New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRI [—————————— \ | Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 1 1 9287 Dec, 6th .... ’p‘mmvu "tdau PN PRICE THREE CF“ 20 MORE FIREMEN, NEW AERIAL TRUCK NEEDED, Underwriter Outlines Improvements If New Britain Is To Gain Better Fire Insurance Rating. Conference of Mayor and Department Heads Held But Reporters Are Per- sona Non Grata. Employment of at least 20 addi- tional firemen and the purchase of ‘& new aerial truck are among num- erous requirements that must be ful- filled by the city of New Britain it this clty s to be advanced to a bet- ter Insurance rating,” Engineer J. H. Howland of the Natlonal Board of Fire Underwriters told a gathering of department heads at a conference in Mayor A. M. Paonessa’s office thls morning. The conference was the first. ses- slon held during Mayor Paonessa's two and one-half years In office to which newspapers reporters not only were not invited, but were sum- marily dismissed upon attempting to report the proceedings of the meet- ing. The mayor stated in his first ‘fnessage to the common council that | he belleved in giving the fullest pub- licity to city affairs and he reiter- ated this policy in statements that' followed. Up to today there has never been a meeting from which | reporters were barred. Tn requesting a Herald reporter to absent himseif from the meeting, | Engineer Hewland explained the conference was a ‘“little family gathering of departmental heads with ‘nothing for publication’ ", Mayor Paonessa afterwards ad- mitted that as the meeting pro- HOWLANDSAYS DENIES U, 5. NAVY IS FAST WANING House Sub-Committee Says There Is No Canse for Alarm (814,800,000 FOR AVIATION, Committee Asks Direct Appropria- tion For This—5-5-3 Ratio With England And France Is Explained | ~—Want New Cruisers, ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—The house subcommittee which framed the an- nual naval ‘supply- blll declared in | its report today that there is no | ground for alarm that ‘“our naval prestige is rapidly waning.” “Self-styled experts, and others, who cannot possibly be in a posi- tion to speak authoritatively,” the | report sald, “seemingly with little difficulty, get into the public prints with articles deplcting us as retro- grading in varying degrees and the -uad a)nb 918210 03 UGAQ EBY 0D erally the impression that our naval | prestige 1s rapldly waning. The | committee does not feel that the country need be alarmed. The 5 Ratio “The 5-5-8, or treaty ratlo, as to tonnage and numbers, applies ex- clusively to capital ships and to air- craft carriers of mora than 10,000 tonx displacement. With the pos- | isible exception of the Florida, no | jone can say that as to capital ships | the 5.5-3 does not prevail. The navy |department reported to the house of | {representatives on May 21 that our | treaty ratlo had fallen from 5-5-3 to | “n 4-8, because of the impaired con- | |dition of the bollers on certain o | jour older battleships, a conditlon | {which since has been remedied on | |all but the Florida and the money ;}m! been available right along for | | the statement made to the board of | o ratary.t | procedure in the future, | the hearing before the TRGE HENTIND AS NEW PRESIDENT (Green, Woll and Rickett Possihlei Choice of Labor DUNCAN A POSSIBILITY | Patrolman Tells Commissioners He | washington Headquarters OL A. ¥. 74 Year Old Leader, Accepted Drink From Man He| of L. However, Declines To Dis- | Never Saw Before—Drunkenness | cuss Likelthood of Who Will Suc-f F aClllg Death With on Duty Charge Dropped, ceed Gompers As Leader, Determmatlon, Makes | Known Wishes For| His Funeral — Last| They aro Willam Words Were “God Fodters of dpekn; Mevhew Wok| Blage. Ouiy Amarican l‘ Institutions. May They POLCENENTRN 10 BE ARRESTED Chiel Harg Orders Desk Men to Lock Them Up LEE GETS 25 DAY PENALTY SAI‘ UEL EUMPERS GRALY OLD MAN OF LABOR, REALIZES HIS LAST WISH AND DIES ON U, §. SOIL AFTER BRAVE RACE WITH GRIM REAPER Regarded As Greatest Single Agent In Up- lift Of Workingmen In Recent Times — History a Continuous Fight For What He Believed Right— Came To U. S. An By The Associated Press. New York, Dec. 13.—The.man to succeed Samuel Gompers as presi- |dent of the American Federation of | | Labor 1s expected {1 labor clrcles | |here to be chosen from three men, lall present members offthe executive | They are Willlam “Any member of the police de- partment who I8 taken off'duty for | alleged intoxication in the future will | he locked up at police headquarters | like any other drunk, and a physi- | clan called in to make a thorough | examination of his condition” was oo, o Green, M police commissioners last night by | fine Chiet Willlamn C. Hart after ”‘"1 hoard had passed judgment in the | case of Patrolman Thomas Lee,| charged with being intoxicated while on duty, and with drinking liquor | W ¥ T e 1d t . IR e g A Grow Better Day By Ignorant Immigrant men at the station to follow this ” At Age Of 15. Day. The charge agalnst Lee of being intoxicated while on duty was dis- missed by the board and he was found guilty of drinking while on | More than two scors By The Asso years the a Pross. ) San Antonin, Tex. Dee, duty Bn"l msp"f\ld":l ;M Za!;iays, :hc national leader of labor, since the | B T e o a: “;al lo, Tex,, Dee. 18.