist|Brady, Friday a trial At Tssue Ttobinson of Robinson & Cole with Attorney . O'Connell’s in- e were three were no indica the alleged or of excessive | > of property b leading author- | Dr. O'Connell to avold financial re- believe he had been shot else- | sponsibility as indorser of the not where and his body dumped into the | the hether there is a darkened alley by illers. debt r the mortgage of The body had three bullets in it.| the foreclosed, s throug »oorchead while | was two others w s back. Medical | in on Lixaminer G st viewed the body and pronounced the shooting a murder. €olaura had lived here two years He came from the so-called brick t the rights of Dr. O bottom section of Somerville about | be grotected, that the the time that extensive padlocking —— | proceedings wer arted against the “ontinue age T | Lorenz in Cell Within Wethersfield Jail Today Hartford, April 25 (UP)—Within hundred vards of the plac hie murdered Nils O. Ander 1SS SINONS T0 BECOME ASSISTANT COURT CLERK wevc ve murdceea sic 0. andcr Does Not Wish to Accept Position of [state’s -prison today awainting exe- cution August 1 unforeseen Three Points Attorney John i m of Robin: Hartford is handl fore daylight. Ther: tions of a struggle bleeding at the scene, Brady said today following statenient Attoruey Brad I 1ecessary, in or- ‘onnell nd the | (Continued on Page Two) Clerk of Small Claims gubernatorial o, i Lorenz miust hang. el > feut Justice t anr speed record in h youth trial. Lorenz was co 1 and sen- tenced by three jud t days after committed the cri | Miss mention Ruth Simons who has been i as the probable small court clerk does not wish to take the place, she has infor 1 [he Judges Stanley J. Traceski DATE T0 BE FIXED ON GIRL'S STORY | Plainville Face Serious Charge o MU AL & cords w [ ctation t by Carter ployed b, r on ewmm \ey were offered for yester 3 nator Robinson, re- publican, Indiana, bu ator Blaine, republican, Wisconsin, ob- jected to their introduction, Wwho was ¢ FOUR YOUTHS HELD the ! Quartef From New Britain and o be passed upon by a quorum of the committee, which was not pres- ent at the time h said today the committee d decided not to go into the re s at al committee today qu Henry H. Curran, president nti-Prohibition Association, Men Turned Over to Police in day concerning its activitie . in behalf of repeal of the law Farmington, Where Offense To0k joyvimination of Curran was com- ted and the committee adjourned ntil Tuesday when William H. Stay Old Companion Not Molested, | ton, chairman of the board, probably will be the witness. As the lobby committee began its of examinaiion of C the question of how to deal with confidential memoranda came VICTIM 1S 13- YEARS OLD, Young tioned of the for the ¥ On April 6—Girl's 16-Year- Plainvyille, Apr —John of Mour View ar Britain you of 412 Kar of Bro, 11 C kowski of 32 se yesterday when read a report from > associat records which said: arrested early 1 e itinued on Pa PRINCE BACK HOME; John Spar tord street, were ing by Constable George Schubert and Officers L. E. Harper and Wil- liam O'Day o e New Brit orce the r 11t of an inve: nade following a complai woman daughter strect Craft Comes Down Per- fectly in Back Yard of New Estate Upon receiving the cemplaint Iz evening Constable Schube viewed th girl and she complete story of the alle raming the four youths who wers later taken into custody, Accordi to information ived by the ¢ , the four picked up the L 16-year-old companion on § April 6. After they two girls for a long automo the car was driven to an ic in the vicinity of the Farmi ervoir, where the ed a took place on the -old The other girl stated ril 25 (A—The ned by air- from his long hunting a and landed in wha his own bagkyard ng was at Smith's Lawn, Windsor Park, to which & road is being built new country at St al hi: turn there was a of gratification people that the of their realm Great priv For: i me, (Continued on Pa Boulevard Rules for My rtle Strcct \oon Myrtlc Burritt stre vard highv and vehicles en Ly withi e is morni - and completed the 8( \rkably smooth His plane gli1- gt bRt ) ) ¢ landing and th boulevard is clear. I undihig Rrohers Puiks Prince rge, ther: latic i been in ope i West Main street for : i ext police depart- nt over rn and leaned ove } t t before it land plane cheerily to those beneath tersecting streets will re- : I shion quired to come fo E wheels had arose from stopp J. King of the his sea signs are being 4 e 5 Myrtle s tinucd on Pa 0) ALGOROLIG POISNING to allow iliar with Anna Falls of Mountain View, as was donc el eetay prosecutions w