New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 STRIKE VOTE BEING TAKEN BY RAILROAD DISTRICTS To Decide If Men Will Remain on Jobs Un- less Agreement Satis-| factory to Union Leaders Can Be| Reached. Chesapeake and Ohio, At- lantic Coast Line, Nor- folk and Western and Seaboard Airline Are ‘Among Roads Involved. | Richmond, Va., Jan. 6 (M—The Richmond s Leader today says a strike vote is being taken by con- ductors, trainmen and yardmen of | the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Norfolk & Western, the Richmond, Fredericks- | burg & Potomac, the Seaboard Alr Line and other railroads of the southeastern territory. | Vote Being Taken The newspaper says the men are | being a d to “vote as to whether they will remain in the service of the employers unlcss a satisfactory greement san be ohtained which is agrecable to the gencral chairmen and executive officers of the organi- zations.” The ballots are being cast at the request of the executive committee of the organizations with the ap- proval of L. E. Sheppard, president ot the Order of Raliway Conductors and W. G. Les, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, the paper 3. Other Ronds Affected Other roads affected by the vote are the Atlanta and West Point rail- road, the Atlanta Joint Terminals, Central of Georgla Railway cnm~\ pany, Charleston and Western Caro- | lina Railway company, Clinchfield | Raflroad company, Florida East Coast Railway, Georgia Rallway, | Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad company, Jucksonville Terminal company, Louisville Henderson and st. Louis Rallway company, Louis ville & Nashville railroad company, Mobile & Ohlo railrcad, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway: | Norfolk Southern railroad, Tennessee central Railway, Western Railway of | Alabama and Winston Salem South- bound Railway. The order of the brotherhood that the southeastern roads were | told tnat the wage awards made in| castern territory were reasonably isfactory and “therefore our mem- in the southeastern territory could not consistently expect more; while on the other hand the railway. could not expect to pay less.” “To be consistent and with a view quick and amicable settlement,” it said, “wher met the managers we explainec proposition as we our (Continued from Page 16) SLEDS FOR NEWSBOYS WHO DELIVER HERALD to Be Dlstubuted Free of Charge Saturday 400 Several hundreds newsboys of this city will be given the opportunity on | Saturday morning at 10:30 to re- ceive a bright new sled, the gift of | Frank M. Archer, of Boston, vice- president of the Moxie Co. Distri-| bution will be made at the Herald| office before the first edition of| Saturday goes on the streets. The Herald and Mr. Archer are cooper-| ating in this ditsribution of sleds| and names of Herald newsies have | Dbeen taken at this office. There| will be 400 sleds given out, suffi-| cient to supply y newsboy. Mr. Archer was once a poor hoy th an ambition but without the| sh to buy a sled. He resolved that| rould make it possible for many | boys to obtain them, if he ever be- came sufficiently well-to-do. The| o has been reached and| ng his first ambitiort leds to boys through- ngland. During this win- | ter soveral freight train Joads have | been shipped to New England points hearts of the boys. is one of the points to Mr. hic New Brita profit by the philanthropy of Archer. In addition, though only by th way, there will be 1,000 shopping! bags distributed to adults of New Britain through the same agency but they will be given out along the, strects, with some distributed In front of the Herald. Newshoys are urged to be in front the Herald promptly at Saturday to recelve their With the exception of about 40| sleds which will be held by the Herald for 'its euburban deliverers| the entire shipment will be glven | away to local Herald newsies. | The following telegram was re-| ccived today from Mr. Archer by gifts. | (Continued on Page 10) ! merce commission, | Takes | of a complete line | present product of the | Co., namely, o {whose name the firm | Mfg. | Frank Zbuska WORKERS IN OF SOUTHEAST COOLIDGE NOMINEE UTILITIES DWNER \Woods Holds About $200,000 Worth, He Says NAMED FOR L. C. C. MEMBER Tells Senate Committee However, He Will Dispose of All Holdings | If His Appointment Is Con- firmed. ‘Washington, Jan. 