New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 2, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 INCREASE IN POSTAL RATES AND SALARIES APPROVED BY SPECIAL SENATE COMMITTEE Boosts In Second Class Postage, ' However, Will Be Much Less Than Originally Pro- posed. Flat Cliarge of Cent and a Quarter a Pound—Bill as i Drafted Would Become | Effective on April 15. | | By_The Assoclated Press, ‘Washington, Jan, 2 post office committes approved to- day the administration bill provid- ing increases in postal salaries and rates, | Rate inereases recommended by | the post office department, were re- apportioned so that second cla mail will be charged considerably less than originally proposed. The bill would be effective on April 15 this year and te mlnalm Yebruary 15, 1926. It provides, however, for creation of a joint con- gresslonal committce to conduct Tiearings on the rate increases and report to congress by the first week of the next regular sesslon, Vight Mall Zones The eight zones for mail with ad- | vertising matter are grouped under | the new bill into three divisions | with rates of three cents a pound in | the first three zones, six cents a ’ pound in the fourth, fifth and sl\lh} zones, and eight cents a pound hl the last two zones. The new measure provides for a fiat 1 1-4 cent a pound rate on all | second class mall devoted to read- ing matter, tnstead of two cents as | proposed by the post office, The present rate is 11 on all matter ex cept that devoted te religious, edu- | cational or non-profit material which | 13 now charged 1 1-4 cents a pound. | This results in a slight increa: on the first two zone rates over the | present law and a reduction in the st threc zones from the prrsr*MJ _law, and is less on the latter zones | than proposed by the post office de- | partment. | Cards Increased The proposed increase of half = eent on drop letters and postal cards | is eliminated but private mailing | cards and sonvenir postal cards are | advanced from one te two cents. | —The senate | | M. J. Pupin of Columbia ! Heads Scientists Body Washington, Jan. .—Michael 1.| >upln, of Columbia university, today 3 elected president of the Associ- atlon for the advancement of | Seience, In sesslon here. Other of- ficers elected were Burton Liv- | ingston, Johns Hopkins permanent secret phreys, United ates can, general secretary: as Wirt, Carnegie Institution of ington, treasurer. nivers J. Hum- \er bu- 1 John L. | Wash- ty, | W ltory who were given | & Bddy. |of Mr. |the council periodical. {also a member of ENDS 30 YEARS AT RULE & LEVEL PLANT John Sloan of Liberty Street to Retire Yoluntarily 0O1d days in local industrial plants are recalled by John 8loan of 36 Liberty street, who {8 voluntarily re- tiring from the Stanley Rule and Level plant, where he has been em- ployed for more than 50 years. ‘When he went to work at the “rule shop" the contractor system was in force, there being many separate contractors within the fac- orders for goods from the office and then pro- lceeded on thelr own résponsibility to fill them. Mr. Sloan was em- ployed by Willlam G. Kinlock in the rule department and was made timekeeper and foreman while stiil a young man. There were as many as 20 of these contractors in the room, but eventually they all ecom- bined under the name of Kinloc Mr, Kinlock and one of the Eddy brothers died and the fac- tory took over the contracts from E. B. Eddy, the sole surviving member of the contracting firm, | making him foreman with Mr. Sloan as assistant. Upon the retirement Eddy in 1911, Mr. Sloan was made foreman, which position he held until his retirement. Under the contractor system, with no central responsibility, there was little order in the factory, Mr. Sloan says. If “the boys” wantfed to have a game of baseball, they merely dropped thelr, work and adjourned to a nearby lot, returning at their leisure when the battle was |over. They sent out for their lunches, and frequently chipped in to buy a watermelon, the rinds o which would afterwards be used as ammunition in a royal scrap. Beer | was another commodity very popu- lar with the workmen, and in those | days it was brought into the factory and drunk without protest from the office. The men were particular about upholding their rights and duties, tand if one of them reached