New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1924, Page 13

VAN WHD DRINKS 15 DRUMK-RULING Motor Vehicle Dept, Makes Dras- tic and Radical Decision Hartford, Dee, 15.~To closé up a lvophole by which automobile op- vrators under the influenco of drink luve been able to escape punish- ment in gome police courts, the state motor vehlele dopartment takes the stand in its December bulletin, just While the punish- | discretion as to whether & man should or should not ke sent to jall fnto the hands of the prosecutor, who, In some cases might diserim- inate in prosecuting, It s thought wiser, to leave the discretion to the cou Suggests Conference of Officlals | It Is suggested that the legisla- i!\n'e “be asked to authorize, at state expense. a conference of judges and prosecutors of courts, elther by | countien, to savo expense, or in a |single group, for conslderation of the |subjects of unitormity of discipline land oxact determination of punish- ment, so that all courts may uni- formly handle similar cases, retain- | Ing common sense dlscretion for cases in which there are extenuat- Ing clreumstances, The bulletin makes it plain that rast griving is not always to he con- sidered reckless driving. “There are many instances” it points out, “where speeding is too fast to go un- punished, because of the fact that the car is out of control for an emer- gency which might arise, but a high- er degres of gpeed than ordinary is the perhaps not unreasonabla on a road | where there is no traffic and no danger to others, However, if con- sldered unreagonable by an officer Ithere ought to be provision under the law wherehy a different charge [ than reckless driving ean bb made.” | Aa the law now stands, many people are punished for reckless driving lwho are not intentionally reckless, and such people ought not to be classed in the same category with |those who are determinedly and wilfully regardless of the rights, even s Turns its Attentlon to the Wash- ington Herald Company. toxic Eays. NATIONAL GUARD S AIING POSSE Maryland Authorities Seek M- derer of County Jail Warden Princess Anne, Md, Dec. 15~ Augmented by a company of the | Maryland National Guard, the posse of more than 800 county officers | and farmers, armed with pistols and shotguns continued the scarch today for. Harry Merrill, the negro who Saturday shot and Killed the warden deputy sheriff who were attempting to arrest him, Company “1" of the first regiment arrived from Salls- bury early In the day and joined the searchers, who had surrounded a swamp near the scene of the shoot- | ing. |ing in the swamp, Bleodhounds placed on the trall shortly after the shooting led the posse {o the swamp, but lost the scent last night after two shots had been fired at them, supposedly by the fugitive, With ed the marshy thicket throughout the night, but falléd to find a trace of the negro. They were unable, however, to penetrate it very far be- cause of the darkness and treacher- | ous conditien of the ground. The fugitive was known to be a crack | shot with either pistol or rifle and | the searchers carried no torches or flash lights for fear he might try his | aim on them. Funeral services for Warden | Lewis 8. Dryden, one of the negro's | victims, will be held today, Deputy Sherift Orrie Carey, who received two bullet wounds in the back and one in the thigh, Is still in a oritical condition. | | ——————en, | ' SUMMER HOTEL BURNED Albracca at York - Harbor, Maine, | Destroyed — Losa -$80,000 e ln-} : cendiarism #& Suspected, York Harbor, Maine, Dec. 18| The police of this place were search- ing today for & man who was seen last night lurking about the Hotel Albracca, & large summer hotel in the Norwood ¥arma section of York Harbor, which was destroyed by fire early today with loes estimated at 280,000, The totel was eloséd and the atithorjties belleved that the fire was of fncendiary origin. | The building was ot four stories and wood construction, ahd was | bullt fn 1800, The fire wae discover- ed shortly betors 1 o'clock and the! gale prevailing caused it to spread | rapidly. Firemen from Portsmouth, ‘.\'. H,, and Ogunquit, Me,, came to the assistance of the local depart- | emnt, but the bullding was reduced | to ashes. The hotel was threaténed with de- struction in September, when several | summer homes nearby were burned. |Big Deer Drive Is of the county fail and wounded a! The negro was belleved to be hid- | pickets guarding the edgo of the | swamp, mémbers of the posse tramp- | [WIDOWER” IS SHOWN BY " -DEATH 70 BE A WOMAN “Paul J, Beach” of Los Angeles Mas- queraded for 34 Years, Seven of Them Married. Los Angeles, Dec. 15. — Paul J. Beach, who died here Friday, was a womatr, according to the phpsiclan | and nurse who were present at the last \lincas. She was 46 years old. As Mr, Beach she was known hers as a former packing house officlal of Chloago, and as a former rallroad employe of Bacramento, Cal, The masquerade asted for 24 