New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1927, Page 1

Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 14,476 News of the World By Associated Press Jan, 29th ... NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1927. —.TWENTY PAGES. |, BROWNING BRANDS Mechifs, "< Lubsuit IASSEMBLY ADOPTS GURTIN'S SUPPORT ZONING BOARD’S AUTHORITY | CHARGES MADEBY |....... oy B RESOLUTIONS ON INMANY (UARTERS, AT STAKE IN HEARING OVER | PEACHES AS LIES %2+ FORMER GOVERNOR b b ok Rige] - MASONIC TEMPLE. LOCATION - 3 Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 1 (Uz - - Deis He Rbused e and Do 335 i s, b, | B e clares He Spent Money on | a5 Mark of Respet {0 e (550" Bty o o0 S e, s o s e LEAVITT ALONE - OPPOSED ;'t" B - trtyy i ; ‘ a point near the Isthmus of Santa az T \soanrr?e 011' g BeaEk pad | _— i . rOpe owne“ Ju e Bfl]dmfl Catalina Island to Point Vincent on |Sull tarted at 1:08 Monday | e ot e | 1 1 Her Lavistly : ig g - i , ; Opens in Hartford. a verdict for the plaintiff in the heart balm suit brought by Daisy J. 22 'morning which would make his § crossing time 22 hours and 45 min- | FRIENDS ALSO TESTIFY | GOMMITTEE. HEARINGS e oo e vepoes 0| N g e COUPLE SEEMED HAPPY ot sisor damuges oo ey HELD THIS AFTERNOON £ ' £ &3 Snig) Turner, negress, against Joseph V. utes, or seven hours more than that | 1 That Argument on Law | fendant had preferred against her. Secnator Hall of This | Boinay, wealthy East Lexington au- {taken by George Young of Toronto, Tabling by the building commis- | Stortes of His Egg and| Tno verdicts for the defendant Be Continued Tomor- Appropriations ESTABLISHED 1870 PRICE THREE CENTS 'NEGRES,, ™ LAWSUIT Sullivan Claims to Have Swum to Catalina in 22 Hrs. 45 Min. Lowell Man, Conqueror of English Channel, Reported Succeeding in His Second Attempt in Contest Damages of $3,75b Heart Aches. Long Beach, Calif., Feb. 1 (A— |gone from there by launch to Long the mainland yesterday after hours and 45 minutes in the water. He said there were nine witnesses to the 20-odd mile swim. . Sulilvan swam the English chan- nel, but failed in the recent channel swim sponsored by William Wrigley. Sullivan, who was being rubbed | down in a Turkish bath, said his|whose friends in Long Beach report- iI cial But Wants Him to Quit, As She had asked $25,000 heart balm, $10,000 for an illegal search of her home, allegedly instigated by Boinay, Outstders Run Department.” b | It was believed here that Sullivan, | o $3,750 damages. ocean marathon two weeks ago. Rubber convoying boat developed motor |ed last night that he had begun his e R ol trouble after he landed and the party (second attempt after quietly training | 1 g iarhdor fbys Chs - | was unable to get back until 8 thero since his failure in the mara- | it in pecor and) a fine o'clock this morning. A boat sent thon January 15, had gone immedi- | ¥, Chairman The _young woman was awarded cente in winning the $25,000 Wrigley nspector Cyril J. Curtin for one| | stances. Committee, tomobile dealer. |Ont., who also landed at Point Vi- ion of the resignation of El Breakable Spoon Are Retold But | Vere returmed in the last two in-| row, Bridase b Bs in Jesting Way By Those Who The plaintiff was highly elated by Urges That All Bills Calling For | the verdict. “I have been vindicated,” she |said. “The damages would never sat- | sfy the heart aches that he caused me. He knew 8o well the love I had | Were the Butts of These Jokes— Too Much Mother-in-Law, Hus: Funds Be Assigned For Early Hearings — Governor Attending band Tells Court. Courtroom, White Plains, New York, Feb. 1 (UP)—Edward West Browning, better known as Daddy, | glorifier of American girls and Afri- can ganders, came forward today to let the world in on what, if anything, it doesn’t already know about his married life with Frances ‘Peaches’ Heenan. He took up the charges made his wife, and denled them, one by one. The grey haired millionaire sat for an hour in the witness chair at the trial of his separation suit and replied to the ugly charges—and some of the merely amusing ones— that his wife had made against him. His testimony was a study in con- trasts. One moment he was accusing Mrs. Browning of having been his wite In name only, throughout theif married career. B: The next moment he denied with |Hooch Blamed for Situation in Dom- | equal emphasis that he was accus- tomed to crawling on all fours, clad in brilliant pajamas and growling *woof, woof” or anything like that. He told the court he never had been drunk in his life. He denied he ever threatened to kill his wife. He became his excited, flashed and he arose from his chalr | A, Williams, agent of the Connecticut | Privilege shouting “it's a when asked repellant questions with regard to his treatment of his foster daughter, 10-year-old Dorothy Sunshine. The erowd in the courtroom heard by | |for him."” One of the principal witnesses for [the plaintiff was Mrs. James Smith, |part-owner of White Court, at | Swampscott, which President Cool- |idge used as a summer White House |in 1925. FAMILY DISPERSED " BY COUR ORDER ERevolting Conditions in Moun- | tain View Home Described fcile of Anthony Sinkiewicz | by | Plamville Prosccutor — Lack of Clothing During Cold Speil. (Special to The Herald) | Plainville, Feb. 1 — “About as bad a case of neglect as any I have ¢.,” was the way in which George {Humane society, characterized the {case of Anthony Sinkiewicz of Moun- [tain View when it was heard before Judge Meritt O. Ryder this morn- linz. Pitiable conditions in the Sin- Funeral. State Capitol, Hartford, Feb. 1 (P —The general assembly in joint ses- sion today adopted a resolution plac- ng upon permanent record *‘a token | of the debt” owed by the people of | | | | | |the state to Simeon E. Baldwin, | former governor of ths state, who was buried in New Haven this after- FOUR CHILDREN SUFFERING {noon. | A second resolution called for the !(xppolmmen! of five members of the | house and three scmators to repre- |sent the assembly at the funeral. Lieut-Gov. Brainard appointed Sen- ators Shaw, Lawlor and Hall of New |Haven and Representatives Averill, Citron, Hoyt, Waters and Molloy. Both branches adjourned out of | respect of the memory of former | | Gov. Baldwin. { | Baldwin Resolution concerning Mr. The resolution ’s death follows: i hereas, The senate and the | | house of representatives are here as- i | sembled in joint convention for the ! purpose of taking appropriate action I | concerning the death of the Honor- |able Simeon E. Baldwm, former | | governor of this state therefore, | 4 “Resolved, That as representatives | {of the people of this state we feel o be our duty as well as our to place upon permanent | record a token of the debt owed by | /it and them to Governor Baldwin. | | “We may not here enumerate the | {broad sweep ot his activities; he | served the city in which he made his | ald Ny he served his out by a Long Beach newspaper @c- ately by boat to the beach city. His companied Sullivan. appearance on the Pine avenue pier | His reported time was approxi- gave i to reports that he had | mately 7 hours longer than that re- completed the ing there, | lquired by George Young of Toronto, Ontario, who landed at the same | point less than 16 hours after he left the Isthmus in quest of the $25,000 prize hung up by Wrigley for the | rst person to swim the waterway. Towell, Mass., Mrs. Henry Sullivan, ed long-distanc mer, re ved a telegram early this after- | noon from her husband, stating that News of the Feat |he had conquered the Catalina chan- Wilmington, Cal., Feb. 1 (—The Wilmington Transportation com- | i pany reported today that a man who (lina channel. ours, 45 min | accompanied Henry F. Sullivan on a |the telegram read. i second attempt to swim San Pedro | Mrs. Sullivan wired ngrflt\l'\:lr‘ channel from Santa Catalina island, tions. informed one of their officials that | “My biggest surp Sullivan had landed at 11:53 p. m., “was when Henry [ last night at Point Vicente and had |recent Wrigley cont. CANTONESE-BRITISH CITY INGONE GOES UP NEGOTIATIONS ENDED ' 30,000 INPAST YEAR Called Off by Chen—U. S. |Receipts From Sources Ex- Concentrates on Pro- cept Direct Taxation | tecting Americans | $270,900 it American to swim the Cata. Hankow, Feb. 1 (T)—Negotiations between the Cantonese and British The city's income in the fiscal | year 1927-1923 from sources other ! than direct taxation will be $270,900, | City Treasurer Curtis L. Sheldon es- | |timates in his annual statement to| the board of finance and taxation. | This is an increase of approximate- | ly $30,000 over that of last year. Items of estimate in his report | School enumeration, $42,500; | here for a new modus vivendi to take the place of treaties now in effect be- tween China and Great Britain were broken off today by Eugene Chen, Cantonese foreign minister. The Cantonese