New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1925, Page 1

n.alu News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 HARDING’S COUSIN, CALLED » - (812 IN FORBES CASE, SAYS HE WAS NEVER OFFERED BRIBE (o Yerict in Sears Extorton Brands As False State- ment By Mortimer That Syndicate Prof- fered Million For In- fluence. - Letters From Late Presi- dent to Former Head of | Veterans’ Bureau Are Brought Into Court. By The Assoclated Presi Chicago, Jan. rancis E. Poge JAIL AND FINES FOR SIX BOOZE RUNNERS State Police Make Big Liquor Haul in East Hartford East Hartford, Jan. 9.—A “rum running caravan’ of three automo- biles, each specially fitted with false bottoms and compartments for the concealment of liquor was halted on the Hartford to Springfleld highway in this town at 6 o’clock this morn- ing and 300 gallons of alcohol were found. 8ix men were held by State Policeman Michael Smith as a re- sult of a watch kept for rum run- of Spokane, Wash., a cousin of for-|hers who were said to be passing mer President Harding, denied to-| day in the Forbes-Thompson Vet- erans’ bureau conspiracy trial, that he had ever been offered $1,000,000 by ship contractors as “a bribe to help influence the sale of the gov- ernment's wooden fleet, Denies Bribe Talk Pope also emphatically denied that he had ever talked with for- mer President Harding about hav- along the highway on thelr trips to Massachusetts. The cars, running some distance apart, all fell into the trap prepared for them before the drivers had a chance to attempt to escape and none of the occupants offered any resistance. ~ The cars all bore New York license plates and the men caught all gave their addresses as Brooklyn. Tn the East Hartford police court this morning they were fined $250 and sentenced ing been offered a bribe in connec- tion with the sale of the fleet. Elias H. Mortimer previously had testified for the prosecution that Pope had been offered $1,000,000 by a syndicate which sought to pur- chase the war-time wooden fleet, comprising approximately 260 ves- sels, Pope {dentified a letter signed by President Harding offered in evi- dence by James E. Kasby-Smith, counse]l for Charles R, I'orbes, for- mer director of the Veterans' bu- read, The prosecution objected to tha introduction of the president's jetter and the court sustained the objection. Says He Knew Mortimer Pope sald he knew Mortimer. Te was asked if Mortimer had reserved his hotel accommodations when he went to Washington for President Harding’s inauguration. « . Smith objected to the ques- tion aia ‘he court ruled the witness | need not answer. | Pope said he had been invited o participate in a syndicate sponsored by the Chesapeake Engineering com- pany to salvage the fleet on a cost- plus basis, and ‘had approached Chalrman Lasker, of the shipping board with a rather indefinite offer under which the vessels would be dismantled for lumber. to 16 days in jail each. YOUTH'S CONFESSION FREES ONE ARRESTED Waterbury Young Man Was Being Held As Bandit When An- other Admitted Deed, Jan. 9.—Mic ‘Waterbury, acl Lu- cas, 19, 257 who i8 being held in the New Haven I'annie Cooper in her Lafayctte street store recently with a gun is to be released today. This is accord- ing to an order issued this morning by Judge John T, MeGrath, who or- dered Court Officer Sergeant John Drickel to go to New Haven as soon as possihle and bring the prisoner back to this city, where Judge Mc- Grath will discharge him. Lucas walved examination Tues- day and was bound over to {he su- | perior court under bonds of $10,000. This action was taken after MNrs. Cooper, the complaining witness made sitive identification” of Lucas as the youth who heid Ler up and robbed her in her store. Yesterday, however, the police took Into custody a 15 year old boy Lasker stated the fleet then Was|who confessed to 13 burglaries and involved In a lawsult and that 3‘-’:,(“’0 holdups. In this list he con- could do nothing for three or €iX|fessed to having heen tha holdup monthe. “man” in the Mrs. Cooper case, po- The Harding letter, dated April 7, ||jce gay. was addressed “My Dear AL It said that Forbes had been con- RANE FLF.CTROCUTED sidered for various places in the gov- | Columbus, Ohlo, Jan. 9.