New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1927, Page 1

News of the World y Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 CONN. MAN OFFERS (0 STAY IN ZONE " OF CHINA STRIFE Dickson H.Imeus of Norwich Voluntesrs for Duty at Yale- in-China Buildings INDICATIONS POINT T0 DEFINITE BATILE SO0N Northen Army Plans Assault on Hankow—Mobs Reported Menac- ing Foreigners in Hunan Prov- ince — More Marines Believed Ready to Leave Barracks at San Diego. New Haven, Conn, Jan. 31 (P— Dickson H. Leavens, of Norwich, treasurer of Yale-in-China in Changsha, capital of Hunan prov- ince, volunteered to remain as custodian of the Institution’s prop- erty, according to a cablegram re- ceived here last week by the trus- tees of the college. Yale-in-China was forced to close its doors last month. The trustees did not believe that the property, amounting to more than half a million dollars in ground and buildings, would be confiscated. According to word recelved here the American consul had promised to seal the buildings with the offi- cial seal of the United States. Mrs. Leavens and eight other Americans were reported on their way to Shanghai from Changsha. NEW BRITAIN HERALD - Y, Ve Population 63 July 1, Is G New Haven, Jan. 31—The popu-) lation of Connecticut will be 1,836, | 000 by July 1, of this year, the U.| S. Bureau of the Census estmates in figures made public today by the| department of commerce, | The estimate is based upon dis- tributfon of the total increase for the United States, arrived at from data on bisths, death, immigration | and emigration, among the several | states according to the distribution | of increase from 1910 to 1920. I The population of Connecticut as| of July 1, 1926, is placed at 1,606,- 000 as compared with 0,630 when the decennial census was tak-| en in 1920. Massachusetts will have a popu- lation of 4,242,000 July 1, it is es- v} U, | putations by the government'scen- 1,636,000 by . Census Estimate Figures Further Show That Inhabitants of Entire Con-| i i tinental U. S. Will Total 118,628,000, Which Bletrical ontractors At in is Increase of 12,917,380 Since 1920 timated as against 4,197,000 estim-| ated for the corresponding date in 1926 and 3,852,356 in 1920. Figures for other New England states in- clude Maine 793,000 for. 1927 as| against 790,000 for 1926; Rhode Is- land 704,000 for 1927 as compared with 693,000 in 1926; New Hamp- shire 455,000 for 1927 compared | with 454,000 for 1926, | Vermont which showed a loss| from 1910 to 1920, is %ot included | in the states for which estimates were made. Washington, Jan. 31 (#) — Com- sus experts indicate that the popu-| lation of contmental United States (Continued on Page Two) BOAT 5 SUNK BUT CREW OF 30 SAVED Kmerican Steamer Juvigny in Grash in Delaware Bay ANOTHER SHIP AGROUND Steamer Anthony O'Boyle Leaking Badly on Shoal Near Vineyard Haven — Anaconda Warped Into | 'TORMAY WILL NOT RESIGN ! building departments. {ed only one refusal to sign. ! PETITION BOARD 10 SAVE CURTIN BOY FRIEND LIAR, PEACHES ASSERTS (Fireworks Occur Early This| | Alternoon in Browning Case YOUNG WIFE 1S IN TEARS | IFE 1 | Plumbing Inspector Wil Demand | Identificd In Court By Youth Who That Board Show Its Hand—| Claims to Know He: Leavitt Says T. W. Hinchliffec Will Tnspector’s Interests Mrs. Brown- ing Promptly Brands Him as Un- | truthful. | Courthouse, White Plains, N, Y., ! Jan, 31 (P—The Browning scpara-| tlon suit trial opened with fire-| works this afternoon, after the noon| recess, when the first “boy friend” | | o2 the trial was put on, and called| la liar in open court by Mrs. Frances| | (Peaches) Browning, who burst into | { tears and charged perjury. | Liar, She Cries | After telling of his friendship| with Mrs. Browning before her mar-| { riage, James Mixon of Brook!yn, the | Less | young man, told of a telephone con- than half a dozen contractors had | versation between him and Mrs.