New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 FAFNIR MAY PAY BY CHECK TO END ROBBERY MENACE Cousiders Discontinuing Use of Cash in Envelopes fo Avoid Possibility of Holdup FACTORIES IN GENERAL INTERESTED IN CHANGE Protection of Hyman Life Rather Than Likelihood of Money Loss | Prompts Bearing Factory Officials | to Look Favorably on New Pay | t—No Notice Yet ' | Day Arrangemen to Employes. i That at least one local factory has declded to adopt the system of pay- | ing its employes by check became & | matter of knowledge today when of- | ficlals of the Fafnir Bearing Co. ad- " mitted, that while no definite an- nouncement has as yet been made, | this system may be adopted there sometime in the near future. Just when the factory will switch | pver from the method of paying in cash to the method of paying by check, has not yet been decided, neither have the employes yet re- celved an official announcement. All Paymasters Interested Tne matter has been under discus- l sion among the paymasters of prac- tically all of the local factories in | New Britain for the past year. About | six months ago it was considered | seriously by a number of planfs. While none, other than the Fafnir | plant, has come to any decision, the plan has never been rejected by any of the factories and several pay- masters when interviewed recently intimated that it may come up again for further consideration. Although factory payrolls are cov- | ered by insurance, it is the safety of paymasters and their assistants in which the industries are concerned. Large sums of money are carried about the city, usually in the armored car, sometimes in others ways, gen- erally protected. Robbery Believed Easy This custom is a subject of com- | mon discussion on the streets, par- | ticularly in the vicinity of the banks, and hardly a day goes by but that someone does not point out the com- | parative ease in which a factory pay- roll could be stolen. The system under conslderation is said to be similar to that adopted a few years ago by the American Brass Co., in Waterbury, Torrington, An- sonia and Kenosha, Wis. The brass company made the change after an attempted robbery had resulted in the death of' a paymaster. It is pointed out by the company | that neighborhood grocery stores will naturally cash checks, the gro- cer usually taking the attitude that he is safer with his money represent- ed in pay checks than if he kept a supply of cash over night. This system also has been adopted by the Scovill Manufacturing Co. in Waterbury with success. It is un- derstood it is approved, if not actu- ally advocated, by the local banks. TREASURY ENDS HALF YEAR WITH A SURPLUS Six Months Figure Is $218,- 279,937 Against $125,- 598,300 of Year Ago Washington, Jan. 4 (#—The treasury ended the first half of its| fiscal year with a surplus of $218,-| 279,937, compared with $125,598,300 for the same period a year &go. Income tax and customs receipts, flowing in during the last quarter in increasing amounts, accounted for most of the excess. During the year ending Dec. 31,| the treasury reduced the public debt hy $1,173,504,301 to a total of $19,- 074,665,337, Of the reduction, $314,- 353,900 was accomplithed during the last month. Customs receipts for the first six months of the present fiscal year| wmounted to $318,817,857, compared | with $202,321,815 a year ago. A to-| tal of $45,431,263 was collected from | customs in December or $2,000,000 | more than last December. Income tax collections for the six months | were $1,046,840,059, compared with | $855,739,015 a year ago. In Decem-| ber these receipts totaled $429,228,-| $19. Miscellaneous taxes, many of which were repealed by the new revenue law, yielded only $334,4; 346 for the first six months of th iscal year compared with $487,889,- 2 a year ago. Although caleulations based on the figures for the first six months would show a surplus of almost| $500,000,000 for the year, Under- Secretary Winston declared the sur- plus would be about $383,000,000. He said the margin for the first six months was cut yesterday by the ap- propriation of $123,000,000 to the fund for veterans adjusted service . ceftificates. BRIDGEPORT DOCTOR DI Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 4 (A—Dr. Ward M. Van Ness, 44, for more than 20 years a practitioner of Den- tistry in this city and well known | by an accident. fyin business and soclal circles here dropped: dead in his office today. NTW BRITAIN HERALD wofl”“" £aeaqy A HOPES OF 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER RUDELY DASHED Aphasia Victim Not Son Missing 30 Years But A Coustn From Bridgeport. 