New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1923, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923, ~TWENTY-FOUR PAGES BRITISH REFUSE FRANCE’S REQUEST; - GERMAN POLICE SHOOT TWO POILUS,; ALL RUHR LINES TO BE TAKEN OVER A. Bonar Law Declines|E, H. Davison Resigns as Head To Permit Troops To Area — Tanks Moved Cafe Fight. Occupation Authorities to Control All ‘Railroads in Their Zone—Teuton Agents Secking English Mediation. l.ondon, Feb, 16— (By the Associat- el Press.)—Premier Bonar lLaw at the conferences with the French which ended this afternoon is report- ed to have refused transportation fa- cilities for the I‘rench occupational forces thronghout the British zone at Cologne. He is understool to have offered, however, to transfer a small section of the zone to complete the| French control. Tanks Enter Essen. Essen, Feb. 16.—(By the Associat-) ed Press.)—Two French soldiers were wounded here last night by German security police who Interfered in a cafe altercation. The tension, whlch‘ already was high, has been increased | bythe shooting, and today the FFrench moved tanks into the city. Trouble Iu Cafe. @& | The shooting incident arose from the soldiers demanding drinks in the; cuafe and being met with a, retusal by a waiter, A row was started, the se- curity police appeared and, the; French claim, fired the first shot. | been placed .in the Essen branch of the Reichsbank, but is is explained |y the' discovery, Alex as a measure to protect the supply of alectric current to theKaiserhof Hotel, the }rench headquarters, which is fed through ths bank’s transmitter. Shot By a Sontry. sSoveral cases of attempted sabotage were reported during the night from various parts of the Ruhr. One in- stance resilted in the death of a Ger- .man railway worker, who was shot by | a sentry as he tried to enter a round- Thouse in the hands of the occupying forces. » | The acts of sabotage were directed particularly against the likes of com- munication. During the night addi- ‘i | enforcement A guard of Freych soldiers has| Motoreycle Policeman Willtam Hayes, | | liquid. | was a small tional teelphone and telegraph W‘"[the liquid flowed. , Of American Hosiery Company; ' Pass Through Cologne| ~ Martin K. Pasco’ . |Esteemed Leader Made Honorary. . Hargy Into Essen Following| gesirement After 54 Years of Conscientious The fifty-fifth annual meeting of {he 'stockholders of the American Hoslery Co. was held at their office yesterduy afternoon. After the pres- entation of the usual annual reports the following named stockholders were unanimously re-clected direc- tors of the company for the ensuing year: E. H. Davison, New Britain; George 8. Talcott, Hartford; J. IFrederick Talcott, New York city; I, L, Wilcox, Berlin; John B. Minor, Plainville; 7, R. Cooley, Hartford; ‘M. K. Pasco, New Britain; Philip B. Stanley, New Britain; James Talcott, New York city, At the meeting of the directors fol- lowing the stockholders’ meeting, Mr. | Davison, who has been in the serv- HAD GOPPER CONTAINER T0 FIT ROUND HIS BODY But It Was Made for Thin| Man, and Barkowski Is Fat A novel contrivance used to vio- late the liquor law was unegrthed to? day by Policemen William 8. Strolls and “John C. Stadler, of the liquor squad, assisted by at a place at 35 Oak street. Follow- Barkowski, alleged owner of the appliance was arrested, and two kegs and a bar- rel of alleged liguor was confiscated, | and about “¥50 gallons of mash was destroyed, Evidence that the .y violated came into the possession of " Duag der . |fee of the corporation since its or. ganization b4 years ago, and presi- |dent of the concern for the last 18 | years, asked to be relieved of further responsibilities, | While the directors were disposed to comply with his request, they did |not wish to terminate his official con- nection with the company, and there- {fore elected him honorary president. Went With Firm in 1869, Mr. Davison began his service with !the American Hoslery Co, in Febru- ary, 1869, At that time none of the ! present buildings of the company was !bullt, but the beginnings of the busi- ness were being made in