New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 29, 1924, Page 1

News of the World y Associated Press EMPLOYES DISCHARGED FOR SUPPORTING NEW BRITAIN HERALD ~NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1924, —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES, LaFOLLETTE'S CANDIDACY, IS CLAIM MADE Witness Says American . Woolen Co. At Law- rence, Mass., Is Said To Have Dropped Workmen = For This Reason. Claim Also Made That Re- publicans Have Offered Railroad Men Big Wages to Go on Stunip for Coolidge. R. R. BROTHERHOOD'’S ACTS TO BE PROBED Washington, ©Oct. 29.—Testimony that he had heard of men beifg dis- missed by the American Woolen company for supporting La Follette was given to a senate committee to- day by Henry L. Ramm of Law- rence, Mass. From that the committee moved on to charges that an efiort had been made to hire labor men to take the stump for Coolidge. Money No Object Henry 1. Ramm, a railroad fire- raan of Lawrence, Mass, a La Fol- lette supporter, testified that H. T. Drew, a former supporter of La ¥ol- lette, had offered him 11 dollars & day and 11 dollars for expenses to support Coolidge and make speeches for him. He sald Drew promised that he would recelve $1,000 over his expenses for this work, that $250 would be placed in his hands at once. He quoted Drew as saying “That money was no object.” Simflar offers, Ramm declared, had been madé to other railroad nen in Lawrence and one had ac- cepted it. Solicited Funds W. L. Bourland, counsel for the republlcan national committee, drew from Ramm a statement that he had solicited funds from labor unions at lLawrence, recelving $25 from the painters’ union and §25 from the mill and shopmens’ union. He sald the contributions were made as unions and not as idividuanls. “Is the grand lodge paying your transpottation and time lost by your presence here?” Bourland asked. “Yes,” he replied. “Do you know of any men being dismissed from the union because of their support of Coolidge?” “No, but T have heard of men be- ing dismissed for supporting La Fol- lette.” “Where?"” “At the American Woolen com- pany at Lawrence, Mass.” Collected $120,000 H. L. Brunson of Washington, & machinist, told the committee he (Continued on Page 14) PAGE FROM HER BIBLE WINS WIDOW PENSION Mrs. Charles E. B. French Proves Husband’s Claim of Service A page form the Bible given her for a wedding present by her late husband which she sent to Wash- ington recently, has finally succeed- €d, where all other efforts fajled, to win for Mrs. Charles E. B. French of Henry street a pension from the War Department. Although her husband was dis- charged from the navy as a sergeant and saw active service in the Span- fsh-American War, in the Philip- pines and in the Boxer uprising, and died from locomotor ataxia, said to be a result of iliness sustained in the y, neither the deceased veteran subsequently his widow were able to get a pension until the fly leat m the family Bible accomplished vhat seems almost like a miracle. French saw service in the U, 8. ines, in the infantry and in the cavalry. He enlisted under an assumed name, taking his first two names, Charles Edward, in order to spare his family. He was given three honorable discharges, one of them on sheepskin being so badly worn that it can hardly be read. When Mr. and Mrs. French were married about 15 years ago, the for- mer attempted to obtain a pension but was unable to prove that Charles E._B. French and Charles Edward were the same person. His efforts od eptember 29, 1923, he died, leav- g a widow and an 11-year-old son antitled to the pension but unabie to prove their claim. \The matter was bronught to the attention of Rev. Raymond N. Gilman of the §anley Memordal church, who made it his business to ke made to obtain the pension, Mr. Gil- man conferred with Theodore John- (Cofitinued on Page 10) DEATH LIST NOW 1§ 4 N GAS POISONING All Victims Become - Vio- lent—Chemist Warns of New Gasoline New York, Oct. 29. — The death list in the gas poisoning of workers in the research lahoratory of the Bayway, N, J,, plant of the Btandard Oil Company of New Jersey, was in- creased to four by the death today of Willilam Kresge, 20 years old, of Flizabeth, N. J, in Reconstruction hospital, Before his death Kresge was so violent that he was placed in a straight jacket, The other victims of the gas who died were similarly affected. Herbert Suson, also of Elizabeth, N. J., is In a critical condition at the hospital, He also has been placed in a straight jacket, Fifteen other employes are in the same hospital in varying stages of illness produced by the gas. + Physicians in charge of patients admitted that they were puzzled