0) NEW BRITAIN, [ | Banks Here to Make Loans on Bonus Certificates on Basis | of Merit in Each Application Truro, N. 8, Jan. 4 (P—Hopes of | yrij] Consider Individual Requests and Pass on Them as an eighty-year old mother for a re- | union with her gon who sailed away | 30 years ago never to return were | shattered today with announcement that a man who believed he was Frank Burgess, the lost boy, was in- stead a cousin. The returned seaman appeared | here Sunday night and sald the ef- | fect of a blow on his head a few days ago had restored his memory, lost 30 years ago after a an attack by thugs. He could now recall hav- ing sailed from Santsport, N. §, when a lad of 15, he said. But yesterday Arthur Burgess, a brother of Frank identified the man as Louls Burgess, a cousin, of | | Bridgeport, Conn. Identity was made | | positive, Arthur said, by the man's | Frank was minus a toe, lost | in a childhood accident, while the | feet. toes of the man here were all in- | tact. The mother, who lives at Center Burlington, said her son Frank had | | been reported dead from Gibraltar ! thirty years ago and his effects sent to her. Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 4 (P— Mrs. Louis Burgess of 320 Atlantic street, stated today, when shown the Associated Press story of the identification of a returned seaman as Louis Burgess, that she believed | who | the man to be her husband, left Bridgeport about ten years ago. Mrs. Burgess had not heard from | ) her husband since he left home l)ut shé knew that he had a strong urge | for a seafaring life. She believes that his unexplained absence might be due to loss of memory caused Her husbhand would | now be about 65 years of age, Mrs. Burgess stated, Mrs, Parker Southard, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Burgess, sald today that she had not | seen her father in years but would not be surprised if he were the man | who had turned up in Nova Scotia. Mrs. Burgess referred to Mrs. Jesse Burgess of Center Burlington as “Aunt Jessie” and said that she w: an aunt of her Louis Burgess. YOUNG HUSBAND 1S SLAYER, HE ADMITS { Gonfesses He Killed Mother-in- Law in Hempstead, L. I WIFE GOLLEPSES AT NEWS In Reported Confession, Slayer Is Quoted As Saying Older ‘Woman Was Urging Her Daugh- Alleged ter To Divorce Him. Mineola, N. Y., Jan. 4 (P—Trap- ped by a coat button and a_lock of | his hair, Harold E. Webster, 26, early today confessed the murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Catherine |8 Gallaway, 45. Mrs. Gallaway was| found yesterday with her skull crushed at the home of another son-in-law, Dr. Dell C. Bassett, at Hempstead. Questioned Six Hours District Attorney Elvin N. Ed- wards announced the confession aft- er Webster had been questioned for six hours. ster admitted he killed Mrs. Gal- lagher because she had threatened to cause her daughter, Mrs, Blanche | ‘Webster, to start divorce procecd- ings. Mrs. Webster collapsed when told of her husband’s confession. Letter To His Mother A letter written by Webster to his mother after he confessed was made public by the district attorney It read: | “I have gone far enmough In re-| gard to this murder. Please, dear Ma, tell them everything I have told you, Also please give them the blue trousers and anything else you might have that bears blood stains. Please forgive me and don't worry. So far they have treated me fine, Hair and Button Clue A few strands of hair, torn out by the roots and a button found in the still warm hand of the woman led to the arrest of Webster early today on a charge of first de- gree murder. The hair was said by the district at{orney to “correspond” witli, that of Webster. The button was said to be “a perfect match” for others on Webster's sack coat. Webster, a real estate salesman of Miami, Fig, was taken into cus- tody by polide for questioning, as he was about to board a Ilorida bound train at the Pennsy station