New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1930, Page 1

¥ Jr'reparable v FIRST EDITION ESTABLISHED 1870 VANDALS DEFACE WAR SHAFT AT WALNUT HILL PARK PEAK BY CARVING NAMES ON BASE Damage Thought Done to Me- morial Erected in Honor of Men Who Gave Lives in World | Wide Conflict. .Sl\'arp Instrument Used to| . Cut Into Stone—Discov- ery Made By Policeman | McGrath—Supt. Elling- wood -Believes Act Was Committed Last Night. Three names have been carved in the base of the Word War memorial at Walnut Hill park, a sharp instru- “ment having been used. inflicting cuts of a nature which is expected to be permanent. Policeman Charles McGrath, who | does patrol duty in the park, found the damage this morning and filed a report at police headquarters. The names inscribed are Armand Volando, Kid Knod and §. Walman. When apprised of the situation today, Park Superintendent Clyde Ellingwood stated that he had not received any information on the matter but believed that the work must have been done after the po- liceman went_ off duty at 11 o'clock last night. This is not the first experience of its kind but the most serious yet re- ported, according to Mr. Ellingwood. On two othes occasions someone has cut the flaggpole yope at the monu- ment and at another . time the light bulbs in the standards at the en- rance to lhe meorial were smashed. . USES LlfiHTEI] CANDLE REPAIRING GAS LEAK Man Burned On Face By Explosion and Fire in Cellar e Efrem Noveck of 313% Hurlburt ptreet dechded to save some money today by being his own plumber. He entered' the cellar of his home with a pipe wrench and a lighted candle 1o repair a gas leak.' The fire de- partment finished the job. Efrem lives on the first floor of a twosfamily house, owned by Sol Du- bowy. Noticing an odor of gas in his home this morning shortly before 9 o'clock he went down to the cellar to turn off the petcock. He carried a Stillson wrench and a candle, He also forgot that all stand- ard valves and screws turn one way, 50 he turned the wrong way. Instead of shutting off the valve he turned it wide open. When he disconnected the pipe a full flow of gas filled the cellar. An explosion followed. Noveck was slightly burned on the right side of his face. Neighbors turned in an alarm from box 67 on Hurlburt| street at 9:04 o'clock. Several com- panies responded . Flames worked their way in be- tween the walls and the_ weather- | boards, making it a difficult fire to fight. Dense clouds of smoke mingled with fumes of escaping gas made it impossible for some time for firemen to stay in the cellar. It was neces- sary to direct streams of water through the cellar windows® and through holes Chopped in the side of the house, Several firemen were partially pvercome by gas and smoke. Although representatives of the New Britain Gas Light Co., were on the ground and shut off the gas in the service pipé entering the house, there was enough gas left in the mipes to maintain a roaring flame in the cellar for 15 minutes or lénger. Streams of water were of no avail until the gas burned itself out. The damage will amount to about $500 in property and furniture, fully dnsured. J. M. Burdick Unde_rgoes Operation in Hartford J. M. Burdick of 63 Grove Hill, general superintendent of the Stan- ley Rule and Level plant, was taken | to the Hartford hospital in the hos- pital ambplance last night. He was expected to undergo an operation to- day for a sudden illness. Just a few hours before Mr. Burdick was taken to the Hartford Thospital his sister, Mrs. Isabel Em- mons of Dwight street was taken to New Britain General hospital for treatment. Mrs. Emmons was taken to the hospital by Walter M. Bass- ford, a nephew. Brother and sister were mot aware of gach otheygs ill- ness. * * | THE WEATHER - | New Britain and vicinity: | qu;‘xd,r. probably showers to- | | night and Sunday. |45 years of |he had had NEW BRITAIN HEB* — \W\ NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1930. —EIGHTL CROSS EXPLAINS POLITICAL STAND Got First Taste of Poliics ‘At “Gracker Barrel” YIGOROUS - DESPITE YEARS U “ Going Into Race With Both Eyes \Wide Open—Says Dry Law Has Made Nationa a Country of, Drink- ers. New Haven, Sept. 13 (UP)—If Dean Emgritus Wilbur L. Cross of Yate Graduate school is elected gov- ernor on the democratic ticket this | fall it will be a,triumph for the | “old cracker barr€l" school of pol- ities. 