New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 1, 1924, Page 1

News of the World y Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NATIONS: SOLEMNLY AGREE T0 END WAR UNDER TERMS OF PROTOCOL OF LEAGUE Even France, Denying Any Militaristic Spirit, Announces Willing- ness To Ratify Agree- ment. : Measure as Reported to Assembly Leaves No Loophole for Declaration of War, By The Associatad Press, Geneva, Oct. 1.—The amended draft protocol on arbitration and se- curity was presented to the assembly of the League of Nations for its ap- proval today, accompanied by a gen- cralreport, historical and analytical in nature, Mr. Politls of Greece and Dr. Benes of Czechoslovakia, offical reporters foy the two commissions which jointly framed the document, Special Chapters Bpecial chapters are devoted to condemnation of aggressive war, compulsory jurisdiction of the warld court of justice, the strengthening of pacific methads of proceduwe, the domestic jurisdiction of states, sanc- tions and reduction of armaments, all of which are foreign features of the protocol. The conclusion of the report which fills many pages. contains observations of general nature, War Is Killed “Our purpose,” says the report, “was to make war impossible-—to Kill it, to annihilate it. The plan drawn up leaves no loophole; it pro- hitbits wars of every description and lays down the rule that all disputes ghall he settied by pacific means.” 1t the smailest opening was left for any measure of force the whole systam would collapse, it adds, and to this end arbitration is provided a for every kind of dispute, and ag- | grassion is defined in siuch & way as 10 give no cause for hesitation when the court of the league has to take a decision. No Loopholes Teft The reporters deciare that these reasons led the framers of the pro- tocol to fill In the gaps in the league covenant-and define sanctions in suen a way that no possible contd be found for evading them and that thers would be a sound, definite Lasis for a feeling of security “The peace of the world etake.” continues the report fifth assembly has undertaken a work of worldwide importance which if it succecds is destined pro- foundly to modify present political conditions, Tf we the 1.eague of Nations will have render< ed fnestimable service to the whole modern worldy' The report ends by begging the assembly to examine the propnsals with care and to recommend them to the varlous governments for ac- ceptance. The Japanese Issue The problem of the domestic ixdiction of states raised by the anese delegation is treated length. Imsistence is niade protocol n no way derog rule of Article XV of the cojenant which protects national sovereign ty but that “In order that no doubt may exist it appears advisable to say £0 expressiy.” Neverthelcss, of Article XV of the maintained, M. Politis and Dr explain that it has been fonnd neces- sary in order to make its applica- tion more flexible to call in' aid the rule of Article X1 of the covenant chich makes it the h.«:n"s duty in event of war to take wpy action deemed wise and effective safe- guard peace and obligates the sec- retary-general to summon a mee of the council at the request of any member of the league. “Thus the reporters say has been nized that arises out of a matter solely the domestic the parties, that party or its eppon- ent will be fully entitied to call upon the council or assemly to act The report then make a point dcemod by the jurists to be of great importance as follows: Article X1 of the covenant not deal with situations which are covered by application only to cases w lated by international law. quently it demonstrates the existence of loopholes in the law erence to Article XI will be ducement to science to lear the ground for the work which the League of Nations will have to un dertake with a view _to about, rules of intbrnational law a closer reconcillation between the individual interests of its members and the uni- versal interests which it is designed to servie.” Another Way of Saying It This is deemed here to be another way of saying that many problems now claimed to be domestic in na- ture are really international and that this category might Inclnde social problems—Ilke Immigration, able treatment for foreigners and other matters alluded fo though not specifically mentioned, not only by s at succeed r- Jap- the covenant while is to when it a dispute within reco; by a judge; it applies Conse- an in- (Continued on Page 17)‘ printed | | the department of justice and | ot alleged | Whitteraft, The | princigle | s | automobile Benes | driver of the car, Paul } jurisdiction of one of | does { rules of law ecapable of | ich are not yet regu- | The ref-| bringing | through *development of the | | today equit- | CORRUPTION CHARGES | INPHILA. FALL DOWN Law Enforcement League | Fails to Produce Evidence of of evl- | Washington, Oct. 1.