—Jossph ernment including a post on the |O. Kane, 21, Youngstown, was elec- cuted in the Ohio penitentiary this hipping board and the governor- TS morning at 1:06 for the murder of ship of Alaska. fcDonald First Witness | A. M. McDonald, a partner in the death in a Youngstown park, Febru- ry 24, 1024. Kane was to have been Patterson McDonald S‘]lphu]hln?g e 68 0 camtiee 105U 4 oites company of Seattle, Washington, INj, 4y names fn the state supremo which Thempson was financlally In-| 00 00 coq o TS iigant terested, was the first defense wit- ness today He told of ship sefzure South Leonard street, | jail on a charge of holding up Mrs. | Edhfmen' charging a statutory of- | Paul Prologo, whom he'battered to | | ed by Governor Donahey until today. l(xnt‘(‘ls to take up next week. 20T wia v 14v3 BRITAIN, CORGORAN JURY 1 UMABLE T0 AGREE Gase in Boston TWO0 DEFENDANTS FREED In Case of F'ormer District Attorney And Hartnett Disagreement Con- tinues After 48 Hours of Delibera- tion, Boston, Jan, 9. — After 48 hours deliberation, said to be a record in |Buffolk county criminal cases, the jury trying Willlam J, Corcoran, former district attorney of Middle- sex county, and three others on charges of conspiracy to extort $50,- 000 from Victor A. Scarles of Bos- ton and Atlantic City, N, J.,, today reported a disagreoment in respect to Corcoran and Willlam J., Hart- nett, another defendant. The jury found verdicts of not gullty in the cases of Willlam J. Kelly and TRomas F. Devine, co-de- fendants. Trial Began Dec, 10 The trial of the case began De- cember 10 and the jury retired to dellberate Wednesday morning, Later they returned to ask Judge Raymond whether if they found two or more of the defendants not guilty, it would be possible within the law to find one defendant guilty. Late yesterday the judge called the jury and finstructed them to return a sealed verdict at the opening of court today if they succeeded in reaching an agreement, Originally 11 persons were {in- dicted in the case which grew out of a raid on a Boston apartment in 1920 fn which Scarles, an artist and | nephew of the late Edward F.| Searles, millionaire recluse of Meth- uer, was found in company with two women, Eleanor Barnes and Blanche Paul, who admitted they were lures for a blackmail band. Others In Case The two women pleaded gullty and appearcd as witnesses for the commonwealth. District Attorney Thomas C. O'Brien nolprossed the indictments against Theodore | Bearse, Clarence W. Hoaglund, | Michael J. T'yons ahd J. Warren | Kane. The 11th person, named as | “John Doe” in the indictment, was not_apprehended. T'he district attorney announced yesterday that Searles would h placed on trial Junuary 15 on an in- [ fense {n connection with dents covered by the case, District Attorney O'Brien later announced that Corcoran and Hart- | nett would be placed on trial again | January 19 40 MILLION ALLOWED the dnci- | House Today Approves One Section of War Dept.'s Rivers and Har- bors Improvement Measure, ! Washington, Jan. 9.—The house today approved a section of the war department appropriation bill allot- ting $40,000,000 for work during the | coming fiscal year on river and har- | bor improvements, No effort was mad» to Increase the rivers and harbors item, which is a lump sum appropriation for projects already authorized. It has no con- nection with the rivers and harbors authorization bill which the house claims of his firm still pending| against the United States and Aus-| trallan governments and of con- tracts with Mortimer in Washington in 1923. Mortimer represented him- self as a close friend of President Harding, the witness sald. McDornald controverted detalls of While Mother Child Takes Fatal Poison Dose | Is In Next_ Room Mortimer's story relative to a mect- tng In Forbes' apartment in the Wardman Park hotel, Washington, AYIATOR ]S FREED June 15, 1022, at which it was al- teged Forbes, Thompson, his part- m—_— ner, 3. W. Black, and Mortimer | Army Flier, Court Martlalled For teached the agreement held by the | government to have been the basis of the conspiracy. Tdentifies Telegrams McDonald identified telegrams be- ween himself at Washington, D. C., 1a 3 ‘rnvl :I"hnmpson at St. Louis, on June | James ‘l» Hutchison, ol u\mrrr: 12 and 13, 1922, relative to shipping | "0t guilty of flying dange mumv.\..