1t was while listening to farmers debating questions of the day in the general store at Mansfield, his birth- place, that the seeds of political- mindedness which were to blossom in a gubernatorial nomination after teaching first were planted, Dean Cross.revealed in an interview with ' the United Press. Cross, as a lad of 12, was a clerk in the store and -he believes many of the businesslike traits he developed there would stand him in good stead in running the state. Vigorous Despite Years The candidate received the cor- respondent at his quiet home on Edgehill road Jast night. Although oaly a few hours' unin- terrupted sleep in two days, the 68- vear-old professor appeared vigorous and alert. He had just returned from a trip to New York to attend to pri- vate affairs after Thursday's dem- ocratic state convention at Eastern Point whfch gave him® the nomina- tion. <l In a conversation which lasted more than two hours, Dean Cross revealed ‘himself as no tyro at poli- tics. He left the impression that if | he chose he could turn out a volume | on practical politics which would be fully as authoritative as his works on the early novel. Both Eyes Open The educator is going into politics withihis eves wide opén. He knows that a smooth-working political or- ganization is as necessary as a pow- erful issue or an attractive person- ality, that votes will be bought and s0ld and attempts made, perhaps, to tamper with the results. “But I'm not afraid | of adven- (Continued on Page Two) . INDIAN WAR VETERAN T0 WED AGAIN AT 80 Albert Remington Will \Take Mous. Lillian Gray for Bride Wedding bells will ring next month for Albert Remington, the only New Britain survivor of the In- dian wars, and Mrs. Lillian Gray of 21 Winthrop strect, the ceremony probably taking place on or about the 80th birthday of Mr. Remington, which occurs October 14. This announcement was made’ last night at the home of Mrs. Horace ARGENTINE HOLDS | who {military as necessary to assure peace [ weeks and will enter upon the study | being transferred to the local staff- ALBERT REMINGTON of 261 Monre street, when Eddy entertained in henor ot Mrs. George Davis of Hartford. Mr. Remington lives at 28 €hurch treet. He comes of a military fam- ily. He was 25 vears old when General Custer led his army_into the Indian maseacre in the Little Big Horn count® and he recalls vividly the exodus of the whites into the regiap of Mansas where, as ha puts it, “the man who drew first lived.” . Tn those days. the six-shoot- er was the law sharply in contrast with present conditions in the state of Kansas, Mr.>Remington points out Two years ago, Mr. Remington re- ceived a saddening) blow when his mother died’ at, the age of 97 vears. He has teveral daughters and one son living. Mrs. Gray's husband died 18 vears ago. She is a native of Win- 2ddy Mrs. * ... (Continued on Page Two), DEPOSED LEADER FOR PUNISHMENT Dr. Hipolito Irigoyen Under Ar- rest and Will Not Be Re- Jeased to L¢ave Nation OFFICIAL GOMMUNIQUE SAYS PREYIOUS PLAN CHANGED Ex-President Aboard Cruiser—An- nouncement Clears Status — Former Minister Held Today— Radicals to Go Free—Many Exiles Swarm Into Uruguay—Cuba Faces Possible Outbreak. Buenos Aires, 8ept. 13 (A—An official government communique is- sued today said the deposed presi- dent of Argentine, Dr. Hipolito Iri- goyen, was under arrest and would not be allowed to leave the country. The communique cleared the status of the aged former official, Thursday morning was placed aboard the cruiser, General Bel- grano, presumably for transporta- tion to Montevideo or other place of exile. The General Belgrano did not reach Montevideo, however, despite official notification to the Uruguayan government from its ambassador at Buenos Aires that the warship was enroute to Uruguay, and after sev- eral hours outgoing steamers report- ed to La Nacion, important Buenos’ Aires paper, that'the cruiser was at anchor off Buenos Aires roads. The status of arrest for the de- posed president aroused some spec- ulation as to an ostensible change of heart in the new chief executive, General Jose Francisco Uriburu, who in interviews early in the week said that Irigoyen would be allowed tp go where he wished. The national supreme court ssued an extraordinary decree today af- firming legality of the de facto gov- ernment and excusing its use of the (Continued on P2ge Two) JAMES J. BUTLER RESIGNS FROM HERALD NEWS STAFF City Hall Reporter Will Go to W ington, D. C.. to Take Up Stugy of Law. James J. Butler of 4 Highland street, for more than 10 years a member of the reportorial staff of the Herald, will leave the employ of the Herald Publishing Co. in two of law at Washington, D. C. