Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
DISPUTE IN GOURT ON CUSTODY OF LITLE IR (Continued from First page) L — seen his father “vome forth" in that faith, That is (o say, he did not embrace the heliefs of the chureh, but he that he would start his lite anew and give up the Catholle faith, He said that the Emmanuel Gospel chureh was a -denomina- tional ehurch and was independent of any other Protestant ehureh, He stat- ed that several times his ohureh had helped the father's family by dena- tions of food and eclothing, At this point, Judge Willlam », Mangan, appearing for the father ask- ed: “Would you be satlsfied if your sister. was put into & home where &l would be brought up in the faith in whieh vur father wishes she should be " “I will not say yes or no to that question,” stated Rev, Mr, Maletta, “because 1 don't think that ¥' would be satisfied." Mrs, Fred Atwater of Plainville, was then called to the stand, She stated that when Rose was brought to he e was dressed In ragged clothes, she was dirty and under- nourished, weighing only 42 pounds. She stated that now the little girl weighs 67 pounds and seems content- ed to live where she is, She said that she has seen the elder Maletta at- tend the Emmanuel Gospel church and the boy Joseph attending Sunday school there, She sald that the sister Philomena has told her that she wanted Rose to live with her because she was such a great help to her, She sald that the father had said that the child could live with her and her husband provided that they would take the other children, but this she could not do. Rose, the child took the stand and stated that when she lived with her father and sister that she had no ciothes or sufclent food. Now, how- ever, she is being well cared for. She did attend the Catholie church for a time, but is attending the Emmanuel Gospel church now. “She sald that she could not attend school regularly | because she had so much work to do at her sister's home, but now she is getting along very well, Orrin L. Judd, principal of the Plainville Grammar school, |, testified that the child is doing better now than in the past, and is getting good | marks in school except in mathe-| matics, = Miss Avis M. Kemp, director of at- | tendance in the public schopls in New | Britain, testified that when Rose lived with her sister and father her at- tendance at school was very irregu- lar. Now however, she had been liv-| ing with the Aatwater family, she| has not heen absent except when she has been ill.e She ‘statea that in- vestigations on her part disclosed that fact that Rose eould not attend school in New Britdin because she had o take care of her sister's baby. # Probation Officer Edward C. Con- nolly of New Britain stated that he had been sent by the Netwv Britaln Charity board in 1915 to investigate the conditions of the Maietta family and had found them in. dire want; He said that the charity board had sup- plied them with féod and clothing. He stated that thé father was not able to care for his children. He sald that Joreph had been in court in New Britain. { Mrs, Dertha Stillman and Mrs, M, . Anderson, wife of the former min- | ister of the Emmanuel Gospel ‘churcn | in New Britain, testified to seeing Mr, Maletta attend the church. Among those present in court was Rev, John T. Winters ,pastor of St. Mary's church, New Britain. DOG BITES LETTER CARRIER Henry Juengst Suffers Painful In- | juries While Delivering Mail on El- lis Street. Letter carrier Henry Juengst is confined to his home at 256 Maple! street as the result of being bitten by a dog owned, it is said, by a family | named Edwards living on Ellis street, | last, Saturday. Mr. Juengst was at- | tacked on the veranda, the animal sinking his teeth into his ankle. The dog was killed yesterday and Dr. Burdette B. Rackliffe has sent its head to New Haven for examina- tion. It is probable that Mr. Juengst will be off duty for some time. He will take the Pasteur treatment. MAYOR CONTRACTS COLD. Mayor A. M. Paonessa is suffering -from a severe cold, and while he was able to be obtu his duties at City Hall all day, he found it advisable to cancel A . dinner engagement at Waterbury tonight. The mayor was scheduled to appear at a banquet to be given by prominent Italians of the state at the Eiton. ~ Only Two of 13 Loads of Coal Found Under Weight The report of Sealer of Weights and Measures Carl A. Carlson for the quarter just ended shows that out of 18 loads of coal that were reweighed after leaving the coal yards, only two were found to be under weight, and that weighing of subsequent loads from the same yards showed them to be considerably over weight. Other inspections reported are as follows: Devices inspected and sealed, 68 devices inspected and condemned, 2 packages inspected, 340; tests of re- welghing coal, 13. 