for his coat to go home early he immediate- ly became the target for shoes and other missiles, On the other hand, when the noise once became so great | {that the office scnt somebody to in- vestigate, the men with one accord reached for their coats and walked ont for the da These days have {now been superseded by central authority and greater order. Mr. Sloan is prominent in frater- nal eircles, Me is now serving his sccond term as supreme recorder of the Temple of Hanor, having been reelected at the convention held in this city last summer. At that time the supreme council expressed itself |as greatly pleased with his work as editor of Mr. Sloan 13 Harmony lod M., and was chap ars. He has been a South Congregational supreme recorder and No. 50, T & ain for two y member of th church for the past 45 y Paonessa Prot ests Against Connecticut Co.’s Bus Line Ol)jecis to Route, Fare Schedule and Granting of Franchise Without| Hearing by P. U. C. Paonessa this afte noon mailed to the Public Utilities Commission a remonstrance against | the proposed action of the Connecti- cut Co. is making plans for a new bus line between this city and Hart- ford, announcing Inaugnration | of that service to start next week The mayor, in his letter, ohject- ed to the procedure followed out by | the P. U, C, the proposed the schedul nd the fare planned May s letter follows “Recent newspaper annou to the effect that the Co. is soon to inaugurate bus serv between this city and Hartford, h resulted in unfaverable tion in this city that T am moved to write your commission in protest against the route, sdules ed fares, and the procedure followed out by your commission in the mat- ter of this franchise, if in fact, the Connecticut Co. has actually been grantcd a franchise ce the city of New Britain, vitally interested paity, has received no notice from your office regarding | this proposed new line I am inclined to the belief that the announcements may be somewhat, in error or sub- ject to changes which your commis- sion, may have under advisement “It is difficalt for the city of New Britain to reconcile the reported ae- tion with the proper functioning of a semmission whose dutles, among other propositions, are to furnish necessary and adequate transporta- tion for the convenience ¢ lic and tmpliedly at the that can be had with service. cordingly t communication calling attention some of the salient peiway in Mayor A. M. N such 10- 8¢l propos- a wut sacrifice hat my to the | or feel a | satisfactory {la | your hoard so expresscd myself, Hartford-New Britain bus line prob- | 8hepherd,” his law partner, | Stolt, | coroner’s announcement. | corone: | | and it is evid | | a stateme | { | lem may assist your commission in | arriving at a solution that will be beneficlal to the |sreatest possible pumber, and that, and |T am sure, is the goal of every pro- perly function tal t “The City interested in @ bus line w Britain and Hartf fore a franchise is g Le permitted to a commission to } the matter entered on re 1s franchise petitions z his date, was heard. We had an op- r before you con & governn New Britain is g betwe ted should your we its In all our city t, how portunity to appe crrning the Con petition nd would appreciate an opportunity to do =0 hefore final action is taken “The press anno | ported to be official he trelley company o not y ver, tient Co. tatements from | for 45 minute scrvice and four fares. If tokens at least 33 fare will be Another peti- tioner heard by commission agreed to furnish 20 and 40 schedules for a fare of 25 cents per passenger. There is no good, sound b argument for ac the higher fare and the poorer schedule when the second petitioner is knowl 1:""! by your commission to be financially in a position to handle the line and has had a wealth of ex- perience in bus service. Understand however, T a mnot interested in this particular applicant, the Mastco Co., and 1 previous letter t but and are used the 1-3 cents. your minute a 1 do heli 20 and 40 available, since it far minute dules the patrons of a b 25 | came 21 l\ur in | e | ocratie’ leade | been NEW BRITA ‘auo)) ‘projirey “ydag mqy[ 2)1)S AMIIPIIUNO) NUTHING ABNORMAL CORONER DECLARES Shepherd Claims Exoneration in MoClintock Case TYPHOID CAUSED DEATH | Foster Father of Dead Young Mil- | lonalre Now