New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1924, Page 1

vews of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 MILLS CASE GOES TO FEDERALfBASSETT WANTS T0 BUTLER DECLARES COURT AFTER LONG ARGUMENTS BETWEEN ALCORN AND CALNEN State’s Attorney Will e REY, DR, N, . HILLIS Motion at Once to Have! It Brought Back to Su- | perior Court — Appeal Is Predicted Lawyer for Deposed Pro- hibition Enforcement IN GRAVE CONDITION Famous New York Clergy- man Suffers Stroke at Church Meeting New York, Jan. 12.-—The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, for 25 years pagtor of the Plymouth Congregation- al ‘church, where he succeeded Dr, | Lyman 4\bbn('. collapsed last night fron? a cérebral hemorrhage following & meeting of the church council, at Agent Insists United the Plymouth institute and early to- | day’ was considered to be In a critical States Authorities Alone PSR TP Y] | condition, Have Jurisdiction. | Dr. Hillis' private phy | nerve specialist, in addition to Mrs, Hillls and her daughter, Dorothy, spent the entire night at the famous preacher's bedside. He was not re- ARGUMENTS TO QUASH NOT HEARD TODAY | ortered jetosed 1o sudonts toans. ! A ldte bulletin issued by the doc- {tors stated that Dr. Hillls’ cundmon‘ w htly ve By agreement between State's At- I‘P::.f’l,‘lid““"',:“f;::; :“lhha:dh:‘;n:onx:f torney Hugh M. Alcorn and l\tlur"e"ip]p(p]y lost consciousness. He is 66 Henry J. Calnen, counsel for J. Willie | years old. Mills, the latter's motion to quash in-| Dr. Hillis collapsed after a stormy 2 BT, _|session of the council over plans to formation \h.;.rgmg Mills with mal stréngthen church finances It was feasance in office was not argued be- |said there were no personal quarrels fore Judge Haines in superior court|gt the meeting but the situation had this morning, and the case will go be- developed some stressful momen! fore the United States court at an Hillis' i1+ which contributed to Dr, early date for adjudication. ' | ness, Milis is availing himself of a statu-| Dr. Hillis' condition was attributed tory right to have his case transterred 'to high blood pressure, which devel- to the tnited States court at once for [oped last summer while he was visit- decision on the quesion of jurisdiction | ing battle fields in France. He undsr- went treatment abroad and was” be- raiscd by his counsel. Attorney Cal- nen claims that, because Mills was a|lieved to have regained his health on tederal employe at the time of the re-| hig return, cont liguor scandal that resulted in ’)r, Tasker Howard, his physiclan, his arrest, the federal government|sald Dr. Hillis' condition was *not wione has the pight to arrest him and | necessarily critical.,” He slept well the United States court must hear the | Jast night, he said, and enjoyed a casc. State’s Attorney Alcorn on the|light breakfast, other hand ts forth that the state| - e em— only, can arvest and prosccute Mills, | E MAKE ESGAPE On a motion to be illed In the early | THRE part of next week by Attorney Calnen, | the Mills case will go before the United States court, and State's Attor- ney Alcorn will at once file a motion | to remand the case back to superior court, Povecasts Appeal to Supreme Court. At the opening of court this morn- ing, Attorncy Calnen informed Judge Hainos that the defendant contends the state has not the right to arrest and prosecute him, because at the time of the alleged offense he was u | fedoral employe. He then »“pm!nml‘ that regardless of what decision the | court might hand down on the ao- tion pending, there would probably be|room in the factory and it has been ian and a Police in New' Haven Haye Not Yet Found Any Trace of Trio Who Made Get-Away Yesterday, New Haven, Jan, 12.—No trace had {hean found up til mid-afternoon of Curtls Boutiller, his brother, Edison, and Justin Francls Toomey, aljas Jus- tin 8, Van Weekten, who escaped Jate yesterduy from the factory of the New Haven county jall and were last seen going in the direction of Waterbury. The three men got out of a work- Iate The Law. an appeal to the supreme court of the found that two bars on a window on state of Connectiout either by the|the ground floor had been sawed. The | state’s attorney or by the defendant.