—Officials the law enforcement league Philadelphia failed to present dence of political corruption amon;;‘ federal office holders Pennsyl- vania in their conference today with in Attorney General Stone, it was an- nounced at the department of jus- tice. he attorney general said there | was “not even a suggestion of such | evidence.” The conference was arranged after - President Coolidge had transmitted to Mr. Stone & complaint filed by the league. Willlam R. Nicholson, Jr. the | cretary, sought presidential inter- vention in the situation growing out of the dispute over retention in of- fice of Smedley D, Butler, as chief of police of Philadelphia. The attorney general said he “gathered that the league commit- tee was dissatisfied with prohibi- tion enforcement conditions in Peunsylvania, especially in Phila- | delphia, “They complained of a lack o zeal with the prohibition enforce- | ment unit,” the attorney general | added. “With this I have nothing | to do. They had no &vidence of of- | ficial ‘corruption of any kind, “They appearad to belleve that its | representatives might be their work, and I | assurance {hat this its representatives | duty in law en- local more zealous in them my department and will do, their full forcement. “I told them T sonal interest in give attention to plaints that they gave would take per- the mafter and any speclfic com- mightt submit” A ed whether any data or in-! formation flative to alleged lack of enforcement or official corrup- tion was submitted, Mr. Stone sub- mitted newspaper clippings telling violations of the prohi- bition laws, The delegation Willlam R, Nicholson, Jr., the league secretary, and Harry L. Mrs. H. F. Fahnestock, | Fdgar Cole and Robert R. Sterrett, the league council, Upon receipt of information that | General Butler might continue in | office the committee through Mr. ! cholson, made this statement: We cousider this a vietory public opinion and appreciate the fact that Mayor Kendrick has gracefully howed to public opinion | as expressed by the town meeting and by the press. We pledge “the mayor full support {n any constrne- tive policy he may announce with | the retention of General Butler.” HEAYY DMAGE SUITS was Theaded by for Five Civi] Actions Brought in Water- | bury Today Total $51,000 as the Damags Sought. Waterbury, Oct, 1,—Five damage | suits, tota)ling $51,000 were filed in | the superior court here today. The of 1da Margolis, killed in an accident in the town, of Columbia last October, is suing the | ‘golis, for $10,000 damages. She was killed on a grade crossing. The deceased was the wife of the defendant. The estate of James Cullen Killed while a passenger on Arthur Paff- \ey's automobile truck here, Septem- ber 15, is suing Paffney for $10,000 damages. Charles Ut runaway estate injured is suing for nner, severely nobile, the driver by a George Karnofsky, . run down by one ake Tce company's for $15,000. His services mages. Sping wagons is suing mother for the asks an additional $1,000 ¢ loss of I | Mrs. Flancesca Brandt Of South \ou\alk Dead | of Ernst Bray Conn., died hospital this morni 52 years old. ¥ as follows: E arlotte, N. ¢ Norwalk; ington; Geo It. South Norwalk, and drandt, South ¢ West H 1 two Georg and wif alk, a frs. Brandt | children sur- nst Brandt, Jr., Adolph Brandt, | Brandt, | was vive, wut cit W it of this held Friday a - y'clock at the Kome of her brother, A. C. Sternberg, West Hart- ford. Burial in West Hartford. BROOKHART AN INSURGENT. Des Moines, Towa, Oct. 1—A meet- ing of the Jowa republican cent committee for tomorrow was L} at which the situation brought by Scnator Smith W. Brook- statement demanding that Charles G, Dawes withdraw as the republican candidate vice-presi- dent will be discussed, State Chair-| map B B..Burnquist announceds abofit hart's for JUDGE GAVERLY HAS | Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, ' 1 Jr., to life imprisonment stricken with a nervous breakdown ! l!mmm said. i | TRUSTED TELLER ARRESTED | New York Bank Employe Accused | Kiel as saying | & suspicious bank oilic CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1924, —~TWENTY PAGES, Wealthy Brockton Man Wearies of | Riches and Starts Life All Over‘ At Age of 57 Years He Leaves Honfe and Gets Job At ' $15 a Week in New York—Says Family Can Have His Fortune ° New York, Oct. 1.