New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 26, 1930, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 ° NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1930. —TWEN~ ARREST OF MAN WHO SOLD POISON LIQUO IN PLAINVILLE IS EXPECTED Autopsy on Body of Mrs. Anna Falls to Be| Performed This Aft- ernoon ~— County De- | tective Hickey Begins Investigation. { Woman’s "Husband Also| | ‘Affected to Lesser Ex-| tent by Drink—Victim Leaves Relatives in New Britain — Funeral Mon-| day. | Herald) | (Special fo the Plainville, April 26.—Following an to be performed at the Ne Britain General hospital this after= noon by Medical Examiner Dr. J8hn Purney, Countey Detective Edward J. Hickey and the Plainville police authorities expect to arrest a Moun- tain View man in conncetion with the death of Mrs. Anna Falls, 40, by alcoholic poisoning yesterday after- noon. The authorities stated that they have no doubt that the autopsy will reveal that the woman was a vietim of poisoning. Her husband, John TFalls, is reported to have named the Mountain View man as the person from whom he purchased the liquor and has turned over the identity of the man to the police. Early ybsterday morning, Dr. George T Cook was called to attend Mrs. Falls at her home in Mountain View. Upon examining her, he or- dered her removal immediately to the New Britain General hospital. She was in a critical condition when admitted to the hospital and all at- tempts to save here failed. Her con- | dition failed rapidly and she died | about 2:15 o'clock. | Husband Also Affected Mr. Falls was also affected by the liquor and is under treatment b: Dr. Cook. This morning the ph cian stated that Mr. Fall's fondition was fair but not serious and that he would recover from the effccts of fhe fiquor. According {0 a story told by | Mr. Falls, he and his wife had taken a few drinks from a bottle of liquor in their home Thursday evening. He bought the liquor from a Mountain View man and stated that he under- stood the bottle contained alcohol mixed with a quantity of water and sugar. Part of the liquor remained in the bottle and was turned over to the policc authoritics for an an- alysis. Constable George Schubert was called in to investigate the death. He notified County Detective Hickey of Hartford of the circumstances con- cerning the death. This morning Hickey, two representatives from the state attorney’s office, Prosecutor Charles I. Conlon, and Constable Schubert held a conference with the result that an arrest is expected to be made shortly. Mrs. Falls was Yell known in Plainville and her unfortunate death shocked her many friends. Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Helen, Mary and Kathdr- ine Falls; two brothers, Steve and “John Salak of New Britain; and two sisters, Mary Goutraski of New Brit- ain and a sister in Poland. Funeral services will be held Mon- day morning at the Ukrainian church in New Britain at a timé to be an- nounced later. Burial will be in the Ukrainian cemetery in that city. DISPUTED 10WA TREE FELLED BY DYNAMITE earby Eggs Are Hatched, Removing Last of Man Obstacles | (/—The | Nonona Onawa, Towa, April 26 spreading branches of county famous maple trec have bud- ded for the last time. An explosion, a tremor of the weathered trunk, and the old monarch toppled to the sround Yesterday—dynamited. A month ago county supervisors issued* orders that the tree must be removed. A new road was being put through and the tree blocked: the way. But when woul-be choppers ar- rvived, an American flag fluttered high in the tree's branches, placed | there by Mrs. Ida Reitan, whose father planted the tree half a cen- , nonplused, appealed {o County Attorney Harry Miller. I'or several days the latter search- d many tomes of laws but could find no precedent. Then Mrs. Reitan agreed to remove the flag. By that time Pcte Peterson be- | came concerned. He had an incuba- tor full of eggs nearby and implored officials to wait until they had hatched. The explosion, he said, would *‘addle” them. Yesterday the eges hatched. iree fell. Monday The | steam shovels will | be poking long noses into the carth '. (FIREMAN THOUGHT LOST {inward bound and making for the| {to Hamburg, found the fog so dense | expected to arriv | EXHAUSTED STATE plete rest period. |1y of severe headaches but had con- R T0 WOMAN 5. 