Insists He Will Bring Criminal Charges Against Those Who Suspected Him. Chicago, Jan. 2, — A chemist has found that Willlam N. MecClintock, “milllonaire orphan,” died of typheld fever, Coroner Os- car Wolff annonnced today. The finding corroborated that of the pathologist smployed by William I Shepherd, foster father of the young man, who was left the bulk of the $i,500,000 estate by McClin- |tock's will, | | To Start Prosecution “We consider the coroner's state- ment a complete exoneration of Mr. Ralph eald when informed of the Shepherd has declared he would {take prompt legal action against his persons he considers responsible for | the investigation and which he de clared had been directed him. The sis of the stornich was declared by Iph Stell, law partner of Shepherd, who is an attorney, to he a complete exoncration of Mr. Shep- herd, who has declared he would take legal action against sponsible for the investigation, Findings Check Up The report of Dr. W. D. McNally, ‘s chemist, corroborates that of Dr. I. P. Simonds of Northwestern university, who was employed by Mr. Shepherd to participate in the autopsy The death of McClintock, Dr, Me- Nally found, fever complicated by secondary terminal inte rhage. Thay chemist’s report was regard- ed by Mr. Shepherd and his asso- as the end of the official in- statement a profound inal hemor- of the state’s attorney's that their inquiry had feveloped nothing on which to base further investigation, Coroner Wolff, after a brief ver. bal announcement that *nothing ab- normal has been found,” issued this statement: Coroner’sStatement. “I have received the official re- ports from Dr. Willlam D. MceNally fand Dr. Willlam H. Burm r in the Willlam Nelson McClintock case, nt from their signed reports that outside of formaldehyde, due to the embalming fiuld, phenol and acctone, ch decomposi- tion products, there was nothing ab- normal found except the caused by typhold fever, and in their opinion death was dua to typhold fe- ver, complicated by a profound &e terminal intestine hemor: We consider this a full exonera- tlon of Mr. Shepherd and t of the investigation just as we cted,” \lr Stoll added. Preparing Statement. Siephe rr‘, who was prepa t, has asserted from the he investigation had | almed at him by persons, who, he intimated, had nal motives. He cut short a holt it at Albu- querque, N. M he had gone with his tvif k o de- e In the have M beginning t whe Shepherd and 1 & McClintock after the death of h ) tock's mother anl e close frienls. Dartmouth 1 then | ninistration ling his for d contre v years o s wife m chil mother. M Mel liood Me Shep- ntock ¥ take up 1 preparation ne, 8 which hen he be less than a busi- BRING OWN STOVES Many Licenses, Provide Themselyves With Charcoal Burners. New Haven, T of automobi g or v of the statis mot pa todav g lin moment the P kesp war car them Vend reaped exacted keeping th m, « o Investigation of Tariff Commission Now Sought Was! tion ke n, Jan, 2 tariff co! resolutior o mmission was offered by Arkansus dem ing would = d by be conduct ate fina the should not be required to pay 33 1-3 | Sommittee With a view to determin- cents and contend with sch a 45-minute dul \ propose e parallels § other bus lin park very iy conpe doing o8 with a business here (Comtinued on Page Twent | ing wh en | and giving ex- | p ther any had been brought to bear on members of ‘the commission in connection with t investigation, Under the r Robi g tor 500 nation read and immeudiate debute. coroner's | against | result of the chemiecal analy- | Mr. | rsons re- | s due to typhold | changes | end | Autoists, Waiting in Line for | its introduction led to no APV CODLIDGEFEASHES [TERRIFI GALE I S0 10 BINGHAM| SWEEPING ENGLAN Administration Needs His Yote;Storm Worst on Record in| on Postal Pay Veto Thmy (ne Years WANT HIM SWORN IN NOW 1 DOING MUGH DAMAGE | Decision to Be Made on January 6 lvlory Chimney$ Being Toppled | Makes His Presence Desirable in| Over, Windows Broken and Traf- | | ‘Washington—-But He Wants to Be flo Generally Impeded—Fishing | Fleet Unable To Operate, BY GEORGHE H. MANNING, (Washington Bureau of N. Herald) Washington. D. C., Jan, %.