New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1922, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 CALL TO ARMS SENT OUT BY IRISH GOVT, DUBLIN FIGHT ENDS Enlistment of Yolnnteers Songht- De Valera's Followers Sar- render Bat He Disappears Mysterionsly TWENTY BUILDINGS ARE DESTROVED BY FLANES Fires in City Are Now Under Control But Financial Loss is Enormous— Provisional Troops Engaged in Run- ning Down Insurgents Who Have Not Yet Been Caught or Dis- persed. Dublin, July 6 (By the Assoclated Press)—A call to arms was issued this morning by the provisional free state government in the form of a proclamation opening the way for the enlistment of citizens who last week were “declined by the government be- cause it was confident of the ability of the army single handed to meet and defeat any attack made upon it.” The proclamation follows: ““The valor and patriotism of our national army has broken the con- spiracy to over-ride the will of the nation and subject the people to a despotism based on brigandage and ruthlessness. “‘Spontaneous offers of army serv- ice made by citizens last week were declined by the government because it was confident of the ability of the army single handed to meet and de- feat any attack made upon it in the way of open warfare, and it desired to teach the calumniators’ army that needed lesson. The army proved it- self equal to justly honored as the defender of the people. Continned Warfare Feared. “Events have shown however that while the present active strength of the army has been sufficient to deal adequately with the recent situation there is a possibility of continued sporadic action which makes an in- crease in the army establishment vir- tually necessary Xxx “People of Irsland, you have re- gained for the first time in centuries those powers of government from which a ndtion may develop and cultivate in peace order and prosper- city its own national genuous. “A wicked sanguinary attempt has been made to thwart your will and thrust you back again into the house of bondage with your capacity for gelf government disputed before the whole world. The courage and devo- tion of our national army has pre- served you. DBut, although the armed conspiracy is overcome elements which geek to substitute the spirit of anarchy (Continued on Twelfth Page). CLAINS HE SERVED AS " SOLDIER FOR BRITAIN But John Jacob Is Tempor- arily Classed as Draft Dodger Here John Jacob, aged 26 years, classi- fled by the war department as a draft was taken into custody late evader, last night by Detective Sergeant Wil- | liam C. Hart and William P. McCue. Jacob was found at the home of his parents at 169 Grove street. He is being held pending notification by the government officials as to what shall be done with him. Jacob, it is claimed, failed to an- swer the draft call for the second di- vision in this city. It was learned that Jacobh left the country, going back to his native land, Persia, before his name was called. He was classi- fied by the local board as eligible for service. The local police received informa- tion yesterday that Jacob had arrived in this country from Persia last week, and he reached this city early last evening. A brother of Jacobs, named Jona- than Jacobs, who saw service with the A. E. F., called at the police sta- tion this afternoon, and exhibited a paper showing that John Jacob had served with the Dritish militery forces in Armenia from June 2 1918, to June, 1919, The brother explained that John left this country for Persia to bring his parents here, before the | draft board called his name. He ex- | plained that John wasamong refugees in Armenia who had been put to| flight, and during the time, he joined the British forces, where he acted as an interpeter. DENPSEY-WILLARD BOUT Fight Between Cbampion and For- mer Champion \'Ir'mally Assured Before October 1, After Conference. Wichita, Kas., July 6.—A bout be- tween Jack Dempsey, world's )nsmv_\u‘ weight pugilistic champion, and Jess Willard, former champion, is virtu- ally assured before October 1, Ray Archer, Willard's manager, said today after a conference here last night be- tween Jack Kearns, Dempsey's ager, and Frank Flourney ative of Tex Rickard, promoter, New the great task and is| NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922. —-FOURTEEN PAGES. UNION MEN; New Haven Road Insists C Hartford, July 6,—A general spirit of optimism was the outstanding feature of the local railrond strike situation today. H. J. Gallagher, chairman of the strike committee of the local crafts stated that the men who bad struck were holding firm, and added positively that the foremen in the East Hartford shops were all out. The situation in the round- house was not so.clear. Carl Mitchell, division superinten- dent, maintained, however, that the situation was entirely satisfactory, that trains were moving on time and in good shape. Another Mass Meeting. Nwe Haven, July 6.