foreign minister, ur | trade | Hinehlifte the job,” and a statement by C n W. S. Warner of the electrical | investigating committee which, in ef- | fect, absolves Curtin from connection | th the alleged inefficient handling | the first examinations, made up | last night's developments in the problem, enting Warner's statement as o suggestion of Councilman | David L. Nair that the investigating committee go on record as opposed to jected dismissal of Curtin. | cilman Nair was reminded that h a vote of confidence in the in- | or would have no official signifi- cance, whereupon members of the investigating group declared they | i personally urge the building | e their deci- re- on was tabled at the lectrical contractors who | ard on Curti 0f 10 licensed elec- | tricians were affixed to the request and an eleventh contracter notified the chairman by telephone that he subscribed to the sentiments contain- ed in the note and wished to have his firm put on record as heartily in accord. Two licensed electricians arc employed as instructors in the state school and because of - their position, the remonstra approach them. Commis and Inspector Curtin are also licensed electricians and for ob- vious reasons the not ap- proached, leaving v out of 18 licensed men in the city whose names were not on the list or who were not otherwise accounted for. Call Dismissal Unwarranted In their statement to the board, the electricians declared the pro- | Tourneau, aged 3 JUDGE NEWELL JENNINGS Hearing Appeal From Board of Ad- justment Rauling, MONUMENT SALESHAN HELD FOR EMBEZZLING {Forgery and False Pre-| tenses Charges Also Against Le Tourneau Waiving examination, Harry Le- , of 175 Roxbury was bound over to the March term of superior court by Judge B. W. Alling in police court this morn- ing, probable cause being found on one charge of embezzlement, three counts of forgery and three counts of obtalning money un talse pre- tences. He was represented by At- Taken Later. (Spectal to The Herald) Hartford, Feb. 1—"The board of | adjustment in New Britain has ex- | ceeded its powers and has taken un- | to itself the privilege of re-zoning | the city,” Attornew John T. Robin- | son, appearing for appellants, de- | clared to Judge Newell Jennin;s in superior court this morning in the | opening shot of a hearing on the | application of Russell street owners that construction of a Mason temple in thelr neighborhood be | prohibited. Dispute Over Court Powers. Before the hearing had gotten un- der wa yattorneys for the appelant and for the board became embroil- ed in a dispute over the powers of | the superior court in the premises. | So enmeshed in legal difficulty did | tha case become that the first and | enly hour of its hearing today was | given over to a discussion as to the meaning and application of the words “de novo.” Attorney Robin- son contended that it requires re- view of the case with all its evidence from the beginning. Attorney Fran- cis X. Carpenter of the law firm of Day, Berry & Reynolds, associated with Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham, refuted this claim with quotations from legal authorities. Declines to Make Finding. Judge Jennings declined to make a finding without having oppor- tunity to analyze the claims made by the attorneys. He suggested that further argument on questions of law be made tomorrow morning, without witnesses, and that an as- signment then be made for hearing of evidence. This suggestion was adopted and court adjourned. ife long home; church, holding councils, state | who had been negotiating with Brit- lish charge d'affaires, O'Malley, de a new version of the intimacies of |kiewicz home were detailed by Mr. | | | clined to sign the agreement pro- k schools, $1,600; library and | jected dismissal is unwarranted in the Brownings; and of the days and |Williams and by Miss Olive E. Green ning schools, $1,600; library and | Present at this morning's hearing, apparatus, $550; penalty tax, $1,000; | View of Curtin's efficiency, and that many of them as witnesses were: torney Milton Richman ot Hartford. high place in its l | Bonds were set at $1000, $500 less and npational; he nights which followed; a version which painted Mrs, Browning as constantly rejecting the caresses of her husband. Study in Contrast Browning at times was a com- posed witness; at other times he would laugh; again he wowld be- come excited and fairly shout his denials, as his