New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press LAY VA Lawagry ayuy ESTABLISHED 1870 "RIP ROARING, WET * WELGONE FOR 1927 Lid Is Of and City Wide Open in New York PRICES ARE FABULOUS Police and Dry Called Off Tonight—Night Clubs Agents Reported Charging From $25 to $40 Pcr Person—Hotels Crowded. w York, Dec, 31 (A—Broadway * was prepared today to welcome the new year with one of the bigges noisiest and most costly celebrations in the history of the city. Reservations at the more popular hotels and night clubs were exhaust- ed several days ago, and indications were that the thousands of merry- makers would be unmolested by either police or prohibition agents. Through special dispensation of Mayor Walker, the recently enacted 3 a. m. curfew law for night clubs and cabarets was called off for the night, and Chetser P. Mills, prohibi- tion director, announced that no rzids were planned. Eight Mor. Rum Deaths The liquor market was reported active despite the fact that eight more deaths were reported yesterday from alcohoiism, bringing the total since Christmas to 38. Never before has the cost of cele- brating been so high. Cover charg- es in night clubs have soared to hitherto unknown heights. Prices Are I"abulous The Club Anatole in West Fift fourth street leads with a $40 char, per person. Roger Wolf Kahn Perroquet de Paris in West Tift seventh street was a close second with $30, while Texas Guinan's club announced a charge of $25. T} club Richmond will charge $25 also, but will ease the sting somewhat by including mineral waters, ginger ale | and other non-intoxicating be: with the couvert. Theater Tickets Up Theaters gencrally increased their prices for the night also and specu- lators were unable to supply the d mand for seats to the more popular shows at any price Brokerage crages agencles charging a fifty per cent ad- | vanea over hox office prices, however cnerally held to that policy. Hotels Are Crowded The rush for reservations at the leading hotels far exceeded that of vecent years, managers said. The titz Carlton announced it had book- ed to capacity one of the largest s Deing under the auspices of the Mayfair club, composed of prom- ment actors, authors and artists. At the Hotel Pl arrangements were made for 00 gues while cach of the 20 banquet rooms Hotel Astor, in the heart of mes Square, were reserved. The manager announced that 3,000 persons would Tie accommodated at a special sup- per and dance in the grand room. -Couvert charges at the hotels ranged from 3$7.50 to $10.00. Other celebrations in addition to those along the Great White Way ( were planned. Musical programs and watch services w e to be held at many churches whose bells will ring in the new year while numer- ous partics at private homes were also planned. Boston's Plans Boston, Dec. 31 (P—Boston, prop- erly warned of the danger by police and prohibition agents, has stocked | liquor ac- | filter- | up heavily of Néw Year cording to the word which ed through from several Superintendent Crowley, while de- claring his officers would refrain from molesting flask-toters, has ha sources. (Continued on Page 18, POLICE CHIEF KILLS BANDIT IN GUN DUEL Kingston, Mass., Gets Safe Cracker— Pals Escape UP—A about Kingston, Mass, Dec. 31 burglar surprised as he w to force the safe in the gener: of J. E. Child this morning w and killed by Chief of Polic ard L. Rushton. hree companions fled. The dead man was identificd as wilfam J. Gay, 32, formerly of this place. Attempts had been made on thre successive nights to burglarize the Child store, and Rushton and & geant Hutchins of state police were hidden behind merchandise when Gay and several companions drove up in a machinec. Gay entered the store through a| basement and had wheeled the safe into a clear position when his flash- light disclosed Rushton. Hutching fired into the air but Gay drew a revolver, whereupon the chief fived Killing the burglar. The men outside fled heard the shots and wer by two other policemen been watching the exterior building. Gay had a penal and was out on probation. Brockton, Mass,, Dec. 31 (P) Brockton police for several wee have been looking for William Gay who was shot by Chiet of Police