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NAVAL BULDING PROGRAN READY Drait of Plans Before Committee for Approval Washington, Dec. 15 ( — Pro- posals for -a¢ naval building pro- gram have been practically com- leted by the house naval commit- which began consideration of the question when it became known that the budget had made no rec- ommendations for an appropriation | to start construction on three light cruisers authorized by congress. Just how far the committee pro- poses to go is a matter of conjec- ture, but Chairman Butler recently cstimated it would take at least $500,000,000 to provide a sufficient number of light cruisers and other craft permitted under the Washing- ton arms conference treaty to put the navy on a parity with other nations. Representatives Andrew, of Mas- sachusctts, and Coyle, of Pennsyl- vania, both republicans, have draft- ed a tentative program designed to embody the views of committee members and this draft is before the committee for approval. FINED $100 FOR THEFT FROM HARDWARE PLANT| Dominick Tarlotta Given Three Months in Jail But Sentence is Suspended Dominick Tarlotta of Cherry street, this city, who was bound over to the superior court in local court last week on the charge of theft of hardware, sandpaper and rope valued at $150 at the Russell & Erwin factory was fined $100 and given a suspended jail sentence of NEW BRITAIN DAILY HE nAT three months when arraigned before Judge Edwin C. Dickenson in su- perior court yesterday afternoon. He ‘was represented by Attorney S. Ger- ard Casale. John Morrone of this city, charged with theft of an automobile, was sentenced to six months in jail with {the provision that he may apply for probation at the March term. Mor- rone stripped the car of accessories jand was arrested through the trac- ing of a battery in a repalr shop on East Main street. Attorney Thomas F. McDonough appeared for him. Radio Aids Man in Far North to Send Present Winnipeg, Dec. demonatration of wircless as a means of bringing Canada’s north- land closer to civilization has just been given and a Christmas prob- lem of a staff ofticer of Fort Smith has been solved. Fort Smith is a tiny settlement in the Great Slave Lake district of northern Canada, and the problem of the staff officer was to got a Christmas gift to a friend across the frozen stretch of 600 miles to Sas- toon in time for the holld By wireless he sent a message fo a Winnipeg jewelry firm, and with- tn a few hours a Christmas gift was {packed and on its way. The mes- |sage was relayed by way of the gov- ernment wireless station at Edmon- ton and the malls. Burns l—’rnve Fatal to New Haven Little Girl New Haven. Conn., Dec. 15 (A— |Sophie Pugelise, 6, {rich street, Highwood, died in St. |Raphael's hospital this morning [trom burns recefved when her |clothing caught fire at her home yesterday afternoon. The girl was attempting to light a gas stove in the absence of her mother. Anthony Cosenza, who heard th girl scream, carried her to ivard and rolled her in the snow. extinguishing the flames. Cosenza and Mrs. Cosenza were burned in trying to save the glrl's of 360 Good- | PUTS MOTHERHOOD ABOVE HER FAME Mme. Schumann-Heink Proud lso of American Citizenship New Err er York, Dec. 15 (P — Mme. motherhood and American ¢ ip superior to the triumphs of 50 years on the operatic and con- cert stage. The 65 year old s Iviews at testimonial {her hof sterday. lon a “golden jubilee” 1000 miles. 15 (A—Another | 1 gave her luncheon in e is midway tour of 20, | “The greatest thing to me is not the, honors I have received,” she told |the 1,000 men and women present. “It is that I am an ‘zen and a mother. of my life were the war da 1 sang for the soldier hoys were wonderful. the motter in me, all of led upon me as a sort {mother.” Five of Mme. Schumann-Heink's sons fought in the world war, four for the United State- and one for Germany as a U-boat officer. He |was killed when his boat sank. The singer praised as the “mother lof seven and grandmother of eleven” and toasted as “the woman with the golden voice and the golien hes {but she proclaimed herself “a good {cook,” and “not @ girl, but a hard worker.” Henry W. Taft, president of the League for Political Education. which sponsored the entertainment, |declared: “With Cice {mann-Heink believ {of all” Guilio Gatti-Cas ctor of trop e said her wonderful > her to continue les until the age of boys. em 100k- of foster- socicty hest should "e [to swing her at least 100 | Among others p, Walter Damrosch asent Sergie Rachman- stine Schumann-Heink consid- i inoff, Mary Lewis, Marcella Sem- | brich, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Mme. Frauces Alda, Frederick Stein- way, Geraldine Farrar, Antonio Scotti and Efrem Zimbalist. | The New York state American Le- {gion sent copgratulations. Hartford Autoists Are Given Jail Sentences | Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 15 UP— | Patrick O'Toole, of 1155 Maln street, Hartford, given a hearing in bor- ough court this morning, was fined | $50 and costs for failure to stop after an. automobile accident. He | o was fined $100 and costs and | to 30 days in jail for | operating a motor vehicle while in- | toxicated. John G. Galligar of | Chestnut street, Hartford, was sent | to jail for 30 days for intoxication. | The men were employed by the | | Woodland Transportation Company | of Hartford and were taking a load | | of tobacco towards New York. At| Cos Cob their truck hit a trolley ar but did not stop. | The {ruck was halted a quarter | of a mile away and the two men were arrested. | ON POLICE BLOTTER | A sled reported stolen from Vir-| ginia Stagis, aged three, of 29 Chap- | iman street, wa Detective Sergeant Ellinger, and | |two 11-ycar-old boys who took it, were turned over to the probation | | department. Joseph Wolf of 76 Oak etreet re- |ported the theft of a battery, horn, chains and tools from his garage at | 70 Oak street. Two suspicious acting men were | |reported about the Burritt hotel last {night Joscph Theberge of 168 Main {street reported the theft of ladies’ silk clothing off a line in the rear| of his home. The Sherman Sand Co. of 614 West Main street reported the theft of a tire from the garage dur- ing the night. | | Louls Pugrosack of 222 Broad| |street reported the theft of a bushel | of potatoes, of fruit and a }n‘m‘»r hose cellar., Yes, Folks, you get fo that’s what r Christmas if you are a member of Our Christmas Club Try it once anyway Saturday Evenings 7—9 |Robert O. Eaton, Internal Revenue Tax Office Working Hard Hartford, Dec. 15 (#) — Colonel collector of in- ternal revenue for this district, sald today that it was impossible to give accurate figures for income tax receipts coming in today, the final quarter day for the year. His office is swamped with letters and all that is possible is to open these | and care for the contents. The of- fice will extend its hours. A year ago the final figures were about $37,000,000. Col. Eaton be- lisves that corporation income taxes will be fully as large as then and that individual recelpts will shrink somewhat. The number of taxpayers a year ago was slightly over 140,000, | Mrs. Corson May Yet Join Other Swimmers Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 15 (P — Mrs. Mille Corson, first mother to RALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1926. CLAINS CURE FOR NARGOTIC ADDICTS Have Been Sucoess 15 (P—A new narcotic addiction, New York, Dec. |treatment for |atory tests in the correctional hos- ipital at \’elfare Island, is describ- ed today in the New York Medical \Journal and Record. The new compound, called Nar- |coagan by its discoverer, A. . Horo- {vitz, a Hungarian {mmigrant bio- chemist, is sald to eliminate the us- ual craving for drugs during treat- |ment. and to re lore a patient to {pre-narcotic condition within swim the English channel may enter |weeks. the Catalina Island contest after all. | Mrs. Corson recelved an offer yes- terday from the Los Angeles Surf | club, which is in charge of the ar- | rangements for the swim for Wil- | liam R. Wrigley, Jr, millionaire | Chicago sportsman and doner of the | $25,000 prize. The Surf club not | and carry their colors, but it also assured her that her stipulation that | all contestants be garbed in bathing | suits would be rigidly enforced. | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED :\DS( The article is signed by Dr. Alex- ander Lambert, attending physician at Bellevue hospital and former president of the American Medical assoclation, a «d Dr. Frederick Tilney professor of neurology at the Col- lege of Physiclans and and president of the American Neu- | recovered last night | only asked her to enter the swim Irological assoclation. The American Medlcal association through its official journal, cautions against use of the remedy until it has recelved a thorough trial under | “controlled conditions" and until the product shall have been considered | Three-Week Treatment Said to. ————————————————————% by the council. | "The New York investigations, says | |the journal, “while apparently satls- | teins and factory, were t controlled; | patented by its discoverer, is des ribed as a solution of lipolds, proe ‘water-soluble vitamines, the | The compound is injected hypoder- medicaments used are characterized | mically. |by the council of |chemistry as ncedlessly complex. | Confirms Reports | Frederick A. Wallls, New commissioner of correction, rmed the s: actory tests, saying: “Acquaintances treatment to my what they had observed in ‘her of private cases brought the in Ohio. 1 determine quietly with a few narcotic wards o1 Rik 114 men volunteered. were such 1 to t interested in solving the n |features of the narcctic probl {100k over the convalescent patients, | The Lambert-Tilney |of this inspection: “This group of anddicts was llent condition and in appear showed no evidences of their previ | ous narcotic addiction. |tients in such excellent Tests were made on Welfara Is |land in June and October, 192 | with 219 men pharmacy and York con- results of the new ntion and told | a num- and that they {successtul in seven months confrm. knew it had been used successfully y it tients in the at I invited a group of fonr most eminent neurologists, alien- nd medical men 1 knew to be nedical ex- t was clear {that a treatment which left the pa- | condition | Surgeons, | was worthy of further investigation.” | and 147 women as In addition to proving itself effica~ clous in the treatment of morphine, | heroin and cocaine addition, the re- f port says the new treament can be | used in cases of over-indulgence in | alcohol and veronal. A feature of the treatment is that | patients resume sleeping normally within 24 to 72 hours after treate | ment is started. Tn addition to elim« inating the craving for narcotics, the treatment stimulates appetite. Mr. Horovitz has worked on his preparation for 10 years. He is 42 vears old and is a graduate of the Royal University of Budapest. He came to this country m 1808 on h honeymoon and remained here. e row has a laboratory in New York city reports says Seeley’s Entertainers with the CARPENTIER SISTERS 9 People Mostly Girls AT THE PARAGON { subjects. Of these a male Negro pa- | tient dled and a lapsed. Treatment The treatment Patented. which gro woman col- TONIGHT We Make It a Point to Point the Way o LET one of our expert ward- robeologists help you select taste- fully colored fumishings to offer (W for Him next Christmas mormning. You'll find our salesmen well pre- pared to help you fill your needs. 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