New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1924, Page 1

— e News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NAVY DEPLORABLY WEAK IN AERIAL STRENGTH, ASSERTS CHIEF OF AR DEPARTMENT Rear Admiral Mofiett }ASHINGTON SILENT Says Only 2240840 (N GON ELEVATIONS| Planes Owned Would Be Serviceable In War With Enemy. Fully 500 Are Obsolete— |srm vos omnio weons | attitude on the question c Declares However, U. S, | priating tunds o clango | ttons on capital Is Far Ahead of Other ! sovernment Until Congress Has Taken Action appro Bun eleva Washing il engagze in n 8 the util con- itely its | controversy on that subject with Taft ST s | Great Dritain, Nations in Naval Avia- | Two x‘\ s recejved 1 summer | : from the London forefgn office con- tion, | tending that alteration of the guns o [ o Bive them increased > would Violate the spirit of th s treaty ington, Dee. 22.—Only 224 | Wl not he anshvered until sentimen in congress In the event con willingness to supply the authorize the work on the then the question may become | for diplomatic treatment between th has crystalized. indicates it of the 840 planes of all kinds in pos- session of the navy could be used effectively in case of war, Rear Ad- miral Moffett, chlef of the bureau of aeronautics, testified today before the speclal aircraft investigating ~ com- NEW BL. EW BRITAIN, CONNECTILUI 68 SGARLET FEVER SUFFERERS HERE Spread of Disease (DENIES 1T 1S EPIDEMIC 101 Cases in Bristol According to Health Officer Wolsard—13 More Won't Repl_v to England | suspected—Disense Traced to Wolcott Milk Supply. Failure on the part of parents to | report symptoms of scarlet fever to the department of health I t | s money and | ships, one mittee of the house, two governments. | About 500 alrplanes are obsolete, | It i8 possible, however, that should he sald, and even the 224 which |the money provided, President conld be used effcetively are becom- | Co0lidge would decide not to author- ize a gun clevation program. undecided at present Ing out of date, At tife beginning of whether th November 117 He is 5 o planes were afloat doing service on ™Money required by the navy for this ships. It is the policy of the de. | Work should be expended upon the | partment, the admiral said, to instal) | 01 8hips to which it would go. It planes on all fighting craft. Two | ha8 been sald that he will defer fighting and one observation plan | docision until he had recelved the will be put on every battleship, and | FPOFt of the special hoard crated to even every destroyer will have itg | 5tudy the comparative valucs of plane, | capital &hips ireraft and until High Efficlency b able to ine whether the As far as efficiency of perform- | ©Xpenditure would be in Kecping ance an with his policy of economy. r personnel and type of bt 168 are rnn(:trwrrl‘ Admiral Mof- AP foit aaid that *nobody Is anead of | ANCESTORS FOUGHT FOR “We are so far ahead of anybody else In national aviation that it will | e them a long time to catch up,’ Lo declared. everal European countries have a greater number of planes and pilots than the United States, the | admiral said, but he pointed out that they have not dona the experimenta- Miss Arabella C. Today, Was Descended From Revolutionary Warriors FREEDOM OF COLONIES Austin, Who Died tion and the research carried out Ari Austir 75 nere. No eothier comntry has de-, died 20 o'clock this vgloped planes for duty aboard ship, | MOrning at home of her nicce, he added, and the catapult for |Miss A. D. Lyman of 5 Maple unching aircraft is a purcly Amer- | Stroet, after an ilincss of four years nvention | &he was the danghter of Scyniour Several E countries are|Austin and Charlc Hale Austin i Ranla born in Suffield. Iler atic Imiral Moffett s an govern- 1bside t dustry as part Are Not All-Important 840 vnm s tl st war will Le members of wiil not displace .U.