6 (P—Cyrus E. nominated by President the interstate com- told a senate committee today that he has hold- ings of nearly $200,000 in railroad and coal companies Replying to Senator l‘omocrat Montana, Woods the following bond holdings: Pennsylvania railroad, §2 Norfolk and Western, Achison, $25,000; Unlon Pacific, $25,000; Northern Pacific, $25,000. Would Sell Holdings He said he also held 500 shares of Pennsylvania railroad stock, of a par value of $50 per share, 107 | shares of the Pittsburgh Coal Com- pany; and about the same number in the Westmoreland Coal Company, which has holdings in West Vir- Woods, Coolidge for ‘Wheeler, listed 5,000 ,000; | ginia. “Of course, of all of these bond and stock hold- | ings as requested by law if I go on the commission,” Woods said. Previously, under questioning by Senator Goff, republican, West Vir- ginta, Mr. Woods had told the com- | mittee that he was attorney years |ago for the Pittsburgh Coal Com ‘pany a (an nd in one instance had been “attorney of record” for the company in a proceeding before the |interstate commerce commission. “Who owned the Pittshurgh Coal Company off asked. “Oh, there was a diver ownership. oll us some of ther Woods hesitated, and then said it was _diffl to recall, but did not think, “the Mellons had any sub- stantial Interest” He explained wmid laughter that he mentioned the Mellons because he umed the question was directed at them. “Let's jump to the question of rate making?” said Senator Goff. “Have you had any experience in that?" No I have not” was the r “hut T have no preconceived notid my mind s open.” ply, 85 UNION MFG. CO. BUYS FACTORY IN WINSTED! Over Franklin Moore Co., Pioneer in Its Field The Union Mfg. Co.. of this city has purchased and will take over | immediately the entire asSets of the Franklin Moore Co, of Winsted, that have to do with the manufacturing of chain hoists, blocks, trolleys, etc., according to an announcement today by Albert Corbin, president of the loeal con- cern. As this line fits in with the Union Mfg. chucks, In manufactur- ing and distribution, it is not con- templated that, at present, any sub- stantial increase in facilities or em- ves will be necessary. The Franklin Moore Co. is one of Winsted's oldest concerns, having been founded well over a half cen- tury ago by the late Franklin Moore, still bears. During its early existence the com- pany devoted itself to the manufae- ture of bolts, but later it took on the line mentioned above. For several months past the plant has been idle. The plant is located on the Still | River, near the plant of the Winsted Co., and is considered to he a good sized one. There is one main building, with several others grouped around it. John B. Adams is the present head of the concern, KILLS SELF ACCIDENTALLY “Showing O at Party Holds “Unloaded” Gun to His Head, Pulls Trigger, rington, Jan. 6 (A death® was the opinion today of Dr H. B. Hanchett, medical following an investigation of the| {&hooting of Frank Zbuska, amateur | boxer, early this morning. Zhuska was shot through the head during a | 10:30 party in a shack on the Torrington- |tions of liquor per Norfolk road. Statements by those present at the rarty indicated that Zbuska was, “showing off” with a revolver which | he apparently believed was - not | loaded, and was holding it to his| head and pulling the trigger. The third time he pulled the trigger the gun was discharged and Zbuska was instantly killed, T shall divest m\fivlr! examiner, | SRITAIN HERALD AIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES CHANw: IN STATUS OF ALLING'S POST Aitorney General May Becomei Fall Tlme State Official $12 000 SALARY MENTIONED| Gov. Trumbull Approves of Concen- trating All Legal Advisers and Making Alling’s Office Headquar- ters for Opinions On Law. As the result of agitation strength- lencd by the endorsement of Gover- Inor John H. Trumbull, it is probable |that an effort will be made by state |legislators to establish the office of | |attorney gencral on a full time basis with a salary commensurate with | such a change. Such action would affect Attorney General B. W. Alling lof this city and it is reported that a | |salary of $12,000 per annum, instead | of $6,000, the present salary, will be {recommended. That the change will be made |without protest from other depart- ments which now