New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1924, Page 1

ews of the World By Associated'Press BUTLER’S CAMPAIGN FORGES | AHEAD IN PHILA. AND DROP IN CRIME IS His Orders to “Shoot a Few Bandits”” Brings Gun Play Into Action— Venetian Cafe Raided Twice Again Successors to Eight De-! posed Police Officers Must | Make Good or They Too| Lose Their Jobs, General Sa Philadelphia, Jan. 11, — “Take his name, Ellfott,” bids falr to become historic in the police history of Phila- delphia. RBrigadier General Smedley D. Butler of the marines, now head of the city police, is accompanied in his rounds of police stations by George W. Ellioft, assistant director of public safety, Wherever the general meets a po- liceman or commanding officer he un- ceremoniously asks questions, looks him over, and winds up h\' saying: “Take his name, Elliot Bometimes he will add: in the right column.” Going into a police station, General Trutler, just at roll call accosted the Hentenant with: “How's everything?" Enapping into rigid salute the lieu tenant answered everything was going fine, “What about this place down on Proad street with the pretty lights? | 1= it all right or is it ln(‘llnlm] in the class of undesirables?" Neceiving a satisfactory answer u.r-) general snapped ont: “That's the way to talk.” | 80 Years In Service Passing hefore the street gergeant | who was In his placo as the right| guide in the line, General Butler sald: “What's your name, sergeant " “Hogun, sir,” was the reply, | ‘Mow long have you been in the | business Thirty years.” “Phew, thirty years real policeman,” was the gen- | omment, “And I like your Keep moving along and who | might happen in 30| “and put it T eral's looks, cun tell what years 1gore On his way out he ‘met a Mreet ser- geant, and shook hands, “You're a fine looking fgllow,” the geoncral sald. “You have been doing some fine work. 1 have had my eye on you up here, Take his name, El- | liott,"” The dictum to “raid, raid until they get tived being ralded,'” is being car- ried out by the police. Several places have been invaded more than once. Venctian Again Ratded. The Venetian cafe, which received publicity when Governor Pinchot visited it In a nocturnal inspection of | saloons severnl months ago and which has been in the spotlight dur-| Ing the present crusade, is receiving close attention. It was ralded on Wednesday. Last night a truck loodv‘ ed with barrels of heer was seized as| it drove up to the place. Early today| another truck load was taken by po- " lice before it was unloaded.” Whether Venizelos, he told a group of (‘rr(mm'mmrnv\ Hugh M the beer contains more than the law- ful alegholic content has not yet been | determined by the police. General Butler's campalgn showed its effectiveness in checking crime to-, day, when police records revealed a decrease of fifty per cent in the num- ber of robberies committed only ten were reported to headquarters and of | these, four were thefts of motor csru.‘ Shoots at Bandits. Obeying General Butler's edict !n\ “go out and shoot a few bandita” al West Philadelphia policeman engaged & pistol battle with six men who were | attempting to start a parked car. He forced them to take flight in their| own machine and smptied his pln(ol' into It as it drove off. No Theater Police. { Theatrioal managers of Philadel-| phia have been put on thelr honor by General Bmedley D. Butler, the new director of publis safety, to k»ov, performances clean. Herstofore po-| lleemen in plain clothes have been as- signed to theaters to act as censors, “I'll yank the police out toda #aid General Butler. “It's better to have people who understand the business act as censors than to have| the polica do the work.™ Wil Continue, Butler Says Hefore leaving for his home early today. 