‘“ board matters. |in stunt maneuvers over the Wash- The Chesapeake Engineering com- :nxljlm \ll\flgu:‘c\' 'shrr'um of Manhat- v, in which Thompson, Black |tan last November. i 5:';3 McDonald were interested ob- The case was said to be the first of tained a ~ontract from the ship- Kind ever h"-”‘i-_ i ping board to dismantle and salvage t#® boats of the wooden fleet, half the profits of the project to be re- | turned to the government. Mortimer had testified the, Chesa-| peake company had at that time | { | ¥lying Too Low Over New York, Not Guilty, New York,;Jan. 9.—A general court martial today found Lieutenant FLIES OVEE NEW YORK New York, Jan, 9.—The dirigible Los Angeles flew cier New York to- day for the first time since she was brought here from Germany. The big sliver bag appeared first over Brooklyn, then crossed 1h el | Fast river and nosed hier way about McDonald testified he had made | (L\Gooiorth tower. a proposition to Vice-Chairman Far- Jey of the shipping board for the purchase of the entire flect. He of- — fered $2,900 each for the boats; and | | Dogs, Cats, Birds and [ h later raised the bid to $3,000 r‘nth.; Talking Mathlnes But TY itness als dmitted having | = % B ity vas fekou No Husbands Admitted talked with Pope about his offer, and Pope was the fist person to New York, Jan. 8.—Dogs, cats, whom he broached the subject of || birds and talking machines—but torming an independent syndicate to | | no husbands—will be permitted finance the enterprise. Pope agreed in “the first apartment hou ver 40 hecome a member of the symii- || bulit for women only,” now nea cate, and later Thompson and Black | | In8 completion hcre, Miss V both aceepted participation. Poggi, who will be superintend- The question of Pope’s financial || €8t announced today are or pay in the ship deal never Miss Poggl is now in charge of the club house of the New York 4 been discussed b e ple Md been discussed because the plan ||, .\, .\ of the National League of launched upon a plan alming at the wcquisition of the entire fleet of 254 ve S o o Bl pal duties will be to intervizw 1 = licants and ascertal 1 he MARX GIVES UP plicants and ascertal that they are not marrted and have no in tention of marrying, “within the immediate future.” Berlin, Jan. 9.—Chancellor Marx today refused to continue further ef- forts v form & cabinely Eleanor Herre, 2!; Years| 0ld, of Vine Street Dies | Soon Afterward at Hos- | pital. Swallowing the contents of a bottle of deadly poison, which she had got- ten hold of by accident, Elcanor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Herre of 102 Vine street, died about | noon today in the New Britain Gen- | eral hospital. | The liquid she swallowed is & remeuy tor colds and is taken being heated and the patient haling the or. It is a coal tar | product, con’ iining creosote and is !said to be about twice as deadly as | carbolic acid, if taken internally. | Taken according to directions, phy- | | sicians say it is perfectly harmiless. | | _ The youngster, who was but 2 years old, suffored from a slight cold and Mrs. Herre, whose husband is | a former drug clerk, placed a solu- | tion on a towel and left her to in-| hale it In an effort to cure thej cold { Mrs. Herre, who was not feeling | well, went into an adjoining room to {1ie down for a few minutes’ rest, leaving the child with the towel, In {some manner the little girl got hold of the bottle and swallowed the con- |tents, The acld burned her throat | and her screams awoke her mother. | Dr. John B. Purney, medical .-\-i aminer, was summoned and a few | minutes later Dr. George W. Dunn | was called. The baby was taken to | New Britain General hospital | everything possible was done | |to save its life, but to no avail {Death ensued within about 20 minutes. The body was turned over to Un- {dertakers Erickson & Carlson for i burlal, |complaint of Keith Bochm, 19 ) School Department Bt Just Under Million Mark For 1925-26; Big Increase Board of Education Discusses Estimate of Expenses For Next Year Totalling $999,800 | Flirting with the milllon mark, the budget of the school department was scheduled for discussion at a regus lar meeting of the board of educa- tlon this afternoon. It is sald that the estimated expenses of the de- partment for the year 1025-28 1s $999,800. 