5. PRES. HARDING RUNS INTO COLLIER, American Liner Sinks Kirkwood O Heligoland Today | Dense Fog Blamed For Crash As Huge Vessel Heads For Mouth of Elbe — Transatlantic Ship Not Much Damaged. Hamburg, April 26 (#) The | American liner President Harding, | mouth of th€ Elbe River, collided in | a fog off Heligoland this morning | with the British Collier Kirkwood, which sank. The President Harding rescued all of the Kirkwood's crew with the ex- ception of onc firfman who was missing. The President Harding, proceeding that she was compelled to anchor| off Elbe Light Ship No. 1. Liner Little Damaged No onc was injured aboard the| American liner, and the United| States Lines later stated that the| damage to her was very slight. The | President Harding was able to con- | tinue under her own steam toward Hamburg where she was expected to | arrive in the afternoon, the fog still continuing. The Arfierican ship probably will dock here about nine p. m., as she rcached Cuxhaven about 3:45 and steamed up the Elbe river. The captain wirclessed that there was practically no damage to the President Harding, but added that | of the Kirkwood's crew, the missing fireman must be considered lost. Line 1s Notified Cuzhaven, Germany, April 26 (A— The American liner President Hard- ing collided today off Helgoland German island fortress, | with_the British Collier Kirkwood. | The Kirkwogd sank. | The creWof the Kirkwood was believed to have been taken aboard the President Harding, which pro- ceeded toward Hamburg. ‘ The collision occurred in a heavy fog. The United States Lines, owners of the President Harding, said that their ship was not damaged and wa: in Hamburg at 9 a m, ) p. m. | MAYOR WALKER IN Doctor Says He Has Breakdown From Over- work at Desk New York, April 26 (A—Mayor James J. Walker was confined to his home today with what his ph cian described as ‘“‘complete physical and nervous exhaustion, due to over- work.” The mayor was directed by Dr. William Schroeder, Jr., to remain at home and in bed for at least a week and during that period to receive no visitors. He also ordered that the patient be kept entirely free from all cares of office. At the end of the weck, Dr. Schroeder d, he would determine whether it would be necessary for the mayor to leave the ¢ity for a longer and morc com- The news of Mayor Walker's ill- ness came as a surprisc to city hall vesterday. He had complained late- tinued to fulfill the varied and heavy program demanded of his of- fice. 5 This afternopn he was to have reviewed the annual police parade and tonight to have presided as toastmaster at the Jefferson D: dinner of the National Democratic club. Both cngagements have been cancelled. During the mayor's ill- ness his office will be filled by Jo- seph V. Mc! president of the hoard of aldermen. Numbers ogi{e;c;i;el;s Clue in Waltham Case Waltham, Mass., April 26 (UP)— Numbers of two new revolvers found beside the body of Joseph Collura, 51, Waltham hootlegger, in an alley near the First! Baptist church here carly yesterday today constituted the most substantial clues to the slayer or slay State volice and Waltham detec- tives belicved Collura was “put on the spot” because Tie failed to listen to demands of racketeers that he abandon bootlegging. Collura served a three-month sen- tence on a rum charge a ycar ago. Police said they found a bottle of “alcohol &plits” on his person. SEEK BODIES OF BOYS Fast Wakefield, N. H., April 26 (UP)—Search was to be resumed to- day for the bodics of Robert Brad- ley, 17, and Arthur Rushmore, 16, both of Madison o who were drowned when a canoe capsized on | not mean that halt Great Kast lake. The youths had| been vacationing at the lake. [ PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF SUN VISIBLE | HERE ON MONDAY U. §. Naval Observatory An- nounces Phenomenon May Be Observed Locally DUE T0 BEGIN AT 2:40 AND COMPLETE. AT 3:22] New Britain Not in Path of Totality | But Part of Celestial Free Show | May Bé Watched With Ald of | Dark Glasses or Other fimilar De- vice—Crescent Suns to Be Seen— 2:10 P. M., Eastern Standard Time "By GEORGE 1f (Washington Burcau, ‘Washington, April ew Brit- ain residents will be trcated to a partial eclipse of the sun Monday afternoon, beginning at 2:10 p. m. eastern standard time, rcaching its fullest majesty at 3:22, and ending at 4:34, according to an announce- ment today by the U. S. naval ob- servatory. The ogly thing that can the S MANNING B. Herald) defeat free show by naturc is cloudy | itain is not in the path of | totality; but it is in the path of the which will sHow 59 per cent of the sun's surface covered by the moon. How to Obscrve It How to observe the cclipse to b advantage is simple: Pick out a location from which | the sun can be casily seen in the afternoon. Prepare an cyeshield. A well covered photographic film is sati factory. A picce of smoked gla will also mect the requircments. Dark spectacles also can be used, but merely tinted glasses should be avoided as they do not reduce the | sun's light sufficiently. | Do not attempt to view the sun without an eyeshicld or proper pro- tection such