—Edward W.| He sought the Splvation Army Washburn, described as a wealthy |hotel on the Bowery, said Washburn, ice dealer of Brockton, Mass, for|because he had been a lavish con- | whom a search was started when he \mhumr to the organization in the | disappeared from his home there |past and “wanted to see what treat- last Tuesday, was found here today. ‘mnnl they gave transients.” He got He told police who questioned him a bed for 40 cents and Jiked it so | that he had “tired of it all” and was | well he stayed. | now going to make his way in the | Mcets Old Pals ! world at the age,of 57 yparss The novelty of his new life kept Gets Job in Store sleep from Washburn last' night, | ‘Washburn had been staying at the |S§o he dressed, lighted an old black Salvation Army hotel in the |pipe he had not smoked for years | Bowery since his arrival in this city. [and went exploring the power plant He was recognized by a Brockton 'of the building. man who notified the police. Wash- | “Hey there; aren't you Ed Wash- burn explained that, his Wife and |burn?” the volce of Patrick Calla- children being assurcd of a steady |han, night engineer, challenged ont income from his ice plants, he in- of the hoiler room gloaming. They tended to make his own way, He were friends of boyhood days and sald he had obtained a job in alsoon were seated on a coal pile, dis- Brooklyn grocery store, to pay $15 |cussing old times. a week starting today. Shows Friend Clipping. Paddle Own Canoe | At length Washburn showed Cal- | “I'l paddle my own canoe” lahan a clipping from a Brockton | Washburn told police. ~ “Unless I'm |newspaper chronicling his disap- stricken ill, my family will get all| pearance after leaving a note, saying | the income from the RBrockton|he had “ended it all” and report- business . Here I have a job at $15 |ing that 40 detectives were searching a week and board. 1 made a suc- |the swamps in search of his body. cess of husiness when T was young| Callahan called the missing per- | and don't see any reason why I |sons burean at police headquarters, | shouldn't do it again here in the |After the lce-man was taken into big city. custody, police communicated with “It's worth trying. And in any|Brockton and reported that his event I'll have a job and be work- | family was willing he should remain | ing aguin. 1 should be happy.” | here it he cared to. | [ Only Five Alarms for Fire in September|| During the entire month of September the loss from fire in||; the city, according to the esti- |1 mate in the monthly report of ||| Chief Wililam J. Noble, was only $180, and the fire department was only called upon five times on lo- cal alarms. The month set record for the local fire depart ment and Chief Noble regards it as exceptional for a city the size of New Britain, The $100 estimated damage was to an oven at the Hart & | Hutchinson plant, and to a Meri- den trolley ear in Barnesdale There was no damags 1o buildings) in the city by fire during the month: In addiffon to the five loes) ! alarms, the depsriment answered calls for in Berlin. NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Stricken Right After the Leopold.Loeh Case Had Ended a Oct. 1.—Judge John R. who on Sept, 10, sentenced Chivago, Caverly, for ¥ranks, the | was murder of Robert immediately after the close of the teinl, but is much infproved in & hos. | pital Dere, tormier Judge C. A, Mc Donald amonunced today after visit- ing the judge. That the jndge had heen in a hospital or that he had had JorRgth a breakdown, was unknown to his | hell Blannkda s Ui most intimate friends, Judge Mc- | ‘ DRUNKEN DRIVERS JALLED Bridgeport Judge l‘nl\('a One Man 20 Not ev his most inthmate frieitds were aware of the judge's breakdown and they actually believe that he had gone away for a rest! as had been announced,” said Judge McDohyld. “Ha became’ Il almost immediately after he had given his| Dagys, Another 10—One Fined $225 decision and went to the hospital the | i next day. He was found to be suffer- | the Other $100. i i ! ing from high Llood pressure and his Bridgeport, Oct. 1.