New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1930, Page 2

DISBA \ “ALGORN MOVES T0 R APDONOUGH (Continued From First Page) J§ ~ sherift John J. Kelleher was sent to . | - partment BEFIANT I PIY i1 S IT NI RTIAS81 00313 TP hut ol AT LER AR LA PP OTFYNA R R 121 E2 8 t4 000030 A N N O O O O O o e e R e this city and obtained a report from ““Chief W. C. Hart of the police de- concerning an inv tion made by Officer Thomas ney at 1 a. m. Tuesday into a com- plaint that there was a disturbance It is said Attorney is in- volved in a dispute in the hous but the report written on the poti blotter was to the effect that young couple” concerned police action was not necessary. Sheriff Kelleher also went to the Burritt hotel and learned that At- torney McDongqugh not regis- tered there on the night in question, and under oath today attorney admitted that he lied when he told Judge Simpson he had been there He also admitted that when he said he bad consulted a physician he was not telling the truth, but that actually was ill he claimed “Too Many False Statements State's Attorney Alcorn cross-ex- amined Attorney McDonough in court today and in a statement to the court declared that *there are and was altogether too many false statements | being made by witnesses and law- yers.” Attorney McDonough asked that he be permitted to. defend himself in chambers there were some features of the situation which | in| he thought should not be aired open court. State's Attorney Alcorn replied that those matters would not help the attorney in any way Attorney McDonough bhas hee (practicing law in this city since ¢January, 1923, and appeared many criminal cases in police court and superior court He politics and was democrs date for state senator two ye being defeated by Senafor I Christ, republican. He e with the republican party w became a voter but later went over to the democratic party. He particularly active in the presidentia campaign two years ago, appearing in many cities in Connecticut and attending a number of democratic rallies in Massachusetts in the terests of the Al Smith ticket Attorney McDonough had a con- ference at 3 o'clock this afternoon with John T. Robinson, chairman of the grievance committee of the bar in Hartford county. It is reported that McDonough will fight disba ment. n in has was POLICE BAG GANG OF YOUNG CRODKS (Continued From First Page) It was on August 20 that the first break was made in the Union store. The sum-of $15 in bills and coin was taken during the night time. and there was no way of detemmin- ing how the break was made or how the 'money was-taken On September 2, the store v again relieved of $6 in cash, and on September 6 another $6 was taken. On September 8 $5 was taken. On the same date discovery was made that a small coin bank had been taken, between the 6th and Sth, the bank containing about 38. Between September 12 and 13 a fountain pen. valued at $10 was taken. > big haul was made on the night of Sep- tember 14. Up to this time the store had not complained to th tor it was believed by that somebody connected store might be the thief. On Sep- tember 15 the police were notified, the loss on the night before being large, and no publicity was given on the break because the police were waiting and watching near the store and did not want the thieves know that their work had been dis- covered. The last haul resulted in a loss of seven gold watches, one man's wrist watch valued at $22.50; onc wrist watch valned at $14 man's wrist watch valued at one man's wrist watch valued a one man's wri atch val $22.50; one man’s pocket wa ued at $9. and one woma bon watch valued at $9.75. tal value of the loot which with the taken made a $175. own police, owner with the was h loss of JONES LEADS JESS SWEETSER AT END OF FIRST FIGHTEEN (Continued From First Page) sank a six-footer on another rampag missed birdies on both 18th, but pars were cn Sweetser. Homans four holes, several times pinch, notabl two footer a seemed to be The Californian longer from ti The Jersey started early took three p green. bu boy's Scores Only Birdic Seaver scored the only the round w he se pitch six feet eighth and three. A partial styr Angeles youth fo both had reached t re second shots over guarding the hole shots at the shortc home hole pe: resulted in holes. en from t holed deep quarry had played i haly t the f Course Still Soggy When off the co yesterday's his first drive into anoth sliot the green Jones own ted ight Bob was a fact in- | to | —_— Three Prisoners Escape From Fitchburg Jail Fitchburg, Mass., Sept. 26 (P— police were searching to- for three prisoners who had escaped from the Fitchburg jail by sawing their way through the bars of a window. . The prisoners were Joseph Walker, 31, who