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News ot the World By Associated Press -\A V 1-“'0 ruaery A T e ESTABLISHED 1870 Ffl%flgfifig{“[TlTN"Ufi COAL STRIKE DEADLOCK ALL OVER EUR[]P[{{ SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE Iee Jam in French Rivers Bemg‘Both Miners And Operators Admit They Have : iller Nothing New To Present In Line of Peace De“mlmegi?g g ' Overtures Tending To End Tie-up. | New vork ANOTHER FIERGE GALE - SWEEPING OVER BNCLAND efforts to briy tof mining in the Rhine Valley in "NEW BRITAIN, nthy Into sos fore enteriy each side said W to present 1 fnew the continued AT | hliuses of thie s 3 No Special Prog re was no progr men ers eir velop today to eaus par rsy to ask for a rec Sl Optimistic n, presider of deration of Lubor wational secretary trea United Mine Worl New York to udd Association for labor yrned to his home in 0., to spend New Ye Wy with his family, He expressed optimism that an ¢ solution Iwould be found and wished y | negotiat Happy New Year. Optimistie Statement, optimistic statemen m the conf today afte ended thelr at lie controve Green Willinm erican 1 or in rer of tl nie Atneric lation, |again w roon. I lence ho i day would be spent int) ¢ discus Towns Partly Tsolated | A and fu Many Places People an m o cither Forced (o Live in Upper Stories of Their Homes — Denmark, Usually ers of v sul y or on which they wish tain the views of ti Has too Maty | Reports that a at an import out 1o tak to be roundle According to pr ers and operators, of wlom th six on cach side, will meet ‘n orrow unless something should Without Any sizeable Rivers, Now | 1 {0 ah= opponents, The in ir break s isaued f nt room came early sotintors opinion 1 should e There ahov 1otably ihe river T 8 28 feet normal level ¢ fumous for its wines, The devastation by heing added to 1 ames farming it bridges, These great masses of jee are heing demolished by artlllery Cll fire, but with some to he bridges. Thousands upon thou- sands persons, driven from U\‘ ir homes, are flocking to citles which are above flood level, Peak of ¥lood Sunday TWhile the situation in France thus | tar is merely threatening, the rivers, notwithstanding official optimism, continue to rise a fast rate in the | ast, west and north, 1t now a ]-! mitted that th K of the flood | will not he re ed before Sunday This {s due to the uncanny wea ther. I'he thermometer in ’\l’l‘, ‘I‘I rfi\k\"( ‘:\ ining at 60 degrees FFahrenheit, | it stands at more than SO degrees. The flood situation has heen com- | pltcated by > of last week's hu ne, which has put the half-restored tele em out of ommission again. jiffel tower | e aerial agai way by the wind, quence of this the airs in the provinces is not EHo¥ T : | wission today avproved Situatlon Bad in Belgium |ion, fodsy noorored) The situation In Belgium appears [DIEHL SR AV WE Hocal Y015 worde thani int Myancaiatie | EREE O EHC EERTEEHES Sambre and Meuse rivers have got | ot € R PR O o e et (SRR SRR L O age has been done in the Charlerol, | o2 SGHEE ANE e B0 L Namur and Dinant aistricts. The R e A T »L‘Hil SR j WBelgian rallroad gervices are dis- eliminated heir lines This cade, has been conducting organized, agreement was subje st to approval |"CEOtations, invalving between $60,- Meager despatehes from Atlantte |y H e T R mmiiseion, | 700,000 and $70,000,000 of sect and channel coast fowns report a | o, BA T L cated a0 the deal ships are missing or overdue, " pErlon (o the ek 10 G ports are crowded with st ormbound A ELR S [ Rratl L THe Sedatnirnuresuiirorect| i S IR casts & continuation of prevalling |yves "y aeted by th roteorological conditions so that the | qiia fe ol (0 0 wew year like el e e (REEIETS E sition was conveyed sion by Mayor | Kilbourne. Through Nair & presented his side of and spirited which nt plans t nego- OITY IGNORED N MANY MI[[I[INS IN i the waters 1s B Gonuecncu Go. Drops Local 1)1110|1 Read & Co. Reported in Service in North End Natl Gash Register Purchase | Pointed Out Undesirability Acquiring of Dayton Company of Running “Fapress” to Belvi- - Would Involve 60 