lawyers drew them from him one after another; and again his collar would irritate him and he would twist and pull at it. ‘When he told how he had been called to the Heenan home when Peaches was severely burned by acid, mysteriously thrown, he be- came tender in his manner. He told with much feeling how he had offered his own skin for a grafting operation when considered such a method of treat- ment for Peaches’ burns. And his discussion of other in- doctors | lot the state bureau of child welfare, and at the end of the hearing the family of four children was com- {pletely broken up and each one des |tined for a different home in the |tuture, while the father was |forced to seek a new residence. | sinkiewicz was charged with neg- |lect of his children and with con- [tributing to the delinquency of a |minor female, but both charges were | |dropped at the conclusion of the {hearing. First Selectman John J. Kimmel |was the first witness called by Prose- cutor Charles F. Conlon. Mr. Kim- |mel testified to having received a complaint regarding alleged neglect |ot the Sinkiewicz children and said that investigation had shown them all to be true. Sordid conditions were related by Mr. Williams as the result of his in- | vestigation on January 22. He found the rooms in their home cold | also ' ® served youth, teaching it in his | classrooms, not knowledge alone, | {but an appreciation of a life well | lived; he served his chosen profes- | on, the law, at home, fn the nation {and abroad, always seeking for it a | {way to a higher and better useful- | | ness; he served the cause of learn- ing by his writing and addresses; all | | these he served. But the services | which we this day commemorate | lare those he rendered to this, the | well loved state of his birth, his lite |and his death. | "For 17 years a justice of its highest court and for three years its chicf justice, ho brought to bear on the problems presented to it for so- | lution, not only great learning, but | |deep insight and far vision, unfalter- ing courage and an impartiality so | |unhesitating and apparent that no| man ever thought to question it. | “After his retirement from the bench upon reaching the age of 70. !pate that the 5,000 Americans at |band and insurance stock taxes, | $36,000; physical tions for| d school | office, i ity posed by the British as long as arm- ed forces of England are concentrat- ing at Shanghai. ‘Washington, Feb. 12 administration i3 concentrating efforts on protection of Americans in China, and has taken no new steps to negotiate with the war- ring factions there, President Cool- idge told callers today. The president does | district, §24,000; (UP)—The | $10,000; police court, i | its | court, $1,500; fiines and costs at jail, | $1,800; building permits, $5,000; | | plumbing permits, $500; electrical { permits, $300; income on cit lerty, $700; charity department, $S,- | {000; health department, $4,000; po- lice department, $3,000; subway | rentals, $1,250; interest on bank| Shanghai will be evacuated, as|balances, $10,000; personal tax, $55, Americans have been evacuated | 600; street sprinkiing, $13,000; cash from other points. Adequate United | balance at close of this fiscal year, States naval vessels are at Shang-|$30,000. Total, $270,900. | hai, however, it evacuation should Payments on the principal of| become necessary, it was said. | bonds issued for the Smith school | No arrangements have been-made |repair job, the slaughter house con- | for dealing with the Chinese other|struction work, the World War me- than the policy statement made by | morial and No. T fire station, not in- | Secrotary of State Kellogg last | cluded in the original estimates will week, indicating this government's increase the “payments on princi-| not antici- it would be a serious blow to the effieiency of the electrical and build- | ing departments to drop the in- spector. After the petition was read to the building board last night by Clerk | Villlam R. Fenn, the resignation of | Curtin was read. It was a short| the board’s request by offering his | resignation. Several minutes of si- | ence followed reading of the note, ' during which members nervously | picked up or laid down slips of pa- per, toved with watch-chains or| gazed at the ceiling, obviously un- | willing to lead off fu a move to drop | Curtin. Finally Commissioner Romeo | Grise moved that the resignation be tabled for one week out