Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 1

Bulletin VOL LXIV—No. 309 MUHR GULTY MRS. BRUNEN ACOUITTED: Jury Acquits Wife of “Honul” John T: Brunen of Any Con- " nection With Hig Murder—Convscted Her Brother, Har- ry C. Mohr, of M\nder nded'l‘ha(MohheSenteneedlohfelmpruonment at Hard Labor—Mrs. BrunenF-mteduConvlctxon .. Her Brother Was. Anmuxd—Mohr’s Countenance Dld ‘Not-Chenge. - J., Dec 20.—Mrs. s toni ;ht aanmed dgd 1'L‘)l) bf mele.r in Ahh ’&rtt @ogrec in gitcue owne that Mohr to the junry. fur (he deteres fer - nenzerce Walter Kewan, counsél uked the court to de- January ¢ vs the dey £ . WAL thet th a new trial. court room spectators be- down | 3 \valle' ced the verdict, Nobks's hand, sob- » .UPULATION 29685 NORWlCH f { IN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922 "\' OF MURDER: | ish Rebels Are |James Dwyer, Former Peace Committeeman " Shot Dead in His Shop at Rathmines. Dublin,” Dec. 20.—(By the "A. P.)— James Dwyer, who was:secretary of the Peace committee appointedsby.the second Dail Eireann to arrange a truce between the Free Staters and the’party of Eamonn De: Valera, was shot dead loday in his shop at Rathmines. Mr. Dwyer 'was defeated for re-election ‘First Degree—.lury Recom- Becmmng Assassms = BRIEF TELEGRAMS Bewards offered for the M”l-!‘ of Mrs Chrn. Phillips, bammer murderess, escaped from the Los Angeles coun- ty jail, total $3,0000 Jdohn J. Tigert, commissitnér of educa- tlon, announced that Thursday his bureau would start a regular schedule of edu- cation messages-by radio, Cotton splnning during . November showed .increased activity, -the number of active spindle hours Dbeing -420,000,000 more than in October. Three boa constrietors which had run away from a Suban stde-show. were met and conquered aboard the Orizabf on & voyage from Havana to New York. The resignation of Captain David B. ‘Wason, M. C., National Guard, has been to the Dajl last June, when he ran as a pro-treatyite on.the panel ticket agreed to by the opposing. factions. REBELS DERAILED AND BURNED FREIGHT TRAIN bingf!“Oh, Harry, Oh, Harry,” she then fell <iA’ a faint; he? head ‘striklng a chair es ghe féll, forward to’ the: floor. | Mob?, with his Ranas shackled and two | state tiopers clutching' his -arm,” leaned over, - tenderly caressed- his sister and ‘was'led back 1o hls cell as Afrs. “Brunen was revived by a physician, His, count- enance did not change ap the verdict was announced but his wife visibly wes affected. ~ As he was ‘led out of-the court room, Mrs. Mohr called. - “Good night, darling, T'll see you in the morn- iny Beifast, Déc.’ 20.—Republicans dérailed and burned a freight train in transit from Dublin, to. Belfast -at- Castle Bellingham, County Louth, this afternoon. _Later . a Belfast-Dublin mail train was - derailed 2nd burned’ at the same place. The pas- sengers-were subsequently”transported to Dublin by another train. SET FJRE TO BUILDING OF DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER Belfast, Dec. 20.—Armed men entered the office of the democratic newspaper atl Dundalk today and held up the owner and : set fire to the building. ~The flames were -quenched With comparatively small loss. Hazel Brumen, daughter of the slain | showman, who testified for the prosecu- tion wes in the court rom wheno the verdict was read. Mrs. ; Brunen, shortly after obstaining er fredom, left for Philadelphia to spend some time with her mother. Lat- er she plans to go to Florida for a rest.| She sai} she would make it her life work | to obtain her brothér's freedom in case | Justice Kalisch accepts the jury’s rec- ommendstion, TRIAL OF MISS HAZEL HIBCH FOR SHOOTING HER HUSBAND l Mineola, N. Y., Déc. 20.