New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1923, Page 1

Average Dally Week M February 174 h 9 ,103 PRICE THREE CENTY W _BRITAIN HERALD EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1923, —FOURTEEN PAGES ‘SEMATEKILLSBILL 'Mother and Children in Danger BENIAMINS TELLOF EGAN PROBES COAL SITUATION IN ON CIVIL SERVICE = Of Freezing and Starving When . ESCAPEFROMTURKS 7ZS CITY: WILL SEE PROSECUTOR FORSTATEWORNERS - Found by Police Investigator gy vy prig peciss (O ALLEGED CHARGE OF $25 A TON Bight mrm Stand Alope in/Physician Finds Box in Nelcllborlnl Yard and Uses 1t| Horrors of lud] {0 Freedom ey Former Head of State ‘ For Fuel—Father Was Under A Flg:ung for Measure-29 | s B e 2 ‘::': RELATE mumsn DISH ATROCITIES | NO DANGER OF DISTRESS FORWANT | "0 b =0 o ot epublicans Opposed OF COAL, I’RESIDENT IS INFORMED Mayor Paonessa and lof starvation with no clothing exee p(‘ There was not a single vestige of | IUNWIPALITIES IAY Washington, Feb, 20, ~l.ene\wd assurance that there { Seller of wei‘hu M {_Vfl,_A it Al Weak, undernourished, on the verge | a few rags and no bed elothing in the [fuel of any descripti in the home, (JM- Nalll To Crosses, Men sl MRRO' IORB loNE is no danger of distress in any section of the country as a Imunf. #0 eold that & physician said | |The few ashes in the grate of the two if not three members would have kitchen range were almost as cold s Women Slaughtered, Citios Bumed, Babes Thrown Away, Some ‘of result of the coal shortage this winter was given to Presi- Fluance Measure, Listing Tax-Exempt | Properties for Bond Issues, Passed | frosen to death before morning, the atmosphere outdoors, When the| | family, in this eity was found by Pa-|wind biew breeses permeated every| Nights They haw, n ('mwm-v—l:u Stamping | Law lmhl—\\&h)m Frat | trolman Thomas Rusky and a local doek und eranny of the miserable Must Pay on llulullll—‘ Taxes Other Legislative Ttems, Hartford, Feb, 20,.—The eivil serv- | fee commisslon bill of Representative | Southwick of Cornwall was lald at rest by the senate today, when that body by roll eall vote concurred with | the house in its rejection SHenator McGrath, democrat, demanded a roll call and his seven party colleagues | syoted with him, thereby declaring their support of the merit system, The republicans, 256 in number, sup- ported the judielary committee in Te. Jeeting the bill, The senate without debate adopted the bill to repeal the present egg)| stamping law, 1 The senate adopted the bill permit- | ting the Southern New England Tele- | phone company to increase its cap ital stock. Will Aid Cities and Towns, The house adopted under rule sus-| pension the finance committee’s bill which will permit municipalities or sub division to include in their grand lists certain property now exempted from taxation, in order to increase Lorrowing capacity; and sent it to the | senate. Senator #udd explained the intent of the bill, being second mem- | ber of the finance committee, He put stress on the assistance the bill would give to some towns which has much ' exempted property, within their limits, other than that owned! by the United States, the state, ar the county. Senators Brooks and Harter | spoke and the bill was adopted in concurrence without opposition. The senate when it adjourned did| 50 on motion of Scnator Brooks, to honor the memory of Senator W, M. Hall who died just a year ago today. ‘Taken From Caléndar. I'rom the calendar were adopted the senate biils amending the charters of the Hartford, Conn. Trust company, and the Aetna lLife Insurance com- pany. Concurrence was given to the house bills which amend the criminal laws so that attempts at stututory; crime can be heavily punished; au- thorizing Groton Borough to issue two lots of water bonds and amending the charter of the Groton Sa¥ing bank in regard to accepting deposits, each of | which bills passed the house last week, Senator Bakewell called off the table the cducational bill relating to aid for special classes—deaf and blind children—~and had it sent to the ap-/ propriation committee in effort to get (Continued on Page Eleven) John Marsch, Prominent German Resndent Dead John Marsch, aged 78, of .H Rent schler street, died this morning. H was a native of Germany, been a resident of New Britain for | more than a half a century and for 40 years was employed in the P, & F. Corbin Co, factory. He is sur-| vived by a son, Edward C. Marsch | and a gramddaughter, Miss Alice Marsch, Fraternally he was connect- ed with Gerstaecker lodge, I. O. O. I, the Sons of Herman and the New Britain Mutual Benefit society. Funer- | al services will be held Thursday “’”\ ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Krwin Mortuary chapel and burial will be in Faitview cemetery. Passaic Factory Burns, Loss Is Put at $100, 000 Passaic, N. J, I'eb. 20.