as has been indicate Temporary loss of sight or blindnéss might result. Pinhole Method strain can be obviated ' by | using the pinhole method of ob- servation. A hole is punched | through a small card with a fine needle or pin. Select a smooth whi card as u screen. The tiny hole as a lens since it is so small. Rays from opposite edges of the sun pa: cach othcr in going through tb hole and the result is an image of the sun on the cardboard This simple apparatus can be con- structed and tried out on the | eclipsed sun. In determining the extent to which the sun is eclipsed, remember that 50 per ceht partial cclipse do even | Eye un- of the arca of | the sun is covered, but only that half of the diameter of the sun is covered. If the trecs arc in foliage, dozens of crescent suns can be obscrved u der shade trees or on walls while the eclipse is in its partial phases: (Continued on Page Two) | THE WEATHER i — | NAv Britain and vicinity: | | ¥air and continued cold to- night and Sundagy. | THIS WEEKS AFFAIRS s|and reward its friends, lthe | screen. s |arousing Week Ending April 19th ... Average Daily Circulation For 15,989 PRICE THREE CENTS - — | Archduke Held For Sale of Gems | it et Archduke Leopold of Austria, against whom two indictments | charging grand larceny have been returned fov the part he is| alleged to have played in an unauthorized sale of a $400,000 | Napoleon diamond necklace, here is pictured, center, in custody | * his surrender. |was given by Napoleon Bonaparte to his second wife, Marie {Louise of Austria, was sent to this country of detectives aft Marie Therese of Austria, aunt of the Archduke, who is charged | with complicity in the sale of the jewels. et Y Ll PO | veloped Sound Steamer 16 UNDOUBTEDLY LOST aptain Unable to Give Any Inkling On Cause of Catastrophe—Three Investigations Begun to -Deter- 4 mine Blame, Bridgeport, April 26. (UP)— the dismal hopé of finding bodies to substantiate the believed death toil of 16_m the Only The necklace, which in 1811 freighter Thi oy by Archduchess , R A disaster drew searching boats into Long Island Sound again today. who started HOOVER T0 PRESS PARENTS DISPUTING PARKER'S CHOICE CUSTODY OF CHILD Throws Whole Administration Father Obtains Habeas Corpus That Democrat Will Be Appoint- | ed—Opposition Weakened Story, Obscrvers Say. April 26 Washington, €UP)- whole weight of the with its power to punish its enemies | I thrown | t W today into the senate breach nomination of Judge Parker, southern republic U. 8. supreme court While republican leader: ing missionary work among John debate Monday, the that there would soon b cratic vacancy on the cour atorial speculation. McReynolds to Quit An unofficial report that J Clark McReynolds, democratic mc of about to reti Baker, noted ¢ get his place, was being Tir apparently with White Housc proval. McR here, declined {o comment. mber the This news had a disquicting effest | 10 upon democr who are about opposc Parker. The m optimistic polls showed no more than 40 the 96 senatorial votes was for North Carolina republ (Continued on Page Two) . Weight Behind Court Appointee Wit in Superior Court 'BAKER RUMOR CIRCULATED WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE | Report McReynolds Will Retire and | | | By G administration over | T to the | were do. party bolters, preparing for the opening ot pired rypore a demo- wits conservative court s | > and that Newton .| eveland attorney may alated ap- | nolds, ill at his home republican of | th an nominee | from New York late Thursday on a routine trip up the Sound to Bridge- | Ten of the crew of | that had times port—a trip been made scores of without ineident— today. They owed their lives to Coast Guards and boatmen who dared heavy s from wind-swept, icy s 11 Belicved Lost Fourteen of the missing men were believed to have drowned in the | Thame's two life boats after firc of as to rescue them unknown cause had forced them to abandon ship off Cobb Point, Sgund Beach Thursday night. One man Husband, Accused of Intolerable | left behind jumped into the water | scen again. The 16th Cruelty and Intemperance, Gets Order Requiring Mother to Bring Tiverton, R, T., | went to his death with the blazing laughingly shouting to the ad taken to the lifeboa! Girl, 6, Before Judge. will be on_op- superior court next | iday morning when they will fight | tin possession of the A husband and wife po: sid in wept Thames ploughed beach with its steering wheel laghed everal hundred yards 'off shore. o only child | a girl, who will be brought into court L % | : of McNamara, W as on a habeas corpus writ obtained by | L MERpanara. ho W i L Y1 one of the most popular members | her father. Mrs. Maria. Companz Pe- | of the crew and would have