New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1927, Page 1

‘News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 SOLDIERS’ RELIEF BETTER HANDLED. BY STATE OFFICE Governor’s Commission Advises Change in Management of Noroton Home for Vets POINTS 0UT WAY WHEREBY SAVINGS ARE POSSIBLE $27,000 a Year Saving on Personnel Alone Reported Possible—Investi- gators Find that Some Old Men at Home Have Made Money Whilo Living on State Funds and Rela- tives got it. e New Haven, Jan. 17.—(P— State administration of Fitch’s Home for the Soldiers at Noroton, at present and for more than half a century conducted as a place for proper care, support and medical treatment of war veterans, in place of the vet- eran administrative board which for years has been in factlonal con- troversies, is recommended by the governop's commission which re- cently made an inquiry into condi- tions at the home. The state does not have full title fo the institution but this may be acquired. Veteran administration has wdaq APV uaquy RS IV ‘J_AVV ANOTHER BOXER UPRISING IN CHINA REPORTED FROM FOOCHOW; WOMEN ATTACKED ‘propyisH BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1927. —SIXTEEN PAGES Hated Mussolini, So Bomb Consul Office | New York, Jan. 17 (A—Two painters, Meyer Smith and Ru- bin Taer, of Brooklyn, are be- lieved by the police to be re- sponsible for a bomb explosion today which damaged the office of the Italian consulate and two other buildings in East 22nd street. Both were arrested soon* after the explosion. According to an alleged con- fession, the act was inspired by a hatred of Premier Mussolini and his attitude toward labor, especially toward painters, the police said. SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN NORWICH HOLDUP Two Men Being Held Be- lieved to Be Sheltering Accomplices New London, Jan. 17 (A—Sus- pecting of having knowledge of the 1 holdup at Norwich 8aturday, Marco Liottone, 28, ex-convict, and Tony Venturelli, 33, were being held here | by the police today pending further | investigation. always been on the theory that vet- crans themselves were best able to see that thelr former comrades-in- arms were taken care of. The com- mission’s report makes the recom- mendation that the home be taken | over by the department of state| agencles and institutions segregated | possibly into a division organized | for soldicrs’ relef. | Financial Maneuvers { Conditions which have existed at | the home have been analyzed for the | commission and the report which | es to Governor Trumbull and the | general assembly covers mnot only | what has been brought out but| opinions and recommendations of these who delved into these condi- tions. “There have been inmates of | the home who accumulated sub- | stantial savings” and never paid the | state for their keep but whose sa ings went to relatives. There also have been instances where veterans with bank accounts have been taken ont by “friends” wntil they could be | relieved of their money. The commission recommends | many changes in the paid personnel | of the home which if carried out | would effect a saving of over §27,000 | a yoar. | Col. Seeley Praised William A. Hendrick, secretary of the commission in speaking of the veport said in part: “Worthy of speeial mention is the splendid rec- | ord made by Colonel Henry Seeley, superintendent of the home | for the past seven years, under con- ditions which would long since have ouraged and undoubtedly driven into retirement, any ordinary man. “Untll about a year ago Colonal Seeley, in attempting to conduct the institution and bring order out of chaos, w a majority of the exccutive commit- tee of the hoard against him. This losiility even went to such an extent that certain of Colonel Seeley's im- portant subordinates constantly re- used to recognize his authority, and, instead, went over his head and alt dircetly with the executive committee. “As soon as the complexion of this committee was changed a year by the appointment to places there on of Capfain George A.