New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1923, Page 1

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WEYGAND PROBABLE CH W BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1928, —~TWENTY-FOUR PAGES CEAS COMMISSIONER OF RUHR DISTRICT; PRESIDENT EBERT URGES ECONOMY Joins With Cuno in Begging People to Renounce Luxuries and Extravagances of Every Kind for | untry Common Good of Co Paris, Jan, 20 (By Associated Press) ! =Official announcement of Gen, Wey- gand's appointment as high commis- sioner of the Ruhr distriet is now said on good authority to be waiting for thekrench eabinet to conciliate differ- ences which have arisen over the se- lection of an officer not directly under the war office for so an important a post, It was understood that Pre- mier Poincare chose General Wey- gand because he was recommended by Marshal Foch, who is still regarded s the head of the Inter-allied forces, Not a French Action, A majority of the cahinet Is with the premier in holding that the Ruhr occupation is not distinetly a French action but an allled operation and therefore properly under the direction of an inter-allied organization. Favorable impression from the French viewpoint of the situation in the Ruhr valley was presented to PremierPoincare this morning by M. l.e Trocquer, the minister of public works, who returned last evening from his visit of inspection to the valley, Reports received during the day by the French government indicted the strikes in the region were only par- tal, Appeal for Fcono Berlin, Jan. 26 (By Associated Press)-—The German government has issued an appeal to the nation signed by President Ebert and Chancellor Cuno urging the people to renounce luxuries and extravagances of every kind and to make the greatest possible sacrifices “in view of the common need of the whole country which invoives the very existence of Aall future Germ, and the liberties and rights of the whole people.” State of Siege, A state ot siege Leen pro- claimed in the Aix-la-Chapelle and Kresznach districts by the French oc- cupational authoritics as the result ol yegterday's demonstrations according to tne correspondent of, the Berlit: Tageblatt'at Aix-la-Chapelle, Again in Default, Paris, Jan. 26 (By Associated Pre —The allied reparation com this afternoon de i default on all in puration chligu tions to Irancc and Belgium ynder the treaty of Versailles, he vote wus the same as 1n the previous de- fault decisions, France, igium and Italy favoring the declaration and Great Britain abstaining from voting. Conditions More Normal. Essen, Jan. 26 (By Associatod Press)—Normal conditions were re- sumed throughout the Ruhr valiey to- day after last evening's street demon stration and riots but unemployment is steadily increasing, the strike continues cifective the entire valley, an dnavig: a standstill on the Rhine Wesel and Cologne. In addition the coal oughout ation is at between miners are straggling out of the pits in various; localities hour by hour until now some 150,000 mine workers are idle, Nineteen arrests were made i Duesseldorf in consequence of last night's affrays and General Degoutte has announced that the German se- curity police would be severely punished for their failure to remain on post and maintain order, On the otherhand, the general has congratu- luted th el n police for the effl tive assistance they afforded the Jirench patrols in quelling the disturb- ances here., City Officials Arvrested. Ducsseldorf, Jan. 26 (By Associat- ed Press)—Burgomaster Schmidt and Dr. Oexle, director of police of Dues- seldorf were arrested by the French authorities today and placed in jail to await courtmartial for failure to enforce rders. They were charged with being responsible for yesterday's disorders which the I‘rench troops put down only after the firing of sev- eral shots, | Day’s Developments. (By Associated Press). The Ruhr valley was reported quiet | but sullen today, following the dis- turbances last night in Duesseldorf | and Essen, quelled by the Irench/ with only minor casualtics resulting the wounding of two Germans in the tormer city. Strong military precautions recurrence of the demonstrations. Artillery has been posted all around Essen and two additional army corps are said to have been ordered