earned res, brought sult vesterday against|his second. engineer's papers et her husband for divorce and custody | wock. had been found in the smould of their six year old child. Tods Ashe e husband, Fernando Teres, (hrough | ¢pich Jies hurned to the water's cdge Attorney Irving Rachlin, received the information from superior court that the petition for a habeas cory writ has been granted by Ju IFoster. Among the arguments put forward the husband why he should be| given the custody of the child is that | his wife is not able to care for the | girl préberly. He claims he is read: and willing tosmake a home for the | irl it the court rules that the tody should be left with the father. At the present time the child is with its mother. They have returned to this country after a visit in Spain at t (Continued on Pagec Two) R e Turn the Clock Ahead For “Daylight Saving” At 2 o'clock tomorrow morning everybody in New Britain except one or two churches and owners of public clocks will officially an- nounce to the world that sum- mer time is here. Daylight sav- ing time starts tomorrow at Hpm. Nearly all churches and pr: c mother || tically all other ctivities will on of the || make the customary change to-s| morrow in their regular sched- ule. Monday all business will be on the summer time. Turn the clock ahead one hour before re- tiring tonight | by |and it is cxpeeted t | will fight to retain po: girl. According to the divorce complaint which was drawn up by her attor- (Continued on Page Two) CAPTAIN EDWARD H.PARKEL Pouce 1o STUDY TRAFE(C CONDITIONS AT SO.CHURCH CORNER ELECTED COMMANDETR OF UNIFORM RANK , P.O.S.OF A . A WEOEK ForL THISCHAP— MANY AMATEUR SHOWS T HIS WEEK, — ESss= 5 & £ PAST COUMANDER E NATUAN C. AVERY WANTS BOSTON GOOD Wikl A\RPUANE TO LAND HEE WHED (T TOURS THE COVATRY NEYT MONTH - = and crashed in a reef | | formatory Charges Too General ]WHITE’S LETTER PUBLISHED \ | Definite Instances of Improper Con- | aitions Needed, Discharged Ches- hire Official Told—Trumbull Interested. | Hartford | out that }ant" April “a broad, (P—TPointing general com- furnished insufficient grounds for the drastic action taken lin the case of the Meriden School {for Boys, Edward L. Kelley, exceu- v to Governor Trumbull, in a letter sent |tive secreta out yesterda | White |official of the Connecticut reforma- |tory, that no investig |orde | , in- formed Ldgar E discharged tion would b red at the Cheshire institution. Governor Keenly Interested “I am directed by the governor .0 acknowledge receipt of your letter , 1930, says Mr. Kelley's governor 1 |at all times been keenly interested 1 the administration and conditions ,existing in all of the state institu- tions. He is particularly interested in the welfare of the inmates of these institutions. “He cannot. however, resort 1o the drastic action proposed in vour letter with the only basis a broad and general complaint “To justify a consideration by the governor of the need of an investi- gation of the Connecticut reforma- tory at Cheshire, definite and spe- cific instances of the alleged im- proper conditions should b Mr. White’s letter to the gov was also made public. It is as fol- lows “For several years improper con- ditions have existed at Connecticut reformatory—ronditions comparable to those recenty revealed by the in- vestigation at the hoys’ school in Meriden. says He Knows Conditions “With these conditions T am well quainted through service of scven vears as principal of the a school—conditions which men of virtue, in their endeavor to correct |received rank injustice—and condi- tions which have continued to e fo the present, as evidenced by t K issal on April 9 of four en one of whom, Thomas | Kane, was the deputy superintendent for 12 or moye Year! “The Connecticut reformatory {should be investigated in the samc manner as was the school at Meri- den. “Will you pleasc use your power he vestigation 2" ASSAILANTS OF GIRL UNDER §2,300 BONDS Quartet From This City and Plainville to Be Tried Wednesday Farmington, April 26 — | vouths, three them from Rritain, were given a hearing statutory charge before Judge |Bewes last night. The: charged with assault on a cld girl. The magistrate held them under 0 bonds for trial Wed- nesda; Two of the boys, William Fawelc of 412 Broad street and Joseph Kaminski of 44 Clinton street, both of New Britain, were able to furnish the bond. two, John Sparkowski of 325 Bui- ritt streef, New Britain, and Kopycinski of Mountain Vic | Plainville, were turned over to Chi Nathan W. Fuller and are being hs because they could not procure bond | The quartet were arrested |yesterday morring by Constable orge Schubert of Plainville and Officers L. E. Harper and William Day of the New Briain police. According