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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
7R07zkY REPORTED EN-
ROUTE TO germany
Former Soviet Leader Said
to Be Starting for
Constantinople

London. Jan. 26 (UP)-Reliabie
private advices received here said
Leon Trotsky. former Soviet leader,
and his family will leave their place
Of exile In Russian Turkestan today
and 90 to Constantinople.
The advices said the removal will
take place at Trotsky's request and
with the permission Of the Soviet
government
Trotsky and his family may pro-
coed to Berlin rom Constantinople.
1t was added.
Dispatches from Moscow for the
last two days have indicated the
Soviet government was planning
stronger action against Trotsky,
whom 1t sus- ected Of being connect
ed with anti-Soviet propaganda in
Siberia. rather than allow him Ia
leave its control altogether.
Recent raids by Soviet secret po-
lice in Siberia on headquarters OF
"a Trotsky organization" there re-
suited in numerous arrests and con-
fiscation of papers which police
claimed indicated enemies Of the
government were joining the organ
ization.
Members of the organization were
said to be distributing proclamA-
tions throughout Siberia calling for
a civil war and the overthrow OF
Sovietism.
The report Of Trotsky's self-re-
quested removal appeared to indi-
cato that Soviet authorities agreed
with an opinion advanced by some
political observers In Moscow. that
Trotsky will be less Of menace
while he lives than n he were dead.
since in the latter case his Followers
might make q martyr Of him.
Trotsky severed all connection
with the Soviet government before
his exile. Prior to the 1877 revo-
luton he was known an . Menshe-
visit rather than az . Bolshevist. an1
adopted the latter principles only
when the revolution started.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
Whispering Campaign
Has Climax in Deei-
SION to Call at Least
Four on Carpet for
Their Attitude To-
ward Associates.
Quizzing by Councilman
Boyle Results in Deter.
mination by Commission
to Throw Searchhght o.
Men Suspected of Conn
plants.

Determined that gossiping and
spreading of dissension among mems
bers Of the dre department must ba
stopped. Chairman James J. Butles
OF the board Of fire commissioner
today announced that he viii call q
special meeting next week, probably
on Thursday night, and summon ii
least four members of the depart~
ment for hearings. The names Of
those to be called were not disclosed
This action resulted from discloss
ures at meeting Of the ordinance
committee, which last night rejected
the fire boards recommendation that
the position Of assistant master me>
chanic In the department be created
with the salary, but not the rank. o1
a lieutenant. Councilman william
d. Boyle who subjected Master Me.
chanic Edward G. Burke to grilline
which lasted more than an hour,
brought out numerous claims and
complaints which moved Councilman
Warner to remark that they must
have come from disgruntled meme
bers Of the department. The coun-
Gill; suggested to Chairman But.
ler that the source Of the gossip be
traced and the guilty parties dealt
with. He wGs assured that this
would be done without delay.
Although NO formal charges have
heen preferred a. yet, It h n&sfy
that this step will follow.
An investigation instituted by the
chairman Of the fire board today con-
vinced him. he said, that many OF
the complaints brought out by Coun-
Gilman Boyle are unwarranted and
others utterly false.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
CRUISER BILL IS
SENA7E'S PROBLEM
Must Dispose of It Befora
Waning Session
Closes i