up in haste from Alsace lLorraine. Nineteen arrests were made in Duesseldorf. Berlin advices say a state of siege | has been proclaimed in the Aix-la- Chepelle and the Kreuznach districts. The Ruhr continues almost com- | pletely tied up by the rail strike and | navigation by the Rhine from the| valley is similarly at a standstill. | Paris dispatches reflect a more fa- | vorable opinion of the situation. The | strikes, it is stated, are only partial | and government reports show but 10,000 miners out in the Essne re-| gion. Germany was formally declared in default to France and Belgium on all her reparations obligations under the Versailles treaty by a vote of the allied reparations commi n. No defauit was declared in deliveries to Great Britain and Haly as Germany did not include them in her recent snnouncement suspending deliveries. tssion | railroad | (MYSTERY IN DEATH OF WOMAN AT NEW HOSPITAL Man She Sald Was Relative Refuses to Pay For Her Expenses at Institution, The first death in the 'nm'rl hospital eceurred la | 10:20 o'clock when M Mitiolie, u mother of Ve e smwis.y died several hours after an operation was performed in a forlorn hope of saving her life, It was the third operation she underwent, having been operated upon twice in New Jersey, recently, She came here several days ago | from Danbury, accompunied by a man who did not leave his name, but who, she said at one time, was her brother- ARREST COAL DEALER FOR DYEING CRU STONE, SOLD AS COAL s New York, Jan, 26,-~Vincent H, Olsen, Brooklyn coal sales- man was arrested today on a charge of selling 100 tons of erushed rock dyed black as conl, The charge was preferred by Benino brothers, coal dealers, who declare they paid him $1,. 400 for the consignment of black rocks, other relative. Her husband, whose name was not given, was not aware of his wife's death until he tele- phoned this morning asking news of her condition. Pleads Guilty to Practicing Medicine Without State License D. and in Russian Refugee Believed to Other Vessels Squadron] Are Now Have Reached Haven. Manila, Jan. 26 (By Associated Press).—One ship of the divided fieet of Russian ships, carrying anti- ‘ bolshevik refugees from Vladivostok been wrecked off the coast of Hospital officials are inclined to ' he would not pay the hospital ex- | which followed an original operation tonio Paolillo in police court this J. G. Woods, Judge G. W. Klett im- | Have to Return $7,500 They Ob- Rival arrested Paolillo v | north of police headquarters, where | EE SENE HORY THE o e | seph Tata of 181 Washington street | Matter of fact they were employed, | failed to get results from the treat-| Would prosecute them for obtaining police | headquarters followed. | $668. This, he added, had been re- den and Bridgeport. the pills are what is known as “tis {within the category of medicine, and unverified | operating a car without a driver's 1i- | Vostok refugec fleet, flying the flag of license. The card had been lost, but | inspection hnd fumigation. HERBS ARE MEDICINE, believe there is something of a mys- PA“IJLLI] FINE“ Iu“ tery about the woman, The man who brought her to the hospital stated | when informed that she had died that | penses, nor would he pay the fee of the Hartford surgeon who performed the operation. Death was caused by complications | for appendicitis. The body was | turned over to Undertaker M. J. Cur- [ | Through Lawyer M. Saxe, An-‘""' A morning pleaded guilty to a charge | MUST G]YE BAGK FUNDS of practicing medigine in this eity| without a stat¢ license. On recom- | mendation “of gRrosecuting Attorney | 220 world War Veterans in Boston posed a fine of $100 and costs, this being the minimum penalty under the | statuth tained on False Plea. Acting Detective snr;:s-anty!:‘l;tctrl'\lm: Boston, Jan. 26.