New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press LESTABLISHED 1870 “CHING” HAMMILL, STAR WITH NEW BRITAIN PROFS, LOSES LEGS IN ACEIDENT Caught In Crane While lRH[NE Passing Through American Tube And Stamping Co. YardIn Bridgeport This Morn- ing. One Leg Amputated at| Ankle, Other at Thigh— —Condition of Famous Athlete TIs | I L Connecticut Critical. Manager Charles Coppen of he Providence Steam Rollers, | professional foothall team, and nager Edward J. Dalley of All-New Britain team, in a teleptione conversation this afternoon, decided that the All- New Britain and Providence teams would play a benefit zame for James (Ching) Ham- will of Bridgeport. The date of the game and where it will be played will be decided upon tomorrow morning at a confer- ence between the two managers. wi | B Bridgeport, Nov. C'hing) Hammill, 24 (P ames captain of tha | I State champion football team | Pridgeport high in 1919, pro-| ssional plaver with the A New | in eleven and one of the best | nown athletes in the state, lost ith hig legs In an aceldent while work at 9 o'clock today at the lant of the American Tube and| tmping company. Hammill w ile passing One 1eg wa while the thigh ht in a crane | through the yard, | amputated at the an- other was removed His condition is criti- Run Down by Crane ils of the accident are out from t scattered ac- pieced together by E. L. structural engineer of Amcrican Tube and Stamping mpany, Hammill with —The plaintift's lande at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, In the suit, brought by her hu: its ca tion that the ground and asked the motion, | not on the unearth any cluc the the sto ducting lit angther | able to give on LINDER'S WIFE ENTIRELY UNNERVED Girl Is Unable to Testify Today White Plains, N. Y., Nov. 24 (#) e in the Rhine- annulment suit was closed Alice Beatrice Jones, dcfendant ban( conard not Kip Rhinelander, ke the witness stand tod: in ay, as had been planned. Lee Parsons Davis, defense coun- sel, said he had Intended to call her | to to be changed because of her br testify but that his had Ak t night following the ordeal y when she appeared, partly plans | disrobed, before the jurors so that the United States, but so they could | body | of Davis, who sought to prove that |of the > known that | sce the color of This was done at the her request hinelander must h: she was part Negre After the plaintiff side had heard Davis made the usual mo- the e of insufficient evidence hat the questions be ithdrawn from the fury. Il let it go to the ] istice Morschauser, He cautioned the to be influenced hy motion, HOLD-UP MAN GETS $50 be dismiss sald his Covers M. Kennedy With Revolver in Grocery Store, Rifles Cash Register and Flees, The police have been unable to to the identity of holdup man who entered : of M. Kennedy at the cor- ple and Park streets about night g register wt he held *dy covered with revolver, Patrick J. O'Mara Is con. the Investization, but work on, as Kennedy wa 2 falut deseription lone tle to W orkman was on the roof of one!qf the robber. the 9 buildings shortly before lock this morning. He was seen e roof and crawl through low into an adjoining bullds | electrie cr travel- | 1l ted tracks. Tn some nner Hammill got on the he approached and was whe " ere only one eye. witness ac 1 collapse iided in remoy- hody his from beneath the crane, Virst Came Here In 1921 (Ching) Hammill apy nee in New 1l player 1921. H port 1 QT Br Higl 00l Conneetic ) Storrs. s the foothull team there inted with 1 boy who recomm New Britain ral co joined on , Eddie nd with came to this city and old Nutmeg team of 19 am orge Talbe in Roger: 1 wonderf! ! team that year championship urnikow and Joe Lammill playing the backficld, the n the pr ional New B He did not un until 1 he and played a nun th t All-New ing the sc ha left 1 joined All-Bridgeport 1 to this city with that 1 halfback In the tween Mike All-New Britair Meriden. He All-Brid n against N 1 Field b ing g to | with a iocal te me R Britain when « is city ( : son ex squad a io ret Ared e Britain | At son v ¥ th. pr Prov the National } i & Me played mos there but because of his resi- 1 un of sent the the m R nents of nd combination and that team was ot hin . Stars at Atlantic City Tritain signed