Washington, Jan. 16 M-Wlt6
the end of the session only . few
weeks away. the senate has disposed
Of two Of q vexing trio Of problems
that confronted it at the outset.
Boulder Dam and the Kellogg treaty.
and faced the third, the cruiser con.
struction bill. today, with the telie9
that q vote was matter Of only Q
few days at most The house has
gone along placidly enough. dispos-
ing Of appropriation bills and other
routine matters with only minor de.
lays and consequently felt privis
legged today to take recess. .
Congress has apparently abandon~
ed all idea Of doing any law making
on farm relief and tariff revision Il
this session. since a special session
seems certain. Having decided tt
was inevitable. senator's and repre-
sentatives are taking comfort now
in the feeling that If any supply
measures are caught in the last
minute jam. there is time to take
care Of them in the congress t0
come.
Hearings on tariff revision, begun
early in January. have gone steadily
forward and although Saturdays
were originally set as a holiday BY
the house ways and means commit
tee every one OF them has seen the
committee at work and today was
no exception. The committee plans
to finish hearings sometime before
March ava then the work of SUB
committees in helping frame sec.
tions Of the proposed bill begin.
One farm bill. that of Senator
McNary. OF Oregon, has been intro
duced at this session but it has not
been brought up and apparently will
not be. This measure. calling for 4
farm board. is said to have admins
tration approval. but how Herbert
Hoover will look on it Is not known.
II is almost a certainty that the Nc
Nary measure will not be the only
one put forward at the special ses-
sion.
Committees today were generally
In recess. although on the house
side hearings on the bill to prolon1
the life Of the radio commission .
year were scheduled and the senate
public lands committee had arranR-
ed to hear the Walsh report on the
Sinclair royalty oil leases In the
Salt Creek field.
Opposition to the cruiser con-
struction bill has apparently center.
ed on the time clause requiring coa-
struction Of the Is cruisers and Uno
aircraft carrier provided to ber'n =
three years. President Coolidge wants
this time limit taken out and -
does Senator Borah and those whe
Oppose other sections Of the meas
ure. Or the biii in its entifeGy, AAvo
rallied behind them.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
BOY HIT WITH stone
LOSES SUIT FOR $1,000
City Court Decides in
Favor of Cal, School
Janit0r

Judgment for the defendant to re-
cover costs. based on the strength
OF the testimony Of defense witnesses
was rendered today by Justice MI
chael A. Sexton in the action OF l3-
year-old frankie Czerwinski against
Anthony Gal. janitor Of the Sacred
Heart parochial school. Czerwinski
sued for $1,000 damages for alleged
assault and battery on April II last.
when he was supposedly hit by Z
stone alleged to have been thrown
by the janitor. when the boy went
over to the Fairgrounds to get q
peggy" that had gone over the
fence.
In rendering his decision for the
defendant, Justice Sexton said tina:
the boy, testifying in his behalf. did
not say that he was struck by the
defendant or by anyone else: he did
not show who struck him: two 9TH
er children about the age OF the
plaintiff testified that they saw the
defendant throw the stone that
struck the child, but they were un-
able to state where the defendant
got the stone; they did not see him
pick 1t up. nor did they see him
take it from his ! ocxet.
There was one thing stirling
about the testimony OF these boys"
the memorandum reads, "and it was
the minute description they gave of
the defendant, the color OF his hair.
his age and the manner in which
he was dressed. red sweater. brown
cap and blue overalls.
The evidence given by one Of the
boys when the case was heard in the
city court. was quite different from
hat he gave when the same matter
was aired in the police court last
May. At that time he did not identi-
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
GOES INTO ICY POOL
and Effects RESCUE
S0uthington Policeman,
Saves New Yorker
From Drowning
ESPECIAL to the Hsrald)

6outhinston, Jan. 36.-John Fallen.
age 80. Of SOC E. Asth street. New
York city. . visitor at the home Of
John Homnyack Of - Summer
street, escaped drowning last night
about 10 o'clock when. after falling
through the thin ice Of Stow pond.
he was rescued by Special Policeman
George o. Dexter.
Fallen was returning to the home
Of his friend when he went to take
a short cut A small river feeds the
pond and Fallen tried to cross the
channel. The water was not over his
! head at the spot where he broke
through but he tried In vain to get
out. He attempted to climb onto
the ice but just the the weight OF his
body was placed on 1t. it kept break
ing under him.
His frantic cries for help as he
struggled in the dark. attracted the
attention Of people living nearby.
| Unable to help him. the residents
turned In an alarm for the Southing-
ton fire department. Another call
was sent to Meriden for the Merder
hospital ambulance.
When the department arrived. a
ladder was placed across the chan
mel and Policeman Dexter crept out
! to catch the man. He was nearly ex-
hausted and his fingers were 30
i, numb that he was unable to catch
ropes or even raiss his arms to the
policeman.
Finally he began to slip. his hold
on the Ice relaxing and the police-
man sensing this. jumped into the
Az watorR uand succeed, d in bstne.
M NM NJ lle ladder and to shore.
HIS clothes we're ripped Oft and he
was placed In heavy blankets. He
was given stimulants which brought
him back. Upon the arrival Of the
ambulance. he was taken to the
Meriden hospital. His condition to
day was favorable. hospital authori-
ties saying that he was sufferir 8
only slightly from exposure.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
BOYLE DIGS into
fire DEPARTMENT
Councilman Subjects Mechanic
to Sharp Cross Examination
CALLS SYSTEM "TERRIBLEn
Council Committce On Ordinances
Votes Down Proposed Deputy for
Burke and FxvoFs Licutenancy Of
Detectives.
CALLS SYSTEM TERRIBLE"