10 Below at Rockland, Tying Up Water Traffic Rockland, Maine, Feb, 20—A tem- , perature of ten degrees beloy zero today made ice conditions in Rock- land Harbor and Penobscot Bay the worst of the winter, The steamer Governor Bodwell,, which managed to beat her way across the bay last night after landing long delayed mails at Btonington and Swan's ITsland was tied up at her dock here until further orders, A barge of coa) Intended to relleve the fuel famine at Stonington was | Troop “THERE'S THE DOOR," SAID MAYOR T0 SCHOOL HEAD ——— Mayor Insists What He Writes In Letters Is None of Superin. * tendent's Business, Discussing a disagreement between himself and the superintendent of schools on the guestion of inguiries scnt out by the mayor to determine | the actual costa of schools elsewhere, Mayor A, M, Paoncssa sald this morn- | ing that his only desife in entering | into an altercation with the schoeol | superintendent was to impress upon the latter's mind that what letters | g0 out frem the office of the mayor, are none of his (Holmes's) business | Mayor Paonessa received with ‘ll'l tergst a recent report of the school board comparing sehool costs here with other eitles, The figure was low and the mayor decided to inquire | 80 that he might learn whether other cities had left out the costs of pay- ments on bonds and interest, and had deducted from the ecosts the state grants. Mr, Holmes visited his office yesterd, and charged that the mayor's letter was misleading, where- upon the mayor charged that the school board's statement was in error, A warm discussion ensued in which both volees were raised and finally the mayor shouted:— “You can't bluff me like you can bluff the school board; if you think you can, then there's the door and| don't cross its threshold again,” TWONEW LIFEAND " STAR SCOUTS MADE Edmund Marsland, Troop 4, and Keaneth Perry, Troop 2, Honored Edmund - Marsland and Kenneth Perry of troops 2 and 4, Boys scouts, werp made life and star scouts at the regular meeting of the Doy scout court of honor last evening, Other | business was transacted as follows: Tenderfoot test reported: Troop 19, i troop 2, 3; troop 6, 10; troop 20, 1; troop 1, 1; troop 6, 1. Becond class test passed: Richard | Gordon, troop,2; FFrazen Miller, troop | Merit badges passed: Signaling: Jack Wilks, Howard May and George Cochrane, troop 2. Athletics: Ken- neth Pergy, troop 2; Edmund Mars- land, troop 4. Civics: Edmund Mars- land, troop 4. Pathfinding: Edmund Marsland, Troop 4. Cooking: Arnold Jacobson, troop 2; Edmund Marsland and Fred Lockwood, troop 4. Per- sonal. health: George Kimball, troop | 4; Fred Lockwood, troop 4. Hlklng:{ George Kimball, troop 4. Ircerpret-| ing: (French) Edward Krans, troop 2. Electrigity: Edwgrd Krans, troop 2. Leather working: Edward Krans, troop 2. Craftsmanship (bookbind- ing): Edward Krans, troop 2. Safety first: Arnold Jacobson, troop 2. Ma- chinery: - Kenneth Pérry, troop 2. Chemistry: Kenncth Perry, troop 2. Public Health: Monroe troop 2. Scholarship: Henry Martin- dell, troop 4. Marksmanship: Monroe Harwood, Kenneth Volz and Joel Adams, troop 2. First aid: Jack Wilks, troop 2. Firemanship: Francls Dorsey, troop 19; First ald to ani-| mals: Francis Dorsey, troop 19, Life star rank: Edmund Marsland, troop 4. Kenneth Perry, troop 2. Star Scout rank: Fdmund Mafsland, troop 4; Kenneth Perry, troop 2. ° Standing of troops in contest: L.C. 10 15 Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop Troop 12 8 Platnyiile 4 Committee Would Pay Public Amusement Bills At 2 meeting of the common coun- cil Wednesday night, the finance com- mittee will report