—Several per- sons who attended the party givem by Reine Daviés, motion picture actreth, MUNCEAC, RAS ARKIVED IN PABIS Paris, Dec.. 20—(By The A. | Guorges Clémenceay,. Frafice's noted war-time prémier, ‘Teturned to, Paris to- day from o thirt, e day trip to the ed “Etates. He brenght- back, with Rim what he termed the happy em- bfagce that the people of America sthl love France and also two boxes of grape fruit, which he gaclared WOL‘d contribute Although he seemed ln be-ig a gode-matured: mcod.. nevertheless: close friends affected to see” ovidenchl'that his Atrenuous our bad lert i ;rarely: % sehwe 1t maw Sojohchey ) u deficy. With 298 bailets. of the pational assembly. Although the police twblda- donun- strations, President” Wojclechbwaki + greeted enthusiasticalfy fram the parliament building. While. heis - suppofted by “the’ radi-* cals, he neyanh!leu is hl;hly rtzmled br the uu.nu ny, but hh nmuu ;“bby-by-hh ei,uuoi i unity -organ (6 was pro-ally - aur‘lng_th war. sad G iaarer ot e 10Tate Fibid wits "“’5 -as“*he ' einerged ‘| ~muymmem ina] superior icourt here [}, Jwedien “the in her Freeport home June 24, testificd today' at the trial of Mrs. Hazel Hirch, charged with shooting- her husband, Os- car, after the party. CAPFVRED AND HELD LAST 3 "HEIGHTS OF |THE MEUSE 20—It was a corporal who_ciptured and held the Jast heights of the Meuse between ‘Octcber 23 and 28, 1918, anpording to an official citation re- | celyed at.the First Arm Corps Area to: Asy.. James A. Creasswell, then cor- poral .of *Company K, 10ist Infantry, ! 26th Division, now Eoifigto school here, as-the' mén,-and his feat-has gained ! for him the Distinguished Service Cross. The . citation -63id that. Cremeell showed ! n Jn i Moot Bacton, -Dec. exchanged whispers when, during the se- | lection ,of .the jury, candidates affirmed they were “beguty proof.” The state charges that Mrs. Hirch, in a row with her husbang, shot him iff the jaw with iptent to kill. The defendant, through her attorney, maintains that she | came across her husband, sitting on a| brench with a pistol in his hand, and that | the weapon was discharged when _she | tried to’ prevent him from . Killing.‘him- gelf. Magistrate Bernard J. Douras, of New Fork, father of Marion and Reine Davies, | of the Mense between the 23rd and 28th{was the frst witness. IHe testified to | 5 hearing. the- shooting and to seeing Mrs. | Hirch; running away when her husbaiid 2 i shouted: : teadquarters here to:| “She shot ‘me. Johp Fielf. Jr., of |and she got me.” iete ervell it flm “He added that Mrs. Hirch -later “had stor, joverseas, ! thrown herself on the ground, kicked ‘up tha Distinguished.. Ser-! her-heeis and-cried; 3 41 gidr't do it » Ggorge /Vaxn uthor-and “a brothewm»ulw of . f»vus, testified to o gt Hea. - Hireh | of e:zht. for She said she'd get mi m ; a\ku'um in .the{ ordnance, . Colondl mc.\nd K ntehlotmo(theigxmd Corps nel Robert E. Goodwin, I'sald.that when he asked’. mr!ch ‘who ‘had ['hot him the wounded #an had m‘lhd‘ sLuke McGluke.” "The (prosecution - congluded - its cfic an’s testimony,and Tt was an- ‘wittigsses ‘tomorrow. tiounced' ‘the- defense “would present ten - tiflesy Regiment, 26th - Division, . for) 3 service during the St. M ‘vs and north of Verdun; Lieu- A8 T, Buchay, “for Ms"‘work fr s * | woloniel’. of enginests, for his duties lu SUSTAINED FRACTURED SKULL i ;“-nm j‘ h_“;':,fi ot Comun IN FREE-FOE-ALL FIGHT Scuth Norwalk, Con: Dec- 20--James ‘Brannigan, dged 47, fergeant .instructor fof - Battery -G, 192pd Artillery, of this . city, Js -dying -at “the Nerwalk® hospital Bridgeport, Dec. 20.—The first day of from a fracture of the skull, believed tg the trfal of Prank and Gustav. Sclafani, |have been sustained in an early mmorn: biothers' of *Stata%ord, indicted for first {ing free-for-all :fight on Rallroad av e.m murdér, ended {his 8fternoon With | enue this_city “today. - The policé are of ten members of the |endeavoring to locate Brannigan's as- “ Fifty-thfes talesmen were exam-{gailants.. Brannigan's home address is ed.'