a rented space at the Union Mfg. Co. Begin- Ining with a clerical position in the (Continued on Page Twenty). NANCE CAMPAIGN OF Y. W. . A. IS UNDER WAY Impetus” Farnished I')y ‘Enthusiasm of Workers u Opening & uypfl\—)llss i 1 T { | Hobbs Explains Hm; to do it. The finance committee of the Y. W. |C. A. opengd last night with a sup- per in the gymnasium. About 90 P le were present at the supper, | whith was in charge of Mrs. William jJudd, assisted by Mrs. Clifford Vivian, | Mrs. J. C. Loomis, Mrs. Raymond Ma | zeine and Miss Mabel Hibbard, Miss Alice Manee, Miss Gertrude Fossett, and four members of the Girl Re- serves waited on the tabies. was also furnished by the same group of girl reserves, Mrs. Philip Stanley, in who is method b* which the pledge cards and names wéid be distributed. : " Miss Maude Hobbs, finance secre- |tary of the Northeastern fleld of the was beingiy “yw. ¢, A, who is here to assist { with the campaign, was introduced by the police yesterday afternoon. This|yy.o George W. Traut, president of morning the raiding squad, after an- swering “here,” decided to visit the place. One of the first things that they seized was a copper covered contrivance, made to fit around the body and to hold about a galion of At the side of this appliance, faucet, through which Bartowski admit- were cut at Dusseldorf, handicapping | teq that he had the affair made spe- headquarters there considerably in keeping in touch with the Ruhr de- velopments. German Propaganda. London, Feb. -6,—(By the Associat- ed Press.)—German agents, the Tele- graph says, have been active in Lon- don recently in their efforts to esti- mate the possibility of British medi- ation in the Ruhr. Soundings have been made in var- fous and diverse directions, the news- | and stout. paper asserts, adding that the resuits| obtained all pointed towards a demand | that Germany must give full assur- ance that guarantees would be forth- | coming from the industrial magnates| béfore a suggestion of mediation; could be entertained. This view, it was said, is held equal- ly in circles opposed to mediation and those willing to discuss it. | To Take All Li Essen, Feb. 16.—The complete tak-|Tuohy of Naugatuck was bound over|and two sons. railroad administration to the criminal court in Bridgeport| B, in Essen by the occupying authorities!today ‘under bonds of $1,000 on the|Charles A. Simmons of check | ing of the within the next few days is expected | in German quarters. The Krench- Belgian officials thus would assume full technical control of all the rail- way traffic in the Ruhr. ! Foreign Diplomats and | | cially for him, but that it proved to be a failure, because it was made for a long thin man, ‘whereas he is short The police also confiscat- ed a handbag arranged to carry a gallon measure. The search for evidence required some time and effort before a myste- rious door was discovered. Gaining admittance into the place, it was found that a tunnel had been built leading from the house into the yard, and it was here that the barrel and kegs were found. FORGED PLAYERS’ NAMES ! Naugatuck Man Held in $1,000 Bonds| ‘ for Uttering Forgéd Check With Baseball Star's Sig'nnmrm:. South Norwalk, IFeb, 16.~—Harold L. charge of uttering a forged here. Tuohy represented himsell as being Maurice Archdeacon, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers and .registered at the Hotel Mahaskemo, this city He presented a check for $150 made out to Archdeacon and signed Joe Dugan, third baseman for the Yan- the association. Miss Hobbs spoke of I\he many successful campaigns which | other branches of the Y. W. C. A. had carried on and encouraged the workers to do their utmost to make the New Britain one a like spccess. Miss Hobbs summarized briefly the work of the Y. W, C. A. and said that the purpose of the association was to work not for but with girls and women, The next meeting of the campaign workers will be at Juncheon on Sat- urday at 12:15, DEATH OF MRS, §IMMHONS Well Known New Britain Resident Was 80 Years of Age — Funeral Monday—Interment at Stowe, Vt. Mrs. Lydia A. Simmons, age 80 years, of 17 Lennox place, died early this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. 