to 70 Millions— dere, But Objections Have No ials of General Petrolenm Weight With Commission. Deny Report to Combine. Over the objections Paonessa, the tee of the common council and | mer School Commiticeman k. | Kilbourne, the pullic utilitics com- Mayor A railroads con of New York, and Co., M., mit- o financial the the bid of I, P vported to have arranged financial coup in the pur- I large interests in'(he Register Company year-old Texan Dillon, 43 liead of the firm, which Jiis only in the i age servies on comp: paral- ny's & Na- now an, and comy past spmie | al is expected o be s weok cce of Financing. sh ister com- ",”,i‘,;l,:“‘ sought by A (ors since the death in 19 its founder, and nt of stock 1 Co, is regarded was itroads , s of the ( Reg cen n ident : e Paiterson guiticient opp reported acqui THisten oL lon, Read ¢ d only to the Do in industrial financing. name of Dillon, Read and Co. o plays a prominent part in Wa t that the General Pe- toleum Company and the Union Ol Comp alifornta, will merg into tion ing $231, 000, 1 banking com- Union Oil Com- protest o the : 1o and M. Gale Sweeps | Tondon, Dec. 31 (P- in was struck by anot wale last night, bring torms which further raised waters of the already swol During the height of the t.ondon, two men were killed alght Injured when a chimne Rrit- wester ircat Nair, the argument fol achillo reports man 1 mayor figure Connet and the 1t the climan caving Nair v John fss pany now ho! pany erman ntl ing the counc Mayor 1 Merger Rumor Denied., Weil vice president Petroleum Company t at San Fran was (Conttnued ox N neral the r‘1:n 15) o o - is I]AMAGEI] BY GUNFIRE " : contem- absolutely no he said times, merg the sold report,” us many is nothing to it.” v | While he was may ? nnounce- indie mderstood ter deal in stock 1d by nhas been made, tional ( be taken on t N ik volves f ANNUML HERALD DINWER 10 o 10 NEWSBOYS SATURDAY Terick B. Patterson, Wil Coast Guardsmen’s Aim Is Good and Champagne Laden Boat Captured ive f sts. No char contemy who has act irma is resid t and ck cath of his father, be ed to continue in arge Has Enormous Business, main the Nationz ister Company is in Day re it ha ) s a year. 1 300 Youngsters Fat Turkey Mass, May (e office of and Enjoy Vaudeville As Guests The tnto ing cor coast chased Martha's A trawler had a cargo of champagne. The Jull ar No M lia on, re from I harbor he lition guard her of Manazement makes 130,0 trol shoys and e makes ahout Herald 1 New rnoon. 1 from Bristol, Berl will rum er off | number does $40, I an guests of 1 1blishing ¢ 00 heir w's dinner Saturday Plainville, Ne s wingtor n 1 undertak. cir boldness and is youngest bankers in New Among his important 0,000 Brazi Ic fotation of the Amerl n Power Company | oVeT- Land underwriting of the first d w Di th many d for ti coast guardsmen s taks sttempted to Tu that followed brought lier gur abled the tra The ve s he patrol yursuit o distribute t tion of preciation ction an - lhelp to t nume i mer rriers has inerea an R form a small and t ow army city ritory for car ( mpumnu Re Dodg er since consummat of J. Pierpont r banking firm has t Wall street as a scrious com- the of Morgan. by the late gt ids dema by etitor In p: N ho 1 Cash T Ditlon assi eir atio gister company R nsidering amount common. stock. The ¥ be placed on the | k and 18 ex- important . rnoon. entire —in- liquor c# May d by Com comma hearer tha ful in numb: New due wier eized o was place . Munt as well as in 10—in will prob past years linne ot early 1 turke ted to make nly ing of the ot r 1 uch a transaction : iford | nd last night, nder William nt of the New The ormation re Munter cam» Lutzen The der nt her to T | | agout 700 discovered s ir consist of the n wil n Jelicacies comm W year, servi would repre- fru argest common An i presentat ing to in nander Wdian trawler Rlock 1. ordered ns sinc e war, even in this respect the arranged for Dods ng public Broth- this NORMOUS hos ept same CAVES Dec. 3 K TIND 1 ague, ( Two portion by oug! ance 1o preve a ries ovakia Julia Mag yms officials . ~ was shore car turped ove - Woads shares which ommon stock. carried ar's | oth . VERDIGT BY P.U.C..