Kingston, while robbing a store. There are three warrants for Gay's arrest, charging violation of parole and non support of wife and children. Besides, there are two old cases pending, charging larceny of an automobile and operating without a licens Gay is survived here by a and three children, and his mother. they 1ed as purs who had of the record 1 Rushton of | wife, + | lackward over almost 17 hours o 300 | the | ball | said | Officer | +[seph nd killed today | Sherwood and Dewey Get Bridgeport, Dec. 31 (A—George| B. Sherwood, 41, brother-in-law of| Clifford J. (Connie) Lewis, and Louis Laccavole, 36, known as Lou Dewey, were cach sentenced to 15| days in jail and fined $100 by Judge| Alfred C. Baldwin in the superior court today when they pleaded guil- ty to six charges of sclling lottery tickets. Fdmond J. Dixon, 32, of New Ha- ven, who pleaded guilty to one count 'More Jail Terms and Fines Given Lottery Men in Fairfield County Fined $1,000 and Sentenced to Two Months—Two Others Fined $1,000, Jail Term Suspendgd. "uuo) ‘projanyy 3 1apy S 31U BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1926. —TWE} A NTY PAGES. Week Ending Dec. 24th ... verage Daily Circulation For 13,938 PRICE THREE CENTS 15 Days and $100—Dixon of operating a lottery and ten counts of selling tickets was fined $1,000 and sentenced to two months in jail. A stay of execution of the jail 'ntence was granted until Monday afternoon. James Kane, 32, of| Bridgeport and Walter Colller of New Haven were given a suspended sentences of one year in jail and fined $1,000 each when they plead- ed guilty to two counts of selling lottery tickets, FLASHED BY RADID Message From New Tealand| Jumps Backward 17 Hours BOAT 10,000 MILES AWAY Assoclated Press Sends Wireless to Americans Across International Date Linc and Gets Message in Reply. | New York, Dec. 31 (A—The first w Year's grecting ever to leap { time and over 10,000 miles of land |and sea, clear from the New Year itself into the old, was received here oday by the Associated Press from | | the Cunard liner Carinthia, in Cook Strait, New Zealand. The Associated Press sent a greet- ing at 4:30 a. m., today to a score of Americans aboard the British steamer that set out from New York | Oct. 14 on a ‘round the world cruise | with 400 Americans. The message reached the just beyond the international ine, almost instantaneously, at 1 “tonight,” while the passengers were | gathered in many parties to wel- | come the New Year. | After midnight, when the calendar | there showed Jan. 1, 1927, an an- | swer was sent through space, reach- ing here at 7:24 a. m. today. The A. P. Message The ociated Press message was addressed to Mr. and Bail Philadelphia Baker, Washington; 3 Pittsbu 1 Baxter, Pasade) Paul; Rufus Roland R. Conklin, land Mrs. Arthur Mrs. Daniel Hill, Hord, Cleveland; Inbusch, Milwauke R. T. Porte, Salt I | Mrs. Charles R and Mrs. ship, date . John A. C. Austen Paul Ben: Calkins, Detroit; | New Yo Mr. Felton, ston; St. Lou G Mrs. Edward H. and Mrs I The greeting said: “Associated Press in New York {ten thousand miles away sends you | New Year's greetings on other side |of worla through courte Radio | Corporation of America This mi | sage without parallel in marine radio history sent through air on last day of old year and owing difference in time should reach you instantan-| cously on first day 1927. Would ap- preciate if you jointly acknowledge receipt immediately together with 1y message as to well being four hundred round world passengers for benefit folks back home. The answer was: “Message Te- ceiv 25 p. m. December 31 in | Cook Strait. Corinthia passengers heartily reciprocat: your New Year's greetings and thank you for kind thought in communicating. All well here. At this moment New Year celebrations in full swing on board. Everybody scnds a Happy | New Year to the fol The Radio Corporation of Ameri- 1 has kept in practically constant and instantancous communication with®the Corinthia n making short wave tests since the vessel sailed. | Communication is more difficult in ! the daylight hours, and for a time it was feared the answer would not reach New York before tonight as the purser reported he was having | difficulty locating all of the addresses | among the many partics welcoming the new year. The Radio Corporation {ransmit- ter and delivered 62 Christmas greetings from Corinthia passengers. | Corporation officials describe the in transmission at such a dis- | tance as without parallel in marine | radio histor | 0ld Mansfield Residence Is Destroyed by Flames Willimantie, Conn., 1 . 