had two years to serve for violation of parole; Donald Moran, 21, who ;had twice escaped from the Bridgewater jail before his trar fer here; and Harry Mowatt, who was serving three years for a filling station robbery. The trio lingered after mess || 1ast night and sawed their way through basement window. They made their escape before a check up revealed them missing a half hour after the inmates had left th all. Officers fol- lowed their trail to nearby woods, where they lost track of the pris- oners, mess dreesed proof of anything (Reg. U. RNOT cted & Pat middle and on in two, 18 from the pin etser with his fourth but missed k his foh a birdie i | down = feet | came on he putt away Swe Bob 3 Jones one On the second in sliced hi 1ill lie but clouted a fine the edge of rough, 30 yards short fc then chipped t from the n, while Boh, ten yards off the cdge fwo, rolled his approach § cet short o Both missed. Jcnes partially stymied Jess but the latter curled his ball around for a hait in Jones 1 up. Bobt shot green right pin on the 195 yard third, while s put his ball on the side of a He chipped much too strong, | going about 40 fect beyond the pin | His putt was off the line by three t and Jess conce d the hole ob rolled dead for, in fives to the of the fi | d like the golf n he woods down the 1 vard fourth. Sweet hammered two iddle on the 's gecond t and his iiblick shot was ashort of the creek As | guarding the | pitched hole I 15 feet to the 1 4 holed out for a birdie four, s Jess stood with putter in hand Jones three up. | Jess hooked into the creek paral- | leling the 435 yard fifth and took 1 penalty stro ot He put inother in the « of the rough | but rolled his fourth on. conceding the hole to Bob as the latter putted dead from the back edge of the our up whacked out fine drives on |the 442 vard h 10 vards |short of Bob. The crowd cheered | when Sweetser hit an iron 15 feet | from the cup. Jones was on, 18 feet from the pin, and ed d Jess missed and it was a half in fours. Jones four up. Makes First Mis Bob made his first mistake on the 5 vard seventh when he pushed fee shot out of bound: enalty of a stroke and second was well down the middle, 100 vards from the green just bevond Sweetsers’. Jess rely held the right edge of green 1 his pitch. Bob's fourth was si¥ cet of the cup but he conceded the Ihiole when Jess putted to within two ! feet ‘of the pin. Jones three up. Jess outdrove Bob slightly on the 350 yard eighth but half-topped his pitch and barely reached the green Jones put his ball cight feet 1t c From 40 feet, § Both P T drive from A half up in fours as Bob mi ree up, got back another hole 7 vard ninth, Jones putting from 30 feet | down laxily from 1 Jones two up. First Nine Holes out—654 564 443—41 ones Out—453 44 644—37 They belted long wallops from the 10th tee, Sweetser 30 yards short of ss then pitched a beauty t from the pin. Bob played a run 12 feet from cup. etser's putt was dead, but Bob ing three feet past the cup, missed coming back and conceded the hole to Swe Jo for his par 3. Sweetser tser's s on up. fine hole hooked into missed the green Sweetser find- Jones landing of the creek. in a muddy 1t but shov- I3 hit a 11th | Jones became vard shot Both cir seconds, ing a trap to the left in rough at side Sweetser's ball He failed is fourth 3 hipped | drive on the 278 was spot to missed the Jones 5 and Iy 5 over on d a trap vard bunker ind Bob putted holed Jess out Jones | | hookec reen. Bob | Al | e BURNING SEA-oF SenTormt FLAMES - @3 FEELT HiGH \SSUED FROM THE SEA — Due to The Submarine Volcand of Sanlorin 1856 | Teowoomba Queengland, | 2,103 | 3 CHILDREN | Rftow i /. WERE BORN IN 3 DIFFERENT STATES ! SMITH CeNTER 1S LOCATED. | INTHE CENTER OF SMITH COUNTY BUT IN THE SAME (On request, sent with stamped. ad- elope, Mr. Ripley will furnish by on. THE STOLL FAMILY of FORT BRIDGER, — him). ) BY. RIPLEY | ”HU RAJ” (Paramise) oy . o Wyoming. £3 WHICH 1S THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER & oW EXPLAINED TOMORRI he OF THE U.S | Cy Young Retired 63 Batters in Succession—While Young in 1904 sixty-three batters faced him in twenty-cne successive | first base. While pitching against Washington on April 30 h second inning and retired twenty-one batters. he retired fifteen Detroit batsmen in the first five innings. is in reality little more than a volcanic rock, which rises like a and surrounds the inhabitable crater of the volcano. |is English. even a microscopial discrepanc) EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAY’S CARTOON Young’s next game was against Philadelphia on May 5th when he pitched a perfect game, retiring twenty- Saba, the Oldest Island of the Indies—Saba, a picturesque island of the Lesser Antilles, Next to ship building, the