8. Rand of Par- sons place, pee, Mass. Mrs. Simmons had been a resident of New Britain for the past 10 years and for 15 years previous to 1913 made her home here at inter- | vals. | She is survived by four daughters They are Mrs. Orton Summerville, Mass., Stowe, Vi, Mrs. W. A House and Mrs. W. 8. | Rand of New Britain, Mrs. Robert Armstrong of Los Angeles, Cal, an Willis G. Simmons of Hartford. Four grandchildren and two great grand- children also survive, The funeral will probably be held Monday at the B. C. Porter under- Field of dent| Y U, - 1winb was opened Music | charge of the campaign, explained the She was born in Chico- | e T — Average Daily Cireulation hiktit 9,189 February 10th PRICE THREE CENTS COFFINOF PHARAOH | FIREMEN BURIED UNDER DEBRIS AT - §F0 King Tutankimen 15 Agtn Brought Into SIQhI of Man INNER CHAMBER OPENED | Many Visitors at Luxor Today in An- ticipation of Unsealing—Impression Taken of Seals By Historians, ixor, Egypt, Feb, 16.~(By the clated Press)—The Baracophagus he Pharaoh Tut-ankh-nmen | | Babson’s Survey Shows New England Working Overtime and This State| nd when the In-n;vn; l"l‘xlhlflhl'fn:l‘fnil'l‘l‘ Coming Back Fast—Good | | archeologists this afternoon | \f = { Many visitors had un»l‘ml:!ml in an-| Markets Found in North ticipation of the unscalin HBefore | the work was started, impressions of | the seals on the masonry were taken by James H. Breasted and Alan Gar-|* dino, eminent Egyptian historians, (By east. Roger Babson, quoted only in New Britain Herald), __ Is Greatest Discovery, Wellesley Hills, Mass, Feh * New York, Feb. 16.—The tomb of | poger W, Babson, at the beginning Pharaoh Tut-ankh amen opencd l-yim each year, makes a personal trip| explorers today in the valley of the | or jngpection throughout the United Kings near Luzon, is by far the|giates, comparing actual conditions richest treasure trove ever uncovered |yt those reflected hy the statistics, and I all lkelinood " 1n the richest | ALsioubty e (rlp coverine some 10 | that ever will be discovered,s Ambrose “,,“m;,,.ul,“ his m‘(“‘,‘;; h:’.\:‘:n'.;,),;_ Lansing, acting curate of the Egyp-®,,4" us outlined in authentic state- tlan section of the Metropolitan mu-| mant given today, shows that sectign y",’r':m";"";tr' ';:L'J::”;o':"”y‘“m adly of the country in good condition. 4 “The business depression which ;’::":’"::l “;fyl"):p::‘“';l;’lf:‘;“"l‘&“"l:::gg hasebeen moving like a storm wave | hy'nu(l\a grave. Alggers, sald’ Mr across the lnll'r-'«l States during the Lansing, who has spent much nmmp:lfl',:'o‘ ”;:9 ,"“y: 430 ‘H"hm.':" [ himself With Metropolitan expeditions | (#4rted i1 1919 in Connecticut. o | delving in the old burial places. [ib8; 8xivL s Dridgeport,” Conn, van the | Only Yow Left. 1560 ‘entire New Kingland wad under " At oy 18 New I d e ‘There are only two ‘or three royal | and unemployment - was the cloud tombs left to look for,” and they are | 4 . - those of, lesser | prevalent throughout the states o kings—for instance, | : those of Semenkhare, who reigned ror"::"‘""' New ‘Hampshire, Vermont,| @ few months before Tut-ankh-amen | Massachusetts, Rhode Island and| and Ay, who reigned for an equally (‘onne(:.llcul. Before any ot’r_r s“'.; short time aftar Tut-ankh-amen | iOn—With the possible exception of death. t{\e south—experienced !roul:;lv, .\n\\‘! “All the others have been opened, | Fingland was in the midst of a busi- | a few by archologists, but the most ness depression. In accordance with | by vandals who left nothing of im- the law of action and reaction, New portance behind. England would, therefore, be the| Equipment Worth Millions. | first tp recover. Improved condi- |1 “The funerary equipment, much, of tions, therefore, made their appear-| it heavily encrusted with gold and ance late in 1921. I it had not been| ! semi-precious stones is valued in the | o b IRRER DMk’ DX . Ingt ‘xpar millions. L19:'2 would have been a very good | o 3 Ve for most of this section. Owing, | But treasurgs of greater value, in| 4" A hk the eyes of the Egyptologists—bits of however, to