New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 1, 1922, Page 1

> \ * oullding was destroyed, Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business fiARI]INER WILL BE Waterbury War Veteran Slain by [ABOR CANDIDATE| Negro Following Brief Argument Party Gllail‘man Who Headed Last Wilbur H}lghes Shot When, During Friendly Sparring Bout With Companion, He Jostled Louis Carring- ton—Latter Has Long Prisen Record. Ticket Willing to Run Again QUIGLEY GHMEI_ZS PLANS flmpnlh Will Not Open Until Next ‘Wecek, Ropubllu‘n ogncc Asplr-lm States—Marsh Not Candidate Under Any Consideration. He Says. Henry E. Gardiner, chairman of the local branch of the labor party and candidate on that ticket for the office of mayor, two years ago, announced this morning that he would accept nomination for mayor this year if his party sees fit to so honor him. His candidacy as yet is'uncontested. Capital and Labor In announcing himself as a candi- date for the labor party nomination, Mr. Gardiner pointed out the salient points that will make up his campaign plan, should he be the party's choice. He promises a copservative drive for the vote of the laboring class and all those interested in uplifting those who must toil for an existence; also an honest endeavor to bring capital and labor together for the mut#al bene- fits to be obtained therefrom. The prospective candidate feels that neither capital nor labor can benefit from a continuance of antagonism, but that much can be done to relieve the situation. by bringing both forces to- gether, and it is planned, if elected mayor, to work toward that end. Candidate Two Years Ago. In the last campaign, Mr. Gardiner recetved financial support from the late. Isadore Simons. He conducted an energetic campaign, addressing gath- erings in halls and on the streeti One of - the most conspicuous features of the candidate's activitibs was a wagon covered with banners upon which the party's principles were outlined. 1In this way, the wagon also serving as a rostrum from which he delivered his campaign speeches. Onerof the ban- ners, upon which there were pictures of a bottle and a wine glass, the fol- lowing lettering appeared: “Rring back beer and light wines for the working man.! Ward Committees, At a meeting of the party.Monday night, committees were named for the first four wards. At the next meeting, next Monday evening, the remaining ward committees will be selected. Ward ralites will.then he planned and speakers wifl “We''basked so that the ¢Ampaizn may be goiten under way at asfiariy a date, ak is practicable, *, The'jdate for fhe cancus has not hoen sblected s yet. It is probable, however, that the ticket will be namsd March 20. Permanent quar- ters have been estabiished at Kolod- ney's hall on Arch street. George A. Quigley, c¢andidate for the republican nomination, who had planned to open his campaign in the latter part of this week, has an- nounced that he will not start his drive for votes until next week. Quigley Changes Plans. The postponement is the second in the Quigley plan. The original an- nouncements were that the series of pre-primary rallies would start last week. It was then decided to hold over to this week, and now comes announcement, that there will be no meetings for several days more. 1t is ‘generally supposed that candidate is awaiting formal an- noundement of Mayor Orson F. Curtis’ cgndidacy, believed to be forth- coming in 2 few days. A. P. Marclr who has been quoted as willing to accept the nomination provided a committee approached him and asked him to do so, stated today that he is. not a candidate, active or otherwise. NEEDS SPECIAL CASKET One Being Constructed for “Trilby"” the Long Famous as ¥Fat Woman in Circus, Weighed 501 Pounds. Chicago, March 1.—Mrs. George A. Kenna, known in circus sideshows for years as “Trilby the , fat lady” died here yesterday, She quit the circus 16 years ago and made her homq in Chicago. She. weighed 401 pounds when she died and while with the circus her weight is said to have excecded this by 100 pounds A casket one yard wide and six feet, 3 inches long, is being constructed for the body. Mother and Three Eittle Children Held for Murder Knoxville, Tenn., March 1.—Belated correspondence from Winfield, a re- mote mountain section, tells of the killing there KFebruary 10 of Dewey Walker, 23, by a widow named Mrs. Nanna Strunk, who was helped by her daughter and two small sons. The tragedy is sald to have resulted from Walker teasing the children, who were playing marbles. The mother and daughter were placed under hond of $2,600 each and the' boys under $600 each for appearance in' circuit court, 3 Boston Has $40,000 Fire Early This A. M. _Boston, Mar., 1.