tie City City on him to Blug New in yughout t Mullig game there playe Hartford on in work cam at Memorial that Hammill had ty to show his prowess football player. His work in stamped bis kfield men on the after time, th 1 out: “Give the gam as one bac e d on Page 17) Coo says toc “hic late Jackie -(‘;yog;l; at Last Is to Have Hair Cu Nov. 24 (P Jackie is going to have Chica m A. L. tor will opped But Bernstein, his youthful motion have his bobhed close, manager, picture tresses Jackie He and weighs pot ren he comes into the awk of all hands and feet, he tire to a quict life in school. owing up, 70 can & Prosecutor to Act if Facts Warrant Move Briageport, Nov. 24 At rney William H wha 1ed sterday yor Behrems to e Tax ( ger's office State's Bomley by inve 1 v How- 1 the atements 18 reque Williz dis: hook S, Challer ral matter of tax nted by the council, po the years nd 1 lay that he will take app { at proper time ¥ My Le from s, a 1909 riate on the it any 5 that crime | committed, NEW HAVEN (LEAN-UT Haven, Nov. 24 (P— Police ith today lly resur- ve: ew forn 11 e iste soms Rt Sergeant John Lync chief object up the city. vs the of the squ 1 on | BRITAIN HERALD JTAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1925 —~TWENTY PAGES. jBLAME AMERICANS IFormer Chilean Charges Tronble Making 5. WA ! Washington Denfc | Arlea, {cans in Arica are accused ier Chilean president mdrl of promoting scord and hatred,” between Chile and Peru instead of trying to solve peacefully the dispute over Tacna ind Arica. Alessandri's charges weremade fn |a &pcech delivered yesterday. after- noon at the funeral of a carabinero, Jose Zurita, who was killed in an at- last Friday on & carabinero station house at Morutla. i ‘Washington's Statement Washington, Nov. 24 (A—The cruiser Rochester on which General | Pershing went to South America for {the Tacna-Arica negotiations, has [been ora relleved for o trip to far a known here the movement does not involve any change in the personnel American Tacna-Arica com- mission. It was learned today that General rshing has been anxious to come home for a brief visit, officials glv- ing as the reason a desire to be in the United States during the Christ mas holi Latest avallable in- formation here s that he probably will not do so. Detalls Kept Secret he official explanation glven for return of the Rochester is that o i3 in need of repairs. Tt wr cided today that the decision to the Zone to Arlca to relieve the Roches- {or was reached some time ago, al- thought It was kept secret. The arrival of the Denver at Arlca +ill make available at that port, for | <hort while at least, two American naval vessels in case foreible pro- tection of American life or interests shonld hecome necessary. Officials here say they are not dls- turbed by snch a possibility, but there is no question that they have Jeen much eoneerned over the open developed with the tharawal of Chile from the Arica riiations, : despatches today disclosing Jert Jias been further blood- in Arica and that official on for Chile are openly at- Pershing and his shed ng General colleagnes in public speeches, were | received witheut comment. * FLEES FROM HOSPITAL tford Woman, Mother of Child in Night Rorn Sunday, Escapes Clothes—Is Found Today. | (Ar—Delirlous condition, Mrs. , who gave birth a baby girl at the city hospital Sunday, Ieft her room at the hospital .arly this morning and fled from the building in her night clothes. Her lisapy nee was discovered about o'clock this morning and halt a zen em rched Keney park ud vicinity for t issing woman. was found this forenoon in a ouse to which she made her way nd mission, and where re of and given hot ink been returned to the h It is said no serlous tevelopments will result from her scantily clad and in bare ark Nov. ken gano, 4 Hartford, 2 d to loyes songt c CHAS. RAY IN ARREARS Tos Angeles, Nov. 24 (P—Cl Ray, ayer of country boy the pletures, and in real 1 figure in a series of fi- sctbacks culminating re- the bankruptey of Charles i notified hopes r of ap- back por in wa oday Sam still to colieet from him a matt in proxi 000 come taxe: several “Name Your Own Price” Is Policy Adopted by One Real Estate Office. 