—John ‘H. Dunn, 3 3 o | war veterans' relief commissioner, afternoon at his office two doors made known today that he had com- Paolillo has been maintaining head- | . quarters for the practice of mechiho- | tUrn to the city treasury $7,500 which | therapy healing. The police had been | ‘:"‘«‘: hnd “"“‘"""’ on the plea that iinformed by Dr. J. M. Klcin that Jo-, they were out of work when ds a hal been under Paolillo’s care and | This, he said, represented half of (_hc that pills bad been prescribed for him | SUm Which they had drawn in reliet and herbs were also given the patient| funds and if they did not pay back for use in making a soft of tea, Tata!the remainder within a month he ment and he went to Dr. Klein, to|Mmoney under false pretenses. | whom he told of his dealings with the| In one case, the commissioner said, other men. A complaint to the state|@ Young man whose father was a 'dw“r,m,m of healh ! well to do business man had drawn i The police found a large quantity K funded in full. {of pills and herbs at the office and ! RIS I T A T {literature indicating that he has con- ONE SH[P REPORTED Los’l‘ ducted offices in Southington, Meri- The pills were turned over to J. W. | Marsland, druggist, who analyzed them. Attorney Saxc told the court that | sue ,salts,” which under the laws of state of New Yaork are considered + food, rather than a medicine. He | admitted that the herbs would come !for that reason the plea of guilty was | lentered. | I"ormosa, according to an Judgment was suspended in the!report received here. case of Harcld Heslin, charged with| ~Seven of the ten ships of the Viadi- leense. fle was angested on Main | imperial Russia and commanded by strect, vesterday afternoon, after his|Admiral Stark, the anti-soviet leader, car d knocked down a light stand-| were at Mariveles quarantine station ard, and he was unable to produce a|of the Philippines today undergoing a duplicate has been secured. The ships at Mariveles have aboard . el il vy | 500 officers and members of crews, §2 UNDERTAKER GETS JOB | women and 47 children, besides nine Arizona Man, Whose Family Insisted | 0ld men, including four priests of the | Greek church. EX-KAISER ONHAPPY British Newspaperman Says Marriage Proves a Failure and Couple Are Living Apart. Londén, Jan. 26, (By Associated He Was Not Dead, Is Finally Pre- | pared For Burial, Phoenix, Ariz, Jan. 26.—The body of George Stevenson, declared dead by cight physicians, but asserted to be in a state of suspended animation by | A |members of his family was in an un- |Press)—The correspondent of the dertaking establishment here today in | Yorkshire livening News wiring to accordance with an order issued by |his paper from Doorn says: Coroner Frod C. Bolen. The order, [ ‘“In spite of elaborate efforts to issued over protests .by the family hide the truth, T have discovered provided that the body remain undis- |that the second marriage of the for- turbed for several days and members [n.er German emperor has been a com- of the family be permitted to watch |plete failure and that at the present over it, | moment 1e is living in one part of the castle while his wife and her chil- n are in another. I am told that ks sufficed to bring kdown."” |{Action on Proposed U. S. ‘ Envoy in Europe Dropped * Washington, Jan. 26.—Action on | Senator Robinson’s resolution propos- | SCHOOL GIRL SUE Billings, Mont., Jan, LININE |ing full American membership in the that her father and stepmother have ! have | reparation commission was postponed [‘pursued a coursc of cruelty designed | pij), been taken by the I°rench to prevent jndefinitely today by the senate for- | to force her to leave home and relieve 'favor it in its support, Gwendolla high school girl, is her | 4 A | eign relations committee after it had them of sixteen, discussed behind closed doors the Hamletl, confidential information on the rey@r- suing her parents, Mr. and Mrs, F. M. ations problem submitted yesterday Hamlett, here for separate mainte- by Secretary Hughes, | nance. She asks $25 a month. Owsley, flead~ .of Legion, Defends France in Taking Over the Ruhr The occupation of the Ruhr district by French troops was upheld by Alvin M. Owsley, national commander of the American legion, who will speak here tomorrow night, in an address de- livered at a reception tendered him in Bridgeport today by Harry W. Congdon post, American Legion. In explaining thé approval of the American Legion national execiitive committee of this move, Commander Owsley said it was the only means France now had left of enforcing the reparations agreement which Germany had broken. Following the reception Commander Owsley delivered an address before the Bridgeport community chest workers. “onmeeticut L in-law and at another time was an- | " RAISED