these textile strikes— 'h|a(ory data of the era antedating]| which were not settled until the lat- Christ by thirteen and a haif centur- | fer parc of the year—New Iingland ies—are hoped for when the hiern busine ghas held back. Conditions glyphicins within the tomb itself have |%T¢ 004" 'sasonably satisfactory and heen transiated. these stx staivs ave all doing well, ¥ascinating Theory. Conn. Hardware in Demapd. One of the most fascinating theories “Maine—although suffering from the records in the tomb may confirm [ &n unfortunate potato crop—is en- or explode is:that advanced by Ar- joying an increased demand for pulp, thur Wiegal?, former inspector gen- eral of antiquities to the Egyptian government, and one of the best known Egyptologists that Tut-ankh- amen was the Pharaoh who expressed the children of Israel and whose army, pursuing the Israelites at the time of the exodus ,is declared. in| Biblical accounts to have been swal- lowedu pin the Red sea. He called himself Monotheistic worship of Aton, OV . i the “All loving fathor of all ereation | L TOVides for Including Tax| In the midst of his eight year | reign, however, he changed his name Exempt Properly | to Tut-Ankh-Amen, indicating a re-| ¢ | turn to the Polytheistic to worship his| Grand List—Buckley to ancestors, % A “Start Something” in| Measure to Enforce State Fuel Law. | (Continued on Eighteenth Page). PAONESSA 0. K.'S PLAN FOR MAKING MONICIPAL “MOVIE” DEMAND FOR CONN. HARDWARE WILL ¢, |BE GREAT FOR SOME YEARS TO COME FINANCE BILL WOULD GIVE CITIES RIGHT TO INCREASE BOND ISSUES UNDINTOMB BLAZE AT SACRED HEART CONVENT; NUNS FORCED TO FLEE FOR LIVES pt. Crowe and Lieut. v Hinchey ,Caught Iny MAYOR BACKS BOARD ' Path of Falling Tim- RAPS HURLEV'S PLAN bers And Are Dug G T ] T P Fuel Administrator Brown Fire Fighters, Hose and Ladder Encrusted in Ice OPPOSED T0 NOBLE ACTING Formed by Gale Blowing P at Highest Point in City. With Expresses No Opinion on New Coer- cive Legislation As Its Meaning Is Captain James Crowe and Lieuten. ant Thomas Hinchey of Engine Com- pany No. 4, of the fire wepartment, were painfully inju d at an early { morning fire that destroyed the top |part of a building on North Burritt street, owned by the parish of the Church of the Secred Heart of Jesus, |this morning. The building was used as a convent, While the injuries of the men are not serfous, it was only by luck that tAey were not badly hurt, Captain Crowe was able to, continue at the head of his company, after recciving medical treatment, but Harry C. Brown, whom he considered | L.ieutenant Hinchey had to be remov- a valuable man, and fails to see the ed to his home. Both men were bad- isdont of such a policy, especially Iy cut about the face and head, and ince he was giving his services gratis, | Lieutenant Hinchey also suffered nvolving no expense to the city or|from infurics about the body and state, v |shoulders. He was reported today as Regarding proposed legislation | resting comfortably. anent the subject of, fuel administra-| Buried Under Debri tors, the mayor. was unable to ‘ex-| “pe coliapse of the top part of the press any opinion since reports con-|,nihg structure, which fell outward, cerning the law he felt were not suf- |y, 0y the two firemen under the ficiently intelligible to indicate What ey and it was necéssary for Chief it is proposed to accomplish by the|yyjjiam J. Noble to assign some of new. regulstions. their fellow firemen as a relief corps, Superintendent Robert Hurley of |, qiz them out from under the ruins. the state police department has been Not in several years have the mem- auoted as being in favor of the dis-|jers of the department been forced placement of any fire marshal who|io attie with flames under such con- elther would not serve or who would | gjtions as prevailed this morning. not be allowed by “his fire board to|wiih the temperature below the zero act. He is alfo reported be in|mark, and the wind' blowing a gale favor of a law which would require .t this highest point in the city, the fire boards to mainfpin 2 “npands off”{conditions under which the men work- pelicy, and requiri