New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1923, Page 3

* NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 192s. SEESEB.GASAN " ANSWER T0 PRAYER Says Movement for United Chris- tianity Is in Progress - | g intment of Police Over 35 lilegal, Is Kirkham’s Opinio A. H, Nero was accepted and on mo- tion of Councilman D. L. Nair, a spe- cial meeting of the council will be called before the next regular session to elect a successor, more definite and precise terms the respective powers of the co-ordinate branchés of our ecity government, “In the meantime, if it were de- sired to legalize the appointment of the officers already appointed (it Thumbs Down on Lyceum may well be in individual cases thut| A movement started by the Cham- for the good of the city, officers be ber of Commerce to have the city appointed, even though they are over|take over the Lyceum theater build- 35 years of age) the common council|ing for use as a municipal auditorium can amend the two ordinances in|met a very cold reception and was| question by adding to them the fol-| placed on the table.without a favor-! lowing: “Provided, however, that in|able word having been spoken for it. | special cs a police officer may belThe matter was brought before the appointed if he be 35 years and un-|council on recommendation of W. L, [der 40 years of age on the recom-| Hatch and C. L. Sheldon. | | mendation of the hoard of police| Moving that it be placed commissioners as approved by special | table, Alderman J. F. Gill said the nm‘ | resolution of the common council.” |city hase enough second hand stuff, k Salary Increases, {eiting the purchase of city hall and In addition to a large number of|the state normal school. “If we're I petitions for salary increases submit-|B0INg to get any more buildings, let's |ted by the sevena) city boards on be. | have new ones’ he urged. | haif of their employes, requests for! How to keep your, hands and ankles from chapping An extract from an article by Edith Parks “Y HAVE found that most women suffer in the winter from chapped hands and ankles. In raw, cold weather the ankles will chap unless something is done to prevent it, and then the stockings irritate the rough skin, making it un- comfortable and sometimes very sore.” ‘lmly significance or purpose of the Files Report Adverse to|ch. e mude by the 1524 amendment | e . was to make the other portions of Commission With Com-|the charter read intelligently, so as to correspond with the abolition of mon Council—Opposition |the civii service commission. The |determination of the right of the e s to Buying Lyceum. common council to pass the two ordi- A few years ugo we were praying nances in question narrows down to ‘the construction of two sections of 1 itt ini ad 4 lthe charter, n a written opinion a: resse: 0 - ” » 2hie somuton ouncll udge Jobn H.‘ S TR TUNE Mcon, sl i Do | Kirkham has ruled that the appoint- of police commissioners Een I|.| TABE Dl three- men: {6 tha mgu]“‘nmnag'-mvnl and control of the police & idepartment and dircets that they patrol force of the police department | o all needful rules and regula- fter they had hed th f 35 Alderman F. L. Conlon said the city | clugs last evening. The banquet was | after they had reaches e age of 35 . v v i ¥ tions for the government thereof and | j,creases were made by officers of the years, is illegal. The opinion Was|gapey that they shall haxe power to % has enough “lemons” on its hands‘ held at the Y. M. C. A, and the of: » | without buying the Lyceum. | ficers were the gu-sts of Charles W. b Ay general government as follows: Seal-| | ? ’r"adlat‘ the regular December meet- |, pooint the officers, members and | op of weights and measures. $1.500| A resolution to increase peddiers'| Hawkins, the new gencral. | :11‘;«- o ""‘i‘l"'l I{‘“"v upon motion ]D’\t.mr\lnyflen in said department. 15 31,800 nssistant prosecutor, $1,000| 1668 Was sent to the ordinance com-| Plans for boosting the attendance Alderman Willam H. Judd of. the . rnen foliows snother ‘section of | ¢o ‘31500 deputy itto ROyt e New Britain . d o) tas ooltacter, (. |Mit6ee. : | contest between the ) fhfrd ward it was accepted and placed | 10 oharter providing that the com-| ... 600 ; A recommendation of Councilman and Mount Vernon and Staten Island B5 ¢hs minated | cr to $1,600 and stenographer to | oy {mon council may fix the amount of {gy 150 They were referred to ‘herclllforrl W. Hellberg that a coal deal- | contest were discussed as were plan: The corporation counsel's opinion 'salaries or comipensation of members | 1 committe: er be required to remove an adyer-|for a vigorous campaign to win in the P | salary committee. | on the!