—TFire de-| stroyed the handkerchief factory of| Davis & Cattarall and threatened a row of tenement houses here early today. The damage was $100,000, | physielan | Patrolman Rusky said, | Isabellas Adopt a | Duren Grevenbroich but had | | members at Ulm, that the re basement the family called “home." The clothing worn by the children hll meagre earnings fu would not have been adequate for a %‘ neglect of his family, He arm day in summer, a polwomun made a survey and| {and five ehlldren, ranging in &, [five months to seven years, Patros "o makeshift apartment en- | Rusky was sent to investigate, 'n of bed clothing, The| w meantime looked for Meeting the physician on Oak strect my “I have a uw lhr physiclan, “I mever 'r and found it empty, years of experience,” | family around here which I wish you would look at.” The physiclan did, ' DISPUTE IN COURT ON CUSTODY OF LITTLE GIRL under econdf™ans that brought tears to their eys The father was in a lice station, eharged y (Continued on Fifth Page) | 4 Baby Girl Now in Chinese Orphanage Isabella cirele, National Daugh- ters of Isabella, have adopted & baby girl in far-away China. At a meeting of the circle last night, a letter concerning the baby was received from, Rev. Joseph Sweeney, @« New Britain priest who is doing missionary work in China. The baby is in an orphanage conducted by Rev. Father McShane in the Lo Ting district, It has Dbeen named Isabella. It is possible that the circle will adopt a baby boy, also an inmate of thie orphanage. Among other statements in his letter, Pather Sweency said there was a great need of bandages. As a result, members of the circle will meet at the clubrooms 1°ri- day afternoon and ail members are urged to bring white cléth to be rolled into bandages. These will be sent to Father Sweency. QUIT RATHER THAN WORK FOR FRENCH German Railroad Men on Former Elia Maietta Wants to Take | Child From Plainville i ! thesppeal of Elia “lh‘"l of this city | from the decision of Justice Merritt 0. Ryder of Plainville, rendered sev- | cral months ago which gave the cus- {tody of Maietta's ten-year-old daugh- |ter, Rose, into the hands of Mr, and | Mrs. Fred Atwater of Plainville, were | (heard by Judge Haines at the open- {ing of the superior court this morning at 10 o'clock. Rev, Michael Maietta of Spring- Ifield, 111, brother of the child involv- ed, was the first witness to be called | to the stand, It was at his instigation that his sister was transferred from !the custody of the father to the At | water home. / | His testimony was taken up chiefly |with a description of the home life fand a discussion of the religion of the |father and his church. He said that his mother died in 1915 leaving five children, Whilomena, who is married, Fdward of parts unknown, Joseoh who Is in the state school for boys, Itose, the child in the case, and him- lfl(l‘ said that he had left in 1917 for (‘Incago to study for the ministry. |Upon his return from school in 1920 | he found his sister Rose living with !the oldest sister, Philomena, He said that the conditions at the home were | very unpleasant. The house was dir- British Section Strike NO ENGLISH MEDIAT]ONU the food was bad and lnsumclenl Premier Law Says it Would be Im- |for her l\e('p. He sald that he took Hose to live proper to Invite U, S, Since ThiS | wi¢h him for a time, but later on gave { her into the custody of the Atwater | family because of the fact that he did not have room for her with him. He said that his father had been born and brought up in the Catholic |faith, but had not attended church lor the services regularly. He said ‘(hat he, himself, had left the Cltho- lic faith to study for the ministry, and when he was a minister at the Emmanuel Gospel church on Franklin Square, New Britain, he had (Continued on SIX KILLED IN WRECK Country is Not Party to Versailles | Pact. 20.