knitting of socks is the chief industry of its Dutch inhabitants and the males their skill with the knitting needles. The island belongs to Holland, but its official language The Accuracy of Pi Carried Out 25 Places—Pi (the ratio of the diameter to the circum- ference of a circle) when carried to 25 decimal places is so enormous a mathematical figure | that its accuracy could be tested on a circle the size of our globe without the possibility of In “My Believe It or Not” book, the formula of Pi is car- ried to 707 decimal places, which is the longest evolved to date. TOMORROW—Where It Always Rains was with the Boston Red Sox innings, and not one reached e relieved a pitcher after the seven batters. On May 11th tower 2,800 feet into the air, surpass the females in of green, while Bobby was well on | lin 2, 15 feet from cup. Sweetser came out well but missed a 22 foot- | but Seaver was closer to the cup in er and Jones' 4 won the hole mak- |3 Homans made his seven foot ing Bobby 4 up | putt good for a par 4 and Seaver Card | followed suit from four feet for the Sweetser. 9 | haif, leaving Seaver 5 up. in The cards, morning: 4 up). | Homans, in 346 344 Seaver, in 465 434 Seaver five up. After the 19th was halved in par fours, Homans won the 20th with a par five and was only four down. Seaver took 4 shots to get on the {long 20th and two putts. Homans | was well on in 3. shots rolled to rough. Both were on in two at the 18th | in Jones, (Jones 544—39—179 1,000 Follow Youngsters | 444—38—75 The two youngsters in the semi- Gene Homans and Charley aver, started with a gallery of 1,- | 000 persons. Homans had o sink a 30 foot putt to get a half in par fours at the first hole after his second was trap- ped. Seaver went one up at the sec- ond with par 5 to 6 for Homan. (1. 0. P. DELEGATES Gene and Charley each drove the short three and holed in par th ! { forthe helf. Seaver just missed - foot putt. They took putts be- tween them at the long fourth and | halved the hole in s The fitth brought another half in | par although Seaver had to make | a good putt for his four after an | over strong approach. | Seaver went 2 up at the sixth income by writing and tutoring and where his par four was good enough | vpon graduation, entered Columbia, to win when Homans took 3 putts| where he took the law course. He for a five. | became successful as a praeticing Gene won the 7th hole with a par |lawyer, but until his appointment as | 4 when Charley sent his second to a | federal attorney, by President Cool- | trap and took five. Seaver was now |idge, had not held public office. up His only previous public foot was a member of the reorgan commission at which Charles Hughes was chairman. ) i sia (Continued From First Page) servica by A | birdie six Seaver for a zhth when Gene's lip of the cup for a the Californian up at the short with a par 3 when Homans 3 putts for a five | ball was. on the par 1ou T 1D, | rinth took again sen e Plank Offered Albany, N. Y., | platform in which the principa seaver Four Up | plank called for repeal of the eigh- went four up at the 10th|teenth amendment was put forward | . Homans was trapped on his|today for adoption by the republ and finished in five, one|can convention of the state of New par. Charley made a neat|York. | pitcher to the grecn after a drive to| The repeal declaration, reversing rough and got his par. Seaver a dry policy adhered to by the party second shot in a brook at|for many vears, was the certain aind could do no better | center of contention on the floor of Homans had an easy par |the convention, but the wets wers ind reduced his deficit by one! |in the saddle and confident of their ability to secure its adoption on the first ballot when the convention re- sumes its session today to pass upon the platform and select state green with | ticket. | The plank coincided vith the anti- prohibition attitude of Charles H Wet { the [ an six was haly- “Long Jim” nd Brit-lattorney, and its approval early to- 1 the gal-|day by the platform committes |added to the certainty that Mr. Tut- tle would be named today on the first ballot as the party nominee for governor Embodies Tuttle The repeal fore the resolution Brooklyn, Mr. Tuttle the under be om This Views declaration came platform committee by Meier Steinbrink of embodying the views of It calls for repeal witii anding t the repealac inied by adoption substitute amendment, outlawing the saloon, forbidding private traf- fic in intoxicating beverages private prof and guaranteeing fe eral assistance to prohibition state The committee placed the plank in the platform by a vote of thirty- nine to twelve, choosing it from be- in a Seaver Wins 16th Homans sreen with well a partial ac 15 or for par Seaver & short over