by the malady. Meanwhile investiga- tions dre being made into the opera- tions of the research laboratory, Discussing the deaths, Dr. Frank J. Monaghan, health commissioner of New York city, said last night that the New York health depart- ment for some time past has been making experiments with certain materials used in gasoline mixtures to increase the power of automo- biles, TIf it is discovered, he assert- ed, that there is anything in these compounds which endangers life, their sale no longer will be permit- ted by the department. The workers' health bureau re- ceived the following telegram from Dr. Yandell Henderson, professor of applied physiology at Yale univer- sity: “The sale to the public of gaso- line containing lead is now reported in New Jersey, Maryland, the middle western states and - elsewhere. It should b stopped immediately and prohibited until the subject is fully investigated by sclentific experts. Otherwige there is great danger of widespread polsoning among men at gas fillin stations, garages, repair shops and even among the general public. Public health authorities everyv.here should take immediate action. Elizabeth, N, J, Oct. 29. — A checkup today shows that 22 vie- tims of gas, resulting from their etiployment fn a Standard Oil com- pany laboratory at Bayway, are un- der observation in the Reconstruc- tion hospital at New York; four more are in St. Elizabeth hospital, here, and seven are under observa.- tion at their homes, The cases range from violent to those showing symptoms, THE GIRL SMOKER She Should Be Barred From Decent Soclety, According to Michigan State Grange Speaker in Tirade. Petoskey, Mich., Oct. 29.—Girls Wwho smoke should be banned from decent soclety, Mrs. Dora H. Stock- man, a member of the state board of agriculture and lecturer of the Michigan State Grange declared to- day in a report to the grange, in ses- sion here, “During and since the war, cigar- that every effort was| ettes—the white coffin nafls—are nailing down the lid of opportunity for thousands of boys and young men,” the report declared, en a few girls are getting into the lime- light by smoking in publio places The girl smoker should be banned from decent socloty.” KASPROW CASE CALLED Continuance Until Coroner Files Re- Decided Upon in Southington of Maple street, charged with reck- less driving following the death of Phillp A, Nelson in an automobile accldent near Milldale last week, was called this morning in the Southing- ton town court. The state, througn Prosecutor J. Lambert Degnan ask- ed for a continuance awaiting the finding in the coroner’s inquest. Kasprow, through Attorney Harry Ginsberg of this city, entered a plea of not guliity. 20 Years in Prison for Slayer of Bill Brennan New York, Oct. 20—Twenty yeatrs® imprisonment in Sing Sing was the sentence Imposed today on Joseph Piloi, 28, a chauffeur, gfter he had pleaded guilty toa first degree man- slaughter charge growing out of the murder of Willlam (Biil) Brennan, heavyweight pugilist, shot to death in his Washington Heights cabaret on June 15 last. Pioll pleaded guilty to the man- slaughter charge in preference to standing trial on a charge of first degree murder. Terence O'Neill, indicted with Ploli for the murder, recently was turned over to New Jersey authorities, as a jail breaker, and now is cempleting a 10 to 30 year sentence. Hip Sings and OnLeongs to Get Together Today WILL . PAY “INDEMNITY” Other Demands of On Ieongs Re- garded as Ridiculous by Hip Sings — Police Still Duty in New York's Chinatown. By The Associated Eiess. New York, Oct. 29.—Rival tong leaders predicted today, after a se- ries of secret conferences with their henchmen that lasted all of yester- day and most of last night, an early end of the clanfiesting war- fare that for weeks has bgen claim- ing lives in the Chinatowns of large citles from Chicago to the Atlantic seaboard. On Active the On Leopgs expected today or tonight to ‘go Into extraordinary tong sessions. The Chinese consul general and the Chinese Merchants’ Benevalent association of New York were prevailed upon to act as inter- mediaries. Ready to Talk Peace. Ong Foon, for years chief of the Hip Sing in New York's China- town, declared he was ready to talk business. Charlie King, veteran leader of the On Leongs, said he would meet the Hip Sings half way. Both leaders remained, however, Intrenched in their respective head- quarters, surrounded indoors by their Chinese advisors, strong-arm men and interpreters, and outdoors by private detectives, as well as by policé reserves and plain clot es- men. A Police on Duty. Uniformed police econtinued to patrol Mott and Doyer streets, the meandering