New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1923, Page 2

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Cascade” z %ln}?:dh it comes | nine el | MOFFITT WILL HAVE | | NO 1923 VACATION' \Policeman Who Failed to Ring Call Is Given Hearing At a special meeting of the police commission last night, Patrelman George W, Moffitt was given a hearing on charges alleging neglect of duty. has been under having been by Chief Willlam €, Hart in his ealls at January 29, from duty for failure to ring | preper times during the night of Jan. uary 27 He pleaded guilty to the charge After a hour, the board imposed & penalty of days during whieh Moflitt has luty, without pay, and fined days’ vacation, In view of the Moffitt has been fined four boen off him 1¢ faot that days' vacation previously the of suspension since | removed | hearing that lasted gver an| on account | disagreement growing out of | S e e g s g S TS Sy Y rr record is considered in the adminis- tering of justice but in this case there were other cireumstances, The po- | fenses committed in the past, far more scrious than the one for whieh he was being given a hearing, and | Wwhat would be necessary in the sever- | lieeman had paid the penalty for of+g 00 with Chairman E, I, Hall's state | s Hint Dropped at Meeting of :1'“. the nnanu.:‘on‘:l:‘u: that New ritain's 08 - or Board of Finance That ¥ Hart: is $2.50; that of Waterbury, §6; Hart» . ford, 5 and Bridgeport, $6. Meriden Firemen May Be Put off Again, is lower than New Britain, Relative to the réfQuest for a new patrol, it was explained that repairs to the amount of $2,600 are now need- ed on the present patrol and even then it will be an old ear that must shortly be replaced, The metoreyele will be.a new one, the low price be- ing secured by a trade-in of another machine, The ofce equipment will fit out a captain's office for Captain George J, Kelly, NO WOMEN ELECTED T0 CHURGH VESTRY | when'Chairman John B, 1. Keev- ers and Clerk John J, Keough of the board of fire commissioners appeared before the hoard of finance and taxa- ) last night to explain a budget of 867,75, which included an ‘esti- mate for installation of a twe platoon plan in the fire department, they were greeted with numerous inquiries as to al items “without the twe platoon,” These inquiries, taken in econjune ment of last week that the eity could stood only maintenance expenses this year and that néthing new could be (Cfllllm From First Page) lag that he did not deem COmment necessary, In that letter he said, that, while it is the privilege of any Mason (g join any organization as long as he does not violate the law of the land eor his duty as & Mason, he (the grand master) “deeply deplored any attempt to conneet the oldest and greatest fraternity in the world with this so. called kian." The grand master gave a number of decisions during the year and also said that several matters had been placed with the grievanee and other committees to be reperted upon In the grand lodge session, Allingtown Needs Chaplain He mentioned the need which the fraternity had feit of a chaplain at Allingtown hospital and the immedi- ate response of an appeal for funds to provide one. A further appeal is made \ further on, Unless there is & syl in revenues the work earried L be curtalled, the gvand master sal He oNered two plans for . tion. The order according te the statistioal report has about 40,000 members in the state. Fresh eggs 6lc dozen, Russell Bros, —advt, at Moderate Prices ental equin- ng po:mnlu Gold, Pillings, Gold_or Voreelain Crowas and Tnlozs, Gold .u Peorcelaln i a-flni‘-fly ieanses the Colon its ene ! the alleged failure of several patrols | u“--urhhn to you men to report for physical training at | the ¥, M, C, A, he will have no vacas e lcklnson Ition during the coming year Drug Co. Dunn Reads Charges 169-171 MAIN STREET for additional funds to continue min- istrations of spiritual comfort to those at the hospital who may desire them, Voluntary subscriptions already have been about $3,000 for a chaplain, 40,000 Members in Conn, In his discussion of