—Striking shop- men of the N. Y, N. H. and H. rail- road held a mass meeting today under an emergency call which had been originally provided for in the first plans for conduct of the strike through a local organization. It was stated after the meeting that as so| many conflicting reports were in cir- culation as to conditions elsewhere, it was thought to be advisable to let the men hear the reports from other parts of the system which had come to the committee through John C. Ready, the system federation chairman. Plans Other Meetings. The meeting was said to have been a well attended one with several speakers. Mr. Ready stated that he STRIKE EFFECTIVE, ASSERTS STATE RAILROAD OFFICERS Materially—Strikers Say They are Holding Firm 'to appear for these positions. STRIKE FAILS onditions Have Improved had been asked to address meetings elsewhere and this afternoon would be in New London, in Hartford to- morrow and possibly Saturday to at- tend other meetings later. The next meeting of shopmen as a body here will be on Baturday. The different crafts composing the federation will hold separate meetings tomorrow, each at a different hour. It was claimed at the mass meeting today that shop foremen are joining the strike. At least 25 have left their work in the last 24 hours, it was said. “Better,” Railroad Says. A statement from the New Haven road this afternoon said that ‘con- ditions have materially improved over | any preceding day."” It also said: “A number of skilled mechanics and others have been hired and put to work in the positions formerly occupied by men now on strike and large numbers of applicants continue The company has stated that qualifiedgmen of good habits and character who ac- cepted service at this time will be re- garded as permanent employes. On the first shift this morning there is a further increase of 224 men over the number working on the first shift yesterday. There has been no interruption of either freight or passenger service which is being maintained on all divisions on a normal basis. — CONTRIBUTIONS TO FUND FOR FRESH AIR CAMP s Previously acknowl- edged Z v Albert Goodwin Loomis Total $2,420.30 There was but one contribu- tion to The Herald Fresh Air fund today, a regretable fact. The amount is still far short of what it is hoped will be raised. Contributions should be harded in to The Herald as soon as pos- sible if the plans for maintain- ing the camp are to mature, PLAN MEETING ON TAX ABATEMENTS Mayor and Board of Aldermen To Hear Widows and Others on Question of Personal Tax In anticipation of many appeals on the part of widows and others in straitened financial circumstances, for abatement of personal taxes, the mayor and board of aldermen have | Ideclded to hold a meeting during the month of September at which all such petitioners will be heard. This being the first year that wom- en have been obliged to pay personal taxes, it is expected that the number of requests for abatement will be exceedingly great. N I'inal notices are now being sent| out by Special Collector Bernadotte | Loomis. These notices will be fol- lowed up by personal visits by an in- vestigator from the collector's office after which prosecutions will be brought in all cases where there has | bzen no appeal to the mayor and board of aldermen. BIDS ON COMFORT STATION | Committee Will Make Recommenda- | tion to July Meeting of Common Council—Will Speed Up Work. Bids on the contract for a munici- pal comfort station to be erected on| the south end of Central Park, will be| received by the comfort station com- | mittee at a meeting in the latter part| of next week, and the committee will | recommend to the regular July meet- ing of the common council the award of a contract. The committee will | furnish contractors with specifications on Friday or Saturday of this week. If the committee’s recommendation is adopted, the board of finance and | taxation will issue the city’s notes to the amount necessary to carry on the at once. Potato Blight Arrives; Native Sweet Corn Now New Haven, July 6.-—Market gard- eners In Hamden who were prepar- ing to dig their early potatoes today | declared that blight had set in. last| year beans were affected but these have escaped this year. The first sweet corn will be marketed this week. NEW MARK IN MAREKS. New York, July 6.—The price of German marks, which has been on| the tobaggan for several weeks fell 1-4 cents. price of ket at betwean 22 and The norfinal, or pre-war marks was 23.8 cents each. CAMBRIDGE HONORS TAFT | Cambridge, ¥ng, July 6 (By Asso-| ciated Press) —Cambridge unhbrsi'.