. It is that’ the. femaili- | civan as 231:Garfield street, Trenton, N. !n' meqibers of the jury will be select- | T “gna relatives thére have been no- de ztamerrow n.nd that” the case.will &0 {+inea. The “police’ received word that'a o trial abot > man - was/ dying in the, roadway, about Bota, brothers. eniersd pléas’ of tiot | geiock 'this ‘morning’ but could not o&m the man, who was. later found t bis-room in the City Hotel whers he m been taken by friends. A pre-mor-Y 7! or a 0 NAT of i flin T oo i kating. J6 Delug mie o ane4 _gepara > 1£a8e . by ical Examiner Samuel H. ade. by - llhfim’DlV"‘d;E 'mmmgtun -of this city, in addition to \de- the . police investigation. .. Several ,local ‘fliflflkfl bY Judge|men have been placed under arrest by *1the police “on suspicion 'that they were !mnlié‘lted in the yrow that led to. the’| igan. ~ MURDER IN lencx!'oll‘ -indietment ‘was ‘redd to . 'They, »ne charged with- killing: | cendiariem. 3 yer,\lqm D&. 20~—(By. the A: P.) “three - of | Three bandits this afternoon held. up the “tiie- ‘men, | First Nationdl. bank of-Dyer,. and escapy with. $3, 0’0 ‘wounded men aFs expécti ” One badit, who_was disssed.as a' wo- T e “”"‘mfl.m Mb{lhlmmlm.nnpor broke - when little | er, 2nd apparently mortally wounded. His 5 4ton” homt ~ that” Mas< been | COMpanions threw. him®into the automo- this | bllé fied. west. on the Lincoldt hhhvuy fighting” sailors. 3 somgqu The oth’ {3 ® AIDING 1 naled . to- the- at! m Touc!.: and cleaned out jdrugs a carrier, pigeon ew in bearing & {tube of nar@lcs., Hirsch was in court with,his wife. They | goeepled by the adjutant genenll of- ce. Fire entirely destroyed a combination house and garage on the estate of Chas. Francis Dean, on Strawberry Hill, Stam- ford. ‘e Stockholders of the Hawailan Pineap- ple company have approved a 58 per cent.’| stock dividend and increase of the cap: itar stock from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000~ L'rince George, the king’s yeungest son, was successfully operated upon for ap- pendicitis in London. The operation was performed at the King Edward-hospital for officers. . While the police searched a house in Chinatown, Vancouver, B. C., for hiddex Two fmen were ar- rested. P Five dollars for every baby born to an ! eruploye during the vear of 1923 was the Christmas gift of the Monongohela Pow- | er and Railway company to its hunidreds of workers throughout West Virginia. No-parking signs placed by the police on downtown streets in New Haven have been disappearing of late. Ten were found in Yale college students’ dormito- ries. Drugs yalued at $100,000 sccreted lg barrcls of fish ‘were seized on boarg.the French steamship® Fenchurch at New York. The vessel arrive dfrom Malmgs, Spain. 5 ~ The Shuster Woolen company of Doug- | las, -Mass.,, and the Hayward Woolen company have each declared stock di dends of 200 per cent., converting surplus jer than to say he into capital. The directors of the Wammanoag mills, H Fall ‘River, at a special session _voted to: recommend to the stockholders that the capital stock- of the -corporation be in- creued from $175,000 to 81 000,000. PIH:M of the Brier Hlll Steel ¢op~ pany, of Youngstown. by the YOungstown | contest over- the will of Miss Emily F. | Sheet and Tube company, another- local concern, is regarded in steel circles as practically assured. 2 Wages_will_pever return to.the. Jevels in-effect before-the-war, Julius He pre.ident of the eiamber of commerce of the United States, asserted in an address ore the Citychib, in“Wastigeon. fio'mflm of ‘deplities ap- proved the text of the {wo tréaties cofi- ‘enee by the powers having inhreals in China. . i ‘Nev. Adelph H. Englehardt ef Provi- dence denies any knowledge of his wife |’ suing him for a divorce. not’ know " where she is“gmi- that Miss Reine Davies, | several months aso she sued him for non- fof $30,000 bequeathed:to him by ‘support. se- TWELVE PAGES—84 COLS. _RICE TWO CENTS Roscoe Arbuckle is Back in Filmdom Rights Restored by Will H. Hayes—Arbuckle Thankful for Chance to Make Good. Los Angeles, Dec. 20.