—Several hundred Harvard students turned out of their dormitories carly today to watch fire- men battle a fire in.a business build- Ing on Brattle street, near Harvard Square, occupied by the McNamee Book Bindery and other firms. The and others threatened seriously. One fireman was injured and several suffercd frost titten fingers. The origin of the fire " which caused, a loss estimated at $40,- 100 was un(mmlnea. ' Waterbury, March 1. —Wilbur Hughes, well known ex-service man and resident of the Brooklyn section of this city, was fatally shot early this morning during an altercation in a South Riverside street restaurant with Louis Carrington, colored. Car- rington, who is said to be a paroled prisoner from one of the state institu- tions, was captured and is locked up at police headquarters. Hughes lived only a few minutes after the shooting. Shoots Veteran. Hughes, who conducted a beverage club, stopped at a restaurant next door to his place at 6 o'clock this morning to take breakfast. Touis Carrington, 36, ‘negro, was eating at the time. Hughes and ,a friend ) started sparring, in fun, and they bumped into the negro, who started a fight. Gunman Captured. Carrington then shot Hughes twice through the stomach. The negro was captured by a policeman before he could leave the restaurant. He.is held on charges of murder and carry- ing concealed weapons. Has Long Record. The negro has a long prison record. He is on parole from the Michigan state prison, where he was sentenced to two years for carrylng concealed weapons. He also served 16 months in Maryland state -prison for using a revolver on a Baltimore man with in- tent to assault. WMAHON'S BUDGET MAY BE RULED OUT Intent of Law on Signatures Not Lived Up to, Opponents Say Rejection of.D. tax budget in. its entirety when comes up for action before the City Meeting board, is probable, since it has been brought to the attention of Mayor Orson F. Curtis that the intent of the law has not been lived up fo as regards signatures to the pro- posals. The mayor has heen told that sev- eral solicitors are circulating petitions to be signed by taxpayers. The signa- tures are placed on a sheet of paper over which there is no caption or intimation of what changes are to be recommended. In this way, signatures are as endorsements of blank notes, it is pointed out. . It is anderstood that an <Gart. will be made to determine whether or not this practice -is being followed out, and if so to prevail upon the mayor to rule the McMahon amendments il- legal. Mr. McMahon has issued a state- ment that he has a budget which will allow fhe lopping off of about two Imills, although he is not certain as yet just what he can cut from the eity's estimates. It is proposed, among other things, to do away with the New Britain TInstitute's appropriation of §30,000 and the $14,000 item for supernumerary police. All amendments to the budget to be submitted to the City Meeting board, must be In the hands of City Clerk A. 1. Thompson not later than 6 o'clock tomorrow evening. Each amendment or group of amendments must have the signatures of 100 vot- ers affixed thereto. D. A. R. MEETING FRIDAY Miss Florence S. M. Crofut of Hart- it ford Will Be Specaker, Talking On “America, the Beautiful.” The next literary meeting of kKsther Stanley chapter, D."A. R., will be held at the home of Miss Mary S. Whittle- sey on West Main street at § p. m. Friday. Miss I'lorence S. M. Crofut of Hart- ford will speak on ‘“‘America, the Beautiful.” Miss Crofut is prominent in D. A. R. work and was for eight years regent of the Ruth Willis chapter in Hartford and it was under the regeme that the old state house was restored. She is a member of the National Historical society of the D. A R. Mrs. Howard Horton solos at this meeting. will render Omaha Leader of War Vets Is Under Arrest Omaha, Neb., March I.—Willlam B, | McMahon, former commander of the Omaha Post of the Disabled Ameri- can Veterans of the World War, was at liberty today on $1,5600 bond after his arrest on a charge of continuous embezzlement and larceny as bailee of fund and property of the post, to- talling $3,741. His resignation as commander of the post was accepted yesterday. ‘Washington, Mar. 1—The American navy was virtually brought to anchor today by the action of the house ap- propriations committee in cutting the requested appropriation for navy fuel from $12,000,000 to $6,282,685. Plans were immediately made by the navy department to stop all steaming of warships the craft to remain where they are until additional funds be- came available, ' A deficiency appropriation of $108,- 415,287, approximately $76,600,000, llcs: than the amount requested by va- 8. McMahon's low . |sary 20 YEAR OLD GIRL, ALLEGED GUNMAN, HELD WITH HER BURGLAR ACCOMPLICE Is Not Captured However, Until After Exchange of Shots With Posse Near Syracuse. Syracuse, March 1.