‘" today conferred the honorary degree of doctor of laws upon William How. | ard Taft chief justice of the United States. Honary degrees also were | conferred upon the Duke of York andl various others. | ers. | of the estate of the late Alice C. work and the job will be undertaken | |Public Works Board to ceive bids of the construction of today to a new low record. One hun- . rorete bridge replacing a dred marks were quoted in this mar-| g ucture on Wells street, which was ing next |also be ‘.'nl'ul‘rl o! contracts for paving Dwight ;{;treet. JEWELL IS READY TO GRASP OLIVE BRANCH |Railway Union Leader Will- | ing to Make Peace With Railroads Chicago, July 6. — Willingness to grasp the olive branch of peace until it breaks or until the strike of rail- | road shop crafts finally is settled, was | expressed today by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employes de- LEADERS OF WOMEN BACK PROHIBITION W. C. T. U. Seeks to Refute Op- posite Statement by Miss Marbury QUOTES. ne Evanston, Ill., July 6.—Many prom- inent women of America differ with Miss Elizabeth Marbury, New York author and publicist, and are unaiter- ably opposed to any change in the prohibition laws, according to the| Union 8ignal, official organ of the Na- tional Women's Christian Temperance Union. Miss Marbury was quoted as saying at a recent meeting of the association against the prohibition amendment: ““The women of this country were the first to demand prohibition and they will be the first to repeal it." The Union quotes several promi- nent women as follows: Prohibition a Benefit. | Mary Anderson, director of the, women's bureau, U. 8. Department of Labor: | “Prohibition has been a benefit to| the country. I have observed that a better standard prevails among the families of the working people and that the children are better fed and clothed.” Mary Wood Park, president of the National League of Women Voters: Mothers Favor Amendment. “The mothers of the nation are no more likely to wipe out the 18th amendment than they are to demand the cultivation of typhoid germs in the water supplies science has puri- fled.” Mina Van Winkle, president {nter- national association of police women; “New York Underground System Scene of Fright- ful Panic as Fumes Roll Through Cars Mayor Hylan, as Volunteer | Rescuer, Driven Back by} Poisonous Clouds — Fire- | men Don Gas Masks 3 New York, July 6.—(By Associated Press,)-——About 150 persons were over- | come by smoke today when a north- | bound Jerome avenue express on the East side subway caught fire near Lexington avenue and 61st street. Dozens of ambulances were summon- |ed from nearly every hospital in the city and Mayor Hylan arrived to di- rect the rescue work. 75 Feet Underground. The accident occurred about 75 feet underground, for at the point the ex- | press tracks run beneath the local. The fire started in the motorman’s | box after a fuse had blown out. There was a flash of flame and the smoke swept through the crowded trains, rendering scores unconscious. Rescued With Ladders. When the emergency brakes were | applied and the train came to a grind- ing halt, guards threw open the doors and passengers who had not been overcome scrambled to escape. Those | “National prohibition is one of the greatest safeguards to youth and the home. There have been more brok en homes, more destruction of char- acter through weakening of the will and more crime induced by drink than by any other known cause.' Catherine Waugh McCullough, mas- ter in chancery, superior court of Cook county, Illinois: “Prohibition has life and promoted the welfare women and ¢hildren.” Influence For Good. Mary E. Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke college: improved home of partment of the American Federation of Labor. A statement issued by Mr. Jewell referred to a letter sent to him yes- terday by Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the railroad labor board in which Chairman Hooper said the board “has protected the interests of the striking shopmen."” Mr. Jewell's statement in part fol- lows: “Though the letter itself has not reached me, I can on the basis of press reports say that the mere decla- ration that the organization of em- ployes who have declined or may de- cline as is their legal right, to accept the dictates of the labor board are not to be ‘outlawed’ does not remove or annul the official action of the hoard. The language of the resolu- tion clearly provides that the shop crafts organizations are to be sup- planted by organizations of what may be termed ‘whitewashed strikebreak- v, Several of the roads entering Chi- cago today report that a majority of the men still out on strike. A num- ber of other roads announced that after July 10 the men who did not return to their work would lose sen- iority rights. The report follows: Chicago and North Western, 7,000 and 8,000 men out on strike. 1llinois Central, 60 per cent at work Santa Fe, 300 out of a total of 15,- 000 at work. Burlington, 1,400 out of a total of 15,000 at work. Rock Is- land, 8,000 out on strike. Southern Pacific, 50 per cent out. Union Peci- | fic, 756 per cent out. LEAES OVER $500,000 Estate of Bridgeport Banker's Widow Shows $528,585; Half Goes to Fam- ily and Remainder to Friend. 