New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1921, Page 1

II- Herald “Ads” Mean i Better Business ESTABLISHED 1870 FIRE AT NEW HAVEN PLANT CAUSES LOSS OF $200,000: FIREMEN HAVE HOT FIGHT 10 Tanl;s_bf Cement ULSTERMUST BF IN IRISH UNION | | | Mixture, Used At Seam less Rubber Co. Are Totally Destroyed Bridge — Inqu Once Thi * Tyols Started. Blazing of 24.000 Gallons of Unity of Ireland ) : azing ot a1, rallons New London, Dec Obstructions i 4 i in the forms of ties placed on the Naphtha Lights Up En-| 1. 000 pec. o — (By Associateq | tFacks of the Shore Line division of : " Frale) i Tha Bl & Ssociated [ the New Haven railroad at Chalkers 3 . s ¥ S, OVe ent's | prigee, twe 1oy vvekt & o5 3 tire City and Is Seen Far intest propospis for seutement of the | PSS (70, miles et of saybrook Dublin Satiirday: S The & new " tarma | o0 gt p e Yaeck Wainen e = which were handed to the Sinn Fein | n October 3, train No. 32, east- | : bound, known as the Owl, was de- | delegates in written formy show some | Poe’ o 0y g Elrireiioe W EERC i D L EIS NN v T v e (| SR L B R LT night fight the flames which destroy- | yious proposals and the delegates felt | . “.. [ as sald tha e p ung- ed 40 tanks of cement mixture used infthe necessity of giving tHera il aat er rail of the derailing device had making rubber goods, on the floor, north wing, of the plant of the | Seamlegs Rubber Co., in Hallock ave- nue, were put out this morning Loss is $200,000. The fire was held at the tanks by a| the start, according fo the plan as it | fire wall between the wing and the |now appears to have bheen framed, | main building and by a heavy food |and must remain in for six months, of water, also by use of the dry steam | After that period, and before the end method. The mixture was not per-|of a year, Ulster is to be given the mitted to run below the sixth floor. | option to withdraw, and if she goes The fire loss was placed at about|there must be a boundary commis- $200,000 by company officials. The | sion to determine the exact area rubber company is a subsidiary of the | which is fairly entitled to go with | United Drug Co. All New Buildings. The buildings were recently erected and occupied. They are of the late type of fireproof construction, steel frame, reinforced concrete and very large expanses of windo Dheir lo- cation is on the harbor front where i es into City Point. The blaz- tood out all night like a flery beacon illuminating not only the city but the hills to the north and Long Island Sound to the south, as a spectacle the fire was one of the greatest the city ever saw. 21,000 Gals. of Naphtha. be included within the crux are being made to devis hoped Fein might accept. Sinn Fein Claim for sIXth | congideration at a cabinet sc The terms, it the sc her. If Ulster goes under th would preserve only her p ers and not obtain fiscal fr would be left with south The Sinn Fein has neit ed nor rejected these propos m heme re Ireland. he als, 1 British Proposals Concede | is said, concede from the beginning the Sinn F 's claim | for the unity of Ireland. Ulster must from plan she | ent pbw- edom that accept- | ut has promised to consider them finally tomorrow The qu tion of allegia the situation, of of declaring allegiance by the governmen: which nce is but efforts | still some form i t the t is Sinn EFFORT IS MADE T0 WRECK TRAIN Pile of Ties Found on Tracks Near Saybrook Junction TRAINS ARE NOT DERAILED | Evidence of Attempted Wrecking Found This Morning on Chalk Is At been plugged leaving the semaphore which covered the derail clear. | Placed Across Tracks. The obstructions placed last night were at a point west of the junction, making the distance between the two | points considerable. At 2:15 a. m., three creosoted ties were found on the cks, two of them having been @ laid across the east bound trac while the third tie was laid length wise to hold the others in place Obstraction Felt, When mail train No. 30 passed it is said an obstruction was felt on the > ac No. 32, the Owl, with eight sleepers and three baggage cars, pass- ed sately although a jar was report- ed. At daybreak a freight crew found three badly cut ties on the roadbed, a portion of one tie being missing. The other two were split. It is be- lieved that during the night a freight train hit the ties and cut them up. The fragments of the ties were found by the freight crew mentioned, who went back on the engine after having noticed that something had been struck. An inquiry