halved both tee The fours, one par whe in | VOTE WET PLANK Sept. 26 (P—A Tuttle of New York, federal district | of af mong four proposed planks. The platform committee, regard- ed as having the hardest task in the convention, finished its labors before a group of leaders formulat- |ing the state ticket. This group re- convened this morning after a long night session to agree upon a nomi- |nee for licutenant governor. Daniel H. Conway, mayor of Os- | vego, was virtually agreed upon as | and Isa- | o | nominee for comptroller, |dore. Bookstein, Albany democratic ‘iha\rman and former county judge, as the party's selection for attorney general. Hamilton Ward, incumbent |attorney general, was not a candi- ;‘date for renomination, but the Erle |county delegation was still main- |taining headquarters for him as a i«antlld:\te for the gubernatorial {nomination. | | Two Men Mentioned Senators Caleb H. Baumes of Newburgh and Secabury C. Mastick | ‘nf Pleasantville, Westchester county, ;hu\h mentioned as nominees for |lieutenant governor, were reluctant | | prospects and no candidate for that post had been determined upon as the leaders went into an 11th hour session today. The 991 delegates to the conven- tion were summoned to meet at 10 o'clock (est) to hear the address of | |Speaker Joseph A. McGinnies of the Istate assembly as permanent chair- | man, after which the final and ma- !jor business of the convention was | the calendar—adoption of the | |platform and nomination of a state | ticket. f | | The impending fight from the |floor on the repeal plank in “the |latform was made possible by the |convention committee on rules and |resolutions, which provided that it |there was a minority report on any plank, an hour would be allotted to |each side for debate in the conven- | |tion before a vote of the delegates | was taken. Opposition to the declaration for repeal came from two sources: The party leaders eager to avoid vari- ance between state and national re- publican prohibition planks, and the orzanized reform groups. The party leaders anticipated no defections if the fight to avoid a wet pronouncement was lost. Plan Independent Choice The Anti-Saloon League, the Women's ristian Temperance Union and the New York Civic | League, however, agreed to unite tn | support of an independent dry can- |didate for governor if the wet plank | was adopted. | An open hearing on the platform | committee last night on the prohi- bition declaration developed into an | lold-fashioned temperance debate, | Tull of spirit and color and marked | frequently by mingled hisses and | applause. | Once disorder broke out when | John M. Holzworth, defeated wet candidate for the reublican con. gressional nomination in Westches- |ter county, declared that “a pussy- footer” had been picked by County ader William L. Ward. He did not finish the sentence. Interrupted by "ul calls and cries of “that's not | | —_— P Big Oil Gusher Saves Family From Poverty Oklahoma Sity, Sept. 26 (UP) —A 75,000 barrel oil well, believ- ed to be the largest in the Skelly Oil and T. B. Slick companies’ field, has solved the problem of existence for John Hurt, his wife and their two daughters. The mammoth gusher was brought in yesterday behind the barn on the Hurt farm, where the family has for a number of years been fighting drought and crop failures to keep themselves in food and clothing. In the first hour, the flowed 3,115 barrels and later flowed 5,717 barrels in an hour and 42 minutes. The royalties will make the Hurt family_im- mensely wealthy. fair” and “take that back” he stopped and withdrew his statement. Former Senator James W. Wads- worth led off for the advocates of | repeal, and Representative Fiorello | H. La Guardia, W. Kingsland Macy of Long Island and others followed. The dry side was presented by Dr. S. M. Nicholson and Fred Jy Victor of the Anti-Saloon League, Leigh Colvin of the W. C. T. U.| Canon William Sheafe Chase of the New York Civic League and several more. The purpose of the open hearing was less to influence the committee than to set the stage for tomor- row's fight from the floor and to give the drys opportunity to present | their cause publicly. Members of Committee The 12 members of the platform committee who constitute the *“fight- ing minority” and voted against the repeal plank included Representa- tive James S. Parker 33d senatorial district; Representative Fred M. Davenport, 36th district; W. Donald Hyde, 35th district; Walter S. Pratt, 34th district; Francis 1. Culkins, 37th district; Clayton R. Lusk, 40th district; Seymour Lowman, 41st dis- trict; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Charles A. Noble, 42d district; Heber E. Wheeler, 43d dis- trict Hefbert T. Reed, 47th dictrict; Leigh G. Kirland, 