| not been seen up to this afternoon, | Browning after both were married. | but no difficulty in obtaining their | “Is this the young woman?” he| signatures was expected. was asked, as Epstein, attorney for| Letter of Protest | Mrs. Browning, pointed her out. Their note of protest follow | “Yes” he said, nervously. | | | Not Receive Appointment. A remonstrance' signed by a! majority of the licensed electricians | of the city will be presented to the building ' commission tonight pro- testing against the dismissal of Cyril J. Curtin as electrical in- spector. The note of protest declares the "firing” of Inspector Curtin to be | an injustice to him and a blow to | the efficiency of the electrical and The electrical contractors report- “We, the undersigned, licensed| “He lies,” cried Mrs. Browning. { electricians in the city of New Brit-| The court rapped for order. ain, hereby formally protest against| Mrs. Browning sobbed. the action of the building commis-{ “I never saw the man before in| |slon in demanding the resignation my life,” she screamed. | of Electrical Inspector Cyril J. Cur-! DXry Is Ruled Out | tin, The actlon of the commissi A court ruling, ten minutes after | i w~ feel, is unwarranted, in view of | the resumption of the trial which | | his efficient services during the past|was adjourned last Wednesday, | four years, in which time we, who|knocked much of the expected sala- are in a better position to observe|clousness out of today's hearing. | his work than anybody else, have! The “dairy of loves” and lotters| found him to be the most efficient| written by his young wife, the for-| man who has ever held the office.! mer Frances (“Peaces”) Heoenan, to | We feel this action is an injustice! girl friends prior to his marriage| to Mr. Curtin, a serious blow to the|were brusquely ruled out as evi-| Justice | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 1 4 ’4 76 Jan. 29th ... PRICE THREE CENTS SISTER, ILL, $30,000 FIRE AT ST. MARY'S CONVENT EXTINGUISHED AFTER STRE NUOUS FIGHT; IS TAKEN DOWN LADDER " FIGHTING FIRE AT CONVENT {Smoke and Flames Give Impression Structure Is Doomed—School Children File Out Rev. Waltet J. Lyddy Penetrates Murk and Brings Blessed Sacra- ment Out of Chapel De- spite Great Peril. Bt. Mary’s convent at 586 Main | street was damaged by fire, smoke |and water to the extent of between | $25,000 and $30,000 this forenoon, a | blaze which apparently started in ,a | storage closet on the first floor | sweeping upward through the stair- | way shaft and threatening to de- —Photo by Johmson & Peterses ¢ LTOY the Interfor of the building. et N I Pawns False Teeth to Secure Money to Buy Booze and Gets Drunk New ll-*d:’nr;l. ); ss., Jan. 31 (UP)—Preferring liquor to food Arthur Fredetle pawned his fals Sister Mary Euphemia, superior at the convent, was carried from her bed in a front room on the second floor, down a ladder to safety by Captain Michael W. Butler, Lieuten- ant John Souney and Firemen John Heery and John Finneran, and was moved to St. Joseph's convent at uth Main and Edson streets. Be- ause of a cold, she was resting when SENSATIONAL RUM TRIAL UNDER WAY | smooth operation of the electrical|dence by Supreme Court the fire broke out about 9:40 o'clock. Her Dock. New Disorders Shanghai, Jan. 31 (® — Dis- patches from the upper Yangtze valley today reported mew dlis- orders and looting on forelgn property. Word from Changsha, capital of Hunan provinoe, said mobs broke into and looted three British firms there and taat the treasurer and .a doctor of Yale-in-China college there had been imprisoned. All available foreign vessels at Tchang, chiefly Itallan and Swed- {sh owned, were commandeered for the movement of nationalist troops down the river. The engines of two Pritish steamers at Ichang were dismantled to prevent command- eering. One Italian ship loaded with nationalist troops has arrived at Hankow. New Haven, Jan. 31 (P—Palmer Bevis, executive sccretary of Yale- in-China, wWho 1Is resident here, wired the state department re- questing that protest be made to China against the imprisonment of Mr. Leavens, and a doctor there. The exccutive secretary was un- certain of the ldentity of the doc- tor. Fight Is Tmminent Peking, Jan. 31 (®—The latest moves of the northern war lords in- dicate that military operations on a large scale soon will be directed by them agalnst the Cantonese armies, with Hankow as the objective. Tn preparation for the campaign against the stronghold of the Can- tonese in Central China, large forces of Manchurians have been moved from Chihli province into Honan province. They were welcomed by Marshal Wu Pei-Fu, who hitherto had opposed their coming into his territory. Wu telegraphed Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, head of the northern alli- ance of war lords, asserting that he had put down the insubordination in This ranks and was ready to attack Hankow in the effort to regain the city from which he was ousted by the Cantonese last August when they took over most of his domain In central China. Mobs Are Menacing Hankow, Jan. 81 (UP)—Mobs are menacing foreigners remaining! (Continued on Page 15) ANOTHER BUBBLE BURSTS Shorcland Company of Miami, Real Fstate Development Firm, Goes Into Bankruptcy. