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

BOYS FIND CORPSE ONSEYMOUR STREET Lucius L. Marsh, 68, Discovered Rejoicing Mother and Son Have Dead on Lawn at His home SON QUIZZED AND RELEASED Tells Police We Left Father Out in Yard to Sleep When Unable to Get Him Into House==Alcoholism, Med- feal Examiner Says, Lueius 1., Marsh, age 63 years, of Iate emploged by the American Hard- ware corporation but formerly en- gaged in the trucking business in this city, was found dead in the back yard of his home at 91 Seymour street at about 3:80 o'clock this morning by Roseo D, Wagner of 406 Main street and Albert Petrucia of 69 Henry street, two boys peddiing milk, The boys, on finding the body, notified Policeman Wililam Graybeck, who was doing patrol duty on that street. At 3:35 o'clock Policeman Graybeck telephoned Bergt. Matthias Rival at polica headquarters who in turn noti- fied the medieal examiner, Dr, Water- man Lyon. Son Questioned and Released, Dr. Lyon gave permission for the removal of the body to the J. M, Cur- tin undertaking pariors on Main Bt, l.ate this morning he gave the causs of death as acute alcoholism, Walter Marsh, 19 year old son of the de- ceased, was brought to police head- quarters by Sergeant Patrick McAvay where he was held on a technieal charge of breach of peace. He was released at 11 o'clock by Captain Geo. Kelly after the medical examiner had made his report and Detectiva Ser- geant Willlam P. McCue and Sergeant George Ellinger had completed their investigation. John Walsh, a ten year old boy who lives in the same house, saw Mr. Margh lying at the foot of the rear stairs leading into the house at about 11:15 o'clock last night. He entered the house and told Walter Marsh that liis father was lylug at the foot of the | stairs. Laid Him on Lawn For Night. Walter, with the assistance of Mrs, “harles Cross, a neighbor visiting at the house, endeavored to carry the father inside according to the story told the police, but the father was un- der the influence of liquor and would 1ot move. The son then claims that they took Mr. Marsh and laid him on the lawn in the rear of the house piacing his overcoat under the back of his head, after which they again returned to the house. At 1 o'clock this morning Mrs. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1023 Kidnappers Escape Into Canada But Alleged Accomplice Is Held 4§ TRIM, !]I]ES N 'l:ouchinz Reunion As She Clasps Youngster in Her Arms This Morning, Watertown, N, ¥ May 4-=Verner | Alexanderson, kidnapped Schenectady {lad, whe was found last evening in & shaek on the Indian river near Theresa, 25 miles from here, started home today after a Jjoyful reunion with his father and mother at the (home of Bheriff Ernest C. Gillette, | With him goes n mongrel dog, “Jack, |a “present” from his kidnappers, MHarry Fairbanks of Ogdensburg and Mtanley Crandall of Rochester and Watertown, the alleged kidnap- pers, have eacaped into Canada, The lominion authorities are looking foi | them, Mrs, H, D, Grennell of Alexandria | Bay, foster mother of Mrs, Fairbanks, |is at the county jail here. At first she maintained she did not know the men, declaring that they hired her to care for the child, In her possession was found a letter addressed to E. F. W. Alexanderson, | tather of the kidnapped boy in which she asked Information about the two men, The anthorities believe it was written as an aliol in ® the boy was found She has another letter signed by "R, €, Miller” bpt written by Crandall, in whieh he exonerated her of complieity This, alao, is suspeeted of being & move 1o protect her When she learned that officers knew of Vairbanks and his connection with the case, she admitted her rela- tlonship with Mrs, Fairbanks but dis- claimed knowledge of the identity of the lad, saying she thought it was a “liquor deal.” “Oh, my sweetheart,” exclaimed the mother sght of her boy, “Mamma!" he shouted, as she clasped him in her arms, Bert Jarvis, Theresa boat llvery- man, who located the boy after le scrutinized pletures in newspapers, has filed a clalm for the $2,000 re- ward offered by Dr, Alexanderson and | the city of Sehenectady, (Continued on Eighteenth Page). e e e ———————— e ‘OUIMET WINS CUP BY THREE MORE MISSING ONE STROKE MARGIN {Defeats other American, in Sen- sational Playoff of Tie By The Assoclated Pross, sandwich, May 4.