— Roscoe Ar- buckle, rotund comedian, barred from the screen since last April because of the ehcounter with the law, was, today re ‘| stored to the privilege of coming back to the place he once occupied in his in- dustry, if he can. Will H. Hays, head of the picttire industry, announced that all restrictions against the actor were to end Januvary 1. Tho Famous Players-Lasky corpora- tion, -which distributed Arbuckle’s pic- tures, announced that no effort would be made at present to market some films that wefe withdrawn, or others that were never released. Joseph Schenck, produc- er, sald he would employ Arbuckle and | the latter sald he was thankful for the.! chance 1o work and would strive to make 5ood. Mr. Hays issueda bricf statement say- ing he felt ‘every man was entitled to his chance and that the film industry not only wanted to live and let live, but it wanted to live and help lve. Mr. Arbuckle declined to comment oth- would accept the improve it. Neither Mr. Schenck com: chance and try to would his employer, ment on. their plans. The only definite announcement in tha matter other than that of Mr. Hays, came from Mr. Lasky who said his firm had no intention of putting existing Arbuckle films on the market now. Mr. Hays departed to spend Christmas with his family at Sullivan, Ind. After ‘Mr. Havs' ruling on Arbuckle became .public, the Los Angeles district tederation of women’s clubs met and adopted a motion endorsing its previous action, ” taker rest in San Francisco for the death of Virginia Rappe. screen. actress, in op- posing his return to motion pictures. MAYOR OF INDIANAPOLIS BARS ARBUCKLE PICTURES Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. .20.—Motion pictures showing Rescoe (Fatty) Ar- uckle will not be permitted to be shown in Indianapolis,” aceording to a state- ment jssued this afternoon by Mayor Lew Shanlk, ‘when’ informed that Will Hays, chairman of the motion picture industry, thad announced that Arbuckle might have a chance to come back in pictures. CONTEST OVER THE WILL OF MISS EMILY ¥. SOUTHMAYD T\ew York Dec 20.—Testimony in the Southmayd, age@ spinster, who left the bulk - of her $3,000,000 estate to various instituitions; was - completed today ‘be- | fore Surrogate James A. Foley. The - will- probably go to the 5ury to- Aiiia W. Dysris, woe of the execn- under - crogs- @ Tegacy of $125,000 to | Law School yd’s own sug- “his. Hé had agreéd estion was a good one, on t*Yale had honor- ed.Mis Sotthmayd’s brother with a de- gree, and other relatives were Yale grad- vates, It ‘became known.later that Mr. Evarts He says he!in order to quaplify as a witness wu} obliged under the law-" to forfeit a 1&::81 Miss Southmayd in-a codlcil of the will. She. likewise bequeathed to hl.m her pew in| Grade church. These and several mlflelfll minor be- | indication ~that after the comedian’s ar-! ven by -Frank Putney of Guilford, an |quests he agreed to forfeit, he sald, in agent 1 who - has been - on - the - staff: of | oeder -that -he ‘might’ take the stand to Ralph Blakeslee . who has just been re- | deny allegations that he had in any way Vel . ( influenced her in disposing of the bulk of her estate. The board- of of the Natiemal] Mr. Evarts testified that in the case of League for Women’§ Service has closed |the Yale bequest Miss Southmayd had a geal. in San l-‘nneuoo that makes the or@anization -owner” of- 4 - sit¢ downtown on _which: a clib ccsg.ing $1,000,000 ‘will be ereeterl. -Death came to the oldest mflnlt of Patchogue, N. Y, Joseph ‘erneto, - 106, fore he and his wife, made. it .$25,000 larger than he had sug- | gested, for he had ‘mentioned $100,000 to her, he said, as a sgitable sum. Also he said. when he spokeé of $50,000 as a possi- ble beguest: to the bar association she had raised it to $100, 000. On cross-ex- amination .he .said hie only interest in either of these bemeficiariés- was that he Maty, 97, were to' haVe been removed by { was a graduate of Yale university and & town - authorities ‘to. the conmy poer- houu: i L mm, r-.