New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL | LOCAL NEWSPAPERS | | NEW BRITAIN HERALD! HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINES - PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1916 —~EIGHTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 187 RILEY REMOVED BY GOVERNOR WHITMAN ‘Deposed as New Y—ork Superin- tendent of Prisons ON CHARGES OF MISCONDUCT Successor Will Be Named Next Week —O0. L. Potter Will Be Temporarily in Charge of Penitentiary Depart- ment. 21.—John B. ntendent of prisons, was removed from office today by Gov- ernor Whitman, who in a lengthy Popinicn sustained the charges of mi conduct in office, preferred by him- self on January ¢ The governor said that Riiey’s per- manent successor would be mnamed week and in the meantime Owen L. Potter, who is attached to the ex- ecutive chamber with the title of ex ssistant, will be tem. ze of the prison de- Albay Riley, state supe: €3 partment. Riley Issuess Statement. ncdintely after the order of re- was served on Riley, the de- evintendent issued a state- ich he a: dvice regarding prison nor Whitman has ca- tered to maudlin sentimentalists, rath- cr than the pub! interest or the wel- fare of the prisoner In acceding to demand for my removal by a co- terie of llionai and other well Ir moval posed ment, in w m jutentioned persons who know nothing | ons, and who have only the st vague motions of prison condi- tions being victims of an crratic vision- wrv, he hae shown himself to be des- . tituta of courage to discharge his duty regardless of public clamor, a char which every official must s if he is to command and retain the respect of fellow citizens. His covert attempt to intimidate the dis- trict attorney of Weschester county, gnd his witnesses, constitutes a shame- less cowardly exhibttion of his powerJ as chief magistrate.” Evidence Sustains Charge. In an opinion, which accompanied | the order for removal, Governor | Whitman held that the evidence con- cerning a recent order by Supt. Riley for the transfer of sixty-six prison- | ers from Sing Sing to Clinton Prison pustained the charge of misconduct. Quoting from a letter written by Riley ron Nov. 1 last to Thomas Mott Os- | horne, at that time warden of Sing | Bing, that transfer to Clinton Prison, except in the case of tuberculosis, was regarded as punishment, the governor said that Riley either was knowingly i and willingly a party to a plan con- | ed for the purpose of affecting | a criminal trial, by including in the transfer of prisoners those who are | to be witnesses for the defense in the ‘trial of the indictments pending | against Osborne, or the conditions of | the superintendent’s office were such | that “This wholly reprehensible | thing,” as the governor termed i, could be brought about by his signa- ture and without his knowledge. Agreement Reached. “It was distinctly understood,” the | opinion says, “that when the present | warden of Sing Sing (George W. Kirchwey) took charge that the situa- | tion, so far as the so-called ‘Osborne | controversy’ was concerned, should not be disturbed until the conclusion | of the trial; that the district attor- ney and the counsel for the defense | ,should have free access to the prison | and to the witnesses, as occasion might require. “This order, made on the very eve of a criminal trial, served notice to every convict in Sing Sing that he would be sent to a prison for incor- rigibles for punishment should he dare to become a witness in behalf of the defendant.” Condition Intolerable. the has about p: In conclusion, that Supt. Riley many good thing of prisons in this state. 1 think he has done much to bring humane methods and practices into the man- nzement of our penal institutions, and I think the pablic in indebted to him for what he tried to accomplish and what he has accomplished in the past, but believe that the condi- tion which this examination reveals in the prison department is able.” Although Rile successor be named until next week, it derstood that the governor hz termined upon Irank E. Wade, of Buffalo, vice president of the state probation comm on, and vice presi- dent of the state prison commission. opinion states “accomplished will not de- BOOTY OF TEUTONS. London, Jan. 21, 7:46 a. Amsterdam despatch to the News says that the total booty of the Teutonic allies during seventeen months of war is summed up in Vienna as follows: arly 3,000,000 prisoners, 10,000 .guns, 40,000 machine guns, while 470,000 square kilome- tres of enemy territory had been oc- cnped. m.