| , of New Haven, and an Schwartz of , finding himself at last supported by a majority, fm-| mediately took ious steps to the deplorable conditions. As the report of Griffenhagen and as- sociates, limited, to our commission | plainly shows, Colonel Seeley has made much progress in this direction during the past year. It is safe to say that had he been given a free hand throughout the seven years of his administration, as has been the case during the past twelve months, Titeh's Home for the Soldiers would have been a more eficiently con- | ducted institution. Colonel Over 80 Years Old “Colonel Seceley, who is now more | than 80 years of age has frequently ated that it is his desire to stay in s position long enough to make | the home what it ought to be, and | to see that his old comrades are sure of proper care during the re- mainder of their lives. As can be seen by a careful perusal of the finding of the Griffenhagen experts, Colonel Seeley has now virtually ac- complished both of his objects. His | record at Noroton is one of which | not only he, but all members of the | 3 army and allied organi can weli be proud.” Cost is Double pita cost for the main- of the veterans nearly what it should be, admission crans without inquiry as to | inancial status, admission of | who have not | en actual s ce through too| liberal interpretation of the term, | nd a condition of efficiency in the | conduct of the home are gome of the | findings of Griffenhagen ‘and asso- | clates, limited, report. _ The finding, which forms appendix 13 of the report of the commission, to be presented to the general assembly | within the next few days, was made public today by William A. Hendrick | of this city, secretary of the com- mission, with the approval of Gov- | | | | A per tenance double of v their om! (Continued on Page 11) | ford but police believe they are try- {Five Children Burned to compelled to work nifh\s | his life. | ford the reason he { opened their home | Nedley said As a means of holding the two meny Liottone was held under bonds | of $500 on an immorality charge | nd Venturelli on a tecnnical charge | of breach of the meace when they were presented in police court today | and the ca: continued until Wednesday. Miss Jennie Clementi, | 19, was also held under bonds of |$200 on the immorality charge foi- | 18wing admissions by Liottone. i The two men have been under surveillance of the local police for | the past three months and accord- | ing to the police are members of wu hootleg gang operating throughout | the state and into Providence, R. | I, and Springfield, Mass. One of | the men admits he is engaged in il- liclt transportation of itquor accord- | ing to the police. Investigation has revealed that | i two other members of the gang left | here Iriday morning ror H: after borrowing $15. Ihis | | sether with the fact Y sed by the bandits at stolen from Hartford day H!"hl leads the police to believe that the local gangsters might be concerned | with the holdup. men held | | declare they do not know the names of the two men who went to ITart- ing to shield their companions. \ Death; Father Badly Hurt | Harrison, Ark., Jan. 17 UPP—I‘:\‘:\! hildren of Willlam Snelson, farmer, are dead and Snelson is in | | today severely injured, | as a result of a fire which destro: the Snclson farmjiouse near | The CIHM.MI were trapped in an irs room by the flames and on was badly burned in try ing to rescue them. upst Drunke—r; Man Falls in Snow; Is Nearly Frozen | Danbury, Jan. 17 (P—David Tille: employed on a farm in New Fair- ficld, was found lying face dn\\'x\-‘ ward in the snow on a road from | this city to New Fairfield late last | night. He is under treatment in the Danbury hospital, his hands and feet being frozen. Only the man's discovery by a chance passer saved Tilley ve fallen intoxicated cold. while come by th | TAVORABLE TRAD! Washington, Jan. 17 orable trade balance for the United States of $377,869,970 for the year 1926, was shown today in foreign trade figures made public by the! commerce departmnt. 1‘Britisll and Americans |U. S. Destroyer Steaming | | several of the | tormenters. | Anglican ana ! runner Saturday, | forcign | is b |that there was much property |tion of orders to proceed to Chi la mon ' Dragged Through ' Streets By Their Tor- mentors—Two Minis-| ters Beaten. for Trouble Zone and| England Prepares to Send Cruiser Squadron. | Foochow, Jan. 17 (P—The rising tide of nationalism in Chine reach- ed a new stage of violence here last night when a number of American | and British women and two minis ters were beaten by Chinese mobs, | victims later being | dragged through the streets by their The uprising was the | worst anti-Christian demonstration | in the history of Foochow. Churches, schools, hospitals and | foreign residences were ransacked. The riot was precipitated by north- ern soldiers incorporated into the Cantonese army. Churches Attacked. ANl Catholic churches and schoofs | in the city were attacked. Other institutions plundered _included the Methodist hospital v branch of the Young Men's the Anglican | boys' blind | the c Christian Association, girls school and the school. The demonstration had its fore- when Fukien stu- Spanish Dn- vicarage an the nu nAI 14 the C dents broke into the minican orphanage, church, drove out priest and abducted orphan girls there. Foochow is about 35 miles fnland | on the