of courte to the contractors, Leavitt Flares Up Chairman Leavitt objected. He put himself on record as allowing th contractors’ petition to “cut no fce’ than the amount on which he was held at the time of his arrest several days ago. LeTourneau, while representing the New Britain Monumental Works, is alleged to have recelved $55 in commissions and drawing account payments when he turned in four p- | Statement that he is complying with | orders for grave markers which, ac- cording to the police, carry signa- tures he forged. The embezzlement count is the result of an alleged col- lection of $325 from Ferdinand Rackowska of Lower Lane, Berlin, of which LeTourneau turned in only $320, according to the complaint. Officer Thomas J. Feeney brought Tournea from Hartford county | Jail this morning. Detective Sergeant |1 Ellinger investigated the case on complaint of the former employers of LeTourneau. According to them, they were put to the expense of or- dering the stone for the monuments ond LeTourneau accompanied one Architect Walter P, Crabtree, Building Inspeetor Arthur N. Ruth- erford, City Engineer Joseph D. Williams, A. N. Lockwood, William G. Dunn, Edward A. McCarthy, Ad- justment Board Clerk Thomas Lin- der, H. T. Sloper, ex-Mayor George A. Quigley, Attorney Mortimer H. Camp, Edmund Brady, Attorney George M. Brady, Attorney Edward Mag, Commissioner P. F. McDon- ough of the board of adjustment, Attorney George Le Witt, President John C. Loomis of the Commercial Trust Co., President A. J. Sloper of the New DBritain National bank, President A. W, Stanley of the New | Britain Savings bank, Lewis W. | Lawyer, Chairman = Sherwood H. | Raymond of the Masonic Temple building committee, William E. Fay, | Attorney Charles H. Mitchell, Mrs. B. Stone, Miss Florence Camp. udge Bernard F. Gaffney and At- | torney Donald Gaffney. cldents caused him at times to drop jand dirty, he said, with no fire or | willingness to negotiate if the fac-|pal” items from $254,500 to $321,- th him, and asked Commissioner his voice and speak thoughtfully, as |fuel in spite of bitter cold weather, it desiring to tell no more than the [but there were five loaves of bread lawyer demanded. |in the front room. What bedclothing Avolds His Wife ithere was, was very dirty, and Mary, Browning kept his eyes turned [aged 12, had had almost none and away from his wife as he walked to been forced to use the feather tick- the witness chair, Mrs, Browning |ing. Stanley, 13, was home from laraal ot Bim. school with a sore throat but had “What is your business?” was the 'had no medicine or medical atten- | rst question. tion. He found Mary and Francis, | ence of he was twice elected governor and in that high office he proved again | his strength _and his courage. He showed again his wise statesmanship agd made plain again that his sole end and aim in holding public office was to preserve to the people of this state the rich heritage of independ- hought and opportunity for noble 1 z that has come to them from of old, and to promote all| “Real estate,” he answered. He seemed to have trouble with his collar right away and he twisted uncomfortably in the witness chair. He said he had met Peaches at a dance on March 5, 1926. He was about to leave the dance, he went on, when “Mise Heenan” came up to him and asked him to dance. “After the dance did she give you her telephone number?"” “Yes, her telephone number and home address.’ “How old are you, Mr. Brawning?" Browning again shifted nervously, looked at his lawyer and said: “Fifty-two.” His voice was same time was dis room was tense. Was Just Under 16 but at the The court- low inct. Browning testified that Mrs. Caro- |n Iyn Heenan, Peaches' mother told him Peaches “was just under 16.” He told of giving them $300 on one occasion and $100 at another time and of his disappofntment when Peaches did not seem to care to attend school. Browning had his luncheon brought to him in court and then resumed the witness stand for the | afternoon session, He started with a denial that he ever told his wife that he wowd buy Yer a Japanese princess as she had testitied. He denied that he ever asked his wife to appear before him nude. Then the African honking gander waddled figuratively into the court room once more. Peaches Meets the Gander Browning said Peaches first met the gander at a Staten Island lawn fete which they attended and asked that it be taken home to spend the week-end