16 snatch a few hours sieep, | Rrig. Gen. Bmedley D. Butler express- ed satisfaction with conditions as he had found them at the end of the fourth day of his campaign to rid the city of vice and erime “We shall drive right along.” said Gen. Butier, “any knock that appears in the machinery will be taken out wn that ¥ will run smoothly.” He said he believed that most of the law breakers had been rin out of the city and that the big job now was to keep them out Replaces & Offlcers The general lost no time in filling | the places of the six police lenten ants and two sergeants suspended yes terday when the end of the 48 hour limit they had failed to cledn up their dietricts t5 his satisfaction but he the replacements will | have to they mean business “They #ill ales be given 48 Bours in which to clean up and if they dom't | at said show (Continued on Page Twenty.Five) | there was any | Bay you must | | been trailing lzzy | reported NOTED TODAY AMERICAN OIL FIRMS WILL NOT PAY HUERTA Have Ignored His Mandate That Each Company Loan Him $10,000 New York, Jan. 11.-—American oil companies with property in the Tux- pam district have no present intention of compiying with the mandate of Adolfo de la Huerta, leader of the | Mexican revolutionary forces, that | cach company loan him 20,000 pesoe or approximately $10,000 spokesman for the companies sald to- | day. The ceived rected within panies Oil each, | demand for the loan was re- at 5 p. m, Janvary 7 and di- that the money be produced 48 hours. None of the com- complied. men said they did not believe connection bhetween the loan demand and the decree of de la Huerta that production oil taxes be paid to him. They pointed out that the demand for the loan called for payment by January & while the ofl taxes were due on January 10, Neither request of the revolution- ists was acknowledged by the oil peo- ple, it was stated. Considerable apprehension 1s felt In ull eireles over the next move of the revolutionary forces, private advices indies it was stated, that de la Huerta has widened considerably the territory around Tuxpam which his forces control, and while some pump- ing operations are being continued in that neighborhood, it is feit that is only a matter of time until all the stations in that section will be elosed down. VENIZELOS COMPELLED T0 ORGANIZE CABINET | Decides to Act When Other | Leaders Fail—Won't Hold Portfolio ¥ The Amseciated Press | Athens, Jan. 11 Ex. mier Ven. | izelos decided this morning to form | a cabinet in which he will be premier | without portfolio, with Georges Rous- | sos, republican-liberal leader, as for- leign minister, us the only possible ‘solutlon of the protracted governs | [ mental erisis. | The strong belief prevails in im- portaht political circles that the only | solution of the crisis will be the as- | sumption of the premiership by Ven. izclos himself, M. Venizelos reached this decision after General Danglis, who consented | yesterday to endeavor to form a min- fetry, had falled in the attempt 114».1 spite an all-night effort. General Danglis’ failure caused the | keenest disappointment to Venizelos as it was taken as apparently the only course remaining open. The most prominent orthodox lib- erals refused (o co-operate in the |forming of a Danglis cabinet. M.| Kauandaris was next approached, but he declined the difficult task, and the situation continued confused. As showing the impatience of political | him h last night that unless his friends co-operated with would again quit Greece, SLEUTHING ON SLEUTH Chicago Saloon Men Engage Dfiu‘. tives Who Keep Tt"k of Izzy Fin- steftn Who Seeks To Nab Them ~The Chicago, Jan. here of lzzy Einstein, prohibition agent extraordinary, has terrors for the proprictors of Chicago's sa loons, cafes and soft drink parlors They have hired detectives who have for weeks and carefully tabulating and reporting his various roles. Last night, they sald, lzzy donned disguise No. 27, half an hour after the prohibition agent registered at a hotel, an apparent opera songstres came down an elevator and inguired of bellboys where might obtain liquor. “She” was lzzy, they sald “Tomorrow night, he'll probably be dona up like a poor but honest coal heaver,” an informant said, “Put it's all the same to us, he won't g Body of Lawrence Sperry, U. S. Flier, Believed Found By The Associated Press, Lendon, Jap. 15 —A body to be that of Lawrence B American aviator, missing since cemiber 13, was found today at a place called the Gap near fiye, Sussex The body, which was Iying on the shore when discovered, has not been definitely 1dentified, bul the garments are sald to correspond to those -“,n by erry. W. R Jackson. London manager for the Sperry company has sent a man who knew Sperry to the