-q :nxs-, president u the Ai(erlm -Radio Relay league, and' Ken- -B.. Warner, secretary, left. Hartford lut night for WasHington where they will confer- with Secreury Hoo\'er on rllh mmu. -~ 4 a radius of twentymiles., Iniat least two instances thére was. evldem of in- Y s ' The bedy of an unidentified man, wedg- ed beneath, the: jvheels of ;a-'subway train tied up traffic 6n Williamsbiirg :bridge, % York, for more’than two hours be- fl;d it could be extricated” b} the subject (Appagently had ‘member of -the bar association. $70,000 SHORTAGE IN CHICAGO FIBST NATIONAL BANK Chicago, Dec. 20.—Natlonal bank ex- ¢.niners, it was announced - this -~ after- noon, have discovered.z shortage of $70,- 000 in the. First National bank of Chica- 20, the second largest lanking institution in the ecity. Seth Anderson, manager of the bank’s | b oledrings department was arrested on warrant obtated by R. B. Newhall, hfimu of the bank. Mr..Newhall gaid, the shortage had ed by’insurance, he said.. . Andecson, 35 yeass o, de been an TURKS ARE DISPLAYING A MORE. CONCILIATORY SPIRIT [smet Pasha Has Accepted the Fundamental Provisions for Control of the Straits Outlined by the Allies—Pleads for Further Guarantees for the Safety of Constantirople Than Those Afforded by the League of MNations—Con- cessions Are Regarded as Result of United States Note .D an International Commission Unnecessary. Lausanne, Dec. 20,—(By the A. P.)— Both Turkish and aMied delegations re- laxed in their attitude today and ais- cussed control of thé straits in such'a concilatory spirit that tnere s every some sorts of straits convention may be signed in a very few days. The note of the United States that it does not regard an international com- mission as necessary undoubtedly bore fruit. as Lord Curzon gave careful con- slderation to Ismet Pasha's plea Turkey would consider i terference with orse than death.” An agreement will likely be reached exempting the dem litarized cepted in pri vislons for contrc lined by the al Turkey must have s thorouzhly safeguarded Lord Curzon, ) yashi, M. Bpeakers over Turke: he fundamental pro- its ont tha ights vitch great conciliatory 3 mentioned great the da which in a sense two goy- an o’f"“u 1ak.s treaty ernments, hu: against th contended z‘mz 1‘w commission, the powers of th tional body are which have jurisdiction only over nav of the stroits leaving even the pilo to the Turks. Iemet Pasha aiso pleaded for further guarantees for the safety of Constans- tinople than those which would. be af- forded by the league of nations, and proposed additional guarantees similar to those given to the Aland Islands. He insisted that Turkey must. have further assurances from the important’ powers individually and collectively that her territory will not be violated. He se- night whether the Uniled S in any way be t regulations No date has deen set for continnation of the consideration o1 tne straits gque tion, which gener: s regarded as vi tually settlea. — SHIPPING BILL DEADLOCK WOULD ME TIGHTENS IN THE SENATE N ALL BAILROADS Vase CORPORATION ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—Five hours of debate and parliamentary maneuvering | tion by congress of a corpora in the senate today served‘only to tight- i railroads of the U en the deadlock which has existéd for ! w, be merged, Judge G ithree days between two opposing and ar , a former member most equal groups, one fighting to keeD state commerce commission, the administration shipping bill before |a witness today before the the senate an dthe other to displace it. England railroad committee Three distinct efforts were- made dur-|iNat the railroad executives o ing the day to break tbe deadiock !izy were in viri through a unanimous conseht agreement’and elasticity,” and that their |to vote at a designated time upon, the 