Ninkiang river. It is one of | the principal eities of Fukien prov- ince, where anti-Christian fecling has been spreading for some time. Similar To Boxer Uprising. Peking, Jan. 17 (P—Mesages from | sources in IFoochow today cated that agitation something | akin to that in the Boxer uprisig ng reported there, ‘ A story that foreigners were kill- | ng Chinese bables, which served to arouse the Chinese 26 years ago, is | | being revived. A rumor was ciren- ‘ lated, the message said, that Spanish | nuns in Foochow had murdered | Chinese children and ahout 20 bodies of babies® were produced, al- | leged to have been brought out Ol'l | | the nunnery in a decomposed condi- | tion. The result was the attack yester- | ¥ on the church premises there, causing priests and nuns to flee in disguise. Other forcign property | | also was lodted. | Jan. 17 (®) American destroyer Pillsbury here last night for IFoochow. A Reuter's dispatch from reaching here I night said looting of English and Amer ion: churches there yest resulted in no casualties but 1ot he situation was reported well in hand and the forelgn quarter quiet The left | Shanghali, there | the an | day Malta, Jan. 17 (UP) Great | Britain's first cruiser squardon to- day was loading stores in expec i | | including - the' Tre- | Delhi and Dragon, arrived today. It was reported that | the aircraft carrier Eagle would | proceed to China as soon as her | refitment had been completed. Barricades Torn Down Shanghai, Jan. *» Word | reccived from Hankow today said tore down the barricades | the Japancse concessions | a few days ago. The Jap-| quarter was not molested | | The squadron, h\shfl'. Danae, around there anese on Page 13.) (Continued ! COperation_on Son of Greenwich Police Ch; Crippled Child ief and Wife Under Arrest After Wellington Street Raid After pl of violation of the liquor law 44 Wellington street, Belvi- dere, E Nedley, aged 85, son of the chief of police in Greenwich, took the witness stand in police court ding guilty to two counts at his home, win N. | this morning and told Judge Hunger- and his wife to drinkers and made it a rend, ous for automobil- ists and others desirous of purch: ing liquor, was that their son, ag about 12, must undergo an ope tiou intended to improve his crippled condition, and they hoped to realize cnough money on liquor to pay the expenses, Judge Hungerford asked Nedley the cost of the operation, the name of the surgeon and other details. Dr. Paul P. Swett of Hartford will perform the operation this week. No fee had been mention- ed as yet, he sald. Judge Hunger- ord, apparently impressed by the tory, ordered a continuance until Friday morning in Nedley's case and that ot his wife, Mrs. Hazel Nedley, aged 51, who also pleaded guilty to both counts. ) Officer John C. Stadler testified that he and Officers Cosgrove and Collins went to the Nedley home Sat- urday night and seized 42 quarts of | alleged whis The police had complaint liquor could be | bought from the Nedleys. Mrs. Ned- ley was arrested forthwith and re- leased in §300 bonds. Yesterday, edley was arre: h ed after Chief Hart | and Officer Stadler discussed Mrs. | Nedley's declaration that she had charge of the liquor bhsiness. Prosecuting Attorney Wood Nedley why he did not the moncy he invested in liquor and | apply it on the cost of the childs | operation. Nedley replied that he | 1 hoped to do enough business in a short time to meet the expense. He did not want the profit for him-‘ self, he said. He bought the liquor trom a New York party, who was ar- rested recently, he sald. Asked if he had a large trade, Nedley answered that it was not as large as he hoped for. He is a salesman, he sald and formerly lived In Greenwich Mrs. Nedley made no statement. | Bonds of §200 each were set by Judge Hungerford. |WAS DEFEATED IN HOUSE | years’ naval aviation program. |chairman of the senate naval com- |of Sec {named was said to have been ,:r‘\\— lof the New | Attorney Stanley J. Traceski was re- | Joseph Miynars | Sell Liquor to Get Cash for {member of the common council, an alderman, NEW CRUISERS FOR NAVY ARE WANTED Senate Appropriations Commit- tee Inserts Measure SOCIAL CUSTOMS OF Walhng[ord Pnest Scores Man-| ners, Dress and Amusement | NO CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP Rev. John H. Carroll Deplores Fact That Educated Catholic Men Are | Mecasure, Overwhelmingly Adopted, Provides for Beginning Construc- Not Icaders—Says People Follow : Pagan Teachers, Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 17 | Manners, dress and amusements of | modern society, are criticized by Rev. |John H. Carroll, pastor of Holy | | Trinity church, in an address to his parishioners which is a part of the | |annual report read from the pulpit | yesterday. He said, in part, that men | 84,000 Enlisted Men Hrisie e pagan | The committee also agreed to & |(eachers and leaders” and that they | naval personnel of 84,000 men, 1,500 fupaye adopted manners and amuse- more than proposed in the house’l .