— Thomas Brown of Stepney and Frank Reddin of Stratford, found guilty of driving whiles under the influence of liquor were "given an unusually stiff sen- tence in city court today by Judge Buckley. Brown was fined $225 and s#ntenced to 20 days in jail and Red. | din was given a $100 fine and 10 days ‘vn jail. physiclan immediately orderrd him to hed. He has improved rapidly and resting."” LEOPOLD-LOEB CASE 1§ N0 EXCUSE, JUDGE SAYS) Columbus Judge Insists 19 Year Old is now | with the other | throughout the state whepce come SLASH GAS PRICES INREFINERS' WAR ‘Reduction of Four (ents a Gal- lon Announced Here LIKE MR. HUMPTY DUMPTY Gulf Refining Co;, Standard Ol Co. of New York and Atlantic Refining Co. in Scramble for Consumers' Trade Throughout East. New Britain s following in line cities and towns announcements of a redction price on gasqline. the local officegof both the Standard Ofl Co. of New York and the Gulf Refining Co, elicited the information that the price per gallon dropped four cents, effective this morning. At | the office of the Texas Co. it was an- | nounfl"d that there had been no or- ders to reduce the price of that com- pany’s product. in Thirteen Cents in Waterbury. Waterbury, Oct. 1.—The retail | price of gasoline tn this city swas this cents the gal- | morning cutt from lon to 16 cents, tax included. wholesale price dropped from | cents to 13 cents the gallon. Com- panies involved included ths fulf Refining ("o., the Atlantic Refining Co.. the Connecticut Oil Co. and the Standard Oil Co. of New York. Bridgeport Hears Good News. Bridgeport, Oct. 1.—Thegwholesale price of gasoline was cut from 21 to 17 cents per gallon here today by the Guif Refining and Atlantie Refining |companies. Tt was announced that Standard Oil Co, morrow. The Gulf Leads Way in Norwalk. Norwalk, Oct. 1.—The gasolin warfare in the New Fngland stats was reflected here by the cui in r tail price to 17 cents a gallon by stations supplied by the Gulf Refin- ing Co. The local plant of the dard Oil Co., which auppli southern Connecticut dealers nounced no change hut stated they expected word from New TYork fo meet the cut. Texaco prices remain the same as those of Standard. 17 Cents Throughout State. Hartford, Oct, 1 hers taday dropped cents, tax inchnded. The 0il Ca. announced that its 17 price was effective throughout Con nectieut from 21 Meet Gas Culs. York, Oct. 1.—The gasoli "price cutting war throughout the east was intensified today when the ndard Oil Co. of New Jersey L authorized local dealers in its terri tory to meet competitive cuts hy al New "other companies. Extension of the price ri&c inaugurated yesterday by the av carricd the entire seahoard to the evels since the Ifarced to meet dared by the Gulf Refining Co Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey lov ered ita prices from te'o tn three conts a gallon thrdughout its terri- tory following the ane cent reduc on rding companies ces along war. (Continued on Page Seventeen) Akron Youth Must Pay 'TORRINGTON YOUTH Death Penaity By The Assc Press. Columbu Oct. 1.—Compara- tive justice and age have no weight | with Ohio's chief executive in de- | Walks Nude Through the | termining whether clemency should tended a condemned person, ling the courts have functioped | 0 be Streets to Pay Wager— ptoperly in imposing the death pen-| Jailed for 30 Days and alty on an accused person. | ‘ Governor A. V. Donahey made| e e O e Taned RS TER Policeman| Involved in Episode. { he refused to commute to life im- prisonment the sentence of Alexan- | der Kuzeik, 19 year old Akron youth, y ‘ who is to be executed at the state | penitentiary October 17 for the mur- | der of Elizabeth Nagy, 13 year old girl who spurncd his attentions.” | “Iach case must stand upon its said had pleaded Torringtor part in a 1.