New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1923, Page 1

THE SUCCESS OF THE COMMUNITY DRIVE DEPENDS UPON EVERYBODY NEW BRITAIN HERALD CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1923. —SIXTEEN PAGES, FOSTER'S FATEIS- | HOUSE PASSES MEASURE TO NOW WITH JURYMEN! MAKE IT AGAINST THE LAW Jnlg s Pl oo |10 CHANGE PUBLIC CLOCKS' COllSfifll_m_AflE‘l Guilt IJ—EB;‘HSEN‘A}EI]F Antl-Dayllght Savmg Bill Provides $100 Fine— GIVES 6,000 WORD CHARGE' FUND FOR I]l]RMIT[]RY, " Measure Goes to Senate Accused Guilty Only If He Actually Senator Bakewell Chflm pions Erection of Home at Once Proposed Statute So Inclu- for Normalites sive That It Would Be | Malicious Offense to Turn Ahead Wrist Watches. Average Daily Cirenllfln Week findlnl 9, March 31st PRICE THREE CEN'FS News of the World By Associated Press £STABLISHED 1870 : NEW BRITAIN, UNOFFICIAL REPORT FREES | Conn. Firm Named One Defendant GEN’L CONTRACTOR BENT ! inAction Demanding $51,510,000 FROM BLAME INHARIFOIhs‘%“c white & Co. Cited|CONMUNITY DRIVE 5“ i mong orporations DEMOCRATS TO SELECTE 55 a 5 tniividuni suea| HUSTLERS GET $16,772 Day’s Re—p:;t——ls $7,860 1d 38 Individuals Sued NOMINEES FOR GOUNGIE Pledged and 286 New w'r James V, Martin, Air- ine Maker. Caucuses in Five Wards To, Neor ehabesy e Guaimgsd Tomas Subscribers night—City Convention Tomorrow Night Coroner’s Inquest Con- tinues, With Architects and Engineers Being Called as Witnesses Dying Victim However, Makes Statement That He | Saw Crack in W1l Just Before Fatal Collapse. to destroy his business, James | tin of the Martin Aeroplane Long Island filed suit under ton act here today to recover 00 from the Manufacturers' \ssociation, Inc., 25 other cor- porations and 38 Individuals, Asks Triple Damages The plaintiff declares his business had been damaged to the extent of $17,000,000 and under the Clayton law he claimed triple damage plus an at- torney's fee of $510,000, He charged that the defendants corporations and individuals had con- spired to monopolize the aircraft trade and told the court that, whereas he had worked as a contemporary of the Wright brothers and Gienn H. Curtiss and had invented indispensable parts of the present day airplanes none of | the defendants had Invented any air- ship or airghip device. Even Threatened His Life In furtherance of the alleged con- Took Part in Definite Plan to Teach | - % & H . Overthrow of Government — No Team numbe; 2, of ¥ CARALD L Frdd Crime to Belong to Socialists. Housman, won first prize for having the highest amount of money pledges at the third luncheon of the workers in the United Community corporation drive at noon today. Team number 10, Logan Page, captain, won first prize for having the highest number of new subscribers. The day's total | was $7,860 pledged, and 232 new sub- scribers, making a whole total of $16,- 772.40 and 286 new subscribers, | St. Joseph, Mich, April 4, (By As- sociated Press).—Willlam Z. [oster of Chicago Is guilty of violation of Michigan's law against criminal syn- dicallsm, Judge Charles White in- structed the jury today, if: 1—The communist party of Amer- ica at the time he attended its con- vention last August in lonely dunes The reports were as follows; jon the shores of Lake Michigan was 1. Max Coe .. i .15 $565.00 % society formed to advocate and 2. Fred Housmann ', 9”.00]tfllfh criminal syndicalism and if 3. Frank Woods 2—TFoster assembled with the con- 436.00 4. George Christ 298,65 - 5. D. L. Bartiett 507.00 6. Harry Traver .. 266,50 7. Sam'l R. McCutcheon 73,60 | 8. Carl Neumann 325.50 9. George Bean ... 217.00 10. Logan Page ... fi 311.00 11. . W. Macomber 12. Maurice Johnson 14, Fred Rackliffe ... 15. Dr. Fred Lee . . 16. John C. Loomis 17. James O'Brien 18. Frank Shields . 19. P. J. Smith .... 20. C. W. Wilson . 21, Dr. Gertrude Kinsella 22, Mrs, H. C. Warner. . 