fire marshals to{eq were very trying. IFrozen hose and jact, | frozen ladders, ice-covered a few | Fire Board Fxpresses Opinion (minutes after the men had started in | The letter sent to Chief Hurley by to combat the blaze, made their work |Clerk Keogh of the fire board, ex- perilous. pressing the commission’s objections Alarm at 12:52 a, m. ! | At 1 a. m. the firemen were (Contlnued on Page 21.) aroused from their berths byan alarm from Box 38, at the corner of Broad and Alden streets, “The fire was in a two and one-half story wooden build- ing used by nuns of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, across the street from the Polish printing es- tablishment. The property was for- merly known as the Leonard home- stead. The blaze originated in the' cellar, presumably from an overheated fur- nace. The flames ate into the parti- tions and up to the attic and when the firemen arrived, the upper. floor was a roaring furnace.’ Owing to the terrific gale the flames were fanned into fury. Water conditions at that | particular part of«the city are such that only two lines of hose could be laid and it was with these and the aid of the pumper that the men set out to save whatever was possible. Vague—letter (0 Head of State Police Explains Situation, | The proposal to name local fire marshals as fuel superintendents finds no favor with Mayor A. M. Paones who announced this morning that he was heartily in accord with the fire board's action in opposing the ap- pointment of Chief W. Noble to that post in this city. The mayor re- grets the action of the state in dis- pensing with the services of the for- mer New Britain fuel administrator, J. M. CURTIN RETIRES AS | TREASURER OF B. . 0. ELKS Notifies Lodge That He Cannot Serve Further Because of Other Pressing Interests James M. Curtin, for 18 years treas- urer of New Britain lodge, B. P. O. E., has notified the lodge that he will Committee Is Named to (‘u-npernte; With Film Company—Wil! Exhibit DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF MIGHT BE COAL MAN | the City's Points o1 Interest. | ssa this morn- | 15 i sanction to a | movement to have schools, factories, | Hartford, Feb, 16.—A bill | public buildings, . etc., about offered in the general assembly today | |the city filmed in connection Withiy, g permit towns and cities to obe:| | the series of “Our American Cities” | | being prepared by the United Film | | Productions of New York city. o |by including list th co-operate with the moving picture [value of exempted property. The bi concern in making the “municipal{came from the finance committee and | movie,”” Mayor Paonessa has appoint- | _ : g vy < il ed the following committee: Bernard |“08 Put into shape by Tax Commis- G. Kranowitz, James J. Butler, Jo- Sioner W. H. Blodgett. eph W. Roche and William C. Kran- (it follows: owitz, “No municipality or sub-division The making of the film will in-/thereof shall incur any indebtedness, volve no expense for the city. Space |through the issue of bonds in excess | will be reserved for locai interests, Of five per cent of its grand list, un- Mayor / ing give his | finance in their grand The text of | ess otherwise provided by special act. | | not be able, owing to pressure of busi- | | filled the dutic tain more money through bond issues | Through hard work, the lower part of the building was saved from fire damage, although there is a heavy loss occasioned by water, ness, to continue in that capacity Y'ur-l ther. At the meeting of the lodge last right, Clarence L. Pierce was nomin- ated to succeed Mr. Curtin. When the local organization was formed, Mr. Curtin was named for the office of tre rer, and he has since of the office in a capa- ble and conscientious manner. He is president of the Commercial Trust company, and is also at the head of a large business firm, and he , now feels he cannot continue in the frater- nal office. Mr. Pierce, who has been nominated to succeed him, is a well known business man, and is held in high esteem in the lodg | Nuns in Flight The emire top part of the building gutted, and the furniture and personal effects of the