thoroughfares which, converging in the heart of China- town, are claimed as the sacred pre- cincts of the On Leongs. The Hip Sings walked only to Pell street, under the protecting vigilance of other officers, So desperate have the Hip Sing merchants become as the warfare is prolonged’ and sight-seeing custom- ers shun Chinatown that Ohg Foon declared today there was little pros- pect that the demand of the On Le- ongs for $50,000 “ipdemnity” would be permitted to stand in the way of peace, Other Five Concessions But, he said, the other five con- cessions demanded by the On Leongs presented greater difficulties. As Ong Foon outlined them, they ‘were: 1. That the Hip Sings give up their business locations in Pitts- burgh—Ilaundries, tea shops, curio counters and ali—and absent them- selves from the city, or resign from the Hip Sings and join the Leongs. ! stores they acquired from the On Leongs on Clark street, Chicago, 25 years ago. 8. That members of the Hip Sing Tong open up no new places of bus- iness in Chicago, New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland, or Washington. 4. That the Hip Sing expel all of its members who once wers On Leongs, 5. That the New York headquar- ters of the Hip Sings give to the Dignitaries of the Hip Sings and | On | CHINESE READY TO [GROUP INSURANGE. JHEAVY VOTING N ENDTONG WARFARE| FOR ITY WORKERS| BRITSH FLECTION Subject Will Be Discussed by Board of Finance $4000 MAY COVER COST Situation in Skelly Case Brings Pro- ject Into Limelight—Chairman Hall Promises To Bring It To Board's Attention. At the next meeting of the boatd of finance and taxation, the advisa- bility of purchasing group insurance for city employes, partlcufirly in the volice and fire departmefits, will be brought before the hoard by Chairs man 'ward F. Hall who has spent considerable time studying the pro- position. The advisability of insurance was first brought out in the discussion that followed the slaying of Police- {man James Skelly when it was founa that existing charter and ordinance regulations might not allow com- pensation for the family of the de- ceased policeman, Many' of the leading industrial plants carry growp insurance. - All employes ade taken in with flat rates provision for each group. The pre- mium being regulated in proportion to'the hazards that attand the work of each group. In municipal group Insurance, the premiums charged the city for its police and firemen would be consid- erably greater than that for office clerks and Inspectors, Charges woula be made at a fixed premium per hundred dollars salary paid the in- dividual concerned, and it is believ- ed that an appropriation of not more than $4,000 would be necessiry to insure the city against claims aris- ing out of incapacitation met by em- ployes while parforming their duties. Chairman Hall has not completed the compilation of data, and would not say today whether or not he will be in favor, but he has prom- ised to bring the matter before the board at an early meeting for a thorough discussion. ‘NYSTERY CHY DREN ARRIVE IN NEW YORK Youngsters From Canal Zone But No One Knows Anything of Them New York, Oct. 20.—Two mystery ckildren, a boy of three and a half ears and his sister, two and a half, arrived from the Canal Zone on the steamship Manchuria today, and their case immediately became the 2. That the Hip Sings abandon the | perplexing problem of the immigra- tion authorities at Ellis Island. The waifs, shoeless and their bodies covered by cheap, cotton ga ments suited to tropical climates, could tell nothing of themselves ex- cept their pames—Tom and Ida Kelps. They answered questions through a Spanish interpreter. Ofticials of the Panama Pacific | Steamship company, owners of the Manchuria, said an investigation had revealed that the pair had been | brought aboard at the Pedra Miguel | Lock in the canal by a man wearing [the Uniform of the United § army, who left his charges with the matron. The children had prepaid New York tickets which had been Inurvhnsml at the company's offices On Leongs a satisfactory explanation why firearms have been kept at the Hip Sing headquarters, “These demands obviously are | ridiculous,” said Ong Foon, through | his interpreter, Eddie Gong, as he gat port on Death of Philip A. Nelson | The case of A. William Kasprow | at his roll-top desk at No. 15 Pell street, conferring with aides, passing out cigars to visiting countrymen, and receiving from other cities en- velopes that disgorged long strips of Instructions, in Chinese, and tight- packed wads of currency, American. Saves Wife’s Life When Her Clothes Catch Afire | Danbury, Oct. 29—John F. Marsh, | Jr,, former member of the state | police