—An at- tempt s being made by administra- | the fourth in six dags and the worst tion forces to have Senator elect|on record for thirty.one vears It Hiram Bingham take his acat in time | g ‘soread minor havos throughont to help Austain the president’s velo 1 country and caused & further of the postal salaries bill when the | gariois Ties of the waters o the voto comes in the senate January 6, | e valley, where scores of roads | It was learned hero on reliable au-|);vq peen overfiown and made im- | thority toda | possible of use except by boats over | (A recent canvass of senators ds- ;4 giraten of five miles near Wind- closed the fact that unless some sen- | oo 5 Cg €0 ators chango thelr minds the vote [“CRA0G StAINSs e vi e clos ha o vote | :’fl‘l‘dl’,‘:: (.{Hhv.nt'n‘!‘w J r\‘»’m “r'y‘x’_ the suspension of flying at Croydon, 96 S DA MBIGNE ‘u:n. alrdrome for London passenger By The Assoclated Press, London, Jan. 2.—England |ing swept today by a | Connecticut Governor. ! | B. s be- furious gale, }Gotham Has 6,000 Men and overriding the veto. Although Bing- g 8 anes, s g e he b ham has not declared his stand on | Panes stopped one of the Channer TR sisimied by a4 | steainer services and caused the can- |4 ministration” leaders (hat ho would | CCIation of rucing meets and foot- | 3§ 1 | ball games. | | be “regular” and would stand b X Much Damag hind President Coolidge, and for ¢ m[ Doce Much Damage = In the south of England the full reason they want him sworn in as a 10 the south of Fnglanl the f senator befors the voe on the postal | fr¢® of the blast was frit a bil | where a heavy motor lo e blown into the harhor, while at lhowever, has good and | | | Ports! a street car was blown sufticient reasons of his own for not | Portsmouth a strect car was bl e against a house the shoc hing! Janu | side ;m\‘,]l:m,:; ‘]::“,),,x;‘:)m,,‘,,";‘\\\.l,‘),.,], (4T | onding the glass bying from the governor of Connecticut January 17.) Windows in car and dwelling. Most Once he assumes office as senator it | Of the south coast seaside resorts are | will be impossible for him to take | inundated, water covesing the lower- | the state office, even though he in- | 1¥Ing parts of the towns. tended to resign immediately, and it| 10 the Midland industrial vmsmm\ is very important for Connecticut |3everal factory chimney stacks were that he goes through the form of be- | demolished. Telephone wires are ing sworn In as governor and re-|down in many parts of the country, sizning at or | rally hustled to shel- Should h hegan to develop nor Templeton ha are over one hun- continue in office dred vessels tered fn the Dea tion of his term. |7rmym and thirty large steamers in | this would doubticss be teste , on the Channel, fncluding | courts, but this would take “h boat Johar 1 meanwhile he would act as gove after three attempts to con- and Bingham and hi leaders | tinue her want to avold all ilities of such an occurrence. On the other hand, if Bingham beconies senator and then takes the cath of office of goveraor, he grave danger of losing his seat. one, g gencr 1 the violently. There ga ‘f'hn Du there mer Returning Lloyds Valencia station reports steamer Exeter City returning to Queenstown for fresh water. loft Swanse w York, Dec. 17, was hit Dec. 27 and A Kkindly disposed majority in the | received damage, Including a strain- | senate might overlogk such a tech- |ed engine, that made it unsafe for| nical violation of ‘the provision |her to procecd westward or make against @ member of congress hold- |the Azores. ing a state office, but the democrats The fist and radicals in the senate could be expected to jump at the chance of | taking tho seat from a regular re | publican and they have ample pr | cedent for such action. Several |acses are on record where hoth houses have voted to strike from the rolls the name of meniber who took oath as officer, even | though it was his known intention | to resign at or | This puts Bingham in a ment of considerable consciyuenc | For his own personal and for state | | political purposes he wants to take office as governor before hecoming | senator. But he has been elicted 1o | POlice Dept. | the scnate and senato re supposed | g Hioie Wt s 80 Men to Plain Clothes Duty 1ing fl et is practically tled | shortage in the fish in prices. up, | markets and a rise Up to this afternoon ouly one | ca had been recorded, but the | material damage done is consider- able, i | SIX SUSPECTS HELD IN ELM CITY HILLING