'efficiency and arrogance had aro. i'hostility of the public as well as emiployes.” Judge Anderson expressed the opinion that the operating staffs of the great rafl- After these efforts the debate rsmn far |roads were now looking forward to an- afleld, ranging from. 2 dlacusflon of the | other strike which would be advantageous dispositjon of Muscle Shoals to charges | to them. that Ambassador Harvey at Lomdon| The raliroad commitiee has been hold- through his recent statement on the Bu-|ing public hearings in New England and ropean situation had vored to affect | will report to the federal government on the cotton and grain markets in the Unit- | the best solution of the transportation ed- States, - - prablem of this section. Shipping and ln'lcnl!flfil relief were | “The strike of the railroad shopmen,” discussed “at - lesser lerigth and when the 'Judge Anderson sald, “was provoked by senate adjourned Administration nuam[u.. railroad managers who figured that were frankly pessimistic over the possi _had the men where they wanted bilities. of 3 yote within several weeks lhem. The exeCutives did not in the first upon the bill. {plue accept the labor bsard rulings in The initiative in the effort to bring the ! the way that it had been intended while Question, fnvolyed- in -the déadlock to an {on the other hand the workers were not -lsme way made today as on yesterday |ethicai in the manner in which they met land Monday by Senator Jones, republi-|the situatign.” can, Washingtou, in' charge of the ship- | Cautionifig the committee not to place ping vill, who proposed an’ agreement 10 |too much reliance on the opinions of rail- vote at three.o'clock today.” Unanimous'iroad officials who have opposed consolida- consent was twice refused .by two demo- |tion of New Engiand roads with trunk cratic opponent to.the . shipping legisla- | lines, Judge Anderson declared that tion. s “high salaried executives could not look Senator Harrison, democrat, of Mis-|with equannimity on the possibllity pof sissippi denounced the N bill as|losing their jubs.” “not only socialstic, -but _bofshevistic,” | , “Our New England raflroad managers ibyt-sald he would vote to take it up- in | have nat- given us financial results, and in i order to-hasten consideration of, farm re- instances transportation results” llef' legislation. . Judge Anderson said. “It may be thag their faliure has been due to conditions beyond their \control, but if that is true, / they ought to have asserted the facts and told the owners of their properties the real truth. They had no right to sit*by, asseuting to, even promoting, the termin- ation -of federal contro!, probably know- ing that they could earn nothing for the owners. “It requires no argument to comvince this committee that we cannot have sane fon Boston, Dec. 20.—Advocating the creg- hi ]pending motion to lay aside the shipping bill and to take up the Nortis agricultural | financing measure, but each time an ob- Feeflon nullified the attempt. sorhe POLICE ARE ROUNDING UP SUSPICIOUS PERSONS BOSTON Boston, Dec. 20.—FEleven men .were qugstioned by the police today after the second night's ‘round up “of suspicious into -custody - in town town pool rooms; restaurants and on'the streets. Three of the men ‘were driving a ‘wagon contain- ing 76 containers of moonshine, accerd- ing to the poljce. AK Omllfl COAL CAE M“D l'n“ IN ANSONIA - STATESMEN HAS BEEN AVERTED Bf_e‘la.Dn_ N—(BymA. P.)—Tha incident arising between Migister of the entploye~of- the” bank”for twenty years,) mfl.htu:mmrbcyltthea‘e Calh(er Newhall said the defalcations | extended over a period and that the money was ob- mmmnswhumm-mw epartment. Mlnudmwlmuthemor._ | 817,000, who' is married but has nd Ghent” nnmn‘ky & Flemish ‘tne etitution. officlals can’ cheer ‘thers, . The - mayer | has approved” a plantto ‘have munieipal " | Christmias -. cards _conveying * -holiday ucm-ocn- Nm f ‘ohAnhorbuon by |.be war