| window was behind a pile of boxes, In view of this fact, he felt, he foid After getting out of the bullding the the court, that the best way to adju-| men evidently scaled a fence on the dicate the matter would be to allow | Hudson sirect side of the grounds, be. the detendant to avail himseif of a|ing seen by children as they ran away. statutory privilege of having the mat- | These children reported the escapel ter transferred to the United States which were confirmed as attendants court. This would result at all events checked up the men when It came after the decision of the supreme!time to march them back to the jail. court of the state of Connecticut had | The three men were a part of the been handed down and by direct group of prisoners who are employed transfer one step would be saved,!in the factory which is 160 feet from Attorney Calnen pointed out. He|the jall. These men are turned over suid papers are now being prepared | to the factory management and the to bring the tormal motion before the|escapes were from the latter and not United States court and detalls would | from the jail attendants. The factory be agreed upon with Mr, Algorn the is conducted by the county commis- early part of next week. Under agree- | slon. ment of counsel, the present motion| The Boutilier brothers were serving will not be stricken from the files of |a seven months sentence for theft the superior court. and burglary and Van Weckten a term Alcorn Cites McAuliffe Case., for passing bad checks. State’s Attorney Alcorn eited the case of the State vs. McAuliffe to il- Ex DRY AGENTS I"DIGTED ustrate the channels through which | it would be possible for the defendang to carry his case, resuiting finally in' its appearance before ll‘w United | Five Vormer North dersey Govt, -""“ State’s court. He told Judge Haines, Axe Named in Conspiracy To Vio- | that the new Mills motion will be fil within a few days, and he will at on® | file his motion to remand. Mr, Alcorn, said he is convinced that the -ute Trenton, N. J., Jan. 12~With the | court, only, has jurisdiction, and the unsealing this morning of five federal agreement reached today will make a 8rand jury Indictments charging short cut to final lasue. {bribery and conspiracy the activities Judge Haines accepted the agree.!of an aileged organized band of for-| ment of Attorneys Alcorn an Calnen|mer North Jersey prohibition agents | and the legal battle ground is now! Were revealed. shifted to the United Btates court. Mills, a deposed liquor enforcement | {were Frank 1. Klumb, of Newark, agent who was arrested in connection | former chief clerk of the North Jer-| with the Southington Inn liquor scan- ®¢y prohibition director's office; | dal, was not in court at this mofh.|George Armstrong, and Leroy Davis, ing’s session. of Passale, John F. Downs. All of the — ldefendants resigned from service shortly after the alleged offenses oc rs Get Little in ”“‘::-;rdlng to the indictment e ctments Moosup, w'“"(‘“ Bl‘flkl |former prohibition agents “shook Danielson, Conn., Jan. —~Tieket | down” several North Jersey saloon agents at railroad statlons n! the New keepers for large sums of money on York, New Haven & Hartford raiiroad | various occaslons in 1922, some of the do not keep much money in their cash | bribes taken from the liquor men be drawers over night, burglars learned | ing as high as $10,000, last night when they got practically| s ey nothing from breaks in stations at|Self Confessed Slayer Moosup and Wanregan. At the post office in Central Village $10.81 was pe- Of Husband Passes A ecured Nothing was taken after & Sumter, 8 C., Jan. 12.—Mrs. Uouisa break in Leo's restaurant in Moosup, | Pavis China. charged by a coroner's close by the station. In each plase|Jory with the murder of her husband, | window gluss was broken to secure en. | Uf. Archie China, weathly physician trance, The men probably were|2nd banker, Jast Sunddy. died in a travelling in an automobile local hospital here of pneumonia. She | N | was sald by her physiclan to have ad- { mitted shooting her husband in a| Widow of I.M! J“d‘e of | scuffie after he had pleked up o re- | volver, Supreme Court Is Deadl - Danleison, Jan. 12— Mrs. Mary| PREPARING SHENANDOAH Adelin! Shumway, 67, widow of Judge Lakehurst, N. J., Jan. 12.