—An Central STORM COSTS MANY LIVES. Honolulu, Jan. 21.—The storm which raged over the Hawaiian Islands for a week but which now has passed, Is known to have cost eleven lives on the Island of Maui, and the death list may reach twenty-five. Property dam- age w cstimated today at $600,000. | Caesar hill on the Es in the management ' intoler- | is un- | | POSTPONE CROWNING | OF CHINESE EMPEROR Uprising in Southern Section of Coun- try Causes Yuan Shi Kai to Can- cel Arrangements for Ceremony. Peking, China, Jan. 21.—The coro- nation of Yuan Shi Kai as emperor of China has been postponed indefinitely. The reason given officially is the up- rising in southern China. The foreign office notified the vari- cus legations today that the Chinese government had decided that the en- thronement would take place early in Tebruary but that Yuan Shi Kai had issued an order cancelling the ar- rargements, in view of the distur- bances in Yuanan Province. No inti- mation was given when the enthrone- nient will take place. Government officials estimate that nct more than six months will be re- quired to quiet the disturbances in the south. BURNED BY GERMANS. Report Yssued of Number of Houscs in Belgium Destroyed. 2 Paris, Jan. 20, 2:30 p. m.—A des- patch from Havre says that a report has just been issued by the Belgian government giving the number of houses in the various provinces of Belgium which the 1eport says were burned by the Germans. The following figures Brabant, 5,821; Liege, werp, 1,800; Malines, 2; Namur, 1,710; Philippeville, 1,301; Hu 255; Verviers, 581; Wa- remme, 1 Turnhout, 40; total, 18,- 207. 'The figures for Flanders are not yet obtainable. are givel 2,703; Ant- 1,748; Dinant, - MR. AND MRS. MANZ Spring Street Couple to Cel ebrate Happy Event Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Manz of 23 Spring street will celebrate their golden wedding Sunday with a fam- ily re-union. Their wedding occurred | | in New York city, fifty years ago to- morrow. Both are natives of Baden, Germany, and came to New York, in January, 1866, where their mar- riage at once took place. Mr. Manz is. 74 years old and his wife is 72, For many years he has been employ- | ed in the rule packing department | of the Stanley, Rule and Level Co. Thirteen children were born to them of whom five are living. Mr. and Mrs. Manz made their home in New York for over twenty yvears and then removed to Berlin, where they bought a small farm on t Berlin road. Mr. Manz was employed during this period at the Rule shop in this city. They were residents of Berlin about ten years when they sold their farm and removed to New Britain. The five children living are Daniel Manz of New York city, Mrs. Eliza- beth Heizmann of Newark, N. J., Jo- i seph Manz of 83 Spring street, Mr: William Sheldon of 83 Spring stre and Mrs. Wallace Preston of 34 Hart- ford avenue. The couple have 15 grandchildren. SHE HAD WRONG NAME | Woman Suing for Divorce Tells Judge | She Thought Her Husband's Name ‘Was Nixon Learned It was Hunt. Mrs, Clara Belle Hunt of this city | was divorced today in the superior court from Homer Hunt, alias Homer | Nixon, of parts unknown. The plain- tiff claimed intollerable cruelty The woman married the defendant under the name of Nixon several years ago and by this she was'’known for several vears. It was not until recently that she discovered the deception. Hunt ;as arraigned in police court about a year and a half ago for issuing bad checks and was fined heavily at the time. His wife proved to be one of | his most loyal friends at the time | and stuck by nim faithfully, He | later repaid her for her loyalty by abusive treatment toward her, she claims Judge Joseph P. - Tuttle granted the decree. Klett & Alling ppeared for the plaintiff. | John Kroll charged his wife with | desertion and the court granted him a | decree today. The defendant, who ! | was i ther McDermott, is well | | The case was not contested. Flett & Alling were counsel for the | | | | 19TH and ANNIVERSARY. M James Sautter of street observed the nineteenth | anniversary of their marriage yester- day. In the evening they entertained a number of friends and relatives at a dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Sautter re- ceived many pretty gifts. | Clar | | | | | TWO PER CENT. DIVIDEN New York, Jan. 21.