23. Mrs. Catherine Wilbor (Special to The Herald) Hartford, April 4,—8enator Charles Bakewell, speaking on the floor of the senate this morning against Senate Bill No. 483 which provides for an expenditure of $40,000 for a State| Normal school In Bridgeport, said | that the present existing needs for| state Normal schools are a dormitory in Ne wBritaln and another In Dan- bury. Senator Challenger debated for a time relative to the merits of a state Normal school in Bridgeport. Senator McGrath of Waterbury of- fered opposition to the dormitory question saying that young girls should not be put in dormitories. He said that many parents of normal- ites in Waterbury had come to him protesting against having their daugh- ters remain in New Britain over night. Senator Bakewell said that there were some 150 girls in New Britain who have been forced to get rooms wherever they could and he defended the dormitory idea in general. The committee on education sub- mitted a report for the rejection of thenormal school in Bridgeport and their report was accepted and the bill was rejected. The $650,000 appropriation for a dormitory at New Britain has not yet been reported out of committee but | Senator Bakewell's arguments on the floor of the senate seem to augur well Ward caucuses in the first five vot- ing districts will be held by the demo- cratic party to nominate condidates for aldermen in the first, third and fitth wards, and two candidates for| councilmen in each of the first five ‘wards, I Chairman John J. Kiniry of the town committee has made announce- ment of the following voting places: First and second wards, 6 Main street; third and fourth wards, Bronson hotel, Main street; fifth ward, S8kritul- sky's hall, Broad street. Dunn and Maerz Nominated A meeting of the town commiitee | will be held to receive the ward tickets and to ratify the action taken by the sixth ward primary last night. |spiracy he charged the defendants The sixth ward nominees, James J. had slandered him, burned his Dunn and Join Maerz. Councilman |planes, lied about his accomplish- Dunn is rounding out his first term | ments, destroyed government reports in the council and has a very good [commending his devices and even reputation for attendance ®both at|made plans against his life. council meetings and committee ses- The corporations named include the "slona. Mr, Maerz is a member of the Burgess Co. of Mass, Sturtevant Air- { eivil service commission and has never | plane Co. ef Massachusetts; J. C. before sought an elective ofice. White and Co. Connecticut; The The vote at the sixth ward primary | aeronautical chamber of congress or- was a rather heavy one. It showed |ganized at Washington. Curtiss Air- 198 ballots for Dunn, 194 for Maerz, | plane and Motor Co. of New York. and 51 for former Councilman T.|Dayton Airplane Co. Fisher Body Frank McCormick. Corp. Detroit. vt il e o i ewontot | LT GEY BAGK $216,000 street will be a candidate for nomina- | tion for councilman In the fifth ward | Jackson Barnett, World’s Richest In- dian, Will Have Govt. Refund of Hartford, April 4.—The house te- day passed the anti-daylight saving | bill which would impose a fine of $100 for malicious showing of any but | standard time in public places. The bill was bitterly fought by Minority Leader Fenton who declared that ft would cause endless confusion throughout the state. House Leader Buckley moved that under suspension of the rules the bill be sent to the senate, Although Alfred C. Baldwin, clerk of bills had expressed the opinion that the bill was not constitutional, house Leader Buckley declared that it was, and after heated debate it was car- ried by a large majority. Hits Wrist Watches Too The bill would forbid the display of any but standard time on streets and in stores, and is considered to- include even wrist watches. It pro- vides for a fine of $100 or imprison- ment of ten days for maliclous viola- tions, Schools Included The bill as amended would include’ schools in the list of public places where daylight saving time was for- bidden. When the bill came up Rep~ resentative Bell of Balisbury declaved there had been a disposition in cities and towns to nullify the act of 1921 on standard time. He said the ques- tionnaires by chambers of commerce were misleading the people on the question. He asserted the 1921 amendment had no penalty and the mayors of Hartford, even had been openly defying the law and anceaurag: . ing the peeble, of, me ital ¢ity to, ‘Td'ulr.. VE?, presdn u?u teath f.’ Mr. Rell"said. Mr Bell offered an Hartford, April 4—In an unofficlal report, the R. G. Bent Co, general contractors for the Fuller Brush Co. tower, the fall of which Saturday noon proved fatal to ten men, has been freed from any blame for the collapse by Greenwood and Noerr, con- sulting engineers of this city, who in- vestigated the accident for the Bent Co. . The engineers’ report, it was said, did not include any finding as to who is to blame for the collapse. It mere- ly shows that the Bent Co. built the tower according to specifications fur- nished them by the architects, The Greenwood and Noerr report was ver- bal only. Inquest Continues, Benedict E. Lyons, attorney for the Bent Co., declared today that repre- senfatives of the Bent Co. and Green- wood and Noerr expect to be called hefore the Inquest being conducted by Coroner J. Gilbert Calhoun and state's attorney, Hugh M. Alcorn. This inquest resumed at 10:39 to- day I8 still being kept strictly private. It was known, however, that Edward J. Vaughn, civil engineer connected with the firm of Buck and Sheldon, architects who designed the Fuller tower was called as a witness at this mpining's’seasion. k | tertainments of the last mayoralty Saw Crack in Wall. | campaigns, his services at the mono- An ante-mortem statement of John | | loguist being in demand at the rallies H. Miller, unexpectedly produced at|of the Hardware City democratic the coroner’s inquest disclosed that!club. He is an active member of the 4 large crack in the west wall of the' Y, M, T. A. & B. soclety. tower was discovered by Miller a few | At the city convention tomorrow minutes before the fatal crash which ! night candidates for the board of ed- cost ten lives. | ucation will be selected. It §s expect- Miller, who died yesterday after- ed that Patrick ¥. King and Willlam naon .at 8t Trancls’ hospltal, made J. lLong will be named . to sueceed this statement to a representative of [themselves) Atfornsy Henrk P. Roche the T. G. Bent company while in a | would acoept a renominatioh it would | dying condition at the hospital. He | be accordad him without debate. Mr. said the crack, which was nlmolt‘ Roche told & *‘Herald"” representative largé enough to be called a hole, was today that he had definitely decided under the large window, which would not to ncc.pg a renomination. make it approximately on a level T 13 276,00 | 538.50 214.00 115.00 | 196.00 | 496.00 | 600.00 | 131,00 | | 351,50 | 962.25 24. Mrs. B. Bassette . Total today—232 Total yesterday—i4 Total to date——286 The workers today were gursu of Daly council, Knights of Colh‘m;bl;‘x ik antpen) iol Aedpl;:m‘:rtzfi:lengorof‘hebo:; ?mi‘ The hearing on the claims of John n girls, and for closer co-operation andf deff:x:;:;;mEf;'f“l&{:'..',‘f.;‘l?," less interference on the part of | R e e o Protos';]nntar 2 i;h gg:g:?} committee tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 another's religion an a fran St | APPEAL IS SEITLED ligis i ANk e ior e’ s baptlest, 1 ention_anegation vatuntariy or in| Thattor what that religion may be,|the WOrds of the court “with con- was mado by Rev. J. Leo Sullivan,|Sclous design and purpose to further ¥ather Sullivan, besides being chap- |20 DPromote the teaching and ad- vocacy by the communist party of|Thomas W. O'Connor Reaches Agree- ment With Defendants rwbpflg Commission on Sale of Pen Factory.|amendment which extended the pro- visions to achools. The appeal of Thomas W. O'Con-l. Asks It Be Tabled nor from the judgment of the city| Minority Leader Fenton said the {lain of Daly council, i3 a trustee of the Ugifed Community _corporation, l""‘ _dostrines of criminal syndical- “vice prec’ Bnf of (he Hew Britain B g '3 court awarding him a five per cent| matter was so important to the state commission on the sale of the old|and especially the industrial centers Munroe-Eastwood pen factory to the|it should be tabled. at tonight's caucus. Mr. Egan is ane of the younger representatives of fifth | ward democracy and is reported. to have a strong following in that dis-| trict. He contributed towards the en- Income Taxes Paid. Muskogee, Okla., April 4.