seene to at |tempt 1dentification of the body | By The Asssciates Press presence ' she 1 by belieted Eperry e | | | ——An agent of the Bassex shore London, Jan. 11 Eperry Co. sent to the to view the bodv discovered there this afternoon that he was unable to Mentify it as that of Law- rence B. Sperry the American avia- tor who has been missing since De- cember 13. | I |league the following statements are | made: | malke | was asked this afternoon whether he | would oppose | today | study | revolutionize | Weller Mining Co's ~oal NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT F‘RIDAY JANU NEW BRITAIN MANUFACTURERS WANT U. 5. A. IN WORLD COURT Many New Britain Manufacturers February 24th, to adhesion by the favor participation by the l'nned‘tdh:fll’lfl B S"‘M 3‘:‘8(5 “;t the protocol o ermanent Court o States in the Permanent Court in In- International Justice by ninety-one ternational Justice, according to Blper cent of the members of the Na- bulletin issued today by the National tional Council of the National Econ- Council of the National Economic/omic League who voted on a referen- League on the World Court. A re-/dum mailed to them on November ferendum was taken on the question: 24th. “Should the Tnited States Senate M‘,I “This vote is an accurate reflection this session of congress promptly give of public opinion, the National Econ- its advice and consent to adhesion by omic League belleves, for the reason the United States to the protocol of that its National Council is composed the Permanent Court of Inlfirnnfloul‘cf men from every state, who are Justice on the terms proposed by elected by preferential ballot solely President Harding on - February 24, with the view to their standing or 19237" New Britain men, who are qualification as leaders of public members. of the National Council opinion. voted in the affirmative are George' “The returns from each state, P. Hart, Howard &, Hart, E. Allen whlch the League also publishes, in- Moore, F. G. Platt and E. M. Wight- | dicate that public opinion on the sub- man. The result of the vote in the, ject is practically the same in all ntire council was: Yes, 1601; no, 155, parts of the country. Tn Michigan, In the bulletin issued today by the Idaho, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Oregon the affirmative vote was unanimous. The largest percentage of negative votes Mexico, the vote in that state being 15 ‘yes’ and 9 ‘no.” EX-NAVY MAN IN NEED OF PINT OF BLOOD A. M. Seman in Hospital Suffering From Per- nicious' Anaemia o “The T'nited States Senate has been ' asked to give its consent on the terms proposed by President Harding on FORMER CAFE OWNERS T0 DEMAND FEES BACK Amount Due New Britain Men Estimated at $40,000 Wanted: A pint of blood. This is the plea of Andrew Mat- hew Seman, aged 27 years, of 66 Wilcox street, a former navy man who is in the Hartford hospital suffering trom perniclous anaemia, Be.nan served in the navy during |the war as a machinist's mate, Upon Al u meeting of representatives of |being discharged he resumed his oe- | former cafe owners in Hartford, New | cupation of machinist. While work- Britain, Plainville, Bristol and other ling in an automobile factory in De- |towns yesterday afternoon, it was de-|trolt he was seized with a spell of | eided to appoint a committee to wait | weakness, He returned to his home on the county commissioners and | in this city but as his condition be. make demand for the money. {came worse, u relative took up his The liquor license fee in New Brit- | case with Dr. George W. Dalton, aln prior to prohibition was $750 for | medical examiner for thig district for {4 year beginning on the first Monday [the United States Veterans' bureau. In May. In 1620 saloon keepers kept | Dr. Dalton had him sent to the Hart- their places of business jopon from ford i spital December 26, that timo until July 1, when saloons, Seman has already had one blood were closed. They paid a full year's|trunsfusion, the blood being taken license fee and have not been reim- | from his brother. His condition is bursed. The money they pald was becoming more grave and immediate distributed to the state, the county action is necessary tojsave his life, it and eity. It 18 understood that the is sald. county commissioners