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8 ey RIGID ENFORCEMENT Not a Bit NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1923. Backward HARDING IS NEAR THINK CRANSTON BOY SLAIN BY PLAYMATE Rbode Island Ohild-Murdey Mystery SGHOOLS HERE KEEP | ¥0¢ PACE WITH COUNTR RACE WITH BOMB Chicago Police Hustle and Reach House Before Fuse Burns Down Explostves. \ END OF Hi VISI Today’s Program Calls lor Stop " F AUTD STATUTES - Thirteen Offenders Sent to Jail . Unsolved, But Stepfather Is Elminated as Suspect Chicago, ' July 20.—Police won a race with the lighted fuse of a bomb in a tenament here early today when Compare Favorably With Ideal Diring Month of June Hartford, July 20.—In a bulletin {ssued by the department of motor vehicles, Commissioner Robbins B. Btoeckel points out that courts are becoming more severe with drivers who violate the laws of the state. In| June, a month which the bulletin re-| views, 18 drivers were sent to jail. | Fines of $38,774 were imposed on 1, | 517 offenders for the six months’ pe-| riod ending July 1. Mr. Stoeckel be- Heves that cities are showing greater | control of traffic than ever before. The bulletin follows: An analysis of recent motor vehicle accidents shows that the situation so far as it relates to directed traffie, meaning trafic which is under the| eontrol and supervision of the police/ lorces, is better than ever before in | Connecticut, Nearly all of the acci-| dents reported occurred in undirected #raffic in locations within cities and on | the highways where the motor ve. hicle operator is free to exercise his own judgment and is not in any way supervised, There is no question but that in the last analysis the elimina- tion of accidents depends mainly upen self-government by operators but the| fact that state and city enforcement| authorities are getting more and more | trafic under supervision and in a bet- ter way than formerly, is most help- ful. In this connection the state po- | lice will, within two weeks, have a largely increased force which will pa- trol traffic on the highways of the state. Accidents Increasing. reported to the department for the| month of June, as against 1,408 for| = | quarter and that the aggregate of the the corresponding month last year. Was Ida Schnall about doing this 50-foot backward dive at Two thousand two hundred and a New York city beach. The photographer caught her in mid- elghteen motor vehicle accidents were | ajr—with his camera—as she zoomed to the water. They were classified in the department 05 jumped from $10,5612.67 in the records as follows: Slight damage .... Medium damage Serious damage . Slighte injury Medium injury Serious injury .. Fatal injury .... Total | first quarter to $28,262.28 in the sec- {ond quarter. |that there should be an increase in | the | biles in use are more numerous, but | the number of fines is out of propor- | tion | periods in previous years, and is healthy indication that courts ‘grad\mlly becoming more severe with accidents | reckless and slack motor vehicle op- It is natural, of course, second quarter, when automo- for corresponding a are to figures One hundred and eight last month resulted in both personal injury and property damage. Of the| 1 erators. . Pedestrians 2,218 accidents, 704 occurred in Hart-| “Pedestrians continue to indulge in ford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Water- “jay walking” and there have been bury, New Britain and Meriden. Ac-|the usual number of accidents. There cidents for the first six months of the have been ten deaths of pedestrians year total 6,308, against 3,825 for the | during the month of June, of which corresponding period last year. Of the five were children. There were elever | accidents reported this year, 2,602 oc-|such fatalities in June, 1922. Care- curred in the above mentioned cities. lessness on the part of ped Classiflcation of these accidents fol-|and motorists as well cost the lives of lows: Slight damage .... Medium damage .. § '} Serious damage | Slight injury Medium injury Serlous injury . | 113 of the former in Connecticut last | | year. | Safety Rules The things to do in connection with | the management of traffic and the at- | | tempt to reduce accidents seem to be | | perfectly simple, even though to L Fatal injury ... ..2,692 Total ......ov0ee Fatalities. In the entire state 75 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in the past six months, which number is more than 66 per cent of all the fatal ac- cidents in which motor vehicles fig-| ured in the state in the whole year of 1922, Already in July the motor vehicle has been responsible for 18 deaths in “Connecticut, whereas in the same pe-‘ riod of 1922 there were only three such fatalities, At the present rate| the July toll 1 be the worst on rec- ord. While of course the greater num- ber of motor vehicles on the highways | this year has increased the hazard.