—(By the As- workmen on the section of the railway taken over from the British occupation authorities by the I'rench | haveggone on strike rather than con- tinue their service under the super- sion of the French military. Duesseldort, 17el sociated Press)-—Th No Mediation By U. S. | leventh Page). London, Febg—Premier Bonar Law fe e stated in the house of commons today that it would not be proper for Eng- | land to initative a discussion with the American government as to whether | the Irench action in the Ruhr was| in accordance with the treaty of Ver- | jamins started back Protestant | Fatal Train Accident at Rummerfield, | How infant ehildren were thrown by the roadside to perish by mothers ' who were fleeing for their lives, How husbands were murdered front of their loved ones, How Christian girls were stripped {of clothing and placed on exhibition by the hundreds for soldiers to choose | and select therefrom, How wives were torn from [husband's arms and taken away |faten worse than death, How an American citizen was fore- l'd to spend the price of a college oducation bocause of carelessness In the United States immigration de- | | partment, and it took three 8. senators to correet the error, How churches were desecrated and Innulu hurled at the religion of the | their to | Y usual supplies of hard coal, ’I‘heu un but a few of the harrow- | ing tales told by Michael and Anna Benjamin, brother and gister of lm-‘ rius and David Benjumih of 46 S(I\l.'r' street, who have just arrived In New | Britain after encountering all sorts of | horrors of war in the Near East, The family tragedies for the H' n- in 1915, father and a brother, with two mmu had come to America to make & hom-- for the family. Mother, daughter and ' two sons remained behind, Father On Lusitania, The men soon found work in Am- erica and arrangements were made to send for the family. Combining their | finances, the father, sons and uncle | raised enough funds to send the fath- | er back for his wife and children. But | the family was due for its first ter- rible shock. The father saiied from New York on the ill-fated Lusitania | on its fatal .trip and he never was seen alive again. Not disheartened the sons planned again to bring tihe family across the water. Darius, who by this time had graduated from business college, be- came a well known linguist who was$ of invaluable service to the local draft tional fuel supply in general, * CITY WILL FIGHT srun‘ |Appeal Against Decision of P. U. C. Will Be Heard | in Superior Court $ An appeal by the citw of New Brit- | ain from a decision of the Public | Ctilities Commission by which the| Connecticut Co. was given permission | to lay a spur track on Chestnut, street, will be heard Friday morning | in superior court by Judge Haynes,! Corporation Counsel John H. Kirk-| ham has Leen informed. | Representatives will be present to L PR AT e voice objections of property owners y W i T sed BLAMED FOR MAN'S DEATH |t 1o che trac i seine e con ! | tention that such action will reduce A o | the value of their properties; the con- West Virginian' Accused of Man- | solidated school district will object on slaughter—Sold Horse to Man Who | the ground that it will increase the Was Killed by Beast. hazard to life and limb of many| Clarksb: W, . 2 school children at the Central Junior Iit iniil el Va., Feb. 20.—An|High school, and the city of New indictment charging a man with the | pujtain will object on the ground that death of another who was Kicked |y wijj decrease the city's tax revenue and killed by a horse was returned|ang tend to congest traffic in the | LAY e Qllmn) couny, grand | center of the city. jur | manslaugh- | The trolley company petitioned the The indictment is for ter and is against Morgan James, ‘bodrd of public works several months Gilmer county farmer, for the dt-flun“g“ for permission to construct the| of Will Marks, another farmer who | Crossover track and after several| was killed when kicked by a horse | which he acquired in a trade wnh[ James, \Insane Overseas Victim Attacks Famtly, Tries to Em[ Own Life (Continued on Fourteenth Page). (Continued on Twelfth Page) |Joseph Okula Tried to Jump| “Y, . FUND NOW $7,183.98 From Third Story Veran- o da—Committed to Mid-| Mecting of Workers to Be Held Friday Noon Instead of LEve. salles since the Upited States was not a party to the treaty. The premier’s statement, was in an- swer to a question by J. C. Quedge- wood, laboritem, whether Great Brit- ain would ascertain the view of the United States on the subject. Hope for Negotiations Berlin, 1eb. 20.—According to the Voissische Zeitung, former chancellor Wirth told a meecting ot Centre Party ance hringing Ofricials Say. | Hlmira, N, Y., Feb. 20.-—8ix per- sons were Kkilled today in a wreck on| the Lehigh Valley railroad at Rum- merfield, Pa. | The reported dead are William amberger of Iaston, Pa, an ens| gineer; John Nodolin of Easton, Pa., | a trainman; O, L. Culver of Athens, Pa., an engincer; Q. W. of Athens, Pa, a trainman; George | Casper of Athens, Pa, a fireman;| James Fox of Sayre, Pa., a fireman. | in the Ruhr was aimed at (Continued on Twelfth Page) | | Ruffalo, N. Y., Feb. 20.