have no funds| I ek o 98y bac e xoen TUCKERS ARE .ARRAIGNED | Former saloon keepers and hotet men of Hartford county expect to formal demand on the count foners next week for money is due them on liquor license fees, It is N!lnm((‘d that the claims from New Britain™ alone will amount to nearly $40,000, commi they claim 'ALCORN \'HLL OPPOSE DROPPING MILLS GASE, Youthful Hushand and His Wife Held in Bonds of $5,000 Each On Charges of Perjury Today, Mature J . J., Jan. 11,~<Mr. and Mrs. Burton Turk(r today pleaded jpot guilly to charges of perjury and ron'ptrm) to violate the marriage laws of the state, and were released in 85,000 bonds each, which was fur- A motion to quash the information | nished by a surety company. Counsel against J. Willie Miils is scheduled 1o | for the couple reserved the right to be argued before Judge Haynes in change the pleas at any time superior court tomorrow. Henry J.| Prosecutor McMahon of Calnen of Hartford will appear as county, announ that he counsel for Mills. It is claimed that|range for an early trial. as Mills was a federal prohibition en- forcement officor when he was placed under aprest for malfeasance in of- | fice, the state courts have no jurisdic- [tion. Arguments will be heard at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. [ There has been talk that State's Alcorn might be agrecable to having the case taken up.by the federal apthoritics. He orsey City, Motion to Quash Information to Be! s Argued Tomorrow Morning In Superior Court, Hudson would ar- with marriage at Union Hill on Oect. Mr. Tucker gave his age as 21 in applying for the mar- riage license, while his father, Joseph | Tucker, postmaster at South Essex, Mass., testified at the grand jury hear. ing, that his son was 17 years old. Mrs, Susan Simpson, 48 years of age. During the arraignment, Mrs, Tuck- er appeared to be highly nervous while her boy husband smiled con- stantly. Immediately after the bonds were furnished, the couple, accom- their tion is said to be about the motion to quash the information. He answered in two words: “Yes nhqulul:-ly i FORETELLS EARTHQUAKES lvunl.n-u Wood | Carver, May Revolutionize Theories | Through His Study of Seismograph | CATCH ANOTHER BAND” Rome, Jan. 11. ter of Mrs, Tucker by a former mar- riage, left in a limousine. They are residing at Ridgfield Park, N. J., with aphacl friends. Ancient The Messaggero | published an interesting inter- | puy Adyles view with Raphael Bandandi, the | z thirty-year-old wood carver of Faen- | za, whose recerit carthquake forecast) caused astonishment among scidntists for the accuracy shown Bandandl The ated Presh spends his spare time in exhaustive West Palm Beach, Fla. Jan. 11 of the selsmograph and as a| gy Ashiey, one of the leaders of the result has reached conclusions which | sghiey hand of outlaws, was captured the Messaggero considers likely 10| i the 11orida everglades near Gomez the previous theories as | g . o today, according 1o re. the the instrument | ports receired by the sheriff's office Bandandi, the newspaper says, [ppe nslon of his brother, foretold befors a notary on December | 3 o wpected to follow as they 21 earthshorks which securred later | o ta have been together the same day and on Jan In the present month he predicts slight shocks in America the night of Jan 15 and the morning of Jan. 20 The Messaggero quotes Landand) as saying he will reveal his new discoy- as soon as he considers his pro- tloping them enfliclently warrant cuch Falls Into Hands Mortda Posse and Arrest Brother s Thought Near. 1By varly to nee of appret wa 0 muT IN WRECK dan. 11.—Six cars were derailed ;\'u| 10 persons slightly hurt early today when the Memphis special. eastbonnd the Southern Railway route Memphis to New York ditch a mile cast of Chase on from went inte the Ala gress in 4 advanced to CONVICTS IN REVOLT {150 Prisoners st Atabama Mine,! Where They Are to Work, Do Great Damage. Montevallo, Ala., Jan handred and fifty state reported in rebeliton at th a step BUFTALO BLYS m'rrn LDLR Louisville, Ky, Jan. 11 Joe amil, outfielder of the Loulsville American association baseball today was sold to Buffale, of the In- ternational league club, Compelled THE WEATHER ——— Hartford, Jan. 11.