seven of which presented Mr." Beach to the world a8 a mar- rled man. Mre, Beach, formerly Miss Flotence A. Dillon, with whom a marriagé ceremony was performed | In Bacramento, In June, 1917, died ( last May. The woman s sald to hive heen a | native of Tennewsee, where she led {the life of a normal gir uneil 21, | when she disappeared and.took up her carcer as & man In a Kentucky bank. At various times, the mas- | Querader disappeared from positions | In various cities, leaving no trace. | While in Bacramento, the woman wa# head of a odmmissary depart. ment with the Southern Pacific raile way, according to her acquaintances here, Bhe L said to have held this | position for some years prior to and | including 1017, Yale Man Winner Selt Styled “King of the Rum Run- ners” is Taken Into Custody in Sudbury, Muss, Burlington, Vt, Dee. 15 ~Max Agol, sought by authorities of this und other Vermont eitics on charges connected with rum-running from Canada, was on his way to Burling- ton today in custody of deputy sherifts, He was drrested In Sud bury, Mass,, yesterday by private de. teotives as a fugitive from justice, Agel, who has been styled “King of the rum-runn was teied here A month ago for possessing liquor and appealed to the state sppreme court after having been convicted and sentenced to a yoar's Imprison- ment and a fine of $1,000. He was roleaded on $2,000 bafl pending the flling on exceptions and soon after was arrosted at Vérgennes with a load of liquor. While under bail of $500 for-appearance in Middlebury eourt on this charge, he fled to Canada and his ball was declared forfeited, | Ofticlals said that Agel was on his way to Florida from: Canade when arrested, On Saturday his brother was fined $500 in U. 8, district court |here for possessing 414 gallons of ‘nlmhol. 20 FAMILIES HOMELESS Orange, N. J, Dec. 15 —~Twenty |families were driven from their | homes by a fire which destroyed the | 8t. Patil's African Methodist church of Scholarship Honor 'ana six adjoining houses here early New Haven, Dec. 15.—Irank Da- today. vis Ashburn, selected as a Fhodes scholar from New York state, is a| Olasgow University authoritics senfor at Yale university and fs con- | have bean secking the owner of $5,« sidered one of the most brilliant | 000 worth of radium which arrived students that éver entered the in. | with no identification recently. stitution. He has won many honors and is popular on the campus. Mr. Ashburn was tapped for Skull and Bones last spring, is chairman of the Yale News, a meémber of the | boatd of the Yale Literary Maga- #ne, a member of the Eiizabethan club and the Yale Dramatic associa- tlod, was president of the Yale Democratio club during the pre dential campaign, a member of the student council, a deacon of the university church, & member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and was a pitcher on the varsity bascball team last Year. A year ago while a junfor, he won the Teén BEyck prize oration, He was a member of the debatingy team which debated with the Cam- bridge, England, team this fall €olonal P. M. Ashbura, professor of military hyglene at the United States Milftary academy at West Point, fs his father. A ’ Clear sightedness, both near and far when you wear Kryptok Glasses No Scams Middletown, Dec. 16.—~John C. R. Whiteley of Philadelphia, appointed a Rhodes scholar for Connesticut, is & member of the clags of 1035 at Wesloyan university. In selecting Mr. Whiteley the committee gave him preference over nine other ean- didates because of his fecent re- search work in the matter of in- ternational affatrs, which ke has beén carrying én under the super- vision 6f Professor Henry M. Wris- | ton of Wesleyan. Have Your Eyes Examined My Specialty— Comfortable Vision Frank E. Goodwin Eyesight Specialist Into a holé made by the lose of a | rivet of & ship crawled an eel, thére- |ugued, that “for the protection of all, any person who drinks and then en” and within the state law which vequires suspension of the opera alty of a minimum fine of $100 and u jail sentence, or both. drunken operator and the wilfully reckless,” i the subject of the bul- place on the highways for those who drink, evade responsibility and show others, “Ihere is no woike offense in the erating while under the influence of liquor," it says. ors of the class is severo the bul- Jotin intimates that It needs to be gafety and property of others. are quoted to show that nearly while Intoxicated and evading re- sponslbility last year. Trouble in | Senate Judiclary Committee Today driver suspected of drunkenncss ac- | tually was drunk s responsible for | sentences 18 not larger, | Washington, Dec, 15.