1 disclosed today boom Ren}s G&Eégging- As AS;urpias Of Apartments Gluts Market signs out in t A strec ion to six tenements in that o th ts point t apartment emp! house condemna- prevalence of build- apparently were s within onc ie condem- did move g ctory what teneme lcarning of and in no instanc find it necessary immediate I to ve been in is ng" the ex- d house wction = tenem reeted of ce closures wtion n 700 building a good to do with | m- ain of rents, desire to soon as rental is ain good tenar and at whateve ere One realty exch niy desirous of con- winter months mage which | might move out, IN TACNA-ARICA President | RSHIP STANDS BY Danger of Trou- ble, But Vessel Is Ready In Case Any U. §. Subjects Are Subjected Plaintiff Rests Case But| To Attacks Chile, Nov. 24 (-~Ameri- by the Arturo “conflict, cruiser Denver from the Canal neighborhood. | re- | COOLIDGE WILL Atty. Gen. Said to Favor Presidential Pardon — Meantime Governor Is to Be Called Upon to Grant Second Reprieve. Washington, Nov, 24 (A —Presi- dent Coolidge 1s disposed to follow whatever advice Attorney General rgent may give in the case of Ger- ald Chapman, under death sentence in Connecticut. This was the only commnt of White House officials today on the efforts to return the notorious mall robber to federal jurlsdiction, re- leasing him from a death sentence | 1mposed for murder in Connecticut. It has been indicated that should the attorney general decide in favor of any intercession on the part of Washington, he would recommend & pardon covering the federal charge of robbery so that the Conn feut | authorities would be free to carry out the death sentence, New Haven, Nov. 24 (#— Gerald “hapman, who has galned nation- | wide notoricty through his deeds | o loutside the law, will not die on the allows at the state prison at Weth ;1- sfield, December 3 for the murder |of a New Britain policeman, more {than a year ago. | Convicted in the superior court last spring, sentenced to dle in June, |reprieved by the governor pending L review of his case by the state su- premo court of errors, defeated in the higher courts and again con- demned to die a week from next Thursday, Chapman has agaln ap pealed to the law and again he has !won additional time to fight against |death ordered by the state of Con- ecticut at the time of his convic tion, Hearing Next Monday A writ of habeas corpus, presented by counsel for the bandit on the grant that Chapman fs still a federal | prisoner and cannot be put to death ihy the state of Connectlcut until he | has served his 25 year's sentence in | Atianta for mail robbery and signed Iby United States District Judge Ed- | {win 8. Thumas, s the means by | Which Chapman escapes hanging a | |second time. The writ directs that |Chapman be produced before Judge {Thomas in the board of pardons |room at the state prison next Mon- | {day morning at 10 o'clock. It is then {that the mail robber and #A1 start a fight for ks life that may iend in the United States supremo | court, Governor Will Sign: The only official act that will make all this possible Is a second re- iprieve by Governor John H. Trum bull of this state. Counsel for Chap- man is expected to appear before the governor at once and as the gover- nor has indicated that he will sign {the sccond reprieve following the !slgning of the writ of hubeas corpus, there is little doubt that the stay of |sentence will be granted, | That Chapman is taking an active | |part n fight for his life was {shown in the defense argument b fore Judge Thomas when it was |pointed out that an alleged flaw in |the orlginal writ upon which Chap- !man was brought to this state to {stand trial was discovered by Chap- man himself. According to the defense counsel, | the writ was served on “Henry K. ott, state warden” rather than upon Scott in his capacity as a fed- rral agent U. 8. May Aid Conn. While the legal machinery is being | put in motion here, the wheels of the aw also are turning in Washington. | It s announced there that the gov- ernment may come to the assistance of Connecticut and pardon Chapman, 80 that he may be executed for mur- der in this state 8. State and federal officials of Con necticut have been in s on - with | the attorney general and while no decision has been reached it s inown that the department of ju ice is considering