\Hy)v 1 14 whe s b & ! r t and troops w e was a rogular at nt h to be Siila o Miss Lyman is survived by thre ' c Miss May Bemis o these alreraf il, ar " andlce e rely on in e suggestion ad LA ier General Mitchell Frank R. Ia Red 1 L N.J r 8 s will b held people exp et v ry L competent 2 E The admiral comme 1 the cross agreement between m —_— yrers beneficial to the gov- pyenty Men, Women and Children ment, making it possible to build saved From Flames Which Rage nes specdily when they are need- i'l“"'} in New York Tenement House, by indivi ment, he gated by expcrts. Twenty men re rescued by are GOMPERS LEFT 830,00 ment houses iedr hon This s Valuation Placed by His Son =Wife Alone Protests Probate Re- ' story bt quests—Bills But §1,000. Washington, & 2 Gorap [ about $30,0 . J is son fl"l executor unde y inclared In a petition L the document filed today in District toal of Columbia supreme cou br g s All of PRI x ) o oined in t T e ex- 3 find th of t cept the widow e A. Gom-dted from the s r who, u pro - viving bird Was resus ] would reccive only imum al- owed by the law. Attorneys for the Putnam Man, Taken III GhouT et s Dies in Fire Station a admitted to probate, Should Putnam. D Charles N lesire to attack its validity, she may ' D®ev 33, n 1 1o 50 When she answers Hardware if Mr. Gompers owned his home ¥ the central nd four lota in 8herman Park, N ght. It is t} t $500, He nlso possessed build 1 1 st Liberty bonds and on the = t into as we 1 y aeented t6 him ducs [came.p ' s head of tha| but this was t oy 1 ar rth, would tia late e £100,000 FUR ROBBERY AND TWO BELOW ‘ z ¥ 't N. D., Dec. 2 A a 90 were n raging here today urs from side & 11 L \ 1 A 1 s Tam mperature was two | cumvented an ela stem of 4agrees below zcro. burglar alarms sulted in a prevalence of that ¢ until today the bhooks'of the de mept show 68 cascs in this city, R, °W. Pullen, superintendent of health said this aft The health superintendent does not yet regard tho disease to be t that it was 5 per cent month of cpidemic despite the f prevalent in o degree greater than during the December, 19 The fncrease let fever cases has been gradual covering a perfod of several weeks. Dr. Pullen has personally examined score of the pa- tients and he finds the ailment to be of a mild type. Im explanation of the number of cs, Dr. Pu out that many parents allow children to run around with other children even after they mptoms of scarlct fever. Proper fsolation of these cases s necessary if a spread of the dise 1a to be averted, the health depart- ment polnts ot growng len points their S 4 ml Cases ln Ilrhwl Bristol, Dec. The checking u on the cascs this morning showed a total of 101 scarlet fever ca with 13 suspected cases being in- stigated. The totals yesterday owed 92 cases, The health officer and the two school nurses, Misses Mary F. Mul- ligan and Eugenia Norton were kept Lusy yesterday in following up alt veports and in secing that q tiné regulations were in effec aid the health department, Miss Jen- nie Baxter, office assistant to Dr, B. Jennings, and the Misses Agnes y and Ethel Benton of the | chamber of commerce staff worked vesterday in handling the (finrvz;\J work. | Dr. Sanborn Examines Children Extra precautions were taken on uurday at the annual ertainment for th ¢ Departure employes at the En- ldee Inn, when the threats of the visiting children were examined by ] yorn, the factory school sessions mitted at the Prospect Met t Congre d Bap- \es yeste uard children of A union service last night japtist church had a small at few wher of people I to the fear of t peo t local stion of Dr. sard it congregation places Le avoided as much was shown in the i hool basketball night and also at the Saturday night, stors Read Letters rom the board of alth o e cooperation i ses and in takir educa- sking » report- necess pr vere read by the pastors |l1l\|ll!" Leave of out of town 00 ler quarantine, have beer given 1 by their respective boards h to return to their homes llowing the shut- the holiday order tha he Bay Statc rs might return home for permission was requested Massachusetts state board th as well as from the by Dr. Woisa local Stamford Health Officer O Chickens Auto Trucks Carrying Halted at the Town Line. rd, Dec. 22.