31 (P— ;l’lr!‘ aused, it is believed, by a de- |fective hot air h ing system, de- stroyed the residence on the old | Palmer Green place, owned by Jo- Horae, early this morning. loss was estimated at $10,000. The Horne family was away at the time, N Horne and two small children being ill in Hartford | hospital, and Mr. Horne and two |children being with friends. | The is located in two towns, icld and Windham, and is on the border of two coun- ties, Tolland and Windham. | R FATALITY Dec. 31 (P—DMiss Mary was found dead this |noon in her room at 14 Cottage street. She had been asphyxiated by gas from a gas heater. Miss McArdin had not been scen |since last Wednesday and the trs !gedy was discovered when a roomer |detected the odor of gas and noti- fied the police. GAS HE Stamford, | MeArdle, S0, GREETINGS OF 1927 \JUDGE MARSDEN OF | pany. | produce the book MADISON IS SUED Made Defendant in $25,000 Action by Surety Co. | COMPANY DEMANDS BOOKS Claim Probate Court Official Re-| fuses To Permit Survey—Case In- volves Estate of Mrs, Sauter | ‘Whose Death Complicated Will. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 31 (P—| Judge Arthur W. Marsden of Madi-| son is the defendant in a suit for | $25,000 brought in superior court| here by the American Surety com- The company also asks for an injunction compelling Judge | Marsden to give an accounting of | the estate of Frederic Sauter of | Madison. The complaint charges that Judge Marsden was appointed administra- tor of the estate January last, at his own request and that on April 9 he gave bond of $25,000 and entered into a contract with the | Surety company whereby the com- | pany was to have access to the books and accounts of the estate. It is alleged that the company has ask ed permission to see these book and accounts and that Judge Mars- den has refus The company asks that Judge Marsden be compelled to | and “accounts in | court for inspection. Company’s Claim | 1t is further claimed that the as- | scts of the estate are in danger “of | being wasted” and that the company as no means of determining the condition of the estate. Judge Booth | has signed an order removing M den as judge of probate in this ticular case and appointing Juge Charles A. Pelton of Clinton to act | 8 dge of probate in Madison so | far as th concerned. | Judge Marsden was asked to show cause why the injunction should not | be granted, but a certificato filed in | court today showed that the Madi- son judge was ill and not able to Dr. John A. Evans said that Judge Marsden recovering from a nervous breakdown. The | ca s continued until next Tues- day morning. Judge Marsden also is administrator of the estate of Mrs. Sauter. According to the will | of Mr. Sauter, the entire estate was to go to his wife and upon her death be divided into three parts and giv- en to the heirs. Mrs. Sauter, how- ever, died first and Judge Marsden hecame administrator. In admini; teripg the estate of Mrs. Sauter, Judge Marsden asked that he hs appointed administrator of the es tate of Mr. Sauter and he was so named January 6. All of the heirs live abroad. with the exception of one, George Sauter of Madison. AUTO SKIDS, OVERTURNS, ON ROAD IN BELVIDERE. Another Machine Goes Over Bank- | ing at Foot of South Main Street Hill, | ff of 130 Linden | street narrow 5 srions in- | jury about 7:30 last night when a | closed car in which he was riding alone skidded on the icy pavement in front of the gasoline filling sta- tion at 1208 Stanley street and turned ov Officer John O'Brien reported that the car was going | south on the street when the acci- | dent happened. A fender on the car was slightly dam At 1:10 this morning Sers Flynn detailed Officer Otis Hopkins to the:foot of South Main street, where an automobile had gone over the embankment. The registration number is 112,160, which