was proceeding today. The tanks each contained 600 gal- lons of a naphtha content and 40 of them were abla fter one exploded. The first report after fire companie called out was that the plant's s in a detached building had brown up. The heat for 15 hours was intense. There were a number of cas- uaitics all of minor charact two employes and two firemen rceiving sur treatment H ical AR ENRY SMITH FOUND DEAD THI3 MORNING 80 Years Old Resident Expires Sud- denly at Home of Daughier, . - d in New Haven Mrs. M. A. Sexton. flenry Smith, aged about 80 years T S was found dead ed this morni at the home of Michael A, | o ton/ his daught with whom Iin aters Co oper- made pis home. ated the Rialto theater which burned Mr. Smith daf ot tele| givi e e nt wen lesned this atie 8 o'clock last night. When hi noon by Coroner Mix. Mr. Black not 5 ter went to his room about 7 o'clock this morning he was alive, and ‘an hous later she in entered his room 8 and found him dead. Medical Ex- s terman Lyon pronounced | S heart trouble. | aminer W death due to Me, Smith was horn. in Belcher- |corover . Iurle “but I am willing town, Mass, ahd on moving into Con- |0Of the state police, whose department [to return cven at the expense of jeop necticut, he resided at Thompsonville | 1ssues opere s, Lolice Supt. jardizing my lite.” Yo many S where he was engag- | Philip J. § shal W. | ed in the ting bLusiness, On|B. Perkins. | on, Dec. 2 (By Associatel the ¢ ¢ 10 yeuars 0, he It is understood : Utllizing all the diplomati took ce with Mrs. Sex- [Coronore Mix behin 1 | privileges of the United States govern- ton now Ty ment officlals said a request was for- re : ghters, equipmer warded to thf French government 1o of this city, M p licensing of the place hold rles Morse at Havre as a of 'l"wrmw:w!_l\i‘ux Mrs, ere no dea oda €| fugitive until the necessary steps g of Southibridge, Masy, |list at seven, hose patlents |.oyld be taken to procure his extradi- i Carney of Cam-|reported yesterday as being in ex-|(jon, three sons, Ed-|tremely serfous condition were no bet- | . 3Y . : 1 Willlam Smith, all|ter this s oon e pa 2l i P siodlacd : ) r noon. i ON| press).—Irench police officials fol- of Hart! e funeral will be|the gene list are improving |lowing a conference with American held at 9 o'clock Monday morning at| No trace of a body has been found |(songul General Ingraham, allowed §t. Mary's church. The body Will be|fn the theater ruins and all the ashes|onurles W, Morse te 1and here toduy taken to Thompsonville for burfal. | have been sifted and much of the rub- |, o\ nis arrival from New York on R bish removed here, the steamer Paris when the American PATRO\”\GW FALLS OFF The question raised as to Mability [quinpuilder agreed to return on :he NAug insurance held by the theater man o e being in the state as are subpoen MORSE, FACING ARREST IN FRANCE, SAYS HE IS WILLING TO RETURN THEATER MAN WILL TALK TO CORONER Ruins of Rialto Theater o s but he ummons urmmonses also w for Chiet aid would willln ek pear ed 5,000 nent. I the | his o More Bodies Found in be served | erves as an ofliclal request. [formed of it on the boat. i the | ed today was ve been at agement was in part ans Fewer Riders at Five Cents in Nor- |when it was stated that el Ut held and that adjusters walk During Third Week of Expert-|worie ‘a1l week, some calling upon per- * ment, . U, Records Indicate, W Ml DA el i L The lease of the theate Nowy Dec. 2.—There was a fall- [understood had a clause which stated | ing off in the number of riders on the [the owners were to be held blameless| 1 pirst Class Condition Tonight On five cent line of the Connecticut com- [for any damages caused by fire or pany here during the third week since lanything clse, | Wil Be Prosecuted. reduction of fare went into eftect, it| The lease to the Hamilton Theater ; was announced today by Henry T.|Corp. which was the original one| The local theaters have until to- Billings, secretary of the publde vtil-{gave consent of the owners, Harry night to make certaln repairs to thelr fties commission. The Thanissiving|and Bertha Leonard, to alterations to | fh @ RALE SIS TORET IO e holiday is believed to have been re-|make the place a moving picture A R TP A TRty A e sponsible for the decrea U'he num- |house. The lease was asigned in|qid OFRIEE B OVS TR IE AP P ber of passengers carried during the|February 1920 to the Connecticut |y UMY E 0 B8 E BB o third week was 43,001, as compared | Theaters Corp, T eve I e e Red R Wiih 46,334 the previous week, It was e a continuance of present conditions Auligunoeq, NO tbUIALOH OF the for JUDGE MAKES DENIAL would not be In keeping with the duction in revenue has been mude CUT TROLLEY FARES Ohicago and Joilet Company Not Fi- nancially Able, Yet Sees That Peo- Norwalk Offi Ordered State Appear in Court. al Says He ? it is also Policeman Virelll Has Not to Bridgeport, Dee, 2.