nuns were lost. The nuns were aroused in time to flee from the building without ance. In a few minutes after the water had been turned on the building was clothed in ice, and the firemen also were covered with ce. Chief Noble suffered from frozen ears Comment- ing on the conditiong the head of the department said that the Conditions e were about the same as prevailed at the Ru & Erwin Mfg. Co plant several years ago. It will be recalied |that it was night similar to last WOMANMBUM;EDH 10 DEATH Aged Mother of New Haven \'k‘xlm“ Seen For Miles Around | LT The sky was brilllantly illuminated Makes Vain Atiempt to Extinguish | ;or miles around, a gesident of Berlin |informing Chiet Noble today, that the | reflection was plainly seen at the pas- 16.—Miss Alice |Senger station in t town $ | Booze Subject of Probekees. ‘The chack was drawn on the[taking parlors on Court street, the [yl ¢ Teetvtd o8 B6al IntCresto: Washington, I"eb, 16.—An inquiry, Mechanics bank of New Haven, andtime to be announced later. Rev. I‘r‘lwlll be taken up with a presentation ' IFor the purpose of this act the into the importation of intoxicating|was protested. Tuohy admitted hav-|George W. C. Hill, pastor of the South | o wow "Britain's points of interest, |Srand list of every municipality shall liquors by foreign diplomats was or-|ing forged Archdeacon's signature as|Congregational church, will officiate| o0 ")t "0 e turned over to the ke construed to include the fair mar- lames, New Haven, Feb. dered today by the house by a vote|endorsement and said that he had|and interment will be in Stowe, Vt. another man draw up the check and of 189 to 113, signed it with Dugan's name. WRECKING FIRM BANKRUPT. | New Haven, Feb, 16.~~The Connec- ! “ticut Wrecking company of this city, house wreckers and lumber dealers, filed a petition in -bankruptey today, giving liabilities as $100,153 and as- sets as $56,414. BLOODED CATTLE BURNED. Clarence, N. Ieb, 16.—Forty. head of blooded Holstein cattle were destroyed today when fire 'swept the Castle Hill Stock Farm. The loss is. $75,000, HARDING ASKS $20,950,000 TO PAY “FOR' SCRAPPING Another Appropriation, of Budget Buregu to Cover Repayments On Illegal Taxes Washintgon, Feb, 16.—President Harding transmitted to congress to- day an estimate for an appropriation of- $20,950,000 to mect costs of the battleship scrapping program agreed upon at the Washington arms confer- ence. An additional appropriation of $78,- 655,000 to cover repayments on taxes fliegally collected, was asked of con- gress today by the budget bureau. The item includes $54,000,000 which it is estimated will be required to meet OLD BATTLESHIPS $78,655,000, is Asked By tax refund requirement between July!south of Cape Henry, was witholt re- [ were also badly damaged, while the 1 and December 31. While only about $25,000,000 is to be used in the tax refunds between now and June 30, the treasury deficit of $92,000,000 for the current fiscal year is thereby increased to $117.- 000,000. General Lord.the budget di- rector, called attention, however, to the increasing receipts in back tax collections and reiterated that the president’s hope of balancing the budget this year still appeared likely to be fulfilled {Children as Young as 12 ! Being Taught to Use Drugs | Kl Paso, I'eb, 16.—Scores of school children of El Paso, some as young as 12 years old, are being tadght the use of narotics, thé federal grand jury reported in a written statement addressed to the federal district court. | Seventy-seven indictments were re- turned, most of them alleging viola: tion of the Harrison Narotic Law. Fears Felt for Safety ‘Of Schooner and Crew Norfolk, Va, Feb. 16.—An all night search by the coastguard cut- ter Manning for the schooner Friend- ‘| ship, reported sinking yesterday, six miles off Oregon Inlet, about 80 miles sult and grave fears were expressed today in a radio message from the cutter for the safety of the schooner's crew of seven men. NO'TRACE OF STEAMER. Norfolk, Va. Feb. 16.