is listed at | the state motor vehicle department in the name of Louis Corneroli of 109 Bridge strect, Middletown. Ac cording to the police the owner of the car removed it from | the embankment. New Britain Man With Alcohol in Car Arrested Stamford, Conn., Dec. 31 Sebas- tian Goppomo, of w Britain, driv- g a truck, was chased almost to the | Norwalk line by Motorcycle Officer Anderson of the Darien police this | morning before he stopped to allow | search of the vehicle. | The officer had been suspicious, 1 he said, of the truck which yielded | from a place under the floor boards six gallons of alcohol. Goppomo said he bought the fluid in Stamford. He was held in $1,000 | bonds for a hearing Monday night in | Darien court, e | | report, it SHONER DIVIDENDS ON STOCKHOLDERS Banks and Factories Greet New| Year With Golden Tune FORTUNE IS DISTRIBUTED Brokerage House Compiles List of Investment Returns For Quarter New| | | Year To Be Paid Out By Britain Institutions. Payment of Seven per cent on ac-| count of back dividends on the pre-. ferred stock of the New Britain Ma- chine Co. greatly increased the in-! dustrial dividends declared for pay- ment this month or next by local concern: | Figures prepared Putnam & Co. show the following bank divi- dends: Commercial Trust, 1 1 quarterly, $8,750; New Britain % tional, 5 per cent mi-annual one per cent special, $30,000 Britain Trust, 2 1-2 quarterly and! one per cent special, $21,000. In the public utility a, New Britain Gas Light Co. decl: ed two per cent as a quarter] it is estimated that this will amount to $25,000, Landers, Frary & Clark is paying three per cent quarterly and four per cent special, amounting of § 000. The dividend is identical with that of last year. No extras were declared by the Fafnir Bearing Co. or Hart & Cooley at this time. Both stocks paid extra dividends in Oc- tober which were greater than thos of last January. Other manufacturing dividends are: American Hardware Corp. 4 per cent quarte $496,000; Fafnir Jearing Co. per cent quarterly $60,000; Hart & Cooley, 4 per cent quartely, $39,600 New Machine, Class prefer, 13-4 quarter e and 1 3-4 extra, $176,049 & Judd, 2 per cent quarterly, 000; Stanley Works, 2 1-2 per quarterly, $260,000; Stanley Sccuri- ties, 7 1- by the Union C $25,000. quarter! Mfg. LEGION COMMITTEES FOR YEAR SELECTED Harry C. Jackson of This City Heads Member- ship Unit Conn., 31 (P — Cramer, who will by istalled as comma cr of the ¢ partment of Connecticul, Americ Legion, Saturday evening, will sub- mit for approval by the executive committee of the department Sat- urda; fternoon at its meeting in the Garde hotel his list of appoint- ments. Edward L. White of We ville is chosen for adjutant. This is appointment and Mr. White is 0 a past state command For ant adjutant, Panzer of West Hartford is the lection, For ant-at Frank E. Anderson of Wethers| is appointed, ollowing is the committees: Service, C. ough, West Hartford; C. €. Secarborough, guardianship, Ha Hartford, chairm welfare, William Dickson, Meri- den, chairmar habilitation, Dr. James McGaughey, Wallingford, airman. Americanization, W. North Haven, chairma committees as foilow Education and patriotism, the Rev. Roger Stinson, Danielson, Dec. a Earl W. list of standing . Scarbor- state fund, chairman; Schwolsky 1; institutional A, with ( (Continued on Page 17) 3,387 ARRESTS IN 196 Increase of 572 Over Last Year Fn- tered on Police Blotter At Head- | quarters—October Sets Record. During the 357 lice, year. year ending today, 3,- arrests were made by the po- an iner over lust In October, all previous re ords were broken when 402 arrests were made, and in April, the low water mark was reached, only 104 individuals falling into the toils. an Newsboys’ Dinner New Year's Day wlli be a large affair in the lives of the Herald newsboys whb will have a turkey dinner at the old Turner Hall on Arch street at 2 o'cloc The boys will meet at the Herald at 1:30 and mar to Arch strect where everything will ready for them. 0 N be NO HERALD TOMORROW he New e Herald will not published tomorrov, Year's Day. | | | Il | | “ | * THE W New Britain and vicinity: Cloudy, followed by rain to- night, and possibly Satur- day; lightly