—Myrtte Rates, 20, is in police custody today togéther with Roger G. Blake, 19, after an at- tempt to rob the store of Benjamin Griffin at Camillus last night. During the attempted hold-up, Renjamin Hart, a customer was shot in the hand but not seriously wounded. Threatens Chauffeur The Bates girl and RBlake are held on an open charge pending further investigation of the robbery. Held as a witness ts Ernest Monica, a taxi driver who told the police that a couple forced him to drive them from the station here to Camilllis. During the drive he says the woman kept the gun pressed to his side. According to the story the man entered the store while the girl kept guard over him. He says he heard a shot and then the man came out and ordered him to drive toward the city. Shotd“Are Fired 7} The police arrested the Bates girl after they had exchanged shots with the couple pointed out to them by Monica. They say they picked up a loaded revolver during the . chase. Blake at his home here. 4 Girl Exonecrates Man Rlake was later paroled by the po- lice, when the Bates girl said he was not the man who was with her last night. A general alarm has been gent out for the arrest of John Blake, allas Martin, allag Snell, FAILURES CONTINVE Wave of Financial Distress Which Is Sweeping New York Stock FEx- change 1s Unabated. New York, March 1.—The wave of financial distress continued to pound against Wall street brokers today. In the forenoon Walter J. Schmidt and company, 30 Broad street, an- nounced suspension of its business. A statement said this action was neces- ‘in order to conserve the inter- ests of all customers and creditors during the period of uneasiness.” The Schmidt firm has specialized in rail- road stocks. No mention of assets or liabilities was made in its announce- ment. Shortly afterward the Consolidated Stock Exchange anpounced the sys- pension of the Schmidt firm and two other member houses against which involuntary bankruptey petitions were filed yesterday. These were Howell and Wales and Hall and (Ompdn\' GET LONG SENTENCES New York Hlnhwaymru Are Convict- el and Scnt To Prison For 12 to 24 Years Each. Elizabeth, N. J. Mar. 1.—Four New York gunmen, convicted yester- day of atrocious assault for the shoot- ing of two policemen who were tak- ing them to police headquarters on a holdup charge, were sentenced to long prison terms today. John Win- quist was given 16 to 24 years and the other three, Frank Rutig, Frank Ametrane and James Pruenty—12 to 24 years cach. LACK OF FUNDS COMPELS NAVY TO HOLD UP SAILING OF ALL VESSELS rious departments, is récommended in the biil. The largest single item carried in the measure is $93,993,112, for the veterans' hureaus. Included in the reductions from es- timates is $60,198,821, requested for the maval establishment. The com- mittee did not provide any direct ap- propriation for the naval establish- ment in the bill, but explained in its "R EOOTS BT RETURNED HOME Funeral Services Will Be Held Saturday Alternoon MILITARY HONORS PLANNED Ex-Servicemen Will Provide Escort And Piring Squad — Services Will Take Place At First Baptist Church At 3 O'Clock. The body of Lieutenant H. Leslic| Kddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace | B. Eddy, of West Main strcet, who was killed in the advance of the Am- erican marines at the battle of Cha- teau Thierry in 1918, left New York shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon and will arrive in this city later 1hi afternoon. Already the the American liddy-Glover " post of Legion, which was named in honor of Lieutenant Kldy and Lieutenant Joseph A. Glover, first two local officers killed in the war, is| formulating plans for a big military funeral Funcral On Saturday The funeral will be held from the "irst Baptist church of which Lieu tenant Kddy was a member. Rev. William Ross, pastor, will conduct the funeral service, which will be held at 8 p.m. Kx-servicemen will provide a guard of honor and_full military honors will be accorded, both at the church at the grave in Fairview cemetery, while taps will be sounded hy a bug- ler and a firing squad will fire a vol- ley as the casket is h(‘mg lowered in- to the grave. ~ITALIAN MINISTER QUITS was arrested a few hours later.| report that transfer of funds had been authorized to take care of pressing requirements, Giovanni Colonna Di Cesaro Resigns arter Political Quarrel With Mem- bers of Catholic Party. Rome, March 1.