—Jackson Barnett, the world’s”richest Indian, will recover $216,000 paid in income ‘taxes from 1917 to 1920 under the ruling handed down by the solicitor general of the internal revenue de- partment that Indian oil royalties are non taxable, his counsel sald today. 8ix other Tndians will recelve re- WILLIAM L. l~ O's‘l LR. Only Two Questions, » irman of the Bo; Scotit contrelli, ohairman o Y| It 4 not disputed, the-conrt sald, ‘tm-ns of from §39,808 to uzo,ono. { 8cout eourt of honor and a director {of tita Boys' club, He is keenly in- WEST MAIN STREET Bmcx Itero«tnd in boys' work and has a; [ SOLD TODAY FOR sso,ow | tore ot knowiedgo of what local or- (Continued on Third Page) COMPENSATION CASES T0 ganizations are doing for boys. “Is it a fitting thing that the with the pases of thé supports of the water tank which plunged through four floors, tearing down two sides of | the tower. Evidence Guarded. Miller's statement was closely guarded, but it became evident to-| ward the close of the afternoon that an important revelation had been made. State's Attorney Alcorn and Coroner Calhoun maintained their| silence, but were unable to conceal the nature of the development. It is belleved that Miller, alarmed by his discovery, had hurried down; stajrs to summon James F. RBent, vice president of the contracting com- pany, and that both were making thelr way to the point where the crack was seen, when the tower col- lapsed, burying both of them and eight others in the mass of iron and steel. i PRIEST BEING RETURNED Missing Catholic Clergyman ¥From Virdin, 11, Is Reported on His Way | Back Home. New York, April 4 (By Associated Press).—~A telegram from Buffalo, signed “J. 1. Perrine,” was received today at Knights of Columbus head- quarters here stating that Rev. J. A. Vraniak of Virden, Ill, reported kid- | napped in Venice, Ill, on March 5, had been “captured from his ab-| ductors” and was being returned to his home. | The telegram which gave Perrine’ _ address only as “the square,” was' addressed by John B. Kennedy, editor | of Columbia, a magazine pubnnhed by the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Kennedy expressed belief that the telegram was not a hoax. PR AR | SUICIDE PAGT | Dover, N. J,, Married Man and Single Girl Both Shoot Themselves Today —Both Are Dying. Dover, N. J., April 4. —Charles Mid- daugh, & married man, and Miss Eliz- abeth Hoffman, shot themselves in a sufctde pact today. Both are belleved to be dying. Middaugh, in a hospital told the police the shootipg took place in his automobile after he and Miss Hoft- nian returned from a drive. _The girl, he said, first shot herself. When she dropped the weapon, he seized it and fired a bullet into his /shest, then staggered to a neighbor's house and collapsed. He sald they had decided.to die together. | REPUDIATES THE KLAN, Tast St. Louls, April 4¢.—Ralph Jobk, the onlysone of the three al- leged Ku Kiux Klan candidates for sty commissionersnip in yesterday's municipal election who was succ tul, today repudiated the klan. | Father and Som. QUEER COINCIDENGE 100 Miles Apart. Victim of Shooting At Same Hour, One in Yonkers, Other in Troy. Troy, N. Y., April 4.—Father and son, separated by more than 100 miles were victims of pistol attacks at the isame hour last night. In Yonkers, Daniel Healy was seri- ously wounded when a man “shot up” his drug store. Mrs, Mary Mullan was killed and George Walsh wound- | 'ed in the same attack. While walking along a Troy street with a boy companion Walter Heaiy 14 year old son of the Yonkers man | was struck in the hip by a bullet. Andrew Abbott, New York Central railroad detective is held on a charge of first degree assault in connection with the shooting. The boy is expect- ed to recover. DESTROYER IN GRASH Fox of U. S. Navy and British Cruiser Both Badly Damaged in Collision at Bosporus Entrance, London, April 4.