the question that sen through the claim of Chapman’s cou! that Chapman s merely been “loa to Con-| necticut to stand trial. The writ of habeas corpus, it was pointed out | will allow the further discussion if | necessary of legal points. The Pardon Problem That the activities of the attorney in Wa ngton are {upon with conc counsels was indi ing before Judge Thon It is the |contention of the defense that should Chapman be pardoned by President Coolidge, the prisoner still has the right to reject such a pardon. In its petition for a writ of habeas |corpus counsel for Chapman con tended that he was never legally |brought into this state and that the |Connecticut's court order for | execution is in violation of the four- {teenth amendment of the constit tion of the United Sta 1t is further alleged tk tempting to a federal prisoner away from the United States govern- ment the state puts the defendant in danger of being deprived of his “con- {stitutional rig of serving his 25 has a | state's | looked defense | ed at the hear- | t by at- 17) (Continued on Page |Meriden High School Students Make Protest | Meriden, Nov. 24 (P—Meriden high school students wore ribbons today and signed a petition to the board of education in protest change lay from one | to two sessions, starting at §:20 and closing 12 later, The of a scho or that many their way work ool through Teave. me ef- fective [ing of a r gunmen | FOLLOW OUT -SARGENT’S VIEW ON CHAPMAN BRIAND DECLINES T0 FORM FRENCH CABINET Senator Doumer Called | and Will Give Answer Tomorrow. Nov. 24 (P — Arlstride peven-time premier of today definitely declined to orm a cabinet n successiion to the | Braind, France, 11 was foreign minister, Shortly afterward, upon his rec- |ommendation, President Doumergue |summoned Senator Paul Doumer, former flnance minister, to the | Elysee palace, M. Briand had been urged to as- sume the premiership for the eighth |time as a patriotic move, fn view ~'s political and financial , but the soclulists refused to | cooperate with him, Just before going to the Elysee palace to report to the president, M. Briand sald: “My Intention was to form a cah- inct of the left. = Including Mon- sleurs Herriot, Palnleve, Paul Bon- {cour and Blum, but T have not suc- |ceeded, and prefer to abandon the Senator Paul Doumer today nc- |cepted “in principle” President Dou- | mergue's request that he form a cabinet, saying that he would reply definitely within 24 hours. The former finance minister prom- ised the president he would begin immediate consultations with politi- |cal leaders and report his success or |fallure by tomorrow night. HARTFORD COP LOSES IN SUIT FOR $6,000 | Miss Gertrude McGann | Wins Verdict in False Arrest Case | Hartford, Nov. £4. (AP) — Miss | Gertrude McGann in superlor court |today won a verdict of $8,000 agalngt Detective Sergeant John F. | Madigan of the Hartford police force. She charged false arrest and fm- risonment and asked $50,000 dam- ges, naming also as defendants ward F. Allen, manager of a d [ partment store and Attorney Thomas C. McKeons, A verdict in | the favor of the other two defend- ants was returned. Miss McGann | was arrested on a charge of pur- chasing goods known to have been stolen from the store. In his charge, Judge Marvin said that the warrant | was illegal and stated that Sergeant | Madigan was at fault in taking the | i woman to the store for questioning, | after her arrest, police station. Miss McGann was found gullty in | rather than to the | | police court but on appeal to the su- | perior court was acquittec ‘ T, e ! Unhorsed for First Time in 100 Years Grand Canyon, Arizona, Nov. 24 (A — Supia Smiley, a Havasupal Iniian, was thrown from his horse yesterday for the first time in 100 years, The previous occasion when he w four years old. H now 104. This time, however, was critically injured. was 1s he | 250TH LETTER READ | Bridgeport, Nov. 24 (P—When » city's $250,000 suit concerning delays in the construction of the tratford Ave. bridge was resumed before Judge John W. Janks and a jury this morning, counsel for the defense reached the 256th letter of a mass of correspondence giving the written history of the bridge and | they Kept on reading. A Six Jump to Safety From Elevator Floor Six