AT GAPITOL \Canaot Tell Yet I Number A proaches That of 1021 | STATE POLICE CHANGES| | { | Measure Offered Today Would Kill| Commission And Put Department Under Superintendent—Fewer Real. State Library, | h bars to ad- wera put up AU ST B oday after [seasion in which. the inflow was con- |siderable. Not until the clerks have Journalized the measures tonight will ! it be known if the total of bills equals or exceeds the figure of | It has| been thought up tll yesterday that| [the falling off of husiness s compar- | od with recent sessions would be ma. | terfal in quantity, House lcader | Buckley had already given notice of | intention to offer a resolution requir. | ing that all bills carrying appropria- tlons should be in the hands of the appropriations committee by April 1, This wonld be a month earlier than the date set in the 1921 session, Such @ resolution would predicate final ad Journment hefore May 15, But the character of bills carrying | appropriations this session is such that the appropriations committee will [ have a harder task than last time the proposed construction programs of in- stitutional boards being so extensive | that hearings on them will consume | much time, May Consolidate Several Undsually large numbers of bills can be consolidated under one bill by reason of altered conditions in the state. For instance yesterday many fish and game bills were offered. As the state association of fish and gam« clubs will: stand by the stute fish and /game commission which has endorsed the ideas of Superintendent J. W. Tit comb on preservation and propaga- tion of fish and game on changes in game law and for administration it may be expected {hat individual bills will be subordinated to those bills which will carry out the new polic; Many bills already are said by mem- bers to be slated for quick action and disposal. ¥ State Palice Changes One such offered today provi that the state police commission shail be abolished and the department plac- ed under Superintendent Robert Hur- ley. The commission's own bill to in- crease the force to 110 men weat in jon Tuesday. Coinment by membe |today was that they did not look wi favor on a onc-man commission When the present commission receives no compensation and to which two meni- bers are heads of other departments. Fewer “New” Bills Experienced members of both hranches after examining bills as of- fered were of the opinion that the majority are mostly of a “tinkering character” for present laws and new | proposals are less than usual. Should such be the case the work before this (Continued on Page 22) Drastic Measure Would i Give Conn. Right to Seize | It at Maybrook Jct. | Hartford, Jan. 26.-—There was more land livelier discussion of the fuel | auestion by members of the general | assembly in the lobbies of the capitol | today than yesterday owing to the new turn of affairs overnight. The situa- tion as it stands follows: Governor Templeton recommended | January 3 that something be done to | meet the increasingly bad condtions of | fuel distribution, A bill was offered | last week, which the senate tabled for | printing, giving the state fuel admin- istrator power to seize coal in transit; |opinion was expressed that this pro- vision would run counter to federal laws, | The resignaton of Mr. Russell, the. |administrator, and his deputy, Mr., |Jaynes, was announced Wednesday night. Governor Templeton stated vesterday he would accept the resig- |nations and favored & three man comm Discuission between the | governor's office and the fuel ad- | ministrator’s office followed as to the author of the dra: provisions in the bill, Attorney General Healy, who put the bill into shape, was quoted as saying that he did not draw the seiz- ure sections. Governor Templeton jhas assumed responsibility for the Mr. Russell says he did not present shape. He wrote to his local administraors ye terday to “stay on their jobs.” night the governor had a conference with legislative lers. The bill will be heard next Tuesday at 1:20 p. m. |The seizure provisions, it was ‘ex- | plained, would give the administrator power to assemble motor trucks and go to Maybrook Junction and take coal from cars which are heid there because the railroads cannot move |trains. The aspect of the matter as | developed by the conference was that !there was coal enough for the state | en route but it could not be delivered. | % * THE WEATHER Hartford, Jan. 26.