New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1925, Page 5

3860,000 IN BONDS AUTHORIZED HERE, Honey o Be Used Tor Local Schools and Sewers lond issues totalling $860,000 were authorized at a meeting of the board of finance and taxation lust night, the bonds providing for Important sewer and subway work {n the amount of $300,000, and for two new school bulldings and one aew school site to cost $660,000., Chalrman Frank L. Conlon of the board of public works appeared be- fore the board in explanation of his department’s request for $150,000 lor subway work and $150,000 for new sewers. The latter item in- cludes $100,000 for lateral sewer work covering all sections of the vity and is slightly in excess of the umount spent annually for several years, The remaining $50,000 will e taken up with completion of the Belvidere trunk line system. Subway work {s planned in Myrtle and Washington - streets! Church street, between Corbin place and Elm street; Corbin place, be- tween Church and Chestnut streets; Court street to South High street; Houth High street; Hungerford court; South: Main street, Franklin square to Roberts street. Chairman Joseph M. Halloran of the committee on school accommo- dations appegred with President Patrick ¥. King of the school board and Superintendent 8. H.| Holmes, in the interests of school bond issues. Completion of the East side school | will require $200,000, purchase of a new Monroe school plot will re- quire $35,000, and erectlon of a| new Monroe school will cost $325,- | 000, Tt was agreed that the build- ings are needed and the bonds were | authorized. The sale of bonds will not take place until work is ready for execution. ! FORBES' GONDITION | Is “Moderately Comfortable” Ace cording to Doctors Who Are 'At- tending Tormer Govt. Agent, Boston, March 31,—The condition of Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the United States Veterans’ Jureau, who suffered a shock last I"riday, was described by his phy- siclans today as “moderately com- fortable.” The illness of Co. Forbes was diagnosed as cerebral = throm- Tosis, a condition arising from the stoppage of circulation through part of the brain due to a hlood clot. “Colonel Torbes is mOAIeratl‘l,\" :omfortable today,” the early bulle- said. “His entire left side is pars alyzed, No marked improvement is anticipated or radical change l’xpr:r'!- vl during the next few days.” The bulletin was signed by Drs.| ohn H. Cauley of Dorchester, per- éunil physiclan of Col. Forbes, and fdward K. Tullidge of Philade!phia, consulfing specialist. KILLED IN GUN FIGHT Alleged Drug Peddler in New York Shot by Federal Agenas—They Are Arrested. New York, March 31.—Two fed- aral narcotic agents were arrested today following the fatal shooting of an alleged narcotic peddler during & chase in upper Manhattan last night. | Federal Agents Murray and Cur!:\,i who said they fired one shot each, charged that the suspect drew a| knife when they attempted te placc | him under arrest. The dead man was known only as “Midgey.” The search for him yesterday after an- other narcotic prisoner had de- seribed the man as boss of a band ef narcotie peddiers. The two federal agents were held on technical charges of homicide, FIVE NEW NURSES Drastic Requirements at New Britain General Hospital Eliminate Many Applicants. i Five new nurses have entered the | training school for nurses at the New Britain general hospital. Many ap- plications were received, but because of the drastic requirements now be- ing enforced, all but five were re- jected. The five who have entered the training school are as follows: Mliss Lilllan Kresterson of Hartford, Miss Lily Daley of New Britain, Miss Lucy Longhi of Unionville, Miss Martha Norton of New Britain and liss Elsle Koelsch of Hartford. Senator King Predicts Arms Conference Soon | Washington, March 31.—Another | arms conference sponsored by the United States will be held before next winter, Senator King, democrat, Utah, predicted today after confer-| cnces with President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg. He said the con- nce should seek to curtall land as well as paval armament. The menator also discussed the | orld court with the president. I"ROGR.’\.\I OF FOLK SONGS | Miss Efeanor Cook of New York | city, will entertain at the Elihu Bur- | ritt school, April 23, with songs and | dances of America, Poland, Russia, Ukrainia and Czechoslovakia. She will appear in the natlonal costumes. The comnilttee ih charge 18 compos ed of the following: Misses Clemen- tine Stoddard, Estelle Thomas, Anna I'oldan, Ada Ringquist, Emily Tar- aselvicz and Lillan Madone. Miss Madone is chairman, Miss TFoldan, business manager, Miss Thomas, head usher, and publicity is under he direction of Miss Stoddard. DAUGHTER FINDS FATHER | Tulsa post officewon {that a divorce | Sage, daughter of former Stat [tocracy was present. agents started a| DEAD AT HOME ENTRANCE Carl Buser, 76, Steps From Heart Disease—Had Been In Il Health, B, Carl Buser, 76, of 199 Jubllee street, was found dead on the rear steps of his home late yesterday, his daughter discovering the body when she returned home from work, Heart disease, from which Mr. Buser had suffered for some time, was given by Medical Examiner John Purney as the cause of his death. It is thought that the attack seized him while he was working in the cellar and that he made an effort to reach Explres on Door- the | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1925, HOPE GIVEN UP FOR 38 MINERS Mene Trapped in British Min Belieyed Drowned Assoclated Press Newcastle, Eng.,, March 31.