employ their own legal advisors is believed The program is to coordinate all le- gal advisors 1.1 the state department. he motor vehicle department, the state highway department and other |branches have their own lawyers and it is thought likely that the {heads of those departments will ob- ject to having them removed to the office of the attorney general. The argument is advanced that coordina- [tion will promote efficiency and ef- Ifect a harmonious legal policy for |the commonwealth. The obje |expected to be that |will be unable to get immediate ai- |tention on questions of law. as they {can do under present conditions. Governor Expresses Views Referring to the office of attorney |general in his inaugural address yes- |terday afternoon, Governor Trumbull |said: “Many droblems often of wide im- |portance, must necessarily be p sented for solution to the executive |department while this body is not in session. Many of such problems re- quire o very close contact with the office of the attorney general of the tate. And vet the governor, in whose !province lies the most vital questions of government policy, is practically the only state official who must see his adv choosing. The relations of attorney |and client, even though the one may doubtful, | tion is | departments | e from one not of his own | Average Daily Circulation For Week Lndmg Dec. 31st 13,933 PRICE THREE CENTS Final Frantic Appeals Fail and Three Car-Barn Bandits Are Put to Death In Charlestown Prison | First Time in Mass. History That Trio Have Paid Ex treme Penalty For Murder Committed By One of Number—All Go to Execution Chamber Calmly— Governor, After Refusing Respite, Collapses and Doctor is Called. Boston, Jan. 6 (P—Three young switch was men early today paid the supreme ites later tr penalty in the death house of the Sicians Charlestown state prison for a sin- gle murder. While counsel and friends carried | Witncss a desperate last minute attempt to [Shot save the doomed men through | d°ath, was {Governor Fuller to the supreme ©ntered the court in Washington, Edward J.|12:15 and 0 Heinlein, John J. Devercaux and &t 12:21. McLaughlin was in the John J. McLaughlin went to their Chair less than two minutes after deaths in the electric chair for the eV 1 body had been removed murder of James H. Ferneau, aged |70 at 20 minutes past 12 he had inight watehman, during a holdup |Joined his companions in death. in a Waltham car barn on October Not One Yaltered 1926. | Not £ th Lawyers Fight Desperately Ihe tr the short distan As the 18 witnesses who watched | from row of death cclls the execution were leaving the |through door of execution warden’s office and filing down the |chamber to the chair. | gloomy corridor to the death house, |ed, phr: se, Boston attorneys were nearing the | the S pra | 4 end of their unsuccessful attempts | ierky, vous voice, Dev to stay the exccution. tones ly carriec Less than half an hour, after a|scmicircl telephone call to a representative | I of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes |his lof the United States supreme court | ingly {had failed to bring about a Me | Heinlein was stepping calmly }v)m death chamber at three utes past midnight. Walks Calmly to Death Preceded by the Rev. Father Michael J. Murphy, the prison haplain, who held aloft a black | rucifiy Heinlein walked with a [steady tread to the chair, repeating the words of the priest’s » simpl prayer. The crucifix was held for a moment, the head off the words of the p thrown and eight three attending phy man dead. who admitted on the that it was he who ed the watchman to second to die. Hr execution chamber a death was pronounced 25, sed the the to aux in with rin, & through the room. lin scemed sliglh cred the room. father, yes, father,” hear you, father,” wlain blindly and with his eyes still the priest's shoulders the chair. prisoner drew himse ) his proper place with Heinlein he cating the brief prayer head straps cut off the voi ly dazed Murmur- and he into min- do tlowed th the chamber stened arted pointed, on past th turn t | up and was case to his lips when the raps cut | er, the | (Continued on Page 11) ‘Glrl Pnsoner Steals Valuable | g Then Departs From Dew- ) ‘h»‘ a high public official and other the great state of Connecticut, imparts the necessity of trust, complete unanimity pose, and in private