late last night. Wife Was Alone Dr. Bassett, a veterinarian, found Mrs. Gallaway's body when he re- turned home from what proved to be a fictitious call. She had been left alone in charge of Webster's one year old child while fts mother was shopping in New York. The Websters had been spending the | week-end at the Bassett home. Dis- trict Attorney Elvin N. Edwards ad- vanced the theory that Mrs. Galla- way had been killed while attempt- ing to prevent the removal of the child from the house. Webster and | his wife are alleged to have recent- ly quarreled and to have talked of separation. Webster, the district attorney sald, told him he returned to the Bassett (Continued on Page 13) missing husband | Mr. Edwards said Web-| dead | a stories New Britain banks will accept ad- | justed service certificates as collater- |al for short-term loans, decision on | each application to be reached on |its own merits, it was announced | today. This announcement, which is an | expression of the sentiment of all banking houses in the city, assuresl | ex-servicemen that none of the dif- | {fleulties which have cropped up in | other cities will occur here. Several | other cities report banks flatly re- | fusing to accept certificates as col- |lateral and face the possibility of | being called upon to unravel govern- | mental red tape to collect thelr | money. The government has authorized | banks to accept certificates and make loans for six months periods at a ratio of .03786 per dollar on th tace value of the policy. The regu. lar federal reserve bank interest, | plus two per cent, is the maximum | fixed by the government. If the |loan s not repaid at maturity, the | | banks may look to the government for payment. The amount expended by the government will be deducted | | from the face of the policy and at | maturity, or upon the death ot the | | assured, this is charged off. The banking houses will make a | | thorough investigation in each case | and in no instance Will money be buch——Adopt Stock Questionnaire for Ex-Servicemen loaned when the applicant has no better reason than a desire for cash or for some unnecessary ex- penditure. A questionnaire has been prepar- ed for use in all local banks, yith the following questions and state- ments:— ‘What company, regiment and di- CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1927. —TWENTY PAGES. FOR INAUGURATION {Fair Weather Promised for Exercises Tomorrow ADJOURN TILL NEXT WEEK Legislature, After Inaugural Pro- gram Tomorrow, Will Probably Assemble Next Weck Thursday For Business. vision did you serve in? Are you married? If so, many children have you? Who is the beneficlary under your certificate? Where are you employed? long? What is the nature of your cm- ployment? To what.veteran organization do you belong? To what fraternal organization do you helong? how How Hartford, 4 D weather for inauguration dey to- morrow would be no unusual condi- Jan, Stormy tion] The weather bureau, however, predicts falf weather which would mean that the inaugural procession through the city street in the early afternoon will be a showy spectacle. The weather for tonight when the ‘-‘wcufl\'e caucuses are held in the capitol may be stormy. This also Who is your landlord? How soon do you expect to be able to pay back the loan, if granted? Have you been refused a loan on | ( this Certificate at any other bank? would be no usual event. Twenty years ago a blizzard swept “apitol hill on the night of the cau- cuses, and many times since on the | evening .of the first get together of Hartford Bankers Friendly Hartford, Jan. 4 (A—Banke:. here are well disposed to lend on adjusted service certificates of for- | mer service men who are well iden- tified. Estimates vary as to th (Continued on Page 14) iATTI]RNEY FOR GOULD . CHALLENGES SENATE | Questions Right to Investi- gate Charges Against | Maine Senator [ ashington, Jan. 4 (A’)—Counsel' for Senator Gould, republican, ‘\iulne, today challenged the au-, | } thority of the senate to investigate ) mmges growing out of an alleged | payment to a Canadian officlal in connection with a railroad contract 14 years ago. In ordered the investigation the {wenate velion on ThE ‘comsHEMGY | provision making it the judge of the “qualifications” of its own