Mrd violations. Plaimville, Expires at New Morris D, Saxe, and plans being made now indicate that she will be given the official position of assist- ant court clerk, the dutics of whi she now perform Miss Simons he of Court CI about two-yeats been in the ofice | Emil Danberg for | and has assumed the clerk’s duties in police court and | in the office when Mr. Danberg was | o S onies. not available. She and Mr. Danbe will supervise the small claims court |7 and the clerk for this court will be | ston cngaged within a short time. It was indicated today that the new clerk | week and have g decided upon, but the | week to accede, has been Withheld. date for the ne of the pressure of the hrec ular business in the court office | master builders it is probable that the court ¥ not & scale o be started until a few days after 1yS A wee May 1 the date planned for the | 1. The builders r | but bricklay i1 for increased com- | 1 1 having been re- aster builders, upion masons have repeated their insistence for an increase of ven contracto fixing May 1 w schedulc I 10 notice was g in which to cons $12 a day 0 go into cffect Ay Sratedity rs continued at proposal Stone Masons Demand Raise In Pay And Insist On Answer Within Week Britain Gencral Hospital. Anna Falls of Mountain View., died in the New Britain ital this a holic poisonin ill last night and w hospital this morning A second demand o'clock. She was the wife of d with but on ek's notice alls, w band and several children. Rhode Island Guard Victim of Jail Break April 2 P—Ha hode !*MH(I state pr died this morning in Rhodc 1 pital from bullet wound: Partly cloudy and continued 1 was attacked by cool tonight; Saturday fair. v i) s in he prison in last pt 10 libe ¢ two con- She tas taken about 8 John oviden WEATHER 1) T ard New Britain and vicinity THE Tsland work. | % with | lobby commit- | political | record | Blaine contended that they ought | ¢ LANDS IN AIRPLANE from the | ternoon from | s sent to the | | s old and leaves a | SURVEY OF SEWER SYSTEM VETOED BY ACTING MAYOR AT QUIGLEY'S SUGGESTION []EI.AY M[WIE SH“W Proposal to Engage En- ON POLICE []RDERS gineers to Report on Faults and Remedies Rialto Program Starts Late a5 Fails *to Gain Ap- Result of Inspection proval of City Execu- BOLTS FOUND 0N Doogs, tive, Il at Hospital Wiring On stage Found ot con- Official Has Own Ideas on forming With Project and Turns Down Contract for $8,500 Ex- penditure—Nair Returns Resolution on New Fire Limits. Underwriters’ Reg- ulations — Rubbish Near Ixit — State Policeman Reports. late this ernoon on a | ders issued followi this forenoon by and Sergeant T. J. Feeney to have changes made in the elec- al wiring on the and an door replaced r Quigley, desire to un- the sewage dis- along lines which he For a time | has formulated in his own mind, uld be LActing Mayor David L air today Sl e cd the common council's resolu- Srma N | to make a of the ¢ ime will be who has expr solution o posal problen dertake entrance t seemed that the closed 1 thea t all several men, work once and some hanges were |- wdopted at a meef- ing April 16 over the objection of Councilman William D. Boyle, who asked the mec to postpone action until Quigley’s views could be learned, authorized = the board of public works to enter into contract In- | with Morris Knowles, Inc., of Pitts- con- | burgh, Pa., to make a survey and s scheduled with Prose- |Prepare recommendations at a cost J. G. Woods when |Of $8.50¢ B wasin N artioon u“e he resolution was prepared by S el the board of public works and the Bolts On Exit Doors |board of finance and taxation as a The alleged violation, according to | Joint commitiee to consider this he building inspector, consisted of |City's sewerage s and propose installing of bolts on exit doors. |reforms the disposal system. e doors are equipped panic | Whe wvas presented last week, | botts which open when pushed from |Councilman Boyle protested at the inside, as required, but it was |once. Alderman W. H. Judd spoke in |found that the additional bolts had |favor of adoption, reminding that it been installed for the purpose of [holds the city to a survey only, and the doors locked securely | does not require actual construction theater was not in |and Chairman E. F. Hall of the Policeman Starkell, is |board of finance and taxation teld of the inspection of mo-|the council members that this is ohe tion picture theaters in the state, |of the few cities in the state’ in visited the Rialto yesterday and which surveys have not already been | could not locate the manager. The |started. Councilman Boyle