basis of personal respect and f ship. It is only nupon such a 1 that the office of attorney an be expected to be administered with the effectiveness which is de- manded of a lawyer in private life. In giving these views, T ing in no personalities. Du my present and past terms of office, |the gentlemen who have occupied the position of attorney general have commanded my entire respedt and confidence. I cannot, however, feel that my own good fortune in this respect insures equal fortune to my SUCCESSOTS. “Feeling as I do, that the relations ot ttorney general to the gover |nor should be upon a very close and | {personal basis, I recommend strong- !ly that his selection be by appoint- ment of the governor in manner as the judici is rather than by vote of the elector: I go further than this. At the mo- ment many of the administrative de- ! partments are authorized, under the law, to engage their own counsel. Therresult is that many different and uncoordinated legal minds are brought to bear upon the policies of the state. The result is also a dis- tinct and obvious cconomical loss by reason of the diversity of this ad- vice and the number of different law- vers who are engaged. | “To correct this situation, I strong: ly urge that the attorney general’s office be made a department of the ate, with provision for adcquate tance, both legal and nd that the department be charged with providing such legal advice to the various departmen may from time to time required. “In connection with this, the au-| !thorization to the different depart- ments to secure legal advice inde- endent of the attorney general’s | office might well be limited to situa- | tions of great import . and then | only upon the ¢ neurrence torney general himself. PUTNEY 10 GIVE HEARINGS 10 DRUG STORE OWNERS Held of the at- | May Revoke Liquor Permits By Pajewski & Curran and Halloran. The proprietors of the Vita Drug store at Lafayette and Washington streets, and the Curran & Pajewski drug store at 111 Broad street, will be cited for hearings to show eause why thelr liquor nermit ‘be revoked, Federal Prohibition En- forcement Director I, T. Putney said today at his office In Hartford. He informed himself of {he con- victions of John Pajewski and Frank Halloran in police court Tuesda mmnmc, when $150 fines were im- 1 for violation of the liquor | ‘l'm and the hearings will be given | |shortly, he satd. According to Mr. Putne ts minimum period of one year. FALL HAS RETAPSE m Paso, Tex., Jan. 6 (A—Albert B. . former secretary of the interior, v\lm has been {1 at his home here with pnoumonia for nearly twe weeks, suffered a relapse last night. but his condition was not considered !serfous his physiclans said. absolute | am indulg- | hoth | clerical, | be | should not | |company’s plano store | Peterson photograph gz |my’'s Barber Shop ' Dies Near 91st Birthday ey’'s Home — Was a Bleached Blonde When entenced But Now Is Partially Brunette—Po-| lice on Lookout. ‘ = Hartford, Conn., Jan. 6 7(}?‘71411-‘ an Gentile, 19, a prisoner in the| Hartford county jail since September walked out of the of Sheriff George E. Dewey morn- ing and escaped with a 3400 caracul fur coat and blue hat worn by a guest who had attended the govern- | or's ball last night. For some time the girl had been ssigned (o the job of helping Mrs. sheriff’s home d- 1, a privilege given her good behavior. This cieaned the front hall fur coat and hat hung on ‘J"UHH(‘I the | be mornir where | a rack. Her former husband, from whom had been divorced but who had | been a regular visitor at the jail on visiting Fridays, was summoned to | police headquarters this morning. | Lillian is the mother of & two | year old baby who lives with the | girl’s mother at White Plains, N. Y. | The mother, too, has been a frequent !'vistor at the jail. She is expected to | come again tomorrow. The fugitive and her olde Frances, were sentenced 1o jail committing robbery with violenc In the poli court it we disclos that the girl had been picked up by |a man in an automobile and they | had directed him to the meadows on Windsor avenue. When the trio go out of the machine, two men have been accomplices, appeared and | beat and robbed the motorist. Lillian's term was to expire July 25, Frances is still at the jail. When Lillian entered the jail she | was a bleached blonde although ni- ture