—At divi-| \ headquarters of the Lehigh Val-| N. Y., CHICAGO, SPRINGFIELD, ILL., . REPORT DARING Gotham Man, Complaining House, Visited By Police Who Hold Him As Bootlegger ——. Newark, N. J, TFeb. 20-—Newark police today sought four bandits who | attempted to hold up directors of the seventh ward Building and Loan as- sociation in the association’s office. The directors had just completed | counting receipts f $7,000 when four | masked men burst into the room and/ ordered everyone present to “put ‘em up.” Police Lieutenant John MacMahon, " a director, leaped over the table at| the holdup men, who fled after firing a shot at him. Gets $10,000 in Checks, Cincinnati, Feb. 20—William Obri Fan, messenger for the Pearl Market bank this city was held up by three bandits today und a satchel contain- ing money and checks amounting to| $10,000, mostly in checks, was taken trom him. l Terrorize Whole Town. Springficld, 111, Feb. 20.—Terroriz- | ing the inbabitants of the little town| (doorstep of the home of Joseph Ii- |pened until jast night. ey railroad here it was stated that |there were no passengers on either |x-mn in the 'wreck at Rummerfield. A train composed of express cars [crashed into the rear of a caboose |attached to two engines, The ca-| boose was smashed and every man| in it was Kkilled. SMALLPOX INCREASES HOLDUP ATTEMPTS | of Bombers Attacking His of Waston, a gang of bank robbers | leisurely looted the Durrier State bank at Easton last night and escaped aft- jer firing a fusillade of shots as a |farewell. “All telephone wires leading from the town were cut. SRGEGT i Has Lots of Trouble. Seymour, Feb. 20.—Two more cases | New York, Feb. 20.—When a bomb ©0f smallpox were reported here to-| was éxploded last night the day making five cases of the disease recorded here. The public schools of carro, a coal dealer in the Bronx, it the town were closed yesterday and recalled to his memory that 17 years Dr. Stanley Osborn, state commission- ago he had trouble with some of his ©r of health, came here to investigate countrymen, had stabbed one of them, | conditions. had been tried and acquitted of a i iy o Thaw Gets 10 Days 0ff To Visit With Mother At that time there had been threats of revenge, conveyed in the customary | blackhand manner but nothing hap- Philadelphia, Feb. 20.—Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, who Wlen the police began poking is an inmate of the Pennsylvania hos- around Ficarro’s home to find the pital for mental and nervous dis- remnants of the bomb they unearthed eases in West Philadeiphia, today was six barrels of what they said was granted a 10 days’ leave from the in- perfectly goad wine. So they locked stitution to visit his mother in Plll!»‘ Ficarro up and charged him with vio- ’hurgh. Thaw will go to Pittsburgh un- \lating ¥he prohibition law. irlrr guard. Additional Cases Bring Total To Five—Public Schools | Two Are Closed. under Pa.—No Passengers on Each Train, | | McDaniels| ’chud six weeks old. | seeking a knifc. in Seymour | { € ning. , The Y. W. |total of $7,18 noon today. ported: Team 1, sey, captain, § W., Schulz, dletown, — drive reached the 1,93 at the The following teams re- Miss Mary Whittle- Mrs, E. Joseph Okula of Miller street, an overseas veteran of the World war, | Lecame insane late yesterday and it is | said, threatened to kill his wife and child with a knife. It was reported | that he attempted to commit suicide ! after being locked up -at police head- quarters, but Chief Hart of the police department denied this story today after Okula had been remeved to the state insane asylum at Middictown, Okula's case is simply another the ma pitiable Instances of the temporary of permanent insanity of individuals who took part in the war. He was married and the father of a Yesterday he be- | | came desporident and attempted to throw himself trom the third story | veranda of the house. Dr. George H. Dalton, medical examiner of the a¢ the Y, W, (. A. \Pk‘nm: Bureau, was called in. At| The next meoting will be held Fri- | that time the patient possessed of | gay at noon instead of in the cve | the desire to harm someone, and was | ning as was N'm"" 1t was obvious H\d' the strain of readijustment had 3 too much for him There had hov-n some trouble about his compensation ently, he had seen hard times and Early today, under an emergency commitment, he was taken to Middletown, leaving his wife aml child to face the future alone. “This séemingly arbitrary removal of insane cases to Middietown under | emergency commitments has been the subject of some censure from vet- erans and others about the city, be- cause of the fact that the commit- ments must be secured through the aptain iss Florence Andrews, cap- tain, $376.50; team 5§ M Helen Rackliffe, captain, § team 6, Miss