members. Counsel for the new Maine seha- [tor contended that in going into an fht which occurred long ago, “md which had been widely alseussed |during the campalgn resulting in |Gould’s election, the senate was put- |ting too broad a constructlon on its | | constitutional powers. | The issue will be hotly contested, particularly in view of its possible application to the prospective con- | |tests over the seating of Senators- | | Elect Smith of Tilinois and Vare of | | Pennsylvania, who are charged with excessive campaign expendituresy | Senator Gould’s challenge of the |authority of his colleagues was laid |before an elections sub-committee as soon as it convened today to be- gin hearings, | Frederich W. Hinckley, chiof | |counsel for Senator Gould, argued before the committee that the con- |stitution itselt had covered the fleld of “qualifications” by prescribing |that a senator must be 30 years of lage, 9 years a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the state he represented. | The charges against Senator Gould constitute the most absurd proposition ever presented to the senate,” sald Hinckl “They de- stroy all thought of reformation or conversion, Every religion holds| |that a convert is a fit subject for heaven, but the theory of these charges would be that he is not a fit subject for the senate. Even if Senator Gould had committed the alleged offense, he has led an ex- | cmplary life since, and ‘the senate |has no jurisdiction. | During the argument Semator| lcoula sat in the rear of the room in the midst of the entire Maine| delegation in the house, and beside | Senator Hall, the other member | from Maifte. TRACHER ENTERTAINED 100 WELL, IT 1§ SAID | Towa Miss Accused of Entertaining Pupils at Recess by Telling Snappy Storles. Indianaola, Towa, Jan. 4 (P— | Florence 1. Coehran, a school teach- ler, was under suspension today while school authorities investigated | charges that she entertained pupils at recess by telllng them risque Miss Cochran, employed at the | Broadhorn school near New Vir- ginla, was removed by the school |Board, which got an injunction | against her continuanee as a teacher | last week. She then appealed to County Superintendent Walter M. | McGee and her problem probably | | will be finally decided by the state | superintendent of schools. Testimony of pupils was duced in all the hearings. Miss Cochran avows thut one of the| | pupils had admitted that a part of | his story was told him by his father. intro- | OCEAN PHON London, Jan. 4 () —— The post- master general announced today {that service on the trans-Atlantic |radio telephone system will open on January 7 at 1:45 p. m., London time (8:45 a. m., New York time.) !sonia, |handicappec in foreign YALE, DARTHOUTH AND. STANFORD GET $50,000 Bequests Made by C. F. | Brooker in His Will Total About $3,000,000 Ansonia, Jan. 4 (A—7Yale univer- | sity, Dartmouth college and Leland Stanford Junior university each are Jto receive $50,000 from the of ass company, according to his will filed for proba‘s hers today. {Brooker loft upwards of $3,000,600 | 'in specific bequests to r charitable and educational tions. A $100,000 bequest is made to the New Haven County Apti-Tubercu- losis assoclation. A trust fund of a like amount is left the Maria Sey- mour Brooker Memorial, Inc., of Torrington. An additional $100,000 s left to the institution for the equipment of an addition. Alton Farrel, a stepson, of is bequedthed $200,000 Mr. Brooker's personat effects. Hazel E. Farrel, wife of Alton |rel, is left $100,000. Thelr five and Trar- chil- !dren are left in trust $40,000 each. | Frank M. Travis, a nephew who with Alton Farrel, and the Ansoni National Bank s"left $150,000. Other nieces and godsons are hequeathed amounts ranging from $5000 to $100,000. Other bequests are as follows: The Charlotte Hungerford hos- pital of Torrington, $50,000; the Waterbury hospital, $20,000; Keno- sha, Wis.,, hospital, $20,000; Gener- al Hospital Society of Connecticut, $20,000; Griffin hospital, Derby, $10,000; the Y. M. C. As of Torring- ton and Ansonia, each $10,000; the Hillside cemetery of Torrington, $10,000, Torrington library, $20,000; Pine Grove eemetery of Ansonia, $10,000; Christ Episcopal church of Ansonia, $40,000 and Julia Day Nursery of