—To uphol wager, Frank Woodman, 17, clothe but shocs walked down the u of Main street in t 3 and 4 o'clock Monday morning Two partolme ing oft duty me him, arrested him and escorted him to police stat apped in a blanket secured to meet the exigency of the occasion. He told the police who were then unaware of the truth, he had been held up and robbed of everything, including his clothes, by gangsters who had disappeared in their automobile. Accepting his story, ihe police t in various directions searching for the higk waymen. E rify his stery, however, brought out discrepancies On further ing, Woodman admitted that t holdup story only fietioy related t the In city court t ing he ple 1 ty to jail for ) duys the cos He in (he wager clait Earle Bierce wager was Woodman wal the street and The patroimar pending investigation 1 in not a pair of per section ity between own bottom,” the governor Kuzeik's attorneys before the governor for merty for their etient more than an hour and a half, urging clemency because of his age, citing the Leopold-Loeb in Chicago as an example of (lemency being shown because of theg betore the 1 definitely with the defendants, annour not interfere ourts. youth of chicf executive that he would sentence of the sent cars ¢ Yorts tc questio was facts of is morn- of Forging §2.350 Check—said He L 56 Could Have Made it Larger. and taxed $11 oct. 1.- National Ct and his friend today, charged with name of Ann ni- chols, playwright, to a $2,750 check. Robert Kiel, of Merrick, Long Island the teller was said by poiice to have admitted the crime, but his fricnds, William Man- hatt silence. sy, the police quoted “1 could have walked bank with $30,000." two were pre- ute a much bigger apprehended when inl cabled Miss Nichols in Europe,-and learned that | she had-not sigmed the check. | A trusted pay bank's New York ing teller of Wall strect arrested the forgery s his wpaniens involved at Patrolman when the and branch 1t vas present made and that k ing unclothed aply laughed at beer were A e saw its down him s suspended — was ¢ THE WEATYER Oet out of the The paring to theft. They police say the exe .—lore in and vicind and Thursday; prohably frost Hartrord Tor New Vair tonight cooler tonight, * | ARRESTED FOR EMULATING LADY GODIVA'S STUNT - . WASHOUT CAUSES WRECK OF N. Y. CENTRAL TRAIN Express From Mongreal Derailed at sabbatis, N, Y.—Passengers Fs- cape—Fireman Tupper Lake, Badly Hurt T ¢ hbound ex Adironda York Centra recked at midnight bbatis, forme about 20 miles The but passengers ¢ Raymond Gendr fireman, was badly brought to a ous condition strong. irns. out, due to the st two bur spital and engineer, heavy The days 1oc track but About vashed The out New York taken 1dson line by w Buffalo slecpe of Malon Adiron] quarters at doubtful whe repaired and over tl At vay tica ther the traffic re lamag day Woman Gives Merchant Worthless $18 Check M. Rosenweig, Broad the propr atreet nim by a goods on er to a check was given he went check he worthless. 17 will follow to- | Gasoline prices | to 11 tandard b cont was! ! Average D a i1y Circulation RIED 10 SELL AUTO HE HAD NOT PAID FOR nTom ) | | Inquiries today at | Tony Calabrese, 19, was fined $100 and sentenced to jail for 60 days when he was arraigned before Judge | Willlam C. Hungerford in police | court this morning on a charge of | concealing an automobile purchased on a conditional bill of sale. He took an appeal and the court set bonds for his release at $1,000. Calabrese is alleged to have pur- chased an automobile from the Mc- Gauley & Bennett Co. in July on a | conditional bill of sale and to have taken the machine to Worcester, | Mass., where he attempted to sell it. The machine was wrecked in Worcester and Calabrese went New York, where he was arrested | and brought back here by Detec- tive Sergeant William P. McCpe | T after extradition proceedings. He, entered a plea of not guilty through Attorney 8. Gerard Casale, who ap- peared for him. Thomas H. sold the machine to Calabrese and that after the first deposit the balance was to be paid in 12 month- paymenfs. Calabrese st np, , Bennett started to look him He went to the United Milk Uo. where Calabrese was employed, md not finding him there at the| me, left instructions for Calabrese to call him on the phone when he He did not receive any telephone | call and several days later went to | ihe milk company again, and learned | hat Calabrese had left the company | without notice. Recruiting Sergeant Clyde L. nne, stationed at Worcester, testi- (' that Calabrese applied to him for snfistment in the'army en Skp- | tember € and was aceepted and sent b 2 to Boston for further examination. He was rejected | turned to Worcester on September , the sergeant 'vxuumz that he called at his office and tried to sell him the