51st district: and State Senator John Knight, majority leader of the upper legislatives house and chairman of the platform com- mittee, representing the 44th dis- trict. The full text of the plank as ‘it came from the committee: “Prior to prohibition the republican party of New York state initlated and passed every measure which was adopted providing for the con- trol or restriction of the liquor traf- fic. As a party the democrats in New | tation ot liquor from without. |the other hand, the evil in national York state opposed every measure of this kind, including local option. “As long as the prohibition law remgins on the statute books it should bg obeyed. The<security and stability of society require that the constitution an@ laws of our coun- try shall, until legally changed, be supported by obedience and en- forcement. Saloon Only Real Good “The good in national prohibition lies in its outlawing of the saloon and the saloon system, and in fits grant to congress of power to coop- erate internally within states that maintain a prohibition system and to protect such states from impor- On prohibition lies largely in the com- pulsion sought to be placed upon states which do not desire the pro- hibition system. We favor the restor- | ation to each state the authority to deal with the liquor problem in ac- | cordance withithe wishes of its cit- izens. “To this end we favor the repeal of the 18th amendment, providing that simultancously and as part of the new amendment a provision fs adopted outlawing and forbidding everywhere in the United States the saloon system and its equivalent, the private traffic in intoxicating bever- ages for private profit, and, further, guaranteeing federal cooperation and assistance to state which have prohibition in whole or in part.”” City Items The Y. M. T. A. and B. drum corps will leave tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock by bus for Rockville where they will take part in the fleld day exercises under the aus- pices of the Rockville Fife and Drum corps, Anton Spring of 1320 Stanley street reported to Captain Kelly at police headquarters today that as he was starting his automobile in front of 113 Orange street it struck Ro- salina Russo. 2 years old, of that address, knocking her down and in- flicting a scratch on her forehead. Edward Koplowitz, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Koplowitz of 27 Brady avenue, left today for Ann Arbor, Mich., to enter the medical college at the University of Michi- gan. In Juné he received his B. S. degree at the college of arts and sciences at the same institution. NANCY HOPKINS HOPS OFF Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. C., took off first from the airport here today when the flight of the National Air tour was resumed, She left at 10:01 a. m, C. §. T. bound for Cincinnati. An Outstanding SUCCESS as you PAY Terms ‘2 Weelfly A New Radio, beautiful in performance, amazing in value. COME IN TONIGHT OPEN TILL 8 26 (P— | Nancy Hopkins of Washington, D.| DOUBLE KIDNAPING STILL UNSOLVED Seattle Police Fail in Eiforts fo Trap Man Asking $300 Seattle, Sept. 86 (P—A police search was under way here today for two missing children and a man who demanded $500 for the return of one of them. Frank Nolan, 6, son of Frank Nolan, (Sr. a clerk, and Sheila Dailey, 6, disappeared while playing together Wednesday. Last night the elder Nolan received a telephone message asking him to bring $500 in bills to a designated place and not to motify the police. The mes- sage promised return of his son. With the aid of friends Nolan ccllected $453 in small bills, noti- fied police and drove to the rendez- vous, followed by detectives. A boy on a bicycle met Nolan and took a package containing the bills, only to be seized by the police. The yeuth said he had been asked to drop the package at a given point several blocks distant. Detectives posted themselves at the second location only to meet another group of officers, accom- panied by two boys. These two youths said a strange man had ask- ed them to demand money from Nolan and that they had become suspicious and notified the police. GROYER ALEXANDER FINED $130 ON LIQUOR CHARGE Yormer Idol of Baseball Fans Ace cused of Drunken Drivin in Grand Island, Neb. Grand Island, Neb., Sept. 26 (UP) —Grover Cleveland Alexander, ence the idol of the world’s baseball fans, pleaded guilty in police court late vesterday to charges of drunkenness, driving while intoxicated, possession of liquor, and attempting to leave the scene of an accident.. He was fined $150. “0ld Pete” was arrested six miles from the scene of a minor crash be- tween his own automobile and one driven by Mrs. Roy Brown of Grand Island. 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