department now pro- | nd prietor of a restaurant in this city, saved his wife from death by burn- | ing in their summer camp near here | last night and in doing so received | severe but not dangerous burns. A dog asleep underneath a table sprang up when aroused by a sound from the woods outside and, u | ting the table, overturned a kero- sene lamp, which fell into the lap of Mrs. Marsh. The burning oil set | the woman’s clothing» aflame. Tear- |ing the blankets from'a bed Mr, | Magsh threw them about his wife { and rolled the imperilied woman up on the floor, smothering the flames. | The buliding caught fire but Mr. | Marsh beat out the flames and then carried his wife up a hillside path through the woods and placed her in his automobile. On arriving at the Danbury hospital the burns of | both were treated. Mrs. Marsh was seriously burned about the 1 limbs. Mr. Marsh was able leave the hospital today. Oldest Scottish Rite 7 Mason in Stamford Dies Stamford, Oct. 29.—Fred Oefinger, | 84, oldest Scottish 32nd degree Rite Mason and Odd Fellow in this city, was found dead in his bed this noos. }]bdl’( failure was given as #he cause, ¢ a ver to | Ih!‘rl‘. TRY TO ROB GAS STATION An attempt to enter the Suburban | Gasoline station at West Main street Williams, the proprietor, opened for business this The attempt was marks were when he morning. but found on the windows unsuceessfi was discovered by James G.o Unosually Large Number of Women Cast Ballots NO SERIOUS DISORDER Police Had Been Stationed J Places Where Trouble Wa poonts] ‘wfllflfi.) pected—Rainy Weather Ma Down Lady Astor's Vote, By The Assoclated Press. London, Oct. 29.—~Three weeks of exhortations, warnings and appeals on the part of political leaders had thelr effect today when a vast army of British voters flocked to the polls to elect a new parliament to succeed the one dissolved when ,the labor government of Prime Minlster Ram- say MacDonald took the alternative of going before the country after their defeat on the question of the Campbell prosecution, Despite threatening weather the outpouring of voters until the early hours of this evening was heavy, ac- cording to reports received by the headquarters of all the political par- ties. Especially notable was the great number of women who showed an active interest in their country's political destiny by early visits to the ballot hoxes. More women than ever before cast votes, according to reports from most of the constitu- encles, Heaviest In Years In the provincial districts, the in- dications were that the voting was the heaviest in many years. Reports from Burnley where Arthur Hender- scn, the home secretary, is fighting a three-cornered battle for reelec- tion, were that fully 90 per cent of the voters would cast ballots before the polls closed. A similar predic- tion was made in Derby, the scene of the fight for reelection of colon retary R. H. Thomas. In North- ampton, the polling was said to be the heaviest in 20 years. Although hedvy police details ‘were stationed in the districts where demonstrations were expected ,only minor disorders were reported up until this evening and while there were noisy demonstrations in many constituencies when the candidates appeared, no clashes came to the notice of the authorities. The entire procedure was orderly, The weather was bright in most of the districts this forenogn hut by noon: the sky was overcaft and raia drenched the enthustasny of some of |the reluctant voters. 4 Heavy rain fell all ‘day at Ply- mouth and it was expected that this clrcumstance would cut down the vote for Lady Astor, although her supporters made vigorous efforts to bring out a record vote for her. iGirl Pleads Guilty in $60,000 Blackmail Case Boston, Oct. 20.—Mrs, Abraham 'Lm'y of Binghamton, N. Y., who as | Eleanor Barnes, was the lure used |by & ring of blackmailers and ex- {tortionists to gain large sums from men of wealth who were compro- mised, pleaded guilty in the superior court today to a chargs of con spiring to extort $60,000 from Vic tor A. Searles, by accusing him o jerime. Another indictment was not pressed. Mrs. Levy was not sen- tenced, ard was allowed to return to her new home on nominal honds, :with the understanding that she would be available to testify in other cases if needed, :Forest Fires Break Qut Afresh Up in Mass. Worcester, Oct, 2 ~Forest firest Which have been raging near Web- ster for several days, broke out near Sutton ear today threatened the town of Wehst blaze Is burning along a t front, is fanned by a high wind is sweeping toward the town with such speed that aid has 1 {moned from other towns. men found on the streets of Webster and doors showing