~ FINANGIAL [lHLSQf"' DEAF T0 PUBLIC PROTEST\BIG OIL MERGER AS WELLE ny | pur- ! I al | ings and Interests 1n | ad and com- | CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 381, 1925, ~EIGHTEEN PAGES 2815 ARRESTED IN FEDERAL REFUNDS 20, REGORDS SHOW: MADE DURING YEAR | MIN[]RS BIG FACTOR OVER ol MILL !I]N Boys and Glrls Figure in 20 Per Treasury Depar ment Repoms | Cent of Gases Reported Under | That Most of These Amounts Four Passengers K.ued | And Equal Number| njured In Terrible | Accident At Tacoma, | 5 Washmgton. Were for Less Than $100 BANK CLEARANCES FOR {025 EXCEED ALL OTHERS New York Bank Clo Police Activity for Year | (JUVENILE DELINQUENTS REACH A TOTAL OF 76 Toss By Fire For Past Twelve ring Aggregate | [Failure of Brakes Blamed | by Motorman Who, W ilh‘ Another, Jumps to Suf(’-! ty Just Fatal Plunge. Months Is $118,109.45 With Prop- S283.619.214,635 This Year Ay erty at Risk Valued at $2,131,008.- | Comparcd To S210.868, 181338 | 88-—~Cooler Months Show Heavi- During the Previons Twelve | ; est Damage—April Holds Records | Months—In Govt. Tax Refunds, For Calls For Assistance, Omalha Woman Got 3131 Before Wushington, Dec 85,4156.0 Al taxpaye Up to n partm 1 to s during Ciaelnton o | Tacoma, Wash. Ilu' An | 30-foot plunge of a sll\l'l cal sub-linto the waters of the muni(‘l- 'ip:ll waterway and the conse- |quent breaking up of the car | *|resulted in the death of 1um | persons and the injury of (oln others here last night. Iho ‘Iheyond the control of its op» erator, shot through Hm open draw bridge and broke as it struck the water. 1t is re minors. by were 3 months follow: Submitting the o cong that ed on account of taxes a r terms of the 192 allowed a flat on income taxes $13 dnetior The list of those nd tnclud g |dividual taxpayers in e of the ccunfry. A majority of [ T were for less than &1 ; s | | September | October November receiving t and in. ry m,\ believed th breaking | n great those receiving the Sarah H. Josly, of George A, Josly street, Omaha, Estatc of Frederick nvwrnlh, Bostor John P. Squire violation of the city s led all other causes with total of §15. Arrests for thefts @ second with 350, Drunkenn ame third with 373 and violations |of motor vehicle laws tinished a {strong fourth with | | | | IRk Tesin rvivors asserts that on Daven- | port & Co. Cambridge Motor Vehicle el Thert, 38( 3reach of Pea ault, 119; Liquor laws. and B. of Peac Indecent Manslaug City Or- Drunken- ness, 873; , 159; B. ijiro Obayashi Scott. $64 city, hite Motor ¢ ow \Iu Annie C. Phipps, N W her son Brakes Did Not Work, the brakes on the strect | or.|cat blamed by Clyde Stanley, | operator, for cident. Stanle that applied the air the usual manne to th relary, urder 1; Non-sunport, 3 Principal Disposition of Cases, :+ sent to jail, wed, 16 iter, Coal Co., D i ol Heurielia : | ne. N. C., $117,208; Nat- |1 R P80 lural Produets Tiefining ¢ ; nol- 0: suspended, |4y 851,044 camc 5 iced the Cleveland, } Fire T0ss $118,100.05 Co., Lowe | During the year the loss by fire | 1o afotor |totalled $113,109.45 with property at |, |risk alued at £2,181,063.88, | | Losses by months follow | January, $10, 94; February, (g ! ).45; March, ,261.74; April, | ] 00; June, $ | ts on the At their failure sed the sand and threw Into fuverse, e asserted 0., Pawtuck 1 b one s low- . 7 to re Co., Detroit, $110, Flpischypan, and David W, administrators e of {then | motox street Mul- John , 880, The | omobile | an this an gate chine Ci s gate. Shouts Warning and Jumps. his Clearing House Records New York, I 31 (P—All ye ords for clearings in York were broken in exchan at the Neav York clearing house The 24.19; December, $118,109.45. Property at risk: car was nt unavy the bey 1 accid threw ope shouting a warnin nuary, $287 out. He 24,475; March, A h was T ck of the bridg m,\. $193,0 f £16 E ird, the only one i W IRKERS SHouL BE O AT MIDNIGHT September, 2 LR | : i vJ' 5 "YI\'u Extension, Stncckcl}“ u Murnll:fi%‘:‘s:&’fv‘"::iH}x:nr:'n‘wmr‘!. Says—EIm City Chief and W witnessing the peak of the building | a0l and, | 1ger unhurt doors of the passen- opportunity to heed 0 leaped hut not un. d toppled from d through' the | crs of the bay was one of arry several es gay. This rccounted for the | our who sury 1ls floatin $174,996.13; Octo- nber, December, 500, 1,088.88. Number of fir ary, 29; T April, 68; May, 28; August, ¥$; e war broke into witne workers, fact probal ship picces a t‘.