with them, “The goose was in our apartment only a foew minutes and then be- cause Mrs. Browning wanted to show it to her mother,” he said. The rest of the time the chauffeur (Continued on Page 15) |10, at school, and said they showed |neglect in body and clothing. An- thony, 14, was with his step-sister, Mrs. Helen Jones of Farmington. Mrs. Sinkiewlez died several years [ako- Father, Drunk, Visiting Neighbor | Sinkiewlez, Mr. Willlams went on, | was found by Mr. Conlon and himself |at a neighbor's house, drunk. Stan- |1ey had told them of being whipped (but appeared afraid to say much against his father. Ma® had relat- ed how sh ecame home one evening from a friend’s house and had been |refused admittance by her father; she was forced to sleep elsewhere, nd it was charged she had spent |the night in th& dog kennel, but the |girl would not admit this. Mary's teacher at school had told Mr. Willlams the girl was always slecpy, irregular in attendance, and ot clean. Francls was also dirty, |always ill, and rourly clothed. Miss Clara L. Gallant, district nurse, had !learned that the children were whipped and threatened. “It was |not a fit home to live in”” Mr. Wil- liams concluded, “it was about as bad as any I have seen in my seven |years’ experience.” | Father Not Working Miss Green was called on and told !of the result of her investigation. She |had found things somewhat cleaner |than Mr. Williams, and the children | better clothed, but the school reports were the same. Sinkiewicz had not |worked for several months and said |he was living on repayments of a |loan he had made. Dr. Lawrence {H. Frost had examined the boys and |found both suffering from bad throats, Francis' being abscessed. Mary had been examined by a Hart- ford physician but found in perfect | physical condition. Mrs. Stanley Dziezyk of 76 Smith |street, New Britain, a cousin, was de- |sirous of taking care of Mary, Miss |Green said, while a stepsister, Mrs, Annie Mclnnis of Port Chester, wish- ed to take Stanley, Anthony was already provided for, but nothing ex- cept commitment to a county home (Continued on Page 14) |things for their well being. | “Connecticut mourns today the man who has served it so long, so |faithfully and so well. Tt mourns Ithe loss which has come to it in the {death of one who always and every- | where so finely represented its best | |traditions and highest ordeals. But deeper still plerces the sense of loss that now has gone from it one who | loved it so deeply and made clear that love by laying upon its altars the offering of a lifelong perfection of cltizenship. “Resolved, That these resolutions be spread at length upon the Journal of each house and that an engrossed (Continued on Page 15.) MAY DROP RICE CASE Charge of Assault With Dangerous Weapon May Not Be Pressed Against Armory Superintendent. The possibility of dropping the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, on which Armorer Wil- liam J. Rice is held for trial Sat- urday morning, following the shooting of Lucian Domijan, aged 17, of 61 Grove street, at the State armory on Arch street last Satur- day evening, was being discussed today. Col. Bissell of Hartford was in conference with Chief W. C. Hart| of the police department relative to the incident. Attorney Harry M. Ginsburg has been retained to rep- resent Rlice, and if the case goes to court, Manager Clarence Lan- pher of the New Britain National Guard basketball team, Referee Dick Dillon of Hartford, and offi- cers and members of the local companies of the National Guard are expected to testify that con- siderable nulsance has been caused at the armory for a long time by boys loitering about the premises and attending athletic eveats with- out paying admission. DI NN |campaign is intended by both sides | [to decide lor nationalists, will retain the ter-| lago China hours' stop-over for the Far Fast. vegetables, 50 tons of potatoes and | crew of 100 officers and men. Threo Westport constables are under tions could agree upon delegates, | 243.85. Interest on these bonds will | it was said on the president’s be- |increase the “interest and discount” | half. item from its first estimate of $213,- | 1.92, to $226,381.92. | 1 (®P—The Peking, | | ! Jury Gives Man $1 for | Loss of His Wife’s Love | Worcester, Mass. i Peking, Feb. or central government, of China, more or less overshadowed in re- cent weeks by developments in| Cantonese territory, returned