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinit Rain this aNcrmoon; fair and much ofider tonight and Sat- urday. 11.—One | conviets are Thomas- | os at Ald- | Reports reaching effect that the con- considerable | 18 rich near hey s here are to 1l flv-h vesterday caused |damage to maeltnery and tracks by the use of dynan . came from New/| The couple were Indicted in connee- | Tucker, who was formerly Mrs. | | panied by Peggy, five year old daugh- | of | of His | | |premises of the Fox Fiim Co. ARY 11, WARMEST JANUARY 11 YET NOTED IN N. YORK —Chimney Rocked in Devon, Conn., New York, Jan. 11.—The thermom- eter in New York registered 57 de- | grees Fahrenheit at 9 o’clock today | the highest for January 11 on the records of the weather burcau, Heavy rains overflowed sewers Brooklyn and flooded cellars streets. Violent southeast winds that reached a velocity of 74 miles an hour | blew off Bandy Hook today, prevent- ing a number of small sailing and steam vessels in the coastwise trade from venturing out of the bay. Three passenger liners, Muenchen, the Conte Verdi and Empress of Canada were delayed at Quarantine, in and the Devon, Conn., Jan. 11.—So great was the pressure of the wind during this forenoon's storm that twe 260 foot chimneys of the new power house of the Connecticut Light and Power Co. here swayed to such an extent that workmen on the building had to be laid off temporarily tionary measure. The chimneys are of steel 26 feet in diameter at the base and 18 feet at the top. They are to be lined with brick and one has already been lined In part and this stood the swaying admirably while the other had a movement at the top four feet out of perpindular as the gusts of wind struck it. It may cost considerable to repair the foundations of the chimneys be. cause of the movement of the stee) cores. The wind was deseribed as one of the strongest recalled here in many years. Thompsonville, Jan, 11.—Albert Al- bano was arrested by order of Fire Chief W. .J, Hines today on the charge | of pulling a falsc alarm. When Al. bano found water flowing into his ce! called out the entire Thompsonville fire department, He told Chief Hines that he had asked the selectmen to bave the man hole fixed and, when no one wi sent to do the work he thought it time to call the fire department. He was held in $100 for A hearing to- morrow, HOUSE IS BURNED DOWN Westport Woman Somewhat Burned Herselt Trying to Save Some of her Lffects, | Westport, Jan. 11.-~The home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hausner, in the cross highway section, was destroyed by fire at noon today following the explosion of an oll stowe, Mrs. Haul ner was burned in an effort to save serfous. The loss will thousand dollars. §44,500 BANK ROBBERY Several Negroes Hold Main Street Bank in Kansas City Today. be several Up Teller of Kansas City, Jan. ~Beveral ne- | groes held up a tel of the Main | street bank at the door of the bank shortly before noon today and es- caped with $44.500 SMITH ASKS HELP Chairman Interstate Committee Secks Cooperation to Sc. cure Railroad Rate Relief. Washington, Jan 11 Smith of South Carolina, the newly elected chairman of the senate inter- state commerce committee, declared in,a statement today that ail inter. | ested should cooperate to provide re- | lef from the burden of excessive freight rates and that this applied with especial emphasis “1o the into! | erable burden imposed under prese | rates on agriculture.” 'Mr. and Mrs. Ford Planning Party at the Wayside Inn Fudhur\ Mass., Jan. 11 Henry Ford and Wrs. Ford are expected to make a visit some time next week to the Wagside Inn, naw My, Ford's property, where neighbors say they have been invited to attend a cos tume ball. The exact date has not been annonnced. 1t i& understood that o1 fashionsd dances will be the order of the evening and that the oid tall room w1l be decorated in the manner of early New England daye of Commerce | ator B"- BANK '10‘!\ Sjoux Falls, D., Jan Sjoux Falls National Bank, fzed for $150,000, one of the oldest { banks in South Dakota. falled to open this morning. ‘The bank opened May 11, 1582, The December 31st state ment of the bank gave deposits of more than $2,500,000. mx mn LOSER Brisbane, Austraiia, Jan. 11.—More than one million feet of film were blirned hers yosterday in a fire on the The pounds 11.