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

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 AMERICAN FORCES 10 BE USED ONLY * INANEMERGENCY Washington Pledges Troops Won't Be Landed in China Unless Lives Are Endangered WOUNDED SOLDIERS ARE STREAMING T0 SHANGHAT Outcome of Battle Raging Between | Rival Factions Cantonese Are Known to Be Rac- ing With British to Get Control of City—New Basis for \(‘gmll-. tions. Washington, Feb. 4 (A — Al- though the American government | is moving additional naval strength in the direction of Shanghai, threatened by the contesting Chi- nese war lords, Chinese officials | have been assured that there is no intention of making a landing un- | less . American lives actually are in danger. These assurances have been given to Dr. Alfred Sze, the Chi- nese minister here, in response to an informal inquiry as to the pur- pose of the movement of additional | American naval vessels and ma-| rines toward Shanghai. No Diplomatic Complaint The minister did not lodge a diplomatic protest, but merely in- | quired for information, for the| purpose of anticipating any possi- ble protest which might be lodged by Eugene Chen, the foreign min- ister of the southern forces at Hankow. He was told that the ac- tivity of the navy department was entirely precautionary. Dr. Sze feels that the assurances given are calculated to preventany animosity on the part of the Can- tonese toward America such as that displayed at Canton the British. British Proposals Meanwhile publication of the British proposals for a new treaty with the Peking and Canton go ernments found the nation general- ly unresponsive and uninterested. The British proposal was made public at a time when the Chinese were absorbed in the Y Sveny celebration, when in all China not & newspaper, Chinese or foreign. was appearing. The text of the British proposal 2s a consequence is not known at present to any but a small circle of publicists and officials, the latter naturally being on their guard as to comment while the British offer is being studied. The presence of British and other foreign armed forces at Shanghai and the general movement of for- olgn military and naval forces to- ward this city remained as the out- standing issue in the diplomatic sit-| uation. Both northerners and south- erners have protested the British military move, which avowedly is to afford protection to the International settlement here in case of danger. The position of the nationalists (Cantonese) generally is that the statement of Eugene Chen, their foreign minister declaring treaty ne- gotiations could be continued only by a removal of British forces from | Shanghal, Is the paramount factor and that settlement of this problem 18 necessary before other issues can be taken up. May Be Basis A natfonalist spokesman here de- | clared that while the British pro- posals were considered inadequate, they might furnish a starting point for negotiation of a settlement. Non-party Chinese consider (Continued on Page 26) CITY'S NET DEBT 1S CUT OVER HALF MILLION Reduction in Spite of i New $450,000 Bond Issue A reduction of more than half a million dollars in the city's net in- debtedness will be shown at the close of this fiscal year notwithstanding the fact that $150,000 in water bonds and $300,000 in school bonds will | have been fssued. The debt after these issues have been sold will stand at $7,106,000 gross, and 108,116.52 net, City Treasurer Curtis L. Sheldon has re- ported to the board of finance and taxation. he city still retains as a reserved privilege of borrowing per cent of the total allow- ed by statute, or $1,157,318. Every municipality is allowed to borrow up to five per cent of its grand list. The net debt is now 4.08 per cent of the ssed valuation Water and subway bonds which are met with th respective departments cluded for purposes of taxation. Of the former there are $1,205,000, and of the latter $391,000. Sinking funds to retire bonds are another offset and, exclusiy sinking fund $53.45. The grand list able propertics, ed for pur- poses of fixing limits, is $127,108,- 693, aceo total $311,- NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1927. THIRTY-TWO PAGES | Pressure from Factory Tanks to Help City Fight Fires in Business and Industrial Zone Hook-Up System, Being Considered, Would