—Directors of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co., today declared a divi- dend of two per cent. on the preferred stock out of earnings for the last | seven months of 1915. This is the first disbursement on that stock since April, 1914, when dividends suspended. | werc | tions | canses, LYNGH FIVENEGROES AT STARKVILLE, GA. Victims Taken From Sylvester Jail and Hanged on Tree BODIES FILLED WITH BULLETS Mob Acted With Precision Indicative | of Carefully Laid Plans—Prisoners Were Held For Killing of Sheriff Moreland of Lee County. Albany, Georgia, Jan. 21.—Five ne- groes taken from the Worth County jail at Sylvester last night were hanged to one limb of a tree on the outskirts of Starkville, some time during the night. The bodies, containing many bullet holes, were cold when found this morning. Forty or fifty men, acting with pre- cision indicative of carefully laid plans, took the five negroes from the jail and sped away in automobiles. They were being held in connection with the Killing of Sheriff Moreland of Lee county during the Christmas hol- idays. Starkville is a hamlet three miles from Leesburg, the county seat of Lee county. i All Wires Cut. All wires leading north from Syl- vester were cut, and the fate of the negroes was not definitely known until hours after they had been lynched. At about ten o'clock last night Sheriff Potts and his jailer at Sylves- ter were awakened by four or five men who announced that they had cap- tured a negro and wanted to place him in jail. They were admitted, bearing a negro bound with ropes. nothing, the officers watched the men as they loosened the negro’s bonds. Suddenly the visitors seized the offi- cers and took from them the impris- oned negroes. Several more automo- biles were driven in front of the jail, and the men in them joined those who had preceeded them. The negroes were rushed out of the jail, bundled into machines and started north at a rapid pace. The officers immediately at- tempted to telephone to head off the lynching party but the wires had been cut. Hanging to One Limb. Lee county citizens searching for the trail of the lynchers found the five men hanging to one limb within full view of the road out from Starkville. Apparently they had been strung up and then made targets for the men who had taken them from jail. Four of the victims were of one Frank, Dewey and Mz Rodius Seamore Wanted Prisoncr Saved. James Keith, a negro, was the pris- oner most wanted by the lynchers, but Sheriff Potts had taken the precaution to remove him several days ago to some other jail, the location of which he has not divulged. Moreland was killed at the home of Felix Lake when he went to arrest a negro. It was reported that more than one of those in the house shot him and were all arrested later. Other Prisoners Unharmed. Sheriff Potts today stated that men made no attempt to molest twenty-three other prisoners in jail, The bodies had not been cut down several hours after they were found but preparations were under way for the coroner to take charge of them and hold an inquest. The fifth the the the Say Six Negroes. Sylvester, Ga., Jan. 21.—Six negroes were taken from the jail here last night by a_lynching party. They were being held as suspects in con- nection with the killing of Sheriff Moreland of Lee County. A seventh negro, James Keith, against whom the authorities believe they have strongest evidence, was removed from the jail in time. the jail in an auto. They had with them a negro bound hand and foot, whom, they announced to the j they had captured and thought best to bring him here for safe keep- ing. They were allowed to enter, and then pounced upon the jailer and took his keys. Within a few moments more automobiles apeared. Tt only a few minutes for the party to get the six negro hurry them out to the cars and start north toward Sasser, Terrell County where Sheriff Moreland is buried. LIMIT IMMIGRATION. Only Way High Standards and Good Wages Can Be Maintained. Washington, Jan. 21.