—Judge George ple Can’t Pay More. | H. Vosburgh has ordered Sergeant of Chicago, Dee. 2—The Chicago and |State Police Virelli to appear Jollet electric railways on its own|in the city court at Norwalk next nfotion was granted permission by the |Tuesday, to explain why he ordered Illinois commerce commission to re-[the release of State Policeman Her duce its ten cent fare, the company’s |bert W. Cleveland, arrested in a plan calling fo rthe sale of monthly |Thanksgiving Day raid in Norwalk, it commutation tickets for 76 cents and |was learned today ' the collection of five cents in addi-| Virelli claims that Cleveland was tion from each passenger presenting |used to secure evidence in the case verues do not justify the reduc-| South Norwalk, = Dec. 2.—Jud J. R. Dlackhall, general man- |George H. Vosburgh stated to the said, but it was asked ‘because [sociated Press toda that there was 1 ten cent fare in Joilet makes it |absolutely no truth in the report ti burdensome for the workingman in |he had ordered Sergeant Frank Vir thess days of reduced hours and [elli of the state police Wages % the city court before him. ‘,in Meantime, U. S. Asks French Government to Hold Shipbuilder as Fugi- tive From Justice. Dee. 2 (By Assoclated -Charles W. Morse, the Amer wuilder, who arrived here to- Havre board the liner Pa from declared his willingness k to the United States by | xt steaner. returning am willl g to return to America by the first boat and I have so wired the United States district Mr. Morse told the cor board the Paris early tk afternoo He said thot he was unaware his pres ence in Washington might be desived ection with an Investigution of contracts untii he was in- hiy am over il re he added, ause of {11 | health," same ship next Monday, provided he wias not arrested, FOR BETTER SAFETY | Theater Managers Must Have Places best methods of preventing the spread of fire, The orders were {ssned last Monday {at & conference of th ater managers |with the inspector and they were given until tonight to comply. DBritish Premier Plans to Leave For [ U, 8. Conference on Dec. 12, London, Dec, 2, — (By Assoclated | Press) Premier Lloyd George, it was learned this atternoon, is defi- | nitely planning to leave Bngland for the United States December 12, to at tend the Washington armaments con- ference MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION, | Mayor Orson I°. Curtis has issued a proclamation urging participation by NEW BRITAIN HER NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 -y ENGLAND TRYING TO INDUCE JAPAN TO AGREE WITH U.S. NAVAL PROPOSALS In Meantime Americans Feel That Plans Are Progressing Well—Far East Problems Are Becoming Involved in Settlement. The four American meeting today went over the situation Washington, Dec (By Associated Press)—Hope for an early settlement of the dispute arising from Japan's!|as it stands, Afterward it was request for an incre from 60 to|[that they were well satisfled with 70 per cent. in the capital ship ton-|the turn that the naval discussions nage allotted her under the Amerl-|were taking and were hopeful that can limitation plan centered today in|the American limitation program the efforts of Great Britain to bring|would be received tavorably. delegates solving the naval ratio problem it indicated that is an ally of Japan Wi come Intertwined became a subject of increasing speculation today and American arms conference t dz bind the two together. MANY PUBLIC GIFTS IN WILL OF ~ LATE EDITOR OF HARTFORD TIMES ELKS PREPARE MEMORIAL PROGR! circles to- at least y are progressing satisfactorily. there may be an effort $30,000 Goes to Conn. Chil- | dren’s Aid Society—Hos- Also Remembered Generously. Postmaster William ¥. Delaney Will Dlta] Be Speaker—Annual Event is Open to The Public \nfma] memorial P\(<X’Cl=(a of New Harttord, Dec. 2.