automobile., He went out with Calab and machine ald that » machine, o= tion while t were out, the was wrecked. ~Aragonne he still considered hu\!nz but stopped negotia- | tions when he called up the McGau- vy & Bennett Co. here and learned Calabrese had not paid in full machine, He testified that t all times during the negotiations, had given him the im- that the machine for the ssion property J. EXberg, proprietor of the was Victor zarage ine brought after being ked, testified that Calabrese had mpted to open negotiations with for the purchase of the ma- was atte him w« Mildred Cusack, hookkeeper M & Tennett at the time tions with the testimony 1t Calabrese, of Betm e claim made by went to to make the pay- time. denis Augnst at that pany WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE SLAIN BY WAR VETERAN (anadian Tells Police He But Lacked Intended Suicide the Necessary Nerve . Oct. 1.—John Hkkee en to tak bodies of Mrs P in their beds, for the ie and the 1 Gas ( ‘rance during t use of per. the, T0 SPEAK IN WATERBURY AL Smith Slated for Talk in Evening Governor There of Ninth—Sc\i- tor Copeland to be on Platform Wat t Senatc York y and th Governor to epeak York go ons are ception, to | Bennett testified that | failed to | make the payments and ahout Aug- | \rn-‘ Boston and re- | ot a demonstra- | his in Worcester where ghe ma- | OVER 12 BILLION 1§ ? N. Y. PROPERTY LIST In Addition, Personal Es- tate Assessments Total $843,958 450 ew York, Oct. 1.—New York city real estate assessments for 1925 total | $12,501,609,295 and personal estate assessments $843,958,450, 1t was an- nounced today. This represents an | increase in real estate figures of $1,- 581,262,651 and in personal estate of $3.328,925 over 1924, More than 42,000 buildings, main- ly apartment hous have been i erected in the city’s five boroughs | during the year.” | The assessed valuations of | city's biggest and best known sky- scraperd make up a formidable list, with the towering Equitable Life building far,in theead with a $30,- | 000,000 valuation. Its closest com- | petitors are the American Telephone | & Telegraph company’s building, as- sessed at $17,800,000 and the Federal Reserve bank, $16,800,000. Buildipgs that won fame in the | | old days—the Singer and Wool- | | worth—are left behind by the more modern structures, The Woolworth’s valuation was assessed at $11,250,- 000, and the Singer bullding, far- famed tower and all, was given a valuation of $8,200,000. I'the modern Giants out-distance these h_v some millions. The Néw York Stock Exchange is ‘amssad at $13,850,000; the Mutual Life at $10,400,000; the gigantic Plaza hotel that looms majestically over Central Park at $11,500,000, with a similar valuation -for the Pennsylvania hotel ' opposite the Pennsylvania terminal, which hag an ssessment of but $2,600,000. A | Fifth avenue depariment store, Alt- ‘ man’s, 18 placed at $14,060,000," and [ there are m pignber of - tite new { apartment honses that scale | over $5,000,000. FALL IS CHARGED WITH GETTING $90,000 FUND | C1aim Made That He Received This | | As “Dividend” From Sinclair Oil Interests. Washington, Oct. 1. | Fall, former secretary of the interior {is charged by the government with chtaining $90,000 in Liberty bonds as “dividends” of the Continental Trading Co., ing a transaction by that company with the Sinclair interests and other oil concerns in the United States. This became known today after the filing of an affidavit in Toronto, Omt., hy Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, special counsel appointed by President Coolidge to prosecute oii L Tt was intended to withhold this evidence from the public until the Teapot Dome trial, but publication was made necessary to‘comply with 1he Canadian law for compelling testimony. Tt was necessary to file an affidavit setting forth matters on which it was desired to ask questions of certain witnesses in Canada who resisted attempts to force them to testify. The senate committee reported it | ad.previously traced $24,000 honds to the former secretary, ac- cording to the records. Tt s be- lieved that this $24,000 in honds ix part of the $80,000 traced in Can- ada, according to the affidav DRIVERS ARE FINED Auto Fatalities, in Two Rordering on Homicide, Settled in Middletown Court Today. Mi State’'s Attor in superio g on al by court today as “border- " were ge Wiesman anot igrino of Meri d Pell his brother Nemetts ki Miss Mary in it, were 1 the recom- ate's attorney in ™ l‘hl’\ INTO U, Oct S, 1.