to;| tha spotlight of the Chinese situa- | tion today. Upon the heels of a note to the British government requesting that Feb, 1 (A—A jury in superior civil court report-| ed late yesterday for the plaintiff| |and assessed damages in the sum | {of $1 in the $10,000 suit of Ferdi- armed forces not be landed in|nand Lamolni of Rochester, N. Y., | Shanghat, the Peking authorities | formerly of Southbridge, against summarily dismissed Sir Francls|Armand Jendreau, of Southbridge, | Aglen, British inspector general of |in which the plaintift charges | Chinese maritime customs, for his alienation of the affections of his refusal to collect surtaxes recently |wife. [ decreed by the government. At the same time, as a purely domestic issue, the northerners, as well s the Cantonese, concen-| trated their activities in prepara- tion for what promises to be one of the outstanding military strug- gles of the present civil war. The Ginsburg Denounces Fake Ad Solicitor Commander Harry Ginsburg | of Eddy-Glover post, American Legion, has issued a warning to | merchants, stating that anyone | approaching them with an ad- | vertising solicitation and claim- | ing that he is backed by the lo- | cal post, is acting without au- | thority from the post and does not have its endorsement. | According to reports of mer- | chants, the man claims to be submitting a proposition where- by the Eddy-Glover post re- ceives a part of the proceeds of tife deal. Commander Ginsbu reports that no arrangem have been made with the sales- man along those lines and that his proposition uses the name of the local post fraudulently Commander Ginsburg asked the police to arrest the solicitor, as the American Legion in this city has not been consulted on the proposition and is in no way connected with it. The solicitor apparently anticipated that he would have little difficulty dis- | posing of space on the table it | he could impress his prospects that the war veterans would Dbenefit, whether the Cantonese, ritory they won when the cam-| paign they began less than a year gave them nearly halt of China, or whether the northerners shall drive back their southern| foes and again become sole mas- ters of the nation. In the meantime, the exodus of foreigners from the interlor of continued in full swing in anticipation of the coming clash. Vallejo, Calit., Feb. 1 (UP)—The | transport Chaumont, heavily provi- | sioned, left the Mare Island navy yard today bound for the Orient via San Diego. | At the southern port, which Is ex- | pected to be reached in 40 hours, | the Chaumont will take aboard 1,200 marines and sail after a few | The ship's provisions Include 27 ons of meat, 15 tons of fruit and | 90 pounds of butter. The transport was manned by a ARRESTED Feb. 1.—(P— CONSTABLE New Bedford, Ma. THE WEATHER arrest here today for concealing li-| quor said to have been smuggled | ashore from a two masted schooner which piled up on Gooseberry Neck, South Westport, in the fog Sunday night. New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled, probably occasional rain tonight and Wednesday; | . PSS MRS WYV Grise if he proposed to “let outsid- | ers run the department.” | Grise quickly responded with a statement that his suggestion was one of courtesy to the contractors | who represent a part of the city's population and not at all in the na- ture of surrendering the control over building department activities. Commissioner Matthew L. Ken- nedy declared in favor of a continu- ance for one week. The commission- er felt, he said that some people think the building board is anxious | to work another into Curtin's office. “We have nothing against Curtin,” Commissioner Kennedy sald, “only that he wasn't getting down to work | on time.” Commissioner Hinchliffe, whose ame has been mentioned as an as- pirant for the job, denied having an: interest fn the position. When the Grise motion went to a | vote Chairman Leavitt was the only | [en4 one to vote against it. | Curtin Satisfies Investigators 1 While the bullding commissioners were discussing the Curtin case, t investigating committee was in s sion vnstairs with the inspector | in attendance. The questions con- | talned In examinations and their proper answers were sought out tand the reasons for markings were en. After the investigators had quizzed Curtin for more than an hour, they frankly admitted to him that they were favorably impressed with his knowledge of the