—Only by lim- iting immigration can high standards of living and good wages be maintain- ed among American workingmen, Frank Morrison, secretary of American Federation of Labor, and representative Burnett declared in advocating the literacy test bill today before the house immigration com- mittee. Representative chairman of the Burnett, who committee and in- troducer of the bill, declared that of 2,500,000 foreigners in the United States only 35,000 were attempting to learn Engi Tgnorant and unam- hitious, he ared. they work cheap- live in squalor and create condi- that drive American working- from a community To such he insisted were due the recent Younsgstown riots is men Suspecting | family—T%lix Lake and his three sons | the | Last night several men drove up to | several | toolk | the | MONTENEGRO DECIDES ! TO FIGHT TO FINISH Consul in Paris Declares—Vienna Claims TPeace Negotiations With Austria Have Been Discontinued. Paris, Jan. 20, 3:45 Montenegrin consul in Paris makes the official announcement that all negotiations between Montenegro and Austria have been broken off and that Montenegro had decided to fight to the Litter end. p. m.—The Paris, Jan. 20, Via. London, Jan. 21, 10:05 a. m.—It is announced here that the press reports that Montenegro has decided peace negotiations are un- founded. It is stated that as yet the laying down of arms demanded by Austria has not been completed by the Montenegrins and that until this is done 3 conditions will not be discussed. conditions have not yet been stated, as the Austro-German peace commi: sioner Otto, formerly Austrian mini ter at Cettinje, is still enroute for that city and arrived at Sarajevo to- cay. It is added that several days | will still be required before all the Montenegrin troops will come in from the hills and surrender. Only then { ere the actual negotiations to begin. What the Austro-Hungarian terms will be, it is stated here, cannot vet be published, but they will include the retention of Mount Lovcen. I i i | A Rome despatch of yesterday said Montenegro had informed taly official- ly that hostilities with Austria had cen resumed over the entire front. The foregoing Vienna despatch, also under vesterday’s date, may have been iiled before the time of the announce- ment credited by Rome to the Monte- regrin government, SPECIAL FREIGHTS TO NEW BRITAIN'S RELIFF Eighty Cars Made Up for This City—Four Days’ Coal Here. of the serious problems which have confronted local dealers and merchants for several days, due to the congestion on the railroads was anticipated today, on the receipt of word by Secretary Andrews of the Chamber of Commerce, that the N. Y. H. & H. R. R. had completed ar- ingements for sending direct to ti city from Maybrook Junction, N three freight trains of eighty all, containing nothir but freight. This news is gratifying to local peo- ple who had reached a state of anxi- ety over the outloo and as there are merchants who handle merchan- dise which in demand at this time of the year, and whose stock was | somewhat depleted, the announce- ment of the action of the railroad of- ficials will be received with pleasure. Several days ago the Chamber Commerce w: appealed to in matter and railroad officials were communicated with, to see if some remedy could not be preseribed for the solution of the difficulty. One of the trains arrived here at 1 o’clock this afternoon, one at 3 o'clock and another was scheduled to arrive here at 5 o’clock. President F. H. Johnston of the City Coal and Wood company was asked this afternoon if the forwarding of the above shipments to this city would re- lieve the coal situation to any extent. He was somewhat optimistic re- | garding the matter, and in his re- marks he gave a clean idea of the seriousness of the situation. He said {hat as far as he could learn, there is all told among local dealers but four days’ coal supply, and if a bad storm was to strike here before the coal be- | sins to arrive, the conditions would be chaotic. A number of dealers from some of the suburban towns have requested that the situation in their places be relieved by supplying their trade, but local dealers have refused to comply with the requests, feeling that the local people are entitled to first con- sideration. Relief local the YAQUI INDIANS ROUTED. Guaymas, Jan. 20, by Radio to San Diego, Calif., Jan. 21.