approval of city's | bills to the amount of $35,985.92,| The repprt of the committee shows that bills of the public amusements | commission which have been held up for several months are now approved and their payment is recommended. | Water Board Would Buy And Set 50,000 Trees The hoard of water commissioners will ask the common council tomor- | row night for peérmission to buy and set out on the city’'s watersheds 50,- 000 pine trees, the cost price of which will be $500. Tt is proposed to buy from the Northeastern Forestry Co., of Cheshire, 20,000 three-year pines at $20 a thousand, and 30,000 two- year pines at $5 a thousand. Naugatuck Woman Dies Today, Aged 104 Years Naugatuck, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Vin- cenza Tangredi, 104 years old, died at the home of her grandson here today. She was born in Italy in 1818 and came to this country 20| years ago. She leaves nine grand children and scven great grand chil- dren. CIVIL ENGINEERS ELECT. A. H. Terry of Bridgeport 1s Named As Head of State Organization. Hartford, Feb. A 20.—Alfred Howe | Terry, former city engineer of Bridge- port and now in private practice in that city was elected president of the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers at the annual business meeting of the society in this city today. Mr. Terry is a graduate of Yale, graduating from the academic depart- ment in 1888 and from the scientific school in 1890 with the degree of bachelor of philosophy. The oth fficers elected were. as follows: FYi vice-president, Leon F. Peck of Hartford; second vice-presi- dent, Charles W. Eddy of Waterbury; secretary and treasurer, Clarence M. Blair of New Haven and member of still in the harbor here with small prospects of early removal. the board of directors, E. E. Rudd of Glenbrook. Harwood, | | Mary's ‘new cemetery. City Items Fox's theater, Mulsical Club s Pierck & Rachmanineff at March Tth, auspices Get your tickels at C Co.—advt. Harold Camphell of Bast street s @ patient at 8t Francis' hospital, Hart- ford, * Five new Vietor specials, C, L Pieree & Co.—advt Constable Fred Winkle has been appointed trustee of the hankrupt estate of 3, Edward Erwin by Referce M, Yeomans, CGeorge Rapelye, Louis Nalr and G, Palmierl have been named appraisers, All insurance offices In t9e eity will clese on Washington's birthday as is the eustom, The Chamber of Commerce direet- ors will not meet this week, Fred O, Rackliffe and Frank P, Usher will represent New Britain at the postal conference with the post. waster general at Mariford temor- row, Mre, Stephen Kiely of Winlter street is indisposed at her home, William J, Rawlings, fogmer chief of police, is ill at his home on Km- mons Place, The property which Dr. C. W, Vivian TIAI purchased on West Main street was owned by Miss * *h, not by P, P, M now, fn = od' In yesterday's “Heral The sale was made through H, Dayton Humphrey, The first degreo will be exemplified at the meeting of Phenix lodge, 1, O, 0, F, tomorrow night, The degree will be in charge of Past Grand John A, Peterson, Nick Mancina was arrested at his rooming place at 96 West Main street at 3 o'clock this mornlng by Sergeant Michael J, Flynn and Patrolman Pat- rick Meehan at the instance of the Waterbury police who hold a warrant charging non-support, Sergeant Matthias Rival, desk offy. cer at the police headquarters from 12 midnight to § a. m,, will return to duty tonight after a week's lliness, A class in the Columbla University Extension course of the B, and P. W. club will be held at the Central Junlor High school this evening. Pro- fessor E. T. Humphrey will discuss “Foundations of* American Institu- {lons.” Tomorrow evening the B, and P, W, club will meet at the school for election of officers. David Pereau of street, reported to Captain George J. Kelly today that a sled had been stolen from the veranda at his home | last night. At the New Britain General hos- pital this afternoon, it was stated that Jullus Grass of 86 Rockwell avenue, Sunday night, is in a critical condition A daughter was born today at the New Britain General hospital to Mr. and Mrs. John Isaac of 183 Washing- ton street. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Merifield Tuttle. The funeral of Merifield Tuttle was held this afternoon at 1 o'clock from the B. C. Porter undertaking parlors on Court street. Rev. Dr. George W. | C. Hill offfclated and interment,was in Old Indian Hill cemetery, Middle- town. | Gustave Walford Johnson. The funera! of Gustave Walford Johnson was held this afterndon at 8 o'clock from his late home. Rev. G. E. Pihl, pastor of the Swedish Bethapy church, officlated and: burial was ih Fairview cemetery. Maxnro J. Moisnro. ¥ Maxnro “James Moisnro, aged six min Moisnro of 43 Cherry street, died last night. The funeral was held this afternoon and burial was in St ¢ Carl Huber The' funeral of Carl Huber was held at 9:30 o'clock this morning at St. Peter's church. Rev. Charles Coppens was celebrant of mass, During the mass, a quartet Soclety officlated as pall bearers. Burial was in St. Mary’s new ceme- tery. ;i < ) Gustave Walford Johnson Tha funeral of Gustave Walford | 45 Connecton | months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benja- | a requiem high| SENATE KILLS BIL ON CIVIL SERVICE FOR STATE WORKERS | (Continued Wrom First Page) | money to carry it into effeet IN THE HOUNE, Must Pay Taves Efforts of the Middictown assessors to make property of the Skull and Berpent society of Wesleyan university subjeot to the taxation were suecess: | ful today when the house adopted a | substitute bill reading: "The property |of the Bkull and Serpent society of | Wesleyan ,university snall be subject |to taxation, any' provisions of the {eharter of said society to ‘be contrary | notwithstdnding," The society's charter provides that it enjoys the came tax oxemptions as fl\'ulryan university and the original [bill sought to amend that section without getting the society's consent or, In faet, letting the society have anything to do with it, iMted the mption clause and left the rest of the section intact, As the amendment takes effect upon passage regardiess of whether or not the char- ter amendment 1s accepted by the so- [ Erie ciety, It was deemed advisable tg write | Erle | & substitute bill making n separate € act of the measure making the soclety |Gen Motors | llable to taxation, ter of the Bridgeport | With objection the hou, | bill concerning bonded of municipalitics which | universal interest last week, Chalrman Christ of the finance com- stirred tion carrled. On motion of Mr, Meech of West Hartford the house adopted these sen- |ate bills: stock; Indemnity izing increase of ocapital Hartford Accident and acceptance of an amendment to the | charter of the insurance and Guarantee company. senate bill authorizing New Haven and the General Hospital Society concurrence, Mr, been ill, returned to find his bill - pealing the personal tax law, favorably reported by the | committee. | be tabled. | the finance committee. | killed as well one time as another | and he tried to find out if there was | fore the committee which would al | but there appeared to as to another bill. | Mr. Buckley was not averse to al- | lowing Mr. Schatz to be heard in sup- port of his bill and Mr, Schatz's mo- | tion to recommit was carried by a yea and nay vote, IN THE SENATE Trumbull Presides tem, presided over the senate today |-at Lieutenant Governor Bin occupying the executive office in the |absence of Governor Templeton who | is on a frolic in the ice and snow of |goouil Mfg Co .... {the White Mountains. Senator Ells |'wag absent as he is not yet recovered | from his cold. Senator MaeDonald, of | New Haven, over a cold, was in his | seat. The sengte received unfavorable re- |'ports and 'rejected bills to stop the sang. Members of St. Peter's Benefit| saje of anthracite coal by the bag, al-| | tering the regulations as to sale of | wood by the cord, and to create a law governing sale of canvas goods— | such as there is in Minnesota, Meriden Charter Change afternoon at his late home, 738 Bast relating to jurisdiction, amending the street. Rov. G. E. Pihl officlated at charter of the city of Rockville and the services at the home, and at the | concerning the duties of the deputy service at Erwin chapel at 38:30|Judge in the Naugituck court. o'clock Burial was in Fairview ceme- tery. Franklyn McKey Farmer. Franklyn McKey Farmer, the two