men, including Charles Higby, Civil war veteran and op- erator of the elevator at city hal were required to feet at an angle error in g cause them to precipitated down the elevator shaft o'clock last night when tt in city hall stalled between floors, The cab was descending the top floor of the municipal building when it came to an rupt stop just below th floor landing. It was found im ible to budge the machinery door » second floor was open passengers, one at a tir on the floor of the cab and swung thelr weight out past the gaping hole between the floor the bottom of the cab. Had jumpers themselves balance jump on dis several which an ance might 11 cab at trom the =2 1 thrown and fallen would probably have ed up at the bottom of ator shaft. Fortunately, ped without mis or is undergoing repairs to- backwards THE WEATHER e Hartford, Nov. 24.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Wednesday; somewhat warmer Wednesday | * lien Palnleve ministry, n which he | | staccato own revolvers after failing to rob | Cut All Wires and Hold Undisputed Possession of Cassopolis Nearly Three Hours — Many Shots Are Fired, Only One Man Wounded. ROBBERS IN CHICAGO GET $50,000 SATCHEL | | Cassopolls, Mich, Nov, 24 () - Armed bandits terrorized Casso- polis for nearly three hours carly today, firing at every resident who 1 finally roared out of town to accompaniment of the thelr the First National bank. Their number was varfously esti- | mated by excited Cassopolis resi- dents at from five to ten, From the confusion of scores of accounts by persons whose temerity led them to ses what all for, and whose better judgment al- most as quickly sent them out of sight and gunrange, this is what happened: Cut Phone Wires The bandits entered Cassopolis shortly after 2 a. m. today. They bound the night watchman and three other men who were in two all-night restaurants, cut telephone the city and for two and one-half hours owned the town. At 4:45 a. m, after an ineffec- ! tual attempt to break the vault of the First National bank, the ban. dits left in an automobile, heading toward Nliles, { Fire Many Shots During the time they held undis- puted possession of this Cass county seat town, the bandi fired be- tween 100 ani 150 shots (agnin the accounts of eve witnesses are at variance), and only one shot { was fired in return. Iievolvers ani sawed-off shotguns were used and the targets were any who appeared on the strects or who showed lights In office buildings or residences near the business sectlon Only One Casualty George Jones, a stock buyer, was the only casualty. As he emerged from his house he was greeted with a volley. A shotgun slug inflicted a neck wound, and he retreated into the house, Shooting came from &0 many quarters Juring the rald that many persons believed ten men must have participated in the invasion. Only five men were secn, however. Two wore masks and appeared youthful. Each of the others was described as 50 or more years old Main street today looked a thor- oughfare that had stood the siege of an invading army. Windows e shattered anl exploded revol- ver and shotgun shells were lying in the cets, The walls of the bulldings were marked with bul ets. | (Continued on Page 17.) FUGITIVE USES LITTLE DAUGHTER AS A SHIELD Penn, Child Dangerously Wounded as Police Shoot—Made no Out ory. Nov. ired ate 24 (B — 1 Willlamsport ick by a bull her father by John 1. Morgan, of the Muncy tail, Catherine Ball, 11 years old, ughter of Cleveland Ball, is in a rious condition at the Muncy alley hospital. The bullet entered the chil's right breast and emerged from the rear her In a statement poral Cook, of the Muncy de the father of the little girl i charged with having used her as a | shield for hims thrusting te | lttle one iu front of him as the of. ficer fired. Ball, who was sought on a war- rant charging him with highway robbery and lar of a shotgun, | used the stolen to prevent hi arrest, the pollce report states. child made no er injury was not dis | til the satate poli se | premises for RBall, into the mountains af i ing. Pa,, S of issued by Cor- and un- the overe 1 ched €s r the s w BUNNELL IS ELECTED Little | Snappy Quarterback | Yale Will Captain the 1926 Eli | Eteven. New Haven Bunnell elected 1 fter = 8 Nov. 