ca state is In session. Bingham's ¢ was alded by the republic zation, and should the | fail to comply with the | to ald the administratio {ter for con first request . it is 4 mat- ture how he would he at he pport sena vri salaries m will 15 be- ration. h n, J Six men held by the night in their roundup of suspects as a result of the ent crime wave here W Lad a climax when Bar Keep seal poiice 1 Coolld Janu, ing to on the posta bill. But just how far B 0 In supporting the pres ginning to worry the admi d on need Meriden, s wer 10d on P WAM& WHIPPING POST FOR WIFE THRASHERS Retiring Stdmfmtl Ma Urges Legislature to Pas way {o New Yoi Kran Law by Alfred N —— from ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED a Mrs. J t T FHE WEATHER 2.—V orecast and vicinity: Saturday; Hartford, Jan for New Britain a Snow tonight and vising temperature there wou! m of a cat-c -nine-tails, TO TELL FIGHT STORY The Herald has arranged with the Associated Press for returns from the ringside on the Kaplan-Kramer bout in New York tonight. An announcer will tell of the f by rounds and telephone inquiries will be answered at Nos. 925 or 926. {ules, Also Details : N HERALD, \INECTICUT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1925, —TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 1 l ,l 79 i Dec. 27th ... PRICE THREE CENTS 200 PASSENGERS ARE TAKEN FROM BURNING SHIP OFF LEWES, DEL., IN HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND New York In Grip Of Snowstorm, Washington, Baltimore Hard Hit MMMMMMM s s RHY INGHANGED Traffic Par: aly zed in! Other Two Cities. | Bill Provides Ior 12,000 Oiers, 125,000 Men New York, Jan. 2.—New York city today was in the grip of the first | heavy snowstorm of the winter, Driv- cn by a gale, the snow began falling at 5:45 o'clock and at 8 o'clack & | all of one and a half inches had been registered by the weather bu- reau. As the fall continued unabated, the street cleaning department or- dered out 6,000 men and 417 motor driven plows to Keep the streets open | to traffic. Elevated railway ana | trolley car companies reduced their schedules' and put crews to work | keeping the tracks clear. Most of |jzeq strength of 12,000 commissioned the commuters’ trains arrived at the | officers and 125,000 enlisted men, ex- terminals before enough snow had |clusive of 8,000 Philippine scouts, is fallen to interfere with their sched- | proposed in the war department ap- | propriation bill reported today to the Louse, As approved by the appropriations committee the measure, drafted by a subcommittee headed by Repre- | sentative Anthony, republican, Kan- sas, carries $331,131,114, or $6,552,- 000 less than the amount available | for expenditure this year and about 1$300,000 less than budget estimates. Of the total $258,317,958 is for military and $72,813,156 for non- military activities. Included in the allotments is a 0,000,000 lump sum appropriation improvements to rivers and har- |bors—the total proposed by the hudget bureau for expenditure dur- |ing the fiscal year beginning next July, but an increase of $2,657,000 over the amount carried in last rear's bill | Of This Amount, 72 Million Is For Request For Money For Muscle Shoals Development Work, James H, Scarr, weather forecas- ter, said the snowfall would continue throughout the day and part of to- night. He predicted that the city would bescovered with a blanket flom five to six inches deep by mid- night Washington Hard Hit Washington, Jan. —Washington |for the most part walked to work with trolley traffic badly erip- 1 by a fall of snow Pennsylvania avenue frc monument to th railway traffic we and fof hundred ployes it was a c at home, It 5 almost as m; capital, wi has seen most intermittent )t government em- of walk or stay second y day snow storm in the natlonal iich in the lzst four years few snow storms. As is usual when there comes any real fall of Muscle Shoals The bill also carries $3,040,000 as recommended by the completion of Dam 2 at Muscle Alabama, This together with 0 included in a deficiency estimate recently submitted, the committee report said, will complete the dam and the eight power units. For the army air service, $14,700.