that an attempt have been pressed into ice by ad been made to pry them open. the warden. State Doputy Fire The affair was reported to the po- Warden John Crowe of Westboro, fce this morning and they are mak- (With a force of firefighters, has been |ing an investigation. called. NO BANKRUPT PAPERS e e A s | New Haven, Oct. 2 No petition THE WEATHER -in bankruptey h n filed by any Lulretar {creditor of G. Harold atric up Hartford, Oct. 29—Forceast till noon today it was stated at the for New®Britain and vicinity “w leral court clerk’s offi here, It Fair tonight and Thursday; |!was reported yesterday that a pe- i cooler tonight, on had been filed J Car- penter, representing the Mary * Gardner estaté of Putnam. GREATER SALES o tomorrow. Merchants have event for days and it gives || dising feat that will fong be public. A perusal of the adve cutting prices on seasonable a remarkable succes: cooperating to put this sale indication that with favorabl ing towns. With the fall season jus \ Mr. Oefingér was born in Wure temburg, Gerinany, and came to this | country in the sixties and enlisted fn |the U. S. Artillery for war service. { After the war he was a_letter care | rier and later in the newspaper and nagazine handling business for .20 | years when be retired. He is sur- | | vived by four children. DAY TOMORROW 0 New Britain's Greater Sales Day is on the program for been preparing for this big promise of being a merchan- remembered by the shopping rtisements in tonight’s Herald gives an idea of the extremes merchants have gone to in merchandise to make their bargains attractive to the public that Great Sales Day will go down in the history of New Britain's mercantile life as In every line the storekeepers are across big and there is every e weather there will be a big response on the part of shoppers of the city and surround- t beginning shoppers will un- doubtedly accomplish big savings by getting out tomorrow and doing-their buying. Wis e traders will go through the advertisements tonight and will make note of the things they plan to get tomorrow. morrow will get the pick of the bargains. hose who are out early to- Hence the warn- ing: Shop early on Greater Sales Day. Chairman Yeomans Asks Gover- nor for All Details AUDIT . NOT COMPLETED 'UIV‘_.)“?"G‘“:‘\;]\! Gives Out Let- ‘xplaining That wiu Not Be Finished For Two or Three Weeks to Come, New Haven, Oct, 29.—A request that the recent audit of the state ac- counts in the treasury department during the term of G. Harold Gil- patric, recently resigned, be publicly announced was made yesterday by Edward M. Yeomans, chairman of the democratic state central com- mittee, The following letter was given out from the state headquarters here today: o “New Haven, Conn. Oct. 29, 1924, ‘Hon. Charjes A. Templeton, “Governor of Connecticut, “Hartford, Conn, “Your excellency: “Sometime ago a firm of pubMc accountants from New York was employed to audit the accounts of |former State Treasurer Gilpatric and report to you. I am informed that this andit was completed a good while ago, but I have as yet seen no report as to what was disclosed thereby. Is it unreasonable to re- quest that the result of this audit b made public without further delay? “I think the report should show exactly whatvaccounts were audited and what were not and which ac- counts, if any, were short and which were correct. If the audit does not cover all the acounts during Mr. Gilpatric's term of office, the reason that such accounts were not includ- ed should be stated. “Yours respectfully (Signed) “EDWARD M. YEOMANS, “Chairman Democratic State Central Committee.” Letter From Auditors Hartford, Oct. 20.—The special audit of the books of former State Treasurer G. Harold Gilpatrie wiil be completed in two or three weeks; | Governor Templeton was informed today, Final verifications must yet be made, presumably the checking of state money in depository banks, The auditore” letter reads: “Honorable Charles A. Templeton, “Governor of Connecticut, “Hartford, Conn.: “Dear Governor Templeton: “In reply to your inquiry as to the date on which our report of the audit of the state treasury would be submitted to you, we bag to advise you, as follows: “The major part of the work has been completed; that which remains | consists of certain final verifications from outside sources, which are a | vital part of a, thorough audit. We are making every effort to expedite the. work and have borne in mind your desire for a complete report t the earllest possible date, “We estimate that our final report | will be ready for submission te you | in from two to three weeks, since | within that period the verifications | referred to should all be in our hands, i “Respectfully yours, ‘ “SEARLE, OAKEY & MILLER, By Francis Oakey.” | 90 POUND TOPAZ Gigantic Stone, Large Enough To Make 205,120 Dinner Rings, On Exhibition At Chicago Museum. Chicago, Oct. 20.