colder tomorrow. | | | | * | Rise and Fall of Greater Leade: jvancement of Science. cent | quarterly, estimated to be | Scientist Says Sun Spots Exert Remarkable Influence On Mankind , Empires and Won- derful Discoveries Linked With Solar Activity. Philadelphia, Dec. 31 (F) — Sun [that all great wars had followed per- spots exert an electrical power over (iods of intense sun spot activity, and man, which has been responsible lhe enumerated a long list of great throughout human history for l)w; vents which he 1 had followed | T of great leaders, the fall of em- [such periods. | pires, the propounding of new doc-| In his investigation, he said he had | trines and the bitter struggles of in- [studied the history of all countries terneci and continental conflicts, fon which he could obtain data. Prof. A. Tehijoy of the Univer- | Germs Constantly Warring sity of Moscow, as informed Dr. L. O. Dutton, director of the American Association for the laboratories of the Methodist h {pital at Memph Tenn,, told the scientists that streptococci, the dead- ly chain-germs whose various species 1se blood poisoning, scarlet fever nd other discases, were constantly haunted by ge 5 of their own that |prey upon them and m devour the Ad- Human Developm Investigation, the tist said, showed that re: opment at the times of maxima of sun spot activity and that the culmination of | ELIMINATION FROM INDUS WASHINGTON DENIES RUSSIAN OVERTURES Has Made No Move Toward Recognition, State Dept. Says them under favorable conditions. Plague of White Ants White ants, or termites, are ca |ing serions damage to build throughout the eastern United States, the Gulf states, the southwest, cen- {tral west and Pacific coast, acco ing to Dr. Thomas E. Snyder, burc and 1929, said Prof. |of entomology, United St depart- Ky, “when the 1l-year per- 'mént of agriculture. are 42 sun-spot activity attains its kinds of these native ants, he sald, maximum and whea this maximum |and the only cffective permanent will coincide with the maxima of [preventive and remedy is the proper o other periods of 60 years and |construction of buildings. rs, there will be a gnmi Damage Reaches Millions human activity of the highest histor- | “Insulation of ail untreated wood- ical importance, which may in [work from contact with the ground,” change the political chart of the |asserted Dr. Snyd “will protect world.” |against the subterranean termite Prof. Tchijovsky, who is (nrwcmri“nm-n inst the nonsubterranean . period of this activity within the next two years might bring another gr The fluctuations of his to were synchronous with {ie fluctuations in the physico- reat Tra Dawning Tchijov iod of (Continued on Pa HURLBURT NOT GONE; MYSTIFIED BY REPORT He of the department of metcorology at > University of Moscow, dec ge Ten) NO TIME EXTENSION * FOR MOTOR MARKERS 1926 Licenses Expire at ani) o | Midnight—Only 125,000 New Ones Issued ! Bradford B. Hurlburt of 387 Park street, who, the police were in- formed yesterday by Attorney Alfred | LeWitt, is missing money, the propert 0il Co., is not mis appeared at the He to contradict the report filed at po- lice headquarters and said that he ad not been out of town except last to be used, is greater than Wednesday afternoon. He s mysti- number of plates issued | fied by the report that he has dis- iring the entire year of 1919. | appeared with funds of the company The 1927 plates have heen avail- | which conducts a station at 412 wle to the public since October 1:yyest Main street of which he was and there will be no extension of : « manager. the time during which 1926 Dlates| IrurIpurt has been be recognized 3 . Ithe company since October. He The plates issued in the closing 4 permission to remain away rter of this year had an agere- gom \work this week as he intended elght of 6 -'y"”‘l,‘y‘“‘f“_"l 3“” to have an operation performed on Neremide 1:;‘_l;1:):'\“""_‘T’,“ o con. his throat. He learncd Wednesday e el remtired. Aslivory of the (at he and his brother, also em- Siire. conslenmientinot lators thannp ved atitheistation, haainesn 'd Sl Gl e ") tons | Charged. He went to the place yes- ol were teauired o fill the or- |terday, he said today, and talked '1 ik . with