- 000 or the full amount recommend ed by the budget is carrled. In addi 0 is provided for con- ation, which the report pointed out makes the total available the alr service 00,000 more than for the present immed of the infre qlhvl occasion given for developing the business of coping such condition with er bur au issued an ad- g timed m. from Boston breakwater, e on Virginia thward,” it said, northeast rain this afternoon a, coast to Del “Disturt moving snow, coast “will winds witn | and =5 For New Plancs riations $4.40 e of new air plus the contract authoriza- s a total of $6.550,000 for v anes, or about $2,900,000 more than available for the current year About 268 new airplanes, the Baltimore Crippled Jan. 2 plete paralysis of loca tion facilities marked Almost com- transporta- | , opening s business hours today, | w which be ling last continuing heavily ha 5 and n reported insuftic s to permit offices nufacturing ent arrivals normal In training schools, the report timated, could be procured with this appropriation. The departmen ke ac- is proceeding on ¥ Ided, t the most important thing to the air service 1s training ot personnel and {s therefore devoting a consideralle tof its funds to the purchase of ¥4 of airplanes which can be used with safety for train ing purpose! Bombing Tests. An appropriation of ‘mmended for bomb! obsolete ve “Previous tests of this n i e beer nd the ed no »an or through , 88y ads re rious storm which Coast wer ar noon to- to today r bureau exp orm to and ORPHANS MARCH 0UT sivty-Seven Small Children Show no port said siats 1 vessels tomor Signs of Panic When Fire Breaks Out At Bridgeport Orphanage, Picture of Wife No Annoying to \ BOY BROKER SENTENCED —_— I'rank Mahoney of Concord and Bos- One e A ton Gets to Two Years in State Prison OVER 331 MILLION ASKED Non-Military Activitles— Contains | scal year at {ts present author- | Dbudget for the | approximately | 48 MI. GALE ‘Clyde Lmer Mohawk Left New York At Noon Yesterday — ' Flames Discovered | When 70 Miles From ' Sandy Hook. Those on Board Don Life Belts as Precautionary Measure — Worst Storm of Winter Is Along Coast. Raging o Assoclated Press. Del, Jan. 2.—More than | two hundred passengers were land- | d here today after spending an anx. | lous night aboard th Clyde line steamer Mohawk, in whose after- hold fire was discovered while 25 miles at sea at 70 miles south of andy Hook, during one of the worst storms of the winter off the New Jersey coast. The Mohawk, which left New York yesterday for Charleston and Jacksonville, was later grounded on one of the shoals in Delawars Bay north of this place for the purpose of extinguishing the flames. The passengers were taken off by the coast guard cutter Kickapoo with the assistance of the tugs Mars and Kaleen while the storm raged in the bay and a 48 mile gale howled. Although the passengeres were worn out and hungry and some of them wet from the heavy rain that accompanied the storm, none suf- fered severely from the experience, They were made as comfortable as possible here and the steamship company arranged to transport them by train to their destination. Fire Gains Headway. The passengers were notified of | the fire in the cargo in the after { hold last night. At first it was not thought serious, but it made head- way despite the efforts of the erew and Captain J. M. Staples then de- cided that all ha should prepare to leave the ehip if necessary. In the meantime the ship's course | was changed to the Delaware capes and calis were sent out for as- sistance, The first to respond was | the steamer Persian of the Mer- chants and Minerg line which kept in touch with the distressed Mo- hawk and saw her eafely in the Delaware capes. Anchorage was made in shoal water near Brandy- | Wine Light about 10 miles north of the capes, where the bay is 20 miles wide. It was here most of whom and were . ferred while the gale howled, and were brought to Lewes. Among them were many wome The cause of ti vn, and the e awaits a survey, DEBT SITUATION 1 CONSIDERABLY EASED Attitude of France and England Clearing Up Situation e belts re trans- was ot { the dam- 2.—Franc a plan for time debt s for ottle- to the v face on highly put a n been a ot only king provid 1d 1) That p ficatic ts from 1 » might ing Par Anglo-Am \\nr‘\V 1 London { agreement ack of- emt denying ofticials Newr York try on@n offi gla not reach ansideration 1t was embassy that no (Continued on Page Twenty-ont)