—Many publio be- Britain lodge, B. P. O. E., will be held | quests are contained in the will of next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock in| Willie Q. Burr, late editor of The the Elks’ home on Washington street. | Times. Direct bequests were made The exercises will be open to the pub- | 28 follows: : ; lic $30,000 to the Connecticut Chil- dren's Aid society; $10,000 each to St. Francis's hospital,Larrabee fund,Good Will club, Sheiter for Women and the Connecticut Institute for the Blind. The residue of the estate after various bequests is to be divided into four parts, one of which is to go to the The memorial committee is headed by Past Exalted Ruler William G. Muller, assisted by Harry C. Brown, Bernard P. Moore, William H. Bishop and William H. Eddy. Postmaster William F. Delaney will deliver the memorial address. The| William G. Muller, past exalted rul- 1921, —=TWENTY-FOUR PAGES said the Japanese views into harmony |definite status however, was with those of the United States, be improbable before next week While it is unknown in precis To what extent the discussions over what manner Great Britain has the naval ratio and the political | dertaken to use her influence problems of the Far East may be- having on the other hand, accepted in| The whole physical procedure of principle the basic ‘55 ratio [the conference thus far has con of the American propos; sk had | tributed to absolute separation of found a double interest in the util-[the two questions. On the other mate success of the negotiations hand various elements of the situa- | Negotiations over the naval pro-[tion have led to an impression in am, according to the feeling in|some quarters that in the final st S News of the World By Associated Press PRICE THREE CENTS |\ McAULIFFE WINS ANOTHER POINT WITH HIS PLEA TO KILL COMPLAINT GRANTED ;,,';:),'I;"?T MADE T0 V‘Next Stepfl\—V{llfiProbably ~ Federal Grand Jury On Sinn Feiners Arc .\epulmdt Next Tuesday After Attack on London- | NS derry Jail This Morning Today's Decision Closely e Follows That of Yester- Belfast, Dec. 2 (By R T A Press)—An attack on the i at Lon-| Ay, Claiming Vagueness donderry with the object of releasing ) <af1 . of Accusation. the prisoners there was repulsed by the police guards today. Two police- | — men were killed and eral of the| new Haven Dec A attackers captured made yesterday by counsel for The party gained entrance to the |Thomas I McAuliffe, former federal jail undetected and their presence |Prohibiticn —enforcement officer in T g o Sy Connecticut, to quash the complaint was not discovered until a patrol of | ooty pin which was that of &ce policemen saw a rope ladder hanging|cepting a bribe from Samuel and over the wall and gave the alarm. Charles Gardino, hotel men of New The military guard inside had noticed |Britain, was granted by Judge E. 8 3 Sthuy n investiga. | Thomas in the federal court today. nothing unusual but upon investiga- Yesterday the court al granted a tion they found the two constables motion whiclr would have required who guarded the Sinn Feiners lying States Attorney Alcorn, as complain- dead in the corridor. They had been |ant, to have made the complaint more |specific. drugged and strangled. s > republican rescue al Judge's Ruling. forced the doors of ten cells when th Judge Thomas, who had interposed ds surprised them at their work.|during the arguments, said that The military opened fire, the republi- while he would grant the motion to cans replying with revolvers. |quash he would dispose of the state's Pandemonium prevailed for some |case on Tuesd Counsel had argued time but the guards finally gained the |at length to quash on the ground that upper hand without losing any of the | the state cannot prosecute a federal prisoners at the same time capturing |officer as being derelict in his duty. three young Londonderry men who The court said that if the question of made a final attempt to release the|expediency s raised, the most ex- prisoners. | peditious way would be to have the Three motor cars which had been|federal grand jury take up the case. left with engines running by the at-|The case would then proceed in its tacking party also were seized. regular line, exercises will open with an organ pre- | relatives. The other three-fourths is It was reported that two warders| Mr. Alcorn acceded to the sugges- lude, “Invocation,” followed by the|left in trust, the interest of which is|also had been found bound and tion and the court said that he would formal opening ceremony in cl\arge‘» to be paid annually to the following|gagged, and that five other warders grant the motion to quash, but would of the exalted ruler and secretary.