—Efforts of coastguard headquarters to get in touch with the Italian steamship Moncenisio reported sinking 500 miles off the Virginia coast yvesterday had Ibeen without resuit today. lcity to be preserfed as a history of | K€t value of the tax exempt real | the city as it was in 1 itate, except such tax exempt real e i tate as may be owned by the United . . States the state of Connecticut or the [Relic of Pre-histori county wherein such loan is situated | ! Days Dug Up in Calif. In computing the net bonded indebt- | | Sonora, Calif, Ieh. 16.—A siab of |edness subject to the limit preseribed | | v |in this act, bonds issued for the sup- | jgranite bearing hieroglyphics be-| o o ‘oilier” gas or clectricity, of | {lieved to have been carved n Pre-{a.. or gil of the sare, shall not be | [ o e “oreated Springhed Frat. | This act shall take effect from it {the famous gold bearing area at Col- passage g Rep. Christ Moves Passage. umbia, noted as a bonanza town in » i the gold rush of 1849, When the bill was offered Mr. Christ, house chairman of the finance |committee, moved immediate passage. | |Mr. Fenton, democratic leader, ob- | {jected to this haste and said it was wrong to try and “railroad” a bill which is so important as this one, | even before members knew what was | in it. Mr. Fenton said he believed the | bill was so important that he did not | believe the rule should be suspended. | It was a bill of vital importance to his town, Windham Mr. Christ said there was no dis- | position on the part of the commit- | tee to insist on immediate passage. | He wanted it tabled but Mr. Buckiey | suggested printing in the journal so | it will_be available for action without delay. This was ordered { Objection was offered to adoption of the bill on shade trees for high- RAID IN DUBLIN. |~ Dublin, ¥Feb. 16.—The offices of the lwomen's organization supporting the |Free Stat> government located in Rutland Square, were wrecked by the explosion of a mine today. The offices of the cemetery committee adjoining windows of many houscs in the vicin- ity were shattered. i I l WEATHER o Hartfprd. Feb. 16.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair and continued cold tonight and Saturday. THE | | | | *. * (Continued on Page 20). was burned to| It wasabout 5 o'clock this morning when her|When the last company left the scene stove, | Chief Noble said that the fact that the Her aged mothel®and her sister, Eliza, | r00fs of nearby property were cove the | With a blanket of snow and ice, ppob- made vain efforts to extinguish | flame Miss Kvans was a sister of |ably prevented a more serious con- Dr. Alexander W. Ev professor of | flagration. Sparks were mg botany and curator of bontanical col-|in the gale for a long distance lections in Yale University The loss was estimated at $8,000, CONN. RIVER CLOSED ' ’ | firemen were given hot coffee and Cold Spell Has Frozen Gvans, 71 years old, death in her home to clothing cayght_fire from a carried a lunch furnised by the Hudson Lunch Co., and Mrs, Leonard, who lives {across the strect from the scenc or Waters §o | the blaze Badly That Further Navigation fnr: BAD FIRE IMA”)EN Season Is Ended. Hartford, Ieb. 16.—Navigation in the Connecticut river ceased today, it | Family of Nine was announced at the office the . Hartford and New York Transporta.| ' 0en Flames Destroy tion company here. The steamer | Hartford, which has been operating | alone on the Hartford-New York route for some weeks, made her last (the two story home Domenico trip out of this city last night. Aided |Grillo, florist on North Broad strect by tugs the steamer managed to break 'about four o'clock this morning. The through the river chanficl whichywas family of nine had only time to dress fringed wish heavy ice, and reached 'and leave the house, which was com- her New York pier this morning. At pletely enveloped in flames, belleved the office of the company it was re- to have originated from the heating ported today that no attempt would |plant, the firemen who, delayed by be made to return until river con- |bad roads, saved greenhouses valued ditions improved. at $30,000. The loss is about $6,000. Make Quick Eaft of Story Dwelling on North Broad Street. Two 16.—Fire destroyed of Meriden, Feb. .