eleetric cratf and of the and codes. Councilman Warner, upon whe motion the investigation was started ordinances | assured Curtin that at no time has|her daugh | he linked the Inspector with alleged |lee of Lower White Hills improper markings. nother member of He added that | the examining | committee had been a ine example | who | of inefficiency, however, Councilman | tather, {Nair and others complimented Cur- [in the Civil war as did her hus- |tin on his knowledge of the work of | band his office as indicated in his ex- planation of electrical installations, practical and theoretical electricity and the code. Tormay Submits Resignation Plumbing Inspector P. J. Tormay appeared before the building com- mission to ask why his resignation was sought. Commissioner Fenn told him frequent complaints had been made against his work, and that Tormay was not in fit condition dur- ing working hours, and was under (Continued on Page 14) of the firm to Barre, Vt, when the| The appeal of the Russell street stone was selected, although he is|property owners came after the alleged to have known the orders|board of adjustment by a vote of he had turned in were bogus. | six to one decided to allow excep- _— | tions to the zoning law on rear CITY AND GONTRAGTOR vard requirements and an excep- tion to permit erection of a lodge- SUED FOR GAS MMN LEAK‘ room in a residence district. Thelr claim, advanced by Robinson, Cole | & Robinson, 1s that the board of ad- Mrs. Rose Bleau of Monroe Street Asks $5,000 For Ill Effccts From Defective Pipe The City of New Britain and John E. Driscoll of Torrington, a contrac. tor, are named defendants in an action for $5,000 brought by Mrs. Rose Bleau, through Attorney Cyril F. Gaftn the allegation being that the carelessness and negligence of the city and its agent caused the de- to suffer from gas which escaped from a main leading from the street into her house at 288 Monroe street, July 1, 1925, Driscoll, according to the allega- tion, was repairing the water main in the strect when he broke the gas main a result of her experience the plaintiff suffers from heart and kidney trouble, it is alleged. Consta- cis Clynes served the papers iwrnable in the superior in March. wh court the Shelton Woman Dies at Age of 81 Years Today Shelton, Feb, 1 (A—Mrs. Emma widow of Ma Wi died at the home of Mrs. Nicholas Wake- te yes- the daughter, wife, and grandmother of men ed in three wars. Her ien A. Cornish, served by who terds mother and Oscar Cornish, her brother. Her only son, Harvey Wil- loughby, served in the Spanish- American war and her only grand- son, Howard Willoughby, served in the World war. Mrs. Willoughhby was §1 years of age. She was born in Malden, Mass,, July 21. COASTING ACCIDENT FATAL Hartford, Feb. 1 UP—Andrew Terardi, 17, died here today as a re- sult of injuries received in a coasting accident January 23, when he lost control of his sled and crashed into & tree in Colt park. - |the Catholic church | justment assumed a power vested in | the common council, only, when it | granted the latter exception which, |it is argued, is equivalent to a change on the zone law. KAY LAURELL DIES Former Follies and Film Star Victim of Pneumonia While Playig in London. Erie, Pa., Feb. 1.—(#— A cable- gram received here today by rela- [tives says that Kay Laurell, 37, for- | mer Follies and film star, an Erie | glrl, died yesterday of pneumonia, in | London, where she was playing. She | last visited here a year ago. Her mother, Mrs. A. A. Leslle of i?\'orth East, is dylng and has not | been told of her dauhgter’s death. Duke of Marlborough | Becomes Roman Catholic | London, Feb. 1 M—The Duke of |Marlborough, whose marriage to the former Consuelo Vanderbilt was |recently annulled, was received into today. ‘The {ceremony was held in the chapel of the archbishop's house, Westmin- ster. SCORES CHURCH UGLINESS Chicago, Feb. 1.—(— Ugliness, slovenliness or unsultable arrange- ments in & church shouid be looked upon as evidence of {rreverence and carelessness in sacred things, & report to the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church de- clared today. ©O! DRY ASSOCIATION Hartford, Feb. 1 (UP) — At = meeting of the newly organised Connecticut Temperance and Anti-. Saloon league here yesterday, Ros- coe W, Vining, former Pennsyl- vania Anti-Saloon league worker. was elected superintendent of the body. He had been acting super- intendent since December &,