~~The suspension to start from December o S SRl | { W), tand old leader of American labo 8 when he was formally charged and | e L i ///7/ is dead, : o LA N L Chigg jceded to have been the greatest sin- | A 7 Samuel Gompers was granted his art. | {gle agent'in the uplift of the con- lest wi He died on American sofl The rumors of a frameup in the case that have been prevalent since diselpline committee Monday night proved to be unfounded in developments at the meeting last night, Tee denying | that he had accused anybody of try- ing to frame him in the case. In | \ ) l ditfon of working men in recent [ times, | Took Middle Ground In policy Gompers always took the I middle ground. Too radical to satis- fly the extreme conservatives, too e to please the extreme at 4:10 o'clock thi hours after his ar City, where he w week, , eleven Mexien last Death was close on hissheels, as he sped from the Mexlcan capital to the border of his own country, For a time he elude speaking of the rumors of frameup, | | radicals, he steered his ship through doggedly fighting off the i en xlm Chalrman David L. Dunn of the the tempestuous seas of diverse el ;\‘.- T :;n; ] '\ut opinion for an amazing period. 'The | 1 k the austed labor hoard said that he thought that the testimony at the meeting was a con- vincing proof that none of the wit- ness there had any desire to harm Lee for they had an opportunity to - - I do so and nobody had taken' ad-| it 15 years president of the | domitable courage, fron will, mumr-; vantage of it. |International ~ Photo Engravers' |tive tact and diplom#icy, ability to Found in Rear of Building Union, and Thomas Rickett, presi- | k"tp his finger on the pulse of the | The charges against Lee were the |dent of the United Garment Work- | have been described as these. fin- result of his fallure to appear at |ers. James Durcan, first vice-presi- | spiring oratery. police headquarters on the morning ‘dent of the A, F. of L., former head ; Came to (’ S. At 13 leader as he lay on Antonio hotel. Mr. Gompers did not evade the ct when it came to him face to face; neither did he give up the Friends \\Ilh Him At End rrounding Mr. Gompers in his N last moments were the men with whom he had fought many of la- bor’s battles through a generation of American union labor developments. 1 is be 38 qualitles that made him successfully s bed in a San lead the American Federation of T. | bor Yhrough so many trying | nmfl been describbed as these "r5~|s‘ 2oTTERTy (2 SN gressed he found no good reason for Pplacing the Florida in condition to | ¢ November 26 at 6 o'clock, after |of the Granite Workers' Union, may | Tanding in America from London | SAMUEL GOMPERS At his bedside and holding his hand yequesting secrecy. ‘go into the battle line. Tt has not he was acheduled to have put in |recelve some consideration. These |apn (gnomn | Sa oy ategine ,“_“4‘."”"1 ;”w.‘ 2iuoiu is han Paonessa Opposed Conference |Deen spent because the department | 0 ot et 41 Maln street rail- | eligibles, it was learned, have been | yo0x#yp the family trade of cigar | 1ea ot f 1t became known afterwards that |felt that it would be a waste of | .04 crossing *at #:55 o'clock. Lee !quietly discussed throughout natfon- | making in New York. He led his | ;\'v';}»nr -}1‘4» rl‘ » shoul Mayor Paonessa was not disposed to ‘"}0“”’ it later the vessel wore con- | " G in '0' helpless condition, (8l counclls of the organization fOF |more imid comrades into revolt S Tea o e { earaiin grant Engineer Howland {verted from a coal to an oil burn- iy = - | his the priy- | flege of a conference with depart- mental heads and was only after much argument that he sanctioned the move. Last year engineers of the underwriters’' board | came Into this city and spent several | the fire pro- and week in going over tection facllitles, water supply bullding ‘construction, and in perfod the service of scores of city employes was diverted from their regular dutles. The only result that cama of the long.and costly Investi- | gation by the underwriters was a general statement of thelr findings, with a few general recommendations | and no betterment in the fire insur- ance rating. Howland came to New Britain yesterday to supplement the report a personal conference with the clty