grand lodge finances the grand master spoke of the Masonic home at Wallingford, now caring for 60 men and 62 women, that whatever he had done in the GoW, ll-INr or Alumisum ' | Plates, ttempted, were regarded as signifi- past should not be considered at the | o 4" " ¥ present, He spoke of the explana-| : tion given by Moffitt, and his admis-| h'““",‘"” ppristions slon of guilt, He sald that a penalty| Chairman Keevers of the fire board of 20 duys to him seemcd hard, in|told the commissioners that the pay-, as much as it might prove a hardship [ To!! this year will be §1567,823.75 it to his family, The commissioner said | the two pintoon plan is to be used; that 20 days' punishment would en-|If not, it will amount to $116,603.75, tail an expense of about $100, and The budget showed few increases over the family of the policeman would |the items last year, but there were in the end be the sufferers. He sald |5everal special appropriations sought, that in his opinion the city would|as follows: enlarging and making ne be well served and there would be(doors at No, 1 house, $1,600; 750 ga no injustice done if the penalty were | lon combination pumper, $18,000; re. Board of Sl lhrk's Is Composed Entirely of Men * Thirteen men are to serve on the vestry instead of 11 it was decided at the annual meeting of St. Mark's church last evening, The vestrymen elected to serve for 0 — 1923 STYLE — applied to the vacation period, | pair shop, $5,750; new fire station |C, 8 Bradley, Malcolm Farmer, Ralph Commissioner Parker sald that| for the northeaster scction of the city, | B, Britton, C. H, Pasco, Charles B, The new year’s newest patterns in WALL PAPER are here, whatever punishment would be meted | $18,000; drill tower, §4,000; equip-|Pratt, I, 8, Illingworth, W, H, Fitz- We invite you to come in and see them now. out, it should be such as to maintain| ment for new fire station, $ elle, Dr, F. A, B, Forrest and George Never before in the city has such a remarkable discipline in the department, He The present doors at Central ulullnn,H Mitchell, array of Beautiful Decorations been shown. voiced approval of the idea of Com- cause a slowing up in getting the ap- C. ¥, Chase was elected senior wars missioner Lange that the days off | paratus to the street, the fire board [den and Isaac D, Russell junior war- We can show you Papers as low priced as any in the United States, Painless Mothods. Freo Examisations. Dr. HANNA 804-10 Main Street, At the outset of last night's meet. ing, Chairman David L, Dunn read the charges preferred by Chief Hart, which showed that on the night of Saturday, January Policeman Mof- fitt had faile dto put in his rings on Boxes 19 and between 10:30 p, m, and $:35 a. m, on the morning of Jan- uary 8. A pplementary report of the af- Ihu was recelved from Sergeant John J. King, who was on desk duty that night. Policeman Moffitt had said that he put in his ring at 5 o'clock which caused a dispute, and in answer to a command by the sergeant to nn} Something a Little Different In a Shirt— Madras is the ma- terial, in sort, solid colors with & small ncat floral self figure, which relieves the monotony of plain colors and adds an unus- ual touch of style, out a report the policeman told the sergeant that he would do so only on the orders of the chief. It was the con- tention of the policeman that he had put in a ring at 2:15 a. m. on January 28. He made no denial to the sergeant that he had missed two previous rings carlier in the night. Sergeant Sent on Scarch The report of Sergeant King made to Chief Hart was to the effect that #hould apply to the vacation period.