|for a movement in our churches to- wards 4 united Christianity, now eryman’s Rible cl is the reali- zation of that pray suid Probation | Officer E. C. Connolly, a deacon in the | First Baptist church, at a banquet of | the officers of the Biue army of the “Chapped, red hands are not pretty to look at--to say nothing of the way they feel. And they often cause a lot of embarrass- ment to their owner at social of the police force and the fire de- | tising sign from West Main street, | three cornered contest between “To his honor the Mayor and the “::‘:::""“ ]:‘f’ty“";‘ll ",""'k::‘"l“:f:::“’h' | submitted a resolution to permit e oratratinh Boiiiel Dosatsaty “and. siny: suthomss. the |™isr¥. ocommittes to comsider - in-) 00 S0 SOFRRTE SUSRT L) ; ¥ : creases for employes other than those A 1€¢F b AR e \c‘;l:w'rnsal:on TRl :n“duly'oannl o the charter it was found that such a, gofFGEr B8 fA0E0 © :‘h:“rem’;’l‘u:i‘:r; any other lawful act to render the | eSolution was unnccessary as the sal-| c\C Loterreq to the finance board. | | ” " [ary committee now has this privilege. | ' % e, | police force of fire department more | *7} SPMITIeC NOT has T8 PIVICES| * The * resignation of Counciiman [ effictent. o O oy Otto S. Schmarr was accepted. “On the other hand the board of 1880 to Registrars W. J. Zeigler| ™, p.. povor o Paonessa had | police commissioners have the power "4 T- J'g’.’\:“",“ and Deputy Reglstrar| o o0 himself as in favor, the| of appointing the police officers, On | Willlam Sikora for work on the per-| .o o1 went on record as supporting |a movement for more equitable rep-| | tax enumeration, the other hand the council may do|S°"® 0 - A donation of $100 to the Tuber-| .. .oniagion fn the state legislature, | apportioning the representatives by | any lawful act to render the police : force more . efficient. The powers CUI0Sis Relief society was voted as is| | definitely zften to each department ‘“:‘)r’d’;:"“:""_:":'o':_"'{ho anpointment of| POPUIation. The action was taken U b rp {on recommendation of the Bridgeport board of aldermen, | Common Council of the city of New Britain: “You request that T give you my opinion as to the lcgality of the re- cent appointments by the board of police commissioners of police of- ficers over thirty-five wears of ago. These appointments were in direct contravention to two ordinances of the city. Section 11, page 46 of the ordinances, provides as follows: ‘Any person to be eligible as a regular policeman must be an elector of the - City of New Rritain and have been a resident of said city for five years preceding his application and a su- pernumerary policeman for at least fwo years. He must be under thirty- five years of age, in good health, sound and perfeet physically and mentally, not less than five feet, elght inches in height, no less than one hundred and forty pounds in weight and must comply with rules of the board of police commissioners as adopted by the common council.” “The other ordinance referred to Is found in the procedings of the common council July 18th, vol. 20, No. 4. “Qualification of regular po- liceman. Any person to be eligible as a regular policeman in said New Britain must have been a supernum- crary policeman during at least two | years in said New Britain and must be under thirty-five years of age, ete.! “Rules of the civil service com- mission to like effect as to age ot police officers enacted by the com- mon councll as ordinances, are not here quoted as they must be deemed to have automatically dropped with the repeal of the New Britain Civil Service Commission law. The que fion is whether the common council | bhad and still has the right to make the two ordinances above ecited. In the first place, I will state that the 1928 amendment to the charter pre- scribing the powers and duties of the police commissioners was simply an amendment changing the old charter provision by simply cutting out the proviso that the powers of the po- lids commissloners were subject to the elvil service rules and regula- tions provided for under the charter, “The Legislature of 1923 abolished the eivil service commission and the OURS ¢ ¢ % § § { § § % § g § ¢ § & cilma A 1. Crus oiBglime), Axthur G TUSBETE | o os referred to the building commis. [of the city government are modified in ‘their ‘exercise by powers definitely |Men to the fire department were ac- given o the other. The powers of Cepted as recommended by the board police commisstoners to appoint offi- |With the exception of a clause stat- | cers is modified in its exercise by the |IN® that appointees must be “between 21 and 35, the council changing the wording to “over 21 and under 35." The railroads committee reported that placing a new protect the track the west of the crossing is impractical Church and that nothing be New Yorkerwls Married to | Baroness Rosen at Nice| New York, Dee. 20.