\t which reason as well as re- sure, and increased the aviation | i appropriation by $2,000,000 for the | 1508 condemns. | o i out & gve|, In the address, Dr. Carroll, sald: | | “There is gencral dissatisfaction with | conditions which prevail in society today. The whole world seems cor- rupt. There's so much dishonesty, so much violence, so much vice that | every good ctizen is looking anxlous- | 2 Iy for causes and remedies. For | many years the moral tide has been ! falling; it is so low now that anxiety | has grown into alarm. | Follow Pagan Leaders. “Men and women have not tion of Three New Vessels at| | Once. | | Washington, Jan. 17 (A—Provi- slcn for beginning construction on |three additional light cruisers, de- feated in the house, was inserted into the naval appropriation bill to- |day by the senate appropriations committee. Scnator Hale, republican, Maine, | mittee, who will have charge of the | bill on the senate flnar. and Sena- tors @ddfe, republican aders in the fight for pappropriations to meet javal officials told the | e were cssential needs |of the naval establishment. only | (Continued on Page 10) i | (Continued on Page 13) Federal Agents in New Drive On | Lsttery in Mass.; 39 Are Indicted |Securities Products Company Said to Be Behind Latest | Gambling Scheme to Run Afoul of Law Boston, Jan. 17 (P—Another fed- eral drive against lotteries operating in Massachusetts became known to- day when t names of 39 men se- cretly indicted in connected with the “double play lotter; an- nounced. Five of the indicted, who were said to be the leaders, live in | {rans Peorla, Ill. and the remainder in|York to Leominster, as was John cities and towns of Ma , on September 1 It was 1t was discloged. today that war-|Said that the 15t o ceigheiat rants for the indicted men had heen |Prizes on holiday games. issued last Triday, The charges.are| Darly in December the federal lof possession and transportation of EBrand jury in Boston returned in- lottery tickets, The lottery distribut- dictments against 36 men in con- ed prizes on baseball and footbal Rection with the eo-called Albany, | nd on clearing house figurcs, }1udson, of learing nouse pools. Fraea Harzed. *|The majority were Massachusetts Federal agents sald that the of- |icéidents but a group of Albany, N. fices of the lottery in Peoria and in et ere. AnE “,”“p:d “'““Q“{,‘ ew York city bore also the name REE M0y n;\aor";u ’rzmo on La 0 3 G 5,000 to $10,000. urity Products company. They the Hulson charged that the group an op- 1 1 A Srol P~ I pool contributed $15,000 to the last eratjons in New York last spring ropyplican state campaign in New |and more recently extended opera- yoric while another pool was §aid to tlons into New England. have given support to e aemocrat- | The names of the Peoria men are i candidates. The books of the Al- George D. Sax, Morris Sax, Abe Sax, 'hany pool were said to have heen Albert Westcobh, alias Wosteott, wsed for several years by the United Morris Bork or Morris L. Bo tates Internal revenus service in and Wilmer McNamara. The last collecting income taxes from the | winners. cral distributor of the lottery tickets. Among the overt acts charged in | [the indictments was the transporta- tion of tickets from New York to Springfleld on November 1 by Me- i Namara. He was also charged with ortation of tickets from New All ranging from It was charged t FOUR GET OFFICE IN SENATE WINS RIGHT I | STATE POLISH ASSN. 0 CALL WITNESSES |Karpinski: Traceski, Mly- Supreme Court Rules‘ narski and Papciak Hon- Against Mal Daugh- ored at Meeting erty in Appeal member | Washington, of the Stanley A. Karpinski, Britain branch Polish-American Political tion, was elected state president at the annual meeting’in Hartford yes- terday, He is one of four honored by the Jan, 17, —# In a decision broadly confirming the in- quisitorial powers of cong th supreme court today ordered Mal S. Ih\n.'