and one-half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Farmer of Lincoln street extension, died this morning. Iuneral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. ment will be in Fairview cemetery. Henry A. Littlchales, Rev, John L. Davis, pastor of the Trinity Methodist church, today at the funeral of Henry A. Lit- tiehales, held at 2 o'clock. Burial wae in Fairview cemetery. Samuel Hibbard Fuller. The funeral of Samuel Hibbard Fuller wil} be held tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock at the Erwin Mor- tuary chapel. Rev. Henry W. Maier, pastor of the IFirst Congregational church, wiil be in charge and burial will take place in Fairview cemetery. Charles Bighinatti The funeral of Charles Bighinatti was held this morning at 9:30 o'clock from his home on Beach Swamp Road and from St. Paul's church, Kensing- ton at 10 o'clock where # solemn mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev.” Father Casey of St. Thomas's Semlinary, Hartford. The pall bearers were Luigi Nadalini, Luigi Grasso, Angelo Piedmonti, Leon Maiottl, Le« ogelno Pincelll, Guiseppi Mangoni. The funeral was largely attended and relatives and friends from New York and New Haven were present. Inter- ment was in Bt. Mary’s new cemetery. Military Honors for Colored - Ex-Soldier The funeral of John Timmons, o« colored ex-service man Will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Erwin chapel. Full military honors will be accorded the deceased. Burial wiil be in Falrview cemetery. Samuel Sutcliffe officiating and inter- | officiated | The state library committee favor- ably reported a resolution to have! | painted portraits of the chief justices of the state and had it sent to the | appropriitign committea for money | to make it ‘effective. Fight for Civil Service Senator McGrath, democrat of Wa- | terbury was defeated on a motion to | table the civil service bill for the cal- attitude of Chief Justice Taftin favor | of a chil service law, referring to the attitude of Chief Justice-aft in favor of civil service. He asked for a roll| call vote which .was granted. Senator | Suisman, democrat, of Hartford also expressed his belief in civil service. Senator Brooks was against the bill, saying that the state did not need the commission under a democratic administaation, did not need it under the Rep@lican administration' that followed, did not need it under Gov.| | Lake, will not need it under Gov.| | Templeton and will not need it under | | any governor in the future. | Senator Rudd briefly referred to a, commision’s experience in the past and the decision of the last legisla- | ture to repeal the law under which that commission e ed. He did not| belleve that it was worth while to| spend time over thiz bill. He believed | that heads of state department have the ability to select those who are to| | be employed, and have the judgment to make promotions based on merit. Is Rejected 25 to 8 The roll call rejected the bill 25 to 8, the Democrats voting in the nega- tive. l HELD IN $26,000 BAIL. Boston, Feb., 20.—~Edward Furey, arrested in Lynn early yesterday, was held in $26,000 bail in the federal court here today on two charges of impersonating prohibition officers with intent to defraud residents of Swam- scott and Marblehead. The case was continued for & week and Furey was takén to the East Cambridge jall, TODAY'S TREASURY REPORT. U. 8. Treasury—Balance, $205,370,904 | | |Am The bill elim- | | Concurrence with the senate was | Gt North prd given on the act amending the char- | Insp Copper ust company. | Int Mer Marine , passed the | Int Mer Mar pfd indebtedneas | Allis-Chalmers up | Pacific Oil House | Int Nickel mittee moved passage of the bill un-| Kel Spring Tire der suspension of the rules, The mo-| Kenn Copper Amending the charters of the Hart- | N Y ford,fire Insurance company, author- Norflk & West.116% the North Pacific company authorizing increase of cap- Pan Am P & T 8§11 | ital stock, and extending time for the Penn R R ... Title Pittsburgh Coal House Leader Buckley called up®a Reading . ..... 