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 31 (A—An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court today agalnst the Shoreland company of Miami Philadelphia, Jan. 31 (#—The American steamship Juvigny was | sunk in the Delaware bay below | Reedy Island early today when she collided 'with the British freighter | Valemore, ¥ The crew of 30 men was saved. A heavy fog was hanging over the bay at the time of the collision. The Valemore is bringing the rescued | men to this city. Crash Came Suddenly. According to men aboard the ships the vessels were “on top of each| other” before the navigators on the bridges realized the danger. Sirens screamed, propellers were reversed, but it was too late. | The bay was filled with flowing| ice and it was with great difficulty ithat the boats of the Valemore ‘were lowered. Pushing their way through the floes the rescuers made their way to the Juvigny which sank a few min- utes after the crew had been re- moved. All of the stern of the ship| is under water. After the crew was taken off the captain and two men returned to the Juvigny to make an examination. The Valemore, 3,048 tons, sailed | for Philadelphia from Liverpool Jan- uary 15. She carried a miscellaneous | cargo. | The Juvigny, 1,440 tons, was out- | ward bound for Sewell's Point when | the accident occurred. | | Steamer Is Aground. Vineyard Haven, Mass.,Jan 31 () steamer Anthony O'Boyle, bound from Norfolk for Boston with coal, is aground at Robinson’s Hole, Vineyard Sound. She is leaking and | it is believed she cannot be floated without assistance. The steamer ran on a shoal late yesterday during a heavy fog. Her {forward plates were started. The weather was clear and calm today land those aboard were considered in no danger. The Anthony O'Boyle is owned by the O’'Boyle Transportation company of New York. Her cargo is consign- ed to the Atwater Coal company of Boston. | | Anaconda Docks. | New York, Jan. 31 (A—The freighter Anaconda, which collided with the White Star liner Celtic off Fire Island Saturday night, was warped into her pier at Hoboken to- day. The freighter’s' bow was flat- tened where it struck the Celtic and (Continued on Page Three) INSPECTORS DROPPED FROM STREET DEPT. SIMEON E. BALDWIN EX-GOVERNOR BALDWIN DIES IN NATIVE CITY Celebrated Jurist Would Have Been 87 Years Old February 5 New Haven, Jan. 31.—The “right to a natural death” which Simeon E. Baldwin advocated throughout his later life, was realized by the vener- able furist and statesman when he died at his home here yesterday from the infirmity of old age. On February 5 he would have been 87 years of age. Starting his career as a corpora- tion lawyer in 1893, he was appoint- ed as the justice on the bench of the Connecticut supreme court. In 1907, he was made chief justice. It was not until 1910, when because of his age he was retired from the bench, that he received the democratic guber- natdrial nomination and became the first representative of that party to serve as chief executive of the state nce 1895. He was re-elected in 1912, From 1869 to 1919 he was an active member of the faculty of the Yale School of Law. In 1876 he organized at Yale the first post graduate course in any law school leading to the degree of doctor of civil laws. Dean Thomas W. Swan, of the Yale School of law, will have| (Continued on Page 13.) FIRST PENSIONER OF L. F. & C. FACTORY DEAD 85, of Franklin | Joseph Doucette, Square, Lived in This City for 66 Ycars Joseph Doucette, 85 years old, of 84 Franklin square, a native of Canada ‘and for the past 66 years a resident of this city, died Satur- day night after a short illness at the’ home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Unwin 84 Franklin | square. of { department, and a move against the| See) as being Irrelevant to what| efficiency of the building depart- | occurred during the marriage of the| men real estate man and the sixteen| We understand that Mr. Curtin |vear old girl. |is to submit his resignation at to- Scores who had crowded into the | night’s meeting, and we respectfully| court room expecting to hear the request that no action be xakgn}trflal‘! most outspoken testimony| thereon at least until time has been:stood up in the halls or crushed given for further study of his worl#® | themselves in a mass inside the| Belleved Hinchlifle Not Serlous | C0UTt Toom to listen to testimony | That Commissioner Thomas W.