24 (® —Philip Yale's quarterback, captain of Yale 1926 son vote Bunnell from Scranton, Pa. and p for Y ege at Mercerburg, He | has played two years and is a jun- tor. w. was the for the Th football team this »on. was offi- ally ed to appear on the street, and |J the shooting was | anl telegraph wires leading out of | o | Policeman for comes SENTENCED 10 JAIL ON PERJURY CHARGE Witness in Liquor C(ase Gets 60 Days But Appeals After the actlon taken by Judge William C. Hungerford in police court this morning, when he found John Lukasiewicz of 62 Orange street guilty of perjury and sentenc- ed him to 60 days in jail, the polic and prosecuting attorney believe that they will have less trouble in the future getting the truth from wit- nesses, espec; in liquor cases. angan, appearing for the defendant, took an appeal from the decision, bonds for which were set at $1,600. asiewlez was arrested last Wednesday after he had testified in |the case of Stanley Pawalczyk of 22 |Clark street, from whom he had |told the police he purchased a pint of liguor for $1.26 on the night of November 14. Detective Sergeants William P. McCue and George C. Ellinger, Sergeant Patrick J. O'Mara and Policeman Thomas J. Feeney told the court of Pawalczyk's arrest land the part Lukaslewicz played lin 1t hiding in the rear of 18 Clark street as a result of complaints they had Ireceived there was considerable drinking going on. They said that |they saw Lukasiewlez come from a rear porch |alley. As he left the alley and |started to cross Clark street, Police- man Feeney walked up to him and |found a pint of liquor on him. {where he got the liguor, Lukasiewicz | have the goods on me, so T guess T imight as well tell the truth.” { He is alleged to have told the po. lice that he did not know the name it He led the police into Paw- pointed him | ‘of the man he had purchased from |alezyk's tenement and 'out as the man of whom he hud purchased it. The police asked him it he was sure that he had pu chased it from Pawalezyk and he in- sisted that he w At police head- lauarters he repeated the identifica- tion and again in the courtroom on Wednesday morning when Pawal- cayk was tried. When he took the witness stand under oath to stif: he failed to \dentify Pawalezyk, saying that he did not know whether he had pur- chused the lquor of him or not. Ha claimed that he bought it from a man on the rear steps of the block. IAsked why he had told the police and Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods that he had purchased it of Pawal- czy ding th jokes like t} Judge Mang laiming a d I am always cracking at.” 1 offered no defense, charge because of the ailure of the state to prove that Lukasiewicz had actually purchased the liquor of Pawalezyk, which proof he claimed was necessary to convict of perjury. Jud that he felt the court was justified In construing the defendant's actions when apprehended by the police as proof that he had purchased the liquor of Pawalezyk. FIVE YEAR INCREASE IN BLOCK PRICE $60,000 | $80,000 in 1920, $140,- 000 Today H. block, and r alued street property c | morning ! sole own one of the st pleces of wh Luryea of price Me is said block 1s situa ot Y ed at M s a fron lies « and fon clry Co., a ond the offices three upper floors ville floor, and c | partments Han | bout 40 ed hands In 1920 Sam Menus the block for $80,000 selling it later id to to Mr. Giedraitis for a price be $115,000 The new owners have bought the block for investment only, it said. The sale was made throug the real estate offices of Rabino Raschkow and the Camp Real tate Co. Cabelus & Roche represe e sellers » buye COL. COOLIDG | Col discase ay in | briet interview graphed. in € and was photo. They sald that they had been in | of the block in \l'hl(‘h.