—The campaign | against the Yaqui Indians is now pro- gressing favorably, and latest reports state that Carranza troops have occu- pied a Yaqui stronghold at TLos Pa- lares and in a skirmish near San Jav- jer succeeded in driving off a detached band of the Indians and capturing 300 | head of cattle and 100 horses. TO TRANSFER HIGGINS. Washington, Jan. 21 ange- ments to transfer American Consul Tdward Higgins from Stuttgart, Ger- many to some other country are be- ing made today by the state depart- | ment. Higgins has become objec- tionable to the German government because of alleged criticism against Germany and is said to be persona non gran | § ~——— e WEATHER. settled, probabl Saturday T T TSN | Villa of | { from agents at El Paso conveying last VILLANOT CAPTURED | SAYS GEN. HERRERA Denies Reports “Rehel Chief” Has Been Taken Prisoner BY CARRANZA COMMANDER Rumor of Capture Came to Border in Private Tclegram From What Was Belicvad to Be Reliable Source and Given Credence Generally El Paso, Tex., Jan. 21.—Persistent reports that Francisco Villa, the out- lawed military chief, has been cap- tured at San Geronimo, Chihuahu by the Carranza general, Cavazos, | were denied early today by General | Luis Herrera at Chihuahua City, com- mander in the absence of General Ja- cinto Trevoino, who has gone to Tor- reon. The report came to the border in a | private telegram from what was be- | lieved to be a reliable source and v given credence generally. It had also been in circulation in the Chihuahua state capital. Private messages from Chihuahua | City confirming reports of the capture of Villa, stated that a number of ban- | dits who participated in the Santa ysabel massacre were also captured and are being brought to Chihuahua City for execution. Mexican Consul Advised. Mexican Consul Andreas Garcia confirmed the capture of General Villa. His advices stated that the cap- | ture was effected by Maximiano Mar- quez, who recently also ptured General Jose Rodriguez, one of Villa's | generals. A message announcing | Villa’s capture also has been re- ccived at the office of the American | smelting and Refining company | Carranza Consul Garcia explained | that his confirmation of the report of | ‘he capiure of Villa was based on un- | official but reliable information. He telegraphed at once to Chihuahua City, asking immediate ‘official infor- mation from General Jacinto Trevino, the military chief of the mnorthern states. Race Track Fxecution Planned. At the same time, a message was prepared to be filed in the event of | formal confirmation, requesting that Villa be sent to Juarez to be executed at the race track. This message was written at the office of General Gab- riel Gavira, commandant at Juarez,, who said he had received nothing | official concerning the capture of the cutlaw chieftain. Hacienda San is reported is on the boundary property named the Babricora ranch, near the railroad station of San Tomas, southeast of Madera. Hemmed in Triangle. Reports received here indicated that Villa had been hemmed in in a triangle formed in the mountains. Colonel Maximiano Marquez was on the southwest point, marching from Madera, Col. Jose Alexondo was clos- ing in from the northwest, while Gen- cral Cavazos advanced from the south- cast. Geronimo, where to have been taken, of the nearest Reported Prisoner. Washington, Jan. 21.—The state de- partment’s only information early to- day on the reported capture of Gen- eral Villa was in delayed despatches night’s unconfirmed reports that was a prisoner. Another despatch repeated the re- port from Chihuahua that eighteen | bandits alleged to have been among those who killed the Americans at Santa Ysabel had been brought there and would be executed today. he BURNS CLUB BANQUET. The eighth annual banquet, con- ert and dance of the Burns club will be held this evening in Jr. O. U. A. M, hall on Arch street. The banquet will begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock | and will be followed by a concert and dancing. Admission is by invitation ond is limited to members and their friends. GERMANS REPULSE RUSSIANS. Berlin, Jan. 21, by Wireless to Say ville—German troops have been er gaged in only minor operations along the front in Russia, according to an- nouncement by army headquarters to- day. The statement reports merely the easy repulse of small Russian de- | tachments between Pinsk and Czar- torysk. MAROONED ON ICE FIELD. Anchorage, Alaska Jan. 21.