|explained and it is the board's plan|den, Other officers elected are: Par- After considerable discussion {in|to widen the door. There has been one [ish treasurer, C. 8. Bradley; parish which the question as to whether or accident, with $50 damages, despite [clerk, I, 8. Penfield; auditor, Charles not the policeman would be forced | every effort to swing out of head-|W. Nichols: delegates to diocesan to part with some of his vacation|quarters with care, he told the finance con'vention, C. I, Chase and 1. D, Rus- period during 1923 and 1924, due to| board. sell; alternates, C. 8. Bradley and the possibility of the common coun- George Mitchell; delegates to Hart- cil either granting the request of the | ford archdeaconry, Dr. . A, B, For- police for two days off each month! rest and C. H. Pasco; alternates, Mrs, in addition to the regular 14 days'| I. D. Russeil and 8. H. Hunt, vacation, the board acted by fining A resolution drawn up by the rec- Jacquard No Extra Apparatus Relative to the new apparatus, he explained that there is now not a ! single piece of extra apparatus and One of the first arrivals for spring, this shirt combines quality, durability and *“good when the regular calls of Policeman Moffitt did not register on the tape at the police station, he communicated Moffitt the nine days' pay, which he! has lost by suspension, in addition to 10 additional days off his vacation in when one is being overhauled a full company is not available for several days. it the new station in Belvidere is to The pumper will be necessary tor regarding the sending of testimon- fals of thanks to the donors of the various gifts to the new church was We can show you Papers whlch will be used in the finest homes in the city this year, looks” — and is attractively priced at $3.50 See Our Asylum Street Window STOP IN AND LOOK THEM OVER QUALITY DOMINATES PRICE NEXT The John Boyle Co. — Paint Engineers — The City’s Leading Dccolators L. 5-5 FRANKLIN SQUARE TEL. 359 with Sergeant George C. Ellinger, who was sent out to look for the policeman. In reporting 10 Sergeant King, as to| his findings, Sergeant Ellinger said he found Policemnan Moffitt on the street, and that he was in condition for work. Fell Aslecp in School The accused policeman, given an op- portunity to state his side of the case, said that on Saturday night, January 27, he went into the Nathan Hale school on Tremont street, and while in the building he fell asleep. When he awoke he realized that he had missed two rings. These rings were supposed to be sent in at 11 and 1 o'clock. He then adopted. Legal Members Accepted. The following were accepted as le- gal members of the church, Henrietta Foley, Grace Terhune, Elizabeth 8, Hungerford, Bertha Osborne Prigg, Mrs. George A. Porter, Margaret S. Hudgins, Florence S. Hunt, Lillian I. Freeman, Ruth Ellen Ensworth, Ethel M. _g.utcllf[o. Anna G. Kellogg, Louise H. Noble, Edmund 8. Starr, C. Reid Hudgins, Colton D, Noble, William H. Rotherforth, Leon E. Jackson, Albert Speakman, E. W. Bennett, S8amuel B. Cochrane, E. 8. Schofield, Arvid Pet- erson, William R. Foley, C. W, Cowles, 1923, 5 be built, Chief Hart was asked his opinjon | cpairman Keevers told the board before final action was taken, and he |that at present there is no repair :1:2:0:";“~1;I::;|\‘“.|[ as satisfied with shop and apparatus must be taken h 2 ! S 3 3 / {into private garages for working Befor ”:“ meeting closed, Com-{gra0a” 7The master mechanic makes missioner Parker brought up thel.o aics with tools he owns. Jister of ‘thf‘AT’“’mg“’r In the police| “ype new fire station and equipment partment. According to him, the|mereror is included at the request of ch in service is not in werking or- the council. It is proposed to ask 9:’ a?td ;‘f it 18 found to be of no|¢y. fingnce board to transter the value should be taken to a "“'“T“shlpm(m school site, The proposed end disposed of and a new one e-| g tower would beion that site dril cured. It was decided to take this|J ; 4 # matter up at a ro;:ulm meeting. ‘:‘l‘f:"‘;;;:dnr Allwlrse RRCIES HOER | 5 | Commissioner Parsons asked what went to his next box, and, in his opin- ion, he sent in the call scheduled at 2:15 a. m. Questioned by members of DRAMATIC GUN FIGHT IN grade the fire underwriters give New Britain and he was informed that it is in B grade, the same as Bridgeport, Mary I. Cowles, Philip Diehl, Reynold C. Baldwin, Margaret Speakman, Frederick E. Keehner, Mrs. Matilda Keehner, George W. Blinn, Gertrude STREETS OF TULSA, OKLA. Tulsa, Okla |Waterbury and Meriden, He felt the |grade was very good