‘ the record for 1923, thus far, shows; the need of redoubled activities along| the line of educating the public to| the necessity of extreme caution. i Unnecessary Noise | There is hardly an instrumentality | in the control of individuals which | has capabilities superior to an auto- mobile for being made an unmitigat- ed nuisance. Any person who disre- | gards the feelings of others can cre- ate unneces v noise without appar- | ently breaking any law. The uncalled | for use of the horn can be corrected, it ought to be used as a warning sig- | nal only at an appropriate time. Tt is not necessary to sound the horn | when entering traffic unless there is some special reason for it. There is too much use of the horn on the part of operators to enforce a right of way. Jn other words, some drivers appear desirous of notifying the world, in instances like this, that they are there and that everybody else should look out for them. This s unnecessary, and improper use of the horn signal and should be corrected ‘The muffler cut-out nuisance should be stamped out. In the opinion of prominent medical men sick persons are unquestionably harmed by unne- | cessary street noise and the automo- bile must be more strictly superviscd from this standpoint There have been very few arrcits made of eithar ear or motorcycle drivers during the last month, for operating without use of the muffler. Such arrests ought to be made and less noise from those sources cught to be insisted upon. The department is adjudicating a great many complainis on thi ne- count, and, while it has attempted to be fair, it is becoming stricter and suspending licenses in of of fenders who have prior records in this respect. The newspaper publi- city which the department has ceived in connection with this subject, as well as with all other matters with which it has been conc been extremely strong and helpful Thirteen Jail Sentences This publicity emphasizes t sponsibility that rests upon the vidual driver and, with other cles, is creating a public sentiment for severe punishment in cases where this responsibility is not recognized. There have been thirteen jail sentences im posed in the state during the. last month, whereas there were nine in June, 1922. In the last six months, 1,517 motor vehicle operators were fined an aggre- gate of $38,774.85, The tendency of the courts to make the discipline | more severe is shown by the fact that | she number of finas in the last quar- Jer was triple the mumber for the first cases re erned ha e re- indi ager | tions; way the state police highway patrol | and to inform the Department of Mo- | tor Vehicles where bad traffic pockets and dangerous locations exist. degree they may be ineffective. They | are: | (1) To attempt in every possible way to create greater public senti- | ment which will demand responsibil- ity on the part of cars and due care from other persons in the highway; (2) To reduce speed at intersecs-| (3) To support In every possible (4) To follow up the subject of | complaints; and, (5) To commence a policy of edu- catlon through every agency at com- mand. Suspended Licenses Every police force ought to em- Your Money’s Worth or Your Money Back phasize the higher education of traf- fic officers not only in the state law bhut with a view to fitting them as in- structors in schools and creators of the public opinion referred to. The newspapers are the main and best educational method. There has been a tendency on the part of some editorial writers to attempt to con- strue the law and there have been some wrong constructions. One es- pecially informed the public that even though a man's license might be suspended by the department he could nevertheless drive if accompanied by a licensed operator. This is emphati- cally not so. Any person whose Ii- cense is suspended cannot drive at all during the period of suspension. Oth- erwise the newspaper publicity has been of the greatest value and there is no other single agency which is do- ing so much to strengthen our posi- tion as the newspapers of the state. ROBBINS B. STOECKEL, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. NONE ACCEPT OFFER Rhineland High Commission Urges Idle Railway Workers to Go Back to Jobs at Higher Salaries. By The Assoclated Press, Neuss, Rhenish Prussia, July 20.— The Germany temporary police here acted as distributors yesterday for letters sent by the Rhineland high commission to idle railway workers, offering them 20 per cent higher wages than they received under the German regime if they would work on the lines running to France. Ac- cording to German information none of the workers accepted this offer. People attend market in larger pro- portion in Washington, D. C, than in any other city, it is sald. D. MILLER & CO. .. 26 CHURCH STREET — 26 at Cordova, Alaska By The Associated Prees. On board U. 8. 8. Henderson with President Harding,. July 20.