—Iure ther attempts are being made to res- | cue men marooned by an ice field on Fire Island, believed to be Captain Cramer and hig crew of three of the launch Traveler, which has not been heard of since leaving Seldova for | Anchorage soon after Christmas. | NEW BRITAIN “EASY” TOWN. John Carter, Henry Burroughs and Frederick Lane were arrested in Hartford last night by Detective Ser- geant Henry on suspicion of _ being implicated in some 6f the small burg- laries which have taken place in this city recently. In the Hartford police court this morning Judge Steele sentenced the former two to fifteen days in jail on the charge of vagrancy and discharged the latter Carter said Burroughs told him of “job’* in New Britain, which he g cribed as an “easy town to wor E | mission WILL SURRENDER IF GRANTED IMMUNITY Escaped German Spy Sends detter o Captain Willlam M. Offley of New York, New York, Jan. 21.—Captain liam M. Offley, of bureau of investigation of the depart- Wil- chief the local ment of justice, today received a letter T. Therebich Lincoln, the confessed German spy who cscaped from a United States deputy raarshal last Saturday, in which the writer offered to surrender himself at once if guaranteed immunity from prosecution on the forgery charge which caused his arrest last August. The forgery charge upon which Lincoln was arrested was preferred by the British consulate here and he was being held in jail In Brooklyn, pending extradition to England. Lincoln cscaped from Deputy Francis John- con while they were in a Brooklyn restaurant. Lincoln, a Hungarian by birth, but a naturalized Englishman and a former member of the British parlia- ment, contended after his arrest that the British autthorities did not wish to the British authorities did not wish to xecute him for his former espionage work in behalf of the German war in- telligence office. In view of this, it is suspected that 1his offer of surrender is conditional upon a guarantee from the United States government that the recent c1der for his extradition would be re- voked. trom Ignatius VONPAPEN NEVER MADE ANY PAYMENTS TO HORN Berlin Claims in Statement in Defense of Recalled Military Attache. Berlin, Jan. 21, by Wireless to Say- ville.—Another statement in defense of Capt. Franz Von Papen, former German military attache at Wash- ington, was made today by the Over- seas News Agency, as follows. “A wireless despatch from England says that the letters, checks and vouchers which were taken from Cap- tain Von Papen by the British.at Fal- mouth, ¥ “Violation of inefrnationol law, are to be published. It is to be hoped that they will be reproduced in fac simile, because it will then be | evident that Capt. Von Papen never made a payment to Werner Horn, who is accused of having attempted to blow up a Canadian railway bridge. publish “But in case the British anything of this kind, it may be serted in advance that it will be forgery. “It is interesting to note that the British wireless reports the cusation that Capt. Von Papen connected with any plots to blow up ammunition works in the States The case of Horn is singled out. “It is solemnly stated in the Br Y in ac- ish wireless despatch that the letters and other documents taken from Capt. Von Papen were seized hecause they were personal belongings which were the safé conduct If this is really Ger- not the archives of the British embassy might have been seized after the beginning not protected by guaranteed to him. the British idea everybody in many will regret that it was known before, for in that case of the war. No doubt they would have brought to light interesting informa- tion concerning the policy carried on for years against Germany.’ EGAN APPOINTED Well Enown Court Street Resident Selected by Mayor Quigley as Mem- ber of Civil Service Commission. Roger W. Egan of 50 Court streef was appointed today by Mayor George Quigley a member of the civil ser- vice commission. Mr. Egan is one of New Britain’s best known residents, having lived here for many years. The other members of the are Harry C. Brown, Anderson and Martin Kinney. com-~ A. J. AUSTRIANS RENEW OPERATIONS, Paris, Jan. 20, 4:46 p. m.—The Geneva correspondent of the Temps says that, according to despatches form Vienna an active renewel of mil- itary operations has been undertaken by the Austrians in Montenegro. Gen- eral Koevess’ army is in movement, according to these advices, and one Auustro-Hungarian division is ad- vancing in the general Cettinje Pod- goritza direction, while another is moving south along the Adriatic coast toward Antivari. Other detachments of less strength are reported to be in Albania within fifteen kilometres of Scutari. AVERT FISH FAMINE, Boston, Jan. 21.