'Th apypropriation for 1924-25 was $593,050. The biggest increase in a single item comes under the heading of teachers' salaries. This s partly due to the opening of new echools and the automatic increase in salaries. It is sald that this item alone is ac- countable for about 60 per cent in the jump for expenses for the com- ing year. The cost of evening schools will be $12,000, an increase of about $1,000. CRIPPLED TELEPHONE OPERATOR GIVES LIFE Remains on Post to Call Aid While Flames Surge About Her Brooks, Me., Jan. 9.—Mrs, Carrie Johnson, a crippled telephone oper- ator, was burned to death early today when she remained at her post summoning outside aid for a fire on the main street of this town. Before her task was completed the building in which the exchange of the Waldo and Penobscot Telephone ! fire ; company was situated caught and escape was cut off. Miss Alva Ingraham, her assistant, jumped frém a second story window. One of her arms was broken. Six business buildings were con- sumed before the flames were con- trolled with the aid of the Belfast fire department, which respanded to Mrs. Johnson’s cadl. The fire start- ed from an undetermined cause in a store adjoining the post office and telephone cichanze and enread 80 rapidiy that the telephe, {operatar and her assistant bad ec’reely tim to send emergency calls alarming the countryside hefore thelr build- mg was in flames, The exchange was on the second floor, and the women were unable to escape by the stairs. Mrs. John- son, who was unable to move about except in a wheel chair, urged her companion {o save herself, and Miss Ingraham leaped from the window. The fire cause loss estimated &t $50,000. KIDNAPPING CHARGED | Denver Youth Says Klansmen Took Him and Compelled Him to Marry Girl Against His Will, Denver, Colo,, Jan. 8.—Charges of Kkidnapping and conspiracy were lodged against Dr. John Gallen Locke and others, in Judge Ben B. Lindsey's juvenile court today on ar old Denver high school youth. complaint alleged that the men kid- napped him Tuesday night, took him to the offices of Dr. Locke, who 18 Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Colorado, and forced him to marry Miss Mae Nash. Judge Lindsey ssued warrants for the arrest for Dr. Locke, William Pritts, C. C. Kirkling and a man known only as “Chris.” Dr. Locke in a statement admitted that the ceremony his office but denied that ¢ had been used. The youth, who was taken from a ercion hotel operated by his parents is a Klansman, Dr. Locke dec He |added that he found the boy had obtained a marriage lice more than a year ago, Lo d " the girl. As a Kla his duty to s did the right t girl, he dc the matter over with the girl, her mother and the boy and that all | agreed to the marriage. The d after the Boehm's ts sought av of the marriage. ceremony ment pare GETS PRISON TERM New Haven, Jan. 9.—Wi mour, who plraded guilty to ett eaid th from state p the burglary were smal THERSFTELD. 9.—Julia Jarvey, y in who p o4, g super court today to a gr 1 in the de i of Hamden, w slate prison today for ons and a to four year e which * THE WEATHER | e Hartford, Jan. 9.—Forec for New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudipess, prob- ably followed by rain or snow late tonight or Satirday: not much change in temperature. 'NO AGTION TAKEN ON s performed ine The expense to t CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 9, 1925, —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. In Teachers’ Pay It will be neceasary to spend $6,- 000 more for text books than was spent this year, $12,000 making the estimated expenee for 1925-26 total $18,000. An appropriation for a dental clinic 18 expected to be in- cluded. The report on estimated expenses was presegted by the finance com- mittee. That three items will show deficits at the end of the present fiscal year was called to the attentign of the board at its meeting this afternoon. There is an overdraft in the {tem of teachers' salaries, caused by the re- opening of the Bartlett school, The fuel appropriation has also been overdrawn, a3 has the item of tu- ition to the state board of education, IEHUREH UNIT PROGRAM Congregationalists Dis- | cuss Idea But Come to No Conclusion At the meeting of the committee ‘representing the . three English speaking Congregational churches, the First, South and Stanley Memo- rial, last evening in the First