\ the | on the sur- | ay : ehoat from the st | | | | | [ amer to a Vir. ; dock wehed | crash a ims lso Dhridge boom. e report by picked up A launch Hartford, Ly of time | mobile owners for s after idnig 40; August, | Commissioner of M tember, $768,792: | Robblns Stoeckel sald to November, $47 50,000, estimate Dee. 31 will months follow: ne February, $786,201; 3,451; (P—No exter ost of the vi tug boat | sion 5 ar aide rescue work ratus from the fire to the sc s also called STATE RECEIVED gl 062,360 FROM CAR OWNERS IN 1925 "he commissioner f mple their close |0 ober, wa markers re o TO GIVE “DAVID HARUM" : t those who David Harum” will be presented | e T1O% ™ a ladies’ night soclal of the Ro- " | ted to use ry ciub on January 14 in the | ritt hotel, A dinner will precede the | = [play, and dancing will follow until |, “ZF SO 12 o'cock. e a Th he committee et ogan P Waskey, Atwa busir today to & ee] es’ July Is Month Of Heaviest New Haven 31 (B . Naw Ha mobile Travel Gasoline in charge Tax Indicates, airmar follows: William 4 tonigh and George P s no e om & ALCORN APPOINTED [ist oo baa New Haven, Dec. 31 (®— Major | license and n liam F. Alcorn today | t a good many peop! pointed by Mayor FitzGer he has instr poration counsel to fill the unex ot to od term of Harrison Hewitt. PERSONAL TAX ENUMERATION = SHOWS AN INCREASE OF 1738 |construction and “Re&ldenli Liable to Pay Now Total 31,291—Fifth Ward |irom automonis Leads With 8,727 Registered : st of an th ations road | rey rsonal tax enumeration which is an increase of 1, that of 1924, was reported t tal to Mayor A. M. Paonessa by |1 )‘/L\t'r ars Thomas Smith and Wil men, [liam J. Ziegler who have just com- |fourth ward, pleted a canvass of the entire city |total 42 |covering a period of several months. |women, | The fifth ward has the greate on, ; |number of residents between the age —_— % of 21 and 60, the ages of personal |tax liability, with a total of |Next is the sixth with 8,078 | port of 4,135 pls f | By wards, the | ward report follows .ITwo Todchcls N med For Walnut Hill \(-honl Miss Nora R. Kiniry of 165 Ma has appointed ntendent Holmes to Miss M, We tired b poor teacher of sy Walr 34 over 2201 ; third total war 44 - by 7 womer tot | Walnut Hill scl | Edith Por il A re- ; R | s the second ward = | {10 Hartford, Dec. 31.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature next year unless any of t} al rea prescribed by statutes. al tax pay |exempted fi | sons ent & sove i | % # ! school. { & few more uinst a | | | by 'NEW BRITAIN HERALD I EDDIE TR YON TROLLEY CAR GOES THROUGH OPEN DRAW BRIDGE, CRASHES . TOWATER EIGHTY FT. BELOW Turns Professional | EI]I]IF TRYON DECIDES 10 GASH IN ON SPORT [ Announces He Profes: Will Play| sional Foothall With Giants today said play He ley, Hor was here to me N 1l X, play n' Miami, wher re B are to p igned on to ith m s months and he ould 1 v hear 1 1l at ion fession the opportu a short time ooked. I'm means pro ity of m not a any 1w on ssic not ¢ winter s turn out we professional foot 1 i today th too. season expeote all Jam Dame's » with W expect the ) at ¢ nd Crow- |delpl “Four | 1 to |scorc him anticipated Miami, 1k rich what I ¢ xpect 18 he 1l there could not finish hig followin horror-st un playing n on ¥ York Giants |evening attir to be or¢ pro My peo- | over- man's son |States District Attorn W to return said that would | re- | ASSESMW BOOSTS About Total W Increa Six Per ill sed Appo: Iy six taxpaye City will have their as the aver per cent reascs, ho arly @ L¥e rs wiho last Auto- | pr Fewer in Bridgeport Court llunm: past year m mately 619 reports « als te ear SHADES OF ed the ssmer ra pe of Ne w