6.—An inventory L. Watson, widow of General T. L. Wat- son, banker, filed today shows a total value of $528,585 The will leaves about $210,000 to members of the amily and the remainder to Grace Dudley, a lifelong companion A clause in the will provides thac a contest by any of those mentioned in the will would serve as a bar to the bequest. It is understood that Grace Norton | Dudley has waived her right to the remainder of the estate and that an| agreement by which she will have a portion satisfactory to her has been made. No mention of this however, was made in probate court proceed- ings today Bridgeport, July Norton of Mrs. Watson. Act on Contracts Tues. | The board of public works will re- | al wooden | destroyed some time ago, at a meet- Tuesday noon Action will taken at that time on the| CHIEF SMITH IS HOME. New Haven, July 6.—Chief Philip J. Smith having been elected presi- dent of the American association o polica chiefs, arrived home and re- sumed his duties teday. The force is planning to give ki a dinner. “My experience and ohservations have been that prohibition has had héme life.” bureau of the U, 8 Department of Labor: “From my own experience and ob- servation and a study of available re- ports 1 see no reason for changing my attitude concerning the 18th amena- ment and enforcement of the law. 1 regard national prohibition as neces- sary for the protection of the health and welfare of children.” Colored Women Also. gee Institute: prohibition and will stand by it. Col- ored men are buying homes and treat- ing their families with far more re- spect.' Tena Lake Forest, president of the national federation of business and professional women's clubs: “I nave such great faith in the women of my own nation that I can- not for one moment believe that they will ever demand a repeal of the 18th amendment."” PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF VIOLATING 18TH Senator Caraway Also As- sails Lasker for Selling Booze on Ships Washington, July f.—President shipping board were charged by Sen- ator Caraway, democrat, Arkansas in the senate today with flagrant viola- tion of the prohibition laws in per- mitting the sale of liquor on shipping board vessels. The senator said *“all Christian Americans protest” against such sale of liquor. Gendarr;;.sb i;ual'ding Pope Mutiny and Are Arrested London, July 6 (By Associated Press)—A Central News dispatch from Rome says that gendarmes serv- ing in an honorary capacity in polic- ing the Vatican mutinied this morn- ing, crying out “long live the Pope,” “‘death to the commandant.” They were immediately disarmed and the barracks occupied by Swiss Guards. —_— —————— WITH BASES FULL, BABE RUTH GETS H 14TH HOMER. New York, July 6—Babe Ruth today knocked out his 14th home run of the season in the third inning in the game against Cleveland. The bases were full WEATHER T | HAartford, July 6—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair and warmer tonight and Friday. THE # | night. Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuske-“ Many firemen were overcome “The women of my race believe in| Harding and Chairman Lasker of the | —%* |shops of the N. Y., unable to walk were carried from the | |cars to the 50th street station. Fire |1adders were lowered through iron grating at flst street and unconscious women lifted to the street. The injured were stretched out on the sidewalks for several blocks. A | temporary hospital was organized and | | 14 pulmotors put in operation. The | erowd of spectators became dense and police reserves were rushed to the | scene. | Fire Quickly Quenched. | Men, women and children filled the iten car train Guards fought the flames with hand extinguishers until {firemen arrived. They soon quelled | the blaze, which in itself was small. a great influence m the beiterment or[M“y of the fire fighters also were | ov ’ Grace Abbott, chief of the children's | ® oot | Relief work soon got under way. | Besides the doctors who hastened to the scene in ambulances, many other physicians arrived in taxicabs. Drug Dept. Is Raided. Bloomingdale's department store at 59th street and Lexington avenue or- ganized a fire brigade of 75 employes, who entered the subway to aid in the rescue work. The store's drug depart- | ment was raided for supplies and pul- motors. as | they tried to descend the subway | steps. When the rescue squad arrived | however its members donned gas | masks and attacked the flames. | Frank Hedley, presirent of the Tm- | terborough Rapid Transit Co., left the | office of the transit commission rar' | the scene | Mayor Hylan Gassed. | M- yor Hylan was driven back by | fum=s when he attempted to enter the subway. He was too badly gassed to | make another attempt, but he direct- ed that eity experts be summoned to make an investigation. Policeman Is Hero. A man who kept his head when {others lost theirs was the outstanding hero of the accident. He was Pa- trolman Frederick Norman of the Oak street station who took charge of the train when it halted. | As clouds of smoke began to roll through the cars he commanded the passengers in the name of the law to remain quiet. Then he directed the guards to open the door and began dragging half conscious men and | women from the train Then he, too, collapsed and had to lifted to the street TWO TRAIN WRECKS 75 Injured in Crash at Porter, In- in Wreck be diana—One Man Dead Caused by Train Hitting Cow. July 6.