The common council committee on
ordinances voted last night to recon-
mend that the position Of lieutenant
Of detectives be created in the police
department. but rejected the recon-
mendatton Of the board of fire com.
mlssioners to establish the position
of assistant master mechanic In the
fire department. after . session en-
livened by . searching interrogation
Of Master Mechanic Edward G.
Burke by Councilman William L.
Boyle. Tho committee also voted to
have an ordinance drawn relative to
the position of deputy building in
spector. the common council having
ordered the position created. The
proposed legislation to license the
bond building contractors was tabled
for one month.
Councilman Boyle lost no time 20.
ing after Mechanic Burke, shooting
question after question at him about
the condition OF various pieces OF
fire apparatus In the do nartment nd
Burke made hi. renlie. n,omn,,v
and with great confidence and self
assurance. At one time, the council
man smoke asnecio,iv .h,-rIv - ~,
declaring: "rm not bera - .r.,,a
with Won. merely ~ ~ va, .nr.a
question:. and the mech.,;c ov,cLI~
retorted. "rm not arouins wi,h
you." Roth bent the;r tsnnars
onno,,,.,.. C...i,-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
CHICAGO Police
Go ON RAMPAGE
Sart Another Cleanup Which
Nets GO Arrests
NAB Two HOLDUP MEN

Strong Arm squad q Autnoestses
Arrives When Taxi Driver u
Haading Over Days Receipts to
bandit.
Chicago. Jan. 70 NNThs police
broadax that swept Chicago last
weekend was slicing over the same
ground today, cutting into Il, !"
crop Of denizens Of the underworld
Approximately half Of the citys
police force engaged In tho second
general roundup Of the week Of
malefactors. They found the held
far less fertile than last Sunday and
Monday when more than 5000 per-
sons were jailed. At an early hour
this morning about 500 arrests had
been made. the list Of prisoners In
cluding some Of the men taken In
the cleanup earlier in the week. The
campaign was to continue through
the day, with the prospect OF tn
tensincation tonight.
With the raids only 4 few hours
old, Deputy Commissioner John
siege learned that several men
sought for . series Of robberies had
been captured and Identified: and
that two robberies had been pre-
vented by raidtng squads arriving
while the holdups were going on.
Morris Simmons. q taxicab driver,
was just handing his nights receipts
over to two men who had held him
up when a police squad arrived and
arrested the robbers. Another de-
tachment Of police drove into 4
Rogers park filling station during =
holdup and captured the robber.
Solution Of 16 holdups was accom-
plished. police said. through this
arrest, the prisoner. Conrad Petta,
confessing.
A. in the case Of arrests made
during the previous roundup. police
found several Of those taken early
today were armed. The program for
handling those arrested u to pick
out all who are known to poltue.
fingerprint and photograph them.
and prefer charges. wherever possi-
BILE. Those against whom no en-
dence IL at hand will be released.
But known hoodlums will be arrest
ed and re-arrestcd in subsequent
drives until they become 30 disgust-
ed that they will leave Chicago -
which IL one OF the primary hopes
Of police.
Federal prohibition agents also
went into action simultaneously
with police. although acting tnde-
pendently. They battered their way
into the Minuet club. described BY
an agent as "one Of those quiet and
discreet places" 1t IL In Rush street
on the Gold Coast.
Besides arresting the proprietor.
Louis Falkenstein. and seizing al
legged liquor. the agents obtained
what they believe to be the clubs
membership list. Fred o. Silloway.
in charge Of the prohibition agents,
would not make public the list, but
he said 1t included the names Of q
railroad president. two downtown
bankers and several prominent pro-
fessional men.
1T looks like a couple OF chap
ters from the social register and q
handful Of pages from Dun and
Bradstreet's," he said.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
To GREET FRIED
IN n Y TO-DAY
oFnect.crt State I
dvt. Dept., -,h..
Hartford, Conn. Ml-
ties viii Ply Tribute
PLAN PUBLIC WELCOME