Provide Needed Force for Fire Dept. in Central District | 1 | | A system to create a powerful |plates a linking of the high pres- |steady water pressure and make!sure reservoir service with the| |available a flow of 12,000 gallons water tanks in industrial plants, the' | per minute to fight fires in manu- | force of the whole to be increased by |facturing plants and in the center use of pumps ncw maintained by lof the city, at a cost of not more | factories as an auxiliary service in {than $30,000, is under consideration | the event pressure trom the mains | by the board of water commissioners. | drops below a safe point. i Unknown but | toward | the | income from the | are not in- | of water and subway | ding non-tax- | The system was suggested by J. C. Staffurd, engineer for the Mutual | Taaurants ‘Go,cor. Providence, <&, L, and was perfected by the engineer board. Some | changes on the installaion suggested | by Supt. James Towers of the water | department have been incorporated |in the idea and will become a part {of the system if it is placed. A water pressure of 90 pounds is desirable to send a strong etream into buildings such as now stand in {the business district. To keep the [force of the stream at this point it |is necessary that considerably great- ler pressure be in reserve as each !additional line of hose takes from Ithe force. At noon today the pres- | sure reading at the office of the | water board showed only 60 pounds | With no hydrants open. This is a common condition, it is reported. As explained by Acting Chairman Joseph F. Lamb of the water board, Engineer Stafford’s scheme contem- tand the local water i | i | From the high pressure service a supply of 2,500,000 gallons can be | relied on. Approximately 1,000,000 gallons is stored in the tanks of in- dustrial plants, making a total of about 3,500,000 gallons available in the proposed “hook-up.” It is sug- gested that a pipe line be placed | connecting the tanks and the high | pressure reservoir. The pipe line would then be extended through | Main street to the South church, | giving protection along the business | zone. When this service is being | drawn upon it will it be possible to run the factory pumps. By mechan- ical control the pumps maintain the pressure at whatever poundage 1s | desired and no engine is needed on the street. Representatives of the Natlonal Board of Fire Underwriters now in the city had the scheme explained to them today and they ventured an opinion that their board would | make a liberal allowance in credits | when the plan is made operative, SECRECY JUSTIFIED IN AARONSON CASE-HART {Police Chief Believes Pre- | cautions on Trip Were Necessary Boarding a train at Springfleld, | Mass,, yesterday afternoon, Detec- | tives Williams and Collins of New port News, Va., having in custody Arthur Aaronson, bank went to Binghamton, N. Y., thence to Scranton, Pa., and through Phil- | adelphla to thelr destination. They were scheduled to reach Newport News his fc eedicop, | Chiet W. C. Hart said today he |teels that the Newport News offi- | cers were perfectly justified in tak- possible detention of Aaronson by civil officers in New York city. The route taken is less direct than that which lies through the metropolis | but the officers felt reasonably cer- |tain there would be no attempt made | 'to interfere with Aaronson’s return |it they went that way. Attorney Thomas F. McDonough, one of Aaronson’s lawyers, resented the impression that an attempt | might be made to take Aaronson | | out of police custody in New York. | The secrecy surrounding the ftiner- |ary was uncalled for, he said. But | for his disposition and that of At- |torney Sandler of New York to ob- viate the necessity of the Virginia |ofticers returning without their !man, Aaronson would have been |held’ at Hartford county jail untll June, when his appeal to the su- | preme court would have been heard, Attorney McDonough pointed out. He belicves the secrecy and the | Toundabout course |trip entirely uncalled for. } Chiet Hart this morning received |a communication from Warden F. J. Smith of California State prison, San Quentin, Cal., in reply to a letter from the chlet relative to | Aaronson, in which it is stated that | Aaronson was received at the pris- on under the alias of Alfred Silver, ‘(m July 25, 1920, the sentence