when it is con- |sidered that this city has one pla- toon and the others two. Clerk Keough told the commissioner that New Brit- ain’s excellent water power is respon- sible in a measure for the high grade. Police Department Budget, the board as to whether or not he was sure that he put in the ring, the policeman said that he may have overlooked it, realizing that he would have to face the board for failure to ut in the previous rings. The police- Radio sets and supplles at Morans' [ DU 1 L€ RIS O T i Tis regu. s-adve. | tar rings for the remainder of the Dance Friday night, Norden Bun- | night, the tape showed. galow. Rexmere orchestra.—advt. | In answer to a question of Commis- The Scandinavian W. C. T. U. will | sioner William F. Lange, Moffitt said it hold its anniversary festival at the | was cold on the night in question. Norden Bungalow tonight at 8 o'clock. | Commissioner Thomas F. Jackson Read Besse-Lelends advertisement [ uestioned him briefly. Moffitt said in this paper. The prices will bring | that he had been suffering from a cold a great many people to this great|for several days before the occurrence, store tomorrow morning at nine and that his sleep was broken up o'clock. People who appreciate the|somewhat during the day, owing to Value of a dollar, people who are the illness of a man living in the same thrifty and recognize a Bargain—advt, | house with him. Drum Corps Mardi Gras Friday| Susgests Alarm Clocks in Schools Night, T. A, B. Hall. Admission 40c,— “Don’t you think they ought to have | advt. alarm clocks put in the schools?"” The Chamber of Commerce Christ- | aked Commissioner Jackson. “I guess | mas tree committee will meet to set- s0,"” said Moffitt. Commissioner Lange tle bills and wind up the 1922 busi- | asked Moffitt if the school building| and locked the marshal in. Stanridge |Y€ar, 'm‘l,.” new patrolmen are cal- ness tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock. | are kept warm. The policeman said| was badly beaten |culated. The department now has 46 | Sonoras at C. L. Pierce & Co.—advt, | that as a rule they are. He replied to Ellis, i\cording to witnesses, {old ‘regulars_at work and 10 supernumer- | Tomorrow morning atthe stroke of | @ duestion of Commissioner Jackson, | Collins to bring Marshal Supernaw [numeraries are needed every day, nine, begins Bargain Week, at Besse- | that he had not been off his beat at!along but the officer showed fight, ~|making the department the equiva- Lelands.—advt. any time on the night of January 27.| Supernaw fell first but continued |lent of 56 men. He proposed to have Pianos and Victrolas at C. L. Commissioner Lange said that in|shooting at Collins until his revolver |the supernumeraries placed on the roll | & Co.—advt. view of the fact that the policeman|was empty. Collins returned the fire |0f regulars, February 12, Lincoln's Birthday, is| had pleaded guilty to the charge|until his revolver began to snap on | 20 Regulars for 30 Beats. not a holiday for local merchants, ac- | brought against him, there was no empty shells, staggered a few feet and Chief Hart told the board that 30 cording to the Chamber of Com-|need of embarrasing him with further | crumpled on the sidewalk. He died |beats are now covered nightly and merce, but Washington's Birthday, | Questioning. Continuing, the commis- | within a few minutes, that there are only 20 regular pa- February 22, will be a holiday and sioner said that there was nothing! [ — trolmen to cover them, therefore it the stores will be closed all day. QUARTET AT in the reports of the sergeants that|«] 4% is necessary to use 10 aulfernumerar- Meet me at Schmarr's for dinner.-— | would tend to show that the accused ies, When motoreycle policemen were advt. policeman had been not fit for duty.| ELKS’ FAIR TONIGHT :named and new traffic policemen were | Supper home cooked benefit | At this juncture the sergeants were} 0 o8 |appointed from the night force, su- | Children’s Home, Feb. |asked if they had any other statements| The “L-4" quartet—Loomis, Lucas, |pernumeraries replaced them. church. Price b0c. Call to make other than those contained|lAthamand Lewis—wiil enterfain the| It the new men are allowed tickets.