Natban Singer, one of the own- %t the 1026 markers on Connce-|CrS, but Singer said nothing about Mg s e Rk accounts being short, A S p-| When questioned about his report o oihaan | it woula tikelasl o tha potice rday, Attorncy Le filled to capacity, to | Witt said, that he knew none of thie particulars but was simply filing his report with the police so that Singers could collcet from an in- nce company with which they nsured against loss by employes. LAYERS EXECUTED Gangsters, Story Went That Had Disappeared With $300 Hartford, Conn., Dee, 31 (P —Ap- rroximately 125,000 motor vehicle number plates b been issued for 1927 as this year closes, a state. ment from the department of notor vehicle says. | This is considerably less than half number of 1927 plates expected 10 he issued, but the total issued in of the year during which of the at-all. Singer He advanee they a the whole employed by Ates qu gate i ol used in the 1927 mark- ha would be sufficient to build the .l bridge which the st 1y department recently con teted over the Housatonic river Gaylordsville. They cost the| TWOS o sur. woste New ists W Convicted of day Hyde, sub- Are Put To Death. Chicago, Dec. 31 (P—James Gri- and Thomas McWane, two youths convicted of the murder of three persons last July in suburban Cicero, were hang the Cook | connty jail shortly after 7 o'clock this morning. The double death sentence was posed for th ing of Frederick Hein and Miss Marie Blang shortly [after they had left a church ser | ice together and the killing, a few | minutes later, of a taxicab chauf- | i o clus ne and street [ lined the siderable | The bureau here is in new .MN]! very commodious quarters so that| prospects good for rapid handling of applicants for their new gistrations. yre than $50,000. Haven, Dec. 31 (P—Auto-| o 10 had qualificd for the “last | Ohicago Class lined up by score the burcau of the state motor \rhl—i department here hefore the | doors opened this morning and open | honr was ahead of thy usual . line of men, women, lads misses stretched down Goffe half a block while machines curb in streets within con- ¢ ar were T 00L. DUPONT DIES four, Last m get clemency 20 years old did not fire was Gricius, who became sullen as his death approached, refused to rec the t sucrament of the chu and also a farewell visit parents. For a day before Gricius had death cell companion, standing that ds were pleading grounds that the clder youth was sponsible for the crime monotony of their last hours broken by a radio set in the ccll The triple murder was brutal, Hein and the girl being shot down when they atempted to flee from the pair who sought to rob them and Al Hein's ¢ rlier the two had bound Ludwig Rose and drove away with him a prisoner in his taxi cab. After killing Miss Blang and Hein, they killed Rose to dispose of ' him > efforts were made to for McWane, who was on the ground that he fatal shots, Gricius PFormer Scnator From Delaware Was 88 Years Old and a Veteran of the Civil War, 31 WP Henry former States D 4 suddenly this morning at nis home near Wilmington, the re- sult of a heart atta He was §8 old and was a cousin of ent Senator T, Coleman Dupont Jlonel Dupont with die- tinetion in the Civil war veral years Colonel Dupont devoting his time chiefly ts at Winter- occasionally <0 Del, Dec ch A. Dupont, nator from Wilmington, Colonel United S a- the refused to hanging, ik to his after unde ic of McW for him on ware, fr the served he was or 1 be his farming intere near Wilmington, to Washington wherc he 1 & house, About a month ago he was taken with a cold which confined him to lis bed but he felt so much hetter within the last two days that he | discussed plans to spend the winter in Washington. | Shortly beforo this morning he was stricken with heart | | trouble and died soon there- |after. His son, 1. Dupont and his daughter, Francss B. Crowninshicld, were at his bedside. f n to thur as DEATH TOLL NOW 39 York, Dec. 31 (A—The toll of deaths since Christinas Eve at- tributed to liquor was raised to 3 today when Assistant Medical aminer Vance announecd the result | of an examination of the body of atrolman Thomas Callan, who died in Bellevue hospital. The hospital oy Henry Mrs. at LIERS