—The marriage in Nice, France, two ago Eric Dahigren, of New ar Baroness Elizabeth Rosen, daughter of the late Baron Roman RRamano- witz Resen, a former Russian bassador at Washington, nounced today by Mrs. Drexel Dahl- gren, the groom's mother, Baron Rosen died in New York in 1921 from injuries suffered in a taxicab acci- dent, Mr. Dahlgren has been asso- | ciated with a Paris banking house for )@ year. definite power"given to the common council to do any lawful act to rend- er the police force more efficient. The common council under its pow- ers aforesaid has passed the two or dinanc in question. The police commissioners’ powers were thereby modified to a slight extent, and it |done seems clear that they have exceeded | Councilman M. Stanley thelr powers as thus modified in act- |Suggested that the committee consult ing directly contrary to the said or-|the Public Utilities Commission and] dinances. see if that body would not assist in “The point of the matter is not|drafting a practicable plan. On his; | whether in fact and in their practical | motion the report was referred back. results the ordinances rendered the Hearing on Water Rates, police force more efficient, but it is| The mayor, board of aldermen anc whether the nature of the act re-|the water commissioners were named | ducing the age qualifications from a committee to hold a publie I\cnrlng‘ 45 or 40 years to 35 or fixing the on the proposed assessment of a same at 35 years is of the character! “service charge” for water, replacing | as may well have had a beneficial in-|the present minimum rate system, fluence on the general efficiency of | which change, Chairman W. L, Hatch Ossining, Dec, 20, —Because W. A, | the police force, or such as intended [told the council last night, will In-| Reeves, a British veteran of the | to render the force more efficient,|crense the hoard revenue by about World war, proved to be a good actor | that is to say, an act within the scope| ,000 a year, The change will cost) in the recent musical comedy in m,.!; of the authority specially vested hyiindhldnul consumers about $5 a :rnr’smg to the outside publie, Anw state the charter in the common council. more than at present while some fac- | board of parole, which had refused “Answering your question I am of |tories will be hoosted as much as to reloase him last month, decided to- | |the opinion that the ordinances are $2,000 a year, This system will guard | day to set him free, Warden Lowis {legal and that the appointments of |against a selling of water at less than | 15, Lawes, who liked the talent shown | the police officers are illegal, |cost as was the case for the past two by Reeves in the prison show, was “If it is desired that this question|years. among those who urgfd his release. | {may be pussed upon by the courts,| Iavorable action was taken on rec-| In the show Reeves played the role | I will say that a final decision could |ommendations for redecorating the of a former Sing Sing prisoner w ho | not well be obtained much, if any,|central fire station and re-roofing city| had just been released from prison | earlier than the convening of the|hall. {and who, when tempted, not alone legislature a year from now. In any The garage commission was em- decided to reform himself but tried event I recommended that propvr‘ powered to purchase a new sedan for to reform other crooks. He has over. amendments to our charter be ob-|the health departmont. | stayed his mintmum sentence for em- tained defining and setting forth in! The resignation of First Selectman bezzlement of funds of his employer, | weeks of York gate to on extreme i the s street recommended um- Lawrence was GOOD ACTING WI PARDON W. A, Reeves Frede Because of Tal- | ent Shown in Sing Sing Comexdy TONIGHT IS THE TIME, ERE’'S THE PLACE, | eity