80% f Royal D, N Y . Connecticut to amend a contract cofi- Sinclair Oil Ref 347% | cerning a pavilion for the care and South Pacific treatment of contagious diseases and | South Rail who was injured in a trolley accident | the jssue of bonds by the city to pay Studebaker Co for its patients, and had it passed in Texas Co Schatz of Hartford, who has Tobacco Prod .. un- Union Pacific .. 1427% | finance| United ¥ruft ." introduced the measure in good faith, United Re St .. Mr. Schatz said he had U 8 Food Prod . had, not bheen able to appear at the U 8 Indus Aleo hearing and moved that the report|l Later when Mr. Buckley U S Steel pfd .. | wanted to get it off the table Mr. Utah Copper | Schatz moved it he recommitted to Willys Overland Mr. Buckley| Mid States Oil . was of the opinion the bill could be Westinghouse | not some other personal tax bill be. | low Mr. Schatz to present his views, Travelers Pe no certalnty yi1g Elee Light 8Senator Trumbull, as president pro! gham 15 North and Judd | | Favorable reports on bills amend- |84, of 101 Greenwood street, died last Johnson was held at 3 o'clock this|ing the Meriden City court charter|night at her home. She was a native Surviving is one son, George H. Albiston of this city. Fu- neral arrangements have not WALL STREET STUUK PUTNAM & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange Moenihers Hartford Stock Exchange (Sucoessors to Richier & Co.) Stanley B, Eddy, Manager #1 West Main 5t, Tel, 2040 We Offer i ne 11903, N. E. Telephone %4150 Hartford Elec. Light | EXCHANGE REFORTS High i 10014 1889 188 Laco 126 % At Lef 684 Bg Ref comn, 81§ Bumat Tob. 23 o Pel. 128 Y Te BT Am Wool Ans Copper Ateh Tp & 8B ¥ At Guif & W I Bald Loco Baltimore & Heth Steel B Can Pacifie Cen Leath Co Ches & Ohio Chi Mil & Kt 1 Chi RJI8! & P Chile Copper Chine Coppe Con Gas Corn Prod Ref 136% Crucible Bteel S1% Cuba Cano Sugar 17% Endicott-John ., 76% 13 20 J1861% . 1bY 87% o 8% . 1% 104 42% 60 % 46 163 b4 64 % 43 0% 20% 18% 98 1% Clos 4 11 1834, i 126 Am Bt Bugar Can Car ot A Am A Am Am Am Am Am & " 614 | 101% 120% | 63 66y | 1499 | 0N Y 20 20 b ' IXCHANGE ‘ ORD: Hartford - Conn,. Trust Bldg, Tel, 3.0320 W DBRITAIN: 23 West Main St, Tel, 1815, HART We Offer and Recommend NORTH & JUDD MFG. CO. TO YEILD 6%. Goodrick ¥ ik Thomson, Thenn & Co. NEW DBRITAIN HARTFORD New Britain National Bank Bldg. 10 Cestral Row Telephone 2560 Telephone 2-4141 Mémbers Mémbers Hartford Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange Donald R, Hart, Manager Int Paper Lehigh Valley Midvale Steel Miss Pacific N Y Central H«& H. 80 . 30% Pure Oil ,,,,:' , 46% 13 661 16% WE OFFER 50 LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK 50 AMERICAN HARDWARE 50 NORTH & JUDD 25 STANLEY WORKS P We Do Not Accept Margin Accounts Pierce Arrow &, Ray Con Cop-. . 581 53% Rep I & S .. . 4% 34 120% .8 27% 84% 2% JOHN P. KEQOGH Membar Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York Waterbury STOCKS Bridgeport oy eid BONDS New Haven Middletown Direct Private Wire to New York. G. F. GROFF, Mgr.~Room 309, N. B. Nat'l Bank Bldg—~Tel 1018 Texas & Pacific Transcon Ofl .. 1801 L1915 4% 69% 107T% 120 0% 7% 1135 651 S Steel 65 (Judd & Co.) Bid ..700 705 160 The Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company Old State House Square, Hartford, Conn. Safe Deposit Boxes, $5.00 and upwards. Foreign Exchange to all parts of the world. LETTERS OF CREDIT — GENERAL BANKING Bank by mail. It is safe and saves time. Aslked 710 715 163 521, 147 15 22 16 27 78 Aetna Life ... Am Hardware Bige-Hfd Cpt com . Billings and Spencer co! Billings and Spencer pfd Bristol Brass ‘ Colt's Armg Eagle Lock Hart and Cooley Landers, I Niles-Be-Pond com | i ! \BROTHERS ARRESTED FOR THEFT FROM AUTO TRUCK Andrew and August Johnson Alleged to Have Taken Sng‘ir and Raisins Peck, Stow and Wilcox 32% Russell Mfg Co sactions in the principle stocks. The plan of operation will ‘be similar to that now employed by the New York Stock Exchange. Quarter Million Loss . 1 In Michigan Town Fire Hancock, Mich., Feb, 20.—Fire of undetermined origin in the Hancock business district today caused a loss Andrew Johnson of 43 Cherry street | stimated at $250,000. The blaze or- and August Johnson of 19 Roberts|iginated in the basement of the street, brothers, employed by Bailey Scott building and spread to the Baer & Brown, truckmen, were arrested | Block, the Clifford building and the this afternoon by Sergeant George C.