—Seventy-five per- injured, one seriousl when a Chicago-bound Pere-Mar- quette passenger train crashed into a New York Central engine on a sid- ing near Porter, Ind. late last night The train proceeded to Chicago to- day after the injured received first aid Chicago, sons were N 6.—One two severely Ocean Ltd., an Halifax for Mon- 85 Campbellton, B, July man wag killed and wounded when the express train from treal, struck a cow on the track, miles from here today Wives of Strikers Form Soup Kitchen Association New York, July 6.—Wives of strik- ing railroad shopmen In the Rronx made plans today to open commis- saries to feed strikers and dependents A woman's auxiliary of female rel tives of the strikers at the Van Nest N. H. & H. rail- road was formed with Mrs. H. Frank as president OLDEST ODD FELLOW DIES Shreveport, La., July Allen, aged 92, said to have the oldest Odd Fellow, died here last §.—Nathaniel been | od ending last night. SCORES OVERCOME AND MANY BADLY BASSED BY SMOKE IN SUBWAY 75 FT. UND ER STREET . Fireworks Display At Walnut Hill to Open At 9:30 P. M. ot The program of fireworks, and also the band concert, which was to have been held at Wal- nut Hill park on the evening of July Fourth, but which wes postponed because of the in- clemency of the weather, will be presented this evening. The band concert, by the American Legion Band, will be given early in the evening, while the pyro- technical display will begin promptly at 9:30 p. m. PLATOON AND CHARTER COMMITTEES SELECTED Paonessa Selects Groups to Handle Important Matters A committee to prepare proposals for the revision of the city's charter and a second group to draft a two- platoon plan for the fire department, were selected today by Mayor Angelo M. Paonessa. On the charter revision committee are the following: Aldermen Frank L. Conlin, Peter Pajewski and John F. Gill; Councilmen E. T. Ringrose, D. L. Nair, and E. W. Peterson; Frank H. Alford, P. 8. McMahon, P. F.Mc- Donough, Richard L Schaefer and Edward F. Hall. The state senator and two representatives in the gen- eral assembly from this city will be included on the committee after the ifall election. This committee will not be called for a meeting until next month, the mayor announces, | Alderman John F. Gill of the sec- jond ward will probably head the two- [ platoon committee. Other committee- men picked are: Aldérman F. R. Gil- ;patfic. Councilmen Michael F. King, | Otto Schmarr, James J. Dunn and Ar- | thur Crusberg, representing the com- | mon council; E. G. Hurlburt of the Vulcan Iron Works, representing the | manufacturers; Thomas W. O'Connor, representing the insurance agents, and Charles F. Dehm of the 0. K. Meat market, representing the mer- chants. The committee will work in | conjunction with the fire commission. The three plans already submitted to the council will be considered and the | attractive features of each fncorporat- ed in the draft to be recommended by | this special committee. HOTEL GARDE IS SOLD Famous New Haven Hostelry Is Pur- | chased by Owner of Hotel Victoria in New York City, | | New Haven, July 6.—Sale of the | Hotel Garde in this city, located op- | posite the station of the N. Y., N. H. land H. railroad station in Union avenue, by Walter 8. Garde to Charles A. Hollingsworth of New York city, was announced today. The buyer, it is stated, takes over the business and through a corporation to he formed will lease the real estate for 20 years. The price is not given out. | Mr. Garde will take a vacation and | home Haven in and then make his permanent business interests in New busines sinterests in New Haven and | | Hartford. Mr. Hollingsworth is the | owner of Hotel Victoria in New York |and has extensive interests in realty. | Hotel Garde is an institution of |more than 40 years. Its present | building was constructed after the old |one, which was almost a landmark among buildings which have since been cleared away by development of the section, was burned. " LEGISLATORS IN—FIGHT Senator Stewart and Representative Claiborne of Louisiana in Scrap— Latter Takes Count. Baton Rouge, La., Jnlv 6.