|!hat Was mot very exciting. Hinchliffe, a member of the build- Six Witnesses Called ing board who is claimed by Curtin! Before noon six witnesses had| Ito have a personal interest in tne|Pcen called. four of whom took up { position of electrical inspector, will| the allegations that Browning had| not be successor to the deposed offi-| SUESested to Marian Tussey, girl | clal, was the statement of Chairman | friend of Mrs. Browning, that she| | Leavitt today. Referring to a state-| ‘¥ to recollect something ad- ment attrbuted to Hinchliffe that|Yerse to Mrs. Browning” in the way he would take the job if the salary| Of PRTtles, ete. prior to her mar- were facreased, Mr. Leavitt remark- | Tl25¢: ed he considered the commissioner|, The four witnesses were Miss| to bo speaking in & joking mood, | TUstey Who said that Browning had The chairman recalled having heard | A5Ked her it she had not seen Mrs.| Commissioner Hinchliffe make the | BFOWNINg. Defore her marriage, in| declaration in the presence of sey- | mproper acts. | eral men, he said. The young woman, a former res . taurant cashier, said she had de- JO;""}:P“‘;!“SET% Mayor Weld | yjeq that she had so seen “Peaches,” | ph Wratschko one of the| “Bongy Croner, his wite, and a| leading electrical contractors of the| oucomiia who lives at his place city, made loud protest against thel ;" Noo yor " testified of a visit building commission’s action at the| growning had paid to the Croner z;‘éifinc'iirl"‘“:’}:’;rg‘e‘d"ld""g?“"bu;f":‘e< place, where Croner s landlord for < *| the vhi Mi Tussey Viioss dismissal ia allesad to Doitne | Lo Sractment in which Miss Tui ’1‘ result of inattention to work, is at Had G alled Brownij least as attontive as any other Offl-| gronc aqumitind, on ek cxam.| Z‘:l:eg"t‘;?i‘n:&;:‘: };225. I‘Z';‘;SC;;kc‘:;xummn. that he had called Brown-| o der the fact | ; f g o o that the electrical department has! pt, miintarily after he had learned | passed through the smoothest four| years of its existence while Curtin| wag in charge, and declared the! Work of the rctirlng inspector to be ! yyioe | beyond reproach. | Mrs. Croner said that a man who| Acting Inspector | accompanied Browning did what | Although Mason P. Andrews and |talking was done on the occasion of 0. A. Peterson will be installed as that Miss Tussey knew Mrs. Brown- | ing, but denied he got any money for his information, except ten dol-| lars paid him for-being subpoenaed | :Jury Being Selected in New | Jersey Scandal 1 G BRIBES ARE CHARGED $70,000 Paidl Out to Dry Agents, is teeth for 75 cents. Later, he was drunkenness, and, had recovered the artificial molars, was committed to the state farm at Bridgewarter. arrested for after poli Her room was filled with smoke and when she was reached, its effects had begun to be noticeable, although she was calm and assured the fire- men she was not in danger. The building, which is of brick, stone and wood construction,, and three stories high, houses 26 nuns of the Order of Sisters of Mercy. They 10900 POLES HERE, NEW CENSUS REVEALS Canvass of City Made at Direction of Father -Bojnowski A census of the Polish residents of New Britain, made by the S cred Heart parish authorities, in- dicates there are 10,900 Poles liv- ing here, a report prepared Rev. Lucyan Bojonowski The estimate is far below which has been made unofficial canvasses. The congregation includes 1,952 children who are being educated in the parochial school, and 1 in the public schools. shows. that in several (1. E. BUCKLEY PENSIONED BY NEW HAVEN RAILROAD Fairview Street Man Spent 37 Years in Service Retires—Start- ed As Brakeman. by e teachers at St. Mary's parochial | Charge—Mayor of Edgewater, N. 5Chool on Beaver street. Two class i rooms are in the convent, due to the | 7., and Police Chief Among the demand on the accommodations in | the school itself, and upwards of 60 Accused. | children were attending class when o el \un.