—Francis Ouimet of Boston won the Royal 8t, George's champlon grand challenge golf trophy today, deefating by one stroke Dr, O | ¥. Willing of Portland, Ore, in the { playoff of yesterday's tie. Ouimet took 77 strokes for the 18 holes while | Dr. Willing required 78, A large crowd watched the pluyers, The sun was shining brightly and gnq Elcanor Gyldenstar, 16, who drop- | were mold vesterday at publle auctlon only a Iight breeze was blowing over the links, Ouimet led by one stroke at the ninth hole and by two strokes at the 16th. It was a hard fought contest with Dr. Willing on Quimet's heels all the | way., At the 15th hole the Oregon | champlon's appbroach shot came with- | In three inches of the cup. Had it j dropped in It would have tled the match, Ouimet went out in 37 and Willing in 38, The Boston golfer's play was Marsh is alleged to have told her son | to go down in the yard and ses how the father was. he found his father still breathing heavy he placed a blanket underneath nim and covered him with another This he did and when | one leaving him outdoors to get the | {resh air and sleep, he told the police. Police Tell Son of Death. According to the police the son then went into the house and went to bed. He did not know that his father was dead until told by the police. The two milk bovs in reporting the | finding of the body to Policeman GGraybeck expressed the opinion that they thought it was still too cold for anyone to he sleeping out of doors snd for this reason they went over to the bhody. Sergeants McCue and Ellinger upon their investigation learned that Mr. Marsh has rgturned to his home on other occasions in a similar condition. Mr. Marsh is survived by four sons, l.ouis, William and Walter of New fritain and John Marsh of Springfield Mass. He also leaves his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Maloney, who made her home with her pnronlu.i WOULD NAME HOLDEN Judge Boardman Recommends Hart- ford Lawyer for Assistant Investiga- tor of Veterans' Bureau. Bridgeport, May 4.—Judge Willlam F. Roardman of this city, as president of the Connecticut bar association, to- day announced that he had recom- mended to Major Gen. John ('Ryan, who is In charge of an inves- tigation of the veterans' bureau, the appointment of the following as as- sistant Investigators: Bridgeport, Vincent L. Keating and Richard 8. Swain; Hartford, Benedict M. Holden and Philip Roberts; New T.ondon, Thomas K. Troland. At the same time Judge Boardman announced that Judge A. Heaton Robertson of New Haven, head of the bar association of that county had recommended W. F. Alcorn, W. H. Russell, J. F. Baker, Oshorne A. Day and David I. Daggett. FARRAR DIVORCE SUIT Diva’s Action Against Her Husband Must Be Re-tried Before a Jury, Court Decides Today. New York, May 4—Geraldine Far- rar's divorce suit against Lew Telle- gen, her actor-husband, which has been nearly completed before a ref- eres, must be re-tried before a jury, the appellate division of the supreme court ruled today in order that Miss Stella Larrimore, one of the co-re- spondents named by the diva, have an opportunity to clear name in public. Justice Dowling, who dellvered the appellate division's declsion sald that ' if a defendant charged with violation of hie marriage vows choses not to defend the innocence of one eharged her to have been guilty with him and she’ steps into his place to controvert those charges, ‘‘she certainly becomes the adverse party to the action, and is en- titled to a jury trial” {burial place of Gen. Iidward R, S.[of jtg Alexandria plant. GIRLS ARE REPORTED Dr. Willing, An- New York Police, Seeking |bveii stopped turnishing nim tho datly iss Coit, Learn of Other Cases New York, May 4.-—Police who had been conducting a elty-wide search for Miss Ellzabeth Colt, missing daughter of Charles H. Colt, Litch- fleld, Conn., banker, today added the names of three more missing girls to their )ist They are: disappeared way to school; Florence MeCue, April while on Ruth Rossman, her 17, ped out of sight after telling their mothers they were going shopping to- gether, Miss Coft who disappeared while on her way to Litehteld from Montelair, N. J., was reported to have been seen wandering in subwi and elevated statfons here yesterd. She appeared to be suffering from amnesia, accord- ing to George K. Guest, one of the persous who sald he had seen her, PATHETIC APPEAL it Aged Man Wants to Put Wreath on Grave of Soldier Who Befriended Him During Civil War, Washington, May 4.--—Touched by an unusual endeavor to show grati- tude, President Harding has directed the war department to ascertain the Canby, an officer in the Union army 13, who ~TWENTY-EIGHT PAGE Aver Vit o 9,368 PRICE THREE CENTS MORSE SHIPS S0L0 HOUSE SPEEDS THROUGH BILL THAT \8646,450 Is Bid on Steel Vessels at Alexandria, Va, [FORMER OFFICER TESTIFIES' TWO MILLIO T, Details in Connection With Finan. n Highley of New York Relates Hartford, May 4.