‘ Pawalezyk lived, and go out of the Asked | is alleged to have said, “Well, you | , he said that he was “only kid- | o Hungerford said | Hanna Property Sold for oldest Jacob Hober- | 432-440 | of | Shoe 4 Mont- ground and de- few occa- is and Saxe & Hunger- seriously came han a week, gave & Average Daily Circulation For Veek Ending” 19 613 , Nov, 21st ... PRICE THREE CENTS NO COMPENSATION ALLOWED WIDOW OF POLICEMAN WHO DIED ON DUTY Armed bandits Shoot Up Michigan Town A/tgr Trying To Loot Bank Decision Favors City | In Claim of Mrs. Frank English, Who Sought Allowance. {But Charitable Employ- ment of Officer After | Retirement Age No De- fense Says Noonan. While the city of New Britain s not liable for compensation pay- ments to the widow of Patrolman Frank English, who died on June 4 of heart failure while on duty, the mere fact that the ety had employed him through charitible motives in the latter years of his life is no defense to a claim for compensation, Commissioner Leo J, Noonan rules in an opinion handed down today, Patrolman English dropped dead while being treated by a physician in the shower bath room at police headquarters. His widow Subse« quently brought an action te collect compensation, claiming his heart faillure was induced by the exertion of his employment. She was repre- sented by Attorney Donald Gaffney. Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham and Assistant Corporation Counsel Mortimer H, Camp de- fended the city and Introduced ex- pert testimony to show his em. ployment exposed him to no more h‘-m or exertion than other people living in this city on the day he died, and*that he would have dled at that time had he been at home, Commissioner Noonan's finding follows: “Pursuant to due and regular notice, the above-entjtlel matter was heard and determined by the undersigned, compensation com- missioner for the First congres. sional district, at 'hig office in Hartford on November 19, 1925, | The following facts are found: “1. Frank English, herefnafier referred to as the decedent, way employed by the ¢ity of New Brit. .m on June 4, 1925, as a police of- \ficer and hai “en 80 omiwoyed \for a number of ¥ to. “2. Both pa eS| were subject to provisions of ‘the warkm.n's compensation act ahd the city of New Britain haq tully complfed with Section 5369 thereof by secur- Ing from the commissioner a cer- | tificate authorizing 1t to carry its | own risk. | “3. This hearing was held on mo- | ton of the claimant who contend- | ed that she was the widow of the | decedent and was lving with him and regularly receiving support from him at the time of his death, and hence totally ependent upon him within the meaning of the compensation act; that the dece- dent died of chronfe myocarditis aggravated and accelerated by and during the course of his employ- ment by the respondent by heat e, haustion or by exertion with the result that said disease caused his death; and she asked for an order directing the respondent to pay | her compensation as such depen- | dent and the $100 burlal fee pro- | vided by law, i “4. The respondent denfed the claimant's contention and asked for the dismissal of the claim, 8. Decedent had been for a long time a police officer for the City of New Britain and was of the age of 70 years. “6. Because of his long term of service, decedent had heen given the easiest assignment of police duty in the department, [ “7. He reported for work at 7 o'clock in the morning at the police station, tende! to the wants of the prisoners who were lockel up in the station house, and at about 8:15 took sald prisoners to the eourt room above the station house for trial. After court adjourned the de- cedent returned the prisoners to their cells, procured whatever food |thev decired, and then went out and 1id street duty as a patrolman at the Ir station and arcade and ng Church street untl 11:30 . At that time he went off duty nch and reported back on his | the | WINE PERMITS YOID All Licenses Given Householders, Totalling More Than 200,000, Are Withdrawn Taday, Washington, ition ov. 24 P —All pro- permits allowing house ider to manufacture annually 2 gallons of wine here ordered with- drawn today. The action, which was forecast jearlier in the week, sweeps aside cne of the few remaining practices o {of pre-prohibition d There are more than 200,000 of the permits outstanding. | Under the practice, any family ain license for the manu- of fruit s, other than ut payment of tax and bond. facture | cid | without giv | The treasury holds now that the |permit granted authority in viola- - [tion of the Volstead act. 1. RESIGNS, 4 P—Dr. FEoin , minister of education and former member of the Irish boun- dary commission, today resigned from the Trish Free State cablnet,