Marion Beach, capto $189 -upmln. ‘nee Bu James Rogers, I of | captain, $295. Announcement |drive is open to anyone and as well as large contributions received. are appreciated, and a made that those who may be over- looked by the solicitors, send their contributions to the local committee request P t was desperate, Resident Had Been in Business Here for 25 Years ~Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon. Harry Horwitz, aged 54 years, died this morning at his home 1082 Stan- ley street, after a long illness occa- sioned by a complication of diseases, | He came to this country in 1896 from Scotland, and for 25 years he was en- | gaged in business here, At one time he conducted the North End Dairy Co. retiring about two years ago on &ac- count of ill health. He leaves his wife, five sons, Jack Horwitz of New York, Martin, BEdward, Morris and Raymond Horwitz of this city, a daughter, Miss Bessic Horwitz and five sisters, Mrs. A. Back of New York And Mrs. & Koplowitz of this city, and three sisters residing in Europe. The funeral will be held tomorrow after- noon from his late home. (Continued on Twelfth Page) WEATHER o— Hartford, Feb, 20— for New Britain and Snow this afternoon and to- night. Wednesday fair, not much change in temperature. THE ‘orecast vicinity: 'WOULD JAIL SARATOGA | day as an expression of “mob spirit" luncheon at! team | $600; | was made that the| small | are | Contributions of $1 and up| is| DEATH OF HARRY HORWITZ } | committ dent Harding today by Chairman Meyer of The Interstate Commerce Commission, who presented the president the results of investigations made by agents of the commission. Mr, Meyer was understood to have reported that not a single case of acute distress had vet been reported which had not been immediately relieved by the special regula- tions adopted by the commission, nor had any such situa- tion been reported which had not, on investigation, been found to be greatly exaggerated. Cases of temporary shortage of fuel had been found the president was told, but invariably these were the re- sult of the reluctance of persons involved to accept avail- able supplies of soft coal for use as a substitute for their The administration was represented today as acknowl- edging a shortage of hard coal due to the long strike in that industry but as without any anxiety regarding the na. N. H. ROAD HAS 25,000 TONS OF BRITISH COAL NOW OFFERED FOR SALE e b Hartford, Feb. 20.—State Po- licé headquarters here today re- ceived formal notice from the York, New Haven and Hartford road of the road’s in- tention to offer for sale for gen- eral purposes 25,000 tons of British coal, stored in the com- pany’s yards at Cedar Hill and which was bought before the coal strike ended last fall. The purchasing agent of the road has this coal in charge and it is understood that it will be loaded on cars for shipment to ¥ point on the company's lines may be ordered. { MEN WHO SEIZED L'flAL N. Y. Fuel Administratofl Denounces Action as “Mob Spirit” New York, Feb. 20—Seizure of coal in transit by authorities at Saratoga Springs yesterday was denounced to- by General George W. Goethals, state fuel administrator. “The fuel situation,” he said, avowed all responsibility for the seizure and disorderly manner in which it was carried out. The act was unwarranted. 1 should like to see some of those responsible put in Jail, “dis- T YEAR OLD BOY WATCHES HIS MOTHER KILL HERSELF| Sees Grandmother Commit Sui- cide—Mother Had First Tried | | gster. Palm Beach, Fla, Feb, 20.—Seven year old Charles Stagg was the only| witness to the suicide of his mother, Mrs. Pauline Stagg Weller and his grandmother, Mrs. C. E. Stagg of Conn., At their home last To Murder Yo | Stratford, night. The boy is suffering from a wound in the breast, said to have been in- flicted by his mother just before she killed herself. His condition is not serious, “My mama is dying my grandmama is dying too,” the lad said when he reached a neigh- bor's house shortly after the tragedy. The neighbor found the body of Mrs. Weller on the floor and Mrs. | Stagg on the bed. Both had been shot with the same pistol, According to the boy's version, his mother tried to kill him with a knife and then shot herself. His grand- | mother took the gun frzm Mrs, Wel- ler's hand and shot Zerself through the head Both of the ing strangely Imrs said. and 1 think women had been act- for some time, neigh- | favor Stratford, Conn, Feb. 20.