—A white topaz, weighing 90 pounds, large enough to make 2 20 dinner ri s of one carat, and said to be the largest precious gem, h placed on ‘l\.lll‘l!l\\ll in seum here, | | 1t was brought from Marambia, Minas, zil, by O. C. Farrington, { of the museum'’s department of | geology, who headed one of Captain | Marshall Field's South American ex- peditic 1t placed on the market, the stone would supply the demand for many years, museum officials said. Fall Week Ago Fatal f To New London Man 1 ‘rank A, W on, Oct. ) dridge, 3 |E carpenter, of 8 [ Beckwith street, dicd this m the Memorial I Home received last et from the third story of a Bank building he and er workmen were remodel He ned a fractured skull ney { the brain, fractured rib, broken collar bone, and a punctured lung. He was a member of Pequot !lodge, 1. 0. O. F. |Six Young Bandits Get | Away With $3,000 Payroll | Carteret, N. J., 29 —Six young of the branch “igar com- * colliding 1 car, flour- d escaped with J which Schwartz just brought from the bank. Oct | RAISES DIVIDEND RATE | w York, O 9. —Directors of € Tc co Co. today de- clared a quarterly dividend of 3% | per cent on both classes of common stock, placing them on a 14 per e basis as against the previous rate of 12 per cent. hursday when | I DEMOCRATS URGE \STIFF WIND FANS FLAMES GLPATRLREPORT) WHICH THREATEN TO RAZE MANY NORWALK BUILDINGS 12 ORPHANS SUE FOR DEATH OF THEIR DAD $100,000 Action Brings Out Story of Fight for Existence in N. Y. New York, Oct. 29.—Twelve or- phaned children sai in the Queens supreme court today as mute testi- mony at the trial of their $100,000 damage suit for the death of their father, John Dugan, a grocery clerk, in an automobile accident, With the unfolding of the case there has been revealed an unusual story of the struggle to support a family of fourteen in New York city on the moderate income of wage earners, Mary Dugan, 20, is the oldest of the children, the youngest being one year old, Mary earns $21 a week as a telephone operator. The next old- est sister, Elizabeth gave up a sim- ilar job to run the house and take care of the children after the death of their mother soon after the father was Kkilled last August. John, 17, the oldest boy and the other chil- dren old enough to work are doing their bit, it was brought out in court, but their earnings do not make up for the loss of their fath- er's support. The father earned $35 a week in the grocery store where he worked for thirteen years. To this income he added $15 a week by tending furnaces in winter and mowing lawns, weeding gardens and beating rugs in summer. His wages made up the $100 a week necessary for the family. Sullivan Brothers, general con- tractors of Flushing, are defendants in the suit. They contend that the grocer clerk swerved his bicyele in the path of the automebile owned by them. (STONE SILENT ABOUT PROSECUTING PAPERS Denies Knowledge of Re- ported Test Case in Cincinnat Philadelphia, Oct. 29.—~Attorney- General Stons, who came to Phila- delphia today to make an address, | said that he was not aware that |legal proceedings in conmection with the publication of income tax | | | | | Week Ending Oct, 25 . 0mes returns were to be started in Cin- |cinnati. He added that telegrams | had been sent out from the depart- | | ment of justice asking for reports | | from various cities where the re- | | turns were published. \ | Washington, Oct. 23—Department of justice officials here today sald | {they had no knowledge of orders | { having been issued for trial of the | | test case in the income tax publi- | cation muddle in Cincinnati. | Cincinnati, Oct. 29.—The right of | newspapers to publish income tax | payments will be tested in Cincin- | natf. | Assistant United States Attorney | Haveth E. Mau received a telegram | | today from the office of United | States Attorney General Harlan F. Stone stating that a decision had | been reached to bring the case in | | this city. ‘l Electic Doctors in | Another Legal Move Bridgeport, Oct. 29 otion has een made by Judge John B. Dil- lon, counsel for five local eclectic ors whose licenses were re- voked by the state department of | health, for superior court on the report of State 1 cus H. Holcomb. J Avery will hear arguments on motion here LA eral Frank E. Healy will the state. Judge Dillon wi piea for upholding of his ree Holcomt e deni not being a the grand their consti- owed ‘Fainls When Sent to Prison for Assault Haven, Oect. 29. — Michael Fattere, for assaulting his ehiidren, | was given five to eight years or unt and not more than eight years ond count in su rior today. He fell in a fal on aring the sentence and one his fldren scre e ( “Daddy's dead.” Fattere was picked up and carried out his wife and the children screamed, making a scene Their cries echoed throug' e bullding. Fattere is father of 14 children, the youngest a babe and the oldest 14 Several of the children were | witnesses against him | DERTS ARE TOO GREAT Is New Haven, Oct. 29 F. 8| { Bushr Co. w ale grocers in a creditors’ meeting yesterday stated its s were $55,000 besides $38.