gave her dark brown Some of the Dbleaching has disap- | peared leaving her partially bleach | ed and partially a brunette. It | thought she will be easily recogniz- able. se the MRS, MARY SUTLIFFE “AUNT MARY’ SUTLIFFE DIES AT AGE OF 90 {Although an Invalid She Retained Cheerful Out- look on Life Just as she 91st wred the threshold of or birthday, Mrs. Mary liffe, or *“Aunt Mary nerally known to a host of friends, the home of M Walnut st Sut- | o0 ot 1dst ight at 9:50 o'clock Mrs. Sutliffe, though bed for some time, wn active interest in | lic affairs confined to had talfen urch and pub , and her cheerful philoso- phy of life was ever predominant. She was born in Cromuell, Conn., March 9, 1836, and in 1854 ried to the late Hezekial moving to Iust Berlin wher n<1vh d until six s 2ag0. She 1in and took r Mrs of hair is | on 980,000 REPORTED PAID FOR MAIN STREET CORNER | David Kaplan Transfers Property at up her reside | Elizabeth Gladding, Mrs. Dickern: For a nur wtive member of t Methodist church, which ship she retained up to the her death, and followed the | of receiving communion the first Sunc Surviving her k, brick manufacturcr of i Berlin; two nicces, Mrs. Lli Gladding of this city und Miss ence Clark of East Berlin: a g phew, Harold Clark of Last Ber- {lin; two great nieces, Mrs. Ruben " Robinson of New Jer nd Mrs, James McPherson of Berlin and three at nephews, (Continued on home terlin ember- time of practice Chestnut Street to King & Doyle. Main today Property at the corner of hestnut street was | transferred to King & Doyle, |tobacco dealers, by David Kaplan of tford, at a reported price of $80,- Attorney Alfred LeWitt dre | up the papers and the sale wus con- |summated through Carlson & Carl- |son, realtors. The building hous an Importing Co., th | pairing Co., and the . revoea- | for a ¢ of every 1 are a nephe s the National ity Shoe Re- €., L. Pierce oom on the Johnson & le Jim- and the Interna- tional Correspondence school office | on the second floor. The building is | one of the oldest along Main street. Mr. Kaplan acquired the building some time ago from, W. J. Farley. The new owners , have not mddo any definite plans for the ' use which the structure will be put. Jast cat ground floor, and the Page 10) £ ——— % | THI WEATHER | | | i New Britain and vicinity: Mostly cloudy and somewhat i \‘ colder tonight; Friday fair. \* & min- three faltered as| Heinlein in a | into | A guard | Fur Coat From Sheriff’s Guest ‘ASKS REFERENDUM INCITY’S CHARTER Hamlin Would Give People Yoice in Public Questions SIX MORE WA RSHIPS WITH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 07 MARINES GO CHECK ON EXPENDITURES Would Make It Possible For Citi- 2ens To Vote On Special Appro- priations of More Than $20.000 Problems, uns Haml who 1 and On Othe! ccessful movement to block | erection of a war wt Hill court of honor has written Ch Ha the mittee in provision memorial § in| patk a > the perpe irman ! rd F.| com- hot of charter revision an effor for special and for a popular vote propriations. Haml discovery exi o bring on larg s prompted by his| there is no provision | charter for spectal | hich an expression of timent may be had from the public on momentous questions; {and by the fact that elimination of the city mecting board removed a check on expenditure by the com- mon council. These facts came to his attention during his campaign on the war memorial. Allotment of fun al shaft is termed by be “the foolish very large sum of th for something t | s by for the mem- Hamlin to iture of a public funds' public had not t—a new monu- Hill to Senator o 1 nut His letter Hall fol- tevision Comm in, Conn. ‘Hon. Edward 1. Hall, “You probably no empt on the part of ew Britain, to expenditure of the p funds, for something public had not heen shown to -a new monument on Walnut | Ct c i the cently, an ist fof | the want Hill. “It appears, of Mayor Weld, addressed written to publie, t named sum of monc ¥ | ment had been approp s appeared that he thouzht the mone thus appropriated must at it would be portion of it. P are often reco to understand m lur paying mo worth. Ther according to a letter rong to satve 1 It pu a tions is not easy ic officials of willingly han they ar a reason for | conduct on part of men who, in private life, d pinch coin so forcibly and so long t would leave its imprint upon fingers. 