—1f wind Milton A. Shumway, late of the su-|conditions are favorable, the navy| preme court of errors died at the r)ny dirigible Shenandoah will be taken Kimball hospital today following “a|from Ws hangar here late this after- surgical operation of two weeks ago. |noon and fastened fo the huge| Her husband died on Octaber 20, Mrs. | mocring mast where the big ship w1l | Shumway wes born In Canterbury, the ' ren ain for one week. The test of the daughter of Sylvanus M. and Hanna | mast is being made In connection with Lucas Woodward and was married on | the proposed trip of of the Ehenan- March 7, 1576 doah to the polar regions. NEW BRITAIN |actor, popular soug writer and Ithe | tion. "LIVE WITH FAMILY Former Secretary to Authoress, Returns Very Abjectly WIFE STILL SCORNS HIM She Remnu To Her Place in Town Library But Thus Far Has Avoided Hushand — l‘w,wrd"flmd Acts As Intermediary, Madison, Jan. Mrs, Ellsworth Bassett, wife of the late business rep- resentative at her Sanderson, writer, this afternoon re- | sumed her part time town library after being out of town €limination yesterday to record her compouurmflr" Gen, Smedley D. Butler, direc- after the upset caused by the redzrn tor of public safety, today turned his of her husbiind the night before and 'Itlenzlon to sanitary and other forms | his efforts to have an interview mth,ot lawlessness. her. Mrs, Bassett says that she had re- turned to hér mother's home and will resume her normal duties as if the routine had not been disturhed by the | incidents in which her husband has | figured as chauffeur and manager for Mrs. Sanderson. Mrs, Bassett, adher- ing to the advice of her counsel, de- clined to comment in any way on her| domestic affairs. Bassett Explains Ellsworth Bassett was in town to. day, having again stayed over nigh with a friend. Attorney Arthur W. Marsden today sald that there was an entire misconception of Bassett's at- | lexits of Philadelphia to prevent the titude, that the latter had not and did not intend to say to his wife that he would give her a fixed time to return to the home he proposed to make for her at his parents’ unoccupied house, Judge Marsden said there was no ul- | timatum to be written or sent and | that he, Bassett in the sense that he had been retained. He had merely acted as a friend and advisor he said. Judge Mursden said that had returned to town to live here as he had always done und that he want- ed his wife and child to live with him Bassott | | giving a descriptiom@of the highway- CONNECTICUT SATURDAY JANUARY 12, EHESHIRE FUGITIVE ANSONIA BUSINESS BLOCK i | Florida orange ‘lllsorderly house and gambling estab- | groves of Mrs. Nina Wilcox Putnam |lishment out of business and the boot- | duties at uw-‘lhfl intensive police campaign for the himself, was not counsel for | ilmll. where all robberies and holdups | and he would do everything possible | to bring that about. SIX MASTER BEACHED IN VINEYARD SOUND Captain of Ruth E. Merrill Drives Sinking Ship Onto Shoals Woods Hole, Mass, Jan. 12.—The six masted schooner Ruth E. Merrill sank in six fathoms of water in Vine- yard Sound early *day after Captain Johnston had drivén her aground to prevent her sinking ip deeper water. The vessel, Boston with coal, night. came here today in their power boat. The gale and high seas )l-sl'-rdny‘ had announced that In event of a re.| Last | fusal an injunction against the po]l(’n} night she was anchored in the sound | Would be sought started the schooner’s seams. and her powerful pumps were set to work to keep her free of water, After several hours' work It was found that the task was hopeless and Captain Johnston ordered the anchor wup.| Knowing that he could not work her!tent, was withdrawn, following a con- much nearer shore either on the mainland or on the island of Mar- tha's Vineyard, he hcaded for L'Hom- medieu shoal. On the edge of the shoal the schooner sank. The captain and crew had time to get together their pensonal effects and loaded them into the power boat in | which they came here. The schooner's dw‘kl were awash this forenoon but e weather was good and it was be- ||e|ed that unless a storm should come soon there might be a chance of saving the vess:l, although it was conceded that it would be a long and | difficult job. She lles on-a sandy bot- ?th. The Ruth K. Merrill was built at Bath, Me, in 1904 and hails Portiand. She registers 2,369 tons net and is one of three survivors of a number of six-masters which were in the coastwise trade some years ago,! mostly as coal carriers. The others Lawrence, both built at Bath. Portiand, Maine Jan, Johnston of the schooner Merrill, sunk in Vineyard Sound, tele- phoned her owners here today that the vessel would be a total loss. cargo of 5,000 tons of coal consigned to a dealer in this city was insured, but there was no insurance on the schooner, which was built at a cost $160,000, 6US EDWARDS IS BROKE 12.