New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1924, Page 2

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VOLZ The Florist 92 West Main St. Tel. 1116 your - ONTRAFFIC RULES ;One Way Regulation in Center will Regain in Effect | 1% One way traffic in the center of the be in force for at least one month longer as a result of the com- ! mon council’s decision to lay over un- tii the next meeting action on the adoption of traffic ordinances gov-, erning this feature of traffic regula-| tion. | The ordinance commit held a hurried session just before the regu- lar m=eting of the eommon council last night and voted to recommend | progress on these ordinances. A pe- tition was submitted by 30 property owners along Main street, represent- ing the greater part of the business interests in the ¢ r, and P. F, Mec- Donough, Geor LeWitt, Louis Raphae! and others appeared to op- pose the new s N | Chairman D. L. Nair reported that | his committee had decided not to sub- | mit a final report. This decision did | not meet the approval of several | members of the council and they so! | expressed themselves. Councilmen | Stephen A. Lynch and Arthur N, Rutherford said the 30 property ow n-} ers who petitioned that no change be | made in the present system.should be considered and no harm would come from laying it over to next month, | Councilman Arthur G. Crusherg amended the committee’s report of progress to have action taken at once. His amendment was lost, 1‘ou1|l‘|lnmuj Rutherford’'s amendment to add five businessmen to the committee was al- s0 lost when Councilman Stanley Kar- | pinski said the businessmen would be given an opportunity to express them- | | selves at a public hearing. Alderman C. J. Dehm was also opposed as he feit it would reflect on the ordinance | eommittee’s ability to handle the | problem, | Changes in parking ordinances | | wers approved as recommended by | | the committee, No Increasc in Theater Fees, Changea in license fees were ap- proved after Alderman John F. Maerz | had made an uynsuccessful attempt to | kave theater ‘fees increased. He wanted the fees raised as follow | Theaters seating more than 1,000, | from $125 to $200 a year; from 500 | to 1,000, from $75 ‘to $125 a yea lesa than 500, $50 to $756, These foe in the case of'the largest theaters, " would increase the license from 34 to | 55 cents a day. He pointed out that | eircuses now pay $50 a day. Louncilman Rutherford opposed | the increase. He argued that the the- | aters pay $9,000 a year for taxes, and circuses pay nothing, therefore the in- | | ereased fees for the latter amusements ere justified. The amendment w lost, city will To Wuy White Chassis. The police board submitted bids on chassis for the new police patrol, fecommending that a Buick chassis be purchased, Alderman C. J, Dehm amended to buy a Reo, which he felt was better adapted to the de- partment’'s uses. Alderman Maers said neither car was proper for a po- lice patrol and he wanted action postponed so prices €ould be obtained on higher priced cars. Councilman Crusberg favored a White, as did Alderman Walter Falk who said the present White has been in service 14 yea On motion of Alderman Dehm it was voted to empower the board to buy a White chassis, The ¢ty hall commission reported that l¢ol‘fl(‘e space in city hall is neededTor eity departments, with the exception of the room dircctly over the mayor's office, and this is avail- able for servicemen’s quarters if they want it. It was voted to empower the eity hall commission to turn it over to the soldiers. Discussion Over Ryan Case. Councllman Rutherford and others submitted a resolution to suspend the ordinance setting the maximum age for appointnents to the fire departs ment to Substitute Joseph F. Ryan, one year over the age, might be made wecarched him, Judd Jjed the mt that an William H opposition. He potnted Ryan's age was missiat when he was made & substitute March and that he was too oid for appoint- ment at that time. He declared the civil scrvice commission was negligent in mot tracing the age. The alder- man said it was at the hoard's sug- gestion that the pre masimum was fixed and he believed it danger- to make an ption Johnson and M. Stanley last ous practice ex0 Alderman J Counciiman T.a spoke along the same Cha Jol ¥ the fire was He said 1 Gustav vors of floor not orig- that given the solution did commission, but a8 the | st quali- appoint- as per resolntion pose Widening Main Street and ng Mair t frov In strest, was reforr ot Counc he mayor was ant committee outing. itter of three ta o war ant work on a new bullding code appropriation 1200 to and =a $1.000 therefor s strect crossing in of anmher st of gates a track at present unpro rtation To Jerome Sreet of residents of the w 1 to the to Jerome str was refbrr eammittee railrosAs, A petition was received from ng regi allowanee a The 225 for a dinner for helic ving bt & recess setion s grant ned to appropriate x-gercicemen on it vould he wis norgE eonuncil de Memordal Day A bad precedent, taken membe rs of the con and a o made tators at 1 raising $36.50, mecting, resulting NO COUNCIL ACTION | “Gets-It” Removes Give’ Your One touch of “Gets-Tt” puts corn or callous pain to sleep forever. plied to corn or a loose piece of peeled off with fingers. no bother, no guess work—just quick, sure pleasiog relief. satisfaction s but a SAYS GIRL. BANDIT LEFT HIM BUT §a : ‘New Yorker, - Victim-Another NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, DAY, Then she thrust:a $5 bill in his hand, ing it was the best she could do. - 4 Bocks Him In corns Q"lck'y | Still threatening him, she walked to the door. There was a key oW the inside of the lock. She picked it out, | walked outside, shut the door and locked it. Her last command was to | remain as he was for five minutes, but Saxt said he cried out and ran to the door, He shook ‘it and shouted in vain for a few seconds and then ran to the rear. Here he was able to tell his neighbor, a butcher, that he was lceked -in. The butcher turned the front door key and let him out, Saxt Lurried to the Wilson strect station 1o report his expericnce. Two Safes