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. | James M. Butler. After being grad- uated from New Britain High school | as president of the class of 1918,/ Butler éntered the employ of the Herald as Berlin correspondent, later as city hall reporter. In 1921 and 1922 he was president of the Y. M. T. A & B. society; from 1923 to 1925 he was a member of the board of assessors, was on the school board in 1927, and from 1928 until last June was chairman of the board of fire commissioners. As chairman of the local delegation to the demo- cratic congressional convention he will lead the 23 delegates from this city in the district convention at Hartford next Wednesday. He has covered city hall and politics for the Herald for several years. MCBRIDE OPPOSES WOODGOCK ASKS $3,300000 “Impossible | talk of submitting would never ratify such an amend- ment.” discussing a letter written by Sena- | tor Jones, in which the sponsor gent would be willing to submission to the people of a pro- posal for repeal or voters of his state desired. Average Daily Circulation For. Week Effding 15’077 Sept. 6th ... Cop des x{s \W\ they will apyp cup. Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V defender, Enterprise, America's Picture was taken off Newport, vachts hold their first brush today. Associated Press Photo (foreground) and America's in competition for the histor! R. L, where the two pear VOTE ON DRY LAW nti-aloon Head Says Ballot Would Surely Lose and Ridiculous” Ts| Leader's Reply — Claims States Would Support Present Regime | Without Doubt. 13 ) — Fiesh | the prohibition question to the states or the people for a new decision caused the Anti- Saloon league today to reaffirm its opposition to any such project. F. Scott McBride, superinfendent of the dry organization, characte- ized such a proposal as “impossible ‘and ridiculous.” States Would Not Ratify ““We'll oppose resubmission of pro- hibition to the states or the people,” | he said. “Any such proposal would be impossible and ridiculous. It would take a two-thirds vote of the senate, and house for congress to propose such an amendment and the congress is now more than two to one dry. Three fourths of the states ‘Washington, Sept. McBride made the statement in republican, Washington, of the strin- law said he work for the “five and ten" modification if Repeats Views The letter was largely a reitera- tion of views expressed by Jones sev- cral months ago. Then, as in his re- (Continued on Page Two) {GOLUMBIA LEAVES MONTREAL AIRPORT (Capt. Boyd and Lienf. Connor Hop to Harbor Grace PLAN ATLANTIG CROSSING Fliers Hope to Reach Destination at | Dusk—Take Off Despite Unfavor- | able Weather Forecasts—Course | Is Plotted. St. Hubert Airport, Montreal, Que., Sept. 13 (P—Captain Erroll Boyd and Lieutenant Harry Connoy hopped off at 7:39 a. m. (est) today in the moRbplane Columbia for Harbor Grace, N. F., on the first leg of a projected transatlantic flight to England. Weather Not Good The start was made despite re- ports from Dr. James H. Kimball, meteorological expert at New York, that weather conditions were not the best. Lieut. Connor, the navigator, out- lined the course Columbia over New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Breton Islan, Basques and along coast of Newfoundland to Harbor Grace. P The fliers expect to reach Har- bor Grace before dark. “From Harbor Grace we will fly | due east, making our departure from | the | St. John's and intercepting Great Circle course between York and Fastnet, Ireland, New along which we expected to pick up the | ocean liners,” Connor said. 450 Gallons of Gas Four hundred and fifty gallons of fuel were to be takengboard at Har- (Continued on Page Two) | one in, ‘messag{‘, to Mrs. Yancey. “Forced to be taken by the | | Complete loss. No one injured.” Cape | across to Port Aux | the southern | FOR SKI And Figures On By ‘the Associated Press. Contestants— United States Skippers Enterprise. Start—Nine miles southeast RS r Thomas Li bilt, port, Schedule—First race today week days, weather permitting. for one day to intervens at any ti Time—10:30 a. m,, (E. § 30 p. m. Distinguishing white stripe at water line and lig white hull and bronze underbody. windward-leeward, 15 miles each Time limit—Yachts must c half hours Number of races—Best four of seven. marks—Shamrock 