|Gartner store. Ellinger and Policeman John C.| P . Stadler, on a charge of theft. This| MORE LOANS TO FARMERS. Lee 165 Stanley Works com .... 62 Stanley Works pfd 28 Torrington com . 46 Union Mfg Co ... 44 N B Machine com .. N B Machine pfd .... | in Their Charge Mus. Ellen J. Albiston Dies at Age of 84 Mrs. Ellen Josepl#.e Albiston, aged of Manchester. | completed. bee morning the police received a com- n | plaint that sugar and other articles | had been stolen from a truck in tran- | sit from New Iiaven, belonging to Washington, Feb. 20.—The Strong bill was passed today by the house. It would increase the maximum of land bank loans to farmers from | Landers, Frary & Clark and Sam | $10,000 to $16,000 with provision for Berkowitz, and that the goods had loans up to $25,000 in exceptional | been stored last night at a garage in | Cases. this city. | Sergeant Ellinger assisted Po- | liceman Stadler investigated this s P ey morning At the garage it was found 1’0es Not Want to Be Governor of Porto Rico. Washington, Feb, 20—Senator New was stored at the home. of Andrew | oy poie ‘;:‘\;’emh?’p::&z,n'fizu?g Johnson. On scarching the place this o pig forthcoming retirement from nkon, the police recovered several ino genate, is understood to have de- bags and cartons of sugar belonging qjined to permit his name to be con- to Landers, Frary & Clark and Sam gereq in-connection with the gov- Berkowitz, as well as a box of Taising ernorship of Porto Rico. belonging to the Mohican Market Co.| Ag 4 result New supporters are The men will be arralgned in police | concentrating their efforts toward his | oourt tomortow. moriing. selection to a place in the cabinet | e TR |and they predictéd today that the Bad Booze Causes More [president would eventually decide to | Murders in Philadelphia make him postmaster ge:eral. Philadelphia, Feb. 20.—Bad liquor | ICE BLOCKS HARBORS. was responsible for the increase in| pogton, eb. 20.—The ice bondage murders here in 1022, Coroner Wil- j, which ports along the New England liam R. Knight, Jr, said today in his .agt have been held fast for days, ‘anmml report. “From the inquests it j, some instances weeks persisted is evident that many murders are \pjle calls went out for coast guard | committed during debauches caused cutters or other vessels to break the | by drinking poisonous liquor, which embargo. Buzzards Bay was packed |is sold throughout the cif},” he sald. yith jce. Manufacturing interests and | This stuft arouses ail the passions of householders asked for help. The coast men and Incites them to crime more guard cutter Acushnet just arrived brutal and daving than have been here from the jce-littered waters of | known In the past. | Nantucket sound went at once to | 2 e Quinecy bay to break a lane there and Mrs. Raizen Will Not Be At Palm Beach by | that the goods had been removed be-| fore the arrival of the police: Further | investigation showed that the stuff let a string of coal barges up to Sentenced Until Feb. 27 Neponset. New York, Feb. 20.—Sentencing of | I, G. RIDABOCK DEAD. | Liljan B, Raizen, convicted of Stamford, Feb. 20—Henry G. Rida- ‘z('cond degreo murder for the a’huothh,,rk of this city, former head of & ing of Dr. A. Gilcksteln, today was |, .itorm manufacturing concern in postponed untll February 27. Coun- |y York, died yesterday at Miami, sel for the defense asked for the post- | 5, gi4q a mesu’ge received here to- Not only is the weather warm but |POnement in order to prepare an ap- .4y e was born in New York 64 the scenery is wonderful at Palm |Peal |vears ago, Mr. Ridabock was at one. Beach, say the publicity men, calling " ~ v— | time 1leutenant colonel of the Ni sour attention to the stately paim| CURB CLEARING WIOUSE. |y, miiitia and served in the Span- tree In the above picture. Oh, yes, | New York, Feb, 88.—The New York |ish-Amorican war. He was a mef- the young lady is Miss C. A. Leiteh, |Curb market today announced for-| ber of the Columbia University crew New York soclety girl, in a stunning | mailon of a clearing houss to be !n‘mat won the Henley regatta some black bathing suit, lnpernuon by April 1, covering lrnn-x,vz-.r- ago.