departmental heads Department Heads Present. Those who were present today in- eluded Mayor Paon Chalrman Edward F. Hall of the board of flnance and taxation, irman Thomas Linder of the zoning com- mission, Chairman Frank M. Zim- merman of the board of assessors, | Chairman Willlam L. Hatch of the water board, Chairman John E. R. Keevers of the fire hoard, Water Ruperintendent James Towers, Chlet W. J. Noble of the fira department, Clerk Frank J. O'Brien of the water board and City Engineer Jo- seph D. Willlams. Howland's statement that B in is deficient ir many necessary before it can be adr into the group of third clase cities, was followed by an explanation of more outstanding f ires of the city's deficiencles. Most important of all were those to the fire department. 1 he added to pertaining At least 10 men sho each fire platoon, he claimed, this number belng very nearly as many as were addad wheh the city adopt- When Howland clatmed there was need for a new aerial ladder (Continued on Page 12.) officials, and 1t | that | ier. | “When the navy department an- | nounced that our treaty ratio had fallen to 5-4-3 for the reason fn- | dicated, it had to assume, and as- , that the capital ehips of the other powers were wholly fit in all respects, whereas it is only pos- | sible to gauge relati conditions | | where there is a free Interchange of information. | Aircraft Carriers | “With respect to aircraft carriers, our government admittedly is at a disadvantage, as 1t was at the time | the conference on the limitation of aval armament was concluded. We |are proceeding with the conversion of two battle cruisers into aircraft carriers, permissible under the treaty and these will give us when com pleted a greater t of carriers of most recent design and capacity than any of the other powers. Our total carrier tonnage, however, still be below that of Great Britain, The question s, since tliese vessels are more or less of an experimentat character, evidenced by the many changes that have been made as the worl: progre 1, wh T or not we should go ahead at th time with | additional carriers before these two have been commissioned and tried out. “The naval ratio is a different measurement leading into channels | so broad and varied in their rami- tications that o those who are in a position to possess knowledge ot with the odor of liquor on his breath, leaning agalnst the rear of | the United bullding. He was unable I to walk to police headquarters and | the service car was called and he | | was taken first to the station, and | then :to his home. Arriving home, | Les went to bed and was under & | | doctor's care for about a week. Appeared Helplessly Drunk Sergt. Matthias Rival, 6n duty the morning Les was brought in, was | the first witnéss to testify before the | board. He eald that when the pa- | trolmen cams into the station at 6 | o'clock, he missed Patrolman Lee. He asked where he was and Patrol- man Thomas Rouski told him he | was tn an alleyway on Maln street | sick and unable to walk to the sta- tion. Sergt Rlval sent Patrolman Herbert C. Lyon and Rouski over with the police service machine to get Lee and bring him back to the station When the service machine arrived | at police headquarters, Lee sald that he was unable to go into the station as he was too sick and weak <o Sergt. Rival went out to the ma- chine and &poke to him. The ser- geant said that he caught the odor | of 1iquor from Lee's breath, and the policeman appeared to be helplessly (Continued in Page 13) e MERIDEN MAN DROWNS every phase of nawal activity, and | | who have access in the extent of its | availability, to data widely diversi- | WHEN BOAT CAPSIZES led in its kcope, touching foreign | navies, ams and policles, can speak at all authoritatively re The cor ests that th |ing naval ra therefore, author- ship of such rcports be considered en forming an opinion To Modernize Ships | “A bil nas just passed the senate | authorizing the modernization of our capital ships to the extent that the | (Continued gn Page 13) Landers To Close Menden Plant Where Table Cutlery Is Mailgiff Falling Off in Businessi Said to Be Suspension of Produc- tion, Meriden, Dec. 13.—Landers, Frary & Clark of New Brigein, announced today that fts Meriden branch, the Meriden Cutlery Co. operating an old table cutiery business In South Meriden, will indefinitely at the end of this month on account of a falling off in business ¥rom 50 to 75 employes are af- fected. the force having been grad- vally re vears. It s the © village. Jt is stated that the plant may at some date Ve reopened to wake another product be closed duced in the past few y tactory in the future Reason for | 'FINANGE BOARD T0 PASS ON PURCHASE OF LYCEUM Thea- City Has Opportunity to Buy ter Building Under Terms | of Trust | man Edward F. Hall of the called a meeting for Mon will be at which time consideration given several matters rcferred to that board. Included is the matter of purchasing t m theater a8 a cify auditorinm. Under term& of trust by w the New Britain tional bank has of the theater, the city is given an oppor- | !tunity to purchase, provided the deal 1 consummated this year. The {board will also consider the proposed transfer of parcels of land from the park board to P. Alfred Johnson and Johnson to the park ! boarde Charles J Reynolds Meets Death Duck Hunting Near Guilford . Dec. 13.