Con- gregational church, nothing definite | regarding consolidation or coordina- | tion was done or proposed and the committee today has nothing but a few vague plans, not even tentative, Although the subject is one which involves the religious connectlons o 3,000 people or more, the meeting | was held in absolute secrecy, and {newspapermen were requested to re- | (tire, Another meeting will be held | 'at a date not yet set and at this time no ene but the 15 committee | members will be admitted, according to the present understanding. F. G. Platt was elected chatrman | of the genaral epmmittee and ru- | v 1, Woed was named secret:sy it §s said thif no one at the m-et- ing last night.seemed, to have:a | clear and definite idea of just what | was under consideration, little bu ness being transacted. Tt was de- cided that each of the three eom- | mittees representing tha individual churches should mest by itselt and | | that when plans had crystallized an- other meeting of the general com- mittee would be called. At that time a committee, not yet appointed, will endeavor tc soms speaker who can explain plans for a central organization of Congregational churches with the eoordination of effort. Considerable of the meeting was given over to a random discus. Islon of individual {deas. The ap- | pointment of tha committee and the time of the next meeting were left to | the chairman, TRESTLE-HMUST G0 Public “i.llllk‘s Commission Orders ecure Railroad Bridge Over Andrews Street Taken Down. Hartford, Jan. 9. - The tilitles commission accrded t lay to the position of the eity of Meri- | den for the removal of the trestle over Andrews street in Meriden | which as built when the Meriden | {apd Waterbury raflroad was con- structed. representatives of the N. Y. N. H. and IL Rallroad Co., of- fered 1o ob to the petition | city of Meriden will be §$3,500 and to the company | $3,700, This afternoon the co fssion Leld a hearing on the petition of the N.Y.N. H . and H. F road Co,, for the electrification of the road be- tween South Norwalk and Danbury, | The jurisdiction the comr nd of appara r the track o work of is limited to that will be b connection with fication. ove TW0 COASTING ACCIDENTS Pole Same Telegraph Responsible ¥or Three Persons Being Injured In Norwalk. Norwalk 9.—0 pole was re dents here last coasting* down the Mapls lest control of their E. Denke of 38 Merwin injured in the first ac ing a frac d leg. A Irene S. Gorham, i and Joseph W. Gibson Court, was taker pital with a sprained 1 ting the san® pole. e Fred Davis of Main s at the »spital to have contus s of the chest and was kept at t spi- | tal. | The with hill is a « two sharp turns an under ban for c Thomas Robins a few da sting by M PRESIDENT PLACES WREATH Washingte®h, Jan. 9.—President Coolldge yesterday placed a ath Jackso of 11 on the statue of Andrew Lafayette park, in obsers 110th anniversary of Jack tory at New Orleans. | office 1n 2 NEW_BRITAIN HERALD BINGHAN SWORN N AS 1., SEMATOR Takes Oath of Office Shortly Aiter Noon Today 1§ ESCORTED BY McLEAN Pays Call on President and Mrs, Coolldge Defore Going to Upper House of Congress to Take Seat as Brandcegee’s Successor. BY GEORGE H. (Washington Lureau of N, B, Herald) Washington, Jan. 9. — Senator Hiram Bingham took the oath of the senate chamber and was sworn in as United States sen- ator from Connecticut shortly after noon#oday, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Frank Brandegee. It was the third government of- flce Senator Bingham has held this week, but he seemcd to be none the worse from jumping quickly from one office to another. The f: that he took the oath of office as U, 8. senator in the Bond hotel in Hartford at ten o'clock yesterday morning meant nothing so far as the U. S. senate was con- cerned and it became necessary for him to take the oath of office and MANNING, | be sworn in, in the senate chamber again today. Accompanied by McLean. Senator Bingham entered the sen- | ate chamber shortly before the hour of mecting at noon accompanied by his colleague, Senator George McLean, and the two took seats to- gether in the third row from the front on the republican side. The senate was ca 12 o'clock, the usual hour of meet- ing, by Senator Albert B. Cummins, the president pro tempore, and al- most immediately Senator Mclean