—advt. in.the reports. Chief Hart rnponnl““‘fl“f‘*" night audience at theigupernumerary payroll can he Experienced Salesladies wanted for | that neither Sergeant King or Ser.| FIks' Fair at Elks' Home on Wash | juced by $18,300. all departments at Raphael's Dept.| geant Ellinger, had any other phdsm“‘g ton street tonight. The “L-4" is,|o In reply to a question, the Store.—advt. to disctiss | without doubt, the best entertainment Commissioners Favor Leniency | troup of its kind in this part of Con- | | ' Commmisstoner Bdwin A. r,d,l\,\rmncnrm Tt has appeared at numer- | epoke of the seriousness of a police- | OUS social functions and never fails to | | man missing his rings. Chairman |Pring a demand for encore after en-| | Dunn said that he had looked into the | O | matter and he realized that at mid-| Ior dancing, the Alpha String or- night when the shift changes there chestra will furnish music | was a possibility of some ring being, The Wednesday attendance is ex- overlooked, although this did not|Pected to surpass any record made enter into the case in question. Com. during the fair. The Llks' have missioner Jackson said that Moffitt ‘,‘spurwl no pains or money to make | an excellent policeman, despite the|the fair a sucess in every way, not fact that his record in living up to,only for themselves but for those who rules of the department was not good. |&re seeking recreation, The commissioner said that the po-| liceman had come before the hoard SureRelief I-'OR INDIGESTION in a case that had extenuating clr-‘ BE\.\.\“S \ Moore Bros. Sanitary Fish Market THE PLACE TO SELECT YOUR FRESH FISH - A BIG VARIETY AND FINE QUALITY AT ALL TIMES Saybrook Flounders 10c¢ pound, 3 pounds for. 25¢. Splendid Shore Long Island Scallops 50c pt. Haddock ....... 12¢ Ih Medium Mackerel . 18¢ Fancy Fresh Fancy Bloater Herrings ... 12¢ nMackere}; f 25¢ s Flegant Butterfish 25¢ g A Codfish Cheeks ... 25¢ 25¢ Penobscot Salmon . 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Under the extras, 15 Strictly new patrolmen are wanted, costing|2 dozen $1.00, 0; a new motorcycle at $225; a new patrol to cost $2,600 and new office equipment to cost $250 are| sought. | Chairman Dunn told the board that | the payroll is larger because some | men are advancing to first grade, there | |is now one sergeant more than last| eb, T.—Tulsa county officers today were investigating trouble between two Osage county deputies and two marshals of Skiatook which led to a pistol fight yesterday in which Buck Collins was killed and Marshal W. J. Supernaw was serf. ously wounded, John Ellis, deputy sheriff of Osage county, had been placed in the Skia- took jail recently by the marshals on complaint of his mother-in-law who charged that he mistreated his wife. Deputizing Collins as an officer of Osage county, Ellis set out to refali- ate. He declared he would give the marshals “a taste of their own medi- cine.” Ellis and Collins met Supernaw and his brother marshal, L. W. 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He then suggested that the ac- | cused policeman be penalized 20 days, to be applied to that which he has already paid through suspension. Commissioner Parker also showed |, a spirit of leniency. Chairman Dunn said that the present board. has had 2 policeman who —Lindy Putnam, prettiest girl in Mason’s Corner, folks said. A ecalico Cleopatrs, that's what she was when she set her cap for Quincy. Quincy Adams Sawver FOX’S Next Mon., Tues., Wed. Dorothy Phillip DR. C. W. VIVIAN bh&fore it a case of ‘harl committed the same offense with | which Moffitt was charged and the board gave him a lecture before tell- ing him to go out and do better, Family Is Considered. Commissioner TLange said ‘often. times in court a man's ot water Sure Relief )ELL-ANS | S¢ Packages Everywhere | Tooth Extractions Oral Surgery Dental X-Rays 52 MAIN ST. Phone 703 that past 9 A Torhado of Thrills ! Greatest Sea Drama Ever Made Allen Holubar Presents Ina Romance of the Sea ‘“Hurricane’s Gal’