—Two million del- lars were appropriated the state highway depart- d for re #tate ald by ho! today ment, pair and construction for the milllen to be u of cinl Standing™of the Morse Com- | panies, one Washington, May 4 quiry into the financlal standing of the United Btates Steamship Co,, the parent of the several Morse concerns, was made today by government coun sel at the Morse trial, 1, T, Highley of New York, a former officer of the Morse companies, again was the wit. ness, Asked about the cash balances cars ried by the steamship company in De | cember, Highley suid his recollection was that they averaged about 850 000, He testified that his know' was obtalned from dafly statements furnished him by N. H. Campbell treasurer of the company and one of the defendants, Morse in Disagreement, After his disagreement with Chas W. Morse over the advisability of building the shipyard at Alexandria, Va., the witness said Morse's attitude towards him changed and that Camp- Purther in EARTHQUAKE RECORDED Severe Tremors Are Shown on Seismograph at Cleveland This Noon eland, May 4—The selsmograph at St, Ignatius college here recorded un earth shock at 11:42 o'clock this morning and a second shock at 11:47 . m, Father Odenbuch in charge of the observatory, unnounced at noon today, Father Odenbach estimated the dis- | tance of the shock at between 4,000 and 5,000 miles from here but cannot say in what direction The maln wave was recorded at 11:54. It reached its maximpum at 12:08, At 1 5 the selsmograph was still in vibration. He now esti- mates the quake at 2,000 to 3,000 miles distant and belleves it may be on this continent. statements as to the cash balance This was early in 1018 and Highley severed his connections with the Morse companies in August of that | Asked how he acquired his stock in | the steamship company, the witness | sald he exchanged Hudson Navi tion Co. stock and stocks in se\ small steamship compsnles for share ‘of the United States Co. His total| holdings in the U, 8. Co, were §200, 1 000 par value, he testified, Vessels Sold Yesterday, The steel freight vessels, construct-’ ed at the Morse plant ai Alexandria, WHOLE FAMILY ARRESTED Canadian Mounted Police Make Round Up in $100,000 Bond Theft — New by a speclal master of chancery, A to- tal of $646,450 was bid for the ships, | each of 9,400 tons register. Nine of the vessels were bid in by the ship- ping board at prices ranging from $39,000 to $101,000 while the tenth, still incomplete was sold to a Baltl more firm for $40,450, The ships have been the subject of Htigation between the Mores interests and the shippivg board, the former clafming approximataly 56,000,000 was due them from the government for constructidn work while shipping board countered with a claim of 000,000 charging non-fulfillment ! contract. Government counsel read into the| record a letter from Colin H. Living- | stone, president of the Virginia Ship { Building Corp. to Charles Piez di- rector general of the emergency fleet | | corporation, in which request was ! made for the advancing of $1,500,000 (to the ship company for the building' The letter | was dated January 11, 1918, only a * Yorker Also Held, Toronto, May 4. - Officers of the trace $100,000 worth of bonds stolen three weeks ago after they had been consigned to the post for transfer to New York ecity. i I"our persons, including a familyv of mother, father and son, were arregred the crime last night after lina woman was sald to nave beeys fund disposing of $4,000 worth the bonds, The prisoners are Kindlay and Sarah McLeod and their son, Findlay, Jr., 17, of Hamilton, and Benjamin, Roberts of New York. The senfor McLeod, employed as a postal station | chauffeur, was charged with having left the registered mail bags contain- ' ing the bonds in a hiding place while removing them to the station. His confederates, the pollce charge later removed the hooty. for of of NDOLLARS APPROPRIATED BY HOUSE FOR STATE HIGHWAY WORK for re palr ine highs highways and ene million and construction of trunk ways An appropriation of $400,000 was made for the completion of unfinished sections of state and roads in towns NEW BRITAIN ARMORY MAY BE IN N. AMERICA APPROPRIATION $10,000 Bill for Repairs to Structure in This City Passes Lower House (8pacial to The Herald) Hartford, May 4—TRepresentative I, W. Christ of New Britain made lifelong friend of Sergeant William Rice and other habitues of the State Armory on Arch street in the Hard- ware city, when he succeeded in hav- ing n $10,000 appropriation passed in the lower branch of the legislature today. The bill in question makes a blanket appropriation for armories about the state and New Britaln was especially interested in the matter laxpressions of opinion from the mil- itla company, the Spanish War Vet- arans and the American Legion were used by Representative Christ, who declared that repairs are needed, Sergeant Rice, who is in charge of the armory, never lost an opportunity to mould public opinion to faver the appropriation, It is expected that the money will be available in a short time, PADDOCK MAKES RECORD & 2.5 Seconds, 1-5 Seconds Under Previous Mark. By The Associated Press Paris, May. 4.