arose and informed the senate that his colleague, Hiram Bingham, was present and ready to be sworn in. The two then advanced arm in |arm to the rostrum where Senator | Bingham, with his right arm raised, took the oath of office which was slding officer, and signed his name to the document. Bingham Meets Colleagues. Senator Bingham was introduced all around by Sgnator Mcl.ean to the senators on the republichn side. A little Jater they went .aver to the demoeratic side where he was intro- duced to the tors. The greeting on the demacratic side became 80 noisy that the request of ator Ransdsll of Louisiana, who | had gone over on the republican side | bricks were to better hear Senator Norris, who was talking on Muscle Sho the president pro tempore rapped for order. Being the latest comer to the sen- ate, Senator Bingham was allotted the last seat from the aisle on the fourth can gide of the chamber. He will get a better seat, of course, when there Is a change in the senate mem- bership as the senators are allotted aeats according to their choice and senlority of service. Appointed to Committe Presideng Pro Tem. Cummings read jon presented by Senator the republican floor leader, committee and the committee ediat: adopted. ham was put on the ttee, it was said, be- vice in France during and his genera ith matters pertaining to the army On Thursday the president pro tempore had presented to the senate the certificate of Governor Charl A. Templeton officially certifying to | the election of Bingham to fill the unexpired nde- gee which en certiticate was signed ar 1and bore signature A. Pallotti, secretary of Visits President Coolidge Before going to the capita d at t and ator Bingham H at 1 respects to Presic He reg fore 11 o'clock with Senator tails 1se seven weeks tha cts to be ir The senator (Continu H. S. Athletes Get Offers From Schools Henry 2 Er Howard Beloin 18] R A Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Jan, 3rd ... 11,056 PRICE THREE CENTS SELF CONFESSED FIXER OF - 'BALLOTS TELLS STORY OF WINNING CLOSE ELECTIONS MRACOLOLS ESCAPE [Rosken Declares For * OFAUTONOBILE THIEF| Ten Years He Ha Conducted Lower East Side “School For Bal- lot Fixers.” Uninjured When Speeding Car Smashes Into Yalesville House | An automobile owned by James J. {Butler of 4 Highland street was stolen last night on Washington street and almost totally demolished later in ville when the driver, pursued by a policeman, lost control |of the machine and crashed into a 1dwelling house knocking out several feet of frame gnd brick work and ‘];]unl-tlng the nose of the car into the ['cellar, New York, e 9] A volley of shots fired by the pur- |self the “m‘-’lagyl]n:l' llzalullbobtmgniflm': |suing officers falled to bring the | George Rosken, youthfu] ele :‘r, driver to a halt and he made good | clerk who yesterday declared Lh: - | his escape in the woods nearby. election of Nathan D, Periman i | 8o great was the impact that the | congress was illegally lccump“.hl: |driver's escape without injury was [ by himselt, today announced that gy unbellevable and for séveral hours|ten years he had conducted a lowz: men searched the woods nearby | East Side “School for Ballot Fixers.” |thinking the culprit, injured, had | His pupils, he sald, came to him made but temporary escape and had | from Boston, Philadelphia, Jerse; then fallen exhausted. City and Hoboken, N, J, as well ag The theft was committed some- | from all parts of New York. In {ttme between 8 and 9:30 o'clock. [addition, he assured newspapermen, |When the car was missed a report | to teaching his pupils the expert use Pupils Came to Him, He Says, From Boston, Philadelphia, Jersey City and Other Places, ed to order at | ad by Senator Cummins, the pre- | last row on the republi- | n post offices and post roads. 