being 2% years on the charge of fictitious \chod\s He was released on parole September 1, 1921, and on April 22, {985, Bix. patals was revolied, The communication contains two | photographs in which the resem- blance between the man known as |Silver, and Aaronson, is decldedly pronounced. In one photograph, |the subject wears a straw hat and in the other his head Is uncovered, revealing the prison hajrcut. The | convict number s on the breast of |the prison uniform. According to the prison. records, Silver's occupa- tlon was glven as stenographer. | Relative to Chief Hart's mention |ota rant to he served on Aaron- son, Warden Smith states he has communicated with Edward Whyte, parole officer of the state of Californta, who will be heard from very shortly. ‘GRA "TD BY FASTING. HE KILLS WOMAN AND SELF, | De- | | Philadeiphia Man Temporarily ranged—Young Son Sces Mother Slain. Philadelphia, Feb. 4 (UP)—Tem- porarily deranged by a self-imposed | fast, Edward Sturzenburger, 40, day shot and killed Mrs. Mary man, 37, in whose home he was for- merly a boarder and then commit- ted suicide. Mrs. her alone for a moment to go to a corner store. Mrs. Fehrman was killed as she law in bed, screaming for help, two bullets from Sturzen- burger’'s revolver striking her near the heart. Her slayer then pressed the gun to his temple and fired one shot. The tragedy was witnessed by Mrs. Fehrman's 12-year-old son, Paul. . swindler | who was arrested In this city and | fought extradition until advised by | his attorneys to return to Virginia, | ing every precaution to prevent the ! on the return | H.| " |of the Ohio Savings bank and trust hrman's husband had left | 'MERIDEN FIRE DOES DAMAGE OF $40,000 |Standard Glam and Coal | Company’s Buildings Destroyed | | | ! Meriden, Feb. 4 UP—Fanned by a high wind, flames that broke out | about 8:45 this morning in the plant of the Standard Grain & Coal com- pany, Inc., on Brooks street in the| business section raged for about two hours and completely destroyed the main 4-story brick and two story | trame buildings with large stocks of | grain and fuel. The entire fire de-| partment «he spectacular bluze but could make no impression | ‘cn the flames. The department was | handicapped by a low water pres- {sure. ¥actory buildings of the Fos- ter, Merriam company, closely ad- | joining the fire was not damaged owing to the direction of the wind. The Standard buildings are along- | | side the New Haven road tracks and {in the vicinity of the New Haven | | road passenger station and the post | oftice on Colony street. Train serv- {ice was delayed for over an hour. | Dense clouds of smoke were car- |ried into the business sectlon, cre- ating a haze that at times became! [like a thick fog. { Morris M. Puklin, of New Haven, | |is president of the Standard com-! | pany which last year purchased the | property from the Seth J. Hall com- | | pany of this city. Mr. Puklin stated he.believed the fire started from a stove in one of the buildings. He estimated the loss of the contents $15,000 and that on | the building was about $25,000. The $40,000 loss fs said to be about | half covered by insurance. Wires of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad com- pany were burned and Frederick P. Loomis, local agent of the rail- road company, stated that the operating signals for trains on the road between Meriden and New Haven were put out of commission |by the fire. He stated that repairs would be made at once and that it was expected the signals would gain be in operation late this afternoon. Mrs. Willlam Freeman, colored, and her four children, who . live over the shipping room of the grain and feed plants, were driven out of their home and lost the en- tire contents of their home and their clothing. Mr. Freeman * has |been in the Meriden hospital for |the past two years suffering from a broken bac TWINS ARE 93 TODAY ‘William and Henry Bruns of Wood- fougl | [ | | | | vilie. Ohio, Both Observe Anniver- | | | sary of Birth. | Woodville, Ohio, Feb. 4 (UP)— One of the oldest pairs of twins in the United States celebrated their |93ra birthday here today. They are| William and Henry Bruns. | | They have never parted since they |came to this country. from Germany lat the age of 8 years. As farmers, |as millers, as storckeepers, they | | have been business