—A fist fight on the floor of the Louisiana house of representatives between Sen- ator J. O. Stewart and Representative F. C. Claiborne was the chief topic of conversation about the capital to- day Mr. Claiborne received a cheek. The fight followed connection with a senate bill Senator Stewart's blow caused Clai- borne to spin around in the center aisle of the house chamber until he tripped and fell face forward, strik- ing against a chair. bleeding a tilt in Never a Wetter Period Than One Just Passed New Haven, July 6.—Weather Ob M. Tarr got busy with old steepday going back to 1873 iwhen th officially started. He fail- ed to find a wetter period in early summer than the 18 days just ended. In 1903 there was a 19 day rainy period in early June but the rainfall was less than the figure for the per- |server L. records ) Herald “Ads” N Better Busine. ! PRICE THREE CENTS SHIPPERS TAKE LP TRANSFER PROBLEN WITH R R, FFIGERS Manofacturers and Commercial | Organizations Meet This " Morning to Discass Strike Sitnation —— 'ARRANGEMENTS MADE 10 HAVE SERVICE KEPT OP Plans Are Made to Temporarfly Trans- fer Such Men as Are Necessary From Certain Industries S0 Thas They May Aid in Keeping Railroad Freight Service Uninterrupted— Many Associations Represented. Hartford, July 6.—Representatives of industries and commercial organi- zations of the state called together in this city by the manufacturers asso- ciation of Connecticut met today to discuss with officials of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad ways and means of maintaining ade- quate transfer facilities during the present rail strike though arranging for temporary transfer of such men as might be needed from certain in- dustries by the railroad. Other arrangements were also made to ensure uninterrupted service to shippers. Bardo In Attendance. Among those present were C. L. Bardo, general manager of the New Haven road, R. L. French, chairman, and other members of the trafic com- mittee of the association, H. J. Smith, industrial secretary of the association. Stanley H. Bullard of Bridgeport and members of the special committee ap- pointed by the state chamber of commerce and representatives of the following organizations: Those Represented. Manufacturers' Association = of | Bridgeport, Bridgeport Typothetae, Danbury Boosters’ club, East Hamp- tord Businessmen's Assoclation, In- dustrial Association of the Lower Housatonic Valley, Connecticut Foun- drymen's Association of . Hartford, Manufacturers' Association of Hart- ford county, Hartford Typothetae, Connecticut Brickmakers' Association, | West Hartford Manufacturers’ Assos ciation, Connecticut Laundry Owners’ Patternmakers’ Association, Middletown Get Togethér club, Moodus River Valley Manufac- |turers' Association, New Haven Branch Metal Trades, Employers’ As- sociation of New Haven County, New Haven Typothetae, New London Man- ufacturers’ Association of Eastera Connecticut, Stamford Manufac- turers’ Association, The Litchfield Manufacturers’ Association of Tor- rington, The Home club of Waters bury, Winsted Manufacturers’ Asso~ ciation, The Hartford Open Shop Buiiding Trades Exchange. ESCAPED CONVICT IS | Association, Master [Prisoner Who Scaled 30 Foot Wall Last Winter Back in Cell Bridgeport, July 6.—Frank Mase tin, sentenced from Greenwich last winter, who escaped from the Fair- here by scaling & 30-foot wall, was caught yesterday |and today was locked up again. He * had his freedom since March. . As'a | “trustie” he was tending the boiler before his escape. ! Martin was captured in the cellar of a Greenwich house by Deputy Sheriff Edward Palmer yesterday. STANLEY WORKS’ AND' FRUIT TRUCKS MEET | | field county jail Collision on Main Street at Corner of Street Results Wheel. Myrtle Losing A large fruit truck driven by Riche ard Hagopian of 17 Oak street, was minus a left front wheel this nool after it had collided with a Stanley Works truck, driven by Charles Kane, at the corner of Main and Myrtle streets. The Stanley Works truck was rounding the corner from Myrtle into Main street and was turning to the north and the fruit truck was going south on Main street. Mr. Kane at- tempted to swing further over to the right but was unable to do so bee cause there was a touring car parked on the east side of the street. The driver of the fruit truck ap- plied his brakes, but he had not al- lowed sufficient room for the larger truck to pass. The rear end of the Stanley Works truck hit the left front wheel of the fruit truck, took it com- pletely off, and the fruit truck went to the ground in the middle of the éar tracks. Policeman George Moffitt witnessed the scene, and said that the accident was unavoidable. He said that neithet truck was going very fast and it was case of misjudgment on the part of the fruit truck driver. No one was injured and no . arrests were |made. A wrecking crew téok the a |damaged truck away in & short time CAUGHT IN GREENWICH |