—The American destroyer Fox collided with the British light cruiser Ceres at the en- | trance to the Bosporus yesterday, ac- cording to advices received from Con- !hnflnople today by Lloyds. Both vessels, the report said were tadly damaged. The strong current was held responsible for the accident. The British admiralty this after- noon confirmed Lloyds' advices that the Fox and the Ceres had been in collision but said it understood that the damage to the Ceres was com- paratively slight and that no lives were lost. Boy, 18, and Girl, 17, Have Parents’ Consent to Marry Hector Dery, aged 18, and Miss Hermina Papesh, aged 17, were grant- ed a'marriage license this morning at the office of City Clerk A. I.. Thomp- son, after the parents of the contract- ing parties gave their consent and signed the marriage license applica- tion. The couple will be married to- morrow morning at 8 o'clock at St. Peter’s church on Franklin Square. Rev, Charles Coppens, pastor, will perform the ceremony. McCabes Dispose of Property at Nos. | 270 to 78 to New Britain Lumber Co. The property at 70-78 West Main street, known as the McEnroe block, | was sold today by Helen Kelly Mec- Cabe to the New Britain Lumber Co. through the Watson & Jones agency. | The property includes three stores on| the ground floor and flats above. It s said that the selling price was about $80,000. Tt is reported that Mr. and Mrs. McCabe pald $60,000 when they bought it about a year and a| half ago. The new owners intend to make al- terations and improvements in the building. CARNARYON IS SINKING Virtually All Hope for Recovery of Famous Explorer Is Given Up by Attending Physicians. Cairo, Egyp, April 4.—The Earl of Carnarvon's doctors virtually aban- doned hope of his recovery last night and the family gathered around the bedstde anticipating the worst but the patient rallied, never losing conscions- ness. Today his temperature was 101 and he was maintaining the slight im- provement noted last evening. He was still very weak but less distressed than he had been. Lord Carnarvon's physicians regard the fight for life which the discoverer of Tutenkhamun’s tomb is making as most remarkable. Everything, they say, depends upon his abllity to main- tain his strength for the next day ur| two. Million New Shares of Stock Are Authorized Boston, April 4.—The directors of the United Shoe Machinery Corp., vot- ed today to increase the capital stock by lssuance of one milllon additional shares of common stock of the par value of $25, making the total capi- talization $75,000,000. The new stock is to be distributed pro rata to pres- ent holders of common stock. BRYANT RE-APPOINTED Hartford, April 4.—Governor Tem- pleton announced this morning that he had re-appointed Thomas W. Bry- ant, of Torrington, as trustee of the Norwich State hospital for a term of six years beginning July 1. " Itired from the service in 1915, LAND INDICTED ON SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR CROMWELL SLAYINGS 4,~The Attorney Inglis had asked for a flrn Middletown, Conn., April Middlesex county grand jury this aft-| degree indictment. ernoon returned an indictment of sec- ond degree murder against Land, negro, who shot men at Cromwell recently. ‘The jury then retired to conrlder" Julius evidence against Joseph Bjogren who! d killed two is charged with murder in Killing his State's! brother about 10 ycars ago. Knights of Columbus should be our hosts today?” he said. “The Knights of Columbus wrote a page into the history of America during the late war that will last as long as the United States will last.” He spoke of the high type of men who are at the head of the Boy Scouts, Boys’ club, etc, and said: “The jewels of New Britain are not all found in Porter & Dysoh's jew- elry store; the wealth of the city is not found in its banks and factories. It is in its youth, those who will take our places 25 or 30 years from now. “‘America is not as fortunate today as it was 25 or 30 years ago. Then we had the old-fashioned families from which vou and I sprung, those| |famnm that were the tralning| schools of the nation. There is noth- | ing to take their places. The school | !is limited. The church does her best. But the doctor cannot save the| life of the patient if the patient does| | not take the medicine. We are do-| !ing what we can, people in the | Catholic churches are even willing to’ be taxed twice to give thelr children |the best educatfon and' Christian training they can. | “Home is the foundation of the training of the child. Whatever ideals we may have we