~The capital- | 50,000 loss is estimated af sterling. l High Gales Hold Up Liners | as a precau- | estimated at | lar from ai, overflowing manhole he | 1924. —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. CIVIC LEAGUE’S SARCASTIC LETTER BRINGS PROMPT REPLY FROM MAYOR WATSON LEAVES FIELD Indiana Senator Announces He Will Not Seek Presidency Washinngton, Jan. 11.—Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, an- nounced today that he would not be |2 candidate for the republican presi- | dential nomination. Senator Watson's announcement left the way clear for President Coolidge to enter the Indiana presidential pri- mary with Ewing Emison of Vin- cennes as the Coolidge campaign manager in that state, Senator Watson issued only statement: “I have concluded not to be a can- didate for the republican nomination this the | for the presidency.” LUMBER RATE REVISION | T0 NEW ENGLAND STATES Effective June 10—N. Y., Penn and N. J. Get Reductions—Slight Increases Flsewhere ‘Washington, Jan. 11.—A revision of lumber rates from southeastern sttaes to New England and Eastern Trunk line territory was ordered today by the Interstate Commerce Commission effective June 10. On shipments to New York, north- ern Pennsylvania and New Jersey the new schedules constitute slight re- ductions. To certain other points in the territory affected, there will be | increases. The Southern Lumber producers had usked for substantial general re- ductions, on the ground that compe- tition from the Pacific const was be- coming more serious. “The force of the Pacific competition, which complainants en- countered,” the decleton said, "ap- pears to be due primarily to the sub- {stantial volume of the movement *hrough the Panama canal and to the | difference in costs of production. We cannot require ecarciers to reduce theif | rates for the purpose of meeting water ,vnmprnnan and we will not under- ake to adjust rates from competing | producing territory in order to equal- 1ze manufacturing costs, “We find that the assailed rates from the southeast to Trunk Line and New England territory are not unduly prejudicial as compared with rates from the Pacific coast to the same destinations.” OUSTED FROM KLAN | Atlanta Paper Publishes Report That | | some effects, but her condition is not | Simmons and Clarke Have Expelled from Onder, Been Atlanta, Ga,, Jan. 11.-~The Atlanta Journal is publishing what it terms as “a generally credited report” that Willlam Joseph Simmons, imperial emperor and founder of the Ku Kiux Kilan, and Edward Young Clarke, im- perial glant, had been “expelled from the klan for their opposition to the regime headed by Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans, imperial wizard ACTION POSTPONED Indefinite Postponement Apparently Kills Resolution to Prohibit sale of War Materials, The today Washington, Jan. 11 foreign affairs committee definitely postponed action he Falrchild resolutions proposing 1o prohibit sales of war materials by the United States to foreign govers hotuse LEAVITT ASST SECRETARY Honored By New Britain Lumber Co, At Anmnal Mecting After (2 Years' Paithiul Servicee Domald E. Leavitt was elccted as sistant secretar® of the New Hritain Lumber Co., at the annual meeting of the company vesterday afternoon. Mr. Leavitt has been rewarded by the bhoard of directors yrars of faithful service starting the and working A P Leavitt Nebraska Digging Out of Worst ow of Winter Omaha, Neb. Jar Nebraska was gradually getti te today. after digging out one of the heaviest and spread snowstorms of Demoralized telephone schedules 141y as possible Hi Johnmn'("olrnplaim Against Sale of A_rms Washington, Jan. 11. -~ E. C. Da- Vison, gensral secrelary-treasurer of the International Association of Ma chinista, made pubiic today a letter o nator Hiram Johnson, protesting against the position of Mr. Johnson on the sale of arms to Mexico. Mr Davison said the administration had acted in the rols of a democracy coming to the rescue of a sister re. public trring to maintain itself against reactionaries, and its cofirse “ ompany, at botton ad up. He the local contrs & normal under wide ror eled and Adclayed being restored as rap poles aye train wrre be endorsed CLEAR