-—Charles Paddock, running star of the (I'niversity of So. Californta, who is Gompeting in the international students athletic meet ing here today set a new world's rec-! ord for the 75 meter dash. Running in an officfal trial he made the dis- tance In § 2-b seconds or 4-5 of a second under the record previously established by Engdahl of Sweden, 10 BUY. O0AL IN SUMMER several Railroads Announce Policy of Making Purchases in Summer in | lack of quorum. during the Civil war who was killed :":w:]“""f"‘f‘f)“;i“rgm‘]a"‘“"" troubles in| government contract for steel ships ! al . [ had been awarded to the concern. The president acted upon receipt of | * ¢, his second cross-examination | | letter from Charles Hall, an aged| yygniey sald he loft the Morse com- |attorney of Bay Minnette, Alabama, panies to engage in the practice of |who wrote that he wanted to place a g o A Y little more than a month after the 13 Effort to Economize. New York, May 4.—Carrying into execution their economy and eficien- cy program outlined at the recent conference of rail chiefs in New York, Chinese Boys and Girls, Bound and Gagged, Found Packed Into Box appropriated had & double crew on board. |wreath on the grave of Gen. (‘nnhy,,“m“_){‘, © [The Alabaman wrote that Gen. Canby, | opapiey W. Morse told him that if he | | FRANCIS OUIMET | steady and consistent although Msl putting might have heen improved ' upon. He took two putis on every, green except two and needed three of | these. Wiliing was frequently in the rough and in the bunkers, but he hung on/ (Continued on Elghteenth Page). Booze Armada Circles Back and Now | s Lying in Extended Formation off New Jersey Coast. New York, May 4-—-The rum fleet which apparently had run away yes- terday in the face of a three sided attack by government forces has cir- cled back and Is lying In extended formation off the coast Captain Ber- v of the coast guard service an- nounced today. The yacht Istar and the British, tanker Warszawa are off Jones Inlet| while the schooners are scattered along In open formation about 12 | miles apart, seeking unguarded spots | may | at which they can land thelr cargoes. Captain Berry announced that the cutter Seneca had captured two mo- torboats the K9637 and K12219 which were communicating with one of the rum ships, He sald It had not been | declded that charges would be pre- ferred against the crews, Reports from Atlantic City sald the cutter Kickapoo the swiftest vessel in the coast guard service of this dis trict was crulsing off shore there. Sh who commanded Fort Blakely, Ala. at the close of the Clvil war furnished tood to the Hall family when it was destitute. Indianapolis, May 4.—The grave of Gen. Edward R. §. Canby, sought by Charles Hall of Bay Minnette, Ala., who wishes to pay a tribute to the of ficer's memory is in Crown Hill ceme- tery of this city. INTERNATIONAL POLICE Buenos Aires Investigators Wants Washington As Headquarters of World Wide Bureau, New York, May 4.-—Creation of an international police bureau with head- |quarters in Washington was proposed - 3 by C. E. Etcheverry, commissioner of identification of the Buenos Aires po- lice department, in an address before the International pollce conference today. On of the most radical activities of | the international office I8 Commission- geck, owner of ler Etcheverry's proposals were car- gng ried out in full, would be the as- sembling of finger print cards of every person on the civilized globe. The bureau would also serve as a great clearing house for police information and work for the standardization of police procedure. New Ht;ven Road Wants to Issue $3,600,000 Bonds Washington, May 4.—The New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road asked authority of the interstate commerce commission today to issue $3,600,000 in first and refunding four per cent bonds which it proposes to |exchange for a like amount of New grand jury investigating the lynching debentures, gold for 12 England Navigation Co. and $1,192,000 in six per cent notes which will partly pay electric locomotives. TIME 1§ CORRECTED San iDego. May 4.—The officlal timer here at first announced the ar- rival of the trans.continental airmen ne 12:80:56 2/5 lLater the an- 5 p.om. nouncement was corrected to read 12:28:58 2/ MAY RETURN VIA PANAMA. Washington, May 4. — President Harding has under consideration a proposal advanced by Secretary Den- by that he return from his visit to |aska on a naval vessel by way of | he Panama canal and Porto Rico. | {law with Thomas D, ¥elder and W. For Shipment. ockran. He denied that ! The Associated Press, Shanghai, May 4. When marine police at Seochow, a canal port about 60 miles west of here, went aboard a funk and opened two hoxes believed to contain drygoods, they found in- side 13 boys and girls ranging in age) from 7 to 12, bound and gagged, and congigned to Shanghal. An aged woman in charge of the hoxes was ar rested, b The discovery clears up numerous recent kidnappings and discloses that an organized band of ahductors has heen at work. By went into partnership with J'elder he e would have to give up his connections with Morse's companies because of close relations between Kelder and Harry M. Daugherty, now attorney | general. WILD WEST” HOLDUP !Sound Beach Eating Place Visited by Gunmen, Who Are Arrested Later HITS AT SUGAR MEN ~—Valuables and Money Are Stolen. Ma Greenwich, v 4.