.m"-) of Ohio returned to the| of the senate sergeant-at- arms for such further action as that body might care to take towar punishment. The court found that Cox\zrxvs&iox\- al committees can compel witne ttend when they are conmrr- legislative subjects, and that the ivestigation of Attorney-General | Daugherty in 1924, in which Mal| Daugherty refused to testify, was| h an inquiry. No dissent was nounced, Senate leaders will confe v further action is taken. Sena- Wheeler of Montana, prosecutor the Daugherty investigating com- | mittee, said it might not be consid- cred advisable to revive the commit- tee since it had been testified in the conspiracy trial of Harry M. Daugh- erty in New York that the bank records about which Mal Daugherty was to testify had been destroyed. Reporting the decision to the senate, Chairman Reed of the Se ate campaign funds committee se- | cured unanimous consent to have the full decf printed in the witnesses have | this committee the information it requested. “This is a decision of far-reach- ing effect,” Mr. Reed said. "It means that the senate may proceed as it wishes, within the law, against Mr. Daugherty. “Had the deci (Continued on Page 10) a organi; New state Britainites s | organization, elected financial secretary, and 1 and Matthew Pap- clak were selected for the executive committee, President Karpinski is to former hav- ng served as a councilman and as before taking his pres- ent position with the federal depart- ment of internal revenue. Attorney Traceskl is assistant clerk of the sen- ate. Mr. Mlynarski is a member of |the hoard of public works and an !assistant supcrintendent of the state capitol. Mr. Papciak, a former coun- cilman, is a deputy sheriff of Hart- ford county. A large delegation of New Britain members attended the meeting. Although it was first planned to make an informal report on the dis- e of Peter J. Pajewski from the police board chairmanship, this plan was dropped and no mention wo made of the incident. Afeced Immomlm in Ohio Town Investigated ' Painesville, Ohto, Jan. 17 (P—In- tense feeling among the residents of Willoughby was reported today as he Take county grand fury began nvestigation of immoral conduct in- volving school children and adults. Three Willoughby youths and a man whose age was given at $3, have been arrested. County investigators have been following the situation since Janu- ary 2, when a nine-year-old girl com- plained of an attack and declared that scores of girls have been taken on ‘“petting” partids at night along the beach. a before tor ion been otherwise, THE WE | New Britain and vicinity | Cloudy and warmer tonight, probably rain or snow Tues- day; colder by Wednesday. - | I | i *| A | Arrested r(‘st of a companion Curtis land trust |4 {elect Paul K. lin two hold-ups in A Wi Jan, 15th verage Daily Circulation For mns 14,280 PRICE THREE CENTS KELLOGG FORMALLY DENIES CHANGE TODAY CRITICIZED [V ATTITUDE TOWARD NICARAGUANS: MARINES AGAIN STOP BOMBARDMENT 'YOUTH HELD AS FORGER ON | DAY AFTER GIRL SAYS “YES”| Bank Charge of Issuing Seven Checks in Name of For- mer Employer. in on Charged with forgery, Constantino Fabbretto, aged 20, of 61 Main strect was taken into custody today at the | Commercial Trust company this forenoon by Detective Sergeants Mc- | [Cue and Ellinger, and will be given | a hearing in court tomorrow morn- ing. | The young man was employed as | {a laborer by Joseph Luzietti, local | contractor, until last September, and of late has been employed by an- | other contractor. From September 25 to November 25, 1926, he is leged to have forged Luzietti's name to en checks, which he en- dorsed in his own name and fictitious | names, cashing some of them at the !bank and obtaining the money on other in transactions. The amount involved s $243 Luzietti, bccommg suspicious when | he failed to recognize the names on the face of checks, is said to have | confronted Fabbretto with the evi- dence and the latter is said to have admitted his guilt. The police were notified by telephone that an officer was wanted at the bank, and when the sergeants responded. Fabbretto was turned over to them. Luzletti with him and explained the de- tail Fabbretto brought about the ar- a few weeks | ago, and testified against him on the | charge of theft of a camera and one | dollar. He missed the camera and suspecting his companion, he trap- ped him with a dollar Dbill. At that | time, the young man who was ar- rested, remarked to the police that Fabbretto had a mysterious sour of income. Fabbretto has been “keeping company” with a 16 year old girl employed in a Main street store, and according to him, they were planning to marry, she having cepted him yesterday. She did not | know of his financial matters, he ! said, and has no connection with the ll‘gr‘d forge | ergeant Mot | noon that further investigation of | the case has revealed that Fabbretto raised at least $600 through for- gerice, with the possibility that an | even greater amount may be traced {o him. der way The investigation was un- this afternoon and if it is | not completed tomorrow morning, a | chairman Meriden High School Athletes Are Suspended Meriden, Jan. 17 (P—Six star rs on Meriden high ool's