Ansonia, $35,000. Charles E. Stecle, Mr. Brooker's private secretary, is left a trust fund 000. later date Mr. Booker added a codicil to his will in which he| cancelled and annulled the gift of | $50,000 to the Charlotte Hungerford hospital of Torrington and directs | that this sum shall become part of the residuary estate and shall be disposed of proportionately among the institutions mentioned above. In explanation of this change the will reads as follows: “I cancel these gifts not because of any tution but because of the size of the legacies left it under the will of Uri|” T. Hungerford.” CRITICIZES PRESIDENT Senator King Objects to Coolidge's Objections to Press Comment On His Foreign Policy. Washington, Jan. 4 (®—President Coolidge was criticized in the sen- ate today hy Senator King, democrat, ah, for what he termed “a lecture to the press for its criticism of the president’s foreign policy.” The senator said he had been un- able to determine what this coun- try's foreign policy is, but “it is not a wise thing to attempt to muzzle | tha press or retard its discussion of the foreign policy.” The reférence was to a recent white house utterance in which the | president was represented ‘as feeling that the government was being affairs be- cause of the attitude of some Amer- ican newspupers, * THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: | Rain this afternoon and pro- bably tonight; Wednesday. fair. * estate | left by Charles F. Brooker, chairman | the directorate of the American | Mr. | An- | Mrs. | ure named executors, | nephews, | z lack of interest in said insti- f|tions to T I membe. ; of a session been storms. Inauguration days in the past gen- cration have been mostly stormy or clse have followed on the heels of a storm. Veterans at the capitol are iwont to recall the weather features “’Jf inaugurations. | 1905 Inauguration When Henry Roberts rode up Cap- itol Hill to be sworn in as governor thers have ed with snow, for the { previous day had strets had to be plowed to give marching conditions for the Foot- | Guard and cavalry. @The night be- | fore Governor Woodruff was in- augurated in 1907 there wgs the bli zard which gave way to a day ex | tremely cold. Governor Baldwin had | two rain sleet days for his inaugura- tion and Gov. Marcus H. Holcoml |had one. There were dreary skies for Governor Lake and not much better conditions for his successor, | Governor Templeton. Two Years Ago storm ad a good day and so did Governor Trumbull but for the latter it did ne' lll.ul(‘l' as there was no formal he having taken the oath Uf office in the executive bers immediately after Governor Bingham had resigned. Members-elect of the general as- sembly were arriving and ural ball tomorrow evening and brought their wives with them In hotel lobbies the small gather- ings renewed acquaintances for there was a liberal spr members to introduce the to each other. | All in Readiness | At the capitol the arrangemen for ceremonief of tomorrow were completed. There will be lit- tle deviation from custom. It is e pected both branches of the legi lature will have completed organ ation before the inaugural party reaches the building which is expect- lea at 1:30 sharp. About 2:30 the bodies will meet in joint convention in the hall of the house of representatives ar send a committee to inform Go nor Trumbull that it awaits his presence to administer the oath of oifice. This will be respondéd to by the governor and his party. governor will make his inaugu address and then recelve the oath office. new ones | Prepare For Business | The legislature will take ment until next week probably, when the presiding ot |in each body will make their com- mittee appointment Committees |will organize and work mapped out !for the routine session to begin on Tuesday of the next week. It is ex- pected that a resolution will be adopted early requiring that all new |business shall be offered not later [than the last session day in Janu It is expected that changing the joint rules to eliminaté these on wo- man suffrage a..d exeise and to add otor vehicles and aviation will not be opposed. The committce on re- |vision of the joint rules may offer a stion that the membership of committees be increased but no con- sideration of it has yet been given. he 13 . 