-, fire broke out. They filed out in rderly manner, apparently not today in federal |alarmed at the crackling of the court to try what is expected to be |flames and the thick smoke twhich most sensational, rum conspiracy | Permeated the building within a few i :Jx;;r;l;tcs after the staircase began to defendants, the mayor, the chief of " Flames Spread Rapidly police and two detectives of Kdge-| The closet must have been burn- The list of de- "8 ;;nr)\several minutes before the s 3 o o | fire broke throuhg, as the door was endants, 15 in alliialso tncludes st s fetvorad ama TEe bt o s ¢w York police sergeant and a cus- | was a blackened, charred mass. | When the flames made their way out Prominent Defendants | of the closet, they were fed by the The indictment, which charges wall until they reached the open cor- conspiracy to violate the prohibition | ridor surrounding the stairs. Then, and customs laws, was found as a | With a roar that sounded like an ex- esult of the seizure last April of the | Plosion, they leaped upward, en- iquor laden ship Eker in the Hud- | veloping all the woodwork within son river off Yonkers. Among the | their reach, and in the épinion of government's allegations is the | Chief W. J. Noble of the fire depart- charge that a memorandum book | MENt, a few minutes additional start | seized aboard the Eker showed pay- | Would have allowed the fire to break of $70,000 in bribes and “hush | through the roof and probably money” to prohibition agents and |SPread to such an extent as to burn other officials. The Eker was said | Very room and all the furniture. to have brought a $2,000,000 liquor | Priest Rescues Host o o TR Db | The chapel, on the south side of The principal defendants are | (N® COnvent near the front on the yor of Edgewater, Henry Wissel, | 'St floor, was damaged, the walls Chicf of Police James A. Dinan, Ser- | P¢ing Dlackened, statues destroyed, geant John J. Lowery of the Marine 204 the altar licked by the flames. | division, New York, Customs Inspec- | 11e Blessed Sacrament was carried New York, Jan of a jury began case to date, involving among | Browning's visit, but that Brown- acting electrical and plumbing in- spectors at tonight's meeting, this is no indication that they will be so em- ployed permanently, Chairman Lea- vitt sald. Applications will be con- sidered from any who are interested in the jobs, he assured. The decislon to drop Curtin and Tormay was reached at a special urday morning. It was the unani- mous vote of the board, the chair- {man reports. Tormay had previous- 1y been on the carpet to answer to several complaints, but Curtin has never been “on the carpet.” Chair- man Leavitt sald today he regrets especlally the retirement of Curtin in whom he has had high regard, and in whose work he was well {pleased, but he explained, that so | numerous were the complaints of his absences from the office that no course was open but to ask his resig- nation. Tormay to Attend Meeting Inspector Tormay will be at to- night's meeting of the board. Curtin probably will not as he has been asked to meet with the committee in- vestigating markings on electrical meeting of the commissioners Sat- | Iing “just sat there in a chair and | didn't open his mouth.” | The housemaid said she had left| the room, and hadn’t heard any- thing. Newspaperman Called | Two newspapermen, employed by! !a newspaper syndicate were called | to testify to steps taken to get two | teature series from Mrs. Browning. They were a So-called ‘“‘Honey-| | moon Diary” and the story “Why I | Lett Daddy Browning.” Leslie Fullenweider admitted that |the honeymoon diary had been | written in the syndicate office, and| only “corrected” by Mrs. Browning and her mother, Mrs, Carolyn Hee- | nan, | “Wrote though,” he hesitated, | “might not be the exact word. I| should say it was assembled there.” | Fullenwelder was followed on the | stand by his associate Willlam Wad- | dell, who corroborated detalls of the | transaction, and said that for two or| | three days Mrs. Browning and her| mother had stayed at his home in| Demarest, N. J., and at that time| | there had been talks about articles W Itor Edward A. Ritz, of Union City, New Jersey, and Alexander F. Flan- nery and Edward Pickering, Edge- water detectives; and Eustace Smith, Paul Demontreaux and James Baldwin, owners of the Edgewater | boat repair yards. Most of the! others were members of the crew of the Eker. Three Plead Guilty At the start of the proceedings to- lay thrée men slated to go on trial cntered pleas of guilty. They were Cecil Kinder D. Turner of Chi- cago, and Maurice Borden. | In all, 33 men are named in the lictment. There are 19 on trial, Six were not apprehended, four jumped bail, three pleaded guilty and one, Bernard M. Reaves, captain of the Eker, is serving an 11-month prison