—Imports in- s during August 9. a decrease of e corresponding exports an in- 34 over August, | the | Others of | — Atbert B.| Ltd., of Canada, follow- | Week Ending Sept. 27tll .o 10,671 PRICE THREE CENTS TERRIFIC GALES AND HEAVY RAINS ~ LEAVE PATH OF DEVASTATION AND DEATH THROUGH EASTERN SECTIONS Trees Uprooted, Houses Unroofed, Roads In- undated And Hun- dreds Of People Made Homeless By Floods. In Connecticut Most Seri- ous Damage Was to Tele- | phone and Light Wires— Repairs Will Take Sev- eral Days, New Haven, Oct. 1.—Yesterday's storm and the high wind of the night did much damage to telephone lines of the Southern New England Tele- phone Co. throughout the state, par- ticularly more than in any storm at this season for many years. The es- timate made from company head- quarters today after a survey of ex- changes, placed the number of tele- | phones out of commission at slight- ly more than 9,000. Repair forces of the compasty worked all night and were hard at it today to make good the damage. The campany says the | damage ls widely distributed and at least two days will be required to restore service. { Nearly all the broken lines were due to falling trees and limbs. This was partic@larly noticeable in the cities. Near Danbury a few poles | were blown down, and New Milford suffered to a considerable extent from this sort of damage. The east. | ern part of the state apparently bore the brunt of the storm, Willimantic being the worst off with 700 tele- phones out of order last night., Put- nam and Danielson each lost 200, New London had $50 instruments idie TG to stofn-damage. In. rt district th ity 1ifies lost 200 ipstrome leuding-those in Stratford. Nor- walk lost 250, Danbury 200 and New Milford 150. 1In the New Haven dis- trict Waterbury was the worst hit with 400 instruments not in working order. Middletown had 300 useless and this city about 350. In the Hartford district most of the ex- | changes reported a small number of instruments out of order. Loss of 300 telepHones in“Hartford and about 300 {n Windsor Locks was reported, Rhode Island Damages. Providence, R. Oct. 1.~Three persons were seriously injured, others were slightly hurt and still others had narrow escapes from in- jury or death during a storm which swept Rhode Island early last eve. ning. A sixty mile an hour gale up- roted trees, tore off large limbs, kept shipping within harbor limits, piled 1 one of the highest tides that has ollen Narragansett Bay for a long time and overturned automobiles, on roads. The storm also took its usual tell of telegraph and telephone and elec- tric transmission wires and delayed trolley and train service throughout the state. Fallen wires everywhere were a menace but no ons was re- ported injured by them. One auto- mobilist in Nerth Providence had a narrow from death when & heavy limb fell on his machine and crushed jt. In Providence another motorist was nearly struck when a elm tree was blown down direct- |1y in his path. | " Many entire sections of the state | were temporarity without electric lights, telephone service and trolley |service as the result of fallen trees and wires, escape tall Fatalities in New York, Albany, N, Y., Oct, 1.—Communi- throughout New York state to- faced the.necessity of cleaning debris and repairing the destruc- of ane of the heaviest rainfalls which has swept this section of the untry in years. Two deaths, dam 1ge and destruction of property and ties lay ™ tior (Continued on Page Seventeen.) STORM SPECTACULAR BOT PROPERTY DAMAGE LOW Light Out on Several Parts of City When Limbs Tear Down Wires, resulted from the rain storm that clock yesterday aft- ing a day of continual ain. The storm lasted abonut two hou Hundreds of small branches blown off trees and in a few in- stances whole limbs were broken. The Connecticut Light and Power experienced much trouble keep- ng servi runing. Wires were blown down by wind or broken by falling branches of trecs and ééveral ricts were without light for & tew By midnight the damage eared up Near the state armory on Arch a tree was split and timber 1 acroes the roadway. No one was njured. In the outekirts of the eity treas wers split or blown down in large numbers. Slight damage avy wind and ame about § oon follow hours. had bee