110 Ig 3AGn W Ne&Ey
Neesa Captaia sad Saviour Of
Nsighsss's Grow, Up Bay-Broad-
way Pasads - Follow.
New York. Jan. 2s R-Repre-
sentAtives Of two nations, the army
and navy, and civil authorities Joined
today to pay homage to Captain
Georgs Fried and his crew.
Plans for . public welcome for
the rescuers Of - Italian sailors
from the sinking freighter Florida
began with = greeting to Captain
Fried and his men when the United
States liner reached Quarantine.
Mrs George Fried. wife of the
master Of tho America and Mrs.
Anna Manning. mother of Chief or
deer Harry Manning. who command
ed the rescuers' lifeboat were in-
vited to accompany the welcoming
party on the city tug Macon.
Mayor Heads Party
Mayor Walker headed the official
party. which included Police Com
missioner Whalen. Rear Admiral
Louis r. DE- steiguer. commanding
Brooklyn navy yard. Major General
Hanson E. Ely, commanding the
Second Corps Area: Emanuele
Grazd. italian consul general and
members Of the mayors welcoming
committee to distinguished visitors.
Arrangements provided that the
tug Macon escort the liner to her
pier at Hoboken while river craft
along the route salute the ship. with
siren blasts and plumes of high
funE spray from the fire tugs.
Receptioa Put on
The fact that the America was
not due to dock until late In the day
and In order to give Captain Fried
and the others who figured In the
rescue much needed rest officials
put OF the reception at City hail
until Monday noon.
After \ parade up Broadway Cap
tain Fried. Chief Officer Manning,
Nelson Smith. chief radio operator.
and the members Of the lifeboat
crew will pass between the lines ef
. guard ef honor Of soldiers and
sailers at the City hall steps and BE-
escorted 70 the aldermanic chamber
whers ~ medal n - city Will ~
presented sko411p< 1s mayor and
the three offlcer5 will receive scrolls
eulogising their heroic exploit.
After the City hall ceremonies the
mayor viii escort the Americas
party to the Advertising club for
luncheon.
Sends CongratulatiDns
William Marconi. inventor OF
wireless. sent congratulations to
Captain Fried and the Americas
wireless operators through David
Sarnoff. executive vice president Of
the Radio Corporation Of America.
"Pieaae convey my most sincere
congratulations to Captain Fried
and the wireless operators for mot
Eallant rescue of my countrymen on
the Florida" Senator Marconi said.
you will understand am also
proud Of important part wireless has
again played In the rescue Of life at
sea"
A radio message received from q
com mittee Of passengers aboard the
America sa,d q purse Of $3.50 had
been turned over to the crew Of the
nfeboat and Testimonials had been
handed TO CO sotain Fried and Chief
0r'cer Manning.
CAPTAIN Fried and Manning Will
be heard tonight nv radio listeners
over Station WOR Of Newark. N. J.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
los THOUGHT DEAD

Mukden. Manchuria, Jan. 26 "
One hundred Chinese and three
Japanese miners were feared to have
been killed today in an explosion
and fire In the Entail coal mine near
Liaoyang, Manchuria.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
PLANE CARRIES PRISONER
70 H TRIED FOR MURDER
WIN step m 0ss1s - Fairbanks 4
Pick Up Wienaasss-Naeive =
lGasuhaFs Custody

Bethel. Alaska. Jan. 50 0-Cut.
ting - days frem previous similar
trips By dog slsd. = plane hopped
OF from hers yesterday with pris-
oner who u to b. tried on . mur-
der charge In federal court ut Fair
banks. The plane was to stop en-
route 1t 0lsetmuts 20 pick up wit
nesses. Those aboard were E. E.
Bennett and Com Gerard. pilots
Deputy Marshal Wiseman. the native
prisoner and an interpreter.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
Sister There

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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26
Fidel In B4rba Wins
Fight by Knockout

Sydney. New South Wales. Jan.
2s M-Fidel La Barba, American
nyweight. today knocked out Nc
Allister in the fourth round Of their
match here.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-26

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New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
PEANUT MACHINE STOLEN