'e has long existed, two |senators and 11 house members. |John E. Hil, [been in the hou of Shelton, who has e since 1919 will be [named for speaker, and in the sen- Frederic A. Walcott will be med for president pro tem, elec- follow tomorrow. FEach Ibody will select a list of door keep- {ers and messengers for which places there are numerous candidates. There {s considerable activity amor older members to secure committee appointments and while forecasts are many, it is stated with authority |that the final draft of the list pro- |bably will not be ready until ju before the speaker is ready to an- nounce them, New Hampshire Town Has | No Doctor and No Deaths Dunbarton, N. H.,, Jan. 4 (P)—The little towh of Dunbarton, which does | not even hoast a resident physician did not have'a single death in 1 Records kept by the town officials today that although there were sov- cral funerals, all were persons who had died elsewhere and had brought back to rest in the town cemetery. The last census showed the popu- lation of the fown to be 405. None of the four hundred is a doctor so { that when medical attention is need- trom Concord, ten miles away. in 1905 it was over a pathway bank- | the | been heavy and | Two years ago Governor Bingham | kling of old | At the executive caucuses tonight, | been | ed a physicians must be summoned | ONLIQUOR CHARGES Pajewski and Halloran Assessed | $160 in Pollce Court POLIGE “AGENT" REVEALED Pleas of Nolo Contendere Filed and No Evidence is Submitted—Court Room Crowded to Capacity—Di Mauro Fined $200 and Costs. In presence of an attendance that taxed the court room to ca. Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Dec. 31st ... 13,933 PRICE THREE CENTS ALL IN READINESS DRUG CLERKS FINED CONGRESS CONTINUES ITS BATTLE OVER LIQUOR AND PROTESTS OWN INNOGENCE BORROWS 38,711 ON. 'SCRAPS OF PAPER' (6. J. Smith, Kuto Dealer, Re- cused of Frenzned Finance pacity, the cases of John Pajewski | and Frank J. Halloran, drug store s who were arrested Decem- on charges of violation of the 1w, were disposed of by Judge B. W. Alling this morning with nome of the spectacular fea- tures anticipated because of the prominence of Pajewski's brother, Peter J. Pajewski, who was removed from board of police commis- sioners by Mayor Weld as the result ul operations of a po- ¢ jewski's store on street preceding the arrests. in a drug store pleaded nolo contende to the count of sclling liquor an {having liguor with intent to sell, and was fined $150 and costs. Pa- jewski, through Attorney Stanley J. Traceski, offered the same plea and was given the same fine, The cases irequired only a few minutes, but that of James and Santa DiMauro, whose arrests were brought about by the same ‘“agent” required prac- tically an hour. A conviction w obtained in the case of James DiMauro. Agent is Michael Brocko discl the court room before the DiMauro cas was heard, and as he &tood up to take the oath with Sergeant E linger, Officers Cosgrove ler, every eye was upon 1 necks were craned that he m seen by the spectators in the Lis back being turned toward: {He was seated in front of Office Cosgrove and Supernumerary |ficer Michael Brophy. e te withont any outward appearance concern and at no time did he al- low himself to become confused. Be- se of the pleas in the Halloran 1 Pajewski cases, he was not |galled on to testify. According to the entries on the warrants, he was paid $10 for each of the three cases, a total of $30. | After the DiMauro cases were d posed of, Prosecuting Attorney Woods announced that Judge W resenting Halloran a recess of five minutes. o (Continued on Page 18, POLICE “AGENT’ FOUND T0 BE FORMER SLEUTH |Brocko in Penna. Con- stabulary and U. S. Secret Service That Michacl Brocko, who obtai ed the evidence in the Pajew Halloran and DiMauro liquor cases which resulted in convictions in po- lice court this morning, is an ex- perienced polic operative with |seven years' service in the Penn- sylvania constabulary and a connec- tion with the United States seccret service some time ago, was learned this afternoon. It was also learned that he has a ed the local poli to obtain evidence in liquor cases for the 1 four months not required to appear in court be- caus® he was not used to make pur , his