—A visit to Cordova, ocean terminus of one of the two railways plercing Alaska, was the feature of today's program for President Harding, who {s nearing the end of his visit to Alaska. At Cordova he is expected to take the Copper River and Northwestern rallway for a run out to the Miles and Childs glaciers. These glaclers are on opposite sides of the Copper river at Mile 49, where the stream is spanned by a mammoth steel bridge set in concrete. That place is sald to be the only spot in the world where even one glacler can be reached by train. Cordova is the shipping port for the copper ore brought out from the Kennecott district by the Guggenhelm interests. It was solely to reach this copper that the Copper River and Northwestern railway, which 1s 131 miles long, was built. The president’s eriginal plan, given up because the activities of the long days of an Alas- kan summer, began to break Mrs. Harding down, was to travel to Chtina, the northern terminus of the C. R and N. railroad, from Fairbanks, the northern terminus of the Alaska m Antonio Soscla, has eliminated from connection with the crime, according to Inspector James Q. Providence, July 20—Cranston po- lice have begun an entirely new Iine { of investigation in comnection with the slaylng of seven-year-old Vin- conzo Plcano. The boy's stepfather, been entirely Miller, Chief of Police James E. Cuff put | Boscla through a grilling examination, The actions of Soscla from early orning ©f Monday until the noti- fication came to the police concerning the disappearanct of the boy were covered, Englieh, convinced the police he could not have deed, they sald. His story, told in broken that committed the A small boy told the police yester- day he had seen Vincenzo in company with another boy going through the “pasture fleld" in the direction of the Smith farm after 10 o'clock Monday morning, The police now belleve a playmate killed Vincenzo, but the Italian resi- dents of Larkin Flat are all silent. SAMARITAN GETS “HOOKED” Drives Party From New Haven To Hartford, Then Figures in Smashup Ontlined in Federal Bulletin Comparing forward steps taken by they were summoned by Benjamin Angoni, a resident of the house, who told them he had beén awakened by & man who placed the explosive near the door. After lighting the fuse the man river, ardson lighway. PATTEN, MAINE, PLANT WIPED OUT BY FIRE $75,000 Loss as Town's Biggest In- dustry and Two Tenement House Is Destroyed. Patten, Me., July 20.—The plant ‘of | the Merrill Mill Company, long and | short Jumber and spool bars, principal industry of the town, wiped out yesterday with a double tenement house owned by the com- pany, at a loss estimated at $75,000. As the electric light and power station was in the mill plant, the vil- lage was in darkness last night At one time a general conflagration was threatened, as the sparks brands were blown some distance by by automobile over the Rich- Meriden, July 20.—After an all night search in Hartford for two men and three girls whom he,said he be- friended when they missed their train after a shore outing Michael 8. Dor- sey, restaurant keeper in New Ha- ven, returned to Meriden yesterday and pald a $45 fine for his part in an auto accldent. The Hartford people told Dorsey their plight while eating in his place and he agreed to take them to Hart- ford: in his auto, so long as one of the Hartford men had a driver's li- cense. Dorsey’s license is under sus- pension. He went along with: them and they collided with a truck in this city. The touring car was damaged. The men and the girls fled, says Dorsey, and he remained with his car and was arrested. A purse and girl's calling card were found in the car and after getting balled out, Dor- sey left for Hartford with these clues to try to find the quintet. He says he was unsuccessful. badly | speclal classag have long been a fea- the New Britain school department in recent years with significant move- ments in city school systems as re- ported in the latest bulletin of bureau of education, department of interior, the school board finds that New Brit- ain stands relatively high. The bulletin discusses fiscal inde- pengdence for schools. This is a move- ment that has met much opposition here, and as a result has never been established . In some districts the school committes 1s- fiscally inde- pendent of thé mayor, common coun- cll and tax laying bodies. Research bureaus are also recom- mended. New Britain has such a bureau for three years. A considerable amount of space is devoted to proper remuneration for teachers, BSpeaking of the way New Britain has faced this problem, the department says: Teachers Salaries Fair. “Teachers' salaries have been put upon a fair basis in New Britain and a standard of qualification set which insures reasonable protection for the schools against incompetence.” Teachers’ councils are also urged as an important step in school manage- ment and as an agency to promote general efficlency. New Britain es- tablished its first councll more than 16 years ago, being one of the first cities in the country to do so. On the question of providing suf- fielent rooms in the right types of buildings, the school comtfilttee has a committee on school accommoda- tions which now has before it § pro- gram calculated to take care of the city’s needs for many years to come. The platoon plan has been in op- eration in certain of the larger ele- mentary schools of the city for ‘nine vears, standard tests have been em- ployed for a number of years and ture of the schoal system. These are three movements that are being adopted generally throughout the country, the bulletin reports. Anent the unification of school sys- tems, the New Britain board pointsi out that the Junlor High school was established three years ago for the better unification of the system. lock, of this city, sald today that in the event that Herm«n Schroeder, driver of the automobiie which overturned near here three persons recovers, a warrant for his arrest on a charge of manslaugh- ter will be issued. 