—Dr. Ra y health officer, today ask local police to halt all auto trucks carrying chickens. This was taken, it was explained, result of the holding here of v 1 yards. The health hickens shipped here with the d to New The chickens, 16, 00 in number, were found to be nfect lisease now prev lent vl in the state whi occa rec embargo against ltve chickens from out of the stat Bridgeport Woman Killed By Auto; Driver Is Held Bridg: port Coroner John J. 1 inquest Tues ' n the death of M A Jordan, forty, of 12 1 t s" killed ear % she was struck by an a bile owned and driven by wi A. Gordon of 2561 Main tree use was CC ! untll Decem- Dr. Pullen Blames Parents lori and play | Christmas | children of | gy ' ‘uu\l)\Y DECEMBER 22, 1924 New Britain’s Population 69,202, Gain Of 9,886 Since Last Census Incre Over Females By More Than 2,500 (Spectal to Tha Herald iblie schools enrollment of 10 Washington, . C., Dec The | 300 tor the close of 1919, and 11,- population of New Britain g for the close of 1924, an in- opening of 1925, five years after {1 . or 9.2 per cent. | last decennial cens {nereg jover the b9, States enumeration of 920, according to a completed for the Her j0ls tensus of 15,048 of 1019, and 16,631 for 1924, an increase of 8 or 10.6 per cent. eport. of L. K. Clark, ase of 9,886, or 16.7 per 316 shown in the United | the ¢l January, ose of commer- i stic water service within the Characterlistics of the y limits numbering 5,494 at the are: close of 1919, and 6,421 ,at the close 1925 of 1924, an increase of 927, or 16.9 Population neer of the Southern New Males . . 854 k Telepho company, Females e b 33 § residential telephones Prrsons over 21., a6l 1,271 | Britaln at the close of Males (U 1,454 close of 1024, Females | rease 18 or 41.5 per cent. Dwellings .. d § The , with definitely ascer- Familles ., med ! s of increase, should The survey is bascd on st ot be classed with the estimates from local sources ing compa ounced from year to year on the tive figures for the close of ption that the city's growth (immediately before the 1920 con «us), and for the c summarized below: 1420 has heen of the period t the fdentical m 1910 to STIFF OPPOSITION TO RISINfi THEN FALLING Many Organizations ‘ Against Line From Wa- | terbury to Hartford morrow But Colder | Again Wednesday Representative-¢ lifte, President Joseph R. and a committee of the Commerce are in Hartford to appear before the public uti commission in opposition to peti for bus franchses between the cities iof Waterbury and Hartford over a route that passes through New Brit- Dec. in temperatures in the eastern m of the the Florida peninsula A gradual Andrews rj Chamber of southeaste section untry except during the next by the weather bureau will be brief, dicted today but the ri and pite e ler we is expected again to e compahics are seeking the |Overspread the regions by Wednes- right to operate over this route, day or soon thereafter. e Bridgeport & Waterbu colder weather will again . Co., the Waterbury its appearance fn the lower ’\‘;‘»"l s ~eneniCon BonTiseticl region and the Ohlo valley Motor & Bus Co., and the Intereity day night or Wednesday and Bus Co. the sections farther t and south Jesides the C vill feel the lower temperature im- amber of Commerce ers appeart opposition in- iryeed Mud» the Connecticut Co., New Ha- W4 for tha mexti82ito 36 ;{.n("’ i ”!,‘ Cos of | 1ours o for r along the south [ e e | Atantlc gulf coasts, rain N i ’ or slect for of the south- read Trainmen, Brotherhood ¢ e ow in road Conduct east of By the scctions Mississippi river. and northern L i 1O ILue 1177\ deeided fall in prossure oc- in the early part ot e last 24 hours over from amon the & o ) United States 3 ) ce, over northern Man today and ot who shall recelve the ! o rapialy southeastward. t that thi r 1 mod¢ v ot irbance of evada moy members of the 5 A ST remains low in re a numbe from & Connecticnt its 2 ! on hand to the adeq n the cold Plainville and N 1 when zero mpanied and H first two same s nd less the 1 T n 20es Act B R P W . t Libraiy Limits Use e o et Of Dictionaries to e, and s approvimating Minutes a Person 1 : Angedos. Cal, Dec. 22— As . e ‘v ity g ?