| institutions in the following amounts. | had been arrested in connection with stay action. Judge Thomas also said After the rendition of “Nearer My| Two-tenths each to the Hartford |the attempted escape. Many Wmuw:h;(}ut he felt that Mr. Alcorn would Ye God to Thee,” Chaplain Thomas H.| Orphan Asylum, Connecticut Chil-|in the vicinity of the jall were welcomed by the federal attorneys as Gibson will lead prayer. Mrs. How- | dren's Aid society and the Hartford |searched and there civilians were ar- an aid and Mr. Alcorn replied that he ard E. Horton is next on the pro-| »Hspital; one-tenth each to the Lar-|rested. |was taking a lively interest in the gram with &« sori;ano solo, “These are! rabee fund, Good Will club, Shelt The version of the military authori- |case, He wished the case fully pros- They Which Came.” The roll call|for Women and Connecticut Institute |ties was that the two con bles, who |ecuted. He was anxious to carry out will then be read preceding the altar | for the Blind. The sum left in the|were found dead in the corridor, had |the wishes of the federal court, how- service in which all lodge officers will | residuary estate will be of substantial |died after chloroform had been ad-|ever. take part. | amounts. ministered to them. | U. S. District Attorney Smith said |that the matter of having Mr. Alcorn Traan leased, Goes Back to RIOTERS DAMAGE Former Wuy ays She NUCE LINNA | BT o Ange s. Ett Police Passive During Moh's | o o tuomamer Wite o) ged with the theft of jew- Orgy of Plunder and B e R r e Destruction [had ot Joyrnant According to the polic e | articies were found in Mrs. Vienna, Dec. 2 (By Associated | “Gpoc o ress).—The inner city of Vienna to-|police as lay looked as though 1t had been |3 itruck by a tornado the t of | ester W t » the | her el was d ing hotels and aurants and |er Wood resldence a any of the shops dealing in luxuries were wrecked, and the strec arc | luttered with debris, Dec Etta Hell No deaths have heen reported, but|precently was by the police a police official said that many t here from ¢ of robbing resi been injured by the mobs in shortly afterwar ading YOUNG BURGLAR parts of the inne The empty St stormed, the hotels partially wrecked and their guests robbed, insulted and | beaten, and | ldressed pedestrians | 4, in the shopping district were steipped | ¢ was \ Boy Has Had Bad ord Meriden, Dee. Theodore Gri nski, 14, who lives with his parer 176 Sy W 14 Year Old Me wi ngdale venue, of fur didaaled 1 mone Many committed to the State school by the Americans were among those attacked | 1o0a] court this morning after a ta although In one instance the display|yaq been told of bold burglary ai of the American flag saved a Colonel | yieh life that startled the police Miller and his wife from molestation. | oricials. Sunday before last he en- P 75 g T'frlu] the Meriden ket on West ACCIDENTAL DEATH Main street through a transom and, — - going into the cellar, he broke a gas Coroner Vinds That There Was No meter but got no money In the e door unlocked store he found the Negligeace in Bridgeport Tragedy | and helped himself to $318 in Bridgeport, Dec. 2.—Coroner Pre-|and checks that brought his y day returned a verdict of accl- |Daul to §457. The only clue the lan today returned : & police had was a flour fingerprint on in the case of Alvah L.| New Haven, struck by | dental death Underwood of the safe door and hearing stories that young Theodore was spending m |the public in the American Education to appear in,week program which is to open next | Sunday, to stop and supposing that the motor- { Some money may be decovered from man sa m, crossed the street | articles he purhased but $280 is not | p—— — | accounted for. Theodore sald he burned the checks THE WEATHER — o | AUTO BURNEDR IN FIRE | Hartford, Dec. orecast | A touring car belonging to the Lash for New Britain and vicinity || Motor company, was destroyed by fir | Rain, warmer tonight; Saturday | | shortly before midnight last night | rain and cooler. | | near Andrews crossing on the Plain- | || ville road, Engine Company No, 4 . . X\\as called to extinguish the flames dences where she was employed a of plunder and destruction. The po-|maid, when her husband offered to re- lice stood idly by while the 1ioDbs|gtore the stol ticles or to pay worked their will, some even expres- [for t} ing sympathy with the rioters. " home here, in a rion The trouble in a demon- gy de district s four stration rifament build- | fijled wit rnishings Mrs, Hall had| ing by