can trace back | BE FREE FROM POLITICS Hercafter Each Case Will Come Up In Its Turn, Without Prefercnces, Washington, April 4. — Director RHines of the veterans’ bureau proved new rules of procedure in handling compensation cases designed to prevent political or other pressure from influencing unduly compensation awards to former soldiers. Thirty-five hundred cases now pend- ing before the bureau's board of re- view have been reclassified into three groups and claims in each of these groups will be given serial numbers and handled in order, making it im- possible for any veteran to be shoved aside through pressure, The groups were designated, A— those desiring emergency reliof; B-— routine cases, where no emergency exists and (! — cases requiring only supplementary action, bec#use the veterans in the view of the board have been adequately provided for. erence. to our old-fashioned fathers and| mothers. The home today is not the | home it was years ago. The people are too busy making money or in so- | clety. The home tralning has col-| lapsed. “We hear about worthless sons of millionaires. Who is to blame? Not the son. His downfall can be traced to his home training. “In New Britain if the home has fallen in its standard, the Boy Scouts and the Boys' club are helping to lift (Contlnurd on Thirteenth Page) | Boys Release Brakes and ‘Auto Crashes Into House| Frank Monkiewicz reported to the | police this morning that he parked | his automobile on North street near| Bexton street. He sald that some boys released the brakes on the car and it| started down North street crashing into a bullding at the intersection of Sexton street, The right front fender and running board were smashed. mw sy \ RETIRED ADMIRAL DIES. | Philadelphia, April 4.—Rear Ad-| miral Charles B. Moore, retired, died| in the naval hospital at the Phila-| delphia navy yard today. He was 69 years old and was a member of the naval academy class of 1873. He was made a rear admiral in 1811 and re- THE WEATHER —O Hartford, April 4.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Rain, colder tonight. Thursday rain or snow and colder; strong shifting winds. — . Lubricating Ofls Co. was settled today House I.eader Buckley opposed the np.f Emergency cases will be given pref- | by Mr. O'Connor and the defendants, Mrs. 1. Halperin for the estate of I, Halperin, Sam Kennedy and Gancarz, the last named residing Poland. in {in the court of common pleas at Hartford. MEDICAL MEN MEET | | Local Physicians to Represent County | Soclety at Conventions—Dr. Flana- gan Admitted to Membership. fain was elected a member of | Hartford County Medical association at its 131st annual meeting in Hart- ford yesterday. |ley was chosen a delegate to the state convention and Dr. Clifton M. Cooley was clected a delegate to th county convention of New Haven county. The application of Dr. Mary Mouradian of New Britain was |acted upon yesterday. G. not New England Championship For Typing Won by N.B. H. S. Girls Misses Spencer, Keller and | Strunz Bring Home Cup, | Banner and Medals From Boston Contest. Writing “piscatorial perambula- tions," at the rate of 67 words a min- ute at the Boston business show yes- terday afternoon successfully brought | the New KEngland High school type- | writing championship to New Britain. The championship was onc By Misses Viola Spencer, daughter of Mrs. and | Mrs, Leon Spencer of Plainville; Miss Olive Keller, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, William, Keller of 177 Glen street |and Wiss Clara Strunz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, William E. Strunz of Plainville, The young women and their teach- er, Miss Ellen C. Talcott, were taken to Boston as guests of the Underwood | Typewriter Co., where they booked to compete in the New Eng- | land High school typewriter contest at the annual Boston business exposition. i \lm Spencer captured the gold medal which was the fiest prize, with a re-| {ecord of 67 plus was followed closely John The appeal was to be heard today Dr. George H. Bod-) ! | motion and said that if the bill were passed it would become a law before April 29 the day daylight saving goes into effect. Mr. Fenton's