_ — Angeles T University Bootlegger B ; (ets Fine of $300; \quI bv.an T New | n, Dec. 2 | n ca 3 | 1 to by the T N t v Kk ss t = = —e oo $ and sts \ *- e THIL WEATHIER . 5 5 L : S, Rartfénd, Dec. Forecast iy h was to t k for New Britaim and vicinity b Unsettled, . probably snow to- = night and Tuesday yimew hat 'QUAKE IN ITALY * — * e «‘! K this moro NEW BUS FRANCHISE: OF MERCURY FORECAST Are Warmer Tonight and To- 36 hours was pre- | 4.—EIGHTEEN PAGES. BERLIN PROTESTS OBSERVING TREATY i hre Carried Out SITUATION LOOKS B0 PUBLIC BtUUbeb IN |First Fatalit VAIN HERALD e Equivalent to 16.7 Per Cent—Males Have Lead Insisls All Five Points of Allies Parls Temps, in Two Column Article, and Steel Tndustry Are Especially Unsatisfactory. Berlin, Dec Anothor semi-of ficlal statement extent of Ger s dis arament s Maintains That Conditions in Iron ith regard to the sued today, rej to cortaln asser- tions of the Paris T cently declared 1 |ments were in p ments proving that Gery given satisfactior the five points bassadors conf: The stateme ing the last four mm | control committes { portunity for e | many has {fulfilled her { obligations in ever | “the organization or scertaining t y ficld ot the nt reiterates that dur- German army corresponds wit firections | of the allies even to the smallest de- R garding the clared that mar comprised in them a fulfilled, while neg egarding the ot ady have b ing | The ambassadors note on G ‘s disarmame , last It set forth sey points regarding dis which Germany was req satisfact] These were ization of the police force: ¥ terlal ories to be tr the remainder of non-author material to bdhanded over t was forwar ing at the time of the ar to be handed over, and the gation of new laws prohibiting the tmport and exports of war mat and putting the organization and re crulting of the army into with the terms of the treaty of Ver- saflles, ¥rench Explanation. Paris, Dec. he Temps in a two column article published on the Frane gots comes to that they have reacl: isfactory point which the erman delcga ely failed to tions, the conclu 1 a most unsat rec s to Berli me nt vis hat in respect to these that the lay are s tory t spring ns had a n metal a far less co aispositio han they when e ) con REPORT UNCONFIRMED That Story, However, s en promul- demands ments relating to war material exist- harmony today rman economic ne- Priest, Chaplain at Atlanta, Has Also Re- signed at Prison.. . DIES IN 83D YEAR William Mar<land Would Have Ob- served Anniversary of His Birth Next Month Had He Lived T M and i s s 1 1 W | Avera g “‘u"\ (irculation For 2 ot S 11,464 PRICE THREE CENTS NIGHT AERIAL MAIL PILOT PLUNGES T0 HIS DEATH AS PARACHUTE FAILS T0 WORK Since APT. LENN Nocturnal Service il ENS WLl Started Six Months Ago — Victim Was Relief Flier. Man's Estate Is timated at Ahout $700,000 Norwich Nory or Ill-Fated Aviator Left Chi- i cago at 7 p. m. in Near b ‘ Zero Weather, With Sons e Gt a Snowstorm Swirling R it S Al At B About Plane, ( ! I s 3 $ to Je 1 i of Ston- s ter F. G 1 Mereler | A 5 1 87 Chavles Grinn R. 1 ol B 1 blie beq 1 e first Norw I A 24 f t nig ) 8¢ his W Am i r Nor- | life i nment ) $30,000; United W rs of | ) nge to POISON LIQUOR CLATNS 50" THO HORE IN NEW YORK '+ This Makes Total of 36 Fatalitics and 7 _\ ¢ : dodlec o \,;TE“' DEATH OF 1. T. BURRITT T LO0K FOR SWINDLERS