—<Captain of bound from Norfolk for|cafe, and it was agreed sprang o leak last|vided The captain and his erew of | given, the 12 men escaped without dificulty nnd{the selzures, [ feotn | Conn. Democratic National Committee ‘The men named in the indictments are the Wyoming and the Edward J.| Ruth E.| The | ramous Actor and Song. Writer Files | Bankruptey Petition-—Owes $79,000 And Has Assets of Only $41.000. Gus Edwards, New York, Jan. 12 oluntary petition 000 lHabili- ducer, today filed a in sankruptcy, listing $7 ties and $41,000 assets. The principal asect named was a breach of contract claim for $20,000 pro- | egainst Bddie Dowling. an actor, and ! “Sallle, Trene and Mary™ corpora- His creditors, Edwards disclosed, {Included Jack Kearns, manager Jack Dempeey, $5,000 for cash loan ed;: N. Whitmark and Son music publishers, $7.700; Jullus . pub- laher of Zit's Weekly, Fields, the comedian, producing manasgers $5,000. association of | | the great body 1924. —SIXTEEN WAR ON BANDITRY| SLIPS THROUGH NET {Armed Guards to Watch Every‘Trolley Conductor Sure He Saw, Exit From Philadelphia Rousch Near “allmglord | PLANS 70 USE WIRELESSiPOLlCE ARE PUT ON TRAIL, Outposts in Observation Booths Will | If Suspect Really Was Alleged Slayer | Be Advised by Radio as Soon as| He Apparently Has Again Mule‘ Good His Escape — Informant Claims Man Was Armed. New Haven, Jan. 12. — No word had been received by the local police | early this forenoon of the capture of the man believed to be Philip Rousch | escaped Connecticut reformatory in- | mate wanted for the murder of Al- bert Hoag who late last night board- ed a trolley car at North Haven, rode | to Wallingford and then disappeared. Answered Description General Butler said The local police received word | he was satisfled that at least 80 per|through the Connecticut Co. early cent of the places where vice|this morning that the man who was flourished before the drive sfarted on the car fully answered the deserip- | had been wiped out. » tion of the fugitive and had emerged “I'm Kso)? on Alert half a mile from “When say that we are tur y J parents in our efforts to altacking band: c°'lnect,¢ut Sty ded the last sald the general, I do not dvt, Popg “'2L€ Librs wallingford, that we are going to relax our tate police and ance towards vice. We have me.. 18 cities of the |of the saloons and dives closed and we are going to see that they stay losed." In outlining his plans to curb ban- ditry, Director Butler said that armed guards and observation booths would | be placed at all the 21 entrances and Any Crime Is Committed—Also After Reckless Drivers, 12.-—~With near- every known | Phlludelphla.. Jan. 1y 1,200 saloons closed, leggers driven #o cover as a result of of vice and erime, the bushes Later Joseph O'Keete conductor of the Wallingford car visited headquar- ters here with the motorman, Rich- ard Wardell. They were shown pie- tures of Rousch and both declared that they were positive that the man on their car was the escaped reforma- tory inmate. A Nervous O'Keefe told the police here that the man on the car was very nervous and had several days' growth of beard. He took a quarter from his' left hand overcoat pocket with which he paid his fare, retaining his right hand in the other pocket. O'Keefe said he was certain the man had a gun in the right hand pocket. When he left the car at Wallingford, he inquired concerning the Meriden car and stated that he wanted to get to Hartford, The Wallingford police were notified but the Meriden car had then left. No trace of the man could be found in Wallingford, The Meriden police were notified. The description of the suspect given by O'Keefe was aged 20, five feet ten inches in height, 165 pounds, brown | hair and eyes, gray overcoat and cap, blue suit, black shirt and shoes cov. ered with mud. escape of highwaymen and to check up on persons entetring the city. Phones and Radio. The observation booths will be equipped with telephone and radio | communication connecting directly with the electrical bureau in City are first reported. 