motion was lost. Fears Great Confusion Mr. Fenton sald he did not oppose the bill*because he sat on'the demo- cratic side of the house but because he believed this particular bill would cause endless confusion in the state. He declared he was even in favor of standard time{ but not of this bill. Mr. Wall of Torrington asked if the amendment penalized a child with 10 days in jail 1f the child went to school on daylight saving time, Mr, Averill, of Branford told why the clause De. Gsospe Rinnasns of New Br“_"um»mflng the original bill was put {n. the | A question by Mr. Fenton as to why courts were not Included led to some discussion, members of the ju- diciary committee contending that courts open and close at the conven- ience of attorneys and that the courts determine themselves their hours of session, Mr. Schalz of Hartford, spoke against the bill and called it foolish and vicious. IN THE SENATE. The senate received a favorable re- | by Miss Keller who won second prize | mf a silver medal with a flat record of | 67. Miss Clara Strunz took third prize, |a bronze medal, with a record of 61. A large blue banner containing the | words, “New England High School | | Typewriter Champions,” was present- | {ed to the trio. Miss Strunz Wins Cup | A silver loving cup was won by { Miss Strunz in a minute contest for speed and accuracy in wide open con- test for the New Eng'and champion- ship later, when she wrote 87 words a minute without error. | In addition each of the young wom- en captured the Underwood trophie The Underwood Typewriter compan had offered silver medals to each con- testant who wrote correctly faster | than 60 words a minute. Each young .‘woman was awarded ong of medals. A similar medal was awarded Miss Talcott, their instructress, in a minute contest, students of New England, were between 60 and | and more than 1,000 spectators. Coming home last evening | | {force of the bill. these | were | High school or business college. There | from the sale of municipal 70 contestants | were rejected on unfavorable reports. port on a bill which calls for appro- priation of $644,500 for work at the Norwich State hospital. Of this amount $425,000 is for the erection of two ward buiidings for the ac- commodation of 125 patients each, $145,000 for a nurses’ home and vari- {ous smaller sums for minor altera- tions. Senator Rogers declared that $150,000 had been cut from the orig- |inal appropriation asked. The bill which giv deputy com- missioners of domestic animals police | power was taken from the table today and amended so as to be to inopera- tive in towns where there are con- | stabl The bill would give deputy commissioners authority to make ar- | vests for violation of laws relating to dogs and domestic animals. The amendment was 108t when it was de- clared that it would destroy the full A motion to table the original bill was then lost. Sena- tor Atchison asked for a roll call but the motion was lost, Senator Brooks at this point de- clared that giving police power to various state departments was opens ing up a serious question. He said local matters should not be inter- fered with. The bill was passed by a rising vote, Reject Waterbury Bill. Two bills introduced by Senator won by Miss | McGrath concerning a referendum on | Strunz, the contest was open to all|a bond issue for Waterbury and con- whether ccrnln: the division of money derived bonds Senator McGrath defended the bills, the | declaring that conditions in Waters The words “piscatorial perambula- | young women were so proud of their |bury demanded the legislation. Sena- tions,” were given as a test for 15 minute steady writing. The number of words written per minute is taken as| a record, deductions being made for errors, Judgment made on the net average of correct words per minute, medals that they hung them on the window curtain in the train for all the world to see. Today the medals and !cup are on display at the Senlor High school and many congratulations are ' being recelved by the winners. tor Trumbull, however, declared that the bills were not wise. Another bill introduced by Senae tor McGrath concerning the taxatiom (Continued o:‘;l.ll_mnu Page).