—The threatened famine in fish was averted today with the arrival here of five fares. No cargoe vesterday and price high, the advance toc cents a pound. Continuance of a ¢trike among the steam trawl fisher- nd poor weather ban) responsible for of the “hooners with brought in accordingly were averaging two were fail nen wer supply the was United apparently has been dropped. <, [ this, AXE DESCENDING 0 THE SAFETY BOAR Healey, Holmes andfi Alling K pected to Be Decapitated | 1 MAYOR CANT BACK O | Commissioners Non Committal | Second-Hand Invitation to Res | and Alling May Go Down Fight smissal Expected Soon. | .3 situation in New s overshadowed today by nces of opinion existing tween Mayor George A. Quigley the members of the board of pul safety, Raymond R. Healey, ¢hi man; Frank H. Holmes and EdW B. Alling. It was generally beli that Mayor Quigley would ask three to tender their resignations fore many hours had passed that he would decapitate them if | refused to resign. Alling May Decline to Resign Messrs. Healey and Holmes non-committal when asked what would do in response to the may newspaper invitation to them to | render their berths. Neither Wi discuss the matter until he hadj ceived the request formally Mayor Quigley. Mr. Alling said had no official knowledge that invitation had been extended. He not certain what he would do the event of the mayor asking to resign but he said he would p ably decline to do so Mr. Hi said he did not wish to discuss possibilities of the case and had | ing to say until he learned from hand sources that his resignation] desired. Mr. Holmes’ attitude similar to that of the chalrma Chairman Healey emphasized) fact that he would decline abs to surrender one iota in his ments to the common council, sald he stands just where he Wednesday night and would ® nothing. Dismissal is Anticipated. Those who follow the turns, political wheel doubt not that Healey, Holmes and Alling will | the mayor’'s axe on their necks. mayor has placed himself in & tion from which he would be to back gracefully and ~wirly of prestige. He has asked the | missioners to resign and while I | not threatened to dismiss them cannot very well afford to let | matter drop where it is without ing his opponents an oppertun claim that he was bluffing. He make good and the only way so0 is to dismiss the three commi ers. Under the revised cha has full power to do this. Mayor Quigley declined to ¢o himself as to his intentions newspapermen called on him ‘mm‘nfinz. Asked whether he send formal demands for the res tions of the safety commissione replied ‘‘probably.” Mayor Qu was asked what action he woull in the event that the commis failed to acquiesce with his de but he merely shruggled his shod and would give no information on point. On other points, Mayor Quigley more loquacious and freely crifi the safety commissioners for lack of co-operation with the istration and especially Chail Healey for the latter's speech B the common council last Wedni night. Criticizes Healey and “I still contend that signin payroll of the departments is of formality on the part of the m he said, defending himself Commissioner Healey's acs that he was weak and lame in nj specting the payrolls more closel fore affixing his signature. mayor must depend on the hone those who submit the payrolls to he continued. “Do you think tH manufacturers in New Britain for a certainty that the payrolld 0. K. are correct? No, certainl don't. They depend on the foi or others who have charge of ing up the payrolls. Chief of Police, Too. “In this case the chief of polic} charge of making up the payrg which Officer Malone's nami | pearea while he was off duty B | of sickness. The chief had no | to sena out a ‘phony’ payroll, a B | payroll—that's what it is whe | come down to brass tacks. AR commissioners had on right g on that payroll knowing it ing the name of a man who was not ing. 1 was rather surprised to that Chairman Healey defende acts of the commissioners in il approving of the police pay rolll | especially that he should stand in the common council and me for trying to enforce the ances. Suppose, out of sympat Officer Malone, I should have nothing but allowed the pay to pass unquestioned wouldn opponents have something to about and wouldn't they be jul in talking about it?” No Co-operation by Board. the attitude Quigle any spirit Jinistratio tonden Commenting on q Jissioners, M t did not show operation with the & he ayor | | claimed (Contin ghth Pa