specialty havi n the confidence of pe ing information as to where liguor could be bought, and when he had ned sufficient knowledge as to ayout of the sources of sup- , the police were able to follow up his leads and make raids. Brocko, according to information obtained this afternoon, is the father of two sons who 1so operatives and they have assisted the local po- lice in the pa He Is said to have | operated a number of other places, devoting practically his en- tire time to criminal in itions, including liquor law violations. His residence at 310 Elm stret is only temporary, it is said. Lawyers and other !court this morning | by the self assurance | displayed by Broc amination by Attor McDonough. In t a good witne pressed Judge Alli | meanor during the tr who had scen him quarters during the weeks hardly | court this morning. been s spectators in were impressed and unconcern ler cross Thomas I°, im- 0 u ir opinion, and he his “made h seve about past nized him in He had never en by them with his head un- covere d the removal of mustache added greatly to \ge in his appearance. Mother bpankmg Bov Is Hit in Abdomen, Dles | icago, Jan. 4 (P—>Mrs. Emms | Hohott, 39, died last night from in- juries suffered while spanking her | eight r old son, Leo. Leo, the father said, struck his mother in { the abdomen with his head while | trying to clude her. She died from abdominal hemorrhages which doc- | tors =aid resulted from the blow. Leo’s father said he did not know why the boy was being punished, ad 1 his the FAKES BILLS OF SALE Members Cheer When { Rep. Underhill Denies Senators-and Repre- sentatives Drink to Excess. Edwards’ Resolution De- manding Poisoning Data Tormer Local Agent Said To Have! Persuaded Friends To Sign On Dotted Line So He Could Raise Funds—Held Under $5,000 Bonds An alleged the which has never bec this_city d 3 th mobile fraud, like n uncovered in probably opinion of the police cing compa ainst Gilbert Smith 36, of 30 Whitman ave West Hartford, formerly of the Smith Motor Sales Co. of West street, this city. In police court this morning, Pr ting Attorney J. G. Woods ordered a plea of not guilty cntered for Smith on three cou ing money under fa fin nue, ed until next cn operating he mend a bond of cuting attorney | Alling continued | January 12 in thos Arrested last eve d returned to this o Sergeant W. P. Mc is safd to have received $7,735 from the New Dritain Real Estate and Title Co., by delivering to the com- pany conditional bills of sale on antomobiles which were never sold. | ‘he insurance and interest charges | brought the amount due to the com- ny to $5711.43, ch Smith d paid $35 ving a| lance of r the proteste balance, he might never have b apprehended, the poliee | bec o suspicion had b directed towards him until an in- vestigation was ted relative to the check. Held on Three Counts The three counts on tvhich was arraigifed this morning cha him \\.m obtaining $760 on August | , by delivering a conditional Bill of salo purporting to have been »d into between the Smith Motor Sales Co. and Emery Fr | of 115 Willys street, Hartford; § {on July 1925 by eelivering a similar bill of sale in which G. C. Peters of 30 Brook street, Hartford, and $830 on July 13, 1925 [by delivering a similar _paper in which R. J. Welch of 53 Earl street | Hartford, is named. There ‘=t\N| other counts, the police say, of $3.000,” the said, and the case honds. at his home pro J u $3 issuance of a check whic part of the h tol, d Terryville. According to the police being in need of money, induced 10 ons to sign conditional bills of in which they represented that had made the initial paymen ed of hi < the papers to the New Britain Real Title Co. and arranged to finance the deals, as is done between auto- (Continued on Page 17) MRS, CORBIN'S ESTATE APPRAISED AT $66,700 | Im'estments in Industrial Plants Form Bulk of Property The estate of Alice May Corbin wife of A'bert K. Corbin of this city is valued at $66,700.72, according n inventory filed in probate cour oday by A. N. Abbe and H. H. Wheeler, appraisers, Many import- nt stock holdings included in the estate. The ite 1 list of hold- ings is as follows: benture bond, Int. Silver o Policemen | 2 shares Am. Woolen, pr 84 at 90 % 10 shares, Bethlehem | Common, at 45 20 shares, Beth, preferrad, at 10 shares, Bristol Brass, at 5, st . 