- | 0 in mortgages. Charles L. Raird secretary treasurer was made friend- Iy receiver. L Average teily Circulation For 11,142} PRICE THREE CENTS Water Street And Ad- joining Sections Saved Only By Diligent Work Of Firemen, Aided By Tugboat. Actual Loss Is ‘Abouf $50,000, But Volunteen Fire Fighters Aid in Pree venting Spread of Blaze, Norwalk, Conn, Oct. 29.—A fire which for a time this morning threatened to wipe out a great parf of Water street and adjoining streets did damage estimated at $35,000 to buildings owned by the Norwall® Coal and Supply Co. and the Harrig and Gans Coal Co. The blaze threate ened to consume the entire old Cro« fut and Knapp plant. It burned sheds, barns and wagons in the rear of the plant owned by the Harrs and Gans Coal Co, and then fanned by a stiff breeze blowing from the water's front swept on down through the old vacant factory and only by dint of hard werk on the ‘part of the firemen was the blaze checkeds 4 Sparks Blown About uildings on the west side of Water street which were also fore merly used by the Crofut and Knapp Co. were threatened several times, while the fire was raging. The roofs of these buildings caught fire no less than five times, biit each time were extinguished by men who were stationed on the roofs by Fire Chief George W, Bogardus. A Wouse own< ed by the Cuneo estate was also threatened several times, the roof catching fire eight times as the re- sult of che flying sparks. The fire« men were even called ta,the plant of the Gabbe Moie Co. in Raymond * street to extingnish a fire that starts ed on the roof of the buildings there. This plant is about 400 yards from the fire, Every pleca of fire apparatus in Norwalk was put into commission to combat the blaze. The tughoat “Norwalk” of the Red Star line, equipped with pumping apparatug was pressed into service and pumpe@ water from the Sound through two lines of hose. Ten lines of hose were used to pour water onto the: raging furnace. Residents Move Things Ont Residents in houses in Watef street in the vicinity moved their furniture from the houses fearful that the entire street would be burne ed out. When the femen arrived on the ene after a general alarm had been turned in they found the build= ings a roaring furnace. The pumpepr from the central fire station , was kooked onto the hydrant at the core ner of Water and Tolles street. The water pressure before the pumper was hooked on was very low, the streams hardly reaching up td the roofs of the one story buildings tn the rear of the plant. Tt is a cer- tainty that if the fire department had not been equipped with the two pumpers, the entire section would have been wiped out and damase amounting to several hundred of thousands of dollars done. Too much cannot be said regarding the value of the work of the two pumpers im checking the bl Boat On Fire The Rosalie, a freight hoat owned v the Hanse amship line and which was 1 in the rear ot the old C and Knapp plant,’ ght fire shortly after 12 o'clock Iving sparks and was RO or by the Norwalk and Huntington, of the Star line, where the vessel was burning this afternoon. freight hoat had recently une extensive repairs and was to he put into commission, ring between Albany and New This a result of 50,000, APPELLANT T0 LOSE SHARE IF WILL IS CONTESTED Mrs. Nora O'Bierne Makes Provision st Dispute Over Division of Lstate. The will of Mrs. Nora O'Bierne 1 in probate court this rnoor s of the will are as fol= ows William O'Bierne, a step= son, the house at 81 Sefton drive; to Julia Tracey, a sister, $1000; to John M. Tracey, a nephew, $1,000; |to Marguerite I Tracey, a nlece Mary Donahue, $500; to A iza Wrenn, a stepdaughter, $500; to James Donahue, Dora Mure ray and Eileen Gilmore, $500 aplece; to the executor of the will for masse s for the repose of her soul, $3003 to Mary Donahue and Marguerite acey, houschold effects and ; residue to Marguerite Tracey. It is provided that in the event of a contest of the will by any de or legatee, the appellant shail f his right to share under the il $2,000; to jewels b b ¥ %4