to the story told authori- ties by the girl, the four youths, who range from 17 to 20 years age, picked her and a 16-year-old companion up and took them for an automobile ride on the afternoon of Sunday, April 6. The girl said ths they then drove to an icehouse n | Farmington reservoir and assaulted her. The other girl said she wa I not molested. Herald) Tour New on @ s When Lighting Fails Milford, April 26 (UP)—An un- expected romantic touch was added to the high school prom last night and the dancers fox trotted in darl ness for more than two hours. A few flickering gas jets gave the orchestra light enough to read its !nmsh' and the dance continued, de- |spite the protests of several of the | more puritanical older folk present L:m chaperons to hring about this much neecded in- | The other | John | when the town hall lights went out | ot BREAK UP DEMONSTRATION S JOBLESS MARCH ON CITY HALL; ARREST OF 5 INCLUDES AGITATOR SEANEN DESCRIBE. BROAD COMPLANT Army o Unnloe THAMIES DISASTER ISNOT ACTIONABLE, Ferads From. Labor Bureau on Harvard Tell of Sudden Flame That Bn- Governor's Secretary Says Re-| Street to Center of Community to De- | mand Work. | Vincent Harangues Crowd | and Inspires ‘Advance on Office of Mayor—Four Will Be Presented in Court on Charge of Un- lawful Assemblage. Is Five rested alleged communists were ar- this morning about 10:30 | o'cloci: by the police when about 10¢ men started a march city storcyard on Harvard unemployed 1 the to the city hall John Vincent, 21, harangued the unemployed who had assgmbled at the stoneyard seeking jobs and end- cd his fiery address with the exhor- | tation to advance on city hall and | present their demands to the head of the government. As the throng proceeded in an or- lerly manner along East Main street sergeants Patrick A, McAvay and omas J. Feeney approached in the police service car. They seized "Vin- |cent. who was at the head of the parade, and hustled him off to po- lice headquarters. The paraders, un mindful of the interruption, contin- 1ed. Up to Main street, the throng pro- -| sressed, and down Main street to the |corner of West Main. Here almost {all of the marchers deserted the {ranks but a little more than half a | dozen of them entered city ha | They made their way to the office |of #he mayor where Andrew Falis |started fo make an address. Police Cut Speech Short He had just said, “Well, fellows lere is the place to make your de- | mands,” when the iwo police mer- ants again appeared on the scenc and seized the speaker. He was rushed pell mell out of the building. | ov veral hundred curious on- ookers were gathered. Before the | gathering was broken up, four more | were arrested here. They were book- led at police headquarters as Walter ogi, Jerome Scrogi, Stanley Scrogi, brothers, and Fali Handbills and stickers were found |in the possession of the quintet at police headquarters exhorting to “Down Tools!” and march “Out of " on May 1. The stickers se a gathering to be held at | the corner of Main and East Maia | streets on May 1. They are signecd | the Communist Party, U. S. A, loc | New Britain. Thoe polige have re- | fused to issue a permit for the meeting. Tn one of the handbils it is stated |that from President Hoover to Mayor Quigley, all the promises io improve conditions have been prov- en false. Oth lines exhort their readers to raily to the defense of th® Soviet Union. Acting Mayor David L. Nair was present at the police station when (Continued on Page Two) ARREST INTERFERES - WITH SUICIDE PLAN Despondent Man Saved From Killing Himself by Police Frank Verdi, 35, of 23 Star streel hecame discouraged last night and | determined to end his life with a | knife, he told Judge M. D. Saxe in police court today. He was charged with breach of the peace and car: rying a knife without a permit from Chief Hart of the police department, and was fined $25 and costs on thc first charge, judgment being sus- pended on the second. Officers Daniel J. Cosgrove and {James Sullivan testified to making |the arrest and finding Verdi with |the knife, at his boarding place. He was about to go out to stab him- sclf, the policemen were informed. Questioned by Prosecuting Attor- |ney Woods, Verdi said he had nc | intention whatever of killing anyonc |but himself. He admitted that he ‘l\ad been drinking. Judge Saxe advised Verdi to be more careful of his conduct in the future and leave liquor alone, “When you feel discouraged go to bed until you feel better,” the court con- cluded. Prosccutifke Attorney Woods |agreed with Judge Saxe that it w not a typical case of carrying e cealed weapons, as Verdi had ju | picked up the knife from the table jand had not gone out with it eon- scr,aled about his persom, .