-~A holdup in wild west in the Wildwood waffle house on the Post road at Sound Beach last night, was followed today by the arrest in Mount Vernon, h of Iudolph lori of this town and Thomas MclLanghlin and Roceo Lupo of New York on u charge of jcarryving concealed weapons and on suspicion of being the trio who staged the scene. After guests Representative Aswell Plans to Pre- <«wnt Bill in Congress to Do Away With Future Speculation Scandals, 4, —Representa- democrat, of | New Orleans, May tive James 1B. Aswell, l.ouisiana, announced today that upon convening of congress in December he would introduce a bill that would, “forever prevent a recurrence of the present scandalous condition in the sugar market."” His bill the representative said would solve the problem in the same practical way the government handled the wheat and cotton markets situa- tion. Van wife, left, John place, his lew Garrity, the manager, were confronted by three men with guns, who took from them what valunables and money they had. Mrs. Van Beck lost a nocklace and two diamond rings. As the men backed out of the dining room they threatened to shoot if anyone followed A few minutes jater Mr. Van Beck found that his telephone wires had been cut and his automobile disabled. Some time elapsed before an alarm was given, Five Arrests Expected In Missouri Lynching Columbla, Mo., May 4.-—Arrests of five persons indicted by the epecial had the CUNO GOVERNMENT TOTTERS By The Associated Press London, May 4-—Some dispatches from Berlin predict the early fail of the Cuno government. the Westmins. ter Gazette's Berlin correspondent gays the ministry is expected to sur vive only a few weeks and that it will be succeeded by a etrong socialis cabinet which will throw its whole might into a life and death struggle to break the power of the great in dustrialists. of James T. Scott, a negro, last Sun- day, are expected momentarily. Tden- tity of the persons Wwas withheld. | Scott, a janitor at the University of | Missouri here was accused of at- tempting an attack on the 14 year old daughter of a member of the uni- versity facuity Army Chemists Working To Protect Shore Fronts San Antonio, Tex., May 4—Captain B. R. Jacobl of Kokomo, Ind., was kitled instantly and Second Lieuten- ant James Gardner of Waco, Texas, was probably fatally Injured early today when an automoblle overturned near Fort Sam Houston Captain Jacobl was a member of the Indiana Nationa! Guard and had just com: | pleted his primary fiying training at e # | Brooks fleld. THE WEATHER Hartford, May 4.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Falr tonight: Saturday increas- ing cloudiness. not much change in temperature, northerly winds | several rallroads have money for the purchase and storage of coal along their lines during the summer months. Coal shipments at the present time are heavier than a year ago by ap- proximately 40,000 cars a week, SUGAR PRICES TUMBLE Raw Future Prices Toboggan As Marshal Py 000 N. Y. Women for Their Boycott, New York, May 4.—Raw sugar fu- ture prices continued to tumbie on the New York Coffee and Sugar Ex- change today as 25,000 women were being marshalled for a protest parade against the high prices of the fin- ished product Struck by a flood of selling orders that came in over night as a result of yesterday's drop futures fell 25 to 35 points in the forenoon trading. The protest parade was scheduled to start from city hall, led by Mrs. Louise Reed Welzmiller, deputy com- missioner of public markets who is heading the buyers strike movement here. Resolutions shaping the future course of the sugar crusaders were to be acted upon at a meeting in the room of the board of estimate before the parade started. Scheduled speak ers ineluded Mayor Hylan, U. 8§ Senator Copeland and Bainbridge Col- by. Body of Other Maine Game Warden Is Found Dover-Foxcroft, Mz, May 4.-—The body of David E. Brown of Green- ville, chief game warden for north- orn Aroostook county who disap- peared last November while seeking alleged Canadlan game poache has been recovered. Word was received here today that it was found late yes- terday about a mile beiow Big Bog dam where the body of Mertiey E. Johnson of Patten, another warden, who accompanted him, was found Wednesday. Shippin;(‘omplny Loses Three Million in Year New York, May 4.