Dominick Cianfione. proprietor of shoe repairing shop at 53 Main street, reported to Officer Delbert Veley that peanut vending ma chine had been unscrewed from its place in front of his establishment and stolen between 9 o'clock Friday night and 6:45 Saturday morning. The machine, which is owned by the E. R. Sales Co.,. of Bridgeport. con- tained about s when taken.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

dance hall in '4rhe Girl Of the Gold en West.' 10 the subtle characterize tions Of the screen. was traced in Keenan's roles.
 Keenan first donned the grease paint as a student at Boston col- lege. in an amateur production. and he went quickly from that experience to minor roles in the famous old Boston Museum stock company, which schooled him in a multitude Of parts.
 The actor traced his professional l carer from an apearance at Law renee. Mass. in 1880. in support Of the veteran Joseph Proctor. He was then but P. From the Boston stock company he went to New York to play in ''The Capitol" "A Poor Relative" and other contemporary hits.
 He was the dour Cassius in Julius Caesar and he intoned the lines Of the befuddled Rip Van Wrinkle when that play was the surefire offering of every troupe. He succeeded to major stardom in "Harts Of Oak" Nc Kenna's Filtration" "A Texas Steer" and The Warrens of Vir- glnia." and for many years there after his name topped the showbills of stage successes
 Before 1900 he had combined di- recting with his roles. and he staged the original productions of "The Christian" 'The Kings Mus ketecrs," Such a Little Queen" and a dozen others.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
RIP VAN WlNkLE'
 STARTS LONG SLEEP
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reputed to have amassed a fortune in that field.
 The noted actors first wife and companion for ~ years. was Kath- crime Long. He met and married her in his early days on the Boston stage. She had played opposite her husband many times. A telling tragedy entered Keenan's life in 1924 when she died while watching him play a part at the Hollywood Writers club.
 Keenan married Margaret White, . 2S year old Palo Alto, Calif., music teacher. a few months later. She obtained divorce in October, 1927. and a year later the veteran actor married Leah May.
 Started Career Early
 The cruising showboats which brought drama up the Mississippi river every summer to the wooded bluffs of Dubuque. Iowa, converted Keenan to the stage before the Irish lad was into his teens.
 But it was New England which gave him the thespian opportunity which led to career extending over half a century. and it was the far west which finally claimed him when motiop picture roles piled new laurels upon his whitening hair.
 The progress of the theater from the broad melodrama of the western
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

and schwimmer. Heyer. was little more than . bookkeepsr for the Fairview Kennell club. George tBugs) Aoran's dog track. Wein- shsnk. ], have reason to think. WAS It the place of the murders only for the purpose of buying alcohol for
 his. own. interests: and SchwimmeF was merely friend of the hoo1- luuls."> - ''. '"7- Stansbury was skeptical of the
 latest witAess' story to the effect
 that there had been q car with four
 men at the rear of the North Clark
 street garage at the time of the crime. The witness. . boy. said two of these men wore police uniforms. He became frightened when he
 hard shooting inside the garage and ran around in front in time to see four other men come out that way.
 The man sitting at the wheel of the
 automobile into which these four
 jumped, the boy said. had a finger
 o6.
 Blamed For % Murders The ponco search had tAKen an
 entirely new track today as result of evidence pointing to the possibili- ty that a ring of kidnappers operat-
 ing throughout the country may
 have committed the murders. The
 gang originated in St. Louis. Stans-
 bury said. later operating in Detroit
 and more recently appearing in Chi
 caEo. < Twenty murders in various rarts of the country are ascribcd to
 members of this gang, the prosecu- tor said,
 These kidnappers and killers, po- ] lice declared. were aligned here with the, hoodlums who made "the Cir
 GUS" their headquarters. They were
 supporters of Tony Lombardo and i PasQualino Lolordo. Two of the most
 recent gang victims prior to the
 North Clark street affair.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
Torch Murder Hunt
 Leads to Gin Ring

Cranford, N. J., Feb. 25 (UP)- Police searching for the slayers of the unidentified woman whose gaso- Unexplained body was found burn- ing on a lonely road near here today were following clue that led into the maxes of New York's illicit liquor traffic.
 They were working on the theory that the woman knew too much, about bootleg operations and was slain because she talked. Prosecutor Abe J. David of Union county re- ceived information that the woman may have been the one who was a government witness in the trial of members of the West Side gin ring in New York last October.
 It was said that descriptions of the witness and of the torch mur. der" victim tallied.