1f we could find that r overy might be o lue to the ci red the prevent ceful rt why 1 to the y for th must the tition of amending | i tition would o our cl | be impo th Upon | voters, | duty of | nt for a nts, 1t applic: lll{))\ 0! 100 in writing, it the mayor tc meeting the consid mentioned in | “Many {spend larg from the submit t}h '-\'m. cils, for business ete.’ he > petition, s of roposition to the voters. red how city nited power, are inclined to abuse that pow. and W rous the situ. on be little group of with any one on from year years, publican hoast of been the This would be expense, c see enjoying lang comes, connected ;,‘m ho many n one the sa tan has eve ious oppor show that and that it is to itse public to arrogate power to it through oversight or . What a grand it be for the party to u to the peop ibilities’ of the belief, in power gov ! t spectiully requ 400 vo Twelve) BLIND, WITHOUT HANDS, YET RUNS TYPEWRITER Veterans’ Burcau Director Tells Wonderful Achievement of World War Hero. Washington, Jan. 6§ story of a soldier's cot pe ps than that w enemy's fire unflinchin added to t of the wo, [ v, has been eroism born an 1 lieved to be as totally his unname in B t both of nds in flict, but who overcame those obstacles by checr ma specially-huilt typewriter in ns' burcau school for the Frank T. di bureau, told the story ings on the independent off propriation bill, reported | the house. . oy is | he > is both hands at 1t ering a a blind. of the| g hear- ap- 10 tor today an i 1y wrl ter: blind; X‘c lost We had { him in training in our school for the | | blind and he was trained so that he of| voters | to confer revent the fool- | Director Chester P. Mills with a view | v very large sum |to establis | purpose of | er men held, | van I story by the o paid out | | sortment | to call for | ton | on can use the two stumps with a cer- | | tain apparatus on a typewriter. He| for fire i“‘“ run a typewriter just as well as any typist I have in the bureau.” A DRY AGENTS BOTH CLAIM INNOCENCE ¢ Men Arvested at New London' Held in 85,000 Bonds | 10 NICARAGUA Dlspatched to Enable Admiral Latimer to “Thoroughly Protect” American Lives arnd Property in Country BOTH G0 TO NEW YORK Force of Six Officers and Plan to Confer With Prohibition Di- rector Mills with View to Estab- | | | lishing Claims of Innocence. Their | Story Lacks Corroboration, New Lond hde prove t Conn., rations lemselves wrong doing, of Nyack, N. Y. /. Westerlin Brooklyn, d federal prohibition for New York d from the col n bonds of 35,000 were fur- ach by a New Yor! rety company. The two, with nine r men, were arrested by state | police at Groton early yesterday when liquer, believed worth $230,- two five-ton trucks, and two sedans were ttorney Jan. 6 (®- they will| innocent | M and Alex- Lovett A n seized. Morris Lubchans] suspended federal E the other men being held under bonds of 000, stated today that Loveatt and West nd have gone to New York| with Federal Prohibition ing their innocence. Others Seck Bong Arrangements were under way to provide bonds for several of the oth- but at a late hour their release hiad not been effected. State police and Groton town court offi all expressed ignor- ince of the exact source of the cara- of liguor today, although the federal rom nera that th point of revolve Somerset on a liquor ¢ Mass., was ge 1gents ¢ m liquor at the raid at Sontt ceived at New York and th aking the raid they arrested two men and were en route to New York with the liguor and prisoners when arrested by the state police. is story still lacked corrobora- here today. When asked why were no court 1\r0mvdl'\zi me outh Somerset, | believed. The seized the s in a tip re t upon on ter thei iquor at Iy ansk that place, stated that his clients were that ch a proceeding w Loveatt ited yesterd that the scizure by Westerlind and | himself was p big liquor con- spiracy case at New York and that | in view of that fact the evidence'w: for the New York courts, and mos tails could not be revealed at th required de hearing in erday before At a preliminary Groton town court y i . C. Costello, Loveatt and Weste expressed amazement that they should be held and em- phatically declared that they were performing their duty as federal : wh sted by the state Lubchansky re- of the case with bonds to be Acting Prosecuting