—The senate “The test of who is or 18 not gullty, continues the bulletin, “secms to be | tontion today €6 the Washington whether the person accused was in- | Herald editorial aftack on Senator interfered with his physical facul- | Lill, under the unanimous consent ' Tor proof of this, the courts agreement abtained hy the Alabama baeed entirely on the driv- determine who was responsible for 1 condition. | its publleation, m wense and a study of [to bring the matter before the com- thosa accidents Which can be traced | mittee, which is authorized by the proof that & man b or i mot in- | vestigation of the editorial and its toxicuted does not necessurily de- | authorship, at its regular Meonday “Liquor sometimes clouds the | Underwood to appear before it and mind and warps the indgment long ' explain what procedure he wished &0 that a physical test is not satie- | procedure. The senator, in de- factory. “What i needed iy to en- | nouncing the editorial on the senate dition induced by drinking in cases the author of it subpoenaed before where It has not been long con- | the committee, quantity to cause physical intoxica- | committee is authortzed, if the facts tion. In other words, the test must | warrant, to report a resolutioh to the physical state. For this purs | vestigation — with authority to pose, there does not seem to be | subpoena. vxaet determination, so far the pur- | Woodrow Wilson memorial services poses of police enforcemant & broad | left the Muscle Bhoals issue at a «on who has been drinking at all|on the Underwood bill will be re- ought to be allowed to operate a |sumed tomorrow. ha entirely out of the question for however well he may think operates must be considered drunk- tor's llcense for a year and a pen- “Time to deal harshly with letin, which says that there is no shocr disregard for the safety of category of crimes than that of op~ ment meted out by courts to offend- more severe, Court statistics | — been imposed this year for driving | securlng adequate evidence that a | the fact that the number of jail judiciary committea turned its at- ws applled by police and courts,” ted enough go that the llquor Underwood and lis Muscle Shoals 1y depend upon a doctor's cer- senator in his declared purpose to <t Is Mental State Chairman Cummins had arranged to Intoxication demonstrate that senate agreement to conduct an in- pend upon his physical eondition,” it | mecting. An invitation to Senator Lefora it has any physical effect,”” followed was the committee plan of ter info an Inquiry as to mettal con- | floor Saturday, declared he wanted tinned or Hauor taken in sufficient| After a preliminary inquiry, the in applied to the mental and not|the eenate proposing a general in- “ailable any possible criterlon for| Plans for adjournment After the principle fs lald down that no per- | standstill in the sevate today: Debate car, Drinking and operating should control himself. A man anyone, e can cven mildly under the influence of | Iquor is incompetant to judge his own faculties under such circum- gtances.” Tha department=does not sub- sc¥ibe to the theory, tried out in <ome other ftates, that the best re- = ] Freeman’s Journal to Plagstaft, Ariz. Dec. 16.—A drive | Be Run by Republicans | unparallsled i# the history of range, Tondon, Dee. 15.~Transference of | in which 8,000 to 8,000 head of | {the Dublin Natlonalist newspaper, | deer are to be driven across the | lthe Freeman'a Journal, to the res|Grand Canyon of the Colorado fiver | publicana is reportad by the DAlly started early today. Creorge MéCor- | Express, which says it s believed it ‘mlr:k, ploneér Arizona cattle man, "“.u taks place today. Countess | with a plcked band of 15 cowboys, | Markiaviez, it ia understood, is 16 be | assisted by & large number of Na- 5ol reached its dry dock at Hull, Australia. i To Be Opened Tonight "’ #opping the feak wntil the ves. 327 MAIN ST, Phone 190 M. C. LE WITT 1.1, FOLEY COMPLETING 30 YEARS WITH R, & B, Has Worked At Trade of Painter For 58 Years Without Break, John T. Foley, one of New Brit- ain's best k sidents, will soon complete 30 years' service with Rus- scll & Erwin, Mr. Foley supervises the flulshing of wood blocks on which wamples of the company's products are sent out ., Mr. Foley has worked at his trade of painter for 58 consecutive years without a break He camne to New Dritaln from Bouth Manchesier more than 30 ycars ago, having heen employed |n that city by Cheney Bros. He was angaged tem- porarily by Russell & Erwin, being told that ho would be needed for several weeks. The “severnl woeks” has grown into 30 years, For more than 20 years, Mr. Foley wa# a member of tne New Britain fire department. (e is a veteran member of New Rritain lodge of ke and holds an honorary life embership card in that organfiza- tion which was presented to him in recognition of tiler of the lodge. CONGRESSMAN DIES Baltimore, Mda Dee. 15 —~Theo- dore Frank Appleby, representative in congress from the third district of New Jersey, died hers yesterday at Johns Hopkins hospital, HWN 1 followed an operation he underwent F* “ome was in savetal days ago, Asbury Park. his long service as Death | retary of the new organization. The Yellow Cab company, operating 1,-| This is Being Resorted o to llvlui Children in Dark Scctions of | London, London, Dee. 16.