partners all their lives. Both were married. Both had larse | families. William Bruns member of the board of is still an active directors {company of Toledo, and attends| | meetings regularly. | Neither twin has ever smoked. Neither has ever drunk. GETS LIFE SENTENCE Lancaster, Wis., Feb. 4 —(P—Wil- liam N. Coffey was sentenced to life | imprisonment in the Waupon peni- tentiary foday when he pleaded gullty before Circuit Judge Smalley to a charge of murdering Mrs. Hattle Hales to whom he was bigamously married. { valued th lon the date indicated | opinion that the position of the G | Christmas Tree Topples EXPERTS TELL OF FORD STOCK VALUE Fasily Worth $10,000 a Shdpe, in 1913, Witness Says \OTHERS PUT IT AT $12,000 Than | In Better Condition Then General Motors Now, Says An- other—Ford, With His Billion, If He Cashed it Could Do Lots. . 4 P—American | | mately t ;‘lon pay benefits of $27. Washington, Fel bankers were keen 1o acquire stock in the Ford Motor Co., as early as | 1913, Plerce C. Ward, a Chicago in- vestment banker, said today testify- ing in the government suit to recov- er added taxes from former Ford | stock holders. | The suit, being heard by the board of tax appeals, is based on a conten- tion by the government that it over- stock of the minority holders n it asscssed taxes on | the profits they made when they sold out to Henry Ford. Thinks It Was $10,000. The original government valuation was $9, 489 a share, as of March 1, 1913, and the present government | contention is that the true value was only $3,600. Ward, a witness for the protest'ng minority stockholders said that in his opinion the value was “eazily | $10,000.” | “It was the outstanding feature | in the American securities market at that time,” he sald, “and especially appealed to bankers because of the | phenomenal annual increases in the | earnings of the Ford Company.” He designated the Ford plant the best industrial concern in the United | | States in point of management, phy- and its busi- sical and financial asset position in the automobile ness. Secret of Success. Ford was successful because he | | concentrated on one model, the wit- ness said, whereas his Compelilor<‘ adopted a policy of changing types. Comparing the financial position of the Ford Motor Company on March 1, 1913, with that of other | concerns, the witness said it was his en- | cral Motors Company today is not as favorable as that of Ford in 1913. Describing the growth of the Ford Motor Company as “the romance of romances,” Charles L. Bradley, vice president of the Union Trust Com- pany of Cleveland, estimated that | | the shares in question were worth'| matic service | $12,000 each in March, 1913 and that | the whole capital stock at that time | was easily worth $240,000,000, What Ford Could Bay ‘Washington, Feb. 4 (UP)—If Hen- ry Ford cashed in all his wealth and i set out to spend it, he could have a wonderful time. Ford, witnesses testified at the Couzens tax hearing here, is worth between $1,500,000,000 and $2,000- 000,000. Using the smaller figure as o basis for calculation, the motor | magnate could: | Buy the entire state of Idaho, land, | buildings.and all its assets. Buy all the land in Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota or Towa, figur- ng on a basis of asset valuations. Pay the combined net debt of all | states of the union (as of 1925) and | have $250,000,000 left over. | Purchase billion newspapers at wo cents each. Delving into the past for data, | Ford, with its present fortune, could have: Purchased the entire output of | women's clothes in this country in Canada are of 1923. Bought the entire telephone sys- | vem of the country in 1922, including | wrong numbers. Acquired the combined wheat and oat crops of 1925. Bought 4,000,000 and then some of a popular small make of motor car. Paid oft all the mortgages on all | the farms in Illinofs, Towa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Mis- | sourt fn 1920, i He could buy 1-175th of the totai wealth of the entire United States— industries, farm products, live stock and everything. It he wanted to turn his fortune into gold it would require all the gold produced In the world since the close of the world war to pay him | off. He could go into the open market today and buy control of the U. S. | Steel ~Corporation, Pennsylvania | rallroad and General Motors and | havs money left. He could buy approximately 1,000 | seats on the New York stock ex- change. His fortune equals 1-25th of the total income of all individuals and corporations in the United States for | the year 19 Before High Night Gale; | Burglar Alarms Ring | The high wind early this morning blew down the munici- pal Christmas treet at Central Park and rattled the doors of two centrally located stores | with such force that the burglar alarms were sounded and sever- al policemen rushed to deter- mine the cause of the racket. | The wind seemed to be at its greatest strength between 3 and 5 o'clock. | THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair and colder tonight; Sat- urday increasing cloudiness and not so cold, probably followed by rain, in the after- noon or at night. llNJUNCTION RGAINST Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Jan. 29th ... 14,476 PRICE THREE CENTS WIDENING STANLEY fl‘ Harry Gold Threatens To Go Tol Court To Prevent Change in Thoroughfare Harry Gold, a property owner and | resident on Stanley street, has, | threatened to seek an injunction re-| | straining the City of New Britain from procceding with a program of widening Stanley street near his| | home. Mr. Gold will be req to give up a strip of land approxi- ree feet wide and in addi-| He de- lclares he was not served with a | notice of the meeting of the board of compensation and assessment at | PROBABLY MILLION Gives $50,000 for Yale Law School Fund FAMILY ALSO REMEMBERED Son and Daughter Get $150,000 Each, $10,000 and $25,000 For Each Grandchild | Is Provided Under Terms. | Daughter-in-law, |agreement of 1817. | development of |tained Wednesday morning when he which this figure was arrived at and had no opportunity to express his | opposition. Mr. Gold visited Clerk [A. W. Bacon of the board. and | Mayor Weld this morning to file his protest. New Haven, Feb. 4 (P—Yale law will be generously bered by the will of Simeon Baldwin, former chief justice governor of Connecticut, which | offered for probate today. The estaty | will probably exceed one million Jni,am in value. original will Mr. Baldwin DIPLOMATIC PflSTS - ARE FILLED TUI]AY e e S | gure to $50,000. Afivr legacies specifically m | William Phillips to Canada, fiud‘.:‘(d;;:m‘fé‘;‘:.‘iflf:,:;;,d“,fi‘:’2;:; Sterling to Dublin ek extaes i BUSS FOR A | the estate still has a remainder, one half of this latter will go to Yale | University for benmefit of the law | | 4 | | remem- R and school was ARGENTINE P e A specific bequest provides a fund sufficlent to increase a fund previ- ocusly given for the endowment of a professorship In the Yale law school | {to $125,000. Mr. Baldwin's son and | daughter receive all personal effects {and home and $180,000 each, and a daughter-in-law, Olive P. Baldw $10,000 and his grand children $2 000 each. The United Society of New Haven (United Church) will receive one- fourth of the remainder (it such there be) “and one-eighth each to Hopkins Grammar school and the city of New Haven, in the latter in- stance to buy land to add to East | Rock park or Westrock park. MASONS SAY TEMPLE IS ONLY CLUBHOUSE Building So Labeled, They Show—Respondents Gain Point All Three Mcn Selected Today Have Been in American Diplomatic Service for Many Ycars and arc | Well Known. ! ‘Washington, Feb. | pointment of Willia I'state department, co‘.lph‘d | official confirmation of the selection {of Frederick A. Sterling, to be min- ister to Dublin, and Robert Wood Bliss, to be Ambassador to the Ar-/| ‘gonuno Mr. Phillips, a former undersecre- v of state, now is ambassador to Beiglum, and his assignment to Canada with the lower rank of min- ister is in recognition of the import- |ance of the new post. Mr. Bliss, now minister to Sweden, | will be promoted one grade when he | | takes the ambassadorship to Argen- |tina in succession to Peter Auguslus Jay, who has resigned. Mr. Sterling | | now is counsellor of the Amor‘can‘ embassy in London. All three of the men named for new posts have been in the diplo- for years, and the | assignments are in conformity with | the administration policy of keeping the important foreign diplomatic | stations in ‘the hands of trained | diplomats. It is assumed the same policy will be followed in selecting a | successor to Mr. Phillips as