'When the central station recelves the report of a hold- up a flash will be sent to all outposts man and his automobile if one is em- ployed in making his getaway, 3 After Reckless Drivers A sweeping campaign against reck- less driving also was announced by General Butler after a conference | with officials of taxicab companies. Reckless driving in this city Is g ing to be stopped, declared the di- rector, Ralds continued until late in the night, A score of saloons and a few speakeasies were visited and about two dozen arrests were made, In the northeast tection several stills, one of 500 gall vs capacity, and large quantities of mash were ocon. fiscated. At about 1:30 o'clock this morning the police received a telephone ecall from the New Haven authorities to be on the lookout for Phillp Rousch, wanted for the alleged murder of Al- bert Hoag at Cheshire reformatory, |who was seen in the Eim ecity last| night, where he is supposed to h | boarded a trolley car for Wallingford Venetian Reforms The war between the police and the Venetlan cafe, a central city saloon that has remained open despite re- | peated seizures of its beer consign. | | tery of the la jtime there, PAGES Average Daily Circulation Week Ending 10 061 Jan, 5th GUTTED BY FLAMES EARLY TODAY, LOSS ABOUT $40,000 WIFE GAVE LODGE KEY T0 POLICE RAIDERS ‘Bristol Mystery Cleared Up —and Woman Is Blamed, as Usual (Special to The Herald) Bristol, Jan. key to the lodge rooms of ! the local lodge of Moose, which al- lowed the police access recently to conduct a raid on the establishment s no mystery to the guardians of the law; who received it from a wife member, who, according to the wife, had been spending too much The woman complained to her husband of his continued sence from his own fireside and after receiving no satisfactory answer, in- vestigated. The lodge rooms were blamed and the wife became angered | {that the lodge rooms should be con- argu- | sldered more congenial. An ment followed and the result was a complaint to the police with “open sesame” Included. Nemesis in the person of Detective- Bergeant Daniel MeGillicuddy de- scended upon the &lub rooms and a small quantity of intoxicants was found and a few young men were en- gaged in taming a well known animal, called a “kitty. “Kitty"” and trainers landed at the police station and a lodge officlal was fined $200 and costs because of the intoxicating beverages and the animal tamers were allowed | to go on the payment of small fines; The “kitty” was declared a valuable animal and was confiscated for the police “zoo.” Since then fraternal spirit at lodge rooms has been susplicion, as for a time the entrance of the police went unexplained be- cause a careful search of the roster falled to reveal the names of the of- ficers as owners of any key. Then the marital troubles of a member were found to be the crux of the situation and now soothing ofl is be- ing poured on the troubled waters, PRIESTS FIRED UPON the American Catholic Narrow - Escape From. Death At Hands of Chinese Brigands. By The Assoclated Pr Peking, Jan. 12,—~Chinese soldiers of the first division fired upon Flavian Mullens, an Ameriean, and Arthur Benson at the DPassionist misslon at ments, was brought to an end today. Counsel for the saloon assured General® Butler that nothing stronger | than near beer was being sold at the | that, pro- \ substantial guarantées were | police would discontinue Before conferring with | Director Butler, counsel ,‘nnd headed in this direction. ONLY [4OF 75 WHO | TOOK EXAMS PASSED for the cafe | Many Fail in Attempt to| Gain Admission to Legal Fraternity Refuses Bond Pledge Acceptance of the offer of Adan” Scheldt, a brewer, to post a $100,000 bond to be forfeited if beer brewed by | Fim was in excess of the legal con- e ourlmn can- | 76 who took | Hartford, Jan. didates only out of the the state bar examinations passed, acgording to the announcement of thd examining committes (his after- !noon. Of the 44 who had previously taken examinations seven passed or just half of the whole number, These who passed were Harold Al- provis, New Haven; Albert J. Bron. sky, Waterbury: I'rank Crapanzano, Waterbury; Oscar A. H. Dannenberg, | Bridgeport; Herman A. Goldstein, (Continued on Fourteenth Page). Hartford: Phillp H. LaFleur, Harte ford; Simon Burr lLerkind, Hartford; HOMER CUMMINGS IS NOT cord: smon mue seriina. Siarcors bury; John J. O'Donnell, Waterbur: e Alfred H. Willlams, New Haven; Ede ward 1. Reynolds, New Haven; George & halowsky. Hartford: Frank 8 Shea, New London COLLAR BUTTON FATAL Columbus Child Dies of Complications After Swallowing It On Thanksgiv- Director Butler and | City Solicitor Joseph P. Gaffney, Although the acceptance had been announced, the General, after his conference with Mr. Gaffney, said “Under no conditions could the city through me enter into any contract with any dealer or brewer ter ob- ference between 8 Members Officially Announces He's Not in Race Hartford, Jan. 12.