insisted extra bolts were observed and the in- |that Quigley should be consulted, spector intended to order them re- |stating t the mayor has given moved. The exits were in 500d con- [much study to the problem and dgition, he found, but one of the|might have definite ideas as to pro- doors was broken ccdure. When his recommendation He conferred with Bt was rejected he was excused from spector Rutherford and ( ‘owe,. | tive geant George ( Y. | tin | police headquarters to e situation was thoroughly Totto | s ution ¢ before Serggant T. J. I Pt detailed to accompany ik local inspectors to the t is said the inspectors nitely that the extra bolts v in operation at a theater was occupied ad not added to the r of the patrons in any way. They werc or- | dered taken off at once, however |and the order was complied .with. I ‘Wiring Ordered Changed HflSPITAL GUARDED IN some respects to the National Board | Pglice Fear cf Fire Underwriters’ ulations. He called the mattc tion of Electrical Curtin and the laf theater this aft | Rutherford said some the wiring had been 1 | the past two days, ar 3 nature that did not mit, it did not I mediately, { Inspector Rutherford | theater has had a number of mana- was difficult to keep 1 touc he situation in e inspectors were 1 today by a man who sai istant n The m New Hav lent, was out of the city for the time being T Parker-Smith corporation of New Haven has title to as no connection w made. allowed for | rrying out the orders completely. The possibility of a prosecution ordi- ernoon in the for ion of tk nanc this aft announcement by Building vio bui °s loomed keeping when th in charge lding Tn- | Mayor Nair also returned town clerk, vetoed, the reso- cating new fire limits which t presented to the council tn { proper parliamentary form by Alder- man W, R, Falk, presiding officer at the me disc eney was Attempt to Rescue Murderer Dur- ing Excitement visited Inspe changes in | ade thin | it was of | require a per- ccome known im New York, April 25 () — A small fire in a building on the grounds of Kings County hospital, Brooklyn, to- 1y brought four emergency squads police armed with riot guns and ar gas bombs to ward off any pos- sible rescue attempt of a man indict- ed for murder, who is a patient in hospital. No rescue attempt was mad In the detention ward of the hos- pital, overlooking the orderlics dor- {mitory which caught fire, was George Small, gunman, robber, escaped con- ict, Killer of & woman in a fight | with police R He was recaptured last November in @ running gun battle with Brook- ivn police during the course of which shot from Small's gun struck and d Mrs Irene Sumner, 30, as she VISITORS ARE BARRED der_guard, in Kings County hospital sinc He is to be arraigned next week on a charge of first degree Cannot Be Seen for murder, Time Hospital ATs Small escaped with George Barry rom Auburn prison, at Auburn, N. nounces Today | Y., last July during the revolt of 00 convicts. \ Three orde asleep with 72 of | their fellows in the hospital dormi- AT L A {tory suffered burns and injuries in EiByarsG ey Quigley, “(ac.imn: from the burning building. | who is recovering from bronchial| ", fire was extinguished after an | pneumonia. at the New Britain Gen- 4y ¢ wwork. Damage was estimated cral hospital, following the It 536,000, Attes an investimationia: nouncement by Dr. Joseph H. Potts | ;. "caiq there was no indication of at he would be able to see VIsitors | o aiaicn oon, that physicians and hospit The 1,500 patients in the hospital | officials today announced that Mr.!\ .io never in danger and there was will not be able to see Vis- |, oxcitement among them. itors until some indefinite time in the | | near future. 3 2 RLANE While the moyor is recovering| MEARS GETS NEW PLANE gradually and every day shows some | L0s Augeles, April 25 (UP)—John | slight improvement a well as a ‘H nry Mears, who set a speed rec- slight gain in strength, he is still [0rd around the world in 1928, was much too weak to sce visitors or dis- | due here today to accept delivery of business and physicians have [the new Leckheed airplane in locided to continue taking every |which be Liopes to lower the globe- tion until he has recovered to [encircling mark established by the point that there will be no ppelin He expects to start newest fiight atterapt in Jure. lcaving New and headihg out across the from a point in Newfound- ST e So many to v Quigley his is likely when mitted in the mayor's | will be allowed only .'m\(‘ cach day. visitors are per- room that they for a limitec | York city Atlant "um. e e g Sttt T