ambas- | | sador to Belgium. The question of |J filling the mj rial vacancy to Sweden, however, has not yet come up for consideration. In a statement explaining Mr. Phillip’s willingness to surrender his ambassadorship to become minister | in Ottawa, the state department said |it was because he realized “the im- portance of the position and the gréat further service he can render A claim that the proposed temple Masonic orders desire to erect on Russel] street will conform with the zone law because it is a clubhouse in fact and in name, will be ad- vanced by the Masons when trial of Hungerford et als vs. Board of Ad- stment case reopens at Hartford next Tuesday. Pictures of the front elevation | with the inscription “Masonic Club” |over the main entrance have been | |taken to Hartford to be displayed before Judge Jennings, A private clubhouse is permitted in Zone B, of ch Russcll street is a part, but lodge rooms cannot be maintained. The case is before Judge Jennings |to his government.” on the appellants’ claim that the Tribute to Phillips |board of adjustment exceeded its “Only a very able man could safe- | authority by granting a epecial ex- | |1y have been chosen to open up a|ception, the effect of which, they new fisld like that of our mission to | claim, is to change the zome, Canada,” the statement said. Or‘b} The residents scored a point near the best among the servants of this the close of yesterday's hearing gove 1ent was suited to nannkoth1 Judge Jennings ruled that the | the work, hecause our relations With | \words “unnecessary hardship” in the tal importance 10 |zone law, meant unnecessary hard- | botn countries. ship affecting not only the neigh- “We hold many ideas in common, | ! {bore. but also the seller and the | many problems are common to both. | progoective buyoer. The law permits {On the friendly and_orderly solution | (he' grant of special exception to {of those problems depends the con- | oie\ Finit OF ©F i | e | essary hardship. ! tinued growth of that good feeling | & D which is one of the outstanding in- | # stances of the ability of neighboring | SUgZest Clerk of Works | nations to continue unbroken the| For World War Memorial | | tradition o peace. A resolution will be introduced at Enumerating the American-Cana- |13 ‘\onday's meeting of the com- dian questions with which the new ;on council to appoint Wiltam H. mission to Ottawa will deal, the geymg as clerk of works in the con- statement mentioned ~that “there giryction of the World War me must eventually be taken up the ne- | morig) shaft in Walnut Hill park as sotiation of a new treaty to take the | 5o0n ag the work proceeds to a point place of the Great Lakes naval yyere guch services are needed. Mr. Other questions 'Beams Is experienced in this i include boundary waters problems. of work. He was suggested for the such as the Chicago drainage canal; ' qffice | Architect H. Van Buren the St. Lawrence jagonigle. Tt is planned to com- waterway and hydro-eles C Pro- pensate him at the rate of $300 per jects; fishery protection in the Great month. Lakes, on the Pacific coast and in | | the Atlantic; the suppression of | | smuggling and questions as to the | fur seal treaty, the boundary treaty | and the extradition treaty. Fire Follows Exvlosion In West New York Shop West New York, N. J. Feb. 4| (UP)— e followed an explosion of unknown origin in a two-story em- urn.dv‘ry factory here today. The girl employes were panic- s'rl(kr‘n '\nd three were 'nmrmi FALL DOWN STEPS FATAL 10 AGED PLAINVILE AN, 575" .2 e James Morgan, 74 lflnirf's at Hos- | l\nofhod to the floor and trampled ‘UPOH pital as Result of Injuries fn The factory was badly damaged Accident at Home. 'in Sweden and emigrated to | country | o'clock. |81y | 000 and the IBALDWIN'S ESTATE BOYS LOCKED IN CELLAR PASS LIQUOR TO FATHER TO SERVE HIS CUSTOMERS | Dies at Age of 90 l MRS. JOH NA S. NYGRE! 