-~Homer 8. Cum- mings, state’s attorney for Fairfield county, and democratic natlonal com- mittee man from Connecticut is not a | candidate for the presidency. His| statement today read: | “1 am decply appreciative of the | generosity and good will of those Who| Columbus, ©., Jan. 12. — Urban have suggested my name in connec- | weigel, five months oid daughter of tion with thie nomination for the presl- | My and Mrs. John W eigel of Cold dency. | water, dled in a local hospital today, “I cannot heip but be proud of this g5 the result of swallowing a collar evidence of confidence, nor can I feel pytton on Thanksgiving Day unmoved by the tenders of support Until a few days ago the child had which have come from various parts|been treated for pneumonia, but she of the country but 1 feel that the gontinued to decline A confersnce party of which 1 am a member can of physicians brought make a much wiser choice and 1 pre- | Finally an X picture showed the fer to be to ald, in every way in|collar button lodged in the baby's lung my power to bring about a nomination | It was removed and vesterday it was which wil with it larger ! thought she would recover. The long promise o «s and which will be ' iliness, however, had so weakened the more fully reflective of the wishes of | baby tha! she could not rally, physi. of party opinton. On ciane said . this subject, 1 shall make a further satement at a Jater tyme. “f trust that my friends will accept in good part. this conciusion and will no longer consider me a candidate, either actual or potential and will turn their thoughts in other direc ing Day. n resuits ray free carry a sued a — RUTGERS PRESIDENT RESIGNS New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 12.— The resignation of Dr. W. H. & De. marest, president of Rutgers college has been accepted by the board of trustees, it was announced here to- day. The resignation, which was pre. sented to the board in October, but re- | fused at that time, is effective June| 30, 1924 HELD As REX RECKLESS DRIVER. Edward Avery, age 18, of 30 John street, was arrested this noon by Po- liceman William Strolls on a charge of reckless driving. It is alleged that| the youth was driving on West Main | street at 31 miles an hour. | =z | ) Hartford. M 12.—Forecast for Ni Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Sun- day; colder Sunday. “| | Bupu, | today as having been fired upon | Passionist order, ! tracks. Hunan, and then looted and wrecked the mission school, accord- Ing to a report from the Ameriean consul at Changsha. Nelther Mullens nor Benson was Injured, although bullets passed through the former's clothing. West Hoboken, N. J., Jan. 12~ Arthur Benson and Flavian Mullens, mentioned in dispatches from Peking by Chinese =oldlers, are priests of the who left here two years ago for service in thelr mission t Supu, In Hunan, China. A cable message recelved at headquarters of the Passionist order, declared the sol- diers made a rald on the town and during Its progress the mission was wrecked. THAW CASE § SETTLED Less Than $100,000 Reported Taken to Assanlt Fnd $650,000 sult For Upon Boy in New York. Philadelphia, Jan. 12.—Confirma tion was had here today that the suit for $660,000 against Harry K. Thaw brought by ¥red Gump, Jr., of Kan- as City, has privately settled for less than $100,000 the resuit of charges that Thaw had whipped Gump in a New York hote in 1017, and had subjected him gross and savage Indignities.” So far as can be learned there change in the attitude of Thaw's family, feh 1s opposed to him being released from the Pennsylvania hospital for mental and nervous diseases. He was committed to this institution by a Philadelphia court the t!ime New York authorities wer endeavoring to have him extradicte to New York on the Gump charges Wind Blows Roof Dnto R. R. Trlckt. Traffic Is Tned Up chburg, Mass raft 1e East bound t e Fit g division of the Bosto 1 Maine raliroad was today after the roof of lumbe minster and carried The debris was a crew on a Bost r traln, which was stopped into the pite bee fan racke of t blocked s i high =i ahed before TWO BOYS DROWNED Hudson. Mass.. Jan. 12 Michael Giagorsian and Cesarlo were river today beneath them covered Two “oys, Dominte irowned in the Assabet when the gave way The bodies were fe. 18T ~ mw\'rn BURGLARY " New Haven Jan 12.