AND IS THE CHRISTMAS CLUB JOIN NOW! We Shall Be Glad to See You TRUST CO. NEWBRITAIN Loy The Bank of Service Open Saturday Evenings 7.9 Open Tonight and Friday Night 7-8 an-| rmies in New Britain. The two jlosing armies in the local class have agreed to be hosts to members of the winning army in an attendance con- test which started December & and which ends February 1. Brief talks were given by M. Rurdick, Walter R. Fleteher, Dr. Hand, E. A. Kraus, C. Connolly, William Cashmore, A. E. Hobart and others. It was decided to ask for a| report on the census cards which are | now in the hands of members. | It was agreed unanimously that the class is more solidly organized than ever before and that the sermons by ‘ Rev, John L. Davis are more interest- | ing than when the class was founded, In the early days of the class the membership grew so rapidly that it was impossible for its officers to keep track of it and the military organi- zation has not had as thorough check needs. A J. up as it committee to lay outih of organiza William tion wa ppoint W. Hawkins Harry E. Parker, E. C. ( . Kraus, Walter R. Fletch Rackliffe, James M. Bur- Hobart and Ernest I. Charles maore on- dick, Dechant, The Blue army has been the leader in the three cornered contest in the | local class ever sinee the contest started and a renewed enthusiasm | was noted last evening as the officers | individually pledged their support to the new general, FEWER IPRISONED INNEW YORK STATE Jails Overcrowded With Drunks But Prisons Are Not Albany, N. ¥ in committed and New correction . Dee number Despite an of persons county jalls p of with ase in committed to peniten- great decrease in the total number committed to all instd tutions as compared with pre-war years, according to the annual report of institutions officials to the state prison commission made public today Compared with the fiscal year end. ing September 30, 1014, the report indieated the eommitments to eounty Is in the fiseal year ending Junc 0, 1923, decreased about 52 per cent the commitments to New York institutions decreased about 79 per cent and to penitentlaries about 75 per cent Por the year ending June 30 reports showed there wers 2 L) and 154 women, or about 12.6 cent of the total eommitments, re- ceived at county jalls, While in the ear ending June 30, 1923, there were 6,850 men and 263 women, or about 24.1 per cent of the total commit- ments, received, Intoxication sent 2,128 men women, or about per cent the total, te penitentiaries during 1 . In 1023 the institutions ceived 1,752 men and 102 M N the last year York eity institutions there inerease charged intoxieation, was a the number tiarics and a 1922 men per and 2 35 of e women, or per cent of the total NASHUA MIIAS SALT T Nashua, N. H., Dee 26 were posted today at Nashua mills and the Jackson mills the shua Manufacturing company, eot on textile makers, of a complete hut dows 22 to Approximately employed wN Notieas from Dee, Jan 4,000 operatives are GAS KILs oup Mase 74, and vind dead from the ating gas eir sterday afterpoon oUrLE Dee. 20 Tohr Woreester 1. Marshal his wife, 73 offects of illum apartment late Medical Examir Hunt said death was due asphyxiation or Brnest | to accidental functions when every woman wants to have her hands Jook pretty and attractive. Chapping can be avoided by a simple i method, the daily "application o of a good preparation which really heals and protects the skin. I have found Nepto Lotion, which is made of sea moss and glycerin, to be ideal for this purpose.” Sea moss has remarkable healing and soothing qualities which keep the skin smooth. Nepto Lotion is a delightfully fragrant lotion, made by The E. L. Patch Co. It is on sale at drug and de- partment stores—50 cents for a large bottle. NeptoLotion | OF SEA MOSS AND GLYCERIN To keep hands and ankies 1ron‘ “Keeps the Skin Smooth chapping, mail this coupon with 10 814 to The E. L. Patch Co., Dept Stoneham 80, Poston, Mass. toa & generous trial bottle Name Streat | ity State COLUMBIA VELOCIPEDES AND SCOOTERS Three sizes With ball bearing, Disc 1 to §15.00 wheels and stand—=$5.50. These prices cannot be made lower, considering the quality of the above articles. ¢ DON'T PAY MORE Large assortment of SNleds, air rifles and sporting goods for boys and men, WE DELIVER CHAS. E. HADFIELD 21 Myrtle St. “Just around the corner.” For Quick Returns Use Herald Classified Advts. 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