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled weather wit late tomight or Saturd temperature; winds easterly. becoming i I. . out further Week Ending January 20th ,043 PRICE THREE CENTS ARTONEWBILLS ' KLETT RETIRING AS JUDGE JULY 2: ALLING IS NOMINATED T0 SUCCEED " HIM, W. C. HUNGERF ORD FOR DEPUTY Wants Jail Sentence Imposed For First Offense For Intoxication that country. He had on by the Good Templars of America. Johnson trav- | eled the length and breath of the country speaking from the seat of an automobile that the American organi zation had provided him with. national prohibition movementy was smothered under an avalanche of “anti" votes on election day and the New Hritalnite returned to this coun- try, Since his return he has been ae- tive in movements for the strict en- forcement of the American prohibi- movement in been sent to Hw 2x-Counciiman Sverin Johnson of this city, through Representative FE W, Christ, introdueed in the legisla- ture today a bill for“the adoption of more stringent state liguor luws, one of which provides for jall sentences for plain drunks upon their first ap- pearance in police urt, In intro- dueing the bill, Representative Christ made it plain that he was doing »o merely because he was requested, rather than because of any personal interest in the proposed legisiation, The former councilman recently re- tion law, turned to this city after an unsuccess- Johnson's est move s in the in- ful speaking campalgn in Sweden in | terests of the Swedish Temperance the interests of a nullxlml prohibition | society of this city, the bill explains. NORSE SON IS ORDERED MEN RUSH FROM CAR RAED BY UDETHONS ¢ e o e Male Passengers on Trolley Prevent Destruction of Maple Hill House Case Wins | / Habeas Corpus |'l:lN'l!‘1||lIBk in U, 8. Court Principal in Conspi Bridgeport, Jan, 26.—Judge Edwin 8. Thomas of the 1, court today handed down a decision in the re- moval proceedings against Harry I Morse of Greenwich, one of the de- fendants in the Charles W, Morse con- spiracy case, in which he reverses the decision of the United States commis- | ik sloner, H. J. Lavery, who remanded nome of Charles Drobegg at Maple i 4 . _ [Hill shortly after 6 o'clock last night :::’(,"l"n, N;}L“':fnr‘,f f';‘r' ‘:‘;:’,'_"""_;“‘;t‘a |1t was while the Hartford trolley car Thomas sustains the writ of habeas | V&S passing through Maple Hill, that corpus, dismisses the moton of the “flll' fire was noticed by one of the male government for his removal and |PASsengers. He with others left the orders Harry 1%, Morse discharged, |CAT. and on reaching the scene, they The decision covers 18 pages. |f0und a brisk blaze in one of the Judge Thomas says that when the re- | Fooms. Through the efforts of the moval proceedings were brought be-|men, the flames were extinguished be- fore the commissioner the govern-|fore spreading to other parts of the ment offered in evidence a. certified house. A telephone call was sent to copy of the indictment, tegether with {Chief William J. Noble of the local testimony identifying the defendant department, and he despatched In- and thereupon rested its case with- |gine Company No. 5 to go to the proof. The defendant place, and the chief also responded. for a4 dismissal on the The firemen found on arrival, that the fun- | volunteers had done good work, and 8, Prompt action on part of a num- ber of men who rushed to the scene, averted serious damage by fire to the then moved ground that the indictment was damentally defective and that local Connecticut practices had | been followed as required by not |eaters to do. The blaze was caused the |by aj explosion of an oil heater. | federal code. Jarly this morning, the fire depart- Judge Thomas says that there is no /ment was called to the home of J. code of crimimal procedure in Con- Czoch at 36 Silver street, by an alarm necticut but to follow the common from Box 36, A blaze was found at law. At the hearing the defendant [the rear of a stove in the kitchen, and proved by a former judge of the city the firemen were forced to chop away court that the procedure in Connecti- [the partition leading to an upper floor, cut called for more than information before the fire was entirely extin- and identification on a plea of not guished. guilty before the state can establish a prima facie case. While attaching importance to the above contentions Judge Thomas says | that they are nevertheless over- CONFERENGE ls IMMI shadowed by the more vital conten- NENT tions of the non-existence of jurisdic- tion and probable cause, upon the af- firmative determination of which must \TUrks Answer Allied Ultimatum by ultimately rest the government's right | of removal, BREAKING OF LAUSANNE Saying They Are Having Their » Passports Vised. | Jan. 26.