OFF AGAIN ra Cruz, Mexico., Dec. 31 (P— | | The United States Pan-American | fliers hopped off at 10:15 o'clock this | morning continuing their 20,000 mile \ll\rh( around South America. Puerto, Mexico, is the next stop. 166 persons had the ps: mas Eve suffering from varying de | grees of alcoholic poisoning. ., | palp | — i department s in, y | repudiated obligations, Most serion Killing Three in Cicero Last July. | 2 | six m, from his | 31 —A— A States had ap- Washington, Ds Unite c. story that ti ached Russian soviet ing t ar on the subject R; snition was {1 de- | nied today by | the state department. department | statement that no aproach whatever | respecting recognition has been officials | authorized the | WHEELER LOUDLY PROTESTS OF PISONS TRIAL ALCOHOL Wants Fatal Denatur- ants Used Until Such Time as “Effective Substitutes” Have Been Found, He Tells Mellon. Secretary Steadfast in Plan However, But As- sures That Lot of Boot- leggers Will Not Be Made Easier Thereby- |made during the year to any | Moscow official. 1t was a direct de- | nial of a story told in Moscow ye {terday by a soviet government offi- | eial wl said “tangible and b recognition approaches ad been made by the Was vernment. The American | recognition rem | attitud ins unch 1. | “There would seem to be | time no reason negot said the department. “The American government, as the president said in his message to congress, | proposing to barter away its }vm‘ s. 1f the soviet authorities ready to restora the confiscated property of American make effective compensation n do so. If the soviet authorities | ready to repeal their decree | repudiating Russia's {this country and appropriately | recognize them, they can do so. It requires no conference or negotia- tions to accomplish these results which can and should be achieved Moscow as evidence of good faith The American government h, incurred liabilities to Rus egarding nged. The | % at this are | | not or the continued propaganda to over- throw the institutions of this coun This government con enter into no negotiations until these efforts cted from Moscow are abandon- ed.” Unusual het quoting a hig interest was Moscow dispatches h Russian official there saying that the United States had made approaches to Russia the past summer regarding the ques. tion of recognition of that countr The ian official, who was said ct the views of the d not say whether the diplomatic moves were made in Washington or in the Russlan capi- al, nor did he state by whom they were instituted. He did say, however, that last summer the an go crnment “definitely abandoned its intransigeant attitude toward as ready to discuss privately if not officially, erms of recognition. hen suddenly,” he added, “somet happened, and this will always be a mystery to us. The con- versations terminated abruptly. Whether it was the American o ton crisis, the American clections quarrels within our commiuni party, or other factors, we do not know. But the state department again climbed on the high horse and | refused to tackle the issue with us.” The Russian spokesman soviet was unable to accept the proposed American co | but was then prepared, as alway to send a delegation to Washington to tackle the issues in dispute. | The American government has re- I peatedly stated that recognition of the soviet government would not be accorded un | put its house 1y guarar settle oblig of former governments. As vear ago, this policy was declared to ve undergone no change, when at- tention was called to a statement by Foreign Minister Tchiteherin touct ing on recognition overtures to th United States. Mem the aroused litions, ers of the Russian ion expre the opinion last night that no formal | conversations between this country and Russia had occurred in the last hs, but d an entire- of Russia, du ant changes in the 1 n urope, department o which would warrant n with conditions when 1ssian recognition ad- s were turned down by Secre- interested in e sed sugges ly d to cert i rent picture iin impor onal sit en presented state rna fi- s recently vand CHIEF AND YOUNGEST GOP CHANGE PLACES I Head of Bristol, Force Made Patrolman When He Fails to “Dry” Town. L, Dee. 31 (A—The department was