90 YEAR OLD WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN HOME : Mrs. Johanna Sophie Ny-! gren Expires at Stanley Street Residence . Joha s old, na Sophie Nygren, 90 found dead by her granddaughter, Miss Astrid Nygren at their home, 485 Stanley street at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Miss w Nyberg had been out on an errand‘ and upon returning found that her grandmother had passed away dur-| ing her absence. Mrs. Nygren had been ill for| some time but her death was sud- den and unexpected. She was born| this in 1896. She sc.tled In North Groversdale for two years and then moved to Alabama where she lived until about 15 years ago when she came to this city and made her home with her son, Carl| Nygren at the Stanley street resid-| ence. She was a member of the First Lutheran church. Surviving her are Ler son Carl, and two granddaugh- te s Astrid and Elsie Nygren Funeral services will be held at the home Saturd: afternoon at 3 Rev. Dr. Abel A. Ahlquist, pastor of the First Lutheran church will officiate. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery. URGED BY MOTHER, BOY SHOOTS HER ADMIRER Detroit Youth Says, However, He Did Not Mean to Kill Man, Only Maim Him. Detroit, Feb. 4 (P—Anthony En- vedi, 16, confessed to Highland Park police today that, urged by his mother, he shot and killed George Fanchali, 43, last Tuesday night. Mrs. Elizabeth Enyedi, 35, corrob- orated her son’s story. Both are un- der arrest. She sald Fanchali, who was mar- |ried, had forced attentions upon her| lat the point of a pistol. S told her husband and son. The e became angry fearing she would, as she declared, “go crazy you do not,”” sawed the barrel from 1 shotgun, we to the Fanchali home and t through a window. Fanchali, ting in the parlor, re- ceived the charge of both barrels in ad and neck, dying almost in- meant “only to shoot him | ms, so he could not eat| again,” he told police. His mother accompanied him, waiting in an automobile while he did the shooting. Illinois Man, Aged 90, Is Divorced From Wife of 81 Peoria, Ill,, Feb. 4.—(#—Charging desertion, George H. Perry, aged 90, of La Moille, got a divorce from his r old wife. They were married in December, 1923, and according to the evidence she deserted him fn July, 1924. An ante-nuptial con- t provided that at the death of Mr. Perry his wife would receive $3,- life use of his residence. in the James Morgan, 74, died this morn- ing at the New Britain General hos- pital as the result of injuries sus- fell down a flight of stairs into the cellar of his home, 83 Farmington avenue, Plainville. Death was due to pneumonia and shock caused by thg fall, while his condition was further aggravated by old age, a fractured skull, and loss of blood as he lay in the cellar for an hour before being found by his wife. Mr. Morgan was born in County Cork, Ireland, coming to this coun- try about 1888. He had lived in Plainville for a number of years. Surviving him are his wife and six children, Mrs. A. L. Smith of Con- cord, N. H.; Mrs. Willlam Corrigan of New York city; Mrs. Louis Peter- son of Danbury, and William, Helen and Robert Morgan of Plainville. Funeral arrangements are incom- pletey Republicans Vote Solidly Washington, Feb. 4 (P—"he| senate today went on record for the | use of the treasury surplus for re- | ducing the public debt rather than | for tax reduction. | A resolution making such a decla- ration, offered by Senator Norris, re- | publican, Nebraska, was adopted as | a substitute for one by Senator | Harrison, democrat, Mississippl, | which would have declared for a | tax reduction at the present session. | Senate Favors Use of Treasury Surplus to Reduce Public Debt Against Tax Reduction— Blease, Democrat, Joins Majority The democratic organization op- posed the Norris resolution, and the republican organization alded by some of the republican insurgents, supported it. For the first time in years on a | political question the republican in- surgents lined solidly with the re- publican regulars, There was but one break in the democratic ranks, Senator Blease, of South Carolina, supporting the Norris resolution. H| at her, but the lad, | and shoot him myself if | | | Judge Alling Gets Con- fession From Man Who Used Children to | Violate Law. iPolice Force Way Through Two Doors With Crow- bars Before Locating Stock Under Store. “The worst feature of your case is not that you are selling liquor, but you are bringing up your chil- dren to do what they are doing. On 1op of that you bring them into court and tell them to lie. Do you think that's the way to bring up chil- dren; having them help you vlolate the law and then tell them to lie to lielp you out of trouble?” Judge B. | W. Alling addressed himself in these |words to John Smigel, aged 