—The “dinner burglar” of New Haven, made his 214t break last night and got an- other gold wateh, diamond tin trinkets and clothing. 12—The so-called mys- | 4| of the | velled with | Clergymen Have \ The sult m\| Explosion of Still Gives Rise to False Report That Bomber Had Started Fire — One Suspect Arrested 'Winsted Also Has Fierce Morning Blaze and Uni- versal Bronze Bearing Company Is Wiped Out. ab- | WORCESTER BLOW-UP CAUSES HEAVY LOSSES Ansonia, Jan. 12.—Damages es. timated at $40,000 were caused by a |blaze which was discovered in the Btillson block at the west end of the | Maple street bridge, at 4:45 this morn- ing owned by John Vartelas. The blaze spread to the three story brick | building adjoining on the east, also |owned by Vartelas and five stores on !the ground floor were flooded with | water, causing almost total losses. The delicatessen store of Richard Renker, the drug store of Robert Blume, fruit store of A. A. Musante, the shos blacking establishment of Michael | Demetrio and the West Side Meat Market of Jensen and Brady, were damaged. The damage to the stores is practically confined to water, Building Loss $20,000 The loss to the buildings is estimat- ed at $20,000 partly covered by in- surance, The bullding s the head- Jquarters of the soclalist party and ex- | plosions gave rise to wild tales of bombs. The firemen ejected several foreignegs who persisted in lingering about the building and Wasll Buchon- #ki who was found in an adjoining | bullding, acting suspiciously was taken 'in charge by the police for examina- Llon later by Fire Chief Shortell Sull Explosion ¥ The fire Is sald to have ptarted in a restaurant over the West Side market, | There was an explosion which the po. liee belleve was caused by a still. A couple of stills were found on the up. per floors of the building by the fire men. Reveral of the tenants on the upe per floors had to be taken from their rooms by the firemen by means of scaling ladders. One Russian was so excited that he fastened his teeth in the hands of his rescuer and Theodore L. Bristol, Jr. of the Eagle Hose com- pany who was helping the man to safety had a stiff battle with him on a window ledge. Another foreigner who left $400 in his room, found the money later with only the edges of the bills burned. Three Alarms Sounded Three alarms were sent in for the fire which was in a section covered with wooden bulldings. The entire de- partment responded, the firemen keep- ing the blaze confined t6 the upper stories of the structures. The recall was sounded at 9:30 o'clock Fire in Winstad Winsted, Jan 12.—<Fire starting shortly after midnight early today practically destroyed the three story frame factory building on Rowley street occupied by the Universal Bronze Rearing Co. Firemen fought the biaze for nearly 5 hours and two stréams of water were beilng poured into the ruins early this forenoon. The cause of the blaze 18 unknown. It started on the first floor and spread |to the lacquer room on the second floor. The factory stands practically | alone in an open space and no nearby | property was endangered. Edward B. Gaylord known loeal manufac turer owns the building which was sed to bearing company. About employed in the fae- ands ware [ e The oss was estimated at $80,000, Fierce Blaze in Worcester Worcester, Mass, Jan. 12.—A three fire which is not yet under eon- 1 which was caused by the ex- of a benzine tank In the Wor. Loom Works, about 10:30 this n practically has already de- stroyed the four story brick blook at Numbers and 9§ Bummer stre g damage estimated at 16:30 apartment from which vlously been or on Summer the Worcester Loom end branch of the Club and the Royal alarm plosic the flames had spread 1o block at TAncoin all oceupants had jered out. The b ipied Works, th w Bed atreet by e north Bovs ing Co pre Detroit Woman's Gems of $18,000 Value Are Stolen Detroit. Jan. 12.—Mrs. Flavine L. | Brooke, widow of Fiavius L. Brooke, | tormer Michigan #u- preme court reported to police today that jewelry valued at $15,000 was stolen yesterday from her room at & local hotel. A maid employed at the otel is being held for investigation. CIUBROT *E DESTROYED Wiimiagton, Del., Jan. 12. — The large clubhouse ahd the Bquash ¥ones the Wilmington Country justice of the .m‘lu! was Asstroved by fire today. THe | 1oss is estimated at "" 900.