FOR COOLIDGE coast | shou'd | Average Daily Circulation Week hndlng 10 061 Jan. 5th PRICE THREE CENTS Paonessa Explains Why He Opposes Arrest, for Fi’equenting, of Men Found Where Liquor Is Sold | |Denies He Tried to Instruct Chairman Dunn of Police Board But Simply Ex- pressed Personal Opinion. Informed today through a letter received from Secretary Buel B, Bassette of the Civie Safety league, |that the league had voted its “coms mendation” on what they termed the |breaking of his rule whereby he [never instructed the police commise sioners, Mayor A. M. Paonessa at {once wrote a reply to the Safety League, outlining at length his policies, and his stand on the arrest | of frequenters of establishments have |ing a reputation for liquor sales, | The duel with ink is a result of & |conference held several days ago be. |tween the mayor and Chairman David L. Dunn of the police commis« sion in the former's office. The | mayor told the police board head at ;lhut time that he did not approve of nrrrmng frequenters unless they were lnn!ng or drinking liquor. He had | previously, in & conference with members of the Safety League, said that he has never instructed his police commissioners and that he has nog |met with them in more than 14 months, The letter today follows: “Hon. Angelo Paonessa, Mayor, “City Hall, New Britain, Conn Dear Mr. Mayor: "At a meeting of the exscutive come mittes of the New RBritain Civie League just held, it was voted that the secretary sond you a letter of | commendation Yor breaking your rule announced o the committee in our | Interview with you November | B0th wherein you stated that you never gave orders 1o the police com missioners and, in faet, had not met with them in fourteen months., Our contention then as now is that, as | ehiet executive, all commissioners | should carry out his orders; espe clally where law enforcement is involved, | "In this connection, we are writing ja letter to Chatrman Dunn, com- mending him for his stand in allow- ing the law to take its course in the case of both proprietors and fre. quenters, when both are engaged in law breaking activities, | “"Respectfully yours, \ "NEW BRITAIN CIvIiC SAFETY LEAGUE, “B. B. Bassette, Secretary.” mayor's letter to Mr. Bassette received by the mayos on The follows: “Mr. R “Civ e “Dear Sir "I received in this morning’s mall a communication signed by you ae secretary of the Civie Safety League, {In which some statements are made which lead me to believe that youp committce did not thoroughly grasp my views on matters of city adminise tration and the enforcement of the tiquor law “An excerpt from your letter read, ‘you stated that gave or. ders to the police commissioners, and, in fact, had met with them in tourteen months.' “Your communication then cails ate tention 1o n incident in which Chairman Dunn of the police commis sion and myself discussed the matter arresting rs found in places reputed resorts whers iliquor is sold or kept for sale. There is a likelihood that the report you re ed on that matter was inaccurate, nd it 1 & me to siraighten out natte B Bassotte, Secy ety League, you never n of frequent. 1o be g ors T it st t it was msy to your orders ' this held an office. 1 person opin- o sells liquor Aught in the act o ns of the comm to the police jftem, Mr. Iy forma 1 Mr that 1 ne commissio: and nn myself tisen Du 't sgion in my ion is t man w and who is man hould be ar. unish accordance o is found lace the « guiity ment yon or 1 meh ia ch to all out. n tinary to liquor | th nct [ hould net sold should net, in T xample f positive mkn st to contiction quor law. SHll we npon the L 1y admit The true of tha lithe o 16 purchase newspaper —how 46 you or iquor to be had i the p Fuppose a man is spend ing the night in a hotel where a bell. ot some sther employe is carey g on » tra tquor which we kn Do you think it would be a fair application of the law to arrest that man as a frequenter? If not, then where is the distinetion which would sanction the arrest of & happens to be in & store s liquer to be purchased ? previously said, if he has purchased or drinks the fi- ‘ranegress Ine wame condition hold store you your da 1 know thers jen't A w nothing abent man who where there as 1 have OF conrs (Continued on Page 24)