-—Resignation of Giovanni Colonna di Cesaro as min- ister of posts yesterday came after several of the Catholic ministers had repeatedly left the cabinet council to consult council Luigi Sturzo in re- gard to the selection of under secre- taries. Sturzo is secretary general of the Catholic party. Signor di Cesaro, in replying to Premier I"acta's request that he reconsider, explained that he considered it undignified to belong to a cabinet under the control of Stur- zo, whn sithongh iackiwg sin. respon. sibility, as he waas neither a member of the cabinet nor of parliament, yet, made his will be law. This was proved in the selection of the under secretaries in the council, which last- ed more than seven hours. The Catholics, he added, had prom- ised to renounce the portfolio of jus- tice which they held in the Bonomi cabinet in exchange for the portfolio of instruction, but, directly they at- tained the latter, they insisted that the under seécretary of justice belong to their party. MRS. O'NEILL DEAD and | g, R it B 1 OGS e RN B MEN ARE lNl]l[]TIil] New York District Attorney Un covers More Irvegularities | LINDSAY IN MORE TROUBLE Three Additional Indictments Charg- ing Larceny in the First Degree Arc Complainants, New York, Mar, 1.- stock broker: Twelve more torney Banton's investigation of brokerage houses here, Don’t Know of Club. ‘W. A. Harriman and Charles I’ Sabin appeared before Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Murphy and stated emphatically that they knew” nothing of the “Domino Club” which Alfred K. Lindsay, alleged swindler, is quot- ed as saying met with him in the Ritz Carlton hotel hehind locked doors and planned crusades on the market. New Indictments. The financiers said they did not even know Iindsay, who is locked up in the Tombs, charged with having swindled several men and women out of approximately $1,000,000, Three additional indictments, charging lar- ceny in the first degree, were hand- ed down this morning against Lind- Phe complainants were Mrs. Dora Wood, Mrs. Lillian N. Duke and Mrs. W. H. Arnold. Hartford Broker Defrauded. Three members of the firm of Friedman, Markelson and company, stock brokers of 45 Beaver street, were arrested last night and takep to police headquarters in connection with the alleged larceny of $250,000 from Alfonzo J. Deschamps, a cement. con- tractor and real estate operator of Hartford. The prisoners man and Samuel Brooklyn and George Manhattan. Deschamps, New York hotel, alleged {that the three acted in concert in defrauding | him. The specific charge covers the larceny of $16,000, alleged o have taken place on January 24, on which date, according to the police, Des- champs bought out the prisoner's bus- iness on the understanding that they would continue to operate it until the first of March. BTSRRI =PI~ SR Iried- of of are Isidor Milton Small Markelson Returned By Grand Jury—Women | were indicted today for | irregularities disclosed in District At- | who is stopping at a| 2 ST it " Qi Drafts On Treasury some plan that would not entail financing and would remove the house over the bill. FEELS WEARY, SITS DOWN, DIES QUICKLY Benjamin Dowjat of Flm Street ’ Passes Away in Store at No. 600 Iast Main Street Renjamin Dowjat, aged 54 years, of 402 Elm street, died suddenly last night in the grocery store conducted by Adolph Petoff at 600 Kast Main street. Medical Ilxaminer Waferman lyon examined the body and gave the cause of the death as heart trouble and acute indigestion. Dowjat worked yesterday, selling a patent medicine about the city. He re- turned to his home early and partook of his supper. Later he lounged about and smoked his pipe. He complained to members of the family of not feel- ing well, and. decided to go out into the fresh air.. On arriving at the Petoff store, he entered and asked the man in charge for permission to sit down, saying that he did not feel well A few minutes later, it was discover- |ed that he was dead. The deceased is survived by his |wife and six children, three sons and three daughters, and a brother in Boston. The funeral will be held on Friday morning at the All-Saints church. The burial will be in St Mary's cemetery. EARLY MORNING FIRE- ! REMARKABLE VITALITY Buffalo Woman, 104 Years Old, Re- covers Aft\llmin: Suffered Frac- tured Skull, Buffalo, March t.— Mrs. Mary C. Collins, of Hamburg, who will be 104 years old on May fifteenth, has sur- prised her friends and surgeons by completely recovering from p frac- tured skull sustained in a fall last November. [for weeks the injured woman was helpless, but rallied and today took her first walk out of doors since the accident. Widow Of " O'Neill, Famous Actor, Passes Away While On Trip James To Pacific Coast. - New London, Mar. 1.—A telegram received today announces the death Tuesday Mrs. X. Ella noted actor, was the resuilt of some weeks ago, O'Neill, widow of the James O'Neill. Death a shock, sustained her iliness dating almost from the tme of her arrival there early in January. Mrs, O'Neill was about 65 years of age and was born in Cleveland, Ohio, only daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quinian of that city. She was graduated from Notre Dame convent in Indiana and a year after her/graduation, was married to Mr. O'Nelll in New York city. . She leaves two sons, James O'Neill, Jr., of this city, who was with her in Los Angeles, and . lKugene O'Neill of New York city, a widely known play- wright, The latter is said to be ser- fously ill at the present time. The Lody will probably be brought east for burial in the local cemetery. HOSPITAL QUARAN ). Danbury, March 1.