Brogan stated that fixed at $5,000 as Costello, ned t b steame ar e wonds should be l by Judge ory ente thoritics e by coast the liguor ht sen smugxled ashore from the r Matthiew, now detained at New I‘nr]fcrd by custom authoritics following seizure by th S y, was partly d 1 today when reports from Halifax, N. icated that Matthiew cleared that port with 1l cargo and 2,000 cases of | 5 liquor ted by| large | possibly con consist of um alcohol, s and achoice as- | gin and cham- was seized by when her hatches and papers found argo of liguor, e sttae quant rels of police of whi ics of n. The M coast gv found tl d pa ew t a VOLUNTEER FIREMEN IN SOUTH NORWALK INJURED | elerk |t Three Hurt While Fighting $20,000 Iy . rep- agents that the |- |at | thoroughly" prote the | | according | down by 160 Leathernecks Bluejackets Due to Arrive at Managua for Guard Duty Today. and Wasl ional ington nav to Nica The ti and ordered Cincine destroy- Thompson and narine Marblehead and Smith the sub tender Latimer in Charge They will report to Rear Admiral timer, in command of the Amer- ican forces Nica an waters for such tion as conditions Lrrant, r destroyers Norfolk and although they two otl ships of i ey doubtless will be used tempo arily to increa: the total Americs al available to Admir imer. The depariment said the the dispatch of addi- tional troops and ships was to en- le Admiral Latimer to “thorough- protect” American lives and property in the war-torn Central disg Two Yest re to = their ty 3 n naval strength avy (American count Blucjacket A force bluejackets cruiser anagua, 2 loga 160 from the ive at to act marines Galveston is to the ca today ion guard The new gent will be taken from Guant detachment ma Argon rep! the G cont of ma namo. A s0ard tha men from 1 the ship has the and Ad- e 11 nes the to mine sweeper sent to Zone for main attac been Can will r ar adron An official announcement, the issued chief ships and be under the direct Rear Admiral L: ervice as he may either the Atlantic ot caragua. “The above ing sent to j mer's sq men will command of timer « for such assign them on or Pacific coasts naval n Re forces i Admir: bl re b 1 Lati~ adron to enable him to ct American inter- lives and property of foreign e in s and th American Ni gua Needed for Relief The only explanation of den move obtainable in quarte vas that the men from the Galveston to g Managua legation could not he spared indefinitely from their ship t the new marine contingent eded to relieve them. d ens the sud- official taken rd the (Continued on Page INTERSTATE BUS TAX HELD CONSTITUTIONAL Special Court Upholds Levy by Commissioner Blodgett 16) w Haven, Buse Jan. 6 (A—The Inters s Corporation of Haris ford must pay th te of Connece ticut a tax of one cent a mile for the use of roads covered by its to a decision handed a constitutional court In the decision, filed with of the United States cou the cc itution n that the tax burden of road t: diserir state the dow against | mer Blaze In Rhodonolia House— | zin Not Known { Norwalk volunteer Conn., iremen injuries while fighting Rho lia house late The damage was placed | ¢ today. ured were Captain Sylves- rton, Theodore Brother- | Walter Wetmore, all of Hose company. ch fell and received cuts and| the face because of t brought down by n Brotherton h\rl hospital treatment. | The fire's origin is not fixed. The| house which is a combination of hotel, inn, dance hall and general utility stands in a hilly part of the Norwalk section. It is furnished but had been unoccupled. The icy condition of streets made it a task apparatus to reach the place and cold caused lines of hose to freeze. erficia | the night. 20,000 and Putnam the ice bruises on contact with the fire. Capt: Charging the tax vic of ift siv ad ind Inly wl palpable inequa den imposed and the L ounts to the taking of without ¢ sation n the 14th amendment be id to have been viols the memorandum of decision sets forth, The Tr ate B Corporation is a Con cut corporation operat- ing in this state, Rhode Island and Ma he tax, against the imposition ot which the bus corporation fought, was levied by Commissioner Blodgett in June of 1 The court hearing the plea of the bus corporation against the tax ime posed by Commissionor Willlam H., Blodgett consisted of Circuit Judge Martin T. Manton and District (Continued on Page Ten.)