Cent Be ts iner on imbe inquency more wi 10 per ON1,000 PROPERTIES of r cent of t} ritain the east {his to Average Daily Circulation For | Week Lndlnz ] 2’ 468 Dec. 26th PRICE THREE CENTS DRY SNOOPERS T0 TRY T0 KEEP LID CLAMPED TIGHTLY New York, Boston, Washington aud Other Cities Warned Not to Get Too Wet — (ARID NEW YEAR'S EVE PROHIBITIONISTS AIM Specinl Agents Are On Duty In Al Principal Cities and Threatea To Swoop Down On All Those Who Are Found To Be Violating thw Regulations Described By 1811 Amendment and Volstead Act. PADLOCKS DARKEN NINE NEW YORK NIGHT CLUBS New York, Dec, 31 (P—The shadow of drought descended the Federal bullding on the eve of tonight's New Year's festivities Federal Judge Thacher to ued temporary injunctions restraining nine night and supper the “Roaring Fortles” from selling or giving away intoxicating licuors pending the outcome of padlock suits instituted against defendants amed by ited States Attorney Buckner. Mr. Buckner suid that if the Injunctions should be violated applications will be made for the commitment to jail for con tempt of court. from Ly s clubs in New York, Dec. 81 (M—Law en- forcement officers of New York, | Philadelphia and Atlantic City fo. y completed plaus to “keep the |lid on” for New Year's celebrations. In Atlantic City each night club ;“m ave one detective assigned (o ‘H to uphold the Volstead act, They will be assisted by more than a of federal prohibition agents |who arrived yesterday from Phila- Sleuths In Evening Clothes Police and prohibition ofticey. in will mingle with the |New ¥ velers in Philadelphia and keep a diligent look out for pro- ¥ {hibition law infractions, according to Director of Public Satety Elliott. In New York, where the Mullon- | Gage state enforcement. act has lgs |repealed, 10 fedétal prohibition agents will 1 tared throughout But this is {the city to preserve the liquor laws, & money in | Al that can't be At the same tim that men in the o it was re of United y Buckner and | Prohibition Administrator John A. | Foster had been reading up on the | Volstead act and also studying care- fully the advertisements of night clubs and restaurants, Hotels Will Be G The hotels of New York ¢ tonight with many functions planned by soclety. In Greenwich Village the artists will hold their annual eostume ball under the auspices of the Plavyboy. Many churches will hold watch |services, most of them beginning wt [11 o'clock. Some will’ follow the watch service with a special New | Year's service. By special direetion {of the Pope, Roman Catholies all will be elaborate | (Continued on Page 16) SEPARATED 40 YEARS; ARE UNITED. BY RADIO ased tax- in r ssmen Mo y do but 1,0 rrving 31 (A Ky tion report ng " i sub. cotton Ter abbit. Past Year Persons the OLD WINSTED be Hu Bwther and Sister to Meet Tomorrow After “Wire- less” Reunion Ohio, Dec. flashing a messa miles of space, will unite rother and sister at Worthingtor after a separc 81 (#—Ra e over nearly 1,000 [ h car here tomorrow forty years Eakin lon ion of Mrs ged to smes es, on New 1't kuow where said, she had reach him by tory to offi. univer- could told her WEAQ, Ob ocasting stat ral w children w io State es and his around home Mississppi iehter was i distinctly ago, their plantatio of Tomato d rkansas. A vou are come called the Jones clapped the he Again came th Jones, wherever you are Your sister wants to see you at Wortl Ohio. has not seen forty years. Antiquity, Melgs time of the Civil dphones on “Alonzo listen ington from you in born at Ohlo, at the T ard You we unty War. “You were raised by Captain Wil- am Roberts, an Ohlo River flat- boatman. You went with him on a e boat when you were a boy 1 ran away while the hoat was ying at the bank in Arkansas, My name is Mrs, Robert Eakin, Three times, the excited eard this message from the af- ar |nouncer at WEAO., Then the res |sumption of routine announcements o [rang the down on the |arama. : Jones telegraphed his sister he uld meet her in her Worthington r [home tomorrow. They are the only |living members of their family. [+ Jones curtain it | wo