baskethall teams, three girls and three boys were sus- pended for the scason today by Principal Paul S. Miller for breaking team rules. The boys involved, Captain Al Smith, Tony Tomkeivicz and Bob Tre- loar, admitted to charges of iaving taken part in semi-pro games, while the girls, the Misses Catherine Steel, Cather- ine Brys and Edith Cummings, broke training rules while on a recent road trip with the girls squad. THREE DEPUTIES FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Charter Revisers Settle on| Recommendation to Legislature The legislature will be asked to approve the selection of three dep- |uty members of the board of ad- justment to serve during the d qualification of a member, and to approve of the selection by the of the member Who shall serve in each instance. This decision which has been reached among city officlals brings to an end discussion over the method for filling vacancies. The revision committee had under con- ideration a board of seven dep- , the member to serve in each to be selected by the mayor. The hoard of adjustment favored @ smaller body and want- ed the privilege of selection to be {confined to that body. | promise the plan now Il be recommended. decided on 'Danbluy Recluse Dies As Fire Razes His Shack §275,00 FOR NEW BRITAIN IN NATIONAL P.0.BUDGET SLOPER AGAIN PRESIDENT FIRST NATIONAL BANK Veteran Financier, in Office Since Again Honored By Di- rectors—\With Bank 60 Years Andrew J. Sloper, president of > New Dritain National bank since was reclected at a meeting of ectors this noon. All other solected. They ick 8. Chamberlain, vice- ident and cashier; E. N. Stanley, president; William H. Judd and Parsons, assistant cashier: L. Sheldon ,assistant officer. Mr. Sloper rounds out three years of service with “the bank this vear, having entered its |employ as a messenger boy in 1867. He was elccted a director in 188§ and succeeded the late C. B. Erwin to the preeidency in 1883, A meeting of the dircctors of the City National bank will be held at o'clock this afternoon to re- Rogers president, Jo- seph F. Lamb, vice-president and ncis C. Kelly, cashier, IN LOVE, TURNS BANDIT Cambridge Youth of 17 Said to Have Frede cashier Become Robher to Outshine an | Older Rival. Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 17 (®— Money to help him out-shine an old- girl's affections w year-old Frank Silva in lurnim.' robber. That is what his brother Joseph asserted after Frank | had been arrested and had confessed to the police that he had participated | Somerville and | Cambridge and had stolen an auto-| mobile. | Frank was arrested in bed yester- | after a stolen check had been | wced to him. | “He's just a young kid, without | y his brother. “He| had a girl whom he loved. She was |just a flapper and fond of riding around in taxicabs. Frank had no money and was out of work. Then he heard that an older man, a boot- legger, had been taking his girl out |to ride In shiny automobiles. He | thought all he needed was money to beat out the other man.” | aunum. ;Enlargement of Building| and Purchase of Addi- Land Recom- mended to Congress. tional ING BY GEORGE B. MAN) . B. Herald) on Bureau of the As a com-! Arrive at Scene and Declare Rama Neutral Zone Just as Liberals Were About to Attack General Mena Com- plains. | “Insurgent”, in Special In- terview, Denies Mexico Is Aiding Him and Says His Arms Were Bought in U. S. Washington, Jan. 17— —Secres tary Kellogg issued a formal state« ment today denying published stories that a change is contemplated in the American policy toward Nicaragua. In issuing the statement Mr. Kel~ logg took cognizance . of an articls appearing in the Washington Post today forecasting a *‘change in tae- ties” in dealing with the Central American problem, and a recession from the position stated in President Coolidge’s special message to Con~ gress. The article also declared moves were being made toward a compromise that might involve the retirement of Adolfo Diaz as the Nicaraguan president. Tormal Statement The statement issued by the secre- tary follows: “There has been no change what= ever in this government's attitude towards Nicaragua as outlined in the president’s message. From the be- sinning of the trouble oVer a year ago, the United States offered its good offices and exerted its influ- ence to compose the differences. The same attitude has existed ever since Diaz was elected president, nor is any change contemplated.” Asked if he had knowledge of any recent move by Admiral Latimer looking to a peace conference, the ,secretary indicated that instructions | to Minister Eberhardt at Manegua (and to Admiral Latimer had continuously been broad enough to Danbury, Jan. 17 (P—Henry Dur- | PETmit