—Charles tord, Conn,, \panion, Walter Hobson, of the <V'1V-XV lace, was rescued just In time today affer their hoat in had gone duck hunting Mullberry Point, a mile or of the family of Mra only winter resi- heard a cry for about# o'clock this morning o boat was in sight from the house ran to the top of a 4 saw a boat adrift ng to it As there wae no boat in the wi Point a telephone message ywn and Cdptain Harry his launch Mary Louis Jacobs went Only one mar 1 as the boat was approache vas taken off and proved to N but the family hill close by & two men cling etely exhausted n washed off the “h he was lying in »re wae no sign of Hobson was brought here and re suscitated by a physician and in a short w was all rig! flood boat i shore and un- 4 Reynold's body, which was taken In charge by an andertak Reynolds was married and leaves five childrer had a summer cot- Yage at Mulberry Polnt. Hobson is to | be married ehortiy. )1ds of Meriden was drowned | ) Mgdmst the conditions that made the | Ing was pathetic. | work of a eigarmaker almost intol- | Holding his other hand was Wil- erable in the old days. | 1#am D. Mahon of Detroit, president | While still in his teens he was in- | porn in Londor nd, Januar; 8 of the Amalgamated Association of trumental in the installation 6f & || ook up his fat : | Street and Electric Railway em- | “reader” in the factorfes who re- || oo ioq : | dving federation lleved the tedium ot the automatic o . s called and tasks by reading aloud to the cigar- ! vhom he had told several days ago makers. He gained in education as fon, 18670, that he wished to shake by the hand BRresllis nd Labor Unions, 1851, ||Just before he went. Takes A. F. of L. Lead 1g thie period changed There were others no less close to Gompers was 31 years old when o Mr. Gompers \ E. Giles, treas- ! he took the reins of the federation. Defeat \ Federation of Labor, 1895. r of the fede Martin Ryan i He kept them, with the exception of || yoeacie of Kansas City, Mathew Woll one year, 1895, until he was an aged || jropy 1917.1919. || of Chicago, alfm B ineti man. In that time he the cutlve committee, were there 8-1919. nrnational Fed- Repr rise from a s in the ea trades-union mo few feeble erganizatic Misn o the largest and most power e g murse, N union of workers in the world. w Yorl ¢ £ saw the pol labor veer from since his flnes ozen remained kneeling radicalism to conser es. Always it was Gompers who that the course r became too extreme April 6, 192 nt Conference, 1921, of Labor, 1921, Born in London, Jan noara kN WILLIAM GREEN | samuel Gompers :”r“ » R 5 Jewish blood. His as a ci- s VR b BPPA astom, adopted his fa Rules of Succession 7 4 o . o1 U feeble Under artic of the our ' | Refused $45,000 a BURIAL WILL BE IN : et P, of retary * Positi S ey P e :-',,,f,‘k \,‘n,.l. b With the tobacco sup- \ul Position IARRYTOWN GEMETERY He a1 g : by the Citil war in ¢ 'y in six il Mg - . 3 it i Vi ht was of S ar making 1 and e T s St t almost certain|t a precarious occupat x J Samuel Gompers' Remains Will Rest it % When ‘1v from am their own number, | I y sixties, and. the f SRire ek 1 not win it was said, and the new incumbent | Migrated to America in 186 L B € was in Old Sleepy Hollow P mnl (M th « execu- Is Charter Member ’ = (3od bless tive ur » next annu; vention Gompers immediat ‘ i ) o May they ‘v,mn a general clect! eld. |up his trade and finished il i inbo T In the general gloor scd here | prenticeship in New York In e el represenit . ¥ ast words by la — | his teens he took an active part | the position i s e 1hor controversies. When t £ = : i rs were organized into a T et ey . a Gompers W 5 = : 2 < i of the n org tione to San A ) Planned Own Funeral | e e UNDER voon PROBE e : i : | senator Granted Senate Permiss & 5 to Investizate Charges Made in P . ! “Washington Herald Today K s of 3 9 FEz Sy ) : : o W t H = t v - ble stat 2 p Nelin 3 o 5 Gets High Posit = ""‘: = : Yet when he was g ( th : g accented t ! SRS ' (Cont ¥ CRRNE I AT Harding’s Cousin Says o Story of Bribe Is Lie THE WEATHLR L g g G ‘ Hartfond, Dec. 13—Foroeast N. Y y M for N\r Britain and inity w 3 Unsettled, probably tr " || partly cloudy anu much lder \ her K | * — * | ( 3 ». v