liter- |ally turned upside down last night by vote of the town council Hugh F. Kelley, chief of police, wa reduced to the rank of patrolman and Richard J. Cavanaugh, youngest member of the department with a |record of less than a year of service, was pror. oted to the office of chie Members of the council stated that Rristol, R. Bristol police announced that up to noon today |the reason for the action, which they | Building permits been admitted to [claimed to be without precedent in New Haven reached a grand total of chopathic ward since Christ- [the country, was Kelley's failure to :$13,222,000 in value. make good h that he would repeated declaration “clean up the town.” tions,” | | is not | prin- | obligations to | s|on the theory,” My di- | during | nd | when | | | Washington, Dec. 31 (P)}—Protcst against elimination of poisons as denaturants of industrial alcohol un- til ctive substitutes have been found was made to Secretary Mellon | today by Wayne B. Wheeler, gener- unsel of the Anti-Saloon league. “W illing to knock out the d Wheeler, “if you can titutes which will really the alcohol unfit for beverage mak se W | are even willing that the de- shall be made less deadly until proper substitutes are found but remember the law prescribes that industrial alcohol T ust he made | unfit for beverage use and there iy only one way to do it now. Use wood | alcohol. Mecllon’s Reply Mr. Mellon assured Mr. Wheeler that no radical steps would be taken which might leave the stock of in= dustrial alcohol subject to wides spread use by bootleggers but he re- iterated his stand that he was not willing to poison American citizens | to enforce the law. | “When the government proceeds Wheeler count- | ered, “that its law will be disobeyed |it cannot stand. It will decay within a year. “The government has warned its | citizens that there is poison in ¥nost | bootleg alcohol. If the citizer goes | ahead and drinks it he 15 1n the same position as a man who walks into drug store and buys a bottle of carbolic acid, carrying a poison label, and driaks it.” The sceretary took the view that |the government cannot overlook the fact that some citizens are going to drink one thing or another and rei= |terated his position that it is not the function of the government to poison and kill to enforce the law. Mr. Wheeler told the secretary that the law in cight states provides murder penaities for bootleggers who knowingly ell goods containing poison. th 'HOLD UP PROTEST ON REMOVAL OF PAJEWSKI 'Fifth Ward Club Officers Decide Against Hasty Action Further investigation into condis s surrounding the discharge of Chairman Peter J. Pajewski from | the police board, and into reports | that ex-Mayor A. M. Paonessa ut- tered disparaging remarks concerns |ing Pajewski and his fitness for | head of the police board will take | place before formal protest is made | to Mayor Weld and his predecessor, | by the Fifth Ward Republican club. Several hundred members of the [club at a mass meeting Wednesday, | night authorized their officers to transmit notes of protest. The offi- cers met last night but decided | against v drafting notes until | & complete investigation is made. Mayor Weld is still confined ta | his home by illness and in his abe nee from city hall the police board |is without a chairman. Since no | meetings will intervene before his return next week, an appointment is not expected before that time. 'FIRE L0SS DURING 1936 COMPILED AT $219,617 “Smoke Eaters” Answer. 140 Bell Still Alarms, and 12 False Alarms in Year, | . Alarms, 277 | The fire loss during the year end= ing today totals $212,677.40, accord« ing to fire department records. |In October, the losses amounted to $1 and in December they reached $68,100.41. The city was unusually free from destructive fires during the year. The depart- ment answered 140 bell alarms, 277 still alarms and 12 false alarms. Losses by fire for the past six years in this city are listed as fol« |lows: 1920, $70,884.81; 1921, $175, 811.69; 1922, $104,675.12; 1922, $97. 289.59; 1924, $125,353.19; 1925, $122,790.43 NEW HAVEN BUILDING New Haven, Conn,, Dec. 31 (# for the year in The best pres vious year was in 1922 with the total $9,625,000,