—The Danbury hospital was placed in strict quaran- tine today following the death of Mrs. John Kellogg, there last night, of smallpox. Mrs. Kellogg, who 32y s old, was admitted to the hospital I%ebruary 16 for a minor operation. Smallpox developed last Monday. Mrs. Kellogg is be- lieved to have contracted the dis- ease in Bridgeport, having visited that city two days before she entered the hospital. FOR DRUNKENNESS, March 1.—Two cadets were expelled from St. John Military Academy yesterday following an in- vestigation by school authorities into drunkenness, it was announced today. DIES AT AGE OV 98, Greenwich, Conn,, March 1.—Mrs. Sarah Keating, widow, aged 98, the oldest woman here, died today. Three sons and a daughter survive. EXPELLED Milwaukee, #*. THE WEATHER s ‘ Hartford, Mar. 1.—Forccast for New Britain and vicinity: tacen, morning in Los Angeles of | Mrs. Collins has had thirteen chil- four of whom are living. iDerby Has Bad Flre in Which Two Are Injured Derby, Mar. 1.—Fire this morning destroyed the old wooden factory building on the Milford road in Fast Derby, known as the Bradley Sash and Blind factory and owned hy the R. N. Bassett company. Quantities of celluloid, manufacture of coverings for corset staves added to the flames and the building, almost a century old, was rapidly consumed. Two empl were slightly burned. The loss wi heavy but no estimate could be given this morning. used in the T TWIG, DIES, Des Moines, Towa, March 1. Tyler, a farmer of Tlastic, stumbled over an embankment night, piercing his neck by a twig which caused his death. ~John Towa, last tree . |6:40 o'clock this morning. [ Blaze Does About $200 Damage in Hatch's Block and Sporting Goods Store of F. (. Monier. A still alarm brought several of the companies of the fire department to the Hatch block on Main street at The blaze was in the cellar under the . C. Monier and Bros. sporting goods store. The fire originated from some ashes, and spread to the woodwork. The timbers were badly charred and a slight blaze and smoke in the back part of the Monier store resulted in a | damage of ahout $200. Sentenced to Prison Term on Fraud Charge.' Bridgeport, . 1.—Charged with attempting to obhtain money under false pretense, Ralph Roseman, of | Chicago, was today sentenced to serve from one to two years in state’s pri- son, by the criminal superior court. Rosenan is a man of many aliases, and recently attempted to cure Imoney from Rev. Stephen I Sher- man, Jr., of this city, by representing | himself as “Dr. Clark,” of the emer- gency hospital, <{Naval Limitation Throws 25,000 Japs Out of Jobs Tokio, March 1.—Department or- ders to stop construction on eight capital ships in four dockyards, result of the Washington agreements, | threw twenty-five thousand workers out of employment, according to the Asahi. Some of the cight ships were nearly completed. MURDER AND SUICIDE Bodies., Two Children Find Dead of Their Father and Mother On I'loor of Their Home. Boonton, N. J.,, March 1.—The bodies of Henry Klingzer, 62, and his wife, Catherine, 56, were found on the today by their two children. A revolver clutched in Klingzer's hand led Prosecutor Mills of Morris County to believe he shot his wife and | then committed suicide. Grieving over the recent death of their child was the cause of the death pact, it was surmised by Mr. Mills. Milwaukee Bandits Get $19,000 Payroll Today Milwaukee, March 1.—Five men held up and robbed William Ormsby, payrol clerk, of $19,000 here this morning just as he was getting out of a taxicab at the plant. The bandits Snow or rain late tonight and ature, Thursday; slowly rising temper- after taking the money, fled in an automoblle, followed Ormsby in the taxicab, but after a chase, they es- caped. ADMINISTRATION LEADERS PRESENT SOLID FRONT AGAINST YAP CHANGES kitchen floor of their home near here| 'Leaders Claim More Than | Enough Votes to Ratify, Despite Opposition of Ir- reconcilables. Washington, Mar, 1.—-I"utile efforts to attach amendments and reserva- | tions to the Yap treaty were renewed | foday in the senate with the admin- [istration leaders presenting a solid !front against every proposed change or qualification and showing little dis position to. reply at length to the con- {inued assauits of the “irreconcil- ables.” More than enough votes to ratify were declared by the leaders to be as- sured and they felt equally certain that they could continue to command a majority against all amendments and reservations. ‘airplane | twenty-seven News of the \Vo By Associated Pull GIVEN CASH BONUS, AVERS CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE Fordney Announces Appointment of Sub-Commit- tee To Work out Plan That Will Not Entail Washington, March 1.