sentence in Nassau, Bahamas, for ehanghaling George Pindar, a negro constable in the British colonial service. Max D. Steuer heads the array of | defense counsel which numbers more than a dozen lawyers. Assistant | United States Attorney Stichman is | prosecuting the government's case. mong the employes pensioned by the New York, New Havéh and Hartford Railroad Co. Is James Ed- ward Buckley, of 186 Fairview street this city. M Buekley was born April 11, 18 nd entered railroad service at the age of 21 as yard brakeman un- der N. S. Thresher, agent at Berlin. A year later he was promoted to yard conductor, Due to Il health he was obliged to give up active service about a year ago. Mr. Buckley has a record of 37 vears contlnuous service with the New Haven. TILSON IS TURNED DOWN Brother of Conn. Congressman Re- ported Unfavorably as Federal | | Judge In Georgia, Washington, Jan. 31 (—An ad- verse report on the nomination of lliam J. Tilson, of Atlanta, to be | out by Rev. Walter J. Lyddy, who suffered for a time from the smoke. He was able to remain about the R building, however, after getting out (Continued on Page 16) ‘BRISTOL THEATER SAFE 15 LOOTED OF $1,600 Yeggs Hide in Playhouse and Get Two Days’ Receipts (Special to The Herald) Bristol, Jan. 31 — The safe in the office of the Princess theater on Riverside avenue was broken into last night and $1600 in cash, the re- ceipts of Saturday and Sunday night was taken. The loss was discovered late this Mr. Doucette, upon coming to s inen FonttherayaRiGata, is city, 66 years ago, entered the |employ of Landers, Frary & Clark |and continued in the employ of that | morning by Daniel Peters, an officer {of the Colonial Theaters, Inc., own- {ers of the theater. The yeggs appar- in the examinations. Tormay will ask the commissioners to set forth the grounds on which his discharge is which was organized two and a half year ago for the development and sale of Miam! Shores, one of the After the diary was written in|federal judge of the middle district | the news syndicate office it was tak- [of Georgia, was voted today by the | en to Mrs. Heenan and Mrs. Brown- senate judiciary committee. | |Conlon and Barron Find t S s helton Assessor Takes largest real estate projects in the Miami area. Mrs. Annie S. Churchill Dies in Brookline, Mass. Mrs. Annie Churchill, widow of the late Frederick H. Churchill, died this morning at the Hotel Beaconsfield, Brookline, Mass. She was the daughter of William H. and Lucinda Hart Smith of this city and spent the greater part of her ecarly life here, residing on Franklin Square, She was a member of the South Congregational church. During recent years she spent con- siderable time in Europe and had been looking forvard to living in her home in Farmington which re- cently had been acquired. Her late husband died in 1882 Surviving her are her daughter, Misss Rose Churchill of Farmington and Willlam Churchill of New York. Her elder daughter, the late Mrs. George 8. Talcott, died in 1919, Funeral services are to be held in Erwin chapel Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment will be in the family plot in Fairview cemetery. Blue Tickets in Envelopes | | | Fred Conlon and Edward Barron, | inspectors for the department of | public works since 1923, have been | dropped from the city's employ and | will go off the pay-roll tonight. Bot are democrats. | The discharge of Conlon and Bar- | ron completes the house-cleaning in | the department of public works that began more than a month ago when Joseph F. Ryan, foreman in the city storeyard, lost his job. His discharge was followed by that of Robert C. Johnson, an inspector. A few weeks later Joseph O'Brien and Eugene Faselll were dropped. Ryan, O'Brien, TFaselli, Conlon and Barron are reg- stered democrats and Johnson is a republican. Retirement of Conlon and Barron today, coming after that of Inspec- tors P. J. Tormay and C. J. Curtin of the buflding department, makes a total of four city employes to lose their Jobs in two days, h‘E concern until about 11 years ago, when he was given a pension, the first one awarded by the company. Mr. Doucette was one of the oldest and best known French-Canadian residents of this city. He leaves four daughters, Mrs. Emma Doucette, Mrs, Thomas Un- win, Mrs. Ernest Dyson and Mrs. B. Bates, all of this city; two sons, Fred Doucette of Devon, Conn., and Arthur Doucette; 11 grandchildren and two great-grand- children. The funeral will be held