—Only slight hope remained today of res: |culng the thirty-eight miners trapped yesterday by a sudden rush of water into the Montague Colliery at Scob- wood, near here. As a last attempt |to gave the men, threatened not only kitchen but failed. A former om- ploye of the Russell and Erwin di- vision of the American Hardware Corp., he had been forced to rema health, He was born in Germany, July 25, 1848. He leaves one daughter, Miss Lil Man H, Buser with whom he lived. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3%0 o'clock at B, C. Porter & Sons undertaking parlors and will be private. Rev, S8amuel Sutcliffe will officiate and burial will be in Fairview cemetery, THE PURDY TRIAL Jurors Selected Yesterday and 11 Taking of Evidence Is Expected To Start Today. Tulsa, Okla., March 31.—Another day devoted to. the selection of a jury in the trial of Charles Eugene | Purdy, charged with the murder ot E. 8. Hutchison, wealthy merchant, was in prospect today. Kleven jurors had been tentati ly selected at adjournment ye day. Purdy's defense will be temporary insanity, his counsel says. Hutchison was shot to death in front of the January 13, Purdy went to the sherjff’s office af- iter the shooting and announced that he had killed the mam who had broken up his home. Yederal Judge Kennamer yester- day sustained a motion to dismiss a bill filed by Mrs. Mary Hutchison, third wife of the dcad man, asking obtained by shortly before his death be sct aside fraud. Mrs. Hutchison's counsel was glven two days to file an amended petition. ey announced they would ask that Hutchison’s will be set aside. The will left the bulk of a $200,000 estate to Mrs. Helen Paul Purdy, divorced wife of the ma who kille@ him. Mrs, Purdy has an nounced she intended to marry Hutchison. American Girl Is Married In Rome, Now Is Princess By The Associated Press. Rome, March 31.—Miss Katherine |tor Henry M. Sage of Albar was married today to Don Ran Bourbon Del Monte, Prince of Faustino. The ceremony was per- formed by Cardlnal Lega in the Quirinal palace® The entire body of Roman artis- Tletcher gave the bride aw new American princess has been an art student In Rome for two years. After eatin freshening ! and digestion aided. Watch the Cla ed Ade careiully ains in real es- Wis month for ate. idle for some time because of poor | him | She alleged it was arranged through | church of San Tandrea, next to the ! Odors of dining or smoking quickly disappear ~ teeth are brightly burnished. Smiles just naturally come because nerves are soothed , throat is refreshed, the stomach relicved | by the rising waters but by the dead- ly black damp, a new pump was hur- Iriedly rigged up this afternoon which it was hoped might gradually drain the flooded pit. Of the thirty-eight entrapped men, |mine officials announced, twenty-six are married, and have a total of venty dependents, Clergymen of many denominations who hurried to the pithead yester- day remained there all night saying ;'l‘h:‘y were still at the mine today |trying to console the griefstricken women and children of the miners |families who despite the unfavorable ports as party after party of res- uers was driven back still clung to the hope that their loved ones might be saved. Officials of the Mines' association |are arranging for financial relief for these departments while the local au- thorities are arranging a fund for the same purpose. The disaster s the worst In Eng- land since January, 1918, when 156 |men were lost in the Minnie pit in Staffordshire. tescuers said today that were un- lalmost instantly and it is feared the |black damp has already snuffed out {the lives of most of the others, The rescuers this afternoon had | been working grimly more than thir- |ty hours, but the water kept rising [steadily despite all their efforts, { While additional pumping machinery was being installed at high speed lit- {tie hope was held out that the at- | tempts at rescue would meet success, | 1t 1s considered remarkable that many of the 300 men who were | working in the miné were not drown led when the water first rushed in from where it had gathered in an |old, disused working, so rapid was the rise of the flood. Only deeds of desperate heroism were respon- sible for the rescue of some of them. One man swam to safety through the darkness carrying a boy of fourteen on his back. Others, realizing the | meaning of the first trickle of mois- |ture from the broken {rushed through the corridors warn- |ing their comrades. Floods Forcing Many to “| Quebee, March 31.—Numerous | families living in the river districts | in Beauceé county have abandoned their homes as the waters conunur to rise. Many farms already are | tiooded and the foundations of some of the houses undermined by the | sweeping waters. The flood at Georges Increases, with the lower | section of the town aircady covered by three or four feet of water. Resi- from their homes, prayers for the rescue of the victims. | oubtedly eight of the men drowned | coal face | Leave Their Own Homes | dents are using boats in going to and | | | or smoking Wrigleys freshens the mouth and sweetens the breath So easy to carry the little packet in your pocket! So important to have when the mouth needs cleansing and Whigleys is more than a sweet -itsa positive bemefit. 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