—(By Associat- | ed Press.)—The Turkish delegates to the Near East conference answered % _ 2 woie. | the allied project to adjourn the con- New Haven Democratic Deputy Regis | vorance by the end of next week trar Penalized in Court For Primary Whether peace was signed or not, by announcing tod t were having their passports ed for their re- turn to Turkey. Lausanne, List Irregulariti New Haven, Jan. lugene . Harrigan, democratic deputy registrar | o of voters, was fined $250 by Judge giatement by ha that if the | Ernest simpson in the court of | ijies left TEBrURy 8 us common pleas today. A jury vester-|they have stated was their intention, day found Harrigan guilty of failure | hjs dejegation also would depart the {to register voters on the party pri-isame day. If he were not given suf- mary lists, The case was on an ap- | ficjent time to reply after the presen- peal from the city court, where the tation of the allied draft of the peace a antinople |fine was the same as that imposed |trcaty next Wednesday he would send |the Harvard Law school. Angora or his he declared, his army reply later from headquarters, today. JAPSWHAYE NEW PLAN ' BROWN WILL NOT RESIGN New Ambassador to U, S, Said to Be New Britain Fuel Administrator 'Will Immigration 1 4 (By Associated Press).— no Hanihara, newly ap- | pointed ambassador to the United | States who will sail for San Francisco Saturday has been instructed to re sume immigration negotiations with the American government, according to a statement made in the Diet today by Viscount Uchida, foreign minister, Planning to Resume Heed Russell's Request to Stay at Negotiations. His Post. Tokio, Harry C. Drown, fuel administrator for New Britai nd vicinity, will re- main in office despite the fact that | his chief, State Fuel Administrator Thomas W. Russell, has resigned. Mr. Russell has appealed to administra- tors throughout the state to remain at their posts. “It would not help the local situ- ation if I resigned,” Mr. Brown said today. “T will remain at my post for the present at least.” Bastrop Is Quiet After Long Ku Klux Hearings Bastrop, Jan. 26.—Bastrop and its neighber village Mer Rouge were un- usually quict today—-the reaction from 20 days open hearing conducted by the s e into masked band activi- ties, hinging on the Kkidnapping and slaying of Watt Danicl and Thomas 1. Richard, August 24, Withdrawal last night of the last detachment ot troops, ordered here a week before Christmas by Governor Parker to preserve order, marked the close of the hearing which began January McMahon ln&fi;éd For 395,000, Broker Says According to J. it. Carroll Hartford insurance broker, I’ McMahon of this city was insured for $05,000. Mr. Carroll has furnished the “Herald” with the amounts of the insura policies as follows: Aetna Life ford State Mutual Worcester John Hancock C'o., Boston . . Phoenix Mutual Life Ins Co.. Hartford Equitable TLife Society, New It also said was a member of nal organizations which surance departments. ce Anothel.'nAlaskan Volcano Is Reported in Eruption Jan. 26.