—Elimination of the cash feature of the soldier bonus virtually was agreed upon today by the republi- {can members of the house ways and means committee, Chairman Fordney announced that a special sub-committee of six had been named by unanimous agreement to “work out any large drafts on the federal treasury within the next two years.” Such a plan would make unnecessary any immediate bonus cause of controversy in the Early Report Expected The special sub-committee will meet this afternoon and Mr. Fordney said it was the bellef that a measure could be ready certainly within two or three days. He added that details could possie bly be worked out at the first session. Representative Green, Iowa, Ioi worth, Ohio, Hawley, New York, Treadway of Massachusetts and Cope- ley of 1llinois are the other members of the committee. Before meeting to appoint the sub-committee, the ma- jority members again canvassed the whole situation. The compromise finally reached was said to have been by unanimous consent, ‘ Amendment Proposed. While the majority members werd in session, there was laid before Pres= ident Harding a suggested amend- ment to the bonus measure, which would make the adjusted pay to re- cipients of voecational trainilg, thode drawing compensation for disabilities and to veterans who certity to their unemployment in making application, PAY-AS-YOU ENTER SYSTEM INSTALLER Cash Fare Box is Agaip Put to Use On Local Lines of Connecticut 3 l C'o.—Meriden Encepted, The Connectidut-company has again: m'roduwd the pay-as-you-enter: sys- tem ‘ep the focal trolley lines. The cash boxes have been placed in the rear of the car on the special posts which were installed several years ago. The conductor stands at his post as usual in the rear of the troliey ready (o make change for persons who have not got the correct change. The pay-as-you-énter system was first used when the new style truck trol- ley was introduced, such as the ones used on the Hartford line Later when the zone systam was started it was nece: y to pay as a person left the trolley. . The officials of the company claim that it will greatly aid the conductors and will prove more efficient especiailly with the acceptance of tokeng as a fare. The first tokens were collected on all lines today and the pay-as-you- enter system was inaugurated today. This will be the policy on all trolleys within the city limits and all subutban cars with the exception of those going to lazy Lane where connections are made for Meriden. Phainville cars - come under the new system. The cash hoxes will also be used on the one man trolleys. Tex Rickard Loses on Motion to Drop Case New York, Mar, 1.—Justice Wass- ervogel, supréme court justice, today denied a motion of Tex Rickard for permission to inspect the minutes of the grand jury which indicted him on !charges of criminally assaulting four minor girls. The first of the cases probably will go to trial next week. Washington, Mar. 1.—Plans for al- location of all the cables taken over from Germany by the principal allied governments under provisions of the | treaty of Versailles are ready for sub- niission to the ambassadors of Eng- land, Prance, Italy and Japan, it was said today by Acting Secretary ]ilc(ch- er, of the state department, IPUNERAL BY 'PLANE, Arkar City, Kan., March Conveying a casket from this city te Mapic City miles east 9f here, by there, conducting a funeral service, was performed by a leca) undertaker and pilot today on account of the county roads being impassable from snow drifts. FIRE MARSHAL RETIRED, New Haven, Mar. 1—Ifire Marshal ' William B, Perkins, a veteran of years in the local fire department, was retired last pight on a yearly pension of two-thirds pay or $2,000 a year. The action becomes effective today. nd BIG FIRE IN HOLLYWOOD, L.os Angeles, March 1—Fire thought to have originally started in the ex= plosion of an oil stove this morning, prucllcnny destroyed three business establishments in the Hollywood dis. = trict here, entailing a loss estimated - at $225,000. " In these circumstances, they declar- ed, they saw no reason to indulge in further argument for the treaty. {n- den an uganimous consent agreement a final vote on ratification is to be taken not later than 2 p. m,, tomor- row, and some senators predicted that it might be reached today. SYEAMER IN DISTRESS s Digby, Nova Scotia, March . 1.—Am" unidentified steamer is in . distres about three miles from Tiverton, B of Fundy, according to !‘em messages recelved here today.