5th, Distances and courses—Thirty miles each race. American Cup Yacht Race Faets Two Contestants pton's Shamrock 5th; challenger; dicate's Enterprise, defender. Ernest Heard, Shamrock 5th; Harold S. Vander- \ of Brenton Reef lightship, New- ’ and other races on successive ither skipper given right to ask me, T,) with no race to start after emerald green hull, ht brown underbody; Enterprise, First to be leg: second to be triangular, ten miles each leg; courses then to be alternated for succeeding races. Omml‘te course in five and one- YANCEY STRANDED A5 PLANE BURNS “Cracks Up” Machine In Land- ing At Bahama Isles MAKING SOUTHERN TOUR Famous Flier and Companfons Un- hurt, Radio Messages Say—Tests of Wireless Apparatus Made on Trip. New York, Sépt. 13 (A—Their | plane wrecked and burned, Captain | Lewis A. Yancey and two compan- |ions were stranded today on a little island in the Bahamas on the way home from a tour of Latin America. All escaped unhurt. News of the accident was receiv- | ed hero in radiograms from Yancey | NONAN FINED $lall ONLIQUOR CHARGE \Mrs. Adela Kowers of Temy- ville Arres ted In Bristol COMPANION ALSO FINED | Police Tipped Off by Call Fined Alleged Alcohol Auto—Judgment Telephone | in Suspended in New Britain Man's Case. Bristol, Sept. 13 — Mrs. Adela Kowers of Terryville’ was fined $150 and costs in police court here this morning on a charge of transport- ing liquor. Kawiecki, and costs on a charge of possessing to his wife and to Is#dore Goldberg, president of the Pilot and Radio Tube Company, sponsors for :he! flight. | Ship “Cracked Up"” “Ship cracked up and burned. No jured,” Yancey said in his message to Goldberg said:{ landing Exuma Island. | over and burnedy plane. His Turned As the message was sent by way of Georgetown, friends assumed the forced landing had been made on Great Exuma Island. Yancey, Zeh Bouck, radio opera- tor, and Emil Burgin, pilot, depart- ed May 14 from here. They flew to Havana: Merida Yucatan; Vera Cruz, Mexico; over Central America te the Canal Zone, then down the west coast of South America, across the Andes to Buenos Aires from where they began the homeward | flight. 3 Tried Radio Tests During the flight Yancey mented - with experi- long distance radio (Continued on Page Two) THIS WEEK'S AFFAIRS . Fuew, SAYS WerRe 13,385, TOMMY7, W OF usmsal B2 ScHick LANDS HUcE F(SH AT. YORK, ME. \ W T HILS UAS FEICULTIES WITH E HUNTERS~ .,” |I”|I } .|hlu| iy THE COOW— Ee‘flk\’nse’b Like toww Pheken CHARMAN OF PoLicE Bogrw WOAD AUTO STUNTS ON STREETS~ |13 Perkins street, Torrington, |ed from an automobile in which he | towards | liquor with intent to sell. The man and woman were arrest- ed early this morning on the Terr; ville road after local police had re- ceived an anonymous telephone | call from Terryville saying that the pair had left there with liquor in their car. Police seized two gallons of al- leged alcohol which they say Mrs. Kowers intended to take to the Kawiecki home. Upon this assump- tion they placed the charge against the man. Sliwa Arrested / Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs in the case of Fred Blum of New Britain who charged with taking an automobile belonging to Stanley Sliwa without permission. Ernest Parker and Edward Gile of Bristol, arrested at the same time on a charge of breach of peace, also had judgment sus- pended in their cases. After the hearing, while Sliwa was still in police headquarters, he was placed under arrest for failure to pay a fine of $23 which wassimposed on him some time ago when he was arrested on a breach of the peace charge. He had been on probation upon his promise {o pay the fine and his appearance in court called the matter to the mind of the probation officer. His arrest fol- lowed. MAN LEAPS FROM [}AR DISAPPEARS IN WooDS Leaves Wlfe Suddenly and | Makes Way Back to Torrington * Taken with a spell such as h2 has had a number of times, accord- ing to his wife, Andrew Gesick of leap- and his wife were riding Plainville with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Swain of Torrirfgton, about 1 o'clock this morning, a short distance west of the stone quarry near White Oak, and disappeared in the woods. Supernumerary Officers Todzia and Roy, upon being notified by Mrs. Gesick, conducted a search of the woods but could not find Gesick. About 3 o'clock, however, the police | notified from Torrington that | were he had returned home. Mrs. Gesick told the police her husband has been