42, of 435 Burritt street, in police court ‘xlns morning after testimony was ‘ofirred that two sons of Smigel, aged 12 and 9 years, were stationed in the cellar beneath the store at 24 |Orange street, where bottles of al- Ur-ged lquor were within their reach, | their duties being to pass the bottles up to their father, through a hole |in the floor at a signal through the Ihole when customers dropped in. |Judge Alling imposed a jail sentence {of 30 days on each of two counts of |liquor law violation, suspending exe- {cution with a warning to Smigel to discontinue his illegal activities. “I'm giving you this consideration only on account of your children,” the judge <aid. Smigel had testified that there are six children in his family, In ad- dition to the two who were helping iolate the law. | Force Way Through Doors Last evening at 5:30 o'clock, Offi- |cors Stadler and Cosgrove and Su- pernumerary Officer Harper raided |the store after having observed men |of alleged drinking habits going in tand out. As they entered, Smigel {pushed a pail against the wall, cover- ing the hole in the floor. Officer Stadler went outside..to open the cellar door but found it padiocked. He testified that he asked Smigel |for the key but was told Mr. Blogos- |Toskl had it. The latter, however, d he did not have it. as he had |nothing to do with the store and the cellar. Smigel still refused to open the door, so Officer Stadler pried the {lock off with an iron bar. | Bevond this door the officers en- countered another door, securely barred on the inside. Offiter Har- |per returned to police headquarters |and brought crow bars with which the door was battered down. Detec- |tive Sergeant FEllinger and Officer |Strolls accompanied Officer Harper jon the return trip and took part in the raid. Locked Tn By Father In the cellar, which was lighted |only by a candle, the police found Smigel's sons on a lumber pile. Two |milk bottles containing alleged 1i- |quor were near them and under |questioning the boys admitted that |they were locked in by their father, | with instructions to hand up the li- |quor when he signalled. | Boys Chamge Stories. | The 12-year-old boy was called to the witness stand today and at- tempted to repudiate the statement he signed at police headquarters fol- lowing the raid. He and his brother were in the cellar playing marbles, | he sald. They did not know the doora were locked and barred, and the | reason he signed the statement was | that one of the policemen told him he would “break his neck” if he re- | fused. Assistant Prosecuting Attor- ney Greenstein asked the boy to | point out the officer who threatened him, but he was unable tg, do so. Pointing to Officer Stadler, Mr. eln asked: “Is that the ad the boy replied negative- Fhe younger boy broke down on the witness stand, hanging his head |ana mumbling his words. He said he |and his brother were playing mar- bles, and had not had an connection with the alleged violation of the liquor law. He pointed out Officer Stadler as the man who threatened ‘lo break their necks if they did not | sign the statement. According to the police, Sergeant O'Mara and Of- ficer Cosgrove had charge of the questioning of the boys, and Officer Stadler had no part in this phase of | the case. Father Admits Using Boys. Smigel made a weak atiempt to disclaim responsibility for the boys’ cellar assignment, but when Judge Alling. calling him by his first name, |advised him to make a clean breast | ot the matter, the storekeeper’s lips trembled and he mumbled that he would never let his children help hin in this manner again. “You sold lfquor in {John, didn't you?" Judge asked him in a kindly tone. “Well, not much,” Smigel replied. “But some, didn’t you?" the judge | persjsted. | "&t yesterday,” Smigel evaded. | u had your boys up thers in |the cellar handing the booze up through the hole, didn't you?" the | judge continued. “Mr. Judge, I will never let those kids do that again,” Smigel replied. Although numerous attempts were made by the police to detect liquor law violation in Smigel's store, none had been successful prior to yester- day. Officer Stadler, in his testimony, said the stock on display is very lim- ited and he has seen Smigel leave and reenter the store 14 times an hour, while drinking men patronised the place. that store, Alling