Looted 1t later was learned that yeggmen had entered a retail paint store on the Bowery, opposite one of ele- vated stations which had becn rob- bed,’and broke open two safcs, escap- ing with $600. CIVIL SUITS FILED. G. F. Smart Hartford through Freedman & Freedman have brought suit for §3 against the C. L. D. compa city. “The papers were Constable Fred Winkie. is returnable in the city Hartford on the first Tuesday June. Joseph Barny angd Wilfred Dunlay, through Dunn & ¥icDonough, 1 brought suit for $50 damages agair M. Hewitt. The papers were served by Constable mes W, Man- ning, who garnish money in the hands of the P. Corbin Co. The writ is returnable in the city court on the fourth Monday of May. Two or three drops ap- callous soon shrivels them into dead tissue_that can easily be There is no danger, aod “Gets-1t” does not fail. Your absolutely guaranteed. Costs Lawrence & Co., Chicagh. Co., of v of this ved by he court wifle. E of of INVITED TO SPRINGIIELD. Members of Washington Command- ery, Knights Templars, have been in- Crime Epidemic On damages | writ t 185,000 in moncy was found MAY 22, 1924 v WILL IS QUESTIONED Document Scribbled by New Haven | Man Just Before Going Crazy Comes Up In Court—Decision Reserved. New Haven, May 22.—A will scrib- bled on the back of an undertaker's )ill figured in the probate court here yesterday in a contest over the estatc of Luigi Testa, tailor. According to Luigi Lupoli, undertaleer, Testa di- rected him td write out the will for him while Lupoli was trying on his w Kaster suit in the tailor shop of »sta last month, Lupoli said he took the bill out of his pocket from among l‘n'llu rs he was going to collect and at Testa's direction a brother of Lupoli, who was with him, wrote on the back of the bill, the will, leaving one-haif Testa estate to a partner and the [ remainder to a mother, brother and sister in Utica, N. Y. LupgH and an- jother man in the shop signed the will the to Lupoli, Testa remark- ed to him at the time: “Louis, T guess you are going to bury me this time. Give me a bet- ter funeral than ever my townspeople r had.” The same evening it appeared, Tes- ita was stricken wit® a high fever, was [examined by a physician, was later found wandering on the street, delir- ious and taken to the hospital where in his possession, Then insanity deevioped (and sta was finally remaved to the Hartford Retreat, where he died a few days later. A question was raised as to Testa's competency to make a will. The court reserved decision in the case, S, OF V. MEMORIAL SERVICE The Sons of Veterans auxiliary will hold its weekiy social tomorrow after- FESTIVAL CONCERT NEW BRITAIN CHORAL SOCIETY SUNDAY, MAY 25th CAPITOL THEATER 330 p.m,D.S. T. Tickets on sale at Pierce’s, Crowell’s or Hultgren’s $1.00 Boston Pencil Sharpeners This Week Only 89c¢ New Britain Typewriter Exchange " 96 WEST MAIN ST. | Saxt, a picture-framer of 514 e eould New York, —Bandits were bolder and more active in New York * city yesterday than they have been for many weeks, Axel Johnson and Albert, two pay- roll guards, were shot down at 4 o'clock yesterday a while carrying a payroll of Beechnut Foil company in Bush minal building at 148 Thirty-ninth street, Brooklyn. A young bandit was shot and killed early yesterday morning by police- men who caught him in the act of lolding up a man in front of 164 Judge street, Jamaica Two bandits robbec May 22 a phonograph !dealer in broad daylight at 253 Bow- ery, A bob-haired bandit, carrying a re- volver in either hand, robbed Louis Bush- wick avenue, Willlamsburg, at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon, The girl was alone and, according to Saxt, she locked Bim up in his shop after rob- bing him, Looks High School Age He said she was small and looked about high school age, According to his story, she came in yester and looked over scores of picture frames hanging in his shop and then studied a number of framed pictures, I'inal- "1y she pointed at a gilded frame of clahorate design, “How much will it be to make me a frame out of that for & two-foot photo enlargement?” she asked, Baxt said it would be between $2 and $3, “Too much,” she replied, want to pay that much.” Saxt said that he stood by his price and that she began to rage at him. With a sudden twist, he said, she opened a silk bag. 1t dropped to the floor whd he noticed that she had a revolver in each hand. “Put them up,” she safd, ing upwards with her revolvers,” Saxt wald that he was too bewildered to obey at first and she stared gt him, not get over the Tdea at first that she was a school child, he said. She wore a fuzzy gray coat and a hat of violet straw, silk stockings and silk pumps and stood about four feet, six inches tall. The combination did not look dangerous and he hesi- tated, “I don't motion- Thought She Meant It “I'' shoot you, if you don't,” she said, according to Saxt, He sald she had large black eyes that seemed to be In earnest, and he put -up his hands, Then he faced the wall at her command. While in this posi- with his hands up, the, girl he said, taking 860 from one of his pockets. Then she gave him the usual threat to kill him it he moved. T according to Saxt the following conversation taok place Gives Back 85 it tion, 5 “Don't take all” he implored It's all T got.” “Are you married?” “Yes, 1 have a wife and 1t Wihere are they “In Russia.” She hesitated, according to Saxt, and then walked over to him. He started but she drew the re to look around volver and he looked back at the wall (T T—————— eal g tI the o fong If you like - wint-o-green flavor you'll like Wint-o-green Li Tae o% taste better noon from 2:15 to 5 o R. hall, In the evenin ular meeting wi vited to attend the laying of a corner stone for a mew Masonic temple at sringfleld, on June 24. The order about 180 members in New Britain, ceased members, | the annual memorial service for de-{ ‘clock at G. A. ng at 8 o'clock 11 be held with {For Quick Returns Use Herald Classified Advts. Choose from twenty-one Victrola models What kind of music do best music of every kind, of entertainment, —from $25 up. 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