suffering from\a mental ailment for some time and was discharged from a hospital about a month ago. TAKEOFF Sambongi, Japan, Sept. 13 (P— Harold L. Bromley, American flier, announced tonight he intended to take off at dawn tomorrow on his projected non-stop flight to Tacoma. Wash. e * ==X HIGH TIDE—SEPTEMBER 14 | (Standard Time) | New London 1 Her companion, Michael | a cousin, was fined $100 | possession | was | today re- | PRICE THREE CENTS ([ Challenger and Cup Defender ] ENTERPRISE AND SHAMROCK V READY STARTING GUN IN YACHT CONTEST:; ES OVERCAST AND BREEZE LIGHT Skippers Hope Condi- tions Will Improve as Race Progresses - Sea Smooth Over Course— Sails Chosen for Tilt By Captains. Sir Thomas Says Wind Re- minds Him of “Irish- man’s Hurricane” Landing Scene of Great Activity As Spectators Arrive for Contest. R. I, Sept. 13 (A—A {cap full of air of not more than two jor three knots|in strength came out of the northwdst at 8 o'clock this morning giving a none too alluring pro ect for a fine racing day for the first contest between the Amer- ican defender Enterprise and 8ir Thomas Lipton's challenger Sham- rock V. It was hoped conditions would improve as the morning wore on. The sea off Brenton's lightship was smooth and the light vessel rolled in the lazy ground swell. In the middle of the mornin~ a | very light northwest wind was blow- |ing off Newport and overcast skies | were clearing as the hour approach- {ed for the start. Indications were |that the wind was slowly increasing lin strength. Skippers Astir Early | Skippers and crews of the racing | sloops were early bestir and getting {ready for the day's business. Harold anderbilt, skipper of the Enter- prise. came on deck of his steam vacht Vara, took a brief look at the weather,sand then went through his daily morning setting up exercises. After breakfast Mr. Vanderbilt be- an the selection of sails for the day. The lightest of sails were ®e- lected and taken over and put below decks on the Linterprise. The main- |sail was bent on just before a tow was taken from the tender Bystand- er, for the starting line nine miles {\agthpfisl of the light vessel. ailormen scrambled over the side |of the sleek looking Enterprise and | began sanding the deck, after which the crew had breakfast on the tend- er Carona. | Over on | Killarney, Newport, the Lipton tender, the the crew also was active |in getting everything in readiness | for the contest. Sir Thomas came on deck and looked the weather over. House flags hukg limply from the tops of mainmasts on the scdres of yachts swinging at anchor in the Newport harbor. “It's an Irishman’s hurricans that's blowing,” said Sir Thormas which is the sailorman’s way of say- ing there wasn't any wind at all. The sky was overcast and the sun tried to burn off the screening clouds that hung over the sea.s The lively breezes that had been blow- ing over the racing lanes for sever- |al days had played the sailors felse. Should the race be started with the wind frog the present quarter it |would be a 15 mile run down the wind to the southeast and a slow | beat back. Landing Shows Activity T)\r New York Yacht club lands vas a hive of activity this mornmg Launches darted back md forth from the scores of yachts ored in the harbor while the crews made ready to get the yachts undorv\av for the starting line. It s the largest fleet of yachts, steam S sailing, that has ever assemblad in this vachting port. Outside in th’ harbor entrance were large ex- |cursion craft that had arrived eariy today from New York and other points. | Theregatta committee went on | (Continued on Page Two) , POLICE SEEKING TWO ATTACKERS OF GIRLS | Victims Refuse to Give mes But Describe Assailants Walking through Lake street, about 9 o'clock last night, two girls who refused to give Officer John O'Brien their names, were attacked by two young men near Landers, | Frary & Clark’s factory, formerly | the National Spring Bed plant. One |of the girls was seized and thrown to the sidewal but her compan- ion's screams frightened the young men away. Officer O'Brien turned in a de- scription of them, the girls, although badly upset by their experience, be- ing able to remember numerous de- | tails of the dress and appearance of | their molesters, who were last seen running through Washington street. The girls appeared to be about 16 years of age, Officer O'Brien said, {and their reason for declining to make themselves known was their aversion to publicity, r