—Mrs, Charles K. Stagg of this town, who 1 suicide at Palm Beach yes- terday, was the widow of Deputy Sheriff Stagg, who took a prominent part in a number of criminal cases here before his death. Her daughter, Pauline Stagg Weller, who also killed herself, obtained a divorce a few vears ago from her husband, Frank Weller of Palm Beach, who served as a captain in the World War. Mrs, Weller was given the custody of her son. Mrs. Stagg and her daughter owned a house and other property here, as well as a winter home at Palm Beach Relatives said financial troubles conid not have been responsible for the suicides. Mrs, Robert . Sammis of this town, niece of Mrs. Stagg. was ta leave for Florida today with her | husband to arrange for the funerals | |for $25 a | ceipted bill | street, | a state policeman in this city to a | the public. | Mayor Paonessa assured him that | cartage was considered, the price in ;Linden Street Man Produces» Receipt Showing He Paid"* $5 for 400 Pounds of Coal. Former Superintendent Thomas Py Egan of the state police dovnrmnd now supervisor of the state departe| ment of weights and measures, and a officer from the office of Chief Robe ert J. Hurley of the state police de. partment, conferred this aftermoo with Mayor A. M. Paonessa and Seal of Weights and Measures Carl Carlson, relative to the fuel it tion. The conference was held at mayor's office at invitation of city's chief executive, After lengthy discussion of the situatio the two state officials left for a conel ference with Prosecuting Attorney J, G. Woods and' for a visit to the of= | fices of the Citizens' Coal Co., wher |it is alleged, coal has been retadle ton, without Mayor A. M. Pagnessa produced a re: from the Citizens’ Co., to Crescenzo Gatti of 41 Linde: showing 400 pounds of eoal one fifth of a ton, sold for $5. Th purchaser told the mayor that h bought the coal at the yards and ear= ried it himself. Asked if it was planned to m“cd as a temporary fuel administrator, Mr. Egan said that such was not the' plan, at least for the present. Mayor Paonessa said that the city'l chief troubles are in securing deyrq ery and in alleged exorbitant prices, He inquired as to whether thc ré- cently enacted fuel legislation II\C * the city any power to act in either ruppc'. Mr. Egan was unable to b He anid the only power that exists at present is that of compelling deal- o give sale tickets with each de- uvery or sale and in cases where an exorbitant price was indicated, the coal dealer could be held up before He cited instances in other cities where coal is sold in small bags, making the ton rate $27. it this specific case would be beyond that sum. Mayor Paonessa cers that the city told the state offi« desires a fuel ad- ministrator. Mr. FEgan agreed with the mayor that it would be inadvis«, able to have the fire chief act in that . capacity as it might expose the city to danger from a fire. Mr. Egan declined to forecast vhnl the state’s policy would be in the New ' Britain situation. He promised to take the matter up with Chief Hurley! and report to the mayor what the city's powers are. Mayor Paonessa did not appear en- tirely pleased with the outcome of the conference. He had hoped that Chief Hurley or his representdtive would come prepared to explain the provisions of the rnew law and to teil what the city's powers are. He has also understood that the state was to furnish a temporary fuel administra- tor, but this afternoon's meeting was productive of neither end sought. \NEW BRITAIN PEOPLE BOOSTING GREENBERG Prominent Citizens Favor Restoring J His Rights But Alcorn Voices Opposition—No Decision. (Special to The Herald). Hartford, Feb, 20.—At a hearing hefore the forfeited rights committes this afternoon James Peasley, attorneyr for A. A. Greenberg, recited the case to the committee. Senator Covert and Representative Christ of *'w Britain applied for the restoration of Green- berg's civil rights and Mr. Peasley submitted letters complimentary to Greenberg from J. C. Loomis, J. H, Kirkham, Edward M. Shults, E. . Hall, Dr: Henry T. Bray, Mayor An- gelo Paonessa, City Clerk Thompson and George A. Quigley. State's Attorney Alcorn was present and recited the case. Wnen asked by Acting Chairman Suisman if he was in of or against Greenberg’s re- instatement he said, “If you would ask me for a recommendation 1 would say by all means refuse.” In a conversation Alcorn stated that he would oppose Greenberg to practice law if he came up before the bar committee After a few qu?l(lvl)-! the hearing was brought to a close. Baby Found Frozen Was Killed by Crushed Skull Stonington, Feh. 20.—An sutopsy on the body of the infant found frozen in the ice at the Harbor's edge on Raturday indicated that the child had Jived from six to 12 hours and that its death had been caused by crushing the skull. The state police have been called on to investigate.