them to take any such steps 65, who Ilived alone in a one- room shack about five miles south of this city, was burned to death Sat- urday afternoon, when his shack aught fire from some unknown se. The fire remained unknown several hours, when a search dis- closed the charred body of the man in the ruins. | as might appear appropriate. No re- cent reports as to efforts they have made in that direction have been re- ceived by the state department. Mr. Kellogg called yesterday at the home of Chalrman ~Borah of the |senate forelgn relations committee, who has disagreed with the adminis- tration policy, and then again talked over the general Nicaraguan prob- lem. Neither would discuss detafls of the conference. Marines Prevent Attack Bluefields, Nicaragua, Jan. 17 (UP)—United States marines de- clared the interior town of Rams a neutral zone just as liberal artillery was ready to bombard the conser- vative garrison, General Dan Mena, liberal commander, told the United Press in an exclusive interview granted aboard the captured river vessel Sea Lion in the Escondido river. Mena said he and his army would |continue to fight, although he thought the United States govern- ment had given the liberals a “rot« ten deal” and that if the liberals (Continued on Page 13.) shington, D. C., Jan. 17— A recommendation that the present post office building at New Britain be enlarged and that additional Jand be acquired for this purpose at a to- tal cost of $275,000 was transmitted 10 congress to by the secretary of v and the postmaster Mellon and Postmaster sent to congress the re- joint committee on public buildings of the treasury and post office departments after an hour's conference with President Coolidge as a guide to congress in appropi ating to take care of the federal building needs in every city in the country. New Britain is one of 225 cities in the country with postal receipts of over $20,000 a year recommended for new or enlarged post offices fol- lowing a survey begun last eprins and just completed by the joint com- mittee of the two departments un- der the provisions of the Elliott pub- lic building act passed by congress last Ma Regarding New Britain the committee’s report says: “The post office at New Britain is using 5,806 square feet of floor port of the Joint now space and renting the rented space costing $4,300 per The postal workroom space congested, there being only is very | 41 square feet per employe at the present time. “In order to relieve the congestion in the main workroom, increase the lobby are for the 2,400 | square feet now rented, and provide for future growth, it will be neces- sary to furnish 9,014 square feet ad- ditional of federa! space. “We recommend that tional space be provided. It is un- derstood that adjoining land can be acquired. will total $4,300 per annum." Connecticut has 37 post offices with receipts in excess of $20,000 a vear, 19 of which have government owned bulldings. (Continued on Page Thirteen) 4 ,400 square feet, | this addi-| The rentals to be saved! UNITED PRESS ADDED 10 HERALD'S NEWS SERVICE Augmented Facilities For Benefit of Readers Effective in This Newspaper Today The Herald is adding to its facille ties for furnishing the broadest pos- sible news coverage of the United States and the world by including in its news columns the wire service of the United Press, which organiza. tion started its wires in operation here today. This newspaper has been a member of the Assoclated Press for years and New Britain people have enjoyed the services of that great cooperative organization for the gathering of news. Needless to say th Herald will still treasure the Associated Press report, as the people here have doubtless ap- proved of its work, testimony to which effect may be found, in part, in the great circulation of this news- paper in the community. The As- sociated Press will still furnish the coverage to us that we have usually enjoyed. However, it is well to progress and e mark our advance by the cquisition of the United Press, it- a strong and Interesting wire service, with a capable fleld of cor- respondents, one of whom, by the way, is Minott Saunders who works from London and whose cub report- er days were spent on this paper. Doubtless the United Press will be able to furnish us with many stories which will be of interest locally and ‘we shall carefully try to present the | best of its report supplementary to the Associated Press. The Herald now has two complete sets of news services, with two sets of wires into the office. It has gone to this extra expense in an endeavor to serve and serve well, the first function of every newspaper. We expect that our efforts to please will be well received.