—80 starved of | sunlight are children in the darker | suctions of London that the health authorities have had to resort to artificlal sunlight to keep the young- sters healthy | Dr. F. W. Albxander, medical of- | | ficer at Poplar, in a recent report to the local health commitiee on the | use of the lang-KFlame arc lamp, ex- plained that the children were starv- ed of suniight In the winter by the smoke-laden alr, which almost en- tirely rid the ultra-violet rays of their healing properties, | 'The use of the arc lump for “light | treatment” of the children, he said, | had caused great improvement in their health and he urged the im- mediate provision of a plant for its wider use Owners Unite To Protect Interests New York, Dec, 15.—The proba- bitity of an early ending of the tax- fcab rate war is seen in the an- nouncement teday that the Indepen- dent Taxieab companies and opera- tors have organized to protect their interaats and investments. The in- dependent tax{ companies ¢ompriee 14,000 cabs operating in this eity | and employ more than 35,000 men, according te John M. Ullman, sec- Taxi 800 cabs here, s not a member of the new organization, it was eald. PRINTERS AnD | STATIONERS | 68 CHURCH ST UR XMAS CLUB I5 The Largest Club in Town Courtesy and Service Tell JOIN NOW! JEWELER AND DIAMOND DEALER sults are obtained by making a jail 1in charge of the paper, with Mary | vajo Indlans from the reservation in sentence obligatory in all cases of | MacSwiney as second In command. iriving while under the influence of | The &xpross adds that the entife liquer, because the knowledge that |staff was discharged by the receiver « iall term was certain to tollow |in bankruptey recently appointed might_have the eftect of puffing the \rnr the publishing company. The Greatest Gift In Santa’s Bag A Radio Set! You'll double the happiness in some home when you select a Radio Set as a Christmas Gift. The comfort and pleasure that comes with Radio entertainment—especially during these long winter evenings—is beyond description. Just ask those who own a set, S Crosby Radio Sets No. 1 Storm King, Aerial . $14.50 to $100 Outfits—$4.00 Atwater-Kent Jefferson Transformers ... $65.00 to $120 Remlar Capacity Units $75.00 to $295 l Acme Condensers T i Frost Parts $60.00 | Fada, Acme, Freshman and Marwol ..... .. $60.00 Shamrock Kits Sleeper ............ $160 | Distributors for Cunning: Loud Speakers $8.50 to $30 ham Tested Radio Tubes Earphones. . $2.95 to $6.00 Fresh Shipment B Storage Batteries Batteries Weekly . $18.00 to $21.00 For Sale By All Radio B. Batteries, wet and dry Dealers . $2.00 to $20.00 | Our 1925 Radio Catalogue Battery Chargers .. $18.00 Now Ready—Call For Hydrometers 50c * Your Copy The Post & ester (o DISTRIBUTERS OF EveryTHING IN RADIO Freshman .. 14 MAIN ST, | northern Arizona, 18 in chargs of the | drive, The deer will be acoumu- | |lated from a large frea in the | Kajbab game preserve and gradu- ally drawn together into a compact | hesd, the first of its kind ever | known. Then the animals will be [driven into a canyon opéning into | the Colorado river at a nAtrow | stretch, where but a short swim will be required of the deer. ettt tss FRENCH KEEP INFORMED. Paris, Dec. 15.~The French gov- | &rnment has taken up with the gov- | ernment of Spain the aituatioh in| tha 8panieh zone or Morocco with a | view to keeping In touch with the fpanieh plans 8o as not to be sur- | prised by any developmenta, The French, it 1s said in offieial quarters, | hépe to eéscape the necessity of in tervening In any part of the zone evacuated by the Spanish, though of course ready to perform the obliga- tiona to maintain order imposed on them by the Algéciras pact and by their protectorate. PG —— READ THE HERALD CLASSIFIED | ADS FOR YOUR WANTS | 293 No prettier cuff links ever embellished & man's &hirt eufts than those which we are showing this year. Heavy plathum top brocaded links, handsomely engraved white and green gold links, from $8.00 up. Gold Alled Cuft Links, $2.00 up. MAIN STREET A woman will always cher- Ish a beaatiful bar pin and beautiful cannot describe the Bar Pins we are showing thi- year. White gold and plati num top bar pins, set with Siberian Sapphires and spar- kling diamonds in a varicty of snappy designs, $7.50 up. Open Evenings Till Xmas The Bank of Service Open Saturday Evenings 7—9 FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF CHRISTMAS NEW BRITAIN STORES WILL BE OPEN EVENINGS AS FOLLOWS: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tu December December December December esday, December 18th, B 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, until 9 until 9 until 9 until 9 until 9 B B P B M. M. M. M. M Stores Will Close Christmas Eve at 7 o'clock to Give the Employees an Oppottunity to Enjoy the Yuletide Festivities Published By The Mercantile Bureau, New Britain Chamber o f Commerce Ll