50.00 10 share: | Olive Company |5 gor | Steel no value ght Co., 2,250.00 Conn. E convertible Powe shar vice pref, at 67 | 40 shares, Colt's Arms, at 2 16 S o. vasee 1,072:00 Pat. Fire 1,160.00 (Continued on Page 17) of | rwhere | Main | vily and I recom- | v by Detec- ‘ment of | are | Marlboro, | Hart- | From Mellon Is Adopted by Upper House. Washington, Jan. 4 (®—The po: holiday outburst of prohibition agi- tation again :nd house today. overran both senat: Within a few minutes after it con | vened, the senate adopted the e lution of Senator LEdwards, reso- demo crat, New Jersey, calling upon Sec- | retary Mellon for any correspon- |dence between the treasury and the loon league with respect to | the poisoning of industrial alcohol. De | At the same time the house amid loud applause, was listening to a speech in which Representative Un- derhill, republican, Massachusetts, denied the statement of Representa- tive Ceiler, democrat, New York, that congressmen “drink, and drink to exce: The dwards' resolution went through the senate without discus- sion, but immediately afterward | there was a burst of debate during | which Senator Heflin, democrat, Ala- | bama, took Senator Edwards to task | for having mentioned in his speech | yesterday the recent Alabama inci- |dent involving the arrest of former | Governor Brandon while on hunt- |ing party. The charge against Bran- {den later was dismissed. Edwards’ Resolution | The Edwards’ resolution cals among other things, for copies of the ws under which the treastry had | required the polsoning of industrial | alcohol, and Senator Sheppard, dem- | ocrat, Texas, a dry leader, proteste: }hfl.er adoption against the languag: | employed in the text of the meas: H'l{‘ Industrial alcohol itself S “poison” said the ’I(Wan. and *‘you | can’s poison poison.” List of Drunks Representative Underhill told the |house that during his six years in | congress, he had seen but one mem- | ber under the influence of liquor on (Continued on Page 17) RUM MEN THEMSELVES HAVE OWN TROUBLES One “Master Mind” Says Employes Drank Too Much of His Cargo | Smith, ate and | New York, Jan. 4 (P—Interna- fonal rum rings, like more legiti- mate big business organizations have |their occasional little problems aris- ing out of the human failings of t personnel. William R. Newman testifled in court today that one gigantic syndi- te, operating between Canada and |this country, experienced consider- able difficulty because the super- |cargoes of the rum fleet unfitted themselves for work by drinking om the cargoes. | Newman was the first witness in |the trial of 18 alleged conspirators, {indicated with 15 others fn connec- (tion with operations of a syndicate |sald to have smuggled thousands of | cases of liquor from St. Miquelon to ew York, New Jersey and Connecti- it. Newman is one of thoee In- dicated. The alleged “master minds” of the |enterprise are two pairs of brothers, Edward and Frank Costello and Ed- |ward and ank Kelly. | Assistant United States Attorney [Stevenson said in his opening that the ring operated large offices both J ere and in Canada, shipping liquor {to rum row in large ships and trans- |ferred it to shore in a fleet of small t and with the connivance of [bribed coast guards. Thirteen of the 33 men Indicted were members of the coast guard. {Tt was charged that some of the li- quor was actually hrought ashore in |a coast gnard cutter. Newman sald that he lved in | Freeport, T.. ., and that in the sum- |mer of 1924 he met Edward Kelly {there, who told him of the difficulty |experienced in bringing liquor car- | zoes through because of drinking by the supercargoes. Newman said he |zot a fob from Kelly as a rum ship supereargo at $75 a week. He went |ahoard a boat known as the Integral {at rum row, he testified, on Nov. 21, {1"21 and found §,000 cases of liquor on hoard. Tn his opening address, Stevenson said that 15 of those indicted had had their cases severed from the present trial because some of them had not bheen apprehended and it was desired to use others as govern- ment witnesses, Several of the men indicted fizured also in prosecution of the William V. Dwyer rum syndl- cate, whose ringleader was conviét- ed last summer.