—A net loss of $3,582,736 for 1922 is disclosed in the annual report of the Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Steamship Jines as com- pared with net income in 1921 of §1,- 781.337, The company's profit and loss surplus wae reduced from $22.- 301,182 to $17,353,651. PROVIDES $100 FINE FOR SHOWING DAYLIGHT TIME ON PUBLIC CLOCK Measure Is Sent To Senate, But Too Late For Action Today — Some Legislators Con- It Of “Blue Law” Type. sider Senators Reject Governor's Plan for Having Three Headed State Highway Commission, The on new bill to, punish w displuy clocks in public time other than standard, reported into the house fayvs orably today was adopted by an overwhelming vote Under suspension of the rules it was, taken up and lKewise under rule sus- pension it was sent to the senato which however had adjourned. Toxt of Bill The bill follows: Section 1-—No person, firm, or cor- poration organization or association shall wilfully display in or on any publie building or on any street,’ avenue or public highway any time| measuring instrument or device which i8 calculated or intended to furnish time to the general public set, run or indicating intentionally any other time than the standard time as defined by chapter 37 of the public acts of 1927, Any person or any officer of any cor- poration or organization or assoola- tion violation any provision of thisact shall be fined not more than $100. Section 2-—This act shall take effect Harttord, May 4. places ot mounted police today attempted to Pacific Coast Star Trots 75 Meters in |from its passage. Take in Blue Laws Mr. Bell of Salisbury who figured Jast session and this session as a. pro- ponent of standard time made the chief argument for the bill. He wanted it put through the house with a “whoop.” Mr. Kilpatrick of Bridge- port and Mr. Nash of Norwalk both | opposed the bill, saying the cities did " | I not want it. Mr. Nash said that this bill looked like a reversion to the days of the old “blue laws.” IN THE HOUSE The Friday session of the house opened with a small attendance at the hour Speaker Nickérson rapped with his gavel. House leader Buek- ley obtained unanimous consent to table the senate vaccination bill, tha amendment to which adjourned the Thursday session of the house for creating the Con= fon commission was calendar, the its fave was re- by a_ bill the The house bill necticut conserva withdrawn from the Jjudicial committee withdrew orable report and the Dbill committeed to be replaced for a commission to Investigate pollution of strear The house passed from the calendar the bill which provides for the salary of* Superintendent of schools in more than one town being pald by those towns and one-half the amount paid back to the state in proportion as the salary is paid. A house bill provides that the fund of the Meriden building association shall be subpect to the approval of the bank commissioner the same as building and loan associations. Count Salary Bill The court salary Dbill passed the house today including an increase for the clerks of the superfor court at Hartford to $14,100" a year. This bill also carries an increase for the depury secretary, deputy treasurer and deputy comptroller to $4,000 a year and for the executive clerk in the governor's office. Later sections of the bill pro= vide a salavy of $%,000 for the coms missioner of motor vehicles, §5,000 for the deputy, $8,000 each for two of the public utilities commissioners now in office and $6,000 for the member whose term expires July 1, 1927 and £5,000 the commissioner of health. The sheriff of New London comes in for raise to $5,000 and the sheriff of Windham to $3,500. Pass Divorce Law. A divorce law, putting all causes divorce into the category with in- ble cruelty and habitual intem- as regards residence of the partics and thereby modifying tha residence requirement in all causes except desertion was passed by the house today Nominations by the governor of leonard J. Nickerson of Cornwall to v judge of the superior couri; Ernest C. Simpson and John R. Both to be judges of the court of common pleas for New Haven county were taken from the calendar and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Concurrence with senate was voted on the bill increasing the state from 50 to $0 men. concurred in repealing authorizing the stata for tol peran police force The house an aet of 1921 treasurer to issuc for possible deficit as there deficit and the bond jssue unnecess sary. Concurrence was voted in dividing the town of Sprague into voting diss tricts and in amending the bill cons cerning construction and fire proofing of tchool houses Repairs on state armories totalling $76,000 were taken care of in the fol- Jowing bill Which was passed: £10 000 For N. B. Armory. Armory at Hartford, $20,000; at Nev: (Continued on Eighteenth Page).