2 whiskey made of “gake"” 18 to be made in British Co- lumbia in large quantities for general consumption as well as by Japanese, it was learned. today. 'WIFE ORUEL, HUBBY DIVORCED. E. Paddleford, fled, acocording to Angoni, who ran to a corner drugstore and called the officers, who extinguigshed the fuse. The bomb contained sf plosives, the police sald. pounds of ex- MAY TRY DRIVER — Arrest Faces Autoist in Danbury If He Recovers From Injuries Danbury, July 20.—Charles A. Fal- assistant prosecuting attorney Sunday evening killing The state will take the position that even if it cannot be shown that Bchroeder was under the influenge of liquor, he operated the car at a dap- gerous Schroeder, hospital, is serious, although it is be- lleved that he has a chance of recov- ery. Early Elections Planned speed. The condition of who is in the Danbury By Irish Free Staters London, July 20.—Darrell Figgls, member of the Dail Eireann, is quot. ed by the Dublin correspondent of the Westminster Gazette as saying he has been warned by the local manager of the ministerial party for the county of Dublin that preparations are be. ing rushed for an early election in the Free Btate and he advises candidates to get ready for a campalgn during the holidays. TO MAKE JAPANESE MOONSHINE, Victoria, B. C., July 20~—Japaness rice and called Los Angeles, July 20.—Dr. George oil operator, was a stiff breeze and set fire to several houses. The loss is partially insured. The fire started in the boiler room from an unknown cause. SUES FOR $15,000,000. St. Louis Man Brings Action As Re: sult of Slashing Affray. 8t. Louts, July 20.—A suit for $16,- 000,000 damages, the largest sum ever named in a damage suit here, has been filed in circuit court in behalf of James C. F. Huber, sald by his attorney to be a London promoter, against M, C. Martin, a London cap- italist. It is alleged in the petition that Martin, meeting Huber in, London last August 26, slashed him with a knife in a manner to permanently in- jure him, threw acid in his face and cut off his right ear. It is asserted that Huber’s earn- Ing capacity of $500,000 a year has been destroyed. & The lawyer flling the suit {8 C. E. Piper, who has been in St. Louls two months. He sald the suit was flled here because Martin possesses a large sum of securities in Missouri, which is subject to attachment. Piper saild the assault was the re- sult of a quarrel over a woman. The petition asks $10,000,000 ac- tual damages and $5,000,000 punitive damages. The Reliable Store Saturday Specials Cheese Cloth for dusters, also for jelly bags. 10c, 124c, | 15¢,20c ™ ForEveryFloor in the House Armstrongs Linc leun A Armstrong’s Rugs. $16™$17 Linoleum Men’s Shop Aprons in blue, white and striped ea. 59 C Men's Balbriggan Under- wear Shirts and 50(: drawers ...... pr. Automobile Covering, 54 inch wide, imitation leather in black. $1 $1.25 $2 auto Dish ami Hand Towelings 10c, 12%c, 15¢, 25¢ ™ Table Oil Cloth 39¢,49c ™ Single and Double Flat Curtain Rods. Ringle . ..o 29c Double oo 8 58 (v Velvet .»\xmimter.Rugs, 8-3x10-6 and 9x12. $39 $42 Worth $48—§: Armstrong’s Printed Linoleum. 9 5c Sq. Yd. Window Shades from 59¢"$1.75™ Balbriggan Union Suits 25¢ " $1.25 We can furnish any color or any size Window Shade made. SEWII 7 MACHINES—Guaranteed 10 Years .. 3 “-—»_--4——-.«-—7 ~ e cevesn.. $39.00 and $49.00 granted a divorce yesterday from Mrs, Gulde books for travelers in the deserts of the Southwest are being prepared by the U. 8. Geological Sur- vey. Proper kindergarten work is assured by having the supervisor of elemen- tary schools also the supervisor of the kindergarten. Genevieve N. Paddleford whom he charged with cruelty. ford filed a cross complaint. Mrs. Paddle- SHOE SALE THE BETTER We offer several hundred pairs of Women’s Pumps and Oxfords . $2.95 Many lines of Ladies’ Novelty Pumps and Cut-Out Sandals in ... $2.87 A full line of Women’s Black Sa- 19 at a remarkable price ... all colors, B iae tin Pumps in all heels and sizes. Sale price $3 We offer our high grade Novelty Pumps in the finest leathers of all $4.87 colors. Shoes of the better kind. Sale price Women’s White Canvas Pumps A collection of fine canvas footwear offered at this ex- 67 and Oxfords. traordinary low price in all sizes ........ $1 SHOES OF KIND Men’s nIOUZ~= WCO HEwm duction. omazZ~<zon ¥ who care ......... 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