loridadort, & |gtolen, but which she told her hus suburb, y sent to Chancellor|pand she had purchased 8 Schober demands for abolitlon ot the|deavored to kave her removed to Stock Ixchange, confiscation of ahibardtmi for tremtinent, Biitkhetfl eign sccuritics and more effective attempted suicide in the North trol. His answer they considered LR FalroAn o n harE satisfactory, and the rioting hegan o a trolley in Norwalk November 24 javishly and taking trips out of town, | and who died three days later. Un-|{tpey photographed his fingers and the derwood's wife who was with him, | arrest followed He confessed and testified that he had signalled the car|g4s was found hidden in his home er, will read “Thanatopsis," and M connected with the case would be Horton will sing “Some Sweet Day WEAL m]/ CH‘C4 6'0 WOM N[fl G& ‘V ymething upon which conferenca The address of the evening will fol- (4 A D A nl’l would Have to be hald with the: ted low at the conclusion of which Mrs. o < o ey leral law department at We ington. Horton will sing “There is no Death.” AR E T'D FOR T[I’EFTS F 0'1[ HJ/#! S It is understood that the next step After the ciosing cercmonies, the FVNY I \ A? il {79 ‘“.l,, Ve £o hive o faneesl wrant igeing 'wl"‘ vl; 1 ne, “}H‘ S -—— |called next Tuesday to take up the be sung. Orge 10p will | AT ™ " AT McAuliffe case. s \Mrs. Heil, Previously Re- [iLLAGY DL Al | History of the Case. | | The incidents in the case are as fol= ows McAuliffe was arrested on October bribery charge and was sent COMIZ'G UP FIRST 3 on the e Ito jail ler bonds of $15,000. The As Resuit of Agreement, ncxt day he declined to have a writ of habeas corpus brought in his be- Harding Will Not Include |nhar cured bail on October B, 3 2 |but it h ot been announced who | i his bondsmen actually were. On Oc- It in |tober 11 McAuliffe was re-arrested on o~ 1 federal order and held in $15,000 Wolfe refused to lower in the complaint of the state. te trial was opposed. On the had been bailed out on the e. Trial in the state for November 1. Hear- federal commission November § it neither side was proceed pending Judge lecision the habeas cor- s action of McAuliffe's cc to ut of the state ts which successful. Judge Thomas transferring the Alcorn’s motion corpus appli- 1 the federal December 7. Coun- motion heard yes- Dec refunding | Washington, ! the 1 as tne bill next session was feder to have been deiinite- | set the e senate leaders nt tood to hay fore postponed and on Harding ned as on sel T wde the COLLECTED MONEY FROM 12 HUBBIES Champion Wife Arrested in Chicago— [ C Amer Took Govt. Checks From Each prov the ho | 1 ‘ ill, alt e v 1 as| in Service. | tavoring 1 i A been st y to ask entire| Chicago, Dec. 2.—At least 12 hus- « nds who served in the army or navy i X SR re credited to Mrs. Helen Drexler of l;‘\f\:‘{‘h ULL‘IED Wauk 1L, the champlon col- ector of government allotment | Heads Ttalian Civie Association—Will | CheCks, accc Ltk T L who had her In custody today. Be Installed in Office With Staff [She s alleged with having marrled | husbands from many different parts Next Month. |of the country, divorced none and re- Eugene Fa | ceived approximately $400 a month LRl om the government for the past bk of ‘Lhe 1t @ years. | 4t a meetir | Government agents who arrested | popularity l rs. Drexler says she devoted her tested to ma by |spare time not needed to marry hero HinE e o b and collect allotment | which prestder to traveling over the country, | g e goverr expense, evading sec- secretary; Mr. Abl nte |tral | corresponding o fi.| At the federal bullding the woman {nEnclal wecrétary: B, Cave vas said to have admitted cashing al- |ant financial secretary otment checks for an even dozen war Sreasurer; Messts. Dorlo { |[veteran husbands, \. Sidoti, tr Messrs. Papaleo, | FATTY THREATENED anea, Caf Ingallinella, Matti zel, A, Barone, Insalaca, Fazzina, Zoc- San Francisco, Dec 1ilton Co- co, Scape { and C Sidoti, coun-|hen of Los Angeles, one of Roscoe sellors; Mr, Casa and L. IPabbale,|C. (Fatty) Arbuckle's counsel sald to- sergeants-at-arms. | day he had received a letter threat- | The officers will be Installed at the | ening death to “you and your fat | first January meeting. Semi-monthly ad" if Arbuckle should be acquite meetings will be held during the year|ted in his trial for manslaughter, |at the old K C. hall. The mem-|Cohen said the defense was much bership has been boostec to 600 | worried over this threat against Ar- members, reports show, buckle