—(By Associated ~Mount Matses, near Mounts Shushaldin and Pavloff, | which were recently in eruption, has been emitting large volumes of smoke, according to a wircless mes- sage from the lower Alaska peninsu- la. This activity of Matses was ac- companied by two carth shocks here yesterday morning. C Hart- $40,000 Ins. Co,, Ins. ‘0., Life Ins. Anchorage 20,000 A st that McMafon several frater- have in- -aAnce is the that there was little for the local fire | At the same time Turkish journal-| Changes in New Britain City and Police Courts Proposed in Bill Pre- sented by Sen. Covert. Peter Suzio Wants $43,000— Any Effort to Ratify 18th Amend. Will Be Strenu- ously Fought in House— Two Platoon Measure Up —Another “Blue Sky” L-nw. Judge George W. Klett, for: the past 27 years connected with the New Britain city 1nd police courts, will retire July 2, and; will be succeeded as judge by the present deputy, Judge Benjamin W. Alling, who in turn will bes succeeded by Lawyer William C. Hungerford, if recommendations . made to the Ilegislature this morning in a bill submitted by - Senator Richard Covert are adopted. The bill was offered in the senate this morning after a con- ference at which Senator Covert and Representatives Christ and Alling were in attendance. . Resigns for Business Reasons. Judge XKlett this afternoon stated that his withdrawal from the bench was due entirely to business reasons. He pointed out that with Deputy Judge. B. W. Alling, who is his law | partner, engaged in so much city | court matters, the firm has been ! handicapped in its private practice. I"or more than 25 years, Judge Kiett has been identified in the life | of the local police court in one man- | ner or the other. Koliowing his | eraduation from Yale, he was named iclerk of the cofirt, and he next be- came assistant prosecuting attorney. | Ior two years, he was the judge of i prob: and after retiring from that ! position he again became identified | with the police court in the capacity !of prosecuting attorney, succeeding | Charles 1. Mitcheli, ! Two years ago, on the selection of Judge John H. Kirkham, then presid-+ iing judge in the police and city court as corporation counsel, Judge Klett received from the general assembly a temporary appointment to fill the unexpired term of Judge Kirkham. On July 1, 1921, he was named judge of the court. Alling on Bench Three Years. Judge ' B. W. Alling has been on the bench for three years. Kollowing the death of Judge James T. Meskill, Judge Kirkham was elevated from the deputy judgeship to judge, and Lawyer Alling, who had been liquor prosecutor for a number of years, was named deputy judge. Judge Alling is one of the most popular members of the bar in this city. Last fall he was nominated by the republican party as a candidate for representative and he was swept into office, under an avalanche of votes the party polled in this city. | Despite the fact that it was his first | trip to the legislature, Judge Alling | was selected as a member of the judi- ciary committee, one of the most im- portant in the general assembly. He is a graduate of the New Britain High school, Dartmouth college and While in | Dartmouth he played on the varsity football eleven. Hungerford in Law Firm, .awyer William C, Hungerford is a native of this city, the son of the late I'rank L. Hungerford, formerly cor- poration counsel. For many years he engaged in practice at Hartford, and at the time that Judge James k. Cooper retired as corporation coun- sel to become the legal adviser of the Stanley Works, Lawyer Hungerford returned here, and entered the firm of Kirkham, Cooper, Hungerford and Camp. Suzio Wants $15,000., Claims by Peter Suzio, head of the insolvent National Construction com- pany, whose main offices are in this city, were submitted to the legisiature this morning, asking damages of $32 060 and $13,000 alleged to have been caused by extra work required of his of roads The the Jacks company in the constructior in Shelton, Norwalk and Darien company’s business is now in hands of a receiver, Frederick son of New Haven. Maguire's Claim Filed. claim of John P. Maguire for $46,416.68 damages in the construc. tion of a highway at Litchfield, also went to the legislature this morning, Senator Covert submitting a bill the interests of the New Britain e tractor. Maguire has retained Judge William Malone of Bristol, and will send in a petition of suit if his pres- cat claim is denied Two-Platoon Bill. Senator Ells of Waterbury intro- Jueed a bill this morning making it compulsory for cities to provide two- s in their fire departments, Money For Rocky Hili. Acting upon a suggestion of Mayor A. M. Paonessa, Senator Richard Covert brought in a resolution to have the City of New Britain reimbursed for moneys expended on the prepar- ation and maintenance of the Rocky (Continued ou Page 21). The platoon i