'It| was sent to Lieut. Samuel Bamforth at police headquarters and he re- |quested departments in other clties |to maintain a watch for the car. At about 10 o'clock Patrolman Becker of the Meriden police department saw the stolen car proceeding down Colony street. He commandeered a car driven by Ralph Kaemmer of 118 Atkins street, Meriden and began a |chase. The stolen car driver appar- ently realized he was being followed for when he turned into West Main street he broke into a mad dash, con- |tinuing into Cook avenue where the |two machines raced at breakneck speed. At “Dead Man’s Curve” near Wallingford, the Butler car was swerved to the right and instead of | passing through the culvert, headed |toward Yalesville center with the | policeman in pursuit. After pro- | ceeding about half a mile down the | road, the stolen car weered to the | left, went into a ditch, dashed across la town narrowly missing & tree and | crashed tnto the house owned by [Mrs. Ellen Dugall. Splinters and sent in all directions. | The policeman’s car drew up behind just as the driver dashed through [the back yerd into the woods. Po- liceman Becker and Patrolman Hig- gins, who had joined the chase, isr:cnred the woods but found no trace of the thief. The driver of the stolen car was described as.a young man probably about 23 years of age, of medium | build and wearing a dark overcoat and a grey hat. The wrecked machine was towed into Blue Ribbon Garage on Colony street, where estimates of the dam- age ranged between $500 and total | loss ! The radiator was broken, both front springs broken, the front fen- ders and axel smashed, the hood damaged beyond repair, one wheel broken, the body eprung and split, the frame bvnt, steering post smash- ed, motor legs broken and the car otherwise damaged, mrts in nearby s were notified and asked to| maintain a watch for the thief. The local and Meriden police are also in- vestigating. BROTHER EXONERATED Negligence Not Criminally Respon- sible is Given in Finding fn Darien Family Tragedy. f Rodr BIG LIQUOR ROUNDUP of his “magic ring” for the urrep- titlous marking of ballots, he person~ ally cares for the “accounts” of politiclans seeking office in tightly- contested districts, His occupation, he asserted, had netted him more than $30,000 in fees, Rosken made his amazing recital to newspapermen in the ante-room of the grand jury, while awalting & call to return before that body and resume his testimony concerning his alleged “counting out” of Dr: Wil« llam I. Sirovigh, democrat, who ran against Perlmn for congress from the fourteenth New York district last November, SECRET SESSION ON STONE'S APPOINTMENT Hearings in Private, Then Action on Bench Nomi- nation Is Deferred Washington, Jan. 9.—Action en the nomination of Attorney General Stone to succeed Assoclate Justice McKenna on the supreme court Was . . deferred today by & senate judiclary subcommittee after a secret hearing. Statements were heard from sev- eral persons whose identity was not disclosed. Chalrman Sterling refused to discuss the matter, “We do not care to eay at this time who was heard,” the chairman sald. Sitting with Chairman Sterling at the hearing were Senators Butler, republican, Massachusetts, and Over- man, democrat, North Carolina. Subsequently Senator Sterling said that James A. Ownsby, of Boulder, Colo., and Benjamin Marsh, of the National Farm Federation, had ap- peared before the committee. Both were declared to have opposed the elevation of Mr. Stone on the ground that he is needed in his present place. CHICAGO CRINE WAVE Report Shows 28 Murders and 234 * Holdups and Robberies During Month of December, Chicago, Jan. 9.—Denial that the e of the police department has d that the character worst December in ndicated that eriminals P erever they choose, was of Police Collins to- t of the Chicago S murders, 234 o ries with a gun and 211 es in December. The chief wred his appoint- ad b ful to H. B. amberlin, op director of the nmission, a one of Mr. mberli stants who once 1 the post of morals Inspector 1 was dismissed after a civil serv- tol W chief testified SAFE CRAGKERS BUSY Blow Door of Tucker and Goodwin's 100 Persons Accused of Violations Arraigned In Newark YFederal Court In Four Days. TO SEE TILDEN PLAY Several mere the New E Safe, But It Goes In Instead of Out Hartford, Ja ).—Burgiars at- ted to blow the safe at Tucker ud Goodwin’s, olesale grocers, at $ Hurlbut street last night but ®o placed the powder used that the ex- bsion fore the door into the safe ad of outward. They then &t- tucked the d with a sledge ham mer but withstood the bat tering. Tk dial was destroyed Unable into the safe the glars 1 open a drawer Bf o Ly a stenographer ook ps valued at $5 or 36, T police think the at- tempt was the work of professionals spite the crude mahner in whigh the work was done,