tomor- row morning at 9:45 o'clock at the home and at 10 o'elock at St. Peter's church. Burial will be in | St. Mary's cemetery. McNar;Haugcn Bill Will Come Up On Next Tuesday Washington, Jan. 31 (M—A ten- tative agreement to call up the Mc- Nary-Haugen farm relief bill in the house next Tuesday was reached to- day by Representative Tilson, the republican leader, and Chairman Snell, of the rules committee. | officlals of the Tampa- Jockey club. predicted as he claims to be totally in the dark as to complaints against | ing for their joint approval. him or his work. | When court opened, an attorney _— | tor a tabloid, subpoenaed to produce ertinent stories, photos, plates, etc., appeared to argue for modification of the court order to produce them. | He sald several trucks would be necessary to move them, and the| court agreed to modification "with- in reason.” Mr. Fullenwelder in his testimony sald Mr. Browning had asked him it Mrs. Browning had kissed him. “What were his words?" asked Epstein, “Why,” said Mr. Fullenwelder, “he sald, ‘You and Mrs. Browning have engaged in osculations, haven't you?'” “I just laughed,” said the witness. Mr. Browning left in not a very happy state, the witness added, and had to be called back to shake hande. John 8. Garden, assoclate of Waddell and Fullenwelder testified that he “wrote or compiled” the ar- WARSHIP BILL SIDETRACKED. Washington, Jan. 31 (®—Appre hensive that they might not muster enough votes to put over the three cruiser program because of the ab- sence of several senators, those in charge of the naval appropriation bill permitted that measure to be temporarily sidetracked today by the Bilk importation bill. TAMPA RACES OFF Tampa, Fla., Jan. 21 (#—The sec- ond winter racing meet at Tampa Downs was ended abruptly today by THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; colder Tuesday. (Continued on Page 16) Own Life by Shooting | ton, Jan. 31 (® — Daniel b, ols, member of the board of assessors of the city of Shelton since 1889 and twice a member of the leglslature, committed suicide at his home in White Hills this morn shooting himself in the head with a pistol. Despon- dency due to ill health is believed to have been the cause. Mr. Nich- Pawtucket Store Robbed ols' housckeeper, aroused by th Of Its 350 Pound bafe‘sound of the shot, found the aged Pawtucket, R. L, Jan. 31 (P — man in a dying condition. Medical When Willlam Papis, proprietor of |Examiner Nettleton was called to the Pawtucket Lunch company, the scene and pronounced it a opened his restaurant early today |case of suicide. he found that robbers had rolled | out a 350 pound safe gontaining | $150 and valuable papers, The | | Tilson, a brother of Representa- | |tive Tilson of Connecticut, house re- publican leader, was opposed by the /two Georgia democratic senators. The opposition was based on grounds | which included the claim that he not a representative of the distric Tilson is now serving under a re. jcess appointment. ate 25,000 MIN IDLE Scranton, Pa., Jan. 31.UP— Ap- proximately ,000 miners were idle iness district. today when thirteen colleries of the This makes four safes stolen in|Hudson Coal company in Luzerne this manner in Rhode Island in|and Lackawanna counties shut down the past few months. Two of them, |an Indefinits perlod, due to the over- one stolen in Central Falls and the | stocked anthracite market. A num- other in Pawtucket, have since|ber of mines of other companies, in- res- taurant is in the center of the bus- |ently secreted themselves building after last night's perform- ance as no marks were found on any doors to indicate that entrance had been forced. Detective Sergeant Danlal McGillicuddy is investigating. A similar burglary occurred about two months ago at the Bristol thea- ter, also owned by the Colonial Theaters, Inc. At that time $1500 ‘was secured. Stamford House Looted, “Strong Box” Is Missing Stamford, Jan. 31 (A—A “strong box” in which was jewelry valued at $6,000 is missing from the home of Abram Spelke, on Strawberry Hill. Disappearance of the box and contents {8 credited to burglars who made an entrance through a window on the south side of the house despite the presence con- stantly of someone in the house since Friday when the box was known to be in place. Mr. Spelke is a real estate dealer been found in the Ten Mile river | cluding the Glen Alden, will be idle in this city. _\for the next two days. and brother of City Prosecutor Max Spelke.